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committee meeting for Monday December
4th 2023 and our first committee is
Public Safety Mr Williams sorry calendar
I okay I'd like to call to order of the
Public Safety Committee we have two
items on the agenda tonight the first of
which the bring uh dfr drone as a first
responder will be presented at a later
date uh the second will be a uh cprb
appointments and that'll be discussed
by well may m is not will not be here I
can discuss
it I'll do my best hold on I'll the
right page you don't
mind is this an appointment yep it's an
appointment uh the cprb so um
uh smha and the League of Women Voters
has proposed Tom bellik uh William
neerman and Victoria Cooper to be on the
cprb um attached to the legislative
request um there's a letter from the
mayor dated November
27th um as you can see all three um are
reside within the city of SC
um Mr Bell is being recommended by the
municipal Housing Authority William
nimman is being uh recommended by the
League of Women
Voters um with Victoria Cooper being the
alternate
representative um the resumés are also
attached um so looking for um is
proposed by the mayor looking for
confirmation by the city council any
questions or comments from Council
Members move those second I just I just
have a quick question I just um and
probably should ask prior knowledge of
this I was just wondering about like um
uh our diversity on on this board I
don't know um how um how much attention
we're paying to that um I know that like
function of this board is to kind of one
of the things that they're doing is is
also working to kind of strengthen the
relationship between police and
Community um you know there's special
communic the color so I'm just wondering
how much uh you know how many people of
color on this board how many people from
marginalized uh communities are
representation on this board I just
think it's something that we just need
to be mindful of
for M I can tell you that uh there is a
representative from the nacp on the
board and the gentleman that we just um
appointed is who is he representing M
Patrick he is represent you um but he I
can't remember and we just voted on city
council city council we we put them on
all right so um that's two people that I
can immediately think of um Brendan are
you aware of all the other people that
are on the board I I thought she was
asking which uh organizations were
appointing this one okay and and again
just for Clear it's just something it's
just uh something for us to just keep in
mind it's not you know I don't think
that that um disqualifies any of these
candidates it's just something for us to
be mindful and there is one other person
um but she may be leaving so I know that
um mam KUSI is also a member of the
board I don't know um and and and and so
so we can just talk it through um it's
uh there's another person of color that
was there well and she's decided to
leave so there has been adequate
representation some people have decided
to leave on their own because their
terms are up but that that has been one
thing that um this board has been able
to do pretty successfully so we'll just
keep it in mind to make sure that we
stay that successful yeah definitely so
thank you for the question Dan I think
it's also worth noting very much a good
question making sure that we um Mr fary
have a nice understanding of the
framework in which this body functions
uh again it's an extension of the
community to make sure that any
complaints uh pushed forward are
evaluated and reviewed in the the most
critical of lenses uh but definitely uh
my comments had with Miss Denine who's
the current chair uh definitely very
reassured that this um board is doing
the good work of the city and I've also
had following conversations looking to
see if there's a way to bring some of
these findings to the community in a way
we can address uh complaints um how
they're conducted but also uh to provide
some some background context for just
how to properly submit these moving
forward um so if there are any other
questions or concerns I did have one
from Mr C a second um do we need to pass
these individually or can we do it all
us you can do it all together all right
M for so actually just want to step back
to the first agenda item so if you want
to finish passing that through think
bring that up I believe Mr we already
have a
second by miss patri all in favor thank
you I just want to just mention on the
first agenda item which is being moved
out for two weeks it was a request by um
Chief Clifford he wanted to make sure
that the he had people here who actually
from the organization and from uh a
community that's already using the the
product so that if there were any
questions that came up they'd be able to
answer them adequately and you know they
wouldn't be um it wouldn't just be the
police department trying to go based on
what they've read so he's he um
requested that this be pulled and put
out for two weeks so um you have the
information to read so we'll give you an
