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A
A
All
right,
thank
you
good
morning,
everyone
and
welcome
to
the
march
housing
and
community
development
meeting.
We
are
meeting
especially
today,
to
review
the
cdbg
fund
applications.
All
council
members
are
and
staff
are
participating
virtually
today,
for
those
of
you
are
out
there
listening
or
streaming
welcome.
Thanks
for
joining
us,
we
are
streaming
live
in
our
virtual
engagement
hub,
which
is
accessible
through
the
virtual
engagement
hub
at
the
city's
website.
A
855-925-2801
and
you'll
enter
the
code
9791.
There
will
be
no
public
comment
at
this
meeting
and
I
would
like
for
all,
applicants
and
presenters
today
to
remain
muted
and
video
off
until
we
get
to
your
queue
in
the
presentation.
A
Mr
d'angelo,
with
the
city
will
be
announcing
the
presenters
in
an
order,
and
when
you
hear
your
name,
you
can
click
that
button
back
on
for
the
video
and
join
us
all
right.
So
I'm
going
to
go
through
and
introduce
all
the
committee
members
and
staff
that
will
be
participating
today,
council,
member
and
staff.
As
I
call
your
name,
please
say
a
quick
hello.
A
C
A
Thank
you.
So
we
have
a
lot
to
do
today.
We
have
23
applications,
we're
going
to
do
since
it's
virtual.
It's
going
to
be
a
little
different
and
I
know
in
a
couple
meetings
last
couple
days:
there's
been
some
technology
interruptions,
so
if
you
get
lost
or
we
need
to
stop
and
pause
and
let
you
back
in,
let
staff
know-
and
we
will.
We
have
23
presentations
today
and
I
do
need
a
little
guidance
from
our
committee.
A
Vice
mayor
and
councilwoman
internet.
We
will
have
a
choice
to
hear
a
presentation
and
have
a
discussion
or
ask
questions
or
to
hear
all
the
presentations
and
then
ask
our
questions
since
it's
23,
I'm
thinking
we
maybe
have
discussion
with
each
applicant.
What
do
you
all
think.
A
There
you
have
it:
that's
fine,
okay,
okay,
we
did
that
yesterday
with
the
home
funds
and
it
flowed
really
well
and
I
think
it
would
be
hard
if
we
had
to
lump
them
all
at
the
end.
So
I
appreciate
that
input
so
application
applicants
will
have
three
minutes
to
give
a
verbal
presentation
staff
in
this
case.
Paul
will
keep
the
time
and
let
you
know
if
you're
reaching
your
limit,
also
announce
each
applicant
before
it
is
their
time
to
present.
A
A
C
But
sure
if
it's
okay,
if
I
could
go
through
the
staff
report
that
everybody
has
this
morning,
I
just
want
to
take
a
bit
of
time
with
that,
if
that's
okay,
again
paul
d'angelo
with
the
community
development
division
good
morning,
everybody
councilwoman
turner,
mosley
and
vice
mayor
smith,
thanks
so
much
for
being
here
as
well
as
assistant
city
manager,
kathy
ball.
Most
of
the
community
development
team
is
available
as
well
to
answer
questions
and
a
thank
you
to
all
the
applicants.
C
Who've
walked
this
journey
since
about
february
5th,
we're
grateful
for
all
the
applications
and
all
the
time
this
morning.
So
thank
you.
I
am
going
to
take
a
bit
of
time
with
the
the
staff
report.
This
is
a
once
a
year
thing
that
happens,
and
each
year
we
try
to
grow
with
sharing,
what
we're
doing
and
the
transparency
involved
and
and
how
difficult
these
decisions
can
be.
So
with
that.
C
The
cdbg
entitlement
program
provides
annual
grants
on
a
formula
basis
to
entitlement
cities
that
and
counties
to
develop
viable
urban
communities
by
providing
decent
housing
and
a
suitable
living
environment
and
by
expanding
economic
opportunities,
principally
for
low
and
moderate
income
persons.
The
city
of
asheville
is
an
entitlement
city,
as
can
as
in
fiscal
year.
C
2021
city
management
has
asked
that
cd
staff
make
the
cdbg
funding
amount
recommendations
for
the
upcoming
funding
year
to
be
approved
by
hcd
and
then
approved
by
the
actual
city
council
as
part
of
the
hud
annual
action
plan
when
it
coming
to
these
applications.
There's
a
lot
that
we
think
about
and
look
at
so
some
of
the
evaluation
criteria.
C
We
look
at
eligible
activities
and
making
sure
it's
meeting
a
cdbg
community
development
block
grant
national
objective.
We
do
have
limited
fundings,
usually
about
twice
the
ask
of
what
we
actually
get
from
hud.
We
also
take
a
look
on
the
high
priorities
that
were
unmet
in
the
past
five
year.
Consolidated
plan,
as
well
as
looking
forward
to
the
five
are
the
priorities
that
came
out
of
the
consolidated
plan
we
just
passed
last
november.
C
We
take
a
look
at
organizational
capacity
and
experience
with
federal
funding
regulations
looking
at
past
allocations
and
awards,
and
looking
at
other
city
roles
like
with
the
strategic
partnership
funds,
we
look
at
timely
project
completion.
This
goes
along
with
the
hud
timeliness
test
that
many
have
heard
about
lately.
That
folks
can
spend
the
funds
in
an
appropriate
amount
of
time,
usually
one
year
for
public
services,
the
other
services
usually
get
a
little
more
time,
but
a
best
practice
is
always
one
year
with
hud.
C
We've
also
tried
to
like
take
a
look
at
covet's
effect
effect
on
our
grantees
and
then
capacity
as
an
organization
to
implement
the
activity
and
achieve
outcomes.
We
take
a
look
at
budget.
Is
it
reasonable?
Is
it
timely?
Are
they
able
to
leverage
other
federal
and
state
funding,
resources
and
other
resources
in
general?
C
Are
there
measurable
outcomes,
which
is
obviously
a
big
goal
of
these
funds?
Are
they
meeting
outcome
goals
and
numbers
in
the
past?
Have
they
put
reasonable
amounts
of
outcomes
in
the
application,
and
is
there
a
return
on
investment
to?
Potentially,
the
program
can
self-sustain
at
some
point
and
run
on
its
own?
We
also
look
at
duplication
of
services,
population
and
community
target
that
does
not
duplicate
other
community
services.
C
Looking
for
partnership
and
coordination
among
agencies
and
community
collaboration
and
prioritizing
unmet
needs,
having
three
organizations
do
a
very
similar
or
the
same
activity
versus
one
doing
it
very
well
is
something
that
we
take
a
look
at
clarity
and
completeness
of
an
application,
clear
eligible
activity,
addressing
staff
questions
and
concerns
and
from
holla.
The
application
itself
is
a
measure
of
the
applicant's
capacity.
C
If
the
applicant
is
unable
to
follow
the
instructions
or
submits
an
application
that
ignores
certain
criteria
made
available,
then
whether
the
applicant
can
successfully
administer
the
program
is
a
question
and
again
from
hud.
There.
We've
got
our
consolidated
plan
priorities
of
our
high
and
low
priorities
here,
whether
it's
new
rental
housing,
ending
homelessness
or
some
type
of
preserving
existing
housing,
etc.
We've
got
our
high
and
low
priorities
from
the
2025
consolidated
plan.
C
Please
note
that
each
year,
community
development
receives
requests
from
local
agencies.
Doing
incredible
and
essential
work
in
our
community.
We're
very
grateful.
These
funding
decisions
can
be
very
challenging.
The
collective
asks
always
exceeds
the
availability
fund
funds
that
we
have
sometimes
great
community
projects,
don't
line
up
with
federal
regulations
and
can't
be
funded
with
cdbg
funds.
C
Cd
strives
to
fund
agencies
in
the
spirit
of
partnership
under
the
regulations
of
hud
and
within
within
the
capacity
of
the
community
development
division
for
agencies
not
awarded
in
this
funding
cycle
cd
is
working
on
ways
to
assist
and
build
capacity
of
these
partners
and
improve
their
chances
of
future
funding.
I
think
many
of
you
know.
C
Last
october
we
did
a
cdbg
kind
of
outreach
and
training
to
try
to
get
more
people,
thinking
about
community
development
block
grant
funds
and
when
they
possibly
could
be
ready,
funding
allocations
should
strategically
support
the
goals
and
priorities
of
the
five-year
consolidated
plan.
In
order
to
meet
these
goals,
allocation
should
be
focused.
Investments
to
agencies
that
have
the
capacity
to
meet
these
challenges
and
outcomes.
C
We've
been
able
to
break
down
a
little
bit
of
that
funding
and
how
much
we
have
the
public
services
cap,
always
a
struggle
at
15
percent
of
the
annual
grant
that
we
receive
and
a
lot
of
our
applications
come
in
for
public
services,
unlike
last
year
during
the
height
of
the
cobit
19
pandemic.
Hud,
as
of
this
date,
has
not
issued
any
waivers
regarding
upcoming
fiscal
2022
funding,
a
reminder
that
last
year,
public
services
were
awarded
above
the
15
cap
due
to
those
one
of
those
waivers
from
pod.
C
Regarding
cobit,
we
have
the
spreadsheet
analysis
of
the
funding
which
we'll
put
up,
after
all
the
presentations
and
before
moving
to
presentations.
I'm
happy
to
answer
any
questions.
There
was
a
question
that
came
in
about
distinguishing
between
the
types
of
services,
so,
broadly
speaking,
the
types
of
cdbg
activities
that
the
city
funds
most
often
are
public
service
activities,
economic
development
activities,
housing
activities
and
housing
services
activities
within
each
of
those
category.
Hud
requires
that
each
activity
is
categorized
into
a
box.
C
What
they
call
a
matrix
code
that
it
has
to
follow,
along
with
economic
development
activities,
create
new
permanent
jobs
or
retain
existing
permanent
jobs
that
without
cdbg
the
job
would
be
lost.
Most
often,
this
means
providing
funds
or
services
directly
to
the
for-profit
businesses
in
public
services.
We
see
activities
that
train
and
place
people
into
existing
vacancies,
and
they
can
include
wrap
around
supportive
services
and,
lastly,
housing
services
can
provide
case
management
case
management
to
administer
home
tbra
funds.
C
We'll
talk
a
bit
about
that,
because
there
were
some
home
awards
for
tenant-based
rental
assistance
yesterday
that
have
to
coordinate
with
these
community
development
block,
grant
funds
and,
lastly,
housing,
preserving
existing
housing
or
emergency
home
repair,
and
with
that
I
appreciate
everyone
allowing
me
to
take
the
time
to
go
through
that
staff
report.
I
think
it's
really
important
very
difficult
decisions,
a
lot
to
think
about.
With
that
I
can
answer
any
questions
or
we
can
move
to
presentations.
F
D
A
May
I
suggest
that
we
hear
from
the
presentations
and
have
that
broad
discussion
at
the
end
we
might
learn.
I
think
what
I
suspect
is
we're
going
to
hear
from
every
applicant,
and
then
each
of
the
applicant
has
a
set
of
questions
that
staff
asked
and
then
their
responses,
and
we
may
discern
from
that.
Would
that
be
okay
with
you,
because
I
think
I'm
going
to
have
similar
questions
for
some,
and
maybe
we
do
that
at
the
end.
As
a
total
conversation.
E
Well,
let
me,
let
me
add,
let
me
follow
up
with
internet
where
she's
going
so
there
there
are
a
few
applicants
under
public
service
who
are
all
academic
service
in
nature.
I'm
wondering
this
is
my
question.
I'm
gonna
put
my
question
like
this:
are
we
prepared
to
do
a
strategic
partnership
fund
because
I
know
that
is
more
academically
focused.
It's
focused
on
the
opportunity
gap.
C
And
so
I
I
might
let
kathy
take
that
question
right
now.
As
you
all
know,
strategic
partnership
funds
went
through
about
a
two
year,
two
and
a
half
year
process
where
in
working
with
the
community
they
wanted.
The
goal
was
to
focus
on
closing
the
opportunity
gap.
That
information
was
available
to
a
certain
extent
in
the
fall,
and
then
we
worked
with
kathy
on
that
kathy.
G
Sure
I
think,
as
long
as
the
the
we
will
lay
out
in
the
strategic
partnership,
what
the
emphasis
is-
and
I
think
vice
mayor
you
spoke
to
it-
we
would
encourage
those
folks
they
would
have
to
apply
separately
through
that
process,
but
we
have
we
have
about
400
000
in
that
pot
of
money,
and
so
a
lot
of
what
you'll
hear
is,
maybe
that
some
of
these
folks
didn't
apply
through
the
hud
guidelines,
but
that
would
not
apply
on
our
strategic
partnership
funds.
G
E
There
is
ytl
there
is
project
lighting
up
and
I
believe
the
other
organization
that
mr
anderson
is
representing
partners
partners
unlimited.
So
I
was
I
was
wondering:
how
soon
are
we
going
to
be
prepared
to
accept
applications
for
strategic
partnership
funds?
So
those
folks
can
continue
the
good
work.
G
G
We
will
open
up
the
guidance
to.
We
will
open
up
that
guidance
for
them
and
start
accepting
applications
as
soon
as
possible,
and
I
don't
want
to
pin
us
down
to
a
time
frame,
but
I
would
say
it
would
be
paul.
What
would
you
think
in
the
next
month.
C
Oh
councilman
turner-
if
I
may
as
a
reminder
with
this,
I'm
sure
some
of
you
are
familiar
with
this,
but
the
timeline
with
these
hud
funds
on
a
best-case
scenario,
is
that
we
get
the
hud
contract
in
october
or
november
and
then
go
to
contract
to
move
the
funds,
starting
then
with
that
reimbursement,
so
we're
looking,
basically
probably
seven
months
from
now
the
spf
funds,
if
all
of
that
can
move
forward
in
the
next
few
weeks,
would
be
a
quicker
process
just
so
you're
aware
of
that,
and
just
lastly,
that
is
the
best
case
scenario
with
the
hud
funding
last
year
was
covet
the
year
before.
C
E
A
Thank
you
thank
you
and
I
will
say
and
when
we're
looking
at
the
spreadsheet,
you
know
that's
just
a
an
option,
we'll
be
able
to
discuss
and
move
and
as
we
need
to
as
a
committee,
it's
just
a
starting
place,
any
other
questions
for
paul
or
staff
before
we
start
this
process.
That
was
very
informative
and
helpful
for
me
on
the
spf.
So
I
appreciate
that
coming
up
and
the
timeliness
of
it.
E
Let's
have
a
comment
for
our
community
development
staff.
Thank
you
all
for
again.
Like
chair
chairwoman,
turner
said
thank
you
all
for
for
all
of
your
work.
It
kind
of
gives
us
a
good
starting
point,
because
you
always
ask
all
the
right
questions
and
prepare
the
applicants
for
this
moment,
but
as
I'm
looking
under
public
service-
and
we
have
a
limited
amount
of
money
to
give
community
members,
I'm
also
seeing
folks
who
organizations
who
are
coming
back
consecutively.
E
So
I'm
wondering
from
this
point
on,
if
we
can
go
to
folks
and
say
you
know,
you
have
been
you,
we've
been
faithful
in
funding
you,
but
we
would
encourage
you
to
look
at
other
funding
sources
because
of
the
consecutive
years
of
being
fully
funded
by
cdbg
and
your
ability
to
go
out
and
find
other
means.
F
C
Out
there
they
should
be
on
there
if
it
was
missed,
certainly
be
calling
on
them.
I
apologize,
but
all
the
23
should
be
made
available.
We've
been
in
constant
communication
if
we
missed
it
on
the
presentation
list.
My
apologies
from
our
team
and
we'll
take
a
quick
look
at
that,
and
if
we
have
to
email
the
person
or
double
check
that
they're
online,
I'm
happy
to
do
it.
F
A
No
worries
is
there
so
much
here.
Thank
you.
One
last
question
for
paul:
I'm
just
curious
about
the
history,
so
this
public
service
is
getting
15.
Is
it
always
been
that
way?
Fifteen
percent?
Does
it
ever
change?
Who
can
we
lobby?
I
mean
how
does
that.
C
Always
been
15
last
year
was
the
waiver
due
to
covid.
So
last
year
worked
out,
we
actually
had
some
contingency
funding,
like,
I
think,
an
extra
150
000,
so
we're
able
to
put
into
public
services
as
long
as
they
could
equate
it
to
additional
covet
activities
that
was
affecting
why
they
could
use
the
additional
dollars,
but
not
as
of
as
of
today,
not
this
year
and
it's
always
been
15.
C
C
If
I
can
make
one
more
comment
on
sage
quickly,
just
to
counsel
our
vice
mayor
smith,
absolutely
I
hear
what
you're
saying
very
difficult
decisions,
because
we
have
agencies
that
have
been
funded
but
they're
also
producing
outcomes
that
have
been
really
valuable
in
the
community,
but
flip
of
the
coin.
We've
got
some
new
folks
who
are
looking
for
funding.
I
think
part
of
our
questions
that
come
up
are.
Are
you
know,
obviously
eligibility?
