2026-10-05 - Economic Development & Workforce Committee

Summary

Written from live broadcast captions (all caps, so some names may be misspelled) and fact-checked by Claude.

The meeting started late while waiting for a quorum; an at-large councilmember presided, with committee members from Districts 1 and 5, other councilmembers, and city staff. Some members attended online.
Brook Hill Village Infrastructure Reimbursement Agreement: staff answered earlier questions on the 42-acre site, whose ground-lease holder has invested in an affordable housing renovation and plans commercial space and 74 residential units. The reimbursement request is $4.162 million, which staff said would leverage roughly $88 million in private investment. The committee voted unanimously by voice to refer it to full Council to authorize the city manager to negotiate and execute the agreement, with funding from the 2026 bond referendum; full Council was set for October 12.
CBI Policy Revisions for State Law Conformance: staff asked the committee to forward revised policy to full Council to conform to a new state session law that removed minority and women business enterprise references while preserving the small business enterprise program. Recommended unanimously.
Business District Support Program Framework (information only): proposed annual operating support in tiers of $60,000, $100,000 and $125,000 by organizational capacity, with technical assistance and reporting requirements, built on an adopted $600,000 budget.
Chipley Parking Project: staff described a proposed 219-space city-owned lot to serve the Bojangles Entertainment Complex area at an estimated $6 million, possibly less if aligned with current construction. Referred to City Council unanimously.
Skill to Bill kickoff recap (information only): the September 22 kickoff drew more than 120 attendees, and a small business readiness facilitator grant opportunity runs through October 30.

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00:40AI.

02:01AAAA

04:47THE MEETING HAS NOT.

04:49OFFICIALLY STARTED YET.

04:50WE ARE WAITING FOR.

04:51ONE MORE.

04:51COLLEAGUE TO ATTEND.

04:53HE IS THE CHALLENGE.

04:53PEOPLE HAVE FULL TIME JOBS.

04:55WE ARE TRYING TO DO THIS.

04:57WORK OF SERVICE SO THEY MIGHT

04:58NOT.

04:59>> ALWAYS BE ABLE.

04:59>> TO GET HERE.

05:00RIGHT ON TIME.

05:01BUT QUESTION FOR OUR ATTORNEY

05:04CAN I DO THE INTRODUCTIONS

05:06AROUND THE ROOM BEFORE WE

05:07STARTED?

05:07DO I HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL WE

05:09ACTUALLY HAVE QUORUM TO START?

05:12IS THAT IF.

05:13UM YOU.

05:13SEE THAT MY.

05:14BOSS IS SITTING IN THE ROOM MY.

05:16GUESS WOULD BE THAT BECAUSE

05:17THE.

05:18INTRODUCTIONS ARE.

05:19>> CONSIDERED PART OF YOUR

05:19MEETING THAT WE NEED TO WAIVE.

05:21SO IF ALL IN THE ROOM AND THOSE

05:23THAT MAY BE TUNED IN ONLINE

05:24WOULD GIVE US JUST A FEW MORE

05:26MINUTES, I WOULD APPRECIATE IT.

05:45A

06:00EVERYONE BECAUSE IT IS STILL

06:02MORNING.

06:02I AM THE ONE TO MAFIA.

06:04I SERVE YOU AS A COUNCIL.

06:06>> MEMBER AT LARGE AND

06:06COMMITTEE MEMBER TODAY I WILL

06:09BE RUNNING A MEETING.

06:09I CHAIR.

06:10>> IS UNABLE TO JOIN US BUT WE

06:12ARE GOING.

06:13>> TO GET.

06:13STARTED BECAUSE WE HAVE.

06:15FIVE VERY IMPORTANT ITEMS SO I

06:17AM GOING TO START IN REDUCTIONS

06:19SINCE WE'RE STARTING A LITTLE

06:20BIT BEHIND I WILL NOT BE COMING

06:22ALL THE WAY AROUND.

06:23>> THE ROOM SO.

06:23FORGIVE ME FOR THAT.

06:24WE WILL STILL KEEP IT.

06:25AROUND THE DAIS BUT I WILL

06:27START WITH.

06:27MY COLLEAGUES ONLINE.

06:30ATHE MORNING.

06:31THIS IS VICTORIA.

06:31WATLINGTON.

06:32>> COUNCIL MEMBER AT LARGE

06:33COMMITTEE MEMBER.

06:35GOOD MORNING DAVID.

06:36HENDERSON UH COUNCIL MEMBER.

06:38DISTRICT ONE COMMITTEE MEMBER.

06:42AND.

06:45>> COMMISSION ALEXANDER AND I'M

06:46GOING.

06:47GEORGIA OFFICE WORKER

06:48DEVELOPMENT.

06:49AND A CARPENTER.

06:50ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

06:51>> BENEATH YOUR DRAWING.

06:52CONTRACT REQUIREMENT.

06:53KIMBERLY OWENS REPRESENTING

06:55DISTRICT SIX NOT ON THE.

06:56COMMITTEE JD MY SWEATER AREAS

06:59PROBABLY REPRESENTING DISTRICT

07:01FIVE COMMITTEE.

07:01MEMBER ALLISON CRAIG UH, DEPUTY

07:04CITY MANAGER.

07:05SHAHID RANA ECONOMIC

07:06DEVELOPMENT.

07:07TODD DELONG ECONOMIC

07:08DEVELOPMENT.

07:10LILY IS FOCUSED ON.

07:11ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

07:12ON ASHLYNN AS CITY ATTORNEY'S

07:14OFFICE.

07:15THANK YOU ALL.

07:16AND AS I MENTIONED WE HAVE FIVE

07:17ITEMS TODAY.

07:18THE FIRST TWO ITEMS.

07:20WILL I WILL.

07:22BE ACCEPTING.

07:23>> A MOTION ON.

07:24SO WITH THAT WE ARE GOING TO.

07:25JUMP RIGHT IN.

07:26ON OUR.

07:27STANDING ITEM.

07:27OUR ECONOMIC.

07:28DEVELOPMENT BROOKE HILL VILLAGE

07:30.A

07:30AND I.

07:31>> AM.

07:31TURN IT OVER.

07:32>> TO MR..

07:32TODD ALONG.

07:37UH I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO TURN

07:38IT OVER.

07:39TO LEWIS.

07:39>> WHO'S GOING TO RUN THE SHOW.

07:40>> FOR US.

07:42THANK YOU.

07:42GOOD MORNING.

07:44UM, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE

07:46COMMITTEE.

07:47WE ARE HERE AGAIN TODAY TO, UM,

07:49SHARE ADDITIONAL.

07:50DETAILS ON THE BROOK HILL.

07:52VILLAGE PROJECT.

07:54A RESPOND TO PREVIOUS QUESTIONS

07:55FROM THE COMMITTEE.

07:56AS WELL AS REQUESTS FOR

07:58COMMITTEE.

07:59ACTION FOR THE PROPOSED

08:00INFRASTRUCTURE REIMBURSEMENT

08:01AGREEMENT.

08:02AS A REMINDER, THIS PROJECT UH.

08:05ANSWERS THE COUNCIL PRIORITIES

08:06.

08:07OF GREAT NEIGHBORHOODS AND SAFE

08:09COMMUNITIES AND A FEW.

08:10>> OF THE.

08:10KEY TAKEAWAYS JUST.

08:12WHERE WE'RE LOOKING TO.

08:13LEVERAGE A.

08:14>> SIGNIFICANT PRIVATE.

08:15INVESTMENT AT THIS SITE.

08:17UH.

08:17>> FOR A GROWING.

08:18CAMPUS COMMUNITY SERVICES AND

08:20ALSO.

08:21PRESERVE AFFORDABILITY.

08:23WITH 100 UNITS OF HOUSING.

08:26SO AS YOU RECALL WE WERE BACK

08:28HERE BACK IN SEPTEMBER.

08:29ON THE EIGHTH. A

08:30UH, WE SHARED A PRELIMINARY

08:32PRESENTATION.

08:32ON THE BROOK.

08:34>> HILL PROJECT.

08:34WE'RE HERE AGAIN TODAY.

08:36TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE AND.

08:38REQUEST THAT REFERRAL FOR.

08:40UH TO THE TO THE FULL.

08:42COMMITTEE FOR COUNCIL.

08:43AND THEN WE'D LIKE TO BE BEFORE

08:45THE FULL COUNCIL ON OCTOBER

08:4612TH.

08:49SO JUST A BRIEF AGENDA.

08:51UH, ONE WE.

08:52>> WANT.

08:53TO START WITH.

08:53>> THE COMMITTEE FOLLOW UP

08:54BEFORE.

08:55>> WE GO INTO THE PROJECT

08:56BACKGROUND SHARE.

08:57THE NEW PLAN.

08:57FOR BROOK VILLAGE.

08:58TALK ABOUT THE PUBLIC

09:00INVESTMENT REQUEST.

09:01THE COMMUNITY IMPACT AND THEN

09:03NEXT STEPS.

09:03SO AT THE SEPTEMBER.

09:04>> 8TH.

09:05MEETING THERE.

09:06>> WERE.

09:06TWO QUESTIONS.

09:07ONE WAS WHAT HAPPENS AT THIS

09:08SITE POST THE GROUND LEASE AND

09:11WE JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT

09:12THE.

09:13INFRASTRUCTURE AT.

09:14THIS SITE REMAINS PUBLIC.

09:15THE CITY INVESTMENT WILL

09:17OUTLIVE THE GRIFFIN BROTHERS

09:20LEASE UH ANY PUBLIC

09:22IMPROVEMENTS.

09:22THEY ARE ALL CURRENTLY IN THE

09:24PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY.

09:25ANY ADDITIONAL CHANGES TO THE

09:27SITE IF THEY DECIDED TO MAKE AA

09:30NEW REZONING THEY WOULD HAVE TO

09:32COME BACK INTO THE CITY AND WE

09:33WOULD HAVE THE CHANCE TO SPEAK

09:35WITH WHOEVER THE NEW DEVELOPER

09:36IS AT THAT TIME.

09:37AGAIN, THE SECOND QUESTION THAT

09:40CAME UP WAS ABOUT BIKE LANES.

09:42WHETHER THERE.

09:43>> WOULD BE BIKE LANES AT THIS

09:44SITE AND WE FOLLOWED UP WITH

09:47CDOT AT THIS SITE THE UH BIKE

09:50LANES ARE GOING TO BE SHARED

09:51WITH THE TRAVEL LANES DUE TO

09:53THE SIZE OF THE STREETS.

09:56SO THEY ARE TOO NARROW TO

09:58PROVIDE INDEPENDENT BIKE LANES

10:00BUT THEY ARE ACCOUNTED FOR UM

10:04IN THE TRAVEL LANES.

10:08OKAY SO JUST GOING TO AS A

10:10REMINDER THROUGH THE BROOK HILL

10:11HISTORY MANY OF YOU ARE

10:12FAMILIAR WITH THE SITE.

10:13>> HAS A ROBUST.

10:14HISTORY BUT.

10:15>> THE PART.

10:15THAT WHERE WE ARE WITH GRIFFIN

10:17BROTHERS IS THEY CAME IN IN

10:192022 AS THE GROUND LEASE HOLDER

10:22AND THEY'VE MADE SIGNIFICANT.

10:24PROGRESS AT THE SITE.

10:25SO BACK IN 2023 THEY CAME IN

10:27AND RECEIVED $3.5 MILLION FROMA

10:30THE UH CORONAVIRUS UH FUND AND

10:34THAT WAS TO BE PUT TOWARDS 100

10:37UNITS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

10:39THEY ALSO RECEIVED 3.5 MILLION

10:41FROM MECKLENBURG COUNTY TOWARDS

10:42THE SAME EFFORT.

10:44A $14 MILLION RENOVATION WAS

10:45DONE FOR THOSE 100 UNITS AND

10:47THEN THEY WERE HERE AGAIN IN

10:502025 FOR A REZONING OF THE SITE

10:52WHICH.

10:53>> WE'LL.

10:53TALK THROUGH UH.

10:54WHAT THOSE ENTITLEMENTS WILL

10:55YIELD IN A MOMENT.

11:00SO AS A REMINDER, THE.

11:02BROOK HILL.

11:02SITE IS 42 ACRES.

11:04UH, AND IT'S LOCATED IN COUNCIL

11:06DISTRICT THREE.

11:09THIS IS THE SITE HERE 36 ACRES

11:12OF IT WILL BE DEVELOPED.

11:13THE ADDITIONAL DIFFERENCE

11:15BETWEEN THE 36 AND THE 42 ARE

11:17FOR THE ROADS AND THE

11:18SIDEWALKS.

11:19UM WE HAVE FIRST UP.

11:21THE 100 AFFORDABLE UNITS OF

11:24HOUSING PRESERVED BY GRIFFIN

11:26AND THEN DONATED TO THE HARVEST

11:29CENTER THAT'S ONA BOTH SIDES OF

11:31THAT FIRST PUBLIC STREET THERE

11:32.

11:33UH, THE.

11:34>> HARVEST CENTER IS.

11:35>> A PHILANTHROPIC PARTNERSHIP

11:36WITH THE THEY ARE PHILANTHROPIC

11:40PARTNERSHIP FOR.

11:41>> THIS.

11:41SITE, A LOCAL NONPROFIT.

11:42THEY HELP WITH SITUATIONAL

11:44HOMELESSNESS AND THEY ARE ALSO

11:46IN THE PROCESS OF CONSTRUCTING

11:47TWO NEW BUILDINGS TO HOUSE

11:49THEIR OWN CORPORATE

11:51HEADQUARTERS.

11:51AT THIS SITE AS WELL.

11:52WHICH WILL INCLUDE CLASSROOM

11:54SPACE, A COMMERCIAL KITCHEN, A

11:56GYMNASIUM AND OTHER ITEMS THAT

11:58WILL HELP UP THE SURROUNDING

12:01COMMUNITY.

12:01IT'S 19,000FT AND THEY'VE

12:04INVESTED ALREADY $9 MILLION

12:06INTO THEIR PROJECT ON THE

12:09REMAINDER OF THE SITE WILL HAVE

12:1174 RESIDENTIAL UNITS WILL ALSO

12:14HAVE 3.5 ACRES OF EVENT

12:17COMMUNAL OUTDOOR SPACE AND THEN

12:2275,000FT OF COMMUNITY

12:24ORIENTED.

12:24COMMERCIAL SPACE.

12:25AND PLUS YOU'LL HAVE THOSE

12:27STREETSCAPE AND UH,

12:29IMPROVEMENTS THROUGHOUT PLUSA

12:30THE FUTURE PUBLIC STREET WHICH

12:32WILL BE AN EXTENSION OF DONOVAN

12:34STREET WHICH IS CONSISTENT WITH

12:35THE CHARLOTTE 2040 PLAN.

12:40SO THEIR REQUEST FOR UH

12:42INFRASTRUCTURE REIMBURSEMENT

12:44IS.

12:45FOR $4.162 MILLION.

12:47THAT INCLUDES ALL OF THE ITEMS

12:49YOU SEE HIGHLIGHTED HERE IN

12:51GREEN.

12:52IT IS.

12:53FOR THE STREETSCAPE AND ROADWAY

12:55SECTIONS ACROSS BROOK HILL

12:56VILLAGE THAT WILL INCLUDE NEW

12:58EIGHT FOOT ADA COMPLIANT

13:00SIDEWALKS, UPDATED DRAINAGE

13:02CURBS, GUTTERS, UTILITY SYSTEMS

13:04AND 200 PLUS TREES AND

13:06PROFESSIONAL LANDSCAPING.

13:08PLUS LIKE I MENTIONED, THAT

13:09EXTENSION OF DONOVAN STREET UH

13:12CONSISTENT WITH THE 2040 PLAN

13:13THIS WILL BE FUNDED THROUGH THE

13:162026 BOND REFERENDUM AND THE

13:18DEVELOPER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR

13:20ANY UM OVERRUNS FOR COST.

13:25JUST A REMINDER FOR THEIR

13:26COMMUNITY IMPACT.

13:27LIKE I MENTIONED THEY HAVE

13:28THOSE 100 UNITS OF AFFORDABLEA

13:30HOUSING.

13:3189 OF THOSE UNITS ARE BUILT

13:32ALREADY AND HAVE BEEN DONATED

13:34TO THE HARVEST CENTER.

13:35ABOUT A YEAR AGO.

13:3711 ACRES ARE TO BE BUILT AND

13:39THEY WILL BE ONLINE BY 2028.

13:42THE HARVEST CENTER, LIKE I SAID

13:44,IS THE PART OF THE COMMUNITY

13:46IMPACT THEY HAVE THEIR

13:47BUILDINGS, THEIR BUILDINGS ARE

13:48ALREADY BUILT AND VERY CLOSE TO

13:51COMPLETION SO WE SHOULD SEE

13:52ACTIVITY FROM THEM ON THE SITE

13:53VERY SOON AS WELL.

13:55AND THEN WE HAVE THIS

13:56CONNECTIVITY AND GREENSPACE

13:58THROUGH THE ROADS A CONNECTION

13:59FROM TO ME THE TREMONT CORRIDOR

14:01IS BETTER TRAFFIC CIRCULATION

14:03AND MORE THAN A DECADE SOONER

14:05THAN.

14:06>> PLANNED.

14:06.

14:07>> WE HAVE A 30% OPEN SPACE AT

14:09THE SITE WHICH EXCEEDS THE 15%

14:12REQUIREMENT FROM THEIR REZONING

14:14AND WE SHOULD EXPECT MORE THAN

14:16250 JOBS FOR CONSTRUCTION AND

14:1975 PERMANENT JOBS AT THE SITE.

14:23SO THE PRIVATE INVESTMENT AT

14:25THIS SITE SHOULD AVERAGE OUT TO

14:29BE ABOUTA $88 MILLION.

14:32WHEN ALL IS SAID AND DONE

14:33BETWEEN THE COMMERCIAL THE

14:34HARVEST CENTER IMPROVEMENTS,

14:35THE RESIDENTIAL AND THE

14:37BUILDING OF THE UM MUSIC VENUE

14:40THAT'S GOING TO BE A PART OF

14:41THAT COMMUNAL OPEN SPACE.

14:43,THE.

14:44>> PRIVATE INFRASTRUCTURE OF

14:46THE PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE FROM

14:47THE CITY SIDE WILL BE 4.1

14:49MILLION.

14:50THAT WILL LEVERAGE THE PRIVATE

14:53INVESTMENT AND WE HAVE A 21 TO

14:571 LEVERAGE RATIO.

14:58OUR EXPECTATION AND ECONOMIC

15:00DEVELOPMENT IS A 10 TO 1.

15:02SO WE'RE FAR EXCEEDING THE GOAL

15:05THAT WE HAVE SET FOR OUR

15:06DEPARTMENT.

15:09THEN THE TIMELINE FOR DELIVERY

15:11LIKE I MENTIONED, THE 11 UNITS

15:14OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING THEY WILL

15:15START IN SEPTEMBER 2027 AND BE

15:18OPEN AND ONLINE BY 2020.

15:208TH DECEMBER.

15:21>> WE HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE

15:22WHICH WILL START ALSO IN.

15:242027 AND BE COMPLETED IN EARLY

15:282028 WITH THE ADDITIONALA

15:31PRIVATE INVESTMENTS COMING

15:34AFTER.

15:37SO AS OF NEXT STEPS WE ARE

15:39HOPEFUL THAT UM WE ARE ABLE TO

15:42RECEIVE A MOTION FROM THE

15:45COMMITTEE AND UH UH ACTION TO

15:49REFER US TO THE FULL COUNCIL

15:51FOR AN AUTHORIZATION FOR THE

15:54MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND

15:55EXECUTE AN INFRASTRUCTURE

15:57REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENT WITH

15:58GRIFFIN BROTHERS DBA BROOK HILL

16:00INVESTMENTS LLC FOR THE PUBLIC

16:02INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS NOT

16:04TO EXCEED $4.162 MILLION.

16:09THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION

16:11.

16:12BEFORE I ENTERTAIN A MOTION AND

16:15OPEN FOR DISCUSSION, I WANT TO

16:16GIVE MY COLLEAGUE A MOMENT TO

16:17INTRODUCE HIMSELF.

16:20MALCOLM CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT

16:22TWO NON COMMITTEE MEMBER.

16:23THANK YOU.

16:24DO WE.

16:25>> HAVE ANYONE ONLINE?

16:27SO AT THIS POINT I WOULD

16:30ENTERTAINA A.

16:31MOTION.

16:32>> MOTION TO REFER KILL PROJECT

16:34TO FULL.

16:35COUNCIL FOR REVIEW.

16:37SECOND NOW.

16:38>> OPEN FOR DISCUSSION

16:39WATLINGTON.

16:42I JUST.

16:42>> LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THIS.

16:44>> ONE.

16:44GO UH THIS.

16:45>> ONE'S BEEN.

16:45>> A LONG.

16:45TIME COMING.

16:47UH.

16:48>> THAT ACTING CHAIR MAYFIELD.

16:50>> KNOWS AS WELL AS ANYONE UH,

16:51BOTH OF US BEING.

16:52FORMER DISTRICT THREE REPS HOW

16:53IMPORTANT THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN

16:54TO THE COMMUNITY AND HOW, UH,

16:57DIFFICULT IT HAS BEEN TO GET IT

16:58TO A PLACE THAT IT IS TODAY.

17:00UH, SO UH, I LOOK FORWARD TO

17:02HAVING THIS DISCUSSION WITH THE

17:03FULL COUNCIL.

17:04AND I.

17:04HOPE THAT MY COLLEAGUES WILL

17:06JOIN ME IN SUPPORTING.

17:08THANK YOU.

17:09>>, DOCTOR.

17:10>> WALLINGTON AND COUNCIL

17:10MEMBER ANDERSON.

17:12UH THANK YOU CHAIR.

17:14>> I JUST.

17:14WANTED TO, UM, ECHO THE

17:16SENTIMENTS.

17:16FIRST AND.

17:17FOREMOST.

