* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:03] ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MEETING. UH, SOME OF YOU'RE NEW TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, UH, AND, UH, SOME OF YOU'RE VETERANS. AND I, I APPRECIATE YOU ALL JOINING. I THINK WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A LOT OF FUN THIS YEAR. UM, AND JUST TO SET THE TONE, UH, THE MAYOR HAS GIVEN US A MANDATE THAT, UM, THIS COMMITTEE'S, UM, NUMBER ONE FOCUS IS GONNA BE, UH, JOBS, JOBS, JOBS, JOBS, JOBS, UH, AND, YOU KNOW, FOLLOWED UP VERY CLOSELY BY, UH, RECOVERY. AND SO, UM, I THINK, ALEX, WE'VE GOT, UH, MINUTES TO APPROVE. IS THAT RIGHT? YES, SIR. WE HAVE. ALRIGHT, SO BEFORE WE DO THAT, LET'S TAKE ROLL COUNCIL MEMBER VERAN HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER ROGER GARCIA HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO, COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE HERE. AND CHAIR PALAI HERE. [1. Approval of the minutes from the Economic and Workforce Development Committee meetings on May 04, 2021, and June 01, 2021.] UM, COUNCILWOMAN. DR. GARCIA, DID YOU GET A GOOD LOOK AT THE MINUTES? I DID. I MOVED THAT WE APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM MAY 4TH. ON JUNE 1ST FOR THE, I GOT A MOTION LOOKING FOR A SECOND. I'LL SECOND IT. ALL RIGHT. UH, MOTION IN A SECOND. BY MR. COURAGE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE MINUTES? AYE. AYE. RIGHT. HEARING, HEARING, AYE. GOOD HEARING, NO OPPOSITION. THE MINUTES ARE [2. Update on the Train for Jobs SA and SA: Ready to Work workforce development programs. [Alejandra Lopez, Assistant City ManagerĶ¾ Michael Ramsey, Director, Workforce Development]] APPROVED. ALEX, ITEM NUMBER ONE, TAKE IT AWAY. SO, COUNCIL MEMBER, I AM VERY EXCITED TO INTRODUCE, UM, MICHAEL RAMSEY, OUR, UM, NEW WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. UH, THIS IS HIS SECOND DAY IN THE POSITION, UM, BUT WE'RE REALLY EXCITED AND, AND WANTED TO KIND OF GIVE HIM THE OPPORTUNITY TO JUST SHARE A LITTLE BIT WITH THE, WITH THE COMMITTEE. AND, UM, ALSO, UM, HE'LL BE, UM, PROVIDING PARTS OF THIS FIRST WORKFORCE UPDATE AS WELL. SO, WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MIKE. GOOD MORNING COUNCIL MEMBERS. UM, I'M EXCITED TO BE HERE IN THE, UH, GREAT CITY OF SAN ANTONIO TODAY. LIKE ALEX SAID, TODAY IS DAY TWO. UM, SO WE ARE HITTING THE GROUND RUNNING AND, UH, THIS GREAT IMPORTANT WORK THAT WE HAVE IN FRONT OF US, UM, LIKE I SAID EARLIER, IS GONNA MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF THE CITIZENS OF OUR COMMUNITY. UM, SO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ME. I'M ORIGINALLY FROM BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA. UM, SO I FEEL LIKE I'M COMING A LITTLE BIT CLOSER TO HOME. WE'VE GOT A LOT OF, UH, FAMILY TIES TO TEXAS FAMILY IN HOUSTON. UM, AND, UM, AND SO MY WIFE IS SUPER EXCITED ABOUT BEING A LITTLE BIT CLOSER TO THEM. UM, COMING TO YOU GUYS FROM, UH, THE TAMPA ST. PETE, FLORIDA AREA, UH, WHERE I'VE WORKED IN WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, UM, A LOT ON THE, UH, TRAINING PROVIDER SIDE FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, UM, WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, UH, SEVEN LARGEST SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE COUNTRY. UM, OVER 225,000 STUDENTS OVERSAW THE CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS FROM MIDDLE SCHOOL ALL THE WAY THROUGH ADULT LEARNERS AND OUR TECHNICAL COLLEGES, WHICH ARE OUR POST-SECONDARY, UH, CERTIFICATE, UM, ISSUING INSTITUTIONS. UM, THERE, UM, IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, I WORKED IN HIGHER ED, UM, AT ST. PETERSBURG COLLEGE, ONE OF OUR COMMUNITY COLLEGES, UM, THERE IN THE TAMPA BAY REGION. UM, OVERSEEING OUR RAPID CREDENTIAL PROGRAMMING, UH, PRIMARILY ALL OF OUR WORKFORCE PROGRAMS. UM, AND I HOPE TO BRING SOME OF THAT EXPERIENCE AND SOME OF THAT EXPERTISE TO THE WORK THAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. UM, SO WE CAN MAKE THIS A SUCCESS. UM, I BELIEVE THAT WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, UM, IS THE KEY, UM, TO TRUE, UM, EQUITY ATTAINMENT FOR THE CITIZENS OF OUR COMMUNITY. AND I HOPE TO MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN IMPACT AS WE CONTINUE TO PROCEED FORWARD WITH THIS GREAT WORK. UH, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME. AND WITH THAT BEING SAID, UM, I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO TINA, UH, WHO IS GOING TO GIVE US OUR WORKFORCE UPDATE FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST. THANKS, MIKE. AND WELCOME. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU, MIKE. AND THANK YOU CHAIR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR GIVING US THIS OPPORTUNITY TO UPDATE YOU ON OUR TWO WORKFORCE PROGRAMS. TRAIN FOR JOBS, SA AND SA READY TO WORK. UM, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. FOR THE LAST YEAR, THE CITY HAS TRIED TO ADDRESS THE CONCERNS THAT HAVE RESULTED FROM COVID. ONE ASPECT OF THAT IS UNEMPLOYMENT, WHICH RESULTED IN THE TRAIN FOR JOBS SA PROGRAM. AS I PROVIDE YOU AN UPDATE ON THIS PROGRAM, I'M STARTING OFF WITH STORIES ABOUT TWO SAN ANTONIO RESIDENTS. FIRST IS MAURICE GUNN. HE AS A TRAINED FOR JOBS PARTICIPANT WHO ENTERED THE PROGRAM THROUGH PROJECT QUEST. HE STARTED HIS COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE TRAINING IN FEBRUARY. HIS TRAINING IS A SIX WEEK, 210 HOUR LONG COURSE IN PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN PROJECT QUEST AND GOODWILL'S CAREERS ACADEMY. OUR SECOND, UH, RESIDENT IS BRITTANY RICHARDS. SHE PARTICIPATED ALSO AND TRAINED FOR JOBS THROUGH WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS. ALAMO. UH, SHE STARTED TRAINING IN DECEMBER AND FINISHED IN FEBRUARY. SHE'S NOW EMPLOYED AS A [00:05:01] MICROSOFT DATA, A MICROSOFT DATA CENTER TECHNICIAN EARNING $20 AN HOUR. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THANK YOU. MAURICE AND BRITTANY REPRESENT ONLY TWO OF THE 6,325 PARTICIPANTS WHO HAVE JOINED THE TRAIN FOR JOBS ESSAY PROGRAM SINCE OCTOBER OF 2020. THIS IS UP FIVE FROM, THIS IS UP FROM 5,325 PARTICIPANTS AT THE BEGINNING OF JUNE. THERE ARE AN ADDITIONAL 1,761 RESIDENTS WHO HAVE EXPRESSED INTEREST AND ARE PENDING INTAKE COMPLETION. THIS SLIDE AND THE FOLLOWING FOUR, FOUR SLIDES SUMMARIZE THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF THOSE EXPRESSING INTEREST OR ENROLLED IN THE PROGRAM. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THUS FAR, 67. OH, SORRY. OKAY. SO THIS, THIS SLIDE, UM, SHOWS YOU THAT, UM, OVER 50% OF OUR PARTICIPANTS HAVE, UM, NO, UH, HAVE NO COLLEGE, UH, EXPERIENCE. WE HAVE 61% OF THE, THE PARTICIPANTS ARE LIVING IN POVERTY, AND 41% OF THOSE HAVE, UM, COME FROM THE HARDEST HIT INDUSTRY OF HOSPITALITY AND RETAIL. 7% ARE PERSONS WITH A DISABILITY. 7% ARE FORMERLY INCARCERATED, AND 3% OF OUR PARTICIPANTS ARE VETERANS. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. I'M SORRY, I'M MISSING, I'M , I'M MISSING SOME SLIDES. OKAY. UM, SO IN THIS, IN THIS SLIDE, WE'LL SEE THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE 1,653 INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE EXPLORING CAREERS AND TRAINING OPTIONS THROUGH CASE MANAGEMENT. 2050 RESIDENTS ARE CURRENTLY ENROLLED IN A TRAINING PROGRAM. UM, ALMOST A THOUSAND INDIVIDUALS HAVE COMPLETED TRAINING. 584 OF THOSE ARE CURRENTLY LOOKING FOR A JOB, AND 434 ARE EMPLOYED. UM, THIS NEXT BAR GRAPH DOWN SHOWS THAT, UH, DURING EXPLORATION. SO WHEN THEY'RE IN THAT BEGINNING STAGES AND THEY'RE LOOKING AT CAREER EXPLORATION, WE'VE LOST ABOUT 1,516 INDIVIDUALS. THEY EITHER DECIDED THAT THEY WERE NO LONGER INTERESTED IN THE PROGRAM AND IT WASN'T THE RIGHT FIT FOR THEM, OR, UM, CASE MANAGERS LOST CONTACT WITH THEM. HOWEVER, ONCE INDIVIDUALS BEGIN TRAINING, WE'VE LOST 66, UM, HAVE, HAVE DROPPED THE PROGRAM, WHICH IS PRETTY AMAZING BECAUSE THAT MEANS 99% OF THE INDIVIDUALS WHO START TRAINING COMPLETE TRAINING, THAT IS UP 2% SINCE JUNE, 2000 112 OF THESE INDIVIDUALS HAVE RECEIVED STIPENDS. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. OKAY. UM, SO ON THIS SLIDE, YOU'RE GONNA SEE THE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE EITHER BEEN THROUGH TRAINING OR ARE CURRENTLY ENROLLED IN TRAINING. UM, OUR GOAL, OUR GOALS ON THE LEFT SIDE, SO WE HAD A GOAL OF 5,973 TOTAL, TOTAL TRAINED PARTICIPANTS BY THE END OF SEPTEMBER. OUR CURRENT AS OF AUGUST 11, ARE 3018. 446 OF THEM ARE PARTICIPATING IN HIGH SCHOOL EQUIVALENCY TRAINING, AND 1,347 IN SHORT-TERM TRAINING, ALMOST 1300 IN LONG-TERM TRAINING, AND 15 IN O J T. SOME OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE, UH, ARE WORKING ON THEIR HIGH SCHOOL EQUIVALENCY ALSO PARTICIPATED IN A SHORT-TERM TRAINING AT THE SAME TIME. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. OKAY. ON THIS SLIDE, WE SEE OUR BREAKDOWN OF, OF THE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE IN TRAINING, UM, 1,347 OF THEM ARE IN, HAVE, ARE IN OR HAVE PARTICIPATED IN SHORT-TERM TRAINING WHILE 1000, UM, 288 ARE IN LONG-TERM TRAINING. [00:10:02] IN THE CHART. ON THE RIGHT SIDE, YOU WILL SEE THE BREAKDOWN OF INDUSTRIES, UM, WHICH ONES THEY'RE PARTICIPATING. WE HAVE A ALMOST 50% PARTICIPATING IN MEDICAL TRAINING. NEXT SLIDE. OKAY. CURRENTLY, WE HAVE, UH, 434 PARTICIPANTS WHO HAVE ATTAINED JOBS AS REPORTED BY OUR PARTNERS. WE DO KNOW THAT THERE ARE IN, THERE ARE OTHERS THAT HAVE, UM, REPORTED THAT THEY HAVE A JOB, BUT WE ARE CUR, THE PARTNERS ARE CURRENTLY WAITING TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION BEFORE ENTERING THEM INTO OUR 3 1 1 SYSTEM. SO WE DO EXPECT THESE NUMBERS TO KEEP INCREASING. UM, AGAIN, YOU SEE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE SCREEN, YOU SEE THE CAREER PLACEMENT. UM, THE OTHER CATEGORY ON HERE HAS TO DO WITH EDUCATION. UM, AND SOME HAVE TO DO WITH SOME HOSPITALITY. WE HAVE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE RECEIVED THEIR HIGH SCHOOL EQUIVALENCY AND THEY'VE GOTTEN A JOB DOING SOMETHING IN THE HOSPITALITY, INTERESTED IN INDUSTRY, UM, AS THEY BEGIN THEIR CAREER PATH. UM, OTHER, OTHER THAT'S NOT SHOWN HERE IS BUSINESS. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. OKAY. SO, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING IS WE'VE BEEN VERY FOCUSED ON, UM, MAKING SURE THAT AS INDIVIDUALS COMPLETE THEIR TRAINING, WE SUPPORT THEM IN CAREER PLACEMENT. ONE OF THE EFFORTS THAT WE HAVE MADE IS WE, WE REALIZED THERE WAS A NEED FOR A, A JOB DATABASE. SO, SA WORKS DEVELOPED THIS JO JOB DATABASE, UM, AND IT IS AVAILABLE TO ALL OUR PARTNERS TO ACCESS. UM, SO THERE ARE OVER, UM, 1600 JOB OPENINGS IN THIS DATABASE CURRENTLY. UM, THE DA IT ALSO INCLUDES ON THE JOB TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES. UM, OUR APPROVED TRAINING CATALOG IS STORED HERE, AND THEN INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE IT ARE, UM, IT SHOWS THEM WHERE THEY ARE IN THEIR TRAINING TRACK, SO THAT WAY PARTNERS CAN LOOK AND SEE WHAT, HOW MANY PEOPLE WE HAVE TRAINING IN CERTAIN INDUSTRIES, BECAUSE WE DON'T WANNA INUNDATE ONE INDUSTRY WITH TOO MANY PEOPLE TRAINING IF THE JOBS AREN'T AVAILABLE. SO THIS IS A GREAT RESOURCE. WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH OUR PARTNERS ON MAKING SURE THAT THEIR CASE MANAGERS, UM, KNOW ABOUT THIS DATABASE. AND WE'RE GOING TO BE PROVIDING A SECOND TRAINING FOR INDIVIDUALS ON THURSDAY OF THIS WEEK. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO, AT THE LAST MEETING IN JUNE, WHEN WE PROVIDED THIS UPDATE, WE MENTIONED THAT WE WERE EMBARKING ON A MARKETING CAMPAIGN. AS A RESULT OF THE CAMPAIGN, WE SAW AN INCREASE IN RESIDENT INTEREST. AS SUCH, WE'VE EXTENDED ENROLLMENTS THROUGH THE END OF THE YEAR TO ACCOUNT FOR NEW PARTICIPANTS, AS WELL AS FOR THE TRANSITION BETWEEN TRAIN FOR JOBS AND ESSAY READY TO WORK. AS WE AMENDED THE TRAIN FOR JOBS CONTRACT, WE'LL BE ADDING ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR TIMELY AND QUALITY DATA REPORTING THAT WILL ALLOW FOR PUBLIC ACCESS AND THE NUMBERS. LASTLY, AS THE PROGRAM COMES TO A CLOSE, WE ARE INTENTIONALLY FOCUSING ON JOB PLACEMENTS. OUR PARTNERS ARE MEETING WITH EMPLOYERS AND HR RECRUITERS AND LEVERAGING RESOURCES AS NEEDED. ON THIS SLIDE, YOU SEE WHAT THE GOALS FOR SEPTEMBER 30TH ARE AND WHAT OUR ACTUALS, AGAIN, THROUGH AUGUST 11TH, UM, EXTENDING THROUGH THE END OF DECEMBER. ENROLLMENT WILL HELP US, UM, REACH THOSE GOALS AND, AND GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE MORE INDIVIDUALS. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. FINALLY, I WANT TO END THIS TRAIN FOR JOBS, UPDATE WITH TWO MORE STORIES BEFORE MIKE SHARES UPDATES ON READY TO WORK. AMANDA WRIGHT LEARNED IN BOOKKEEPING, LEARNED IN BOOKKEEPING IN A RESTORE EDUCATION TRAINING PROGRAM, AND NOW SHE'S ADMINISTRATOR ASSISTANT AT WINCO CONSTRUCTION. AMANDA ENTERED TRAIN FOR JOBS IN NOVEMBER AND COMPLETED HER COURSE IN JANUARY. WE SHARED HER STORY AT OUR RECENT WORKFORCE SYMPOSIUM. WE'RE ALSO USING HER STORY AS PART OF OUR, OF OUR TRAIN FOR JOBS MARKETING CAMPAIGN. DESIREE MARTINEZ IS ANOTHER SUCCESS STORY. SHE ALSO JOINED TRAIN FOR JOBS THROUGH RESTORE EDUCATION, RECEIVING [00:15:01] CASE MANAGEMENT FROM THEM. SHE IS TRAINING THROUGH THE ALAMO COLLEGE'S DISTRICT PATIENT CARE TECHNICIAN APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM. NOW I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MIKE. THANK YOU, TINA. UM, SO AS WE EMBARK UPON THE TRANSITION, UH, TO READY TO WORK, UM, WE HOSTED A WORKFORCE SYMPOSIUM. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. ON JULY THE 28TH, AND WHERE OVER 200 ATTENDEES GATHERED, UH, WHICH IS A GREAT TURNOUT. UM, AND I HAD THE PLEASURE OF BEING IN ATTENDANCE AND LISTENING TO THE PANEL, UM, THAT WAS HOSTED BY MAYOR NIERENBERG. AND IF YOU WERE NOT THERE, AND YOU GET A CHANCE TO LISTEN TO THAT CONVERSATION, UM, WITH INDUSTRY LEADERS, UM, AND THE MAYOR, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO TO THE YOUTUBE SITE AND CHECK OUT THAT VIDEO BECAUSE THEY WERE CHAMPIONING, UM, THE IMPORTANCE OF A PROGRAM LIKE THIS AND THEIR COMMITMENT TO ENSURING, UM, THAT THE CITIZENS OF SAN ANTONIO HAVE ACCESS TO THE TRAINING TO GET THEM ON A PATHWAY TO UPWARD ECONOMIC MOBILITY. UM, I WAS REALLY SURPRISED AT THE LEVEL OF DEPTH OF THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF THE CHALLENGES THAT THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY FACE, UM, TO GAINFUL EMPLOYMENT AND THEIR COMMITMENT TO ENSURING THAT THEY WERE DOING THEIR PART TO HELP THEM TO OVERCOME THOSE BARRIERS AS PARTNERS WITH THE READY TO WORK PROGRAM. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THERE WERE NATIONAL AND LOCAL EXPERTS IN ATTENDANCE. UH, DR. PAUL OSMAN FROM M I T, DR. LORD POTTER, UH, WITH TEXAS STATE, UH, UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, SAN ANTONIO, UH, PAIGE CHEVLIN FROM THE MARKEL FOUNDATION, AND PAULETTE FRANCOIS. UH, WITH CALCO, UH, ONE OF OUR CONSULTING, UM, AGENCIES, UH, ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS FACILITATED INTERACTIVE SESSIONS, UM, AMONG EMPLOYERS AND THE LOCAL COMMUNITY WORKFORCE ORGANIZATIONS WHO WERE EXTREMELY EXCITED TO ENGAGE AND LEND THEIR EXPERTISE TO THE CONVERSATION. UM, AND IT WAS A ROUNDING SUCCESS. UM, AS EVIDENCED BY THE SURVEY RESULTS, UM, FEEDBACK OF 4.4 OUT OF FIVE STARS IS PHENOMENAL, UH, FOR AN EVENT LIKE THAT. UM, AND, UM, WE WERE EXTREMELY, UH, THANKFUL FOR THEIR COOPERATION AND THEIR ATTENDANCE AT THE EVENT. AND, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO RIDING THAT MOMENTUM TO HELP TO LAUNCH OUR TRANSITION TO THE READY TO WORK PROGRAM. AND AGAIN, AS I MENTIONED, UM, THE CITY'S U UH, YOUTUBE SITE HAS A RECORDING OF THAT EVENT. IF YOU'RE NOT ABLE TO, TO DO SO, PLEASE CHECK IT OUT. UH, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO, EMPLOYER ENGAGEMENT, UM, IS A HUGE FOCUS, UM, OF THE WORKFORCE, UH, DEVELOPMENT OFFICE GOING FORWARD AND OUR READY TO WORK PROGRAM. UM, OUR CITY MANAGER, UH, ERIC HAS BEEN VERY, UH, INSTRUMENTAL IN ENGAGING, UH, THE LOCAL, UH, INDUSTRY LEADERS AND EMPLOYERS. UH, HE'S ALREADY, UH, DONE OUTREACH TO THE SAN ANTONIO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND HAD MEETINGS WITH THEM, UH, THE GREATER S A T EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, UH, THE SAN ANTONIO MANUFACTURING ASSOCIATION, ALAMO, ASIAN AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, AND THE SAN ANTONIO HISPANIC CHAMBER. SO YOU CAN SEE HE'S BEEN VERY BUSY IN ENSURING THAT THEY'RE INFORMED OF WHAT'S GOING ON, UH, WITH THE READY TO WORK PROGRAM AND TO SOLICIT THEIR PARTICIPATION IN PARTNERSHIP. UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, HE IS ALSO WILL, UM, MEETING WITH THE NORTH TAMPA CHAMBER, THE NORTH, I'M SORRY, THE NORTH, THE SOUTH AND WEST CHAMBER, AND THE WOMEN'S CHAMBER WITHIN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS. AND ADDITIONALLY, AS TINA ALLUDED TO EARLIER, WE'RE, UH, WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH SAN ANTONIO WORKS AND, UH, THEIR JOBS AVAILABILITY, UH, DATA THAT THEY ARE PRODUCING, AS WELL AS OUR ADVISORY BOARD, UM, TO INCLUDE EMPLOYER ROUND TABLES AND AN EMPLOYER ENGAGEMENT SUBCOMMITTEE, UH, COMING VERY SOON. UM, SO WE'RE SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THE LEVEL OF ENGAGEMENT WITH OUR LOCAL EMPLOYERS AND ARE HOPEFUL THAT, UM, THEY WILL BE CONTINUED STRONG PARTNERS WITH US AS WE FORGE THIS WORK FORWARD. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO, RFPS, UH, THERE ARE SEVERAL RFPS, UH, OR ONE R F P I GUESS I SHOULD SAY. UM, THAT HAS BEEN ISSUED ON JULY THE SIXTH FOR INTAKE INITIAL ASSESSMENT AND CASE MANAGEMENT, UH, WHICH WE LEARNED IN OUR SYMPOSIUM WAS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT AND VITAL TO THE SUCCESS OF THIS PROGRAM, UH, GOING FORWARD. UM, THE VIRTUAL PRE-BID PRE-BID CONFERENCE WAS HELD ON JULY 16TH, THEN AN IN-PERSON PRE-BID CONFERENCE WAS HELD ON JULY THE 28TH. AND THE R F P CLOSES ON AUGUST THE 31ST. AND YOU CAN SEE THE EVALUATORS LISTED THERE ON THE RIGHT, UH, WHICH INCLUDE BOTH INTERNAL, UM, VOTING AND NON-VOTING MEMBERS. MEMBERS AS WELL AS EXTERNAL MEMBERS. JERRY GRABBER, OUR CHAIR OF OUR WORKFORCE ADVISORY BOARD, AND EDITH WESTFALL, UH, WITH CALCO CONSULTING. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO, COMMUNITY AND OUTREACH IS COMING SOON. UM, AS AN R F P, WE RECOGNIZE THAT IT'S A VITAL IMPORTANCE THAT WE GET THE WORD OUT TO THE PEOPLE THAT WE HOPE TO BENEFIT FROM THIS PROGRAM IN AS MANY WAYS AS POSSIBLE WITH THE GREATEST AND LARGEST REACH AS POSSIBLE IN THE MOST, IN MOST EFFICIENT MANNER. UH, WHICH IS WHY THIS R F P, UM, IS GOING TO BE SOLICITED. UH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ENGAGE OUR TARGET POPULATIONS, UH, DEVELOP AN INTEGRATED COMMUNITY [00:20:01] OUTREACH CAMPAIGN, AND PROVIDE, UM, SOME OUTREACH PROJECT MANAGEMENT SERVICES, AS WELL AS CREATIVE DIRECTION AND GUIDANCE TO CITY STAFF, AND ALSO PARTNER WITH US TO BUILD A USER-FRIENDLY WEBSITE. UM, AGAIN, THE KEY THEME HERE IS WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE MULTIPLE TOUCH POINTS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY, UM, WHETHER THAT BE PRINT, DIGITAL, UH, FEED ON THE GROUND, UH, IN THE, IN THE COMMUNITY, UH, JUST MAKING SURE THAT THE PEOPLE WHO NEED THIS SERVICES MOST, UH, HAVE THE INFORMATION THEY NEED TO GET CONNECTED AND TO GET SIGNED UP. UM, SO THE BUDGET FOR THIS COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND MARKETING CAMPAIGN IS 1.5 MILLION OVER THE NEXT SIX YEARS. AGAIN, UH, CITY, UM, INTERNAL, UH, BOTH, UH, BOTH VOTING AND NON-VOTING, UH, MEMBERS AS EVALUATORS, AS WELL AS VERONICA RO FOR THE SAN ANTONIO SPURS. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. AND SO, WE ALSO HAVE AN R F P COMING SOON, UM, FOR OUR EVALUATION PLAN. UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE VERY COGNIZANT OF AND IS, IS ENSURING, UM, THAT THIS PROGRAM IS DELIVERING THE PROPER RETURN ON INVESTMENTS TO THE CITIZENS WHO ARE PUTTING THEIR HARDER EARNED TAX DOLLARS UP TO MAKE SURE THAT THEIR, THEIR FELLOW CITIZENS GET THE TRAINING THEY NEED TO GET THE JOBS. UM, THEY'RE GONNA SUSTAIN THEIR FAMILIES. UM, SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE DO A THOROUGH EVALUATION, AND WE HAVE THIS R F P TO ENSURE THAT, UH, WE'RE, UM, HELD ACCOUNTABLE TO, UH, THE, THE STANDARDS THAT OUR COMMUNITY, UM, IS HOPEFUL THAT WE'RE ABLE TO ACHIEVE. UM, SO THAT EVALUATION WILL COMPARE, UH, OUR DATA TO NATIONAL NORMS AND BEST PRACTICES. UM, AND IT ALSO WILL PROVIDE ANNUAL AND QUARTERLY UPDATES SO THAT WE CAN STAY ABREAST OF OUR PROGRESS SO THAT WE CAN PIVOT WHEN NEEDED. THIS EVALUATION, R F P IS 600,000 OVER SIX YEARS, AND WE HAVE BOTH CITY, UM, AND EXTERNAL STAFF WILL BE A PART OF THE EVALUATION COMMITTEE. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO, OUR NEXT STEPS, SO TRAINING FOR JOBS AS TINA SO ELOQUENTLY SPOKE ABOUT IS GOING TO BE, UH, CONTINUING ENROLLMENT THROUGH DECEMBER 21ST TO MEET, UM, THE DEMAND THAT THE LATEST MARKETING OUTREACH AND PUSH HAS CREATED, AND ALSO ALLOW US SOME TIME TO GET READY TO WORK READY FOR LUNCH. WE DON'T WANT THERE TO BE A GAP IN TIME WHERE CITIZENS WHO ARE LOOKING FOR TRAINING TO GET EMBARK ON THEIR NEXT CAREER PATH, THEY DON'T HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE TO SIGN UP. UM, SO WE BELIEVE THAT THIS TRANSITION WILL BE VERY HELPFUL IN ENSURING THAT THE COMMUNITY ALWAYS HAS ACCESS TO, UM, THE SERVICES THAT ARE GONNA MEET THEIR NEEDS. SO, THE INFORMATION R F P, UM, IN AUGUST, YOU SAW THOSE DATES WITH THAT TIMELINE OF AUGUST 31ST. UM, WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE COMMUNITY OUTREACH, R F P AND THE PROGRAM EVALUATION R F P IN SEPTEMBER. CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS WILL HAPPEN IN OCTOBER. UH, THE CITY COUNCIL, UH, WILL AWARD THOSE CONTRACTS IN NOVEMBER. AND, UH, WE'LL LAUNCH THE PROGRAM IN DECEMBER. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION FOR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT UPDATE FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST, AND WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT ANYONE MAY HAVE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THAT THAT WAS EXCELLENT. UM, I, I, I THINK THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT WE SAW TODAY WAS THOSE FOUR PERSONAL STORIES, UH, FROM, UH, ABOUT AMANDA DESTINY, MAURICE, AND BRITTANY. UH, I THINK THAT REALLY BRINGS INTO SHARP FOCUS WHY IT IS THAT WE'RE DOING THIS. UM, YOU KNOW, GRAPHS AND METRICS ARE VERY IMPORTANT, BUT, UH, EQUALLY IMPORTANT IS MAKING SURE THAT COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE THE ABILITY TO TELL THESE STORIES AT THE GRASSROOTS LEVEL WHEN WE GO OUT TO OUR COMMUNITIES AND EXPLAIN WHY IT IS THAT THIS MATTERS AND WHAT REAL OPPORTUNITIES THERE ARE, UH, OUT THERE. AND, YOU KNOW, AS EVIDENCED BY COMPARATORS, RIGHT? BECAUSE STORIES THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, AREN'T JUST PROMISES AND, YOU KNOW, GOALS BETTER THAT ARE CO YOU KNOW, LET'S, LET'S GO AROUND THE HORN. UM, AND, UH, WE'LL START OFF WITH, UH, COUNCILWOMAN VRAN IF YOU'VE GOT ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. YES, I DO HAVE QUESTIONS, AND I AGREE WITH YOU, UH, COUNCILMAN THAT THE STORIES ARE WHAT'S IMPORTANT. BUT WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IS IF WE COULD GET, CAN WE GET STATUS FOR MAYBE, OR WHEN WE TELL THE STORIES, IF THERE ARE WOMEN OVER 40 WOMEN THAT ARE HEAD OF HOUSEHOLDS AND WOMEN WITH CHILDREN. BECAUSE I THINK WHEN WE, WHEN WE LOOK AT THE STUDY WE DID FOR THE STATUS OF WOMEN, THAT WE CAN, LIKE YOU SAID EARLIER, WE CAN USE THIS AS A GAME CHANGER FOR THE WOMEN IN THIS DISTRICT. SO, UH, THIS DISTRICT AND THE CITY. SO IF WE COULD JUST, UH, KEEP TRACK OF THAT, AND THEN ANY UPDATES TO TIMELINES, UM, OR IF THINGS ARE GOING TO BE DELAYED, IF YOU CAN JUST KEEP US AS SOON AS YOU KNOW THAT THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN, JUST KEEP US ABREAST OF THAT. UM, THAT WAY WE, WE, WE CAN HAVE BETTER TALKING POINTS WHEN WE GO OUT TO THE COMMUNITY. SO THAT, THAT'S IT FOR ME. THANK YOU. THAT, THAT, THAT'S EXCELLENT. GREAT IDEAS, GOOD SUGGESTIONS, UH, COUNCILWOMAN CASTILLO, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? YEAH, UM, I AGREE WITH BOTH, UH, MADDY, UH, COUNCILMAN [00:25:01] S AND . UM, BUT DO WE HAVE DATA ON HOW MANY, UH, APPLICANTS? I HAVE THE TWO MINUTE WARNING. DOES EVERYONE HAVE THIS? YEAH, THERE'S NO, THERE'S NO SHOCK CLOCK IN AT THIS COMMITTEE. UH, ON HEAR EVERYTHING YOU GOTTA SAY. UM, IF WE HAVE DATA ON HOW MANY PARTICIPANTS, IF WE HAVE DATA ON HOW MANY PARTICIPANTS, UH, HAVE NOT RECEIVED ASSISTANCE DUE TO, UH, FAILING A CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECK OR DRUG TEST, IS MY VIDEO ON ANOTHER APPLICATION'S USING YOUR CAMERA? I THINK I GOT KICKED OFF. YEAH, WE SEE YOU. WE HEAR YOU. OKAY. I HAVE LIKE A BLANK SCREEN. MEMBER CASTILLO. I'M NOT SURE IF WE HAVE THAT BREAKDOWN, BUT I WILL CONFER WITH THE TEAM AND WE'LL PULL IT AND WE'LL FIND IT FOR THE APPLICANTS WHO HAVE BEEN REJECTED DUE TO CRIMINAL BACKGROUND OR DRUG SCREENS. AND WE'LL FOLLOW UP, UH, WITH AN EMAIL WITH THAT INFORMATION. OKAY, GREAT. AND I, A FOLLOW UP QUESTION IS IF, YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE A INCREASE OF FOLKS WHO AREN'T RECEIVING ASSISTANCE OR FAILING BECAUSE OF THE DRUG TEST OR CRIMINAL BACKGROUND, IF WE'RE OFFERING SERVICES TO HELP EXPUNGE THEIR RECORDS, THAT'S AN EXCELLENT SUGGESTION. AND, UH, IF WE'RE NOT DOING THAT, I THINK THAT WE CAN CONNECT WITH THE PRO APPROPRIATE PEOPLE WITHIN, UM, THE CITY TO SEE IF WE CAN DEVELOP SOMETHING THAT, UM, WOULD HELP TO, UH, BUILD THAT PATHWAY. UM, TINA, I'M NOT SURE IF THAT BEEN A PART OF THE CONVERSATION PREVIOUSLY. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FOR READY TO WORK, THAT'S GONNA BE A PART OF THAT PROGRAM. OUTSTANDING. UM, AND, UH, COUNCILWOMAN, THIS IS ALEX. THE ONLY OTHER PIECE THAT I'LL ADD, UH, ABSOLUTELY MIKE, LIKE MIKE MENTIONED, WE CAN DOUBLE CHECK TO, WE CAN DOUBLE CHECK TO SEE EXACTLY HOW MUCH DATA WE HAVE. UM, I KNOW THE REFERENCES THAT WE'VE SEEN SO FAR TO CRIMINAL RECORDS THAT MAY BE PREVENTING PARTICIPATION. IT TENDS NOT TO BE AT THE INCEPTION, IT'S CLOSER WHEN IT COMES TO PLACEMENT. AND THAT'S WHAT HELPED US AND OUR PARTNERS REALIZE THE FACT THAT CAREER EXPLORATION IS CRITICAL TO MAKE SURE THAT WE IDENTIFY THESE POTENTIAL BARRIERS IN ADVANCE AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE TAKING THEM INTO CONSIDERATION. LIKE YOU SAID, IF THERE'S, UH, AN OPPORTUNITY FOR EXPUNGEMENT THAT WE START WORKING ON THAT. AND, AND IF THERE ISN'T, AND WE KNOW THAT IT'S GONNA BE A, A PROHIBITING ELEMENT, UM, THAT WE HELP THE PARTICIPANT UNDERSTAND THAT AS THEY DECIDE WHAT TYPE OF TRAINING AND WHAT INDUSTRY THEY'RE GONNA BE, UM, CONSIDERING. THANK YOU. WONDERFUL. THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN. UM, COUNCILMAN, COURAGE. WHAT DO YOU GOT? QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, IDEAS? SURE. THANKS. UM, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I HAVE, UH, ON SLIDE SIX, WE SHOW ENROLLED IN TRAINING OVER 2050, BUT WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE ENROLLED IN. AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD GET A BREAKDOWN, FOR EXAMPLE, HOW MANY OF THOSE ARE ENROLLED IN WHICH PARTICULAR AREA OF EDUCATION AND, AND INDUSTRY THAT THEY'RE MOVING TOWARD. UH, AND SO I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT AND, AND ALSO, UH, SEARCH FOR JOB. I THINK THAT I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SEE US PUT TOGETHER A WAY OF TRACKING HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE FROM SOMEONE WHO HAS FINISHED TRAINING TO ACTUALLY GET A JOB. AND, AND I SAY THAT IN RELATIONSHIP TO, I THINK IT WAS, UM, SLIDE 10 WHERE YOU WERE SHOWING THE KIND OF JOBS AVAILABLE, UH, JOB OPENINGS IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND I WANNA KNOW, IS THE TRAINING THAT PEOPLE GOING THROUGH, MEETING THE OPENINGS AND THE DEMANDS THAT WE'RE SEEING, WHICH I, I PRESUME THIS IS PRETTY CURRENT, UH, MAYBE IT'S A MONTH OLD OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT AS YOU PUT THIS TOGETHER, BUT ARE PEOPLE IN THE RIGHT TRAINING PROGRAMS? ARE THE OPPORTUNITIES THERE FOR THEM AND, UH, YOU KNOW, HOW LONG IS IT TAKING SOMEBODY WHO FINISHES THAT TRAINING TO ACTUALLY GET A JOB? AND HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE EXPLORING THEIR OPTIONS? HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE FOR THEM TO MAKE A DECISION? UH, DO WE HAVE A TIMELINE? IN OTHER WORDS, IF SOMEBODY COMES INTO THE SYSTEM, UH, IS EVALUATED AND REVIEWED, AND, UH, MAYBE BASED ON THEIR SKILLSET, THEIR EDUCATION, WE MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS OR HELP THEM FOLLOW A CERTAIN PATH, UH, HOW