C
Is
it
a
good
activity
duplication,
but
are
they
ready
for
federal
funding
and
what
it
takes
to
really
meet
the
requirements
of
the
draw
requests?
The
contracting
the
reimbursements,
because
it's
a
reimbursement
they
have
to
up
put
the
money
out
and
then
we
reimburse
them.
So
it's
a
lot
to
think
about.
I'm
sure,
as
you
all
have
this
discussion,
it's
tough,
it's
very
difficult.
We
always
wish
we
had
full
funding
amounts
for
everybody,
but
very
valid
points,
and
I
wanted
to
recognize
those
councilwoman
smith.
A
And
since
we're
just
broadly
discussing
this,
I
wanted
to
link
this
conversation
to
one
we're
having
at
a
council
level
right
now,
which
is
you
know
the
we
have
some
money,
that's
coming
through
cdbg
and
then
being
possibly
voted
on
to
spend
at
our
next
meeting,
and
one
of
the
reasons
that
it's
having
to
move
in
that
way
is
because
we
have
a
balance
in
our
cdbg
account.
So
we
have
program
users
that
have
not
been
able
to
spend
down
the
money
which
is
affecting
other
things
in
this
general
pot
of
cdbg.
A
So
I
just
want
to
point
that
out.
You
know
the
readiness
and
construction
we
call
it
shelving
ready.
I
guess
in
this
world
we
call
it
check
ready.
Are
they
ready?
Are
they
ready
to
implement
the
program
they're
applying
for
and
if
not,
can
it
create
a
bottlenecking
of
spending
later
down
the
road?
And
what's
the
risk
entitled
with
that?
I
just
want
to
draw
those
together
before
we
get
started
any
other
questions
before
we
move
into
presentations.
E
No,
I
was
just
saying
you
know,
I'm
looking
at
the
applicants,
and
I
know
that
there
are
people
who
have
been
doing
this
for
at
least
five
years.
I've
been
watching
this
thing
for
for
some
time,
and
I
just
want
us
to
graduate.
You
know,
make
room
for
for
new
applicants
and
then
maybe
also
become
a
mentoring
organization.
Yeah
understand
the
process
requirements
how
to
make
draw
requests.
E
Let's
just
make
room
for
for
new
and
beautiful
things,
because
you
know
from
sometimes
from
our
point
of
view.
We
are
going
to
fund
or
be
more
attracted
to
applicants
who
can
get
the
work
done
and
not
require
a
lot
of
help,
but
in
the
spirit
of
partnership,
as
we've
been
saying,
I
think
we
need
to
encourage
other
folks
to
make
room
for
new
things.
A
I
wholeheartedly
agree,
I
sometimes
wonder
if
we
could
be
doing
more
to
help
applicants
understand
the
process
and
prepare,
and
you
know,
even
if
that
were,
I
know,
our
staff
capacity
is
so
max,
but
you
know
when
we
look
at
all
this
incoming
funding
and
really
trying
to
make
big
moves
and
small
business
micro
enterprise
equity.
I
wonder
if
there
should
be
a
position
like
an
ombudsman
for
this
program
that
really
helps
people
walk
through
it.
A
C
I
guess
that's
correct
and
we
try
to
be
a
little
generous
with
the
three
minutes.
So
I'll
do
my
best
there
and
the
first
up
on
our
list
is
going
to
be
asheville
area,
habitat
for
humanity
with
their
home
repairs
for
low
income.
Homeowners.
H
Good
morning,
I'm
andy
barnett,
with
ashwari
habitat
for
humanity.
Speaking
on
behalf
of
our
proposal,
vice
mayor
members
of
council
city
staff
partners,
it's
a
it's
an
honor
to
be
able
to
be
here
and
present
to
you
today
about
our
home
repair
program.
H
And
I'm
wondering
if
anybody
here
has
tried
to
find
a
contractor
to
do
maintenance
or
repairs
lately
yeah,
it's
tough!
It's
tough,
there's
a
lot
of
demand
in
our
construction
sector
right
now.
So
if
it's,
if
it's
tough
for
us
imagine
being
one
of
our
low-income
elders
in
in
our
community
and
trying
to
keep
your
home
maintained
and
in
livable
condition
in
this
market,
it's
really
hard.
H
When
you
look
at
the
population
who
benefits
from
this
service,
more
than
75
of
those
households
are
our
elderly
homeowners
in
our
community.
A
third
are
african-americans
and
we
know
that
preserving
home
ownership
and
preserving
the
the
wealth
in
those
the
asset
of
a
home
is
so
critical
in
that
population
and
30
get
by
on
less
than
30
percent
of
the
area
median
income.
So
this
program
serves
very,
very
low
income
folks,
people
who
really
need
this
additional
grant
assistance
to
be
able
to
to
remain
in
their
homes.
H
H
We
know
that
preserving
our
existing
supply
of
homes
is
a
cost-effective,
affordable,
housing
strategy
that
helps
preserve
not
only
the
value
of
the
asset
for
the
individual
homeowner,
but
also
the
surrounding
neighborhood,
creating
stability
in
some
of
our
neighborhoods,
who
are
seeing
rapid
change,
but
we
know
what
really
matters
is
the
way
that
repairs
can
be
life-changing
for
our
neighbors
recently
got
a
phone
call
from
a
project
that
we
completed
with
with
joyce
and
her
husband,
and
she
let
us
know
that
they're
able
to
get
things
done
to
get
around
because
of
the
work
habitat's
done.
H
They
they
don't
feel
unsafe
in
their
home
or
going
in
and
out.
She
said
she's
proud
to
show
off
her
home
to
her
neighbors
and
she
really
appreciated
that
our
crew
was
diligent
and
interested
in
taking
care
of
her
and
her
home.
H
F
I
do
hey
andy,
how
are
you
this
morning,
you're
great?
How
are
you
I'm?
Well
thanks.
Just
a
couple
of
questions
from
top
of
mind:
do
you
have
a
home
value
cap
and
what
percentage
of
your
work
would
you
say
is
done
within
the
city
limit.
H
So
all
of
these
projects
are
within
the
city
limits
right
now
it
varies
from
year
to
year,
based
on
the
applications
that
we
receive,
but
in
a
in
a
typical
year.
Probably
a
third
of
our
projects
are
within
the
city
limits
and
and
the
remainder
or
throughout
the
county.
H
We
do
have
a
value
cap
on
the
property
we
raised
that
recently,
because
we
did
realize
that
as
property
values
are
rising,
we
have
you
know
we
have
a
number
of
folks
in
our
community
who
are
property
rich
and
cash
poor,
so
the
property
value
might
be
might
be
high,
but
they
still
don't
have
the
means
to
to
to
do
the
maintenance
and
upkeep
that
they
need.
H
So
what
that
creates,
then
is
deteriorating
value
in
that
home,
and
we
really
want
folks
to
be
able
to
hang
on
to
the
to
the
asset
that
they've
built
over
time.
H
F
A
H
We
have
gone
through
that
process.
Were
you
awarded
yes,
and
it's
not
it's
not
fully
dependent
on
that.
I
mean
we'll
find
other
sources
to
leverage
if
we
don't
receive
those
funds,
but
we
we
do
feel
like
we're
in
a
strong
position
for
the
affordable
housing
services
program.
Great.
A
One
last
question:
that's
more
of
I
would
like
to
understand
the
how
and
why
so
you'll
this
program
covers
80,
but
then
the
homeowner
takes
on
a
small
20
of
the
repairs
loan
at
zero
percent
interest.
What
is
there
a
philosophy
behind
that
or
why
not
the
100
just
do
all
the
repairs.
D
H
Of
habitat's
philosophy
that
we
that
we
give
people
the
the
chance
to
participate
in
in
preserving
their
home
in
the
same
way
that
we
give
people
the
opportunity
to
present
to
participate
in
in
in
building
new
homes.
It's
it's
more
empowering.
We
believe
to
have
folks
invested
in
that
repair
and
and
by
and
large,
the
folks
that
we
see
want
to
do
that
and
are
able
to
do
that
with
the
with
the
amount
of
repayment
that
we
require.
H
H
But
given
again,
the
fact
that
about
30
of
the
folks
that
we
that
we
serve
in
this
program
are
below
30
of
ami-
and
you
know
all
of
the
folks
that
we
serve
in
this
program-
are
below
70
of
ami,
that
that
that
20
repayment
isn't
creating
a
burden
for
people,
and
it
is
giving
them
a
a
share
in
the
in
the
project
and
and
the
dignity
of
knowing
that
they've
that
they
they're
contributing
to
the
work.
E
H
You
know
we
haven't
really
run
into
situations
where,
where
that's
been
an
issue.
H
We
do
have
we
do
have
financial
certified
financial
counselors
on
our
staff
that
could
could
be
available
to
work
with
work
with
families.
In
that
situation,
we
create
a
fair
amount
of
flexibility
for
around
the
repayment
terms
on
these
on
these
repair
loans,
their
their
loans
that
we
manage
directly
service
directly
ourselves.
So
we
have
a
bit
of
flexibility
to
make
sure
that
that
doesn't
become
a
barrier
to.
H
Right
now,
our
our
wait
list
is
is
a
bit
longer
than
normal,
just
because
there
have
been
some
slowdowns
in
this
program
due
to
covet
and
there's
been
a
real
uptick
in
applications
in
the
last
couple
of
years.
In
our
program,
we
we
do
try
to
make
sure
that
we
get
to
projects
in
as
timely
a
way
as
we
can.
F
H
I
mean,
without
a
doubt
I
mean
I
will
say
that,
with
the
caveat
of
you
know
the
biggest
impact
on
our
ability
to
to
complete
repairs.
This
year
has
been
our
our
attention
to
making
sure
that
we're
not
creating
a
risk
of
of
virus
spread
to
medically
vulnerable
folks,
so
that
we
have.
H
We
have
kind
of
rearranged
our
pipeline
to
make
sure
that
we're
serving
we're
doing
projects
that
don't
put
the
homeowner
or
our
staff
at
risk,
and
so,
as
as
those
restrictions
ease,
we'll
be
able
to
crank
up
more
more
different
kinds
of
projects
and
and
get
through
get
through
the
wait
list,
but
on
in
a
normal
in
a
normal
year.
Yes,
more
more
funding
would
mean
more
capacity
and
about
two
years
ago
we
we
did
invest
in
a
whole.
H
You
know
in
a
second
crew
to
to
be
able
to
ramp
up
our
production.
We
saw
that
we
saw
that
happen.
A
Okay,
just
as
a
note,
we
did,
you
know,
reserve
about
five
minutes
per
so
in
the
interest
of
time,
if
there
are
no
other
questions,
we'll
move
to
the
next
applicant.
Thank
you,
mr
barnett.
Thank
you.
C
All
thanks
sage:
next
up
is
the
asheville
bunker
community
land
trust
for
their
permanently
affordable
housing
services.
B
Good
morning,
everyone,
my
name,
is
anna
zieska
and
I'm
the
executive
director
of
the
asheville
buncombe
community
land
trust
for
those
of
you
who
may
be
new
to
our
model
or
not
fully
familiar
with
it.
I
just
want
to
give
you
a
really
quick
overview
of
the
clt
model
that
is
a
nationally
recognized
model
and
new
to
western
north
carolina.
B
B
As
you
probably
know,
we
are
relatively
new
organization,
but
we're
also
a
rapidly
growing
organization.
So
our
request
to
cdbg
is
to
build
capacity
and
to
be
able
to
hire
an
additional
staff
person.
I
was
brought
on
last
year
as
a
part-time
executive
director
and
then
transitioned
to
full-time
this
year.
We
also
hired
a
part-time
marketing
and
outreach
specialist
about
three
months
ago.
A
I
just
have
one
it's
nice
to
meet
you
and
congratulations
on
some
movement.
I've
been
watching
and
following
along
since
the
beginning,
and
it's
nice
to
see
so
I'm
curious.
So
I
just
want
to
make
sure
I
understand,
so
there
are
already
lots.
You
listed
a
few
addresses
on
your
application.
You
already
own
these
lots,
and
this
is
the
position
is
for
a
construction
project
manager
and
the
goal
is
to
rapid
fire
design,
build
and
have
them
completed
by
june,
and
you
think
you
can
do
four
houses
and
you're
ready
to
go.
B
Correct
we
have
two
vacant
lots
already
in
our
ownership
that
we
acquired
last
year
and
then
we
are
hoping
to
acquire
two
city-owned
lots,
one
in
montford
and
one
in
west
asheville,
and
that
should
come
to
city
council.
I
believe
in
may,
so
we
should
hopefully
with
the
approval
from
city
council.
Have
those
two
lots
in
our
possession
by
mid
of
this
year.
A
I
don't
have
any
other
questions.
Hearing
none
from
the
other
committee
vice
mayor.
Did
you
have
one
okay
all
right?
Thank
you
so
much
for
the
information
today
and
I
believe
that
is,
we
will
move
on
to
the
next
one
and
we'll
be
discussing
at
the
end.
Thank
you.
Anna.
C
J
I
Thank
you
so
much
for
having
me
here
today.
My
name
is
sudilma
annuel.
I
am
the
new
executive
director
for
the
western
women's
business
center
and
sba
program
hosted
by
carolina
small
business
development
fund.
We
have
worked
in
partnership
with
eagle
markets
3
and
month.
Invest
works
under
the
opportunity
asheville
program
for
the
past
few
years.
I
I
This
grant
also
helped
us
support
business
development
for
people
of
color
this
year,
56
of
our
clients
that
our
supporters
under
this
current
are
people
of
color.
We
continue
offering
our
african-american
business
association
under
opportunity
asheville
each
month
and
have
had
144
attendees
at
nine
sections
since
july
2020.
I
Additionally,
in
collaboration
with
mountain
views,
works,
we
offer
bilingual
services
to
latino
hispanic
entrepreneurs.
In
asheville
of
note,
we
have
moved
our
spanish
events
to
facebook
live.
We
did
this
to
alleviate
the
business
challenges
of
delivering
our
services
in
the
age
of
kobe,
especially
in
the
latino
community,
where
the
language
barrier
and
technical
challenges
are
present
thanks
to
opportunity.
Asheville
this
program
can
offer
and
clients
have
benefit
from
business
training,
coaching
grant
loans
and
affordable
rental
space.
I
I
want
to
add
that
we
are
very
proud
to
have
exceeded
our
goals
for
this
year,
helping
over
275
micro
enterprise
and
helped
create
and
retain
15
jobs
in
asheville
with
a
new
round
of
cdbg
funding.
We
will
continue
running
all
of
these
programs,
we'll
also
plan
to
implement
a
latino
business
leadership
group
to
support
latino
businesses,
development
and
networking
in
asheville.
I
E
I
I
No,
we
did
not,
so
each
organization
submitted
an
individual.
C
And
so,
thank
you
sage.
I
feel
a
bit
like
a
game
host
here.
Eagle
market
street
development
corporation
is
next
with
innovate
to
incubate.
K
You
couldn't
hear
me,
that's
perfect,
I'm
glad
I
asked
so
my
name
is
kasia
my
I
am
the
program
director
with
eagle
market
streets
development
corporation
and
today,
I'm
here
to
tell
you
guys
a
little
bit
more
about
the
incubate
to
innovate
program.
So
the
incubate
innovate
program
is
an
economic
development
activity
for
predominantly
black
and
brown
businesses
in
asheville
north
carolina.
We
support
sole
proprietors
owner,
operated
micro
enterprises,
and
you
know,
entrepreneurs
who
are
just
by
themselves
or
have
one
employee.
K
So
we
support
home-based
businesses
who
reside
in
asheville.
We
offer
below
market
rates
for
lease
spaces
in
the
central
business
district
downtown
in
asheville,
so
we're
on
eagle
market
streets.
We
also
offer
business
advisory
services
like
scheduling
and
planning,
succession
planning
and
financial
planning,
and
then
my
hope
and
my
goal
is
with
this
funding
to
better
do
my
job
is
to
provide
business
acumen
services
where
we're
supporting
our
community
and
developing
those
essential
skills
and
those
business
acumen
skills
to
better
further
themselves
and
their
career
paths.
K
We
also
provide
asset
building
and
wealth
creation
for
our
participants
and
we
hope
to
expand
that
to
community
as
well.
So
our
goal
is
to
create
and
retain
a
minimum
of
25
jobs,
so
we
currently
have
six
individuals
in
our
incubates
and
innovate
program
and
we
have
space
for
six
more.
My
job
and
the
reason
why
these
funds
are
so
important
is
to
be
able
to
recruit
enroll
administer
these
services.
K
Do
the
marketing
and
outreach
monitor
everybody
put
together
this
participant
incentive
program
and
then
support
with
the
outreach
and
the
marketing
for
opportunity
asheville,
so
we're
partnering
with
tim,
biz
llc,
who
created
our
signature,
curriculum,
we're
partnering
with
grind
avl
and
up
staff
personnel
for
recruitment,
training
and
job
creation
and
placement,
and
then
our
target
audience
is
individuals
or
families,
with
barriers
to
employment
like
older
adult
workers,
returning
citizens,
veterans
and
folks
with
differing
abilities.
So
why
am
I
also
up
the
street
with
philip
cooper
and
that's
somebody?
