[I. Call Meeting to Order]
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          WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT. THANK ALL OF YOU FOR COMING. WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN THE SHERWOOD ADVERTISING PROMOTION COMMISSION MEETING FOR MAY 7TH, 2025. IF YOU WOULD CALL THE ROLL. JEFF. 
          HERE. MARINA, HERE. KIM, HERE. APRIL. HERE. JOSH HERE. MISS AND DANNY AND FAITH. YOU SHOULD HAVE 
          [II. Approval of minutes, March 2025 meeting]
IN THE PACKET BEFORE YOU THE MINUTES FROM THE MARCH MEETING. IF YOU WOULD PERUSE THOSE. AND I'LL WAIT FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE OR SUGGESTIONS OF ANY EDITS. POINT OF ORDER. I DON'T THINK YOU'RE GOING TO APPROVE THOSE. YOU DON'T HAVE A QUORUM BECAUSE APRIL AND I CAN'T VOTE ON THOSE BECAUSE WE WEREN'T HERE. SO THERE'S ONLY THREE PEOPLE. YOU, KIM AND JEFF CAN VOTE ON THOSE. SO I THINK YOU'LL HAVE TO PUT THOSE OFF TO ANOTHER MEETING. POSTPONE THAT UNTIL A FUTURE MEETING. RIGHT. UNTIL WE HAVE FAITH. OKAY. YEAH. UNTIL FAITH COMES. BECAUSE ONLY FOUR CAN VOTE ON THOSE. OKAY, SO THE NEXT MEETING WILL BE AUGUST. OKAY. SO WE'LL HAVE THAT ON THE AGENDA FOR AUGUST. OKAY. AND THEN FINANCIALS THERE WAS AN EMAIL SENT OUT UPDATING ALL THE 
          [Ill. Financials]
COMMISSIONERS ON THE FINANCIALS WITH REGARD TO DELINQUENCY. AND THAT REVIEW WE HAD VOTED IN PREVIOUS MEETING TO HAVE THE CITY ATTORNEY AND THEIR STAFF HANDLE THE DELINQUENCIES, THE LETTERS THAT WOULD GO OUT, SENT BASED ON STATUTE THAT THIS COMMISSION FALLS UNDER. SO WE'LL MOVE PAST THAT POINT AND MOVE ON TO. BEFORE WE GO ANY FURTHER, I HAVE A QUESTION ON FINANCIALS. 
          OKAY. SO I DID RECEIVE THE FINANCIALS VIA EMAIL FROM COLLEEN. AND SO JUST CALCULATING THAT WE'RE DOWN ABOUT $5,000 A MONTH. SO AND I KNOW WE'VE LOST TWO RESTAURANTS FEAST ROSEN ON THE BORDER. AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL GAIN SOME NEW RESTAURANTS. BUT JUST DO WE NEED TO I MEAN I KNOW COLLEEN'S NOT HERE TO SPEAK TO THIS TODAY, BUT ARE AND I KNOW WE'RE NOT TO PANIC MODE YET, BUT IT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO BE MINDFUL OF THAT WE ARE DOWN FOR THE FIRST FOUR MONTHS. WE'RE DOWN OVER $20,000 IN OUR. BUDGETED REVENUES. SO OKAY. THANK YOU FOR MAKING THAT POINT. 
          WE'LL DEFINITELY TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION AS A COMMISSION. YEAH OKAY. AND THAT'S ON RESTAURANT REVENUES. OH I'M SORRY. GO AHEAD. NO. THOSE ARE DOWN SOME. BUT IF YOU LOOK AT LAST MONTH IT WAS JUST DOWN JUST A LITTLE BIT. IT'S WHEN YOU LOOK AT OVERALL ALSO WE'VE EARNED AS MUCH INTEREST SO FAR. YEAR TO DATE IS THE ENTIRE LAST YEAR. SO YOU GUYS WILL BE GETTING QUITE A BIT MORE WHICH WILL HELP MAKE UP FOR THAT IN INTEREST INCOME WITH THE CITY. RIGHT. AND THAT'S WHY I SAID IN RESTAURANT REVENUES THAT WE WERE DOWN OVER $20,000 SO FAR FOR THE FIRST FOUR MONTHS. SO THAT'S WHY I CLARIFIED THAT WITH THAT STATEMENT. SO JUST SOMETHING TO KEEP AN EYE ON. AND WHAT DID WE SAY OUR INTEREST INCOME. WAS IT GOING TO BE ALMOST $70,000? OKAY. SO THAT SHOULD OFFSET IF THE TREND CONTINUES, IF THE TREND CONTINUES IT SHOULD OFFSET THAT. BUT REGARDLESS YOUR POINT. WELL NOTED. WE NEED TO BE CAREFUL WITH OUR SPENDING AND BE CONSIDERATE OF THAT WHEN WE'RE TAKING ON PROJECTS. CORRECT? CORRECT. YEAH. OKAY. AND STEVE, JUST TO FOLLOW UP ON AN ISSUE FROM A COUPLE OF MEETINGS BACK, WE HAD ONE BUSINESS THAT HAD LEFT AND HAD NOT FILED THEIR REPORTS AND NOR HAD THEY PAID THEIR TAXES. WE TOOK THE NEXT STEP OF PUTTING THEM ON NOTICE OF A PROPOSED ASSESSMENT, WHICH WAS CALCULATED BY TAKING A SIX MONTH AVERAGE OF PAID MONTHS AND THEN SENDING THAT AS PROPOSED ASSESSMENT. YES, SIR, VIA CERTIFIED MAIL. WE HAD ALREADY PERSONALLY SERVED THE PRINCIPAL OF THAT COMPANY ABOUT THE ISSUE. 
