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GO AHEAD AND TAKE YOUR, ALRIGHT, I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND CALL US TO ORDER.
THE TIME IS 2:10 PM ON THIS 28TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2022.
WELCOME TO OUR CITY COUNCIL B SESSION.
MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU READ THE ROLE? COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO HERE.
COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ IS HERE VIRTUALLY.
COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO IS HERE, VIRTUALLY.
COUNCIL MEMBER CAB BERDA HERE.
COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE PRESENT.
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TO OUR CITY COUNCIL B SESSION.WE HAVE TWO ITEMS ON THE AGENDA TODAY, SO LET ME TURN IT OVER TO CITY MANAGER ERIC WALSH TO GET US STARTED.
UM, GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
SO, OUR FIRST ITEM THIS MORNING OR THIS AFTERNOON IS, UH, AN OVERVIEW OF OUR, UH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK, UM, AND, UH, AS WELL AS OUR STAFF RECOMMENDED IMPLEMENTATION, UH, WORK PLAN.
UM, IT'S THE FOCUS OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, UM, TO, TO CONTINUE TO HAVE A STRONG VISION WITH CLEARLY LAID OUT STRATEGIES, UM, COMING OUTTA THE PANDEMIC TO CONTINUE TO HELP THIS COMMUNITY AND OUR OWN ECONOMY CONTINUE ON THE PATH OF LONG-TERM RESILIENCY.
UM, THE FRAMEWORK WAS DEVELOPED THAT YOU'LL HEAR TODAY, AND I I KNOW SOME OF THIS HAS BEEN, UH, PRESENTED TO THE COMMITTEES, UH, BEFORE TODAY WAS DEVELOPED WITH THE FEEDBACK, UH, WITH, UH, A NUMBER OF OUR PARTNERS AND STAKEHOLDERS ACROSS THE COMMUNITY.
UM, SO I WANT TO THANK ALL OF THEIR, UH, CONTRIBUTIONS AND TIME SPENT WITH THE CONSULTANTS IN GA GATHERING FEEDBACK.
UM, AND OBVIOUSLY THE DRAFT FRAMEWORK, UH, WAS STILL NEEDS.
UH, WE WANTED TO GET SOME FEEDBACK FROM THE FULL COUNCIL.
WE HAVE GONE TO THE ECONOMIC AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE.
UH, WE'VE ALSO GONE TO THE SMALL BUSINESS ADVISORY COMMISSION.
AND, UM, FEEDBACK FROM THOSE TWO ENTITIES IS REFLECTED IN THE PRESENTATION YOU'LL SEE TODAY.
UM, BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO BRENDA TO, UH, INTRO THE ITEM, THIS, UH, THIS WILL BE A WORK IN PROGRESS, UH, PARTICULARLY AS IT RELATES TO, UH, SOME OF THE BUDGET AMENDMENTS THAT THE COUNCIL APPROVED TWO WEEKS AGO, AS WE INCORPORATE THOSE INTO THE LARGER FRAMEWORK, UH, THAT THIS WORK STARTED IN ADVANCE OF THAT.
AND WE KNOW WE NEED TO KIND OF MELD SOME OF THOSE THINGS, AND WE'LL DO THAT AS WE GO INTO THE FALL.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
AGAIN, I'M BRENDA HICKS, SORENSON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR.
SO IT WAS ABOUT A YEAR AGO THAT I WAS A BRAND NEW DIRECTOR AND STOOD BEFORE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE NEED FOR AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, STRATEGIC PLANNING INITIATIVE, REALLY TO HELP IDENTIFY PRIORITIES.
UH, AND SO THIS PAST YEAR WE HAVE BEEN WORKING, AS ERIC MENTIONED, WITH A LOT OF STAKEHOLDERS, HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH ALL OF YOU.
WE'VE BEEN COLLECTING ALL OF THAT FEEDBACK AND JOHN CARES FROM T I P STRATEGIES.
WE'LL CERTAINLY TOUCH UPON THAT, BUT I JUST WANNA REITERATE THAT THIS IS VERY MUCH A DRAFT DOCUMENT.
UH, WE'LL TAKE ALL OF THE INFORMATION WE RECEIVED TODAY, AS WELL AS ALL OF THE INFORMATION WE'VE BEEN CONTINUING TO COLLECT WITH STAKEHOLDERS, UH, THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS.
UH, AND THEN REVISING THE DOCUMENT, UH, AND THEN BRINGING IT FORWARD FOR CONSIDERATION, UH, LATER THIS YEAR WITH THE IDEA OF ASKING YOU TO ACCEPT THE PLAN.
AND AGAIN, UM, WE ARE VERY MUCH USING THIS AS, AS THAT FRAMEWORK, UH, THE ROADMAP, WHICH I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT THAT MEANS FOR FISCAL YEAR 23 SPECIFICALLY.
UM, BUT SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I'D LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO JOHN CARIS AT T I P STRATEGIES.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
THANK YOU ALL FOR, UH, HAVING US PRESENT A VERY BRIEF, HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF THE STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK.
I AM GONNA TAKE NO MORE THAN FIVE MINUTES AND THEN HAND IT BACK TO BRENDA TO TALK ABOUT THE FISCAL YEAR 2023 AND MOVING FORWARD IMPLEMENTATION EFFORTS FOR THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
BUT I DID WANT TO JUST GIVE YOU A, A HIGHLIGHT THAT THE TIMELINE THAT BRENDA MENTIONED, WE REALLY GOT GOING, UH, ON THE GROUND BACK IN APRIL WITH ALL OF OUR INPUT SESSIONS.
I THINK WE HAD ABOUT 23 GROUP ROUNDTABLE MEETINGS AND ANOTHER 25 OR SO INDIVIDUAL MEETINGS WITH ALL OF YOU AND OTHER KEY STAKEHOLDERS AND ALL OF THAT INPUT ALONG WITH WHAT THE DATA TELLS US.
WE COMPILED A LOT OF DEMOGRAPHIC ECONOMIC DATA, AS WELL AS GATHERING EXTERNAL PERCEPTIONS FROM, UH, CORPORATE AND, UH, REAL
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ESTATE PROFESSIONALS FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY.AND WE GATHERED A LOT OF DATA FROM THE STAKEHOLDERS THAT WE MET WITH WITHIN THE COMMUNITY AS WELL.
AND THEN, OF COURSE, THE, THE LARGER CONTEXT, THE GLOBAL AND NATIONAL ECONOMIC TRENDS THAT HAVE BEEN ACCELERATED BY THE, THE PANDEMIC, AS WELL AS WHAT OTHER CITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY ARE DOING CREATIVELY AROUND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND WHAT COULD BE APPLIED HERE.
ALL THREE OF THOSE COMPONENTS REALLY INFORMED THE STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK THAT, THAT YOU SEE HERE.
THE OVERARCHING VISION IS REALLY TO BUILD A MORE RESILIENT AND MORE COMPETITIVE ECONOMY, AND SPECIFICALLY DEFINING THE ROLE OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
EACH OF THOSE FIVE GUIDING PRINCIPLES HELP TO POINT TOWARD THE VISION, THE, THE FUTURE POSITIVE DIRECTION OF THE CITY OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.
AND THE GOALS THAT YOU SEE AT THE BOTTOM, I'LL SPEND ABOUT A MINUTE ABOUT, UH, EACH OF THOSE.
SO THE, THE FIRST GOAL IS REALLY, UH, THE BULK OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT'S EXISTING WORK PROGRAM FOCUSED ON HELPING MID-SIZE AND LARGE EMPLOYERS EXPAND, ATTRACTING NEW INVESTMENT IN VERY CLOSE COLLABORATION WITH OTHER PARTNERS SUCH AS GREATER S A T X AND MANY OTHERS.
UH, BUT ALSO SMALL BUSINESS SUPPORT, WORKING WITH THE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS AND OTHER PARTNERS TO HELP EXISTING SMALL BUSINESSES GROW THEIR MARKET SHARE LOCALLY.
AND THEN THAT, LOOKING AT THAT THIRD BOX ON THE RIGHT, THE HIGH GROWTH ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND WORKING WITH ALL THE ENTREPRENEURIAL SUPPORT PROVIDERS WITHIN THE CITY AND REGION TO REALLY EXPAND THE EXPORT ORIENTATION OF ENTREPRENEURS AND COMPANIES IN SAN ANTONIO E.
EACH OF THOSE REALLY IS FOCUSED ON BUILDING ON THE EXISTING INDUSTRY STRENGTHS THAT INCLUDE THINGS LIKE MOBILITY.
SO AUTOMOTIVE, AEROSPACE INCLUDES THINGS LIKE BIOSCIENCES.
UM, OF COURSE, MILITARY KIND OF CUTS ACROSS MANY OF THOSE, INCLUDING IT, SECURITY AND INFRASTRUCTURE.
SUSTAINABLE ENERGY IS ANOTHER MAJOR COMPONENT OF THAT.
AND THEN OF COURSE, THE, THE CORPORATE SERVICES AND FINANCIAL INDUSTRY THAT YOU HAVE, THAT'S, THAT'S VERY STRONG.
THOSE ALL KIND OF FIT INTO THIS GOAL.
AND THE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT COMPONENT IN PARTICULAR, THE SECOND MAJOR GOAL, THIS IS IN MANY WAYS A NEW FOCUS AND OR AN EXPANDED FOCUS FOR THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
PLACEMAKING AND, UH, QUALITY REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT IS NOTHING NEW TO THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
AND MANY DEPARTMENTS FROM PLANNING DEPARTMENT TO OTHERS HAVE BEEN FOCUSING ON THIS WITH SA TOMORROW AND OTHER PLANNING EFFORTS.
THE, THE NEW, THE BIG NEW THING IS REALLY ALIGNING AND BUILDING AN ORGANIZATIONAL APPROACH FOR THE PUBLIC PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT MODEL.
THOSE P THREE DEVELOPMENTS THAT CAN HELP ACTIVATE MORE HIGH QUALITY JOB PRODUCING, INVESTMENT PRODUCING DEVELOPMENT WITHIN EXISTING NEIGHBORHOODS, AND ON A SMALLER SCALE, BUT ALSO MUCH LARGER SITES TO ATTRACT MAJOR INDUSTRIES ON A LARGER SCALE.
SO THAT'S REALLY THAT 2.1 PLACE-BASED DEVELOPMENT, OF COURSE, THE CULTURE AND HERITAGE AND, AND ARTS ORGANIZATIONS, THE INVESTMENTS IN PLACEMAKING FROM THE, THE CREEKS TO THE GREEN BELTS, AND THEN THE MAJOR TOURISM EFFORTS, THEY ALL FIT INTO THAT, THAT LARGER BOX OF CULTURE AND AMENITIES, EMBEDDING THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT INTO AS A SUPPORT WITHIN EACH OF THOSE IS CRITICAL FOR FUTURE SUCCESS.
AND THEN, OF COURSE, INFRASTRUCTURE.
I KNOW WE'VE GOT THE, THE AIRPORT, UM, SPEAKING LATER TODAY, THE MAJOR INVESTMENTS TO EXPAND THE, THE AIRPORT TO ATTRACT ADDITIONAL NONSTOP DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL FLIGHTS ARE CRITICAL, BUT EVERY OTHER KEY COMPONENT OF TRANSPORTATION, UTILITIES.
AND WHEN WE THINK ABOUT RESILIENT SYSTEMS, WE TAKE A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO THINGS THAT THE CITY'S ALREADY DOING, UH, SUCH AS CIRCULAR ECONOMY EFFORTS TO REALLY THINK HOW YOU CAN BUILD MORE RESILIENT, UH, CORRIDORS AND DISTRICTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
THE THIRD GOAL, UM, AND WE, UH, JUST TO GIVE YOU A A LITTLE BIT MORE CONTEXT, WE PRESENTED THIS, ESSENTIALLY THIS EXACT SAME FRAMEWORK TO THE ECONOMIC AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE ALL THE WAY BACK IN JUNE.
UM, SO AT THE HIGH LEVEL, NONE OF THESE HAVE CHANGED, BUT THE ORDER HAS CHANGED.
TALENT AND WORKFORCE IS ARGUABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT COMMUNITIES NEED TO FOCUS ON FOR ECONOMIC SUCCESS.
BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO PRETEND THAT THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT IS THE ONLY, UH, ENTITY THAT IS FOCUSED ON THOSE EFFORTS.
UH, ALAMO WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS, OF COURSE, ALL THE HIGHER EDUCATION PARTNERS FROM U T S A ON DOWN K THROUGH 12.
THERE ARE A LOT OF ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE INVOLVED IN TALENT AND WORKFORCE.
SO THE PURPOSE IS REALLY FOR THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT TO SUPPORT AND BE MORE ENGAGED IN THOSE EFFORTS AROUND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.
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AND THEN YOU CAN'T JUST FOCUS ON BUILDING THE EXISTING WORKFORCE, ATTRACTING AND RETAINING, REALLY RETAINING FIRST, AND THEN ATTRACTING SECOND IS A KEY COMPONENT.AND THEY'RE THE CHAMBER GREATER, S A T X.
OTHERS ARE REALLY INVOLVED IN SOME OF THESE EFFORTS AND REALLY FOCUSING ON SPECIFIC AUDIENCES, UM, MILITARY PERSONNEL AND FAMILIES, YOUNG PROFESSIONALS.
THIS, UH, GROWING MOVE TOWARD REMOTE AND HYBRID WORK IS SOMETHING THAT OPENS UP A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR TALENT ATTRACTION AND INTER INTERNATIONAL TALENT AS WELL.
LOOKING AT H ONE B VISAS AND MANY OTHER PROGRAMS THAT SAN ANTONIO CAN FURTHER ATTRACT SPECIFIC, UH, OCCUPATIONAL GROUPS AND SKILL SETS INTO THE COMMUNITY.
AND THEN WE, WE HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT PREVENT YOUR RESIDENTS FROM BEING ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ECONOMY IN A, IN A, IN A PROSPEROUS WAY.
EVERYTHING FROM HOUSING TO CHILDCARE TO TRANSIT, BROADBAND IS CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT'S CRITICAL.
HEALTHCARE, UH, THOSE ARE, AGAIN, THOSE ARE THINGS THAT THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT IS NOT GOING TO BE PLAYING A LEAD ROLE IN, BUT DOES PLAY A SUPPORTING ROLE IN CONNECTING TALENT TO THE NEEDS THAT THEY HAVE AND COMPANIES TO THE TALENT THAT THEY NEED.
WHICH LEADS US TO THE LAST GOAL, WHICH REALLY GOALS ONE THROUGH THREE ARE REALLY THE DIRECTION THAT THE CITY NEEDS TO GO TO HAVE A SUCCESSFUL ECONOMY.
GOAL FOUR IS REALLY ABOUT SOME OF THE UNIQUE TOOLS AND RESOURCES AND PARTNERSHIPS IN, IN JUST ABOUT EVERY CASE.
THEY'RE, THESE ARE ABOUT EXISTING POLICIES AND EXISTING INCENTIVES AND EXISTING TOOLS, UH, THAT CAN BE BETTER ALIGNED, BETTER RESOURCED, AND MORE STRATEGICALLY USED.
AND THE ONLY ONE THAT I'LL HIGHLIGHT, HIGHLIGHT REALLY IN, IN PARTICULAR IS THE S A E D C.
THAT IS, IS A TOOL THAT HAS BEEN USED FOR A LIMITED PURPOSE.
AND WE SEE OTHER COMMUNITIES FROM ARLINGTON, UH, TO AUSTIN, AND MANY OF THE SUBURBAN COMMUNITIES IN THE DALLAS-FORT WORTH AREA AND THE HOUSTON AREA, UH, MUCH MORE AMBITIOUSLY USING THEIR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONS TO DRIVE, UH, MAJOR BUSINESS INVESTMENT, MAJOR REDEVELOPMENT PROJECTS IN THEIR COMMUNITIES THAT CAN REALLY HELP TO SUSTAIN THAT ECONOMIC MOMENTUM.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE REALLY, UH, EXCITED ABOUT THE POTENTIAL TO USE THAT AS A TOOL TO DRIVE SOME OF THAT PLACE-BASED DEVELOPMENT TO CREATE MORE, UH, MIXED USE PROJECTS ALONG THE LINES OF THE PEARL, ALONG THE LINES OF BROOKS, BUT ALSO ON SMALLER SCALE PROJECTS AS WELL.
UM, AND THEN OF COURSE, THE PARTNERSHIPS WITH SOME OF THE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS ARE CRITICAL.
AND THEN CONTINUING TO INVEST IN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENTS STAFF AROUND SOME OF THESE MAJOR FOCUS AREAS SUCH AS BUSINESS RETENTION EXPANSION, UM, WHICH REALLY HAS BEEN, UH, NOT RESOURCED TO THE EXTENT THAT IT, THAT IT NEEDS TO BE GIVEN THAT YOUR EXISTING EMPLOYERS ARE SUCH A KEY PART OF YOUR FUTURE GROWTH.
SO THAT IS ALL THAT I WILL HIGHLIGHT, AND WE'LL, HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
NOW, THE IMPLEMENTATION AND NEXT STEPS IS REALLY WHERE WE'RE, I THINK WE GET THE MOST EXCITED ABOUT AS MUCH AS WE, WE LOVE HAVING ALL OF THESE CONVERSATIONS AROUND THESE PRIORITIES.
SO REALLY AS WE LOOK AT FISCAL YEAR 23, OUR FOCUS IS REALLY ON SHORING UP THAT FOUNDATION, UM, MAKING SURE THAT WE, AGAIN, HAVE THOSE TOOLS AND THOSE RESOURCES.
UH, AS YOU HEARD DURING THE FISCAL YEAR 23 BUDGET CONVERSATION ASSOCIATED WITH THE DEPARTMENT, UH, WE REALLY WERE FOCUSED ON RESEARCH, FOR EXAMPLE, DATA ANALYTICS AND HOW WE USE THAT TO SUPPORT OUR EFFORTS AROUND SMALL BUSINESSES, RECRUITMENT, ET CETERA.
SO MORE SPECIFICALLY, UH, AGAIN, AS WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS, THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES AROUND BUSINESS RECRUITMENT, RETENTION EXPANSION.
UM, RE B R E RETENTION EXPANSION REALLY SHOULD BE THAT FOUNDATION.
THAT'S THE HEART AND SOUL OF OUR COMMUNITY.
IT'S THE HEART AND SOUL OF REALLY ANY SOLID, YOU KNOW, STRONG ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.
UM, BUT WE DON'T CURRENTLY HAVE THE TOOLS AND SOME OF THE RESOURCES.
WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR PARTNERS.
WE CONTRACT WITH A NUMBER OF ORGANIZATIONS THAT DO INCLUDE B R E IN, IN THOSE CONTRACTS, UM, AND DO A REALLY GOOD JOB.
BUT, BUT THERE'S A LOT MORE THAT WE CAN BE DOING IN THE B R E AS AREA.
UM, BUT WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THOSE TOOLS IN PLACE FIRST.
HOW ARE WE TRACKING ALL OF THAT INFORMATION? UH, AN EXAMPLE OF THAT IS COSTAR IS A TOOL THAT'S OUT THERE THAT TALKS ABOUT, UH, REAL ESTATE LEASE RATES, LEASE INFORMATION.
IT WILL TELL YOU, UH, WHAT COMPANIES HAVE LEASES EXPIRING IN TWO OR THREE YEARS.
SO BEING ABLE TO PROACTIVELY IDENTIFY THOSE COMPANIES, HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH THOSE COMPANIES, FOR EXAMPLE, UM, AND DO SO IN A REALLY TARGETED WAY.
UH, AND THEN WHEN WE TALK ABOUT BUSINESS RETENTION AND EXPANSION, A LOT OF TIMES IT'S THOSE MID-SIZE LARGE COMPANIES THAT HAVE BEEN FOCUSED
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ON, BUT WE HAVE A LOT OF GROWTH COMPANIES, COMPANIES THAT COULD BE THE NEXT LARGE COMPANY.SO LET'S MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND TARGETING.
SO AGAIN, THERE'S TOOLS, RESOURCES AVAILABLE.
SO AS YOU HEARD, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, UM, HAS BEEN APPROVED AND WE'RE REALLY GOING TO BE FOCUSING ON IN FISCAL YEAR 23.
AT THE SAME TIME, TALKING TO OUR PARTNERS AND TALKING TO, UM, AND WHEN I TALK ABOUT PARTNERS, A LOT OF TIMES THAT'S INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL.
UH, SO TALKING TO THEM ABOUT HOW DO WE EVALUATE THAT B R E PROGRAM AND REALLY FOCUS ON THAT, UH, AS WE GO FORWARD.
UM, MARKETING AND MESSAGING, WE HAVE A GREAT STORY TO TELL HERE IN SAN ANTONIO.
EVERYBODY YOU TALK TO LOVES SAN ANTONIO.
UM, BUT WE NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB OF TELLING THAT STORY.
WE HAVE UNIQUE INVESTMENTS, UNIQUE ATTRIBUTES, UH, AND SO REALLY HOW ARE WE TELLING THE STORY? AGAIN, THERE'S ALREADY SOME EFFORTS THAT HAVE STARTED IN THAT AREA WITH PARTNERS LIKE GREATER SS A T X AND SO FORTH, BUT HOW DO WE REALLY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT AND FOCUS THOSE KINDS OF CONVERSATIONS? SO AGAIN, SOMETHING THAT WE'LL REALLY BE FOCUSING ON 23, THE METRO PRIORITY PLAN.
UH, SAN ANTONIO IS KNOWN, NOT JUST HERE IN THE UNITED STATES, BUT WE COULD BE, UM, SHOULD BE A LEADER ACROSS THE GLOBE.
SO WE WANT TO CERTAINLY CONTINUE TO INVEST IN THAT METRO PRIORITY PLAN.
AND AGAIN, YOU CANNOT TALK ABOUT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AS A STANDALONE.
SO I JUST WANNA EMPHASIZE, AGAIN, THIS IS ALL IN PARTNERSHIPS.
SO REALLY SHORING UP THOSE PARTNERSHIPS, THOSE RELATIONSHIPS.
UH, AND WE'VE TALKED PREVIOUSLY, AGAIN, AT THE, DURING THE BUDGET CONVERSATION ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT THOSE CONTRACTS AND SO FORTH HAVE THOSE OUTCOME BASED PERFORMANCE METRICS.
UM, WE'VE SPENT A LOT OF TIME TALKING ABOUT SMALL BUSINESSES, UH, OF LATE, UH, WITH THE INCREDIBLE INVESTMENT, UM, THAT YOU ALL APPROVED WITH THE ARPA FUNDING, UM, ALMOST $31 MILLION TOWARDS SMALL BUSINESSES.
SO REALLY CONTINUING TO, TO FOCUS ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THAT PROGRAM.
UM, AS YOU KNOW, WE CURRENTLY HAVE THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL OUT THERE ASSOCIATED WITH KIND OF THAT FIRST PHASE, UH, GRANT.
MONEY WILL SOON BE GOING OUT THE DOOR TO SMALL BUSINESSES, BUT THEN WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF WORK THAT GEOGRAPHIC PLACEMAKING, UM, MAKING SURE THOSE PROGRAMS ARE IMPLEMENTED THE WAY WE INTEND FOR THEM TO BE IMPLEMENTED.
SO CONTINUING TO FOCUS ON THAT.
UM, THROUGHOUT FISCAL YEAR 23 AND BEYOND.
THE DISPARITY STUDY, UH, WHEN IT COMES TO THE C BETA PROGRAM IS STILL UNDERWAY.
WE'RE EXPECTING IT THAT TO BE, UM, THE STUDY TO BE WRAPPED UP IN EARLY 2023.
AND SO FROM THERE, WE'LL BE FOCUSED ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF WHATEVER RECOMMENDATIONS.
AND OF COURSE, THE SUPPLY ESSAY INITIATIVE, WHAT THAT ENDS UP LOOKING LIKE.
UM, AND THEN JOHN MENTIONED THAT PLACEMAKING UNDER GOALS TO THE REAL ESTATE AND PLACE-BASED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UM, WE, THAT'S PHASE TWO OF ARPA.
AND SO REALLY LOOKING TO ROLL THAT OUT IN EARLY 2023.
UH, WE TALKED YESTERDAY WITH THE ECONOMIC AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT KIT COMMITTEE ABOUT A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AND PARTNERING WITH, UH, MEAN STREET AMERICA ON THAT TWO QUARTER PILOT PROGRAM.
