5.B. Consider budget for the 2026 Historic Restoration Grant (HRG) cycle. (Community Services Director)

[5.G. Consider approval of purchase of two (2) Ford F-150 Trucks and one (1) F-250 Truck from Tipton Ford, utilizing TIPS Cooperative Purchasing Contract #230204, in the total amount of $160,628.00 (Director of Public Works/City Engineer).]

ITEM FIVE G MR.. HELLO, CASE.

CASE OPPERMAN, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS AND CITY ENGINEER. HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. I JUST WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING. OKAY.

I'VE BEEN LOBBYING LONG AND HARD FOR US TO BUY LOCAL KIND OF STUFF.

AND THIS IS REALLY GOOD BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO BUY FROM TIPTON FORD, I THINK. AND I WISH WE WOULD DO THAT MORE OFTEN.

I KNOW THERE'S REASONS WE CAN'T, BUT I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR MAKING AN EFFORT. YES, SIR.

WELL, I CAN JUST SAY AND I'M NOT INVOLVED IN THIS PROCESS.

THE MANAGERS TYPICALLY, YOU KNOW, GET THE QUOTES ON THESE VEHICLES, BUT I KNOW FROM TALKING TO THEM THAT THEY ALWAYS TRY TO BUY LOCAL FIRST AND SOMETIMES WE CAN'T. BUT A LOT OF TIMES HERE RECENTLY WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO. SO WE'RE ALWAYS EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. I JUST WANTED EVERYBODY TO KNOW THAT WE APPRECIATE IT.

YES, SIR. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. SO I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF TWO FORD F 150 TRUCKS AND ONE F-250 TRUCK FROM TIPTON FORD UTILIZING THE COOPERATIVE PURCHASING CONTRACT. 23 0204 IN THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF $160,628.

SECOND. MOTION AND SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

[6.A. Receive a presentation from the Mid-America Baseball League concerning the Nacogdoches team name competition and results. (Community Services Director)]

NOW WE'LL GET INTO THE REGULAR AGENDA.

FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS RECEIVE A PRESENTATION FROM THE MID AMERICA BASEBALL LEAGUE CONCERNING THE NACOGDOCHES TEAM NAME, COMPETITION AND RESULTS.

MISS. SAL. KAREN MAYOR COUNCIL.

JESSICA SAL, COMMUNITY SERVICES DIRECTOR. I'M JUST GOING TO GIVE YOU ALL A BRIEF INTRODUCTION AND THEN TURN IT OVER TO NICK WEISSENBORN, WHO'S OUR LEAD COMMISSIONER FOR MID AMERICA. AS YOU ALL KNOW, COUNCIL APPROVED A CONTRACT WITH NACOGDOCHES SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT LLC IN JUNE, ALLOWING FOR THIS TEAM TO BE CREATED.

AND THEN AS SOON AS THAT TEAM WAS CREATED, WE STARTED A TEAM NAMING CONTEST.

SO NICK WEISENBERG WEISSENBORN, EXCUSE ME, IS THE LEAGUE COMMISSIONER FOR MID AMERICA. AND HE'S GOING TO GIVE YOU ALL A PRESENTATION TODAY AND REVEAL OUR TEAM NAME.

I'M GOING TO HAVE YOU COME ON UP. AND JASON YOU CAN COME UP AS WELL. THERE'S YOUR CLICKER. PERFECT. JACE.

I'LL LET YOU HANDLE THAT BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO BE THE ONE WORKING WITH THAT. JESSICA, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND THANK YOU, THE HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL FOR GIVING US THIS OPPORTUNITY. THIS IS MY THIRD TIME IN NACOGDOCHES AND I'VE REALLY ENJOYED MY TIME EVERY TIME I'VE COME THROUGH.

LIKE JESSICA SAID, I'M THE LEAD COMMISSIONER OF THE MID-AMERICA LEAGUE. THIS IS MY THIRD YEAR WITH THE LEAGUE FOR TWO YEARS AS COMMISSIONER AND ONE AS GM.

AND I WANTED TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE LEAGUE, WHY WE, WHY WE CHOSE NAC, OUR OPPORTUNITIES AND THEN INTRO.

JACE AS WELL. SO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR LEAGUE WE WERE FOUNDED IN 2024.

WE ARE 18 LEAGUE BASED OUT OF ARKANSAS, MISSOURI TEXAS AND KANSAS.

WE PLAY A 64 GAME SCHEDULE 32 HOME GAMES BETWEEN LATE MAY AND EARLY AUGUST.

AND WE ARE A UNIQUE LEAGUE BECAUSE WE USE A HYBRID ROSTER MODEL.

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WE HAVE MOSTLY COLLEGIATE PLAYERS THAT PLAY FOR OUR LEAGUE, SO YOU'LL SEE SOME SFA PLAYERS PLAYING MAYBE SOME OTHER LOCAL COLLEGES, BUT WE ALSO ALLOW PRO PLAYERS TO COME PLAY IN OUR LEAGUE THAT HAVE MAYBE EXHAUSTED THEIR ELIGIBILITY ELSEWHERE.

AND THOSE PLAYERS GET TO COME PLAY FOR US AND, AND TRY TO GET RESIGNED TO MAYBE AFFILIATED OR NON AFFILIATED BASEBALL.

IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE PLAYERS TO CONTINUE AFTER MAYBE THEY'VE TRIED AND COME BACK AGAIN. THAT'S THE BASIC LEAGUE STRUCTURE.

ALL OUR PLAYERS LIVE IN THE MARKET DURING THE SEASON.

WE USE HOST, WE USE HOST FAMILIES.

WE TAKE CARE OF THE PLAYERS WITH FEEDING THEM CHARTER TRAVEL VERY SIMILAR TO.

THEY WOULD THEY WOULD SEE IN A DIVISION ONE COLLEGE BASEBALL PROGRAM.

WHY DO WE CHOOSE NACOGDOCHES? A COUPLE THINGS. ONE, JUST THE COMMUNITY SUPPORT.

JASON IS GOING TO TOUCH ON THIS, BUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT NAME SUBMISSIONS, THIS MARKET GOT 2 TO 3 TIMES THE AMOUNT WE'VE, WE'VE SEEN IN ANY OTHER MARKET.

SO WE KNOW THE PASSION IS HERE.

THE HISTORY OF NACOGDOCHES.

I LOVE COMING TO THIS DOWNTOWN SQUARE AND SEEING THE COBBLESTONE STREETS AND, AND THE SQUARE REMINDS ME OF MY HOMETOWN BACK HOME IN SAINT LOUIS.

AND JUST A GREAT OPPORTUNITY AND GREAT BASEBALL IN THIS AREA.

SO REALLY EXCITED TO SEE WHAT, WHAT THIS TEAM CAN, CAN PRODUCE ON THE FIELD AS WELL FOR THE COMMUNITY.

I ALWAYS SIGN ALL MY EMAILS AS WE CALL OURSELVES A, A LEAGUE OF OPPORTUNITIES.

AND ONE OF THE REASONS IS BECAUSE LIKE I MENTIONED, THE HYBRID ROSTER ROSTER MODEL WITH, WITH OPPORTUNITIES FOR PLAYERS THAT HAVE EXHAUSTED ELIGIBILITY TO COME BACK. BUT THE OTHER OPPORTUNITY IS FOR THE CITIES THAT WE GO TO.

WE LIKE TO GO TO UNDERSERVED MARKETS, SMALLER MARKETS THAT ARE REALLY GOING TO ENJOY THE SUMMER BASEBALL AS A FAMILY ENTERTAINMENT OPTION.

AND AN OPTION TO BRING OUT THEIR FAMILY DURING THE SUMMER AND, AND HAVE A HOT DOG.

HAVE SOME FAMILY TIME AND REALLY ENJOY THE COMMUNITY ASPECT OF OUR GAMES.

WE DO PROMOTIONS. WE DO TONS OF THINGS THAT KEEP KIDS INVOLVED.

KIDS ARE THE LIFEBLOOD OF OUR, OUR ORGANIZATION.

SO ANYTIME WE CAN ENGAGE THEM.

IT'S GREAT FOR THE COMMUNITY.

AND JASON DOESN'T EVEN KNOW THIS. I HAVEN'T TOLD HIM THIS YET, BUT RIGHT BEFORE I WALKED INTO THIS MEETING, I GOT A TEXT THAT WE HAVE SIGNED OUR FIRST PLAYER FOR THE NACOGDOCHES FRANCHISE. A JAPANESE PLAYER OUT OF TIRAMISU TOKYO UNIVERSITY.

SO WE'LL TAKE IT, WE'LL TAKE IT.

LEAGUE OF OPPORTUNITIES. WE'RE BRINGING JAPANESE PLAYERS TO NACOGDOCHES, SO PERFECT.

HE'S A 300 HITTER. SO YOU GOT A GOOD ONE.

PERFECT. WELL, LIKE I SAID, JACE WILL INTRODUCE HIM.

HE IS GOING TO BE THE GENERAL MANAGER. JAMES.GREEN OF THE NACOGDOCHES FRANCHISE.

HE'S LOCAL FROM FROM NACOGDOCHES.

IT'S ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS WE LOOKED FOR WHEN WE STARTED INTERVIEWING CANDIDATES. AND I THINK HE'S GOING TO BE A GREAT FIT FOR THIS FRANCHISE. SO, JACE.

AWESOME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

NICK. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GETTING USED TO THE WHOLE PUBLIC SPEAKING THING, SO I'LL KEEP THE PAPER IN FRONT OF ME FOR TODAY.

I GUESS THE ARROW WILL CONTROL RIGHT HERE.

OKAY, PERFECT. ALRIGHTY.

SO NICK TOUCHED ON THE MID-AMERICA LEAGUE A LITTLE BIT.

HONORABLE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, AND STAFF. MY NAME IS JASON GREEN AS HE INTRODUCED. I BELIEVE I KNOW THIS TOWN FROM HAVING GROWN UP MY ENTIRE LIFE HERE IN NACOGDOCHES. I'VE GOT A LOT OF FAMILY AND A LOT OF ROOTS HERE, AND SPORTS MANAGEMENT HAS ALWAYS BEEN A PASSION FOR ME.

IT'S ALWAYS BEEN A LIFELONG DREAM FOR ME. AND IF YOU WOULD HAVE TOLD ME THIS WAS MY OPPORTUNITY AT THIS AGE, I WOULD HAVE TOLD YOU TO GO KICK ROCKS.

THERE'S NO WAY. SO THIS IS AN ABSOLUTE DREAM THAT I'M LIVING OUT RIGHT NOW.

I HAVE I'VE GOT A LOT OF ROOTS HERE IN NACOGDOCHES AS FAR AS THE SPORTS WORLD.

I'VE BEEN UP AT STEPHEN F AUSTIN DID THAT THING FOR ABOUT TWO YEARS, HELPED OUT IN THE ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT THERE AND EVEN PLAYED A LITTLE BIT OF THE PINEY WOODS LEAGUE. WHENEVER I WAS A LITTLE YOUNGER AND COULD FIT THE HELMET ON MY HEAD AND DIDN'T QUITE REALIZE YET THAT MANAGEMENT WAS FOR ME, AND BEING ON THE FIELD WAS NOT FOR ME. SO. BUT OUR GOAL IS SIMPLE.

WE JUST WANT TO PUT SMILES ON PEOPLE'S FACES AND THROUGH ENTERTAINING THEM AND WHATEVER THE SCORE SAYS, YOU KNOW, WE WANT PEOPLE TO JUST LEAVE AND BE HAPPY.

AND A LOT OF PEOPLE AROUND HERE HAVE HEARD US SAY, IF OUR FANS LEAVE HERE AND THEY DON'T KNOW THE SCORE OF THE GAME, THEN WE'VE DONE OUR JOB. SO THAT DOESN'T GO WITHOUT SAYING, YOU KNOW, WINNING IS GOING TO BE VERY IMPORTANT. WE'RE GOING TO PUT TOGETHER A CHAMPIONSHIP ORGANIZATION AND HOPEFULLY A CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM TOGETHER ON THE FIELD.

AND AS HE MENTIONED, I'LL TAKE WHATEVER I CAN GET.

A 300 HITTER FROM JAPAN IS A GOOD START.

SO BUT WE'RE HERE TODAY TO ANNOUNCE THE NAME OF THE NACOGDOCHES TEAM.

IT WAS IMPORTANT THAT THE COMMUNITY TOOK OWNERSHIP AND HAD A MAJOR PART IN DECIDING THAT. AND OVER TEN WEEKS WITH TWO DIFFERENT ROUNDS OF VOTING, WE HAD OVER 2000 SUBMISSIONS.

AND HE TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THIS WAS THE OUT OF THE FOUR EXPANSION TEAMS, THIS WAS THE MOST VOTED ON OUT OF ANY OF THOSE.

AND THAT INCLUDES BEAUMONT, TEXAS, WHICH BEATS US BY A COUPLE THOUSAND PEOPLE. AND BRYAN, TEXAS.

BRYAN, COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS. WE HAD MORE SUBMISSIONS THAN THEM AS WELL, WHICH IS OUTSTANDING.

IT'S INCREDIBLE. BUT WE HAD AN INTERNAL CRITERIA LIST FOR THREE OF THREE THINGS FOR THE CONTEST. THE NAME MUST REFLECT HISTORY AND THE CITY OF NACOGDOCHES MUST BE UNIQUE TO A UNIQUE NAME. AND Y'ALL CAN IMAGINE AROUND NACOGDOCHES, WE HAD PLENTY OF UNIQUENESS COME IN THE SUBMISSION.

SO THERE WAS NO END TO THAT.

AND IT MUST BE A NAME THAT KIDS AND FAMILIES WILL EMBRACE.

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SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I WILL PRESENT TO YOU THE NACOGDOCHES NINERS.

HERE'S OUR LOGO. HERE'S KIND OF WHAT WE'RE GOING WITH AS OF RIGHT NOW. THANK YOU ALL.

SO THE NAME NINERS, IT PAYS HOMAGE TO THE NINE FLAGS OF TEXAS THAT WE'VE HAD FLY OVER OUR CITY AND STATE. THE MAIN CHARACTER OF THE LOGO IS THE WHITETAIL DEER, WHICH IS DEEPLY TIED TO OUR LOCAL HERITAGE AND THE FORESTS THAT SURROUND OUR COMMUNITY.

I KNOW SOMEONE, A COUPLE OF YOU HAVE PROBABLY SEEN HIM RUNNING AROUND. AND THE MOUNTED SHIELD IN THE BACK IS FILLED WITH SOME OF THE COLORS AND DESIGNS OF SOME OF THOSE FLAGS THAT HAVE FLOWN OVER NACOGDOCHES.

SO THAT'S JUST SOME OF THE CONTEXT BEHIND THE LOGO.

HERE'S SOME, HERE'S SOME OF THE CURRENT HAT DESIGNS THAT WE HAVE. AS FAR AS OUR LOGO AND OUR LETTERING LOGO, WE HAVE THE OVERLAPPING IN WITH THE BREAD AND THE NAVY BLUE AND THE LONE STAR RIGHT THERE IN THE MIDDLE.

I THINK IT'S A REALLY CRISP LOGO.

WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THAT FOR A GOOD WHILE AND THOSE ARE GOING TO BE THE HATS. HERE ARE OUR JERSEYS. WE'VE GOT THREE DIFFERENT DESIGNS AS OF RIGHT NOW.

WE'VE GOT OUR HOME UNIFORMS THAT ARE ON THE LEFT.

THE MIDDLE ONES ARE GOING TO BE OUR WAY WITH THE NACOGDOCHES ACROSS THE FRONT, AND THE JERSEYS ON THE RIGHT ARE GOING TO BE AN ALTERNATE THAT WE WILL ALSO BE WEARING FROM TIME TO TIME. SO THOSE ARE THE THREE DESIGNS THAT WE'VE COME WITH FOR NOW.

AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE WANTING AN OFFICIAL HAT CAPTAIN T SHIRT, WE WILL BE GETTING THOSE READY ON OUR WEBSITE TO BE ORDERED@WW.COM, SO KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR THAT.

ALSO STARTING TOMORROW, WE'LL HAVE THIS AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE AND WE'LL BE SENDING THIS OUT AS WELL. BUT WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN THE CONTEST TO NAME OUR MASCOT. SO YOU'LL HAVE SEEN THE BUCK AND WE WANT TO COME UP WITH A NAME FOR HIM.

