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Good morning everybody. Uh, the redevelopment agency meeting of January
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Seeing nobody, we will move to item number four
for possible action to approve final minutes by reference of the regular
redevelopment agency meeting of December 17th, 2025. Mayor Prom, is there a
motion to approve the M minutes? >> Move to approve the minutes.
» Please vote. Post.
Motion carries. Agenda item number five. Item number five is on the consent
agenda is considered to be routine is recommended for approval by the
department and may be enacted in one motion. Mayor prom may I have a motion
for the consent agenda? >> Move to approve the consent agenda.
» Please vote.
Opposed. Motion carries.
We will now hear items 6 through nine together but act on them separately.
I uh agenda item number six, RA-1-2026,
discussion for possible action regarding a resolution finding the proposed
changes to amend the business security grant incentive program by the city of
Las Vegas redevelopment agency to include buildings with re without retail
storefronts and tattoo shops as an eligible business type to be in
compliance with and in furtherance of the goals and objectives. ives of the
redevelopment plan and authorizing the approval of the changes by the agency.
Note, this item is related to council item 31 R-12026.
Number seven, RA-2-2026 discussion for possible action regarding
a resolution finding the proposed chain uh changes to the commercial visual
improvement program by the city of Las Vegas redevelopment agency to be in
compliance with and in furtherance of the goals and objectives of the
redevelopment plan and authorizing the approval of the changes by the agency.
Please note this item is related to council item 32 R-2-2026.
Item number 8, RA-3-2026. discussion for possible action regarding
a resolution finding the proposed changes to a multifamily residential
unit improvement program and a multifamily residential visual
improvement program and the creation of the multifamily renovation incentive
program by the city of Las Vegas redevelopment agency to be in compliance
with and in furtherance of the goals and objectives of the redevelopment plan and
authorizing the approval of the changes by the agency. Please note this item is
related to council item 33 R-3-2026. Item number nine, RA-4-2026.
discussion for possible action regarding a resolution finding the proposed
creation of the tenant improvement incentive program by the city of Las
Vegas redevelopment agency to be in compliance with and in furtherance of
the goals and objectives of the redevelopment plan and authorizing the
approval. Note this item is related to council item 34 R-4-2026.
These items are in redevelopment areas one and two wards one, three, and five.
Mr. Kenudson, Miss Diaz, and Miss Summers Armstrong. Miss Babsky, hello.
» Good morning, Mayor. Good morning, city council members. Dina Babsky, director
of economic and urban development. Um, and a little background on all of these
items. The redevelopment agency um has since 2015 been offering a set of
different incentives to essentially achieve our goal of revitalization and
eliminating blight in the downtown core and the redevelopment area in general.
Um the incentives that we have had since 2015 have not been updated since then
and a lot of things as we know have changed. So it's time that we bring them
forward to modernize them a bit and and and present some changes. And some
incentives that I will talk about this morning are actually new. um and some
are recent. So with that, I'd like to move forward to uh to the very first one
on the list is our uh most recent incentive, the business security
program. Um the the reason it started uh last year is in order to address some of
the dynamics in uh what started in the district but general in the downtown
core with some security concerns. We started hearing that you know some
security incidents were started happening and um after consulting with
our team and the and the legal team and see how the red development agency could
assist in order to address that uh we brought forward a business security
program to address things that you see in front of you in these photos. There
were broken glasses, you know, businesses were getting broken into. At
that time there was a lot of theft of the HVAC systems. And so, uh, last year
we brought for consideration the $5,000 grants to install security upgrades. And
the program has been very successful since then. We have already reimbursed
seven different businesses and seven more are in the workings now. They're
actively installing the upgrades. So the program change that we're
bringing forward for you today is actually to expand the eligibility to
include not only the businesses but essentially the buildings themselves. Um
and where that came from is uh a lot of these security upgrades can actually be
uh built in during the construction of the tenant improvements rather than uh
you know afterwards uh by the business. And so when we spoke with the business
uh with the property owners as well as the builders who do the tenant
improvements, it was brought to our attention that would be very helpful if
they could apply for this grant before the business actually moves in. So
again, uh the rest of the program remains the same. We're just making it
eligible to where the grant can be applied for before the business moves in
and then the requirement is that they obtain and present the business license
within 12 months of essentially getting the grant. Another change uh is also
that we will now allow te tattoo shops, pardon me, to be uh considered eligible.
