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[South Dallas Fair Park Opportunity Fund Regular Meeting on April 27, 2026.]
UH, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.I'LL NOW CALL THIS MEETING OF THE SOUTH DALLAS FAIR PARK OPPORTUNITY FUND BOARD IN ORDER.
TIME IS 6:03 PM WE'LL START OFF WITH A ROLL CALL MYSELF.
PRESENT MS. SHENAE WISE MS. SHE WISE, MR. BILL DAWKINS.
AND JUST FOR THE RECORD, ONE MORE TIME, MS. CE AND CARION PRESENT.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM.
UH, ACTUALLY AGENDA ITEM NUMBER THREE IS APPROVAL OF MINUTES.
EVERYBODY SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED A COPY OF THE MINUTES FROM MARCH 30TH MEETING IN THEIR, UH, BOARD PETITION PACKET.
UH, IF THERE ARE NO COMMENTS, MODIFICATIONS, OR QUESTIONS THERE, WE'LL, UM, ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE.
ANY OPPOSED? ANY OPPOSED HEARING? NONE MINUTES APPROVED.
NEXT AGENDA ITEM, AGENDA ITEM NUMBER, MR. CHAIR, COULD YOU, UH, WHEN YOU, COULD YOU CALL THE NAMES OF THOSE WHO MOTIONED IN THOSE WHO SECONDED? SURE.
I HEARD, UH, MR. HUGHES, UH, WAS, UH, UH, PUT FORTH A MOTION.
AND, UH, THE SECOND, UH, MR. ENRIQUEZ, WERE YOU A SECOND? YES, CORRECT.
TO HUGHES? UH, SECONDED BY, UH, MR. ENRIQUEZ.
ALL IN FAVOR? AND NONE OPPOSED.
NEXT AGENDA ITEM, PUBLIC SPEAKERS.
ITEM NUMBER FOUR, WE HAVE THE PUBLIC SPEAKER SIGNED UP FOR THIS EVENING.
THERE WERE NO PUBLIC SPEAKERS SIGNED UP FOR TODAY.
MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FIVE, A BRIEFING, A STAFF BRIEFING WITH THE UPDATE OF THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
UH, MR. NICHOLAS, ER, WE HAVE TWO ITEMS TO, UH, DISCUSS THIS EVENING, AND WE'LL HAVE AN UPDATE ON THE FISCAL YEAR 2026, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT GRANT, CONTRACT PREPARATION, UPCOMING, AND THEN ITEM B, WE'LL DISCUSS, UH, POTENTIAL OPPORTUNITIES TO FOLLOW UP ON OUR DISCUSSION FROM LAST WEEK ABOUT WAYS THAT WE PARTICIPATE IN THE FIFA FAN FEST, UH, COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM.
WE'LL GET A BRIEF UPDATE ON THAT.
SO, UH, I'LL GO AHEAD AND TURN IT OVER TO NICHOLAS AT THIS TIME TO, UH, GIVE US A BRIEFING ON THE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT PROPERLY PREPARATION.
UH, DELLA, YOU CAN MOVE FORWARD A COUPLE OF SLIDES AND TO THE NEXT ONE.
UH, WE HAVE TWO ITEMS TO GO OVER IN OUR STAFF UPDATE TODAY.
AND SO IT'LL BE A PRETTY BRIEF MEETING, WHICH I'M SURE FOLKS WILL BE HAPPY ABOUT, CONSIDERING THE LAST MEETING WAS SO, UH, HEFTY.
UM, BUT THIS IS A CHART THAT GIVES YOU MORE OR LESS AN UPDATE ON WHERE WE ARE AND THE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT CONTRACTS THAT THIS BOARD AWARDED AT OUR FEBRUARY MEETING.
YOU'LL NOTICE ALSO TOGETHER WE THRIVE IS ON THERE FROM LAST YEAR, AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE APPROVED FOR, UH, TOGETHER, WE THRIVE TO CHANGE THEIR, UH, PERIOD, THEIR GRANT PERIOD TO 2026.
UM, AND SO THEY ARE PART OF THE COHORT OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT CONTRACTS THAT WE'RE WORKING, UH, TO GET EXECUTED.
