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Economic Development Committee Meeting, 11/04/2021
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E
She's
done
a
great
shot
so
far,
we
look
forward
to
working
with
her
in
the
future.
Mr
chairman,
one
other
thing
before
I'd
like
to
start.
I
just
want
to
thank
and
for
all
the
work
that
they
that
they
did
along
the
river
and
you
that
you,
some
of
that,
is
about
volunteerism
and
community
and
also
about
the
environment.
But
it's
also
about
economic
development.
What
people
see
when
business
owners,
investors
and
other
people
see
community
efforts
like
that
and
and
once
they're
proud
of
the
community?
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E
Mr
chairman,
this
and
lady
this
is
a
this
is
a
presentation
I
I'm
using.
We
are
using
groups
as
we
out
there,
whether
it
be
trade
shows
or
or
rotary
speeches
or
internet
investors
in
mexico,
and,
mr
chairman,
you
know
this.
You
know
this
presentation
because
you
were
president
will
be
got
in
front
of
the
seafood
co-group.
E
The
clusters
group
in
inca,
which
is,
is
beginning
to
pay
dividends
even
today
and
for
where,
as
we
go
into
the
spring,
we're
going
to
go
into
other
needs
with
the
state
and
local
folks,
and
so
you
know
please
interrupt
me
here
as
we
go
along.
If
you
need
to
say
something,
but
I
just
want
to
share
this
with
the
group.
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D
E
E
Let
me
go
to
the
next
base,
so
we
can
move
along
here.
This
is
about
the
airport,
286
million
and
funded
facility
upgrades
in
the
last
decade,
or
so
mainly
replacing
the
the
the
tarmac
on
our
cargo
side,
but
a
series
of
federal
ranks,
but
other
improvements
have
been
made.
They
have
about
140
million
dollars
in
new
logistics
projects
that
are
just
that
many
around
the
airport.
E
E
500
million
in
warehouse
construction-
that's
just
in
general,
through
laredo
in
the
last
couple
of
years,
the
200
million
in
water
infrastructure,
that's
underway
by
our
water
department.
Right
now,
we're
also
doing
the
two
million
dollars
in
the
best
lanes
at
the
world
trade
bridge
and
in
the
pictures
you
see
a
picture
of
for
granted
at
the
beginning
of
that
of
their
million-dollar
service
and
then
underneath
there
I'll
see
that
show
before.
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The
the
cvp
pad
facility
at
the
airport's
going
to
look
like,
I
think
we,
I
think
we're
getting
two
buildings
at
the
beginning,
with
with
the
30
million
dollars,
they're
going
to
start
construction
in
the
and
then
they're
going
to
add
to
that.
But
that's
what's
going
to
house
their
their
helicopters
and
allow
them
to
expand
their
the
number
of
employees
that
they
have
by
avoiding
they're
bringing
more
pilots
or
bringing
more
mechanics.
E
E
A
35
million
dollar
facility
they'd
like
to
expand
fedex,
has
built
a
24
million
dollar
facility,
and
some
of
you
in
the
trade
and
broker
business
know
that
fedex's
facility
in
laredo
is
called
a
gateway
center,
which
means
that
getting
freight
from
texas
and
the
east
coast
and
going
all
the
way
to
the
east
coast,
anything
that
weighs
150
pounds
and
has
to
go
to
mexico
unless
they're
specified
to
be
on
air,
they
bring
it
to
laredo
and
they
process
it.
Here.
E
20
million
dollar
westpac.
This
is
something
that
an
agreement
that
that
the
evac
approved
and
they're
still,
you
know
closing
on
their
property
waiting
to
see
where
they
can
break
ground.
Then
this
subset
produces
facility
as
well.
We
did
a
280
agreement
before
the
attack
was
formed
apartment
before
the
ejection
wall
before
we
started
bringing
these
act.
That
thing
that
created
was
was
done
on
every
part.
