Call the broken air economic authority to order roll call.

Here green board here.

Parks.

Wimpy.

Here.

Are there any items to be removed from the consent agenda?

I'll make a motion to approve the consent agenda as it stands.

Second.

Item five is uh 5A presentation discussion and possible acceptance of the October 25 through March 26th Broken Air Economic Development Corporation biannual report.

Christy.

And Travis.

And James.

Good evening, Chairperson Wimpy trustees and Mr.

Spurgeon.

I'm Christy McLean, and I'm the economic development specialist for the City of Broken Arrow.

We have with us this evening James Bell, who's the president and CEO of the Broken Arrow Economic Development Corporation.

And he is here to present their biannual report.

Thank you, ma'am.

Put on my chamber hat for a moment and say thank you for those remarks about Rooster Days a moment ago.

We could not do it.

Well, first of all, without my incredible staff, but without all the many partners in the community help us, including the city and uh BAPD and the fire department did an incredible job.

So thank you.

Make sure I get the right direction here.

All right.

Hey, Chair, Vice Chair, Trustee, or no Vice Chair today.

Chair, trustees, uh, and city manager, good evening, and thank you for the opportunity to present our spring 26 biannual report on behalf of EDC.

Uh for those uh watching or listening who may not know me.

My name is James Bell, and president and CEO of the Broken Arrow Chamber of Commerce and Economic Development Corporation.

Have a pleasure to serve in that role uh with my staff and uh and and our board and our partners.

Um this report is required under contract with uh beta, and it's also an opportunity for accountability and and transparency and alignment uh with the city.

Um our mission is to create wealth jobs and economic growth uh through the creation, attraction, and retention of employers and talent, and that's in partnership with the business community and with government and with our educational institutions.

So tonight, what I want to show you is that the PA EDC is delivering on the contract, and that broken arrow has strong economic momentum, and that we have a clear opportunities also to address the next barriers to responsible, intentional, and balanced growth.

Um before the contract specific report, I want to uh frame the broader strategy through Amplify Broken Arrow.

Uh Amplify BA is not the uh city contract in itself, uh it is broader, uh, but it reflects aligned investment between private industry, the city, and education partners uh in the EDC around a shared economic uh growth strategy.

So through year four of a five-year plan, the EDC has directly supported projects resulting in 418 million dollars of new capital investment in broken arrow and 2,525 new high-quality jobs, and high quality jobs are measured by whether they pay above the average county wage.

That's two uh 2.8 times the capital investment promised, two and a half times the jobs promised, and we have a year to go.

Um transitioning to the uh contract reporting period for uh October 25 through March of 26.

The activity snapshot is strong.

Uh we have measurable activity and significant positive results across employer support, um, attraction, entrepreneurship, workforce, and research.

Um research, strategic planning, and economic uh outlook.

Um that we uh work hand in hand with the city on highway uh 51 corridor planning on industrial land readiness and infrastructure alignment.

We also represented uh BA at the Capitol several times, supported regional collaboration, and provided research and site selection data and completed grounds for development, and this is the foundation work that helps BA make better decisions and compete more effectively in business retention and expansion.

Existing employers remain the top priority.

That is the number one priority in economic development.

Umducted 58 BRE visits, visited uh solar turbines headquarters in San Diego, and supported project sapling, which of course the city council approved, that represents 32 million dollars in capital investment, 52 new high quality jobs, and a 38,000 foot uh square foot in uh expansion.

We're also supporting a number of uh expansion projects right now.

Um on the business attraction side of things, BA continues to receive uh receive strong national interest.

Uh we received uh in this period 32 requests for information.

We responded to eight projects, and we had four site visits.

Uh Project SAM, of course, was announced as uh the Amazon Last Mile uh facility, which represents 61 million dollars of new investment in broken arrow and a hundred new jobs.

Um we also conducted uh national outreach and uh continued advancing high impact uh prospects, including Project Ascend and Project Blade Runner.

Uh the opportunity is real.

The limitation is also clear.

We need additional large sites.

Um we also need rail served properties, and we need uh probably most importantly, right now, move in ready buildings to convert uh more interest into wins.

Um AeroForge remains one of our most important long-term opportunities.

Uh we hosted two really high quality uh visits that are tied to aerospace defense and space and engagement with industry partners and site selectors has significantly uh accelerated with AeroForge site visits or be getting site visits uh at this point.

Um AeroForge gives Broken Arrow a clearer position in advanced manufacturing and aerospace in entrepreneurship and small business development.

The EDC continued strengthening the local ecosystem.

Uh one million broken one uh million cups broken arrow had 444 attendees, and we conducted 64 one-on-one entrepreneur support meetings.