[CC Briefings 04152025]
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DO ORDER THANK ALL FOR YOUR ATTENTION.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER HEAD WILL BE
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO MAY NOT GONE, THOMAS'S GRANDFATHER PASSED AWAY, AND, UH, WE, BOTH OF THEM AND THE MINISTRY
AND, UH, SHE LET US KNOW TODAY SHE'S STILL DEALING WITH THAT AND WE'LL BE OUT TONIGHT.
UM, COUNCIL MEMBER DEL HAS ASKED FOR A FEW SECONDS TO ADDRESS THIS, AND THEN WE'LL GET IN WITH THE AGENDA.
I WANT TO APOLOGIZE TO ALL THE STAFF, ALL, UH, STAFF MEMBERS AND THE COUNCIL FOR MY ACTIONS OF, UH, IN THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS.
I TAKE FULL RESPONSIBILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY AND, UH, WE'RE JUST GONNA LET THE LAW AND THE COURT TAKE ITS PLACE AND WE'LL GO FROM THERE.
BUT JUST WANTED TO GIVE MY RESPECTS TO YOU.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE INTRODUCTION OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STAFF.
GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL AND STAFF, UM, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
UM, IT'S GOOD TO BE HERE TODAY.
I'M REALLY EXCITED AND THRILLED TO PRESENT SOME NEW MEMBERS TO THE CITY'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TEAM.
UH, FIRST OF ALL, I, I'D LIKE TO, UH, RECOGNIZE AND INTRODUCE MR. PHARRELL TIANO.
UH, PHARRELL IS AN EXPERIENCED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PRACTITIONER WHO'S FOCUSED ON ADVANCING COMMUNITY-BASED ECONOMIC INITIATIVE.
SO FERRELL WAS PREVIOUSLY, UH, HE, HE DID LEAD THE BUSINESS RETENTION AND ATTRACTION PROGRAM IN THE SEATTLE, WASHINGTON REGION IN THE CITY OF ISSAQUAH, WASHINGTON, WHERE THERE HE INITIATED AN ECONOMIC REVITALIZATION STRATEGY AND HE ATTRACTED BUSINESSES IN RETAIL, MIXED USE, INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BRANDS.
UH, FERRELL WAS RECENTLY PART OF THE CITY OF DALLAS'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CATALYTIC TEAM.
UH, THAT TEAM OVERSAW THE CHANGE PROGRAMS AND INITIATIVES AND PROJECTS AROUND INCENTIVE AGREEMENTS, UH, AND DIFFERENT REDEVELOPMENT PROJECTS FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS.
WHILE HE WAS THERE, HE DID MANAGE TWO ONGOING TRANSFORMATIVE TIF PROGRAMS. HE OVERSAW THE REDEVELOPMENT OF ICONIC PROJECTS SUCH AS THE BANK OF AMERICA TOWER AND THE HAROLD AND SIMMONS PARK.
UM, AS YOU MAY RECALL, A LOT OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO ON MAIN STREET HAS SOME QUALITIES THERE WITH HAROLD SIMMONS.
UM, AND THAT IS SET TO RESHAPE DALLAS AND, UH, ATTRACT ONCO ON BUSINESSES AND RESIDENCE FOR, UH, FOR CONTINUED GROWTH.
NOW, IN HIS CURRENT ROLE AT THE CITY, FARRELL IS GONNA MANAGE, UH, AND WORK ON TIFF, UH, REALIGNMENT, UH, CHAPTER THREE 80 INCENTIVES, BUSINESS RETENTION AND EXPANSION PROGRAMS, AND ALSO REAL ESTATE REDEVELOPMENT.
FARRELL WILL ALSO WORK ON FINANCIAL MODELING, UTILIZING DATA-DRIVEN SOLUTIONS TO IMPROVE THE ECONOMIC ECONOMIC HEALTH OF OUR AMAZING CITY.
PHARRELL IS AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE IEDC, WHICH IS THE INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL.
