May 20, 2026 Community Development Corporation

[ A. CALL TO ORDER]

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ALRIGHTY. GOOD EVENING. I CALL TO ORDER THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION MEETING.

CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER ON MAY 20TH, 2026.

WE WILL DO A QUICK ROLL CALL. KAREEM EVANS HERE.

CHENEDA SAMUELS. PRESENT. MELISSA NED. HERE. AHMAD THORNTON.

HERE. MARYLOU PETTIS. HERE. ALLISON GUERRERO.

PRESENT. KENISHA HENDERSON. HERE. ALRIGHTY. IF I CAN GET SOMEBODY TO LEAD US IN INVOCATION.

LORD WE THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY AND WE THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY TO COME COLLECTIVELY.

ONE MIND, ONE ACCORD AND HEARTS. LORD, AS WE MEET TONIGHT, GOD, WE ASK THAT YOUR WILL BE DONE AND NOT AN INDIVIDUAL WILL, GOD. GOD, WE ASK THAT YOU JUST HAVE YOUR WAY BE IN THIS MEETING AS WE MAKE DECISIONS THAT IS CONCERNING OUR COMMUNITY GOD.

AND WE THANK YOU FOR THE ABUNDANCE OF YOUR LOVE AND WE PRAISE YOUR NAME IN JESUS NAME.

AMEN. ALRIGHT. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

ALRIGHTY. PUBLIC APPEARANCE. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE ALLOWED FIVE MINUTES TO SPEAK.

THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION IS UNABLE TO RESPOND OR TO, OR TO DISCUSS ANY ISSUES THAT ARE BROUGHT UP DURING THIS SECTION THAT ARE NOT ON THE AGENDA, OTHER THAN TO MAKE STATEMENTS OF SPECIFIC FACTUAL INFORMATION IN RESPONSE TO PUBLIC INQUIRY, OR TO RECITE EXISTING POLICY IN RESPONSE TO ANY INQUIRY.

DO WE HAVE ANYONE FROM PUBLIC APPEARANCE TONIGHT? ALRIGHTY. WE HAVE NO ONE, WE'LL OPEN PUBLIC APPEARANCE AT 6:05 AND CLOSE AT 6:05.

PUBLIC REPORT ITEMS. NEXT REGULAR MEETING WILL BE JUNE 16TH, 2027.

[F. PUBLIC REPORT ITEMS]

NEXT REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING WILL BE MAY 26TH, 2026 AND JUNE 8TH, 2026.

STAFF REPORT ITEMS. FINANCIAL REPORT BY MISS ALLISON COOK.

[G. STAFF REPORT ITEMS]

I HAVEN'T SEEN YOU IN A WHILE. OKAY, SO GUESS WHAT? I BROUGHT A SPECIAL GUEST WITH ME TONIGHT. KELLY WILSON.

I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL HAVE MET KELLY, OUR CEO FINANCE PERSON.

SO I ASKED HER TO COME YESTERDAY, BUT SHE HAD TO GO SOMEWHERE ELSE BECAUSE SHE HAD ANOTHER COMMITMENT.

BUT GUESS WHAT? SHE WAS AVAILABLE TONIGHT TO GO OVER YOUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF THE BUDGET REPORT AND WHATNOT, WHICH TRULY IS AN UPGRADE FROM ME READING THEM TO YOU.

SO I'M GONNA HAVE KELLY READ THEM, AND MR. KRIS IS GOING TO PULL THEM UP AND HE'S GOING TO PULL THE FIRST ONE UP WILL BE BUDGET TO ACTUAL.

SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT Y'ALL ARE SEEING SIMILAR THINGS THAT YOU SAW IN THE MONTHS PAST.

SO WE'LL SEE TWO SIMILAR SPREADSHEETS AS YOU'VE SEEN PRIOR.

BUT KELLY'S MADE SOME NOTES ON THEM. SO MISS WILSON, TAKE IT AWAY.

THANK YOU. THIS IS THE BUDGET TO ACTUAL REPORT AS OF THE PERIOD ENDING APRIL 30TH.

SO IF YOU WANT TO CONSIDER THAT WE'RE SEVEN MONTHS INTO THE BUDGET, WHICH MEANS 58% OF THE BUDGET, IF YOU WERE TO HIT EVERYTHING EXACTLY ON, IT WOULD BE 58% TO DATE.

OUR SALES TAX REVENUE, WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY THE LARGEST REVENUE STREAM FOR CDC, WHICH IS YOUR HALF CENT THAT COMES INTO THE CITY, IS COMMITTED TO THE CDC. RIGHT NOW. WE ARE SHOWING THIS RECORDED THROUGH THE MONTHS OF FEBRUARY.

SO WE'RE ALWAYS TWO MONTHS IN ARREARS FROM THE COMPTROLLER.

SO THESE ARE FEBRUARY SALES COLLECTED AND REPORTED TO US THROUGH APRIL 30TH.

DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? I DO HAVE ANOTHER SPREADSHEET I'LL GO A LITTLE BIT DEEPER INTO THE SALES TAX UNLESS YOU WANT ME TO DO THAT NOW CHAIRMAN.

