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Economic Development Advisory Meeting 100120
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C
But
but
gene
is
has
come
in.
You
know,
running
and
and
moving
on
a
lot
of
different
issues.
Gene's
background
is
in
manufacturing
and
and
he's
worked
in
mexico.
Quite
a
bit
he's
a
long
time,
laredo
one,
although
that
you
know
not
from
here
but
he's
been
here
many
years.
So
he
don't.
He
knows
the
community.
He
knows
mexico
and
I
was
really
excited
to
see
him
come
on
board.
C
We
we
we
talk
on
a
regular
basis,
sometimes
several
times
a
week,
sometimes
just
once,
but
we
we.
We
have
a
lot
of
issues
in
common
and
obviously
the
city's
invested
in
the
radio,
edc
and
and
gene
is
doing
a
a
bang-up
job.
So
far
in
his
short
time
here
he's
got
a
lot
of
things
to
catch
up
on
and
he's
trying
to.
C
You
know
get
his
hands
around
the
priority
items,
so
I
can
tell
you
that
he's
working
super
hard
and
he's
and
he's
doing
outreach
to
the
community
and
meeting
with
as
many
people
as
he
can
and
listening.
So
I
think
he's
done
he's
done
wonderful
so
far
and
you
know
he's,
but
like
anything
when
you
start
something
new,
it's
you
know
you
gotta,
you
always
have
a
lot
of
work
at
the
beginning
and
a
long
way
to
go.
C
But
gene
gene
looks
like
he's
perfect
for
the
job
and
I
certainly
appreciate
what
he's
brought
to
the
table
so
far.
So
gene
I'll,
let
you
go
into
your
own
background,
a
little
bit
and
start
out
introducing
yourself
and
then
kind
of
go
into
the
some
of
the
priorities
that
that
you're
dealing
with
and
then
maybe
you
leave
a
little
time
for
questions
from
the
group.
F
F
F
F
He
goes
and-
and
so
I
came
here
in
the
90s-
and
it
was
a
temporary
assignment,
but
I
moved
back
to
to
ohio
for
for
seven
years
where
I
was
from
and
I
continued
developing
my
career,
but
I
I
found
a
way
to
come
back.
It
was
a
relocation
and
I
came
back
and
I
was
working
in
nuevo,
redo
and
traveled
around
to
all
the
maquiladora
plants
and
supported
supply
chain,
logistics,
production
and
production
control.
F
F
What
can
I
do
to
support
the
community
find
a
win-win
with
my
experience
and
my
passion
for
laredo
and
and
try
to
do
something
not
just
working
in
one
company,
which
is
which
is
great
because
that's
the
engine
that
drives
the
economy,
right,
companies,
investing
and
making
money
and
providing
value
to
their
shareholders
and
employees.
But
I've
done
that
and
I
was
good
at
it.
It's
exhausting,
but
I
wanted
to
take
that
experience
and
do
something
broader
and
one
of
the
calls
was
to
daniel
rosales.
Saying
hey,
I'm
a
free
agent.
F
F
I'm
learning
a
lot.
I
think
I'm
already
starting
to
have
an
impact
on
some
priorities,
I'm
blessed
to
have
a
great
staff,
a
great
membership,
a
great
board,
a
great
initial
relationship
with
with
the
city
and
and
like
councilman,
councilman,
merk
and
and
all
the
rest
of
the
the
council
people.
Hopefully
the
honeymoon
won't
won't
end.
It
started
out
really
good.
F
Last
week
when
I
did
a
meet
and
greet
with
with
with
judge
tano
of
the
county,
I
was
telling
my
story
and
he
said
you're
going
to
succeed
because
you're
humble
and-
and
although
I
don't
really
like
talking
about
myself,
this
kind
of
form
forces
me
to
introduce
myself
and
because
I
am
humble
when
I
do
listen,
I
I
also
leave.
I
try
to
try
not
to
let
people
mistake
kindness
for
weakness.
It's
it's
not
true.
I
get
things
done,
but
so
that's
my
my
story.
F
C
Yes,
I'm
I'm
I'm
sorry
gene
to
interrupt.
I
I
had
this
here
in
my
notes,
but
I
skipped
right
over
it.
