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Economic Development Advisory Meeting 070920
A
B
D
F
G
F
And
thanks
for
bringing
that
to
our
attention,
John
I'll
make
it
and
I
haven't
taken
those
Corrections,
but
we
did
get
those
out
late.
One
thing
I
want
to
explain
about
the
minutes
for
the
meeting
was
we
had
a
really
difficult
or
June,
rather
really
difficult
problem
with
audio?
So
we
put
our
notes
together
and
that's
the
best
we
came
up
with.
If
there's
something
you
feel
that
needs
to
be
mentioned
in
there,
I'll
be
glad
to
take
that
via
email
from
you
anytime
after
this
meeting.
H
F
D
F
F
D
C
J
G
J
F
A
G
F
Yes,
Thank
You,
mr.
chairman,
so
on
this
on
this
particular
item.
I
want
to
go
through
it
fairly
quickly
in
the
interest
of
time.
If
you
have
any
questions,
make
make
them
brief.
I'll
try
to
answer
them.
It's
not
perhaps
a
you
know
offline.
You
can
send
me
a
question
or
call
me
I'll
be
try
to
answer
those,
but
for
the
interest
of
the
meeting.
Let
me
just
say
that
the
cares
Act
Sint.
F
The
radom
was
able
to
receive
15
million
dollars
for
the
cares,
Act
funding,
and
that
was
based
on
a
formula
that
the
federal
government
created
cities
below
500,000
were
would
to
receive
$55
per
capita
based
on
their
population,
so
where
we
see
for,
like
fourteen
point,
nine
something
a
million
dollars.
So
that's
why
I
just
said:
15
cities
above
cities
and
counties
above
500,000.
F
They
got
a
hundred
and
seventy-six
dollars
per
person,
and
so
you
know
if,
if
we
were
able
to
get
that,
we
were
to
receive
forty
five
million
dollars,
but
instead
we've
received
15.
Additionally,
smaller
cities
like
us,
Corpus,
Christi
and
Murillo
love
Beaumont
places
like
that.
There's
a
lot
more
hoops
that
you
have
to
jump
through
to
get
your
money.
F
If
the
bigger
cities,
their
entire
pot,
was
put
into
their
bank
account
and
they
said,
okay
follow
the
rules
and
you
can
spend
your
money
for
us.
They
gave
us
20%
up
front
and
said
you
can
spend
this
money
there,
your
20%
and
you're
you're.
You
do
self
accountability.
The
next
80
percent
of
your
money,
you're
gonna,
have
to
turn
in
receipts
and
we'll
reimburse
you
and
that's
how
you
get
your
money.
F
So
that's
a
real
hassle
and
we're
dealing
with
that
right
now,
all
the
money
has
to
be
used
for
for
everything,
even
programs
by
December
31st.
So,
for
instance,
I
got
you
one
second,
so
so
even
money
that
we
put
toward
Workforce
Development
the
courses
that
that
people
are
eligible
to
take
for
retraining
they
have
to
even
they
have
to
end
by
December
31st.
We
simply
just
can't
pay
for
them
up
front
and
they
would
last
until
next
year
everything
has
to
be
done
by
December
31st.
F
So
those
are
some
of
the
rules
that
we
have
to
deal
with
and
and
receiving
this
money
we
had
to
develop
memorandums
of
understanding
with
Laredo
college
with
Texas
workforce
would
live
fund.
What
we
have
to
watch
all
our
purchases.
They
have
to
be
for
public.
You
know
health
and
the,
but
that's
the
other
thing,
but
just
real,
quick
and
I'll
get
you
a
question.
Raphael
is
up.
F
75
percent
of
the
money
funds
can
be
used
toward
the
public
emergency
right,
the
pandemic
in
all
sorts
of
ways,
but
it
has
to
be
focused
on
that
and
then
25
percent
can
be
wanted
to
be
used
on
economic
assistance.
So
the
City
Council
said
no
we're
going
to
use
25
on
their
comic
assistance,
so
we
would
develop
a
program
with
them
based
on
your
requests.
F
That's
generally
rules
of
the
cares
Act
and
we've
developed
a
$700,000
program
with
the
Rado
College
for
workforce
retraining,
$200,000
with
Texas
workforce
or
workforce
solutions
in
South
Texas
and
then
the
rest
of
the
funds
to
like
two
million
two
hundred
and
thirty.
Seven
thousand
are
gonna,
go
to
grants
to
small
businesses,
not
loans,
as
was
reported
earlier
in
some
that
we
can't
do
loans
with
some
of
that
money,
so
we're
doing
just
grants.
So
that's
the
short,
innovative
rough,
a
you
had
a
question.
C
F
F
Good
question
we
we
are
buying
as
as
much
as
that.
Ppe
right
doesn't
as
possible.
One
thing:
the
one
of
the
few
exceptions
for
using
up
the
money
and
anything
that
you
do
with
it
by
December,
30th
or
31st
is
that
you
can
buy
extra
PPE
and
storage
and
not
use
it
by
December
31st.
So
we've
even
I
Arnold
I
think
we
bought
a
couple
of
like
temporary
storage
buildings
to
buy
as
much
PP
as
possible
and
just
put
it
away.
I,
don't
think
the
city
management.
F
G
F
Mm-Hmm,
yes,
good
question
John,
so
live
fund
is
gonna.
Do
that's
the
name
of
the
company
live
fund
they're
up
there,
their
speciality
is
microlending
and
so
for
their
nonprofit,
based
in
San
Antonio.