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E
Yes,
yes
you're
right,
and
we
should
mention
that
in
fact,
there
were
some
guys
that
came
down
from
a
cold
storage
place
recently
john,
and
they
said
they
were
kind
of.
I
noticed
they
were
kind
of
rushing.
You
know
through
the
through
our
visit
and
I
said,
hey
drop
a
blanket
catch
and
he
said
no,
you
have
a
team
at
the
country,
brother,
so
yeah,
that's
right.
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E
H
What
I
wanted
to
ask
is
so
I
appreciate
the
entire
presentation,
but
I'm
just
a
little
curious.
What
are
we
doing
else
besides
trying
to
attract
trey,
because
I
think
everyone
here
would
agree?
Not
only
is
it
our
bread
and
butter,
but
it's
not
exactly
that's
something.
That's
really
difficult
to
to
bring
to
laredo
because
of
where
we're
located
and
our
assets
in
the
bridge.
What
are
we
doing
to
possibly
diversify
our
local
economy,
on
on
bringing
other
types
of
jobs
or
possibly
parlaying
this
trade
industry
into
other
sectors.
H
H
E
E
As
he
gets
into
the
workforce
area,
and
so
the
extreme
report
we've
reached
out
to
do
medical
and
we've
made
some
things
here,
I
hope
to
make
an
announcement
and
bring
a
project
beforehand.
That's
medically
related
that
could
create
up
to
100
jobs
and
have
about
anywhere
between
12
and
40
dollar
investment.
We're
not
sure
yet
on
that,
but
we're
working
that
out.
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A
G
It
seems
like
it's
a
reoccurring
theme
right
again:
every
economic
development
presentation
I've
ever
witnessed
being
put
on
by
the
city
of
laredo
and
the
last
at
least
six
plus
years
was,
you
know,
you
know
port
our
port,
the
port's
number
one,
the
port's
growing
ports
do
all
this
great
things
and
that's
awesome
right.
But
when
you
look
at
the
comprehensive
plans,
delineation
of
hey
congratulations,
city
of
laredo,
you
got
all
your
eggs
in
this
one
basket
right:
what
happens
if
the
price
of
diesel
spikes
or
there's
you
know
some.
G
You
know
if
you
know
nafta,
2.0
or
whatever,
whatever
economic
factors
come
about
like
what
then
what
right?
And
so
that's
why
the
experts
that
we
paid
lots
of
money
to
said
look,
you
have
to
diversify
your
portfolio
and-
and
I
feel
like
we're
all
kind
of
yelling
at
a
brick
wall,
because
we've
we've
had
this
conversation
on
multiple
occasions
about
what
the
comp
plan
said.
The
comp
plan
said:
hey
there,
you
all
could
be
a
regional
health
care
hub.
You
know
assume
that
role
start
providing
those
incentives.
G
Investing
in
those
areas
make
those
things
happen
as
it
relates
to
the
tech
sector
and
the
I
guess,
kind
of
the
the
the
ones
and
zeros
the
the
the
substance
of
the
transportation
industry,
like
like
fleet
management,
software
and
fuel
management
software
like
what
about
all
of
those
components?
Where
are
we
at
in
addressing
those
smaller
economic?
I
guess
what
do
we
call?
There's
a
fancy.
Five
dollar
word
for
the
economic
external.
G
J
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J
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m
international
having
and
then,
of
course,
loretta
community
college
having
that.
So
I
think
that's
something
that
would
be
beneficial
for
you
to
kind
of
immerse
yourself
and
see.
What
is
it
that
they're
bringing
down
to
this
community
to
for
the
workforce
opportunities
as
well,
and
maybe
we
can
start
putting
it
as
part
of
our
presentation.
J
H
Where
my
question
is
really
coming
from
is
during
the
inner
city
housing
summit,
they
brought
someone
in
from
from
dallas
that
did
a
my
essentially
an
entire
economic
little
study
and
he
showed
how-
and
you
know-
I
think
we
all
know
this-
because
we
always
talk
about
brain
drain
and
how
a
lot
of
you
know
children
once
they
get
of
age,
they
leave
laredo.
