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B
Good
morning,
everyone
welcome.
I
am
chair
stage
turner,
I'd
like
to
welcome
you
to
the
may
17th
housing
and
community
development
committee
meeting.
All
council
members
and
staff
are
participating
virtually
today
for
those
of
you
out
there
with
us
welcome
to
help
our
audience
follow
along
I'll,
be
stating
each
section
of
the
agenda
aloud
as
we
progress
we're
streaming
live
on
our
virtual
engagement,
that's
accessible
through
the
virtual
engagement
hub
link
on
the
front
page
of
our
city
website.
B
B
And
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general
reminder.
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B
B
Hello,
you
briefly
froze
there
just
a
heads
up,
my
councilwoman
antoinette
mosley
good
morning,
city
manager,
deborah
campbell
community
and
economic
development,
director
nikki
reed
good
morning,
urban
player,
sasha
bertinski
good
morning
and
community
development
manager,
jonathan
jones
and
we'd
like
to
say
a
congratulations
to
jonathan
for
taking
this
position.
He
had
been
filling
it
as
an
interim
for
six
months
and
we
are
sure
glad
to
have
you
and
congratulations.
B
B
B
Leslie
hi,
yes,
we
did
hear
that
and
myself
sage
turner,
I
so
the
minutes
have
passed.
I've
been
approved,
we're
gonna,
move
on
to
item
number
two,
which
is
our
fiscal
year:
2223
cdbg
annual
action
plan
and
cbbg
policy
update.
That's
community
development
block
grants
policy
update,
we
have
a
reallocation
of
cdbg
awards
and
an
update
to
our
action
plan,
and
we
have
jonathan
jones
here
to
walk
us
through
it.
Welcome
jonathan
thank.
D
You
good
morning,
so
I
wanted
to
share
with
you
the
updates
to
our
cdbg
funding
recommendations.
If
you
recall
back
at
the
end
of
march,
this
committee
reviewed
the
applications
and
staff
recommendations
of
funding,
but
at
the
time
we
did
not
have
the
final
cevg
or
home
investment
allocations
for
the
city.
D
D
The
final
allocation
amount
was
a
little
over
one
million
dollars,
one
million
eight
and
ninety
six
dollars
to
be
exact.
That
happens
to
be
about
seventeen
thousand
more
than
our
original
estimate
that
we
that
staff
was
working
with
back
in
march.
So
we
want
to
be
able
to
account
for
that
in
the
final
action
plan
that
we
need
to
submit
to
hud.
D
D
So
that
was
originally
a
32
000
public
service
award
that
we
will
also
need
to
account
for
so
in
the
staff
report,
provided
we
sort
of
outlined
that
situation,
but
also
provided
a
couple
of
recommendations,
and
I
can
go
ahead
and
share
my
screen
with
the
cdbg
spreadsheet
and
we
can
take
a
look
at
where
staff
would
recommend
that
we
put
that
money
in
this
process.
In
just
a
moment.
D
D
The
original
allocation
amounts
are
the
original
estimates
and
the
final
totals
under
the
estimated
funding,
but
also
included
two
new
columns,
g
and
h
in
our
spreadsheet
one
for
the
change
that
we
would
suggest
in
these
allocations
and
the
final
award
so
reducing
the
caring
for
children
award
by
32,
000
and
redistributing
it
amongst
the
other
public
services.
D
So
if
you
recall
there
is
a
cap
on
the
number
on
the
amount
that
we
can
award
for
public
services,
so
there's
a
15
cap
on
that
and
so
taking
the
32
000
and
the
additional
17
from
the
final
allocation.
We
would
increase
the
public
service
requests
for
the
agencies.
D
On
track,
help,
mate
and
spark
foundation.
Sort
of
raising
all
of
those
awards
would
bring
them
to
their
full
request
and
then
the
remainder
would
be
distributed
between
tisca,
legal
and
homer,
bound
or
homelessness
prevention
and
a
hope,
coordinated
entry
process.
D
Along
with
that
additional
17
000,
we
would
be
able
to
increase
the
cddg
admin,
so
that
would
be
an
additional
3500
approximately
for
the
administration
of
the
program
conducted
by
the
city,
which
would
leave
us
with
approximately
eleven
thousand
dollars
that
could
be
allocated
to
non-public
services,
given
that
all
of
our
previous
awards
have
already
been
fully
funded
and
with
the
stevens
lee
project
that
we
included
last
time
already
being
over
what
was
originally
estimated
for
that
request
through
the
arca
process,
the
staff
recommendation
would
be
that
we
put
the
11
528
dollars
in
a
cdbg
contingency
to
be
reallocated
at
a
future
time,
given
that
this
is
a
relatively
small
amount,
we
don't
think
that
would
have
a
significant
impact
on
things.