          SOMETIME BEFORE THAT, THE CERTIFIED LETTER DID GO OUT. IT CAME BACK UNCLAIMED, WHICH UNDER OUR RULES IS CONSIDERED NOTICE. SO WITH THE COUNCIL OR THE COMMISSION'S BLESSING, I'M GOING TO ASK STAFF TO SEND OUT A FINAL ASSESSMENT, WHICH WILL BE FOR THE SAME NUMBER, PLACING THEM ON NOTICE THEY'VE GOT TEN DAYS TO OBJECT, AND IF THEY DON'T OBJECT, THEN WE'LL BE TAKING THE NEXT STEPS ABOUT FILING STUFF WITH CIRCUIT COURT. AND THAT'LL BE ABOUT AS FAR AS WE CAN GO WITH IT. I STILL OWN A LOCAL BUSINESS. CORRECT. NOT HERE IN TOWN. NO, NO, BUT IN IN THE COUNTY HE'S IN NORTH LITTLE ROCK. YES. YEAH. THAT'S CORRECT. YES. THE SAME. THAT'S. WE'RE ALL 
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THINKING THE SAME ONE. YEAH. THEY STILL OWN BUSINESS IN THE COUNTY SO WE CAN FOLLOW THE CIRCUIT COURT. SO. SO WOULD THERE BE A MOTION TO APPROVE STEVE'S ACTIONS? SO MOVED. 
          SECOND. SECOND. OKAY. MOTION BY APRIL AND SECOND BY JEFF. CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE. JEFF. YES. 
          MARINA. YES. KIM. YES. APRIL I. JOSH. YES. CHAIR. I JUST GOT THIS FROM COLLEEN. SHE SAID ACTUALLY, IN THERE MAY HAVE BEE. IT SAYS THAT. IT'S $2,000 IN HAMBURGER TAX BASED ON CASH RECEIVED. WE'VE RECEIVED. LAST YEAR 439,000 THROUGH APRIL OF LAST YEAR. AND THIS YEAR IT WAS 437,000 AS OF THIS YEAR. SO IT'S JUST DOWN 2000. AND THERE MAY HAVE BEEN NUMBERS FROM DEBBIE ON MONTHS. BUT ANYWAY, THERE THERE MAY HAVE BEEN SOME CONFUSION ON WHAT THEY GAVE YOU BUT ON THEIR END. NO, BUT SEE, MAYOR COLLEEN READJUSTED THE BUDGET AMOUNT. SHE UPPED IT TO $1.4 MILLION. SO $1.4 MILLION. IF YOU DIVIDE IT OUT BY 12 MONTHS, IS $116,000 A MONTH. HANG ON JUST A SECOND. 
          I'M CALLING HER SO THAT SHE CAN EXPLAIN. THEY'RE TRYING TO GET SOME STUFF DONE THERE. 
          BECAUSE SHE AT THE EARLIER IN THE YEAR, SHE SAID SHE WAS. IF Y'ALL REMEMBER, SHE SAID SHE WAS GOING TO ADJUST THE BUDGET UP WHEN SHE REWORKED IT, WHEN SHE REWORKED IT, AND SHE REWORKED THE BUDGET UP TO $1.4 MILLION FOR ESTIMATED HAMBURGER TAX. AND IF YOU JUST IF THAT COMES TO $116,000 A MONTH, BUT RIGHT NOW WE ARE AT $109,000 A MONTH, DO YOU THINK SHE INCLUDED THE INTEREST INCOME AND THAT FIGURE THERE? NO, IT'S IN A SEPARATE LINE. THERE IS SOME CONFUSION OVER THE BUDGET WAS ADJUSTED UPWARD BASED UPON PROJECTED REVENUES. AM I SAYING THAT CORRECTLY? YES. HOLD ON. I'M GOING TO PUT YOU ON SPEAKER. OKAY. SO THAT SO I DON'T MISINTERPRET. THANK YOU. OKAY. HANG ON. OKAY. GO AHEAD. COLLEEN OKAY. CAN CAN EVERYONE HEAR ME? YES. COLLEEN. SO BACK AT THE FIRST BACK AT THE BACK PAYROLL. SO THAT'S WHY I'M NOT OVER THERE RIGHT NOW. THAT'S THAT'S OKAY. SO AT THE FIRST OF THE YEAR, YOU ADJUSTED THE BUDGET ON LINE ITEM 200 005 UPWARDS TO $1.4 MILLION. AND SO AND THAT ADJUSTED THAT ADJUSTS TO $116,000 PER MONTH. 
