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          >> VIAGRAN: THE MEETING OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WORKFORCE COMMITTEE IS NOW CALLED TO ORDER. MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. 
          THE FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES. ARE THERE ANY CORRECTIONS TO THE MINUTES? CAN I GET A MOTION AND A SECOND? I'VE GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE? MADAM CLERK, ARE THERE ANY CITIZENS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM FOR PUBLIC 
          COMMENT? >> NO. >> VIAGRAN: ALL RIGHT. 
          WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM 2. THIS IS A BIG DAY OF BRIEFINGS. 
          I HOPE Y'ALL HAVE ALL THE QUESTIONS Y'ALL NEED. ITEM 2 IS AN UPDATE ON THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK. IS THERE A STAFF PRESENTATION? ALL RIGHT. OKAY. 
          THE FLOOR IS YOURS. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          BRENDA HICKS SORENSEN, DIRECTOR OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. 
          I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO THE TIP STRATEGIES TEAM WHO YOU MAY RECALL LAST FALL WE ISSUED A SOLICITATION AFTER WE BRIEFED THIS COMMITTEE IN OCTOBER OR NOVEMBER, WENT THROUGH THAT SOLICITATION PROCESS TIP STRATEGIES, WAS IDENTIFIED AS THAT VENDOR, AND WE JUST WANTED TO USE TODAY AS AN OPPORTUNITY AS A CHECK-IN WHERE WE'RE AT AFTER THE DISCOVERY AND AS WE'RE MOVING FORWARD. 
          AND JUST GO THROUGH THE REST OF THE TIMELINE. WITH THAT I'LL TURN IT OVER 
          TO JOHN CARAS WITH TIP STRATEGIES. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. GREAT TO SEE YOU ALL TODAY. THANKS FOR THE INTRODUCTION, BRENDA. I'M JOHN KARRAS WITH TIP STRATEGIES AND I'M JOINED HERE WITH OUR CEO AND OUR PROJECT MANAGER, AND WE JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A VERY BRIEF IDEALLY NO MORE THAN 10-MINUTE QUICKOVER VIEW OF WHERE WE ARE IN THE UPDATE TO THE 2022 STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK. I'LL GO OVER JUST A BACKGROUND ON THE PROJECT GOAL, WHERE WE ARE IN THE PROCESS, SOME OF THE ECONOMIC CONTEXT, AND THEN A LOT OF THE STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT THAT WE'VE BEEN HARD AT WORK AT. AND THEN VERY BRIEF OVERVIEW OF SOME OF THE PRELIMINARY FINDINGS THAT WILL THEN ULTIMATELY FEED INTO THE UPDATE. 
          SO AS A REMINDER, THE GOAL IS NOT TO START FROM SCRATCH, BUT REALLY TO BUILD OFF OF THE 2022 FRAMEWORK WHERE WE HAD THREE BIG GOALS, INNOVATION AND INDUSTRY, PLACEMAKING AND DEVELOPMENT, AND TALENT AND WORKFORCE. 
          SO WE'RE UPDATING THAT FRAMEWORK AS WELL AS THE FIVE TARGET INDUSTRIES THAT THINGS LIKE MOBILITY, I.T., SECURITY, BIOSCIENCES, MANUFACTURING ACROSS MANY DIFFERENT SECTORS, CORPORATE AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICES. SO WE'RE UPDATING THAT, LOOKING FOR FINE TUNING AND REFINEMENTS. AND THEN WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT UPDATING THE SMALL BUSINESS ECOSYSTEM ASSESSMENT AND THE INTERNATIONAL OUTREACH THROUGH THE METRIC PRIORITY PLAN. 
          THE TWO DIFFERENT SLIDES, ON THE RIGHT SLIDE THE PROCESS, SO WE'VE GOT FOUR DISTINCT PHASES. WE'RE IN THE EARLY PHASES OF THE PROCESS. 
          WE STARTED WORK ON A LOT OF THE DATA ANALYSIS. I'LL GIVE YOU A TEASER OF THAT AND WE'LL GIVE YOU THE STAKEHOLDER INPUT. WE'RE GATHERING INPUT NOT ONLY FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS, BUT I'LL GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THAT. AND WE'LL BE HEADING INTO THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR GROWTH AND THEN THE IMPLEMENTATION PHASE LATER AS WE GET INTO THE END OF THE SUMMER. 
          BUT I WANTED TO START WITH THE LARGE ECONOMY. WHAT HAS CHANGED SINCE 2022? WE'RE IN QUITE A DIFFERENT ECONOMIC LANDSCAPE. THE MARKET CONDITIONS ARE QUITE DIFFERENT. THE INTERNATIONAL TRADE POLICIES ARE SUBSTANTIALLY DIFFERENT. WE HAVE NEW OPPORTUNITIES AS WELL AS CHALLENGES WITH THINGS LIKE AUTOMATION AND AI. THE LABOR MARKET IS VERY DIFFERENT NOW THAN IT WAS COMING IMMEDIATELY OUT OF THE PANDEMIC. 
          SO I JUST WANTED TO SET THAT CONTEXT FOR WHERE THE CITY IS GOING. 
          YOU'VE HAD A LOT OF POSITIVE THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED HERE IN SAN ANTONIO SINCE 2022. THERE'S A LOT OF NEW OPPORTUNITIES WITH RESHORING AND INVESTMENT COMING INTO NOT JUST THE CITY, BUT THE STATE AS WELL, BUT WE HAVE NEW CHALLENGES TO DEAL WITH. I WANTED TO START WITH THAT. AND THEN I ALSO JUST WANTED TO SHARE SOME OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN HEARING, SOME OF THE MAJOR THEMES THAT HAVE COME 
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FROM THE INPUT THAT WE'VE HAD. WE HAD A STAFF RETREAT WITH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TEAM, THE ENTIRE TEAM. SO WE WANTED TO GET THEIR INPUT. WE'VE HAD ONE-ON-ONE INTERVIEWS WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS AND OTHER KEY LEADERS. WE ALSO HAD 20 SEPARATE ROUND TABLES WITH DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDER GROUPS AND INDUSTRIES, EVERYTHING FROM CREATIVE ECONOMY, ARTS AND CULTURE, TO ENERGY, TO REAL ESTATE, TO DOWNTOWN, TO CITY WALK PLACEMAKING AND A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT AUDIENCES. 
          AND ONE OTHER THING WE DID DIFFERENTLY THIS TIME AROUND IS WE'VE CREATED A 50-MEMBER ADVISORY COMMITTEE MADE UP OF REPRESENTATIVES THAT WEAR MULTIPLE HATS AS LEADERS OF PUBLIC-PRIVATE AND NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE CONNECTED TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE CITY AS WELL AS THE REGION. I'M NOT GOING TO READ ALL OF THESE. AGAIN, THESE ARE NOT EXHAUSTIVE. 
          THEY'RE SOME OF THE THEMES WE'VE HEARD COMING FROM THE DIFFERENT ROUND TABLES THAT MY SUMMARY OF THREE THINGS THAT HAVE REALLY JUMPED OUT. THE OPPORTUNITIES AROUND EXISTING AS WELL AS EMERGING INDUSTRIES, SO EMERGING SECTORS HAVE REALLY BEEN EMERGING FOR DECADES NOW, LIKE AEROSPACE MANUFACTURING, WE SEE CONTINUED OPPORTUNITIES FOR GROWTH THERE. THE UNIQUE DIFFERENTIATORS AROUND THINGS LIKE DEFENSE, CYBERSECURITY, BIOSCIENCES, WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT R AND D AND INNOVATION OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN EACH OF THOSE SECTORS. 
          SO THE INDUSTRY OPPORTUNITIES IS ONE THING THAT I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT. 
          ANOTHER THING WE'VE HEARD A LOT IS THE COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE. 
          YOU ARE COMPETITIVE CITY AND REGION FOR ATTRACTING NEW INVESTMENTS AND FOR ATTRACTING TALENT, BUT WE HEARD THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE MORE EMPHASIS ON CREATING THE SITES, THE WORKFORCE, THE INNOVATION AND THE PLACEMAKING TO REALLY TO CONTINUE TO BE COMPETITIVE, BUT ALSO START TO OUT-COMPETE SOME OF THE PEER INDUSTRIES AND METRO AREAS, NOT JUST IN TEXAS, BUT AROUND THE U.S. AND INTERNATIONALLY. AND THEN THE OTHER THING THAT I'LL HIGHLIGHT IS THAT BALANCING THE GROWTH THAT YOU HAVE WITH RESIDENTS BUT FOR BUSINESSES AS WELL, AND INCLUSIVE OPPORTUNITIES. 
          SO REALLY THIS -- TO SUM UP SOME OF THE THEMES THAT WE'VE BEEN HEARING SO FAR, THE FUTURE ECONOMIC HEALTH OF SAN ANTONIO IS REALLY GOING TO REQUIRE ATTENTION GIVEN TO ALL AUDIENCES THAT INCLUDES EXISTING RESIDENTS, NEW RESIDENTS YOU'RE TRYING TO ATTRACT, SMALL BUSINESSES, LARGE COMPANIES. IT INCLUDES EVERY SECTOR AND CORRIDOR IN THE COMMUNITY. AREAS THAT HAVE SEEN DEVELOPMENT, AREAS THAT HAVE NOT SEEN MUCH DEVELOPMENT. IF I HAD TO SUM IT UP, WE'RE HEARING IT'S NOT AN EITHER/OR DYNAMIC. YOU REALLY DO NEED TO CONTINUE TO INVEST IN INFRASTRUCTURE, WORKFORCE, CREATING THE POLICY AND BUSINESS CLIMATE THAT IS ATTRACTIVE TO NEW COMPANIES, AS WELL AS SUPPORTING YOUR EXISTING COMPANIES TO HELP THEM STAY AND GROW HERE, BOTH LARGE AND SMALL COMPANIES. 
          SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN VERY INTENTIONAL ABOUT IS ASKING THE SAME INPUT QUESTIONS FROM EACH OF THE 20 ROUNDTABLE GROUPS THAT WE MET WITH. 
          SO ONE OF THE QUESTIONS WE ASKED IS WHAT ARE THE FACTORS LIMITING SAN ANTONIO'S ABILITY TO BE COMPETITIVE FOR ATTRACTING NEW INVESTMENT? ON A SCALE OF ONE TO 10, THE MOST COMPETITIVE THING THAT WE HEARD WAS UTILITIES, BOTH THE COST AND RELIABILITY. FOLKS GENERALLY WERE IN AGREEMENT. 
          THAT'S NOT A MAJOR LIMITING FACTOR. ON THE OTHER END OF THE SCALE WE HEARD PRETTY STRONG CONSENSUS THAT WORKFORCE AVAILABILITY, THE EXTERNAL PERCEPTIONS, TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE, THEY RANKED HIGHER THAN THE MIDPOINT SO PEOPLE SAW THOSE AS AREAS THAT NEED SOME IMPROVEMENT IN ORDER TO CONTINUE TO BE MORE COMPETITIVE. SO THAT'S A QUESTION I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE RESULTS FROM. AND THIS IS BY THE WAY FROM THE 20 ROUND TABLES AS WELL AS THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE THAT WE GOT INPUT FROM. AND ONE OTHER QUESTION THAT WE ASKED EVERY GROUP THAT I WANTED TO BRING UP JUST TO GIVE A SENSE OF WHERE PEOPLE SEE THE PRIORITIES. SO THIS ONE IS REALLY HOW DO YOU DEFINE ECONOMIC SUCCESS. 
          IF YOU HAD TO PICK THE TOP 3, AND WE FORCED PEOPLE TO PICK JUST THREE METRICS. 
          INSURE ONE WAS RETAINING AND EXPANDING YOUR EXISTING BUSINESS. 
          THAT WAS A PRETTY CLEAR MESSAGE. AND CLOSE TIE FOR A SECOND PLACE WAS OVERALL JOB GROWTH AND HIGH-WAGE JOB GROWTH. SO I THINK THAT'S HAVING NOT JUST FOCUSING ONLY ON HIGH WAGE JOBS, BUT JUST GROWTH IN GENERAL WAS SEEN AS A 
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PRIORITY. AND THE NEXT ONE WAS IMPROVING EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT. THE ANSWER AT THE VERY BOTTOM OF THAT, IT DOESN'T MEAN IT'S NOT IMPORTANT. SO IT'S NEW, INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL SPACE, THE WAY I INTERPRETED THAT IS ALONG WITH NEW HOUSING CONSTRUCTION, THOSE ARE NOT NECESSARILY THE END GAME, BUT THEY ARE IMPORTANT IN ORDER TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN JOB GROWTH AND HIGH-WAGE JOB GROWTH YOU NEED MORE INDUSTRIAL, RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL SPACE. IT'S INTERESTING THAT PEOPLE DIDN'T TARGET THAT AS A SPECIFIC MEASURE OF SUCCESS. SO I DID ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT OUR TEAM HAS BEEN HARD AT WORK ON A COMPREHENSIVE ECONOMIC AND DEMOGRAPHIC AND INDUSTRY ANALYSIS. SO THIS IS JUST A SNAPSHOT OF THE INTERACTIVE DATA VISUALIZATION. YOU COULD EASILY SPEND MANY HOURS KIND OF POKING THROUGH THIS. I DID SPEND A FEW HOURS TAKING ANOTHER LOOK AT THIS. 
          IT'S NOT 100% COMPLETE. THERE ARE STILL A FEW KEY AREAS THAT OUR RESEARCH TEAM IS BUILDING OUT, BUT TO GIVE YOU A SENSE THE THREE MAJOR CATEGORIES OF DATA, THE COMPETITIVE, LANDSCAPE AND BENCHMARKING, THAT INCLUDES A LOT OF THE DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION. EMPLOYMENT AS WELL AS INDUSTRY SECTOR TRENDS, THE ECONOMIC FOUNDATIONS INCLUDES A LOT OF THAT SMALL BUSINESS ANALYSIS. 
          IT INCLUDES A LOT OF THE REAL ESTATE AND NEIGHBORHOOD-SPECIFIC DATA. 
          AND WE DO HAVE A CONTRACTOR THAT SPECIALIZES IN SIGHT SELECTION THAT'S HELPING US HONE IN ON SOME OF THE KEY SITES AND THE READINESS AROUND INFRASTRUCTURE TO DIVE DEEPER ON THE PRIORITY SITES. AND THE THIRD ONE ON THE RIGHT, THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR GROWTH, THAT'S REALLY A DEEP DIVE ON THE TARGET INDUSTRIES AND THE OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN THOSE NICHES AND INNOVATION AND R AND D AND SMALL BUSINESS GROWTH AS WELL AS THE TALENT PIPELINE. 
          SO YOU COULD LITERALLY PICK ANY ONE OF THESE AND THERE'S MULTIPLE WAYS TO INTERACT WITH THE DATA. SO I'M GOING TO PICK JUST ONE OF THEM, THE ONE THAT'S IN THAT COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE AND BENCHMARKING, IN THE POPULATION CATEGORY, THE SOCIOECONOMIC COMPARISONS. SO IF YOU WERE TO CLICK ON THAT ONE, IT TAKES YOU TO A SCREEN LIKE THIS AND WITHIN JUST THAT ONE TAB THERE'S 23 DIFFERENT DATA VARIABLES THAT YOU CAN LOOK AT AND COMPARE THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO TO THE SEVEN BENCHMARK CITIES AS WELL AS THE STATE OF TEXAS, THE U.S. 
          AND BEXAR COUNTY. AND IN MANY CASES ALSO THE METRO AREA, SAN ANTONIO METRO AREA, COMPARED TO THE BENCHMARK CITIES AND THEIR METRO AREAS. 
          SO I JUST PICKED THE EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT DATA SNAPSHOT SINCE WE HEARD THAT AS A PRIORITY ON THE METRICS AND WE KNOW THAT TALENT AND EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE ARE KEY INEXTRICABLE LINKS TO ECONOMIC SUCCESS. SO I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A SENSE OF WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT ON EACH OF THOSE DIFFERENT DATA POINTS, THE COMPARISONS. JUST A COUPLE MORE THINGS TO POINT OUT FROM THE DATA ANALYSIS. WE ALSO WANTED TO LOOK AT WHERE ARE YOU ATTRACTING TALENT FROM AND WHERE ARE YOU LOSING WORKERS TO. FROM AN OVERALL LEVEL SAN ANTONIO HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL THAT ON A NET BASIS CONSISTENTLY ATTRACTING TALENT FROM OUTSIDE OF THE COUNTRY AS WELL AS OUTSIDE OF THE REGION, OUTSIDE OF THE STATE STATE. SO WE'VE GOT AN INTERACTIVE MAP THAT SHOWS ALL THAT IN THE ANALYSIS, BUT THIS IS THE TOTAL NETWORKER FLOW OVER THE DECADE LEADING UP TO 2024 AND YOU CAN SEE THAT YOU'RE CONSISTENTLY ATTRACTING PEOPLE FROM THE METROS, LA, CHICAGO, NEW YORK. 
          THE ONE AREA WHERE THERE WAS A SIGNIFICANT NET OUTFLOW WAS TO THE AUSTIN METRO AREA, BUT ACTUALLY IF YOU WERE TO ADD UP ALL OF THE REGIONS IN SOUTH TEXAS FROM BROWNSVILLE, MCALLEN, CORPUS CHRISTI, LAREDO, AND GOING UP THE BORDER TO EL PASO, THAT NET INFLOW IS ABOUT EQUAL TO THE OUTFLOW TO THE AUSTIN AREA. 
          SO I THINK THERE'S STILL A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO TELL THAT STORY ABOUT SAN ANTONIO BEING THAT HUB FOR ALL OF SOUTH TEXAS, BUT ALSO ATTRACTING PEOPLE FROM OUTSIDE THE AREA. ONE OTHER THING I WANTED TO POINT OUT FROM MORE A BUSINESS ATTRACTION AND STANDPOINT, WE LOOKED AT THE PAST DECADE, JUST THE TOTAL NUMBER OF OUT OF STATE CAPITOL INVESTMENT PROJECTS THAT HAVE COME IN TO NOT JUST THE CITY, BUT THE ENTIRE REGION. AND THERE'S BEEN CLEARLY AN INCREASE IN THE AMOUNT OF TOTAL INVESTMENT COMING IN. BEFORE 2020 THERE WEREN'T 
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ANY YEARS WHERE YOU HAD A BILLION DOLLARS OF TOTAL CAPITAL INVESTMENT COMING IN TO THE CITY, BUT SINCE THEN EVERY YEAR CONSISTENTLY GROWING IN THE REGION. THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF A DOWNTURN FROM 2025 FROM 2024, BUT STILL SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF NEW INVESTMENT COMING IN. SO A LOT OF THE PROJECTS THAT THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, WORKING WITH ITS REGIONAL PARTNERS AT GREATER SATX AND OTHERS, HAVE BEEN WORKING HARD TO ATTRACT FROM THE JCB'S, THE TOYOTA, SOME OF THE OTHER BIG PROJECTS, THEY CERTAINLY ADD UP TO THOSE MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR INVESTMENT TOTALS. AND THIS IS JUST A SNAPSHOT OF WHERE THOSE COMPANIES ARE HEADQUARTERED THAT HAVE BEEN INVESTING IN THE SAN ANTONIO REGION. 
          SO YOU CAN SEE THAT I MENTIONED JCB IS ONE OF THOSE COMPANIES FROM THE UK. 
          OF COURSE, TOYOTA IS NOT THE ONLY COMPANY FROM JAPAN, BUT YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THAT INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT COMING IN FROM EUROPE, EAST ASIA, LATIN AMERICA. 
          AND SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT FROM LOTS OF OTHER U.S. STATES COMING IN TO THE SAN ANTONIO AREA. SO JUST TO WRAP UP THE PRELIMINARY, VERY, VERY PRELIMINARY AREAS THAT WE'RE SEEING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PRIORITIES IN THE UPDATE TO THE FRAMEWORK, REALLY FINDING WAYS TO FURTHER SUPPORT YOUR EXISTING LOCAL SMALL BUSINESSES AND PROVIDING NEW PATHWAYS FOR THEM TO SCALE UP AND GROW ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT OF THE GENERATIONAL INVESTMENTS THAT ARE HAPPENING THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY IN TRANSPORTATION, AT THE AIRPORT, A LOT OF MAJOR HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS, THE SIGNIFICANT HIGHER EDUCATION INVESTMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN TAKING PLACE THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY, HERE IN DOWNTOWN AREA IN PARTICULAR WITH UT SAN ANTONIO, BUT REALLY COMMUNITY-WIDE. 
