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JOINT CITY COUNCIL & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION STRATEGIC
PLAN MEETING
City Hall
200 S. Main Street
April 2, 2024
6:30 PM — 10:00 PM
1. Call to Order— Mayor Allen called the City Council to order at 6:30 p.m.
President Mattingly called the EDC to order at 6:31 p.m.
2. Roll call and Excused Absences
Council Present: Mayor Allen, Councilmembers: Benson, Mahoney, Cunningham, Sanchez -
Stephens, Hetzel, and Hicks. Members Absent: Councilman Roberts. Councilman Mahoney made
the motion to excuse the absence of Councilman Roberts. The motion was seconded by Councilman
Hicks. For: All; Against: None. The motion carred 6 to 0.
EDC Present: Mr. Mattingly, Ms. Qaiyyim, Ms. Christophe, Mr. Hicks, and Mr. Triesch. Members
Absent: Mr. Ottman and Mr. Boyle. Mr. Hicks made the motion to excuse the absence of Mr.
Ottman. The motion was seconded by Mr. Triesch. For: All; Against: None. Motion carried 5 to 0.
3. Moment of Silence/Invocation — Councilman Hicks gave the Invocation.
4. Pledee of Alleeiance —All in attendance recited the Pledge of Allegiance.
5. Citizens to be Heard
This is the only time during the Meeting that a citizen can address the Boards. It is the opportunity
for visitors and guests to address the Boards on any issue, to include agenda items. All visitors
wishing to speak must fill out the Sign -In Roster prior to the start of the meeting. The Boards may
not debate any non -agenda issue, nor may any action be taken on any non -agenda issue at this time;
however, the Boards may present any factual response to items brought up by citizens. (Attorney
General Opinion - JC -0169) (Limit of three minutes each.) All remarks shall be addressed to the
Boards as a body. Remarks may also be addressed to any individual member of the Boards so long
as the remarks are (i) about matters of local public concern and (ii) not disruptive to the meeting or
threatening to the member or any attendee. Any person violating this policy may be requested to
leave the meeting, but no person may be requested to leave or forced to leave the meeting because
of the viewpoint expressed. This meeting is livestreamed. If anyone would like to make
comments on any matter regarding the City of Cibolo or on an agenda item and have this
item read at this meeting, please email acimics6i�cibolotx.eov or telephone 210-566-6111
before 5:00pm the date of the meeting.
No individual signed up to speak during this item.
6. Discussion/Action Items
A. Discussion/Presentation by RKG Associates, Inc. regarding the City's Economic
Development Strategic Plan.
RKG Associates went over the following items the both Council and EDC:
Economic Develop Goals
What to do Moving Forward — What we want and what we are investing in are out of sync,
Maintain consistent agenda, Find a balance between development scale and economic
opportunity, and Embrace market realities and plan around them.
Organization of Strategies — Business Retention of Strategies, Business Recruitment and
Attraction, Asset Development, Economic Development Toolbox, Outreach,
Communication, and Marketing, and Organization and Coordination.
Business Retention and Expansion — Continue to develop a comprehensive. list of all
businesses within the City, Implement an annual business survey to identify emerging
trends/needs, Expand outreach to existing businesses through 1 -on -1 meetings.
Business retention and expansion — Enhance entrepreneurial development efforts by:
Create an entrepreneurial center in downtown activity area, Create formal partnership with
SBDC for virtual access, Create an entrepreneur incentive program and Hire an
entrepreneurial expert (this would be a full-time position).
Business Recruitment and Attraction — Expand marketing materials focused on target
industries, Coordinate recruitment with local and regional partners to expand reach without
high costs and Expand trade show attendance within target industries.
Asset Development — Modify land use regulation in activity centers to promote business
and economic growth, Work with ETJ property owners on potential annexation, Continue
collaboration with utility partners on serving activity centers, Capitalize EDC property
acquisition fund, Maintain locally -managed database of available land and building space,
Enhance the virtual presence for the City's economic development efforts.
Economic Development Toolbox Create formulaic conditions to access municipal
incentives, Vary incentives by scope and scale, and Establish an ombudsman position, and
Apply zoning changes and revise land use regulations to promote long-term vision.
Outreach, Communication, Marketing — Citizens Outreach — Hold one citizen meeting to
present/discuss economic development efforts, Implement biennial resident survey, Create
an online portal, and Host up to four citizens outreach meetings in geographically dispersed
locations each year. Business Outreach — Create industry roundtables, Develop/train
business ambassadors to assist in business engagement, and Execute networking groups.
Prospect Outreach — Enhance the City's virtual media presence and Develop a business
mentorship program.
Organization and Coordination — Nail down roles and responsibilities for existing staff
members, Meeting long -tern economic development vision will require additional staff,
Create a formal Business Advisory Board, Create local municipal alliance to enhance BRE
efforts, and Establish an economic development dashboard.
An Executive Summary was given to both Council and EDC to look over at their own
timeframe.
7. Adiournment
Councilwoman Cunningham made the motion to adjourn the meeting at 8:01 p.m. The
motion was seconded by Councilman Mahoney. For: All; Against: None. The motion
carried 6 to 0.
Mr. Hicks made the motion to adjourn the meeting at 8:01 p.m. The motion was seconded
by Mr. Triesch. For: All; Against; None. The motion carried 5 to 0.
PASSED AND APPROVED THIS 9T" DAY OF APRIL 2024
Mark Allen
Mayor
ATTEST
Peggy Cimics, TRMC
City Secretary