Feb 25, 2020 City Council Meeting 7pm

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LIZ DOLAN.

[ CALL TO ORDER: Mayor Bill Wells]

THE MEETING IS NOW CALLED THE ORDER AND I WOULD LIKE TO ASK OUR CITY CLERK TO CALL THE ROLE.

ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT.

MR HAROLD BROW, WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? WOULD YOU PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF LEAVES THAT REMAIN STANDING AFTERWARDS FOR A BRIEF MOMENT OF SILENCE.

READY BEGIN.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

THANK YOU.

GRAHAM IS OUR PLAQUE RECIPIENT HERE.

SHE'S NOT.

SHE WAS NOT ABLE TO MAKE IT.

ALL RIGHT.

WE'RE ON A JET.

THE CHANGE OF STAFF.

DO YOU HAVE ANY AGENDA CHANGES? NO CHANGES, SIR.

COUNSEL MEMBERS? NO.

IN THAT PRESENCE TO PUBLIC COMMENT AT THIS TIME, ANY PERSON MAY ADDRESS A MATTER WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE CITY COUNSEL HOUSING AUTHORITY SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE OKLAHOMA REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY.

THAT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA.

COMMENTS RELATED TO ITEMS ON TODAY'S AGENDA.

ARBY TATE AT THE TIME OF THE ADAM IS HEARD.

STATE LAW PROHIBITS DISCUSSION OR ACTION ON ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA.

HOWEVER, COUNCIL AUTHORITY AND NC MEMBERS MAY BRIEFLY RESPOND TO STATEMENTS OR QUESTIONS AND AN ITEM MAY BE PLACED ON A FUTURE AGENDA.

ANGELA, DO WE HAVE ANY CARDS UNDER PUBLIC COMMENT? WE HAVE NO CARD, SIR.

ALL RIGHT, WE'LL GET

[100. FY 2020-21 CDBG and HOME Allocations for One Year Action Plan RECOMMENDATION: That the City Council: Opens the public hearing and accepts testimony: Accepts public input for the FY 2020-21 One Year Action Plan; Closes the public hearing; and Allocates funds to projects and programs that will be funded from the FY 2020-21 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and HOME grant programs. Staff will prepare a preliminary funding schedule reflecting the City Council's decisions from the public hearing relative to the FY 2020-21 One Year Action Plan, and will present it for final adoption at the second public hearing scheduled for April 28, 2020.]

WE ARE NOW PUBLIC HEARINGS.

I AM 100 IS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2020 AND 2021 CDBG AND HOME ALLOCATIONS AND STAFF.

WOULD YOU PLEASE INTRODUCE THIS ITEM? THANK YOU, MAYOR.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

UM, AS WE DO EVERY YEAR THIS TIME, THIS IS THE FIRST OF TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS FOR THE, UH, CITY COUNCIL'S ALLOCATION OF CDBG AND HOME FUNDS.

AND THIS YEAR I'D LIKE TO WELCOME ONE OF OUR NEWEST STAFF MEMBERS, MARY BROOKE.

EXCUSE ME, MAYOR BRITT COX, UH, WHO NOW WORKS IN OUR HOUSING DIVISION.

SHE'LL MAKE OUR PR THE PRESENTATION, UH, TO THE CITY COUNCIL.

HI MARY.

HI.

GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

UM, SO AS YOU KNOW, THE CITY RECEIVES GRANT FUNDS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING, URBAN URBAN DEVELOPMENT EVERY YEAR.

IN ORDER TO RECEIVE THIS MONEY, UM, WE MUST SUBMIT A ONE YEAR ACTION PLAN, WHICH IS WHAT WE'LL BE DISCUSSING TONIGHT.

THE ACTION PLAN IDENTIFIES PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES THAT WILL MEET THE GOALS AND PRIORITIES IDENTIFIED IN THE CONSOLIDATED PLAN.

SO JUST A REMINDER, THE ACTION PLAN IS A REQUIREMENT FOR EACH YEAR, THE FIVE YEAR CONSOLIDATED PLAN, AND FYI 2021 IS THE SECOND YEAR OF THE CONSOLIDATED PLAN.

SO HUD HAS ACTUALLY ALREADY TENTATIVELY ALLOCATED JUST OVER ONE POINT $3 MILLION FOR CDBG AND THEN JUST OVER $646,000 FOR OUR HOME FUNDS.

AND THESE AMOUNTS ARE COMPARABLE TO WHAT WE'VE RECEIVED IN THE PAST.

UM, WE TYPICALLY AVERAGE ABOUT 1.2 FOR CDBG.

SO PER HUD REGULATIONS, ONLY 20% OF THE TOTAL CDBG ALLOCATION CAN BE USED TOWARDS PLANNING ADMINISTRATION.

SO THAT 20% CAP IS GOING TO BE $272,000.

$272,888.

UM, AND THEN PUBLIC SERVICE ALSO HAS THE CAP.

IT'S 15% AND THAT'S GOING TO BE JUST OVER 204,000 FOR OUR CAPITAL, WHICH IS THE, UM, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, PUBLIC FACILITIES PROJECTS.

THERE IS NO CAP FOR THOSE.

AND THE REMAINING BALANCE IS 886,000 WHICH BRINGS OUR TOTAL CDBG ALLOCATION FOR FYI 2021 TO 1.3 MILLION.

WELL, JUST OVER.

OKAY.

SO STAFF DOES RECOMMEND FINDING PLANNING AND ADMINISTRATION IN THE AMOUNT OF $272,888 JUST SHY OF 250,000 WILL GO TOWARDS ADMIN COSTS.

SO THAT'S THE COSTS OF RUNNING AND ADMINISTERING THE PROGRAM.

AND 25,000 TO S WE RECOMMEND GOING TO CSA FOR THEIR FAIR HOUSING AND TENANT LANDLORD SERVICES.

SO FOR OUR PUBLIC FACILITIES, THOSE ALLOCATIONS, IT'S, IT'S JUST THERE WERE $890,000.

THE BULK OF THIS WE RECOMMEND GOING TOWARDS THE NEIGHBORHOOD STREETLIGHT IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM.

UM, $500,000.

THIS WOULD INSTALL 40 STREETLIGHTS AND QUALIFIED CBTL CDBG ELIGIBLE RESIDENTIAL AREAS.

UM, AND THEN ONGOING FUNDING FOR THE ADA PEDESTRIAN CURB RAMPS AT SIDEWALKS AT 275,000.

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THIS WILL PROVIDE FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS TO GROUP HOME AT 1401 SOUTH WOMEN.

AND THEN FOR BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB, THEY'VE REQUESTED FUNDING FOR A ROOF REPLACEMENT.

WE DO RECOMMEND FUNDING AT $21,000 EAST COUNTY TRANSITIONAL LIVING CENTER.

UM, WE RECOMMEND FUNDING THEM AT $25,000 FOR A GUARDRAIL REPLACEMENT.

AND THEN FINALLY, UM, THE CONTINUED FUNDING OF THE CITY'S HOUSING REHABILITATION ONE PROGRAM.

THIS FUNDS THE MOBILE HOME REHAB, UM, AND WE RECOMMEND FUNDING AT JUST OVER $47,000.

SO MOVING ONTO OUR PUBLIC SERVICES, AGAIN, THERE IS THAT 15% CAT.