HE DOES SERVE ON THE IED C'S EMERGING LEADERS ADVISORY BOARD.
UM, AND WE'RE WE'RE THRILLED TO, TO HAVE HIM ON HERE.
HE DOES HOLD A MASTER'S DEGREE IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION WITH A FOCUS ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FROM WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY.
UM, SO EVERYONE PLEASE WELCOME FARRELL TIANA.
NEXT UP WE HAVE, UH, MICHELLE HERNANDEZ.
MICHELLE IS A VERSATILE AND RESULTS DRIVEN PROFESSIONAL IN THE FIELD OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, WHERE SHE BRINGS A UNIQUE COMBINATION OF EXPERTISE AND QUALITY, UH, QUALITY OF PLACE MARKETING, KEY ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT, AND ALSO REAL ESTATE.
MICHELLE HAS EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE IN DESTINATION MARKETING, WHICH UTILIZES DATA DRIVEN BUSINESS TO BUSINESS OUTREACH.
UH, MICHELLE'S EXPERTISE ALSO SPANS IN KEY ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT AND BUSINESS RETENTION.
UH, SHE HAS ADDITIONALLY HANDLED COMPLEX REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS IN HER PREVIOUS ROLE
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AS A REAL ESTATE PROFESSIONAL, WHICH IS GONNA HELP US STRENGTHEN OUR ABILITY TO MANAGE SITE ATTRACTION OPPORTUNITIES IN GRAND PRAIRIE.HER EXPERIENCE IN PLACE MAKING AND STRATEGIC INVESTMENT HAS HELPED SUPPORT LONG-TERM GROWTH FOR MUNICIPALITIES, RETAIL BUSINESSES, AND SMALL ENTERPRISES HIGHLIGHTING THE ABILITY TO CREATE VALUE ACROSS DIVERSE INDUSTRIES.
SO NOW WITH, UH, HER NEW ROLE IN, IN THE DEPARTMENT, MICHELLE WILL LEAD INITIATIVES THAT WILL ATTRACT BUSINESSES WHILE SUPPORTING LOCAL BUSINESSES THAT WE HAVE TODAY WITH TRAINING PROGRAMS AND RESOURCES, AND ALSO HANDLE OUR COMPLEX RFI PACKAGES AND RESPONSES THAT SITE SELECTORS ASK US FOR, UH, DAY-TO-DAY, UH, INFORMATION ABOUT OUR REGION.
MICHELLE IS A CURRENT MEMBER OF THE IEDC AS WELL, THE INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL, AND HOLDS A DEGREE IN ARTS AND SCIENCES FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN.
ANY LONGHORNS IN THE HEARD OF IT?
ANOTHER PIECE TO THIS IS, UH, MICHELLE'S FULLY BILINGUAL, UH, HOPING TO EXTEND THAT, UH, REACH TO OUR, UH, CONSTITUENTS HERE IN GRAND PRAIRIE.
SO PLEASE WELCOME MICHELLE HERNANDEZ.
YEAH, LAST BUT NOT LEAST, FRANKIE NELAND, UH, WHO'S BEEN WITH THE DEPARTMENT NOW SINCE, UH, NOVEMBER OF 2023.
SHE HASN'T BEEN FORMALLY PRESENTED TO THE COUNCIL, SO I THOUGHT IT WAS, UH, THE RIGHT THING TO DO TO MAKE SURE THAT SHE IS PRESENTED AS WELL BECAUSE SHE'S BEEN HOLDING, UH, HELPING TO HOLD THE DEPARTMENT TOGETHER WHILE WE HAD A TRANSITION.
UH, SO SHE'S BEEN AN INTEGRAL PART OF WHAT WE'RE DOING AND, AND HOW WE'RE GROWING.
UM, FRANKIE NEILAND DOES PREPARE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MATERIALS FOR US, AND SHE DOES IT AS A, AS IN A VERY HIGH PACED AND A FAST PACED WAY.