I'VE BROKEN DOWN THE, THE CONTRACTING PROCESS IS, IS PRETTY COMPLEX AND IT'S NOT EXACTLY LINEAR, BUT I KIND OF DID MY BEST TO BREAK IT DOWN INTO SECTIONS SO THAT WE COULD UNDERSTAND WHERE WE ARE IN THE PROCESS.
UM, I START OFF WITH SENDING, UH, AN AWARD EMAIL, AND THE GRANTEES GET ABOUT A WEEK TO A WEEK AND A HALF TO ACCEPT, UH, KIND OF LAY OUT THE PARAMETERS AND IT'S REIMBURSEMENT BASE.
THEY'RE GONNA BE FORMS TO, TO, UH, YOU KNOW, SUBMIT TO OUR OFFICE, ALL THOSE THINGS SO THEY CAN KIND OF DO THEIR DUE DILIGENCE.
ONCE THEY ACCEPT THE GRANT, WE GO THROUGH A VENDOR REGISTRATION PROCESS.
UH, WE SEND THEM TO PROCUREMENT TO BE REGISTERED WITH THE VENDOR WITH THE CITY OF DALLAS.
WE ALSO SEND THEM, UH, TO UPDATE PAYMENT INFORMATION SO THAT THEY CAN RECEIVE PAYMENTS, UH, VIA EFT, WHICH IS JUST MUCH MORE EFFICIENT.
UM, AND THEN WE GO THROUGH THE VERIFICATION WHERE I REVERIFY ALL OF THEIR DOCUMENTS.
WE VERIFY THAT THEIR REGISTRATION MATCHES WHAT'S GONNA GO INTO THE CONTRACT.
SO THERE ARE NO ISSUES WITH THAT.
ONCE THAT'S BEEN VERIFIED AND ALL THAT INFORMATION
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IS CORRECT, WE MOVE INTO A RISK MANAGEMENT REVIEW.UH, WE WORK WITH OUR OFFICE OF RISK MANAGEMENT.
WE SEND A SCOPE OF WHAT THE GRANTEE IS LOOKING TO, TO DO WITH THEIR PROJECT FOR THE YEAR LONG PERIOD.
AND OUR OFFICE OF RISK MANAGEMENT TAKES A COUPLE OF WEEKS TO REVIEW IT, AND THEY TRY TO IDENTIFY AREAS OF RISK AND THEY WILL MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS ON INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE GRANTEE.
VAST MAJORITY OF OUR GRANTEES, BECAUSE IT'S REIMBURSEMENT BASE, THERE'S A VERY LOW, UM, THERE'S VERY LOW, UH, WHAT'S THE WORD I'M LOOKING FOR? UH, RISK TO THE CITY, EXCUSE ME.
UH, AND SO GENERALLY THEY DON'T HAVE ANY INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS, BUT SOMETIMES THEY DO.
BUT WE GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS AND THEN ONCE WE GET THE RISK MANAGEMENT REVIEW BACK AND WE HAVE REQUIREMENTS, WE SEND THAT TO THE GRANTEE.
SO THEY BEGIN WORKING ON THOSE IF THEY NEED TO WORK ON CHANGING THEIR INSURANCE.
AND THEN WE START POPULATING THE CONTRACT AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION DOCUMENT.
THE ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION DOCUMENT IS WHAT GIVES US THE AUTHORITY, UH, TO RECOMMEND THIS PROJECT, UH, TO THE CITY COUNCIL, BECAUSE ANYTHING LESS THAN A MILLION DOLLARS CAN GO THROUGH ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION.
AND SO IT HELPS US KIND OF CIRCUMVENT A FEW OF THEIR APPROVAL PROCESSES.
UM, AND THEN WE DO A REVIEW WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
WE ROUTE IT, AND THEN WE GET EVERYTHING EXECUTED.
AND SO YOU'LL SEE HERE THAT THE VA THE FOLKS THAT WE, UH, THAT THIS BOARD AWARDED IN FEBRUARY ARE KIND OF MOVING THROUGH THE HALFWAY MARK.
AND SO WE EXPECT THAT A LOT OF THESE WILL BE EXECUTED BY THE END OF MAY.
