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          >> VIAGRAN: THE TIME IS NOW 2:05 P.M. ON SEPTEMBER 22ND, 2026 AND THE MEETING OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND WORKFORCE COMMITTEE IS NOW CALLED TO ORDER. MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. 
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THE FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES. ARE THERE ANY CORRECTIONS TO THE MINUTES? IF NOT CAN I GET A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE 
          MINUTES? >> SO APPROVE. >> VIAGRAN: I'VE GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE? ALL OPPOSED SAY NO? MOTION CARRIES. ALL RIGHT, MADAM CLERK, ARE THERE ANY CITIZENS SIGNED UP 
          TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? >> NO, CHAIR, WE HAVE NO 
          PUBLIC COMMENT. >> VIAGRAN: OKAY. ALL RIGHT. 
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SO THE FIRST ITEM IS THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK UPDATE. 
          >> I WAS JUST GOING TO INTRODUCE THE ITEM BY SAYING SIG THAT YOU DID GET THIS BRIEFING -- THE PRELIMINARY VERSION OF THIS BRIEFING LAST MONTH. 
          BASED ON SOME OF THE QUESTIONS WE GOT DURING BRENDA'S BUDGET WORK SESSION, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BUDGET WORK SESSION, WE THOUGHT WE WOULD GIVE A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL, A LITTLE MORE CONTEXT. 
          WE ARE ANOTHER MONTH INTO THE CONTEXT SO SHE'S HERE TO GIVE A LITTLE MORE OF THAT 
          UPDATE NOW. >> VIAGRAN: ALL RIGHT. WE'LL HEAR THE UPDATE AND 
          THEN WE CAN MAKE THE MOTION. SO THIS IS ITEM NUMBER 2. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, THANK YOU, CHAIR, EWDC MEMBERS, BRENDA HICKS ON SORENSON, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR. AS ALEX MENTIONED, A LOT OF THIS IS WHAT YOU HAVE ALREADY SEEN, JUST WANT TO PROVIDE MORE CONTEXT. AS WE WENT INTO THE STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK WE KEPT REFERENCING WHAT IT IS TO LEVEL UP HERE IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND THROUGHOUT THE STAKEHOLDER PROCESS THAT CAME DOWN TO INCREASING THE COMPETITIVENESS WITH NATIONAL AND GLOBAL PEERS, CREATING THE NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR EMPLOYMENT AT ALL LEVELS. YOU WILL HEAR A LOT ABOUT ECONOMIC MOBILITY TODAY, AS WELL AS EXPANDING THE WEALTH, ASSETS AND TAX BASE OF OUR RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES. BUT TRULY WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? SO TO SUPPORT THAT YOU'LL SEE AGAIN HERE THE GOALS AND THOSE GOAL STATEMENTS. THIS HAS NOT CHANGED FROM WHEN WE PRESENTED LAST MONTH MONTH, AND THIS IS WHAT I TOUCHED UPON DURING THAT PRESENTATION ON SEPTEMBER 9TH. SO IT'S REALLY AROUND INNOVATION AND INDUSTRY, THAT PLACEMAKING AND REAL ESTATE, AS WELL AS IN TALENT AND WORKFORCE, AND PREVIOUSLY CAPACITY AND RESOURCES WAS THE FOURTH GOAL. 
          WE'VE REMOVED THAT FROM BEING A GOAL TO REALLY THAT UNDERLYING, YOU NEED TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THE CAPACITY AND RESOURCES TO IMPLEMENT GOALS ONE, TWO AND THREE. 
          HOPEFULLY THIS LOOKS FAMILIAR. I DID NOT PROVIDE THIS LEVEL OF DETAIL DURING THE BUDGET PRESENTATION, BUT DID AT THE LAST EWDC MEETING. 
          WANTED TO TOUCH UPON JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS. AGAIN, IT'S A LOT OF ENHANCED GOALS SO EVERYTHING THAT YOU'LL SEE WITHOUT A NEW IS SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN ENHANCED FROM THE 2022 STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK AND THEN THOSE THAT ARE LISTED ARE NEW. SO TO COMPLICATE IT EVEN A BIT MORE SO WE HAVE A COUPLE OF NEW NEW ITEMS. THE 1.1 SAN ANTONIO BUSINESS STORY, LAST TIME WE TALKED ABOUT THAT BEING THE SAN ANTONIO STORY, JUST REALLY HOW DO YOU GET THE MESSAGE OUT? I THINK WE CAN ALL AGREE THAT WE PROBABLY ARE THE BEST KEPT SECRET. WE'RE HORRIBLE ABOUT BRAGGING ABOUT OURSELVES, BUT REALLY AS WE CONTINUE TO GET MORE STAKEHOLDER FEEDBACK, INCLUDING FEEDBACK FROM ALL OF YOU DURING THE VARIOUS SESSIONS, IT'S REALLY ABOUT THE BUSINESS STORY. SO WE HAVE AMAZING INNOVATION, AMAZING STORIES TO TELL, WE JUST DON'T GET THAT STORY. SO HOW DO WE GET ALIGNED TO TELL THAT STORY AS WE GO FORWARD? AND I JUST DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT A LOT OF THESE ARE INTERCONNECTED, OF COURSE. YOU CAN'T LOOK AT THEM AS ALL NICE, NEAT LITTLE BOXES ON A PIECE OF PAPER BECAUSE, FOR EXAMPLE, UNDER THE SECTION 1.2.1, THE ECOSYSTEM DENSITY AND CONNECTIVITY, THAT ALSO TALKS A LOT ABOUT OUR INNOVATION, OF COURSE, THE KEY TARGET INDUSTRIES, AND GIVES SOME EXAMPLES ON HOW DO WE HIGHLIGHT THOSE KIND OF SCALEUPS AND THE START-UPS. 
          WE HAVE A PRETTY DECENT CONCENTRATION OF THOSE IN BIOMEDICAL, CYBER AND SO FORTH, SO HOW DO WE TELL THAT -- FOR EXAMPLE, ONE OF THE SUBGOALS OR RECOMMENDATIONS IS TO START A SERIES SAN ANTONIO INNOVATES, WHICH TIES BACK 
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TO THAT SAN ANTONIO BUSINESS STORY. SO REALLY CONTINUES TO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF THOSE OPPORTUNITIES. ONE OF THE OTHER ITEMS I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT ON THIS PARTICULAR SLIDE IS 1.1.3, THE MILITARY MISSION ADVANCEMENT. PREVIOUSLY IN THE 2022 DOCUMENT, MILITARY REALLY UNDERLINED EVERYTHING, CONTINUES TO UNDERLINE SO MUCH OF WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT IN THE TARGET INDUSTRIES, IT WILL SAY MILITARY AND DEFENSE. 
          I HAVE A SLIDE ON THAT, THE NEXT SLIDE. BUT AS WE CONTINUE THOSE CONVERSATIONS, REALLY WANTED TO PULL IT OUT AS A SPECIFIC GOAL UNDER THAT BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT. HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT IT'S INCLUDED IN THE BUSINESS RETENTION AND EXPANSION EFFORTS. HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN THE CONNECTEDNESS BETWEEN MILITARY RESEARCH, OUR PRIVATE COMPANIES AND OF COURSE OUR TIER 1 UNIVERSITY IN UT SAN ANTONIO AS JUST AN EXAMPLE. HOW DO WE ENSURE WE'RE SUPPORTING THAT. 
          I REFERENCE THOSE TARGET INDUSTRIES. THESE WILL LOOK VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WAS PRESENTED IN 2022, BUT WE DID PROVIDE SOME CLARIFICATION. 
          LAST TIME I THINK THE PENDULUM SWUNG A LITTLE TOO MUCH IN THAT WE CAME UP WITH REALLY BROAD TITLES, BUT MOBILITY, FOR EXAMPLE. BUT THEN WHAT DOES MOBILITY MEAN. AND WE HAD THESE SUBSECTORS UNDER THEM, BUT WE WANTED TO GO BACK TO REALLY HIGHLIGHTING THAT IT'S AEROSPACE, DEFENSE AND TRANSPORTATION. AGAIN, WHERE DO WE HERE IN SAN ANTONIO HAVE THAT COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE? SO REALLY TAKING A LOOK AT THAT COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE AND WHERE THERE ARE SOME OF THOSE NEW OPPORTUNITIES. I KNOW HERE AT THIS COMMITTEE WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT A.I., AND SO A.I. SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU WILL SEE IS IN THERE. AND OF COURSE LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WITHIN EACH OF THOSE TARGET INDUSTRIES IS THAT DEFENSE AND MILITARY. 
          SO JUST REALLY CALLING THAT OUT MORE SO THAN WHAT WE PREVIOUSLY HAD DONE. 
          WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE FULL REPORT AND START GETTING INTO ALL OF THOSE ADDITIONAL ACTION ITEMS AND SO FORTH, YOU'LL SEE A LOT MORE ON REALLY LOOKING AT THESE -- HOW THEY COMPARE TO THE CURRENT MARKET TRENDS, REALLY FOCUSED ON SUPPLY CHAINS AND ON RESEARCH. AND THEN ALSO IT IDENTIFIED WE REALLY SPENT QUITE A BIT OF TIME THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS LOOKING AGAIN AT THOSE EMERGING CLUSTERS AND WHERE SAN ANTONIO HAD THAT COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE. THIS TARGET INDUSTRY IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE THE NEXT PRESENTATION YOU'LL HEAR WE ALWAYS HAVE THAT ENHANCEMENT RELATED TO TARGET INDUSTRIES IN THE INCENTIVE POLICY. SO GOAL 2 IS SOMETHING THAT WE HEARD A LOT ABOUT AS WE WE WANT THROUGH THIS PROCESS, AND OF COURSE THAT'S CONTINUING TO BE THE PLACEMAKING AND REAL ESTATE, BUT REALLY FOCUSING A LOT BIT MORE ON HOW DO WE CONTINUE TO ENHANCE THAT INVESTMENT AND REDEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAD SIGNIFICANT CONVERSATION AROUND WITH THE INCENTIVES AS WELL AND YOU WILL HEAR BECCA ACUNA TALK MORE ABOUT THAT IN THE CHAPTER 312, 380 POLICIES, WHICH IS NEXT ON THE AGENDA. I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT ONE OF THE DIFFERENCES FROM THE LAST PRESENTATION WAS PORT SAN ANTONIO AND BROOKS CALLED OUT SPECIFICALLY. 
          THOSE ARE AGAIN VERY UNIQUE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE IN SAN ANTONIO THAT OTHER COMMUNITIES DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE. SO HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE LEVERAGING THOSE AS WE GO FORWARD. AND THEN AGAIN NO SURPRISE HERE YOU'LL CONTINUE TO SEE THE -- THAT EMPHASIS WITH REDEVELOPMENT AND SO FORTH. 
          I'M GOING TO MOVE ON TO THIS BECAUSE I'M ACTUALLY USING PLACEMAKING IN REAL ESTATE AS AN EXAMPLE IN A FUTURE SLIDE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE IMPLEMENTATION MATRIX, THE FUN STUFF. I WANTED TO JUST TOUCH ABOUT SITE READINESS. 
          THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN HIGHLIGHTED. I KNOW THERE'S ALSO A CCR ON THIS. AS PART OF THIS PROCESS WE IDENTIFIED 10 SITES THAT WHAT WE WOULD CALL KIND OF THOSE TIER 2 OR TIER 3 SITES. 
          THEY'RE JUST NOT READY TO REALLY BE PRESENTED TO SITE SELECTORS FOR THOSE LARGER OPPORTUNITY. WE TARGETED 100 ACRES OR LARGER. 
          SO NOT QUITE MEGA SITE, BUT FAIRLY LARGE SITES. AND DID A DEEP DIVE ON WHAT THOSE OPPORTUNITIES WERE. AND AGAIN, THEY WERE FOCUSED ON A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT CAPITAL INTENSIVE AND THEN LABOR INTENSIVE. SO TWO DIFFERENT SCENARIOS. 
          THEY WERE BOTH INDUSTRY AGNOSTIC, BUT FOCUSED ON CAPITAL AND LABOR INTENSIVE AND HOW THEY STOOD OUT. AND FROM EACH OF THOSE MODELS WE HAD BASICALLY A 
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GAP ANALYSIS. WE ARE WORKING WITH SAWS, SATX AND A NUMBER OF PARTNERS TO NOW IDENTIFY TWO OR THREE SITES TO DO THAT DEEP DIVE ON AS WE GO FORWARD. A LOT OF TIMES WE END UP TALKING ABOUT THE UTILITIES WHEN WE TALK ABOUT SITE READINESS, BUT IT'S ALSO THE TRANSPORTATION. 
          A NUMBER OF THESE HAVE RAIL ADJACENT, COULD BE RAIL SERVED, SO IT'S ALSO TALKING ABOUT RAIL SERVICE. IT'S ALSO LOOKING AT ENVIRONMENTAL. 
          A NUMBER OF THESE ARE -- HAVE SOME KIND OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT, EITHER MAYBE GEOTECHNICAL THAT WE HAVE TO LOOK AT WITH A WIDE LENS AND SO FORTH. 
          I REALLY UNDERSTAND THAT. AND OF COURSE WE'RE ALSO TALKING ABOUT ZONING, MAKING SURE WE HAVE THE APPROPRIATE ZONING AND PERMITTING AS WE GO FORWARD THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS. TALENT AND WORKFORCE OH YOU'VE HEARD ME SAY BEFORE YOU CAN'T TALK ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WITHOUT TALKING WORKFORCE. 
          THAT IS SOMETHING THAT OUR LONG-TERM ECONOMIC COMPETITIVE REALLY HINGES ON EMPOWERING THOSE LOWER RESIDENTS WITH THE HIGHER DEMAND, HIGHER WAGE OPPORTUNITIES. SO REALLY TAKING A LOOK AT HOW WE CONTINUE TO BUILD OFF OF READY TO WORK, WE HAD SIGNIFICANT WORK ON READY TO WORK 2.0. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S WHAT IT WILL BE CALLED IN THE FINAL DOCUMENT, BUT REALLY IT'S HOW DO WE CONTINUE TO DOUBLE DOWN ON THOSE STRATEGIC ALIGNMENTS WITH THOSE HIGH-DEMAND JOBS AND EMPLOYER-LED PARTNERSHIPS. THEN AS ALREADY NOTED, THE TAX ABATEMENT REBATES ARE SOMETHING THAT FOLKS TALK ABOUT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT INCENTIVES, BUT THOSE ARE ONE TOOL IN THE TOOLBOX SO WE'RE REALLY CONTINUING TO LOOK AT WHAT TOOLS AND RESOURCES WE HAVE AVAILABLE TO US EITHER BY STATE STATUTE, RESOURCES, HOW DO WE TWEAK IT. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE HERE IN 2022, NOT ONLY DID WE LOOK AT THE INCENTIVES, BUT WE ALSO LOOKED AT FIRST, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, WE UPDATED THE BYLAWS AND A NUMBER OF THINGS AFTER THAT BASED ON THE FRAMEWORK. SO REALLY CONTINUING TO EXPLORE WHAT THOSE OPTIONS ARE TO SUPPORT THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE FRAMEWORK. AND THEN TO THE RIGHT THERE YOU WILL SEE FUNDING OPTIONS, OF COURSE. A LOT OF CONVERSATION THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS WAS FISCAL CONSTRAINTS, NOT JUST THE CITY, BUT A LOT OF COMMUNITIES. 
          SO WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE IN BEING CREATIVE AS WE SEEK ALTERNATIVE OPTIONS. 
          OF COURSE A LOT OF QUESTIONS COME DOWN TO WHAT DOES THIS ALL MEAN, AND MY FAVORITE PART IS THE IMPLEMENTATION. SO HERE YOU'LL SEE A SAMPLE. THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE. 
          WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE WHOPPING THAT THIS WEEK IN MORE DETAIL AND IT'S REALLY TINY SO I APOLOGIZE, BUT IT'S REALLY TO GIVE YOU A SNAPSHOT OF YOU'LL SEE HERE THIS IS GOLD TOO SO IT'S AROUND PLACEMAKING AND REAL ESTATE, AND WITHIN 2.1 WE HAVE THE PLACE-BASED INVESTMENT IN REDEVELOPMENT. THEN YOU HAVE KIND OF THOSE SUBGOALS, THE 2.1 HIGHLIGHTED .4 WITH THE CORRIDORS. 
          AND THEN YOU'LL SEE UNDERNEATH THAT 2.1.4 YOU WILL SEE A COUPLE OF WHAT WE ARE CALLING NEXT LEVEL INITIATIVES. SO WHAT ARE SOME OF THOSE SPECIFIC ACTION ITEMS THAT THE CITY CAN BE IMPLEMENTING TO ACHIEVE THOSE GOALS. 
          AND THROUGHOUT THE DOCUMENT THERE'S CASE STUDIES, THERE'S EXAMPLES OF HOW OTHER COMMUNITIES HAVE UTILIZED IT. OF COURSE DOING AN ASSESSMENT ON OUR CURRENT PROGRAMS SO YOU WILL SEE HERE FIRST ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS IS TO EXPAND REVITALIZE SA CORRIDOR LEADERSHIP PROGRAM. 
          2027 IS THE FOURTH YEAR OF THAT PROGRAM. TO THE RIGHT YOU'LL SEE A LEAD ORGANIZATION. IN THIS CASE EDD IS LISTED ON A NUMBER OF THOSE, BUT YOU'LL SEE TIRZ. REVENUES IS LISTED WITH NHESD AND THEN YOU WILL HAVE THE SUPPORTING PARTNERS. THIS PLAN WAS NOT MEANT TO BE THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT'S PLAN, BUT RATHER COSA IS THE BROADER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK FOR THE CITY. SO THERE ARE SOME WHERE THOSE LEAD ORGANIZATIONS ARE GOING TO BE EXTERNAL, GREATER SATX, FOR EXAMPLE, ON SOME OF THOSE AND OTHER PARTNERS THROUGHOUT. BUT THEN WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE EMPHASIZING WHETHER IT'S ONGOING AND THEN THAT TIMELINE. 
          HERE YOU WILL SEE REVITALIZE SA CORRIDOR LEADERSHIP PROGRAM, THAT WOULD BE A SIX TO 12 MONTH, REALLY ALIGNING MORE TOWARDS WHEN WE'RE STARTING TO THINK ABOUT '28 BUDGET, I KNOW WE JUST FINISHED '27 BUDGET, BUT IN A COUPLE OF MONTHS WHEN ARE WE STARTING TO LOOK AT THAT. SOME OF THESE, FOR EXAMPLE, ARE A LITTLE BIT LONGER TERM 
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SUCH AS A GRANT PROGRAM THAT FACILITATES ACCESS TO COMMERCIAL SPACE AND SUPPORTS INCLUSIVE BUSINESS GROWTH. THAT'S A ONE TO THREE YEAR TYPE EFFORT. SO EVERY SINGLE ITEM WITHIN THE STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK WILL HAVE THESE GOALS, THESE TIMELINES, AND THEN WE'LL TRACK THE STATUS AND ALSO THE FREQUENCY OF THOSE REPORTS. SOME OF THE INFORMATION MIGHT MAKE SENSE TO BE MONTHLY. EMPTY IT MIGHT MAKE SENSE IN THIS CASE WE USE THE EXAMPLE OF SEMI-ANNUAL. IN SOME CASES THE DATA IS ONLY AVAILABLE ON AN ANNUAL BASIS SO IT MIGHT BE AN ANNUAL KIND OF REVIEW AND TOUCH BASE. THEN I KNOW IT'S ALWAYS GREAT TO TALK ABOUT ALL THESE INITIATIVES, BUT YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE WHAT THAT BUDGET LOOKS LIKE AND THEN THE CAPACITY. SO HERE'S AN EXAMPLE OF WHERE THEY'RE LOOKING AT IT. 
          I THINK OF IT KIND OF AS A RESTAURANT GUIDE, RIGHT? YOU HAVE LIKE A ONE DOLLAR SYMBOL OR YOU HAVE THE TWO OR THE FOUR. OBVIOUSLY I THINK WE ALL KNOW THAT THEN IF IT'S THE 4 SYMBOL IT'S GOING TO REQUIRE MORE RESOURCES WITHIN IT. 
          THEN HOW DO YOU MEASURE SUCCESS? I JUST PUT SOME EXAMPLES UP HERE. ALL OF THESE WILL HAVE THE INPUTS, OUTPUTS, IMPACTS, INDICATORS. SOME OF THE INDICATORS, THOSE LONGER TERM OPPORTUNITIES, WHAT KIND OF IMPACTS WOULD WE EXPECT TO SEE, HOW WE'RE GOING TO MEASURE THAT. SO THESE ARE JUST A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES FOR THIS PARTICULAR KIND OF LINE ITEM SECTION, IF YOU WILL. SO WE'LL HAVE ALL OF THAT AND THEN WE'RE LOOKING AT HOW DO WE MAKE SURE PREVIOUSLY WE PROVIDED SEMI-ANNUAL UPDATES TO EWEC. SO WE LOOK AT FEEDBACK AND WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT OUR DASHBOARDS AND WHATNOT, WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE TO CAPTURE ANY OF THOSE UPDATES SURROUNDING THE STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK. 
          SO THIS ITEM IS SCHEDULED FOR A B SESSION. I WANTED TO BE SURE TO TOUCH BASE WITH YOU AS THAT FOLLOW-UP FROM, AGAIN, THE PRIOR CONVERSATION. 
          THERE'S BEEN A COUPLE OF ADJUSTMENTS. WE'RE WORKING ON TRYING TO FINALIZE ALL OF THIS SO THAT, AGAIN, WE'LL PRESENT AT THE OCTOBER 14TH B SESSION. AND THEN COUNCIL CONSIDERATION WE DO HISTORICALLY HAVE NOT ASKED COUNCIL TO ADOPT THE POLICY, BUT RATHER TO ACCEPT IT IT. SO THAT WILL BE NOVEMBER 5TH. 
          >> VIAGRAN: THANK YOU, BRENDA. LET ME MAKE SOME CLEAR. 
          I'M GOING TO NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM 2 TO SEND TO A B SESSION. 
          CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE? CAN I GET A SECOND? GREAT. SO NOW WE ARE JUST DISCUSSING THIS. 
          THEY BROUGHT THIS BACK. THIS ISN'T NORMALLY THE CASE. 
          THEY BROUGHT THIS BACK. SO YOU KIND OF GET AN EXTRA OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE FEEDBACK ON SOMETHING THAT WE ARE JUST GOING TO GET BRIEFED ON, WHICH IS A FRAMEWORK, AND FROM THERE WE CAN CREATE POLICY, BUT WE'RE NOT CREATING POLICY RIGHT NOW. 
          LEGAL IS HERE, WE'RE NOT CREATING POLICY, WE'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT WHAT IDEAS WE MIGHT HAVE. SO IF THERE'S ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE, BRENDA, TO EXPAND ON OR TALK ON, YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES THE FIRST ROUND AND THEN THREE MINUTES THE SECOND ROUND. SO BRENDA, THANK YOU FOR THE FRAMEWORK.  I THINK THIS IS A GREAT PLACE TO START AS WE MOVE FORWARD. I DO APPRECIATE THE EXPANSION INTO THE DETAILS. I THINK THERE IS GOING TO -- NOT AT THIS TIME, BUT IN THE FUTURE WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO TALK A.I. ADOPTION FOR THE CITY AS A WHOLE, AND THAT WOULD BE A POLICY DISCUSSION WE HAVE I THINK AT A B SESSION WITH ALL OF US, BUT I APPRECIATE YOU PUTTING THAT IN HERE AND LOOKING AT THE TRENDS OF WHAT IS HAPPENING IN OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY RIGHT NOW AND AS WE MOVE FORWARD. 
          AND THEN THE OTHER MILITARY MISSION IN ADVANCEMENT, I THINK WHEN YOU PRESENT AT THE B SESSION WE REALLY NEED TO TALK ABOUT FACT THAT WE DID LOSE ARMY NORTH AND SOUTH AND WHAT WAS THAT KIND OF EFFECT ON SMALL BUSINESSES IN AND AROUND WHERE THESE OFFICERS WERE WORKING OUT OF. AND IF WE HAVEN'T DONE THAT, WE MAY NEED TO LOOK AT THAT. BUT WE STILL -- I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE HEARD, BUT THERE ARE STILL OPPORTUNITIES WITH SPACE FORCE COMING, BUT THAT'S, AGAIN, A CONVERSATION WE CAN HAVE IN B SESSION. SO ARE THERE ANY OTHER 
          QUESTIONS REGARDING ITEM 2? COUNCILMEMBER CASTILLO. >> CASTILLO: THANK YOU, 
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BRENDA, FOR THE PRESENTATION. I WANTED TO BRING UP THE POINT REGARDING THE MILITARY TARGET INDUSTRY AS BEING LIKE ONE OF THE NEW COMPONENTS. CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU SEE EDD'S ROLE BEING IN THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND ALSO WILL THAT BE IN COLLABORATION WITH THE 
          VETERANS AFFAIRS OFFICE? >> SURE, ABSOLUTELY. IN FACT, WE HISTORICALLY HAVE HAD STRONG PARTNERSHIP WITH VETERANS AFFAIRS. THAT REMINDS ME, I ACTUALLY OWE OUR NEW DIRECTOR AN EMAIL UP TO A MEETING WE HAD. 
          WE ACTUALLY DID A A DEEPER DIVE THROUGH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH MILITARY AND VETERANS AFFAIRS AS WELL AS A NUMBER OF OTHER ENTITIES INTO SPACE OPPORTUNITIES. KIND OF THAT MILITARY AEROSPACE, WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. WE COMPLETED BASICALLY AN INTERNAL WHITE PAPER AS THAT. AND A LOT OF IT WERE THINGS THAT MILITARY AND VETERANS AFFAIRS WERE ABLE TO FACILITATE THE ACCESS TO SOME OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS AND RESOURCES THAT I PERHAPS AND MY TEAM DIDN'T NECESSARILY HAVE ACCESS TO. AND CONVERSELY, WE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO SOME OF THOSE PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SECTOR OTHER ENTITIES. SO IT WAS VERY MUCH A COLLABORATIVE APPROACH. WE ACTUALLY ENDED UP PROVIDING THAT WORK TO TIP STRATEGIES AS ONE OF THE UNDERLYING AND THEY CONTINUED TO THEN USE THEIR RESOURCES TO BUILD UP ON THAT TO HELP DEFINE SOME OF THESE AREAS A LITTLE BIT MORE SO. AND REALLY DIGGING DEEPER AS TO WHERE WE HAD THE 
          COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE. >> CASTILLO: I UNDERSTAND WE'RE NOT MAKING POLICY AT THIS MOMENT, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO RECEIVE THE FULL STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK PRIOR TO THE B SESSION BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF REALLY KEY IMPORTANT COMPONENTS IN SOME OF THE SUBCATEGORIES, LIKE THE A.I. COMPONENT, I WOULD LIKE TO UNDERSTAND THE CITY'S ROLE AND FACILITATION OF THAT. IF WE COULD GET IT BEFORE THE B SESSION I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT. AND AS YOU MENTIONED YOU CAN'T HAVE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WITHOUT WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT INTERNALLY, SO AGAIN THINKING ABOUT THE BUDGET CONVERSATION WE HAD LAST YEAR. NOT LAST YEAR, LAST WEEK. [LAUGHTER]. 
          I OOPS WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IT WOULD ALONG LIKE TO INCREASE SUPPORT FOR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND THAT TEAM TO ENSURE THAT WE CAN MATERIALIZE ON THESE GOALS. AND IN PCDC THE CHAIR ASKED FOR US TO SEE HOW A 2% REDUCTION WOULD IMPACT OPERATIONS FOR NHSD AND I THINK WE JUST PASSED A BALANCED BUDGET, BUT UNDERSTAND WHAT A TWO PERCENT REDUCTION WOULD LOOK LIKE AROUND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. AND THAT THESE ARE THE GOALS BUT HOW WILL THEY BE IMPACTED IF WE TALK ABOUT POTENTIAL BUDGET REDUCTIONS IN THE FUTURE. THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS. THANK YOU, BRENDA, THANK 
          YOU, CHAIR. >> VIAGRAN: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER CASTILLO. 
          COUNCILMAN GALVAN. >> GALVAN: THANK YOU, CHAIR AND BRENDA FOR THE PRESENTATION. I WANT TO ECHO COUNCILMEMBER CASTILLO'S POINT ABOUT RECEIVING THE FRAMEWORK AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE IN DETAIL BEFOREHAND. 
          APPRECIATE SLIDE 7 ON THE SITE ASSESSMENT TOOL. YOU SAID IT WAS 100 ACRES OR LARGER YOU WERE LOOKING AT FOR THAT, RIGHT? I WAS WONDERING ABOUT THE THINKING ABOUT REDEVELOPMENT AS WELL. THAT ONE CAN BE A BIT TRICKY, I WOULD LIKE TO UNDERSTAND MORE IN THINKING ABOUT WHAT HOW THAT FIT INTO OUR LARGER COSTS AS A CITY IN TERMS OF INFRASTRUCTURE AND SPRAWLING FURTHER OUT. 
          I THINK MOST OF THESE AREAS ARE MORE DEVELOPED THAN THEY USED TO BE FOR SURE, BUT THINKING ALSO ABOUT INNER CITY DEVELOPMENT NOT JUST WITHIN THE DOWNTOWN AREA BUT OVERALL WITHIN LOOP 410 ET CETERA. I KNOW THE OTHER MEETING WE HAD I ASKS QUESTIONS ABOUT SPECIFIC MARKET OR SUBMARKET AREA FOCUSES AND HOW REDEVELOPMENT OR DEVELOPMENT COULD LOOK LIKE. I DON'T KNOW IF IT COULD BE INCORPORATED INTO THE FRAMEWORK. IT'S PRETTY BROAD, BUT THOSE 
          ARE ASSESSMENTS YOU'RE LOOKING AT DOING AS WELL. >> YES. 
          SO ALL OF THESE ARE GOALS WITH THOSE NEXT LEVEL IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES AND THEN WE LITERALLY HAD TO BUILD ALL THAT OUT, WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, BUILDING IT OUT, MAPPING. SO LIKE THIS PARTICULAR SITE READINESS WAS REALLY ON THOSE LARGER JOB CREATION -- I HATE TO SAY JOB CREATION, BUT LARGER PROJECTS. 
          AND ALSO GOAL ONE. AND THEN GOAL TWO IS REALLY AROUND THE CORRIDORS, THOSE ECONOMIC NODES, MORE OF THAT INFILL PLACEMAKING OPPORTUNITIES ACROSS THE CITY. SO SOME OF THE NEXT LEVEL INITIATIVES, IT'S REALLY SMALL ON HERE, BUT IT STARTS TO DIG INTO, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AROUND THE TOD. 
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SO HOW DO WE INCORPORATE THAT. THAT WILL BE PART OF THE 
          WORK THAT WE DO GOING FORWARD. >> GALVAN: GREAT. 
          THAT'S HELPFUL. I APPRECIATE THE -- THE MATRIX IN GENERAL. 
          I THINK I FEEL VERY SIMILAR TO YOU WHERE [INDISCERNIBLE]. 
