now we're body [Applause] shaving I'm so excited One of my All right Morning everybody I would like to meeting March 20th 2025 at 701 First
item is to approve the agenda We have eight items Um consider a motion to agenda as agents The only thing I have is that um when I followed up with um Lisa
Watson from Quick Trip earlier this week um she said that she had to reschedule a dentist appointment and was unable to make it So I scheduled to come to our next meeting on April 17th I think Yes
Make a motion to approve with that change So excellent All right I have a motion and a second to approve agenda withition All in favor all right Um consider approval of the minutes from the February 20th regular
meeting I'll second I have a motion and a second to approve from last meeting All in favor all right Joel All right Well good morning everyone uh between the three accounts
uh February had a beginning balance of 11284937 revenues of 62208 uh which consisted of the ped stop monthly revolving loan fund payment and then a reimbursement from the uh
GFOA government finance officers association expenses $1,462 um they consisted of payroll and social media marketing for an ending balance of $112
$945 and then um bills to be paid this month would include again West Marketing Social Media You guys have any questions be happy to answer them Thanks Joel I'll make a motion to approve
Excellent I have a motion to approve All in favor i have a second I old business Um First is an update on the EDA small business small cities development
program grant Joel All right Um so I guess honestly not much has changed Um got all the documents uh signed and issued The notice to proceed has been issued for our first housing project I
do believe that they are going to be starting that yet this month It was for foundation repair As far as the um applicants that or applications that are out there kind of in in process um one needs to decide how
they want to mitigate some lead based paint either by replacing their front door or having it mitigated through removal of it Another one has to have their
radon test redone And then the other project that was sent out for bids uh the applicant wanted to go with the general contractor so it was issued as three separate projects Um the radon was rejected because the bids were not complete Uh
plumbing is good to go And then um deck repair and windows were we're good to go as well So um Joy Watson from the the county H um we'll be in contact with them that they have to redo their radon test Otherwise
I would expect that we'll be pushing paperwork through for the other two portions And just as a reminder the grant award was $431,250 Uh rehab 15 homes uh at about
$26,000 Um just an update and There is no attachments question Correct Okay So then I was just curious about that Y Oh you might have said how how many
homes did we have total did you say uh we have there's funding for 15 but how many have we had so far uh we've had one go out to bid or I'm sorry two go out to bid and one is just
just waiting for the contractor to how many we have How many applications we had uh close to 10 Okay I thought it was something like that but but we had upload Correct Okay Got You know everyone wants money when we don't have any grant
funding available And um there's been a gentleman that for years has been looking for grant money And every time he comes to pay his water bill I'm like "Here's that information again This is the time $26,000 If you don't do it now don't
come asking ever again It is now." What section of town are you holding at now right now anywhere Oh anywhere Yep Just um it's just um income based is the main thing that that's the the main hurdle that has to be overcome I know years back wasn't it only in certain sections
at a time um so we we had um uh kind of an older part of town um that that we focused on initially Um and that's the way that we submitted the or you get to submit a pre-application De reviews it provides
comments and then you submit your final And that's how we had it before um increase our chances and quite frankly income and and plus older homes need more repairs and and um
so we we submitted the pre-application that way and through deed review process they wanted to be um inclusive of the entire community I thought that that would look better So we did um open it up to the the entire city Is this based on uh household income or
it is okay What's the levels uh it's based off of um HUD So I think I know when I looked at it because the guy is single provided the information I think it's like 56 or $57,000 annual income Okay
Then it goes up based off of the number of people in the household Great I hope a couple more people All right Um next let's go and do a social media marketing update Cy Uh thank you Madam Chair and good morning
um commissioners Uh we are planning for May Uh Holly submitted the main marketing calendar that included objectives target dates and social media posts Uh staff were recommending that the EDA discuss social media objectives for the 2025 May marketing calendar uh
at this meeting Um so as far as as Facebook goes um with our first post going out uh Mosquito Spring press release uh that's been a discussion uh at the council and it's currently the mosquito contract is out for bid So this
is perfect timing uh for alignment for that press release to go out in May Um Joel and Joel and I met um we're going to do one post uh monthly uh with all the uh council meetings and advisory board meetings So we're promoting all
the advisory advisory board meetings now that we are live on YouTube Uh let's appreciate every drop Um we get into uh public works uh water week um with the promotion of water