K
I
want
to
work
really
closely
with
to
be
able
to
support
some
of
those
initiatives
as
well.
This
target
audience
historically
and
chronically
lacks
access
to
resources.
So
we
really
want
to
act
as
that
bridge
to
help
people
get
into
the
central
business
district
and
then
to
help
them
scale.
Their
businesses,
some
more
of
our
partners
who
y'all
frame,
is
competition,
but
we're
all
doing
this
work
together
is
mountain
biz
works,
carolina,
small
business
development
fund,
women's
business
center
and
again
we're
helping
each
other
with
the
opportunity
asheville
initiative.
K
We
are
a
fee
for
service
program
where
tenants
provide
for
a
minimum
of
three
percent
increases
over
the
36
months
lease
term.
So
what
that
means
is
that
we
will
be
increasing
leases
as
they
make
more
money.
And
again
I
can't
do
my
job
very
well
without
these,
this
grant
funding,
and
I
really
want
to
provide
these
services
and
get
this
acumen
training
off
the
ground
so
that
we
have
the
emotional
mental
physical
skills
to
be
able
to
survive
in
the
crazy
world
that
is
today.
A
C
L
Good
morning,
we
have
project
lightning
appreciate
the
opportunity
to
briefly
share
our
program.
I'm
pastor
hardaway,
also
on
the
zoom,
is
alma
atkins
one
of
the
board
members,
if
I
have
to
leave
before
12
we're
still
doing
a
virtual
learning
academy.
So
if
I
have
to
leave
before
12,
I
just
sign
up
our
mission
is
to
provide
affordable,
year-round,
quality,
educational
opportunities,
enrichment
and
academic
support
in
coordination
with
the
city
and
county
school
systems.
L
We
monitor
we
assist
in
the
learning
process
or
students
ranging
from
kindergarten
to
eighth
grade
it's
monday.
Through
fridays.
Our
after-school
program
runs
from
3
p.m,
to
6
p.m.
Our
virtual
learning
would
run
from
8
to
2
and
it
will
transition
to
the
after
school
program.
We
implement
tutorial
mentoring,
enrichment
learning
experiences,
which
include
the
steam
programs
steam
projects.
We
provide
low-income
families.
We
want
to
encourage
growth
and
development
in
all
areas
through
remedial
enrichment
opportunities.
L
These
are
some
of
our
partners,
the
arboretum
last
year
they
did
our
kids,
who
did
the
echo
explore
program
where
they
actually
identified
plants
and
leaves
and
posted
on
the
website.
Unca
did
biology.
Last
year
they
were
growing
bacteria,
which
was
a
segway
to
the
virus,
but
we
had
to
shut
it
down.
A
b
tech
does
robotics
avipa,
mars
hill
university,
shiloh
community
garden
initiative.
L
Some
of
our
goals
are
our
vision.
Our
vision
is
that
young
people
will
leave
project
lighten
up
the
virtual
learning
academy,
our
after
school
action
program
for
excellence,
with
a
set
of
spiritual
and
moral
values,
honesty,
integrity,
good
judgment,
a
complement
of
basic
skills,
linguistics
mathematical,
scientific,
artistic,
physical
and
social
and
inquiring,
and
discriminating
mind
that
that
desires
to
know
to
learn
and
to
know
strong
self-esteem,
high
personal
expectations,
tolerance
and
respect.
For
others,
that's
our
vision.
L
L
L
A
C
Okay,
next
up,
we
have
green
opportunities
with
their
green
opportunities,
core.
M
Good
morning
everybody
hope
you
can
hear
me.
We
can
awesome,
I'm
ben
williamson,
I'm
the
new
interim
director
at
go
and
we're
so
appreciative
of
the
chance
to
request
support
for
our
new
go
core
program.
Go
core
is
a
full
time
paid
green
jobs,
training
and
service
experience.
M
M
Our
members
serve
four
days
a
week
in
the
field
in
service
one
day
a
week
in
classroom
training
and
our
program
has
three
pillars.
First
pillar
is
service.
Service
initiatives
respond
to
needs
in
public
housing
communities
such
as
cultivating
and
distributing
fresh
produce,
building
sustainable
green
infrastructure
reaching
residents
with
sustainability
programs.
M
This
includes
service
with
environmental
partner
organizations,
schools
and
other
non-profits,
so
funds
invested
to
support
these
members
in
turn
also
support
valuable
projects
and
initiatives
of
various
community
entities.
Second
pillar
is
training.
Classroom
training
includes
eco-literacy
and
applied
environmental
education.
M
Other
areas
prepare
members
for
technical
skills
for
a
range
of
sustainable
career
pathways
workshops
also
build
job
interview.
Networking
resume
writing
skills
and
conversations
are
had
around
economic
and
social
systems
and
history.
We
hope
that
our
members
are
able
to
enter
the
system
to
disrupt
the
system,
to
increase
environmental
health
and
economic
opportunity
for
others.
M
Our
goal
is
for
members
to
bolster
their
resilience
through
overcoming
challenges,
and
we
help
to
provide
them
with
necessary
referrals
during
their
term.
We're
also
standing
prepared
to
support
our
members
a
year
post,
graduation,
our
performance
measure
is
full-time
living,
wage
job
placement
or
to
our
four-year
collegiate
enrollment.
We
measure
long-term
program
effectiveness
with
check-ins
at
3,
6
and
12
months.
M
This
program
is
a
nod
to
the
programs
that
go
had
when
we
started
12
years
ago.
We're
excited
to
go
back
to
our
roots
and
we've
modeled
this
program
after
peer
programs
in
brooklyn,
baltimore,
denver
and
peoria
go
core
seeks
to
provide
a
transformational
job,
training,
leadership,
community
building
and
service
experience
again
we're
so
grateful
for
this
time.
Thank
you
for
the
consideration
happy
to
answer
any
questions
you
might
have.
A
Just
a
quick
comment:
I've
long
appreciated
the
mission
and
goals
of
go,
and
I
know
that
you
are
new
ben,
so
welcome
to
your
new
position
and
I
guess
I'm
wondering
how
things
are
going
with
the
organization.
You
have
a
new
leadership.
You
were
without
leadership
for
a
while.
Are
you
funded?
Is
this?
What
I'm
getting
at?
Is
this
money
like
crucial
to
helping
y'all
lift
off
again?
Are
you
do
you
have
additional
funding?
Are
you
what's
happening
with
go
right
now.
M
Yeah,
no
we're
excited
we're,
finally,
in
a
position
now
to
to
get
out
and
start
telling
people
what's
going
on.
So
thank
you
for
the
question.
Definitely
the
last
year
was
was
a
struggle
for
our
organization
and
we
were
without
leadership,
and
our
board
and
staff
worked
very
hard
and,
thankfully,
were
guided
us
out
of
a
difficult
financial
spot.
We
were
completed
our
three-year
youth,
build
program
in
the
fall.
M
We
finished
our
short
last
short-term
training
in
december,
and
I
was
brought
on
in
mid-january
two
months
ago
as
an
interim
role,
which
I'm
honored
and
thrilled
to
be
a
part
of
of
the
organization
at
this
time.
So
long
story
short.
It
was
a
great
opportunity
for
us
to
launch
a
new
strategic
plan
and
really
take
stock
of
where
we
wanted
to
go,
what
we've
done
well
and
what
missteps
we've
we've
had
and
lessons.
M
We
want
to
learn
moving
forward,
so
we've
had
more
conversations
that
we
can
count
with
stakeholders
and
community
leaders
and
graduates
and
board
members
and
former
staff
etc.
So
we're
excited
about
the
two
programs
that
we
designed
go
core
is
one
of
them.
The
second
is
the
highway
trades
academy
that
we've
been
selected
through
ncdot
as
a
host
site,
we're
in
the
process
of
finalizing
that
our
goal
is
to
stay
small
and
provide
highly
relational
as
again
transformation,
training
and
really
move
and
move
the
needle
one
interaction
in
one
client.
At
a
time.
M
These
funds,
you
know,
go
core
is
really
our
primary
funding.
Source
is
americorps,
and
so
we're
looking
for
a
three-year
americorps
grant
and
we've
got
two
avenues
for
that.
We
expect
to
hear
back
from
the
first
one
in
a
week
or
two,
but
part
of
that
is
to
provide
matching
funds.
Americorps,
isn't
they
don't
fund
100
of
it?
So
this
grant
and
others
that
we've
solicited
here
locally
for
go
core
are
are
toward
that
end.
So
it's
not
critical.
M
We
expect
to
be
funded
elsewhere,
but
it
is
a
new
program
and
and
go
is
coming
out
of
a
position,
so
we're
optimistic.
We
feel
like.
We
have
a
lot
of
positive
momentum.
The
communities
really
rally
behind
us
and
we're
hearing
a
lot
of
good
things.
So
we
have
a
lot
of
hard
work
ahead,
but
we're
okay
with
hard
work
and
we're
excited
to
get
started.
E
Thank
you
ben
sure.
It's
been
great.
I
have
no
questions.
I
just
wanted
to
comment
on
go's
rebirth.
I'm
excited
about
it.
It's
good
to
see
go
continue
to
go
and
very
excited
about
the
highway
trades
training
program
is
that
is
it
official
that
you
all
will
be
a
training
site.
M
We
have
been
selected
as
the
host
site.
The
only
thing
that
has
to
happen
now
is
just
final
sign:
the
dotted
line
with
budget
negotiations,
which
these
are
ongoing,
conversations
where
we've
gotten
really
positive
feedback
about
the
numbers.
Now
it's
just
a
problem
for
signatures
from
three
different
offices
in
raleigh,
which
is
I'm
learning
incredibly
test
patients,
and
so
we're
we're
just
planning
and
waiting
for
those
final
boxes
to
be
checked.
But
all
indications
are
that
we'll
be
we'll
be
off
and
running
with
that
program.
N
Good
morning
everybody
I'm
april
burgess
johnson,
I
have
the
privilege
of
serving
as
the
executive
director
for
helpmate.
I
think
most
of
you
are
aware
of
our
programming,
but
just
in
case
we
provide
safety,
shelter
and
support
to
domestic
violence.
Survivors
and
we've
been
here
in
buncombe
county
doing
that
important
work
for
more
than
40
years.
N
We're
able
to
work
with
folks
not
only
to
to
find
safe
and
affordable
housing
as
they
rebuild
their
lives
after
abuse,
but
we
really
take
a
whole
family
stability
focus,
and
so
we
try
to
focus
on
the
economic
stability
long
term
so
that,
as
folks
graduate
out
of
rental
assistance,
funding
that
they're
able
to
sustain
themselves
and
their
families
in
a
more
ongoing
way,
we
try
to
make
sure
that
people
have
access
to
reliable
transportation.
We
work
on
child
care
issues.
N
We
help
people
navigate
the
legal
process,
because
many
folks
are
in
court
multiple
times
dealing
with
the
civil
and
criminal
ramifications
of
the
violence
that
was
perpetrated
against
them,
and
we
offer
both
individual
and
group
counseling
for
free
to
the
folks
that
we
serve.
Our
organization,
serves
about
3
300
survivors
annually
through
all
of
our
programs,
making
us
the
largest
domestic
violence
service
provider
in
western
north
carolina,
and
we
serve
the
greatest
number
of
survivors
per
capita
among
any
of
north
carolina's
largest
counties,
which
is
29
more
than
the
statewide
average.
N
Even
though
this
is
our
first
application
for
cdbg
funding
for
anything
other
than
our
emergency
shelter,
we
are
completing
our
fourth
year
of
administering
rental
assistance,
funding
through
four
other
federal
grant
programs.
Those
those
programs
combined
represent
nearly
a
quarter
of
helpmate's
budget,
which
is
a
real
evidence
of
our
commitment
to
housing
work.
We
know
that
housing
that
domestic
violence
is
a
leading
cause
of
homelessness
among
women
and
children.
N
It's
a
significant
contributor
to
childhood
poverty
and
hunger,
and
that
lack
of
available
shelter
and
housing
for
domestic
violence
survivors
contributes
to
a
high
rate
of
domestic
violence.
Related
homicides,
so
just
you
know
directly
speaking,
this
is
a
life
and
death
kind
of
service
that
we
offer
to
folks.
We
know
that
this
is
really
important,
because
our
county
ranks
within
the
top
three
counties
for
domestic
violence
related
homicides
over
a
10-year
span.
N
Every
year
we
send
twice
as
many
families
out
of
county
for
shelter
as
we're
able
to
shelter
in
our
building.
That's
why
this
housing
work
is
so
important
that
we
are
able
to
quickly
re-house
and
support
families,
who
don't
need
that
immediate
protection
that
a
domestic
violence
shelter
offers?
Maybe
the
the
perpetrator
is
incarcerated
or
there's
some
other
safety
mechanisms
for
survivors.
N
We
know
that
the
the
homeless
survivors
that
we
serve
are
among
the
most
vulnerable
families
in
our
community
92
percent.
At
our
extreme
homicide
risk,
98
percent
are
very
low
income,
40
percent
of
people
are,
are
people
of
color
and
12
percent
are
physically
disabled
on
a
long
term
basis
and
more
than
that,
come
to
us
injured
and
needing
additional
support.
N
We
have
a
100
retention
rate
over
a
year
for
folks
that
we
house,
so
we
know
that
our
wraparound
services
are
working.
These
funds
will
help
us
to
hire
and
train
a
staff
member
to
administer
home
funding.
We
intend
to
reapply
for
home
funding
during
the
next
allocation
process
if
we're
allowed
to
do
that.
Since
this
is
a
new
position
and
we
provide
a
specialized
service,
it
will
take
us
some
time
to
hire
and
train
a
new
staff
member
before
we
begin
to
conduct
intakes
under
the
program.
N
A
I
will
relay
so
yesterday.
The
regional
housing
consortium
met
and
we
did
recommendations
similar
to
this
process
for
the
home
fund.
So
if
I
recall
correctly,
help
me
apply
for
309
thousand
dollars
in
tenant-based
rental
assistance
and
the
committee
recommended
which
will
come
to
council
in
april
fifty
thousand
dollars,
and
so
I'm
curious,
if
you
could
april,
speak
to
well
two
things.
You
have
two
applications,
one
for
a
public
service
year
and
one
for
a
housing.
A
N
So
it'll
reduce
the
number
of
families
that
we're
able
to
serve
and
it'll
and
to
be
able
to
keep
that
at
a
we
want
to
be
able
to
help
as
many
families
as
we
can
right.
So
we
don't
want
to
cut
our
number
of
people
served
down
to
four.
N
The
other
thing
that
I'll
kind
of
mention
about
how
funding
nets
together
is
that
about
40
percent
of
helpmates
funds
are
locally
raised
and
about
60
percent
come
through
governmental
grant
programs,
the
largest
of
which
is
the
victims
of
crime
act.
N
N
That
is
help
mates
by
long
and
wide
margin,
largest
funding
source,
and
so
we're
walking
into
a
situation
where
we're
going
to
have
much
less
funding
in
our
operations
budget
to
provide
direct
services
at
a
time
when
we're
winding
down
a
pandemic
that
has
kept
survivors
trapped
in
their
homes
with
batterers
and
now
the
pandemic
conditions
are
going
down.
N
Survivors
are
being
more
mobile
and
we're
seeing
an
influx
of
people
coming
to
us
for
help,
and
so,
while
it's
always
important
that
we
come
to
the
city
and
ask
for
this
important
infrastructure
investment
into
our
organization
next
year,
it's
more
important
really
than
it's
been
ever
during
my
tenure.
It
helped
me
so
I
appreciate
the
opportunity
to
talk
about
how
those
things
net
together.
E
I
need
just
a
little
more
understanding,
so
home
funds
support
your
help
mate
through
financial
assistance,
direct
payment.
Is
that
correct
and
then
what
you're
requesting
today
under
public
service
is
more
of
the
case
management
piece.
N
Yes,
vasmiya,
that's
exactly
right.
The
the
home
funds
provide
the
the
rental
assistance
funds
and
then
the
cdbg
funds,
which
is
what
we're
discussing
you
know
right
now,
would
allow
us
to
administer
those
home
funds
and
provide
the
services
that
go
along
with
them,
so
that
we
can
help
people
not
just
get
housing
but
also
keep
housing
and
be
able
to
afford
it
in
the
long
term.
E
N
Yeah,
absolutely
we
requested
309
thousand
dollars
which
would
have
allowed
us
to
provide
assistance,
security,
deposit
assistance,
utilities
and
move-in
support
to
25
families
for
an
average
duration
of
six
months.
N
We
I
think
that
there
were
a
lot
of
asks
and
a
limited
amount
of
funding,
so
we
walked
away
from
that
process
with
fifty
thousand
dollars
which
we
will
use
to
provide,
basically
that
get
over
the
first
hurdle
amount
of
funding
for
folks,
so
the
deposits
and
a
very
short
duration
of
rental
assistance,
so
that
we
can
meet
more
needs
for
more
families.
N
C
And
councilwoman
turner,
if
you'd
like
we
can
give
a
little
brief
synopsis
of
that
connection
between
the
community
development
block
grant
and
home
funds
like
as
an
example,
the
cdbg
housing
services
require
home
tenant
based
rental
assistance,
but
home
tenant
base.
