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Economic Development Advisory Committee Meeting 090320
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Okay,
great
great
there's
a
delay.
Thank
you.
Okay!
Well
well,
good
morning,
everyone,
my
name
is
anne
macevedo.
I'm
here
to
talk
to
you
about
infrastructure
week.
United
for
infrastructure
is
a
washington
dc-based,
501
c4
that
was
established
in
2011,
and
they
are
led
by
steering
committee
made
up
of
these
organizations.
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So
I
had
it
on
the
agenda's
infrastructure
week
because
I
was
not
up
to
date,
but
it's
a
week
of
education
and
advocacy
this
year.
It's
going
to
be
september.
14Th
through
21st,
they
delayed
it
because
of
the
covid
pandemic,
but
traditionally
it's
been
in
may
and
his
idea
is
to
raise
awareness
for
a
country's
infrastructure
needs
again.
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This
is
copy
and
pasted
from
the
press
release
advocating
for
better
infrastructure
policy
and
greater
investment
from
all
levels
of
government
and
the
one
I
put
in
bold
the
one
that
the
reason
why
I'm
bringing
it
up
is,
it
mentions
national
and
local
projects
with
implications
for
the
national
economy,
don't
receive
the
funding.
They
need,
that's
their
wording
for
the
press
release,
but
I
think
that
a
few
trips
to
dc
and
just
the
involvement
I've
been
able
to
have
as
private
sector
with
the
city
and
committees
like
this.
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I
think
we
could
all
agree
that
we
could
always
use
a
little
bit
more
federal
funding
for
our
infrastructure
as
an
international
trade
port.
It
unites
diverse
stakeholders
to
send
one
message
to
leaders
in
washington
and
beyond
and
as
I
transition
to
the
next
slide,
I
want
to
read.
I
didn't
put
this
on
the
powerpoint,
but
this
year's
theme,
which
is
rebuild
better,
elevates
the
policies
to
ensure
every
american
has
the
infrastructure.
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Where
you
know
a
major
highway
will
divide
a
community.
I
think,
and
I'm
not
sure
if
this
is
a
fact,
but
my
understanding
of
laredo
history
is
when
the
35
divided
elastica
to
the
rest
of
downtown.
You
see
that
in
communities
throughout
the
country
and
then
just
just
disproportionate
building
of
of
the
supporting
infrastructure.
Again
those
parks,
the
the
road
conditions
and
things
like
that
and
on
the
bottom
right
of
the
screen
is
one
of
their
free
resources.
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The
boots
on
the
ground,
the
men
and
women
who
wear
those
boots,
the
skills
and
talents
at
work
and
to
prog
to
progress
today
for
a
better
tomorrow-
and
you
know
me
being
more
of
a
vocational
type,
hands-on
person,
I
always
geared
towards
the
the
dirty
jobs.
If
you
know,
if
you're
familiar
with
the
steve
roe
show,
but
it's
not
just
dirty
jobs,
there's
engineers,
civil
engineers,
there's
technology
engineers
and
there's
the
planning
and
the
architects
behind
it.
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But
it
is
it's
a
job
creator
and
then,
among
the
other,
things
is
you
think,
about
the
supply
chain
and
supporting
industries
they're,
stating
that
for
every
dollar
invested
in
infrastructure
generates
three
dollars
and
seventy
cents
in
economic
growth.
I
think
we're.
None
of
us
are
really
immune
to
to
what
that
looks
like
if
you
put
something
up
in
all
the
supporting
industries-
that's
around
it,
but
also
it's
the
opportunity
for
innovation,
and
this
is
one
I'm
not
going
to
touch
too
much
on.
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But
you
know
the
city
declan
knows
and
he's
he's
put
it
on
at
least
linkedin,
but
that
the
city's
working
on
on
their
broadband
access
and
and
the
numbers
and
the
percentages
I
don't
have
off
the
top
of
my
head.
But
here's
what
they're
posting
for
a
national
level,
18
million
households,
15
of
them
that
do
not
have
broadband
subscriptions
and
and
in
supporting
infrastructure
and
all
the
different
categories,
and
some
of
them
can
link
to
the
innovation.