          AND THEN THE SPORTS INVESTMENTS. AND THEN WE DID HEAR THAT THE PERCEPTION IS STILL A CHALLENGE, SO SAN ANTONIO AS A DESTINATION FOR BUSINESS, AND MAKING MORE OF A COHESIVE PARTNERSHIP WITH ALL OF THOSE CHANNELS THAT ARE TELLING THE SAN ANTONIO STORY FROM A TALENT, FROM A VISITOR, FROM FOCUS ON THE SITE AND INFRASTRUCTURE TO BE COMPETITIVE BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS OUT THERE. 
          IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE AVAILABLE SITES AND INFRASTRUCTURE, YOU WILL MISS OUT ON SOME OF THOSE OPPORTUNITIES. AND WE KNOW THAT WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND UPSKILLING HAVE BEEN A PRIORITY FOR THE CITY AND ITS PARTNERS. 
          THOSE EFFORTS REALLY NEED TO CONTINUE. AND THAT'S WHERE WE'VE SEEN SOME OF THE BIGGEST GAINS IN THINGS LIKE EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT, WORKFORCE TRAINING CREDENTIALS. SO CONTINUING TO MAKE THOSE CONNECTIONS FOR YOUR EXISTING RESIDENTS TO BE ABLE TO BENEFIT FROM THE JOB GROWTH THAT YOU'RE ATTRACTING. AND ANOTHER THING THAT WE SEE JUST A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF OPPORTUNITY IS THE INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP WITHIN YOUR EXISTING AND EMERGING INDUSTRIES. AND THAT INTERNATIONAL ATTRACTION IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF EFFORT REALLY GONE INTO THAT. 
          MORE EFFORT NEEDS TO BE FOCUSED ON THOSE EFFORTS AS WELL. 
          AND JUST A SNAPSHOT OF WHERE WE ARE IN THE TIME FRAME. OUR GOAL IS REALLY TO PRESENT THE PRELIMINARY FINDINGS TO THE FULL CITY COUNCIL IN A B SESSION IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS AND RECONVENE OUR ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO GET THEIR INPUT.  AS WE MOVE CLOSER TO THE MIDPOINT OF OUR PLANNING PROCESS AND AT THE END OF THE SUMMER WE'LL BE REACHING THAT FINAL ROUND AND BE MOVING INTO THE IMPLEMENTATION PHASE. SO THAT IS THE END OF THE UPDATE. 
          I WELCOME ANY FEEDBACK, QUESTIONS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR 
          HEARING THE UPDATE. >> VIAGRAN: ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. 
          LOTS OF INFORMATION THERE. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND START WITH COUNCIL DISCUSSION -- I'M SORRY, COMMITTEE MEMBERS DISCUSSION. WHO WOULD LIKE TO GO FIRST. 
          ANYONE? COUNCILMEMBER CASTILLO. >> CASTILLO: THANK YOU, MAYOR AND THANK YOU, JOHN AND TOM FOR YOUR WORK ON THE FRAMEWORK AND THE PRESENTATION. I THINK WHAT STANDS OUT TO ME IN TERMS OF THE SLIDES IS IN TERMS OF THE FOCUS ON TENANT RETENTION AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, WE SEE THAT IT'S RECOMMENDED THAT WE CONTINUE THOSE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT 
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INITIATIVES AS WELL AS IT'S BEEN HIGHLIGHTED IN THE STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT THAT TALENT RETENTION, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT TO SUPPORT HIGHER WAGES. 
          SO I THINK IN TERMS OF THE CONTEXT OF READY TO WORK, FOR EXAMPLE, AS WE LOOK AT THE 2030 SUNSET DATE OF READY TO WORK, WHAT CONVERSATION SHOULD WE BE HAVING AS A COUNCIL TO ENSURE THAT WE CONTINUE THAT WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND THAT UP SKILLING OF YOUR WORKFORCE? BUT I THINK WHAT ALSO STOOD OUT TO ME IS IN TERMS OF THE SLIDE THAT YOU HAVE OF THE WORKFORCE THAT'S MOVING TO THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. AND I WANT TO ENSURE THAT -- THERE IS LOTS OF VALUE THERE, BUT I WANT TO ENSURE THAT WE PROVIDE SAN ANTONIO RESIDENTS WITH THE NECESSARY SKILLS AND TRADES TO ENSURE THAT THEY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE WITH THESE LARGER INDUSTRIES THAT ARE COMING TO THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          AND I BELIEVE AS I SHARED IN OUR ONE-ON-ONE, THERE'S OPPORTUNITY TO PARTNER WITH TRADES UNIONS, WITH SOME OF THAT WORK IN UPSKILLING, BUT ALSO WITHIN THE EDUCATIONAL AND OPPORTUNITIES COMMITTEE MEETING WE'VE ALSO TALKED ABOUT THE ROLE OF OUR INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN HELPING TO CREATE A WORKFORCE. 
          AND WHAT I MENTIONED IN COMMITTEE WAS SOMERSET ISD, FOR EXAMPLE, THEY HAVE SO MANY CERTIFICATIONS FOR THEIR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AND THEY HAVE A PARTNERSHIP WITH TOYOTA AND JCB, AND I ASKED WHO WAS THE FACILITATOR OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS OF THAT? WAS IT GREAT SATX OR WHAT DID IT LOOK LIKE? THE SUPERINTENDENT SHARED THAT IT WAS HIM HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH JCB AND ESSENTIALLY NOW WITH THEIR AUTOMATED PROGRAM IN THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL THE STUDENTS WILL GRADUATE WITH CERTIFICATIONS AND THEN POTENTIALLY WORK AT JCB. 
          SO I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF VALUE IN THOSE RELATIONSHIPS, BUT ALSO ENSURING THAT OUR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ARE GETTING THE APPROPRIATE CERTIFICATIONS. IN ADDITION TO THE STAKEHOLDER THEMES AND SOMETHING THAT WE'VE SEEN IN OUR DISTRICT IS IN TERMS OF THE SECESSION PLANS WITH EXISTING BUSINESSES. AND I APPRECIATE THAT THERE'S A FOCUS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF INFRASTRUCTURE, BUT THINKING IN TERMS OF THE SCOPE OF DISTRICT 5 WHERE IT'S OLDER INFRASTRUCTURE AND ESTABLISHED MOM AND POP BUSINESSES, AND WHAT TYPE OF POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS CAN WE ESTABLISH TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR THOSE ESTABLISHED GENERATIONAL BUSINESSES AND PLAN FOR THE NEXT GENERATION OF OWNERSHIP. AND I HIGHLIGHT THAT PIECE BECAUSE IN D5 WHEN WE HAVE SMALL BUSINESSES CLOSE, IT'S IN CONVERSATIONS THAT I'VE HEARD FROM THE BUSINESS OWNERS, IT'S BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T TRAIN THE NEXT GENERATION ON HOW TO TAKE OWNERSHIP OF THE BUSINESS, HOW TO RUN THE BOOKS, SO ON AND SO FORTH. SO I THINK IN TERMS OF RECOMMENDATIONS TO IDENTIFY WHAT THAT SECESSION PLANNING COULD LOOK LIKE, ARE A COUPLE OF THE KEY PIECES THAT I WOULD HIT ON. WITHIN THE PRESENTATION YOU MENTIONED -- IT'S MENTIONED, RATHER, NOT NECESSARILY THE SPORTS DREICH, BUT SPORTS. CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE IN TERMS OF AMPLIFYING WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE? 
          >> YEAH. I THINK PART OF THE CONTEXT THERE WAS -- YEAH, HERE WE GO. IT'S -- SO THE TWO MAJOR SPORTS DISTRICTS KIND OF BOTH ENDS AT THE DOWNTOWN AREA AS WELL AS THINKING ABOUT NELSON WOLFE STADIUM ON THE LARGER SIDE, YOU HAVE THOSE PROJECTS. HOW CAN THOSE ARE USED AS OPPORTUNITIES FOR LOCAL SMALL BUSINESSES. I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THOSE BIG INVESTMENTS ARE HAPPENING SO BUILDING THE CAPACITY FOR YOUR EXISTING SMALL BUSINESSES TO REALLY PROVIDE SUPPORT AND BENEFIT FROM THOSE LARGE PROJECTS IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK THERE NEED TO BE STRATEGIES AROUND. 
          AND I KNOW IT WAS BROUGHT UP IN OUR ONE AND ONE AS WELL ABOUT DISTRICT-SPECIFIC PROFILES. TEXAS HOUSERS HAS RENTERS PROFILES OF EACH DISTRICT. 
          IT WOULD BE INTERESTING ON WHAT WE HAVE. I THINK OF DISTRICT 3, MANY OF MY CONSTITUENTS GO TO A&M IN THE SOUTH SO THEY SEE THE OPPORTUNITY OF EMPLOYMENT AND WORKFORCE, BUT I'M CURIOUS ABOUT WHAT THE WORKFORCE, WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE IN D5 AND HOW CAN WE BE CONNECTING SOME OF OUR EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND CONSTITUENTS IN TERMS OF WHAT TYPE OF OPPORTUNITY IS IN THE DISTRICT. 
          AND IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO SEE A PROFILE OF ALL OF OUR DISTRICTS OF WHAT THAT 
          MAKEUP LOOKS LIKE. >> DEFINITELY. >> CASTILLO: THOSE ARE ALL 
          MY COMMENTS. THANK YOU. >> VIAGRAN: ALL RIGHT. 
          COUNCILWOMAN SPEARS? >> SPEARS: THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. 
          I THINK I'M GOING TO SOUND A LOT LIKE CHAIR VIAGRAN HERE. I AM HEARING THAT WE NEED TO BE AGGRESSIVE AND STEP OUT INTO SPACES AS COUNCILMEMBER. 
          MAYBE WE HAVEN'T BEFORE. AND SOME OF MY QUESTIONS ARE AROUND SLIDE 13 WHERE YOU'RE 
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TALKING ABOUT THE COHESIVE MARKETING. CAN YOU SPEAK MORE AS TO WHAT OUR NEXT STEPS NEED TO BE IN THAT SPACE? WHO NEEDS TO BE AT THE TABLE? HOW WE CAN MOVE AGGRESSIVELY INTO THAT COHESIVE MARKETING STRATEGY AND DEVELOP THAT FURTHER QUICKLY? AND THE REGIONAL APPROACH VERSUS ALSO THE SINGLE UNIFIED MARKETING FOR SAN ANTONIO. 
          BECAUSE WHEN YOU START TALKING ABOUT NEW BRAUNFELS, THEY'RE BENEFITING FROM US AND AUSTIN. AND IT'S LIKE I'M IN SAN ANTONIO, I CARE ABOUT SAN ANTONIANS. I CARE ABOUT EVERYBODY, BUT THIS IS WHO I REPRESENT. 
          SO I HAVE THIS SORT OF TUG AND PULL ABOUT THAT. I DON'T WANT US TO BE SO MUCH OF A COMMUTER CITY TYPE SITUATION. CAN YOU SPEAK MORE ABOUT WHAT WE NEED TO DO IN OUR NEXT STEPS FOR COHESIVE MARKING, MESSAGING, WHO WE NEED TO HAVE AT THE TABLE. I THINK I'M READY, I THINK MY COLLEAGUES ARE READY TO GET REALLY FOCUSED ON THIS AND REALLY, REALLY MOVE QUICKLY. 
          I THINK TIMING IS OF THE ESSENCE. CLEARLY IT'S NOT REGIONAL, BUT ALSO INDUSTRY DRIVEN WITH SAN DIEGO, PHOENIX. WE HAVE TO BEAT ALL THOSE FOLKS TO THE TABLE IN THOSE INDUSTRIES PLUS ALSO THE BEST THING ABOUT BEING TEXAN IS BEING TEXAN, RIGHT? SO WE JUST HAVE TO BE BETTER THAN OUR REGIONAL COMPETITION TOO. SO CAN YOU SPEAK TO THAT COHESIVE MARKETING STRATEGY? 
          >> GREAT QUESTION. SO I THINK FROM OUR EXPERIENCE WORKING NOT JUST IN TEXAS, BUT AROUND THE COUNTRY, THE MOST EFFECTIVE ECONOMIC EFFORTS ARE AMBITIOUS, THEY'RE OUTWARD FACING AND REGIONAL IN NATURE. 
          SO I THINK COMMITMENT TO THAT SAN ANTONIO REGIONAL APPROACH IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO SHY AWAY FROM THAT, BUT WHAT IS THE CITY'S ROLE IN THAT IS ONE OF THOSE QUESTIONS THAT WE'LL BE LOOKING FOR YOU ALL AS WELL FOR GUIDANCE. 
          MORE INVESTMENT IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GENERALLY, BUT REALLY TELLING THAT SAN ANTONIO STORY AND MESSAGE RATHER THAN LESS. AND YOU'RE RIGHT, IT IS INTENSELY COMPETITIVE FOR BUSINESSES, FOR INVESTMENT, FOR TALENT. 
          AND IF YOU'RE NOT OUT THERE TELLING THAT MESSAGE, SOMEBODY'S GOING TO BE TELLING IT. IT'S NOT LIKE THE BRAND OF SAN ANTONIO GOES AWAY IF YOU'RE NOT OUT THERE WORKING THROUGH GREATER SATX OR SAN ANTONIO. 
          THE BRAND IS THERE AND YOU WANT TO BE POSITIVELY INFLUENCING IT. 
          WE'VE BEEN WORKING IN SOME PLACES WHERE THERE'S BEEN A SIGNIFICANT CUT-BACK IN THE PROMOTIONAL EFFORTS THAT ULTIMATELY LEAD TO BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AND BUSINESS ATTRACTION. WHILE IN THE SHORT-TERM THAT MIGHT SEEM LIKE AN OKAY INVESTMENT, IN THE LONG RUN YOU CAN MISS OUT. THE OVERALL PIPELINE FOR ACTIVITY CAN SHRINK IF YOU'RE NOT OUT THERE PROACTIVELY TELLING THE MESSAGE. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT ANSWERS THE QUESTION. 
          >> SPEARS: IT DOES. I FEEL THIS SENSE OF URGENCY ABOUT IT AND COMPLETELY AGREE THAT THE STORY WE TELL ABOUT OURSELVES SHOULD BE TOLD BY US AND NOT PEOPLE WHO THINK THEY KNOW. AND SO I SEE THAT TOO. I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, THE MESSAGING IS GOING TO BE THE MOST IMPORTANT PART. I WANT TO ECHO WHAT COUNCILWOMAN CASTILLO WAS SAYING ABOUT THE TRADES. I SEE WHERE THE SLIDE TALKING ABOUT BACHELOR'S DEGREES, ET CETERA, I SEE OPPORTUNITY FOR TRADES THERE IS ALSO. DO YOU THINK THAT REALLY HURTS US THAT MUCH, CONSIDERING WE COULD MOVE MORE INTO TRADES VERSUS OTHER MARKETS AND THE THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING AFTER AREN'T NECESSARILY HIGHER ED --S HIGHER ED, WHICH WE CAN FULFILL, BUT THERE'S OTHER AREAS OF OPPORTUNITY THAT AREN'T SO HIGHER ED FOCUSED 
          THAT WE CAN CAPTURE IN THOSE BLUE ZONES. >> YEAH. 
          I THINK ON THE FOUR-YEAR DEGREE, THAT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT IS USED AS A PROXY FOR AN AVAILABLE WORKFORCE BY A LOT OF COMPANIES, BUT WE'VE SEEN NATIONALLY SOME SHIFTS AWAY FROM THAT REQUIRING A FOUR-YEAR DEGREE AS AN EXAMPLE. BUT ONE THING THAT JUMPED OUT, WE DIDN'T SHARE THIS SLIDE, BUT THE CURRENT SCHOOL ENROLLMENT IS ACTUALLY HIGHER IN SAN ANTONIO THAN ALL OF THE BENCHMARK CITIES. THAT INCLUDES EVERYTHING FROM PRESCHOOL UP THROUGH K-12 AND HIGHER EDUCATION. SO WHATEVER THE ULTIMATE 
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OUTCOME OF THAT EDUCATION IS, WHETHER IT'S A CERTIFICATION, ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE, BACHELOR'S DEGREE, ALL THE WAY UP TO A PH.D, FOCUS ON YOUR WORK, YOUR EXISTING WORKFORCE THAT IS ENROLLED IN SCHOOL. VALUE HAVE MORE OF AN IMPACT HERE THAN OTHER PLACES BECAUSE YOU HAVE MORE KIDS AND ADULTS THAT ARE ENROLLED ENROLLED. SO TYING THAT TO TOES INDUSTRY OPPORTUNITIES IS GOING TO BE -- THAT TO THOSE INDUSTRY OPPORTUNITIES IS GOING TO BE REALLY 
          IMPORTANT. >> SPEARS: GLAD TO HEAR THAT. 
          I'LL WAIT FOR THE REST. >> VIAGRAN: THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN GALVAN. 
          >> GALVAN: THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION AND THE WORK DONE ON THIS. 
          I APPRECIATE THE CONVERSATION WE HAD AS WELL WITH MY TEAM AND I, MY TEAM AND Y'ALL, ABOUT THE CONTEXT IN DISTRICT 6 AND THAT FRAMEWORK. 
          I ALSO LOOKED AT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT NEARBY AND FOUND A HOME IN THE FURTHER WESTSIDE OF OUR CITY AND CONTINUED TO MOVE OUT THAT WAY. SO I JUST NEED TO SEE LIKE WHAT THE -- I THINK TO COUNCILMEMBER CASTILLO'S POINT, WHAT THE ANCHORS ARE IN EACH OF OUR DISTRICTS SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO BUILD ON THAT. 
          I THINK THERE'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT OF FOCUS TO KIND OF CAPTURE THE WHITE WHALE IN SAN ANTONIO, BRING A GENERATOR BACK. I THINK THAT'S FINE. 
          I THINK IT'S OKAY. BUT I ALWAYS THINK ABOUT ARE WE CHASING A WHITE WHALE WITHOUT BUILDING THE FOUNDATION FOR IT. AND EDUCATION AND WE AGREE ON THAT AND THE NEEDS FOR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT THERE. BUT I'M ALSO INTERESTED IN WAYS TO LOOK AT -- I DON'T KNOW WHICH SLIDE IN PARTICULAR HAD THE SMALL BUSINESS FOCUS. ON LARGE SCALE INVESTMENT. I CAN CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THAT, BUT I'M ALSO WONDERING WHAT IT'S LIKE TO STRENGTHEN THE MARKETS FOR SMALL BUSINESSES IN THEIR OWN RIGHT LOOKING AT THINGS THAT THE CITY CAN ENCOURAGE A LITTLE BIT, WHETHER IT'S HOUSING OR DENSITY OR TRANSPORTATION. 
          THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO BUILD SMALL BUSINESSES. THEY BECOME MORE RESILIENT BY HAVING A MARKET NEARBY THEM VERSUS WAITING FOR A LARGE BUSINESS TO CONTRACT WITH THEM OR EVEN OUR GOVERNMENTS TO CONTRACT WITH THEM, WHILE STILL GOOD TO DO THAT, I'M WONDERING IF THEY'RE ALL COMPETING WITH EACH OTHER, IF THEY DON'T GET THAT CONTRACT, THEN WHERE DOES THE REST OF THEM FALL INTO? VERSUS MAKING THE MICROMARKETS NEARBY THEM. AND THAT WOULD ALSO, I ASSUME, SPILL OVER TO THE LARGER NEIGHBORHOOD NEARBY THEM THAT WAY WE CAN CONTINUE TO BUILD UPON THESE EXISTING CORRIDORS OF MARKETS VERSUS TRYING TO FIND EVERYONE TO JUNK UP IN DOWNTOWN OR SCRUNGE UP IN THE MEDICAL CENTER. 
          THE BIGGEST INDUSTRIES IN OUR COMMUNITIES. I WONDER WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AND THEN THOSE FOUNDATIONS OF OUR CITY. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WAS 
          SOMETHING THAT YOU SAW WITHIN THIS AT ALL. >> YEAH, DEFINITELY. 
          LET ME GO BACK TO THE SMALL BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES ARE BY NO MEANS ONLY TIED TO THE LARGE PROJECTS AND THAT SMALL BUSINESSES CAN BENEFIT FROM. 
          YEAH, WE'VE HEARD A LOT ABOUT STAKEHOLDERS. THEY REALLY WANT A MORE COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH TO SUPPORTING SMALL BUSINESSES FROM CAPITAL TO REAL ESTATE TO WHATEVER CITY PROCUREMENT AND OTHER POLICIES TO SUPPORT. 
