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WHERE'S THE CLOCK? DOWN HERE. GOOD MORNING. WELCOME TO MCKINNEY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION BOARD MEETING. IT IS TUESDAY, JULY 15TH, 2025. WE ARE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS AT 401 EAST VIRGINIA STREET IN MCKINNEY, TEXAS. AT THIS TIME, I'LL CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER PURSUANT TO THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, SECTION 551002, A QUORUM OF CITY COUNCIL MAY BE PRESENT, BUT NO CITY COUNCIL ACTION WILL BE TAKEN. MEETING IS TELEVISED AND STREAMED THROUGH THE CITY'S WEBSITE AT. MCKINNEY, TEXAS DOT. WOW. A NEW ONE NEW AS. VIEWS. 130. SO. WOW. GOSH. OKAY. NEW BUILDING, NEW SITE. FANTASTIC. ALL RIGHT. OUR FIRST AGENDA ITEM IS PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS. THAT PUBLIC COMMENTS ON AGENDA ITEMS. IS ANYBODY THAT LIKE TO ADDRESS THE BOARD. AND BY THE WAY, FOR
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THE RECORD, IT IS 8:00 IN THE MORNING. THANK YOU. NEXT IS CONSENT ITEMS. THESE ARE ITEMS THAT ARE CONSIDERED NONCONTROVERSIAL OR HOUSEKEEPING ITEMS REQUIRED BY LAW. THEY MAY BE TAKEN UP BY INDIVIDUALLY OR BY A GROUP, ALTHOUGH WE ONLY APPARENTLY HAVE ONE, WHICH IS THE MINUTES OF MCKINNEY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION MEETING OF JUNE 17TH, ITEM 25 2961. ANY QUESTIONS? COMMENTS. CHANGES. ENTERTAIN A MOTION. MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION BY MR. HOUSLEY, SECONDED BY MR. WOODRUFF. MR. VOTES. MOTION APPROVES OR[Board and Liaison Updates City of McKinney Community Development Corporation Visit McKinney MEDC Committee Updates Board Chairman]
PASSES. BOARD OF LIAISON UPDATES. ANYTHING FROM MARKETING? NOTHING TO UPDATE.ANYTHING FROM REAL ESTATE. WE DID MEET BEFORE LAST AND WE HAVE SEVERAL ITEMS ON THE EXECUTIVE SESSION TODAY. OKAY. INNOVATION. ANYBODY HERE ON INNOVATION? YES. NOTHING TO REPORT. OKAY. AND THEN WE HAVE FINANCE. THOSE MEMBERS ARE ABSENT TODAY. SO WE'RE NOT SPENDING ANY MONEY TODAY BECAUSE WE HAVE. GOVERNANCE. WE DID HAVE A MEETING ON GOVERNANCE WHICH SOME OF THAT MR. KOSKI WILL ADDRESS ON SOME THINGS THAT WE DISCUSSED. AND A LOT OF IT HAS TO DO WITH BUDGET AND POSITIONS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. CITY OF MCKINNEY, MR. GRIMES. GOOD MORNING, MR. PRESIDENT. MR. CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. MY NAME IS PAUL GRIMES, CITY MANAGER. A FEW UPDATES FOR YOU THIS MORNING AT THE JULY 22ND WORK SESSION. WE DO HAVE A COUNCIL WORK SESSION TONIGHT WITH A NUMBER OF ITEMS, BUT I'M JUMPING AHEAD A WEEK TO JULY 22ND WORK SESSION. THE CITY COUNCIL WILL BE HAVING A WORK SESSION DISCUSSION ON POTENTIAL FUTURE CHARTER AMENDMENTS. WE HAVE. WE HAD A CHARTER COMMITTEE LAST SUMMER, AND THERE WERE A COUPLE OF ITEMS THAT WERE SORT OF UNFINISHED OR SORT OF A PIN WAS PLACED IN THEM TO DISCUSS LATER, AND THIS IS LATER. SO WE WILL BRING THESE ITEMS TO THE WORK SESSION ON JULY 22ND, AND THE COUNCIL WILL LOOK AT POTENTIAL CHARTER AMENDMENTS, NAMELY, THE PRIMARY ONE THEY'RE LOOKING AT IS WHETHER OR NOT TO ADD DISTRICTS AND WHETHER OR NOT TO MAKE SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS CITYWIDE AND OR ANY ITERATION THEREOF. SO IT'LL BE AN INTERESTING CONVERSATION. AND IF YOU WANT TO JOIN THE MEETING, THAT'D BE GREAT TO OBSERVE. OR