conservation Uh fun uh little won word search in there Uh back to water week uh with school kids photo Uh a nice uh wonderful piece highlighting Mother's Day Um and then also part of the park board and then also the council in uh
objectives is really spotlighting our wonderful amenities here in the city So we're going to be highlighting the dog park on May 13th Uh the compost site on May 20th Um and then the city office is
closed on Memorial Day Uh and then a Veterans Memorial Park slideshow falling into um actual Memorial Day to uh highlight our beautiful Veterans uh Memorial Park Uh we're continuing our
collaboration with the library uh helping them out and working together uh with the marketing uh library events Um and then uh we're getting into uh as far as our videos go we're getting into our series and this was brought up by the EDA Uh this has been brought up by the
council about highlighting uh our advisory boards and all the volunteer time and dedication that goes into the appointed um members of the boards So first off uh planning and zoning advisory board Um Holly has
reached out to all the chairs Um and then thank you Madame Chair for being very active in your communication with Holly yesterday Um our wonderful chair uh will be doing her video with Holly I believe on the April 14th sometime in
the afternoon 1:45 1:45 perfect And this is just highlighting the advisory boards This is uh the script is coming from our city code Uh this is what the purpose objectives what the EDA does what the planning and zoning does what the park
board does And then also remember transparency We want people to uh log in and watch these meetings or better yet even attend these meetings And um this is just a welcome This is an overview of uh all these great advisory boards that
we have for the city Um as far as the imagery goes uh with Holly's creative creativity uh all the images are in your packet after the calendar And I think it's great Uh under compost site uh remember compost our
compost site's only for residents and it's under surveillance for illegal dumpings Uh February uh Google Analytics Oh go ahead I have two questions Number one we have one of
those big days in May usually What do you call that Clean up Yeah we're working on it Okay So maybe that could be added to the social media I think it's contingent on timing with the new provider probably
right yeah I was just talking with him yesterday So but like I think that would be good Oh yeah The other thing is um I mean the city garage those are kind of city right they're not disregard
thank you madam chair I will uh reach out to Holly as soon as we find out find out uh have the citywide um clean up we'll make a post and get that out there uh in advance also It looks like I feel like our subscribers are up on YouTube I think it
feels like our numbers are up I think more people are watching I think it's working getting the word out Uh madame chair and council member warmer scersian Yes it is I know that uh the the city administrator and I monitor the the views during uh the
council meetings and uh planning our first planning and zoning commission meeting that went live I believe we had about 27 viewers at that time So yes I I completely agree with you uh with people uh watching it live or going back to it at our you at the City of Lawndale
YouTube channel Yeah Well and having the subscribers up is good too because then people get notified every time a new one posts uh up to 91 now Do we want to include the street fair yes
Well that is uh that that is a great addition Yes As far as Google Analytics goes it's uh active users 1.9,000 as you could see up and down during the month Um as far as we go through this every
month uh who are the active users where they're coming from I'm more or less looking at the lawn sale now Um 269 um uh visits or users um in or um in February Um what I find
interesting on the um as far as what pages are being viewed uh this ties into uh council member Wormer Scrions uh re previous comment about there's more engagement uh with our YouTube site So people are are checking out our calendar
of events uh was that was up 13 and a half% 277 people check that residents check that out uh YouTube video Uh we did a shop Lawndale for Valentine's uh and that was uh highlighting uh our local businesses
here in this here in town Other uh videos on file now at our YouTube channel Ice Rinks and Ice Skating at Lawndale Uh welcome to welcome the new city council members again Um jumping in Facebook Uh I'm like
Holly what kind of messaging should I relay to the EDA uh on Thursday morning and she said encourage their family members to follow the city of Lawsdale So if you're if you're not f if the if the members at the table are not
following our Facebook page please follow it and encourage um everyone that you run into to follow it also And uh I have the uh madam chair I do have the uh this the recommendations from the planning and zoning or I'm sorry of the EDA about the addition of
the uh when we have the citywide cleanup day and the street fair Perfect I think she's doing a great job She is doing a spectacular job and she's very proactive and she is um a a great team
player And I have to again just congratulate the EDA because this is it's timely It's necessary and none of us could have taken this on effectively Great Good job All right Let's uh if we have
nothing else about our social media let's talk about the first quarter lunch and learn We had our first lunch and learn of the year on Tuesday earlier this week I think we had a total of excuse me 18 people that said that
they were going to show up I think we had unfortunately less than half of that actually showed up but that's okay It's still the one of the better attended events that that we did So I don't I guess what I learned from it was it's not necessarily so much the timing it's
