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          UH, WELCOME TO OUR JUNE 2ND ECONOMIC AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL COMMITTEE MEETING HERE ON WEBEX AND, UH, STREAMING. 
          COUPLE OF THINGS FIRST BEFORE WE GET STARTED WITH THE ROLE. 
          NUMBER ONE. 
          UH, FIRST AND FOREMOST, HAPPY BIRTHDAY COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ. 
          THANK YOU EVERYONE. 
          YOU HAVE PICKED TWO TIMES,  NEXT, UM, WELCOME TO OUR NEW COMMITTEE MEMBER COUNCIL MEMBER ADRIANA ROCHA GARCIA. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I'M GLAD YOU'RE JOINING US. 
          AND, UM, NEXT, UM, AS WE DO OUR WORK TODAY IN OUR ECONOMIC WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, LET'S REMEMBER, UM, THE LARGER CONVERSATION THAT'S BEEN HAPPENING NATIONWIDE AND IN OUR CITY, THAT AS WE, UM, AS COUNCIL MEMBERS, THAT WE ARE GONNA CONTINUE TO WORK TOWARDS, UM, A DISMANTLING INJUSTICE AND MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE THE BEST SAN ANTONIO FOR ALL OF OUR CITIZENS. 
          SO, UM, WITH THAT, UH, CITY CLERK, IF YOU CAN CALL ROLL AND YOU'RE ON MUTE. 
          OH, I DID CHAIR VAN HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ. 
          PRESENT. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CAVEO VARDA. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PALAI HERE. 
          MADAM CHAIR. 
          WE HAVE A QUORUM. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          UM, 
          [1. 20-3520 Approval of the minutes from the Economic and Workforce Development Committee meeting on March 3, 2020.]
OUR FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM THE ECONOMIC AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE MEETING ON MARCH 3RD, 2020. 
          I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL, OR IF THERE ARE ANY CHANGES THAT NEED TO BE MADE. 
          SO MOVED. 
          MOTION TO APPROVE. 
          SECOND. 
          OKAY. 
          WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES ON MARCH 3RD, 2020. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK, UH, ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. 
          MOTION 
          [2. 20-3525 Briefing and possible action on the recommendations of the Economic Transition Team and Business and Employment Working Group [Carlos J. Contreras, III, Assistant City Manager; Alejandra Lopez, Director]]
CARRIES. 
          OUR SECOND ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS BRIEFING AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE ECONOMIC TRANSITION TEAM AND BUSINESS AND EMPLOYMENT WORKING GROUP. 
          I'M GOING TO PASS THIS TO CARLOS TO T S UP, OR TO ALEX, WHOMEVER, SO WE CAN GET THIS, UH, BRIEFING STARTED. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MADAM. 
          THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. 
          UM, ALEX IS GONNA GO OVER BOTH OF THE, UH, BUSINESS AND EMPLOYMENT WORKING GROUP, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, BOTH SHORT TERM AND LONG TERM, AS WELL AS THE ECONOMIC TRANSITION TEAM RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          YOU'LL NOTICE A COUPLE THINGS ABOUT THE RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          ONE, THERE'S OVERLAP BETWEEN THE TWO, UH, WHICH IS, WHICH IS INTERESTING. 
          THERE'S ALSO, YOU, YOU'LL, YOU'LL NOTICE A LOT OF OVERLAP IN THE PRESENTATION, THE RESILIENCY AND RECOVERY PLAN THAT WAS LAID OUT BY STAFF LAST WEEK. 
          SO I'LL TURN IT OVER TO ALEX NOW TO GO OVER THAT. 
          UH, AND I THINK SHE'S GONNA TRY TO COVER 'EM BOTH, IF THAT'S OKAY WITH THE CHAIR. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          AND WE'LL TAKE QUESTIONS AFTER. 
          PERFECT. 
          AND I ACTUALLY, UM, DID INCLUDE A PRESENTATION TO, TO BASICALLY JUST GIVE YOU THE VISUAL OF THE DIFFERENT, THERE THERE WAS A LOT OF RECOMMENDATIONS AND A LOT OF INFORMATION THAT WAS COVERED BY BOTH OF THESE GROUPS. 
          BUT AS CARLOS MENTIONED, TODAY'S BRIEFING, IT'S A, IT'S A REVIEW OF THE VARIOUS RECOMMENDATIONS INCLUDED IN THE, IN THE TEAMS, UM, THE, BOTH THE TRANSITION TEAM AND THE WORKING GROUP REPORTS. 
          UM, LORI, CAN YOU LOAD THE PRESENTATION OR IS IT SHOWING ALREADY? OH, THERE IT IS. 
          I JUST WANTED TO START OFF WITH A BIT OF BACKGROUND THAT I CAN GO AHEAD AND GO OVER, UM, WHILE THE PRESENTATION IS COMING UP. 
          UM, BOTH OF THE, THE ON MARCH, AT THE END OF MARCH, UM, ON THE 30TH OF MARCH, MAYOR AND THE COUNTY JUDGE APPOINTED THE COMMUNITY ACTION WORKING GROUPS, WHICH ARE TO FOCUS ON IMMEDIATE, UM, ATTENTION THE AREAS THAT NEEDED IMMEDIATE ATTENTION. 
          AND THESE WORKING GROUP GROUPS, UM, INCLUDED BOTH CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, ALONG WITH SOME COMMUNITY LEADERS. 
          UM, THE BUSINESS AND EMPLOYMENT GROUP WAS ONE OF THE FIVE TEAMS, UH, THAT WAS CHARGED WITH IDENTIFYING, UH, BOTH RESPONSE AND RECOVERY MEASURES. 
          THIS WORKING GROUP WAS CHAIRED BY COUNCIL MEMBER VAL AND COMMISSIONER CHICO RODRIGUEZ. 
          UM, AND YOU HAVE THE REST OF THE, THE WORKING GROUP MEMBERS ON THIS SLIDE. 
          UM, THE WORKING GROUP MET OVER THE MONTH OF APRIL AND MAY, AND, UM, THEY DISCUSSED BOTH BUSINESS, UM, SMALL BUSINESS AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. 
          CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES, AND ITS RECOMMENDATIONS ARE INCLUDED IN THE FINAL REPORT 
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THAT WAS COMPLETED IN LATE MAY. 
          UM, CAN YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE? NOW, THE ECONOMIC TRANSITION TEAM WAS ALSO APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR AND THE COUNTY JUDGE, UM, ABOUT A MONTH LATER. 
          AND THEY WERE TO PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS AND RESOURCES SPECIFICALLY FOR LOCAL BUSINESSES TO REOPEN AND OPERATE SAFELY. 
          UM, AND THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO SERVE AS A SUPPLEMENT TO THE HEALTH TRANSITION TEAM REPORT. 
          UH, THE ECONOMIC TRANSITION TEAM WAS CO-CHAIRED BY KEVIN VOGEL, WHO WAS THE PRESIDENT OF TOYOTA MANUFACTURING TEXAS. 
          AND JUA CARELLO, WHICH IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE HAS PREMIER BUILDING CONTRACTORS COUNCIL MEMBER VRAN AND COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ SERVED AS A LIAISON TO THE ECONOMIC TRANSITION TEAM, WHICH ALSO INCLUDED A VERY DIVERSE GROUP OF BUSINESSES AND COMMUNITY LEADERS, ENTREPRENEURS, CONSULTANTS, AND PLANNERS. 
          AND THERE WAS REALLY A VERY WIDE RANGE OF EXPERIENCE INCLUDED IN THIS GROUP, BOTH, BOTH FROM THE PRIVATE SECTOR, THE PUBLIC SECTOR, AND NONPROFITS. 
          THE ECONOMIC TRANSITION TEAM WORK WAS COMPLETED IN EARLY MAY, UM, AND IT INCLUDED A PLAYBOOK FOR REOPENING FOR BUSINESSES, ALONG WITH RECOMMENDATIONS FOR A ROBUST PUBLIC RELATIONS AND MARKETING PLAN, UH, TO PROMOTE CONSUMER COMPETENCE. 
          THE E T T, UM, THE ECONOMIC TRANSITION TEAM ALSO PRIORITI PRIORITIZE EQUITY IN ITS RECOMMENDATIONS, RECOGNIZING THAT MANY BUSINESSES, PARTICULARLY THOSE OWNED BY WOMEN AND PEOPLE OF COLOR, ARE DISPROPORTIONATELY BEING IMPACTED BY THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          OVER THE NEXT SERIES OF SLIDES, WE'RE GONNA WALK THROUGH THE VARIOUS RECOMMENDATIONS BY EACH GROUP, UM, BEGINNING WITH THE BUSINESS AND EMPLOYMENT WORKING GROUP RECOMMENDATION, WHICH CENTERED AROUND VARIOUS THEMES. 
          UH, THE FIRST ONE BEING A FOCUS ON SMALL BUSINESS OUTREACH AND COMMUNICATION. 
          THE WORKING GROUP RECOMMENDED CONTINUED OUTREACH EFFORTS TO SMALL BUSINESS TO OUR SMALL BUSINESS COMMUNITY WITH A FOCUS ON BUSINESSES OWNED BY WOMEN AND PEOPLE OF COLOR, ALONG WITH FREQUENT UPDATES OF OUR CITY COVID WEBSITE AND PROMOTING RESOURCES AVAILABLE ON PARTNER WEBSITES. 
          BUT THE WORKING GROUP ALSO CALLED ATTENTION TO THE NEED TO MITIGATE THE LACK OF DIGITAL ACCESS EXPERIENCE BY MANY RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES. 
          UM, THEY ALSO RECOMMENDED WE PROMOTE MESSAGING THAT COMMUNICATES EMPLOYER AND EMPLOYEE RIGHTS, UM, CONNECTING BUSINESSES TO RESOURCES SUCH AS THE U T S A, UH, ACCELERATOR. 
          WE WE'RE REFERRING TO IT AS COBRA, UM, AND SUPPORTING COMMUNITY-BASED SMALL BUSINESS RESOURCE HUBS TO DISTRIBUTE INFORMATION AND RESOURCES WERE ALSO RECOMMENDED, ALONG WITH EDUCATING SMALL BUSINESSES ON POTENTIAL FUTURE FEDERAL, STATE, COUNTY, AND CITY ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE THAT MIGHT BE AVAILABLE. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          UH, THE NEXT THEME, UH, AS FAR AS SMALL BUSINESS SUPPORT, WAS AROUND LOCAL PURCHASING. 
          THE WORKING GROUP RECOMMENDED INCREASED PUBLIC SECTOR PURCHASING OF GOODS AND SERVICES FROM LOCAL SMALL BUSINESSES WITH A SPECIFIC EMPHASIS ON MINORITY AND WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESSES. 
          AND WHILE THE CITY HAS A LONG AND PROVEN RECORD OF SUCCESS IN THIS AREA, THE WORKING GROUP FELT IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR OTHER PUBLIC SECTOR ENTITIES AND LARGE CORPORATIONS IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          TO ALSO UNDERSTAND THIS VALUE, THEY RECOMMENDED A CAMPAIGN, UM, BY WHICH BUSINESSES CAN DEMONSTRATE SUPPORT OF OTHER LOCAL BUSINESSES TO THEIR PATRONS. 
          UM, PERHAPS A DECAL OR SOME SORT OF, OF ICON THAT CAN BE PLACED ON A BUSINESS'S WEBSITE WOULD BE PART OF THAT CAMPAIGN. 
          THE INABILITY, UH, TO SOURCE GOODS OR SERVICES LOCALLY THEY THOUGHT WAS ACTUALLY AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP, FOR LOCAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP, AND ALSO, UM, ENCOURAGE THE IDEA OF JOINT VENTURES AS A WAY THAT OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES COULD BUILD CAPACITY IN NEW FIELDS OF WORK. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          THE NEXT MAJOR THEME, UM, WAS THE NEED TO EQUIP BUSINESSES WITH NECESSARY RESOURCES. 
          UM, THIS INCLUDED SMALL BUSINESSES, UM, ASSISTANCE WITH PROCUREMENT OF SAFETY SUPPLIES, UM, AND THE OUR DISTRIBUTION EVENT LAST WEEK WAS ALREADY A DIRECT RESULT OF THIS RECOMMENDATION. 
          UH, BUT THE WORKING GROUP ALSO FELT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO PROVIDE UPDATED INFORMATION AND FACILITATE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR SMALL BUSINESSES NEEDING SUPPORT TO IMPLEMENT PUBLIC HEALTH RECOMMENDATIONS AND OPERATE SAFELY AND ASSIST THEM WITH IMPLEMENTING THESE SAFE RETURN TO WORK PLANS. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          UH, THE NEXT GROUP OF RECOMMENDATIONS FOCUSED AROUND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE. 
          AND THESE, UH, ITEMS, UM, INCLUDED EXPANDING SMALL BUSINESS LOAN PROGRAMS AND REVISING POLICIES THAT MAY HAVE PREVENTED BUSINESSES FROM ACCESSING SOME OF THESE LOANS. 
          UM, PROVIDING ADDITIONAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE WITH A FOCUS ON BUSINESSES THAT HADN'T SUCCESSFULLY ACCESSED FEDERAL ASSISTANCE, UM, AND IDENTIFYING INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS TO ADDRESS SMALL BUSINESS FINANCIAL CHALLENGES. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          THE LAST SMALL BUSINESS THEME WAS, UM, CENTERED AROUND IMPLEMENTING SUPPORT FOR MICRO BUSINESSES. 
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THESE RECOMMENDATIONS INCLUDED JUST ALL AROUND PROMOTING ENTREPRENEURSHIP, UM, BOTH FROM A SMALL BUSINESS GROWTH PERSPECTIVE AS BUSINESSES MAY NEED TO PIVOT, UM, IN THIS ECONOMY, BUT ALSO FROM A WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PERSPECTIVE. 
          UM, ALSO CONSIDERING A SYSTEMS APPROACH TO, UM, MICRO BUSINESS SUPPORT AND, AND DEPLOYING REALLY COMBINATIONS OF STRATEGIES INSTEAD OF JUST INTER IN INDIVIDUAL INTERVENTIONS. 
          THE ADDITIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS INCLUDED, IT WERE LIKE BUSINESS TO BUSINESS SUPPORT, UM, PROMOTING DIGITAL ACCESS TRAINING, UM, COMMUNITY-BASED ONE-ON-ONE ASSISTANCE TO MICRO BUSINESS MICRO BUSINESSES, AND ALONG WITH SUPPORTING AND ENCOURAGING, UM, BUSINESSES TO UPDATE THEIR BUSINESS, THEIR PLANS TO INCORPORATE MORE SUPPORTIVE EMPLOYEE PRACTICES AND POLICIES. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          UH, THE BUSINESS AND EMPLOYMENT GROUP ALSO MADE RECOMMENDATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, WHICH CENTERED AROUND FIVE THEMES. 
          UM, LIKE SMALL BUSINESS, THERE WAS A FOCUS ON COMMUNITY OUTREACH, UH, THAT EQUITABLY DISTRIBUTES INFORMATION AND IS EASILY ACCESSIBLE TO OUR MOST VULNERABLE RESIDENTS. 
          SO THIS NEEDS TO INCLUDE BOTH DIGITAL AND DOOR-TO-DOOR OUTREACH. 
          A GROUP OF RECOMMENDATIONS ALSO CENTERED AROUND EXPANDING EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES AND SKILLS TRAINING, REALIZING THAT UNEMPLOYED RESIDENTS NEED A VARIETY OF TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES. 
          AND WHILE OUR INDUSTRIES ARE EVOLVING, EVALUATING WORKER SHORTAGES AND PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR SKILLED TRAINING IN THOSE PARTICULAR FIELDS WE'RE SEEN AS AN IMMEDIATE OPPORTUNITY. 
          UH, THE, WHILE THE WORKING GROUP RECOMMENDED A FOCUS ON DEMAND OCCUPATION, UH, THERE WAS ALSO SUPPORT FOR CAMPAIGNS THAT FOCUS ON WORKERS IN INDUSTRY SEVERELY IMPACTED, LIKE HOSPITALITY, UH, ALONG WITH A CALL FOR AVOIDING SILO INITIATIVES, AND REALLY, UM, PROMOTING THAT WE WORK COLLABORATIVELY. 
          THE DIFFERENT PARTNERS INVOLVED IN THIS SPACE, UH, TRULY NEED TO WORK COLLABORATIVELY, GIVEN THE MAGNITUDE OF, OF THE WORKFORCE CHALLENGES THAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          THE WORKING GROUP ALSO RECOGNIZED THE NEED TO ADDRESS WORKFORCE TRANSITION CHALLENGES AND THE CRITICAL ROLE THAT WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS ALAMO IS PLAYING IN TRANSITIONING AND RETRAINING OUR RESIDENTS. 
          AND WHILE W S A INITIALLY FOCUSED, UM, ON ASSISTING OUR RESIDENTS WITH UNEMPLOYMENT SUPPORT, UM, AS A STATE SYSTEM WAS, WAS JUST, UM, OVERWHELMED. 
          UM, IT'S IMPORTANT FOR, FOR OUR LOCAL ORGANIZATION, FOR W S A TO REFOCUS ON CONNECTING RESIDENTS WITH JOBS AND CAREER OPPORTUNITIES. 
          UM, SERVING THE VAST NUMBER OF RESIDENTS IN NEED WILL REQUIRE THAT WE SCALE EXISTING PROGRAMS AND PROVIDERS. 
          AND SIMILARLY, WE'VE HEARD THE STATISTIC THAT A, A LARGE MAJORITY OF AMERICANS ARE EARNING MORE RIGHT NOW, UM, WITH STATE AND FEDERAL UNEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE. 
          UH, WHICH IS WHY THE WORKING GROUP EMPHASIZED THE IMPORTANCE FOR WORKERS TO UNDERSTAND THE SAFETY PROTOCOLS THAT ARE IN PLACE AT JOB SITES, ALONG WITH THE BENEFITS OF LONG-TERM, THAT LONG-TERM EARNING POTENTIAL ASSOCIATED WITH, UH, RETURNING TO WORK AND OR RE UH, TAKING ADVANTAGE OF RE-SKILLING OPPORTUNITIES RIGHT NOW. 
          AND AN EMPLOYER DRIVEN PARTNERSHIP, UM, WAS ALSO CRITICAL. 
          THEY IDENTIFIED THIS AS A CRITICAL COMPONENT, UM, BECAUSE IT'S WHAT'LL HELP US IDENTIFY THE CAREER OPPORTUNITIES, THE JOB OPPORTUNITIES, GIVEN HOW QUICKLY THINGS ARE EVOLVING IN OUR ECONOMY RIGHT NOW. 
          IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE, THAT WE MAINTAIN THAT COLLABORATION AND PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR EMPLOYERS IN TOWN. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          UH, THE WORKING GROUP ALSO ACKNOWLEDGED THAT, UM, ADDITIONAL FUNDING IS NECESSARY AND LEVERAGING STATE AND FEDERAL RESOURCES IS CRITICAL. 