YOU CAN CERTAINLY STREAM IT. ON JULY 16TH THIS WEDNESDAY EVENING. VENUE THE AMPHITHEATER. FOLKS WILL BE IN TOWN. THEY ARE HOSTING THEIR SECOND OF PROMISED PUBLIC MEETINGS, MEETINGS WITH THE COMMUNITY TO ADDRESS ANY CONCERNS THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE PERTAINING TO TRAFFIC OR NOISE OR ANYTHING THEREIN, AND THEY'LL ADDRESS THOSE. THEY HAD THEIR FIRST MEETING ABOUT A MONTH AND A HALF AGO. THEY DID A GREAT JOB. I THINK THEY ADDRESSED A LOT OF THE QUESTIONS, BUT THIS IS A SECOND ONE THAT THEY HAD PROMISED THAT THEY WOULD HOLD. AND THAT IS THIS WEDNESDAY EVENING. AND IT IS RIGHT HERE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER. A COUPLE OTHER ITEMS AS I SCROLL THROUGH HERE. AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE ARE STILL REELING FROM THE TRAGEDY OF THE FLOODS. AND SOUTH TEXAS, SOUTH AND CENTRAL TEXAS. JUST KNOW THAT OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT, THE CITY OF MCKINNEY, HAS BEEN HELPING WHERE WE CAN. WE INITIALLY SENT TWO FOLKS FROM OUR SPECIAL RESCUE TEAM. WE'VE SENT FOUR OTHERS OR FIVE OTHERS.
WE'VE GOT SEVEN FOLKS DOWN THERE HELPING WITH THE SEARCH AND RESCUE EFFORTS DOWN IN IN RECOVERY NOW DOWN IN THE KERRVILLE AREA AS PART OF THE LARGER STATEWIDE MUTUAL AID SYSTEM. SO WE ARE DOING OUR SHARE TO TRY TO HELP IN THIS VERY DIFFICULT TIME FOR THE FOLKS DOWN IN THAT PART OF THE STATE. A COUPLE MORE ITEMS TO SHARE WITH YOU. UNFORTUNATELY, MY BOOKS APP DOESN'T LET ME TOGGLE RIGHT TO IT, SO I HAVE TO SCROLL THROUGH. WE HAVE OUR
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PROCUREMENT DEPARTMENT. THIS IS, I KNOW, VERY BUREAUCRATIC FOR YOU. AND FOLKS IN THE EDC MIGHT SAY, WELL, WHY ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT PROCUREMENT? WELL, PROCUREMENT AFFECTS ALL OF US.WE ALL PROCURE, WE ALL HAVE TO BUY AND PURCHASE, AND WE HAVE TO DO IT IN IN ACCORDANCE WITH STATE LAW. WE'VE BEEN HONORED WITH THE 2025 ANNUAL ACHIEVEMENT OF EXCELLENCE IN PROCUREMENT AWARD, THE NATIONAL PROCUREMENT INSTITUTE. YOU MAY NOT HAVE KNOWN THAT SUCH A THING EXISTED, BUT IT SURELY DOES. THE PRESTIGIOUS AWARD RECOGNIZES PUBLIC AND NONPROFIT AGENCIES WHO DEMONSTRATE A STRONG COMMITMENT TO PROCUREMENT EXCELLENCE. SO A PUBLIC PAT ON THE BACK FOR PROCUREMENT TEAM FINALLY, CHALK IT UP IN THE GOOD TO KNOW CATEGORY. WE ARE OUR MONTHLY POPULATION ESTIMATE AS OF JULY 1ST, 231,000. WE ARE UP TO 231,000. NOW, RESIDENTS IN MCKINNEY AND I WILL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS. WELL, SO PAUL DRIVING IN, I HEARD A NEWS STORY THAT THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT DIFFERENT RESCUE GROUPS IN KERRVILLE, AND THEY HIGHLIGHTED THE MCKINNEY POLICE DEPARTMENT. THEY TALKED ABOUT THAT. THEY WERE TAKING SUPPLIES TO A NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE THE BRIDGE WASHED OUT. AND SO THEY REALLY TALKED ABOUT ALL THE HEROIC EFFORTS OF MCKINNEY POLICE DEPARTMENT. FIRE DEPARTMENT. SORRY. YEAH. YEAH. GREAT. THANK YOU. THANKS FOR SHARING THAT. ANYBODY ELSE? THANKS. THANKS SO MUCH, CINDY. OH, HI. MCDC. AS CINDY WALKS UP, I'LL SAY THANK YOU TO CINDY AND THE TEAM HERE THEY'RE COVERING. DINA AND MELANIE ARE BOTH OUT SICK TODAY, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING TEAM PLAYERS HELPING US OUT. WE APPRECIATE IT. THEY'RE HAPPY TO DO IT AND HOPE YOUR TEAM IS BACK AND HEALTHY SOON. THANK YOU.