          AND I REALLY APPRECIATE SEEING THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS LISTED TO AND WRAPPED IN ANDTY THING ABOUT SA FORWARD PLANNING AND HOW IT ALL INCORPORATES IN THOSE CORRIDORS, PARTICULARLY ON THE INFILL SITE OF IT TOO, MAKING SURE WE'RE BRINGING IN THE COMMUNITY'S FEEDBACK ON THAT. I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          THE OTHER THING I WAS GOING TO PLUG REALLY QUICKLY AS I ALWAYS DO AND WILL, WAS ON THE EDUCATION COMPONENT. SLIDE 8, THANK YOU. YES, UNDER TALENT ECOSYSTEM IN HIGHER EDUCATION, WAS THERE ANY THOUGHT OF GOING HIGHER THAN EDUCATION, GOING DOWN TO CHILDCARE AND K-12 BECAUSE I THINK ABOUT CHILDCARE ACCESS HELPS OUR KIDS LEARN AT A HIGHER LEVEL BUT OFFERS WORKFORCE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE PARENTS. AND K-12 IS HAVING MORE AND MORE EARLY EXPOSURE PROGRAMS LIKE MAGNET PROGRAMS THAT CAN FEED INTO CAREER EXPLORATION. 
          >> SO THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS CERTAINLY ADDRESSED. 
          I BELIEVE EVEN THOUGH IT EMPHASIZES HIGHER EDUCATION, THERE'S REFERENCE TO SOME OF THOSE INTERNSHIPS AND APPRENTICES AND THINGS FOR OUR YOUNGER HIGH SCHOOL AND 
          WHATNOT. BUT I'LL CONFIRM THAT. >> GALVAN: THANK YOU. 
          I APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU, CHAIR. >> VIAGRAN: THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN GALVAN. JUST TO ECHO ON 8 AND THE TALENT ECOSYSTEM. 
          IF NOT WITH THIS COMMITTEE, WITH YOUR COMMITTEE IN PARTICULAR IS LOOKING AT HOW WE GO INTO THE JUNIOR HIGHS AND HOW WE GO INTO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WITH WHAT OUR ECONOMIC ECOSYSTEM IS. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP. 
          ALL RIGHT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO COUNCILMEMBER SPEARS. >> SPEARS: THANK YOU, CHAIR. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION, BRENDA. 
          I'VE BEEN ON -- WE'VE CALLED IT THE JOINT MILITARY TASK FORCE AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT OUR NEW DIRECTOR IS SAYING IS TO HAVE A SUBCOMMITTEE FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. AND SO WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE I'M SURE YOU'LL WORK TOGETHER TO BUILD THAT OUT AND MAYBE WILL BE PULLING PEOPLE FROM OUR COMMITTEE IN THERE TOO. BUT I WAS GOING TO MENTION ONE OF THE AREAS THAT COUNCILWOMAN CASTILLO WAS MAYBE THINKING ABOUT IS THE NUCLEAR THAT WE'RE BRINGING IN. THAT'S A BIG AREA THAT WE CAN REALLY CAPITALIZE ON IN THE PIPELINE INDUSTRY AROUND THAT. AND TIE THAT TO ALSO THE WORKFORCE PIECE WHICH I'M SO HAPPY TO SEE THAT ON HERE. THAT IS TRULY WHERE -- I'M HAPPY WITH THE WAY YOU'VE LAID OUT THIS FRAMEWORK, THE A.I. PIECE AND THE FULL CIRCLE APPROACH TO THAT ON BOTH SIDES AND BOTH THE USER ON THE FRONT END AND BACK END OF THAT, AND OUR OPPORTUNITIES UNIQUE TO SAN ANTONIO IN THAT SPACE. 
          WE HAVE A LOT OF REALLY GOOD COMPANIES ALL RIGHT HERE DOING SOME PRETTY AMAZING THINGS AT THE FEDERAL AND STATE LEVEL. AND SO ON THAT POINT TOO, I SAW WHERE YOU HAD THE GRANT-WRITING EXPERTISE ON SLIDE 9. 
          TO THE EXTENT THAT WE CAN EXPLORE THOSE OPTIONS TO OBTAIN MONEY FROM THE FEDERAL AND STATE LEVEL AROUND INTEGRATE IGR IN THAT, I THINK AS WE MOVE FORWARD IN BOTH THOSE AREAS, MAKE SURE WE'RE COLLABORATING IN THE TWO COMMITTEES TO MAKE SURE WE CAPITALIZE ON THAT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. 
          BACK TO THE WORKFORCE PIECE, I THINK I LIKE SEEING THAT WE'RE PRIORITIZING THE JOB PART, MAKING SURE THERE'S A JOB TIED TO THE EDUCATION PIECE. 
          I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. I MEAN, DEGREES ARE WONDERFUL, BUT YOU NEED TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A JOB. SO I REALLY APPRECIATE SEEING THAT LAID OUT HERE IN THE FRAMEWORK. ON SLIDE 8 ON THE READY TO WORK 2.0, ARE YOU GOING TO HELP US UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE IN THAT B 
          SESSION? >> WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON IS FINALIZING A LOT OF THESE. 
          WE HAVE IT OUT FOR FINAL REVIEW TO A LOT OF OUR STAKEHOLDERS, INCLUDING OUR COLLEAGUES IN WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND SO FORTH, JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE IN A GOOD PLACE FOR THAT. AND THEN WE'RE ACTUALLY WHOPPING THE MATRIX AND ALL 
          THAT LATER THIS WEEK. WORKING ON FINALIZING. >> SPEARS: GOOD. 
          I SAT WITH MIKE RAMSEY RECENTLY AND WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE FUTURE ON THAT AND HE HAD SOME GOOD IDEAS. [BUZZER]. I KNOW YOU TALKED TO HIM. 
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ONE LAST LITTLE THING, ON THE MILITARY DEFENSE, I LOVE SEEING THAT ALL OVER THE PLACE. THE WAY WE MESSAGE THAT IS OF THE UTMOST IMPORTANCE THAT WE'RE MISSION READY AND THAT WE CAN TAKE ON THE NEW THINGS MORE THAN WE TALK ABOUT WHAT WE'VE ALREADY DONE OR EXHAUSTED. IF YOU PICK UP WHAT I'M LAYING DOWN WE SHOULD BE TALKING ABOUT HOW READY ARE WE FOR THE NEW OPPORTUNITIES 
          BEFORE US. THANK YOU. >> VIAGRAN: THANK YOU, 
          COUNCILWOMAN SPEARS. COUNCILWOMAN MEZA GONZÁLEZ. >> GONZÁLEZ: THANK YOU. 
          JUST A FEW QUICK QUESTIONS. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          ON THE SLIDE -- I GUESS I'LL START WITH ACTUALLY THE STORYTELLING. 
          I THINK THAT'S JUST CRUCIAL. IF WE COULD JUST GO TO THE ROOFTOP SOMETIMES AND YELL OUT THE GOOD THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING IN THIS CITY AND BE PROUD OF THOSE. 
          AT THE SAME TIME DEALING WITH REAL ISSUES THAT OUR COMMUNITY HAS AS WELL. 
          AND IT'S NOT DISMISSING ANY OF THAT AT ALL, BUT I THINK STORYTELLING IS SUCH A HUGE PIECE OF THIS. I GUESS WHEN I THINK OF STORYTELLING TOO, I'M DEEPLY CONNECTED TO READY TO WORK, BUT I AM ALSO CURIOUS WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE FOR A NEW BUSINESS? WHEN DO YOU INCLUDE THE READY TO WORK OR HOW IS THAT 
          PRESENTED TO THE TOYOTAS OF THE WORLD? >> IT'S PRESENTED EARLY ON. 
          I MEAN, PART OF THE WORK THAT WAS DONE FOR THIS WAS A SITE SELECTOR INTERVIEWS. 
          WORKFORCE IS THE NUMBER ONE REQUEST. SO YOU CAN GET INTO A CONVERSATION ABOUT OPPORTUNITIES HERE IN SAN ANTONIO WITHOUT TALKING ABOUT WORKFORCE AND WE ABSOLUTELY SHOULD NOT BE TALKING ABOUT WORKFORCE, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE TALKING AND DEPENDING UPON SOME OF THE INDUSTRIES, BUT REALLY THEN TALKING ABOUT READY TO WORK, EXCUSE ME. SO IT GETS BROUGHT IN EARLY ON. WE TRY TO CONNECT COMPANIES ARE LOOKING AT IT WITH THE READY TO WORK. I WILL TELL YOU THERE HAVE BEEN A COUPLE OF MEETINGS WHERE WE HAVE TEXTED MIKE RAMSEY AND SAID I NEED YOU TO COME TO THIS MEETING ASAP 
          AND HE ALWAYS IS GRACIOUS ABOUT IT AND -- >> GONZÁLEZ: THAT'S GOOD TO HEAR. I KNOW THAT'S THE CASE, BUT I KNOW IT'S IMPORTANT AS WE ARE CRITICAL OF THE PROGRAMS IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW. AND YES, THE COUNTY HAS SOME WORKFORCE PROGRAMS, BUT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE CAN'T HAVE WORKFORCE PROGRAMS EITHER, RIGHT? I THINK WE CAN BOTH HAVE THOSE AND MAKING SURE THAT OBVIOUSLY WE'RE NOT REPETITIVE SO MUCH, BUT MAKING SURE THAT FOLKS UNDERSTAND THE VALUE OF A READY TO WORK PROGRAM, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE ARE PITCHING FOR NEW BUSINESS TO COME TO SAN ANTONIO. I ALSO WANT TO ECHO WHAT COUNCILMEMBER GALVAN WAS TALKING ABOUT AS FAR AS OUR TALENT ECOSYSTEM AND MAKING SURE WE REACH KIDS SOONER THAN LATER, NOT JUST WHEN THEY'RE IN HIGHER ED, BUT REMINDS ME OF MY CCR FOR REIMAGINE CAFÉCOLLEGE AND HOW ARE WE CONNECTING A CAFÉCOLLEGE TO OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN AND EARLIER TODAY WE WERE IN OUR PCDC COMMITTEE MEETING AND HOW DO WE CONNECT THAT TO OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK PLAN BECAUSE IF ALL THREE OF THESE ARE ON THEIR OWN THAT MAKES STORYTELLING I THINK MORE DIFFICULT. [BUZZER]. 
          AND JUST A QUICK QUESTION ON THE PARTNERSHIPS ON THE INTERDEPARTMENTAL COLLABORATION, I WANTED TO KNOW IF THERE WAS ANY CONSIDERATION OF AN INTERJURISDICTIONAL COORDINATION WITH OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS BECAUSE OF SCHOOL CLOSURES. AND ALSO IN GENERAL WITH THE SURPLUS OF ANY PUBLIC PROPERTY, SCHOOL SITES OR CLOSED PUBLIC LAND TO SEE IF WE CAN BETTER COORDINATE WHAT'S AVAILABLE, IF THERE IS A SURPLUS, WHAT WE DO WITH THAT SO THAT VACANT 
          WASHINGTON, D.C. AREN'T SITTING THERE. >> IT'S BEEN ONE OFF AT THIS 
          TIME BUT THAT IS SOMETHING WE CAN CERTAINLY EXPLORE. >> GONZÁLEZ: DO YOU KNOW IF OTHER CITIES DO WORK LIKE THAT WHEN IT COMES TO COORDINATION? 
          I'M SURE THEY DO. >> YEAH. THERE'S DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES. I MEAN, SOME CITIES HAVE ONE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND OTHERS 
          HAVE 17 PLUS. >> GONZÁLEZ: LIKE US! >> SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE DID WITH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, THE SAN ANTONIO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. WE TOOK A LOOK AT THOSE PROPERTIES THAT THE SCHOOL 
          DISTRICTS HAD. >> GONZÁLEZ: SO MAYBE PROPERTIES NEAR TODS. 
          I DON'T KNOW HOW WE CAN CONNECT ALL THAT, BUT IF THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN 
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          CONSIDER, I WOULD APPRECIATE IT. >> VIAGRAN: THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENT. SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT INNOVATION AND INDUSTRY, THAT LEAVES US ROOM TO TALK ABOUT ALL THE DIFFERENT ECONOMIC ENTITIES, ALL THE ECOSYSTEMS AND NEW POLICY. AND THAT IS GOING TO BE A LARGER WE HAVE ON B SESSION AND THAT IS GOING TO BE A LARGER CONVERSATION WE CAN HAVE HERE AT COMMITTEE. 
          THE OTHER THING IS, BRENDA, YOUR TEAM CAN PREPARE THAT A MAJORITY OF THE LOGISTICS THAT I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT B SESSION AS WE'RE THERE IS OUR CONNECTION TO THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY AND SOUTH TEXAS PARKWAY AND THE FACT THAT WHEN OUR NEIGHBORS TO THE SOUTH, EAST AND WEST OF US GROW, SAN ANTONIO CAN GROW ALSO. 
          SO JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND FOR THE PRESENTATION. SO WE HAVE A MOTION -- OKAY. 
          QUICK QUESTION. >> CASTILLO: QUICK, I APOLOGIZE, CHAIR. 
          THE WRAPAROUND SUPPORT, WHERE DOES CHILDCARE -- DID THAT COME UP AT ALL? 
          IS THAT UNDER WRAPAROUND SUPPORT? >> YES. 
          SO CHILDCARE REMAINS UNDER WRAPAROUND SUPPORT AS DOES THE TRANSPORTATION AND TRAINING EVEN THOUGH TRAINING IS ALSO A WHOLE COMPONENT. 
          AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE SOME UPDATES ON WRAPAROUND AS IT RELATES TO OUR INCENTIVES 
          THAT BECCA WILL COVER. >> CASTILLO: PERFECT, THANK YOU. 
          >> VIAGRAN: MAKE SURE WSA IS THERE FOR B SESSION ALSO, PLEASE. 
          OKAY. WITH THAT WE HAVE GOT A MOTION TO TAKE THIS TO CITY COUNCIL B SESSION ON OCTOBER 14. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SAY AYE. 
          I APOLOGIZE. WE ARE GOING TO JUMP AROUND IN CASE WE LOSE QUORUM. 
          WE ARE GOING TO JUMP AROUND TO THE OTHER ITEM ON THE AGENDA THAT IS AN ACTION ITEM, WHICH IS ITEM 5 AND I THINK THERE'S SOMEBODY HERE THAT REALLY WANTED TO HEAR ABOUT THAT AND IT'S THE UPDATE ON NELSON WOLFF MUNICIPAL STADIUM MASTER 
          PLAN UPDATE. >> THANK YOU. I'LL BE QUICK ON THIS. 
          AS YOU KNOW, THE WOLFF STADIUM AS OF RIGHT NOW, SPRING OF 2029 SHOULD BE ABLE FOR REDEVELOPMENT AND SO THE CONVERSATION WAS REALLY WHAT DOES REDEVELOPMENT LOOK LIKE. WHAT DOES THE FUTURE OF THAT CITY-OWNED PROPERTY LOOK LIKE. WE ALSO EXPANDED THAT TO INCLUDE THERE'S THE PARK SPACE, THERE'S A LOT OF CITY-OWNED PROPERTY ADJACENT TO WOLF STADIUM. 