SO WE'LL TAKE ANY KIND OF SUBMISSIONS AND ANY UNIQUENESS I CAN GET, ESPECIALLY IF IT'S ANYTHING LIKE THAT FIRST CONTEST THAT WE HAD WITH OVER 2000 SUBMISSIONS. I'M HOPING TO GET SOME SIMILAR NUMBERS TO THAT, AND IT'S ABSOLUTELY OUTSTANDING WHAT WE DID THAT FIRST TIME. SO I ALSO HAVE A NOTE HERE.

I PROMISED MYSELF AND I PROMISED MARK SCHUSTER, WHO COULDN'T BE HERE TONIGHT, THAT I WOULD NOT STOP TALKING UNTIL I MENTIONED TO EVERYONE THAT SEASON TICKETS ARE ALSO AVAILABLE. SO I WILL BE SHOOTING EMAILS OUT TO EVERYBODY.

AND IF YOU DON'T GET AN EMAIL, CONTACT ME AT (936) 615-7704.

I'LL PUT THAT OUT THERE FOR EVERYBODY. SO JUST GIVE ME A GIVE ME A CALL AND IF YOU DON'T GIVE ME A CALL, I'LL BE KNOCKING ON YOUR DOOR. AND I KNOW WHERE A LOT OF, A LOT OF PEOPLE'S OFFICES ARE HERE IN TOWN. SO YOU CAN'T YOU CAN ONLY ESCAPE ME FOR SO LONG. SO BUT AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR TONIGHT'S OPPORTUNITY. AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING EVERYBODY OUT AT THE BALLPARK. OKAY. THANK YOU.

HEY. JACE. I'LL JUST TELL YOU, YOU AND THE COMMISSIONER BOTH THAT.

THAT ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF NACOGDOCHES.

IT'S QUITE AN HONOR YOU BEING HERE.

YES, SIR. AND WE'RE GOING TO DO EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN TO SUPPORT THIS WITH ATTENDANCE.

YOU PROVIDE THE ENTERTAINMENT AND THE WINDS, AND WE'LL DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO GET THEM THERE. I'D LIKE FOR YOU HAVE BEEN HERE ALL YOUR LIFE, AND I'D LIKE FOR YOU TO.

WELL, START BY INTRODUCING YOUR GRANDFATHER AND YOUR GRANDMOTHER.

JOE, IF YOU'LL STAND UP.

YOU AND JANE AND. YEP, THAT'S MY GRANDPARENTS, JOE AND JANE GREEN. THEY'RE IN THE BACK. SO THEY'RE THE ONES THAT KIND OF KEEP ME TIED HERE. AND THE ONES THAT KIND OF KEPT ME FROM FROM LEAVING. DEFINITELY. SO. AND THEN AND THEN YOUR MOTHER AND DADDY. JOHN AND DESTINY GREEN. JOHN AND DESTINY GREEN, THEY'RE IN THE BACK. AND THEN MY GIRLFRIEND, LEONA DELA CRUZ, SHE'S SITTING THERE, SHE'S A LITTLE SHY, DOESN'T WANT TO STAND UP, BUT WE'LL GET HER UP. SO ANYWAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

YOUR DADDY WILL PROBABLY HAVE A NAME FOR THAT BOOK.

YEAH. HE'LL HAVE HE'LL HAVE SOMETHING. WE PROBABLY WON'T BE ABLE TO USE IT, BUT HE'LL HAVE SOMETHING. SO THAT'LL BE THAT.

BUT THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME. WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION. WHO SUBMITTED THE WINNING NAME? WHO DID? WHO DID SUBMITTING? I CAN GET WITH MARK ON THAT. I THINK WE ACTUALLY HAD MORE THAN ONE SUBMIT PERSON WHO SUBMITTED THE NINERS.

SO IT WAS IT WAS A GREAT IT WAS A GREAT SUBMISSION.

AND I THOUGHT WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT SOME OF THOSE FINAL NAMES, AND I KNOW SOME OF YOU ALL SAW SOME OF THEM A LITTLE BIT MORE INTERESTING.

YEAH, A LITTLE BIT MORE INTERESTING, MAYBE HAD A LITTLE BIT MORE BAD BITE TO THEM.

BUT I THINK THIS ONE, IT EXPLAINS THE HISTORY OF THE TOWN AND IT REALLY REPRESENTS US WITH, YOU KNOW, LIKE IT SHOULD.

SO I'M REALLY EXCITED FOR IT.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY.

THANK YOU AGAIN. VERY MUCH.

[6.B. CVB Annual Report and Marketing Plan. (Convention & Visitors Bureau Director)]

OKAY. NEXT ITEM. ITEM SIX B, CVB ANNUAL REPORT AND MARKETING PLAN.

MISS ASHLEY MORGAN. YOUR PRESENTATION.

OKAY. THANKS. OKAY. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

ASHLEY MORGAN, CVB DIRECTOR.

REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE BASEBALL TEAM, OBVIOUSLY, AND THE TOURISM DEPARTMENT.

AND I WILL SAY I WAS AT LEAST ONE OF THE SUBMISSIONS FOR THE NINERS NAME.

SO I'M GOING TO CLAIM THAT EARLY.

YOU ALL HEARD IT HERE FIRST.

I'M WAITING FOR MY SEASON TICKETS.

THEY SHOULD BE HERE SOON. RIGHT. ALL RIGHT.

SO TONIGHT WE HAVE OUR PRESENTATION.

WE DO AN ANNUAL REPORT WITH YOU TO LET YOU KNOW WHAT WE ARE DOING WITH THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY THAT FUNDS OUR ORGANIZATION.

AS A REMINDER, WE ARE FUNDED BY 72.5% OF THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY.

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SO NOT QUITE ALL OF IT, BUT THE BIGGER MAJORITY OF IT.

AND AT THE END OF THE PRESENTATION, I'LL ALSO GO OVER OUR BUDGET AND THE CHANGES THAT WE HAVE FOR THIS YEAR.

AS A REMINDER OUR MISSION AND PURPOSE, THIS IS SET BY OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS THAT YOU ALL APPOINT IS TO POSITION NACOGDOCHES AS A HISTORIC DESTINATION BY ATTRACTING OVERNIGHT VISITORS AND POSITIVELY AFFECTING THE CITY'S ECONOMY.

THE NACOGDOCHES CONVENTION VISITORS BUREAU ENCOURAGES, ENHANCES AND PROMOTES TOURISM RELATED BUSINESS AND SPECIAL EVENTS IN THE NACOGDOCHES AREA.

JUST WANTED TO GET OUR STAFF FACES IN FRONT OF YOU.

I BELIEVE I HAVE MOST OF THEM HERE TONIGHT.

OH, I HAVE ALL OF THEM. FIVE OUT OF FIVE.

SO I'M THE DIRECTOR. MIKE BAY IS OUR VISITOR SERVICES COORDINATOR.

NATALIE DUNN IS OUR CREATIVE CONTENT DIRECTOR.

LAUREN PENNINGTON IS OUR GROUP SALES AND SERVICES COORDINATOR.

AND CHERYL BARTLETT IS OUR ACCOUNTANT.

AND THEN I HAVE OUR BOARD MEMBERS LISTED AS WELL.

BUT I WON'T GO OVER THEM BECAUSE YOU APPOINTED THEM. SO JUST IN REVIEW 2024 AND 2025 WERE A GREAT YEAR FOR US.

WE BECAME FULLY STAFFED WITH THE HIRING OF LAUREN PENNINGTON, WHO JOINED US JUST ABOUT A YEAR AGO ACTUALLY.

SO WE HAVE LOVED HAVING HER.

WE'VE ADVERTISED IN OVER SEVEN PUBLICATIONS.

THAT'S JUST PRINT. WE'VE ALSO ADVERTISED IN SEVERAL DIGITAL PUBLICATIONS.

WE UPDATED A BILLBOARD ON HIGHWAY 59 NORTH NEAR LUGNUTS AND WE LAUNCHED OUR NEW WEBSITE.

AND SOON AFTER LAUNCHING THAT NEW WEBSITE, WE ACTUALLY WON PEOPLE'S CHOICE AND JUDGES CHOICE FOR BEST WEBSITE AT DESTINATIONS TEXAS ANNUAL CONFERENCE.

THAT WAS IN SEPTEMBER.

WE WERE REALLY PROUD OF THAT. PEOPLE'S CHOICE WAS VOTED ON BY OUR PEERS AND THEN THE JUDGE'S CHOICE. SORRY, LET ME GO BACK.

PEOPLE'S CHOICE WAS JUST OUR BUDGET CATEGORY, WHICH IS BETWEEN 500,000 AND 1 MILLION.

SO IT'S AN HONOR, BUT THE BIGGEST HONOR IS JUDGE'S CHOICE, WHICH IS OVERALL SO UP AGAINST LARGER CITIES WHO SUBMITTED THEIR WEBSITES AS WELL.

SO WE WERE REALLY PROUD OF THAT ONE.

AND THEN WE DISCONTINUED THE VISIT APP.

THIS WAS A BOARD DECISION.

WE WERE SEEING LESS AND LESS USAGE OF THE APP AND THE MAJORITY OF THE USAGE WERE PEOPLE LOCALLY. AND JUST BY STATE LAW, WE'RE SUPPOSED TO USE OUR FUNDS THAT FOR PEOPLE OUT OF TOWN. AND SO IT WASN'T REALLY SERVING ITS PURPOSE ANYMORE.

AND WE DECIDED TO REALLOCATE THOSE FUNDS.

WE COUNT VISITORS SEVERAL DIFFERENT WAYS.

ONE OF THE WAYS IS THE OLD FASHIONED TALLY MARK EVERY TIME SOMEONE WALKS IN.

SOMETIMES THAT GETS A LITTLE HAND, ESPECIALLY OR OUT OF HAND ON DAYS LIKE THE BLUEBERRY FESTIVAL. BUT WE ALSO USE SOME SOFTWARE CALLED PLACER AI TO HELP US IDENTIFY HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE COMING IN. AND WE WERE ABLE TO TOGGLE FILTERS TO FIND OUT WHERE PEOPLE ARE COMING FROM OUT OF TOWN.

SO WE HAD OVER 17,000 PEOPLE IN THE VISITOR CENTER THAT CAME FROM AT LEAST 50 MILES OUT.

SO THAT'S GREAT NEWS FOR THE VISITOR CENTER.

NOT EVERY SINGLE VISITOR COMES TO THE VISITOR CENTER. SOME VISITORS GO STRAIGHT TO CAMPUS OR STRAIGHT TO THE EXPO CENTER.

SO WE'RE HAPPY TO BRING PEOPLE DOWNTOWN.

BECAUSE WE'RE ABLE TO GIVE THEM THE AUTHENTIC INFORMATION ABOUT THE TOWN.

OUR SOCIAL MEDIA FOLLOWING GREW THANKS TO THE EFFORTS OF NATALIE.

WE HAD 6300 NEW FOLLOWERS ACROSS OUR SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS. WE ARE REACHING OVER A MILLION PEOPLE WITH OUR POSTS, AND THAT IS DUE TO A LOT OF COLLABORATION WITH SFA.

SO WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THAT.

AND THEN SOME EXCITING NEW CHANGES WE HAD.

WE STARTED WORKING WITH SFA TO BRING SHUTTLE BUSSES DOWNTOWN FOR EVENTS LIKE THE FIRST WEEK OF SCHOOL AND THE OLD TOWN RIG DOWN AND AND I BELIEVE THERE WAS A SHOWCASE.

IT WASN'T SHOWCASE SATURDAY, IT WAS PARENTS WEEKEND. THANK YOU. I WAS LIKE, WHICH ONE WAS THAT? BUT WE'VE HEARD INCREDIBLE RESULTS FROM DOWNTOWN BUSINESS OWNERS. WE SAW IT IN THE VISITOR CENTER OURSELVES.

WE HAD PICTURES OF PEOPLE ON CAMPUS LINING UP TO GET ON THE BUSSES, AND THEY HAD TO ORDER ANOTHER BUS TO COME BRING PEOPLE BECAUSE THERE WERE SO MANY PEOPLE WANTING TO COME DOWNTOWN.

SO WE WERE REALLY PROUD OF THAT PARTNERSHIP.

JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR VISITORS.

SO WITH, AGAIN, WITH PLACER.AI, WE WERE ABLE TO RUN SOME NUMBERS AND SEE THAT OVER 343,000 PEOPLE CAME TO NACOGDOCHES FROM OVER 50 MILES THIS YEAR.

AND THOSE PEOPLE ARE ONLY COUNTED JUST ONCE.

HOWEVER, FOR NIGHT STAYS, WE HAD 886,000 TOTAL NIGHTS STAYED IN THE CITY OF NACOGDOCHES. NOW THAT DOES INCLUDE SOME REPEATS, LIKE PEOPLE WHO CAME MULTIPLE TIMES.

BUT THAT WAS A REALLY GREAT NUMBER TO SEE THAT PEOPLE ARE STAYING IN OUR HOTELS AND IN OUR SHORT TERM RENTALS. AND WE ATTRIBUTE A LOT OF THAT TO SFA GROWING BUT ALSO JUST GENERAL GROWTH OVERALL.

AND IT SHOULD COME TO NO SURPRISE THAT OUR LARGEST MARKET IS THE GREATER HOUSTON AREA WITH DALLAS AS A CLOSE SECOND AND AUSTIN IS OUR THIRD LARGEST MARKET.

THIS IS JUST A BREAKDOWN OF WHAT I JUST TOLD YOU. SO YOU CAN SEE THE LARGEST AMOUNT COMES FROM THE HOUSTON AREA AND THEN DALLAS AND YOU CAN SEE THE OTHER COMMUNITIES.

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STRANGELY, CHICAGO IS A BIG MARKET FOR US AS WELL.

BUT THE MAJORITY OF OUR MARKETS ARE WITHIN TEXAS.

WE ARE A DRIVE MARKET, AND THAT'S MAINLY DUE TO LIMITED AIR TRAVEL OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE TIME BEING AND JUST THE NATURE OF OUR TOWN AND ITS OFFERINGS.

JUST REALISTICALLY PEOPLE STAY HERE ABOUT 2 TO 3 DAYS.

AND THIS AGAIN SAYS WHAT I JUST SAID.

THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE SAY 1 TO 2 DAYS.

BUT THEN WE DO HAVE A DECENT AMOUNT OF PEOPLE STAYING 3 TO 7 DAYS AND OBVIOUSLY NOT TOO MANY STAYING LONGER THAN THAT. BUT DOES ANYBODY STAY LONGER THAN THAT? AND THEN THIS IS JUST A BREAKDOWN OF THEIR SALARIES, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS INTERESTING. IT HELPS US UNDERSTAND WHO WE'RE MARKETING TO AND WHERE TO ADVERTISE.

SO JUST ANNUAL HOUSEHOLD SALARIES, THESE ARE SOME ADS THAT WE RAN THIS YEAR.

SO WE HAVE DONE A, WHAT I CALL A GENTLE REBRAND.

SO JUST KIND OF REFRESHING OUR LOGO.

THIS CAME ALONG WITH OUR WEBSITE.

WE WORKED WITH THE WEBSITE DEVELOPERS TO IDENTIFY SOME MORE MODERN COLORS AND FONTS THAT HELP US TELL OUR STORY WHILE STILL.

LIKE I SAID, STAYING YOU KNOW, HISTORIC AND CULTURAL AND YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WANT JUST BORING FONTS EVERYWHERE.

AND HERE ARE SOME OTHER ADS.

AS YOU CAN SEE, WE FOCUS A LOT ON OUR GARDENS, OUR HISTORY, OUR LIVE MUSIC AND OUR DOWNTOWN.

SO HERE IS OUR MARKETING PLAN FOR THE YEAR.

SO WE TAKE A SEASONAL APPROACH TO OUR MARKETING.

WE THINK IN QUARTERS LIKE MOST PEOPLE DO, BUT FOR THE FIRST PART OF THE YEAR, WHICH THE YEAR IS THE FISCAL YEAR STARTING IN OCTOBER, WE ARE PUSHING FALL FOLIAGE, WHICH ACTUALLY FOR US HAPPENS IN EARLY DECEMBER. BUT HOLIDAY PROMOTIONS AND WINTER BREAKS AND OUR SECOND QUARTER, WE HEAVILY PROMOTE THE AZALEA TRAIL WINE SWIRL GARDEN TOURS SFA EVENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. OBVIOUSLY THE THIRD QUARTER IS ALL ABOUT BLUEBERRY FESTIVAL, BUT ALSO SUMMER TRAVELS AND LIKE THE WATER PARK AND TONKAWA AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

AND THEN THE FOURTH QUARTER IS THE START OF FALL WITH THE RETURN OF STUDENTS, THE OLD TOWN RIG DOWN AND TRIPS SIMILAR TO THAT.