opportunity to read up on it and then
when the time comes hopefully if you
have any questions then we can be
answered at that time thank you any
other follow Public Safety Committee
hearing none appr toour so move second
all in
favor thank you I'd like to call the
order City development and planning we
have five items on the agenda and the
first one is the dcni Hamilton Hill
infill arer extension request Miss
parver Madam president city
council um we have the bcni Hamilton
Hill infut project bcni presented before
the council in September we Quest
requesting a six-month extension to
allow them time to get leverage funds
needed to to meet pre-contractual
requirements um and today we have the
new CEO Shane bargy here with us to
hopefully provide additional Insight um
on where they are with retaining that
funding to support the
request thank you bless you thank
you good evening I'm Shane bargie I'm
eight days on the job at bcni but many
many years in the community run in the
boys and girls club and was Deputy
County Manager for the last year uh I
know that our board president Chad
kilborne was here a few weeks ago and he
spoke about uh looking for an extension
to these arpa funds and as a result of
the unpredictable nature of grant
funding streams as well as the need to
use the arpa funds as intended we've
decided to complete this scattered site
this connected the infill project for
both home ownership and rentals in three
stages this is the the adjustment we've
made we requested a year extension for
the city arpa award at 500k as we wanted
to line it up uh to include the HCR home
ARP funding which is also arpa funds
however the HCR RFP just dropped last
Friday so that makes timing an issue HCR
did reach out to us bcni um in the last
eight days and did encourage us to apply
for this funding if our project met the
qualifications which it
does however as is the case with grant
funding is sometimes does not follow our
timelines uh the good news is this we
have sec a significant private donor and
with the city's arpa funds we can begin
stage one of this plan immediately in
fact environmentals have already been
done completed on many of the distressed
homes in the strategy stage one will
include seven units on SKC Street of
which bcni already has site control
therefore we look to expend the arpa
dollars on this stage uh before the end
of the sixth month extension stage two
includes another eight units and include
some private dollars and the hopeful
acquisition of HCR home ARP award
dollars these are the homes on Germania
a uh these are the ones that the city
passed in a resolution uh committing to
bcni they are very distressed properties
we can make them beautiful Again by
following the strategy that we have set
forth
this it's very important to note that
HCR has been clear that it doesn't
typically look to invest in projects
that bring no additional dollars to the
table the city's 500k in arpa investment
as well as the private funding source
that we've secured makes the HCR award
far more rly Additionally the HCR
dollars are also arpa funds so it lines
up nicely with the city's arpa funds
stage three will also require Grant
dollars that we are applying for as well
as a commitment from private
investors we're working closely with the
landbank and Metroplex to maximize these
efforts through this scattered site SKC
City infield project bcni is focused on
renovating homes that are a major
concern there is no reason other than
dollars and a steadfast commitment that
these properties cannot provide a
beautiful home for families in the
community in the not so distant future
to
summarize we are able to Begin work
immediately on skincity street with the
resources we have now including the 500k
in arpa from the
city so you know the 500k from the city
those dollars aren't enough to fully
rehab all of the units um which is why
we have the private donor and that's key
we expect all seven of these units to be
beautiful durable safe and have people
living in them
ASAP stages two and three will be worked
on a stage one is actually under
construction we simply have to follow
the funding streams timelines
those with the dollars set the timelines
and the
rules that's what I have so far so I
have a question are these going to be
owner occupied or are these going to be
rentals they're going to be a mix it's
going to be a mix uh of the three stages
we
have 23 units about half of them will be
honer a homeowner occupied and half of
them will be rental that will be uh
managed by bcni okay
any questions Mr Williams so you said
stage one was seven units on Spanky
Street stage two was eight units on
geran Avenue what was stage three stage
three is paage right now um we're also
looking on Pleasant Street as well in M
Pleasant any other questions Mr M so we
we do have two allocation to of
allocation you mentioned actually
speaking of both of them at the same
time the $1 million on the 500 no are
you just addressing the 500,000 this is
just for the 500,000 that's all I'm
speaking and now we already received the