He
actually
showed
a
net
migration
loss
for
the
city,
which
is
incredibly
alarming.
H
Because
if
our
focus
is
just
more
more
more
warehousing,
which
is
great,
you
know
it
really
contributes,
but
we
don't
provide
other
types
of
jobs.
You
know
we.
We
are
setting
ourselves
up
for
a
possible
failure
due
to
just
focusing
on
trade
and
that
being
all
our
eggs
like
can
I
finish
it
off
workforce.
G
H
G
E
One
of
the
priorities
and
the
top
plan
for
economic
development
is
to
develop
more
home
health.
The
number
one
priority
is
to
develop
home
health
companies.
Well,
we
all
know
that
home
health
companies
have
gone
by
the
wayside
and
that's
not
going
to
create
the
job
that
we
look
for
that
we're
looking
for.
G
G
A
The
agenda
items
are
usually
always
created
by
you
guys.
I
would
like
to
see
a
little
bit
more
more
participation
and
seeing
y'all's
vision
carried
out
because
you
guys
have
you're
you're
appointed
on
this
committee
for
for
such
a
reason,
going
back
to
your
presentation,
mr
garcia,
thank
you
so
much
for
for
the
update.
You
heard
the
comments
of
certain
members
that
want
to
update
and
help
support
you
and
giving
a
better
better
visual
of
how
to
market
our
city.
We'll
have
a
final
comment
by
mr
dominguez.
Thank
you.
A
D
You,
mr
duan,
can
you
hear
me?
Yes,
after
2017
the
burst
that
world
trade
bridge,
the
saad
is
on
the
u.s
side
now
and
they
do
dual
inspections
for
your
and
then
and
then
colombia
being
more
proactive.
They
have
the
sad.
They
have
cofe
the
agriculture
part
on
the
u.s
side,
and
now
they
requested
customs
in
case
that
they,
the
electricity,
goes
down
on
the
mexican
side.
They
can
process
pedimentos
on
the
u.s
side.
So
that's
something
that
customs
also
would
like
to
see
at
world
trade
ridge.
D
A
So
there
you
go,
mr
garcia.
Thank
you
so
much
for
the
presentation.
Personally,
I
think
the
whole
city
is
doing
a
great
job.
The
whole
department
has
been
doing
very
good
one
in
marketing
the
city
of
laredo,
the
edac
committee
as
well.
So
this
isn't
a
point
of
argument.
It's
rather
more
a
point
of
growing
together
and
helping
you
give
pointers
and
what
we
can
do
to
develop
and
grow
this
presentation
in
order
to
market
and
continue
to
attract
business.
A
The
2021
already
flew
by,
but
we
definitely
made
a
lot
of
good
good
progress.
We
had
the
chapter
380
guidelines
be
formed.
We
had
a
lot
of
380
agreements,
come
to
fruition,
more
jobs,
minimum
wage,
but
providing
better
medical
health
care
for
employees
for
the
city
of
laredo.
So
I
think
we're
we're
on
a
good
route.
We
definitely
there
is
always
room
for
improvement.
Constructive
criticism
is
always
good,
not
in
terms
of
arguing,
but
in
terms
of
hey.
This
is
what
we
can
do
better.
A
We'll
move
on
to
presentation,
item
5b,
discussion
of
possible
action
regarding
the
creation
of
a
sister
cities
plaza
by
this
was
proposed
by
myself,
rafael,
yes,
the
chairman
and
the
sister
cities
agreement
is
a
bi-national
agreement
that
occurs
between
two
local
municipalities
and
in
order
through
this
agreement.
What
you
seek
is
one
a
humanitarian
effort
to
help
each
other
out,
so
the
city
of
radio
has
to
renew
their
equipment
every
so
often
from
laptops.
A
The
other
part
of
the
sister
cities
agreement
is
a
cultural
exchange.
