* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:03] GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. CAN YOU HEAR ME? OKAY? FANTASTIC. WELL, WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD, UM, AV CONTROL, IF YOU CAN START US IN, UH, FIVE FOUR. I THINK WE'RE ON NOW. SO, WELCOME EVERYONE TO OUR ECONOMIC AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE MEETING ON THIS TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6TH, UM, ONE WEEK BEFORE EARLY VOTING STARTS IN SANTA, IN TEXAS. SO, UH, LET'S GO AHEAD AND GET A ROLL CALL. MADAM CLERK, COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER CAB HDA HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER. COUNCIL MEMBER PEZ AND CARE VIA GONE. I'M HERE. WONDERFUL. THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE HAVE A LOT TO GET TO, UH, TODAY. A LOT GOING [Items 1 & 2] ON. BUT THE FIRST TWO ITEMS ON OUR AGENDA IS THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM THE ECONOMIC WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, UH, COMMITTEE MEETINGS FROM AUGUST 4TH AND SEPTEMBER 2ND, 2020. UM, THEY WERE SENT WITH YOU IN YOUR PACKET. IF THERE ARE ANY, UM, CORRECTIONS, ADDITIONS, UH, EDITS, PLEASE LET ME KNOW. IF NOT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF BOTH DATES. VOTE CHAIR SECOND. ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM THE AUGUST 4TH AND SEPTEMBER 2ND, ECONOMIC AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE MEETING. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION, CARRIE. THANK YOU. UM, NEXT ON [Public Comment] OUR AGENDA IS PUBLIC COMMENT. I BELIEVE WE DO NOT HAVE ANY WEBINAR ON THE PHONE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, BUT WE DO HAVE ONE LETTER OF COMMENT, SO PUBLIC COMMENT. SO I'LL HAVE OUR CITY CLERK, UM, RE THAT FOR THE RECORD. THANK YOU, CHAIR. THE, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT RECEIVED IS FROM A C E C SAN ANTONIO. UM, WE ARE, THEY'RE WRITING ON BEHALF OF THE AMERICAN COUNCIL OF ENGINEERING COMPANIES, SAN ANTONIO CHAPTER, TO ADDRESS THE PROPOSED CHANGE TO THE EXISTING, EXISTING BETA ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE SIGNIFICANT LOCAL BUSINESS PRESENCE IN THE SAMHSA. A C E C SA IS A LOCAL CHAPTER OF THE NATIONAL ORGANIZATION REPRESENTING THE BUSINESS PRACTICES OF THE CONSULTING ENGINEERING INDUSTRY. THEY HAVE OVER 450 ENGINEERING FIRM MEMBERS OF ALL SIZES ACROSS THE STATE. AND THE SAN ANTONIO CHAPTER REPRESENTS 85 MEMBER FIRMS IN THE SAMHSA REPRESENTING NEARLY 3000 EMPLOYEES. THEIR ME MEMBER FIRMS ARE SMALL, MEDIUM AND LARGE, AND LOCALLY BASED HEADQUARTERS, ALL AS WELL AS BRANCH OFFICES. WITH A LONG HISTORY OF COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT, THEY WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND THAT E D D LEAVE THE ORDINANCE AS IS FOR NOW, CONSIDERING THAT FIRMS ARE NOT CURRENTLY REGISTERED, THAT STILL COUNTS TOWARDS THE ABETA GOALS. WITH PLANS BEGINNING SOON FOR THE NEXT DISPARITY STUDY OVER CHANGES, UM, CHANGES MAY RESULT, AND THAT ALL DATA SHOULD BE REVIEWED BEFORE MAKING A DECISION THAT WOULD ADVERSELY IMPACT A THRIVING INDUSTRY THAT IS PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR HIGHLY SKILLED AND WELL PAYING JOBS. AS YOU REVIEW POSSIBLE CHANGES NOW OR IN THE FUTURE, WE FURTHER RECOMMEND THAT FIRMS CURRENTLY INCLUDED IN THE CENTRAL VOTING REGISTRY BE GRANDFATHERED, AS IS MANY OTHERS, UM, IN THE HEAVILY INVESTED, HEAVILY IN THE BUSINESS AREAS. AND THEY THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR CONSIDERATION. AND IT'S SIGNED BY, UH, KYLE GLASS PE AND PRESIDENT OF THE A C E C SAN ANTONIO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE BE SURE TO SEND A COPY OF THAT TO ALL OF THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UM, THAT WAS OUR ONLY PUBLIC COMMENT, SO WE'LL [3. 20-5795 Update on the COVID-19 Community Recovery and Resiliency Plan regarding the Small Business Support and Workforce Development Pillars.] MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER THREE ON OUR AGENDA BRIEFING AND POSSIBLE ACTION. THERE'S AN UPDATE ON THE C OVID 19 COMMUNITY RECOVERY AND RESILIENCE PLAN REGARDING SMALL BUSINESS SUPPORT AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PILLARS. SO I'M LOOKING AT ALEX LOPEZ. UM, IS SHE GOING TO START OFFS AND TAKE IT AWAY? GOOD AFTERNOON. TODAY'S UPDATE WILL PROVIDE, UH, A BIT MORE DETAILS ON OUR MICRO BUSINESS NONPROFIT AND ARTS GRANT AWARDS, ALONG WITH AN UPDATE ON OUR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM. UM, AND WE'RE GONNA START OFF WITH THE MICRO BUSINESS [00:05:01] GRANTS AND NONPROFITS. UM, SO I THINK I'M ON SLIDE THREE ALREADY, SPECIFICALLY REGARDING OUR MICRO BUSINESS GRANTS. I'M JUST GONNA GET STRAIGHT INTO THE DETAILS HERE. UM, AS OF OCTOBER ONE, WE'VE AWARDED A TOTAL OF 668 MICRO BUSINESS GRANTS THROUGH OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH LIFT FUND. AS OF LAST WEEK, 6.6 MILLION WAS ALREADY PAID TO THESE MICRO BUSINESSES WITH AN ADDITIONAL 3.3 MILLION ALREADY QUEUED FOR FUNDING. UH, THERE ARE 252 GRANTS FOR WHICH LIFT FUND IS STILL DETERMINING THE FINAL ELIGIBLE GRANT AMOUNT AS THIS CALCULATION MUST CONSIDER LOSSES EXPERIENCED BY THE BUSINESS, AND IT ALSO MUST DEDUCT, UH, ANY OTHER FEDERAL FUNDING OR FEDERAL ASSISTANCE THAT A BUSINESS HAS RECEIVED. SO THAT'S AN ACTUAL CALCULATION THAT LIFT FUND HAS TO GO THROUGH AND DO. WE'VE RESERVED A TOTAL OF 5.7 MILLION FOR THESE 252 GRANTS, ALTHOUGH IT'S UNLIKELY THAT WE WILL USE THAT ENTIRE AMOUNT RIGHT NOW, WE SET ASIDE THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT AVAILABLE THAT THOSE THOSE BUSINESSES COULD POTENTIALLY RECEIVE. ANY REMAINING DOLLARS WILL BE ADDED TO THE 9.1 MILLION, UH, BEING ALLOCATED FOR ADDITIONAL GRANTS. UM, WE ANTICIPATE AWARDING AN ADDITIONAL 225 TO POTENTIALLY 400 GRANTS WITH THESE ADDITIONAL DOLLARS, UM, WHICH IS PROJECTED TO GET US RIGHT AMONG THE RANGE OF GRANTS THAT WE, WE ORIGINALLY THOUGHT WE WERE GONNA BE ABLE TO DO. NEXT SLIDE. SO, THIS CHART SHOWS THE DISTRIBUTION OF MICRO BUSINESS GRANTS BY COUNCIL DISTRICT. UM, THE COLUMN HEADER INCLUDES THE WORD POTENTIAL, UM, BECAUSE AS I MENTIONED IN THE PREVIOUS SLIDE, WE'RE STILL FINALIZING THE DOLLAR AMOUNTS FOR 252 OF, OF THE, THE SPECIFIC GRANTS. UM, DISTRICT ONE SHOWS THE GREATEST NUMBER OF GRANT DOLLARS AWARDED, BUT AS YOU, AS WE'RE MAKING MORE AWARDS, YOU'RE SEE, WE'RE SEEING THAT MORE OF THESE GRANTS ARE NOW EXTENDED INTO EVERY COUNCIL DISTRICT, UM, IN, IN OUR CITY. NEXT SLIDE. THE OWNERSHIP GEN AND, UH, OWNERSHIP GENDER OF THE GRANTS THAT WE'VE DISTRIBUTED TO DATE REMAINS FAIRLY, UH, SPLIT FAIRLY EQUALLY. UM, ALTHOUGH IT'S IMPORTANT TO KEEP IN MIND THAT WOMEN OWNER WOMEN BUSINESS OWNERSHIP RATES ARE ACTUALLY MUCH LOWER THAN OUR GENERAL POPULATION, UM, WOMEN REPRESENT ABOUT 23% OF THE BUSINESSES. UM, BUT THIS OVERREPRESENTATION OF GRANTS TO WOMEN BUSINESSES IS, IS A GOOD THING, AND THAT'S WHAT WE WERE SHOOTING FOR. UM, SIMILARLY, WE SEE THE OUTCOMES ON THE EQUITY SCORING, UM, AS 80% OF THE GRANTS AWARDED TO DATE HAVE GONE TO BUSINESSES OWNED BY PEOPLE OF COLOR. UM, AND THEN ON THE RIGHT SIDE, YOU SEE A CHART WITH THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE TYPES OF BUSINESSES. AND AT THE TOP OF THE LIST, YOU SEE SERVICES, ACCOMMODATIONS AND FOOD SERVICES AND RETAIL, WHICH ARE THREE OF THE INDUSTRIES MOST IMPACTED BY THE COVID PANDEMIC. UM, WE KNOW RESTAURANTS AND PARTICULAR HAVE BEEN PART, HAVE BEEN VERY HARD HIT. UM, THE ACCOMMODATIONS AND FOOD SERVICES, UM, THEY ACTUALLY REPRESENTED ABOUT 14 POINT A HALF PERCENT OF THE APPLICATIONS WE RECEIVED. AND YOU'LL SEE THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY FUNDING ABOUT 13 POINT A HALF PERCENT OF THE GRANTS THAT WE'RE FUNDING ARE GOING TOWARDS THAT INDUSTRY CATEGORY. UM, WE, WE DIDN'T NECESSARILY, UM, ALIGN THAT IT JUST HAPPENED THAT, THAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE PRIORITIZING AND THEIR SCORES ARE REALLY COMING UP TO THE TOP. NEXT SLIDE. SO, THE TOP TABLE ON THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE DISTRIBUTION OF GRANTS BY THE SIZE OF BUSINESS BASED ON THEIR NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES. UH, THE SECOND COLUMN SHOWS OUR TARGET RANGE FOR EACH OF THE PARTICULAR SIZE CATEGORIES. AND THEN THE LAST TWO COLUMNS SHOW THE NUMBER OF GRANTS AWARDED TO DATE, ALONG WITH THE PERCENTAGES. WHILE WE'RE BELOW OUR GOAL RANGE FOR TWO OF THE BUSINESS SIZE CATEGORIES, WE PIVOTED TO FUND MORE BUSINESSES WITH ONE TO FIVE EMPLOYEES AS THEY REPRESENTED A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF THE APPLICATIONS THAT WE RECEIVED. THE TABLE ON THE BOTTOM SHOWS THE DISTRIBUTION OF GRANTS BY EQUITY SCORES OF THE PARTICULAR CENSUS TRACK WHERE THE BUSINESS IS LOCATED. UM, WHILE YOU'LL SEE A FEW GRANTS ARE, UM, TO AREAS WITH LOWER EQUITY SCORES, 87% OF THE GRANTS HAVE GONE TO BUSINESSES IN CENSUS TRACKS WITH AN EQUITY SCORE OF SEVEN OR HIGHER. NEXT SLIDE. SO AS LIFTFUND REVIEWS GRAND APPLICATIONS, UM, THEY HAVE ACTUALLY INDICATED TO US THAT THERE'S, UM, THAT, THAT WE'RE DECLINING. OKAY. 22 APPLICATIONS. UM, I'M GONNA ASK YOU TO, UH, PROVIDE ME WITH YOUR NAME, THE NUMBER ENDING WITH THE NUMBER ENDING WITH NINE THREE. CAN YOU PLEASE MUTE? I THINK THAT'S ADRIAN. CAN YOU PLEASE MUTE? TWO TEN THREE AND THEN ENDS WITH 92 [00:10:16] REVIEWING, UM, APPLICATIONS, UH, THERE'S 322 HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED, UM, FOR, FOR POTENTIAL DECLINE, UH, BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT MEETING VARIOUS ELEMENTS OF THE ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA THAT WAS ESTABLISHED FOR THE PROGRAM. SO, WHILE THE ELECTRONIC APPLICATION PRE-SCREENED, UH, MANY OF THE NON-ELIGIBLE APPLICATIONS, LIFTFUND HAS CONTINUED TO IDENTIFY ADDITIONAL APPLICATIONS THAT UPON INDIVIDUAL REVIEW DIDN'T MEET THE, THE CRITERIA. AMONG SOME OF THOSE REASONS ARE BUSINESSES FROM PROHIBITED INDUSTRIES, SUCH AS, UM, DENTISTS, OR WE HAD SOME, WE, WE EXCLUDED NATIONAL FRANCHISES. UM, BUT OVER A THIRD OF THE APPLICATIONS DECLINED WERE BECAUSE, UH, THE BUSINESS COULDN'T PROVE A 15%, UM, LOSS. AND SO, UM, THERE'S MULTIPLE REASONS FOR THIS, WHICH IS WHY THESE APPLICATIONS ARE STILL, UM, UNDER REVIEW BEFORE WE COMPLETELY REMOVE THEM FROM CONSIDERATION. NEXT SLIDE. SO, MOVING ON TO THE NONPROFIT GRANTS. BASED ON THE FEEDBACK LAST MONTH REGARDING THE FOCUS ON NONPROFITS THAT PROVIDE PARTICULAR SOCIAL SERVICES IN OUR COMMUNITY. WE'VE IDENTIFIED AND TARGETED, UM, AND STARTED FUNDING 84, UH, ORGANIZATIONS. UH, YOU'LL SEE THAT THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT ACTUALLY EXCEEDS THE FUNDS AVAILABLE AS, UH, AND WE DID THIS INTENTIONALLY BECAUSE WE'VE LEARNED THAT, UM, APPROXIMATELY 25% OF THE APPLICATIONS THAT, THAT WE'RE REVIEWING, UM, THEY END UP NOT BEING ELIGIBLE. UH, SO AS I DESCRIBED ON THE PREVIOUS PREVIOUS SLIDE, SO TO EXPEDITE FUNDING, WE OVERSUBSCRIBE TO THIS CATEGORY. UM, HOWEVER, THIS FUND IS ONLY AUTHORIZED TO FUND THE NONPROFIT GRANT UP TO THE AVAILABLE AMOUNT. UM, YOU ALSO SEE THE DISTRIBUTION OF NONPROFIT GRANTS BY COUNCIL DISTRICT AND BY CENSUS TRACK EQUITY SCORE. BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO KEEP IN MIND THAT, UM, THIS REPRESENTS THE ADDRESS WHERE THE ORGANIZATION IS HEADQUARTERED, AND IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY REPRESENT THE, THE RESIDENTS THAT THEY SERVE. NEXT SLIDE. WE WANTED TO SHARE A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES OF SOME OF THE BUSINESSES THAT HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED GRANTS. UM, CARE FOR LIFE, C P R, UH, THEY RECEIVED A $10,000 GRANT. UH, FI THOSE SHOES RECEIVED A $25,000 GRANT, AND BONKO BAKERY RECEIVED A $50,000 GRANT. SO, UM, IT'S EXCITING TO ACTUALLY SEE THE DOLLARS STARTING TO FLOW INTO SOME OF THESE BUSINESSES. NEXT SLIDE. SO, FUNDING WAS ALSO MADE AVAILABLE FOR BUSINESSES THAT HAD AN EXISTING LOAN WITH LIFTFUND THROUGH OUR LOAN INTEREST BUY DOWN PROGRAM, THESE BUSINESSES RECEIVED A GRANT IN THE FORM OF 10 MONTHS OF PAYMENT FORGIVENESS. SO IN THIS CATEGORY, WE HAVE 58 BUSINESSES, AND THE SUPPORT TOTALS $261,000. THE VARIOUS TABLES SHOW THE OWNERSHIP, UM, GENDER. THEY SHOW COUNCIL DISTRICTS AND CENSUS TRACK EQUITY SCORES FOR EACH OF THESE BUSINESSES OR FOR THE BUSINESSES IN AN AGGREGATE. UM, AN ADDITIONAL $113,000 OF THE ORIGINAL ALLOCATION FOR THIS TYPE OF SUPPORT IS STILL AVAILABLE, AND STAFF IS NOW RECOMMENDING THAT THESE REMAINING FUNDS BE ALLOCATED TO ADDITIONAL MICRO GRANTS FOR BUSINESSES. NEXT SLIDE, . SO NEXT STEPS FOR US ARE TO CONTINUE TO ACTIVATE THAT REMAINING 9.1 MILLION. UM, AGAIN, WE THINK IT'S, IT'S GONNA BE ANYWHERE BETWEEN 200 AND 400 ADDITIONAL GRANTS, UM, NONPROFITS, WE'VE, WE'VE FEEL CONFIDENT THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED ALL THOSE THAT ARE GONNA GET FUNDED. UM, SO MAKING SURE THAT THE FUNDS GET DISPERSED, UM, AND THEN THE LOAN FORGIVENESS, WE'VE ALREADY REACHED OUT TO THESE, THESE BUSINESSES THAT ARE GONNA BE ELIGIBLE FOR THAT. 96% OF THEM HAVE ALREADY ACCEPTED IT, SO WE'RE JUST GONNA MOVE FORWARD WITH FUNDING. UM, AND OUR GOAL IS TO HAVE ALL OF THESE FUNDS DISPERSED BY THE END OF, OF THIS MONTH. AND WITH THAT, I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO DEBBIE TO TALK ABOUT ARTS AND OUR NONPROFITS GRANTS. THANK YOU, ALEX. UH, SO THE DEPARTMENT OF ARTS AND CULTURE, UH, MANAGED THE GRANT PROGRAM FOR THE ARTISTS AND FOR THE ARTS AGENCIES. UH, NONPROFITS. UH, WHEN I GO OVER, UH, DIANA, I THINK I DID A REALLY GREAT JOB OF FILLING IN FOR ME LAST MONTH AND PRESENTING THE PRELIMINARY NUMBERS FOR THE INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS. UH, WE HAVE SOME FINAL NUMBERS. UH, WE HAVE ALLOCATED $608,689 FOR INDIVIDUAL [00:15:01] ARTISTS GRANTS. SO ALL OF THOSE, UH, ARTISTS WHO ARE ELIGIBLE, UH, AND HAD A LOSS UP TO $5,000 ARE GONNA BE FUNDED. AND ACTUALLY, THEY'VE ALREADY RECEIVED THEIR CHECKS, SO YAY, UH, THEY'RE VERY HAPPY WITH THAT. AND I WANNA THANK COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL FOR, UH, PUTTING IN SOME OF HER C C P S FUNDS TO HELP MAKE UP FOR THE GAP. UH, WE WENT OVER OUR BUDGET BY $8,689, BUT WE ALSO HAD SOME DONATIONS THROUGH OUR WEBSITE, DONATE TO THE ARTS THAT WE USE TO HELP BALANCE THAT AS WELL. SO, UH, WE'RE MOVING RIGHT ALONG WITH, UH, WITH THOSE GRANTS. AND THEY ARE GOING TO BE REPORTING TO US WITHIN THE NEXT FOUR DAYS. UH, IF THEY WERE ABLE TO GO BACK TO WORK, THAT WILL BE, UH, THAT WAS THE REQUEST. SO, ON THE NEXT SLIDE, AND BY THE WAY, OUR TARGET FOR THESE ARTISTS WAS 120 GRANTS, AND WE GAVE OUT 130. SO WE'RE VERY HAPPY WE WERE ABLE TO DO THAT AND WANNA THANK COUNCIL FOR, FOR PUTTING THE FUNDS IN FOR THAT. UM, THE BREAKDOWN OF THESE ARTISTS, UH, ABOUT 75% WERE PEOPLE OF COLOR. WE HAD MUCH MORE MEN THAN WOMEN APPLYING FOR THESE FUNDS. SO WE KNOW THAT IN THE FUTURE WE NEED TO, TO WORK ON INCREASING OUR ARTISTS AND WOMEN AND TRYING TO GET MORE WOMEN TO, UH, BECOME, UH, ACTIVE IN THIS, IN THE ARTS, UH, AS WELL AS, UH, MAKING FUN MONEY THROUGH THE ARTS. UH, BUT WE DID HAVE 23% OF THE APPLICANTS WERE L G B T Q I A IDENTIFIED, SO WE HAD, UH, A LOT OF DIFFERENT FOLKS, UH, THAT APPLIED FOR THESE FUNDS. AND THEN THE BREAKDOWN, THE NEXT SLIDE WAS REQUESTED, UH, BY ONE OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS. I CAN'T REMEMBER WHO, 'CAUSE I WASN'T ON THE CALL, UH, LA UH, LAST TIME. BUT SOMEONE ASKED IF WE COULD HAVE THE SMALL BUSINESS GRANTS BROKEN DOWN FOR THE AGENCIES BY COUNCIL DISTRICTS. SO I'M GONNA REITERATE WHAT ALEX SAID, UH, THAT THIS