They
have
an
office
here
in
Laredo
and
they
usually
do
loans
of
like
25,000
and
below
two
to
business
owners
and
and
and
so
for
priorities
who
are
challenged
on
the
financial
side
and
would
normally
not
be
able
to
qualify
for
loan
at
a
commercial
establishment
like
like,
like
an
IBC
or
BBA
or
whatever
that's
what
they
would
do.
F
Normally
San
Antonio,
Bell,
County,
Corpus,
Christi,
McAllen
and
lo
Paso
have
contracted
them
out
to
do
their
grant
and
loan
programs.
You
know
during
colvett,
and
so
we
reached
out
to
them
and
they
were
have
very
happy
to
work
with
us.
There
was
some
initial
confusion
on
on
whether
we
were
going
to
do
loans
or
grants.
We
were
gonna.
Try
to
do
a
50-50
split
on
this
care
is
that
funding
ends
up
that,
because
if
you
did
a
loan
with
care
exact
money,
that
means
that
money
is
actually
going
to
be
working
past,
December
31st.
G
F
Several
several
triggers
of
that
nature
to
to
keep
the
the
larger
businesses
from
applying
for
says.
We
also
said:
have
you
received
a
PPP
loan
that
you
wouldn't
be
able
to
get
this
loan?
So
so
you
wouldn't
be
able
to
double
dip,
so
we're
we're
trying
to
make
it
to
where
small
businesses
in
Loretto
you
get.
Unfortunately,
like
I
said
because
of
the
formula
we're
only.
We
only
have
two
million
plus
you
know
to
do
this
say
you
know,
I
think
puts
71
million
dollars
into
this
program.
F
D
F
F
F
Do
you
know
newspapers,
radio,
Spanish,
language
and
social
media
in
English
and
Spanish,
just
in
the
interest
of
time,
like
I
said,
if
y'all
can
y'all
can
ask
me
questions
later,
but
it's
already
12:20
and
we
need
to
give
miss
Frank,
20
minutes,
at
least
which
we
know
that
she's
super
good
on
keeping
the
time
we
can.
You
know,
move
on
to
that.
If
y'all
don't
mind
mr.
chairman
I
mean
it's
your
call.
G
F
But
we
we
talked
about
a
lot
of
things,
and
one
of
the
things
that
was
really
impressive
was
was
a
the
really
bringing
the
topic
of
clusters
to
the
forefront
and
and
I
really
appreciate
her
doing
that,
and
we
had
many
long
conversations
about
it
and
so
I
think
it's
something
that
we
all
know
a
little
bit
about,
but
she's
she's
been
really
good
at
explaining
it.
So
I
was
glad
to
have
Julian
suggest
that
she
come
on
board
today.
So
Viviana,
it's
all
yours,
okay,.
I
I
I
Complex
or
complicated,
but
it
does
take
some
explanation
and
I'm
going
to
try
to
leave
some
time
for
questions.
I
asked
Olivia
to
to
join
me
on
this
presentation
because
she
and
I
work
together
on
the
you
could
not
make
recovery
task
force.
That
bethlo
has
just
mentioned
and
we
worked
on
putting
this
information
together
for
the
task
force,
so
we're
going
to
go
over
what
is
it
tonight?
Control
Peter,
so
we're
gonna
go
industry,
cluster
analysis
and
why
it's
such
an
essential
tool
for
economic
development
strategies
for
any
city.
I
H
I
Back
so
by
the
trader,
they
divide
economic
clusters,
but
they
Harvard
and
EDA
who,
through
the
Department
of
Commerce
EDA,
is
part
of
the
Department
of
Commerce.
They
have
worked
on
defining
clusters
in
the
United
States,
based
on
them
being
traded
their
local
clusters.
This
is
right
out
of
the
cluster
mapping
tool.
You
can
go
to
it
and
and
really
we
can
dive
into
Laredo
and
the
whole
area
around
the
Rado
and
get
a
lot
of
great
data
and
information.
So
traded
clusters
are
those
that
serve
markets
in
all
the
regions.
I
I
You
know
there
are
many
examples
of
that
and
then
local
clusters
of
pores
are
all
the
local
economies
and
what
they're
based
there
it's
health
care
at
schools
is.
Oh,
it's
the
drugstores.
There
are
many
many
examples
of
local
clusters.
You
can
dive
into
all
the
different
types
of
clusters
on
the
site
and
really
kind
of
look
at
what
what
each
industry
and
all
the
different
kinds
of
companies
are
related
to
that
industry.
I
I
It
flows
down
to
the
state
and
the
state.
You
could
go
on
their
website,
put-put
Texas,
industry
concentrations
or
Texas
economic
clusters,
and
you
will
see
what
comes
out
and
there
are
different,
different
websites
that
will
begin
to
tell
you,
including
the
economics
of
the
state
that
will
begin
to
tell
you
how
the
state
is
or
is,
is
organizing
its
efforts
time
money
around
the
states
clusters.
I
So
here's
this
is
right
out
of
those
websites
from
the
state.
So
this
is
how
the
art
state
views
Laredos
nights
clusters.
We
haven't
really
been
involved
in
this
matter.
They
are
gathering
this
data,
but
I
can
tell
you
when
the
economic
cluster
announces
for
the
state
was
done
back
in
2005
live
you
look
at
the
map.
I
H
I
Map
not
even
mentioned
this
was
a
mere
15
years
ago.