GOOD MORNING, MR. CHAIRMAN. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, MR. KOSKI, CINDY SCHNEIDER WITH MCDC APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON SEVERAL ITEMS. IT'S A BUSY TIME OF YEAR FOR CDC AS WE DRAW CLOSE TO THE END OF THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR, OUR GRANT CYCLES ARE ALL FINISHING UP ON. DURING THE MEETING NEXT WEEK, THE BOARD WILL VOTE ON NINE PROMOTIONAL GRANT REQUESTS THAT WE RECEIVED. ALL OF THEM ARE FOR EVENTS THAT HAVE BEEN PREVIOUSLY AWARDED PROMOTIONAL GRANTS. EXCEPT FOR ONE, THERE'S A NEW ONE CALLED ROOTED IN RHYTHM THAT WILL BE HELD AT DISTRICT 121. LOOKS LIKE IT COULD BE A REALLY FUN EVENT THAT WILL BE IN OCTOBER. WE RECEIVED FIVE APPLICATIONS FOR PROJECT GRANTS THAT WILL BE PUBLIC. HEARING WILL BE CONDUCTED ON EACH OF THOSE AT NEXT WEEK'S MEETING, AND THEY INCLUDE THE ANNUAL REQUEST FROM PARKS FOR FUNDING, SUPPORT FOR BIG PROJECTS AT OUR RUSH SPORTS COMPLEX ROAD CONNECTOR THERE, OLD SETTLER'S PARK IMPROVEMENTS, IRWIN PARK IMPROVEMENTS AND THEN SEVERAL OTHERS. WE RECEIVED A REQUEST FROM ADRIATICA FOR SUPPORT FOR PUBLIC PARKING IMPROVEMENTS TO SUPPORT THEIR RETAIL AND VISITOR TRAFFIC, AND SEVERAL OTHERS, INCLUDING HABITAT FOR HUMANITY. REPAIRS TO LOW INCOME RESIDENT HOMES, AND THEN ALSO DEVELOPMENT OF A PARK OPEN SPACE AT WEST GROVE, WHICH IS WHERE THE NEW WHOLE FOODS WILL OPEN IN SEPTEMBER OF THIS YEAR. SO LOOK FORWARD TO THE PUBLIC HEARINGS ON THOSE ITEMS. AND THEN WE ALSO ARE CURRENTLY ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR RETAIL DEVELOPMENT INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT PROGRAMS. IT'S THE ONE PROGRAM THAT IS TARGETED TO RETAIL ON BEHALF OF CDC, PRIMARILY DOWNTOWN AREA BUSINESSES AND THEN OTHER LEGACY RETAIL LOCATIONS. AND JUST AS A REMINDER THAT GRANT THE GRANT APPLICATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED THROUGH THE END OF THIS MONTH, AND THOSE ARE FOR ELIGIBLE PROJECTS INCLUDE HORIZONTAL INFRASTRUCTURE. SO SITE WORK, UTILITIES, WATER, SEWER, GREASE TRAPS, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS. SO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT PROGRAM AND GET THEIR APPLICATION IN. AND I'M HAPPY TO STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS. WOULD YOU CALL THAT LAST GRANT RETAIL DEVELOPMENT INFRASTRUCTURE OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AARON. MR. MCKINNEY.