          UH, THEY RECOMMENDED THAT FEDERAL FUNDING SHOULD BE MAXIMIZED IN SMART AND EFFECTIVE WAYS WITH SUBSTANTIAL INVESTMENTS INTO WORKFORCE TRAINING EFFORTS, WHILE ACKNOWLEDGING THAT SHORT-TERM FUNDING CAN SUPPORT SERVICE GAPS IN THE EXISTING ECOSYSTEM, BUT IT CAN'T ADDRESS THE LONG-TERM COMMUNITY TRAINING NEEDS. 
          UM, NEXT SLIDE. 
          OH, THERE WAS, THERE WAS JUST ONE MORE, UM, ITEM THAT I THINK I SKIPPED OVER AND THAT, AND THAT IS A VERY CRITICAL ONE. 
          I ACTUALLY, UNFORTUNATELY, UH, THE WORK GROUP, UH, EMPHASIZED AND IT, AND WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THE FACT THAT INCORPORATING WRAPAROUND SUPPORT IS ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL TO THE SUCCESSFUL, UH, COMPLETION OF WORKFORCE TRAINING INITIATIVES BY MANY OF OUR RESIDENTS AND FOR REENTRY INTO THE WORKFORCE. 
          SO THAT WAS KIND OF LIKE THAT, THEIR LAST RECOMMENDATION. 
          UM, AND NOW TRANSITIONING OVER, IF YOU CAN, YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. 
          TRANSITIONING OVER TO THE, UM, ECONOMIC TRANSITION TEAM, THEY CATEGORIZED THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS INTO SHORT-TERM AND LONG-TERM. 
          UM, AND EVEN THOUGH THE TWO GROUPS WORKED INDEPENDENTLY, LIKE CARLOS MENTIONED, 
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YOU'RE GONNA NOTICE A LOT OF OVERLAP IN THEIR THOUGHTS, WHICH HELPED US REALLY EMPHASIZE THE NEEDS AND THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT THEY BOTH FELT WERE IMPORTANT. 
          AMONG THE SHORT-TERM RECOMMENDATIONS WERE THE NEED TO PROVIDE, UH, TARGETED TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, UH, TO IMPLEMENT ONGOING PRACTICES, UM, ALONG WITH BUSINESSES OF THEIR TAILORED NEEDS, UM, REALLY BEING SPECIFIC TO WHAT IT IS THAT THEY NEED, UM, IN-PERSON ASSISTANCE IN APPLYING FOR, UM, AT THAT POINT, THE, YOU KNOW, THE P P P AND, AND OTHER OPPORTUNITIES AS THEY BECOME AVAILABLE. 
          UM, THEY ALSO IDENTIFY THE NEED TO DEVELOP ASSISTANCE FOR ASSURING BUSINESSES FOR ASSURING THAT BUSINESSES HAVE THE PROPER INSURANCE COVERAGE AND LEGAL ADVICE, ACCESS TO LEGAL ADVICE TO OPERATE IN A C OVID 19 ENVIRONMENT. 
          UH, THEY RECOMMENDED BUSINESSES RECEIVE FREE GUIDANCE AND TRAINING IN BEST PRACTICES TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF C OVID 19, INCLUDING ACCESS TO CLEANING SUPPLIES AND SAFETY PRODUCTS, WHICH WE'VE DISCUSSED PREVIOUSLY ALREADY. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          THE E TT HIGHLIGHTED THAT SMALL MINORITY BUSINESSES HAVE THE LARGEST POTENTIAL TO SCALE QUICKLY. 
          IT'S INCLUDED IN CONTRACTING OPPORTUNITIES. 
          UM, AND, AND SPECIFICALLY THESE, THESE OPPORTUNITIES WITH LOCAL CORPORATIONS AND PUBLIC SECTOR ORGANIZATIONS. 
          THEY IDENTIFIED THE NEED FOR, UH, BUSINESS CAPITAL AT DIFFERENT SCALES, UH, WITH FINANCIAL LITERACY PLANNING AND LOAN READINESS ASSISTANCE, UM, HOW SMALL BUSINESS, UM, ASSISTANCE CENTERS, AND HOW SMALL BUSINESS ASSISTANCE CENTERS CAN ACTUALLY PROVIDE THIS SUPPORT VERY DIRECTLY AND IMMEDIATELY TO OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES. 
          UM, TO PROMOTE EMPLOYER AND WORKER HEALTH, UH, SAFETY AND CONFIDENCE. 
          THEY RECOMMENDED INCREASING ACCESS TO FREE AND LOW COST TELEHEALTH AND C OVID 19 TESTING. 
          AND THE LAST SHORT TERM RECOMMENDATION THEY MADE WAS TO DEVELOP NEW AND, AND GROW EXISTING BY LOCAL INITIATIVES, UM, PROMOTING THE LOCAL PURCHASING COMPONENT AGAIN. 
          AND SO, IF YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, WE'RE MOVING ON TO THEIR LONG-TERM RECOMMENDATION, UM, WHICH INCLUDED DEVELOPING AND IMPLEMENTING FREE OR LOW COST BUSINESS CONTINUITY AND RISK MANAGEMENT EDUCATION TRAINING. 
          UH, PROMOTING EQUITABLE ACCESS TO CAPITAL BEYOND THE PANDEMIC AND FOSTERING BUSINESS TO BUSINESS OR BUSINESS TO BANKING RELATIONSHIPS. 
          UM, REALIZING THAT THAT WAS A CRITICAL COMPONENT THAT SET MANY BUSINESSES BEHIND WHEN IT CAME TO ACCESSING FEDERAL FUNDS. 
          THEY ALSO IDENTIFIED, UM, OR RECOMMENDED THAT WE IDENTIFY AND TRACK EQUITY INDICATORS, UM, AND ALSO DEVELOPING LOCAL, UM, CAPACITY BUILDING GROWTH PROGRAMS WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS ADVOCATING FOR EQUITABLE ACCESS TO AND TO HEALTHCARE BEYOND THE PANDEMIC. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          THESE ARE THE LAST COUPLE, UM, LONG-TERM RECOMMENDATIONS, WHICH AGAIN INCLUDE BY LOCAL CAMPAIGN, UM, CONNECTING WITH LOCAL BUSINESSES WITH NEW OPPORTUNITIES. 
          AGAIN, PROMOTING THAT ENTREPRENEURSHIP, UM, BUILDING OUR ECOSYSTEM TO TRACK THE NEEDS OF THE RESOURCE CENTERS, THE, THE, THAT PROVIDE THIS TYPE OF WORK TO SMALL BUSINESSES. 
          THEY SERVE AS THOSE INCUBATORS. 
          SO TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE KNOW WHAT THEIR NEEDS ARE TO GROW. 
          AND THEN LASTLY, THERE WAS A, THERE WAS A RECOMMENDATION FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A CENTRALIZED, UM, TASK FORCE, WHICH WAS, UM, TO, TO REALLY SERVE AS AN ONGOING, UM, OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE, TO REVIEW THESE, THIS TYPE OF WORK. 
          UM, IT WILL, IT WILL HELP SCALE AND MAXIMIZE THE EFFORTS TO REACH BUSINESSES ACROSS DIFFERENT REGIONS. 
          AND, AND THE INTENTION WAS TO USE DIFFERENT TYPES OF STAKEHOLDERS, LOCAL CHAMBERS, ASSISTANCE CENTERS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GROUPS, ALL WORKING IN CONCERT AND IN COLLABORATION TO SUPPORT OUR LOCAL SMALL BUSINESS COMMUNITY. 
          UM, I BELIEVE THAT CONCLUDES THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. 
          OUR NEXT STEPS ARE TO, WHAT WE WOULD RECOMMEND AS THE NEXT STEPS NOW IS TO ACTUALLY COMBINE ALL OF THESE RECOMMENDATIONS, UM, AND CREATE A MORE OF A UNIVERSAL MATRIX. 
          UM, THERE'S GONNA BE SOME OF THESE ITEMS THAT YOU, YOU'VE ALREADY HEARD AND YOU ALREADY KNOW ARE, ARE WELL UNDERWAY AS FAR AS IMPLEMENTATION IS CONCERNED, BUT THERE MAY BE SOME THAT ALSO WARRANT SOME ADDITIONAL RESEARCH, UM, AND DEFINITELY PRIORITIZATION. 
          UM, AND THEN OUR PLAN IS TO COME BACK AND UPDATE THE, UM, THE ECONOMIC, UH, AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, UM, POSSIBLY IN, IN AUGUST, UM, ONCE WE'VE DEVELOPED THAT COMPREHENSIVE LIST AND TO SHOW WHERE THE DIFFERENT RECOMMENDATIONS ARE AS FAR AS IMPLEMENTATION, AND THEN FOR FURTHER GUIDANCE ON, ON PRIORITIZATION AS NECESSARY. 
          SO I THINK IT'S, YOU'D LIKE FOR ME TO JUST GO AHEAD AND GO STRAIGHT INTO THE 
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NEXT PRESENTATION? NO, I'M SORRY. 
          I THOUGHT WE WERE, UM, JUST THIS PRESENTATION, WHICH IS OKAY, SLIDE NUMBER, WHICH IS SLIDE, WHICH IS JUST NUMBER TWO, CORRECT? YES. 
          UM, THE BRIEF, THE E T T AND THE BUSINESS AND EMPLOYMENT WORKING GROUP. 
          OKAY. 
          YES, MA'AM. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          THAT'S FINE. 
          'CAUSE I WANNA PAUSE HERE AND OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS, UH, FOR MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES OF RIGHT NOW. 
          SO, UM, I'M JUST GOING TO GO AT IT AROUND AND IF YOU ALL HAVE QUESTIONS, HAVE AT, AND IF NOT, UM, YOU CAN SAY PASS. 
          SO WE'LL START WITH WHO I'M LOOKING AT FIRST, AND THAT IS COUNCIL MEMBER AYA. 
          HI. 
          THANKS. 
          UM, THIS WAS EXCELLENT, ALEX. 
          UH, AND YOU NEVER CEASE TO AMAZE YOUR ABILITY TO ANTICIPATE QUESTIONS. 
          AND SO PASS, UH, THIS WAS GREAT. 
          YEAH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, COUNCIL MEMBER CAVEO ERDA, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US, MAN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MARIA GRAND, AND MY APOLOGIES FOR BEING LATE TODAY. 
          UM, I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS, ALEX. 
          THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT ARE THE MOST, UH, IMPACTFUL PARTS OF THE MARKETING PLAN TO PROMOTE CONSUMER CONFIDENCE? UH, CONSUMER BEING SMALL BUSINESSES? UM, I, I THINK THE, THE NEED TO REALLY, UM, ENSURE THAT PATRONS, UM, OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A NEED FOR WORKER SAFETY ABSOLUTELY TO, TO REENGAGE WORKERS BACK INTO THE WORKPLACE. 
          BUT FROM A SMALL BUSINESS PERSPECTIVE, ESPECIALLY THOSE ASSER ASSOCIATED WITH, UM, RETAIL OR SERVICE COMPONENTS, UM, MAKING SURE THAT PATRONS FEEL ALSO COMFORTABLE AND SAFE, ENGAGING WAS CRITICAL. 
          UM, SO I THINK THAT WAS ONE OF THE MAIN, UH, PURPOSES OF THAT BROAD OVERARCHING COMMUNITY-WIDE CAMPAIGN. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, ANOTHER QUESTION IS, WHAT IS THE MOST EFFECTIVE RECOMMENDATION E T T IS MAKING TO DIRECTLY AND IMMEDIATELY SMART, UH, SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESSES? AND THEN HOW ARE WE GONNA MEASURE THE IMPACT OF THAT RECOMME RECOMMENDATION? I SAY THIS BECAUSE, UM, AS ALWAYS, I'M CONCERNED FROM THE MACROECONOMICS POINT OF VIEW, AND ON A BROAD BASED SCALE, I WANNA TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE FUTURE VALUE OF THE PRESENT DOLLAR, UH, VALUE THAT'S BEING MITIGATED BY THE EFFORTS. 
          SO, BACK TO MY, I THINK ON THE IMPACT, YEAH, I THINK FROM THE ECONOMIC TRANSITION TEAM, UM, REPORT, DEFINITELY THE NEED FOR RESOURCES FROM BY SMALL BUSINESSES, AND IT RUNS THE GAMUT FROM, FROM CAPITAL TO, TO STAY AFLOAT AND, AND THE, THE LIQUIDITY THAT THEY NEED TO, UM, UH, SUPPLIES, UM, TO TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, UM, BOTH IN HOW TO PIVOT THEIR BUSINESSES, HOW TO OPERATE SAFELY, UM, ALL OF THAT TYPE OF WORK IS, IS WHAT I THINK IT, AND IT, IT'S RANGES. 
          BUT I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S THE, THE MAIN FOCUS THAT, THAT I THINK IS CRITICAL THAT THAT INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE NEED TO, TO BEEF UP FOR THEM. 
          AND HOW ARE YOU GONNA MEASURE THE IMPACT OF, OF THAT PARTICULAR, UM, THE MOST EFFECTIVE RECOMMENDATION? SOME OF THE, SOME OF THE PRELIMINARY OUTCOMES THAT WE'RE HOPING TO BE ABLE TO SEE IS, AND, AND THIS MAY STILL BE LONG TERM, BUT HOW QUICKLY BUSINESSES CAN RECOVER. 
          UM, AT WHAT POINT CAN WE SAY THAT THEY'RE AT LEAST AT A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF WHERE THEY WERE, YOU KNOW, BEFORE MARCH? UM, AND THOSE ARE SOME OF THE PRELIMINARY ONES WE'RE THINKING OF ALSO, UM, MORE FROM AN OUTPUT PERSPECTIVE, PERHAPS, UH, COULD BE WHETHER THEY'RE, THEY'RE CONNECTING WITH THE RESOURCES THAT ARE AVE AVAILABLE. 
          UM, PART OF OUR PLAN IS TO HELP MAKE MORE RESOURCES AVAILABLE, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY CONNECTING WITH THOSE RESOURCES. 
          SO THAT WOULD BE ANOTHER INDICATOR FOR US. 
          AND CHAIR, IF I COULD JUST JUMP IN AND DIG BACK ON. 
          UM, ALSO, COUNCILMAN, UH, AT THE BEGINNING OF THE, THE DISCUSSION, I INDICATED THAT, THAT MANY OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS BOTH FOR THE WORKING GROUP AND THE ECONOMIC TRANSITION TEAM REPORT OVERLAP. 
          THERE'S A LOT OF COMMON THEMES. 
          AND THAT'S, SO THAT'S PART OF WHAT, HOW THE TEAM ARE GONNA DO, IS SORT OF PUT 'EM TOGETHER IN BUCKETS AS AS TO WHAT ARE THE COMMON THEMES, AND THEN MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE COMMITTEE ABOUT, AND TAKE YOUR INPUT, OBVIOUSLY ABOUT WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE THE, THE, THE DEPARTMENT TO FOCUS ON. 
          UH, BUT I THINK YOU'RE GONNA SEE A LOT OF THESE THEMES APPEARING IN THE RECOVERY RESILIENCY PLAN THAT WE LAID OUT TO COUNCIL LAST WEEK, AND WE'LL BE PRESENTING AGAIN ON THURSDAY. 
          SO IN EACH OF THOSE BUCKETS, EACH OF THOSE PILLARS, THERE ARE PERFORMANCE MEASURES THAT WE INCLUDED THAT ARE JUST EXACTLY WHAT ALEX INDICATED, HOW MANY BUSINESSES ARE COMING BACK. 
          NOT ALL OF 'EM WILL COME BACK, BUT HOW MANY CAN WE, CAN WE COME BACK? HOW CAN WE BUILD THE RESILIENCY WITH THEM SO THAT THEIR WORK HABITS CHANGE SO THAT THEY CAN BE ANY BETTER POSITION TO SURVIVE THE 
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NEXT WHATEVER IT HAPPENS TO BE, WHETHER IT'S A RECESSION PANDEMIC, OR WHATEVER IT HAPPENS TO BE. 
          UH, BUT ALSO IMPORTANTLY, BUILD THE RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE EXISTING, UM, SMALL BUSINESS, UH, ASSISTANCE ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE ALREADY IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          GIVE THOSE ORGANIZATIONS THE TOOLS THEY NEED TO PROVIDE THE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, THE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, OR, OR BETTER YET TO CONNECT THE BUSINESSES THAT THEY'RE INVOLVED WITH, WITH THE EXISTING RESOURCES THAT EXIST. 
          THE ONES AT U T S A, THE ONES THAT, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, LIFT ON, ET CETERA. 
          UH, AND THEN OF COURSE, MOST IMPORTANTLY, TRY TO BUILD SOME FINANCIAL LITERACY, UH, AND PROVIDE SIMPLE, SIMPLE LITERACY FOR THEM. 
          HOW TO KEEP YOUR, YOUR, YOUR PAYROLL STATEMENTS, HOW TO KEEP YOUR, YOU KNOW, PROFIT AND LOSS STATEMENTS, ET CETERA, UH, SO THAT THEY CAN BE IN A BETTER POSITION TO CONNECT THE BANKS AND GET LOANS, ET CETERA. 
          SO, SHORT AND LONG-TERM STRATEGIES. 
          SO, MM-HMM. 
          , THANK YOU. 
          YOU, ALEX. 
          THAT'S ALL MADAM CHAIRPERSON. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ. 
          UH, OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, ALEX, DID YOU SHARE YOUR PRESENTATION WITH US? IS IT IN OUR NOTES ALREADY? I WAS LOOKING FOR IT, BUT I DIDN'T SEE IT. 
          SO, UM, CAN YOU SEND IT AGAIN? IT'S CONNECTED TO THE CALENDAR INVITE, BUT, UM, I'M SURE OH, OKAY. 
          TO THE CALENDAR INVITE. 
          OKAY. 
          I WAS LOOKING IN MY INBOX AND I MEAN, UM, YEAH, REGULAR INBOX AND I WASN'T FINDING IT, SO JUST TO HAVE A CHANCE TO REVIEW SOME OF THAT STUFF. 
          SO I GUESS, UH, UH, I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE WE WERE WORKING THROUGH SOME OF THESE THINGS BEFORE WE KNEW ABOUT THE CARES FUNDING AND HOW WE MIGHT, UM, YOU KNOW, ALLOCATE, SOME, KNOW, ALLOCATE SOME OF THAT FUNDING. 
          UM, AND A LOT OF THAT, UH, UH, THE THINGS THAT YOU PRESENTED, ESPECIALLY THE CONNECTIVITY TO BANKS AND THE SHOPPING LOCAL AND ALL THOSE ARE, UM, ALSO VERY MUCH PRIVATE SECTOR LIKE INITIATIVES. 
          I MEAN, UM, I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE, WE'VE HAD GOOD RELATIONSHIPS WITH OUR BANKING COMMUNITY, BUT, UM, HAS THERE BEEN A LOT OF INTEREST, I GUESS, ON THE PRIVATE SECTOR SIDE TO SUPPORT THOSE? BECAUSE I, I MEAN, ESPECIALLY WITH THE CARES MONEY, THERE'S A LOT THAT WE CAN DO, BUT HAVE WE ENGAGED WITH THE PRIVATE SECTOR ABOUT WHAT THEIR INTEREST IS IN, IN DOING THOSE KIND OF THINGS? SO, UM, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION AND, AND SEVERAL OTHER INDUSTRY GROUPS THAT WE'VE WORKED WITH REALLY SERVE AS OUR MAIN LIAISON WITH THE PRIVATE SECTOR. 
