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          BE A QUORUM, . 
          TAKE IT AWAY. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VRAN. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. 
          CHAIR ELIAS. 
          HERE, SIR. 
          WE HAVE A QUORUM. 
          GREAT. 
          COUNCILWOMAN ROCHE GARCIA, 
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WHAT DO YOU THINK OF, UH, THE MINUTES OF LAST MEET'S LAST MEETING? I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28TH. 
          COUNCILMAN BRAVO. 
          I'M WILLING TO SECOND WHENEVER. 
          COUNCILWOMAN ROCHE GARCIA IS THE ONE WHO MOTION . 
          SO WE GOT A MOTION IN A SECOND. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          THAT WAS UNANIMOUS. 
          NUMBER TWO, WE'RE 
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GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT WS SSA'S LOCAL PLAN. 
          WELCOME. 
          W SS A I'M GLAD YOU GUYS ARE HERE. 
          MIKE, THIS IS YOUR SHOW. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME THIS AFTERNOON AS WE PRESENT INFORMATION ON THE LOCAL PLAN MODIFICATION FOR OUR LOCAL WORKFORCE BOARD WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS, ALAMO. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          OH, IT'S ME. 
          SO THE LOCAL PLAN, UM, WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS DID, UM, A PHENOMENAL JOB DOING OUTREACH INTO THE COMMUNITY TO MAKE SURE THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE AND THE VOICE OF THE EMPLOYERS WERE HEARD. 
          AND THEY WERE EXTREMELY RESPONSIVE TO THE REQUEST THAT CAME IN FROM THE COMMUNITY. 
          THE PURPOSE OF THE LOCAL PLAN IS TO REFLECT THE DYNAMICS AND CHANGES OF THE LABOR FORCE IN THE WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS. 
          ALAMO REGION DEVELOPED STRATEGIES TO BETTER SERVE EMPLOYERS, JOB SEEKERS, AND OVERALL ECONOMY, IDENTIFY EMERGING IN DEMAND INDUSTRIES AND OCCUPATIONS, ALIGNING WITH THE TEXAS WORKFORCE SYSTEM STRATEGIC PLAN GOALS, THE 2020 TO 2030 PLAN. 
          AND TO STAY IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE TEXAS WORKFORCE COMMISSION WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS. 
          ALAMO SERVES A 13 COUNTY REGION THAT INCLUDES BEXAR COUNTY. 
          SO LOCAL PLAN FEEDBACK AGAIN, UM, THEY REALLY WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND TO ENSURE THAT, UM, THEY HELD LISTENING SESSIONS ONE-ON-ONE DATA SESSIONS DID PRESENTATIONS TO THEIR STRATEGIC PARTNERS HOSTED FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          DECEMBER AND JANUARY OF 2023 AND 24 UNIQUE TARGET OCCUPATION REQUESTS CAME IN, INCLUDING FROM THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND THE READY TO WORK INITIATIVE. 
          UM, ALAMO COLLEGES PROJECT QUEST AND THE ACCOMMODATION, THAT'S THE HOSPITALITY SECTOR AND DATA REVIEW CRITERIA. 
          THEY LOOKED AT MEAN WAGE, THEY LOOKED AT RELIABILITY, RELIABLE DATA SOURCES, PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SOURCES, AND LOOKED AT PERCENT GROWTH OVER TIME. 
          SO A SUMMARY OF THOSE MODIFICATIONS, ONE OF THE MAJOR SHIFTS IS THAT THEY SHIFTED FROM A $15 TARGET AVERAGE WAGE AS A RESULT OF JOB PLACEMENT EFFORTS WITH PARTICIPANTS PURSUING, FURTHERING THEIR EDUCATION AND TRAINING THROUGH THE USE OF WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS ALAMO, AND INCREASE IT TO $17 AN HOUR AS THE TARGET AVERAGE WAGE. 
          UM, THERE HAS BEEN A, UM, MERGER OR A BLENDING OF INDUSTRY CLUSTERS LEADING TO SIX INDUSTRY CLUSTERS. 
          THE NUMBERS STAYING THE SAME, BUT A LITTLE BIT OF CONSOLIDATION, UM, OCCURRED WITHIN THOSE SIX CLUSTERS. 
          AND THERE'S 11. 
          INDUSTRY SECTORS ARE SHIFTED TO NINE AGAIN, COMBINING AND MERGING OTHER INDUSTRY SECTORS TOGETHER THAT SHIFTED FROM 23 IN-DEMAND INDUSTRIES TO 17 IN-DEMAND INDUSTRIES, AND INCREASED FROM 62 TARGET OCCUPATIONS TO 72. 
          SO THE $17 AN HOUR TARGET FALLS IN BETWEEN THE FEDERAL POVERTY THRESHOLD FOR A FAMILY OF FOUR. 
          THAT'S TWO ADULTS AND TWO CHILDREN AT 1321. 
          AND THE 2022 SELF-SUFFICIENCY WAGE FOR A FAMILY OF FOUR WITH TWO ADULTS AND TWO CHILDREN SOURCED. 
          BEING THE TEXAS WORKFORCE COMMISSION. 
          IT ALSO FALLS BETWEEN THE $13 AND 34 CENTS, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES THRESHOLD FOR POVERTY FOR A FAMILY OF FOUR AND THE $18 AND 20 CENT MEDIAN WAGE FOR THE ALAMO 13 COUNTY WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AREA CLUSTERS. 
          THEY REORGANIZED THE SIX CLUSTERS AS WE, AS WE SAID ABOUT, AS I SAID BEFORE, UM, THOSE CLUSTERS ARE LISTED THERE. 
          ON THE FAR RIGHT SIDE. 
          YOU HAVE AEROSPACE AND MANUFACTURING, HEALTH INFORMATION, TECHNOLOGY AND CYBERSECURITY, CONSTRUCTION, ARCHITECTURE AND UTILITIES. 
          AND THEN OTHER, WHICH IS OIL AND GAS WAREHOUSE AND TRANSPORTATION, TRAVELER ACCOMMODATION, OR HOSPITALITY AND FINANCE, AND ALSO EDUCATION. 
          THEY ADDED THAT ONE IN INDUSTRY SECTOR. 
          AGAIN, TRAVELER ACCOMMODATION AND REMOVED THREE INDUSTRY SECTORS, WHOLESALE TRADE INFORMATION AND RETAIL TRADE. 
          THE IN DEMAND INDUSTRIES, THEY ADDED, AGAIN, THE TRAVELER ACCOMMODATION AND REMOVE SEVEN IN DEMAND INDUSTRIES. 
          THOSE SEVEN THAT WERE REMOVED WERE SPECIALTY, UM, HOSPITALS, DATA PROCESSING AND RELATED SERVICES, PROFESSIONAL AND COMMERCIAL EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES, MERCHANT WHOLESALERS, HIGHWAY STREET AND BRIDGE, 
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CONSTRUCTION, ARCHITECTURE, ENGINEERING AND RELATED SERVICES, BUILDING MATERIAL AND SUPPLY DEALERS, AGENCY BROKERS, AND OTHER INSURANCE RELATED ACTIVITIES. 
          AND IN THE ADDITION TRAVELER ACCOMMODATION, THE PROPOSED EDITION, TARGET OCCUPATIONS, T W C REQUIRES W S A TO IDENTIFY TARGET OCCUPATIONS CRITICAL TO THE REGION'S IN DEMAND INDUSTRIES DEVELOP A RANKING CRITERIA AND WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS. 
          ALAMO IDENTIFIES PRIMARY AND SECONDARY DATA TARGETS. 
          THEY USE A SIX DIGIT STANDARD OCCUPATIONAL CLASS CLASSIFICATION OR SOC CODE TO IDENTIFY OCCUPATIONS. 
          AND THEY DEDICATE W O A WORKFORCE INNOVATION OPPORTUNITY ACT FUNDING AND OTHER TRAINING RESOURCES TO THESE OCCUPATIONS. 
          SO THERE'S 14 NEW TARGET OCCUPATIONS THAT WERE ADDED THAT ALIGNED TO THE READY TO WORK CONDITIONS. 
          SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. 
          AND, UH, WE ARE PLEASED, UH, WITH, UM, THIS LOCAL PLAN AND WOULD ASK THAT THIS COMMITTEE, UM, PROVIDE ITS COMMENTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          AND THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION, AND I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, WHAT ABOUT, UM, LOW VOLTAGE INSTALLATION DESIGN? I, I KNOW WE HAD TALKED ABOUT THIS A WHILE AGO. 
          UM, LOW VOLTAGE IS THE, UH, THE NEW INDUSTRY FOR MAKING HOUSES, SMART HOUSES, RIGHT? AND SO THEY GET INSTALLERS. 
          UH, THESE ARE LIKE ELECTRICIANS THAT DON'T REQUIRE AN ELECTRICIAN LICENSE. 
          IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE'VE LOOKED AT? I FORGET. 
          YES. 
          YES, IT IS. 
          AND I, I'M GONNA ALLOW ADRIAN OR ADRIAN TO COME IN AND ADDRESS THAT QUESTION. 
          YEAH. 
          BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT IT FALLS WITHIN THE CONSTRUCTION CATEGORY. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT IS A BROAD ENOUGH FIELD TO CAPTURE THOSE LOW VOLTAGE INSTALLERS AS WELL AS ELECTRICIANS, WHICH ARE ALSO ON THE TARGET OCCUPATION. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SO MIKE IS, UH, UH, IT'S EXACTLY CORRECT. 
          UM, THIS DOES FOLLOW WITHIN THE CONSTRUCTION, UH, INDUSTRY. 
          NOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UH, WE DO IDENTIFY OBVIOUSLY IS THE OCCUPATIONS BY WHICH WE'RE GONNA MAKE AN INVESTMENT TO SOMEONE TO ACTUALLY GET INTO THAT OCCUPATION. 
          SO WE CAN GET SKILLSET OR EDUCATION ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. 
          BUT WE ALSO DO HAVE CAREER PATHWAYS. 
          SO WHILE WE MAY NOT SORT OF LIKE, HAVE EVERYTHING LISTED IN TERMS OF HOW PEOPLE CAN GET IN, FOR EXAMPLE, INTO THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY, WE STILL CAN MAKE AN INVESTMENT INTO THEM BECAUSE IT'S STILL PART OF AN OVERALL CAREER PATHWAY. 
          ULTIMATELY, WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE IS FOR INDIVIDUALS TO BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE A CERTAIN OCCUPATION. 
          SO, BECAUSE IT'S GONNA BE PAYING CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MONEY AND THERE'S A HIGH DEMAND FOR, UH, FOR IT, AND THERE'S A HIGH GROWTH FOR IT. 
          SO, SO I THINK WHAT YOU'VE IDENTIFIED, UM, IS DEFINITELY ONE OF THOSE ENTRY POINTS INTO CONSTRUCTION THAT LEADS TO THESE OCCUPATIONS THAT ARE LISTED HERE. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TO ADD BEFORE WE, UH, I ASK MY COLLEAGUES TO ASK YOU QUESTIONS OR MAKE COMMENTS? NO, UH, I MEAN, I JUST WANT TO SAY, UH, THANKS FOR THE PARTNERSHIP ASSOCIATED WITH READY TO WORK. 
          OBVIOUSLY, I THINK READY TO WORK HAS, UM, YOU KNOW, LARGELY USED THIS DATA AS A STARTING POINT. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , UH, FOR THEIR, UH, OCCUPATIONS. 
          UM, WE TEND TO, UH, BRAID DOLLARS ASSOCIATED WITH READY TO WORK WITH WEOA AND OTHER FUNDING SOURCES. 
          UM, I'M HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE'RE, UM, ABOUT THIS SHORT, UH, ABOUT SEVEN PEOPLE SHORT OF A THOUSAND ENROLLEES THAT WE ACTUALLY, UM, ARE, ARE GONNA CELEBRATE ONCE WE GET TO THAT UH, THOUSAND POINT, HOPEFULLY BY THE END OF THE WEEK. 
          UM, BUT IT'S BEEN A GREAT PARTNERSHIP AND WE APPRECIATE ALEX AND, AND ALL OF THE, YOU KNOW, STAFF THAT WORK ALONG WITH READY TO WORK. 
          WHAT, HOW ARE YOU GONNA CELEBRATE? I CHOSE STAFF. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA PROBABLY HAVE SOME MARGARITAS THAT RIGHT ACROSS, UH, MARKET SQUARE . 
          WELL, I CAN TELL YOU MY, MY COLLEAGUES LOVE MARGARITAS, SO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET ABSOLUTELY. 
          WE WOULD INVITE YOU JUST AS WELL. 
          ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, MR. BRAVO, ANY QUESTIONS? NO. 