WE WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND CRIME FREE MULTI-HOUSING, UM, FUNDING AT JUST OVER $49,000 INTERFAITH SHELTER NETWORK AT 10,000.

ELDER HELP AT 15,000 MALE ZONE.

WILLS AT 25,000.

AND THEN EAST COUNTY TRANSITIONAL LIVING CENTER, 100,000.

THE TOTAL PUBLIC SERVICE ALLOCATION WOULD BE $199,107.

AND THEN THE TOTAL CDBG OUT CDBG ALLOCATION WILL BE $1,364,440.

OKAY.

AND SO FOR OUR HOME ALLOCATIONS, THERE'S A 10% CAP FOR ADMINISTRATION.

UM, AND THEN WE DO RECOMMEND FUNDING AT 59,000 WITH 500, 5,000 OF THAT GOING TO CSA AGAIN FOR THE FAIR HOUSING SERVICES.

AND THEN FOR, UM, THERE'S A MANDATORY 15% THAT YOU HAVE TO RESERVE FOR THE CERTOSA CERTIFIED HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS.

UM, AND THAT'S RESERVED FOR THE CREATION OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

THAT'S THE $96,000 DO YOU SEE RESERVE THERE? AND THEN FINALLY THE REMAINING BALANCE WILL BE $484,763.

AND WE RECOMMEND THE RECOMMEND THAT FALL TO THE HOUSING PROGRAM POOL OF FUNDS.

SO THIS IS GOING TO BE THE FIRST TIME HOME BUYER PROGRAM, UM, SINGLE FAMILY REHAB, UM, AND ADMIN COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE MOBILE HOME REHAB.

AND EACH OF THESE PROGRAMS ASSIST THE CITY IN MEETING GOALS THAT ARE IDENTIFIED IN THE KHAN PLANT.

SO THAT'S ALWAYS A WIN.

OKAY.

SO FOR TONIGHT, WE WOULD LOVE THE CITY COUNCIL TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ACCEPT PUBLIC TESTIMONY, APPROVE THE PROPOSED FOR 2021 CDBG ALLOCATIONS AND THEN APPROVE THE PROPOSED FYI 2021 HOME ALLOCATIONS FOLLOWING TONIGHT'S PUBLIC HEARING.

UH, THERE'S STILL A FEW MORE STEPS ALONG THE WAY, BUT STAFF WILL PREPARE THE ONE YEAR ACTION PLAN I HAD.

THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE ON APRIL 28 THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING, AT WHICH POINT CITY COUNCIL WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO APPROVE THE FINAL ALLOCATIONS.

AND AT THAT POINT I ADOPT THE ONE YEAR ACTION PLAN.

WE WILL THEN SUBMIT TO HUD WAIT FOR THEIR APPROVAL AND FUNDS SHOULD BE AVAILABLE AFTER JULY ONE AND IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL, UM, JAMIE AND I ARE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER.

LET ME SEE.

COUNSEL QUESTIONS.

UM, JUST ON THE, UNDER THIS LAST, UH, PART WHERE THERE'S IS ENTITLEMENT PROGRAMS, NO CAP.

OKAY.

SO I'VE GOT THE FIRST THREE, THERE'S NOTHING SET ASIDE IN THE LAST ONE IS FOR 484,007 63.

DOES THAT MEAN THEY'RE ALL SHARING IN A POOL FOR UNDER THE HOME ALLOCATION? OKAY.

YES.

SO WE NEVER HAVE A GREAT IDEA OF WHICH PROGRAM IS GOING TO BE THE MOST UTILIZED.

SO WE LEAVE THIS FLEXIBILITY.

THAT WAY IF WE HAVE MORE FIRST TIME HOME BUYERS, WE CAN PUT IT THERE AND IT JUST PROVIDES US A LITTLE BIT MORE FLEXIBILITY.

PROGRAMS CAN DIP INTO THIS POOL.

CORRECT.

THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT.

OKAY.

SUPER.

THANKS VERY MUCH.

OH STEVE? YES SIR.

WERE THERE ANY UH, APPLICATIONS NOT INCLUDED ON THE LIST OF APPLICANTS HERE? YES.

SO WE'VE RECEIVED 12 ELIGIBLE APPLICATIONS.

THE ONES THAT YOU SEE IN OUR POWERPOINT ARE THE ONES THAT STAFF IS SPECIFICALLY RECOMMENDING FUNDING.

UM, VOICES FOR CHILDREN WAS NOT INCLUDED ON THIS, RIGHT.

FOR, FOR FUNDING.

UH, WERE THERE ANY OTHER HOW AM I SAYING IT? ARE THERE ANY ORGANIZATIONS NOT SHOWN ON THESE PIECES OF PAPER THAT WANTED FUNDING? WE DIDN'T RECEIVE AN APPLICATION FROM THEM.

GOT IT.

THANK YOU.

SO THIS IS THE TOTALITY OF EVERYBODY WHO APPLIED FOR FUNDS.

ABSOLUTELY.

GOT IT.

THANKS.

ALL RIGHT, THANKS VERY MUCH.

NICE REPORT.

THANK YOU.

OKAY, THEN

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AND ANGELA, CAN YOU CALL FOR SPEAKER? YES, WE HAVE FIVE SPEAKERS.

THE FIRST ONE IS TIM REIN.

HELLO SIR, WELCOME.

GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS TIM RAY AND I'M THE EAST COUNTY MANAGER FOR THE MEALS ON WHEELS.

SAN DIEGO COUNTY.

MEALS ON WHEELS IS RESPECTFULLY REQUESTING 25,000 FROM THE 20 2021 CDBG PROGRAM TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO 120 LOW INCOME HOMEBOUND SENIORS LIVING IN THE CITY OF EL CAHONE.

THE FUNDING WILL PROVIDE THE FOOD IMPACTED PACKAGING COSTS TO AN ESTIMATED 20,800 MEALS DELIVERED.

EACH MEAL DELIVERY IS ACCOMPANIED WITH A SAFETY CHECK AND AN IN HOME SOCIAL VISIT TO IMPROVE THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL WELLBEING OF EACH SENIOR CLIENT.

HOME INCOME HOME-BOUND, LOW INCOME HOMEBOUND SENIORS ARE AT RISK OF MALNUTRITION AND SOCIAL ISOLATION CONTRIBUTING TO NEGATIVE HEALTH CONSEQUENCES WITH AN INCREASED LIKELIHOOD OF HOSPITALIZATION, INSTITUTIONALIZATION, OR POSSIBLE HOMELESSNESS.

MEALS ON WHEELS ALLEVIATES THESE RISKS BY DELIVERING HEALTHY MEALS FROM CARING, TRAINED INDIVIDUALS WHO NURTURE ONGOING RELATIONSHIPS EVERY DAY, INCLUDING WEEKENDS AND HOLIDAYS WITH OUR SENIOR CLIENTS.

REGULAR ASK ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOOD AND SOCIAL VISITS, REDUCE, REDUCE HEALTHCARE SPENDING, IMPROVING ONE'S HEALTH, AND REDUCES THE LIKELIHOOD OF NURSING HOME USE, THEREBY REDUCING GOVERNMENT BENEFIT EXPENDITURES.

MEALS ON WHEELS SUBSIDIZE A SIX 60% OF THE COST FOR MEALS, DELIVERY AND OTHER SERVICES PROVIDED REGARDLESS OF THE SENIOR'S TO PAY.

