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From YouTube: Chattanooga IDB Meeting 7/10/2023
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Chattanooga Industrial Development Board (IDB) Meeting 7/10/2023
A
A
Thanks
so
much
for
being
here,
members
I
do
believe
you
have
a
copy
of
the
June
5th
meeting
minutes.
I
will
at
this
time
entertain
any
discussion
about
those
or
a
motion
to
approve
make
a
motion
to
approve.
Is
there
a
second
SEC
all
in
favor
of
approving
the
minutes,
as
rendered
say,
aye
aye,
any
opposed,
nay,
motion
carries
this
time.
We'll
accept
any
comments
from
any
member
of
the
public.
Who
wants
to
make
some
wants
to
speak?
Do
we
have
anybody.
A
C
C
First
I'll
go
over
some
of
the
required
Communications
and
then
we'll
kind
of
jump
into
the
report
itself
under
U.S
auditing
standards,
as
the
auditor
responsible
for
conducting
the
audit,
in
accordance
with
generally
accepted
auditing
standards,
and
to
plan
our
audit
to
obtain
reasonable
assurance
that
the
financial
statements
are
fairly
presented
and
free
from
Material
misstatement.
Reasonable
Assurance
is
not
absolute
Assurance.
C
C
The
financial
statements
include
certain
estimates
made
by
management.
We
evaluate
the
reasonableness
of
these
estimates
and
found
no
issues
with
with
those
estimates.
We're
not
aware
of
any
consultations
with
other
accountants
or
Auditors
in
the
process
of
our
audit
Eleanor
and
the
staff
were
great
to
work
with.
We
had
no
significant
disagreements,
no
disagreements
at
all
no
issues
working
with
them,
they're
always
great,
and
so
so
no
issues
there,
while
our
audit's
not
designed
to
catch
illegal,
Acts
or
fraud.
C
C
The
second
paragraph
notes,
our
opinion
is
a
clean
opinion,
an
unmodified
opinion,
that's
what
we're
all
strive
for
Eleanor
and
does
a
great
job
working
through
the
the
financials
and
presenting
those
to
us
in
a
way
that
that
limits
the
work
that
we
have
to
do
as
far
as
adjustments.
We
made
no
adjustments
this
year
on
the
financial
statements,
and
so
it
is
a
clean
report,
a
clean
opinion.
C
C
C
10
and
11.
is
the
statement
of
net
position.
This
is
the
balance
sheet
for
the
board.
It's
broken
into
current
assets
and
current
liability
or
current
assets
and
non-current
assets
on
page
10
by
your
current
assets
are
primarily
composed
of
cash
and
cash
equivalents,
while
you're
non-current
assets,
primarily
May,
are
made
up
of
those
leased
assets
that
you
see.
Total
assets
were
442
million
dollars,
which
is
roughly
the
same
as
it
was
last
year.
Very
little
change.
When
you
look
at
it
year
over
year,
page
11
goes
to
the
current
liabilities.
C
There
are
no
non-current
liabilities.
Current
liabilities
are
904
000
versus
912
from
last
year,
so
again,
very
little
change.
When
you
look
at
it
year
over
year.
One
thing
that
we
look
at
as
far
as
a
benchmark
for
kind
of
health
of
the
board
is
the
current
ratio.
When
we
look
at
current
assets
to
current
liabilities,
The
Benchmark
we
like
to
kind
of
look
at
is
that
1.5
to
3.
Right
now
the
board
is
at
2.9
so
on
the
high
end
of
that
Benchmark.
C
C
C
And
then
Pages
14
through
22,
are
notes
to
the
financial
statements
they
break
out.
Some
of
the
policies
that
are
adopted
by
the
board.
It
adds
a
little
more
detail
to
some
of
the
numbers
that
are
presented
in
the
financial
statements
gives
a
little
more
a
little
more,
like
the
management
discussion
analysis,
a
little
more
color
onto
the
numbers
and
then
moving
past.
That
Pages
23
through
27
are
the
combining
program
schedules.
C
All
in
all
the
audit
went
well,
we
didn't
have
any
disagreements.
No
major
issues
with
with
the
accounting
staff
or
management
working
through
this
they're
always
very
helpful
working
through
some
of
the
issues
we
may
run
across
whether
either
reporting
or
just
kind
of
working
through
some
of
the
notes
and
the
Management's
discussion
and
Analysis
working
with
us
on
that.
So
we
appreciate
their
help
and
their
willingness
to
to
work
with
us
on
that
they
do
a
great
job
and
we
just
appreciate
getting
to
be
be
here
and
work
with
you
guys.
C
D
C
That
is
correct,
so
we
have
no.
We
found
no
issues
of
non-compliance.
No,
we
didn't
test.
Well,
we
don't
test
internal
controls,
we
do
evaluate
them.
We
had
no
issues
in
that
evaluation.
So
that's
a
good
thing
all
right,
good,
sir.