UM, SHE HELPS US CONDUCT SITE VISITS AND MANAGES CONTACTS IN OUR VERY COMPLEX SYSTEM, OUR CRM SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE.
SHE OVERSEES PAYROLL, INCLUDING TIMEKEEPING AND FMLA TRACKING AND ENSURES ACCURATE LOSS IN ENTRIES AS WELL.
SHE HANDLES, UH, VENDOR CONTRACTS, VERIFIES DOCUMENTATION, AND ALSO HANDLES PURCHASE ORDERS, UH, EFFICIENTLY AND EFFECTIVELY.
PREVIOUSLY, FRANKIE WAS A PARALEGAL AND, UH, UNEMPLOYMENT EXAMINER AT ROBERT HALF APPLYING UNEMPLOYMENT REGULATIONS.
AND SHE DRAFTED LEGAL DOCUMENTS AT THE LAW OFFICE OF PHILIP PARKER, MANAGED OPS AT EMPIRE HOTELS AND SUPPORTED THE CITY OF DALLAS, DISTRICT SEVEN AS AN EXECUTIVE SECRETARY.
FRANKIE HOLD'S A PARALEGAL CERTIFICATE FROM HAMLINE UNIVERSITY AND, UM, A MASTER'S DEGREE FROM ASHFORD UNIVERSITY AND A BACHELOR'S IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS.
PLEASE SAY HELLO TO FRANKIE NELAND, MAYOR AND COUNSEL.
THIS CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION.
WE'RE HAPPY TO TAKE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.
UH, THOSE ARE, YOU KNOW, TERRY, SHE WAS RETENTION DISPATCH.
HOW MANY YEARS WAS TERRY HERE? 25.
SO, UH, SOMEBODY UP HERE IS GONNA BE TAKING THAT POSITION OR THEIR SHARE IT 'CAUSE SHE WAS MAINLY FOCUSED ON THE, UH, WAREHOUSE DISTRICT, INDUSTRIAL INDUSTRIAL SIDE.
AND THEN, UH, SO WELCOME, WELCOME.
WELCOME, WELCOME TO THANK YOU.
LOOKING FORWARD TO SEE WHAT YOU CAN HELP US DO.
ANYBODY ELSE? Y'ALL WILL BE AT OUR EXPO THIS WEEK.
YES, THE CHAMBER EXPO FOR THIS, THIS WEEK.
WE ALSO HAVE ANOTHER SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAM THAT WE'RE GETTING READY TO ANNOUNCE AS WELL.
SO CHAMBER, I THINK THERE'S ONE ON THURSDAY.
WE HAVE AN EXPO THIS THURSDAY.
UM, WE'RE, WE HAVE ONE OPEN ROLE, OPEN POSITION RIGHT NOW, BUT THIS IS THE ENTIRE, THIS IS, THIS IS THE ENTIRE STAFF, BUT GOOD POINT IN THE, YOU HAVE ONE OPENING.
WHAT'S THE OPENING BAR? UH, THAT WOULD BE FOR THE INDUSTRIAL REDEVELOPMENT THAT WOULD FOR TERRY'S POSITION.
THAT'S WHY YOU KIND OF SHOOK YOUR HEAD, RIGHT? YEAH.
BESIDES TONY, I MEAN, JUST CURIOUS ON INCUBATOR PROGRAMS. HAS ANYONE HAD ANY EXPERIENCE ON THAT OR LIKE GROWING SMALL BUSINESSES? I KNOW, I KNOW THAT'S THE FOCUS WE GOT HERE IN DOWNTOWN, SO I'M JUST CURIOUS IF ANYONE'S WORKED WITH THOSE TYPE OF PROGRAMS. OKAY,
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THAT'S GREAT.FOR THOSE OF YOU, YOU HAVEN'T OPENED YOUR EMAIL FOR BILLY BILL'S HAVING SURGERY IN THE MORNING WITH HIS SHOULDER.