Back in the day when the incentives were initially um established back in 2015,
the tattoo establishments were ineligible. And so now we know that
these are uh very popular places. People love uh tattoo shops and uh especially
in the arts district, it's a form of art. So with that, we'd like to include
that. Uh the next one, the one you probably
hear the most about here at these meetings is the commercial visual
improvement program, the VIP program. Uh it was created to encourage property
owners to uplift the facades of their buildings and make them more appealing.
Um again, very popular since 2015. Um $2.3 million has been invested by the
redevelopment agency, which then leveraged almost $30 million of private
investment by property owners. So essentially for every dollar that the
redevelopment agency invests uh private investors invest almost $13.
Uh so the changes that we're proposing is currently the maximum is $25,000. We
would like to increase it to $50,000. Construction costs as you all know have
gone so high especially recently but of course since 2015 when we established
the program. Uh we still will require a two two for one match meaning that we'll
reimburse 50% of eligible costs up to 50,000. Um and then the new portion of
that is we we would like to create a pilot program um and starting with the
historic west side where we will eliminate the require the match
requirement. Essentially, the full $50,000 could be made eligible uh for
reimbursement for eligible construction costs for uh the improvements on the
exterior. Um there is also the rest of it is really cleanup language of the
program. There was no definition of significant improvement. So we defined
that. Um another thing is we would also like to include the tattoo parlors in
this one as well. So we'd like to make it eligible across all. Um, and then of
course, uh, the new construction, uh, is going to be ineligible because
essentially what's a brand new building that's been built in the last 12 months.
There's really no blight yet to be eliminated.
Um, the next one is the multifamily residential improvement program. So,
this is for our uh, multifamily rebuilds. Um, currently it's also been
very popular and a lot of times it is combined with the VIP program. So
there's improvement on the interior and the improvement on the exterior. But
specifically uh since 2017, the city uh or the RDA I should say invested uh
almost a million and a half leveraging uh almost $13 million in private
investment. So some of the changes on the multif
family program um current well the first change I guess that's important is that
uh previously uh we define multif family as a four-unit dwelling but the industry
standards is actually five unit uh dwelling so we would like to align it
with the industry standards so we're going to change it to five. Uh we would
also like to increase uh from $20,000 per door to $30,000 per door again to
address all of the rising costs. Uh and then the rest of it really again is
cleanup language. We defined what a unit is uh and also made sure that the mass
the blanket mass leasing contracts where one uh master leasey leases a whole
building you know instead of actually uh having individual applicants uh not
applicants but residents in each unit also would be ineligible.
Um and this is the brand new program that I'd like to talk about and let let
me give you a little background on that. Um last year our department uh when
we're establishing our goals uh addressing office vacancy in downtown
was one of our priorities or still is. Um as you probably see when you drive
downtown we have a lot of office buildings and it's you know it's not
difficult to tell that it's not occu they're not occupied because you don't
see people outside don't see people walking. And so uh in order to start
addressing that we convened the group of property owners of those buildings as
well as brokers together to see how can we all work together to address the
situation. Um one of the things that came up during that meeting is the cost
of the TI buildouts. Uh reason being is a lot of our buildings in downtown are
class B class C office space which is which means it's old. It's already been
used before by mostly attorneys. If you remember many years ago, there's
attorneys everywhere here. And so with all the office being built uh down uh in
the southwest, you know, it's very difficult to compete because that's
brand new office space here. We have dilapitated older buildings. And so as
difficult as it is to already attract folks downtown for certain reasons where
there's the drive where where it's you know perception or whatnot having not
having a turnkey office space where they can essentially attract to already ready
solution for the potential tenants is a challenge. So they asked that we could
if we could explore having a tenant improvement program. So this is where it
all started. Uh so for your consideration today is the tenant
improvement program and some of the details. Um it's going to rebate up to
10% of the total uh improvement cost. Uh the maximum amount of $50,000 for
properties up to 5,000 square feet and maximum amount of 95 for properties over
5,000 square ft. Um another important part is that if you know the office
buildings, they have multiple tenants and so we made it so that essentially
each tenant, each office space is eligible for its own incentive. So it's
not just one incentive per building but rather per each project. Uh, of course,
as with the all RDA uh, incentives, we will require uh, certain number of jobs
to be created and some of the ineligible properties uh, that were identified is
uh, you know, very similar to the rest of our uh, incentives as the cannabis
related operations uh, and then industrial folks uh, because we don't
have it was specifically designed for office built out uh, and of course uh, I
would be very appreciative if you could take it up for your consideration. Thank
you. >> Thank you. Happy to answer any
questions. >> Thank you. Does anybody have any
questions or comments? Yes, Mr. Canudson.
