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[12:22] have one item on the agenda um and uh

[12:25] we're going to need to discuss this item

[12:27] in executive session so I'd like to call

[12:29] for um a motion to go into executive

[12:32] session second all in favor I I okay so

[12:37] at this point in time uh all members of

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[38:49] uh next we have um are you ready okay

[38:53] all right we have uh two presentations

[38:56] um miss

[38:59] starver good evening good evening our

[39:02] first on presentation will be from

[39:04] Better Community neighborhoods they'll

[39:06] be here presenting on the Ark of funds

[39:09] for the Hamilton Hill info project they

[39:12] previously submitted an extension

[39:15] request for the council so today's

[39:16] presentation hopefully will provide a

[39:18] little bit of clarity and support for

[39:20] that

[39:23] Amendment

[39:25] ready

[39:29] can those are for

[39:31] people on

[39:33] TV good you can hear me okay yeah okay

[39:37] hi I'm Chad kilborn I'm the president of

[39:38] the board of Better Community

[39:40] neighborhoods Incorporated and um I will

[39:43] talk through the um what we call the

[39:46] Hamilton Hill infill project which the

[39:48] arpa funds were allocated for then

[39:51] answer any of your questions and you

[39:53] want this to be like 5

[39:55] minutes

[39:56] oh well okay yeah yeah quick okay so

[40:02] the my grandfather always told me to be

[40:04] brief and be

[40:06] seated U all right so this we're talking

[40:09] about rehabbing 26 uh units all of them

[40:12] in Hamilton Hill all of them currently

[40:15] substandard uh along the streets um Page

[40:19] Street Germania and SKC Street and in um

[40:23] all of them are in the city households

[40:25] to be served to find us houss with

[40:26] incomes of 80% of area medium

[40:30] income so um what here's how I'm going

[40:34] to go through this I'm going to tell you

[40:36] what's happened so far and then where

[40:38] it's headed and then I'll answer your

[40:41] questions um thus far um BC and I had uh

[40:45] about a $200,000 Grant from the

[40:47] Enterprise Foundation to all the to do

[40:49] all the prep work which is required to

[40:51] get the big state money to come in to

[40:53] round the whole project out um um I I've

[40:57] worked with most of you on stuff before

[41:00] but not all of you so um you know as

[41:04] general context I would say what this

[41:08] starts with the federal government what

[41:09] the federal government set as guidelines

[41:12] and rules for funding affordable housing

[41:15] is incredibly complicated um and it

[41:17] takes a long time so all of that is

[41:19] within that context so so far um on

[41:23] those uh properties um with the

[41:27] Enterprise funds the site control has

[41:29] been achieved integrated pH physical

[41:32] needs assessment has been done by it

[41:35] looks like K building Consultants the

[41:37] environmental review was done by CT mail

[41:40] the is bestos Leed and radon testing was

[41:43] done by CT mail the certified property

[41:45] surveys was done by L cilene Associates

[41:48] the schematic design drawings were done

[41:50] by Troy architecture practice the shipo

[41:53] the historic preservation review um was

[41:56] done um the zoning analysis was done um

[42:00] and variances were granted bcni did that

[42:03] the market study analysis and property

[42:05] appraisals um the new market valuation

[42:07] Consultants that that that has been done

[42:09] by them the construction cost estimates

[42:11] were done by Christa the identification

[42:13] of the financing partner will be

[42:15] Community preservation corporations BC

[42:17] and I did that

[42:20] um

[42:22] um you know there are a couple different

[42:24] I'm a path to Victory guy and so you

[42:26] always have to figure out what pots of

[42:29] money does the state have and how are

[42:31] they going to do it I think we're this

[42:32] is going to track towards home ownership

[42:35] opportunity for most of the units um

[42:38] I'll talk more about that in a

[42:40] minute

[42:42] um all right so then the rest of this is

[42:44] now is

[42:46] all that's the key stuff that you need

[42:48] to know so the the funding secured to

[42:51] date um the Enterprise funds I mentioned

[42:54] is $194,000 $960 was that Grant with

[42:58] possibility for more Community Loan Fund

[43:01] of $84,200 the arpa friends from the

[43:04] city um Congressman Taco has uh advanced

[43:10] $750,000 in in um Congressional funds

[43:14] pending a um actual federal

[43:20] budget um and um all right now I don't

[43:23] need my notes anymore I can talk from

[43:27] here so from this point forward

[43:31] um the local foundations have come in

[43:34] we've have we have two offers from local

[43:37] foundations one of them for home

[43:39] ownership this is a softer one that

[43:41] would be north north of a half a million

[43:43] dollars another one a harder one which

[43:45] would be a seven figure Grant if we used

[43:50] all of the units to

[43:51] place um single mothers who

[43:56] with children who needed somewhere to go

[43:59] so this means we have you know this is

[44:02] kind of when you think back to how we

[44:03] got Boys and Girls Club done and uh

[44:06] Bethesda house funded it was City County

[44:09] working together with local foundations

[44:11] to identify a need get the right not for

[44:13] profit involved then allocate our

[44:15] resources strategically the state loves

[44:17] that they come in the state has said to

[44:19] us at this point we like the basis of

[44:23] this and um a lot of you have worked

[44:25] with Darren Scott who's the regional

[44:27] director of HCR for this part of the

[44:30] state he has said he's going to come and

[44:32] sit down and plot out which of the state

[44:35] pots is most ripe for this so um I think

[44:40] I should stop it's a lot of talking for

[44:42] me so I'll stop talking and answer your

[44:44] questions but I think where we are at

[44:46] this point is a lot of this Spade workor

[44:49] I read that whole boring list because

[44:50] it's all the stuff that um people in the

[44:53] public don't see but it's the

[44:54] prerequisite for the state to come in

[44:56] we've got all that done we have um the

[44:59] various different pots of local money

[45:01] lined up and the state is now saying

[45:04] yeah we like the trajectory this is

[45:06] going on we'll sit down and figure out

[45:08] um how you know which path to go down

[45:11] they have to rank and score them but if

[45:13] you think back to um the Craig Street

[45:16] project Hillside view um Mosaic which

[45:20] got funded in Mount Pleasant last year

[45:22] Bethesda house all those went through

[45:25] one or two applications and I think on

[45:28] um Hillside view it was actually the

[45:30] fourth time it was funded so I think

[45:32] where we are is the worst thing that can

[45:34] happen here is that maybe the state says

[45:38] apply here we apply once they don't fund

[45:40] it but they say here's what you do to

[45:42] get the points to get it over the Finish

[45:44] Line um all

[45:47] right it's a lot of minutia for me so

[45:50] I'll be quiet and answer your questions

[45:52] so what is your shortfall on funding for

[45:54] the project what is the overall cost of

[45:55] the project and what is the um what's

[45:58] the Gap in funding you know it's an

[45:59] affordable housing project so that

[46:02] number always moves

[46:04] around we're probably going to ask the

[46:06] state in the neighborhood of5 or $6

[46:09] million I would

[46:11] say for the total project for the state

[46:15] so I think total would be between eight

[46:16] and nine

[46:18] okay but I'm I'm doing I'm doing

[46:20] estimates because I mean when you do

[46:22] these affordable housing things until

[46:23] the

[46:24] closing

[46:26] there's no number

[46:28] okay so when would you know about the

[46:30] state

[46:34] funding um it depends what route would

[46:36] they go they have their own big

[46:39] um RFP they're getting ready to put out

[46:42] with with what they're calling home arpa

[46:44] money I actually think that's what they

[46:46] hired Kristen de to write and they're

[46:50] like more than 6 months behind schedule

[46:53] on issuing it so um um I you know they

[46:59] they the funding Cycles take six to n

[47:02] months they generally

[47:04] do

[47:05] okay and so I think part of the other

[47:08] thing is you're asking for an

[47:09] extension yeah I think yeah go ahead so

[47:13] so how long is the extension

[47:17] request sure I hear that's for a year

[47:20] all right so then what I would what

[47:24] request is for a year and then we work

[47:26] with Brian Lawler who was the state

[47:27] housing commissioner and did for 30

[47:29] years the closings for the state on

[47:31] these things um he's an expert on all of

[47:34] the rules so we would ask Brian to sit

[47:37] with um whoever you wanted him to sit

[47:39] with to make sure all the rules were

[47:41] followed and you know what I mean

[47:42] because you've got on the arpa funding

[47:44] you've got your set of rules from the

[47:47] treasur treasury has their set of rules

[47:49] yeah yeah yeah so I do I do think that

[47:52] with

[47:54] um your staff involvement and Brian's

[47:57] involvement Bri very good at making sure

[48:00] the rules are followed So within a year

[48:03] we we'd have a path the state

[48:05] would have it on a path so funing path

[48:09] that satisfied the rules well the rules

[48:11] are that it has to be allocated by the

[48:12] end of 2024 and then spent by the end of

[48:15] I'm confident we can figure that out

[48:18] other questions Mr Mr Williams Mr

[48:21] Williams to the C okay um so you would

[48:25] mind clar you said at one point that

[48:27] there were two different directions the

[48:28] project could go in one being home

[48:30] ownership and the other one single uh

[48:31] single mother households is that a

[48:33] decision that bcni has come to or are

[48:36] you still evaluating the funds that

[48:38] you're going to receive and does that

[48:39] affect the project

[48:43] scope that will have to a lot to do with

[48:46] the timing of what the state

[48:48] says they have funds available for sort

[48:51] of first second third and

[48:53] fourth I think that from my seat as

[48:57] president of the board of bcni and my

[48:58] seat at the foundation I think we have

[49:00] critical mass to do both over the next

[49:04] couple of years it's a matter of which

[49:06] funding path presents itself first we

[49:09] have a we have a need for both we have

[49:12] some government funding set up for both

[49:14] we have strong commitments from local

[49:16] foundations for both the another one of

[49:20] the tricks of these affordable housing

[49:22] projects is that um smaller is harder to

[49:26] do if you do 10 units it's harder to do

[49:28] than 60 units so we're talking about 26

[49:32] units here you know one thing we could

[49:33] do is break it and do you know 15 of one

[49:37] and 11 of another but that actually

[49:40] makes it harder to fund so we have to

[49:42] flesh that out with a state um does that

[49:45] answer your question absolutely yeah CU

[49:47] it's not it's not there's not um Clear

[49:49] Cut Black or

[49:51] White on some of the stuff so I will do

[49:54] the best I can to give you a correct

[49:57] answer yes and like with previous

[50:00] requests that we've had um in terms of

[50:02] the state funding and the point system

[50:04] that that Grant would go through is it

[50:07] your opinion that um obviously what we

[50:10] do here would help in terms of the

[50:12] points that you might need to approve

[50:13] from that state yeah I think I think

[50:16] there's two answers to that you know

[50:18] this is what we learned from the library

[50:20] branches from Boys and Girls Club from

[50:22] Bethesda house from bunch of the other

[50:24] projects they do have SC 0 to 100 they

[50:27] they give you points if you have um

[50:32] Foundation funny if you have City money

[50:33] if you have County money all of that

[50:35] counts but they also like it better they

[50:38] they you know I think what's motivating

[50:41] State officials to say we're going to

[50:42] come meet with you and figure out how to

[50:43] get this done as they see that skincity

[50:45] has started to be really successful at

[50:47] this Formula One and they see it coming

[50:50] together here and then you know once

[50:53] they do that they help you choose the

[50:55] path that's most likely to succeed which

[50:57] is why I feel comfortable that the worst

[50:59] thing that will happen is maybe the

[51:02] first application goes in uh like with

[51:04] Bethesda house and they came back and

[51:06] said we're not funding it this year but

[51:08] you're close and here's what we want you

[51:10] know if you do one two and three you'll

[51:12] get it over the Finish Line um and Kim

[51:15] Shepard and her team did a great job of

[51:16] doing

[51:18] that

[51:19] mayor thank you uh again this project in

[51:24] the Y W you know are getting some State

[51:28] attention they good projects uh our

[51:31] rapport with those agencies is very good

[51:36] you know the team that's here has uh

[51:40] good connections good track record and

[51:43] so I would recommend that some extension

[51:47] be given in this funding scenario it one

[51:52] of these things that puts us under

[51:53] pressure to get them done but at the

[51:55] same time pointed

[51:58] out we're not just uh going into a

[52:02] vacuum and the state weighs other

[52:05] projects across the

[52:07] state uh I think we're in a position to

[52:10] score very high uh in this in the things

[52:13] that we've done laning up to uh this

[52:17] application of this process where we've

[52:19] Consolidated uh two groups brought

[52:22] together under bcni it's the one

[52:26] uh time it's been done in the

[52:28] State uh the governor the legislature

[52:31] keeps talking about doing housing

[52:33] initiatives so there's some of the money

[52:35] that's on the table now and in the

[52:38] pipeline and there's going to be

[52:41] something in the next Governor's budget

[52:44] one way or the other I don't have any

[52:47] inclination what that is but we want to

[52:49] be positioned to Advocate and follow up

[52:53] on any opportunity that exists there so

[52:56] it's somewhat of a again a dynamic

[52:59] process but I think we're in Fairly good

[53:01] shape for a number of things that we're

[53:04] doing here and our track record of doing

[53:07] things in the past of actually being

[53:09] able to implement get things built get

[53:11] the construction done get the uh

[53:14] buildings open and get people moved into

[53:16] them I think the YWCA project that's

[53:19] been in three times but I think it's not

[53:22] a path to get funded now yes yeah

