Aug 10, 2021 City Council Meeting 3pm

ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY.

I, I USUALLY GO DOWN EVERY YEAR TO COMIC CON AND, UH, LET'S SEE IF I HAVE A FRIEND DROP ME OFF AT THE GRANDFIELD STATION.

DO I, DO I HAVE TO HAVE A PRONTO CARD TO TAKE THE TROLLEY DOWN OR CAN I JUST USE MY CREDIT CARD TO GET A TICKET? OR HOW DOES THAT WORK? YES, WELL, UH, RIGHT NOW FOR FREE RIDE MONTH, UM, YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY YOU WOULD NEED JUST A PRONTO CARD.

UM, BUT ANY OTHER TIME AFTER SEPTEMBER 30TH, SO OCTOBER 1ST, EVERYBODY WILL NEED A PRONTO CARD.

WE WILL NOT BE ACCEPTING, UM, THE COMPASS SYSTEM ANYMORE, OR THE PRONTO APP IS ANOTHER WAY THAT YOU CAN HAVE A FAIR AND PURCHASE AFFAIR.

SO THOSE ARE THE TWO WAYS, EITHER A PRONTO CARD OR THE PRONTO APP.

AND SO PEOPLE COMING INTO SAN DIEGO THAT COME FROM OTHER CITIES TO VISIT.

SO THEY'RE GOING TO NEED TO PRONTO CARD TOO.

THEY WILL, OR THE APP.

SO THE PRONTO CARDS, WE HAVE THEM AT THE AIRPORT.

SO WE HAVE A WHOLE TICKET VENDING MACHINE SYSTEM THERE, RIGHT WHERE OUR BUSES PICK UP AND IT CAN SHUTTLE PEOPLE INTO DOWNTOWN, UH, YOU KNOW, ABOUT EVERY 20 MINUTES OR SO.

AND, AND, UM, SO THAT'S ANOTHER WAY HAS THAT BEEN PRELOADED OR IS IT TIED TO A CREDIT CARD? UM, YOU COULD ACTUALLY, IF YOU DO THE APP, YOU CAN TIE IT TO YOUR CREDIT CARD.

IF YOU JUST WANT TO PURCHASE AT THE TICKET VENDING MACHINE, YOU CAN SPEND, UM, YOU KNOW, YOUR ONE WAY FARE, WHICH WOULD BE TWO 50.

AND THEN AT THAT TIME YOU WOULD PURCHASE THE CARD, WHICH IS $2.

AND THEN THE CARD REALLY DOESN'T EXPIRE.

IT EXPIRES AFTER ABOUT FIVE YEARS, ACTUALLY.

SO IT'S QUITE A, QUITE A BIT OF TIME THAT YOU CAN HOLD ONTO THAT CARD QUEUE.

EXCUSE ME.

DO YOU HAVE ANY DATA OF HOW MANY WRITERS, UM, ON A DAILY BASIS, AN AVERAGE DAILY BASIS PICK UP THE BUS OR THE TROLLEY AND ALCOHOL? YEAH, I CAN GET THAT NUMBER FOR YOU.

IT'S CHANGED A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE THE COVID, BUT I WANT TO SAY THE NUMBER OF PRE COVID WAS RIGHT AROUND ANNUALLY, UM, WAS ABOUT THREE TO 4 MILLION, THREE TO FOUR MINUTES.

JUST TRIPS OUT OF ALCOHOLICS ARE GENERATED OUT OF ALCOHOL.

WOW.

I HAD NO IDEA.

BUT I'LL, I'LL CONFIRM THAT AND I'LL SEND THE INFORMATION TO THE CITY MANAGER, SO YOU HAVE IT.

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AS IDENTIFIED AS, UM, AGENDA ITEM 21, STAFF WOULD RECOMMEND THAT THE COUNCIL MOVE THAT ITEM UP AS THE FIRST ITEM THAT YOU HEAR THIS EVENING OR THIS AFTERNOON, WHICH WOULD HAVE US CONVENE INTO CLOSED SESSION.

AGENDA CHANGES.

STAFF.

DO YOU HAVE ANY AGENDA CHANGES? SHAMIRA WE HAVE A CLOSED SESSION ITEM

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UM, COUNCIL MEMBERS, ANY ENERGETIC CHANGES.

[22. CLOSED SESSIONS:]

I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THEN TO TAKE THE CITY MANAGER'S RECOMMENDATION AND, UH, ADJOURN THE CLOSED SESSION.

SECOND, PLEASE VOTE MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE.

WELL, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE DON'T USUALLY GO TO CLOSED SESSION SO EARLY, BUT WE WILL BE RIGHT BACK.

OKAY, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE'RE BACK FROM CLOSED SESSION.

MR. ATTORNEY, ARE YOU GOING TO REPORT OUT OF CLOSED SESSION? THANK YOU, MAYOR.

OOPS.

WE'RE BACK STILL BACK AT, UM, CONSENT ITEMS. LET'S GET TO THERE.

MARY WELLS, THE CITY COUNCIL MET IN CLOSED SESSION ON, UH, ITEM 21 IN WHICH WAS BROUGHT UP TO ITEM ONE ON THE AGENDA TO HAVE A CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATION, LABOR NEGOTIATORS, PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5.95 7.6 AND DIRECTION WAS GIVEN TO THE NEGOTIATORS.

THANKS VERY MUCH.

UM, OKAY, SO

[7. CONSENT ITEMS: Consent Items are routine matters enacted by one motion according to the RECOMMENDATION listed below. With the concurrence of the City Council, a Council Member or person in attendance may request discussion of a Consent Item at this time.]

HOLD ON ONE SEC.

UM, ALL RIGHT.

WE ARE CONSENT ITEMS. CONSENT ITEMS ARE ROUTINE MATTERS.

THAT ACT BY ONE MOTION.

ACCORDING TO THE RECOMMENDATION LISTED BELOW WITH THE CONCURRENCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL, THE COUNCIL MEMBER OR PERSON IN ATTENDANCE MAY REQUEST DISCUSSION OF A CONSENT ITEM AT THIS TIME.

COUNCIL MEMBERS.

DO YOU WISH TO PONY CONSENT ITEMS AND STAFF? YOU WISH ANY MORE CONSENT ITEMS? NO, SIR.

ANGELA, WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS FOR CONSENT ITEMS. WE RECEIVED NO COMMENTS, SIR.

NOW AT PUBLIC COMMENT AT THIS TIME.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION THEN TO APPROVE, UH, THE CONSENT ITEMS. PLEASE VOTE MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE OF THOSE PRESENT.

AND LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I APOLOGIZE.

I HAVE TO GO SPEAK AT AN EDUCATIONAL CONFERENCE, SO I'M GOING TO BE LEAVING YOU, BUT GARY KENDRICK WAS GOING TO TAKE OVER AND WE'LL SEE AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING.

[ PUBLIC COMMENT: At this time, any person may address a matter within the jurisdiction of the City Council/Housing Authority/Successor Agency to the El Cajon Redevelopment Agency that is not on the Agenda. Comments relating to items on today’s docket are to be taken at the time the item is heard. State law prohibits discussion or action on items not on the Agenda; however, Council, Authority and Agency Members may briefly respond to statements or questions. An item may be placed on a future Agenda.]

ANY PERSON MAY ADDRESS A MATTER WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL HOUSING AUTHORITY SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE OKLAHOMA REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY THAT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA COMMENTS RELATING TO THE TWO ITEMS ON TODAY'S AGENDA ARE TO BE TAKEN AT THE TIME.

THE ITEM IS HEARD STATE LAW PROHIBITS DISCUSSION OR ACTION ON ITEMS, NOT ON THE AGENDA.

HOWEVER, CITY COUNCIL AND HOUSING AUTHORITY MEMBERS MAY BRIEFLY RESPOND TO STATEMENTS OR QUESTIONS.

AN ITEM MAY BE PLACED ON THE FUTURE AGENDA.

ANGELA, DO YOU HAVE ANY SPEAKERS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? YOU SEE ONE CARD FROM DR.

ANDRE EVANS, DR.

EVANS, COME ON UP.

COUNCIL MEMBERS AGAIN, DR.

ANDRE EVANS.

UM, A LOT OF PRESSURE.

I'M THE ONLY SPEAKER TODAY.

UH, JUST, JUST WANT TO INTRODUCE, UH, MYSELF, UM, AS WELL AS THE CHURCH WE REPRESENT WHERE THE MISSION CHURCH, UH, WE ARE PLANTING IN RANCHO SAN DIEGO.

UH, CURRENTLY WE ARE AT HILLSDALE MIDDLE SCHOOL IN THE AUDITORIUM AS WE LOOK FOR MORE PERMANENT FACILITY.

UH, ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE WANTED TO COME AND SPEAK TODAY IS THE PANDEMIC HAS DEFINITELY SHOWN US THAT CHURCH HAS TO BE DONE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN IT HAS BEEN.

AND SO WE HAVE TO DO MORE OUTREACH.

AND SO I'M DEFINITELY GLAD THAT WE HAVE MEMBERS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT FIRE DEPARTMENT, UH, THOSE WHO DEFINITELY PROTECT AND SERVE THE COMMUNITY AND THEN YOUR EAR AS WELL.

WE JUST WANT TO LET YOU ALL KNOW THAT WE ARE HERE IN SERVICE TO SUPPORT ANY WAY THAT WE CAN, AS YOU CONTINUE TO HEAR ABOUT OUR CHURCH, AS WE GROW, UH, IN ALCOHOL AND GROWING RANCHO, SAN DIEGO JUST WANTED YOU TO PUT A NAME WITH A FACE AND JUST KNOW THAT ANY SUPPORT WE CAN GIVE.

WE'RE DEFINITELY, DEFINITELY HAPPY TO GIVE AS WELL AS TO ALL OF YOU BACK THERE.

UM, A COUPLE OF WEEKS, WE WILL BE MAKING OUR ROUNDS TO ALL OF THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, POLICE DEPARTMENTS, FIRE DEPARTMENTS, UH, TO ALSO OFFER SUPPORT AS WELL.

SO THAT'S THE ONLY THING I WANTED TO COME UP AND SAY ON TODAY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU, SIR, FOR COMING IN, THERE ARE NO WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS ON TODAY'S AGENDA, PUBLIC

[11. Public Hearing on Issuance of Tax-Exempt Bonds for the Broadway I & Broadway II Apartments Located at 1562 E. Main Street and 849 N. Third Street and Resolution Approving Issuance of Bonds RECOMMENDATION: That the City Council: Conducts a public hearing in consideration of the issuance of tax-exempt bond financing by the California Statewide Communities Development Authority for the benefit of Broadway I Preservation LP, to provide financing for the acquisition and rehabilitation of existing multifamily rental housing projects generally known as Broadway I Apartments and Broadway II Apartments; and Adopts the next Resolution, in order, approving the issuance of Bonds by the California Statewide Communities Development Authority not to exceed $80,000,000, for the benefit of Broadway I Preservation LP, to provide financing for the acquisition and rehabilitation of existing multifamily rental housing projects generally known as Broadway I Apartments and Broadway II Apartments.]

HEARINGS.

WE ARE NOW AT PUBLIC HEARINGS.

WE HAVE ONE ITEM TO CONSIDER ITEM 11 IS REGARDING THE ISSUANCE OF TAX EXEMPT

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BONDS.

I'LL ASK STAFF TO INTRODUCE THE ITEM.

THANK YOU, DEPUTY MAYOR.

UM, KENDRICK, THIS ITEM IS A PUBLIC HEARING THAT'S REQUIRED UNDER FEDERAL LAWS TO, UH, CONSIDER THE APPROVAL OF, UH, THE ISSUANCE OF TAX EXEMPT BONDS FOR THE PURPOSES OF ASSISTING IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING HERE IN OKLAHOMA, THE BONDS WOULD BE ISSUED BY THE CALIFORNIA STATEWIDE COMMUNITY'S DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY FOR THE BENEFIT OF BROADWAY, ONE PRESERVATION LP.

AND THAT'S GOING TO BE THE DEVELOPER.

WHO'S ACQUIRING TWO BUILDINGS IN ALCOHOL, UH, ONE AT 1562 EAST MAIN AND THE OTHER AT 8 49 NORTH THIRD STREET.

