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WE HAVE AN APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA NUMBER THREE, THE PRESENTATION. THEY WILL NOT BE PRESENT AT THIS MEETING. SO THEY ARE RESCHEDULED FOR NEXT MONTH'S MEETING. OKAY. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA, AS IS. IS THERE A SECOND? THERE'S A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I, I, I, AND THEN IF WE CAN HAVE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES, I WILL MAKE A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? WELL THERE'S NONE. OH RIGHT. THERE'S NONE. THERE'S NONE. RIGHT. OKAY.[Presentations]
WELL AND THEN WE'LL GO ON TO ITEM NUMBER ONE, HEALTHY FOOD TRUCK PILOT PROGRAM UPDATE. HI, ANNA. HELLO. GOOD AFTERNOON. I'LL BE PRESENTING ON THIS ITEM TODAY JUST TO QUICK UPDATE ON OUR HEALTHY FOOD TRUCK PILOT PROGRAM. AS YOU ALL MAY RECALL, EARLIER THIS YEAR IN JANUARY, COUNCIL DID APPROVE TWO ORDINANCES THAT ALLOWED FOR HEALTHY FOOD TRUCKS AT OUR CITY PARKS DOWNTOWN ZONED PARCELS AROUND VETERANS PARK, AS WELL AS OUR ACTIVE ACTIVE DATE FARMS HERE IN THE CITY. AS LONG AS THEY MEET THE 25% HEALTHY MENU CRITERIA, THAT'S CONSISTENT WITH THE BLUE ZONES GUIDELINES. AGAIN, THIS COMES FROM OUR GENERAL PLAN HEALTH AND WELLNESS ELEMENT. UNDER THE PLAZA VENDORS ACTION ITEM, WHERE WE CREATE A SIMPLE HEALTHY FOOD TRUCK PERMIT PROGRAM PILOT PROGRAM WITH HEALTHY FOOD AS LONG AS IT MEETS CITY NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS. SO HERE IS A TWO MAPS OF WHERE THEY'RE ALLOWED.AS MENTIONED, CITY PARKS. TWO FOOD TRUCKS ARE ALLOWED AT RANCHO LAS FLORES, TWO ARE ALLOWED AT BAGUDU AND DAYLIN PARK. JUST BECAUSE THEY'RE BIGGER PARKS. AND THEN IT WOULD BE ONE AT EVERY OTHER PARK HERE ON THE MAP, AND THEN ON THE DOWNTOWN AREA, IT WOULD BE THE PARCELS IN BLUE. IT WOULD BE A MAXIMUM OF A MAXIMUM OF ONE FOOD TRUCK PER PARCEL. HERE IS A MAP OF OUR CURRENT DATE FORMS IN THE CITY. NOW WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE IN THE P7 AREA THAT'S NOW PART OF THE CITY. AND THESE ARE THE DATE FARMS WHERE FOOD TRUCKS WOULD BE ALLOWED. IT WOULD BE A MAXIMUM OF THREE FOOD TRUCKS WITH AVAILABILITY FOR ACTIVITIES SUCH AS HORSE, SHOE AND RETAIL POP UPS AS WELL. SO CURRENTLY WE HAVE TWO OPERATING HEALTHY FOOD TRUCK VENDORS. WE HAVE TACOS AND CATERING. THEY ARE LOCATED AT PARK AND THE CIVIC CENTER AND WE HAVE TACOS EL VIEJO. THEY ARE LOCATED ON RANCHO LAS FLORES. WE HAVE TWO OTHER VENDORS UNDER REVIEW WHICH IS TACOS EL GORDO TESORO AND DESERT TACO SHOP. SO THESE TWO ARE CURRENTLY REVIEWING THEIR MENU WITH RIVERSIDE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM.
THEY'RE THE ONES HELPING US OUT WITH THE MENU REVIEW. SO WE HAVE A DIETICIAN HELPING US WITH THAT. AND THEN WE HAVE DESERT TACO SHOP AS WELL. SO THEY'RE THE ONES GETTING THEIR MENU REVIEWED. AND TACOS EL GORDO, THEY'RE THE ONES THAT ARE STILL TRYING TO FIND A LOCATION IN THE CITY OF WHERE THEY WANT TO BEND. AND I'VE RECEIVED OTHER INQUIRIES FROM HOT DOG FOOD TRUCKS, OTHER TACO FOOD TRUCKS AND CARNITAS, BUT THEY HAVEN'T SUBMITTED A FULL APPLICATION YET TO THE CITY. SO WE DO REQUIRE OUR VENDORS TO SUBMIT QUARTERLY SURVEYS JUST TO PROVIDE US FEEDBACK. AND THAT WAY WE CAN KNOW THE OUTCOMES OF THE PROGRAM. SO SOME OF THE VENDORS HAVE MENTIONED THAT THEY NEED ADDITIONAL CITY SUPPORT WITH MARKETING AND EXPOSURE AND OUR SOCIAL MEDIA AS WELL AS LOCAL NEWS. SO CURRENTLY STAFF IS WORKING WITH OUR PIO DEPARTMENT TO KIND OF HELP THEM OUT AND EXPOSE THEM ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIAS AS WELL AS OUR WEB PAGE. SO THIS IS CURRENTLY IN THE WORKS. THEY WISH THEY HAD ROOM FOR SEATING. RIGHT NOW WE ONLY ALLOW THE TARP AREA FOR SHADING FOR THE CUSTOMERS. NO SEATING TABLES, NOTHING LIKE THAT IS ALLOWED. AND THEN THEY WOULD LIKE THE CITY TO MAYBE PROVIDE PAMPHLETS OR FLAGS. ALSO CLEANER PARK RESTROOMS. THEY THEY MENTIONED THAT WAS A CONCERN FOR THEM AS WELL. AND BLUE ZONE HAS BEEN HELPING US OUT WITH PAMPHLETS AND TEMPORARY FLAGS JUST TO KIND OF HIGHLIGHT THE FOOD TRUCKS AS WELL. THEY DID MENTION THAT LAST QUARTER THEY SOLD ABOUT $100 IN THEIR HEALTHY FOOD RECIPES, AND THEN THEIR MOST POPULAR DISHES WERE THE VEGGIE TACOS AND TOSTADAS. SO STAFF IS CONSIDERING CONDUCTING ANOTHER ORIENTATION OR WORKSHOP FOR THE HEALTHY FOOD TRUCK PROGRAM, SIMILAR TO WHAT WE HAD EARLIER IN THE YEAR. WE ARE TENTATIVELY SCHEDULING ONE FOR DECEMBER 2ND AT 5 P.M. AND THIS WOULD BE A COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE CITY BLUE ZONES AND RUHS, JUST SO THAT WE COULD ALL GET INVOLVED AND KIND OF GO OVER THE HEALTHY MENU CRITERIA AND THEN THE PERMITTED LOCATIONS IN THE CITY.
