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[5. BUSINESS ITEMS]
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THAT WANTED TO COMPLETE THE PROCESS SO THAT THEY COULD MOVE FORWARD. THAT'S WHERE THIS CAME
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FROM. AND THEN AS YOU LOOK AT THE DIFFERENT INDUSTRIES AND, YOU KNOW, TERRELL IS FULL OF[00:15:06]
INDUSTRY, THOSE INDIVIDUALS, WE FOUND THAT WE COULD SERVE OUR STUDENTS AND OUR RESIDENTS, BUT[00:15:14]
WE COULD ALSO SERVE THOSE INDUSTRIES. BY JACKIE HAS A IS PUTTING TOGETHER A PACKET TO GO AND TALK TO HR DIRECTORS AT THE DIFFERENT COMPANIES IN THE DIFFERENT INDUSTRIES HERE SO THAT THEY KNOW WHAT WE HAVE, BUT IT WAS SO THAT WE COULD GO TO THEM AND SAY, YOUR PEOPLE NEED A, B, C LICENSE AND THEY NEEDED EVERY YEAR INSTEAD OF SENDING THEM TO AUSTIN, THEY CAN STAY RIGHT HERE IN TERRELL. THAT'S EXACTLY YES. THAT'S CORRECT. AND SO I THINK IT IS VERY BENEFICIAL. IT'S IT'S A DOOZY OF A PROJECT. IT IS THIS HAS BEEN IT'LL GIVE YOU GRAY HAIR TO TRY TO OPEN AND AND RUN A TESTING. YEAH. WE DON'T WE'RE REALLY JUST A HOST FOR PEARSON AND PSI. SO WHEN JACKIE SAID EARLIER WE DON'T HAVE STATISTICS. THEY DON'T PROVIDE US THAT INFORMATION. THEY SEND US A NAME. AND SO WE WERE TRYING TO USE THAT TO HELP OUR COMMUNITY TO GET PEOPLE IN THE WORKFORCE HERE, TO GET THEM INTO COLLEGE, TO GET THEM PROMOTED, WHATEVER THEY WANT TO DO TO BETTER THEMSELVES AND THEIR FAMILIES IS KIND OF THAT'S OUR GOAL WITH THE PROJECT. IT'S AND NOW THAT PEOPLE ARE FIGURING OUT THAT WE'RE HERE AND WE'RE DOING IT, IT'S PICKING UP AND IT'S GOING TO CONTINUE. I SAID THIS TO YOU BEFORE, THIS IS NOT GOING TO SLOW DOWN. IT'S NOT GOING TO DISAPPEAR. IT'S NOT GOING TO BE, WELL, WE'RE SITTING OVER THERE WITH CRICKETS, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE NOBODY'S COMING IN.IT'S ONLY GOING TO CONTINUE TO GROW AS PEOPLE COME IN AND. AND GET WHAT THEY NEED FROM US.
PEARSON, PEARSON AND PSI PSI. SO YOU MENTIONED A SECOND AGO THERE'S LIKE THOUSANDS OF THESE PROGRAMS THAT THEY EXAMS AND CERTIFICATIONS. CERTIFICATIONS, WHATEVER. I'M SORRY. MAYBE YOU ALREADY SAID THIS. THE IF THERE WAS AN INVENTORY OF THOSE THINGS LIKE, HEY, HERE'S ALL OF THE LIKE THE EXAMS WE COULD OFFER, IS IT A GIVEN THAT YOU WOULD BE ABLE LIKE IS THE QUESTION LIKE, HEY, IS THIS ARE THESE TESTS THAT WE NEED TO OFFER OR THESE LIKE TRAININGS THAT WE CAN USE TO GET PEOPLE READY FOR THE TEST? THAT'S KIND OF RIGHT. WELL, THE TEST, THE TEST, WE WE ALREADY OFFERED THE TEST. SO BECAUSE WE ARE A LICENSED PEARSON AND PSI TESTING CENTER, THOSE TESTS ARE ALL AVAILABLE TO WHOEVER NEEDS THEM. THE GOAL WITH PARTNERING WITH THE HR AND THE DIFFERENT INDUSTRIES IS THAT YOU COME TO US AND SAY, MY PEOPLE NEED ABC, WE NEED AN INSTRUCTOR TO HELP US GET THEM READY. WE CAN PUT TOGETHER A CLASS, PROVIDE AN INSTRUCTOR AND A SPACE FOR THEM TO COME IN, DO SOME TRAINING, AND THEN THEY ALSO HAVE A PLACE WHERE THEY CAN TAKE THEIR EXAM WHEN WHEN WE'RE FINISHED WITH IT. THE DECISIONS THAT Y'ALL ARE MAKING ABOUT LIKE WHAT EDUCATION ARE WE GOING TO START? LIKE WHAT? HOW CAN WE EXPAND OUR EDUCATION OFFERING? WHERE ARE THESE IDEAS COMING? LIKE YOU MENTIONED, YOU'RE TALKING LIKE HR PEOPLE AND STUFF LIKE THAT. IS THAT THE ONLY METHOD THAT Y'ALL HAVE OF KIND OF DECIDING AND THE NEEDS OF OUR ISD PARENTS? WE. WE ALL FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE. I