Yes,
sir
sir,
so
no
issues
from
the
compliance
standpoint
there
we're
filming.
Thank
you.
E
E
E
E
The
dollar
amount
that
you
are
interested
to
see
is
the
one
under
the
heading
and
R14
that
one
million
six
hundred
twenty
five
thousand
four
hundred
fifty
two
dollars,
that
is,
the
undesignated
amount
available
for
both
skin
the
other.
The
other
columns
was
the
cash
balance
on
there.
These
are
all
designated
for
that
specific
purposes.
E
E
D
D
A
F
F
That
is,
we
call
it
the
West
Chickamauga
site,
but
it's
in
East
Ridge
was
recently
transferred
from
East
Ridge
to
wwta
and
it
would
remain
with
wwta
until
the
title
issues
are
addressed
because
right
now,
with
those
title
issues
we
cannot
Secure
Title
Insurance
and
obviously
we
do
not
want
to
build
anything
on
a
50
million
asset
on
a
site
for
which
we
cannot
have
title
insurance.
So,
if
we're
unable
to
address
those
issues
during
this
due
diligence
period,
we
will
not
proceed
with
construction
on
that
site.
D
F
F
A
I'm
going
to
go
ahead
and
read
resolution
a
and
then,
if
there's
any
more
discussion
that
needs
to
happen
on
it,
we
can
do
that
or
I'll
entertain.
A
motion
to
pass
resolution.
A
resolution
authorizing
the
Industrial
Development
board,
chair
or
vice
chair,
to
enter
into
a
lease
agreement
with
a
Hamilton
County
Water
and
Wastewater
Treatment
Authority
in
substantially
the
form
attached
for
the
design
and
construction
of
the
city's
proposed,
wet
weather
Equalization
station
at
6000,
Cornelius
and
Road
identified
as
tax
back
number
169-d-a-001.02.
A
All
in
favor,
say
aye
all
right.
Any
opposed
motion
carries.
Thank
you.
Mr
Diamond
resolution
C
resolution
authorizing
the
idb
chair
of
Vice,
chair
to
execute
an
acknowledgment
of
expiration
of
lease
quit
claim
deed
and
bill
of
sale
and
substantially
the
forms
attached
relative
to
the
pilot
agreement
with
jarnagin
Road,
2
LLC
and
EMG
Corporation
Mr
Freeman.
Yes,.
H
Good
morning,
members
of
the
board
Welcome
to
our
new
member
Jermaine,
Freeman
interim
Chief
of
Staff
to
Mayor,
Tim,
Kelly
and
director
of
the
economic
development.
So
this
resolution
that's
come
before.
You
today
gives
us
the
opportunity
to
retire
a
13-year
pilot
that
was
initially
entered
into
by
a
subsidiary
of
CBL
properties
along
with
emj
Corporation.
The
original
13-year
pilot
started
back
in
2008.
It
was
approved
by
the
city
council
back
in
2007,
and
so
it
the
pilot
ran
from
years
2008
to
2020..
H
That's
right:
the
original
pilot
was
for
the
construction
of
an
office
building
out
near
Hamilton
Place
mall
that
office
building
was
the
requirements
were
for
a
10
million
dollar
capital
investment
by
the
Jernigan
Road
subsidiary,
as
well
as
a
one
million
dollar
investment
into
personal
property
from
emj
Corporation,
as
as
a
potential
tenant
within
that
office
building
and
so
Mr
attorney.
Do
you
have
anything
else.
D
A
We
have
a
motion
to
approved.
Is
there
a
second
all
in
favor,
say
aye,
all
right,
any
opposed
promotion
carries.
Thank
you
very
much.
That
concludes
our
resolutions.
Item
number.
Eight
is
a
public
hearing
on
pilot
policies
and
procedures,
so
Mr
Freeman
I'll
invite
you
to
come
back
to
the
podium
and
kind
of
lay
out
for
us
what
the
administration
has
in
mind
in
terms
of
what
we
can
do
to
be
supportive.
H
If
you
may
remember-
and
we've
been
talking
about
this,
this
has
been
an
item
for
discussion
for,
for
a
period
of
time,
mayor
Kelly,
very
much
promised
back
during
his
campaign
for
mayor
that
the
city
would
go
about
and
create
a
system
of
policies
to
govern
the
pilot
process.
We
have
never
had
a
pilot
policy
that
I
am
aware
of
neither
does
the
county
and
typically,
when
Pilots
are
coming
before
you,
as
as
a
body
that
has
responsibility
for
doing
and
advancing
Economic
Development
work
in
our
city.
H
They
have
asked
that
we
and
that
this
body
be
willing
to
sort
of
keep
the
public
hearing
phase
of
this
process
open
both
today,
which
is
in
this,
of
course,
is
July,
but
then
also
potentially
next
month,
just
to
make
sure
that
they
have
a
chance
to
make
their
voices
heard
at
all
at
all
at
every
opportunity,
and
we
will
continue
to
work
with
them
and
collaborate
to
make
sure
that
we
have
a
pilot
process
that
is
fair,
transparent
and
serves
our
Economic
Development
goals
for
the
area.