UH, MAYBE WILL BE THE ACTING CITY MANAGER WHILE HE'S GONE FOR EIGHT A HALF MONTHS.
WE'LL SEE YOU GO IN TOMORROW WITH YOU PRAYING FOR YOUR SPEEDY RECOVERY.
YOU LEARN THE HARD WAY THAT YOU DON'T TRY TO PUT A WASHING MACHINE IN THE BACK OF A PICKUP BY YOURSELF.
SO I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MAYOR PRO, KIM GEORGIA CLEMSON FOR A AGENDA REVIEW.
COUNCIL, WE HAVE ITEMS THREE THROUGH 11, JUST ONE PAGE ON OUR UM, AND SET OF AGENDA.
DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON ITEMS ONE, THREE THROUGH 11? YES.
ON NUMBER SIX, THE CITYWIDE FACILITY ASSESSMENT.
UH, WHEN WAS THE LAST ONE OF THESE DONE? TO MY KNOWLEDGE, WE HAVE NOT HAD A CITYWIDE ASSESSMENT DONE.
WE'VE DONE, UH, SEPARATE FACILITIES IN THE PAST, BUT NOT A CITYWIDE.
HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN HERE? UH, ALMOST 20 YEARS.
I REMEMBER ONE, BUT IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN MORE THAN 20 YEARS AGO.
AND, UH, HOW OFTEN DO WE PLAN ON ZONING? WELL, THIS STUDY WILL PROVIDE, UH, AN ASSESSMENT FOR, UH, DURATION OF 10 YEARS.
SO AFTER THOSE 10 YEARS WE CAN REEVALUATE WHETHER OR NOT WE WANT TO PROCEED.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THREE THROUGH 11? NO OTHER QUESTIONS, MAYOR.
AS I MENTIONED, COUNCILMAN OUT TONIGHT.
SHE HAS ASKED THAT IF IT'S ALL RIGHT WITH THE COUNSEL FOR SOMEBODY TO TABLE CURRENT TWO ITEMS, THAT WOULD BE 15 AND 16.
WE CAN GET THE TABLE AND, UM, SHE WANTS TIME TO MEET WITH THE DEVELOPER, SO WE'LL DO THAT OUT THERE.
CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION ABOUT 13 IN HERE? YES, OF COURSE.
ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE AGENDA? UH, ON 13.
UH, IF WE DO THIS TONIGHT, WHAT'S THE TIMELINE ON GETTING THIS TO FRUITION? WILL WE, WILL WE, IF WE DO THIS TONIGHT, SHOULD WE BE ABLE TO MEET THE TIMELINE NECESSARY? UM, SO TONIGHT IS JUST PERMISSION FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY TO PROCEED WITH THEM IN THE DOMAIN.
SO THEY DO PROCEED, I BELIEVE WITH THE TECH STOP FUNDING IS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT WE DO NOT THE FEDERAL FUNDED? WELL, NO, I MEAN EITHER IF, IF WE, IF WE DO THE, YOUR ILLUSION TO USE THE IN IMMINENT DOMAIN AND IT GOES TO IMMINENT DOMAIN, WILL WE MEET THE TIMELINE NECESSARY FOR TCO? YES.
'CAUSE THEIR, THEIR REQUIREMENT IS THAT EITHER WE POSSESS THE PROPERTY OR HAVE A COURT DATE.
THE CITY COUNCIL MAY CONDUCT A CLOSED SESSION PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 5 5 1 SUB CHAPTER D OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE DTCA TO DISCUSS ANY FOLLOWING.
TONIGHT WE'RE JUST, JUST DISCUSSING ITEM TWO, SECTION 5 5 1 0.072 DELIBERATION REGARDING REAL PROPERTY.
I SUGGEST WE GET OUR FOOD AND GO INTO THE BUNK ROOM AND EAT AND CONDUCT OUR SAFETY SESSION.