SO FOCUSED ON THAT AND FURTHER IDENTIFY ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES, UM, THAT PLAYS INTO THE SAN ANTONIO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.
UH, THE BOARD HAD ASKED FOR A REVISED WORK PLAN.
SO AFTER WE HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS, UH, AND MOVE FORWARD WITH, WITH THAT, WE WILL IN EARLY 2023 BE PRESENTING A REVISED WORK PLAN FOR THE E D C AND HOW WE CAN BEST UTILIZE THAT AS A TOOL.
UM, BUT FIRST AND FOREMOST, WE WILL BE PRESENTING A REVISED INCENTIVE POLICY.
SO THROUGHOUT THE FRAMEWORK, YOU NOTICE WORDS LIKE, EVALUATE, CONSIDER, UM, YOU KNOW, KIND OF PURSUE, UH, THOSE TYPES OF LANGUAGES.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF POLICY CONVERSATIONS THAT CERTAINLY NEED TO TAKE PLACE, WHICH IS WHY WE'LL BE ASKING FOR YOU TO CONSIDER ACCEPTING THE POLICY VERSUS A, OR THE FRAMEWORK, EXCUSE ME, VERSUS ADOPTING IT.
UH, WHEN THIS COMES FORWARD LATER THIS YEAR, THE FIRST POLICY CONVERSATION IS REALLY AROUND THOSE INCENTIVES.
UH, AND SO WE, OUR CURRENT INCENTIVE POLICIES EXPIRE AT THE END OF THIS YEAR, WILL BE BRINGING FORWARD THAT REVISED POLICY.
AGAIN, ALIGNING IT WITH THIS FRAMEWORK, WHAT WE'VE HEARD THOSE PRIORITIES, UH, FOR YOU TO CONSIDER.
SO MORE TO COME ON THAT AND REALLY FOCUSED.
WE HAVE HEARD THAT, UH, WE PERHAPS ARE NOT THE MOST COMPETITIVE WHEN IT COMES TO INCENTIVES, BUT IT'S NOT JUST THE INCENTIVES, IT'S THE PROCESS.
SO HAVING CONVERSATIONS AROUND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE WILL BE IMPORTANT.
UM, AND THEN TS WHAT'S INTERESTING IN THE PLANNER, THERE ARE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS THAT QUITE FRANKLY, WE'RE PROBABLY NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING WITH.
UM, UNDER SUB BETA, FOR EXAMPLE, IT TALKS ABOUT, UM, SHOULD S BETA BE ADMINISTERED
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BY THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OR PERHAPS CONSIDER IT SOMEPLACE ELSE.WE'RE OKAY WITH IT BEING IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
WE QUITE HONESTLY FEEL IT SHOULD BE IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
BUT WHAT WE HAVE HAD CONVERSABLE, UM, AND OUR COLLEAGUES IN, IN PURCHASING AND IN FINANCE IS, ARE THERE WAYS THAT WE CAN LOOK AT PROCESS IMPROVEMENTS? HOW CAN WE DO IT DIFFERENTLY AND BETTER? UM, AND SO THAT'S REALLY WHERE OUR EFFORTS WILL BE.
LIKEWISE, WITH TOURS, WE SEE THAT AS A, A TOOL THAT WE WOULD LIKE FOR IT TO BE CONSIDERED TO BE USED FOR BROADER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
SOME OF THAT MIXED USE OPPORTUNITIES, FOR EXAMPLE.
UH, BUT THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION THAT WE CONSIDER TS BEING ADMINISTERED BY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
AGAIN, NOT SOMETHING I WOULD RECOMMEND WE MOVE FORWARD WITH, MOVE FORWARD WITH.
UM, IT'S CURRENTLY ADMINISTERED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING AND SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
SO INSTEAD, OUR FOCUS WILL BE, AGAIN, HOW DO WE UTILIZE THAT TO PERHAPS MOVE SOME OF THESE PRIORITIES FORWARD? SO I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THERE'S SOME THINGS IN THERE THAT WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE REALLY BRIEF DISCUSSIONS ON AND THEN MOVE FORWARD FROM.
SO THAT WAS REALLY A LOT OF WHAT WE'LL BE FOCUSED ON IN 2023.
FISCAL YEAR 24, I, I FULLY ANTICIPATE US MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT IMPLEMENTATION OF THAT ROBUST BUSINESS RETENTION AND EXPANSION PROGRAM, CONTINUING THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND REALLY FOCUSING ON TALENT AND WORKFORCE INITIATIVES.
AGAIN, WE ALREADY PARTNER VERY CLOSELY WITH OUR COLLEAGUES IN THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT OFFICE, THE NUMBER OF THE OTHER PARTNERS.
UM, BUT REALLY, HOW DO WE CONTINUE TO LEVERAGE THE SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT THE CITY'S MAKING IN THE ESSAY READY TO WORK? AND, UH, THE EFFORTS THAT ARE GETTING UNDERWAY, OR IN SOME CASES HAVE BEEN UNDERWAY FOR THAT RECRUITMENT, UH, AND RETENTION OF TALENT.
UH, AGAIN, ALREADY MENTIONED THE DISPARITY STUDY WILL REALLY BE, THE ORDINANCE WILL BE UPDATED BY THE END OF 2023.
SO REALLY TURNING OUR ATTENTION TO THAT FULL IMPLEMENTATION OF THAT AND ANY PROCESS IMPROVEMENTS THAT HAVE COME OUT OF THOSE EFFORTS AND DISCUSSIONS.
UM, AND JUST CONTINUING TO BUILD UPON THE WORK THAT'S, UM, ALREADY BEEN HAPPENING, STARTING TO HAPPEN IN 23 AND MOVING FORWARD.
ALL OF THIS REQUIRES OF COURSE, ANALYSIS THROUGHOUT IT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR EFFORTS ARE MOVING THE NEEDLE AND WE'RE SEEING THOSE EXPECTED OUTCOMES.
SO AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH FISCAL YEAR 25, WE'LL CERTAINLY BE DOING THOSE ANALYSIS TO, TO LOOK AT WHAT MORE WE CAN AND SHOULD BE DOING, AND WE'RE ALREADY TALKING ABOUT.
THEN AT THAT POINT IN TIME, WE'LL NEED TO REVISE THE INCENTIVE GUIDELINES AGAIN.
SO, UM, REALLY BUILDING OUT THOSE WORK PLANS AGAIN, EVERY YEAR.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT REALLY IS A TEAM SPORT.
SO NONE OF THIS HAPPENS AS A STANDALONE DEPARTMENT.
UH, ONE OF THE EXCITING THINGS THAT REALLY HAS COME OUT OF THIS EFFORT IS, UM, SOME OF THE DEPARTMENTS YOU'LL SEE HERE, WE STARTED MEETING, UH, THEY WERE VERY INVOLVED IN THIS PROCESS THROUGH, UH, THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE PROCESS.
A LOT OF ADDITIONAL CONVERSATIONS HAVE CONTINUED, AND WE'LL BE CONTINUING TO HOST MEETINGS, UH, ON A REGULAR BASIS SPECIFIC TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES.
'CAUSE AGAIN, WE REALLY NEED A LOT OF THESE EFFORTS TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN ORDER FOR US TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND VICE VERSA.
SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO FOCUS OUR EFFORTS ON COLLABORATION AND HOW WE CAN LEVERAGE ONE ANOTHER TO, TO MOVE THAT NEEDLE, SO TO SPEAK.
SPEAKING OF MOVING THE NEEDLE, HOW DO WE KNOW WE'RE SUCCESSFUL? THERE'S A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CAN MEAN A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS TO, TO DIFFERENT PEOPLE.
SO HOW DO YOU KNOW YOU'RE SUCCESSFUL? HERE'S SOME EXAMPLES OF SOME MEASUREMENTS THAT ARE INCLUDED.
THESE ARE REALLY WHAT WE WOULD CALL GROWTH TARGETS.
UH, SO WITHIN THE, THE DRAFT PLAN THAT YOU, UH, SAW, THERE'S ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE INDICATORS.
SO THOSE ARE KIND OF THOSE BROADER COMMUNITY-WIDE INDICATORS.
UM, THINGS THAT WERE, WERE FREQUENTLY HEARING ABOUT MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME AND SO FORTH.
UH, THESE ARE THE, THE TYPICAL KIND OF MEASUREMENTS THAT YOU SEE A LOT OF TIMES ASSOCIATED WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS. THE NUMBER OF JOBS CREATED, THE TYPES OF WAGES.
AGAIN, WHAT WE CONSISTENTLY HEARD THROUGHOUT THIS WAS HIGH WAGE JOBS THAT SAN ANTONIO NEEDS HIGH WAGE, UH, JOBS, UM, BUSINESS RETENTION, UH, THE EXPANSION OF EXISTING COMPANIES AND SO FORTH.
AND THEN, UH, YOU'VE HEARD US TALK A LOT ABOUT OUTCOME-BASED PERFORMANCE MEASURES.
SO AS WE CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THOSE CONTRACTS, WITH OUR PARTNERS, WITH EVERYTHING THAT WE DO, WE'LL BE IMPLEMENTING THOSE OUTCOME-BASED PERFORMANCE METRICS ON HOW DO WE START TO, AGAIN, SHIFT SOME OF THESE NUMBERS, MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE ALL GOING IN THAT DIRECTION THAT WE WOULD LIKE THEM TO.
UM, SO WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO JUST EMPHASIZE THAT THIS IS A DRAFT AND WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING YOUR, YOUR
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COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS.THANK YOU VERY MUCH, BRENDA, FOR THE PRESENTATION.
I'LL JUST START WITH SOME BRIEF COMMENTS.
FIRST, EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED THE COPY OF THE DRAFT.
IF NOT, IT'S, IT'S ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA, AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO READ IT.
WHEN I WAS READING IT, I, I KEPT WANTING THIS TO, TO HAVE MORE MEAT ON THE BONE.
SO I THINK, UM, SETTING THE, THE EXPECTATION THAT THIS IS INDEED A FRAMEWORK, UH, THAT WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO, TO ADD TO, WITH REGARD TO THE MINUTIAE OF POLICY, LIKE THE INCENTIVES POLICY, LIKE WHAT WE DO WITH THE E D C, LIKE WHAT WE DO WITH TS AND OTHER TOOLS THAT WE HAVE, I THINK IS AN IMPORTANT LEVEL SET, UH, IN TERMS OF WHAT THIS DOCUMENT IS.
I WILL SAY, AS I KEPT READING IT, THOUGH, I GOT MORE AND MORE INTERESTED IN WHAT I WAS READING AND, AND STARTED TO UNCOVER WHERE YOU WERE GOING.
UH, AND I, I HAVE TO SAY, IT'S A GREAT DOCUMENT.
I CAN'T BELIEVE THE CITY HASN'T DONE THIS BEFORE.
SO I'M GRATEFUL THAT WE ARE, UH, JUST TO REWIND A LITTLE BIT, TO RE REMIND US KIND OF HOW WE GOT HERE.
UM, AND EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE HAD, UH, OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, OBVIOUSLY HAS A LITTLE BIT OF A PAUSE IN IT WHEN THE PANDEMIC STRUCK.
BUT THIS IS AN EFFORT THAT REALLY BEGAN IN EARNEST BACK IN 2017 WHEN WE WERE DOING, UH, SOME ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEALS.
AND THE CONVERSATIONS CAME UP IN LIGHT OF OUR EMPHASIS ON EQUITY, NEWFOUND EQUI EMPHASIS ON EQUITY, AND HOW WE WANT TO UTILIZE, UH, THE RESOURCES THAT WE DO HAVE FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
AND THE CONVERSATIONS BEGAN, I THINK, RIGHTLY SO, THAT WE NEED TO REEVALUATE OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVES POLICY.
IT WAS JUST ABOUT INCENTIVES BACK THEN.
SO AS THE, UH, DISCUSSION UNFOLDED, WE KEPT UNEARTHING MORE AND MORE OF THE ROOTS OF WHERE WE, UH, SEE THE ECONOMIC INCENTIVES.
AND IT WAS ALL OF THE THINGS THAT ARE IN THIS FRAMEWORK.
SO I'M, I'M VERY GRATEFUL THAT THIS IS A COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH.
UM, SO LET ME JUST GO OVER, UH, A FEW THINGS.
NUMBER ONE, UH, I AM VERY INTERESTED IN THE NEXT ROUNDS OF CONVERSATION, PARTICULARLY ULTIMATELY WHAT EVERYBODY TALKS ABOUT, THE INCENTIVES POLICY, AND MAKING SURE THAT WE GET THAT RIGHT.
SO, UH, THAT'S GONNA BE AN IMPORTANT DISCUSSION GOING FORWARD.
VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITIES PRESENTED THROUGH THE PARTNERSHIP WITH ASPEN AND THE, UH, ABILITY PERHAPS FOR US TO LOOK AT OUR PROCUREMENT AND CONTRACTING OPPORTUNITIES IN A DIFFERENT WAY.
NOT JUST COMPLIANCE ISSUES, BUT ALSO OPPORTUNITIES TO GROW BUSINESS, UH, TO DEVELOP SMALL BUSINESS, TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR LOCAL EMPLOYERS TO, UH, EXPAND THEIR, THEIR OWN CAPACITIES.
UH, SO THAT'S VERY EXCITING TO ME.
UH, ALSO SHARPENING OUR B R E APPROACH, WHICH SEEMS TO BE, UH, OVER THE YEARS PRETTY SCATTERSHOT.
WE'VE ALREADY DONE SOME OF THAT WORK WITH GREATER S A T X.
UH, AND THEN OF COURSE, WHAT YOU ALLUDED TO, JOHN, I THINK WE HAVE A, A, A SIGNIFICANT TOOL THAT'S BEEN UNDERUTILIZED IN THE S A E D C, AND WE'VE ALREADY HAD SOME COMMITTEE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT HOW WE CAN DO THAT BETTER.
IT'S, IT'S INTERESTING TO NOTE THAT OTHER CITIES ARE ALREADY STARTING TO DO THAT.
OBVIOUSLY, IT REQUIRES REVENUE.
SO THAT'S GONNA BE ANOTHER CONVERSATION.
BUT THE, THE FACT THAT WE DO HAVE AN E D C THAT COULD HELP LEAN INTO OUR STRATEGY WHEN ALL THESE THINGS ARE ALIGNED BETTER, UH, IS A REALLY, UH, EXCITING THOUGHT.
SO, LOOKING FORWARD TO ALL THAT, AGAIN, WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT WHAT WE'RE, WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ACCEPTING IS JUST A FRAMEWORK FOR HOW THE PROCESS IS GONNA PLAY OUT GOING FORWARD IN SOME MAJOR BENCHMARKS.
THE LAST THING I WANTED TO SAY IS THAT I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT WHAT THE MEASURES ARE.
UM, IT'S THE LAST PART OF YOUR, YOUR HIGHLIGHT AND OUR PHILOSOPHY ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WILL BE REVEALED BY WHAT WE ARE WANTING TO MEASURE.
AND SO ON THE SLIDE, AND YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THIS, BRENDA, IT'S PRETTY RUDIMENTARY STUFF WE SEE IN ALL, ALL OF THE PAST PRESENTATIONS ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, JOBS, WAGES, THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT THE, THE REASON WHY I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMIND OURSELVES WHERE WE, HOW WE GOT TO THIS CONVERSATION TODAY IS THAT IT WAS NOT JUST ABOUT JOBS.
THAT'S NOT THE OVERALL METRIC THAT I WILL ASSOCIATE WITH SUCCESS OF WHAT WE DO UP HERE.
UM, IT'S NOT GONNA BE JUST ABOUT WAGES.
UH, FOR ME, THE REAL TRUTH OF OUR SERVICE IN, IN THIS CITY, WHETHER STAFF ARE ELECTED, IS HAVE WE IMPROVED THE HEALTH OF OUR COMMUNITY? HAVE WE REDUCED THE DISPARITIES, WHETHER THEY'RE HEALTH OR SOCIOECONOMIC IN OUR COMMUNITIES? ARE THOSE CENSUS TRACKS THAT CONTINUE TO LAG BEHIND OTHERS BEING LIFTED UP BY THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND THE PLACEMAKING THAT WE'RE, UH, BEGINNING TO BRING TO OUR COMMUNITY? THOSE ARE THE OUTCOMES THAT I, I WOULD LIKE US TO DRIVE TOWARDS.
NOT EXACTLY SURE HOW WE GET THERE OR, OR WHAT WE DO IN THE INTERIM, BUT JUST NOTE THAT IN MY PERSPECTIVE,
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HOW WE ARE ORIENTING ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT TOOLS THAT WE HAVE FROM AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PERSPECTIVE WILL BE REVEALED BY WHAT WE SAY IS OUR OBJECTIVE FOR INCENTING OR FACILITATING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN OUR COMMUNITY.AND I THINK WE'LL SPEAK WELL TO THE KIND OF COMMUNITY THAT WE ARE.
IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT INCENTIVES.
UM, THERE ARE ALWAYS GONNA BE COMMUNITIES THAT COMPETE AND, AND OUTDO OTHERS ON JUST ON ROTE INCENTIVES.
WE WANT TO BE A COMMUNITY WHERE CORPORATIONS LIKE THE ONES THAT WE'VE GOT ALREADY AND INVEST BECAUSE THEY SEE GREAT PEOPLE TALENT, UH, THEY SEE OPPORTUNITY FOR RETURN ON INVESTMENT THAT GOES WELL BEYOND THE BOTTOM LINE.
UH, WE'VE GOT, UH, CULTURE, HERITAGE, UH, WE'VE GOT RESOURCES THAT ARE SUSTAINABLE, THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO I THINK THAT'S GONNA BE A, A, AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE DISCUSSION ON POLICY WHEN WE START ARTICULATING THE OUTCOMES.
SO, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, FANTASTIC WORK.
I'M SO GLAD THAT WE ARE HERE NOW ON THE CUSP OF GETTING ALL THESE THINGS ALIGNED SO WE CAN ECONOMIC, WE CAN DO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN A WAY THAT PEOPLE CAN CELEBRATE AND CHAMPION RATHER THAN JUST US HAVING TO COMPETE.
SO, UH, LET ME GO AHEAD AND TURN IT OVER NOW TO COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA.
THANK YOU, MAYOR, AND THANK YOU, UM, TO BRENDA AND JOHN.
AND I'VE HEARD THE PRESENTATION W DURING E W D C, UM, BUT I JUST KIND OF WANNA HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I TALKED ABOUT AT E W D C.
FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DON'T SIT ON E W D C, UM, I, I THOUGHT THAT PERHAPS WE COULD HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE UNIQUE TRAITS THAT MAKE SAN ANTONIO SUCH A SPECIAL PLACE.
AND SO BEYOND MILITARY CITY, U S A BEYOND, BEYOND COMPASSIONATE CITY, U SS A I WAS HOPING THAT WE COULD FOCUS ON THE FACT THAT WE ARE A CITY OF OPPORTUNITY, RIGHT? NOT THAT I NEED TO HAVE, UH, OPPORTUNITY U S A OR WHATEVER, RIGHT? BUT I'M JUST SAYING THAT THERE'S A WHOLE LOT OF OPPORTUNITY IN SAN ANTONIO, AND I THINK PERHAPS RIGHT NOW WE ARE ON A TRACK OF UPWARD MOBILITY, ESPECIALLY WITH THE READY TO WORK PROGRAM.
SO THAT WAS ONE THING THAT, UM, I'M HAPPY THAT IS BEING HIGHLIGHTED.
BUT IN ADDITION TO THAT, OUR PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE ON OUR INVESTMENT AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING, UH, IN, IN EDUCATION AND IN PUBLIC HEALTH.
SO THOSE ARE ALL THINGS THAT I THOUGHT MAYBE SHOULD BE CONSIDERED.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I, UH, SAW WAS LACKING IS THE NUMBER OF HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS IS NOT TOUTED.
AND SO WHEN WE THINK THAT WE HAVE PALO ALTO, WE HAVE SAN ANTONIO COLLEGE, AND THEY HAVE BEEN THE NUMBER ONE COMMUNITY COLLEGES IN THE PAST THREE YEARS, THOSE THOSE COLLEGES HAVE RECEIVED THAT RECOGNITION.
UM, AND, AND, AND A LOT OF RECOGNITION FROM ASPEN.
UM, I, I THINK THAT'S ANOTHER SELLING POINT, RIGHT? AND SO YOU CAN PRETTY MUCH GET, UH, A UNIVERSITY DEGREE FROM ONE OF OUR INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER ED.
UH, AND, AND ALL OF US COME FROM FROM DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS, ET CETERA.
AND THERE'S SOMETHING THAT'S JUST RIGHT FOR YOU, RIGHT? IN EDUCATION.
SO WHETHER IT IS A COMMUNITY COLLEGE OR WHETHER IT IS UPSKILLING AND TRAINING OR A UNIVERSITY, I THINK THAT'S ANOTHER THING THAT I REQUESTED FOR THEM TO HIGHLIGHT.
UM, THE, THERE'S THE PLAN EXPLICITLY STATES, CITY LEADERSHIP AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS MUST BE WILLING TO IMPLEMENT PRIORITY INITIATIVES THAT DISRUPT THE STATUS QUO.
UM, SO I'M GRATEFUL ABOUT THE S A E D C.
UH, I DON'T THINK THAT WE'VE BEEN USING THE S A E D C.
I'D LOVE TO LOOK AT THE COMPOSITION OF THE S A E D C.
I DON'T KNOW WHY IT WAS ONLY FIVE PEOPLE THAT, THAT IT WAS FORMED ORIGINALLY.
AND I, I THINK I USED TO WORK FOR AJ RODRIGUEZ WHEN THAT HAPPENED.
I JUST CAN'T REMEMBER WHY, WHAT WHAT THE, THE REASON WAS FOR THAT OTHER THAN JUST KEEP IT UNDER CONTROL, UH,
AND SO I'M BEING HONEST, RIGHT? AND SO I, I DO THINK THAT WE NEED TO, TO CONSIDER THAT COMPOSITION DEFINITELY, AND, AND, UH, AND, AND, AND DRIVE THAT.
THERE'S ALSO ACKNOWLEDGEMENT THAT, UM, COMMUNITY LEADERS EXPRESS GENERAL SENSE OF CAUTION AROUND CHANGE.
AND WE HAVE TO BE THE CHANGE MAKERS IF WE'RE GONNA MAKE THIS A CITY OF OPPORTUNITY.
AND I THINK THAT FOR TOO LONG, WE DON'T HAVE, UM, THAT VISION EMBEDDED IN A LOT OF OUR, OUR DEPARTMENTS.
SO, UH, SO, AND ANOTHER THING TO CONSIDER THERE, RIGHT, JOHN, UM, WHEN WE ARE LOOKING ALSO AT DISPARITY, AND, AND IT IS, ONCE YOU HAVE, IF YOU BREAK DOWN THE P D F REPORT ON PAGE 56, YOU COULD SELECT A TARGET INDUSTRY AND THE ANALYSIS AND BREAK IT DOWN BY GENDER.
UM, BUT I THINK THAT WE NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB ALSO OF SHOWCASING WOMEN AND WOMEN MAKING UP, UM, THE POPULATION, SPECIFICALLY HALF THE POPULATION, THE WORKFORCE, UM, EQUITABLE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEEDS FOR WOMEN AS WELL.
WE DO THAT, I THINK, IN OUR PLAN WITH W SS A, UH, AND SO I, I THINK THAT'S ANOTHER LEVERAGING POINT.
THEN ALSO, UH, THE NAR THE NARRATIVE THAT WE'VE LONG BEEN STEREOTYPED, WELL, ACTUALLY, IT'S TRUE, RIGHT? THE ABUNDANCE OF LOW WAGE WORK AND, UM, LIVABLE WAGES.
I, I THINK TO OUR DETRIMENT, THAT'S THE NARRATIVE THAT HAS BEEN USED FOR FAR TOO LONG.
AND I'M GLAD THAT ESSAY WORKS HAS BEEN WORKING ON THIS.
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S A T X SPECIFICALLY HAS BEEN WORKING ON THAT.SO, UM, THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, THAT, THAT I ALSO POINTED OUT IN THE PLAN IN TERMS OF PERFORMANCE METRICS AND KEY INDICATORS, UH, EDUCATION LEVELS, YES, HOUSEHOLD INCOMES, BUT I THINK ALSO THAT WE SHOULD BE DISAGGREGATING DATA FOR LONGTIME SAN ANTONIO RESIDENTS AND RELATIVELY NEW RESIDENTS, BECAUSE THEN WE COULD REALLY TRACK THE LEVEL OF UPWARD MOBILITY.