So
I
think
that's.
That's
all
I
have.
A
A
H
H
Is
correct?
We
had
initially
maybe
considered
taking
the
draft
pilot
policy
to
the
city
council
first,
but
we're
happy
to
bring
it
to
the
idb
first
so
that
you
all
sort
of
have
a
first
look
at
it,
the
first
stab
and
then
once
we
feel
like
we're
in
a
good
place
with
you
all
we're
happy
to
take
that
policy
to
over
to
the
city
council
for
their
consideration.
A
Well,
I'm
I'm
happy
to
hear
any
comment
or
discussion
among
my
colleagues
up
here.
I
think
that
would
be
my
preference
would
be
to
move
this
forward
as
as
expeditiously
as
we
can
within
the
reasonable
transparency
expectations.
So
if
there's
an
opportunity
for
us
to
to
engage
on
that
at
our
August
meeting
and
then
be
in
a
position
to
perhaps
vote
at
the
following
meeting,
does
anybody
have
any
other
thoughts
about
that?
Okay,
yes,
sir,.
H
We
actually
did
take
a
look
at
and
Charles
from
the
Chamber
of
Commerce
can
come
discuss
this
a
little
bit
more,
but
we
took
we've
taken
a
close
look
at
policies
across
the
state,
and
so,
if
you
look
at
you
know,
Memphis
Memphis
uses
the
organization
called
Memphis
Edge
to
advance
a
lot
of
their
pilot
work
over
over
on
in
their
area.
Memphis
Edge
actually
does
Pilots
for
both
jobs,
pilots
and
housing.
H
Pilots,
you
all,
don't
typically
do
housing
Pilots,
although
you
have
the
power
to
do
so
under
state
law,
but
because
we
have
a
health,
education
and
housing
facilities
board,
which
is
separate
from
the
idb.
We
typically
take
our
Pilots
through
the
HEB
so
that
you
all
don't
ever
have
to
see
those
it,
but
and
then
we
also
looked
at
look
pretty
closely
at
Knoxville's
policy
as
well.
Charles.
Do
you
want
to
add
anything
yeah.
G
A
H
I
Good
morning
board,
my
name
is
Helen
burnshaw,
representing
accountability
for
taxpayer
money.
My
comments
are
General
today,
with
the
hope
that
this
hearing
will
be
continued
to
August
or
September,
and
thank
you
for
Jermaine
making
that
recommendation
your
willingness
to
continue
with
the
discussion
for
a
deeper
dive
that
does
allow
for
more
discussion
between
the
city,
County,
Chamber,
Caleb
and
ATM.
After
our
good
conversation
on
June,
the
30th,
this
public
hearing
on
pilot
policies
is
a
big
deal.
The
city
has
been
in
the
pilot
business
since
1985..
I
This
is
the
first
time
written
policies
have
been
considered
to
guide
decision
making
little
past
history,
ATM
estimates
over
100
Pilot
agreements
have
been
approved
over
the
past
35
years,
likely
resulting
in
more
than
300
million
in
uncollected
taxes.
Last
year
alone,
more
than
25
million
in
City
County
tax
revenue
was
abated
here
due
to
Pilots
an
amount
larger
than
in
Davidson
County
or
Knox.
County
Volkswagen
is,
of
course,
the
largest.
A
pilot
for
Volkswagen
was
warranted.
I
Landing
them
was
a
game,
changer
a
catalyst
and
met
the
butt
for
test,
because
we
risked
losing
them
to
another
city.
But
if
we
had
had
pilot
policies
similar
to
what
may
soon
be
adopted,
it
likely
would
have
been
a
tighter
agreement.
For
example,
30
years
is
an
unusually
long
time
and
we
waived
100
percent
of
their
general
fund
taxes
each
year
when
I,
founded
at
ATM
about
10
years
ago,
I
learned
that
proposing
reasonable
policies
for
pilots
and
tiffs
was
an
issue
that
resonated
across
the
political
Spectrum.
I
It's
probably
we
can
all
agree,
that's
unusual
in
this
day
and
time
to
have
everybody
kind
of
in
agreement
that
maybe
something
is
a
is
a
good
idea
to
consider.
I
would
like
to
Echo
what
Jermaine
said
about
mayor
Kelly's
role
in
this
in
terms
of
his
committee
during
the
campaign
to
look
at
it,
and
his
willingness
to
explore
it
also
County
mayor
Weston
wamp,
is
is
supportive
of
looking
at
Pilot
policies
back
10
years
ago,
past
history.
I
Again
in
2014
I
spoke
at
the
unity
group,
one
of
Chattanooga's
oldest
civil
rights
organizations
and
at
the
Chattanooga
tea
party,
a
more
conservative
group.