SO THIS YEAR WE ARE WE PICK LIKE A MARKETING CAMPAIGN TO GO OFF OF.

PART OF THIS IS A SUBMISSION FOR AWARDS, BUT ALSO GIVES US LIKE A JUMPING BOARD FOR HOW WE'RE GOING TO ADVERTISE AND WHAT KIND OF YOU KNOW, COLORS AND TONES WE'RE GOING TO USE. SO THIS YEAR WE ARE FOCUSING ON THE COLOR PALETTE OF NACOGDOCHES. SO TELLING OUR STORY THROUGH COLORFUL PHOTOGRAPHY AND VIDEOGRAPHY.

THAT HAS BEEN ONE OF MY BIGGEST PRIORITIES SINCE BECOMING DIRECTOR THAT WE REALLY INCREASE OUR PHOTO AND VIDEO LIBRARY BECAUSE WE NEED TO HAVE THOSE TOOLS READY TO GO WHEN PEOPLE CALL US AND SAY, HEY, WE'RE DOING A STORY ON NACOGDOCHES, CAN YOU SEND US SOME PHOTOS? AND FOR, FOR A WHILE WE WERE LACKING, BUT WE'VE DEFINITELY CAUGHT UP THERE.

AND THEN WE'RE USING COLORS DERIVED FROM THE NACOGDOCHES OFFERINGS LIKE PINE TREE, GREEN, RED, BRICK OR BRICK, RED OR ORANGE, IF YOU WANT TO CONSIDER IT THAT. AZALEA PINK AND SFA PURPLE.

AND THEN WE'LL USE VISUAL LANGUAGE WITH ARTISTIC THEMES LIKE LIFE'S MORE VIBRANT HERE. THESE ARE SOME ADS THAT HAVE ACTUALLY NOT BEEN PUBLISHED YET, BUT WE'RE WORKING WITH THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF TOURISM TRAVEL TEXAS.

AND SO THESE WILL BE POSTED ON THEIR STORIES ON INSTAGRAM AND WE WILL BE COLLABORATORS ON THOSE POSTS. SO WE'RE EXCITED TO SEE WHAT KIND OF NUMBERS THEY DO BECAUSE THEY HAVE MASSIVE FOLLOWINGS. AND THIS IS OUR FIRST TIME WORKING WITH THEM IN QUITE SOME TIME.

AND THEY HAVE A GREAT CO-OP PROGRAM WHERE WE GET ADVERTISING AT DISCOUNTED RATES THROUGH THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF TOURISM.

SO SOME PRIORITY PRIORITIES FOR 2026.

AND WE'RE GOING TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF CREATOR AND BLOGGER VISITS. SO THIS IS SOMETHING CALLED USER GENERATED CONTENT.

IT REALLY RESONATES WITH PEOPLE MORE THESE DAYS WHERE IT'S NOT SO MUCH A PAID AD THAT'S POLISHED AND PERFECT. IT'S PEOPLE'S EXPERIENCES TOLD BY THEM ON THEIR RESPECTIVE SOCIAL MEDIA PAGES, AND THEN THEY TAG US SO PEOPLE KNOW WHERE TO FIND US.

BUT FOR INSTANCE, WE CAN HIRE A CREATOR TO COME TO THE BLUEBERRY FESTIVAL AND EXPERIENCE IT FROM THEIR POINT OF VIEW AND TELL IT TO THEIR FOLLOWERS, WHICH IS BENEFICIAL FOR US AND MORE AUTHENTIC.

ONE THING THAT WE'RE PLANNING TO DO IS CREATE AN AMBASSADOR PROGRAM TO ENGAGE LOCALS.

SO WHAT I'M HOPING FOR OUT OF THIS IS TO GET PEOPLE TO TELL OUR STORIES FOR US WHILE TAGGING US ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND JUST SPREADING THE STORIES THAT WE HAVE THAT MAKE UP THIS TOWN FOR US. AND THEN WE SHARE THEM TO INCREASE THE REACH OVERALL.

AND AGAIN, TYING INTO THAT USER GENERATED CONTENT.

AND OF COURSE, ALWAYS INCREASING OCCUPANCY AT BOTH HOTELS AND SHORT TERM RENTALS.

WE ARE LOOKING TO UPDATE TECHNOLOGY AND AUDIO CAPABILITIES IN THE VISITOR CENTER SO THAT WE

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CAN HOST MORE MEETINGS THERE AT THE VISITOR CENTER BECAUSE IT IS A SMALLER SPACE THAN THAN, YOU KNOW, OUR PARTNERS CAN OFFER, BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE LIKE TO HAVE BOARD MEETINGS OR RETREATS IN A HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT AND WE'RE IN THE CENTER OF EVERYTHING. SO IT JUST MAKES SENSE.

AND THEN OBVIOUSLY CONTINUING TO WORK WITH SFA ON STUDENT AND PARENT OFFERINGS TO INCREASE, INCREASE STAY LENGTHS.

WE HAD A VIDEO DONE. I'M SORRY, I FORGOT TO LET Y'ALL KNOW ABOUT THIS.

DO WE HAVE AUDIO ON THIS? OH, OKAY. I'M SO SORRY.

YOU CAN FIND THE VIDEO ON OUR YOUTUBE.

BUT WE DID HAVE SOME VIDEOS DONE THIS YEAR.

JUST TO TELL THE STORY OF NACOGDOCHES AGAIN AND INCREASING THOSE PHOTO LIBRARY OFFERINGS.

AND SOME OF THOSE VIDEOS WILL BE POSTED WITH THE TRAVEL TEXAS GOVERNOR'S OFFICE AS WELL.

OOPS. SORRY. ALL RIGHT.

SO NOW I'M GOING TO GO OVER OUR BUDGET AND THEN OPEN IT UP FOR ANY QUESTIONS.

SO REALLY QUICK BEFORE I GET INTO THE BUDGET, I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU ALL SOME BACKGROUND INFORMATION. SO TOURISM SUPPORTS 980 JOBS IN TOWN DIRECTLY, INDIRECTLY.

IT'S MUCH MORE THAN THAT.

TOURISM ACCOUNTS FOR OVER 2 MILLION IN TAX RECEIPTS AND THAT'S LODGING, FOOD, BEVERAGE, RETAIL AND FUEL.

AND JUST FOR THE YEAR, HOTEL OCCUPANCY WAS ABOUT 52% WHICH IS AVERAGE. OF COURSE WE WANT TO SEE THE NUMBER HIGHER THAN THAT. AND IT WAS HIGHER IN MONTHS LIKE SEPTEMBER, ESPECIALLY AROUND PARENTS WEEKEND AND AND IN THE SPRING MONTHS AS WELL.

AND CURRENTLY THERE ARE 67 SHORT TERM RENTAL PROPERTIES INSIDE THE CITY LIMITS AND THEY WERE AT ABOUT 33% OCCUPANCY FOR THE YEAR.

AND JUST LETTING YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A NEW HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS COMING.

I'M SURE YOU'VE SEEN IT.

AND THEN THERE'S A HOME2 SUITES IN DEVELOPMENT AND SO MOVING ON TO OUR BUDGET.

SO IN FISCAL YEAR 2024 TO 25, WE BUDGETED $670,000 AND $625.

AND THEN FOR THE YEAR OF 2526, WE ARE BUDGETING 734,500.

I TOLD YOU ALL THIS LAST YEAR, WE ACTUALLY BROUGHT IN MORE THAN THAT, BUT I BUDGET CONSERVATIVELY.

AND THAT'S MAINLY BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, FOR HOTEL OCCUPANCY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, SEVERAL OF THOSE MONTHS WERE NEGATIVE. AND THAT HAS ME WORRIED.

AND I THINK PART OF THAT WAS JUST OVERALL PEOPLE UNCERTAIN ABOUT, YOU KNOW, TRAVELING, POLITICS TARIFFS, ETC., BUT THEY ARE, IT'S GETTING BETTER.

BUT STILL, WHEN WE WERE PLANNING THE BUDGET, WHICH WAS IN THE SUMMERTIME, WE WERE STILL THINKING, LET'S BE RATHER CONSERVATIVE.

SO WE DID NOT UTILIZE THE FULL AMOUNT THAT WAS ESSENTIALLY OFFERED TO US.

WE JUST BUDGETED FOR LESS AGAIN.

SO BUT IT IS AN INCREASE FROM LAST YEAR.

AND I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT WHERE THOSE INCREASES ARE GOING.

SO THE MAJORITY OF IT IS GOING TO REPAIRS AND IMPROVEMENTS.

AGAIN, WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT EARLIER WITH THE AUDIO AND TECH, BUT ALSO SOME REPAIRS AND UPDATES TO BOTH OUTSIDE AND INSIDE, JUST KIND OF KEEPING THINGS UPDATED.

AND MAKING IT LOOK NICER.

AND THEN A LARGE PART OF IT IS INCREASED POSTAGE DUE TO OUR VISITOR GUIDES, WHICH YOU ALL HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU. WE, I FORGOT TO MENTION THAT IN MY PRESENTATION, BUT WE DID NEW VISITOR GUIDES THIS YEAR AND THEY'RE HEFTY.

BUT THEY DO A MUCH BETTER JOB OF HIGHLIGHTING ALL THE OFFERINGS IN TOWN, BUT THEY, IT DOES COME AT A HIGHER COST TO NOT ONLY PRINT BUT TO SEND OUT.

BUT IT'S A WORTHY CAUSE IN OUR OPINION.

AND THEN WE ADDED A LITTLE BIT MORE TO ADVERTISING TO ACCOMMODATE TRAVEL WRITERS.

AND WE ALSO ARE PLANNING SOME MORE MUSIC EVENTS IN THE UPCOMING YEAR.

AND WITH THAT, I'LL OPEN IT UP TO ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

I WANT TO SAY YOU'VE REALLY STEPPED UP THE GAME HERE.

THE PICTURES ARE BEAUTIFUL.

THANK YOU. REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU. WE HAVE SUCH A BEAUTIFUL TOWN.

IT NEEDS TO BE SHOWN. YEAH, BUT YOUR PHOTOGRAPHS ARE REALLY GOOD.

OUR AIRBNB IS GOING TO BE LISTED ON THIS NEXT TIME.

YES. SO WE HAVE THEM LISTED ON OUR WEBSITE AND THE QR CODE DOES GO TO OUR WEBSITE.

THE THING ABOUT AIRBNB'S IS THEY CHANGE PRETTY QUICKLY.

A LOT OF THEM CHANGE OWNERSHIP OR CHANGE OFFERINGS.

AND SO THAT'S WHY WE WERE HESITANT TO LIST THEM BY NAME.

THERE ARE SOME THAT ARE MORE ESTABLISHED THAT WE FREQUENTLY HIGHLIGHT IN OUR SOCIAL MEDIA AND THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT WE, WE WERE HESITANT TO PUT A LIST JUST BECAUSE OF HOW OFTEN THEY CHANGE.

I'VE GOT A FEW QUESTIONS. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

SO I'M ONE OF THE THREE PEOPLE WHO USED THE APP.

YEAH. SO WHAT, WHAT IS THE MAJOR? WHAT, WHAT'S THE MAJOR PLATFORM THAT I SHOULD BE GOING TO.

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AND WHAT'S THE MAJOR PLATFORM THAT PEOPLE USE WHEN THEY'RE LOOKING TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON IN NACOGDOCHES NOW? WE ALWAYS ASK PEOPLE TO GO TO OUR WEBSITE THAT IS THE MOST UP TO DATE INFORMATION, ESPECIALLY FOR EVENTS.

WE HAVE A SUBMISSION LINK FOR PEOPLE TO UPLOAD THEIR EVENTS AND THEN WE REVIEW THOSE AND THEN WE USE THEM TO CREATE OUR WEEKLY AND MONTHLY WHAT'S HAPPENING FLIERS.

BUT I WOULD SAY SECOND TO THAT WOULD BE FACEBOOK IS THE MOST COMMON.

JUST VISIT NACOGDOCHES ON FACEBOOK, WHICH I KNOW NOT EVERYBODY USES BUT EVERYBODY CAN USE OUR WEBSITE. EVERYONE HAS SAFARI OR GOOGLE CHROME OR WHATEVER.

AND THEN WE ALSO USE INSTAGRAM QUITE A BIT.

OKAY. AND ONE OF MY BIGGER QUESTIONS IS I KNOW HOT TAX CAN ONLY GO TO CERTAIN THINGS.

YES. AND SOMETHING CAME UP RECENTLY IN A PUBLIC MEETING ABOUT PARKING HOT TAXES CAN GO TO PARKING, CAN'T IT? CAN'T THEY OR NOT? NO, NOT UNLESS YOU CAN DIRECTLY PROVE THAT IT IS FOR A VISITOR.

PARKING FOR VISITORS FROM.

FROM OUT OF TOWN. YES.

I MEAN, IF WE HAD CERTAIN SPACES ALLOCATED FOR VISITORS, IT COULD ONLY PAY FOR THAT PART.

YEAH. AND THERE'S NOT A LOT OF CASES THAT I'VE SEEN IT BE USED FOR THAT JUST BECAUSE IT IS SO, YOU KNOW EXTREMELY LAID OUT IN THE STATE LAW.

BUT I'M TRYING TO THINK OF LIKE THE BEST CASE SCENARIO I COULD THINK OF IS IF WE WERE TO DO SIGNS IN FRONT OF THE VISITOR CENTER THAT SAID VISITOR CENTER PARKING ONLY THEN WE COULD USE IT FOR THAT TYPE OF THING.

BUT IF THE SPACES ARE ALSO GOING TO BE USED BY LOCALS, THEN IT CAN'T BE USED FOR THAT.

SO LET ME, LET ME THROW SOMETHING OUT.

YOU HAVING DONE THIS BEFORE, YOU CAN SEEK OPINION OF COUNSEL FROM THE CVB STATEWIDE ASSOCIATION.

THEIR ATTORNEY. AND IF YOU WERE DOING SOMETHING LIKE A CONFERENCE CENTER, CONVENTION CENTER, WHATEVER WE'D LIKE TO CALL IT.

THEORETICALLY, YOU COULD PROBABLY DO IT.

AND THEY WOULD ATTRIBUTE A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE TO IT SO YOU CAN INTERPOLATE.

I USE WORDS THAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND FOR YOUR PURPOSE AND COMEDY.

SO THEY WOULD THERE'D BE A WAY TO CALCULATE THAT THING BACKWARDS TO PROBABLY SOME KIND OF FORMULA. BUT IF AGAIN, YOU WOULD PROBABLY LOOK AT YOUR TOTAL NUMBER OF TRIPS, IT'S KIND OF LIKE WHEN YOU DO TRANSIT ANALYSIS, YOU CAN KIND OF BIFURCATE ANOTHER WORD.

I CAN'T USE PEEL OFF THOSE DIFFERENT EITHER TRIP DEMAND.

IT WAS SOMETHING ABOUT BIOLOGY.

YOU KNOW, I HAVEN'T FIGURED THAT PART OUT EITHER.

SO YOU CAN PROBABLY ATTRIBUTE A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE AND THUS A COST FOR CERTAIN TYPES OF THINGS SUCH AS CAPITAL.

SO ASSOCIATED PARKING WITH A CONFERENCE CENTER, SOMETHING LIKE THAT COULD BE JUSTIFIED.

YOU COULD BAMBOOZLE THEM LIKE THE OLD STONE FORT IF IT CAME HERE OR SOMETHING.

YES. THERE'S THERE'S THERE ARE WAYS.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, HISTORIC SITES YOU KNOW, YOU CAN, YOU CAN EVEN PLAY WITH SOME OF THE TRANSIT PIECES TO PUBLIC ART ON THAT SIDE.

SO THERE, THERE IS A WAY TO IT, BUT IT WOULD NEED TO BE JUSTIFIABLE.

I'VE ALSO SEEN SOME CITIES GET IN TROUBLE FOR BUILDING THINGS, NOT WITH THE FULL INTENT OF REALLY USING IT FOR THE, FOR THE SAID PURPOSE AND THEN HAVING TO PAY BACK MONEY.

YEAH. SO WE WANT THAT.

WELL, I KNOW YOU KNOW WHAT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE WORDS MEAN.

SO I'M CALLING YOUR BLUFF THERE, BUT I'M JUST TRYING TO THINK ABOUT.

AND HOW DO WE DECIDE WHAT THE HOT TAXES ARE GOING TO BE USED FOR? WHAT PORTION? WHO DECIDES? YEAH. AND JERRY WAS THINKING MAYBE WE MIGHT HAVE A WORKSHOP ON IT.

