The subcommittee met to discuss several items including approval of minutes, consent agenda, withdrawal of the Downtown Phoenix Entertainment District implementation plan, an update on Opportunity Zone 2.0 guidance, presentations from cultural organizations, and an economic overview focusing on land and real estate.
Good morning and welcome to the April 8th, 2026 Economic Development and Arts Subcommittee meeting. I'd like to call the meeting to order at 10.05. And then I will turn to our city attorney Dave Benton to explain public comment. Morning, Madam Chair, members of the subcommittee. During citizen comment, members of the public may have address the subcommittee for up to three minutes on issues of interest or concern to them. These issues being addressed, however, must be subject matters that fall within the jurisdiction of City. The Arizona open meeting law permits subcommittee members to listen to the comments or prohibit members from discussing your acting on the matters presented. Thank you, Madam Chair. Thank you. And now I will turn to our interpreter, Elsie Duarte, to introduce herself. Thank you, uh Madam Chair. As stated, my name is Elsie Duarte. I will be providing Spanish interpretation during today's economic development and arts subcommittee session. I will now take a moment to introduce myself to our Spanish speaking audience. But escuchar la reunion in espanhol presencialmente, favor de passar por unos audífonos ubicados al entrada de la sala de camaras. Las personas registradas para ser un comentario publico sepan que podran hablar libremente sin interrupciones durante el tiempo disponible. Sus commentarios serán interpretados al momento que usted termine de hablar. Gracias. Thank you, Madam Chair. Thank you. Um we do not have any general call to the public, so we'll go to item one, which is approval of the minutes. Do I have a motion? I move to approve minutes. Second. I have a motion and a second. All those in favor, please say aye. Aye. Um hearing none, the motion passes unanimously. Item two is a consent agenda item. Do we have any questions on this item? No. Do you have a motion? I move to approve the consent item number two. Second. A motion and a second. All those in favor, please say aye. Aye. Any nays? Hearing none, the motion passes unanimously. Turn to our assistant city manager on item three. Good morning, madam chair and members of the subcommittee. Item three is an update or was listed for discussion and possible action this morning on the downtown Phoenix Entertainment District implementation plan. This was an item that was continued from the April meeting. Staff had requested that at that time it would be continued so that we could do some work with our sister departments throughout the city who would be impacted by this plan. And then this morning we were asking that the item be withdrawn at this time to be brought back at a future date in order to give staff time to do additional stakeholder engagement. So there are many organizations that are listed in this. Also, we need to also get with all the full city council as well. So we're asking um respectfully, um, madam chair, members of the subcommittee if this item would be withdrawn today. Thank you. Um Ginger, I do have a question, David, because we do have um a speaker on item three.