          UM, I KNOW WE, UH, ORIGINALLY WE WERE ALSO HAVING SOME REALLY GOOD CONVERSATIONS WITH BANKS, UM, GIVEN THE CHALLENGES THAT SOME BUSINESSES WERE HAVING AND ACCESSING, UM, FEDERAL PROGRAMS THAT WERE RUNNING THROUGH BANKS. 
          I THINK WHAT YOU'RE GETTING AT, UM, ESPECIALLY LIKE WITH THE LOCAL PURCHASING, UM, THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE EFFORTS AND CAMPAIGNS THAT HAD BEEN ENVISIONED FOR OUR COMMUNITY ALREADY. 
          AND, UM, THERE ARE ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE WORKING IT WITH, IN COLLABORATION WITH THE PRIVATE SECTOR TO TRY TO PROMO PROMOTE THIS MORE. 
          UM, I THINK THAT IS OUR, THAT IS ONE OF OUR NEXT STEPS. 
          AND THAT, AT LEAST ON THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PIECE, IT'S VERY MUCH A PRIORITY BECAUSE WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE UNDERSTAND WHAT THOSE PRIVATE SECTOR NEEDS. 
          THEY'RE CHANGING VERY QUICKLY, UM, WHAT, WHAT WE THOUGHT WERE OUR TARGETED INDUSTRIES MAY EVOLVE, BUT WE DO KNOW THAT THERE IS A FEW THAT ARE STILL STANDING FIRMS, UM, AND THAT ARE STILL HIRING. 
          SO HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT WE STAY IN CONTACT, NOT JUST FROM AN INDUSTRY PERSPECTIVE, LIKE, YES, WE HAVE BIOSCIENCE AND WE HAVE CYBERSECURITY, BUT REALLY MAKING THE CONTACT WITH THE INDIVIDUAL COMPANY SO WE KNOW WHO'S HIRING, WHAT TYPE OF POSITIONS DO THEY NEED, UM, WHAT IS THE TIMESCALE THAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT? THAT IS, THAT IS DEFINITELY WORK WE'RE ALSO CONSIDERING. 
          OKAY. 
          BECAUSE I, I, I FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT'S KIND OF A MISSING LINK, UM, TO A LOT OF IT IS THAT WE DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT THE PRIVATE SECTOR INTEREST IS IN. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE NECESSITY OF CONNECTING PEOPLE TO BANKING, 'CAUSE WE KNOW THAT THAT WAS LIKE REALLY ALMOST THE NUMBER ONE INDICATOR IS WHETHER OR NOT PEOPLE HAD SUCCESS APPLYING FOR CERTAIN PROGRAMS WAS WHETHER OR NOT THEY HAD A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE BANK. 
          UH, BUT WE ALSO KNOW THAT, UM, NOT EVERY BANK IS EQUIPPED OR HAS THE INTEREST OF DOING THAT, THAT WORK. 
          SO I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, VERY, UM, I KNOW THAT, THAT, UH, RIVER CITY CREDIT UNION WAS DOING A LOT IN THE COMMUNITY, UM, AND REALLY THE ONLY ONE THAT COMES TO MIND THAT WE'RE ACTIVELY OUT IN THE COMMUNITY ON THE PRIVATE SECTOR SIDE. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, I, I, I JUST, I MEAN, HOW CAN WE, UH, AND IT SEEMS TO ME LIKE THE WAY THAT WE ENCOURAGE THE PRIVATE SECTOR TO TAKE A RISK IS THAT WE'RE SUPPORTING THAT, RIGHT? I MEAN, WE'RE, WE'RE LIKE SORT OF BACKING IT EITHER 
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WITH LIFTFUND OR THROUGH SOME OTHER ORGANIZATION. 
          SO I, I FEEL LIKE WE REALLY NEED THAT PIECE, UM, UH, TO REALLY BE SUCCESSFUL. 
          SO, UH, I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE, UM, HAD LOTS OF RELATIONSHIPS OVER THE YEARS, UH, IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR WITH H E B, FOR EXAMPLE, WHO COMPLETELY CAME TO THE RESCUE, UM, UH, EVERY STEP OF THE WAY, UH, YOU KNOW, PROVIDING FOOD FOR PEOPLE AND, UH, BEING A GREAT ROLE MODEL FOR SOCIAL DISTANCING AND ALL THE THINGS THAT THEY DID. 
          BUT LIKE, I FEEL LIKE WE DON'T HAVE A BANK LIKE THAT. 
          SO, UM, WHICH I, MAYBE I'M WRONG. 
          AND, AND, YOU KNOW, LIKE MAYBE THEY'RE MORE THAN WILLING. 
          I JUST HAVEN'T, I FEEL LIKE THEY HAVEN'T STEPPED UP, BUT IF WE CAN RE REDUCE THE RISK, UM, THEN I THINK WE CAN HELP, UM, OUR, THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY AS WELL. 
          SO THAT'S, THAT'S KIND OF, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT I HAVE IN MIND, UH, AS WE ARE CONTINUING TO HAVE THESE DISCUSSIONS IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE REAL STRONG, UM, PRIVATE PARTNER LIKE INSTITUTIONS THAT WILL, UM, , UM, GET US ALONG. 
          SO THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAVE FOR THE MOMENT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          IF, IF I COULD, I JUST WANTED TO SHARE ONE, ONE BRIEF ITEM ON THAT. 
          AND, AND PART OF, I THINK WHAT MIGHT'VE INFLUENCED, AT, AT LEAST ON THE BANKING SIDE, SOME OF THE, THE HESITATION THAT WE SAW, UM, THERE WAS LOTS OF REASONS, BUT ONE OF THE MAIN ONES THAT I'VE, WE'VE COME TO REALIZE IS THE UNCERTAINTY THAT WAS ASSOCIATED WITH SOME OF THE REGULATIONS ORIGINALLY. 
          AND THE FACT THAT SOME OF THESE REGULATIONS, AT LEAST WITH P P P, THEY'RE STILL CHANGING. 
          UM, SO THERE IS, THERE WAS, AT LEAST INITIALLY, THERE WAS A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY FROM BANKS AS TO HOW THINGS WERE SUPPOSED TO OPERATE. 
          THEY HAD LIKE 72 HOURS TO START THIS. 
          AND SO I THINK THE EFFECT OF THAT WE'RE ALL SEEING, THEY DID BECOME SOMEWHAT CONSERVATIVE. 
          UM, I THINK AS TIME PASSED, UM, A MONTH INTO IT, NOW, TWO MONTHS INTO IT, WE'RE STARTING TO SEE, UM, A LOT MORE OF THOSE, UM, A LOT MORE OF THOSE RELATIONSHIPS, UM, CONTINUE TO GROW. 
          AND, AND YOU'RE SEEING, WE'RE SEEING MORE ORGANIZATIONS, MORE BANKS, UM, OPENING UP AND, AND REALLY MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE SERVING, UM, ADDITIONAL CLIENTS AND, AND TAKING ON NEW CLIENTS AS WELL. 
          BUT ORIGINALLY, IT DEFINITELY WAS A STRAIN. 
          UM, WHAT WE CAN DO ON THE OTHER END THOUGH, IS, IS, LIKE YOU MENTIONED, HELP MITIGATE THE RISK, MAKE THAT HELP THAT BUSINESS OWNER BECOME THAT, THAT CLIENT, THAT THE BUS THAT THE BANK WILL, UM, ENGAGE AND EASILY SUPPORT. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, ALEX, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, ROCHE GARCIA, THANK YOU CHAIR. 
          AND, UH, THANK YOU, ALEX, FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          I AM JUST WONDERING, DID THE, UM, DID ANY OF THE WORK COMMITTEES SPECIFICALLY FOCUS ON UNEMPLOYED, BUT SKILLED WORKERS AND HOW TO HELP THEM BY ANY CHANCE? I, I DON'T THINK I SAW IN THE PRESENTATION, BUT I, I'M SPECIFICALLY LOOKING FOR, LIKE ACCOUNTANTS OR, UM, MARKETERS OR NEW PEOPLE WHO HAVE SKILLS, HIGH, HIGHLY, UH, TRAINED FOLKS, UM, THAT ARE JUST OUT OF A JOB RIGHT NOW. 
          I THINK THERE, THERE WAS CONVERSATION BECAUSE THE BUSINESS AND EMPLOYMENT WORKING GROUP ACTUALLY GOT A REALLY EXTENSIVE CON, UM, PRESENTATION FROM ADRIAN LOPEZ WITH WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS ALAMO. 
          AND SO WHAT, WHAT HE COMMUNICATED IN THE GROUP REALLY EMPHASIZED WAS THE NEED TO BUILD A VARIETY OF PATHS. 
          UM, THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF INTAKE. 
          YOU'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND RESIDENTS, UM, ON UNEMPLOYMENT RIGHT NOW. 
          AND SO THEIR, THEIR PROSPECTS AND, AND THEIR OPPORTUNITIES, THEIR IMMEDIATE NEXT OPPORTUNITIES CAN BE VERY DIFFERENT. 
          SO THERE'S DEFINITELY GONNA BE A GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT IT, THE, THE NEED IS TO JUST IMMEDIATELY PLACE THEM INTO A NEW POSITION. 
          AND THAT IS PART OF WHAT WE'RE, WHAT WE WOULD BE LOOKING FOR, WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS ALMOST TO HELP WITH AS WELL. 
          BUT YES, THE, THE WORK GROUP DID THINK ABOUT THE FACT THAT THERE MAY BE A BATCH THAT'S READY TO GO. 
          THERE'S GONNA BE OTHERS THAT MAY NOT BE, UM, IN THAT CONVERSATION. 
          AND THE REASON THAT I'M ASKING THIS IS, I, I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH SOMEONE YESTERDAY WHO WAS CONCERNED, UM, ABOUT FOLKS WHO MIGHT BE ABLE TO GO AND, AND START WORKING, UM, MULTIPLE JOBS, IF YOU WILL, CONTRACTING WITH MULTIPLE COMPANIES, TWO OR THREE COMPANIES AT A TIME. 
          UM, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT RIGHT NOW, MAYBE COMPANIES ARE STRUGGLING AND, AND WON'T HIRE FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES, UH, IMMEDIATELY, BUT MAYBE THEY'RE LOOKING FOR THAT ACCOUNTANT THAT CAN HELP THEM, OR, OR, OR SOME, SOME SOMEONE WHO'S ALREADY SKILLED IN SOMETHING. 
          AND SO THAT'S THE REASON THAT I WAS ASKING. 
          AND THEN, UM, I, UH, I'LL, I'LL RESERVE MY CLIENTS FOR, FOR THE NEXT ITEM, BECAUSE I THINK IT, IT, WE WORKS MORE INTO THE STRATEGIES, BUT, UM, MY NEXT QUESTION RELATING TO THIS IS, UM, I, I KNOW THE CHAMBER IS WORKING ON A SURVEY, 
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UM, AND I'VE, I'VE BEEN TEXTING RICHARD EZ TO ASK HIM, HEY, UH, WHEN IS THE SURVEY OUT? OR WHEN IS IT GONNA BE OUT? BUT ARE WE ALSO GOING TO BE ABLE TO UTILIZE SOME OF THE INFORMATION, UM, WITH SOME OF THE DATA THAT THEY COLLECT? AND HAVE YOU SEEN IT? DO YOU KNOW WHAT IT ASKS? I PERSONALLY HAVE NOT SEEN IT YET. 
          UM, I AT LEAST NOT, NOT WHAT THE CHAMBER IS WORKING ON. 
          UM, BUT ABSOLUTELY, I THINK THERE, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF SURVEYS CONDUCTED OVER THE PAST TWO MONTHS, AND WE'VE DEFINITELY USED THAT FEEDBACK TO INFORM A LOT OF THE, BOTH THE GROUPS THAT WE STAFFED AND THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND THE STRATEGIES THAT YOU, YOU SEE IN THE RECOVERY PLAN. 
          OKAY. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU, ALEX. 
          AND THANK YOU CHAIR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          AND, UM, I BELIEVE ALSO S A E D F AND THEIR BUSINESS RESPONSE AND RECOVERY GROUP IS PART OF THAT CONVERSATION WHEN IT COMES TO THE SURVEYS. 
          AND THEY'VE BEEN, THEY DID ONE EARLY ON. 
          THEY'RE CONTINUING TO WORK WITH THAT. 
          AND, UM, ADRIAN WITH WORK, UH, WORKFORCE SOLUTION, ALAMO IS PART OF THAT RESPONSE TEAM TO RECOVERY TEAM. 
          SO THOSE ARE ONGOING CONVERSATIONS. 
          JUST SOME THOUGHTS MOVING FORWARD. 
          YOU'RE RIGHT, THERE IS A LOT OF OVERLAP HERE, WHICH I THINK THAT MEANS THAT WE'RE, WE'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK, ESPECIALLY IF IT'S TWO DIFFERENT ENTITIES, WE'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK WITH IT. 
          NEXT. 
          I THINK, UM, LOOKING AT THE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND ALSO THE LEGAL ADVICE, I THINK THAT WAS PRETTY TELLING, UH, TOO, UH, THAT THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT PEOPLE WERE LOOKING AT. 
          BUT ALSO, UM, THERE WAS THE CONSENSUS AROUND LOCAL AND SUP AND THE LOCAL SUPPLY CHAIN THAT I THINK WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL. 
          ONE THING THAT WAS BROUGHT UP TO MY ATTENTION, I THINK THIS IS WHERE THIS COMMITTEE IS GOING TO COME IN, UH, VERY IMPORTANT AS WE HAVE THE CONVERSATION ABOUT LONG-TERM POLICY, DIS I WOULD SAY MIDTERM AND LONG-TERM POLICY DISCUSSIONS WHEN WE HAVE, WHEN WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE THE RISING BACK UP OF OUR SMALL BUSINESSES, WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT POLICIES TO, TO CHANGE WITH THE TURNAROUND TIME FOR RFPS, IF WE HAVE RFP TIMES OUT, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO WITH GIVING ENOUGH LEAD TIME FOR, UM, LOCAL CONTRACTORS OR LOCALS TO BID ON THOSE RFPS? AND ALSO LOOKING AT MAYBE BREAKING UP SOME OF THE CONTRACTS, SO SMALL BUSINESSES, LOCAL SMALL BUSINESSES CAN PARTICIPATE INTO THOSE CONTRACTS FOR PROCUREMENT. 
          SO THOSE ARE SOME POLICY DISCUSSIONS THAT I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE FURTHER ON DOWN THE LINE, WHICH CAN HELP, UM, WITH THIS ENTIRE CONVERSATION. 
          BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH, ALEX FOR THAT. 
          AND I, WE WILL GO INTO THE NEXT PRESENTATION, BUT FIRST, UM, TO MY COLLEAGUES, IF WE COULD BRING 
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UP ITEM, WE'LL TAKE OUT OF ORDER, WE'LL BRING UP ITEM NUMBER FOUR, BECAUSE I THINK SOMETHING HAS CHANGED WHERE IT WOULD JUST HELP BE HELPFUL. 
          UM, ITEM FOUR WAS THE BRIEFING AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE CHARGE OF THE SMALL BUSINESS SUBCOMMITTEE OF ECONOMIC AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. 
          BUT AS, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ, UH, SPOKE WITH SOME, UH, CITY MANAGER, AND SHE SPOKE WITH MYSELF AND OTHERS, AND BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT ONE WELL, WE KNOW THAT THERE IS A SENSE OF URGENCY, AND WE KNOW ONE SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS NEED HELP QUICKLY. 
          AND NUMBER TWO, THAT FEDERAL DOLLARS NEED TO BE ALLOCATED QUICKLY. 
          UH, COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ AND I HAVE DISCUSSED THAT IT'S, UM, THE NEED TO KEEP SMALL BUSINESS SUBCOMMITTEE REALLY WITHIN JUST THE ECONOMIC WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT CONVERSATION. 
          SO WE CAN MOVE EXPEDITIOUSLY THROUGH THIS AND IT'LL BE PART OF THE CONVERSATION, BUT COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ WILL BE LEADING THAT CHARGE OF THE BUCKET WHEN IT COMES TO SMALL BUSINESS FOCUS. 
          SO WE WANTED TO SHARE THAT BEFORE WE GO INTO, UH, THE RECOVERY AND RESILIENCY PLAN AND HOW PART, WHEN WE'RE DISCUSSING DOLLARS WHEN IT COMES TO WORKFORCE AND DISCUSSING DOLLARS INTO SMALL BUSINESS COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ, YOU WANNA ADD ANYTHING ELSE? UH, SO THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          UM, RIGHT, UH, YEAH, I THINK, UH, I'M NOT SURE THAT ALEX AND COLO, I HAD A CHANCE TO TALK TO ABOUT THAT AFTER THE DISCUSSION ON THURSDAY. 
          UH, AND, UM, WE KNOW THAT THE SIGNIFICANT OVERLAP OF, UH, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND SMALL BUSINESS, UM, I, I JUST THOUGHT IT BEST TO TRY TO EXPEDITE THIS AND NOT HAVE MULTIPLE BRIEFINGS, UM, NOT HAVE MULTIPLE COMMITTEE MEETINGS, UH, ESPECIALLY SINCE MOST OF US ARE, WERE ON THAT, UH, THE SUBCOMMITTEE, UH, WAS COUNCILWOMAN,  AND GARCIA. 
          SO, UH, I THOUGHT IT, IT WAS IMPORTANT THAT WE NOT, UH, OVERLAP AND, UM, KIND OF MOVE QUICKLY. 
          UH, I KNOW THAT THERE'S BEEN SOME DISCUSSION OF ON THE JOB TRAINING VERSUS, UH, INTERNSHIPS VERSUS STIPENDS, UM, WHILE WE WORK THROUGH SOME OF THE LARGER FUNDING ISSUES. 
          AND I JUST DON'T WANNA BE, UH, DELAYED. 
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SO, UM, I, I ASKED THE, THE CHAIR IF, IF, PERHAPS WHEN THAT TIME COMES, WE WOULD JUST TAG TEAM, UM, AND GET THAT INFORMATION OUT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, AND ALSO BE ABLE TO VOTE AT THE SAME TIME TO BRING IT BACK TO THE FULL COUNCIL, UH, FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION WHEN WE ARE GONNA BE VOTING ON ISSUE. 
          SO I'M NOT SURE THAT GOD BLESS, OR, UM, ALEX, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO DISCUSS THAT WITH YOU ALL. 
          BUT, UM, UH, I, YOU KNOW, I, I FEEL LIKE IT'S PROBABLY, UM, THE MOST EXPEDITIOUS THING TO DO. 
          UM, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, LOOKING FORWARD TO JUST CONTINUING THOSE DISCUSSIONS, UH, WITHIN, UM, THE WORKFORCE COMMITTEE AS WE'RE DOING SMALL BUSINESS STUFF. 
          SOUNDS GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THAT'S GOOD. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          APPRECIATE THAT. 