FURTHER SUBSIDIES ARE PROVIDED FOR SENIORS WHO ARE EXPERIENCING SEVERE FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES.

MEALS ON WHEELS HAS BEEN SERVING LOW TO MODERATE INCOME HOMEBOUND SENIORS THROUGHOUT SAN DIEGO COUNTY FOR 60 YEARS.

THE CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR THESE FUNDS AS NEEDED IN ORDER TO REACH AND SERVE MORE LOW INCOME HOME BOUND SENIORS IN NEED LIVING IN THE CITY OF EL CAHONE.

WE GREATLY APPRECIATE THE COUNCIL'S MANY YEARS OF SUPPORT AND THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING THE IMPORTANCE OF OUR WORK IN YOUR COMMUNITY AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CITY OF EL CAHONE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION.

THANK YOU.

LET ME SEE IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS.

ANY QUESTIONS? I JUST WANT TO SAY I'VE ALWAYS BEEN A BIG SUPPORTER OF MEALS ON WHEELS AND UH, MY HEART WAS ALWAYS TOUCHED WHERE WE, I WENT OUT WITH THE, UH, THE PEOPLE THAT, THAT VOLUNTEER FOR YOU.

AND I'VE ALWAYS BEEN, BEEN STRUCK BY THE FACT THAT, UH, THE FOOD SEEMS TO BE THE LEAST IMPORTANT PART OF THE, OF THE PROCESS.

UM, PEOPLE WERE HAPPY TO GET THE FOOD, BUT THEY REALLY WANTED THE COMPANIONSHIP AND THE, THE BILLY HAD TALKED TO SOMEBODY AND, AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS VERY TELLING ABOUT HOW GOOD WORK YOUR ORGANIZATION DOES.

SO THANK YOU.

WE APPRECIATE THAT.

THANK YOU.

HELLO, HOW ARE YOU TONIGHT? WELCOME.

GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.

UM, I'D LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY AGAIN TO THANK YOU FOR HAVING CSA SAN DIEGO COUNTY, BE YOUR FAIR HOUSING PROVIDER.

I'M VERY PROUD TO SAY THAT WE'RE FOR OUR SECOND YEAR NOW WE'RE A HUD APPROVED AGENCY.

UH, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? THAT MEANS WE PROVIDING FIRST HOME TIME BUYERS OUTREACH AND EDUCATION.

WE'RE ABLE TO GIVE CERTIFICATES AND THEN THEY COME, THEY CAN COME TO THE CITY OF ALCOHOL AND, AND APPLY FOR A HOME BUYER LOANS.

I JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT PART AS WELL.

UM, WITH YOUR SUP ONGOING SUPPORT, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ASSIST MANY CLIENTS FROM ISSUES OF INHABITABILITY REPAIRS AND MOST IMPORTANTLY EVICTIONS AND FOR HOUSING EVICTIONS.

I'M SAYING BECAUSE I, I THINK IT'S LIKE A PREVENT, IT'S A PREVENTION FROM BEING HOMELESSNESS.

WE HAVE A LOT OF COUNSELORS THAT ARE ABLE TO MEDIATE WITH TENANTS AND LANDLORDS AND MANAGEMENT COMPANIES NOT TO, UM, YOU KNOW, USE ANYTHING THAT WOULD PR THAT, ANY FACTORS THAT WOULD GIVE THAT FAMILY TO BE HOMELESS.

SO WE TRIED TO MEDIATE AND NEGOTIATE SO THAT IT WILL PREVENT THE HOMELESSNESS.

AND AS YOU ALL KNOW, THE TASK FORCE, UM, IS VERY, UM, ACTIVE HERE IN THE EAST REGION.

SO WE'D LIKE TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT.

UM, WE'VE PROVIDED REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE DISABLED.

AND AGAIN, THESE ARE FOR LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES AND SO I'M VERY PROUD THAT, UM, WE CAN PROVIDE THESE FAIR HOUSING SERVICES.

I ALSO TO THANK THE CODE ENFORCEMENT, UM, COLLABORATION AND A SPECIAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT TO LC.

RIGHT.

UM, BECAUSE WE, WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH

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IT'S GREAT.

IT'S AWESOME.

WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO MEDIATE ALSO, UH, SOME ISSUES WITH, UH, THE UNITS HERE IN AND LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

SO I'M HERE TO SAY THANK YOU AND ALSO TO REQUEST YOUR ONGOING SUPPORT TO HAVE CSA SAN DIEGO, BE YOUR FAIR HOUSING PROVIDER.

AND I'M OPEN FOR ANY QUESTIONS.

ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY, YOU'RE WELCOME.

THANK YOU.

HAROLD BROWN.

HAROLD, WELCOME.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

COUNCIL CITY STAFF.

I WANT TO THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN FOR CONSIDERING FUNDING THE EAST COUNTY TRANSITIONAL LIVING CENTER EMERGENCY SHELTER PROGRAM.

UH, I BELIEVE THIS IS THE 15TH YEAR THAT WE'VE APPLIED AND OVER THOSE 15 YEARS, UH, WE HAVE ASSISTED THOUSANDS OF FAMILIES OFF THE STREETS, OUT OF THEIR CARS, INTO THE SHELTER, AND THEN INTO PERMANENT HOUSING AND OR LONGTERM PROGRAMS. WE'VE ALSO ASSISTED PROBABLY TENS OF THOUSANDS OF KIDS THAT HAVE COME OFF THE STREETS THAT WERE LIVING IN THEIR CARS, WEREN'T GETTING HEALTHY MEALS, WEREN'T, UH, MAKING IT TO SCHOOL ON TIME, PROBABLY WEREN'T GETTING VERY GOOD NIGHT'S SLEEP, UM, AND NOT PERFORMING WELL IN SCHOOL.

AND THE, THE LAST THING A, A SINGLE MOM NEEDS WITH THREE OR FOUR KIDS INSIDE OF HER CAR IS, UH, IS, IS CALLS FROM THE SCHOOL BECAUSE ALL HER KIDS ARE FAILING BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE WIFI TO BE ABLE TO DO THEIR HOMEWORK.

UM, SO OVER THE YEARS, THE PROGRAM HAS LITERALLY CHANGED THE COURSE OF THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF OUR CITIZENS, UH, INTO PERMANENT HOUSING BECOMING, UH, TAX PAYING CITIZENS OF OUR, OF OUR, UH, CITY AND JUST, JUST ONE OF THE MOST FABULOUS PROGRAMS, UH, I'VE EVER BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH REALLY IN OUR WILDEST IMAGINATION.

WHEN WE STARTED THE PROGRAM, WE HAD NO IDEA OF THE TREMENDOUS SUCCESS THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT IT HAS HAD AND CONTINUES TO HAVE.

SO THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING FUNDING US AGAIN.

UH, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO TAKING ANOTHER TWO, 300 FAMILIES OFF THE STREET THIS YEAR.

UH, GETTING THEM INTO PERMANENT HOUSING, GETTING THEIR KIDS IN SCHOOL WITH HEALTHCARE AND PROVIDING A LOT OF HOPE FOR THEM.

SO THANKS AGAIN.

YEAH, THANKS.

LET ME SEE ANY QUESTIONS, BOB.