          SO WE ISSUED A SOLICITATION FOR A MASTER PLAN THAT REALLY REVOLVED AROUND COMMUNITY INPUT. SO DEVELOPING WE'VE HAD THREE PUBLIC INPUT SESSIONS TO DATE, AND WE HAVE A DRAFT MASTER PLAN THAT WAS PRESENTED, AT LEAST THE SITE INFORMATION WAS PRESENTED AT THE LAST SESSION. SO AGAIN, HERE'S THAT AREA MAP. YOU'LL SEE THOSE VARIOUS, RODRIGUEZ COUNTY PARK IS AS YOU CAN TELL FROM THE TITLE, COUNTY OWNED, BUT OTHERWISE THE REST OF THOSE PROPERTIES THAT ARE HIGHLIGHTED ARE ALL CITY-OWNED PROPERTIES. SO WE EXPANDED THE CITY OUT FROM JUST SPECIFICALLY THE WOLFF STADIUM SITE. AS PART OF THAT STAKEHOLDER FEEDBACK, THERE WERE 220 COMMUNITY SURVEY RESPONSES. WE HEARD A LOT, NOT SURPRISINGLY, ABOUT PARKS AND RECREATIONAL SPACES, CONTINUING ART AND CULTURE, AFFORDABLE HOUSING ALSO WERE IN THOSE TOP FIVE ITEMS. THEN ALSO I MENTIONED THE FIRST TWO PUBLIC MEETINGS, SO AUGUST 6, AUGUST 20TH WE DID TABLETOP EXERCISES WITH OUR PARTNER WEST EAST ON DEVELOPING AND REALLY LISTENING TO THOSE WHO WERE IN ATTENDANCE AS TO WHAT THEY WANTED AT THE SITE, WHAT THEIR PRIORITIES WERE, WHAT WERE IMPORTANT TO THEM, AND REALLY CONTINUE TO KIND OF BUILD OUT WHAT SOME OF THOSE PREFERENCES, IF YOU WILL, LOOK LIKE. THEN AS ALL OF THAT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TOOK PLACE WE HAD THE TEAM IN THE BACKGROUND DOING MARKET RESEARCH AND LOOKING AT WHAT WAS FEASIBLE IN THE AREA THAT INCLUDED THAT DEMOGRAPHIC, THE ECONOMIC ANALYSIS, FEASIBILITY AND SO FORTH AND LOOKING AT WHAT WAS REALLY SUPPORTED BY THE MARKET AND THEN WHAT COULD BE DONE IN THAT EARLIER PHASE OF DELIVERY. SO KIND OF A PHASE 1, PHASE 2. 
          SO REALLY LOOKING AT THE 29-30 KIND OF TIME FRAME. SO HERE YOU WILL SEE A SNAPSHOT OF THAT. AND THEN ALL OF THAT WAS TEEN INTO CONSIDERATION 
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FOREA POTENTIAL SITE PLAN, IF YOU WILL, THE MASTER PLAN. 
          AND THIS WAS PRESENTED ON SEPTEMBER 12TH TO THE COMMUNITY TO GET FEEDBACK, AGAIN CONTINUE TO KIND OF VET IT. THERE WERE SOME TWEAKS THAT ARE GOING TO BE MADE, BUT REALLY CONTINUING TO PLAY OFF OF THAT PARKS AND OPEN SPACE, HAVING OPPORTUNITIES. SO IN THE UPPER RIGHT YOU'LL SEE GÓMEZ PARK CONTINUING TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE SITE WHERE THE STADIUM IS RIGHT NOW, CONTINUING WITH A PAVILION, SO SOME ELEMENTS OF A PARK, AS WELL AS LAWN SPACE. 
          WE HEARD ABOUT FOOD TRUCKS, COMMUNITY MARKET KIND OF DRIVEN OPPORTUNITIES-- FARMERS MARKET AND ET CETERA. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS FUN TO WATCH PEOPLE REACT TO WAS THE DOG PARK IN THE LOWER LEFT ON THE OTHER PART OF THE SITE. SO OVERALL HERE IS WHAT THE SITE VISION LOOKS LIKE. 
          IT WAS BROKEN UP INTO FIVE AREAS. THE BOTTOM CORNER THAT DOESN'T HAVE A NUMBER IS A PRIVATELY OWNED SMALLER INDUSTRIAL SPACE, OTHERWISE -- THEN THE PROPERTY KIND OF IN THE MIDDLE TOWARDS THE TOP OFF OF OLD HIGHWAY 90 IS DARNER HAWKS. SO JUST TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE, SITE 1 REALLY LEVERAGING THAT KEY COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR IS RETAIL MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT. NUMBER TWO IS SOME SINGLE-FAMILY HOUSING. WE HEARD VERY MUCH SUPPORT FOR SINGLE-FAMILY, NOT SO MUCH SUPPORT FOR MULTI-FAMILY, FOR EXAMPLE, FROM THE COMMUNITY, SO WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? THREE THERE YOU WILL SEE SOME RETAIL OPPORTUNITIES UP FRONT AND THEN KIND OF ON THE BACK SIDE OF THAT PARCEL TOWARDS THE SINGLE-FAMILY HOUSING A COMMUNITY CENTER, A LOT OF CONVERSATION AROUND AN INTERGENERATIONAL FACILITY, FOR EXAMPLE, AND THAT ALL TRACKS WITH THE PARK AND PROVIDING ACCESS. 
          FOUR IS WHERE LEVI PARK IS CURRENTLY, SO ADJACENT TO DARNER. 
          AND AGAIN FACING OLD HIGHWAY 90 THERE, YOU WILL SEE SOME RETAIL. 
          THERE'S SOME SENIOR HOUSING, A MIX OF OPPORTUNITIES. MEDICAL CLINICS WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS REFERENCED A LOT ABOUT THE COMMUNITY. 
          SO THIS IS THAT COMMUNITY FOR MAYBE SOME OF THOSE MIXED USE SMALLER DOCTORS OFFICES AND SO FORTH. AND THEN FIVE IS THAT BUFFERRER BETWEEN WHERE WOLF STADIUM IS RIGHT NOW AND SO WHAT IS PROPOSED FOR THAT MIXED USE RETAIL OPPORTUNITY IN THAT LARGER GREEN SPACE AND THAT PRIVATELY OWNED INDUSTRIAL SPACE. 
          OPPORTUNITIES. WE'VE BEEN EMPHASIZING THIS IS NOT INDUSTRIAL WITH LOTS OF BIG TRUCKS DRIVING THROUGH THERE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, BUT REALLY SOME OF THE JOB CREATION OPPORTUNITIES AS WELL ALONG THE ACCESS ROAD. 
          AND ANOTHER RENDERING OF THE SITE LOOKING BACK FROM WHERE THE DOG PORK WOULD BE ADJACENT TO, IN BETWEEN WHERE THE SENIOR HOUSING AND THAT FLEX SPACE WOULD BE LOOKING BACK TO WHERE WOLF STADIUM IS NOW AND YOU CAN SEE THAT PAVILION KIND OF THING. SO AS OF TODAY THE WEDNESDAYING ITEMS, WE'VE GOTTEN SOME OF THIS ADMITTEDLY, SOME OF THIS WAS DUE YESTERDAY. 
          WE'RE STILL PUTTING THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT OF PHASE 1. 
          AS PART OF THE DRAFT MASTER PLAN PHASING, WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE. 
          THIS ISN'T GOING TO BE BUILT IN 29-30 WHEN THE SITE BECOMES AVAILABLE, SO WHAT OPPORTUNITIES MAKE SENSE TO PROPHASE ONE, PHASE 2 AND SO FORTH. 
          REALLY STARTING TO LOOK AT THOSE SCALE AND MASSING OPTIONS SO WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT RETAIL AND MIXED USE, WHAT DOES THAT REALLY START TO LOOK LIKE? ARE WE TALKING ABOUT A TWO-STORY FACILITY, 20,000 SQUARE FEET TOTAL, 40,000, ET CETERA. THE TRANSPORTATION ASSESSMENT ALSO MAKING SURE WE'VE ASKED FOR THE FULL MOBILITY ASSESSMENT AS PART OF THIS. 
          AND THEN OF COURSE WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE FINANCIAL MODELS MODELS AND FINANCIAL REPORTS. REALLY LOOKING AT ALL OF THAT. 
          THAT'S TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE DOCUMENTS. SO WE ARE LOOKING AT BRINGING THIS BACK TO CITY COUNCIL WITH HAVING ALL OF THAT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE FOR OCTOBER 4 B SESSION. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GO BACK OUT TO THE COMMUNITY BEFORE CITY COUNCIL CONSIDERATION OF THE MASTER PLAN. AND THEN WE ARE LOOKING AT POTENTIALLY A REQUEST FOR 
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INTEREST, FOR A DEVELOPMENT PARTNER SO THAT WE CAN REALLY START TO AIM TOWARDS THAT SPRING OF 2029. SO HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS AROUND WHAT'S 
          NEEDED. >> VIAGRAN: THANK YOU, BRENDA, FOR THAT PRESENTATION. CAN I GET A MOTION TO MOVE THIS TO B SESSION? WE'VE GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND. WE'LL BEGIN DISCUSSION. 
          WE'LL START WITH COUNCILMAN GALVAN BECAUSE THAT IS IN HIS DISTRICT. 
          >> GALVAN: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CHAIR AND BRENDA, AND TO THE TEAM AND THE PARTNERS WHO HELPED OUT ON THIS AS WELL. IT HAS BEEN A VERY FUN SUMMER, I THINK, GIVEN ALL THE THINGS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON AS LONG WITH ADDING THIS TO OUR PLATE. IT WAS EXCITING FOR THE TEAM TO HEAR FROM RESIDENTS IN ART OF WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR IN THIS SITE. WE HAD A LOT OF BLOCK WALKING AND ENGAGING ONLINE AND BEING ABLE TO GO INTO MANY OF THE DISTRICT 6 PUBLIC SPACES AT DARNER RIGHT NEARBY, AT CUELLAR COMMUNITY CENTER AS WELL AS THINGS YOU WANT TO SEE IN THIS AREA. I HAVE TO SAY IT WAS VERY ENCOURAGING, EXCITING, GIVEN ALL THE THINGS WE HEAR ABOUT SOMETIMES IN THE NEWS RELATED TO US THAT THERE WAS A LOT OF EXCITEMENT FOR FOLKS TO SAY THIS IS TEXAN OPPORTUNITY TO GET BACK WHAT WE WANT TO SEE OUR COMMUNITY TO BECOME, WHAT OUR TOWN TO LOOK LIKE, WHAT THE NEXT PHASE CAN BE. AND FOR THE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT TOO. I WANT TO THANKS NOT ONLY EDD, BUT THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS THAT HELPED WITH THIS WORK TO MAKE THAT ENGAGEMENT PROCESS AS ENGAGING AS POSSIBLE. A LOT OF FOLKS CAME IN THAT FIRST DAY, IT WILL NEVER LEAVE ME, WERE VERY APPEAR APPREHENSIVE AT WHAT WAS GOING TO COME NEXT, BUT WERE GLAD TO GIVE THE INPUT AND SEE WHAT'S GOING TO COME NEXT. 
          AND NEXT IS THE IMPLEMENTATION ASPECT. I SHARED WITH THE TEAM THIS IS A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE HEARD HERE AT THE DOORS AND CONVERSATIONS ON THE PHONE AS WELL AS THE IN-PERSON MEETINGS. SLIDE 8 IN PARTICULAR BEING ABLE TO ENVISION IT A LITTLE BIT MORE, ALONG WITH THE CONNECTIONS AROUND THE AREA. 
          OBVIOUSLY PARKS ARE CRUCIAL HERE. IT IS THE SITE WHERE THE PARKS HEADQUARTER IS, BEING ABLE TO HAVE A GIGANTIC CENTER IN THE AREA. 
          ALSO THIS SITE HISTORICALLY AS SOMEONE WHO IS VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT HISTORY, HAS BEEN THE SITE OF LEVI-STRAUSS WHEN THEY WERE HERE BANK IN THE DAY SO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WAS CRUCIAL HERE. THERE'S A SENSE OF A MAKER SOCIETY HERE ALONG WITH A WAY TO CONVENE PEOPLE TOGETHER, INCLUDING LIKE AT THE WOLF STADIUM. THAT FEELING CONTINUES TO BE THERE THROUGHOUT THE CONVERSATION AND I THINK CONTINUES TO BE HERE IN THIS RENDERING. 
          AGAIN, THANK YOU TO THE TEAM. JUST MANY SHOUT-OUTS TO YOU ALL AND FOR ALSO HEARING MY INCESSANT FEEDBACK BOTH TO BRENDA AND ALEX AS WELL. 
          BECAUSE OF WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DOZENS AND DOZENS OF ACRES HERE AND AS WELL AS IN TERMS OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PIECES. 
          I KNOW I'VE SHARED THIS ALREADY TO BRENDA AND ALEX ABOUT HOW TO INCORPORATE SOME FORM OF SINGLE DEVELOPMENT ON HERE, EITHER WITH A DEVELOPMENT PARTNER. 
          I THINK A DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY WOULD MAKE THE MOST SENSE RIGHT HERE, TO GIVE THAT GUIDING -- KEEP THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES THERE TO HELP IMPLEMENT THIS VISION. OTHERWISE I WORRY ABOUT WHAT IF IT'S TAKEN OUT OF OUR HANDS AND WE'RE NOT ABLE TO STEER THIS DIRECTION THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS ENVISIONED. AND ALSO SO WE CAN SHOWCASE WHEN THINGS ARE CHANGING. 
          THERE MAY BE THINGS THAT HAVE TO ADJUST HERE AND THERE, BUT IF THERE IS A PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY ASPECT TO IT, I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO HAVE THE TRUST THERE AND HOPEFULLY DELIVER ON THESE GOALS WE'VE SET OUT HERE. 
          WITH THAT BEING SAID I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU AGAIN AND EAGER TO HEAR CONVERSATION 
          FROM MY COLLEAGUES. THANK YOU, CHAIR. >> VIAGRAN: ANYONE ELSE 
          WANT TO GO NEXT? >> GONZÁLEZ: I WANT TO ECHO THE COUNCILMAN'S COMMENTS AND APPRECIATE THE POINT ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY. 
          I THINK THAT'S GREAT POINT IN MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE INVOLVED SO I WOULD SUPPORT THAT IN WHICHEVER WAY THAT CAME. ON SLIDE 10 I HAD A QUICK QUESTION ON I THINK IT'S THE BOX 5 MAYBE ON THE FLEX SPACE. 
          WHAT IS THAT EXACTLY. HOW DOES THE USE OF THAT FLEX SPACE GET EXCITED? 
          >> AS COUNCILMAN GALVAN SAID, THE MAKER SPACE OPPORTUNITY, SOME OF THE SMALLER I THINK LIKE A COFFEE ROASTER WAS REFERENCED. 
          SOME OF THE SMALLER COMMERCIAL SPACE THAT MAYBE DOESN'T REQUIRE THE FOOT TRAFFIC THAT A RETAIL ESTABLISHMENT WOULD. BUT THAT'S PART OF WHAT WE WANTED TO GET SOME INITIAL FEEDBACK BACK IN THE SEPTEMBER MEETING AND BUILDING OUT SOME OF THE MASSING AND FADING. BUT REALLY TALKING ABOUT JOB 
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CREATION OPPORTUNITIES WITHOUT IT BEING THAT INDUSTRIAL TYPE DEVELOPMENT. 
          >> GONZÁLEZ: THANK YOU. THOSE ARE ALL MY QUESTIONS. >> VIAGRAN: COUNCILWOMAN 
          CASTILLO. >> CASTILLO: THANK YOU, CHAIR, THANK YOU BRENDA FOR THE PRESENTATION AS WELL AS TO COUNCILMEMBER GALVAN FOR HIS LEADERSHIP WITH THIS INITIATIVE. I KNOW THE COMMUNITY HAD BEEN VERY EAGER TO GIVE INPUT ON WHAT THEY CAN EXPECT WITH THE POTENTIAL REDEVELOPMENT OF WOLFF STADIUM. AS I SHARED DURING MY BRIEFING WITH THE CONSULTANT AND THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TEAM, I UNDERSTAND THAT UNDERSTAND THAT THERE WILL BE OPPORTUNITY IN TERMS OF DESIGN, BUT I THINK THERE'S JUST LIKE WITH ALL THAT PARKING THERE'S A LOT OF UNDERUTILIZED SPACE OR OPPORTUNITY FOR CONVERSATIONS ABOUT IMPERVIOUS COVER. 