We
know
we
had
a
huge
economic
engine
here
15
years
ago,
not
even
mentioned
so
in
letter
later
iterations
of
their
economic
development
plan
for
the
state
they've
recognized
this
this
area
in
red
as
freight
and
transportation
arrangement-
that's
what
they
call
this
cluster
over
here
and
then
food
and
beverage
processing
they've
recognized
the
radar
as
an
up-and-coming
place
for
that.
I
So,
interestingly
enough,
we
have,
you
know
a
lot
of
rail
willing
to
do
here,
but
they
are
saying
we
do
not
have
support
services
for
rail.
Here,
it's
not
showing
up
I,
don't
know,
that's
the
case.
They
say
it's
all
in
Houston
and
in
these
other
areas
over
here,
but
I
would
bet
that
we
do
have
support
services
for
rail.
So
this
is
where
we
can
begin
to
develop
the
narrative
based
on
the
data
that
we
have.
I
That
will
inform
the
state
and
the
federal
government
on
our
economic
clusters,
so
they
have
us
as
process
distribution
or
logistics
and
something
big
red
here.
You
know
that
so
is
that
the
next
review?
Okay,
so
just
real
quick
alignments
are
necessary:
they're,
not
important,
they're,
absolutely
necessary,
so
the
farallon's
state
economic
development
methodology
is
based
on
regional
industry
clusters
because
they
form
the
building
blocks
of
US
economic
competitive,
all
those
studies
that
were
done
at
the
federal
level.
I
This
is
why
they
do
it
so
then,
also
federal
and
state
grant,
funding
and
financing
is
based
on
how
local
economies
reinforce
and
expand
their
economic
clusters,
and
then
obviously,
our
local
economic
development
programs
need
to
align
with
a
state
and
federal
economic
development
methodology.
Olivia,
do
you
hear
me?
Yes,.
K
You
have
to
have
the
the
deep
dive
into
data
for
it
to
really
make
its
way
into
these
reports,
and
that's
something
that
we
have
been
lacking:
economic
clustering.
You
know
the
reason
why
it
makes
its
way
into
policy
decisions
is
because
it's
a
concentration
of
businesses,
and
this
has
to
do
more
with
the
traded
clusters
that
IANA
mentioned.
K
It's
a
it's,
a
concentration
of
competencies
in
the
industries
that
not
only
impacts
a
local
economy,
but
it
has
an
impact
outside
of
our
region,
and
that's
why
it
becomes
really
important
to
the
state
and
federal
government.
This
does
influence
how
much
money
we
can
get
for
our
infrastructure
it
now
it
becomes
a
focus.
The
industries
become
focus
of.
How
can
we
improve
the
efficiencies
of
that
industry?
And
that
becomes
a
target
not
only
for
the
law,
full
economic
development
folks
for
our
city,
our
County,
but
also
for
the
state.
K
So
these
kinds
of
information
studies,
data
becomes
really
essential
is
beyond
adjustment
and
there's
different
types
of
cluster
strategies.
I
can
tell
you,
we've
tried
employing
some
of
them
already.
It
becomes
very
difficult
because
it
entails
a
lot
of
public
and
private
cooperation,
and
sometimes
that
has
been
a
challenge
in
our
in
our
city,
but
again,
no
matter
what
kind
of
economic
development
strategy
with
clustering.
You
use
the
main
things
and
the
main
reasons
to
do
it
is
because
they
all
will
increase
the
competitiveness
of
our
industry.
F
D
H
F
K
K
So
for
for
the
transportation
industry,
which
is
Laredos,
probably
strongest
cluster
along
with
government,
you
know
this
is
where
TxDOT
focuses
their
their
studies
and
can
come
in
with
monies
for
infrastructure
can
come
in
with
with
life
you're.
Looking
at
government
monies
for
the
port
that
can
increase
those
efficiencies,
and
now
we
can
come
in
and
market
those
efficiencies
so
that
when
other
logistics
and
transportation
companies
are
looking
at
different
sites.
Now
we
become
more
competitive
because
we
have
more
to
offer
you
know
through
the
poor
if
we
have
a
highly
efficient
or
venturi.
K
K
You
know
entry
through
Laredo,
so
it
creates.
This
is
much
stronger,
competitive
marketing
approach
that
we
can
use
both,
but
you
can
also
apply
to
an
industry
to
grow.
For
example
manufacturing.
We
can't
say
that
you
know
we
have
a
small
concentration
of
manufacturing
in
the
region,
which
is
in
level
at
ethyl.
The
problem
is
that
we
don't
have
the
supply
chain
industry
to
support
that
in
Laredo,
and
so
how
do
we
focus
on
growing
that
supply
chain?
K
I
There
all
right
so
just
a
quick
overview
who
it
determines
competitiveness
of
very
easy
way
of
understanding
how
to
start
to
look
at
the
City
of
Laredo
endowments
at
the
bottom.
Here
means
that
you
look
at
you
know
what
we
have
one
great
example
that
created
our
transportation
and
logistics
clusters.
Of
fact
that
were
an
international
border,
that's
an
endowment,
that's
not
something
we
created.
It
was
created
when
of
when
and
1848,
so
that
that
helped
create
the
necessity
to
have
a
port
and
to
have
all
the
industries
that
are
part
of
that
port.
I
There's
other
endowment.
A
lot
of
people
have
mentioned
our
alcohol,
our
culture
or
history,
our
our
architectural
resources,
there's
all
sorts
of
different
endowments
that
need
to
dive
into
and
really
kind
of,
look
at
what
they
are.
A
lot
of.
It
is
already
been
done
in
the
comprehensive
plan
that
was
done
for
the
city
in
2017.