In
the
same
week,
one
group
had
more
of
a
focus
on
issues
like
worker
pay,
impacts
on
neighborhoods
and
lost
Revenue
to
the
general
fund
that
could
be
used
on
things
like
affordable
housing
and
Workforce
Development.
The
other
group
seemed
to
question
why
and
how
government
was
picking
winners
and
losers
regarding
which
businesses
got
tax
break.
Another
concern
was
Shifting
the
tax
burden
to
residential
taxpayers
in
small
businesses.
I
I
Number
of
jobs,
etc,
etc,
and
it
and
it's
sort
of
assigns
a
numerical
number
to
that
I
think
that
can
be
useful.
On
the
other
hand,
what
ATM
is
proposing
is
that
we
may
be
establish
what
I'm
calling
a
threshold
criteria
that,
at
the
very
beginning,
when
a
company
approaches
the
chamber
and
the
city
and
county
staff
that
the
threshold
that
they'd
be
asked
to
answer
these
questions
is
the
project,
a
game
changer.
I
Is
it
a
catalyst?
Is
it
in
a
strategic
industry
sector?
Does
it
meet
the,
but
four
test
applicants
could
answer
these
questions
in
writing
at
the
time
they
submit
their
applications.
So
with
that
again,
thank
you.
Thank
you
for
for
your
time,
thanks
to
I
want
to
say
how
fortunate
I
think
we
are
in
having
Jermaine
and
Charles
I
find
them
to
be
professional
and
Men
of
Integrity
and
I
know
they
kind
of
wish.
I
would.
I
Might
you
know,
take
a
long
vacation,
sometime
or
whatever,
but
I
hope
we
have
a
mutual
respect,
because
I
think
we
all
want
what's
best
for
the
city
in
the
county
and
for
economic
development.
No
no
question
as
to
the
importance
of
economic
development,
but
I
think
we
need
to
you
know
we
need
a
tighter
ship
and
I
think
we're
sort
of
headed
towards
that.
So
thank
you
for
your
time.
Thank
you.
J
K
Good
morning,
Joe
Payton
with
Caleb
and
I'd
like
to
read
a
couple,
quotes
as
I
think
others
have
said:
we've
had
some
productive
discussions
and
also
look
forward
to
continuing
those
with
the
chamber
in
in
the
city.
I
appreciate
their
efforts
to
include
our
our
perspective
on
that
and
I.
Have
a
copy
of
this
so
I'll
be
glad
to
give
you
all
a
copy
when
I
go,
but
as
part
of
learning
a
bit
more
about
this
particular
economic
tool.
K
I
tried
to
collect
a
few
of
the
different
sources
that
are
out
there
and
by
no
means
does
this,
give
everything
that's
out
there
there's
quite
a
lot,
but
just
a
few
of
these
that
I
pulled
some
quotes
from
I
thought
were
useful
and
maybe
helpful
to
you
as
you're
going
about
thinking
about
what
you
would
want
to
see
in
a
policy.
That's
going
to,
you
know
affect
the
economic
development
that
occurs
in
the
city,
so
I
think
just
of
of
the
the
main
ones.
K
Let
me
just
read
a
couple,
so
one
is
quoted
from
the
government.
Finance
Officers
Association
and
there's
been
a
lot
of
work
done
for
a
while
on
this,
but
this
this
one
says
providing
a
thorough
and
rigorous
analysis
of
each
project
is
critical.
Responsible
use
of
Public
Funding
requires
that
projects
funded,
provide
a
suitable
return
for
their
jurisdiction,
are
consistent
with
the
overall
Community
goals
and
priorities
and
require
that
Investments
are
made
in
a
transparent
manner,
with
full
understanding
of
all
short
and
long-term
costs
and
benefits.
K
So
that's
a
government
Finance
Officers
Association
back
in
2014
and
the
other
one
I
guess
I'd
I'd
point
to
on
this
is
the
Brookings
institution
did
a
study
and
in
their
executive
summary
they
they
noted
this.
It
says:
Economic
Development
leaders
should
ensure
incentive
policies
align
with
broader
economic,
economic
objectives,
Embrace
public
transparency
in
rigorous
evaluation
and
only
target
firms
that
Advance
broad-based
opportunity,
while
not
a
full
analysis
of
economic
impact.
Our
findings
offer
some
implications
for
economic
development,
incentives
policy
and
practice.
K
K
Finally,
clearer
criteria
and
more
effective
targeting
should
Reserve
incentives
only
for
those
firms
that
will
advance
broad-based
opportunity,
either
by
incentivizing
opportunity,
Rich
firms
and
industries
incentivizing
firms
to
provide
workers
more
opportunity
or
by
addressing
place-based
disparities
in
up
in
opportunity
anyway.
So
there
you
go
lots
of
things
to
to
think
about,
and
also
some
some
additional
sources
there,
which
I
didn't
didn't
quote,
but
shall
leave
this
with
you
now.
We
need
to
give.