AND I DON'T KNOW THAT WE, WHAT, WE DON'T TRACK THAT.
AND SO WITH, EVEN, EVEN YESTERDAY, WE HAD AN EXAMPLE AT THE E W D C COMMITTEE MEETING, AND I DON'T THINK THAT WE DISAGGREGATE THE DATA ENOUGH, BUT WE HAVE TWO NEW DATA ANALYSTS COMING INTO THE E D D, SO I COULD SEE TONS OF THINGS FOR THEM TO WORK ON.
SO I CAN'T, CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THAT THAT DATA, UM, BE EXPLORED A LITTLE BIT MORE.
UM, AND IN MARKETING AND BRANDING, WE HAD THIS GREAT COUNCILMAN VIAGRA AND I GOT TO, UM, ATTEND THE I P W IN ORLANDO IN PREPARATION FOR I P W 2023.
UM, AND THE NARRATIVE, LIKE WHAT IS THE NARRATIVE THAT WE HAVE CREATED FOR A CITY? AND THAT'S DEFINITELY IN CONJUNCTION WITH VISIT SAN ANTONIO, UM, THAT WE HAVE TO DO.
BUT THEN MEASURING OUR PERCEPTION BEYOND OUR CITY IS, IS CRITICAL, RIGHT? AND SO WHAT DID WE LEARN FROM THE TRICENTENNIAL? UM, WHAT DID WE LEARN FROM, UH, WHAT OTHER CITIES HAVE BEEN IN THE PAST AND THEN HAVE FAILED, RIGHT? WITH, WITH THEIR, UM, WITH THEIR, THEIR STORIES.
SO I, I WANNA SET US UP ON A STORY OF SAN ANTONIO THAT AGAIN, TELLS A STORY OF, OF UPWARD MOBILITY AND, AND OPPORTUNITY.
UM, I WAS ASKING ALSO ABOUT, UH, ECON OR SO R O I, RIGHT? ON OUR MARKETING STRATEGIES, AND I KNOW COUNCILMAN, UH, PERRY TALKS ABOUT THIS A LOT.
UM, BUT IN TELLING OUR STORY, I THINK THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE MEASURABLE DATA, UM, AND WE HAVE TO BE INTENTIONAL SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THOSE GOALS AND METRICS.
UM, WE HAVE NATIONAL EXPOSURE, UH, BY SOME ACCOUNTS THROUGH VISIT SAN ANTONIO.
SO WITH OUR PARTNERSHIPS, LIKE HOW ARE WE TRACKING THAT? HOW ARE WE TRACKING THE R O I THAT WE, UM, I GUESS CAN PARTNER WITH OUR EXTERNAL ORGANIZATIONS LIKE VISIT ANTONIO OR LIKE REDDER, S A T X, HOW DO WE HOLD THEM RESPONSIBLE FOR GIVING US A CHUNK OF THAT RETURN ON INVESTMENTS SPECIFICALLY THROUGH MEDIUM MENTIONS, ET CETERA.
ARE THEY TRACKING IT? THAT'S, THAT'S ONE THING THAT I WAS WONDERING ABOUT.
ONE THING THAT UNDER THE PLAN, IT TALKS ABOUT, UM, BOLSTER NEIGHBORHOODS AND ENGENDER ECONOMIC HEALING.
I THINK THAT, UM, WE INDIRECTLY, UH, REFERENCE AREAS OF CONCENTRATED POVERTY WHEN WE DO THAT.
AND SO I'M GLAD THAT WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THERE'S AREAS OF CONCENTRATED POVERTY, BUT I THINK THAT, UM, WE ALSO HAVE TO LOOK AT HOW IT IMPACTS AND IT'S CLOSELY ALIGNED TO THE PRINCIPLE OF EQUITY, RIGHT? AND SO, UM, WHEN WE THINK IN TERMS OF THE DIGITAL DIVIDE AND INFRASTRUCTURE AND HOW SOME NEIGHBORHOODS ARE DECADES BEHIND OTHERS, RIGHT? AND THE CONSIDERATION FOR THAT, BUT THE INVESTMENT IN IT, I THINK IS, IS ONE OF THE, THE KEY STORIES THAT WE NEED TO TELL AS WELL.
UM, ANOTHER THING THAT I MENTIONED IS EQUITABLE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN TERMS OF DIFFERENT PATHWAYS TO SUCCESS.
SO ON THE JOB TRAINING, PAID INTERNSHIPS, UM, YES, COLLEGE, UH, DEGREES, BUT, UM, ALSO, UH, LEARNING, LEARNING FROM APPRENTICESHIPS, ET CETERA, ARE, ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT, THAT I WAS HOPING WOULD BE ADDRESSED.
AND THEN, UM, UNDER INCENTIVES, WE HAVE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THAT ARE DISPERSED A AMONGST DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS.
AND YESTERDAY, FOR INSTANCE, WE WERE AT ONE OF OUR COMMITTEE MEETINGS AND COUNCILMAN COURAGE ASKED THE QUESTION SPECIFICALLY ABOUT TOURS.
AND SO, OR IT WAS A E W D C MEETING YESTERDAY, AND SO IT CAME UP, RIGHT, THAT, THAT WE HAVE TOURS EMBEDDED IN CERTAIN AREAS, BUT THAT WAS KINDA LIKE, WELL, THAT'S IN THAT DEPARTMENT, TOTALLY GET WHY IT'S MANAGED FROM A DIFFERENT DEPARTMENT.
BUT I WOULD LOVE TO SEE, AND I THINK THIS WAS A REQUEST THAT COUNCILMAN COURAGE MADE YESTERDAY, THAT WE HAVE ALL OF THESE A EFFICIENTLY AND EFFECTIVELY TRACKED BY ONE MECHANISM, RIGHT? LIKE, HOW CAN, HOW CAN WE DO THIS? UH, WASN'T WAS ANOTHER ONE.
AND BY THE WAY, I, UH, SUBMITTED A, AN A 19 PAGE DOCUMENT TO, UM, THE CONSULTANT.
SO I'M GIVING YOU ALL THE HIGHLIGHTS OF, OF THE DOCUMENT THAT I SUBMITTED.
UM, ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS IS AFFORDABLE TO, UH, UH, THE AFFORDABLE AND QUALITY CHILDCARE.
WE HAVE OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH EDU CARE, FOR INSTANCE, IN INVESTING IN THAT ONE THROUGH THREE YEAR OLD DEVELOPMENT, RIGHT? AND SO A LOT OF PEOPLE FOCUSED ON PRE-K FOUR ESSAY.
UM, BUT THE REALITY IS THAT WE NEED TO STOP, DEVELOP, START DEVELOPING THOSE, THOSE BEAUTIFUL LITTLE BRAINS WITHIN THE FIRST SIX MONTHS, RIGHT? AND SO HOW DO WE DO THAT? HOW DO WE PROVIDE FOR THAT? AND AGAIN, OPPORTUNITIES LIKE EDUCARE, HOPEFULLY, RIGHT? ONCE WE HAVE THAT FOR, UH, PAST, UM, THAT WE CAN KIND OF SHOWCASE WHAT SAN ANTONIO IS DOING FOR OUR YOUNGEST.
UM, AND THEN SPECIFICALLY IN TRACKING, UH, THE BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS AND W SS A FIGURES, WHEN WE THINK ABOUT PHYSICAL RESIDENTS OR EMPLOYER BASED IN TERMS OF TAXES, IF REMOTE WORKERS HAVE EMPLOYERS THAT ARE BASED OUT OF STATE, AND THERE IS A STATE
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INCOME TAX THAT IS CALCULATED ON THEIR PHYSICAL RESIDENTS, RIGHT? LIKE, WHAT, WHAT CAN THAT SELLING POINT BE FOR REMOTE WORKERS? AND SO HOW DO WE LEVERAGE THAT TYPE OF, UM, OF, OF INVESTMENT? I SEE PERRY OVER THERE SMILING.UM, BUT I THINK THAT THAT DEFINITELY LOCAL RESIDENTS CAN, UM, CAN BENEFIT FOR FROM THAT.
AND THEN OF COURSE, WE HAVE SO MANY THINGS THAT ARE GOING WELL.
SO WE HAVE PORT SAN ANTONIO, WE HAVE BROOKS, WE HAVE, UM, A LOT OF OTHER, UH, ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE COMMITTED TO UPSKILLING AS WELL.
AND SO ANYTIME THAT WE CAN TELL THIS THE STORY, NOT NECESSARILY THROUGH THE CITY'S EYES, BUT MAYBE THROUGH THE EYES OF SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN DIRECTLY IMPACTED, WOULD BE ANOTHER ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, THAT I HIGHLIGHTED IN MY LONG DOCUMENT.
COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA, WE, WE WANT THE FULL VERSION TOO, NOT JUST THE HIGHLIGHTS.
WE'LL GO TO, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER KEO HDA.
AND THANK YOU FOR OF COURSE, FOR THE PRESENTATION, BRENDA AND JOHN.
I'M, I'M GOING TO KIND OF CONTAIN MY ENTHUSIASM.
I AM EXCITED TO SEE A COMPREHENSIVE FRAMEWORK THAT CAN BE USED TO HELP GUIDE OUR ECONOMIC POLICIES GOING FORWARD.
DEFINING THIS POLICIES, I BELIEVE IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT GOALS THAT WE CAN ACCOMPLISH AS A COUNCIL.
SO, UH, WORKING WITH YOU GUYS IN PARTNERING WITH, WITH, WITH, NOT JUST THE CITY, OF COURSE, BUT ALL OUR PARTNERS IS EXCITING TO ME.
AND I THINK THAT IT REALLY SETS UP OUR CITY FOR SUCCESS IF DONE WELL.
I'M, I'M, UH, PASSIONATE ABOUT IMPROVING OUR BUSINESS CORRIDORS.
THE OLD, UM, THE HISTORIC OLD HIGHWAY 90 CORRIDOR IS, UH, WHAT YOU SAID, BRENDA, IT'S MAIN STREET AMERICA, OLD HIGHWAY 90 HAS MANY SMALL FAMILY OWNED BUSINESSES THAT ARE VIBRANT.
AND IN SOME CASES RIGHT NOW, THEY'RE BARELY HANGING ON.
SO, UM, EVEN COMMUNITY CENTERS AND EDUCATIONAL CENTERS ARE OFF OLD HISTORIC HIGHWAY 90.
SO INVESTING IN THESE CORRIDORS IS A GOOD WAY TO ENSURE THAT ALL OF OUR, UM, ALL OF THE, UH, THE SORT OF UNDERSERVED AREAS ARE GROWING WHEN, UM, WHEN FOCUSING ON OUR CORRIDORS.
HOW DO YOU PLAN ON PROTECTING THE AREA'S CULTURE? I KNOW THAT, I NOTICED IN ONE OF YOUR, I THINK IT WAS A GRAPHIC WHERE YOU HAD ALL THE DEPARTMENTS AND YOU, YOU INCLUDED ARTS AND CULTURE, AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.
AND ARTS AND CULTURE KNOWS THE AREA REALLY WELL.
I'M, I'M USING OLD HIGHWAY 90 AS AN EXAMPLE, BUT OF COURSE THERE'S DOZENS IN THE CITY.
SO ONE OF THE REASONS WE WERE INTERESTED IN PARTNERING WITH MAIN STREET AMERICA AND THEIR, WHAT WAS FORMERLY CALLED THEIR URBAN MAIN STREET PROGRAM, IS IT REALLY IS ABOUT THAT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, RIGHT? AND I KNOW SOME OF OUR PARTNERS, LIKE PLANNING DEPARTMENTS SO FORTH, ARE REALLY GREAT AT ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY, UM, WHEN YOU'RE GOING THROUGH THAT KIND OF PROCESS, THAT REVITALIZATION AND REALLY MAKING SURE YOU UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE THAT FABRIC OF THE COMMUNITY, WHAT IT IS THAT THEY HAS BEEN IMPORTANT AND IS IMPORTANT MOVING FORWARD.
UH, AND SO AS PART OF THE FRAMEWORK, AS WE ROLL THIS OUT, WE'LL REALLY BE FOCUSED ON THAT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, THAT COLLABORATION, AND REALLY WORKING SPECIFICALLY WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND I'M SURE WORKING WITH, UH, THE COUNCIL MEMBERS TOO, WE ALL KNOW OUR ABSOLUTELY.
OUR NEIGHBORHOODS REALLY WELL.
SO, UM, WE WANNA MAKE SURE AND IDENTIFY THOSE CORRIDORS, HELP YOU TO IDENTIFY THOSE CORRIDORS.
UM, AND I MENTIONED YOU'RE PLANNING ON COLLABORATING WITH MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS ON THIS PROGRAM.
I SAW, UM, REALLY EXCITED TO SEE ARTS AVIATION TRANSPORTATION INNOVATION.
IS THAT AN OVERSIGHT OR, UM, I, I FEEL LIKE THAT COULD, THEY COULD BE USEFUL IN THIS, IN THIS, UH, CONVERSATION AS WELL.
SO METRO HEALTH, UM, THEY WEREN'T NECESSARILY INVOLVED IN THE ROUND TABLES, BUT WE ARE CERTAINLY WORKING WITH THEM.
FOR EXAMPLE, WE ARE, WE'RE PICKING THEIR BRAINS ON A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT ASPECTS RIGHT NOW, SO, OKAY, GREAT.
OKAY, SO YOU'RE WORKING WITH THEM.
UM, CAN YOU EXPAND A LITTLE MORE ON PARTNERING MORE CLOSELY WITH GREATER S A T X? I THINK THEY'RE AN INCREDIBLE RESOURCE, UM, THE ORGANIZATION, AND OF COURSE, JENNA.
UM, I THINK THAT I'D LIKE TO SEE US WORKING MORE IN LOCKSTEP WITH THEM.
I, I KNOW THAT WE DO IN SOME WAYS, BUT JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE, YOU KNOW, TO IN LOCKSTEP.
SO AS YOU KNOW, GREATER S A T X HAS BEEN GOING THROUGH, UM, A SHIFT AS THEY'VE BEEN IMPLEMENTING THEIR, THEIR NEW STRATEGIC NEW-ISH STRATEGIC PLAN MM-HMM.
UM, AND SO THEY, THEY HIRED THEIR CHIEF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OFFICER EARLIER THIS YEAR, SARAH KBY RUSH MM-HMM.
UM, WE ARE, IN FACT, I DON'T THINK A DAY GOES BY THAT WE'RE NOT CONNECTING IN SOME WAY, SHAPE, OR FORM.
UH, AND SO THEY'VE BEEN INCREDIBLY ENGAGED IN THIS PROCESS.
UH, THEIR PLAN WAS REVIEWED AND WAS DEFINITELY TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION AS WE DIDN'T, DIDN'T WANNA RECREATE THE WHEEL.
UH, AND SO WE ARE ARE LOOKING AT HOW DO WE BETTER COLLABORATE? SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE BUSINESS RETENTION EXPANSION PROGRAM, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT WILL DEFINITELY BE A CONVERSATION IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM.
AND AS WILL A NUMBER OF THE OTHER THINGS, THE INCENTIVES, THEY'RE, THEY'RE HEAVILY INVOLVED IN AS WELL.
I JUST, YOU KNOW, CONSTANT COMMUNICATION, I THINK, WITH THEM AND OTHER PARTNERS.
BUT, UM, I'VE HAD MEETINGS WITH THEM AS WELL WHERE I LEARN ALL KINDS OF NEW STUFF.
JUST SPENDING AN HOUR WITH THAT TEAM IS INCREDIBLE.
SO, UM, I THINK WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE USING THAT RESOURCE TO ITS FULLEST.
UM, YOU MENTIONED, UH, IT WAS A DISPARITY STUDY.
UM, CAN YOU ELABORATE A LITTLE MORE ON THE DISPARITY STUDY? SURE.
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THROUGH OUR SMALL BUSINESS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADVOCACY PROGRAM, WE, UM, AGAIN, THAT'S BASED ON, UM, LEGAL, LEGALLY DEFINED, LEGALLY DEFENSIBLE DISPARITIES.UH, AND SO WE DO UPDATE THE DISPARITY STUDY, UH, WHICH IS CURRENTLY UNDERWAY.
UH, THE FINAL REPORT IS EXPECTED IN EARLY 2023, AND THEN THAT, UM, DEPENDING UPON THE FINDINGS IN THAT STUDY, THAT IS WHAT THE S BETA ORDINANCE IS BUILT AROUND.
UM, AND THE MAYOR MENTIONED THIS, BUT I THINK IT BEARS REPEATING THAT MEASURING SUCCESS IS VITAL.
IT'S JUST AS IMPORTANT AS ANY OTHER COMPONENT TO THIS.
SO I AM, I'M SURE WE'LL GET KIND OF UPDATES AND REPORTS AND ALL KINDS OF MEETINGS AND BRIEFINGS, AND I, I LOOK FORWARD TO THEM BECAUSE I, I REALLY DO THINK THAT, UM, I'M NOT SURE YET HOW THE MEASUREMENT IS GOING TO HAPPEN, BUT THAT'S FOR DOWN THE WAY A LITTLE BIT, RIGHT? JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE CONTINUING TO KEEP TRACK OF THAT.
AND YOU ALSO MENTIONED, UM, SOMETHING THAT REALLY KIND OF, I THINK PART OF WHAT GOT ME KIND OF EXCITED IS MENTIONING THAT WE NEED TO GET BETTER AT TELLING OUR SAN ANTONIO STORY.
AND I, I WONDER, UM, KIND OF WHAT IS THE, THE MOONSHOT ONCE, WHAT'S THE ULTIMATE GOAL? I KNOW THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF FACETS TO THIS GROWING AND KEEPING SAN ANTONIO TALENT, DEVELOPING SMALL BUSINESS, SOLIDIFYING KEY PARTNERSHIPS.
UH, OUR ULTIMATE GOAL IS TO, TO ME, IS TO BE THE CITY THAT ALL OTHER CITIES MODEL THEMSELVES AFTER.
WE WILL NO LONGER LOOK TO OTHER CITIES, UM, IN, IN OTHER STATES TO SAY, THIS IS WHAT WE NEED TO BE.
I WANT EVERYBODY LOOKING AT US.
EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM KNOWS WE CAN DO IT.
UM, BUT I WANT, I, I AM, MY, MY GOAL, MY KIND OF MOONSHOT FOR THIS IS THAT WE ARE IN A COMPLETE LEAGUE OF OUR OWN.
UM, AND IT'S, UM, I THINK THAT THIS FRAMEWORK WILL GET US THERE.
SO MAYOR, I THINK YOU'RE GONNA BE TOM HANKS, I'LL BE MADONNA
BUT I THINK REALLY THIS IS WHERE, WHERE I, I'M, I CAN'T SAY IT ENOUGH HOW EXCITED I AM ABOUT THIS, BECAUSE I THINK THIS IS, THIS IS TRULY, UH, COULD BE TRULY TRANSFORMATIONAL TO OUR ENTIRE CITY FROM, FROM THE, YOU KNOW, THE NEIGHBORHOODS BY OLD HIGHWAY 90 TO DOWNTOWN, TO THE EAST SIDE, NORTH SIDE, SOUTH SIDE.
I THINK THIS COULD BE, UM, REALLY, REALLY A GAME CHANGER FOR US.
SO I THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE AND ALL THE WORK YOU'RE ABOUT TO DO.
COUNCIL MEMBER KIO, HDA, COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL.
THANK YOU, BRENDA, FOR THE BRIEFING THAT YOU GAVE.
UM, UH, FIRST OF ALL, I, I WANNA THANK YOU.
WHEN WE ADOPTED, OR SORRY, WHEN WE VOTED ON THE, THE CONTRACT FOR, UM, TIP STRATEGIES, YOU WERE VERY EXCITED ABOUT TIP, AND I REMEMBER SAYING WE SHOULD REALLY THINK ABOUT THIS AS AN ANTI-POVERTY STRATEGY AS WELL.
UH, NOT JUST ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE, UM, OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THUS FAR HAS, HAS LEFT BEHIND SOME COMMUNITIES.
AND, UH, IN, IN MY, AND IT WAS MY OPINION, YOU KNOW, BASED ON WHAT I HAD OBSERVED.
AND THEN I OPENED THE REPORT, AND IN THE, UH, IN THE FIRST COUPLE OF PAGES, YOU, YOU DO PRETTY MUCH, UH, MAKE THAT STATEMENT.
UM, WHAT'S YOUR NAME AGAIN? SORRY.
UM, YOU PRETTY MUCH MAKE THAT STATEMENT THAT WHEN IT COMES TO, UH, WEALTH BETWEEN 2015 OR MEDIAN INCOME, LET'S SAY BETWEEN 2015 AND 2020, YOU DO SEE A GROWTH IN, UM, OVERALL, BUT, UM, COMMUNITIES OF COLOR ARE ACTUALLY NOT GROWING, THAT THEY'RE FALLING BEHIND.
SO I, I DO THINK THAT SHOULD BE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE CONTINUE TO MONITOR AS, AS WE MOVE ALONG.
I DON'T DOUBT YOU WILL, BUT I DIDN'T SEE IT ON YOUR, YOU ONLY HAD FOUR THINGS, RIGHT? THAT FOUR OR FIVE THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO, TO MONITOR.
UM, SO I THINK THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT TO OUR ATTENTION.
UM, A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I, I DO ALSO WANNA HIGHLIGHT, AND I'M, I FEEL, UM, SOMEWHAT HEARD BY YOU.
WE DID HAVE, UM, YOU INTERVIEWED ALL OF US ABOUT, UH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
AND I TOLD YOU THAT AS SOMEONE WHO REPRESENTED A DISTRICT THAT HAD NO REGIONAL CENTERS, NO TOURS, UM, BUT MOSTLY NEIGHBORHOODS THAT IT WAS, THAT I HAD NEVER REALLY BEEN ENGAGED IN ANYTHING THAT HAD TO DO WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOR THE CITY.
AND I SAW THAT AS A DISADVANTAGE TO THE RESIDENTS IN DISTRICT SEVEN, THAT WE HAD A NUMBER OF DEPRESSED CORRIDORS, UM, AND, UH, AND CORRIDORS THAT I THOUGHT HAD POTENTIAL, UM, AND THAT PERHAPS WE COULD HAVE AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY THAT DIDN'T JUST FOCUS ON BIG VACANT PARCELS OF LAND, WHICH IS WHAT I HAD SEEN HAPPEN SO FAR.
AND THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT CAN ONLY HAPPEN IN AREAS THAT HAVE IT.
AND SOME OF YOUR DISTRICT, AND WELL, YOU DON'T DO A LOT OF ECON DEVELOPMENT, DO YOU? NO.
UH, WE'RE A BEDROOM COMMUNITY.
UH, SO, SO THANK YOU FOR IDENTIFYING THAT AS A POTENTIAL APPROACH AS THE CORRIDORS.
AND IN FACT, YOU HAVE IDENTIFIED, UH, FREDERICKSBURG, UH, WHICH HAS OUR FASTEST IN OUR BEST BUS SERVICE BETWEEN THE MEDICAL CENTER AND DOWNTOWN, AS WELL AS THE, THE DECO CORRIDOR,
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WHICH WE THINK IS PRIME FOR, UM, FOR INVESTMENT AND, UH,SO I DO WANNA, UH, POINT OUT FOR, AND YOU MAY BE AWARE OF THIS, BRENDA, AS YOU MOVE FORWARD WITH THE, WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION, THE, THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN FOR BANDERA INSIDE LOOP FOUR 10 IS, UH, THE CONTRACT FOR THAT IS BEING APPROVED THIS THURSDAY.
SO THE WORK ON THAT WILL BEGIN.
AND I, I'M JUST WONDERING IF WE CAN HAVE SOME SYNERGIES WITH, UH, WITH YOUR DEPARTMENT AT THAT TIME.
THERE WILL BE SOME SORT OF REAL ESTATE ANALYSIS, UH, CONSULTANT, UH, CONDUCTED BY, UH, BY WORKSHOP, THE, THE CONSULTANT.
AND THEN WHEN IT COMES TO CULEBRA, UM, YOU, YOU'VE SEEN, UH, HOPEFULLY YOU'VE SEEN US OUT THERE MAKING MESSAGES ABOUT SAFETY, UH, WHEN IT COMES TO THE RA CORRIDOR, BUT THAT IS ALSO UNDER, UH, EVALUATION.