          AS I MENTIONED IN THE BRIEFING AS WELL, I THINK WHAT THE SINGLE-FAMILY OPPORTUNITY, I'M CURIOUS IF THIS PROVIDES OPPORTUNITY FOR BOTH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND NHSD TO IMPLEMENT SOME OF OUR SHIP GOALS, PARTICULARLY AROUND HOW WE CAN HAVE A COMMUNITY LAND TRUST HERE WITH SOME OF THE SINGLE-FAMILY RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THE COMMUNITY WOULD LIKE TO SEE. SO I THINK THERE'S VALUE THERE AND I THINK THERE'S ALSO OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLORE -- I THINK THIS WAS A RECOMMENDATION THAT BRENDA HAD MENTIONED MAYBE DURING ONE OF THE PREVIOUS STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK CONVERSATIONS AROUND NOT A CO-OP, BUT ESSENTIALLY LIKE A CO-OP FOR SMALL BUSINESSES. SO I'M CURIOUS IF THERE IS OPPORTUNITY FOR COSA TO EXPERIMENT WITH SOME OF THESE -- I DON'T WANT TO SAY EXPERIMENT. TO DEPLOY SOME OF THESE CONCEPTS WITHIN THIS FOOTPRINT? IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN EXPECT YOU ALL TO BE INTERESTED IN OF COURSE WITH THE DIRECTION OF THE COUNCILMAN? 
          >> I THINK THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES -- I ALMOST SAID OPPORTUNITIES AGAIN. 
          OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT AS PART OF THE STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK THAT COULD CERTAINLY SUPPORT HERE WITH WOLFF STADIUM, BUT WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT WHAT CAN BE DELAYED GIVEN THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT 29-30, PERHAPS SOONER, AND MAYBE LEARN FROM BEST PRACTICES SO WE COULD ALSO LEVERAGE THEM FOR THIS SITE AS WELL. 
          >> CASTILLO: THANK YOU. IT WAS ADDRESSED AS WELL IN THE BRIEFING, BUT THE POTENTIAL OPPORTUNITY WITH PRE-K 4 SA ON THIS SITE. I KNOW DR. BARAY HAS MENTIONED HAVING MORE SITE CONTROL FOR POTENTIAL PRE-K 4 SA CAMPUS AND THE 
          OPPORTUNITY THAT THIS MAY PRESENT AS WELL. >> YEAH. 
          >> CASTILLO: THANK YOU, BRENDA. THANK YOU, CHAIR. 
          >> VIAGRAN: THANK YOU. COUNCILWOMAN SPEARS? THANK YOU. 
          BRENDA, CAN YOU COME UP AND SHOW ME THE MAP? DO WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE GOING TO SELL WHAT IS GOING TO BE FOR SALE AND WHAT THE CITY PLANS TO KEEP? 
          >> SO THAT IS AN EXCELLENT QUESTION. THAT'S ACTUALLY PART OF WHAT WILL BE IN SOME OF THOSE FINANCIAL MODELS. WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AND HOW DO WE BEST LEVERAGE THE SITE. OF COURSE THERE'S A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY AT THE SITE THAT ACCOUNTABILITY, TRANSPARENCY IS ALL VERY CRITICAL. 
          SO THAT WILL BE SOMETHING THAT WE'RE EXPLORING. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT DO YOU DO A MASTER DEVELOPER WITH VERY SPECIFIC DELIVERABLES, DO YOU LOOK AT DIFFERENT 
          SEGMENTS? MORE TO COME ON THAT. >> VIAGRAN: IF WE COULD PLEASE HAVE THAT READY? I AM LEANING TOWARDS SEGMENTS AT THIS RATE. 
          I DO LIKE THE IDEA THAT WE ARE GOING TO TAKE THIS BACK OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY. 
          I THINK WE NEED SOME NUANCE BECAUSE AGAIN WE'VE BP HERE WHERE WE GIVE THEM A MAP AND THEN 9 PEOPLE GET IT AND THEY'RE LIKE WHERE IS THAT PARK? WHERE IS THE RETRACTIBLE ROOF AND WE'VE CHANGED IT. I REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO GO OUT TO THE COMMUNITY ON THAT. I LIKE THE SEGMENT IDEA. 
          I THINK WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO LOOK AT ZONING AND WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO LOOK AT WHAT COMES FROM THE STATE LEVEL BECAUSE CURRENTLY I THINK THERE'S GOING TO BE COMPLICATION WITH THE STATE REGARDING HOUSING, HOW MANY UNIT THEY WANT IN CERTAIN PROPERTIES. SO I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT THAT. 
          THE OTHER IS I'M NOT A FAN OF THE PARKING LOT SPACE EITHER. 
          IF THE COMMUNITY IS -- I WOULD RATHER GO VERTICAL AND DO A TWO-STORY GARAGE THAN HAVE ALL THAT ASPHALT SPACE THERE BUT I THINK THAT'S WHERE WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO GO OUT TO THEM AND I THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE A -- I THINK WE SHOULD, OF COURSE, TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO KEEP THE PARK SPACE, THE COMMUNITY CENTER. 
          AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE WE NEED TO MAKE AT THE B SESSION ABOUT WHAT WE'RE PRIORITIZING AS WE LOOK FORWARD IN POLICIES AND WHAT WE'RE WILLING TO SELL AND 
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WHAT IS NEAR TO THE AREAS WHERE IT MAKES SENSE TO SELL BECAUSE THERE'S ALREADY INDUSTRIAL THERE. BUT LOOKING AT THE ZONING AS WE MOVE FORWARD. 
          COUNCILMEMBER GALVAN, I'M HAPPY THEY'RE ALL EXCITED ABOUT THIS AND I THINK WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MOVE FORWARD. I LOOK FORWARD TO MOVING THIS TO FULL COUNCIL AND GET SOME INPUT FROM THE ENTIRE COUNCIL, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO -- AS MUCH INFORMATION AS YOU CAN HAVE FOR US THERE REGARDING WHAT THE VALUE OF THE PROPERTY IS, WHAT SORT OF ZONES IF WE NEED TO DO BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT IF IT IS ELIGIBLE FOR A TIRZ OR SOMETHING IN THAT REALM THAT THE STATE CURRENTLY OFFERS, WE MAY NEED TO MOVE BEFORE WE GO THROUGH OTHER LEGISLATIVE SESSIONS. 
          SO WITH THAT, WE HAVE -- ANY OTHER COMMENT? NO? 
          >> GALVAN: JUST REALLY QUICK WANTED TO SAY, YES, DEFINITELY ECHO A LOT OF THE PIECES ON HOUSING AFFORDABILITY AND OTHER ELEMENTS, PARTICULARLY PARKING. FOCUS HAVE SHARED CLEARLY HAVING GREEN SPACE IN PARTICULAR AND BEING ABLE TO MINIMIZE THE INDUSTRIAL FEEL IN THE AREA IS REALLY CRITICAL HERE. I THINK THAT WILL BE SOMETHING THAT I'M EAGER TO SEE HOW WE CAN BRING IT TOGETHER HERE. AND ALSO THE SILVER LINE. 
          SO ALSO HAVE OPPORTUNITIES IN THE DISTANT FUTURE TO SEE HOW THEY CAN ALL CONNECT 
          WITH TOD. >> VIAGRAN: GREAT. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SAY AYE. 
          ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. MOTION CARRIES. 
          ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO -- WE'VE GOT TWO ITEMS FOR BRIEFING. 
          WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 3 ITEM IS A BRIEFING ON THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT'S 2027-2028 INCENTIVES GUIDELINES, AND THERE'S A STAFF PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. THE FLOOR IS YOURS. 
          >> THANK YOU. HELLO. MY NAME IS BRENDA AND I'M THE INVESTMENT MANAGER AT THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. 
          I'M HERE TODAY TO WALK THROUGH THE EDD'S PROPOSED REVISIONS FOR THE INCENTIVE GUIDELINES. AND WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT CHANGES THAT ARE MEANT TO SUPPORT CONTINUED GROWTH AND DIVERSIFICATION WITH OUR LOCAL ECONOMY. 
          SO FIRST LET ME NOTE BEFORE I TALK ABOUT THE CHANGES THAT MOST OF THE TERMS OF THE GUIDELINES ARE STAYING THE SAME. UTILIZATION, PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS, LOCAL HIRING, THOSE REMAIN. THE PROPOSED INCENTIVE GUIDELINES ARE STRUCTURED TO BALANCE INVESTMENT ATTRACTION AND RETENTION WHILE REMAINING A NET POSITIVE FISCAL TRANSACTION TO THE CITY AND ALIGNING WITH BROADER COMMUNITY PRIORITIES. FOR ADDITIONAL CONTEXT, CURRENT ABATEMENTS TOTAL 5 TO $6 MILLION PER YEAR, WHICH IS EQUAL TO LESS THAN ONE PERCENT OF TOTAL CITY TAX REVENUE COLLECTED ANNUALLY. 
          INCENTIVES ARE ONE TOOL THAT CAN BE USED TO INCREASE INVESTMENTS AND ACHIEVE THE STRATEGIC GOALS OF OUR STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK OF WHICH HAS JUST BEEN REFRESHED, AND BRENDA HAS DISCUSSED. SO OVER THE PAST FEW WEEKS WE'VE ENGAGED A LARGE NUMBER OF JOB CREATORS, SMALL BUSINESSES, UNIONS, ASSOCIATIONS, STRATEGIC PARTNERS AND SEVERAL COSA DEPARTMENTS. WE HAVE ALSO CONDUCTED A REVIEW OF ANALYSIS OF OUR CURRENT POLICY TO SHAPE THE REVISIONS THAT I'LL WALK THROUGH NOW. AGAIN, SPECIFIC EMPHASIS FOR THE 2027-2028 GUIDELINE UPDATES ARE DESIGNED TO ADVANCE UPWARD ECONOMIC MOBILITY AND ENHANCE COMPETITIVENESS. SO FIRST WE ARE PROPOSING TO UTILIZE THE BUREAU OF LABOR AND STATISTICS QUARTERLY CENSUS OF EMPLOYMENT AND WAGES OR QCEW AS OUR WAGE COMPARISON, REPLACING THE AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY. THIS LINES WITH THE METHODOLOGY THAT THE STATE OF TEXAS UTILIZES AND IT STREAM LINES THE INCENTIVE APPLICATION PROCESS FOR COMPANIES WHO ARE LOOKING AT STATE AND LOCAL INCENTIVES. 
          AND I'LL WALK THROUGH A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHY WE WOULD LIKE TO UTILIZE THE QCW, HOW IT'S DIFFERENT AND THE JUSTIFICATION FOR IT ON THE NEXT SLIDE IF YOU WILL JUST BEAR WITH ME FOR ONE SECOND. SECOND, WAGE INDEXING WILL CONTINUE AND GOING FORWARD WE WOULD BE UTILIZING IT BASED ON A THREE PERCENT FIXED GROWTH RATE TO PROVIDE CERTAINTY ON WAGE REQUIREMENTS DURING THE ABATEMENT TERM. THIRD, THE WAGE THRESHOLD WOULD CHANGE FROM 90% OF JOBS AT 80% OF THE ACS TO 80% OF 80% OF THE QCEW. AGAIN, I'LL TALK MORE ON 
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THAT ON THE NEXT SLIDE. FOURTH, BASED ON PROJECT PIPELINE ANALYSIS, WE ARE RECOMMENDING EXPANDING THE MINIMUM JOB ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENT TO CAPTURE MORE COMPANIES AND TARGET INDUSTRIES WITH SIGNIFICANT CAP X. 
          AND DATA CENTERS WILL NOT BE ELIGIBLE FOR INCENTIVES. MORE ON WAGES. 
          SO ALL JOBS FOR THE PROJECTS WOULD HAVE TO MEET THE COSA MINIMUM WAGE AS IS CURRENT. 
          THE QCEW AND THE ACS AREN'T THAT DIFFERENT IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE 2026 WAGE THRESHOLD, BUT THE QCEW CAPTURES REAL WAGES THAT ARE PULLED FROM CURRENT TAX FILINGS BY EMPLOYERS. THEY'RE NOT SELF-REPORTED. AND THEY CAPTURE FULL COMPENSATION OF ALL TAKE-HOME PAY, WHICH INCLUDES BONUSES, SHIFT DIFFERENTIALS, LEAVE PAYOUTS AND OVERTIME. AND IF YOU'LL LOOK ON THE CHART ON THE RIGHT, IT SHOWS THE DISTRIBUTION OF WAGES ACROSS THE REGION, AND THE RED BAR SPECIFICALLY SHOWS WHAT SHARE OF OCCUPATIONS ARE PAID AT THE 80% OF QCEW MARK, WHICH IS ABOUT HALF. SO FOR US TO REQUIRE 80% OF JOBS FOR THE INCENTIVIZED PROJECTS TO MEET THAT MARK WILL INHERENTLY DRIVE WAGES UP. 
          ALSO SHIFTING TO 80% WOULD ALLOW MORE FLEXIBILITY ON THE RANGE OF POSITIONS AND WAGES THAT A COMPANY WOULD HIRE FOR. ON SO ON ABATEMENTS WE PROPOSING RAISING THE BASE BY FIVE PERCENT. THIS IS PARTIALLY BECAUSE WE WOULD BE REDUCING OUR ENHANCEMENTS FROM THREE TO TWO CATEGORIES. 
          IT WOULD BE ONE GEOGRAPHIC ENHANCEMENT THAT WOULD BE BASED ON WHETHER THE SITE IS LOCATED ON A REGIONAL CENTER OR IN A DESIGNATED OPPORTUNITY ZONE 2.0 THAT WILL BE CERTIFIED IN NOVEMBER. OR TARGET INDUSTRY AS IS TODAY. SO THERE WOULD BE A POTENTIAL 20% ENHANCEMENT ON TOP OF WHAT WOULD BE POSSIBLE OF THE BASE. WE ARE ALSO PROPOSING CAPPING THE TOTAL ABATEMENT VALUE TO 125% OF THE ESTIMATED VALUE AT TIME OF OFFER. THIS GIVES ROOM FOR PROJECT COST GROWTH WHILE MAINTAINING A FISCAL GUARDRAIL. AND TO CONTINUE SUPPORTING WRAPAROUND SERVICES WE ARE PROPOSING SHIFTING TO AN ECONOMIC MOBILITY FUND WHEREIN FIVE PERCENT OF REVENUE FROM ABATED OR REBATED PROJECTS WOULD GO TOWARDS A CITY FUND THAT SUPPORTS PROGRAMS FOR SERVICES LIKE CHILDCARE, JUSTICE-INVOLVED EMPLOYMENT AND TRANSPORTATION. AND FEE WAIVER GUIDELINES WILL BE MORE SPECIFICALLY REFERENCED SINCE THEY ARE TYPICALLY PART OF OUR INCENTIVE OFFERS. THIS TABLE VISUALIZES HOW THE TIRZ TIERS WORK. 
          SO TIER 1 WOULD REQUIRE A CAPITAL INVESTMENT AND MINIMUM JOB REQUIREMENT. 
          TIER TWO OR HIGHER WOULD REQUIRE A HIGHER JOB X OR NUMBER. 
          IT ALSO SHOWS ABATEMENT POTENTIAL BY TIER. AND IMPORTANTLY WHAT THIS TABLE PROVIDES IS FOR COMPANIES AND OUR COMMUNITY TO HAVE A CLEAR AND TRANSPARENT REFERENCE POINT UP FRONT WHEN INCENTIVES ARE BEING CONSIDERED. 
          WE DO HAVE A JOB GRANT AVAILABLE WITHIN THE INCENTIVE PROGRAM. 
          JOB GRANTS SUIT MORE CORPORATE EXPANSIONS HEAD QUARTER PROJECTS THAT SUPPORT HIGH WAGES BUT DON'T HAVE THE HIGH INTENSITY THAT MANUFACTURING DOES. 