NO THAT'S FINE. GO AHEAD. OKAY. UNDER THAT SALES TAX REVENUE, YOU SEE CONTRA SALES TAX REVENUE THAT'S A -$1,411.78.

THAT IS DUE TO A COMMITMENT THAT CDC HAS, IT'S CALLED A 380 AGREEMENT, AND THAT IS WITH CROSS, THE CROSSROADS THE DEVELOPMENT AROUND HERE FOR THE SHARING OF THE SALES TAX WITH INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL THAT OWNED ALL THE LAND AROUND HERE FOR THE RETAIL.

THANK YOU AGAIN. THAT IS JUST FOR THE FIRST QUARTER.

SO YOU WILL SEE THAT CONTINUE ON THROUGH YOUR FINANCIAL REPORT.

AND THEN THE INTEREST EARNED ON YOUR CASH INVESTMENTS.

SO TO DATE, YOUR INTEREST, I MEAN, YOUR TOTAL REVENUE IS 1,045,488, WHICH REPRESENTS REMAINING LEFT ON YOUR BUDGET,

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BUT AGAIN WE'RE TWO MONTHS IN ARREARS. YOU HAVE 56% LEFT FROM THAT REMAINING TO COLLECT IN SALES TAX AND INTEREST EARNINGS, WHICH I'LL GO DEEPER INTO THE SALES TAX LATER.

BUT THEN WE'LL LOOK AT YOUR EXPENSES. WE HAVE YOUR EMPLOYEE EXPENSES FROM SALARIES ALL THE WAY TO THE EMPLOYER TAXES THAT ARE PAID.

EVERYTHING LOOKS IN LINE WITH THAT. YOU CAN SEE FROM THE THIRD COLUMN THAT IS YOUR PERIOD ACTIVITY, BECAUSE I'M ASSUMING YOU SAW YOUR MARCH BUDGET TO ACTUAL REPORT AT YOUR LAST MEETING.

SO THIS IS THE ACTIVITY THAT TOOK PLACE IN APRIL, WHICH IS YOUR SALARIES FOR THAT PERIOD.

AND TO DATE, WE ARE UNDER OUR SALARIES. YOU SEE THAT WE HAVE 28% LEFT ON THOSE SALARIES.

SO WE'RE LOOKING FINE WITH REGARD TO THAT. GOING DOWN, GOING DOWN.

OBVIOUSLY YOUR BIG LINE ITEM IS YOUR AUDIT EXPENSE.

THAT WAS DUE TO THE COMMUNITY CENTER. I BELIEVE THAT IS COMPLETED.

I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY INVOICES FROM WEAVER AND ASSOCIATES, THE ATTORNEY, I MEAN, THE CPA FIRM THAT WAS HIRED TO DO THAT FORENSIC AUDIT ON THE COMMUNITY CENTER. SO I BELIEVE THAT PROJECT IS WRAPPED UP.

YOU ALSO HAVE SOME OTHER PROJECTS WHERE YOU HAVE 200,000 FOR A SMALL BUSINESS GRANT, AS WELL AS A FACADE GRANT, AND NOTHING HAS BEEN SPENT TO DATE ON THAT. YOU ALSO HAVE SOME OTHER PROJECT FUNDING IN THERE.

SO NO ACTIVITY WITHIN REGARDS TO PROJECTS THAT CDC HAS IN THEIR BUDGET.

YOU CAN SEE THE TOTAL COST TO DATE. IF YOU COULD GO TO THE NEXT PAGE.

GREAT. THANK YOU. THE LAST PAGE HERE IS YOUR YOUR DEBT SERVICE.

AND YOU'LL SEE FOR THE PERIOD OF APRIL, WE HAVE MADE OUR PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST PAYMENTS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE YEAR.

THE ONLY THING LEFT THAT YOU'LL HAVE IS YOUR INTEREST PAYMENTS THAT ARE DUE IN AUGUST.

AND SO YOU'LL SEE THAT IN YOUR AUGUST ACTIVITY.

SO TO DATE, WE ARE SEEING WITH INTEREST, I MEAN WITH REVENUE AND EXPENSES TO DATE, WE ARE IN THE GREEN, OBVIOUSLY WITH A SURPLUS OF $241,176.50. I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS JUST ON YOUR BUDGET TO ACTUAL.

DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? WE'RE GOOD. CAN, WHAT IS OUR TOTAL YEAR TO DATE THAT IS ACTUAL IN THE ACCOUNT? SO I CAN GO OVER THAT IN THE BALANCE SHEET IF YOU'D LIKE ME TO DO THAT NOW CHAIRMAN OR I COULD GO IN DEEPER INTO THE SALES TAX.

YOUR, IT'S YOUR DECISION. YEAH. LET'S GO AHEAD INTO THE SALES TAX.

AND THEN IF YOU CAN JUST GIVE US THAT NUMBER AS YOU GO THROUGH THE SALES TAX AT THE END.

YES, SIR. SO I THINK YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THIS SPREADSHEET AS WELL.

AGAIN, WE BUDGETED 2.2 MILLION 65,000. AND TO DATE WE ARE IN THE GREEN.

YOU CAN SEE TOTAL YEAR TO DATE WE HAVE COLLECTED 63,402 HIGHER THAN WE HAVE COLLECTED THIS TIME LAST YEAR.

WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING SIX MONTHS INTO THE BUDGET YEAR.

SO TOTAL YEAR TO DATE, WE HAVE EXCEEDED OUR YEAR TO DATE OF 5% OVER THIS TIME LAST YEAR.

OBVIOUSLY LAST YEAR WE COLLECTED 2,259,000. SO WE DID INCREASE OUR BUDGET FOR 26 OF 2 MILLION 265.

BUT WE ARE SEEING YEAR TO DATE OVER THE BUDGET OF 9.57%.

SO THINGS ARE LOOKING VERY GOOD ON THE SALES TAX.

ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? NO. OKAY. CHRIS, IF YOU COULD GO TO THE BALANCE SHEET? AS THE CHAIRMAN WAS ASKING ABOUT CASH POSITION, WHAT I HAVE HERE IS THE BALANCE SHEET AS OF APRIL 30TH AS WELL.

SO YOU WILL SEE YOUR CASH ASSETS OF 5.1 MILLION.

AND I HAVE SOME NOTES DOWN BELOW SO THAT YOU CAN WALK THROUGH WHAT YOUR ACTUAL NET EQUITY IS.

SO 5.1 MILLION IS YOUR CASH POSITION POSITION.

BUT THEN YOU HAVE TO CONSIDER YOUR LIABILITIES.

UP ABOVE YOU SEE TOTAL LIABILITIES OF $606,700.37.

THAT IS YOUR ACCOUNTS PAYABLE AND EMPLOYER TAXES THAT JUST ARE DUE BUT HAVE NOT BEEN PAID OUT OF YOUR CASH.

WE ALSO HAVE THREE COMMITMENTS HERE ON POS THAT YOU SEE OUTSTANDING, $2,740.57.

YOU HAVE A 639. I CAN BE MORE SPECIFIC AS WELL.

I'VE GOT NOTES. THOSE ARE ALL RELATED TO THE COMMUNITY CENTER.

ALL THREE OF THOSE ARE FOR LANDSCAPE, ALARM SERVICES OR JANITORIAL SERVICES.

SO YOUR TOTAL LIABILITIES TO DATE IS $11,110.86, GIVING YOU A NET POSITION OF

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SO I WANTED YOU TO CONSIDER THAT YOU WILL SEE THAT IN YOUR MAY ACTIVITY, WHERE WE WILL TRANSFER $355,066 TO THE GENERAL FUND FOR THE PURCHASE OF THAT EMERGENCY VEHICLE THAT WAS APPROVED.

SO LOOKING AT ALL OF YOUR COMMITMENTS AND OBLIGATIONS, YOUR TOTAL NET EQUITY IS $4,742,775.73. THANK YOU. THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT I WAS GOING TO ASK, ARE YOU ANSWERING MY QUESTION, HAD WE ALREADY SENT THE MONEY OVER FOR THE EMERGENCY VEHICLE, BUT YOU ANSWERED MY QUESTION.

THANK YOU. DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. BOARD

[H. BOARD REPORT ITEMS]

DO WE HAVE ANYBODY THAT HAVE BOARD REPORT ITEMS FOR THE COMMUNITY INTEREST? ALL RIGHT. CONSENT AGENDA. ALL CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS ARE LISTED AS CONSIDERED TO BE ROUTINE BY THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND WILL BE ENACTED BY

[I. CONSENT AGENDA]

CAN WE GET A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA? I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS IS.

MOTION MADE BY MR. THORNTON. I SECOND THAT, I'M SORRY.

MOTION SECONDED BY MISS NED. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND TAKE A ROLL CALL. VOTE. ALRIGHT.

THAT MOTION PASSES SEVEN ZERO. REGULAR AGENDA 2026 J.1 2026-023 PRINCETON. CONSIDER AND DISCUSS AND ACT ON DONATING FUNDS TO SUPPORT THE

[J1. 2026-023 Princeton Lowry Crossing Chamber Update Consider, discuss, and act on donating funds to support the Princeton Lowry Crossing Chamber Back to School Bash. Presented by Chamber President Beth Willhite.]

GOOD EVENING, MR. CHAIR, AND MADAM VICE CHAIR AND BOARD MEMBERS.

THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO RETURN.

AND I ACTUALLY WILL SAY THANK YOU FOR THE LITTLE NUDGE.

THIS IS A BIG UNDERTAKING. AND KNOWING THAT WE WERE ALREADY RAISING THE AMOUNT OF COURSE I WAS NERVOUS, SO YOU JUST KIND OF PUSHED ME OVER THE, THE LEDGE.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. WHEN WE LOOKED BACK OVER THE THE SCHOOL SUPPLY LISTS, WE CHANGED ALL OF THE CRAYONS TO THE BETTER BRAND OF CRAYON.

WE ALSO ADDED MORE PENCILS, BOTH THE, THE REGULAR NUMBER TWO PENCILS AND MECHANICAL PENCILS.

SINCE THAT IS AN ITEM THEY USE ALL YEAR, WE REMOVED THAT 15 CENT FOLDER THAT I TOLD YOU WE HAD ALREADY TALKED ABOUT DOING THAT.

WE ADDED SOME INDEX CARDS AND WE ADDED AN ITEM THAT WE'VE NEVER DONE BEFORE BECAUSE IT'S EXPENSIVE AND THAT'S THE ONE INCH BINDER.