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So
you
know
we
we
hope
to
do
even
more,
but
it's
extremely
important
and
it's
one
of
those
kind
of
I
think,
you'll
agree
that
it's
one
of
those
basic
needs
for
economic
development
in
laredo
you
got
to
have
you
got
to
have
wi-fi,
I
mean
you
got
to
have
connectivity
throughout
the
city,
we're
at
we're
at
60
connectivity,
which
is
one
of
the
lowest
in
the
country.
It's
not
the
lowest,
but
we're
in
the
bottom.
Percentile
believe
it
or
not.
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Brownsville
is
is
the
least
connected
city
in
the
country
and
they're.
I
forget
what
their
percentage
was
like
70,
something
percent
people
of
people
that
don't
have
broadband
and
or
cable,
or
you
know,
dsl
service
and
far,
which
is
next
to
mcallen.
What
is
number
two
and
then
I
think
we
were
like
40th
or
something
like
that,
but
it's
still
not
a
good
thing,
but
we'll
get
better
at
it.
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Yeah
and
in
campaigns
like
this
are
are
are
just
awareness.
You
know,
I'm
not
affiliated
with
any
of
this.
I
just
I'm.
You
know
as
a
member
of
the
the
laredo
chamber,
maybe
my
affiliation
reaches
at
the
national
level
through
the
u.s
chamber
on
a
local
level.
There
are
some
organizations
like
the
radio
association
of
realtors
on
the
national
level.
The
realtors
are
involved
with
this.
So
I
think
it's
just
it's
just
ideas
to
bring
awareness
to
this.
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That
glo
just
said
on
the
last
webinar
on
the
port
that
we
need
to
control
the
narrative.
It's
not
anything
new
that
we
haven't
heard
this
before
we've
talked
about
this
before,
and
this
is
just
one
of
those
ways
that
it's
a
tool
I
wanted
to
share
with
you
guys,
whether
it's
anything
that
is
in
your
specific
industry,
it
counts
for
all
of
it.
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You
know
it's
not
just
transportation,
it's
not
just
manufacturing
and
international
trade,
but
it's
it's
exactly
what
decla
was
talking
about
with
the
broadband
connectivity,
the
the
waterworks
I
know
in
the
past,
we've
talked
about
downtown
having
you
know,
needing
new
new
sewage
systems
and
pipes
as
if
we
were
to
add
housing
and
all
these
conversations
that
we
have
in
our
meetings.
There's
great
resources
last
year
was
the
the
theme
was
building
for
tomorrow.
This
is
rebuild
better.
A
lot
of
what
they're
saying
is
in
the
national
disasters.
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You
know
the
wildfires
and
whatnot.
When
we
go
to
rebuild
these
things,
we
have
to
do
it
in
a
better
way,
but
I
thought
you
know
we
focus
and
we
talk
a
lot
about
job
creation
and
things
like
that.
I
thought
it
was
those
of
you
that
are
on
twitter
or
social
media
that
maybe
keep
an
eye
out.
There
is
a
kick
off
a
virtual
kickoff
event
on
september
14th
there
it
is
from
from
noon
to
1
30..
I
believe
that
might
be
eastern
time.
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So
it's
just
it's
an
open
for
all
type
of
thing,
and
I
think
it's
something
that
you
know
maybe
not
this
year,
but
maybe
eventually
the
city
can
develop
a
an
actual
campaign
and
I've
had
the
opportunity
to
discuss
this
with
with
jeff
miller
from
the
airport,
and
it
sounds
like
they're
all
in
in
putting
at
least
some
type
of
using
the
hashtag
and
posting
some
of
the
pictures
of
some
of
the
the
improvements
that
they've
been
able
to
do
at
the
airport.
So
that
concludes
my
presentation
and
I
will
stop
sharing.
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But
united
for
infrastructure
is
bipartisan.
It's
not
a
plan
on
how
to
get
it
done
or
or
how
to
fund
it.
It's
more
bringing
awareness-
and
I
guess
the
push
to
have
this-
be
a
hot
topic
all
year
round,
but
focus
during
this
week
and
and
have
it
trend.
I
I
know
from
my
membership
in
the
motor
carriers
association.
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I
do
get
a
chance
to
read
the
newsletters
here
and
there
you
guys
saw
my
inbox
but
or
you
didn't,
but
it's
I
know,
there's
art
there
are
different
methods
on
or
proposed
means
to
fund
infrastructure
needs
and
not
all
of
them
are
going
to
be
popular,
and
so
at
that
point
I
think
that's
where
it
becomes
a
political
issue
but
yeah.