A
L
And
and
I
think
yeah.
The
next
I
think
the
next
item
may
help
a
little
bit
with
that.
But
I
would
just
say
sitting
as
a
reminder.
All
cities
compete
for
jobs
and
talent,
and
so
in
the
Southeast
in
particular,
it
is
a
vicious
competition,
and
so
our
our
folks,
that
are
economic
developers
in
other
communities,
are
constantly
looking
at
new
projects.
L
Trying
to
attract
those
projects
to
their
communities
and
competition
is,
is
heightened
now
more
than
ever,
and
so
for
us,
you
know,
certainly
on
manufacturing
the
communities
we
compete
with
the
most
Huntsville
Alabama
Greenville
South
Carolina
are
kind
of
the
two.
They
are
particularly
aggressive.
They
they
use
tax
abatement
as
well,
so
just
as
one
example,
but
they
use
a
lot
more.
An
example
of
a
project.
That's
going
to
pass
the
statute
of
limitations
on
my
my
non-disclosure
agreement
for
the
project
is
a
company.
That's
a
competitor
for
kamatsu
called
kobelco.
L
That
company
went
to
outside
of
Greenville
South
Carolina
I,
don't
remember
all
of
the
numbers,
but
I
mean
they
got
a
30-year
tax
abatement
as
part
of
that
project
as
an
example,
and
so
so
there
is
kind
of
a
constant
level
of
competition
and
then,
as
we
look
at
other
projects,
the
iFixit
project
that
announced
last
year
that
project
got
down
to
us,
Knoxville
and
Louisville
Kentucky.
So
there's
a
constant
level
of
kind
of
competition
among
cities,
so
but
I
think
we'll
maybe
get
a
little
bit
of
that
in
the
next.
Yes,.
A
And
if,
if
if
there
are
no
more
members
of
the
public
who
wish
to
be
heard
on
the
pilot
matter,
then
we
can
go
ahead
and
move
to
to
item
number
nine,
which
is
a
presentation
from
Princeton
young
about
the
chambers
strategic
plan
if
I
understand
properly
so
I'll.
Let
whoever
would
like
to
introduce
that
make
a
few
comments.
H
Well,
I'll
make
a
few
brief
comments
and
then
I'll,
let
Charles
Charles
come
back
up
one
of
the
things
that
we
wanted
really
for
the
Industrial
Development
board
and
for
you
all
to
really
be
able
to
connect.
The
dots
on
is
understanding
that
as
a
body
that
that
has
responsibility
for
advancing
the
economic
development
interest
and
Workforce
Development
interest
of
the
city.
H
We
wanted
to
make
sure
that
you
all
could
connect
the
dots
on
the
city's
overall
Economic
Development
strategy
and
to
understand
why
we
bring
certain
projects
before
you
why
we
pursue
certain
opportunities
for
economic
development.
So
then,
when
we
talk
about
Pilots
or
we
talk
about
tips
or
we
talk
about
any
other
sort
of
or
small
business
grants,
you
all
would
have
more
of
a
global
view
as
to
why
we
pursue
these
things
and
why
these
these
initiatives
are
important
to
the
administration.
H
And
so
what
we
wanted
to
do
was
to
to
bring
in
the
Chamber
of
Commerce,
which
Charles
wood
is
the
CEO.
And
so
for
those
of
you
who
don't
understand
that
both
the
city,
City
and
the
county
provide
an
annual
appropriation
to
the
Chamber
of
Commerce
to
advance
some
of
our
Economic
Development
interests
and
then,
as
part
of
that
process,
the
chamber
is
working
very
closely
with
a
firm
called
Ernst
young
to
create
a
strategy
for
how
we
do
and
pursue
Economic
Development
over
the
next
several
years.
H
And
so
we
wanted
to
have
a
chance
for
you
all
as
idb
members,
because
of
the
importance
that
you
play
in
the
economic
development
conversation
to
understand
what
that
strategy
was,
and
so
that
you
all
would
have
a
chance
to
see
and
ask
questions
and
learn
about
that
strategy.
So
with
that
I'll
turn
it
over
to
Charles.
L
L
This
is
the
second
time
we've
worked
with
them,
and
so
we
worked
with
them
on
a
Five-Year
Plan
back
in
2019
under
another
company
that
was
they
had
and
was
acquired
by
ey.
So
this
is
the
second
time
we've
kind
of
worked
with
the
same
team
really
to
help
us
chart
a
broader
strategy
from
an
economic
development
perspective,
and
that
includes
it's
broader
than
just
kind
of
what
you
would
think
of
as
the
traditional
Economic
Development
work.
L
That
is
certainly
part
of
it,
and
so,
if
you
think
about
recruiting
a
company
like
iFixit
or
Volkswagen-
yes,
that's
in
there,
but
it
also
stretches
beyond
that
to
include
work
around
Talent
Development,
Workforce
Development,
around
entrepreneurship,
Innovation
and
Technology
as
well.