HAROLD, WHAT SEEMS TO BE THE TIE UP ON THE NEW BUILDING? WELL, WE'RE, WE'RE JUST WAITING FOR, UH, THE BUILDING PERMITS TO BE APPROVED.

UH, FUNDING IS SECURED.

UH, BUILDERS ARE READY TO BUILD IT.

UH, WE'RE STILL PLANNING ON DOING THE SPEED BUILD WITH A 12 HOUR, UH, BUILD FOR THE TWO DORMITORIES, WHICH WILL OPEN UP, UH, 30 TO 40 ROOMS FOR THOSE ADDITIONAL FAMILIES TO BE ABLE TO COME IN OFF THE STREET.

UH, THE BIGGEST WAITING LIST WE HAVE RIGHT NOW ARE FAMILIES THAT ARE LIVING IN A CAR IS THE LAST BASTION OF HOPE THAT THEY HAVE IS THAT AUTOMOBILE.

AND THE LONGER THEY STAY OUT THERE, THE SOONER THE DANGER OF THEM LOSING THAT AND THEN LITERALLY BECOMING ON THE STREETS.

UM, WE WANT TO TRY TO STOP THAT FROM HAPPENING.

SO WE DON'T, WE DON'T HAVE, YOU KNOW, CHRONIC HOMELESS, UH, HAPPENING IN OUR, IN OUR TOWN.

MAYBE OUR CITY MANAGER CAN KIND OF POKE THEM SO THAT THEY MOVE ALONG A LITTLE FASTER TO GET THOSE BUILDING PERMITS ISSUED SO WE CAN GET ON WITH THIS PROGRAM.

IT'S BEEN DRAGGING ON AND ON AND ON AND ON.

I WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS.

NOBODY'S ANY MORE ANXIOUS ABOUT IT THAN I AM.

I JUST REALLY THINK THAT MANAGEMENT NEEDS TO JUST PUT THEIR NOSE TO THE WHEEL AND GET DONE AND SPEEDILY.

THANK YOU.

A COUPLE YEARS AGO YOU TALKED ABOUT A, UH, AREA FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE LIVING IN THEIR CARS IN YOUR PARKING LOT.

AND AT THAT TIME, I THINK YOU REQUESTED SOME CDBG FUNDS FOR A ROD IRON FENCE ALONG THE FRONT.

AND WHAT HAPPENED WITH THOSE PLANS? UH, WE HAVE, UH, COMPLETED THE FIRST SECTION OF FENCE, UM, WHICH, WHICH ENCOMPASSES THE PROPERTY OF EAST COUNTY TRANSITIONAL LIVING CENTER AND WE'VE REQUESTED FUNDING FROM THE COUNTY TO FINISH THE FENCE GOING DOWN ALONG, UH, THE, THE PORTION OF 1523, WHICH IS WHERE THE, UH, CONFERENCE FACILITY IS AND ALL THE STUDIES AND STUFF HAPPEN.

UM, WE'RE ANTICIPATING TO GET THOSE FUNDS.

ACTUALLY, WE'RE GOING TO BUILD A FENCE ANYWAY.

UM, SO THE FENCE STARTS MARCH 25TH AND SO WHEN THAT GOES UP, AUTOMATION WILL COME IN AND I'M WORKING WITH, UH, JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES TO SEE IF THEY CAN HELP US RUN A SAFE PARKING LOT.

UM, IF THEY CAN'T RUN A SAFE PARKING LOT, THEN WE'LL FIGURE OUT HOW TO RUN ONE.

UM, BUT I'D LIKE TO LIKE TO PARTNER WITH THEM BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN DOING IT FOR A LONG TIME.

UM, WE HAVE ALL THE TOOLS TO BE ABLE TO DO IT OURSELVES, BUT THAT WOULD BE STAFFING AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

SO BY THE END OF THE YEAR.

THANKS.

CHERYL.

YUP.

CLAUDIA GAVIN.

CLAUDIA.

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COOL.

THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS CLAUDIA GAVIN AND I'M HERE REPRESENTING ELDER HOPE.

UM, I'D LIKE TO START OFF BY THANKING YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUOUS SUPPORT AND PARTNERSHIP OVER THE YEARS.

UM, BECAUSE OF THE SUPPORT WE ARE ABLE TO SERVE LOW TO VERY LOW INCOME SENIORS, UH, MANY WHO ARE ISOLATED IN THEIR OWN HOMES BY IMPROVING THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE THROUGH SERVICES SUCH AS TRANSPORTATION, GROCERY SHOPPING, UM, HOME SAFETY, MAINTENANCE, UM, DAILY LIVE CHECKING CALLS, COMPANIONSHIP, PERSONALIZE INFORMATION AND REFERRALS.

CASE MANAGEMENT AND MUCH MORE, UM, THE FACT THAT WE CHARGE NOTHING FOR OUR SERVICES MEANS THAT NO ONE HAS EVER TURNED AWAY DUE TO INABILITY TO PAY.

UM, WHAT MAKES US SO UNIQUE IS THE RELATIONSHIP THAT WE DEVELOP WITH EACH SENIOR THAT WE SERVE, WHETHER IT'S IN THEIR HOME OR OVER THE TELEPHONE.

WITH OUR INFORMATION AND REFERRAL SERVICES WHERE WE CAN SPEND UP TO 30 MINUTES AT A TIME OFFERING COMFORT AND SUPPORT, ESPECIALLY TO THOSE IN DISTRESS.

OUR HOPE GOES WELL BEYOND A TRANSACTION OF SERVICES.

RATHER AN UNQUANTIFIABLE BENEFIT REALLY, UM, TO GIVE AN IDEA OF SOME PERSONALIZED IMPACTS.

I'D LIKE TO SHARE A COUPLE STORIES WITH ALL OF YOU.

UM, KATHY JOINED OUR ORGANIZATION WHEN HER DOCTOR REFERRED HER TO US AS HE WAS PREPARING TO MOVE OFFICES FROM THE CITY OF OKLAHOMA TO MISSION VALLEY.

PRIOR TO HER DOCTOR'S MOVE, KATHY WAS DRIVING HERSELF.

BUT WITH THE ADDED DISTANCE AND TRAFFIC, SHE NO LONGER FELT SAFE, UM, DRIVING HERSELF.

UM, AND, UM, WITH ALL OF HER CHILDREN OUT OF STATE AND BEING UNABLE TO AFFORD RIDE SERVICES SUCH AS LYFT AND UBER.

SHE CONTACTED US AND WE'VE BEEN PROVIDING RIDES TO HER EVER SINCE.

IT WASN'T LONG BEFORE KATHY, UM, BEGAN EXPLORING MORE OF OUR SERVICES AND JOINT HAS SINCE THEN JOINED STAFF AND OUR VOLUNTEERS TO ADDITIONAL, UM, OUTINGS TO MISSION TRAILS, UM, TO THE PUBLIC LIBRARY AND SHE'S REPEATEDLY TOLD US HOW GRATEFUL SHE IS FOR OUR SERVICES AND DESCRIBES OUR VOLUNTEERS AS FRIENDLY, UM, KIND AND GENEROUS.

MARGARET JOINED ELDER HELPS SHORTLY AFTER HER HUSBAND PASSED AWAY, UM, BECAUSE SHE HAS SIGNIFICANT VISION IMPAIRMENT, UH, SUDDENLY BEING ON HER OWN WAS PARTICULARLY DIFFICULT.