I
wanted
to
tell
you
a
little
bit
about
the
the
committee
that
you're
speaking
to
we
have
members
on
the
committee
that
represent
each
city
council
district.
I
got
it
from
the
city
website,
so
you
can.
You
can
see
that
everyone
here
well.
The
group
is
very
diverse
and
where
they're
coming
from,
where
they're
coming
from
professionally
and
we
have
people
in
real
estate,
we
have
people
in
distribution.
C
C
You
have
your
own
board,
but
if
you
ever,
you
know
have
the
need
this
group.
They
can
serve
you
as
as
well.
If
you
need
some
expert
expertise
in
a
particular
issue,
but
that
that's
that's
how
they're
formed
and-
and
that's
just
you
know-
I
said
this
is
a
group
and
and
they
provide
an
excellent
resource
for
me
and
the
city.
F
Excellent.
Thank
you
for
that
that
context.
The
the
laredo
edc
we
are
back
to
working
in
our
in
our
offices
we're
safe.
We
have
closed
offices
when
we're
in
common
areas,
we're
using
mass
and
we're
washing
hands
and
taking
temperatures.
We
will
receive
visitors
upon
requests.
So
if
any
of
you
want
to
drop
by
just
give
us
a
ring
and
we
can,
we
can
meet
mass
to
mask
at
least
initially.
F
F
F
We
are,
let's
say,
part
partially
funded
by
the
city
of
laredo.
We
do
generate
some
of
our
own
funding
also,
but
of
course,
because
we
are
partially
funded
by
the
city
of
laredo.
We
we
answer
to
you
also.
It
helps
with
priorities
and
and
and
we're
obligated
to
provide
reports
in
in
status,
and
so
I
guess
this
will
serve.
As
is
part
of
that.
We
promote
laredo,
we
market
laredo,
we
attract
industry
and
businesses.
Sometimes
they
call
us.
F
Sometimes
we
call
them,
but
we
we
that's
our
goal
right
to
attract
businesses,
to
invest
in
our
city
and
and
hire
people
which
is
a
win-win.
It
provides
employment
taxes,
it
has
a
induced
impact
for
property
taxes,
the
induced
impact
of
people,
spending
their
disposable
income
and
I'll
talk
a
little
bit
about
an
example
in
a
few
minutes,
but
we're
all
on
the
same
team.
F
Our
organization
has
been
around
since
1966
there's
a
there's,
a
legacy
that
goes
way
back
to
the
to
the
founders,
some
of
the
people
who
are
responsible
for
the
development
of
the
plantation.
The
golf
course
the
university
in
everything,
let's
say
north
of
of
colton
right.
That
didn't
exist
at
one
point,
and
so
we
we
like
to
think
we
have
a
hand
in
that.
You
know
partners
with
the
city
and
the
in
the
community
partners
and
the
industry,
leaders
and
the
investors
in
the
banking
industry.
F
When
I
went
to
city
council,
I
presented
some
numerical
results,
straightened
to
the
point.
My
background
is
in
business
and
so
just
to
throw
some
statistics
as
part
of
marketing
and
promoting
laredo.
One
of
the
statistics
is
how
many
people
are
visiting
our
website
that
are
outside
of
laredo
right.
We
want
to
bring
industry
and
investment
from
outside
and
so
we're.
We
were
averaging.
434
website
hits
per
month
against
I'll,
say
a
gold
of
a
hundred,
so
we're
quadrupling
that
metric.
So
that
means
we're
getting
exposure.
F
We
participated
in
now
I'll,
say:
seven
site
visits,
site
visits
are
very
important.
Company
wants
to
invest
in
the
radio,
okay
come
down
here
and
take
a
look
we'll
we'll
drive
you
around
we'll
show
you
the
statistics
what's
available
in
terms
of
land
or
facilities
existing,
and
so
those
are
very
important.
We
actually
landed
three
projects
that
led
to
capital
investments
of
26
million
dollars,
335
jobs,
100
jobs,
retained
and
the
reason
that
that's
important,
because
there
was
a
company
that
was
going
to
leave
and
we
convinced
them
to
not
just
stay
but
expand.
F
C
Gene
can
I
can
I
jump
in
and
explain
that
a
little
bit
to
the
group,
because
that's
a
really
really
good
point
that
you
bring
up
and-
and
some
of
you
already
know,
but
the
the
state
the
governor's
office
gets
leads
from
big
corporations
and
smaller
ones
too.