[53:25] I do have one one other tiny question um

[53:28] has the county contributed any money to

[53:30] um the project you mentioned so I've

[53:33] been in Asia for two weeks I'm fresh off

[53:36] the plane which is not a good use of the

[53:37] word fresh um I can't remember off the

[53:40] top of my head but Metroplex is going to

[53:42] come they're going to now that the

[53:43] state's coming they're going to come and

[53:44] figure out what what they have to do to

[53:46] help get it over the Finish

[53:48] Line um but does I can't do County have

[53:52] any money in yet no no thank but we'll

[53:56] they'll figure it out they'll be part of

[53:57] the solution thank Madam

[54:00] president the other feature of this in

[54:02] terms of the bigger impact is we've done

[54:06] projects of doing one where it's you

[54:08] know it's one building that's one site

[54:10] this is a number of houses throughout

[54:14] the neighborhood that it's a little bit

[54:16] more complicated to put it all together

[54:18] but the impact is going to be far

[54:21] greater in the overall transition and

[54:24] visual aspect that's going to happen

[54:27] within that's complet that's completely

[54:29] correct I know he brought some visuals

[54:31] off if you want oh you want to put up

[54:33] yeah this is sort of what the what the

[54:35] um all the prep work has yielded that's

[54:38] absolutely that's that's correct and and

[54:40] just to to pick up on the mayor's point

[54:43] you know most

[54:44] cities this is New York state right and

[54:46] we have Brooklyn in it we have the Bronx

[54:49] in Buffalo and most good

[54:53] most most cities of affordable housing

[54:55] is all about apartment buildings and

[54:57] most of the programs are designed for

[55:00] that kind of construction but for our

[55:02] city it's very much about single and two

[55:05] family homes and and taking fixing up

[55:07] these houses that have been vacated or

[55:10] left empty and so it does take a little

[55:12] longer to put the financing together

[55:13] that is part of it but we but the state

[55:16] recognizes that they're committed to it

[55:17] we will figure it out so here's a

[55:20] cluster here on Germania there's a

[55:22] cluster on uh SK Street and cluster on

[55:26] on page okay so this isn't all of them

[55:29] this is just sampling this is the

[55:31] sampling the pictures are just a sampl

[55:32] this just a sampling of the vacant so

[55:34] the VAC most of them are two family

[55:36] houses most them are two families just

[55:38] one single family I kind of like that

[55:40] for home ownership opportunity for

[55:42] first-time home buyers because if they

[55:44] then the person who buys the house as a

[55:47] firsttime home buyer that is someone who

[55:50] is for the maybe the first time in

[55:53] Generations creating an opportunity for

[55:56] the family to generate savings and

[55:58] wealth that can be passed on but if it's

[56:00] a two family home and we do it right the

[56:02] income they get from the other unit

[56:03] significantly helps make sure that they

[56:05] can keep that mortgage those mortgage

[56:07] payments coming and stick through it see

[56:09] it all the way through and would have

[56:11] impact that's another unique feature of

[56:13] this yeah so that's I mean right now I

[56:16] I'm kind of cheering for the home

[56:18] ownership opportunities for this if the

[56:19] state can do it fast enough because of

[56:22] what I just said so that's that is I do

[56:25] have that question are you planning on

[56:27] keeping any of those properties and then

[56:29] renting them to people and bcni

[56:31] remaining the owner proper I mean if if

[56:36] if if we go the home ownership route for

[56:38] these properties no if we go the route

[56:42] of um of developing them so that they

[56:46] are rented and they are rented for

[56:48] targeted population like for example

[56:50] single mothers who need a place to go

[56:52] those would be rentals that would DC and

[56:53] I would manage and and they would have

[56:55] like a u like the isshi program would

[56:58] come in and fund some of that and there

[56:59] would be an agreement with scap to

[57:01] provide the services um and the and the

[57:03] isshi money would would pay for

[57:05] something like 65 75% of the

[57:08] rent so um two paths okay all right Mr

[57:14] Farley so I guess I'm pretty excited

[57:18] about the ownership path like I'm I'm

[57:20] sure that that's probably a little more

[57:22] complicated um from what I'm got what

[57:25] you're saying but I definitely think

[57:26] that that that would be something that I

[57:28] I would be more excited about as far as

[57:30] Community impact um I know the federal

[57:32] guidelines for like U uh lowincome

[57:36] housing or is a bit dated um and I'm

[57:39] just wondering is this is the state

[57:42] guidelines the same as the federal

[57:43] guidelines and how much autonomy do you

[57:46] have in that as far as that process like

[57:48] I know that they have been

[57:50] um I don't know when the last time they

[57:52] were updated but last I looked it was it

[57:53] was it didn't seem like it was really uh

[57:56] in line with

[57:58] um kind of today's world numbers I think

[58:01] you always have to follow the federal

[58:02] guidelines you guys agree yeah Federal

[58:04] ground trunk the states if the states

[58:06] want to do something so I think that

[58:09] yeah I think the federal ground you have

[58:10] to follow they probably are out of date

[58:13] even though my official position is our

[58:14] colleagues at the federal government are

[58:16] great Americans and I support

[58:18] them um it really comes into play when

[58:21] you rent cuz then the rents have to be

[58:23] set according to all those rules um when

[58:27] you do home ownership it's less of an

[58:29] issue uh because you're qualifying

[58:32] people for mortgages and helping them

[58:34] get down payment assistance and then

[58:35] getting them into the home and then

[58:37] their payment is based on the mortgage

[58:39] um very often those mortgage payments

[58:41] come out to be less than the rents do um

[58:44] so I agree with you if we can figure out

[58:47] how to make the home ownership

[58:49] work that on this that would be great

[58:51] but if we don't on this one we'll figure

[58:53] it out on the next one it that that's

[58:55] coming the the the feds have set that as

[58:58] a policy priority it's showing up in a

[59:00] lot of the grant programs where you get

[59:01] extra points to do it um so we'll see

[59:04] when the state comes if they say yeah

[59:06] yeah you've got this this this the three

[59:08] pots you can go for the incentives are

[59:10] there for home ownership do it they'll

[59:11] they'll help us figure out and how to

[59:14] get it done and you know I hope we're

[59:16] getting to a point where um the mayor

[59:19] referenced the YWCA project you know I

[59:21] feel like that may be the turning point

[59:24] where we get to

[59:25] where're connecti is now at a point

[59:27] where we know we can make these things

[59:29] happen even if it takes a few years we

[59:31] have to be patient and persistent and

[59:32] push through it sometimes people get mad

[59:35] there are tempered TS and you know but

[59:37] um we get we get around the corner where

[59:39] we know what projects we want to do and

[59:41] it's just a matter of figuring out which

[59:43] one goes first second and third the

[59:44] state helps us make sure it happens and

[59:46] we're we're our track records pretty

[59:48] good I mean we won Elmer Avenue we won

[59:50] Mosaic recently they came back with a

[59:52] good plan on the YWCA this scap campus

[59:55] looks like it's on a good track State's

[59:57] coming back and saying they like the

[59:58] direction this is going so I think we

[1:00:00] can feel good about it one question yes

[1:00:04] so um too long I'm sorry um it's good

[1:00:07] information I'm so I guess my question

[1:00:10] would be is how much of what are some of

[1:00:12] the other I mean I'm sure it depends on

[1:00:14] which path you you know would go down

[1:00:18] but could you share like some of the

[1:00:19] other considerations being made as far

[1:00:21] as like outside of income um who would

[1:00:25] be uh would be your targeted population

[1:00:28] um and I'm asking that question just for

[1:00:30] clarity around like um are we looking at

[1:00:34] um what are some of the other factors

[1:00:36] that are are kind of calculations that

[1:00:38] are made to see like who's who Le this

[1:00:40] type of housing would be accessible to

[1:00:42] yeah I mean the plain reality is

[1:00:44] unfortunately we have to react to what

[1:00:49] the funding streams tell us to do so

[1:00:53] when we do things like like Elmer Avenue

[1:00:55] or Renaissance square or mosaic um those

[1:00:58] projects are all tax credit projects and

[1:01:01] tax credit projects by law have to be

[1:01:03] rentals period and a discussion we don't

[1:01:06] have any choice and so if you're going

[1:01:08] to do a you know conversion of a of a

[1:01:11] white elephant old school that's empty

[1:01:13] and it's going to be 60 units you're

[1:01:14] kind of stuck with tax credits there you

[1:01:16] are um that's a so that's a reason why I

[1:01:21] kind of agree with you if we could go

[1:01:22] down the home ownership path here that

[1:01:24] would be great because this is an

[1:01:25] opportunity to do that and we're not

[1:01:26] doing a tax credit project that

[1:01:28] prohibits it um in the ca you know we

[1:01:32] have groups like young parents United

[1:01:36] tesda house they tell us that we have a

[1:01:39] demographic need to deal with homeless

[1:01:41] on a bunch of levels and so we do our

[1:01:45] best to try to get that I mean you know

[1:01:48] um the bethesa house project

[1:01:50] took four four years in you know it's

[1:01:55] probably longer than it should take but

[1:01:57] we got it other communities didn't get

[1:01:59] it and and did it because Bethesda house

[1:02:03] needed to double their capacity to House

[1:02:06] people coming out of the homeless sector

[1:02:07] so I think you know I think for the root

[1:02:09] for the um young families that need

[1:02:12] somewhere to go we know we have that

[1:02:13] need and we will figure out one way or

[1:02:15] another how to do it and we have um

[1:02:17] already a couple of State commitments

[1:02:19] for isi to do that and we have a local

[1:02:21] Foundation ready to do that and the

[1:02:22] state has already said okay then

[1:02:24] that's that's the connected formula for

[1:02:26] Success we will help you figure it out

[1:02:29] I'm I'm sorry to your time just I have

[1:02:32] one other question uh so regarding the

[1:02:35] the projects that you're doing um

[1:02:36] assuming part of this will be doing the

[1:02:38] sidewalks that are around these

[1:02:39] properties or um I I think in she's

[1:02:45] asking whether the sidewalks are

[1:02:47] included in the funding for this and I

[1:02:49] don't know I'm going to turn to the

[1:02:50] staff off the top of my head I believe

[1:02:53] they are but I I can't be 100% sure but

[1:02:55] I do believe that that was part of that

[1:02:58] okay when we did the last things uh when

[1:03:01] we did the surgy project we did all the

[1:03:04] sidewalks as well so I do believe that's

[1:03:07] that's part of it but I can certainly

[1:03:10] get back to you specifics if you like

[1:03:12] yes I would thank you

[1:03:15] pleas more questions um if you could

[1:03:19] though just all the information that you

[1:03:20] gave us today in terms of the funding

[1:03:22] Etc if you could provide that to us in

[1:03:23] writing so that the entire all right so

[1:03:26] I think Alex has like a 40 page thing

[1:03:28] that's shows all the um the boring stuff

[1:03:31] that was done and then we can get you a

[1:03:32] summary too yes unless people want to 40

[1:03:36] page you can you know if you have

[1:03:37] insomia it's a great C thank you for

[1:03:50] coming our second presentation is the

[1:03:53] Coco house we have the executive

[1:03:55] director real bz with us the COC house

[1:03:59] previously um submitted an amendment

[1:04:01] that included a change in the use of

[1:04:03] funding so today he will be presenting

[1:04:06] um and providing Clarity to the Council

[1:04:08] on the use of fund

[1:04:10] change thank

[1:04:22] you to take one pass down

[1:04:25] you you're welcome do you need

[1:04:34] this all right I'll take one just in

[1:04:36] case okay fair enough thank you you're

[1:04:38] welcome pretty

[1:04:47] sure okay thank

[1:04:50] you hello thank you guys uh my name is

[1:04:53] William Reas um executive director of

[1:04:54] coc house what you have in your hand is

[1:04:56] a brief presentation on the uh ARA

[1:04:59] project um the beginning um only we

[1:05:02] submitted uh the purpose was we were

[1:05:04] looking to get the funding so that we

[1:05:06] could uh complete the purchase of exra

[1:05:09] property so that we could expand program

[1:05:11] um in that time uh what we were able to

[1:05:14] do with the help of uh the Metroplex

[1:05:17] community landbank and R fund and some

[1:05:19] other supporters we were actually able

[1:05:21] to raise the money to complete uh the

[1:05:24] funding needed to execute our program um

[1:05:26] our project so as of right now uh the

[1:05:29] new C house team Empowerment Center 867

[1:05:31] sing Street my old childhood home um is

[1:05:34] due to be completed on October 30th of

[1:05:37] this year um interesting enough uh you

[1:05:41] stop right there um is that

[1:05:44] tomorrow couple

[1:05:47] weeks October

[1:05:49] 30 yes so um you should get ready to be

[1:05:53] there during this project what we've

[1:05:55] learned is uh in the very beginning I

[1:05:57] had really lofty goals my goal was to

[1:05:59] raise

[1:06:01] $250,000 and put it in the hands of the

[1:06:03] community um through local contractors

[1:06:06] who would hire local workers and they

[1:06:08] would train uh local youth you know that

[1:06:10] was my goal my the intent being um to

[1:06:13] make sure that the funding for the

[1:06:15] project was going back directly to the

[1:06:17] community and we did that you know we we

[1:06:20] tried to go that route and it was uh a

[1:06:22] task um I like to think that throughout

[1:06:25] this process I learned a lot about uh

[1:06:28] development contracts and a lot of stuff

[1:06:31] I just really had no clue about um we've

[1:06:33] gone through two contractors we're our

[1:06:36] third contractor right now uh NPR

[1:06:39] locally um and as of right now the front

[1:06:41] porch and the back porch has have been

[1:06:43] completed and inspected they both passed

[1:06:45] um as of right now um and you can kind

[1:06:48] of scroll down um these are the plans

[1:06:51] the original plans for the project uh