17:17>> CONGRATULATIONS TO THE

17:18GRIFFIN BROTHERS FOR FINALLY.

17:20ADVANCING THIS PROJECT.

17:22I KNOW IT'S BEEN.

17:23AN ARDUOUS TASK.

17:25BUT TO.

17:26>> ALSO ADVANCE THIS PROJECT.

17:28BRING SOMETHING.

17:29NEW.

17:30>>A UH.

17:30>> TO.

17:30THIS AREA BUT ALSO THEN KEEP

17:33INTACT SOME AFFORDABILITY.

17:35FOR.

17:35>> UH, OUR WORKING CLASS

17:36FAMILIES AND OUR RESIDENTS.

17:38I THINK.

17:39>> THAT'S.

17:39CRITICALLY IMPORTANT.

17:40>> THAT IT.

17:41TIES BACK TO THE HISTORY OF.

17:43OF BROOK HILL.

17:45SO I TOO AM LOOKING FORWARD UH

17:46,THESE EIGHT THESE EIGHT FOOT.

17:48SIDEWALKS IT'S GOING.

17:49>> TO LOOK VERY DIFFERENT THAN

17:50THE LEGACY SIDEWALKS THAT SIT

17:52THERE TODAY.

17:53THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

17:54THANK YOU.

17:55COUNCIL MEMBER MINNESOTA

17:56AUDIENCE.

17:57NO I JUST LOOK FORWARD TO THIS.

17:59>> I KNOW UM MY COLLEAGUES.

18:00FROM PREVIOUS COUNCIL HAVE

18:01WORKED REALLY HARD ON THIS

18:02PROJECT.

18:03>> AND.

18:03AS WELL AS STAFF.

18:04SO THANK.

18:04YOU SO MUCH AND I THINK THIS IS

18:06A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR FURTHER

18:07DEEPENING AFFORDABILITY.

18:08AND CHARLOTTE.

18:14SO I ECHO THE COMMENTS OF

18:16DOCTOR WATLINGTON AS THE FORMER

18:19REPRESENTATIVE OF DISTRICT

18:20THREE FOR EIGHT YEARS THIS

18:23PARTICULAR SITE WAS EXTREMELY

18:24DIFFICULT BECAUSE OF THE

18:26FUNDING MODEL THAT WE HAD TO

18:28WORK WITH.

18:29SO I WILLA SAY THAT I AM EXCITED

18:34AND INTRIGUED ABOUT WHAT

18:37GRIFFIN BROTHERS HAS BEEN ABLE

18:38TO DO AND THE VISION OF SEEING

18:40SOMETHING THAT'S ACTUALLY GOING

18:41TO BE ACCESSIBLE TO A BROADER

18:43COMMUNITY WHEN WE SEE A LOT OF

18:45DEVELOPMENT IN.

18:46>> THAT AREA.

18:47SO WITH THAT I HAVE RECEIVED A

18:48MOTION TO APPROVE AND TO MOVE

18:51TO FULL COUNCIL AND IT'S BEEN

18:52SECOND AND ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE

18:54EITHER SAY I OR RAISE YOUR HAND

18:56ONLINE.

18:58I ANY.

18:59OPPOSE THAT HAS BEEN

19:03UNANIMOUSLY SUPPORTED THANK YOU

19:04VERY MUCH STAFF.

19:05GREAT JOB AND WE ARE GOING TO

19:08JUMP.

19:08RIGHT INTO.

19:09OUR POLICY REPORT FOR OUR.

19:11ECONOMIC MOBILITY STRATEGIES,

19:13OUR CBA COMPLIANCE AND POLICY

19:15UPDATES.

19:16BECAUSE WE WENT THROUGH THAT.

19:17LAST ONE.

19:18>> PRETTY QUICKLY.

19:18>> I'M EXCITED.

19:19SO I AM TURNING THIS ONE OVER.

19:22DEPUTY CITY MANAGER LINA JAMES

19:23AND MY ATTORNEY.

19:24>> AS YOU I'M TURNING TO CHA

19:26WHO AM I.

19:27>> TURNING IT TO TURN IT.

19:27OVER TO CHERYL AND STEVE.

19:28OKAY TOA MISS WHITE WE.

19:31>> ARE TURNING.

19:32IT WHITE OVER TO YOU.

19:33THANK YOU.

19:34VERY MUCH.

19:43YOU THANK YOU SO MUCH.

19:49ALL RIGHT GOOD MORNING COUNCIL

19:51MEMBERS EVERYONE.

19:53MY NAME IS CHERYL WRIGHT,

19:54DIRECTOR CONTRACTING AND

19:56PROCUREMENT.

19:57UH ALONG WITH ME TODAY

19:58PRESENTING WE HAVE MISS LENA

20:01JAMES OUR DEPUTY COUNTY A CITY

20:03ATTORNEY FROM THE CITY

20:05ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.

20:06>> AS WELL AS MISTER STEVEN.

20:07COKER WHO IS OUR BUSINESS

20:09INCLUSION OFFICER AND

20:11CONTRACTING AND.

20:11PROCUREMENT TODAY THE

20:13CONTRACTING AND PROCUREMENT

20:14DEPARTMENT WHICH INCLUDES OUR

20:16CBI PROGRAM.

20:18IS HERE TO.

20:18PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THE CBI

20:21ADOPT ADOPTED POLICY.

20:23WE ARE REQUESTING THE UPDATE.

20:25>> TO.

20:25THE.

20:26CBI POLICY IN ORDER TO ALIGN

20:28WITH CHANGES THAT OCCURREDA IN

20:30JULY WITH SESSION LAW 20 2641

20:34AND I'M SURE EVERYONE IS AWARE

20:36THAT THIS LAW REMOVE REFERENCES

20:39TO MINORITY AND.

20:40WOMEN OWNED.

20:42PARTICIPATION THROUGHOUT PUBLIC

20:44CONTRACTING IN THE STATE OF

20:45NORTH CAROLINA.

20:47TODAY WE HAVE TWO PARTS.

20:48>> TO.

20:49OUR PRESENTATION.

20:49THE FIRST PART IS DEALING.

20:51WITH THE PROPOSED CHANGES TO

20:53THE.

20:53CBI POLICY.

20:54THAT FOCUSES ON REMOVING ANY

20:56REFERENCES TO MWBE AND.

20:58WBE WHILE THE SB PROGRAM

21:01INFORMATION REMAINS IN.

21:03>> THE.

21:03CBI POLICY.

21:05IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION.

21:078.88 OF THE.

21:07CITY OF CHARLOTTE CHARTER TO

21:10FINALIZE THE PROPOSED.

21:12CHANGES TO THE CBI POLICY.

21:14COUNCIL APPROVAL.

21:15IS NEEDED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

21:18TODAY WE ARE REQUESTING

21:20APPROVAL FROM THE.

21:22ED COMMITTEE TO.

21:23MOVE THIS ITEM FORWARD TO THE

21:26FULL COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL AND

21:28OF COURSE TO BE ABLE TO ANSWERA

21:30ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE

21:31TODAY.

21:32THE SECOND PART OF OUR.

21:33PRESENTATION IS FOR INFORMATION

21:35PURPOSES ONLY.

21:36AND THIS INFORMATION IS TO

21:38SHARE WHAT STAFF HAS BEEN DOING

21:40IN REGARDS TO RESEARCH WITH SB

21:43.

21:44CRITERIA UPDATES.

21:45THAT WOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE

21:48ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES FOR

21:50THE.

21:51SB PROGRAM.

21:52SO WITH THAT SAID I WILL TURN

21:54THIS.

21:54OVER TO MR. STEVEN.

21:55COKER TO GET US STARTED.

21:58THANK YOU CHERYL AND.

21:59GOOD MORNING.

22:01THANK YOU CHERYL AND GOOD

22:03MORNING.

22:04UH MADAM CHAIR UH COMMITTEE AND

22:07UH COUNCIL LEADERSHIP.

22:08UH, THIS PART OF THE

22:10PRESENTATION IS REALLY TALKING

22:11ABOUT TWO DISTINCT DOCUMENTS.

22:14THE FIRST IS THE ACTUAL

22:16COUNCIL, UH, ADOPTED POLICY AND

22:19THEN THE OTHER IS THE CBI

22:21PROCEDURES MANUAL.

22:22WITH THE.

22:24UH POLICY.

22:25UH IT IS THE GOVERNING POLICY

22:27OF THE CBI PROGRAM.

22:30IT CONTAINSA THE PURPOSE THE

22:32SCOPE LEGAL AUTHORITY PROGRAM

22:35COMMITMENTS, ROLES AND THE

22:37SUBJECTS OF THE MANUAL, UH,

22:38THAT ADDRESSES THE PROGRAM.

22:40UH, WHO CAN CHANGE IT?

22:42ONLY FULL CITY COUNCIL BY VOTE.

22:45THE PROPOSED 2026 UH REVISIONS

22:49RESPOND TO THE, UH, MOST RECENT

22:51CHANGE IN LAW IN THE LAST TIME

22:53WE BROUGHT THIS BEFORE YOU

22:55WITHIN 2022.

22:56UH, AND THEN YOU VOTED ON IT

22:58SUCCESSFULLY AND IT, UH, BECAME

23:01A 2023 ADDITION.

23:03ON THE FLIP SIDE, THE

23:05PROCEDURES MANUAL IS THE

23:07OPERATING MANUAL FOR

23:08ADMINISTERING THE CBI POLICY

23:10AND THE PROGRAM IT CONTAINS

23:14CERTIFICATION RULES, GOAL

23:15SETTING METHODOLOGIES, GOOD

23:17FAITH EFFORT POINTS, POST

23:19AWARDS STEPS AND LIQUIDATED

23:22DAMAGES RULES.

23:23WHO CAN CHANGE THAT?

23:25THE BUSINESS INCLUSION OFFICER

23:27WITH CITY MANAGER'S SIGN OFF.

23:29NO COUNCIL VOTEA IS REQUIRED FOR

23:32THE MANUAL.

23:33UH THE LAST TIME IT WAS CHANGED

23:35WAS AGAIN 2022 AND THEN

23:38PUBLISHED FOR THE 2023 EDITION

23:41.

23:41AGAIN ONLY THE POLICY REQUIRES

23:44YOUR VOTE KEEPING THE OPERATING

23:47PROCEDURES MANUAL UH LETS THE

23:49CITY UH RESPOND TO CHANGES IN

23:51LAW AND PRACTICE WITHOUT COMING

23:54BACK TO COUNCIL EACH TIME.

23:56NEXT SLIDE.

24:00THANK.

24:03>> THANK YOU.

24:04GOOD MORNING.

24:04CHAIR COUNCIL MEMBERS.

24:06COMMITTEE MEMBERS.

24:06IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE.

24:09UM YOU'VE HEARD A LOT ABOUT

24:10WHAT'S HAPPENED TO OUR PROGRAM.

24:12OBVIOUSLY THIS WAS A RESULT OF

24:14SESSION.

24:14LAW 20 2641.

24:16>> IT WAS A 600 PAGE BUDGET

24:18BILL THAT INCLUDED A WHOLE HOST

24:20OF THINGS INCLUDING.

24:22ELIMINATING THE HUB THE

24:24STATEWIDE HUB OFFICE FOR

24:25HISTORICALLY UNDERUTILIZED

24:26BUSINESSES.

24:29IT SPECIFICALLY REPEALED OUR

24:30CHARTERA AUTHORITY FOR THE MWB

24:33PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE HAD ON THE

24:34BOOKS FOR A COUPLE OF DECADES.

24:36UM, AND IT AND IT CHANGED THE

24:38STATEWIDE STATUES AS IT

24:40REQUIRES TO AS A AS IT RELATES

24:43TO REQUIRING MINORITY.

24:45>> AND WOMEN OWNED BUSINESS.

24:46PARTICIPATION GOAL SETTING

24:48ENFORCEMENT COMPLIANCE ETC. SO

24:50AT A HIGH LEVEL THOSE ARE THE

24:51BIGGEST CHANGES OF IT.

24:53UM, THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE

24:55,THE CONTRACTING AND

24:56PROCUREMENT AND CBI OFFICE'S

24:58PRIMARY FOCUS FOR PURPOSES OF

25:00DISCUSSION TODAY HAS BEEN UH,

25:02GUIDANCE FROM THIS COMMITTEE TO

25:03THE FULL COUNCIL ON THE

25:05REVISIONS THAT WE NEED TO MAKE

25:06TO THE POLICY AND TO THE

25:08PROCEDURES.

25:09MANUAL WE HAVE DONE UH WE ARE

25:11PROPOSING REVISIONS TO THE UH

25:12TO THE POLICY HANDBOOK THAT

25:14COUNCIL ADOPTED IN 2022 AND UH

25:17,HAVE PROPOSED AND UM

25:20ENFORCING A NUMBER OF REVISIONS

25:21TO THE PROCEDURES MANUAL

25:23OBVIOUSLY BOTH FOCUSED ON

25:25CONFORMING WITH THE.

25:26LAW THAT WENT INTO EFFECT.

25:28ON JULY 1ST, 2026. A

25:31SO RATHER THAN REPEATING WHAT'S

25:32UH ON THERE WITH YOU UM, BUT

25:34AGAIN I WILL JUST EMPHASIZE

25:36THAT WHAT WE ARE PROCEEDING

25:37WITH UH, ADMINISTERING AND THAT

25:40WE HAVE CONTINUED TO HAVE THE.

25:41AUTHORITY FOR IS OUR SB

25:44PROGRAM.

25:45SO UH, WE INITIALLY RECEIVED

25:47THAT AUTHORITY FOR A SMALL

25:48BUSINESS ENTERPRISE PROGRAM IN

25:502002 I BELIEVE THERE WAS A

25:52SESSION LAW THAT AMENDED IT UM

25:53,SLIGHTLY IN TERMS OF WHAT THE

25:56GEOGRAPHIC SCOPE IS IN 2008 AND

25:58WE CONTINUE TO OPERATE UNDER

25:59THAT PROGRAM.

26:00I THINK WE CAN MOVE TO.

26:01>> THE NEXT SLIDE.

26:06SO THE.

26:07THE MOST SIGNIFICANT CHANGES

26:09AGAIN, THE THE SCOPE OF THE

26:11PROGRAM HAS CHANGED.

26:12THE LEGAL AUTHORITY IS NOW

26:14LIMITED TO THE SB PIECE OF IT.

26:16WE'VE MADE SOME CLEAN UP

26:18CHANGES IN THE POLICY AS IT

26:20RELATES TO THE STUDY THAT WAS

26:23CONDUCTED.

26:24UH THE LAST ONE THAT STUDY IS

26:26GOOD FOR FIVE YEARS SO

26:28SCHEDULED TO SUNSET AT THE END

26:30OFA 2027 ANYWAY BUT OBVIOUSLY

26:32NEEDED TO MAKE CHANGES IN OUR

26:34POLICY TO TO HAVE.

26:36THE UM ELEMENTS THAT ARE TAKEN

26:40INTO CONSIDERATION FOR OUR

26:42PROGRAM NOT BE RACE OR GENDER.

26:44BASED AS.

26:44>> THE LAW REQUIRES.

26:45>> SO THAT'S WHAT THE CLEAN UPS

26:46ARE FOCUSED ON.

26:48UM.

26:51I THINK THAT'S IT ON THAT ONE.

26:53HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AND I

26:54WILL I THINK ACTUALLY I HAVE

26:56ONE.

26:56>> MORE.

26:58YEAH.

26:58>> SO IN A NUTSHELL I THINK

27:00WHAT WE WANTED TO FOCUS ON HERE

27:03IS WHAT'S BEEN REMOVED FROM THE

27:05POLICY WHAT'S BEEN UM RETAINED

27:07AND WHAT'S BEEN ADDED AGAIN ALL

27:10TRIGGERED BY UH THE NEW SESSION

27:13LAW.

27:14SO ALL THE REFERENCES TO AMEND

27:17UH COMPLIANCE GOALS SETTING.

27:19UM THE HUB STATE OFFICE AS YOU

27:22ALL MAY KNOW COUNCIL MEMBERS

27:23THE STATE HUB OFFICE DID THE

27:25REGISTRATION AND CERTIFICATION

27:27FOR EMS AND W IS THE CITY OF

27:29CHARLOTTE THROUGH ITS CBI

27:30PROGRAMA DID REGISTRATION FOR SB

27:32SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT

27:34PIECE OF IT.

27:36UM WE.

27:37>> HAVE.

27:37RETAINED OUR SB COMPONENTS OUR

27:40GOALS ARE EFFORTS RELATED TO

27:42NEGOTIATION OF GOALS AND GOOD

27:43FAITH EFFORTS.

27:45UH THE COMMERCIALLY USEFUL

27:47FUNCTION REQUIREMENTS CONTINUE

27:48TO STAY INTACT.

27:50UM.

27:52>> CONTRACTOR DUTIES AND OF

27:54COURSE THE REMEDIES THAT WE

27:56HAVE AVAILABLE UNDER THE

27:58ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES

27:59MANUAL THAT I BELIEVE ARE

28:00REFERENCED IN THE POLICY ALSO

28:02CONTINUE TO STAY INTACT.

28:04WE HAVE ADDED.

28:04SOME LANGUAGE ABOUT.

28:07UM 20 2641 THE SESSION LAW AND

28:09THAT WAS IN PART BECAUSE YOU

28:11KNOW, WE'RE HERE IN OCTOBER BUT

28:13THE LAW WENT INTO EFFECT IN

28:14JULY.

28:15OUR POLICY AND OUR PROCEDURES

28:16HAVE BEEN ON OUR WEBSITES.

28:18WE HAVE LOTS OF BUSINESSES WHO

28:19HAD UH QUESTIONS ABOUT IT.

28:22I THE CBI ADVISORY COMMITTEE

28:24THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF

28:25DISCUSSION AT THAT LEVEL.

28:26SO IT WAS IMPORTANT THAT WE

28:28SHOW NOT ONLY SHOW BUT OF

28:30COURSE COMPLYA WITH THE LAW BUT

28:32BUT HAVE UH GUIDANCE FOR

28:34CONTRACTORS AND BUSINESSES WHO

28:34ARE LOOKING AT IT TO UNDERSTAND

28:36WHY WE'RE MAKING THE CHANGES

28:37THAT WE ARE AND.

28:38>> WHAT THE REQUIREMENTS ARE.

28:39OBVIOUSLY WHEN A NEW LAW

28:41SUPERSEDES SOMETHING THAT WE

28:42HAVE EXISTING THE.

28:44>> YOU KNOW.

28:45THE PORTIONS THAT ARE NO LONGER

28:46IN COMPLIANCE WOULDN'T BE.

28:47APPLICABLE ANYWHERE.

28:48BUT WE'VE ADDED SOME LANGUAGE

28:50ABOUT THE ENABLING LEGISLATION.

28:51WE'VE ADDED SOME LANGUAGE ABOUT

28:52THIS NEW LAW BECAUSE THESE

28:54CHANGES TO HAPPEN UM ADDED SOME

28:57LANGUAGE ABOUT THE REGIONAL

28:59AREA.

29:00UM I THINK SOME OF THE ONLINE

29:03UM SYSTEMS THAT WE HAVE FOR

29:04PSBS TO TO GET CERTIFIED AND

29:07ALSO TO COMPLY SOME OF THAT WAS

29:09NOT ON THAT BEFORE.

29:11UM AND I THINK THE REST OF IT

29:13UM SPEAKS FOR ITSELF.

29:13SO I WILL TURN IT OVER TO STEVE

29:15.

29:16THANK YOU.

29:16YOU KNOW SO.

29:18>> IN TERMS.

29:19>> OF.

29:19THIS POLICY.

29:21UM IF YOU SEE WHAT YOU'LL FIND

29:23IS SIX.

29:24UH, DISTINCT SECTIONS.

29:25THE FIRST ONE IS.

29:27THIS WHERE UH, TALKS ABOUT

29:29DEVELOPING ANDA GROWING SMALL

29:31BUSINESS ENTERPRISING AND

29:33STRENGTHENING THEIR ABILITY TO

29:35COMPETE FOR CITY CONTRACTS ON A

29:37RACE NEUTRAL AND GENDER NEUTRAL

29:39BASIS?

29:40UH, SECTION TWO IS THE SCOPE IT

29:42APPLIES TO CITY EMPLOYEES WITH

29:45AWARD AUTHORITY PROGRAM

29:47COMMITTEES, CERTIFIED

29:49ENTERPRISES, BIDDERS,

29:50SUBCONTRACTORS IN ANY

29:52ENTERPRISE RECEIVING CITY MONEY

29:54.

29:54THE THIRD SECTION IS THE THE

29:56POLICY UH WHICH CONTAINS THE

29:59ENABLING LEGISLATION THE RACE

30:00AND GENDER UH NEUTRAL LEGAL

30:04AUTHORITY THE CITY PROGRAMS

30:06COMMITMENTS AND THE

30:08SEVERABILITY UH AND THEN

30:09SECTION FOUR IS DEFINITIONS UH

30:11ALL DEFINITIONS RESIDE IN THE

30:14PROCEDURES MANUAL KEEPING THE

30:16POLICY STABLE AS DEFINITIONS

30:19EVOLVE UH AND THEN SECTION FIVE

30:21IS THE ROLES AND

30:23RESPONSIBILITIES AUTHORITY OF

30:25OUR CITY MANAGER BUSINESS

30:27INCLUSION OFFICER DEPARTMENT

30:29HEADS THE CITY ATTORNEY'SA

30:30OFFICE WITH EXPRESS DELEGATIONS

30:33AND THEN IN SECTION SIX UH

30:36DISCUSSES THE UH ADMINISTRATIVE

30:38PROCEED OF PROCEDURES MANUAL IN

30:40THE MANUAL ADDRESSES 14

30:43SUBJECTS FROM CERTIFICATION AND

30:45GOALS THROUGH OUTREACH AND

30:47BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT.