          AND THROUGH FOUR MONTHS, OUR ACTUAL INCOME IS $109,000 A MONTH. YES. SO WHAT I'M LOOKING AT IS THE TOTAL CASH RECEIPTS SO FAR IN 2025, WHICH HAS THROUGH THE MONTH OF APRIL, IS $437,590. 
          AT THE SAME TIME LAST YEAR, WE HAD. $438,000. AND I'M ALSO LOOKING AT, IF YOU THINK ABOUT APRIL AS A PERCENT OF THE YEAR, THAT WE'RE 33.33% THROUGH THE YEAR, AND BASED OFF OF THE BUDGETED AMOUNT OF 1.4 MILLION, WHERE WE ARE VERSUS RECEIPTS. AND, YOU KNOW, WITH THE BUDGET AT THIS TIME IS 31.26, SO WE'RE ABOUT 2% DOWN. SO COULD THAT BE IN PART IT FLUCTUATES PER MONTH. 
          IT FLUCTUATES MONTH TO MONTH. FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE MONTH OF APRIL OUR CASH RECEIPTS WERE ABOUT 123,000. BUT, YOU KNOW, IN FEBRUARY IT WAS ABOUT 96,000. SO THERE'S SOME VARIATION MONTH TO MONTH. AND SO TRYING TO LOOK AT IT AS A WHERE WE ARE PERCENTAGE OVER THE ENTIRE YEAR, RIGHT NOW WE'RE DOWN ABOUT 2%. SO THAT COULD GROW. IT COULD STAY THE SAME. RIGHT NOW WE'RE NOT THAT FAR OFF OF BUDGET. AND I THINK AS MAYOR MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE OTHER REVENUE THAT IS ABOVE 
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WHERE WE'RE BUDGETED TO BE AT THIS TIME RIGHT NOW. SO I DON'T THINK THAT IT'S A MAJOR CONCERN AT THIS POINT IN TIME. OKAY. WELL, I'M GLAD YOU'RE NOT CONCERNED BECAUSE I'M JUST LOOKING AT THAT ONE LINE ITEM AND THAT'S ALL I'M LOOKING AT. AND WE DID LOSE A MAJOR RESTAURANT AND LOST ANOTHER RESTAURANT AS WELL. SO THAT'S THAT'S FINE IF YOU'RE NOT CONCERNED AND I'LL, I'LL GO WITH YOU. YOU'RE THE FINANCE GURU. SO I THANK YOU I THINK THAT WE HAD NOT RECEIVED ANY REVENUE FROM. THE MAJOR ONE THAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO SINCE WAS IT OCTOBER? YES. IT'S BEEN QUITE A FEW MONTHS OF LAST YEAR. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK Y'ALL. THANK YOU. TO WRAP THAT POINT UP, MARINA, I UNDERSTAND SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT ACTUALS. YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT BUDGET NUMBERS. BUT REGARDLESS OF WHAT WE WERE DISCUSSING, THE HEART OF YOUR COMMENT IS WE NEED TO WATCH OUR FINANCIALS. SO I WANT TO SAY WE APPRECIATE THAT. YES, STEVE, I'M SORRY I NEGLECTED TO MENTION ONE OTHER THING WITH RESPECT TO THE LARGER RESTAURANT THAT CLOSED. 
          THEY ARE IN BANKRUPTCY AND WE FILED CLAIMS THIS MORNING. DEBBIE AND I, I SAY I, DEBBIE CALCULATED AVERAGES THAT WE LISTED AS THE PROPOSED ASSESSMENT FOR THE BANKRUPTCY. 
          SINCE WE CAN'T THERE'S A STAY, SO WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING EXCEPT FILE A CLAIM. OKAY. AND WE WENT AHEAD AND FILED THE CLAIM FOR THE CITY'S LIQUOR TAX AS WELL. SO THAT'S DONE. OKAY. THANK YOU. 
          YES. APRIL, TWO QUESTIONS. IS IT POSSIBLE TO GET THE FINANCIALS PRINTED, DIANE, LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE PAPER COPY BROUGHT TO THE MEETING AS WELL? YEAH. THAT WAY WE COULD SEE, YOU KNOW, THEN WE TAKE NOTES. IT'S PROBABLY A LITTLE EASIER TO, YOU KNOW, TO LOOK AT THE NUMBERS IT'S PRINTED ON HERE. APRIL SOMEWHERE. I JUST SAW IT. IT'S ON THE PACKETS. IT IN. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. I THINK I MAY HAVE THOSE ALL OUT. MY EMAIL. IT'S PRINTED ON HERE. SO I JUST SAW IT DID I NOT. 
          ANYWAY, I PRINTED MINE AT HOME, BUT IT'S HERE. IT'S ON DEBBIE'S SHEET. OKAY. YES. THANK YOU. 