D
Like
our
timeliness
test,
we
are
also
been
in
contact
with
other
cdbg
grantees,
who
are
returning
funds
who
have
funds
that
they
are
where
are
going
to
be
spent
down
in
the
coming
months.
So
the
the
target
would
be
to
combine
those
as
part
of
a
second
round
allocation,
maybe
in
the
fall
or
some
other
process
to
find
a
good
home
in
a
project
for
those
funds.
D
So
with
that,
those
would
be
the
staff
recommendations
for
reallocating
those
funds,
also
included
in
the
staff
report,
was
continuing
to
maintain
the
same
funding
for
the
steven
sleep
project,
but
also
reformatting
our
submission
of
the
action
plan.
Initially,
staff
attempted
to
take
all
of
the
funding
the
listed
in
the
estimated
funding
chart
from
old
2016-17
funds
plus
contingency
funds
from
the
previous
two
years,
and
combine
those
into
an
amendment
to
our
current
action
plan
to
help
get
the
stevens
lead
project
started
as
soon
as
possible.
D
Given
the
delays
in
the
in
the
timing
of
those
allocations
talking
to
our
hud
field,
rep
staff's
recommendation
is
instead
of
trying
to
roll
those
older
funds
into
our
current
action
plan
is
just
to
combine
all
of
that,
as
as
one
amendment
to
the
upcoming
program
year
for
2223,
so
a
little
bit
of
a
format
change
in
how
we
would
move
those
funds,
but
it
would
mean
that
we
make
that
we
submit
the
action
plan
for
the
coming
year
and
then
make
amendments
to
those
previous
years
so
that
all
of
that
money
can
be
used
under
one
under
one
program
here.
D
So
I
think
that
covers
the
staff
recommendations
and
be
glad
to
take
questions
or
if
there
are
any
suggestions
for
the
funding
allocations.
C
I
wanted
to
ask
staff
a
question
about
the
eligibility
of
partners
unlimited
for
the
32
000
that
was
returned
by
trinity
place.
When
I
read
through
the
old
old
information
about
around
the
cdbg
request,
they
had
a
couple
questions
for
partners
unlimited,
but
still
found
that
they
were
eligible
to
apply.
D
The
11
000
would
not
be
usable
for
public
services
because,
even
with
what
is
on
the
chart
now
under
the
public
services,
we
have
reached
our
public
service
capital
15.
D
As
far
as
the
other
three
projects
in
the
public
service
category,
including
partners,
unlimited
staff
have
really
tried
to
focus
on
investing
the
cdbg
funds
and
programs
that
were
the
highest
scoring
in
our
application
process.
Looking
at
strong
partners
who
have
a
proven
history
of
being
able
to
use
cdbg
funds
in
a
timely
fashion
on
clearly
eligible
project
projects,
I
know
there
were
some
questions
in
the
partners.
Unlimited
request
that
had
to
do
with
eligibility
of
some
of
the
students
that
they're
assisting
and
making
sure
that
they
are.
D
You
know
within
the
income
categories
that
cdbg
requires.
So
at
this
point
really
staff
focused
on
the
previous
awards
and
simply
increasing
those
investments,
really
the
idea
being
that
we,
you
know,
invest
more
and
fewer
partners
and
make
some
really
strong
programs.
C
Okay
and
in
the
past,
we
use
a
lot
of
our
some
of
our
contingency
for
capacity
building
in
this
situation,
put
some
of
the
activities
that
we
had
questions
about
pertaining
to
partners,
unlimited
the
capacity
building
capacity
building
opportunity
for
for
partners
unlimited
and
because
I
I
and
the
reason
why
I'm
saying
this
and
kind
of
pushing
this
issue
is
number
one.
Because
trinity
place
is
a
youth
focused
service,
and
I
would
rather-
and
I
would
like
to
see
partners
unlimited
funded
this
go
around.
It
seems
like
two
different
cdbg
funding
cycles.
C
We've
we've
encouraged
them
to
just
hold
off
from
cdbg
funding
and
wait
on
our
strategic
partnership
fund,
but
that's
been
delayed
a
couple
years
now
and
I've
found
it
like
a
disservice
to
the
population
that
partners
unlimited
is
serving
they're
very
hard
to
reach
youth
population,
and
I
would
like
to
with
this
with
this
new
configuration.