Rental
assistance
does
not
require
cdbg
megan.
Could
you
talk
quickly
about
the
link
there
for
hcd
council.
O
Sure
hi
everybody
good
morning,
so
I
think
this
is
one
of
the
reasons
why,
when
we
do
our
allocations,
it
makes
sense
to
do
the
home
allocations
first,
because
we
really
what
we
are
awarding
in
cdbg
funds
or
potentially
awarding
our
contingent
upon
those
home
awards.
So
we,
you
know,
we
aim
to
have
some
sort
of
balance
between.
O
O
So
by
linking
the
two
types
of
funding,
it's
able
to
provide
a
more
complete
type
of
program.
C
Thanks
megan
and
we'll
point
out
the
next
two,
when
the
applicants
come
up
the
the
link
with
home
fund,
if
that,
if
that's
good
for
hcd.
A
That's
great,
I
have
that
in
my
notes
to
do
as
well.
Thank
you,
paul
and
thank
you
april
and
thank
you
megan
april.
I
appreciate
the
understanding
of
what's
happening
next
year
and
as
a
side
note,
if
there
is
something
we
can
do
as
local
legislators
to
help
encourage
the
state
to
make
better
decisions,
please
let
me
know
you
can
reach
out
to
me
directly.
Thank
you
any
other
questions
for
this
applicant.
C
All
right,
thank
you
sage.
Next
up
is
mountain
biz
works
with
their
opportunity.
Asheville,
I
believe
matt
raker
is
on
the
call,
but
again,
mountain
biz
works
with
opportunity.
Asheville.
P
P
Raker,
the
executive
director
of
mountain
biz
works
and
our
our
request
as
paul
shared
as
part
of
the
opportunity,
asheville
collaborative,
which
has
a
goal
of
providing
a
truly
integrated
approach
to
microenterprise
development
and
job
creation
for
low-income
individuals
within
asheville,
and
particularly
for
entrepreneurs
of
color
and-
and
you
know,
collaboration
might
sound
as
easy
as
pie.
P
But,
as
you
know,
delicious
pies
don't
just
put
themselves
together.
It
really
requires
hard
work
that
adaptation
and
a
sustained
investment.
So
as
a
group
with
eagle
market
streets
and
western
women's
business
center
over
the
last
three
or
so
years,
we've
really
worked
on
that
and
are
starting
to
see
real,
clear
and
repeatable
dividends
from
these
efforts.
P
So
in
the
last
three
years,
we've
as
a
group
have
served
1
308,
low,
low-income
individuals
led
to
186
business,
starts
or
expansions
in
our
community
and
has
created
or
retained
237
jobs
for
low-income
individuals
in
our
community
and
30
of
these
have
been
filled
by
persons
of
color
within
our
community,
so
really
pleased
with
the
how
we've
gotten
more
efficient
and,
I
think,
have
really
collaborated
to
reduce
redundancies
and
gaps
in
our
service
delivery.
P
In
this
area
you
know
in
the
past
year,
especially
this
has
been
so
important.
You
know
with
the
pandemic.
I
really,
I
think,
allowed
us
to
have
a
level
of
resilience
for
our
local
micro
enterprises
to
rapidly
be
able
to
reach
out
to
folks
collaborate.
P
We
had
programs
where,
where
we
might
have
been
the
funder,
and
so
we
needed
someone
to
be
our
ta
partner,
you
know
to
assist
on
those,
and
so
we
worked
with
western
women's
on
that
and
eagle
markets
on
that.
So
really
has
been
so
important
over
the
last
year
and
we
know
will
continue
to
be
important
in
the
coming
years.
We
continue
to
work
our
way
out
of
of
this
pandemic
and
the
impacts
on
our
local
business
community.
P
But,
alongside
that,
you
know
which
I
know
has
been
you
know
all
the
headlines.
We've
been
continuing
to
operate
our
core
cdbg
supported
activities
of
helping
aspiring,
low-income
entrepreneurs,
getting
the
skills
and
resources
needed
to
start
or
grow
their
enterprise.
So
this
includes
our
micro
lending
services,
our
foundation's
business
planning
course.
Our
one-on-one
really
targeted
individualized
business
coaching,
which
is
so
important,
and
our
newly
launched
that
we
launched
last
fall
catalyst
program.
P
You
know
we
know
economic
disasters
tend
to
create
a
wave
of
entrepreneurial
activity
and
we're
definitely
witnessing
this
right
now
nationally,
we
know
in
in
2020,
new
business
starts
were
40
higher
than
they
were
in
2019,
and
our
rate
of
new
client
increases
is
double
normal
levels.
So
it's
there's
tremendous
entrepreneurial
energy,
which.
P
Amount
of
need,
there
is
an
example,
is
our
the
new
catalyst
fund
program
I
mentioned,
which
provides
seed
stage,
funding
and
training
specifically
for
entrepreneurs
of
color,
and
it's
built
in
part
on
the
city's
mountain
community
capital
fund
loan
fund
loan
guarantee
facility,
so
we
launched
that
in
the
fall
so
went
from
zero
to
now
having
50
active
clients
with
active
funding,
requests
totaling
over
1.6
million
in
that
we're
we're
really
thrilled
with
that.
P
Eight
have
already
gone
through
and
been
totally
funded
between
about
four
hundred
thousand
and
three
of
these
represent
new
or
expanded
entrepreneurs
of
color
in
the
asheville
downtown
district.
You
know
which
we're
excited
about
and
have
have
a
lot
more
good
things
in
the
works
there.
So
again,
you
know
this
is
encouraging,
and
you
know
we
see
there's
this
there's
a
real
bright
pathway
to
a
more
inclusive
local
economy
from
this
which
one
to
share
how
grateful
we
are
for
city
cdbg
support.
You
know
these.
P
These
direct
services
do
require
public
subsidy
to
be
able
to
operate
and,
along
with
the
additional
matching
funds
they
help
us
to
to
access.
You
know
they
wouldn't
exist
at
the
levels
that
they
do
so
we're
very
grateful
for
the
city's
partnership
in
this
and
we'll
be
happy
to
take
any
questions
you
may
have.
A
Q
Q
Our
cdbg
grant
application
will
help
fund
on
tracks,
programs
and
services
that
are
helping
people
deal
with
the
financial
and
housing
impacts
of
covid
right
now
and
help
people
get
back
on
track
towards
housing
and
money
goals
as
the
economy
moves
towards
recovery,
the
challenges
of
2020
forced
us
to
go
from
95
in-person
service
delivery
to
100
remote.
Like
lots
of
other
agencies,
we
developed
and
launched
on
on
online
screening
and
scheduling,
with
the
support
by
phone
as
needed.
Q
Clients
can
now
complete
and
submit
all
of
their
information
online
and
our
counselors
meet
virtually
or
by
phone
for
the
counseling
appointments
with
clients
for
education.
We
developed
pandemic
specific,
live
and
in-person
webinars
to
help
people
deal
with
income,
not
covering
expenses,
figure
out
what
to
do
with
debt
and
how
to
use
credit
strategically
during
a
crisis,
but
that's
not
all
coming
soon.
We
have
online
on-demand
education.
Q
That
will
be
taught
by
us
and
other
local
folks,
it'll
be
available,
24
7,
and
it
will
give
flexibility
to
people
who
have
work
and
life
challenges
that
don't
allow
them
to
participate
when
live.
Education
is
offered
our
goal
through
through
this
grant.
Application
is
to
serve
526
people
in
the
city
of
asheville
through
our
financial
capabilities
approach.
Q
That
means
we
combine
combined
education
with
individual
counseling,
so
it's
learning,
plus
individual
action
plans
that
clients
create
with
their
counselor
and
our
staff
is
available
as
clients
are
taking
steps
on
their
action
plan
to
give
supportive
accountability
when
the
inevitable
bumps
in
the
road
happen
in
our
credit
portion
of
our
service
delivery.
Our
staff's
extensive
knowledge
and
training
helps
dispel
some
of
the
myths
of
credit
and
credit
scores.
Q
We
work
with
self-help
credit
union
using
specific
products
to
help
people
build
their
credit
scores
and
increase
their
opportunities
for
affordable
home
ownership
in
budgeting,
counseling
and
education.
We
give
financial
concepts
of
budgeting
set
aside,
accounts,
priority
payments
and
strategic
goal
setting,
but
we
don't
just
give
information.
We
help
people
create
tools
for
effectively
organizing
their
money
in
our
home
fire
services.
Q
We
are,
we
provide
education
and
counseling
support
with
action
plans,
and
we
are
ready
to
for
the
launch
of
the
city's
down
payment
assistance
program
to
help
people
get
ready
and
qualified
for
mortgages
that
they
will
use
to
purchase
homes
and
begin
building
generational
wealth.
Q
Our
programs
support
clients
of
other
agencies,
so
we're
part
of
the
fabric
that
is
so
special
about
the
asheville
area.
Habitat
and
mho
refer
people
for
credit
improvement.
Mountain
housing
refers
people
for
our
home
buyer
program.
We
provide
our
financial
skill
building
to
help
mates.
I
rise
program
participants
and
then
many
agencies
refer
clients
for
our
match.
Savings
program,
which
provides
a
three
dollar
to
every
dollar
saved
match
for
emergencies.
Q
Building
emergency
savings,
yes
on
track
is
a
frequent
flyer
for
cdbg
funding
and
we
sincerely
appreciate
the
support
and
our
services
are
part
of
that
fabric.
That
makes
asheville
that
supports.
Asheville's
programs
for
low-income
people
to
establish
affordable
housing
in
the
consolidated
plan
on
track
is
specifically
mentioned
several
times
as
an
example
of
services.
That
hud
is
looking
for
to
show
that
communities
provide
comprehensive
support
for
people
in
their
quest
for
affordable
housing.
A
Clearly,
we
appreciate
greatly
the
work
that
on
track
does,
and
you
know
more
and
more
celeste.
I
see
a
council
that
is
really
focused
on
affordable
home
ownership
and
home
ownership
in
general.
You
know
we
have
several
items
like
the
land,
banking
and
the
land
trust
and
the
down
payment
assistance
that
really
rely
on
some
of
this
preparation
for
us
to
help
the
folks
we're
trying
to
help.
So
I
see
y'all
as
a
key
piece
in
the
fabric
of
asheville,
and
I
appreciate
the
way
you
describe
that.
Thank
you
for
being
here
today.
C
So,
just
quickly
it
is
just
past
10
15,
which
is
when
we
talked
about
having
a
break.
We
could
do
that
if
you'd
like
or
we
have
five
more
of
to
get
through
until
our
break
was
listed
on.
The
presentation
just
wanted
to
offer
that
to
both
of
you
to
either
take
a
break
or
push
through
for
five
more.
C
S
D
A
R
Perfect,
we
are
here,
and
I
notice
your
priorities
start
with
housing,
and
then
they
come
down
to
youth
services.
Our
point
here
is:
if
we
can
work
on
the
youth
services
with
education,
they
can
buy
a
house.
So
that's
where
we're
going
to
start
out.
Our
program
is
based
on
at-risk
youth.
For
various
reasons.
It
may
be
the
family.
It
may
be
personal
reasons
it
may
be,
because
they
have
no
interest
in
education.
R
It
may
be
because
that
their
social
behavior
is
different,
and
maybe
they
haven't
had
the
influence
that
they
need
in
that
family
structure
to
let
them
know
how
important
education
is
for
the
outcome
of
their
life
from
one
step
to
the
next
step
to
the
next
step.
So
this
is
how
we
started
out
with
our
mission
statement,
which
is
to
help
economically
disadvantage.
You
build
a
strong
foundation
for
success
in
life
by
providing
them
with
educational
resources,
positive
mentors
life
skills
that
personal
feeling
that
they
need
to
function.
R
R
Our
program
has
a
structured
day
which
includes
academic.
We
include
physical
activities,
we
include
career
references
which
would
get
them
ready
for
something
we
collaborate
with
a
b
tech.
They
have
the
skill
program
and
we
also
have
the
ged
program
in
the
same
building
where
we're
located.
So
we
have
a
student
who
has
no
interest
in
staying
in
school
and
they
are
16
years
old,
which
of
course,
now
they
can
drop
out.
R
We
will
connect
them
with
the
ged
program
upstairs
and
we
will
provide
some
type
of
tutoring
and
mentoring
for
that
student.
We
have
also
have
a
professional
development
component
in
our
structured
day
program.
R
We
encourage
at-risk
students
from
buncombe
county
and
the
city.
Of
course,
the
majority
of
our
students
are
from
the
city
and
we
are
located
right
here
at
asheville
high
and
they
can
walk
to
our
program,
students
that
have
been
suspended,
short
term
or
long
term.
We
keep
them
off
the
street
because
we
have
our
program
here
so
they're
referred
by
their
home
school
to
our
program,
where
they
can
get
all
of
the
structured
information
that
we
have
with
the
aca.
R
With
the
covet
19,
now
we're
finding
that
students
are
not
signing
on
to
their
classes
a
high
percentage.
We
have
offered
to
this
public
school
our
facility
so
that
we
can
help
them.
We
will
adjust
our
time
frame
for
these
particular
students.
If
they
need
to
come
after
12
to
us,
we
will
find
a
tutor
and
we
will
have
them
in
our
setting.
R
We've
had
over
125
students
to
graduate
with
their
class
now.
This
is
not
the
number
of
students
that
have
come
through
our
program.
We've
had
over
900
students
to
come
through
our
program,
but
how
we
can
track
our
success.
Is
we
take
the
official
graduation
list
and
compare
the
names
from
that
list
with
the
students
that
have
been
enrolled
in
our
program
and
that's
why
we
have
that
success
rate
for
the
class
of
2019?
R
We
had
10
students
that
had
gone
through
our
program
that
graduated,
but
I
think
the
highest
number
of
students
that
we
had
was
the
class
of
2011
and
we
had
30
students
that
graduated
with
their
class.
Because
of
our
program,
the
credit
recovery
part.
The
student
can
take
one
two
three,
however
many
the
school
will
approve.
They
could
come
through
our
program
and
get
the
credit
recovery.
R
S
R
So
they
can,
they
can
kind
of
relate
more
so
because
sometimes
you
haven't
experienced
that
negative
effect
on
your
life.
So
therefore
you
may
not
know
how
to
pour
into
that
student
or
that
at-risk
youth.
So
we
have
a
peer
support,
specialist
and
that's
been
fantastic,
any
questions.
I
guess
I've
been
taught
three
minutes.
A
E
S
F
S
F
S
A
All
right,
I
echo
that
gratitude
any
other
questions
for
the
applicant
paul,
just
a
little
procedure.
I
had
noticed
in
the
application
that
there
were
a
couple
documents
missing
and
I
don't
know
if
these
it
sounds
like
the
your
list
was
being
updated,
as
documents
were
received.
Does
anything
else
come
in
that
wouldn't
be
reflected
on
this
document?
Right
now
I
will
budget.
I
think
that
was
missing.
C
I
will
flip
over
to
megan
for
that
she
was
the
lead
entity
on
this
one,
and
I
know
that
the
request
was
made
megan.
O
A
It
sounds
like
there
might
be,
and
this
is
what
we
were
talking
about
the
beginning
of
the
meeting
like
the
preparation
going
into.
This
is
an
enormous
process
and
it
sounds
like
there
are
there's
a
checklist
and
a
couple
things
may
not
have
been
submitted.
Maybe
what
we
could
do
is
while
we're
going
through
the
rest
of
these
presentations
megan.
Could
you
connect
with
them
and
see
if
they're,
clear,
what's
missing,
and
then
we
can
do
that
in
the
background
before
we
get
to
discussion,
would
that
be
possible
or
megan?
A
T
A
C
Just
a
bit
of
thank
you
so
much
a
bit
of
clarity
on
that
process.
After
we
review
the
applications,
we
send
out
the
evaluation
forms
with
follow-up
questions
and
then
anticipate
receiving
information
back
from
the
agencies,
answering
those
questions
and
providing
those
documents
and
then,
whatever
is
received
by
the
time
we
can
with
that
due
date,
we
put
together
for
you
all
so,
just
as
a
clarity
on
process.
C
And
next
up,
we've
got
spark
foundation
spark
foundation
with
changing
together.
A
J
Good
morning,
everybody
hard
to
follow
that
goodness
I'd
like
you
to
imagine
this
scenario.
After
seven
years
in
prison,
you're
released
quote,
you
are
paralyzed
by
the
fear
of
falling
back
into
old
habits
being
overwhelmed
mentally
and
emotionally
transitioning
back
into
society,
where
community
will
forever
remind
you
of
your
mistakes.
End
quote
comes
from
one
of
our
case
managers.
Here
you
return
to
your
home
community
and
your
parole
officer
tells
you
that
you
can't
be
in
public
housing
because
of
your
past
violent
crime
conviction.
J
But
your
closest
connections
are
there
and
while
you
don't
want
to
jeopardize
their
housing,
you
have
little
choice.
Your
family
is
glad
to
have
you
back,
but
you
know
you
have
to
start
providing
for
yourself
and
for
them
you
plan
to
get
a
job,
but
you
won't
get
hired
without
an
id
you're
told
you
can't
get
an
id
until
you
pay
off
your
court
fines,
but
you
can't
pay
off
your
court.