um counseling uh or the uh owner
occupied rehab funding and we also
received foreclosure ARA funds as well
for foreclosure counseling and
assistance so this is just for the the
Hamilton Hill Andi
yes other
question I'm just I think it's always a
good time when you're able to find some
uh private uh funders you know that
speaks definitely to uh the project in a
really good life song glad to hear that
m key there's no reason why we shouldn't
be pushing this forward now the money's
there those homes need
it they should be ready to go as soon as
possible other questions or
comments a motion
I I'll move it extend it for six months
months yeah second all those in favor
thank you very much Mr B thank you
you're welcome and congratulations I
guess on your new position thank you get
the ground
running all right uh our next item on
the agenda is uh follow up on the ARA
contract is cover We are continuing to
move forward with our aror contracts
getting executed contracts in um we are
still waiting for Kanas Club um to
review and return an executed contract
and we just have one more that is still
in corporate Council review which is the
Hamilton Hill um sorry not Hamilton Hill
Habitat for Humanity my apologies um the
ones that are still pending um City
council's decision or have been approved
for an extension is the YWCA Harbor
House and that is also on a spreadsheet
that was provided to City Council in the
package their extension expires on March
2024 and they have requested more funds
from city council uh the Coco house is
still pending a decision for the change
and use of funds I plan to bring that
back um at the next committee meeting um
Electric City Food Cooperative their
extension is up on March 12th 2024
and Empowerment Center Du and may Kon
Craig is in the hands of the mayor and
City Council on how we are moving for
with that and that is my ala
update are there any
questions okay all right thank you and
everyone has the hand out of Miss
car right thank you and additionally um
Mr Ferrari provided us with the um the
monies that have been spent so far so
you should also have a handout um of the
monies that have been spent or where we
are in terms of um in terms of purchase
orders and contract
so um the remaining items are all for
property sales and therefore will be in
executive
session so a motion to recess City
development planning second all in favor
I we recess thank you thank you I'd like
to call the finance committee to AR on
the forest item is a 2024 theic budget
we had a public hearing
um on the 27th of November I will open
there for any questions in regards to
the SIC
budget see none they have a motion move
it second all in favor I thank you the
next one is the 2024 Upper Union Street
budget same here we had public hearing
on November 27th any
discussion second all in favor I I thank
you and third item is just a reminder
amend the city of conect code section
2341 to modify the annual income amount
for tax exempt and this is a public
hearing is schedule for next week Monday
December 11th at 700
p.m. the next item is discussion the
2024 operating budget and I will hand
this over to miss forf thank you Mr M
bar so as we all know that um you all
got the letter and the budget was vetoed
by by the mayor he sent a letter which I
which I did respond to and I'm sure that
you all received a copy of that as well
subsequent to that I the mayor and I had
a meeting on this path Friday to discuss
how we can you know move the budget
forward and what it would take to to get
that to happen uh I made some
suggestions which he was uh open to I
think it was a pretty productive
conversation and we left that with that
uh we could use RP funds um consider
using our funds on the waste which is
where where um the point of us not
meeting um was so uh what I did was and
I told him I would do is to forward some
information on some suggestions and
options that we could use in order to
use the ARA funds and what he said that
would happen is that he would um then
have the someone reach out to the
Department of Treasury to make sure that
we could use them in that way so that's
where we are at this point um what I
will provide for all of you is a copy of
the email that I did send to the mayor
uh subsequent to our meeting so that you
all you all have a copy of
it
and at this point in time we're waiting
to hear that from the um Treasury
Department in terms of us uh having the
ability to use those funds as you can
see I outlined two options both uh well
one of which we discussed in the meeting
and the other is something that uh
we um that as I did a lot of research
over the weekend and able to look at and
come up with I would just um invite all
council members if you haven't already
to look at the overview of the ARA
guidelines for 2022 and then in August
2021 there was another one that came out
and then most recently on November uh
30th there was something coming out to
cover talk uh for the obligation all the
documents are online uh for you if you
need um Miss Miku to forward them she