AND THEN STAFF IS PLANNING ON CONDUCTING OUTREACH ON SOCIAL MEDIA, OUR WEBSITE, AND THEN WE
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PLAN ON DIRECTLY CONTACTING THE FARM OPERATORS, AS WELL AS THE PROPERTY OWNERS AROUND VETERANS PARK, JUST TO SPREAD THE WORD AS WELL. AND THAT'S THE END OF MY PRESENTATION. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR TAKE ANY FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMITTEE. THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER. DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? YES. THANK YOU. GRACIAS. ANY THAT CAN YOU GO BACK A COUPLE OF SLIDES WHERE SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT THEY'RE PROVIDING THE ALLOW FOR SEATING AREA. SO RIGHT NOW THE WAY THE THE WAY THE ORDINANCE IS WRITTEN, WE DON'T ALLOW FOR THEM TO LIKE PROVIDE CHAIRS, TABLES, ANY OF THAT. RIGHT. CORRECT. OKAY. AND WHAT DO YOU THINK WOULD BE A SOLUTION TO THAT, DO YOU THINK BECAUSE I KNOW SOME CITIES, WHAT THEY DO IS THEY'VE ACTUALLY BUILT OUT LITTLE LOTS AND I'M ASSUMING THEY'RE CITY OWNED. THEY'VE BUILT OUT LITTLE LOTS AND THEY PROVIDE SEATING AND THEY JUST ALLOW THOSE FOOD TRUCKS TO GO AND PARK THERE, AND THEY KIND OF ROTATE THEM OUT. SO I'M JUST THINKING, YOU KNOW, IS THE DEPARTMENT, ARE YOU GUYS INTERESTED IN DOING SOMETHING LIKE THAT, OR DO YOU GUYS WANT TO WORK WITH THEM AND SEE HOW YOUR, YOU KNOW, THEY CAN MAYBE PROVIDE TABLES AND CHAIRS FOR, FOR THE PEOPLE THAT GO IN AND EAT THERE. WHAT ARE SOME THINGS THAT YOU GUYS ARE THINKING OF WHEN IT COMES TO ALLOWING FOR SEATING AREA? I KNOW WE DIDN'T ALLOW IT BECAUSE OF A SAFETY REASON. WE DIDN'T WANT THEM, THE CHAIRS OR TABLES TO BE IN THE MIDDLE BECAUSE A LOT OF THEM ARE PARKED NEAR SIDEWALKS, SO THAT WOULD KIND OF OBSTRUCT THE SIDEWALK. TABLES AND CHAIRS ARE ALLOWED IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA NEAR THE VETERANS PARK PARCELS, BUT THEY WOULDN'T BE ALLOWED AT PARKS. RIGHT NOW, OUR OPERATORS ARE LOCATED AT PARKS AND NOT NECESSARILY THE PARCELS. OKAY, SO I'M NOT SURE IF THE DIRECTOR WOULD MIGHT CONSIDER THAT YOUR YOUR FEEDBACK, BUT THAT SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD IDEA. MAYBE. THANK YOU. WHAT ABOUT THE THE SIDEWALK VENDORS? BECAUSE I KNOW THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE THE SEATING, YOU KNOW, SO I JUST WONDER HOW IT WOULD CONFLICT WITH THE SIDEWALK VENDORS, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE THE SHADE OR THE TABLES AND CHAIRS, BECAUSE I WAS THINKING THAT PERHAPS BECAUSE THEY'RE AT A PARK, MAYBE PEOPLE SIT AT THE TABLES THAT ARE AT THE PARK, I DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW. YEAH. I WOULD JUST SAY, YOU KNOW, FOR YOUR GUYS'S CONSIDERATION TO THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE WHAT ARE SOME WAYS THAT WE CAN PROVIDE LIKE SOMEWHAT OF A PERMANENT AREA WHERE THEY CAN ROTATE. SO YOU'LL HAVE LIKE A COUPLE OF FOOD TRUCKS. IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE TOO MANY. BUT I MEAN, WE ONLY HAVE TWO THAT ARE PERMITTED AND TWO THAT WANT TO BE. BUT I'M SAYING LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU PROVIDE A SPACE THAT YOU HAVE SOME CONTROL OVER AND YOU CAN PROVIDE THE SEATING. IT CAN JUST BE LIKE BENCHES. IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE ANYTHING, YOU KNOW, SUPER CRAZY OR FANCY AND ROTATE THEM IN AND OUT AND SAY, LIKE, THIS WEEK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THESE TWO FOOD TRUCKS. THE FOLLOWING WEEK WE'LL HAVE THESE OTHERS. AND DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH YOU KNOW, WE GET PEOPLE TO WANT TO BE A PART OF THAT. BUT JUST KIND OF SOME THOUGHTS ON ON THAT. I THINK IT'D BE SOMETHING COOL THAT WE EXPLORE. AND THAT'S IT FOR ME FOR NOW. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER READING FOR I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THOUGH, IS THAT WHEN IT SAYS THE THE FOOD TRUCKS WANT MARKETING EXPOSURE, I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN ASKING FOR FOR A BIT, IS FOR THE SMALL BUSINESS COMMUNITY THAT WE DO MORE MARKETING AND EXPOSURE FOR THEM. SO I THINK IT'S A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO GO BACK AND REVIEW THE MARKETING THAT WE CAN PROVIDE, NOT JUST THE FOOD TRUCK, BUT ALSO VENDORS OR WHOEVER ELSE THAT WE HAVE IN THE DOWNTOWN. AND THEN ALSO ON THE CESAR CHAVEZ CORRIDOR. WE HAVE QUITE A FEW RESTAURANTS THERE THAT ARE FAMILY OWNED.THEY'VE BEEN THERE FOR DECADES. AND SO I JUST I JUST ASK THAT I AGREE WITH THE MARKETING, BUT THAT WE GO BACK TO JUST DOING MARKETING ALL AROUND FOR OUR SMALL BUSINESS COMMUNITY, FOR THE SEATING AREA. THAT'S KIND OF BEEN A UNIVERSAL ISSUE. I RECALL THAT ON SIXTH STREET, BECAUSE OF THE SMALL SETBACKS, PEOPLE COULDN'T PUT BENCHES AND TABLES IN THE FRONT. AND THAT'S JUST BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY, HISTORICALLY, THE SETBACKS WERE A LOT SMALLER OR THE DISTANCE WAS A LOT SMALLER THAN WHAT IS REQUIRED TODAY. SO THE SEATING AREA OR OUTDOOR SEATING AREA HAS ALWAYS BEEN KIND OF A OF A CHALLENGE, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S THE FOOD TRUCKS OR EVEN SOME OF OUR SMALL BUSINESSES BECAUSE OF THEIR LOCATION. I THINK THE THE RESTAURANTS WHERE WE HAVE THE FIREHOUSE THAT WAS ABLE TO BE SUCCESSFUL BECAUSE THEY WE ENTERED A CONTRACT WITH THEM, RIGHT, TO BE ABLE TO LEASE THE FRONT SPACE. RIGHT? YEAH. AND
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SO THAT WAY THAT'S THAT'S HOW THAT WORKED OUT. AND THAT'S WHY THEY HAVE THAT NICE SEATING AREA, YOU KNOW. SO I JUST AGAIN, I JUST IF WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT SEATING AREAS I JUST ASK THAT WE LOOK AT OUTDOOR AREAS FOR OUTDOOR SEATING. WHEN IT COMES TO FOOD VENDORS OR RESTAURANTS. THAT'S IT. REALLY QUICKLY, ARNIE, THE $94, ARE THEY SAYING THAT THAT'S A TOTAL SALES FOR LIKE A WEEK, A MONTH, A DAY IN THE LAST THREE MONTHS FOR YOUR HEALTHY FOOD RECIPES? SO, I MEAN, MAYBE A LITTLE BIT OF MORE MARKETING FOR THEIR HEALTHY MENU DISHES WOULD HELP OUT AS WELL. A LOT OF THEIR, YOU KNOW, POPULAR DISHES ARE THE TACOS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.BUT TACOS. TACOS HAS DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB WITH MARKETING THEIR HEALTHY MENU STUFF. SO THEY'RE ONE OF OUR TOP, TOP ONES RIGHT NOW. WONDERFUL. SO THREE MONTHS, $94, I THINK I'M CERTAIN THAT WHEN WHEN INDIVIDUALS APPROACH THESE VENDORS THAT THEY'RE, I'M SURE PUSHING SOME OF THE HEALTHIER ITEMS AND I'M CERTAIN THAT ON THE MENU, IT'S ALSO REQUIRED TO HAVE THE SECTION WHERE IT SAYS THE HEALTHIER ITEMS. AND SO I'M JUST CONCERNED THAT IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, THAT PEOPLE AREN'T USING THE HEALTHIER OPTIONS MORE. AND THEN THAT WE'RE ASKING THE VENDORS TO PROVIDE A PORTION OF THEIR FOOD TO GO TO A HEALTHY TO A HEALTHIER OPTIONS, WHICH I AGREE WITH. BUT THEN ALSO, IF THEY'RE GOING TO BE SUFFERING FROM SALES, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A DIFFICULT SITUATION FOR THEM TO BE IN BECAUSE WE'RE REQUIRING THEM TO BE OR TO TO PROVIDE THAT OPTION. BUT THEN, YOU KNOW, I KNOW A LOT OF RESTAURANTS AND THE FAST FOOD CHAINS IS THAT WHEN AN ITEM ISN'T VERY POPULAR, THEY REMOVE IT BECAUSE IT'S MORE MONEY TO KEEP IT ON THAN THE SALES THAT THEY'RE GENERATING. SO I JUST ASK THAT WE BE MINDFUL AND THAT WE HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WITH THESE FOOD TRUCKS AS FOOD TRUCK VENDORS IS, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH MONEY ARE THEY INVESTING IN IT IF THEY'RE GOING TO BE SELLING, YOU KNOW, LESS THAN $100 IN THREE MONTHS? I'M JUST CONCERNED IF IF THAT'S CREATING A BIG CHALLENGE FOR THEM BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO STORE THAT FOOD. AND SO, YEAH, I THINK THAT'S A GOOD CONVERSATION TO HAVE WITH THEM. AND I AND KENDRA, I JUST HAVE A QUESTION. COULD WE POSSIBLY IS IT OKAY TO HAVE FOUR FOOD TRUCKS, FOR EXAMPLE, AT THE HOLIDAY PARADE AT VETERANS PARK, OR IS THAT TOO MANY OR OR HOW HOW WOULD WE MAKE THAT FAIR? BECAUSE WE'RE GETTING A LOT OF INTEREST FOR THE HOLIDAY TREE LIGHTING AND THEN THE HOLIDAY PARADE. AND SO I HAD THOUGHT, YOU KNOW WHAT, IF WE INCORPORATE THESE APPROVED FOOD TRUCKS TO BE THERE AS AN OPPORTUNITY, I JUST WASN'T SURE IF ONLY TWO COULD BE THERE. OR COULD THERE BE FOUR? IF THERE'S FOUR PERMITTED, THAT COULD BE A VETERANS PARK. OR IS IT JUST, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO BREAK THE RULES. AND SO AN EVENT WOULD BE DIFFERENT. YEAH, YEAH. IT'S AN EVENT. CORRECT.