We've
seen
the
sister
cities
festival
once
a
year
and
they
come
and
they'll
do.
My
lovelies
they'll
have
shows
every
city
gets
to
promote
a
little
bit
of
their
culture
and
the
product
and
their
artisans,
and
then,
lastly,
which
is
the
one
where
we
can
play
a
role
in,
is
economic
development.
A
The
reason
for
this
partnership
and
by
national
agreement
is
also
to
seek
out
a
way
of
hey.
What
can
we
do
to
grow
each
other
to
what
can
we
import
from
your
city
from
your
state
and
what
can
we
export
over
there
as
well?
So
the
creation
of
this
city's
sister
cities
plaza
would
be
to
attract
that
foreign
business
from
whoever
were
partnered
with
sister
cities
and
about
through
by
national
agreement
and
have
them
come
and
open
up
their
business
here
in
our
sister
city
plaza.
The
location
that
I'm
looking
at
is
definitely
downtown.
H
I
C
A
So,
for
example,
in
chicago
they
have
a
lot
of,
we
can
go.
Look
at
wichita's,
there's
a
lot
of
sculptures,
see
san
mateo
tenco,
who
we
also
have
a
partnership
with
they
do
a
lot
of
shoes
guanajuato
as
well,
so
retails
of
that
sort
that
are
that
are
unique
products
that
will
attract
commerce
back
to
downtown.
A
So
I'll
make
the
motion
to
create
recommend
to
council
the
creation
of
a
sister
cities
plaza
to
incentivize
and
attract
investment
from
our
sister
cities
partners
and
find
a
location
in
the
downtown
area.
Do
we
know
what
the
costs
are?
No,
the
council
would
work
with
that
with
management,
but
it'd
definitely
be
lower
a
lower
rate.
A
It
could
be
a
I'm
letting
councilwoman
see
around
decide
on
the
on
the
exact
spot.
I
know
around
the
center
of
the
arts,
there's
there's
two
casas
espanilas,
it
could
be
a
city
building
or
they
could
go
into
a
private
public
partnership
with
downtown
owners
of
the
establishment
I'll.
Second,
it
seconded
by
junior
radnovsky
before.
E
I
just
wanted
to
congratulate
the
chairman
and
the
committee
for
for
for
supporting
that.
I
think
it's
extremely
important
program
for
foreign,
a
great
tool
for
us
to
to
recruiting
the
fascination
great
job
rafa.
Thank
you
very
much
for
doing
that
and
thank
you
for
the
having
the
the
foresight
to
to
get
involved
with
that,
and
we
look
to
do
some.
Some
really
good
agreements
here
in
the
near
future.
H
So
there
were
a
lot
of
great
presentations
and
it
took
a
while
for
me
to
collect
all
the
links
but
I'll
be
sending
it
to
everyone.
So
you
can
see
all
the
presentations,
basically
the
synopsis
of
of
what
a
lot
of
it
was.
Is
we
have
a
very
underutilized
inner
city
that
people
aren't
reinvesting
in
here.
H
That
we
have
a
very
underutilized
inner
city
throughout
laredo,
where
we
actually
have
a
lot
of
empty
blocks
or
buildings
that
just
are
not
inhabitable,
which
is
further
exacerbating
the
general
issue
of
laredo,
which
is
right.
Now
we
have
a
major,
affordable,
housing
problem.
A
lot
of
cities
are
suffer
suffering
from
this.
Laredo
is
not
the
only
one,
but
we
are
a
lot
more
behind
on
it,
especially
when
it
comes
to
the
inner
city.
H
A
lot
of
discussion
was
based
off
of
how
the
city
can
partner
with
the
private
sector,
to
to
work
to
incentivize,
not
only
the
redevelopment
of
existing
buildings,
but
the
development
of
empty
lots
all
throughout
the
inner
city,
so
that
we
can
bring
more
housing
units
to
the
market,
but
not
just
there's
a
lot
of
focus
on
not
just
housing
units
but
making
sure
that
you
know
well-built.