THOSE DON'T GO ON SALE. SO THAT ADDED QUITE A BIT TO OUR TOTAL.

AND THEN OF COURSE, YOU ALREADY KNOW THE STORY ON THE BACKPACK. SO THE NEW NUMBER THAT WE CAME TO, IF WE DO ALL OF THIS IS $36,266. WE STARTED PROMOTING THE BASH TODAY.

AND SO BECAUSE WE'VE ALREADY HAD SOME MEMBERS REACHING OUT READY TO DONATE, SO ALL OF THOSE EMAILS AND THINGS WILL BE GOING OUT, ESPECIALLY TO THOSE THAT DONATED ITEMS IN THE PAST, WHICH AGAIN, WE DO THIS IN CASE THEY DON'T DO THAT.

SO WE TRY TO BE PREPARED IF THEY DON'T. THE COMMITTEE AND I HAVE ALREADY DISCUSSED IF WE WERE TO BE ABLE TO RAISE THESE FUNDS, BUT THEN WE HAVE ITEMS DONATED, THERE ARE STILL A FEW ITEMS THAT WE COULD EASILY ADD TO THE BACKPACK THAT WOULD BE READILY AVAILABLE, THAT WE COULD GO THAT ROUTE. IF, IF THAT, IF THAT HAPPENS.

BUT THAT'S OUR GOAL FOR THIS YEAR. AND IT'S LIKE A LOT.

SO IS THE 36,000 IS WHAT YOU'LL NEED IN TOTALITY OR IS THAT.

YES. THAT DOES NOT COUNT. SO AS OF NOW, WE HAVE A PROMISE OR A, A PROMISE FROM EDC.

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WE HAVE A COMMITMENT FROM EDC. OKAY. DO YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT THAT IS? YES, YES. I TOLD HER TO TELL Y'ALL BECAUSE IT WAS, IT WAS DISCUSSED.

SO THEY, THEY COMMITTED 15,000. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

SINCE YOU GAVE THEM, YOU KNOW, KIND OF SOME GRIEF LAST YEAR FOR WHAT THEY'VE DONE.

YEAH. SO IF THEY COMMITTED 15, THEN YOU'RE BASICALLY 21,000 SHORT ON WHAT YOU NEED TO COMPLETE THE PROJECT.

IF THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. AND THEN HOW MANY KIDS WILL THIS SERVE? SO WE ORDERED 2000 BACKPACKS. AT THIS TIME, WE HAVE NOT GIVEN ALL OF THE BACKPACKS AWAY AT THE EVENT.

WE WERE ABLE TO THE NEXT WEEK, THE CITY OF PRINCETON OR, YOU KNOW, PARKS AND REC DOES A BASH AT THE PARK AND WE TOOK SOME BACKPACKS THERE FOR THEM TO GIVE OUT TO FAMILIES. AND THEN THE SCHOOL AT SUPERINTENDENT KNOWS KIND OF WHICH SCHOOLS ARE IN MORE NEED THAN OTHERS AND POINTED US IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. THERE'S ALSO A TEACHER LUNCHEON THAT FIRST WEEK OF AUGUST WHERE THE CHRISTIAN MINISTERIAL ALLIANCE FEEDS THE ENTIRE SCHOOL STAFF. AND LAST YEAR, THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY WAS INVITED TO HELP SERVE AT THAT EVENT.

AND WE TOOK SOME BACKPACKS THERE AS WELL, BECAUSE THERE'S A I MEAN, THERE'S LIKE 70 NEW TEACHERS THAT THEY HIRE EVERY YEAR.

AND SOME OF THEM ARE FIRST YEAR TEACHERS. SO EVEN TO BE ABLE TO HELP THEM AS WELL.

OKAY. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? ARE THERE ANY BACKPACKS LEFT OUT OF THAT NUMBER. IF YOU GUYS DO NOT SERVE JUST WHERE YOU'RE AT.

LIKE, WOULD WE HAVE ANY OUT OF THIS LIST THAT I HAVE HERE? YES, MA'AM. NO, WE'LL, WE ORDERED 2000 WE WILL FILL ALL 2000 AND HAVE THEM AT THE BASH.

NOW THIS YEAR IT'S GOING TO BE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, SO THAT MAY EVEN DRAW A BIGGER CROWD.

AND WE HAVE YOU KNOW, THERE'S MORE FAMILIES THAT MOVE INTO PRINCETON EVERY MONTH.

SO WE'VE ALREADY GROWN AS FAR AS THE DISTRICT A LOT SINCE THIS TIME LAST YEAR.

SO, WE JUST NEVER KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT THE DAY OF.

AND WE'VE HAD SUCH A NEED WHERE THIS CONTINUES TO GROW EACH AND EVERY YEAR TO THE POINT WHERE AGAIN, WE'VE HAD TO MOVE IT FROM THE MIDDLE SCHOOL TO THE HIGH SCHOOL.

SO WE ONLY CAN. SO WE SEE IT GROWING JUST LIKE THE CITY'S GROWING AT A RAPID PACE.