GOOD MORNING, MR. CHAIRMAN. MR. PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AARON WERNER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF VISIT MCKINNEY. FIRST WEEK, OUR FIRST DAY BACK IN THE OFFICE AFTER GOING TO CHICAGO FOR A DESTINATIONS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE THIS PAST WEEK THROUGH SUNDAY. GOT TO EXPLORE THE WINDY CITY. AND MR. KOSKI ENJOYED THAT GREAT GREAT PLACE. THERE WERE OVER 2300 TOURISM PROFESSIONALS AT THIS AT THIS CONFERENCE FROM AROUND THE WORLD. A COUPLE YEARS AGO, MCKINNEY REALLY WAS NOT ON THE RADAR, NOT IN ANYONE'S KIND OF THOUGHT OF MINE. THIS YEAR, AS I WALK IN, PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY THAT FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND WATCH THE NEWS, WE'RE COMING UP. JUST WONDERING WHAT IN THE WORLD IS HAPPENING IN MCKINNEY, TEXAS RIGHT NOW?
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AND A LOT OF THAT IS BIG THANKS TO THIS BOARD AND THE WORK THAT YOU DO TO HELP MAKE MCKINNEY WHAT IT IS TODAY AND WHAT IT'S GOING TO BE HERE SOON IN THE FUTURE. TO THAT POINT, THERE WAS AN ARTICLE JUST YESTERDAY THAT I SAW IN PAPER CITY MAGAZINE. REALLY NEAT ARTICLE, BUT THE TITLE OF IT, BIG HEADLINE, IS ONE OF THE FASTEST GROWING CITIES. MCKINNEY GAINS NEW LUXURY HOTELS, SURF LAGOON, CONCERT HALL, AND SO MUCH MORE. AND THEN IT GOES INTO A LONG STORY OF HOW GREAT MCKINNEY ALREADY WAS, LEANING INTO THE TO THE CULTURE AND HERITAGE OF OUR DOWNTOWN AND ALL THE NEAT THE PARKLAND AND ASSETS WE HAVE. BUT REALLY HOW BRIGHT THE FUTURE IS WITH WITH ALL THAT'S COMING. AND SO I ENCOURAGE YOU TO CHECK OUT THAT ARTICLE. IT'S REALLY NEAT.AND THE SECOND THING I'M GOING TO END ON IS BEST YOU MATE, BEST. SHUMATE HAS BEEN WITH THE CITY OF MCKINNEY FOR JUST ABOUT 18 YEARS, AND SHE HAS ANNOUNCED HER RETIREMENT FROM THE CITY OF MCKINNEY. SO THIS IS THE LAST MEETING THAT I'LL GET TO STAND BEFORE YOU, BEFORE HER RETIREMENT CELEBRATION AND GIVE HER THE BIGGEST SHOUT OUT I CAN AND KUDOS I CAN FOR ALL THAT SHE'S DONE. IF YOU'VE BEEN AT ANY EVENT OVER THE LAST 18 YEARS, THERE'S A GOOD CHANCE YOU SAW BETH STANDING THERE TAKING PHOTOS, MUSIC FRIENDLY, FILM FRIENDLY, ALL OF THESE CERTIFICATIONS THAT WE'VE GONE AFTER, TOURISM FRIENDLY JUST THIS YEAR. THOSE ARE ALL WORK OF BETH IN THE BEHIND THE SCENES, FILLING OUT HOURS AND HOURS AND HOURS OF PAPERWORK TO HELP GET MCKINNEY ON THE MAP. AND SO WE ARE HAVING A COME AND GO CELEBRATION AT OUR OFFICE JULY 30TH FROM 3 TO 5 P.M. FOR BETH. SO IF YOU HAPPEN TO BE AVAILABLE, WE'D LOVE FOR YOU TO STOP BY AND TALK TO HER IN PERSON BEFORE SHE HEADS OUT. WITH THAT, I'LL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS. ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WE ALREADY DID COMMITTEE UPDATES. I DON'T HAVE A LOT TO SAY. WE DO HAVE A VERY BUSY SUMMER. WE HAVE A LOT OF PROJECTS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW AND DID HAVE HAVE A COUPLE OF MEETINGS SINCE THE LAST MEETING, SINCE THEY'VE ANNOUNCED THE EXTENSION OF THE BYRON NELSON. I'VE HAD A COUPLE MEETINGS RELATED TO THAT, BOTH FROM THE STANDPOINT OF PARTICIPATION AS WELL AS A COUPLE OTHER MEETINGS PERTAINING TO CORPORATE SPONSORSHIP. SO THOSE THINGS ARE ON TRACK WITH MEETING WITH MR. DRAGO. AND THE REST, I THINK, IS JUST STUFF THAT WE'LL TALK ABOUT IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. BUT IT'S GOING TO BE A VERY BUSY SUMMER AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. OH, ONE LAST THING. WE TALKED YOU TALKED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY THAT WE MAY HAVE TO NOT HAVE THE MEETING WITH THE CITY COUNCIL.