You
know
very
inhabitable
units,
not
these
low-cost
developments
that
sometimes
you
see.
H
B
H
Yeah,
okay,
I'm
sorry!
Where
was
that
income
housing
is
exactly
what
it
sounds
like
it's
different
income
levels,
it's
not
just
strictly.
You
know
purely
low
income
or
or
market
rate.
It's.
The
purpose
of
a
lot
of
that
is
study
after
study
has
shown.
That
is
the
best
way
to
do
affordable
housing
units.
H
H
He
couldn't
really
point
exactly
to
the
fact
of
what
necessarily
is
causing
it,
but
he
did
actually
make
a
point
to
say
that
this
is
concerning,
and
this
needs
to
be
studied
on
on
finding
out
exactly
what
is
the
reason
why
we're
losing
a
lot
of
individuals
that
enter
laredo
it
from
what
I
understood
from
the
study?
It's
not
targeting
migration
in
the
sense
of
you
know
the
illegal
immigration,
it's
purely
based
off
people
that
moved
into
the
laredo
and
then
eventually
leave
so
you're,
showing
a
loss
there,
but
but
a
lot
to
sum
up.
H
F
H
So
so
on
the
recode
laredo
that
particularly
targets
or
mainly
targets
expansion,
so
new
developments
so
from
ground
up
so
for
or
new
planning.
I
I
I
don't.
The
city's
gonna
have
to
speak
on
behalf
of
that.
I
don't
know
where
they're
at
at
the
process
and
and
if
they
are
considering,
you
know
higher
density
zonings
that
would
allow
for
that
density
for
the
inner
city.
What
we
really
struggle
from
and
we're
not
unique
san
antonio
did
austin
that
they
all
did.
H
We
have
a
lot
of
old
buildings
and
any
developer
knows
it
actually
costs
more
to
redevelop
a
building
than
to
build
a
new
building
and
because
of
all
of
the
codes
that
are
required,
it's
very,
very
costly
to
redevelop
a
lot
of
buildings
that
have
been
blighted
so
typically
how
cities
step
in
is.
Okay.
You
know
we
understand
now
you
have
to
like
jerry-rig
a
new
sprinkler
system
into
the
building.
H
If
you,
if
you
target
you,
know
student
housing
or
mixed
income,
housing
we'll
come
in
and
give
an
incentive
to
you
to
offset
that
cost,
and-
and
it's
always,
you
know
long
term
in
the
best
interest
of
the
city,
because
you
know,
if
you
can
bring
back
these
neighborhoods,
those
property
values
go
up.
Therefore,
the
tax
revenue
goes
up.
Therefore,
it
pays
for
that.
H
G
That
would
not
eliminate
but
mitigate
a
lot
of
the
very
draconian
interpretations
that
the
fire
marshal
and
the
building
department
currently
applies
to
any
someone
like
hank
sames,
who
you
know
just
beat
his
head
up
against
a
brick
wall
trying
to
bring
us.
You
know
certain
it
shouldn't
be
that
difficult
like
you
shouldn't,
need
to
come
kneel
and
genuflect
genuflect
before
a
politician
to
get
it
done,
you
ought
to
just
be
able
to
go
through
it
and
say:
okay.
G
Well,
let's,
let's
get
it
done
on
the
economic
development
side
of
things,
the
economic
development
department
should
be
able
to
come
up
with
a
rubric
on
hey.
Look
if
you're
going
to
invest
x,
amount
of
money
in
this
zone,
then
in
in
that
instance,
you
know
we'll
be
able
to
abate.
You
know
property
taxes
or
whatever
the
the
the
380
or
whatever
other
tool
of
the
trade
can
be
used
to.
G
That's
what
drives
the
redevelopment
it's
not
put
in
a
conference
center
and
and
four
times
a
year.
