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Staff -up on more Inspectors; 7) Organize Retail; 8) Corridor fagade improvements; <br />9) Placemaking; 10) More BIDs and Council of Business Area. <br />Peter Katz, Com -Link. Disappointed that council rejected Harbor Blvd hotel project <br />that is an underutilized area. Neighboring cities like Garden Grove have a 34% bed <br />tax versus Santa Ana's 7%. Revenue opportunities: golf course if upgraded to PGA <br />status; mini -convention center on Harbor Blvd with streetcar to bring people; <br />medical marijuana tax increase; Courtyard Plaza Downtown for tourist; hotel bed tax <br />needs to add branding tax to pay for advertising. And help PD on 41" of July with off <br />duty officers, by adding $5 fee to non -profits to help offset costs. <br />• Adrian Munoz, Producciones Santa Ana, (Spanish Speaker). Twenty year Santa <br />Ana resident participating in cooperative called Producciones Santa Ana. _Spoke_ in <br />support of agenda item #9 (Cooperative Business Ordinance). <br />AGENDA DISCUSSION ITEMS <br />1. Receive and File Minutes from Regular Finance, Economic Development, & <br />Technology Committee Meeting of January 11, 2016. <br />MOTION: Sarmiento <br />SECOND: Martinez <br />VOTE: AYES: <br />Martinez, Sarmiento (2) <br />NOES: <br />None (0) <br />ABSENT: <br />Benavides (1) <br />2. Approval of Minutes from Regular Economic Development, Infrastructure, <br />Budget and Technology Committee Meeting of March 13, 2017. <br />MOTION: Sarmiento SECOND: Martinez <br />VOTE: AYES: Martinez, Sarmiento (2) <br />NOES: None (0) <br />ABSENT: Benavides (1) <br />3. Selection of Chair and Vice -Chair <br />MOTION: Sarmiento SECOND: Benavides <br />VOTE: AYES: Martinez, Sarmiento, Benavides (3) <br />NOES: None (0) <br />ABSENT: None (0) <br />Chair— Mayor Pro Tem Martinez <br />Vice -Chair — Councilmember Benavides <br />May 15, 2017 1 Economic Development, Infrastructure, Budget & Technology Minutes <br />13A-6 <br />