UM, IN ORDER TO GET THE TAX EXEMPT FINANCING DESIGNATION AND PROVIDE, UH, UH, GREATER MEANS TO DEVELOP, TO ACQUIRE AND DEVELOP THE PROPERTIES THAT THE FEDERAL LAW REQUIRES UNDER THE, UM, TAX EQUITY AND FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY ACT, WHICH, WHICH WE REFER TO AS TEFRA, UH, IS REQUIRED TO HAVE A HEARING IN THE JURISDICTION WHERE THE PROJECT IS GOING TO BE PERFORMED.

UH, THIS IS TYPICALLY HANDLED, UH, HERE IN OKLAHOMA FOR ANY PROJECTS THAT EVEN, EVEN THOSE PROJECTS WE DON'T HANDLE OURSELVES, UH, OR, OR NOT OUR PROJECTS.

UM, AND, UH, SO TODAY IS A DATE FOR THE PUBLIC TO GIVE THEIR COMMENTS ON WHETHER THEY SUPPORT THE ISSUANCE OF THE BONDS.

THIS IS NOT AN APPROVAL OF THE PROJECT AS A PROJECT, IF THERE'S ANY NEED FOR ANY KIND OF, UM, DISCRETIONARY APPROVALS FOR THE PROJECT, THOSE WOULD ALWAYS HAVE TO COME BACK TO YOU, UH, COMING THROUGH THE PLANNING COMMISSION POTENTIALLY, AND, UH, COMMITTEE DEVELOPMENT, UH, DEPARTMENT AS WELL.

SO JUST TODAY IS SIMPLY TO HEAR THE COMMENTS OF THE PUBLIC TO DETERMINE IF THERE ARE ANY OBJECTIONS TO THE ISSUANCE OF THE BONDS, UH, THE C C S CDA PLANS ON ISSUING APPROXIMATELY $80 MILLION WORTH OF BONDS.

BUT THESE BONDS WILL HAVE NO IMPACT ON THE CITY WHATSOEVER.

THERE'S NO REQUIREMENT THAT THE CITY IS INVOLVED IN, UH, GUARANTEEING OR, OR, UH, PUTTING YOUR NAME ON THE BONDS THAT WON'T OCCUR.

UH, THEY COME UNDER THE NAME OF C S CDA AS WELL AS THE CORPORATION OR THE LP.

UM, SO AGAIN, IT'S JUST A PUBLIC HEARING TO DETERMINE IF THE BONDS SHOULD BE ISSUED AND IT'S REQUIRED BY FEDERAL LAW FOR YOU TO HAVE TO CONDUCT THAT HERE IN OKLAHOMA.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'D BE HAPPY TO TRY TO ANSWER THOSE.

AND, UM, SPECIFIC PROJECT QUESTIONS WOULD BE, UH, SENT TO JAMIE VAN REVIS.

THEN, UH, OUR HOUSING, UH, MANAGER, COUNSEL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, COUNCIL MEMBER GOEBEL.

IF THE BONDS ARE APPROVED AND THE PROJECT GOES FORWARD, ARE ANY RESIDENTS DISPLACED DURING THE REMODEL PROCESS THAT THE CITY INCURS A COST FOR? WELL, WHETHER THERE'S DISPLACEMENT OR NOT, UH, WE WOULD NOT INCUR ANY COSTS.

THERE'S NO REQUIREMENT THAT WE PAY FOR ANY KIND OF RELOCATION ASSISTANCE OF THAT NATURE.

MAYBE MS. WOULD BE ABLE TO ANSWER THE QUESTION ON, ON THE PROCESS ITSELF.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

THE CURRENTLY THE PROJECT IS 15% MARKET RATE AND THE OTHER 85% OF THE UNITS ARE ALREADY SECTION EIGHT CONTRACTS.

SO THE 15% IT'S ABOUT 38 UNITS.

AND, UH, THERE, I DON'T BELIEVE THEY CAN BE DISPLACED.

THEY, AND IF THEY ARE, THERE HAS TO BE A RELOCATION PLAN IN PLACE.

IT IS A REQUIREMENT OF THE FUNDING, BUT THE CITY DOESN'T INCUR THE COST BECAUSE THE DEVELOPER AND THE TENANT YEAH.

WORK IT OUT.

THAT'S CORRECT.

THERE'S 80 MILLION IN BONDS.

SO I THINK THEY'LL, UH, PLAN FOR THAT, UH, IN THE FUNDING SHELL.

DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN.

ANGELA, DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKER CARDS? WE HAVE NO SPEAKER, SIR.

WE HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

SO I'M MOVED, IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.

PLEASE VOTE.

IS THERE ANY RACE BY UNANIMOUS VOTE OF THOSE PRESENT? IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION OR WOULD SOMEONE LIKE TO PROCEED WITH THE MOTIONS ALMOST MOVE THAT WE ADOPT THE NEXT RESOLUTION ORDER APPROVING THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS.

UH, AND I THINK THAT'S ALL YOU NEED.

MICHELLE, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SECOND THAT MOVED AND SECONDED, PLEASE VOTE MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE OF THOSE PRESENT.

ITEM 12 IS A LEGISLATIVE REPORT.

WE HAVE FOUR ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS AND TODAY'S AGENDA

[12. Legislative Update]

L ASK ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER.

DEMASSIO TO PLEASE INTRODUCE THE ITEM.

THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM, KENDRICK AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.

I WON'T GO INTO, UM, ANY OF THE, UH, SPECIFIC BILLS.

UH, YOU HAVE THE UPDATE IN FRONT OF YOU.

THEY'VE ALL BEEN

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UPDATED TO THEIR CURRENT, UM, POSITION WITH SOME HIGHLIGHTS ON THE MORE SIGNIFICANT ONES.

UM, BASICALLY IN ALL RESPECTS, UH, ALL OF THE ITEMS THAT WE'RE WATCHING CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH SUCCESSFULLY THROUGH THE ORIGINATING HOUSES OF THE LEGISLATURE.

SO THERE HAS BEEN NOTHING THAT WE'RE WATCHING RIGHT NOW THAT'S BEEN DENIED OR SIDETRACKED, AND THAT'S PARTICULARLY CONCERNING, UH, IN SOME CASES, BUT, UH, IT'S, WHAT'S GOING ON.

AND, UM, I WILL JUST SAY THAT I RECALL 20, 25 YEARS AGO WHEN THE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES WOULD OPPOSE, UM, UH, A PROPOSED PIECE OF LEGISLATION, UM, THAT WAS TAKEN VERY SERIOUSLY.

AND THAT PIECE OF LEGISLATION WAS EITHER DEAD OR HAD TO BE SIGNIFICANTLY AMENDED.

UM, THAT'S NOT HAPPENING.

UH, THERE ARE A NUMBER ON THIS LIST THAT ARE OPPOSED BY THE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES, WHICH REPRESENTS ALL 400 PLUS CITIES IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.

AND THERE JUST DOESN'T SEEM TO BE ANY TRACTION.

AND, UH, WE DO SEND LETTERS PER COUNCIL DIRECTION ON ONES THAT YOU REALLY FEEL STRONGLY ABOUT OPPOSING, BUT WE'RE ONLY ONE CITY AND THE LEAGUE IS DOING THE BEST JOB THAT THEY CAN.

SO THIS IS ALL BROUGHT ABOUT, AS I'VE SAID MANY TIMES BEFORE BY THE SUPER MAJORITY OF ONE PARTY IN THE LEGISLATURE THAT CONTINUES TO MOVE THESE THINGS FORWARD, UH, BASICALLY WITHOUT UNDERSTANDING HOW THEY AFFECT THE DIFFERENCE, UH, THE DIFFERENT CITIES THROUGHOUT THE DIFFERENT REGIONS OF THE STATE.

AND SO I ANTICIPATE BECAUSE WE ONLY HAVE ONE MEETING IN AUGUST.

I WANTED TO BRING THIS FORWARD AND GIVE YOU THE UPDATE.

WE'LL SEE SOME MORE MOVEMENT.

UM, IN SEPTEMBER, UH, THE OUTCOME OF THE RECALL MAY HAVE SOME, UH, BEARING ON SOME OF THESE.

UM, BUT, UH, EVEN IF THE RECALL WENT, UH, EVEN IF, UH, GOVERNOR NEWSOME HAS RECALLED AND, UH, AND, UH, UH, DIFFERENT, UH, GOVERNORS INSTALLED, THERE IS A V A VETO PROOF ESSENTIALLY, UH, MAJORITY IN THESE, IN THESE HOUSES OF, UH, OF THE LEGISLATURE.

SO, UM, THAT MAY HAVE, YOU KNOW, WE'LL HAVE TO JUST SEE AND MONITOR AS THAT COMES FORWARD.

AND I'LL, I'LL RETURN TO YOU WITH, UH, WITH DIFFERENCES, WITH DIFFERENT RESULTS, UH, AND UPDATE YOU IN SEPTEMBER.

BUT RIGHT NOW I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ANY, DOES COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? OKAY, THANK YOU, ANGELA.

DID YOU RECEIVE ANY COMMENTS FOR THIS ITEM? NO COMMENTS WERE RECEIVED, SIR.

ITEM 13

[13. Update on Expenditures Related to the American Rescue Plan Act RECOMMENDATION: That the City Council receives the report and provides feedback.]

IS AN AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT UPDATE.

I'LL ASK THE CITY MANAGER TO PLEASE INTRODUCE THE ITEM.

THANK YOU, MR. UH, DEPUTY MAYOR, THE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL AS AN EFFORT TO KEEP THE COUNCIL APPRISE OF, OF ITS, UM, PLANS THAT IT MADE FOR THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT FUNDS THE ARPA FUNDS, AND ALSO TO BE TRANSPARENT, WE CONTINUE TO PROVIDE REGULAR UPDATES TO THE CITY COUNCIL AT THESE MEETINGS, GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

SO THE STAFF REPORT OUTLINES SOME OF THE EXPENDITURES THAT WE'VE ALREADY HAD.

THIS IS A BIT OF AN UPDATE.

WE'VE ACTUALLY, RE-UPPED A $2.2 MILLION IN SMALL BUSINESS GRANTS.

UM, I'LL COME BACK AND TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT.

UM, AND WE CONTINUE TO SPEND MONEY ON SOME OF THE AREAS THAT WE'VE ALREADY GOTTEN SOME DIRECTION ON.

I REPORTED AT THE LAST MEETING THAT WE'RE WELL UNDERWAY WITH OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STUDY WITH THE CON THE CONTRACT, THE CONSULTANT.

SO WE'RE WORKING ON THAT AND, UM, WE HAVE THE MONEY ENCUMBERED FOR THE BUSINESS LICENSE ASSISTANCE.

SO THOSE FUNDS SHOULD BE REACHING BUSINESSES SOON, AND WE CONTINUE TO PROVIDE RECREATION DOLLAR DAYS.

UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE NOTICED IS INITIALLY WHEN WE KICKED THIS OFF, WE WERE TRYING TO KEEP, WE WERE TRYING TO CATCH UP THE ADMINISTRATION WAS TRYING TO CATCH UP WITH THE IDEA.

AND SO, UH, INITIALLY YOU HAD TO COME IN IN PERSON IN ORDER TO REGISTER FOR THE DOLLAR DAYS.

WE'VE NOW OPENED THAT UP TO ONLINE.

SO YOU CAN REGISTER FOR A DOLLAR A DAY RECREATION CLASS ONLINE.

WE ALSO WERE A LITTLE BIT WORRIED THAT THERE WOULD BE THIS MASSIVE INFLUX OF RESIDENTS USING THE SERVICES THAT HASN'T BEEN THE CASE.

SO WE'RE ACTUALLY OPENING IT UP TO, YOU CAN TAKE MULTIPLE CLASSES FOR $1, AND WE THINK THAT'S A GOOD THING.

WE'VE ALSO BEGAN TO EXPAND SOME OF OUR RECREATIONAL THINGS THAT WE'VE NEVER DONE BEFORE.

I KNOW MS. MITCHELL BROUGHT UP, UM, WINE AND PAINTINGS SINCE WE CAN'T SERVE ALCOHOLIC DRINKS AT CITY FACILITIES, EXCEPT THE MAGNOLIA.