30:49AGAIN THE CITY'S UH AUTHORITY

30:52IS ONLY FOR SMALL BUSINESS

30:54ENTERPRISE PROGRAM UH BASED ON

30:57OUR UH SECTION 8.8 WHICH

31:00SUPPORTS A SINGLE NEUTRAL AND

31:02GENDER NEUTRAL SBA PROGRAM.

31:06SURE.

31:06>> UH.

31:09THANK YOU STEPHEN.

31:11SO TO.

31:12SUMMARIZE THE NEXT STEPS FOR

31:14OUR REQUEST.

31:15FOR UPDATES TO.

31:16>> THE CBI POLICY.

31:18OUR FIRST STEP HAS BEEN

31:19COMPLETED.

31:20WE'VE RECEIVED INPUT FROM THE

31:22CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IN

31:24REGARDS TO THE CHANGES.

31:26TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS

31:27COMPLIANT.

31:28>> WITH THOSE CHANGES.

31:29OUR SECOND STEP IS WE AREA HERE

31:30TODAY AT THE ECONOMIC

31:31DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE MEETING.

31:32MEETING SHARING THIS

31:34INFORMATION WITH.

31:35YOU TO MAKE SURE WE ANSWER

31:36YOUR.

31:37QUESTIONS AND.

31:38ALSO REQUEST A.

31:40VOTE ACCORDINGLY TO.

31:42MOVE JUST.

31:43>> TO A FULL CITY COUNCIL AND

31:45THEN THIRD AND WHEN WE TAKE

31:47THIS ITEM TO FULL CITY COUNCIL

31:49WE WOULD.

31:49>> BE ASKING FOR A VOTE.

31:51FROM COUNCIL AND UPON RECEIVING

31:53THE VOTE FROM COUNCIL.

31:55UH WE WOULD.

31:55HAVE OUR.

31:57UPDATED CBI POLICY.

31:59GOVERNING POLICY.

32:01UH THAT WOULD INCLUDE THE SB

32:03PROGRAM.

32:04AND SO WITH THAT.

32:05SAID THIS IS THE PIECE THE

32:07FIRST PIECE.

32:08THAT WE WOULD BE ASKING.

32:09FOR A VOTE ON TO UPDATE THE CBI

32:13POLICY.

32:13>> THE SECOND PIECE THAT STEVEN

32:15IS ABOUT TO COVER.

32:16THIS IS THE INFORMATION ONLY

32:18SEGMENT.

32:19THAT WILL DEAL.

32:20WITH WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING.

32:21>> AND RESEARCH WITH THE.

32:23SB CRITERIA FOR PROCEDURES.

32:26SO JUST FOR CLARIFICATION.

32:28WOULD YOU.

32:29>> ALL STAFF WOULD YOU BE

32:30COMFORTABLEA IF WE HAVE THIS

32:32DISCUSSION BEFORE.

32:33GOING TO THE INFORMATION ONLY.

32:35THIS WOULD BE THAT WOULD.

32:36>> BE PERFECT PERFECT.

32:37SO AT THIS POINT I WILL

32:38ENTERTAIN IF THERE'S SOMEONE

32:40INTERESTED IN RECOMMENDING THE

32:41REVISED COUNCIL.

32:42ADOPT THE POLICY.

32:43TO THE FULL CITY COUNCIL FOR

32:45ADOPTION.

32:46SO MOVED.

32:47WATLINGTON IS THERE A SECOND?

32:51SECOND THANK THANK YOU HAS BEEN

32:53PROPERLY MOVED ON SECTION

32:56SECOND.

32:57SO LAST PLEASE OPEN UP FOR

32:59DISCUSSION THERE.

33:01COLLEAGUES.

33:03COUNCIL MEMBERS WHAT OTHERS?

33:04YEAH UH THANK YOU STAFF SO MUCH

33:06FOR THIS.

33:07UPDATE AND FOR YOUR DILIGENT

33:08WORK ON THIS.

33:10UM UH, AS THE STATE LEGISLATIVE

33:14LANDSCAPE.

33:15CONTINUES TO CHANGE AND SUCH A

33:17RAPID PACE UM, I JUST REALLY

33:19HAVE SOME.

33:20COMMENTS UM, COLLEAGUES AND AND

33:21STAFF.

33:22AND RESIDENTS I MEAN.

33:23ONCE AGAIN WE'RE WE'RE REACTING

33:26TO UH, A LEGISLATION THAT

33:27LIMITS LOCAL AUTHORITY AND AND

33:30BACKPEDALSA OUR ABILITY TO

33:32REMEDY THE ONGOING CHALLENGES

33:34AND OBSTACLES, UH, THAT ARE

33:35FACED BY MINORITY AND OR WOMEN

33:38OWNED SMALL BUSINESSES.

33:39AND SO UH, THAT SECOND WAS WITH

33:41A LOT OF HESITATION BUT BECAUSE

33:43IT IS THE LAW AND THIS IS THE

33:45SITUATION WE FIND OURSELVES IN

33:46,UM, WE WE HAVE TO AMEND THIS

33:48.

33:48UH, ON THE FLIP SIDE, THERE ARE

33:51SOME PROS HERE WHICH I WELCOME

33:52WHICH IS THE NEW CERTIFICATIONS

33:56UM AND AND STRENGTHENING AND

33:57EXPANDING OUR SBA CERTIFICATION

33:59PROGRAMING RIGHT MAKING SURE WE

34:01HAVE UM A STRONG SBA PROGRAM AS

34:04WELL AS ENSURING THAT WE ARE

34:06KEEPING TRACK OF THE EVER

34:08GROWING UM, COMMUNITY OF SMALL

34:10BUSINESSES ACROSS THE CITY.

34:11THANK YOU.

34:13THANK YOU.

34:14I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE THAT.

34:16I WANT TO COMMEND AS THEIR OUR

34:19CBI TEAM, OUR ATTORNEY STAFF WE

34:21WERE AHEAD OF THE CURVE.

34:22WE WERE ALREADY HAVING

34:24CONVERSATIONS REGARDING

34:26ENSURING THAT WE CREATED.

34:29A MORE INCLUSIVEA SPACE FOR OUR

34:31BUSINESSES AND DIRECTING THEM

34:33TOWARDS SBA AND PREPARATION.

34:35SO THAT WE.

34:36WEREN'T CAUGHT.

34:37UNAWARE OR BEHIND ON THIS

34:39DISCUSSION.

34:40SO I DO WANT TO TAKE THAT

34:41MOMENT TO PUBLICLY ACKNOWLEDGE

34:42THE WORK THAT YOU ALL HAVE BEEN

34:44DOING BEHIND THE SCENES REALLY

34:46FOR MORE THAN A YEAR WITH THAT

34:48COUNCIL MEMBERS.

34:50THANK YOU.

34:50>> CHAIR MAYFIELD UM I SECOND.

34:53THAT UM THAT SENTIMENT I IT'S

34:54ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE

34:56REALLY BEEN MOST IMPRESSED WITH

34:57WAS THE PRESIDENTS THAT YOU

34:58GUYS MET THIS MOMENT WITH

35:00BECAUSE THIS IS REALLY

35:01SOMETHING THAT COULD HAVE

35:02FALLEN VERY POORLY AND LEFT A

35:04LOT OF OUR CONTRACTORS IN A

35:05LURCH.

35:05SO I DO APPRECIATE YOU GUYS

35:06BEING ON TOP OF IT.

35:07TWO QUICK QUESTIONS THOUGH.

35:09UM I WANT TO UNDERSTAND A

35:10LITTLE BIT MORE HOW OR WHETHER

35:14ANY DISPARITY INFO WILL BE ABLE

35:16TO COME TO US.

35:17WILL IT ONLY BE SOMEWHAT

35:19ANECDOTAL THAT WE WILL HEAR

35:20FROM CONTRACTORS.

35:21WHO ARE NOT ABLE TO MAKE.

35:23>> THAT TRANSITION TO SBA OR

35:24ARE WE ALLOWED TO KEEP ANY SORT

35:26OF RECORDS THAT SHOW THE IMPACT

35:28OF THIS UM, SHIFTA OR IS THAT

35:31TAKEN OUT OF.

35:32OUR OUT OF OUR UM BANDWIDTH AS

35:35WELL?

35:38UM.

35:40>> YOU KNOW, THERE'S.

35:41THERE'S A LOT HAPPENING.

35:42WE'VE BEEN WE APPRECIATE THE

35:44SENTIMENTS UM, FROM COUNCIL

35:45MEMBERS UH PARTICULARLY WITH

35:47THE STAFF IT HAS BEEN ACTIVE

35:48AND BUSY UM, AS YOU SAID CHAIR

35:50FOR MORE.

35:51>> THAN A.

35:52YEAR NOW WE'VE.

35:52>> BEEN.

35:52WORKING AND I WOULD BE REMISS

35:54IF I DIDN'T THANK THE CITY

35:55ATTORNEY.

35:56>> AND A.

35:56CROSS SECTIONAL TEAM OF ABOUT

35:58TEN ATTORNEYS WHO REALLY HAVE

35:59BEEN ATTENTIVE AND PROVIDED

36:01VALUABLE INPUT.

36:02OVER THE.

36:02>> LAST YEAR.

36:03ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE

36:04OBSERVED IS THAT THERE IS A

36:05SHIFT IN TERMS OF WHAT THERE

36:07WAS A LOT OF LITIGATION LAST

36:08YEAR THAT CAME AS A RESULT OF

36:09FEDERAL EXECUTIVE ORDERS THAT

36:11WERE ALONG.

36:12THESE LINES.

36:12UH, WE WERE TRACKING OTHER

36:14BILLS THAT WE KNOW WOULD HAVE

36:16SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS.

36:17SO I SAY ALL THAT TO SAY, UM,

36:19THERE WERE SOME LIMITATIONS IN

36:21TERMS OF INFORMATION THAT WE

36:23USE UH, TO TO MAKE A DECISION.

36:27BUT I WOULD SAY TO THE EXTENT

36:29THAT WE AREA UM GATHERING

36:31INFORMATION.

36:32AND AND KEEPING IT NOT.

36:34>> NOT NECESSARILY TRACKING IT

36:35AND.

36:35CERTAINLY NOT UTILIZING IT TO

36:37MAKE A DECISION BUT GATHERING

36:38IT IN THE SENSE THAT IF THE LAW

36:40CHANGES AND GOES BACK THE WAY

36:42WE HAD IT BEFORE OR IN A

36:44DIFFERENT DIRECTION IN THE

36:45FUTURE, IT'S HELPFUL TO KNOW

36:47WHAT UTILITIES UTILIZATION

36:48WE'VE HAD, WHAT THE

36:50AVAILABILITY IS.

36:51AND SO UM, IN CONVERSATIONS

36:53WITH ATTORNEYS ACROSS THE STATE

36:55AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY, IT IS

36:56IT IS A LITTLE BIT UM HARD TO

36:58TELL AND IT SORT OF DEPENDS BUT

37:00MOSTLY DEPENDENT ON WHAT'S

37:02HAPPENING.

37:02WITH A LOT OF NATIONAL AND

37:03STATEWIDE LITIGATION.

37:04THANK YOU.

37:05>> IF I CAN MAINTAIN THE FLOOR

37:06JUST FOR A.

37:07MOMENT.

37:07>> ANOTHER QUESTION THAT I HAVE

37:08AND.

37:09>> I APPRECIATE.

37:09THAT THESE ARE DIFFERENT, UM,

37:11PATHS TO CONTRACTING WITH THE

37:12CITY.

37:13BUT WE HAD A GENTLEMAN SPEAK TO

37:14US UM, IN THE TOW TRUCK UM

37:17ARENA AT LAST SESSION AND ONE

37:20OF THE THINGS THAT HE BROUGHT

37:21UP WAS WHETHER THEY COULD HAVE

37:22FURTHER GUIDANCE FROM THE CITY

37:24WHEN THEY FAIL TO MEET THE

37:25MARK.

37:26IS THAT ALSO PART OF THIS THAT

37:27PEOPLE WHO FAIL TO MEET THE

37:29REQUIREMENTS FOR SBA ARE SORT OF

37:30GUIDED THROUGH WHAT THEY COULD

37:32DO BETTER WITH THEIR

37:33APPLICATIONS OR HOW THEY CAN

37:34HOW.

37:35>> THEY.

37:35CAN BE QUALIFIED AS AN SB.

37:38I'M GOING TO.

37:39TURN IT OVER TO STEPHEN SOUNDS

37:40LIKE SB.

37:42APPLICATION AND HOW.

37:42WE GET FEEDBACK.

37:44YEAH SO GREAT QUESTION.

37:46UH I WANT TO ASSURE YOU THAT WE

37:50GO THROUGH EACH APPLICATION THE

37:52FINE TOOTH COMB UH AND WE WE

37:55MAKE OUR DECISIONS IN A LIGHT

37:56MOST FAVORABLE TO OUR

37:58BUSINESSES IN INSTANCES WHERE

37:59THEY FALL SHORT.

38:01UH, WE BREAK THAT DOWN FOR THEM

38:03SO THAT, UH, IN THE EVENT THAT

38:06SOMETHING CHANGES IN THE

38:07PROGRAM, WE MAINTAIN THEIR

38:09APPLICATION AND WE GO BACK TO

38:11THEM IF A CHANGE IS MADE, UH,

38:14THAT WOULD UH ALLOW FOR THEM

38:16THEN TO BE CONSIDERED AS AN SB

38:18FOR.

38:20THANK YOU.

38:21>> NO MORE QUESTIONS.

38:22THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER GRANDE

38:23.

38:24THANK THANK YOU.

38:25UM, AND CHAIRWOMAN MAYFIELD LET

38:27ME TO LAY MY VOICE UH, TO THE

38:29ROOM IN REFERENCE TOA THE WORK

38:30THAT STAFF HAS DONE OVER THE

38:31LAST YEAR.

38:32UH, IT'S BEEN VERY INTENTIONAL

38:34WORK IN TERMS OF DOTTING I'S

38:36AND CROSS INTO E'S UM, RIGHT UP

38:39TO THE LEGAL LIMIT OF WHAT WE

38:41CAN DO, UH, WITHOUT GETTING

38:42OURSELVES IN TROUBLE.

38:44UH, SO I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE

38:45THE EFFORT.

38:46CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THE

38:47OUTREACH, UH, MR. CROCKER, THAT

38:49YOU AND YOUR STAFF HAS DONE TO

38:50TRY TO KIND OF MAKE LEMONADE

38:53OUT OF LEMONS, UH, TO ENSURE

38:55THAT, UH, MINORITY UH.

38:58UH.

38:58>> BLACK FOLKS, I'LL BE VERY

38:59SPECIFIC AND OTHER MINORITIES

39:03UM, ARE UH ARE AT THE TABLE AND

39:06GETTING THEIR FAIR SHARE OF THE

39:07PIE OF THE ECONOMIC PIE THROUGH

39:09A NUMBER OF UM UH SO I

39:11APPRECIATE THE WORK AND

39:12CERTAINLY WILL SUPPORT IT.

39:13UM, UNDERSTANDING MY BACKGROUND

39:15,THIS TYPE OF WORK I GET IT

39:17FOR SURE.

39:18BUT THE QUESTION IS, UH, AND

39:19BEING VERY INTENTIONAL ABOUT

39:21OUTREACH, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE A

39:23NUMBER OF HIGH PROFILE PROJECTS

39:24THAT THE CITY ARE INVOLVED IN,

39:26RIGHT?

39:26UH, BANK OF AMERICA STADIUM,

39:28UH, THE PRACTICE FACILITY.

39:29BUT THE HAUNTEDA, UH,

39:31RELATIONSHIP WE HAVE WITH

39:32ATRIUM IN REFERENCE TO THE

39:34PEARL WHERE THERE ARE A NUMBER

39:35OF INITIATIVES THAT WE WANTED

39:37TO ENSURE, UH, THAT THERE WAS A

39:39HIGH LEVEL FOR PARTICIPATION

39:42NOTWITHSTANDING WHAT WE HAVE TO

39:43DO.

39:44UH, WHEN ARE WE GOING TO DO TO

39:46ENSURE THAT, UM, THOSE THE

39:48INTENTION OF THE COUNCIL UH AND

39:50THE UM IS STILL BEING UPHELD

39:54NOTWITHSTANDING THE LIMITATIONS

39:55THAT WE HAVE TO UM, WORK WITHIN

39:59SO WHAT'S THE POINT?

40:02WELL, UH, I LOVE THAT, UH, WORD

40:05INTENTIONALITY.

40:05UH, YOU KNOW, TO THE EXTENT

40:07THAT THIS, UH, SUPPORTS FOR A

40:10RESPONSE I WANT TO SAY TO YOU

40:12THAT SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE

40:13THERE'S NEVER BEEN A TIME WHEN

40:15THERE'S SO MUCH COLLABORATION

40:17ACROSS DEPARTMENTS.

40:19UH, WE'RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER

40:21.

40:21WHEN WE RECOGNIZE WHAT'S AT

40:23STAKE, WE LOOK AT ALL THE HIGH

40:25DOLLAR, UH, PROJECTS AND WE

40:27KNOW THAT, UH, IN THE SHORT

40:29TERM WE GO THROUGH THISA

40:30TRANSITION BUT WE HAVE, UH,

40:32MADE A COMMITMENT TO BE A

40:33NATION'S LEADING PROGRAM.

40:35NOTHING CHANGES IN THAT REGARD

40:37.

40:37UH, UNDER OUR LEADERSHIP OF UH.

40:40SURE.

40:40ALL RIGHT.

40:41UH, YOU KNOW, CBI HAS BEEN, UH

40:43,PLACED AT A POINT WHERE IT'S

40:46HIGH PRIORITY.

40:47SO OUR OUTREACH IS SUPER

40:49IMPORTANT IN MAKING SURE THAT

40:50WE GET OUT THERE AND TOUCH, UH,

40:52THOSE WHO NEED TO HEAR US.

40:54UH, IN ADDITION, INTERNALLY, UH

40:57,COMPLIANCE IS SO IMPORTANT.

40:58AND YOU KNOW THAT ADAGE WHAT,

41:00UH, GETS MEASURED GETS DONE SO

41:02,YOU KNOW, THERE'S A HIGH DOSE

41:05OF COMPLIANCE AND WE WILL

41:07LISTEN TO OUR MARKETPLACE

41:08VENDORS, UH, BASED ON THEIR

41:10NEED.

41:10THEY ARE ALL DIFFERENT.

41:12UH, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOW

41:13GROUPED UNDER SMALL BUSINESS,

41:15UH, WITH OUR ECONOMIC, UH,

41:17DEVELOPMENT COLLEAGUES.

41:18THEY ARE FOCUSED UBER FOCUSED

41:21ON CAPACITY BUILDING AND THAT

41:23WILL CONTINUE TO GROW I'M SURE

41:24.

41:25UH, SO REALLY, UH, LOOKING AT

41:27ALL OF THESE THINGS IN THE NAME

41:29OF INTENTIONALITY.

41:30SOA LET ME ASK A DIFFERENT WAY.

41:32SO WHAT ARE THE CONVERSATIONS

41:34THAT WE'RE HAVING WITH OUR

41:35EXTERNAL PARTNERS WHO HAVE

41:37COMMITTED TO WORK WITH THE CITY

41:39IN REFERENCE TO THE UTILIZATION

41:41OF SMALL AND MINORITY OWNED

41:42FIRMS BASED ON THE RECENT

41:43CHANGE IN STATE LAW.

41:45I WILL SAY UM.

41:47COUNCIL MEMBER THERE ARE

41:48CONTINUOUS DISCUSSIONS BEING.

41:50HAD WITH THE COMPANIES.

41:54UM MAKING SURE THEY UNDERSTAND

41:56THE LAW.

41:56HAS CHANGED.

41:58UH, THAT WE.

42:00HAVE A PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM

42:02AND WE HAVE A SB PROGRAM AND IF

42:05THEY NEED ASSISTANCE WITH

42:08LOCATING COMPANIES AND THINGS

42:09OF THAT NATURE, OUR CBI.

42:11TEAM IS HERE TO AID AND ASSIST

42:13.

42:13BUT A LOT OF THE DISCUSSIONS

42:15ARE ONGOING.

42:16THEY ARE INTENTIONAL AND WE'RE

42:19WORKING WITH LEADERSHIP IN

42:20EACH.

42:20>> OF THOSE COMPANIES.

42:21UH.

42:22>> AND ORGANIZATIONS TO DO OUR

42:23BEST TO GET THE BEST.

42:25>> DEAL AND MAINTAIN THE BEST

42:26DEALS.

42:26OKAY, SPEAKING FOR MALCOLM, THE

42:27LAW IS CHANGED BECAUSE THE

42:29EXPECTATION REMAINS THEA SAME,

42:30RIGHT?

42:31IN TERMS OF PUTTING OUR BEST

42:32FOOT FORWARD TO MAKE SURE THAT

42:34SMALL BUSINESSES ARE USED TO

42:36CORRECT TERM NOW ARE AT THE

42:37TABLE AND ARE BEING UTILIZED ON

42:39THESE MAJOR CITY PROJECTS.

42:40SO RIGHT.

42:41WE'RE WORKING VERY HARD AND

42:42WHEN STEVEN.

42:43GOES OVER THIS NEXT PIECE.

42:46IT'LL YOU'LL SEE.

42:47WHERE WE WE.

42:47>> WE KIND OF STAND.

42:49>> I.

42:49APPRECIATE YOU THANK YOU FOR

42:50THE WORK.

42:50THANK YOU WE APPRECIATE YOUR

42:52SUPPORT.

42:52THANK YOU FOR THE DISCUSSION.

42:54>> WE NOW.

42:54HAVE A MOTION THAT HAS BEEN

42:56PROPERLY SECOND ON.

42:57>> THE FLOOR.

42:58ALL IN.

42:59>> FAVOR PLEASE SAY I.

43:00>> AND OR RAISE YOUR HAND.

43:02I.

43:04UH.

43:07>> ANY OPPOSE.

43:10WOULD THAT IS SOUNDS UNANIMOUS

43:12.