So
it's
it's
an
awareness
campaign.
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G
Just
just
a
little
bit
of
information
that
I've
learned
is:
first,
you
got
to
do
a
study
on
infrastructure
like
a
bridge
or
or
a
highway
or
something.
Then
you
have
to
do
the
environmental
studies
and
all
of
this
takes
a
little
bit
of
time.
Then
you
have
your
shovel
ready
projects
which
is
ready
to
get
funded,
because
that's
the
next
step
is
funding.
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So
if
these
two
parts
are
not
done
before
to
get
funds
from
the
federal
government
or
the
state
is
a
little
bit
hard,
and
once
you
get
your
funds,
then
you
do
the
procurement
and
then
it
takes
off.
But
that's
that's
really
where
you
have
to
look
at.
Is
it?
Is
there
a
study
and
is?
Is
it
already
environmental
ready
to
do
an
infrastructure?
A
Question
the
only
question
I
have
on
the
minutes
is
that
for
the
for
number
three,
there
was
eight
four
and
one
abstained,
and
I
don't
know
who
abstained
on
that,
one.
That
was
on
the
discussion
and
possible
action
and
the
in
the
progress
of
laredo's
new
texas
chapter
380
guidelines
and
seek
further
guidance.
So
gazia
do
you
know
who
abstained
because
everybody
else
is
9-0
and
that
one
versus
nothing.
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Can
I
just
say
something
real,
quick,
a
couple
of
things
actually
before
maya
gets
into
this
number
one,
I'm
enjoying
rafael's
background,
the
very
dark
kind
of
cave
that
he's
in.
I
don't
know
where
he's
at,
but
it
might
be
one
of
his
bars,
I'm
not
sure,
but
that's
that's
kind
of
cool
but
but
number
two
they're,
oh
nice,
man
yeah,
I'm
liking.
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I
So
it
was
that
we
need
to
revisit
on
the
mission
and
goals
of
the
committee,
considering
that
at
the
time
that
it
was
implemented,
there
was
no
economic
development
department.
Now
there
is
so
has
our
role
shifted
or
is
there
anything
that
we
need
to
add
to
to
enhance
now
that
we
have
a
department
in
the.
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F
I
think
that
to
to
support
that
the
the
develop
the
department
needs
more
support,
I'm
not
sure
where
the
department
stands
on
its
growth,
but
I
believe
that
that
it
could
use
some
beefing
up.
As
as
as
we're
able
to.
I
know
it's
still
very
new,
but
I
can
imagine
on
the
needs
of
the
city
that
that
becklo
could
use
a
few
more
people
on
his
team
and
I'm
I'm
probably
not
alone
at
the
thought,
but
I
could
understand
how
we
could
probably
separate
that
from
what
our
committee
is
here
to
do.
J
J
So
that's
just
kind
of
my
perspective.
I
do
think
it
needs
to
evolve
and
just
ask
that
everyone
kind
of
consider,
including
the
concept
of
small
business
and
and
if
anything,
specifically
how
quality
of
life
has
essentially
become
part
of
economic
development.
You
know
people
are
choosing
places
not
just
based
off
what's
cheapest,
but
where
people
can
have
the
best
quality
of
life.
So
I
I
think
that
should
be
mentioned
in
the.
D
Also,
well
I
mean
I
like
all
this.
I
mean
I'll
be
glad
to
take
a
stab
at
it
and
maybe
bring
something
back
to
you,
guys
that
that
you
can
edit
and
kind
of
finagle
to
where
you
all
are
comfortable
with,
but
I
like
the
direction
that
y'all
are
taking
this
in.
I
agree
with
alma
on
one
point
and
and
with
julian
as
well
on
what
he
said,
but
allowing
you
know
allowing
the
economic
development
department,
which
I
think
you
see
about
all
of
it
right
here.
D
Behind
me
is
to
is,
is
a
allow
me
to
like
the
city
council
does
allow
me
to
negotiate
with
folks
on
details
and
some
of
those
are
confidential,
and
I
don't
really
feel
comfortable.
You
know
you
know
talking
about
them
in
public
forums,
sometimes
until
the
time
is
right,
but
but
presenting
those
those
programs
or
possible
or
opportunities
in
a
mission
statement,
whether
it
be
quality
of
life
or
exact
programs.
I
think
it's
a
really
smart
thing
to
do
so.