I
would
like
to
see
partners
unlimited
funded
in
total
of
thirty
thousand
dollars
and
I'd
support
that.
B
So
I
mean
I
can
get
behind
this
as
well.
I
guess
I'm
just
curious
what
that
means
for
staff
to
do
do
you
need
to
go
back
and
look
at
some
of
these
things
that
vice
mayor
smith
is
referring
to
that
may
be
applicable,
may
not
be.
Is
there
some
portion-
and
I
guess
what's
happening
here
today-
is
we're
making
a
recommendation
to
council
to
review
and
vote
on
this
collectively.
B
So
the
three
of
us
can
put
forth
a
recommendation
with
this
amendment,
but
there
will
be
time
for
staff
to
you,
know,
discuss
and
evolve
before
it
got
to
council.
C
C
Concerns
with
board
governance,
there
was
one
question
whether
the
the
director
of
the
program
actually
sat
on
the
board,
and
I
think
they
answered
that
question
saying
no
a
couple
of
the
things
that
concerns
that
were
presented
and
I
think
they
answered
the
question.
I
think
it
comes
that
just
to
me
from
what
I'm
reading
it
comes
down
to
how
he
verifies
the
income
of
his
clients
and
other
client
eligibility
questions.
I
mean
that
that
to
me
that
just
seems
like
some
fine
tuning,
but
still
a
viable
program.
D
So,
as
we
start
to
discuss
supporting
programs
that
also
need
capacity
building,
there
is,
there
is
a
chance
that
we
are
continuing
to
support
struggling
programs
with
some
of
our
most
restrictive
funding.
So
for
strategic
partnership
funds
and
some
of
those
local
dollars.
D
We
have
the
flexibility
to
to
design
programs
and
and
select
our
partners
that
you
know
may
need
that
additional
capacity
building
it's
a
challenge
when
it
comes
to
cbg
and
home
because
we
could
later
end
up
having
to
return
funds
if
we
don't
meet
all
of
hud's
expectations
and
requirements.
D
So
when
staff
are
reviewing
these,
we
are
looking
for
partners
who
we
are
sure,
based
on
their
applications
and
based
on
their
past
performance,
can
meet
those
expectations
rather
than
projects
that
we
are
we're
asking
we're
openly
asking
the
question:
do
they
need
additional
capacity,
support.
B
You
know,
I
wonder
if
that
means
some
review
could
lead
us
to
like
concrete
what
would
have
to
be
different.
I
mean
if
it's
ford
members,
I'm
looking
at
the
application
which
came
to
us
for
those
of
you
listening
at
home
on
a
it
was
a
march
meeting,
and
it
looks
like
just
so
folks
can
follow
along
this
project.
Is
they
have
a
couple
sentences?
That
is,
you
know
what
is
their
project?
B
Mrs
project
says
it's
a
dropout
prevention
support
program
for
high
school
and
middle
school
at-risk
youth
who
have
been
suspended
from
their
home
or
school
home
school.
This
pro
program
provides
opportunity
for
the
youth
to
continue
their
academics
and
keep
them
out
of
the
streets
during
the
day
within
a
structured
environment
where
learning
continues
and
supplemental
support
is
provided
monday
through
thursday
and
they
coordinate
with
other
groups.
So
just
a
little
context
for
those
of
you
listening
at
home.
B
It
sounds
like
what
I
hear
is
support
for
looking
at
this
again
and
what
is
it
that
the
staff
are
concerned
about,
because
compliance-
and
I
mean
let's
not
forget
that
we
are
also
understaffed
and
still
hiring
for
seminar
in
this
department
as
well.
So
you
know
asking
staff
to
take
on
war
is
one
thing,
but
also
just
getting
more
clarity
on
what
that
would
look
like
or
could
look
like
would
help.
B
I
think,
and
maybe
we
could
get
that
together
before
it
gets
to
council
any
other
questions
or
comments
from
other
council
women
or,
if
not,
there's
a
motion
and
you're
welcome
to
amend
it
and
make
coin.
C
I'll
read
through
the
motion,
my
my
my
proposal
still
stands
to
fund
partners
unlimited
with
the
with
the
use
of
the
32
000
that
was
returned
by
trinity
place.
So
I
recommend
you
excuse
me:
okay,.