          SO, UM, 
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ALEX, I'M GUESSING THIS IS YOUR PRESENTATION AS WELL. 
          HOPE YOU HAD SOME WATER. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND LORI, YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND BRING UP THE NEXT PRESENTATION AND EVERYTHING THAT I'M GONNA BE SHARING, UH, WAS, WAS AT LEAST THE, THE LARGER THEMES WERE ALREADY PRESENTED LAST, UH, LAST THURSDAY. 
          WHAT WE WERE HOPING TO DO TODAY IS GO INTO A LITTLE BIT DETAIL, UM, AND, AND PROVIDE SOME OF THE, SOME OF THE PRE PRELIMINARY RATIONALE AND CONSIDERATIONS THAT WERE BUILT INTO THE, THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND THE STRATEGIES THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THE, IN THE, UM, AT LEAST THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND THE SMALL BUSINESS PORTION OF THE, UM, RECOVERY AND RESILIENCY PLAN. 
          YOU CAN GO TO THE FIRST SLIDE. 
          SO JUST AS A REMINDER, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, WE COME BACK TO SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT DR. 
          BRIDGER MENTIONED ON THURSDAY. 
          AND THAT'S THE FACT THAT THIS, THIS RECOVERY AND RESILIENCY PLAN THAT WE'VE DEVELOPED IS FOCUSED ON FOUR GUIDING PRINCIPLES, UM, ENSURING THE CONTINUED C OVID 19 RELATED PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY THAT WE'RE BUILDING RESILIENCY AND FOSTERING ECONOMIC STABILITY FOR OUR HOUSEHOLDS, OUR NON-PROFITS, AND FOR OUR BUSINESSES. 
          UM, THE NEXT GUIDING PRINCIPLE IS EQUITY AND MAKING SURE THAT IT'S EMBEDDED IN OUR POLICY DECISIONS AND IN THE DISTRIBUTION OF OUR RESOURCES. 
          UM, WE HAVE THIS PRINCIPLE OF BRAIDED FUNDING AND APPROPRIATELY IN INTEGRATING LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL RESOURCES TO ACHIEVE OUR MAXIMUM IMPACT. 
          AND THEN LASTLY, COMMUNITY RESILIENCE, UM, ENSURING THAT OUR HOUSEHOLDS AND BUSINESSES AFFECTED BY C OVID 19 HAD THE RESOURCES AND TOOLS TO BECOME FINANCIALLY RESILIENT AND BETTER PREPARED TO WITHSTAND FUTURE ECONOMIC CHALLENGES. 
          SO THIS IS REALLY WHAT IS GUIDING, UM, THE, ALL THE WORK IN, IN THE RECOVERY PLAN, THE BOTH THE PILLARS, WHICH, UM, I THINK IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, LORI. 
          UM, ACTUALLY FIRST LET'S TALK ABOUT THE PREVIOUS REPORTS THAT ARE ALL INCORPORATED. 
          UM, RECOMMENDATIONS FROM ALL OF THESE DOCUMENTS WERE INCORPORATED INTO THE PILLARS, UH, THAT ARE BUILT INTO, UM, SPECIFICALLY, ALEX, YOU'RE BREAKING UP A LITTLE BIT, SO IF YOU CAN PLEASE, UH, UH, GO THROUGH THE REPORT, JUST MENTION WHAT YOU WERE SAYING ABOUT THE REPORTS. 
          THESE ARE ALL THE, THE, THE PREVIOUS REPORTS, THE REC, ALL OF THESE REPORTS INCLUDED RECOMMENDATIONS OF SOME SORT THAT ARE INFORMING THE RECOVERY PLAN THAT, THAT WAS RECOMMENDED SPECIFICALLY FOR OUR WORK. 
          UM, YOU'LL REMEMBER THE POVERTY REPORT, UH, THE STATUS OF WOMEN REPORT, UM, ALONG WITH THE, UM, ECONOMIC TRANSITION TEAM AND THE BUSINESS AND EMPLOYMENT WORKING GROUP REPORTS THAT I JUST, JUST BRIEFED YOU ON RIGHT NOW. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          SO, LIKE I MENTIONED, AND LIKE DR. 
          BRIDGER MENTIONED, THESE ARE THE FOUR PILLARS INCLUDED IN OUR RECOVERY PLAN SPECIFICALLY TODAY. 
          UM, WE'RE GONNA GO INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL ON OUR STRATEGIES ASSOCIATED WITH WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND SMALL BUSINESS SUPPORT. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          SO STARTING WITH WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, THE TOTAL FUNDING, UM, THAT IS BEING RECOMMENDED FOR THIS PILLAR IS $80 MILLION, UM, 10 MILLION OF WHICH IS ASSOCIATED WITH PROVIDING TEMPORARY SUPPORT FOR WORKING FAMILIES, UH, FOR CHILDCARE. 
          UM, AND THEN THE REMAINDER OF THE FUNDING WOULD BE DIRECTLY ASSOCIATED WITH WORKFORCE TRAINING SUPPORT. 
          AND HERE'S WHERE WE, WE BREAK IT DOWN INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL. 
          UM, AND WHAT I'VE DONE ALSO ON THE SLIDES IS TO SHOW YOU SOME OF THE PARTNERS THAT, AT LEAST FROM A PRELIMINARY PERSPECTIVE, WE'RE THINKING WILL BE INVOLVED WITH SOME OF THE DIFFERENT, UM, SCOPE OF WORK AND, AND DIFFERENT, UM, OUTCOMES THAT WE NEED TO SEE. 
          SO SPECIFICALLY WHEN IT COMES TO THE INTAKE AND REFERRAL SERVICES, UH, WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS, ALAMO IS WHO WE THINK SHOULD BE THE PRIMARY 
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LEAD ASSOCIATED WITH THAT WORK BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE INFORMATION TO SO MANY OF OUR RESIDENTS THAT ARE, UM, RECEIVING UNEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE RIGHT NOW. 
          UM, THAT IS NOT INFORMATION THAT THEY CAN EASILY SHARE WITH OTHER PARTNERS. 
          IT, IT'S, IT'S, UM, SOMEWHAT PROPRIETARY TO THEM. 
          SO WE THINK IT'S, IT'S, UM, MOST APPROPRIATE FOR THEM TO BE CONDUCTING THESE SERVICES. 
          UM, KIND OF GOING SEQUENTIALLY, UM, FROM THE INTAKE, THE REFERRAL PROCESS IS WHERE, UM, I, I BELIEVE THERE WAS A QUESTION EARLIER ALREADY ABOUT, YOU KNOW, PARTICIPANTS OR, OR RESIDENTS THAT MAY ALREADY BE READY TO REENGAGE IN THE WORKFORCE. 
          AND SO THAT'S WHY THE REFERRAL PROCESS IS CRITICAL AS WELL, IF THEY'RE, UM, BECAUSE WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS, ALAMO CAN ALSO, UM, BE AWARE OF WHAT JOB OPPORTUNITIES ARE CURRENTLY AVAILABLE. 
          UM, THEIR ASSISTANCE IN PLACING INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE READY TO GO BACK INTO THE WORKFORCE IS CRITICAL FOR THOSE SITUATIONS WHEN THEY'RE NOT. 
          UM, WRAPAROUND SUPPORT AND CASE MANAGEMENT ARE GONNA BE VERY IMPORTANT. 
          AND, AND, UM, IF YOU RECALL, THIS WAS ACTUALLY ONE OF THE LAST RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE BUSINESS AND EMPLOYMENT WORKING GROUP AS WELL. 
          UM, WE KNOW THAT PROVIDING THIS TYPE OF ASSISTANCE, UM, HELPS OUR RESIDENTS COMPLETE WORKFORCE TRAINING. 
          IT'LL ALSO HELP THEM REENTER THE WORKFORCE. 
          UM, SO HERE WE REALLY HOPE TO PARTNER, UM, WITH PROJECT QUEST, WHICH WE'VE PARTNERED WITH FOR MANY YEARS. 
          UM, BUT THAT MODEL IS, IS VERY SUCCESSFUL. 
          UM, WHAT WE'RE COGNIZANT OF IS THE FACT THAT NOT EVERY, NOT EVERY RESIDENT MAY NEED THAT LEVEL OF WRAPAROUND SUPPORT. 
          SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AND WHAT PROJECT QUEST IS ALREADY EXPLORING IS BRINGING IN ADDITIONAL PARTNERS, UM, THAT CAN MAKE SURE THAT, UM, WE PROVIDE THE WRAPAROUND SUPPORT SERVICES AND CASE MANAGEMENT AT THE LEVEL THAT, THAT THE RESIDENT NEEDS, UM, TO, TO HELP THEM BE SUCCESSFUL. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          SO, UM, WE ALSO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT AND, AND WHILE WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS, ALAMO IS GONNA BE FOCUSING ON THE REFERRAL, AND, AND THERE MAY BE RESIDENTS THAT ARE READY TO REENTER THE WORKFORCE, IMMEDIATELY, THAT INFORMATION IS CRITICAL. 
          WE NEED TO KNOW WHO'S HIRING. 
          WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT INDUSTRIES ARE, ARE, ARE BACK ON RECOVERY. 
          UM, AND SO THIS, THIS CAREER NAVIGATION, THE LOCAL BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE, THE JOB PLACEMENT OPPORTUNITIES, WE THINK THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEVERAGE OUR PRIVATE SECTOR RELATIONSHIPS WITH SA WORKS, WITH BIOMED SAY, AND WITH CYBERSECURITY SAN ANTONIO, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET REAL TIME, MOST ACCURATE INFORMATION ABOUT JOB OPPORTUNITIES AND, AND GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES. 
          UM, SO THAT'S WHERE WE THINK THEY NEED TO PLUG IN WORKING HAND IN GLOVE WITH WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS, ALAMO, AND WITH OUR TRAINING PROVIDERS. 
          BECAUSE AS MUCH AS WE CAN START PREDICTING, UM, HIRING OPPORTUNITIES IN, IN THE NEAR FUTURE, WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ENCOURAGING THE NEXT COMPONENT, WHICH IS THE TRAINING AND EDUCATION TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE EMPLOYEES ARE READY, UH, FOR THOSE BUSINESSES AS THEY START RAMPING UP. 
          SO MOVING ON TO THAT COMPONENT, THE TRAINING AND EDUCATION. 
          ALAMO COLLEGES WILL BE OUR, OUR PRIMARY PARTNER FOR THAT. 
          UM, THEY HAVE ALREADY INDICATED THERE MAY BE ADDITIONAL PARTNERS THAT THEY BRING ON BOARD FOR SPECIFIC TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES THAT, UM, THAT WE MAY NEED TO ALSO CONSIDER. 
          UM, THEY'RE EXPLORING A LOT OF DIFFERENT OPTIONS BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF, OF PEOPLE THAT WE'RE HOPING TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS THIS TRAINING. 
          WE KNOW THAT THERE'S GONNA BE A NEED FOR ADDITIONAL COURSES, THERE'S GONNA BE NEED FOR ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTORS. 
          AND SO THEY'RE ALREADY THINKING THROUGH SOME OF THOSE POTENTIAL CHALLENGES AND IDENTIFYING, UM, OPPORTUNITIES OF HOW, HOW THOSE ISSUES COULD BE RESOLVED. 
          UM, AND THEN LASTLY, AS FAR AS WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, AND, AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT COMPONENTS THAT WE THINK WILL ENSURE OUR PROMOTED SUCCESS IS, IS THE, UM, STIPENDS FOR PARTICIPANTS. 
          SO MAKING SURE THAT WHILE THEY ARE IN TRAINING, UH, PARTICIPANTS RECEIVE THIS STIPEND OF, UM, RIGHT NOW WHAT WE HAVE BUDGETED IS $15 PER HOUR, 30 HOURS PER WEEK WHILE, WHILE THEY ARE IN TRAINING. 
          SO IF YOU'LL GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, I BELIEVE IT'S THE BUDGET, THE OVERALL, SO YOU CAN KIND OF SEE IT IN, IN, IN LARGE, UM, BUDGETS HERE. 
          UM, THE INTAKE REFERRAL, WRAPAROUND SUPPORT AND CAREER NAVIGATION WE'RE ROUGHLY ESTIMATING AT ABOUT $8 MILLION. 
          UM, THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING COMPONENTS TO THIS WOULD BE $14 MILLION. 
          AND THE PARTICIPANT STIPENDS THAT I REFERENCED JUST PREVIOUSLY ACCOUNTS FOR $48 MILLION. 
          SO IN TOTAL, THAT'S THE 70 MILLION THAT WE ARE RECOMMENDING FOR THE WORKFORCE TRAINING COMPONENT OF THIS PILLAR. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          NOW, HERE ARE SOME OF THE POTENTIAL OUTCOMES THAT WE'VE ALREADY IDENTIFIED WOULD BE OUR WAY OF, OF MEASURING OUR PROGRESS AND OUR SUCCESS. 
          UM, WE ANTICIPATE 
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THAT WE COULD SERVE UP TO 10,000 RESIDENTS, UM, BETWEEN NOW AND SEPTEMBER OF 2021. 
          SO THIS, THIS WOULDN'T BE, UM, JUST THROUGH THE END OF THE, OF THE CALENDAR YEAR, BUT WE'RE REALLY GOING THROUGH THE END OF FISCAL YEAR 2021. 
          IN THAT TIME, WE REALIZED THAT, THAT THE UP TO 10,000 RESIDENTS THAT WE SERVE, NOT ALL OF THEM MAY, UM, NEED THE INTENSIVE, UM, COMPREHENSIVE WRAPAROUND SUPPORT AND CASE MANAGEMENT. 
          UM, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE ANTICIPATING THAT UP TO 8,000 OF THEM WILL. 
          UM, AS FAR AS TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES, WHAT WE ARE RECOMMENDING, AT LEAST PRELIMINARILY, IS THAT 500 OF OUR PARTICIPANTS, UM, THAT WE REALLY FOCUS ON REFERRING THEM TO HIGH SCHOOL EQUIVALENCY PREP COURSES. 
          UM, APPROXIMATELY 10% OF THE CLAIM OF THE UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS RIGHT NOW, UM, THEIR EDUCATIONAL LEVELS ARE LESS THAN A HIGH SCHOOL EQUIVALENCY. 
          SO WE THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO BRING SOME ATTENTION TO THAT AND MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T LEAVE THAT POPULATION FURTHER BEHIND. 
          UM, THE NEXT, UH, OPPORTUNITY OR PATH THAT WE THOUGHT WAS IMPORTANT TO CREATE WAS FOR ON-THE-JOB TRAINING, UM, BUT HAVE IT SUBSIDIZED. 
          UM, GOING BACK INTO A WORK, UH, INTO A CLASSROOM MAY NOT BE THE BEST, UM, APPROACH FOR ALL RESIDENTS. 
          SO PROVIDING SUBSIDIZED ON THE JOB TRAINING WITH LOCAL EMPLOYERS IS DEFINITELY A VERY VIABLE OPTION FOR A LOT OF OUR RESIDENTS AS WELL. 
          UM, WE, WE, THE VAST MAJORITY OF OUR PARTICIPANTS WE'RE STILL HOPING TO, UM, TAKE ADVANTAGE AND REFER THEM TO, UH, SHORT-TERM TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES. 
          WE'RE PROJECTING ABOUT 7,500 HERE. 
          UM, AND THEN, THEN THAT'S REALLY MORE UP TO 12 WEEKS. 
          UM, ANYTHING LONGER THAN THAT, UM, WE'RE, WE'RE STILL THINK, WE'RE STILL PLANNING FOR AT LEAST, UH, 1500 PARTICIPANTS REFERRED TO SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT LONGER THAN THAT. 
          UM, AND IT ALL DEPENDS ON THEIR APTITUDES, THEIR INTERESTS, AND OF COURSE, THE MARKET, THE MARKET INFORMATION AND, AND BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE THAT WE RECEIVE AS FAR AS WHAT LOCAL INDUSTRIES ARE, ARE CONTINUING TO GROW. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          SO NOW I'M GONNA SHIFT OVER TO THE SMALL BUSINESS SUPPORT ITEM. 
          UM, THE FIRST OF WHICH IS THE NEED TO, OR, OR OUR INTEREST IN FURTHER BUILDING OUR, OUR, UM, HUBS, OUR SMALL BUSINESS RESOURCE HUBS IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          UM, A LOT OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS FOCUSED ON THE NEED TO PUT RESOURCES AND INFORMATION OUT FOR OUR SMALL BUSINESSES AND NOT STRICTLY RELYING ON DIGITAL ACCESS. 
          UM, REALLY CREATING A BALANCE BETWEEN THOSE TWO. 
          SO RATHER THAN, UH, RECOMMENDING ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE, UM, WHAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING IS THAT WE AUGMENT THOSE, THOSE RESOURCE HUBS THAT ALREADY EXIST, SPECIFICALLY, UM, THE WEST SIDE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND SAGE SOUTH SIDE FIRST AND . 
          UM, WE WOULD RECOMMEND THAT $25,000 GO TO EACH OF THOSE ORGANIZATIONS. 
          UM, AS FAR AS THE VIRTUAL PRESENCE, BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT, UM, THAT THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY CONCERNS STILL EXIST AND ARE STILL A REALITY, UM, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT VIRTUAL RESOURCES ARE ALSO VERY, VERY ACCESSIBLE. 
          UM, SO WE'RE ALSO RECOMMENDING THAT, UM, LAUNCH SA CONTINUE AND AUGMENT THEIR SERVICES AS A VIRTUAL HUB IN OUR COMMUNITY RIGHT NOW. 
          UM, THE NEXT STRATEGY IS FOR DOOR-TO-DOOR OUTREACH, AND SPECIFICALLY FOR OUR HARD TO REACH MICRO BUSINESSES. 
          UM, THIS WAS A VERY COMMON THEME THAT WE SAW, UM, IN THE BUSINESS AND EMPLOYMENT WORKING GROUP, AND IT ALMOST MIRRORS THE WRAPAROUND SUPPORT THAT WE SEE THAT IS NECESSARY FOR A LOT OF OUR RESIDENTS NOW TALKING ABOUT THIS AND DOING THIS, UM, ON THE, ON THE MICRO BUSINESS SIDE. 
          UM, SO WE'RE, WE'RE RECOMMENDING A RATHER COLLABORATIVE AND COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH HERE. 
          UM, COORDINATION OF THE OVERALL EFFORT, WHAT WE WOULD RECOMMEND HAPPEN THROUGH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION. 
          UM, WE WOULD RECOMMEND THAT THE TRAINING ASSOCIATED WITH THIS THOUGH, COME FROM THE WOMEN'S BUSINESS CENTER AND LAUNCH SA AND, AND I SAY THAT COLLABORATIVELY BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF TOOLS THAT, THAT A LOT OF THE PEOPLE ON THIS COMMITTEE ARE VERY FAMILIAR WITH FROM A B R B, FROM A BUSINESS RETENTION AND EXPANSION PERSPECTIVE. 
          UM, E D F HAS DEPLOYED THESE TOOLS AND THESE STRATEGIES, UM, WITH A LOT OF OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES. 