You
know
if
they
want
to
expand,
let's
say
caterpillar
or
or
maybe
some
small
tech
firm.
That
would
only
have
25
employees
they'll
reach
out
to
the
governor's
office
and
they'll,
say:
hey
here's.
C
What
we're
looking
for
and
the
governor's
office
works
with
them
to
find
to
develop
their
letter
of
interest.
I
mean
pardon
me
there.
There
are
sort
of
specifics
that
they're
looking
for
if
they
need
to
be
by
a
porch
or
you
know,
or
do
they
need
to
be
in
a
so-called
like
tech,
heavy
area.
You
know
what
kind
of
benefits
they're
looking
for
economic
incentives.
C
C
So
all
those
are
put
into
a
sheet
and
they're
handed
out
or
they're
put
into
notices
and
they're,
and
those
notices
are
given
to
economic
development
corporations
around
the
around
the
state
and
laredo
edc
is
one
of
them.
They
don't
come
to
me
because
if
someone
sends
me
an
email,
it's
it's
an
automatic
public
record
right
and
and
often
these
companies
want
to
work
in
private
and
so
they'll
send
something
to
like
a
great
edc,
which
is
not
completely.
C
You
know
sectored
off
from
from
someone
getting
that
information,
but
it's
a
lot
harder
and
it's
easier
for
the
laredo
edc
and
others
to
work
in
in
in
private
than
it
is
for
a
purely
public
entity
like
myself
here
at
city
hall.
So
so
that's
what
that's
a
big
role
that
the
radio
edc
plays
here
in
in
laredo.
C
They
do
obviously
a
ton
of
other
things,
but
that
is
one
major
one
that
they
do
and
and
and
and
olivia
and
jean
have
have
both
informed
me
what
some
people
think
on
and-
and
you
know
once
we
get
to
the
point
where
they
need
to
ask
me
about
things.
Well,
we
get
on
the
phone
and
we
talk
about
it
so
anyway,
I
just
wanted
to
explain
how
that
worked.
Well,
I'm
glad
to
wrap.
F
That
up,
because
the
velocity
of
these
rfi
is
coming
from
the
governor's
office
for
the
state
of
texas
rfis,
is
picking
up.
That's
a
good
thing
right.
We've
seen
some
recently
that
we're
looking
at
some
property
to
build
a
steel
mill
right
and
so
or
or
a
a
warehouse
with
a
thousand
employees,
a
one
million
square
foot
warehouse
kind
of
thing,
whether
they
want
to
buy
property
or
lease
property.
We'll
talk
about
it
in
a
few
minutes.
F
But
one
of
the
items
that
is
is
kind
of
pending
for
this
committee
right
is
to
finish
the
3
8
in
the
chapter
380
incentive
guidelines
and,
as
these
rfis
come
in
faster
and
faster
and
faster
to
do
them
on
a
case-by-case
basis,
phone
calls
emails
with
teclo
and
his
extended
support
team
at
city
hall.
It's
going
to
be
a
bit
cumbersome,
devious
and,
and
maybe
we're
going
to
miss
we're
going
to
miss
some
cutoffs
of
submitting
a
quality,
rfi
response
because
we're
doing
everything
on
a
case-by-case
basis.
F
Instead
of
having
some
guidelines-
and
I
think
that's
on
the
agenda
right
to
talk
about
the
status
of
the
380.,
okay
and
and
so
also
the
mile
one
division,
which
is
a
part
of
the
ledc,
many
of
you
probably
have
been
there.
It's
just
a
block
and
a
half
from
from
city
hall.
It's
a
first-class
institution,
I'll
call
it,
and
so
to
throw
some
statistics.
F
We
have
62
members
contributed
to
55
startups
website
hits
are
500
over
500
a
month,
15
workshops,
11
webinars
and
over
5
000
participants
have
been
supported,
many
of
which
were
due
to
the
the
women
rock
entrepreneur
webinar
series
and
also
we're
working
on
a
grant
to
create
a
women's
business
center.
Within
my
one
in
getting
the
support
of
congressman
cuellar
judas
zafarini
john
cornyn's
office,
I'm
not
sure
if
we
have
approached
the
city
of
laredo,
but
we're
going
to
submit
that
this
week
and
and
we're
crossing
our
fingers.