[1:06:54] so 20 years ago Rachel had an idea of

[1:06:58] connecting both houses when I took over

[1:06:59] Copa house uh 5 years ago I I looked at

[1:07:02] that and understood that that was going

[1:07:04] to be quite the task so what we did was

[1:07:06] we decided to next slide morce please uh

[1:07:09] to connect them through the porch um the

[1:07:11] reason why I thought this was a good

[1:07:13] idea was um in understanding what that

[1:07:17] neighborhood used to be um specifically

[1:07:20] my house

[1:07:22] um I wanted to build something that

[1:07:24] would last uh for the Youth in the

[1:07:26] community and would serve as an

[1:07:28] inspiration to the kid to attend uh

[1:07:31] Martin Luther King school and just youth

[1:07:33] who live in our community um you can go

[1:07:35] to next slide

[1:07:37] please uh the next few slides are

[1:07:39] pictures of the process and where we're

[1:07:41] at so that first slide you'll see is the

[1:07:43] very beginning 5 years ago uh those

[1:07:45] young men in blue shirts those are seats

[1:07:47] out so keeping up with the theme that

[1:07:49] from the very beginning my intent was to

[1:07:51] take this money raise and put it

[1:07:54] directly back into the hands of the

[1:07:55] community in training and funding and in

[1:07:58] jobs uh that second slide you see Union

[1:08:01] college students uh here you see Brian

[1:08:03] from the seat Center again as we're

[1:08:05] going through this process there were

[1:08:08] three breaks in the project that really

[1:08:11] were out of our hands one being co uh

[1:08:14] which you know there was really nothing

[1:08:15] we could do um we did have to let go of

[1:08:20] a contractor because the work wasn't up

[1:08:22] the par and in that process we brought

[1:08:24] on this great group um who as you can

[1:08:27] see the transition from the third and

[1:08:29] fourth slides you can see the project

[1:08:32] took shape literally overnight um all

[1:08:34] the siding was gone all the roofing was

[1:08:36] gone all brand new shingles and as of

[1:08:39] right now this last slide you'll see

[1:08:41] this is the brand new porch and this is

[1:08:43] the inside as of this time last week the

[1:08:46] insulation is up right now the sheet

[1:08:48] rock is inside and the walls are ready

[1:08:50] to go up we have all the plumbing

[1:08:51] purchased um the group that that we have

[1:08:54] now working with NPR they actually work

[1:08:56] six six days they work Monday through

[1:08:59] Saturday rafie and his team are

[1:09:00] absolutely amazing um the request came

[1:09:04] for us to Pivot for the arpa because

[1:09:08] what I realized throughout this project

[1:09:09] was it's been 25 years and coko house

[1:09:11] never had a full-time staff coko house

[1:09:14] has survived solely for 25 years off of

[1:09:17] volunteers so what I thought about um

[1:09:20] this time last year that's my wife with

[1:09:22] the kids was that we have this great big

[1:09:25] project and it's going to get done and

[1:09:28] we're going to have this program space

[1:09:29] but we need staff we need people from

[1:09:32] the community to hire to work with these

[1:09:34] youths people that we can train and that

[1:09:36] we can pay pay adequately um because

[1:09:38] again the pivot with the article was

[1:09:41] that we raised the money for the

[1:09:42] building and but we're still putting

[1:09:44] money back into the community uh the

[1:09:46] money the pivot for us is really is

[1:09:48] taking this money and hiring uh local

[1:09:50] families um because what we're also

[1:09:52] doing which I I took a lot of stuff

[1:09:55] context out the slide is uh what's also

[1:09:57] going to be in this program is we're

[1:09:59] building the first Broadview financial

[1:10:01] literacy Center in the Hamilton Hill so

[1:10:05] Broad View we have a partnership with

[1:10:07] them in which they're going to provide

[1:10:08] financially literacy classes to the

[1:10:10] community to families and youth as well

[1:10:13] um because we believe it's uh important

[1:10:15] to have a financial institution like

[1:10:17] Broadview to invest long-term education

[1:10:20] financial literacy courses and

[1:10:22] opportunities for people that in our

[1:10:24] community uh why amend a contract we've

[1:10:26] already raised the money needed to

[1:10:28] complete a 67 projects 60,000 from the

[1:10:30] city of SKC thank you guys uh C for the

[1:10:33] cdbg 60,000 from Metroplex 50,000 from

[1:10:36] Community landbank 25,000 from Amber

[1:10:38] mother fund uh and we are due to be

[1:10:41] completed like I said at the end of the

[1:10:42] month grand opening of the first week of

[1:10:45] November we have raised the money to

[1:10:47] complete the community Green Space

[1:10:48] Project Union College student jesselin

[1:10:50] was awarded 9,000 for the project in

[1:10:52] 2022 that is due to be completed first

[1:10:55] week of November as well uh we have

[1:10:57] currently met with and there is an

[1:10:59] agreement in place for the purchases of

[1:11:01] 28 Sten in place for them to donate it

[1:11:04] to Coco house should the purchase go

[1:11:06] through at which time we will demolish

[1:11:08] the property and add it to our community

[1:11:10] Green Space on the corner and we have

[1:11:11] already have a letter of intent that's

[1:11:13] been approved and agreed upon with the

[1:11:15] SKC Foundation uh should 28 St Bend be

[1:11:18] secure and given it to C house we have

[1:11:20] the money in place for the demolition at

[1:11:23] this time biggest need for the expansion

[1:11:25] of the program and the services we

[1:11:26] provide and want to continue to provide

[1:11:28] our staff to be on site and available to

[1:11:30] the youth and the families we serve on a

[1:11:32] regular basis um the reason being is for

[1:11:36] 20 years we have served younger kids we

[1:11:39] have served a younger generation and

[1:11:41] with the expansion uh we're going to be

[1:11:43] working into uh larger population uh

[1:11:46] families older youth teens and we want

[1:11:49] to make sure that we have services on

[1:11:51] site readily available uh for the

[1:11:54] people that we're going be working with

[1:11:55] to have access to on a regular basis so

[1:11:58] uh what does this look like um increase

[1:12:00] in wages from so for 2023 we'll spend

[1:12:03] $30,000 in wages um we're looking to

[1:12:06] increase that to

[1:12:07] $200,000 $70,000 for a full-time

[1:12:10] executive director 50,000 for a

[1:12:12] part-time director 30,000 for a program

[1:12:14] assistant and 50,000 for program staff

[1:12:17] up to 2 and three part-time staff

[1:12:19] currently uh $30,000 in wages 15,000 in

[1:12:23] occup cost 5,000 program and direct cost

[1:12:26] $220,000 in administrative expenses uh

[1:12:30] we get a lot of support from the

[1:12:31] community Union College is really great

[1:12:33] about helping us out with supplies food

[1:12:35] and stuff for the program um throughout

[1:12:37] the week um during the summertime we

[1:12:39] have to raise the money to make sure we

[1:12:41] ensure that um here's a nice long thank

[1:12:43] you list um of everyone who's really

[1:12:46] been a part of this project for the last

[1:12:48] 5 years since I've been a part of it and

[1:12:50] uh again we would not be where we are at

[1:12:53] this point Point um at a point of

[1:12:55] completion and grand opening and uh you

[1:12:58] know I'm thankful to say that this is

[1:13:01] actually going to get done and I'm glad

[1:13:03] that you guys are all a part of it thank

[1:13:05] you well questions well first of all let

[1:13:09] me just commend you on the work that

[1:13:10] you've completed it's pretty substantial

[1:13:12] and admirable and so I know you sent me

[1:13:14] one picture but there's a lot more

[1:13:16] that's been done since then so I I want

[1:13:18] to just say cl to you and everyone that

[1:13:20] works with you to get this done and um

[1:13:22] get it to this point so thank you for

[1:13:25] that and morce if you could go back to

[1:13:26] the next slide CU I um I do have some

[1:13:29] questions right there all right so

[1:13:32] currently the 30,000 wages um I

[1:13:35] understand what is the 20,000

[1:13:37] administrative expenses could you

[1:13:38] explain with that deal is yeah uh we

[1:13:41] have uh services that we utilize lawyer

[1:13:45] uh

[1:13:46] training um insurance is cost like that

[1:13:49] oh okay okay and so

[1:13:54] your your initial ask from from us was

[1:13:57] from city council was I believe the

[1:13:59] original ask was 1.5 million over 5

[1:14:02] years um and that it was adapted to

[1:14:05] 500,000 so you've lowered the request is

[1:14:08] that what you say no I didn't lower the

[1:14:10] quest it was when it was sent to us it

[1:14:12] was lower oh okay okay so 5,000 was what

[1:14:14] we allocated gotcha okay and so you're

[1:14:17] asking us to

[1:14:19] do could you break it down over the

[1:14:21] years yes so the way we looked at it is

[1:14:24] uh larger amount the first year and

[1:14:26] gradually scale off 200,000 200,000

[1:14:29] 100,000 uh the third year um the reason

[1:14:32] being with our growing capacity what we

[1:14:34] found is we have access to more grants

[1:14:36] and stuff outside the C because we're

[1:14:38] offering more program um what's really

[1:14:41] been great about this process is uh we

[1:14:43] found a way to sustain our program and

[1:14:45] grow it without stepping on the toes of

[1:14:47] any other the other programs of what

[1:14:49] they're doing we found ways to

[1:14:50] collaborate partner um and find find

[1:14:54] Space where we can all being part of

[1:14:56] this connected youth Coalition being

[1:14:57] part of the 22 youth organizations we're

[1:15:00] supporting each other so we're not

[1:15:02] recreating program that's going to take

[1:15:03] away from other programs what we're

[1:15:05] finding is that we're all sustaining by

[1:15:07] we're serving the same same families and

[1:15:09] same kids but there are still some

[1:15:11] things that we can do differently and

[1:15:13] ways that we can work together so by

[1:15:15] stepping to this Niche working with the

[1:15:16] older kids um we're fting is there's a

[1:15:19] generation of Youth who just for some

[1:15:20] reason um they just you know as many as

[1:15:23] we have they tend to not come sometimes

[1:15:26] it's it's mental health sometimes it's

[1:15:27] sub sometimes it's just for decision

[1:15:29] making so we have found a space where we

[1:15:32] can uh work with everyone to provide the

[1:15:34] best service

[1:15:36] possible thank you yes ma'am

[1:15:39] um go go Miss pck okay yeah sure so

[1:15:44] first I want to Echo um uh president

[1:15:46] Porterfield uh uh congratulatory words

[1:15:50] around what you've been able to

[1:15:51] accomplish thus far um I really would

[1:15:54] like to see more nonprofits not only um

[1:15:57] you know make that type of investment to

[1:16:00] serve youth but then when you when you

[1:16:02] kind of compound the fact that you're

[1:16:04] making an investment back into the

[1:16:06] community um that's something that I

[1:16:08] wish a lot more nonprofits had that did

[1:16:10] that model um so I just want to say

[1:16:11] that's really important as far as it

[1:16:13] speaks of sustainability um and if I'm

[1:16:16] understanding correctly it's like um

[1:16:18] this will not only help you serve the

[1:16:20] youth that you serve now but you be able

[1:16:23] to kind of expand upon that and also

[1:16:26] that you know influx of resources what

[1:16:28] because I'm sure as being a executive

[1:16:31] director you're doing a lot of different

[1:16:33] things um a lot of you know so you're

[1:16:36] saying it's parttime but we all know we

[1:16:38] work with you we know it's full-time

[1:16:39] right so um I so I imagine that you you

[1:16:43] could see that expanding your ability to

[1:16:46] um go after more funding right Your

[1:16:49] Capacity to do so so even within this

[1:16:51] it's not you know there's some

[1:16:52] sustainability to that with things up

[1:16:54] okay I just want to be clear about that

[1:16:55] that's that was the goal long term um we

[1:16:58] planned this was to what we found was

[1:17:01] with the UN with um Coco house we have

[1:17:04] kids who age out and sixth seventh grade

[1:17:07] and then you know boys and girls plus

[1:17:09] phal I think the great thing about sa

[1:17:11] connected we don't La for resources but

[1:17:14] we always find those kids who find

[1:17:16] themselves kind of in between so what we

[1:17:18] thought about in this process was well

[1:17:19] what if we can create uh job

[1:17:21] sustainability long term we can take

[1:17:23] some of these kids we can put them in a

[1:17:25] team program we can educate them on how

[1:17:27] to work with the younger kids and again

[1:17:29] you know we have the summer youth

[1:17:30] program we have all these different

[1:17:32] programs that we have the ability to

[1:17:33] work with let's create more

[1:17:35] opportunities for youth like myself

[1:17:37] because again without r a gram I'm not

[1:17:40] the executive director of C- so if we

[1:17:42] can take more use and more opportunities

[1:17:44] and more intentional investment long

[1:17:46] term we can create more opportunities to

[1:17:48] get some of these kids off these corners

[1:17:50] and do some phenomenal things in these

[1:17:52] programs because they can reach their

[1:17:54] friends better than we

[1:17:56] can you have question I do so this

[1:17:59] obviously the the um rer funding from

[1:18:02] the city is completely about Staffing

[1:18:05] and Sals so what will be your capacity

[1:18:09] around um you know the programs I mean

[1:18:12] in terms of uh no I'm I'm glad you asked

[1:18:15] so right now uh with just volunteers my

[1:18:18] wife who's sitting on the hallway um

[1:18:20] prior to co we were operating at full

[1:18:22] capacity 35 you a day prior to co once

[1:18:26] Co hit uh of course we had numbers had

[1:18:28] to drop and then after that um you know

[1:18:31] the school district opened up their

[1:18:33] after school program again which kinds

[1:18:35] of change the dynamic and again we're

[1:18:37] not in competition for to serve the

[1:18:39] Youth of our community we're looking to

[1:18:41] come across and work with each other so

[1:18:43] uh we partner with the school district

[1:18:44] and we find local families who are in

[1:18:46] need of you know so this with the team

[1:18:48] program opening up the way we have it

[1:18:50] set up we have the capacity to take on

[1:18:52] another 30 35 you per day

[1:18:55] and um so do you find that the 30 to 35

[1:18:59] students per day are um consistent the

[1:19:02] same students or are you

[1:19:04] seeing no it's it's changed right now

[1:19:06] that we just opened up uh first day was

[1:19:09] today and I think we had uh I believe