D
Okay,
let
him
know
I
don't
know,
no
listen.
You
know
it's
always
good
for
y'all
to
mention
that
to
your
council
members,
and
I
appreciate
that
very
much.
We
are
in
a
predicament
with
personnel,
obviously
because
of
our
budget
situation,
so
I
mean
I
don't
I
don't
expect
anything,
but
certainly
in
the
near
future.
Maybe
next
year's
budget
or
something
like
that,
you
know
we
can.
We
can
add.
I
mean
I've
already
developed
a
little
plan
if
we
could
put
together
a
little
team
of
say,
like
three
to
five
people.
D
G
D
Yeah,
thank
you
for
saying
that
we
sure
do
you
know
right
now
we're
we're
kind
of
doing
it.
As
a
ad
hoc
group,
I
mean
the
mayor
attends
when
he
can.
I
I'm
I'm
assigned
to
I-69
the
alliance
for
I-69,
so
I
I
make
sure
to
attend
those,
but
the
ports
of
planes
is
another
one.
You
know
there's
and
you
know
there,
you
have
the
you
know,
border
trade
advisory
committee,
and
you
got
several
others
that
are
very
important
that
we
need
to
attend
so
yeah.
D
Thank
you
for
saying
that
we
also
have,
by
the
way
on
that
on
that
topic,
just
for
the
to
know
for
everyone
in
the
group
to
know
for,
for
us
and
for
yourself
and
your
own
business
that
you
have
is.
This
is
we're
about
100
plus
days
out
from
the
state
legislative
starting,
and
so
you
shouldn't
keep
in
mind
of
what
you
know.
D
What
is
it
that
that
you
all
want
from
the
legislature
in
your
own
worlds,
because
first
days
to
file
bills
is
in
november
I
think
november
18th
or
something
like
that.
So
if
you,
if
you
start
too
late,
you
know
one
of
the
things
I
I
did
before
I
came
here
was
you
know
I
was
the
government
affairs
person
in
in
in
the
valley
for
mcallen
and
mission
for
about
about
13
years,
and
so
I
worked
every
legislative
session
during
that
time.
D
I
think
it
was
six
or
maybe
I
got
an
off
year
and
I
had
seven
but
either
way
you
know
right
now.
You
should
already
have
your
stuff
ready
to
talk
to
your
state
legislator
about
before
the
session,
because
once
the
session
starts,
you
know
they
get
pulled
in
a
hundred
different
directions
and
they
don't
have
time
to
talk
to
you
as
much
as
they
do
now
so
now's
a
good
time
to
approach
them
about
those
bills
or
about
those
issues
that
you
have
on
the
state.
F
Level
and
another
area
too
or
where
I
feel
your
department
would
would
be
suited,
and
you
may
have
experience
with
this
already
is
recently
mile
1
hosted
a
webinar,
the
women
entrepreneurs,
rock
series
was
doing
government
doing
contracting
with
the
government
and
the
presenter,
and
I
were
having
a
conversation
afterwards
and
he
was
saying
when
he
was
putting
together
his
presentation.
He
was
really
surprised
about
how
compared
to
san
antonio,
where
the
almost
entire
city
of
san
antonio,
I
believe,
is
considered
a
hub
zone.
F
Laredo
is
not,
and
when
you
look
at
our
poverty
numbers
and
some
of
the
other
things
that
that
those
statistics-
it's
it's
kind
of
amazing
and
I
always
think
I
was
having
a
conversation
with
with
somebody
else
about
it,
and
they
were
saying.
I
think
that's
one
of
those.
You
know
political
lobbying
type
or
whatever
the
the
phrases.
F
But
it's
something
that
you
need
an
advocate
on
behalf
of
the
city
to
to
help
push
something
like
that,
and-
and
you
can
point
all
these
things
out,
and
they
are
full-time
jobs
between
the
all
the
alliances
and
in
projects
and
everything
else.
But
we
do.
It
goes
back
to
that
control
that
narrative
speak
up
and
and
be
there
from
the
get
so
they're.
Not
just
saying.
F
Oh,
you
know
this
port
is
part
of
this
because
by
by
location
and
then
we
don't
have
a
say,
and
I
also
want
to
go
back
to
one
of
the
conversations
you
and
I
had
where
the
bridge
itself
doesn't
have
its
own
marketing
team
or
public
information
officer.