So
there's
a
number
of
pieces
in
that
and
I
won't
steal
Tony's
Thunder,
as
this
kind
of
gets
fully
fleshed
out
and
and
he
talks
through,
and
this
will
be
pretty
quick.
The
plan
itself
is
lots
of
pages,
and
so
this
will
be
a
very
high
level
overview
for
that.
L
L
We
also
had
focus
groups
from
across
the
community
that
provided
input
in
this
met
at
the
Bethlehem
Center
or
met
with
our
CEO
Roundtable
I
mean
so
definitely
a
lot
of
kind
of
Engagement
as
we
develop
this
plan,
and
so
in
part,
that's
because
this
isn't
about
the
chamber
and
our
members.
Nor
is
it
about
the
city
of
Chattanooga
or
Hamilton
County.
It's.
This
is
about
the
broader
Community
as
a
whole,
and
so
we
tried
to
be
very
intentional
about
how
this
gets
developed.
L
A
M
Mr
delisi,
so
is
that
me?
Okay,
that's
you
good
morning,
everybody!
It
is
still
morning,
I
believe.
So
let
me
share
my
screen
here
and
yeah
I'll.
Try
to
keep
it
fairly.
Brief,
like
Charles,
said,
there's
a
lot
of
detail
in
the
report.
We
wanted
to
be
very
thorough
and
putting
the
plan
together.
You
know
lots
of
analysis
of
data,
but
tons
of
conversation
with
people
in
Chattanooga
and
Hamilton
County
in
the
region.
You
get
perspectives
on,
you
know
what
the
biggest
needs
are
and
the
newest
opportunities
and
so
forth.
M
I'll
skim
through
some
of
this,
but
you
know:
I've
met
many
of
y'all
before
and
through
this
process,
I'm
sure,
but
there's
some
of
our
team.
That's
working
on
this
just
a
reminder.
You
know
we
helped
out
with
the
previous
strategy
about
five
years
ago,
but
since
then
our
team,
we
were
Avalanche
Consulting.
M
We
were
brought
into
Ernst
and
Young
to
build
out
the
economic
development
practice
here
within
the
firm
that
went
from
a
small
boutique
company
to
a
small
boutique
practice
within
a
much
larger
organization,
but
continue
to
do
lots
of
Economic
Development
strategy
work
with
regions
and
cities
states
all
across
the
country,
and
to
that
point
you
know
with
this
overall
effort.
This
is
for
the
broader
community
and
think
about
that
integrated
approach.
M
So
in
doing
that,
we're
really
in
this
asked
to
update
the
overall
Chattanooga
climate
strategy
gather
those
diverse
perspectives,
do
a
Refresh
on
the
goals,
those
priorities,
those
tactics
and
for
this
strategy
itself.
Although
we're
taking
an
account
factors
throughout
the
region,
needs
of
different
businesses
and
different
opportunities,
we're
really
focusing
in
terms
of
those
tactics
on
those
activities
that
the
chamber
will
lead,
but
there's
roles
identified
in
all
of
that.
M
For
many
different
organizations,
including
all
of
you,
this
is
just
one
illustration:
that's
in
there
kind
of
showing
you
know
who
the
different
groups
are,
that
have
different
roles
in
in
leading
things
around
talents
or
around
sites
around
Innovation,
because
really
there's
a
need
for
for
everybody
to
play.
A
big
part
in
this
and
I
won't
spend
so
much
time
in
the
process.
We
wrap
this
up
back
in
March.
It
was
fully
approved,
but,
as
Charles
said,
we
had
a
lot
of
different
input,
direct
interviews,
lots
of
focus
groups.
M
The
steering
committee
was
incredibly
valuable,
as
well
as
the
perspectives
that
we
got
from
that
survey
and
we
we
did
data
benchmarking,
not
only
wanting
to
understand
how
things
have
been
trending
within
Hamilton
County
and
in
the
broader
region
over
the
last
five
plus
years.
But
how
does
that
compare
to
some
of
your
peer
benchmarks?
These
were
refined
a
little
bit
from
the
last
strategy
through
conversation
with
the
steering
committee
and
others
just
to
highlight.
So
if
you
see
some
charts,
that's
who
we're
looking
at
when
we're
doing
that
benchmarking.
M
But
you
know
continuing
some
of
the
big
themes
that
really
stood
out
from
both
what
we
heard
and
what
we're
seeing
in
the
data
is
that
you
know
Chattanooga
and
when
I
say
Chattanooga
I'm
saying
it's
kind
of
synonymous,
Hamilton
County
Chattanooga.
In
this
case
it
isn't
the
full
region,
though,
but
Chattanooga
Hamilton
County
is
growing,
but
not
as
rapidly
as
many
of
the
peer
communities
we
looked
at.
