DEPARTMENT: Economic Development Department
DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR: Rene Dominguez
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: 1
SUBJECT:
City Council consideration of the adoption of a Resolution: (A) authorizing the City of San Antonio to enter into an Interlocal Agreement with Bexar County to affirm the City's administration authority over a project area in the City to be designated as a Texas Enterprise Zone Project (TEZ) by Bexar County; and (B) approving Bexar County's nomination to the State of Texas of the project area as a TEZ.
SUMMARY:
Staff is requesting City Council to adopt a Resolution authorizing the City to enter into an Interlocal Agreement with Bexar County to affirm: (-1-) the City's administration authority under Section 2303.201 of the Texas Government Code with jurisdiction over a project area to be designated as a TEZ; (-2-) that both Bexar County and the City approve the nomination of the project area as a TEZ; (-3-) the active designation period of the Interlocal Agreement; (-4-) the legal name of the company being considered for the TEZ designation and the street address or metes and bounds of the qualified business site; (-5-) attestation by the City Clerk and the County Clerk as to authorization from each governing body to the Interlocal Agreement. Neither the Interlocal Agreement nor the approval of the nomination by the City has any fiscal impact to the City.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
Bexar County desires to nominate TaskUs, Inc. (TaskUs) as a TEZ. Founded in 2008, TaskUs is headquartered in Santa Monica, CA. TaskUs is a cloud-based digital support and customer service company that provides enterprise data management, content moderation, digital transcription, and other digital services for leading tech companies and startups. TaskUs has more than 100 tech startups on its client roster, including Uber, Groupon, Tinder, Periscope, Hootsuite, and Eventbrite. TaskUs has 8,000 employees globally.
In 2017, TaskUs opened a customer service cen...
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