          NOT JUST THE CITY, BUT OTHER ENTITIES THAT HAVE PROCUREMENT NEEDS AS WELL. 
          BUT YEAH, CITYWIDE THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES FOR SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, SMALL BUSINESS GROWTH. SO YEAH, CERTAINLY NOT JUST TIED TO THE AIRPORT EXPANSION OR WHATEVER BIG PROJECTS ARE HAPPENING IN DOWNTOWN OR IN SOME OF THE MAJOR CAGERS, BUT THROUGHOUT EVERY DISTRICT AND EVERY MAJOR CORRIDOR THERE'S AREAS 
          THAT CAN BE FURTHER DEVELOPED. >> GALVAN: THANK YOU. 
          APPRECIATE THAT. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE WAS ANY STRATEGY YOU LOOKED AT OTHER CITIES TOO IN HOW TO INCORPORATE THAT, WHETHER IT'S BUILDING THE CAPITAL, FRANKLY, OF THE AREA, OR WHAT STRATEGIES THERE ARE THERE TO KIND OF ASSIST WITH THAT. I KNOW A LOT OF SMALL BUSINESSES ARE LOOKING FOR THAT FIRST LOAN TO EXPAND THEIR BUSINESS FOR THE FIRST TIME, BE ABLE TO MOVE OUT OF THEIR AREA OR FIND A BETTER SPOT. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANY STRATEGIES THAT YOU WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE LOOK AT OR CITIES HAVE LOOKED AT OR 
          DONE IN THE PAST. >> YEAH. GOSH, THERE'S A TON OF -- 
          >> GALVAN: THINK. >> ONE TIES BACK TO THE POINT THAT COUNCILMEMBER CASTILLO WAS MAKING TO THE SUCCESSION PLANNING. WE WORKED ON A PROJECT IN THE GRAND RAPIDS REGION IN MICHIGAN WHERE THEY HAD A LOT OF THEIR SMALL AND MIDSIZE CCRING COMPANIES, THE FOUNDERS WERE AGING OUT AND THE CHILDREN WERE NOT STEPPING IN TO TAKE THOSE COMPANIES OVER SO THE COMPANIES WERE AT RISK OF GOING UNDER OR MAYBE BEING ACQUIRED AND SOLD OFF FOR THE ASSETS. 
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A FUND FOR UNDERREPRESENTED BUSINESS FOUNDERS, SPECIFICALLY BLACK AND HISPANIC FOUNDERS, TO BE ABLE TO ACQUIRE THOSE COMPANIES TO HELP KEEP THE COMPANIES RUNNING, BUT ALSO CREATE MORE WEALTH GENERATION FOR HISTORICALLY UNDERREPRESENTED COMMUNITIES WITHIN THEIR REGION. SO THAT WAS KIND OF A CREATIVE APPROACH. I THINK THEY RAISED 20 TO 25 MILLION FOR THAT FIRST ROUND OF THE FUND. SO THEY WERE ABLE TO ACTUALLY START GETTING SOME TRACTION AND KEEP SOME OF THEIR LOCAL MANUFACTURING EMPLOYERS IN OPERATION WHILE PROVIDING OWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE THAT MAY NOT HAVE HAD THOSE. 
          SO THAT'S ONE EXAMPLE. BUT YEAH, WE'RE KIND OF STILL IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT SMALL BUSINESS ANALYSIS TASK, BUT WE WILL DEFINITELY BE PROVIDING A LOT OF CASE STUDIES ON THINGS THAT THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND ITS VARIOUS PARTNERS COULD 
          UNDERTAKE TO REALLY FURTHER SUPPORT THAT SMALL BUSINESS. >> GALVAN: THANK YOU FOR THAT. IT'S REALLY HELPFUL. ONE LAST THING I WAS GOING TO ASK, I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST SLIDES THAT MENTIONED -- IN THE STAKEHOLDER THEMES, THE UNDERPERFORMANCE, UNDERPERFORMANCE RELATIVE TO PEER METRICS. CAN YOU TALK MORE ABOUT WHAT'S WITHIN THAT? 
          >> YEAH. IT'S JUST THE REALITY CHECK THAT IT'S A COMPETITIVE ECONOMIC LANDSCAPE, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE LOOK AT OTHER PLACES THAT HAVE BEEN REALLY SUCCESSFUL IN ATTRACTING A LOT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TRENDS. 
          THE DALLAS-FORT WORTH AREA, THE TAMPA REGION, EVEN WITHIN TEXAS SOME INDUSTRIES THAT YOU ALL HAVE A SIGNIFICANT ASSET BASE IN, AEROSPACE. 
          DOWN IN THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY THEY'RE ATTRACTING A LOT OF THAT INDUSTRY. 
          ENERGY, OF COURSE, HOUSTON IS KIND OF THE JUGGERNAUT, BUT SAN ANTONIO HAS SIGNIFICANT ENERGY, NOT JUST OIL AND GAS, BUT A LOT OF SIGNIFICANT SUSTAINABLE ENERGY ASSETS. SO I THINK SOME OF THAT TIES BACK TO THE EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT THAT IS ONE OF THOSE WHERE IT'S BEEN UNDERPERFORMING HISTORICALLY BUT SIGNIFICANT EFFORT AND MOMENTUM TO IMPROVE THAT. SO THOSE ARE JUST A COUPLE 
          OF THINGS THAT JUMPED OUT THAT FELL WITHIN THAT THEME. >> GALVAN: THAT'S ALL. 
          THANK YOU FOR THE WORK. THANK YOU, CHAIR. >> VIAGRAN: THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILWOMAN MEZA GONZÁLEZ. >> GONZÁLEZ: THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          WHEN I WAS LOOKING AT THE FRAMEWORK, I WAS AROUND WHEN WE WERE DEVELOPING THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING FRAMEWORK, AND THE SHIP CAME AFTER THAT FRAMEWORK AND THE SHIP NOW IS OUR GOLD STANDARD OF HOW WE -- OUR GOALS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING. SO I'M LOOKING AT SOMETHING LIKE THIS TO BE SIMILAR AND HOW DO WE REALLY DO SOMETHING WITH THIS HE, OTHER THAN THE PRIORITIES THAT YOU'RE TELLING US HERE, HOW DO WE GET INTO THE WEEDS A LITTLE BIT AS POLICYMAKERS TO PUSH ON ANY ONE OF THESE. SO I DON'T KNOW IF THE FRAMEWORK WILL INCLUDE THAT OR THE OPPORTUNITIES TO GO TITLE, WHETHER IT'S OTHER COMMITTEES OR STAKEHOLDERS THAT COME TOGETHER. I GUESS THAT'S WHERE I'LL START GENERALLY SPEAKING. 
          I DON'T KNOW. BRENDA GOT A -- >> SO THE FRAMEWORK HAD A LOT OF SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS WITHIN THAT AND WE USED THAT FRAMEWORK TO BUILD OUT OUR ANNUAL WORK PLANS. WHEN WE'RE PRESENTING AT BUDGET, FOR EXAMPLE, IT'S REALLY GOING BACK TO THAT FRAMEWORK. 
          MY COPY IS SO TORN UP. IT'S A LIVING, BREATHING DOCUMENT. 
          WE REPORTED BACK TO EWEC ON A SEMI-ANNUAL BASIS AS TO THE PERFORMANCE ON THOSE VARIOUS ITEMS IN THE WORK PLAN. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE THE LARGE IMPLEMENTATION MATRIX THAT WILL BE PART OF THIS DOCUMENT JUST LIKE WE DID FOR THE '22. ADMITTEDLY WE USE THAT MORE AS AN INTERNAL DOCUMENT, BUT WE ARE HAVING CONVERSATIONS AROUND HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PUBLICLY SHARING THAT IMPLEMENTATION MATRIX AS WELL. SO A LOT MORE TO COME ON THAT, BUT DEFINITELY IT'S A LIVING, BREATHING DOCUMENT FOR US. 
          >> GONZÁLEZ: THANK YOU. I THINK TOO WHEN I THINK OF SITE DEVELOPMENT I AGREE, I THINK IT'S ALMOST 
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FOR DEVELOPMENT. SO WHO IS IN CHARGE OF THAT OR WHO IS THE LEAD ON THAT? 
          DO YOU KNOW? >> DO YOU WANT TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT? 
          IT'S A PARTNERSHIP APPROACH. >> CERTAINLY. WE'RE ALWAYS PARTNERING WITH GREATER SATX WITH THAT AS WELL AS BROOKS AND PORT SA ON THEIR DIFFERENT SITES. 
          I KNOW BROOKS WAS TALKING ABOUT BEYOND THEIR TRADITIONAL BOUNDARY. 
          BUT AS FAR AS THIS TRADITIONAL EXERCISE WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH A LOT OF THOSE SAME ENTITIES ON KIND OF THOSE NEXT SITES IN ADDITION TO WHAT'S ALREADY BEING PRESENTED AS OPPORTUNITIES. IT'S A COLLECTIVE EFFORT AND WE ANTICIPATE IT TO CONTINUE TO BE. WE WOULD BE REMISS IF WE DIDN'T MENTION CPS AND SAWS BECAUSE THAT INFRASTRUCTURE IS SO CRITICAL. 
          AND OF COURSE THE TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE AS WELL. 
          IT'S DEFINITELY A COLLECTIVE EFFORT. >> GONZÁLEZ: OKAY. 
          AND HOW DO WE -- JUST AS FAR AS OUR INCENTIVE PROGRAM, HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT IT'S GEARED TOWARDS OR IS THERE SPACE IN THIS FRAMEWORK TO ENSURE THAT OUR INCENTIVE PROGRAM IS GEARED TOWARDS THE BUSINESSES THAT WE WANT? 
          THAT WE ARE RECRUITING? >> YEAH. SO THE FRAMEWORK IS NOT GOING TO GO DEEP INTO THE DETAILS ON THE INCENTIVES, BUT IT WILL ULTIMATELY FORM 
          THE INCENTIVE UPDATE. YEAH. >> JUST SAY. 
          >> AS JOHN MENTIONED, LIKE LAST TIME WHEN WE UPDATED THIS, WE DEFINITELY USE THIS AND ALL OF THAT STAKEHOLDER FEEDBACK THAT TARGET INDUSTRY, THE DEEP DIVE THAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW, TO INFORM THOSE GUIDELINES. OUR CURRENT GUIDELINES, BOTH THE -- WELL, CHAPTER 312 OF THE TAX ABATEMENTS EXPIRE AT THE END OF THIS YEAR. 
          SO OUR TEAM IS ALREADY TAKING A LOT OF WHAT THEY'VE HEARD DURING THE FRAMEWORK, THE STAKEHOLDER ROUND TABLES AND SO FORTH, THE FEEDBACK YOU'VE PROVIDED, AS WELL AS DOING THOSE COMPARIONS WITH BENCHMARK CITIES. SO THAT WE'RE READY TO HIT THE GROUND RUNNING WHEN WE GET THE FINAL INPUT AND BRING THAT FORTH TO YOU. 
          >> AND THEN ON THE GLOBAL -- THE LAST POINT ON THAT SLIDE ONTIC IT'S 13, THE INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES. JUST BECAUSE OF OUR HISTORICAL, GEOGRAPHICAL CLOSENESS WITH STOCKS SOUTH TEXAS -- CAN I -- BECAUSE OF OUR GEOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL PROXIMITY TO SOUTH TEXAS, ARE THERE GOALS THERE TO -- HOW DO WE EXPAND THOSE OPPORTUNITIES WITH THE BROWNSVILLES AND LAREDOS, 
          MCALLEN'S OF THE WORLD? >> DEFINITELY THAT NEEDS TO BE PART OF THAT LARGER ROLE THAT SAN ANTONIO PLAYS AS AN INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS DESTINATION AND A REGIONAL 
          HUB. >> GONZÁLEZ: WILL THAT BE IN THE FRAMEWORK? 
          >> YES, THAT WILL BE. >> GONZÁLEZ: GOT A LOT OF HOPES FOR THIS FRAMEWORK. 
          >> THOSE ARE ALL MY QUESTIONS FOR NOW. ARE WE COMING BACK? 
          >> THANK YOU. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. 
          I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR THE WORK AND THE EFFORT AS WE DO THIS. 
          YOU KNOW, SITTING HERE AND GETTING TO THIS POINT, IT'S EXCITING BECAUSE IT PROVIDES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF LOOK AT HOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD. 
          I WANT TO BE MINDFUL THAT AS WE TALK, AND THANK YOU, TOM, JOHN AND ALEXIS FOR YOUR WORK. THIS WAS REALLY WHERE WE HAD YOU COME IN AND DO THE CONVERSATION SO THAT YOU COULD HELP US GUIDE AND GIVE INPUT. 
          IN THE SOAKED ROUND I WANT TO HEAR -- IN THE SECOND ROUND I WANT TO HEAR INPUT FROM THE COUNCIL ON WHAT YOU WANT BRENDA AND THE TEAM TO TAKE. 
          REMEMBER IN REGARDS TO POLICY, WE ARE THE POLICYMAKERS. 
          SO SOME OF THE CHALLENGES I HAVE FOR YOU, AND I THINK THAT WAS BROUGHT UP. 
          AND I'LL START WITH SLIDE NUMBER 5 IN TERMS OF THE STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT, 10 IS -- I LIKE LISTS, BUT 10 IS QUITE A FEW FOR THIS. I FEEL LIKE NUMBER ONE, THE UNDERPERFORMANCE, IS CRITICALLY CONNECTED TO NUMBER 8 THAT MANY BELIEVE WHILE WE ARE UNDERPERFORMING, MANY BELIEVE WE HAVE THE INGREDIENTS TO BE NATIONALLY COMPETITIVE. SO AS A COMMITTEE AND AS WE MOVE FORWARD, HOW ARE WE GOING TO ADDRESS THIS NEED TO KIND OF SEE WHAT INGREDIENTS ARE THESE STAKEHOLDERS COMING TO? IF YOU GUYS COULD SHARE ANY INSIGHT TO THAT IN TERMS OF WHERE WE MOVE AND CREATE POLICY TO DO THAT. 
          THE OTHER IS NUMBER THREE, THE OPPORTUNITY TO CAPITALIZE ON EMERGING SECTORS. AND I THINK WE'LL HAVE THAT CONVERSATION COME UP NEXT WHEN WE HAVE THE CONVERSATION ABOUT OPPORTUNITY ZONES. 
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AND WE'LL LOOK AT THE GEOGRAPHIC. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT GEOGRAPHIC SECTORS, ACTUALLY LOOKING AT THE INDUSTRIES AND WHERE WE'RE COMPETITIVE. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE'S THE SAN ANTONIO WAY AND ANYTHING WE BRING FROM ANOTHER CITY OR ANOTHER REGION WE HAVE TO ACCOMMODATE FOR THE FACT THAT WE HAVE FIGHT A FEW SUNNY DAYS, AND WHEN IT RAINS IT FLOODS SOMETIMES. 
          SO WE NEED TO MAKE THAT INTO THE CONSIDERATION. SO LOOKING TOWARD TO HAVING THE NEXT CONVERSATION. NUMBER NINE, BALANCING GROWTH, AFFORDABILITY AND INCLUSIVE OPPORTUNITY. I THINK WHERE WE AS A COUNCIL AND AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY IS HOW WE HAVE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT ECONOMIC GROWTH AND WHAT SORT OF INVESTMENT IT TAKES TO GROW. YOU DO NEED TO SPEND MONEY TO MAKE MONEY. AS A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER YOU DON'T HOPE TO COME WHEN YOUR BURGER JOINT NEXT DOOR JUST PUT IN A DRIVE-THROUGH. SO WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT WHERE WE'RE GOING TO INVEST AND WHERE WE'RE GOING TO SPEND THE MONEY AND PRIORITIZE. SO I THINK WHEN WE GO OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY, WHETHER IT'S OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT HAVE THEIR JOBS AT USAA OR H.E.B. OR ANY OTHER CORPORATE JOB THEY HAVE, TOYOTA, INTERNATIONAL, THAT WE HAVE THE CONVERSATION IN TERMS OF BUSINESS GROWTH AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, WE NEED TO INVEST IN CERTAIN ISSUES AND OF COURSE INFRASTRUCTURE. AND THEN THE ACCOUNTABILITY PIECE. NUMBER 10, STAKEHOLDERS CONSISTENTLY CALL FOR A GREATER FOCUS ON ACCOUNTABILITY, IMPLEMENTATION DISCIPLINE. 
          WE LIKE TO USE THE TERM ACCOUNTABILITY A LOT. THAT ONE AND TRANSPARENCY, WE REALLY LOVE THOSE TERMS. BUT YOU NEED TO GET SPECIFIC AND DETAIL ON WHAT THAT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE. AND AS A COMMITTEE THE CHALLENGE IS GOING TO BE-- I ASK Y'ALL TO LOOK AT THIS AS WE CREATE THE FRAMEWORK AND WE GIVE BRENDA AND HER TEAM THE OPPORTUNITIES OF WHAT ARE THE DETAILS. I DON'T WANT YOU TO JUST SAY WE WANT IT TO BE AFFORDABLE. I WANT YOU TO GIVE THEM SPECIFICS OF HOW IT'S GOING TO BE AFFORDABLE. WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE ACCOUNTABILITY. 
          WHAT DOES THAT ACCOUNTABILITY LOOK LIKE? HOW MANY LOCAL CONTRACTS? PERCENTAGES? THINGS LIKE THAT. I THINK WE NEED TO BE SPECIFIC ON THAT. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT FOCUS, OF COURSE WE'RE EACH GOING TO SAY MY FOCUS IS THE SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST SIDE OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          AND RICK'S IS GOING TO BE DIFFERENT BECAUSE WE ARE GOING TO FOCUS SPECIFICALLY IN OUR GEOGRAPHIC AREA, BUT HOW DO WE LOOK BIGGER PICTURE TO LOOK AT THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD? I'M REALLY IMPRESSED. I THINK WHEN WE GO BACK AND LOOK AT SLIDE 6, 7 AND 10 REALLY ARE THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO CREATE THE POLICY WITHIN THIS COMMITTEE AND REALLY THINK THIS IS WHERE WE'RE GOING TO HONE IN, THIS IS WHICH OF OUR STAKEHOLDERS WE'RE GOING TO BRING IN, HOW DO WE MAKE SURE WE'RE CONTINUING THE TALENT AND CONTINUING TO GROW PEOPLE. I REALLY LIKED ALL OF YOUR COMMENTS. I THINK EACH OF YOU HAD GOOD POINTS. 
          THE SUCCESSION PLAN KEY, WE TALK ABOUT THAT FROM EVERYTHING FROM BUSINESSES TO OUR LEADERSHIP HERE WITHIN THE CITY. SA JOBS FOR CURRENT SA RESIDENTS AND HOW DO WE BRING IN THE NEW PEOPLE THAT MOVE HERE, THE COHESIVE MARKETING, EXACTLY WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO GO TO OTHER COUNTIES, TO GO TO OTHER REGIONS TO DO THAT. THE ANCHORS AND THE PROFILES THAT WERE MENTIONED IN TERMS OF WHO WE ARE DISTRICTWISE BECAUSE YOU'RE LOOKING AT A CITY THAT'S SO LARGE AND I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL GATHERED SOME OF THAT INFORMATION AND CAN SHARE IT IN MORE DETAIL WHEN THEY THINK SOUTHSIDE, WHEN THEY THINK NORTHSIDE, EASTSIDE, WESTSIDE, WHAT ARE THEY THINKING? AND OF COURSE THE POLICY, WHAT FRAMEWORK ARE YOU GOING TO GIVE US TO CREATE THE POLICY? HOW DO WE DO THAT? DO WE DO THAT WITHIN COMMITTEE? BECAUSE WE CAN DO IT WITHIN COMMITTEE. DO WE DO THAT WITH THE COUNCIL AS A WHOLE? HOW DO WE DO THAT? CAN WE HELP STAFF TO DIRECT US AND SHAPE THAT POLICY OR DO WE LOOK OUTSIDE FOR OTHER THINGS? AND UNDERSTANDING THAT ECONOMICALLY WE FACE CHALLENGES, BUT STATE LEVELWISE WE STILL ARE A 
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STATE THAT IS -- HAS THE GDP, BUT HOW ARE WE GOING TO INVEST THE MONEY WE HAVE BACK TO OUR PEOPLE AND OUR RESIDENTS. I REALLY LOOK -- I'M ASSUMING SOME OF YOU WANT THE SECOND ROUND. I REALLY WANT YOUR INPUT IN TERMS OF THINGS FROM HERE THAT YOU'RE LIKE, I'M READY TO CHAMPION THIS BECAUSE I HEAR SUBCOMMITTEES IN OUR FUTURE, GUYS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK. 