43:12SO WE ARE MOVING THIS FORWARD

43:14TO.

43:14FOR COUNCIL THANK YOU STAFF FOR

43:16EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE DONE.

43:17AND NOW STEVE I'M TURNING IT

43:19BACK OVER TO.

43:20YOU BECAUSE.

43:20I THINK YOU.

43:21>> HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL GOOD

43:22INFORMATION TO SHARE.

43:23THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

43:25AND AS CHERYL POINTED OUT AT

43:26THE TOP OF THE MEETING, UH,

43:29THIS IS FORA INFORMATION ONLY.

43:31UH, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THESE

43:33ISSUES RELATIVE TO

43:36CERTIFICATION STANDARDS FOR THE

43:37BETTER PART OF THE YEAR.

43:39AND WHAT'S, UH, PROMPTED US TO

43:41BRING THIS TO YOU IS WE NOW

43:43FEEL IT'S IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO

43:46UNDERSTAND SOME OF THE ISSUES

43:47RELATIVE TO THE SIZE, STANDARDS

43:49AND GEOGRAPHIC AREA

43:52CONSIDERATIONS.

43:53CURRENTLY WE HAVE SIZE

43:55STANDARDS THAT HAVE BEEN IN

43:56PLACE FOR OVER TWO DECADES.

43:59AND SO WE'VE DISCUSSED

44:01MODERNIZATION AND BRINGING IT

44:02UP TO DATE UH, WITH BEST

44:04PRACTICES IN ALIGNMENT WITH OUR

44:06PEER CITIES RIGHT NOW TODAY OUR

44:10BUSINESS SIZE STANDARD IS 25%

44:13OF THE SMALL BUSINESS

44:14ENTERPRISE OR ADMINISTRATION UH

44:18,SIZE STANDARDS.

44:19UH, AGAIN WE ARE LOOKING AT

44:22PERHAPS 100% TO ALIGN WITH 2026

44:26PERSONAL WORTH.

44:27THIS GOES BACK MANY YEARSA

44:31$750,000 UH, WHICH EXCLUDES

44:34500,000 OF THE PRIMARY UH HOME

44:36UH AS WELL AS OWNERSHIP IN THE

44:38BUSINESS AND RETIREMENT UH,

44:40SAVINGS ACCOUNTS.

44:42UH AGAIN THAT'S OUTDATED.

44:44WE ARE LOOKING AT UPWARDS TO

44:48$2.47 MILLION WHICH AGAIN

44:49ALIGNS WITH SOME OF OUR PEER

44:51CITIES.

44:51UH, YOU KNOW, FOR THAT ONE, UH,

44:53THE STATE DOESN'T HAVE A

44:56PERSONAL NET WORTH AND THEN AS

44:58FAR AS SERVICE AREA RIGHT NOW

45:00WE HAVE 11 SURROUNDING COUNTIES

45:03THAT WE CAN PULL FROM.

45:04UH, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT

45:07OBVIOUSLY UH, AND SHARING THIS

45:09WITH YOU EXPANDING THAT BEYOND

45:12THE 11 COUNTIES.

45:13UH, IF ONE IS LOOKING AT THE

45:15NORTH CAROLINA, UH, YOU KNOW,

45:17STANDARDS RELATIVE TO WHERE

45:19FIRMS HAVE TO BE LOCATED, IT'S

45:21THE ENTIRE STATE.

45:23NEXT SLIDE.

45:28SO UH.

45:29WHAT THE CITY GAINSA AND WHAT IT

45:31MUST MANAGE SHOULD WE MAKE

45:33THESE CHANGES?

45:34UH, FIRST OF ALL, WE BELIEVE

45:37THAT A MEANINGFUL INCREASE IN

45:39CERTIFIED PSBS WOULD STRENGTHEN

45:42OUR SB GOAL SETTING WHICH MEANS

45:45THE MORE FIRMS WE HAVE HIGHER

45:47GOALS PARTICIPATION ACROSS ALL

45:50CITY PROJECTS INCLUDING

45:51CHARLOTTE.

45:52WATER AVIATION UH, BANK OF

45:55AMERICA STADIUM UH AS WELL AS

45:57THE FUTURE MOBILITY PLUS WORK.

46:00NOW IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT UH

46:02YOU KNOW WHAT WE REALLY GAIN

46:05GROWING FIRMS UH, STAY

46:07CERTIFIED LONGER INSTEAD OF

46:09AGING OUT AND THAT IS NEEDED

46:12PARTICULARLY WHEN WE LOOK AT

46:12LIKE OUR A AND E TYPE OF UH

46:14BUSINESSES WE HAVE A LOT OF

46:16THEM GRADUATE AND WE DON'T HAVE

46:17MUCH TO PULL FROM BUT WE ALSO

46:20HAVE SO MANY AREAS UH, THAT WE

46:22NEED TO BOOST UP OUR NUMBERS.

46:24BUT MANY OF THE FIRMS UH THEY

46:27JUST UH HAVE EXCEEDED WHAT OUR

46:29THRESHOLDSA CURRENTLY ALLOW.

46:31RIGHT NOW WE HAVE ABOUT 20 UH,

46:34FIRMS THAT WE HAVE RECENTLY

46:36DENIED BECAUSE THEY DON'T MEET

46:38THE STANDARDS.

46:39AND SO WE KNOW THAT THIS IS

46:41SOMETHING WE WE SHOULD REALLY

46:42CONSIDER.

46:42AND THEN AS FAR AS STATEWIDE

46:44REACH WE WENT DOWN THIS PATH AS

46:47YOU MAY RECALL WITH THE ENDS

46:48AND PREVIOUSLY WE EXPANDED

46:51ACROSS THE STATE.

46:52BUT WHAT WE FOUND EVEN THOUGH

46:53WE DID AND THAT ALLOWED FOR

46:55MORE PARTICIPATION MOST OF THE

46:57COMPANIES ARE RIGHT HERE IN

46:59MECKLENBURG, SO IT REALLY

47:00DOESN'T HAVE THE KIND OF IMPACT

47:02WHERE WE THINK THAT FOLKS WILL

47:03NOT HAVE A REAL OPPORTUNITY.

47:05PLUS WITH MOBILITY PLUS YOU

47:08KNOW THERE'S GOING TO BE SO

47:09MUCH WORK AND I'LL SAY WE NEED

47:11THE HORSES TO PULL THE WAGON.

47:14SO THIS IS A MAJOR, MAJOR

47:15REASON WHY WE'RE ASKING YOU TO

47:18WHEN THIS BECOMES PART OF YOUR

47:21DISCUSSIONS YOU UNDERSTAND OUR

47:23CONSIDERATIONS HERE.

47:24ANY QUESTIONS MEMBERS OF THE

47:26COMMITTEE.

47:27COMMITTEE MEMBERS ONLY.

47:30.A

47:30>> COUNCILMEMBER.

47:31NOTHING BUT I JUST.

47:32THAT WATLINGTON.

47:35I WAS JUST SAYING NOTHING.

47:36>> FOR ME.

47:36OH THANK YOU.

47:37COUNCILMEMBER MINES.

47:38>> WHAT.

47:39I DO.

47:39YES.

47:39THANK YOU SO MUCH.

47:40UM I JUST.

47:41WOULD LIKE TO PUT.

47:42INTO THE ROOM SOMETHING THAT MY

47:43COLLEAGUE COUNCIL MEMBER GRAHAM

47:45HAS PUT INTO THE ROOM ON

47:46VARIOUS OCCASIONS, WHICH IS HOW

47:48WE ARE INTENTIONAL WITH WORKING

47:50WITH OUR EXTERNAL.

47:52PARTNERS SUCH AS.

47:52THE CHARLOTTE REGIONAL BUSINESS

47:54ALLIANCE AND IDENTIFYING

47:56OPPORTUNITIES AND ENGAGING

47:57SMALL BUSINESSES UH, NOT ONLY

48:00THROUGH CERTIFICATION BUT ALSO

48:02HOW DO WE HELP AND FACILITATE

48:06ACCESS TO CAPITAL AND GROWING

48:07THESE BUSINESSES?

48:09UM, TO ENSURE THAT YOU'RE

48:12YOU'RE ANSWERING THESE

48:13QUESTIONS ABOUT NET WORTH

48:14SERVICE AREA AND SUCCESS AND

48:15WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE.

48:16THANK YOU.

48:18SO THE ONLY.

48:20QUESTION THAT I WOULD HAVE IS

48:22THE RECOMMENDATION IS FOR

48:25CHARLOTTE TO ALIGN WITH THE

48:282.47 MILLION WHICH IS THE

48:29STANDARD.

48:29HAVEA WE DONE THE RESEARCH TO

48:31SEE IF THAT IS THE NUMBER FOR

48:33CHARLOTTE?

48:35BECAUSE IF OUR NUMBER IS 2.2

48:38THEN I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF.

48:41THAT 2.47 MILLION WOULD CAPTURE

48:45THOSE 20 PLUS THAT WERE OUTSIDE

48:49OF OUR CURRENT RANGE OF

48:52750,000.

48:53GREAT.

48:53IF WE NOTICED THAT SOME WENT A

48:56LITTLE BIT OVER AND SAY 2.1 AND

49:012.2 IS THE NUMBER I FEEL LIKE

49:04CHARLOTTE WHICH WE HISTORICALLY

49:05HAVE BEEN THE LEADER ON A LOT

49:07OF CONVERSATIONS VERSUS JUST

49:09LOOKING AT PEER CITIES, WHICH

49:11IS EXTREMELY HELPFUL LOOKING AT

49:13CHARLOTTE AND WHAT WE'RE SEEING

49:15WITH GROWTH AND OPPORTUNITY AS

49:17WE'RE HAVING HAVING THE CHANCE

49:20TO ADVANCE THIS CONVERSATION.

49:22SO THAT WILL BE THE ONLY

49:24ADDITION THAT I WOULD ASK FOR

49:27CONSIDERATION OTHERWISE I

49:28SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGEA THE

49:31DIRECTION THAT WE'RE GOING.

49:32COLLEAGUES DIDJA HAVE ANY.

49:33OTHER QUESTIONS WITH THAT WE

49:36ARE GOING.

49:36>> TO MOVE.

49:37ON THEN THANK YOU VERY.

49:38MUCH FOR THE UPDATE AND I.

49:39BELIEVE WE'RE NOW GOING INTO.

49:42INFORMATION ONLY.

49:43ON OUTSTANDING.

49:44ITEM WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT A.

49:46SMALL BUSINESS.

49:47UPDATES THE BUSINESS DISTRICT

49:49ORGANIZATIONS.

49:50AND WITH THAT ONE I AM.

49:51TURNING IT OVER TO.

49:54UH EDI.

49:55DIRECTOR SHAUNA.

49:58THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.

49:59I'M ALSO GOING TO CALL UP A

50:01COLLEAGUE.

50:01UH, JOHNSON BRAY FROM ECONOMIC

50:04DEVELOPMENT AS WELL.

50:19SO WE'RE HAPPY TO PRESENT TO

50:21YOU A UM UPDATE.

50:24ON BUSINESS DISTRICT

50:25ORGANIZATIONS.

50:26UM, AS YOU KNOW THAT, UH.

50:28SMALL BUSINESS SUPPORT IS.

50:29VERYA KEY AN.

50:30INTEGRAL PART OF THE CITY OF

50:33CHARLOTTE, UM, SERVICE TO OUR

50:35COMMUNITY AND SMALL BUSINESS

50:37SUPPORT AND OUR.

50:39LOCAL COMMUNITY.

50:40DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT SHOWS UP IN

50:41A MULTITUDE OF AREAS.

50:43UH, WHETHER THAT'S THROUGH

50:45WORKFORCE.

50:45DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE.

50:46>> YOU CAN'T HAVE JOBS IF YOU

50:47DON'T HAVE BUSINESSES, UM.

50:49>> THAT IMPACT.

50:50REPORT WHEN IT COMES TO

50:51MOBILITY, UM, THE ECONOMIC

50:53DEVELOPMENT UH.

50:54FOR SMALL BUSINESS ECOSYSTEM

50:56ASSESSMENT, UM IS ALSO

50:58MENTIONED HEAVILY IN OUR

50:59CORRIDORS OF OPPORTUNITY

51:00IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES.

51:03UH ANTI DISPLACEMENT STRATEGIES

51:04WITHIN HOUSING AND NEIGHBORHOOD

51:05SERVICES AND ALSO OUR 2040 COMP

51:08PLAN.

51:09AND AS YOU WILL REMEMBER OVER.

51:11>> THE COURSE OF THE PAST YEAR

51:12OR SO UH THERE'S BEEN THIS

51:14EVOLUTION OF JUST DIALOG ABOUT

51:16HOW WE'RE GOING TO SUPPORT UM

51:18COMMUNITIES WHEN IT COMES TO

51:19BUSINESS DISTRICT

51:20ORGANIZATIONS.

51:20BACK IN JUNE OF LAST.

51:21YEAR WE.

51:22HAD A UH COMMITTEE

51:24PRESENTATION.

51:25UH SOME OF THE MEMBERS HERE

51:26TODAY WERE NOT THERE UH,

51:28YESTERDAY UH.

51:29BACK IN JUNE. A

51:30BUT UH, THIS WAS THE EVOLUTION

51:32OF UH HOW WE SUPPORTING OUR

51:34BUSINESS DISTRICTS SOME OF THE

51:36UH, PREVIOUS FUNDING.

51:38AND RESOURCES THAT WERE

51:39PROVIDED UH, BACK IN.

51:41OCTOBER OF LAST YEAR WE ALSO

51:43HAD.

51:43>> A UH, POLICY REFERRAL UPDATE

51:45FOR THE ANTI DISPLACEMENT UM,

51:48REFERRAL.

51:48>> ABOUT.

51:49STRATEGIES IN ORDER TO HELP

51:51SMALL BUSINESSES THAT ARE IN

51:52THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO MAKE SURE.

51:53>> THAT.

51:54THEY ARE RESILIENT, UH,

51:55ESPECIALLY WHEN THERE'S CHANGE

51:56HAPPENING IN THE COMMUNITY AND

51:58GROWTH UH, BACK IN FEBRUARY OF

52:00THIS YEAR WE PRESENTED UH

52:02CORRIDORS OF OPPORTUNITY

52:04PRESENTATION.

52:04IT ALSO HAD UH A BUSINESS

52:06DISTRICT LENS UH TO THAT AS

52:08WELL.

52:08AND IN MAY OF THIS YEAR UH

52:10THERE WAS A PROPOSED BUDGET IN

52:13ADOPTED BUDGET TO SUPPORT

52:15BUSINESS DISTRICT ORGANIZATIONS

52:16AT UH $600,000.

52:19SO I'M SHARING.

52:19THIS INFORMATION WITH YOU

52:21BECAUSE UH WHICH YOU'LL SEE IN

52:22THE PRESENTATION, UM, REALLY IS

52:25A CULMINATION OF A LOT OF

52:27DIFFERENT DISCUSSIONS IN

52:28FEEDBACK.

52:29SO WHETHER IT'S THROUGH

52:30PREVIOUSA PROGRAMS AND RESOURCES

52:31THAT WE'VE HAD UH, SOME OF THE

52:34COMMENTARY THAT WE'VE HAD OVER

52:34THE COURSE OF THE PAST YEAR UM

52:36,REALLY RECEIVING FEEDBACK

52:39FROM THE COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT

52:40ARE PART OF THIS COMMITTEE IN

52:41REGARDS TO UNDERSTANDING THE

52:44SIZE, SCOPE AND SCALE OF

52:45RESOURCES THAT WE'RE GOING TO

52:46PROVIDE, UH, BEING INTENTIONAL

52:49ABOUT HOW RESOURCES ARE

52:51DEPLOYED.

52:51UH, UNDERSTANDING.

52:53METRICS AND.

52:53IMPACT WITHIN.

52:55>> THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THESE

52:56BUSINESS DISTRICT ORGANIZATIONS

52:58AND.

52:58ALSO UNDERSTANDING.

52:59THAT, UH, THERE'S STILL

53:01RESOURCES THAT NEED TO BE

53:02PROVIDED TO THESE ORGANIZATIONS

53:03TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE UM,

53:06SUSTAINABLE, UM, TO HELP US

53:08SUPPORT THE GROWTH OF OUR

53:09COMMUNITIES.

53:09SO WITH.

53:10>> THAT BEING SAID, I'M GOING

53:11TO TURN THIS.

53:11OVER TO JOHNSON UH BRAY TO

53:14PRESENT.

53:14THE FRAMEWORK FOR THE BUSINESS

53:16DISTRICT UH SUPPORT

53:18ORGANIZATION PROGRAM AND UH TO

53:20PROVIDE SOME UPDATES ON A LOT

53:22OF THE FEEDBACK THAT WE'VE

53:23RECEIVED FROM THIS PARTICULAR

53:24BODY IN ADDITION TO, UH, A LOT

53:27OF THE BEST PRACTICES THAT

53:28WE'RE LOOKING TO INCORPORATE

53:29INTO THIS NEW PROGRAM. A

53:33THANK YOU.

53:33>> SHAW.

53:34UH, GOOD MORNING.

53:35UH, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE

53:36COUNCIL.

53:37UH, MY NAME IS JOHNSON BRAY.

53:39I'M THE PROGRAM MANAGER FOR

53:40CORRIDORS OF OPPORTUNITY.

53:41UM, I'M HOUSE IN THE ECONOMIC

53:43DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT TODAY

53:44I'M GOING TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE

53:46ON OUR WORK WITH BUSINESS

53:47DISTRICT ORGANIZATIONS OR BOTH

53:49AND SPECIFICALLY WALK THROUGH

53:50THE PROPOSED BUSINESS DISTRICT

53:51SUPPORT PROGRAM OR AS I'LL

53:53REFER TO IT FOR THE REST OF THE

53:55PRESENTATION, THE PROGRAM

53:56BUILDS ON WHAT WE'VE LEARNED

53:57THROUGH OUR EXISTING

53:59PARTNERSHIPS, UH, WITH BUSINESS

54:01DISTRICT ORGANIZATIONS WHETHER

54:02THAT'S THROUGH B3, UH, THE

54:04BREAKING BARRIERS TO BUSINESS

54:05OR S3 THE START SCALE SUSTAINED

54:07PROGRAM HOUSED IN THE CORRIDORS

54:08OF OPPORTUNITY AND IT CREATES A

54:10MUCH MORE STRUCTURED APPROACH

54:12FOR SUPPORTING OUR BUILDERS AND

54:13THEIR WORK MOVING FORWARD.

54:22THE BUSINESS.

54:22DISTRICT SUPPORT PROGRAM

54:24TOUCHES ON ALL FIVE OF

54:25COUNCIL'S STRATEGIC PRIORITIES

54:26.

54:27HOWEVER, ITS STRONGEST

54:28ALIGNMENTS ARE WITH WORKFORCE

54:29AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, AGREAT

54:31NEIGHBORHOOD AND WELL-MANAGED

54:32GOVERNMENT.

54:33THE PURPOSE OF TODAY'S

54:34PRESENTATION IS TO PROVIDE SOME

54:35ADDITIONAL DETAILS ABOUT THE

54:37PROGRAM AND RESPOND TO

54:38QUESTIONS.

54:39THIS IS AN INFORMATION ONLY

54:40ITEM.

54:41THERE ARE THREE MAJOR TAKEAWAYS

54:42I WOULD LIKE YOU GUYS TO HAVE

54:44TODAY.

54:45UH BSP ENHANCES AND SUSTAINS

54:46THE CITY'S INVESTMENT IN

54:48ORGANIZATIONS DOING BUSINESS

54:49DISTRICT WORK.

54:50BSP RECOGNIZES THE VARYING

54:53LEVELS OF ORGANIZATIONAL

54:54CAPACITY BETWEEN THE BUSINESS

54:55DISTRICT ORGANIZATIONS.

54:57BSP CREATES A CONSISTENT

54:59FRAMEWORK FOR ACCOUNTABILITY,

55:00PERFORMANCE AND ORGANIZATIONAL

55:02CAPACITY BEFORE GETTING INTO

55:04THE DETAILS ITSELF, I THINK

55:06IT'S HELPFUL TO SEE HOW IT

55:07DEVELOPED OVER TIME.

55:11A MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION IS

55:12OFTEN THE STARTING POINT.

55:13A MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION MAY BE

55:15A VOLUNTEER LED ORGANIZATION.

55:17THEY CAN BE RELATIVELY INFORMAL

55:18FORMED BY THE MERCHANTS

55:20THEMSELVES OR THEY CAN BE A

55:22NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION FOCUSED

55:24IMMEDIATELY ON THE NEEDS OF ITS

55:25MEMBERS.

55:26PROGRAMS LIKE B3 AND START

55:28SKILLS SUSTAINED ALLOWED US TO

55:29BEGIN INVESTING IN THESEA

55:30ORGANIZATIONS MORE

55:31INTENTIONALLY OVER TIME,

55:33HELPING THEM ESTABLISH THEIR

55:34GOALS, BUILD STRUCTURE AND

55:35EXPAND THEIR CAPACITY.

55:37HOWEVER, THEY ALSO HIGHLIGHTED

55:38GAPS IN OR IN THE

55:40ORGANIZATION'S CAPACITY ITSELF

55:41.

55:42PDS TAKES THE NEXT STEP IT

55:44CREATES AN ONGOING FRAMEWORK

55:46AROUND INVESTMENT WITH CITY

55:47PROVIDED TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE,

55:49STANDARDIZED PERFORMANCE AND

55:50TECHNICAL REPORTING AND FUNDING

55:52TIERS BASED ON ORGANIZATIONAL

55:53CAPACITY.

55:54YOU'LL NOTICE CAPACITY IS A

55:56MAJOR THEME OF THIS

55:57PRESENTATION AND I AM GOING TO

55:59SAY IT A LOT TODAY I'M SORRY.

56:01UH, BSP IS NOT JUST ABOUT

56:03GIVING ORGANIZATIONS MORE

56:04FUNDING.