F
F
If
we
land
three
four
five,
six,
seven,
whatever
businesses
that
are
committed
to
invest
in
laredo
and
create
jobs,
we
picked
one
and
did
a
formal
economic
impact
study
with
the
help
of
an
arm
of
aep.
That
does
that
it's
not
a
laredo
initiative.
In
fact,
aep
sponsored
an
economic
impact
study
with
with
the
group
that
works
out
of
ohio
and
just
that,
one
that
one
landed
project
of
sunset
produce,
also
known
as
an
astronauti.
F
C
And
that's
on
the
low
end
gene
I
mean
you're
being
conservative.
You
know
with
those
numbers
which
is
good
right
right,
but
we,
you
know
as
gene-
and
I
talked
yesterday-
that
same
company
has
already
reached
out
to
laredo
college
to
look
at
training
opportunities,
because
it's
likely
that
their
number
is
going
to
be
a
lot
higher
than
than
what
they
said
right
because
they,
when
they
spoke
to
laredo
college,
they
said
that
they
needed
a
training
program.
For
quote
perhaps
hundreds
of
employees
right.
F
So
no
drivers
and
and
we're
having
weekly
we're
cheering
weekly
updates
with
their
corporate
hr
manager
and
and
workforce
solutions
with
with
rogelio
and
adriana,
and
we're
going
to
pull
the
chamber
in
for
next
week
because
they
were
having
separate
meetings.
And
I
said
I
would
coordinate
an
efficient
exchange
of
status.
C
C
The
radio
edc
made
the
contact
cultivated.
The
contact
worked
on
it
for
some
time
and
then,
when
this
company,
a
couple
of
years
after
the
first
contract
that
joseph
gave
him
credit
for
you
know,
keeping
in
contact
with
the
industry.
With
with
this
particular
group,
said:
okay,
they
said
we're
ready
to
do
our
expansion,
but
we
have
questions
we
might
want
to
leave
we're
looking
at
nogales
arizona,
which
is
also
a
a
produce
area.
C
They
said,
what
can
we
do?
What
can
the
city
or
other
local
entities
do
to
help
us
think
about
staying?
And
so
that's
when
joseph
reached
out
to
me
and
then
gene
wasn't
even
on
board,
yet
I
don't
think
but
came
on
soon
afterwards
and
that's
when
we
started
working
with
with
the
company
on
incentives,
we
started
looking
at
at
wages
a
number
of
employees,
the
the
investment.
What
what
what
real
estate
were?
C
F
Yeah
and
just
to
reiterate
that
that,
in
my
mind,
is
the
model
again,
people
will
contact
us
or
we'll
contact
them
in
a
targeted
recruitment
activity,
we'll
work
with
them,
as
is
as
long
as
they
want
to
remain
anonymous,
and
then
we
contact
tecla
or
the
county
to
if
they're
interested
in
some
incentives
and
work
that
out
right.
So
it's
a
win-win.
A
Can
you
hear
me
now
we
have
one
of
our
members,
ms
maida
hernandez,
she's
from
tamiyu
and
in
tamiu
I
guess
they
have
the
texas
center
for
border
economic
enterprise
development.
So
I
don't
know
if
they
can,
you
can
get
with
miss
hernandez
and
maybe
we
can
also
incorporate
tammy
you.
I
don't
know
if
miss
anonymous.
If
you
would
like
to
comment.
F
F
D
F
In
fact,
if
you
let
me
like
one
minute
at
the
end,
I
wanna
I
wanna
pitch
our
symposium,
also
because
dr
shaffer
will
be
a
guest
speaker
during
what
I'll
call
the
education
hour
and
tony
arce.
My
chairman
did
set
up
a
meet
and
greet
two
weeks
ago
on
campus
with
dr
dr
marines
and
and
his
cfo
and
one
of
the
deans.
I
forget
her
name
at
the
top
of
my
head.
F
B
F
F
Our
theme
this
year
is
leveraging
change,
and
normally
it
is
the
third
week
of
september,
a
live
event
that
recruits
three
or
four
hundred
people
from
all
over-
let's
say
north
america,
sometimes
at
the
at
the
country
club,
sometimes
at
at
the
university.