I'M CONFUSED ABOUT. WELL, YEAH.

I MEAN, I'M NOT EVEN SURE WHO DID IT FOR THE FIRST TIME.

I'M ASSUMING A CITY COUNCIL.

MANY, MANY YEARS AGO. I HATE TO BE LIKE IT'S ALWAYS BEEN THIS WAY, BUT AS LONG AS I'VE BEEN WITH THE CITY, THIS IS HOW IT'S BEEN.

BUT WE GET 72.5%. AND THEN THE EXPO CENTER GETS A FLAT RATE.

I WANT TO SAY IT'S 90 OR 95,000 A YEAR.

THAT'S A VERY OLD CONTRACT AS WELL.

AND THEN HISTORIC SITES GETS THAT 25,000 AND, AND THEN THE REST GOES INTO LIKE A HOT FUND THAT SOME OF IT IS USED FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION PROJECTS AS ENOUGH GETS BUILT UP IN IT FOR.

SO REALLY I'M TALKING ABOUT THAT FUND, THAT LARGE DISCRETIONARY AMOUNT BECAUSE I WAS SURPRISED. WE HAD A REQUEST AND I WAS JUST SURPRISED.

YEAH. I'VE NEVER HEARD IT BEFORE.

AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN WE WERE THERE TO APPROVE IT. AND I WAS LIKE, THIS HADN'T HAPPENED IN MY FOUR YEARS.

SO YEAH. SO I GUESS IT'S A CASE BY CASE BASIS AND REALLY THAT'S UP TO YOU ALL.

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WE ARE NOT, I'M NOT EVEN AWARE OF HOW MUCH IS IN THAT FUND.

AND SO THAT WOULD BE A FINANCE QUESTION I THINK.

BUT IT JUST IS. YEAH. LIKE I SAID, A CASE BY CASE ONE CASE THAT WE HAVE CONSIDERED REQUESTING FUNDS FOR IS IF WE, SO WE HAD AN AC UNIT GO OUT OVER THE SUMMER AND IT KIND OF SEEMED LIKE WE MIGHT NEED TO DO MORE THAN ONE UNIT.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL KNOW, BUT WE HAVE SIX UNITS IN THE VISITOR CENTER AND IT WAS LOOKING TO BE LIKE A SIX FIGURE AMOUNT.

AND WE THOUGHT, OKAY, WE COULD LOOK TO THAT IF WE NEEDED TO.

AND FORTUNATELY, WE ONLY HAD TO DO ONE AT THE TIME, AND WE'RE ANTICIPATING TO DO MORE IN THE UPCOMING YEAR.

BUT THINGS LIKE THAT, LIKE LARGE SCALE PROJECTS THAT WE CAN'T BUDGET FOR. WELL, AND AGAIN, I'M MORE TALKING ABOUT OUR DISCRETIONARY DOLLARS. I DON'T CONSIDER YOUR AIR CONDITIONING GOING. OH YEAH.

DISCRETIONARY. BUT I'M JUST THINKING ABOUT THESE DISCRETIONARY FUNDS.

AND REALLY WE, WE WE ARE PRIORITIZING OUR MAJOR NEEDS.

AND WHAT CAN WE USE? YOU KNOW, HOW CAN WE MEET THEM? SO THERE'D BE SOME THINGS PROBABLY COMING IN THE DOWNTOWN MASTER PLAN THAT WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR MAYBE TRANSIT FUNDS, SOME FOR HOTEL MOTEL FUNDS, HOTEL MOTEL CAPITAL, AND THEN THE GENERAL RULE, BRAD. AND I'M NOT GOING TO SAY HORSEHEADS HEADS AND BEDS, NOT HORSEHEADS AND BEDS, BUT THAT'S THE GENERAL RULE TO GO BY.

ALTHOUGH I'D LIKE TO USE THE OTHER. IT'S A LOT FUNNIER.

SO FOR THE MEETING AGAIN.

YES. MY HEAD. I KNOW. SO THE.

BUT IN GENERAL, IF THERE'S AS MUCH AS YOU CAN TIE DIRECTLY TO ENHANCING HOTEL STAYS AND AS YOUR PRIMARY, YOUR OTHER.

SO I'VE ALSO SEEN CITIES TRY TO MAKE THE ARGUMENT.

OH, IT'S IT'S PUTTING MORE PEOPLE IN THE RESTAURANTS.

THAT IS NOT CONSIDERED A DIRECT ELIGIBLE COST.

IT'S A SPIN OFF, BUT IT'S NOT HOW YOU ACTUALLY JUSTIFY THE USES USE OF THOSE FUNDS.

THAT BEING SAID, THEY ALSO HAVE THE CARVE OUT FOR HISTORIC SITES AND, AND THOSE ITEMS. WHAT ABOUT SHUTTLE BUSSES LIKE YOU USED? IS IT POSSIBLE THAT WE COULD HAVE A SHUTTLE BUS THAT RUNS EVERY WEEKEND FOR THE COLLEGE KIDS TO COME DOWNTOWN? WELL, HERE'S MY ANSWER.

YES. HAVING IMPLEMENTED THE WELL, I WON'T SAY NECESSARILY COLLEGE KIDS.

I'LL PUT IT THIS WAY. HAVING IMPLEMENTED THE RUBBER TIRE TROLLEY IN GALVESTON THAT IS ENTIRELY PAID WITH HOTEL MOTEL FUNDS.

AND THAT'S WHERE I WAS HEADED. AND WE HAVE SOME THINGS IN THE DOWNTOWN PLAN THAT COULD PROBABLY JUSTIFY CERTAIN PEAK DEMAND.

SO COULD YOU PAY FOR YOUR TYPICAL BRAZOS TRANSIT OPERATION WITH IT? NO. COULD YOU PAY FOR IT DURING PEAK PERIODS WHERE YOU HAVE HIGHER HOTEL? STAYS? YES. THAT IS JUST THAT IS JUSTIFIABLE.

SO AND HOW THAT AND HOW THOSE TWO ARE COLLECTED AND THEN COUNTED AND SPENT.

SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE PROBABLY WILL BE DOING AT THE CLOSE OF THIS PLAN, BECAUSE THE BRAZOS AGREEMENT IS UP FOR RENEWAL, IS WITH SOME OF THE PROPOSED CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS.

START LOOKING AT WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO UPGRADE SOME OF THOSE VEHICLES AND COULD THEY EVENTUALLY RUN? LET'S SEE.

WE ALSO JUST HAD THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN FUNDED FOR PLANNING OF PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS ON NORTH BY TXDOT, BY THE COMMISSION.

SO YOUR IDEA OF RUNNING MOUND RIGHT BY YOUR HOUSE AND THAT BIG.

I'M GOING TO SELL LEMONADE DUMPSTER THERE AND THE LEMONADE STAND TWO DOWNTOWN AND THEN COMING BACK UP NORTH TOWARDS THE CAMPUS.

THOSE ARE THE TYPE OF THINGS THAT WE WOULD TRY TO TARGET THAT FOR, ESPECIALLY EVENINGS, WEEKENDS AND SPECIAL EVENTS AND, AND SO FORTH, BUT NOT JUST SPECIAL EVENTS.

YOU CAN JUSTIFY IT AT YOUR HIGHER PEAK PERIODS USING HOTEL MODES BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN YOU'RE AT HIGHER USAGE FOR THOSE PATRONS.

THE LANGUAGE IN THE LAW DOES STATE SAY THAT IT'S PRIMARILY FOR TRANSPORTATION SHOULD BE FROM HOTELS. HOWEVER, THERE IS WIGGLE ROOM, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY IN A PLACE LIKE NACOGDOCHES WHERE THE HOTELS ARE ALL ON ONE SIDE OF TOWN.

AND THEN THE FREDONIA HOTEL IS WALKING DISTANCE. AND SO YEAH, THERE'S SOME WAYS TO MAKE THAT WORK FOR US.

BUT WERE YOU GOING TO SAY SOMETHING? WELL, NO. NO, I STILL DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW.

WHO DECIDES? YOU KNOW HOW THE MONEY IS SPENT AND WHERE IT.

YOU KNOW. BUT I CAN WAIT FOR THAT, YOU KNOW, AND MAYBE THERE'LL BE PROPOSAL COMING FROM THE CITY FROM THAT WILL INCLUDE THAT OR AND I DON'T WE CAN IDENTIFY ELIGIBLE ITEMS. AND AGAIN, ONE OF THOSE COULD BE COULD YOU BUY SOME HISTORIC STYLE OR WORK WITH BRAZOS

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TO UPGRADE A FEW VEHICLES THAT ARE USED AT CERTAIN TIMES, PEAK PERIODS? YES, YOU CAN RUN PAST THE HOTELS AS PART OF THAT, BUT YOU ALSO LOOK AT WHERE YOU'RE GETTING YOUR HIGHEST AND BEST USE.

SO IS IT ONE ROUTE? IS IT MORE THAN ONE ROUTE? WE OBVIOUSLY HAVE SOME CAPITAL THAT NEEDS TO BE IMPROVED BECAUSE YOU HAVE SITES IN BETWEEN. SO YOU ALSO HAVE ALL THE HISTORIC SITES THAT YOU COULD CONNECT TO IN A LOOP.

SO ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE CONTRIBUTE.

BUT YES, IT CAN BE DONE.

HAVING DONE IT BEFORE.

AND NO, NOT EVERYTHING IN A GALVESTON IS IS COMPLETELY TOURISM.

ALTHOUGH HAVING LIVED THERE, IT'S ALMOST COMPLETELY TOURISM AT THIS POINT.

SO, SO I JUST WANT TO BE SURE THAT WE HAVE A TIGHT BUDGET AND EVEN THESE DOLLARS, IF, IF THEY CAN GO TO OUR HIGHEST PRIORITY NEEDS, THAT'S WHAT I AM REALLY ASKING FOR.

AND I DON'T REALLY KNOW STILL WHO'S GOING TO MAKE IT.

OR I ASSUME THE CITY WILL.

ANYWAY, SOMEWHERE BETWEEN THE CVB AND THE CITY, THERE WILL BE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS THAT HOPEFULLY WILL TARGET OUR MOST CRITICAL NEEDS RIGHT NOW THAT WHERE IT'S APPLICABLE.

IS THAT A FAIR STATEMENT OR.

YES, I'D SAY YES AND YES.

WE COULD PAY FOR THINGS LIKE AIR CONDITIONERS TOO, I THINK. BUT I THINK WE CAN ALSO IDENTIFY SOME SOME OTHER ITEMS THAT WILL ENHANCE THE DOWNTOWN EXPERIENCE, ENHANCE VISITORS COMING HERE.

AND STILL RETAINING THE HISTORIC CHARACTER. SO WE WILL BE BRINGING YOU ALL THE DOWNTOWN PLAN NEXT MONTH. ULTIMATELY THOUGH.

ULTIMATELY THOUGH, WE'RE THE ONES WHO WILL MAKE THAT DECISION.

THAT'S WHY YOU GET THE BIG BUCKS.

WELL, YEAH, BUT BUT HOPEFULLY.

I MEAN, WE MADE A DECISION ABOUT A QUARTER OF $1 MILLION THAT WE DIDN'T SEE BEFOREHAND.

SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE INVOLVED IN THAT DECISION MAKING.

THEY CAME OUT OF HOT TAXES.

THAT JUST SURPRISED ME.

YOU KNOW, THAT WAS ABOUT A MONTH AGO.

AND HISTORIC SITES ARE ELIGIBLE AS WELL.

RIGHT, RIGHT. BUT HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE A MORE THOROUGH DISCUSSION IN ADVANCE BECAUSE I MEAN, A QUARTER OF $1 MILLION IS A LOT OF MONEY WHEN WE HAVE A LOT OF NEEDS.

UNLESS YOU'RE FROM MONACO.

I'M JUST JOKING. TO ME, IT'S A LOT OF MONEY AND I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT HERE. SO ANYWAY, THAT'S WHERE I THAT'S WHERE I'M COMING FROM.

THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO. THANK YOU.

ALL OF YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. ASHLEY, YOU DO A GOOD JOB.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IF YOU WOULD WE'LL NEED A MOTION ON THE BUDGET.

OKAY, I'LL MAKE A MOTION.

WE APPROVE THE BUDGET FOR THE CVB.

SECOND, HAVE A MOTION.

SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

THANK YOU. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

OKAY. NEXT ITEM SIX C, CONSIDER APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION 1401 DASH 11

[6.C. Consider approval of Resolution 1401-11-25 regarding acceptance of the 2025 Airport Layout Plan for the A.L. Mangham Jr. Regional Airport; and authorize the City Manager to execute any and all necessary documents. (Airport Manager)]

DASH 25 REGARDING ACCEPTANCE OF THE 2025 AIRPORT LAYOUT PLAN FOR THE A.L.

MANGHAM JUNIOR REGIONAL AIRPORT AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE ANY AND ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

COLIN SMITH, I'M YOUR AIRPORT MANAGER.

I'M EXCITED TO BE HERE WITH YOU THIS EVENING.

AND THAT WE'RE NEAR THE FINAL FINALIZATION OF OUR AIRPORT LAYOUT PLAN PROJECT.

THE RESULTS OF THIS PROJECT WILL BECOME THE ROADMAP FOR AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT SPENDING THE NEXT 20 YEARS AND WELL BEYOND.

THIS TEN MONTH PLANNING PROJECT CONCLUDES WITH A ROBUST AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT PLAN.

WITH MANY SUPPORTING EXHIBITS AND NARRATIVE CHAPTERS.

IT INCORPORATES MUCH OF WHAT WAS DEVELOPED IN OUR 2020 TERMINAL PLAN.

IT UTILIZES USER, STAKEHOLDER AND AIRPORT ADVISORY BOARD INPUT AND ADVICE.

WE ARE SEEKING YOUR APPROVAL AND ADOPTION OF THE PLAN AS IT IS PRESENTED THIS EVENING, CONTINGENT UPON UPCOMING STATE AND FEDERAL REVIEWS, COMMENTS AND APPROVALS.

I'M PLEASED TO INTRODUCE OUR CONSULTANTS FOR THIS PROJECT.

MISS CARRIE CAMPBELL MISTER TONY DAVIS AND MISTER JEFF BERWICK, THEY'RE ALL FROM WOOLPERT.

TONY IS HERE WITH US TODAY, AND JEFF AND CARRIE ARE WITH US REMOTELY.

TONY, CARRIE AND JEFF AND THEIR TEAM HAVE PROVEN VERY TALENTED AND THEY'VE BEEN GREAT TO WORK WITH. THEY'VE LISTENED TO OUR REQUEST AND THEY'VE MADE THIS PLAN, OUR PLAN, NOT THEIR PLAN.

I'M HAPPY ABOUT THAT. AND I THINK YOU WILL BE, TOO. TONY WILL NOW PRESENT A SUMMARY OF THE A L MANGHAM JUNIOR REGIONAL AIRPORT.

PORT 2025 AIRPORT LAYOUT PLAN PROJECT TO YOU.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE AND HAPPY TO PRESENT THE AS YOU SAID, THAT YOUR AIRPORT LAYOUT PLAN.

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AN AIRPORT LAYOUT PLAN IS, AS COLIN SUGGESTED, A, A 20 YEAR VISION FOR THE AIRPORT.

WE'VE TAKEN THAT A STEP FURTHER. WE'RE LOOKING BEYOND JUST 20 YEARS, BUT I'LL IDENTIFY SOME OF THE KEY ASPECTS OF THE PLAN FOR YOU TONIGHT.

FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT, YOU KNOW, THE AIRPORT LAYOUT PLAN IS INTENDED TO BE A REPRESENTATION OF THE SAFE AND ORDERLY OPERATION OF THE AIRPORT OVER A 20 YEAR PERIOD.

WE LOOK TO THE AIRPORT MANAGEMENT, AIRPORT BOARD, TENANT TENANTS AND USERS TO PROVIDE ITS ADVICE FOR US TO CREATE THIS PLAN.

AS COLIN SAID, IT'S YOUR PLAN.

WE FEEL THAT THE AIRPORT USERS, THE MANAGEMENT OF THE AIRPORT KNOWS IT BETTER THAN WE DO. SO WE'RE JUST TRYING TO SHARE OUR ADVICE, OUR RECOMMENDATIONS, HAVING DONE THIS FOR YEARS AND WHAT MEETS STANDARDS, WHAT MEETS DEMAND, AND HOW WE CAN HELP GET YOU TO THE FUTURE FOR THE AIRPORT.

WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE IS THAT THIS IS A REQUIRED EFFORT BY THE FAA AND TEX DOT.

THIS PROJECT WAS FUNDED 95% BY A GRANT FROM THE FAA AND TEX DOT IN ORDER TO RECEIVE FUTURE FUNDS FROM THOSE ENTITIES FROM FAA AND TEX DOT.

YOU'RE REQUIRED TO HAVE AN UPDATED AIRPORT LAYOUT PLAN.

THE LAST ONE WAS DONE IN 2008.

THERE WAS A TERMINAL PLAN THAT COLIN MENTIONED FROM 2020, AND THIS IS AN UPDATE TO ALL OF THAT.

SO WE DIVIDE PLANNING INTO THREE DISTINCT CATEGORIES.

WE DO AN INVESTIGATION PHASE WHERE WE LOOK AT THE THE OPERATION OF THE AIRPORT AND PREDICT PREDICT ITS FUTURE IN TERMS OF AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS AND BASED AIRCRAFT.

THEN WE DEVELOP SOME SOLUTIONS AROUND THAT.

AND ONE OF THOSE IMPORTANT THINGS IS TO REACH OUT TO AIRPORT USERS AND TENANTS.

WE DID A TENANT USER SURVEY AS PART OF THIS PROJECT WHERE WE GATHERED INFORMATION FROM THOSE USERS, BUT ALSO WE HAD A LOT OF INVOLVEMENT WITH COLIN, HIS STAFF AND THE AIRPORT BOARD.

AND THEN FINALLY, THE IMPLEMENTATION PHASE IS REALLY, HOW ARE WE GOING TO GET THERE? WE SHOW WHAT THIS AIRPORT LAYOUT PLAN LOOKS LIKE.

IT'S A DRAWING SET THAT GETS SUBMITTED TO TEX DOT IN THE FAA.

THEY REVIEW IT AND APPROVE IT, AND THEN IT SERVES AS THAT ROADMAP FOR ELIGIBLE PROJECTS. NOW THE FIRST FIRST ELEMENT OF ANY PLANNING TYPE OF STUDY LIKE THIS IS TO DO AN INVENTORY.

YOU MEASURE WHAT YOU HAVE.

YOU GET A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF THE FACILITIES THAT YOU HAVE.

HERE WE LOOK AT THE RUNWAYS, THE TAXIWAYS, THE AIRSPACE AROUND THE AIRPORT, THE APPROACHES.

BUT WE ALSO LOOK AT LANDSIDE COMPONENTS SUCH AS THE TERMINAL AREA, THE HANGARS THAT SURROUND THE TAXI LANES, AND TAXIWAYS, JUST TO GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHERE THIS AIRPORT IS TODAY AND AND SERVES AS A BASE FOR WHAT THE FUTURE MIGHT HOLD.

AND WE LOOK AT FORECASTING AND HERE WE THE MOST CRITICAL PART IS TO DISTINGUISH WHAT WE CALL THE DESIGN AIRCRAFT, OR WHAT TYPE OF AIRCRAFT IS GOING TO BE SERVING THIS AIRPORT AT LEAST 500 TIMES A YEAR.

THAT HELPS US UNDERSTAND WHAT THE DESIGN CRITERIA AROUND THE RUNWAY AND THE TAXIWAY SYSTEM NEEDS TO BE FOR THAT 20 YEAR PERIOD.

THIS IS WHERE WE'VE TAKEN A STEP FURTHER BEYOND JUST 20 YEARS.

AND WE'RE SEEING AN ULTIMATE DESIGN AIRCRAFT AS WELL.

SO WITHIN THE 20 YEAR PERIOD, WE'RE LOOKING AT WHAT WE CALL A B-2 TYPE AIRCRAFT. THAT'S THAT'S A SMALL MIDSIZE JET.

AND THAT'S THE KIND OF AIRCRAFT THAT YOU SEE TODAY.

ULTIMATELY, WE EXPECT TO SEE WHAT WE CALL A C2 AIRCRAFT OR A MID TO LARGE SIZE CORPORATE JET. WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT PASSENGER SERVICE OR ANYTHING LIKE 737 OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, BUT MORE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE AIRCRAFT THAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN HERE.

SO USING THE INPUT FROM OUR FORECAST, USING INPUT FROM THE AIRPORT MANAGEMENT TENANT AND USER SURVEYS, WE DEVELOP FACILITY REQUIREMENTS.

THIS IS THAT FIRST ELEMENT OF THE SOLUTIONS PHASE.

AND WE'VE DETERMINED THAT WE'LL NEED A RUNWAY OF AT LEAST 6000FT IN THE FUTURE.

WE WOULD NEED TO EXPAND THE WIDTH OF THE RUNWAY FROM 75FT TO 100FT.

WE WOULD EXTEND SOME TAXIWAYS TO ACCOMMODATE THAT RUNWAY EXPANSION, MOVE SOME FACILITIES AROUND, AND MAKE THE AIRSIDE JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE ATTAINABLE AND AND INCREASE UTILIZATION AND THE SAFETY AND MOVEMENT OF AIRCRAFT ON THE AIRFIELD AND LAND SIDE.

WE'RE LOOKING AT A LOT OF CHANGES.

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NEW ENTRANCE ROAD, TERMINAL AREA IMPROVEMENTS, HANGAR IMPROVEMENTS, A POTENTIAL FOR A HOTEL RESTAURANT ON THE AIRFIELD AND FLIGHT SCHOOL EXPANSION. AND I'LL SHOW THOSE GRAPHICALLY HERE IN JUST A MINUTE.

THIS IS THE OVERALL LAYOUT PLAN.

THIS SHOWS ALL OF THE DEVELOPMENT THAT WE'RE CONSIDERING.

WE HAD SEVERAL ROUNDS OF DEVELOPMENT AND DISCUSSION WITH COLIN.

THE AIRPORT BOARD. AND THIS IS THE RESULT THAT THAT YOU SEE NOW, THIS IS NO DOUBT ROBUST DEVELOPMENT.

WE HAVE ALL KINDS OF HANGAR TYPES FROM SMALL SINGLE ENGINE AIRCRAFT TO LARGE MULTI AIRCRAFT STORAGE UNITS.

THE KEY HERE IS THAT WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT A PLAN THAT HAS FLEXIBILITY FOR YOU TO BUILD SOMETHING THAT MIGHT NOT MAYBE BE WITHIN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, MAYBE IT'S TEN YEARS OR SOMETHING THAT'S IN FIVE YEARS MIGHT BE OF INTEREST.

AND WE DON'T, WE MAY NOT REALLY KNOW WHAT THAT IS TODAY.

SO WE PRESENT THIS PLAN TO HAVE SOME FLEXIBILITY FOR WHATEVER MIGHT COME.

SO WHAT WE'VE DONE IS DEVELOPED AA4 PHASED APPROACH FOR HOW WE GET TO THAT DEVELOPMENT PLAN I JUST SHOWED YOU.

AND WE IDENTIFIED SOME YEARS AROUND THAT.

BUT ONE THING TO KEEP IN MIND IS THAT ALL OF THESE THINGS THAT WE SHOW YOU CAN CHANGE.

WE CAN MOVE PROJECTS FROM ONE PHASE TO ANOTHER.

SO THIS DOESN'T GLUE YOU INTO ANY TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT.

IN FACT, ALL THE DEVELOPMENT THAT I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU DOESN'T OBLIGATE THE CITY TEXDOT OR THE FAA TO DO ANY OF IT.

WHAT IT DOES IS IT PRESERVES YOUR ABILITY TO DO IT IN THE FUTURE, SO THAT IF YOU WANT TO DEVELOP A HANGAR OR A TERMINAL BUILDING, YOU HAVE THAT IN YOUR PLAN.

THE FIRST QUESTION THAT THE FAA AND TEXTILES ARE GOING TO ASK YOU WHEN YOU GO TO SEEK GRANT FUNDING FOR A PROJECT THAT WE'RE SHOWING, IS IS IT ON YOUR ALP AND THAT HOPEFULLY THAT ANSWERS.

YES, WE'VE SHOWN A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE SO MUCH HERE, IS THAT YOU CAN REALLY KIND OF QUICKLY CHECK THAT BOX.

YES, WE HAVE ALL KINDS OF DEVELOPMENT HERE.

WE CAN MEET THAT REQUIREMENT AND THEN MOVE ON TO ENGINEERING, DESIGN, ENVIRONMENTAL, ALL THAT, ALL THE OTHER THINGS THAT COME AFTER PLANNING. SO IN THE FIRST PHASE, WE CALL THAT THE NEAR TERM.

THAT'S IN THE FIRST FIVE YEAR PERIOD.

AND WE'RE SAYING THAT MAYBE STARTING THIS YEAR AND GOING TO 2029, PHASE TWO IS AN INTERIM TERM THAT'S IN THE NEXT FIVE YEAR PERIOD.

PHASE THREE, WHAT WE CALL THE LONGER TERM, IS THE LAST TEN YEARS OF THAT 20 YEAR PERIOD.

AND THEN ULTIMATE IS BEYOND 20 YEARS.

WHAT WE REALLY KIND OF SEE PLAYING OUT FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD.

SO IN PHASE ONE, THE EARLY FOCUS THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED HERE IS TERMINAL AREA DEVELOPMENT HERE IN THIS IN THE CENTRAL TERMINAL AREA, WE'VE DEVELOPED A NEW AIRPORT ENTRANCE ROAD, AN APRON, A LARGE APRON AREA AND A TERMINAL BUILDING.

THE LATER FOCUS OF THIS DEVELOPMENT PLAN IS BASED AIRCRAFT ACCOMMODATION THROUGH HANGAR DEVELOPMENT, AS WELL AS FLIGHT SCHOOL EXPANSION AND GROWTH.

IN THE NEXT PHASE. AND AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, THESE PHASES PROJECTS WITHIN THESE PHASES CAN MOVE FROM ONE PHASE TO ANOTHER DEPENDING ON WHAT THE INTEREST IS AND WHAT THE DEMAND HOLDS.

SO IN THE EARLY FOCUS FOR PHASE TWO, WE HAVE LARGE HANGAR DEVELOPMENT.

SO YOU'LL SEE ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE SCREEN, THE LARGER GREEN HANGARS.

THOSE ARE MAINTENANCE HANGARS, CORPORATE HANGARS MULTI TENANT TRANSIENT HANGARS, THAT SORT OF STUFF WILL BE ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE APRON.

WE ALSO HAVE HOTEL AND RESTAURANT DEVELOPMENT ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE APRON AS WELL, SHADED IN ORANGE CLOSER TO THE RUNWAY TAXIWAY.

WE DEVELOPED THAT WITH A KIND OF A CENTRAL FOCUS ON PEOPLE WANTING TO COME AND SEE ACTIVITY AT THE AIRPORT, MAKE IT INTERESTING, MAKE MAKE IT SOMETHING OF AN ATTRACTION TO SEE AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS AS PART OF YOUR DINING EXPERIENCE IN YOUR STAY.

AND THEN THE LATER FOCUS IS THAT CONTINUED AIRCRAFT BASED AIRCRAFT GROWTH AND ACCOMMODATING THEM. AND IT'S A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT KINDS OF HANGARS, WHETHER IT BE SMALL SINGLE T HANGARS DESIGNED TO ACCOMMODATE A SMALL SINGLE ENGINE AIRCRAFT OR MAYBE A LARGER BOX STYLE HANGAR THAT ACCOMMODATES A SMALL TWIN ENGINE AIRCRAFT.

THEN IN PHASE THREE, WE HAVE ADDITIONAL TERMINAL AREA DEVELOPMENT.

AND PHASE ONE WE'RE DEVELOPING HALF OF THE TERMINAL BUILDING.

AND THEN AS ACTIVITY OF THE AIRPORT GROWS AND THE NEED FOR ADDITIONAL BUSINESSES THERE,

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WE EXPAND THE TERMINAL BUILDING IN PHASE THREE.

THE LATER FOCUS OF PHASE THREE, WE HAVE ADDITIONAL BASED AIRCRAFT GROWTH THINGS TO ACCOMMODATE ADDITIONAL ACTIVITY, SUCH AS IN AIRPORT TRAFFIC CONTROL TOWER.

AND THEN IN THE ULTIMATE PHASE, WE'RE REALLY KIND OF CENTERED ON THE AIRFIELD AND EXPANDING THE AIRFIELD TO ACCOMMODATE THAT ULTIMATE DESIGN AIRCRAFT THAT I MENTIONED, THAT MEDIUM TO LARGE SIZE CORPORATE JET, WE HAVE OPTIONS TO EXTEND THE RUNWAY ON EITHER END.

AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE ON THE CENTER OF THE DRAWING HIGHLIGHTED IN RED, VARIOUS TAXIWAY CONNECTOR PROJECTS THAT WOULD GO TO HELP MEET FAA DESIGN STANDARDS FOR RUNWAY TAXIWAY CONNECTION.

SO WHAT WE'VE DONE IS DEVELOPED HIGH LEVEL PLANNING COST ESTIMATES FOR ALL THESE PROJECTS. AGAIN, THEY'RE HIGH LEVEL.

THEY'RE BASED IN TODAY'S DOLLARS.

AND WHAT I'LL POINT OUT IS THAT THIS SHEET SHOWS THE ELIGIBLE FUNDS THAT COULD BE PUT TOWARD PROJECTS. SO SIMILAR TO OUR PROJECT OF UPDATING THE AIRPORT LAYOUT PLAN, A LOT OF THE FUNDING FOR THESE PROJECTS CAN COME FROM THE STATE OR THE FAA.

SO WHAT WE'RE SHOWING HERE IS HOW MUCH OF THAT MONEY COULD POTENTIALLY COME IN IN THE FORM OF ELIGIBLE PROJECTS.

SOME PROJECTS ARE NOT ELIGIBLE.

FOR EXAMPLE HANGARS, FUEL FARM SYSTEMS, THINGS THAT GENERATE REVENUE OR ARE EXCLUSIVE TO ONE PERSON OR ONE COMPANY.

THOSE GENERALLY ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR FAA GRANTS, BUT THINGS LIKE RUNWAY PROJECTS, TERMINAL PROJECTS, APRON AREAS, THOSE THINGS ARE ELIGIBLE, BUT THAT DOES NOT GUARANTEE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO GET THAT MONEY. IT JUST MEANS THAT IT'S AN ELIGIBLE PROJECT.

BUT IT'S ALL REALLY BASED ON THE KIND OF MONEY THAT THE FAA AND TXDOT HAVE AT THAT TIME TO GIVE YOU FOR THAT PROJECT.

SO THAT'S WHAT I'VE TRIED TO SAY HERE, IS THAT NOT ALL OF THIS MONEY FROM THE FEDERAL AND STATE LEVEL OR THE SHARE THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED HERE, NOT ALL OF IT IS LIKELY GOING TO COME FROM THEM.

IT'S GOING TO HAVE TO COME FROM EITHER PRIVATE INVESTMENT OR ENGAGEMENT WITH THE WITH THE FEDERAL AND STATE GOVERNMENT TO IDENTIFY OR EARMARK PROJECTS FOR THIS FOR THIS AIRPORT. SO THERE ARE FUNDS THAT CAN BE EARMARKED, WHAT WE CALL DISCRETIONARY MONEY THAT CAN BE SENT TO THIS AIRPORT FOR FUNDING THOSE ELIGIBLE PROJECTS. WHEN YOU MIGHT NOT NORMALLY GET THEM.

SO IT REALLY INVOLVES A LOT OF OUTREACH WITH TXDOT AND OUR OUR CONGRESSMEN AND SENATORS.

SO THE NEXT STEPS IN OUR MAP AND OUR AIRPORT LAYOUT PLAN HERE IS TO INCORPORATE THE FINAL INPUT INTO THE PLAN. WE HAVE FINALIZED OUR REPORT AND THE AIRPORT LAYOUT PLAN SET, AND IT'S READY FOR REVIEW BY TXDOT FROM TXDOT.

THEN IT GOES TO THE FAA AND THEY REVIEW IT FROM AN AIRSPACE PERSPECTIVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE APPROACH SURFACES ARE CLEAR ON EITHER END OF THE RUNWAY.

AND THEN LASTLY, WE PRINT AND POST ALL OF THE MATERIALS ON OUR PROJECT WEBSITE.