LONG IS IT TAKING THEM TO MAKE A DECISION AND TO GET INTO A TRAINING PROGRAM? UH, SO I THINK ALL OF THAT IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF THIS, BECAUSE WE'VE HAD THIS PROGRAM GOING FOR QUITE A BIT. AND, UH, I, I, I WOULD'VE EXPECTED TO SEE, UH, INCREASED RESULTS IN EMPLOYMENT AND, UH, MORE PEOPLE IN JOB TRAINING. SO I'D LIKE TO SEE A MATCH OF WHERE PEOPLE [00:30:01] ARE ENROLLED IN TRAINING WITH THE JOBS THAT WE ARE SEEING THAT ARE OUT THERE. UH, HOW LONG IS IT TAKING FOR PEOPLE TO GET A JOB AFTER THEY GET OUT OF THIS? DOES THAT MEAN WE NEED TO STEP UP OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COMMUNITY, UH, BUSINESSES THAT HAVE THESE JOBS? UH, ARE, ARE WE GIVING PEOPLE THE RIGHT TRAINING SO THAT THESE BUSINESSES RECOGNIZE, OH, OKAY, THIS PERSON IS READY TO GO AND FILL THIS JOB. I HAVE. SO CAN WE, UH, GET MORE INFORMATION ON THAT BY OUR NEXT MEETING? THAT'S WHAT I WOULD ASK. ABSOLUTELY. COUNCIL ENCOURAGED, AND I THINK TINA HAS SOME, SOME OF THOSE ANSWERS RIGHT NOW. UM, BUT I CAN SAY THAT YOU'RE SPOT ON, UM, WITH ENGAGING OUR LOCAL EMPLOYERS AND MAKING SURE THAT THE TRAINING THAT WE'RE PROVIDING IS ALIGNED TO WHAT THEIR NEEDS ARE. THAT'S A PART OF WHAT OUR ALIGNMENT WITH SAN ANTONIO WORKS IS DOING. YOU SAW THOSE, THE SLOT, THE JOB VACANCIES THAT CURRENTLY EXIST, THEN THE DIFFERENT INDUSTRY SECTORS. UM, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT DURING THAT CAREER EXPLORATION PROCESS, UM, THAT WE'RE ALIGNING THE SKILLS, INTERESTS, AND APTITUDES OF OUR CITIZENS WITH THE JOBS THAT ARE ACTUALLY AVAILABLE. AND A PART OF THAT IS EDUCATION AND MAKING SURE THAT THE CITIZEN, AS THEY'RE GOING THROUGH THAT CAREER EXPLORATION PROCESS, UNDERSTANDS NUMBER ONE, UH, WHAT IT TAKES TO DO TO ACHIEVE THAT JOB EDUCATIONALLY, UH, SKILLSET WISE, CERTIFICATION WISE, BUT ALSO IF IT'S A JOB OF HIGH QUALITY THAT FITS WITH THEIR LIFESTYLE, IF THEY'RE A SINGLE MOM, LIKE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT EARLIER, DOES IT ALIGN AROUND THE SCHOOL DAY SCHEDULE? YOU KNOW, ARE THERE, UH, FRINGE BENEFITS THAT ARE GOING TO HELP THEM TO OVERCOME SOME OF THE CHILDCARE BARRIERS THAT THEY MAY FACE? UM, AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT OUR WRAPAROUND SERVICES ARE ADDRESSING ALL OF THOSE ISSUES. BUT YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY A THOUSAND PERCENT CORRECT. OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE EMPLOYERS AND THE JOBS THAT THEY HAVE RIGHT NOW HAVE TO BE TIGHTLY ALIGNED WITH THE TRAINING PROGRAMS THAT THEY'RE EXITING. UM, SO WITHOUT FURTHER, TINA, I KNOW YOU HAVE A FEW ANSWERS TO COUNCILMAN, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, COURAGES QUESTIONS? I DO, YES. UM, SO WE, ON THE MAYOR'S REPORT, WE DO HAVE A BREAKDOWN OF WHO IS PARTICIPATING IN TRAININGS BY INDUSTRY. AND THEN WE HAVE A DETAILED REPORT. SO FOR EXAMPLE, UM, IN OUR IT INDUSTRY REPORT, WE KNOW THAT 18% OF THE, OF THE INDIVIDUALS ARE WORKING ON THEIR COMPUTER SUPPORT SPECIALISTS, AND THAT'S 99 PEOPLE. SO WE, WE CAN DEFINITELY SEND YOU THIS INFORMATION. IT BREAKS IT DOWN HOW MANY PEOPLE IN EACH, UM, IN EACH INDUSTRY AND SPECIFICALLY THE TRAINING THAT THEY'RE IN. UM, WE HAVE, UH, IT IS TAKING APPROXIMATELY 35 DAYS, UM, FOR INDIVIDUALS FROM THE INTAKE TO THE ENROLLMENT PROCESS. AND THEN THE CAREER EXPLORATION, UM, IS, IS, IS A SIMILAR TIMEFRAME. UM, WE DO HAVE, I CAN TELL YOU THAT, UM, ON ONE OF OUR SLIDES, WE SHOWED THAT WE HAVE A LOT, THERE ARE A LOT OF JAIL JOBS AVAILABLE IN, UM, IN THE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY. SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT ON, ON, WE NEED TO SUPPORT THAT INDUSTRY. UM, BECAUSE WE HAVE ABOUT, UH, 7% OF OUR INDIVIDUALS IN TRAINING ARE IN, UH, TRAINING FOR THAT AREA. AND SO WE KNOW THAT WE NEED TO, UM, ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO, UM, GO INTO THE, GO INTO THE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY, WHICH TENDS TO BE ONE OF THOSE HARDER INDUSTRIES. UM, IT'S, IT'S PRETTY INTENSE HARD LABOR WORK, BUT, UM, IT'S CHANGED. AND, AND MIKE WAS SHARING SOME, SOME GREAT STRATEGIES YESTERDAY ON THINGS THAT WE CAN DO TO ENCOURAGE THAT. WE DO TALK WITH OUR PARTNERS IN OUR MEETINGS, UM, AND WE'RE GOING TO GET EVEN MORE STRUCTURED ON OUR, OUR CONVERSATIONS ONCE A MONTH. IT'LL BE, OKAY, HERE'S, HERE ARE THE JOBS, HOW DO YOUR COHORTS AND HOW DO THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT YOU'RE MAKING ALIGN WITH WHAT THE JOBS ARE AVAILABLE? BECAUSE WE WANT, WE DO WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T HAVE TOO MANY PEOPLE IN, IN ONE INDUSTRY AREA AND THEN NOT BE ABLE TO FIND THOSE JOBS. OKAY. ALSO, IF I, IF I MAY, UM, CAN YOU TELL ME WHEN INDIVIDUALS START RECEIVING A STIPEND, AT WHAT POINT IN THE PROCESS THEY WILL START RECEIVING A STIPEND WHILE THEY'RE IN TRAINING. OKAY. SO ONCE THEY START THAT TRAINING, IT'S FOR THE, FOR THE, THE TIME THEY'RE SPENT IN TRAINING. OKAY. ALRIGHT. I THINK THAT'S IT FOR NOW. THANK YOU, CHAIR. UH, I'M SORRY, ALEX, I DIDN'T MEAN TO CUT YOU OFF. GO AHEAD. THAT'S OKAY. I WAS JUST GONNA MENTION THAT SOME OF THE SLIDES FROM TODAY'S PRESENTATION MIGHT HAVE SOME OF THE ANSWERS, I THINK TO YOUR QUESTIONS, COUNCIL MEMBER ON SLIDE EIGHT, YOU SEE A BREAKDOWN OF THE, THE TYPE OF TRAINING BOTH FROM SHORT-TERM, LONG-TERM, HIGH SCHOOL EQUIVALENCY THAT ARE PARTICIPANTS ARE, HAVE ENROLLED IN. AND THEN YOU ALSO SEE THE INDUSTRIES REPRESENTING [00:35:01] THAT, UM, THAT TYPE OF TRAINING. UM, SO THIS IS WHAT THE TYPE OF TRAINING THAT THEY'RE GETTING. AND THEN ON THE NEXT SLIDE, ON SLIDE NINE, YOU SEE WHERE THEY'RE GETTING PLACED, WHAT ARE THE INDUSTRIES ARE GETTING PLACED IN. UM, IF YOU COMBINE ALL OF THAT, YOU START SEEING WHERE THERE'S PATTERNS, WHERE THERE'S, UM, THERE COULD POTENTIALLY BE OVERREPRESENTATION ON THE TRAINING SIDE. WE NEED TO BE LOOKING AT WHAT JOBS ARE AVAILABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT PIPELINE IS CONSISTENT. UM, SO IT'S, IT'S, UM, A LOT OF DATA, BUT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE, JUST CALL THESE COUPLE OF SLIDES TO YOUR ATTENTION ALONG WITH THE ITEMS THAT TINA MENTIONED AS WELL. YEAH. UH, CHAIR, DO I HAVE ANOTHER MINUTE? THERE'S ANOTHER THOUGHT OR TWO THAT THAT'S COME UP I'D LIKE TO ASK ABOUT. JOHN, YOU HAVE ALL THE MINUTES. , THANKS. UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE STARTED THIS, UH, TRAIN FOR JOBS, IT WAS BECAUSE SO MANY PEOPLE WERE OUT OF WORK. UH, AND WE KNOW A LOT OF BUSINESSES HAD SHUT DOWN. I'VE HEARD, UH, THAT THERE'S A LOT OF BUSINESSES RIGHT NOW THAT ARE, ARE TRYING TO REOPEN OR HAVE REOPENED IN THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY, AND THEY'RE CRYING FOR PEOPLE. THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE. NOW, UH, I'VE ALSO HEARD THAT A LOT OF THESE BUSINESSES HAVE STARTED TO RAISE THE WAGE THAT THEY'RE PAYING TO ATTRACT MORE PEOPLE. UH, AND YOU KNOW, WHAT WE WERE LOOKING FOR WAS AN IMMEDIATE RELIEF FOR PEOPLE WHO WERE OUT OF WORK AS WELL AS TRYING TO UPGRADE THEIR SKILLS. BUT OUR NEXT PROJECT IS REALLY BASED ON UPGRADING PEOPLE'S SKILLS OVER THE LONG TERM. SO ARE WE ALSO, UH, HELPING PEOPLE PREPARE TO GET INTO THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY, RESTAURANTS OR HOTEL MANAGEMENT OR HOTEL OPERATIONS? SO THINGS LIKE THAT WHERE THERE ARE IMMEDIATE NEEDS. UH, AND, YOU KNOW, HOW, HOW ARE WE ADDRESSING THAT? SO COUNCIL MEMBER, YES, WE, THERE, THERE HAVE BEEN SOME OF OUR PARTICIPANTS THAT HAVE REENTERED THE WORKFORCE IN INTO A HOSPITALITY, UM, OCCUPATION. OUR INTENT, THOUGH IS TO STILL MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE THE SKILLS SO THAT AS THEY REENTER THAT INDUSTRY, THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR CAREER GROWTH. UM, THEY MAY HAVE NOT HAD THE SKILLS PREVIOUSLY, UM, TO, TO BE ABLE TO MOVE UP A LADDER, INCREASE THEIR WAGES. UM, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IF THEY'RE GONNA REENTER IN THAT FIELD, THAT THEY DO HAVE THOSE SKILLS OR CERTIFICATIONS TO HELP THEM CONTINUE TO GROW, UM, PROFESSIONALLY AND FROM A WAGE PERSPECTIVE. AND YOU SEE THAT, UM, THE DATABASE THAT SA WORKS IS HELPING PUT TOGETHER. THERE IS ACTUALLY, UM, SOME, SOME OCCU, SOME OCCUPATIONS, SOME JOBS THAT ARE IN THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY BECAUSE SA WORKS IS REALLY VISITING. THEY'RE, THEY'RE COLLECTING THIS DATA BY ACTUALLY VISITING WITH THE COMPANIES. IT'S NOT JUST A MASSIVE DATA SEARCH PROCESS, IT'S, IT'S MEETING WITH THE COMPANIES AND UNDERSTANDING WHAT THEIR NEEDS ARE. AND YES, THAT DOES EXTEND TO THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY RIGHT NOW. SO WE ARE SEEING SOME OCCUPATIONS, UM, THAT OUR CANDIDATES COULD POTENTIALLY ALSO CONSIDER. OKAY. I'LL SHUT UP. THANKS, CHAIR. THANKS. GREAT COMMENTS, JOHN. UM, SO JUST VERY GENERALLY, UM, I, I'LL, I'LL, I'LL EMPHASIZE THAT I THINK THE JOB OF, OF THIS COMMITTEE AS IT RELATES TO THIS ENDEAVOR IS, IS BROKEN DOWN INTO FOUR PARTS. AND IF I'M MISSING PARTS, SOMEBODY CORRECT ME, BUT, UH, ALEX, NUMBER ONE IS OVERSIGHT, RIGHT? OF, OF MAKING SURE THIS PROJECT HAS THE RESOURCES THAT NEEDS, AND THAT WE REMOVE OBSTACLES, UH, TO ITS SUCCESS, RIGHT? UM, NUMBER TWO WOULD BE, UH, ENTHUSIASM GENERATOR. UH, SO THAT, YOU KNOW, WITH STORIES LIKE MAURICE AND BRITTANY'S AND DESTINIES, UM, AND ARMED WITH, YOU KNOW, GOOD ARGUMENTS, UH, COUNCILMAN CASTILLO OR COUNCILMAN COURAGE CAN GO OUT TO THEIR COMMUNITY, RIGHT? AND GENERATE ENTHUSIASM AND RECRUIT CANDIDATES, RIGHT? FOR TO BE TRAINEES. UM, NUMBER THREE, UM, I WOULD SAY IS OUR, OUR JOB WOULD BE TO, UH, FROM TIME TO TIME, RIGHT CLICK RIGHT AND