          16 INTERVIEWS, I KNOW OUT OF THOSE 16 PEOPLE, 10 WERE WITH COUNCIL PEOPLE. 
          BLESS YOU ALL FOR DOING THAT. WE'LL BEGIN THE SECOND ROUND. WHO WOULD LIKE TO GO FIRST? ANYONE? 
          SECOND ROUND? COUNCILMEMBER SPEARS. >> SPEARS: I'M GLAD YOU ASKED. I'M GOING TO BE HONEST, THIS HAS BEEN MY HYPER FOCUS. 
          I SEE THIS AS THE THING FOR SAN ANTONIO AS OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SIDE. 
          I THINK WE NEED SUBCOMMITTEES TO REALLY DIAL IN ON SOME OF THESE. 
          I THINK THE BIOSCIENCE AND HEALTH CARE, CYBERSECURITY AND AI, ADVANCED MANUFACTURING AND LOGISTICS, THE QUANTUM, THE SPACE MANUFACTURING, ADVANCED MANUFACTURING, EVEN FOOD AND BEVERAGE MANUFACTURING. THERE ARE SO MANY AREAS THAT WE CAN DO WELL THAT I DON'T THINK THESE OTHER CITIES WILL COME CLOSE IF WE GET REALLY AGGRESSIVE. I'M INTERESTED IN THE INCENTIVES. 
          MAYBE SOME OF THE CITIES CAN'T MEET THAT BENCHMARK REQUIREMENT, BUT MAYBE THEY WILL BECAUSE OF THE JOBS THEY CAN SCALE -- THE UPWARD MOBILITY WITHIN THEIR ORGANIZATION. MAYBE YOU START OUT A LITTLE UNDER THAT WAGE REQUIREMENT, BUT QUICKLY ACCELERATE FORWARD. AND THAT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW AND MAYBE MAKE AN EXCEPTION EXEMPTION FOR. THERE HAS TO BE FLEXIBILITY THERE IF IT'S A GOOD INVESTMENT. AND TOO ON SMALL BUSINESSES, INCENTIVES FOR PIPELINE INDUSTRIES AROUND THE THINGS THAT WE'RE REALLY FOCUSING ON. WHEN I WAS IN TAIWAN, AND SOME OTHER EFFORTS I'VE MADE, PEDIATRICIAN LINE INDUSTRY IS ONE OF THE GREATEST BARRIERS. 
          AND WE ARE SO CLOSE, LIKE COUNCILWOMAN MEZA GONZÁLEZ MENTIONED, THAT'S WHERE THE 
          SOUTHERN ETJ CAN REALLY HELP US AND. >> MEXICO CAN REALLY HELP US THERE. AND WE HAVE NUCLEAR COMING HERE. 
          OUR MILITARY PRESENCE, THESE THINGS, NOBODY CAN TOUCH US ON THAT. 
          WHEN YOU PUT IT TOGETHER AND --M SURE YOU ALL FEEL THE SAME WAY, LIKE THE STARS START TO ALIGN WHEN I REALLY START TO THINK ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITIES WE HAVE. 
          THE HIGHER ED WE HAVE HERE, WHO HAS A LAW SCHOOL AND ALL OF THESE HIGHER EDUCATION, YOU KNOW, UNIVERSITIES. LIKE WHO HAS ALL THIS? I DON'T THINK ANYBODY ELSE DOES, AND WE HAVE TO LEVERAGE IT REALLY WELL. SO THOSE ARE THE STAKEHOLDERS TO ME AND THE PRIVATE STAKEHOLDERS AS WELL BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO BENEFIT. IT'S STILL THE BEST PLACE TO LIVE BECAUSE OF AFFORDABILITY. THE MESSAGING IS GOING TO BE HUGELY IMPORTANT GETTING PEOPLE HERE TO EXPERIENCE SAN ANTONIO AND HOW WE COURT THESE POTENTIAL COMPANIES COMING HERE, HOW WE COURT THEM AND HOW WE DO THAT, HAVE A FORMULA, LIKE REALLY KNOW HOW TO DO THAT WELL. AND I KNOW WE TAILOR THAT FOR EACH INDUSTRY, WHICH WE SHOULD. IT'S LIKE YOU DO A RESUME, YOU DO ONE FOR EVERY COMPANY YOU'RE APPLYING TO, RIGHT? [BUZZER]. SO WE SHOULD BE DOING THAT. 
          I COULD GO ON, BUT I WON'T. THANK YOU. >> VIAGRAN: THANK YOU. 
          ANYONE ELSE? COUNCILWOMAN MEZA GONZÁLEZ? >> GONZÁLEZ: THANK YOU SO MUCH. ON NUMBER 2 ON SLIDE FIVE, NUMBER ONE AND TWO. 
          NUMBER ONE ON POSSESSING MAJOR ECONOMIC ASSETS, HOW DO WE TALK ABOUT THAT MORE. 
          I THINK IT'S PART OF THE MARKETING STRATEGY, I'M ASSUMING. 
          IS THAT CORRECT? >> YEAH, THAT'S CERTAINLY PART OF IT. 
          >> GONZÁLEZ: WHAT ELSE IS PART OF IT? >> I THINK WORKING DIRECTLY WITH THOSE, FOCUSING ON THE INDUSTRIES AND BUILDING UP THE WORKFORCE FOR THEM, CONNECTING ALL THE SMALL BUSINESSES TO THAT INDUSTRY. 
          ... TO MAYBE WHAT REGIONS ARE OUT-COMPETING SAN ANTONIO FOR THOSE PROJECTS AND WHY, WHAT KINDS OF POLICIES OR INCENTIVES COULD BE PUT INTO PLACE TO MAKE THE CITY MORE ATTRACTIVE. SO THERE'S A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT WOULD FIT INTO HOW TO BETTER LEVERAGE YOUR CURRENT ASSETS. 
          >> GONZÁLEZ: AND I GUESS ON THE REGIONS, NUMBER TWO, THE STRONGEST 
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DIFFERENTIATORS, ALL OF THESE AREAS. AND WHAT ARE THE JOBS ASSOCIATED WITH EACH OF THOSE AREAS? IS IT A SMALLER SHARE OF OUR LARGER WORKFORCE? BECAUSE WE STILL HAVE A HUGE HOSPITALITY CONVENTION, WHICH AREN'T NECESSARILY HIGH WAGE EARNERS, BUT HOW ARE WE COMPETING WITH THOSE TWO -- I GUESS THE SECTOR OF FIVE HERE LISTED, DEFENSE, CYBERSECURITY, HEALTH CARE, AND THEN THE EXISTING POOL WE HAVE DOWNTOWN, RIGHT, WHICH IS CONVENTION AND 
          HOSPITALITY. >> GOOD QUESTION. I THINK EVERYTHING ON HERE, IT IS NOT THE END ALL, BE ALL EXHAUSTIVE LIST, THOSE ARE JUST SOME OF THE THINGS WE HEARD FROM THE STAKEHOLDERS MULTIPLE TIMES SAYING THAT YES, SAN ANTONIO IS REALLY UNIQUE WHEN IT COMES TO DEFENSE, CYBERSECURITY, HEALTH CARE AND BIOSCIENCE. THERE'S SIGNIFICANT TOURISM AND HOSPITALITY, THAT'S ANOTHER ASSET AND OPPORTUNITY THAT MAYBE CAN CONNECT TO SOME OF THOSE 
          EMERGING SECTORS TOO. >> GONZÁLEZ: YEAH. I AGREE THAT IT'S UNIQUE. 
          I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S ALSO -- IT HAS JOBS CONNECTED TO IT, RIGHT? SO LIKE I THINK THAT WOULD BE THE MOST UNIQUENESS OF IT ALL? I'M TRYING TO -- LIKE I APPRECIATE THAT IT'S A UNIQUE POSITION THAT WE'RE IN, BUT ONLY IF THAT'S THE MAJORITY OF OUR WORKFORCE IS COMING FROM THOSE INDUSTRIES I GUESS IS HOW I'M SEEING IT. IS THAT WRONG OR -- I'M 
          TRYING TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THAT. >> IT'S A BIG CHUNK OF YOUR WORKFORCE. I WOULDN'T SAY JUST LOOKING AT THOSE DIFFERENTIATORS THAT'S PROBABLY NOT THE MAJORITY, BUT IT'S PROBABLY CLOSE TO HALF IF YOU ADD IT 
          ALL UP TOGETHER. >> GONZÁLEZ: OKAY. AND THE COHESIVE MARKETING TOO, DOES THAT -- WHERE DO THE CHAMBERS PLAY A ROLE IN THAT MARKETS OR A GREATER SATX? ARE THEY PART OF THAT MARKETING OR IS THAT DIFFERENT AS FAR AS WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT WHEN YOU SAY MARKETING? 
          >> YEAH. IT REALLY SHOULD INCLUDE EVERYBODY IN THAT ECOSYSTEM BECAUSE THE INTERNAL MESSAGES ARE JUST AS IMPORTANT AS THE EXTERNAL MESSAGES BECAUSE THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE TELLING THE STORIES WITHIN THE REGION, THOSE PEOPLE ARE GOING OUT TO THEIR PEERS AND FOLKS OUTSIDE OF THE REGION AND TELLING THE STORY. SO IT'S REALLY BOTH, I WOULD SAY. 
          >> GONZÁLEZ: OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> VIAGRAN: THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMEMBER CASTILLO. >> CASTILLO: THANK YOU. TO ANSWER THE COUNCILMEMBER'S QUESTION IN THE PRIORITY AND THE STAKEHOLDER THEMES. 
          WHILE IT'S NOT EXPLICITLY LISTED. >> KNOW THAT [INDISCERNIBLE] BANKING IS A PRIORITY FOR OUR TEAM GIVEN THE OLDER INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE VACANT COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS AND THE OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO ACTIVATE THOSE SPACES, WHETHER IT'S PARTNERING WITH THE SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION TO ACTIVATE IT. I THINK THAT [INDISCERNIBLE] IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE LOCAL CONTRACTORS REHAB THE BUILDING, PRESERVATION AND THEN BECAUSE OF THE SUPPORT FROM THE WESTSIDE TIRZ WE WERE ABLE TO WORK IN AN AFFORDABILITY COMPONENT FOR RATE RENTS FOR AN INDIVIDUAL WHO LIVES WITHIN 778727, WHICH IS WHERE THAT IS BECAUSE THAT AFFORDABLE CARE ACT COMPONENT WHETHER YOU'RE RENTING A SUITE OR OFFICE SPACE IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR MY CONSTITUENCY. 
          I KNOW IT'S NOT THE SAME SCALE AS A JCB OR TOYOTA, BUT GIVEN THE ENTREPRENEURS IN MY DISTRICT THERE'S A LOT OF NEED FOR SMALLER AFFORDABLE COMMERCIAL SPACES. AND I'M REMINDED OF MY NAIL TECH, HER -- SHE SUBLEASES. 
          THE LANDLORD RAISED THE RENT BY A THOUSAND DOLLARS SO THEY'RE NOT RENEWING THAT LEASE SO NOW SHE'S LIKE WHERE DO I GO? I'M TRYING TO HELP HER FIND A PLACE, BUT IT'S REALLY HARD WITHIN DISTRICT 5 BECAUSE MANY OF THE STRUCTURES ARE VACANT. IF YOU BUY IT, IT'S GOING TO NEED X AMOUNT OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO REHAB IT TO COME INTO COMPLIANCE, PERMITTING, SO ON. 
          I THINK WHILE IT'S NOT EXPLICITLY STATED ON THERE, I THINK IT'S WORTH EXPLORING COMMERCIAL LAND BANKING IN THIS COMMITTEE, WHETHER IT'S A SUBCOMMITTEE, COUNCIL REQUEST, WHETHER IT LOOKS LIKE, BUT ALSO THE TALENT, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, I KNOW GOING BACK TO READY TO WORK AND HOW THAT'S SET TO BE SUNSET, I THINK WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO INVEST IN WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE WHILE WE TALK ABOUT MANY OF THESE KEY INDUSTRIES AND CYBERSECURITY AND DEFENSE, FOR EXAMPLE, THOSE REQUIRE SECURITY CLEARANCES, RIGHT, WHICH THE MAJORITY OF OUR CONSTITUENCY DO NOT HAVE. SO HOW DO WE ENSURE THAT OUR CONSTITUENTS HAVE THE TRAINING, THE CERTIFICATION TO PARTICIPATE IN THESE LARGER AND VERY COMPETITIVE INDUSTRIES, SO THAT WAY WE'RE NOT LEAVING OUR CONSTITUENTS BEHIND. 
          AGAIN, GOING BACK TO THE DATA THAT YOU PRESENTED AND THE FOLKS MOVING HERE, RIGHT, AND I DRAW A PARALLEL SIMILAR TO THE COUNCILMAN IN TERMS OF HOUSING, WE TALK ABOUT HOW THE AMI HAS INCREASE IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, BUT POVERTY IS ALSO REMAINING HIGH, BUT IT'S BECAUSE WE HAVE FOLKS WITH HIGHER INCOME, HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE CITY. SO ON PAPER IT LOOKS LIKE WHILE WE'RE MOVING THE NEEDLE, BUT REALLY WE'RE NOT. I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE 
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NOT LEAVING FAMILIES BEHIND WHILE WE FOCUS ON THESE EMERGING SECTORS. 
          I THINK A WAY TO DO THAT IS TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT AND INVEST IN READY TO WORK INITIATIVES OR WORKFORCE TRAINING INITIATIVES. IN ADDITION SO THAT IT'S ALSO PLACEMAKING. I KNOW IT'S HIGHLIGHTED TO DOWNTOWN, BUT WE KNOW WITH THE FACADE GRANTS IN OUR DISTRICT IT'S MADE SUCH AN IMPACT NOT JUST FOR THE DISTRICTS, BUT FOR THE NEIGHBORHOODS AS A WHOLE. I KNOW WE'RE WORKING WITH A LIMITED BUDGET SO WE SHOULDN'T BE ASKING FOR MORE, BUT ILLUSTRATE TO HIGHLIGHT THE FACADE GRANTS IN OUR COMMUNITIES, WHETHER IT'S PUBLIC SAFETY, ECONOMIC, SO ON AND SO FORTH. THANK YOU. 
          >> VIAGRAN: COUNCILMEMBER GALVAN. >> GALVAN: THANK YOU, CHAIR. I GUESS TO ASK THE QUESTION DIRECTLY, I THINK SIMILARLY, OF COURSE EDUCATION IS GOING TO BE A PRIORITY FOR MYSELF, BUT IT A TRUE KEY HERE, LOOKING AT THE EDUCATIONAL CAREER PIPELINE. SOMERSET NEARBY BUT EVEN SOME OF THE MAGNET PROGRAMS WE HAVE HERE, THEY TIE THEMSELVES TO SOME OF THE LOCAL INDUSTRIES IN THE AREA. SO FINDING WAYS TO CONTINUE TO LEVERAGE THAT. OF COURSE WE'RE DIFFERENT THAN OTHER CITIES WHERE WE HAVE MULTIPLE ISDS AND WE CAN ALIGN ALL THEIR STRATEGIES THERE. 
          I KNOW SOME OF THE WORK WITH THE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES COMMITTEE WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO BE A BIT AFTER MEDIATOR IF WE CAN TO BRING FOLKS TOGETHER AND A CONNECTOR IN SOME WAY. OF COURSE ALONG WITH HIGHER EDUCATION CONNECTIONS THERE. BEYOND THAT I THINK MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION IS REALLY CRUCIAL HERE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT ANY KIND OF DENSITY, ANY KIND OF ENCOURAGEMENT FOR CERTAIN TYPE OF BUSINESS TRYING TO RECRUIT HERE THEY'RE LOOKING ON FOR MORE WALKABLE AREAS, MORE URBAN ENVIRONMENTS, SO FINDING WAYS TO CONTINUE TO ENCOURAGE THAT IS CRUCIAL, BUT WHAT'S REALLY CRUCIAL THERE IS THE TRANSPORTATION MODES. MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE QUALITY PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE QUALITY INFRASTRUCTURE TO KEEP FOLKS SAFE WHO ARE WITH WALKING, WHO ARE CYCLING, WHO ARE MOVING ON THE BUS OR ET CETERA. I THINK IT'S REALLY CRITICAL HERE. 
          AND TO CONNECT OUR FOLKS FROM ALL ACROSS OUR CITY. A LOT OF FOLKS IN DISTRICT 6 ARE FURTHER OUT AT THE EDGE OF THE CITY, WHO FRANKLY DON'T HAVE ANOTHER CAR. 
          ONLY ONE PARENT HAS A CAR, WHATEVER MAY BE, AND THEY CAN'T GET TO THE INTERNSHIPS OR TO THE SCHOOLING OR TO THE JOBS THEMSELVES. SO FINDING WAYS TO EXPAND THAT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM IS REALLY CRUCIAL HERE. I MENTIONED DENSITY ALREADY AS IT RESULTS TO HOUSING AND EVEN TO COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT. 
          BUT I THINK TIED TO THAT, COUNCILMEMBER CASTILLO MENTIONED ABOUT PLACEMAKING, KIND OF TYING IN THE PUBLIC SPACE TOO, WHETHER IT'S PARKS OR RECREATIONAL SPACES, FOLKS HAVE THAT FEELING THAT THERE ARE THINGS NEARBY ME THAT I CAN ENJOY VERSUS GOING TO ONLY ONE PLACE ALL THE TIME THAT'S AWAY FROM THEIR AREA, IF THERE'S WAYS TO INCORPORATE THAT TIED TO SOME OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, THAT WOULD BE REALLY INTERESTING TO SEE HOW WE CAN DO THAT AND LEVERAGE THAT. I THINK SIMILARLY TOO LOOKING AT THE CULTURAL ASPECTS OF IT ALL. WE DON'T WANT TO LOSE SIGHT OF OUR OWN IDENTITY AND SOME OF THE THINGS TO HIGHLIGHT CERTAIN AREAS OF OUR CITY THAT HAVE THEIR OWN HISTORIES THERE, HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THEY'RE HIGHLIGHTED DURING THE WORK AND PLACEMAKING EFFORTS. LAST TWO THINGS I THINK THAT ARE REALLY CRUCIAL HERE, MAYBE THREE. GROUND LEASE FOR SMALL BUSINESSES, MAKING SURE FOLKS CAN AFFORD TO ACTUALLY RUN A BUSINESS HERE. FLEXIBLE CAPITAL, HOWEVER THAT NEEDS TO BE CREATED. I KNOW WE DEAL WITH A LITTLE BIT OF THE LIFT FUND FOR SURE AND SEEING HOW WE CAN EXPAND THAT TO MAKE IT EASY FOR SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS TO PLUG INTO. AND I THINK COMMUNITY BENEFITS IN SOME FORM, WHATEVER THAT LOOKS LIKE THROUGH CBAS OR WHATEVER INCENTIVES WE'RE DOING, CREATING THOSE AFFORDABLE LEASE SPACE, CREATING THE PLACE MAKE EFFORTS TOO, BEING PARTNERS IN THAT EFFORT AND HIGHLIGHTING HIGHER WAGES AND BENEFITS. 
          MAKING SURE THAT THE JOBS WE'RE RECRUITING HERE ARE PROVIDING THE DIRECT, TANGIBLE RESULTS FOR OUR RESIDENTS WHO HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR THE WORK AND GONE TO SOMEBODY ELSE WHO ALREADY HAS THE CRITERIA, THE ABILITY TO MOVE INTO THAT ROLE, BUT GETTING FOLKS WHO TYPICALLY HAVEN'T HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET INTO THAT. THOSE ARE THE BIG ONES THAT I'M LOOKING AT HERE. 
          THAT WAS A LITTLE ALL OVER THE PLACE, BUT IN MY HEAD IT MAKES SENSE OF HOW WE'RE CREATING -- BUILDING A FOUNDATION HERE, A MARKET HERE FOR FOLKS TO WANT TO 
          INVEST HERE. THANK YOU, CHAIR. >> VIAGRAN: THANK YOU. 
