[00:00:01] GIVE ME. AS FAR AS I KNOW, JUST. ALL RIGHT. IT IS 2:01 P.M. WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD. GO [CALL TO ORDER] AHEAD AND START THIS SPECIAL MEETING. GO AHEAD AND CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER. GO AHEAD AND GO TO NUMBER ONE. APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA. MOTION. SECOND. MOTION. AND SECOND. TO APPROVE THE AGENDA. ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED. AGENDA IS APPROVED. NEXT IS PUBLIC COMMENT. WE DO NOT HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT. I DON'T BELIEVE ANYBODY HERE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT THIS AFTERNOON. ALL [CONSENT AGENDA] RIGHT. MOVING ON. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND TAKE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. MOTION. SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION. AND SECOND, ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED. CONSENT AGENDA IS APPROVED. ALL RIGHT, NEXT WE [ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT] HAVE. LET'S GO AHEAD AND TAKE UP NUMBER. ARE THEY. YEAH. WE'LL TAKE UP FIVE AND SIX TOGETHER. MOTION. I HAVE A MOTION. AND SECOND ON FIVE AND SIX. GOOD AFTERNOON JUDGE. GOOD MORNING. GOOD AFTERNOON. YEAH. CAN I HEAR YOU RETIRED? BECAUSE YOU'RE DOING THOSE MEETINGS ALL WEEK. AND WE'LL MAKE THIS AS BRIEF AS POSSIBLE. THANKS FOR MAKING A SPECIAL MEETING. WE APPRECIATE THAT. I KNOW YOU APPRECIATE THE EXTRA EFFORT FOR THIS. WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TODAY IS A IGLOO IS APPLYING FOR WHAT'S CALLED THE TEXAS ENTERPRISE ZONE DESIGNATION, WHICH IS A SALES TAX REIMBURSEMENT FROM THE STATE OF TEXAS FOR CERTAIN INVESTMENTS THEY MAKE IN EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES. THIS IS A STANDARD PROGRAM THAT THE STATE HAS BEEN AROUND. THIS IS OUR THIRD TIME TO NOMINATE IGLOO. THEY ARE PROPOSING SPENDING APPROXIMATELY $5 MILLION OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS OR SO, AND CREATING TEN NEW JOBS AND RETAINING APPROXIMATELY 490. SO SINCE IGLOO, SINCE KATY ANNEXED ALL THE WAY OUT TO NEAR WOODS ROAD, THAT PUT IGLOO INTO KATY'S ETJ. AND CONSEQUENTLY THAT MEANS THAT WE NEED TO GET AN INTERLOCAL WITH THE CITY OF KATY SO THAT WE CAN NOMINATE PEOPLE TO DO THAT. SO THE FIRST ITEM IS SIMPLY THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT THAT KATY IS ACKNOWLEDGING THAT WE'RE AGREEING TO GO AHEAD AND NOMINATE IGLOO. THAT'S WHAT ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS. OKAY. THEY DON'T WANT TO PETITION OUT OF THEIR ETJ. NO I'M JOKING, BUT I KNOW KATY TRIED TO AND THEY REALLY WANTED ANNEXATION. WE STOOD FAST. ALL RIGHT THEN SIX IS JUST BASICALLY THE RESOLUTION NOMINATING. AND YOU HAVE TO APPROVE THE INTERLOCAL FIRST. THEN WE CAN APPROVE THE RESOLUTION. RESOLUTION BASICALLY SAYS WALLER COUNTY BELIEVES IT IS A GOOD PROJECT, AND WE WANT TO NOMINATE THEM TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS INCENTIVE. AND THEY ALREADY APPROVED IT FOR KATY. I BELIEVE THEY HAVE ALREADY NEXT WEEK. NO. NEXT WEEK. SORRY. IT'LL BE NEXT WEEK. VERY GOOD. WELL, WE'LL. SINCE WE TOOK THE MOTION UP FOR BOTH FIVE AND SIX, WE ARE GOING TO APPROVE THEM CONCURRENTLY. NO. AND I'LL JUST SAY THAT IGLOO HAS BEEN A FANTASTIC COMMUNITY PARTNER OVER THE YEARS. THEY'VE BEEN THERE OUT THERE SINCE THE 70S OR 80S. AND ANYTIME THAT ANY OF OUR GROUPS NEED ANYTHING OR THE COUNTY NEEDS ANYTHING, THEY'VE ALWAYS BEEN THERE AND STEPPED UP AND WE APPRECIATE THEM. THEY WERE THERE BEFORE ANYBODY. YEAH, YEAH. WHEN IT WAS NOTHING. THEY WERE COUNTRY WHEN COUNTRY WASN'T COOL. YEAH. WHY DO YOU THINK IT'S CALLED IGLOO ROAD? THEY WERE. THEY WERE THERE. SO. YEAH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE ALL THE FOLKS AT IGLOO AND EVERYTHING THAT THEY DO. SO HAPPY TO DO THIS. TRY TO, ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE FACT THAT THEY JUST CONTINUE TO EXPAND THEIR FOOTPRINT. AND, YOU KNOW, THEY ENJOY A LOT OF THINGS. SO IT'S A GREAT, GREAT EXAMPLE OF A COMMUNITY PARTNER. AWESOME. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON CONVERSATIONS. ALL RIGHT. HEARING NONE THEN. ALL IN FAVOR RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ALL OPPOSED. FIVE AND SIX. CARRY. THANKS, EVERYONE. WHO IS YOUR SECOND? THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MOTION AND SECOND TO ADJOURN ANY DISCUSSION. ALRIGHT. HEARING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.