          HERE. OKAY. YEAH. I'D HANDED THEM ALL OUT. OKAY. BUT. OKAY. MARINA, I THINK IF EVEN IF YOU TAKE APRIL, JANUARY THROUGH APRIL, APRIL WAS A BETTER MONTH. SO WHEN YOU TAKE THE BETTER MONTH AND YOU AVERAGE IT, IT AVERAGED TO 109, THREE, 97, 109, THREE, 97, 39 IS THE AVERAGE FOR THE FIRST FOUR MONTHS. BUT THAT STILL PUTS US, YOU KNOW, IF WE STAYED ON THAT TRAJECTORY, $7,200 SHORT PER MONTH, WHICH WOULD BE 86,000 FOR THE YEAR, LESS THAN WHAT WE PROJECTED IN AMP TAX. WELL, I CAN SHARE WITH Y'ALL AS A RESTAURANT OWNER, MY SALES FIGURES THROUGH THE FIRST FOUR MONTHS. FEBRUARY WAS TERRIBLE FOR JUST ABOUT EVERYBODY, SO THAT HAD A HUGE NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THE FIRST QUARTER. WE SAW AN UPWARD TREND IN MARCH AND THEN AGAIN IN APRIL. SO I THINK WE HAD A LOT OF TERRIBLE WEATHER IN FEBRUARY. WE'VE HAD A KIND OF A TERRIBLE POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT WITH OUR NEW PRESIDENT AND SOME OF THE ENSUING CHAOS WITH ALL THAT THAT BRINGS IN THE ECONOMY. SO I THINK WE'VE WEATHERED SOME OF THAT STORM AND WE SHOULD START TRENDING UP. BUT I APPRECIATE THE CONSERVATIVE OUTLOOK. GOOD TO HEAR. THANK YOU. BACK TO 
          [IV. Dept. Updates]
DEPARTMENT UPDATES. MARKETING OR ECONOMIC UPDATES. YEAH. AS FAR AS MARKETING, YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANYTHING IN THAT REPORT? THAT I PROVIDED? I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE ABOUT IT, BUT IT'S ALL IN THE REPORT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TV APPEARANCES. I'M WORKING ON GETTING MORE, SO TRYING TO GET AS MANY AS POSSIBLE SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO PROMOTE THESE EVENTS IN AN ECONOMICAL WAY. BEING FREE OTHER THAN, YOU KNOW, JUST GETTING THERE AND THE TIME. AND SO YES, AND YOU KNOW, WE DO PUT IN THERE ALL OF THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE HAVE GOING THAT ARE OUR FAVORITE FEE, WHICH IS FREE, 90 FREE. AND OTHER THAN THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CONSERVATIVELY ARE SPENDING THAT $5,000 THAT WAS ISSUED FOR SOCIAL MEDIA AND DIGITAL ADVERTISING FROM LAST YEAR AND REALLY MAKING THAT THAT HANG IN. SO WE'RE CHLOE'S DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB WITH THE EVENTS PORTION OF THINGS. AND SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR EITHER ONE OF US, WE'RE JUST CONTINUING TO, YOU KNOW, STAY AHEAD OF THE CURVE ON PROMOTING EVERYTHING AND GETTING EVERYTHING REVVED UP FOR, YOU KNOW, THE NEXT CONCERT, THE NEXT HAS BEEN PROMOTED 
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HEAVILY. AND THE WE JULY 3RD IS GOING, YOU KNOW, GOING WELL. SO OKAY. THANK YOU. SO NO QUESTIONS QUESTIONS OKAY OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS THAT THERE A NATIONAL CHAIN RESTAURANT IS IN ACTIVE NEGOTIATIONS TO PURCHASE THE ON THE BORDER BUILDING. AND IT WAS SHOWN TO A LITTLE ROCK RESTAURANT COMPANY TODAY, WHICH WILL HOPEFULLY THEN THEREFORE SPEED UP THE CLOSING OF THE OTHER. SO. ON THAT THERE IS THE SAME PERSON WHO'S REPPING THAT BUILDING CAME TO SEE ME. THERE IS AN EXTENDED STAY HOTEL THAT IS LOOKING AT OUR AREA. THERE'S TWO PARCELS IN PARTICULAR THAT THEY'RE KIND OF HOMING IN ON, ON THAT DON'T KNOW FOR SURE IF THAT'S GOING TO BE SHERWOOD OR NOT, BUT THAT'S WHAT'S GOING ON WITH IT. I KNOW METROPOLITAN REALTY HAD A REALLY GOOD MEETING WITH ITS OWNERS, AND THEY'RE WORKING ON SOME DIFFERENT NEGOTIATIONS AND OFFERS AND SO FORTH. THERE'S I HAVE TO BE REALLY CAREFUL ABOUT WHAT I CAN SAY PUBLICLY, BUT I'M REALLY HOPING THAT EVERYTHING WILL ON THAT RESTAURANT WILL COME THROUGH REALLY QUICKLY. AND I WILL SAY THAT A&P DID NOT PAY FOR THIS, BUT AND MAYBE THEY WILL NEXT YEAR OR WHATEVER. IT DOESN'T MATTER WHO PAYS FOR IT, BUT PLACE. OUR I HAS BEEN A PHENOMENAL TOOL TO BE ABLE TO KIND OF SHOW DIFFERENT AREAS AND SO FORTH. SO FOR EXAMPLE, I WAS ACTUALLY GAVE SOMEBODY INFORMATION IN TERMS OF THE AMOUNT. I CAN SEE THE AMOUNT OF VISITORS THROUGH IT. SHOTGUN DANCE VERSUS, YOU KNOW, OVER AT US PIZZA WHERE YOU'RE LOOKING AT TWO DIFFERENT PIZZA PLACES, YOU KNOW, SO IT'S ABLE TO GIVE ME MORE THAN JUST TRAFFIC COUNTS. 