YOU CAN SEE ALL OF OUR CURRENT PROJECT MATERIALS ON THE NACOGDOCHES P.COM WEBSITE, BUT THOSE WILL ALSO BE PRINTED AND SENT TO THE AIRPORT AND FINAL DRAFT FORM WHEN IT'S WHEN IT'S COMPLETE. SO WE LIKE TO KIND OF KEEP OUR RENDERING AND OUR ARTISTS BUSY SOMETIMES. THIS IS A RENDERING OF THE FULL BUILD OUT OF THE AIRPORT.

YOU CAN SEE A LOT OF DIFFERENT STYLE HANGERS.

RUNWAY EXTENSION. THIS IS WHAT THE AIRPORT COULD LOOK LIKE IN THE 20 YEAR PLUS TIMEFRAME. SO DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I'VE GOT ONE QUESTION.

YOU SAID THE LAST TIME THAT WE HAD A PLAN WAS IN 2008.

YES. DID WE DO ANYTHING WITH IT? SOME OF THAT DEVELOPMENT MAY HAVE BEEN DONE.

I DON'T THINK I SAW ANYTHING FROM THE RUNWAY.

BUT THERE MAY BE SOME FACILITY DEVELOPMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN DONE.

DO YOU KNOW? I DON'T KNOW.

I'M NOT AWARE OF MUCH THAT HAPPENED FROM THAT.

NOT CERTAINLY NOT FROM THE TERMINAL STANDPOINT.

WE'VE ADDED A FEW HANGERS.

THAT'S ABOUT IT. I DON'T REMEMBER THERE BEING MUCH RUNWAY RELATED ON THAT PARTICULAR PLAN.

SO NO, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, NOT MUCH.

YEAH, I'D LIKE TO REALLY MAKE A CONCERTED EFFORT IF WE'RE GOING TO MAKE THIS PLAN.

I MEAN, TO TO IMPLEMENT IT.

I MEAN, WE'VE GOT BOND MONEY.

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I KNOW THAT'S NOT EVEN CLOSE TO WHAT THE MONEY WE NEED, BUT IT WAS DEPENDENT UPON MATCHING FUNDS AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF ALL THE FEDERAL FUNDING AND STATE FUNDING THAT WE CAN GET AND GET THIS PROJECT GOING AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

AND YES, THERE'S SOME OTHER THINGS, JUST LIKE WITH THE DOWNTOWN PLAN, THERE'S SOME OTHER THINGS THAT WE CAN POTENTIALLY DO. WE CAN EVEN LOOK AT PACKAGING SOMETHING, SAY, ON THE HOTEL COMPONENT AND PUTTING OUT THERE A POTENTIAL INCENTIVE AGREEMENT WHERE REBATE OF OF FUNDS BROUGHT FROM THAT PROJECT BACK INTO THE PROJECT.

MAYBE NOT FOR THE WHOLE PROJECT. IT'S USUALLY WHEN YOU GET INTO MEETING SPACE AND SOME OF THOSE OTHER THINGS. BUT IF YOU WANT A FULL OR A FULL SERVICE RESTAURANT, THINGS LIKE THAT, YOU CAN ADD INTO THE PROJECT.

YOU CAN'T PAY FOR THE WHOLE THING, BUT THERE ARE POTENTIAL ELIGIBLE COMPONENTS.

SO THAT'S THAT'S JUST ONE MORE THING.

PLUS WE HAVE A LITTLE UNUTILIZED ARPA.

I KNOW WE'VE LOOKED AT IT ALSO POTENTIALLY FOR SOME ELEMENTS IN THE DOWNTOWN PLAN OR DESIGN OR MAYBE DRAINAGE.

IT DOESN'T MEAN WE CAN'T ADVANCE SOME THINGS TOO.

ONCE THIS IS BLESSED WITH THE ANTICIPATION THAT WE GET MORE SHOVEL READY AND THE MORE ITEMS WE HAVE SHOVEL READY IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE BOND FUNDS, THE MORE LIKELY IT IS, I THINK, TO GET APPROVED.

RIGHT? BUT I'LL LET THE EXPERTS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE AT A POINT NOW WHERE WHERE EVERYTHING A LOT OF THINGS HAVE CHANGED SINCE 2008.

YOU'VE GOT SFA AFFILIATED WITH UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS.

THEY FLY IN HERE ALL THE TIME.

THIS AIRPORT IS FOR BUSINESS.

IT'S NOT. I KNOW THERE'S SOME RECREATIONAL AIR OUT THERE.

THERE'S A FLIGHT SCHOOL OUT THERE.

THERE'S GOING TO BE AT LEAST TWO UNBELIEVABLY PROFESSIONAL GOLF COURSES 15 MILES NORTH OF HERE. YOU HATE FOR THEM TO HAVE TO FLY INTO LUFKIN AND THEN DRIVE OVER HERE OR FLY INTO LONGVIEW. AND AND DRIVE 40 MINUTES TO PLAY GOLF.

IT'S BEEN THE WEEKEND.

SO I THINK TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE.

IF WE CAN JUST GET THIS GOING AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, YOU KNOW? WELL, AND THAT'S THE INTENTION BEHIND SHOWING SO MUCH ROBUST DEVELOPMENT ON THIS PLAN. IT GIVES YOU THAT OPPORTUNITY TO TO FURTHER THOSE PROJECTS WHEN YOU'RE READY.

WHEN WHEN THERE'S THAT DEMAND, WHEN IT'S JUSTIFIED, IT'S ON YOUR AIRPORT LAYOUT PLAN AND YOU CAN MOVE RIGHT INTO DESIGN.

I THINK IT'S ALREADY THERE, YOU KNOW? SO HAVE WE DONE ANYTHING WITH THE BOND MONEY THAT WAS ALLOCATED FOR THE AIRPORT.

WE SPENT A LITTLE BIT. I THINK WELL, PART OF IT PAID FOR THIS PLAN.

OUR MATCH. THAT'S MONEY WELL SPENT, I THINK.

RIGHT. WE'RE PAID. WE JUST PAID $300,000 OF IT, OF BOND MONEY TOWARDS THE RUNWAY REHABILITATION PROJECT.

THAT WAS OUR MATCH FOR THAT PROJECT.

OTHER THAN THAT, NO WE HAVEN'T SPENT MUCH OF THAT YET, BUT WE DELIBERATELY, BECAUSE OF THE SPEND REQUIREMENTS AND THE TIMELINE FOR THE BONDS, HAD IT SET UP FOR THE THIRD TRANCHE TO GET PAST THIS PHASE.

OKAY. SO WE CAN GET TOWARDS IT DOESN'T MEAN WE CAN'T.

I CAN'T REMEMBER IF WE INCLUDED ANY MORE DESIGN IN PHASE TWO OF THE BONDS.

I DON'T THINK WE DID, BUT WE HAVE SOME OTHER POTENTIAL FUNDS THAT WE COULD USE TO ADVANCE SOME THINGS.

IT WOULD BE GREAT THOUGH, THAT WE KNEW SOMETHING IS IMMINENT ON MATCH BECAUSE AGAIN, WE HAVE A CERTAIN.

WE GOT THE CLOCK STARTS TICKING ONCE YOU SELL A WINDOW TO TO DO THAT MONEY.

RIGHT. CORRECT. OKAY. YEAH.

I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS ALSO.

YES, MA'AM. I WAS RECENTLY AT A MEETING WHERE SOMEBODY EXPRESSED THE INTEREST TO LAY ASPHALT RIGHT AWAY AND AND THAT WAS IN ANTICIPATION OF WHAT IS IT? THE WILD SPRING DUNES.

YOU KNOW, THE GOLF THING.

AND AND I SEE THAT THE RUNWAY EXTENSION ISN'T RIGHT.

IT'S RIGHT NOW IT'S AT PHASE FOUR AND I'M THINKING THE RUNWAY EXTENSION.

WE'VE BEEN HEARING A LOT ABOUT THE NEEDS AT THE AIRPORT.

AND I WAS THINKING THAT RUNWAY EXTENSION WAS ONE OF OUR MORE IMMEDIATE NEEDS.

AM I WRONG ABOUT THAT OR.

WELL, THE WIDENING THOSE RUNWAYS ARE REALLY WHAT FOR? FOR THOSE THAT CLASS OF AIRCRAFT.

AND I'LL LET. I'LL LET YOU ADDRESS THAT IN TERMS OF LIKELY TIMING WITH WITH TEX DOT APPROVALS AND BEING ABLE TO GET THAT VERSUS WHAT WHERE WE COULD GO AHEAD AND GET TO WORK IN TERMS OF MAYBE LOCALLY DIRECTED SOME OF THE APRON WORK THAT'S,

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THAT'S A DIFFERENT ANIMAL. SO SOME THINGS, IF THERE'S A FOUNDATION COMPONENT, ONCE THIS IS APPROVED, WE COULD START DESIGN ON SOME OF THE OTHER ITEMS TOO AND PAY FOR THAT WITH, WITH QUOTE UNQUOTE LOCAL OR DONATED DOLLARS.

THE, I KNOW THERE'S, THERE IS CONCERN ABOUT THE TIMING FOR THE FLIGHT SCHOOL ON THE, AND YOU'VE PROBABLY HEARD THIS ON THE RUNWAY PROPER AND THOSE EXTENSIONS AND MAKING SURE WE TIME THAT WORK. RIGHT.

SO IT DOESN'T WORK AGAINST SOME OF THE ENTERPRISES OUT THERE BECAUSE THERE WOULD BE SOME INTERRUPTION OBVIOUSLY, DURING THAT THAT TIME FRAME, I THINK WE'VE WE'VE HAD THAT DISCUSSION AS WELL.

SO DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO THAT PART? WELL, YEAH, I CAN SPEAK TO THE TIMING WHERE WE'VE SHOWED THAT RUNWAY EXTENSION IN THE LATER PHASE. YEAH. MORE THAN 20 YEARS AWAY.

RIGHT. THE THE EXISTING RUNWAY CAN ACCOMMODATE A LOT OF THE DEMAND THAT WE SEE RIGHT NOW. WHEN WE DEVELOPED OUR FORECAST, WE'RE NOT ALLOWED BY FAA STANDARDS TO PREDICT A BUILD IT AND THEY'LL COME SCENARIO.

OKAY. SO WE HAVE TO GO BASED ON THE HISTORY OF ACTIVITY AT THIS AIRPORT.

WE CAN DO SOME PREDICTION ON ON ACTIVITY COMING FROM OUTSIDE.

SAY FOR EXAMPLE, THE GOLF COURSE.

BUT WE CAN'T RELY ON THAT COMPLETELY.

IT'S NOT WE DON'T HAVE THAT FIRM COMMITMENT AND WHAT THAT TYPE OF ACTIVITY REALLY MEANS.

SO WE HAVE TO BE WITHIN FAA FORECASTING CRITERIA.

AND WE COULDN'T WITH THE HISTORY OF AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS HERE, WE'RE FIRMLY WITHIN THAT ACTIVITY OF SMALL TO MIDSIZE JET ACTIVITY.

BUT I DON'T HAVE A CRYSTAL BALL TO SAY WHEN THOSE LARGE AIRCRAFT ARE GOING TO COME.

AND THE FAA AND TXDOT CAN APPROVE THAT FORECAST ON A BUILD IT AND THEY'LL COME SCENARIO. SO THAT'S WHY I CAN PUT IT IN THIS ULTIMATE PLAN AND SHOW IT ON THE ALP.

AND IF IT MOVES UP SOONER BECAUSE WE'RE STARTING TO SEE AIRCRAFT COME THAT ARE LARGER, THEN WE CAN MOVE THAT THAT PROJECT UP IN PHASING.

SO BASICALLY RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE WE HAVE THE BOND MONEY WAS TO REPAY THE AIRPORT. RIGHT. IS THAT CORRECT? I HAVE IT DOWN TO TO REPAVE THE RUNWAY.

AND THEN THE OTHER PART WAS TO DO THE PLAN.

SO IF WE REPAVE THE RUNWAY.

THAT WILL ACCOMMODATE THAT WILL THAT WILL HELP ACCOMMODATE A LOT OF THE AIRCRAFT.

ABSOLUTELY. YEAH. SO YOUR PAVEMENT STRENGTH GOES FROM FROM TODAY, IT'S 23,600 POUNDS FOR SINGLE WHEEL AIRCRAFT.

AND THAT IS ALL OF THE RANGE OF AIRCRAFT THAT YOU SEE THERE TODAY.

MOST OF THEM ARE SINGLE SINGLE WHEEL.

THE PAVEMENT PROJECT THAT'S GOING TO BE UNDERWAY SOON IS GOING TO TAKE THAT PAVEMENT STRENGTH TO 30,000. SINGLE WHEEL OR 45 44,000 DUAL WHEEL.

AND THOSE ARE THOSE LARGER CORPORATE JETS.

SO THAT IS DEFINITELY A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

THAT'S WHERE WE'RE HEADED.

SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE SOME LARGER AIRCRAFT EARLY ON.

AND THEN WE SEE WHERE THIS PLAN TAKES US.

IF WE HAVE TO MOVE THE RUNWAY PROJECT UP IN PHASING, WE CAN DO THAT. THE ALP, WHAT WE SUBMIT FOR APPROVAL TO TXDOT AND FAA DOES NOT SHOW PHASING.

IT JUST HAS ALL THESE PROJECTS LAID OUT SO THE AIRPORT CAN DECIDE.

THE CITY CAN DECIDE HOW THE PHASING IS GOING TO TAKE PLACE BY WHAT IS HAPPENING AT THE AIRPORT. THAT HELPS. I DID ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WAS QUESTIONING ABOUT ABOUT THE USAGE AND THE EXPANSION OF THE USAGE WAS WE HAD TWO SIGNIFICANT JUMPS.

SO IT ISN'T LIKE WE ADDED THE, THAT NUMBER DOUBLED OVER, YOU KNOW, EVENTUALLY OVER 20 YEARS.

IT WAS ACTUALLY IN THE LAST TEN YEARS THAT WE DOUBLED THAT WE DOUBLED THE USAGE AT 10,020, 15 TO 16 AND THEN 10,000 MORE IN THE LAST.

SO I GUESS THIS, THIS TAKES THAT INTO CONSIDERATION THAT WE'RE OKAY JUMPING EXPONENTIALLY, NOT JUST ON THE LEVEL.

YES. WE DEVELOPED THREE SCENARIOS AROUND ACTIVITY BASED ON ESSENTIALLY BASED ON THE HISTORY OF ACTIVITY AND WHAT THE GENERAL AVIATION MARKET IS DOING NATIONWIDE.

AND YOU HAD PLENTY OF INPUT FROM OUR LOCAL PILOTS.

YES, WE DID A TENANT USER SURVEY.

THROUGHOUT THE STUDY, WE GAVE THEM QR CODES AS WELL AS HANDOUTS TO ACCESS AN ONLINE SURVEY THAT WE INCORPORATED INTO THE PLAN.

PERFECT. SO, SO DO WE HAVE INPUT FROM PEOPLE LIKE THE PEOPLE WHO WHO ARE INVOLVED WITH THE DOWNTOWN PLAN? AND BECAUSE THIS CAME FROM SOMEBODY,

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I WAS JUST SURPRISED TO HEAR THE INPUT FROM ABOUT WE NEED TO, YOU KNOW, GET THAT PAVEMENT DONE RIGHT AWAY.

AND ALL THE, AGAIN, YOU HAVE TO REHAB, YOU HAVE THE REHABILITATION PROJECT, WHICH IS GOING TO COME FIRST.

OKAY. THE RESURFACING, THE EXTENSION IS A DIFFERENT PROJECT, RIGHT? OKAY. SO THAT IS SO I KNOW YOU HAVE THAT, BUT THEN YOU HAVE THE APRON.

SO IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT.

AND I DON'T THINK THE EXPECTATION FROM THE FEDS AND TECHS DOT THE FEDS.

SORRY, THE FAA AND TECHS DOT IS THAT ENTIRELY.

THEY WOULD FUND EVERYTHING OUT THERE? I THINK NO. AND SO THAT'S WHERE I'M SAYING IF WE HAVE OTHER FUNDS THAT WE CAN BRING TO BEAR OR BEING BLESSED ENOUGH TO HAVE THOSE FROM THE PHILANTHROPIC SIDE, IF WE CAN SPEND A LITTLE LOCAL MONEY, WHETHER IT'S GENERAL FUND OR LEFTOVER ARPA OR SOMETHING ON DESIGN, GET SOMETHING READY TO BE BID, AND THEN LET'S SAY THAT AIRPORT ASSOCIATION OR 501 HAS SOME MONEY IN IT.

THEN LET'S SAY IT STARTS WITH THE EXPANSION OF THE FOOTPRINT FOR THE APRONS.