          OKAY, COUNCILMAN, THANK YOU. 
          UM, THANK YOU MIKE AND ADRIAN. 
          I, I'M GONNA START OFF JUST, UH, BY LETTING MY COLLEAGUES KNOW, UH, COUNCILMAN PAL AND I SIT ON THE COMMITTEE OF SIX. 
          AND SO WE'VE KIND OF REVIEWED THIS, UM, AT LEAST A COUPLE OF TIMES ALREADY. 
          UM, BUT I APPRECIATE YOU ALL ADDING FOOD SERVICES TO THAT. 
          I KNOW THAT WE WERE, UH, VERY INTERESTED IN, IN MAKING SURE THEY HAD THAT REPRESENTATION. 
          AS WELL AS I WANNA, UM, UH, ADD MY THANKS TO SAN ANTONIO HOTEL LODGING ASSOCIATION AND SAN ANTONIO RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION FOR HELPING US WITH THAT. 
          ONE OF THE THINGS, AND REMIND ME, UM, WE, WE JUST, WE JUST HAD THE BY, UH, PARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW PASSED, BUT WE'RE REMOVING HIGHWAY STREETS AND BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION. 
          HOW, WHAT, REMIND ME WHAT, WHAT THE LOGIC WAS FOR THAT. 
          SO IN A NUTSHELL, UH, COUNCILWOMAN, UH, THAT IS ACTUALLY INCLUDED IN ANOTHER OCCUPATION. 
          OH, THAT'S RIGHT. 
          THAT'S ANOTHER OCCUPATION. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SURE. 
          CORRECT. 
          YEAH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, AND THEN ON THE SECTOR PARTNERSHIP, BUT I THINK IT'S GREAT ASPIRATION, ASPIRATIONAL GOAL, WHAT KIND OF CHALLENGES DO YOU THINK THAT, THAT WE SEE? OR, OR, UM, MAYBE IS, I KNOW THAT WE HAD BEEN WORKING SPECIFICALLY WITH EDUCATE TEXAS, AND SO THEY HAD A, AN ANNUAL SUMMIT OF SOME SORT. 
          AND SO WHAT KIND OF CHALLENGES DO YOU SEE WITH MAYBE THE INFORMATION THAT THEY HAVE VERSUS THE INFORMATION THAT OTHER CONVENERS HAVE? YEAH, I'M TRYING TO SORT OF MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND THE, 
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THE QUESTION. 
          SO, UH, CAN YOU MAYBE REPEAT THAT AGAIN? YEAH. 
          SO, UM, EDUCATE, TEXAS HAS A SYMPOSIUM, AN ANNUAL SUMMIT, AND SO THEY'RE DOING THEIR OWN WORK. 
          AND I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S NOT MULTIPLE ENTITIES DOING THIS, UM, DATA ANALYSIS AND THAT WE'RE NOT ALL PLUGGING IN TOGETHER. 
          SO CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND MAYBE A LITTLE BIT AS HOW WE SEE THESE DIFFERENT CONVENERS IN THEIR OWN SPACE PLUG UP TO YOU? YEAH, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. 
          I THINK THAT THAT IS PART OF THE CHALLENGE AND COMPLEXITY ASSOCIATED WITH THE ECOSYSTEM. 
          PEOPLE TEND TO SORT OF, KIND OF, WHEN THEY THINK ABOUT WORKFORCE, THEY EITHER THINK ABOUT WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS, ALAMO, OR FOR EXAMPLE, MAYBE THE READY TO WORK PROGRAM. 
          BUT ACTUALLY WORKFORCE IS ABOUT AN ECOSYSTEM, RIGHT? SO IT'S K THROUGH 12. 
          IT'S ACTUALLY EVEN EARLY CHILDHOOD AS WELL. 
          'CAUSE YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT SORT OF LONGER TERM ASSOCIATED, UH, LONGER TERM OUTCOMES ASSOCIATED WITH WORKFORCE. 
          UM, AND SO, BUT IT'S ALSO COMMUNITY COLLEGES. 
          IT'S THE UNIVERSITIES, AND IT'S OBVIOUSLY THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE COMING TO OUR PROGRAMS, LIKE WITH WEOA OR READY TO WORK. 
          NOW, THE COMPLEXITY ASSOCIATED WITH THE TRACKING OF THE DATA IS THAT THAT'S PART OF THE ISSUE, AND THAT'S WHY, FOR EXAMPLE, AT THE STATE LEGISLATURE, THAT CREATED THE TRIAG AGENCY, UH, INITIATIVE. 
          SO THAT'S TEXAS, UH, EDUCATION, UH, UH, AGENCY OR T E A, THE TEXAS WORKFORCE COMMISSION, AND THE, UH, HIGHER, UH, EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD, ALL IN AN EFFORT TO BE ABLE TO TRY TO FEED DATA INTO EACH OTHER SO THAT WE CAN SEE, UH, NOT ONLY IMMEDIATE OUTCOMES, BUT ALSO LONGER TERM OUTCOMES ASSOCIATED WITH EDUCATION, WITH WORKFORCE, AND WITH, UM, UH, WITH HIGHER ED. 
          UM, THE, WE WORK CLOSELY WITH, UH, EDUCATE TEXAS AND ON, UM, THEIR EFFORTS. 
          UM, BUT WE DO ALSO HAVE OTHERS THAT, FOR EXAMPLE, ARE DOING THINGS LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, SA WORKS WITH THE TEXAS, UH, UH, TEXAS TALENT, OR ACTUALLY THE TALENT PIPELINE RATHER. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , UM, THEY'RE COLLECTING SOME VITAL INFORMATION AND HAVING SOME GOOD INTERACTION WITH EMPLOYERS. 
          WE LOOK AT THAT DATA, UH, YOU KNOW, FROM TIME TO TIME TO SEE HOW WE CAN PROVIDE, YOU KNOW, INSIGHTS INTO OUR WORK. 
          GOT IT. 
          THANK YOU, ADRIAN. 
          THAT, THAT HELPS ME, UH, FEEL A LITTLE BIT BETTER, RIGHT? BECAUSE THERE'S JUST SO MANY PEOPLE DOING GOOD WORK, AND I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THEIR, THEIR DATA GETS TO THE RIGHT HANDS. 
          ON PAGE 44, UM, OF THE LOCAL PLAN, WE SEE THAT THE TOP PROGRAMS, UM, FOR, UH, HIGHER EDUCATION, UH, BY INSTITUTION, FOUR YEAR INSTITUTIONS SPECIFICALLY ARE LIBERAL ARTS SCIENCES, GENERAL STUDIES, AND HUMANITIES. 
          AND SO, UM, I FEEL LIKE SOME OF THESE MIGHT BE OUT OF REACH FOR SOME OF OUR RESIDENTS WHO ARE JUST LOOKING TO GET INTO A CAREER PATHWAY. 
          SO HOW DO WE ADDRESS THIS? AND I HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE READY TO WORK CATALOG. 
          WE HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF PROGRAMS IN THERE OFFERED BY U I W, UM, FOR INSTANCE. 
          AND, UH, I MEAN, THEY'RE, THEY'RE FULL DISCLOSURE, THEY'RE MY ALMA MATER UNDERGRADUATE. 
          UM, BUT I MEAN, SOMEBODY MIGHT LOOK AT IT LIKE, IT'S GONNA COST ME $130,000 TO GET A FOUR YEAR DEGREE. 
          LIKE, WHERE DO I START? AND I FEEL LIKE IT'S THE SAME FOR W S A. 
          SO HELP ME UNDERSTAND, UM, THAT HOW DO WE CREATE THAT FEASIBLE CAREER PATHWAY WHEN, WHEN WE'RE INCLUDING HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS? YES, MA'AM. 
          UM, SO I THINK I WOULD POINT YOU TO PAGE 69 OF THE PACKET. 
          UM, IF I GOT THIS CORRECTLY, UM, 69 DOES REFLECT, UM, THE LOCAL PLANS, UH, CAREER PATHWAYS. 
          PERFECT. 
          SO I THINK THE FIRST ONE, IF, IF I'M LOOKING AT THE SAME THING, UH, HAS THE AEROSPACE INDUSTRY. 
          SO PART OF THE OVERALL EFFORT, UH, WITH WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS IS OBVIOUSLY PROMOTING THOSE, UM, YOU KNOW, UM, YOU KNOW, HIGHER, UH, IF YOU WILL, UH, HIGHER OCCUPATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH HIGHER EDUCATION, RIGHT? BUT WE ALSO PROMOTE, UM, OPPORTUNITIES WHERE, UH, FOLKS CAN GET AN ENTRY LEVEL TYPE OF POSITION. 
          SO LIKE IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, RIGHT UNDER THE AEROSPACE INDUSTRY, YOU LOOK AT, UM, WHAT'S THE FIRST STEP? POTENTIALLY IT'S HELPERS OR CARPENTERS THAT, YOU KNOW, MAY HAVE, UM, NO FORMAL EDUCATION, RIGHT? THEY MAY HAVE SOME SKILLSET THAT ACTUALLY GETS THEM INTO, UM, THAT PARTICULAR INDUSTRY. 
          BUT IF THEY WANTED TO THEN MOVE ON TO THE NEXT, UH, STEP, THEN THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED, FOR EXAMPLE, A SHEET METAL WORKER THAT WOULD THEN REQUIRE SOME LEVEL OF HIGH SCHOOL EQUIVALENCY OR POTENTIALLY APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS. AND WE'VE DEVELOPED THE CAREER PATHWAYS FOR EACH OF THE INDUSTRIES. 
          AND SO SOME OF THAT, UH, REFLECTS HIGHER ED REQUIREMENTS, BUT SOME OF IT JUST REFLECTS, IN SOME INSTANCES, SOME VERY LIMITED EXPERIENCE AND OR SKILLSET. 
          AND SO ALL IN AN EFFORT TO HAVE A MENU OF OPTIONS FOR, FOR ALL OF THE POPULATION. 
          GOT IT. 
          AND BY THE WAY, I REFERRED TO THIS, UM, REGULARLY, LIKE, THIS IS MY FAVORITE PART OF YOUR PLAN BECAUSE IT HAS THE STEPS. 
          SO, UM, I, I TOLD READY TO WORK THAT THEY SHOULD DO SOMETHING SIMILAR TO, TO THIS, UM, WHEN WE WERE STARTING OFF TWO YEARS AGO, UM, GOING INTO THE W S A WORKFORCE AMBASSADORS, SPECIFICALLY, HOW IS IT BEING MARKETED AND WHO IS THE IDEAL CANDIDATE FOR THAT? AND BECAUSE I HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE IMPACTED BY THE DIGITAL DIVIDE, RIGHT? AND SO IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THESE WORKFORCE AMBASSADORS TO PLUG IN DIRECTLY WITH THEM? SO HELP ME UNDERSTAND THAT. 
          SURE. 
          SO, UM, GREAT QUESTION. 
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SO WE HAD, UH, TWO STRATEGIES. 
          ONE, UM, OR ACTUALLY MULTIPLE STRATEGIES ASSOCIATED WITH OUR WORK. 
          SO WE HAVE 16 CAREER CENTERS LOCATED IN THE 13 COUNTY REGION. 
          WE FULLY UNDERSTAND THAT, UH, OUR FOOTPRINT IS NOT LARGE ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO SERVE AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE. 
          SO, UH, ONE STRATEGY THAT WE DEVELOPED, FOR EXAMPLE, AS PART OF THE READY TO WORK IS WE CREATED THE ALAMO WORKFORCE CONSORTIUM, WHICH IS A COLLECTION OF ABOUT SEVEN COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS ALONG WITH A, UH, MAJOR UNIVERSITY WITH TEXAS A AND M THAT ARE ALL PART OF THIS EFFORT TO TRY TO ENROLL PEOPLE INTO IT AND READY TO WORK. 
          AS AN EXTENSION OF THAT. 
          WE ALSO CREATED, UM, THE WORKFORCE ACADEMY. 
          AND THE INTENT OF THAT PROGRAM IS TO WORK CLOSELY WITH NONPROFITS, WITH LOCAL LIBRARIES, WITH, UH, LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS, LIKE WITH PARENT LIAISONS AND THOSE THINGS TO EXACTLY TEACH THEM ABOUT WHAT WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT, CAREER PATHWAYS, OUR PROGRAMS, AND HOW FOLKS CAN GET AN ENTRY POINT INTO, UM, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, THE AEROSPACE INDUSTRY. 
          UH, FOR THOSE THAT, THAT HAVE THE, UH, DIGITAL DIVIDE, UM, YOU KNOW, CONCERNS. 
          WE'RE WORKING CLOSELY WITH OUR PARTNERS, LIKE WITH BIBLIOTECH, FOR EXAMPLE. 