WE HAVE COFFEE IN ART, SO YOU CAN COME AND DRINK, UH, AN ESPRESSO AND PAINT SOME THINGS.

SO THAT'S BEING MARKETED RIGHT NOW.

WE'RE STILL WORKING ON FIELD TRIPS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR KIDS TO UTILIZE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT POOLS.

SO THERE'S A LOT OF FUN THINGS HAPPENING.

AND I THINK OUR, OUR RESIDENTS ARE GETTING EXPOSED TO OUR RECREATION DEPARTMENT MORE THAN THEY HAVE BEEN IN THE PAST.

SO WE'RE WORKING ON THAT.

UM, IN TERMS OF THE CYBERSECURITY, WE'RE KIND OF IN A PILOT PHASE, WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO MOVE FORWARD BEST WITH THAT.

SO WE'VE ONLY SPENT $17,000 ON THAT, BUT WE'RE PILOTING SOME THINGS.

AND THEN ONCE WE HAVE A BETTER IDEA OF HOW TO BEST UTILIZE THE $1.3 MILLION, WE'LL MOVE FORWARD AND BRING SOMETHING TO THE

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CITY COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION.

AND THEN THE LAST THING I WANTED TO REPORT ON FOR, FOR THESE IS THAT WE ARE NOW DONE WITH THE, UM, THE MITIGATING VACCINE BARRIERS.

I THINK THERE'S, THERE'S SO MANY OUTLETS AND VENUES, AND WE'VE SUPPORTED A LOT OF COMMUNITY EVENTS.

I DON'T THINK THERE'S REALLY ANY MORE NEED FOR, FOR THE CITY TO BE INVOLVED WITH ENCOURAGING VACCINES.

SO AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAD ALLOCATED ABOUT A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS TO THAT, THAT ACTIVITY WE'VE SPENT WELL UNDER $10,000.

SO WE'LL HAVE SOME AVAILABLE MONEY, UM, PROBABLY PREMATURE TO REALLOCATE THE MONEY NOW, BUT PROBABLY AS WE MOVE CLOSER TO THE END OF THE YEAR, WE'LL KIND OF HAVE A BETTER SENSE OF HOW MUCH MONEY WE HAVE LEFT OVER IN DIFFERENT POCKETS.

AND WE'LL, AND WE'LL PROBABLY BE SEEKING SOME COUNCIL DIRECTION ON HOW YOU WANT TO REALLOCATE SOME OF THOSE FUNDS.

SO, UM, WE THINK THEY'LL, THEY'LL, THOSE FUNDS WILL FREE UP IF WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

SO I JUST WANT TO REPORT ON SOME THINGS THAT DON'T SHOW UP ON THAT TABLE, THINGS THAT ARE BEING WORKED ON FURIOUSLY THAT DON'T SHOW ANY FUNDING EXPENDITURE.

SO FOR THE SOCIAL WORK PILOT PROGRAM WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT OR SOCIAL WORKER PILOT PROGRAM THROUGH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THEY'RE CURRENTLY GATHERING INFORMATION TO PUT TOGETHER A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL THAT WILL GO OUT ON THE STREET.

SO THAT'S BEING WORKED ON, AND THEN OUR ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT IS VERY BUSY WORKING ON THE COOLER ZONE, SOLAR BATTERY PROGRAM, EXPANDING THE FIBER NETWORK AND THE CITY ENTRYWAYS.

WE'RE HOPING TO FINALIZE SOME SCOPE OF WORKS AND THEN BRING THOSE BACK TO THE CITY COUNCIL STARTING IN OCTOBER.

SO YOU'LL ACTUALLY SEE REAL PROJECTS THAT YOU'LL BE APPROVING SCOPES FOR, AND THEN WE'LL GO OUT AND BID THOSE PROJECTS.

SO THOSE FUNDS CAN BE EXPENDED BY THE END OF THE PERIOD THAT WE HAVE FOR THE ARPA FUNDS.

UM, I WANTED TO SPEND A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TALKING ABOUT THE BUSINESS GRANT PROGRAM.

SO MAYBE BEFORE I LAUNCH INTO THAT, I WANTED TO SEE IF THE CITY COUNCIL HAD ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW IN PROGRESS WITH SOME OF THESE OTHER PROGRAMS. YEAH.

I DO HAVE A QUESTION COMMENT ON THAT.

UM, I'VE NOTICED DRIVING DOWN SOME OF THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARES IN ALCOHOL, THAT THERE ARE SOME FACADES THAT ARE IN DESPERATE NEED OF A LITTLE BIT OF RENOVATION.

UH, DO WE, DO WE HAVE ANY APPLICATIONS FOR THAT OR, UM, WE'VE HAD SOME OF THAT, I MEAN, THAT GETS IN A LITTLE BIT INTO THE GRANT PROGRAM, BUT IT DOES, IT DOES.

WE'VE HAD A FEW APPLICATIONS.

THE REALITY IS YOU CAN'T DO MUCH FACADE WORK WITH $15,000.

UM, WE DO HAVE, WE HAVE SET ASIDE, I BELIEVE $3 MILLION FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.

SO I THINK AS WE MOVE FURTHER ALONG, I THINK MAYBE WE CAN SET UP SOME MORE ROBUST FACADE IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS, BUT I THINK IT MAY BE PREMATURE UNTIL WE WE'VE EXPENDED THE GRANT PROGRAM, BUT I THINK YOU'RE, YOU'RE EXACTLY RIGHT MR. KENDRICK, THERE'S SOME OPPORTUNITIES FOR SOME LARGER CAPITAL PROJECTS IN OUR COMMERCIAL CORRIDORS.

HOOD IMPROVE IN THEIR KITCHEN.

SO IF WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, UM, SO THE BUSINESS GRANT PROGRAM, WE WE'VE ACTUALLY, WE'VE HAD 170 BUSINESSES TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE PROGRAM, WHICH IS WONDERFUL.

UM, SINCE THE LAST TIME WE MET, WHICH IS ABOUT A MONTH AGO, WE'VE ACTUALLY HAD 85 APPLICANTS COME IN.

SO THE REALITY IS THAT THE APPLICATION, THE RATE OF APPLICATIONS IS ACTUALLY MAYBE PICKED UP A LITTLE BIT OVER THE PREVIOUS FEW MONTHS.

UM, AND WE CURRENTLY HAVE 27 PENDING.

SO THERE'S A LOT OF ACTIVITY HAPPENING.

ONE OF THE CHALLENGES THOUGH IS WE ARE, WE'RE GETTING, UM, HOME-BASED BUSINESSES APPLYING THAT ARE CLEARLY NOT ELIGIBLE, BUT THERE, THERE MIGHT BE A NEED.

AND IN AN EFFORT TO BECOME ELIGIBLE, WE'VE NOTICED SOME DISCREPANCIES AND APPLICATIONS IN ORDER TO BE, TO LOOK LIKE THEY QUALIFY FOR THE FUNDS.

UH, WE'VE ALSO SEEN SOME PURCHASE OF EQUIPMENT THAT WE BELIEVE MAY BE QUESTIONABLE UNDER THE INTENT OF THE PROGRAM.

SO WE THINK THERE ARE SOME CHALLENGES WITH THE WAY THE PROGRAM IS RUNNING RIGHT NOW, GIVEN THOSE CHALLENGES, STAFF DOES NOT THINK THAT WE SHOULD TERMINATE THE PROGRAM.

WE THINK THERE'S SOME GOOD THINGS.

WE THINK THERE'S SOME OPPORTUNITIES TO SHORE SOME THINGS UP.

I WANTED TO SHARE TWO IDEAS.

ONE IS, UM, IN, IN TALKING WITH OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER DEMASIO AND WITH RYAN VEGAS, WE TALKED ABOUT BETTER DEFINING WHAT IS ELIGIBLE FOR PURCHASE AND USING THE LABOR DEPARTMENT'S DEFINITION OF DURABLE GOODS VERSUS NON-DURABLE GOODS MAKE SENSE.

THERE IS SOME REAL VALUE TO OUR BUSINESSES TO INSTALL KITCHEN EQUIPMENT OR OUR

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THAT THERE'S A LOT OF VALUE TO THAT WHERE WE GET A LITTLE BIT NERVOUS AS IF A BUSINESS WANTS TO INSTALL TVS, BECAUSE WE HAVE A HARD TIME KNOWING WHETHER THOSE TVS ARE GOING TO SHOW UP IN THE BUSINESS OR SOMEWHERE ELSE.

AND SO THOSE DURABLE, THAT DEFINITION OF DURABLE GOODS, I THINK WILL HELP SHORE UP SOME OF OUR CONCERNS ABOUT MONEY NOT BEING REALLY UTILIZED FOR, FOR TRUE CAPITAL PURCHASES THAT WILL ASSIST OUR BUSINESSES.

UM, THE SECOND THING IS WE THINK THERE IS SOME VALUE IN HAVING A DEADLINE.

IN FACT, WE THINK SOME OF THE REASON WHY WE'VE HAD AN UPTICK IN APPLICATIONS IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS IS BECAUSE WE HAD A DEADLINE AT ONE POINT IN AUGUST.

AND SO EVEN THOUGH THAT DEADLINE HAS BEEN EXTENDED, EXTENDED TO, UM, OCTOBER, AND IT WAS A BIT NEBULOUS OF HOW, HOW LONG IT WILL BE OPEN, WE DO THINK THERE IS SOME VALUE IN ACTUALLY HAVING A HARD, FAST DEADLINE, WHICH CAN ALWAYS BE EXTENDED AGAIN.

BUT WE THINK BY HAVING A DEADLINE SET BY DECEMBER 31ST, 2021, WE THINK THAT GIVES BUSINESSES AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY FIGURE OUT WHAT THEY NEED.

THEN WE CAN COME BACK AND ASSESS THE PROGRAM AND SAY, OKAY, WHAT WAS WORKING? WHAT WAS NOT WORKING? DO WE WANT TO RETWEAK IT? DO WE WANT TO ALLOCATE MONEY TO WHAT, WHAT MR. KENDRICK TALKED ABOUT OR SOME, SOME OTHER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECT PROJECT.

SO WE THINK THAT WILL ACTUALLY HELP THE PROGRAM AS WELL BY SETTING THAT DEADLINE.

AND THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE JUST NEED KIND OF A NOD FROM THE COUNCIL.

THAT, THAT SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT IDEA.

UM, THE OTHER THING THAT WE WANTED TO CONSIDER IS WE KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT OF BUSINESSES THAT STARTED SOME CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS EVEN BEFORE PANDEMIC LOCKDOWN.

SO HERE'S BUSINESSES IMAGINED IN JANUARY, 2020, NOT KNOWING WHAT WAS ABOUT TO HIT THEM, STARTED MAKING CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, HOPING TO RECOUP THOSE COSTS BY HAVING AN INCREASE IN CUSTOMERS ONLY TO HAVE THOSE CUSTOMERS TAKEN AWAY FROM THEM.

AND AS WE ALSO KNOW, MR GLOBAL, AND I TALKED ABOUT THIS, A LOT OF CUSS, A LOT OF BUSINESSES DID CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS WHILE THEY HAD A CHANCE WHEN THERE WERE NO CUSTOMERS IN THEIR RESTAURANT.

SO BY SETTING THE, UM, THE PARAMETERS OF NEW CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS, IT DOESN'T BENEFIT THOSE THAT ACTUALLY INVESTED IN THEIR BUSINESS PRIOR TO THESE GRANTS.

SO WE THINK THERE'S SOME VALUE IN ALLOWING BUSINESSES TO RETROACTIVELY ASK FOR REIMBURSEMENTS, FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, FOR EQUIPMENT AND OTHER REMODELS THAT, UM, WOULD REQUIRE BUSINESS OR BUILDING PERMITS OTHER OBVIOUS RECEIPTS.

AND WE CAN GO INSPECT THE CA THE, THE EQUIPMENT PURCHASED BACK TO JANUARY, 2020.

WE THINK THAT THERE'S SOME VALUE IN THAT.

SO WE WOULD MAKE THAT RECOMMENDATION AS PART OF THE DISCUSSION TODAY.