SO YOU CAN PARK MORE. AIRCRAFT OUT THERE, LIKE SOME OF THE ONES THAT HAVE BEEN COMING SINCE THE GOLF COURSE OPENED.

I THINK THE OTHER PIECE IS OBVIOUSLY THE TERMINAL, AND MAYBE YOU COULD DO A PHASED APPROACH ON THAT, DO SOMETHING THAT'S MORE INVITING, THAT COULD HAVE A A COUNTER FOR RENTAL CARS, THAT COULD HAVE MAYBE A SMALL, EVEN JUST A LUNCH COUNTER SOMETHING OR VENDING MACHINES AND SOME LOUNGE, BUT DEFINITELY BIGGER THAN WHAT WE HAVE.

I DO BELIEVE WE HAVE PARTIES THAT WOULD BE INTERESTED IN MATCHING OR WORKING WITH US ON THAT. NOW AGAIN, IT'S CHICKEN AND EGG AND YOU HAVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF BOND FUNDS.

AND I THINK WE NEED TO PROBABLY, I CAN'T REMEMBER DID THE THE RESURFACING PROJECT, DID THAT CHANGE ON THE PERCENTAGE? DID IT ACTUALLY GO UP ON TEX DOT PARTICIPATION BY 5%? I THINK 95%. OKAY. SO FROM 90 TO 95.

SO THOSE ARE THE TYPE OF THINGS WE CAN THEN LOOK BACK AT OUR CURRENT BOND FUNDS AND ANY OTHER FUNDS AND SEE WHAT ELSE WE CAN ADVANCE.

WELL IF, IF YOU, I KNOW YOU GOT A LOT OF INPUT.

I KNOW YOU GOT IT FROM PILOTS AND THE IF IF IF YOU WOULD JUST CHECK WITH THE MEMBERS OF THE TYPE B CORPORATION, THE PEOPLE WHO SERVE ON THAT AND THE PEOPLE WHO ARE WORKING YOU WITH DOWNTOWN, JUST INDIVIDUALLY CALL THEM AND DOUBLE CHECK AND MAKE SURE. AND THERE'S A LITTLE OVERLAP WITH SOME OF THOSE. THERE'S A LOT OF THE AIRPORT. THAT'S OKAY. NO, THOSE ARE THE TWO THAT I, THAT I CARE ABOUT THAT WE ACTUALLY TALK WITH THEM AND MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS THIS IS WHAT THEY SEE. WE MIGHT COULD GET A HOOTERS RESTAURANT OUT THERE.

BECAUSE THEY HAVE WINGS.

SORRY. THAT WAS QUICK.

YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I WAS ASKING OF YOU, RICK? THAT THAT DOUBLE CHECK AND JUST MAKE A COUPLE OF CALLS AND JUST BE SURE THAT THIS IS WHAT I CAN BE SERIOUS AND MULTITASK AND BE FUNNY AT THE SAME TIME.

YES. YEAH. RIGHT, RIGHT.

I DON'T CONSIDER THE OTHER COMMENT VERY FUNNY, BUT SO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO RIGHT NOW IS ADVANCE THE AIRPORT LAYOUT PLAN.

ADOPT THE RESOLUTION TONIGHT SO WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH CONSIDERING ANY FUTURE PROJECT.

THAT'S RIGHT. AS SUCH, I WILL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE RESOLUTION 14 ZERO ONE DASH 1125 REGARDING THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE TWO 2025 AIRPORT LAYOUT PLAN FOR THE A L MANGHAM JUNIOR REGIONAL AIRPORT AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE ANY AND ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS.

I'LL SECOND. I HAVE A QUESTION BEFORE WE VOTE.

WILL YOU GO AHEAD AND AND MAKE SURE THAT THOSE BASES ARE COVERED? IN THIS PLAN THAT THOSE PEOPLE ARE CONTACTED.

YES. AND WE, WE PLAN TO HAVE A FEW PEOPLE FROM THOSE RESPECTIVE COMMITTEES TOGETHER PRETTY SOON TO SEE HOW EVERYTHING'S ALIGNING ANYWAY, SO WE'VE ALREADY STARTED TRYING TO SCHEDULE SOME MEETINGS. SO YES. AND IF THERE NEEDS TO BE BASED ON THOSE CONVERSATIONS, SOME KIND OF, OF PRIORITIZATION OR SOME KIND OF AMENDMENT OR SOME SOMETHING ELSE, I WOULD LIKE TO INCLUDE IN OUR.

THAT YOU CAN BE AUTHORIZED TO MODIFY IT IF THERE NEEDS TO BE SOMETHING BASED ON THOSE CONVERSATIONS. IS THAT OKAY? THAT'S NOT THE MOTION I MADE.

I KNOW. WOULD YOU APPROVE IT AS PRESENTED? AND YOU GOT A SECOND? OKAY.

OKAY. I WILL BRING BACK TO YOU ALL THEIR INPUT AND FOR SUBSEQUENT IMPLEMENTATION CONSIDERATION. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION.

SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU.

OKAY. NEXT ITEM, PUBLIC HEARING.

[6.D. Public Hearing: Discuss and consider action on Zoning Case ZON2025-13 regarding a zone change from A, Agriculture to B-1, Local Business, on a portion of two (2) tracts of land approximately 4.31 acres ± in size, more particularly described by Nacogdoches Central Appraisal District Parcel 24725, being Lots 44-D and 44-F, City Block 54; and generally located northwest of the intersection of Park Street and N.E. Stallings Drive, Nacogdoches, Texas. (City Planner)]

DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION ON ZONING CASE Z O N 2025 DASH 13.

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REGARDING ZONE CHANGE FROM A AGRICULTURAL TO B ONE LOCAL BUSINESS ON A PORTION OF TWO TRACTS OF LAND APPROXIMATELY 4.31 ACRES, PLUS OR MINUS IN SIZE.

MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED BY NACOGDOCHES CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT PARCEL 24725, BEING LOTS 44 D AND 44 F.

CITY BLOCK 54 AND GENERALLY LOCATED NORTHWEST OF THE INTERSECTION OF PARK STREET AND NORTHEAST STALLINGS DRIVE, NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS.

MR.. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR.

COUNCIL. JUAN PAULET, CITY PLANNER.

SO THE SUBJECT PROPERTIES ARE LOCATED NORTHWEST OF THE INTERSECTION OF PARK STREET AND NORTHEAST STALLINGS DRIVE.

THE PARCELS ARE CURRENTLY WOODED AND UNDEVELOPED, AND THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING TO EXTEND THE EXISTING B ONE LOCAL BUSINESS ZONING ACROSS BOTH TRACKS TO ALLOW FOR DEVELOPMENT OF OFFICE FACILITY.

THE SUBJECT PROPERTIES ARE CURRENTLY SPLIT ZONED BETWEEN AGRICULTURE AND B ONE LOCAL BUSINESS, AS SHOWN ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE MAP.

THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING TO REZONE THE WESTERN PORTION FROM AGRICULTURAL TO LOCAL BUSINESS SO THAT BOTH TRACKS SHARE THE SAME ZONING DESIGNATION.

THIS CHANGE WOULD ALLOW THE ZONING TO BE ACROSS BOTH PARCELS UNDER COMMON OWNERSHIP AND PROVIDE CONSISTENCY FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT.

THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DESIGNATES THE SUBJECT PROPERTIES AS COMMERCIAL ON THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP. THIS DESIGNATION SUPPORTS RETAIL SERVICE AND OFFICE USES SUCH AS SHOPS, RESTAURANTS AND PROFESSIONAL OFFICES.

THE PROPOSED B1 LOCAL BUSINESS ZONING IS CONSISTENT WITH THIS DESIGNATION.

SUPPORTS THE GOAL OF ENCOURAGING APPROPRIATELY SCALED COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT ALONG NORTHEAST STALLINGS DRIVE AND.

THIS IS A PICTURE OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY FROM PARK STREET.

AND THE COMMERCIAL OFFICE TO THE SOUTH.

AND THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE TYPES OF USES WITHIN THE 200 FOOT NOTIFICATION AREA.

STAFF SENT OUT SEVEN PUBLIC MEETING NOTICES TO THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS AND EIGHT NOTICE POSTCARDS TO PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 200 AND 500FT.

WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY RESPONSES FOR THIS REQUEST.

A NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING WAS COORDINATED AT THE RECREATION CENTER ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT.

ONE OF THE NEIGHBORING RESIDENTS ATTENDED THE MEETING WITH GENERAL QUESTIONS BUT DID NOT OBJECT. AT THE PNC MEETING, A RESIDENT NOTED AN ERROR IN THE.

IN THE MAP INCLUDED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING NOTICE THERE WAS AN ADDITIONAL PARCEL HIGHLIGHTED THAT WAS NOT PART OF THIS REQUEST.

STAFF CLARIFIED THE CORRECT ZONING AREA AT THE MEETING AND ALL MAPS IN THAT PUBLIC HEARING. AND THIS ONE SHOW THE CORRECT PARCEL.

STAFF BELIEVES THAT THIS REQUEST MEETS THE CONDITIONS FOR APPROVAL, AS STATED IN THE STAFF REPORT, AND THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION HEARD THIS ON NOVEMBER 10TH AND APPROVED THE ITEM, AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING.

OKAY, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING.

I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ANY COMMENT.

THERE BEING NONE, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND WE'LL GO TO COUNCIL DISCUSSION.

ANY COUNCIL DISCUSSION? IF NOT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE.

ZONING CASE ZON2025-13.

I MET THE RIGHT ONE, ANA.

YES, REGARDING THE ZONE CHANGE FROM A AGRICULTURE TO B ONE LOCAL BUSINESS ON A PORTION OF TWO TRACTS OF LAND, APPROXIMATELY 4.31 ACRES IN SIZE, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED BY NAGDCA TO CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT 24 725 LOTS 44 D AND 44 F CITY BLOCK 54.

SECOND. HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. DID YOU VOTE, KATHLEEN? I DID OKAY. I DIDN'T HEAR YOU.

THAT'S WHY I ASKED YOU. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

NEXT ITEM IS ALSO A PUBLIC HEARING DISCUSSED.

[6.E. Public Hearing: Discuss and consider action on Specific Use Permit Case SUP2025-05 regarding a Specific Use Permit request for the expansion of an existing Mini Warehouse Storage facility in a B-2, General Business district on one (1) parcel of land approximately 2.35 acres ± in size, more particularly described by Nacogdoches Central Appraisal District Parcel 82326; and located at 5210 S.E. Stallings Drive, Nacogdoches, Texas. (City Planner)]

AND CONSIDER ACTION ON SPECIFIC USE PERMIT CASE S U P 2020 505.

REGARDING A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT REQUEST FOR THE EXPANSION OF AN EXISTING MINI WAREHOUSE STORAGE FACILITY AND A B2 GENERAL BUSINESS DISTRICT ON ONE PARCEL OF LAND, APPROXIMATELY 2.35 ACRES, PLUS OR MINUS IN SIZE.

MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED BY NACOGDOCHES CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT PARCEL 82326 AND LOCATED AT 5210 SOUTHEAST STALLINGS DRIVE, NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS. MR.. PAULETTE. THANK YOU.

MAYOR. JUAN PAULETTE, CITY PLANNER, CITY MANAGER.

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I KEEP FORGETTING. SO THIS REQUEST IS FOR A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT TO ALLOW THE EXPANSION OF AN EXISTING MINI WAREHOUSE STORAGE FACILITY LOCATED AT 5210 SOUTHEAST STALLINGS DRIVE, THE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES CONSIST PRIMARILY OF PUBLIC USES.

MCMICHAEL MIDDLE SCHOOL IS LOCATED DIRECTLY SOUTH, AND EMILIAK COMFORTER IS LOCATED TO THE WEST.

THIS FACILITY WAS ORIGINALLY CONSTRUCTED IN 2017 BUT DID NOT RECEIVE A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT AT THE TIME. THE OWNER IS NOW SEEKING TO BRING THE PROPERTY TO INTO CONFORMANCE WITH THE ZONING ORDINANCE AND TO ADD ADDITIONAL STORAGE BUILDINGS TO THE REAR OF THE SITE. THE PROPERTY IS ZONED B TWO GENERAL BUSINESS, WHICH ALLOWS FOR MINI WAREHOUSE STORAGE FACILITIES WITH APPROVAL OF A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT. THE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES ARE PRIMARILY ZONED B TWO GENERAL BUSINESS.

THE AREA CONSISTS PRIMARILY OF PUBLIC AND UNDEVELOPED LAND USES.

THE PROPOSED EXPANSION IS CONSISTENT WITH THE EXISTING ZONING PATTERN AND SURROUNDING LAND USES. THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN DESIGNATES THIS AREA AS PUBLIC, WHICH INCLUDES GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS, OFFICE, PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND OTHER INSTITUTIONAL USES.

ALTHOUGH THE EXISTING AND PROPOSED USE DOES NOT EXACTLY ALIGN WITH THE PUBLIC DESIGNATION, THIS FACILITY IS LOCATED ALONG A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE WITH SIMILARLY LOW INTENSITY AND INSTITUTIONAL USES.

THE EXPANSION WILL BRING THE EXISTING DEVELOPMENT INTO CONFORMANCE WITH THE ZONING REQUIREMENTS WHILE MAINTAINING COMPATIBILITY WITH THE SURROUNDING AREA.

AND THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE SITE PLAN WITH THE EXISTING FACILITY AND THE PROPOSED EXPANSION OF THE TWO NEW BUILDINGS SHOWN TOWARDS THE REAR OF THE FACILITY.

AND THIS IS A PICTURE OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.

AND THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE TYPES OF USES WITHIN A 200 FOOT NOTIFICATION AREA.

STAFF SENT OUT FOR PUBLIC MEETING NOTICES TO THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 500FT.

AND WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY RESPONSES.

STAFF COORDINATED A NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING AT THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT, AND NONE OF THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORS ATTENDED.

STAFF BELIEVES THAT THIS REQUEST MEETS THE CONDITIONS FOR APPROVAL, AS STATED IN THE STAFF REPORT AND THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION HEARD THIS ITEM ON NOVEMBER 10TH AND VOTED TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL.

AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING.

OKAY, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.

DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY COMMENT? THERE WILL BE. THERE BEING NONE, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND GO FOR COUNCIL DISCUSSION OR A MOTION.

JUST ONE QUESTION. I MAY HAVE MISSED IT, SO FORGIVE ME.

WERE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS WE WERE ADDING? NO, THERE WASN'T NO CONDITIONS.

THANK YOU. I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE SPECIFIC USE PERMIT.

202505. REGARDING A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT REQUEST FOR THE EXPANSION OF THE EXISTING MINI WAREHOUSE STORAGE FACILITY AND A B2 GENERAL BUSINESS DISTRICT ONE PARCEL LAND 2.35 ACRES. MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED BY NAGDCA CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT AS PARCEL 82326. SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION.

SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR. AYE, AYE.

MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

NEXT ITEM IS A PUBLIC HEARING.

[6.F. Public Hearing: Consider approval of an Ordinance of the City of Nacogdoches, Texas, Amending Chapter 34—"Environment", Article V—"Noise and Vibrations", and Chapter 118— Zoning", Article VII—"Performance Standards", of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Nacogdoches, Texas; providing a severability clause; providing a continuation clause; providing a repeal clause; and providing an effective date. (City Attorney)]

CONSIDER APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE OF CITY OF NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS AMENDING CHAPTER 34 ENVIRONMENT ARTICLE FOUR FIVE NOISE AND VIBRATIONS AND CHAPTER 118. ZONING. ARTICLE SEVEN PERFORMANCE STANDARDS OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS.

PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE PROVIDING A CONTINUATION CLAUSE AND PROVIDING A REPEAL CLAUSE AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

MR. JERRY BECKER. MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.

JERRY BAKER, CITY ATTORNEY.

WHAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU IS PROPOSED ORDINANCE RELATED TO OUR RIGHT NOW TWO NOISE ORDINANCES THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN OUR CODE.

AS YOU MAY RECALL, WE HAD A WORKSHOP BACK IN APRIL OF THIS YEAR.

THIS IS ORIGINALLY PRESENTED TO DISCUSS KIND OF HOW THE CITY WOULD WANT TO APPROACH ADDRESSING THIS ISSUE BECAUSE AS WAS POINTED OUT IN CHAPTER 34, WE HAVE UNDER ARTICLE FIVE, THE NOISE AND VIBRATION SECTION REALLY MORE OF AN ENFORCEMENT SECTION.