SO ALTHOUGH SHE WAS FACED WITH NEW CHALLENGES, SHE WAS DETERMINED TO STAY ACTIVE AND BUSY.

SO SHE ENROLLED WITH OUR TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM FOR REGULAR RIDES TO OUR, UM, THE .

SINCE THEN, WE HAVE HAPPILY MODIFIED OUR SERVICES TO MEET HER CHANGING NEEDS AT FIRST ONLY NEEDING RIDES, UM, AND NOW RECEIVING REGULAR GROCERY SHOPPING SERVICES FROM HER TRUSTED VOLUNTEERS.

WE'VE ALSO INSTALLED A COUPLE OF GRAB BARS IN HER HOME.

UM, SO SHE CAN FEEL SAFER GETTING IN AND OUT OF THE SHOWER.

AND AT 94 YEARS, YOUNG MARGARET STILL GOES TO THE YMC OFTEN AND TAKES PLEASURE IN REWARDING HER ELDER, HELP VOLUNTEERS WITH A PIECE OF FRESHLY PICKED FRUIT FROM HER, OUR YARD FROM HER YARD.

UM, OUR COLLABORATIVE AND PERSONALIZED APPROACH FROM STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS HELPS FILL THOSE GAPS THAT OUR SENIORS FACE IN OUR CURRENT HEALTHCARE AND SOCIAL SERVICE SYSTEM.

FROM PREVENTING RE HOSPITALIZATIONS THROUGH THOROUGH HOME SAFETY INSPECTIONS AND MODIFICATIONS, UM, TO REDUCING FOOD INSECURITIES.

IT SENIORS LIKE KATHY AND MARGARET CAN FEEL AT EASE KNOWING THAT THEY CAN REMAIN COMFORTABLE AND SAFE IN THEIR OWN HOMES.

AT THIS TIME WE ARE ASKING FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT AND CONSIDERATION TO HELP FULFILL THIS MISSION THAT IS VERY NEAR AND DEAR TO OUR HEARTS.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

QUESTIONS? I WENT OVER.

SORRY.

THAT'S YOUR, YOU OWE ME 20 SECONDS.

LAST SPEAKER IS CHRISTINA .

ANYA.

HI CHRISTINA.

GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

MY NAME IS CHRISTINA PERANIO AND I'M WITH VOICES FOR CHILDREN.

UM, WE ARE A FIRST YEAR APPLICANT FOR THE CDBG FUNDING.

AND I WANTED TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR ORGANIZATION AND OUR PROGRAM.

UM, OUR MISSION IS TO TRANSFORM THE LIVES OF CHILDREN IN FOSTER CARE BY PROVIDING THEM WITH A COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATE, A CASA.

AND SO TO GIVE YOU A BACKGROUND ON HOW THAT WORKS, WHEN A CHILD IS REMOVED FROM THEIR HOME AND ENTERS THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM, THEY ARE EMBRACED BY THE SYSTEM, WHICH INCLUDES SOCIAL WORKERS, JUDGES, LAWYERS, AND MANY PROFESSIONALS THAT RE TAKE CARE AND GUARD FOR THEIR WELLBEING AND UPBRINGING.

HOWEVER, WHAT WE FIND YEAR AFTER YEAR IS THAT YOUNG PEOPLE ARE OFTENTIMES NOT ALWAYS TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION AND THAT THEIR INDIVIDUAL NEEDS CANNOT BE MET JUST BY THE BURDEN THAT IS ALREADY THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM.

SO, 40 YEARS AGO, OUR FOUNDERS, UH, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE JUVENILE COURT DETERMINE THAT IF EACH CHILD COULD BE MATCHED WITH A COMMUNITY VOLUNTEER WHO WOULD HAVE THE NEEDS OF THAT ONE CHILD IN MIND, UM, THAT SOME OF THE DEVASTATING EFFECTS OF FOSTER CARE COULD BE ALLEVIATED.

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SO OUR CASAS ARE COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS OF ALL AGES AND EXPERIENCES.

WE IDENTIFY UPWARDS OF 300 NEW CASA VOLUNTEERS TO MEET THE NEEDS OF CHILDREN THROUGHOUT SAN DIEGO COUNTY.

UM, EACH CASA GOES THROUGH A 35 HOUR TRAINING PROGRAM WHERE THEY LEARN ABOUT THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM, CHILD ABUSE, TRAUMA COURT PROCEDURES, AND OTHER TOPICS THAT HELP CLASSES BE PREPARED TO SUPPORT THEIR CHILD.

OUR CASA'S BIGGEST ROLE, HOWEVER, IS TO PROVIDE A COURT REPORT TO JUDGES IN JUVENILE COURT AND ENSURE AND ARE ADVOCATING ON BEHALF OF THE CHILD AND THE CHILD'S NEEDS.

UM, BUT ALSO COST HAS BECOME THAT PERSON IN A CHILD'S LIFE THAT IS MUCH MORE CONSISTENT THAN ANY OTHER AT THAT TIME, DURING THAT TIME IN THEIR LIVES.

SO, UM, UH, IN EL CAHONE, UM, VOICES FOR CHILDREN BASED ON OUR EXPERIENCE, UM, WE ANTICIPATE THAT A 195 CITY OF ALCOHOL CHILDREN WILL SPEND TIME IN FOSTER CARE IN THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR, UM, AND THAT 70 OF WHOM WILL ENTER FOSTER CARE FOR THE FIRST TIME.

AND HERE IN OKLAHOMA WE HAVE A STAFF MEMBER WHO, UM, IS STATIONED EVERYDAY AND THE COURTHOUSE.

AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT EVERY SINGLE, UH, CHILD OR EVERY SINGLE CASE, UM, PRESENTED ANY GIVEN DAY IN JUVENILE COURT IS, UM, THAT WE ARE QUICKLY NOTIFYING OUR TEAM TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE A CASA MADGE IF THAT'S NEEDED FOR A CHILD.

UM, BUT IT'S NOT THE ONLY THE CHILDREN, UM, THAT OUR ORGANIZATION SERVES.

WE ALSO HAVE 27 CASAS WHO LIVE IN THE CITY OF EL CAHONE AND MANY CHILDREN LIVE IN FOSTER HOMES THAT ARE HERE ALSO IN THE CITY OF EL CAHONE.

AND SO THE CITY PLAYS SUCH A LARGE ROLE IN, UM, THE CARE OF FOSTER THE, UH, COMMUNITY.

AND SO WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THE CHANCE TO PRESENT THIS TO YOU THIS EVENING.

AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.

ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU.

APPRECIATE IT.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

NO MORE CARD, SIR.

ALL RIGHT.

I HAVE TO MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE PUBLIC.

HARRY, PLEASE VOTE.

MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE.

ALL RIGHT, GENTLEMEN, IT'S UP TO US.

UM, LOOKS LIKE THE STAFF'S GOING A GOOD JOB OF ALLOCATING FOR EVERYBODY.

I WOULD SEE A LOT OF CHANGES, BUT IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CHANGES, I'M OPEN TO THAT.

I, I'M SYMPATHETIC TO FOSTER CHILDREN, SO I JUST KIND OF, WHAT WOULD BE THE STAFF'S POSITION BURDEN, NOT PROVIDING ANY FUNDING? WELL, I THINK, UM, SO WHAT WAS THE RATIONALE FOR THAT? I THINK PARTLY, UM, WE'VE NOT WORKED WITH THIS ORGANIZATION.