But
it's
it's
a
very
big
deal.
It's
a
one
and
a
half
day
event.
F
Obviously
this
year
it
could
not
be
a
live
event
and
it
could
not
have
been
the
third
week
of
september
like
it
has
been
because
we
didn't
know
if
we
were
going
to
do
it
or
not.
As
soon
as
I
I
came
here,
and
we
got
through
the
the
budget
process,
we
gen
put
a
lot
of
our
time
on
planning
a
really
high
quality,
I'll
call
it
world-class
virtual
symposium,
and
so
we
have
it's
gonna,
just
be
a
three-day
event.
F
We
have
ceos
of
of
c
of
ibc
bank
dennis
nixon,
kicking
us
off
and
then
a
group
from
nasco,
which
I'm
now
on
the
board
of
which
is
a
group
that
are
experts
in
usmca.
They
used
to
be
called
the
interstate
35
coalition
and
so
a
great
panel
to
talk
about
usmca.
Where
do
we
go
from
here
with
with
perspectives
from
canada,
us
and
mexico,
and
then
also
coach,
which
is
a
national
group
for
customs
brokers?
F
F
And
then
the
next
session
is
going
to
be
led
by
jeffrey
miller
of
the
airport
director
talk
about
the
great
developments
that
are
going
that
are
going
in
and
around
the
airport.
Not
only
that,
but
to
make
sure
this
is
a
world
stage
we're
on
by
the
way,
and
so
the
reason
I
wanted
to
bring
it
up
is
once
a
year
laredo.
You
know
we
have
the
the
washington's
birthday
celebration.
F
Well,
this
is
our
version
of
that,
and
so
it
it's
we're
gonna
market
it
to
attract
again
hundreds
and
hundreds
of
people
hooking
in
virtually
and
and
try
to
get
the
word
out
to
companies
and
ceos
and
directors.
So
I
never
thought
of
investing
in
laredo
and
and
so
you
cast
out
this
white
net
and
you
hope
to
catch
some
fish
right
and
so
well,
then
we
have
our
problem.
F
That's
right
and
our
stomachs
will
start
to
overtake
the
background
noise.
I
understand
okay,
so
I'll
go
a
little
faster.
So
we
have.
We
have
the
loreto
college
and
the
university
coming
to
talk
about
education
and
workforce
and
then
the
third
day
we're
having
top-level
people
from
the
customs
and
border
patrol
coming
in
randy,
howe
and
his
panel
and
then
finally,
we
didn't
want
to
forget
about
mexico.
We
have
the
mexico
labor
group
called
index
coming
in,
and
so
we
have.
F
F
Great
yeah
and
in
fact,
I'll
wrap
it
up
in
30
seconds.
We
are
going
to
have
an
evening
session
on
the
thursday
it's
going
to
be
the
free
session,
and
it's
going
to
be
just
a
regular,
zoom
call
or
webex
like
like
this.
Is
anybody
could
hook
in
and
we're
going
to
talk
about
positive
developments
from
from
clove
at
19.?
Mr
richard
chamberlain
is
going
to
be
a
guest
speaker
along
with
four
community
groups,
the
chamber,
the
loredo
license
customs
brokers
group
alpha
and
what
was
the
last
one.
F
So
we
have-
and
it's
just
gonna
be
one
hour
and
it's
gonna,
you
know
and
I'm
telling
everybody
don't
come
in
and
tell
us
how
many
people
died
and
how
many
people
are
in
the
hospital.
What
what
are
the
positive
developments
that
are
coming
out
of
out
of
this
situation
and
then
for
the
industry
groups
to
talk
about
what
they
did
to
deal
with
it,
how
they
survived,
and
it
maybe
even
started
to
thrive
and
so
we're
trying
to
keep
it,
keep
it
light.
So
that's
it.
D
Okay,
I
do
have
a
question,
but
I'm
going
to
start
with
a
little
bit.
First
of
all,
thank
you
gene.
I
had
heard
your
name
thrown
around.
I
couldn't
remember
where
and
then,
when
I
saw
you
on
the
agenda,
I
didn't
realize,
because
I
I
don't
catch
up
with
linkedin,
but
no
I'm
excited.
I
know.
Carolyn
schmeeze
was
one
of
the
first
people
I
met
when
I
moved
here.
