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t95/.©7a;;·zmazÒ·; WÒ; r tm; E tradeshow. Mr. Wilson asked who attended the Select USA Investment Summit and if there were people who were actively looking to locate an industry. Mr. Paris said that Select USA was made up of EDCs, states, EDOs, consultants, and private equity; all had booths. TEAM Texas was part of the State of Texas booth and Mr. Paris recruited alongside individuals from the Texas Governor’s Office. The Conference was a foreign direct investment conference that highlighted EB5s and growth in the US. TEAM Texas participants will be at the food industry show in July talking to the food manufacturers. Mr. Banks got back to Target Industry Prospects by asking about the Example Itinerary that shows meeting places and times. Mr. Paris said you are competing with other EDCs and EDOs to meet with these companies. The last one is ROI, they have three different Programs to choose from: 1.The Pilot Program: $20,000 + $500 per meeting, 350 targeted companies, 8-12 leads. 2.Lead Generation Program: $33,500 +$450 per meeting, 650 targeted companies, 20-25 leads. 3. Partnership Program: $68,750 +$350 per meeting, 1250 targeted companies, 45-65 leads. Mr. Paris recommended using ROI’s Pilot Program for Lead Generation. Amarillo uses RIO for their lead generation. Mr. Turner asked Dr. Anglin what she thought about the lead generation. She said that developing connections and a presence need to be made with Paris. Mr. Wilson brought up that we are one of only 22 counties in Texas eligible to take EB5s. Mr. Turner made a motion to approve the ROI Lead Generation Pilot Program. Mr. Brockman seconded the motion. The vote was 5-For 0-Against. Executive Director’s Monthly Report. Project Taste Bud, an RFP we completed a few months ago. This is the feedback we received from the consultant. Four finalists were picked; they were from Texas, New Mexico and Louisiana. Twelve states participated with 134 communities responding, 53 from Texas, 14 from Virginia, 12 from Arkansas, 12 from Tennessee, 11 from Mississippi, 10 from New Mexico. Of the 134 communities 200 buildings and sites were submitted to this consultant for Project Taste Bud. The investment for Project Taste Bud would have been $17,000.000 and the creation of 100 jobs. The package we submitted was $600,000 cash for jobs, $500,000 for land we would give away, 10-year 100% tax abatement 1.6 million in abatements. It would have been a total of about $2,600.000 for the 100 jobs or about $26,000 a job. The consultant said that decision makers knew where they actually wanted to be. On to Business Expansion and Retention: Potters’ is considering an expansion project. We are taking a tax abatement request for their capital input to city council with them. We are finalizing the training money for The Results Company. They are having a big graduation at the college for the training that took place. They have 700+ employees right now. Kimberly Clark has a new plant manager, James Alspaugh. We met with him and had a great conversation about Huggies Diapers and how the low price gets young moms into Walmart to buy the rest of their family’s needs. Amcor is creating about 12 jobs with an investment of $6.9 million all inside the Campbell’s Soup facility. Dave Parcher has gone to the Campbell’s facility in Ohio and Brett Dunson is the new plant manager. Mayor Hashmi asked for a committee to form to start discussion on what can be done to increase activity at the Airport. There have been a lot of studies accessing the Airport, including capital improvements. We discussed the opportunities at the Airport, including the Greenfields that the City owns. We had a lead that UPS might be looking at a smaller