REPRESENTS WHERE THEIR OFFICES ARE LOCATED, NOT NECESSARILY WHERE THEY HAVE, UH, PEOPLE THAT THEY SERVE. SO OBVIOUSLY MOST OF OUR, UH, ARTS AGENCIES ARE IN COUNCIL DISTRICT ONE, MOSTLY BECAUSE WE GOT A LOT OF TOBIN RESIDENTS THAT GOT FUNDED, UH, THOSE RESIDENT COMPANIES, UH, THAT WORK THERE. BUT WE ALSO HAVE SOME MUSEUMS AND, UH, DIFFERENT THINGS DOWNTOWN. AND, UH, ALSO WANNA REMIND YOU THAT DISTRICT ONE GOES UP FREDERICKSBURG ROAD. AND SO WE GET ALL OF THE WOODLAWN THEATER, THE CLASSIC THEATER , THOSE THAT I THINK THAT, THAT THEY, THEY SERVE A LOT OF DISTRICT SEVEN RESIDENTS TOO, BESIDES JUST DISTRICT ONE. UM, SO THE TARGET WAS TO, TO GET 40 GRANTS, AND WE WERE ABLE TO DO 47. AND SO WE HAVE SOME AGENCIES THAT ARE NOT OUR NORMAL AGENCIES THAT WE FUNDED, MOSTLY SMALL ORGANIZATIONS, UH, BUT WE WERE ABLE TO, UH, BRING THEM IN IN A LARGER TENT AND WE'RE VERY HAPPY WITH THAT. BUT I DO WANNA SAY THAT THIS GROUP, UH, WHEN THEY STATED THEIR LOSSES, IT WAS STAGGERING THAT THE 47 APPLICANTS SHOWED A LOSS OF $24 MILLION. UH, WE'RE ABLE TO GRANT THEM 2 MILLION. 'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE, UH, UNDER THE SCALE. AND THE POLICY THAT WE PUT FORWARD WAS THAT THEY, THEY WOULD'VE BEEN ELIGIBLE FOR 2.3 MILLION, BUT WE, WE WERE, WE HAD TO REDUCE EVERYBODY DOWN PROPORTIONALLY, UH, TO STAY WITHIN BUDGET. SO WE HAD TO REDUCE THEM ALL DOWN BY ABOUT 16%. UH, BUT I, WE'VE GOTTEN ALL THE FUNDS OUT AND THE AGENCIES, UH, SEEM TO BE VERY HAPPY WITH, UH, WITH THESE GRANTS, AND THEY WANNA THANK YOU AS WELL. I THINK THAT THEY'VE SENT SOME LETTERS, UH, THANKING COUNSEL FOR THIS. SO, ON THE NEXT SLIDE, UH, THE TIMELINE, JUST WANNA REITERATE THAT WE HAD THE GRANT APPLICATIONS TURNED INTO US ON JULY 30TH. WE HAD A REVIEW BY STAFF AND A PANEL MADE UP OF OVER A DOZEN MEMBERS OF OUR ARTS COMMISSION AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS. AND I WANNA THANK THOSE VOLUNTEERS FOR HELPING US WITH THAT. UH, WE FOLLOWED ALEX'S LEAD, AND WE ASKED THE CITY AUDITOR TO HELP US DO SOME REVIEW, AND THEY DID A GREAT JOB. UH, IT TOOK US A LITTLE BIT LONGER FOR THAT REVIEW, BUT IT WAS WORTH IT, UH, BECAUSE WE FEEL VERY CONFIDENT THAT THE LOSSES WERE PROVEN. UH, AND THAT'S ALL WE'RE GONNA REQUIRE, IS THAT THEY PROVE LOSSES AND THAT THEY REPORT BACK. WHETHER THEY WENT BACK TO WORK OR HIRED STAFF BACK, UH, ON SEPTEMBER 18TH, WE NOTIFIED EVERYBODY OF THEIR AWARD AND WE HAD TO CREATE NEW VENDOR ACCOUNTS BECAUSE WE WERE MANAGING THIS OURSELVES. SO LITTLE, THE DIFFERENCE IN THIS FUND, IT WAS PROCESS WITH FINANCE. WE HAD TO GO THROUGH AND WE WANNA THANK FINANCE FOR WORKING WITH US ON THAT. [00:20:01] AND, UH, WE GOT CONTRACTS EXECUTED AND WE DISPERSED ALL THE FUNDS AND EVERYTHING'S OUT. AND THE FINAL REPORT FROM THE AGENCY IS DUE NOVEMBER THE 10TH, THE ARTIST DUE ON, UH, OCTOBER 15TH. SO THAT'S ALL THAT I HAVE FOR , SO THANK YOU. AND SO I THINK I'M PICKING IT UP NOW WITH WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. UM, AND SO OUR PROGRAM OFFICIALLY LAUNCHED ON AUGUST 31ST. AND IT'S, IT'S REALLY IS BEST TO CHARACTERIZE IT AS A SOFT LAUNCH. UM, WE, WE KNEW THE NEED TO BEGIN ENROLLING RESIDENTS WAS THERE. WE WE NEEDED TO GET MOVING, UM, BUT WE KNEW THAT THERE WAS GONNA BE ISSUES THAT WE NEEDED TO POTENTIALLY, THAT WE WOULD IDENTIFY, AND THAT WOULD WE, WE WOULD NEED TO SOLVE ALONG THE WAY. UM, SO NEXT SLIDE. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT WE, OR WHAT I, WHAT I THOUGHT WE SHOULD START WITH IS HIGHLIGHTING BASICALLY THE INTAKE, UM, THE, THE FUNNEL THAT REALLY CREATES THE FLOW OF PARTICIPANTS INTO THE SYSTEM. AND SO THIS IS WHERE, YOU KNOW, UH, AS, UM, DYNAMIC AS WE CREATED THE PROGRAM, IT WAS INTENTIONAL THAT A RESIDENT BE ABLE TO GO TO ANY OF OUR PARTNERS, UM, TO ENROLL IN THE PROGRAM. SO WE, WE HAVE A LOT OF CAPACITY WHEN IT COMES TO, TO REALLY BEING ABLE TO, TO ENGAGE WITH RESIDENTS, STARTING WITH 3 1 1. UM, WHAT WE DID WAS WE CREATED A CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT SYSTEM THAT, UM, ANYBODY CAN CALL 3 1 1 AND THE DATA WILL BE COLLECTED. UM, WE CAN TRACK THE STATUS OF WHERE PARTICIPANTS ARE, BECAUSE ALL OF OUR PARTNERS ARE ALSO ACCESSING THAT SYSTEM. UM, IF SOMEONE CALLS 3 1 1, OR IF SOMEBODY GOES TO THE FINANCIAL HOUSING RESOURCE OR RECOVERY CENTER, UM, THEY CAN, THEY CAN GET INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROGRAM AND THEN GET, GET PLACED OR GET SENT OUT INTO ONE OF THE PARTNERS. UM, SO THAT, THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT, UH, AN INFRASTRUCTURE PIECE THAT WE THOUGHT WAS IMPORTANT TO BUILD UP WITHIN OUR ORGANIZATION. BUT THEN WE ALSO HAVE WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS. ALAMO, WHO HAS HIRED ADDITIONAL STAFF, THEY'VE PURCHASED ADDITIONAL HARDWARE AND LICENSES TO BE ABLE TO MANAGE A TRULY UNPRECEDENTED FLOW OF, UH, INTEREST VOLUME OF CALLS. UM, SO THEY'VE MANAGED THAT AS WELL. THEY ALSO CHANGED THEIR PHONE SYSTEM, UM, TO CREATE A TRIAGE TO REALLY BE ABLE TO EXPEDITE PHONE CALLS AS THEY'RE COMING IN. UM, THEY'RE ALSO CONSIDERING BIDDING OUT THE CALL CENTER OPERATION PROCESS ALTOGETHER. UM, AND THEY CURRENTLY HAVE A CAPACITY OF ABOUT 200 RESIDENTS ACTUALLY GOING THROUGH THE INTAKE PROCESS EVERY DAY. NEXT SLIDE. SO, UM, ALAMO COLLEGES ALSO HAS A CALL CENTER, UM, THAT CAN MANAGE UP TO 300 CALLS PER DAY. UM, BUT THEN THEY ALSO HAVE A WEB INTAKE FORM THAT, UM, AS A, AS A RESIDENT COMPLETES THAT FORM. ADVISORS ARE ON THE OTHER SIDE AND THEY CAN MANAGE, ADVISORS, ALSO CAN MANAGE UP TO 30 CALLS PER DAY. UM, WE'VE GOT QUEST THAT IS, THAT IS ALSO MANAGING CALLS. UM, THEY ARE HOSTING INFORMATION SESSIONS AS WELL. UM, AND I KNOW DAVID MENTIONED TO US THAT HE HAS ALSO, UM, SET UP A NEW PHONE SYSTEM TO ALSO HELP MANAGE MORE OF THE FLOW AS WELL. AND THEN WE'VE GOT ALL OF OUR DELEGATE AGENCIES. THEY'RE SMALLER, UM, BUT THEY DO ALSO HAVE CAPACITY TO, TO, TO, UM, ENGAGE WITH RESIDENTS. THEY'RE MOSTLY DOING PHONE INTAKE, UM, BUT, UM, THEY'RE ALSO CONDUCTING IN-PERSON, UM, INTAKE WHERE, WHERE IT'S APPROPRIATE. AND I, I THINK I WANNA KIND OF JUST HIGHLIGHT THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE, THAT IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO KEEP IN MIND THAT, THAT WE'VE STARTED THIS, THIS ENROLLMENT PHASE, KNOWING THAT WE'RE, WE'RE STILL IN A VERY PECULIAR SITUATION WHEN IT COMES TO THE PANDEMIC. SO, UM, IT'S IMPORTANT TO GET INFORMATION NOW, AND IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO ENROLL AS MANY PEOPLE AS ARE INTERESTED, BUT WE STILL HAVE TO BE MINDFUL OF, OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH CONDITIONS. AND SO, UM, OUR PARTNERS HAVE BEEN VERY CREATIVE ABOUT HOW TO ENGAGE WITH RESIDENTS, HOW TO SAFELY HOST EVENTS, UM, AND, AND HOW TO JUST EXPLORE OTHER OPTIONS TO, TO, TO ENGAGE WITH, WITH, UM, PEOPLE WHO HAVE EXPRESSED INTEREST IN THE PROGRAM. NEXT SLIDE. SO THIS BASICALLY, UM, SHOWS OUR MONTHLY TRAINING, ENROLLMENT TARGETS, UM, THE, THESE PROJECTIONS, THEY'RE AN AGGREGATION OF THE WORK THAT ALL OF THE PARTNERS ARE GONNA BE PERFORMING OVER THE NEXT YEAR. UM, AND THIS IS WHAT WILL ULTIMATELY LEAD TO THAT TARGET THAT WE HAVE OF SERVING UP TO 10,000 RESIDENTS. UM, I STARTED THIS SECTION WITH, UM, BY BRIEFLY DESCRIBING THE FACT THAT WE HAD, UM, PRETTY MUCH HAD A SOFT LAUNCH, UM, ON AUGUST. AND, AND MOST OF SEPTEMBER WAS OUR RAMP UP PERIOD. UM, WE INTENDED TO, UM, IDENTIFY ANY ISSUES THAT WE NEEDED TO SO THAT, SO THAT WE COULD REALLY SET A SOLID FOUNDATION FOR THE NEXT YEAR AHEAD AND, AND REALLY UNDERSTAND HOW EACH PARTNER NEEDED TO EXECUTE, AND THEN HOW WE WERE COLLECTIVELY [00:25:01] GONNA BE EXECUTING ON SOMETHING LIKE THIS, BECAUSE IT'S TRULY UNPRECEDENTED. WE'VE NEVER DONE ANYTHING AT THE SCALE AND SCOPE OF WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW, BUT I THINK THE, THE PARTNERSHIP THAT WE'VE PUT TOGETHER IS COMPLETELY COMMITTED TO IT. AND, AND WE'RE, WE'RE, WE REALLY, TRULY ARE WORKING TOGETHER TO IDENTIFY, UM, CHALLENGES AND ADDRESS THEM AS THEY COME ALONG. SO AS FAR AS THE BAR CHART ITSELF, YOU SEE THAT TO DATE, UM, THAT THE, THE GOAL FOR SEPTEMBER IS, IT IS, UM, LOW, UM, BUT WE ARE, WE ARE MEETING IT ALREADY. IT WAS EXCITING TO SEE THAT WE HAVE ACTUALLY ENROLLED PEOPLE ALREADY. UM, YOU SEE A PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE FOR THE NEXT THREE MONTHS BECAUSE, UM, OUR TECHNICALLY OUR MARKETING FOR THE PROGRAM HASN'T STARTED. UM, WE'RE JUST ABOUT TO LAUNCH THAT. SO WE'RE GONNA DO THAT FOR, FOR THIS LAST QUARTER OF CALENDAR, YEAR 20. AND THEN WE'RE GONNA DO ANOTHER PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL CAMPAIGN, UM, IN THE BEGINNING OF 2021. SO NEXT SLIDE. THESE ARE THE STRATEGIES THAT WE'RE GONNA BE USING. UM, FOR, FOR THE CAMPAIGN. YOU SEE THAT, UH, WE HAVE EARNED MEDIA, WE HAVE PAID MEDIA, WE HAVE THE BROAD STRATEGIES, UM, BUT THEN WE ALSO HAVE VERY TARGETED STRATEGIES TO, TO, FOR SPECIFIC GEOGRAPHIES OR SPECIFIC POPULATIONS. I KNOW WE'VE TALKED IN THE PAST ABOUT BUS SHELTERS. UM, BUT ANOTHER CREATIVE IDEA THAT'S BEEN IDENTIFIED ARE, UM, CONVENIENCE STORES, UM, AND, AND HAVING COLLATERAL THERE AND HAVING COLLATERAL LAUNDROMATS. UM, WE'RE ALSO GONNA BE ENGAGING WITH PLACES OF WORSHIP AND, AND POSTING INFORMATION, UM, WHERE WE CAN IN THEIR, IN THEIR BULLETINS. UM, AND WE'VE ALREADY STARTED ACTIVATING ROBOCALLS AND, UM, I GUESS THEY'RE CALLED, CALLED ROBO TECHS TO BOTH OUR EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE PARTICIPANTS AND, UM, ALSO FOR, UM, UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE CLAIMANTS. UM, AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS ALAMO IS TAKING LEAD ON AND, AND GETTING THE INFORMATION OUT TO THESE, TO THESE PARTICULAR POPULATIONS. SO WE'RE GOING BROAD, BUT THEN WE'RE ALSO GOING TARGETED NEXT SLIDE. AND THIS IS BASICALLY THE, THE GANTT CHART OF WHEN WE'RE GONNA BE DOING AND DEPLOYING SOME OF THESE DIFFERENT STRATEGIES. SO YOU SEE THAT THE, THE ROBOCALLS AND THE TEXTS AND THE SOCIAL MEDIA THAT'S ALREADY STARTING NOW. UM, SOME OF THE, THE BUS SHELTERS, THAT'LL, THAT'LL HAPPEN IN NOVEMBER. UM, SOME OF THE PRINT MEDIA WILL, WILL START NEXT WEEK. UM, AND SO WE'RE, WE'RE EXCITED. AND, AND IT'S A, IT'S A VERY DIVERSE TYPE OF STRATEGIES. UM, OUR PLAN IS TO LEARN FROM THESE AND SEE WHICH ONES WORK, SEE WHICH ONES GET THE ENROLLMENTS THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR, SO THAT IN JANUARY WHEN WE LAUNCH A ANOTHER CAMPAIGN, IT THE WORK RIGHT NOW CAN INFORM, UM, WHAT THAT CAMPAIGN WILL LOOK LIKE. NEXT SLIDE. SO THE LAST THING I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT, AS FAR AS MARKETING STRATEGIES, JUST SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THE INDIVIDUAL PARTNERS HAVE BEEN VERY RESOURCEFUL AND, AND HAVE BEEN EXECUTING THEMSELVES. UM, SO WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS. ALAMO ACTUALLY HOSTED AN IN-PERSON EVENT. UM, AND, YOU KNOW, THEY TAKING THOSE, THOSE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS AND THOSE HEALTH PRECAUTIONS, THEY WERE ABLE TO ENROLL 70 PARTICIPANTS. UM, SO THEY, FOR, FOR SOME OF THE POPULATIONS THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH THAT FACE-TO-FACE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, INTERACTION IS STILL IMPORTANT. AND SO, UM, PLANNING AND CONDUCTING SAFE IN-PERSON EVENTS IS, IS GONNA BE SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO DO OR, OR CONTINUE TO LOOK INTO. UM, ALAMO COLLEGES HOSTED A FACEBOOK LIVE SESSION TO TRY TO REALLY JUST KINDA GET THE WORD OUT. UM, THEY ALSO EMAILED PROGRAM INFORMATION TO ALL OF THEIR STUDENTS AND ALL OF THEIR STAFF TO BASICALLY DISTRIBUTE WHAT AMONG THEIR NETWORKS. AND QUEST IS DOING INFORMATION SESSIONS I MENTIONED EARLIER, AND THEY'RE ACTUALLY STARTING TO PLAN IN-PERSON SESSIONS AS WELL. AND THEN, UM, AS FAR AS COLLABORATION WITHIN, UH, WITHIN THE CITY, WITHIN OUR PEER DEPARTMENTS, UM, WORKING WITH, UM, HUMAN SERVICES AND OUR HOUSING AND NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES DEPARTMENT, UH, IN EXECUTION OF THE FINANCIAL HOUSING AND RECOVERY CENTER, YOU CAN GET INFORMATION THERE. ANYBODY WHO GOES THERE GETS INFORMATION ABOUT WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. BUT THEN ALSO THE DOOR-TO-DOOR WORK THAT'S HAPPENING THROUGH, THROUGH VARIOUS COMMUNITY PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS, THE DOOR HANGERS, THE IN-PERSON SURVEYS, ALL OF THOSE, UM, ALL OF THAT INFORMATION, ALL OF THAT OUTREACH IS ALSO INCLUDING INFORMATION ABOUT OUR, OUR WORKFORCE PROGRAM AND, AND THE OPPORTUNITY FOR RESIDENTS TO ENGAGE. SO, UM, AS FAR AS NEXT STEPS, SORRY, NEXT SLIDE. I MENTIONED THE, THE CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT SYSTEM THAT WE CREATED, RIGHT? RIGHT NOW WE'RE WORKING ON FINALIZING THE REPORTS BECAUSE THE, THE MORE, UM, DATA THAT WE CAN BE ACCESSING THROUGH THE SYSTEM, UM, IT, IT GIVES US THAT REAL TIME RESPONSE OF WHAT'S WORKING AND MAYBE WHERE WE NEED TO FOCUS MORE. UM, WE'RE, THIS MONTH WE'RE ALSO GONNA GO OUT AND HOST SOME FOCUS GROUPS WITH, UM, PARTICIPANTS, [00:30:01] BUT ALSO RESIDENTS THAT MAYBE ARE NOT A PART OF THE PROGRAM. UM, NEXT MONTH WE'LL COME BACK, UM, AND IF THERE'S ANY CHANGES, WE, WE THINK AS EARLY AS NEXT MONTH, WE COULD PROBABLY ALREADY IDENTIFY WHETHER THERE'S GONNA NEED TO BE ANY CHANGES TO CONTRACTS. UM, BECAUSE IF YOU RECALL, ALL OF OUR PARTNER CONTRACTS EXPIRE AT THE END OF DECEMBER, AND WE INTENTIONALLY, THEY HAVE A RENEWAL PERIOD. UM, BUT WE INTENTIONALLY DID THAT SO THAT IF WE NEEDED TO PIVOT IN ANY WAY WE COULD. UM, AND THEN WE'VE GOT THE REMAINDER OF, OF THE TERM, OF THE PROGRAM THROUGH SEPTEMBER OF 2021. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. BUT I NEED TO THANK ANN EATON. UM, WITHOUT HER, THE, THE GRANTS WOULDN'T BE MOVING THAT SHE HAS BEEN WORKING ON THIS TIRELESSLY. UM, AND THEN MICHAEL SENDEN AND OUR WORKFORCE TEAM, UM, TO, AND, AND ALL OF OUR PARTNERS, OF COURSE. BUT, UM, REALLY, REALLY GETTING THIS WORK, UH, GETTING US TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY. SO I JUST REALLY WANNA THANK THEM. MADAM CHAIR, BEFORE WE GO TO THE QUESTIONS, IF I COULD JUST ONE LITTLE THING TO ADD TO THE, TO THE OUTREACH, UM, WE'D LIKE TO MAKE A, A REQUEST AND ALSO A CHALLENGE FOR THE ECONOMIC WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE MEMBERS TO UTILIZE YOUR RESOURCES TO GET THE WORD OUT AS WELL ON THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, UH, UM, INITIATIVE THAT WE HAVE, THAT WE HAVE HERE. THE, THE PROGRAM, YOU HAVE A VAST NETWORK, UH, OF PEOPLE, AND WE'D LIKE TO PROVIDE YOU, ARM YOU WITH INFORMATION SO THAT YOU CAN, YOU CAN DO THAT, UH, WITH, IN ALL OF YOUR MEETINGS AND KEEP REMINDING FOLKS THAT, UH, THIS IS AVAILABLE TO THEM. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, CARLOS. UM, ABSOLUTELY, WE WANNA BE SURE TO USE ALL OF OUR NETWORKS IF IT'S, UM, ON SOCIAL MEDIA, IF IT'S VIA EMAIL, IF IT'S A NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION MEETINGS, WE'LL DEFINITELY BE SURE TO GET THAT, UH, TO GET THE WORD OUT. AND I DO WANNA THANK YOU, UH, ALEX, AND EVERYONE WHO'S BEEN A PART OF THIS, UH, THE ENTIRE TEAM, OF COURSE, THANK YOU, UM, TO OUR ARTS DEPARTMENT, UH, LIFT FUND AND ALL OF OUR PARTNERS. IT'S, UH, TALK ABOUT COMMUNITY AND COLLABORATION. I THINK THIS IS WHY I LOVE SAN ANTONIO SO MUCH, EVERYBODY GETTING TOGETHER AND PUTTING FOR THE BEST OF THE CITY. SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THIS. THIS REALLY, UM, DEFINES WHO WE ARE AT, AT SAN ANTONIO. I WANNA START WITH A WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, UH, PROGRAM. IN SLIDE NUMBER, SLIDE NUMBER 18, UH, YOU TALK ABOUT THE CAPACITY OF, OF 3 1 1 OF WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS ALAMO, OF THE ALAMO COLLEGE DISTRICT TO GO TO A 300 CALLS PER DAY, 100 CALLS PER DAY, 100 CALLS PER DAY. SO IS THAT HAPPENING RIGHT NOW OR, OR NOT? SO I GUESS I'LL ASK MY PARTNERS WHO ARE ON THE LINE, AND THANK YOU PARTNERS FOR BEING ON THE LINE, AND I'M GONNA PUT YOU ON THE SPOT FIRST. UM, CHANCELLOR FLORES, UH, I'M GONNA PUT YOU ON THE SPOT FIRST TO HELP THE OTHER PARTNERS GATHER THE, THE DATA. BUT, UM, ARE YOU ALL SEEING THAT NUMBER OF, OF CALLS A DAY IN YOUR CALL CENTER, UP TO 300 CALLS A DAY, OR, OR WHAT IS THAT LOOKING LIKE RIGHT NOW? SO I THINK, UH, THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN VRAN FOR, FOR SOME REASON I THOUGHT YOU WERE GONNA CALL ON ME. UM, SO I THINK WHAT, UH, WHAT, UH, ALEX IS, IS, IS RELAYING, OR ARTICULATING IS THE BANDWIDTH THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE FOR INTAKE. SO WE HAVE A DEDICATED CALL CENTER, UH, FOR ALAMO COLLEGES, WHICH IS TWO ONE ALAMO, AND WE USE THAT FOR ALL OF OUR, UH, CURRENT OR PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS. AND WE'RE OFFERING THAT OPPORTUNITY FOR INDIVIDUALS ON TRAIN FOR JOBS SA. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE STOOD UP AT ALAMO.EDU/SA RECOVERY AND INTAKE FORM AS WELL. SO WHAT WE WANTED TO DO IS RELAY FROM, JUST FROM ALAMO COLLEGES, AND I KNOW THAT ALEX, UM, ALSO ILLUSTRATED THOSE FROM ALL OF THE PARTNERS, WHAT, HOW MUCH CAPACITY WE HAVE FOR INTAKE. AND SO FROM OUR CALL CENTER, WE HAVE CAPACITY FOR UP TO 300 CALLS PER DAY FOR INTERESTED INDIVIDUALS THAT WE CAN SUPPORT. IF WE NEED TO SUPPORT MORE ON THE INTAKE SIDE, THEN WE WOULD HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THE CITY ON RESOURCING FOR THAT EFFORT. OKAY. SO THEN ALEX, UM, THEN OF THE 115 THAT WE HAVE REGISTERED, WHERE WERE THEY COMING? WHERE DID THEY COME THROUGH OUR INTAKE PROCESS? THEY, THEY, WE'VE GOT BASICALLY TWO BATCHES RIGHT NOW, UM, FROM WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS, ALAMO, AND FROM PROJECT QUEST. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UM, SO FROM THE CALL CENTER, SO FROM WHEN THESE PEOPLE CALLED IN TO THE CALL CENTER TO THE ELIGIBILITY PROCESS, UM, WHAT IS THE TURNAROUND [00:35:01] TIME FOR, UH, FOR SOMEBODY, AN APPLICANT WHO'S LOOKING TO DO ELIGIBILITY? SO IS THAT TURNAROUND TIME DIFFERENT FOR EVERY PARTNER OR, OR, OR WHAT IS THAT? WE ARE FAIRLY FAMILIAR, UM, BECAUSE OF, WE HAD AN INITIALLY IN INTENTIONALLY DESIGNED FOR WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS, ALAMO, TO COVER A LOT OF THE INTAKES. UM, WE'RE, WE'VE, UM, I KNOW ADRIAN AND HIS TEAM HAVE DEVELOPED A FLOW CHART THAT REALLY SHOWS THE PROCESS THAT A PARTICIPANT GOES THROUGH. ADRIAN, WOULD YOU MIND SHARING A LITTLE BIT OF THE DETAIL OF HOW THEY NAVIGATE THROUGH THAT? YEAH, CERTAINLY. UM, LET ME KIND OF JUST ADDRESS, UH, MAYBE THE PREVIOUS QUESTION IN RELATION TO THE, THE COUNCILWOMAN ASKED. SO IN TERMS OF SORT OF CALL VOLUME, UM, WE'RE SEEING ABOUT 800 TO A THOUSAND CALLS ON A DAILY BASIS. THAT'S, THAT'S TO OUR, UH, 2, 2 4 NUMBER. UM, AND SO NOT ALL OF THOSE, RIGHT? FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM WE'RE RUNNING, OF COURSE, THE COUNTY PROGRAM, AND THEN OUR OTHER PROGRAMS AS WELL FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF SORT OF THE, UH, WHAT WE'VE SEEN IN TERMS OF, UH, INTEREST, RIGHT? SO WE'VE HAD, UM, YOU KNOW, OUTREACH ASSOCIATED WITH, UH, ALL OF THE DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES WE'VE DONE WITH ABOUT 6,000 PEOPLE OR SO. DURING THE LAST, UH, 30 DAYS, UH, WE HAD ABOUT 1200 CALLS COMING TO A 2, 2, 4 NUMBER SPECIFICALLY FOR, UH, THE CITY, UH, PROJECT. UM, WE'VE HAD, IN ADDITION TO THAT, ABOUT 620 ELECTRONIC REFERRALS, UH, FROM I BELIEVE BOTH THE CITY AS WELL AS WHAT'S ON OUR WEBSITE. UM, WE PRE-SCREENED ABOUT, UH, 911. UM, AND IN FACT, YOU KNOW, OTHERS ARE SORT OF KIND OF MOVING ON TO TRAINING AND SUCH IN TERMS OF SORT OF THE, UM, UH, THE TURNAROUND AND HOW LONG IT TAKES TO, UH, GET PEOPLE. THAT HAS BEEN A CHALLENGING, UH, ISSUE, PARTLY BECAUSE WE'RE STILL DOING LARGELY OUR WORK ASSOCIATED WITH, UH, VIRTUAL SERVICES. UM, WE RECOGNIZE THAT THAT IS AN ISSUE AND THAT'S WHY I THINK WHEN, UM, UH, ALEX MENTIONED THAT WE'RE STARTING TO DO ONSITE SERVICES, WE ARE DOING THAT SPECIFICALLY FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE EXPRESSED INTEREST OVER OUR CALL, OUR, OUR NUMBER. SO IT GIVES YOU SOME QUICK NUMBERS IN RELATION TO THAT. LAST, UH, WEEK WE HAD 80, THAT WAS A JOINT, UM, UM, UH, PROJECT WITH, UH, PORTES, A SAMSA AND DYNAMIC, UH, ADVANCEMENT. UH, JUST YESTERDAY WE HAD ANOTHER 75 PEOPLE SIGN UP, UM, AND WE PROCESS, UH, AT ONE OF OUR, UH, WORKFORCE CENTERS, UH, DATA POINTS, UH, AS OF TWO O'CLOCK EARLIER TODAY, HAD ANOTHER, UH, UH, SESSION AT, UH, FLORES LOCATION. WE HAD 50 PEOPLE ARE SIGNING UP. UM, SO THERE IS AN ISSUE ASSOCIATED WITH, UH, TRYING TO GET PEOPLE WHO, WHO WERE, UM, UH, SUBMITTED AN INTEREST. WE TRIED TO REACH OUT TO 'EM WITHIN THE 24 HOURS, BUT THE PROCESSING IS TAKING A LITTLE BIT OF TIME. THAT'S WHY WE'RE ACTUALLY STARTING TO MOVE TOWARDS, UH, HAVING THESE ONSITE, UM, REGISTRATION SERVICES. ADRIAN, DID YOU DESCRIBE WHAT, WHAT THAT, WHAT YOU GO THROUGH WHEN YOU HAVE 1200, 1500 PEOPLE THAT ARE INTERESTED, HOW DOES IT GO FROM INTERESTED TO TRAINING? YEAH, SO, UM, LEMME FIND THAT PARTICULAR SLIDE, BUT IN, IN A NUTSHELL, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS OF COURSE, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, GETTING SOME, SOME BASIC DOCUMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THEIR SORT OF THE ELIGIBILITY. BUT ALSO IN ADDITION TO THAT IS, UM, LOOKING AT SORT OF DOING AN ASSESSMENT FOR, FOR THEM. SO ASSESSMENT DOES TAKE SOME TIME. UH, WE DO, UH, TRY TO ASSESS, UH, ALMOST EVERYBODY WHO'S COMING TO US. UH, THE ASSESSMENT ALSO OFFERS UP THE OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO SIT DOWN WITH THAT PERSON, UM, AND HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT THEIR INTERESTS ARE. OUR PARTICULAR FOCUS HAS ALWAYS BEEN, UH, YOU KNOW, CENTRALLY LOCATED IN TERMS OF SORT OF WHAT OUR SERVICES ARE FOR THE, THE, UM, CLIENTS THAT WE ARE SERVING. UM, SO DEPENDING ON WHAT THEIR ASSESSMENT IS AND WHAT THEIR SORT OF THEIR INTERESTS ARE, WE HAVE A WHOLE SLEW OF, OF EITHER TRAINING PROVIDERS OR OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM TO ACTUALLY KIND OF GO, UH, THROUGH, IN TERMS OF SORT OF THE TIMING ASSOCIATED, I'M GONNA DEFER REAL QUICKLY TO, UH, MARK MELTING TO TALK MAYBE ABOUT THE SPECIFICS, BUT IN GENERAL, THAT'S ESSENTIALLY WHAT, WHAT HAPPENS. THANK YOU, ADRIAN. UH, YES, THE TIMING, WE, THE STAFF CAN TURN AROUND AND DETERMINE AN INDIVIDUAL ELIGIBLE FOR THE PROGRAM IN A RELATIVELY SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME, PROBABLY ABOUT AN HOUR. I THINK TO ADRIAN'S POINT, IT'S THE COLLECTION OF THE DOCUMENTATION AND HAVING THAT INDIVIDUAL COMPLETE THE FULL PROCESS. SO WE PRESCREEN OFF THE CALL CENTER CALLS TO DETERMINE IF THEY'RE ELIGIBLE AND THEN MOVE THEM INTO THE QUEUE. UH, AND ONCE WE HAVE THEIR, THEIR DOCUMENTATION, UH, WE CAN PROCESS VERY QUICKLY, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE LOSING TIME AND GETTING THEM INTO THE PROCESS OF COLLECTING DOCUMENTS AND HAVING ALL OF THOSE FORMS TURNED IN. SO WE BELIEVE THAT THAT FACE-TO-FACE CONTACT IS REALLY GONNA HELP EXPEDITE THAT PROCESS. THE SECOND TIMING ASPECT IS THE START DATE OF THE TRAINING, RIGHT AFTER WE'VE DETERMINED SOMEONE ELIGIBLE AND PROVIDED THEM WITH AN ASSESSMENT, WE STILL HAVE TO FIND THE RIGHT TRAINING PROGRAM FOR THEM TO ENTER. AND HAVING ALL OF THOSE PROGRAMS [00:40:01] START AT THE RIGHT TIME WILL BE CRITICAL FOR US. SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE MONITORING AND WORKING CLOSELY WITH ALAMO COLLEGES AND OUR TRAINING PROVIDERS TO ENSURE THAT WE CAN MAKE THAT AS SEAMLESS AS POSSIBLE. THAT GAP, YOU'LL SEE, WILL BE THE BIGGEST GAP. IT COULD BE ANYWHERE FROM ONE TO ONE WEEK TO A MONTH BEFORE THAT TRAINING BEGINS. AND THAT'S JUST THE TIMING OF WHEN THOSE PROGRAMS ARE DESIGNED TO BEGIN. AND IF, IF I MAY, THIS IS DAVID WITH QUEST, JUST TO KIND OF ROUND OUT THE CONVERSATION. SO COUNCILMAN YOU HAVE A SENSE OF, OF WHERE THE QUEST COMPONENT IS. WE'VE ACTUALLY BEEN DOING RECRUITING, IF YOU WOULD, OVER THE LAST SIX WEEKS AS WE ARE BUILDING UP THROUGH THIS PROCESS. SO WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT WERE IN FLIGHT, AND I'M GONNA ASK ALONG TO TALK ABOUT OUR, OUR PROCESS AND, AND HOW WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO AUGMENT WHAT THE OTHER TWO AGENCIES WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT. BUT THEN ONCE WE GET PEOPLE IN OUR DURATION AND TIME TAKES, DEPENDING ON THE, THE TIME, FIVE TO 10 DAYS, BUT I THINK MARK BROUGHT UP A VERY, VERY GOOD POINT THAT WE'VE BEEN IN THIS, UH, VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT. AND AS WE COME TO OCTOBER, WE HAVE BEEN CONVERTING AS, AS ALEX SAID, TO THOSE INFO SESSIONS, MOVING MORE TO FACE-TO-FACE. SO WE'RE TRANSITIONING FROM STRICTLY VIRTUAL INTAKE AND ASSESSMENT AND ONBOARDING AND ENROLLMENT TO NOW A BLENDED, UH, VIRTUAL AND FACE-TO-FACE AS WE MOVE INTO OCTOBER. AND SO SOME OF THOSE FACE-TO-FACE EVENTS IS GONNA ALLOW US TO EXPAND CAPACITY. THE OTHER THING I WOULD ADD IS BACK TO THE PHONE CALLS, WE DID, UH, COMMIT TO HANDLING ABOUT A HUNDRED CALLS A DAY, BUT AS, AS ALEX ALSO SAID, WE'VE BEEN NEW TECHNOLOGY, SOME PRETTY INTERESTING AND, AND EFFICIENT PHONE TOOLS. SO WE BELIEVE WE HAVE SOME FLEXIBILITY TO ACTUALLY EXPAND THAT CALL, UM, RATE DEPENDING ON THE NEEDS THAT COMES THROUGH THE PROCESS. SO WE'VE BEEN SLOWLY MASSAGING OUR PROCESSES TO BUILD THAT CAPACITY AND GET PEOPLE ENROLLED. SO I'M GONNA ASK, WELL, LONNIE, JUST TO BRIEFLY HIGHLIGHT THE FIVE STEP PROCESS THAT WE'VE BEEN EXECUTING TO INTAKE PEOPLE AND HOW WE'VE GOT THE PEOPLE ONBOARDED SO FAR AND WHAT'S IN OUR PIPELINE RIGHT NOW. ALANI, IF YOU DON'T MIND, PLEASE. SURE. SO PROJECT QUEST, UM, ON AVERAGE SEES THROUGH OUR VIRTUAL INFORMATION SESSIONS. WE HAVE FOUR SESSIONS AND WE HOLD THEM IN THE EVENINGS AND ON THE WEEKENDS AND THEN DURING THE DAY SO THAT INDIVIDUALS, BECAUSE OF THEIR WORK SCHEDULE HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND THESE SESSIONS. IN ADDITION, UM, I WOULD SAY ABOUT 160 A WEEK ATTEND OUR INFORMATION SESSIONS, AND THEN WE RECEIVE, UM, ABOUT 40 TO 50 CALLS PER DAY. BUT WE ARE ABLE TO TAKE MORE THAN THAT. WE HAVE BEEN RECEIVING RECENTLY CALLS FROM THE 3 1 1. WE HAVE RECEIVED ABOUT 10 CALLS IN THE PAST WEEK AND A HALF FOR INDIVIDUALS INTERESTED THAT HEARD ABOUT PROJECT QUEST THROUGH 3 1 1. SO IF AN INDIVIDUAL IS INTERESTED IN PROJECT QUEST, THEY COME, UH, THROUGH OUR VIRTUAL DOORS, THROUGH OUR VIRTUAL INFORMATION SESSION, AND THEN THEY'RE ABLE TO UPLOAD THEIR DOCUMENTS THROUGH OUR APPLICANT PORTAL. AND THEN FROM THE PORTAL, WE, UM, OUR QUEST TEAM, OUR SOURCING TEAM REALLY, UH, HANDHOLDS THEM THROUGH THE PROCESS SO THAT THERE'S NO GAPS IN THEIR SERVICES AND, UH, THEY HAVE SOMEONE AS A TOUCHPOINT THROUGHOUT THAT PROCESS. WE FEEL LIKE THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. AND SO OUR SOURCING TEAM WORKS WITH THOSE INDIVIDUALS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE UPLOADING THEIR DOCUMENTS UPLOAD AND THAT THEY'RE ONTO THEIR NEXT STEP, WHICH IS CERTIFICATION ASSESSMENT, AND THEN FINAL APPROVAL. THANK YOU. UM, I THINK THIS IS CRITICAL INFORMATION THAT WE'RE, WE'RE LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW. AND I THINK WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE TOO, OF THOSE 115 THAT ARE REGISTERED SO FAR, UM, ONE, LET'S FIND OUT MORE DATA POINTS ON THAT. WHERE ARE THEY LOOKING TO GET TRAINING FROM? WHAT, WHAT IS THE, WHAT IS THE PIPELINE THAT THEY'RE GOING TOWARDS? ARE THEY GOING TOWARDS, UM, IS IT, IS, ARE THEY BEST MATCHED WITH RESTORE EDUCATION OR PROJECT QUEST OR ALAMO COLLEGES? WE WANNA KNOW WHERE THE BEST MATCH IS AND FOR WHAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE GONNA BE WORKING ON YES. COUNCIL MEMBER AND, AND THE, WHEN THE DIFFERENT PARTNERS PROVIDE THEIR REPORTS TO US, THEY ACTUALLY ALREADY EVEN TELL US WHAT TRAINING THEY ENROLLED IN. SO WE, WE ARE GOING TO THAT LEVEL OF DETAIL AS WELL. SO THEY'RE ENROLLED IN IT, BUT WE DON'T KNOW IF THEY'VE STARTED IT. UM, THAT THAT IS TRUE. OKAY. SO IF SOMEBODY IS ENROLLED, ARE THEY GETTING THE STIPENDS YET OR THEY HAVE TO START THE PROGRAM? RIGHT. OUR, OUR POLICY IS THAT THEY, THEY WERE GONNA, THEY'RE RECEIVING THE STIPEND WHILE THEY'RE ACTUALLY IN TRAINING. SO IT WE'LL START UNTIL THEIR TRAINING COURSE STARTS. SO IF THEY GET REGISTERED, IF THEY GET REGISTERED AND THEIR PROGRAM DOESN'T START UNTIL ONE OR TWO MONTHS LATER, THEY'LL STILL HAVE THAT GAP OF NOT GETTING ANYTHING. OKAY. YES. THERE, THERE WILL BE. SO DO WE IDENTIFY THEM? DO WE IDENTIFY THOSE THAT ARE IN NEED AND, AND ARE GONNA HAVE THIS GAP? AND IF THAT'S THE CASE, HOW MANY OF THAT OF THEM ARE THERE? [00:45:01] I KNOW WE ONLY HAVE A SMALL NUMBER RIGHT NOW, BUT THOSE ARE ISSUES THAT Y'ALL ARE WORKING ON. YES, AND I THINK WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO KEEP IN MIND IS THAT EVEN THOUGH THEIR TRAINING MAY NOT HAVE STARTED YET, THEIR CASE MANAGEMENT, IT CONTINUES. LIKE LEILANI MENTIONED, YOU, THEY REALLY HANG, WE, YOU HANG ON TO THAT PARTICIPANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU KNOW, WHATEVER ELSE IS COMING UP AND, AND ULTIMATELY TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY, THEY, THEY DO GO MOVE INTO THE TRAINING WHEN THAT TRAINING SESSION STARTS. SO THE CASE MANAGEMENT STARTS, EVEN IF THE TRAINING HASN'T. AND I, AND I WOULD JUST ADD THAT AS, AS WE'RE INTAKING AND ONBOARDING THAT THE TRAINING ELEMENT OF THAT THE SEATS AVAILABLE AND WHERE THEY ARE IN TERMS OF THEIR START DATES AND NUMBER OF SEATS, WE'RE VERY AWARE OF THAT. SO THE, IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE INTAKE PROCESS, MAKING SURE THAT IT'S ALIGNED SO WE KNOW WHAT THE TRAINING PORTFOLIO IS IN THE IMMEDIATE FUTURE. SO THAT EXTREME SITUATION OF SOMEBODY HA COMING IN AND HAVING TO, UH, WAIT FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME IS SOMETHING WE'RE VERY COGNIZANT OF AND REALLY ARE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PORTFOLIO DOES NOT CAUSE US TO HAVE THOSE, BUT IF THERE'S A CERTAIN NEED FOR THAT. BUT I THINK COUNCILMAN, THAT WOULD BE MORE THE EXCEPTION THAN THE NORMAL, I WOULD HOPE THAT'S, WE'RE MANAGING TOWARDS, I WOULD, I WOULD HAVE TO SAY COUNCILWOMAN, UM, THAT THAT IS THE EXCEPTION. THAT IS NOT THE RULE. UM, IN FACT, UH, FOR ALAMO COLLEGES, WE'VE PLANNED OUT OUR SCHEDULE FOR THE NEXT FOUR MONTHS. SO IF SOMEBODY IS INTERESTED, FOR INSTANCE, IN MEDICAL BILLING AND CODING, THE SEQUENCE OF COURSES, UH, IS, AND THE START DATE IS EVERY TWO WEEKS. SO IF SOMEONE WAS INTERESTED IN MEDICAL BILLING AND CODING, THEN MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY, UH, JUST STARTED, UH, PATHOPHYSIOLOGY STARTS ON 10 14 MEDICAL INSURANCE AND BILLING ON 10 26 IN NOVEMBER. THEY TAKE A COURSE ON THE NINTH, UH, AND THEN ANOTHER STARTS ON THE 30TH, AND THEN 1214 IS A FINAL, UH, LAST COURSE FOR THAT SEQUENCE FOR MEDICAL BILLING AND CODING. SO IT, IT WOULD BE THE EXCEPTION, THE INTENT WOULD BE BECAUSE WE KNOW TIME IS THE ENEMY OF STARTING A COURSE OR COMPLETING A COURSE. SO WE WOULD NOT, UH, WANT TO DELAY A START, UH, BEYOND A WEEK OR SO. GREAT. AGREED. AND, UM, ADRIAN, JUST TO, FOR EDIFICATION FOR ME AND OTHERS, SO THOSE JOBS THAT SAY LARGE COMPANIES HAVE OPENINGS RIGHT NOW, YOU ALL ARE PLACING PEOPLE INTO THO THOSE JOBS RIGHT NOW, THEY CAN COME TO YOU TO, IF THEY'RE LOOKING FOR JOB PLACEMENT IN EITHER A FORKLIFT DRIVING OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? THAT'S CORRECT, YES, MA'AM. UH, WE, UH, MONITOR THE JOB POSTINGS ON A WEEKLY BASIS. JUST AS RECENTLY, MAYBE ABOUT A WEEK OR SO AGO, A CHANCELLOR ASKED FOR A WHOLE SLEW OF INFORMATION ASSOCIATED WITH THE, UH, HEALTHCARE INDUSTRY, AND WE PROVIDED 'EM ALL OF THE JOB POSTINGS FOR THAT. UM, SO THAT'S ANOTHER WAY THAT WE ARE, UH, ONE, ADDRESSING CLIENTS' NEEDS, BUT TWO, OR REACHING OUT TO THOSE PARTICULAR EMPLOYERS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE ON THE BACK END OF PEOPLE WHO ARE GONNA GO THROUGH THIS, THIS TRAINING, RIGHT? 