OH OKAY. YEAH. YEAH, YEAH. AND AND THEN BECAUSE I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GREAT PLACE TO INCORPORATE THEM SORT OF AND YOU KNOW, GET THEM MORE EXPOSURE. AND YOU KNOW THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF PEOPLE AT THESE EVENTS. I'M HOPING. SO I JUST WANTED TO ASK BECAUSE I WASN'T SURE IF IT WAS JUST TWO. OR COULD WE HAVE FOUR OR YOU KNOW, IT'S AN EVENT SO WE CAN HAVE PROBABLY MORE. OKAY. YEAH. OKAY. AND THEY HAVE LIKE THEY RECEIVED RECOGNITION FOR THE HEALTHY CRITERIA. SO. OH GOOD POINT. DO WE. SO YOU'RE RIGHT FOR FOR A SPECIAL EVENT THE THE CONDITIONS DON'T APPLY. BUT I WILL SAY IS THAT IS THERE MORE THAN FOUR I THINK YOU HAVE FOUR RIGHT NOW. RIGHT. WE HAVE FOUR. TWO UNDER REVIEW AND TWO OPERATING. YEAH. OKAY. YEAH I MEAN IF IF THERE'S MORE FOR ME, IF THERE'S MORE THAT WANT TO COME IN, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH MORE FOOD TRUCKS, YOU KNOW, WHO ARE LICENSED TO BE THERE. YOU KNOW, I THINK I THINK I'M OKAY WITH WHOEVER WANTS TO, TO ATTEND OR PARTICIPATE THAT THEY BE ABLE TO DO SO. YEAH. AND I LAST THING FOR THE THE MARKETING PART, CAN YOU CONNECT WITH BLUE ZONES COACHELLA AND ASK THEM TO HELP WITH THE MARKETING? I MEAN, IF THEY'RE REALLY BIG ON, YOU KNOW, HEALTHY OPTIONS AND WHATNOT, I'M SURE THAT THEY'RE THEY'RE ABLE TO TAKE THAT ON AND JUST PARTNER WITH THEM. YEAH, THEY'RE WORKING WITH RESET RIGHT NOW. AND THEN THEY DID VOLUNTEER TO WORK ON THE PAMPHLETS FOR THE PROGRAM AS WELL. WONDERFUL. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. IF THERE IS NO MORE COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ABOUT THE HEALTHY FOOD TRUCK PILOT PROGRAM UPDATE, THEN WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE CANNABIS SOCIAL EQUITY PROGRAM. OKAY, SO I'LL BE GIVING THIS UPDATE AS WELL. OKAY. SO THE APPROVAL OR A SOCIAL EQUITY PROGRAM FOR
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CANNABIS WAS APPROVED BACK IN 2019, AND IT WAS DEDICATED TO EIGHT INDIVIDUALS AND BUSINESSES THAT HAVE BEEN DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTED BY CANNABIS CRIMINALIZATION, CRIMINALIZATION AND THE CITY. AND WE'VE BEEN LUCKY ENOUGH TO GET GRANT FUNDING FROM GOBIES EVERY YEAR TO HELP OUR SOCIAL EQUITY PARTICIPANTS WITH CAREER AND INDUSTRY TRAINING, DIRECT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND GRANT FUNDING FOR LICENSE RENEWALS, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, MARKETING, RENT, AS WELL AS LEGAL FEES. SO THERE ARE TWO WAYS THAT OUR SOCIAL EQUITY APPLICANTS CAN QUALIFY FOR THE PROGRAM. YOU CAN EITHER QUALIFY AS A SOCIAL EQUITY INDIVIDUAL OR AS A BUSINESS. YOU MUST EITHER BE A CURRENT OR FORMER RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF COACHELLA, OR YOU CAN BE A CURRENT RESIDENT OF THE COACHELLA VALLEY, AND YOU MUST MEET LOW INCOME GUIDELINES AND HAVE BEEN ARRESTED OR CONVICTED OF A CANNABIS RELATED CRIME BETWEEN 1980 AND 2016.THIS IS WHEN THE CRIMINALIZATION OF CANNABIS WAS OCCURRING, AND AS A BUSINESS, YOU MUST YOU MUST MEET THE CRITERIA ABOVE AND BE 51% OWNER OF CANNABIS BUSINESS. OR YOU CAN QUALIFY AS A CANNABIS CANNABIS INCUBATOR BUSINESS WHERE YOU COMMIT 20% OF YOUR SPACE TO A SOCIAL EQUITY PARTICIPANT. RIGHT NOW WE HAVE THREE LICENSEES. TWO ARE CURRENTLY OPERATING, WHICH IS COACHELLA, GREENERY AND COACHELLA RELIEF. SO AT THE BOTTOM LEFT, YOU'LL SEE THE GIRLS AT COACHELLA GREENERY AS WELL AS THEIR DISPENSARIES. SO THEY'VE COME A LONG WAY. THEY'VE DONE A LOT OF IMPROVEMENTS TO THEIR SHOP AS WELL. AND THEN WE HAVE COACHELLA RELIEF TO THE RIGHT. THEIR SHOP ALSO LOOKS VERY NICE.
THEY'VE DONE A LOT OF IMPROVEMENTS. SO THESE ARE THE TWO RIGHT NOW THAT ARE CURRENTLY OPERATING AND THIS ONE IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION. WE'RE HOPING THAT HE'S DONE THIS MONTH OR NEXT MONTH. SO HE'S ALMOST THERE. SO THIS IS PUEBLO CANNABIS AND HE'S GOING TO START. HE'S ALSO GOING TO BE ONE OF OUR STOREFRONT RETAILERS SOON. SO LAST MONTH OR ACTUALLY LATE SEPTEMBER, WE HAD A VISIT FROM THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. THEY SENT DOWN A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE DEPARTMENT TO KIND OF SEE HOW OUR PROGRAM IS GOING IN PERSON. THEY WANTED TO OBSERVE OUR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE CONSULTANT IN ACTION. SO TO THE BOTTOM RIGHT, YOU'LL SEE THE WORKSHOP THAT HE CONDUCTED, WHICH WAS ON INVENTORY COMPLIANCE. AND THEN THE OTHER IMAGES OF OUR OF OUR OTHER THREE LICENSEES. SO THE THE REPRESENTATIVE WAS ABLE TO SEE HOW MUCH PROGRESS THE LICENSEES HAVE MADE. THEY'VE COME A LONG WAY WITH THE GRANT FUNDING, WHICH HAS BEEN VERY HELPFUL FOR THEM. SOMETHING I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT IS THAT THREE OF OUR OPERATING DISPENSARIES RIGHT NOW ARE SOCIAL EQUITY, AND THEN THE ONE THAT'S OPENING UP IS ALSO SOCIAL EQUITY. SO THE MAJORITY OF OUR RETAILERS HERE IN THE CITY ARE SOCIAL EQUITY. SO THE FUNDS HAVE REALLY, YOU KNOW, KEPT THEM IN THE INDUSTRY RIGHT NOW THAT THEY'RE HURTING. IT'S BEEN VERY HELPFUL FOR THEM TO REMAIN IN THE INDUSTRY AND JUST BE SUCCESSFUL HERE IN THE CITY. WE ARE CONSIDERING MAYBE DOING SOME MORE OUTREACH FOR THE PROGRAM. SO FUNDING THAT WE RECEIVE FROM GOD IS IS BASED ON THE NUMBER OF SOCIAL EQUITY APPLICANTS AND LICENSEES THAT WE HAVE IN THE CITY. WE HAVE NOTICED THAT FUNDING HAS GONE DOWN THROUGHOUT THE YEARS, JUST BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A HIGH NUMBER OF APPLICANTS OR LICENSEES. SO GETTING MORE APPLICANTS WILL ALLOW US MORE GRANT FUNDS FROM GOBIES. SO WE'RE MAYBE POSSIBLY LOOKING FOR YOUR FEEDBACK ON WHETHER WE SHOULD CONDUCT MAYBE ANOTHER OUTREACH EVENT JUST FOR LOCALS FOR THE SOCIAL EQUITY PROGRAM, WE HAVE LICENSES AVAILABLE FOR RETAIL, CULTIVATION, MANUFACTURING, DISTRIBUTION AND TESTING. SO THAT'S THE END OF MY PRESENTATION. I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS OR FEEDBACK FROM YOU ALL. THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS TO DO THIS OUTREACH? IS IT GOING TO COST THE CITY ANY, ANY FUNDS? OR WE CAN JUST HAVE A MAYBE A QUICK WORKSHOP EVENT, MAYBE HAVE SOME FOOD? I DON'T KNOW IF YOU MAYBE WANT TO INVEST IN SOME MARKETING MATERIAL, BUT IT COULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN JUST PUT TOGETHER AND MAYBE JUST HAVE SOME FOOD AND INVITE THE PUBLIC TO JOIN. THAT'S COOL. YEAH, I LIKE THAT. I'M ALL FOR IT. IF YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF THE REST OF THE COUNCIL WOULD BE INTERESTED. CAN YOU INDICATE HOW MANY RETAIL LICENSES WE HAVE AVAILABLE? IF THE COUNCIL CHOOSES TO OPEN UP ANOTHER ROUND OF RETAIL? YEAH. SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE THREE THAT ARE OPERATING ONE THAT'S GOING TO START OPERATING SOON. SO THAT'LL BE FOUR. AND WE HAVE SIX AVAILABLE. SO A MAXIMUM OF TEN ARE ALLOWED IN THE CITY. WHAT HAPPENED TO I KNOW WE WENT THROUGH THE APPLICATION PROCESS.