It
fills
up
in
the
rest
of
the
year,
it's
empty
or
a
mall
that
was
brought
in
ten
years
too
late.
In
this.
You
know
online
shopping
era
that
we're
in
you
know
meaningful
mini
cozy,
joe
minikosi
grade
development.
G
That
is,
that
is,
that
is
vertical,
not
horizontal
takes
place
with
human
bodies
living
in
an
area
that
have
disposable
income
to
drive
other
businesses,
and-
and
that's
that's,
what's
so
missing
from
the
last
presentation-
that's
what
council,
member
bettis
was
driving
at
when
she
was
calling
out
the
edc
like
hey
like
really
like
it's
just
more
trade
like
it's
just
more
more.
You
know
I
mean
we
do
it.
We
do
it
well
and
thank
god,
but
there's
got
to
be
some
some
mixture
here.
If
not
it's
it's.
You
know
it's
just
all.
B
E
Yeah
yeah,
I
know
you're
right
you're
right,
mr
algo,
that's
exactly
what
we
need
to
do
and
you
know
we're
we're
working
on.
You
know
things
things
take
time,
but
those
points
you
bring
up,
especially
about
housing,
correct
one
thing.
I
just
want
to
clarify
the
presentation
that
I
mentioned:
that's
not
our
economic
development
strategy
as
appointed
by
the
city
council.
For
us,
that's
just
what
we
take
into
some
trade
shows
and
we
get
in
front
of
investors.
That's
what
we're
using
there.
E
So
I
don't
want
you
to
think
that.
That's
all
we
do.
That's
just
that's
just
that
one
presentation.
So
we
do.
We
do
a
lot
of
stuff
and
we've
even
taken
direction
from
edac
and
the
council
regarding
downtown
and
small
businesses
and
other
things
so
yeah
we're
trying
to
do
as
much
as
we
can.
A
question
for
for
mr
rodnowski
is
is
julian.
H
H
Produce
came
in
and
greg
abbott
came
in,
but
I
do
agree
that
a
presentation
needs
to
be
given
to
council.
Regarding
all
this.
What
I'd
like
to
dive
defer
to
is
that
the
inner
city
housing
committee,
that
has
been
they've
kind
of
been
running
with
that
themselves
and
I'm
sure
at
a
given
point
that
will
be
presented
to
council.
But
I
do
agree
with
you,
mr.
H
E
B
Sure,
yes,
sir,
mr
chairman,
yeah
good
members
of
edac,
mr
chairman,
what
you
have
before
you
was
a
draft
mou
agreement
with
laredo
college
for
workforce
development,
skills,
training,
redevelopment
skills,
training
for
individuals
that
have
experienced
furlough
or
layoff
or
underemployment
due
to
the
pandemic.
This
is
actually
the
second
time
that
we've
done
this
as
a
city.
The
first
time
with
cares
money.
We
did
900
000
in
total
700
of
that
was
to
laredo
college
200.
000
of
that
was
to
workforce
development,
workforce
solutions.
B
Forgive
me
they
were
actually
able
to
match
that
with
a
grant
that
they
had.
So
we
had
a
little
over
a
million
dollars
that
we
were
working
with
this
one
is
something
that
council
laid
out
for
the
economic
development
a
couple
of
council
meetings
ago.
They
set
aside
three
million
dollars
of
the
arp
funding
that
we
got
as
part
of
the
hares
2.0.
If
you
will,
they
set
aside
3
million
of
that
for
small
business
grants
in
subsequent
conversations
with
council
and
with
teclo
we
came
up
with
you
know.
B
This
is
very
necessary
for
the
city
for
small
businesses
that
are
still
being
affected
by
the
pandemic
year.
Almost
two
years
later,
so
we
were
able
to
get
council
to
agree
to
move
a
million
dollars
out
of
that
3
million
for
the
grants
to
focus
just
on
workforce
development
and
training
through
work
through
laredo
college
tentatively.