          ALSO WITH, UH, WE'RE WORKING WITH, UH, THE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION OF TEXAS TO BE ABLE TO CREATE PARTNERSHIPS WITH THEM AND HAVE BY EXTENSION, POTENTIALLY, UM, WORKFORCE LABS, IF YOU WILL, AND, AND LOCAL LIBRARIES. 
          SO THAT PROVIDE PEOPLE ACCESS TO NOT ONLY THE WORKFORCE ACADEMY, BUT ALSO, UM, OTHER TYPES OF PROGRAMS THAT WE MAY BE OFFERING. 
          AWESOME. 
          I LOVE THE CONCEPT OF WORKFORCE LABS. 
          I, I DON'T THINK I HAD EVER HEARD THAT REFERENCE. 
          AND SO, UM, I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA. 
          SO WE SHOULD PROBABLY IMITATE THAT WITH THE READY TO WORK, MIKE. 
          UM, BUT I DO HAVE A QUESTION. 
          UM, SO A MAJORITY OF THE COMMENTS YOU ALL OPENED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT FROM DECEMBER 19TH THROUGH JANUARY 19TH, AND I NOTICED THAT A MAJORITY OF THE PUBLIC COMMENTS CAME FROM EITHER COSA OR PARTNER AGENCIES. 
          UM, BUT WHAT, WHAT KIND OF OPPORTUNITIES DO WE HAVE TO ENGAGE THOSE WHO MIGHT HAVE NOT PLUGGED IN WITH W S A OR THEY JUST THOUGHT THAT IT WASN'T FOR THEM, LIKE MAYBE AN EXIT INTERVIEW, LIKE, WHY DIDN'T IT WORK OUT FOR THEM? SURE, SURE. 
          SO, UM, THERE IS A VERY STRUCTURED PROCESS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PLAN MODIFICATIONS. 
          I WILL SAY THIS THOUGH, UM, THAT THESE OCCUPATIONS ACTUALLY CAN CHANGE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. 
          SO IF WE'RE MISSING SOMETHING, OR IN A CASE, I THINK OF COUNCILMAN, UH, ELIAS WAS MENTIONING THERE'S A, IF THERE IS AN OCCUPATION THAT IS, THAT IS NOT INCLUDED, THAT, YOU KNOW, IS SHOWING SOME, SOME INCREASE, RIGHT? BECAUSE WE'RE SEEING, FOR EXAMPLE, MAYBE INVESTMENTS INTO GREEN ENERGY AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS, IF THAT'S MISSING, WE CAN ALWAYS ADD THAT, RIGHT? SO, BUT, UH, TO YOUR POINT ABOUT SORT OF, ARE WE SERVING, UM, CLIENTS AND THOSE THINGS, UM, WE'VE DONE THAT IN THE PAST. 
          I'M NOT SURE IF WE'VE DONE THAT, UH, RECENTLY, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE DEFINITELY WANT TO LOOK AT AT. 
          BUT THE OTHER THING TOO IS THE PARTNERSHIPS WITH THOSE, UH, NETWORK, UM, YOU KNOW, NON-PROFIT NETWORK AGENCIES ALSO OFFERS THE OPPORTUNITIES TO HEAR FEEDBACK FROM THEM ABOUT WHETHER THEIR CLIENTS THAT THEY'RE REFERRING ARE ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, UM, MAKING IT THROUGH OR NOT, RIGHT? SO IN, IN THAT INSTANCE, WE'RE ACTUALLY OPENING OURSELVES TO BE MUCH MORE TRANSPARENT. 
          OKAY. 
          WONDERFUL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THOSE ARE ALL MY QUESTIONS, AND I THINK WE NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE SO I MOVE TO APPROVE THE PLAN. 
          SECOND, UH, SO BEFORE WE TAKE THAT VOTE, I, I DO HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU. 
          UM, I, WHAT SUPPORT DO YOU NEED FROM COSA THAT YOU WISH YOU WERE GETTING AND, AND NOT, AND NOT TO SUGGEST THAT WE'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, THAT WE'RE DOING SOMETHING WRONG, OR WE'RE THAT OUR SUPPORT IS ANEMIC, BUT IN AN IDEAL WORLD, WHAT ELSE WOULD YOU GET FROM US TO MAKE YOU SUCCEED EVEN MORE THAN YOU ALREADY HAVE? YEAH. 
          OH, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. 
          UM, WELL, FIRST OFF, I, I JUST WANT TO, LEMME JUST KIND OF TAKE IT FROM THIS STANDPOINT. 
          COSA IS ACTUALLY ONE OF OUR CONTRACTORS WITH OUR CHILDCARE SYSTEM. 
          THEY DO A, AN OUTSTANDING JOB ASSOCIATED WITH THAT, MAKING SOME CHANGES ASSOCIATED WITH, FOR EXAMPLE, HAVING REPRESENTATION IN THE, IN THE RURAL COMMUNITIES, RIGHT? UM, 'CAUSE ONE OF THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES, RIGHT, WITH THIS PARTICULAR WORKFORCE BOARD IS THAT WE HAVE TO SERVE BOTH URBAN AND RUIN. 
          THAT'S ALWAYS, UH, AN ISSUE AND A CHALLENGE. 
          UM, SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, IF I WERE TO ASK FOR SORT OF SOMETHING, IS TO BE ABLE TO OPEN THAT DISCUSSION AND TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, OPEN DIALOGUE AMONGST, UH, ELECTED OFFICIALS MAKING, YOU KNOW, REPRESENTING BOTH, UH, URBAN AND, AND RURAL, MANY TIMES THE AGENCY FINDS ITSELF IN A SITUATION WHERE LIKE, THERE'S AN, THERE'S AN ISSUE ASSOCIATED WITH EITHER POLICY OR, OR, OR POLITICAL ISSUE. 
          AND OUR FOCUS IS ABOUT SERVICE DELIVERY AND ABOUT ENSURING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE ARE DOING THE BEST POSSIBLE JOB TO SERVE ALL 13 COUNTIES. 
          SOMETIMES IT GETS A LITTLE, IT GETS A LITTLE, UH, HAIRY, IF YOU WILL. 
          UM, BUT I THINK THE ONLY WAY TO SORT OF GET BEYOND THAT IS TO CONTINUOUSLY FACILITATE OPEN DIALOGUE AND COMMUNICATION AND HAVING OPENNESS AND TRANSPARENCY. 
          THANKS FOR BEING A PARTNER TO US. 
          UH, I ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO SEE YOU. 
          UM, SO WE GOTTA A MOTION A SECOND. 
          ALL THOSE IN 
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FAVOR OF ADOPTING THE PLAN, PLEASE. 
          THAT WAS UNANIMOUS. 
          UH, AND SO WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER THREE. 
          WE'RE GONNA BE DISCUSSING THE, UM, OUR, UM, OUR BDOS, RIGHT? OKAY. 
          NICE TO SEE YOU. 
          GOOD TO SEE YOU TOO. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIR MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. 
          SO TODAY I WILL BE PROVIDING A BRIEF UPDATE ON OUR BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION PARTNERS, OR THE BDOS AS WE WE CALL THEM. 
          UM, SO AGAIN, AS A BIT OF A BACKGROUND, SO, UH, WE PRESENTED TO THIS COMMITTEE LAST FALL, UM, ON THE PROPOSED CONTRACTS. 
          UM, WE WERE LOOKING TO MAKE SOME STRUCTURAL CHANGES TO THEM TO MORE ALIGN WITH THE RECENTLY, UM, ADOPT OR ACCEPTED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK, WHICH REALLY FOCUSED ON TRANSITIONING MORE FROM OUTPUT BASED MEASUREMENT TO OUTCOME DEVELOPMENT. 
          WHERE DID WE WANT OUR SMALL BUSINESSES TO BE AND HOW COULD WE LEVERAGE THESE CONTRACTS TO HELP THEM GET THERE? SO YOU CAN SEE THERE THE SORT OF FOUR PILLARS OF, OF THE CONTRACTS, WHAT WE CENTERED AROUND WANTING TO DESIGN THE PROGRAM TO IMPROVE THE ECONOMIC RESILIENCY AND WELLBEING OF THEM TO REALLY REACH THOSE HARDEST TO REACH BUSINESSES, WHICH IS A, A CHALLENGE TO ENHANCE ECONOMIC STABILITY, ESPECIALLY COMING OUT OF THE PANDEMIC. 
          AND THEN TO STRENGTHEN THE CONNECTION BETWEEN PEOPLE AND PLACES. 
          SO BY COUNCIL IN DECEMBER, UM, THEY WERE ONE YEAR TERMS WITH TWO ONE YEAR OPTIONS. 
          AND THERE YOU'LL SEE HIGH LEVEL THE, THE SCOPE OF SERVICES PROVIDED, UM, WITH SAGE AND PROSPER WEST, BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT DIRECT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AS WELL. 
          AND I DO WANNA TAKE A QUICK MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE AND THANK OUR, OUR PARTNERS WHO ARE HERE IN THE ROOM. 
          SO WE HAVE, UM, RAMIRO GONZALEZ FROM PROSPER WEST, UH, LINDA PEARSON WITH SOUTH SIDE FIRST, UM, BRIDGET WHITE WITH SAGE, ALONG WITH, UH, RUSSELL ADAY AND LINDSAY LOGAN. 
          UM, SO ONE OF THE OTHER CHANGES WE LOOKED TO MAKE, SO ORIGINALLY THEIR CONTRACTS INCLUDED HOSTING A JOB FAIR, AND AGAIN, GETTING AT WHAT OUTCOME ARE WE WANTING TO DRIVE. 
          IT WAS SUPPORTING WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. 
          AND SO WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF READY TO WORK, WE WORKED WITH, WITH MIKE AND HIS TEAM AND SAID, HOW CAN WE LEVERAGE OUR PARTNERS TO HELP READY TO WORK? AND SO IN COLLABORATION WITH THEM, THE CONTRACTS INCLUDED THAT THEY WOULD WORK WITH BUSINESSES TO HAVE AT LEAST FIVE SIGN THE READY TO WORK EMPLOYER PLEDGE, UM, THAT THEY WOULD PARTICIPATE IN JOB FAIRS AGAIN, INSTEAD OF HOSTING THEIR OWN ONE-OFF EVENT. 
          HOW COULD THEY COLLABORATE IN THESE LARGER EVENTS THAT ARE BEING COORDINATED BY READY TO WORK? AND THEN AS WELL AS PROMOTING THAT BUSINESSES WITHIN THEIR AREAS THAT THEY WORK WITH POST JOBS IN WORK IN TEXAS.COM. 
          SO AGAIN, GOING BACK TO MEASURING OUTCOMES. 
          SO IT'S ONE THING TO SAY WE WANT TO MEASURE OUTCOMES, BUT HOW DO WE ACTUALLY DO IT, UH, WITHOUT DEVELOPING THESE BURDENSOME SURVEYS OR TRYING TO DO ONE-ON-ONE CONNECTION. 
          AND SO LEVERAGING THE MASTER RESEARCH AGREEMENT WITH U T S A, UH, THE TEAM HAS BEEN WORKING WITH DR. 
          DAVID HAHN FROM, UM, U T S A TO DEVELOP A SURVEY AND A WAY TO, TO TRACK THESE THINGS THAT'S MEANINGFUL, UM, SO THAT WE CAN GET AT WHAT WE'D LIKE TO REPORT TO COUNCIL AND TO THE COMMUNITY, BUT IN A WAY THAT'S NOT BURDENSOME TOWARDS THE BUSINESS OWNERS. 
          SO HOW COULD WE LEVERAGE THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND, AND SURVEY METHODOLOGY AND DATA TRACKING TO, TO COLLECT THAT. 
          AND SO THE INTENT IS FOR THESE SURVEYS TO BE COLLECTED AT SIX MONTHS, 18 MONTHS, AND 36 MONTHS AFTER THE, UH, THE BUSINESSES RECEIVE SERVICES FROM THE ORGANIZATIONS. 
          AND SO THAT IS A WORK IN PROGRESS. 
          WE'RE EXCITED TO BE WORKING WITH THE TEAM FROM U T S A AND LOOK TO HAVE SOMETHING TO ROLL OUT THIS SUMMER, UM, IN TERMS OF THE PAYMENT SCHEDULE. 
          SO WE DID ALSO LOOK TO, UM, MAKE MODIFICATIONS TO THAT. 
          AND SO YOU'LL SEE THE GRAPHIC THERE. 
          SO GREEN MEANS GOOD GREEN, UH, THOSE ARE PAYMENTS THAT WE'VE MADE TO THEM, UM, WHETHER IT'S FOR THEIR OPERATIONAL FUNDING OR IN THE CASE OF SAGE AND PROSPER WEST FOR THEIR GRANT FUNDING. 