the the topic that is more of a concern to people So uh but I think it went well Um it wasn't interactive for the people to have phones in their hands but Tyler from tech support did kind of do or not
kind of did interactive um info through his presentation on you know what was it did us a logo for Lawndale talking about agriculture and boom there's five logos that that popped up and
give me a presentation on you know bees and their effect on the environment I mean whatever And I mean it just in a couple of minutes spit out the whole presentation So I think that that was of value to people to see that you know it at least gives you the the backbone to
start with your presentation and and build off it make minor tweaks here and there So um yeah Uh for the most part yes So is there an email blast that goes out i know there
is one that goes out prior to the event but how soon before the event does it go out uh I think we did two this time Typically we do three and I would say um well I think the last one was
supposed to go out on Thursday And is are we included in that email blast should be I got it Then I must it must have been blocked because I wanted to go to Yeah
Facebook page I do Okay I was just curious Well my email might be blocking it too That's very possible Okay Good I'm really excited I That sounds
like a really timely topic and people are interested in it What if we did one that was like um how AI can help you with a marketing plan or something like that is that something that would So the problem with AI is it's changing and there's so much stuff coming on so
quickly Like my my company is like our CEO is is crazy about AI So is my husband I mean it's insane Like this guy is up until 2 in the morning every day There's a channel in Slack just for AI stuff and he's posting
on it constantly All the new stuff he's finding I mean there's there's applications out there now that will you you put in one sentence and it'll create a 30 second video using AI I mean it's it's nuts Um some of it some of it's great some of
it's not Um marketing for AI I think is is an area of the world that's trying to figure out what to do Um I mean like I talk to our marketing department all the time and they're like we're overwhelmed We don't know what to
do So the experts in these areas are are not sure what to do I don't know if we're there yet A revisit I think it's a really valent team I'm like need someone to tell me how to talk Well that's all that's the free or the paid
well premium because they've approved it They probably co-pilot's Microsoft right and it's it's integrated into all the Microsoft products That's the other hard part here It's like are you going out to find something are you using integrated to what you already have What's
integrated nobody really knows I mean if we want to get honest AI has been around a lot longer than we've been using the term I mean what is Siri what is Alexa But like you've got C-Pilot you got Google Gemini you got chat GBT Those are
the three big ones The very first Yeah I mean you could make that argument for sure but like you know there's there's pros and cons to all of it You know people GPT is the best Well is it because Google Gemini has access to Google which has you know decades and
decades worth of data where chat chat GPT doesn't but do either of them create a video for you no you have to go pay for that You know there's and there's so many that pop up now Um I think the bigger question at some point is going to be AI and security because people are
running to this ball so fast and they're trying everything they can try But they have no idea it was putting out into the world But anyway yeah I mean there's there's a place for AI and marketing probably more so than in most I mean the two places I
see it are marketing and engineering engineering because AI is now creating the ability to generate applications from an idea Um it'll code it for you in whatever language you want
But again moving so fast and and even the people that do this all day long are still confused on what where we're going to go with it Yeah I'd say give it six eight even a year and see where it is because who knows and it's all unregulated right now
too So well I mean I guess that's the question then too is is it a cautionary tale that we tell I mean is that would that be worthwhile because I mean I guess what other
you guys think would be attractive Did the attendees say anything did I mean after the presentation did they want more you were there I thought very interesting There was some discussion afterwards on you know there was some um concerns
on security and you know things like that the security thing was a big issue because would we just want to follow up with that know take it a little bit further i think so Were there immediate practical applications of the
information that you learned well yeah I mean he he went over chat GBT and um co-pilot and you know and and you know used those co-pilot and you know coming up with a presentation and like I said in two minutes and so yeah
we didn't have our devices in our hand doing it but but he did it and it was presented projected on the screen So well that's the other thing too like co-pilot is going to steer you towards Microsoft product So you want to talk about marketing Microsoft has made AI a
marketing tool by saying "Oh let me make a quick presentation for you in this awesome tool we have called PowerPoint you know which of course I mean it makes sense." But if you go to Gemini and say that they're going to give you something completely different Yeah most
likely Um but yeah I think I was looking at one probably about six months ago I don't even know if it's even still around I think it was called Peach and it was out of Australia Literally you would put in a sentence and it would create a real life not