UH, THE COUNCIL IN THE PAST HAS GIVEN DIRECTION TO TRY TO BENEFIT AS THE BROADEST GROUP IN THE COMMUNITY AS POSSIBLE.

THIS DOES NOT, UM, IT'S A PRETTY TARGETED GROUP.

UM, UH, A WORTHWHILE GROUP, BUT IT'S A VERY TARGETED GROUP.

THAT'S A BIT OF OUR CONCERN.

UM, AND THERE'S REALLY, WE, WE CAN'T REALLY MEASURE HOW MUCH IMPACT THAT PROGRAM WOULD HAVE ON THOSE.

195 FOSTER CHILDREN IN THE CITY OF ELKO.

SO THAT'S SOME OF THE RATIONALE AND FRANKLY WE DON'T, WE DON'T HAVE ALL THE MONEY, WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO GIVE TO EVERYBODY.

AND SO, UM, IT WOULD BE EITHER A MATTER OF UM, ELIMINATING ONE OF THE OTHER PROGRAMS. UM, IF WE WERE TO FUND IT AT THE HALF OF THEIR REQUEST, IT WOULD TAKE ABOUT 20% FROM ALL THE OTHER, UM, ORGANIZATIONS.

AND THAT'S SORT OF THE OPTIONS THAT WE, WE WENT THROUGH.

AND AT THE END OF THE DAY WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE SOME PROVEN TRACK RECORDS WITH SOME OF THE OTHER ENTITIES.

AND SO WE WANTED TO FUND THAT AT 100%.

ARE YOU ABLE TO TAKE MONEY FROM THE CITY PUBLIC WORKS? HALF A MILLION DOLLARS OR THE CITY PUBLIC WORKS TO 75? NO, BECAUSE THESE ARE, THIS IS THE 15% CAP MONEY FOR FOUR PEOPLE ANSWERING ME AT, WOW.

I'M SORRY.

YOU CAN TAKE IT FROM, UH, THE CITY POLICE SERVICES AND AT THE TOP OF THE SAME SECTION, BUT YOU CAN'T TAKE IT FROM THE STREETLIGHTS CAUSE THAT'S, THIS IS, THIS PROGRAM IS CAPPED AT 50% OF THE OVERALL ALLOCATION.

OKAY.

SO THE ONE 99 ONE OH SEVEN IS THE TOTAL PIE.

THERE'S, THERE'S $5,500 MORE RESIDUAL.

SO THERE'S, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF PLAY THERE, BUT ONLY $5,500.

I DUNNO GUYS.

$5,500 FOR FOSTER KIDS.

SEEMS LIKE, NO, I, I JUST HAD A LITTLE FLYER.

I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT AT ALL.

UM, YOU CAN GRAB THE TOP OF THIS.

UM, IT SAYS A CRIME FREE MULTI-HOUSING

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MY UNDERSTANDING FROM HAVING DONE THIS BEFORE IS THAT IF WE TAKE MONEY FROM THAT, THEN WE'D JUST HAVE TO BACKFILL THAT WITH GENERAL FUND MONEY.

RIGHT? CORRECT.

AND YOU'VE DONE THAT BY THE WAY, EVERY YEAR FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.

SO THE GENERAL FUND IS PICKING UP A BIGGER PERCENTAGE OF THAT.

AND I'M JUST GONNA JUST TO GIVE YOU THE FULL PICTURE.

IF YOU WERE TO TAKE MONEY AWAY AND LET'S SAY THE NEXT YEAR, THREE OF THESE ENTITIES SAID, WE DON'T NEED YOUR MONEY, WE COULD NOT ADD THAT MONEY BACK INTO OUR OWN PROGRAM.

SO WE CAN'T, WE CAN'T AUGMENT OUR OWN PROGRAM.

SO WHATEVER YOU YOU SET IT AT, THAT BECOMES THE LIMIT WE CAN ASK FOR FOR THIS PROGRAM.

IN FUTURE YEARS, WE'RE SPENDING TIME WORKING IN MENTAL HEALTH, UM, OF ALL THESE PROGRAMS. UM, THE VOICES FOR CHILDREN, ONE IS PROBABLY THE ONE THAT'S PROBABLY THE BEST FIGHT THROUGH THE COUNTY, OR NOT VOICE FOR CHILDREN SPECIFICALLY, BUT FOSTER CARE, THERE'S A LOT OF RESOURCES FOR FOSTER CARE, BUT I, SO THEY'RE NOT COMPLETELY GOING WITHOUT, BUT, UM, I THINK THAT WE'D BE A, PROBABLY EVERYONE WOULD BE OPEN TO TAKE SOME OUT OF THE COMMUNITY POLICING MONEY.

WELL, I'M NOT IN FAVOR OF THAT, I GUESS TO HEAR, RIGHT.

YOU'RE SAYING IF WE SET IT A 5,000 NEXT YEAR, COULD IT CAN'T GO ABOVE 5,000 THAT'S CORRECT.

WHERE'S THAT 5,000 COME HERE FROM? WELL, HE WILL, I THINK MR GAVE US AN EXAMPLE.

SO IF WE WERE TO S WELL IT'S THAT YOU'RE FUNDING IT.

WELL WE'RE RECOMMENDING FUNDING IT AT 49,107 SO IF YOU FUNDED AT 49,105 THIS YEAR WE COULD NOT ASK FOR MORE THAN 49,105 NEXT YEAR.

YEAH AND ANY FUTURE YEAR OR ANY FUTURE YEAR.

WOW.

WELL CAUSE YOU CANNOT, YOU CAN'T AUGMENT A PROGRESS CITY PROGRAM.

THAT'S JUST TO, THIS WAS FUN.

I'S COMMON SENSE IN TERMS OF IF SOMEBODY IS DOING GOOD AND YOU WANT TO GIVE THEM MORE MONEY NEXT YEAR YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO GIVE THEM MORE MONEY.

I UNDERSTAND IT'S THE RULES, BUT TALK ABOUT GOVERNMENT LIKE NOT MAKING SENSE.

YOU CAN GIVE OTHER ENTITIES MORE MONEY.

YOU CAN'T GIVE, WE CAN'T GIVE OUR CITY PROGRAM MORE MORE MONEY.

I I GET IT, I GET THE RULES.

THEY'RE THERE.

THEY DON'T MAKE COMMON SENSE.

IF SOMEBODY IS DOING WELL AND THEY WANT TO DOUBLE IT NEXT YEAR, THAT'S THE WAY THAT, THAT'S THE NUTS PART OF IT.

I GUESS I HAVE A QUESTION FOR IS IT CHRISTINA, CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION? DO I NEED TO REOPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING? UM, YEAH, LET'S GO AHEAD AND JUST DO THAT.

WE'LL DO IT RIGHT.

UM, MAKE A MOTION TO REOPEN PUBLIC HEARING PLEASE.

NOTHING.

AND THEN GOVERNMENT MAKES SENSE.

MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE.

THAT'S THE FRUSTRATING PART OF GOVERNMENT.

SO TELL ME WHAT ARE YOUR OTHER SOURCES OF FUNDING? SO WE ARE FUNDED BY SOME OTHER GOVERNMENT SOURCES AND WE'RE FUNDED BY PRIVATE INDIVIDUALS AND WE'RE FUNDED ALSO THROUGH FOUNDATIONS, UM, AND UH, SOME CORPORATE SUPPORT AS WELL.