UM, BUT THAT'S MORE OF A TRAFFIC ENGINEERING MULTIMODAL THING, BUT STILL AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO, TO COLLABORATE ON THAT.
SO I WOULDN'T WANT THOSE OPPORTUNITIES TO, TO SLIP BY NOW THAT THEY'RE HERE.
UM, JUST A, A COUPLE OF OF QUESTIONS.
UM, IN TERMS OF, YOU MENTIONED PLACEMAKING STRATEGIES.
SO WHEN YOU SAY PLACEMAKING, I AM CONSIDERING SOMETHING LIKE THE PEARL AND THAT THE DECO DISTRICT HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BECOME A PLACE, BUT REALLY, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES? WHAT PLACE ARE YOU, ARE YOU MAKING? YEAH, SURE.
SO PLACEMAKING CAN BE REALLY BROAD.
AND SO WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT GOAL TWO, REAL ESTATE AND PLACEMAKING, UM, REAL ESTATE COULD BE MEGA SITES.
SO THAT'S DEFINITELY ONE OF THE STRATEGIES.
BUT A LOT OF TIMES WHEN YOU'RE REFERRING TO PLACEMAKING, IT'S MORE OF THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, TYPE ENGAGEMENT, THE CORDY REDEVELOPMENT TYPE THING.
UM, THAT'S WHAT I WAS HOPING TO HEAR.
UM, AND, UH, COULD YOU, I HAVE TWO THINGS I'D LIKE FOR YOU TO ELABORATE ON.
ONE OF THEM IS THE EXAMPLES OF HOW THE E D C IS USED IN OTHER AREAS WHERE YOU THINK WE CAN, UH, YOU KNOW, MOVE IN THAT DIRECTION.
AND ANOTHER ONE IS, UH, IN TERMS OF PROCUREMENT AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO GROW LOCAL BUSINESSES, IF YOU COULD EXPLAIN WHAT THOSE MIGHT LOOK LIKE.
UH, SO FOR EXAMPLE, WITH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION IN OTHER CITIES, UH, ARLINGTON IS ONE THAT I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH.
THEY HAPPEN TO BE INCLUDED IN THE FRAMEWORK AS AN EXAMPLE.
UH, THEY HAVE BEEN REALLY FOCUSED ON NOW USING A PORTION OF THEIR SALES TAX.
THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT THEY JUST STARTED A FEW YEARS AGO.
UH, AND THEIR EMPHASIS WITH THOSE FUNDS ARE, IS ALL ABOUT REVITALIZATION, REALLY FOCUSED ON, UM, THAT LAND DEVELOPMENT, THAT PLACEMAKING, UM, TO SUPPORT THEIR EXISTING BUSINESSES.
AND THEN THEY'RE ACTUALLY ALSO LOOKING AT AN AREA FOR REDEVELOPMENT, FOR MORE OFFICE AND, AND JOB CREATION AS WELL.
UM, OTHER COMMUNITIES ARE USING IT WELL, A LOT OF COMMUNITIES ACTUALLY USE IT FOR THAT REAL ESTATE TYPE DEVELOPMENT, THE PLACEMAKING AND SO FORTH.
UM, AND THEN THE OTHER ONE WAS ON THE, THE S BETA, UH, PROGRAM, OUR SMALL BUSINESSES.
AND HOW DO WE WITH PROCUREMENT, OH YEAH.
PROCUREMENT CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THEM.
UM, SO WE HAVE A NUMBER OF PROGRAMS, UH, ALREADY IN PLACE.
AND WE'RE LOOKING AT THE NEW BONDING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, FOR EXAMPLE, UH, ACTUALLY ROLLS OUT NEXT WEEK.
UH, AND THAT'S AN, AN OPPORTUNITY.
IT'S A LOT OF CAPACITY BUILDING, UH, BUILT INTO THAT.
WE ALREADY HAVE A HANDFUL OF COMPANIES THAT HAVE EXPRESSED INTEREST AND ARE IDENTIFIED BEFORE WE EVEN ROLLED IT OUT.
SO THAT WAS APPROVED BY COUNCIL IN, UM, 2022 BUDGET, 2021 BUDGET, EXCUSE ME.
UM, AND SO WE'RE RULING THAT OUT.
UM, AND THEN CONTINUE A LOT OF THAT ECOSYSTEM WORK AND THE ITEMS THAT WERE INCLUDED IN THE ARPO FUNDING, WE'LL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THAT SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AND THE, THE GROWTH, THE ASPEN INSTITUTE INITIATIVE AND SO FORTH.
THANK YOU FOR, UH, FOR CLARIFYING THAT.
UM, AND THEN LASTLY, ONE, ONE THING THAT WE HAVEN'T MENTIONED THAT IS PROBABLY THE MOST EXCITING FOR ME,
BUT, UM, IN TERMS OF THE FIFTH, UH, INDUSTRY CLUSTER BEING SUSTAINABLE ENERGY, UM, WHICH I THINK HAS BEEN AN OPPORTUNITY THAT WE'VE MISSED FOR, FOR A WHILE.
UM, I MAY HAVE TOLD YOU THIS, BUT WE HAD A, UH, A, A BUSINESS CLASS FROM HARVARD COME TO SAN ANTONIO, AND SOME OF YOU GUYS HAVE, MAY, MAY HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN IT.
THEY, THEY TOOK ON SPECIAL PROJECTS FOR A WEEK WITH DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS, AND ONE OF THEM WAS WITH OUR PROPERTY ASSESS CLEAN ENERGY, UH, PROGRAM.
AND WHAT THE PROFESSOR TOLD ME IS THAT IN ALL THE OTHER CITIES WHERE THE STUDENTS WERE, UM, 'CAUSE THEY WENT ALL OVER THE COUNTRY WHERE THE STUDENTS WERE SORT OF SET FREE TO GO DO THEIR PROJECTS, UH, CLEAN ENERGY CONT WAS CONTINUALLY A PROJECT THAT THOSE CITIES HAD IN THE WORKS.
YOU KNOW, THAT THERE WAS A COMPANY THAT, UH, BUT THAT WAS SOMETHING EXCITING THAT THE STUDENTS COULD ENGAGE IN.
BUT THIS WAS PROBABLY THE ONLY METRO AREA WHERE THAT DIDN'T COME UP FOR THEM.
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ABOUT THAT.SO I'M REALLY GLAD TO, TO SEE IT IN THERE.
AND, UM, COULD YOU EXPLAIN HOW WE'RE GOING TO PROMOTE THAT AS AN INDUSTRY CLUSTER? ANY IDEAS YOU MAY HAVE HAD? I KNOW IT'S STILL VERY EARLY, SO THANKS.
THAT'S STILL VERY MUCH SOMETHING THAT WE'LL BE TALKING TO GREATER S A T, GREATER S A T X ABOUT AND OUR OTHER PARTNERS.
UM, THAT'S PART OF THE DATA AND RESEARCH PIECE OF IT.
I, WE REALLY NEED TO DO THE, UM, THE MAPPING.
UM, I THINK THERE, WE ALREADY KNOW THAT THERE ARE SOME REALLY UNIQUE FEATURES.
I MEAN, JUST THE FACT OF C P S, FOR EXAMPLE, AND HOW WE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT PUBLICLY OWNED UTILITY IS A SIGNIFICANT OPPORTUNITY.
BUT THEN AS WE CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT THE, THE WHOLE CONTINUUM OF THE INDUSTRY, UM, REALLY FOCUSED ON THOSE ASSETS AND THEN THOSE COMPANIES, AND I THINK THAT'S AN AREA THAT WE, UM, HAVE LACKED THE CAPACITY.
AND QUITE HONESTLY, SO WHEN I TALK ABOUT BUILDING THAT FOUNDATION BEFORE WE CAN TELL THE MESSAGE, I THINK WE NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB OF, OF THAT WHAT I CALL KIND OF THAT SUPPLY CHAIN GAP ANALYSIS OR INDUSTRY ANALYSIS.
I DON'T KNOW IF I HAVE 19 PAGES, BUT I DO HAVE OTHER, UH, OTHER DISCUSSION I'D LIKE TO HAVE WITH YOU.
I APOLOGIZE, OUR, OUR BRIEFING GOT CUT SHORT THE OTHER DAY, BUT, UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR WORK.
LOOKING FORWARD TO ALL THIS KIND OF PLAYING OUT OVER, OVER THE FUTURE YEARS THAT WE'RE GONNA BE LOOKING AT THIS AND, UH, MEASURING IT.
AND, UH, IT'S ALREADY BEEN TALKED ABOUT HAVING QUALITY METRICS TO MEASURE THE SUCCESS OF THIS.
WHAT'S OUR RETURN ON INVESTMENT? WHAT ARE WE, WHAT ARE WE REALLY LOOKING FOR? AND WHAT IT, WHAT ARE OUR, WHAT ARE OUR GAINS GONNA BE BACK FOR THE CITY AS A WHOLE? UM, ONE OF THE THINGS, AND BRENDA, I MENTIONED THIS UP FRONT, UM, WHEN YOU CAME AROUND BRIEFING THIS, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WAS DISAPPOINTED IN THAT I JUST IN ONE LITTLE IN AREA, I SAW THE MILITARY, UH, MENTIONED IN THIS, IN THIS PRESENTATION.
NOW, IT MIGHT BE IN THE DOCUMENT ITSELF, BUT I JUST WANNA REMIND EVERYBODY.
WE GOT DIRECT EMPLOYMENT, 83,000 PEOPLE HERE, INDIRECT AND DIRECT.
211,000 PEOPLE OUTPUT TO THE ECONOMY.
OUR G D P FROM THE MILITARY, 23 BILLION.
AND, UH, THE DISPOSABLE PERSONAL, PERSONAL INCOME, 14 BILLION.
I, THAT'S OUR BIGGEST INDUSTRY HERE IN TOWN.
AND SOMEHOW WE NEED TO REINFORCE THAT IN THIS DOCUMENT.
AND I, I THINK IN THIS PRESENTATION, I JUST LOOKED AT, UH, SLIDE NUMBER NINE HERE.
YOU KNOW, WE LIST COMMUNITY, HERITAGE, ARTS AND CULTURE, OUTDOOR AMENITIES AND TOURISM UNDER CULTURE AND AMENITIES.
AND IF WE DON'T HAVE MILITARY IN THERE, THIS IS MILITARY CITY, U S A, UH, AND, AND I, I, I'M, I'M JUST KIND OF DISBELIEF RIGHT NOW THAT THAT'S NOT IN THIS PRESENTATION, ANYTHING ABOUT THE MILITARY.
SO, UH, UM, THAT'S MY BIGGEST CRITICISM IN THIS.
AND WE CAN'T TAKE OUR EYES OFF THE MILITARY.
WE CAN'T TAKE OUR FOOT OFF THE, OFF THE ACCELERATOR, OFF THE, ON BRINGING ADDITIONAL MILITARY MISSIONS IN THIS CITY.
WE HAVE THE LAND, WE GOT THE PORT, UH, ALL OF THAT WRAPPED IN TOGETHER, WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE MILITARY, OUR BIGGEST EMPLOYER AND OUR BIGGEST ECONOMIC DRIVER HERE IN TOWN.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I, I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO MEET THE, UH, THE AUTHORS OF THIS DOCUMENT, THE, THE, UH, UM, OUR CONSULTANT.
BUT, UH, I'M DISAPPOINTED IN THAT, UH, SLIDE NUMBER 18.
AGAIN, WE, WE LIST OUT A WHOLE BUNCH OF DIFFERENT THINGS AROUND THAT.
AND AGAIN, MILITARY OUGHT TO BE CIRCLED IN ON THAT, AROUND THAT, AROUND THAT, UH, WHOLE, YEAH, YOU COULD PROBABLY STICK IT IN ANY OF THESE.
BUT AS IMPORTANT AS OUR MILITARY IS HERE, WE NEED TO HIGHLIGHT IT AND POP IT OUT AND CONTINUE TO SUPPORT IT.
UH, WE GOT OVER 500,000 VETERANS IN THIS AREA.
I, I, I CAN GO ON AND ON AND ON, BUT I'M REALLY DISAPPOINTED THAT THAT WAS NOT PART OF THIS, THIS, UH, PRESENTATION.
UH, MAYBE IT IS IN THE MORE DETAILED PLAN, BUT IT NEEDS TO BE HIGHLIGHTED MORE THAN WHAT IT IS RIGHT NOW.
UH, LOOKING FORWARD, AGAIN TO THE METRICS RETURN ON INVESTMENT, THOSE ARE IMPORTANT.
AND, UH, THAT'S MY BIGGEST CRITICISM ON THIS PRESENTATION.
BRAVO, BRENDAN, JOHN, THANK YOU FOR THIS PRESENTATION.
UM, I DO HAVE A, A QUESTION LIKE, HOW DOES THIS STUDY AND ITS RECOMMENDATIONS REFLECT OUR NEW NORMAL? SO WHAT IS DIFFERENT IN WHAT YOU'RE RECOMMENDING TODAY VERSUS IF YOU HAD DONE
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THIS, UH, THIS STUDY AND MADE RECOMMENDATIONS PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC? UM, YEAH.SO WE, WE DEFINITELY DID TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE LARGER CONTEXT AND HOW CERTAIN TRENDS HAVE REALLY BEEN ACCELERATED.
SO THE AMOUNT OF INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AS A RESULT OF SUPPLY CHAIN RESTRUCTURING AND E-COMMERCE CONTINUING ITS RAPID RISE IS SOMETHING THAT, UH, WE'VE TAKEN, UH, MORE OF AN EMPHASIS ON THINGS LIKE PREPARING FOR LARGE INDUSTRIAL SITES ON THE ONE HAND, BUT ALSO LOOKING AT THE, THE FUTURE OF HOW WORK HAPPENS.
AND NOT JUST REMOTE WORK, BUT HYBRID WORK AND HOW THAT HAS REALLY SPREAD OUT THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE REGION.
WHEREAS THERE WAS AN EFFORT TO REALLY CONSOLIDATE AND, AND, UH, A LOT OF THE TECH COMPANIES AND TECH INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA ALONG HOUSTON STREET CORRIDOR, UM, THAT'S STILL IMPORTANT, BUT THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF THE REALITY THAT SO MANY MORE PEOPLE ARE WORKING REMOTELY AND IN A HYBRID FASHION THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
UM, SO LOOKING AT PORT SAN ANTONIO AND OTHER AREAS THAT CAN REALLY DEVELOP THAT TECH INDUSTRY, THOSE ARE JUST A COUPLE OF THE EXAMPLES.
UH, BUT ALSO I THINK THE, THE FEDERAL FUNDING, WE, UM, WE WERE, UH, RIGHT TO INCLUDE THINGS LIKE SUSTAINABLE ENERGY AND FOCUS ON CLIMATE RESILIENCE AND ADAPTATION.
BUT WE COULDN'T HAVE PREDICTED THAT THERE WOULD'VE BEEN HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE, THAT, UH, NOW THAT'S AN EVEN GREATER OPPORTUNITY.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF THOSE FEDERAL FUNDING IMPLICATIONS THAT DID RESULT FROM THE DISRUPTION OF THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS ARE, ARE ANOTHER THING THAT REALLY HELPED TO INFLUENCE THE PLAN.
AND THAT COMBINES WITH SOME OF THE POSITIVE THINGS LIKE THE BOND PROGRAM THAT WAS, UH, PASSED VERY RECENTLY HERE.
YOU KNOW, UM, AS WE MOVE FORWARD, UM, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THOUGHTS I'VE HAD IS HOW DO WE ENSURE THAT OUR MOST VULNERABLE AREN'T LEFT BEHIND? HOW ARE WE NOT PRICING OUR CURRENT, UM, CITIZENS OUT OF OUR CITY? AND COUNCILMAN, UH, ROCHA GARCIA HAD MENTIONED CHILDCARE.
I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT, UM, ASPECT.
I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU ALL SEE THAT AS PLAYING A ROLE HERE, BUT I THINK IT'S INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT.
UM, AND, UH, I'M GLAD TO SEE PLACEMAKING IN THERE.
I THINK THAT'S GONNA PLAY AN IMP IMPORTANT ROLE.
AND I WOULD WELCOME THE, THE TOURISTS BEING USED FOR THAT AS WELL.
UH, I WANNA THANK, UH, BRENDA AND YOUR TEAM, UM, FOR YOUR HARD WORK.
WHEN WE STARTED THIS PROCESS, UH, YOU KNOW, IT WAS IMPORTANT TO ME THAT WE DIDN'T, WE DID SOMETHING THAT WAS INCLUSIVE OF ALL OUR DEPARTMENTS.
AND WHEN I SAW THE FRAMEWORK, I WAS REALLY EXCITED.
AND I REALLY LIKED THE QUOTE THAT SAID, TO COMPETE ON THE NATIONAL INTERNATIONAL STAGE, SAN ANTONIO MUST UNDERSTAND ITS CURRENT ECONOMIC BASE AND ADAPT TO CONFRONT THE CHALLENGES.
AND I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE, UM, THINGS THAT I'VE BEEN HARPING, HARPING ON, IS THAT SOMETIMES WE'RE TOO CONSERVATIVE, WE OUR, UM, WITH OUR ESTIMATIONS AND, UH, THEN WE'LL SEE A SURPLUS, OR WE WON'T, WE WON'T, WE WON'T BE PROMOTING OURSELVES AND TELLING THE STORY.
SO I LOOK FORWARD TO MAKING SURE THAT WE BRAND IT CORRECTLY.
AND WITHIN THE LARGER FRAMEWORK THAT YOU PROVIDED.
I THINK THAT PERCEPTION SURVEY WAS VERY TELLING, UH, IN WHAT PEOPLE ARE THINKING OF SAN ANTONIO AND HOW WE NEED TO, I DON'T WANNA SAY REBRAND, WE JUST NEED TO TELL THE STORY BETTER.
'CAUSE I DON'T THINK WE'RE TA TELLING OUR STORY CORRECTLY.
AND, UM, I THINK IF WE LOOK, WHEN, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE STRENGTH, WEAKNESSES, OPPORTUNITIES, UM, AND THREATS, I THINK I, I REALLY FELT LIKE THAT WAS INSIGHTFUL.
AND WE DO NEED TO ADDRESS THE COMPETING PRIORITIES WITHIN THE CITY.
IT'S, IT'S EVIDENT THAT WE HAVE THAT, NOT JUST WITHIN THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY, BUT WITHIN OUR, WITHIN OUR NON-PROFIT COMMUNITY, THE ACCESS TO CAPITAL WE TALK ABOUT OFTEN AND WHAT IS PREVENTING MORE SITE AVAILABILITY.
AND AS MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUE MENTIONED IN, IN, UH, DISTRICT SEVEN, IS IT JUST LONG FORGOTTEN CORRIDORS THAT WE'VE LEFT UNDEVELOPED? IS IT JUST RURAL AREAS IN THE SOUTHERN SECTOR WE HAVEN'T LOOKED AT? SO WHAT IS PREVENTING THAT? AND, UM, I THINK WE NEED TO ALSO LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
AND WHEN MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUE COUNCILMAN PERRY TALKS ABOUT THE MILITARY, THAT THOSE ARE, MANY OF THOSE ARE GOVERNMENT JOBS.
THE ONES RELATED TO IT ARE NOT, BUT WE NEED TO LOOK AT OUR GOVERNMENT JOBS AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL AND OUR GOVERNMENT JOBS AT THE STATE LEVEL.
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COURSE, WE NEED TO BE THE EXAMPLE HERE AT THE CITY, UM, OF WHAT IT, WHAT WE, WHAT OUR EXPECTATION IS IN, IN SALARY.BUT I THINK THIS IS SEPARATE FROM THE STUDY WE ASKED YOU TO DO.
AND I THINK WITH THE THREATS, UH, COUNCILMAN ROCHA GARCIA MENTIONED, WE DO HAVE, UM, EDUCARE, UH, AND, AND THAT TEAM WORKING TO TRY AND BRING QUALITY CHILDCARE TO HERE.
AND, AND I APPRECIATE THAT YOU KIND OF LOOKED AT IT AS A HOLISTIC VIEW.
WHEN I LOOK AT THE GENERAL, UM, SLIDESHOW PRESENTATION, UH, EVERYTHING WAS GREAT WITH THE INNOVATION IN THE INDUSTRY.
I THINK WE NEED MORE DEFINITIONS FOR THE ENTIRE COUNCIL AND THE COMMUNITY WHEN WE TALK ABOUT WHAT IS A LARGE BUSINESS, WHAT IS A MID-SIZE BUSINESS, I THINK I WOULD NEED SOME MORE INFORMATION ON THAT REVERSE PITCH COMPETITION, BECAUSE I, I'M NOT SURE IT SOUNDS VERY GEARED TOWARDS, UM, A CERTAIN PART OF TOWN, UM, THE OTHER IN YOUR PLACEMAKING AND REAL ESTATE.
UH, I JUST WANNA ECHO WHAT SOME OF MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES HAVE SAID THAT WE, WE REALLY NEED TO FOCUS ON THAT.
AND I, I LEARN, I LOOK FORWARD TO WHAT THEY CAN BRING.
UM, I DO APPRECIATE THAT IN THE LARGER STUDY YOU MENTIONED ADDRESSING THE MOTELS AROUND THE WORLD HERITAGE SITE.
UH, AND AGAIN, THAT'S PART OF BRINGING IN PUBLIC SAFETY AND, UM, AND THOSE EFFORTS, UH, TALENT AND WORKFORCE, I THINK WE NEED TO FOCUS ON THAT PIPELINE OF TALENT AND TO ADDRESS THE OPPORTUNITY AND UPWARD MOBILITY, UM, HERE IN SAN ANTONIO.
MAKING SURE THAT OUR COMMUNITY COLLEGES HAVE THOSE WELDING CLASSES THAT CAN GET THEM TO THE NEXT LEVEL, HAVE THE TECHNICAL CLASSES THAT CAN GET THEM TO THE NEXT LEVEL.
AND THAT OUR UNIVERSITIES, WHETHER IT'S U T S A, TEXAS A AND M, WHICHEVER UNIVERSITY HAS THE, THE LAW SCHOOL PROGRAMS AND, AND EVERYTHING THAT THEY WOULD NEED TO, TO CONTINUE THAT UPWARD MOBILITY ON THE CAPACITY AND RESOURCES.
THIS IS THE ONE THING I THINK WE HAVE TOO MUCH OF RELIANCE ON GREATER SS A T X.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE OF A CHAMBER ROLE WHILE, UM, I KNOW THEY MEET FREQUENTLY WITH OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I, I HAVE NOT, I HAVE YET TO MEET WITH THEM, UM, ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN, IN MY DISTRICT.
SO I, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THAT BECAUSE IT, IT, IT SEEMS LIKE A BUSINESS AS USUAL WITH, WITH THE RELIANCE THAT YOU HAVE ON, ON THEM FOR THE PARTNERSHIPS.
SO, UM, I WILL ECHO WHAT MY, UM, THE MAYOR SAID IS WHEN WE START DOING THE DATA FOR MEASURING IN THE METRICS TO MAKE SURE WE TAKE IN CONSIDERATION THOSE CENSUS TRACKS, THE CITY COUNCIL DISTRICTS AND THE ZIP CODES THAT WE DO, LOOK AT THE WAGES, THE MEDIUM WAGES, LOWEST WAGES, AND EVEN THE CHANGES IN WAGES BY ALL THAT GREAT DATA YOU GAVE US WHEN YOU BROKE IT DOWN INTO WOMEN, UM, AGES, UM, THINGS LIKE THAT SO THAT WE CAN REALLY STUDY, STUDY THAT AND, AND SEE HOW WE CAN DO BETTER.
SO I'M EXCITED THAT YOU HAVE THE STAFF AND I THINK THAT WE ARE GOING TO NEED TO WORK CLOSELY, ESPECIALLY REGARDING, UM, THE PLACEMAKING AND THAT MAPPING AND, AND, UH, THAT WE HAVE THE RIGHT ZONING ALSO.
SO, UM, THOSE ARE MY TAKEAWAYS.
I'M GLAD I'M PART OF THE ECONOMIC WORKFORCE AND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE TO BE PART OF IT.
HOPEFULLY I DON'T HAVE TWO COMMITTEE MEETINGS AT THE SAME TIME, SO I CAN MAKE ALL THE MEETINGS, BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH.
COUNCIL MEMBER VIA GRIND, COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ.
CAN YOU HEAR ME A LITTLE BIT BETTER? YEAH, WE HEAR YOU.