can certainly do that if you want to to
take the opportunity to to read through
um them yourself as we try to move
forward so at this point in time we're
waiting to hear back from the treasury
Department as to whether or not those
funds can be used in that
way Mr
M that's in terms of the meeting on on
so did you have any conversation
followup conversation with Ferrari uh I
have not spoken to Mr Ferrari I and I
have not received any email from Mr
Ferrari and I believe um Mr Guk do you
know anything about where this is at
this point um actually forward it over
to um Alex and she's looking into um the
uses uh we are able to um look at those
two options okay so this point time it's
been moved over to Ms Carver in the
department of development who I
understand has reached out yes all right
you can just if you want to speak to
that I did reach out um to the US
Department of TR treasury just trying to
find the cities of connecties point of
contact UM once I receive the point of
contact I'll be able to get clarity on
the uses that are
allowed so that's where we are at this
point with this and uh we have our hope
our goal was to be able to maybe to have
the information today and to um to move
that forward unfortunately uh due to uh
illness and absence in our finance
department last week we we weren't able
to like get that done Hope on Friday
would have been a day right in the day
of the meeting and so that did not
happen so at this point in time we are
you know that's where we are there is a
special council meeting that is called
for this
Thursday and uh May perhaps we'll have
the information by then if not the
council meeting will still go forward
because we have to take action on the
veto that's all I have Mr M
there so we should reset the finance
committee meeting so this
Thursday start I mean you can recess you
already have it scheduled as a a special
council meeting so you can recess and
you know try to vote something out of
the finance committee and then into the
special City counil meeting you can do
that um the city C the special meeting
will still go forward regardless you can
certainly recess um we the meeting's
called for what time on Thursday said3
and you would be recessing then to what
time how is everybody schedule this
St can we try to recy we Recess
Recess have exams and
stuff 5:30 is it 5:30 is
it h they can do the you know continue
with the if you recess the finance
committee um until 5:30 you would then
do the special council meeting after
obviously there's a delay based on you
know the the order of
operations um and depending on what
information you have on Thursday there
may be no you may not have any new
information um and you would still go
ahead then with the special you you open
up with the finance committee right
um and then you may just you know close
that meeting out or recess it for
another day you know assuming that you
have new information at some point in
time um and then move ahead into the
special meeting
okay okay so you want to recess to 5:30
so we'll recess to 5:30 and um then
follow with the special city council
meeting after that I hope by then we can
get all
information M will you follow up
absolutely
I've I've sent followup emails as um we
know all of you got the um email that
the mayor is out of town this week
however he has been in touch with the
staff and I've been in touch with him so
or he's away I don't know if he's out of
town he's I'm assuming he's out of town
since he did send out the ex you all got
a copy of the executive order okay so um
but we he did make himself available by
phone and also by email so
okay go ahead do we need to
so because the media advisor says 5:30
for the special council meeting do we
have to worry about that or um I think
you mean the folks who are here are
under the impression that you know you
the order of operations will be and if
you have new information for the
purposes of the the finance committee
you can obviously discuss that and
perhaps vote something out of the
finance committee um for poent you know
for the city the special city council
meeting otherwise you would have the you
know Mr M would call open the finance
Comm
um and you may have to recess that you
know if you don't have new information
uh and then go right into the special
city council meeting to take action um
on the veto um so when the mayor's uh
veto the ordinance um it the ordinance
is supposed to go before the council at
its next meeting special or regular
because the city code doesn't say um so
it would be at the the special
meeting
any other
question so seeing none I to turn a
motion to recess the finance
committee until December the 7th at 5:30
p.m. second all in favor
I any other business for finance motion
second all in favor I thank
you sorry take
that
sorry so I'm going to call to order
claims we have one item on the agenda um
alter of J G versus the city of skty um
I'd like to turn over to um
Miss
sorry I got all sorry me
I um so I would like a motion to go into
executive session second all in favor I
okay we're going to Second
session