It
all
goes
back
to
rafa,
benavidez
and,
and
I
think
of
when
they
applied
for
the
some
of
the
grants,
and
it
was
kind
of
like
you
know.
D
However,
just
to
give
you
an
idea
like
in
dfw,
there's
probably
about
you,
know,
15,
maybe
20,
suburbs
of
of
a
good
size,
right,
frisco
and
plano
and
arlington,
and
all
these
places
right
and
then
there's
dallas
and
then
there's
fort
worth
right.
Well,
all
those
cities,
they
have
economic
development,
staffs
like
like
me,
right
and
or
like
in
san
antonio.
D
They
have
this
thing
called
the
dallas
fort
worth
partnership
right.
They
have
58
people
concentrating
on
economic
development
right
houston,
they've
got
the
houston
partnership.
They've
got
78
people
in
the
houston
economic
development,
partnership
working
just
on
economic
development,
in
addition
to
all
the
different
staffs
and
the
port
of
houston
and
all
these
places.
So
that's
kind
of
how
far
we
are
behind
and
and
I'm
not.
I
don't
want
to
be
a
bureaucrat
here
just
asking
for
more
people
right.
That's
not
that's!
Not
my
job,
but
I
just
want
to
let
y'all
know
like
that's.
D
That's
our
competition.
When
we
talk
about
laredo
being
the
biggest
port
in
the
in
north
america,
landport
in
our
competition,
it's
the
port
of
houston.
The
port
of
houston,
has
a
tremendous
amount
of
people
doing
business
development
in
addition
to
the
partnership,
in
addition
to
the
city
and
this
and
everybody
else,
and
and
we're
not
at
that
level,
we're
we're
basically
able
to
get
what
we
can
from
mexico
without
doing
any
work.
D
Just
imagine
if
we
had
a
crew
of
like
12
people
working
this
all
the
time,
how
much
more
business
we
could
have
and
how
much
more
in
a
developed
city
we
could
have,
but
we'll
get
there
we'll
get
there.
But
I
just
wanted
to
you
know
let
you
know:
that's
the
competition.
Even
el
paso
el
paso
has
11
people
on
the
economic
development
staff
right,
not
including
their
edc,
which
another
10
people
so
anyway,
that's
my
little
soapbox.
Oh.
A
D
D
They
handle
the
the
enforcement,
the
management,
the
reviews
they
do
the
projections
and
they
do
all
that
for
those
three
eighties
right
for
the
turses
380s
312s,
all
those
kind
of
different
things
right
and
they
handle
the
first
initial
meetings
with
with
developers
and
that
kind
of
stuff.
You
have
business
development
people.
You
have
industrial
business
development,
you
have
retail
business
development
right.
You
have
entertainment,
business
development,
tourism,
business
development.
You
have
different
people
that
do
that.
You
have
like
the
edc
director.
D
D
Yeah,
the
community
development-
they
do
have
a
role
like
in
san
antonio
once
just
to
give
an
example,
once
a
teres
is
established,
a
you
know,
tax
increment
refinance
zone
is
established.
An
economic
development
usually
works
to
to
establish
it.
It's
usually
handed
over
to
community
development,
and
then
they
do
the
the
management
of
that
contract
and
the
enforcement
of
the
all
the
regulations
and
that
kind
of
stuff
that
doesn't
work
for
all
cities.
D
Some
just
like
any
edc
around
around
texas,
every
edc
seems
to
be
different
and
but
in
san
antonio,
that's
what
they
do.
They
have
contract
managers
that
that
handle
it
and
keep
in
mind.
San
antonio
has
about
25
terses
around
the
city,
and
I
don't
know
if
you
any
of
you
have
been
to
san
antonio
lately,
but
frost
bank
built
a
new
tower
on
the
west
side
of
downtown.
C
D
Well,
I
mean
I
mean
we
have
to
be
more
competitive
right.
We
have
to
have
a
better
strategic
plan.
I
mean
we
have
to
have
more.
I
mean
honestly
in
order
just
to
be
more
competitive
and
to
be
more
to
we
can
develop
a
better
plan
right
and
we
have
a
pretty
decent
one
right
now,
but
we
always
better
but
fred.
To
answer
your
question,
we
need,
we
need
more
funds,
I
mean
we.
D
I
mean
it's
hard
to
say
that
right
now,
where
we
are
as
a
city
and
during
the
week,
but
we
do
need
more
funds.