THERE WAS PHASED PHASES WHERE THOSE WHO WERE APPLICANTS, YOU KNOW, WENT IN LIKE TO, YOU KNOW, THE FIRST PHASE OR, YOU KNOW, PHASE TWO, DEPENDING ON HOW MANY POINTS I THINK THAT THEY ACCUMULATED ON THE APPLICATION OR THE REVIEW OF THE APPLICATION. AND THEN SO DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER APPLICANTS THAT DIDN'T COME IN AS STRONG THAT PERHAPS WE CAN HELP THEM OR SUPPORT THEM A BIT MORE THAT WEREN'T SELECTED AS PART OF THE RETAIL? I CAN CHECK ON THAT.
NOT THAT I KNOW OF. I KNOW WE WERE TRYING TO WORK WITH SOME OF THEM, BUT THEY JUST DIDN'T FOLLOW THROUGH WITH BUILDING THEIR BUSINESS. I KNOW WE HAD PROPOSED ONE MAYBE ON DYLAN AND THEY DIDN'T MOVE FORWARD. SO I KNOW A LOT OF THEM ARE KIND OF WARY ABOUT ENTERING THE
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INDUSTRY. AND THEY'RE I MEAN, WE CAN REACH OUT, BUT I HAVEN'T REALLY GOTTEN ANY OTHER PERSON REACH OUT TO ME ABOUT RETAIL. YEAH. AND THEN HOW MANY, HOW MANY OPPORTUNITIES DO WE HAVE LEFT TO PROVIDE SOME OF THE EQUITY PROGRAM FUNDS TO I MEAN, HOW MANY. YEAH. SO SO WE ARE PREPARING AN APPLICATION IN THE AMOUNT OF 250,000. AND THAT'S BASED ON HOW MANY REPORTED LIKE BECAUSE WE ONLY HAVE THREE SOCIAL EQUITY LICENSEES. SO WE WERE NOT ABLE TO REQUEST MORE, BUT WE CAN REQUEST UP TO 500,000. BUT I WOULD NEED TO DEMONSTRATE THAT WE HAVE LIKE A RETAIL ROUND WHERE I'M GOING TO ACCEPT MORE SOCIAL EQUITY APPLICANTS AND THEN OR HELP OTHER PEOPLE THAT JUST WANT TO DO DELIVERY OR, YOU KNOW, OR WHAT HAVE YOU. AND SO SO GOBE IS ALLOWS US TO REQUEST UP TO 500,000. BUT THEN I HAVE TO HAVE LIKE THE FOLKS THAT I'M SERVING. AND SO RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER, WE'RE ALLOWED TO REQUEST 250,000. SO WE'RE REQUESTING THE MAXIMUM BASED ON WHO WE HAVE. AND, YOU KNOW, SO I THINK THE LAST TIME WE HAD ONE DISTRIBUTION PERSON OR DELIVERY. RIGHT. AND THEN DISTRIBUTION AND THEN THEY HAVEN'T I DON'T THINK THEY'VE REMAINED ACTIVE. BUT YEAH. IF SO. SO THEY DID TELL US IF YOU WANT TO OPEN ANOTHER ROUND THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR YOU. BUT SO CURRENTLY THE FUNDING THAT WAS FOR THE SOCIAL EQUITY PROGRAM THAT'S BEEN THAT'S BEEN DISBURSED TO THE TO THE ONES THAT ARE OPERATING AT THIS MOMENT. RIGHT. YES. AND THEN SO FOR IF WE'RE GOING TO DO ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLICANTS, THEN AT THAT POINT WE HAVE TO SEE WHETHER THEY'RE WANTING TO ENTER THE SOCIAL EQUITY PROGRAM BECAUSE THEY CAN ENTER WITHOUT IT. CORRECT? YES, YES, BECAUSE THERE'S THE PRIVATE MARKET PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT ELIGIBLE BECAUSE THEY'RE PRIVATE MARKET.AND THEN THERE'S THE ONES THAT ARE SOCIAL EQUITY. RIGHT. AND WE CAN HELP, YOU KNOW, WE CAN ASK FOR MONEY TO HAVE THE WORKSHOPS TO DO ALL THAT LEGAL STUFF AND WHATEVER. BUT, YOU KNOW, WE'D HAVE TO BE COMMITTED TO RECRUITING, RIGHT? YEAH. SO THIS WORKSHOP WOULD JUST BE FOR THE LOCALS FOR SOCIAL EQUITY, KIND OF PRIORITIZING THEM FIRST AND THEN MAYBE CONSIDERING OPENING IT UP TO TO OTHERS. YEAH. BUT, YOU KNOW, IT IS A LOT OF COMMITMENT. IT'S A LOT OF WORK. YOU KNOW, IT'S A LOT OF WORK BECAUSE YOU'RE DOING THE ANOTHER ROUND, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO DO THE COMMUNITY INPUT. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO SEE THAT THAT APPLICANT IS EVEN STRONG ENOUGH AND WORK WITH THOSE APPLICANTS TO EVEN BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE SOCIAL EQUITY PROGRAM. AND THEN WHEN IT IS IDENTIFIED AND WHEN, YOU KNOW, IT TAKES THEM TO MAKE SURE THAT MEET ALL THE REQUIREMENTS. AND AT THAT POINT, THEN WE THEN PUT A GRANT TO THE GO BIZ TO, TO REQUIRE OR TO ASK FOR MORE. BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN ALSO THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE APPROVED, ALTHOUGH THAT WE'VE BEEN STRONGLY SUPPORTED IN THE PAST FEW YEARS. WE DON'T KNOW THAT THERE'S NO GUARANTEE EITHER THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE SUPPORTING. YEAH, IT'S VERY COMPETITIVE. AND THEY WERE VERY WHEN GOBEZE CAME OUT, THEY WANTED TO FEATURE OUR PROGRAM IN A VIDEO THAT THEY WERE THEY WANTED TO POST ON LINKEDIN BECAUSE WE'VE DONE REALLY GOOD WORK HERE. AND AND SO THEY LEFT VERY IMPRESSED. AND ALSO THEY SHARED THAT OTHER PEOPLE HAVEN'T BEEN LIKE IN LA, I GUESS THEY GOT $10 MILLION, BUT THEY HAVE TO GIVE IT ALL BACK BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T DO THE RIGHT THING WITH THE GRANT MONEY. AND SO, YOU KNOW, SO THAT'S TOUGH BECAUSE THEY GAVE THEM $10 MILLION. YEAH. AND SO BUT YEAH, WE, WE IN THE PREVIOUS ROUND I REMEMBER BEING A PART OF THAT. AND WE HAD LIKE TWO APPLICANTS THAT WERE NOT SOCIAL EQUITY THAT YOU KNOW, EVEN HAD LIKE A CHALLENGE. I THINK BILL MIGHT, MAY HAVE BEEN HERE. I THINK THEY CHALLENGED US. AND LOUIE LOPEZ HAD TO HANDLE THAT. THAT'S RIGHT. YOU KNOW. THAT'S RIGHT. BECAUSE THEY WERE LIKE, OH NO, I WANT TO BE THE ONE, YOU KNOW. SO SO WE DO HAVE THOSE PEOPLE THAT FROM THE PAST THAT WANTED TO BE SELECTED. AND I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE OF THE COMMITMENT, I THINK MAYBE IT'S A GOOD OPTION TO EXPLORE THOSE OTHER APPLICANTS TO SEE IF THEY, YOU KNOW, WILLING TO, TO MOVE FORWARD OR IF THEY'RE PREPARED.