animated like a movie out of that idea like a 30 second video clip And I mean it's not the early days of AI where you had people with 12 fingers on one hand I mean this was like like a cinematic grade movie It was amazing what it could
do Um you know granted they were in their starter phase So they're trying to get the word out there I don't even know if they're still around That's why I say that's the other thing with this You find something really really cool and it's gone in six months because they couldn't get funding to
operate But it's it's getting insane what it can do now I mean I was in San Francisco There's cars driving around all over the place without a driver Oh wow Yeah It's a taxi Phoenix it was the same way Yeah
My parents just got back from um Scottdale and they used one My dad thought it was the coolest I couldn't I got a million pictures one day and I'm like what is going on why am I getting pictures of the inside of a car and he said there's no driver in the car Okay I mean whispering like
somebody's watching I don't know But I mean that's where we're at now right um there's there's companies making humanoid robots for um sorting facilities How do we translate all the things you're saying
into a workable lunch and learn because you're saying all the things you're like it's so great you have to be careful there's so many things right there's nobody you can know about like what what's the topic I mean I think the biggest thing is what what's it going to do if we think about lndale the businesses we have in lawndale and
that's really the lens we should be looking through right I mean all these things are cool but if I start thinking okay how can Minnesota milwork utilize AI you know uh how can um uh baby steps you guys are deep into this You got your Slack channel and
everything Yeah I mean I I guess from my standpoint you know the bigger companies that can marketing is one thing right you can you can say I need a logo like he showed you know I mean you can do the very simple things Give me a marketing strategy It can do that for you Um
but I think really what people need it's the same problem you have whether you're using AI or not The business owners need to say "Who am I trying to reach right where do I want to get my business from how much do I want to grow how little do I want to grow?" You know because there are
companies out there that are satisfied where they're at and they don't want to grow too much because they don't have the capacity to meet it right now So they have to answer all these questions first and then you just plug your questions into the thing and it spits
out whatever you want Um then you have to make the modifications as per lunch and learn Well not just that but once you have it what do you do with it right i mean it'll spit out data all day long but what are you going to do with the data where do you put it is it a
Facebook ad campaign is it you know a Google ads campaign you know is it a TV commercial i don't know You know that's So all all AI is going to give you is information Correct At this point you
still have to know what to do with it And so is that the answer to my question that's a topic I mean it could be I think in my mind and I'm going to be I'm going to totally pivot and beat the same horse I've been beating a long time because actually I was up at Rail last week and I was talking with Jason Graves
and I mentioned the EDA revolving loan fund and he he looked at me like "What are you talking about?" And you know I I sent him the I went on my phone and got the link and to him right then and there I said "Here you go." You know this is this is out there
I mean I think we need to market that again We need to get it out there Um and I don't know if funding in general because I mean we could reach out to some of our businesses in town We could talk to France and we can talk to FNB you know and ask them hey would you guys
be willing to present on business financing either new business or expanding like somebody who started something in their home and now has gotten to the point where they want to look at opening a space how do they finance that um what are options for
financing beyond real estate right because that's what everybody thinks about when you start thinking about business I need to buy a building or I need to build a building But there are other funding opportunities for businesses you know operating capital all that kind of stuff I know we've tried it in the past where
we brought down um people from the state to do presentations about funding options but I mean maybe it's worth it again but I think the key point is before we start anything is the EDA has a revolving loan fund right and literally have the paperwork right there in a stack and say
"Here it is." and spread it out I don't know if we put it on social media again I thought we were going to highlight that at at in our booth at the Yeah I think we need to the street fair I mean we could have can't we have packets right there to hand out every business
that staff talks to if we bring up the revolving loan Yeah And I don't doubt that But they you know I I hear from them I didn't know this was a thing Okay Well here it is you know and I mean and that's fine whether they're they're honest about it
or not but and actually I had copies of the the revolving loan fund and the county's updated revolving loan fund because they increased their funding to 75% Oh wow So we put on the table um at
the box lunches for our lunch I don't think anyone took any Yeah I mean I'm not surprised We absolutely could And you know and actually I was talking to a business the other day too and I said "Hey if you needed funding um who would you call?"