          ALSO, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, WE WERE ABLE TO UTILIZE THEIR DRONE FOOTAGE TO PUT TOGETHER A MARKETING FOR BROCKINGTON ROAD AREA, SHOWING THE ACTUAL AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC AND SO FORTH ON THAT. 
          SO IT'S JUST ANOTHER WE'RE JUST TRYING TO USE EVERY POSSIBLE TOOL WE CAN. SO THANK YOU. OKAY. 
          [V. New Business]
THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO NEW BUSINESS COMMISSION BYLAWS REVIEW AND DISCUSSION. I'M GOING TO TURN THAT OVER TO APRIL TO KIND OF BEGIN THAT CONVERSATION FOR US AS A AS A COMMISSION. I'M SORRY GUYS, I GOT MY WIRES CROSSED. I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT I SHOULD HAVE BROUGHT COPIES. SO WE CAN JUST EMAIL THEM OUT TO EVERYBODY. JOSH AND I WERE ABLE TO GO AND MEET WITH KAREN TREVINO AT NORTH LITTLE ROCK AND JUST PICK HER BRAIN. SHE'S BEEN LONG TIME A&P DIRECTOR IN NORTH LITTLE ROCK, AND SO REALLY, MY QUESTION, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT DOING THINGS KIND OF OUTSIDE OF THE BOX OR WHAT WHAT THE A&P COMMISSION CAN DO. CAN'T DO BEST PRACTICES. AND SO THE FIRST THING SHE SAID WAS, DO Y'ALL HAVE BYLAWS? AND I SAID NO. AND SHE SAID, OH, SO SHE WAS GENEROUS AND GAVE ME A COPY OF NORTH LITTLE ROCK'S BYLAWS. AND SO BUT IT WASN'T A DIGITAL COPY. 
          IT WAS A PAPER COPY. SO I TYPED THEM OUT. AND THEN SOME OF IT, YOU KNOW, DIDN'T APPLY TO SHERWOOD. AND SO WHEN, WHEN THIS DRAFT GETS SENT TO THE COMMISSIONERS, Y'ALL WILL SEE. 
          BUT THERE ARE PARTS IN HERE THAT ARE I JUST USED A TALLIX IN IT, AND I JUST DID A DIRECT COPY AND PASTE FROM THE STATE STATUTE AND PUT IT IN THE BYLAWS, BUT THAT WAY I JUST WANTED EVERYBODY TO REALIZE THAT IT'S JUST DIRECTLY FROM STATE STATUTE. THE REST OF IT IS HEAVILY INFLUENCED BY THE WAY NORTH LITTLE ROCK DID THEIRS, AND THEN SOME DIDN'T APPLY. AND SO ANYWAY, THAT'S THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN LOOK AT AND TALK ABOUT AND HOPEFULLY GET IN PLACE. AND IT'S JUST A STANDARDIZED WAY OF DOING THINGS. AND WHEN SOMETHING COMES UP, IT'S, IT'S, YOU KNOW, JUST THE OUTLINE OF HOW THE COMMISSIONERS WOULD HANDLE THINGS. SO I THINK OUR THOUGHTS WERE, YOU KNOW, JUST BEING FORWARD THINKING FOR THIS COMMISSION FOR, FOR THE COMMISSIONERS THAT COME BEHIND ALL OF US THAT ARE GOING TO TAKE THIS ON, TO GIVE THEM SOME 
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BYLAWS TO START WITH, OBVIOUSLY, THEY COULD VOTE IN CHANGES AND MAKE CHANGES. WELL, AND THEN IN MY HEART, WE TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THIS COMMISSION LOOKING AT LIKE A ONE YEAR OR THREE YEAR AND A TEN YEAR PLAN, LIKE WHERE ARE WE GOING? WHERE ARE WE HEADED? YOU KNOW, WITHIN A YEAR WE TRY TO FORMULATE SOME BYLAWS. IF WE VOTE AS A COMMISSION, THAT IS NOT ME TRYING TO SPEARHEAD MY WAY. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE DOING THIS AS A GROUP. AND THEN MAYBE BY YEAR THREE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE WE'RE IMPLEMENTING WHAT WHAT WE WOULD DEVELOP AS A MISSION STATEMENT. AND THEN THE TEN YEAR GOAL WOULD BE TO HAVE A PROJECT OR HAVE SOMETHING THAT WE ALL GET BEHIND. MY RECOLLECTION FROM THAT MEETING WAS, DID THEY SHARE THAT 50% OF THEIR BUDGET BUDGET GOES TO PARKS AND REC? I HAD TO GO BACK AND I THINK IT WAS PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL, BUT I THINK I CAN SEE WHY A COMMISSION WOULD OPERATE THAT WAY. I THINK THERE'S BEEN TIMES WHERE THERE'S DISAGREEMENTS UP HERE ABOUT WHERE WE SHOULD SPEND MONEY. WHEN YOU'RE USING A LARGE PERCENTAGE OF YOUR BUDGET ON PARKS AND REC, IT SEEMS LIKE MOST PEOPLE CAN GET BEHIND THAT. 