WE ALSO THINK THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF HOME-BASED BUSINESSES THAT, THAT COULD USE SOME ASSISTANCE.

I KNOW THERE'S A CONCERN ABOUT A HOME-BASED BUSINESS THAT IS MORE OF A HOBBY BUSINESSES VERSUS A, UM, A REAL INCOME GENERATING BUSINESS FOR SOMEBODY WE THINK THE DIFFERENCE WOULD BE WHETHER THEY HAVE A BUSINESS LICENSE, MOST HOBBY BUSINESSES DON'T HAVE A BUSINESS LICENSE.

SO WE WOULD ACTUALLY RECOMMEND THAT WE EXPAND THE PARAMETERS OF THE GRANT PROGRAM TO ALLOW HOME-BASED BUSINESSES THAT HAVE A CURRENT BUSINESS LICENSE TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR UP TO A $5,000 GRANT.

IT'S NOT AS MUCH AS THE 15,000, BUT IT GIVES, GIVES THOSE BUSINESSES AN OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN POTENTIALLY HELPS ELIMINATE SOME OF THE FRAUD THAT WE'VE OR ALLEGED FRAUD THAT WE'VE SEEN.

THE OTHER THING.

UM, WE WOULDN'T RECOMMEND THIS RIGHT NOW BECAUSE WE STILL THINK THAT THE PURCHASE OF CAPITAL EQUIPMENT IS IMPORTANT, BUT AT SOME POINT THE COUNCIL MAY WANT TO DO AS MR. KENDRICK RECOMMENDED IS MAYBE SHIFT SOME OF THOSE FUNDS TO THINGS THAT ARE FAR MORE VISIBLE, LIKE FACADES AND SIGNAGE AND MONUMENT SIGNAGE, UM, PARKING LOT IMPROVEMENTS, THINGS THAT EVERYONE WILL NOTICE DRIVING AROUND THE CITY IT'LL BRING UP THE WHOLE CITY.

W WE DON'T THINK WE'RE QUITE READY TO DO THAT.

WE STILL THINK THERE'S SOME, SOME CAPITAL IN PURCHASE NEEDS, EQUIPMENT NEEDS THAT ARE STILL NEEDED BY OUR BUSINESSES, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT THAT WE WOULD REFOCUS THE GRANT PROGRAM TO ELIMINATE THE PURCHASE OF EQUIPMENT AND REALLY FOCUS IT ON FACADES.

AGAIN, I DON'T THINK WE'RE READY TO RECOMMEND THAT QUITE YET, BUT WE'RE THROWING IT OUT THERE.

AND THE LAST IS TO AUGMENT THE MOBILE BUSINESS GRANT PROGRAM.

AS YOU RECALL, IT WAS ONE OF THE, UH, SORT OF A LAST MINUTE CHANGE.

THE COUNCIL TALKED ABOUT.

WE HAVE A LOT OF MOBILE BUSINESSES THAT ARE, THAT ARE LOCALLY BASED IN OKLAHOMA.

WE LIMITED HOW MUCH THEY CAN GET FROM, UM,

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FROM TO $2,500.

SO WE ALLOCATED AT 2,500, WE'D RECOMMEND THAT THEY AT LEAST GET WHAT THE HOME-BASED BUSINESSES GET A $5,000.

SO WE INCREASED THAT BECAUSE A LOT OF OUR MOBILE BASED BUSINESSES RELY ON VEHICLES.

WE WOULD ACTUALLY RECOMMEND ANOTHER POT OF MONEY FOR THEM TO APPLY FOR THE PURCHASE OF NEW OR USED VEHICLES, UM, BETWEEN $15,000 FOR A NEW VEHICLE, 10,000 FOR A USED VEHICLE, AS LONG AS IT WAS PURCHASED BY BUY AT A DEALERSHIP LOCALLY LOCATED IN OKLAHOMA.

SO YOU BUY A TRUCK FOR YOUR HOME-BASED BUSINESS IN ALCOHOL, WE WOULD, THE CITY WOULD REIMBURSE YOU A PORTION OF THAT, UH, TRUCK PURCHASE OR THAT THAT VEHICLE PURCHASE.

SO THAT WOULD BE ANOTHER WAY TO EXPAND, UM, THE BUSINESS TO HELP SOME OF THOSE MORE HOME-BASED OR MOBILE BASED BUSINESSES AND GET, UM, RECIRCULATE THAT THOSE FUNDS BACK INTO OUR OWN ECONOMY.

SO THOSE ARE A COUPLE IDEAS THAT WE'VE HAD, WE'RE OPEN TO ANY OTHER IDEAS ABOUT THE BUSINESS GRANT PROGRAM.

UM, LIKE I SAID, WE THINK THE PROGRAM IS WORKING WELL.

WE THINK THERE'S SOME OPPORTUNITIES TO IMPROVE UPON IT, AND WE'RE SEEKING SOME COUNCIL FEEDBACK ON WHAT RECOMMENDATIONS YOU WOULD HAVE, AND WE CAN APPLY THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS AS SOON AS TOMORROW.

SO WITH THAT, UM, THAT CONCLUDES STAFF'S REPORT.

WE'RE REALLY HERE TO TAKE ANY THOUGHTS, DIRECTION, FEEDBACK THAT YOU MAY HAVE.

I REALLY LIKED EVERY ONE OF YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, ESPECIALLY THE RED TO ACTIVE, UH, ASPECT, UH, EVENTUALLY, UH, FACADE AND SIGN IMPROVEMENTS.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY CATTLEMEN'S COUNCIL MEMBER MITCHELL? SO THE ME JUST GET THIS STRAIGHT.

SO, UM, MY PLUMBER WHO LIVES ACROSS THE STREET, DOESN'T HAVE A BRICK AND MORTAR BUILDING THAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY GO TO IT'S OUT OF HIS HOME.

AND HE HAS LIKE THREE OR FOUR TRUCKS HE COULD APPLY.

THIS WOULD BE CONSIDERED A HOME-BASED BUSINESS, EITHER THAT OR A MOBILE BUSINESS.

SO UNDER THIS NEW PARAMETER, RATHER THAN BEING ELIGIBLE FOR $2,500, HE WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR 5,000.

AND THEN HE COULD ALSO APPLY FOR UP TO $15,000 WITH THE PR WHEN HE WOULD, IF HE WERE TO PURCHASE A NEW VEHICLE IN $10,000, IF HE WERE TO PURCHASE A USED VEHICLE.

THANK YOU, STEVE.

YOU KNOW, I THINK THE PUBLIC ON THAT PARTICULAR THING IS GOING TO SAY, YOU KNOW, FOR THESE MOBILE BUSINESSES, WHAT'S THE BENEFIT TO ALCOHOL.

IF A MOBILE BUSINESS SERVES MOST OF ITS CUSTOMERS, PERHAPS OUTSIDE OF ALCOHOL, CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND, HELP THE PUBLIC UNDERSTAND HOW THAT BENEFITS ALCOHOL? SOME OF THEM DO HAVE EMPLOYEES.

SO THERE, THERE IS A BENEFIT.

UM, SO IT POTENTIALLY HELPS THEM EXPAND THEIR BUSINESS TO HIRE MORE INDIVIDUALS, BUT IT REALLY JUST HELPS OUR, OUR RESIDENTS THAT ARE LOCAL BUSINESS PEOPLE, UM, MAKE IT, EVEN THOUGH MAYBE THEY WEREN'T MAKING IT DURING THE PANDEMIC, SO THERE IS NOT, BUT LIKE YOU SAID, MR. GLOBAL, THERE'S NO VISIBLE, OBVIOUS SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENT OR PARKING LOT IMPROVEMENT OR FACADE IMPROVEMENT UNDER THAT PROGRAM.

YOU'RE EXACTLY RIGHT.

BUT I THINK HE WOULD BE JUST ANOTHER WAY TO HELP OUR SMALL BUSINESS COMMUNITY.

CAN YOU, CAN YOU UNDERSTAND HOW THE PUBLIC MIGHT HAVE THAT POINT OF VIEW? ABSOLUTELY.

I COULD SEE THE PUBLIC, HAVING A CONCERN SAYING I'M GLAD HELPS WITH THAT PERSON, BUT HOW DOES IT HELP THIS CITY? UH, I THINK I CAN HEAR THAT THE HOME-BASED BUSINESSES YOU'VE BEEN GETTING SOME APPLICATIONS.

YOU SAID, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HOME-BASED BUSINESSES ARE APPLYING FOR? I'M GOING TO ASK MR. VEGAS AND MR. DEMASIO, WHO ARE HER IN THE TRENCHES ON THIS, IF THEY, IF THEY HAVE ANY INSIGHT ON THAT QUESTION, THESE WOULD BE THE TYPE OF BUSINESSES SUCH AS, UM, AND I'M GOING TO DEFER TO RYAN HERE IN A SECOND, BUT BASED ON MY FAMILIARITY, THESE WOULD BE BUSINESSES SUCH AS TAX PREPARATION, ACCOUNTANTS, BILL PAIN SERVICES, THINGS LIKE THAT CONSULT OTHER TYPES OF CONSULTANTS, UH, THAT SERVE BUSINESSES AND INDIVIDUALS, RYAN.

RIGHT.

AND THERE ARE SOME, UM, THERE'S A LOT OF REQUESTS FOR, UH, SOFTWARE UPGRADES FOR THEIR COMPUTERS.

THERE'S A LOT OF, UH, REQUESTS FOR COMPUTERS, THEMSELVES, UM, TVS, UM, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

UM, THERE ARE SOME REQUESTS FOR, UM, OFFICE FURNITURE AND THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF ELECTRONICS THAT ARE COMING THROUGH, AND THAT'S NOT JUST UNIQUE TO HOME-BASED BUSINESSES.

UM, BUT THEY ARE COMMON.

SO CAN YOU SEE HOW THE PUBLIC WOULD SAY, WHY ARE WE PAYING FOR NEW FURNITURE IN SOMEBODY'S HOUSE OR ARE WE BUYING A TV FOR SOMEBODY'S HOUSE? WHY ARE WE UPGRADING A COMPUTER IN SOMEBODY'S HOUSE? BECAUSE THERE'S A GOOD CHANCE IT'LL BE FOR PERSONAL USE, NOT JUST,

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SO THAT'S A, THAT'S KIND OF A CONCERN, I THINK HE, UM, OKAY, SO THAT'S ALL I'LL DO WITH THE QUESTIONS ON THE HOME-BASED BUSINESSES.

UH, I, I AGREE WITH YOU.

I THINK IF THEY HAVE A BUSINESS LICENSE THAT RAISES THE LEVEL OF CREDIBILITY OR A LEGITIMATE, UM, SERIOUSNESS, WHAT TO SAY COMMITMENT, UH, I LIKE OPTION ONE, GOING BACK TO JANUARY 1ST, 2020 AS WE TALKED, I DO THINK THERE ARE SOME BUSINESSES THAT USED THAT DOWNTIME DURING THE PANDEMIC TO IMPROVE THEIR, UH, FACILITY.

SO I LIKED NUMBER ONE, GOING BACK TO JANUARY 1ST, 2020, UH, I REMEMBER WAY BACK IN THE BEGINNING, NOT JUST FOCUSING ON FFNE FURNITURE, FIXTURES, AND EQUIPMENT, BUT ALSO LEASEHOLD IMPROVEMENTS, FLOORING, PAINTING, EXTERIOR SIGNAGE.

I THOUGHT THAT WAS ALREADY COVERED, BUT I'M STILL FOR THAT.

AND THAT IS COVERED IN THAT.

AND THAT'S THE THING THAT, THAT'S THE AREA THAT WE WOULD ACTUALLY LIKE THE MOST EMPHASIS ON PERSONALLY AS A, AS A, A STAFF.

UH, WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A HOME-BASED BUSINESS AND A MOBILE BUSINESS.

CAN YOU GIVE ME SOME EXAMPLES OF LIKE, THE LANDSCAPER WOULD BE A MOBILE BUSINESS, A PAINTER YEAH.

CAR DETAILER, MOBILE CAR DETAILER, BUT LIKE AN ACCOUNTANT OR, UM, ENGINEER.