FEEL LIKE THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT Y'ALL ARE BETTER EQUIPPED TO BE ABLE TO START OFFERING. AS YOU'RE SITTING HERE THINKING OF LIKE, HEY, HERE'S, YOU KNOW, A DOZEN OR TWO DOZEN THINGS WE COULD START DOING. WE'RE ALL AWARE OF, LIKE KIND OF A FEW OF THOSE THAT YOU'RE LIKE, WE COULD DO THIS PRETTY WELL, AND THEN THESE WOULD BE PRETTY HARD. YES, YES, I MY ADVICE IS I THINK THAT IS YOUR SOLICITING. HERE'S WHAT'S HARD FOR ME IS THAT IF IF YOU CAME TO US AND WERE JUST LIKE, HEY, WHAT DO YOU WANT? LIKE, I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT'S EVEN AVAILABLE. SO I THINK THAT IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL TO YOU GUYS IS IF YOU IS IT WHEN YOU'RE HAVING THESE CONVERSATIONS, IF YOU ALL KIND OF NARROW IT DOWN TO BEING LIKE, HEY, WE ALL HAVE GOOD INSTINCTS, YOU ALL SEE THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY BE LIKE, THESE ARE A DOZEN THINGS THAT WE MIGHT START OFFERING NEXT YEAR, AND THEN HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH BUSINESSES ABOUT, HEY, WHICH OF THESE SOUNDS TASTY TO YOU GUYS? I THINK THAT MIGHT BE ANYWAY, MAYBE THAT Y'ALL ARE ALREADY DOING THAT, BUT I KNOW THAT IF Y'ALL CAME TO ME AND WERE JUST LIKE, WHAT DO YOU WANT? I'D BE LIKE, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW. WELL, THE THE PRESENTATION THAT JACKIE IS, IS PUTTING TOGETHER FOR THE HR DIRECTORS IS THIS IS WHAT WE CURRENTLY DO. THESE ARE THE EXAMS AND CERTIFICATIONS. YOU TELL US WHAT EXAMS AND CERTIFICATIONS YOUR PEOPLE NEED.
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AND WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THOSE THAT THEY'RE ON THE LIST. I WOULD IMAGINE THAT THEY WOULD BE THE THE PREPARATION CLASSES AND THINGS WILL COME AFTER THOSE CONVERSATIONS SO THAT WE CAN EVALUATE WHAT EXACTLY THEY DO NEED. AND CAN WE DO THAT? IS THERE A WAY THAT WE CAN DO IT? WE'RE NOT GOING TO PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER AND JUST SAY, HERE'S WHAT WE'RE DOING. Y'ALL COME DO IT AND IT NOT BE WHAT THEY NEED. THAT WOULD BE, YEAH, A WASTE OF TIME.LET ME GO JUST A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT BECAUSE I'M ON THE SAME PATH. YOU ARE HERE. YOU GUYS ARE THE LIBRARY. IS THAT CORRECT? SO YOU'RE A CITY. YOU'RE A CITY DEPARTMENT? YES, SIR. TO TO ME, IT REALLY SCREAMS FOR THE NEED OF A MORE FORMAL ADVISORY BOARD OF INDUSTRIES. GOTCHA. THE PEOPLE THAT WOULD HELP. AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU THOUGHT ABOUT THAT OR YOU DONE THAT BECAUSE YOU NEED SOME FOLKS LIKE TRAVIS, AND WE'RE GOING TO PUT HIM ON 17 BOARDS. NOW. YOU WON'T HAVE TIME FOR. OKAY. BUT I THINK YOU REALLY NEED SOME GOVERNANCE ABOUT THAT TO LISTEN TO TO THE. WELL, WE'RE HOPING THAT WE COULD GET A PLACE ON YOUR HR BOARD. YOU HAVE A BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR LOCAL BUSINESSES, IF THAT. RIGHT. THAT WAY WE COULD BE A PART OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND, AND GATHER THE INFORMATION WE NEED THERE AS WELL. BUT I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. THAT'S A GOOD POINT. I, I WAS JUST THINKING TO WHEN TRAVIS WAS TALKING BECAUSE LIKE, I THINK ABOUT NUCOR AND WHAT WE DO AT NUCOR, IF YOU CAME TO ME AND ASKED ME LIKE WHEN I THINK OF WINGS, I THINK OF LIKE ESL, ADULT EDUCATION, I DON'T REALLY THINK ABOUT THE CERTIFICATIONS NOW THAT I'M