OKAY. ANYBODY GOT ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN ANSWER THIS, OF COURSE, BUT AS FAR AS HOW MANY STUDENTS DO WE KNOW HOW MANY ACTUAL STUDENTS WE HAVE IN THE CITY OF PRINCETON IN THE SCHOOLS? I WANT TO SAY THE LAST TIME I LOOKED AT, I THINK IT WAS OVER 11, A LITTLE BIT OVER 11,000.

OKAY. YEAH. THANK YOU. SO, ALLISON, WE'RE SET TO TAKE ACTION ON THIS.

YES. FOR WHATEVER NUMBER Y'ALL CONSIDER. OKAY.

IF I CAN GET A MOTION. WELL, I MEAN, I THINK WE SHOULD AT LEAST MATCH THE EDC.

NO. OR MORE, I WOULD SAY BARE MINIMUM MATCH. YEAH.

OKAY. THE BALANCE. WELL, LET'S DO IT. OKAY. IF WE GET A MOTION.

A MOTION TO APPROVE 21,000 IN ORDER TO COVER THE BUDGET FOR THE REST OF THE.

22. I'M SORRY. 20 A MOTION TO FOR 22,000 TO BE DONATED TO THE PROGRAM FOR THE STUDENT BACKPACKS.

I HAVE A MOTION BY MISS KENISHA. I'M SORRY. I'M GONNA GET THE NAME RIGHT.

I HAVE A MOTION BY MISS HENDERSON. I'M SORRY.

I SECOND AND I HAVE A SECOND BY MISS SAMUEL. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND TAKE A ROLL CALL VOTE.

I DON'T THINK THE THE SCREEN GOT RESET FOR THE VOTE.

I DON'T KNOW. SO MAYBE WE TAKE AN OLD SCHOOL VOTE.

WE DO THAT. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. WHAT'S. THE NAME.

J1. J1. THE PRINCETON LOWRY CROSSING CHAMBER.

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LET'S GET THESE KIDS SERVED IN THE COMMUNITY.

THANKS, BETH, FOR ALL YOU DO. OKAY. ALRIGHTY.

ALRIGHTY. NEXT UP, 2026-024. MAYOR APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM.

[J2. 2026-024 Mayor Apprenticeship Program Update Receive update on the Mayor Apprenticeship Program from the Princeton Lowry Crossing Chamber President, Beth Willhite]

MISS BETH. GOOD EVENING. SO GOOD TO SEE YOU ALL AGAIN.

I'M BETH WILLHITE, PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THE PRINCETON LOWRY CROSSING CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

AS OF RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE PLACED 12 OF OUR APPLICANTS.

Y'ALL, IT HAS BEEN A DAY FOR WORDS. WE HAVE CONNECTED THE STUDENTS WITH THEIR BUSINESS AND NOW IT'S ON THEM TO KIND OF FOLLOW UP AND FOLLOW THROUGH WITH WHAT THEY NEED TO DO.

ALMOST ALL OF THE AGREEMENTS HAVE BEEN SIGNED AND TURNED BACK IN.

I DO NOT KNOW WHO I NEED TO SPEAK WITH AT THIS POINT ABOUT THE TRANSFERRING OF THOSE FUNDS TO THE FOUNDATION.

AND THEN AS I MEAN, LIKE I SAID, AS SOON AS THOSE STUDENTS AND THEIR EMPLOYERS CONNECT, THEY'LL GET ROCKING AND ROLLING.

OKAY. MISS ALLISON, WILL YOU LET US KNOW HOW WE NEED TO TRANSFER? WE APPROVED 50,000 TO BE TRANSFERRED TO THE CHAMBER FOR THIS PROGRAM.

SO IF YOU CAN LET US KNOW WHAT NEXT STEPS WE NEED TO DO.

INDEED I WILL. I THINK WE WERE DRAFTING AN AGREEMENT THE LAST I SAW.

BUT YES, I'LL LET YOU ALL KNOW. NEXT STEPS. THANK YOU.

IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU WOULD LIKE? DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? JUST A QUESTION. AS FAR AS THE PROGRAM, HOW WILL IT BE TRACKED IF THE KIDS ARE REACHING OUT TO THE BUSINESSES? IS THERE A WAY WE WOULD GET SOME FEEDBACK AS FAR AS HOW THE PROGRAM IS GOING? SO ALL OF THE BUSINESSES, THE STUDENTS ARE PLACED WITH THIS THIS ROUND OUR CHAMBER MEMBERS.

AND SO I'M GOING TO BE SEEING THOSE PEOPLE AND CAN BE CHECKING IN.

THAT WAS KIND OF NOBODY TOLD ME TO DO THAT, BUT I WAS GOING TO KIND OF DO THAT ANYWAY BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO KNOW THE CHAMBER IS ABLE TO HAVE ONE OF THE INTERNS.

SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. WE HAD ONE STUDENT THAT WAS LIKE, I'M INTERESTED IN LEARNING ABOUT STARTING MY OWN BUSINESS.

AND I HEARD NETWORKING IS IMPORTANT. SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE HOW THAT WORKS.

AND I WAS LIKE, I GOT YOU. SO, BUT SO THAT'S KIND OF MY PLAN.