THERE ARE INTERNET CONSULTANT, RIGHT? A LOT OF COMMUNICATIONS OR JUST SERVICES LIKE TRANSLATION SERVICES.

UM, THERE ARE SOME CLEANINGS, THERE ARE CLEANING SERVICES.

UM, THERE IS A LOT OF APPLICATIONS FOR, UM, DAYCARES AS WELL.

UM, BUT THEN THERE ARE LANDSCAPES, LANDSCAPING, BUSINESSES, BUSINESSES.

SO THERE ARE, UM, UH, ARRAY OF HOME-BASED BUSINESSES, WHICH WHEN WE GET THEM IN AND WE ARE VERIFYING THEIR BUSINESS LICENSE THAT THEY DO, UM, THEY ARE HOME-BASED BUSINESSES.

SO, WELL, I GUESS I'M GOING TO COME BACK TO, UH, WHETHER IT'S A HOME-BASED OR A MOBILE.

I THINK THE PUBLIC WOULD BE OKAY WITH $5,000.

UH, 5,000 PLUS 15 FOR A VEHICLE MIGHT BE A STRETCH FOR A BUSINESS THAT, THAT DOESN'T HAVE A NEXUS, UH, UH, UH, PROOF OF THE MAJORITY OF THEIR BUSINESS IN ALCOHOL.

SO I W TO MY COLLEAGUES, I'D BE OKAY WITH 5,000 FOR A HOME-BASED BUSINESS OR A MOBILE BUSINESS.

ONE LAST QUESTION, THIS WAS OPEN TO NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS AS WELL.

ARE YOU HEARING FROM THEM? YES, WE ARE.

AND ARE THERE GRANTS BEING APPROVED? YES, THEY ARE.

UH, WE, I THINK THERE'S THREE OR FOUR RIGHT NOW THAT WE HAVE APPROVED ALREADY AND THAT ALREADY BEEN AWARDED FUNDS.

AND I THINK THERE'S TWO OR THREE THAT ARE IN THE QUEUE.

I THINK WE NEED TO DO MORE OUTREACH TO THOSE ORGANIZATIONS BECAUSE THEY'RE THE FIRST ONES THAT LEFT THEIR FACILITIES GO FOR THE SAKE OF HELPING THEIR CUSTOMER.

DO WE NEED TO REACH OUT TO SOME OF THESE, LIKE I KNOW THAT ORGANIZATION X REALLY NEEDS TO MAKE THEIR LOT LOOK NICER OR TO RESTRIPE THEIR PARKING LOT OR SOMETHING.

RIGHT.

I THINK PERHAPS SO, UM, BECAUSE A LOT OF NONPROFITS, THEIR BUSINESS STRUCTURE, IF YOU WILL, IS DIFFERENT THAN A TRADITIONAL BUSINESS, AS FAR AS EMPLOYEES AND JUST HOW THEY OPERATE.

AND SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE, UH, BARRIERS OR CHALLENGES IF YOU WILL, UM, THAT WE'VE ENCOUNTERED WHEN PROCESSING THEM.

SO I BELIEVE SO.

YES.

UM, I'D LOVE TO SEE THESE NON-PROFITS, THIS IS A RARE OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO GET GRANT MONEY.

AND I WANT TO BE SURE THAT IT'S NOT SLIPPING BY, CAUSE THIS IS THEIR ONE SHOT AT IT.

SO TO SPEAK, PERHAPS, I DON'T KNOW.

LOOK, I'M LOOKING AT CORINNE, I'M GOING, BOY.

MAYBE YOU WOULD LIKE SOME SOMETHING FOR THE, FOR THE FACILITY THAT YOU'RE IN.

I DON'T KNOW.

UH, AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOUR ORGANIZATION HAS ALREADY APPLIED FOR THE GRANT, BUT, UH, BUT YOU DO THE KIND OF WORK THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TOOLS, UH, TO CONTINUE TO DO THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING AND THE HOUSING AREA.

THAT'S MY COMMENTS ON THAT.

UH, ANGELA, DID YOU RECEIVE ANY COMMENTS FOR THIS ITEM? WE RECEIVED NO COMMENTS, SIR.

OPINIONS ON THE VEHICLE PORTION FOR, FOR RIGHT NOW.

UH, WE DON'T NEED A MOTION ON THIS.

SO I HEARD SOME CONSENSUS AROUND, UH, AROUND A COUPLE THINGS, BUT NOT SOME CONSENSUS ON SOME OTHER THINGS.

SO I HEARD CONSENSUS ON, UM, ALLOWING FOR THE RETROACTIVITY OF REIMBURSEMENTS BACK TO JANUARY, 2020.

I ALSO HEARD THAT HOME-BASED BUSINESSES COULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR UP TO $5,000, BUT I DID HEAR SOME, SOME DIFFERING

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UM, SO I GUESS SEEKING DIRECTION, IF, IF THAT'S SOMETHING WE WANT TO PUNT AND SEE HOW THE PROGRAM PROGRESSES WITH SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT WE MAKE, OR IF YOU GUYS WANT TO MAKE A DECISION ON IT NOW IT'S KIND OF UP TO THE COUNCIL.

WELL, I, I THINK WE'RE, WE HAVE A CONSENSUS HERE EXCEPT FOR THE VEHICLE.

SO MAYBE WE SHOULD BRING THAT BACK WHEN WE HAVE FULL COUNCIL HERE, THAT'S FAIR.

AND THAT WOULD GIVE US SOME TIME TO SEE ONE HOW THE OTHER FUNDS ARE BEING EXPENDED AND TO SEE WHAT KIND OF DIFFERENCE SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT ARE, HAVE, HAVE MADE.

SO INCLUDING THE DURABLE GOODS DEFINITION AND SETTING THAT DEADLINE.

SO WE'LL KIND OF SEE WHAT THAT DOES.

ONE OF THE CONCERNS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT IS IF YOU CHANGE, WE KIND OF KNOW HOW THE PROGRAMS GO GOING, BUT IF YOU CHANGE EVERYTHING AND IT'S HARD TO REALLY ASSESS WHAT WORKED AND WHAT DIDN'T WORK.

SO MAYBE THESE, I THINK, UH, MR. DEMAYA USES WHERE SORT OF THIS, THESE BABY STEPS WILL HELPS US KNOW OKAY.

THAT, THAT DID GOOD OR THAT DID BAD OR THAT HELPED, OR THAT DIDN'T HELP, UM, THAT WE CAN BRING SOMETHING BACK FOR MORE COUNCIL CONSIDERATION.

I THINK THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.

I THINK PERIODIC ANALYSIS AS WE'RE GOING ALONG, UH, GIVE US US THE ABILITY TO GET DATA AND MAKE WISE DECISIONS.

SO WITH THAT, I THINK, I DON'T THINK YOU NEED A MOTION.

I THINK, UM, WE HEARD THE DIRECTION AND WE CAN MAKE THOSE APPLY CHANGES.

UH, I'M GOING TO CALL FOR A FIVE MINUTE RECESS.

ITEM 14 IS A REQUEST FOR AN OPPOSITION LETTER TO A HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

HEY, THE MEETING IS BACK TO ORDER

[14. Opposition to HR 127 (Sabika Sheikh Firearm Licensing and Registration Act) RECOMMENDATION: That the City Council considers authorizing Mayor Wells to sign on behalf of the City Council a letter in opposition to HR 127.]

BILL ALAS, THE CITY MANAGER, PLEASE INTRODUCE THE ITEM.

CERTAINLY MR. UH, DEPUTY MAYOR MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL AT YOUR LAST MEETING UNDER COUNSEL, UH, JU UH, COUNCIL ITEMS, MS. MITCHELL BROUGHT UP, UM, A NOTION OR AN IDEA OF OPPOSING HOUSE RESOLUTION 1 27, WHICH IS A FIREARMS LICENSING AND RED JERSEY REGISTRATION BILL.

THAT'S MOVING THROUGH THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND CONGRESS.

UM, THE COUNCIL DIRECTED STAFF TO ANALYZE THE BILL AND TO PREPARE A LETTER OF OPPOSITION STAFF HAS, HAS DONE THAT AS ATTACHED TO YOUR AGENDA, JUST IN REAL BRIEF.

UM, THE LETTER KINDA MAKES FIVE ARGUMENTS OF, OF WHY THE BILL SHOULD BE OPPOSED.

UM, ONE, IT PUSHES MANY WOULD BE LAW ABIDING CITIZENS TO NOT REGISTER THEIR FIREARM, ARMS, PUTTING A LOT OF FOLKS IN AN ILLEGAL STATUS.

UM, THE BILL ALSO REQUIRES THE ATTORNEY GENERAL TO CREATE A DATABASE OF ALL GUN OWNERS OR REGISTERED GUN OWNERS.

AND THAT DATABASE IS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC AND SEARCHABLE.

AND THERE'S SOME REAL CONCERNS FROM THE PUBLIC SAFETY REALM THAT, UM, THAT JUST ADVERTISES WHERE ONE CAN STEAL WEAPONS FROM, UM, WHICH PROPERTIES HAVE WEAPONS TO SEAL.

THE OTHER CONCERN THAT WE HAD IS IF YOU ANALYZE THE 1994 CRIME BILL, WHICH WAS INTRODUCED BY FORMER PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON, AND ACTUALLY HAD A REAL, SOME UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES, WHICH HAD A BIGGER IMPACT ON COMMUNITIES OF COLOR THAN IT DID ON THE, THE, THE REST OF THE UNITED STATES.

AND IT PUT A LOT OF, UM, IN, IN THE WORDS THAT YOU READ IN THE LITERATURE IS A BOOM IN THE PRISON POPULATION, WHICH IS DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTING MINORITY COMMUNITIES.

WE FEEL STAFF FEELS THAT THIS BILL COULD HAVE A SIMILAR IMPACT ON HAVING A DISPROPORTIONATE IMPACT ON COMMUNITIES OF COLOR.

UM, IT ALSO CREATES A SYSTEM GIVEN THE, THE HOOPS THAT ONE MUST JUMP THROUGH, UM, THAT IT CREATES A SYSTEM IN WHICH ONLY THE WEALTHY CAN PURCHASE AND OWN GUNS.

AND THEN LASTLY, AND LIKE MOST GUN CONTROL LEGISLATION.

IT THERE'S THIS FEAR THAT IT TAKES GUNS OUT OF THE HANDS OF LAW, ABIDING CITIZENS AND PUTS THEM IN THE HANDS OF PEOPLE THAT DON'T CARE TO FOLLOW THE LAW.

AND IT CREATES THIS DISPROPORTIONATE SYSTEM IN AMERICA.

SO WITH THAT STAFF HAS PREPARED A LETTER STAFF IS, UH, OPEN TO ANY SUGGESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE TO THAT.

BUT IF COUNCIL APPROVES THIS LETTER, WE WOULD THEN SEND THIS LETTER OUT TO OUR TWO LOCALLY ELECTED CONGRESSIONAL REPRESENTATIVES AND COPY SOME OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS AS WELL.

SO STAFF CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT

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THE LETTER.

DOES COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ANGELA DID REESE, DID YOU RECEIVE ANY COMMENTS FOR THIS ITEM? WE RECEIVED NO COMMENTS, SIR.

IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION WITH SOMEONE LIKE TO PROCEED WITH A MOTION I'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND PROCEED WITH, UM, SENDING OUT THE LETTER, UH, THAT WE, UH, GO AHEAD AND HAVE THE MAYOR SIGN IT ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

I'LL SECOND THAT MOVED AND SECONDED.

PLEASE VOTE MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE OF THOSE PRESENT.

[15. Year-End Update on Homeless Programs and CDBG CARES Act Programs RECOMMENDATION: That the City Council receives the report and provides feedback and direction on homeless and CARES Act programming and funding.]

THE LAST ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT ITEM 15 IS A YEAR-END UPDATE ON HOMELESS IN CD GB PROGRAMS. I'LL ASK THE STAFF TO PLEASE INTRODUCE THE ITEM.

YEAH, GOOD AFTERNOON.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

AGAIN, UH, WE'RE HERE TO UPDATE YOU ON THE PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES.

THE CITY IS ENGAGING TO ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS, INCLUDING THOSE PROGRAMS FUNDED WITH THE CDBG CARES ACT FUNDS.