MAYBE THEY WEREN'T PREPARED, YOU KNOW, LAST YEAR OR TWO YEARS AGO, BUT I THINK IN, IN THE BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF TIME AND COMMITMENT THAT MAYBE WE JUST REACH OUT AND SEE IF THOSE APPLICANTS ARE READY TO MOVE FORWARD. DON'T WE HAVE SOMETHING ON THE AGENDA WE'RE WORKING TO APPROVE AN APPLICATION FOR? YES. IN FACT, I WAS GOING TO MENTION THAT WE DO HAVE AN ITEM ON OUR UPCOMING CITY COUNCIL AGENDA WHERE WE ARE STAFF BASED ON, YOU KNOW, JUST WHAT WE KNEW WE WERE SUGGESTING TO APPLY FOR ANOTHER 250,000. AND THAT WAY WE CAN SUPPORT THE THREE THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW AND JUST REALLY GET THEM FULL BLOWN, LIKE SUPER READY AND, AND, YOU KNOW, LOOKING REALLY, REALLY GOOD. SO
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WE WERE GOING TO SUBMIT FOR THAT BECAUSE I CANNOT REQUEST MORE THAN THAT UNLESS I PROMISE THAT WE HAVE A RETAIL ROUND AND THAT I HAVE LIKE PEOPLE LINED UP, SOCIAL EQUITY PEOPLE LINED UP TO THAT, THAT WANT TO BE LICENSED. AND I CAN'T FIND THOSE PEOPLE. SO UNLESS WE DID LIKE A RECRUITMENT AND WE FOUND THEM SOMEHOW. BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE TOUGH. I THINK WE'D PROBABLY WOULD, WOULD BE MORE, MORE FORTUNATE IN FINDING PRIVATE LIKE THE OTHER PEOPLE THAN WE WOULD FIND, YOU KNOW, I THINK SO, I THINK SO, BUT ALSO IS THAT SOME OF THE, CURRENT EQUITY PARTICIPANTS ARE I THINK WE'RE WELL OVER 250,000, BECAUSE I THINK WHEN WE CONTINUALLY APPLY FOR IT AND WE WE RECEIVE FUNDING FOR THEM, WE THEN APPLY IT AND PROVIDE IT TO THE CURRENT EXISTING. I THINK, SOCIAL EQUITY PARTICIPANTS. SO I THINK THAT IT'S IT'S BEEN I MEAN, HOW HOW MUCH IN TOTAL HAVE THEY RECEIVED. YOU KNOW WE'VE BEEN GETTING I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH PHIL WOULD YOU SAY? I MEAN, IT'S BEEN A LOT I HAVE A GAP IN. YEAH. THAT'S RIGHT. YES. SO YEAH, WE HAVE I THINK PHIL MISSED OUT ON 500,000 AND THEN WE HAVE 250. YOU KNOW, WE'VE PROBABLY INVESTED ABOUT 750,000. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? WHEN WE WENT TO THE SITE VISITS OH MY GOODNESS. IT WAS LIKE NIGHT AND DAY. HOW MUCH THE MONEY HAS HELPED THEM TO REALLY MAKE THOSE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS. AND LIKE ESPECIALLY ARMANDO LERMA'S PUEBLO CANNABIS. OH MY GOD, THAT FACILITY IS GOING TO BE AMAZING. IT'S ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL. HE'S DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB AT CURATING THE SPACE SO THAT YOU GO IN AND YOU DO YOUR RETAIL THING, AND THEN HE HAS A LITTLE LOUNGE AND HE EMBEDDED SOME ARTWORK AND STUFF LIKE THAT. AND THEN THE GIRLS, THEY WERE ABLE TO MAKE, I THINK THEIR PARKING LOT ADA COMPLIANT AND THEN LIKE, I DON'T KNOW, LIKE THE, THE STORAGE AND ALL THIS STUFF THAT THEY HAD TO DO THE CAMERAS AND I THINK THE POINT OF SALE, THEY DID A LOT OF STUFF, ALL OF THEM, AND THEY HAD TO SHOW IT TO GOBI'S BECAUSE THEY HAD TO LITERALLY GO AND BE LIKE THIS AND THIS AND, YOU KNOW, AND I WASN'T SURE HOW I WAS GOING TO GO, BUT, I MEAN, THE GUY WAS SUPER IMPRESSED AND ASKED US TO DO LIKE A VIDEO TO BE LIKE, HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT? YOU GUYS ARE OUTSTANDING. LET'S LET'S SHOWCASE YOU. AND SO WE STILL HAVE TO DO THE VIDEO. WE HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE, BUT THAT WAS NICE. YEAH, THAT WAS NICE A COMPLIMENT RIGHT. BECAUSE ELLIE IS STRUGGLING WITH GIVING BACK THE 10 MILLION. AND SO A LITTLE JUST FROM THE GLIMPSE OF ARMANDO LERMA IS THAT YOU CAN SEE THAT HIS ARTISTIC TOUCH. YES. YOU KNOW, YOU CAN SEE IT.YEAH. HE CAN SEE IT. IT'S BEAUTIFUL. IT REALLY IS. AND WHEN YOU'RE IN THERE IN PERSON, YOU'RE JUST LIKE, WHOA, I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW HE DID ALL THIS, YOU KNOW? AND IT'S A BUILDING THAT'S DECADES OLD, MAYBE 40, 50 YEARS OLD. NO, IT'S OLDER. IT'S LIKE ALMOST 100. WOW. HE HAS A THING IN THE FRONT THAT, LIKE, WHERE IT WAS LIKE A FLAGPOLE OR SOMETHING, AND IT, LIKE, HAS, LIKE A MARKING FROM 1800, WHATEVER. I WAS LIKE, OH MY GOD. BECAUSE IT MUST HAVE BEEN, LIKE, ASSOCIATED WITH THE RAILROAD MAYBE. YEAH. AND SO IT'S A IT WAS A VERY OLD BUILDING THAT HE RESTORED. IT'S ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL. THE BACKYARD IS INCREDIBLE. IT LOOKS REALLY NICE. OKAY. IS THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS OR FROM STAFF? OKAY. SO MOVING ON TO THE GREATER COACHELLA VALLEY CHAMBER. YES. AND WE HAVE BRANDON MARLEY HERE. BRANDON, WILL YOU PLEASE. I THINK JASON PROMOTED HIM. BRANDON, CAN YOU HEAR US? OKAY. BRANDON, CAN YOU HEAR US? AND I PLACED HIS PRESENTATION IN THE W. CAN YOU ALL HEAR ME? YES. CAN YOU HEAR US? YEP, I CAN HEAR YOU. WELL, OKAY. IT WAS SWITCHING ME OVER TO A PANELIST. OH, GOOD. YES. THANK YOU, BRANDON, FOR BEING HERE THIS EVENING. WE'RE PULLING UP YOUR PRESENTATION SO THAT WE CAN SHOW IT FOR YOU. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE YOU HAVING ME. SORRY. IT'S JUST TAKING A SECOND. ARE YOU ABLE TO SEE IT, BRANDON? PERFECT. YEP. OKAY. SURE CAN. ALRIGHTY. WELL, WE'LL IF YOU'D LIKE. I'LL GO AHEAD AND JUMP IN.