          SO THAT'S A GOOD STRATEGY FOR KIND OF UNITING EVERYONE AND GETTING BEHIND SOMETHING THAT'S PEOPLE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THE PARKS. THE CITIZENS ARE EXCITED TO HAVE RENEWED PARKS AND MONEY POURED INTO THOSE. SO THAT'S JUST SOMETHING TO BE THINKING ABOUT OVER THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS AS A COMMISSION, YOU KNOW, WHERE ARE WE GOING THE NEXT FEW YEARS? NOT ALL OF US MAYBE WILL BE HERE, BUT WHAT CAN WE DO? WHAT WHAT EFFORTS CAN WE MAKE TO MAKE IT BETTER THAN WHAT WE, YOU KNOW, THAN WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST JUST TO BUILD OFF GREAT WORK THAT WAS DONE BEFORE. SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE THAT'S GOING BE. THAT'S A MISSION STATEMENT. THINKING ABOUT WHAT WE REALLY WANT TO ACCOMPLISH AS A AS A COMMISSION. SO DO WE NEED TO HAVE SOME INVESTIGATION IN OTHER CITIES THAT ARE SIMILAR IN SIZE SO THAT WE'RE COMPARING APPLES TO APPLES? YEAH, YEAH, IT WOULD BE GOOD. DOES THAT NEED DOES THE CITY ATTORNEY NEED TO LOOK AT IT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE FOLLOWING THE LAWS? SO THAT WAS A QUESTION THAT I ASKED TO ACTUALLY, THAT WAS I CALLED BACK AND ASKED THAT QUESTION TO SEE WAS. DO OTHER CITIES DO IT LIKE NORTH LITTLE ROCK. AND SO MOST CITIES HAVE THEIR OWN THEIR OWN EMPLOYEE THAT WORKS FOR THE COMMISSION, FOR THEIR AMP COMMISSION. AND SO I MEAN, GOSH, VAN BUREN, JONESBORO, RUSSELLVILLE, NORTH LITTLE ROCK, CONWAY, I THERE WAS A WHOLE LONG LIST. AND SO IT'S THE WE'RE KIND OF THE EXCEPTION, NOT THE RULE, IN THE WAY THAT OTHER AMP COMMISSIONS ARE WORKING, YOU KNOW, IN THEIR CITIES. SO WE ARE WE DO IT A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY IN SHERWOOD. SO TO YOUR POINT, YOU'RE SAYING AS FAR AS THAT IS IN DISCUSSION OF BYLAWS? I MEAN, I DON'T THINK SEEING IF WE CAN SEE IF WE CAN ASK FOR ASSISTANCE FROM OTHER MUNICIPALITIES, MAYBE WHAT BYLAWS THEY FORMULATE OR, YOU KNOW, WHAT WOULD BE THEIR DO'S AND DON'TS. YEAH, LOOK AT THE WHOLE PICTURE INSTEAD OF JUST ONE PARTICULAR YEAH THING, BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE LOOK AT THE WHOLE THING BEFORE WE MAKE A DECISION. OKAY. I CAN CERTAINLY REACH OUT TO SOME OTHER MUNICIPALITIES AND SEE WHO WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, WILLING TO HELP US. THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. YEAH, AND I WILL MICROPHONE BACK ON. WE HAVE MUNICIPAL LEAGUE I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE THERE APRIL, BUT WE'LL HAVE MUNICIPAL LEAGUE IN JUNE. AND SO I'LL BE SEEING A LOT OF PEOPLE FROM OTHER CITIES. AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO REACH OUT TO THOSE OTHER CITIES AND SEE WHAT THEY DO IN THOSE CITIES. AND OF COURSE, THERE'S ALL DIFFERENT SIZE CITIES THAT THOSE MUNICIPAL LEAGUES FROM CITIES OF 200 PEOPLE TO CITIES OF SIZE OF LITTLE ROCK. SO I'LL BE HAPPY TO REACH OUT TO THOSE. I'VE BEEN AROUND A LONG TIME, AND I WAS HERE, AND STEVE WAS HERE. AND I REMEMBER BACK IN THE DAY THAT WE DID HAVE A SECRETARY THAT WAS PAID BY THE A&P COMMISSION. SHE WAS A PART TIME SECRETARY, AND WE HAD A FULL TIME A&P DEPARTMENT THAT WAS PAID THROUGH JUST THE GENERAL FUND. WE DIDN'T PAY