We
need
to
have
a
couple
of
more
folks
on
staff
that
that
would
concentrate
on
these
things
and
keep
an
eye
like
doodle
just
said
about
all
these
different
committees
and
alliances
that
we
need
to
belong
to
and
not
only
just
belong
to,
but
be
part
of,
and
that
takes
time
and
energy,
but
yeah.
D
We
definitely
need
a
more
a
bigger,
more
cohesive
group
to
to
do
this
and
and
a
city
of
our
size,
I
mean
you
look
at
frisco
frisco.
Is
you
know
what
the
newest?
You
know
darling
suburb
of
dallas
right
they're,
not
any
bigger
than
us.
They
don't
do
as
much
trade
as
us,
but
they've
got
like
11
people
on
the
wdc
staff
right
and,
and
we
have
we
have
one
so
I
mean
I
mean
yeah,
there's
people
to
help
that
cvb
helps
and
airport
helps
and
that
kind
of
thing.
But
it's
not
the
same.
D
D
I
So,
but
it's
it's
about
three
years
old:
has
the
city
looked
at
the
plan
to
see
what
needs
to
be
revisited?
What
has
been
executed
by
that
plan?
What
needs
to
be
revamped?
What
needs
to
be
removed?
Do
we
need
to
change?
We
have
a
pandemic.
We
don't
have
pandemic
three
years
ago.
Has
anybody
done
that?
D
J
J
D
Real
quick,
sorry,
one
thing
that,
like
regarding
the
plan
like
the
city
council
about
three
months
ago
four
months
ago,
said:
hey:
we
want
you
to
develop
this
short
short
to
long
term
plan
on
on
on
what
kind
of
strategy
you're
going
to
use
to
develop.
You
know
industry
in
laredo,
whatever
that
industry
was,
and
so
we
did
that
and
they
said
okay.
D
J
I
was
going
to
actually
respond
to
what
she
was
saying.
The
plan
states
that
we
are
supposed
to
have
someone
actually
reassess
and
see
what
we've
checked
off
every
year
so
that
we
can
reevaluate
and
determine
we
have
we've
been
doing
enough
here,
but
not
enough
here
or
we
haven't
been
doing
enough
anywhere
and
we
need
to
pick
up
on
those
areas
and-
and
the
secondary
purpose
of
that
is
is
also
to
say.
J
J
But
there
hasn't
been
a
an
actual
assessment.
San
antonio
themselves
actually
has
an
outside
organization,
that
audits
the
city
and
basically
gives
a
school
and-
and
it's
very
much
supported
not
only
by
the
local
city,
but
it's
also
supported
by
the
private
sector,
which
donates
money
in
order
to
hire
the
personnel
that
make
sure
that
that
plan
is
actually
being
accounted
for.
We
haven't
done
any
of
those
things.
I
D
F
It
lists
no
unified
vision
for
economic
development
or
consistent
use
of
tools
or
incentives
and
there's
just
a
short
little
paragraph
under
that,
and
it
says
economic
development
incentives
and
activities
by
the
city
have
lacked
consistency
and
the
fact
that
they
have
historically
not
been
a
well-funded
or
staffed
priorities
for
laredo.
Overall.
F
Has
voice
support
for
greater
and
more
consistent
use
of
incentives.
The
strategy
that
follows
offers
guidelines
for
specific
incentives,
policies
that
laredo
can
use,
but
more
than
anything
else,
it
is
important
to
have
a
clear
and
well
community
communicated
policy
on
how
businesses
can
apply
for
the
incentives
that
the
city
offers.
So
that's
pretty
much
the
conversation
part
of
the
conversation
we
just
had
and
then
it
goes
into
the
target
industry
analysis.
But
I
think
that
is
another
talking
point
at
this
point
and
it's
already
12
54..
So.
D
Well,
I
I
can't
bring
something
back
to
y'all
anyway
for
y'all
to
to
kind
of
go
through.
You
know
to
see
if
it
makes
sense
to
y'all.
You
know
for
the
next
month,
you're
under
no
obligation
and
chairman
backed
me
up
on
this.
If
you,
if
I
bring
something
back
and
y'all,
don't
like
it,
and
you
want
to
redo
some
more
of
it,
I
mean
there's
no
hurry
on
this,
so
y'all
can
is.