OH, I GUESS, CAN I TELL THEM ABOUT NEXT MONTH? SO ALL OF THE STUDENTS HAVE BEEN INVITED TO ATTEND CDC NEXT MONTH SO AT THE JUNE MEETING SO HOPEFULLY THEY CAN ALL BE HERE SO YOU CAN MEET YOUR AMAZING STUDENTS THAT YOU ARE SUPPORTING. AND THEN I'M, I'M HOPING AT THAT MEETING TOO, THEY'RE ABLE TO MEET THE MAYOR BECAUSE SOME OF THEM DID ASK ABOUT THAT. SO. ANY THING ELSE? YOU ALL THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN A BIG UNDERTAKING. BETH AND HER TEAM HAS DONE A PHENOMENAL JOB OF WORKING AND GETTING MEMBERS SIGNED UP.

IT'S A PROGRAM THAT WE THOUGHT OF OVER A YEAR AGO AND WE COULDN'T GET OFF THE GROUND LAST YEAR.

AND SHE'S BEEN DOING A PHENOMENAL JOB OF, AND MR. HACKMAN WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT MISS SAMUEL SERVING ON THE BOARD TO HELP SELECT YOUTH.

LIKE WE HAVE SOME REALLY GREAT KIDS IN PRINCETON ISD.

AND WE GOT TO SEE THOSE THROUGH THOSE INTERVIEW PROCESSES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

BUT I THINK THIS PROGRAM IS ONLY GOING TO GROW AND GROW, I THINK THIS YEAR WE'RE SERVING 13 KIDS.

SO THIS IS THE PLAN. THESE KIDS ARE SELECTED.

WE'LL LOVE, THE PLAN IS TO HAVE THEM OUT NEXT MONTH AT THE MEETING.

WE'LL GET WITH THE MAYOR, HAVE HIM HERE SO HE CAN SO ALL THE KIDS CAN MEET HIM, SHAKE HIS HAND AND THEY CAN SEE WHAT THE PROGRAM IS ABOUT.

AND WE ALSO WOULD LIKE TO TALK MOVING FORWARD OF HAVING A END OF THE SUMMER CELEBRATION FOR ALL THE YOUTH AND THEIR FAMILIES AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER FOR COMPLETING THE PROGRAM, GETTING FEEDBACK AND ALL THAT INFORMATION. SO WE'LL DO LIKE A LUNCHEON.

THE THE PLAN IS TO DO LIKE A LUNCHEON SLASH CELEBRATION WHERE THEY CAN INVITE THEIR FAMILIES OUT, THEIR EMPLOYERS CAN COME OUT AND ALL THESE DIFFERENT THINGS, BECAUSE WE ONLY WANT THIS PROGRAM TO GROW AND GROW AND BE ABLE TO SERVE MORE KIDS AND GET THEM TO BE A PART OF THIS PROGRAM. OKAY. ABSOLUTELY.

ALL RIGHT. DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR ANY FEEDBACK THAT THEY WANT TO GIVE?

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FOR OUR FIRST YEAR, WE DIDN'T HAVE EVERY STEP PLANNED OUT, BUT IT WORKED OUT, I THINK.

GREAT. SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT. BUT I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE STUDENTS AND THE PARENTS WHO PARTICIPATED AND CAME OUT.

IT WAS A VERY HARD SELECTION ON WHICH STUDENTS TO PICK BECAUSE EVERY STUDENT WAS OUTSTANDING.

AND I MEAN THAT FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART. THEY WERE OUTSTANDING.

IT HAS PROBABLY BEEN THE BEST PROGRAM THAT I PARTICIPATED WITH, WHERE THE MAJORITY OF THE STUDENTS WERE JUST GREAT.

AND SO I WANT TO GIVE A BIG SHOUT OUT TO THE STUDENTS AND TO THEIR PARENTS FOR ALL THE HARD WORK THEY'VE DONE THROUGHOUT THE YEARS TO GET TO THIS PLACE, BECAUSE PRINCETON STUDENTS ARE OUTSTANDING. I'M NOT SAYING THAT BECAUSE I'M ON THE BOARD.

I'M NOT SAYING THAT BECAUSE I'M A RESIDENT. I AM SAYING IT BECAUSE IT'S TRUE.

AND WE WANT MORE STUDENTS TO APPLY NEXT YEAR, AND WE CAN GROW AND MAKE THIS PROGRAM BIGGER BECAUSE THOSE STUDENTS BELONG IN THESE TYPE OF POSITIONS SO THEY CAN CONTINUE TO GROW AS ADULTS.

SO THANK YOU, BETH. THANK YOU. LISA. THANK YOU, CHAMBER AND EVERYBODY THAT WAS ON THAT COMMITTEE TO TO PICK THAT SELECTION.

SO IT WAS GREAT. AND YOU MENTIONED MR. HACKMAN AS WELL, BUT HE DID THE COORDINATING WITH BRINGING THE STUDENTS IN FOR THE INTERVIEWS.

DID SOME CONNECTING WITH SOME BUSINESSES AS WELL AND WAS, WAS AMAZING TO WORK WITH.

AND JUST THE CONNECTION HE ALREADY HAD WITH SEVERAL OF THE STUDENTS, YOU COULD SEE THAT WHEN THEY CAME IN.

SO A GREAT PROGRAM. GREAT IDEA. THANK YOU ALL FOR IMPLEMENTING IT AND FOR ALLOWING US TO BE PART.