          THEIR GRANT FUNDING. 
          SO YOU WILL SEE THAT THAT PROSPER WEST HAS RECEIVED THEIR, THEIR FIRST OPERATIONAL FUNDING PAYMENT, UM, AS WELL AS THE, THE FIRST CHUNK OF GRANT FUNDING TO, UH, TO BE SPENT. 
          UM, THEY HAVE ALSO ACHIEVED THEIR MATCH, SO EACH OF THEIR CONTRACTS HAVE A MATCHING REQUIREMENT. 
          AGAIN, WE WANNA BE LEVERAGING OTHER DOLLARS THAT ARE OUT THERE, UH, FOR THESE ORGANIZATIONS. 
          AND SO PROSPER WEST HAS, UM, SHOWN PROOF OF ACHIEVING THEIR MATCH. 
          AND SO THEY, UM, HAVE RECEIVED THAT PORTION OF FUNDING ASSOCIATED WITH MEETING THEIR MATCH. 
          UM, AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THE RESULTS THERE FOR SAGE, ALONG WITH SOUTHSIDE FIRST. 
          AND AGAIN, SOUTHSIDE FIRST IS STRUCTURED A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY AS IT'S JUST OPERATIONAL FUNDING. 
          AND YOU'LL SEE THEY'VE RECEIVED THEIR INITIAL, UH, INITIAL TRANCHE. 
          UH, BUT WE WORK REALLY CLOSELY. 
          WE MEET, MEET, UH, MONTHLY WITH THE BDOS AND THEN AS A COHORT QUARTERLY. 
          AND SO WE FULLY EXPECT THAT EVERYONE WILL HIT THEIR GOALS AND, AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET THE FUNDING TO THESE ORGANIZATIONS. 
          UM, SO GOING INTO SOME OF THE METRICS WE WE'RE TRACKED, UM, AND I KNOW IN THE THE NEXT ITEM, UM, THIS WILL FORESHADOW A LITTLE BIT WHAT BRENDA'S GONNA TALK ABOUT, ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT OF REPORTING AND DASHBOARDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK. 
          SO WE WANTED TO ROLL IT OUT IN THIS PRESENTATION OF HOW ARE WE HELPING TO ILLUSTRATE AND VISUALIZE THIS. 
          SO YOU'LL SEE, UM, SOME OF THE METRICS WITHIN PROSPER WEST CONTRACT, AND AGAIN, THESE ARE OUTPUTS, WE'RE STILL DEVELOPING 
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THE OUTCOME REPORTING, UM, BUT FROM THE 15 SQUARE MILE AREA THAT THEY SERVE, YOU'LL SEE THAT THEY ARE EXCEEDING ALL OF OF THEIR GOALS, UM, EXCEPT FOR THE CORRIDOR EVENTS. 
          BUT THOSE ARE THE, I'M SORRY, THEY ARE EXCEEDING MOST OF THEIR GOALS IF YOU LOOK WHERE THEY WOULD BE AT A MID-YEAR LEVEL. 
          UM, AND AGAIN, WELL ON THEIR WAY TO HITTING THE ANNUAL GOAL, WHICH IS THE GRAYISH BLUE BAR. 
          AND OF COURSE, WE LOVE TO BRING, UH, TESTIMONIALS AND EXAMPLES TO E W D C BECAUSE IT'S ONE THING TO REPORT NUMBERS AND IT'S ANOTHER THING TO TALK ABOUT PEOPLE. 
          AND SO, UH, MANY OF YOU KNOW LINDA BOCANEGRA FROM ARIZONA CAFE. 
          UM, AND SO SHE'S PARTICIPATED IN A NUMBER OF, OF PROSPER WEST PROGRAMMING, INCLUDING THEIR MISSION 50, UM, ROUNDTABLE PROGRAM, WHICH AIMED TO PROVIDE DIRECT SUPPORT FROM BUSINESSES. 
          SO INSTEAD OF HAVING THEM VISIT ORGANIZATION AFTER ORGANIZATION TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THEIR NEEDS, IT WAS ABOUT BRINGING, BRINGING THE ROUNDTABLE TO THEM AND, AND, AND PROVIDING THAT SUPPORT ALONG THE WAY. 
          AND SO, UH, LINDA, UH, COMPLETED THAT PROGRAM AND THEN RECEIVED AN IMPLEMENTATION GRANT TO GROW HER CATERING BUSINESS. 
          AND SHE'S LOCATED ON GENERAL MCMULLEN. 
          AND, UM, IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN OUT THERE, SHE, SHE MAKES A MEAN PLATE OF FOOD AND WE'RE HAPPY THAT, THAT LINDA HAS ACCESS TO THESE SERVICES THROUGH PROSPER WEST. 
          UM, AND THEN WE HAVE SAGE, UM, AND, AND WE KNOW SAGE HAS UNDERGONE SOME TRANSITION, SO AGAIN, WE MEET WITH THEM WORK VERY CLOSELY, AND WE KNOW THAT THEY ARE WORKING ON BUILDING THEIR CAPACITY AND, AND REFINING THEIR PROCESSES. 
          SO AGAIN, WE EXPECT THEM TO, TO MEET, IF NOT EXCEED THEIR GOALS. 
          UM, AND THEY HAVE WORKED REALLY CLOSELY WITH TANK'S PIZZA IN NORTH NEW BRAUNFELS, UM, HOME TO SOME OF THE BEST PIZZA AND WINGS IN TOWN. 
          UM, BUT AGAIN, THEY A APPLIED FOR SAGE'S STOREFRONT GRANT PROGRAM, WHICH, WHICH THE CITY FUNDS AND WAS ABLE TO GET SOME FUNDING TO IMPROVE THE FACADE OF HIS BUSINESS. 
          AND OF COURSE, HE'S LOCATED IN THAT CONSTRUCTION CORRIDOR. 
          SO A LOT OF WHAT WE TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, DURING CONSTRUCTION, IT'S AN OPPORTUNITIES FOR THESE BUSINESSES TO INVEST IN THEIR FACADES SO THEY CAN REAP THE BENEFITS WHEN THE STREETS ARE DONE. 
          AND, AND THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT MIKE HAS BEEN ABLE TO DO, UM, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH SAGE AND THEN SOUTH SIDE FIRST. 
          SO WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT A REALLY COOL INITIATIVE THEY'RE WORKING ON WITH THE WORLD HERITAGE OFFICE. 
          AGAIN, THINKING ABOUT HOW DO THINGS, YOU KNOW, HOW CAN WE LEVERAGE THESE FOR OTHER INITIATIVES EVEN OUTSIDE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. 
          SO THEY ARE WORKING WITH THE WORLD HERITAGE OFFICE TO HIGHLIGHT, UM, SOME OF THE SOUTH SIDE, UM, ASTRONOMY OPTIONS AND PROMOTE BUSINESSES ON THE MISSIONS CORRIDOR. 
          SO IT'S, UH, A REALLY INTENSIVE MARKETING EFFORT AND, AND CONNECTING SOME OF THESE BUSINESSES WHO MAY NOT HAVE ACCESS TO A PHOTOGRAPHER OR A COPYWRITER WHO CAN HELP THEM ADVERTISE THEIR BUSINESS THROUGH THE LARGER WORLD HERITAGE PROGRAM. 
          UM, AND ONE OF THEIR SUCCESS STORIES WHO I'VE ALSO HAD THE PLEASURE TO MEET IS, UH, BRENDA MARTINEZ WITH SWEET ACCESSORIES, WHO PRODUCES LIKE THE CUTEST CONCHA THEMED, UM, JEWELRY AND ITEMS. AND, AND SHE CONNECTED WITH SOUTHSIDE FIRST THROUGH ONE OF THEIR, ONE OF THEIR CLASSES. 
          UM, SOUTH SIDE FIRST REALLY LOOKS TO LEVERAGE, UM, OUTREACH OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH CLASSES, INFORMATIONAL SESSIONS. 
          AND, UM, THEY'VE CONTINUED TO WORK WITH HER TO HELP MARKET HER PRODUCT AND INCREASED HER SALES. 
          AND SHE HAS IN TURN PAID IT FORWARD TO OTHER BUSINESSES ON THE SOUTH SIDE AND HAS REALLY HELPED CONNECT THEM TO SOUTHSIDE FIRST AND SERVE AS, AS A RESOURCE GOING FORWARD. 
          AND SO IN TERMS OF NEXT STEPS, SO WE ARE COLLECTING, UM, MID-YEAR REPORTS AT THE END OF APRIL. 
          SO DO JUST ANY DAY NOW. 
          UM, AND THEN ADDITIONAL REPORTING WILL BE COMPLETED AT THE END OF JULY AND OCTOBER. 
          AND AGAIN, UM, WE ARE STILL WORKING WITH U T S A ON THAT OUTCOME SURVEY AND LOOK TO ROLL IT OUT THIS SUMMER. 
          AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          JUST, UH, IN CASE YOU DIDN'T KNOW, UH, COUNCILWOMAN ROCHE GARCIA, THERE'S, UM, UH, LOVES ALMOST AS MUCH AS SHE LOVES HER SON CONCHA AND JEWELRY. 
          AND SO CONCHA JEWELRY IS, UH, KIND OF A BIG DEAL, RIGHT? UM, CERTAINLY REACH OUT TO BRENDA THEN  . 
          SO, UM, COUNCILMAN BRAVO QUESTIONS, COMMENTS ON THIS ONE? NO. 
          OKAY. 
          COUNCILWOMAN ROCHA GARCIA. 
          YES. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          UM, YOU USED THE WORD TODAY VISUALIZE, IS THERE A REASON WHY THE GEOGRAPHIC SIZE OF SOUTHSIDE FIRST WAS NOT LISTED? I THINK IT COULD BE HELPFUL, RIGHT? UM, SO THAT WE COULD BETTER UNDERSTAND THE SERVICE AREA YOU LISTED. 
          UM, PROSPER WEST'S AREA. 
          UM, I THINK IT WAS 15 SQUARE MILES, I THINK. 
          YEAH. 
          AND THEN SAGE, 22 SQUARE MILES. 
          BUT WHEN YOU THINK OF SOUTH SIDE FIRST, WHICH ISN'T LISTED, THAT IT DIRECTLY INCLUDES D THREE AND FOUR D THREE IS 77.25, D FOUR IS 59.82, SO THAT'S 130 SQUARE MILES. 
          AND SO I THINK THAT IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT VISUALIZING AND MESSAGING THAT NEEDS TO BE THERE, LIKE, SO IT CAN'T BE LEFT OUT, I GUESS IS, IS, IS IS MY POINT, RIGHT? UM, AND THAT DOESN'T EVEN INCLUDE THE PART OF THE PRO OF THE WEST SIDE THAT IS SOUTHWEST, RIGHT? AND SO, UM, AND THAT'S 
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PROBABLY ANOTHER, ANOTHER GOOD, I DON'T KNOW, FIVE SQUARE MILES OR SOMETHING. 
          SORRY. 
          UM, SO I GUESS JUST AGAIN, LET'S MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE TELLING EVERYBODY'S STORY CORRECTLY. 
          AND SO WITH THAT, UM, SOUTH SIDE FIRST FOCUSES ON CREATING, UM, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY. 
          THAT'S LITERALLY WHAT, WHAT THEY SAY. 
          AND SO DO WE KNOW THE NUMBER OF SMALL BUSINESSES THAT ARE LOCATED SOUTH OF US? 90 AND US HIGHWAY, UM, 87. 
          SO NO, WE, WE DON'T HAVE AN EXACT NUMBER. 
          THAT'S, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE, UH, WE'VE CONTINUED TO WORK ON. 
          AND NOW THAT WE HAVE OUR, OUR NEWLY MINTED RESEARCH TEAM OF HOW CAN WE GATHER THE VARIOUS SOURCES OF DATA TO COME UP WITH THE NUMBER, BECAUSE THERE ISN'T ONE READILY AVAILABLE DATA SET, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO COBBLE IT TOGETHER FROM VARIOUS SOURCES. 
          WELL, WE'VE BEEN COBBLING IT TOGETHER FOR ALMOST TWO YEARS NOW. 
          SO I JUST WANNA STRESS THAT, UM, HAS E D D R, THE SMALL BUSINESS OFFICE MADE PROGRESS WITH A SMALL BUSINESS DIRECTORY. 
          UH, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT MAYBE A SMALL BUSINESS DIRECTORY. 
          I I, I, I DON'T HAVE MY, ALL OF MY MINUTES ON ME. 
          THE BINDER WAS GETTING A LITTLE BIG. 