          SO BRENDA AND TEAM, I THINK YOU GOT AN EARFUL ABOUT WHERE THE COMMITTEE IS WILLING AND READY TO HELP, AND I THINK WE NOW HAVE THE STEPS FORWARD TO HELP CREATE THAT FRAMEWORK AND WHERE YOU NEED TO PLUG THEM IN. SO AGAIN, TOM, JOHN, AELECTION IS CIS, THANK YOU FOR THE INFORMATION. I LOOK FORWARD TO MORE DETAILS. I KNOW WE HAVE TONS OF COMMITTEES THAT WORK ON THAT IF WE NEED A SUBCOMMITTEE WE CAN GRAB THIS FROM OR WE CAN TAKE IT DOWN TO OUR COMMITTEES. BRENDA, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SHARE SOMETHING? 
          >> I WAS JUST GOING TO EMPHASIZE THIS IS REALLY STILL KIND OF EARLY IN THE PROCESS. WE ARE COMING BACK TO THE B SESSION AND THEN WE'LL DEFINITELY BE FOLLOWING UP. AND IT WILL HAVE A LOT OF FOLLOW-UP AND 
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          IMPLEMENTATION. >> VIAGRAN: WE WANT TO BE SURE WHEN YOU TAKE IT TO B SESSION THAT OUR COLLEAGUES KNOW THAT THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WORKFORCE COMMITTEE IS READY TO WORK. SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALL YOUR INPUT. 
          THANKS. WE'LL GO ON TO THE NEXT ITEM. 
          >> THANK Y'ALL. >> VIAGRAN: OKAY. THE NEXT ITEM, DO YOU NEED TO READ THE ITEM? THE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE FEDERAL OPPORTUNITY ZONES. 
          THIS IS ONE THAT I THINK EVERYBODY HAS BEEN WAITING FOR. 
          ANA, THE FLOOR IS YOURS. >> YES, MA'AM. GOOD AFTERNOON CHAI MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE, I'M ANA BRADSHAW WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. 
          TODAY I WILL BE PROVIDING THE INFORMATION FOR ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY ZONES 2.0. 
          SO THIS WAS AUTHORIZED IN 2017, WHICH IS REALLY INTENDED TO SPUR DEVELOPMENT IN WHAT IS DEFINED AS LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES. THIS IS A FEDERAL PROGRAM THAT ALLOWS A MUNICIPALITIES, COUNTIES TO NOMINATE CENSUS TRACTS THAT STATE GOVERNORS DESIGNATE AS OPPORTUNITY ZONES. THIS IS A TAX INCENTIVE TOOL THAT ALLOWS FOR THE DEFERRAL OF CAPITAL GAINS TAX BUT CAN BE UTILIZED BY COMMUNITIES TO SPUR DEVELOPMENT IN SPECIFIC AREAS. SO CURRENTLY ACROSS THE COUNTRY UNDER WE'LL CALL IT OPPORTUNITY ZONES 1.0, THERE ARE A LITTLE OVER 700 OPPORTUNITY ZONES.  24 OF THOSE ARE IN SAN ANTONIO AND BEXAR COUNTY. 
          ONE QUESTION WE COMMONLY GET IS HOW MUCH INVESTMENT HAS OCCURRED IN THESE OPPORTUNITY ZONES OVER THE LAST NEARLY 10 YEARS. AND I WOULD SAY THAT'S THE GREATEST CHALLENGE OF THE CURRENT PROGRAM IS THAT THERE ARE NO MANDATORY REPORTING REQUIREMENTS BEYOND IRS REPORTING THAT HAS TO COME VIA THE OPPORTUNITY FUNDS. THERE IS NO REQUIREMENT TO REPORT ON INCENTIVES -- I'M SORRY, ON INVESTMENTS IN THESE PARTICULAR AREAS. HOWEVER, YOU CAN SEE FROM THE HIGHLIGHTED MAP HERE THERE'S A NUMBER OF AREAS THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED HIGH GROWTH IN SAN ANTONIO, BUT WE CANNOT SAY FOR CERTAIN THAT THERE'S A DIRECT CAUSATION THAT THE INVESTMENT HAPPENED BECAUSE OF OPPORTUNITY ZONES. 
          BUT WE ARE VERY HOPEFUL WITH THIS NEW ITERATION OF THE PROGRAM. 
          IT DOES HAVE MANDATORY REQUIREMENTS, IN ADDITION TO ANNUAL IRS REPORTING REQUIREMENTS, THERE IS REQUIRED REPORTING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY ON INVESTMENTS TO REALLY ENHANCE TRANSPARENCY TO COMMUNITIES WHERE THESE INVESTMENTS ARE TAKING PLACE PLACE. SO THERE ARE SOME CRITERIA CHANGES. AGAIN, THE OBJECTIVE OF THE PROGRAM IS TO SPUR DEVELOPMENT IN LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES, BUT THAT DEFINITION HAS CHANGED A LITTLE BIT. AGAIN, THIS IS ALL GOVERNED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY. UNDER THE PRIOR PROGRAM, THE COMMUNITIES HAD TO EITHER HAVE MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME OF 80%, NO MORE THAN 80% OF ROUNDING AREA, OR A POVERTY RATE THAT WAS GREATER THAN 20%. AND THEN THE LAST WAS A PIECE THAT HAS BEEN REMOVED AND WHAT WE CALL THE ADJACENCY PROVISION THAT IT COULD BE A CENSUS TRACT THAT DIDN'T MEET ONE OF THE TWO PRIOR CRITERIA, BUT WAS ADJACENT TO A CENSUS TRACT THAT DID. SO YOU'LL SEE UNDER THIS PROGRAM THE REQUIREMENTS WERE TIGHTENED TO REALLY HONE IN ON THOSE AREAS OF LOWEST INCOME OR GREATEST POVERTY BY LOWERING THAT THRESHOLD TO BEING NO GREATER THAN 70% OF THE AREA MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME OR HAVING THAT POVERTY RATE THAT WAS GREATER THAN 20%. AND THE MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME NOT EXCEEDING 125%. 
          SO IT'S A MULTI-FACETTED PROGRAM, BUT THIS GUIDANCE ALONG WITH IT, THE GOVERNMENT USED THE AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY DATA TO IDENTIFY THOSE CENSUS TRACTS THAT WERE ELIGIBLE FOR NOMINATION TO BECOME OPPORTUNITY ZONES. 
          SO I WANTED TO PROVIDE A QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE TIMELINE. 
          IN EARNEST OUR TEAM HAS BEEN WORKING ON IT SINCE LATE LAST FALL, ONE THE PROGRAM WAS REAUTHORIZED, TO UNDERSTAND THE REQUIREMENTS AND TO DEVELOP A MODEL WHEREBY ONCE WE FIND OUT WHERE THE ELIGIBLE TRACTS ARE WE CAN PRIORITIZE THEM USING A DATA-INFORMED MODEL, BUT ALSO BE ABLE TO REACH OUT TO THE STAKEHOLDER COMMUNITY. THE TREASURY DID RELEASE THAT LIST OF CENSUS TRACTS IN APRIL AND WE'VE BEEN ACTIVELY WORKING ON, AGAIN, POPULATING OUR MODEL, GETTING THAT STAKEHOLDER FEEDBACK IN ORDER TO DEVELOP THE RECOMMENDATION THAT I'M PRESENTING TODAY. THE DEADLINE TO SUBMIT CENSUS TRACTS TO THE STATE FOR NOMINATION IS JUNE 26TH, SO JUST ONE MONTH AWAY. AND THE STATE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM IS THE LEAD AGENCY ON THIS WORKING WITH THE 
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GOVERNOR'S OFFICE. THE FEDERAL NOMINATION PERIOD OPENS UP ON JULY 1ST. WE ANTICIPATE IT WILL BE OPEN FOR 90 TO 120 DAYS. 
          AND THE STATE HAS INDICATED THAT THE GOVERNOR WOULD SUBMIT THEIR NOMINATIONS IN EARLY AUGUST. SO YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A PERIOD OF TIME THERE BETWEEN WHEN THE NOMINATION PERIOD OPENS AND IT CLOSES AND THE GOVERNOR SUBMITS. 
          WE HAVE CONFIRMED WITH THE STATE THAT CHANGES CAN BE SUBMITTED, SO DURING THIS TIME WE'RE GOING TO BE CLOSELY MONITORING THOSE SUBMISSIONS ALONG WITH WORKING WITH SALLY AND THE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS TEAM AND OUR STAKEHOLDERS TO BE REALLY ACTIVELY WATCHING THAT. AND THEN ONCE NOMINATIONS ARE CLOSED, NEW DESIGNATED OPPORTUNITY ZONES WILL TAKE EFFECT JANUARY 1ST OF 2027. I WILL MENTION THAT THOSE 24 TRACTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY NOMINATED, THOSE WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT THROUGH DECEMBER 31ST OF 2028, SO THERE IS A BIT OF OVERLAP WITH THE PROGRAM TO ALLOW THOSE INITIAL PROJECTS TO BE ABLE TO CLOSE OUT AND THOSE THINGS TAKE PLACE WHILE THE NEW OPPORTUNITY ZONE TRACTS ARE EFFECTIVE AS WELL. AS I MEN ECONOMIC TOURISM DEVELOPMENT OFFICE HAS LED THE EFFORT FOR PRIORITIZATION, AND WHEN WE RECEIVED A LIST OF ELIGIBLE TRACTS, THERE ARE -- GOVERNORS MAY SUBMIT NO MORE THAN 25% OF THEM.  SO ACROSS THE STATE, THE GOVERNOR MAY DO 605.  AND UNLIK LAST LIKE, THE EDT HAS PROVIDED CLEAR METHODOLOGY ON HOW TO BE SUBMITTED.  WE USE THAT TO INFORM HOW WE WOULD RANK AND PRIORITIZE THE TRACTS, WHICH I'LL GO INTO ON THE NEXT SLIDE, BUT ALL OF THAT IS CULMI CULMII BY THE JUNE 26 DEADLINE. SO THE STATE HAS PRIORITIZED FOUR AREAS FOR THOSE NOMINATION GOING FORWARD, AND WE FOCUSED O THE LOCAL INCENTIVE SUPPORT AND PROJECT VIABILITY AREAS, AND TAKING THOSE AND UNDERSTANDING HOW COULD THOSE BE INTERPRETED TO SAN ANTONIO SPECIFICALLY UTILIZING DATA WE HAVE AND WE DEVELOPED FOUR BUCKETS OF AREAS WHERE WE WANT TO FOCUS ON AND IDENTIFY DATA POINTS AND USE THOSE TO DEVELOP A SCORING TOOL TO PRIORITIZE THE ELIGIBLE TR TRACTS WITHIN SAN ANTONIO.  L LOOKING AT -- YOU KNOW, WHAT AR THOSE ECONOMIC DRIVERS IN EACH AREA.  WE KNOW WITH THE INVESTMENTS HAPPENING WITH GREE AND SILVER LINE.  WE WANTED TO PRIORITIZE THOSE AREAS AS WELL AS THOSE THAT ARE ADJACENT OR CURRENT OPPORTUNITY ZONE TO PROMOTE THAT CONTINUITY AS WELL AS ADJ ADJACENCY TO THE AIRPORT AND THEN LOOKING AT INVESTMENT, WHERE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE INV INVESTMENT HAS TAKEN PLACE OR WILL TAKE PLACE, INCLUDING THOS AREAS WHERE WE HAVE AN ACTIVE INCENTIVE AGREEMENT, UTILIZING DATA FROM NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES DEPARTMENT TO UNDERSTAND WHERE AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEPARTMENTS ARE HAPPENING AS WELL AS BLONDE PROJECTS FROM CAPITAL DELIVERY, AND UTILIZING EXTERNAL DATA SERVICES SUCH AS CO-STAR TO LOO AT DATA ACTIVITY WHICH COULD BE INDICATIVE OF PRIVATE AREAS. THEN WE LOOK AT GEOGRAPHIC ATTRIBUTES, SO WHAT ARE REGIONA CENTERS AND ECONOMIC NODES AS WELL AS ADJ ADJACENCY TO HOSPIT AND THEN LOOKING AT WHAT INFRASTRUCTURE IS AVAILABLE, WHAT PROJECT IS VIABLE WITHIN THE NEXT 24 TO 48 MONTHS.  AND THEN FINALLY, LOOKING AT COMMUNITY DEMOGRAPHICS.  AGAIN, THIS IS A PROGRAM INTENDED TO SUPPORT LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES, SO FACTORING DATA ON MEDIAN FAMILY INCOMES, POVERTY, POPULATION, AS WELL AS MASS TRANSPORTATION USAGE.  SO ALL O THAT ENTAIL, THE TEAM DEVELOPED A MODEL, AND WERE ABLE TO PRODUCE A RECOMMENDATION FOR SA ANTONIO.  SO, AGAIN, WITH THE 2 TO TRACTS ACROSS SAN ANTONIO AN BEXAR COUNTY -- I'M SORRY. ACROSS THE STATE OF TEXAS, 146 OF THOSE ARE ELIGIBLE WITHIN BEXAR COUNTY, AND THOSE ARE SHOWN HERE ON THE MAP.  AND BASED ON THE CRITERIA PROVIDED BY THE STATE.  BEXAR COUNTY MAY NOMINATE UP TO 116 TRACTS.  SO THE RECOMMENDATION DEVELOPED PROVIDES 69 CENSUS TRACTS.  SO, AGAIN, THIS -- WHERE THIS SLOTS IN WITH THE OVERHAULS ARCHING 605, ABOUT 11%.  THAT'S ACROSS THE COMMUNITY INCLUDING AREAS 
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SUCH AS DOWNTOWN AS WELL AS THE NEAR WEST SIDE, THE EAST SIDE, PORT SA, BROOKES, AND A COMPREHENSIVE LIST WAS PROVIDED IN THE AGENDA PACKET.  AS I DID MENTION, WE SOUGHT OUT TO BUILD A DATA-INFORMED MODEL, BUT REALLY WANTED TO ALSO FOCUS IN ON HAVING THAT STAKEHOLDER IN INPUT.  WE HAVE BEEN IN COMMUNICATION WITH BEXAR COUNTY AND I KNOW MARSHALL FROM THE COUNTY IS HERE TODAY IN TERMS O HOW WE COULD POTENTIALLY COLLABORATE ON THIS.  WE'VE ALS BEEN WORKING WITH GREATER SATX ON POTENTIAL COLLABORATION.  WE HAVE BRIEFED OUR SMALL BUSINESS ADVISORY COMMISSION, AND WHILE WE DIDN'T HAVE SPECIFIC TRACTS TO GIVE THEM THERE, WE SPOKE ABOUT OVERARCHING METHODOLOGY, AND THEY HIGHLIGHTED THE NEED FOR CAPITAL FOR SMALL BUSINESSE WHO MAY WANT TO UTILIZE THIS PROGRAM.  BIGGY BACKING OFF THE LAST PRESENTATION WE WORKED WIT THE TEAM TO HAVE THEM ASK A SPECIFIC HERB -- SPECIFIC ROUND TABLES ON THIS AS WELL AS ME MEETING WITH A NUMBER OF DEPARTMENTS THAT WOULD BE STAKEHOLDERS IN THIS AS WELL AN WE WERE ABLE TO GARNISH ADDITIONAL SERVICES FROM THIS, AND THEN LAST WEEK WE HAD AN EXTERNAL STAKEHOLDER BRIEFING, HAD REPRESENTATIVES IN ATTENDANCE REPRESENTING COMMUNITY GROUPS, DEVELOPERS, PORT SA, BROOKS.  AND THEY PROVIDED VALUABLE INPUT TO THIS SOME INPUT CONTRIBUTING TO US LOOKING AT ADDITIONAL AREAS SO THAT 69 TRACT RECOMMENDATION MA CHANGE SLIGHTLY AS WE GO FOOTER AND WE'LL CERTAINLY KEEP THE COMMITTEE UPDATED AS WE GO FORWARD WITH THE PROCESS.  SO A FAR AS NEXT STEPS, WE'LL CONTINUE TO FINALIZE THAT RECOMMENDATION.  AGAIN, WE'RE ONE MONTH OUT FROM THE DEADLINE COMPLETING THAT STATE APPLICATION, WHICH INCLUDES PROVIDING DATA, BUT WE ARE ALSO ABLE TO SUBMIT SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS AS WELL AS LETTERS OF SUPPORT FROM STAKEHOLDERS THAT WE THINK WILL BOLSTER OUR APPLICATION WITH THE GOAL OF H HITTING THAT JUNE 26 DEADLINE. STEPH AND I ARE AVAILABLE TO 
          ANSWER QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. >> VIAGRAN: YEAH.  THANK YOU, ANNA.  I THINK -- THE MAP ON RECOMMENDED TRACTS FOR SELE SELECTION, I -- I APPRECIATE TH EFFORT.  I'M GOING TO NEED TO SEE A MORE DETAILED MAP OF -- WELL, ALL THE NEIGHBORHOODS BECAUSE I KNOW WE'RE, LIKE -- I KNOW YOU DID THE RESEARCH AND YOU LOOKED AT THE OPPORTUNITY ZONES, BUT AGAIN, THE COUNCILMEMBERS THE BOOTS ON THE GROUND, OUR STAFF ON THE BOOTS ON THE GROUND, WE CAN TELL YOU WHERE WE'RE GOING TO GET -- I NEED A LIST OF WHO WERE THOSE 5 STAKEHOLDERS WHO WENT TO THAT MEETING BECAUSE IF IT'S NOT THE PEOPLE WE SEE WALK INTO OUR OFFICES OR COME TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATUATIONS, THERE'S GOING TO BE PUSHBACK ON THIS, AND THE OTHER THING IS SOME OF US REPRESENT AREAS THAT DON'T KNOW THAT THEY ARE IN A CENSUS TRACT THAT IS IN THE POVERTY LEVEL, AND HOW DO WE EXPLAIN THAT TO THEM WHEN WE START HAVING THESE CONVER CONVERSATIONS.  SO THERE'S A LO OF KIND OF DETAILS I'D LIKE TO SEE.  I LIKE THE WAY THE MAP LOOKS.  IT'S DISTRIBUTED VERY WELL.  I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE LEVERAGING ALL THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE HAVE COMING FORWARD, FINGERS ACROSSE THAT MORE OPPORTUNITIES COME IN THE LEGISLATIVE.  SO AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL, I'M HOPING, SOON WE'LL GET SOME NEWS.  SO THE ON THING IS SEEING WHAT SORT OF AFFORDABILITY WE HAVE THERE, WHAT SORT OF HOUSING, WHO ARE THE BUSINESSES ALREADY THERE, WHAT TERS IS THAT, AND WE CAN - I THINK THAT'S KEY FOR A LOT OF US.  I LOOK AT THAT MAP AND I'M LIKE, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY T T.E.R.S. SIT IN MY OPPORTUNITY ZONES, AND MAKING SURE WE HAVE THAT IDEA.  SO IF WE COULD GET THAT LIST, I'D APPRECIATE IT. THINK YOU GUYS DID A GOOD JOB. I'M GLAD YOU STARTED WORKING ON IT BEFORE, IT'S JUST WHEN WE GE INTO THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND WE TELL PEOPLE THIS IS COMING THEY'RE LIKE, WE DIDN'T WANT THIS CHANGE, WE DIDN'T ASK FOR THIS CHANGE IF THEY'RE NOT BR BRIEFED ON IT.  SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GET THAT DETAIL. SO YOU MENTIONED BROOKES, PORT SA.  I KNOW WE HAVE PARTS OF DOWNTOWN.  AND I THINK PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW SOME OF THESE POVERTY TRACTS MAY SIT RIGHT NEXT TO THE -- LIKE ON ON SIDE OF THE STREET YOU HAVE, YO KNOW, 80%, 90%, YOU KNOW, 100%, AND THEN ON THE NEXT YOU HAVE A POVERTY TRACT.  SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT.  AND THEN JUST THE ELIGIBILITY THAT WE HAVE FURTHE ASPECTS, AND THEN, AGAIN, LO LOOKING AT THE SMALL BUSINESS AND THE RETAIL.  I KNOW IN SOME OF THESE TRACTS THAT ARE 
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POTENTIAL OPPORTUNITY ZONES, ZONING IS KIND OF KEY ALSO BECAUSE SOME OF THEM ARE INDUSTRIAL OR LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AND THEY HAVE NEIGHBORHOODS AROUND THEM THAT DON'T WANT T THAT.  SO IF WE COULD GET THAT INFORMATION.  THIS IS ONE WE WERE -- WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT BECAUSE THE ELIGIBILITY TO GO U BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'VE GOT ALL THE INFORMATION WE NEED TO TAKE OUT TO RESIDENTS.  SO THANK YOU FOR THE WORK, AND I WILL TAKE COMMENTS FROM OUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS.  WHO WOULD LIKE TO GO FIRST? RIC.  COUNCILMAN GALVAN. 