B
D
For
a
quick
point
of
clarification,
we
would
then
proportionately
distribute
the
remainder,
the
other
2000
to
the
other
projects,
or
is
there?
Is
there.
B
It
sounds
like
she
left
the
motion
vague
enough
for
you
all
to
suggest
how
that
could
finish,
so
it
was
to
reallocate
30
000
of
the
32
000
to
this
particular
group,
and
then
I
assume,
when
you
get
to
council,
you
can
have
a
suggested
reallocation
of
the
other
two
okay,
sound
good.
Okay.
Thank
you.
Everyone.
That
concludes
item
number.
Two
on
our
agenda.
We're
going
to
move
on
to
item
number
three,
which
is
land
use,
incentive,
grant,
commonly
known
as
luigi
request
for
the
reed
creek
greenway
plaza.
B
E
Go
ahead.
Thank
you
good
morning,
councilwoman.
My
name
is
sasha
martinski
and
I'm
serving
as
the
interim
affordable
housing
officer
these
days,
so
I'm
presenting
this
luige
for
2
421
broadway
street
next,
so
just
a
few
key
takeaways.
E
This
application
is
for
421
broadway
street,
the
project's
committing
10
units
or
20
to
be
affordable
for
30
years
percent,
ami
or
below,
and
then
additional
five
percent
or
two
units
will
be
affordable
for
thirty
years
as
well.
At
eighty
percent
below
this
is
somewhat
difficult
site
to
develop.
E
It
does
include
a
brownfield
two
of
the
parcels
in
this
project
came
from
the
city
and
came
with
deed
restrictions,
but
this
luige
is
going
above
and
beyond
those
initial
agreements,
they're
also
bringing
additional
benefits,
including
rental
assistance,
solar
panels,
universal
design
and
also
housing,
someone
from
the
homeless
by
name
list
and
from
their
point
chart.
They
qualify
for
21
years
of
taxes
to
be
paid
back
next.
E
So
the
the
project,
you
could
go
ahead
next,
jenna
I'll
just
so.
The
project
encompasses
1.3,
1.53
acres,
bound
by
broadway
and
cobble
street.
There
are
three
buildings
as
a
part
of
this
project.
It
is
a
conditional
zoning
that
is
going
to
be
at
city
council
on
may
24th,
so
this
luige
is
really
only
covering
the
49
unit
apartment
building.
We
are
not
pledging
taxes
back
for
any
other
parts
of
the
project,
just
the
residential
piece
and
so
housing
does
represent
100
of
all,
while
walla
square
footage.
E
So
it
is
just
east
of
the
reed
creek
greenway
and
the
residential
portion
of
the
site
is
about
0.4
of
an
acre
next.
So
this
is
the
site
plan.
You'll
see
the
larger
building
on
the
right
building
a
is
the
residential
building.
E
E
Next-
and
this
is
really
still
some-
you
know
going
back
to
those
key
takeaways
right
now-
the
developer,
where
us
have
a
cost
estimate
of
about
9
million
dollars,
and
that
is
a
construction
cost.
E
E
E
E
Using
that
nine
million
dollar
construction,
slash
estimate,
cost
estimate
the
property
tax
would
be
about
36
close
to
37
000
a
year.
We
subtract
out
that
1
000
for
the
land
that's
already
being
paid,
and
so
we
get
to
about
35
thousand
850
dollars
for
21
years,
so
the
total
grant
would
be
750
000,
and
so
the
subsidy
comes
out
to
be
about
62
close
to
63
000
per
unit,
which
is
within
kind
of
our
range
of
our
adopted
policy.
E
Next,
this
is
just
a
piece
of
their
application
that
it's
somewhat
walkable.
This
project
will
help
with
the
walkability
with
sidewalks.
It's
interesting
that
we
actually
don't
have
a
transit
line
on
broadway
right
now.
The
transit
lines
are
on
merriman
in
montford,
and
this
project
is
within
a
half
mile
of
both
of
those
those
transit
lines.
E
E
So
we're
recommending
an
approval
motion
to
recommend
that
city
council
approve
this
luige
application.
It
will
be
going
to
the
finance
committee
next
week
and
then
city
council
with
this
conditional
zoning
hearing
as
well.
At
the
same
time,
and
that
concludes
my
presentation-
damie
cece
and
I
believe,
derek
allen
are
both
here.
If
you
have
any
questions
for
them,
then
I
can
answer
any
questions
as
well.
B
B
C
B
Rain
any
further
discussion,
all
right,
I'm
going
to
do
a
roll
call
vote.