          THERE IS NO CAP X REQUIREMENT BUT THE SAME WAGE RULES WOULD APPLY. 
          WE ARE PROPOSING TO SIMPLIFY THE SPECIFIC INDUSTRY PER JOB GOOD GRANT TO A ONE-TIME GRANT FOR ANY JOBS THAT WOULD BE 175% OR MORE OF QCEW, WHICH IS CURRENTLY $114,000. THEY WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR $2,500 PER POSITION FOR UP TO 100 JOBS. AND WE'RE ALSO PROPOSING A NEW GRANT PER -- R AND D PER JOB GRANT, WHICH WOULD BE IF THEY MEET 200 PERCENT OF THE QCEW, WHICH IS CURRENTLY $130,000. AND THAT WOULD BE $5,000 PER POSITION FOR UP TO 50 JOBS. 
          IN EITHER CASE ALL PER-JOB GRANTS WOULD BE DISBURSED ONCE UPON -- THE HIRING 
          TARGETS BEING MET. AND THEY WOULD >> AND THEY WOULD BE REQUIRED TO BE MONITORED FOR THREE YEARS FOR COMPLIANCE. 
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OKAY. SO NEW TO THIS CYCLE, WE ARE INTRODUCING AN R & D SPECIFIC REBATE FOR TARGET INDUSTRIES THAT MAY NOT MEET THE HIGH JOB NUMBERS, BUT STILL BUILD OUR INNOVATION CAPACITY. SO THINKING BACK TO WHAT BREN TA WAS TALKING ABOUT IN THE STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK, SO USING OUR FEDERAL DEFINITIONS OF R & D, A COMPANY THAT HAS $10 MILLION IN QUALIFYING R & D INVESTMENTS AND 10 NEW R & D QUALIFIED JOBS COULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR A 50% REBATE FOR M & O TAXES. AND THEY COULD HAVE A 30% ENHANCEMENT IF THOSE R & D JOBS MEET 200% OF THE QCEW. 
          WHEN WE DISCUSSED THIS WITH STAKEHOLDERS, THEY WERE VERY SUPPORTIVE. 
          IT PRODUCES SCALABLE SOLUTIONS AND CREATES A SELF-REINFORCING CYCLE OF GROWTH THAT MAKES THE INDUSTRY MORE RESILIENT OVER TIME. 
          AND LAST, WE ARE INTRODUCING THE TOD DEVELOPMENT CORRIDOR INCENTIVE. IN THIS CASE, DEVELOPERS INVESTING AT LEAST $5 MILLION IN REAL OR PERSONAL PROPERTY ALONG ONE OF THE TOD CORRIDORS COULD QUALIFY FOR A 50% M & O ABATEMENT -- REBATE, PARDON ME, PLUS A 20% ENHANCEMENT FOR COMMITTING TO SMALL BUSINESS SUPPORT. 
          REDUCED RENT, RENT CAPS, LOCAL BUSINESS PREFERENCE OR SIMILAR MEASURES COULD BE CONSIDERED AS PART OF THAT SMALL BUSINESS ENHANCEMENT. 
          OKAY. SO THAT IS IT. IN SUM, WE HOPE THAT THESE REVISIONS ARE GOING TO HELP US MAKE MEANINGFUL PROGRESS IN STRENGTHENING OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY AND MODERNIZING ONE OF THE KEY TOOLS WE HAVE TO SUPPORT BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, JOB CREATION AND LONG-TERM GROWTH. WE ARE PLANNING TO GO TO B SESSION ON OOCT 14TH AND THEN A SESSION ON NOVEMBER 5TH. IF APPROVED, THEY WOULD BEGIN IMPLEMENTATION ON JANUARY 1ST, 2027. THANK YOU. 
          >> GALVAN: THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS 
          FROM THE COMMITTEE? COUNCILMEMBER CASTILLO? >> CASTILLO:   I WAS THINKING ABOUT THE COUNCIL CONSIDERATION REQUEST THAT WE FILED IN OCTOBER OF LAST YEAR REGARDING SECOND CHANCE HIRING AND HOW THE UPDATES TO THIS POLICY HELP ADVANCE THE GOALS AND INTENT OF THAT CCR. 
          I KNOW YOU MENTIONED WITH THE ECONOMIC MOBILITY FUND, REDUCING THE 10% EMPLOYEE WRAPAROUND SERVICES REQUIREMENT AND ALLOCATING 5% COULD POTENTIALLY SUPPORT JUSTICE-INVOLVED EMPLOYMENT. 
          COULD YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU ALL ENVISION WITH THAT? 
          >> YEAH, SO I THINK THAT WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS DEVELOPING PROGRAMS, AND THEY WOULD -- WE WOULD CREATE PARAMETERS UPON WHICH THESE PROGRAMS COULD BE CREATED FOR. AND SO ONE OF THOSE COULD BE POTENTIALLY SUPPORTING SOME TYPE OF SUPPORT FOR COMPANIES THAT WOULD BE LOOKING AT DEVELOPING SOME SORT OF JUSTICE-INVOLVED PROGRAMMING. 
          BUT, AGAIN, THIS WOULD HAVE TO BE DETERMINED AT A LATER DATE HOW THOSE 
          FUNDS WOULD BE UTILIZED. >> CASTILLO: WOULD THAT NEED TO BE CODIFIED THROUGH POLICY AND/OR COUNCIL DIRECTION BASED OFF OF EACH PROJECT OR WOULD IT BE SPECIFIC TO THE ECONOMIC MOBILITY FUND AS A WHOLE? 
          >> ACUNA: WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT BASICALLY A POOLED FUND. 
          >> CASTILLO: OKAY. >> ACUNA: AND THEN PROGRAMS COULD BE GENERATED THROUGH THERE. SO IT WOULD DEPEND, OF COURSE, ON HOW MANY FUNDS 
          WE DO HAVE. >> CASTILLO: I APPRECIATE Y'ALL IDENTIFYING OPPORTUNITY FOR JUSTICE-INVOLVED EMPLOYMENT, AND THAT IS AN OPPORTUNITY. WOULD THAT ALSO BE SOMETHING WITH THE ECONOMIC MOBILITY FUND, WOULD MIKE RAMSEY'S TEAM ALSO PROVIDE INPUT ON WHAT SOME OF THE PARAMETERS OR EXPECTATIONS OF THAT FUND 
          WOULD BE? >> ACUNA: YES. I BELIEVE -- YEAH, WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT ALL OF THE STAKEHOLDERS WHO WOULD BE INVOLVED IN 
          POTENTIALLY UTILIZING THIS FUND. >> CASTILLO: OKAY. 
          GREAT. I APPRECIATE THAT. I DIDN'T SEE EXPLICITLY IN THE PRESENTATION OR IN THE BACKUP DOCUMENTS BUT A COUPLE YEARS AGO WE SECURED SOME LABOR PROTECTIONS IN OSHA CERTIFICATIONS, THAT'S 
          STILL INCLUDED, RIGHT? >> ACUNA: UH-HUH KAZ. >> CASTILLO: AND LASTLY, I APPRECIATE THE PERSON RECEIVING THE INCENTIVE IS CONSISTENT WITH THE CITY'S MINIMUM WAGE. I UNDERSTAND ON THE LAST SITE THERE WAS AN APPLICATION FEE. CAN YOU WALK ME THROUGH THE PROCESS FOR A COMPANY LOOKING TO SEEK THIS INCENTIVE. IS IT AN IDEAS PROPOSED, CITY STAFF THEN WALKS THEM THROUGH. LIKE WHAT -- 
          AUDIO] -- >> ACUNA: YES, THERE IS AN OFFICIAL APPLICATION PROCESS. SO USUALLY A COMPANY WILL WORK WITH ONE OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPERS, SAY GREATER SA TX, AND IF THEY ARE INTERESTED IN 
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PURSUING AN INCENTIVE, THEY WOULD MEET -- THEY WOULD BE GUIDED THROUGH CONSULTANT OR WITH GREATER SA TX AND, OF COURSE, OUR POLICIES ARE PUBLISHED ONLINE. HOWEVER, IF THERE WERE GOING TO BE AN APPLICATION, THEN THEY WOULD NEED TO SUBMIT THE APPLICATION SPECIFICALLY TO US. AND WE HAVE A JOINT APPLICATION PROCESS, SO WE'VE STREAMLINED IT TO WHERE IF THEY WERE SEEKING COUNTY OR CITY INCENTIVES, IT WOULD JUST BE ONE APPLICATION. BUT, YES, THERE ARE FEES ASSOCIATED WITH THAT APPLICATION AND IT WOULD BE DUE UPON SUBMISSION. 
          >> CASTILLO: THANK YOU, REBECCA. APPRECIATE IT. 
          THANK YOU, CHAIR. >> VIAGRAN: ALL RIGHT. WHO WOULD LIKE TO GO 
          NEXT? COUNCILMAN GALVAN? >> GALVAN: THANK YOU, CHAIR. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          I REALLY APPRECIATE THE UPDATES, LARGELY THROUGHOUT THIS PRESENTATION. I THINK A LOT OF THEM MAKE A LOT OF SENSE. 
          ONEI WANT TO OF COURSE POINT TO SLIDE 4, THE BIG CONCERN ON SLIDE 6, WHAT WE'RE SEEING ACROSS THE STATE ON ABTS ABATEMENTS RELATED TO THAT. [INDISCERNIBLE] NOT ONLY HERE IN THE STATE BUT ACROSS THE COUNTRY. I BELIEVE IT'S ONLY TWO DATA CENTERS THAT HAVE RECEIVED TAX ABATEMENTS BEFORE. IS THAT CORRECT, SERVICE 1 AND MICROSOFT, AND MICROSOFT IS THE ONLY ONE THAT STILL CONTINUES TO 
          HAVE IT AT THE MOMENT -- NOT [INDISCERNIBLE] >> ACUNA: WE'LL CONFIRM THAT. I THINK IT'S ALREADY EXPIRED. 
          >> GALVAN: OKAY. >> YES, WE ONLY HAVE THE MICROSOFT REBATE 
          CONTINUING AT THIS TIME. >> GALVAN: PERFECT. OKAY. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. ARE WE ABLE TO DO ANY TARGETED HIRING PRACTICES 
          WITHIN OUR 380 AGREEMENTS? >> ACUNA: COULD YOU 
          EXPAND A LITTLE BIT MORE. >> GALVAN: AROUND JUSTICE-INVOLVED POPULATIONS OR OTHER POPULATIONS AS WELL, ARE WE LOOKING TO FIND WAYS TO INCENTIVIZE WITHIN THESE PROJECTS, IS THERE WAYS WE CAN DO THAT WITH LIKE, I GUESS, A LARGER NUMBER, LIKE MAYBE WE CAN GO DEEPER INTO THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF WHAT WE CAN LOOK LIKE. 
          >> ACUNA: WE HAVE THE WALK  THE BALANCE. RIGHT NOW WE DO HAVE TARGET HIRING AS FAR AS OVERALL PERCENTAGE OF THE CCITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND SO FORTH, AND THE WAY WE'VE ADDRESSED SOME OF THOSE MORE SPECIFIC CASES HAS BEEN AROUND WRAPAROUND OR SOME OF THOSE OTHER SUPPORTS. 
          >> GALVAN: GOT IT. THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION. 
          I'M SURE A LOT OF SIMILAR QUESTIONS AS COUNCILWOMAN CASTILLO, THE MOBILITY FUND. I GUESS SOME OVERARCHING THOUGHTS I HAVE WITH IT IS WONDERING HOW WE CAN CONNECT A LITTLE BIT MORE WITH OUR FOLKS IN DHS, I THINK ABOUT SOME OF THE FOLKS WHO DO THE WORK AROUND -- WELL, YOUNGER THAN I THINK WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR, THINK ABOUT NEXT LEVEL AND OTHER PROGRAMS SIMILAR TO THAT WHERE THOSE PROGRAMS CONNECT, WE TALK ABOUT WHERE THIS FUNDING CAN GO. OF COURSE, A MORE LONGER CONVERSATION NEEDED ON THAT. I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS AN APPROPRIATE QUESTION, I GUESS, BUT DO YOU ENVISION IT A FUND THAT EDD MANAGES OR WOULD IT BE A LARGER FUND THAT MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS PULL FROM. WHAT ARE YOU THINKING AT THE MOMENT? 
          >> ALFRED BREWER, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR. SIMILAR TO MAYBE HOW WE'VE DONE THE GROWTH STAGE GRANTS THAT WE'VE BROUGHT TO THIS COMMITTEE, WE'VE WORKED WITH POLICYMAKERS LIKE YOURSELF AND OTHER DEPARTMENTS TO DEVELOP THOSE PROGRAMS. THAT'S SORT OF THE STRUCTURE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT BRINGING BACK. 
          >> GALVAN: AND WOULD THAT BE READY FOR THE B SESSION OR THE A SESSION WHEN THIS COMES AROUND? 
          MUCH. >> ACUNA: CHAIR, THE OTHER PART I WOULD ADD TO THE CONVERSATION ABOUT THE ECONOMIC MOBILITY FUND AND KIND OF WHERE WE'RE STRATEGIZING AROUND THAT IS VERY MUCH AROUND THE FACT THAT THERE WERE SOME QUESTIONS WHEN THE PREVIOUS VERSION OF THIS, THE WRAPAROUND SUPPORT THAT WAS INCORPORATED INTO OUR POLICY, THAT REALLY WAS DRIVEN TO PROVIDE THAT LEVEL OF SUPPORT FOR THAT COMPANY'S EMPLOYEES. 
          AND PART OF WHAT WE HEARD FROM COUNCIL WAS THAT WE REALLY WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE NEXT VERSION OF OUR POLICY THAT SUPPORT THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY CAN BENEFIT FROM IT. SO BY PUTTING IT INTO THIS FUND, THERE WOULD BE MORE OPPORTUNITY FOR THIS BODY TO INFLUENCE HOW 
          THOSE INVESTMENTS HAPPEN. >> GALVAN: THANK YOU. 
          >> VIAGRAN: BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO COUNCILWOMAN GONZALES AND SPEARS, LEGAL, I JUST NEED YOU TO CHECK, I -- PROBABLY BEFORE THE SESSION IN TERMS OF ECONOMIC MOBILITY, IF THAT IS -- IF THAT CAN BE -- THAT NEEDS TO BE A POLICY THAT THE CITY PUT FORWARD, IT CAN'T NECESSARY -- OR CAN IT BE A RECOMMENDATION THAT EDD PUTS FORWARD? AND THE OTHER IS, DO WE 
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HAVE TO TAKE IT TO THE VOTERS? BECAUSE WHAT I WILL NOT HAVE IS WHAT WE HAD THIS PAST BUDGET WHERE WE CREATE A FUND AND THEN THEY CUT IT FOR US. WE NEED TO KNOW HOW WE CAN LEGALLY PROTECT AN ECONOMIC MOBILITY FUND. COUNCILWOMAN MEZA GONZALEZ? 
          >> GONZALEZ: THANK YOU. THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          JUST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. ON SLIDE 4, IF YOU COULD JUST EXPLAIN THE WAGE INDEXING FROM THE ANNUAL -- USING THE ACS VERSUS THE FIXED 3%. ACADEMIA. SO NORMALLY WHAT WE ARE DOING IN OUR CURRENT POLICY IS EACH JANUARY 1ST WE -- THE FIVE-YEAR ACS IS RELEASED USUALLY AROUND -- IN JANUARY OR SO. 