I
I
There's
a
little
thing
called
a
location
quotient
which
we
won't
dive
into
here,
but
it
tells
you
where
you
compete
in
an
industry
in
your
area,
the
state
of
your
closer
development
and
the
sophistication
your
instructor,
your
operations
and
you
the
strategy
that
you
develop.
Most
importantly,
is
this
little
graphic
here:
it's
called
a
diamond
model.
That's
used
extensively
in
analysis
of
your
industries,
of
your
whatever
and
whatever
firm
you're,
looking
at,
whether
it
be
a
governmental
institution
or
a
local
industry
and
there's
and
there's
other
frameworks,
but
they
are
specific
to
the
industry
themselves.
I
I
Developed
the
economic
development
methodologies
that
have
informed
the
programs
around
the
world
and
certainly
across
the
United
States,
and
how
to
do
economic
development,
and
this
is
his
diamond
model
on
how
government
influences
cluster
upgrading
from
his
book
in
mm
is
20
years
old
and
it's
still
used
today.
A
lot
I
can-
and
you
know-
will
be-
will
sit
and
talk
if
y'all
need
to
come
to
some
committee
meeting
or
whatever.
I
You
to
do
to
further
explain
this.
We
will.
This
is
just
a
quick
overview,
so,
for
instance,
I
read
the
chapter
380
draft
that
was
sent
and
I
saw
that
there
is
a
desire
to
do
to
a
preference
to
send
resources
towards
a
tourism
industry
in
Lorado,
so
building
and
upgrading
clusters.
This
was
a
study
that
was
done
for
the
Parnes
tourism
cluster
in
Australia.
I
You
can
see
that
it's
a
great
example
because
you
can
see
internally
the
hotels
or
restaurants,
the
airlines,
everything
that
makes
up
that
cluster
and
then
of
the
supporting
services
and
and
all
the
different
types
of
companies
that
would
be
as
in
each
one
of
these
categories
of
orange,
so
your
industry
die
would
be
to
look
at
the
food
suppliers
that
are
there,
the
property
services
look
at
all
the
restaurants.
It's
really
to
understand
it's
not
just
to
say
travel
agents,
but
to
understand
what
kind
of
travel
agents
are
there.
I
What
kind
of
tour
operators
are
there?
So
you
begin
to
build
this
model
out
and
you
started
to
see
the
linkages
and
potential
growth
areas
in
your
industry.
So
this
would
be
an
important
exercise
to
do
if
you're
planning
to
spend
money
to
develop
the
tourism
industry.
That
is
here
in
the
right.
Oh
it's
hard
to
say
that
right
now
for
encoded,
but
we
know
that
there's
I
don't
know
125
buses
that
come
through
here
every
day
with
people
you
know,
that's
just
one.
I
So
I
just
wanted
to
show
you
rules
wickley,
because
you
don't
have
to
read
this,
but
the
diamond
model
is
in
the
middle
and
you
start
to
ask
whatever
it
was:
is
the
trench,
Lillian
and
I
and
I
worked
on
this?
This
is
the
transportation
and
the
logistics
cluster
analysis
and
we
just
kind
of
started
to
put
the
questions
down,
that
we
would
ask
a
civic
engagement
process
of
people
in
this
industry
and
we
would
go
around
and
we
would
begin
to
answer
these
questions.
I.
I
This
is
just
a
little
diagram
of
you
as
what
you
want
to
do
in
your
industry
clusters.
Is
you
want
to
retain
a
track
and
expand
within
those
clusters,
but,
very
importantly,
you
also
want
to
identify
potential
linkages
across
clusters,
because
that's
where
innovation
begins
to
happen
when
you
begin
to
recognize
that
there's
a
way
to
to
overlap
business
within
it
within
your-
and
this
is
what
these
little
ovals
are.
We
have
a
distribution,
ecommerce,
transportation
and
logistics,
hospitality
and
tourism
and
local
health
services.
I
And
if
you
begin
a
discussion,
you
can
okay,
you
can
begin
to
see
how
it's
possible
to
link
okay
is.
There
is
our
local
health
services,
which
are
our
hospitals
and
our
medicine,
our
specialized
medicine,
and
all
of
that,
how
do
they
do
they
help
people?
Is
there
if
there's
accidents
in
the
transportation
in
the
logistic
industry?
Do
we
for
the
Corps
in
the
health
industry,
the
kind
of
health
services
that
will
really
help
that
transportation
industry
continue
to
go
and
blow
and
perhaps
expand
that
Health
Service
to
make
it
an
actual
place?
I
Where
people
come
and
say?
Look
you
know
this
is
a
this.
Is
a
place
that
we
need
to
go
to
get
to
get
the
best
knowledge
and
data
about
how
to
deal
with
these
kinds
of
sicknesses
or
accidents.
That
are
something
that
happens
to
somebody
within
each
one
of
these
industries,
and
that's
just
one
conversation
that
you've
been
have
that
you
can
begin
to
have
a
discussion
about
how
do
these
industries
link?
Because
it's
it's
organic
and
you
know.
F
There's
there's
even
stuff
like
medical
tourism,
where
you
mix
you,
medical
with
with
tourism
right
I,
mean
there's
a
lot
of
possibilities
there,
so
fortunately
other
I
mean
viviana.
We
have
to
leave
it
there,
just
in
the
interest
of
time
here
because
of
we've
cut
out
some
agenda.
We're
gonna
try
to
finish
up
here
on
one
probably
ish
now,
so
this
is
very
exciting
to
me.