M
There
have
been
some
gains
in
this
this
space
over
the
last
five
years,
a
narrowing
of
Education
gaps
and
narrowing
of
income
gaps,
but
they
still
persist
really
when
you
look
at
poverty
rates,
in
particular
by
Race,
Across,
Hamilton
County,
there's,
sharp
disparities
between
white
residents
and
the
residents
of
color
and,
as
I'm
sure
you're,
all
very
aware.
Just
from
an
economic
development
standpoint,
education,
access
to
Talent,
they
remain
top
concerns.
This
isn't
unique
to
your
region.
M
This
is
something
that
we
see
everywhere
that
we're
working
but
where
it
really
stands
out
on
both
share
of
population
with
an
Associate
Degree
Chattanooga
Hamilton
County
came
in
the
lowest
among
the
benchmarks
and
the
same
with
the
bachelor's
degree.
There's
been
progress
in
terms
of
seeing
these
numbers
go
up
in
recent
years,
but
when
you're,
looking
at
many
of
these
benchmarks
and
some
of
the
competitor
regions,
there
continues
to
be
lag
there.
M
But
it's
not
just
data
we're
hearing
this
in
so
many
conversations,
it's
so
hard
for
employers
to
find
those
skilled
workers,
not
just
with
the
skills
but
the
number
of
workers
available.
So
you
know
that
growth
number
relates
to
this
as
well
having
enough
people
in
the
pipeline
to
ensure
the
ability
of
businesses
to
grow.
M
You
know
with
all
those
kind
of
concerns
and
things
that
came
up
there.
There
are
so
many
great
opportunities
that
we
see
here.
This
is
just
a
a
subset
of
the
overall
bubble
chart
where
we
looked
at
all
the
different
Industries
and
Trends
in
the
region,
and
some
of
you
have
probably
seen
these
before,
but
this
is
really
focusing
on
higher
opportunity
areas
here,
and
so
you
know
the
size
of
the
bubble
is
the
number
of
jobs
in
Hamilton
County.
M
The
location
on
the
x-axis
is
how
fast
it's
been
growing
over
the
last
five
years
in
Italy.
This
is
now
a
little
dated
we
could
update
this
2022,
but
and
then
the
the
y-axis,
the
height,
is
how
concentrated
it
is,
and
so
I
mean
tremendous
strengths
in
automotive.
Not
surprisingly,
there
are
freight
services.
M
Consumer
goods
manufacturing
Finance,
is
growing
very
rapidly,
along
with
health
care.
We
see
these
emerging
clusters
and
research,
software
I.T
biomedical
other
areas
that
are
really
fast
growing.
So
it's
kind
of
that
combination
of
this
more
advanced
manufacturing
and
so
Freight
is,
you
know,
really
stand
out
areas
in
the
region,
but
really
great
to
see
that
fast
growth
and
emerging
I
High
wage
sectors
like
research,
software,
I.T,
Professional,
Services
and
others.
So
the
lot's
here
to
support
and
encourage
with
that
Target
industry,
development
efforts,
and
so
with
the
structure
of
the
overall
strategy.
M
I
think
Charles
I
learned
this
a
bit
but
really
want
to
focus
on
three.
You
know:
I
was
gonna,
say
pillars
where
we've
got
pyramids
here
when
our
climbing
metaphors,
but
focusing
on
economic
growth
and
all
the
things
that
go
along
with
that
with
business
attraction,
retention,
expansion
supporting
with
sites
and
all
those
other
core
elements
to
supporting
that
strong
economic
growth
in
the
right,
targeted
job
areas,
but
education
and
Workforce
Development.
You
know
there's
overlap
here,
because
that
will
be
critical
to
the
ability
to
support
that
strong
economic
growth.
M
But
as
we
go
through
all
this
really
important
in
all
these
areas.
Thinking
through
how
we
support
economical
mobility
and
opportunity
for
people
how
we're
inclusive
of
regional
Partners
different
organizations,
all
the
different
people
that
live
in
the
region
in
this
process
and
having
still
that
Visionary
collaborative
leadership
working
together
to
see
all
this
work,
because
it's
not
just
the
chamber's
role.
M
For
folks
and
for
each
of
these,
we
we
thought
of
a
game
changer,
something
that
we
we
heard
consistently.
That
would
really
make
a
big
leap
of
difference
in
supporting
the
business
community
and
supporting
the
sovall
strategy,
and
for
this
it
was
investment
at
the
airport,
I
yeah.
We
heard
this
five
years
ago
continuing
today,
but
it's
it
is
a
limiting
factor
in
supporting
so
many
things
from
international
business,
recruitment,
Professional,
Services,
so
many
more,
but
really
making
a
transformative
investment
that
kind
of
being
a
key
difference.
M
But
a
lot
of
the
top
objectives
that
are
supported
by
tactics
throughout
the
plan,
we're
looking
at
continuing
enhance
that
business
recruitment
focus
on
those
Target
Industries
and
there's
some
refinement
of
those
within
there.
Strengthening
business
retention,
expansion
efforts
and
through
that
some
support
for
small
businesses
and
minority
and
women
of
business.