» Thank you, Mayor, and thanks for the presentation and for your team that
obviously put a lot of work into this. Um, and I wish I'd have asked these
questions earlier, but they came to me last night. Uh, the first question is is
can you um put together materials that ws 1, three, and five can send out um
either on social media or to our constituents? Um and then the second
question is is when groups are coming in through their um planning process or
permitting process, do we have any way of communicating to them what
opportunities are available to the city? >> Yes. Well, yes. So, we work closely with
our community development department. So, uh you know, whether if it's they're
working with our client or vice versa, we always collaborate and make those
incentives known. And what was your question about? I'm sorry, can you
repeat? >> I'm sorry, I spoke very quickly. Um if
the WS one, three, and five, if there's opportunity to produce some marketing
materials that we can send out to businesses or maybe put on our social
medias. >> Yes.
» Yeah. Like bullet points on Yeah. I I like I send out letters to all my new
businesses. So maybe that's something I could just include in that letter.
» Absolutely. >> Thank you very much. It was a great job.
Thanks. And this was what makes the city so innovative and creative. So I I very
much appreciate it. >> Thank you.
» Any other question? Yes, Miss Brun. Thank you, Miss Babsky, for the
presentation. I have a couple of questions. Um, do most of our peer
cities have these sorts of programs? >> Uh, not that I'm aware of. The
redevelopment agency in Henderson and the redevelopment agency in North Las
Vegas and the Clark County, I don't hear about their incentives programs. They
primarily work on what redevelopment agencies do like public improvements and
things like that. So, I believe I'm not going to swear here by any means on my
word, but I'll double check and get back to you. I believe we're the only agency
that's doing these types of incentives. >> And what about on a national scale?
» Um, I'll find I'm sure I'll find out. I'll follow up.
» And then you mentioned that for every dollar that uh we invest in the VIP
program, VIP program, uh there's return of $1259 and a similar um multiplier for
the multif family program. Is that you know above industry standard or you know
how do we compare to uh I guess our peers across the country on that.
» Okay. >> Because that's a great return.
» Yeah. Let me find out uh what the other programs nationally is and then we'll
try to run some data. >> Okay.
» Okay. Miss Kelly. >> Yeah. She'll be next. I know I and I
just I just realized that. My my apologies. Miss Babsky. Thank you very
much. I appreciate the innovation that's coming from what we're trying to do. Um
I don't know if this is well my first question is
uh will these will these changes start with
the new budget or do these changes start as soon as they're approved?
» Uh we plan to start them as soon as they're approved.
Um, and is there money in the existing budget to satisfy the increases of of
reimbursement or maybe reimbursement is the wrong word? Uh, contribution
» uh through Mayor. So, we when we set aside money uh or within the budget a
line item for incentives, we don't separate like we're going to have 12
incentives for this year. So, it's a bucket of money uh that is set aside. So
essentially um if we get more uh we can always adjust our budget but I guess
it's not limit we're just pulling from the same bucket of money. I don't expect
that we are going to exhaust all of the funds that we set aside because um
especially nowadays the construction is expensive so we are seeing a bit of a
slowdown in terms of uh you know these applications coming through. I think
it'll be fine this year, but as we start the budget uh for next fiscal year,
we're definitely going to expand those line items to make sure that we address
the the new limits. >> Okay.
» Which we're excited for. >> So, is that essentially if um also
saying it's a first come first serve like you don't know what the demand is.