AS YOU KNOW, I'M JAMIE VAN ROBINSON, THE HOUSING MANAGER AND THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, BUT IT IS MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE OUR NEW HOUSING SPECIALIST, DIA ANURA POLIO BRITO, AND DANIELLE TELLS ME SHE PREFERS TO BE CALLED YANI.

YANI COMES TO US WITH A COUPLE OF YEARS EXPERIENCE WITH THE CDBG AND HOME PROGRAMS. AND SO SHE'S FAMILIAR WITH MANY OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE HUD FUNDING, INCLUDING THE CARES ACT FUNDING.

SO YANI AND I WILL BE PRESENTING THE ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT TOGETHER.

JANI WE'LL GET IT STARTED AND I'LL COME BACK IN NEAR THE END AND WE'LL BOTH BE AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.

OKAY, JOHNNY, THANK YOU, JAMIE.

HELLO, GOOD AFTERNOON.

WHEN YOU'RE PRO TEMP AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, UM, IT IS VERY NICE TO MEET YOU AND I AM VERY EXCITED, UH, TO BE HERE TODAY AS PART OF THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, UH, DEPARTMENT, UH, WITH THE CITY OF OKLAHOMA.

UM, I AM ALSO HAPPY TO INFORM YOU ALL THAT FOR THE LAST 18 MONTHS, UH, SINCE JANUARY, 2020, THE CITY HAS ALLOCATED ALMOST $2.9 MILLION FOR HOMELESS PROGRAMS AND THE CDBG CARES ZAC PROGRAMS. UH, HERE'S THE SNAPSHOT OF THE ALLOCATION BREAKDOWN, UH, BY PROGRAM THAT MAKES UP THAT NEARLY $2.9 MILLION.

THE LARGEST PROGRAMS ALLOCATED SINCE JANUARY, 2020.

THOSE ARE, ARE, THOSE ARE OUTCOME ON HOMELESS OUTREACH WITH AN ALLOCATION OF $400,000.

THE EAST COUNTY TRANSITIONAL LIVING CENTER, EMERGENCY SHELTER WITH AN ALLOCATION OF $585,294.

THE RENTAL HOUSING AND UTILITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM WITH AN ALLOCATION OF $672,362, UH, WHICH JAMIE WILL ALSO BE DISCUSSING, UH, THIS PROGRAM A LITTLE FURTHER AND THE TWO NEWEST PROGRAMS, UH, WHICH ARE THE EMERGENCY SCATTER SITE MOTEL, BUT THEN ALLOCATION OF 400,000 AND THE ACQUISITION AND OR REHAB OF FACILITY WITH AN ALLOCATION OF $299,307.

UM, THE EXACT ALLOCATION AMOUNT TOTALS UP TO $2,897,750, WHICH IS A GREAT AMOUNT.

WE ALSO DID BREAK IT DOWN BY EXPENDITURES AND RESULTS FOR EACH OF THESE PROGRAMS. IN TOTAL, WE HAVE $1.4 MILLION THAT HAS BEEN SPENT IN THE PAST 18 MONTHS WITH THAT A TOTAL OF 2,892 INDIVIDUALS HAVE BEEN ASSISTED TO DATE WITH THE NEARLY 2.9 MILLION OUT OF THAT TOTAL 601 INDIVIDUALS HAVE BEEN PERMANENTLY HOUSED.

NOW THESE NUMBERS DO NOT INCLUDE THE EMERGENCY SCATTER SITE MOTEL AND THE ACQUISITION AND A REHAB SINCE THESE PROGRAMS WERE AWARDED IN MAY, 2021, AND ARE JUST, ARE ELIGIBLE FOR EXPENDITURES STARTING JULY 1ST, 2021.

ADDITIONALLY, HERE'S A GRAPH REPRESENTING PERMANENT HOUSING CONNECTIONS SINCE JULY 1ST, 2017.

THIS PROVIDES ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR THE COMBINED NUMBER OF PERSONS PERMANENTLY HOUSED BETWEEN BOTH A WAY BACK HOME PROGRAM AND THE HOUSING CONNECTIONS PROGRAM THAT IS A TOTAL OF 193 PERSONS BETWEEN THESE TWO PROGRAMS WHO ACHIEVE PERMANENT HOUSING.

I WILL GO AHEAD AND LEAVE YOU WITH THIS INTERESTING POINTS IN OUR YEAR END UPDATE AND ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS.

AND I WILL NOT GO AHEAD AND TURN IT OVER TO JAMIE AGAIN, WHO WILL PROCEED WITH THE REMAINDER OF THE PRESENTATION.

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THANK YOU, HONEY.

HEY, I WANTED TO GIVE YOU A QUICK UPDATE ABOUT THE STATUS OF THE RENTAL UTILITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

UH, SINCE MAY OF 2020, THE CITY COUNCIL HAS ALLOCATED OVER 672,000 IN THE COMMUNITY.

THE CDBG CARES ACT FUNDS FOR THIS ACTIVITY IMPLEMENTED.

ORIGINALLY.

IT WAS IMPLEMENTED BY THREE NONPROFIT AGENCIES, CSA SAN DIEGO COUNTY HOMESTAR AND INTERFACE SHELTER NETWORK.

AND IT OPERATED CONTINUOUSLY BETWEEN MAY OF 2020 AND FEBRUARY OF 21, SERVING 103 HOUSEHOLDS.

OUR PROGRAM PROVIDED UP TO THREE MONTHS OF PAST DUE RENT AND UTILITY ASSISTANCE TO HELP THOSE FAMILIES AFFECTED BY JOB LOSS OR WAGE REDUCTION DUE TO THE PANDEMIC TO AVOID EVICTION AND PREVENT HOMELESSNESS.

THEN IN FEBRUARY, MARCH OF 2021, THE COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO ANNOUNCED THE AVAILABILITY OF 100 MILLION FOR EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

THIS PROGRAM COULD PROVIDE UP TO 80% OF 15 MONTHS OF PAST DUE RENT AND UTILITIES.

IF THE LANDLORD AGREED TO WAIVE THE REMAINING 20% THAT WAS DUE, THE PROGRAM WAS AVAILABLE TO ALL RESIDENTS OF THE COUNTY OF SAN, EXCEPT FOR THE CITIES OF SAN DIEGO IN CHULA VISTA WHO RECEIVED DIRECT ALLOCATIONS.

AND BASED ON THE AVAILABILITY OF THIS MUCH DEEPER ASSISTANCE, THE CITY'S HOUSING AND UTILITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM WAS PAUSED.

AND ALL ALCOHOL RESIDENTS SEEKING RENTAL ASSISTANCE WERE REFERRED TO THE COUNTY'S IRAP PROGRAM.

OUR PLAN WAS TO REEVALUATE THIS PROGRAM AND DETERMINE IF THERE IS A CONTINUED NEED AND REOPEN THE PROGRAM.

ONCE THE COUNTY FUNDS WERE FULLY EXPENDED, HOWEVER, IN JULY OF 2021, THE COUNTY, UH, ADVISED US THAT THE STATE HAS PASSED LEGISLATION TO AMEND THEIR PREVIOUS IRAP REGULATIONS.

THEY CAN NOW ASSIST PAYING UP TO 100% OF 18 MONTHS OF PAST DUE AND CURRENT RENTAL ASSISTANCE.

SO THEY ALSO ADVISE US THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE RECEIVING ANOTHER $98 MILLION IN ARPA FUNDS, AND THEY'RE GOING TO APPLY IT TO THIS PROGRAM.

SO THE COUNTY IMMEDIATELY WENT TO WORK AND BACKFIELD MADE BACK PAYMENTS TO ALL THE FOLKS THAT HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN AWARDED THE LOWER AMOUNT, THE 80% OF 15 MONTHS, THEY BACK-FILLED THAT TO A HUNDRED PERCENT AND THEY CAN NOW ASSIST UP TO 18 MONTHS OF ASSISTANCE.

SO THIS TABLE IS AFTER THEY IMPLEMENTED THE BACKFILLING, AND THIS IS WHAT THEY PROVIDED TO US THROUGH JULY 26, TOTAL APPLICATIONS SUBMITTED TOTAL HOUSEHOLDS AWARDED AND TOTAL AWARDED IN THAT JURISDICTION.

AND I'VE HIGHLIGHTED FOR YOU ALCOHOL, AND THEN THE GRAND TOTAL OVERALL.

AND AGAIN, THIS DATE IS ALREADY TWO WEEKS OLD, SO IT'S PROBABLY, THEY PROBABLY ASSISTED EVEN MORE THAN THAT.

SO YOU CAN SEE THAT THEY SPEND ALMOST 90 MILLION OF THEIR FIRST 100 MILLION, AND THEY HAVE ASSISTED MORE THAN 2,400 ALCOHOL AND HOUSEHOLDS WITH NEARLY 15 MILLION IN ASSISTANCE.

AND THE AVERAGE IS ABOUT 6,150 PER HOUSEHOLD WITH THE NEW FUNDING COUNTY ADVISES US.

THEY WILL CONTINUE THIS IRAP PROGRAM UNDER THE SAME EXPANDED GUIDELINES WITH NO INTERRUPTION OF SERVICE.

AND THEY ARE CURRENTLY RECEIVING APPROXIMATELY 500 APPLICATIONS PER WEEK ACROSS THE COUNTY, NOT JUST ALCOHOL.

SO FOR THIS REASON, THE CA THE CITY'S PROGRAM CONTINUES TO BE PAUSED.

UH, SINCE THE COUNTY CAN PROVIDE THIS MUCH DEEPER ASSISTANCE THAN WHAT THE CITY IS ABLE TO PROVIDE.

AND WE, WE NEED TO BE CAREFUL TO AVOID A DUPLICATION OF BENEFITS AND PAY FOR ANY MONTHS OF RENTAL ASSISTANCE THAT THEY'RE OTHERWISE RECEIVING.

SO, OKAY, SO AS BUSINESSES REOPEN AND JOBS ARE RETURNING, AND IT APPEARS TO STAFF THAT THE COUNTY'S FUNDING IS GOING TO BE AVAILABLE FOR SOME TIME, AT LEAST FIVE OR SIX MONTHS, AND IT'S GOING TO PROVIDE MUCH DEEPER ASSISTANCE.

UH, WE THINK IT'S TO SEEK YOUR FEEDBACK AND, AND BEGIN THE DISCUSSION AS TO WHETHER TO REPURPOSE THE REMAINING FUNDS IN OUR RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, APPROXIMATELY 234,000 IS STILL REMAINING IN THAT PROGRAM.

THE PROGRAM IS CURRENTLY PAUSED AND WE'RE NOT REQUIRED TO REPURPOSE IT, BUT $234,000 IS NOTHING COMPARED TO 98 MILLION.

SO WE'VE, UH, PUT OUR HEADS TOGETHER, THOUGHT OF SOME POTENTIAL IDEAS WE COULD TALK ABOUT FOR REPURPOSING THE FUNDS.

REMEMBER THESE ARE CARES ACT FUNDS THAT HAVE TO BE, UM, FOCUSED ON PREVENTING, PREPARING FOR RESPONDING TO THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC.

THEY ALSO, WHATEVER

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PROJECTS WE PICK HAVE TO BE CDBG ELIGIBLE.

UM, BUT WE, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT TOUCHLESS WATER, FOUNTAINS, BOTTLE FILLING STATIONS, SAFE PARKING PROGRAMS HAVE COME UP IN THE PAST ASSISTANCE WITH EXPANDING THE SHELTER SPACE AT EAST COUNTY.

TRANSITIONAL HAS COME UP BEFORE AND, UH, OR POSSIBLY ADDING FUNDS TO THE CURRENT ALLOCATION OF CV, THREE FUNDS THAT WERE MOST RECENTLY RESERVED FOR ACQUISITION OR REHABILITATION OF A FACILITY, SERVING THE HOMELESS, ALL OF THESE IDEAS AND ANY OTHERS THAT MAY COME FORWARD TODAY, UH, WILL REQUIRE ADDITIONAL RESEARCH.

WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND TOTAL COSTS AND ALL, ANY PROJECTS WE CONDUCT RESEARCH ON, ALL OF THEM MUST PASS THE ELIGIBILITY TEST.

