Minority Business Council Meeting Department of Economic Development

4525 Main Street - Suite 700 July 8, 2016

3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. MBC Vision: To be the leading influence in connecting contractor resources with city opportunities and beyond. MBC Mission: Advance and facilitate an environment of business opportunities, focusing on increasing expenditures to minority and women-owned businesses by the City of Virginia Beach as a means to further the City’s economic development and vitality. Public Comment: Any member of the public who would like to address the Minority Business Council should register with the Chair at least 24 hours prior to the meeting. You may contact the current MBC Chair, Amma Guerrier at 757-995-0444. If you are unable to register with the Chair prior to this deadline, you are encouraged to register to speak at a subsequent meeting.

Name Agenda Item Minutes I.

Amma Guerrier Call to Order, Welcome and Introductions, Approval of Minutes

10

Industry Hour Hampton Roads Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Olga Torres, President 15

II Sheila Johnson

Outreach Committee

10

III. Francina Harrison Minority Awareness Committee

5 IV. Michael Lancaster

Data Collection and Analysis

Review of Award/Expenditure Data -Taylor

10

V. Kelvin Arthur

Policy Committee Upcoming POC meeting date

5

VI. Amma Guerrier Other Business 1) Staff Report (Sharon Foster) 2) Economic Development Overview of

Activities (Jeff Smith) 3) Virginia Beach Development Authority

(Linda Bright) 20

Liaison Reports

Councilwoman Shannon Kane Councilman Bob Dyer

School Board Update 10

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Committees Policy Outreach Minority Awareness Data Analysis & Collection Kelvin Arthur, Chair (EB) Sheila Johnson, Chair (EB) Francina Harrison, Chair Michael Lancaster, Chair (EB) Sheila Johnson (EB) Carla Bailey Harshad Barot Kelvin Arthur (EB) Amma Guerrier (EB) Linda Bright Michael Lancaster (EB) Amma Guerrier (EB) Michael Lancaster (EB) Khalilah LeGrand (A) Justo Manglicmot Ferdinand Perez Delceno Miles Damen Watson (A) Sabrina Wooten (A) Frances Knight-Thompson (A) Calherbe Monel (A) (A) Associate (EB) MBC Executive Board Members (SB) School Board Liaison

City Staff

Name Title Department David L. Hansen City Manager Office of the City Manager Patti Phillips Director Finance/Administration Taylor Adams Purchasing Agent Finance/Purchasing Division Mitch Frazier Contracting Agent Finance/Purchasing Division Sharon L. Foster Minority Business Coordinator Finance/Purchasing Division Lavera Tolentino Minority Business Coordinator Finance/Purchasing Division Rich Nettleton Design & Construction Manager Public Utilities/Engineering Rod Ingram Deputy City Attorney City Attorney’s Office Jeff Smith SWaM Business Development Manager Department of Economic Development

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Minority Business Council Minutes – May 13, 2016

3:00 PM – 4:30 PM

Economic Development

4525 Main Street – Suite 700

The regular meeting of the Virginia Beach Minority Business Council (MBC) was held at the

above-mentioned time and place.

Members:

Ms. Amma Guerrier, Chair

Ms. Carla Bailey, Vice Chair

Mr. Michael Lancaster, Financial Counselor

Ms. Linda Bright, Secretarial Officer

Mr. Kelvin Arthur, member

Mr. Harshad Barot, member

Ms. Francina Harrison, member - absent

Ms. Sheila Johnson, member - absent

Mr. Justo Manglicmot, member

Ms. Delceno Miles, member

Mr. Ferdinand Perez, member - absent

Associates:

Ms. Frances Knight-Thompson - absent

Ms. Khalilah LeGrand

Mr. Calherbe Monel - absent

Mr. Damen Watson

Ms. Sabrina Wooten

Liaisons:

Ms. Shannon Kane, City Council Liaison - absent

Mr. Bob Dyer, City Council Liaison

Ms. Jobynia Caldwell, Schools Liaison

Staff Members Present:

Ms. Patricia Phillips, Director of Finance, Finance/Administration

Mr. Rod Ingram, Deputy City Attorney, City Attorney’s Office

Ms. Sharon Foster, Minority Business Coordinator, Finance/Purchasing

Mr. Jeff Smith, SWaM Business Development Manager, Economic Development

Ms. Lavera Tolentino, Minority Business Coordinator, Finance/Purchasing

Guests:

See attached Minority Business Council Meeting Sign-In Sheet

Recorder:

Ms. Lavera Tolentino

MBC Minutes Friday, May 13, 2016

3:00pm – 4:30pm Economic Development

Topic Discussion Action Items

Agenda Items Amma Guerrier

1) Call to Order, Welcome and Introductions, Review and Approval of Minutes

2) Industry Hour – Housing Resource Center

Ms. Karen M. Prochilo, Housing Development Administrator, City of Virginia Beach Department of Housing & Neighborhood Preservation

1) Ms. Guerrier called the meeting to order at 3:02 p.m.