I
like
it.
F
In
fact,
you
know
I
think
about
it
almost
every
day
as
the
Pens
weird
you
know
doing,
business,
development
and
recruitment
or
expansions
within
so,
and
we
still
have
a
lot
to
learn,
but
it
is
a
labor
intensive
project
at
the
beginning,
but
I
think
one
well
worthwhile
to
get
into
it.
So
I
appreciate
you
coming
by
today
and
and
thanks
Julian
for
bringing
this
you
know
up.
You
know
something
that
we
should
do
and
and
maybe
we
can
come
back
and
have
another
meeting.
I
A
cluster
initiative
is
an
organized
civic
engagement,
it's
definitely
collaborative
among
a
groups
of
companies
and
public
sector
and
other
related
institutions
with
the
objective
to
improve
the
competitive
of
any
specific
regional
cluster.
It's
you
know
and
there's
there
several
in
an
area
or
just
one
in
an
area,
but
you
do
it
as
a
civic
engagement
process
for
each
and.
G
B
Just
cut
in
to
everything,
but
no
I
mean
I,
know
Viviana.
You
had
shared
a
lot
of
information
for
me
with
me
on
the
task
force
and
Olivia,
don't
say
sorry:
we
could
nerd
out
on
this
all
day
every
day,
hey
probably
still
on
the
debt
and
the
amount
of
information,
but
I'm
trying
to
understand
you
know
at
first
I
was
thinking.
Maybe
it's
like
a
SWOT
analysis
and
then
I
pulled
out
the
SWOT
analysis
from
the
and
I'm
like.
Well,
it's
not
quite
that,
but
is
this?
B
I
Me
to
say:
well
let
me
go
forward.
Let
me
this
is
you.
We
have
to
apply
the
diamond
model
and
the
dnieper
model
is
and
I
don't
have
the
slide
up
on
here
that
it's
like
usually
shatter
all
of
this,
but
I
can
sit
down
with
you
all
and
talk
to
you
about
it
more
in
depth
at
another
time.
Okay,
this
is
not
a
SWOT
analysis
of
slaughtering
yeah.
C
I
K
G
F
You
know
to
the
next
agenda:
I'm
open
to
this
Julian
and
and
and
Sherman
Gabrielle
I
think
is
Joey
made.
I
did
some
preliminary
work
on
this
on
their
own
and
they
did
their
own
research.
You
know
they
fed
me
a
bunch
of
of
things
to
include
and
I'm
not
finished
with
that.
Yet
so
I
want
to
thank
them
for
their
work
on
this.
Unfortunately,
you
know
we've
been
on
on
overdrive
with
care
care,
Zack
and
obviously
the
co
big
situation
locally,
where
you
know
we're
we're
basically
almost
sometimes
some
days.
F
That's
all
we
do
all
day
long
from
from
start
to
finish
as
handling
Kovac
situations
and
we're
pulling
people
from
different
departments
to
help
out
here
and
there
and
and
I
think
we're
beginning
to
do
some
carlo's
as
well
for
some
non-essential
personnel.
So
I
apologize
for
not
how
you
know
having
this
finished,
but
there's
there's
reasons
for
that,
but
we'll
get
through
it
and
and
it'll
be
a
document
that
you're
proud
of
it
at
the
end
of
the
day.
And
so
so
what
I
plug
a.
E
F
F
F
C
C
D
D
Specifically
to
the
economic
clusters,
I'd
really
like
to
inject
that
so
once
we
have
that
finalized
document.
So
if
everyone's
okay
with
it
I'd
like
to
motion
that
the
chapter
380
agreement
should
reference
the
comprehensive
plan
which
it
already
does
but
I'd
like
to
just
formally
motion
that
the
comprehensive
plan
and
economic
development
strategies
for
Laredo
also
to
direct
funding
in
Chapter
380
ordinance
towards
the
development
of
Laredos
economic
clusters.
Once
we
have
those
done.
J
J
F
B
I,
don't
feel
comfortable
voting
on
a
motion
to
put
something
and
I:
don't
have
my
head
fully
wrapped
around
the
clusters
and
what
kind
of
money
it
takes
to
develop
the
clusters
and
in
just
in
the
chat
we
were
mentioning
looking
into
grant
possible
grant
money
for
mediate
to
develop
the
clusters
so
to
formally
motion
to
put
money
towards
developing
clusters.
I
just
I
think
that's
a
little
bit
premature,
especially
one
we're
just
talking
about
you
guys.
A
subcommittee
meeting
next
week.
B
D
I
just
like
to
clarify
I,
don't
think
I've
specifically
stated
that
funds
would
be
directed
in
any
direction.
It's
just
a
well,
at
least
for
the
committee.
The
committee
can
continuously
when
we
meet
next
week.
We
know
what
we're
really
focusing
on.
That's
all
I
really
have
to
say,
but
I'd
like
to
hear
from
everyone
else.
D
Yes,
Julia
reread
it
please.
These
here,
I
wrote
it
down
while
saying
it
chapter.
380
agreement
should
reference
the
comprehensive,
so
that
shouldn't
is
that
the
chapter
388
event
should
reference
comprehensive
plan
and
the
economic
development
strategies
for
Laredo
also
to
direct
funding
in
Chapter,
three,
the
ordinance
towards
the
development
of
Laredos
economic
cluster.
So
when
I
say
funding
on
up
referring
funding
to
develop
economic
clusters,
I'm
saying
that
chapter
380
should
focus
funding.