[1:19:11] our numbers were 10 but this is our

[1:19:13] first day opening up and again the

[1:19:14] school district is running they have

[1:19:16] school B 5 days a week so you know we're

[1:19:18] not looking to really compete with them

[1:19:20] but we're looking to create a a

[1:19:23] situation to reach those hard to reach

[1:19:25] youth specifically um because we really

[1:19:28] feel like that's where we can do the

[1:19:30] most good um anybody that that wants to

[1:19:33] come to cop house of course is welcome

[1:19:34] and that's really where this uh

[1:19:37] situation was driven from is because we

[1:19:39] had youth coming back seventh and eighth

[1:19:41] grade and they had no program to go to

[1:19:43] because they got kicked out and it's not

[1:19:45] because they're bad kids but maybe the

[1:19:47] people at the program didn't understand

[1:19:48] how to deal with them we've been working

[1:19:50] with them for four or 5 years now what

[1:19:52] do we do do we turn turn the youth away

[1:19:53] no we intentionally create a space so

[1:19:55] that they can come back because that

[1:19:57] investment long term it keeps them out

[1:19:59] of trouble and it keeps them engage in

[1:20:01] the community work that we

[1:20:02] do Mr to um MZ um the document you

[1:20:06] submit to us with regards to this

[1:20:08] amendment you are and looking at the

[1:20:10] salary line you have $600,000 over 3

[1:20:13] years what are your plan to sustain it

[1:20:16] into the fourth year what's our plan yes

[1:20:19] okay so again as we expect it's cool I

[1:20:21] was pray for that um as EX stand program

[1:20:24] um what's been great is uh I I've gone

[1:20:26] to a couple national conferences um the

[1:20:30] geof funders was one in Chicago in which

[1:20:32] we met national uh funders who there's

[1:20:35] there's more money available and I think

[1:20:36] a lot of that was kind of what moved our

[1:20:40] Innovation right we found that there's a

[1:20:42] lot of youth programs in the city of

[1:20:44] skincity and we're kind of all going to

[1:20:46] the connecting Foundation into the city

[1:20:48] for the same money to serve really the

[1:20:50] same kids which is not sustainable for

[1:20:52] you guys it's not sustainable to the

[1:20:53] concy foundation so in creating a a new

[1:20:56] and Innovative program it allowed us to

[1:20:58] start to tap into some uh the naal

[1:21:01] National mentorship Alliance Mentor New

[1:21:03] York in which you know and we have some

[1:21:07] um funders uh that are kind of waiting

[1:21:11] for uh this piece to get off the ground

[1:21:14] so that was the big thing was is we had

[1:21:16] some funders in place uh two years ago

[1:21:19] but our timeline got pushed back because

[1:21:21] the project kind of didn't sustain so

[1:21:24] because of that we had to kind of um

[1:21:26] pivot our approach and uh focus on

[1:21:29] getting the project done before we could

[1:21:30] start to ask some of our wealthy friends

[1:21:32] for

[1:21:33] money so so just a p so you mentioned

[1:21:36] that their fundings out there yes and

[1:21:39] you are T you're going to be tapping

[1:21:40] into these agencies yes is it possible

[1:21:42] that you can send us a list of the

[1:21:44] agency that you are going to be working

[1:21:45] with

[1:21:50] in Mr Williams uh definitely again I

[1:21:53] think it's I appreciate the presentation

[1:21:55] and also the work that you're doing I

[1:21:56] think it's safe to say that this project

[1:21:58] and what you've been able to achieve so

[1:22:00] far actually reflects the tant of what

[1:22:03] our community is uh working together

[1:22:05] more collaboratively and more

[1:22:06] effectively so using and employing the

[1:22:08] seat Center which made me smile and

[1:22:10] tapping into Union College it's very

[1:22:12] very um good to hear uh definitely I

[1:22:15] think the sustainability is a strong

[1:22:17] consideration the last thing we want to

[1:22:19] do is fund positions that are then going

[1:22:20] to be dissolved in the next year year or

[1:22:22] two um uh my question resounded around

[1:22:27] so if ever the ask came back to the city

[1:22:29] do you have job descriptions just

[1:22:30] clearly outlining what the duties of

[1:22:32] each role are because any year working

[1:22:34] we are absolutely working on those now U

[1:22:37] the interesting thing about this in in

[1:22:38] see down spread you kind of alluded to

[1:22:40] this is it was the hardest thing to not

[1:22:43] give a update on progress and not put

[1:22:45] anything on social media because I felt

[1:22:48] in all honesty I'm being honest I felt

[1:22:50] like I had let everyone down because the

[1:22:51] project I pushed back so many times um

[1:22:54] we had a lofty goal and we had a

[1:22:56] timeline set and when uh we came into

[1:22:59] barrier after barrier it was frustra and

[1:23:02] so what happened was is our Focus just

[1:23:05] became strictly getting this building

[1:23:07] done and then building everything else

[1:23:10] kind of really around it and now we that

[1:23:12] we have the right people in place we

[1:23:14] have the timeline in front of us it's

[1:23:15] allowed us to go back and focus on those

[1:23:17] things which are incredibly important

[1:23:19] because again to create sustainability

[1:23:21] again like you know

[1:23:23] talking about is we have to have those

[1:23:25] things in place very clear dialogue very

[1:23:27] clear program outlines um and I want to

[1:23:30] flesh those out but my priority right

[1:23:33] now is just getting this building done

[1:23:34] because I just felt like so much was

[1:23:36] riding on it thank you but I can send

[1:23:39] them over to you it's not a problem

[1:23:41] appreciate actually if you send m m

[1:23:43] she'll make sure the en account for no

[1:23:45] problem thank you Mr yes Mr Harley so I

[1:23:48] so um just listening to kind of your

[1:23:50] response to to Mr Williams I I think

[1:23:52] that

[1:23:53] um and kind of also to your point Mr

[1:23:54] manian I think if I'm understanding it

[1:23:57] correctly part of the the sustainability

[1:23:59] is really growing Your Capacity to seek

[1:24:02] funding cuz I think a lot of times we

[1:24:03] have some of our smaller nonprofits that

[1:24:05] make really really big impacts but

[1:24:07] necessarily don't have like a

[1:24:08] development office if you will right so

[1:24:10] I so so so just you know as city council

[1:24:13] we're we're moving to try to be more

[1:24:15] Equitable in approach that we do things

[1:24:16] including funding um so I think it was

[1:24:18] just I just invited my council members

[1:24:20] to consider that as well that part of

[1:24:21] some of this is Su of the sustainability

[1:24:23] plan is about giving um some of the

[1:24:25] smaller nonprofits that make big impacts

[1:24:27] opportunities to grow um and that would

[1:24:30] kind of uh help sustain them along the

[1:24:31] way and we're actually we're working

[1:24:33] with uh Bob and the sky Foundation to

[1:24:36] grow exactly that we're actually working

[1:24:39] on growing a nonprofit incubator in the

[1:24:41] city of skty where nonprofits smaller

[1:24:44] nonprofits who order a certain budget

[1:24:46] can actually have access to grant

[1:24:48] writing and development services without

[1:24:50] the the overhead cost that

[1:24:53] that's been a part of this process in

[1:24:54] the background that we've all really

[1:24:55] been working on because it's not to when

[1:24:58] you look at this approach I I know it

[1:24:59] looks like it's a lot of money it's like

[1:25:01] you know what's the dollar verse impact

[1:25:03] when we talk about the work that we've

[1:25:04] already done and the work we're going to

[1:25:06] be committed to doing um when we show

[1:25:08] the development model that everybody all

[1:25:11] the nonprofits in the city of this conc

[1:25:13] are to be able to access these

[1:25:14] development approaches it's going to

[1:25:16] make it sustainable for everyone long

[1:25:18] term well I mean just to Echo what Mr

[1:25:21] Farley is saying I guess I'd have to

[1:25:22] also say I know that in your um Vision

[1:25:25] here that you're going to revamp the

[1:25:27] board of directors and activate them yes

[1:25:29] we and then in terms of you know

[1:25:31] full-time executive director I mean

[1:25:33] obviously that would be a huge part of

[1:25:36] the executive director's role will be

[1:25:37] going out and continuing to look for

[1:25:39] money um and that's why the program

[1:25:42] people um would be you know working with

[1:25:44] the youth Etc but the board's going to

[1:25:46] have to you know also have influence our

[1:25:52] just joined our board so so we've

[1:25:55] actually we revamped our board totally

[1:25:57] in last year or so um to really maximize

[1:26:00] the potential on Vision again um January

[1:26:03] 13th we're going to be doing our 25th

[1:26:04] anniversary fundraiser at uh Union

[1:26:07] College so again there's a lot of

[1:26:09] intentional pieces that are tied into

[1:26:10] this but again to be mindful of the time

[1:26:13] I really stripped a lot

[1:26:16] out well congratulations on getting the

[1:26:18] building that's the building done is

[1:26:21] amazing it is thank you very much no

[1:26:23] more questions no yes there is yes ma'am

[1:26:26] so you um in terms of the salary mhm you

[1:26:29] um

[1:26:30] so you um are wanting to spend uh all of

[1:26:34] the arpa money like right up front um

[1:26:37] however you did mention that you had

[1:26:38] other opportunities for funding so um is

[1:26:43] there any way for um it's 500,000 so

[1:26:47] over 3 years you could it could be a

[1:26:49] little bit less is there any way for you

[1:26:51] or have you considered making getting

[1:26:53] some of that other funding in place or

[1:26:55] leveraging the funding this funding to

[1:26:57] get some of that other funding in place

[1:26:58] so it's not all the AR money spent yes

[1:27:01] right at time so is that a possibility

[1:27:04] something you consider yes that that's

[1:27:06] why we're doing 25th anniversary

[1:27:07] fundraising January 13th uh I was kind

[1:27:10] of planning

[1:27:11] for um because again we we've had lofty

[1:27:14] requests and our timeline was pushed

[1:27:16] back so again to be mindful and

[1:27:18] respectful of the council in the city

[1:27:20] and everyone else I'm I've been we've

[1:27:22] been committed to doing the work first

[1:27:25] ahead of time because it shows that

[1:27:28] again we're trying to be collaborative

[1:27:29] so you know we do have some

[1:27:31] conversations in place about some

[1:27:32] outside funding again the bigger thing

[1:27:34] was getting the building done because

[1:27:36] once I have the building then I can go

[1:27:38] back to some of my funders and say Hey

[1:27:40] listen we're ready to start program on

[1:27:41] this date so that allows us to get some

[1:27:44] of that other funding in place but the

[1:27:46] building piece was really the

[1:27:47] Cornerstone to locking all that stuff in

[1:27:50] but again planning out the fundraiser

[1:27:52] planning out on some online stuff as

[1:27:54] well we do

[1:27:56] have yes Mr T hi well thank you Mary so

[1:28:01] um you mentioned there were 22 other

[1:28:03] youth organizations here in the city

[1:28:05] part of connected youth Coalition here

[1:28:07] right um is there anyone I know where

[1:28:10] your heart is I really do is there any

[1:28:12] other one of those 22 that you can

[1:28:14] collaborate with that's doing kind of

[1:28:16] the same thing you're doing um bring

[1:28:18] them on

[1:28:19] or you hear what I'm saying we're

[1:28:22] collaborating with all of you that's the

[1:28:24] purpose of theate Coalition but as far

[1:28:26] as the

[1:28:27] funding we're all in the same boat

[1:28:29] that's that's why we formed this

[1:28:31] connected youth coalition to not stress

[1:28:34] overstress our budgets our staff our

[1:28:36] capacity um and to Not Duplicate

[1:28:38] Services you know so that's also the

[1:28:41] purpose of I don't know you know if you

[1:28:43] guys were part of the uh SKC Foundation

[1:28:46] they had they hired the group from

[1:28:47] Atlanta that was the feedback that came

[1:28:50] back that we have all these organiz

[1:28:52] ation doing this great work and there's

[1:28:53] not enough funding for everyone so in

[1:28:56] creating this nonprofit incubator the

[1:28:58] intention is is so that we can actually

[1:29:00] shorten our budgets and extend our

[1:29:02] capacity by everybody having access to

[1:29:05] Brand writers and development offices

[1:29:07] that's that's the point because the

[1:29:08] truth is there no one can really sustain

[1:29:11] what the funding we're receive we're

[1:29:12] already doing the best we can absolutely

[1:29:16] other questions comments anybody any

[1:29:18] more information so if you could just um

[1:29:21] like for information that that was asked

[1:29:23] for today um and then you move forward

[1:29:26] from there so thank you very much for

[1:29:29] coming and again impressive the work

[1:29:30] that you have done in terms of

[1:29:32] revitalizing those buildings which in

[1:29:34] turn revitalizes the neighborhood so

[1:29:36] appreciate the work that you're doing

[1:29:38] thank you very much thank

[1:29:49] you okay

[1:29:55] uh next committee is Public Safety I'd

[1:29:58] like to call the order of Public Safety

[1:30:00] Committee we have five items on the

[1:30:01] agenda tonight first of which will be

[1:30:04] discussed by Chief Clifford that is the

[1:30:05] opioid settlement funds

[1:30:08] he's right here I guess we can he

[1:30:20] is

[1:30:22] apologize for that no problem okay good

[1:30:26] evening I have 1 two three four five

[1:30:30] total legislative requests Lieutenant

[1:30:33] dton is going to assist me with the last

[1:30:37] one I just one I'm starting with the op8

[1:30:40] settlement funds okay the op8 settlement

[1:30:42] funds so we have um a total of $ 77,4

[1:30:48] 33 we are asking uh Council to approve

[1:30:52] us to accept that and use that by

[1:30:54] funding our scanty County Hub the funds

[1:30:57] will be used for temporary housing

[1:31:00] $7,495 $3,000 for transportation and

[1:31:04] $4,000 for awareness of what the scanty

[1:31:07] Hub is

[1:31:08] there we're asking for no matching funds

[1:31:10] for

[1:31:11] this um the temporary housing would be

[1:31:15] to uh for us to be able to offer housing

[1:31:19] to those individuals that need it where

[1:31:21] no other resour sources can be can match

[1:31:23] their their need for for one reason or

[1:31:25] another any questions or comments so who

[1:31:28] would provide the

[1:31:30] housing uh well the Hub would make the

[1:31:33] phone calls in order to find a place

[1:31:34] that we could house the individuals most

[1:31:37] likely it would be a hotel

[1:31:40] motel that was exactly my

[1:31:42] [Music]