Vice
mayor
smith,
I
councilwoman
mosley.
I
myself
sage,
turner,
aye
right.
The
luigi
request
will
move
to
council
to
finance
committee
and
then
to
council.
Thank
you
sasha
and
staff,
and
that
concludes
item
number
three
on
our
agenda.
B
A
We
do
have
callers
on
the
line
I'll,
let
you
know
right
now,
there's
just
one,
but
people
might
be
joining
right
now.
So
I'll,
let
you
know
when
we
get
to
the
last
caller:
okay.
Well,
let's
go
ahead
and.
B
F
Okay,
hi
everybody.
This
is
barry
bialik,
I'm
the
chair
of
the
affordable
housing
advisory
committee
and
I
just
wanted
to
kind
of
share
some
information.
As
you
recall,
I
was
at
your
meeting
last
last
time,
and
you
know
one
of
those
discussions
was
talked
about
how
we
have
a
better
link
of
communication
between
ahack
and
hcd
and
again
you
know
I
just
have
to
we.
We,
after
our
meeting,
created
an
action
item
where
we
came
up
with
an
item
that
we
felt
should
be
discussed
at
hcd
about
affordable
housing.
F
So
I'm
going
to
read
the
motion
that
ahec
passed,
which
is
ahex,
supports,
exploring
shorter
length
funding
commitments
for
smaller
projects,
and
our
logic
in
this
is
we're
asking
for
guidance
to
see.
If
this
is
something
that
council
is
interested
in
before
we
pursue
it
any
further.
This
is,
we
have
lots
of
items
that
have
been
on
our
agenda
for
months
and
we've
been
looking
for
direction
from
you
and
from
city
management,
so
we're
not
spitting
our
wheels.
F
So
I
just
wanted
to
make
sure
that
that
gets
heard.
You
also
want
to
note
that
you
know
I
read
through
your
minutes
and
kind
of
our
conversation,
which
we
thought
was
a
really
important
conversation.
I
was
reduced
pretty
much
in
the
minute.
All
it
says,
was
affordable
housing,
advisory
board,
held
discussion,
that's
kind
of
the
extent
of
our
conversation
that
made
it
two
minutes.
F
So
I
just
need
to
really
express
my
dissatisfaction
with
that.
You
know
what
I
want
to.
It
was
discussed
in
the
meeting
this
idea
of
a
hack
and
hcd
kind
of
this
parent-child
relationship
and
the
way
it
feels-
and
you
know
the
way
it
feels
and
the
way
I
view
and
many
others
seem
to
view
this
whole
boards
and
commissions
thing.
F
The
changes
that
are
being
proposed
is
that
you're,
basically
saying
your
children
are
bad
and
you're
coming
you're
trying
to
come
up
with
a
new
way
how
to
handle
your
children,
but
I
think
the
reality
is.
Is
we
have
parents
who
aren't
listening
to
us?
We
have
a
city
council
who
we
definitely
feel,
does
not
value
transparency
and
does
not
view
affordable
housing
as
a
priority,
and
I
feel
that
way
about
city
management
as
well.
F
I
feel
city
management
is
not
encouraging
transparency,
it's
not
doing
the
work
to
create
the
better
links
of
communication
and
instead
is
looking
for
ways
to
quiet
the
public,
and
I
find
that
very
frustrating.
F
So
again
you
know
I
just
as
chair
of
a
committee
and
as
a
leader,
I'm
asking
you
all
to
be
better
leaders
and
to
listen
to
your
people.
Affordable
housing
review.
Definitely
is
one
of
the
number
one
priorities
facing
our
city,
and
you
have
you
know
this.
You
have
many
many
boards
and
commissions
that
are
very
passionate
about
what
they
do,
and
you
have
some
of
the
most
experts
in
the
field
on
them
and
we're
asking
you
for
to
come
up
better
ways.
F
Okay,
well
again,
I
appreciate
your
time
and
look
forward
to
this
continuing
conversation.
Thank
you.
A
B
Procedurally
public
comment
is
a
statement
we're
not
necessarily
a
question
or
something
that
we
respond
to.
I
cringed
a
little
bit
when
I
heard
that
I
didn't
that
it
didn't
seem
like
to
this
particular
caller
that
council
or
staff
prioritize
or
care
about
affordable
housing.
I
feel
like
we
work
on
it
day
in
and
day
out,
eat
live
sleep
and
dream,
affordable
housing,
but
perhaps
you
know
with
the
pandemic,
and
all
that
is
going
on
in
the
community
information
isn't
out
there.