WE JUST NEED TO TURN UP THE VOLUME ON OUR SIDE SIDE.
UM, I WAS GONNA SAY THAT, UH, I'M EXCITED TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION, UM, BUT I'M ALSO A LITTLE, UH, IF, IF I WERE TO RIGHT NOW GO TO MY CONSTITUENTS AND SAY, HEY, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S HAPPENING, UM, AND WE'RE DOING THIS STRATEGIC PLAN FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND WE'RE HAVING THE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT, UH, YOU KNOW, THE FUTURE OF SAN ANTONIO, UH, THEY WOULD, YOU KNOW, THEY WOULD ASK, YOU KNOW, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR THE EAST SIDE? DOES THAT MEAN WE'RE FINALLY GONNA GET THESE AMENITIES? OR ARE WE FINALLY GONNA GET SOME INVESTMENT? AND I THINK THE CONVERSATION ON A LACK OF AMENITIES ON THE EAST SIDE REALLY CENTERS THIS CONVERSATION.
AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I'LL NAME THAT MANY RESIDENTS ARE SKEPTICAL OF THE CITY BECAUSE THEY DON'T SEE THE ECONOMIC INVESTMENT IN, UM, OUR COMMUNITY.
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FOR AN INSTANCE, WHEN WE WANT TO ADD A PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING FACILITY ON THE EAST SIDE, WE HAVE PUSH BACK BECAUSE THE FEELING IS THAT WE DON'T GET MAJOR INVESTMENTS THAT CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF CURRENT RESIDENTS.BUT WHEN A FAAC WHEN A ORGANIZATION LIKE, OR A CHURCH LIKE JACOBS CHAPEL OPENS UP A RESOURCE HUB IN THE MIDDLE OF A NEIGHBORHOOD, THEY'RE OKAY WITH THAT.
AND SO I THINK THAT'S, THAT MEANS WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO, UH, BY WAY OF GAINING TRUST.
AND SO MY HOPE IS THAT AS A RESULT OF THIS, EVEN THOUGH I'M, I'LL GET INTO SOME OF MY FRUSTRATIONS, UM, MY HOPE IS THAT WE START TO SEE MOVEMENT ON THAT.
UM, THERE WAS A RESPONSE TO COUNT ONE OF COUNCILMAN BRAVO'S QUESTIONS, AND I REMEMBER READING IT AS A PART OF THE, UM, UH, FOLLOWING THE, UH, THE WORK FROM HOME OPPORTUNITIES THAT INDUS THAT E-COMMERCE WAS, IS BOOMING.
AND, UM, WE'RE SEEING, SEEING SO MUCH GROWTH THERE AND THAT THERE'S MORE WORK FROM HOME OPPORTUNITIES.
BUT THERE'S A GRAPH RIGHT ABOVE IT THAT DEMONSTRATES A DISPARITY IN WHO'S WORKING FROM HOME WITH WHITE EMPLOYEES MAKING UP 72% OF REMOTE JOBS.
AND THIS CAN PROBABLY SOMEWHAT BE ATTRIBUTED TO THE DIGITAL DIVIDE, BUT IT'S ALSO INDICATIVE OF, YOU KNOW, WHO THESE EMPLOYERS ARE PRIORITIZING IN THEIR HIRING PRACTICES.
AND SO I DON'T WANT US TO, UM, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT US TO JUMP ONTO A SHIP AND IT'S NOT EQUITABLE.
UM, YOU KNOW, I, I WANT TO ADDRESS THE PAGE 26 OF THE DOCUMENT, WHICH WAS THE PERCEPTION ASSESSMENT.
AND IT NOTED THAT THE EAST SIDE, YOU KNOW, AT T AREA EAST SIDE IS RATED AMONG THE AREAS OF TOWN PERCEIVED AS HAVING LOW POTENTIAL, BUT SIMULTANEOUSLY IDENTIFIED AS HAVING THE HIGHEST NEED.
UM, I GUESS I'M WONDERING WHAT'S THE CITY'S CURRENT PLAN TO ADDRESS THESE PERCEPTIONS AND THESE THREATS TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT? UM, YEAH, I GUESS THAT'S, THAT'S GONNA BE MY FIRST QUESTION.
SO WE ASKED, UM, EVERY ONE OF THE ROUNDTABLE GROUPS, THE, THE SAME SERIES OF QUESTIONS, INCLUDING LOOKING AT THOSE, UH, DOZEN OR MAYBE 14 OR SO AREAS, WHAT DO THEY SEE AS THE GREATEST POTENTIAL AND WHICH ONES HAVE THE GREATEST NEED? AND THE EAST SIDE DID RANK THE HIGHEST IN TERMS OF THE GREATEST NEED FOR ADDITIONAL RESOURCES YES.
AND WAS ALSO IDENTIFIED AS BEING LOWEST POTENTIAL.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO ME WHAT THAT MEANS? YEAH, SO THAT, THOSE WERE THE RESPONSES.
IT WAS, UM, AMONG THE, PROBABLY THE BOTTOM FIVE LOWEST, UM, IN TERMS OF THE IMMEDIATE ECONOMIC POTENTIAL.
SO THAT JUST REFLECTS THE, THE RESPONSES FROM ALL THE DIFFERENT ROUNDTABLE PARTICIPANTS IN HOW THEY, THEY SAW THAT AREA, UM, WHAT, WHAT THE POTENTIAL GROWTH, UH, IS OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.
BUT THEY ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IT DOES NEED THOSE TARGETED RESOURCES.
SO THAT REALLY SPEAKS TO HELPING TO GET THOSE RESOURCES, WHETHER IT'S FROM THE CITY OR FROM OTHER PARTNERS, TO RAISE THAT ECONOMIC POTENTIAL AND THAT ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY FOR EXISTING RESIDENTS AND EXISTING BUSINESSES.
SO THAT'S, UM, PERHAPS THE BIGGEST DISPARITY AMONG BETWEEN THE, THE POTENTIAL AND THE NEED, UH, OUT OF THAT, ADMITTEDLY NON-SCIENTIFIC, BUT I THINK INFORMATIVE QUESTION THAT WE ASKED.
SO THAT DEFINITELY SPEAKS TO A CONTINUED NEED FOR SUPPORT AND INVESTMENT TO RAISE THAT ECONOMIC POTENTIAL.
I GUESS I JUST WONDER, UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN PARTICIPANTS WERE SAYING LOW POTENTIAL, WERE THEY TALKING ABOUT, UM, LIKE IN THE, I THINK IT WAS THE FOLLOWING PAGE, THERE WAS A MENTION OF SITE AVAIL, SITE AVAILABILITY AND THOSE FACTORS, BUT DID THEY ALSO MENTION THINGS LIKE, UM, JUST THE PERCEPTION OF THE E SIDE? WHAT WAS THE, WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO CHANGE THAT? AND WHAT ARE THE PLANS TO ADDRESS THESE PERCEPTIONS? I THINK THAT'S WHAT I WANNA KNOW IS WHAT'S NEXT NOW THAT IT'S BEEN IDENTIFIED.
SO, AS JOHN MENTIONED, THIS WAS DEFINITELY A VERY UNSCIENTIFIC APPROACH, BUT THOSE ARE CONVERSATIONS WHEN WE TALK ABOUT CORRIDOR.
AGAIN, ALL OF THAT INFORMATION WENT INTO THEN, UM, IDENTIFYING THOSE IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN CORRIDOR CONVERSATIONS WERE TAKING PLACE, UH, IN SOME OF THOSE TYPES OF ACTIVITIES, THE EAST SIDE WAS VERY MUCH, UM, A DISCUSSION POINT FOR THOSE TYPES OF, OF INVESTMENTS AND, AND FOCUSED EFFORTS.
UH, SO AS WE CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION, UH, AND, AND BUILDING OUT THOSE WORK PLANS, UH, WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO SO IN PARTNERSHIP WITH PARTNER WITH YOURSELF AND THE PARTNERS ON THE EAST SIDE TO SEE WHAT OPPORTUNITIES THERE ARE FOR SPECIFIC INVESTMENTS, FOR EXAMPLE.
SO WHAT I'M, UH, WHAT I'M HEARING IS THAT,
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UM, YOU KNOW, THE PERCEPTION WAS THAT THERE IS A LOW POTENTIAL, BUT THERE IS OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO CHANGE THAT PERCEPTION, I GUESS.AND THAT'S WHAT WE'LL BE DOING.
THAT'S WHAT WILL BE NEXT STEPS, BUT NOT YET.
UM, THE NEXT ONE WAS ON THE STRENGTHS, THE SWOT UH, ANALYSIS, UM, ON PAGE 31 OF THE DOCUMENT, UM, PRETTY MUCH EVERY SINGLE THREAT IT WAS IDENTIFIED EXISTS GREATLY IN DISTRICT TWO AND ON THE EAST SIDE.
UM, AND SO HOW DO WE EXPECT TO OVERCOME THESE THREATS? AND I, WHAT I, AND I ASK THAT BECAUSE I DON'T WANT US TO SAY, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE JUST BEYOND OUR CONTROL.
SO I WANNA KNOW HOW DO WE EXPECT TO OVERCOME EACH ONE OF THE, THE THREATS THAT'S BEEN IDENTIFIED? SO I THINK IT WOULD BE A MISTAKE IF WE LOOKED AT THIS AS, AS AN OR KIND OF CONCEPT OR SPECIFICALLY LOOKING AT EACH ONE OF THESE ITEMS. UM, YOU KNOW, REALLY YOU LOOK AT, WE, I TALKED EARLIER ABOUT OUR TOOLBOX, UM, JUST AS AN EXAMPLE.
UH, BUT IT REALLY IS, YOU KNOW, TO MOVE THE NEEDLE ON ANY ONE OF THESE.
AND FOR THOSE, FOR EXAMPLE, POVERTY OR ECONOMIC DISPARITIES, REPUTATIONAL LOW COST OF LABOR, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT'S REALLY FUN THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY.
UH, AND SO THAT'S A MULTITUDE OF ANSWERS.
IT'S, IT'S NOT JUST ONE POLICY OR PROGRAM THAT'S GOING TO CHANGE THAT.
UH, AND SO A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IMPLEMENTING, UH, WE'LL, WE ANTICIPATE WE'LL MOVE THAT NEEDLE.
UM, SOME WILL HAPPEN FASTER, SOME QUITE HONESTLY WILL BE SLOWER.
UM, BUT THEN ALSO IT'S, IT'S, IT TAKES EVERYBODY TO, TO LOOK AT THAT.
SO OTHER POLICIES, OTHER PROGRAMS THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS, PARTNERS HAS HAVE, ET CETERA.
MAYBE I'LL, UM, MAYBE I'LL GIVE A EXAMPLE.
SO ONE OF THE TOOLS THAT THE CITY USES FOR, FOR SEVERAL TYPES OF INVESTMENTS IS THE EQUITY MATRIX, WHICH BASICALLY, UM, YOU KNOW, OVERLAYS OR CREATES A FORMULA BASED ON, UM, PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE OF COLOR AND PERCENTAGE OF LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLDS.
UM, AND I'M WONDERING, DO WE MEASURE THE SUCCESS OF EACH OF THOSE INVESTMENTS OVER TIME TO SEE THAT MAYBE THAT EQUITY SCORE IS LOWERING, LIKE WE'RE MAKING, WE'RE MAKING GREATER STRIDES, AND I'M WONDERING, IS THAT ALREADY SOMETHING THAT WE DO, OR IS IT SOMETHING THAT WE PLAN TO DO? SO I'LL HAVE TO REFER TO SOME OF OUR OTHER COLLEAGUES OR GET BACK TO YOU SPECIFICALLY ON THAT, BECAUSE I KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE, WE WORK CLOSELY WITH THE, UH, UM, DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION OFFICE.
AND I KNOW THEY, FOR EXAMPLE, REVIEW ALL OF PROGRAMS OR BUDGETS AND SO FORTH.
SO I THINK WE'LL NEED TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT.
I CAN SPEAK SPECIFICALLY FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SO FAR IN THREE OF OUR FIVE PROGRAMS. UH, WE DO USE THE, THE EQUITY ATLAS, AND THEN WE DO PLAN ON, AGAIN, WORKING IN COLLABORATION ON TRACKING THAT.
UH, COUNCILMAN THIS IS, UH, YES, WE, UH, THE EQUITY TEAM WILL CONTINUE TO USE THE EQUITY MATRIX AND WORK WITH THE DEPARTMENTS AS WE, UH, THROUGH EVERY BUDGET CYCLE, TRY TO IDENTIFY MEASURABLE OUTCOMES, UH, FOR THESE PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS. SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THAT WORK WITH E D D.
UM, I GUESS ALSO A SMALL BUSINESS A LITTLE BIT.
SO, UM, AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, EAST SIDE COMMUNITY, WE ARE ENTREPRENEURIAL BY NATURE BECAUSE WHEN THERE AREN'T JOBS AVAILABLE FOR YOU, WHETHER IT BE BECAUSE, UM, YOU'RE FORMERLY INCARCERATED OR YOU DON'T MEET THE EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS OR THE SKIN AND COLOR REQUIREMENTS, MANY OF OUR FOLKS, UM, START UP THEIR OWN BUSINESSES.
AND THERE'S SO MANY, UM, STARTUPS AND SMALL BUSINESSES THAT NEED ACCESS TO CAPITAL AND CAPACITY BUILDING OPPORTUNITIES.
AND SO I'M WONDERING HOW WE'RE ADDRESSING THESE NEEDS CURRENTLY, AND WHAT CAN WE DO DIFFERENTLY TO SUPPORT HOMEGROWN BUSINESSES LIKE THE BARBERSHOPS, THE RESTAURANTS, AND THE EVENT VENUES.
UM, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I, I HAVE TO SAY THAT EAST SIDE IS MUCH MORE THAN THE ALAMO DOME AND AT AND T CENTER, AND ALTHOUGH I'M GLAD BOTH OF THESE ARE IN D TWO BECAUSE WE GET THE BEST CONCERTS, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST AN EXAMPLE OF HOW DEEPLY WE INVEST IN EACH OTHER.
SO THE QUESTION WAS, UM, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE BETTER CULTIVATE THESE EXISTING SMALL BUSINESSES AND SUPPORT THEM? GO AHEAD, BRENDA.
COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ, GO AHEAD.
AND, AND YOU CAN TAKE THAT, BRENDA.
AS HIGHLIGHTED IN THE, THE FISCAL YEAR 23 BUDGET CONVERSATION, THE CITY HAS, ESPECIALLY IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, INVESTED SIGNIFICANT DOLLARS INTO SMALL BUSINESSES.
UH, WE CURRENTLY HAVE A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL OUT THERE TO SUPPORT THE, THE ECOSYSTEM ACCESS TO CAPITAL, UM, THE BY LOCAL INITIATIVE AND, AND, UM,
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CAPACITY BUILDING, FOR EXAMPLE, UH, SPECIFICALLY DIRECTED TO CONTINUING TO SUPPORT AND GROW SMALL BUSINESSES.UH, MORE INFORMATION WILL BE FORTHCOMING AS WE, WE GET THOSE RESPONSES.
BUT THEN AS WE CONTINUE TO, TO THEN LEVERAGE, AS I MENTIONED, WE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THOSE AND SEE WHERE WE CAN GROW AND EXPAND.
WE'RE NOW TO COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE.
UM, I'M GONNA OFFER, UH, MY PERCEPTION OF WHAT I'VE BEEN READING AND WHAT, WHAT I THINK WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE.
FIRST OF ALL, I THINK BUSINESS RETENTION AND ASSISTING SMALL BUSINESSES IS CRITICAL TO OUR COMMUNITY'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
AND I THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE, UH, AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE FINAL FRAMEWORK, UH, THAT WE MOVE FORWARD WITH WHEN WE TALK ABOUT, UH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FROM A, FROM A POINT OF VIEW OF BRINGING IN OR ATTRACTING BUSINESSES.
I THINK BUSINESSES ARE ATTRACTED TO OPPORTUNITIES AND FOR GROWTH.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE THE INGREDIENTS TO GOOD OPPORTUNITIES HERE IN SAN ANTONIO? I THINK YOU'RE ATTEMPTING TO LOOK AT THOSE.
I THINK THERE'S A LOT MORE DETAILED WORK TO COME ABOUT TO ADDRESS THOSE, BUT I THINK ALL OF US KNOW, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE, BUSINESSES ARE LOOKING AT, NUMBER ONE, OUR, OUR SKILLED WORKFORCE.
UH, BUT THAT MEANS A GREAT EDUCATION SYSTEM.
AND THAT MEANS, UH, WHETHER IT'S PRIMARY EDUCATION OR SECONDARY EDUCATION OR HIGHER EDUCATION.
AND BUSINESSES LOOK AT RELIABLE RESOURCES, WATER AND ENERGY.
AND I THINK TODAY, EVEN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY AS PART OF THOSE RESOURCES THAT BUSINESSES ARE RELYING ON.
AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE CAN SAY THERE'VE BEEN QUESTIONS ABOUT THOSE THINGS IN SAN ANTONIO THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
UM, I THINK BUSINESSES WANT TO HAVE RELIABLE TRANSPORTATION.
AND IF THEY EVER COME FROM ANY MAJOR CITY AROUND THE COUNTRY, THEY SEE A LOT OF PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION.
UH, AND, YOU KNOW, SAN ANTONIO, WE RELY ON OUR, OUR STREET DEVELOPMENT.
WE RELY ON TDOT FOR HIGHWAYS, UH, AND WE RELY ON VIA FOR THAT PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AND MOST OF ALL, THE AIRPORT.
AND I'M CERTAINLY, UH, HAPPY TO SEE A LOT OF THE DEVELOPMENT THERE.
BUT, YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE STILL QUALITY ISSUES THAT, THAT BUSINESSES LOOK AT WHEN THEY COME HERE.
ANOTHER ONE IS, UH, YOU KNOW, FINANCIAL RESOURCES.
WHAT KIND OF FINANCIAL RESOURCES AND ACCESS TO CAPITAL WILL BUSINESSES HAVE WHEN THEY COME HERE, OR IF THEY, UH, CONTINUE TO BE HERE? I THINK, UH, YOU KNOW, THERE'S STILL QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT.
UM, AND THEN THERE'S THE BASIC QUALITY OF LIFE, AND I THINK THAT IS A MAJOR ATTRACTION WHEN BUSINESSES CONSIDER SAN ANTONIO.
I, UH, BUT I THINK ALL OF THESE ISSUES EXCEPT PROBABLY A QUALITY OF LIFE.
'CAUSE I THINK THE QUALITY OF LIFE HERE IS OUTSTANDING, BUT ALL OF THESE, UH, HAVE PUBLIC PERCEPTION, UH, CHALLENGES, I THINK.
AND I THINK IT'S SOMETHING WE'VE KNOWN IN THE PAST AND, AND WE HEAR KEEP COMING UP.
SO HOW ARE WE GOING TO ADDRESS THE PUBLIC PERCEPTION OF ALL OF THESE INGREDIENTS THAT ATTRACT BUSINESSES? I'D BE INTERESTED TO KNOW WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED FROM BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY THAT WAS ATTRACTED TO SAN ANTONIO, BUT FOR WHATEVER REASON, UH, EITHER THEY STAYED AND WE OBTAINED THEM AS, AS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS, OR WE LOST THEM AND THEY WENT SOMEWHERE ELSE.
WHAT DO WE KNOW FROM THOSE STORIES? DO WE HAVE THAT KIND OF INFORMATION? IS THAT ALSO PART OF THE FRAMEWORK GOING FORWARD? UM, YOU KNOW, I'VE, I'VE NEVER BEEN A FAN OF INCENTIVES, BUT IF WE'RE GOING TO OVERCOME A LOT OF MISPERCEPTIONS ABOUT SOME OF THESE POINTS I'VE MENTIONED, I'M AFRAID WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO RELY MORE AND MORE ON INCENTIVES.
YOU KNOW, I HOPE THE FINAL FRAMEWORK ADDRESSES, UH, ATTRACTING BUSINESSES IN A VERY DIRECT AND SPECIFIC AND MEASURABLE WAY, UH, WHEN THIS FRAMEWORK IS, IS FINALLY COMPLETED.
UM, AND SO I'M JUST GOING TO LOOK FORWARD TO MORE AND MORE OF, OF THIS WORK BEING DONE AND COMING OUT TO US.
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YOU.AND, UH, TIP STRATEGIES FOR THE PRESENTATION.
UH, AS MENTIONED DURING THE ECONOMIC WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, I, AT FIRST GLANCE, I HAD A COUPLE OF RESERVATIONS WITH REVIEWING THIS FRAMEWORK, RIGHT? I HAD MENTIONED THAT WITH SOME OF THE THREATS THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED.
IF WE WERE TO, UM, RECOGNIZE THE ROLE AND IMPORTANCE OF UNIONIZED LABOR AND ADDRESSING POVERTY AND THE REPUTATION FOR LOW COST LABOR, UM, WE CAN KNOCK OUT FOUR OUT OF SEVEN OF THE THREATS, RIGHT? BECAUSE WE KNOW UNIONIZED LABORERS OR WORKERS EARN, UH, ROUGHLY 11% MORE THAN UN UNIONIZED WORKERS, RIGHT? AND IF WE WERE TO INCLUDE THIS IN THE FRAMEWORK, IT WOULD HELP US, AGAIN, KNOCK OUT FOUR OUT OF SEVEN OF THOSE THREATS, RIGHT? BECAUSE WHEN YOU EARN MORE, UM, AND YOU HAVE YOUR, THAT RECOGNITION AS A UNIONIZED TOWN, UH, YOU'LL LOSE THAT REPUTATION FOR LOW COST OF LABOR.
AND WHEN YOU'RE ABLE TO PAY YOUR RENT, YOUR MORTGAGE, YOUR PROPERTY TAXES, YOU CAN, UH, MITIGATE GENTRIFICATION.
'CAUSE YOU COULD AFFORD TO STAY, STAY IN YOUR HOME.
UM, BUT AS AMIR MENTIONED, RIGHT, IT IS GONNA TAKE A MULTI-PRONGED APPROACH.
AND THERE ARE SEVERAL INNOVATIVE STRATEGIES WITHIN THIS FRAMEWORK THAT I'M REALLY EXCITED TO READ ABOUT AND HOPEFULLY READY TO, TO MOVE THIS FORWARD.
AND SOME OF THOSE PLANS INCLUDE COMMUNITY BENEFITS AGREEMENTS, UM, AGAIN, RIGHT? RECOGNIZING THAT CITY COUNCIL PLAYS A LARGE ROLE IN APPROVING ZONING INCENTIVES, SO ON AND SO FORTH.
UM, AND BY ESTABLISHING A COMMUNITY BENEFITS AGREEMENTS, WE CAN ENSURE THAT THE ESTABLISHED COMMUNITIES CAN, UM, GET SOMETHING IN EXCHANGE, RIGHT? FOR THEIR SUPPORT AND OR, UH, TAX ABATEMENT INCENTIVE, WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE.
UM, ONE OF THE RESERVATIONS THAT I HAD AS WELL, RIGHT, WAS THE RECOMMENDED AMOUNT OF HOW MUCH, UM, INDUSTRIAL, INNER CITY INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT THAT WAS BEING RECOMMENDED.
BUT AGAIN, RIGHT, GOING BACK TO THE FACT THAT CITY COUNCIL PLAYS A ROLE IN THOSE DECISIONS, UM, GIVES ME SOME, UM, COMFORT.
UM, FURTHER, THE FRAMEWORK ALSO RECOMMENDS LAND TRUST FOR SMALL BUSINESSES.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE OFTEN DISCUSS IN DISTRICT FIVE.
UH, OFTENTIMES WHEN WE TALK ABOUT COMMUNITY DISPLACEMENT, WE THINK OF HOMEOWNERS AND RENTERS, BUT NOT NECESSARILY OUR LEGACY BUSINESS OWNERS WHO ARE ALSO VULNERABLE, UM, TO INCREASING PROPERTY TAXES AND CODE COMPLIANCE VIOLATIONS, RIGHT? WE KNOW THAT MANY OF OUR LEGACY BUSINESSES DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE THE SAME CAPITAL AS SOME OF OUR NEWER NEIGHBORS WHO ARE BUYING AND INVESTING IN THESE, UH, OLDER BUILDINGS, RIGHT? SO BY CREATING A COMMERCIAL COMMUNITY LAND TRUST, WE CAN ENSURE THAT THOSE LEGACY BUSINESSES AND OR, YOU KNOW, SOME FOLKS WHO HAVE BEEN IN THE COMMUNITY FOR A LONG TIME AND WANT TO CREATE A BUSINESS WITHIN THE DISTRICT CAN AFFORD TO DO SO, UM, THROUGH AFFORDABLE GRANTS OF A COMMERCIAL COMMUNITY.