56:05IT CREATES A PATHWAY FOR

56:06ORGANIZATIONS TO BECOME

56:07STRONGER, MORE PROFESSIONAL

56:08PARTNERS IN THEIR DISTRICTS.

56:10NOW I'M GOING TO TELL YOU A

56:11LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PURPOSE OF

56:13THE PROGRAM.

56:15BSP IS INTENDED TO DO THREE

56:16MAJOR THINGS PROVIDE A UNIFIED

56:18FRAMEWORK FOR HOW WE SUPPORT

56:19THE NEIGHBORHOOD DISTRICTS

56:20ACROSS THE CITY.

56:21BOTH ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE

56:22CURRENTLY DOING THIS WORK AND

56:24ORGANIZATIONS THAT WILL BE

56:24DOING THIS WORK IN THE FUTURE

56:26BETTER ALIGN THE WORK HAPPENING

56:28AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL WITH

56:29BROADER CITYA PRIORITIES AND

56:31BUILD LONG TERM CAPACITY FOR

56:33SMALL BUSINESS LED

56:34REVITALIZATION.

56:35OUR CDOS ARE THE CLOSEST TO THE

56:37BUSINESSES, PROPERTY OWNERS AND

56:39DAY TO DAY CONDITIONS IN THE

56:40DISTRICT.

56:41THE INTENT IS TO GIVE THEM THE

56:42STRUCTURE AND CAPACITY TO

56:44TRANSLATE THAT LOCAL KNOWLEDGE

56:46INTO SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC

56:47DEVELOPMENT WORK.

56:49WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE PURPOSE.

56:50NOW I'M GOING TO TELL YOU ABOUT

56:52THE GOALS.

56:53THE PRINCIPLES TRANSLATE INTO

56:55THREE PROGRAMMATIC GOALS.

56:56WE WANT VIBRANT, WALKABLE,

56:58ECONOMICALLY VIABLE COMMUNITY

57:00COMMERCIAL CORRIDORS.

57:01WE WANT TO REDUCE BARRIERS FOR

57:02SMALL BUSINESS BY HAVING

57:04ORGANIZATIONS ON THE GROUND

57:05THAT CONNECT CAN CONNECT

57:07BUSINESSES TO RESOURCES,

57:09PROVIDE REFERRALS AND

57:10COORDINATE DIRECTLY WITH CITY

57:12PARTNERS.

57:12AND WE WANT CONSISTENCY AND

57:14ACCOUNTABILITY ACROSS

57:16ORGANIZATIONS WORKING IN

57:16DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS

57:17THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

57:19IF THE CITY IS INVESTING

57:20DOLLARS IN THESE ORGANIZATIONS,

57:22WE NEED A COMMON UNDERSTANDING

57:23OF WHAT THAT INVESTMENT IS

57:25INTENDED TO ACCOMPLISH AND HOW

57:27THE RESULTS WILL BE MEASURED.

57:29IMPORTANTLY, CONSISTENCYA

57:30DOESN'T MEAN THAT EVERY

57:31DISTRICT WILL LOOK THE SAME.

57:33IT MEANS THAT WE HAVE

57:35CONSISTENT EXPECTATIONS FOR HOW

57:36THE ORGANIZED ORGANIZATIONS

57:38OPERATE AND REPORT THEIR WORK.

57:40WE'VE ESTABLISHED THE BASICS.

57:42NOW LET'S GET INTO A FEW MORE

57:43SPECIFICS.

57:44HOW DOES THE CITY SUPPORT BSP?

57:47THE CITY'S ROLE GOES BEYOND

57:48PROVIDING FINANCIAL SUPPORT.

57:50WE BEGIN TO HELP ORGANIZATIONS

57:52UNDERSTAND THEIR DISTRICTS BY

57:53HAVING COMMUNITY MEETINGS, FIND

57:56OUT WHO THE BUSINESS AND

57:57PROPERTIES ARE.

57:58UH.

57:59>> FIND OUT WHO THE

58:00STAKEHOLDERS MAY BE SOME THAT

58:02MIGHT HAVE NOT BEEN ADDRESSED

58:03BEFORE.

58:04UM FIND OUT WHAT THE ECONOMIC

58:06CONDITIONS ARE BY PULLING REAL

58:08TIME DATA AND WHERE THE

58:10OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES

58:11EXIST.

58:13WE HELP THE ORGANIZATION ITSELF

58:14THROUGH GOVERNANCE UM, HELPING

58:16THEM WITH COURSES ON FINANCIAL

58:18MANAGEMENT AND NONPROFIT

58:19MANAGEMENT AS WELL AS OTHER

58:21CAPACITY BUILDING SUPPORT.

58:23WE HELP STRENGTHEN THE WORK

58:24THEY ARE DOING IN THE DISTRICT

58:25UH, THROUGH TECHNICAL

58:27ASSISTANCE AROUND THE FIVE

58:29PRINCIPLES OF THE PROGRAMA

58:30INCLUDING BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

58:32,SAFETY, ORGANIZATIONAL

58:33CAPACITY MARKETING, UH AND

58:35EVENTS AND PLACEMAKING.

58:37AND FINALLY WE HELP THEM PLAN

58:39FOR A FUTURE SO THAT THEY MOVE

58:41FROM REACTING TOWARD TO

58:43IMMEDIATE NEEDS TOWARDS

58:44IMPLEMENTING A DELIBERATE LONG

58:45TERM STRATEGY.

58:46YEAR ONE WOULD FOCUS ON

58:49POSITIONING AND VISIONING

58:50FOLLOWED BY THE DEVELOPMENT OF

58:52A 3 TO 5 YEAR WORK PLAN WITH

58:53THE GOALS OF A DELIBERATE DATE

58:56INFORMED DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT

58:57ROOTED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD'S

58:59COMMERCIAL AND CULTURAL

59:01IDENTITY.

59:07ONE OF THE LESSONS THAT OUR

59:09EXISTING PROGRAMS TAUGHT US IS

59:10THAT THE IDEAS ARE NOT ALL

59:12STARTING AT THE SAME PLACE SOME

59:13ARE MATURE ORGANIZATIONS WITH

59:15FULL TIME PROFESSIONAL STAFF,

59:17ESTABLISHED BOARDS AND STRONG

59:18FINANCIAL SYSTEMS AND YEARS OF

59:20PROGRAMING.

59:21OTHERS ARE NEWER ORGANIZATIONS

59:23THAT MAY STILL BE VOLUNTEER

59:24LED.

59:25AND THE.

59:26DEVELOPMENT AND.

59:27DEVELOPING THOSE CAPACITY

59:29BUILDING SYSTEMS.

59:30BSPA IS DESIGNED TO SUPPORT BOTH

59:32TYPES OF ORGANIZATIONS AND

59:33EVERYONE IN BETWEEN.

59:35RATHER THAN EXPECTING EVERY

59:37ORGANIZATION TO PERFORM AT THE

59:38SAME LEVEL, WE PROVIDE FUNDING

59:40AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE

59:41APPROPRIATE TO WHERE THEY ARE

59:42TODAY WHILE CREATING CLEAR

59:44EXPECTATIONS OF HOW THEY CAN

59:45GROW.

59:47I'LL GO OVER WHAT THE BDA HAS

59:49RECEIVED FOR THEIR

59:49PARTICIPATION.

59:51THEREFORE PRIMARY COMPONENTS TO

59:54TO SUPPORT THE ORGANIZATIONS

59:55RECEIVE OPERATING CAPITAL.

59:57THESE ORGANIZATIONS NEED

59:58ORGANIZATIONAL CAPACITY IN

59:59ORDER TO DO THE DISTRICT WORK

1:00:01WE ARE ASKING THEM TO DO AND

1:00:03THEY NEED FUNDING IN ORDER TO

1:00:05BUILD CAPACITY.

1:00:07TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE INCLUDES

1:00:08AREAS LIKE NONPROFIT MANAGEMENT

1:00:10,FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT,

1:00:11BUSINESS RECRUITMENT AND

1:00:12RETENTION, FUNDRAISING,

1:00:14BRANDING EVENTS AND GRANT

1:00:15ADMINISTRATION STRATEGIC

1:00:17PLANNING WE WANT EACH

1:00:19ORGANIZATION WORKING FROM A

1:00:20CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF ITS

1:00:21DISTRICT AND A DEFINED PLAN OF

1:00:23WORK PATHWAYS TO GROWTH

1:00:26ORGANIZATIONS ARE NOT LOCKED

1:00:27INTO THE CAPACITY LEVEL WHERE

1:00:29THEY ENTER THE PROGRAM.

1:00:30THEA STRUCTURE IS INTENTIONALLY

1:00:32DESIGNED SO THAT AN

1:00:33ORGANIZATION CAN STRENGTHEN ITS

1:00:34SYSTEMS AND MOVE INTO A HIGHER

1:00:36TIER OVER TIME.

1:00:40PATHWAYS FOR ORGANIZATIONS AT

1:00:42DIFFERENT LEVELS I MENTIONED

1:00:43TIERS IN THE LAST SLIDE.

1:00:45UM EACH ORGANIZATION'S FUNDING

1:00:47DEPENDS ON THE TIER IN WHICH

1:00:48THEY FALL UH, WHICH WE WILL

1:00:50DETERMINE VIA ORGANIZATIONAL

1:00:52ASSESSMENT.

1:00:53TIER ONE R IS FOR EMERGING AND

1:00:55DEVELOPING ORGANIZATIONS AND

1:00:57THEY CAN RECEIVE $60,000

1:00:58ANNUALLY.

1:00:59THESE MAY BE ORGANIZATIONS THAT

1:01:01ARE STILL VOLUNTEER LED OR

1:01:02MINIMALLY STAFFED AND ARE

1:01:03BUILDING THEIR GOVERNANCE

1:01:04FINANCIAL AND OPERATING SYSTEMS

1:01:06.

1:01:06TIER TWO ORGANIZATIONS WOULD

1:01:08RECEIVE $100,000.

1:01:09THESE ARE THE MORE MATURE

1:01:11ORGANIZATIONS WITH STRONGER

1:01:12GOVERNANCE AND FINANCIAL

1:01:13SYSTEMS.

1:01:14PROFESSIONAL CAPACITY

1:01:16PROGRAMING AND CONSISTENT

1:01:17REPORTING RECORDS.

1:01:18TIER THREE ORGANIZATIONS

1:01:20RECEIVE $125,000.

1:01:22THESE ARE MATURE ORGANIZATIONS

1:01:24WITH YEARS OF EXPERIENCE,

1:01:25STRONG GOVERNANCE, FINANCIAL

1:01:27SYSTEMS, PROFESSIONAL CAPACITY

1:01:29PROGRAMING AND CONSISTENT

1:01:30REPORTINGA RECORDS.

1:01:31TIER PLACEMENT IS NOT JUST

1:01:32BASED ON ONE FACTOR AND IT

1:01:35ISN'T INTENDED TO BE PERMANENT

1:01:37ORGANIZATIONS HAVE A DEFINED

1:01:38PATHWAY TO MOVE UP OVER TIME.

1:01:39THEY MAY APPLY FOR TIER

1:01:41ADVANCEMENT EVERY YEAR AND

1:01:43ADVANCEMENT IS NOT DETERMINED

1:01:45BY UM IS DETERMINED BY ANOTHER

1:01:47ORGANIZATIONAL ASSESSMENT AND

1:01:48IT IS NOT GUARANTEED.

1:01:50BUT WE WOULD PROVIDE FEEDBACK

1:01:52ON HOW THE ORGANIZATION COULD

1:01:54IMPROVE ITS APPLICATION THE

1:01:55NEXT TIME.

1:01:57ALSO IMPORTANTLY, ORGANIZATIONS

1:01:59THAT MAY NOT FIT INTO THESE

1:02:00THREE TIERS MAY PARTICIPATE IN

1:02:02THE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE

1:02:04PACKAGE FREE OF CHARGE IN ORDER

1:02:07TO APPLY THE NEXT YEAR.

1:02:12WHAT VIDEOS PROVIDE THE CITY

1:02:14THIS ISN'T A ONE WAY

1:02:15RELATIONSHIP UM THIS IS A

1:02:18PARTNERSHIP.

1:02:18SO THE CITY RECEIVES SOMETHING

1:02:20SIGNIFICANT IN RETURN FOR ITS

1:02:22INVESTMENT.

1:02:23VIDEOS ARE NOT JUST GRANT

1:02:24RECIPIENTS THEY BECOME ON THE

1:02:26GROUND DISTRICT PARTNERS FOR

1:02:27THE CITY.

1:02:28THEY PROVIDE DISTRICT LEVEL

1:02:29DATA ON THINGS SUCHA AS

1:02:30VACANCIES, BUSINESS OPENINGS OR

1:02:32CLOSURES.

1:02:33THE NUMBERS OF JOBS CREATED OR

1:02:34LOST IN THE DISTRICT THROUGHOUT

1:02:36THE YEAR, PRIVATE INVESTMENT

1:02:38INVENTORIES OF BUSINESS AND

1:02:39PROPERTY OWNERS VIDEOS ALSO

1:02:41PROVIDE BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE

1:02:43THROUGH DIRECT RELATIONSHIPS

1:02:44WITH THE BUSINESSES THEY'RE THE

1:02:46CLOSEST TO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE

1:02:49STAKEHOLDERS IN OUR CORRIDORS

1:02:51OF OPPORTUNITY AND BEYOND WHO

1:02:53NEED ASSISTANCE WITH ISSUES

1:02:55BUSINESSES ARE ENCOUNTERING IN

1:02:56REAL TIME AND WHERE RESOURCES

1:02:57AND REFERRALS MAY BE NEEDED.

1:02:59WE ALSO RECEIVE DOCUMENTATION

1:03:01OF DISTRICT ACTIVITIES SUCH AS

1:03:02EVENTS, ACTIVATIONS OR

1:03:04PROGRAMING AND WORK OCCURRING

1:03:06ACROSS THE PROGRAM STRATEGY

1:03:08AREAS.

1:03:09AND FINALLY THERE'S

1:03:10ACCOUNTABILITY ORGANIZATIONS

1:03:12PROVIDE FINANCIAL REPORTING

1:03:13BOARD INFORMATION, ANNUAL PLANS

1:03:15OF WORK AND DOCUMENTATION OF

1:03:16CITY FUNDED ACTIVITIES.

1:03:20TAKEN TOGETHER, THIS GIVES THE

1:03:21CITY SOMETHING WE DO NOT SIMPLY

1:03:23GET BY ISSUING A GRANT

1:03:25CONSISTENT NEIGHBORHOOD LEVEL

1:03:26INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT IS

1:03:27HAPPENING IN OUR COMMERCIAL

1:03:28DISTRICTS AND A LOCAL PARTNER

1:03:30CAPABLEA OF ACTING ON SUCH

1:03:31INFORMATION.

1:03:35NOW FOR.

1:03:36>> WHO CAN PARTICIPATE IN THIS

1:03:37PROGRAM.

1:03:38ORGANIZATIONS MUST MEET CERTAIN

1:03:40QUALIFICATIONS IN ORDER TO

1:03:41PARTICIPATE THEY MUST.

1:03:42>> BE AN.

1:03:43ELIGIBLE NONPROFIT IN GOOD

1:03:44STANDING WITH THE NORTH

1:03:45CAROLINA SECRETARY OF STATE.

1:03:47THEY MUST HAVE A PRESENCE IN

1:03:48THEIR BUSINESS DISTRICT.

1:03:50THEY SERVE FOR AT LEAST 12

1:03:51MONTHS PRIOR TO APPLICATION.

1:03:52THEY MUST PROVIDE BROAD RANGE

1:03:54BUSINESS SUPPORT THAT IS NOT

1:03:56JUST AN INDUSTRY SPECIFIC

1:03:57ORGANIZATION AND PROPERTY

1:03:59OWNERS SUPPORT AND SERVE THE

1:04:01WIDER BUSINESS COMMUNITY.

1:04:03WE EXPECT ORGANIZATIONS TO

1:04:04DEMONSTRATE THE CITY'S

1:04:05FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE AND

1:04:07REPORTING REQUIREMENTS AND

1:04:08THERE ARE ALSO SOME KEY

1:04:10EXEMPTIONS ON WHO MAY

1:04:11PARTICIPATE.

1:04:12ORGANIZATIONS AFFILIATED WITH

1:04:14MUNICIPAL SERVICE DISTRICTS ARE

1:04:15NOT ELIGIBLE FOR BSP FUNDING,

1:04:18AND WE ARE NOT ACCEPTING FISCAL

1:04:20SPONSORSHIPS IN PLACE OF AN

1:04:21ORGANIZATION HAVING ITS OWN

1:04:22CAPACITY TO RECEIVE AND

1:04:23ADMINISTER CITY FUNDS.

1:04:25ONCE AN ORGANIZATION MEETS

1:04:27THESE BASELINE REQUIREMENTS,

1:04:28THE TIER STRUCTURE IS

1:04:29DETERMINED BY ANA ORGANIZATIONAL

1:04:31ASSESSMENT TO FIND THE

1:04:34APPROPRIATE LEVEL OF SUPPORT

1:04:35AND FUNDING.

1:04:38ORGANIZATIONS THAT DO NOT MEET

1:04:39THIS REQUIREMENT MAY

1:04:40PARTICIPATE IN THE TECHNICAL

1:04:42ASSISTANCE CURRICULUM LIKE I

1:04:43MENTIONED.

1:04:43BEFORE.

1:04:44>> AND THEY MAY APPLY NEXT YEAR

1:04:46FOR SUPPORT.

1:04:50OVERALL, THE GOAL IS TO SUSTAIN

1:04:52THE VALUE WE'VE SEEN FROM

1:04:52INVESTING IN BUSINESS DISTRICT

1:04:54ORGANIZATIONS WHILE PUTTING

1:04:56STRONGER STRUCTURE AROUND

1:04:57INVESTMENT.

1:04:58BSP GIVES ORGANIZATIONS THE

1:05:00RESOURCES AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT

1:05:02TO GROW AND IT GIVES THE CITY

1:05:03CLEAR EXPECTATIONS, BETTER

1:05:05DATA, GREATER ACCOUNTABILITY.

1:05:06FOR PUBLIC DOLLARS BEING

1:05:08INVESTED.

1:05:09ANY QUESTIONS?

1:05:10THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION

1:05:13AND FOR RESPONDING TO NOT ONLY

1:05:18.

1:05:18COUNCIL MEMBERS.

1:05:19BUT ALSO TO COMMUNITY.

1:05:21I DEFINITELY WANT TO THANK

1:05:23COUNCIL MEMBER MANCE A WIDER

1:05:24AUDIENCE AS WELL AS MAYOR PRO

1:05:26TEM AND I.

1:05:26BELIEVE KIM LIVE WHERE YOU'RE.

1:05:29>> A PART UH.

1:05:30ATHESE CONVERSATIONS ON.

1:05:32THE UPCOMING.

1:05:34MALCOLM AND FOR ALL OF YOU

1:05:36THAT.

1:05:37YEAH A COMMITTEE I WASN'T A

1:05:39PART OF SO, UH, AD HOC TO HAVE

1:05:42REAL DISCUSSION AROUND THIS.

1:05:43THE QUESTION I DO HAVE ON THE

1:05:45LAST SLIDE GOING BACK TO SLIDE

1:05:4813 RIGHT BEFORE THIS ONE.

1:05:51SO ELIGIBLE ORGANIZATIONS MUST

1:05:52BE A NONPROFIT IN GOOD STANDING

1:05:54BECAUSE YOU GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF

1:05:56A NONPROFIT.

1:05:57.

1:05:57>> UH, YES.

1:05:58HISTORIC QUESTION PARTNERS

1:05:59WOULD BE THE ONE THAT UH WOULD

1:06:01BE AN ORGANIZATION IN GOOD

1:06:03STANDING CHARLOTTE EAST UH

1:06:05SUGAR CREEK BUSINESS

1:06:06ASSOCIATION, WESTERN WILKINSON

1:06:08MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION THEY'RE

1:06:09HERE TODAY.

1:06:10UM, THESE ARE ORGANIZATIONS

1:06:12THAT WE'RE ALREADY PARTNERED

1:06:13WITH, BUT THERE ARE OTHERS

1:06:14THROUGHOUT THE CITY THAT ARE

1:06:15CURRENTLY DOING THIS WORK.

1:06:17THAT WOULD BE PARTICIPATING.

1:06:18AND THANK YOU FOR THAT BECAUSE

1:06:19I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT

1:06:20PEOPLE UNDERSTOOD THAT WHEN WE

1:06:22SAY NONPROFIT WE SOMETIMES HAVE

1:06:25A CERTAIN IDEA OF WHAT THAT

1:06:26MEANS.

1:06:27SO BEING ABLE TO SHARE THAT

1:06:29THESE ARE OUR BUSINESSA PARTNERS

1:06:31THAT ARE IN THE NONPROFIT REALM

1:06:33HELPS.

1:06:33I DO KNOW COUNCIL MEMBER

1:06:35MINNESOTA HAS QUESTIONS OR

1:06:38STATEMENTS.

1:06:39UH THANK YOU CHAIR MAYFIELD UM

1:06:41I'M NOT A PARENT.

1:06:42BUT THIS.

1:06:43>> DOES FEEL LIKE.

1:06:43UM, PROUD DAD MOMENT OF MY BABY

1:06:45RIGHT HERE.

1:06:46UH, BUT I REALLY I WANT TO

1:06:48THANK MAYOR PRO TEM MITCHELL

1:06:50COUNCIL MEMBER GRAHAM UH FOR

1:06:53SUPPORTING THIS ENDEAVOR THAT I

1:06:54HAD BASED ON PREVIOUS

1:06:55CONVERSATIONS.

1:06:56RIGHT.

1:06:56UM, AND THANK YOU.

1:06:58JOHNSON.

1:06:59>> FOR WORKING DIRECTLY WITH,

1:07:01UH, STAKEHOLDERS ON THE.

1:07:03>> GROUND.