          SO A, A DIRECTORY OF RESOURCES, UH, SMALL BUSINESSES SPECIFICALLY. 
          I KNOW IT WAS, IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT, BUT THERE, THERE, THERE WAS A, I THINK WE WERE WORKING ON, ON SOME WAY, WE, WE HAVE, I MEAN, WE'VE LOOKED AT ALL SORTS OF DATA SOURCES OKAY. 
          FROM CERTIFICATES OF OCCUPANCY TO, UM, YEAH, THERE'S SOME LIKE, UM, DONE AND BRADSTREET DATA THAT WE COULD POTENTIALLY PULL. 
          WE, WE, WE WE'RE WORKING ON PUTTING SOMETHING TOGETHER. 
          THE, THE CHALLENGE IS THAT THE MINUTE YOU CREATE SOMETHING, IT ALMOST IMMEDIATELY BECOMES OBSOLETE BECAUSE BUSINESSES ARE COMING AND GOING. 
          YEAH. 
          WE DO NOT HAVE A BUSINESS LICENSE IN OUR CITY, SO WE DON'T NECESSARILY KNOW IF A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY WAS PREVIOUSLY PROVIDED TO A CERTAIN, UM, OKAY. 
          A CERTAIN AREA. 
          WE DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE STILL THERE OR NOT. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THERE, THERE'S SOME INHERENT CHALLENGES, BUT LIKE ANNA MENTIONED, YEAH, THE TEAM IS BEING, UM, VERY CREATIVE OKAY. 
          ABOUT HOW WE COULD STILL PUT SOMETHING LIKE THIS TOGETHER. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL, SO, AND, AND SO AGAIN, I'M JUST LOOKING FORWARD TO, TO WHEN WE DO HAVE THAT, UM, SOUTHSIDE FIRST EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS DEPARTING. 
          HAVE WE KIND OF THOUGHT OF NEXT STEPS FOR THAT? ARE WE INVOLVED IN SOME CAPACITY? SO, FULL DISCLOSURE, I SERVE ON THE BOARD FOR SOUTHSIDE FIRST. 
          OKAY, GOOD. 
          AND SO WE HAVE BEEN WORKING AS A BOARD TO IDENTIFY POTENTIAL CANDIDATES AND INTERVIEWING. 
          SO HOPEFULLY A, UM, A SELECTION WILL BE MADE SOON. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THEN, UM, ARE THERE PLANS IN PLACE TO HAVE SOUTHSIDE FIRST BE A FULL B D O? AND, AND THE REASON THAT I ASK, UM, THAT IS BECAUSE WE KNEW THAT THERE WASN'T ENOUGH STAFF. 
          NOW THERE'S NOT AN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, BUT I'M ASSUMING THERE'S SOME SORT OF A PLAN IN PLACE. 
          SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE BOARD HAS BEEN WORKING ON FOR THE LAST YEAR IS A STRATEGIC PLAN. 
          UM, AND, AND WE SEE THAT STRATEGIC PLAN IS REALLY BEING THE, THE GUIDE FOR, YOU KNOW, I THINK US THE CITY WORKING WITH SOUTHSIDE FIRST TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS THAT PLAN GOING FORWARD AND, AND GETTING THOSE, THOSE RESOURCES. 
          IN ADDITION, THEY ARE PART OF THE COHORT THAT'S WORKING WITH LISC, UM, THAT WE RECENTLY AWARDED THE FUNDING TO, UM, TO STRENGTHEN THE B D O ALLIANCE. 
          SO AS, AS SORT OF THE NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THEY HAVE THAT STABLE FOUNDATION BEFORE WE LOOK TO EXPAND THEIR SCOPE OF SERVICES, UH, GOING FORWARD. 
          OKAY. 
          WONDERFUL. 
          AND THEN, UM, CAN WE SEE THE OTHER FUNDING SOURCES FOR, FOR ALL OF THEM? UM, SO I'M LOOKING SPECIFICALLY E EVEN JUST LIKE A BREAKDOWN OF PRIVATE SECTOR VERSUS WHAT, WHAT THEY GET FROM, FROM PUBLIC SECTOR. 
          UM, AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO SEE WHAT THE STAFF SIZE IS. 
          UM, MAYBE SALARY RANGES. 
          UM, RETENTION AND TURNOVER I THINK IS ANOTHER IMPORTANT THING THAT I, I JUST KEEP SEEING OVER AND OVER AGAIN IN B D O. 
          SO I'M AFRAID THAT, THAT WE LOSE THAT. 
          UM, AND, UH, IF, IF WE COULD SEE THAT, I THINK THAT THAT MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT HELPFUL FOR ME. 
          UM, BUT WHILE, SO WE'RE GOING BACK, GOING BACK TO THE, THE GROWTH STRATEGY FOR SOUTHSIDE FIRST, WHAT LESSONS CAN WE LEARN FROM SAGE'S GROWTH OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, UH, SO THAT WE CAN HELP SOUTHSIDE FIRST? OR HOW ARE WE UTILIZING THAT GROWTH SO THAT WE COULD ALL WORK TOGETHER? SO WHAT, WHAT'S REALLY BEEN KEY IS IDENTIFYING WHAT ARE THOSE STRATEGIC PRIORITIES. 
          UM, CERTAINLY THE, THE PLACEMAKING IS, IS A HIGH PRIORITY. 
          AND ALSO, UM, MANAGING THE SIZE TO YOUR POINT OF, OF THE SERVICE AREA. 
          SO EVERYTHING SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 90 IS A LOT. 
          SO HOW CAN WE IDENTIFY, OKAY, WITHIN THERE, WHERE ARE THE SUB AREAS? IS IT MM-HMM , THE, THE WORLD HERITAGE MISSIONS AREA? IS IT THE AREA AROUND TECH PORT AND, AND, AND ALL THAT ACTIVITY AND, AND DIFFERENTIATING AS OPPOSED TO LOOKING TO THE ONE SIZE FITS ALL STRATEGY. 
          UM, I THINK THAT'S REALLY A, A LESSON LEARNED GOING FORWARD AND SOMETHING THAT, THAT WILL BE A PRIORITY GOING FORWARD. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          THOSE ARE MY QUESTIONS, CHAIR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I'VE, I'VE GOT TWO QUESTIONS. 
          TO WHAT EXTENT DOES W S A WORK WITH THE BDOS IN, UM, YOU KNOW, 
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ACCOMPLISHING THE MISSIONS FOR BOTH OF THOSE ORGANIZATIONS? DO WE KNOW? SO I, I ACTUALLY HAD AN INTERESTING CONVERSATION WITH, WITH ADRIAN JUST BEFORE WE STARTED AND ABOUT CONNECTING THIS TOGETHER. 
          AND I THINK THERE'S A REAL OPPORTUNITY, UM, TO, TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT THE BDOS ARE AWARE OF THE RESOURCES AT, AT W S A, UM, AND, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S IDENTIFYING EMPLOYEES OR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, HOW THEY CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN. 
          SO, UM, I'M CERTAINLY GONNA INVITE THEM TO OUR NEXT QUARTERLY MEETING TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT THAT CONNECTION IS THERE. 
          AND, AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S A, YEAH, I THINK THAT'S JUST A, A, A MARRIAGE MADE IN HEAVEN IF YOU GUYS CAN FIGURE OUT A WAY TO START WORKING TOGETHER. 
          UM, THE SECOND THING IS, UM, HAVE YOU SEEN JOHN WICK FOUR YET? I HAVE NOT. 
          IT'S PRETTY AWESOME. 
          UH, BUT, UM, THE, UH, THE REASON I MENTIONED IT'S, 'CAUSE I WENT TO GO SEE JOHN WICK FOUR AND, UH, BEFORE THE PREVIEWS THERE WAS AN AD, UM, THAT HAD BEEN FILMED BY OUR FRIENDS AT CASA, THE CHILD ADVOCATES FOR SAN ANTONIO, SAN TICOS LETS LOCAL NONPROFITS RUN ADS, REALLY, REALLY GOOD HIGH QUALITY VA UH, PRODUCTION VALUE, RIGHT? UM, AND IT SEEMS TO ME LIKE THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR BDOS, UM, IN THEIR AREAS, RIGHT? TO RUN ADS, OBVIOUSLY WITH, UH, WITH THE HELP OF TICOS, UM, AND THE AREA FOUNDATION AND ALL THAT, RIGHT? UM, TO RUN ADS PROMOTING WHAT THE BDOS DO, RIGHT? IT SEEMS TO ME LIKE IT'S AN A BEAUTIFUL OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO ALSO RUN ADS FOR RATE OF WORK, UM, FOR, UH, WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS. 
          ALAMO, UM, ALEX, I, I, I, AND I, I'M WONDERING WHETHER OR NOT MY, MY COMMITTEE MEMBERS WOULD BE INTERESTED IN FIGURING OUT IF THERE'S ROOM THERE FOR US TO, TO SUPPORT TICOS AND THEIR MISSION AT THE SAME TIME THEM SUPPORT US IN GETTING THE WORD OUT FOR SOME OF THESE, I, I'LL TELL YOU, I MEAN, THE ENTIRE THEATER WAS FULL BECAUSE JOHN WICK FOUR IS AWESOME, BUT, UH, THE, UH, BUT PEOPLE WERE LISTENING, RIGHT? YOU HAVE A CAPTIVE AUDIENCE OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE. 
          UM, AND IT JUST SEEMS LIKE SUCH A NICE OPPORTUNITY TO GET OUT SOME OF THESE MESSAGES. 
          AND JUST ONE MORE VEHICLE FOR US TO, TO TALK TO FOLKS. 
          AND SO, UM, ANYWAY, COULD, CAN, CAN WE TALK ABOUT A, A WAY TO PARTNER UP WITH 'EM? OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          I APPRECIATE IT. 
          I KNOW THAT WE'VE GOT ANOTHER BRIEFING HERE. 
          UM, AND THIS ONE IS, IS THIS ALEX OR BRENDA? YEAH. 
          HI, BRENDA. 
          BRENDA, STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIR COMMITTEE. 
          THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. 
          I'M BRENDA HICKS, SORENSON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, AND AGAIN, I WILL JUST BE PROVIDING THE UPDATE ON THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK, WHICH WAS ACCEPTED BY CITY COUNCIL IN OCTOBER OF 2022. 
          AGAIN, JUST AS A REFRESHER, THERE WERE FOUR MAIN GOALS THAT REALLY WERE FOCUSED ON, FOCUSED ON TO LEVERAGE AND ENHANCE THOSE EXISTING EFFORTS THAT, AGAIN, THIS WAS NOT TO RECREATE THE WHEEL. 
          AND I'M GONNA GO ONTO THE NEXT SLIDE, BECAUSE THAT GIVES A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL ABOUT EACH OF THOSE GOALS. 
          AGAIN, THE FOCUS WAS ON INNOVATION AND INDUSTRY, WHICH OF COURSE INCLUDES THE TRADITIONAL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, BOTH ATTRACTION AND EXPANSION, AS WELL AS SMALL BUSINESS SUPPORT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP. 
          AND THEN OF COURSE, PLACEMAKING AND REAL ESTATE, WHICH WE'VE DISCUSSED A LOT HERE, UH, AT THIS COMMITTEE IN THE LAST YEAR OR SO. 
          AS WELL AS IN TALENT WORKFORCE, WHICH WE ARE LEANING IN ON THAT WITH OUR PARTNERS AT IN THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT OFFICE, UH, TO REALLY PROVIDE THE LEADERSHIP ON THAT, ALTHOUGH WE DID INCLUDE THAT WRAPAROUND SUPPORT IN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVE POLICY, WHICH I'LL TOUCH UPON A LITTLE BIT MORE LATER. 
          AND THEN, OF COURSE, CAPACITY AND RESOURCES, WHICH WE JUST HEARD A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IN THE LAST PRESENTATION. 
          SO, UH, AS YOU MAY RECALL, AS PART OF THE BUDGET CONVERSATION AS WELL AS THE STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK, THERE WAS CONVERSATION AROUND WHAT WOULD OUR FRAMEWORK, OR EXCUSE ME, OUR WORK PLAN LOOK LIKE HEADING INTO FISCAL YEAR 23 AS A RESULT OF THAT FRAMEWORK. 
          AND SO, AS WE JUST MENTIONED, UH, ONE OF THOSE PRIORITIES WAS TO BUILD THE DATA ANALYTICS AND RESEARCH TEAM. 
          AND IT IS WITH GREAT PLEASURE THAT I CAN, UH, SHARE THAT. 
          OUR MANAGER CAME ON BOARD, UH, THREE WEEKS AGO. 
          UH, HE HAS OVER 20 YEARS OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH EXPERIENCE. 