Um you have a sense of what the demand's been for some of the the programs that
are existing that you're expanding. Uh, and to the mayor prom's point, I'd love
the same information because although I'm more too, I have a lot of residents,
I don't know where they have businesses and um, you know, being a conduit for
the good information. Uh, so please make sure you include all of us on that uh,
to the extent we can get the word out. But um
anyway, back to my back to my question is um tell me a little bit how you think
about you know if the demands increase you
know the first the first five that apply may be able to get up to depending on
what program we're talking to the max and then as that as as as the demand
increases would you start
being more conservative if the if if that happened in terms of
how much you would give out. I'm trying to get a sense of your thought process
or of of your department and how if there was a ton of demand, how you
manage that money. >> Thank you, Mayor. Um, so we are happy to
have as many applicants as possible. Um, historically we have always budgeted
more than we got applications for. So I feel very confident that you know we
will be just fine. Um so with that for those who are watching and for you
council members uh we will provide the information please come apply because we
are able to support many many businesses and so while I can't give you a number
what our limit is I can confidently say that we are fine and we'll be able to
support everybody who comes and meets the requirements.
» Okay. Well it's a good problem to have right. Um, if that's the case, I'm very
excited about this. I know that, uh, when we're looking at, uh, economic
development and, you know, trying to get businesses to relocate to parts of the
city, uh, as many tools that we can have in our toolbox that that offer if we
don't if we can't write just a big check or a big obeyance or what have you,
being able to uh, be creative is really important. and I applaud you for for
doing so. So, thank you. >> Thank you.
» Thank you so much, Miss Summers Armstrong.
» Thank you, Madam Chair, and thank you so much, Miss Bsky, um for being thoughtful
and upgrading these um this language so that we have more inclusivity um because
we know that businesses in the downtown area might look a little bit different
than businesses outside the downtown area. And we like it because we're
different and and this is exciting. My question is centered around how if we
are giving um some matching dollars or supportive dollars, are we ensuring that
the work that is being done meets our requirements to have small um businesses
participating in the rehab? I think that's really important. And can you
talk to me about if you all are enforcing that? if you are informing the
people who are getting the money that they need to reach out to your office or
whomever our person is to ensure that we have small business participation.
» Yes. Thank you through you mayor. Um yes we absolutely all the requirements that
I listed like the employment plan which I believe is what you're referring to
for small business participation. Um so we have a con a consultant MBS uh firm
who has been with us for a few years now. uh they assist us with when we meet
with our applicants uh they essentially work with MBS and they get a list of
eligible business small businesses that they should be working first uh with
first uh to to satisfy the requirements in our programs. Um and then the grant
itself is not reimbursed until our staff goes out and validates that whatever was
approved in the application actually is what was delivered and then throughout
the time that time and as well as the you know whatever follows we have the
reporting that comes out from the uh grantee that essentially reports on
their small business participation uh jobs creation and all of those items
that are part of the applications. >> Thank you. If I may, mayor, one more
question. >> Um, so we have a multi-story
uh building downtown and the uh owner does floor number three, sweet five, and
they enter into a five-year agreement and that business signs the lease, but
then they for some reason pull out. What are the limits on that landlord or
that owner coming back to redo suite number five on the third floor? Would we
allow them to come back? Do they are they prohibited for a certain amount of
time? I I would I just want us to make sure that we are are cognizant that this
is not a um revolving, you know, checkbook and that um we have some
limits on how often you can come back >> through you mayor. So yes, uh,
Councilwoman, we have a requirement that the five lease a five lease requirement
is required for each project or office space. So essentially, we would look at
it that within five years, they can't necessarily come back and ask for
another grant for that space. >> Okay, thank you so much. Is anybody else
wishes to speak? Yes, Miss Diaz. >> Thank you, Madam Mayor. First and
foremost, uh I want to thank Miss Babsky for really um and the EUD department
being thoughtful receiving the feedback of our current programs and
acknowledging that we needed to do some modernization and some improvements to
the offerings. I know that um the tattoo shops every time we have an offering,
they are kind of left out in the cold. And it doesn't mean that they're not a
solid business model contributing uh to our communities and in our business
districts. It's just for some reason they were never included and they were
always excluded and it's kind of nice for them to have parody.