UNPACK THE METRICS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE SUCCEEDING AND THAT WE'RE DELIVERING ON OUR PROCESS, OUR, ON OUR PROMISES, AND THAT WE, UM, MAKE WHATEVER ADJUSTMENTS ARE NECESSARY, UH, BASED ON WHAT'S WORKING, WHAT'S NOT WORKING. AND THEN I WOULD SAY NUMBER FOUR, WHICH IS, I, YOU KNOW, WHAT HAS ME KIND OF WORRIED IS, UH, THAT WE HAVE TO BE THE CONVENER OF EMPLOYERS, RIGHT? SO WE CAN TRAIN ALL THE PEOPLE WE WANT, BUT IF WE DON'T HAVE WILLING EMPLOYERS TO CATCH WHAT WE'RE THROWING AT 'EM, UM, THIS, THIS IS NOT GONNA SUCCEED. AND SO, YOU KNOW, UH, IT OCCURS TO ME THAT, THAT THERE IS SOME LOW HANGING FRUIT. UM, AND, YOU KNOW, EACH ONE OF US COUNCIL MEMBERS HAS RELATIONSHIPS, UH, WITH, WITH THEIR ORGANIZATIONS THAT WEREN'T LISTED IN ONE OF [00:40:01] THE SLIDES, RIGHT? AND SO, UH, I'LL, I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE. COUNCILWOMAN ADRIANA ROCHA GARCIA HAS, UM, RELATIONSHIPS WITH, WITH A MEXICAN CONSULATE, RIGHT? UM, AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF CUSTOMERS THAT COULD COME OUT OF THAT, RIGHT? PEOPLE WHO ARE LIVING IN SAN ANTONIO, WHO ARE RESIDENTS, WHO ARE TAXPAYERS, WHO ARE OUTTA WORK. UM, AND THE MEXICAN CONSULATE, YOU KNOW, COULD BE AN, AN ALLY IN SPREADING THE WORD, PARTICULARLY LIKE IN THEIR LOBBY, RIGHT? UM, I THINK THE AVERAGE WEIGHT AT THE CONSULATE IS SOMETHING LIKE 2.6 HOURS. UM, AND THEY GET HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE EVERY SINGLE DAY. UM, YOU KNOW, I'M SORRY, EVERY SINGLE WEEK COMING THROUGH THAT LOBBY, RIGHT? I MEAN, YOU GOT A CAPTIVE AUDIENCE THERE TO TALK ABOUT. UM, YOU KNOW, THIS PROGRAM. UM, OTHERS WOULD INCLUDE, YOU KNOW, THE HOTEL ASSOCIATION, THE RETAILERS ASSOCIATION, THE NONPROFIT COUNCIL, C P S ZEN VIA OUGHT TO BE, YOU KNOW, UM, COMMITTING TO, YOU KNOW, THIS PROGRAM, WHICH I'M SURE THEY ARE, UH, THE AUTO DEALERS ASSOCIATION, NEW STAR, VALERO, U S A A, UH, BROOKS, THE BUILDERS ASSOCIATION, I, I, I MEAN, THIS IS A LONG LIST. THE BAR ASSOCIATION, DENTAL ASSOCIATION, MEDICAL SOCIETIES, YOU KNOW, THE PAKISTANI PHYSICIANS ASSOCIATION, THE HISPANIC PHYSICIANS ASSOCIATION, ET CETERA, ET CETERA, ET CETERA. AND SO, UH, AND EACH ONE OF US ON THIS COMMITTEE HAS THE RELATIONSHIPS AT THOSE. AND I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, IF WE SET OURSELVES THE GOAL OF EACH ONE OF US COUNCIL MEMBERS TO BRING THOSE FOLKS TO THE TABLE AND GET, YOU KNOW, AND EXERT AND, AND, UM, AND, AND EXERT SOME INFLUENCE SO THAT WE GET A COMMITMENT FROM THEM, RIGHT? UM, I, I THINK WE WILL, WE WILL SUCCEED. AND SO WITH THAT, UM, I AM GONNA HAND IT OFF TO MY COLLEAGUE, UH, COUNCILMAN ADRIANA, CIA GARCIA, AND, AND COUNCIL, I'M, UH, A SOFTBALL, UH, FIRST, UH, JUST TO KIND OF GET YOU, UH, GET YOU, UH, TO HELP US UNPACK, UH, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THESE IDEAS. CAN YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT, UM, BECAUSE THERE'S TWO COUNCIL, NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, TO THIS COMMITTEE, UH, ABOUT THE WORK THAT YOU'VE BEEN DOING ON THE COMMITTEE OF SIX, RIGHT? AND THEN ALSO THE OTHER WORK YOU'VE BEEN DOING IN, IN, YOU KNOW, AS IT RELATES TO, YOU KNOW, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, UM, AND THEN, AND THEN WHATEVER COMMENTS YOU HAVE. BUT I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO, YOU KNOW, ADD THAT INTO THE CONTEXT. SURE. ABSOLUTELY. UM, THANK YOU CHAIR EZ, AND THANK YOU, UH, ALEX, AND WELCOME MIKE AND, AND BRENDA. THANK YOU, UM, YOUR FACES AND LOOKING FORWARD TO MEETING WITH YOU ALL. AND YEAH, SO WE HAVE BEEN DOING SOME WORK WITH WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS ALAMO. SO WE TRACK, UH, THE JOBS. WE SEE THEM AS A COUNCIL, BECAUSE, BY THE WAY, EVERY YEAR, WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS, ALAMO COMES TO US AS A COUNCIL FOR US TO APPROVE BASICALLY THE JOBS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE FOCUSED ON. SO EVERY SINGLE COUNCIL MEMBER GETS AN OPPORTUNITY TO WEIGH IN ON THIS. SO, UM, WE ALSO HAVE THIS WONDERFUL READY TO WORK ADVISORY PANEL THAT HAS BEEN SET UP, AND WE HAVE FOLKS THAT, UM, UH, HAVE FIRSTHAND KNOWLEDGE IN A LOT OF THE INDUSTRIES THAT ARE BEING, UM, TALKED ABOUT RIGHT NOW FOR, FOR THESE PROGRAM, FOR THIS PROGRAM TO WORK. AND SO, ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT I MADE EARLY ON WAS TO SET UP, UM, AN OUTREACH AND MARKETING, UH, COMMITTEE. SO WE'RE WORKING ON THAT. WE HA HAVE THAT SET UP. NOW. ONE OF THE NEW RECOMMENDATIONS THAT I MOST RECENTLY MADE WAS TO SET UP AN EMPLOYER COMMITTEE. THE REASON THAT I RECOMMENDED THAT IS OVER THE SUMMER, UH, I WAS, UM, REACHING OUT TO DIFFERENT WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS, SUCCESSFUL WORKFORCE DEVELOP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES. ONE OF THE ONES THAT I REACHED OUT TO WAS IN SAN FRANCISCO. JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES HAS THIS AWESOME ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITY WITH WORKFORCE, UH, DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS, SPECIFICALLY EMPLOYERS. AND SO THEY MEET QUARTERLY WITH DIFFERENT TRADE INDUSTRIES, AND THEY REALLY, UM, FOCUS ON THEIR NEEDS, AND THEN THEY BRING THEM IN TO BUILD CURRICULUM THAT WORKS FOR THEM. SO THINGS THAT MAKE THEM EMPLOYABLE. JUST THIS MORNING BEFORE THIS MEETING, I WAS, UH, ON A CONFERENCE CALL WITH SOME FOLKS FROM CHICAGO. UM, SO I'VE BEEN ON, ON CALLS WITH THE FOLKS FROM BOSTON, WHICH WE KNOW HAVE HAD, UH, WONDERFUL SUCCESS. UH, AS A MATTER OF FACT, THE MAYOR OF BOSTON DID SO WELL IN CREATING THESE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PRO UH, PROGRAMS, BUT HE IS NOW THE SECRETARY OF LABOR FOR THE UNITED STATES. SO, UM, WE HAVE LEARNED A WHOLE LOT FROM THESE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS. UH, I'LL BE SHARING WITH MY COLLEAGUES ON THE ADVISORY PANEL A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT MY FINDINGS, SO THAT WE COULD, UH, LEVERAGE SOME OF THESE BEST PRACTICES. AND ALSO, MR. RAMSEY, I'D BE HAPPY TO SHARE WITH YOU THAT AS WELL. BUT WHAT I'M SAYING IS THAT THERE'S MULTIPLE OPPORTUNITIES TO ENGAGE, UM, TO ENGAGE YOUR COMMUNITIES. UM, LIKE, UH, CHAIR ELIAS MENTIONED, UH, WE DO HAVE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY WITH, UH, THE, UH, . UM, AS A MATTER OF FACT, I'M HAVING LUNCH WITH THE AMBASSADOR OF MEXICO WITH AMBASSADOR . AND SO ONE OF THESE THINGS THAT WE WANNA DO [00:45:01] IS CONTINUE TO ENCOURAGE THEM, UH, TO LEVERAGE, UH, THEIR OFFICES, RIGHT, TO HELP US, UM, HELP, UH, HELP THE RESIDENTS, UH, IN GENERAL AND SPECIFICALLY, UM, SOME OF THE, THEIR, THEIR CONSTITUENTS AS WELL. SO, WITH THAT SAID, UM, COUNCILMAN COURAGE TOOK A LOT OF THE, THE QUESTIONS THAT I WANTED TO FOCUS ON. I WANTED TO ASK IF THERE WAS A BREAKDOWN IN THE ENROLLED AND TRAINING. AND ALEX, I KNOW YOU REFERENCED PAGE EIGHT, BUT THE NUMBERS DON'T ADD UP TO THE NUMBERS THAT WERE ON PAGE SIX. SO I WAS A LITTLE BIT, UM, JUST, JUST OFF, UH, ON THOSE NUMBERS, AND IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN MY ADDITION THAT WAS A LITTLE BIT OFF, BUT I WOULD LOVE TO SEE, UH, A BREAKDOWN WITH, WITH THOSE NUMBERS, UH, UNDER THE EMPLOYED 434 HAVE BEEN EMPLOYED. I'M WONDERING OVER HOW MANY MONTHS, UH, THEY HAVE BEEN EMPLOYED. IS IT RECENTLY SHORT TERM? IS IT OVER THE PAST 30 DAYS? IS IT, UM, 60 DAYS? UM, ALSO WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO THE OTHER TWO THIRDS. DID THEY NOT GET EMPLOYMENT BECAUSE THEY WERE LACKING SOME SOFT SKILLS THAT MAYBE WE CAN HELP 'EM WITH? ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I HAVE ALSO, UM, LEARNED IS THAT A LOT OF FOLKS NEED SOFT SKILLS. SO WHAT IS IT IN ADDITION TO TRAINING? IS IT INTERVIEW SKILLS? UM, ONE OF THE PROGRAMS THAT I, UH, TALKED TO OVER THE SUMMER, AND I THINK IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN ONE OF THE NEW YORK ONES, WAS TELLING US THAT THEY ACTUALLY HAVE A STAFFING AGENCY THAT COMES IN, AND THEY, THEY BASICALLY HIRE THESE FOLKS, UH, AND THEY IMMEDIATELY GET BENEFITS. THEY IMMEDIATELY GET HEALTH INSURANCE, AND THEN THEY'RE THE ONES THAT HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF TRAINING THEM FOR INTERVIEW PROCESS. UH, AND SO THEY NOW HAVE THAT ADDED RESPONSIBILITY TO HELP PLACE THEM. AND SO I LOVE THAT. AND SO, UM, I, I DON'T KNOW TO WHAT EXTENT WE CAN STILL THINK ABOUT SOMETHING LIKE THAT MODEL. UM, I KNOW WE HAVE, UH, SEVERAL POSITIONS THAT HAVE BEEN ALLOCATED SPECIFICALLY TO WORK, UH, ON READY TO WORK HERE IN, IN THE CITY. UH, WONDERING HOW WE'RE LEVERAGING THAT. DO WE HAVE A DATA PERSON? SO I HAVE SEVERAL, SEVERAL QUESTIONS ON THAT. I'LL BE, TO TAKE OFFLINE JUST TO, UM, TO SAVE SOME TIME. BUT IN ADDITION, I, I DO WANNA SAY THAT I'M IMPRESSED WITH THE RETENTION RATE OF 99%. THAT WAS ONE OF THE BIG THINGS THAT AS WE WERE FORMING THIS LAST SUMMER, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT RETENTION RATES. SO THE AVERAGE, UH, UNIVERSITY, UH, IN SAN ANTONIO HAS A RETENTION RATE OF ABOUT 80%. SO 99% RETENTION RATE TO ME IS, UH, IT'S SAYING THAT WE'RE DOING SOMEWHAT OF A, A GOOD JOB, BUT HOW ARE WE PLACING THAT OTHER TWO THIRDS WHO HAVE NOT GOTTEN JOBS? THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'LL BE ASKING ABOUT. UM, ADDITIONALLY, THE CASES CLOSED, UH, DURING EXPLORATION AND DURING TRAINING, THE DEFINITION FOR CLOSES, UH, FOR CASES CLOSED. I'M NOT ENTIRELY SURE WHAT THAT MEANS. SO I'D LOVE TO LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT. AND EQUALLY AS IMPORTANT, THE 2,112 INDIVIDUALS, THAT'S ONLY ONE THIRD WHO RECEIVED STIPENDS, WHAT HAPPENED TO THE OTHER TWO THIRDS THAT