          IT JUST HASN'T ALWAYS TRICKLED DOWN TO THE SMALL BUSINESS LEVEL. 
          SO WE FEEL THAT THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT, UM, PRACTICES THAT E D F CAN HELP INTEGRATE INTO ORGANIZATIONS LIKE SAGE AND W D C AND SOUTHSIDE FIRST TO REALLY MAKE SURE THAT SOME OF THE PROVEN TACTICS THAT THEY USE IN SUPPORTING OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES DO GET ALL THE WAY DOWN TO OUR, OUR SMALLER MICRO 
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BUSINESSES. 
          SO W D C STATE, SOUTH SIDE FIRST AND CENTRAL WOULD ACTUALLY BE THE ONES DEPLOYING THE TEAM. 
          UM, WE HAVE A TOTAL OF $800,000 RECOMMENDED, UM, BE ALLOCATED TO THESE ORGANIZATIONS TO ACTUALLY HIRE THE STAFF OR USE THEIR INTERNAL STAFF, UM, TO SERVE IN THIS OUTREACH CAPACITY BETWEEN NOW AND THE END OF THE YEAR. 
          WE WOULD LIKE, UM, OR OUR, OUR EXPECTATION WOULD BE THAT THEY RECEIVED THE TRAINING, UM, THAT IS DEVELOPED BY LAUNCHES, SAY, AND, UM, THE WOMEN'S BUSINESS CENTER, JUST TO MAKE SURE, UM, ESPECIALLY THOSE, THE STAFF THAT IS THERE RIGHT NOW IS VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE IN SERVING THEIR COMMUNITIES. 
          UM, IF THEY BRING ON NEW STAFF, WHICH THIS WOULD BE AN EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY TO BRING ON A RECENT COLLEGE GRAD, UM, AND, AND REALLY KIND OF GIVE THEM THIS BOOTS ON THE GROUND EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH, WITH SMALL BUSINESSES, BUT THEY MAY NEED SOME SPECIFIC TRAINING, UM, BOTH WORKING IN THE COMMUNITY AND THE TYPE OF OUTREACH THAT IS, THAT IS GONNA TAKE PLACE, BUT ALSO THAT INTRODUCTORY BUSINESS ASSISTANCE, HOW TO, UM, HOW TO TALK TO THE BUSINESS OWNER, HOW TO, UM, COLLECT THE INFORMATION THAT WE NEED TO HELP UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT BUSINESS OWNER'S NEEDS ARE. 
          SO WE THINK THERE'S DEFINITELY GONNA BE SOME TRAINING, UM, NEEDS FOR THE STAFF THAT ARE ACTUALLY GONNA BE DOING THE OUTREACH AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. 
          WE'RE GONNA ENCOURAGE THESE ORGANIZATIONS TO HIRE MEMBERS FROM THOSE COMMUNITIES. 
          WE THINK THAT'S CRITICAL. 
          UM, AS FAR TO TO HELP ENSURE THE SUCCESS OF THIS TYPE OF WORK. 
          IT NEEDS TO BE MORE ORGANIC IN NATURE. 
          UM, SO, SO THAT'S PART OF WHAT WE'RE GONNA BE ASKING THEM TO DO AS FAR AS RECRUITING STAFF IF THEY NEED TO AUGMENT THEIR STAFF. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          UM, THE MOST SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF, OF THE FUNDING WOULD ACTUALLY BE ASSOCIATED WITH GRANTS. 
          UM, AND WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT NIF FUND ACTUALLY ADMINISTER, UM, THE GRANT FUNDING, WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY $27 MILLION. 
          UM, THE GRANT TO THE SMALL BUSINESSES, REALLY MICRO BUSINESSES WOULD VARY BASED ON THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES THEY HAVE. 
          AND, UM, WHILE WE HAVE HAD PRELIMINARY CONVERSATIONS WITH LIFTFUND ALREADY, UM, I THINK THIS IS THE, THE, THIS IS ONE OF THE MAIN OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE SEE, UM, THE, THE SMALL BUSINESS SUBCOMMITTEE OR E W D C IN GENERAL, BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE US INPUT AS TO HOW WE MAKE SURE THAT THIS FUNDING IS MADE AVAILABLE IN A VERY EQUITABLE WAY. 
          OUR, OUR PRELIMINARY, UM, PLANNING IS REALLY BASED ON EMPLOYEE SIDE, UM, AND, AND MAKING THE, THE RANGE OF THE VALUE OF THE GRANTS RANGES ON THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES THAT A BUSINESS MAY HAVE, BUT IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT FOR US TO CONSIDER OTHER FACTORS, UM, POTENTIALLY WHETHER A BUSINESS HAS ALREADY ACCESSED OTHER ASSISTANCE. 
          HOW MUCH SHOULD WE BE CONSIDERING THAT? UM, ALSO, UM, FROM AN EQUITY PERSPECTIVE, HOW DO WE WANT TO, UM, MAKE SURE THAT DIFFERENT, UH, POPULATIONS, DIFFERENT NEEDS, AREAS OF NEED, UM, ARE CONSIDERED AS WE'RE MAKING THESE ALLOCATIONS. 
          AND, AND THIS FUND HAS SOME RECOMMENDATIONS, WE'RE GONNA BE TALKING TO THEM OVER THE NEXT, UH, WEEK OR TWO WEEKS, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, WE COME UP WITH SOME STRATEGIES AND SOME IDEAS THAT WE'LL BE COMING BACK TO E W D C WITH, UM, BEFORE WE OFFICIALLY EXECUTE ANY CONTRACTS. 
          UM, THERE WAS ALSO THE, UM, THE PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT THAT WE DISTRIBUTED LAST WEEK, AND THAT, THAT WE PLAN TO, WE STILL HAVE SOME ITEMS AVAILABLE. 
          UM, SO WE PLAN TO STILL, UM, MAKE THAT AVAILABLE TO BUSINESSES ONCE WE COME UP WITH, WITH A STRATEGY. 
          UM, BUT THAT WAS ABOUT $2 MILLION THAT WAS ALLOCATED FOR THAT SPENDING. 
          LASTLY, WE'VE GOT SUPPORT FOR ARTS, UM, AND SPECIFICALLY FOR ORGANIZATIONS, UM, WHERE WE KNOW THEY'VE BEEN SEVERELY IMPACTED AS WELL. 
          SO WE'VE ALLOCATED $2.6 MILLION, UM, AS PART OF OUR, OUR SUPPORT FOR SMALL BUSINESSES, UM, INTO THAT SPECIFIC INDUSTRY CATEGORY. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          SO NOW WE ALSO HAVE SOME, UM, POTENTIAL OUTCOMES ASSOCIATED WITH EACH OF THESE STRATEGIES THAT WE RECOMMENDED, STARTING WITH THE SMALL BUSINESS HUBS, THE DIFFERENT GROUPS THAT WE, THAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING BE AUGMENTED SERVE DIFFERENT NUMBERS OF, OF BUSINESSES. 
          BUT WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE IS THAT, UM, THEY EXPERIENCE AT LEAST A 15% INCREASE, EITHER IN THE BUSINESSES THAT THEY'RE SERVED, THAT THEY SERVE, OR IN THE PROGRAMMING THAT THEY OFFER. 
          UM, UNDERSTANDING THAT WE MAY STILL NEED TO BE FLEXIBLE WITH SOCIAL DISTANCING EXPECTATIONS AS FAR AS PHYSICAL SPACING THAT IS CONCERNED. 
          UM, BUT WE DEFINITELY STILL WANNA SEE AN INCREASE IN THE BUSINESSES SERVED. 
          UM, WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE FOR 75% OF THE BUSINESSES SERVED BY THE HUB, 
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DEMONSTRATING AN INCREASED KNOWLEDGE OF FINANCIAL PRACTICES AND PROMOTING THAT PROMOTE BUSINESS RESILIENCY. 
          UM, AGAIN, TO CARLOS'S POINT, WE, WE WANT THEM TO BE BETTER PREPARED, UM, AND THEN WE WOULD LIKE FOR AT LEAST A SMALL PORTION OF THEM, UM, 10% TO, UM, BE READY TO HIRE OR REHIRE EMPLOYEES. 
          UM, BECAUSE OF THE, THE AMOUNT OF ASSISTANCE THAT'S TECHNICALLY WHAT YOU'RE GONNA SEE, YOU'RE GONNA SEE THESE MEASURES ACROSS THE DIFFERENT STRATEGY. 
          UM, DEPENDING ON THE INTENSITY OF THE INTERVENTION, WE MIGHT INCREASE THE PERCENTAGE THAT WE WOULD EXPECT AS AN OUTCOME. 
          SO, FOR EXAMPLE, SHIFTING DOWN TO THE DOOR-TO-DOOR OUTREACH, UM, WE'RE STILL LOOKING AT 75% OF OUR BUSINESSES THAT ARE ENG ENGAGED WILL REPORT THE AWARENESS OF BUSINESS SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS AND RESOURCES. 
          UM, THE, THE DOOR TO DOOR CAMPAIGN IS ONLY PLANNED THROUGH THE END OF THE YEAR. 
          SO WHAT WE NEED TO SEE IS THAT THESE BUSINESSES KNOW WHERE TO GO NEXT TIME SOMETHING HAPPENS. 
          UM, WE WOULD LIKE FOR 50% OF THEM TO HAVE ACTUALLY CONNECTED WITH, NOT JUST KNOW ABOUT IT, BUT ACTUALLY HAVE CONNECTED WITH SOME OF THESE BUSINESS SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS. 
          AND HERE, BECAUSE THE INTERVENTION MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT MORE INTENTIONAL AND MORE DIRECT, UM, WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE 25% OF THESE BUSINESSES, UM, HIRE OR REHIRE STAFF. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          WHEN IT COMES TO THE GRANT, WE ESTIMATE THAT THE 27 MILLION WILL BE ABLE TO SUPPORT APPROXIMATELY A THOUSAND BUSINESSES. 
          UM, OUR GOAL IS TO HAVE THIS FUNDING DISTRIBUTED TO OUR ELIGIBLE SMALL BUSINESSES BY THE END OF SEPTEMBER, 2020. 
          UM, WE'RE STILL IN CONVERSATIONS WITH LIFTFUND ABOUT THAT. 
          THEY, THEY SEEM, THEY, THEY SEEM CONFIDENT THAT THEY CAN DO IT. 
          WHAT WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT IS MAKE SURE THAT, UM, IT'S, IT'S, UM, DISTRIBUTED IN A WAY THAT WE, WE CAN REALLY MAKE SURE THAT IT GETS TO THE PEOPLE THAT ARE MOST IN NEED. 
          UM, SO THAT, THAT'S GONNA BE PART OF OUR CONSIDERATION. 
          AND HERE WE ARE ASKING FOR, UM, MORE OF OUR BUSINESSES TO ACTUALLY BE HIRING OR REHIRING EMPLOYEES BECAUSE TECHNICALLY THIS IS THE DIRECT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE THAT WE HOPE WOULD, WOULD SUPPORT THAT. 
          UM, OVERALL WHAT WE'D LIKE TO SEE IS THAT, UM, PEOPLE, BUSINESSES THAT RECEIVE GRANTS, UM, AND, AND REALLY ALL THE DIFFERENT STRATEGIES WE WANT TO SEE THEIR INCOMES, UM, AT LEAST GET TO 50% OF WHERE THEY WERE LAST YEAR. 
          UM, THERE'S GONNA BE SOME MONTHS IN THERE WHERE IT'S GONNA BE NEGATIVE. 
          UM, SO WHAT WE'RE HOPING IS THAT BETWEEN NOW AND THE END OF THE YEAR, THEY CAN GET TO AT LEAST 50% OF WHERE THEY WERE IN 2019. 
          UM, BY 2021, WE'D LIKE TO CONTINUE TRACKING THESE COM, THESE BUSINESSES. 
          SO BY 2021, WHAT WE'D LIKE TO SEE IS THAT THEY'RE AT LEAST AT 75% OF THEIR, UM, NET ANNUAL REVENUES FROM 2019. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          SO, JUST AS FAR AS NEXT STEPS, UM, WHILE COUNSEL IS, UM, WE, WE ARE SEEKING COUNSEL'S APPROVAL OF THE OVERALL RECOVERY AND RESILIENCY PLAN ON FRIDAY, I MEAN ON THURSDAY, MY, EXCUSE ME. 
          UM, THAT WOULD BASICALLY TRIGGER US TO HAVE MORE SUBSTANTIAL CONVERSATIONS WITH ALL THE DIFFERENT PARTNERS THAT I MENTIONED. 
          UH, WHAT, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR TODAY, AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR, UM, AT, WITH, WITH THIS COMMITTEE THROUGH THE END OF THE MONTH, ARE, WHAT ARE SOME ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES? WHAT ARE, WHAT'S YOUR INPUT? UM, WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE TO BE READY TO EXECUTE ON THESE STRATEGIES IN THE BEGINNING OF JULY. 
          UM, JUST TO REMIND EVERYBODY AS FAR AS THE SMALL BUSINESS SUPPORT PROGRAMS, THAT FUNDING AND THOSE STRATEGIES WOULD BE EXECUTED BETWEEN NOW AND THE END OF THE YEAR. 
          UM, THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS, HOWEVER, UM, WE WOULD ACTUALLY HAVE A LONGER RUNWAY. 
          SO, UM, WE WOULD BE LOOKING TO HAVE THOSE COMPLETED BY THE END OF SEPTEMBER, 2021. 
          SO THERE'S A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME. 
          AND THAT TIME HAS DEFINITELY ADDED SOME FLEXIBILITY TO OUR PLANNING, UM, AND, AND COLLABORATION WITH THESE PARTNERS. 
          SO I JUST KIND OF WANTED TO CLOSE WITH THAT. 
          AND I BELIEVE THAT'S MY LAST LINE, THE, THE QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH, UM, ALEX FOR THAT, THAT WAS A LOT OF INFORMATION AND APPRECIATE IT. 
          MY FIRST QUESTION, THOUGH IS, DID, UM, HAD ANY OF THE DOLLAR AMOUNTS CHANGED FROM LAST THURSDAY'S CONVERSATION AT COUNCIL TO WHAT YOU'RE PRESENTING US HERE, OR YOU'RE STILL STAYING WITH THE SAME AMOUNT FROM WHAT WAS PRESENTED AT COUNCIL? SOME COUNCIL MEMBERS MENTIONED INCREASING SOME DOLLARS, BUT I DON'T KNOW. 
          UH, WITHIN THE SMALL BUSINESS SUPPORT, NO. 
          RIGHT NOW, IT STILL REFLECTS E EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE PRESENTED JUST IN MORE DETAIL THAN WHAT WAS PRESENTED ON THURSDAY. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, BECAUSE I KNOW I WAS ONE OF THE ONES SEEING A PARTICULAR INCREASE IN THE SMALL BUSINESS SUPPORT GRANT DOLLAR AMOUNT. 
          UM, 
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SO THAT WAS WHAT MY FIRST QUESTION. 
          UH, YOU MENTIONED ON SLIDE NUMBER 12 OR 13, ABOUT 60 BUSINESSES TO 50% OF WHERE THEY WERE. 
          UM, AT THE END OF 2020 TO GET THOSE BUSINESSES RECEIVING GRANTS WILL BE AT LEAST 50% OF THEIR 2019, UH, ANNUAL. 
          UM, SO YOU ALSO MENTIONED ABOUT REHIRE HIGHER EMPLOYEES. 
          YOU DID NOT MENTION AT WHAT WAGE. 
          SO WOULD THAT BE, IS THAT A DISCUSSION THAT WE WILL HAVE HERE AT THIS COMMITTEE TO DISCUSS IF WE'RE GOING TO BE GIVING OUT GRANTS OR AS, AS WE'RE GIVING SMALL BUSINESS SUPPORT, IT SMALL BUSINESS SUPPORT THAT'S GOING TO BE SPECIFIC OR IMPACTFUL THAT IT IS, UM, IT'S NOT JUST LOW WAGE HANGING JOB. 
          IS THAT CORRECT? I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S DEFINITELY PART OF THE CONVERSATION THAT WE NEED TO, WE SHOULD HAVE SO THAT WE CAN ACTU ACCURATELY BE TRACKING, UM, BOTH HOW WE ACTIVATE THAT FUNDING, HOW WE LEND OUT THAT FUNDING AND, AND, AND BE, UM, VERY TRANSPARENT ABOUT OUR EXPECTATIONS FROM OUR SMALL BUSINESSES, BUT ALSO SO THAT WE CAN TRACK THE OUTCOMES EFFECTIVELY. 
          OKAY. 
          AND CHAIR, YEAH, I JUST WANTED, JUST WANTED TO INTERJECT A LITTLE BIT, UH, IF I COULD, UH, ONE THING, I, I THINK PART OF THAT COULD BE THE, THE ENTITIES THAT WE TARGET WITH THE GRANT FUNDING. 
          UM, I I I I WOULD JUST PUT OUT THERE THAT A CONCERN THAT LIKELY WOULD BE RAISED IS THIS IS ESSENTIALLY ONE TIME GRANT FUNDING TO HELP PEOPLE GET BACK ON THEIR FEET AND KIND OF REOPENED BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN WITHOUT INCOME, MANY OF THEM FOR TWO, THREE MONTHS. 
          AND LIKELY WILL BE HURTING FINANCIALLY GIVEN ALL THE, ALL THE CHALLENGES THAT WE HAVE, UH, WITH SOCIAL DISTANCING AND OTHERS, UM, FOR QUITE SOME TIME. 
          SO I, I JUST WANT TO TOSS OUT THERE, THERE COULD BE A CHALLENGE WITH SAYING, HERE'S SOME ONE-TIME FUNDING AND YOU'RE GONNA BE OBLIGATED FOR THE FUTURE TO PAY A CERTAIN LEVEL. 
          I JUST WANTED TO BE, BE AWARE OF THAT AND WE COULD GET SOME PUSHBACK. 
          BUT CERTAINLY IF WE TARGET THE TYPES OF BUSINESSES ANY DIFFERENT WAY THAT COULD, THAT COULD LEAD TO, TO THE OUTCOME I THINK YOU'RE DESCRIBING. 
          NO, I THINK THAT'S A GOOD, I I MEAN THAT'S A GOOD THOUGHT THAT WE HAVE THIS ON OUR, ON TOP OF MIND AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHERE WE'RE GIVING THE SUPPORT, EVEN WHEN IT COMES TO WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, JOB TRAINING, AS WELL AS THE SMALL BUSINESS SUPPORT. 
          UM, I'M GOING TO JUST WRAP THIS QUICKLY SO I CAN HAVE THE FLOOR OVER TO MY COLLEAGUES TO GET THEIR INFORMATION. 
          BUT, UH, ON SLIDES NUMBER NINE AND 10, LET ME GO FIRST WITH SLIDE NUMBER 10. 
          UM, YES, I DO, I'M GLAD YOU'RE TALKING TO LYFT FUND. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHERE THEY HAVE ALREADY DISTRIBUTED ALL OF THEIR GRANTS AND, UH, LOANS THAT THEY'VE GIVEN WITH THOSE FEDERAL DOLLARS. 