[1:31:44] question any yeah so do we have any like

[1:31:47] guidelines for these hotels motels uh in

[1:31:50] terms of you know

[1:31:55] habitability the uh scanty County was a

[1:31:59] part of the Hub and we would have them

[1:32:02] they're they're the ones that would be

[1:32:03] making those phone calls and they had

[1:32:04] the guidelines that they use through

[1:32:06] Social Services it's it's simply um you

[1:32:09] know if if if they don't have the

[1:32:11] funding available at their for them at

[1:32:13] the

[1:32:15] time so just as a follow so it would be

[1:32:18] the same hotels that the county

[1:32:19] currently uses to house the of their

[1:32:22] housing that's my understanding right

[1:32:24] okay

[1:32:25] M yeah if that's going to be the case

[1:32:27] there's any chance we could have

[1:32:29] somebody look at these facilities

[1:32:31] because from all reports they're not

[1:32:34] very nice uh just to put it mildly and

[1:32:37] quite frankly if we're going to House

[1:32:40] people it should at least be appropriate

[1:32:43] housing and there's a lot of issues at

[1:32:45] these

[1:32:47] places can I ask what facility you're

[1:32:50] referencing uh some some of the ones

[1:32:52] that are used I don't can't remember the

[1:32:54] names twins yeah over on state

[1:32:58] streety county and does not use that

[1:33:01] facility we use other ones that other

[1:33:05] entities are using them that we don't

[1:33:07] I'll see if I can get some names and Bo

[1:33:10] those on so uh um so could you if it

[1:33:15] were not using that could you provide us

[1:33:17] with the names that would be considered

[1:33:19] because uh Mr pal does point that we

[1:33:22] hear about a lot that some of the the

[1:33:25] mels that people ask and we hear from

[1:33:26] the people who've been house there um

[1:33:29] some of the places they've been housed

[1:33:30] are just really not someplace they would

[1:33:33] want to live but have no choice sure so

[1:33:35] if we can find out where these places

[1:33:36] are that would be awesome I the list of

[1:33:38] the places that they used yes thank you

[1:33:41] any other questions or comments Mo those

[1:33:44] second a second all in favor mov on to

[1:33:47] the next agenda item fiscal year 2023

[1:33:50] State Homeland secur grant

[1:33:56] program okay for for this grant uh it is

[1:34:01] the 2023 State Homeland Security Grant

[1:34:04] uh this Grant application is filed with

[1:34:06] the Capital District urban area working

[1:34:08] group which represents Albany rener and

[1:34:11] scany counties both the city and the

[1:34:14] counties they uh they all have to agree

[1:34:17] on what to spend this These funds for

[1:34:20] and then the individual recipients can

[1:34:22] then choose what to purchase it how to

[1:34:24] allocate it so for this 2023 our our

[1:34:27] share of the funding is

[1:34:30] 2,831 and we plan to dedicate that that

[1:34:33] money towards

[1:34:36] $165,200 for mobile computers

[1:34:39] interoperable Communications equipment

[1:34:41] and cameras for physical security

[1:34:43] enhancements within the city

[1:34:46] $2,598 for maintenance costs for

[1:34:49] geospatial software which uh we use use

[1:34:51] ezri and $155,000 for training costs

[1:34:54] involved in active shooter and other

[1:34:56] Mass incident training this funding

[1:34:59] period is September 1st of 2023 to

[1:35:01] August 31st of 2026 and there's no City

[1:35:06] match any questions or

[1:35:09] comments second

[1:35:12] sorry question sorry so could you you

[1:35:15] you talked about the cameras CU there's

[1:35:17] a lot of like the county does a camera

[1:35:19] project and so what part of cameras

[1:35:23] would would this be used

[1:35:26] towards um it it it varies um I believe

[1:35:29] last year one of the cameras we

[1:35:30] purchased was a one of our Mobile

[1:35:32] Trailer cameras so that gives us the

[1:35:34] flexibility to move it around there's

[1:35:36] other times that we we we uh use these

[1:35:38] funds to put a a camera that we add to

[1:35:41] the cam County system uh for a problem

[1:35:44] area that we find that there's a need

[1:35:46] for them then we're also uh we're also

[1:35:50] researching the ability to put cob

[1:35:52] cameras in for again for the higher need

[1:35:56] areas and then um one of my questions

[1:35:59] was I know previously you identified

[1:36:01] that with our current technological

[1:36:03] Investments a in particular was it these

[1:36:06] types of grants that are going to help

[1:36:07] offset some of those funds or is this uh

[1:36:10] in

[1:36:11] addition this this grant is not one of

[1:36:14] them but there are similar similar

[1:36:16] grants that we apply towards our axon

[1:36:18] funding but this this one uh is not one

[1:36:20] of them any other questions or comments

[1:36:23] may have a motion so second all in favor

[1:36:26] five uh next agenda item is the police

[1:36:28] traffic Services Program Grant by the

[1:36:30] New York State Governor's Traffic Safety

[1:36:33] Committee this grant is a another yearly

[1:36:36] grant that we we receive for 2023 is

[1:36:40] $46,000 there's no match on the side on

[1:36:43] behalf of the city and we use these

[1:36:46] funds for seat belt mobilization efforts

[1:36:50] that are known as click or tick ticket

[1:36:51] there's $6,700 for that regular uh pts

[1:36:57] enforcement um which is $37,000 520

[1:37:00] that's where we go out and we just do

[1:37:02] traffic enforcement such as on Kings

[1:37:04] Road conso roads in any areas that we uh

[1:37:08] you know we have complaints for Speeders

[1:37:10] or people running uh lights or red stop

[1:37:13] signs and then uh $1,780 for other

[1:37:17] Personnel Services uh that that's

[1:37:19] allocated for the annual conference that

[1:37:21] revolves around the governor's Traffic

[1:37:23] Safety Committee for total

[1:37:26] 46,000 any questions or

[1:37:29] comments so this is over and above what

[1:37:31] you already do in terms of um

[1:37:33] enforcement this is you do that anyway

[1:37:35] and this is additional to that that's

[1:37:38] correct um we we have regular uh staff

[1:37:41] enforcement officers and and this this

[1:37:43] funding uh we do details where we bring

[1:37:46] them all together on certain periods of

[1:37:48] time to do uh you know five or six six

[1:37:51] officers at one time in certain areas to

[1:37:53] really impact it it's going to be used

[1:37:55] towards speeding we going to need a lot

[1:37:56] more money yes of

[1:37:59] course any other questions or comments

[1:38:02] I'll second it all in favor uh and the

[1:38:06] last item by Chief cliffer will be the

[1:38:07] grant award uh law enforcement

[1:38:10] equipment so this is a a grant for

[1:38:14] $168,400 it's awarded by the new YK

[1:38:18] state division of Criminal Justice

[1:38:19] Services DCJS it's through our a close

[1:38:22] relationship with DCJS that they offered

[1:38:25] us this funding which we will plan to

[1:38:27] use for holsters flashlights optic

[1:38:30] mounting plates and modular optic

[1:38:32] systems there is no match um however um

[1:38:36] this equipment that we would be

[1:38:38] purchasing would be in conjunction with

[1:38:40] upgrading our Firearms which are getting

[1:38:42] close to being uh needing to be replaced

[1:38:45] and uh we are uh currently researching

[1:38:48] moving our firearms from a 40 caliber to

[1:38:50] a 9 millimeter and we would um receive a

[1:38:55] credit for the ones that we trade in and

[1:38:58] that would be off that would offset the

[1:38:59] cost of the new ones that we do purchase

[1:39:01] this is that is not a part of what we're

[1:39:03] asking the grant uh to be accepted for

[1:39:07] um and we would be doing our own

[1:39:08] research on on uh securing the funding

[1:39:11] for whatever else is needed um for those

[1:39:13] handguns it's roughly

[1:39:15] $30,000 which we would see in C savings

[1:39:18] on on purchasing ammunition um but the

[1:39:22] the better plan for that decision uh we

[1:39:25] we asked for this this funding through

[1:39:27] the state and we were awarded it so

[1:39:29] we're looking to be able to accept

[1:39:32] it he said what's a modular optic

[1:39:36] unit so uh this is new technology that

[1:39:39] exists now where the officer um who is

[1:39:42] using the firearm looks through an optic

[1:39:45] and they're able to actually see a uh uh

[1:39:48] their target better where they're

[1:39:49] shooting to it becomes much more

[1:39:52] accurate and and have

[1:39:55] a less through training you end up

[1:39:57] needing to shoot Less in order to

[1:40:00] eliminate the

[1:40:01] threat any other questions or comments

[1:40:05] I'll second oh no so you you mentioned

[1:40:09] it so I don't see anything in here so if

[1:40:12] this modular optic system is new is

[1:40:14] there anything in here for training on

[1:40:17] that yes we would we would provide that

[1:40:20] there we would not uh ever switch them

[1:40:22] out without doing it during our annual

[1:40:24] firearms training which is a week

[1:40:27] long okay so just to be clear we would

[1:40:30] buy this and we wouldn't use it until

[1:40:32] people have been trained on it that's

[1:40:35] correct um and and I asked this uh when

[1:40:38] we were um having the legislative

[1:40:40] conference so I just want to double just

[1:40:41] if you could just explain because I had

[1:40:43] a question regarding going from the 9 mm

[1:40:47] versus the 40 caliber yes and and it's

[1:40:51] impact on human life so I want to know

[1:40:54] yeah I don't profession to be a

[1:40:55] ballistics expert but what I've been

[1:40:57] told is that uh the ballistics uh behind

[1:41:00] a 9mm are equal to or greater than that

[1:41:04] of a 40 caliber but they're more closely

[1:41:06] related to being very close um which the

[1:41:09] the 40 caliber uh from the past of over

[1:41:12] a 9 Miller was was better but the the

[1:41:15] technology has gotten such that the 9mm

[1:41:18] is just as good and it's much cheaper to

[1:41:21] purchase and um and they're they're

[1:41:23] smaller um to to put into the weapon so

[1:41:26] it means that the the weapon that you're

[1:41:28] carrying is lighter you know which which

[1:41:30] you know means that you know the the the

[1:41:32] P the drag on the waist for the officers

[1:41:34] is a lot less um which which helps when

[1:41:38] we're adding more technology like tasers

[1:41:39] onto their belt so um it's for those

[1:41:43] reasons why most police departments uh

[1:41:45] even federal agencies are moving towards

[1:41:47] this

[1:41:49] technology any other questions question

[1:41:51] or comments and motion so Mo second all

[1:41:53] in favor uh before ask Lieutenant to

[1:41:57] come up and be assessed definitely I

[1:41:59] hope it doesn't go un notice uh the

[1:42:01] grants that this department is able to

[1:42:03] get uh should not be U taken for granted

[1:42:07] and would you mind as for clarification

[1:42:10] is that a credit to just your grant

[1:42:11] writers or administrative staff or is it

[1:42:14] safe to say you can expect annually

[1:42:16] these types of

[1:42:17] awards um yeah I want to give credit to

[1:42:20] credit do I mean

[1:42:21] now retired Chief cber um you know he he

[1:42:24] did a really good job networking and and

[1:42:27] uh going out and meeting people I also

[1:42:29] want to give credit to um you know

[1:42:31] Sergeant Weekley he's one of the

[1:42:33] individuals that through a uh

[1:42:37] relationship with

[1:42:38] DCJS um you know we put ourselves in a

[1:42:41] position where when we need something we

[1:42:42] mention to them they they assist us

[1:42:44] Lieutenant Doan who you're about to hear

[1:42:46] from same thing he gets involved in the

[1:42:48] topic and and that's really what we do

[1:42:51] on a regular basis to to achieve these

[1:42:53] grants um and then you know we can

[1:42:56] expect certain ones every year like the

[1:42:59] governor's Traffic Safety the Homeland

[1:43:00] Security One um the other ones are those

[1:43:03] one-timers like the the one you're about

[1:43:05] to hear about and the one with from DCJS

[1:43:07] but it's fair to say that our our our

[1:43:10] department-wide relationship with DCJS

[1:43:12] has brought us lots of funding thanks

[1:43:14] you welcome uh and the last agenda item

[1:43:18] will be uh Grant award New York State

[1:43:20] compan annual Capital fund Grant

[1:43:25] by good evening so this is a grant we're

[1:43:28] awarded for $200,000 it's comes out of

[1:43:31] the um animal containment fund from New

[1:43:33] York State this is a fund that has been

[1:43:36] increased under the governor I expect

[1:43:38] that this fund's probably going to be

[1:43:39] increased more in the future um

[1:43:41] previously it was one to one match they

[1:43:44] dropped it down to I think 25% so uh

[1:43:47] right now we we're awarded

[1:43:49] $200,000 we had previous $150,000 in

[1:43:53] capital funds um for this project we

[1:43:56] have another

[1:43:56] 150,000 and uh in this year's budget so

[1:43:59] we have everything we need to complete

[1:44:00] the project uh we'll be looking

[1:44:03] to um improve or relocate our animal

[1:44:07] shelter the state has passed several

[1:44:09] laws that are going to go in fact over

[1:44:11] the next couple years in reference to

[1:44:13] the quality of the shelters and air

[1:44:16] quality and certain standards for the

[1:44:17] animals uh our shelter is currently

[1:44:21] certified but I would say it's not going

[1:44:23] to meet those standards so this is going

[1:44:25] to help us meet those standards for the

[1:44:26] future we are required to either have a

[1:44:28] contract with somebody like Mohawk ARS

[1:44:30] or have a shelter as a municipality so

[1:44:33] this is going to help us greatly with a

[1:44:36] relationship with them and should should

[1:44:39] they

[1:44:40] uh come to a point where they can't

[1:44:42] service or can't serve the capacity we

[1:44:45] have serve as backup for the animals

[1:44:47] that we do take

[1:44:49] in

[1:44:51] question mfield so is our goal to this

[1:44:55] to be backup I thought our goal was for

[1:44:57] us to have like a Shel that's ours and

[1:44:59] maybe they need to back up um um just

[1:45:02] because I know that there's some cost

[1:45:04] associated with and I think the city's

[1:45:06] taking a lot on that in terms of using

[1:45:09] um their

[1:45:10] facility yes uh the animal program has

[1:45:14] never been a stream of Revenue and I'll

[1:45:16] say it probably never will be however

[1:45:18] this looks to the Future build

[1:45:20] Partnerships to help um lessen that Gap

[1:45:24] and and try to build some Revenue I can

[1:45:27] say that I've got requests from reram PD

[1:45:31] Scotia PD Miss PD um PDS from far as the

[1:45:34] Newberg have come to me to house animals

[1:45:37] we recently housed an animal for Newberg

[1:45:40] Police Department for I think $3,500 so

[1:45:43] we did bring some money back um in

[1:45:46] reference to this grant once this

[1:45:47] project is completed we'll be eligible

[1:45:49] to sign up for for another Grant and uh

[1:45:52] through that Grant if we partner with

[1:45:54] somebody like Mo cson or another

[1:45:55] municipality we' be eligible for a

[1:45:57] $500,000 Grant so really what we're work

[1:46:00] working to do uh shortterm make sure we

[1:46:03] have that backup that we need um

[1:46:07] longterm build the Partnerships and

[1:46:09] build the facilities so we can bring

[1:46:10] Partners in and bring Other M

[1:46:13] municipalities in hopefully introduce

[1:46:15] things like uh training centers for

[1:46:18] responsible set or respons excuse me

[1:46:23] responsible pet ownership programs and

[1:46:26] uh you know rabies clinics and stuff

[1:46:29] like that at the

[1:46:30] site thank you any other questions or

[1:46:32] comments no I want my dogs to be able to

[1:46:34] go through those

[1:46:39] train second all those in

[1:46:42] favor with any other items to fall

[1:46:44] before the Public Safety Committee

[1:46:46] hearing on have a motion to so second

[1:46:48] all in favor

[1:46:52] call to finance and just uh one item

[1:46:55] it's a reminder for the 2024 operating

[1:46:57] budget and capital budget U public

[1:46:59] hearing that we have scheduled for

[1:47:01] October the 10th 7:00 p.m. reminder

[1:47:04] again this is a public hearing for our

[1:47:06] operating budget 2024 operating budget

[1:47:08] and capital

[1:47:10] budget any other item before um Finance

[1:47:13] motion toj second all in favor I thank

[1:47:16] you thank you I'd like to call to order

[1:47:19] City development and planning we have 14

[1:47:21] items on the agenda and first is the

[1:47:24] followup of ARA contracts Miss

[1:47:28] [Music]