1:07:04GOING TO THE COMMUNITY.

1:07:04I'VE SEEN YOU MULTIPLE TIMES IN

1:07:06MY DISTRICT AND THANK YOU FOR

1:07:07SUPPORTING THIS INITIATIVE AND

1:07:08ALSO VISITING THE WONDERFUL

1:07:10RESTAURANTS AND EAST CHARLOTTE

1:07:12THAT I'VE SEEN YOU OUT BEFORE.

1:07:13UM.

1:07:14THIS IS A.

1:07:15WONDERFUL PRESENTATION REALLY.

1:07:18AND I JUST UM I THINK IT'S

1:07:21GOING TO CREATE A, UH, HIGH AND

1:07:24GOLDEN STANDARD.

1:07:26UH, NONPROFITS WE WORK WITH UH

1:07:28,PARTICULARLY NOT RELATED BUT

1:07:29RELATED TO A LITTLEA BIT

1:07:30FINANCIAL PARTNERS AND HOW WE

1:07:33UM, UH.

1:07:34>> DETERMINE CRITERIA AND.

1:07:36ELIGIBILITY UM, AS WELL AS A

1:07:39STRONG SENSE OF ACCOUNTABILITY

1:07:40THAT I FEEL LIKE WE HAVEN'T

1:07:41SEEN BEFORE.

1:07:43AND I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU ALL

1:07:44HEARING THE CONCERNS FROM

1:07:46COUNCIL MEMBERS THROUGHOUT THIS

1:07:47PAST YEAR WHEN IT CAME TO YOU

1:07:49KNOW, HOW WE DO CONTRACTING,

1:07:51WHO ARE WE PARTNERING WITH, HOW

1:07:52MUCH MONEY WE'RE GIVING TO

1:07:53CERTAIN UM ORGANIZATIONS?

1:07:56UM, AND.

1:07:57I THINK I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT

1:07:58THIS TO MY COLLEAGUES THE

1:08:00IMPORTANCE OF WHAT THE BDO IS

1:08:02PROVIDE TO THE CITY.

1:08:03THIS IS DISTRICT DATA ON

1:08:05VACANCY OPENING CLOSURES.

1:08:08JOBS.

1:08:08>> PRIVATE INVESTMENT

1:08:09BUSINESSES, PROPERTY INVENTORY

1:08:10THAT A LOT OF THESE VIDEOS DO

1:08:13SOMETIMES WITH THE STAFF OF ONE

1:08:15RIGHT UM THAT WE WE DON'T HAVE

1:08:17THE THE UH THE ABILITY TO GET

1:08:18THAT DATA UH BUSINESS

1:08:20INTELLIGENCE UH DISTRICT

1:08:23ACTIVITY WHAT'S HAPPENING ON

1:08:23THE GROUND AS WELL AS UH

1:08:26ACCOUNTABILITY ON THAT I THIS.

1:08:29>> IS.

1:08:29JUST UH ANA INVESTMENT ON SUCH A

1:08:31STRONG VALUE.

1:08:32IT'S A IT'S A STRONG VALUE ADD

1:08:34TO THE CITY AS WELL AS

1:08:36ENHANCING THE ABILITY FOR THESE

1:08:37BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS TO.

1:08:39CONTINUE TO.

1:08:39>> DO.

1:08:40THE WORK ON THE GROUND THEY

1:08:41KNOW BEST WHAT THE SMALL

1:08:43BUSINESSES NEED, RIGHT?

1:08:44WHAT THEIR CORRIDORS NEED, WHAT

1:08:45THEIR COMMUNITY NEEDS.

1:08:47UM, AND THEN ON TOP OF.

1:08:50THAT I.

1:08:51>> THINK THE LAST.

1:08:51THING I WANT TO.

1:08:53UH, HIGHLIGHT IS THE UM THE

1:08:57TIERED.

1:08:58UH WHERE IS IT?

1:09:00>> SLIDE 11.

1:09:00UM, I REALLY ENJOYED THIS

1:09:02BECAUSE IT'S NOT A ONE SIZE

1:09:04FITS ALL RIGHT?

1:09:05WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE

1:09:07ORGANIZATIONS LIKE, UH

1:09:08CHARLOTTE EAST, HISTORIC WEST

1:09:10AND PARTNERS THAT MIGHT BE

1:09:11UNDER TIER TWO OR TIER THREE.

1:09:13UH AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE NEWER

1:09:14ORGANIZATIONS START COMING

1:09:15ALONG AND I REALLY DEFINITELY

1:09:17APPRECIATE THAT IT HAS TO BE AT

1:09:19LEAST A YEAR OF THAT WORK.

1:09:21RIGHT UH, TO BE QUALIFIED FOR

1:09:23THIS.

1:09:23SO UM I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT

1:09:25BECAUSE I.

1:09:26>> ALSO.

1:09:26THINK IT'S A SIGN OF RESPECT OF

1:09:28THE WORK THAT THESE

1:09:28ORGANIZATIONS ARE DOINGA THAT WE

1:09:30HAVE THESE TIERS SET UP HERE.

1:09:32BUT UM, I JUST THANK YOU FOR

1:09:35TAKING GOOD CARE OF THIS BABY

1:09:36AND UH, MAKING IT COME TO

1:09:38FRUITION AND ALL THE WORK

1:09:39THAT'S REALLY BEEN DONE ON THE

1:09:40GROUND FOR IT.

1:09:41THANKS.

1:09:42THANK YOU.

1:09:43>> COUNCILMEMBER OWENS.

1:09:44THANK YOU.

1:09:44CHAIR I.

1:09:45JUST, UM, WOULD LIKE.

1:09:47>> TO SUGGEST THAT.

1:09:47UM, PLEASE CONTINUE TO ENGAGE.

1:09:50WITH ME AND WITH COUNCILMEMBER

1:09:52MAYO AROUND.

1:09:52THE CORRIDOR.

1:09:53>> OF SOUTH.

1:09:54BOULEVARD AND THEN WITH ME.

1:09:55AND COUNCILMEMBER MOSER ARIAS

1:09:57AROUND THE MONROE RAMA AREA.

1:09:59UM, THE BREADTH AND.

1:10:01DIVERSITY AND IT ALWAYS.

1:10:03PEOPLE THINK I'VE.

1:10:04>> GOT A TONGUE IN MY CHEEK

1:10:05WHEN I SAY.

1:10:05DISTRICT SIX IS DIVERSE BUT

1:10:07DISTRICT SIX IS.

1:10:08ACTUALLY EXCEPTIONALLY BROAD.

1:10:09IT IS.

1:10:09>> NOT JUST MYERS.

1:10:10PARK AND SOUTH PARK.

1:10:11IT GOES ALL THE.

1:10:11>> WAY OVER.

1:10:12IT'S I'VE SUGGESTED TO KISS UP

1:10:13AGAINST.

1:10:13COUNCIL MEMBER.

1:10:15MAYO AND COUNCILMEMBER BUS

1:10:16ARIAS IS DISTRICTS AND THOSE

1:10:18ARE REALLY THE.

1:10:18AREAS WHERE I WOULD LIKE TO SEE

1:10:19INTENTIONAL FOCUS.

1:10:21ON BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT ON

1:10:22THOSE TWO CORRIDORS.

1:10:23AND SO I JUST I LOOK FORWARD TO

1:10:25CONTINUING TO WORK WITH YOU.

1:10:26ABSOLUTELY.

1:10:27>> I JUST WANT AND.

1:10:29WITHA THAT.

1:10:30THAT WOULD THAT THANKFULLY THAT

1:10:33WAS AN UPDATE.

1:10:34SO FROM WHAT I HEAR FROM MY

1:10:35COLLEAGUES KEEP MOVING FORWARD

1:10:37.

1:10:37THANK YOU FOR THAT.

1:10:38AND WE ARE GOING TO NOW JUMP

1:10:40INTO ITEM NUMBER FOUR WHICH IS

1:10:44ALSO A STANDING ITEM UH

1:10:45PROJECTS FOR BOTH.

1:10:48AND MISS ALLISON CRAIG I'M.

1:10:49TURNING IT OVER.

1:10:50>> TO YOU.

1:10:51THANK YOU.

1:10:52UM, THIS IS A REALLY BRIEF

1:10:54UPDATE ON BO PLEX.

1:10:55UM, KIND OF FOLLOWING, UM, A

1:10:57REZONING DECISION THAT WAS

1:10:59MADE, UM, LAST YEAR AND I'M

1:11:01GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO

1:11:03KATHLEEN.

1:11:05SO GOOD AFTERNOON.

1:11:07MADAM CHAIR.

1:11:08COMMITTEE MEMBERS COUNCIL

1:11:10LEADERSHIP.

1:11:10KATHLEEN C CHARLOTTE.

1:11:12DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.

1:11:13UM.

1:11:14>> I'M HERE.

1:11:15>> TO.

1:11:15PROVIDE AN.

1:11:15>> UPDATE ON THE.

1:11:16BOJANGLES ENTERTAINMENT COMPLEX

1:11:18.

1:11:19UM, WE'RE REALLY HERE FOR TWO

1:11:20SEPARATE ISSUES.

1:11:21>> THAT I'D LIKE TO.

1:11:22DISTINGUISH TODAY.

1:11:23FIRST WE HAVE A PARKING LOT.

1:11:25UM.

1:11:26>> PROJECT WHICH IS A WELL.

1:11:28DEFINED PROJECT THAT'S READY TO

1:11:29MOVE FORWARD.

1:11:30AI'LL PROVIDE.

1:11:31ADDITIONAL DETAIL IN THE.

1:11:32FOLLOWING SLIDES.

1:11:33AND SECOND WE HAVE A BROADER

1:11:35LONG TERM.

1:11:35PARKING NEED.

1:11:37FOR THE COMPLEX.

1:11:38>> THAT I BELIEVE MANY OF YOU

1:11:39ARE VERY FAMILIAR.

1:11:39WITH.

1:11:40>> PARTICULARLY GIVEN THE

1:11:42POTENTIAL.

1:11:42LOSS OF.

1:11:43>> PARKING THAT MAY BE UM AT.

1:11:46>> THE.

1:11:47CRUX OF UM THE REDEVELOPMENT.

1:11:48PARK EXPO.

1:11:51AND I.

1:11:52WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT I JUST

1:11:53SAW STEVE BAGWELL.

1:11:54AS AN AUDIENCE TODAY.

1:11:56>> SO CHARLOTTE REGIONAL

1:11:57VISITORS AUTHORITY CEO UM THE.

1:11:59PRESENTATION TODAY.

1:12:01IS FOR YOUR INFORMATION ONLY.

1:12:02WE'D LIKE TO PROVIDE A BROAD

1:12:04OVERVIEW AND THEN COME BACK.

1:12:05>> TO.

1:12:06A SUBSEQUENT COMMITTEE MEETING

1:12:07TO REALLY.

1:12:07DIVE INTO.

1:12:08ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE

1:12:09.

1:12:10SO WITH THE CHIPLEY PARKING

1:12:12THIS MAY LOOK FAMILIAR TO MANY

1:12:14OF YOU.

1:12:14UH THE LOCATION IS.

1:12:16700 CHIPLEY AVENUE.

1:12:18IT IS THE AREA THAT IS IN GREEN

1:12:20AND GRAY AT THE BOTTOM.

1:12:22RIGHT OF THE MAP.

1:12:24THIS SITE WAS REZONED FROM

1:12:28NEIGHBORHOOD TO COMMUNITY

1:12:29ACTIVITY CENTERA AND SEPTEMBER

1:12:3115TH, 2025.

1:12:33THIS IS.

1:12:34>> A CITY OWNED PARCEL WHICH IS

1:12:36ONE OF MANY REASONS WHY WE'RE

1:12:38BRINGING THIS TO YOUR

1:12:39CONSIDERATION FOR TODAY.

1:12:41THE SITE WOULD INCLUDE 219

1:12:44PARKING SPACES GIVEN THE WORK

1:12:46THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE UNDERWAY

1:12:48WITH BEAU PLEX WITH HOLDER

1:12:50CONSTRUCTION, THAT IS ANOTHER

1:12:51REASON WHY WE'RE PROVIDING THIS

1:12:53PRESENTATION TODAY WE ARE

1:12:54TRYING TO UM TAKE THE BENEFIT

1:12:58OF THAT PROJECT IS CURRENTLY

1:12:59UNDERWAY AND WOULD BE COMPLETE

1:13:01BY THE END OF THIS YEAR.

1:13:02SO THERE IS SOME COST SAVINGS

1:13:05BY ADVANCING THIS HERE TODAY,

1:13:07WHICH IS WHY I'VE INCLUDED AN

1:13:09ESTIMATED COSTS.

1:13:10>> OF 6 MILLION.

1:13:11SO AS PHASE ONE WRAPS UP WE'RE

1:13:13ANTICIPATING SAVINGS.

1:13:15UM WE'RE ALSO TAKING ADVANTAGE

1:13:17OF UM.

1:13:18HOPEFULLY REDUCE RE.

1:13:20MOBILIZATION FEES.

1:13:21IN ADDITION TO OTHER ASPECTS OF

1:13:23THE PROJECT WHICH MAY HAVE THIS

1:13:25PROJECT FALL LESS THAN THE $6

1:13:27MILLION RANGE AS THIS MOVES

1:13:29THROUGHA COMMITTEE CONSIDERATION

1:13:31AND LATER WITH COUNCIL APPROVAL

1:13:33,WE WILL HAVE A HARD AND FIND

1:13:35NUMBER FOR EVERYONE TO.

1:13:36CONSIDER.

1:13:40>> SO AS WE GET INTO THE

1:13:42BROADER PARKING ISSUE UM THE

1:13:44PARK EXPO WHICH IS ADJACENT TO

1:13:47BOJANGLES AND EVANS AUDITORIUM

1:13:49CURRENTLY PROVIDES 2000 OF THE

1:13:52PARKING SPACES THAT ARE NEEDED

1:13:54TO HOST.

1:13:54EVENTS WITHIN.

1:13:55BOTH BOJANGLES AND OVENS AT

1:13:57THE.

1:13:57SAME TIME.

1:13:59UM, IF THESE WERE TO BE TAKEN

1:14:01OFFLINE WE WOULD CONSIDER A 55%

1:14:0555% REDUCTION IN OUR PARKING

1:14:08AVAILABILITY WHICH WOULD THEN

1:14:09LIMIT THE NUMBER OF ATTENDEES

1:14:12TO 5000.

1:14:13UM, SO.

1:14:14>> THIS WOULD POTENTIALLY

1:14:15IMPACT GRADUATIONS EVENTS.

1:14:18HOSTED AT BOTH.

1:14:19UM FACILITIES IN ADDITION TO

1:14:23CONCERTS AND ANY GAMES.

1:14:25I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE.

1:14:27UM WE HAVE BEEN KEEPING A CLOSEA

1:14:30EYE ON PARK EXPO.

1:14:33THERE WAS A PRE SUBMITTAL

1:14:35MEETING THAT WAS SUBMITTED IN

1:14:37DECEMBER 2025 THAT WAS

1:14:39SUBSEQUENTLY PULLED BACK.

1:14:40WE HAVE NOT SEEN ANY

1:14:42ADDITIONAL.

1:14:43PERMITS UM EITHER ON THE CITY

1:14:45OR THE COUNTY SIDE.

1:14:47SO WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE TODAY

1:14:49IS ADVANCING WHAT IS SOMETHING

1:14:50THAT WE ALREADY OWN TO EXPAND

1:14:53OUR OVERALL PARKING COUNT?

1:14:55UM, BUT AT THE SAME TIME WE

1:14:57WANT TO BE ADVANTAGEOUS TO

1:14:59UNDERSTAND BUT THE OVERALL

1:15:00PARKING NEED IS AND MAKE

1:15:02INCREMENTAL STEPS AS WE START

1:15:04TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE BROADER.

1:15:06ISSUES MAY BE.

1:15:08UM, WE'RE ALSO CONSIDERING IN

1:15:11ADDITION TO THE 200 SPACES,

1:15:14WHAT MAY BE NEEDED TO MAKE UP

1:15:16THE BALANCE OF THE 2000.

1:15:18>> UH.

1:15:19THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR

1:15:21SHUTTLING.

1:15:21WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT OTHER

1:15:24OFFSITE PARKING IN ADDITION TO

1:15:27CITY.

1:15:27OWNED UM.

1:15:28FLAT LOTS AND POTENTIAL PARKINGA

1:15:31STRUCTURES.

1:15:36SO NEXT STEPS WE WOULD

1:15:38ANTICIPATE BRING THIS BACK TO

1:15:40COMMITTEE ON OCTOBER 21ST AND

1:15:42THEN WITH EVERYONE'S APPROVAL

1:15:44WE WOULD MOVE IT TO FULL

1:15:45COUNCIL.

1:15:46OCTOBER 26TH FOR THEIR

1:15:48CONSIDERATION.

1:15:52I WILL OPEN IT UP TO ANY

1:15:54DISCUSSION.

1:15:55>> OR QUESTIONS.

1:15:56THANK YOU.

1:15:57>> FOR THE PRESENTATION.

1:15:58THE ONLY QUESTION I HAVE IS YOU

1:16:00NOTED.

1:16:01TWO SLIDES BEFORE WE WANT TO

1:16:04TAKE ADVANTAGE OF WHAT'S

1:16:06ALREADY MOVING FORWARD.

1:16:07SO WHEN WE LOOK AT YES THE

1:16:09ESTIMATED COST.

1:16:10SO JUST FOR CLARIFICATION THIS

1:16:12IS.

1:16:12JUST FOR INFORMATION.

1:16:14ONLY WE'VE ALREADY GIVEN THE

1:16:17NOT THE HIT NOT TO MOVE FORWARD

1:16:20WITH WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THIS

1:16:23PIECE BUT YOU NEED TO HAVE

1:16:26SOMETHING SINCE UM FEELING LIKE

1:16:27YOU ACTUALLY NEED SOMETHING FOR

1:16:29US SO THIS SHOULD HAVE BEENA

1:16:30EARLIER.

1:16:31BUT YES.

1:16:32YEP.

1:16:32POINT OF CLARIFICATION YOU GUYS

1:16:35RECALL PHASE ONE WAS ADVANCED

1:16:37EARLIER THIS YEAR.

1:16:38THAT WAS FOR THE OVERALL HVAC

1:16:41IMPROVEMENTS IN ADDITION TO A

1:16:43MECHANICAL, ELECTRICAL,

1:16:44PLUMBING AND STRUCTURAL STUDY

1:16:46THAT SHOULD CONCLUDE THIS YEAR.

1:16:48THIS SCOPE IS IN ADDITION TO

1:16:50THAT 25 MILLION THAT WAS

1:16:53APPROVED PREVIOUSLY.

1:16:54BY CITY COUNCIL.

1:16:55SO THIS WILL BE AN ADDITIONAL 6

1:16:56MILLION.

1:16:57.

1:16:57>> YES MA'AM.

1:16:58OF WHICH YOU DO WANT A

1:17:01RECOMMENDATION POTENTIALLY FROM

1:17:03COMMITTEE TODAY TO MOVE

1:17:04FORWARD.

1:17:06I WOULD ANTICIPATE US MOVING TO

1:17:08THE OCTOBER 21ST COMMITTEE

1:17:10MEETING FOR FULL CONSIDERATION

1:17:12.

1:17:13UM, BUT I WILL OPEN IT UP TO

1:17:14MADAM CHAIR IF YOU.

1:17:15GUYS WOULD LIKE TO CONSIDER.

1:17:17AN ALTERNATIVE.

1:17:18SO.

1:17:18>> REBECCA, I'M GONNA LET YOU

1:17:19JUMP IN BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE

1:17:20SURE THAT WE'RE RESPECTING THE

1:17:22TIMELINE, ESPECIALLY IF WE HAD

1:17:24THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A COST

1:17:27SAVINGS.

1:17:27>> HERE.

1:17:28ONE I'M GOING TOA BACKTRACK AND

1:17:31THANK MR. BAGWELL BECAUSE HE

1:17:34HAS DONE A GOOD JOB OF KEEPING

1:17:36COUNCIL ABREAST OF WHAT'S.

1:17:38HAPPENING AT BOJANGLES.

1:17:40I BELIEVE ALMOST ALL OF US HAVE

1:17:42VISITED OR HAD THE OPPORTUNITY

1:17:44TO WALK BEHIND THE SCENES AND

1:17:46GET UP.

1:17:46NEAR THE.

1:17:47HVAC UNITS AND EVERYTHING ELSE

1:17:48AND THE WORK THE.

1:17:49STAFF HAS.

1:17:50DONE.

1:17:51AND ONE OF THE CONVERSATIONS HE

1:17:52AND I HAD WAS AROUND A PHASING

1:17:55APPROACH SO THAT WE CAN SEE

1:17:57LONG TERM THE POTENTIAL.

1:17:59FINANCIAL COST BECAUSE.

1:18:02BOJANGLES IS AN ASSET THAT

1:18:03UNFORTUNATELY WE HAVEN'T.

1:18:05IT HASN'T BEEN AT THE TOP OF

1:18:06OUR RADAR.

1:18:07THE WAY SOME OF OUR OTHER

1:18:09INVESTMENTS HAVE BEEN.

1:18:10BUT IF.

1:18:12STAFF FEELS THAT THERE'S AN

1:18:16OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO HAVE A

1:18:19RECOMMENDATION FROM TODAY, I

1:18:21THINK IT WILL BE HELPFUL FOR US

1:18:22TO ACTUALLY HAVE THAT

1:18:23CONVERSATION VERSUS WAITING

1:18:25TILL LATER LATER IN.

1:18:27>> THE MONTH.

1:18:29AS OCTOBER IS GOING TO BEA GONE

1:18:31THIS QUICK.

1:18:32>> BUT I.

1:18:32ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I

1:18:33OPEN UP THE FLOOR.

1:18:34FOR MY COLLEAGUES.

1:18:36ANY OF THE MEMBERS HAVE

1:18:38QUESTIONS.