DIDN'T RECEIVE STIPENDS? I THINK I'LL, I'LL, I'LL WAIT FOR NOW TO SEE. I THINK ALEX HAS SOME ANSWERS THAT SHE WANTS TO, UM, GIVE ME. SO GO AHEAD, ALEX, AND I'LL CONTINUE. I, I, ABSOLUTELY, MA'AM, AND I'LL TRY TO KEEP THEM VERY, VERY HIGH LEVEL, BUT WE CAN DEFINITELY FOLLOW UP WITH YOU FOR MORE, MORE DETAILS. UM, AS FAR AS THE STIPENDS STARTING BACKWARDS HERE, UM, ON THE STIPENDS, WE ACTUALLY HAD A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS DECLINE THE STIPENDS. UM, AND THE MAIN REASON WE RECEIVED, OR EXPLANATION WE RECEIVED FROM OUR PARTNERS WAS THAT, UM, SOME RESIDENTS, SOME, SOME PARTICIPANTS INDICATED THAT THERE MIGHT BE, UM, SOME CHALLENGES WITH THEIR UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS, NOT CHALLENGES, BUT UNKNOWNS. UM, AND THEY DIDN'T WANNA NECESSARILY, UM, CHALLENGE OR COMPROMISE THAT BENEFIT THAT THEY WERE RECEIVING IN ANY WAY. SO THEY DECLINED THE STIPEND. UM, SO WE, WE HAD A LOT OF THAT TAKING PLACE, UM, THAT MAY CHANGE NOW WITH UNEMPLOYMENT, UM, BENEFITS BEING DECREASED. UM, BUT THAT, THAT WAS A RESOURCE THAT WE KNOW WE HEARD FROM, FROM PARTNERS. LIKE JUST LAST WEEK WE HEARD FROM RESTORE EDUCATION HOW THAT STIPEND MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR SOME, UM, A LARGE MAJORITY OF THEIR, OF THEIR PARTICIPANTS TO ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO, TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM. UM, AS FAR AS SOME OF THE NUMBERS, COUNCIL MEMBER, I THINK THE, SOME OF THE DISCREPANCIES THAT HAPPEN IS THAT, FOR EXAMPLE, UM, THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE THE, THE BREAKDOWN OF THE TYPES OF TRAINING, SOME OF THAT IS CUMULATIVE. UM, AND THEN SOME OF, LIKE WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE PIE CHART OR THE BAR CHARTS THAT SHOW, LIKE THE PIPELINE ON SLIDE SIX, THAT'S A SNAPSHOT OF WHERE PARTICIPANTS ARE RIGHT NOW. SO THE PEOPLE THAT ARE EMPLOYED, THE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN JOB SEARCH, THEY ALREADY WENT THROUGH THE TRAINING, UM, VERSUS THE OTHER SLIDE THAT GIVES YOU, THIS IS ALL OF THE TYPES OF TRAINING THAT PEOPLE HAVE. SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF APPLES AND ORANGES, UNFORTUNATELY, WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO GET CREATIVE WITH HOW WE CAN BEST SHOW SOME OF THIS, UM, DATA TO GIVE YOU AS MUCH AS WE [00:50:01] CAN IN A, IN A, UM, IN A, IN A GOOD, CONCISE WAY. UM, BUT WE CAN ABSOLUTELY FOLLOW UP WITH YOU TO GIVE YOU MORE, MORE OF A BREAKDOWN AND ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBER THAT WOULD LIKE TO GET A LITTLE BIT MORE BREAKDOWN, AND WE WELCOME YOUR FEEDBACK. IF THERE'S A BETTER WAY TO SHARE AND VISUALIZE THIS AS WELL. WE'RE TRYING DIFFERENT THINGS RIGHT NOW. WE'RE ALSO, UM, TINA MADE REFERENCE TO A MAYOR'S REPORT, UM, THAT IS DATA THAT IS ACTUALLY, UM, A, A DATA SET AND, AND IT'S NOT VERY SOPHISTICATED RIGHT NOW. IT'S LITERALLY A, A FIVE OR SIX PAGE WORD DOCUMENT THAT HAS A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT INDICATORS THAT WE SHARE WITH THE MAYOR STAFF EVERY TWO WEEKS. WHAT WE STARTED DOING A COUPLE WEEKS AGO IS ACTUALLY POSTING IT ON OUR COVID RECOVERY WEBSITE AS WELL. AND WHAT, UM, TINA AND THE TEAM ARE ALSO WORKING ON WITH OUR I T S D DEPARTMENT, UM, OR WITH THE TEAM THERE IS FINDING A, A WAY TO DASHBOARD THIS. UM, IT'S, AGAIN, IT'S A LOT OF DATA AND WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT ARE THOSE MEANINGFUL INDICATORS AND WHAT'S THE BEST WAY TO SHOW IT, TO REPRESENT IT FOR OUR COMMUNITY. UM, SO WE CAN ABSOLUTELY SHARE THAT REPORT, BUT THEN WE CAN ALSO, UM, SEE IF THERE'S, IF THERE'S PARTICULAR INDICATORS IN THERE THAT YOU THINK THIS IS A REALLY IMPORTANT ONE, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE PUT THAT ON THE DASHBOARD. THAT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL AS WELL. WONDERFUL. THANK YOU, ALEX. I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT. I, I DIDN'T KNOW THAT THE, UM, MAYOR'S, UH, REPORT WAS, UM, WEEKLY OR, OR, OR I THINK YOU SAID BIWEEKLY. SO I'D LOVE TO, UM, SEE THAT COUNCILMAN PAL AND I ARE, UH, THE LIAISONS TO READY TO WORK. SO I THINK THAT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL IF WE KIND OF KEEP AN EYE ON THAT AS WELL. UM, THE, ON THE JOB TRAINING, I WAS WONDERING, WE HAVE ACTUALS OF, OF 15, UM, UP THROUGH AUGUST THE 11TH, WE HAVE A GOAL OF 110. UM, HOWEVER, A LOT OF THE FOCUS IT SEEMS TO BE WITH OUR TRAINING INDUSTRIES IS ON MEDICAL. UM, CAREER PLACEMENT IS ALSO THE HIGHEST, UH, IN MEDICAL IT SEEMS. BUT HAVE YOU SEEN A NEW SHIFT, OR WHAT ARE WE DOING TO MAYBE INCENTIVIZE SOME OF THE SMALL BUSINESSES THAT MIGHT HAVE SOME OPPORTUNITY FOR ON-THE-JOB TRAINING? HAVE WE DONE ANYTHING JUST YET ON THAT? WE CONTINUED TO WORK WITH, UM, ACTUALLY WE OPENED IT UP TO ALL OF THE PARTNERS. UM, ORIGINALLY WE WERE JUST FOCUSING ON WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS, ALAMO, TO DO THE, THE PLACING FOR ON-THE-JOB TRAINING. UM, BUT SA WORKS FOR MANHA AND HER TEAM HAVE REALLY TAKEN A DIFFERENT APPROACH TO THIS NOW, AND REALLY TRYING TO WORK WITH MORE BUSINESSES AND, AND FIND THOSE CONNECTIONS. UM, WE, WE WERE, WE WERE NOT NECESSARILY SEEING THE ALIGNMENT BETWEEN THE SKILLS, EVEN THE, THE BASIC PRELIMINARY SKILLS THAT RESIDENTS HAD WITHOUT ANY TRAINING. UM, OUR, OUR BUSINESSES, INCLUDING OUR SMALL BUSINESSES, WERE REALLY TELLING US THEY WEREN'T QUITE THERE YET. UM, THIS WAS ALSO THAT SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT I'VE HEARD FROM DR. MANITA, UM, WERE ASSOCIATED WITH, UM, SOME OF THE, UM, SOME OF THE PROCESSES THAT HAVE TO BE, UH, IN PLACE IN ORDER FOR THE STIPENDS TO STILL BE PAID TO THE PARTICIPANTS, AND KIND OF JUST THE LOGISTICS BETWEEN THE BUSINESS PAYING THEM VERSUS THIS STIPEND DOLLARS AND THAT, THAT WAS GETTING COMPLICATED, AND IT CAN PARTICULARLY BE COMPLICATED FOR SMALL BUSINESSES. UM, SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE LOGISTICS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO WORK THROUGH. WE'RE GETTING FEEDBACK DIRECTLY FROM HER AND WHAT SHE'S HEARING FROM BUSINESSES. UM, THIS WAS ALSO ONE OF THE AREAS WHERE WE SAW, UM, BACKGROUND CHECKS, UM, BEING A BARRIER FOR, FOR SOME PARTICIPANTS. UM, ONE OF THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE'VE SEEN IS THAT WE MIGHT BE, THERE MIGHT BE THE OPPORTUNITY ONCE A PARTICIPANT COMPLETES, UM, EITHER A HIGH SCHOOL EQUIVALENCY GETS THEIR, THEIR G E D OR DIPLOMA OR, OR COMPLETE SOME SORT OF SHORT TERM TRAINING, THEY MIGHT THEN BE BETTER SUITED FOR ONE OF THOSE ON THE JOB TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES THAT FURTHER BUILDS THEIR SKILLS. UM, THEY MIGHT NEED THAT BASIC, UM, INTRODUCTORY SKILL LEVEL SO THAT THEY COULD BE A BETTER MATCH FOR SOME OF THESE OPPORTUNITIES THAT OUR SMALL BUSINESSES HAVE. SO WE'RE TRYING TO GET CREATIVE AROUND SOME OF THE CHALLENGES OF ASSOCIATED WITH ON THE JOB TRAINING AND KEEPING THAT IN MIND FOR, FOR WHEN WE'RE PLANNING FOR READY TO WORK AS WELL. THANK YOU, ALEX. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I LEARNED THIS MORNING FROM THE POPE BROTHERS FOUNDATION IN CHICAGO WAS THAT NUMERACY AND LITERACY, UH, WAS ONE OF THE, THE THINGS THAT WE'RE HOLDING PEOPLE BACK, EVEN FROM THESE IMMEDIATE JOB PLACEMENTS. SO I DEFINITELY THINK THAT, UM, WE NEED TO CONSIDER SOMETHING. THEY HAVE A, THEY MENTIONED A BRIDGE PROGRAM, AND I'D IMAGINE IT WORKS SOMETHING LIKE, UH, RESTORE EDUCATION WORKS IN, IN OUR PARTNERSHIPS, RIGHT? UM, BUT IT SEEMS TO BE THAT THEY HAVE A PRETTY THOROUGH ONE. UH, OF COURSE IN THEY, THEY MENTIONED THAT IN CHICAGO FOR THEM, THEY HAVE A LOT OF FOLKS THAT ARE LOOKING FOR SECOND CHANCE EMPLOYMENT. SO THEY MIGHT BE SOMEONE THAT, THAT WE CONTINUE TO REACH OUT TO AND SEE HOW WE, UM, MAYBE, UH, WORK WITH THEM AND SEE HOW THEY WORK THROUGH SOME OF THE CASES SUCH AS THE ONES THAT COUNSEL WOMEN CASTILLO JUST MENTIONED EARLIER. UM, AND THEN FINALLY, UH, SPEAKING OF BRIDGING, [00:55:01] YOU ALL HAVE ON THE SLIDE BRIDGE THE TRANSITION BETWEEN TRAIN FOR JOBS, SAY, AND ESSAY READY TO WORK. AND, UM, I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF CONFUSION, UH, UH, JUST BECAUSE PEOPLE THINK THAT, UM, ONCE THEY, UH, THAT, THAT THE VOTERS APPROVED READY TO WORK, THAT IT IMMEDIATELY TOOK EFFECT. AND IN REALITY, IT WAS TRAINED FOR JOBS, I'LL SAY. AND SO FROM A BRANDING PERSPECTIVE, UM, THERE, THERE, THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT, RIGHT, TWO DIFFERENT BRANDS. HOWEVER, I DON'T THINK THAT A LOT OF THE, UH, THE, THE, UM, EVERYDAY FOLKS THINK THAT THEY REALIZE THAT IT'S TWO DIFFERENT PROGRAMS, RIGHT? SO THAT BRIDGE IS GONNA BE CRITICAL, THAT TRANSITION. UM, I THINK THAT WE HAVE LOST A LOT OF, UM, TIME, UH, UH, AND EFFORT TRYING TO EXPLAIN, UM, UH, THAT, THAT THERE'S, THERE'S, THERE'S TWO DIFFERENCE WITHIN OURSELVES, BUT NOT NECESSARILY WITH THE PUBLIC, RIGHT? SO, UM, DURING THE LAUNCH OF THE, UM, UH, THE SYMPOSIUM A FEW WEEKS AGO, I MENTIONED THAT I TRY TO MENTION THAT I TRY TO STRESS THAT I THINK READY TO WORK HAS TECHNICALLY NOT KICKED OFF. WE LITERALLY JUST SUBMITTED THE FIRST R F P A FEW WEEKS AGO, READY, UH, TRAINED FOR JOBS SA WAS SOMETHING THAT WE FUNDED THROUGH FEDERAL DOLLARS. AND I THINK THAT THAT MESSAGE NEEDS TO CONTINUE AS WE ENGAGE WITH OUR, UH, LOCAL PARTNERS, RIGHT? BECAUSE EVEN FOLKS THAT ARE HIGHLY ENGAGED ARE STILL CONFUSING THE TWO. AND SO I JUST WANTED TO, TO MAKE SURE THAT FROM A MESSAGING PERSPECTIVE, THAT WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO SAY TRAIN FOR JOBS WILL CONCLUDE IN DECEMBER, UH, READY TO WORK, WE'LL HAVE A SOFT LAUNCH IN DECEMBER. AND BY THE WAY, I