ON THE BOARD, I THINK ABOUT THAT. BUT BEFORE I WOULDN'T HAVE KNOWN THAT. SO I AGREE, I THINK THE WAY YOU APPROACH IT WITH BUSINESSES, WHEN YOU GO TO THEM, YOU HAVE TO TELL THEM, LIKE LIKE TRAVIS SAYS, WHAT YOU'RE GOOD AT, WHAT Y'ALL HAVE HAD SUCCESS IN DOING SO THAT GOING FORWARD, LIKE IT'LL HELP, LIKE GET A LITTLE BIT MORE BUY IN. AND THEN BECAUSE PEOPLE LIKE YOU CAN TELL ME LIKE, OH, I GET PEOPLE CALL ME SO MANY TIMES SAYING, OH, WE OFFER THIS AND THAT. AND I'M LIKE, OKAY, WHAT WHAT ARE YOU WHAT CAN WE DO TO ENHANCE THAT FOR NUCOR? SO I THINK IT WOULD HELP TO ABSOLUTELY HAVE THAT. HOW ABOUT IF WE HAVE YOU AS THE PRESENTATION IN OUR NEXT HR ROUNDTABLE. THAT'D BE EXCELLENT. AND THAT WAY YOU CAN BRING THAT JUST LIKE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. YOU CAN BRING THEY CAN BRING WHAT THEY WHAT THEY DO WELL, WHAT THEY KNOW THEY DO. AND I'M SURE THERE'S A BOOK OF THE 21,000 TESTS AND STUFF THAT PEARSON HAS AND THAT IF, IF, IF THE BUSINESSES ARE INTERESTED, THEY CAN GIVE YOU FEEDBACK OR THEY CAN LOOK THROUGH THOSE BECAUSE I'D BE LIKE, TRAVIS, I WOULD I'M NOT SURE I'D KNOW WHAT TO ASK FOR, SURE. BUT IF IF WE CAN GET YOU GUYS STARTED WITH THAT, MAYBE THAT WILL HELP WITH THE FEEDBACK AND AND KNOW WHAT AND THEY MAY COME UP. I MEAN OUR INDUSTRIES NEEDS MAY BE SOMETHING THAT'S NOT IN YOUR LANE. SURE. THAT'S RIGHT. WE DON'T KNOW THAT. NOW, THERE ARE OTHER STATE GRANTS TO DO THAT, BUT THAT WE MAY FIND THAT AS WELL. AND THAT'S OKAY. BUT THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME THAT YOU CAN DO. SO I'LL, I WILL I WILL DO THAT AND GET YOU READY FOR A PRESENTATION TO HAVE THE INTRODUCTORY PACKET READY THAT WE WOULD TAKE TO AN HR DIRECTOR AND SAY, HERE'S WHAT WE DO, HERE'S WHAT WE OFFER, AND THEN KIND OF GO FROM THERE SO THAT THEY CAN GIVE US FEEDBACK ON THAT AS WELL. OKAY. I HAVE THREE MAIN POINTS, LIKE MY UNDERSTANDING OF OF THE CENTER TO WHERE I IT MAKES SENSE TO, TO FUND IN TERMS OF LIKE THE WHAT I WOULD CALL ENTRY LEVEL EDUCATION AND TRAINING TO SUSTAIN THE CURRENT ROLES THAT THAT REQUIRE THOSE IN THE COMMUNITY. AND THEN THREE LIKE THIS VISION OF OF WHAT ARE THOSE GAPS THAT WE TOGETHER FIND THAT ARE NOT BEING ADDRESSED IN OUR COMMUNITY? PERHAPS IT'S NOT T ISD'S ROLE, PERHAPS IT'S NOT LOCAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE OR OR A FOUR YEAR INSTITUTION, A DEGREE INSTITUTION, BUT POTENTIALLY THIS THIS VISION OF OF WHAT THE WINGS PROGRAM POTENTIALLY, YOU KNOW, A DIFFERENT TYPE OF CENTER COULD BE IN THE FUTURE. SO THE WAY I UNDERSTAND IS THAT OR I UNDERSTAND IT IS THAT THERE'S ALL A LOT OF LIKE ENTRY LEVEL BASIC KIND OF WORK THAT YOU DO WITH LIKE THE ESL CLASSES, THE GED, THEY'RE REALLY ENTRY LEVEL TO, TO GET A JOB NOWADAYS. AND HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT THOSE FRONTLINE STAFF, THAT WE DO HAVE THOSE IN THE COMMUNITY, RIGHT WHEN WE GO TO THE GROCERY STORE, WHEN WHEN WE GO TO THE RESTAURANT, WHEN WE GO TO THOSE MANUFACTURING BUSINESSES THAT HAVE THOSE ENTRY LEVEL ROLES, HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE A POOL OF APPLICANTS AND SUSTAIN THOSE? SO FOR ME, I'M COMFORTABLE WITH