SO, SO YOU'RE HERE IN OKLAHOMA AND ASKING BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T GET FUNDING SOMEWHERE ELSE OR YOU'RE TRYING TO EXPAND A PROGRAM.

WHAT? RIGHT.

BECAUSE IN OUR FUNDING SOURCES EACH TIME, UM, ALL OF THE FUNDING SOURCES ARE CRITICAL TO BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE THE SERVICES TO THE CHILDREN.

AND BECAUSE WE NEVER ALWAYS KNOW WHERE DOLLARS WILL COME FROM, FROM YEAR TO YEAR AND GOVERNMENT DOLLARS ARE NOT CONSISTENT, WE MAKE ASKS KIND OF BROADLY.

UM, AND SO THAT, THAT WOULD BE WHY.

OKAY.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT.

UM, MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING.

PLEASE VOTE.

MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE.

WELL, I'M GOING TO SAY KNOWING THAT THEY'RE HAVING LEARNED THAT THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM PROBABLY GETS THE BULK OF ITS FUNDING DOWN TO THE COUNTY LEVEL.

I THINK I'LL JUST STICK WITH THE PRO, THE SCHEDULE AS PROPOSED.

OKAY.

WELL ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY, BUT GOT A LOT OF, A LOT HAPPENING HERE.

YOU WANT TO WELCOME ANYBODY WANNA CONSIDER A COMPROMISE ON THIS AND GIVE THEM SPARE $5,000 I'M OKAY WITH THAT.

I THINK IT'S, I THINK 5,000 HOURS IS GOOD.

IT'S A GOOD GESTURE FOR FOSTER KIDS.

I GET, THEY GET PERHAPS HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OR HOPEFULLY MORE THAN THAT FOR, YOU KNOW, FOR THAT KIND OF THING.

BUT UH, IT SHOWS A GOOD GESTURE TO THE PEOPLE WHO PAY TAXES IN OKLAHOMA THAT WE LOOK OUT FOR FOSTER KIDS, EVEN AT A NOMINAL LEVEL.

DUDE, COME ON UP PLEASE.

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I'M NOT SURE WHAT THEY CAN DO WITH $5,000.

WE CAN'T JUST GIVE IT AS A CONTRIBUTION.

OKAY.

THAT'S INFORMATION I DIDN'T KNOW.

I DIDN'T KNOW THAT EITHER.

UM, SO YOU, YOU SAYING THE, THEY DON'T HAVE THESE SYSTEMS IN PLACE RIGHT NOW.

THEY, THEY MAY, DEPENDING ON WHAT OTHER FUNDING SOURCES THEY HAVE, IF THEY HAVE OTHER FEDERAL FUNDING SOURCES AND IT WOULDN'T BE TOO HARD TO IMPLEMENT, BUT IT WOULD, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT INCLUDES STAFF TIME.

IT WILL NOT FIND THOUSAND DOLLARS WILL NOT ALLOW TO ADD ANOTHER STAFF PERSON OR EXPAND THEIR PROGRAM.

IT SIMPLY FUNDS WHAT'S ALREADY EXISTING, WHICH IS NOT, IT'S THE SAME PRINCIPLE BEHIND THE CRIME FREE.

SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR NEW OR ADDED SERVICES.

SO IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE RECOMMENDING NOT THIS YEAR.

CORRECT.

I, I HAVE A SUGGESTION.

I WOULD SUGGEST STICKING WITH THE SCHEDULE IS PROPOSED.

WE HAVE A SECOND READING AND A MONTH OR SO.

AND IF WE GET NEW INFORMATION FROM VOICES FOR CHILDREN'S, SUCH AS, WHAT WOULD YOU DO WITH $5,000? WOULD IT GO TOWARDS, UH, UH, A VAN? UH, SOME, SOME ASSET RATHER THAN SALARY OR SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T HAVE THE SAME OUT OF STRINGS.

IF THAT INFORMATION CAN COME TO US IN THE NEXT MONTH, WE HAVE THE OPTION A MONTH FROM NOW SAYING, LET'S MAKE THAT ADJUSTMENT.

THEN THIS IS ALSO NOT UNUSUAL FOR SOMEBODY NOT TO GET THEIR ALLOCATION ON THE FIRST TIME THEY COME, BUT IN SUBSEQUENT SUBSEQUENT YEARS GET MORE MONEY BECAUSE THEY COME AND THEY REALIZE WHAT THEY HAVE TO DO AS FAR AS EXPLAINING TO US WHERE THE MONEY'S GOING TO GO AND SO THIS WAS, IT WOULD PROBABLY BE A GOOD FIRST STEP AND THEN HAVE THEM COME BACK NEXT YEAR AND ASK FOR A LARGER AMOUNT OF MONEY, BUT ASK FOR IT WITH A PLAN.

I'M HEARING THEY CAN'T ASK FOR A LARGE, LARGER AMOUNT OF MONEY.

THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE, ANYBODY COULD ASK FOR MORE MONEY EVERY YEAR.

THEY'RE NOT GETTING ANY MONEY THIS YEAR.

IF WE, THE RULE IS THE AGENCY, THE CITY, IF WE'VE BEEN FUNDING PROGRAM WITH CDBG MONIES AND WE DECREASE IT IN ONE YEAR, YOU CAN NEVER GO BACK UP OVER THAT AMOUNT FOR THE CITY NUTS.

YEAH, BUT NOT FOR THE OTHER NONPROFITS.

THEY CAN GO UP AND DOWN AND DO WHATEVER THEY NEED TO START.

GARY, YOU KNOW, I REMEMBER A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO AND MAYBE SOME OF THE STAFF IS STILL HERE.

WHEN WE HANDLED THAT, WE ALLOCATED ABOUT FIVE, I THINK IT WAS ABOUT $5,000 TO A NONPROFIT AND THEY DIDN'T TAKE THE MONEY BECAUSE THEY SAID IT WAS SO MUCH PAPERWORK FOR THE NONPROFIT.

IS HE TONY NODDING AMERICAN COUNCIL AND I WON'T GO BACK ON WHAT THE NONPROFIT WAS, BUT HOWEVER, IF THE CITY COUNCIL DECIDES THAT THEY'D LIKE TO ALLOCATE 5,000 TO VOICES FOR CHILDREN, THEY CAN CERTAINLY DO THAT TENTATIVE TO PROVIDING INFORMATION TO STAFF AND UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS ARE.

AND IF THEY'RE IN AGREEMENT WITH THAT AND THEY BRING INFORMATION THAT PROVIDES, UH, COUNSEL WITH, UM, UM, SUITABLE INFORMATION THAT THE $5,000 ALLOCATION IS WORTHY, THAT WE CAN CERTAINLY WORK WITH THEM ON THAT.

WELL, WE HAVE THE DO YOU MIGHT, IF WE OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING AGAIN, IT HAS ASKED HER TO COME UP AND ASK OUR, ASK THE REPRESENTATIVE HOW SHE FEELS ABOUT THIS.

IT'S UP TO YOU.

I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION.

SECOND.

THE PUBLIC HEARING SECONDS, PLEASE VOTE.

OKAY.

MOTION CARRIES ME.

NONE OF US VOTE.