So
when
it
comes
to
writing
those
agreements
to
economic
clusters
that
we
identify.
So
it's
not
gonna
clarify
that
I.
F
F
C
Personally,
I
think
I
think
Julian,
your
your
heart
and
your
daughter
in
the
right
place.
The
timing
is,
is
maybe
a
little
bit
affect
I
kind
of
agree
with
with
what
am
I
saying
just
because
we
we
have
to
develop
this
and
I.
Think
that's
something
that
you
can
bring
it
up
to
the
subcommittee
at
the
moment,
rather
than
the
actual
make
it
an
official
motion
for
organs
act
and
keep
it
up
more
as
an
open
discussion
within
the
subcommittee.
For
now,
that's
just
a
simple
opinion
on
my
part.
I.
F
D
Like
I,
don't
mind
waiting
on
the
resolution,
the
like
I
said.
The
point
is
not
direct
funds.
I,
like
Alma,
stated
to
economic,
like
funds
to
create
economic
clusters.
It's
it's
just
the
guidance,
oh,
my.
My
a
train
of
thought
is
to
have
the
guidance
ready.
So
when
the
subcommittee
meets,
we
know
what
we're
going
to
achieve
verses
right
now.
The
current
chapter
380
doesn't
stay,
really
what
we're
gonna
go
after,
so
that
that's
my
mindset,
I,
don't
mind
waiting
and
having
a
subcommittee
meeting
on
the
whole
thing
I,
but
it's
whatever.
G
F
E
Okay,
do
you
think
Julian?
If
I
may
it's
Joey,
maybe
if
you
have
something
written
down
that
we
can
all
look
at
I
feel
like
there's,
maybe
some
grammatical
stuff
that
we're
all
either
understanding
or
misunderstanding
or
whatever
it
is
so
that
might
help
in
what
you
know
getting
across
what
you
want.
What
you're
trying
to
do
does
that
make
sense,
yeah.
F
So
there
is
right
now,
let
me
just
say
that
there's
probably
about
five
things
on
on
my
desk
that
were
dabbling
in
that
are
really
early
and
I'd,
rather
not
discuss
them
in
the
public.
You
know
atmosphere
at
this
point,
but
there's
one
that
that
might
be
okay
to
do
that
and,
and
and
but
I
would
still
ask
y'all
and
I,
don't
know
if
anybody
from
the
uniform
the
public
is
plugged
in
or
not,
but
that's
okay,
if
they
are,
they
have
every
right
to
listen
in
on
this
meeting
is
I.
F
The
the
USL
is
is
a
soccer
league
and
they
are
right
underneath
the
the
make
the
MLS
Major
League
Soccer
and
the
USL
has
about
55
56
teams
across
the
country
they've
been
around
for
for
many
decades
or
an
established
league.
They
have
vice
presidents
and
and
development
professionals
and
PR
people
and
social
media.
Gurus
I
mean
it's
not
some
fly-by-night
organization
and
and
in
their
teams.
They
they
have
in
the
teams
that
you
might
know
they
have.
You
know
they
have
an
El
Paso,
San
Antonio.
F
F
They
they
reached
out
to
us
and
they
said
we
want
to
be
in
Laredo
and
and
they
want
to
put
a
franchise
here.
There's
a
two
million
dollar
franchise
fee
Rafa.
You
were
thinking
about
buying
one
of
these
franchises
for
the
USL.
You
can
go
ahead
and
do
that
right
now,
but
they're
not
asking
they're,
not
asking
the
city
to
buy
a
franchise.
They
have
their
do
business
development
people
will
will
identify
a
a
possible
franchise
owner.
F
It
doesn't
have
to
be
from
the
Raider,
although
they'd
like
for
the
person
to
be
from
Laredo,
but
they
look
at
Texas
first
and
so
they're
doing
that
right
now,
they're
asking
us
to
if
we
commit
to
them
using
unit
raid
Stadium,
as
as
where
they
would
play
you,
we
can
put
a
soccer
field
inside
the
design
is
was
made
for
that.
So
you
can
put
a
soccer
field
inside
unit
rate
stadium,
the
old
paso
team,
as
I
mentioned
that
led
the
league
in
attendance.
F
They
play
in
a
pass
holes,
baseball
stadium,
so
it
can't
be
done
and
in
lieu
of
building
a
new
stadium
which
can
get
very
costly,
even
or
even
a
small
one,
but
but
so
they've
they've
approached
us.
We've
had
three
discussions
with
them
already.
They
want
to
come
to
Laredo,
but
obviously
because
of
the
kovat
situation.
They
haven't
been
able
to
do
that.
F
But
we
continue
to
talk
we're
in
the
process
of
giving
a
measurements
in
the
field
and
and
and
they
their
goal
is
they
said
every
city
above
500,000
people
in
or
is
it
300,000
I
think
in
in
in
the
United?
States
has
a
soccer
team
already
so
they're
looking
at
the
cities
under
500,000
and
below
that?
Don't
have
a
soccer
team
either
at
MLS
or
are
usl-1
and
they're
identified
net
market
and
they
want
to
go
in
there.
Go
ahead.
Miss
rough
on
yeah.
C
F
They
can
be
some
teams
have
agreements
like
rough
asset
of
the
valley
team
has
an
agreement
with
with
Houston
right
and
so
so
they're
connected.
Some
teams
do
not
have
agreements
with
MLS
directly,
but
the
the
level
of
play
of
these
leagues
are.
You
know,
I
brought
this
up
to
some
people
already
in
the
rain.
At
least.
Oh
great.