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FUNDING, PROVIDING FUNDING FOR FOR THOSE TYPE OF PROGRAMS AND THEN CERTIFICATION. I, I THINK THAT I FEEL LIKE THE BOARD HAS DONE A PRETTY GOOD JOB OF, OF SHARING. LIKE THERE'S THIS I FEEL LIKE THERE'S THERE'S STILL THIS NEED TO BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT EXACTLY IS HOW WHAT PERCENTAGE, WHAT WHAT NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS ARE TRULY BENEFITING OR WERE OR HOW MUCH MORE WE COULD CAPTURE THROUGH THESE EFFORTS THAT, YOU KNOW, JACKIE, IN YOUR NEW ROLE, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I WAS THINKING OF WAS LIKE, WELL, WHAT ARE HER HER GOALS? I WANT TO ASK, WHAT ARE HER GOALS IN THIS? LIKE NEXT 1 TO 3 YEARS AND YOU'VE ANSWERED SOME OF THAT IN IN MAKING SURE YOU CONNECT WITH BUSINESSES TO SHARE AND IDENTIFY AND HOPEFULLY IN A STRATEGIC WAY SO WE CAN GET THERE FASTER THAN SOONER THAN LATER. BUT BUT IT'S STILL WHAT WHAT I LOOK AT THE BUDGET, THERE'S THERE'S STILL NOT LIKE A LARGE TV, LIKE YOU'RE AT $61,000 IS THE MINIMUM TO 71,000. IT'S IT'S STILL TAKES THAT AMOUNT, TAKES CARE OF LIKE THE ESL, THE GED AND SOME OF THOSE SENIOR AND JOB PREP CLASS AND ADMINISTRATION THAT YOU NEED. AND THEN I THINK YOU'RE ONLY ASKING FOR WAS IT ABOUT 80 NOT 90,000, 90,000. TOTAL ABOUT 90,000, 30,000, 20, 30,000 THAT YOU WOULD BE ASKING FOR. AND IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU YOU HAVE A PLAN.I THINK IT'S STILL TOO, TOO SOON TO KNOW WHAT THE OUTCOME WILL BE AND HOW HOW MUCH CREDENTIALING IS OFFERED. BUT I ALSO WOULD LOVE TO TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WORK TOGETHER TO REALLY IDENTIFY WHAT THOSE GAPS ARE IN OUR STRATEGIC PLAN WE'RE SEEING IN OUR COMMUNITY, WHERE MAYBE IT MAYBE THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO SUPPORT THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING WITH TO FILL THOSE GAPS THAT WE'RE STILL SEEING. SO I ENVISION HOPEFULLY A, YOU KNOW, A CENTER OF EXCELLENCE OF WORKFORCE, PERHAPS IN, IN, IN THE FUTURE THAT WE COULD ESTABLISH HERE NOT ONLY IN THE CITY OF TRURO, BUT LIKE AS A HUB FOR KAUFMAN COUNTY. AND WE WE ALL OBVIOUSLY, WE WANT TO ALIGN WITH YOUR STRATEGIC PLAN. AND MOST OF WHAT WE DO, IT DOES. AND IF YOU LOOK IN YOUR PACKET THERE, JACKIE'S INCLUDED JUST SOME KEY POINTS OF PARTS OF YOUR STRATEGIC PLAN PLAN AND HOW THEY ALIGN WITH WHAT WE'RE DOING. OUR GOAL IS REALLY OVERALL IS TO BETTER OUR COMMUNITY. AND BY SERVING PEOPLE OUTSIDE OUR COMMUNITY, WE'RE HELPING WITH THEM BETTER THEIR COMMUNITY AS WELL. AND THAT'S NICE, BUT OUR FOCUS IS REALLY TERRIBLE. SO WE'RE GOING TO WORK TO PROVIDE THE CLASSES, PROVIDE THE TESTING OPPORTUNITIES, AND THEN REACH OUT AND TALK TO THESE OTHER BUSINESSES AND THEN PROVIDE WHATEVER IF WE CAN PROVIDE WHAT THEY NEED. SO THIS THIS STARTED FROM IF I REMEMBER FROM YOUR LAST PRESENTATION, THE BOARD ASKED THAT YOU COME BACK WITH BECAUSE OUR REAL QUESTION WAS, HOW MANY PEOPLE IN TERRELL ARE WE HELPING, AND IS OUR MONEY GOING TO HELP THOSE PEOPLE AND TO GET JOBS IN TERRELL. AND YOU'VE PROVIDED THAT DATA. SO WHAT I'LL DO BOARD IF IT'S IF IT'S OKAY WITH YOU, IS I WILL BRING THAT BACK FOR FEBRUARY FOR US TO VOTE ON THE ADDITIONAL 30,000 OF THEIR REQUEST. AND WITH AFTER THIS PRESENTATION. SO REALLY QUICKLY, YOU GAVE US THE 30,000. WE DID NOT GET THE 60,000. OH, OKAY. YEAH. THAT'S WHAT IT IS. SORRY. OKAY. SORRY. ALL RIGHT. YEAH.
WHAT IT'S GOING TO ADD UP TO 90 IN THE END. AND THAT'S WHAT. WELL THAT'S WHAT IT WAS ABOUT.
WAS THE 90 OKAY. YES. ALRIGHT. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. I HAVE AN EMAIL ADDRESS. EMAIL ADDRESS.