IT'S KIND OF WHERE THE SAUSAGE GETS MADE
IT'S NOT A VERY EXCITING, UH, PART OF THE PROCESS, BUT IT IS, UH, IT'S, THERE'S A LOT OF MOVING PIECES TO IT.
AND SO THIS IS AN UPDATE ON WHERE WE ARE WITH THE FY 26 HUMAN DEVELOPMENT GRANTS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT UPDATE, NICHOLAS.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OR FEEDBACK ABOUT WHERE OUR MOST RECENT, UH, PIPELINE OF GRANT AWARDEES ARE IN THE PROCESS? AND THIS IS POST-APPROVAL, BY THE WAY, HEARING NONE.
SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM B, UH, WHICH IS AN UPDATE.
UH, AGAIN, JUST TO SET THE TABLE.
UH, WE HAD MS. LEVO COME IN LAST WEEK TO GIVE US THE RUNDOWN ON FIFA AND ALL THINGS FIFA AS IT RELATES TO THE TERM ITSELF, UH, AS IT RELATES TO VARIOUS COMMUNITY, UH, PARTNERSHIPS AND PARTNERSHIP PROGRAMS THAT WERE AVAILABLE.
UH, THERE WERE A LOT OF MOVING PARTS, UH, SO I WANTED TO DOUBLE CLICK ON THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE, UH, TO GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF HOW WE COULD POSSIBLY PARTICIPATE OR GET INVOLVED.
AND SO, UH, PART B OF THIS UPDATE, UH, AND PLEASE, UH, BRING ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE WILL HOLD 'EM TO THE END.
BUT THIS PART OF THE UPDATE IS JUST TO KIND OF RECAP WHAT WE WENT OVER LAST WEEK, AND THEN ALSO, UH, YOU KNOW, EXPLORE DIFFERENT IDEAS, UH, AS TO HOW WE CAN GET INVOLVED.
AS WE KNOW, IT'S FAST APPROACHING IN THE NEXT, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, SIX, FIVE TO SIX WEEKS GIVE OR TAKE AT THIS POINT.
SO, UH, NICHOLAS, I'LL LET YOU GO AHEAD AND TAKE OVER AND, UH, PICK UP FROM THERE.
UM, SO AS, UH, AS OUR CHAIR WAS EXPLAINING, YOU KNOW, WE WERE CURIOUS TO LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT OPPORTUNITIES MIGHT EXIST FOR THE COMMUNITY AND FOR COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, BUT ALSO FOR THE OPPORTUNITY FUND TO KIND OF BE INVOLVED IN SOME OF THE FIFA ACTIVITIES.
AND SO, UM, HEATHER AND I REACHED OUT AND THERE ACTUALLY WASN'T A TON.
UM, THIS, THEY RESPONDED WITH ONE LINK, AND THIS IS THE ONE THAT YOU SEE HERE.
AND SO THE, THIS IS THEIR COMMUNITY PARTNERS, UH, LINK.
AND AS NOELLE, UH, LAVOE HAD MENTIONED AT OUR LAST MEETING, YOU KNOW, THIS IS NONPROFITS AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS CAN SIGN UP USING THIS FORM.
AND DURING THE FIFA MATCH DAYS AT THE FAN FESTIVAL, THEY WILL DISPLAY THE LOGOS AND SOME, UH, BRIEF ORGANIZATIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT NONPROFIT PARTNERS WORKING, UM, IN THE AREA.
AND SO, AND THEN ON ONE OF THE DAYS, THEY'LL INVITE FOLKS TO COME AND TAKE PICTURES, BUT REALLY THIS IS ABOUT NONPROFITS BEING ABLE TO PROMOTE THEIR WORK AT FIFA FAN FEST.
AND SO WE THOUGHT THERE WOULD BE MAYBE MORE OPPORTUNITIES, BUT THIS WAS REALLY THE ONLY ONE.
UM, AS YOU KNOW, THEY HAD SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES, BUT THEY WEREN'T REALLY ACCESSIBLE TO THE COMMUNITY.
AND SO WHEN WE ASK FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, THIS IS THE ONLY THING THAT THEY IDENTIFIED THAT NONPROFIT PARTNERS AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS COULD BE A PART OF.