Introduction of guests – each guest stated their name and the name of their business.

April 8, 2016 MBC Meeting Minutes were approved. (Attachment 1)

2) Ms. Prochilo provided the MBC members with a project update of the Housing Resource Center, which will be constructed on Witchduck Road. The presentation included information regarding the community partnership, vision, benefits, site layout, building views/drawings, development schedule and service delivery plan. The presentation will be available on the MBC website.

Outreach Sheila Johnson absent

1) Debrief - 2016 Spring Event

2) Retreat (June 10, 2016)

1) In the absence of Ms. Johnson, Ms. Guerrier provided the report. She stated positive feedback was received regarding the Spring Event. Attendees felt both sessions were very beneficial.

2) The MBC Retreat will be held on June 10, 2016 from 8:30am until 12:30pm at the Advanced Technology Center on the campus of Tidewater Community College. The facilitator will be Mr. Todd Wright of Touchpoint Communications. Lunch will be held at Saffron in Town Center at 1pm.

Policy Committee Kelvin Arthur

1) Policy Updates 1) Mr. Arthur did not have any information to report this month.

Minority Awareness Committee Francina Harrison

1) MAC Updates 1) Ms. Harrison was absent, no report given.

Data Collection and Analysis Michael Lancaster

1) Quarterly Report

1) Mr. Lancaster distributed the semi-annual report (Attachment 2) prepared by City staff. The MBC will review and discuss at the next MBC meeting or at the retreat.

Other Business Amma Guerrier

1) Staff Report – (Sharon Foster)

1) Ms. Foster provided award data for the month of April 2016 related to construction, goods and services and A&E along with the Construction Bid Tabulations (Attachment 3). This month was noted as having a large amount of construction activity. Minority subcontracting increased by 7%. Overall 68 minority firms were sent solicitations and only one

2) Economic Development Overview - (Jeff Smith) 3) Virginia Beach Development Authority (Linda

Bright)

minority firm submitted a bid. 2) Mr. Smith did not have any

information to report. 3) Ms. Bright stated that Mr. Jim Carroll

presented an overview regarding programs through the Small Business Development Center.

1) City Council (Councilmember Bob Dyer) (Councilmember Shannon Kane) – absent

2) School Board – (Ms. Jobynia Caldwell)

3) Other Business

1) Councilmember Dyer ‘thanked’ the MBC for all of their work. He stated the perception is that the city could do a little more to help small businesses and Economic Development does a tremendous job, but there are so many things going on that the dots don’t get connected. Councilmember Dyer is working on a system to bring the local universities together to create a consortium that will provide interns and research that will help the small business community. Virginia Beach could be the prototype for what other cities should be doing. The city’s budget has passed and there will be less money from the federal government and the state. Localities will have to create new wealth and that means creating new businesses.

2) Ms. Caldwell provided information regarding the ‘Beach Girls Rock’ event. She stated the event was very successful with over 215 young ladies in attendance and 94 parents. Her position has been posted and will close on May 20, 2016. She will be attending the MBC retreat on June 10, 2016.

3) Ms. Phillips stated the semi-annual report contains a lot of information especially with the purchase order and award data.

Ms. Guerrier asked the MBC members for their support of the Procurement Opportunity Council (POC), members would like to ‘table’ the vote for support of the POC until they have had ample time to review the POC and the process.

Mr. Ingram stated a vote for Light Rail will be on the November ballot. He also stated in regards to the SPSA issues the City of Virginia Beach stood up for businesses.

Time and Date of Next Meeting:

Friday- June 10, 2016 MBC Retreat 8:30am – 12:30pm Advanced Technology Center Tidewater Community College Virginia Beach Campus

Adjournment The meeting adjourned at 4:15 p.m.