I HAVE A QUESTION. THE $30,000 WHEN THAT WAS GIVEN WAS THERE WAS IT ALLOCATED FOR SOMETHING LIKE, LIKE A SPECIFIC PROGRAM OR TESTING CENTER IN GENERAL THAT IS GENERALLY USED TO START THE TESTING CENTER TO PURCHASE THE TECHNOLOGY? THE CITY LEASE THE FACILITY THAT WE'RE IN. THEY PAY FOR THOSE TYPES OF THINGS, THE THE LEASE AS WELL AS UTILITIES AND INTERNET AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AND THEN THE 30,000 WAS FOR STAFFING AND THEN THE TECHNOLOGY AND SUPPLIES TO GET GET STARTED. THANK YOU. SO WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE WINGS
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UPDATE. SO WE'LL WAIT. WE'LL HAVE THIS ON THE AGENDA TO VOTE ON THE AGENDA FOR FEBRUARY OR FEBRUARY, TO VOTE ON IT AND VOTE ON IT. OKAY. SO THE NEXT ITEM WILL BE 5.3 TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER THE AIRPORT SMALL BUSINESS GRANT. YES, YOU HAVE THIS IN YOUR IN YOUR PACKET.THIS IS A. GRANT PROGRAM TO SUPPORT ENTREPRENEURSHIP. AND IT IS DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY FOR SMALL BUSINESSES IN OUR AIRPORT. I DON'T KNOW MATT OAKLEY, YOU MAY HAVE SEEN THIS. YOU MAY THINK, MAN, I'VE READ THIS BEFORE. WELL, THIS WE DIDN'T REINVENT THE WHEEL. THIS IS WHAT RAYLAND HAS PRESENTED TO THE BOARD BEFORE IT WAS USED. SAME LANGUAGE WITH WITH DOWNTOWN. SO WE DIDN'T WE DIDN'T GO AND REINVENT THE WHEEL, BUT WE DID CHANGE THE LANGUAGE. SO THAT AFFECTS THE DEVELOPMENT OF SMALL BUSINESSES IN IN OUR AIRPORT AS WE LOOK TO GROW TWO THINGS ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN THIS TOWN, WHICH IS ACCORDING TO OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, AS WELL AS CONTINUE TO ADD BUSINESSES TO THE TO THE AIRPORT. THE ELIGIBLE USES FOR THIS GRANT ARE FOR LEASE REIMBURSEMENT AND CONSTRUCTION REIMBURSEMENT. IF YOU READ THROUGH THIS, YOU'LL SEE THE REQUIREMENTS FOR APPLICATION AS WELL. AS YOU KNOW, THE EDC STAFF AND BOARD WILL OF COURSE EVALUATE ANYONE WHO WHO APPLIES FOR THIS. AND SO I'LL BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. CHRIS SNAP IS IS HERE. WHO IS THE CITY REPRESENTATIVE? THE AIRPORT BOARD AND AND RUNS. I KNOW RUNNING THE AIRPORT IS NOT WHAT YOU DO, BUT YOU DO MANAGE THE AIRPORT ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF TERRELL. SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF ME, ANY QUESTIONS OF HIM, WHAT WE WOULD ASK YOU TO DO TODAY IS TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION SO THAT WE COULD DEVELOP THE GRANT PROGRAM. SPECIFICALLY FOR THE AIRPORT AND FOR SMALL BUSINESS THERE. SO ANY QUESTIONS FOR ANY OF US? DO YOU HAVE A AMOUNT ALLOCATED? I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANYTHING IN THE BUDGET FOR THIS, DO YOU? BUT DO YOU HAVE A GENERAL IDEA OF HOW MUCH YOU'D LIKE TO INVEST IN THIS? WELL, THE GRANT IS FOR $150,000, SO I HAVE NO IDEA HOW MANY APPLICANTS WILL HAVE. I KNOW THAT THERE'S OKAY, IT'S ONLY 150, NOT 150 FOR A BUNCH OF APPLICANTS, RIGHT? NO. WELL, IT'S 150,000 PER BUSINESS. IF WE HAD TEN BUSINESSES THAT WOULD GROW OUT THERE, WE CERTAINLY WOULD DO THAT. OKAY, SO IT IS PER BUSINESS, BUT AT THIS TIME, I KNOW OF ONE BUSINESS THAT'S LOOKING HERE THAT IS THAT IT WOULD PERTAIN TO I DON'T KNOW IF THERE WILL BE TWO, EIGHT, TEN. DO I HAVE A BUDGET NUMBER FOR YOU? NO I DON'T 50 OF THEM. IT WOULD BE. YOU KNOW, IT'D BE NICE TO, TO HELP A BUNCH OF THEM. SO I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO THE ANALYSIS ON THAT WE COULD DO TO SAY, HEY, YOU KNOW, JUST HOW MUCH MONEY IS THIS GOING TO AFFECT IN THE FUTURE? BECAUSE THERE IS LIMITED NUMBER ONE, LIMITED SPACE. AND SO THERE'LL BE LIMITED OPPORTUNITY ON THIS.