YOUR STRATEGY THAT THE FRAMEWORK RECOMMENDS IS, UM, A LAND BANKING AND LAND OWNERSHIP MODEL, RIGHT? UH, AGAIN, RECOGNIZING THAT WHEN YOU, YOU CAN'T HAVE ONE WITHOUT THE OTHER, RIGHT? WE CAN'T JUST HAVE ECONOMIC INVESTMENT AND DEVELOPMENT WITHOUT ENSURING THAT WE'RE TAKING CARE OF OUR, OUR RENTERS AND HOMEOWNERS.
UM, AND ONE THING THAT I WAS REALLY PLEASED TO SEE WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK WAS YOUTH ENTREPRENEURSHIP PARTNERING WITH OUR ISGS TO TEACH, UH, ENTREPRENEURSHIP WITHIN OUR K THROUGH 12 SYSTEM.
UM, BECAUSE RIGHT, OFTENTIMES WHAT WE HEAR IS NO ONE TEACHES YOU THESE THINGS, RIGHT? HOW TO, HOW TO CREATE A BUSINESS, HOW TO GAIN THAT ACCESS TO CAPITAL.
AND I THINK IT'S A REALLY INNOVATIVE MODEL TO, UM, CREATE A YO A YOUTH ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROGRAM, UM, TO DEVELOP A CURRICULUM WITH OUR LOCAL ISGS TO CONNECT OUR STUDENTS TO THOSE RESOURCES, THE LANGUAGE, UM, NECESSARY TO CREATE, UM, A SMALL BUSINESS, RIGHT? UM, THERE'S SO MANY GOOD RECOMMENDATIONS IN HERE.
UH, I I WANTED TO BE SURE THAT I HIGHLIGHTED THOSE AND NOT JUST FOCUS ON THE CRITIQUES THAT I HAD, UM, BUT AGAIN, RIGHT? UM, I KNOW THAT IN MANY OF OUR DISTRICTS, THE DIGITAL DIVIDE EXISTS, AND THIS STRATEGY ALSO RECOMMENDS THE IMPORTANCE OF, UH, TARGETED BROADBAND EXPANSION IN AREAS OF SAN ANTONIO WITH WEAK SERVICE ZONES AND PAIRED EXPANSION EFFORTS WITH DIGITAL LITERACY PROGRAMS, LIKE IMPROVING ACCESS TO BROADBAND AND READY DEVICES.
I WAS SPEAKING TO A DISTRICT FIVE SMALL BUSINESS OWNER, AND SHE WAS EXPRESSING THAT YES, WE COULD CONNECT OUR STUDENTS OR OUR SENIORS TO A TABLET IN THE INTERNET, BUT IF WE'RE NOT PROVIDING THEM WITH THAT DIGITAL LITERACY, IT'S, IT'S NOT AS PRODUCTIVE, RIGHT? BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE, THE RESOURCES, BUT NOT NECESSARILY THE SKILLS ON HOW TO NAVIGATE THE TECHNOLOGY THAT THEY'RE BEING PROVIDED.
UM, SO AGAIN, RIGHT? RECOGNIZING THAT THERE'S NOT A SILVER BULLET WHEN IT COMES TO ECONOMIC INVESTMENT, UM, OR LET'S SEE.
UH, AND ONE LAST THING THAT I WANNA HIGHLIGHT, 'CAUSE AGAIN, I COULD GO ON AND ON, WAS THE MORE EFFICIENCY WITH THE, THE BDOS, RIGHT? I ALWAYS TALK ABOUT, UM, OR I MENTIONED DURING THE ECONOMICS WORKFORCE
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DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE ABOUT HOW THERE ARE SOME DDOS WHO AREN'T NECESSARILY LARGE IN SCALE, BUT THEY'RE HEAVY HITTERS, RIGHT? UM, THEY'RE, THEY HAVE, UM, A COUPLE OF FOLKS ON THEIR TEAM, BUT THEY'RE GETTING A LOT OF WORK DONE.THEY'RE IN THE COMMUNITY, THEY'RE APPLYING FOR GRANTS.
UM, AND I THINK IF WE, YOU KNOW, LEVERAGE MORE OF THOSE PARTNERSHIPS, WE CAN HELP THEM BUILD CAPACITY.
UM, THOSE ARE ALL MY COMMENTS.
UH, I, I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF INNOVATION, INNOVATIVE, UH, SOLUTIONS BEING PUT FORTH IN THIS PLAN.
UH, COUNCILMAN SANDOVAL, YOU WANTED TO GO AHEAD AND SPEAK AGAIN? YES, I'M SURPRISED NOBODY ELSE IS
UM, SO, UH, BRENDA AND JOHN, I, I DO WANNA RECOGNIZE THE TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK THAT YOU PRODUCED IN SUCH A SHORT TIME.
AND I FEEL LIKE YOU PROBABLY REALLY KNOW SAN ANTONIO AFTER, UH, AFTER DOING THAT, THAT WORK.
SO, SO THANK YOU, UM, AGAIN, FOR THAT.
UM, I ALSO WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT SOME THINGS THAT I, I DID, UH, OTHER THINGS THAT I APPRECIATED IN THERE.
UM, YOU MENTIONED STANDARDIZING OUR INCENTIVE PACKAGES.
UM, RIGHT NOW THERE ARE, AND I THINK THAT'S ACTUALLY ALSO REALLY GOOD FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS BECAUSE I FIND IT A LITTLE BIT DIFFICULT TO MAKE SOME OF THOSE EVALUATIONS MY MYSELF.
SO I LOVE THE IDEA OF STANDARDIZING AND COORDINATING THAT WITH, WITH THE COUNTY AS WELL.
UM, SO DOES THAT HAPPEN RIGHT NOW, THE COORDINATION OF INCENTIVES WITH THE COUNTY? WE ABSOLUTELY DO TALK TO THE COUNTY WHEN THERE, THERE'S PROJECTS.
UM, AND WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY TALKING ABOUT THOUGH IS CAN WE FURTHER ALIGN OUR POLICIES SO THAT WE ARE PERHAPS PROVIDING SOMETHING EVEN CLOSELY OR CLOSER, MORE ALIGNED.
SO IF WE'RE PROVIDING A RECOMMENDATION ON 50%, THEY MIGHT BE PROVIDING THAT SAME KIND OF RECOMMENDATION.
AND IS THAT A, AN AGREEMENT THAT WOULD HAPPEN AT THE STAFF LEVEL, OR IS THAT SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD BE WORKING ON WITH OUR COMMISSIONERS? SO, UH, BOTH INCENTIVE POLICIES, UH, ARE APPROVED BY THE BODY, BY THE APPROPRIATE BODY.
UH, THE COUNTY IS PLANNING ON TAKING FORWARD REVISED INCENTIVE POLICIES IN EARLY 2023, AND WE'RE BRINGING FORWARD OURS, UH, BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR.
UM, I ALSO, UH, LOVED SEEING THE FACT THAT ARTS AND CULTURE WERE RECOGNIZED AS A DRAW FOR SAN ANTONIO AND SOMETHING THAT COULD BE, UM, USED AS, UH, USED FOR AS AN ECONOMIC DRIVER.
I'VE HEARD COUNCILWOMAN
UH, YOU DID IDENTIFY 10 DAYS OF CELEBRATION.
I WOULD SAY THERE ARE A WHOLE LOT MORE DAYS OF PARTYING IN SAN ANTONIO THAN, THAN JUST 10.
AND, UM, WE DON'T WANNA FORGET ALSO THAT WE HAVE, UM, AT LEAST UNTIL NOW, THE LARGEST, UM, M L K MARCH IN IN THE COUNTRY, AND THAT, THAT IS, UM, ALSO, UM, WHAT'S THE WORD, UH, COMPLIMENTED BY, UH, DREAM WEEK, WHICH IS, UH, UNIQUE ALSO IN THE, IN THE US.
UM, I, UH, I WANNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT TOURS.
UM, THERE'S A TALK ABOUT EXPANDING TOURS.
UM, I, I WOULD SAY TOURS IS OUR, ONE OF OUR STATUS QUO TOOLS THAT WE USE.
AND, UM, AND I HAVE SOME RESERVATIONS ABOUT USING THEM, EVEN THOUGH THE OTHER DAY I DID GO TO ERIC AND SAY, MAYBE WE NEED A TSS IN DISTRICT SEVEN BECAUSE I, WHAT ARE THE TOOLS THAT I CAN USE? RIGHT? UM, SO I, I JUST WANNA BE CAUTIOUS AS WE EXPAND THE USE OFTS BECAUSE, UM, THAT SHIFTS THE TAX BURDEN TO OTHER, UH, INDIVIDUALS, TO OTHER HOMEOWNERS OR PROPERTY OWNERS THAT DON'T NECESSARILY GET THE SAME BENEFIT AS THOSE THAT ARE IN THAT TURS.
BUT, YOU KNOW, FOR INSTANCE, PEOPLE WHO AREN'T INTS ARE STILL PAYING THEIR FULL SHARE FOR OUR DEBT WHEN IT COMES TO OUR BOND, UM, BUT MAY NOT BE GETTING, UH, THE SAME BENEFIT OF THAT PLACE, UM, THAT, YOU KNOW, THE PEARL MIGHT BE GETTING, UH, WITH ITS WITH ITS TURS.
SO I JUST, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE CAREFUL ABOUT HOW WE USE IT, BUT, UM, I ALSO WANT TO KNOW IF WE CAN EXPLORE THE USE OF TURS, UH, IN AREAS WHERE REAL ESTATE MIGHT NOT END UP BEING THE DRIVER, BUT SALES TAX BECAUSE OF RETAIL, UH, INCREASES IN RETAIL WOULD BE, UH, A DRIVER.
SO INSTEAD OF MAKING IT A A PROPERTY TAX TERMS, IT'S A SALES TAX, UH, TERMS, SO THE INCREASES IN THE SALES TAX ARE RETAINED IN THE AREA AS OPPOSED TO THE PROPERTY TAX TEXT.
UM, I WAS ALSO STRUCK BY, UM, SOMETHING IN YOUR TEXT, AND, AND I'M HOPING YOU CAN SPEAK TO IT A LITTLE BIT REGARDING, UH, SOME OF THE INDIVIDUALS
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YOU INTERVIEWED OR GROUPS THAT YOU INTERVIEWED WERE VERY CAUTIOUS ABOUT CHANGING THE STATUS QUO, UH, TOOLS.UH, I, IS THAT WHAT YOU MEANT? UH, THE TOOLS THAT ARE BEING USED, OR IS IT HOW WE DO THIS OR, YEAH, COULD YOU TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT? AND THEN, OH, LAST THING.
UM, I AM VERY INTERESTED IN COUNCILWOMAN CASTILLO'S COMMENT ABOUT, UH, UNION LABOR AND HOW THAT WOULD HELP US ELIMINATE SOME OF THESE THREATS.
UM, IF YOU COULD ALSO SPEAK TO, AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE TIME TODAY, THAT'S FINE.
HOW, HOW WE WOULD CONSIDER THAT AS A CITY AND WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE.
UM, THE, THE COMMENTS ON THE STATUS QUO AND REALLY JUST BEING CAUTIOUS, UH, WAS A SENTIMENT THAT WE HEARD FROM THROUGH THROUGHOUT ALL OF THE STAKEHOLDER CONVERSATIONS IS JUST THAT, THAT SAN ANTONIO TENDS TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE CONSERVATIVE, PERHAPS, UH, THAN SOME OTHER COMMUNITIES WHEN IT COMES TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT POLICIES.
UM, AND, AND SO IT, IT WAS REALLY JUST A SENTIMENT THAT WAS SHARED, UM, THAT WE, WE TEND TO CHANGE SLOWLY
AS FAR AS UNION LABORS OR, OR LABOR.
UH, WE SPECIFICALLY MET WITH, UM, A STAKEHOLDER GROUP OF REPRESENTATIVES AND ASKED THEM TO TAKE A RE UH, LOOK AT THE, UH, DRAFT PLAN, UH, WHAT THEY FELT WERE THE PRIORITIES, UM, ANY CONCERNS.
AND WHAT WE HEARD FROM THEM IS JUST REALLY TO CONTINUE TO PURSUE OR FOCUS ON THE PURSUIT OF HIGH PAYING JOBS.
UH, AND SO THAT WAS THE DIRECTION WE WERE, WERE GIVEN FROM THEM.
UH, THEY ALSO ASKED FOR EXAMPLE, THAT, UH, WITHIN THE GOAL THREE TALENT AND WORKFORCE, UH, THAT THERE WAS ONE ITEM THAT WE INCLUDE APPRENTICESHIPS, FOR EXAMPLE.
UH, SO THAT WAS REALLY THEIR, THE FOCUS THAT WE GOT BACK FROM THEM, AND THEY FELT THAT IF THAT FOCUS WAS ON THE HIGH PAYING JOBS, THAT WOULD MEAN MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR, UH, THE LABOR UNIONS.
UH, BRENDA, UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL, UM, I THINK THAT'S EVERYBODY IN THE QUEUE.
ERIC, YOU WANNA CLOSE THIS OUT ON THIS, UH, TOPIC AND THEN WE'LL MOVE ON TO AIRPORT.
UH, SO I WAS JUST GONNA MENTION PART OF THE WORK THAT WE'VE GOT A LOT OF WORK AHEAD OF US, BUT, YOU KNOW, IN PARTICULAR, ONE OF THE THINGS, AND, AND FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE ON THE S A E D C, UM, THAT IS A TOOL THAT, UM, AS WAS MENTIONED, IS UTILIZED PRETTY HEAVILY IN OTHER PARTS OF THE STATE.
AND, AND WE'LL BE LOOKING AT, UM, WHAT ALTERNATIVES WE HAVE AND BRING THEM BACK TO COUNCIL FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION TO, UH, IDENTIFY WHAT REVENUE.
UM, AND, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK PART OF THE CONVERSATION, UM, WILL RE WILL, UH, UH, INVOLVE TOURS REVENUE.
I MEAN, WE HAVE UTILIZED TOURS, CITY INITIATED TOURS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
IT HAS SHIFTED TO, UM, LAST YEAR WE, UM, USED A LOT OF THE TOURS, MONEY FOR CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS TO ELIMINATE PROJECTS AS WE WERE GOING THROUGH THE BOND PROGRAM.
SO KIND OF RESETTING WHAT IS THE PLAN GOING FORWARD AND, AND WHETHER OR NOT THAT MAKES SENSE AS A DEDICATED REVENUE SOURCE.
OBVIOUSLY THE S A E D C, UM, HAS TO OPERATE, SHOULD OPERATE WITHIN THE, THE PLAN OF THE FRAMEWORK AND THE GOALS OF THE CITY AND THE COUNCIL.
SO, UM, A LOT OF, A LOT OF WORK THAT WE NEED TO DO TO DEVELOP SOME OPTIONS.
UM, SO THE SECOND ITEM TODAY IS A BRIEF UPDATE, A VERY BRIEF UPDATE ON THE TERMINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN.
YOU GOT A PART OF THIS DURING JESUS'S BUDGET PRESENTATION.
AND THEN THE OTHER PART OF THE PRESENTATION IS A UPCOMING, UH, PRES SOLICITATION PRESENTATION ON, UH, WHAT'S CALLED PARKING OPTIMIZATION SERVICES, WHICH ESSENTIALLY IS, UH, THREE THINGS, UM, IMPROVING OUR CUSTOMER SERVICE AROUND, UH, PARKING, UH, MODERNIZING OUR OPERATIONS AND, UH, BEING, UM, UM, IMPROVING OUR FINANCIAL POSITION AS IT RELATES TO A MAJOR NON-AIR AIRLINE, UH, REVENUE SOURCE, THE LARGEST NON-AIR AIRLINE REVENUE SOURCE OF REVENUE, UM, OUT AT THE AIRPORT.
UM, AND WITH THE UPCOMING TERMINAL SEA DEVELOPMENT AND ANTICIPATED INCREASES IN THE AIR SERVICE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS, UM, IT'S TIME TO CONSIDER HOW WE, UH, IMPROVE OUR PARKING OPTIONS AND OUR CUSTOMER SERVICE, UM, AND IMPROVE OUR FINANCIAL POSITION.
JESUS ZEUS MENTIONED DURING HIS BUDGET PRESENTATION, WE, WE DO HAVE A, A NUMBER OF SHORT TERM PARKING ISSUES THAT THE AIRPORT IS DEALING WITH.
UM, WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF TIMES, UH, DURING SPRING AND SUMMER, WE'VE HAD TO CLOSE THE PARKING GARAGES AND LOTS HAVE BEEN FULL.
SO THE MORE IMMEDIATE ISSUE, UH, WE'LL BE DEALING WITH THIS FALL, THIS IS A POST A PRES SOLICITATION.
WE'LL GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
UM, I DO WANNA HIGHLIGHT SOMETHING THAT I THINK IS CRITICAL FOR ME.
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A, A SLIDE THAT JESUS HAS REGARDLESS IN SOME ASPECTS.OUR PARKING SYSTEM OUT AT THE AIRPORT HASN'T CHANGED IN 25 YEARS.
AND, AND YOU CAN, JESUS WILL SHOW YOU A NUMBER OF OPTIONS OR A NUMBER OF EXAMPLES OF OTHER CITIES THAT HAVE MODERNIZED IT TO BE A LOT MORE CUSTOMER FRIENDLY AND MAXIMIZED THE ASSET.
UM, YOU KNOW, PART OF WHAT WE DO, WE HAVE 61 EMPLOYEES THAT, THAT MANAGE AND OPERATE OUR PARKING SYSTEM OPERATIONS OUT AT THE AIRPORT.
REGARDLESS OF WHAT HAPPENS AS WE GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS, UM, WE EMPLOYEES WILL NOT LOSE THEIR JOB.
I MEAN, AND I, AND I THINK I NEED TO SAY THAT UPFRONT.
UM, IT IS SOMETHING WE'RE EXPLORING AS WE GO THROUGH THIS R F P, BUT WE HAVE 13,000 POSITIONS AT THE CITY.
UM, AND CERTAINLY THIS, IF WE DECIDE TO GO HERE AND WE GET GOOD PROPOSALS AND WE BRING 'EM TO COUNCIL AND, AND YOU APPROVE SOMETHING, UM, UM, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO SAY UPFRONT THAT, UH, WE WILL NOT IMPACT ANY EMPLOYEE.
UM, AND, UM, UH, PART OF THIS IS MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE COMMUNICATING WITH THE EMPLOYEES THAT AT THE AIRPORT THEY DO, UM, THEY DO A GREAT JOB AND, AND THEY OPERATE IN A SYSTEM THAT HASN'T CHANGED IN 25 YEARS.
SO, UM, BUT THAT IS, THAT IS IMPORTANT PART I WANTED TO MENTION UP FRONT AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO JESUS FOR THE PRESENTATION.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, UH, CITY MANAGER ERIC WALSH.
I'LL GET, UH, STRAIGHT INTO IT, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE ARE NOW, UH, AS IT RELATES TO THE THINGS THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH AS IT RELATES TO THE OVERALL GRANT APPLICATIONS.
UM, WE MENTIONED TO YOU IN THE BUDGET PROCESS, WE WERE GONNA BRING THE PARKING OPTIMIZATION, BUT AS WELL, WE'LL BE CONSTANTLY MONITORING, UH, WHAT'S HAPPENING AROUND THE B I L MOVEMENTS AND THE GRANTS THAT ARE OUT THERE AND AVAILABLE TO US.
SO I'LL GIVE YOU A QUICK HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF THAT.
I'LL ALSO PROVIDE TO YOU, UM, AN UPDATE ON WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THE TERMINAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM AS IT RELATES TO THE STATUS AND, AND THE UPCOMING PROCUREMENT SCHEDULES.
SO IN AN EFFORT OF BEING COMPLETELY TRANSPARENT WITH YOU, WE'LL SHOW YOU WHAT WE'VE DONE THUS FAR AND WHERE WE'RE HEADING AND WHAT WE HAVE UPCOMING, UH, ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2023.
AND THEN LASTLY, I'LL SHOW YOU THE PRES SOLICITATION FOR THE PARKING OPTIMIZATION PROGRAM.
UM, WE'VE RECEIVED, UH, WE'VE BEEN AWARDED 11.7 MILLION FOR REIMBURSEMENT UNDER THE AIRPORT IMPROVEMENT FUNDING, SOME OF THAT, ALL OF THAT IS RELATED TO A LOT OF THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING IN PREPARING OURSELVES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF TERMINAL C.
UH, LARGELY THE EXPANSION OF 13, RIGHT? 31 LEFT THAT YOU SEE THERE.
TAXIWAY HOTEL IS A PARALLEL TAXIWAY ADJACENT TO 13, RIGHT? AS WELL AS WE START TO PREPARE THAT CONCRETE FOR THE EXPANSION THAT WE'RE GOING TO, UH, MOVE TOWARDS, AS WE ARE IN THE MIDST OF ADVANCED TERMINAL PLANNING AND DESIGN WORK FOR ALL OF TERMINAL C TO THE TUNE OF 11.7, UH, THAT, THAT WE'RE MOVING, WE WILL BE BRINGING THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT FOR TAXIWAY HOTEL TOMORROW TO COUNCIL FOR YOUR APPROVAL.
UH, ADDITIONALLY, IN, UH, IN THE GRANT ARENA, WE HAVE AIRPORT IMPROVEMENT GRANTS.
THAT THAT IS A PROGRAM THAT WE COORDINATE EVERY YEAR.
SO WE HAVE SOME WORK THAT WE'RE DOING ON THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE ROAD WORK, UH, FOR THE, TO THE TUNE OF 5.4 MILLION THAT WE'RE RECEIVING IN GRANTS.
SOME WEST APRON TAXI LANE, UH, SOME PANEL WORK THAT WE'RE DOING, UH, TO IMPROVE ALSO THAT'S ADJACENT TO THE AREA OF THE MOVEMENTS THAT WILL OCCUR WITH AIRCRAFT IN AND OUT AND AROUND THE TERMINAL C COMPLEX.
WE'RE GETTING THAT COMPLETED AS WELL AND RECEIVING 2.3 MILLION ON THAT.
AND THEN THE PM MP, WHICH IS THE PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM THAT WE CONSTANTLY LOOK AT TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE TAKING CARE OF OUR MANAGEMENT OF THE AIRFIELD PROGRAM AS IT RELATES TO THE NOTICE OF FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES, UM, WE ARE LOOKING AT THAT VERY AGGRESSIVELY IN FISCAL YEAR 2023.
JUST LATE ON FRIDAY, WE RECEIVED THE SPECIFIC DESIGN CRITERIA FOR THE NOFO THAT WAS RELEASED FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023.
WE ARE GONNA PARTICIPATE IN THAT.
UH, A LOT OF EVERYTHING THAT WE DO WILL BE FOCUSED AROUND OUR AIRPORT TERMINAL PROGRAM.
SO AS WE PREPARE THE, THE CHARACTERS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE UTILIZING SPECIFICALLY TO WHAT DO WE WANT TO DO GOING FORWARD, UM, WE WILL BE OPENING THREE GATES, UH, AT THE END OF THIS YEAR IN NOVEMBER AND IN DECEMBER, THAT WILL ADD AN ADDITIONAL CAPACITY OF 1.3 MILLION PASSENGERS TO BE ABLE TO COME IN AND OUT OF SAN ANTONIO.
THOSE GATES ARE SPOKEN FOR AND TAKEN OF, TAKEN FOR BY AIRLINES.
UH, WE WANT TO CONTINUE THAT EFFORT BY ADDING A GROUND, UH, A TERMINAL, A GROUND LOADING FACILITY THAT WILL ADD ADDITIONAL CAPACITY, THREE TO FIVE GATES, IS WHAT WE WILL ADD IN THAT AREA.
AND THEN WE ALSO WANT TO DO SOME ADDITIONAL WORK IN AT STINSON, UH, ROOF WORK AND H V A C REPAIR THAT WE WANT TO DO.
SO THOSE ARE TWO POTENTIAL PROJECTS.
WE'RE STILL REVIEWING AND ASSESSING THE SPECIFIC CRITERIA THAT WAS GIVEN TO US.