          'CAUSE I KNOW THAT MONEY WENT QUICKLY AND JUST TO SEE A DEMOGRAPHIC OR, OR A GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF WHERE THOSE LOANS WENT, I THINK THAT WOULD BE IMPORTANT TO SEE WHERE THOSE LOCATIONS WERE. 
          ALSO, UM, HOW DOES LIFTFUND HANDLE THOSE APPLICATIONS? YOU HAVE TO FILE ALL THESE APPLICATIONS ONLINE. 
          IS IT FACE-TO-FACE? IS THERE A BARRIER TO EVEN GET ACCESS TO THESE LOANS THROUGH LIFT FUND? UM, I'D LIKE TO KNOW THOSE DETAILS. 
          AND THEN, UM, ALSO AT THE, UM, THE BOTTOM ONE ABOUT ART SUPPORT, THE $2.6 MILLION. 
          UM, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO GET INPUT FROM THIS, THIS COMMITTEE, COUNCIL COMMITTEE WHEN IT TALKS ABOUT WHAT GUIDELINES WOULD WE LOOK FOR FOR THIS 2.6 MILLION, BECAUSE THAT'S A BROAD RANGE FOR ART SUPPORT. 
          'CAUSE THAT CAN GO FROM THE INDIVIDUAL ARTIST WHO'S THE SOLE PROPRIETOR, OR IT COULD GO TO THE SAN ANTONIO SYMPHONY AND IT'S ONLY 2.6 MILLION. 
          SO WE SHOULD GIVE THE INPUT OF WHERE WE THINK THESE GUIDELINES SHOULD LAY THERE. 
          UM, AND THEN FINALLY, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE DOOR TO DOOR OUTREACH ON SLIDE NUMBER NINE, UM, SO THE OUTREACH IS TO GET THEM CONNECTED TO OUR, OUR RESOURCES. 
          CORRECT. 
          AND WHO WILL WE, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, BE THE HOLDER OF ALL THE DATA THAT WE COLLECT FROM THE SMALL BUSINESSES? WE WILL, UM, BE ACQUIRING ALL OF THAT DATA FROM THE DIFFERENT, UM, ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE ACTUALLY DOING THE OUTREACH. 
          THE OTHER PLAN IS, IS REVERSE. 
          WE HAVE, UM, 
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LOTS OF INFORMATION FROM THE BUSINESSES THAT THAT ACQUIRED SUPPLIES LAST WEEK MM-HMM. 
          . 
          UM, SO THAT'S ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF MAKE SURE THAT WE TARGET SOME OF THESE BUSINESSES FOR ADDITIONAL OUTREACH AS WELL. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THEN, UM, FINALLY, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A VIRTUAL HUB, THERE'S PHYSICAL HUBS, THERE'S VIRTUAL HUBS. 
          BUT IF WE CAN CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN A, UH, HOTLINE OR PHONE NUMBER IN ORDER TO MAKE THAT ACCESSIBLE FOR THE BUSINESSES, I THINK THAT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. 
          AND WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO PASS THIS ON TO MY COLLEAGUE THAT I'M LOOKING AT. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ. 
          UM, OKAY. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I STILL DON'T SEE THE PRESENTATION. 
          I MAYBE I'M STILL NOT THAT SAVVY, BUT COULD YOU SEND ME VIA EMAIL, ALEX OR SOMEBODY ON THE TEAM WHEN YOU HAVE A CHANCE? UM, 'CAUSE I, I, I, I, IT'S HELPFUL TO LOOK AT THE, UM, PRESENTATION, UH, WHEN I'M ASKING QUESTIONS. 
          SO, UH, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I HAD, UM, IS, UH, REGARDING THE, UM, UH, THE CHILDCARE. 
          SO CAN YOU BRING UP THE SLIDE REGARDING CHILDCARE? WE'RE GETTING IT. 
          UM, OKAY. 
          AND SO, UH, THE OTHER QUESTION, SO WE'RE, UH, MY QUESTION ABOUT THE CHILDCARE AND THEN THE STIPEND. 
          UM, IF A PERSON, UH, NEEDED MULTIPLE SUPPORT AND WE'RE OFFERING WRAPAROUND SERVICES, UM, IS THE CHILDCARE SEPARATE AND APART FROM A STIPEND? YES, MA'AM. 
          IT IS. 
          OKAY. 
          AND, AND SO, UH, OH, GO AHEAD. 
          NO, I, I THINK THAT'S PART OF WHAT WE'RE, WE'RE KIND OF EXPLORING RIGHT NOW, THE AMOUNT OF WRAPAROUND SUPPORT THAT WOULD, AND THAT WOULD BE NECESSARY, UM, BY DIFFERENT PARTICIPANTS GIVEN THE STIPEND THAT THEY WOULD ALSO BE RECEIVING. 
          UM, OKAY. 
          AND I KNOW THAT, THAT I FEEL LIKE THIS, THIS WAS IN THE PRESENTATION AND I, I, I KNOW I HAD, I HAD ASKED THIS QUESTION BEFORE, UH, REGARDING, UM, YOU KNOW, SUPPORT FOR FAMILIES WHO CHOOSE TO HAVE CHILDCARE WITH ANOTHER FAMILY MEMBER, AND THAT THAT WAS NOT AN ELIGIBLE EXPENSE. 
          SO, RIGHT. 
          I, I, I ASKED DR. 
          BRIDGER NOW, SO IF YOU HAVE YOUR TIA WATCHING YOUR BABY, YOU CANNOT, THAT, THAT CHILDCARE IS NOT PART OF THE EXPENSE. 
          BUT, UM, WE KNOW THAT IF YOU ARE A, AN ELDERLY PERSON OR, AND HAVE SOCIAL SECURITY, YOU CAN HAVE FUNDING AVAILABLE FOR YOUR FAMILY IF THEY TAKE CARE OF YOU AT HOME. 
          SO I GUESS, YOU KNOW, IS THAT LIKE A STATE LAW? IS THAT OUR OWN LAW RULES? OR HOW MUCH FLEXIBILITY IS THERE IN A SCENARIO LIKE THAT? ONE COUNCILMAN, UM, AS DR. 
          BRIDGER INDICATED, THOSE ARE THE FEDERAL RULES THAT SERVE THAT, THAT SURROUND THE FUNDING THAT'LL BE UTILIZED FOR THIS CHILDCARE. 
          UM, IT, IT, IT'S PRETTY SPECIFIC ON WHO ARE ELIGIBLE RECIPIENTS AND THE CERTIFICATIONS AND, UM, I GUESS LICENSING THAT THAT'S REQUIRED FOR THEM TO HAVE. 
          SO, UM, I'LL GET SOME MORE DETAIL ABOUT WHAT THEY ARE, BUT, BUT THIS FUNDING IS INTENDED TO BE THE FEDERAL FUNDS. 
          OKAY. 
          SO NOT NECESSARILY NEW DOLLARS, I GUESS. 
          IS, IS THAT, UM, IS THAT THE CASE? NOT NOT PART OF THE COVID RELIEF FUND? CORRECT. 
          THAT'S THE, THE, THE WORKFORCE PROGRAM THAT WE'VE ALWAYS HAD FOR MANY, MANY, RIGHT. 
          FOR MANY YEARS. 
          THAT'S CORRECT. 
          NOT PART OF THE CARES ACT. 
          NOT PART OF THE CARES ACT. 
          NO, NO. 
          THEY'RE BOTH ONE OF OUR YES, MA'AM. 
          NOT PART OF THE CARES ACT. 
          UM, OKAY. 
          SO THEN, UM, I, I HAD SOME OTHER QUESTIONS, QUESTIONS EVEN ABOUT, UM, COULD YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE? UH, PLEASE. 
          UM, AND COUNCIL MEMBER, I WAS JUST TOLD THAT THE SLIDES WERE EMAILED TO YOU, OR THE PRESENTATION EMAIL. 
          I THOUGHT THEY WERE, IF YOU WANNA ACCESS IT THERE. 
          OH, OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          I FIGURED THEY WERE IN ADVANCE TOO. 
          BUT, SO, EVEN REGARDING, UM, THE STIPEND, UM, IF A PERSON IS RECEIVING UNEMPLOYMENT AND, UH, LIKE FEDERAL FROM FEDERAL UNEMPLOYMENT, AND THEY'RE GOING TO ILLINOIS COLLEGES, DO THEY ALSO GET THE STIPEND? THOSE ARE DETAILS WE'RE COORDINATING WITH WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS ALAMO. 
          UM, THERE MIGHT BE, UH, THAT MIGHT NOT BE AN OPPORTUNITY, UM, THAT, THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO, TO SEE IF RECEIVING THE STIPEND IS GONNA, UM, 
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HAVE ANY IMPACT ON THEIR UNEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE. 
          UM, OKAY. 
          SO, YES, BUT I WOULD THINK THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE A LOT OF OVERLAP THERE, AND I JUST, YOU KNOW, WE JUST WANNA HELP AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE. 
          BUT IF A PERSON IS ALREADY GETTING IT THROUGH THAT FUND, RIGHT. 
          UH, BUT THEY WANNA GO TO COLLEGE AND HAVE HELP WITH THE WORKFORCE SIDE, I MEAN, I GUESS ALL THOSE DETAILS HAVE TO BE DETERMINED, I GUESS IT'S JUST HOW CAN YOU BE SURE TO JUST WORK OUT THOSE DETAILS AS THEY ARISE? RIGHT. 
          WELL, WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO DO AS MUCH OF IT IN ADVANCE, UM, AND WORKING WITH, UM, WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS ALAMO AND WITH, UM, THE, THE CASE MANAGEMENT PROVIDERS LIKE PROJECT QUEST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE IDENTIFYING WHAT IS THE, WHAT ARE THE BEST OPTIONS FOR THAT PARTICIPANT. 
          UM, AND, AND TAKING ALL OF THAT INTO CONSIDERATION AS WE'RE MAKING THE ASSESSMENT AND COUNCILWOMAN AS PART OF OUR CONVERSATION WE'VE BEEN HAVING WITH THEM, THAT'S AN ISSUE WE DID RAISE AS WELL. 
          UH, BECAUSE THAT IS A CONCERN THAT IF THEY RECEIVE A STIPEND, THEN THEY MAY NOT BE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE THE, UH, UNEMPLOYMENT. 
          AND, AND THIS IS ONLY WHILE THEY'RE, UM, YOU KNOW, WHILE THEY'RE GETTING THE TRAINING, WHILE THEY'RE RECEIVE THE TRAINING. 
          SO WE'RE GONNA WORK THROUGH THOSE DETAILS WITH W S A AND, AND OTHERS. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, OKAY. 
          AND I KNOW THE COUNCIL, UH, WOMAN, UM, CHAIR  ASKED SOME OF THE QUESTIONS I HAD ALSO ABOUT, UM, THE WAGES, BECAUSE THAT IS, I THINK THE WHOLE IDEA IS THAT WE ARE INCREASING WAGES FOR PEOPLE AND PUTTING PEOPLE IN JOBS THAT ARE, UM, PROVIDE LIVING WAGES AND HOPEFULLY THE TRAINING COMBINED, UM, YOU KNOW, WITH THE STIPEND WILL ALLOW PEOPLE TO, UM, TO ADVANCE, UH, BUT ALSO REALLY FIND A WAY TO ENCOURAGE, UM, THE PRIVATE SECTOR, ESPECIALLY THOSE SERVICE INDUSTRIES, TO INCREASE THEIR WAGES. 
          UM, I THINK THAT'S OBVIOUSLY GONNA BE A BIG DISCUSSION FOR US ALL, AND EVEN THE PAID SICK LEAVE, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THE, UM, I GUESS THERE'S THE ISSUE OF THE P P P AND, AND EMPLOYERS THAT GOT, UM, A P P P. 
          SO, I'M SORRY, THIS IS A SECONDARY QUESTION. 
          SO, AND IF EMPLOYER GOT A P P P, WOULD THEY STILL BE ELIGIBLE AS A SMALL BUSINESS TO GET ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO BRING IN MORE EMPLOYEES, UH, DURING THIS TRAINING PROGRAM? SO THAT'S A, THAT'S ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WE DO WANNA WORK THROUGH WITH THIS COMMITTEE, JUST WHAT, YOU KNOW. 
          SO SOME THOUGHTS ARE WE WANT TO TARGET THOSE MICRO BUSINESSES FOR THE GRANTS, TALKING SPECIFICALLY ON THE GRANTS, UM, THAT, THAT HAVE NOT RECEIVED FEDERAL FUNDING. 
          BUT THAT, BUT THE COMMITTEE MAY SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, DEPENDING ON THE LEVEL OF THEIR FUNDING, MAYBE WE DO PROVIDE SOME ADDITIONAL MICROGRANTS WITH RESPECT TO THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE, THE INDIVIDUALS WHO RECEIVED THE TRAINING, UH, CERTAINLY WE WANT THOSE FOLKS TO BE ABLE TO GO BACK TO WORK, UH, WITH THEIR BUSINESSES OR GO TO WORK WITH OTHER BUSINESSES. 
          SO, UH, THE FACT THAT THEY MAY HAVE RECEIVED FEDERAL DOLLARS AS THEY DEPOSITED THING. 
          SO ON THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT SIDE, SURE. 
          WE'D LOVE TO HAVE THEM RECEIVE A, A RETRAINED, UM, INDIVIDUAL. 
          UH, THE ISSUE REALLY RELATES TO THE SMALL GRANT, THE GRANTS FOR THE MICRO BUSINESSES. 
          AND AGAIN, WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA BRING SOME RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE COMMITTEE AND, AND TAKE THE INPUT OF THE COMMITTEE ON THAT PIECE. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, I KNOW WE'RE ALL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THESE, UM, DETAILS, BUT, UH, AND, AND WE WANNA SUPPORT, I, I THINK WE'RE AT LEAST ALL ON THE SAME PAGE THAT WE REALLY WANNA TARGET AND SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESSES AND LARGE LARGE CORPORATIONS. 
          BUT, SO I'LL JUST, I'LL, I'LL, I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION REGARDING THE, UM, THE DOOR TO DOOR AND, UM, APPROACH THAT YOU, UH, TALKED ABOUT. 
          ALICE, CAN YOU GET TO THAT PAGE? UM, OKAY. 
          SO REGARDING SOME OF THESE, UM, I GUESS, YOU KNOW, I, I, I HAVE SOME, UM, CONCERN ABOUT EDFS ABILITY TO DO A LOT OF DOOR TO DOOR, HAND-TO-HAND OUTREACH. 
          UM, SEEMS LIKE THEIR STRATEGY ALL ALONG HAS BEEN, UH, TO RECRUIT BUSINESSES AND, AND ALSO, UM, TO WORK WITH LARGER EMPLOYERS AND CORPORATIONS. 
          UM, I CANNOT RECALL THEM HAVING DONE ANY SMALL BUSINESS WORK. 
          UM, SO MAYBE I'M WRONG ABOUT THAT. 
          BUT, YOU KNOW, IN MY EXPERIENCE, I FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, THEY TALKED ABOUT TOYOTA AND THEY TALKED ABOUT THE LARGE MANUFACTURING COMPANIES AND, AND THE TJ MAXX THAT THEY BROUGHT IN. 
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UM, AND I'M THINKING ABOUT SOME GREAT PROJECTS, BUT NONE OF THEM RELATED TO MICRO BUSINESSES. 
          SO I JUST WONDER IF THAT'S NOT THE WRONG APPROACH, UH, AND THAT, YOU KNOW, CONTINUING TO WORK WITH THE SMALLER VENDORS AND LIFT FUND, UM, MIGHT BE BETTER. 
          SO, UH, I GUESS I WONDER WHY WAS E D F SELECTED TO DO THAT WORK? I THINK THE, THE RECOMMENDATION IS THAT E D F REALLY SERVE AS THAT COORDINATION COORDINATING ENTITY. 
          UM, BUT THAT THE DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS BE THE ONES EXECUTING THE WORK. 
          UM, I THINK AS FAR AS THE COORDINATION, THE REASON WE'RE WE'RE WANTING TO, TO HAVE SOMEBODY SERVE IN THAT COORDINATING ROLE IS SO THAT THE INFORMATION THAT IS GATHERED BY EACH OF THE INDIVIDUAL ENTITIES ULTIMATELY COMES BACK AND WE CAN HAVE A VERY ACCURATE REPRESENTATION OF HOW OUR MICRO BUSINESSES ARE DOING, WHAT THEIR NEEDS ARE, POTENTIALLY, WHAT GAPS WE'RE IDENTIFYING AS FAR AS RESOURCES ARE CONCERNED. 
          UM, FROM THE E D F SIDE, I THINK THAT THE, THE COMPONENT THAT THEY CAN REALLY CONTRIBUTE TO THIS, THIS ENGAGEMENT IS THAT THE B R E APPROACH, UM, FOR THE PAST COUPLE YEARS, WE'VE PRETTY MUCH BEEN, HALF AND HALF, HALF OF OUR PROJECTS HAVE BEEN LOCAL B R E PROJECTS. 
          HALF OF THEM HAVE BEEN RECRUITMENT. 
          SO THERE'S DEFINITELY BEEN A LOT MORE EMPHASIS ON, ON WORKING WITH LOCAL COMPANIES. 
          UM, ASIDE FROM, FROM THE PROJECTS THAT WE SEE, UM, FOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION, THERE'S A VERY STRONG BUSINESS RETENTION AND EXPANSION PROGRAM THAT JUST INCLUDES VISITS VISITING WITH LOCAL BUSINESSES TO UNDERSTAND WHAT ARE YOUR NEEDS, WHAT ARE YOUR CHALLENGES? WAS WEREN SALE ALL, UM, WEREN'T THEY ALL LARGE COMPANIES, LIKE THOSE SMALL BUSINESSES? WAS THAT AS THAT WE REACHED OUT TO AS WELL? UM, YEAH, LIKE, YOU KNOW, THERE WERE LARGER IN SCOPE. 
          AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I I I, I, I DO HAVE A, A IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, COLLECTING DATA, I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. 
          UM, ONE OF THE THINGS JUST ANECDOTALLY, UH, THAT I HAVE SEEN IS THAT, UM, SOME OF OUR SMALL BUSINESSES DID COME BACK, AND IT LOOKS LIKE SOME OF THE LARGE CORPORATIONS ARE THE ONES FILING FOR BANKRUPTCY. 
          SO I, I'M, I WAS VERY SURPRISED, UH, TO SEE THAT JUST, YOU KNOW, ANECDOTALLY HERE IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, THAT'S NOT A BIG SNAPSHOT BECAUSE I HA OBVIOUSLY I HAVEN'T TRAVELED VERY FAR, EVEN BEYOND MY OWN HOUSEHOLD, BEYOND MY NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE LAST FEW WEEKS. 
          UM, BUT I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE OTHERS CAN SEE WHAT THEY THINK ABOUT THAT. 
          AND, AND, UM, SEE IF, IF, YOU KNOW, IT'S THE LARGE RETAILS THAT ARE NOT COMING BACK AT ALL. 
          SO I'LL, I'LL, I'LL YIELD MY TIME HERE. 