          SO WE'RE EXCITED THAT BENJAMIN HAS JOINED OUR TEAM, AND HE AND DANIEL NOW ARE WORKING ON, AGAIN, PULLING ALL THAT INFORMATION, REALLY LOOKING AT THE DIFFERENT TOOLS, UH, DATA SOURCES WE HAVE BOTH INTERNALLY, THOSE THAT CAN BE PURCHASED, UH, SO THAT WE CAN ADDRESS A VARIETY OF NEEDS. 
          SO THAT'S WHERE YOU'LL SEE THE, THE RESEARCH TEAM IS CHECKED FOR THOSE ITEMS THAT WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED. 
          UH, AND THEN YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE'S ITEMS THERE THAT ARE MARKED IN PROGRESS OR ONGOING. 
          UH, SO FOR EXAMPLE, UNDER BUSINESS RECRUITMENT, RETENTION, AND EXPANSION, WE HAD INDICATED THAT WE WOULD TAKE THIS YEAR TO REALLY DO AN ANALYSIS OF THE B R E EFFORTS IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, WORKING WITH OUR COLLEAGUES AT GREATER S A T X, UH, AND SOME OF OUR OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE INCLUDE B R E IN THE 
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CONTRACT FOR THOSE CONVERSATIONS ARE IN PROGRESS. 
          AND WE HAVE A PROPOSAL THAT WILL BE INCLUDING IN THE FISCAL YEAR 24 BUDGET FOR FULL IMPLEMENTATION OF A ROBUST B R E PROGRAM, UH, FOR, FOR SAN ANTONIO MOVING FORWARD. 
          UH, LIKEWISE, THOSE CONVERSATIONS CONTINUE AROUND OUR MESSAGING AS WELL AS THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE METRO PRIORITY PLAN. 
          I WANNA HIGHLIGHT THERE, YOU'LL SEE THAT AS ONGOING. 
          SOME OF THESE THINGS ARE THINGS THAT WE'LL JUST CONTINUE TO REFRESH. 
          SO THE METRO PRIORITY PLAN, WE ARE LOOKING AT UPDATING IN FISCAL YEAR, PROBABLY LATE FISCAL YEAR 24, EARLY FISCAL YEAR 25. 
          AND THEN WE JUST ANTICIPATE THAT THAT'LL BE AN ONGOING EFFORT. 
          UH, SO THAT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENCE THERE. 
          WITH THAT, UH, AGAIN, WE'VE CONTINUED TO REALLY LOOK AT ALIGNING THOSE PARTNERSHIP EFFORTS. 
          YOU JUST HEARD ABOUT THE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS. 
          THOSE CONTRACTS WERE REVIEWED, UH, AND REVISED AS WE MOVED FORWARD TO ALIGN WITH THE FRAMEWORK, UH, FOR FISCAL YEAR 23. 
          RIGHT NOW, WE ARE HAVING THOSE SIMILAR CONVERSATIONS WITH PARTNERS LIKE THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOR THE CYBER AGREEMENT, UH, BIOMED SA FOR THEIR AGREEMENT, AS WELL AS GREATER S A T X. 
          WE'RE IN THE FINAL YEAR OF THEIR, UM, THEIR CURRENT CONTRACT. 
          SO CONTINUING TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS AROUND HOW ALL OF THESE EFFORTS AND INVESTMENTS ALIGN. 
          UH, I KNOW ONE OF THE KEY ITEMS THAT SEEMED TO GET A LOT OF ATTENTION, UH, WHEN WE WERE PRESENTING THIS FRAMEWORK WAS THE, WITH THE OTHER DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS, HOW ARE WE ENGAGING THEM? UH, AND WE HAVE CONTINUED TO HOST THOSE QUARTERLY, WE CALL IT THE QUARTERLY COLLABORATIVE. 
          UH, AND THEN OF COURSE, THERE'S A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES TO WORK WITH THEM ON A DAILY BASIS, BUT WE CERTAINLY CONTINUE TO HAVE THOSE MORE STRATEGIC QUARTERLY CONVERSATIONS. 
          UH, I'M NOT GONNA NECESSARILY GO THROUGH EACH OF THESE, BUT I DO WANNA HIGHLIGHT, OF COURSE, THROUGH ARPO, WE'RE CONTINUING THE VARIOUS SMALL BUSINESS SUPPORT, UH, WITH RECENT ACTIVITY FROM COUNCIL APPROVING THE FIVE CONTRACTS. 
          UH, WE'RE CONTINUING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH, UH, THE PLACEMAKING AS WE, UM, PREVIOUSLY PRESENTED. 
          UH, A LOT OF THOSE THINGS ARE GOING TO BE ROLLED OUT LATER THIS SUMMER WHEN IT COMES TO, FOR EXAMPLE, THE FA FACADE GRANT PROGRAM AND THE OUTDOOR SPACES. 
          UH, WE'VE ALSO, UM, APPLICATIONS FOR THE CORRIDOR. 
          THE TWO CORRIDOR PILOT PROGRAM ARE DUE MAY 1ST. 
          AND SO, UH, WE WILL BE, WE'VE BEEN WORKING AND HAVING A NUMBER OF OUTREACH SESSIONS, UH, AND WE'LL BE THEN SPENDING THE MONTH OF MAY REVIEWING THOSE ACTIVITIES. 
          UH, LIKEWISE DISPARITY STUDY. 
          YOU'LL BE HEARING MORE ABOUT THAT, UH, IN THE NEXT MONTH. 
          AND THEN ONGOING THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE FISCAL YEAR, AND ACTUALLY THE REST OF THE CALENDAR YEAR. 
          LOTS TO HAPPEN WITH THAT. 
          UH, WE HAVE REALLY, WHEN IT COMES AROUND THOSE TOOLS AND RESOURCES, THOSE WERE A LOT OF THOSE POLICY DISCUSSIONS THAT WE MENTIONED THAT WE WOULD BE TAKING INITIAL LOOKS AT, UH, AS WE WERE REALLY WILLING THIS OUT. 
          SO THE INCENTIVE POLICIES AND PROCESSES WERE REVIEWED. 
          UH, THOSE WERE APPROVED BY CITY COUNCILS, UH, IN DECEMBER AND IMPLEMENTED JANUARY 1ST. 
          UH, WE'RE VERY EXCITED AS WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH GREATER S A T X AND OTHER PARTNERS ON THOSE OPPORTUNITIES, UH, AND WHAT THAT MAY MEAN FOR THE CITY AS WE CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT. 
          AS YOU MAY RECALL, LAST WEEK, THURSDAY AT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING, THE E D C BYLAW, OR EXCUSE YES, BYLAWS, EXCUSE ME, WERE REVISED, UH, TO ALLOW FOR A LITTLE BIT MORE FLEXIBILITY WHEN IT COMES TO REAL ESTATE. 
          AND THAT WAS REALLY AROUND THEIR REVISED WORK PLAN FOR THE E D C BOARD OF DIRECTORS. 
          AND THEN WE DID WORK WITH OUR COLLEAGUES IN NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING TO SUPPORT THEIR EFFORTS IN THE TOURS, UH, REVIEW, AND REALLY LOOKING AT HOW WE COULD USE TOURS AS A LITTLE BIT BROADER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TOOL. 
          UH, I KNOW THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS AROUND AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DASHBOARD. 
          SO THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE OF THE WAY THAT WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT IT. 
          UH, REALLY WHAT IT IS THAT WE'RE, WHAT KIND OF DATA DO WE WANT TO HAVE ON THERE THAT REALLY PROVIDES THAT MEANINGFUL, UM, INFORMATION. 
          WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IT'S INTERACTIVE AND, AND OF COURSE, ALWAYS UNDERSTANDABLE. 
          WE KNOW THAT THERE IS A LOT OF EMPHASIS ON DESEGREGATING THAT DATA BY GENDER, RACE, LOCATION, WHENEVER POSSIBLE. 
          SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THE TEAM'S BEEN REALLY DIGGING INTO. 
          UH, AND THEN OF COURSE, UM, MAKING SURE THAT THIS IS REALLY, AGAIN, SHOWN IN A, A THOUGHTFUL WAY. 
          SO THAT IS IN PROGRESS, AND WE WILL HAVE THAT LIVE BY THE END OF THIS FISCAL YEAR. 
          SOME OF THAT DATA, HERE'S JUST A SCREENSHOT OF THAT. 
          SOME OF THAT WE WILL HAVE, UM, TREND INFORMATION KIND OF THE PAST SEVERAL 
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YEARS. 
          UH, SOME OF IT WE ARE LOOKING AT COMPARING TO OUR BENCHMARK CITIES, OTHER CITIES. 
          SO AGAIN, REALLY HOW DO WE SHOW, UTILIZE THAT DATA TO TELL THE STORY? UH, SO THAT'S SOMETHING TO DIG INTO. 
          THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE GROWTH TARGETS THAT WERE HIGHLIGHTED, UH, IN THE, UH, FISCAL YEAR 23 WORK PLAN. 
          AND AS WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE FRAMEWORK, YOU MAY RECALL THERE WAS SOMETHING THOUGH, LIKE 74 DATA TABS THAT WERE PROVIDED AS PART OF THE FRAMEWORK. 
          SO WE'RE REALLY REVIEWING EACH ONE OF THOSE TO DETERMINE HOW, HOW WE SHOULD SHOW THAT IF IT MAKES SENSE. 
          AGAIN, THERE WERE SOME THINGS THAT MADE SENSE TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS, BUT MIGHT NOT BE SOMETHING THAT WE LOOK AT ON AN ONGOING BASIS. 
          UH, SO AGAIN, WE'LL CONTINUE TO LOOK AT THAT. 
          BUT FOR THE GROWTH TARGETS, YOU'LL SEE HERE IN THE UPPER LEFT, AND AGAIN, THIS IS JUST A SCREENSHOT, WE'RE BUILDING THIS OUT IN A MUCH MORE INTERACTIVE WAY, SIMILAR TO WHAT, UH, OUR COLLEAGUES IN WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT DID. 
          SO UNFORTUNATELY, SCREENSHOTS DON'T REALLY DO IT JUSTICE. 
          UH, BUT THE TYPES OF GROWTH WE'RE SEEING IN THE INDUSTRIAL SPACE, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS TOOK PLACE AROUND THE INCENTIVES WERE HIGH WAGE JOBS. 
          SO YOU'LL SEE THERE THE SHIFTS IN THE DIFFERENT POLICIES AS WE'VE GONE FORWARD WITH THE, THE REQUIRED WAGES. 
          UH, AND THEN OF COURSE, OUR INCENTIVE INFORMATION. 
          W D C HAD THE, HAS THAT ANNUAL UPDATE ON OUR INCENTIVE PORTFOLIO, AS WELL AS THEN THE FIVE-YEAR REVIEW THAT DR. 
          NIVAN RECENTLY DID. 
          UH, SO HERE IS THE INFORMATION JUST SHOWN IN A DIFFERENT WAY FROM THOSE PREVIOUS REVIEWS. 
          WERE ACTUALLY IN PROCESS OF COMPLETING THE PERFORMANCE YEAR 2022 INFORMATION. 
          SO WE'LL BE PRESENTING THAT AT A LATER DATE. 
          AND THEN, OF COURSE, THE TOTAL CORPORATE INVESTMENTS IN JOB CREATED RIGHT NOW, OUR SOURCE FOR THAT IS GREATER S A T X. 
          AND SO THAT, TOO IS ANOTHER CONVERSATION OF, OF WHAT ARE SOME OTHER ALTERNATIVE SOURCES AND, AND THE BEST SOURCE FOR THAT. 
          UM, SO THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. 
          ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. 
          THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT WE ASKED FOR. 
          UH, AND I, I LOVE THIS PRESENTATION. 
          I REALLY DO. 
          AND, UH, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IT'S, IT ALLOWS US TO ANSWER A LOT OF QUESTIONS FROM THE PUBLIC WHO QUITE HONESTLY ARE, ARE EXPERTS IN THEIR OWN LIVES, RIGHT? AND THEY'RE EXPERTS IN THEIR HOME BUDGET. 
          THEY'RE EXPERTS AT THEIR DAY-TO-DAY JOB. 
          AND SO WHEN THEY FINALLY KIND OF COME UP FOR AIR AND LOOK AT THIS ISSUE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND INCENTIVES AND THE PLAN, IT, IT DOESN'T REALLY MAKE SENSE TO THEM, RIGHT? UH, BECAUSE THE ANSWERS ARE COMPLICATED, RIGHT? AND IT'S, IT'S DIFFICULT TO KIND OF SYNTHESIZE THIS INTO SMALL PIECES. 