UM, AND AGAIN, IT'S PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD.
YOU FILL OUT THE INFORMATION, THEY'LL TAKE YOUR LOGO, THEY'LL TAKE YOUR ORGANIZATION INFORMATION, AND THEY DISPLAY IT ON A ONE OF THE DAYS DURING THE FAN FESTIVAL, DURING THE MATCHES.
AND SO THAT'S KIND OF THE EXTENT TO WHAT, YOU KNOW, TO WHAT THEY IS ON OFFER.
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UH, THE YOUNG MANIS IT ACCESSIBLE? CAN THEY DO SOMETHING WITH IT? AND THEN THE SECOND PART IS, UM, W IF THIS IS SOMETHING IN YOUR OPINION OR THE OPINION OF THIS BODY THAT IS, UM, HELPFUL FOR THE COMMUNITY, IS IT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN MARKET TO THEM GIVEN THAT WE ONLY HAVE LIKE FIVE OR SIX WEEKS LEFT? YEAH, SO THIS IS MORE ACCESSIBLE CONSIDERING THE OTHER SPONSORS WHERE BIGGER SPONSORS REQUIRED, UH, MULTI FIGURE INVESTMENTS ON BEHALF OF, I'M SORRY, 30,000, UH, DOLLARS.
AND SO IT WASN'T REALLY ACCESSIBLE TO A LOT OF NONPROFITS.
UM, THIS WAS REALLY THE ONLY ONE THAT WAS KIND OF FREE OF COST.
AND SO THEY CAN SIGN UP, PUT THEIR ORGANIZATION INFORMATION IN THERE, AND THEY CAN GET PROMOTED.
THEY, UH, FIFA HAS TO ORGANIZE WHAT GOES ON THE SCHEDULE THROUGHOUT THAT TIME.
BUT THIS IS ONE WAY TO DO IT, AND CERTAINLY MORE ACCESSIBLE, UH, RELATIVE TO, YOU KNOW, WE, WE COULD CERTAINLY SEND THIS OUT TO OUR LISTSERV OF FOLKS WHO HAVE REACHED OUT.
UM, I THINK, YOU KNOW, FIFA HAS DONE A PRETTY GOOD JOB AT GOING TO THE POINT SOUTH MEETINGS AT SENDING OUT INFORMATION, UH, DALLAS FREE PRESS VIA POINT SOUTH SENT OUT THIS INFORMATION TO COMMUNITY PARTNERS ACROSS THE SERVICE AREA.
SO A LOT OF FOLKS DO HAVE IT ALREADY.
UH, WE COULD CERTAINLY BACK THAT UP WITH AN ADDITIONAL EMAIL.
UM, YOU KNOW, BUT WE'RE NOT RUNNING THE PROGRAM, SO, YOU KNOW, I WOULDN'T WANT FOR FOLKS TO REACH OUT TO ME FOR QUESTIONS THINKING THAT WE'RE OPERATING THE PROGRAM, BUT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT EXISTS IN THE COMMUNITY THAT PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT.
AND I KNOW SOME ORGANIZATIONS HAVE SIGNED UP, THAT MIGHT BE A GOOD IDEA.
BUT I WOULD ALSO INCLUDE A NOTE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T CONDONE OR ENDORSE, BUT THIS IS JUST SOMETHING THAT WAS PUT IN FRONT OF US SO THAT THOSE COMMUNITY PARTNERS WHO ONLY SPECIFICALLY PAY ATTENTION TO THIS BOARD MIGHT BE AWARE OF.
WHO ELSE HAD A QUESTION? IS THAT MS. SIMS? UH, I, I THINK I SEE YOUR HAND THERE.
IF MY HAND IS UP, IT'S NOT SUPPOSED TO BE UNDERSTOOD.
SO THE YOUNG MEN THAT SPOKE AFTER THIS PRESENTATION, UM, ARE WE DOING ANYTHING WITH HIS INFORMATION? I THINK HE HAD THE APP.
WE, I DID FOLLOW UP WITH MR. WALKER, AND HE HAS NOT YET SUBMITTED HIS FULL APPLICATION, AND SO UNTIL HE DOES THAT, UH, WE REALLY, THERE'S REALLY NOTHING TO, THERE'S, YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T MOVE FORWARD WITH HIM.