          AND, UM, UH, SO THANK YOU CHAIR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, ROCHA GARCIA, YOU THANK YOU CHAIR. 
          AND YES, UM, I, I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS IN FIRST, I'M REALLY EXCITED, ALEX, AND I FEEL A LOT MORE, UM, COMFORTABLE NOW THAT I'VE SEEN SOME OF THE STRATEGIES AND HOW YOU ALL HAVE, UM, ALLOCATED DOLLAR AMOUNTS AND SPECIFICALLY, UM, HOW WE'RE GOING TO GET THE WORD OUT. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT. 
          THANK YOU FOR THINKING OF SMALL BUSINESSES. 
          I REALLY APPRECIATE THE DOOR-TO-DOOR FOCUS. 
          UM, I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. 
          SO, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UM, WE TALKED ABOUT YESTERDAY IN OUR SMALL BUSINESS COMMITTEE SUBCOMMITTEE WAS THE BARRIERS TO DOCUMENTATION THAT SOME FOLKS, UM, MIGHT HAVE. 
          SO THEY DON'T HAVE EXTENSIVE, UM, BOOKKEEPING, IF YOU WILL. 
          AND SO I HAVE HEARD SPECIFICALLY ABOUT LIFT FUND FROM SEVERAL FOLKS, UM, THAT THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO APPLY THROUGH LIFTFUND BECAUSE OF CERTAIN PAPERWORK REQUIREMENTS. 
          AND SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IT'S NOT AN ADDED, UM, BARRIER TO THEM, AND THAT WE ARE INDEED REACHING OUT TO FOLKS WHO MIGHT NOT BE ABLE, UM, TO HIRE A BOOKKEEPER TO KEEP EVERYTHING IN LINE. 
          SO, CAN YOU HELP ME, UH, FEEL A LITTLE BIT BETTER ABOUT THOSE FOLKS WHO MIGHT NOT, UM, BE AS, UH, AS INVOLVED WITH THAT? AND, AND I JUST REALIZED THAT ON THIS SLIDE, I, I FAILED TO INCLUDE LIFT FUND AS ONE OF THOSE OUTREACH PARTNERS. 
          SPECIFICALLY. 
          WE KNOW THAT THERE IS THAT GAP IN THE FINANCIAL LITERACY, UM, THAT IT, IT'S ALMOST LIKE PRE BANKING, PRE-LIST FUND ASSISTANCE THAT, THAT SOME SMALL BUSINESSES NEED. 
          SO WE'RE AUTOMATICALLY, UM, INCLUDING SOME, SOME ADDITIONAL RESOURCES FOR LIFT FUNDS TO BE ABLE TO ASSIST THOSE SMALL BUSINESSES IN THAT DOCUMENTATION DEVELOPMENT IN, IN, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE THAT BY THE TIME THEY GET TO LIFTFUND, THEY'RE READY. 
          UM, BUT THIS WOULD BE ADDITIONAL OUTREACH RESOURCES THAT WOULD BE AVAILABLE TO HELP BUSINESSES, UM, SET UP THEIR BOOKS AND, AND DO THAT TYPE OF WORK WORK. 
          OKAY. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THEN THAT MAKES ME FEEL BETTER. 
          ALSO, CAN I, CAN I 
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JUMP IN JUST A, LOOKING TO YOUR QUESTION ABOUT, UH, A BARRIER TO OUR PROGRAM, THE MICRO BUSINESS GRANT PROGRAM. 
          UM, WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO DETERMINE WHAT LIFT FUND UTILIZES IN TERMS OF THE CHECKLISTS THEY'RE GONNA BE GETTING, WHAT KIND OF DOCUMENTATIONS THEY'RE GETTING, KEEPING IN MIND THAT THIS IS A GRANT, NOT A LOAN. 
          THERE'S A WHOLE DIFFERENT KINDS OF STANDARDS THAT WE'RE GONNA UTILIZE. 
          WE DO WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE BUSINESSES HAVE A REASONABLE OPPORTUNITIES TO SUCCEED. 
          SO THERE IS GONNA BE SOME LEVEL OF, UM, EVIDENCE THAT WE WANT TO SEE THAT THEY WERE GOING CONCERNED THAT THEY HAD A REASONABLE OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, YOU KNOW, TO SURVIVE. 
          BUT FOR, UH, C OVID 19, WE, WE NEED FOR DOCUMENTATION PURPOSES AS WELL. 
          SO WE'RE, WE'RE COLLECTING THAT, BUT WE DON'T HAVE THE, THE BURDEN THAT, UM, SOMEBODY WHO GAVE US THE PRINCIPLE AND IS EXPECTING THE REPAYMENT, UH, YOU KNOW, UM, WE DON'T HAVE THAT AS A, AS A, OKAY. 
          UM, OKAY. 
          UM, OKAY. 
          WELL THEN THAT, THAT ANSWERS MY QUESTION. 
          I HAVE A, A QUESTION ABOUT THE WOMEN'S BUSINESS CENTER WHO OPERATES A WOMEN'S BUSINESS CENTER, THIS MID FUND. 
          OKAY. 
          SO IT IS LYFT. 
          OKAY. 
          SO, AND I THINK THAT THIS CONVERSATION CAME UP YESTERDAY ALSO DURING OUR SMALL BUSINESS, UM, BECAUSE, UH, MARIA GITA RODRIGUEZ REACHED OUT YESTERDAY, AND SHE WAS THE PERSON THAT WAS TALKING ABOUT HOW THERE'S A LOT OF SKILLED WOMEN THAT ARE UNEMPLOYED RIGHT NOW. 
          UM, AND SHE WAS THINKING THAT MAYBE A COURSE ON HOW TO, UM, YOU KNOW, HOW TO PITCH YOUR SERVICES OR HOW TO CONTRACT, HOW TO CHARGE, ET CETERA, UM, WOULD BE CRITICAL TO FOLKS. 
          AND SO I KNOW THAT WE'VE SEEN THAT, UM, POVERTY AFFECTS WOMEN IN SAN ANTONIO, UM, MORE. 
          AND, UM, WE ARE A MAJORITY, UH, FEMALE COUNCIL. 
          AND I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE, UM, SOME MORE EFFORTS FOCUSED ON, ON, ON THE WOMEN. 
          SO I DO APPRECIATE THAT YOU ALL HAVE, HAVE THAT OUTLOOK, BUT I THINK THAT WE CAN ALSO STILL DO A LITTLE BIT MORE IN THAT, UM, REGARD. 
          UM, NOW I HAVE A QUESTION ON SLIDE FOUR. 
          I DON'T KNOW WHAT SLIDE IT IS. 
          IT WAS A WORKFORCE TRAINING SLIDE. 
          YOU ALL HAVE 14, UM, MILLION DOLLARS ALLOCATED IN SOME, UH, RANDOM SLIDE. 
          I CAN'T REMEMBER IN WHAT PRESENTATION I SAW THAT ALAMO COLLEGES IS, UM, OR IS ASKING, OR, OR, OR OR NOT, IS PROPOSING TO TRAIN UP TO 10,000 EMPLOYEES. 
          AND I THOUGHT I SAW THEIR COST WAS $33 MILLION. 
          I I DON'T KNOW IF YOU, ALL THAT $14 MILLION, DOES THAT OFFER ALMA COLLEGES WORKFORCE TRAINING? CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND THAT? IT WOULD BE FOR ASSOCIATED WORKFORCE TRAINING. 
          SO WE, WE DO ANTICIPATE THAT THE VAST MAJORITY OF IT WOULD BE THROUGH ALAMO COLLEGES, BUT LIKE I MENTIONED, THERE MIGHT BE SOME ADDITIONAL, UM, TRAINING COURSES. 
          UM, LIKE THE ONE THAT COMES TO MIND VERY QUICKLY IS, UH, SOME AEROSPACE COURSES, WE MIGHT END UP USING DIFFERENT TRAINING PROVIDERS THERE. 
          THERE'S ALSO OTHER, UM, TRAINING PROVIDERS THAT HAVE EXPRESSED INTEREST IN COLLABORATING. 
          SO I, I THINK THAT'S JUST WHERE WE, WE, WE NEED TO HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES. 
          OKAY. 
          SO IN THE PRESENTATION THAT I SAW FROM ALAMO COLLEGES, AND I'M SORRY, I'M TRYING DESPERATELY TO LOOK THROUGH MY EMAIL, UM, TO FIND IT, I SAW AN AMOUNT THAT ALAMO COLLEGES WAS REQUESTING. 
          SO THIS 14 MILLION WOULD BE A PART OF THAT, UM, AMOUNT THAT, THAT THEY WOULD SAY THAT THEY COULD BASICALLY CHARGE US FOR TRAINING 10,000 PEOPLE UP TO 10,000, OR I THINK THERE'S HAD UP TO 15,000 PEOPLE. 
          COUNCILMAN, I, I, I RECALL THE ELMO COLLEGES WAS PROVIDING, UM, SORT OF PROPOSALS IN RESPONSE TO THE COUNTY ASKING QUESTIONS. 
          OKAY. 
          AND I THINK, I THINK THEY INCLUDED IN THEIR PROPOSAL, YOU KNOW, A CITY AND COUNTY PARKERS, AND I RECALL SEEING ONE THAT HAD, I THINK, A $66 MILLION, UM, PROPOSAL, AND THEN FIVE, LIKE MAYBE A PORTION OF THAT, A HALF OR SO THE COUNTY WOULD DO, AND THEN THE BALANCE, UH, PERHAPS THE CITY DOING. 
          BUT THIS PARTICULAR PROPOSAL THAT WE, WHEN WORKING WITH THEM ON, IS SOMETHING THAT INCLUDES BOTH SHORT TERM, SHORT TERM AND LONG TERM. 
          SO THIS IS THE ONLY ONE THAT WE'RE EVEN CONSIDERING FROM THE ALMA COLLEGES, WHAT YOU SEE BEFORE YOU NOW, AND THE $14 MILLION IS FOR TRAINING AND EDUCATION, WHETHER THEY DO THE DELIVERY OF IT OR THEY PARTNER WITH ANOTHER PROVIDER LIKE TESSA OR U T S A, BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE THE CAPACITY TO CURRENTLY TO SERVICE 10,000 PEOPLE, EVEN 
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OVER THE NEXT YEAR, THEY'RE GONNA NEED TO PARTNER WITH OTHERS TO PROVIDE THIS AS WELL. 
          SO THIS FUNDING TRAINING EDUCATION IS FOR THAT BUCKET. 
          OKAY. 
          AND I JUST FOUND IT, AND ACTUALLY IT'S, UM, THEY HAVE $6.5 MILLION FOR WORKFORCE EDUCATION AND TRAINING. 
          THEY WERE ADDING SUPPORT SERVICES AND THE LIVING WAGE STIPEND. 
          SO, UM, THAT'S WHERE MY CONFUSION WAS. 
          SO I'M SORRY I WAS BUNDLING IT ALL TOGETHER. 
          UM, AND THEN THE OTHER QUESTION THAT I HAVE, AND I AGREE WITH, UH, CHAIR, UM, VIA GRAND CHAIRWOMAN VIA GRAND, THE $2.6 MILLION, I WOULD NOT FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH IT ALL GOING TO JUST, UM, YOU KNOW, YOUR, YOUR TYPICAL HUGE NONPROFITS. 
          UH, ALTHOUGH I BELIEVE IN THE WORK OF NONPROFITS, I THINK THAT LOCAL ARTISTS COULD BENEFIT. 
          AND SO I'D LIKE TO SEE A STRATEGY OF HOW WE'RE TARGETING, UM, LOCAL INDEPENDENT ARTISTS AND HOW WE'RE HELPING THEM. 
          BUT I, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT HAS BEEN A DISCUSSION YET, BUT I KNOW SINCE COUNCILMAN VRAN, OUR CHAIRWOMAN VRAN BROUGHT IT UP, I, I'D LIKE TO CHIME IN WITH THAT AND, AND SAY THAT I, I, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SEE A PLAN FOR THAT. 
          UM, AND THEN THE 1000 MICRO BUSINESSES THAT ARE GOING TO BE TARGETED FOR DOOR TO DOOR, UH, WHEN CAN WE SEE A PLAN? OR IS THERE A, A PRELIMINARY PLAN OR I, I'M ANTICIPATING WE'LL BE WORKING WITH, WITH OUR PARTNERS. 
          UM, BUT WHAT IS, I, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IT GETS TO EVERY CORNER OF THE CITY, UM, AND, AND TO THE PEOPLE WHO REALLY, REALLY NEED IT. 
          AND SO WHEN DO YOU ANTICIPATE WE'LL SEE THAT ALEX? WE'D LIKE TO START TALKING WITH THEM, UM, AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, TO REALLY MAKE SURE THEY UNDERSTAND THE SCALE OF WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR, UM, BUT ALSO MAKING SURE THAT THEY UNDERSTAND WHERE WE WANT THEM TO FOCUS. 
          UM, LIKE, LIKE YOU MENTIONED, THE, THE, THERE'S, THERE'S POCKETS OF NEED, UM, THAT WE REALLY THINK AT LEAST, UM, THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONS, THE SAGE AND SOUTH SIDE FIRST AND, AND W D C CAN REALLY HELP US FOCUS THERE. 
          UM, BUT THERE'S DEFINITELY, UM, A SENSE OF URGENCY THAT THAT GETS STARTED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. 
          OKAY. 
          AND COUNSEL ONCE, ONCE, ONCE THE CITY COUNCIL AS A WHOLE TAKES, TAKES ACTION AND APPROVES THE PLAN, THAT'S WHEN WE'LL ASK THEM TO DEVELOP OUT THEIR STRATEGIC, THEIR IMPLEMENTATION COMPONENTS TO IT. 
          GREAT. 
          I LOVE IT. 
          AND THEN I, I APPRECIATE THAT YOU ALL HAVE, UM, THE EAST SIDE COVERAGE, YOUR, SAY THE WEST SIDE THROUGH WEST SIDE DEVELOPMENT DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, THE SOUTH SIDE FIRST, UM, WHAT DO WE HAVE ADDRESSING NORTH SIDE BUSINESSES? SO FROM THE DOOR-TO-DOOR PERSPECTIVE, WE DON'T HAVE NECESSARILY THAT KIND OF OF OUTREACH, UM, EN ENGAGEMENT PLANNED YET. 
          UM, WHAT WE THOUGHT WE WOULD, THAT, THAT'S WHY YOU SEE SUCH A STRONG SUPPLEMENT FOR LAUNCH SA ON THE HUB SIDE. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, BECAUSE WE REALLY FEEL THEY'D BE ABLE TO FILL THAT GAP FOR THE REST OF OUR COMMUNITY FOR LAUNCH SA. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, AND THEN ON JOB TRAINING, WHERE IS THAT REFERENCED IN THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT SLIDE, AT LEAST ON THE OUTCOMES. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, THAT'S WHERE WE REALLY THINK THAT THAT'S ONE OF THE PADS, BASICALLY FOR PARTICIPANTS TO TAKE. 
          OKAY. 
          GREAT. 
          I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE. 
          UM, SO, SO I GUESS I'D BE INTERESTED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THAT AS WELL. 
          THOSE ARE ALL MY QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU, ALEX. 
          THANK YOU, FEDERAL, AND THANK YOU CHAIRWOMAN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER LIA. 
          THANKS, ALEX. 
          UM, I'M, I'M, OR CARLOS, I'M SURE THAT Y'ALL HAVE SEEN THE LETTER THAT WE GOT THIS MORNING, UH, DEMANDING A DELAY. 
          UM, CAN, CAN YOU WALK ME THROUGH WHAT A DELAY LOOKS LIKE AS FAR AS HANDING OUT THIS MONEY TO PEOPLE SOONER THAN LATER, AND WHAT THE IMPACT WOULD HAVE ON, ON, UH, ON PEOPLE WHO WOULD DEPEND ON THIS MONEY? WELL, COUNCILMAN, THANK YOU FOR, FOR THAT. 
          UH, YEAH. 
          THERE IS A, OBVIOUSLY A SENSE OF URGENCY. 
          THESE FOLKS HAVE BEEN, UH, YOU KNOW, WAITING FOR A LONG TIME. 
          IN PARTICULAR THE SMALL BUSINESSES THAT ARE TRYING TO GET GOING. 
          SO, UH, EVEN IF THIS IS APPROVED BY COUNCIL ON THURSDAY, IT'S STILL GONNA TAKE A PERIOD OF TIME TO WORK THROUGH AGREEMENTS, TO WORK THROUGH THE STRATEGIES TO ANSWER SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WERE THOUGHTFULLY RAISED BY THIS COMMITTEE. 
          AND WE'RE ANTICIPATING THAT WE, WE WOULD LIKELY WORK THROUGH THOSE THROUGH JUNE. 
          SO THE EARLIEST THAT WE COULD BEGIN THE PROGRAM, WE BELIEVE IS IN JULY. 
          UH, AND THAT'S COURSE WHEN COUNCIL'S NOT GONNA BE BE MEETING IN JULY. 
          UM, SO THERE, THERE'S A, THERE'S A REAL URGENCY TO GET GOING BECAUSE THE LONGER WE DELAY, OBVIOUSLY THE MORE OF A CHALLENGE IT IS FOR THESE BUSINESSES THAT ARE TRYING TO, TO, TO REHIRE AND TRYING TO OPEN BACK UP. 
          UM, IT, IT'S GONNA HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON THEIR ABILITY TO DO THAT. 
          I, I WISH THAT WE HAD MUCH MORE MONEY, AS IT IS, WE'RE TALKING $33 MILLION HERE, UH, YOU KNOW, FOR THIS PROGRAM HERE. 
          BUT THAT MONEY IS CRITICAL TO GET OUT TO THE COMMUNITY. 
          RIGHT NOW, PART OF OUR FOCUS HAS BEEN ON THE AREAS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO RECEIVE OTHER FUNDING. 
          SO THEY'RE LEFT ON THEIR OWN RIGHT NOW, AND THEY'D STILL BE WAITING. 
          THAT'S, THAT'S A 
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CONCERN I DIDN'T READ IN THE ARTICLE THAT THERE WAS A QUESTION ABOUT INPUT, UH, AND RECEIVING, YOU KNOW, INPUT AS, AS ALEX INDICATED, THE WORKING GROUPS. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A LOT OF PEOPLE ON THE WORKING GROUPS, THE ECONOMIC TRANSITION TEAM, THAT AN INCREDIBLE JOB OF HAVING A LOT OF FOLKS ON, ON THAT. 
          THIS COMMITTEE CAN CERTAINLY SERVE AS AN INPUT, UM, BOTH THROUGH YOUR CONSTITUENTS AND OTHERS. 
          THAT'S A PRO, AN APPROPRIATE ROLE FOR THIS COMMITTEE AS WE DEVELOP OUT THE IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES FOR EACH OF THOSE. 
          SO, UM, OBVIOUSLY THE COUNCIL'S DECISION, AND WE'LL FOLLOW THE STAFF, WE'LL FOLLOW THAT, BUT I THINK IT PUSHES BACK 30 TO, TO MAYBE 60 DAYS BEFORE THESE FOLKS ARE SEEING RELIEF. 
          OKAY. 
          THANKS. 