A
A
C
A
J
B
A
A
One
so
any
other
discussion
like
that
we're
almost
at
one
o'clock,
but
I
think
we
got
something
good
going.
I
I
really
like
the
conversation
and
and
what's
hard
with
us,
is
that
we
meet
once
a
month,
so
we
try
and
get.
We
want
to
get
stuff
done
during
the
during
the
month.
So
then,
when
we
have
the
meeting,
we
can
pretty
much
have
a
have
a
a
solution.
D
B
B
A
A
We
honestly
we
haven't
met.
I
know
alma
had
some
questions
on
the
cluster
initiative
alma.
Do
you
feel
comfortable
being
on
that
committee?
What
other
things
we
wanted
to
do
on
the
cluster
initiative
is
to
have
ms
bibiana
frank
sort
of
give
you
all
an
introduction
of
on
the
on
the
cluster
initiative
so
that
from
there
and
a
guidance
so
y'all
could
take
it
from
there
go
ahead.
Any
discussion
on
that
go
ahead.
Yes,.
F
Yes,
I
believe,
when
the
motion
was
presented
that
wasn't
discussed
about
having
her
on
there
and
it
came
up
later
in
email
exchanges.
So
I
can
understand.
I
guess
how
the
subcommittee
went
and
the
reason
why
I
had
the
questions
even
before
she
was
suggested
to
be
the
facilitator
for
our
subcommittee
meeting.
F
Because
I
didn't
feel
that
she
was
going
to
help
me
better
understand
the
motion
itself.
That
was
what
I
was
lacking:
the
clarity
of
not
so
much
clusters
what
they
are,
how
to
go
about
them.
Anything
like
that,
because
viviana's
presentation
to
the
etac
was
not
the
first
time
that
viviana
has
presented
clusters
in
my
audience
so
and
her,
and
I
have
exchanged
emails
back
and
forth
when
we
were
on
the
emergency
task
force.
F
But
but
the
the
and
I
don't
want
to
get
too
hung
up
on
the
motion
because
we
did
come
up
with
an
answer
for
you
guys,
but
the
motion,
the
wording
and
the
motion
was
to
create
a
cluster
initiative
and
the
definition
of
cluster
initiative
I
found
was
to
a
group
of
public
private
sector
and
educators,
a
group
of
people
to
actively
do
a
cluster
analysis,
and
so
at
that
point
it
seems
to
be
that
we
need
to
beef
up
that
closed
staff.
No
I'm
kidding.
F
But
at
that
point
it's
like
what
are
we
allowed
to
do?
Are
there
non-disclosure
agreements
being
signed?
Who
are
we
allowed
to
invite
and
not
invite?
Are
we
talking
about
at
a
local
level,
only
we're
talking
about
state
and
national
resources,
and
then
it
becomes
this
bigger
thing
and
that's
why
we
didn't
want
to
invite
outside
people
to
our
subcommittee
meeting.
F
The
statement
that
the
subcommittee
agreed
on
is
that
we
met
the
subcommittee
met
on
tuesday
september
1st
at
2pm
and
concluded
that
the
texas,
a
m
international
university
tammy,
u's
texas
center
for
border
economic
and
enterprise
development,
is
the
most
suitable
entity
for
creating
a
cluster
analysis.
We
recommend
that
the
city's
economic
development
department
continues
with
communication
with
the
tcb
eed.
F
The
subcommittee
is
in
contact
with
the
tcbed
to
determine
a
timeline
for
the
completion
of
the
analysis,
as
well
as
identifying
any
gaps
or
hurdles
that
their
the
tc
the
eed
is
experiencing,
and
that's
the
statement,
the
wording
that
we
all
for
agreed
on
post
our
our
actual
subcommittee
meeting,
and
I
could
talk
about
it
further.
I
could
also
point
to
our
comprehensive
plan
and
point
the
existing
web
county
cluster
analysis.
F
I
I'm
mistaken,
I
think,
he's
also
working
with
teclo
and
some
other
projects,
and
so
the
communication,
the
network,
is
there.
He
has
the
experience
and
knowledge,
it's
just
a
matter
of,
and
obviously
that's
what
they
do.
They
collect
data
to
analyze
and
provide
these
reports
to
us.
So
I
don't
know
teclo,
I
think,
do
you
work
with
shaffler.