          THIS LAST SLIDE THAT YOU SHOWED US IS EXACTLY WHAT I THINK EVERY COUNCIL MEMBER NEEDS IN ORDER TO FACILITATE THOSE CONVERSATIONS, RIGHT? AND TO SAY, LOOK, YOU KNOW, FOR EVERY DOLLAR THAT WE SPEND ON INCENTIVIZING SOMEBODY HERE, THAT'S $2.85 THAT WE MAKE IN REVENUE, RIGHT? THAT'S A REALLY BIG DEAL. 
          UH, AND IT'S A, AND IT'S A GOOD VALUE PROPOSITION. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR, FOR PREPARING THIS AND BRIEFING US. 
          COUNCILMAN ROCHA GARCIA, ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? THANK YOU, CHAIR, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH, UH, FOR THE PRESENTATION, BRENDA, ON YOUR, DO YOU HAVE THE, I KNOW YOU HAVE THE METRO PRIORITY PLAN. 
          WHAT ARE SOME OF THE KEY PRIORITIES IN INITIATIVES THAT YOU'RE ALREADY SEEING UNDER B R E? SURE. 
          SO UNDER B R E, WE HAVE BEEN, UH, SO WE'VE WORKED WITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE IN GREATER S A T X TO IDENTIFY SOME, SOME COMPANIES. 
          UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON AS PART OF THE DATA TEAM IS ALSO IDENTIFYING HOW DO WE HIGHLIGHT THE COMPANIES. 
          UM, FOR EXAMPLE, THERE'S A TOOL CALLED COSTAR THAT YOU CAN SEE WHEN COMPANIES LEASE TERMS ARE UP. 
          SO THERE'S SOME CONVERSATIONS RIGHT NOW WHERE WE'RE TARGETING COMPANIES THAT HAVE LEASES TWO, THREE YEARS OUT. 
          SO FOR EXAMPLE, NEXT WEEK I HAVE A MEETING WITH, WITH A COMP, A REPRESENTATIVE OF A COMPANY WHO'S, WHOSE LEASE EXPIRES IN TWO YEARS. 
          AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE CAPTURING THOSE CONVERSATIONS EARLY SO THAT WE CAN ADDRESS ANY CONCERNS AND NOT BE SURPRISED. 
          SO WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AT HOW DO WE IMPLEMENT THAT? UH, AND WE'RE DOING, SO WE'RE, OUR FOCUS IS IN A REALLY STRATEGIC WAY. 
          SO WE'RE, WE'RE PROBABLY NOT GOING TO BE REFERRING TO IT AS BUSINESS RETENTION AND EXPANSION. 
          MM-HMM. 
          BUT MORE STRATEGIC ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT. 
          MM-HMM. 
          . 
          SO A MUCH MORE TARGETED STRATEGIC EFFORT AS WE GO FORWARD. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL, AND I APPRECIATE THAT BECAUSE IT ALSO INCLUDES, UH, THE, THE RECRUITMENT RIGHT. 
          PART OF IT THAT, THAT I THINK PEOPLE FORGET ABOUT, UM, ON YOUR WEBSITE, YOU HAVE, IN FISCAL YEAR 2019, THE B R E PROGRAM VISITED 77 COMPANIES, BUT WE HAVE AN UPDATED THAT, DO YOU HAVE UPDATED NUMBERS? WILL YOU HAVE, IT SAYS B R E CREATED 2,251. 
          NEW JOBS. 
          UM, SO WHEN WILL WE HAVE AN UPDATE ON THAT? SURE. 
          SO WE'VE ACTUALLY BEEN PARTNERING SINCE THAT TIME, WE'VE CONTRACTED WITH GREATER S A T X TO DO THE, THE BUSINESS RETENTION AND EXPANSION. 
          UH, SO FOR EXAMPLE, UH, IN CALENDAR YEAR, UH, THEIR TARGETS ARE 200 VISITS A 
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YEAR. 
          UH, GOT IT. 
          LAST YEAR IT WAS 220. 
          I CAN GET YOU THE SPECIFIC NUMBER. 
          OKAY. 
          AND I THINK I REMEMBER THAT FROM GREATER S A T X, BUT I WAS LOOKING AT OUR WEBSITE. 
          AND SO YEAH. 
          SO OUR WEBSITE, UH, IS GOING THROUGH A WEBSITE REVISION. 
          GOT IT. 
          SO UNFORTUNATELY, WE'RE NOT ABLE TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS TO OUR WEBSITE UNTIL IT'S OUR TURN, WHICH IS COMING SOON. 
          I'M PROMISED . 
          OKAY. 
          I'M TOLD NO PROBLEM. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE I P W, UH, CONFERENCE COMING. 
          UM, HOW, HOW DO WE THINK THAT MAYBE DIRECT FLIGHTS, UH, WILL HELP WITH OUR INTERNATIONAL STRATEGY SPECIFICALLY, AND, AND HOW CAN WE LEVERAGE THAT THERE? HA UH, OF COURSE THERE'S A LOT OF EXCITEMENT ABOUT THE AIRPORT. 
          WE FREQUENTLY SAY WE NEED THE AIRPORT, UH, TO BE SUCCESSFUL, FOR US TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. 
          AND, UH, I CANNOT EMPHASIZE THAT ENOUGH. 
          UH, SO WE ARE PART OF THE CONVERSATIONS. 
          WE MEET REGULARLY WITH JESUS, UH, AND HIS TEAM TO TALK ABOUT WHAT THOSE, UH, ADDITIONAL FLIGHTS MAY BE, UH, GREATER. 
          S A T X, OF COURSE, AS YOU KNOW, ALSO HAS ESTABLISHED A DEVELOPMENT FUND TO HELP ON THE AVIATION SIDE IF WE NEED TO. 
          AND AGAIN, WE'RE, WE'RE ENGAGED IN THOSE CONVERSATIONS. 
          UH, AND OUR TEAM HAS ACTUALLY HAD MEETINGS WITH JESUS AND HIS TEAM ON SOME OF THOSE, UH, INTERNATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES. 
          SO FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN THE TEAM WENT TO, UM, TO MEXICO AND TO SOUTH AMERICA, SOME OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS WERE, WERE COLLABORATIVE AND TOOK PLACE TO SUPPORT THE EFFORTS. 
          THANK YOU, BRENDA. 
          I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          UM, UH, I, I ASKED ABOUT THE METRO PRIORITY PLAN EARLIER, AND I FORGOT TO ASK WHEN, WHEN WILL WE HAVE THE NEXT PRESENTATION OR UPDATE? THE LAST TIME, UH, LOOKING THROUGH THE MINUTES WAS NOVEMBER 5TH, 2019. 
          I WASN'T EVEN ON E W D C AT THAT POINT. 
          SO I'M WONDERING WHEN, UM, WE WILL GET AN UPDATE, UPDATE SPECIFICALLY ON THAT. 
          UH, IT'S NOT SCHEDULED, BUT WE'RE HAPPY TO DO SO. 
          UH, AND I THINK IT WOULD CERTAINLY BE TIMELY AS WE HEAD INTO FOR THE NEXT PERIOD. 
          AND AGAIN, WE WILL BE LOOKING AT UPDATING THAT AGAIN LATE 24, EARLY FISCAL YEAR 25. 
          GOT IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, AND THEN IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY, SO, SO THIS IS SWITCHING GEARS NOW, UM, A LITTLE BIT, BUT IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADD ADDITIONAL TS IN THE SOUTHWEST SECTOR? UM, I KNOW THAT IT, WE PROBABLY HAVE A LIST OF DEVELOPER INITIATED TS, BUT SPECIFICALLY CITY INITIATED AT TOURS. 
          AND THE REASON THAT I'M ASKING ABOUT THIS IS BECAUSE I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO FOCUS ON THE, ON A POSSIBLE TOURS AROUND THE PIERSALL ROAD AREA, LIKE WHERE PIERSALL PARK IS AT JOINT BASE, SAN ANTONIO LACKLAND IS THERE. 
          AND SO, UM, I WOULD LOVE TO REVITALIZE THAT SOUTHWEST MILITARY CORRIDOR. 
          AND I THINK THAT THE WAY TO DO IT IS THROUGH THE REVITAL ASIAN CORRIDOR PLAN, BUT I THINK THAT, THAT THE TUR CITY INITIATED TURS WOULD BE SOMETHING TO CONSIDER. 
          I HAVE TALKED TO ERIC WALSH ABOUT IT IN MY MONTHLY MEETINGS. 
          I'M SURE HE'S TRICKLED DOWN THE INFORMATION, BUT I JUST, UM, WANTED TO KIND OF BRING IT UP HERE AS WELL. 
          AND I THINK, ALEX, YOU WERE GONNA SAY SOMETHING. 
          I WAS JUST GONNA SAY THAT THAT'S PROBABLY A CONVERSATION WE NEED TO HAVE WITH ERIC AND BEN AS WELL, UM, AS, AS PART OF IT, UM, COLLECTIVELY. 
          BUT I APPRECIATE YOU ALSO PUTTING IT ON, ON OUR KIND OF LIST. 
          YES. 
          AND I PUT IT ON OUR BUDGET PRIORITIES FOR, FOR THE FULL COUNCIL AS WELL. 
          SO I FIGURED THAT, THAT WE CAN HAVE THAT CONVERSATION. 
          UM, AND THEN IN ADDITION TO THE DASHBOARD, UM, IS THERE SOMEWHERE WHERE WE COULD SEE LIKE ALL OF THE GREAT WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING, LIKE PLANS AND REPORTS, I'M ASSUMING THAT'LL BE UPDATED IN, IN THE WEBSITE. 
          'CAUSE ALL I SEE WAS LIKE ACTIVE E D D INCENTIVE AGREEMENTS, BUT ARE YOU GONNA HAVE LIKE THIS SHOWCASING YOUR WORK? I AM SO EXCITED ABOUT WHAT WE HAVE PLANNED. 
          GOOD  AND INCREDIBLY ANXIOUS TO BE ABLE TO ROLL IT OUT. 
          GOOD. 
          WELL, WONDERFUL. 
          UM, AND THEN JUST ANOTHER PLUG FOR THE WEBSITE, UH, I NOTICED THAT HOSPITALITY AND TOURISM ARE NOT INCLUDED IN OUR MAJOR INDUSTRIES. 
          NEITHER IS MILITARY. 
          UM, AND I DON'T KNOW LIKE WHO SELECTS WHICH ONES TO HIGHLIGHT ON THERE? THERE WAS A FEW THAT WERE HIGHLIGHTED, UM, BUT THOSE WEREN'T ON THERE. 
          FINANCIAL SERVICES MADE THE LIST. 
          UM, AND SO I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS JUST AN OUTDATED LIST OR HOW THOSE GET CHOSEN OR SELECTED, BUT I DID DURING THE ESSAY TO DC TRIP, UM, I WAS WITH SOME FOLKS WHO SAID THAT THEY DIDN'T FEEL APPRECIATED BECAUSE AS AN INDUSTRY, THEY'RE NOT EVEN LISTED ON HERE. 
          AND I THOUGHT, OH, WELL THAT'S AN EASY THING RIGHT TO DO. 
          AND SO I JUST, YOU KNOW, WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT. 
          I THINK I HAD MENTIONED IT, BUT IN, AS YOU'RE CREATING YOUR NEW WEBSITE, LIKE HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT WE LIST LIKE THE TOP OR HOW DO WE GET THERE? I BELIEVE THE, THE INDUSTRIES THAT ARE ACTUALLY LISTED OR COME FROM THE STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK, CORRECT. 
          AT IT? YES. 
          OKAY. 
          AND SO THOSE, THOSE THAT ARE CURRENTLY LISTED ON THERE ARE STILL USING THE, THE FORMER, UH, TARGET INDUSTRY LIST. 
          UH, BUT AGAIN, THAT IS ON OUR, OUR REQUEST FOR UPDATES WHEN, WHEN WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THOSE CHANGES. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          THOSE ARE ALL MY QUESTIONS. 
          SIGNATURE. 
          THANK YOU COUNCILMAN BRENDA. 
          I LIKE EVERYTHING I SAW ON THERE. 
          I'M JUST WONDERING, IS THERE 
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OPPORTUNITY TO EXPAND THIS AT SOME TIME. 
          AND I THINK ABOUT, UM, WHEN, UM, UH, JENNA SDO HERRERA WAS HERE, UM, AND WE HAD A CONVERSATION RECENTLY IN THIS COMMITTEE AND I, WHERE I ASKED HER WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE RECRUITING FOR SAN ANTONIO, UM, WHAT ARE, WHAT ARE YOUNG, TALENTED PEOPLE LOOKING FOR? AND SHE SAID THE NUMBER ONE THING THEY'RE LOOKING FOR IS ACCESS TO GREEN SPACE. 