YES, PLEASE. GREAT. SO AGAIN, BRANDON MARLEY, PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THE GREATER COACHELLA VALLEY CHAMBER. IT'S ALSO THE COACHELLA CHAMBER. JUST A QUICK UPDATE ON SOME THINGS AND ANY QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING. I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM. TAKING A LOOK QUICKLY AT OUR BOARD THIS YEAR, CYNTHIA REINA CONTINUES TO BE OUR CHAIR, AS RECENTLY SAW HER STATE OF THE CITY. I THINK SHE DID A GREAT JOB THERE AS WELL AS OUR LOCAL BOARD MEMBERS. WE DO HAVE A COUPLE MORE THAT ARE COMING ON RIGHT NOW POST STATE OF THE CITY. WE HAVE ABOUT 3 OR 4, SO WE SHOULD BE HAVING SOME NEW NAMES ADDED TO THIS LIST HERE SHORTLY. BUT WE ALSO HAVE STEVE GARCIA, JOSE LAURA, MAYA PEREZ, ANGELO PEREZ, JESSICA ARROYO AND KRISTEN CRAWFORD. THAT'S BOARD JUMP TO THE NEXT ONE. OUR MARKETING, IT CONTINUES TO GROW STRONG AND STAY STEADY. SO WE HAVE A
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LITTLE OVER 6500 EMAIL SUBSCRIBERS OVER A 50% OPEN RATE. WE STILL HAVE OVER 25 000 FOLLOWERS ACROSS OUR FACEBOOK, LINKEDIN, INSTAGRAM, AND YOUTUBE. AND I ALWAYS LIKE TO POINT OUT WITH OUR NEWSLETTER, OUR MEMBERS TEND TO GET MORE CLICKS THAN WE DO SO A FREE MEMBER PERK FOR MEMBERS TO BE ABLE TO SHARE NEWS AND INSIDE OF OUR NEWSLETTER, AND GET A GOOD AMOUNT OF ENGAGEMENT AND GOOD AMOUNT OF INTERACTION WITH THAT. OUR MEMBERSHIP. WE'VE HELD A COUPLE RIBBON CUTTINGS SO FAR THIS YEAR. WE ALSO CONTINUE TO DO MONTHLY BUSINESS WALKS THROUGHOUT THE CITY, SEEING THINGS THAT ARE PEOPLE LOOKING FOR. PROBABLY ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS THAT'S BEEN A TALKING POINT WITH WITH US HAS BEEN OUR EMPLOYER CONNECT PROGRAM. AS WE'RE WRAPPING THAT UP, I'LL GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF HIGHLIGHTS ON THAT HERE IN A MOMENT, BUT THAT'S PROBABLY BEEN THE BIGGEST INTEREST THING, TRYING TO DO SOME SAVINGS THERE.ON ANY HIRINGS THAT THE BUSINESSES ARE DOING. WE HAVE OVER 1000 CURRENT MEMBERS, 104 NEW MEMBERS IN THE PAST YEAR. AND AS ALWAYS, WE CONTINUE TO ASSIST NONMEMBERS WITH NEEDS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. SO ANYTHING THEY DO, A LOT OF TIMES IT'S JUST US POINTING THEM IN ANOTHER DIRECTION, CONNECTING WITH THE SBA, SBDC, CARAVANSERAI, GROUPS LIKE THAT OR ANYTHING THAT WE'RE ABLE TO HELP THEM WITH HERE AT THE CHAMBER. EVENTS. WE HAVE A LOT OF THEM, SO THERE'S PLENTY COMING WITH ALL OF THAT. SO WE DO HAVE SOME KIND OF EXCITING NEWS, AND THIS WILL BE THE FIRST TIME THAT WE GET A CHANCE TO KIND OF ANNOUNCE THIS. BUT AS TALK WITH TEQUILA AND CHEVELLE AS, AS YOU KNOW, IS MOVING INTO FEBRUARY 2026, AND WE'RE WORKING WITH SELENA AND THE TEAM TO GET SOME FINALIZED ELEMENTS ON THAT. WE BROUGHT ON THE COACHELLA FIRE, COACHELLA VALLEY FIREBIRDS, SPECIFICALLY THOSE FIREBIRDS BRAND IS GOING TO BE TITLE SPONSOR THIS YEAR, SO THEY'LL HAVE SOME DIFFERENT WAYS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE JUMPING IN AND GETTING INVOLVED WITH THE EVENT. WE'RE STILL WORKING OUT SOME OF THE DETAILS WITH THAT, BUT WE BELIEVE THERE'LL BE SOME APPEARANCES BY FUEGO AND SHOULD ADD SOME MORE FUN TO THE EVENT AS A WHOLE. SO EXCITED FOR THAT. WITH THE HOLIDAY PARADE COMING UP, YOU KNOW WE'RE PREPPING DRIVERS FOR THAT, AS WELL AS OUR ALL VALLEY MAYORS, COUNTY AND TRIBAL CHAIRPERSONS LUNCHEON. SO OVER 600 ATTENDEES THIS YEAR. THERE ARE SOME CHANGES WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING WITH THAT EVENT GOING INTO NEXT YEAR. I THINK IT'S IT'S SOME OF THE STUFF WE'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT DOING FOR A FEW YEARS. LUCKILY, A LOT OF THE ELECTEDS KIND OF JUMPED ON BOARD WITH WANTING TO DO THAT. WE WANT TO GET TO A SPOT WHERE THERE'S A LITTLE LESS OF KIND OF THE POP UP INTRO, INTRO INTRO FOR A LONG PERIOD OF THE EVENT AND GETTING MORE TO THE QUESTIONS PORTION, BECAUSE REALLY, WE KNOW THAT'S WHAT MORE PEOPLE ARE THERE FOR, IS THE PANEL AND THOSE SORT OF THINGS. SO WE'RE EXCITED TO PUSH FORWARD WITH THAT ONE GOING INTO NEXT YEAR. AND YOU SHOULD HEAR SOME GOOD ANNOUNCEMENTS. AND WE'RE ALWAYS OPEN TO FEEDBACK IF YOU ALL HAVE ANY FEEDBACK ON THAT EVENT AS WELL. WE WANT TO TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT'S AS VALUE AS VALUABLE AS POSSIBLE FOR THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY. AND JUMPING BACK TO THE STATE OF THE CITY. WE INCREASED ATTENDANCE TO 360 ATTENDEES. THIS YEAR. WE SAW MORE SPONSORSHIPS, BEAUTIFUL EVENT. WE GET TONS OF COMPLIMENTS ABOUT THE CITY AND THE EVENT AS A WHOLE EVERY YEAR. IT'S A GREAT WAY TO START YOUR DAY. I ALWAYS USE THAT ONE TO TRY TO ENCOURAGE THE OTHER CITIES TO SHIFT TO A BREAKFAST, SO REALLY ENJOY THAT. OUR VISITOR CENTER, WE AVERAGE ABOUT 3 TO 5 VISITORS PER DAY WITH, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE SLIGHT REDUCTION ON ON THE DAYS AND EVERYTHING THIS YEAR, BUT WE GET ABOUT 36 TO 60 A MONTH, AND IT TENDS TO BE THE SAME KIND OF VARIATION OF QUESTIONS VENDORS FOR EVENTS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT TOURISTS FOR, LOOKING FOR LOCAL INFORMATION, GUESTS LOOKING FOR CITY HALL OR FACILITIES, THE MEXICAN CONSULATE. I WOULD SAY WE'RE GETTING LESS OF THOSE. IT'S GOOD. THEY'RE DOING A BETTER JOB OF MARKETING WHERE THEY'RE AT ACROSS THE STREET THERE AND HANDLING ALL OF THAT. AND THEN JUST GENERAL INFORMATION ON BUSINESSES IN THE AREA.
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. SO SPECIFICALLY WITH THIS GRANT, IT DOES GO THROUGH THE END OF THIS YEAR. SO THERE'S A LITTLE OVER A MONTH LEFT THAT APPLICANTS CAN APPLY. WE'RE WORKING WITH THE COUNTY ON SOME NEW POTENTIAL PROGRAMS ON THAT WE MAY BE GETTING INVOLVED IN, BUT FOR THE TIME BEING, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO HELP APPROXIMATELY 80 BUSINESSES. SEVERAL OF THOSE BUSINESSES WITHIN COACHELLA, AND WE'RE GETTING ABOUT $9,600 BACK. WE SHOULD HAVE SOME FINAL NUMBERS, WHICH WE GET TO THE END OF IT AND CAN SEE WHAT THE EXACT PAYOUTS WERE AND EVERYTHING, BUT THEY'RE RECEIVING APPROXIMATELY UP TO $900,600 BACK, AND WHICH PUTS US ABOUT 600,000 IN THAT AREA THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO HELP GET BACK INTO THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND BACK INTO LOCAL BUSINESSES POCKETS WHILE CREATING SOME JOBS. SO PRETTY HAPPY WITH THAT. WE WANT TO CONTINUE WORKING ON THOSE TYPES OF PROGRAMS AND HELPING GET BACK TO SOME OF THE BUSINESSES. THIS ONE'S EXCITING. SO WE FINALIZED THE KIND OF THE FIRST PHASE OF OUR PARTNERSHIP. SO WE'VE MOVED OUR INDIO OFFICES INTO THE INDIO COLLEGE OF DESERT CAMPUS. SO OUR MOVE OF COURSE, WAS ONE STEP AND A MUCH LARGER ELEMENT. BUT WE HAVE MANY THINGS COMING WITH EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE INITIATIVES WE ARE PLANNING RIGHT NOW. AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THIS IN A SECOND. AN UPCOMING EVENT THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE PARTNERING WITH US ON A HANDFUL OF DIFFERENT THINGS ATTACHED TO THAT. BUT WE DO INVITE YOU TO