          >> GALVAN: YOU'RE GOOD.  THANK YOU, CHAIR.  THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.  GENERALLY SUP SUPPORTIVE OF THE EFFORTS HERE. LIKED HOW THE MAP LOOKED.  I APPRECIATE THE INCLUSION OF SOM OF THESE TRACTS WITHIN DISTRICT 6.  THAT'S DEFINITELY LOOKING A NEW INVESTMENTS HERE, OF COURSE I KNOW ONE STATES OVERLAPS HERE AS WELL AS OTHER ONES, ON TERRACE.  I DO THINK -- I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF WE COULD INCLUDE THE CENSUS TRACT RIGHT ABOVE LOCKLAND TERRACE, 718, THE OTHE HALF OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD RIGHT SOUTH OF MARLBORO.  SIMILAR -- MORE OPPORTUNITIES IN TERMS OF WHAT'S LISTED THERE.  SITE DEVELOPMENT, BUT I DON'T WANT T LEAVE OUT ANY OPPORTUNITIES TO HAVE JUST ADJACENT TO THERE S SENDING THE PROFILE I WOULD IMAGINE SO I WOULD TO SEE IF WE COULD INCORPORATE THAT OR AT LEAST TAKE A LOOK AND LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU ALL SEE THERE IN THE BACKGROUND OF IT, BUT OTHERWISE I THINK GENERALLY REALLY GOOD DISTRIBUTION HERE A THE CHAIR SAID.  AND I THINK THOSE ARE ALL OF MY POINTS TH THERE.  I KNOW YOU MENTIONED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE LACK OF TRACKING BEFOREHAND.  I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANY KIND OF OTHER EVIDENCE WE HAVE -- NOT EVIDENCE, BUT OTHER HIGHLIGHTS WE HAVE FOR ANY OF THE OPPORTUNITY ZONES WE'VE HAD FOR A WHILE NOW THAT WE CAN TRY TO DRAW ANY KIND OF CONCLUSIONS 
          ABOUT OR IF IT'S BEST TO LEAVE THAT WHERE IT IS. >> I WOULDN'T RECOMMEND IT BECAUSE WE CAN'T DIRECTLY POINT -- THAT THIS INVESTMENT HAPPENED AS A DIRECT RESULT OF OPPORTUNITY ZONES AND IT CAME FROM A QUALIFYING OPPORTUNITY FUND, SO IT WOULD BE LOOSELY CORRELATED. 
          >> GALVAN: GOT IT.  THANK YOU. THOSE ARE ALL OF MY COMMENTS THEN.  THANK YOU SO MUCH.  THAN 
          YOU, CHAIR. >> VIAGRAN: COUNCILMAN SPEARS. >> SPEARS: THANK YOU, CHAIR. 
          CAN YOU TELL ME, IS EDD CHECKS THE ZONING CLASSIFICATIONS BEFORE WE RECOMMEND THESE 
          OPPORTUNITY ZONES? >> SO WE DID REVIEW ZO ZONING AS PART OF IT, AND I WILL SAY THAT THIS DESIGNATION DOES NOT SUPERSEDE ANY ZONING REQUIREMENTS OR ANYTHING -- OR REQUIREMENTS, THIS IS PURELY DESIGNATING IT AS AN OPPORTUNITY ZONE, BUT SHOULD SOMEONE WANT TO DEVELOP THAT, THEY WOULD HAVE TO FOLLOW THE CITY PROCESS FOR THAT, AND WE DID INCLUDE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AND PLANNING AS STAKEHOLDERS AS PART OF OUR PROCESS. 
          >> SPEARS: SO I THINK THAT'S MORE OF THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE IN A LOT OF WAYS, I IMPRACTICALITY OF ACTUALLY MANIFESTING INTO INVESTMENT BECAUSE THAT'S JUST A BARRIER FOR ENTRY IF WE CAN LOOK AT HOW PLACES ARE ZONED.  DO YOU SEE WHAT I'M SAYING? IF THEY THEN ALSO HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT ZONING, AND CAN WE GET THROUGH THIS ON TOP OF THAT, IT'S JUST AN EASY THING WE COULD MAYBE FIX ON THE FRONT END, AND I MEAN I KNOW THAT AFFECTS DEVELOPMENT A LOT.  WE WELL, I KNOW IT DOES. AND I TOO HAD THE SAME QUESTIONS.  I WANTED TO TO KNOW WHO WAS INVOLVED IN SELECTING THE OPPORTUNITY ZONES AND HOW MUCH INPUT THEY HAD. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT, TOO, WITH THE BREAKDOWNS AND THE METRICS AND THE SCORES TO HELP ME UNDERSTAND WHY YOU PICKED THE 69 TRACTS. I'M NOT SAYING -- I'M SURE -- I'M JUST CUR CURIOUS, I'M INTERESTED IN HOW THAT METHODOLOGY COMES ABOUT.  I'M SURE IT'S VERY STRUCTURED.  I KNOW THE CRITERIA IS THERE, IT'S JUST FIG FIGURING THAT OUT AND WE -- JUS CAPITALIZE ON THAT, AS WE ARE OUT TRYING TO RECRUIT BUSINESSES HERE, I TOO AM GLAD TO SEE THE ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT THERE AND THE ROCK AREA. AND HOW WE CAN PULL ALL OF THAT TOGETHER WITH OTHER OPPORTUNITY ZONES, BECAUSE I SEE THEM -- YOU KNOW, IT ALL REALLY WORKS TOGETHER WHEN YOU START TO THINK ABOUT IT. BUT, I MEAN, OVERALL I'M -- I D MANY DIFFERENCES.  WAS THERE ANYTHING THAT STANDS OUT TO YOU THAT WE LEARNED FROM LAST -- THE LAST TIME TO NOW? FROM THIS TIME? 
          >> I THINK THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE WAS THE NOT BEING ABLE TO REPORT ON IT AND TO BE ABLE TO TRACK THOSE INVESTMENTS THAT WERE HAPPENING.  I THINK THERE ARE ALSO SOME -- USING CENSUS TRACTS PRESENTS AS 
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INTERESTING.  ONE AREA THAT'S NOT INCLUDED IS LONE STAR AND THAT'S BECAUSE IT'S CENTERED IN A CENSUS TRACT THAT'S IN A HIGHER INCOME AREA, SO WHILE THERE ARE AREAS THAT WE WOULD HAVE HOPED WOULD BE INCLUDED THAT BECAUSE OF THE CENSUS TRACTS AND HOW THEY'RE SITUATED, IT DIDN'T PERFECTLY ALIGN WITH HOW WE COULD SELECT THOSE AREAS. 
          >> SPEARS: YEAH.  THAT'S INTERESTING.  YEAH.  AND I AM INTERESTED, TOO, IN SEEING HOW THIS REALLY HELPS OUR RESIDENTS AND NOT JUST THE INVESTORS, IF THERE'S A WAY FOR US TO SEE HOW IT'S IMPACTING AND UPLIFTING OU ACTUAL RESIDENTS, IMPROVING THEIR LIVES, IT'S GOING TO BE IMPORTANT TO ME, BUT I DO APPRECIATE YOUR WORK ON THIS AN WE'LL GO AFTER THIS, AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS I REALLY WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE WERE DOING, AND IF WE COULD BE FIRST AT THE TABLE WITH THE GOVERNOR, I THINK THAT WOULD BE IDEAL, YO KNOW, SO HE COULD SEE OUR NEEDS 
          FIRST.  BUT THANK YOU.  THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> AND CHAIR, IF I MAY, I WILL SHARE THIS IS NOT JUST A COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT TOOL, THIS IS FREQUENTLY USED IN HOUSING.  WE DID HAVE A NUMBER OF HOUSING DEVELOPERS AT OUR STAKEHOLDER BRIEFING, AND THEY UTILIZED THIS TOOL ALONG WITH THE OTHER AFFORDABLE HOUSING TOOLS TO PRODUCE HOUSING UNITS AND MIXED USE DEVELOPMENTS, SO THAT IS ONE WAY IT COULD BE DIRECTLY SEEN -- IS TYPICALLY NOT SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, SO MIXED USE AND MULTIFAMILY HOUSING, SO THAT'S ONE WAY OUR RESIDENTS COULD SEE IT, BUT IN THE AVAILABILITY OF MORE BUSINESSES AND ADDITIONAL JOBS COMING IN FROM INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT. 
          >> VIAGRAN: COUNCILMEMBER MEZA GONZALEZ. >> GONZALEZ: THANK YOU.  THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.  I -- I APPRECIATE -- I'M GLAD TO SEE EXCUSE ME, THE MEDICAL CENTER IDENTIFIED IN HERE AS AN OPPORTUNITY ZONE.  I THINK IT'S CRITICAL THAT WE PRIORITIZE THI LOCATION IN OUR RECOMMENDATION. I THINK THE WORK THAT THE RESIDENTS ARE DOING ALREADY IN THAT AREA IS DELIVERING RESULTS FOR SAN ANTONIO AS A WHOLE.  SO MAKING SURE THEY'RE IN THAT FINAL RECOMMENDATION I THINK IS IMPORTANT SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE ACCELERATING THE IN INVESTMENT IN THAT AREA, WHETHE BUSINESS OR HOUSING, IT WAS MENTIONED, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT IT'S ALSO PART OF THA CONVERSATION TO INCLUDE HOW THI BENEFITS THOSE IN THE HOUSING SPACE.  ON QUESTION 2 -- I'M SORRY.  MY QUESTION 2.  SORRY. SLIDE -- SLIDE -- NOT SLIDE. 
          WHERE IS IT? I THINK IT WAS -- LET ME LOOK REALLY QUICK.  IT WAS ON THE 1.0 AND 2.0. WHERE IS IT? RIGHT HERE.  YEAH. 
          WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE SURROUNDING AREA AND THE STATE OR 
          METRO AREA. >> THAT WAS HOW IT WAS DEFINED BY TREASURY. -- 
          >> GONZALEZ: OR HOW DID YA'LL -- >> SO THIS WAS THE CRITERIA USED THAT THEN TREASURY SELECTED -- RAN THROUGH THE CENSUS TR TRACTS UTILIZING THE AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY DATA.  SO WE DID NOT -- WE RECEIVED A LIST OF TRACTS ELIGIBLE FOR SAN ANTONIO AND BEXAR COUNTY BUT THIS IS THE LIST OF CRITERIA THEY USED WITH THE DATA SET IN ORDER TO SELECT IT.  I THINK THE 2.0 VERSION REFLECTS THE TIGHTENING IN OF HONING IN ON BEING LARGER AREA VERSUS STATE METRO BEING SMALLER. 
          >> GONZALEZ: OKAY.  CURIOUS. AND THEN I THINK WE SAID THIS, SOMEONE SAID IT TOO BUT ENSURIN THAT OUR SMALL AND LOCAL BUSINESSES IN THE DESIGNATED ZONE ARE AWARE THAT THEY'RE IN THE ZONE AND THEN HOW THEY BENEFIT FROM A PROGRAM LIKE T THIS, SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT REQUIRES ANY TARGETED OUTREACH TO THOSE SMALL BUSINESSES, BUT HOPE THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN 
          INCLUDE.  THAT'S ALL.  THANK Y YOU. >> VIAGRAN: COUNCILMAN CASTILLO. 
          >> CASTILLO: THANK YOU, CHAIR, AND ANNA FOR THE PRESENTATION. IN TERMS OF THE TAX BREAK THAT' PROVIDED THROUGH OPPORTUNITY ZONES, CAN YOU WALK ME THROUGH WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. 
          >> SO IF AN INVESTOR PLACES THE CAPITAL GAINS FROM THE SELL OF A PROPERTY OR THE SELL OF AN ASSET INTO A QUA QUALIFYING OPPORTUNITY FUND, THEN -- AND INV INVESTS THAT MONEY INTO ONE OF THESE AREAS VIA THAT OPPORTUNITY FUND, THEY'RE ABLE TO DEFER THE CAPITAL GAINS TAX ON 
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THAT INVESTMENT FOR A PERIOD OF -- I BELIEVE IT IS 10 YEARS.  SO IT ALLOWS THEM TO DEFER THAT GAIN BY MAKING INVESTMENTS. 
          >> CASTILLO: YEAH.  AND I ASK THAT QUESTION BECAUSE THE NATIONAL COALITION OF REIN REINVESTMENT HAS IDENTIFIED WIT THE 20 AND AND 2017 USE OF OPPORTUNITY ZONES THAT IT COULD POTENTIALLY SERVE AS A CAST LIS FOR GENTRIFICATION, SO WHILE WE'RE IDENTIFYING THESE CENSUS TRACTS, ONE, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHO THE STAKEHOLDERS WERE, PARTICULARLY AROUND THE HOUSING COMPONENT BECAUSE AN AN ANALYSI OF 2013 AND 2017 FOUND MANY OF THE PROJECTS RECEIVING THE TAX BREAKS WERE PROJECTS THAT WERE ALREADY FINANCIALLY FEASIBLE, S THEY INTENDED -- THEY WERE GOIN TO BUILD THE PROJECTS ANYWAYS, SO I WANT TO INTEND THAT AS WE NAVIGATE THESE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT NAVIGATING AND IDENTIFYIN THE CENSUS TRACTS IS THAT WE'RE NOT FACILITATING GENTRIFICATION IN OUR COMMUNITIES, PARTICULARL WITHIN THE WEST SIDE BECAUSE THERE'S JUST DATA THAT SHOWS THAT IT IS A CATALYST, AND WE JUST ESSENTIALLY ARE GIVING TAX BREAKS TO FOLKS WHO HAVE THE WEALTH TO CONSTRUCT THE PROJECT BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE LIS OF FOLKS WHO IDENTIFIED IN IDENTIFYING THE CENSUS TRACTS AND THEN WAS THERE COORDINATION WITH THE COUNTY IN TERMS OF WHA 
          CENSUS TRACTS WOULD BE SUBMITTE TO THE GOVERNOR. >> THAT IS SOMETHING -- 
          THAT COORDINATION IS ACTIVELY ONGOING. >> CASTILLO: OKAY.  AND THEN IS THAT SOMETHING THAT'S DONE WITH THE COUNTY'S ECONOMIC TEAM OR SOMETHING DISCUSSED WITH THE 
          COUNTY COMMISSIONERS? >> WE'RE WORKING DIRECTLY WITH THE COUNTY 
          ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TEAM. >> CASTILLO: OKAY.  I THINK I WOULD ALSO -- AGAIN, JUST TO REITERATE, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE LIST, AND I'M CURIOUS IN TERMS OF THE INTERNAL METRICS FOR CONSIDERATION, I THINK THER WOULD BE VALUE -- I UNDERSTAND WE'RE IDENTIFYING WHERE THERE'S SET TO BE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND WHETHER IT'S THE BASEBALL STADIUM OR THE OLD STADIUM OR PROJECT MARVEL, BUT WE SHOULD B LOOKING AT IN TERMS OF GEOGRAPHIC ATTRIBUTES, WHERE THERE'S BEEN SCHOOL CLOSURES, THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAVE IDENTIFIED A NEED FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, PARTICULARLY AROUN HOUSING TO HELP SUSTAIN THEIR ATTENDANCE FOR THEIR SCHOOL DISTRICT, SO I THINK THERE'S VALUE IN TERMS OF PLACE FOR US TO TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT, BUT ALSO IN TERMS OF SPURS OF ECONOMIC ACTIVITY, TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION WHERE NEW MARKET TAX CREDITS ARE ELIGIBLE, AND I TERMS OF WHERE THERE'S POTENTIA OPPORTUNITY TO IDENTIFY THOSE CENSUS TRACTS.  BUT, AGAIN, I THINK -- I'M JUST HESITANT, RIGHT, IN TERMS OF JUST SEEING THE IMPACT THAT IT HAS ON COMMUNITIES OF COLOR AND FACILITATING DISPLACEMENT, I WANT TO NAVIGATE THIS WITH CAUTION IN HOW WE MOVE FORWARD BECAUSE AGAIN IT'S TYPICALLY TO CONSTRUCT -- IN THE HOUSING REALM, MARKETPLACE HOUSING, WHICH IN THE FRAMEWORK, WE'RE EXCEEDING THOSE GOALS, SO I WAN TO MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT CREATING MORE ISSUES IN TERMS OF AFF AFFORDABLE HOUSING BY GIVING TA BREAKS TO CONSTRUCT UNAFFORDABL 
          HOUSING. >> AND TO CLARIFY, THE NEW MARKET TAX CREDITS WERE FEEDBACK THAT CAME IN AT OUR SESSION, AND WE WERE ABLE TO PULL IN DATA AND THOSE AREAS OVERLAP OVERWHELMINGLY, THE AREAS -- I'D GIVE YOU THE PERCENTAGE THAT DON'T OVERLAP, BUT WHERE THE PROGRAMS CAN BE UTILIZED IN TANDEM TO PROMOTE AFFORDABLE HO HOUSING, AND JUST TO CLARIFY, SO WE -- STAFF WE DEVELOP THE MODEL AND THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE 69 CENSUS TRACTS, WE TOOK TO OUR STAKEHOLDERS AND WANTED TO KNOW ARE THERE ADDITIONAL DA DATAPOINTS, UPCOMING DEVELOPMENT THAT WE MIGHT NOT BE AWARE OF OR THAT OUR EXTERNAL DATA SERVICES MIGHT NOT BE TRACKING TRYING TO BRING IN ADDITIONAL INPUT.  WE DIDN'T WANT IT TO BE ABOUT POINTING TO A SPECIFIC TRACT AND S SAYING WE WANT THIS ONE INCLUDED BECAUSE WE KNEW THAT WOULD DAMAGE THE INTEGRITY OF THE MODEL WHEREBY WE WANTED TO PROVIDE A PRIORITIZED LIST TO BACK UP WITH THE INFORMATION TO, AGAIN, MAKE THAT REALLY STRONG CASE TO THE STATE THAT 
          THESE ARE AREAS THAT ARE PRIME FOR OPPORTUNITY. >> CASTILLO: I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          AND THANK YOU.  THANK YOU, CH CHAIR. >> VIAGRAN: YEAH.  THANK YOU FO THE COMMENTS.  THAT'S VERY I INSIGHTFUL.  SO THE OTHER THING IS WE LOOK AT THE MAP, UNDERSTANDING WE'VE GOT THE CHILD CARE DESERTS, WE HAVE THE FOOD DESERTS.  WE HAVE VERY -- WE HAVE QUITE A BIT OF AGING INFRASTRUCTURE, AND WE HAVE THE NEEDS FOR HEALTHCARE IN TERMS O THE MORTALITY RATE VERSUS NORTH AND SOUTH.  SO THERE'S A LOT TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION, AND I KNOW YOU ALL WORKED WITH THE CENSUS TRACTS, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT, AND I THINK WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT AND SEEING WHEN WE TALK -- WHEN WE GO OUT INTO OUR COMMUNITY AND WE SAY WE HAV AN OPPORTUNITY ZONE, WHAT ARE W GOING TO PRIORITIZE TO BRING 
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INTO THAT OPPORTUNITY ZONE? IS IT GOING TO BE HO HOUSING? IS IT GOING TO BE BUSINESS? DO WE HAVE PEOPLE COMING IN? ARE THEY GOING TO HELP DEVELOP THAT OLD, VERY AGING INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE AREA, WHICH IS -- AND I MENTIONED THIS BEFORE WITH THE OTHER THING, OF COURSE I'LL SAY IT ALL NEEDS TO BE ON THE SOUTHSIDE BECAUSE WE HAVE THE MOST AGING INFRASTRUCTURE, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT WE TAKE THIS OUT.  SO TELL ME WE TAKE THIS -- WE GET OUR LIST TOGETHER, WE TAKE IT TO THE GOVERNOR, THE GOVERNOR CAN EITHER MOVE ALL 69 OR ONLY CERTAIN TRACTS FORWARD, AND THEN HE SENDS IT TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, AND THEN THEY MAKE THE FINAL DECISION; CORRECT? 
          >> WHAT GOES TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AS NOMINATED ARE THOSE THAT WILL BE DESIGNATED, AS LONG AS THEY MEET THE TREASURY CRITERIA, THE FIRST THREE CRITERIA, THEY WOULD BECOME OPPORTUNITY ZONES. 