          AND I'M JUST WONDERING HOW ARE WE THINKING ABOUT THINGS LIKE THAT FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT? YOU KNOW, WHEN IT'S RECRUITING TALENT, WHEN IT'S, UM, MAKING SURE THAT WHEN OUR KIDS GO OFF TO COLLEGE, THAT THEY WANT TO COME BACK TO SAN ANTONIO. 
          WHAT IS THE QUALITY OF LIFE? AND I'M JUST WONDERING HOW, HOW DO WE FIT THIS IN? HOW DO WE, HOW DO WE CONNECT WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE WITH THE, THE PARK, THE OUR PARK SCORE OF, UM, HOW, YOU KNOW, HOW WHAT PERCENTAGE OF OUR POPULATION LIVES WITHIN A 10 MINUTE WALK OF A PARK? OR, YOU KNOW, WHETHER WE'RE GETTING THIS $5 MILLION THAT WE HAVE IN THE TREE MITIGATION FUND PLANTED IN TREES ALL THROUGH OUR URBAN CORE, UM, OR, OR ANY OTHER KIND OF QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES, UM, OR, OR ENTERTAINMENT, RIGHT? LIKE LIVE MUSIC, UM, AND, YOU KNOW, HOW ARE WE, HOW ARE WE LOOKING? I MEAN, HOW DO WE CONNECT THAT TO WHAT WE DO IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT? SO THAT'S REALLY, REALLY THE BEAUTY OF THAT COLLABORATIVE THAT I MENTIONED, UH, IS WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE THAT WE HAVE A VERY ACTIVE PARKS DEPARTMENT WHO OVERSEES SOME OF THAT, AS YOU MENTIONED. 
          AND SO, UM, THOSE ARE SOME OF THE CONVERSATIONS. 
          IN FACT, THE, THE, WE DO AN A REQUEST FOR ITEMS ON THE AGENDA, AND THUS FAR IT REALLY HAS BEEN FOCUSED AROUND PLACEMAKING TO DATE. 
          UH, LIKEWISE WITH LIKE LIVE MUSIC AND WHATNOT, WE HAVE A REALLY ENGAGED ARTS DEPARTMENT. 
          AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE DEFINITELY HAVE THOSE REGULAR CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR COLLEAGUES AND WE DON'T JUST WAIT FOR THAT QUARTERLY MEETING. 
          OF COURSE, WE'RE, WE'RE CONSTANTLY ON THE PHONE AND REALLY LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN COLLABORATE, WHAT RESOURCES AND TOOLS, UH, EVERYBODY HAS. 
          AND AGAIN, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT REALLY IS A TEAM SPORT. 
          WE NEED ALL OF THOSE OTHER DEPARTMENTS TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN ORDER FOR US TO BE SUCCESSFUL. 
          I'D LIKE TO THINK THEY NEED US TO BE SUCCESSFUL AS WELL. 
          UM, AS WE CONTINUE TO REALLY TALK ABOUT QUARTER DEVELOPMENT, AGAIN, TO YOUR POINT, THE TALENT ATTRACTION, THE COMPANY RECRUITMENT. 
          UM, SO IT IS, IT'S A VERY COMPREHENSIVE CONVERSATION, BUT WE DO NEED THOSE OTHER DEPARTMENTS TO, TO REALLY SUPPORT OUR EFFORTS AND VICE VERSA. 
          YEAH. 
          WELL I JUST THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          I, I REALLY LIKE THINKING OF, UM, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN SOME WAYS AS QUALITY OF LIFE. 
          UM, BECAUSE ONE, IT'S, IT HELPS WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, BUT EVERYBODY BENEFITS, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU IMPROVE QUALITY OF LIFE IN OUR CITY. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          I, I WAS JUST GONNA HIGHLIGHT ON SLIDE THREE, I BELIEVE, UM, UNDER THE GOALS BOXES AT THE BOTTOM, THAT'S SPECIFICALLY ONE OF THE, THE SUB AREAS, CULTURE AND AMENITIES, BECAUSE TO YOUR POINT EXACTLY, WE KNOW THAT THEY GO HAND IN HAND WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, NOT JUST FROM A RECRUITMENT PERSPECTIVE, BUT ALSO FROM A RETENTION AND KEEPING OUR, OUR TALENTED YOUNG PEOPLE HERE, UM, TO CONTINUE TO INVEST IN OUR COMMUNITY UNDER NUMBER TWO. 
          I WAS LOOKING AT THREE. 
          YEAH, I, YOU, THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN. 
          YOUR MIC IS STILL ON. 
          UH, THE, I I, I DO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT AT, AT SOME POINT, AND, AND MAYBE THE AT, AT THE NEXT UPDATE, UM, WE, WE TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT, UH, THE INTER THE, THE INTERNATIONAL EFFORTS. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE WE'VE HAD THAT CONVERSATION. 
          I'M NOT EVEN SURE MY NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND BY NEW, I MEAN LIKE THE MOST RECENT ONES, UH, ARE EVEN HAVE EVER SEEN THE BROOKINGS STUDY. 
          RIGHT? THAT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT, UM, DOCUMENT. 
          WE HAVE, UH, AN OPPORTUNITY HERE TO, UM, MAYBE EVEN FRESHEN IT UP, RIGHT? UM, HOW OLD IS THAT DOCUMENT? 2019. 
          19. 
          YEAH. 
          AND THAT'S THE METRO PRIORITY PLAN. 
          YEAH. 
          YEAH. 
          YEAH. 
          AND SO IT SEEMS TO ME IF WE'RE OPERATING OFF A 2019 PLAN, UM, MAYBE, MAYBE IT IS TIME TO, TO, TO GIVE IT, YOU KNOW, GIVE IT ANOTHER LOOK. 
          AND I DON'T KNOW IF BROOKINGS WANTS TO REENGAGE. 
          UH, UH OR IF WHAT, HOW, WHAT IS THE PROCESS FOR THAT, BY THE WAY? I, I THINK THE BENEFIT OF THAT BROOKINGS ENGAGEMENT IS THAT WE LEARNED HOW TO DO IT. 
          OKAY. 
          WHAT ARE THE FACTORS THAT WE SHOULD BE LOOKING, LOOKING AT? WHAT'S THE DATA WE SHOULD BE CONSIDERING? SO NOW IT'S REALLY ABOUT RE REDOING, RE-UPPING THE DATA, LOOKING AT AT MORE RELEVANT, MORE RECENT DATA TO SEE IF IT'S REALLY CHANGING WHERE WE SHOULD BE, UM, LOOKING FROM, FROM A STRATEGY PERSPECTIVE AS FAR AS REGIONS OF THE COUNTRY. 
          YEAH. 
          'CAUSE I'D THE WORLD, I'D LIKE TO SEE WHAT POST COVID LOOKS LIKE AND IF THERE NEEDS TO BE AN ADJUSTMENT. 
          RIGHT. 
          UM, 'CAUSE THE WORLD IS JUST DIFFERENT. 
          RIGHT. 
          THE OTHER THING I I WANT TO, I WANT TO UNDERSTAND IS THE ROLE YOUR DEPARTMENT PLAYS WITH REGARDS TO SISTER CITIES AND HOW WE PARLAY THOSE RELATIONSHIPS INTO OPPORTUNITIES FOR ECONOMIC 
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DEVELOPMENT AND HOW WE MINE FOR, FOR GOLD IN THOSE CITIES. 
          SO THIS IS PROBABLY FOR A FUTURE PRESENTATION, RIGHT? UH, BUT I DO THINK IT'S AN IMPORTANT PART OF THIS PLAN, RIGHT? AND SO, UM, YOU'RE PICKING UP WHAT I'M LAYING DOWN. 
          I, SO I, I DO WANNA HAVE A CONVERSATION FOR FUTURE PRESENTATION ON WHAT YOU ARE DOING AROUND THIS INTERNATIONAL, UH, TOPIC. 
          OKAY. 
          THE, THE OTHER THING I, I WANNA MAKE SURE ALSO IS BECAUSE W SS A IS HERE, UM, TO WHAT EXTENT DO THEY GET BAKED INTO THIS PLAN? BECAUSE YOU GUYS ARE PARTNERS IN, IN THIS. 
          UH, SO WHAT DO YOU THINK, BRENDA? YEAH, SO UNDER THREE TALENT AND WORKFORCE, 3.1 WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, OF COURSE, YOU CAN'T TALK ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WITHOUT TALKING WORKFORCE, UH, AT THIS POINT IN TIME. 
          AND THAT'S BEEN THE CASE FOR THE LAST HANDFUL OF YEARS. 
          UM, WE AS MENTIONED, WE REALLY FOCUS, UH, MIKE RAMSEY IS NEXT DOOR TO ME, UH, WITH THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT OFFICE. 
          SO WE REALLY, UH, LEAN IN ON THAT RELATIONSHIP WITH, WITH MIKE AND OUR WONDERFUL COLLEAGUES IN WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. 
          AND THEN OF COURSE, UH, WE DO, AS WE'RE LOOKING AT INDIVIDUAL COMPANY NEEDS, WHATNOT, AS WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT, UM, BUSINESS RETENTION AND EXPANSION PROGRAM, UH, WE DO LEAN ON THE, UH, W S A AND OTHER PARTNERS AS WELL. 
          WE HAVE CLOSE RELATIONSHIPS WITH A NUMBER OF OUR, OUR EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS. 
          AND SO REALLY LOOKING AT IT COMPREHENSIVELY, I REMEMBER BACK IN OH TWO WHEN WE WERE ALL DESIGNING THE TOYOTA DEAL, ONE OF THE BIG ELEMENTS OF THAT DEAL'S SUCCESS, UH, TO TOYOTA, RIGHT? I, I WAS, I WAS IN THE ROOM WHEN, WHEN WE WERE TALKING ALL ABOUT YOU GUYS, RIGHT? WAS WHATEVER YOU GUYS CALLED YOURSELF BEFORE THE ALAMO WORKFORCE, I THINK IS WHAT YOU CALLED YOURSELF BEFORE, RIGHT? THAT PIECE WAS ESSENTIAL TO LANDING THIS TOYOTA DEAL, RIGHT? AND ARE THEY, ARE, ARE WE TALKING TO, UM, TO THE ADRIANS, UH, WHEN IT COMES TIME TO LOOKING AT SOME OF THESE DEALS? SO WE, UH, WE, WE HAVE A PRETTY ROBUST RO TIMELINE OR, UH, PIPELINE THAT WE'RE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW WITH GREATER S A T X. 
          AND AGAIN, WE, WE DO PULL IN THE VARIOUS PARTNERS DEPENDING UPON THE SPECIFIC NEEDS. 
          UH, AND AGAIN, A LOT OF THAT WE ALSO PARTNER GREATER, S A T X IS OUR LEAD ON THAT. 
          UH, SO ROMANITA AND HER TEAM OVER AT GREATER S A T X ARE VERY ACTIVELY ENGAGED AS WELL. 
          SO REALLY DEPENDING UPON THE SPECIFIC SITUATION, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'LL LOOK AT WHOEVER WE CAN PULL IN TO, TO SUPPORT THE NEEDS OF THE, THE BUSINESS ENTITY. 
          AND, AND MIKE RAMSEY IS, UM, USUALLY ON THAT LIST AS WELL, WHENEVER THERE'S CONVERSATIONS IF, IF A PROSPECTIVE BUSINESS IN ANY WAY MENTIONS TALENT, UM, WE MAKE SURE TO INCLUDE MIKE AS WELL, UH, BOTH BECAUSE OF THE CONNECTION WITH READY TO WORK, OF COURSE. 
          BUT JUST SO MUCH OF THE TALENT PIPELINE MANAGEMENT WORK THAT HE AND AND RAM ARE MANAGING IN THE COMMUNITY, THEY HAVE A VERY SOLID UNDERSTANDING, AT LEAST IN THOSE MAJOR INDUSTRIES, WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE RIGHT NOW AND WHAT OUR CURRENT EMPLOYERS ARE LOOKING FOR. 
          SO IT CAN GIVE PROSPECTS A VERY GOOD, UM, ANALYSIS AND A GOOD, A GOOD RECOMMENDATION OF WHAT THE TALENT LOOKS LIKE HERE, BESIDES THE FACT THAT WE'RE ABLE TO, TO PITCH THEM ON THE IDEA THAT WE'RE TRAINING THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE IN THESE TARGETED INDUSTRIES AS WELL. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL LISTEN, THANKS FOLKS. 
          I, I, BRENDA, THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          UM, I BELIEVE THAT BRINGS US TO THE END OF ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL MEETING. 
          THANK YOU EVERYBODY. 
          WE ARE ADJOURNED.
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