BUT WE ALSO HAVE CHAPTER 118 TWO SECTIONS 118, 504 AND 118 507 UNDER THE UNDER THE PERFORMANCE STANDARDS SET FORTH IN ARTICLE SEVEN OF THAT CODE. AND SO AS YOU RECALL, THERE WERE SEVERAL DISCUSSIONS A DISCUSSION

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ABOUT HOW TO ADDRESS THIS POTENTIAL CONFLICT BETWEEN THESE PROVISIONS.

THE FACT THAT MANY OF OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT AND POLICE OFFICERS WEREN'T EVEN AWARE OF THE PROVISIONS IN CHAPTER 118, BECAUSE THAT'S, THAT'S OUR ZONING ORDINANCE.

AND SO THE IDEA WAS TO TRY TO ADDRESS THAT DISCREPANCY, CLEAR UP THAT THAT ISSUE AND REALLY CONSOLIDATE THAT INTO ONE SECTION.

AND THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT POTENTIALLY USING DECIBEL LEVELS WHETHER OR NOT TO DO THAT, WHETHER OR NOT WE HAD THE EQUIPMENT TO DO THAT.

AND SO PART OF THE DISCUSSION WAS TO AFTER, AFTER THE WORKSHOP WAS TO ALLOW THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO OBTAIN A DECIBEL METER.

MILLIMETER AND DO A SERIES OF TESTS AND SEE WHAT THEY DETERMINED.

ASSISTANT CHIEF KENNEDY IS HERE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR HIM AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING. BUT I WOULD JUST SAY, GENERALLY SPEAKING AFTER TAKING THAT OPPORTUNITY AND PERFORMING THOSE TESTS, REALLY THE, THE RESULTS WERE INCONCLUSIVE WITH REGARDS TO AND REALLY FROM AN ENFORCEMENT PERSPECTIVE, HOW TO IMPLEMENT THAT TOOL TO THE BEST USE.

AND SO WHAT WE'VE COME BEFORE OR PRESENTING BEFORE THE COUNCIL IS ONE THAT REALLY DOESN'T INCORPORATE THOSE THOSE DECIBEL METER STANDARDS THAT ARE SET FORTH IN 118 ANYMORE, REALLY ELIMINATING THOSE AND CONSOLIDATING EVERYTHING UNDER CHAPTER 34.

BECAUSE THIS PART OF THIS AMENDMENT INCLUDES AN AMENDMENT TO OUR ZONING ORDINANCE THAT HAD TO BE PRESENTED TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION FOR THEIR RECOMMENDATION.

THE COUNCIL MAY RECALL THAT THIS MATTER WAS ON A PREVIOUS AGENDA.

SO BACK IN OCTOBER THIS WAS ORIGINALLY PRESENTED TO PLANNING AND ZONING AND THEY WANTED MORE TIME TO CONSIDER THE MATTER, SO THEY TABLED IT.

BUT BECAUSE IT WAS ALREADY ON OUR AGENDA, IT HAD TO BE BROUGHT FORWARD.

AND WE MADE THAT ANNOUNCEMENT AT THAT TIME PLANNING AND ZONING HEARD THAT PRESENTATION AGAIN ON NOVEMBER 10TH AT THEIR MEETING.

AND AFTER HEARING THE STAFF PRESENTATION, INCLUDING A THOROUGH DISCUSSION FROM ASSISTANT CHIEF KENNEDY ABOUT HIS FINDINGS THE, THE PNC UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED AND MADE THAT RECOMMENDATION TO THE COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL.

SO I HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU BOTH A RED LINE AND A CLEAN VERSION OF THIS ORDINANCE, WHICHEVER IS MORE HELPFUL FOR YOU TO READ.

BUT AS YOU CAN SEE IN THOSE AMENDMENTS, IT, AS I MENTIONED, IT'S REALLY THE PURPOSE OF THE AMENDMENTS IS TO CLARIFY AND UPDATE PART OF THAT LANGUAGE IN CHAPTER 34 RELATED TO THE USE OF SOUND EQUIPMENT AND VEHICLES THE SOUND EQUIPMENT IN RESIDENTIAL AND BUSINESS LOCATIONS TO CLARIFY SOME LANGUAGE REGARDING SOME OF THE PRESUMPTIONS FOR VIOLATIONS FOR RESIDENTIAL BUSINESS OWNERS AND RELATED TO THE AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSES THAT ARE SET FORTH IN THAT, THAT PROVISION. SO YOU'LL SEE THAT PARTICULARLY IF YOU LOOK AT THE REDLINE VERSION, YOU'LL SEE WHERE THOSE CHANGES ARE BEING MADE. THE I WOULD JUST POINT OUT THAT THE THE PLAINLY AUDIBLE STANDARD IS REALLY THE ONE THAT'S REALLY BEEN ADOPTED BOTH FOR SOUND EQUIPMENT USED IN VEHICLES AS WELL AS IN RESIDENTIAL AND BUSINESS LOCATIONS.

AND YOU'LL SEE THAT LAID OUT IN THAT IN THAT SUBSECTION.

I BELIEVE THAT'S ALL AS FAR AS.

OH, AND JUST TO POINT OUT, AS YOU'LL SEE AT THE BACK PART OF THERE FOR THOSE TWO SECTIONS, 118 504 AND 118 507 THOSE WILL NOW THAT LANGUAGE WILL BE ENTIRELY REMOVED FROM THOSE TWO SECTIONS.

OKAY, SO THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING, SO I WILL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT FOLLOWING THE PUBLIC HEARING. OKAY.

THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING.

I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND HAVE ANY COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE.

AND MANY HERE. I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND WE'LL GO TO COUNCIL DISCUSSION.

SURE. SO IN THE EVENT THAT A CHANGE IS NEEDED TO THE NOISE ORDINANCE GOING FORWARD, NOT HAVE TO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING BECAUSE IT'S.

THAT'S CORRECT. SO THE ONLY THING PEOPLE HAVE SAID TO ME IS LIKE,

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ARE YOU CRACKING DOWN ON SOUND? AND I WAS AND I MAY BE WRONG, BUT I WAS TELLING THEM, NO, WE'RE JUST TRYING TO CLEAN UP THE DUPLICATION OF ORDINANCES.

CORRECT? RIGHT. CORRECT.

AND THE CONFUSION THAT'S CAUSED BY THE FACT THAT YOU'VE GOT THESE DECIBEL METER REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE LAID OUT IN 118, WHICH NOBODY KNOWS ABOUT, PARTICULARLY OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT AND POLICE DEPARTMENT WHO ARE THERE TO ENFORCE THOSE PROVISIONS. SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE TROUBLE YOU'VE GONE TO AND ALSO THE POLICE TO REALLY TRY AND FIGURE OUT HOW TO ENFORCE THIS.

IT'S REALLY A LOT TRICKIER THAN PEOPLE UNDERSTAND.

WELL, ANYTIME YOU'RE DEALING WITH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NOISE, BUT WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT PRODUCTION OF SOUND, YOU POTENTIALLY INVOKE FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES.

AND SO YOU DO HAVE TO BE CAREFUL WHEN YOU DO ADDRESS THESE KIND OF THINGS.

SO YOU'LL SEE THOSE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSES THAT ARE LAID OUT THAT, YOU KNOW, AND THERE ARE CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS IF THOSE KIND OF FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS ARE BEING EXERCISED. SO WHAT WE CAN DO IN RESPONSE TO THAT? SO WE DON'T WANT TO INTERFERE WITH ANYBODY'S FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS, ALTHOUGH AT THE SAME TIME, WE DON'T WANT TO ALLOW NOISE SUCH THAT IT'S DEFINED TO INTERFERE WITH EVERYBODY ELSE'S ENJOYMENT OF THIS COMMUNITY.

SO I'VE BEEN HEARING A LOT ABOUT DATA CENTERS AND STUFF COMING INTO TOWNS AND THE UPSET PEOPLE BECAUSE OF THE WINE AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

SURE. ALL THAT DOES THIS ADDRESS THAT OR IS IT SOMETHING WE COULD ADDRESS EVENTUALLY IF IT HAPPENS? I THINK TO SOME EXTENT FROM A GENERAL PERSPECTIVE, IF YOU LOOK AT THE, THE FIRST SECTION UNDER 151, I MEAN, IF IT CAUSES A, WHAT WE DEFINE AS AN UNREASONABLY LOUD AND DISTURBING NOISE OR VIBRATION.

IT'S GOING TO BE A VIOLATION.

NOW HERE, HERE'S THE ISSUE.

AND I THINK REALLY THIS IS ADDRESSED A LOT IN P AND Z WHEN WE BROUGHT BOTH THE INITIAL TIME AND THIS IN THIS PAST MEETING IS WHAT CAN WE DO FROM A LAND USE PERSPECTIVE.

TRY TO HEAD THIS OFF BEFORE IT BECOMES SOMETHING YOU HAVE TO ENFORCE ON THE BACK END. AND MIKE'S HERE AND WELL, HE WAS HERE, BUT HE REALLY PRESENTED THAT TO P AND Z AND GAVE A GOOD, THOROUGH OVERVIEW OF THE THINGS WE TRY TO DO FROM A LAND USE PERSPECTIVE.

AS FAR AS DISTANCE YOU KNOW FROM OTHER ESPECIALLY RESIDENTIAL AREAS TRYING TO LOCATE THOSE KIND OF THINGS IN INDUSTRIAL ZONING DISTRICTS TO TRY TO MINIMIZE THAT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE AND PUT OTHER SOUND PROOFING TYPE MECHANISMS IN PLACE THROUGH AN SCP OR SOMETHING OF THOSE THOSE THINGS THAT WE CAN ADD CONDITIONS WHERE WE COULDN'T WITH A ZONE CHANGE. BUT IF WE USE THOSE TYPES OF THINGS, THEN I THINK WE CAN TRY TO HEAD THOSE ISSUES OFF BEFORE THEY BECOME AN ISSUE.

THAT'S THE INTENT. AND JERRY AND WE ARE GETTING INQUIRIES FROM THOSE TYPE OF THINGS TOO. AND I THINK THE TOUGH THING IS, AND I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF IT'S BEEN TESTED ON, ON THE PART OF THE HEALTH CODE TOO, BECAUSE IN SOME CASES, I THINK THERE ARE PARTS OF THE STATE, EVEN IN TEXAS, WHERE YOU'VE HAD BOTH DATA CENTERS AND I DON'T KNOW ABOUT BITCOIN MINING, BUT IN BATTERY, BIG BATTERY PACK FACILITIES WHERE IT'S NOT NECESSARILY A REALLY HIGH.

THERE'S A CONSTANT DRONING OF SOME TYPE, EVEN, EVEN FARM ANIMALS MOVE AWAY FROM EMAILS.

YEAH. GOAT'S EYES BLEED.

NO, I'M JUST YEAH, I DON'T KNOW, BUT MAYBE WITHIN THE HEALTH CODE.

THAT'S ANOTHER PIECE WE PROBABLY NEED TO LOOK AS THIS EVOLVES TOO.

NOT JUST THE LAND LAND USE PER SE, BUT THE HEALTH CODE AND COUNCILMAN MALL.

YOU MAY RECALL FROM OUR ZONING SUBCOMMITTEE.

WE'VE HAD SOME DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THESE BATTERY SYSTEMS AND HOW HOW DO WE NEED TO ADDRESS THOSE AS A CITY? BECAUSE WE HAVE WE'VE HAD SOME INQUIRIES ABOUT THAT.

AND SO THAT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE COMING BEFORE TO THE COUNCIL IN THE NEAR FUTURE.

WE'VE HAD SOME INITIAL DISCUSSIONS AT THE SUBCOMMITTEE LEVEL.

ONCE THOSE DISCUSSIONS ARE FINALIZED AND WE HAVE THAT LANGUAGE FINALIZED, WE'LL AGAIN PRESENT THAT TO P AND Z AND THEN ULTIMATELY BRING IT TO COUNCIL TO ADDRESS THAT.

SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN ADD ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS SUCH AS, YOU KNOW, REQUIRING AN SUV OR SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT TO, YOU KNOW, ADD THESE CONDITIONS TO TRY TO PREVENT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE THE IMPACT THAT THESE KIND OF SOUNDS AND VIBRATIONS WOULD HAVE ON PEOPLE YOU KNOW, AS THEY'RE RESIDING IN THEIR HOMES.

A LOT OF IT IS FUTURE AND IT IS BUSINESS.

AND WE WANT, YOU KNOW, WE WANT IT.

BUT AT THE SAME TIME, IT'S WHERE YOU PUT IT.

AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE GOT TO DO. AND THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO BE SMART ABOUT. YEAH, RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?

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I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE.

ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF NACOGDOCHES.

AMENDING CHAPTER 34, ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENT.

CHAPTER FIVE. NOISE AND VIBRATIONS AND CHAPTER 118.

ZONING. ARTICLE SEVEN PERFORMANCE STANDARDS OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF NACOGDOCHES. PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, PROVIDING A CONTINUATION CLAUSE AND PROVIDING A REPEAL CLAUSE AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. SECOND. MOTION AND SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

OKAY, THIS IS NOT A PUBLIC HEARING.

[6.G. Consider approval of an Ordinance of the City of Nacogdoches, Texas, Amending Chapter 94—"Taxation", Article IV—"Hotel Occupancy Tax", Division 1—"Generally" and Division 2—"Assessment and Collection", of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Nacogdoches, Texas; providing a severability clause; providing a continuation clause; providing a repeal clause; and providing an effective date. (City Attorney)]

CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS. AMENDING CHAPTER 94 TAXATION ARTICLE FOR HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX DIVISION ONE AND DIVISION TWO ASSESSMENT AND COLLECTION OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS. PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, PROVIDING CONTINUATION CLAUSE AND PROVIDING A REPEAL CLAUSE AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

MR. MAYOR. MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.

JERRY BAKER, CITY ATTORNEY SO WHAT YOU HAVE HERE BEFORE YOU IS A PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDING PORTIONS OF CHAPTER 94 SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO THE ASSESSMENT AND COLLECTION OF OUR HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX OR HOT TAX FOR SHORT.

AS WE WERE LOOKING AT SOME ISSUES RELATED TO SOME DELINQUENT PAYERS OF THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX. IN THIS PAST YEAR, IT WAS NOTED THAT PORTIONS OF OUR CURRENT ORDINANCE WERE A BIT OUTDATED.

SO THERE HAVE BEEN SOME UPDATES BY THE LEGISLATURE SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO THE ASSESSMENT OF INTEREST ON ANY KIND OF DELINQUENT PAYMENTS OF THIS TAX UNDER OUR CURRENT ORDINANCE, AS YOU WILL SEE IN THE RED LINE PORTION IN FRONT OF YOU, THERE IS A 60 DAY WAITING PERIOD BEFORE THAT, THAT THAT INTEREST IS ASSESSED AGAINST THE DELINQUENT TAXPAYER.

AND THAT HAS BEEN CHANGED, MODIFIED BY THE LEGISLATORS TO ELIMINATE THAT 60 DAY PERIOD. SO IT APPLIES IMMEDIATELY.

SO WHAT WE WANTED TO DO PRIMARILY, AND WHAT PROMPTED THIS WHAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU IS THAT CHANGE, THAT'S WHAT REALLY PROMPTED US TO COME FORWARD TONIGHT WAS TO DO THAT AS WELL AS UPDATE SOME OTHER THINGS AS, AS WE WENT THROUGH.

PORTIONS OF OUR ORDINANCE AND SAW SOME OTHER THINGS THAT WERE A LITTLE BIT OUTDATED.

WE WANTED TO BRING THAT UP AND MAKE THAT MAKE THAT YOU KNOW, IN ALIGNMENT WITH WHAT THE CURRENT STATUTE UNDER THE TEXAS TAX CODE IS.

OKAY. SO AS YOU PROBABLY KNOW, AND AS ASHLEY ALREADY TALKED ABOUT UNDER CHAPTER 351 OF THE TEXAS TAX CODE CITIES HAVE THE ABILITY TO ASSESS AND COLLECT THE LOCAL PORTION OF THE HOT TAX BY ENACTMENT OF A CITY ORDINANCE.

OUR CITY OF NACOGDOCHES HAS DONE THAT BY ADOPTING AN ORDINANCE WHICH IS INCORPORATED INTO ARTICLE FOUR, CHAPTER 9094 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES.

THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS AS I MENTIONED, PRIMARILY WANT TO GET US UPDATED TO WHAT'S IN CURRENT LAW. THEY'RE UNDER THE TAX CODE.