[1:47:30] car good evening

[1:47:33] again um when I last reported to council

[1:47:37] I just did a bir ey VI on the thing that

[1:47:39] we were waiting for so today I have a

[1:47:41] complete list as previously promised in

[1:47:44] contract we have the YWCA critical needs

[1:47:48] safe house Bethesda house disconnect the

[1:47:51] foundation sium bcni foreclosure

[1:47:54] prevention and bcni owner occupied rehab

[1:47:57] ready for contract and pending um

[1:48:00] Council review is Green Market Hamilton

[1:48:03] hill art center the YWCA Harbor House

[1:48:06] and the habitat from Humanity currently

[1:48:09] still awaiting some not all of the

[1:48:11] pre-contract documents that are required

[1:48:13] is the boys and girls club The Miracle

[1:48:16] on Craig Street Coco house electric city

[1:48:19] Barn SC

[1:48:20] Connected quanis Club Dury and

[1:48:23] Empowerment Center we have been making

[1:48:26] significant progress though since the

[1:48:28] last time I reported we were able to get

[1:48:30] three of our subrecipients in full

[1:48:34] contract other

[1:48:37] questions uh I'd like to know

[1:48:38] specifically what are you needing from

[1:48:40] the Council on the the I think it's four

[1:48:42] that you said you needed something from

[1:48:43] the

[1:48:44] council well I got it it was just a

[1:48:46] followup on the ones that requested the

[1:48:49] amendment

[1:48:50] anything so BC for the extension um the

[1:48:54] COC house and other ones they're just

[1:48:57] missing standard documents proof of um

[1:49:00] Insurance um some budgets are missing um

[1:49:04] the abstract is missing so minor things

[1:49:07] but everybody I've been able to make

[1:49:10] contact with and follow up on Anthony's

[1:49:12] letter previously sent to get the

[1:49:14] documents so you're not really waiting

[1:49:16] anything because we moved on the things

[1:49:18] that you needed to move on we heard from

[1:49:20] two organizations tonight yes okay one

[1:49:23] of the ones that was waiting to move on

[1:49:25] was uh scat but so yeah all that other

[1:49:30] questions or any thank you thank

[1:49:36] you um and just you know in terms of ARA

[1:49:39] we heard from a couple of um

[1:49:41] organizations tonight so we're going to

[1:49:42] be waiting for their documents and then

[1:49:44] we're going to have to discuss whether

[1:49:46] we Grant those extensions in those um

[1:49:48] chain of use of funds um because there

[1:49:50] were some questions that were asked that

[1:49:52] were not answered tonight so I think we

[1:49:53] have to wait for that in order to make

[1:49:55] those those

[1:49:58] decisions okay um the item number two is

[1:50:01] being pulled it was um this is actually

[1:50:04] a sign that's on private property and so

[1:50:07] therefore the city does not have to

[1:50:09] issue a

[1:50:12] permit uh item number three the update

[1:50:14] for Zoning for cannabis dispensaries and

[1:50:16] smoking bapy shops um I know a number of

[1:50:19] the council members I'm not sure if

[1:50:20] everyone had an opportunity to speak to

[1:50:22] our Corporation Council and uh so at

[1:50:25] this time just like to hear where we are

[1:50:26] with that sure uh first I'd like to

[1:50:28] thank everybody who's uh come and spoken

[1:50:30] with um either me or Mr Marney about um

[1:50:35] you know what you envision for um this

[1:50:39] zoning District um obviously they're you

[1:50:42] know we're dealing with obviously you

[1:50:45] know seven Council people with generally

[1:50:47] seven ways of approaching it um but I

[1:50:50] appreciate everybody's patience and in

[1:50:52] dealing with this I'm going to turn it

[1:50:54] over to Mr Marty um who has worked on

[1:50:58] this quite a bit more and I think he has

[1:51:00] a handout um to give you all a sense of

[1:51:05] um

[1:51:07] what presumably you have envisioned um

[1:51:11] and we can discuss it further

[1:51:18] obviously

[1:51:22] thank you hello

[1:51:33] everyone um so uh what we've prepared uh

[1:51:37] with development in front of you is a

[1:51:39] proposed overlay zone for the adult uses

[1:51:42] that would include the um cannabis uses

[1:51:45] and uh smok and vape shop uses and

[1:51:48] consumption uses uh uh uh we did have an

[1:51:51] opportunity to meet with many of you and

[1:51:53] receive the feedback and and based off

[1:51:55] of that feedback uh Christine and Jack

[1:51:58] and development worked on this map so we

[1:52:00] can get this out today and begin uh

[1:52:02] having that conversation um uh largely I

[1:52:06] guess I would kind of refer to this as

[1:52:07] the commercial te of skincity uh which

[1:52:10] includes uh State Street the majority of

[1:52:13] State Street the exception of a small

[1:52:15] residential Zone down in the middle um

[1:52:19] of of course uh Erie Boulevard the

[1:52:21] casino development uh and uh uh Broadway

[1:52:25] as well um based off of the feedback

[1:52:28] that was received from many of the

[1:52:29] council members we did um remove many of

[1:52:32] the neighborhood retail districts that

[1:52:34] were PR previously proposed um so you'll

[1:52:37] know that uh uh a lot of the the area

[1:52:40] that has been selected has been selected

[1:52:42] due to uh it doesn't have a substantial

[1:52:45] impact on residential

[1:52:47] areas um so uh with that this is just a

[1:52:51] working map um and uh as far as the rest

[1:52:54] of the zoning is concerned um you know I

[1:52:57] know Christine and I spoke a lot um with

[1:52:59] the folks that came through and met with

[1:53:01] us about kind of what the framework for

[1:53:03] that zoning ordinance would look like so

[1:53:05] we do have a skeleton that we're working

[1:53:06] on and we'll start flushing out a draft

[1:53:09] so that we can get that circulated as

[1:53:10] well um that will take a little bit of

[1:53:12] time for us to do the that is a heavier

[1:53:14] lift um you I would say probably about a

[1:53:17] month for us to be able to put a draft

[1:53:18] together

[1:53:21] I just want to piggy back on that um I

[1:53:24] recognize that there are some areas on

[1:53:26] this map that um maybe more sensitive um

[1:53:30] in terms of the businesses that are

[1:53:31] there um that you know this is obviously

[1:53:35] the first rout that you're seeing of a

[1:53:36] map for example you know um there was

[1:53:40] concern from at least one council person

[1:53:43] about new choices and having allowing um

[1:53:47] you know cannabis dispensary

[1:53:50] um and or um a smoke shop um close to

[1:53:54] New choices um so again you know I don't

[1:53:57] know if that was actually covered it

[1:53:59] looks like it may be green or red on

[1:54:01] here rather so that's something

[1:54:03] obviously that you know we certainly

[1:54:04] want to take a look at um there may be

[1:54:07] other areas in here where you find it to

[1:54:09] be more sensitive because of another

[1:54:11] business that's there obviously you're

[1:54:13] still going to have to work within um

[1:54:15] the other regulations that come with the

[1:54:17] overlay um plus also those regulations

[1:54:20] that the state has set forth for uh

[1:54:22] cannabis dispensaries and

[1:54:27] lunches Mr you have a question yeah U

[1:54:30] thank you for your work Mr Mar I

[1:54:31] definitely appreciate this visual uh I

[1:54:34] want to direct our attention to that one

[1:54:36] area that's on Upper Union Street is the

[1:54:38] reason for that inclusion just to

[1:54:40] encapsulate encapsulate the current

[1:54:42] business that's there um so that is the

[1:54:44] Upper Union Street commercial Corridor

[1:54:47] um so there is already a business there

[1:54:49] uh that would be one uh proposed area

[1:54:52] because it is it is largely commercial

[1:54:54] that the this these would be permitted

[1:54:56] uses um obviously there is footage

[1:54:59] restrictions um already imposed for the

[1:55:01] Cannabis uses by the state and then we'd

[1:55:03] be looking to impose similar footage

[1:55:05] restrictions for the vape shop and and

[1:55:08] the smoke shop uses as well so there

[1:55:11] would be a limitation to the number of

[1:55:12] businesses that' be able to go in that

[1:55:14] District but it is being proposed uh

[1:55:16] that it's a permitted use there and

[1:55:18] there a followup question if we did

[1:55:20] remove that Corridor um that wouldn't

[1:55:24] prohibit their continued business that

[1:55:25] would allow us to if they were ever to

[1:55:28] close business unfortunately there would

[1:55:29] not be a replacement in that area

[1:55:30] correct correct if it was not permitted

[1:55:32] in the Upper Union Street District it

[1:55:34] would become a pre-existing

[1:55:35] non-performing use um and unless the

[1:55:37] council chose to amortize pre-existing

[1:55:40] non-performing uses they would be

[1:55:41] permitted to continue as long as they

[1:55:43] don't discon thank you Mr B can you send

[1:55:47] us a uh version where we electronic

[1:55:50] version so we can kind of see the

[1:55:52] streets yes we do have a pdf version we

[1:55:55] can circulate uh and we could probably

[1:55:58] cut off NY and reram to T it up a little

[1:56:01] bit but it's just a very large map to

[1:56:03] try to get the whole thing on one pie

[1:56:05] paper um but uh uh the PDF you can zoom

[1:56:09] in and see uh partial detail oh good um

[1:56:13] so uh Mr C didn't mention the area

[1:56:16] around the choices but then we have

[1:56:18] another um um facility that's going up

[1:56:22] near Bethesda house it's part of

[1:56:23] Bethesda house so are those

[1:56:25] considerations those being taken

[1:56:27] considerations because again they house

[1:56:29] a more vulnerable

[1:56:31] population um certainly that's something

[1:56:33] that we can take into consideration uh

[1:56:35] it wasn't specifically discussed for

[1:56:37] purposes of preparing this map but if

[1:56:39] there are certain things that the

[1:56:41] council would like to see or or changes

[1:56:43] or modifications we can certainly take

[1:56:45] that um into account and uh and hone in

[1:56:49] on those parcels and see where they are

[1:56:51] um ideally what we would want to avoid

[1:56:53] in a scenario like this is picking and

[1:56:56] choosing what Parcels so the overlay

[1:56:58] should be continuous um you know unless

[1:57:01] we're leaving out a chunk of an area for

[1:57:04] specific purpose um like we did here

[1:57:06] this is the uh this little spot here is