'CAUSE THE LAST THING YOU WANT TO DO IS TRAIN PEOPLE AND THEY DON'T LAND A JOB IN A PARTICULAR INDUSTRY THEY GOT TRAINED IN. AND SO, UM, WE'VE COMMITTED TO, UM, YOU KNOW, REPORT ON THAT, UH, AT LEAST AMONGST THE PARTNERS, THE CHANCELLOR DOES HAVE A, A GROUP THAT MEETS, UH, EVERY MONTH, UH, TO REPORT ON IT AND DO SOME ANALYSIS ASSOCIATED WITH, UH, THE JOB POSTINGS. AND THEN IF WE NEED TO ADJUST THE TRAINING ASSOCIATED, THEN POTENTIALLY WE COULD BE ADJUSTING TRAINING ASSOCIATED. YOU KNOW, WHAT'S, WHAT'S CONFUSING AT THE MOMENT IS THAT YES, WE DO UNDERSTAND THAT SOME INDUSTRIES HAVE SUFFERED LOSSES AND MAY HAVE A HARDER TIME TO RECOVER. UM, WE DO HAVE SOME DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT, UM, INFORMATION ABOUT CONSTRUCTION AND HEALTHCARE AND OTHERS THAT ARE CONTINUING TO, UH, HAVE JOB POSTINGS, BUT THERE'S STILL SOME AMBIGUITY. AND SO ONE WAY TO ACTUALLY KIND OF JUST MONITOR THAT IS, IS, IS TO CONTINUE TO DO THE, THE MONITORING ASSOCIATED WITH THE JOB POSTINGS. I WANTED TO MENTION TO YOU, TO YOUR QUESTION EARLIER ABOUT SORT OF, UH, THE FOLKS THAT MAY BE, UM, YOU KNOW, LAGGING FOR A MONTH OR SO. UH, FIRST OFF, IF THEY'RE UNEMPLOYED, THE LIKELIHOOD IS THEY'RE PROBABLY RECEIVING UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS, UH, DURING THE ASSESSMENT THAT, UH, WE ARE DOING, ONE OF THE PARTS OF THE ASSESSMENT IS ASSOCIATED WITH WHAT KIND OF SUPPORTS ARE NEEDED, UH, DURING THIS TIMEFRAME. AND SO WE ARE ASKING THOSE VERY CORE BASIC QUESTIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT PERSON OR THAT FAMILY THAT YOU KNOW, HAS THE SUPPORTIVE SERVICES, AT LEAST DURING THE TIME PERIOD WHILE THEY'RE WAITING. GREAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UM, AND NOW THANK YOU FOR THE PATIENCE OF MY COLLEAGUES. UH, UH, BUT I'M GLAD WE HAVE YOU ALL HERE. I WANT TO, UM, I WANNA MOVE OVER TO THE MICRO BUSINESS GRANTS. AND ALEX, I DO ALSO WANNA TALK ABOUT THE, ON-THE-JOB TRAINING PROGRAM. UM, DO WE HAVE ANY SLIDES ON OUR, ON THE JOB TRAINING PROGRAM RIGHT NOW? [00:50:01] WE, WE DON'T HAVE ANY SLIDES. I DIDN'T INCLUDE ANY OF THAT IN THE PRESENTATION, BUT WE DO ALREADY HAVE BUSINESSES SIGNED UP TO PROVIDE ON THE JOB TRAINING. I KNOW THEY'VE ALREADY SIGNED AGREEMENTS FOR THAT. SO I'D LIKE TO HAVE IN OUR NEXT, UH, COUNCIL COMMITTEE MEETING, CAN WE HAVE THAT DATA PLEASE PROVIDED ABSOLUTELY. AND WE ALSO, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SPREADING THAT INFORMATION THROUGH OUR NETWORKS, WE NEED TO KNOW WHO THOSE ARE SO WE CAN SPREAD THAT, UM, INFORMATION OUT, UM, TO THE MICRO BUSINESS GRANTS. ON SLIDE NUMBER THREE, IT TALKS ABOUT, UM, FUNDS DIS DISPERSED 301, AND THAT WAS 6.6 MILLION. AND SO THE REMAINING IS 3.3, FIVE, 0.7, AND 9.1. SO THAT'S ABOUT, OH, WHAT $18 MILLION? THAT STILL HAS NOT BEEN DISPERSED TO FOR OUR MICRO BUSINESS GRANTS? YES. THE, THE AMOUNT THAT HASN'T, UM, TECHNICALLY YES. UM, BECAUSE IT'S IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING FUNDED, UH, THERE'S PAPERWORK THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN. THERE'S CERTAIN THINGS THAT THEY NEED TO SUBMIT TO LIFT FUND IN ORDER FOR THE DIRECT DEPOSIT TO, IN MOST CASES, IT'S A DIRECT DEPOSIT THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN. UM, THE ONLY FUNDS THAT HAVE NOT YET BEEN ALLOCATED TO A PARTICULAR BUSINESS IS THE 9.1. OKAY. SO THE 18 ISN'T CASH IN THEIR TOTAL CASH IN THEIR, IN THEIR BANK ACCOUNT, LET'S JUST SAY THAT. BUT THE 9000009.1 IS ACTUALLY HAS NOT BEEN ALLOCATED PERIOD THAT WE STILL NEED TO DO. CORRECT. OKAY, THANK YOU. CORRECT. AND ON SLIDE NUMBER FIVE, UM, UNDER THE INDUSTRY, THE SUMMARY OF GRANTS AS OF OCTOBER ONE, UM, YOU HAVE ACCOMMODATION, FOOD SERVICES, AND THEY HAVE 13.5 SERVICE. CAN, CAN YOU DEFINE FOR ME WHAT SERVICE WAS? AGAIN, THAT IS MORE OF A, UM, A, A PARTICULAR, IT'S A SERVICE. IT'S A BUSINESS THAT PROVIDES A SERVICE TO ANOTHER TO, TO A CUSTOMER. UM, NOT NECESSARILY RETAIL, LIKE NOT A, A BEAUTY SALON OR, OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE. IT'S MORE, UM, AN, AN ACTUAL, SORRY, I'M TRYING TO THINK OF THE, THE RIGHT EXPLANATION FOR A SERVICE VERSUS A, A RETAIL OPERATION, BUT I CAN GET SOME MORE EXAMPLES FOR YOU OF THAT. SELENA, UH, HI, HOW ARE YOU? VERY GOOD. YEAH, SELENA PROBABLY HAS EXAMPLES. , CAN YOU HAVE ME, CAN YOU GIVE ME AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT WE MEAN WHEN WE'RE SAYING THE INDUSTRY IS SERVICE AT 25.7%? YEAH, SO LIKE, UM, AN ELECTRIC, UM, UH, SERVICE, UH, GROUP IS ONE, UM, A WINDOW SERVICING. SO THOSE, UM, WHO WOULD GO INTO A HOUSEHOLD TYPICALLY, BUT HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO DUE TO THE PANDEMIC. THOSE ARE THE, THOSE ARE REALLY THE AREAS THAT THE SERVICE, UM, INDUSTRY IS CAPTURING. OH, OKAY. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT CLARIFICATION. MM-HMM. . UM, AND PERCENT ON, ON SLIDE NUMBER SEVEN, IT SAYS PERCENT LOSSES NOT PROVEN. SO WHAT ARE THOSE ITEMS THAT ARE MISSING FROM THERE TO SHOW THAT IT'S PROVEN? AND I, I WILL ASK SELENA TO ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THIS, BUT WHAT WE'RE BASICALLY SEEING AND WHAT, WHAT, WHAT THEY'RE SEEING IS THAT THE BUSINESSES, UM, AREN'T ABLE TO SHOW TO DOCUMENT THAT THEY ACTUALLY LOST REVENUE, UH, BETWEEN THE TIME PERIOD. SO IT COULD BE A NUMBER OF REASONS WHY THAT'S HAPPENING, BUT UNFORTUNATELY WE'RE FINDING A LOT OF BUSINESSES THAT ARE FALLING INTO THAT CATEGORY. SO, YOU KNOW, YOU WANNA ADD MORE DETAILS THOUGH? SURE. IN TERMS OF THE VALIDATION. SO AS ALEX REFLECTED EARLIER, THE SUBMISSION HAD A STATED AMOUNT OF LOSSES, RIGHT? AND OUR JOB AND DILIGENCE IS TO CONFIRM THAT. SO THIS COULD BE THROUGH BANK STATEMENTS, UM, WHICH IS TYPICALLY WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING, UM, TO MAKE IT EASY. UM, SO WHATEVER BANK STATEMENTS THEY'RE USING, WE WOULD REVIEW SPREAD THOSE. THAT'S ONE WAY. SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE SEEN SOME PEOPLE INCREASE REVENUE OR MAINTAIN THEIR REVENUE BECAUSE THEY'VE DIVERSIFIED, YOU KNOW, THEIR SERVICES OR THEIR PRODUCTS. THE OTHER IS, UM, THROUGH, UM, TAX RETURNS. SO AS YOU ALL MAY OR MAY NOT REMEMBER, UM, WE WERE FINE TAKING THE 2018 TAX RETURNS, UM, IF THEY DID NOT FILE THEIR 2019 TAX RETURNS. SO LOOKING AT THAT, UM, AND ANNUALIZING THAT TO A, A MONTHLY, UM, POTENTIAL REVENUE, UM, AND COMPARING IT TO, UM, POST COVID IMPACT, THOSE ARE TWO AREAS AS IT RELATES TO THE WORK. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UM, SO THOSE ARE MY QUESTIONS NOW. UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I'M GOING TO PASS THIS ON TO COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ, IF YOU [00:55:01] ARE READY TO GO RIGHT NOW, COUNCIL MEMBER. UH, OKAY. UM, THANK YOU. AND, UH, THANK YOU FOR ALL THOSE QUESTIONS. SO THE ONE THING THAT COMES TO MIND, UM, YOU KNOW, I WAS TRYING TO, TO SORT OF DECIPHER EVERYTHING, ESPECIALLY, UM, IN REFERENCE TO THE WORKFORCE PROGRAM. UM, I THINK, UM, MR. LOPEZ, YOU MENTIONED, UH, ELIGIBILITY. UM, WHAT WOULD, WAS THERE AN, OR MAYBE IT WAS MIKE THAT MENTIONED IT OR TRANSFER FLOW, BUT WHAT, WHAT IS, UM, IS THERE ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA? UH, DO YOU WANNA ADDRESS THAT? ADDRESS THE ELIGIBILITY? YEAH, I, I CAN ADDRESS IT AT A HIGH LEVEL. UM, THERE, THERE IS ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA. FOR EXAMPLE, THE, THE PRIMARY ONE BEING THAT THEY BE CITY RESIDENTS. UM, THEY NEED TO, THEIR EMPLOYMENT NEEDS TO HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY COVID IN SOME WAY. SO THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE THE, THE INITIAL, THAT'S THE INITIAL CRITERIA. SO THAT THERE, SO FOR EXAMPLE, BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE THIS HAS COME UP A COUPLE OF TIMES WITH SOME CONSTITUENTS THAT WE WERE WORKING WITH. UM, YOU KNOW, AND AGAIN, IT'S, YOU KNOW, ANECDOTAL, BUT, UM, THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY WERE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR ANYTHING BECAUSE THEY WERE ALREADY UNEMPLOYED. UM, SO THEY WERE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR SOME OF THE HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS. THEY WERE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR ANY OF THE WORKFORCE INITIATIVES. THEY WERE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR, UM, UH, I I WANNA SAY IT WAS, YOU KNOW, THOSE PARTICULAR, LIKE, LIKE THEY WERE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR LIKE AN ALAMO PROMISE TYPE OF PROGRAM, UM, BECAUSE THEY WERE ALREADY UNEMPLOYED. IS THAT, IS THAT TRUE OR, UM, I KNOW WE WERE WORKING, YOU KNOW, IT, IT WAS A PERSON THAT WAS, UM, IN, IN A LOT OF NEED. SO COUNCIL MEMBER, LET ME, LET ME TRY TO TAKE THAT QUESTION. THE, THE A PORTION OF THE FUNDS THAT WE WERE UTILIZING FOR THE GRANTS AND EVEN A PIECE OF THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM ARE CORONAVIRUS RELIEF FUNDS THAT WERE RECEIVED FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AS A PART OF THE CARESS OVERARCHING FUNDING. AND THOSE DID HAVE A REQUIREMENT THAT YOU'RE, THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY C O V I FROM AND AFTER MARCH ONE. BUT OUR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM IS LARGELY FUNDED BY, GENERAL FUND IS SUBSTANTIALLY FUNDED BY GENERAL FUND. SO THEY WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE, IF THEY'RE UNEMPLOYED, THEY WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT RETRAINING JUST BY VIRTUE OF BEING UNEMPLOYED. WE DO ASK THE QUESTION BECAUSE WE DO HAVE SOME MONEY, UH, IN THE POT THAT IS CORONAVIRUS RELIEF FUNDING AND WE WANNA SPEND IT. SO WE'RE, WE'RE SORT OF PRIORITIZING THAT RIGHT NOW. BUT, BUT IF YOU'RE UNEMPLOYED, IF YOU'RE LISTENING AND IF YOU'RE UNEMPLOYED IN SAN ANTONIO, YOU'RE A SAN ANTONIO RESIDENT, YOU ARE ELIGIBLE FOR WORKFORCE TRAINING. OKAY. BECAUSE I, I FEEL LIKE, UM, YOU KNOW, WE, UM, ONE OF MY GREATEST CONCERNS, UH, ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THIS WORK, UH, WORKFORCE PROGRAM AND FOR OTHERS IS THAT IT, IT'S NOT GONNA ADDRESS THE ORIGINAL 20% OF THE POPULATION THAT'S LIVING IN POVERTY BECAUSE THEY WERE ALREADY LIVING IN POVERTY PRE COVID, UM, AND THEY HAD TOO MANY THINGS TO OVERCOME BEFORE THEY WERE ALREADY IN BAD SHAPE AND IN THE HIGHEST ECONOMY, UM, THE COUNTRY HAD SEEN IN DECADES, UH, AND WE WERE STILL BEHIND. UM, AND SO I JUST, UM, HOPE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT WE SET ASIDE, UM, NOT NOT JUST THE FINANCIAL RESOURCES, BUT THE PERSONNEL RESOURCES TO, UM, ADDRESS THAT POPULATION BECAUSE, UH, UM, WHILE I UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT WHAT WE'RE CURRENTLY TALKING ABOUT OUR CARES DOLLARS, BUT WE'RE NOT ADDRESSING THE ISSUES THAT WE'VE BEEN DEALING WITH. WELL, I MEAN, I GUESS, UH, UM, MATT, ALEX, UH, ADRIAN, THIS IS YOUR POPULATION FROM BEFORE. SO, UM, ANY PARTICULAR, UM, ABILITY TO ADDRESS THAT POPULATION? SO THE PEOPLE THAT WERE ALREADY IN QUEUE WITHIN THE, UM, UH, WITH, UH, WITH YOUR ORGANIZATION? YEAH, SO FOR, FOR MOST OF OUR PROGRAMS, FOR THE MOST PART, WE HAVE TO BE INCOME ELIGIBLE, RIGHT? SO LET'S JUST TAKE AWAY, FOR EXAMPLE, THE CARESS FUNDING, THE GENERAL FUND DOLLARS, YOU ALL HAVE INVESTED, RIGHT? AND SO THE ONLY EXCEPTION TO THAT IS IF YOU ARE A DISLOCATED WORKER, ANYBODY WHO'S WHO'S UNEMPLOYED IS CONSIDERED A, UH, OR HAS, IS UNEMPLOYMENT RATHER, IS CONSIDERED A DISLOCATED WORKER. SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO QUALIFY, UH, BASED ON INCOME, RIGHT? THEY GOT DISPLACED FOR WHATEVER [01:00:01] REASON, RIGHT? THEY GOT LAID OFF, FURLOUGHED OR WHATEVER IT MAY BE. SO, WELL, THEY MAY, UH, OR MAYBE HAVE SOME RESTRICTIONS ASSOCIATED OR SOME LIMITED RESTRICTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THE CARESS FUNDING. UM, YOU KNOW, IF THEY DON'T QUALIFY THERE, THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO QUALIFY UNDER, UNDER OUR OTHER, UH, PROGRAMS IF THEY ARE AN UNEMPLOYED INDIVIDUAL. I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, FROM, FROM FROM OUR END, WE HEAR THAT MAYBE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF JUST KIND OF PERIPHERALLY, MAYBE ONE PERSON OR SO, WHATEVER, WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST IS WE CIRCLE BACK WITH 'EM OR GET 'EM TO CIRCLE BACK WITH US AND WE'LL FIND 'EM SOME ASSISTANCE PERIOD. BECAUSE THE VAST MAJORITY OF FOLKS THAT WE ARE SEEING, UM, ARE, ARE BECOMING ELIGIBLE. THE OTHER THING I WOULD JUST KIND OF SAY FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE, WHAT THE CITY HAS DONE IS THERE ARE THOSE FOLKS THAT, UM, WERE EMPLOYED MAYBE IN THE GIG ECONOMY, SO THEY WEREN'T NECESSARILY WORKING FOR AN EMPLOYER THEMSELVES THAT CAN ATTEST TO THE FACT THAT THEY WERE, UH, AFFECTED BY THE PANDEMIC AND COVID ECONOMICALLY, RIGHT? SO THOSE FOLKS, YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO SEE THAT THEY'RE RECEIVING UNEMPLOYMENT OTHER THAN MAYBE THOSE $600 THAT CONGRESS HAD AUTHORIZED AN EARLIER PART OF THIS YEAR. UM, BUT THEY CAN ATTEST TO THE FACT THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY WERE ECONOMICALLY, UH, AFFECTED BY THE PANDEMIC, AND WE WOULD TAKE THAT AS A QUALIFICATION FOR THEM TO ACTUALLY BE, UH, ELIGIBLE FOR THESE PROGRAMS. UM, OKAY. WELL, UM, THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND, AND, UH, I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN A CONCERN OF MINE GIVEN, UM, THE DEMOGRAPHIC, UH, THAT I REPRESENT. WE WERE ALWAYS WAY BEHIND, UM, JUST IN TERMS OF ELIGIBILITY FOR PROGRAMMING. SO, AND THE OTHER, UM, THE OTHER, UH, QUESTION JUST THAT I HAD, UM, SO, AND REALLY ASKED THE QUESTION ABOUT THE ELIGIBILITY, UM, FOR THE STIPEND. UM, AND SO, UH, IF I UNDERSTAND, UM, UH, MR. UH, DAVID, I CAN'T SEE ALL'S NAMES HERE ON THIS THING, AND NOW I'M BLANKING ON EVERYBODY'S NAMES. UM, BUT WHAT, SO YOU SAID THAT THE CASE MANAGEMENT STARTED ONCE THEY ENROLLED, BUT THEY'RE STILL NOT ELIGIBLE FOR THE STIPEND UNTIL THE PROGRAM STARTS. UM, AND I, I THINK MIKE, YOU SAID THERE WERE, MAYBE THERE WAS JUST A COUPLE OF WEEKS LAG FROM THE TIME THE PROGRAMMING STARTED TILL THE TIME. BUT I MEAN, THAT, THAT'S REALLY CRITICAL TIMING. UM, IS THERE ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO LOOSEN UP THAT, THAT, AND IF IT'S FEDERAL FUND MONEY AND, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, THEY'VE BEEN LAID OFF AND, UM, EITHER THEY'RE TRYING TO START THE PROGRAM, WHY CAN'T WE DISTRIBUTE THE STIPEND? I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY FOR ALEC, RIGHT? I MEAN, RIGHT. WE'RE MEETING ALL THE CRITERIA. YEAH, WE WERE JUST TRYING TO BE MINDFUL OF THE FACT THAT AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE STIPEND WAS ASSOCIATED WITH TRAINING. SO, UM, IT'S, IT'S, UM, WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT IT COINCIDES WITH THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT THE INDIVIDUAL IS SPENDING IN ACTUAL TRAINING. UM, IT, THAT, THAT'S, WE'RE, WE'RE ALIGNING THOSE TWO AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. IF I CAN ADD COUNCILMAN GONZALEZ, UH, THIS IS ANI MECAL WITH PROJECT REQUEST. HI. HI. GO AHEAD. UM, SO THERE IS A, A LITTLE BIT OF A LAG TIME FOR MAYBE THE STIPEND, BUT THERE IS NO LAG TIME FOR SUPPORT SERVICES. SO, FOR EXAMPLE, CHILDCARE SERVICES CAN START IMMEDIATELY, THAT PROCESS, UH, SUPPORT SERVICES TO INCLUDE RENT AND UTILITIES WILL START IMMEDIATELY. SO EVEN THOUGH THERE MAY BE A WEEK OR TWO, LAG QUEST WILL MAKE SURE THAT THAT PERSON, UM, THEIR PERSONAL, UH, THINGS THAT THEY HAVE THAT ARE NEEDED AT THIS MOMENT WHEN THEY COME INTO OUR DOORS, WE ARE TAKING CARE OF THAT IMMEDIATELY. AND THEN THE STIPEND WILL CATCH UP ONCE THEY START INTO THEIR TRAINING, IF THAT MAKES ANY SENSE. OKAY. NO, THAT HELPS. UH, I THINK THAT HELPS A LOT. THAT'S REALLY WHERE THE GAP, I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TRYING TO FILL. 'CAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE THE PEOPLE ARE DOING EVERYTHING THEY NEED TO DO. I MEAN, WE STILL ALL HAVE BILLS TO PAY YES. WHILE WE'RE WAITING, YOU KNOW, FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, TO START THE PROGRAMMING. SO, UM, AND THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS, UM, THAT I HAVE. UH, SO THANK YOU ALL FOR, FOR, UH, FOR THE WORK. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER CHE GARCIA. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN , AND THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY WHO PRESENTED, AND ESPECIALLY TO OUR PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS WHO ARE HERE. I APPRECIATE THE TIME THAT YOU'RE TAKING REALLY TO INVEST IN OUR, UM, RESIDENTS. AND I, I WANNA START OFF, UM, YES, WITH THE LAST COMPONENT THAT WE ADDRESSED. AND SO I KNOW IT'S GONNA TAKE A CONCENTRATED, UM, EFFORT, UH, FOR ALL OF US TO WORK TOGETHER. AND I KNOW THAT UPSCALING IS DIFFICULT. I WANNA SAY THAT I APPRECIATE THAT YOU ALL HAVE THOUGHT OUT THE TIMELINE. I REALLY LIKE THE, UH, BAR GRAPH THAT YOU SHOWED ALEX, BY THE WAY. AND I'M SURE THAT YOU WORKED WITH OUR PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS TO, UM, TO SHOW THAT WE HAVE TO [01:05:01] GROW SLOWLY, RIGHT? SO FROM 150 TO UP TO, I THINK IT WAS 1100 PER MONTH THAT YOU'RE TARGETING, UM, IN PLACEMENT. AND SO I THINK THAT'S SMART GROWTH STRATEGY. SO, UM, WHOEVER WORKED WITH OUR PARTNERS TO FIGURE OUT HOW MANY PEOPLE WE, WE COULD, UH, DO, YOU KNOW, UPSCALE UP TO GREAT JOB. I, I DON'T KNOW WHO IT WAS, BUT I JUST HAD TO SAY THAT. SO I LOVE OUR PARTICIPANT TRAINING TARGETS, AND I THINK THAT IF WE SHOW THAT WE'RE MEETING THOSE AND WE ARE, LIKE, FOR INSTANCE, WE HAD 100 AS OUR FIRST GOAL, AND WE'VE ALREADY BLOWN THAT OUT OF THE WATER BY 15 ADDITIONAL PARTICIPANTS. I, I THINK THAT SHOWS, UM, THAT, THAT WE ARE DOING OUR PART. AND I KNOW THAT, UH, IT'S GONNA TAKE AGAIN, EVERYBODY AT THE TABLE. SO, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. UM, MARKETING HAS STARTED. YOU, YOU HAD MENTIONED, UM, AND, AND SO YOU WERE PROBABLY TALKING ABOUT THE, THE, THE MORE FORMAL OR TRADITIONAL MARKETING THAT WE SEE LIKE ADVERTISING, BUT I DO WANNA THANK ADRIAN LOPEZ. UM, ADRIAN, I SAW YOU ON A COMMERCIAL COUPLE NIGHTS AGO ON KSAT. AND SO, UM, I, I HEARD A FAMILIAR VOICE AND I WAS LIKE, DID I LEAVE MY WEBEX ON, LIKE, WHAT'S GOING ON? AND, UH, NO. IT WAS, UH, ADRIAN ADVERTISING FOR, UH, UH, 2, 2 4 HELP ON, ON KSAT. SO, SO GOOD JOB. I, UM, DO WANNA SAY THAT I, I THINK THAT WE'RE VERY, BEING VERY CREATIVE WORKING WITH OUR PARTNERS, UM, AND NOT ONLY WITH THE ROBOCALLS AND ROBO TEXT, BUT ALSO WITH THE F H R C AND THE DOOR TO DOOR. I LOVE THE MEDIA FLOWCHART. UM, I, I DO HAVE TO SAY THAT, UH, I AM EXCITED ESPECIALLY ABOUT THE, UM, OUT OF HOME, UH, IDEAS THAT YOU ALL HAVE. AND SO, UM, NON-TRADITIONAL AND SO REALLY HAPPY THAT YOU'RE WORKING WITH, UH, CHURCHES AND, AND ORGANIZATIONS AND LAUNDRY MATS. THAT WAS REALLY COOL. SO I, I WAS HAPPY, UM, THAT YOU ALL THOUGHT OUTSIDE OF, UH, THE BOX THERE, I'D ENCOURAGE YOU TO THINK OF SOME MORE OUT-OF-HOME EXPERIENCES, WHERE ELSE WE CAN FIND FOLKS. UM, AND, UH, AND, AND MAYBE JUST, JUST, UH, JUST AN OPPORTUNITY TO, TO, UH, FOCUS OUR, OUR EFFORTS THERE, BECAUSE THOSE ARE TRADITIONALLY INEXPENSIVE. IF WE THINK ABOUT IT. IT MIGHT BE JUST FLYERS, ET CETERA. UM, UH, I ALSO WANNA SAY THANK YOU BECAUSE I KNOW THAT YOU ALL HAVE, UH, WORKED IN YOUR FOCUS GROUPS. UM, YOU ALL MENTIONED FOCUS GROUPS WITH PARTICIPANTS, UH, BUT NOT ONLY PARTICIPANTS WITH, UH, BUT ALSO WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE MAYBE NOT ENROLLING. AND SO I THINK THAT'S CRITICAL, UH, BECAUSE WE FIGURE OUT WHY THESE PEOPLE ARE, ARE NOT ENROLLING IN A PROGRAMMER OR, OR EVEN THE PEOPLE YOU ALL MENTIONED, PEOPLE THAT, UH, HAVE NOT HEARD ABOUT THE PROGRAM AND REALLY TRYING TO FIGURE OUT MAYBE WHERE OUR MARKETING EFFORTS COULD BE IMPROVED. SO ALL AROUND, WITHIN THOSE FOCUS GROUPS, I THINK THAT WE'RE GONNA LEARN, UM, FROM TWO KEY COMPONENTS, THE PARTICIPANTS AND PEOPLE NOT PARTICIPATING, BECAUSE WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO REACH EVERYONE. SO, GREAT STRATEGY THERE. ALSO ON THE, UM, I LOVE THE FACT THAT YOU ALL HAVE A C R M NOW WITH, UH, I T S D AND 3 1 1. UM, THAT CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT PROGRAM IS, UH, CRITICAL IN ANY BUSINESS. AND SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE, UM, ACCESS TO TRACK THAT DATA FROM PARTICIPANTS. UM, THE ASSESSMENT PROCESS, UM, THE TRAINING AND REFERRAL PROCESS, I THINK, UH, THAT, THAT'S GONNA YIELD SOME GREAT DATA COLLECTION. AND SO I THINK THAT THAT WOULD HELP US WITH RESIDENT INTERESTS. WHAT PROGRAMS ARE THEY MOST INTERESTED IN? HOW TIMELY ARE OUR PARTNER AGENCIES BEING AND HOW RESPONSIVE ARE THEY? UM, THE ENROLLMENT OVERALL GOALS, I MEAN, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO PIVOT OUR MARKETING STRATEGY AND, AND REALLY FOCUS ON, ON SOME, UM, SOME IDEAS THERE, UH, IF, IF WE MEASURE THAT CORRECTLY. SO MY QUESTION ON THAT IS, SO WHO EXACTLY IS MONITORING THAT C R M? IS IT SOMEONE IN 3 1 1? IS IT SOMEONE IN E D D? IS IT SOMEONE IN I T S D WHO'S RESPONSIBLE? WHO CAN I CALL LIKE AT THE END OF EVERY WEEK AND ASK HOW MANY DISTRICT FOUR RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN ENROLLED? UM, THAT, THAT WOULD BE MICHAEL SENDEN, MA'AM . MICHAEL. MICHAEL HAS BEEN WORKING WITH PAULA SALKA AND I T S D TIRELESSLY TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S DESIGNED IN A WAY THAT CAPTURES THIS INFORMATION AND THAT WE CAN PULL REPORTS IN A WAY THAT ARE MEANINGFUL. THE OTHER THING THAT WE WANNA BE MINDFUL OF IS WHERE, YOU KNOW, WE, WE HAVE BEEN ASKING THE PARTNERS FOR A LOT OF INFORMATION ALMOST DAILY. WHERE ARE YOU? WHERE ARE YOU, WHAT'S GOING ON? AND THE MORE WE PUT INTO THE SYSTEM INSTEAD, WE CAN PULL IT FROM THERE, RATHER THAN HAVING THEM STOP AND TELL US WHAT'S GOING ON. UM, MICHAEL AND THE TEAM ARE WORKING ON THAT. THAT'S AWESOME. ALEX AND I, I READ THAT IN THE MEMO, UM, THAT YOU, YOU, YOU, UH, PLACED A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO. UM, THE FACT THAT ALL OF OUR PARTNER AGENCIES HAVE ACCESS TO THAT WAS REALLY INCREDIBLE. AND SO IT, IT, IT FEELS ALMOST LIKE A, UM, UH, I I GUESS JUST A, LIKE A VERY REAL TIME, RIGHT. UM, DOCUMENT, RIGHT? AND SO, UM, SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT. UM, KUDOS BY THE WAY TO, UH, DR. FLORES, BECAUSE COURSE SEQUENCING EVERY TWO WEEKS, COMING FROM SOMEONE, UH, WHO I IS IN, IN ACADEMIA, AND THAT IS, THAT IS ROUGH AND CONGRATULATIONS. AND, UH, I AM SO EXCITED THAT YOU'RE DOING THAT, THAT'S VERY SOPHISTICATED OF YOU ALL TO THE, TO DO, TO DO THAT. AND SO I'M REALLY PROUD [01:10:01] TO BE WORKING WITH, UM, AN ORGANIZATION OR SO, SO MANY ORGANIZATIONS THAT REALLY HAVE OUR RESIDENTS AT HEART. SO, UM, THANK YOU FOR THAT. I SAW THAT THERE'S, UM, SOME MEDICAL ASSISTANTS THAT WILL BE COMPLETING THEIR TRAINING AS EARLY AS JANUARY, 2021. I DID ALSO SEE, AND I, I, I RECEIVED SOME NUMBERS, UM, IN, IN MY, UH, CAPACITY AS, UH, CHAIR OF A COMMITTEE OF SIX FOR W S A, I REACHED OUT TO ADRIAN LOPEZ, AND I ASKED FOR SOME GENERAL NUMBERS. AND SO IN THAT I REALIZED THAT THERE WAS ABOUT 26 SMALL BUSINESSES THAT WERE ALREADY IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY. SOME OF THEM, UH, IN MANUFACTURING, SOME OF 'EM IN CONSTRUCTION, SOME OF 'EM IN IT, SOME OF THEM IN MEDICAL. AND SO IT LOOKS LIKE THESE, THESE SMALL BUSINESSES ARE, ARE DIRECTLY, UM, UH, BENEFITING ALREADY WITH THIS ON THE JOB TRAINING, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY THAT OUR RESIDENTS ARE BENEFITING. I DO HAVE A QUESTION ON THAT. HOW DO WE MEASURE, UH, WE BRING THEM IN AT A STARTING WAGE, AND, AND I NOTICED THAT SOME OF THEM HAVE MANY COMMITMENT TO THREE PEOPLE. UH, SOME OF 'EM HAVE A SMALL AS ONE. UM, SOME OF 'EM HAVE 20 PEOPLE THAT THEY'VE COMMITTED TO ON THE JOB TRAINING FOR. UM, WE HAVE A STARTING WAGE THAT THEY'VE STARTED AT. DO WE HAVE A STARTING WAGE? AND THEN MORE IMPORTANTLY, DO WE HAVE, UM, STARTING WAGE POST TRAINING? SO WE DO HAVE MINIMUMS, UM, FOR, UM, FOR THE, ON-THE-JOB TRAINING, UM, THE, WHAT WE DID BUILD SOME FLEXIBILITY IN THERE SO THAT IT, IT DIDN'T HAVE TO BE A, A PARTICULAR WAGE IN CASE THAT BUSINESS ALREADY HAD EMPLOYEES AT VARYING, AT VARYING, UH, WAGE LEVELS. SO THEY DO HAVE SOME FLEXIBILITY, BUT THERE IS FLOORS. AND I'M GONNA ASK MICHAEL IF HE CAN SHARE THAT, THAT PARTICULAR NUMBER. ABSOLUTELY. SO THE RANGE IS BETWEEN 1125 AN HOUR, UP TO THAT $15 AN HOUR, WITH THE ULTIMATE GOAL OF GETTING THEM IN THAT JOB AFTER THE, ON-THE-JOB TRAINING AND INTO A $15 AN HOUR WAGE JOB, OR QUICKLY ON A PATHWAY TO GET THERE. OKAY. THANK YOU, MICHAEL, BY THE WAY, I, I'M GONNA HAVE YOU ON SPEED DIAL, UH, SOONER THAN LATER. SO, UM, F Y I, UH, AND SO, UM, AND SO COUNCIL MEMBER, THE, THE PROGRAM IS NOT FULLY FUNCTIONING RIGHT THIS VERY SECOND, SO I THINK, OR WE'RE PRETTY CLOSE TO GET IT DONE. SO OKAY. OKAY. I'LL LET HER JUST BE DONE NEXT MONTH OR SOMETHING. I'LL GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO WRAP IT UP, MICHAEL. DON'T WORRY. UM, BUT, UH, ADRIAN, MY, MY QUESTION THEN TO THAT IS, UM, I, I SAW IN, IN THE, IN, IN THE FILE THAT YOU PROVIDED ME, UH, THERE WAS, UM, SOME BUSINESS AND, AND MAYBE WE, WE, WE CAN TALK OFF ON THAT. I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PAYING, UM, PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO THAT, UH, UH, IF YOU WILL, UH, STARTING WAGE. UM, AND, AND SO THAT, THAT WE TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THAT AS WELL. UM, AND THEN I, I ALSO JUST WANTED TO THANK FOR SAN ANTONIO GOT REALLY CREATIVE AND THEY STARTED ON MONDAY. UM, I, I THINK THE GOAL WAS 50. I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS ENTIRELY 50. I DON'T KNOW IF ABOUT 50 OF THEM ARE, UM, TRAINING OR SOME ARE REMOTE, BUT THEY RECONVERTED THEY REPURPOSED A GYM INTO A TRAINING AREA. AND SO, UM, THEY WERE WORKING, I BELIEVE, WITH, UM, DYNAMIC ADVANCEMENT. AND SO I NOTICED THAT DYNAMIC ADVANCEMENT WAS ALSO PART OF THIS GROUP OF FOLKS THAT IS, UH, GETTING ON THE JOB TRAINING. SO I, I THOUGHT THAT THAT WAS, UH, THAT THAT WAS REALLY PUTTING THEIR, THEIR MONEY WHERE THEIR MOUTH IS, RIGHT? SO, UM, SO ON THE JOB TRAINING AND, AND THEN WE'LL ADDITIONALLY, WE'LL, WE'LL COMMIT TO HIRING, ET CETERA. AND SO OF THOSE SMALL BUSINESSES, WHEN DO WE GET A REPORT OF HOW MANY SMALL BUSINESSES HAVE ASKED OR EXPRESSED INTEREST, OR, OR WHERE ARE THESE SMALL BUSINESSES FINDING OUT THAT THEY CAN PARTICIPATE IN ON THE JOB TRAINING? SO, UM, THAT IS ONE OF THE, THE PARTNERS THAT WE ACTUALLY DON'T HAVE ON THE CALL, BUT, UM, SA WORKS IS ALSO ONE OF THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT'S OUT THERE. UM, AS THEY'RE DOING, UH, BUSINESS RETENTION AND EXPANSION VISITS, AS THEY'RE MEETING WITH COMPANIES, THEY'RE ALSO MAKING PEOPLE AWARE OF THE PROGRAM ALONG WITH ADRIAN AND HIS TEAM, UM, AS THEY'RE ENGAGING WITH BUSINESSES, UM, THEY'RE MAKING SURE TO PROMOTE THIS OPPORTUNITY AS WELL. UM, MY LAST POINT, AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, IT, IT, IT SOUNDED FROM THE MEMO THAT YOU ALL RECEIVED, OR WE RECEIVED 2 3 1 1 1500 CALLS IN LESS THAN TWO WEEKS WITH INTEREST IN THE PROGRAM. IT WASN'T JUST 3 1 1, IT WAS ALL OF OUR PARTNERS COLLECTIVELY. WE DID A QUICK INVENTORY OF EVERYBODY, AND THAT WAS ROUGHLY THE NUMBER OF, OF INTEREST CALLS THAT THEY RECEIVED. OKAY, NOW NEVERMIND. SO I WAS GONNA ADVOCATE FOR MR. CHERI TO GET MORE PEOPLE OVER THERE, BUT, UM, OKAY. WE'RE GOOD. THANK YOU. THOSE ARE ALL MY QUESTIONS, AND, UH, I'M, I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT. THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THE DATA THAT YOU ALL ARE TRACKING, AND I THINK THIS IS EXACTLY WHERE WE NEED TO BE RIGHT NOW. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UM, COUNCIL MEMBER VEDA, ANY QUESTIONS? NO, MA'AM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UM, THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR PARTNERS. I THINK THIS WAS A GREAT DISCUSSION, AND THANK YOU. [01:15:01] 'CAUSE EVERY TIME WE, WE ASK FOR MORE AND MORE DATA, BUT THAT'S BECAUSE IT'S, THIS IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT FOR ALL OF US. AND AGAIN, THIS IS A GREAT COLLABORATION FOR ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE I SEE SUCH GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS HERE. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ONE THING I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, ALEX NEXT, UM, MEETING, UM, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ON THE JOB TRAINING, CAN YOU ALSO BRING, UH, SOME THOUGHTS OR IDEAS, UH, REGARDING LOOKING AT, UH, AT WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND CONTACT TRACING OR TRAINING ON THE JOB TRAINING WITH OUR UT PUBLIC HEALTH OR, OR THAT CONTRACT. SO IF WE CAN HAVE THAT CONVERSATION, WE, WE FORGOT TO ADD THAT NOW. COUNCIL MEMBER, RIGHT? ALEX, REAL QUICKLY, WOULD YOU DID, YEAH. YES, ACTUALLY, WE'RE, WE'RE COORDINATING WITH, UM, BOTH ALAMO COLLEGES, WE THINK, AND, UM, WELL WITH ALAMO COLLEGES AND WITH PROJECT QUEST, BECAUSE OF THE, THE MEDICAL TRAINING THAT THEY ALREADY PROVIDE, THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO INCORPORATE SOME OF THAT CONTACT TRACING CURRICULUM INTO SOME OF THE TRAINING PROGRAMS THAT THEY PROVIDE. UM, BUT WE'RE GONNA LOOK INTO IT SPECIFICALLY WITH THOSE TWO ORGANIZATIONS A LITTLE BIT MORE AS WELL. FANTASTIC. THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. OKAY. UM, THANK YOU. AND THAT'S GOING TO BE, UH, COLLEAGUES AT OUR NEXT, UM, E W G C MEETING, WHICH IS OCTOBER 22ND. WE GET TWO FOR ONE MONTH THIS MONTH FOR E W G C, BECAUSE WE GOT A LOT OF WORK TO DO. UM, AND ALEX AND THE TEAM AT, AT, AT E D D HAS A LOT OF WORK TO DO. SO WE HAVE, UH, TWO MEETINGS THIS MONTH OF OCTOBER. UH, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. AND, UM, FOR THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA, ITEM NUMBER FOUR, UH, WITH OUR BRIEFING AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON CE BETA SIGNIFICANT BUSINESS PRESENCE CRITERIA, WE ARE GOING TO MOVE THAT TO THE NEXT, TO THE OCTOBER 22ND MEETING. UM, SO PLEASE, WE'RE GONNA PUT THAT ON PAUSE FOR THE NEXT MEETING BECAUSE WE [5. 