The
first
person
I
met
before
we
moved
here
with
joseph
mendiola.
So
personally
my
business
wouldn't
be
here.
D
But
I
was
a
board
member
for
ldf
at
the
point
where
transition
to
ledc
I'm
a
advisor
and
a
I'm
an
advisor
and
a
mentor
for
mile
one.
I
was
one
of
the
first
panelists
for
women
entrepreneurs
rock.
So
I'm
glad
to
see
you
guys
are
continuing
that.
I
know
that
was
initiative
of
council
member
vyatma,
who
appointed
me
to
this
committee.
In
fact,
I
didn't
run
for
the
board
again
because
I
was
just
starting
school
and
then
about
a
week
after
I
started
school
nelly.
D
I
guess
it's
not
a
question,
but
there
are
other
groups.
You
know
we're
talking
about,
I'm
in
a
subcommittee
for
cluster
initiatives,
and
I
know
like,
for
example,
there's
a
south
texas
development
council
is
a
group
that
I've
never
heard
mentioned
before
and
it's
actually.
If
you
look
at
the
priority
procedures
for
the
laredo
mayor
and
city
council
that
was
done
by
dr
zafirini
on
page
12.,
it
does
mention
the
south
of
texas
development
council.
C
D
H
I'm
not
gonna
go
through
my
background,
but
I
wanted
to
change
the
name,
but
I
wanted
to
for
you
to
be
a
port
authority
and
because
it's
it's,
if
we're
needing
one
at
this
time,
but
then
again
they
got
offended.
When
I
I
told
them
that,
but
then
again
it's
important
if
you're
gonna
focus
on
certain
industries.
H
We
we'd
like
to
know
that
we
like
to
have
meetings
in
your
office
when
we
go
back
to
to
have
meetings
in
present
meetings
and
just
so
that
we
can
hear
your
reports.
I
saw
the
one
at
the
city
council
online,
but
I
think
we
should
be
a
little
bit
more
aggressive
to
to
to
recruiting
there's
a
guy
that
I
saw
in
60
minutes
on
the
golden
triangle,
joe
max
higgins,
jr.
H
G
And
gene
hi
this
is
myra
from
tamiu.
I
I
think
you
may
have
eventually
at
some
point
in
time-
maybe
even
worked
very
closely
with
me
potentially,
but
I'm
glad
that
you're
meeting
with
university
officials,
I
would
also
like
to
throw
the
name
of
dr
mini
taramides.
She
oversees
student
success,
and
so
obviously
this.
G
E
F
If
a
us
small
company
wants
to
invest
in
in
mexico,
then
we
we
do
the
opposite
and
that's
a
collaborative
it's
a
collaborative
activity
but
I'll
clarify
yeah.
One
thing
that
we,
my
one
is
not
meant
to
be-
is
to
have
a
big
company
looking
for
a
local
office
on
the
cheap
right,
and
so
we
want.
We
want
companies
to
graduate
and
open
up
plazas
and
in
their
own
in
their
own
headquarters.
A
Anyone
else
have
any
questions
for
gene.
Not
I
have
a
question.
What
is
your
budget?
I
I
believe
last
time
I
heard
maybe
like
half
a
million
and
but
I
believe,
mcallen
and
them
probably
have
any
about
three
times
as
much
in
their
budget
and,
of
course,
that's
always
a
big
factor.
So
can
you
comment
on
that
gene.
F
C
You
know,
that's
a
that's
a
good
question,
john,
and
I
think
it's
a
it's
relative
to
a
lot
of
things
and,
and
one
of
the
things
was
this,
you
know
I
I
I've
I've
spoken
to
the
to
the
council.
Members
before
and
and
and
mark
will
be
able
to.
You
know
vouch
for
that,
and
certainly
our
our
our
group
here
and
I'll
give
you
all
a
lot
of
credit.
Y'all
have
said:
hey
teclo,
you
know
or
adc
y'all.
C
Laredo
is
a
world
trade
leader.
You
all
need
to
act
like
it.
You
all
need
to
put
y'all
need
to
invest
into
business
development
instead
of
just
having
one
person
around.
You
guys
are
competing
with
la
and
new
york
and
miami
and
the
port
of
houston,
and
they
have
entire
teams
working
on
things
of
this
nature.