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COME OUT. WE'RE GOING TO HOLD A RIBBON CUTTING AND AN OPEN HOUSE THERE ON FRIDAY, DECEMBER THE 5TH TO SEE THE NEW FACILITIES AND CELEBRATE THAT NEW PARTNERSHIP THAT WE'VE GAINED. AND OUR LEGISLATIVE EFFORTS. WE CONTINUE TO HOLD MONTHLY LEGISLATIVE MEETINGS WHERE WE HEAR FROM EACH OF OUR COUNTY, STATE AND FEDERAL OFFICES ON UPDATES AS WELL AS UPDATES FROM OUR SIDE. WE CURRENTLY TAKEN 35 POSITIONS ON BILLS THIS YEAR, AS WE KNOW THEY'RE OUT OF SESSION RIGHT NOW, BUT AS THEY PREP TO GET BACK AT IT, WE'LL BE KEEPING AN EYE ON EVERYTHING THAT'S MOVING THROUGH THERE. WE ARE STARTING THE KICKOFF OF OUR GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATE SERIES. SO WHILE WE DO HAVE ONE SCHEDULED, WE HAVE THREE OTHER OFFICES RIGHT NOW THAT WE'RE FINALIZING WITH GOING THROUGH THE YEAR. BUT WE WANT TO TRY TO GET AS MANY OF THE GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATES OUT AS WE CAN THIS YEAR SO EVERYONE CAN GET A CHANCE TO NOT JUST SEE THE ADS ON TV AND SOCIAL MEDIA. THEY'LL GET A CHANCE TO HEAR FROM THEM DIRECTLY. WE DO HAVE ONE WITH LOCAL CANDIDATE COMING UP HERE NEXT FRIDAY WITH CHAD BIANCO. I KNOW KATIE PORTER'S OFFICE WE'RE WORKING WITH AND A HANDFUL OF OTHERS AS WELL. AND THEN UPCOMING BUSINESS SUPPORT SERVICES. WE CONTINUE THOSE. THOSE ARE OUR DAILY DAY TO DAY CLASSES. WE'RE WORKING ON LAUNCHING OUR NEW GVC EDUCATE SERIES. WE HAVE A COUPLE PEOPLE ON DOCKET FOR THAT, WHETHER IT COMES TO MARKETING OR JUST BUSINESS SUPPORT, BUSINESS COACHING, THOSE SORT OF THINGS. THE HOLIDAY PARADE, TACO, TEQUILA AND CABELA'S. TWO THINGS THAT ACTUALLY THREE THINGS WE'RE PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT. ONE, AS I TALKED ABOUT A LITTLE BIT BEFORE THE BIANNUAL JOB AND EDUCATION FAIR, WE'RE LOOKING AT LAUNCHING THOSE IN JANUARY AND JUNE. SO HOPING, WELL, PLANS TO HAVE THERE AT THE LIBRARY THERE IN COACHELLA. AND SO WE'RE WORKING OUT SOME DATES RIGHT NOW. COLLEGE OF THE DESERT WANTS TO BE VERY INVOLVED, BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S PLENTY OF RESOURCES WITH THAT. SO WE'RE KIND OF COORDINATING WITH THEM TO GET THE LAST BITS OF THOSE THINGS UP AND GOING. AND THEN WE SHOULD BE DOING SOME ANNOUNCEMENTS ON THAT EVENT HERE SOON. ONLINE SWAG SHOP. SO THIS IS SOMETHING WHERE WE'RE KIND OF IN THE LAST PHASE OF LOOKING AT. SO I KNOW WE TALKED IN THE PAST ABOUT WORKING WITH YOU, AND WE HAVE ONE OTHER CITY PARTNER THAT HAD BEEN INTERESTED IN THAT TOO. BUT FINDING SOME WAYS THAT PEOPLE CAN BUY SOME SWAG. WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT ONLINE FOR US RIGHT NOW WITH THE GVC, BUT ALSO EVENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT TOO. WE'D LOVE TO BE ABLE TO. WE GET ASKED ABOUT IT EVERY YEAR. ARE THERE T SHIRTS OR HATS OR ANYTHING YOU CAN GET FOR TACOS, TEQUILA OR ANY OF OUR OTHER EVENTS? SO WE'RE LOOKING IN SOME WAYS TO DO THAT. IT'S TRICKY TO GET THOSE THINGS AND DEAL WITH THE TAX ELEMENTS AND ALL THAT, AND WE DON'T WANT TO CHARGE A LOT. WE WANT TO TRY TO KEEP THOSE THINGS AS CLOSE TO, YOU KNOW, THE COST AS POSSIBLE. SO WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THE FINAL ELEMENTS OF THAT. BUT THAT'LL BE AN OPPORTUNITY IF THE CITY WANTS TO GET INVOLVED THERE. WE'RE HAPPY TO HELP ON THAT SIDE. AND IT WOULD BE A SPECIFIC SITE LANDING PAGE JUST FOR COACHELLA CITY SWAG WITH THAT. AND THEN THE LAST ONE THAT WE ARE FINALIZING THE DATE ON RIGHT NOW, BUT WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IS GOING TO BE A NEW ANNUAL EVENT. WE'RE GOING TO BE LAUNCHING IN MAY OF NEXT YEAR, STATE OF EDUCATION. SO WE'LL BE WORKING WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS, THE WITH COLLEGE OF THE DESERT, AS WELL AS LIKELY THE TWO OTHER MAJOR COLLEGES OUT HERE, KIND OF RATHER THAN HAVING TO DO A BUNCH OF THEM. AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE FEEDBACK WE HEARD FROM THE DISTRICTS IS THEY THEY'RE LIKE, THAT'S NOT OUR THING. WE DON'T REALLY LIKE TO DO THOSE. WE DON'T HAVE AN EVENTS TEAM FOR THOSE, SO THEY'RE REALLY EXCITED TO PARTNER WITH US AND KIND OF GET THAT ALL IN ONE PLACE. TALK ABOUT ALL THE REALLY GREAT EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE OUT THERE, AND THEN WE WANT TO USE THAT TO REALLY KIND OF TAKE THAT NEXT PHASE OF HOW WE'RE GOING TO BE INTEGRATING KIDS, GOING FROM EDUCATION INTO THE WORKFORCE, AND WHAT KIND OF OPPORTUNITIES WE'RE BUILDING OUT FOR THERE. SO A LOT OF THOSE THINGS ARE IN THE WORKS RIGHT NOW. BY MAY, SOME OF THOSE THINGS SHOULD REALLY START TO BE IN MOTION. SO WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO SOME COOL ANNOUNCEMENTS AND REALLY SHOWCASE THE JUST INCREDIBLE EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES WE HAVE THROUGHOUT THE VALLEY. AND I THINK THAT WAS MY LAST SLIDE. SO WITH THAT I WILL OPEN UP TO QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. BRANDON, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THIS EVENING. COUNCILMEMBER, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? JUST A COUPLE. HI, BRANDON. GOOD TO SEE YOU. HELLO. GOOD TO SEE ALL OF YOU ON THE THE STATE OF EDUCATION. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE GOING TO IT'S JUST GOING TO BE ONE EVENT OR IT'S GOING TO BE MULTIPLE EVENTS OR HOW ARE YOU HOW ARE YOU GUYS.YEAH. SO TO START KIND OF SEE IT AS ONE. SO IT SHOULD BE. THE PLAN ON THAT ONE IS TO REALLY JUST GET A CHANCE TO SHOWCASE EACH OF THEM. SO YOU'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT PROBABLY A 10 TO 15 MINUTE PRESENTATION PER DISTRICT. AND THEN AS THEY GO OUT OF THAT WE'LL OPEN IT UP TO KIND OF A PANEL. SO WHILE WE'RE MOVING KIND OF AWAY FROM THAT WITH ALL VALLEY MAYOR, BECAUSE THE AMOUNT OF SPEAKERS THAT WE HAVE FOR IT, THAT KIND OF STRUCTURE AND SET UP AND THE SUBCOMMITTEE FOR THE EVENT IS THE DISTRICTS. SO THEY'RE THEY'RE INVOLVED WITH THE PLANNING AND THE CALLS AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT. THEY FELT LIKE THAT WAS PROBABLY THE BEST ROUTE TO GO WITH THAT. AND OF COURSE, WE'LL BE IT'S GOING TO BE FIRST YEAR. SO WE'LL BE
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LOOKING FOR NOTES AND THINGS THAT WE WANT TO DO GOING FORWARD. THE HOPE IS THAT IT TURNS INTO A DUAL EVENT. SO THAT MAY BE SOMETHING WE LAUNCH FOR THIS YEAR. IT MAY BE A SECOND YEAR THING, BUT WE WANT TO TURN IT INTO A TWO PART EVENT TO WHERE YOU CAN GO AT THE BEGINNING. YOU CAN, YOU KNOW, GET THE WHOLE ALL THE RIGMAROLE, AND THEN WE'LL CLOSE THAT OUT WITH A SECOND EVENT. THAT WOULD BE A BUSINESS AND WORKFORCE RESOURCE FAIR, AND THAT WOULD BE A FREE, OPEN TO PUBLIC EVENT. SO BASICALLY YOU WALK OUT, YOU WALK INTO THAT, YOU CAN STAY. YOU DON'T HAVE TO, BUT THAT ONE WILL BE MORE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC FOR PEOPLE TO COME IN AND GET TOOLS AND ASSETS AND THINGS LIKE THAT THAT THEY NEED. NICE. THAT'S WONDERFUL. AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION IS JUST ON THE ONLINE SWAG SHOP. HOW SO? HOW DOES THAT WORK THOUGH? DO WE PROVIDE THE THE ITEMS OR DO YOU GUYS. OKAY, SO IT'S FUNNY, IT'S JUST THROUGH WORKING THROUGH THE CHAMBER WORLD, I WAS ON A CALL FOR A CONFERENCE THAT I'M ON A PLANNING COMMITTEE FOR, AND I'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR THIS FOR A BIT, BECAUSE THE PROBLEM IS WE DON'T REALLY HAVE THE REVENUE TO PURCHASE A BUNCH OF STUFF AND THEN HAVE IT SIT IN A CLOSET, YOU KNOW? SO HOW DO I GET, LIKE A