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MORE AND AS WE WORK TO COLLECTIVELY AS A TEAM, WE'LL COME BACK AND LET YOU KNOW IN THE EVENT THAT WE CHANGE ANYTHING OF WHAT OUR SUBMISSIONS MIGHT BE, MIGHT BE SOME ADDITIONAL WORK FOR DESIGN WORK AND TERMINAL C BASED ON THE COMPLETION OF WHAT WE DO WITH THE ADVANCED TERMINAL DESIGN, UH, PLANNING WORK THAT WE'RE DOING UNDER THE A I G UH, FRAMEWORK, WE'RE GONNA INCLUDE THE TERMINAL A RENOVATION, ELECTRICAL EXPANSION, AND ROOF REPAIRS DESIGN, UH, WORK FOR SKY PLACE ROAD.THAT'S THE ROAD THAT'S ON THE NORTH PART OF THE COMPLEX, UH, THAT NEEDS, UH, IMMEDIATE ATTENTION, UH, FOR ADDITIONAL CARGO MOVEMENTS THAT WILL BE COMING IN AND OUT OF THE AIRPORT AS WE CONTINUE TO GROW IN THOSE AREAS.
AND THEN, UH, ADD SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THE PAVEMENT MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT PROGRAM FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023 FROM THE TERMINAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.
UM, AS WE MENTIONED EARLY ON WHEN WE STARTED THIS IN APRIL OF THIS YEAR, WE WILL BE COMING TO YOU WITH FREQUENCY TO GIVE YOU UPDATES.
WHAT I TELL YOU TODAY IS THAT WE'LL COME IN NOVEMBER 2ND WITH MORE STATUS UPDATE ON THE TERMINAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM AND ADDITIONAL BRIEFINGS ON AVIATION DEPARTMENT HIGH LEVEL PROFILE SOLICITATIONS.
I'LL SHOW YOU WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE ON THE NEXT SLIDE.
IN JANUARY, FEBRUARY, AND MARCH, AS WE EMBARKED ON ON THE EFFORT OF ADVANCED TERMINAL PLANNING, WE HOPE TO HAVE GOOD PRICES AND FINALIZE ALL OF OUR ROUGH ORDER OF MAGNITUDE SO WE CAN COME TO YOU AND TELL YOU EXACTLY WHAT THE COST IS GONNA BE OF THE NEW TERM OC COMPLEX, AND THE ADDITION OF THE HOW MANY GATES WE'RE GONNA ADD TO THAT COMPLEX.
THERE'S A LOT OF PROGRAMMING, A LOT OF WORK THAT'S BEING DONE BY THE ENTIRE TEAM RIGHT NOW.
WE HOPE TO GET THAT COMPLETED BY THE END OF NOVEMBER, DECEMBER.
I'M GLAD TO TELL YOU THAT WE'RE ON TIME, ON BUDGET AND ON SCHEDULE TO GET THAT COMPLETED SO WE CAN COME IN THE EARLY PART OF NEXT YEAR TO TELL YOU EXACTLY, UM, ALL THE WORK THAT THE CONSULTANT AND THE CONCEPTS AND THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.
ADDITIONALLY, WE'LL HAVE BRIEFINGS ON AVIATION DEPARTMENT, HIGH PROFILE SOLICITATIONS.
THIS IS WHAT WE'VE DONE THUS FAR AS WE LOOK AT THE B SESSIONS THAT TOOK PLACE ON, UH, APRIL 18TH, AND THEN COMING TODAY ON 9 28 POST THE BUDGET SCHEDULE.
UH, ALL OF THE ONES THAT, THAT YOU SEE THERE IN THE WHITE AND GRAY ARE WHAT WE'VE, UH, PRESENTED THUS FAR.
WE'RE WORKING WITH ALL OF OUR, YOU KNOW, STAKEHOLDERS AND SHARED SERVICES.
TO MOVE AS QUICK AS POSSIBLE, UH, SHOWS YOU THE PLAN THAT WE HAVE FOR THE POST, UH, SOLICITATIONS, FOR THE B SESSIONS, AND THEN THE ESTIMATED COUNCIL DATES THAT WE'LL GO FORWARD.
PARKING OPTIMIZATION IS WHAT I WILL SHOW TO YOU TODAY ON A PRES SOLICITATION AS CITY MANAGER ERIC WALSCH HAS JUST MENTIONED.
AND THEN WHAT WE HAVE FORTHCOMING IN NOVEMBER IS ON-CALL PLANNING SERVICES AND ON-CALL ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTING.
SO WHY PARKING CO? WHY PARKING OPTIMIZATION AS A RELEASE FOR REQUEST FOR, UH, PROPOSALS? IT'S IMPERATIVE THAT WE CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD AS WE LOOK AT OUR BUSINESS STRATEGIES AND THE WORK THAT WE CONTINUE TO DO AT THE AIRPORT.
UM, TODAY WE HAVE, AS ME, AS MENTIONED EARLIER, WE HAVE 61 EMPLOYEES, OVER 9,000 PARKING SPACES.
THE PARKS REVENUE SYSTEM IS WHAT'S UTILIZED TODAY.
WE PERFORM ALL THE OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE ASSOCIATED WITH OUR PARKING GARAGES AND SURFACE LOT, UH, ALL OF OUR SURFACE LOTS THAT WE HAVE.
THE SHUTTLE PROGRAM THAT IS ALREADY AN EXISTING HYBRID OF WHERE WE DO SOME OF THAT WITH OUR, OUR STAFF.
AND SOME OF IT, UH, WE HAVE TO OUTSOURCE JUST BECAUSE OF THE, THE CONSTRAINTS THAT WE HAVE OF, OF, UH, ADDING ADDITIONAL SHUTTLE BUS SERVICES BASED ON THE EBBS AND FLOWS OF THE MARKET.
THE SPACE ALLOCATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.
I'LL GIVE IN DEEP DETAIL OF WHY THAT'S SO IMPORTANT TO US.
THE GUARANTEED PARKING PROGRAM EXIST, THE MILITARY PARKING VALIDATIONS AND VALET CONTRACT IS SOME OF THE EFFORTS AND INITIATIVES THAT WE DO AS A TEAM TODAY.
WHY DO WE MOVE FORWARD WITH PARKING OPTIMIZATION? BECAUSE WE NEED A NEW PARKING AND GT CENTER.
AS WE BROUGHT FORWARD TO YOU IN NOVEMBER OF 2021, A GROUND TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT CENTER IS GONNA BE REQUIRED.
AS WE CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD, WE WILL DUPLICATE THE NUMBER OF SPACES.
I CAN'T EMPHASIZE TO YOU ENOUGH OVER THE LAST SIX MONTHS, WE'VE CLOSED THE PARKING GARAGES 50 TIMES.
WE'RE CLOSING GARAGES BECAUSE WE'RE OUT OF SPACE, AND WE'RE VERY CONCERNED WITH THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
SO WE'VE GOT TO CHANGE OUR BUSINESS STRATEGIES AS WE CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD.
WE HAVE PLANS AS WE LOOK AT OUR, OUR CONTINUITY OF OPERATIONS AND OUR CONTINGENT PLANS OF WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING IN THE FALL.
SO WE HAVE PLANS FOR THAT, BUT WE STILL MUST LOOK FORWARD IN THE WAY THAT WE'RE DELIVERING THE SERVICES THAT WE HAVE.
I COULDN'T BE MORE APPRECIATIVE AND THANKFUL FOR THE TEAM THAT WE WORK WITH TODAY.
THEY DO AN INCREDIBLE JOB, BUT WE'VE GOTTA THINK A LITTLE BIT OUT OF THE BOX.
I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER GRO JUST MENTIONED EARLIER ABOUT THE CHANGING, WE'VE GOTTA BE THE CHANGE AGENTS FOR A BETTER PRODUCT AS WE GO FORWARD.
THEY WANT THAT, AND THEY WANT AN IMPROVED LEVEL OF SERVICE.
THE MAXIMIZATION OF OUR NON AERONAUTICAL REVENUES, AS YOU KNOW, WE'RE AN ENTERPRISE FUND, AS I OFTEN
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SAY, IF YOU DON'T PAY FOR THE AIRPORT UNLESS YOU USE THE AIRPORT, WE'VE GOTTA CONTINUE TO IMPROVE OUR OVERALL NON AERONAUTICAL REVENUES.PARKING IS ONE OF THOSE MAIN PILLARS THAT WE'VE GOTTA FOCUS ON.
AND THEN THE OVERALL OPTIMIZATION OF THE, OF, OF THE, OF HOW WE UTILIZE THE FACILITY.
AND I'LL GIVE YOU SOME EXAMPLES OF THAT IN SOME OF THE FORTHCOMING SLIDES.
SO TO KEEP IT SIMPLE FOR YOU, IT'S REALLY SIMPLE.
AS I TELL YOU, WE'VE HAD CLOSURES IN OUR PARKING GARAGES OF WHAT WE'VE EXPERIENCED.
IT'S CRITICAL PASSENGERS ARE HAVING TO TAKE, UH, A SHUTTLE BUS THAT WANT TO PARK INSIDE THE GARAGES.
AS WE'RE CLOSING SOME OF THOSE FOR CAPACITY.
HOW ARE WE BEST UTILIZING YOU? YOU KNOW, THOSE EFFORTS, THE GROWTH, IF WE CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE THAT, WE MUST PLAN ACCORDINGLY.
AND THEN ADDITIONALLY TO THAT IS HOW ARE WE DEMONSTRATING THAT WE ARE GONNA PROVIDE A BETTER LEVEL OF SERVICE ON THE CUSTOMER SATISFACTION PILLAR? UNDER EFFICIENT OPERATIONS, AS I MENTIONED, WE DO A GREAT JOB OF THE O AND M AND THE PROCEDURES THAT WE HAVE, BUT AS MENTIONED EARLIER, THEY'RE A LITTLE ANTIQUATED.
WE'VE BEEN DOING THE SAME THING FOR A LONG TIME, AND WE HAVE TO CHANGE THAT.
AND I'LL GIVE YOU SOME OF THOSE NEW INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS HERE SHORTLY.
AS WE LOOK AT THE OVERALL RESERVATION SYSTEMS, AS WE LOOK AT PRE TIP, PRE-TRIP OPPORTUNITIES, AS WE LOOK AT APP-BASED OPPORTUNITIES AND THE CONTINUED INNOVATIONS THAT ARE EXISTING IN DIFFERENT MARKETS, IF WE WANT TO REMAIN, REMAIN COMPETITIVE IN WHERE WE'RE GOING, WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT? AS I MENTIONED, IT'S THE REVENUE AND IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE CONTINUE TO INCREASE THE OVERALL REVENUE THAT WE'RE COLLECTING AS AN AIRPORT ENTITY.
AND THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING, OUR OVERALL GEOGRAPHICAL RADIUS OF USERS IS GROWING, AND WE'VE GOTTA BE PREPARED FOR THAT AS WE CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD.
AND HOW DO WE ENSURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THE LEVEL OF SERVICE THAT IS EXPECTED BY EVERYONE THAT CONTINUES TO USES THAT CONTINUE TO USES OUR FACILITIES.
SO WE HAVE TO ENHANCE THE OVERALL SS A T PARKING EXPERIENCE.
HOW DO WE DO THAT? THE PRODUCT OFFERING THAT WE HAVE, WE HAVE TO MEET OUR CUSTOMER EXPECTATIONS.
THE PRE-BOOKING, WE HAVE TO HAVE ADVANCED PARKING RESERVATION SYSTEMS IN PLACE.
THE REVENUE MANAGEMENT, WE WANT THE RIGHT PRODUCT FOR THE RIGHT CUSTOMER AT THE RIGHT TIME.
IF YOU HAVEN'T VISITED THE AIRPORT, I, I JUST MET WITH SOMEONE AND THEY'RE LIKE, I JUST WENT TO THE AIRPORT AND I HADN'T BEEN TO THE AIRPORT IN 20 YEARS.
OH MY GOSH, IT HAS COMPLETELY CHANGED.
AND THE CUSTOMER DEMOGRAPHICS THAT MARKET SHARE IS SHIFTING CONSTANTLY.
AND WE'VE GOTTA BE PREPARED, PREPARED FOR THOSE CHANGES.
SO WE'VE GOT TO HAVE E-COMMERCE, AND THAT'S JUST BASICALLY SELLING OF OUR PRODUCT THROUGH THE, THROUGH THE RIGHT, UH, DISTRIBUTIONS.
AND WHAT ARE THOSE, HOW DO WE ENSURE THAT WE'RE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION WITH THAT? AND THE CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT IS DATA COLLECTION, UH, TO TAILOR OUR SERVICES FOR RETENTION.
THERE'S LEISURE TRAFFIC AND THEN THERE'S BUSINESS TRAFFIC.
WE SEE A CONTINUOUS GROWTH OVER THE LAST 20, 25 DAYS.
WE HAVE EXCEEDED OUR 2019 NUMBERS, AND WE'RE CONTINUING TO MOVE IN THAT DIRECTION, BOTH DOMESTICALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY.
SO WE HAVE TO ENSURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO SUSTAIN THAT GROWTH AND RETAIN ALL OF OUR EXISTING CUSTOMERS.
AT THE END, WE WANT TO, YOU KNOW, CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THE EXPECTED EXPERIENCE BENEFITS HERE AT SAN ANTONIO, UH, AT AT SPECIFICALLY AT SAN ANTONIO INTERNATIONAL.
WE WANT TO INCREASE OUR OVERALL REVENUE BENEFITS AND WE WANT TO IMPROVE THE OVERALL OPERATIONS OF THE ENTIRE PARKING OPERATION.
I SHOW YOU THIS SLIDE AS YOU LOOK AT WHAT'S OUT THERE AND WHAT'S AVAILABLE TO YOU TODAY.
YOU COULD GO, WE'RE ONE OF THE LAST AIRPORTS THAT DO NOT OFFER THIS.
AND WE NEED TO CHANGE AND BE PREPARED, AS YOU MENTIONED, UH, COUNCILWOMAN ABOUT BEING CHANGE AGENTS OF US MOVING FORWARD WITH ADVANCEMENT IN INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGIES.
YOU CAN GO ON TO WEBSITES AT OTHER AIRPORTS LIKE REAGAN, AUSTIN, SAN DIEGO, WILL ROGERS, AND YOU CAN SCHEDULE IN ADVANCE WHERE YOU WANT TO PARK SPECIFICALLY.
SO WHEN I TELL YOU THE RIGHT PRICE FOR THE RIGHT CUSTOMER AT THE RIGHT TIME, THIS IS THE MOVEMENT AND THE SHIFT AS WE LOOK AT PASSENGER PERSONAS AND WHAT'S CHANGING POST COVID AND WHAT THE EXPECTATIONS ARE OF PASSENGERS, WE WANNA SHIFT IN THAT DIRECTION AS WELL.
IT'S A PRES SOLICITATION FOR PARKING OPTIMIZATION.
THE SCOPE IS COMMERCIAL PARKING OPERATIONS THAT DEMONSTRATES EXCEPTIONAL PARKING AND GROUND TRANSPORTATION OPERATIONS.
WE WANT TO RELEASE THE SOLICITATION AND REQUEST EVERYONE TO PROVIDE INFORMATION ON WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AT THE SAN ANTONIO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
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TO IMPROVE THE PARKING OPERATIONS, THE COMMERCIAL MANAGEMENT AND UPGRADING OF THE EQUIPMENT AND THE MAINTENANCE AND THE PARKING FACILITIES.IT WILL BE A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL ON SOLICITATION.
THE EVALUATION COMMITTEE IS AS DIVERSE AS YOU WOULD FIND, NUMBER OF DEPARTMENTS INCLUDING OURSELVES, SOME SHARED SERVICES, WHETHER IT'S FINANCE, THE IT DEPARTMENT, THE PROCUREMENT DEPARTMENT, AND THEN THE CCC, UH, DO DEPARTMENT AS WELL THAT OVERSEES ALL OF OUR PARKING OPERATIONS FOR THE CITY WILL BE INVOLVED AS WELL.
WE WANT EVERYONE TO PARTAKE IN THE DECISION MAKING PROCESS.
EVALUATION CRITERIA WILL BE MUCH THE SAME.
EXPERIENCE AND BACKGROUND, A COMPLETE UNDERSTANDING OF THE PROJECT.
IT WILL BE AN AIRPORT CONCESSIONS WITH A D B E ENTERPRISE FOR 20 POINTS AS WELL.
THAT COMPLETES THE PRESENTATION.
I'LL MAKE MYSELF AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.
UM, LOVE EVERYTHING ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THE AGGRESSIVENESS IN WHICH YOU'RE APPROACHING.
UM, NOT ONLY THE PARKING SITUATION, BUT YOU KNOW, THE ENTIRE AIR, AIR SERVICE DEVELOPMENT, UM, IMPROVEMENTS, THE GROWTH PLAN.
AND, UH, APPRECIATE THE UPDATES.
OBVIOUSLY THIS IS A, AN OPEN FIRE THAT WE'VE GOTTA DEAL WITH AND, AND IT'S SYMPTOMATIC OF, OF THE SUCCESS THAT WE'VE SEEN IN SUCH A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
BUT KEEP AFTER IT AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE SOLUTIONS.
THANK SIR, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER VIA GRANT.
I APPRECIATE THIS PRESENTATION.
DID YOU PRESENT TO THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE ON THIS BEFORE THEY MOVED FORWARD WITH THE TAXI CAB INCREASE? UH, DID YOU PRESENT THIS TO THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE? WE HAVE NOT PRESENTED THIS TO THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE.
UH, THE ONLY INCREASES I CAN TELL YOU THAT ANY AIRPORTS HAVE EXPERIENCED WELL, UM, WE HAVE NOT INCREASED OUR TAXI CABS INCREASES AS WE RELATE, UH, AS THE, AS IT RELATES TO TRANSPORTATION NETWORK COMPANIES.
THERE WAS A HOUSE BILL 100 THAT CAME THROUGH THE LEGISLATION OF 2018 THAT DID CREATE, UH, OPPORTUNITIES TO, TO, SO BASICALLY IF YOU'RE GONNA USE THE AIRPORT, YOU'RE GONNA PAY FOR THE AIRPORT.
SO T N C OPERATORS WERE REQUIRED TO PAY FOR PICKUP AND DROP OFF FEES.
BECAUSE I POPPED INTO THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE MEETING AND THEY'RE MOVING SOMETHING FORWARD.
I, I DON'T BELIEVE IT'S ON THIS WEEK'S AGENDA, BUT I THINK WE'RE GONNA NEED TO HAVE A DEEPER CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT, BECAUSE THE ROUND TRIP FROM THE TO, OR THE TRIP TO THE AIRPORT FOR A SAN ANTONIO RESIDENT LOOKED LIKE IT WAS GOING UP BY $10.
AND I, I DON'T WANNA ADD TO YOUR PARKING PROBLEMS BECAUSE PEOPLE AREN'T TAKING, UH, UBER OR A, UM, AN UBER OR A TAXI BECAUSE OF, OF THAT, OF THAT.
UM, SO, UM, I'M, I'M ALL FOR MOVING THIS FORWARD AND TRYING TO, UH, GIVE THEM A BETTER PRODUCT.
I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT IT IN CONJUNCTION OF, OF WHAT WE'RE, WHAT, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO MOVE FORWARD AND CHARGING FOR ROUND TRIPS AND TRIPS TO THE AIRPORT.
AND WE'LL CERTAINLY LOOK AT THE DIVERSIFICATION THAT WE HAVE ON THE REVENUE STREAMS AS IT RELATES TO ALL OF OUR COMMERCIAL OPERATORS, AND WE CONTINUE TO LOOK AT THAT AS WE, AS WE GO FORWARD.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT SPECIFICALLY WAS DISCUSSED AT THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE, BUT WE'LL LOOK INTO IT.
UM, AND THANK YOU, JESUS, AGAIN, AS ALWAYS.
I'VE, I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE OF SPENDING A LOT OF TIME WITH YOU IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS 'CAUSE I'M LEARNING MORE AND MORE ABOUT, UM, THE AIRPORT.
AND IT WAS LAST WEEK, I THINK, RIGHT? IT'S BEEN A LONG WEEK.
I GOT TO GO AND, AND TOUR AND TO SEE WHERE ALL THE, THE NEW CHANGES ARE GONNA BE.
AND WE DID TAKE, UM, A, A LITTLE TURNAROUND, THE PARKING LOT.
UM, I, I'M CURIOUS, WHAT IS THE REVENUE GENERATED FROM ALL THE PARKING LOTS AT THE AIRPORT? SO IT'S APPROXIMATELY, IF YOU GO BACK TO 2019, AND I MAY ASK, UH, ONE OF MY REVENUE GURUS TO COME UP HERE AND HELP ME A LITTLE BIT, BUT, UM, 20, 20, 20 19, SOMEWHERE AROUND 25, 20 6 MILLION, UM, 2020 AND 2021 TOOK SOME DEEP HITS BECAUSE OF COVID.
AND THEN 2022, WE'LL END UP SOMEWHERE AROUND 25 AND 20 23, 26 0.7, 26.7 MILLION FOR 22.
HE JUST TOLD YOU 26.7 MILLION FOR 22.
UM, AND, AND IF I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY, THE AIRPORT WAS SOLD OUT, SOMETHING LIKE, WAS IT 50 TIMES IN THE LAST, UM, WAS THE LAST YEAR AT THE PARKING GARAGE? YEAH, WE CLOSED THE GARAGES.
AS WE LOOK AT OUR EBB EBBS AND FLOWS OF WHAT'S HAPPENING BY THE CONTINUOUS GROWTH, AND WE'RE VERY APPRECIATIVE, I DON'T WANT ANYONE TO MISINTERPRET OUR MOVEMENT.
WE'RE EXCITED AND, AND WE'RE APPRECIATIVE OF THE GROWTH THAT WE'RE
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EXPERIENCING.WE JUST WANT TO PLAN ACCORDINGLY, AND WE WANT TO BE ON THE OFFENSE AND NOT ON THE DEFENSE.
THIS IS ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO LOOK AT THIS.
SO AS WE CLOSE, WE HAVE STAFF MEMBERS THAT ARE WORKING NONSTOP.
WE HAVE THE PARK SYSTEM THAT TELLS US YOU'VE SEEN THE RED AND THE GREEN LIGHTS.
AND HOW ARE WE CONTINUING TO PROVIDE THE BEST LEVEL OF SERVICE? UM, IS THERE EXPANSION FOR APP-BASED IN REAL TIME OFFERINGS? UM, THE REVENUE GENERATION THAT COULD HAPPEN BY COORDINATING AND ALLOWING PEOPLE TO MAKE ADVANCED RESERVATIONS FOR PARKING.
I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A PARKING SPOT FOR YOU.
WE'VE GOT THAT FIGURED OUT AS IT RELATES TO CONTINGENCY PLANS THAT WE'VE GOT IN PLACE.
AND THEN IF YOU CAN'T FIND A SPOT AND WE'RE CLOSED, WE'VE GOT VALET PARKING COVERED FOR YOU, AND YOU CAN FEEL WELCOME TO UTILIZE THAT AND WE'LL TAKE CARE OF YOU.
THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS I REALLY ENJOYED ABOUT THE TOUR, WAS HEARING THE INNOVATION AND IDEAS THAT YOU GUYS HAVE, UM, TO, TO MAKE IT THE, THE AIRPORT IN GENERAL, MORE EFFICIENT, BUT ESPECIALLY PARKING.
I, I WILL SAY, UH, AS MANY AIRPORTS AS I'VE BEEN ACROSS THE COUNTRY THAT WE HAVE A GREAT PARKING FACILITY.
I REALLY DO LOVE THE RED AND GREEN LIGHTS.
IT SAVES A LOT OF TIME, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE IN A HURRY TRYING TO CATCH A PLANE.
UM, YOU KNOW, PARKING IS ONE OF THE FIRST AND LAST EXPERIENCES THAT OUR TRAVELERS HAVE.
NOT ONLY, UM, OUR VISITORS, BUT OUR, EVEN OUR, UM, OUR NATIVE SAN ANTONIANS THAT ARE, THAT ARE GOING ON A TRIP AND, UH, THE BEST PARKING EXPERIENCES ARE THE MOST SEAMLESS ONES.
AND I THINK THAT THAT'S WHERE, UM, THAT'S THE CHALLENGE.
BUT THAT'S ALSO WHERE I THINK WE'RE, WE'RE THE INNOVATION AND THE IDEAS THAT YOU HAVE ARE GONNA BE REALLY HELPFUL.
UM, THE, I DO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT, UH, SPECIAL NEEDS.