So
for
the
private
sector
person
to
say
that
to
me
was
a
really
you
know
jarring,
even
though
I
know
what
I
know
what
the
story
is,
and
I
know
what
the
numbers
are.
C
A
C
And
and
just
to
be
sure
just
so
everyone
knows
I
mean
I
always
have
these
stats
in
my
head
is
that
laredo,
the
port
of
laredo
does
more
trade
than
all
the
other
texas
and
new
mexico
land
force
combined
and
when
people
say
oh
mcallen's
way
ahead
of
us.
The
truth
is
that
that
far
owns
the
owns,
the
trade
bridge
and
mcallen
doesn't
but
either
way
they
do
like
one-sixth
of
the
business
that
we
do
in
laredo.
C
A
A
C
I
mean
far
does
things
like
they
reimburse
all
bridge
crossing
funds
for
certain
you
know
industries.
They
they
give
away
free
land,
they
they
they
do
20-year
or
25-year
abatements
tax.
Abatements
I
mean
that's.
That's
really
difficult
and,
and
far
is
a
very
poor
city,
but
for
whatever
reasons
that
you
know
they
do
that,
and
and
that's
not
any,
that's
not
a
good
way
to
run
a
business.
H
A
And
also
over
there
you
know
I
mean
we
always
complain,
we're
we're.
You
know
we're
the
only
game
in
town,
but
over
there
in
a
way,
also
everybody's
trying
to
outdo
each
other.
You've
got
edinburgh,
you've
got
mcallen,
you've
got
cheryl
and
you've
got
farmers
they're,
always
fighting
oh
they're.
If
there's
a
is
there's
a
bone,
it's
like
they
all
go
after
it,
but
anyway,
I
know
we're
we're
running
out
of
time.
Any
anything
else.
F
A
B
First
of
all,
before
you
start
on
that,
I
just
want
to
congratulate
this
committee
for
for
looking
into
the
to
the
chapter
380,
it's
a
it's
a
powerful
economic
tool
that
we
cities
can
use
and-
and
we
can
do
anything
to
further
this
project
and
and
and
have
some
a
a
roadmap
that
we
can
that
we
can
have.
So
when
industries
come
into
town
that
we
can,
we
can
already
have
something
ready
for
them
to
go
with.
C
Yeah,
thank
you.
Thank
you.
I
understand
councilmember.
This
is
a
very
important
and
it
is
one
of
the
one
of
the
great
tools
that
we
have.
In
fact,
I've
been
relying
on
it
quite
a
bit,
but
but
getting
very
clear
guidelines.
You
know
so
everyone
knows
them
and,
and
we
have
a
playbook
that
everyone
can
quote
and
use.
C
A
D
So
on,
as
far
as
the
cluster
subcommittee
meeting,
we
have
not
met
since
our
last
edac
meeting.
The
motion
for
the
last
edac
meeting
required
action
from
the
economic
development
director
and
we
have
not
heard
anything
back
from
that
and
I
think
that
we
could
go
ahead
and
defer
the
conversation
to
the
chapter
380,
considering
it's
been
brought
up
by
both
of
our
guests
as
a
priority
for
the
city.
So
unless
anybody
else
from
the
cluster
subcommittee
has
anything
to
say,
I
don't
think
there's
anything
to
report.
E
E
I
I
really
actually
want
to
get
that
on
the
lower
side,
so
that
we
can
encourage
some
local
entrepreneurship.
If
we
do
something
on
the
side
of
you
know,
minimum
investment
of
10
million
dollars
well
you're,
pretty
much.
I'm
sorry,
that's
going
to
be
any
corporation
from
outside
of
the
city
and
it's
not
going
to
really
provide
any
entrepreneurial
opportunities
here.
E
I
think
one
of
the
solutions
are
similar
to
what
the
sva
does,
which
is
you
put
the
compliance
on
the
organizations
and
companies
that
are
applying
and
other
compliance
on
the
city,
meaning
that
every
year
we
will
find
out
what
other
cities
do
but
make
it
make
the
burden
of
of
submitting
its
compliance
on
the
businesses
and
not
on
the
city.
So
maybe
having
you
know
a
yearly
submit.