PARTNERSHIP WITH A PRINTER OR SOMETHING? AND THAT'S EASIER SAID THAN DONE FOR A LOCAL PRINTER. SO WE'RE STILL OPEN TO THAT. IF WE CAN SWITCH IT JUST OVER TO A LOCAL PRINTER, I'D LOVE TO DO IT. BUT WHAT YOU WOULD DO IS YOU CAN UPLOAD DESIGNS AND EVERYTHING. SO IT'S A COMPANY CALLED PRINTIFY. THEY HAD MENTIONED THAT THEY'RE DOING IT AND THEY WERE GETTING THEIR PRINTIFY SHOP OPEN. AND I'M LIKE, WHAT THE HECK IS PRINTIFY? SO WE LOOKED INTO IT. YOU CAN LAUNCH A FREE SHOP, PEOPLE CAN PURCHASE FROM THAT AND IT WILL GET DELIVERED TO THEM. SO YOU'RE JUST KIND OF THE THE MIDDLEMAN. I GUESS YOU CAN CHOOSE WHAT KIND OF PRINTERS YOU WANT TO WORK WITH. IF THERE'S SPECIFIC PRINTERS THAT WORK WITH PRINTIFY, YOU CAN CHOOSE THAT. BUT IT'S KIND OF EVERYTHING. IT'S EVERYTHING FROM T SHIRTS TO SCENTED CANDLES TO OFFICE SUPPLIES. SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING. SO WE WOULD BE ABLE TO UPLOAD ANY KIND OF DESIGN THAT THE CITY WANTED, PUT IT ON PRETTY MUCH ANYTHING THAT'S IN THEIR IN THEIR INVENTORY, AND WE'D HAVE IT ON THE SITE WHERE PEOPLE CAN JUST PURCHASE AND HAVE IT SHIPPED TO THEM.INTERESTING. I'D LOVE TO HEAR MORE ABOUT THAT LATER. ABSOLUTELY. YEAH, THAT SEEMS WE'RE NEW TO IT. SO WE'RE. OURS IS UP. WE'VE ORDERED A COUPLE FOR STAFF AND BOARD. IT SEEMED TO WORK OKAY SO FAR. SO WE'RE AGAIN REALLY NEW TO IT. IT'S BRAND NEW FOR US. YEAH, IT SOUNDS COMPLEX. OKAY, WELL, THOSE ARE MY ONLY QUESTIONS. YEAH. PLEASE KNOW WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH BRANDON ABOUT POSSIBLY HAVING, LIKE, A STORE WITH COACHELLA MERCHANDISE, LIKE AT THE RIGHT HERE, YOU KNOW, JUST HAVING SOME LOW STOCK OR WHATEVER. BUT BUT YEAH, WE JUST COULD NEVER FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE IT WORK. AND SO BUT THAT THAT'S A DREAM, RIGHT? TO HAVE COACHELLA MERCH LIKE BECAUSE PEOPLE ASK US ABOUT OUR HATS AND OUR SHIRTS AND ALL THAT. AND SO IT'D BE GREAT TO HAVE LIKE A LITTLE SHOP THAT PEOPLE CAN SHOP, YOU KNOW? SO THANK YOU, BRANDON. AND I WANT TO BUY SOME COACHELLA MERCH, SO THEN I CAN DO IT. THANKS, BRANDON. THANK YOU BRANDON. SO FOR ME, IT'S, YOU KNOW, I GO BACK TO SOME OF THE THINGS I'VE BEEN COMMENTING ON THE PREVIOUS YEARS IS, IS THAT THERE ISN'T A LOT OF CITY OF COACHELLA BUSINESSES THAT ARE PARTICIPATING. SO WHEN YOU SHOW THAT 80 CHEMICAL BACK TO THAT SLIDE, THE 80 PARTICIPANTS THAT YOU'RE SHARING IS THAT IN ONE YEAR IS THAT THROUGHOUT MANY YEARS. SO THAT THAT'S SPECIFICALLY TO THE EMPLOYER CONNECT PROGRAM. SO THAT'S THE ONES THAT HAVE GONE THROUGH THAT PROGRAM TO GET GRANT DOLLARS IN. SO THAT'S WITHIN THEY ESTIMATED US BEING BETWEEN 75 TO 80. WE'RE A LITTLE OVER 80 RIGHT NOW. SO THERE'S A COUPLE MORE THAT JUST APPLIED. BUT THEY'RE DIFFERENT BUSINESSES FROM THROUGHOUT THE VALLEY. SO THAT'S JUST SPECIFIC TO THAT ONE GRANT PROGRAM. YOU KNOW, I WOULD SAY THAT OUR SMALL BUSINESSES, THEY NEED A LOT OF HELP AND THEY NEED A LOT OF SUPPORT. AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GONE OVER THIS MANY, MANY TIMES ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE TRAININGS, THE ONLINE PROGRAMS THAT THEY'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH. YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, KIND OF THIS FAMILY, MOM AND POP TYPE OF SHOPS WHO, YOU KNOW, ARE NOT THAT FAMILIAR OR COMPUTER SAVVY OR, YOU KNOW, BE ABLE TO DO THE MARKETING ONLINE. AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO GET AN UPDATE ON SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE ASKED PREVIOUSLY ON HOW TO REALLY HELP OUT CITY OF COACHELLA SMALL BUSINESS COMMUNITY, WHICH I THINK TO SOME EXTENT IS, IS PROBABLY DISTINCTIVE, MAYBE TO A CERTAIN DEGREE OF OTHER CITIES IN THE COACHELLA VALLEY. AND SO, YOU KNOW, I, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, YOU KNOW, HOW WE CAN SPECIFICALLY HELP THE CITY OF COACHELLA, SMALL BUSINESS COMMUNITY. THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT CAN BE DONE. WE JUST TALKED ABOUT MARKETING, YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S THAT'S SOMETHING ELSE THAT THAT OUR SMALL BUSINESS COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY THESE, THESE RESTAURANTS THAT WE'VE HAD FOR OPERATING FOR FOR MANY, MANY YEARS THAT THEY CAN, YOU KNOW, BENEFIT FROM. SO I WOULD LIKE TO, IF POSSIBLE, GET AN UPDATE
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ON, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S BEING DONE SPECIFICALLY TO HELP THE CITY OF COACHELLA SMALL BUSINESS COMMUNITY FROM EVERYTHING FROM MARKETING, ONLINE, EVEN BEING ABLE TO NAVIGATE THROUGH SOME OF THESE APPS. YOU KNOW, I CAN TELL YOU THAT IF I GO TO MOST OF THESE RESTAURANTS OR BUSINESSES THAT THEY HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO CONNECT AND DO OR AT LEAST PURCHASE SOME OF THE SOFTWARE PROGRAMS OUT THERE OR APPS TO BE ABLE TO MARKET THEMSELVES OR BE ABLE TO MAYBE BREAK INTO SOME OF THESE OTHER MARKETS THAT THEY HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO TAP INTO BECAUSE OF SOME OF THOSE LIMITATIONS OF OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. AND I THINK THAT'S THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE HOPING TO GET SOME MORE OF OUT OF THAT, THAT BUSINESS AND EDUCATION RESOURCE FAIR. I WANT I POTENTIALLY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SOME KIND OF BREAKOUT SESSIONS IN THOSE WHERE WE CAN TALK ABOUT SOME OF THOSE THINGS, GIVE SOME MARKETING UPDATES. SO IT'S NOT JUST LIKE A LITTLE EXPO. SO THERE'S ACTUALLY SOME LIKE KIND OF BREAKOUT TRAINING SESSIONS THAT YOU CAN GO INTO AND WORK WITH THOSE. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR STATEMENTS FROM STAFF. NO, THAT'S THAT'S IT BRANDON. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION. GREAT UPDATES. I'M PARTICULARLY EXCITED ABOUT THE PARTNERSHIP WITH FUEGO OR I MEAN THOSE FIREBIRDS. THAT SOUNDS AMAZING. THANK YOU FOR THAT. THAT'S REALLY GOING TO ELEVATE I THINK OUR EVENT. AND SO THANK YOU. AND I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS SWAG THIS ONLINE SWAG. SO WE'LL HAVE TO GET TOGETHER WITH OUR PIO AND CITY MANAGER AND SEE WHAT WE CAN COME UP WITH. I DON'T KNOW THAT SOUNDS REALLY EXCITING. YEAH THAT THAT THAT'LL BE THE FUN PART OF THE JOB. YEAH. YEAH OKAY. WONDERFUL. THANK YOU, BRANDON FOR BEING HERE WITH US THIS EVENING. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AS ALWAYS. YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. OKAY. IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS? DO WE HAVE ANYONE ON ZOOM FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? WE DON'T HAVE ANY IN WRITING. NONE. THANK YOU. JASON.[Reports and Requests]
ALL RIGHT. IS THERE ANY REPORTS OR REQUESTS OR ANY COMMENTS FROM MEMBERS OF COUNCIL? NONE.I HAD A FEW THINGS TO SAY AND IT COMPLETELY SLIPPED MY MIND FOR THE FOR THE EQUITY PROGRAM.
I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO INTERNALLY BEFORE GOING EXTERNALLY. RIGHT. I THINK THAT WOULD MAYBE BE MORE HELPFUL. AND TIME. LESS TIME CONSUMED, I THINK. RIGHT. OKAY. WELL THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AT THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SUBCOMMITTEE, AND WE WILL SEE
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