WE ALSO HAVE THE TIMELINE TO CONSIDER 80% OF ALL THE CDBG FUNDS MUST BE EXPENDED BY JUNE OF 2023.

SO WE HAVE JUST UNDER TWO YEARS TO, TO GET THOSE FUNDS EXPENDED.

SO STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS INCLUDE SEEKING COUNCIL'S FEEDBACK TODAY AND DIRECTION FOR POTENTIALLY REPURPOSING THE CDBG CV FUNDS CURRENTLY RESERVED FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE TO ANOTHER ELIGIBLE ACTIVITY OR ACTIVITIES, OR WE HAVE THE OPTION OF CONTINUING TO POSIT THE PROGRAM.

WE ALSO, UH, LOOKING FOR DIRECTION TO CONTINUE THE HOMELESS OUTREACH PROGRAM AND THE WAY BACK HOME PROGRAM.

THOSE PROGRAMS ARE, UM, THE AGREEMENTS ARE COMING TO THE END OF THEIR TERM.

AND WE ARE ASKING FOR YOU TO AUTHORIZE EXTENSIONS FOR AN ADDITIONAL YEAR FOR THE, WITH THE HOMESTART AND SALVATION ARMY, CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THESE COUNTY HOMELESS TASK FORCE AND CONTINUE WORKING WITH NEIGHBORHOOD NEIGHBORING JURISDICTIONS, INCLUDING THE COUNTY ON THE REGIONAL APPROACH TO ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS HERE IN THE EAST COUNTY AND CONTINUING ALL OTHER ACTIVITIES CURRENTLY UNDERWAY TO ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS WITH THAT STAFF WELCOMES COUNSEL'S FEEDBACK, AND WE ARE PREPARED TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

YOU MAY HAVE COUNCIL MEMBERS.

DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? UH, STEVEN, THE, UH, COUNTY EMPLOYEE RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, IRAP, WHAT ARE THE QUALIFICATIONS FOR THAT? VERY SIMILAR TO OUR PROGRAM? THEY, UH, RESIDENTS NEED TO BE LOW-INCOME SO 80% OF AMI OR, OR LESS, THEY NEED TO HAVE A, A RELATIONSHIP TO COVID EITHER A JOB LOSS WAGE REDUCTION OR SOME OTHER DIRECT OR INDIRECT CAUSE FOR NOT BEING ABLE TO PAY THE RENT.

UM, THE, HOW MANY ALSO SET SOME PRIORITIES AND SOME OF THOSE PRIORITIES, THEY ARE PRIORITIZING FOLKS THAT EARN 50% OF AREA MEDIAN INCOME OR LESS.

AND THEY ARE ALSO PRIORITIZING HEALTHY PLACES AS THE, UH, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CALIFORNIA HEALTHY PLACES INDEX.

SO ALCOHOL AND HAPPENS TO BE ONE OF THOSE PLACES WHERE, UH, THE RESIDENTS HERE ARE DETERMINED TO BE CHALLENGED WITH ACCESS TO SERVICES.

AND, UH, SO ALCOHOL DOES GET SOME ATTENTION IN THEIR OUTREACH PROGRAM.

AND THEN THAT'S WHY YOU SAW THE BIG NUMBERS, UH, IN TERMS OF ALCOHOL AND RESIDENTS UTILIZING THE PROGRAM.

AND WHEN DOES THE 18 MONTHS OF ASSISTANCE EXPIRE? IT STARTED, I KNOW WHEN IT STARTED, THE ORIGINAL TIME PERIOD WAS APRIL 1ST, 2020 THROUGH MARCH 31ST, AND THEN THREE MONTHS OF PROSPECTIVE RENT.

THEY'VE EXTENDED THAT THROUGH JUNE AND THREE MONTHS AT PROSPECTIVE RENT.

SO THAT WOULD BE JULY, AUGUST, AND SEPTEMBER WOULD BE COVERED.

AND I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE'S AN ACTUAL SUNSET DATE BECAUSE IF SOMEBODY PAID THEIR RENTAL ASSISTANCE UNTIL, YOU KNOW, LATER IN THE YEAR, I MEAN, PAID THEIR RENT AND THEN NEEDED ASSISTANCE LATER, IF THAT EXTENDS BEYOND SEPTEMBER.

INTERESTING.

UM, THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAVE FOR NOW.

THANKS MICHELLE.

LET'S SEE IF I CAN READ HERE.

SO I SEE THAT WE SPENT $1.4 MILLION FOR 2,892 PEOPLE.

CORRECT.

I DON'T HAVE INFORMATION TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THAT ON OTHER CITIES.

WHEN I QUICKLY FIGURED THAT OUT THAT WAS $484 AND 9 CENTS PER PERSON, APPROXIMATELY HOW DOES THAT, HOW IS THAT IN COMPARISON TO SOME OF THE OTHER CITIES? IS IT MORE, ARE WE SPENDING LESS THAN OTHER CITIES AND, AND GETTING SIMILAR RESULTS OR ARE WE SPENDING MORE THAN OTHER CITIES? AND, AND I HAVE NOT SEEN DATA FROM OTHER CITIES SPECIFICALLY, WHAT WE'RE REPORTING HERE IS THE NUMBER OF FOLKS THAT HAVE RECEIVED SERVICES AND THE NUMBER THAT HAVE BEEN PERMANENTLY HOUSED, BECAUSE WE KNOW YOU HAVE EXPRESSED THAT AS A, AS A PRIORITY AND A GOAL.

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I CAN TELL YOU FOR SHELTER, BED COUNTS, WE'VE GOT IT.

I DON'T KNOW IF THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION, BUT WE'RE NOT READY.

AND I HAVE HEARD THAT OTHER CITIES SPEND A LOT MORE MONEY THAN WE DO AS A CITY.

AND THEY DON'T HAVE, THEY'RE NOT SERVICING AS MANY PEOPLE.

THE RESULTS ARE NOT AS GOOD.

UM, IS IT POSSIBLE ON SOME OF THESE, UH, RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS FOR THE TENANT, NOT THE TENANT, BUT FOR THE LANDLORD TO APPLY FOR RENT BECAUSE THE TENANT, FOR WHATEVER REASON DOES NOT WANT TO APPLY FOR ASSISTANCE, BUT YET THE LANDLORD WHO OWNS THE PROPERTY IS OUT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE 15, 18 MONTHS WORTH OF RENT.

AND I HAVE SEEN WHERE, UH, RENTERS ARE, UH, UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO PAY THE RENT BECAUSE THERE'S A MORATORIUM.

THEY DO, THEY NEVER LOST THEIR JOB.

THEY STILL WERE ABLE TO PAY THE RENT, BUT REFUSE TO PAY THE RENT BECAUSE THEY THOUGHT, WELL, I DON'T HAVE TO, BECAUSE THERE'S A MORATORIUM NOT UNDERSTANDING THAT WHAT IT WAS ALL ENTAILING.

SO IS IT POSSIBLE FOR LANDLORDS TO APPLY FOR THAT IN THE COUNTY'S PROGRAM? YES.

THEY ACCOUNT CHEATING IN THE CITY'S PROGRAM.

WE CURRENTLY RESTRICTED TO RESIDENTS ONLY.

AND THAT WOULD BE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, TYPICALLY LANDLORDS ARE NOT LOW INCOME, RIGHT? SO I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT THEY'VE BEEN DENIED THEIR INCOME AND THERE ARE SOME LANDLORDS WHO, THIS IS THEIR INCOME SAY THEY, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE THEIR MORTGAGE ON THEIR OWN HOME.

THEY INHERITED A GRANDMA'S HOUSE.

THEY RENTED OUT.

UM, I'VE ALSO BEEN CONTACTED WHERE, UH, YOU KNOW, LANDLORDS HAVE HOUSES AND NO ONE IS PAYING THEIR RENT.

AND NOW THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SELL THOSE HOUSES BECAUSE THEY, THEY THEY'RE IN A REARS WITH THEIR MORTGAGE PAYMENTS OR WHATEVER.

NOW THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SELL THOSE HOUSES.

AND THOSE HOUSES POSSIBLY MAY NOT BE RENTED BACK OUT.

THEY MAY BE BOUGHT BY INVESTORS OR, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST PURCHASE THEIR SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.

SO IS THERE ANY THING IN CYPRUS, THESE SCARS FOR LANDLORDS, THEY CAN APPLY TO THE COUNTY'S EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM? RIGHT? I'LL LET THEM KNOW ON THAT.

UM, I LIKE THE IDEA OF THE SAFE PARKING PROGRAM.

DID YOU HAVE A, UH, LOCATION, UM, KIND OF CHOSEN OR CONSIDERED TO DO A SAFE PARKING? UM, AND, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT A LOT OF, UH, OPPONENT TO, UH, HELPING HOMELESS IS THAT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU PROVIDE ALL THESE SERVICES ARE GONNA, YOU KNOW, CREATE MORE OF AN INFLUX.

HOWEVER, WE STILL HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE SLEEPING IN THEIR CARS OR THEIR MOBILE HOMES OR NOT MOBILE HOMES, BUT MOTOR HOMES.

AND, UM, IT JUST SEEMS LIKE IF WE HAD A SAFE PARKING THAT, YOU KNOW, WOULD HELP EASE SOME OF THEIR STRESS, UM, THEY'RE NOT SITTING OUT IN FRONT OF SOMEONE'S HOME, IT'S IN A DESIGNATED AREA.

AND THEN COUPLE THAT WITH THE TOUCHLESS WATER SYSTEMS, HAVING THAT AVAILABLE, MAYBE AT THE PARKING, DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA OF LOCATION OR ANYTHING? SURE.

SO WE, AS STAFF HAVE NOT TALKED ABOUT A LOCATION RIGHT NOW.

I MEAN, THE CITY DOESN'T HAVE THAT MANY ASSETS.

I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND AS A STAFF PERSON AT THIS TIME, UNLESS DIRECTED BY THE COUNCIL THAT WE RELOCATE ONE OR THAT WE LOCATE ONE OF THESE FACILITIES ON CITY PROPERTY.

UM, W W THE WAY I SEE IT HAPPENING, IF THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT IS GOING TO MOVE FORWARD IS THAT WE WOULD PUT OUT ALMOST A I'LL FOR LACK OF BETTER WORDS.

I'LL USE A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL WHERE WE COULD SAY, WE, WE CAN, WE CAN CONTRIBUTE X AMOUNT OF MONEY IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN DOING IT.

AND THEN IT'S GOT TO MEET THESE CERTAIN PARAMETERS.

FOR EXAMPLE, WE'RE CONSIDERING, WELL, I SHOULD SAY WE'RE CONSIDERING AN ORGANIZATION HAS APPROACHED THE CITY ABOUT PLACING ONE OF THESE, UM, LITERALLY IN THE MIDDLE OF A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD, SURROUNDED BY SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE ON ALL THREE SIDES, RIGHT? TH TH THAT'S PROBABLY A PARAMETER THAT YOU WOULDN'T WANT AS A CITY COUNCIL.

SO IF YOU SET THE PARAMETERS, WE WOULD THEN PUT OUT AN RFP AND THEN SERVICE PROVIDERS OR ORGANIZATIONS CAN SAY, WE ARE NOT ONLY QUALIFIED, BUT WE CAN GUARANTEE THAT WE CAN SERVE THIS NUMBER OF PEOPLE.

THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE THE APPROACH RATHER THAN US TAKING THE LEAD.

RIGHT.

AND THE SAME WOULD APPLY FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE ALLOCATED, UH, ALMOST $300,000 FOR, UM, CONVERSION OF A FACILITY TO A SHELTER THAT DOESN'T EVEN SCRATCH THE SURFACE OF WHAT A SHELTER WOULD COST, RIGHT.

IS REALLY MORE LIKE THREE TO $5 MILLION.

THIS WOULD JUST BE THAT LITTLE BIT EXTRA TO GET SOMEBODY OVER THE HUMP, IF THEY ALREADY HAD A BUSINESS PLAN THAT WOULD DO THAT KIND OF WORK.

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STAFFS.

AREN'T READY TO PROPOSE A CERTAIN LOCATION THAT WE CAN, THAT WE CONTROL RIGHT NOW.