[1:57:09] actually an R2 District um that's just

[1:57:11] kind of like left on State Street so we

[1:57:13] not do that cuz it's not commercial um

[1:57:16] but uh we don't want to spot Z so we

[1:57:17] don't want to we don't want to pick in

[1:57:19] choose um one parcel versus you know the

[1:57:23] parcel next door is not going to allow

[1:57:24] but two Parcels down we are going to

[1:57:26] allow so it has to be pretty a pretty

[1:57:28] large area correct but you know I'm not

[1:57:31] familiar with that area that you're

[1:57:32] referencing so there may be a reason

[1:57:34] maybe that area shouldn't be included um

[1:57:36] you know it's just uh um it's certainly

[1:57:38] something that we can take a look at

[1:57:40] okay Mr Williams but I think to previous

[1:57:43] conversations Mr C that could be

[1:57:44] something built into an exemption to

[1:57:47] incorporate vulnerable populations is

[1:57:48] that correct understanding an exemption

[1:57:52] um I gu I that there was language also

[1:57:54] well you know there's language that can

[1:57:56] be used not for the purposes of cannabis

[1:57:59] dispensary right because that's already

[1:58:01] being regulated by the St um but um as

[1:58:05] it applies to the smoke shops and vape

[1:58:07] shops uh the city council can certainly

[1:58:10] set up you know a number of feet away

[1:58:13] from another smoke shop vape shop or

[1:58:17] some type of you know a school or

[1:58:20] um a reh a rehabilitation facility or

[1:58:22] something along those lines for those

[1:58:25] non Canabis related um shops that would

[1:58:28] be regulated over this uh overlay

[1:58:31] District thank

[1:58:35] you anything else anybody want to have

[1:58:39] them consider look into what we're what

[1:58:40] we're moving ahead on this I'm sorry is

[1:58:43] there anything further that you would

[1:58:44] like to to see as we're moving forward

[1:58:47] on this except getting the PDF so that

[1:58:50] we can see so we can

[1:58:52] see well thank you very much and so you

[1:58:54] said within a month then you would be

[1:58:56] able to our goal is to have a a solid

[1:58:59] written draft of the actual ordinance

[1:59:02] itself uh within a month um so that we

[1:59:05] can uh we can move forward with that

[1:59:06] process because that's going to be the

[1:59:07] meat potato so what we do here though

[1:59:09] overly the map is just is actually the

[1:59:12] small piece it's a

[1:59:15] good well thank you glad we're moving

[1:59:17] ahead thank you very much and if I can

[1:59:19] add on to that um the map is still

[1:59:22] something obviously as Mr Marne

[1:59:24] indicated we're going to work on the

[1:59:25] language for what the silver L what the

[1:59:27] requirements will be but this map is

[1:59:29] still something that you know will be

[1:59:31] modified um over time as you provide us

[1:59:34] with additional feedback on um you know

[1:59:38] your thoughts as a council on what you

[1:59:40] want and what you don't want areas that

[1:59:42] you think might be um more sensitive to

[1:59:45] having these types of businesses there

[1:59:48] um versus other areas that maybe we did

[1:59:51] not highlight in red where you think it

[1:59:53] would be right to allow these types of

[1:59:54] businesses um so obviously we continue

[1:59:57] to welcome uh the comments from the city

[2:00:00] council so that we can make your Visions

[2:00:02] a reality for this

[2:00:03] purpose thank you thank you uh so item

[2:00:06] number four is

[2:00:11] um uh the discussion regarding the

[2:00:13] six-month moratorium uh on the

[2:00:15] submission and processing of um building

[2:00:17] permits etc for for um smoke shops VAP

[2:00:20] shops tobacco or V consumption

[2:00:24] businesses and we did um send for

[2:00:30] a an opinion by uh from the county um

[2:00:35] Planning Commission and everybody got

[2:00:39] that so um we just take a look at that

[2:00:43] and further discussion on on this

[2:00:46] particular item

[2:00:51] okay

[2:00:55] mhm okay

[2:00:57] so this point in time um there's no

[2:01:01] discussion

[2:01:02] no of the what we received from the

[2:01:06] county so at this point in time we need

[2:01:09] to decide whether we um go forward with

[2:01:11] the moratorium

[2:01:14] or or

[2:01:18] not Mr just a follow up with regards to

[2:01:21] our last conversation and the update we

[2:01:25] received from McCarthy regarding to the

[2:01:27] enforcement and talking to the may this

[2:01:29] afternoon and uh with four additional um

[2:01:32] shop submit applications so in total um

[2:01:36] there's a significant amount of

[2:01:39] um shops are submitting their

[2:01:42] application to coming

[2:01:44] compliance so as I said before I mean

[2:01:47] the enforcement is going on let's

[2:01:50] look at what's happening and allow these

[2:01:52] business to come in compliance I don't

[2:01:54] think we should do a moreor at this

[2:01:56] point in time the enforcement

[2:01:58] significant amount of enforcement is

[2:01:59] going

[2:02:00] on so that's my point at this

[2:02:04] point can I just ask the point of

[2:02:06] clarification you mean um four shops

[2:02:08] that are coming into compliance that are

[2:02:10] already um started or are you saying

[2:02:12] this four new shops that based on the

[2:02:15] last report that we received two weeks

[2:02:16] ago the four more application

[2:02:19] certificate of use

[2:02:21] application so they're existing already

[2:02:24] but they did not have their paperwork in

[2:02:26] cor Bas some of the notes you have here

[2:02:28] there four more should be updated here

[2:02:31] okay so yes Mr T so there just

[2:02:35] originally they were just opening

[2:02:36] without compliance from the

[2:02:38] city like popping up that was one of the

[2:02:41] main reasons so I wanted a moratorium to

[2:02:44] put a halt on them so um we would know

[2:02:47] if one opened up that you know

[2:02:50] yeah so so and I and I did um find three

[2:02:57] that um weren't on the list um that that

[2:03:01] the mayor had issued so I can pass

[2:03:04] that's they popped

[2:03:06] up na has been out St I send those to na

[2:03:11] one was on Michigan Avenue one was on

[2:03:14] Broadway I can't recall where the third

[2:03:16] one is but I mean I think there's three

[2:03:18] on Broadway already but I did check them

[2:03:20] off to the rist so okay um but again

[2:03:23] they're just popping up wherever they

[2:03:25] want to pop up for whatever reason um so

[2:03:29] did you forward those um that you found

[2:03:31] yeah you already did no I

[2:03:34] will so they could have been existing

[2:03:36] and we just didn't we didn't know they

[2:03:38] weren't on the list correct okay Mr WS

[2:03:43] so I think one of my comments is that's

[2:03:45] that's one assumption I think would also

[2:03:47] I think I I would in infer from them

[2:03:49] coming into compliances maybe they were

[2:03:51] unaware and I think that as we deal with

[2:03:53] the community I think having people that

[2:03:55] are actively working towards once

[2:03:57] they've been identified so I can respect

[2:03:59] that the enforcement seems to be working

[2:04:01] at this present time with for coming

[2:04:02] back into uh I guess good standings but

[2:04:05] definitely I think if there is a a

[2:04:08] company that is not being responsive I

[2:04:10] think that would be a blatant indication

[2:04:11] of just not wanting to follow the

[2:04:14] appropriate local

[2:04:16] laws Mr Val y we're I mean just given

[2:04:19] our previous discussion we're moving

[2:04:21] forward on zoning anyway it's going to

[2:04:24] be relatively quick to do this um makes

[2:04:27] sense to have the moratorium that way if

[2:04:30] new shops do pop up and they are popping

[2:04:33] up um we automatically know they're

[2:04:35] illegal um we can have those shut down

[2:04:40] right away um but the zoning process

[2:04:43] we're looking at what a month two months

[2:04:46] at the most that if there's a

[2:04:49] shop that's existing looking to do

[2:04:52] something to get their their uh self in

[2:04:56] compliance that doesn't impact them so

[2:04:59] we can move forward with the moratorium

[2:05:02] stop it get the zoning in place help the

[2:05:05] enforcement aspect yes there's

[2:05:07] enforcement going on but new shops are

[2:05:09] popping up just makes sense to do the

[2:05:12] moratorium for the few months until we

[2:05:15] get the zoning in place so I just want

[2:05:17] to uh Mr col if you to clarify um this

[2:05:19] for me if there's a shop that's

[2:05:22] currently open but not in compliant and

[2:05:25] we move forward with this what happens

[2:05:27] to that

[2:05:29] shop if they're not in compliance then

[2:05:32] correct then and they continue to open

[2:05:34] after a moratorium has been passed they

[2:05:36] will be in violation the moratorium and

[2:05:38] they could potentially be cited and we

[2:05:40] can see conjunctive relief to

[2:05:42] essentially shut them down during the

[2:05:43] period of the

[2:05:45] moratorium that that's what I want to

[2:05:47] know because then then doesn't not allow

[2:05:49] them to come in compliance I me they

[2:05:51] could get their paperwork in if they

[2:05:52] know we're doing a moratorium they could

[2:05:54] at least start that process and there's

[2:05:56] a cuta language oh I'm sorry I'm sorry

[2:05:59] Mr there's cuta language in the

[2:06:01] moratorium um where somebody could

[2:06:04] potentially make an application to the

[2:06:05] city council to explain some type of

[2:06:08] hardship uh what should be said about

[2:06:10] that hardship is um just the failure to

[2:06:14] you know to be in compliance and having

[2:06:17] been open without you know know having

[2:06:19] been in compliance is not a hardship um

[2:06:23] so it would have to be you know really

[2:06:25] some extenuating circumstance that the

[2:06:27] council sees just and fit to

[2:06:30] allow

[2:06:32] okay Mr um I know this application will

[2:06:36] be uh turning over to your office is

[2:06:38] there an application that you received

[2:06:41] today uh and take a look off hand um I

[2:06:45] don't know I don't have an answer for

[2:06:46] you um I'd have to take a look to see

[2:06:49] where everything

[2:06:51] stands I don't think I have I don't

[2:06:54] think so can you can you please um have

[2:06:58] a copy of

[2:06:59] this may you're going to get an update

[2:07:01] for us sometime this

[2:07:03] week uh yes

[2:07:06] participate

[2:07:08] [Music]