HOWEVER, IT'S A GREAT STARTING POINT TO BUILD OUR TO START TO BUILD OUR, OUR AIRPORT, ESPECIALLY WITH SMALL BUSINESS. SO THIS IS SPECIFIC TO THE AIRPORT ITSELF, NOT THE SURROUNDING AREAS AT ALL. NOT THE BUSINESS, NOT THE AIRPORT BUSINESS PARK. THIS IS SPECIFIC TO THE AIRPORT PROPERTY MANAGED BY THE CITY AND AND THE FAA. SO IN SEEKING AVIATION RELATED BUSINESSES. OR IS THIS WHAT'S THE. NO. THEY ARE AVIATION RELATED. YES. THAT'S ANYTHING OUTSIDE THE FENCE OF THE AIRPORT HAS TO BE AVIATION. OKAY. OKAY, GOOD. I I'D LOVE TO BECAUSE INITIALLY WHEN I, I READ THIS I THOUGHT, OH IT'S GOING TO BE FOR A LOCAL BUSINESSES IF THEY, YOU KNOW EXPANDING AND NOW THEY NEED TO TO FLY THEIR EXECUTIVES. YOU KNOW, OR MAYBE WE HAVE A NATIONAL COMPANY THAT WITH ONE LOCATION HERE AND, AND YEAH, THEY'RE NEEDING SPACE HERE. BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S, IT'S MUCH MORE THAN THAT. COULD I HAVE MAYBE 1 TO 2 EXAMPLES SCENARIOS OF OF WHAT THIS COULD LOOK LIKE FOR A BUSINESS. SO FOR SOME OF YOU, MY NAME IS CHRIS KNAPP, CITY ENGINEER AND ALSO THE AIRPORT MANAGER AND A FEW OTHER
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HATS THAT I WEAR HERE. THE AIRPORT IS OUR BIGGEST ASSET IN THE CITY BY FAR. IT IS OUR BIGGEST ASSET AND IT'S NOT USED TO THE TO THE FULL EXTENT, LIMITED SPACE. I CONTRARY TO THAT COMMENT, THAT IS, THERE'S A LOT OF SPACE AT THE AIRPORT RIGHT NOW THAT WE CAN GROW. SO AS FAR AS THIS TYPE OF BUSINESS WE HAVE, I HAVE TWO FACILITIES OUT THERE THAT ARE VACANT. I'VE GOT A 12,000 SQUARE FOOT HANGAR, AND I'VE GOT A 3800 SQUARE FOOT HANGAR. THEY'RE ALL ADJACENT TO THE APRON, SO THERE'S NO ADDITIONAL CONCRETE WORK. SO I'M TRYING TO ENTICE SOME PRIVATE INVESTORS IN FOLKS TO GET INVOLVED. AND I WENT OUT FOR AN RFP TO GET SOME PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS TO INVEST IN THE CITY. WE RECEIVED ONE APPLICANT. BUT ON THE SIDE OF THAT, I'VE ALSO RECEIVED AN APPLICANTS THAT WANT TO START A NEW BUSINESS. SO WE DO HAVE SOME PEOPLE THAT WANT TO PUT A HANGAR OUT HERE, BUT IT'S JUST MERELY I WANT TO PUT A HANGAR.THEY'RE NOT GOING TO MAINTAIN JOBS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. IT'S JUST HOUSING SOMEONE'S CORPORATE JET. I DO HAVE A AN INDIVIDUAL THAT IS SEEKING TO TO GET INVOLVED, AND I WON'T GO INTO ANY DETAILS YET BECAUSE IT'S VERY MUCH IN THE INFANT STAGES. BUT THIS IS WHAT STIMULATED THIS, THAT 12,000 SQUARE FOOT. WE NEED SOMEONE OUT THERE THAT DOES PERFORM MAINTENANCE ON VEHICLES, AIRCRAFT, JETS, PISTONS. THERE'S ALL TYPES OF AIRCRAFTS.
I WON'T GO INTO ALL THAT, BUT WE NEED THAT KIND OF TYPE OF ACTIVITY OUT THERE. BUT WE ALSO ARE LOOKING AT PAINTING AIRCRAFT. THAT IS A BIG INDUSTRY, AND THERE'S A LONG WAITING LIST TO PAINT AIRCRAFTS. I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT, BUT THAT IS A BIG DEAL. UPHOLSTERY TYPE OF AIRCRAFT, FOLKS, AVIONICS, THOSE TYPE OF INDUSTRIES THAT NEED A SMALL NICHE, NEED A SMALL HANGAR THAT WILL ACTUALLY PERFORM. SO IN SOME CASES THIS WOULD BE TO START OFF A NEW ENTREPRENEUR. SO SOUNDS LIKE I GUESS JUST THINKING OF LIKE A LARGE AIRPORT. I MEAN THEY, THEY HAVE THEIR THEY HAVE LOCAL BUSINESSES THERE THAT ARE DOING THE MAINTENANCE FOR THE, THE TENANTS OF, OF THE AIRPORT. OKAY. GENERALLY THE, THE COMPANIES THAT HAVE THEIR OWN AIRCRAFT DO NOT HAVE THEIR OWN MAINTENANCE. THAT'S USUALLY DONE THROUGH A THIRD PARTY. SO THIS WOULD BE THAT'S THE REASON WHY THIS RESOLUTION WOULD BE TIED TO THIS GRANT, WOULD BE TO HELP BRING IN THAT THIRD PARTY TO PERFORM THOSE SERVICES. WE HAVE 79 HANGARS OUT THERE, SO WE HAVE PEOPLE OUT THERE. SECOND OF ALL, I HAVE ABOUT 50 PEOPLE ON THE WAITING LIST TRYING TO GET INTO TAROT. SO THERE'S A NEED IN THE INDUSTRY THE SAME WAY. IT'S THE SAME WAY AT CADDO MILLS. IT'S THE SAME WAY AT MESQUITE. EVERYONE'S DEALING WITH THAT SAME THING.