YEAH. AT PRESENT WE HAVE A PLACEHOLDER FOR A WEEK FROM TODAY OF JOINT MEETING WITH CITY COUNCIL. I'LL GO WITH THE CITY MANAGER AND LOOK TO POTENTIALLY PUSH THAT OUT TO A FUTURE DATE.
YEAH. I THINK IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO GET I KNOW THEY'RE THEY'RE GOING TO BE GETTING INTO A NEW BUDGET CYCLE WITH THE NEW COUNCIL, AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OUR BUDGET CYCLE ALSO. SO SEEMS LIKE MAYBE THAT WOULD BE A BETTER TIME TO GET TOGETHER ON THAT. SO ANYWAY, ALL RIGHT. AND
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THAT'S ALL I HAVE. AND SO NEXT WE HAVE ORGANIZATIONAL REPORTS. MR. KOSKI THANK YOU MR. CHAIRMAN. I WILL INVITE MR. MICHAEL TALLEY TO COME UP HERE AND SPEAK TO THE REPORTS THAT HE PRESENTS. GOOD MORNING BOARD. MR. CHAIRMAN. MR. KOSKI, PRESIDENT KOSKI, SEE IF WE CAN GET THAT FUNNEL UP. YES. SKIP TO THE NEXT SLIDE. ALL RIGHT. LEAD LEADS AT EIGHT WITH $2.8 BILLION. I'LL SAY JUST A QUICK NOTE. YOU KNOW, FROM THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE AND THE DALLAS REGIONAL CHAMBER WHERE WE GET OUR TRADITIONAL LEADS FROM, WE'VE SEEN A COUPLE OF STARTUP LEADS SLIP INTO THE MIX, WHICH IS A GOOD SIGN FROM WHAT THE STATE'S DOING WITH THE STARTUP INITIATIVE. WE'VE BEEN REALLY PUSHING TCDC AND THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE TO GET MORE INVOLVED IN THAT SPACE. OF COURSE, WE'RE HEAVILY INVOLVED, BUT WE WANT TO BE A BIG PART OF THAT. I THINK WITH SOME OTHER COMMUNITIES DOING THE SAME WITH OUR NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES, THEY'VE THEY'VE TAKEN NOTE OF THAT. AND SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL SEE MORE OF THE STARTUP SIDE BECAUSE THEY DO A LOT OF THE DUE DILIGENCE ON THE FRONT END OF THAT. 24 ACTIVE PROJECTS TOTAL, WE BREAK THAT OUT INTO ACTIVE LEGAL AND OFFER LETTERS. BUT JUST OVER $2 BILLION REPRESENTING 5000 JOBS AND 24 PROJECTS. IF YOU SKIP TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO JUST BREAKS DOWN THE LEADS AND THE TOTAL CAPITAL INVESTMENT TO THE RIGHT, WITH TOTAL OF NEW JOBS TO THE LEFT ON THE SCREEN. AND THEN WE'LL HAVE SOME MORE INFORMATION IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. ON A FEW OF THESE PROJECTS. I'LL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS. WHAT DID YOU DO WITH THE. I PULLED THE PLUG? YES. ANY QUESTIONS ON ANYTHING? WE'LL HAVE SOME MORE INFORMATION ON A COUPLE OF THOSE PROJECTS IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. ALL RIGHT.[00:15:04]
THANK YOU.VERY CLEAR. AND WE'LL FIRES. THAT'S RIGHT. GOOD MORNING, MR. CHAIRMAN. MR. PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD I HAD 17 SLIDES TO SHOW YOU, BUT I GUESS I GUESS WE'LL JUST SKIP THOSE. OH, WELL.