IT ACTUALLY CAME TO ME FROM A, UM, A GROUP WHO MENTIONED AS WE TALK ABOUT TAXIS, THAT, UM, IS THERE A SEPARATE PLACE FOR PEOPLE WHO CALL A TAXI WHO HAVE SPECIAL NEEDS TO BE ABLE TO GO AND, AND GET THAT TAXI? YES, MA'AM.
SO, UM, IN AS IT RELATES, I, I JUST RECEIVED THE INFORMATION, UH, COUNCILMAN
SO THE TAXI INCREASES ARE NOT ASSOCIATED WITH ANY OF THE FEES AT THE AIRPORT, SO THERE'S NO INCREASES TO THAT AS IT RELATES TO ACCESSIBILITY.
SO WE HAVE TAXIS READILY AVAILABLE, UH, AT THE STAGING LOT, AND WE HAVE LOCATIONS WHERE THEY CAN COME IN.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, THEY HAVE A PREFERRED AREA WHERE THEY DRIVE INTO THE AIRPORT ADJACENT TO THE CURB TO ELIMINATE ANY ACCESSIBILITY ISSUES THEY MIGHT HAVE.
BUT THERE'S A SPECIFIC PLACE THAT A PERSON THAT HAS ACCESSIBILITY REQUIREMENTS CAN GO, UM, TO CATCH THAT SPECIFIC OF TAXI.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE HAVE STAFF, OUR GROUND TRANSPORTATION REPRESENTATIVES ARE STANDING BY 24 7 TO ASSIST ANY PASSENGERS AS THEY EXIT OUT OF THOSE DOORS WITH ANY ACCESSIBILITY ISSUES TO ASSIST THEM AS WELL.
UM, AND THEN ANOTHER, A FEW QUESTIONS JUST TO CLARIFY.
UM, HOW DOES THE, UM, THE PROGRAM ALIGN WITH THE TERMINAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM AND, AND JUST SAY WE BUILT, UH, A NEW FACILITY OR TRANSPORTATION, WILL THOSE, UH, BE TRANSFERRABLE? YEAH, SO I, I MEAN, THEY WILL BE, UH, TO, TO KEEP IT AS SIMPLE AS POSSIBLE, BUT AS YOU LOOK AT TODAY, WE'RE SITTING ON 24 GATES EXPANDING TO 27 GATES BY THE END OF THIS YEAR, ANOTHER FIVE GATES, AS WE, YOU KNOW, COMPETE FOR THE NOFO THAT'S GONNA COME OUT AND CONTINUE TO GROW THAT CAPACITY.
THE ADDITION ALL GOES WELL AS WE FINISH ADVANCED TERMINAL PLANNING BY 2028, HOW MANY GATES WILL THAT ADD? ADDITIONAL SQUARE FOOTAGE, ADDITIONAL ROADWAY AREA, ADDITIONAL PARKING, UH, GARAGES THAT NEED TO BE ADDED, UH, TO THE COMPLEX AS WELL THAT WILL BE IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE DEMAND THAT WE RECEIVE IT TO THE AIRPORT.
WELL, AGAIN, I, I'M REALLY GRATEFUL FOR THE, THE WORK YOU, OF COURSE, YOU AND, UM, THE COMMITTEE AND EVERYBODY'S DONE ON THE MASTER PLAN, AND I'M EXCITED TO SEE THOSE THINGS EXECUTE.
AND THAT ISN'T JUST, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE OF COURSE, WE THINK AIRPORT, WE THINK, UM, FLYING IN AND OUT, BUT IT A BIG PART OF IT'S PARKING.
COUNCIL MEMBER KEO H, COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL.
I SHOULD HAVE LOOKED UP BEFORE I SAID THAT, YOUR HONOR.
UM, ANYONE ELSE ON THIS TOPIC? COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE.
HEY, SU, I, I WANNA RUN THROUGH A COUPLE OF THE QUESTIONS ABOUT PARKING HERE.
UM, WHAT'S THE DAILY RATE FOR SHORT-TERM PARKING? FOR SHORT-TERM PARKING? IT IS AT $27, UH, FOR HOURLY.
I'LL LET RYAN COME UP HERE AND GIVE YOU THOSE EXACT NUMBERS.
SO THE LONG TERM WOULD BE $27, RIGHT? IF YOU'RE GONNA STAY OVERNIGHT, WELL, YOU CAN PARK IN SHORT-TERM, LONG-TERM AS WELL IF YOU WANNA STAY THERE FOR SEVERAL DAYS.
RYAN, I'LL LET YOU COME UP HERE AND COVER THAT.
SO WE HAVE, WE HAVE THREE AREAS, ECONOMY, A LOT, $8.
YOU CAN PARK IN OUR LONG, LONG-TERM SPACE
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AS WELL, UH, FOR 16.AND THEN YOUR SHORT TERM IS 27.
SO THE HOURLY RATE, UH, IF YOU'RE THERE AND YOU GO INTO SHORT-TERM PARKING, YOU'RE THERE FOR AN HOUR AND A HALF OR SOMETHING.
WHAT'S THAT? YEAH, APPROXIMATELY WHAT YOU SEE, MOST PEOPLE, THEY'RE GONNA BE THERE FOR LESS THAN AN HOUR.
IT'S JUST REALLY WHAT IT'S DESIGNED FOR IS SHORT-TERM PARKING.
THE AVERAGE STAY, WHAT YOU SEE IS ABOUT THREE AND A HALF DAYS.
IF PEOPLE DO CHOOSE TO PARK THERE, THAT'S THE AVERAGE STAY.
BUT WHAT'S THE HOUR? WHAT DO YOU PAY IF YOU'RE THERE AN HOUR OR TWO OR THREE IN SHORT TERM? YEAH.
THE MAXIMUM YOU'LL PAY US IS GONNA BE $27.
BUT WHAT'S, I'M THERE FOR AN HOUR.
IF THEY'RE THERE FOR AN HOUR AND THEY LEAVE, HOW MUCH DO THEY, OH, THE HOUR RATE.
I CAN GET YOU THE HOURLY RATE, BUT IT'S GONNA BE, IT'S RIGHT HERE.
SO IT'S $5 FOR THE HOURLY RATE.
NOW HOW DOES THAT, UH, COMPARE TO AUSTIN? SO I CAN GET AUSTIN'S INFORMATION FOR YOU, BUT LET ME JUST CORRECT THAT.
RIGHT? I CAN GET AUSTIN'S INFORMATION FOR YOU.
I DON'T HAVE IT HANDY WITH ME.
BECAUSE WE'RE COMPETING WITH THEM EVERY DAY.
YOU KNOW, WE HEAR ABOUT PEOPLE WHO WILL DRIVE TO AUSTIN TO FLY, UH, AND SO THEY'RE GONNA PARK AND I, I WAS JUST WONDERING, UM, NOW ANOTHER QUESTION THAT I HAVE IS, WE'RE GONNA BE PUTTING THIS UP FOR BILL TO SEE IF A PRIVATE COMPANY WILL TAKE IT OVER.
UH, AND YOU SAID THAT WE'D LIKE TO HAVE, UH, OPPORTUNITIES IN ADVANCE TO GET A RESERVATION FOR A PARKING SPOT.
UH, DOES THAT MEAN, FOR EXAMPLE, SOMEBODY COULD GET ONLINE AND SAY, BOY, I WANNA PARK RIGHT NEAR THE ELEVATOR.
UH, IS THAT GONNA COST MORE THAN SOMEONE WHO JUST DRIVES IN AND PARKS AT ANY OPEN SPACE? IN OTHER WORDS, IT'S GONNA BE PREFERRED PARKING RATES ONLINE.
THE WAY IT USUALLY WORKS WITH RESERVATION SYSTEMS, IT'S BY ZONES.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, THE TERMINAL WALKWAY AND SHORT-TERM GARAGE, A LOWER LEVEL, LEVEL ZERO, THAT WOULD BE A PREMIUM AREA.
SO YOU WOULD PERF YOU WOULD PAY A PREMIUM PRICE FOR THAT LOCATION.
THE FURTHER YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE WALKAWAY, THE MORE DISCOUNTED RATE IT WOULD BE.
THE ANTICIPATED INCOME IS 26.7 MILLION FOR NEXT YEAR.
UH, AND SO WHAT ARE WE LOOKING FOR AS FAR AS A RETURN? UH, IF WE PUT IT OUT TO BID, DO WE HAVE A TARGET NUMBER? YEAH, YOU CAN EXPECT THROUGH PARKING OPTIMIZATION, ANYWHERE FROM 30% TO 50% INCREASE IN YOUR REVENUES THROUGH PARKING OPTIMIZATION.
AND IS AT SAME TIME, IF WE ARE TURNING THIS OVER TO A PRIVATE COMPANY, DOES THAT MEAN THAT WE'LL HAVE, UH, A DECREASE IN COST TO THE AIRPORT FOR RUNNING IT? IT COULD, AND IT'S GONNA BE BASED ON THE RESPONDENTS.
AS WE RELEASE THIS SOLICITATION, WE WILL ANXIOUSLY AWAIT WHAT THEY COME BACK AND TELL US.
UH, IT IS THE REASONING WHY WE HAVE SUCH A DIVERSE GROUP WORKING BEFORE WE GO THROUGH THIS DECISION MAKING PROCESS TO ENSURE WHATEVER WE RECEIVE IS GONNA BE BEST FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
IF WE CAN REDUCE OUR O AND M COSTS AND INCREASE OUR REVENUES, THEN THAT'S THE DIRECTION WE WANT TO HEAD AND THEN OVERALL PROVIDE A BETTER LEVEL OF SERVICE.
YOU KNOW, I, I UNDERSTAND THAT, AND I KNOW TRAVEL ISN'T CHEAP.
BUT I'M JUST WONDERING, ARE, ARE WE GONNA BE PRICING A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT OF BEING ABLE TO USE THE AIRPORT? UH, IF YOU'RE GONNA GO SOMEPLACE FOR THREE DAYS AND YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO SPEND ALMOST A HUNDRED DOLLARS OR MORE FOR PARKING, YOU KNOW THAT THAT CAN BE HARD ON A LOT OF PEOPLE.
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, UH, MAYBE 10, 15, 20% INCREASES FROM 27 MILLION TO 35 OR 40 MILLION.
UH, YOU KNOW, IS THAT GONNA PRICE A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT, MAKE IT DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO FLY? UH, ARE WE GONNA MAKE IT EASIER FOR THOSE WHO GOT PLENTY OF MONEY TO GET A GOOD PLACE TO PARK AND EVERYBODY ELSE WALK FOREVER TO GET TO, YOU KNOW, THEIR PLANE OR WORRY ABOUT, YOU KNOW, UH, BEING IN A ANOTHER LOT AND WORRYING ABOUT WHAT KIND OF SERVICE ARE YOU GONNA GET FROM THAT COMPANY THAT'S GONNA COME PICK YOU UP AND TAKE YOU OVER THERE? UH, THOSE ARE QUESTIONS THAT I'M GONNA BE CONCERNED ABOUT.
UH, I RECOGNIZE WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO EXPAND THE REVENUE THAT WE CAN RECEIVE AT THE AIRPORT TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE GROWTH, BUT ALSO I WANNA MAKE SURE IT STAYS AFFORDABLE FOR THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE, UH, WHO RELY ON PICKING UP FAMILY MEMBERS WHO COME BACK OR HAVING TO DO A, A, A TRIP TO A CANCER CENTER IN HOUSTON FOR A DAY AND, YOU KNOW, BEING ABLE TO AFFORD THAT.
UH, OR ARE WE JUST GONNA SAY YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO DRIVE FOUR HOURS TO GET TO WHERE YOU NEED TO GO RATHER THAN FLY? SO PARKING I THINK, IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE EXPENSE FOR TRAVEL.
SO I'M GONNA WANNA KNOW THAT WE'RE STILL KEEPING IT AFFORDABLE FOR PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE CITY.
WE AGREE WITH YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER, AND WE'LL, WE'LL PROVIDE ALL THAT INFORMATION AS WE CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD.
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I, UH, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.I MAY HAVE MISSED THIS, BUT WHAT IS THE COST OF THE, UM, THE VALUE OF THIS CONTRACT? IT IS TO BE DETERMINED.
WE LEFT THAT THERE TO BE DETERMINED.
WE DIDN'T PUT A PRICE ON IT JUST YET BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA BASE IT.
THERE'S A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT WAYS THIS COULD BE, YOU KNOW, SOLICITED.
SO WE'VE LEFT IT OPEN, WE WANNA SEE WHAT'S GONNA BE BEST.
WE MAY JUST LOOK BACK AND SAY, WE JUST WANNA DO THE SHUTTLE OPERATION.
WE MAY COME BACK AND SAY, WE WANT TO DO THE ENTIRE PACKAGE.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO LOOK AT HOW ALL THAT COMES BACK TO DETERMINE EXACTLY AS COUNCIL, COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE WAS REFERENCING WHAT IS GOING TO BE THE BEST HYBRID PRODUCT FOR THE, THE SAN ANTONIO AIRPORT SYSTEM.
AND WE WILL KNOW THAT AS WE CONTINUE TO GO FORWARD, UH, WE'RE IN COMPLETE ALIGNMENT WITH THE ENTIRE PROCUREMENT TEAM AS WE GO FORWARD TO LOOK AT WHAT'S GONNA BE THE BEST FOR US.
SO THE BIDS MAY COME IN AND SAY, WE'RE GONNA GIVE YOU AN OPTIMIZATION THAT INCLUDES SHUTTLES WE'RE GONNA GIVE YOU, AND SOMEONE ELSE MIGHT SAY, WE'RE GONNA GIVE YOU AN OPTIMIZATION THAT INCLUDES, I DON'T KNOW, SOMETHING ELSE.
AND THOSE WILL BE OF DIFFERENT VALUES.
AND THEN YOU'LL DECIDE WHICH ONE TO GO TO, AND WE WILL DETERMINE AS WE BRING THAT TO THE, THE CITY COUNCIL AND MAYOR AND TEAM TO DETERMINE HERE'S WHAT WE THINK IS THE BEST AND WE'LL BRING YOU AS WE DO WITH ALL OF OUR SOLICITATIONS, WHY THE DECISIONS WERE MADE AND WHY WE'RE MOVING IN THAT DIRECTION.
UM, ANOTHER, UH, QUESTION I HAD IS, UH, YOU SAID IT'S BEEN CLOSED 50 TIMES IN HOW MANY DAYS WAS THAT OVER THE LAST, YOU KNOW, AS WE LOOK AT JUST THIS YEAR? UM, OKAY, THAT'S, THAT'S, WE'VE, WE'VE CLOSED IT, IT'S CONTINUOUS, YOU KNOW, EVERYONE ON THE TEAM KNOWS WHEN THE PARKING GARAGE CLOSES BECAUSE WE'RE PROVIDING REAL TIME SITUATIONAL AWARENESS TO OURSELVES.
UM, IT'S A BIG CONCERN OF OURS AS WE CONTINUE TO GROW AND IT'S IMPACTING THE LEVEL OF SERVICE.
HOW LONG DOES IT STAY CLOSED? IT'S VARIABLE COUNCILWOMAN.
UH, SOMETIMES IT MIGHT BE 10, 15 MINUTES TO COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, COURAGES, YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE ARE COMING IN JUST FOR SHORT TERM AND THEY FILL THE GARAGE.
THEY PICK UP, YOU KNOW, GRANDMA WITA, AND THEN THEY LEAVE AND THEN IT OPENS BACK UP.
SOMETIMES IT STAYS CLOSED FOR LONG PERIODS.
AND WE HAVE THE SAME, WE'RE EXPERIENCING SIMILAR IN THE LONG-TERM GARAGE AS WELL.
SO YOU DON'T HAVE, LIKE IF I SAID HOW MANY HOURS HAS IT BEEN CLOSED TOTAL THIS YEAR? I'M SURE WE COULD, WE COULD COME UP WITH THAT NUMBER.
IT, IT, I DON'T HAVE THAT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT WE COULD CERTAINLY FIGURE THAT OUT.
UM, AND SO WHAT, WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOUR LONG TERM IS CLOSED? UM, WHAT, WHAT DOES THE CUSTOMER DO? WE, WE ARE CONTINUOUSLY WORKING WITH STAFF TRYING TO PROVIDE ANY SPACES THAT MAY, AS PEOPLE ARE EXITING, PEOPLE ARE ENTERING.
SO WE'RE CONSTANTLY WORKING ON THAT.
UM, WE ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO UTILIZE OUR GUARANTEED PARKING PROGRAM.
IF YOU WANT TO USE VALET, WE ENCOURAGE THEM TO UTILIZE VALET AS WELL.
AND THEN WE HAVE THE SURFACE SLOTS, WHICH YOU CAN SHUTTLE IN AND OUT OF MM-HMM.
SO WE CONTINUE TO OFFER THAT SERVICE OFFERING AS WELL.
BECAUSE THE OTHER THINGS YOU HAVE TO DO IN ADVANCE, BUT LIKE IF I SHOW UP AND YOU'RE OUT OF SPACE, WELL, WELL, WE HAVE GUARANTEED PARKING IN CASE YOU DIDN'T KNOW THAT GUYS.
UM, BUT IF, UM, AS COUNCIL MEMBERS, RIGHT.
BUT IF, UM, IF A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC SHOWS UP AND LIKE, YOU CAN'T TELL THEM USE GUARANTEED PARKING.
ONCE THEY'RE, ONCE THEY'RE THERE, WE, WE WOULD ENCOURAGE THEM TO UTILIZE VALET.
AND WE ALLOW THEM TO ENTER, WE'RE CONSTANTLY WORKING WITH OUR PASSENGERS NOW.
WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS OPTIMIZE THIS ENTIRE EXPERIENCE AND HOW DO WE TRANSITION TO, YOU KNOW, REAL TIME SITUATIONAL AWARENESS UTILIZING THE DIGITALIZATION THAT'S AVAILABLE TO US, THE TECHNOLOGY THAT'S AVAILABLE TO US SO WE CAN IMPROVE ON SOME OF THIS SERVICE LEVEL OFFERINGS.
SO, UM, I, SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE.
SO THERE'S THE CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE IN THE WHOLE AIRPORT, RIGHT? AND THIS IS ONE PART OF THAT.
AND PARKING IS ONE SOLUTION, UH, TO THAT.
UM, NOT, AND IT, IT DOESN'T OCCUR IN ISOLATION FROM YOUR WHOLE EXPERIENCE AT THE AIRPORT.
IT COULD, IT COULD RUIN YOUR EXPERIENCE, RIGHT? YOU COULD DECIDE TO SAY, I'M, I'M FLYING OUT OF AUSTIN FROM FROM NOW ON.
UH, BUT WHAT I WANNA KNOW IS, IS THERE AN EXPLORATION ALSO OF ALTERNATIVES THAT ARE, CAN YOU OPTIMIZE ALTERNATIVES THAT ARE AVAILABLE FOR PARKING? SO WE, WHAT WE DON'T HAVE IN SAN ANTONIO IS A SHUTTLE SERVICE.
I MEAN, ONLY THE ONES THAT ARE TIED TO SPECIFIC HOTELS DOWNTOWN USUALLY, OR RIGHT BY THE AIRPORT.
BUT IN TERMS OF A, YOU KNOW, A PUBLIC SHUTTLE SUIT SERVICE THAT'S NOT AN OFFERING.
AND IS THAT, UM, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT CAN BE EXPLORED OR DO WE NEED THAT TO BE DRIVEN BY PRIVATE INDUSTRY ITSELF? THIS IS EXACTLY WHY WE'RE BRINGING THIS TODAY AND WHY WE'RE MOVING FORWARD AS WE BEGIN TO, THE PLANNING PROCESS FOR WHAT WE'RE DOING AND, AND THE PROGRAMMING OF WHAT
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WE'RE DOING WITH REGARDS TO THE T D P, THE GROUND TRANSPORTATION CENTER, EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE WITH THE, UH, ENABLING PROJECTS OF WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO WITH THE GARAGES.WE WANT IT TO ALL BE IN ALIGNMENT AS WE CONTINUE TO GO FORWARD.
UH, HOW DOES THAT MATCH UP TO LONG-TERM? YOU KNOW, UH, INTERMODAL TRANSPORTATION GOING BACK AND FORTH FROM THE AIRPORT.
WE WANT EVERYBODY TO BE IN PLACE AND WORKING TOGETHER AS WE CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD.
AS IT RELATES TO THE SHUTTLE OPPORTUNITIES, THERE ARE SOME, WE HAVE ONE TODAY THAT'S ALREADY WORKING UP THE NORTH CORRIDOR THAT WE HAVE THAT'S EXISTING.
WE HAVE A SHUTTLE THAT WORKS AND GOES FROM NORTH STAR MALL TO THE AIRPORT.
SO THERE ARE SOME EXISTING OPPORTUNITIES.
HOW DOES THAT EXPAND TO BE LOOKED AT AND DETERMINED AS WELL AS WE CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD? ARE THOSE SHUTTLE OPPORTUNITIES PROMOTED ON THE, ON THE AIRPORT'S WEBSITE? LIKE IF I DO A GOOGLE SEARCH FOR SHUTTLES IN SAN ANTONIO AIRPORT, I DIDN'T, NOTHING LIKE THAT CAME UP.
THOSE SHUTTLES ARE COMING THROUGH VIA SO AIR PROMOTED ON THE VO WEBSITE.
UM, WE, WE, WE, WE AREN'T NECESSARILY PROMOTING ALL OF THOSE SHUTTLES.
WE WANT TO PROVIDE THE LEVEL OF PARKING.
IF PEOPLE WANT TO PARK, WE WE PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION.
WE COULD CERTAINLY LOOK AT THAT.
WELL, I, I THINK FOR, SO THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF A, I'M WONDERING, IS THERE, WHY WOULDN'T YOU LET PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT THOSE OTHER OPTIONS? WE'RE NOT, IT IS NOT THAT WE'RE NOT LETTING THEM KNOW.
IT'S JUST A, A BRAND NEW SERVICE THAT'S BEING PILOTED THAT STARTED.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT HOW THAT'S WORKING AND SEEING HOW PEOPLE ARE UTILIZING THAT.
WE WOULD NOT BE OPPOSED TO PROVIDING THAT SERVICE GOING FORWARD.
V VIA HAS BEEN ADVERTISING IT PRETTY HEAVILY IN THE PAPER AND OTHER PLACES.
IT JUST STARTED TWO WEEKS, TWO WEEKS AGO.
WELL, BUT IF I'M TRAVELING TO THE AIRPORT, I MIGHT GO TO YOUR WEBSITE AND MIGHT NOT SEE IT IN THE PAPER.
SO IT, IT WOULD MAKE SENSE TO, TO ALSO PUT IT THERE.
UM, JEFF, YOU LOOK LIKE YOU'RE ABOUT TO COME OUTTA YOUR SEAT.
I JUST, I JUST JUMPED ON THE GROUND TRANSPORTATION PAGE ON THE AIRPORT'S WEBSITE.
IT'S ALL THERE SHUTTLES VIA EVERY TYPE OF MODE.
UM, AND THEN LASTLY, WHAT SORT OF REVENUE, I GUESS DO YOU MAKE NOW PER SPACE? OR DO YOU ANTICIPATE, I KNOW YOU SAID IN THE FUTURE YOU MIGHT INCREASE AT 30% IF YOU'RE ABLE TO OPTIMIZE, BUT WHAT IS THAT PER SPACE IN A, IN A GIVEN YEAR? 'CAUSE IT, MAKING A SPACE COSTS A LOT OF MONEY.
IT'S IN THE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO CREATE A CORRECT.
IT'S, IT'S NOT A STRUCTURE SPACE.
SO, UM, WE NEED TO LOOK AT THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
BUT AS THE PARKING DEMAND, I WILL TELL YOU AS WE LOOK AT PRE C O V I, WE WOULD'VE NEVER ANTICIPATED THAT UH, THIS GROWTH WOULD'VE BEEN EXPERIENCING THAT WE WOULD BE EXPERIENCING THIS AMOUNT OF GROWTH.
THE PASSENGER PERSONAS HAVE CHANGED.
PEOPLE PREFER NOW TO DRIVE AND PARK THEIR VEHICLES AT THE AIRPORT.
WE'VE GOTTA MAKE THE ACCOMMODATIONS AS WE GO FORWARD.
GREAT DISCUSSION, PRESENTATION.
UH, SO THE TIME IS 4:28 PM AND WE ARE ADJOURNED.