Um I did want to ask about what does success look like for the pilot that
we're launching um for the VIP the CVIP where we're not going to require
matching funds from um the folks that are going to be investing in a conver
commercial improvement um especially exterior. So what are we looking here
just to see if um I I understand what the vision is behind um doing the the
investment without the m matching funds >> through you mayor. Thank you councilman
for your question. Uh let me give you a little more background how we came up
with the idea of the pilot. So when we looked at all of the incentives that we
have done in the last few years uh geographically right the historic west
side uh scored the low the lowest in terms of applications coming in uh like
really really low and so the idea was you know kind of what what were the
limitations? Why were we not seeing anything? And so, uh, after obviously
speaking with businesses, uh, with the community, the match, which, uh, the
match was what kind of holding people back, right? $25,000 is not easy to come
up with. And so, the the goal of a targeted area in general, what we would
consider a t I would say focused area, not a targeted area, is essentially
looking at, you know, where incentives even have being available are not being
utilized. And so that's kind of where we came up with the pilot. Um I am hoping
that you know a year from now uh we'll see you know how many applications we'll
get, how many businesses will actually do the work to um you know to uplift
their businesses, move in and you know start their businesses there. And I
don't have a set number in mind to really define success because we just
don't have any historical data in that area really. And so, um, what I'd like
to do is I can update everyone quarterly and see how we're doing. And then, you
know, after a year of collecting data, it'd be easier to kind of set the goal
for success. Right now, we just want to get something going.
» I appreciate it. I think that it'll be helpful to glean from the impact that it
will have um in W five to then see if it would be suitable for other parts of the
city as well. So, um, that's why I asked. And the last one was that since
the tenant improvement one is new, I just want to make clear then that this
one is I think traditionally are most of the funds were applied for by the
building owner, the property owner, not so much the tenant. Um, some in some
cases it is the tenant because they're doing the the the overhaul of the
building, but I would say 75% of the time sometimes it is the property owner
asking for for the funds back or the matching funds. So in the tenant
improvement one that then the people going to lease the space for up at least
five years are the ones that are the applicants. Correct.
» Uh through you mayor. Thank you counciloman. Uh both actually. So the
building owner can apply for individual space like a you know separated office
space as well as the tenant that's moving in can also apply not together
not for the same grant. Uh but if say the building owner doesn't want to, the
applicant can apply but the building owner has to agree.
» Okay. So there has to be communication there between both parties. And then um
just wanted to be clear then um if there's a building that has multiple
stories or multiple offerings of suites, that's why the incentive can apply more
than once to a a building. Correct. >> That's correct.
» Okay. Thank you very much, Miss Babsky. >> Thank you so much. Any other questions?
In that case, I will entertain a motion. Mayor Prom for item six.
» Madame Mayor, move to approve item six. >> Please vote.
Post.
» Okay. Motion passes. And item seven. >> Move to approve. Please vote.
Oops. There we go. Post.
Motion passes. Item number eight. >> Move to approve.
» Please vote.
Post. Motion passes. And item number nine.
» And move to approve. >> Please vote.
Post. Motion carries. Thank you, Miss Babsky.
» Thank you.
» Okay, we'll now move to item number 10.
Discussion for possible action to amend the city of
Las Vegas redevelopment plan for the downtown Las Vegas redevelopment area
and commonly referred to as redevelopment area number one. It
affects wards one and five, Miss uh Mr. Kudson and Miss Summers Armstrong. Miss
Babsky. >> Yes. Thank you, mayor. Uh council
members, Dina Babsky, director of economic and urban development. I'd like
to uh before I move on to the presentation um to request your approval
of our um amendment to the redevelopment plan for area one. Um I want to mention
that this the RDA has actually done this already four times since the
redevelopment area was established back in 1986. We amended the plan in 88 96
2006 and the last time in 2015. And by that uh the amendment means we adding
additional parcels that are eligible uh into the area. So it's time we do it
again. The two parcels that we uh or the two
areas that we would like to uh amend or to include into the plan are highlighted
on the map below, but I'm going to go into more detail about each one of them.
So this is the former Grand Sawyer site, the old state building. Um as you can
see, it is literally like a donut hole. uh all of the redevelopment area is all
around it. Uh and there's reason why it wasn't included back when the
redevelopment area was initially created and through all of the other amendments.