The
radical
college
has
agreed
to
match
that
dollar
for
dollars,
so
we're
looking
at
about
two
million
dollars
worth
of
workforce
development
and
training.
B
This
is
a
draft
of
the
mou,
it's
very
similar
to
the
first
one
that
I
believe
that
was
before
the
edac
before
it.
It
kind
of
mimics
the
same
language,
because
it's
basically
virtually
almost
the
same
program,
but
we're
going
to
be
focusing
now
on
different
courses
now.
So
that's
what
we
are
negotiating
with
laredo
college
to
find
out.
You
know
what
industries,
what
what
workforce
that
we
need
to
be
looking
at,
but
once
that's
all
developed
and
brought
together
that
will
be
included
in
the
draft
as
an
exhibit
to
go
before
council
and.
C
C
B
As
part
of
the
agreement
we
have
not,
the
main
purpose
here
is
giving
the
training
for
people
who
can
sign
a
letter
of
attestation
that
they
were
one
affected
by
the
pandemic,
that
they're
underemployed,
they're,
unemployed
or
they've
been
furloughed.
So
the
main
point
of
this
agreement
is
to
make
sure
that
those
people
that
are
experiencing
that
at
least
get
those
certifications
to
get
back
in.
But
in
no
way
is
the
agreement
binding
the
written
college
or
the
city
to
any
type
of
job
retention
or
job
placement.
B
No,
it's
beyond
actually
teclo
alluded
to
some
of
the
courses
we
did
on
the
first
round,
so
we
did
a
lot
of
cdl
truck
driving
that
mr
ogil
said.
That's
kind
of
the
bread
and
butter.
So
there's
a
lot
of
job
openings
for
logistics.
We
can't
fill
them
all.
We
tried
our
best
with
the
first
round
we're
going
to
try
our
best
the
second
round.
The
first
one
did
focus
on
other
things,
such
as
medical
assistance,
the
health
care
industry,
where
we're
kind
of
short
focused
on
that.
B
So
for
this
one's
going
to
be
kind
of
the
same,
the
last
one
we
had
a
lot
of
bookkeeping
for
small
businesses
that
when
they
tried
to
get
the
grants
the
first
round
through
the
city,
they
had
a
little
bit
of
trouble
meeting
the
the
requirements
through
lift
fund
to
get
those
money.
They
couldn't
keep
their
books
right,
so
we
provided
those
trainings
for
them
to
you
know
to
be
more.
B
E
I
think
the
top
ones
according
to
michael
were
cbl
forklift
certification,
medical
assistant,
dental
assistant,
a
pharmacy
tech
was
was
really
big.
I
think
those
were
five
or
six
of
the
top
ones
and
in
bookkeeping,
as
you
mentioned,
were
the
half
dozen
top
categories
that
that
the
unemployed
or
underemployed
folks
asked
for.
B
E
Committee,
we
were
under
a
very,
very
tight
deadline
to
use
the
funds
that
we
were
allocated.
As
arnold
mentioned
about
900
thousand
dollars.
We
had
to
use
them
within
like
a
nine
month
period
of
time,
and
not
only
did
we
have
to
send
out
the
money
in
that
time
the
classes
had
to
have
ended
within
that
time.
We're
not
under
that
kind
of
pressure
this
time
so
we're
looking
at
and
with
a
little
bit
more
funds
we're
looking
at
a
little
bit
longer
term
classes.
E
You
know
like
an
x-ray
tag
or
or
or
something
like
that,
that
would
take
six
months
or
a
year.
Even
hopefully
we
don't
get
too
many
of
those,
but
I
mean
well
that's
what
we're
trying
to
do
and
we
have
a
little
bit
more
flexibility
with
with
this
time.
I
think
our
deadline
isn't
for
two
years
yet
before
we
have
to
finish
spending
the
money,
but
we're
going
to
try
to
we're
going
to
try
to
get
it
all
out
in
the
first
year.
But
it's
good
not
to
be
that
question.