SO I THINK THIS PROGRAM TO WHAT MISS SAMUEL SAID, IT'S ONLY GOING TO GROW.

WE GOT THE, THE BASE OF THIS PROGRAM. THEY DO WANT THESE PROGRAMS IN PLANO.

IT'S CALLED PLANO MAYOR'S INTERNSHIP. SO BETH HAS ALREADY MET WITH SOME OF THE PEOPLE OUT THERE AND SHE'S GOTTEN A LOT OF INFORMATION.

SO WE'RE GOING TO BE REALLY, REALLY, YOU KNOW, STRATEGIC AND HOW WE MAKE THIS FIT PRINCETON AND, YOU KNOW, DO IT EVEN BETTER THIS YEAR. BUT TO WHAT MISS SAMUEL SAID, IT'S JUST GETTING IT OFF THE GROUND THIS YEAR AND, AND GETTING IT GOING. AND I'M REALLY PROUD OF EVERYBODY WHO WAS A PART OF THAT.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. CAN I GIVE THE BOARD A SHOUT OUT FOR JUST A MINUTE? DIDN'T Y'ALL THINK OF THIS IDEA? SO WHILE WE'RE GIVING KUDOS, MAYBE JUST A PAT ON THE BACK.

SO I'LL SAY IT. CONGRATULATIONS TO Y'ALL FOR THINKING OF IT AND PUTTING IT IN PLACE BECAUSE I KNOW WE DO TALK ABOUT A LOT OF GREAT THINGS THAT WHAT WE CAN DO HERE, BUT Y'ALL PUT IT IN PLACE AND DID IT. SO THANK YOU.

AND I CAN SEE THIS JUST GROWING IN THE FUTURE WHERE YOU CAN'T FIT IN THE COMMUNITY CENTER.

SO THAT WOULD BE A GOOD PROBLEM TO HAVE. SO THANK YOU GUYS.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. MOVING RIGHT ALONG J.3.

[J3. 2026-025 PCDC Attorney Request for Proposals Update Provide status update on the PCDC Attorney Request for Proposals (RFP)]

SO SEPARATELY TO HAVE NEW LEGAL REPRESENTATION.

THAT WENT OUT MAY 14TH AND IT CLOSES THE END OF THE MONTH.

AND SO IN JUNE, WE'LL HAVE A WAY TO REPORT TO THE TWO BOARDS, WHO SHOWED UP THE CRITERIA, THEIR QUALIFICATIONS, AND WE CAN START TO MAKE THAT SELECTION CRITERIA.

SO THE PROCUREMENT OFFICER REACHED OUT DIRECTLY TO 19 FIRMS WITH MUNICIPAL EXPERIENCE.

SHE PUT IT UP WITH THE TML LEGAL GROUP. AND IT'S ON A THING CALLED BID NET.

AND THEN THERE'S A STATEWIDE PORTAL. SO WE TRY TO COVER ALL OF OUR BASES, KEEP IT OPEN FOR A FEW WEEKS.

SO IN JUNE, WE SHOULD HAVE SOME INFORMATION FOR THE BOARDS FOR Y'ALL TO TAKE THE NEXT STEP AND MAKE SOME SELECTIONS THIS SUMMER.

IN THE MEANTIME, WE STILL HAVE NICHOLS JACKSON.

THEY'RE NOT HERE TONIGHT, BUT THEY TYPICALLY ARE HERE. SO THERE'S STILL THE INTERIM CITY ATTORNEY.

SO WE CERTAINLY HAVE REPRESENTATION. BUT I KNOW THE BOARDS IN THE CITY, THEY'RE LOOKING FOR A FULL TIME ATTORNEY.

ALL RIGHTY. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ALLISON ON THAT? ALL RIGHTY. I DO. OKAY. DO WE KNOW IF WE HAVE ANY ANYONE SUBMIT ANY RFQS YET? DO YOU KNOW? YOU MEAN ANY RESPONSES RECEIVED YET? YEAH, WE'VE HAD ONE FIRM. OKAY. OKAY. I JUST WANTED TO KNOW IF ANYBODY HAS.

WE'RE KEEPING IT OPEN. THANK YOU. AND WE CAN EXTEND THE TIMELINE IF WE NEED TO.

SO WE'RE GOING TO SEE HOW THE END OF THE MONTH SHAPES UP AND THEN GO FROM THERE.

ALRIGHTY. MOVING RIGHT ALONG. J.4 2026-026. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS.

[J4. 2026-026 Future Agenda Items Consider a request for future items to be placed on a future agenda and NOT for discussion of these requests.]

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DO WE HAVE ANY ITEMS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO PLACE ON FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS? I DO. NOT SURE WHERE IT GOES, BUT I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO HAVE A VENDOR BOOTH AT THE BACK TO SCHOOL BASH THIS YEAR FROM CDC TO HELP PROMOTE THE NEXT YEAR'S APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM, AND THEN ALSO TO EXPLAIN MORE ABOUT WHAT CDC DO. AND THEN MAYBE IF WE CAN HAVE 3 TO 4 MEMBERS HELP, MAN THAT BOOTH AND WE CAN ROTATE IT SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE THERE THE WHOLE TIME IF WE CAN'T. BUT I WOULD LIKE FOR THAT TO BE PUT ON THE AGENDA.