NO, AND I DON'T THINK THAT THE GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO BE IN THE BUSINESS OF PROVIDING THE SHELTER.

THAT'S THE OTHER THING, TOO.

WE'RE NOT, THAT'S NOT OUR GOAL AS A CITY, BUT I DO KNOW THAT IT IS A BIG CONCERN FOR OUR CONSTITUENTS HERE AND FOR THE RESIDENTS.

UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE HOMELESS FEEL BAD FOR THEM, BUT HEY, WE'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE SPENDING, YOU KNOW, CITY FUNDS ON THAT.

UM, SO HAVING SAID THAT, MAYBE I DO LIKE THE TOUCHLESS WATER, UM, WE'RE TRYING TO PROMOTE, UM, MORE ACTIVITY FROM RESIDENTS, YOU KNOW, GET UP THERE AND WALK.

AND IF YOU BRING YOUR OWN LITTLE WATER FLASK OR WHATEVER, UM, IT'D BE KIND OF NICE TO HAVE, OH, WOW.

THERE'S, YOU KNOW, WATER.

I CAN GO AHEAD AND GET WATER.

AND THEN PLUS TOO, FOR PEOPLE VISITING THE CITY THAT ARE WALKING AND THEN THE HOMELESS, I THINK THAT WE SHOULD CONTINUE, UM, WITH SOME OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WE'RE ALREADY DOING, LIKE WITH ISI, UM, UH, ECE, TLC, UH, THE HOMELESS OUTREACH, UH, WAY BACK, A WAY HOME BACK AND THE ROTATIONAL SHELTERS.

UM, I THINK THAT WE, YOU KNOW, I AGREE, I THINK THAT SHOULD BE SOMETHING MAYBE TO CONSIDER, BUT WE ONLY HAVE HOW MUCH MONEY TO SPEND THE REMAINING FUNDS FROM THE RENTAL ASSISTANCE IS ABOUT 230, 4,000 SO FAR.

BUT IT'S, IT'S A START, BUT, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER YOU GUYS COME UP, I'M SURE THAT YOU'LL COME UP WITH SOMETHING THAT, UM, WILL BE PRUDENT AND A GOOD, A GOOD SPENDING OF THE MONEY.

THANK YOU, STEVE.

OUR QUESTIONS.

UM, I THINK DURING THE PANDEMIC YEARS, SOME LANDLORDS LET THEIR UNITS GO AND THEY'RE NOT AS GOOD AS PERHAPS WHAT WE WOULD HOPE THEY WOULD BE FOR A RENTAL.

WHAT A RESUMPTION OF, UH, OF A, UH, INSPECTION PROGRAM QUALIFY FOR THESE KINDS OF FUNDS.

WE WOULD HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THAT.

WE WOULD HAVE TO MAKE SURE IT WAS ELIGIBLE, UH, EITHER FOCUSED ON EITHER THE HOUSEHOLD WAS LOW-INCOME OR SOMEHOW QUALIFY IT.

UH, AND WE WOULD HAVE TO MAKE SURE, AGAIN, FOCUS ON THOSE LOW INCOME AREAS.

I CAN'T DO IT CITY-WIDE WE CAN'T DO IT IN FLETCHER HILLS OR WHEREVER THE, THE NICER AREAS OF TOWN ARE.

SO WE COULD TALK ABOUT THAT.

THAT'S SOMETHING WE COULD EXPLORE.

I THINK IT WOULD BE WORTH EXPLORING.

I HAVE A HUNCH THAT THE CENSUS AREAS, UH, WELL, LET ME BACK UP PEOPLE WITH THE 2,400 PEOPLE WHO GOT ASSISTANCE, I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHERE THEY LIVE, BECAUSE IF THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO PAY THEIR RENT, LANDLORDS, WEREN'T ABLE TO KEEP UP THE FACILITIES PERHAPS, AND THOSE UNITS MAY BE IN CDBG ELIGIBLE AREAS.

IF THEY QUALIFIED FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE AND PUTTING THOSE TWO TOGETHER.

I THINK ONE, ONE THING YOU CAN BE REASSURED THE 2,400 ALCOHOL AND RESIDENTS THAT RECEIVED ASSISTANCE.

I BELIEVE THOSE UNITS ARE SUBJECT TO HQS INSPECTION BY THE COUNTY.

UH, IF NOT, I MIGHT BE WRONG, BUT AT LEAST THAT'S SOMETHING WE KNOW, BUT HERE IN OKLAHOMA, WE CAN, WE CAN DEFINITELY EXPLORE THAT AND SEE WHAT WOULD BE POSSIBLE IN TERMS OF AN INSPECTION PROGRAM.

WE USED TO HAVE ONE, AND IT WAS A DELAYED OR TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED AS THE WORD, UH, FOR THE COVID, UH, SALES TAX HIT.

SO WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT AS WE ARE, AS WE'RE STAFFING UP, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT CAN BE BROUGHT BACK FOR SURE.

UM, THE OTHER THING IS MAYBE, MAYBE AS A STARTING POINT, I DON'T KNOW IF THE COUNTY WILL GIVE US THE DATA, BUT IT WOULD BE GREAT TO HAVE A HEAT MAP THAT SHOWS WHERE THOSE THAT WERE ABLE TO GET THAT RENTAL ASSISTANCE WERE IN TOWN.

AND THAT, THAT MAY BE A GOOD STARTING POINT FOR US.

AND IF WE CAN GET THAT, WE'LL SHARE THAT WITH THE CITY COUNCIL, BUT YEAH, AS, AS WE RE UP STAFF OR RESTAFF, WHICH BY THE WAY, IT'S, IT'S A BIG, WE WERE DOWN SO MANY POSITIONS, OUR POOR HR STAFF IS PRETTY FRANTIC GETTING EVERYONE STAFFED UP, BUT THAT WOULD BE ONE OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WE BRING BACK AS WE'RE FULLY STAFFED.

AND ONE THING YOU NEEDED TO REMEMBER MR. GOBLE IS THAT IN COUNCIL IS THAT WE CAN'T FORCE, UM, AN INSPECTION PROGRAM ON THE LANDLORDS.

WE CAN ONLY REACT TO, WITH, UM, A GOOD CAUSE TO GET AN INSPECTION WARRANT.

IF THERE'S A COMPLAINT THAT THE PROPERTIES ARE BELOW, UM, HABIT OF ABILITY STANDARDS, UM, AND THEN WE'D HAVE TO GET AN INSPECTION WHERE IF IT'S COMPLETELY VOLUNTARY AND THEY DO ALLOW US IN BECAUSE THEY WANT TO GET THE FUNDS, THAT'S A DIFFERENT ISSUE.

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UNDERSTOOD.

UH, THE CLEANLINESS ASPECT THERE SPENT PARTS OF THE CITY THAT REALLY COULD USE A GOOD SCRUBBING, UH, ON THE SIDEWALKS.

AND SOME OF THESE THINGS, BECAUSE AS THE PANDEMIC HAS PERHAPS PUT SOME PEOPLE, UH, OUTSIDE OF, AND WE HAVE NOT HAD RAIN, PUBLIC HAS SAID, WE'D LOVE TO HAVE A CLEANER CITY.

IS THAT ELIGIBLE FOR THIS KIND OF MONEY IN THOSE AREAS? WE WOULD HAVE TO THINK ABOUT WHO WILL BENEFIT FROM THAT OTHER THAN, UM, YOU KNOW, PERCEPTION.

WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT IT IN TERMS OF QUALITY IN LIFE AND WHO WOULD ACTUALLY BENEFIT.

IT'S NOT A SERVICE WE WOULD BE PROVIDING DIRECTLY TO BENEFICIARIES.

SO I THINK WE WOULD, WE MIGHT HAVE TROUBLE DETERMINING THAT ONE TO BE ELIGIBLE.

I'LL BE MORE SPECIFIC THERE SIDEWALKS ON EAST MAIN BETWEEN MELODY AND OAKDALE THAT REALLY NEEDS SOME HELP.

AND BECAUSE IT'S A, IT'S A CONSTANT SOURCE OF CAMPING AND WE MOVE THEM ALONG AND IT'S BAD, IT'S WE SHOULD NOT ALLOW THAT TO HAPPEN.

WE'RE BETTER THAN THAT.

AND THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE APARTMENTS DESERVE BETTER THAN THAT.

SO, UH, THAT WOULD BE AN AREA.

I THINK THAT MIGHT BE IN A CENSUS TRACK AREA THAT CLEANING THE SIDEWALKS ENHANCES THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR PEOPLE WHO WERE AFFECTED BY THE PANDEMIC.

W WE CAN EXPLORE THAT, LOOK AT THE ELIGIBILITY FOR THAT.

AND BEYOND THE CDBG MONEY, I THINK WE REALLY SHOULD PUSH THAT UP.

MY OPINION IS WE SHOULD PUT THAT UP HIGHER IN THE PRIORITIES.

THERE ARE SOME REALLY BAD SIDEWALKS AROUND TOWN AND IT'S TIME TO CLEAN THEM UP.

DO YOU RECALL AS PART OF THE CITY COUNCIL GOAL SETTING SESSION ON, ON ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS ISSUES, THAT WAS ONE OF THEM.

AND SO WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF PROCURING A CONTRACTOR TO HELP US TO DO THAT.

IF, IF THAT'S IN THE WORKS, THAT'S GREAT.

UH, THE CORNER OF, UH, GREENFIELD AND EAST MAINE, IT'S GOT BIRD STEPH ON IT.

THAT'S BEEN THERE FOR THREE YEARS AND THAT'S JUST NO LONGER ACCEPTABLE IN ALCOHOL THERE'S SIDEWALKS IN, IN OUR DOWNTOWN AREA.

AND A GALLERY OWNER SAID THAT THE NURSE THERE STUFF BY THE, BY THE, UM, PILLARS, THAT'S NOT ACCEPTABLE ANYMORE.

ALCOHOL, WE'VE GOT A IT'S FIRED ME UP.

WE GOTTA, WE GOTTA DO BETTER.

SO I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT THAT'S, UH, ON THE ACTIVE LIST OF PROJECTS, ANY OTHER COMMENTS? UH, I DO HAVE A COMMENT.

UH, I LIKE ALL THOSE, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, ESPECIALLY THE ARUSHI EMERGENCY MOTEL STAYS, UH, ECT, LLC, EMERGENCY SHELTER, HOMELESS OUTREACH.

UH, IN FACT, THIS MAY BE A TIME I CAN ASK THE CITY MANAGER ABOUT THE GREAT SUCCESS STORY OUT THERE IN FRONT OF THE COUNTY CREDIT UNION.

UH, I, WE GOT SO MANY PEOPLE INTO PROGRAMS. WELL, WE DIDN'T DO ANYTHING ACTUALLY HOMESTART AND KOREAN, HIS TEAM ACTUALLY DID THAT.

THEY REACHED OUT TO THOSE FOLKS AND, UM, WERE ABLE TO GET, UH, A GOOD NUMBER OF THEM INTO SOME SERVICES AND CONNECTED.

UNFORTUNATELY, SOME OF THEM HAVE, HAVE COME BACK AND THEY'RE NOW IN THE PROMENADE AREA, PRESCOTT PROMENADE, BUT, UM, MS. HERNANDEZ SHARED WITH ME EARLIER TODAY THAT THEY ACTUALLY HAVE DONE SOME OUTREACH IN THAT AREA AS WELL.

AND, UM, I KNOW IT'S BEEN AN AREA THAT WE'VE GOTTEN SOME COMPLAINTS RECENTLY, BUT IN DRIVING BY TODAY, IT ACTUALLY LOOKS PRETTY CLEAN.

SO YEAH, I'M, I'M REALLY HAPPY ABOUT THEIR EFFORTS ON THAT.

THAT'S, UH, GETTING THEM TO PROGRAMS, GETTING THEM BACK HOME, ALL THOSE THINGS ARE JUST GREAT.

SO, UH, IT MAKES THEIR LIVES A LOT BETTER TOO.

IT HELPS.

IT HELPS EVERYBODY.

IT'S A WIN-WIN UH, ANGELA, DO WE HAVE ANY CARDS ON THIS ITEM? NO, SIR.

WE DO NOT.