STILL THINK THAT WE SHOULD PROBABLY DO A SOFT LAUNCH A LITTLE BIT EARLIER BECAUSE OF THE TRAINING PROGRAMS. OBVIOUSLY PEOPLE NEED TO REGISTER FOR CLASSES, WE NEED TO SEE WHAT'S BEING OFFERED AT THE COMMUNITY COLLEGES. WE NEED TO SEE WHAT SIX WEEKS, UH, 12 WEEK TRAINING PROGRAMS ARE AVAILABLE, SO THAT WE CAN HAVE THAT, THAT HARD LAUNCH, IF YOU WILL, PROBABLY IN JANUARY AT THE START OF THE YEAR. UM, BUT THOSE ARE ALL MY COMMENTS. UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR, AND THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY WORKING ON THIS, AND THANKS FOR MY COLLEAGUES, UH, FOR THOUGHTFUL QUESTIONS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. EXCELLENT COMMENTS. UM, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT NOBODY, UH, HAS ANY FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS. AND SO, UH, COUNCILWOMAN CASTILLO, YOU GOT ANYTHING ELSE? COUNCILWOMAN? I THINK YOU MIGHT BE ON MUTE. WE CAN'T HEAR A WORD YOU'RE SAYING. NOTHING WE STILL CAN'T HEAR, BUT, UH, WHILE WE WORK THAT OUT, UH, COUNCILMAN COURAGE, DO YOU, DO YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS THAT YOU SAID YOUR PIECE? YEAH, I THINK, UH, COUNCILMAN BUTCHER GARCIA HIT ON A LOT OF THE IMPORTANT POINTS TOO, SO, UH, THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU. RIGHT. COUNCILWOMAN GERRAN, UH, ARE, ARE YOU SATISFIED? DID YOU, DID YOU GET THE CHANCE TO SAY EVERYTHING OR, OR ASK ALL YOUR QUESTIONS? IS MY MIC WORKING NOW? OH, YES, TERRY, IT'S WORKING NOW. OKAY, GREAT. UM, YEAH, DO WE KNOW WHO SOME OF THE PRIMARY EMPLOYERS FOR THE, THE TRAIN, THE JOBS GRADUATES ARE, AND WHAT IS THEIR BASE WAGE? DO WE HAVE THAT INFORMATION? WE DO. AND, UM, WE CAN DEFINITELY GET THAT INFORMATION TO YOU BECAUSE THE FIRST ONE THAT COMES TO MIND IS METHODIST. UM, I KNOW EVERY TWO WEEKS WHEN I LOOK AT IT, METHODIST HEALTHCARE IS THE, THE LOCAL EMPLOYER THAT HAS HIRED THE MOST TRAINED FOR JOBS PARTICIPANTS. UM, AND THEIR SPECIFIC WAGES, I'M NOT SURE IF WE HAVE, WE TRACK OVERALL THE WAGES THAT PARTICIPANTS ARE, ARE MAKING. UM, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF WE TRAIN SPECIFICALLY BY, BY, IN, BY COMPANY. AND, AND THAT'LL ALSO INCLUDE THE BASE WAGE. OKAY. I'M NOT SURE IF WE TRACK BY LIKE THIS COMPANY AND THESE ARE THE BASE WAGES, BUT I, WE CAN, WE CAN LOOK INTO THAT COUNCIL MEMBER. THANK YOU. AND CAN COUNCIL RECEIVE A LINE ITEM BREAKDOWN OF ALL THE WORKFORCE PILLARS, UH, FOR TRAIN THE JOBS EXPENDITURES? AND DO WE KNOW HOW MUCH OF THE GENERAL FUND IS, UH, FUNDS ALLOCATED ARE LEFT OVER FROM THE TRAIN, THE JOBS PROGRAM? YES. COUNCIL MEMBER, THERE IS A, UM, RECOVERY PLAN, RECOVERY AND RESILIENCY PLAN WEBSITE, AND THERE'S FINANCIAL REPORTS THAT ARE POSTED, UM, I BELIEVE ON A MONTHLY BASIS WE CAN GET YOU THE LINK TO THAT. UM, THAT, THAT REPORTS EVERYTHING, NOT JUST ON WORKFORCE, BUT ALSO ON THE DIGITAL INCLUSION, THE HOUSING AND, AND ALL THE DIFFERENT PILLARS FOR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. IT WAS REALLY JUST TWO MAIN STRATEGIES. IT WAS THE TRAINING AND IT WAS THE CHILDCARE. UM, EARLY ON, A COUPLE MONTHS AGO NOW, MOST OF THE, OF THE CHILDCARE FUNDING THAT HAD ORIGINALLY BEEN ALLOCATED WAS REAPPROPRIATED, UM, FOR OTHER, UH, RECOVERY ORIENTED PROGRAMS. BUT THE, THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT FUNDING WAS STILL IN PLACE. AND THAT IS WHAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING. WE CONTINUE TO USE [01:00:01] AS WE, AS WE CONTINUE THE PROGRAM THROUGH THE END OF THE YEAR. BUT WE CAN GET YOU THE LINK TO THE FINANCIAL REPORTS. THANK YOU. THAT WAS GOING TO BE MY FOLLOW UP QUESTION. IF FUNDS COULD BE REALLOCATED TOWARDS LIKE, SOME TYPE OF SUPPORT, LIKE SMALL BUSINESS SUPPORT IF NEEDED. UM, BUT THANK YOU. MM-HMM. . THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN. UM, COUNCILWOMAN VRAN, UH, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANNA ADD? ANY OTHER COMMENTS? GOING ONCE, GOING TWICE. OKAY. UM, SO, SO JUST, UM, SOME SUGGESTIONS, TAKE 'EM OR LEAVE HIM. BUT IT OCCURS TO ME THAT WE'VE GOT SOME CITY FACILITIES WHERE WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO RECRUITMENT AND SPREADING THE GOSPEL ABOUT THIS, UH, ABOUT THIS PROGRAM. UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE GET HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE A DAY GOING IN AND OUTTA MUNICIPAL COURT. UM, AND, YOU KNOW, MANY OF THEM HAVE TO DO JURY DUTY AND THEY, WE'VE GOT A CAPTIVE AUDIENCES THERE AS WELL. UM, NOTHING WRONG WITH ARMING OUR JUDGES, UH, WITH TALKING POINTS AND FLYERS. UM, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THEY TALK TO, UH, YOU KNOW, THESE DEFENDANTS AND SUGGEST TO THEM WAYS THAT THEY CAN IMPROVE THEIR LIFE BASED ON, YOU KNOW, UH, THE KIND OF CASES THEY'RE BEFORE THEM. I, I'D ENCOURAGE ALL TO, TO, UH, RECRUIT THEM. UM, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE PAY FOR THAT FACILITY, YOU MIGHT AS WELL, UH, YOU KNOW, USE IT TO ITS MAXIMUM POTENTIAL. THE OTHER ONE IS, UM, I UNDERSTAND, UH, TINA FLORES HAS, UH, YOU KNOW, A FEW HUNDRED PEOPLE A DAY, UH, HEADING INTO THE VITAL RECORDS BUILDING, UH, SO MANY THAT THEY POUR OUT INTO THE PARKING LOT AND THEY HAVE TO WAIT OUT THERE IN THE HEAT. UM, YOU KNOW, IT SEEMS TO ME LIKE A REALLY GOOD OPPORTUNITY, UH, TINA, FOR YOU AND YOUR CREW, AND, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE WELCOME TO WEIGH IN HERE, BUT I, I, I DO THINK THIS IS A, YOU KNOW, A WAY FOR YOU TO INNOVATE AND PARTICIPATE IN THIS EFFORT ALSO, UH, BY TALKING TO THE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE. HOW MANY PEOPLE DO YOU GET A DAY IN THERE? I WOULD SAY APPROXIMATELY SIX TO 700. AND, UH, COUNCILMAN, THAT'S A WONDERFUL IDEA FOR OUTREACH INITIATIVE A DAY. 600. YES, SIR. MY GOD. OKAY. UM, AND THEN, UH, YOU KNOW, WE, WE'VE GOT LIBRARIES WHERE MOMS AND DADS, YOU KNOW, GO IN AND GRANDPARENTS, AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE NEED TO DO MORE THAN JUST PUT A SHEET UP ON THE BULLETIN BOARD. IT FRUSTRATES ME WHEN I GO TO JOHN IGO WHEN I JUST SEE, YOU KNOW, IMPORTANT PRO, YOU KNOW, PROGRAMS JUST ADVERTISED ON A BULLETIN BOARD. AND I, I THINK THERE'S, YOU KNOW, A WAY THAT WE CAN TOUCH PEOPLE, UH, A LITTLE BIT MORE MEANINGFULLY THERE. UM, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, JUST SOME, TWO OTHER GROUPS, UM, THE APARTMENT ASSOCIATION IN SAHA, RIGHT? I MEAN, THEY TALK TO TENANTS AND THEY TALK TO THE LANDLORDS ALL THE TIME. AND I WOULD VENTURE TO SAY THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE FOLKS WHO ARE GONNA BE PARTICIPATING IN THIS PROGRAM, UH, AS TRAINEES ARE PROBABLY RENTERS. UM, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE TALKING TO RENTERS BY WAY OF THE APARTMENT ASSOCIATION AND ALL THE LANDLORDS AND SAHA, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT YET ANOTHER CAPTIVE AUDIENCE OUT THERE. UM, AND, YOU KNOW, A VEHICLE, UM, THROUGH WHICH WE CAN ADVERTISE. AND THEN LASTLY, THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAVE A, A PROFESSIONAL CALLED FAMILY SPECIALISTS. UM, AND THE FAMILY SPECIALISTS ARE DEDICATED TO HELPING THE FAMILIES REMOVE OBSTACLES, UH, THAT WOULD IMPEDE KIDS SHOWING UP TO CLASS, RIGHT? AND SOMETIMES THOSE OBSTACLES ARE JOBLESSNESS AND HOUSELESSNESS AND, YOU KNOW, UM, NOT BEING ABLE TO GET BIRTH CERTIFICATES AND ALL THAT. UM, AND SO THE FAMILY SPECIALIST IS THERE TO ASSIST THEM, BUT IT SEEMS TO ME LIKE WE COULD WORK WITH THE ISDS AND, UM, AND RECRUIT THEIR FAMILY SPECIALISTS TO PROVIDE INFORMATION AND LET THEM BE, BECAUSE OFTENTIMES THOSE FAMILY SPECIALISTS BECOME TRUSTED ADVISORS TO THESE FAMILIES, UH, AND THEY TRUST THE FAMILY SPECIALISTS MORE THAN THEY TRUST ANY OTHER GOVERNMENT FUNCTIONARY. UM, AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, MIKE, IT'S, UH, IT'S SOMETHING YOU GUYS MAY WANT TO CONSIDER TO GO OUT THERE AND, AND TALK TO THOSE FOLKS. ANYWAY, I, I, I ENJOYED THIS CONVERSATION. I THINK WE'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK. UM, THANK YOU FOR BEGINNING AND ENDING THE, THE PRESENTATION, THE STORIES ABOUT DESTINY AND, UM, AND MAURICE AND ALL THEM. SO, UM, [3. A briefing and possible action regarding the status of the Interlocal Agreement relating to a prior utility escrow settlement between the City of San Antonio and the Alamo Colleges District. [Alejandra Lopez, Assistant City Manager]] WE'VE GOT ITEM NUMBER TWO, UH, ALEX, AND I THINK THIS ONE'S GONNA BE A LITTLE EASIER, RIGHT? OR A LITTLE SHORTER. IT, IT SHOULD BE. I'LL TRY TO KEEP IT THAT WAY. UM, OKAY. AND I'M ACTUALLY GONNA BE DOING THIS PRESENTATION. IT, IT'S ACTUALLY SOMEWHAT ROUTINE, UM, BUT WE ONLY DO IT EVERY TWO YEARS. SO THERE WILL BE A LITTLE BIT OF I'LL, I WILL START OFF WITH A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND. UM, WHAT WE'RE DOING TODAY IS ACTUALLY SITTING THE, UM, SEEKING THE COMMITTEE'S, UH, APPROVAL FOR A LONGSTANDING INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH ALAMO COLLEGES THAT SUPPORTS VARIOUS, UM, CITY AND ALAMO COLLEGE'S PROGRAMS. SO, STARTING OFF WITH JUST THAT LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND, LIKE I MENTIONED, IN 2001, CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZED A 15 YEAR SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT THAT ESTABLISHED AN ESCROW ACCOUNT TO HOLD THE CITY'S 14% SHARE OF C P S REVENUES FROM ALAMO COLLEGE DISTRICTS ACCOUNTS OR FACILITIES. UM, THIS FUNDING WAS TO BE USED IN COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE CITY AND ALAMO COLLEGES, UM, FOR TRAINING PROGRAMS AND, AND, UM, WAY BACK WHEN IT ACTUALLY ALSO INCLUDED CUSTOMIZED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TRAINING. UM, THIS PARTNERSHIP WAS RENEWED IN 2016, [01:05:01] UM, FOR AN ADDITIONAL 15 YEARS. AND THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT, UH, THAT WAS AUTHORIZED BY CITY COUNCIL TWO YEARS AGO IN 2019, SUPPORTS FOUR PROGRAMS. UM, THE ALAMO ACADEMIES, UH, CITY EMPLOYEE TRAINING, UM, THE MENTOR PROTEGE PROGRAM, AND OUR THE TRAIN FOR JOB SUCCESS PROGRAM. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. UM, SO THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE BUDGET APPROVED FOR EACH OF THE PROGRAMS THROUGH THE CURRENT I L A FOR FISCAL YEARS 20 AND 21. UM, IN FISCAL YEAR 21, A REDUCTION IN PROGRAM FUNDING WAS NEEDED, UM, BECAUSE WE WERE SEEING SOME ENERGY EFFICIENCIES IN THE ALAMO COLLEGE FACILITIES. THAT, AND THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC CLOSURES, WE SAW REDUCED, UH, C P S ENERGY REVENUES INTO THE ESCROW ACCOUNT. AND, UM, WHAT THIS MEANS IS THAT THERE'S LESS PROGRAMMATIC FUNDING THAT WAS AVAILABLE FOR THESE PROGRAMS. UM, WE ACTUALLY STARTED SEEING THE DECREASES IN 22, IN 2020, UM, BUT WE HAD BUILT UP A LITTLE BIT OF AN ESCROW BALANCE THAT ALLOWED US TO SUPPORT PROGRAMS AT THEIR ORIGINAL BALANCE LEVELS FOR 2020. UM, AND WE COORDINATED THEM SO THAT FOR COORDINATED WITH THEM, UM, SO THAT FOR 2021, WE'D BE ABLE TO BUILD IN THE REDUCTIONS THAT YOU SEE, UM, ON THE, THE LAST COLUMN OF THIS SLIDE HERE. UM, IT, WE DON'T HAVE THAT ESCROW. WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT ESCROW AVAILABLE ANYMORE FOR 2021, SO, SO THE REDUCTIONS WEREN'T NEEDED. UM, ON THE NEXT SLIDE, YOU SEE THE PROPOSED BUDGETS FOR UMW FISCAL YEAR 22 AND 23, UH, WHICH MAKE FURTHER REDUCTIONS TO THE VARIOUS PROGRAMS, UH, VARIOUS PROGRAM BUDGETS AND, AND THIS RECOMMEND RECOMMENDED BUDGET. WE'RE ALSO ELIMINATING FUNDING FOR, UM, THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES TRAINED FOR JOB SUCCESS PROGRAM THROUGH THIS INTERLOCAL. YOU PROBABLY SAW IN THE PREVIOUS SLIDE THAT FOR FISCAL YEAR 21, WE ACTUALLY ALREADY REDUCED THE FUNDING THAT WAS PART OF, OF THE REDUCTIONS THAT WE, WE NEEDED TO MAKE, UM, TO BE BALANCED FOR, FOR FISCAL YEAR 21. FOR FISCAL YEAR 22, WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT, UM, THE TRAIN FOR JOB SUCCESS PROGRAM ACTUALLY BE FUNDED THROUGH WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT GENERAL FUND DOLLARS. UM, THAT PROGRAM IS ACTUALLY VERY MUCH IN LINE WITH OUR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES. IT'S, UM, IT PROVIDES CASE MANAGEMENT. UM, AND THE, THE FUNDING THAT WAS RECEIVED THROUGH THIS INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WAS ACTUALLY THE TUITION ASSISTANCE FOR PARTICIPANTS. SO IT VERY MUCH ALIGNS WITH, UM, FOR EXAMPLE, RIGHT NOW OUR TRAIN FOR JOBS PROGRAM, WE APOLOGIZE FOR THE CONFUSION BECAUSE THEN THE PROGRAM NAMES ARE EXTREMELY SIMILAR. UM, BUT IT, IT, THAT JUST COINCIDES WITH HOW SIMILAR THESE PROGRAMS ACTUALLY ARE. UM, IT'S JUST THE HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT PROGRAM WAS ACTUALLY GRANT FUNDED THROUGH, THROUGH FEDERAL GRANTS, AND WE WOULD SUPPORT WITH THE TRAINING CREDITS. UM, HUMAN SERVICES IS, WILL BE KEEPING THAT PROGRAM, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO USE THE GRANT FUNDING TO SUPPORT THE CASE MANAGEMENT AND SUPPORT SERVICES. BUT WE WOULD RECOMMEND THAT THE TRAINING THAT TUITION AND TRAINING ASSISTANCE COME THROUGH OUR GENERAL FUND DOLLARS ASSOCIATED WITH WORKFORCE THAT YOU HEARD ABOUT EARLIER THIS MORNING. UM, ON THE NEXT SLIDE, WE'RE GONNA GIVE YOU JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL ON EACH OF THE PROGRAMS THAT ARE FUNDED THROUGH THE I L A, STARTING WITH THE ALAMO ACADE ACADEMIES. UM, AND THEY'VE RECEIVED SUPPORT THROUGH THIS INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT SINCE THEIR INCEPTION IN 2011. UM, A TOTAL OF FIVE DISTRICT FIVE DIFFERENT ACADEMIES PROVIDE TRAINING, COLLEGE CREDIT AND, AND SUMMER INTERNSHIPS TO HIGH SCHOOL JUNIORS AND SENIORS IN TARGETED INDUSTRIES SUCH AS AEROSPACE, IT ADVANCED MANUFACTURING, HEALTH PROFESSIONS, AND DIESEL TECHNOLOGY. UM, THE GOAL IS TO HAVE 141 STUDENTS PARTICIPATE EACH YEAR, UM, AND WE HAVE SET ASIDE $400,000 OR NEARLY HALF OF THE ENTIRE AVAILABLE FUNDING, UM, FOR THIS TO CONTINUE THIS RECOMMENDED PROGRAM. UM, ON THE NEXT SLIDE, I BELIEVE WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF DETAILS, UM, ABOUT THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT THAT THIS INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT, UM, IS ABLE TO PROVIDE FOR OUR CITY EMPLOYEES. OUR HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT COORDINATES EMPLOYEE EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES, INCLUDING G E D EXAMS AND, AND THE PREP ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE EXAMS. ALONG WITH C D L EXAM TRAINING. UM, CITY STAFF CAN ALSO ACCESS PROJECT MANAGEMENT, UH, PROCESS IMPROVEMENT TRAINING AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS. SO OUR GOAL IS, UM, FOR THIS WORK TO ACHIEVE 60,000 TRAINING HOURS, UH, FOR CITY EMPLOYEES. UM, AND FOR THAT WE'VE ESTABLISHED, UH, OR ARE RECOMMENDING A BUDGET OF $350,000. UM, AND THEN ON THE LAST PROGRAM IS THE MENTOR PROTEGE PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES CAPACITY BUILDING EDUCATIONAL COURSES SPECIFIC TO THE NEEDS OF SMALL BUSINESSES. SOME OF THESE COURSES INCLUDE, UH, HOW TO WRITE A BUSINESS PLAN [01:10:01] OR MANAGING FINANCIALS, HOW TO ACCESS CREDIT, AND, AND HOW TO MARKET, UH, YOUR BUSINESS. UM, THE PROGRAM PROVIDES INDIVIDUAL BUSINESS COUNSELING, AND IT FACILITATES MENTOR PROTEGE PARTNERSHIPS, WHICH ALLOW OUR SMALL BUSINESSES TO LEARN, UH, MORE SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS PRACTICES FROM INEXPERIENCED LEADERS IN THEIR INDUSTRIES. SO IN FISCAL YEAR 2020, WE HAD 72 COMPANIES PARTICIPATE AS PROTEGES AND 20 COMPANIES PARTICIPATE OR SERVE AS MENTORS. UM, WE'RE GONNA HAVE FOUR OF THE COMPANIES, UH, GRADUATE THIS FALL. FOUR OF OUR PROTEGES ARE GRADUATING THIS FALL, AND OUR GOAL FOR NEXT YEAR IS TO ADD ANOTHER 10, UH, PROTEGE COMPANIES INTO THE PROGRAM. UH, WE'RE MAINTAINING, WE'RE RECOMMENDING MAINTAINING THE SAME LEVEL OF FUNDING, WHICH REALLY WHAT THIS DOES IS SUPPORT A, A PROGRAM COORDINATOR AT ALAMO COLLEGES THAT REALLY FOCUSES THE WORK ON, ON THE MATCHING AND MAKING SURE THAT THOSE PAIRING RELATIONSHIPS ARE MOVING FORWARD. AND THEN, UM, IN CLOSING, OUR, OUR RECOMMENDATION IS JUST THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE SEEKING YOUR APPROVAL, UH, FOR THE BUDGET AND THIS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS INNER LOCAL AGREEMENT AND, UM, YOUR, YOUR APPROVAL TO FORWARD THIS TO FULL CITY COUNCIL CONSIDERATION. AND, UM, I'M NOT SURE IF WE HAVE ANY REPRESENTATIVES OF THE PROGRAMS AVAILABLE OR ON THE CALL RIGHT NOW, BUT I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. GREAT, THANKS. AND, UM, LET'S START, UH, YOU KNOW, WITH ANY QUESTIONS, UH, COUNCILWOMAN CASTILLO, YOU GOT ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? NO, NO QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS AT THE MOMENT? THANK YOU. OKAY, GREAT. COUNCILMAN, COURAGE? YES. UH, THANK YOU. THE ONLY QUESTION I HAVE IS SINCE WE'VE HAD A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE, UH, COLLEGE DISTRICT FOR QUITE A WHILE, AND NOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT REDUCING THE SOMEWHAT THE FINANCIAL COMMITMENT OF THAT RELATIONSHIP, RELATIONSHIP, UH, WHAT HAS BEEN, UH, THE FEELING, THE REMARKS, UH, THE ATTITUDE OF, UH, THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE, UH, TO THIS SUGGESTION? ARE THEY FULLY ON BOARD? ABSOLUTELY. COUNCIL MEMBER, THEY UNDERSTAND THAT THE WAY THIS RELATIONSHIP WORKS IS THE DOLLARS ARE THERE, UM, BASED ON, ON THOSE C P S BILLINGS. AND, UM, WE, WE MANAGE THEM VERY CLOSELY. WE WORK WITH ALAMO COLLEGES VERY, VERY CLOSELY TO MAKE SURE THAT AS ADJUSTMENTS NEED TO HAPPEN, LIKE WE SAW A YEAR AGO, THAT WE COORDINATE WITH THE PROGRAMS, UM, LIKE HUMAN SERVICES, THE ACADEMIES, TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S THE BEST WAY TO ABSORB SOME OF THESE CHANGES IF AND WHEN THEY NEED TO HAPPEN. OKAY. THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. COUNCILWOMAN ROCHA GARCIA, NO QUESTIONS. JUST, UM, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION AND I MOVE THAT WE FORWARD THIS TO COUNCIL LAY SESSION FOR CONSIDERATION. I SECOND THE MOTION. GREAT. WE GOT A MOTION IN A SECOND, UH, AND BRINGING UP THE REAR COUNCILWOMAN VRAN. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM? I THINK WE LOST THE COUNCILWOMAN. OKAY. UH, WE GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE TABLE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE VOTE. AYE. GREAT. UH, HEARING NO OPPOSITION. AYE. YOU GOT, UH, AN AYE AND YOU GOT, UH, UNANIMOUS SUPPORT. ALEX. UM, UH, FOLKS, I THINK THIS BRINGS US TO, UH, THE END OF OUR MEETING, RIGHT, ALEX? AND SO WHAT, WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS, UM, MEET WITH EACH OF YOU INDIVIDUALLY AT SOME POINT. UM, AND, UH, COUNCIL MC CASTILLO, YOU AND I ARE GONNA BE MEETING SHORTLY. UH, AND ONE OF THE THINGS I'LL ASK YOU TO DO IS THINK ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, TOPICS AND, UH, AND, AND THINGS THAT YOU WOULD WANT TO DISCUSS AT THIS COMMITTEE. UM, YOU KNOW, THE AGENDA IS YOURS AND, UH, I, I, I WANNA HEAR FROM YOU, UM, YOU KNOW, OUTSIDE OF, OF THESE MEETINGS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE, UM, HITTING YOUR PRIORITIES AS WELL. UH, SO THANKS TO EVERYBODY, I APPRECIATE IT. WE'RE ADJOURNED. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.