20-5062 Consideration of Applicants to the Westside Development Corporation Board of Directors (6 seats).] HAVE TO GO THROUGH OUR CONSIDERATION OF APPLICANTS TO THE WEST SIDE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS, AND WE'RE ALSO GONNA ACTUALLY HAVE INTERVIEWS TOO. SO, UM, WITH THAT, UM, CARLOS, I'LL LET YOU KICK IT OFF, BUT I KNOW, UH, JOHN JACKSON IS HERE TO GIVE A PRESENTATION. BUT GO AHEAD, CARLOS. THANK YOU. MAD CHAIR. OOPS. I SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN THE PACKET IN YOUR EMAILS WITH ALL THE APPLICATIONS IN THE APPLICATIONS WE HAD, UH, WE HAD 1, 2, 1, 2, 3, 4, UM, CATEGORIES, AND THERE WAS ONLY ONE APPLICANT PER CATEGORY. SO WE DON'T NEED TO, UM, NECESSARILY INTERVIEW THOSE INDIVIDUALS. BUT ONE, THERE WAS ONE WITHDRAWAL TODAY, AND, UM, WE DO HAVE FIVE APPLICANTS FOR ONE SLOT AVAILABLE IN THE, UM, AT LARGE. SO, WITH THAT, GO AHEAD, CARLOS, MADAM CHAIR, I JUST, UH, YOU JUST CONCLUDED MY REMARKS ABOUT . WE HAD, THANK YOU. THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I WAS ABOUT TO SAY. UM, THE, THE, UM, THIS IS THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, UH, CORPORATION. I MEAN, UNLESS THAT DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, EXCUSE ME, FORCES ALL MY MIND WEST SIDE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND CURRENT IN, IN THE PAST, THE, UH, THIS, UH, EFFORT HAS BEEN SORT OF PARTNERED THROUGH THE CENTER CITY DEVELOPMENT OFFICE, UH, AND ITS PAST PAST BUDGET CYCLE, WE'VE MOVED THAT TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENTS. SO GOING FORWARD, UH, ALEX AND TEAM WILL BE REPORTING ON THE RELATIONSHIP WITH W D C, BUT FOR NOW, JOHN AND VERONICA ARE HERE, AND ONE OF THEM, I THINK IT'S JOHN, IS GONNA ACTUALLY DO THE PRESENT, DO THE INTRO ABOUT IT, TALK A LITTLE ABOUT, ABOUT WHAT W D C DOES, AND THEN, UM, WE'LL BEGIN THE INTERVIEWS. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. HELLO. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYBODY. JOHN JACKS HERE. SO THIS WILL BE OUR, I THINK, OUR CLOSE TO OFFICIAL LAST, UM, ITEM FOR C C D O AS IT RELATES TO W D C. AS CARLOS MENTIONED. UM, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT WILL BE TAKING OVER ADMINISTRATION, UM, OF W D C. SO WE'RE KIND OF HELPING OUT WITH THIS TRANSITION, UM, AND, UM, WITH THESE BOARD APPOINTMENTS, UH, HERE TODAY. SO I DO HAVE A BRIEF PRESENTATION IF WE COULD PULL THAT UP REAL QUICK. OKAY. UH, THANK YOU. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. UH, JUST SOME, JUST SOME QUICK BACKGROUND. UM, AS CARLOS MENTIONED, UM, W D C IS THE WEST SIDE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. IT WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2006. UH, AND THE PURPOSE OF THE CORPORATION [01:20:01] IS TO, UM, REVITALIZE, UH, AND, AND PROVIDE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS WITHIN, UH, THE NEAR WEST SIDE. UH, THAT INCLUDES WORKING WITH SMALL BUSINESSES, UM, AS FAR AS RETENTION AND ATTRACTION TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, UM, WTC ADMINISTERS A LOAN AND GRANT PROGRAM THAT TARGETS SMALL BUSINESSES, UM, IN THE AREA. AND THEN LAST YEAR, UM, THEY STARTED, UM, A LEGACY CORRIDOR BUSINESS, UM, ALLIANCE PROGRAM. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. UH, SO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS IS COMPRISED OF 18 MEMBERS. UM, IT'S A WIDE RANGE OF INDUSTRIES, INCLUDING SMALL BUSINESS, EDUCATION, HEALTHCARE, FINANCE, AND REAL ESTATE. AND ALSO, UM, THERE'S SOME LOCAL RESIDENT AND AT LARGE POSITIONS AS WELL. WE CURRENTLY HAVE SIX VACANCIES. UM, AND THOSE BOARD MEMBERS SERVE A TWO YEAR TERM OF OFFICE, UH, WHICH IS APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL. UH, JUST TO GIVE YOU SOME DEMOGRAPHICS OF THE 12 SITTING DIRECTORS, SEVEN, IDENTIFY AS MALE AND FIVE AS FEMALE, AND SIX, IDENTIFY AS HISPANIC AND SIX AS NON-HISPANIC WHITE. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. UH, SO HERE SHOWS, UH, THIS TABLE WILL SHOW YOU ALL 18, UM, BOARD OF DIRECTORS. AND YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A VACANCY, UH, UM, FROM U T SS A AND U T S A HAS PROVIDED US, UH, AN AN APPLICATION FOR TODAY'S ACTION. UM, AND THEN WE HAVE, UM, FIVE VACANCIES IN THE, UH, COMMUNITY AT LARGE. REAL ESTATE DEVELOPER, SMALL BUSINESS CATEGORY, RESIDENT CATEGORY, AND SS A I S D. UM, AND THE, THE, UM, THERE ARE FIVE APPLICANTS IN THE, UM, COMMUNITY AT LARGE, UM, SLOT. AND AS COUNCILWOMAN MENTIONED EARLIER, ALL THE OTHER ONES HAVE JUST ONE APPLICANT, UM, IN THOSE. AND THE, THE ONE RESIDENT APPLICANT DID JUST WITHDRAW, UM, THIS MORNING. SO WE WON'T BE ABLE TO FILL THAT POSITION TODAY. AND THEN S I I S A I S D IS YET TO PROVIDE US, UH, UH, AN APPLICANT EITHER. SO, UM, ALEX AND HER TEAM IN THE NEAR FUTURE WILL HOPEFULLY COME BACK WITH SOME UNQUALIFIED CANDIDATES FOR THOSE POSITIONS. UH, SO JUST A SUMMARY. WE RECEIVE NINE QUALIFIED APPLICATIONS, AS I MENTIONED, UM, BEFORE COMMUNITY AT LARGE HAS ONE AVAILABLE SEAT. UM, AND THERE'S FIVE APPLICANTS, UH, FOR THAT ONE PARTICULAR SEAT. UM, AND THEN NO APPLICATIONS FOR, UH, S I S SS A I S D, UM, AND THEN THE, UM, THE NAMES OF THE INDIVIDUALS ARE, ARE LISTED BELOW THERE THAT HAVE SUBMITTED APPLICATIONS FOR THE POSITIONS THAT YOU ALL ARE, UH, MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS ON TODAY. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. UH, SO THAT CONCLUDES MY REC MY, UH, PRESENTATION. I JUST ALSO WANNA LET YOU KNOW THAT, UM, THE, UH, BOARD, UH, CHAIRMAN JOSEPH CARONE IS ON THE CALL TODAY, UH, TO HELP ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING W D C, AS WELL AS ROMERO GONZALEZ, WHO IS THE C E O AND PRESIDENT OF WDC. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UM, AND TO MY COLLEAGUES, I DID JUST EMAIL YOU SOMETHING FROM THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE. IT WAS THE, UM, BOARD ATTENDANCE OF THE PAST 12 MONTHS. AND, UH, OF THOSE THAT ARE CURRENTLY SITTING ON THE BOARD, YOU'LL SEE THE ATTENDANCE RATE. I THINK IT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT THAT WHEN WE APPOINT SOMEBODY TO THESE BOARDS, THAT THEY ALSO PARTICIPATE, UM, IN OUR BOARD MEETINGS AS WELL. UM, THESE BOARD MEETINGS THAT HAVE BEEN, UH, JUST A FOR MYSELF, A QUESTION, MAYBE JOSEPH OR SOMEBODY CAN ANSWER THIS, UM, FOR THE MEETINGS THAT WERE TAKING PLACE IN MARCH, JUNE, AND AUGUST, I'M, WELL, THESE WERE ALL DONE FOR ON, ON VIRTUAL, IS THAT CORRECT? UH, YES, REBECCA, THAT'S CORRECT. THEY'VE, THEY'VE BEEN VIRTUAL, UH, MEETINGS. GREAT, THANK YOU. SO WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND START WITH OUR, UM, OUR INTERVIEW PROCESS. AND THESE ARE FOR OUR COMMUNITY AT LARGE. UM, OUR FIRST INDIVIDUAL IS JOHN RAY CANALES. AND IS, IS HE ON THE PHONE? OKAY. HE'LL BE ON THE PHONE. UH, JUST QUICK ENOUGH, WHAT WE'RE GOING TO ASK TO MY COLLEAGUES, WE'RE GOING TO ASK THEM TO DO, UH, ARE THEY ON? SO, OKAY. ONE SECOND. OH, AND, UH, SO, YOU KNOW, ONE OF, WE HAVE FIVE, WE HAD FIVE APPLICANTS FOR THIS POSITION. ONE, THEY WERE ALL ON THE CALL FOR, UM, INTERVIEWS. UNFORTUNATELY, ONE HAD TO DROP OFF. UH, SO SHE'S NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO BE INTERVIEWED, UM, ON THE TELEPHONE TODAY. UM, THAT'S RAEL . SHE WON'T, WE WON'T BE ABLE TO, [01:25:01] UM, INTERVIEW HER RIGHT NOW. OKAY. OKAY. AND WHAT, UM, I GUESS FOR THE BENEFIT OF EVERYONE WHO'S PROBABLY HOPEFULLY LISTENING IN, UM, WE ARE GOING TO BE ASKING ALL OF OUR CANDIDATES TO PLEASE, UM, BE, UH, TO INTRODUCE THEMSELVES. YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO START, INTRODUCE YOURSELVES AND WHY YOU'D LIKE TO SERVE ON THE WEST SIDE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS. SO WITH THAT, I AM GONNA ALSO ASK IF THE STAFF AND EVERYBODY ELSE ON THE CALL, WE'LL JUST, UH, TURN OFF YOUR VIDEO. SO IT WILL BE THE COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT ARE PART OF THE VIDEO CALL. SO THANK YOU. AND MR, ARE YOU ON? WE ARE STILL WAITING. MR. CANALES, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, I CAN. HI, MR. CANALES. HELLO. YES, THIS IS JOHN CANALES. HI, JOHN. UH, THIS HI, JOHN, MR. LES, THIS IS COUNCILWOMAN REBECCA VRAN, YOU ARE ON THE LINE WITH COUNCIL, UH, MYSELF AND THREE OTHER OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS HERE, COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ, COUNCIL MEMBER CDA AND COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. AND WE'RE GONNA GIVE YOU THREE MINUTES JUST TO INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND WHY YOU'D LIKE TO SERVE ON THE W D C BOARD OF DIRECTORS, AND THEN WE'LL MOVE TO QUESTIONS AFTER THAT. ALRIGHT, SOUNDS GOOD. UH, THE FLOOR IS YOURS AND, UH, I AM, UH, CURRENTLY EMPLOYED WITH Q PROVISION COMPANY, WHERE I SERVE AS THE VICE PRESIDENT OF CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENTS WITH KIELBASA, WHICH IS, OF COURSE, A A WEST SIDE, UH, STAPLE HERE, UH, A A EMPLOYER OF CHOICE HERE IN THE, ON THE WEST SIDE OF SAN ANTONIO. AND, UH, I'VE BEEN WITH QBA FOR THE LAST 11 YEARS, YEARS, AND, UH, UH, JUST THE BACKGROUND, I'VE BEEN IN THE MANUFACTURING SIDE WHERE I, I PARTICIPATED IN A LOT OF THE HIRING AND, AND RETENTION OF THE, OF INDIVIDUALS, ESPECIALLY THAT WE LIVED AROUND THE AREA OF, UH, OF KISA PLANTS. UM, I'M ALSO SERVING RIGHT NOW ON THE COMMUNITY ACTION ADVISORY BOARD, UH, THE CAP BOARD FOR LOW INCOME INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES. UM, AND, UH, WE MEET ON A, ON A MONTHLY BASIS, AND IT ALSO ENCOMPASSES THE HEAD START PROGRAM AS WELL. UM, I'M, UH, ORIGINALLY FROM U VALLEY, TEXAS, AND, UH, BUT I CAME, UH, AFTER HIGH SCHOOL TO, UH, TO SAN ANTONIO WHERE, UH, I GRADUATED FROM ST. MARY'S UNIVERSITY. AND, UH, UPON GRADUATION, I'VE BEEN IN THE FOOD MANUFACTURING, UH, BUSINESS, UH, WITH FOODS, COCA-COLA, BAY VALLEY FOODS, AND NOW WITH, SO, UM, MAIN, THE MAIN REASONS, UH, THAT I, UH, AM LOOKING FOR, UH, UH, OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE ON THE WEST SIDE DEVELOPMENT IS THAT, YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M LOOKING TO HELP PEOPLE. I, UH, I'M ALSO THE, THE, THE, UH, UH, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE UNITED WAY CAMPAIGN FOR THE LAST SIX YEARS HERE AT KIVA. SO WE ARE, I'M ALWAYS LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO, UH, ENRICH THE COMMUNITY AND, UH, SERVE, SERVE THE PUBLIC. UH, SO I'M, UM, UH, IT'S, IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY THAT I FEEL THAT IS, IS GOOD TO NOT ONLY REPRESENT, REPRESENT KIBA AND, AND, UH, AND THE WEST SIDE OF SAN ANTONIO, BUT IS, UH, TO HELP, HELP, UH, GROW THE, UH, THE BUSINESSES AROUND THE WEST SIDE AREA AND LOOKING FOR, UH, TO, TO HELP GIVE INPUT ON WHAT, WHAT WE FEEL, UH, IS, UH, A POSITIVE ASPECT OF WHAT WE CAN DO, UM, WITH OUR ORGANIZATIONS AND, AND, AND REALLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY IN, UH, SAN ANTONIO. UH, ENRICHING THE LIVES OF OUR COMMUNITY IS ONE OF OUR CORE VALUES AT KIBANA. AND, UM, I'M, UH, LOOKING FORWARD TO HOPEFULLY SERVE WITHIN THE BOARD TO JUST DO THAT. UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, MR. EZ. UM, I'M GOING TO GO TO, FOR QUESTIONS NOW FOR MY COLLEAGUES. UM, I'M GOING TO START WITH MY, UH, WEST SIDE COUNCIL COLLEAGUES. SO LET ME START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER. UM, GREAT, THANKS, UH, JOHN, IT, IT'S NICE TO [01:30:01] MEET YOU VIRTUALLY. UM, WE'RE BIG FANS OF , UH, HERE, UH, IN THE DISTRICT, OF COURSE, ONE OF THE LARGER EMPLOYERS, UM, IN THE DISTRICT OF ONE OF THE ELDERS, UH, OLDEST EMPLOYERS. UM, AND SO, UH, YOU KNOW, I I I, I THINK THAT YOU EXPLAINED YOUR INTEREST PRETTY WELL, UM, IN THE W B D C BOARD, AND, UH, WE KNOW THAT THE BOARD, UM, HAS BEEN, UH, ESPECIALLY, UM, IMPORTANT FOR DOING SOME ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UH, IN THE WEST SIDE. DO YOU HAVE ANY VISIONS FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN OUR COMMUNITY AS, AS FAR AS, UH, VISIONS, UM, IT'S GETTING OUT THE WORK YOU, I KNOW THAT, UM, YEAH, SORT OF, SORT OF. I, I'LL, I'LL TRY AND HELP YOU OUT A LITTLE BIT'S A REALLY BROAD QUESTION, BUT, UM, UH, PERHAPS, UM, YOU COULD TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR EXPERIENCE, UH, WITH BUSINESS, UH, ON THE WEST SIDE WITH, UM, UH, BRINGING IN BUSINESSES AND THEN OF COURSE, EXISTING BUSINESSES LIKE YOURS. UH, WHAT MIGHT BE YOUR VISION FOR, UM, UH, THAT PART OF THE WEST SIDE DEVELOPMENT? UM, YES. UH, SO BEING, BEING, UH, WITH KISA FOR THE LAST 11 YEARS, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN ABLE, I'VE BEEN ABLE TO SEE THE, THE, UH, UH, THE HIGHS AND THE LOWS OF, OF BEING ABLE TO, UH, BRING PEOPLE ON WHERE, UH, IN THE PAST, YOU KNOW, WE, WE WOULD HOLD A JOB FAIR AND WE WOULD IMMEDIATELY GAIN EMPLOYMENT, UH, TO, FOR QUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS. AND IT WAS, IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS EASY TO DO, BUT THE JOB MARKET BEING, UH, SO DILUTED HERE, THE LAST, UH, YEAR, COUPLE OF YEARS, UH, THE, THE MAIN THING THAT, UH, WE REALLY NEEDED TO KEY THE, UH, KIDS THAT ARE COMING OUT HIGH SCHOOL AND PREPARING THEM FOR, FOR TO BE WORKFORCE, UH, TRAINING THEM ON, ON THE DIFFERENT, UH, MATHEMATICS. BECAUSE ANYTIME THAT YOU HAVE A, A GOOD HANDLE OF YOUR MATH, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA BE, UH, MAKE YOU VERY, UH, UH, ATTRACTIVE TO POTENTIAL, UH, UH, EMPLOYERS. SO, UH, STARTING AT THE GROUND UP, WE, WE REALLY NEED TO ATTRACT THE, THE POTENTIAL TEAM MEMBERS HERE THROUGH WHEN THEY FIRST GET OUTTA HIGH SCHOOL AND EVEN WHEN THEY'RE IN HIGH SCHOOL, BECAUSE WE HAVE FOUND SUCCESSES, UH, RIGHT OUT OF LINEAR HIGH SCHOOL, RIGHT OUT OF THE, THE HIGH SCHOOL IN THE GENERAL AREA, AND HIRING A ON AND TRAINING 'EM HERE WITHIN OUR ORGANIZATION, UH, UH, FROM, FROM THE GROUND UP WHERE WE'VE HAD, UH, SEVERAL SUCCESS STORIES FROM, FROM GUYS THAT WERE JUST KIDS. AND THEY'RE NOW UP IN THE, IN THE LEAD ROLES HERE WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION. IT'S STARTING EARLY WITH THESE FOLKS, UH, BECAUSE AGAIN, WITH A DILUTED WORKFORCE, IT'S, WE, WE NEED TO REALLY ATTRACT THE, THE TEAM, FUTURE TEAM MEMBERS WITHIN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. UH, WE HAVE FOUND A LOT OF SUCCESS WITH BRINGING ON TEAM MEMBERS THAT LIVE CLOSE BY WITHIN, WITHIN THE FIVE TO 10 MILE RADIUS. UH, WE TEND TO RETAIN THEM MUCH, UH, EASIER BECAUSE THEY, THEY LIVE IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD AND THEY'RE COMFORTABLE IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD, AND THEY WANNA WORK IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. COUNCIL, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER CODA, ANY QUESTIONS? YES, CHAIR. THANK YOU. UM, SO THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO HAS HIGH EQUITY PRIORITIES. DO YOU HAVE A, A PHILOSOPHY ON EQUITY? AND ACTUALLY MY QUESTION IS TWO PART. I'D LIKE TO HEAR YOUR PHILOSOPHY ON EQUITY, AND DO YOU HAVE A PERSONAL INTEREST ASSIGNED WITH ANY SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS ON THE WEST SIDE? UM, ON, ON, UH, I GUESS I'M, I'M, I, I HAD A LITTLE DIFFICULTY HEARING AS FAR AS EQUITY WITHIN, UH, THE WAGE THAT WE PAY. IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? UH, NO, I, NOT NECESSARILY. ALTHOUGH THAT MAY BE WHAT IT MEANS TO YOU. UM, I, I, I WAS JUST MENTIONING THAT THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO HAS A, HAS PLACED A HIGH PRIORITY ON EQUITY. DO YOU HAVE A PERSONAL PHILOSOPHY ON EQUITY? UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE WEST SIDE HAS A HEAVY HISPANIC PRESENCE, PEOPLE OF COLOR. SO I'D LIKE TO HEAR YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT. AND THEN THE SECOND PART OF THE QUESTION IS, DO YOU HAVE A PERSONAL INTEREST ASSOCIATED