UH, BUT I DID CONNECT WITH HIM TODAY, UM, AND, UH, WE'RE JUST KIND OF WAITING TO HEAR BACK.
MISSING CARION, DID YOU HAVE QUESTION? YEAH, QUICK QUESTION.
UM, I FORGOT HOW MUCH, I THINK I REVIEWED IT BEFORE.
I FORGOT HOW MUCH THE VENDOR FEE IS FOR THE FAN FESTIVAL, BUT, UM, WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE FOR MAYBE THE OPPORTUNITY FUND BOARD TO HAVE OUR OWN LIKE VENDOR SLOT AT THE FIFA FAN FEST THAT WE CAN JUST BE THERE DURING THE FAN FESTIVAL AND LIKE PASS OUT INFORMATION OR KIND OF JUST ENGAGE WITH FOLKS THAT WAY, SINCE THERE'LL BE A LOT OF PEOPLE FROM DALLAS THERE? WE'RE TRYING TO REMEMBER.
UM, YEAH, SO PER THE, MY NOTES FROM THE LAST MEETING OF FAN FESTIVAL BOOTH WAS $300,000.
UM, SO IT WAS A LITTLE OVER OUR BUDGET
UM, AND THEY DID INDICATE THE OTHER SPONSORSHIPS WERE FOR, FOR BETWEEN ONE TO $4 MILLION, UM, WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY ALSO OVER OUR BUDGET.
UM, AND SO WHEN WE ASKED AFTER THE LAST MEETING IF THERE WAS ANYTHING THAT WAS AT A LOWER PRICE POINT, THEY DIRECTED US TO THE FORM.
UH, DID YOU MEAN TO PUT YOUR HAND UP THIS TIME?
UM, IS THERE NOT, LIKE, EVEN LIKE A CITY PARTNERSHIP RATE, DOES THE CITY NOT HAVE LIKE A, A, A COMP BOOTH AS A, AS A PARTNER IN THE FIFA EVENT? NO, WE ARE NOT AWARE OF ANY.
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TO THE CITY STAFF WHO ARE THE LIAISON BETWEEN FIFA AND THIS, THIS IS WHAT THEY GAVE ME.WE CAN DOUBLE CHECK, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE WE WERE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OR FEEDBACK ABOUT WHAT OPTIONS, UH, ARE AVAILABLE TO PARTICIPATE, UH, IN FIFA FANFEST? OKAY.
I'M HEARING NONE, AND I SUSPECT THERE'LL BE FURTHER CONVERSATION, UH, WHICH IS A GREAT SEGUE, UH, WITHIN OUR SUBCOMMITTEES, UH, THAT WILL BE UPCOMING.
I KNOW THAT THE MARKETING SUBCOMMITTEE, UH, WILL BE, UH, PLANNING TO, TO GET TOGETHER.
UH, SO, SO PLEASE BE ON THE LOOKOUT AND, UH, BE WAITING TO HEAR FROM, UH, CHAIRMAN ENRIQUEZ ON THAT.
AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ANNOUNCE THAT MR. JUAN SIGNS, UH, WILL BE CHAIRING THE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT SUBCOMMITTEE.
SO MOST OF YOU ARE A PART OF SUBCOMMITTEES ALREADY.
AND SO FOR THE FOLKS THAT ARE NEW, I THINK MS. FREEMAN, UH, MR. BLAIR, WE, WE HAVE TWO SUBCOMMITTEES.
ONE IS THE MARKETING SUBCOMMITTEE, AND THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF, OF, OF THAT COMMITTEE IS TO FIGURE OUT WAYS, UH, TO DO A BETTER JOB OR, OR ENHANCE OUR EFFORTS, IS PROBABLY A BETTER WAY TO SAY IT, UH, AS IT RELATES TO GETTING THE WORD OUT ABOUT THE PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE, HOW TO GET INVOLVED WITH THOSE PROGRAMS. UH, AND THIS IS NOT ONLY FROM OUR PRIMARY COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO OUR BILINGUAL COMMUNITY AS WELL.