We've
got
some
good
high
school
players.
These
players
are
much
better
than
high
school
level
that
you
did
above
and
they
get
paid
right.
This
is
professional
soccer.
F
One
good
thing
that
they're
doing
so
far
is
they've
reached
out
to
the
Laredo
heat
to
see
how
they
could
be
involved.
They're
they're
very
well
aware
that
you
know
that
you
know
they
have
a
decent,
maybe
but
small
following
in
Laredo,
and
they
may
be.
They
might
be
interested
in
joining
me.
The
ownership
group
of
this
new
team,
so
I,
don't
know
the
what's
happened
with
those
conversations,
but
I
do
know.
F
They've
already
had
a
and-
and
they
did
talk
to
me
about
the
academies
that
they
want
to
come
in
on
a
ground
level
even
before
they
they
hit
the
field.
They
want
to
start
their
soccer
academies
here.
The
USL
has
really
strong
soccer
academies
and
in
fact,
the
one
that
Rafa
mentioned
in
the
valley
in
mcallen
they've
created
us
like
a
soccer
high
school
for
these
kids,
so
they're
like
on
soccer,
24/7
and
and
the
high
school
is
located
right
next
to
the
stadium.
F
So
then,
you
know
soon
as
they
you
know,
get
out
of
school.
They
go
to
the
practice
fields
and
then
they
do
something
like
u-17
and
you
15
tournaments
at
the
stadium,
so
I
mean
I'm
liking.
What
I'm
hearing
so
far
when
our
very
first
meeting,
they
already
had
a
lot
of
look
of
Laredos
of
marketing
information
down
like
they
knew
our
population,
our
demographics.
They
knew
all
these
things
and
one
of
the
ways
that
that
they
they're
that
they're
successful
is
in
reaching
out
to
an
ownership
group.
F
They
come
in
that
the
the
league
comes
to
the
city
and
does
all
the
research
right
there
and
they
all
know
how
much
our
market
will
pay
for
a
beer.
They'll
know
how
many
people
normally
attend
a
game
at
a
time
right.
What's
you
know?
What's
the
best
time
for
a
game,
you
know
who's
gonna
show
up
to
them
to
the
to
the
ballpark
right.
They'll
had
all
this.
So
when
an
ownership
group
lays
down
to
two
million,
they
give
them
the
notebook
and
go
here.
F
F
G
I
have
a
question
so,
like
the
technologists
do,
did
they
have
like
a
branch
I
see
what
what
arrangement
could
did
they
happen
with
a
league?
Is
there
anything
we're
gonna
do
maybe,
with
Nobel
rate
over
to
smaller
rate,
already
have
a
soccer
team,
the
Mexican,
League
or
maybe
and
known
at
the
farm
next
to
meet.
F
The
tech
hoes
are
part
of
them,
the
Mexican,
you
know
baseball,
league
and
I
I,
don't
know
what
their
agreements.
You
know
what
kind
of
agreements
they
have
around
around
the
country,
the
in
Mexico,
usually
every
team
has
a
the
way.
Why
is
to
cover
the
mexican
league
back
in
the
day
when
I
was
a
sports
reporter
and
each
you
know,
each
city
has
an
owner
of
the
of
their
team
and
they
can.
They
can
move
their
franchise
wherever
they
like.
F
The
league
is
not
very
strong
and
in
the
Mexican
League
baseball,
usually
the
team
owner
can
do
with
what
they
want,
and
there
are
this
are
our
contracts
with
with
the
TECO's
is,
is
simply
for
stadium
use
they
they
they
want
to
be
in
the
Raider,
because
it
expands
their
market,
their
market
reach.
They
can,
you
know,
sell
more
tickets
and
merchandise
and
so
forth
if
they
play
in
both
places
so
and
we
we
don't
mind
him
at
all,
using
our
stadium.
Obviously,
that's
why
we
built
it.
F
F
One
thing
they
did
ask
me
on
the
USL
is
they
said:
hey
is
your
stadium
near
hotels
and
restaurants,
or
any
sort
of
entertainment
district,
that's
very
important
to
us
and
obviously
it
is
and
and
we
even
have
a
water
park-
that's
under
you
know
design
right
now
to
go
right
next
to
the
stadium,
so
they're
super
happy
about
that
it
should
they
enable
it.
Should
this
be
able
to
happen
there
they're
really
liking
the
location.
F
Well,
that
mean
that's,
that's
their
business,
I
mean
we
don't
know
it
and,
to
be
honest
with
you
I'm
glad
we
don't
have
that
concern
because
we
don't
have
to
fill
the
seats
and
pay
for
it.
I
mean
this
is
a
private
enterprise.
You
know
and
we'll
let
them
figure
that
out,
you
know
they're
their
payrolls,
probably
pretty
low.
My
is
my
guest
to
be
a
to
be
honest
with
you.
I,
don't
know
what
you
know.
F
B
Guess,
in
the
equation
of
the
city
being
able
to
rent
the
unit
rate
stadium,
who
would
be
handling
the
tearing
up
and
we
grassing
of
the
field,
and
is
that
the
city
has
to
be
involved
with
talking
to
the
decos
and
regard
that
that
goes
being
okay,
because
the
potential
of
the
quality
of
their
baseball
field
being
fist
for
soccer?
Is
this
something
like
this
city
has
to
take
care
of
as
part
of
their
the
owner
of
the
unit
raid
or
the
city
contract
to
a
maintenance
crew
right?