FOR THAT EMPLOYEE, BUT THE SECRETARY WAS PAID BY A&P. BUT. YOU KNOW, WE'VE NEVER HAD THIS ELABORATE OF A, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS BYLAWS AND THIS AND IT'S PROBABLY NOT A BAD IDEA. I KNOW THAT, KAREN. I KNOW STEVE HAS REACHED OUT TO KAREN TREVINO ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS TO ASK FOR ADVICE. AND WE'VE WE READ THE ORDINANCE FOR A&P SEVERAL YEARS BACK, AND HE ACTUALLY REACHED OUT TO HER SEVERAL TIMES ASKING HER ADVICE. AND SO THAT'S I DON'T SEE THIS AS ANY REALLY ANY 
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DIFFERENCE, BECAUSE HE REACHED OUT TO HER ASKING FOR ADVICE AND GETTING INFORMATION ON THAT. SO THIS IS, YOU KNOW, HE DIDN'T REACH OUT TO OTHER CITIES. HE REACHED OUT TO NORTH LITTLE ROCK AS OUR NEIGHBOR. BUT I'LL BE HAPPY TO CHECK OUT OTHER CITIES OF OUR SAME SIZE. CABOT, YOU KNOW, SOME OF OUR NEIGHBORS. BRYANT. BENTON I'LL BE HAPPY TO REACH OUT TO THOSE. OKAY, THAT'D BE GREAT. THANK YOU. LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, SOMETIMES THE STATE STATUTE JUST SAYS WHAT WHAT IT IS. AND THAT'S ALWAYS GOING TO TRUMP. BUT SOMETIMES THE STATE STATUTE IS SILENT. SO IF THE COMMISSIONER MISSES ONE MEETING IN A ROW, IF THEY MISS FIVE MEETINGS IN A ROW, IF THEY HAVEN'T BEEN HERE IN THREE YEARS, THERE'S NOTHING WITHOUT A SET OF BYLAWS. WHAT DO YOU DO? YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN. OR IF WE WANTED TO CALL A SPECIAL CALLED MEETING, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS THE PROCESS OR HOW COULD THAT HAPPEN? THOSE ARE THE TYPES OF THINGS THAT WE COULD. SO THAT WAS MY HOPE THAT THE COMMISSIONERS WOULD LOOK OVER THE, YOU KNOW, THE DRAFT AND KIND OF GET YOUR THOUGHTS AND, YOU KNOW, RESEARCH OTHERS TOO. BUT LIKE THIS IDEA THAT THERE'S A THERE'S A CITY ATTORNEY LISTSERV AND I CAN PUT AN INQUIRY OUT TOMORROW TO ALL THE CITY ATTORNEYS. AND I COULD JUST SEE IF I CAN GET A RESPONSE FROM THEM. AND I'LL SHARE THAT WITH THE COMMISSION ABOUT HAS IT IN PLACE. AND THEN JUST THINKING ABOUT IT, I'LL JUST SEE WHAT'S OUT THERE. OKAY. THAT'D BE GREAT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THIS WAS ONE EXAMPLE THAT SHE GAVE. SO THE MANTRA BEHIND A&P EVERYTHING SHOULD BE TOURISM AND HOSPITALITY. SO OUR WHOLE GOAL SHOULD ALWAYS, SHOULD ALWAYS BE TOURISM AND HOSPITALITY. THAT'S KIND OF WHAT. AND SOMETIMES WHEN WE THINK ABOUT PARKS AND REC, I THINK SOMETIMES WE CAN GET, YOU KNOW, TO LOOK AT IT THROUGH THE LENS OF, OF HOSPITALITY. AND TOURISM IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN JUST SOME OF THE THINGS THAT MAYBE WE TRADITIONALLY. WELL, AN EXAMPLE WOULD BE HOW THEY PAIR THE TWO TOGETHER IS THEY INVEST IN PARKS AND REC FOR THEIR SOFTBALL AND THEIR BASEBALL FIELDS, AND HOST TOURNAMENTS THAT BRING IN SEVERAL PEOPLE STAYING AT HOTELS, UTILIZING THE RESTAURANTS. SO IT'S, YOU KNOW, GOES HAND IN HAND. YEAH, IT'S KIND OF THEY'RE KIND OF MARRIED TOGETHER, YOU KNOW, BUT LIKE ONE EXAMPLE, YOU YOU CAN AND I JUST DIDN'T KNOW THAT YOU COULD DO THIS. BUT A&P CAN HAVE A GRANT. CAN OFFER A GRANT TO HOST SOME KIND OF TOURNAMENT. PICKLEBALL, BASEBALL, BASKETBALL, WHATEVER. AND SO MAYBE WE THE A&P, THE GRANT WOULD FUND THE RENTALS. 