He said "You." Oh okay I mean that's both good and scary for Facebook That's both good and scary right because we don't want to be the first line of funding And that's when I talk to businesses about it I tell them I'm like "Look we're not going to be
your we're not a replacement for your your bank loan your your line of credit We're not that We're a I want to do a refresh in my business I want to add more shelving I want to you know spruce up the the canopy that kind of thing you
know one Yeah maybe one piece of equipment you know." So I make it very clear we're not we're not the get started fund We're not your your line of credit but we are here for those because everybody's like "Oh man I wish I could just whatever my patio or you know I
wish I could do this." It's like well that's a perfect thing for the revolving loan fund All right So when are we looking at what day for the next lunch and learn my birthday isn't that it uh no The next lunch and learn was going to
be the sneak peek at the city hall So I think you're talking that was in well our dates our dates we went with what the third Tuesday of the third Thursday of the start of the the quarter So I mean we could combine the
two because I think businesses are going to be interested in seeing what it looks like and if we have the materials there While you're here here's where you would apply You know what give give them a little a little bag with the information in it and a little trinket and share
Don't leave till you apply for a loan You need to knowing and and another thing you know I mean and maybe this is a real hard pivot but I was looking at the the documentation on that We have it capped at 2% Which is great
But is that realistic in this day well the point was to have it you know below Oh yeah I agree No I totally agree But we could double that and still be a low interest loan at this point Um I'm just I'm just I'm throwing it out there I don't know I not that we're looking to
make money you know as a you know we don't we're not a revenue generation entity like a bank but our documentation caps at 2% which is fine And I I'm okay with leaving it at 2% But long term do we
need to think about like you mentioned before this is not a first line of defense right it's more of a last resort So as a last resort not even last resort but also a small supplemental thing Yeah I I would leave it I would leave it Okay I'm just you
know I mean I don't know if there's a way to change the documentation to make it somewhat flexible with the times where it's like you know 2% under prime or whatever I would say for the amount of people who are actually using it right we're not this is not hurting us I
mean that's what surprises me when I see it at 2% It's like if I'm a business owner I'm knocking down the door for a 2% loan Everything surprises I mean seriously everything is a surprise We have this great revolving loan We have this great grant rehabilitation program
I mean it's it's a it's a tricky you know and adding in the the county stuff especially now since you know Joel as you mentioned if they've upped it that's timely Yeah Well and not to jump ahead but you know this is also something that we're doing the street fair things So
Yep The biggest reason I hear from businesses why they don't want to apply they don't want the city to have their finances Yep And I mean if that's on them then because We're not going to give you a loan without some sort of due
diligence I mean you're right Because you can't go to the bank and say "I'm not going to give you my books to get loan." I mean we and it's a simple a simple response to that is look you know it's not that we're trying to get nosy but
this is taxpayer money right we want to make sure and we're protecting taxpayer money by making sure that we're making a good investment with the loan So get the loan repaid Yeah Because we have been burnt
We have been burnt Yes I know Y um Okay So ideas that we have so far generated are doing the AI route with application of it with warnings of it with whatever one Yeah I would give it at
least a six to eight month Well if you wanted to jump right back into it you could do one just on AI security I don't know if anybody's an expert in that That's that's the hard part of that Who would you get to do it i think the presentation is as simple as there is no
security Yeah Yeah There's your sandwich It was brought up on I can't remember the name of of the company but they're basically getting rid of all privacy So Alexa and just going to record it everything that you say at your house
I don't have my phone's enough for me right which has all that stuff in it anyway right i mean that's scary Really really scary Um and then the thing is the other one too And we don't have a date for
this yet Well we're going to do the I don't like the open house Well the open house is kind of our new Do you want to do a second one a second thing separate from the open house well I just think a packet for the city is going to