[2:07:10] okay any other any further discussion so

[2:07:13] at this point in time we have to um it's

[2:07:16] the motion is going to be before us

[2:07:18] forther we moove forward with the

[2:07:19] moratorium or continue in the uh with

[2:07:22] the enforcement and allowing people to

[2:07:23] come into

[2:07:25] compliance that is my position

[2:07:28] to allow the enforcement

[2:07:31] to to work itself

[2:07:34] out so you're not in favor of moving

[2:07:37] forward with the moratorium that is

[2:07:40] correct I feel the same way

[2:07:43] okay okay well um then that's then we're

[2:07:47] not going to be able to will not be

[2:07:48] moving forward the moratorium but we'll

[2:07:49] be continuing with the

[2:07:51] enforcement thank

[2:07:54] you yes uh as a point of clarification

[2:07:57] so does that cease the moratorium is it

[2:08:00] in a pause status um we never voted it

[2:08:03] through so it never started thank you

[2:08:05] you're

[2:08:06] welcome all right so item number five is

[2:08:09] to discuss the process of handling the

[2:08:11] outstanding accounts in um from SL slbc

[2:08:14] as you remember I brought this forward

[2:08:17] before um because there was a um excuse

[2:08:20] me a resolution that was passed in 201

[2:08:23] um3 I believe um that the language in it

[2:08:28] made it sound as though we were the um

[2:08:32] administration of it was in the hands of

[2:08:34] the city council and so we passed that

[2:08:38] that's not what we wanted to happen but

[2:08:40] um unfortunately the language was not

[2:08:42] was not that ended up in the resolution

[2:08:44] was not what um we had discussed at this

[2:08:48] table

[2:08:48] so um bringing it back for further

[2:08:50] discussion and Clarity on what that

[2:08:53] resolution needs to look like to make

[2:08:54] sure that it's not

[2:08:56] responsibility of the um city council

[2:08:59] but rather the

[2:09:01] city so Mr Cen if you would just sure I

[2:09:05] have the opportunity to speak to

[2:09:07] president Porterfield about this

[2:09:08] resolution and I think we both agree

[2:09:10] that you know um the language could have

[2:09:13] been better but at the same time I think

[2:09:14] it accomplishes what it was meant to

[2:09:16] accomplish um the obviously um the city

[2:09:20] council acts as uh the body that would

[2:09:23] be accepting mortgages for the purposes

[2:09:25] of of assignment and that's exactly what

[2:09:28] happened in this resolution um the

[2:09:30] administration of um what happens once

[2:09:34] we take um you know um ownership of

[2:09:37] those mortgages um would be something

[2:09:40] that would be carried out by City

[2:09:41] departments as the city council doesn't

[2:09:43] really have the capacity or um the power

[2:09:46] to carry out those mortgages

[2:09:49] um so that resolved statement here is

[2:09:52] that the city council agrees to accept

[2:09:53] the assignment is doing so on behalf of

[2:09:55] the city um and um what would make sense

[2:09:58] related to that is because the city

[2:10:00] council isn't signing the assignments

[2:10:02] themselves to accept it it was

[2:10:03] authorizing the mayor to sign it um so

[2:10:07] there was some um confusion on my part I

[2:10:09] guess um from the last meeting because

[2:10:12] um there was nothing here that I saw

[2:10:14] that had to be amended because I think

[2:10:15] it accomplished exactly what needed to

[2:10:17] be accomplished

[2:10:19] um and those mortgages have been and and

[2:10:21] accounts have been assigned byc to the

[2:10:24] city um I know Mr Brown and I have been

[2:10:28] talking frequently about these uh

[2:10:31] mortgages because obviously um we have

[2:10:34] folks reaching out to us looking for um

[2:10:38] satisfactions and um obviously also

[2:10:41] there's been a paperwork issue that the

[2:10:43] council's aware of um so we can kind of

[2:10:46] keep track of what was assigned and what

[2:10:47] was previously paid and that's something

[2:10:49] that we continue to work through so I'm

[2:10:51] happy to answer any questions that you

[2:10:53] may have related to this um resolution

[2:10:56] and um any questions about any type of

[2:10:59] um additional resolution that you see

[2:11:02] I'll see fit to uh

[2:11:05] pass so my concern was was that the

[2:11:08] original resolution in 2013 um was not

[2:11:12] did not like for me anyway spell out

[2:11:14] that the city council would do it on

[2:11:16] behalf of the city but you're saying

[2:11:17] that because our only role is that we

[2:11:20] would that the city would actually do

[2:11:21] the administration the city council

[2:11:23] would just approve it is that then

[2:11:25] that's 2013 as it stands is fine the one

[2:11:29] in

[2:11:32] 2013 mayor my in reviewing this have

[2:11:37] been part of the discussion is that

[2:11:41] entity was

[2:11:44] dissolved there were some assets that

[2:11:47] were out

[2:11:49] outstanding uh mortgages most of which

[2:11:52] if not all of which had been funded

[2:11:55] through City assets that had been given

[2:11:58] to

[2:12:01] slbc and that transferred those assets

[2:12:06] back to the

[2:12:07] city and the followup is handled in the

[2:12:11] normal course of business if and the

[2:12:14] question has come up sometimes if those

[2:12:18] mortgages were going to be discharged

[2:12:21] absent payment of them so if a mortgage

[2:12:24] is paid uh I sign the satisfaction

[2:12:30] saying that the city has received it we

[2:12:32] do this in uh number of times some of

[2:12:34] our

[2:12:35] non

[2:12:37] uh our paper lanss that we put against

[2:12:40] properties to make sure that they're

[2:12:41] owner occupied other things when those

[2:12:44] terms and conditions are established I

[2:12:47] can sign that if there was a situation

[2:12:51] where we were going to discharge the

[2:12:53] mortgage or wave it absent payment of it

[2:12:56] it would have to come back to the city

[2:12:58] council and the council would have to

[2:13:00] vote on it to

[2:13:02] say they've reduced the amount of money

[2:13:05] they've waved what's owed or whatever

[2:13:08] the final disposition that was being

[2:13:10] negotiated

[2:13:12] or entertained at that point in time and

[2:13:16] so 2013 covers that so we don't need to

[2:13:18] do

[2:13:19] anything is that what your yes okay all

[2:13:23] right that answers that so we don't have

[2:13:25] to need to do that all

[2:13:28] [Music]

[2:13:29] right okay um um just yes the last time

[2:13:34] we discuss this we asked we asked for a

[2:13:35] list of the outstanding mortgages did we

[2:13:39] did we receive that so um that seems

[2:13:42] like to be something that's hard to find

[2:13:45] um we gone to um

[2:13:48] something like Metroplex they thought

[2:13:51] some files were there there will be

[2:13:53] there um thought we think there may be

[2:13:55] some files here so at this point in time

[2:13:57] I don't know that there's a list Mr

[2:14:00] Brown would you like to speak to that

[2:14:04] yes so currently we have a working list

[2:14:09] that we're still expanding on um certain

[2:14:11] files um through the dissolution went to

[2:14:14] Metroplex because they also funded some

[2:14:17] of those so the ones that the city

[2:14:19] funded most of those all came to the

[2:14:21] city so we're still working on getting a

[2:14:23] complete list so that we can send you a

[2:14:25] complete one instead of like three

[2:14:26] versions of mon okay do you have a time

[2:14:28] frame on the complete

[2:14:30] list um I would say that I should be

[2:14:33] able to provide you an update within

[2:14:35] maybe two more cycles that minimum a

[2:14:40] mon all right thank you thank

[2:14:46] you so so is there any further

[2:14:48] discussion around uh that this slbc okay

[2:14:52] thank you item number six is a reminder

[2:14:54] um that there will be a public hearing

[2:14:56] regarding amending um 24 excuse me 24818

[2:15:01] of the city code to designate J Street

[2:15:02] from Liberty Street to to Union a

[2:15:05] two-way and the public hearing will be

[2:15:07] on October 10th here it says the 9th but

[2:15:10] none of us will be here on the 9th it's

[2:15:12] it's a day off so on October 10th is

[2:15:14] when the public he want to come

[2:15:16] early

[2:15:21] okay all right item number seven is a

[2:15:24] cerem ceremonial resolution for hearts

[2:15:26] Family Cleaners Miss Taro yes so I'd

[2:15:29] like to uh put that forward do some

[2:15:32] research I have already talked to Sue um

[2:15:34] and got a whole bunch of stuff together

[2:15:37] on the cleaners um they're retiring

[2:15:39] after 25 years in service um by a part

[2:15:43] of up Upper Union Street and uh so we're

[2:15:46] going to present that at a later time so

[2:15:49] it would not be at this council meeting

[2:15:50] not okay later time

[2:15:53] okay need a motion so move second all in

[2:15:56] favor I I thank you uh item number eight

[2:16:00] is a ceremon ceremonial resolution

[2:16:02] recognizing October as domestic violence

[2:16:04] Awareness Month Miss Patrick yes so

[2:16:06] October is domestic violence awareness

[2:16:09] month and um I'd like to bring forth the

[2:16:11] ceremonial resolution so that we bring

[2:16:14] this issue and the services that are

[2:16:16] being provided on our

[2:16:18] community to the Public's

[2:16:22] attention all ins motion so Mo second

[2:16:26] second all in favor I thank you item

[2:16:29] number nine is a ceremonial resolution

[2:16:31] for connected hardware and electric um

[2:16:33] they are uh celebrating their 100th year

[2:16:36] anniversary and actually their event is

[2:16:37] on the 5ifth so we won't be able to pass

[2:16:39] it before that however um um you know

[2:16:43] having a centennial anniversary is

[2:16:44] pretty significant so I would like the

[2:16:46] um the city council to be able to uh

[2:16:51] present the resolution so move second

[2:16:53] all in favor I thank you um item number

[2:16:56] 10 a ceremonial resolution for Italian

[2:16:58] American Heritage Month Mr palamini as

[2:17:01] the title says it's Italian American

[2:17:03] heritage month and uh so we recognize

[2:17:06] this annually it's just a matter of

[2:17:09] waiting I'll let uh Miss Miku know

[2:17:12] whether they'll be in person or would

[2:17:13] like it at their event they're going to

[2:17:15] let me know in the next day or two okay

[2:17:16] so we're not sure yet the will know

[2:17:18] before Monday perfect so second all in

[2:17:21] favor five five I would like to add one

[2:17:24] more ceremoni resolution because I think

[2:17:26] five is a good number um there's a woman

[2:17:29] a young lady um she represented skincity

[2:17:32] in um New York State I guess they're

[2:17:35] still calling them beauty pageant um and

[2:17:38] so we met her at the Caribbean day and I

[2:17:42] think her last name is I want to

[2:17:44] pronounce it incorrectly so Mr mudar

[2:17:46] what is her last name buo buo so uh

[2:17:49] would like to um have Miss buo come to

[2:17:52] the city council meeting and you can all

[2:17:53] meet her and actually present her with a

[2:17:55] u a um ceremonial resolution just

[2:17:59] honoring her for having received that

[2:18:01] distinction so M second all in favor I I

[2:18:05] thank you thank you uh council members I

[2:18:07] appreciate that uh the last four items

[2:18:10] are for property sales and therefore

[2:18:12] will be an executive

[2:18:14] session so I need a motion to go into

[2:18:17] second session second all in

[2:18:20] favor bring second session and all

[2:18:23] members of the public will have to leave

Schenectady City Council Committee Meeting, October 2, 2023

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