Fines
until
you
get
a
job.
J
Friends
have
been
kind
enough
to
feed
you
for
the
moment
and
borrow
their
cell
phone
you're,
still
learning
how
to
use
smart
phones
and
are
probably
missing
messages
meant
for
you,
you
hear
of
job
opportunities,
but
you
don't
have
a
car
or
a
license
to
get
there.
You've
never
had
a
resume
or
filled
out
an
online
application,
but
you
have
a
lot
of
skills.
You
work
really
hard
and
you're
intent
on
making
it.
J
You
just
need
someone
to
give
you
a
chance
old
friends
who
you
got
in
trouble
with
start
coming
around
you're
tempted
to
use
again
you're
tempted
to
make
quick
cash.
You
are
not
the
same
person
that
went
in
seven
years
ago
and
you're
trying
not
to
make
the
same
mistakes,
but
everyone,
you
know,
has
their
own
struggles
and
who's
going
to
support
you.
You
find
a
flyer
about
local
services
and
you
recognize
the
name
on
the
flyer
he
used
to
run
in
the
same
groups.
You
did.
J
Identification
of
your
sustainability
needs
such
as
education,
transportation
and
health
care,
and
plans
to
address
all
of
those
access
to
living
wage
employers
through
inclusive
hiring
partners
where
criminal
background
will
not
be
a
barrier
access
to
day.
One
on
the
job
needs
such
as
uniform
work
boots
bus
passes,
constant
and
consistent
follow-up
and
support.
J
So
for
the
last
two
years-
and
I
looked
at
data
just
before
the
pandemic,
because
you
know
that
kind
of
messes
things
up,
but
we
served
123
individuals
in
case
management.
57
of
those
individuals
were
people
of
color.
43
were
white,
all
are
30
to
60
percent
of
ami
top
reasons.
For
those
referrals
were
employment,
housing
and
food
security
of
the
folks
that
we
closed
out,
68
percent
showed
positive
improvement
in
their
life
skills.
J
So
currently
our
case
managers
are
serving
29
individuals
with
16
referrals
that
we
are
following
up
on.
We
also
have
a
women's
empowerment
group,
we're
currently
serving
eight
women
in
that
group.
Those
services
are
one-on-one
at
the
moment
since
we're
not
meeting
as
a
group.
Thank
you
very
much
for
your
support
of
changing
together.
A
U
Hello,
everybody.
Thank
you
for
this
opportunity.
My
name
is
paris
finley
and
I'm
the
co-director
of
ytl.
My
partner
is
janelle
lasseter
she's,
also
a
co-director
of
ytl.
So
just
thank
you
for
having
me.
Can
you
hear
me?
U
U
This
past
summer
of
2020
ytl
offered
an
eight
week
program
that
allowed
parents
to
work
and
to
know
that
their
children
were
receiving
a
sec
receiving
safe
in
a
safe
environment
and
that
we
were
following
the
covet
measures
in
place,
receiving
academic
tutoring
and
also
participating
in
regular
summer
activities.
U
Our
program
serves
students
who
stroke
academically
socially
and
emotionally,
and
those
living
in
public
housing
and
other
low
economic
areas.
We
also
serve
families
that
have
been
impacted
by
systemic
racism.
In
addition
to
our
summer,
we
will
work
with
students
to
advocate
for
themselves,
in
the
school
setting
and
and
to
take
our
mindfulness
practice
that
we
use
at
ytl
to
transfer
those
skills
into
class
and
also
some
of
our
partners
that
we
work
with.
We
work
with
appalachian
conservation.
U
We
have
americorps
worker
that
comes
in
and
she
talks
about
the
environment.
She
takes
the
children
out
on
field
trips
and
walks
and
just
discuss
things
of
nature.
We
also
work
with
a
resident
artist,
jenny,
pickens
she
comes
in
and
does
art
with
our
youth.
U
We
also
have
stem
programming
that
is
ran
by
krista
and
mr
bicker.
They
come
in
and
do
science
and
engineering.
U
We
also
worked
with
anthony,
who
was
with
black
people
camp
two,
so
he
comes
in
and
just
talk
about
camping
and
outdooring
and
those
kinds
of
things
we
also
partnered,
with
professor
mark
at
unca
with
media
programming.
He
has
unca
students
to
come
in
and
teach
about
media
programming
on
the
computers
we
also
partner
with
horse
sense.
U
We
have
groups
of
students
to
go
out
to
horse
sense
and
just
work
with
the
horses
we
also
partner
with
glass
blowing.
We
also
partner
with
fired
up
and
clay
works.
We
also
have
tutors
to
come
in.
We
have
a
numerous
amount
of
volunteers
that
come
in
as
tutors
math
tutors
reading
tutors.
We
also
work
with
actual
literacy.
U
They
come
in
and
work
with
all
of
our
children
and
right
now
we're
looking
at
partnering
with
therapists
like
me
to
help
with
some
of
the
social
and
emotional
needs
that
are
happening
right
now.
During
covet,
we
just
saw
a
rise
in
just
the
behaviors
of
our
children
and
we
just
want
to
see
them
healthy
and
whole,
so
we
really
are
working
on
the
social
and
emotional
component
of
ytl.
So
thank
you
for
hearing
me
out
and
I
can
take
any
questions.
A
V
Good
morning,
everyone
can
you
all
hear
me?
Yes,
yes,
my
name
is
dr
maris
lavender.
I
am
the
chief
program
officer
at
the
ywca
of
asheville
in
western
north
carolina
is
my
first
time
at
this
meeting.
I'm
excited
to
be
here
and
grateful
for
the
opportunity
to
share
with
y'all
about
one
of
our
programs
of
the
empowerment
child
care,
which
is
a
low
and
no
cost
hourly
child
care.
V
We
primarily
serve
our
our
body
is
93
female
body
folks
aged
35
to
45,
all
of
whom
are
low
income,
as
measured
by
their
ability
to
receive
snap
75
percent
of
those
women
had
single
parent
households,
and
so
for
this
demographic,
affordable,
reliable
child
care
is
critical
for
their
ability
to
access
economic
and
educational
resources.
V
So
we
have
partnerships
with
av
tech
for
students
who
are
taking
classes
at
av
tech.
They
can
drop
their
child
off
at
our
child
care.
We
also
have
pay
by
the
hour
or
low
cost
child
care
for
those
who
are
going
on
job
interviews
or
have
job
trainings
and
just
meet
someone
to
watch
their
child
for
a
moment.
So
this
program
is
integral
to
the
economic,
empowerment
and
ability
to
access
other
services
in
the
community
and,
as
you
all
may
be
aware,
asheville
and
buncombe
county
has
an
immense
child
care
shortage.
V
V
Parents
also
receive
case
management
and
case
assistance
services,
so
we
connect
them
to
resources
for
unemployment,
assistance
and
sort
of
income
based
assistance,
snap
benefits
and
guide
them
through
the
process
of
enacting
or
accessing
resources
that
will
allow
the
economic
fulfillment
of
their
ability
to
take
care
of
their
families
in
every
afternoon.
V
Overall,
as
I
mentioned,
ecc
is
one
of
the
only
programs
like
this
in
the
in
the
community
and
serves
houseless
families
as
well,
with
a
particular
network
of
services
for
parents
who
are
experiencing
homelessness
and
need
someone
to
watch
their
kids
access
service
and
we
provide
meals
for
them,
and
while
we
are
the
only,
I
think
what
I
would
like
to
say
in
closing
is
that
I
I
believe
this
program
really
represents
the
importance
of
synergy
of
all
of
our
programs
and
the
ability
for
folks
to
know
that
ecc
exists
as
they're
accessing
helpmate
as
they're
on
on
track
and
that
we
can
really
create
a
fabric
as
celeste
of
services
in
our
community,
so
that
it's
just
an
easy
way
for
people
to
get
what
they
need.
A
Thank
you,
dr
lavender,
and
I
guess
we
could
have
preempted
this
by
saying.
There
are
two
items
from
the
yw
on
here
and
perhaps
we
should
hear
from
both.
While
we
have
you
would
that
work
for
the
committee
members,
okay
and
do
we
haven't.
V
Go
ahead,
I
want
to
know
that
the
person
presenting
for
the
next
program
is
the
actual
program
director.
So
it's
up
to
you
all
I
feel
like
we
can
still
present
and
then
we
can
do
them
together
or
we
can
do
them
separately.
A
Okay,
I
didn't
realize
it
was
going
to
be
a
different
presenter.
It
is
fine
now
that
we've
seen
kelly
come
up,
I'm
okay
with
it.
If
other
council
women
are
do,
we
have
any
questions
for
dr
lavender
specific
to
this
child
care.
Ask
okay,
great
doc!
Kelly
hubbell,
welcome
hi.
W
W
So
the
national
high
school
graduation
rate
for
teen
parents
is
36,
and
our
goal
at
mother
love
is
to
change
that
narrative
and
to
help
support
pregnant
and
parenting
teams
graduate
high
school
enroll
in
secondary
education.
Education
excuse
me
have
healthy
births,
healthy
families
and
delay
a
subsequent
pregnancy.
So
we
have
been
around
since
1985.
W
We
do
this
by
providing
monthly
home
visits
and
case
management,
monthly
group
events
such
as
lunch
bunch
at
the
area,
high
schools
and
providing
an
annual
reproductive
health
program
for
all
of
our
participants,
and
we
also
provide
access
to
a
resource
closet,
so
diapers,
baby
clothes,
small
furniture
items
and
making
sure
that
our
girls
and
our
family.
W
Our
goal
is
to
serve
around
30
pregnant
and
parenting
teens,
that
is
pregnant
and
parenting
mothers
over
the
course
of
a
year
and
to
also
support
their
partners
through
group
events
at
the
yw
as
well,
and
inviting
them
to
come
to
our
lunch
bunch
services
as
well.
I
am
also
happy
to
answer
any
questions
that
you
guys.
A
C
No,
that
was
perfect
and
again
I'll.
Go
back
to
this
is
where
there's
a
break
in
the
schedule,
or
would
the
committee
wish
to
move
forward?
We
have
approximately
one
two,
three
four:
we
have
eight
more
to
go.
We
can
push
through
and
take
a
break
after
that.
It's
completely
up
to
you
all.
A
A
Okay,
I
see
the
council.
Women
have
returned
welcome
back
if
staff
are
ready,
come
on
back
on
camera,
we'll
give
our
partner
agencies
just
a
minute.
C
A
X
Hi
good
morning,
everybody,
this
is
dr
amy
hobson,
and
I
am
the
executive
director
for
caring
for
children
and
I'm
going
to
be
talking
with
you
all
today
about
trinity
place,
emergency
runaway
and
homeless,
shelter
on
the
application.
I
think
I
just
put
trinity
place
because
emergency
runaway
homeless,
youth
shelter
tends
to
be
a
lot,
so
trinity
place
has
been
in
asheville
for
30
years
now.
This
is
the
third
year
that
we
have
come
to
you
all
requesting
some
funding
and
we
under
well.
X
X
X
X
We
serve
kiddos
ages
7
through
17,
and
these
are
children
that
are
homeless,
have
run
away,
are
at
home
and
have
been
kicked
out
of
home
are
experiencing
some
challenges.
At
home
we
get
referrals
from
law
enforcement
from
parents
from
schools
from
the
juvenile
court
system
from
therapists
mental
health
providers
from
a
lot
of
the
agencies
that
have
been
on
this
call
presenting
that
deal
with
children.
X
X
X
As
I
say,
we
really
are
barrier-free.
We're
available
24
hours
a
day
in
person
or
for
phone
consultations,
so
child
that
is
thinking
having
some
challenges
doesn't
really
know.
What
to
do
can
call
us
anytime
we're
able
to
immediately
speak
with
them,
live
in
person
during
their
crisis,
same
thing
for
parents,
parents
are
feeling
really
frustrated
recognizing
that
things
are
not
going
well
at
home
with
their
kiddos,
as
we
all
can
remember.
Being
a
teenager
is
challenging.
X
Having
a
teenager
is
challenging,
but
those
parents
can
call
us
immediately.
We
are
not
dss,
we
are
not
law
enforcement.
We
are
somebody
that
can
hook
them
up
with
community
services,
and
so
over
the
last
eight
months
we
have
received
2674
phone
calls,
which
is
up
75
from
this
time.
Last
year.
X
While
children
are
with
us
at
trinity
place,
we
provide
obviously
emergency
housing,
all
of
their
meals,
one-on-one,
tutoring,
counseling
transportation,
to
medical
appointments,
volunteer
opportunities
with
social
justice
agencies
and
really
hardcore
connections
to
the
community,
not
just
giving
a
phone
number,
but
that
warm
handoff.
X
So
a
kiddo
looking
for
some
opportunity,
a
parent
looking
for
an
opportunity-
it's
not
just
during
the
crisis,
but
that
the
child
is
with
us.
But
after
we
follow
that
child
and
family
for
an
entire
year.
So
what
that
means
is
we're
texting,
we're
calling
just
to
see
if
they
need
any
additional
support
in
the
community.
For
that
warm
hands-off
with
the
85
children
that
we've
served
so
far.
X
This
year
we
have
provided
over
2
000
nights
of
shelter
places
kids
would
have
ended
up
couch
surfing
in
juvenile
detention
or
on
the
streets.
We
would
have
successfully
prevented.
X
X
We
also
saw
an
increase.
I
can't
hear
the
thing
with
them:
lgbtq
youth.
During
the
coven,
we
have
partnered
with
many
youth
organizations
such
as
transmission
and
youth
outright,
to
identify
supporting
lgbtq
youth,
especially
during
covenant.
So
I
did
hear
the
ding
sorry
about
that.
A
Y
Y
So
a
lot
of
homes
operates,
are
a
lot
of
students,
training
for
advancement
program
that
serves
18
to
24
year
old,
unaccompanied
transitioning,
age,
youth
who
are
homeless
or
at
feminine
homelessness.
Yesterday,
we
were
pleased
to
talk
with
everyone
and
secure
twenty
thousand
dollars
just
over
that
for
for
tenant-based
rental
assistance.
We
all
think
from
the
county
and
from
the
esg
grant
for
tenant-based
rental
assistance
with
the
cdbg
funding.
We
are
looking
to
be
able
to
pay
for
staffing
in
order
to
administer.
Y
That
funding
what
the
students
that
we
work
with
through
our
program
are.
Y
Y
And
system
working
with
face
many
barriers
that
are
keeping
them
from
being
able
to
be
successful
in
our
community.
We
know
that
these
youth
have
the
risk
of
becoming
part
of
our
chronically
homeless
population
when
we
work
with
them
today,
we
are
able
to
provide
the
preventative
services
to
keep
them
off
of
the
streets
and
keep
them
and
their
children
from
becoming
the
chronically
homeless
that
our
community
has
to
put
other
services
into.
Thank
you.
A
Z
Good
morning,
can
you
all
hear
me
good
morning,
laura
hey!
This
is
canyon,
okay
thanks!
So
my
name
is
laura
kirby
and
I
work
for
haywood
street
congregation
and
really
glad
to
be
here
and
appreciate
this
opportunity.
So
we
operate
the
hayward
street
respite,
which
is
the
program
we're
requesting
funds.
Funding
for
respite
offers
a
safe
place
for
unhoused
adults
to
stay
after
being
discharged
from
the
hospital.
Z
The
easiest
way
to
think
about
what
we
do
is
just
to
think
about
your
own
experience.
If
you've
been
in
the
hospital
or
if
you've
had
a
family
member
or
a
friend,
who's
been
in
the
hospital.
You
know
that
when
you
get
out
you're
generally
still
not
feeling
up
to
par
and
what
you
really
need
is
to
rest
and
give
your
body
time
to
get
well,
and
that's
really
at
the
core
of
what
we
do
in
respite.
Z
Z
Let's
see
our
our
targets
for
this
period
are
that
we
will
serve
185
people.
We
hope
that
a
a
number
of
those
will
go
to
permanent
housing.
I
think
we
proposed
15
of
those
and
that
we
also
propose
75
of
the
of
our
friends,
will
have
a
successful
exit
to
more
stable
housing.
A
Thank
you
laura
any
questions
from
the
committee
members.
I
do
have
one
first
I'd
like
to
say.
I
really
applaud
the
courageous
work
that
you
all
are
doing
before
the
pandemic.
I
was
able
to
tour
the
respite
center
and
learn
more
about
how
really
it's
the
only
option
in
the
community
if
you
were
unhoused
in
medical
care
that
your
this
resource
is
the
only
thing
for
people
after
they
exit
the
hospital
which
I
found
both
amazing
and
alarming.
A
I'm
curious
so
when
in
reviewing
your
application,
it
looks
like
y'all
were
awarded
some
funds
last
year
that
have
not
been
spent.
Can
you
speak
to
that
at
all.
Z
C
Yeah,
hey
laura,
and
so
as
a
point
of
clarity,
there's
folks
who
received
funding
in
2021.
We
just
got
that
hud
contract
last
year
last
week,
but
there
are
folks
with
funding
before
that
from
years
past.