EVERYONE HAS A WAITING LIST. YOU GO TO ADDISON. THEIR WAITING LIST IS AROUND 325. SO THERE'S MUCH MORE OF A NEED OUT THERE. WE HAVE AMPLE SPACE OUT THERE TO DO IT, AND THAT'S PART OF MY TASK, IS TRYING TO BRING IN SOME OF INDUSTRIES OUT THERE THAT CAN BRING IN SOME HIGH PAYING JOBS, ANYWHERE FROM 6 TO 20 PEOPLE TO DO PERFORM CERTAIN TASKS, BECAUSE THE THE MECHANIC ON A JET IS NOT YOUR AVERAGE SHADE TREE MECHANIC, AS WE ALL KNOW. IS THERE? SO IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU HAVE SOMETHING THAT RESEMBLES KIND OF LIKE YOUR IDEAL CANDIDATE BUSINESSES LIKE YOU HAVE A, IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU HAVE A PRETTY CLEAR PICTURE OF LIKE, DUDE, THESE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT WE WANT. WE WANT COMPANIES LIKE, ABSOLUTELY. DO WE HAVE A PLAN AND MONEY? THAT CAN GO ATTRACT AND GET THOSE BUSINESSES? LIKE, I KNOW THIS IS A BIG PART OF IT, THAT THIS IS A NICE LIKE CARROT OF LIKE, HEY, YOU GOT THIS. BUT, YOU KNOW, $150,000 GRANT ISN'T GOING TO DO ANY GOOD IF WE DON'T HAVE ANY OF THESE PEOPLE THAT ARE ACTUALLY AWARE OF THE PROGRAM AND ARE ENTICED IN TO ACTUALLY APPLY AND COME HERE. AND SO DO WE HAVE A LIKE, IS THERE LIKE A MARKETING PLAN THAT'S BACKING THIS ANYWHERE OF LIKE, HOW ARE WE GOING TO FIND THESE IDEAL BUSINESSES I GUESS IS MY QUESTION. SO THIS IS VERY MUCH IN THE INFANT STAGES OF WHERE IT'S AT RIGHT NOW. SO THAT'S PROBABLY THE NEXT STEP TO CONTRIBUTE TO YOUR QUESTION.
I'VE ALREADY TRIED TO DO THAT IN HOUSE ON THE CITY SIDE, NOT WITH THE EDC. AND THAT'S PERFORMING AN RFP OUT THERE TO GET SOME IN PARTICIPATION WITH SOME PRIVATE INVESTORS. WE DO HAVE SEVERAL FOLKS SHAKING THE TREE, ASKING QUESTIONS, MAKING PHONE CALLS. I SPENT TEN HOURS WITH ONE IN THE COMPANY ON THE PHONE. AND THEN THEY DID SUBMIT AN RFP. SO THERE ARE SOME
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EFFORTS BEING PUT FORWARD TO TO ACCOMMODATE AND TRY TO REVITALIZE THE AIRPORT. YEAH. I MEAN, THIS IS AND IT SOUNDS LIKE MAYBE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S KIND OF A NEXT THOUGHT IN THE PROCESS. IS THAT JUST HYPOTHETICALLY, LET'S SAY THAT WE WERE GOING TO THERE WAS GOING TO BE $1.5 MILLION WORTH OF MONEY HANDED OUT FOR THIS THING. OPTION NUMBER ONE, WE COULD DO, YOU KNOW, TEN GRANTS AT 150,000 APIECE. OPTION NUMBER TWO IS YOU COULD DO EIGHT GRANTS AND THEN SPEND $300,000 GOING OUT AND FINDING AN EFFORT TO GET REALLY EXCELLENT BUSINESSES THAT WANTED TO COME IN HERE. AND I DON'T KNOW, I MEAN, SO I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THIS BUSINESS AND I KNOW LIKE, IT SOUNDS LIKE WHAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING SO FAR IS I MEAN, THERE'S JUST KIND OF A LIMITED SUCCESS, LIKE, YOU'RE ONE DUDE AND YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES. AND SO I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW I WOULD GO ABOUT SPENDING $300,000 TO ATTRACT THOSE PEOPLE. BUT I'M JUST SAYING, LIKE, MAYBE IT'S LIKE, THIS IS THIS SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD PIECE OF THE PUZZLE, AND IT WOULD BE GREAT AS LONG AS WE HAVE A PLAN FOR HOW WE'RE GOING TO GO OUT AND FIND THE PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO APPLY FOR THESE GRANTS THAT WE ACTUALLY WANT HERE, RIGHT. I WOULD SUGGEST THIS IS IN THE FAIRWAY FOR THE EDC. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. I THINK THIS WOULD BE WE COULD SPEND. I WOULD SUGGEST WE COULD PUT SOME MARKETING DOLLARS. YEAH. ABSOLUTELY. YEAH. THIS IS THIS IS YEAH. THIS ALREADY GO TO A FEW SHOWS. I DO IN FACT A SHOW THAT I'LL BE AT THE FIRST WEEK IN FEBRUARY IS WHERE WE HAVE A CURRENT BUSINESS. WE WE ATTRACTED THEM. NOW THIS IS AN ADVANCED MANUFACTURING SHOW.THEY JUST HAPPEN TO BE IN THE AVIATION BUSINESS. AND SO WE'VE ATTRACTED ONE BEFORE WE HAD THE GRANTS. THESE GRANTS MAY NOT APPLY TO THEM AT ALL BECAUSE WE'RE ALREADY WORKING ON OTHER THINGS FOR THEM. BUT THE POINT IS, IS THAT NO, THERE'S NOT AN ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION, TRAVIS.