          >> VIAGRAN: YEAH.  AND I THINK THAT'S KIND OF OUR CALL, IS OKA WHO ARE THE DEVELOPERS THERE, WHO ARE THE STAKEHOLDERS THERE BECAUSE THAT WAY IF OUR AREA GETS SELECTED BY THE GOVERNOR, AND HE COMES BACK TO REALLY -- AND I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT THIS EARLIER, THE ACCOUNTABILITY TO REALLY TELL THEM THAT THIS IS WHAT THE NEIGHBORHOODS NEEDS, I YOU'RE GOING TO BRING SOMETHING IN, I NEED YOU TO BRING THE INFRASTRUCTURE, I NEED YOU TO HAVE THE AFFORDABLE SMALL BUSINESS -- THE RETAIL SPACE FO SMALL BUSINESSES, WE NEED THE HOUSING THAT TAKES INTO CONSIDERATION THE WORKERS OF INTERNATIONAL OR JCB THAT ARE GOING TO START AT THIS LEVEL. 
          YOU'RE GOING TO BRING IN THE NURSING HOME BECAUSE WE'VE GOT AN AGING COMMUNITY HERE, AND THIS IS WHAT WE NEED HERE IS FRONT -- YOU KNOW, A FULL FACILITY NURSING HOME, SO I THINK THAT'S KIND OF THE ONE THING WE WANT TO KIND OF GET AN IDEA OF WHO IS AT THE TABLE, WH ELSE CAN WE BRING TO THE TABLE IN TERMS OF OPPORTUNITY ZONES, SO AS SOON AS THE GOVERNOR SIGN OFF ON HOW MANY OF OUR TRACTS HE'S TAKING FROM BEXAR COUNTY AND THE SAN ANTONIO AREA.  WE A BEXAR COUNTY AND SAN ANTONIO CA THEN GO OUT TO DEVELOPERS, TO THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY TO GET DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS TO KIND OF INVEST IN SAYING THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY THAT'S COMING, ARE WE READY TO GO.  SO THAT'S, I THINK, A LOT OF MOTIVATION BEHIND OUR LIST IS WANTING TO KNOW THE LIST OF WHO WAS THERE, WANTING TO KNOW HOW WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THIS OUT TO GET THE SERVICES WE NEED, THE BUSINESSE WE NEED IN ALL OF OUR AREAS.  S I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR EFF EFFORTS.  I THINK IN TERMS OF - YOU KNOW I WOULD GO AND TESTIFY THAT IT WAS AN OPPORTUNITY ZONE THAT BROUGHT THE GROWTH AND THE CHANGE AND DEVELOPMENT, BUT BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY REPORTING, I KNOW YOU CAN'T DO THAT, AND I CAN'T JUST MAKE THINGS UP, I CAN ONLY GIVE TESTIMONIALS, SO I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS IS THAT WE A ALL, AS ELECTED OFFICIALS, WE CAN GO GIVE A TESTIMONY AND SAY IT IS IN OUR BELIEF THAT THE OPPORTUNITY ZONE BROUGHT THIS T OUR COMMUNITY, BUT WITHOUT THE DATA, WE CAN'T -- WE CAN'T HAVE YOU, THE CITY GOVERNMENT DO T 
          THAT.  SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. >> CHAIR, IF I MAY, I WANTS TO JUST THANK DA DARIAN GIBSON FROM R RESEARCH, HE'S BEEN WITH US FOR SIX MONTHS AND DOVE IN AND DID ALL THE MAPPING AND MODELING. 
          SO I APPRECIATE ALL OF HIS EFFORTS. >> VIAGRAN: WELL, DARIAN, WELCOME.  WAY TO GO TO -- PLEAS STAY.  I KNOW THAT WAS A LOT OF WORK.  BUT THANK YOU.  AND THAN YOU FOR BEING PART OF THIS COMMUNITY -- COMMITTEE AND HELPING US WITH THIS PROCESS. 
          >> CHAIR, IF IT'S OKAY I WANTED TO MENTION ON SLIDE 7, I KNOW THERE WAS A LOT OF QUESTIONS AS TO HOW THE LIST WAS IDENTIFIED.  EACH OF THOSE SUB BULLETS -- THERE IS A BEAUTIFUL EXCEL MODEL THAT THEY WALKED ME THROUGH AND WE CAN DEFINITELY DO THAT WITH ANYBODY WHO'S INTERESTED, BUT EACH OF THOSE SUB BULLETS BASICALLY HAS A VALUE ASSOCIATED WITH IT, AND THEN WE WENT THROUGH AND EVALUATED WHICH OF THOSE REALLY RISE TO A CERTAIN LEVEL TO WHERE THEY SHOULD BE RECOMMENDED. 
          IF THERE'S A CERTAIN -- I KNOW THERE WAS ONE CENSUS TRACT THAT WAS ALREADY HIGHLIGHTED, WE CAN GO BACK THROUGH THERE AND SEE WHAT DID NOT PRIORITIZE THAT, WHERE DID IT FALL SHORT AND IS THAT OTHER CRITERIA WE SHOULD BE CONSIDERATION.  I SHOULD SAY THAT THEY HAVE V VETTED HAD THIS CRIT CRITERIA, I BELIEVE AT LEAST PRELIMINARILY WITH THE STATE, AND WE DID GET SOME PRETTY POSITIVE FEEDBACK ABOUT HOW THEY APPRECIATE US TAKING THIS TYPE OF APPROACH INSTEAD OF A MORE BLANKET, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING WE CAN GET, WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO GET.  I -- OUR INTENT IS THAT RIGOR SHOWS WHEN ULTIMATELY THE GOVERNOR 
          MAKES SELECTIONS. >> VIAGRAN: THANK YOU.  AND SO MY -- I'M PRETTY SURE YA'LL WIL GET CALLS FROM MY COMMITTEE MEMBERS TO GO THROUGH THE POINT SYSTEM.  ALL RIGHT.  IF THERE AREN'T ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO THE LAST ITEM.  ITEM NUMBER 4.  AND WE DO HAVE A PRESENTATION.  HE'S BEEN WAITIN SO PATIENTLY.  TROY, THE FLOOR 
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          IS YOURS. >> YES, MA'AM.  GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE COMM COMMITTEE.  THIS ITEM IS FOLLOWING UP ON THE RESOLUTION PASSED BY CITY COUNCIL ON FEBRUARY 12.  T RESOLUTION SUPPORTS EV EVALUATION OF STRATEGIES TO PROTECT ALL SAN ANTONIOIANS.  THERE WAS A NUMBER OF STRATEGIES IN THAT RESOLUTION, OF THOSE STRATEGIES, THERE WERE FIVE THAT DURING THE CITY MANAGER REPORT ON APRIL 9 THAT I'LL REFER BACK TO THE ECONOMIC WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE FOR YA'LL'S CONSIDERATION AND FOR THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT TO GO BACK AND SPECIFICALLY LOOK AT HOW THAT COULD BE IMPL IMPLEMENTED THROUGH OU OUR -- THROUGH PRO PROCUREMENT BASED ON THE STATUTES THAT GOVERN OUR PROCUREMENTS.  VERY QUICKLY, THESE ARE THE ITEMS, THE FIVE ITEMS THAT WERE INCLUDED UNTIL THE RESOLUTION THAT I IMPACT THE CITY'S CONTRACT AND PROCUREMENT PROCESS, I WON'T READ THE ENTIRE THING, BUT THE FIRST ITEM IS A COUNCIL POLICY TO NOT DO BUSINESS PROVIDING SUPPORT TO ICE.  ALSO NONCONTRACTING POLICIES, WHAT IS THE CITY'S LEGAL AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE ENTERING INTO CONTRACTS, RENEWALS OR EXTENSION TO VENDORS THAT PROVIDE SERVICE TO ICE DETENTION FACILITIES.  PROCUREMENT STANDARDS, AND VAL VALUE-BASED CRITERIA WHERE THOSE COULD BE IN OUR PROCUREMENTS, THOSE RELATED TO CIVIL RIGHTS, ETHICAL BUSINESS PRACTICES, AND IF THOSE COULD BE INCLUDED IN OUR CONTRACTS.  AND THEN ALSO VENDOR ACCOUNTABILITY AND DISCLOSURE.  SO ARE THERE MECHANISMS TO REQUIRE DISCLOSURE OF VENDOR PARTICIPATION IN DETENTION OR IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT.  AND WE TALK ABOUT THE SLIDES, THE NEXT COUPLE OF SLIDES, WE'LL START WITH THAT ONE BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO D DISCLOSE THE INTERACTION WITH I.C.E. FOR THE OTHER ONES TO BE APPLICABLE, SO WE'LL FOCUS ON THE TOP FOUR AND THEN ANOTHER SLIDE TALKING TO INSURANCE, LIABILITY, AND RISK EXPOSURE.  YA'LL HAVE SEEN THIS BEFORE, BUT IT REALLY IS THE FOUNDATION FROM THE PROCUREMENT STANDPOINT OF WHAT WE CAN DO WHERE.  THOSE ITEMS ON THE LEFT ARE THE ITEMS INGRAINED IN STATE STATUTE, AND THE ITEMS ON THE RIGHT ARE ITEMS THAT DO NOT HAVE STATUTORY PROHIBITIONS FOR THOSE FOUR OR FIVE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE. AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT STATE STATUTE, THERE ARE THREE AREAS, IMITATION FOR BIDS, REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS, AND REQUEST FOR OFFERS.  IMITATIONS FOR BIDS, YA'LL HAVE HEARD ME SAY THIS BEF BEFORE, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE BIDS THAT ARE AWARDED TO THE LOWEST RESPONSIBLE BIDDER, THAT LOWER RESPONSIBLE BIDDER IS DEFINED, DID THEY MEET THE SPECIFICATIONS, AND DID THEY PROVIDE THE LOWEST PRICE.  THAT IS INGRAINED IN THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE CHAPTER 252 AND 271, AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT INVITATION TO BIDS, IT'S THINGS LIKE OFFICE SUPPLIES.  FLEET, AUTOPARTS, FURNITURE, MATERIALS AND WAS ISES. IT COULD BE DONE FOR JANITORIAL LANDSCAPES, ELECTRICAL, PLUMBING, BUT WE DO THOSE UNDER A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSAL BECAUSE THERE'S OTHER FACTORS THAT WE CAN -- THAT WE CAN CONSIDER.  SO TALKING ABOUT THE REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS WE HEAR THAT REFERRED TO AS BEST VALUE.  AS I MENTIONED WE CAN REQUEST OTHER FACTORS, EXPERIENCE, BACKGROUND QUALIFICATIONS, THE PROPOSED PLAN THAT MAY IMPACT THE QUALITY OF THE GOODS OR SERVICES BEING PROVIDED.  THESE ARE ALSO INGRAINED IN TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE CHAPTER 2269.  FOR THINGS SUCH AS JANITORIAL SERVICES, LANDSCAPING, ELECTRICAL, HVAC, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.  AND THEN YOU ALSO HAVE THE LAST CATEGORY, IS REQUEST FOR OFFER.  THESE ARE THINGS FOR EXEMPTED, PUBLIC SAFETY EXEMPTION OR COOPERATIVE PROCUREMENTS UNDER CHAPTER 252 AND 271.  THINGS WE BUY ARE FIREMENNER GEAR.  RESCUE EQUIPMENT.  SPECIALTY FLEET VEHICLES OR IT LICENSE AGREEMENTS.  AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THESE AREAS OR BUCKETS, THERE'S LIMITED OPPORTUNITY TO ACTUALLY INFLUENCE OR EMPLOY ANY OF THOSE ITEMS WE TALKED ABOUT, AND I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT SPECIFICALLY ON THE NEXT COUPLE OF SLIDES.  AS FAR AS THE NONSTATUTORY, WHERE IT MAY APPLY.  IT'S KIND OF ON A CASE-BY-CASE BASIS. TYPICALLY A REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS.  THIS IS INGRAINED IN STATUTE AS WELL.  TYPICALLY PL PLANNING, ARCHITECTURAL, ENGINEERING, AND LAND SURVEYING.  AND THEN THE AREA YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH IS REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS, FINANCE 
          CONSULTING, MARKETING, THINGS OF THAT NATURE. >> IN THIS AREA, WHERE THERE'S DISCRETION, TYPICALLY WE CAN APPLY THOSE CRITERIA ON THE PRIOR SLIDE, THAT'S REALLY GOING TO BE ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS, AND I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN A SECOND.  SO FOCUSING ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE 
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SLIDE, STATUTORY PRO PROCUREMENTS, INVITATION FOR BIDS.  RFCSP, OR R RFQ, IN OTHER WORDS, CAN WE ASK A VENDOR DURING THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS, ARE YOU DOING BUSINESS FOR I.C.E. OR A DETENTION FACILITY. 
          GENERALLY YOU CAN ASK, IT CANNOT BE REQUIRED. AND IF IT IS -- IF THEY DO RESPOND, WE CAN'T USE IT AS A MINIMUM QUALIFICATION OR TO INFLUENCE A PROCUREMENT BECAUSE WHEN IT'S INVITATION FOR BID, AN RFSC IT'LL COME DOWN TO PRICE AND OTHER FACTORS, SO WE CAN ASK, THEY CAN DENY, PROVIDING INFORMATION, AND WE CAN'T HOLD THAT AGAINST THE VENDOR AS WE GO THROUGH THE PROCESS.  SO AS FAR AS A POLICY TO NOT DO BUSINESS WITH ENTITIES PROVIDING SUPPORT TO I.C.E.  AG AGAIN, WE CAN ASK THE QUESTION BUT CANNOT LIMIT COMPETITION. 
          COUNCIL CAN ELECT, IF THEY DO BASICALLY SAY THEY'RE DOING BUSINESS WITH I.C.E. OR A DETENTION FACILITY, ULTIMATELY COUNCIL AWARDS THE CONTRACTS. COUNCIL CAN ELECT NOT TO AWARD OR RECOMMEND TO THE LOWEST RESPONSIBLE VENDOR BY THAT PROCESS, BY THE -- BUT IT CAN'T GO TO THE BIDDER, WE HAVE TO CANCEL AND R RESOLICIT.  AS FAR AS NONSELECTING, YOU KNOW, CITY COUNCIL HAS THE ULTIMATE AUTHORITY TO WARDEN CONTRACTS, AND CONTRACT RENEWALS AND EXTENSIONS BUT ON THE BASIS OF ASKING THE QUESTION, DO THEY DO BUSINESS WITH THOSE TYPES OF ENTITIES.  AS FAR AS PROCUREMENT STANDARDS AND VAL VALUE-BASED CRITERIA, AGAIN STATE LAW REST RESTRICTS THE CRITERIA AND SPECIFICATIONS ON LOW BID, IF WE DID ASK, IT CAN'T BE CONSIDERED TO PROCUREMENT, AND THEN UNDER THE RFSCP AND OTHER AREAS, THE EV EVALUATION CRITERIA MUST FOCUS ON THE QUALITY AND THE COMPETENCE AND WE CAN'T CONSIDER THOSE FACTORS IN AN AWARD AS WELL.  SO ULTIMATELY UNDER AN INVITATION FOR BID, WE CAN ASK, BUT YOU CAN'T CONSIDER THAT IN THE AWARD OF THE PRO PROCUREMENT, AND COUNCIL CAN ULTIMATELY DECIDE NOT TO AWARD A CONTRACT TO A VENDOR.  ON THE OTHER AREA WHERE THERE IS MORE FLEXIBILITY, THE NONSTATUTORY PROCU PROCUREMENTS YOU HEAR US TALKIING ABOUT THIS AS FAR AS NONDISCRETIONARY PROCUREMENTS, RFP OR R RFQS, WHEN IT COMES TO CASE BY CASE BASIS, WE CAN ASK THE QUESTION, WE CAN REQUIRE THAT THEY RESPOND.  AS FAR AS IF THEY ARE DOING BUSINESS OR NOT WITH AN I.C.E. OR DETENTION FACILITY. MAYBE LIMITED TO DUE TO CONTRACTS FUNDED BY FEDERAL AND STATE GRA GRANTS.  FOR EXAMPLE, A CONTRACT IN THE AIRPORT, FOR AIRPORT CONCESSIONS. IT'S DISCRETIONARY, IT'S A REMEDY CONTRACT, BUT IT'S GOVERNED BY THE F FAA, SO YOU CAN'T APPLY IT THERE.  IF IT WASN'T FUNDED BY A FEDERAL STATE GRANT, CERTAINLY YOU COULD APPLY IT. POLICY TO NOT DO BUSINESS WITH ENTITIES PROVIDING SUPPORT TO I I.C.E.  IF THEY DO RESPOND AND THEY'RE REQUIRED TO RESPOND, THEN THE RESULT OF THOSE DISCLOSURES CAN BE USED TO DETERMINE RESPO RESPONSIVENESS.  SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF WE HAD A FARM IN THE PROCUREMENT, AND IF WE ASKED THEM, ARE YOU DOING BUSINESS WITH I.C.E. OR A DETENTION FACILITY AND THEY SAY YES, THEN WE CAN DEEM THEM N NONRESPONSIVE AND MOVE FORWARD, ONLY IN THESE TYPES OF PROCUREMENTS. SAME GOES FOR NO NONRESULTS OF THE DISCLOSURES CAN BE USED TO DETERMINE RESPO RESPONSIVENESS, AND AGAIN, CITY COUNCIL HAS THE ULTIMATE AUTHORITY TO REWARD CONTRACTS AND EXTENSIONS.  PROCUREMENT STANDARDS AND VAL VALUE-BASED CRITERIA, THIS CAN BE INCLUDED AS WELL AS WELL AS CIVIL RIGHTS AND ETHICAL BUSINESS PRACTICES.  I THINK IT WOULD BE WORTH IT IF COUNCIL WANTS TO GO FORWARD IN THE DIRECTION, IT WOULD BE WORTH HAVING A CONVERSATION AS FAR AS DEFINING WHAT THOSE CRITERIA ARE SO WE COULD INCLUDE THEM IN PRO PROCUREMENTS, SO THEY WOULD NEED TO BE ESTABLISHED. SO THOSE SLIDES COVER KIND OF THE GAMBIT OF THOSE PROCUREMENT IN THE FIVE DIFFERENT BUCKETS. WHEN IT COMES TO INSURANCE LIABILITY AND RISK EXPOSURE, IT'S A DIFFICULT QUESTION TO ANSWER.  SO WHEN IT COMES TO EVALUATING HOW VENDOR PARTICIPATION AFFECTS LIABILITY EXPOSURE, INSURANCE COSTS, REPUTATION FROM BOTH CITY AND THE CONTRACTORS AND ASSESS WHETHER SAFE GUARDS OR EXCL EXCLUSIONS ARE WARRANTED, WE LOOKED AT THAT, TALKED TO RISK, TALKED TO THE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE THIS IS VERY DIFFICULT TO QUANTIFY.  WE DON'T HAVE THE VISIBILITY INTO THEIR INSURANCE CONTRACTS AND WHAT CONSID CONSIDERATIONS THOSE INSURANCE COMPANIES ARE TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION AS THEY ASSESS TH PREMIUMS ON THOSE BUSINESSES. SO THIS IS SOME AREA THAT'S 
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GOING TO BE DIFFICULT TO QUANTIFY THE CITY DOING BUSINES WITH I.C.E.  IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. 
          SO IN SUMMARY, AS I MENTIONED, THE CITY MAY APPLY VENDOR ACCOUNTABILITY, OR VALUE-BASED CRITERIA ONLY TO DISCRETIONARY CONTRACT TYPES, THOSE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE LIST AS WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER IN THE PRESENTATION.  THESE WILL BE CONSULTING SERVICES, LEASES OF CITY-OWNED REAL PROPERTY. CONCESSION AGREEMENTS NOT GO GOVERNED BY GRANT OR FEDERAL CONTRACT OR OTHER REVE REVENUE-GENERATING CONTRACTS, AND AS I MENTIONED, THIS WOULD EVEN BE ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS WITH THE ABILITY TO APPLY THE CONTRACT TO OTHER CATEGORIES. 
          SO IT WAS A SHORT AND SWEET PRESENTATION.  I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. 
          >> VIAGRAN: AND WE HAVE LEGAL HERE.  SO I JUST WANT MY COUNCILMEMBERS TO BE MINDFUL. 