          BUT THE IDEA IS TO GET A LOT OF TEAMS WITH YOUTH PLAYERS OR PEOPLE WHO STAY IN OUR HOTELS OR EAT IN OUR RESTAURANTS. BUT THAT'S THAT'S, I THINK, WHERE YOU GET INTO WITH THE STAFF POSITION, LIKE ALL THESE OTHER COMMISSIONS HAVE, BECAUSE THAT TAKES MANPOWER TO SET IT UP, TO CALL, TO DO ALL THE LEGWORK TO. SO IN THAT EXAMPLE, THAT WOULD BE US AS A COMMISSION, APRIL GIVING GRANT MONEY TOWARDS JOSH'S SOFTBALL TEAM. THAT'S GOING TO COME UTILIZE OUR THOSE FUNDS ACTUALLY GO TO THE CITY. BUT WE WOULD ISSUE THOSE GRANT FUNDS. THEN THEY WOULD HOST A HUGE TOURNAMENT AT THE CITY PARKS, THEREBY BRINGING IN HOTEL STAYS, RESTAURANT INCOME. IS THAT KIND OF THE THOUGHT? I WAS THINKING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE COULD GIVE A GRANT TO EACH TEAM, SO MAYBE THEY WANT TO COME PLAY HERE BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE A HUGE TOURNAMENT ENTRY FEE. BUT THEN IN TURN, A&P BENEFITS BECAUSE WE WANT THOSE PEOPLE TO EAT IN THE RESTAURANTS AND STAY IN THE HOTELS, THAT KIND OF THING. JUST THAT'S THE KIND OF OUTSIDE OF THE BOX STUFF THAT I ENJOYED HEARING WHAT OTHER CITIES ARE DOING, HOW TO BOOST THEIR AMP REVENUES. YEAH. OKAY. 
          [VI. Announcements]
MOVING ON. MOVING ON TO ANNOUNCEMENTS. DO WE HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM THE CITY? ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM THE COMMISSION BIRTHDAY TODAY? YES. CAN WE SING HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO OUR BIRTHDAY GIRL OR ARE WE JUST GOING TO PROLONG HER AFTER WORK GET TOGETHER BY SINGING ANY, ANY OTHER ITEMS OF BUSINESS? SO WHAT? WHAT DAY IS OUR NEXT MEETING, MA'AM? OH, JUST 6TH AUGUST SIXTH. AUGUST 6TH WILL BE THE NEXT MEETING. SO OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS, MARINA IS GOING TO RUN A FEW THINGS UP THE POLE. ON WITH HER MUNICIPAL LEAGUE CONNECTIONS. OUR CITY ATTORNEY IS GOING TO MAKE A REQUEST, AND WE'LL COME BACK TOGETHER AND TRY TO, YOU KNOW, BEGIN BRAINSTORMING ON SOME JUST SOME FORWARD THINKING ITEMS FOR THE FOR THE COMMISSION. SO BEFORE WE GO, THEN SO ARE YOU BETWEEN YOU AND APRIL. ARE YOU GOING TO SEND EMAIL OUT THE DRAFT. SO THAT WAY EVERYBODY CAN BE THINKING ABOUT IT. YEAH. CAN YOU, CAN THEY. CAN YOU CAN THEY DO THAT STEVE I'M SORRY. CAN THEY EMAIL EMAIL OUT THE DRAFT OF THE PROPOSED DRAFT. YOU JUST 
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CAN'T TALK AMONG YOURSELVES. RIGHT? OKAY. YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT IT ON YOUR INDIVIDUAL TIME. AND WE WON'T MAKE ANY FORMAL ACTION OR DISCUSSION UNTIL THE AUGUST MEETING. OKAY. SO WE CAN LOOK AT IT. IF WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANYTHING WE WOULD HAVE TO QUESTION THROUGH TO STEVE COBB. 
          CORRECT? I DON'T THINK HE CAN EVEN ASK QUESTIONS. I THINK THE ONLY THIS NEW ACT THAT HAS COME DOWN IS REALLY FIRMING UP FOR NOW, I'M TALKING ABOUT WE CAN CONTACT YOU. IF WE HAD A QUESTION ON A LEGALITY. I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T HEAR THAT PART. YES, YOU COULD ALWAYS DO THAT. 
          SO JUST JUST I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU NOT TO HAVE ANY DISCUSSION OR COMMENT, EVEN RIGHT BETWEEN US. BUT IF WE HAVE A QUESTION ON LEGALITY, WE CAN. ANY OF US CAN REACH YOU AT ANY TIME. BUSINESS. 
          BUSINESS OUR TIME. YES. I'M HAPPY. I'M HAPPY FOR YOU. AND ABOUT THE LEGALITY. OKAY. SOUNDS GOOD. WOULD THERE BE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? SO MOVED. SECOND. SECOND. OKAY. MOTION BY MARINA AND SECOND BY JEFF. CALL THE ROLL. JEFF. YES. MARINA. YES. KIM. YES. APRIL I. JOSH. YES.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.