be separate than a ribbon cut Yeah Yeah It's it's a because didn't we talk about doing it before the the public it's not on my calendar What is it we didn't choose it I mean it has to work
for right I mean proposed well we're we're targeting the beginning of May for move in right uh yes May So does that mean looking at June 17th my birthday again I was right So are we are we thinking May is when
we're going to start actually operating like having the council meetings at the new city hall or are we talking May is the month of moving in and settling in correct Okay Yeah So June is like once we're over there it's we're there right we're not going to be going No no no no
But like June is when we're saying "Okay June is when we go live quote unquote." Okay So if we have it on the 17th I suppose we have to have a birthday cake then too I mean I would That's fine Two meeting two meetings in a row
talking about birthday cake The library's birthday we were talking about last night So we had a very long discussion about cake after the meeting We got a lot of localers that are really good and that was part of the discussion Why didn't you invite me to this meeting
just you can join the library board It's a very fun board We love having people come visit us Tell me what this means So do we want to uh look at a date for our next lunch and learn or do you want to do that next time
well aren't we calling it our next lunch and learn june 17th correct Yeah Oh you mean the next one after that q3 Gotcha Okay We don't have to schedule Q3 right now They're already scheduled The dates are Yeah So whatever the start of the
quarter is third Tuesday What's that the topic Oh right now Okay cool Anything else about uh the lunch event you started using AI no
Let me see your phone right now I am very afraid of it I am very afraid of it You're probably using it and don't even know it Probably because I think that it is a good tool The way it was said the other day it just catches everything Oh my
gosh that's scary So scary We'll figure it out I mean it's the same argument anytime a new technology comes out When when the car was invented people like "Oh no this is this is terrible This this is the devil coming out in technology you know like five times this
week I was like I am so hip and cool and it was helpful I needed I was like how do I say it and I said a whole bunch of nonprofessional random words and it was like say it like this and it was perfect I'm like change this All right so I'm gonna
write you guys Okay new business um discuss marketing and potential development opportunities Uh so as I said at the beginning of the meeting um we had Lisa Watson from Quick Trip scheduled to to attend I followed
up with her right after the the last meeting and like I said unfortunately had to reschedu an appointment for for today So um I guess as far as the packet what I put in here was what what the
city still owns for for land we'll say in that area Um and then what is what is privately owned and then yeah there's the the map of of that area of what the the city owns the the solid red parcel is where
where Quick Trip is is going to be located The city owns the parcel out there the 12.6 acres just directly south of of Highway 19 That's the uh one Z3
correct yes Uh and then I included the the the zoning requirements for the the B2 and the commercial Oh I included So so the
medium industrial and the commercial I have a question here on the the lot where Quick Trip is going You know they're they're only taking half of that right essentially correct Basically um well
what what is highlighted yeah So do we do we have to like split that that property with the county since since they're only taking a portion of it so we still retain another portion Oh yeah It'll be platted Okay So we do have to We will be replatting it
and that'll be all part of the closing I assume or at closing time or uh it'll be done prior to that Um purchase Yeah we had a a team meeting with uh city staff and their inquick trips development team
and went over site plan and um talked about the the platting process and they've been been provided all that information So and I'm sure they know I mean they have a real estate team It's not their first rodeo Correct Yeah I mean I would assume and and you know
this is an assumption and I'm sure Lisa will will confirm or deny once she's here but like I would assume the businesses she has contacts with that's going to be one of their most attractive spots because we're talking about businesses that like to follow Quick
Trip right it's going to I mean ideally it's a race or a fight to see who gets to build first next to Quick Trip Yeah Let's hold So the city owns the property to the west Who owns the property to the east
excuse me Uh east of Quick Trip So the 2700 Um Dollar General That is that also I think that's the sign I believe the sign on it is is
