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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5, 2026, 11:00 AM
COUNCILORS’ CONFERENCE ROOM, CITY HALL
SANTA FE, NM
1. CALL TO ORDER
A regular meeting of the Economic Development Advisory Committee was called
to order by Councilor Jamie Cassutt, Chair, at 11:05 am, on Wednesday, August 5,
2026, at City Hall, in the Councilors’ Conference Room, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
2. MEMBERS PRESENT
Councilor Jamie Cassutt, Chair
David Perez, Vice Chair
Ken Resnick
Dulce Marti
George Gamble
Kathy Rivera
Ondine Frauenglass
Sierra Cruz
Ava Salman
James Johnson
OTHERS PRESENT
Johanna Nelson, Director, Economic Development Department
Casey Dalbor, Business Growth Manager, OED
Eric Renz-Whitmore, Economic Development Department
Lizzie Portillo, Economic Development Department
Caroline Lee, Senior Program Manager, OED
Elizabeth Martin, Stenographer, virtually
3. APPROVAL OF AGENDA
MOTION A motion was made by Mr. Johnson, seconded by Mr. Perez, to approve
the agenda as presented.
VOTE The motion passed on a roll call vote as follows:
Chair Cassutt, yes; Mr. Perez, yes; George Gamble, yes; Kathy Rivera, yes;
Ken Resnick, yes; Ondine Frauenglass, yes; Dulce Marti, yes; Sierra Cruz, yes; Ms.
Salman, yes; James Johnson, yes.
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4. APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA
None.
5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
A. APPROVAL OF THE JULY 1 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY
COMMITTEE (EDAC) MEETING MINUTES
MOTION A motion was made by Mr. Perez, seconded by Mr. Gamble, to approve
the meeting minutes.
VOTE The motion passed on a roll call vote as follows:
Chair Cassutt, yes; Mr. Perez, yes; George Gamble, yes; Kathy Rivera, yes;
Ken Resnick, yes; Ondine Frauenglass, yes; Dulce Marti, yes; Sierra Cruz, yes; Ms.
Salman, yes; James Johnson, yes.
6. ACTION ITEMS: CONSENT AGENDA
None.
7. ACTION ITEMS: DISCUSSION AGENDA
None.
8. PRESENTATIONS
None.
9. PUBLIC COMMENT
None.
10. MATTERS FROM STAFF
Ms. Nelson said she wanted to acknowledge the amazing feat the Evaluation
Committee pulled off. We have a product we are able to stand on and support.
Mr. Resnick said he is interested in knowing if any lessons were learned related
to consistency among evaluations. Did we do it correctly.
Mr. Dalbor said three people evaluated each application and we took an
average.
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Chair Cassutt said we are going to have a post mortem on the whole process so
you can help us refine this.
Mr. Dalbor reviewed the Department report included in the meeting packet
including things they are working on, events, RFQs and programs
There was discussion.
11. MATTERS FROM THE COMMITTEE
A. SUBCOMMITTEE WORKING GROUP UPDATES
Ms. Marti reported on the Small Business Entrepreneurship Working group
saying that they had an information session last week on procurement. We had 105
attendees. Thank you to Johanna and staff and Travis and his staff, the County and to
David Perez for hosting us. There were other business organizations there as well.
The feedback from business owners was helpful and relevant. Our next information
session will be on October 29th and 30th. We are working on a smaller group to make
recommendations to EDAC on policies and issues.
Chair Cassutt announced that Ms. Marti is being recognized as one of the 40
under 40 this year. Congratulations. It is well deserved.
Chair Cassutt reported on the Steering Committee saying we wanted to have a
conversation today to discuss the Creative Capital Working Meeting and take a look at
ideas for the next few meetings so that we know what might be helpful. We will start
with the Creative Capital report and Marketing Report and what we want to do with this
information. Please feel free to chime in.
Mr. Perez said after reading the reports he is interested in what everyone thinks,
what the purpose is and what we can use it for.
Ms. Frauenglass said she thinks the reports do a good job of saying where we
are right now and how to protect and nurture that.
Mr. Perez said he thinks it is a template or a road map for our marketing. It also
identifies different sections of our economy. It is important that we use our past as part
of our foundation, but look forward. There is a lot of richness in this report.
Mr. Resnick said he agrees with all Mr. Perez and Ms. Frauenglass said. The
report offers a lot, but not much about policy moving forward. There are two things it
identified - lack of youth and affordability. Maybe we can re-assess who the players are
in our creative economy.
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Mr. Perez said maybe we can help with taking this forward.
Chair Cassutt asked how do we keep our kids here without losing our identity
and running the risk of losing being called Santa Fe - the City Different. Who do we
want to be.
There was discussion around the questions asked by the Chair and what the City
of Santa Fe wants to be, should be and could be.
12. MATTERS FROM THE CHAIR
Chair Cassutt said for future meetings she would like to continue this discussion
and would also like to hear ideas from the members as to what you would like to see on
the agenda and recommendations to the Governing Body regarding funding and policy.
13. NEXT MEETING
A. SEPTEMBER 2, 2026
14. ADJOURN
There being no further business before the Committee, the meeting adjourned
at 12:56 pm.
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Councilor Jamie Cassutt, Chair
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Elizabeth Martin, Stenographer
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