OH, THIS WAS ONE OF THOSE AWKWARD TIMES WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT YOU AND YOU'RE STILL IN THE ROOM.

UM, IF I CAN BE HELPFUL, IF IT'S TO GIVE YOU, SO YOU'VE HEARD, YOU'VE HEARD WHAT THE STAFF HAS SAID AND UM, I, WE, THIS WAS NEWS TO US.

WE DIDN'T REALIZE THAT THE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS MIGHT BE SO ONEROUS THAT IT'S NOT WORTH THE $5,000.

HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THAT? UM, I WANT TO BE REALLY HONEST.

SOMETIMES THE GOVERNMENT REPORTING REQUIREMENTS, ALTHOUGH WE'VE NEVER BEEN FUNDED BY THE CITY OF OKLAHOMA, SO I DON'T KNOW YOUR SPECIFICALLY AND THEY VARY CITY TO CITY.

UM, ABOUT, WE DO STEWARD CURRENTLY A CITY OF SAN DIEGO CDBG FUND AND UM, AWARD GRANT AWARD.

AND WE ARE FAMILIAR WITH FUNDING REQUIREMENTS THERE.

SO THAT'S WHAT I CAN SPEAK TO WITH REGARD TO MY, OUR EXPERIENCE THROUGH WITH CDBG FUNDS AND WHAT IN KIND OF AT OUR ORGANIZATION, THE WAY WE LOOK AT DOLLARS IS THAT FOR EVERY CHILD THAT WE SERVE, IT'S UM, $2,000 PER CHILD FOR THE TIME THAT THE CHILD IS IN FOSTER CARE, WHICH IS ON AVERAGE ABOUT 18 MONTHS.

UM, SO IF THAT GIVES YOU A SENSE OF, YOU KNOW, KIND OF HOW DOLLARS WOULD GO, UM, THAT'S THAT WAY IT MIGHT HELP TO KIND OF GIVE A SENSE OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT $5,000 W HOW IT WOULD, UM, SUPPORT CHILDREN THAT WE SERVE FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE WITH THE $5,000 B BE WORTH, WORTH IT TO, TO COMPLY WITH ALL THE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS BASED UPON YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF OTHER CITIES ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF OTHER CITIES.

IF YOUR REPORTING REQUIREMENTS ARE AS, UM, KIND OF COMPREHENSIVE

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UM, BUT, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, ALL DOLLAR AMOUNTS REALLY DO MAKE AN IMPACT.

BUT YOU KNOW, I WISH I COULD COMPARE AND KNOW.

I REALLY, I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR HONESTY OF THAT.

MIGHT, YOU KNOW, UM, WE'LL TALK ABOUT IN THE SIDE IF YOU DON'T GET IT.

UM, BECAUSE ONCE YOU SAID, MY SUGGESTION IS THAT A YORKER STAFF EARLY NEXT TIME UNLESS, UH, CAUSE I THINK THERE'S A FEELING AMONGST THE CITY COUNCIL THAT, THAT WE THINK WHAT YOU DO IS IMPORTANT AND WE'D LIKE TO HELP.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

YES.

AND I'D BE HAPPY TO DO THAT AND I WILL FOLLOW UP WITH YOUR STAFF IF THE DECISION TONIGHT IS THAT AND THAT'S FINE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH BOB.

WELL, I WAS A FOSTER PARENT FOR ABOUT 20 YEARS AND UM, WE TOOK IN A LOT OF FOSTER KIDS, PROBABLY 30 OR 40, AND UH, THEY WERE IN AND OUT AND UH, SOME OF THEM STUCK.

WE HAVE ADOPTED TWO OF THEM AND, UH, I NEVER SAW ANYBODY FROM VOICES FOR CHILDREN, BUT, UM, I KNOW THE COUNTY WAS OUT CHECKING UP ON THEM REGULARLY AND EVERYTHING AND THEY SEEM TO DO A PRETTY FAIR JOB OF KEEPING TRACK OF THEM.

UM, THE ONLY PROBLEM I SAW WITH THE FOSTER CARE PROGRAM AT THAT TIME, WHICH WAS MANY YEARS AGO, IS THAT THEY JUST HUNG ON AND HUNG, HUNG AND HUNG ON AND WOULDN'T LET THEM GO, GO FOR ADOPTION WHERE I THINK THE SYSTEM'S A LITTLE QUICKER NOW.

AND IF YOU HAVE YOUNG CHILDREN, THEY CAN BE ADOPTED OUT A LOT FASTER.

UH, HOWEVER, THE OLDER ONES NORMALLY DON'T GET ADOPTED.

THEY'RE STUCK IN FOSTER CARE FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS AND, UH, BY THE TIME THEY'RE 18, THEN, THEN THEY'RE RELEASED BY SOME FAMILIES.

I HAVE A DAUGHTER AND, UM, THAT, UH, STILL HAS SOME THAT ARE IN THEIR TWENTIES AND THEY JUST NEVER WENT AWAY.

AND, UH, SO AND UH, WE NEVER LET THEM GO.

WE, WE HAD ENDED UP ADOPTING TWO OF THEM.

SO ANYWAY, THAT'S, THAT'S NOT ALWAYS THE CASE.

THAT'S ALWAYS A TOUGH ONE.

THANK YOU BOB.

THANK YOU.

THANKS FOR ANSWERING.

SO HONESTLY, I APPRECIATE YOU YOUR TIME.

NO PROBLEM.

THANK YOU.

MY EXPERIENCE WITH THIS MONEY FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, IF YOU CUT IT BACK, YOU DON'T GET IT BACK.

THAT IS TRUE.

I REMEMBER WHEN IT WAS A LOT MORE THAN WHAT IT IS TODAY.

AND UH, IT WAS A COUPLE OF THOUSAND DOLLARS AND NOW IT'S DOWN TO 79,000.

I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION THAT THE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AGAIN.

ALL RIGHT.

WELL BACK AND FORTH.

BACK AND FORTH.

OKAY.

MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS.

BUT I THOUGHT THAT WAS A, THAT WAS A WORTHWHILE DISCUSSION.

SO, UM, UM, SO ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING THEY WANT TO DISCUSS OR SOMETHING? LOTS OF EMOTION.

I'D MOVE THAT WE ACCEPT THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION OR THE ALLOCATIONS.

SECOND.

MOVED AND SECONDED.

PLEASE VOTE.

MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE WITH JOB TONY AND THE STAFF.

YEAH.

AND THANK YOU SEPHORA.

THIS IS ALL IT LOOKS.

IT LOOKS EASY BY THE TIME THEY GET TO HERE, BUT I KNOW THEY'VE PUT WEEKS AND WEEKS AND WEEKS OF WORK INTO ALL THIS.

SO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK.

AND I REMEMBER WHEN I FIRST GOT ON THE COUNCIL, THAT WAS A FIGHT EVERY YEAR.

OH YEAH.

SIT DOWN, DRAG OUT, MOVE THE MONEY AROUND.

I THINK THIS BRINGS US TO A GERMAN, THE ADJOURN BURGER JOINT MEETING OF THE ALCON CITY COUNCIL, OKLAHOMA HOUSING AUTHORITY SUCCESSOR AGENCY.

DO THEY ALL IT RITA REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY HELD THIS 25TH DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2020 IS A TILL TUESDAY, MARCH 10TH 20 20TH 3:00 PM THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.