SO A TON OF GREAT WORK HAS BEEN DONE, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HEARD OVER AND OVER AND HAVE HEARD OVER AND OVER, OVER THE YEARS IS THAT PEOPLE HAD NO IDEA THAT THE SOUTH DALLAS FAIR PARK OPPORTUNITY FUND EVEN EXISTED, OR WHAT PROGRAMS WERE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE SOUTH DALLAS FAIR PARK OPPORTUNITY FUND, OR HOW TO GET INVOLVED WITH THOSE.
WE ALSO HAD A BIG GAP AS IT RELATES TO SOME OF THE OTHER NONPROFITS THAT ARE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT ARE DOING A NUMBER OF, OF DIFFERENT THINGS, UH, YOU KNOW, FROM A GOOD WORK STANDPOINT.
BUT THERE WAS REALLY NO COORDINATION WITH ANY OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS IN TERMS OF HOW DO WE PULL EVERYBODY TOGETHER, POOL OUR RESOURCES, AND BE ABLE TO, UH, DIRECT FOLKS TO WHERE THEY NEEDED TO GO IF A SITUATION AROSE THAT THEY WEREN'T QUITE READY TO GET FUNDING FOR A LOAN, FOR EXAMPLE, OR THEY WEREN'T QUITE READY TO, TO GET IT IN THE GRANT PIPELINE AND BE APPROVED FOR A GRANT FOR WHATEVER THOSE, YOU KNOW, THINGS ARE, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE OUT THERE THAT CAN HELP, CAN HELP WITH A NUMBER OF THOSE DIFFERENT THINGS.
BUT WE WANTED TO DO A BETTER JOB OF COORDINATING THOSE EFFORTS SO THAT WE WOULD NOT TELL PEOPLE NO, BUT BE ABLE TO SEND THEM SOMEWHERE TO GET THEMSELVES IN A POSITION TO WHERE THEY COULD BE IN BETTER SHAPE, UH, FOR THAT.
SO, SO JUST, JUST REALLY QUICKLY, JUST WANTED TO, TO, TO, UH, TO POINT THAT OUT AND ALSO THE, UH, REALLY QUICKLY AS, AS WE WRAP UP, UH, ONCE AGAIN, UH, MR. S WILL BE IN CHARGE OF THE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT SUBCOMMITTEE, AND THAT THAT SUBCOMMITTEE IS, IS TASKED WITH UNCOVERING DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES, UH, THAT WE, UH, MAY HAVE TO UNCOVER DIFFERENT SMALL BUSINESSES, UH, THAT WE CAN GET INTO OUR PIPELINE, GET TO THE POINT TO WHERE THEY'RE READY.
AND IN CONJUNCTION THOSE TWO, TWO WOULD BE, UH, WORKING, UH, YOU KNOW, JOINTLY TO DRIVE OUR INITIATIVES FORWARD.
SO, UH, REALLY QUICKLY, I JUST WANT TO, YOU KNOW, TURN IT OVER TO, TO MR. S JUST REALLY BRIEFLY, UH, BEFORE WE WRAP UP, UH, JUST TO KIND OF GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT DIRECTION, UH, YOU'LL BE GOING IN AND, UH, JUST A QUICK CALL TO ACTION, UH, FOR ANYBODY WHO WOULD LIKE TO JOIN, UH, EITHER SUBCOMMITTEE.
UM, FIRST I WANT TO THANK MS. SIMS FOR, UH, DOING ALL OF THE HARD WORK THAT SHE'S DONE AND, AND HOPEFULLY I'M HOPING SHE STAYS ON THE COMMITTEE HERE.
UM, BUT YEAH, WE ARE, WE, WE ARE TRYING TO WORK ON THE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE HAVING A FOCUS, UM, APPROACH.
I THINK WE HAVE BEEN HISTORICALLY KIND OF OVERLAPPED WITH THE MARKETING COMMITTEE OR MAYBE A LITTLE BIT LIKE UNCLEAR ON OUR FOCUS, AT LEAST I HAVE BEEN.