ALL RIGHT. ARE WE TALKING ABOUT THE CITY BACK TO SCHOOL BASH THAT ONE AT CALDWELL PARK FOR THE CDC TO HAVE A BOOTH TO TALK ABOUT.

OKAY. TO TALK ABOUT ALL THE PROGRAMS? PERFECT.

I HAVE SOME ITEMS. LAST NIGHT AT THE EDC THERE WAS AN ITEM BROUGHT UP FOR DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION BENCHMARKS. THEY TALKED ABOUT FUTURE, BASICALLY GROWTH AND EMPLOYMENT FOR THE EDC AND CDC. SO THEY HAVE A DIRECTIVE TO BASICALLY LOOK FOR HAVING THE, THE, THE FUTURE EMPLOYEE THAT WOULD BE TAKING THE, WHEN THEY HIRE ONE TO LOOK INTO GROWTH IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, LIKE THE NEIGHBORING AREAS AND KIND OF DECIDE WHAT WE WOULD NEED COMPARED TO OTHER CITIES AND AROUND US. SO THAT'S THE DIRECTIVE, BUT I WANTED US TO KIND OF HAVE THAT ON THE AGENDA TO TALK ABOUT IT TOO, BECAUSE WE WOULD BE POTENTIALLY SHARING IN THAT FUTURE EMPLOYEES.

SO JUST KIND OF SEE WHAT THEY TALKED ABOUT AND DISCUSS IT OURSELVES.

THE OTHER ITEM WOULD BE. THE CITY COUNCIL TALKED ABOUT THE PURPOSEFUL PARTNERSHIP LIBRARY.

THEY WEREN'T SURE EXACTLY WHERE THEY WOULD GET ALL THE FUNDING.

SO MAYBE JUST TALK ABOUT IF WE COULD SOMEHOW MAYBE HELP WITH THAT AND WHAT OUR WE WOULD BE ALLOWED TO DO.

ALL RIGHT. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? ALL RIGHT.

SO WE DON'T HAVE ANY EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEMS FOR TONIGHT.

SO WE'RE AT OUR THIS MAY BE A RECORD SETTING MEETING TIME.

OH YOU DO HAVE EXECUTIVE SESSION. OH YOU DON'T HAVE EXECUTIVE SESSION.

I JUST HAVE A COMMENT WHEN YOU'RE READY. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. COMMENTS. ANY COMMENTS FOR TONIGHT? I'M USUALLY NOT A SHY PERSON. SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.

I'M HERE BECAUSE BRIANNA MOVED TO COLORADO AND JIM'S OUT RIGHT NOW, BUT I WON'T BE AT YOUR JUNE MEETING.

BECAUSE I'LL BE SOMEWHERE ELSE. I AM MOVING ON TO ANOTHER ROLE.

SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY, SOME OF Y'ALL HAVE BRIEFLY MET AND SOME OF Y'ALL HAVE MET FOR A WHILE, BUT I'VE REALLY ENJOYED SEEING HOW THIS CORPORATION HAS COME TOGETHER AND ACCOMPLISH A LOT.

AND I'VE BEEN HERE ALMOST TWO YEARS. BUT Y'ALL HAVE PUT INITIATIVES TOGETHER AND YOU'VE EXECUTED THEM.

SO THAT'S BEEN REALLY FUN TO WATCH. AND I KNOW YOU'LL CONTINUE TO GROW SOME OF THESE GOOD PROGRAMS. SO I'M GONNA STILL WATCH YOUR MEETING. SO YOU'RE NOT GETTING A HALL PASS. I'M GONNA STILL WATCH AND MAYBE I'LL COME BE A PUBLIC COMMENT.

MAYBE I'LL, MAYBE I'LL BE YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.

BUT THANK YOU. IT WAS NICE TO WORK WITH EVERYONE.

AND I'LL MISS YOU, BUT IT'S NOT LIKE I'M MOVING AWAY TO ANOTHER STATE LIKE BRIANNA OR BRIANNA.

SO THANK YOU ALL. GOOD LUCK TO YOU ALL. AND I'M SURE WE'LL CROSS PATHS AGAIN SOON.

WELL, ALLISON, I WANT TO SAY I HAVE I'VE MET YOU BEFORE YOU STARTED HERE WHEN YOU WERE INTERVIEWING FOR THE JOB.

AND I WANT TO SAY IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE TO WORK WITH YOU. IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE TO SERVE WITH YOU.

YOU HAVE BEEN NOTHING BUT HELPFUL THE ENTIRE TIME HERE.

ANYTHING WE NEED YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN WILLING TO SUPPORT.

I CALL TEXT, YOU ANSWER AND YOU RESPOND. SO JUST WANT TO SAY WE APPRECIATE YOU AND GOOD LUCK IN THE NEXT JOURNEY OF YOUR LIFE.

THANK YOU. YOU KNOW, YOU'RE MY FAVORITE. I TOLD YOU THAT.

SO I WAS I WAS TRANSPARENT ABOUT IT, BUT HE WAS THE FIRST PERSON I MET.

OKAY, I GOT YOU. ALRIGHTY. FAVORITE PART OF THE MEETING?

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SEE EVERYBODY NEXT WEEK. NEXT MONTH.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.