Um it was a state building, stateowned property. So uh essentially at that time
we thought it was going to be a state building for I don't know years to come,
decades to come. So there was no reason it wasn't part of our redevelopment
plan. And now that we know that the state is now um selling the site uh or
is trying to sell the site, of course the plans have changed and we would like
to now include this because it completely aligns with the redevelopment
uh area plan that we currently have. Um and you know its future development is
going potentially be dependent on some of the redevelopment agency support that
we could provide. Um it's 22.7 acres built in 95 and it identifies the
surrounding area as a prime redevelopment area. And then the second
site is the former uh Grace Church pres Grace pres Presbyterian Church site in
the medical district. Um as you can see another donut hole. We have
redevelopment areas all around on the north and the west and of course moving
to the east that you can see on the high uh over the highway. Um but for the
similar reasons we thought it was going to be a church site for many many years.
uh it wasn't really you know as a church site it wasn't planned to be redeveloped
but now that the state end specifically is trying to sell the site we envision
that this is going to be a great redevelopment area opportunity so that's
the uh the second one that we'd like to include it is almost 5 acres uh and just
like the grand sawer site it really identifies as the medical district and
surrounding area as a prime redevelopment area um if approved today
uh the redevelopment agency which is today we're holding the public hearing
it was posted in the review journal for a couple of weeks. Um if again if we get
your approval today, we will then uh post in the review journal again for
another two weeks to announce another public hearing at the city council
meeting on February 4th. Um at which time uh we'll present the recommendation
of this board to the city council board. Um and hoping that you know at that time
we'll have the first hearing of the ordinance because in order to amend the
plan we have to amend the ordinance and with the second hearing being on
February 18th. Happy to answer any questions.
» Thank you. Are there any agency members that have a question or comment?
» Seeing none, um, uh, is there a motion? Councilman Kudson.
» Thank you very much, Dean. I appreciate everything you're doing to help
revitalize our downtown. And I will move to approve.
» Please vote. Post.
» Post. Motion carries. >> Thank you. Agenda item 11, RA-5-2026,
discussion for possible action regarding a resolution finding the agency
reimbursement agreement between the city of Las Vegas redevelopment agency and
same page LLC concerning certain tenant improvements in connection with the
retail lease between the city of Las Vegas and tenant for certain space at 70
East Bonavville Avenue Sweet 150. It's in the best interest of the public is in
compliance with and in furtherance of the goals and objectives of the city of
Las Vegas downtown master plan and authorizing the execution of the
agreement by the agency $1 million RDA special revenue fund redevelopment area
one ward 3 Miss Dios please note this item is related to council items 36
R-6-2026 37 and 38 R7-
R-7-2026. [snorts]
Miss Babsky. >> Thank you, Mayor, City Council members.
Uh, this one going to be a short presentation because we want to save the
big presentation with the detail for the council meeting. Uh, but essentially,
it's a reimbursement agreement with our future tenant uh in Civic Plaza for a
new restaurant. It is in the amount of $1 million uh with 300,000 of it being
reimburseable through the um amortized period of the lease. Um again, I'd like
to show the renderings during the council meeting uh and um get you all
excited because it's going to be a wonderful wonderful location for us uh
to visit and gather. Um and I do want to mention that the the approval of this
reimbursement agreement is contingent upon the approval of the actual lease.
» All right. Thank you so much. Are there any questions from agency members?
Seeing none, is there a motion? Councilwoman Diaz.
» Thank you, Madame Mayor. And, uh, just for, uh, my information, the initial
lease is being signed for how long? >> The initial Thank you, uh, through you,
Mayor. The initial lease is 12 years with two options, five years each.
» Okay, awesome. Thank you so much. Um, we're all, I think, looking forward to a
new offering. I think we're all foodies and we're always trying to go somewhere
quick to grab grab a bite. So, we're looking forward to this new offering in
our neighborhood. So, with that, I move to approve agenda item 11. Please vote.
» Post.
[clears throat] Motion carries. Thank you, Miss Babsky.
» Agenda item 12, citizen participation. Public comment during this portion of
the agenda must be limited to matters within the jurisdiction of the
redevelopment agency. No subject may be acted upon by the redevelopment agency
unless that subject is on the agenda and is scheduled for action. If you wish to
be heard, come to the podium, give your name for the record. The amount of
discussion on any single subject as well as the amount of time any single speaker
is allowed may be limited. It will limit it to one minute. Is there anyone
wishing to speak under this portion of the agenda?
Seeing none, uh this redevelopment agency meeting is adjourned. We will
start our city council meeting in five minutes.
Okay.