E
The
documents
show
you're
still
in
compliance
and
therefore
we
can
be
less
concerned
about
trying
to
micromanage
these
businesses
and
more
on
the
side
of
you
know.
Let's
really
try
to
see
if
we
can
get
these
half
a
million
dollar
ideas,
incubated
locally,
you
know
and
providing
those
opportunities.
So
I'm
more
than
happy
to
meet
with
john
and
joey
next
week
and
actually
just
finally
hammer
this
out
the
framework
that
that
I
really
like
and
I'll
send
it
to
all.
You
is
el
pasos.
E
I
think
it's
the
best
it
really
it's
a
very
simple
document
and
it's
just
very
straightforward
on
what
they're
really
looking
to
incentivize
and
specifically,
where
which
I
think
is
important
that
we
make
sure
whatever
companies
or
businesses
we'd
like
to
incubate.
But
we
make
sure
that
they're
going
in
locations.
We
want
them
to
be
in
versus
creating
a
nightmare
where
we
have
a
you
know:
warehouses
in
the
center
of
neighborhoods.
A
Right,
just
we
got
a
draft
from
teclo
yesterday
and
you
know
they
did
have
a
draft
or
a
partial
draft
right,
and
so
you
know
we
want
to
help
that
go
out.
I
mean
I
know
that
he
doesn't
have
much
path,
so
we
definitely
want
to
help
him
out.
Give
him
our
recommendations
and,
of
course,
take
it
from
there,
but
in
that
in
in
in
what
he
did
give
us
is
that
the
minimum
investment
for
it
to
I
guess
qualify
would
be
the
10
million
dollars.
A
A
So
these
are
some
of
the
things
that
you
know,
there's
other
areas
that
we
want
to
look
at.
I
know
teclo,
you
did
mention
types
of
industries
and
I
know
that
the
the
other
cluster
the
other
sub
subcommittee
group
is
working
on,
and
you
mentioned
manufacturing
health
care
and
specific
logistics
and
distribution
centers.
A
So
we
yeah
we're
excited
to
to
help
you
out
with
this
I
mean
I
think
we
could
hash
this
out
sooner
rather
than
later,
and
you
know,
I
think
we
need
it
and
I
think
we
need
it
as
soon
as
possible.
I
I
know
that
I
know
teclo,
that
you
have
many
irons
in
the
fire,
so
we're
cognizant
of
that,
and
in
anything
I
mean
we
we'd
like
to
be
an
assistance
to
you.
C
A
C
I
C
A
B
G
I
have
a
question.
This
is
my
considering
also
that
many
of
us
committee
members
have
done
some
research
and
we've
seen
that
there
is
a
powerhouse
for
economic
development
for
each
city.
What
us,
the
city
representative,
harrison,
are
doing
to
fund.
Accordingly,
this
new
department,
that's
critically
needed,
and
so,
as
a
university,
I
am
putting
my
little
scent
in
there
and
so
hopefully,
through
hr
approval.
G
B
B
G
And
techno,
just
as
an
effort,
I
did
reach
out
to
the
city
council
representative,
that
appointed
me,
and
so
I
did
show
some
numbers.
I
did
provide
some
information,
so
it's
all
data
driven.
This
is
not
just
a
community
member
saying
we
need
it,
I'm
showing
the
numbers.
This
is
an
fyi
in
case
that
person
contacts
you.
F
B
G
B
E
I
appreciate
all
that,
thank
you,
so
councilman
martinez,
I
I
already
let
john
know
that
I'm
willing
to
really
take
a
hold
of
this
chapter,
380
and
my
plan
currently
is
to
just
start
changing
el
paso
to
the
term
laredo
on
a
lot
of
their
framework,
so
that
I
we're
gonna
move
and
I'm
sure
gene's
been
like
this
too.
I
I
agree.
The
chapter
38
is
important.
B
C
Level,
let
me
let
me
just
just
say
here,
real
quick.
I
know
we're
running
out
of
time,
but
thank
you
julian
number
one.
I
appreciate
that
merc.
Thank
you
for
jumping
in
on
that,
and
anybody
who
else
is
gonna
help
just
keep
in
mind
that
the
that
the
380,
it's
all
built
around
texas
government
code,
so
there
there
are.
A
lot
of
you
know,
rules
that
the
third
three
has
to
be
built
around.