I
D
I
I
When
this
is
needed-
and
he
can
have
it
and
again
it's
in
a
center
for
for
the
it
isn't
the
university,
but
again
it's
for
anyone
that
needs
it
it's
available.
It
also
provides
opportunity
for
other
individuals
and
or
students
or
other
professors
to
analyze
and
provide
any
supports
and
kind
of
enhance
those
particular
reports.
You're
analyzing
it
a
little
bit
further,
if
need
be,.
J
I,
if
I
can
just
chime
in
cluster
analysis
and
cluster
initiatives,
are
actually
you
kind
of
have
to
think
of
them.
Think
of
them
as
steps.
A
cluster
analysis
is
pretty
much
the
gathering
of
all
the
all
the
information
on
the
businesses.
You
have
the
cluster
initiative
and
I
think
what
we're
discussing
initially
for
the
committee
cluster
initiative
is
puts
together
all
those
representatives
for
all
the
different
clusters.
J
F
I
yes,
no,
I
did,
and
I
believe
the
cluster
initiative
comes
before
the
cluster
analysis,
and
that
was
what
your
motion
said
was
to
create
a
cluster
initiative
and
it
was
to.
I
don't
have
it
word
for
her,
but
I
gotta
watch
the
youtube
video
a
few
times
I'll.
Let
artudo
speak
up
because
he's
on
the
subcommittee
go
ahead.
D
Right,
I
mean
first
of
all,
yeah
anyone
can
anyone
can
attend
this
meeting
as
a
either
as
a
guest
or
as
a
member
of
the
public?
This
is
an
open
meeting
and
we'll
accommodate
them
in
whichever
way
that
we
can
and
and
then
second
on
the
subcommittee
meeting
it's
up
to
the
subcommittee
to
decide
kind
of,
but
that
meeting
is
not
regulated
by
any
stringent
rules
from
the
city.
It
doesn't
meet
a
quorum.
You
can
meet
casually.
D
You
know
with
a
phone
and
a
coffee
shop
as
long
as
you
don't
surpass
the
four
people
right,
which
would
constitute
a
quorum
after
that,
so
so
they're
they're
pretty
easy
rules
to
deal
with
and
and
we
can
certainly
have
anybody
that
you
like.
If
you
want
to
invite
mr
chef
or
we
can,
we
can
extend
an
invitation
to
him
and
and
and
get
him
to
to
come
to
our
next
meeting
or
whenever
he's
available.
I
F
F
The
reason
why
I
abstained
is
because
I
didn't
have
a
clear
understanding
of
what
the
action
was
behind
it
and
I'm
still
hearing
what
sounds
like.
I
don't
want
to
say
a
lot
of
work,
but
it's
very
unclear.
Do
we
create
a
committee
and
then
we're
responsible
of
organizing
this
committee?
That's
the
initiative,
bring
all
these
people
to
the
table
and
then
and
now
there's
talks
of
viviana
bringing
facilitating
that
meeting.
That
was
never
part
of
the
original
motion.
It
came
out
afterwards
and
then
there's
okay.
F
J
D
So
in
the
interest
of
time,
because
we're
over
our
time
limit-
and
we
do
this
like
we
do
this
every
week-
but
I
think
what
what
we
need
to
do,
mr
chairman,
is
have
someone
make
a
motion
to
what's
supposed
to
happen
next
right
and
then
and
then
let
the
group
vote
on
it.
So
we
can
have
some
direction
on
what
would
happen
at
next
or
what
we
need
to
do
for
the
next
meeting
and,
like
I
said,
we're
already
at
111,
and
we
probably
need
to
do
that.
A
E
I
just
want
to
kind
of
clarify
something
because
part
of
of
alma's
report
is
is
a
report
on
the
subcommittee,
but
then
she
does
have
a
motion
in
there
where
she
directs
the
economic
development
department
to
continue
engaging
with
tamiu
and
the
department
there.
So
I
don't
know
if
you
could
just
repeat
that
motion
and
I
think
we'll
get
a
second
and
we
will
vote
for
that.
F
J
Can
I
just
ask
a
question
so
just
to
make
sure
I'm
understanding
everything
correctly
so
what's
being
said,
is
that
a
cluster
initiative
is
already
being
done
and
we
are
going
to
talk
to
I'm
sorry.
What
was
his
name?
That's
the
individual!
That's
going
to
give
us
the
update
or
give
declaw
statement.