yeah they're new parking company or something like that Okay Same It's the same group that has the lot next to Mintoons It's the same sign Okay And the other properties is that the same The 20002 and then the one southwest I think
those are different Um it's like GRL or something like that GPM Yeah All three of those properties Correct Yep Is that another development firm then uh it is a different one Gary's involved with Gary
Tup is involved with that as well Yeah those two on Pond View The plan was for those at least the eastern lot was for expansion of the um storage Yeah garage condos
or sold no he was entertaining leasing some of them sales weren't so does he does he own it and then the um ParkPlace manages it or does ParkPlace own the building
and leases the land to them because Parkplace is a separate company I think it's his company though Oh it is Yeah Oh okay Because I they're nationwide aren't they no I I that that name gets used a lot for a lot of
different companies It's okay Because I looked at the website and they were like all over the place Yeah they're all over the metro but like multi-state when I looked at the unless it was a different But I'd be surprised because it's the
exact same name I have to go back and look It was It was a while ago I lived in a housing development called Park Place I mean but it was Parkplace Storage Condos Well you know Yeah I Somebody doesn't you know somebody might have just reused it I
mean registering name state to state can be can be done We'll talk about this next month Correct Yeah Perfect So I'm sorry I don't mean to go back to but would it be helpful because I know
like dispatch trucking is for sale up there too Would it be helpful when Lisa's here to know maybe some of the other properties that are available quote unquote for sale just to say "Hey not just these These are just buildable
lots but there's existing building stuff for sale." I I don't know I think that's the only one as far as I know I don't know I just I know the building's for sale Ceasing operations Yeah it's been it's been for sale for a while
Yeah And and as we were um we definitely can provide it Yeah But when we were you know going around town with them and showing them potential sites Um yeah we provided all that information Perfect This is
for the 8th Avenue All right Um street fair Uh hot off the press Um this was sent out yesterday So um street fair is the 13th 5 to 7 p.m over in the Roing Ridge
Marketplace area and then went to the the registration and just printed off what what the costs are So in the past I don't believe that these fe these are are increased from at least last year
for you've always been a premium sponsor gets their name on all the market and then as well it's all provided
sponsorship Yeah the premium sponsors are all under the tent and basically all we need to do is show up with our little gadgets Yes And then we will have to do this
next time as well We'll have to just find out who's going to be the and what the messaging is So you know certainly we can do it in half hour 45 minute or hour increments if you want to
something Yeah Okay Oh my goodness All the regulars like Taco Chico's always out there and Smoke's always got something going on It's gonna be fun Coco will be up there We'll see
All right So let's in here Joel has also given us some options for chip magnets on them right Joel uh some do some don't I guess I could go either way Magnet I always try to put on it
It's not supposed to hold the bag on the refrigerator I have like a few of them lined up and then I can just grab them I don't know how you're using your fridge magnets These are for chips I've got I've got stainless steel so I
don't use it Oh my god Okay lot on the side wall up at the fridge not on the front door Yeah Okay I like the translucent one Kind of clear
but still the color Put a logo on there The clear one Translucent power with magnet That's my vote This is not an official vote This is just an agreement I do not like these ones I don't like
them either I do not I'm going to veto these They're too big The spring doesn't Oh nothing tight Joel would break his immediately with the amount of stuff he's put in his clips or not Thank you for adding them as a I
don't want the heart shape one That seems ridiculous I have for this one too Yeah I think that that I think that was just going to be the They also have better magnets on that style So that first
It's probably the same size magnet but it's such it's a smaller mass so it holds better If you're really get a sample and test it on your bridge to see and then on for the marketing part what
are we putting you want to put a QR code you want to put EA in a QR code i mean we don't need color right just a black and white You just do Blondale with the drop S People love that girl
Yeah let's do that We'll go there and just EDA underneath it Maybe just put that You want to put EDA i think we need to put EDA We need to We need to because out there