1:18:38AND OR.

1:18:39>> COMMENTS?

1:18:42>> COUNCILMEMBER ANDERSON.

1:18:43THANK YOU CHAIR.

1:18:44.

1:18:45>> UH THANK YOU FOR THE

1:18:45PRESENTATION THAT.

1:18:46WE KNOW THE THE IMPORTANCE OF

1:18:48THIS ASSET AND THE.

1:18:50FACT THAT AS THE CHAIR SAID,

1:18:52HASN'T BEEN AT THE FOREFRONT OF

1:18:54OUR.

1:18:54RADAR OVER THE LAST SEVERAL

1:18:56YEARS.

1:18:57SO WE WE DO NEED TO INVEST IN

1:18:58THE FACE APPROACH.

1:19:01MY QUESTION IS.

1:19:01WHAT'S GOING.

1:19:02TO CHANGE BETWEEN NOW AND.

1:19:04YOU MENTIONED.

1:19:06A COMMITTEE MEETING IN A FEW

1:19:08WEEKS.

1:19:08WILL WE GET.

1:19:09ADDITIONAL INFORMATION?

1:19:11LIKE WHAT WOULD CHANGE?

1:19:13UH, COUNCILMEMBER ANDERSON I

1:19:15WOULD NOT ANTICIPATE ANY

1:19:16ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

1:19:18UM, DIDN'T WANT TO GIVE YOU

1:19:19GUYS THAT THE SENSE OF URGENCY

1:19:21TO VOTE THIS OUT OF COMMITTEE

1:19:22TODAY.

1:19:23SO WANTED TO BE VERY RESPECTFUL

1:19:24.

1:19:25YES, MA'AM.

1:19:26MADAM CHAIR, UM, I WANTED TO

1:19:28MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE HAD

1:19:29THEIR QUESTIONSA ADDRESSED PRIOR

1:19:31TO US MOVING THIS FORWARD.

1:19:33I GREATLY APPRECIATE THAT AND.

1:19:35GIVEN THAT OUR.

1:19:36AGENDA HAS FIVE.

1:19:37ITEMS ON IT TODAY.

1:19:38UH, THERE ARE A LOT OF ITEMS

1:19:40COMING OUT OF THIS PARTICULAR

1:19:42COMMITTEE BUT.

1:19:44UNDER THE GUISE THAT YOU.

1:19:45JUST MENTIONED THAT NOTHING

1:19:47WOULD CHANGE UH.

1:19:49BETWEEN NOW AND.

1:19:50EFFECTIVELY A COUPLE WEEKS.

1:19:52>> FROM NOW, MADAM CHAIR, IF

1:19:53YOU.

1:19:53WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION I

1:19:55WOULD I WOULD I'M HAPPY.

1:19:57>> TO PRESENT.

1:19:57IT BUT I WANT TO.

1:19:58PASS IT BY YOU FIRST CHAIR.

1:20:01SO ONE.

1:20:01I'M GOING TO SAY UNOFFICIALLY.

1:20:03>> I DO NOT APPRECIATE STAFF

1:20:04USING MY.

1:20:05WORDS AGAINST ME.

1:20:06BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THIS ONE

1:20:07IS.

1:20:08IS WHEN.

1:20:08>> I SAY DON'T.

1:20:09>> HIT ME WHEN EVERYTHING AT

1:20:10ONE TIME.

1:20:11>> AND HERE'S A.

1:20:11PERFECT EXAMPLE.

1:20:12>> SO I'M.

1:20:13>> GOING TO.

1:20:13ACKNOWLEDGE THAT PERFECTLY.

1:20:14AND.

1:20:15ACKNOWLEDGE ACKNOWLEDGING.

1:20:15>> PUBLICLY THAT YES, THIS IS

1:20:18AN OPPORTUNITY.

1:20:18WHERE I HAVE SAID MULTIPLE

1:20:20TIMES DON'T DO SOMETHING AND

1:20:21Y'ALL CHOSE NOT TO DO.

1:20:22>> IT AND NOW.

1:20:23I'M SAYING WHY DIDN'T YOU DO

1:20:24IT?

1:20:25SO THEREFORE JUST.

1:20:26FOR CLARIFICATION.

1:20:28TO MAKE SURE THAT THE LANGUAGEA

1:20:32IS ACCURATE.

1:20:34I WANT AND STAFF CORRECT ME IF

1:20:36I'M WRONG I WOULD LIKE TO

1:20:38ACCEPT I WOULD LIKE TO

1:20:40ENTERTAIN.

1:20:41A MOTION FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD

1:20:43.

1:20:44THE RECOMMENDATION.

1:20:46FROM.

1:20:50>> RECOMMENDATION OF PROJECTS

1:20:51THAT BOTH PLEX.

1:20:53BASED ON STAFF.

1:20:54THANK YOU.

1:20:55>> GIVE ME THAT OH ECONOMIC.

1:20:56DEVELOPMENT WORKFORCE.

1:20:57COMMITTEE.

1:20:59>> VOTE TO.

1:20:59>> REFER CHIPLEY PARKING.

1:21:01PROJECT TO CITY COUNCIL.

1:21:03SO MOVED.

1:21:04SECOND IT HAS.

1:21:05BEEN PROPERLY MOTION A SECOND

1:21:07ANY OTHER COMMENTS COLLEAGUES.

1:21:08ONLINE IN THE ROOM.

1:21:09MR. GRAHAM.

1:21:12I THINK THIS IS A WORTHY

1:21:14INVESTMENT AND IT'S IT'S

1:21:16CERTAINLY BASED ON JUST KNOWING

1:21:18THE CALENDAR AT BOTH THE

1:21:20SPECTRUM AND BOJANGLES AND THAT

1:21:23BUILDING STAYS OCCUPIED.

1:21:25THERE.

1:21:27SO PARKING IS IT DEFINITELY IS

1:21:28GOING TO BE AN ISSUE NOW AND IN

1:21:29THE FUTURE.A

1:21:31SO THAT.

1:21:31HAS BEEN PROPERLY.

1:21:32MOTION AND SECOND ALL IN FAVOR

1:21:33SAY.

1:21:34OR RAISE YOUR HAND.

1:21:35I.

1:21:41>> ANY OPPOSED.

1:21:43AYES HAVE IT.

1:21:44COMMITTEE GO FORTH AND PROSPER

1:21:45.

1:21:46THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND.

1:21:47>> THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO

1:21:48THE CHAIR.

1:21:50AND WE ARE ACTUALLY DOING.

1:21:52REALLY GOOD TIME.

1:21:53OUR LAST ITEM WHICH IS A

1:21:54STANDING ITEM THIS ONE I THINK

1:21:56FOR REAL IS.

1:21:57ONLY FOR INFORMATION.

1:21:59UH WORKFORCE.

1:21:59DEVELOPMENT AND.

1:22:00>> SMALL BUSINESS UPDATES THE.

1:22:01SKILL TO BILL KICKOFF EVENT

1:22:03RECAP AND I AM TURNING BACK

1:22:06AGAIN TO UH.

1:22:08,EDI DIRECTOR.

1:22:09SHAH RAMA.

1:22:11THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

1:22:13UM.

1:22:14THIS IS A VERY EXCITING TIME AS

1:22:16WE WE LOOK TO ENDEAVOR UPON A

1:22:17LOT OF THE MOBILITY PLUS

1:22:19PROJECTS.

1:22:21WE HAD.

1:22:21>> A SKILL TO BE ABLE TO KICK

1:22:23OFF.

1:22:23>> OF IT ON SEPTEMBER 22ND

1:22:25THERE WERE.

1:22:25>> OVER.

1:22:26120 PEOPLE A MIX OF

1:22:28STAKEHOLDERS BETWEEN SMALL

1:22:29BUSINESS OWNERS, AECOSYSTEM

1:22:31PARTNERS UH AND CITY AND COUNTY

1:22:33DEPARTMENTS.

1:22:34UH CITY MANAGER MARCUS JONES

1:22:35ALSO GAVE UH OPENING REMARKS,

1:22:37BUT THE PROGRAM HAS ALREADY

1:22:39LAUNCHED AND HAS BEEN UH

1:22:42VOCALIZED IN THE PUBLIC

1:22:43SETTING.

1:22:43BUT THIS WAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO

1:22:45REALLY GATHER ALL OF THE

1:22:47STAKEHOLDERS THAT HAVE BEEN A

1:22:48PART OF THE PROCESS OF WHETHER

1:22:50THEY'RE SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS

1:22:52WHO ARE LOOKING TO BID ON

1:22:53CONTRACTS, UH, ACROSS

1:22:55DEPARTMENTAL APPROACH BETWEEN

1:22:57OUR ENGINEERING AND CDOT

1:23:00WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT

1:23:01PROCUREMENT, CBI ECONOMIC

1:23:02DEVELOPMENT, UH AND OTHERS AND

1:23:05ALSO TO BRING OUR TRAINING.

1:23:07PROVIDERS AND RESOURCE PARTNERS

1:23:09TOGETHER ALL UNDER ONE ROOF AND

1:23:12AS A.

1:23:12PART OF THAT KICK.

1:23:13OFF OF IT, JUST WANTED TO GIVE

1:23:14YOU SOME UPDATES FROM THE

1:23:16MOBILITY UH, WORKFORCE

1:23:17READINESS PROGRAM.

1:23:18UH.

1:23:19UNDER DANIEL FRAZIER AND HER

1:23:21DEPARTMENT UH, THEY'VE ALREADY

1:23:23ANNOUNCED THE AWARD OF JUST A

1:23:25LITTLE OVER $2.

1:23:26>> MILLION IN.

1:23:27INVESTMENTS, UH, THAT WILL

1:23:28SERVE OVER 1100 UH.

1:23:30AUH UH INDIVIDUALS.

1:23:32UH.

1:23:32THERE'S A TALENT DEVELOPMENT

1:23:35TRAINING UH.

1:23:36GRANT AS WELL THAT WILL.

1:23:37GO OUT TOWARDS THE CHARLOTTE

1:23:38AREA FUND THE CHARLOTTE

1:23:39ELECTRICAL APPRENTICESHIP,

1:23:41CENTRAL PIEDMONT COMMUNITY

1:23:42COLLEGE, THE NATIONAL CENTER ON

1:23:44INSTITUTIONS.

1:23:44AND ALTERNATIVES AND.

1:23:45>> AND ALSO SHE BUILT THE CITY

1:23:47UH, THERE WILL BE TRAINING AND

1:23:48RESOURCES PROVIDED INTO OSHA UH

1:23:50.

1:23:51FIRST AID AND FLAGGER FORKLIFT

1:23:53TRENCHING AND EVACUATION AND

1:23:55WORK ZONES.

1:23:56THERE'S A FOUR YEAR ELECTRICAL

1:23:58REGISTERED APPRENTICESHIP

1:23:59PROGRAM AND IT IS ALSO A CDL

1:24:01CLASS A AND B LICENSURE AND AS

1:24:04A SECOND PART OF THE INITIATIVE

1:24:06THERE'S ALSO BUSINESS

1:24:07ENGAGEMENT AND TRAINING UH A

1:24:09BUSINESS ENGAGEMENT OR BA IS.

1:24:11VERY COMMON IN THE CONSTRUCTION

1:24:13WORLD IS TYPICALLY UH SOMEONE

1:24:15WHO'S A LIAISON BETWEEN THE

1:24:17ACTUAL BUSINESSES THAT WILL

1:24:20ACTUALLY BE HIRING AND BIDDING

1:24:22ON PROJECTS IN.

1:24:23YOUR TRAINING INSTITUTES.

1:24:24THAT ARE ACTUALLY TRAINING.

1:24:26>> THE RESIDENTS.

1:24:26UH, ONE OF THE KEY FOCUSES IS A

1:24:28PART.

1:24:29OF THE TRAINING IS.

1:24:30THATA THE TRAINING.

1:24:31SHOULD LEAD TO SOMEWHERE NOT

1:24:32JUST A CERTIFICATE OR UM,

1:24:35RESIDENTS WHO WENT THROUGH A

1:24:37PROGRAM BUT HOW TO MAKE SURE

1:24:38THAT.

1:24:38>> THE TRAINING THAT THEY'RE.

1:24:39RECEIVING IS ACTUALLY GOING

1:24:41TOWARDS AN EMPLOYMENT

1:24:43OPPORTUNITY.

1:24:43UH, SO.

1:24:44THIS PART OF THE GRANT, UH.

1:24:46WHEN IT COMES TO THE DELIVERY

1:24:47PARTNERS WILL BE A COMBINATION

1:24:49BETWEEN CHARLOTTE WORKS AND

1:24:51ALSO.

1:24:51>> WHITE.

1:24:52LABEL MANAGEMENT GROUP AND THIS

1:24:53WILL BE UH, EMPLOYEE.

1:24:55TRAINING AND GRANTS.

1:24:56THERE'S JOB PLACEMENT.

1:24:57AND ALSO.

1:24:58>> UH.

1:24:59YOUTH CAREER EXPERIENCES.

1:25:00UH, AS WE MENTIONED BEFORE, UH

1:25:02,SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO WILL

1:25:03BE DRIVING THE TRAINS AND

1:25:04BUSSES AND ALSO PAVING THE

1:25:05ROADS ARE IN MIDDLE SCHOOL

1:25:06RIGHT NOW WE DON'T THINK ABOUT

1:25:08JUST HOW THAT PIPELINE WORKS

1:25:11WHEN WE'RE ENGAGING WITH OUR

1:25:12YOUTH THAT ARE IN MIDDLE SCHOOL

1:25:13AND HIGH SCHOOL THAT WHEN THE

1:25:15DELIVERY OF THESE PROJECTS ARE

1:25:17RIGHT ON LINE AND WHEN THE

1:25:18ROADS OPEN AND WHEN THE NEW.

1:25:20TRAIN STOPS ARE.

1:25:20HERE, A LOT OF THOSE UH,

1:25:23APPLICANTS 18 AND.

1:25:24OLDER ARE RIGHT.

1:25:25NOW IN MIDDLE.

1:25:26SCHOOL AND IN.

1:25:27HIGH SCHOOL.

1:25:28>> SO HOW DO WE ENGAGE UH, THEA

1:25:30YOUTH WITHIN OUR UM, ECOSYSTEM

1:25:32?

1:25:32HOW DO WE MAKE THEM AWARE.

1:25:34>> AND THEIR PARENTS.

1:25:34AWARE OF THE CAREER

1:25:36OPPORTUNITIES AND NOT ONLY MAKE

1:25:37THEM AWARE BUT ALSO PROVIDE A

1:25:40PATHWAY THAT THEY THEY CAN

1:25:41PARTICIPATE IN WHETHER THAT'S

1:25:43THROUGH YOUTH CAREER

1:25:44EXPERIENCES, INTERNSHIPS IT IN

1:25:46ESSENTIALLY UH, UNDERSTAND WHAT

1:25:47ARE THE TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES

1:25:49THAT ARE ALSO BE AVAILABLE TO

1:25:50THEM.

1:25:51WHEN YOU LOOK.

1:25:52>> AT THE SMALL.

1:25:52BUSINESS READINESS IN THE

1:25:53CURRICULUM DESIGN THIS IS

1:25:55SOMETHING THAT WE'VE UH,

1:25:56BROUGHT.

1:25:56BEFORE YOU.

1:25:57LAST YEAR.

1:25:58UH WE'VE ALSO UM WE'RE IN THE

1:26:01PROCESS NOW OF DESIGNING IT

1:26:02CURRICULUM BUT IS NOT COMPLETE

1:26:04AND WE HAD.

1:26:05>> A STAGGERED APPROACH.

1:26:06WE AWARDED A GRANT.

1:26:07UH, AN.

1:26:08RFP I'M SORRY.

1:26:09TO A, UH, REGISTERED SMALL

1:26:11BUSINESS ENTITY PARAMEDICS UH,

1:26:13HERE IN CHARLOTTE THAT.

1:26:15>> UH.

1:26:15WANT A.

1:26:16YOU KNOW, A COMPETITIVE RFP.

1:26:18PROCESS THAT WILL BE.

1:26:20PROVIDING, UH.

1:26:21CORE SIX COMPONENTS OF.

1:26:22BUSINESS READINESS, UH

1:26:24CERTIFICATION, BONDING AND

1:26:25ASSURANCE, UH, SOLICITATION

1:26:27PROCESS ON HOW TO DO BUSINESS

1:26:29WITH THE CITY, UMA, FINANCIAL

1:26:31PREPAREDNESS AND ACCESS TO.

1:26:32CAPITAL.

1:26:32>> UH, SOLICITATION

1:26:34PREPAREDNESS AND CONTRACT

1:26:35READINESS AND AND ALSO PROJECT

1:26:36MANAGEMENT SKILLS.

1:26:37UH, WHAT WE'RE DOING.

1:26:39IS NOW.

1:26:40>> WE'VE.

1:26:40RELEASED A FACILITATORS GRANT.

1:26:44SO THE RFP.

1:26:45>> FOR.

1:26:46CURRICULUM DESIGN WAS ALREADY.

1:26:46AWARDED BY A LOCAL SMALL

1:26:49BUSINESS ENTITY.

1:26:50THEY'RE CRAFTING.

1:26:51>> THEIR CURRICULUM AND NOW

1:26:53WE'RE GOING TO.

1:26:53AWARD GRANTS FOR.

1:26:56FACILITATORS OF THAT CURRICULUM

1:26:57.

1:26:58AND THIS WILL BE A GRANT

1:27:00OPPORTUNITY THAT'S.

1:27:00ALREADY OUT ON THE.

1:27:01>> STREET THAT WAS AWARDED UH

1:27:02THAT WAS A SOLICITED I'M SORRY.

1:27:04UM, ON.

1:27:05>> THE 22ND.

1:27:05AND I'LL KICK OFF OF IT.

1:27:07SO, UH, NONPROFITS WITHIN OUR.

1:27:10COMMUNITY CAN SIGN UP TO BID ON

1:27:14BEING A FACILITATOR OF.

1:27:16>> THE CURRICULUM.

1:27:17SO I.

1:27:18>> JUST WANTED TO MAKE.

1:27:19THOSE DISTINCTIONS CLEAR.

1:27:20AND WHEN THE.

1:27:22ACTUAL FACILITATORS.

1:27:23OF THE CURRICULUM ARE SELECTED,

1:27:26THEY HAVE.

1:27:27AN OPPORTUNITY.

1:27:27>> TO BE.

1:27:28TRAINED BY.

1:27:28>> THE TRAINER.

1:27:29SO THERE WILL BEA A PERIOD OF

1:27:31TIME OF OVERLAP WHERE

1:27:33CHROMATICS, OUR CURRICULUM.

1:27:35DESIGNER, WILL THEN TRAIN.

1:27:37THE CURRICULUM FACILITATORS WHO

1:27:39WILL BE OUR NONPROFITS ON THE

1:27:41ACTUAL CURRICULUM.

1:27:42AND THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO

1:27:44MAKE SLIGHT ADJUSTMENTS.

1:27:45THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO CATER

1:27:47ANY PARTICULAR LAST MINUTE

1:27:49CURRICULUM DESIGN.

1:27:50ELEMENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT UH,

1:27:53THEY ARE READY TO.

1:27:54NOW HOST UH, FACILITATION OF

1:27:58THE CURRICULUM AND THAT.

1:27:59THEY ARE WELL VERSED.

1:28:01>> IN THE ACTUAL CURRICULUM

1:28:01ITSELF.

1:28:03SO THAT RFG.

1:28:04REQUEST FOR GRANTS WAS PUT OUT.

1:28:07UH PUBLICLY.

1:28:09ON SEPTEMBER 22ND.

1:28:09THE DEADLINE.

1:28:11CLOSES ON OCTOBER 30TH.

1:28:14WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE HAD

1:28:15JUST A LITTLE OVER THE TYPICAL.

1:28:1630 DAYS.

1:28:17UH, WE'VE HOSTED AN OPEN HOUSE

1:28:19WHERE WE'VE HAD JUST ABOUT UH,

1:28:2230 ORGANIZATIONS WHO APPLIED UH

1:28:24VIRTUALLY.

1:28:24>> AND ATTENDED.

1:28:25THAT WORKSHOP TO UNDERSTAND

1:28:26MORE INFORMATION.

1:28:28UM, WE'RE GETTING INQUIRIESA UH,

1:28:30AS WE SPEAK AND WE'RE LOOKING

1:28:33FORWARD TO UH, SELECTING THESE

1:28:35UH, NONPROFITS IN CHAMBER

1:28:38RELATED ENTITIES.

1:28:39SO WHEN I SAY NONPROFITS AS

1:28:40NONPROFITS, THIS IS ALSO

1:28:42CHAMBER RELATED ORGANIZATIONS

1:28:44OR HIGHER ED AS WELL THAT CAN

1:28:46APPLY FOR THIS.

1:28:47OPPORTUNITY TO BE A FACILITATOR

1:28:49OF THE CURRICULUM.

1:28:51SO WITH THAT BEING.

1:28:52SAID THAT.

1:28:53>> ENDS THE PRESENTATION IF YOU

1:28:54HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

1:28:57IF I CAN FIGURE OUT HOW.

1:28:58>> TO STOP MY WATCH YOU.

1:29:00THANK YOU.

1:29:02FOR THE PRESENTATION.

1:29:04SO A.

1:29:05COUPLE THINGS COME TO MIND FOR

1:29:06ME.

1:29:07I WANT TO.

1:29:08>> MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT

1:29:11CREATING MULTIPLE LEVELS OF

1:29:13ADMINISTRATION.

1:29:15I WANT THE FUNDING TO GO TO.

1:29:16>> THE WORK.

1:29:17TO THE ACTUAL TRAINING OF THE

1:29:22INDIVIDUALS AND NOT THE

1:29:24CREATION OF THE TRAINING.

1:29:27ONE OF THE CHALLENGES THAT I

1:29:29HAVE.