          REMEMBER, WE DO HAVE TO GO INTO NEGOTIATIONS, AND I THINK, EVEN LISA AND I SIT IN AUDIT SO WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL WHAT WE SAY BECAUSE WE DO APPROVE AUDIT COMMITTEES NOW -- THAT GO TO FULL CITY COUNCIL. TROY, IS IT POSSIBLE FOR THE COUNCIL TO PUT TOGETHER A DESIGNATION, NOT MINORITY-OWNED BUSINESS, NOT, YOU KNOW, ANY SORT OF EQUITY-BASED BUSINESS, BUT JUST BUSINESSES THAT ARE GOOD NEIGHBORS TO THE COMMUNITY LIKE A DESIGNATION OF COMM COMMUNITY-APPROVED OR COMM COMMUNITY-STAR -- FIVE-STAR R RATING, KIND OF LIKE A YELP REVIEW TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION ON WHOM WE DO BUSINESS WITH? IS THAT POSSIBLE? OR WOULD THAT BE -- BECAUSE WE HAVE A BAD ACTOR LIST THAT WE WANT TO PUT ON -- WE HAVE THAT FOR APARTMENTS, AND WE HAVE THA FOR CONTRACTORS NOW.  COULD THERE BE, LIKE, A, YOU KNOW, FIVE STAR OR, YOU KNOW, TOP LIS THAT WE COULD PUT COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT VOLUNTEER ALL OF THIS INFORMATION, THAT GIVE BAC TO THE COMMUNITY, HAVE A RECOGNITION LIKE THAT, DOES THA HAVE TO COME FROM US? OR SHOULD IT COME FROM A COMMUNITY-GROUP THAT KIND OF CREATES THIS SORT OF APPROVAL O BUSINESSES HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          >> I THINK IT DEPENDS.  AS YOU MENTIONED, THE ORDINANCE IS IN PLACE -- THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE FOR, LIKE, BAD ACTORS ON THE CONSTRUCTION SITE.  WE COULD EXPAND THAT TO DO IN OTHER AREA ON GOODS AND SERVICES AND DISCRETIONARY CONTRACTS.  AS FA AS A GOLD STAR LIST, I THINK I WOULD SAY WE DO THAT ALREADY, ESPECIALLY ON THE DISCRETIONARY SIDE, THE EVALUATION COMMITTEE, EVALUATES EXPERIENCE, EVALUATES PROPOSALS, YOU COULD DO THAT ON THE DISCRETIONARY SIDE.  ON THE THINGS I MENTIONED AS FAR AS TH INVITATION FOR BID, RFCFPS AND RFQS, IT'D BE DIFFICULT TO DO 
          THAT. >> VIAGRAN: YEAH.  AND I UNDERSTAND ON THE RFQS.  THAT WE'RE LIMITED ON WHAT WE DO FOR THAT BECAUSE OF WHERE WE GET TH FUNDING.  BUT IN TERMS OF WHAT YOU MENTIONED AND IN TERMS OF THE LAST ONE REGARDING OUR -- OUR CONTRACTS, OUR CONCESSION CONTRACTS, THINGS LIKE THAT.  I THERE IS SOME WAY THAT WE WOULD KNOW -- IF PEOPLE WANT TO VOLUNTEER THIS INFORMATION OF HOW THEY GIVE TO THE COMMUNITY FOR THE COUNCILMEMBERS BEFORE, THINK THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF THEY DO THAT BECAUSE I WANT TO BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND, WE'RE DOING BUSINESS WITH GOOD NEIGHBORS.  WE'RE DOING BUSINES WITH PEOPLE THAT SHOW UP FOR THEIR COMMUNITY BECAUSE BUS BUSINESSES AND COMPANIES AND CONTRACTORS ARE PART OF OUR COMMUNITY TOO, AND WE WANT THEM TO -- WE WANT TO UNDERSTAND AND SEE THEM GIVING BACK AS WE MAKE DECISIONS REGARDING THAT.  AND THEN I THINK PART OF THE -- PAR OF THE PROCESS, THE STATUTORY PROCUREMENT PROCESS, I THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE PRESENTED TO COUNCILMEMBERS INDIVIDUALLY. 
          I -- I DON'T KNOW THAT THIS NEEDS TO GO BACK TO A B SESSION FOR CONVERSATION OR IF WE COULD JUST BRING ALTERNATIVE IDEAS ON HOW WE COULD KNOW OUR BUSINESSE AND OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT ARE DOING BUSINESS WITH US IN TERMS OF THE -- WHAT WAS THE SLIDE CALLED? 
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THE NONSTATUTORY PRO PROCUREMENTS, HOW WE CAN DO THAT.  AND HOW WE CAN KIND OF GET THAT INFORMATION FOR OUR DISCRETIONARY CONTRACT TYPES AND BE CONFIDENT THAT WE'RE DOING BUSINESS -- THAT OUR CONCESSIONAIR IS SUP SUPPORTIVE OF EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY AND THINGS LIKE THAT.  SO IF MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES WANT TO CHIME IN, I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR THAT FROM THEM.  SO WE'LL BEGIN DISCUSSION. 
          ANYONE WANT TO GO FIRST? RIC. >> GALVAN: THANK YOU, CHAIR. 
          AND THANK YOU, TROY FOR THE PRESENTATION.  I REALLY APPRECIATE THE THOROUGHNESS THA YOU PROVIDED TO HELP US KIND OF BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT WE CAN ACTUALLY DO, THESE KIND OF -- D THESE KIND OF NEW POLICIES OR WHATEVER YOU MAY CALL IT, OR WE CAN'T; RIGHT?  I THINK IT'S ALWAYS THE BIGGEST CONVERSATION I HAVE WITH MY RESIDENTS FREQUENTLY WHEN FOLKS REACH OUT TO OUR OFFICE ABOUT SOME OF THESE TOPICS AND WE TALK ABOUT THE DIFFERENCES, THIS CITY CAN DO IT, OTHER CITIES, AND WHAT TOOLS DO WE HAVE.  I'M SUP SUPPORTIVE OF UTILIZING DISCLOSURES, THE WAY IT'S LISTE IN SLIDE 6.  YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S THE BEST THING WE CAN DO, GET MORE INFORMATION FROM BUSINESSES LOOKING TO PROCURE WITH US, OR DO BUSINESS WITH US I'M SUPPORTIVE OF INDIVIDUAL CONVERSATIONS WITH OTHER COUNCILMEMBERS FOR FEEDBACK.  I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED TO DO A FULL B SESSION HERE, BUT IF THA COMES TO IT TOO, THAT'S FINE. 
          BUT YEAH OVERALL APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION AND THE DILIGENCE YOU AND YOUR TEAM HAVE DONE TO GO THROUGH THESE AS WELL AS THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO INCLUDE WHAT'S POSSIBLE AND NOT 
          POSSIBLE HERE.  SO THANK YOU. >> VIAGRAN: WHO WOULD LIKE TO G NEXT? 
          COUNCILMAN CASTILLO. >> CASTILLO: THANK YOU, CHAIR. AND THANK YOU, TROY FOR THE PRESENTATION.  IN TERMS OF THE RECOMMENDATION OF APPLYING VENDOR ACCOUNTABILITY TO THE PRACTICES OR CRITERIA, I'M SUPPORTIVE OF WHAT YOU'VE LAID OUT.  SIMILAR TO THE COUNCILMAN I APPRECIATE YOU WALKING THROUG WHAT IS AND IS NOT FEASIBLE IN TERMS OF WITH THE THREE SIGNATURE MEMO OR WHAT THE COUNCIL CONSIDERATION REQUEST I CALLING FOR.  I'M CURIOUS IN TERMS OF THE FINANCIAL IMPACT O ECONOMIC IMPACT.  I UNDERSTAND THAT CAN'T BE QUANTIFIED, BUT I'M CURIOUS IF THE MASTER RESEARCH AGREEMENT CAN HELP US UNDERSTAND THE IMPACT TO OUR BUSINESSES BY SUPPORTING VENDOR WHO SUPPORT I.C.E.  SO MORE COMMENTS THAN QUESTIONS, BUT I' SUPPORTIVE OF WHAT YOU'VE LAID OUT, AND I ALSO -- FOR BRIEFING PURPOSES ONLY, BUT CAN YOU WALK 
          US THROUGH WHAT NEXT STEPS WOUL BE BEYOND TODAY. >> I THINK WE NEED TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT WHAT MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE IF COUNCIL IS SUPPORTIVE OF SOME OF THESE POLICIES, SPECIFICALLY ON THE NONSTATUTORY P PROCUREMENTS, WE WOULD NEED SOME TYPE OF POLICY TO IMPLEMENT IN OUR P PROCUREMENTS THAT IN AN EVENT WE REQUIRE DISCLOSURES AND RESPOND, WE WOULD DEEM THEM N NONRESPONSIVE, WHERE THEY CANNOT PARTICIPATE ON THE CITY PROCUR PROCUREMENTS, WE WANT TO MEMORIALIZE THAT IN 
          ORDER. >> CASTILLO: AND WHEN CAN WE ANTICIPATE THAT BEING AGENDIZED 
          FOR B SESSION. >> I'D HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK, IT GOES BACK TO GOING DOWN AND S SITTING WITH THE REST OF COUNCIL AND GETTING THEIR FEEDBACK, AND I THINK WE WOULD COME BACK AFTER THE BREAK. 
          >> CASTILLO: OKAY.  ALL RIGHT. >> RAY IS REMINDING ME, THE ENTIRE RESOLUTION HAD -- I DON'T REMEMBER HOW MANY POINTS THERE WERE, BUT THAT WAS GOING 
          BACK TO COUNCIL FOR FULL BRIEFING AS WELL. >> CASTILLO: SOUNDS GOOD. 
          APPRECIATE IT, TROY.  THANK YOU. >> VIAGRAN: SO IF YOU COULD -- IF YOU COULD -- IF YOUR TEAM COULD GO AND LOOK FOR A DISCLOSURE AS AN EXAMPLE TO TAK TO THE COUNCILMEMBERS TO GET THEIR INPUT IN, THAT WOULD BE APPRECIATIVE, AND THEN IF YOU COULD BRING THAT BACK TO US AFTER THE BREAK SO WE COULD SEE WHAT THE DISCLOSURE IS AND JUST GET AN UPDATED VERSION OF THAT, AND I -- THIS MAY NOT WORK WITH THE TIMELINE THAT THE FULL COUNCIL WANTED, BUT I THINK IT' IMPORTANT THAT WE -- THAT YOU G AND TALK AND EXPLAIN THIS TO TH COUNCILMEMBERS WHO WISH TO BE INFORMED ON THIS, SHOW THEM AN EXAMPLE OF A DISCLOSURE, WE WOULD HAVE TO DO THAT.  AND THE THAT'S THE OTHER THING, IN TERM OF POLICY, THAT WOULD HAVE TO COME FROM US, AS THE COUNCILMEMBERS, TO WRITE POLICY THAT WE KNOW IS NONRESPONSIVE I THEY DON'T FILL OUT THE DISCLOSURE AND WORK WITH LEGAL AND WHAT THAT WOULD MEAN.  AND THEN -- BUT I WOULD LIKE THE DISCLOSURE TO COME TO THIS COMMITTEE FIRST SO THAT WE CAN LOOK AT WHAT WAS THE CONSENSUS 
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OF, KIND OF, THIS IS HOW WE ASK THE QUESTION, IS IT NEGATIVELY ASKED, OR IS IT POSITIVELY -- YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING.  HOW WE ASK THAT QUESTION, AND THAT' THE THING.  I WANT TO SEE HOW MANY WOULD BE LIKE, DO YOU SUPPORT I.C.E.  DO YOU DO BUSINESS WITH I.C.E. OR WORK WITH GOVERNMENT ENTITIES THAT IMPRISON CHILDREN OR -- I'M SORRY.  THAT'S JUST ME.  BUT LET'S LOOK AT HOW WE KIND OF AS THAT QUESTION.  SO IF YOU COULD GO OUT THERE AND LOOK FOR A DISCLOSURE FORM.  I'M NOT SURE WHAT OTHER CITY HAVES DONE THIS OR IF THEY'VE DONE IT ON SOMETHING ELSE.  I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF COMMUNITIES -- SMALLER COMMUNITIES, OF COURSE, THAT HAVE DONE THIS ON ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES, WHEN I GO TO NOC, IT'S LIKE OH WE DON'T LET PEOPLE USE PLASTIC BAGS OR THINGS LIKE T THAT, AND SOME OF THAT -- PART OF THAT IS SOMETHING THEY PUT INTO WHEN THEY'RE NEGOTIATING THE CONTRACT.  SO IF YOU COULD GO AND LOOK AT THAT.  BRING THA BACK TO US AFTER YOU VISIT WITH COUNCILMEMBERS, HOPEFULLY WE CA HAVE THAT COME TO THE COUNCIL I A BRIEFING IN THE FALL.  SO THAT'S WHAT I'M THINKING IN TERMS OF TIMELINE, BUT IF YOU COULD SEND US A MEMO IN TERMS O WHAT YOU'RE THINKING IN TIM TIMELINE, I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? COUNCILMAN SPEARS. 
          >> SPEARS: YES.  I AM INTE INTERESTED, TOO, TO SEE HOW OTHER CITIES AND COUNTIES ARE MAYBE IMPLEMENTING THIS AND THE OUTCOME.  I KNOW CHICAGO, SAN FRANCISCO, SAN JOSE, PHILADELPHIA, LA, THEY'RE TRYIN TO DO THINGS, BUT I THINK THEY'RE ALL A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE'RE TRYIN TO DO HERE.  I REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE -- THIS GIVES ME PAUS BECAUSE IT'S JUST SOMETHING THA I FEEL LIKE -- IT'S NOT GOING T BE AS EASY TO IMPLEMENT, LIKELY AS EFFECTIVE AND HARD TO ASCERTAIN, AND THEN IT JUST APPEARS LIKE AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BARRIER TO ME WHERE WE'RE NOT BEING COOPERATIVE WIT LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY, AT EVERY LEVEL, AN I REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE STRESS HOW IMPORTANT PUBLIC SAFETY IS FOR SAN ANTONIO AND THE STATE, AND OUR NATION, AND LEGAL DEFENSIBILITY IS GOING TO REMAIN KEY TO -- FOR ME.  I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU CAN SAY, WEL BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T DISCLOSE IT THEN SOMEHOW WE -- MAYBE I M MISUNDERSTOOD WHAT YOU WERE T TRYING TO SAY ABOUT THE 
          ORDINANCE THERE. >> COUNCILWOMAN, WE'LL LOOK AT ALL THE OPTIONS, AT OTHER CITIES IMPLEMENTING SIMILAR POLICIES AND HAVE IN THE PAST AS WELL, BUT WE'LL MAKE SURE, WHATEVER WE IMPLEMENT FULLY COMPLIES 
          WITH THE LAW. >> SPEARS: WHAT I'M THINKING -- THIS MAKES ME BRING TO MIND, TH QUESTIONS WHEN YOU'RE DOING AN APPLICATION FOR EMPLOYMENT AND YOU DECLINE TO ANSWER YOUR RACE 
          OR ETHNICITY.  WHAT -- YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? >> YEAH.  THOSE ARE -- THOSE ARE WHAT YOU WOULD TERM -- THOSE ARE CLASSIFICATIONS THAT REALLY TRIGGER A HIGHER LEVEL OF SCRUTINY. THESE ARE DIFFERENT. 
          ULTIMATELY, ON CONT CONTRACTS, IT IS -- ON THESE NON-- ON N NONDISCRETIONARY PRO PROCUREMENTS, IT'S UP TO COUNCIL TO VOTE YES OR NO ON WHAT GROUNDS THOSE ARE AND WHAT THOSE COULD BE FOR MANY DIFFERENT REASONS.  SO THERE'S A LITTLE BIT MORE DISCRETION WHEN YOU'RE 
          TALKING ABOUT THOSE TYPES OF PROCUREMENTS. >> SPEARS: SURE.  I MEAN, I UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE THERE I'M JUST TRYING TO THINK ABO ABOUT -- LIKE, I DON'T WANT TO DISCOURAGE COMPETITION OR TIMELINES, HOW IT'S GOING TO COST -- WHAT THE COST WOULD BE TO TAXPAYERS BECAUSE WE'RE MAKING DRAWING ASSUMPTIONS, WHA YOU KNOW I'M SAYING? AND I JUST -- I DON'T THINK THIS IS GOING TO DELIVER THE DESIRED RESULT THAT MANY OF MY FELLOW COLLEAGUES INTENDED.  SO WHY DO IT. 
          AND I THINK IT COULD HURT US.  WHICH IS WHY I WANT TO LOOK AT WHAT THE OTHER CITIES ARE DOING. I KNOW I MAYBE STAND ALONE IN THIS POSITION, BUT I JUST FEEL LIKE WE HAVE TO BACK UP OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT ENTIRELY. 
          SO THANK YOU. >> VIAGRAN: COUNCILWOMAN MEZA GONZALEZ. 
          >> GONZALEZ: THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION AND THANK YOU, TRO AND YOUR TEAM FOR LAYING THIS OUT FOR US AND SHARING THE V VIABLE OPTIONS THAT WE DO HAVE, WE'RE LIMITED, BUT ON THE COUPL OF FOLKS HAVE SAID THIS, BUT JUST CURIOUS ON WHAT OTHER CI CITIES HAVE ADOPTED SIMILAR VENDOR RESTRICTION POLICIES, AN THEN FOR US SPECIFICALLY, THESE ARE DISCLOSURE MECHANISMS THAT 
          WE'RE EXPANDING, OR WE'RE HAVIN TO CREATE FROM SCRATCH. >> WE COULD GO BACK AND 
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LOOK AT WHAT OTHER CI CITIES ARE DOING, LOOK AT THAT, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, DISCLOSURES ARE SIMPLE, DO YOU DO BUSINESS OR HAVE CONTACT WITH FACILITIES THAT CONTRACT WITH I.C.E. BUT WE'LL LOOK AT OTHER CITIES, LOOK WHAT THEY DO, NOT CREATE THE WH WHEEL.  AND THEN VISIT WITH ROY AND HIS TEAM AS FAR AS THE LEGAL COMPONENTS AND HOW 
          THAT'S PHRASED. >> GONZALEZ: THANK YOU.  AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE SMALL BUSINESSES THAT COULD BE IMPACT WITH THIS, I DON'T KNOW HOW WE PROTECT SOME OF THOSE SMALL BUSINESSES FROM THAT; RIGHT? BECAUSE THEY ARE LOCAL, THEY'RE RAISING FAMILIES OFF OF THAT 
          INCOME COMING IN, SO HOW DO WE KIND OF DRAW THE LINE THERE? >> WHO HAVE AN ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION, IT DEPENDS ON HOW WE STRUCTURE THIS, AND ULTIMATELY, IF YOU DO BUSINESS WITH ONE OF THOSE ENTITIES, THEN ON A DISCRETIONARY PRO PROCUREMENT, IT'LL BE A PASS FAIL, YOU DON'T MOVE FORWARD.  ON THE OTHER SIDE, ON THE STATUTORY SIDE, LIKE I MENTIONED, WE CAN ASK THE QUESTION, THEY CAN DECLINE TO ANSWER.  AND IT CAN'T BE HELD AGAINST THEM IN THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS.  SO I DON'T 
          HAVE A GOOD ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION. >> GONZALEZ: WHAT WOULD -- IF W CREATED A FLOOR FOR FINISH FOR THOSE SMALL BUSINESSES, IS TH THAT -- 
          >> TYPICALLY ON THESE TYPES OF POLICIES, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. 
          ON LOCAL PREFERENCE AND OTHER, WE HAVE 50,000 AS THE FLOOR.  SO IN THOSE CASES, IT ONLY APPLIES TO PROCUREMENTS 50,000 AND MORE.  SO THAT'S 
          CERTAINLY SOMETHING WE COULD DO. >> GONZALEZ: AND -- JUST TH THINKING -- I MEAN, YEAH. YOU'RE GOING TO -- SEE WHAT OTHER CITIES ARE DOING, BUT I'M 
          CURIOUS IF THEY PUT ANYTHING IN PLACE THERE REGARDING A FLOOR. >> OKAY.  WE CAN 
          CERTAINLY LOOK AT THAT AS WELL. >> GONZALEZ: OKAY.  THOSE ARE ALL OF MY QUESTIONS.  THANKS, AGAIN FOR THE WORK YOU'RE DOING AND THE OPTIONS THAT YOU'VE 
          PRESENTED BACK TO US.  I APPRECIATE IT. >> VIAGRAN: ANY OTHER COMMENTS? THIS ITEM WAS FOR BR BRIEFING ONLY.  THANK YOU, TROY.  THE TIME IS NOW 4:09.  AND THIS ME MEETING IS ADJOURNED.
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