That
might
still
be
out
there,
but
regarding
anyone
who
got
2021
funding,
we
wouldn't
have
expected
them,
although
kudos
to
them
if
they
could
to
spend
them
within
that
quick
week
there.
But
we
did
just
get
our
funding.
A
C
All
right
and
next
up
is
help
mate
with
the
emergency
shelter.
I
think
we
already
did
that
when
is
that
correct?
I'm
sorry!
No
for
emergency
shelter
for
domestic
violence,
not
the
housing.
C
N
It's
okay!
It's
a
lot
to
manage.
Thank
you
so
much
paul
and
I
appreciate
the
chance
to
spend
three
more
minutes
with
you
all
this
morning.
So
I
referenced
our
helpmates
emergency
shelter
program
for
domestic
violence
survivors
as
we
were
talking
about
housing
case
management,
because
those
services
are
knitted
together
in
a
lot
of
ways.
N
So
our
emergency
shelter
was
the
first
program
that
helped
mate
opened
42
years
ago.
It
is
the
tip
of
the
spear
for
us.
We
are
serving
the
folks
who
are
most
likely
to
die.
If
we
don't
and
that's
you
know
a
byproduct
of
needing
to
grow
our
shelter
space,
and
it
means
that
we
have
to
be
selective
in
who
we
bring
in
so
we're
choosing
to
bring
in
folks
that
have
the
highest
lethality
risk.
N
92
percent
of
the
people
in
our
shelter
have
that
very
high
lethality
risk,
as
well
as
the
folks
who
are
lowest
resourced
in
our
community.
Half
of
the
folks
who
come
into
our
shelter
have
existing
substance,
abuse
or
significant
mental
health
needs.
As
I
mentioned
earlier,
12
percent
are
disabled
and
many
more
than
that
are
injured.
N
N
N
N
The
average
lifespan
of
domestic
violence
advocate
in
north
carolina
is
18
months
and
so
to
have
that
level
of
stability
and
security
and
the
community
knowledge
and
expertise,
and
just
your
compassion
that
joy
brings
to
us
is
just
an
amazing
gift.
When
folks
come
to
us,
we
try
to
provide
those
wrap
around
services.
N
Management
counseling
are
both
offered
on-site
in
our
emergency
shelter.
We
have
dedicated
children's
programming
to
make
sure
that
children's
educational
and
social
needs
are
met.
We
work
with
the
mountain
child
advocacy
center
to
address
traumatic
response
that
happens
among
the
children,
and
so
we
do
provide
that
full
kind
of
cohort
of
services
as
well
as
basic
needs.
Food
clothing,
toiletries
transportation,
assistance,
the
folks
who
are
staying
in
our
shelter
right
now.
Our
capacity
is
20
beds.
N
N
We
far
exceeded
that
during
the
pandemic,
but
as
we
move
back
into
our
regular
shelter,
that
capacity
will
once
again
reduce
until
we
are
able
to
build
a
bigger
building.
We've
appreciated
the
cdbg
investment
in
this
critical
infrastructure
and
the
recognition
that
it
does
not
just
change
but
also
save
lives.
A
I'm
intrigued
to
hear
that
you
have
long-term
plans
for
a
larger
shelter,
good
okay,
I
don't
think
we
have
any
more
questions
for
you
april.
Thank
you
for
being
here
and
presenting
twice
today.
Absolutely
thank.
C
AA
Good
morning,
everybody,
thank
you.
My
name
is
santiago
selly,
I'm
the
facilities
and
housing
development
director
in
homerbound,
and
thank
you
for
the
opportunity.
Our
mission
in
homeward
bound
is
to
prevent
and
end
homelessness
through
housing
and
support.
AA
So
to
that
end
a
we
submitted
an
application
to
support
our
the
acquisition
of
a
property
that
we
have
been
under
contract
for
for
like
five
months
now,
it's
the
days
in
hotel
once
on
the
road.
AA
This
site
will
serve
as
our
complex
that
has
room
not
only
for
85
permanent
supported
housing
units,
85
efficiencies,
but
also
for
on-site
staff,
supportive
staff
case
managers
and
and
and
other
another
homer
bound
staff,
as
well
as
space
for
other
community
partners
to
come
and
provide
other
very
necessary
services
like
counseling
and
therapy,
and
physical
health
and
mental
health,
and
peer
support
and
all
of
these
services,
which
are
a
must
to
have
a
on-site
and
available
to
the
residents
in
order
for
them
to
be
successful
in
the
transition
from
living
on
the
streets
to
to
sustaining
a
safe
and
decent
home
place
to
go
home.
AA
In
addition,
the
the
site
will
provide
both
a
great
deal
of
interior
and
exterior
common
areas
for
diverse
common
activities,
meetings
and
and
library,
with
computers,
and
maybe
even
some
for
for
job
training
and
and
many
other
activities
that
will
again
be
fundamental
to
the
success
of
this
transition.
AA
AA
AA
A
Any
questions
from
the
committee.
I
just
have
a
couple
comments.
So
homerbound
also
had
three
home
applications
yesterday
in
my
notes,
I'm
actually
having
a
hard
time
recalling
and
I
did
not
take
detailed
notes
on
what
they
were
actually
recommended
for
award.
So
paul,
can
you
speak
to
that?
A
I
know
I'm
looking
at
yesterday's,
so
we
had
an
ask
for
a
hundred
thousand
for
tenant
based
rental
assistance,
another
80
for
asheville
tenant
based
and
then
there
was
an
ask
for
this
same
for
money
towards
the
acquisition
and
the
request
was
five
hundred
thousand.
I
can't
remember:
did
we
award
any
towards
the
acquisition
via
home
or
recommend
award?
I
would
say.
C
A
Think
so,
okay,
if
you
could
pull
that
up
real
quick,
I
would
just.
I
would
appreciate
that,
so
we
can
have
the
whole
story
because
santiago,
I
really
love
this
project.
I
want
to
make
sure
that
it
happens.
I
am
thrilled
to
see
this
model
come
into
our
community.
I
know
it's
a
big
leap
for
y'all.
I
did
a
tour
and
met
with
the
team.
I'm
just.
I
applaud
y'all's
efforts.
A
What
I'm
getting
at
here
is
the
big
picture.
You
know
and
we
have
the
rescue
act
coming
into
place
and
you
know:
are
there
going
to
be
capital
stacks
that
make
sense
for
the
city
to
involve
themselves
in
our
home
in
cdbg
dollars
the
best
use?
A
In
light
of
this
challenge,
we
have
in
front
of
us,
which
is
so
many
great
programs
and
such
little
funding,
so
I'm
just
trying
to
get
a
clearer
picture
and
how
I
can
personally
help
support
the
oil's
project
happen,
but
also
how
it
plays
into
this
tier
of
applicants.
A
C
Sorry
I
was
on
mute
there.
I
did
find
the
numbers,
an
apology,
santiago.
I
think
I
got
my
numbers
mixed
up.
I
do
not
believe
that
there
was
for
the
permanent
support
of
housing
for
the
rehab.
They
have
requested
500
000,
but
there
was
a
zero
dollar
recommendation
there,
but
they
were
fully
funded
for
the
tenant
based
rental
assistance
for
buncombe
county.
Ask
a
hundred
thousand
award
a
hundred
thousand
for
the
the
asheville-based
tenant-based
rental
assistance
for
homerebound
ask
80
000
award
80,
000.,
okay,.
A
Great
thank
you
for
that
detail.
I
don't
have
any
other
questions
for
santiago.
Does
anyone
else?
Okay,
great!
Thank
you.
Thank
you
santiago.
We
appreciate
it.
Thank
you.
C
AB
Thanks:
hey,
yes,
I'm
nicole
brown,
I'm
the
deputy
director
of
programs
and
strategy
for
homeward
bound,
and
I
guess
I'll
just
go
ahead
and
talk
about
our
two
requests
together.
First
I'll
start
with
the
cdbg
funding
request
for
permanent
supportive
housing,
it
is
connected
to
the
home
tvra
funding
that
was
recommended
for
81
000
yesterday,
which
paul
was
just
referring
to
so
homer
bound
works
with
the
highest
needs.
AB
This
funding
will
cover
salaries
for
around
one
and
a
half
case
managers
to
work
with
these
clients
on
housing
stability
by
connecting
them
with
the
vital
community
support
such
as
mental
health
treatment,
primary
care
and
substance
use
treatment.
It
will
also
cover
half
of
the
salary
for
a
housing
specialist.
AB
So
this
position
specifically
works
with
building
relationships
with
local
landlords
to
house
this
incredibly
vulnerable
population
in
our
community,
so
that
is
for
the
permanent
supportive
housing
request.
We
also
have
a
second
question
for
our
a-hope
coordinated
entry.
AB
A
hope
for
native
entry
is
how
people
experiencing
homelessness
and
our
community
get
connected
to
housing
and
supportive
services.
This
is
not
just
a
process
that
is
vital
to
moving
people
out
of
homelessness
in
our
community.
It
is
also
a
process
that
is
required
to
bring
in
over
1.6
million
dollars
to
our
community
and
hud
funding.
AB
It's
also
a
critical
part
of
our
community's
five-year
strategic
plan
on
homelessness.
We
serve
both
individuals
at
risk
of
homelessness
and
those
already
experiencing
homelessness
by
conducting
assessments
and
referring
people
to
housing
based
on
their
needs
indicated
by
those
assessments.
Those
assessed
having
the
most
needs
are
then
referred
to
long-term
supportive
housing.
Those
with
lower
level
of
needs
are
referred
to
shorter
term,
supportive
housing
or
general,
affordable
housing
in
our
community.
AB
We
will
use
these
farms
to
cover
the
salary
and
fringe
benefits
for
one
staff
member
to
implement
this
vital
and
required
coordinated
entry
system
in
our
community.
Yes,
we
definitely
do
ask
for
this
funding
every
year,
but
it's
desperately
needed
to
implement
this.
To
implement
coordinated
entry
for
our
community.
Homer
bound
has
to
raise
315
000
of
private
funding
in
order
to
provide
coordinated
entry
in
nashville.
AB
AB
They
were
able
to
prevent
homelessness
for
18
people
and
move
103
people
out
of
homelessness
and
into
housing.
49
of
those
individuals
were
supported
by
aho
coordinated
entry
staff
to
find
and
obtain
general
housing
in
the
community.
So
this
is
housing
without
supportive
services
or
financial
support.
AB
54
individuals
moved
into
one
of
our
supportive
housing
programs,
23
of
them
moved
into
our
permanent
supportive
housing
program,
which
is
long-term
support
and
financial
assistance
and
31
moved
into
our
rapid
rehousing
program.
That
provides
short-term
case
management
and
financial
assistance,
and
so
thank
you
so
much
for
your
consideration
and
I'm
happy
to
answer
any
questions
you
might
have.
A
Thank
you,
nicole.
Any
questions
for
the
applicant
okay,
so
just
to
summarize,
there
were
three
home
applications.
Yesterday
there
are
three
cdbg
applications
today
I
have
one
question
for
you,
nicole,
because
it
might
be
I'm
getting
a
little
confused
across
the
six
different
applications.
I
apologize
the
so
we
recently
the
city
received,
cares,
act,
money
and
then
the
county
received
charizard
money.
Can
you
talk
to
whether
or
not
that
money
received
is
also
being
used
in
a
similar
capacity?
AB
AB
So
the
coordinated
entry
funding
that
we're
asking
for
right
now
is
for
staffing
for
the
process
to
get
those
clients
into
that
housing
resource
in
order
to
get
slated
for
a
housing
program
and
connected
with
housing.
You
have
to
go
through
this
process,
which
involves
an
assessment
and
then
collecting
a
lot
of
paperwork.
You
need
to
get
id's
birth
certificates.
AB
You
need
to
prove
that
someone
has
experienced
chronic
homelessness
by
reaching
out
to
shelters
or
community
partners
that
have
worked
with
this
client
so
that
process
we
cannot
get
anyone
into
housing
without
that
coordinated
entry
process
and
it's
not
funded
by
other
sources,
I
mean
we
have
to
raise
significant
private
dollars,
like
I
said
three
hundred
and
fifteen
thousand
dollars
in
order
to
be
able
to
run
the
coordinated
entry
system,
which
again
is
required
for
our
community
to
do
and.
A
I
wonder,
is
that
my
sound
sorry,
I
don't
know
if
I
just
heard
that
or
if
y'all
just
heard
that
so
that
does
help
explain
and
I'm
so
going
forward.
If
more
cares
act,
money
comes
into
the
community.
We
may
need
to
watch
for
administrative
components
of
it,
not
just
tbra.
AB
Exactly
exactly,
there
is
a
whole
lot
that
goes
into
actually
getting
someone
connected
with
those
resources,
and
definitely
that's
something
as
an
agency
that
we
have
really
learned
this
year,
we've
taken
on
a
lot
with
this
extra
funding
and
really
tried
to
meet
the
needs
of
those
in
our
community,
but
the
cost
and
the
staff.
The
manpower
that
is
required
to
get
these
folks
connected
with
these
services
is
significant
and
we
definitely
have
to
look
at
putting
that
in
place
in
order
to
effectively
run
our
coordinated
entry
system.
D
E
No,
but
I
have
a
question
for
paul
on
our
spreadsheet:
a
few
organizations
have
an
asterisk
by
their
their
requests,
and
I'm
wondering
if
that
asterisk
is
a
attached
to
home
funds
or
maybe
a
match
a
match
need.
C
E
C
And
see
before
we
go
to
the
last
one,
the
last
presentation.
We
have
just
a
quick
point
of
clarity
that
we
talked
about
briefly
yesterday,
but
a
lot
of
discussion
about
the
1.9
trillion
that
got
passed
on
a
national
level
by
the
administration
for
relief
from
what
we
we
spoke
with
hud
last
friday,
from
what
we're
hearing
and
again,
please
don't
take
this
from
word
for,
but
from
our
hud
rep,
the
funding
that
would
come.
C
I
believe
to
the
community
development
department
so
separate
than
what
the
city
is
going
to
be
getting,
but
the
funding
that
we
get
about
emergency
rental
assistance
and
homeless
assistance.
That's
going
to
be
most
likely
coming
through
hud.
There's
a
lot
of
talk
about
this.
Oh
it's
going
to
arrive
in
30
days.
Our
hud
rep
wanted
to
make
sure
we
know
that
there
was
going
to
be
more
to
it
than
that
and
that
we
could
expect
either
the
money
or
the
regulations
and
guidance
in
early
falls.
C
So
we'll
continue
to
keep
up
with
that,
but
just
based
on
that
point
of
clarity,
it
came
up
yesterday
with
him
on
when
we're
anticipating
it
again.
That's
just
from
our
hud
rep
not
bible
there,
but
I
think
it's
important
just
to
clarify
that
for
people
who
may
be
anticipating
the
monday
is
going
to
be
here.
Perhaps
sometime
mid
next
month,.
A
Very
important
to
note
and
I'm
curious
if
there
have
been
any
indications
this
early
on.
I
know
we
don't
have
a
lot
of
information
about
whether
or
not
the
that
funding
may
include
administrative
capacity
items
to
deploy
programs.
C
It
usually
does
some
administrative
component
to
it
some
percentage
and
everything,
but
we'll
certainly
be
looking
at
that
and
there's
luckily,
some
upcoming
webinars
on
all
of
these
things
too
great.
Thank
you.
C
Yes,
last
but
not
least,
here
is
pisgah
legal
services
with
their
homelessness
prevention
project.
AC
Good
morning,
everyone
I'm
ben
manning-
I
am
a
program
director
at
fiscal
legal
services,
homelessness
prevention
project,
robin
merrill
is
also
here.
My
major
role,
episcopal
eagle,
is
to
advocate
for
families
experiencing
or
at
risk
of
homelessness
and
training,
other
advocates
and
volunteers
to
be
able
to
do
the
same.
AC
Ms
merrill.
Can
she
is
much
more
in
charge
of
our
grants
management
and
can
answer
more
specific
questions
that
you
might
have
about
that.
You
know
I
first
I
appreciate
the
comments
of
the
vice
mayor
at
the
beginning
of
the
meeting
I
think
in
our
country
generally
right
now.
We
need
to
in
all
of
our
civic
discourse
sort
of
have
an
ethic
of
what
have
we
tried
before
and
what
do
we?
AC
What
should
we
try
in
the
future
and
although
pisco
legal
has
been
funded
and
hpp
specifically
has
been
funded
by
these
funds
in
the
past?
What
I
think
you
all
should
understand
is
that
yes,
you're
funding
an
organization
with
the
same
name
year
after
year,
but
our
organization,
I
believe
this
past
year.
We
have
gotten
so
much
better
at
getting
better
and
I
think
the
result
is
one
of
the
most
innovative
legal
services
organizations
in
the
state.
If
not
the
country.
AC
AC
I
was
very
hopeful
that
the
president
would
comment
on
that
in
the
press
conference
yesterday,
but
no
one
asked,
but
we
don't
know,
what's
going
to
happen,
I'll
tell
you
that
whatever
happens
hpp
we're
ready
to
stand
with
our
neighbors
and
whatever
comes
next
this
past
year
I
have
trained
so
many
volunteers
and
our
other
advocates
that
we
are
well
trained
staff
and
we're
ready
to
to
meet
that
community
need
I'll
say
that
you
know.