          AND SO WHAT WE WOULD DO IS WE WOULD APPLY WHATEVER THE NEW WAGES ARE TO NEW PROJECTS. AND SO INDEXING MEANS THAT ALSO ANY OF THE PROJECTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY -- THAT CURRENTLY HAVE AN INCENTIVE AGREEMENT WITH US, THEIR MINIMUMS WOULD ALSO INCREASE ALONGSIDE WITH IT. THE DIFFERENCE HERE IS THAT SOMETIMES YOU CAN HAVE A LOT OF FLUCTUATIONS BETWEEN THE YEARS, IF YOU'RE USING -- WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT YOUR WAGE COMPARISON, SO WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW IS TO JUST HAVE A STANDARDIZED INCREASE SO THAT WAGES STILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE OVER THE YEARS, BUT IT'S MORE STANDARDIZED AND IT'S 
          PRE PREDICTABLE. >> GONZALEZ: OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          ON SLIDE 8 -- WHERE IS IT -- ON THE 175 GUIDELINES, SO ARE WE LOSING ANY FLEXIBILITY FOR THE SMALL BUSINESSES BY MOVING TO THOSE NEW 
          GUIDELINES? >> ACUNA: THE -- FOR THE PER JOB GRANTS? 
          >> GONZALEZ: UH-HUH. FOR THE STRATEGIC INDUSTRY -- YES. 
          ACADEMIA. SO W >> ACUNA: YEAH. 
          WE DON'T HAVE ANY GRANTEES UTILIZING THIS. YOU MIGHT BE THINKING ABOUT THE GROWTH STAGE GRANTS WHICH WAS A SEPARATE PROGRAM THAT WE 
          UTILIZED THE EDIF FUNDS. >> GONZALEZ: OKAY. >> ACUNA: SO THIS WOULD REALLY BE MORE LIKE -- IF WE DO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THE GROWTH STAGE GRANTS, THAT WOULD BE TOTALLY SEPARATE FROM THIS PER JOB GRANT. 
          >> GONZALEZ: OKAY. >> ACUNA:  YEAH. >> GONZALEZ: AND THAT 
          GRANT, THAT'S STILL IN EXISTENCE, RIGHT? >> ACUNA: YES. 
          >> GONZALEZ: OKAY. PERFECT. I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT R & D PER GRANT IS HERE AS WELL. IN MY DISTRICT WITH UT HEALTH AND UTSA -- FOR THAT. THOSE ARE ALL MY QUESTIONS. 
          >> VIAGRAN: THANK YOU. COUNCILWOMAN SPEARS? >> SPEARS: THANKS, CHAIR. 
          I APPRECIATE THAT YOU'VE ADDED THE R & D COMPONENT. 
          MY -- IS THERE -- SO IN MY UNDERSTANDING, ESPECIALLY IN THE MEDICAL SIDE, ESPECIALLY IN R & D, THERE'S A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY WITH UPWARD MOBILITY. IS THERE -- IS THERE A WAY IF PERHAPS MAYBE THEY'RE CREATING A LOT OF JOBS, THEY DON'T MEET THAT QCEW, BUT THEY'RE GOING TO MOVE UP QUICKLY WITHIN THAT INDUSTRY BECAUSE THEY DO LIKE TO HIRE WITHIN, BUT YOU MIGHT START OUT IN CLEANING OR SOMETHING, AND -- THEY DO KEEP IT VERY INSUL LAILTED. INSULATED INSULATED. IS THERE ANY FLEX IN THIS TO TAILOR THINGS FOR INDUSTRIES? THAT'S A SPECIFIC INDUSTRY, BUT LET'S JUST SAY IN INDUSTRY AS A WHOLE, IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT'S SPECIAL ABOUT THEIR INDUSTRY THAT WE NEED TO KIND OF TAILOR THE INCENTIVE PROGRAM 
          TOWARD, IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT? >> ACUNA:  YEAH. 
          THAT'S PART OF THE REASON WHY WE'RE RECOMMENDING SHIFTING FROM THE 90% TO THE 80% BECAUSE IT WOULD ALLOW FOR 20% OF JOBS TO NOT NECESSARILY MEET THAT WAGE REQUIREMENT, RIGHT? AND SO IT IS TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE ENTRY-LEVEL POSITIONS OR POSITIONS THAT WOULD GROW INTO A HIGHER WAGE POSITION. ALSO WHEN THE QCEW, BECAUSE IT DOES ALSO ACCOUNT FOR ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION THAT'S TAXABLE, THAT ALSO CREATE AS LITTLE MORE FLEXIBILITY FOR RECOGNIZING WHAT THEY 
          MIGHT BE PAID BEYOND JUST THE BASE WAGE. >> SPEARS: OKAY. 
          DO YOU BELIEVE THAT MOVING TO THE QCEW MODEL WILL HELP US BE MORE -- TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE STATE INCENTIVES BETTER OR MORE BROADLY? 
          >> ACUNA: I BELIEVE THAT THE -- BECAUSE WE WOULD BOTH BE USING THE SAME TYPE OF WAGE COMPARISON, IT'S EASIER FOR COMPANIES TO SAY, I'VE ALREADY KIND 
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OF PREPARED THE INFORMATION FOR THE MUNICIPALITY. 
          I CAN GO DIRECTLY TO THE STATE NOW AND I DON'T HAVE TO DO NEW CALCULATIONS. IN THAT WAY, IT ACTUALLY IMPROVES OUR COMPETITIVENESS, BECAUSE WE'RE EASIER TO WORK WITH. 
          >> SPEARS: I LIKE THAT. THAT'S REALLY GOOD AND SMART AND EASY, 
          HOPEFULLY, THING TO DO. >> ACUNA:  YEAH. >> SPEARS: AND THEN HOW DID YOU DECIDE OR HOW DID YOU ARRIVE AT THESE PARTICULAR STAKEHOLDERS? 
          DID THEY SIGN UP TO BE INVOLVED OR... >> ACUNA: WE HAD A VERY WIDE REACH. WE BUILT A LOT OF THE OUTREACH TO THE STAKEHOLDERS FOR THE STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK REFRESH, A LOT OF OUR CONTACTS THAT WE UTILIZE WHEN WE ARE LOOKING AT THE INCENTIVES, THE COMPANIES WHO HAVE HAD AN INCENTIVE OR WORKED WITH US WITH THE EDD, AND THEN, OF COURSE, OUR STRATEGIC PARTNERS AND ALL OF THE OUTREACH THAT 
          THEY WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE US. >> SPEARS: OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. >> VIAGRAN: ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          ALL RIGHT. WE'LL GO TO OUR LAST ITEM, ITEM NUMBER 4 IS A BRIEFING ON THE FISCAL YEAR 2027 INBOUND AND OUTBOUND INTERNATIONAL ENGAGEMENTS OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. 
          AS WE KNOW, WE JUST FINISHED THE BUDGET CYCLE, OUR TRAVEL DID GET CUT, BUT AS A MEMBER OF THE EWDC, IT'S CRITICAL THAT YOU KIND OF HAVE A LOOK AT WHAT YOUR YEAR LOOKS LIKE AND MAKE TIME TO KIND OF MAKE SOME OF THESE TRIPS BECAUSE THIS -- THIS KIND OF RELATIONSHIP BUILDING IS KEY INTO GETTING BUSINESSES HERE, AND IT HELPS A LOT. 
          AND WE CAN -- OF COURSE, WE KNOW WE HAVE OTHER ENTITIES AND BUSINESS LEADERS WE CAN SEND; HOWEVER, FIRSTHAND I'VE EXPERIENCED THAT THE DIGNITARIES THAT COME IN WANT TO MEET THAT ELECTED OFFICIAL AND GET AN IDEA OF WHO IS REPRESENTING THE BUSINESSES OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          AND SHERRY'S BEEN GREAT ABOUT THAT, AND SHE'S GOING TO TALK ABOUT OPPORTUNITIES YOU HAVE HERE AT PEOPLE COMING INTO TOWN, AND THEN THE OPPORTUNITIES WE HAVE OUTBOUND. WE DO HAVE A SISTER CITY RELATIONSHIP, BUT IF WE DO NOT HAVE THAT SISTER CITY REPRESENTATIVE GOING, I DO HIGHLY ENCOURAGE MY COMMITTEE MEMBERS HERE TO LOOK AT MAKING SOME OF THOSE TRIPS. SO, SHERRY, WITH THAT, VERY BRIEFLY, CAN YOU GO OVER WHAT WE'VE GOT COMING UP IN 2027? 
          >> GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBERS. 
          MY NAME IS SHEARRY [INDISCERNIBLE], CHIEF DIPLOMACY AND PROTOCOL OFFICER  AND I'M GOING TO PROVIDE YOU WITH A QUICK OVERVIEW OF OUR INBOUND DELEGATIONS THAT WE ANTICIPATE IN FISCAL YEAR '27 THAT WE KNOW OF SO FAR AS WELL AS SOME OF THE TRAVEL IN FISCAL YEAR '25. 
          SO USUALLY -- AND I THINK I WILL JUST PREFACE THIS BY SAYING MOST OF THE TIME WE DO NOT KNOW WHO'S COMING UNTIL MAYBE TWO MONTHS OR A MONTH OR EVEN TWO WEEKS. AND THERE HAVE BEEN OCCASIONS WHERE A FEW DAYS OF NOTICE HAVE BEEN GIVEN, SO WE DO WORK WITHIN THAT FRAMEWORK. 
          THERE ARE VERY FEW OPPORTUNITIES WHERE WE ACTUALLY GET A ONE-YEAR HEAD'S UP ON A GROUP THAT MAY BE COMING IN. SO WE ARE, IN THAT SENSE, WE WORK WITH THE GROUPS, WE LOOK AT THEM, WE APPLY OUR FILTER IN TERMS OF ARE THESE STRATEGIC -- THEM ARE BUSINESS RELATED, SOME ARE CULTURAL, AND SOME ARE MUNICIPAL EXCHANGE RELATED. SO HERE AS FAR AS I HAVE PRESENTED TO YOU IN OCTOBER WE'RE ALREADY EXPECTING A NUMBER OF DELEGATIONS. AND I THINK THE ONES I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT TO YOU ARE FROM JAPAN, BECAUSE THE JAPANESE CONSULATE IS ORGANIZING A NATIONAL SECURITY FORUM HERE ON OCTOBER 2ND. IT'S REALLY KIND OF BUSINESS DRIVEN. WE HAVE THE CHAMBER OF THE AMERICAN -- THE AMERICAN CHAMBER OF MONTERREY COMING AT THE END OF OCTOBER, THEY'RE FROM MEXICO. AGAIN, IT'S A BUSINESS DELEGATION, VERY BUSINESS FOCUSED, THEY'RE COMING IN WITH 20 TO 25 PEOPLE. WE HAVE A BRAND-NEW DELEGATION THAT, IN FACT, JUST TODAY THEY HAVE FINALIZED THE DAY THEY'LL BE IN SAN ANTONIO FROM TAIWAN, AND THIS IS A CLUSTER, IT'S CHINESE INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC COOPERATIONS ASSOCIATION, CIECA FOR SHORT. 
          THEY PLAN TO BE HERE, THEY'LL BE COMING TO AUSTIN AND SAN ANTONIO AND IT WOULD BE, AGAIN, AT THE END OF OCTOBER. WE'RE ANTICIPATING A LOT OF ACTIVITY TOWARDS THE END OF OCTOBER, AND THEN, OF COURSE, FLOUT OCTOBER, WE WILL HAVE SOME OF THESE OTHER -- THROUGHOUT OCTOBER, WE WILL HAVE 
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SOME OF THESE OTHER MORE CULTURAL SISTER CITY DELEGATIONS. 
          . IN NOVEMBER, SOME OF OUR DELEGATES WHO COME IN WHO ARE FROM THE -- WE'RE EXPECTING THE AMBASSADOR OF NAMIBIA, JUST LIKE IN OCTOBER WE'RE EXPECTING THE CONSULATE GENERAL OF UKRAINE. 
          WE ANTICIPATE, AGAIN, A NUMBER OF CONSULATE ENGAGEMENTS. 
          AND THEN IN DECEMBER, WE DO ANTICIPATE A CYBERSECURITY BUSINESS DELEGATION FROM ISRAEL, AND PLANNING FOR THAT IS ALREADY WELL AHEAD AND THERE'S A LOT OF ENGAGEMENT AND THEY'RE PLANNING TO BRING IN ABOUT 12 COMPANIES IN CYBERSECURITY, MAKING CONNECTIONS HERE. 
          AND THEN BIOMED SA IS ACTUALLY THE LEAD ON A LIFE SCIENCES DELEGATION COMING IN FROM BELGIUM, AND WE WILL PROVIDE ANY SUPPORT THAT THEY WOULD NEED, BUT THEY ARE THE LEAD ON THAT ONE. SO THAT REALLY KIND OF GIVES US THE BIGGER PICTURE IN TERMS OF SOME OF OUR INBOUND DELEGATIONS. WE DON'T REALLY HAVE DATES FOR DELEGATIONS IN Q2, 3, 4 FOR NEXT YEAR, BUT I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT, FOR INSTANCE, UT SAN ANTONIO HAS REACHED OUT TO US THAT THEIR INTERNATIONAL TRADE CENTER, THEY'RE PLANNING A SMALL BUSINESS NETWORKS OF THE AMERICAS SUMMIT AND WE'RE LOOKING AT COLLABORATING IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER WITH THEM. 
          WE ALSO PLAN TO HAVE OUR ANNUAL CONSULAR CORE ENGAGEMENT BRINGING IN PEOPLE TO SAN ANTONIO AND TELL OUR STORY. SO IN TERM TS OF TRAVEL, THERE ARE -- THERE ARE EVENTS THAT WE HAVE SEEN THAT WE THINK THINK THAT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WILL BE INVOLVED IN ALL OF THESE; HOWEVER, THEY ARE THERE. YOU MAY BE RECEIVING SOME, IN SOME CASES, INVITATIONS DIRECTLY. ONE IS THE HISPANIC CHAMBER IS LEADING A TRADE MISSION TO SPAIN, THEY ARE GOING TO MADRID AND OTHER CITIES, ONE OF OUR SISTER CITIES, AND THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN OVER THE WEEK OF THANKSGIVING. AGAIN, IT IS NOT CLEAR TO US OUR PARTICIPATION AT THIS MOMENT, BUT WE'RE PUTTING THIS OUT THERE BECAUSE IT IS HAPPENING AND YOU MAY BE INVITED TO THAT. WE KNOW THAT THE SPURS ARE PLAYING IN FRANCE -- ANTONIO, GREATER SA TX WILL ENGAGE AND CREATE ACTIVATIONS. 
          IT'S REFERRED TO AS THE GLOBAL GAMES, AND WE KNOW THIS IS COMING. 
          AGAIN, WE DO NOT ANTICIPATE AS EDD BEING INVOLVED IN THAT PARTICULAR EVENT, BUT -- BUT YOU MAY BE HEARING A LOT ABOUT IT AND IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY THERE. EDD IS LEADING KIND OF AT THE STAFF LEVEL A VERY SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MISSION TO COLOMBIA AND COSTA RICA AS PART OF OUR LATIN AMERICAN ENGAGEMENT, THIS GOES BACK TO 2021 AND THE WORK WE'VE BEEN DOING, EXPANDING OUR ENGAGEMENTS INTO LATIN AMERICA BEYOND MEXICO. 
          WE ALREADY KNOW THAT OUR SISTER CITY IN TAIWAN IS PLANNING TO INVITE THE CITY TO BE -- ATTEND THEIR ANNUAL DRAGON BOAT FESTIVAL. 