B
F
So
the
artificial
turf-
yes,
so
so
so
yes
correct,
but
so
our
Parks
Department
handles
the
you
know
the
lead
on
leases.
You
know
with
with
who
that
you
know
who
the
party
is
and
our
obviously
at
the
city
manager
the
city
manager,
would
get
the
okay.
Would
we
get
to
final
okay
on
the
leasing
of
a
stadium,
a
you
know
in
a
deal
like
this
right,
but
I
think
our
to
dojust
said
that
the
what
they
did
last
summer
was
they
turned
the
field
from
natural
breasts
to
artificial
turf.
F
It
looks
beautiful,
so
one
of
the
one
of
the
concerns
that
they
won't
have
is
figuring
out.
How
to
do
that.
Like
you
just
said,
you
know:
how
is
it
going
to
work
over
over
a
baseball
field?
So
all
they
have
to
do
really
do
now
is
just
remove
the
the
pitcher's
mound
and
then
put
our
artificial
turf
where
there's
where
there
might
be
dirt
and
that's
it
and
then,
when
they're,
it's
over,
don't
put
the
mound
back
on
and
and
put
the
basis
back
on
and
realign
it
and
they're
good.
F
That
is
a
good,
really
good.
Question.
I'll.
Tell
you
why
it's,
because
the
the
seasons
will
overlap
each
other,
so
they're
gonna
have
to
figure
that
out
now
with
23
home
dates.
You
know.
That's
not
many
home
dates
over
like
a
five
month
period
or
four
month
period.
So
there
shouldn't
be
too
many
conflicts,
but
it
might
come
up,
but
the
the
turf
was
marked
for
soccer
fields.
So
it
should
be
pretty
easy
now
to
do
that.
B
F
As
far
as
I
know
on
the
on
the
concessions
and
the
country
and
that
contract,
it
is
separate,
I
don't
have
too
much
knowledge
of
it.
So
I'm
sorry,
I
can't
answer
your
questions
on
that.
But
in
terms
of
the
field
that
is,
an
expensive
city
would
have
to
take
on
and
probably
our
maintenance
parts
maintenance
folks
would
do
the
switching
out,
and
we
would
write
that
into
the
contract
to
make
sure
that
we
get
paid
for
doing
that.
H
Yeah
one
of
the
issues
I
do
see
on
there
is
that
there's
so
many
contracts
out
there
and
any
case
being
with
with
big
closing
concessions
and
and
and
so
on
and
so
forth.
So
both
seasons
running
concurrently,
I,
just
if
it's
gonna
be
a
it's
gonna,
be
a
tough
one
and
all
I
can
think
is
that
I
can
think.
F
Like
I
said,
hopefully,
though,
I
guess,
their
season
runs
like
through
April
to
September,
or
something
like
that.
Hopefully,
twenty
two
dates
over
that
five
month
period
won't
be
that
tough
to
handle
if
they
were
doing
like
like
tickles
like
a
game
everyday,
you
know
or
four
at
a
time,
then
that
would
be
a
real
problem.
You're
exactly
right.
F
Mr.
chairman,
what
I'd
like
to
tell
the
committee
is
that
I'd
like
to
bring
this
back
to
them
when
it's
a
little
bit
more
developed?
So
then,
so
then
the
ejack
committee
can
make
a
rig.
My
can
make
a
recommendation
to
the
council
before
we
take
it
to
the
council,
but
obviously,
through
your
questions,
there's
a
lot
of
things
are
still
unanswered
and
we
just
have
to
progress
on
that.
Maybe
maybe
in
two
months,
especially
since
that
team
can't
travel
bring
your
officials
here,
you
know
we
can.
F
F
F
G
I
mean
the
other
thing
is
I
mean
and
that's
why
we're
bringing
up
the
numbers?
We
don't
want
to
bring
somebody
and
just
sort
of
like
the
last
hockey
team,
and
then
it
just
falls
at
the
middle
of
the
middle
of
the
season.
I
mean
you're.
Doing
two
million
dollar
investment.
I
mean
you
need
to
have
the
numbers
to
show
that
that
it
can
work
so
so.
G
F
Well,
I
want
to
be
really
clear
with
this
and
you
bring
up
a
good
point.
Mr.
chairman,
this
isn't
a
fly-by-night
league.
You
know
they
have
a
lot
of
history
and
they
have
their.
You
know
their
research,
people
and
finance
folks
and
all
that
kind
of
stuff.
So
I,
don't
I,
don't
I,
don't
see
that
happening
hey,
they
might
come
to
you
and
hit
you
up
for
that
loan
man
for
two
million.
Who
knows
maybe.
C
Just
want
to
give
some
comments.
First
of
all,
thank
you.
Oh
thank
you
for,
for
involving
us
in
this
I
think
it's
a
great
project.
It's
a
very
I'm,
very
expectant,
to
see
where
this
goes.
Everyone
had
great
comments,
great
ideas,
they're
gonna,
they're,
gonna,
further,
develop
I
think
this
is
a
great
opportunity
for
the
city
and
for
the
investor
as
well
so
I'm.
Looking
forward
to
this
open
discussion
and
hearing
back
good
reports
on
this.
F
Hey,
let
me
just
the
interaction
is
always
better
I'm
with
you,
I,
don't
and
I
just
want
to
say:
I,
don't
say
this
enough:
y'all
do
this
on
a
volunteer
basis.
Thank
you
very
much
for
for
doing
this.
Work,
I,
really
appreciate
it
and
and
stay
healthy
careful.
We
want
to
see
you
back
next
month.
Thank
you
very.