UM, SO AS THE CHAIR HOPING TO REDIRECT A LITTLE BIT, UH, THE FOCUS OF THE COMMITTEE AND IF ANYONE IS INTERESTED IN JOINING OR UNJOIN, UM, WE'RE REALLY HOPING TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, JUST A GOOD TEAM OF PEOPLE THAT ARE REALLY INTERESTED IN GETTING OUT THERE AND TARGETING BUSINESSES SPECIFICALLY.
UM, I THINK THE MARKETING COMMITTEE SUBCOMMITTEE AND CITY STAFF
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HAS DONE A FABULOUS JOB AT JUST SORT OF TELLING THE COMMUNITY WHAT, UH, OPTIONS ARE AVAILABLE HERE.I THINK THE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEES FOCUS IS GONNA BE MORE TARGETED DIRECTLY AT BANKS AND CDCS AND BUSINESSES DIRECTLY TO TRY TO SORT OF BE MORE OF A REFERRAL SOURCE, UM, FOR THE CITY TO BE ABLE TO GET OUT THESE LOANS.
UM, SO IF ANYONE'S INTERESTED IN KIND OF A TARGETED APPROACH AND REALLY TRYING TO GENERATE MORE ON THE LOAN SIDE, UM, PLEASE, UH, FEEL FREE TO JOIN AND REACH OUT TO ME.
UM, THAT'S GONNA BE THE FOCUS, I THINK, FOR LOOKING AT IT.
SO, UH, JUST A, A QUICK, UH, RECAP IN AN OVERVIEW, UH, OF THAT, UH, MS. MS. FREEMAN REALLY, REALLY QUICKLY, AND I THINK I SEE MS. SIMS IN YOUR HAND, UH, IS UP.
UH, YOU, YOU MIGHT BE ABOUT TO COVER IT, BUT I WAS JUST WONDERING HOW DO YOU JOIN THE SUBCOMMITTEES? YOU CAN JUST REACH OUT TO, UH, REACH OUT TO, UH, THE CHAIRS DIRECTLY, THE, THE CHAIR, WHICHEVER COMMITTEE YOU'RE INTERESTED IN DIRECTLY.
AND WHERE DO WE FIND THAT LIST? LIKE WHO WAS THE CHAIR OF THE MARKETING COMMITTEE? CARLIN RODRIGUEZ.
CARL, MS. SIMS, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? OKAY, PERFECT.
SO, UH, IF THERE ARE NO MORE COMMENTS, QUESTIONS, OR FEEDBACK ON ANY OF THE BUSINESS ITEMS THAT, UH, WE DISCUSSED THIS EVENING, UH, THAT'S GONNA WRAP UP A PRETTY LIGHT AGENDA.
UH, NEXT ONE WILL PROBABLY BE A LITTLE BEEFIER BECAUSE WE'LL HAVE UPDATES FROM OUR SUBCOMMITTEES.
UH, BUT IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE, WE WILL ADJOURN THE MEETING.
MR. CHAIRMAN, ENRIQUE, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? I SEE YOUR HAND UP THERE.
UH, MR. CHAIR, REAL QUICK BEFORE YOU ADJOURN, UH, I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU GUYS KNOW, I, I PUT MY CELL NUMBER AND MY EMAIL IN THE CHAT, UM, FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE ONLINE, UH, IN THE EVENT THAT YOU WANNA REACH OUT.
THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN ENRIQUEZ, ANY OTHER COMMENTS, QUESTIONS, OR FEEDBACK BEFORE WE ADJOURN? WELL, WE WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE, UNFORTUNATELY, WE'RE, WE'RE PAST THAT PART OF, UH, THE AGENDA WHERE WE'RE, WE'RE OPEN FOR COMMENTS.
SO, UM, BUT, BUT YOU, YOU'RE STILL ABLE TO SUBMIT QUESTIONS, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN EMAIL NICK NICHOLAS OR, OR HEATHER SO WE CAN, WE CAN GET YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OR FEEDBACK BEFORE WE ADJOURN? I'M HEARING NONE.
IS THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? SO MOVED.
ANY OPPOSED? AYE, HEARING NONE.
AND WE WILL SEE YOU NEXT, UH, MONTH.
THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED AT 6:25 PM THANK YOU VERY MUCH EVERYBODY.