          THAT COULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY. AND THEN Q4 IS WHERE WE DO SEE SOME IMPORTANT ENGAGEMENT FOR US. SO WE HAVE OUR 40TH SISTER CITY ANNIVERSARY WITH KUMAMOTO, JAPAN, AND AS PART OF THAT, THERE'S GOING TO BE A SAND LOT TEAM FROM SAN ANTONIO, TIGRIS OF SAN ANTONIO KUMAMOTO, AND SO THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY, AGAIN, TO HAVE SOME ENGAGEMENT, CELEBRATE OUR 40TH ANNIVERSARY, BUT ALSO POTENTIALLY A VISIT TO TOYOTA. AND, AGAIN, THIS IS NOT SET, BUT THIS IS WHERE WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT. AND THEN AT THE SAME TIME, WE HAVE OUR TENTH ANNIVERSARY OF OUR SISTER CITY RELATIONSHIP WITH DARMSTADT IN GERMANY. AND THERE'S GOING TO BE A 50-PERSON GROUP OF [INDISCERNIBLE] WHO ARE GOING TO BE TRAVELING TO GERMANY AND WILL BE PERFORMING AT DARMSTADT, THEIR EQUIVALENT OF OUR FIESTA. 
          SO, AGAIN, THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A COUNCILMEMBER RELATED TO GERMANY TO BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE. AND THEN, OF COURSE, AGAIN, IN SEPTEMBER, WE ANTICIPATE PARTICIPATING AT THE NORTH CAPITAL 
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FORUM IN MEXICO CITY, JUST ON A BUSINESS LEVEL. 
          ONE THING I DO WANT TO POINT OUT, AND THIS WILL BE MY LAST COMMENT, IS WE HAVE BEEN WORKING AND TALKING ABOUT TAKING A BUSINESS DELEGATION TO CANADA TO SPECIFICALLY ENDING UP IN QUEBEC CITY, BUT OBVIOUSLY INCLUDING TORONTO, MONTREAL. QUEBEC CITY CAME BE A LARGE BUSINESS DELEGATION. IT IS NOW OUR TURN TO GO BACK AND WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT BEING IN THE LAST WEEK OF OCTOBER. IT WILL BE REALLY THE VERY BEGINNING OF FISCAL YEAR '28, BUT WE ARE GOING TO BE PLANNING FOR THAT DELEGATION DEFINITELY PROACTIVE. IF YOU ASK ME, LIKE, FOR US, WHICH IS THE MOST IMPORTANT DELEGATION, I WOULD SAY THE DELEGATION TO CANADA AND THE DELEGATION TO CANADA IF I HAD TO PRIORITIZE. 
          I THINK A REALLY -- PRIORITIES. THANK YOU. AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER 
          ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. >> VIAGRAN: ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR SHERRY? YES. COUNCILWOMAN SPEARS? 
          >> SPEARS: THANKS, SHERRY. I -- BECAUSE I WENT ON THE TRIP TO TAIWAN, I WANT -- I WANT TO JUST EXPRESS HOW, FIRST OF ALL, HOW PROFESSIONAL YOU ARE AND ARE PREPARED WHEN WE GO ANYWHERE. 
          BUT ON TOP OF THAT, THE LEVEL OF SERIOUSNESS ABOUT OUR ENGAGEMENT AS A CITY, AND I THINK I'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS WITH YOU, CHAIR, THAT IT -- YOU CAN'T DO THIS OVER ZOOM OR A PHONE CALL. IT IS THE IN-PERSON ENGAGEMENT THAT I THINK REALLY PUSHES US OVER THE EDGE AND REALLY PUTS US AT THE FOREFRONT OF THE MIND. I CAN'T EMPHASIZE ENOUGH HOW IMPORTANT THESE IN-PERSON TRIPS AND DELEGATIONS AND ENGAGEMENTS ARE. AND REALLY UNDERSTANDING THE DIFFERENT CULTURAL DIFFERENCES AND THE WAYS WE'RE ALIKE. AND SO WHEN YOU SAY GET SERIOUS ABOUT DOING THIS FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, I THINK IT'S EXACTLY RIGHT ON ABOUT THAT. AND WHILE SOMETIMES WE RECEIVE CRITICISM ABOUT EXPENDING FUNDS HERE, I -- I COULDN'T DISAGREE MORE. 
          IT IS EXACTLY HOW YOU MOVE FORWARD AND REALLY ENGAGE ECONOMIC 
          DEVELOPMENT GLOBALLY. SO... THAT'S ALL. >> VIAGRAN: THANK YOU. 
          ANYBODY ELSE? SO MY HOMEWORK -- OH, COUNCILWOMAN CASTILLO? 
          >> CASTILLO: THANK YOU, CHAIR, AND THANK YOU, SHERRY, FOR THE PRESENTATION AND ALL YOU DO IN FACILITATING, JUST CONVERSATIONS WITH MANY OF OUR FRIENDSHIPS IN SISTER CITIES. CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND IN TERMS OF -- WELL, FIRST, I THINK GIVEN THE CONVERSATIONS AROUND BUDGET DEFICITS, I DO SEE THE VALUE OF CONTINUING THESE RELATIONSHIPS AND TO GO VISIT MANUFACTURING COMPANIES, SO ON AND SO FORTH, WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE, BUT I DO THINK THERE'S VALUE IN TERMS OF THE INBOUND DELEGATIONS, RIGHT? HOW CAN WE GET FOLKS TO 
          COME HERE FIRST. >> OH, YEAH. >> CASTILLO: BEFORE WE GO OVERSEAS. AGAIN, RIGHT, TO MINIMIZE EXPENSES, BUT HAVE THAT FACE-TO-FACE CONTACT AND CONVERSATION. BUT IS THERE A STRATEGY IN PLACE WHERE LIKE OUR EXPECTATIONS, LIKE WE INVITE THEM TO THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO TO DISCUSS OUR EXPECTATIONS, GOALS, VALUES, FIRST, AND THEN A 
          VISIT, OR CAN YOU WALK ME THROUGH -- >> ABSOLUTELY. 
          I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT, THE FACT THAT -- YOU KNOW, THERE'S AN EXPENSE RELATED TO TRAVEL. THERE'S ALSO THE TIME FACTOR. AND SO ALL THE CITIES THAT WE ENGAGE WITH, THEY WILL HAVE THE SAME ISSUES. AND IT'S ALWAYS THEY HAVE TO BE ABLE TO JUSTIFY WHAT IS THE BEST ACTION FORWARD WHAT THEY ARE ENGAGING. SO WE DO NOT EXTEND INVITATIONS AT RANDOM TO OUR CITIES. IT'S -- IT REALLY IS BASED ON AN ACTIVITY, A SPECIFIC POTENTIALLY OPPORTUNITY FOR ENGAGEMENT. 
          AND THE ONE  -- I WOULD SAY THE ONE ACTIVITY THAT WE ARE PROACTIVELY INVITING FOR EVERY YEAR IS THE ONE THAT I HIGHLIGHTED WHICH WAS THE DIPLOMATIC CORE ENGAGEMENT WHERE WE'RE INVITING THE REPRESENTATIVES OF FOREIGN COUNTRIES WHO ARE BASED HERE, TO COME TO SAN ANTONIO AS A GROUP TO BECOME FAMILIAR -- GOING TO BE TALKING TO PEOPLE WHO MAY INSTIGATE BUSINESS DELEGATIONS WHO COME HERE OR EVEN COMPANIES WHO MAY BE LOOKING FOR EXPANSION 
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OPPORTUNITIES. AND I WILL TELL YOU THAT WHEN WE ARE RESPONSIVE -- YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T SAY YES TO EVERYBODY, BUT WE HAVE DIFFERENT LEVELS OF SAYING YES. AND AS I SAID, WHEN IT'S A TARGET PRIORITY MARKET FOR US, WE OBVIOUSLY PRIORITIZE THOSE COUNTRIES, AND, AGAIN, THE DATA THAT -- WE REFRESH THE DATA AROUND WHICH ARE OUR PRIORITY COUNTRIES. AND SO THE -- RECENTLY WE HAVE PICKED UP A LOT OF DELEGATIONS COMING IN, JUST SEPTEMBER ALONE, WE HAVE BUSINESS DELEGATIONS, BUSINESS GROUPS THAT ARE COMING IN. 
          SO THEY COME IN, THEY'RE HERE ONE DAY, TWO DAYS, WE HAVE A VERY LARGER MANDELL GAITION COMING THIS MONTH, BUT IT IS VERY INTENTIONALLY PLANNED. NOW, I'LL JUST FINISH WITH BACK IN 2018 WHEN WE CELEBRATED OUR 300 YEAR ANNIVERSARY, WE STARTED PLANNING FOR THAT FIVE YEARS BEFORE, AND REALLY INTENTIONALLY INVITING THESE CITIES TO BRING DELEGATIONS. SO THAT WAS A VERY UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY. 
          AND THAT'S WHEN WE LOOKED FOR THOSE TYPE OF OPPORTUNITIES TO HAVE 
          THOSE SPECIAL ENGAGEMENTS. >> CASTILLO: IF I MAY ON THE SECOND ROUND, CAN YOU SHARE A BIT ABOUT THE CYBERSECURITY BUSINESS DELEGATION, WHAT WAS THAT BORN OUT OF, WHAT IS Y'ALL'S EXPECTATION WITH 
          THAT DECEMBER INBOUND DELEGATION? >> WHICH ONE, THE CYBER, 
          ISRAEL? >> CASTILLO: YES, WITH ISRAEL. 
          >> SO THE TRADE AND INVESTMENT ARM OF THE CONSULATE OF ISRAEL, WHICH BELONGS TO THE MINISTRY OF ECONOMY OF ISRAEL, THEY ARE BASED IN HOUSTON. THEY HAVE REACHED OUT -- THEY'RE BRINGING BUSINESS DELEGATIONS. SO THEY ACTUALLY HAVE -- THEY ARE THE ONES THAT REACHED OUT TO US, AND THEY'RE ORGANIZING A NUMBER OF DELEGATIONS ALL AROUND THE UNITED STATES, BUT BECAUSE OF OUR REPUTATION AS A CITY WITH A VERY IMPORTANT CYBERSECURITY SECTOR, THEY WOULD LIKE TO BRING A DELEGATION OF BUSINESSES. THESE ARE BUSINESSES THAT ARE INTERESTED IN ENGAGING -- AGAIN, IT'S BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, BUT IT'S ALSO RELATIONSHIP BUILDING. AND SO WE ARE WORKING -- WE'VE ENGAGED OUR PARTNERS. WE'RE AT THE TABLE -- IN FACT, THIS MORNING, WE HAD A PLANNING MEETING. SO PORT SAN ANTONIO'S INVOLVED, UT SAN ANTONIO'S INVOLVED, BEXAR COUNTY IS INVOLVED AND OTHERS, AND SO WHAT WE ARE PLANNING FOR THEM THAT WILL GIVE VALUE TO THEM BUT ALSO VALUE TO US BECAUSE WE WANT TO TELL OUR STORY. 
          >> CASTILLO: I APPRECIATE THAT. [INDISCERNIBLE] EXCITED ABOUT THE INBOUND AND OUTBOUND, HOWEVER THAT DELEGATION DOES GIVE ME PAUSE. I UNDERSTAND BUSINESSES AND RESIDENTS AREN'T NECESSARILY REFLECTIVE OF THEIR GOVERNMENT, BUT WHEN WE LOOK AT THE ATROCITIES BEING CONDUCTED AND FACILITATED BY THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT, THE GENOCIDE OF THE PEOPLE GIVES ME CONCERN TO WELCOME FOLKS THAT ARE CAUSING SUCH HARM AND ESSENTIALLY ERADICATING A PEOPLE, I'D BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T HIGHLIGHT THAT POINT. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT MY CONSTITUENTS AND SAN ANTONIO RESIDENTS HAVE COME AND PACKED CITY HALL THAT WE END THIS RELATIONSHIP, BUT I UNDERSTAND THE VALUE OF CONVERSATION, BUT I DON'T WANT TO WAIT UNTIL THE DELEGATION'S HERE THAT I EXPRESS, RIGHT, THAT THIS GIVES ME PAUSE. THANK YOU. 
          >> THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN. >> VIAGRAN: THANK YOU. 
          ANYONE ELSE? AND I JUST WANT TO -- COUNCILWOMAN CASTILLO, I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND. SHERRY AND I HAVE TRAVELED INTERNATIONALLY, I THINK WHAT WE NEED TO REMEMBER IS, AS WE TRAVEL INTERNATIONALLY, TOO, PEOPLE ARE LOOKING AT US, AT OUR STATE. AND SO THAT'S WHY IT'S IMPERATIVE THAT WE HAVE THOSE PERSONAL TOUCHES AND SIT DOWN AND SHARE A MEAL OR -- COME AND VISIT, THERE'S A PERSON BEHIND THAT, AND WE NEED TO KIND OF CONTINUE THAT BECAUSE WE'LL LIVE THROUGH THIS ADMINISTRATION. 
          YOU KNOW, OTHER COUNTRIES WILL LIVE THROUGH THEIRS AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE STILL ARE KEEPING -- KEEPING THOSE LINES OF COMMUNICATION OPEN. SO I APPRECIATE YOU SHARING, BECAUSE YOU HAVE BEEN PASSIONATE ON THIS, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO REMEMBER PEOPLE ARE LOOKING AT US, TOO, AND SAYING WE WOULD PREFER TEXAS NOT TO COME. 
          SO THIS IS WHY IT IS A BRAVE THING TO DO FOR YOU GUYS TO STEP OUT AND SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT? I WILL TRAVEL OVERSEAS OR I WILL GO ON THESE MISSIONS OR, YOU KNOW WHAT? THEY'RE IN TOWN, CHECK WITH THE -- TOUCHES THAT MEAN DIFFERENT. AND SOMETIMES THEY'RE COMING ALL THE WAY FROM OVERSEAS, SOMETIMES THEY'RE JUST FROM ANOTHER REGION COMING INTO SAN ANTONIO. I THINK WHAT WAS -- I HAVE BEEN DOING THIS FOR, OH, GOD, IT FEELS LIKE FIVE YEARS. 
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SHERRY AND HER TEAM KNOW THAT THEY CAN CALL ON ME, AND THAT'S BECAUSE I HAVE TOYOTA, I HAVE OKEN, THEY ALWAYS FIND A COMPANY IN MY AREA. 
          I HAVE OCI SOLAR, SO THEY'RE LIKE, OH, THE SOUTH KOREAN DELEGATION IS HERE, COME IN. BUT TOYOTA'S EVERYBODY'S, Y'ALL. 
          OKEN IS EVERYBODY'S. SO YOU GUYS CAN COME WITH ME OR I CAN HAVE HER GIVE YOU A CALL BECAUSE IT DOES MATTER. THEY DO APPRECIATE IT. 
          THE MEXICO, WHEN I WAS THE LIAISON FOR MEXICO, THEY'RE HERE ALL THE TIME. YOU COME BY, GIVE THEM 15, 20 MINUTES, TELL THEM WHAT'S GOING ON IN YOUR DISTRICT, AND THERE YOU MIGHT HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE NEW HEADQUARTERS. THIS IS HOW WE KIND OF GOT J.C. -- WELL, WITH GREATER SA TX, I DON'T WANT TO SAY IT WAS JUST THE EXERN THAT GOT JCB HERE, BUT IT IS THOSE LITTLE TOUCHES THAT KIND OF BRING THEM BACK. I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU GUYS, IF YOU GUYS ARE INTERESTED IN DOING -- VISITING WITH SOME OF THOSE INBOUND DELEGATIONS, WE CAN ARRANGE THAT WITH SHERRY, FIND OUT WHAT COMPANIES HAVE THAT GLOBAL UMBRELLA THAT ARE THERE, CZECH REPUBLIC, IVIES ITED THEM TWICE ALREADY, I'LL PROBABLY SEE THEM AGAIN WHEN THEY'RE HERE IN NOVEMBER. BUT APPRECIATE THAT, APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITIES AND YOU GUYS ARE THE BEST THAT DO THAT. 
          I APPRECIATE THAT -- ANY OTHER COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT. 
          IF THERE'S NO OTHER COMMENTS, THIS WAS AN ITEM FOR BRIEFING. 
          THE TIME IS
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