THERE'S NOT A FORMAL MARKETING PLAN FOR THAT. HOWEVER, THAT'LL BE THE NEXT STEP FOR IT. AND BETWEEN WHAT CHRIS DOES WITH THE CITY, WHAT I DO WITH OUR SHOWS, WE'LL WE'LL PUT THAT PLAN TOGETHER SO THAT WE'RE TELLING THE SAME STORY TO GET PEOPLE INTERESTED IN OUR AIRPORT. YEAH. I MEAN, I JUST. I DON'T MEAN LIKE, I, LIKE I SAID, I DON'T KNOW, IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE DOING SOME SHOWS. THAT'S GREAT. I DON'T KNOW, DUDE. MAYBE YOU JUST PAY SOMEBODY. MAYBE YOU FIND SOME HEADHUNTER THAT DOES THIS. MAYBE. ABSOLUTELY COULD BE BETTER. IT COULD BE A BETTER WAY TO DO IT. YEAH. WE WANT TO GIVE AWAY $150,000. YOU LAND SOMEBODY, WE'LL JUST GIVE YOU 20 GRAND OR WHATEVER, RIGHT? I MEAN, LIKE, SERIOUSLY, LIKE, THERE'S GOTTA BE SOME PERSON THAT DOES THIS, RIGHT? THERE'S GOTTA BE. THERE'S GOTTA BE PLACES THAT YOU CAN PUT SOME MONEY INTO. YEAH. I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW. THERE ARE THERE ARE HEADHUNTERS SERVICES OUT THERE. IT'S NOT A VERY GOOD TERM NOWADAYS I GUESS. BUT THERE ARE SERVICES OUT THERE THAT ARE STRICTLY IN THE AVIATION BUSINESS. YEAH, MOST OF THE ONES I'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH IS JUST TRYING TO HANGAR SPACE. SO HANGAR SPACE IS JUST BASICALLY A BUILDING WITH A GARAGE. SO BUT. THE ONLY CAUTION I HAVE AS FAR AS TRYING TO COME UP WITH A SET DOLLAR, ONE EXAMPLE THAT WE'VE KICKED AROUND A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO THAT WE'RE KICKING THE CAN REAL HARD. IS INDUSTRY COMING IN AND PROVIDING SOME EDUCATIONAL. SO THEY MIGHT WANT MORE THAN JUST A JUST A BLANKET. SO THE NEEDS MIGHT VARY BASED ON THE GRANT. SO I DON'T WANT TO JUST MAKE A CANNED ANSWER, BUT I THINK THE NEED IS GOING TO WARRANT THE AMOUNT OF THE GRANT WE'RE GETTING IN 2020 JOBS. THAT GRANT OUGHT TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN SOMEONE WHO BRINGS IN FIVE JOBS. YEAH, THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO BE CAREFUL. YOU WANT TO GET YOU WANT TO MAXIMIZE YOUR POTENTIAL. YOU DON'T WANT TO HAVE 20 EMPLOYERS OR EMPLOY FIVE PEOPLE IN MY GUY THAT'S GOING TO BE 50. SO YOU KIND OF HAVE TO AT LEAST. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. SO ANYWAY, IS THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR ME OR CHRIS? THIS ACTUALLY, AS I GUESS, AS TRAVIS PUT VERY WELL, IS THE FIRST PIECE IN THE PUZZLE TO THIS PLAN. AND SO WE WOULD ASK THAT YOU CONSIDER IT TODAY IF THERE'S NO FURTHER, IF THERE'S NO MORE QUESTIONS THERE, ANY MORE QUESTIONS? SO WE CAN MAKE A MOTION. CAN SOMEONE MAKE A MOTION TO HOLD ON? LET ME READ THE WORDING. THE RESOLUTION OF THE EDC TO ESTABLISH THE SMALL BUSINESS GRANT FOR THE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT TO SUPPORT OUR ENTREPRENEURSHIP, ENTREPRENEURSHIP, BUSINESS GROWTH AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION. DO YOU HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE, AYE. ANY OPPOSED?
[6. ADJOURN INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 551 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE TO DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING]
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OKAY. SO WE HAVE ITEM SIX. WE'RE GOING TO ADJOURN INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SECTION 551 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE TO DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING A 6.16551.07 FOR PERSONNEL MATTERS. SECTION 551.07 DELI[7. RECONVENE INTO REGULAR SESSION AND CONSIDER ACTION, IF ANY, ITEMS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.]
OKAY, SO WE'RE GOING TO MAKE A MOTION TO COME OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 955.CAN SOMEONE MAKE A MOTION? I'M SORRY. I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION A SECOND. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OKAY. ANY OPPOSED? IT'S 955. OKAY. SO NOW WE'RE GOING TO ITEM SEVEN. RECONVENE INTO REGULAR SESSION AND CONSIDER ACTION, IF ANY TO DISCUSS IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. SO AT THIS TIME I NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE THE GRANT. INCENTIVE FOR THE INCENTIVE FOR AVIATION TO APPROVE THE JOB GRANT. I NEED TO GO INTO THE SPECIFICS. THOUSAND IN A BONUS THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR RESIDENTS, AND WE'LL HAVE MARY GAIL DROP THE CONTRACT. THAT'S CORRECT. SO MOVED. SECOND. SECOND. OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? OKAY. WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE. WE'LL BE ADJOURNING
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