to distinguish ourselves from the city because otherwise they would think it's the city Otherwise we're just buying a bunch of marketing stuff in the whole city Yeah we represent the whole city you guys You should probably spell it all out because I don't know how much room there is Yeah we don't have a lot of real estate Um spell it out because a lot of
people don't know what's the EDA That's for sure You clip the clip onto a bunch of information about the EDA That's how you make it easy Yeah Right So if you want to clip you got to take this paperwork too
And we don't have a garbage can at our booth so they have to walk somewhere else to throw it away I'm in I'm in charge of logistics I'll make sure that there isn't one there Thank you I actually think that's a good idea Clip it to a piece of paper What is the ED
they don't have to specify it on the clip but they have the information right yeah Yeah Yeah Some piece of literature and you could put the QR code on that I like that So just on the
clip to a postcard that says EDA Is that what we just decided no I think Lawndale EDA and then on the clip Yeah That just under like that or something There isn't much room to put the hole That's why I
mean possible the bigger options Yeah There's the house more I would just keep it general and put you information We can look at it both ways It wouldn't be too hard to put that on there
something under the run through chat GPT I was like running through I need an actual person to do this Okay Yeah Then the postcard just like highlights an EA place for the clip to go so it doesn't run into words and QR
code So you correspond the click with the paper So minimum is 250 I would think that would probably do you know about how many people The truth is a generic order twice
that price Well they're moving from one location to another So I feel like there's no I rearrange my room Some things that you load up don't arrive at the destination I feel like I just might have misplaced it It's probably somewhere right i I
agree We could ask We can ask No we are So like if we have this giant box and we put it in the cupboard where it belongs is it going to make it up the hill can you guarantee that yes Okay
He's going to keep it in the trunk of his car until moving there Scared I think the bigger problem The bigger problem is once it gets up there where's it going to go because there's so much more space It can it can be far more organized than ever imagined Yeah Yeah
It's it's going to be great I was up there not this Monday but the Monday before It's super nice Looking nice At least we get city hall Right Exactly They haven't changed the sign yet
Let's not get They're not in there yet It's okay Let's not get into the sign discussion again I was here for one of them Okay So I've had it twice Um is everybody free on the street fair day
i hope you're going somewhere No we did anyway We're going to go to the east coast Oh fine like New England or like No we're gonna go to DC because she she's foreign and never been there That is amazing No
I did one tour I did one in Ireland because I went with the niece's band This was a side by side We finally had Dublin We had two days left We just told them we said "We're
going to the city where I just like the bus tour because number one I see every single thing in an hour and a half and decide what I want to do and also I've been there before several times and the metro is you know most cities in the east coast are
That's what's nice I was surprised how New York City is Also they're everywhere And it was really nice because you could get around pretty easily and weren't dying and it was faster Well you got a lot of things to see You don't want to spend
All right let's wrap this up And Madam Chair I just want to verify So we're going to do uh the OPEG uh smaller clip with Lawndale EDA on it Correct Y All right Perfect
And yeah Do you want to get 500 or do you want to get or 500 quantity okay Correct And then we need a postcard that has our QR code that leads directly to it and
that still exists It should make a few highlights about our meeting every Thursday There are some good ideas right on here is what to you know highlight Perfect And then um next month we'll
finalize our staffing and um approve the postcard signs Anybody else i'll be there for all these days Hope it's not raining Tent canopy It's more of a canopy isn't it it's the big wedding tents Oh well
the whole thing's going to be inside Well the the pre the the premium sponsors are included inside the wedding That's we got a there's a 20 by 40 and a 20 by 20 So you get um so you're under one of those
two and then the regulars are under your own Yeah Or whatever they provide Yeah All right you guys Anything else you want to talk about today is there anything else you would like to talk about in April so we have so far we
have continued to discuss lunch and learn topics We have the quick trip people coming of course the regular updates social media All right Well then I will entertain a motion to meeting
Yes Motion is second to adjurnn the meeting All in favor i abaining