MARKETING MANAGER HERE, LUKE GADKARI FOR THE MEDC AND JUST WANT TO. FORTUNATELY. ANYWAY HAD A BRIEF UPDATE FOR YOU. ALL THE ATTACHMENTS IN THE AGENDA SHOWCASE OUR GROWTH IN MARKETING, DIGITAL OUTREACH EFFORTS, ALL OF THAT. BUT ONE THING I DID WANT TO HIGHLIGHT, AND THE ONLY THING THAT I HAD ON A SLIDE, WAS OUR EMAIL OPEN RATES. I WANTED TO FOCUS FOR JUST A MOMENT ON HOW WE HAVE CONTINUED AND GROWN OUR QUARTERLY NEWSLETTERS THAT REACH OUT TO FOUR DIFFERENT SEGMENTS OF OUR COMMUNITY, AND IN PARTICULAR, ONE THING WE'RE DOING A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY IS IN ADDITION TO TRACKING OPEN RATES, WHICH SITS AROUND 49%, WHICH IS AN INCREDIBLE OPEN RATE FOR EMAILS OVERALL, OUR INNOVATION FUND EMAIL NEWSLETTER ALONE HAD A 55% OPEN RATE, WHICH IS BONKERS. SO THE OTHER THING WE'RE TRACKING, IN ADDITION TO GREAT OPEN RATES, IS CLICK THROUGH RATES. WHEN PEOPLE OPEN THE EMAILS, ARE THEY CLICKING THE CONTENT? ARE THEY ENGAGING WITH THE CONTENT? AND RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A 3.8% CLICK RATE, WHICH SOUNDS LOW WHEN YOU COMPARE IT TO AN OPEN RATE. BUT INDUSTRY STANDARD FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT IS AROUND 1.8 TO 2% OF CLICK THROUGH RATE. SO WE'RE SEEING GOOD NUMBERS. WE CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON OUR EMAIL MARKETING AND JUST FINE TUNE THAT AS A AN ASSET THAT WE HAVE. AND IN THE FUTURE YOU'LL SEE SOME INCREASED OPPORTUNITIES. YOU'LL SEE SOME ADDITIONAL STRATEGY AROUND OUR ONGOING MARKETING EFFORTS. AND WITH THAT, WITHOUT ANY SLIDES, I WILL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU. WE'RE WE'RE ACTIONSCRIPT AND THAT IS OPERATING IN THE GLOBAL. THANK YOU. AND WE HEARD FROM THE COUNCIL THAT. AND I HOPE YOU HAVE. YOUR UNTIL THE END OF.
THIS. IT WILL CONTINUE. TO BE HONEST ABOUT THIS YEAR OVER YEAR AND GIVE US SOME ACTIONSCRIPT THAT WE ARE. NOT. SERVICE AND THAT SOME BUSINESSES HAVE A LACK OF. PERSONALLY GIVING YOU ACCESS TO REMIND YOU THAT. YOU LIVE IN THE THAT YOU ARE NOT REFERRING TO THE FACT THAT THE AND PEOPLE CLOSE TO THAT. PROGRAM. THANK YOU. AND APPLAUD. THE DIRECTOR. FOR CONTINUING.
YEAH THAT IS HOT. IT GETS HOT FAST. YEAH. ARE YOU READY. YES SIR. ALL RIGHT. NOW THAT I KNOW WHERE THE CLOCK IS, WE ARE OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 857. I DON'T HAVE THE SECOND HAND. 8:57
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A.M. AND AT THIS TIME, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON PROJECT SPARKY. I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE PROJECT SPARKY, AS PER DISCUSSION IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. SECOND, WE HAVE A[00:20:04]
MOTION. WE HAVE A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AND. CHANTAL. CHANTAL. AND ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN. SO MOVED SECOND. DONE. OKAY, SCOTT AND THAD, WE ARE ADJOURNED. THANK YOU AGAIN, LADIES. APPRECIATE IT. YEAH. THANK YOU SO MUCH.PERSONS IN THE ELEVATOR. OH, MY GOD, THAT MADE THE MOTION. SCOTT MADE THE SECOND F
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