1:29:29SEENA WE HAVE NOTED ON HERE OUR

1:29:34PARTNERS BEING CHARLOTTE WORKS

1:29:35THE WERE WHITE LABEL

1:29:37MANAGEMENT.

1:29:39WE HAVE A NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES

1:29:41RIGHT NOW.

1:29:42THAT ARE UNEMPLOYED AT THE

1:29:44BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR UNDER

1:29:46THIS ADMINISTRATION WE SAW A

1:29:49VERY TARGETED DISMISSAL OF

1:29:54INDIVIDUALS SPECIFICALLY

1:29:56AFRICAN-AMERICAN.

1:29:57WOMEN THAT WERE IN HIGHER LEVEL

1:30:00POSITIONS OR IN TECHNOLOGY

1:30:02POSITIONS THAT WERE

1:30:04SYSTEMATICALLY REMOVED FROM

1:30:04THOSE POSITIONS THAT HAVE NOT

1:30:06NECESSARILY LED IT INTO THE

1:30:08NEXT WELL, WE SAW A MAJOR

1:30:09IMPACT IN OUR BANKING INDUSTRY

1:30:12WHERE INDIVIDUALS WHETHER THEY

1:30:14WERE IN COMMERCIAL LENDING OR

1:30:17SOME OTHER HIGHER ROLE SENIOR

1:30:19BP ASSISTANT SENIOR BP THAT

1:30:20HAVE NOT TRANSITIONED.

1:30:23SO CHARLOTTE WORKS IS NOT FOR

1:30:24THEM THAT CHARLOTTE WORKS.

1:30:27PRIMARY IS FOR OURA COMMUNITY.

1:30:31THAT DOES NOT HAVE THE SAME

1:30:35SKILL SET AND SKILL LEVEL AS

1:30:36SOME OF OUR EXECUTIVE

1:30:38LEADERSHIP HAS.

1:30:40I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US PUTTING

1:30:42REAL ENERGY AROUND.

1:30:45NOT JUST.

1:30:46>> PREPARING OUR YOU.

1:30:49THERE'S A WHOLE NOTHER

1:30:50PSYCHOLOGICAL CONVERSATION THAT

1:30:51COMES AROUND WHEN YOU'RE THE

1:30:54YOUNG PERSON THAT ENDS UP

1:30:55BECOMING A BRIT WINNER IN A.

1:30:56FAMILY AND THE DYNAMICS THAT.

1:30:58HAPPEN AROUND.

1:30:59>> THAT.

1:31:00VERSUS ARE WE MAKING SURE

1:31:04BROTHER, UNCLE, COUSIN, MOM

1:31:05DAD AUNT ARE THE ONES THAT HAVE

1:31:08AN OPPORTUNITY?

1:31:09BECAUSE IF YOU WERE THE MAIN

1:31:10BREADWINNER, EVEN IF YOU WERE

1:31:12MAKING 80,000 A YEAR AND NOW

1:31:15WHAT'S AVAILABLE IS PAYING 18

1:31:19TO $20, I EXPECT THEM MORE THAN

1:31:2240 HOURS A WEEK.

1:31:23WHAT IS OUR PLAN TO CAPTURE

1:31:25THAT MIDDLE?

1:31:27BECAUSE THAT'S OUR TRUE MIDDLEA

1:31:30NOT 300,000 A YEAR THAT 60 TO

1:31:35120 150,000 WE UH WE'VE BEEN

1:31:39TRACKING.

1:31:39THE LAYOFFS THAT.

1:31:41HAVE HAPPENED ESPECIALLY IN AI

1:31:43TECHNOLOGY FIELD.

1:31:45AND WHAT DO WE HAVE.

1:31:47>> IN PLACE.

1:31:47>> THAT'S.

1:31:47GETTING THEM RECONNECTED.

1:31:49OUTSIDE OF THEM GOING THROUGH

1:31:51YET ANOTHER AGENCY OF WHICH OUR

1:31:54AGENCIES I USE UH, RUN IN THE

1:31:57SAME JOBS.

1:31:58SO ONCE.

1:31:59YOU LET'S STEP BACK AND LOOK AT

1:32:01HOW IT WORKS.

1:32:02I'M LOOKING FOR EMPLOYMENT.

1:32:04I SEE A JOB ONLINE.

1:32:05THAT COMPANY.

1:32:07>> SENDS ME TO AN AGENCY.

1:32:08THAT AGENCY THEN WANTS ME TO

1:32:10BASICALLY SIGN A CONTRACT WITH

1:32:11THEM SAYING I'M ON MAKE A

1:32:13VERBAL COMMITMENT THEN I'M

1:32:14GOING TO ONLY WORK WITH THEM.

1:32:15THEN I PUT MY RESUME OUT THERE

1:32:18ALONG WITH 20,000 OTHERS.

1:32:21ANOTHER AGENCY CALLS ME FOR THE

1:32:22EXACT SAME POSITION.

1:32:23THAT'S NOT HELPING.

1:32:25WE GOT A BOTTLENECK IN HERE.

1:32:27SO IF WE'RE SAYING THAT THESE

1:32:29ARE THE INVESTMENTS THAT.

1:32:30AWE'RE MAKING.

1:32:31WHO IS OUR TARGET AND IF OUR

1:32:33TARGET IS OUR YOUTH OR WHAT WE

1:32:37CONSIDER OUR MOST.

1:32:38VULNERABLE.

1:32:39>> I WOULD ASK US TO CONSIDER

1:32:42THAT VULNERABILITY.

1:32:44SCALE HAS SHIFTED CONSIDERABLY

1:32:46.

1:32:47TO THOSE WHO ARE CURRENT.

1:32:49TAXPAYERS THAT MAY SOON BE

1:32:51LOOKING AT FORECLOSURE OR OTHER

1:32:53FINANCIAL CHALLENGES.

1:32:55ONCE YOU GET IN THAT DEBT WILL

1:32:57IT IS EXTREMELY HARD TO GET OUT

1:32:59OF IT BECAUSE YOUR LIFESTYLE

1:33:01IS.

1:33:01BASED OFF.

1:33:02OF A CERTAIN INCOME.

1:33:03WHETHER YOUR PRIMARY.

1:33:05INCOME GENERATOR.

1:33:08OR EVEN IF YOU'RE A SHARE IF

1:33:10THAT MAIN POSITION HAS BEEN

1:33:12ELIMINATED AND WE DO NOT.

1:33:14HAVE A.

1:33:15>> CLEAR WAY TO GET BECAUSE

1:33:16EVERYBODY CAN'T.

1:33:17WORK FOR THE GOVERNMENT.

1:33:18BUT IF WE ARE GOING TO INVEST

1:33:20THIS, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT.

1:33:21>> I'M UNDERSTANDING.

1:33:22EXACTLY WHO IS OUR.

1:33:25TARGET AS WE KEEP ANNOUNCING

1:33:28THESE DIFFERENT COMPANIES.

1:33:30ACOMING IN.

1:33:31BUT ALMOST ALL THE POSITIONS

1:33:33THEY'RE HIRING FOR FOR SENIOR

1:33:35MANAGEMENT.

1:33:35AND SENIOR LEADERSHIP.

1:33:37BUT THE PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY

1:33:38HAVE THAT SENIOR LEADERSHIP

1:33:40EXPERIENCE.

1:33:40ARE THE ONES.

1:33:41GEN-X.

1:33:42>> I DON'T KNOW WHERE.

1:33:44>> YOU YOUNG PEOPLE HOW Y'ALL

1:33:45ATTACKING US BUT.

1:33:46GEN X WE CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE.

1:33:47HERE.

1:33:50>> THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO.

1:33:51HELP ME UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE

1:33:53DOING TO.

1:33:55DO WE EVEN SEE IT.

1:33:56>> AND.

1:33:57IF WE ARE.

1:33:57SEEING IT WHAT.

1:33:58>> ARE WE DOING TO ADDRESS IT?

1:33:59YEAH I'LL BE.

1:34:00>> MORE THAN HAPPY TO FOLLOW UP

1:34:02WITH, UH, DANIELLE FRAZIER

1:34:03WHO'S NOT HERE TO PROVIDE SOME

1:34:05LABOR INSIGHTS ON TO NUMBER ONE

1:34:09WHO'S THE TARGET UH,

1:34:11DEMOGRAPHIC AND AGE UH,

1:34:13SPECIFICALLY FOR THE TRAINING

1:34:14AND PLACEMENT.

1:34:15PROGRAMS AND IF THERE'S ANY

1:34:16OTHER UH, LABOR STATISTIC

1:34:18INFORMATION JUST TO UNDERSTAND,

1:34:20UH, SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO MAY.

1:34:21HAVE BEEN LAID.

1:34:22OFF AND HOW THEY COULD

1:34:23TRANSITION OR PIVOT INTO OTHER

1:34:25CAREERS AROUND MOBILITY.

1:34:27COLLEAGUES, DID Y'ALL HAVE.

1:34:29ANY QUESTIONSA COMMENTS?

1:34:31NO, NO.

1:34:32>> THAT'S MEANS WATER ARTIST.

1:34:34THANK YOU CHAIR MAYFIELD.

1:34:36>> UH, THANK YOU.

1:34:37FOR THE PRESENTATION.

1:34:38UM, I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS.

1:34:39ONE FOR THE SMALL BUSINESS

1:34:41READINESS.

1:34:42UH, ONE OF THE, UH, BULLET

1:34:44POINTS IN THE FACILITATION RFP

1:34:47IS A BUSINESS RECEIVING

1:34:48TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE DOES NOT

1:34:50HAVE TO COMPLETE THE

1:34:51CURRICULUM.

1:34:51CAN YOU.

1:34:52>> CAN YOU.

1:34:53>> HELP ME UNDERSTAND WHY

1:34:54THAT'S THE CASE?

1:34:56SURE.

1:34:57>> SO, UH, BUSINESSES ARE AT

1:35:00VARIOUS SCALES AND WE'LL ALSO

1:35:02BE PROVIDING SOME.

1:35:04ONE OFF AD HOC TECHNICAL

1:35:06ASSISTANCE SO I.

1:35:07>> DON'T WE DON'T.

1:35:08EXPECT A 20.

1:35:09YEAR VETERAN WHO'S BEEN DOING

1:35:12BUSINESS IN THE MOBILITY

1:35:14TRANSPORTATION SPACE TO THEN GO

1:35:15THROUGH A CURRICULUM.

1:35:17THEY MAY JUST NEED INFORMATION

1:35:19ON THE UPDATED SMALL BUSINESS

1:35:21CERTIFICATION SO THEY MAY BE

1:35:23ABLE TO.

1:35:24DO ONE OFFS.

1:35:25TO DO SMALL BUSINESS

1:35:27CERTIFICATION UNDERSTANDING

1:35:29MAYBE ACCESS TO CAPITAL INA THIS

1:35:30MARKET BUT THEY MAY NOT QUALIFY

1:35:33TO BE SOMEONE WHO'S GOING TO GO

1:35:34THROUGH AN ENTIRE CURRICULUM.

1:35:35SO AS WE WERE RECEIVING

1:35:38APPLICATIONS FOR BUSINESSES

1:35:40THEN WE'LL BE ABLE TO DETERMINE

1:35:42HEY THIS CURRICULUM IS MORE SO

1:35:44FOR BUSINESSES WHO ARE STARTING

1:35:46OR MAKING A PIVOT BUT MORE

1:35:48SEASONED BUSINESSES WHO ARE

1:35:49ALREADY UNDERSTANDING HOW TO

1:35:50BID ON WORK AND ACTUALLY UH,

1:35:53EXECUTE THE WORK THEY MAY NEED

1:35:54JUST SPECIAL AD HOC UH,

1:35:56TECHNICAL SUPPORT AND WE'LL

1:35:58HELP DETERMINE IT THROUGH OUR

1:35:59APPLICATION PROCESS.

1:36:00GOT IT.

1:36:01>> UM IS THERE A CERTAIN

1:36:03CRITERIA OR ELIGIBILITY MATRIX

1:36:06THAT YOU ALL USE TO.

1:36:08DETERMINE WHETHER A BUSINESS

1:36:10HAS TO GO THROUGH A CURRICULUM

1:36:11OR NOT RATHER THAN SAY, YOU

1:36:13KNOW, MAYBE THEY'VE BEEN IN THE

1:36:14BUSINESS FOR 20.

1:36:15YEARS.

1:36:16>> IS THERE SOMETHING THAT YOU

1:36:17ALL WILL BE USING TO JUST.

1:36:19>> MAKE.

1:36:19SURE IT'S DATA DRIVEN?

1:36:21YEP.

1:36:22>> ABSOLUTELY.

1:36:22SO WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR

1:36:24CURRICULUM DESIGNER AND THEN

1:36:25ALSO WITH.

1:36:26OUR ONCE WE SELECT GROUP OF

1:36:29ACTUAL FACILITATORS ISA ALSO

1:36:30GETTING THAT DATA INSIGHT FROM

1:36:32THEM AS WELL.

1:36:33SO WHAT WE'LL DO IS COME BACK

1:36:34TO THIS GROUP UH WITH KIND OF

1:36:36THAT SECOND.

1:36:36ROUND OF INFORMATION.

1:36:38ONCE WE SELECT THE

1:36:40ORGANIZATIONS WE'LL HAVE MORE

1:36:40DATA INSIGHTS.

1:36:41SO ON THE ACTUAL UM RESIDENTS

1:36:44WHO ARE LOOKING FOR JOBS AND

1:36:45THEN INFORMATION ON THE TYPES

1:36:48OF COMPANIES WHO CAN QUALIFY SO

1:36:50PERFECT WE'RE HAPPY TO FOLLOW

1:36:51UP.

1:36:51THANK YOU.

1:36:52>> YEAH THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

1:36:53AND THE LAST THING IS MORE OF A

1:36:54COMMENT.

1:36:55UH YOU KNOW YOU PRESENTED THIS

1:36:57UH, A FEW MONTHS I DON'T KNOW.

1:36:59>> IT'S.

1:36:59IT FEELS LIKE THREE YEARS

1:37:00ALREADY.

1:37:01UM, BUT UH, THE STUDY WE MADE

1:37:03THAT THERE'S A GAP RIGHT WHEN

1:37:05IT COMES TO THE.

1:37:05MOBILITY PROJECTS AND WHATNOT

1:37:07AND A BIG CHUNK OF THAT GAP

1:37:10COMES IN THE CONSTRUCTION

1:37:11INDUSTRY FOR OBVIOUS REASONS OF

1:37:13WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR

1:37:14COMMUNITIES AS OF RECENT WHEN

1:37:15IT COMES TO IMMIGRATION

1:37:17ENFORCEMENT.

1:37:17AND SO I WOULD JUST LOVE TO

1:37:19CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION AND

1:37:20HOW WE'RE ENGAGING CONTRACTORS

1:37:22IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY OF

1:37:24OF HOW DO WE.

1:37:26CLOSE THAT GAP HERE IN THE

1:37:27CHARLOTTE REGION?

1:37:29THANK YOU.

1:37:29>> THANK YOU.

1:37:30ASO.

1:37:35>> SO I WANT TO MAKE.

1:37:35SURE THAT.

1:37:38I ALWAYS SEE MORE THAN JUST UH

1:37:41UPDATE.

1:37:41YEAH.

1:37:42>> SO ONE OF OUR RECENT

1:37:45ANNOUNCEMENTS I'M LOOKING ON

1:37:47THEIR SITE SENIOR SPECIALIST

1:37:50ENVIRONMENT HEALTH AND SAFETY

1:37:51SENIOR SPECIALIST HIGH VOLTAGE

1:37:53TRAINING PROGRAM SENIOR

1:37:56SPECIALIST PARTS AND LOGISTICS

1:37:58SENIOR SPECIALIST AT THE SALES

1:38:00COST.

1:38:00MONITORING.

1:38:03>> FUNCTION OWNER EXTERIOR

1:38:04LIGHTING LIKE THERE ARE SOME

1:38:05VERY SPECIFIC THINGS THAT

1:38:06THEY'RE ASKING FOR.

1:38:07THAT ALSO SAYS TO ME THAT.

1:38:12CHANCES ARE.

1:38:12>> GREATER THAT YOU'RE GOING TO

1:38:14BE BRINGING TALENT.

1:38:15INTO THE.

1:38:15CITY VERSUS TALENT THAT'S IN

1:38:18THE CITY HAVING OPPORTUNITIES.

1:38:20SO I THINK WHEN WE'RE.

1:38:24WORKING WITH.

1:38:25>> THESE PARTNERS.

1:38:26THOSE ARE.

1:38:27>> THE JOBS THAT WE NEED TO BE

1:38:30IDENTIFYINGA FOR POTENTIAL

1:38:31TRAINING FOR TRANSITION YES, I

1:38:34WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHO I

1:38:35TARGET.

1:38:36IS.

1:38:36,BUT I ALSO WANT US TO

1:38:38CONSIDER THAT NOW IS THE TIME

1:38:40THAT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY.

1:38:43TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE

1:38:45STRATEGIC BECAUSE.

1:38:46WE HAVE A.

1:38:46>> LOT OF.

1:38:46PROGRAMS THAT'S ALREADY IN

1:38:48PLACE THAT ARE FUNDED TO HELP

1:38:50PEOPLE TO GROW.

1:38:52WE HAVE NOT.

1:38:53HAD REAL CONVERSATION REGARDING

1:38:56THAT.

1:38:58BRIDGE SUPPORT AND AGAIN

1:39:01LOOKING AT THOSE TECHNOLOGY

1:39:03CHANGES EVERY OTHER DAY.

1:39:05SO OF WHERE IF YOU HAVE BEEN

1:39:09WORKING IN SOME FORM OF

1:39:12TECHNOLOGY BUT WHAT THE ROLE.

1:39:15>> IS.

1:39:15NOW ASKING FOR IS SOMETHING

1:39:17EXTREMELY SPECIFIC WHERE DO

1:39:19THEY GET THEIR TRAINING?

1:39:21WHERE IS THAT PARTNERSHIP WITH

1:39:22CENTRAL PIEDMONT OR

1:39:25SPECIFICALLY WHAT ABOUT OUR

1:39:26POTENTIAL NEW TRAINING PARTNERS

1:39:28?

1:39:28WHERE DOES THAT COME IN WHEN

1:39:29THEY GET THATA ADDITIONAL

1:39:31CERTIFICATION AND A SHORT

1:39:33TURNAROUND.

1:39:33TIME FOR THEM TO FILL IN?

1:39:36THAT'S THE ULTIMATE GOAL THAT

1:39:38I'M TRYING TO GET TO.

1:39:39I APPRECIATE THE AMAZING WORK

1:39:41THAT YOU ALL ARE DOING.

1:39:43I'M ASKING US TO CONSIDER HOW.

1:39:46QUICKLY CAN WE PIVOT.

1:39:47BASED ON THE NEEDS THAT WE KNOW

1:39:49WE HAVE AND HAVE YOU HAD A

1:39:51LAYOFF IN.

1:39:52FEBRUARY MARCH OF THIS YEAR.

1:39:54AND YOU STILL HAVE NOT BEEN

1:39:56ABLE TO TRANSITION TO SOMETHING

1:39:59THAT IS EQUIVALENT OR BETTER?

1:40:02YOU'RE PROBABLY STARTING TO GET

1:40:03TO THE POINT OF PINCH POINTS

1:40:06FINANCIALLY.

1:40:07ON THE BACK END.

1:40:08HOW DOES THAT IMPACT US WHEN WE

1:40:10HAVE TO IDENTIFY ADDITIONAL

1:40:11RESOURCES TO TRY TO HELP, WHEN

1:40:14WE COULD HAVE BEEN.

1:40:15POTENTIALLY MORE PROACTIVE ON A

1:40:17FUNNY BUT AS THIS IS.

1:40:20INFORMATION I ONLY I'M JUST

1:40:21GOING.

1:40:21TO THROW THAT OUT TO YOU AS.

1:40:23THOUGHTS THAT I HAVE.

1:40:24I DON'T THINK DANIEL.

1:40:26>> IS GOING TO ALLOW ME TO FILL

1:40:27IN FOR AGAIN.

1:40:29DAN YEAHA THAT'S.

1:40:30WHAT YOU GET.

1:40:31>> WHEN YOU AND.

1:40:31JAMES ARE NOT HERE.

1:40:33SO WITH.

1:40:34THAT AND MY.

1:40:35COLLEAGUES ONLINE OR.

1:40:36>> IN.

1:40:36PERSON AND DON'T HAVE ANY.

1:40:38OTHER QUESTIONS OR.

1:40:39SHAR DID YOU.

1:40:39HAVE ANYTHING THAT YOU WANT TO

1:40:41ADD?

1:40:41I JUST.

1:40:42>> WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.

1:40:43UH EVERYTHING THAT YOU SAW

1:40:45TODAY AND ALL THE FIVE

1:40:46PRESENTATIONS WERE A BYPRODUCT

1:40:48OF THE DISCUSSIONS AND YOUR

1:40:49SUPPORT AND YOUR YES.

1:40:51SO YOUR YES MATTERS YOUR

1:40:53REPRESENTATION IN THIS

1:40:54COMMITTEE MATTERS.

1:40:55AND I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW

1:40:56THAT YOU PROBABLY HEARD IT, BUT

1:40:57I'M GONNA SAY THAT WE'RE

1:40:58LISTENING AND UH, WE'RE

1:41:00IMPLEMENTING A LOT OF THE IDEAS

1:41:02AND QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE.

1:41:03SO THANK YOU FOR THE DIALOG

1:41:05COMMITTEE.

1:41:05>> WE MOVED THREE.

1:41:07DISCUSSIONS INTO.

1:41:08>> FULL COUNCIL TODAY AT ABOUT

1:41:10FIVE.

1:41:10SO I'M.

1:41:11EXTREMELY PROUD OF THAT.

1:41:11AND WITH THAT I WOULD ACCEPT UM

1:41:14ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN.

1:41:15.

1:41:15SECOND ALL IN FAVOR.

1:41:17SHUT IT DOWN.

1:41:18THANK YOU ALL.

1:41:48A