          UH, THOSE ARE MY ONLY QUESTIONS. 
          I APPRECIATE IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, COUNCIL MEMBER CAB. 
          THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. 
          UM, ON THAT SAME NOTE, , THE INPUT, UM, HAS, HAVE THERE BEEN ANY, ANY, ANY, HAS THERE BEEN ANY REACH TO A GENERAL MEMBER OF OUR CITIZENRY? I KNOW THAT, UM, SOME OF THE WORKING GROUPS HAVE THAT INSTILLED IN THEIR, UM, ON THEIR AGENDAS, BUT NOT ALL OF THEM. 
          AND, UM, AND NOT ONLY THAT, BUT THERE WAS ONLY A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT WERE, WERE ON THE, IN THE WORKING GROUPS THAT WERE PARTICIPATING. 
          SO I'M WONDERING, IS THERE ANY, HAS THERE BEEN ANY OUTREACH TO JUST THE GENERAL COMMUNITY, UH, COUNCIL AND NOT SPECIFICALLY OUTREACH, UH, TO THE COMMUNITY THAT, TO, TO RECEIVE, BUT THAT'S FROM THE STAFF SIDE NECESSARILY? UM, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WE, WE, WE TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT DURING THE COUNCIL COMMITTEE MEETINGS. 
          UH, THERE'S OPPORTUNITY THERE, BUT WE'VE NOT GONE DOOR TO DOOR TO SEEK INPUT OR DONE TOWN HALLS OR THOSE KINDS OF THINGS THAT, UM, ON THIS, WE'VE BEEN DEVELOPING THIS PROGRAM, UM, FRANKLY THROUGH BUILDING ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT DID RECEIVE COMMUNITY INPUT. 
          UH, ALEX SHOWED ALL OF THE, ALL OF THE REPORTS THAT WERE DEVELOPED, THEY, THEY SERVE AS THE FOUNDATION FOR THE RESILIENCY PLAN, AND THOSE DID INCLUDE A VERY ROBUST PUBLIC INPUT PROCESS. 
          UH, SO NOT SPECIFICALLY FOR WHAT YOU SAW THAT ALEX PRESENTED IN THE, IN THE SECOND SET OF SLIDES, BUT I, I BELIEVE, YOU KNOW, FOR THE, FOR THE FIRST SET OF SLIDES AND THEN ALSO JUST THE WORK PREVIOUSLY DONE, THERE'S BEEN A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF IMP UH, INPUT. 
          CERTAINLY ADDITIONAL INPUT IS WELCOME. 
          AND, AND, YOU KNOW, WE, WE WILL HAVE SOME TIME OVER THE NEXT 30 DAYS AS WE DEVELOP OUT THE IMPLEMENTATION PLANS, AS WE DEVELOP OUT THE CONTRACTS TO RECEIVE THAT, BOTH AT THE COUNCIL LEVEL AND AT THIS COMMITTEE LEVEL. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, SO I JUST WANNA TAKE A SECOND TO VOICE SUPPORT FOR THE, THE LIVING RATE WAGE REQUIREMENT. 
          I THINK THIS IS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO HELP ELEVATE, UM, SOME OF OUR, OUR WORKERS IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          UM, BUT MY QUESTION IS REALLY ABOUT THE BUSINESSES THAT ARE, THAT ARE NOT PARTICIPATING. 
          DO WE, ARE WE TRACKING OR KEEPING INFORMATION ON BUSINESSES THAT ARE NOT PARTICIPATING FOR WHATEVER REASON? I'M WONDERING IF THERE ARE BARRIERS TO ENTRY THAT MAYBE WE DON'T, WE'RE NOT AWARE OF. 
          UM, THERE'S SOME, UM, YOU KNOW, PROBLEM WITH SOME BUSINESSES COMING IN. 
          SO ARE WE, UM, TRACKING ANY OF THAT DATA? I THINK THAT IS VERY MUCH, UH, THE GAP THAT WE'RE HOPING OUR DOOR-TO-DOOR OUTREACH TEAM WILL FILL. 
          BECAUSE UNFORTUNATELY, UNLESS THEY'VE, UM, FOR EXAMPLE, IF THEY'VE APPLIED THROUGH LIFTFUND AND WERE UNSUCCESSFUL, THAT MIGHT BE THE ONLY OTHER WAY THAT THEY EXIST. 
          WE, IF THEY'RE NOT ACCESSING RESOURCES, WE DON'T KNOW WHO THEY ARE. 
          UM, AND, AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, HOW WE CAN SERVE THEM. 
          SO THE, THE, THE OUTREACH TEAM IS, THAT'S REALLY THE GAP. 
          THEY'RE HELP, THEY'RE MEANT TO HELP US IDENTIFY ALONG WITH CONNECTING THOSE BUSINESSES TO THE RESOURCES THAT ARE THERE, SERVING AS THAT LIAISON, BUT ALSO PROVIDING US THAT, THAT VALUABLE INFORMATION OF WHO THESE BUSINESSES ARE. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW. 
          I THINK THAT'S, UM, REALLY, I, I, I KNOW THAT WE KNOW A LOT OF THE BARRIERS, UM, BUT THERE MAY BE SOME OUT THERE THAT WE'RE NOT AWARE OF THAT, UH, BUSINESS MEMBER MIGHT A SMALL BUSINESS, UH, MIGHT NOTICE. 
          AND, UM, OTHER THAN THE DOOR TO DOOR HAVE THERE, JUST MAKING SURE, HAVE THERE BEEN ANY OF, LIKE THE, THE ONLINE SURVEYS ALREADY? THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF SURVEYS, UM, THAT, THAT HAVE SHARED WHAT SOME OF, UM, THE CURRENT AND, AND EVOLVING CONDITIONS OF OUR BUSINESSES, UM, FROM, FROM MONTH TO MONTH, THEY'VE CHANGED. 
          UM, BUT THERE'S ALSO, UM, THAT, THAT'S GIVING US AN INTELLIGENCE. 
          UM, WE'RE JUST COGNIZANT OF THE FACT THAT IT'S, MOST OF THEM ARE ONLINE. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , UM, SURE. 
          SO THAT AUTOMATICALLY INFORMS, UM, THE, THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE BASE OFF OF IT. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU, ALEX. 
          THAT'S ALL. 
          MADAM. 
          THANK YOU, CHAIR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, THANK YOU TO MY COMMITTEE MEMBERS. 
          UM, I THINK THIS IS A BRIEFING AND POSSIBLE ACTION, BUT I 
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DON'T THINK WE HAVE ACTION ITEMS RIGHT NOW BECAUSE WE'LL HAVE MORE IN-DEPTH CONVERSATION ON THURSDAY. 
          UM, AT THE COUNCIL MEETING. 
          I THINK THIS HAS BEEN VERY GOOD CONVERSATION AND A WONDERFUL PRESENTATION. 
          A COUPLE OF THINGS TO HIGHLIGHT WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT PARTNERSHIPS AND WHEN IT COMES TO WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. 
          I KNOW MEMBERS FROM THE U I W HAVE REACHED OUT WANTING TO SEE HOW THEY CAN HELP WITH, UH, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING. 
          I BELIEVE, UM, OUR LADY OF THE LAKE ALSO WANTS TO LOOK. 
          AND SO I THINK ALL OF OUR UNIVERSITIES HERE IN TOWN ARE GREAT SOURCES AND POSSIBLE, UH, PARTNERS IN THE FUTURE. 
          UM, NEXT I DO WANT TO SPEAK TO, UM, THE POINT OF A DELAY. 
          I SAW THAT LETTER, UH, DEMANDING A DELAY, AND I DO KNOW THAT OUR, UM, UH, THE SA COVID ACTION.COM WEBSITE HAS BEEN UP. 
          I'D BE VERY CURIOUS TO SEE WHAT THE COMMENTS AND, UH, QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN THAT HAVE GONE INTO THAT WEBSITE. 
          UM, AND WHAT WE HAVE RECEIVED. 
          I KNOW ALL OF THE REPORTS ARE ON THERE FROM OUR WEEKLY REPORTS. 
          THE LAST ONE POSTED WAS THE MAY 22ND REPORTS FOR EVERYONE. 
          SO I THINK THAT WOULD BE VERY IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO HAVE. 
          I DO REQUEST ALEX, 'CAUSE YOUR TWO POWERPOINT PRESENTATIONS WERE SO GOOD AND ANSWERED SO MANY QUESTIONS. 
          UM, I DO, UH, I DO REQUEST THAT IF YOU CAN EVEN POST THEM UP THERE ON THAT WEBSITE, I THINK THAT CAN HELP ANSWER A LOT OF QUESTIONS FOR PEOPLE AND ALLEVIATE IF THEY, IF THEY HAVE SOME QUESTIONS JUST TO SEE WHAT WE ARE SEEING AS A COUNCIL COMMITTEE, UM, TO THE POINT OF SURVEYS. 
          I THINK YES, SURVEYS ARE, HAVE BEEN DONE, SURVEYS ARE GONNA CONTINUE TO GET DONE. 
          I THINK WHAT'S IMPORTANT IS IF WE DO THESE SURVEYS THAT YES, WE CAN, IF WE CAN'T DO DOOR-TO-DOOR SURVEYS, THEN, UM, YES ONLINE, BUT JUST LIKE THE OLD FASHIONED WAY IS THE ROBOCALLS OR JUST CALLS, UM, PHONE CALLS TO THE SMALL AND MICRO BUSINESSES AND HAVE THEM TAKE A SURVEY AND NOT DURING THE RUSH HOURS IF IT'S A RESTAURANT. 
          BUT, UM, JUST TO GET ON THE PHONE AND ASK THEM SURVEY QUESTIONS, I THINK THAT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL. 
          FINALLY, UM, ON YOUR NEXT STEPS, ITEM NUMBER 13, THE APPROVAL OF THE PLAN BY CITY COUNCIL AND NEGOTIATE CONTRACTS WITH PARTNERS. 
          UM, THANK YOU TO COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ, BECAUSE NOW THAT WE'RE MORPHING THIS TOGETHER, WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE ANOTHER BREAKOUT SESSION FOR THE SUBCOMMITTEE. 
          UM, AS A COUNCIL MEMBER, I THINK PART OF OUR CONCERNS ARE, UM, IF WE DO APPROVE THIS PLAN BY THIS THURSDAY, IS THERE STILL FLEXIBILITY WHERE WE AS A COUNCIL CAN BRING THIS BACK UP AND PIVOT WHERE WE NEED TO PIVOT, EVEN IF WE HAVE VOTED ON THESE DOLLARS, THAT IF WE ARE SEEING SOMETHING, UM, A DIFFERENT AREA THAT MAYBE THE WORKFORCE TRAINING IN CERTAIN AREAS ISN'T WORKING, OR THE WRAPAROUND SERVICES IS ANOTHER AREA ISN'T WORKING, ARE WE GOING TO HAVE THAT ABILITY TO PIVOT EVEN IF WE GO THROUGH, UM, AND VOTE THIS FORWARD ON THURSDAY? MADAM, MADAM CHAIR? I CAN, I'LL TAKE THAT. 
          UM, YES, EACH OF THE PILLARS THAT MAKE UP THE RECOVERY RESILIENCY PLAN WILL BE ASSIGNED TO, TO THE, TO THE COMMITTEE THAT'S OVER THAT PARTICULAR AREA. 
          SO, UM, LIKE OR NOT, YOU HAVE TWO OF 'EM IN THIS, THIS COMMITTEE. 
          YOU'VE GOT BOTH THE WORKFORCE AND THE SMALL BUSINESS PIECE. 
          AND AS WE RECEIVE, WE DEVELOP OUR IMPLEMENTATION PLANS AT THE, AT THE STAFF LEVEL, RECEIVE YOUR INPUT, YOU KNOW, FINALIZE THAT THROUGH JUNE, THIS COMMITTEE, ONE OF OUR RECOMMENDATIONS IS THIS COMMITTEE IS GONNA BE CHARGED WITH MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE HELD ACCOUNTABLE TO THE, TO THE, UH, IMPLEMENTATION PLAN. 
          AND YOU'RE MONITORING THE PERFORMANCE. 
          SO WE'LL BRING BACK REPORTS REGULARLY TO YOU. 
          UH, AND, AND THE OTHER COMMITTEE WILL DO THE SAME THING. 
          THEY'LL BE RECEIVING THE REPORTS. 
          SO ABSOLUTELY. 
          IF THINGS ARE GOING AWRY, THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY AT THE COMMITTEE LEVEL AS WELL AT THE COUNCIL LEVEL. 
          UH, THERE'S GONNA BE SOME NEED FOR, BECAUSE OF THE, THE SHORTNESS OF THE TIME FOR THE CITY MANAGER TO BE, TO HAVE TO BE ABLE TO ACT QUICKLY IN SOME COMPONENTS OF IT. 
          BUT THAT'S LIKELY TO BE VERY RARE TO OCCUR. 
          UH, SO WE ARE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA BUILD IN PERFORMANCE MEASURES ALL ALONG AND WE'RE GONNA BE REPORTING BACK TO THIS COMMITTEE AS TO HOW WE'RE DOING ON EACH OF THOSE. 
          AND I THINK PART OF YOUR PRESENTATION TOO, ALEX, YOU SAID IN THE WORKFORCE TRAINING, IN THE CERTIFICATION, ET CETERA, YOU SAID NOW UNTIL THE END OF DECEMBER, 2020. 
          AND SO WHEN WE SAY NOW, I THINK WE NEED TO RE REMIND OURSELVES, IT'S NOW AND WE'RE ALREADY JUNE 2ND, 
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SO WE DO NEED TO MOVE. 
          THERE IS THAT SENSE OF URGENCY. 
          UM, JUNE 2ND, PEOPLE'S RENTALS ON THEIR COMMERCIAL PROPERTY STILL AREN'T GETTING PAID. 
          UM, THEY DON'T KNOW IF IT'S GONNA BE 75% CAPACITY OR 50% CAPACITY. 
          AND I DO BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE HAD MEANINGFUL PUBLIC INPUT, MAYBE NOT CERTAIN WAYS THAT IT'S LOOKED LIKE IN THE PAST, BUT WE HAVE, AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN GET THIS MONEY OUT TO THOSE WHO ARE NEEDING IT, UH, DESPERATELY RIGHT NOW FOR THEIR SMALL AND MICRO BUSINESSES. 
          UM, SO ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM MY COLLEAGUES? COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ? SO, UM, THANK YOU, UH, COUNCILMAN, UH, FOR ASKING THE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE, THE, UM, ABOUT THE FUNDING ALLOCATIONS, BUT I STILL DIDN'T, I DIDN'T QUITE UNDERSTAND YOUR, YOUR, UH, RESPONSE . 
          SO THAT MEANS, DOES IT GO BACK TO THE COUNCIL FOR AN AMENDMENT AND WE VOTE ON IT AGAIN IF WE NEED TO MOVE FUNDING AROUND, EVEN WITHIN JUST THE SMALL BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UM, FUNDING SOURCES THAT ARE AVAILABLE? UM, AGAIN, I I, I'M STILL CONFUSED ABOUT THAT. 
          WE, SO ASSUMING THAT THE COUNCIL APPROVES THIS ON FRI ON THURSDAY, WE GO OUT, WE START DOING ALL THE WORK THAT WE NEED TO DO, TWO MONTHS LATER WE RECOGNIZE THE SHIFT. 
          IT COMES BACK TO, UM, THE COUNCIL FOR, OR TO THE COMMITTEE TO DISCUSS AND THEN GOES BACK TO THE COUNCIL FOR A VOTE. 
          COUNCILMAN? I, I THINK THE LIKELIHOOD IS THAT IF WE WERE TALKING ABOUT MAJOR, UH, REALLOCATION OF FUNDING FROM ONE PILLAR TO ANOTHER, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT THAT WOULD LIKELY BE THE KIND OF CASE WHERE THE ENTIRE COUNCIL SHOULD, SHOULD WEIGH IN ON OKAY, IF IT WITHIN THE SMALL BUSINESS, LET'S SAY THAT WE, WE WE, WE DEVELOPED OUT THE SORT OF THE DIFFERENT BUCKETS WITHIN SMALL BUSINESS AND WE'RE, WE'RE, AND WE SEE THAT COME AUGUST, WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO REACH THE BUSINESSES THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, THE SIZES WE'VE ALLOCATED, YOU KNOW, A BLOCK OF FUNDS, THE BUSINESSES THAT ARE SIZES NOW MAKING IT UP, YOU KNOW, 11 TO 20 AND THE, THE FUNDING IS NOT GETTING UTILIZED THERE AND WE NEED TO SHIFT IT TO A DIFFERENT GROUP WITHIN THAT SAME GROUP. 
          THAT'S NOT, I DON'T THINK THAT'S THE KIND OF THING WE WOULD NEED TO BRING BACK TO COUNCIL FOR. 
          WE CERTAINLY WOULD WANT TO SHARE THAT INFORMATION WITH YOU, GET YOUR INPUT AT THE COMMITTEE LEVEL, BUT THE CITY MANAGER WOULD'VE THE ABILITY TO SAY NO, JUST MOVE IT. 
          JUST DO IT, YOU KNOW, ALLOCATE TO, TO THIS AREA, TO THE OTHER. 
          UH, IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NO LONGER DOING THE MICRO BUSINESS GRANT PROGRAM FOR SOME REASON AND PUTTING ALL THAT MONEY INTO, UM, HOUSING ASSISTANCE OR SOMETHING, THAT'S A MAJOR CHANGE FROM WHAT THE COUNCIL WILL APPROVE, THE FRAMEWORK THAT THE COUNCIL WILL APPROVE, UH, I BELIEVE THAT THAT LIKELY WOULD BE THE KIND OF THING WE'D HAVE TO BRING BACK TO THE ENTIRE COUNCIL. 
          OKAY. 
          SO CERTAINLY WITHIN PILLAR, THERE'D BE FLEXIBILITY, UM, THAT, THAT THE CITY MANAGER WOULD HAVE. 
          UM, BUT, BUT A BIG POLICY CHANGE WOULD BE SOMETHING WE'D WANT TO BRING TO COUNCIL. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND THANK YOU. 
          AND I THINK EVEN, UM, A CHANGE FROM WITHIN THE SAME AREA. 
          'CAUSE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT IS ONE PILLAR. 
          SMALL BUSINESS SUPPORT IS ANOTHER PILLAR. 
          SO I THINK ANYTHING EVEN SHIFTING THROUGH THAT, UH, WOULD NEED TO COME BACK TO THIS COUNCIL COMMITTEE JUST FOR, FOR CONVERSATION. 
          OBVIOUSLY. 
          WE WOULD ABSOLUTELY BE BRINGING THAT BACK TO YOU AND GETTING YOUR GUIDANCE ON IT. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          OKAY. 
          WONDERFUL. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WELL, ON THAT NOTE, APPRECIATE SO MUCH YOUR, UM, CONVERSATION AND, UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          AND, UH, JUST FOR THE RECORD, IT'S UH, 3 53, SO, UM, WE'RE OKAY WITH TIME AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ. 
          GO EAT SOME MORE CAKE. 
          WE STAND ADJOURN. 
          THANK YOU.
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