Cdbg
has
been
a
bedrock
of
funding
for
this
program
over
the
past
couple
years.
AC
Over
a
long
probably
before
I
arrived
at
pisco
legal-
and
I
remember
a
couple
years
ago,
I
came
before
you
all
as
the
program
director
and
at
that
time
I
believe
we
were
a
program
of
one
in
buncombe
county
and
if
without
cdbg
you
know,
we
very
well
could
have
been
a
program
of
none.
AC
AC
I
don't
know
where
I
am
on
time,
but
I'll
tell
you
that
the
deck
is
stacked
against
tenants
in
north
carolina
at
the
beginning
of
the
pandemic.
When
the
court
shut
down
across
the
state,
we
saw
a
thousand
percent
of
what's
called
self-help
evictions,
where
someone
is
just
locked
out
of
their
home
without
process
their
water
is
shut
off
to
resolve
that
you
have
to
have
an
attorney.
AC
AC
AC
A
Thank
you
ben
any
questions
for
the
applicant.
E
AA
A
Echo
that
gratitude
I
know
for
those
who
are
listening
at
home
and
not
quite
sure
what
we're
talking
about
when
the
cares
act
first
distributed.
It's,
I
think
the
first
round
we
got
was
615
thousand
dollars.
We
immediately
passed,
200
of
it
to
homeward
bound
and
200
of
it
to
pisgah
to
assist
the
crises,
and
I
I
don't
think
they
sleep
I
they
must
not.
I
don't
know
how
they
continue
to
keep
up.
Y'all
are
an
outrageous
organization.
A
A
Thank
you
any
other
questions
for
the
applicant
okay.
Thank
you
all.
We
can
go
back
to
the
committee
and
perhaps
call
and
enter
into
the
discussion,
so
we
have
a
large
task
at
hand.
We
have
over
two
million
dollars
in
asks
and
one
million
dollars
to
potentially
award.
So
I
would
I
guess
I
would
like
to
perhaps
ask
paul
to
open
up
the
spreadsheet
that
was
part
of
the
staff
report.
A
This
is
simply
a
draft
and
a
starting
point,
and
I
would
then
ask
my
colleagues,
fellow
councilwoman,
to
start
a
discussion
on
how
we
want
to
navigate
this.
We
basically
can
change
anything
on
this
spreadsheet.
Any
dollar
amount
an
award
and
come
together
on
a
boat,
and
I
think
there's
going
to
be
a
pretty
interesting
conversation,
so
maybe
we
can,
I
will
hush
if
paul
can
pull
it
up
and
maybe,
if
one
of
you
all
would
like
to
start
with
your
comments,
that
would
be
great.
C
So
thanks
sage,
just
and
jonathan
jones
from
our
team
is
sharing
this
spreadsheet.
It
is
a
copy
here,
so
we
can
take
a
look
at
these
amounts
and
and
when
jonathan
gets
a
chance
to
make
that
a
little
bit
bigger
and
then
just
a
friendly
reminder
about
the
public
services
cap,
which
is
at
170
178
699.
C
That
is
the
one
funding
just
to
be
aware
of.
Otherwise
the
applicant
should
all
still
be
here
on
the
line
to
answer
any
questions
as
well
as
staff
and
appreciate
it
and
a
quick
thank
you
to
everybody
who
was
able
to
present
today
all
the
team
members
long
process
application.
Everyone
did
a
great
job
with
the
three
minutes.
So
thank
you
to
everybody
there
and
we'll
be
ready
for
questions.
E
E
C
Sure
so,
as
thanks
vice
mayor
smith,
and
so
as
a
quick
reminder
with
strategic
partnership
funds,
it's
kind
of
been
paused
over
the
last
two
years,
as
we,
the
city
staff
and
and
partnership
with
equity,
looked
at
the
direction
there
and
it
seems
like
the
conclusion
of
working
with
the
community
is
to
move
that
to
more
closing
the
opportunity
and
achievement
gap.
The
next
step
is,
I
think,
some
decision
making
from
city
management
and
then
figuring
out
a
way
to
move
those
to
applications
and
then
move
that
for
funding.
C
I
would
imagine,
although
that
process
can
always
be
lengthy,
to
a
certain
extent
that
if
that
can
get
moving,
that
there
would
probably
be
a
good
chance,
depending
on
some
decision
making
there,
that
that
money
would
get
to
the
agencies
quicker
than
the
community
development
block
grant
funding
which
most
likely
would
come
in
those
contracts
in
late
october,
early
november,
for
the
traditional
cycle
and
regarding
eligibility
again,
I
don't
want
to
get
ahead
of
that.
C
I
think
there's
some
decisions
and
I
think
sbf
has
to
go
back
through
hcd,
but
it
looks
like
the
direction
would
be
for
closing
the
opportunity
gap.
So
anyone
education,
based
with
some
outcomes,
I
think,
would
be
eligible.
But
I
appreciate
you
allowing
me
not
to
get
too
ahead
of
those
decisions
until
they're
passed
by
hcd
and
council.
F
A
That
so
right
away,
we
know
we
have
too
concerned
about
that.
You
know
we
can.
I
guess,
with
the
point
of
having
jonathan
in
this
spreadsheet
up
is
so
that
we
can
have
jonathan
tweak
numbers
live
and
see
how
they
impact.
I
know
I
have
drafted
a
spreadsheet
in
front
of
me
that
looks
different
vice
mayor.
Do
you
have
anything
you
want
to
suggest
as
a
our
sentiment,
you
want
to
share
before.
E
We
get
started
no,
but
I
just
I
do
have
another
question
for
paul
and
I
think
it
will
be
helpful
to
the
committee
paul.
There
are
some
organizations
that
are
listed
here.
E
Who've
made
yearly
requests
but
have
not
made
a
draw,
and
I
know
one
of
our
organizations
they
spoke
on
us
getting
you
know
their
their
situations
with
was
that
we
got
our
contract
with
hud
late
in
the
year,
but
I
think
other
organizations
may
have
capacity
issues
and
that's
why
they
weren't
aren't
able
to
make
to
draw
down
on
that
money.
Could
you
I
mean
it's
a
heart?
It's
a
tough
question.
This
has
always
been
a
really
tough
space
to
be
in,
but
I
think
candidness
would
help
us
make
good
decisions.
C
Absolutely
and
yes,
this
is
always
the
nerve-wracking
section
of
the
the
potential
questions
and
but
the
candor,
I
think,
is
really
important,
but
for
the
most
part
of
the
agencies
that
are
here
today,
things
are
moving
along
regarding
previous
year
balances,
not
including
the
2021.
C
You
know
fiscal
year
with
those
contracts
just
happening
last
year,
but
for
the
most
part
looking
at
balances.
You
know
there
is
just
you
know
with
with
eagle
market
street
and
their
great
agency
and
stephanie
and
her
people
there.
There
is
an
outstanding
balance
there.
One
thing
that
we
asked
for
in
the
application,
since
that's
opportunity,
asheville,
is
working
with
carolina.
C
Small
business
and
mountain
bisworks
is
to
kind
of
put
together
a
letter
confirming
their
partnership
of
really
trying
to
work
together
between
mountain
biz
works,
carolina,
small
business
and
eagle
market
street
to
support
one
another,
and
particularly
to
help
out
eagle
market
street
and
in
better
being
able
to
move
that
funding.
And
so
we
did
get
that
letter
as
part
of
the
applicant
that
I
think
that
matt
raker
drafted.
C
So
we're
really
glad
to
see
that
kind
of
like
solidifying,
that
partnership,
it's
already
there
but
kind
of
that
commitment
to
work
even
stronger
together
to
help
people
eagle
market
street.
But
that
would
be
an
example.
They
do
have
a
balance
out
there
of
approximately,
I
believe,
103
000,
which
again
very
difficult
choices
here.
We
greatly
appreciate
the
work
that
they've
done,
but
that
was
why
we
had
a
lower
award
amount
for
them
this
year,
just
to
give
them
a
chance
to
spend
some
of
that
previous
funding,
and
is
that
helpful
mayor
smith?
E
Yeah,
that's
helpful.
I
think
in
years
past
we've
taken
a
a
small
break
here
so
that
each
person
can
kind
of
come
up
with
their
their
numbers.
A
E
Yeah
because
I
think
what
what's
happened
in
years
past,
we
took
a
small
break
and
then
we
each
entered
our
numbers
in
separately
and
then
after
we
had
everybody's
numbers
in
then
we
would
come
to
what
the
final
award
would
be.
How
how
do
you
all
see
us
doing
it
this
year?
Paul.
C
And
we
and
no
we
did
two
years
ago.
I
think
we
did
that
vice
mayor
smith,
but
last
year
just
we
did
not
do
it
that
way.
Just
for
the,
I
think,
the
sake
of
transparency.
We
heard
some
community
feedback
that
that
y'all
coming
up
with
those
numbers
was
they
wanted
something
a
little
bit
more
transparent.
I
think
everyone
agreed
so
but
again,
you
know
difficult
choices
to
make
for
you
all
as
much
of
the
conversation
as
what
we
had
internally.
A
Okay,
vice
mayor:
how
much
time
would
you
like
for
a
break
to
sit
with
this.
E
At
least
five
minutes
for
or
just
for
me,
I
don't
know
what
the
other,
what
you
all
need.
A
Okay,
so
let's,
let's
do
a
five
minute
break,
it
is
11
42,
let's
make
it
an
eight
minute
break,
come
back
at
11
50..
How
about
that
and
it
sounds
like
we
have
the
option
of
doing
adding
columns
and
going
individually
or
perhaps
we
can
have
a
discussion
based
vice
mayor.
I
see
you
saying
yes,
let's
add
columns
councilwoman
mosley.
Do
you
have
a
perspective
on
that.
A
I
feel
like
this
is
going
to
be
a
hard
conversation.
As
always,
I
really
want
to
just
restate
an
appreciation
for
all
of
the
applicants
and
the
good
work
that
they're
doing
in
the
community.
I
mean
if
we
had
all
the
money
we
would
we'd
share
it
all
we'd.
You
know,
fund
and
award
everyone.
We
could.
So
here
we
go.
Let's
do
what
we
can
to
help
would
either
of
you
fellow
councilwoman,
like
to
kick
off
with
your
thoughts.
F
I
really
didn't
have
too
many
changes
actually
for
the
the
non-public
service
total.
I
don't
have
any
real
changes
for
that,
but
the
two
organizations,
as
I
mentioned
before
of
interest
to
me,
are
project
lighting
up
and
partners
unlimited.
So
I
thought
perhaps
we
could
start
with
a
10
000
grant
from
them
for
them
and
make
that
up
with
the
total
for
pisgah
legal
and
spark
10
000
from
each.
I
believe
each
of
those
was
30..
F
C
So
if
you'd
like,
we
can
start
putting
some
numbers
on
the
screen,
if
you'd
like
just
to
see
what
that
looks
like
awesome.
Thank
you.
A
I
had
a
similar
sentiment.
In
fact,
I
was
approaching
this.
I
broke
out
another
column
and
said
for
a
percentage
of
the
ask
that
they
could
be
awarded
and
then
tried
to
award
some
funding
to
everyone.
I
understand
that
spf
may
help
with
some
of
these
more
academic
programs,
but
I'm
not.
C
And
councilwoman
turner-
if
I
may
couple
just
two
points
from
the
city
team
and
regarding
the
cdbg
fundings-
and
you
know
in
the
spirit
of
partnership
here,
but
also
you
know
to
be
candid
regarding
you
know
we
do
have.
I
think
we've
shown
a
really
good
effort
of
a
commitment
to
capacity
when
it
comes
to
trying
to
build
capacity
of
our
partners.
We
we
are
continued.
C
We
will
continue
to
try
to
do
that
for
anyone
who
isn't
funded
to
prepare
them,
and
so
I
did
want
to
put
that
out
there
like.
We
did
last
year
with
the
training,
and
we
want
to
see
what
we
can
keep
doing,
also,
unlike
what
we've
done
with
spf
funds
in
the
past,
where
there
were
requests,
and
then
everybody
got
something-
that's
usually
not
a
best
practice
mentioned
with
cdbg.
For
the
funding
to
be
more
strategic.
C
We
certainly
understand
the
intent.
We
are
right
there
with
you
that
if
we
had
all
the
money
to
be
able
to
award
everybody
something,
we
absolutely
would
like
to
do
that.
We
know
there's
folks
doing
good
work.
We
tried
to
balance
this
out
with
all
the
factors
we
talked
about
in
the
staff
memo,
but
it's
not
with
cdbg
being
very
specific
and
strategic.
We
don't
think
it's
a
best
practice.
However,
we
will
follow.
C
Your
lead
often
reminded
that
a
one
thousand
dollar
or
contract
takes
as
much
work
as
a
hundred
thousand
dollar
contract
and
but
again
we're
here
for
your
guidance,
but
I
did
want
to
be
able
to
for
the
team
to
put
some
clarity
there,
and
I
appreciate
you
all
listening.
A
E
E
A
I
think
I
have
a
similar
sentiment
in
my
figures,
except
that
I
fully
funded
the
community
land
trust
at
40..
My
thinking
was-
and
I
know
that
homeward
bound
is
on
the
call
and
may
wince,
but
I
promise
to
follow
up
with
you.
My
thinking
is
that
we
will
have
opportunities
to
support
the
acquisition
of
the
days
in
in
different
capacities.
A
I
moved
that
to
a
hundred
thousand
for
the
particular
so
line
26
it
looks
like,
and
I
also
fully
funded
the
land
trust
I
also
reduced
homeward
bound
supportive
housing.
The
81
000
ask
there
to
40
184,
I
left
eagle
street
at
25,
but
that
those
changes
allowed
everybody
else
to
be
fully
funded
in
mine,
so
that
moved
the
mountain
biz
to
120
the
western
women's
business,
to
120
eagle
market
at
25,
which
I
want
to
say.
I
appreciate
their
work.
That
is
simply
based
on
the
103
000
balance
that
is
remaining.
A
A
So
basically,
what
I
did
was
say
that
I
believe
we
will
get
long-term
funding
to
help
with
the
acquisition
for
homeward
bound
and
that
that
could
be
a
hundred,
and
then
I
said
the
81
thousand
dollar
ask
from
them.
I
think,
will
also
have
other
monies
in
this
recovery
planning.
So
I
put
that
one
to
40
184
then
I
I
left
eagle
street
at
25
and
fully
funded
the
rest.
Does
that
make
sense?
A
A
A
Helpmate49241
land
trust,
40,
yep,
that's
right!
That's
right!
That
should
oh
95!
For
the
last
one
yeah
and
y'all
I
mean
now
critique
away.
I.
E
Know
I
can
ride
with
it.
My
only
question
is
the
funds
that
are
coming
are
there
get?
Are
they
guaranteed
to
allow
spending
on
salary,
because
I
think
some
of
these
are
salary
requests
that
we
have
here
right?
So
paul?
Do
you
have?
You
are
oh
gosh?
Her
name
is
skipping
my
head,
but
the
funds
that
are
coming
through
the
federal
government
you
know,
can
you
use
those
funds,
for
salaries
are
only
services.
C
Are
you
talking
about
the
american
rescue
plan
or
the
for
that
funding?
I
don't
know
yet
how
that's
going
to
come
down
we're
assuming
there's
some
administrative
funding
there.
That
will
happen
in
some
outside
of
services,
but
I
don't
want
to
speculate
most
of
the
coveted
dollars.
There's
some
administrative
expenses
that
can
happen,
but
mostly
that
is
for
services.
A
It
does-
and
I
I'm
very
hopeful-
and
I
know
there
are
no
guarantees
with
the
rescue
plan.
I
am
hopeful
that,
should
large
amounts
of
money
be
doled
into
communities
at
the
rate
that
it
is
that
they
would
include
administration
capacity
building,
I
mean
we're
getting
26
million
dollars.
A
It's
a
bet,
I
guess
it's
a
it's
an
unknown.
I
recognize
that.
I
also
recognize
that
we
didn't
fully
fund
the
home
dollars
for
homer
down
yesterday
or
support
their
acquisition
money
so
or
we
did
fully
fund
their
support
money.
I'm
sorry!
So
this
ties
to
that
as
well,
and
that's
just
my
input,
I'm
happy
to
change
it
if
needed.
C
And
I
to
go
along
with
yesterday.
This
is
where
we're
homeward
bound,
maybe
if
they
wanted
to
talk
about
what
would
be
best
regarding
where
they
would
prefer
their
funding
to
go,
whether
that's
housing
services,
I
I
would
be
remiss,
I
think,
to
say-
and
we
I
I
want
to
say
this
first,
we
greatly
apprecia
appreciate
our
partners
very,
very
much,
but
it
has
the
community
land
trust
who
we
greatly
support.
C
They
did
receive
the
bond
funding
of
a
million
dollars
and
a
hundred
thousand
dollars
for
supportive
staff
that
has
come
up
in
conversations,
so
that
was
one
of
for
our
reason
from
staff
there
to
see
where
other
support
could
come
in.