WITH ANY SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS ON THE WEST SIDE? THE, UH, AS FAR AS, UH, EQUITY, YOU KNOW, AS BEING A, UH, A PERSON THAT, THAT MYSELF, A MANAGER THAT, THAT HAD TO HIRE, UH, THE, THIS PART OF SAN ANTONIO FROM THE VERY BEGINNING, GOT HERE. KEA WAS VERY PROUD TO BE ESTABLISHED, [01:35:01] UH, IN, IN THE WEST SIDE OF SAN ANTONIO. AND, UH, WE HAVE, UH, ALWAYS, UH, MADE THE STATEMENT THAT WE WILL ALWAYS STAY IN THE WEST SIDE OF SAN ANTONIO. YOU KNOW, THERE'S OTHER COMPANIES THAT TEND TO GO NORTH, TEND TO GO INTO SHIRTS, TEND TO GO INTO THE AREA, UH, AROUND SAN ANTONIO. BUT WE, WE HAVE STEADFASTLY FOUND, UH, UH, WANTED TO STAY IN SAN ANTONIO. WE, THIS IS, THIS IS OUR HOME BASE AS FAR AS WEST SIDE OF SAN ANTONIO, UH, WHERE WE, WHERE WE EXPANDED AND WE LOOKED AT AT OPPORTUNITIES TWO YEARS AGO. UH, WE, WE FOUND AN OPPORTUNITY TO, TO GO OUTSIDE, BUT WE SAID WE WANNA STAY HERE. AND WHEN THE, UH, CHARLENE, UH, CORPORATION HAD THE DOWNSIDE, WE FIT, UH, QUICKLY INTO THEIR, INTO THEIR BUILDING, UH, WE WORKED THE DEAL OUT WITH THEM BECAUSE WE, IT WAS JUST A BLOCK AWAY. AND, UH, WE, UH, WE FOUND THAT, THAT THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WAS OUR BEST FIT. THAT THIS, UH, THIS LONG TIME STAPLE OF SAN ANTONIO WAS, UH, UH, WAS GONNA STAY ON THE WEST SIDE. AND I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH THAT, UH, PHILOSOPHY, UH, BEING FROM WHERE I, FROM WHERE I FIRST STARTED WORKING WHEN I WAS AT PACE FOODS, UH, BACK AT, IN, IN THE, UH, LATE EIGHTIES, UH, WHERE OF THE, OUR, OUR, THE COMFORT LEVEL WAS, WAS WORKING WITH THE HISPANIC WORKFORCE, UH, WAS, HAS ALWAYS BEEN SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN, UH, VERY EASY FOR ME AS A, AS A, UH, AS A HISPANIC MANAGER AND BEING ABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE TEAM MEMBERS, UH, EQUALLY. UH, BUT IT'S, UH, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO REALLY ENRICH THE LIVES OF THE FOLKS HERE IN THESE, UH, NEIGHBORHOODS THAT REALLY NEED, UH, A GOOD SOURCE OF, OF STEADY AND GROWING INCOME. AS, AS FAR AS, UH, A PARTICULAR, UH, UH, I GUESS ENDEAVORS THAT, THAT, THAT WE COULD, WE CAN TALK ABOUT WITHIN, UH, THE, THE WEST SIDE. UH, I DON'T HAVE A PARTICULAR ONE OTHER THAN, UH, THE MAIN THING THAT I SEE THAT WE NEED TO DO IS DEVELOPING, UH, THE, THE, THE YOUTH OF, OF SAN ANTONIO AND THE WEST SIDE ON, ON, UH, WITH JOB SKILLS AND JOB TRAINING, THAT'S GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT THEY CAN CARRY INTO, UH, DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS THAT'S PART OF A TEAM THAT, THAT CONTINUES TO INTERVIEW AND CONTINUES TO HIRE FOR POSITIONS HERE. AND, UH, AND A COMPANY THAT'S GROWING IN, UH, COMPLEXITY, JOBS THAT WORK, EQUIPMENT THAT GROWS IN COMPLEXITY. ANY TYPE OF SKILLED LABOR THAT WE CAN, WE CAN, UH, UH, REALLY GET FROM THE GROUND UP IS SOMETHING THAT WE FIND IS VERY, VERY NECESSARY RIGHT NOW. AND, UH, AND, UH, UH, WE ARE, WE, WE DON'T LIKE HAVING ANY, ANY TYPE OF HIGH TURNOVER BECAUSE WE ARE, THE ABILITY TO RETAIN OUR EMPLOYEES IS, IS SOMETHING THAT'S KEY FOR US. AND, UH, WE HAVE FOUND THAT, UH, IT, IT, IT IS, UH, SOMETHING THAT IS, THAT IS TREMENDOUSLY IMPORTANT TO, THAT YOU BRING SOMEBODY IN AND YOU KEEP THEM. AND THAT'S WHAT I'D LIKE TO REALLY FOCUS ON, UH, WITH THIS OPPORTUNITY. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, CHAIR GARCIA. THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN, UM, UH, OR CHAIR, UH, VRAN, AND THANK YOU TO MR. CANALES. I DO HAVE TO DISCLOSE THAT I, I HAVE KNOWN MR. CANALES SINCE MY SON WAS, UM, THREE YEARS OLD BECAUSE, UH, COACH CANALES, UM, COACHED BASEBALL, BELIEVE THAT COACH CANALES TOOK US TO A ZONE CHAMPIONSHIP. SO I DO HAVE TO SAY, UH, FULL DISCLOSURE THERE, BUT I STILL HAVE A REALLY HARD QUESTION FOR YOU, UM, COACH, UH, AND I'M SORRY, I KEEP SAYING COACH, UH, BUT, UM, SO I'M ON ANOTHER COMMITTEE, AND I NOTICED THAT, THAT YOU APPLIED FOR A, A COUPLE OF APPOINTMENTS TO CITY POSITIONS. AND SO I'M, I'M WONDERING, IS THERE, UH, A, A REASON THAT YOU, YOU CHOSE TO APPLY FOR MULTIPLE, UH, POSITIONS? LIKE, OR IS THERE, UM, A SPECIFIC FOCUS THAT YOU THOUGHT, UM, IN THE, IN, IN THE WEST SIDE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION TOTALLY MAKES SENSE BECAUSE YOU, UM, WORK FOR KI BASA IN THE WEST SIDE. UH, BUT IS THERE A REASON THAT YOU CHOSE, I KNOW OF TWO OF THE ONES THAT YOU APPLIED FOR AT LEAST. SO TELL ME HOW YOU MADE YOUR DECISIONS FOR FOCUSING TO APPLY ON THOSE PARTICULAR ONES AND WHY D W D C WOULD BE SO IMPORTANT TO YOU. SO, UM, WHEN, UH, I'M, I'M IN THE FINAL COUPLE OF MONTHS OF THE COMMUNITY ACTION ADVISORY BOARD, THE CAP BOARD, UH, THAT'S FOR THE LOW INCOME INDI, UH, INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES. AND, UH, UH, THAT, THAT WAS A TWO YEAR TERM. AND, UH, I'M COMING UP AT THE END OF THIS YEAR IS GONNA BE THE, THE, THE LAST THREE MONTHS. AND, UH, WHEN I DID THAT, UH, UH, THAT'S REALLY THE ONLY ONE I REMEMBER THAT I, THAT I'VE APPLIED FOR, AND I GOT THAT. SO, UH, I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THE OTHER ONE, BUT FOR, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, KIND OF TALKING ABOUT MY EXPERIENCES WITH THE UNITED WAY HERE, HERE WITH KI BAA, YOU KNOW, WE'VE, UH, UH, I TOOK [01:40:01] OVER AS THE BOARD, UH, UH, AS THE, UH, UH, THE SENIOR STAFF, UH, I GUESS THE CHAIRPERSON FOR, FOR THE COMPANY. UH, AND, AND REALLY MIKE KIELBASA CAME TO ME AND SAID, WE NEED TO GET THIS, UH, UH, PARTICIPATION GOING. AND, UH, AND I SAID, OKAY, THAT SOUNDS GOOD. YOU KNOW, WHEN THE BOSS ASKS YOU TO DO SOMETHING, WE, I USUALLY GET IT DONE FOR HIM. BUT WHAT I FOUND WAS THAT I REALLY, IT WAS REALLY SOMETHING THAT I TOOK, UH, TO HEART WHEN I STARTED WORKING WITH IT. AND THEN WORKING WITH THE UNITED WAY TEAM, UH, THE, THE, THE FAIR COUNTY TEAM. AND ACTUALLY, WE JUST KICKED OFF OUR, OUR, UH, MONDAY, WE, THIS, THIS YESTERDAY, WE KICKED OFF OUR CAMPAIGN FOR, FOR 2020, AND I'VE HAD A BUNCH OF MEETINGS TO, TO TALK ABOUT IT WITH A, WITH THE TEAM MEMBERS, INDIVIDUAL TEAM MEMBERS, AND, UH, IN, IN GROUPS. UH, SO WE, WE KICKED THAT OFF. AND SINCE, SINCE I'VE BEEN PART OF THE UNITED WAY, I JUST FELT THAT IT WAS A, UH, UH, A GOOD WAY TO SEE HOW WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO HELP OUT, UH, NOT ONLY THE UNITED WAY, UH, AGENCIES AROUND SAN ANTONIO, BUT EVEN THE SPECIFIC ONES AROUND, UH, THE WEST SIDE OF SAN ANTONIO. SO WE, WE, UH, TAKE OUR TEAM MEMBERS ON TOURS AT THOSE FACILITIES. WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO DO IT THIS YEAR BECAUSE OF THE COVID, BUT IN YEARS PAST, WE HAVE, SO THEY CAN, THEY, THEY CAN ACTUALLY SEE THE, THE, UH, UH, AGENCIES THAT AFFECT, UH, THE DO WEST SIDE OF SAN ANTONIO. UH, WE, I TALKED TO INDIVIDUALS, TEAM MEMBERS, AND I'VE ACTUALLY HAD THEM, UH, UH, SPEAK TO THE, UH, TO THE UNITED WAY PRESENTATIONS WHERE THEY, WHERE THEY ARE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT THE AGENCIES THAT THEY'VE USED IN THE PAST THAT HAVE HELPED EITHER THEIR FAMILIES THEMSELVES OR FRIENDS. SO IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT HAS REALLY GROWN AND, UH, AND I'VE CHARACTER FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS, AND EVERY YEAR WE HAVE A HUNDRED PERCENT PARTICIPATION, AND EVERY YEAR WE CONTINUE TO RAISE THE BAR ON OUR FINANCIAL GOALS, AND WE MAKE IT FUN. AND I'VE TAKEN THAT, UH, I GUESS YOU COULD SAY THAT, THAT THAT LOVE FOR HELPING PEOPLE OUT. AND THAT'S WHEN I WENT TO THE, TO, TO, AND APPLY FOR THE C BOARD, BECAUSE I THOUGHT I COULD DO SOMETHING GOOD THERE AS WELL. AND, UH, THAT'S WHERE I'VE BEEN THE LAST TWO YEARS, IS, IS DO, IS, UH, HELPING WITH THE, UH, COMMUNITY ACTION ADVISORY BOARD AND, AND, UH, AND WORKING WITH THAT GROUP AND, AND, AND GOING THROUGH WORKING WITH THEIR, WITH THEIR PROGRAMS AND UNDERSTANDING ON HOW THEY HELP, UH, THOSE, UH, THOSE, UH, UH, IN THE POPULATION OF SAN ANTONIO THAT NEED THE HELP, AND GETTING, ESPECIALLY JOB TRAINING AND ADVANCING THEM, BECAUSE I ALSO THINK THAT JOB TRAINING IS VERY IMPORTANT. UH, SO, UH, I'M, I'M COMING AT THE END OF THE TERM, WHICH IS GONNA LEAD ME INTO THE WEBSITE DEVELOPMENT, AND I THOUGHT IT'D BE A NATURAL, UH, PROGRESSION FOR WHAT I COULD DO AND WHAT I CAN OFFER, UH, THAT THE, UH, THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND IT, AND IT GOES, UH, HAND IN HAND WITH AGAIN, WHAT, WHAT, UH, OUR, OUR CORE, ONE OF OUR CORE PHILOSOPHY HERE, KISA, WHICH IS, UH, ENRICHING THE LIVES OF OTHERS AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT. SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS A THANK YOU, PERFECT SEGUE INTO THAT. AND I, I HAVE A HUNDRED PERCENT, UH, SUPPORT FROM, UH, THE KIVA FAMILY, ESPECIALLY MIKE KISA, UH, TO, UH, BE ABLE TO, UH, HOPEFULLY, UH, REPRESENT, UH, UH, THE COMPANY AND, UH, AND ALSO DO SOMETHING GOOD FOR THE WEST SIDE OF SAN ANTONIO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. CANALES. ALL RIGHT. UM, WE ARE GOING TO, UH, THANK YOU, AND WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO, UM, THE NEXT APPLICANT. TIFFANY JENKINS. IS JENKINS ON THE LINE? SO, COUNCIL COLLEAGUES, AFTER WE INTERVIEW THE REMAINING THREE CANDIDATES WILL HAVE TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSIONS STILL AND HAVE, UH, DIALOGUE THERE. [01:45:03] HI, IS TIFFANY JENKINS ON THE LINE YET? UH, CHAIR. I'M HERE. I JUST HAVE TO, UH, TURN OFF MY CAMERA FOR A MINUTE. OKAY. SO I'LL, I WON'T ASK ANY QUESTIONS THIS ONE TIME, SO, UM, I JUST NEED TO, EXCUSE ME ONE MOMENT. SURE. HI. IT'S TOO ON THE, THEY'RE ALL ON THE ONE. UM, OKAY. SO MY COLLEAGUES, UM, WE HAVE TIFFANY, UH, JENKINS ON THE LINE HERE. AND SO, UH, TIFFANY, WE ARE GOING TO ASK YOU TO, UH, IF IN THREE MINUTES, PLEASE SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOURSELF WITH US, AND THEN ALSO, UM, WHY YOU'D LIKE TO SERVE ON THE WEST SIDE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION BOARD, AND THEN WE'LL MOVE TO COUNCIL, UH, QUESTIONS. OKAY, GREAT. THANKS. UM, SO I STARTED AS A TEACHER AT LANIER HIGH SCHOOL WHENEVER I MOVED TO SAN ANTONIO NINE YEARS AGO. UM, AND I FELT REALLY CONNECTED TO THE COMMUNITY. I MOVED THERE, UM, TO, I MOVED TO SAN ANTONIO TO START A GRAD SCHOOL PROGRAM AND FELT REALLY FORTUNATE TO FIND A JOB AT LUMIER, AND THE STUDENTS AND THE COMMUNITY WAS SO WELCOMING AND JUST MADE ME FEEL REALLY AT HOME ON THE WEST SIDE. UM, BUT UNFORTUNATELY AS A TEACHER, I THINK I SAW TOO MANY TIMES WHENEVER MY STUDENTS WERE JUST LIKE, FAILED AND DIDN'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT I WISH THEY WOULD HAVE. SO I FELT A REALLY, UH, LIKE STRONG CONVICTION ABOUT HOW TO MAKE THE WEST SIDE BETTER. SO THAT'S WHAT REALLY LED ME TO BE HERE TODAY, IS I WANT TO DO ALL THAT I CAN TO PLAY A ROLE IN MAKING SURE THAT I CAN DO A, A SERVICE TO MAKE THE COMMUNITY THAT I REALLY LOVE AND ENJOY SO MUCH TO, TO GIVE BACK TO MY STUDENTS. UM, ALSO, I HAVE SERVED AS A VOLUNTEER AT THE INNER CITY DEVELOPMENT, AND IN MY CURRENT ROLE AS AN ADMINISTRATOR AND AS, UM, AS A BOARD MEMBER OF ANOTHER NONPROFIT CALLED RIDE OUT ART OUT, I CONTINUE TO COLLABORATE WITH A LOT OF, UH, ORGANIZATIONS ON THE WEST SIDE, SUCH AS SAN CULTURAL ARTS AND ESPERANZA PEACE AND JUSTICE CENTER, GUADALUPE CULTURAL ARTS, AND QUITE A FEW OTHERS. UM, ALSO IN MY CURRENT ROLE AS A PROGRAM COORDINATOR FOR S A I C AND THE CAST NETWORK, UM, IT'S LED ME TO BE ABLE TO COLLABORATE WITH A LOT OF BUSINESSES THROUGHOUT SAN ANTONIO. UM, SO THAT'S WHY I THINK IT WOULD BE AMAZING TO WORK FOR, TO BE A PART OF THIS BOARD, TO FEEL MORE CONNECTED WITH THE BUSINESSES ON THE WEST SIDE. UM, SO THE WEST SIDE'S JUST BEEN VERY IMPORTANT TO ME BECAUSE OF HOW I STARTED OUT IN SAN ANTONIO, AND THAT'S WHY IT'S LED ME TO BE HERE TODAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU TIFFANY, SO MUCH, UM, FOR YOUR, YOUR COMMENTS. AND SO NOW WE'RE GONNA GO TO COUNCIL, UH, COUNCIL QUESTIONS, AND I'M GOING TO START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, VEO HDA, DISTRICT SIX. OKAY, THANK YOU. I HAVE THE SAME QUESTION. UM, UH, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO HAS HIGH EQUITY PRIORITIES. UH, THE WEST SIDE OF, OF SAN ANTONIO HAS A HEAVY HISPANIC PRESENCE AND, AND PEOPLE OF COLOR. DO YOU HAVE A PHILOSOPHY ON EQUITY? AND THEN MY SECOND, UM, PART OF MY QUESTION IS, WELL, I'LL JUST WAIT, GO AHEAD AND ANSWER THAT ONE. YOUR PHILOSOPHY ON EQUITY. YES, I HAVE, I HAVE PHILOSOPHY. WHAT I, MY CURRENT JOB IS, UM, WHAT I DO FOR S A I B AND FOR THE CAST NETWORK OF SCHOOLS IS COORDINATE INTERNSHIP AND MENTORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS. SO I'VE ONLY EVER WORKED IN, UM, INNER CITY SCHOOLS, [01:50:01] AND IT'S, I FEEL VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT, UM, MAKING SURE THAT THOSE STUDENTS HAVE ACCESS TO OPPORTUNITIES SO THAT THEY CAN BE SUCCESSFUL IN THE FUTURE. ALTHOUGH I'M NOT A PERSON OF COLOR, I DO COME FROM A BACKGROUND THAT WAS NOT THE EASIEST, AND I WAS A FIRST GENERATION COLLEGE STUDENT, AND I UNDERSTAND, UM, WHENEVER LIFE ISN'T THE EASIEST. SO ALTHOUGH I DON'T, UM, I'M NOT A PERSON OF COLOR, I, I, I UNDERSTAND WHY HAVING THOSE OPPORTUNITIES TO, UH, TO HAVE ACCESS TO LIKE INTERNSHIPS AND THEN BE ABLE TO, UH, GO ON TO DO GREAT AMAZING SUCCESSFUL THINGS IS SO IMPORTANT. MAN, THAT WAS A ROOKIE MISTAKE. MY APOLOGIES. I WAS MUTED. UM, DO YOU, DO YOU HAVE A PERSONAL INTEREST, UM, ASSOCIATED WITH ANY SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS ON THE WEST SIDE? NO. NO, I DON'T. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GO AHEAD. I'M SORRY. I WAS GONNA SAY THAT MY INTEREST ON THIS BOARD ARE REALLY JUST ALTRUISTIC DUE TO MY, UM, MY ROLE IN BEING A TEACHER AT LINEAR AND WANTING TO GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY AND HAVING FEELING SO LIKE CONNECTED TO MY STUDENTS THERE. OKAY. WONDERFUL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER GARCIA, YOU COUNCILMAN, UM, OR, OR CHAIR AND THANK YOU, UH, MS. JENKINS FOR YOUR APPLICATION. AND SO I KNOW THAT YOU SAID THAT YOU'VE WORKED, UM, FOR EIGHT YEARS AT SS A I S D. UM, AND, AND YOU STARTED AS AN A A S L BILINGUAL, UM, TEACHER AT LINEAR. CAN YOU MAYBE TELL ME WHAT IT IS ABOUT SERVING ON THE WEST SIDE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, UM, THAT YOU CAN BRING IN FROM THE EDUCATOR PERSPECTIVE? LIKE WHAT IS MISSING ON THE W D C IN YOUR OPINION? AND MAYBE THIS CAN BE GATHERED FROM MAYBE SOME, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE WATCHED SOME PREVIOUS MEETINGS OR LOOKED AT SOME MINUTES OR JUST WHAT YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT THE W D C. HOW CAN YOU BRING YOUR EDUCATOR PERSPECTIVE INTO IT? WELL, I REALLY THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE A CONNECTION BETWEEN THE YOUNG PEOPLE OF THE WEST SIDE AND WHAT THEIR FUTURES WILL LOOK LIKE. I SAW WAY TOO MANY TIMES MY STUDENTS WHO HAD JUST ALL THE POTENTIAL OF THE WORLD, BUT NOT NECESSARILY THE SUPPORT TO HELP THEM TO BE LIKE, TO GO THE EXTRA MILE. SO THAT'S WHY I THINK IT WOULD BE SO AMAZING TO SERVE ON THIS BOARD, TO BE ABLE TO GIVE BACK, TO HELP PEOPLE LIKE MY STUDENTS AND THEN THEIR CHILDREN HAVE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES, THE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES TO DO THINGS THAT I WISH I COULD HAVE HELPED THEM DONE WITH THEIR LIVES WHENEVER I WAS THERE. THANK YOU. UM, THANK YOU MS. JENKINSON. THANK YOU, CHAIR. NO FURTHER QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER. COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ, ANY QUESTIONS? UH, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. JENKINS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR APPLICATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MS. JENKINS SO MUCH, UM, FOR YOUR, YOUR PATIENCE TOO AND YOUR FLEXIBILITY WITH US IN THIS, IN THIS, UH, ENVIRONMENT. THANK YOU. NO PROBLEM. I, I'M, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF TECHNICALLY. ALL RIGHT. WE ARE GOING TO NOW MOVE TO OUR NEXT APPLICANT, UH, LARISSA MARTINEZ. IS M MS. MARTINEZ ON THE CALL? ON THE LINE? HI, IS THIS MS. MARTINEZ? HELLO? UM, HELLO, THIS IS MS. MARTINEZ. THANK YOU SO MUCH. HI THERE. UM, THIS IS COUN, THIS IS CHAIR, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER REBECCA VRAN. WE'RE GIVING ALL OF OUR, UH, APPLICANTS THREE MINUTES TO TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOURSELF AND WHY YOU'D LIKE TO SERVE ON THE, UH, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF W D C. AND THEN WE'LL GO AROUND, UM, FOR THREE MINUTES OR MINUTES OF QUESTIONS PER COUNCIL MEMBER, IF THEY HAVE ANY. SO THE FLOOR IS YOURS. OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE PART A, UH, MEETING AND, UH, THERE'S SOME, A FEW TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES. UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH [01:55:01] FOR, UH, LETTING ME KNOW TO COME BACK ON. UH, SO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MYSELF. I WAS BORN AND RAISED HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, UM, A NATIVE I WENT TO, UH, SAN ANTONIO INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOL, GRADUATED, AND, UM, WAS THEN KIND OF STUCK WITH A CHOICE OF WHETHER TO GO TO, TO COLLEGE OR JOIN THE MILITARY. UM, SO I DECIDED TO, UM, YOU KNOW, TAKE THE CHALLENGE. I WAS FIRST FEMALE IN MY FAMILY TO GO INTO THE MILITARY, SO I JOINED THE AIR FORCE, UM, RIGHT AFTER GRADUATION, AND, UH, SPENT EIGHT YEARS IN THE AIR FORCE. UM, I SEPARATED, UM, AND WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED, UM, DUE TO MEDICAL REASONS. AND, UM, KIND OF GONE BACK AND FORTH THROUGH DIFFERENT, UH, POSITIONS WITH DIFFERENT ORGAN, UH, DIFFERENT COMPANIES AND HAVE A DEGREE IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY. UH, I, I'M ALSO A CERTIFIED PEER SUPPORT SPECIALIST AND A MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID INSTRUCTOR. AND I DECIDED LAST YEAR TO, UM, AN ORGANIZATION, UH, A NONPROFIT CALLED CIRCLE OF ARMS, WHERE WE ADVOCATE FOR MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS THROUGH EDUCATION AND TRAINING, BUILD GAPS, AND BREAK STIGMA WITH SPECIAL FOCUS IN VETERANS, WOMEN AND MINORITY COMMUNITIES. UH, THE REASON I WOULD LIKE TO SERVE, UM, ON THE BOARD OF THE, UM, W S B IS DUE TO, UH, A LOT OF MY FAMILY MEMBER, WELL, MY GRANDMA STILL LIVES ON, ON THE WEBSITE. AND, UH, IT'S DEFINITELY AN AREA THAT I KNOW NEEDS A LOT OF RESOURCES AND IMPROVEMENTS, UM, ESPECIALLY WITHIN MENTAL HEALTH AND JUST AS GRANDPARENTS BEING CAREGIVERS THAT ARE TAKING ON THOSE ROLES AS FAR AS TAKING CARE OF THEIR GRANDKIDS, UM, DUE TO WHICHEVER CIRCUMSTANCE MIGHT BE GOING ON IN THEIR FAMILY. UM, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE, UH, THAT THE AREA, UH, ON THE WEST SIDE IS, IS ABLE TO HAVE THE CONNECTION AND RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO THEM TO BE ABLE TO THRIVE AND SUCCEED, UH, IN SAN ANTONIO. AND, UH, I'M A FAMILY. I HAVE A FAMILY, I'M MARRIED. AND, UM, THAT'S ABOUT IT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UM, MS. MARTINEZ, WE'RE GONNA GO AROUND AND ASK THE COUNCIL COLLEAGUE IF THEY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR YOU. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ. UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH, MS. MARTINEZ, AND FOR YOUR APPLICATION TO THE W D C. UM, DO YOU HAVE ANY THOUGHTS ABOUT TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE HAPPEN? UH, ON THE WEST SIDE, I DEFINITELY WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE MOBILE, UH, AS FAR AS MOBILE RESOURCES BEING AVAILABLE TO THOSE THAT ARE IN MOBILE. SO A LOT MORE MENTAL HEALTH, CHILDCARE, UM, SERVICES LIKE, YOU KNOW, HEALTHCARE, MENTAL HEALTH, CHECK-IN, UM, FOOD SERVICES, UM, BEING ABLE TO BE DISTRIBUTED IN A MOBILE TYPE OF WAY. GREAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, CHAIR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER. COUNCIL MEMBER VEO. HDA. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. UM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR APPLICATION, UH, LARISSA AND THE WORK THAT YOU DO WITH, UH, CIRCLE OF ARMS. THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO HAS HIGH EQUITY PRIORITIES. THE WEST SIDE SPECIFICALLY HAS A HEAVY PRESENCE, UH, OF HISPANIC PEOPLE AND OTHER PEOPLE OF COLOR. DO YOU HAVE A PHILOSOPHY ON EQUITY? LEMME JUST MAKE SURE THAT I HEARD YOUR QUESTION, RIGHT. WHAT THE QUESTION IS, DO I HAVE A, WHAT WAS AFTER THAT? A PH I'M SORRY. I'LL, I'LL REPEAT THE QUESTION. UM, I MENTIONED THAT SANTO SAN ANTONIO HAS A HIGH, UH, PRIORITY ON EQUITY, UM, AND THE WEST SIDE HAS, UM, A HEAVY PRESENCE OF PEOPLE OF COLOR. DO YOU HAVE A PHILOSOPHY ON EQUITY? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. I, I ANSWERED THAT QUESTION. SO, UH, A HIGH PHILOSOPHY ON EQUITY TO ME, I DEFINITELY THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, JUST AS WE ARE DOING SO MUCH, UH, AROUND SAN ANTONIO AS FAR AS THE DIFFERENT AREAS, UH, OF COLOR, UH, TO BRING THOSE, THOSE AREAS TO THE FOREFRONT AS FAR AS BEING AREAS THAT, UM, PEOPLE WANNA LIVE AND, AND, UM, HAVE A FAMILY IN. SO WHILE EQUITY IS IMPORTANT, I WOULDN'T SAY THAT IT IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN HUMANS AND CITIZENS, UM, IN THAT AREA. [02:00:01] UH, I'M SORRY, LARISSA, WOULD YOU REPEAT THAT LAST PART? I'M NOT SURE I HEARD IT. WHAT, WHAT, UM, I HEARD UP UNTIL, WHAT IS MORE IMPORTANT? WOULD YOU MIND REPEATING IT? SURE. I, I SAID SURE, DEFINITELY. I SAID, WELL, EQUITY IS IMPORTANT AS FAR AS TO JUST CHANGE THE DEMOGRAPHICS AND, AND, UH, THE ENVIRONMENT AS FAR AS HAVING MORE AREAS OF PARKS OR RESOURCES AVAILABLE IN THAT, IN THE WEST SIDE AREA. I DON'T THINK THAT EQUITY IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE CITIZENS AND THE PEOPLE THAT WE SERVE AS FAR AS GETTING THEIR INPUT ON WHAT IS NEEDED IN THEIR AREA. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. YOU'RE WELCOME. YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER RICHARD GARCIA. I HAVE NO QUESTIONS, MA'AM. CHAIR, THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST IN THE POSITION, MS. MARTINEZ. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MS. MARTINEZ. APPRECIATE YOUR, YOUR INTEREST AND THANK YOU FOR APPLYING. UM, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT, UM, APPLICANT. MR. RICHARD, ERIC VASQUEZ. WE ARE JUST GETTING CONNECTED. HI. UM, IS MR. VASQUEZ THERE? ARE YOU ON THE LINE? YES, MA'AM. HEY THERE. UH, THIS IS WO REBECCA VRAN. WELCOME. WE WILL GET, HOW ARE YOU? I'M WELL, I'M WELL. WE'RE GONNA HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR AN INTRODUCTION OF YOURSELF AND, UM, WHY YOU'D LIKE TO SERVE ON THE BOARD OF W D C, AND THEN WE'LL GO AROUND AND HAVE QUESTIONS FROM ANY OF MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES. SO WITH THAT, THE FLOOR IS YOURS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. UM, AS IT WAS SAID, MY NAME IS RICHARD VASQUEZ. I AM, UM, I'M A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF THE WEST SIDE. UM, I GREW UP OFF OF LEAVE ROAD. I WENT TO SCHOOL ALL ON THE WEST SIDE. THERE WOULD BE, THERE WOULD BE PRIVATE SCHOOLS. THEY'RE ALL DEEP IN THE WEST SIDE. I WENT TO A, UM, UH, ST. JOHN BOSCO SCHOOL, AS WELL AS HOLY CROSS. GOT TWO DEGREES FROM ST. MARY'S, AND I AM NOW A DOCTORAL CANDIDATE AT VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY IN LEADERSHIP AND LEARNING ON ORGANIZATION. UM, MY HEART'S CRY HAS ALWAYS BEEN EDUCATION, ESPECIALLY ON THE WEST SIDE. UM, MY TEACHING CAREER STARTED AT, UH, IN THE EDGEWOOD SCHOOL DISTRICT. THE MAJORITY OF THAT TIME WAS AT GU GARCIA MIDDLE SCHOOL. I SPENT ABOUT FOUR YEARS THERE. UM, PROBABLY SOME OF MY MET MY BEST, UM, MY BEST YEARS IN TEACHING AND EDUCATION. UM, SOME OF THE MOST REWARDING TIMES I HAD WERE THERE. I HAVE BEEN THE ACADEMIC DEAN AND JUST RECENTLY, UM, PROMOTED TO DEAN OF ACADEMICS AND, UH, SCHOOL MISSION AT HOLY CROSS, SAN ANTONIO FOR, I'VE BEEN HERE FOR ABOUT 17 YEARS IN THE SAME POSITION. UM, DURING THAT TIME, I HAVE TRIED TO CULTIVATE AND A SERIES OF, UM, PROGRAMS THAT WOULD HELP KIDS GET, UM, THE BEST LEG UP GET IN EDUCATION THAT MY, MY CROWNING JEWEL WAS THE, UH, DUAL CREDIT PROGRAM THAT I DEVELOPED, UH, WITH OUR LADY LAKE UNIVERSITY. UM, DURING THAT TIME, DURING THAT, IN THAT PROGRAM, OUR KIDS WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET UP TO 60 COLLEGE CREDIT HOURS. AND, UM, ONE OF MY KIDDOS ACTUALLY ENDED UP, UM, ENTERING OTTAWA UNIVERSITY IN KANSAS AS A COLLEGE STAFF MEMBER, UM, BASED ON ALL THE WORK THAT SHE DID. THAT'S ONE, ONE OF MY PROUDEST MOMENTS OF MY CAREER. UM, AND IT'S JUST, IT'S JUST A CONSTANT FUELING OF, FOR ME, FUELING MY SOUL OF, UM, MAKING SURE KIDDOS UNDERSTAND THAT JUST BECAUSE THEY'RE FROM THE WEST SIDE, UM, AND THEY MAY HAVE SOME STRUGGLES THAT THEY'RE CAPABLE OF ACHIEVING EVERYTHING THAT THEIR HEART [02:05:01] AND MIND CAN DESIRE. AND, UM, I MYSELF CAME TO HOLY CROSS. SO, YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M A PRODUCT OF THAT, THAT WHOLE PHILOSOPHY. AND, AND HERE, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT A, IT'S NOT A TYPICAL PRIVATE SCHOOL. IF, IF, IF I CAN, I CAN USE THE, THE, THE MILD STEREOTYPE, RIGHT? UM, WE, WE, WE DEFINITELY CATER TO A LOT OF FIRST GENERATION, UM, UH, COLLEGE ATTENDEES, EVENTUALLY COLLEGE GRADUATES. SOMETIMES WE HAVE, UM, A GOOD PERCENTAGE OF OUR KIDS DEPENDING ON THE YEAR, FIRST YEAR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS CROSSING HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES. SO IT'S JUST ONE OF THOSE, THOSE MISSIONS IN MY LIFE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE WEST SIDE IS THE, EXCUSE ME, THIS INSTITUTION ON THE WEST SIDE AS WELL AS THE WEST SIDE ITSELF IS, UM, IS, IS CULTIVATED AND, AND CONTINUE TO BE, TO BE SUCCESSFUL. WHY I WANT TO SERVE ON THIS BOARD. UM, I, I FEEL A CALL TO SERVICE. I'VE ALWAYS HAD A HEART OF SERVICE, BUT THAT'S USUALLY BEEN TO MY SCHOOL, UM, TO MY ALMA MATER, ST. MARY'S, UM, MY IMMEDIATE COMMUNITY, UM, MY NEIGHBORHOOD, I MEAN, AND I, I FEEL LIKE I NEED TO TAKE IT ON A, ON A GRANDER SCALE. UM, AND UNDERSTANDING THAT MY GRANDPARENTS WERE VERY MUCH PROPONENTS OF, OF EDUCATION WHO LIVED ON THE WEST SIDE FOR THE, THE ENTIRETY OF THEIR LIVES. UM, I FEEL, I FEEL A SENSE OF DUTY AND A SENSE OF, UH, A SENSE OF, YOU KNOW, DOING THEM HONOR TO, UH, MAKE SURE THAT, THAT THEIR SIDE OF TOWN IS WELL REPRESENTED AND WELL, WELL TAKEN CARE OF. AND THAT'S, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT MY GOALS ARE. THANK YOU, MR. VASQUEZ. THAT'S, THAT'S THE THREE MINUTES, AND NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO COUNSEL QUESTIONS AND WE'LL MOVE TO, UH, WE'LL START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER CAVEO HDA FIRST. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. UH, SIR, UH, THE CITY HAS OF SAN ANTONIO HAS HIGH EQUITY PRIORITIES. THE WEST SIDE HAS A HEAVY, UM, PRESENCE OF PEOPLE WITH COLOR. DO YOU HAVE A PHILOSOPHY ON EQUITY ? UH, YES MA'AM. I MEAN, MY, MY, MY MO HAS ALWAYS BEEN, IT, IT'S EDUCATION FOR ALL, UM, EQUITY AND ALL THINGS FOR ALL. UM, AGAIN, MY, MY FRAME OF REFERENCE IS EDUCATION AND, AND MY, MY PHILOSOPHY HAS ALWAYS BEEN EDUCATION IS GOING TO BE THE, THE BEST CONDUIT OUT OF POVERTY, OUT OF, OUT OF, UM, OUT OF STEREOTYPES FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM. AND THAT'S, THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE, THE, THE STINT I WOULD GO IN REGARDS TO ANSWERING THAT QUESTION. UM, THE, MY EEC, MY SENSE OF EQUITY IS VERY MUCH, UM, THERE'S NO ONE ABOVE ANYONE ELSE. AND WE, EVERYBODY HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN FROM ANYONE THEY ENCOUNTER. THANK YOU. AND DO YOU HAVE A, PER ANY PERSONAL INTEREST ASSOCIATED WITH SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS ON THE WEST SIDE? NO, MA'AM. I'M NOT A , I'M NOT AN ENTREPRENEUR AT ALL. , I DON'T HAVE THE, I DON'T HAVE THE PATIENCE FOR THAT. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR APPLYING. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. UM, AND I'M GOING TO GO NOW TO COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA, IF SHE HAS ANY QUESTIONS. UH, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, CHAIR, BUT THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR APPLICATION. UH, MR. VASQUES. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ. OKAY. SORRY, I LOST MY AUDIO THERE FOR A MINUTE, BUT NO, UM, UH, I, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, UH, FOR THE APPLICANT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK, THANK YOU SO MUCH. UM, MR. VASQUEZ, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR, FOR APPLYING AND FOR ALL OF THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING IN EDUCATION AND AT HOLY CROSS ON THE WEST SIDE. AND IT'S GREAT TO HEAR FROM YOU. BE SAFE. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. NOW, TAKE CARE. OKAY. THOSE ARE ALL OF OUR APPLICANTS THAT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO COME ONLINE AND INTERVIEW WITH US. SO THE TIME IS NOW 4:13 PM ON THIS SIXTH DAY OF OCTOBER, 2020. UM, THE ECONOMIC AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL COMMITTEE WILL NOW MEET IN EXECUTIVE SESSION TO CONSULT WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND TO DELIBERATE OR DISCUSS LEGAL [02:10:01] ISSUES RELATING TO THE FOLLOWING. ITEM FIVE, DE DELIBERATE THE APPOINTMENT EVALUATION AND DUTIES OF PUBLIC OFFICERS AND DISCUSS LEGAL ISSUES PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0 7 4 PERSONNEL MATTERS AND TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0 7 1 CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEY COLLEAGUES. YOU ALL RECEIVED A LINK AND SO WE'LL SEE YOU THERE IN A SECOND. IS NOW 4:45 PM ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6TH, 2020. AND THE ECONOMIC AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL COMMITTEE WILL NOW RECONVENE AN OPEN SESSION. NO OFFICIAL ACTION WAS TAKEN IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. AND AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. THANK YOU, CHAIR. UM, I MOTION TO MOVE FORWARD TO FULL COUNCIL CONSIDERATION, THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES AND NOMINEES FOR CONSIDERATION TO W D C BOARD APPOINTMENTS, U T S A, SEAN MCSHERRY FOR SMALL BUSINESS, LUIS CARINO FOR REAL ESTATE, JOHN HEND, AND TO RE ADVERTISE FOR THE RESIDENT CATEGORY AND TO DEFER ACTION ON THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE CATEGORY FOR CONSIDERATION AT THE OCTOBER 22ND MEETING OF THE A W D C SECOND. RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UM, AGAIN, THANK YOU ALL FOR, UM, APPLYING FOR THE W D C UH, BOARD OF DIRECTORS. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THE MOTION AS STATED. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. SO, UM, WITH THAT, I BELIEVE THAT IS OUR LAST ITEM ON THIS COUNCIL COMMITTEE AGENDA. THAT ALRIGHT. IT IS 4 47. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR THIS MARATHON MEETING. APPRECIATE IT. HAVE A GOOD EVENING. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. 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