Here's
one
where
the
broader
Regional
groups
I
think
play
a
big
role
in
the
tactics.
Is
that
encourage
Diversified
industrial
site
office
infrastructure
development
to
meet
the
needs
of
businesses?
M
M
Continuing
to
work
through
those
efforts
to
support
expanded
housing,
transportation
and
others.
This
came
up
very
frequently
and
they
might
not
be
the
chambers
key
area
where
they
can
pull
the
lever
directly,
but
working
through
all
these
and
working
with
all
the
partners
to
to
bring
strong
impact
to
those,
and
especially
with
big
economic
development
projects
come
in
where
they
can
make
changes
or
be
located
in
areas
that
tie
to
some
of
those
goals
and
again
continue
to
focus
at
the
airport.
M
You
know
here
are
just
some
examples
of
some
of
the
tactics
supporting
McDonald
farm
I,
apologize
that
the
example
tactic
of
kind
of
working
with
the
regional
groups
and
others
isn't
in
here.
But
how
do
we
really
embed
Workforce
Development
in
all
this
and
think
through
those
efforts
for
education
and
Workforce
Development
similar
in
the
Chattanooga,
is
a
welcoming
supportive
community
that
educates
and
retains
the
diverse
and
skilled
Workforce,
keeping
it
simple
and
straightforward.
M
But
the
potential
game
changer
is
really
focusing
here
in
I.
Think
I
updated
this
to
the
final
one
and
I
apologize
if
I
didn't
Charles
but
really
building
out
these
career,
Pathways
working
with
Chattanooga,
2.0
and
working
with
others
really
gonna
be
an
important
part
of
a
better
articulating.
What
that's
going
to
do
and
how
we're
going
to
connect
individuals
into
these
in-demand
career
Pathways.
M
We
know
the
transportation
access
along
with
tuition,
and
so
many
things
can
make
it
challenging
for
students
and
adults
to
be
connected
to
those
new
job
opportunities,
but
also
expanding
Talent
attraction
and
retention
and
to
fill
some
of
those
skill
gaps.
It's
it's
a
tough
one,
because
I
know
folks
are
concerned
about
housing
going
up
and
and
all
the
things
that
come
with
Talent
attraction.
M
M
M
School,
District
and
I
know
we're
tight
on
time
here
like
really
wanted
to
to
not
forget
about
that
that
more
future
oriented
side
of
this-
and
this
is
something
where
Chattanooga
really
stands
out,
with
the
the
tremendous
investment
that
EPB,
that
Hamilton
County
and
the
Chamber
and
the
city
and
others
have
put
into
place,
or
the
incubator
and
many
other
programs.
But
how
do
we
really
continue
to
focus
on
that?
M
A
Thanks
very
much
Tony,
that's
super
impressive
work
and
I
know
how
difficult
it
is
to
synthesize
and
and
analyze
the
the
many
many
many
disparate
viewpoints,
I'm
sure
you
got
during
your
research
process,
but
I'm,
particularly
intrigued
by
the
which
you
guys
Define
as
the
game.
Changers
I,
think
that's
really
where
Chattanooga
is
kind
of
hung
its
at
in
terms
of
economic
growth
over
the
last
several
decades.
A
L
L
So
and
right
now
we
are
resourcing
this
plan,
which
is
a
very
nice
way
to
say,
I'm
out,
raising
funding,
and
so
once
that
funding
is
kind
of
in
place,
this
will
be
solidified
and
more
public,
okay,
but
I
would
say,
and
knowing
the
timing
for
this
meeting
certainly
would
be
more
than
happy
to
maybe
have
a
workshop
session
and
dig
into
this
a
little
deeper
with
the
board.
If
you
all
would
be.
A
Interested
I
would
I
would
certainly
enjoy
that
if
we
can
do
it
within
the
bounds
of
the
Sunshine
Law
and
all
that,
but
yeah
and
and
certainly
I
mean
if
this
is
the
first
meeting
of
this
fiscal
year,
perhaps
every
a
few
months
or
so
we
could
get
an
update
from
from
Yuri
and
why
yes,
Tony?
Thank
you
very
much.
I
think
we'll
go
ahead
and
let
you
go
since
we're
getting
close
to
time
and
I
know.
I've
got
some
members
who
need
to
who
need
to
depart.
A
I
was
advised
by
my
attorney
that
we
need
to
actually
consider
a
motion
to
continue
the
pilot
policies
and
procedures
hearing
another
month
to
our
August
7th
meeting.
So
I
will
be
glad
to
hear
a
motion
to
do
that.
If
anyone
would
care
to
make
one
so
do
I
have
a
second,
so
I'll
in
favor
of
continuing
the
pilot
policies
and
procedures.
Public
hearing
at
the
August
7th
meeting
say
aye
aye
any
opposed
motion
carries.
Are
there
any
other
items
of
discussion
or
consideration
for
this
board.