However,
anna
is
absolutely
welcome
to
address
that,
but
just
so
you
and
all
know
from
our
perspective
as
a
staff,
that's
where
we
came
in
with
with
that,
because
they've
been
supported
with
bond
funding
and
housing
trust
fund
dollars,
1.1
million
hey
nicole.
AB
Hey,
yes,
I
would
just
like
to
to
respond
to
that.
If
I'm
able
to
definitely,
we
do
not
have
other
funding
options
for
case
management.
In
fact,
that's
probably
one
of
the
hardest
things
for
us
to
find
funding
for
all
of
this
money
that
has
come
into
our
community
is
really
for
financial
support
for
clients
and
for
with
this
new
funding
coming
up
again
is
for
development
and
acquisition
and
not
for
case
management
services.
A
AB
Yes,
I
definitely
think
that
we
once
would
rather
fully
fund
our
case
management
services
over
the
the
acquisition
costs,
because
we
we
do
think
there
might
be
some
funding
coming
forward
for
that.
But
definitely
the
case
management
support
is
what
we
need
right
now.
A
Okay,
thank
you,
nicole.
That
isn't
easy!
So
with
that
input,
then
perhaps
we
would
move
the
81
to
the
full
81
and
then
we
have
a
choice.
Do
we
reduce
their
permanent
supportive
housing?
Ask
do
we
reduce
the
land
trust?
I
would
look
to
my
fellow
councilwoman
on
this.
E
I
like
to
sit
with
it
before
I
like
to
sit
with
it
for
a
while,
but
just
off
the
cuff,
I
would
go
back
to
the
award
that
we
gave
opportunity
asheville
and
western
women's
business
center,
because
I'm
looking
at
the
nature
of
funding,
that's
coming
in
covert
response
and
small
businesses
do
get
a
lot
of
infusion
so
just
trying
to
free
up
some
of
our
dollars
in
light
of
monies
that
could
come
and
advance
their
their
outcomes.
A
E
A
Okay,
jonathan,
if
you
could
do
that,
so
we
have
an
eighteen
hundred
and
sixteen
dollars
to
pull
from.
A
Somewhere,
I
am
inclined
because
of
the
103
300
103
000
balance
to
pull
it
from
the
eagle
market
street.
A
That's
fine!
If
we,
you
know,
I
have
comments
about
the
top
chunk
as
well
the
public
services
portion.
If
we
want
to
sit
with
this
for
a
minute,
we
could
okay,
let's
do
that.
Okay,
I'm
jumping
back
up
to
the
public
services.
A
I
was
trying
to
get
each
of
the
education
component
ones
to
the
twelve
thousand
dollar
mark,
purely
so
that
there
was
a
thousand
dollars
a
month
in
theory
to
be
administered
and
help,
and
I
recognize
that
some
of
these
programs
are
maybe
funded
later
by
spf,
and
I
would
surely
love
to
support
them
even
more.
That's
just
where
I
was
starting
thinking,
but
I
I
can
move
forward
with
what's
in
front
of
us,
I
was
challenged
by
not
supporting
the
mother
love
program
and
just
really
I
just
don't
like
seeing
any
blanks.
A
I
was
excited
to
see
that
green
opportunities
is
back
and
has
new
leadership
and
is
feeling
ready
to
go.
I
pun
intended.
I
wasn't
sure
if
we
wanted
to
fund
them
at
all.
I
think
you
all
fellow
councilwoman
got
to
the
gist.
The
underlying
core
value.
Here
I
was
getting
to
myself,
which
is
I
wanted
to
see
these
academic
programs
receive.
Some
funding,
explain.
A
For
everybody
sure-
and
you
know
I
do
math
for
a
living,
so
I
may
be
looking
at
this
very
linearly,
so
I
was
looking
at
percentages
that
they
could
get
of
their
award.
I
had
so
the
three
academics
project,
lighten
up
partners
unlimited
and
ytl
at
12
000.-
I
have
I
reduced.
Some
of
the
oh
here
was
the
big
one
for
pisgah.
A
This
was
about
homeless
prevention
and
I
again
thought
of
the
monies
from
the
cares
act
in
the
upcoming
recovery
or
rescue
plan
money
and
thinking
that
they
will
be
a
very
obvious
partner
in
those
funds,
and
I
know
that
that
work
is
critical
right
now,
so
I
don't
want
to
put
them
in
jeopardy,
but
I
did
think
that
there
would
be
additional
funding
to
them
and
they're
still
spending
down
some
funding,
we've
given
them-
and
I
don't
know
if
they
would
like
to
speak
to
that,
but
I
had
moved
them
to
25
000
to
allocate
to
other
things,
and
that
was
including
go.
A
E
No,
I
I
actually
want
to
support,
go
and
that's
why
I
started
off
with
the
line
of
thought.
If,
if,
if
our
organizations
that
are
academically
focused
would
later
receive
dollars
from
strategic
partnership,
it
won't
feel
as
if
they're
leaving
without
anything,
because
paul
didn't.
We
used
to
do
strategic
partnership
and
cdbg
the
same
day.
C
Pretty
much
that's
correct
and
again
you
know
there
is
about
four
hundred
thousand
dollars
there.
Procedural
questions
there
on
how
exactly
that'll
get
out
of
the
gate,
but
there
is
that
funding
for
some
of
these
organizations
that
again,
the
compliance
there
in
the
past
was
much
lighter
than
the
requirements
required
from
hud.
So
I
I
appreciate
y'all
keeping
that
in
mind
for
these
awards.
E
E
Is
you
know
it's
a
it's
a
fairly
smooth
process
and
that's
why
in
my
mind,
I
kind
of
shifted
them
into
that
other
that
other
funding
decision
so
that
we
can
stand
up,
go
corpse
because
go
corpse
needs
to
probably
be
stabilized
in
order
for
them
to
move
into
their
high
wood
trades
program,
and
that
was
my
thinking
around.
T
So
it's
a
little
bit
of
a
double
hit
to
not
be
eligible
for
spf
and
to
have
excuse
me
our
request,
reduced
so
much
here,
and
I
have
so
much
sympathy
for
you
in
the
public
service
category
because
there's
nothing
here.
That's
bad!
There's,
not
no
agency
that
doesn't
deserve
this
funding
and
wouldn't
use
it
very
well.
But
you
know
if
you
could
keep
us
at
the
20
or
25
we'd,
really
appreciate
it
in
terms
of
future
funding.
T
You
know
the
rental
assistance
has
been
wonderful
and
it
does
come
with
a
little
bit
of
admin
money,
but
it
really
goes
toward
the
administration
of
that
the
cdbg
funds
we
typically
use
for
our
staff
salaries.
To
actually
you
know,
do
the
client
related
work
so
we're
using
it
for
very
different
things.
If
recovery
funds,
you
know,
include
legal
services
as
an
eligible
component,
and
we
don't
know
at
this
point
then
we
certainly
would
would
be
happy
to
to
take
some
of
that
instead
of
this.
T
But
I
just
felt
like
I
needed
to
point
out
that
we're
no
longer
eligible
for
spf
and
it's
a
it's
a
it's
just
a
hit
and
a
time.
A
I
hate
to
hear
that
I
thank
you
for
sharing.
I
didn't
realize
that
so
would
it
I
see
a
question
could
go
corpse
fit
under
the
spf,
I'm
not
sure.
C
C
I
don't
know
if
that
would
align
with
where
green
opportunity
is,
but
I,
if
ben,
wants
to
answer
that
questions,
two
quick
comments
from
staff
is
just
receiving
texts
from
the
team
about
the
importance
of
community
development,
block,
grant
being
used
to
fund
results
and
outcomes,
not
necessarily
as
stabilized
not
as
stabilizing
dollars,
and
I
have
a
hard
question
back
for
you
all,
which
is
with
partners
unlimited.
We
with
which
again
great
group,
we
support
our
partners.
C
We
were
very
specific
in
our
communication
timeline,
which
was
fairly
lengthy,
that
we
were
sharing
about
applications,
deadlines,
getting
information
back
to
us
just
from
a
process
procedure
standpoint,
and
I
apologize
for
the
difficult
question,
but
with
us
not
receiving
that
back
from
partners
unlimited.
Although
we
just
got
the
information
now,
it
sets
a
precedent
of
it's.
Okay
to
you
know
these
deadlines
and
stuff
which
could
come
back
upon
us
later.
You
know,
and
I
I
apologize
for
that
tough
question.
It's
just
very.
C
We
have
a
team
that
we
really
like
to
try
to
we're
flexible
but
follow
those
processes
and
procedures,
because
it
it
sets
the
tone
and
also
reminds
folks
of
the
application
itself,
as
well
as
a
response
is
to
be
used
as
a
factor
in.
Can
they
be
capacity
ready
to
go,
and
so
I
just
I
feel
it's
important
to
point
that
out
and
the
fairness
to
to
every
everyone
and
partners.
Unlimited
has
raised
their
hand,
which
is
great
they're,
totally
welcome.
Please
respond.
A
I
may
be
able
to
unmute
them
nope.
I
can't
partners
unlimited
if
you
can
unmute
yourself
and
even
turn
off
your
computer.
We
would
welcome
hearing
from
not
your
computer.
M
Ben
yeah
thanks
no,
we
we
certainly
appreciate
the
focus
on
the
academic
areas
as
a
as
a
long-time
educator.
Addressing
the
opportunity
gap
is
is
something
that
that
we
all
support.
I
would
just
remind
the
committee
that
our
targeted
population
is
what
americorps
calls
opportunity
youth.
So
many
of
these
are
high
school
dropouts
folks
working
on
their
ged
and
are
from
marginalized
communities.
Obviously,
so
this
is
yeah.
M
We're
we're
a
job,
training
education
entity
as
well,
and
we're
addressing
youth
that
otherwise
would
be
in
school
so
that
that
won't
be
the
entirety
of
our
gold
corps
membership,
but
it
is
certainly
a
priority
in
our
recruitment
process.
So
I
just
would
offer
that
I
can't
speak
to
the
strategic
partnership
being
so
new
to
this
role.
I'd
need
to
study
the
criteria
of
that
application
to
make
sure
how
we
fit,
and
I
appreciate
the
vice
mayor's
comments
around
adding
stability
to
us
as
we
regroup.
M
But
you
know
the
highway
trades
academy
is
a
program
we're
excited
about,
but
that
that's
an
entity
that
stands
on
its
own
and
and
we're
we're
very
excited
about,
go
core.
We
appreciate
that
sentiment,
but
we
we
respect
the
this
group
reviewing
each
program
independently.
Thank
you
so
much.
A
I
didn't
see
partners
unlimited
jump
back
in
I
well
I
mean
I
am
willing
to
share
how
I
got
to
my
numbers
or
I,
if
you
all,
are
both
feeling
comfortable
with
it.
As
is
maybe
give
me
a
nod
and
we
could
move
to
emotion.
A
I
guess
we're
not
quite
ready
for
a
motion,
because
we
have
that
lingering
800
still
up
to
y'all
I'm
happy
to
share
my
list
like
I
did
the
last
time.
I'm
also
happy
to
move
forward
with
this.
If
that's
what
the
two
of
you
would
like
to.
A
C
A
Okay,
so
right
now,
what
we're
looking
at
under
the
public
services
is
still
a
zero
next
to
y2
ytl
and
the
zero
next
to
ymca's,
mother,
love,
ywca's
and
a
zero
for
go.
Are
the
two
of
you
ready
to
move
forward
on
those
on
this
particular?
As
is
list.
D
R
R
R
Turning
in
information,
what
happened
with
that
and
I'm
not
making
an
excuse
when
we
would
submit
the
information
we
were
told
that
it
was
not
received,
even
though
it
would
show
that
we
had
sent
it.
So
that
was
the
problem
and
in
our
conversation
between
anderson
and
myself,
we
just
said
we
were
walking
up
there
from
now
on,
of
course,
with
the
covet
epidemic
that
wasn't
possible,
but
I
can,
what
can
I
say
other
than
we're
gonna
do
better
forever.
A
A
So
I
worry
that
we
don't
have
enough
capacity
and
staffing
to
do
all
the
great
things
we
could
be
doing,
and
so
I
wonder
you
know
to
my
fellow
councilwoman
as
we
look
down
the
road
at
budgeting
and
this
housing
and
all
this
cares
money
coming
in.
If
we
don't
need
to
recommend
a
position
that
helps
some
of
these
key
partners
and
their
great
programming
be
more
prepared.
You
know
to
have
a
person
like
an
ombudsman
that
helps
get
this
program.
A
You
know
it's
a
huge
lift
for
staff
that
already
have
like
50
other
huge
lifts
going
on
and
I'm
just
kind
of
planting
a
seed
for
that,
because
you
know
having
someone
that
could
have
sit
with
partners
unlimited
and
said
you
know
we
didn't
get
the
email,
we
got
the
email,
let's
figure
out.
Why
or
I'll
meet
you
and
pick
up
the
documents?
You
know
some
of
those
things
I
think
just
really
would
help,
because
I
know
I
can
sense
from
our
group
that
we
really
want
to
help
these
agencies.
A
C
And
I
won't
belabor
that
point
30
seconds
from
a
staff
perspective,
and
I
think
vice
mayor
smith
you'll,
remember
this
but
like
thumbs
up
on
what
we
did
this
past
october,
because
so
many
people
joined
the
cdbg
training,
which
was
great.
But
before
that
we
used
to
do
capacity,
building
and
board
things.
And
if
you
remember,
we
tried
to
offer
different
times.
Not
a
lot
of
people
were
able
to
show
up,
and
I
don't
that's,
certainly
not
the
fault
of
our
partner
agencies.
C
Everyone
is
just
so
busy
and
finding
a
time,
which
is
why
this
internal
discussion
has
happened.
I
don't
want
to
speak
out
of
turn
about.
Is
there
the
possibility
of
some
kind
of
funding
a
conduit
who
can
help
build
the
capacity
of
some
of
our
agencies
in
the
community,
particularly
our
black
and
brown
agencies
and
non-profits,
who
are
really
trying
to
be
get
themselves
available
for
funding?
And
I
think
it
would
be
a
worthwhile
discussion
from
a
staff
perspective.
If
that's
okay,
to
add
my
professional
opinion,
there.
C
E
I
think
I'm
fine
with
it.
We
just
have
to
determine
where
we're
going
to
shed
a
few
pennies
off
so
that
we
won't
have
that
remaining
balance.
E
Top
okay,
I
would
like
to
come
up
with
some
ways
to
share
funding
with
go
corpse,
but
I
think
ben
was
very
honest
and
giving
us
his
take
on
it.
A
F
A
A
A
A
E
A
Fine,
I
was
trying
to
squeeze
out
a
little
for
a
ytl,
but
I
can
move
forward
with
this.
A
Okay,
I
know
this
is
hard,
I
think,
we're
there
and
I
would
entertain
a
motion,
I'm
happy
to
make
it
if
needed.
E
I'll
make
a
motion
to
accept
the
the
awarded
number
submitted
by
the
committee
for
the
2001-2002
cdbg
award.
A
Great,
even
though
there's
three
of
us,
we
still
need
a
roll
call
vote,
so
vice
I'm
sorry,
there's
no
public
comment
right.
We
didn't
we're
not
taking
public
comment
today.
Okay,
all
right,
so
vice
mayor
smith,
aye,
councilwoman
mosley,
I
myself
stage
turner,
I
all
right
y'all.
I
think
this
is.
I
could
feel
the
heart
and
thought
in
this
and
I
really
appreciate
everybody's
time
all
the
applicants
applications
and
for
my
fellow
councilwoman,
I
appreciate
the
way
we
tackled
this.
C
C
I
know
our
councilwoman
turner,
I
know
you're
going
to
wrap
this
up
in
just
a
minute.
I
just
wanted
to
say
thank
you
to
you
all
and
specifically
to
you
and
vice
mayor
smith
and
councilwoman
mosley.
If
you
have
any
suggestions
on
anything
regarding
this,
that
you
think
could
be
better
or
anything,
please
let
us
know
we
are
gonna.
Do
our
mla
post
after
this
and
send
out.
Thank
you
notes
to
all
the
people
that
did
apply
and
ask
the
same
questions
on
anything.
C
They
think
we
could
do
better
for
next
year,
a
commitment
from
our
team,
but
thank
you
for
your
time
and
again
we're
very
open
to
suggestions.
Please
maybe
not
today,
but
but
tomorrow
or
monday,.
A
C
The
bottom
part
of
your
script-
councilwoman
turner,.
A
Okay,
oh
boy,
all
right,
I'm
just
going
to
share
a
little
more
information
on
the
funding
and
choices
for
the
community,
so
for
those
interested
in
the
next
steps.
With
this
funding,
these
funding
recommendations,
along
with
yesterday's
funding
recommendations
by
the
national
regional
housing
consortium
for
home
dollars,
will
be
presented
to
city
council
at
our
regularly
scheduled
meeting
on
tuesday
april
13th,
we
will
have
a
final
vote
at
council,
tuesday
may
11th
on
these
funds.
These
these
allocations
are
reported
in
our
hud
annual
action
plan
for
fiscal
year.
2122.