There
could
be
more.
That
could
be
learned.
B
I
just
it's
unfortunate
and
I
know
with
the
boards
and
commissions
process
being
under
review
and
the
task
force
of
sorts
being
assembled
or
the
advisory
committee
to
that
being
assembled.
Perhaps
we'll
hear
more
feedback
like
this
and
that's
what
we
want
right.
We
wanted
to
put
it
out
to
say
hey.
This
is
what
we
think
is
happening.
B
We
we're
hearing
from
you
that
it's
not
working
well
for
committee
members,
in
some
cases
we're
working
we're
hearing
that
it's
not
working
for
staff
well
in
some
cases
and
then
we're
not
getting
as
much
done
as
we
could
be,
or
it
could
be
better
and
that's
the
point
of
this
right
to
look
into
boards
and
commissions
and
how
could
it
be
better
and
function
better?
So
you
know
we'll
take
the
good
critique
we'll
take
the
bad
critique
and
roll
it
into
the
planning.
B
I
will
say
that
if
you
dug
in
a
little
bit
at
council
work
and
recent
work
sessions
and
budget
things,
you
know
you'd
find
that
we're
we've
spent
tens
of
millions
of
dollars
on
housing
recently
we're
doing
all
types
of
initiatives
from
missing
mental
housing
studies
to
code
purple
funding,
we've
never
done
to
emergency
sheltering
so
there's
a
lot,
and
perhaps
we
could
be
summarizing
that
better
for
the
community
in
some
capacity.
B
A
Turner
we
did
have
one
other
person
join
the
speaker
queue
right:
okay,
now,
okay,
let's
let
it
go
ahead,
caller
ending
in
three
five.
Four:
eight!
Your
line
is
open.
G
Thank
you.
This
is
greg
warren
with
children.
First,
community
schools,
monthly
county
thanks
for
the
time
and
your
work
on
housing.
I
just
wanted
to
ask
a
question
about
the
reid
creep
project:
the
proquesting
luigi
funds,
the
president.
The
presentation
said
that
it
would
be
affordable
to
individuals
and
families
at
the
income
levels,
but
then,
in
the
overview
it
sounds
like
it's.
G
The
the
affordable
units
are
just
studio
or
one
bedroom,
and
so
as
as
you
all
have
heard
me
say
before,
we
really
are
encouraging
the
city
to
make
sure
that
there's
more,
you
know
housing
that
families
with
children
can
live
in
to
having
more
than
just
a
bedroom
or
a
studio
apartment.
I'm
definitely
excited
about
the
affordability
benchmarks,
but
just
in
terms
of
the
presentation,
it
says
individuals
and
families,
and
I
just
want
to
clarify
whether
that's
that's
really
the
case
for
this
project
families
with
children.
G
But
thank
you
for
your
work
and
also
highlight
if
you
haven't
had
a
chance
to
see
the
president
biden's
announcement
yesterday
on
some
things.
The
administration
is
going
to
do
to
try
to
support
some
additional
housing,
production
and
affordability.
That's
some!
Some
exciting
resources
in
there
that
may
help
with
leveraging
some
additional
dollars
for
city
efforts
and
going
forward,
and
thanks
again
for
your
time
today,.
C
Okay,
something
I
wanted
to
mention
to
you
as
chair.
Our
strategic
partnership
fund
process
is
scheduled
for
the
end
of
the
summer.
I
feel
that
we
need
to
figure
out
a
way
to
expedite
that
and
hear
it
as
soon
as
possible
and
be
ready
to
receive
those
applications
ahead
of
the
school
year.
C
C
I
feel
like
we're
doing
a
very
a
disservice
to
our
community
members
and
those
who
held
off
from
applying
for
cdbg
awaiting
strategic
partnership
funding,
if
I'm
not
mistaking
we're
knocking
on
four
years
or
five
years
since
we've
held
that
that
grant
application
for
community
members
pertaining
to
the
closing
of
the
achievement
gap
so
getting
ready
for
this
new
school
year.
C
B
Interesting
and-
and
vice
mayor
had
brought
this
up
for
a
future
agenda
item
I
apologize.
I
hadn't
alerted
staff
to
that.
Just
yet,
I
agree,
and
you
know
we
just
saw
just
as
a
side
thought
we
just
saw
with
the
arpa
new
language
that
something
some
applicants
didn't
qualify.
The
pods
come
to
mind
and
that
comes
to
mind
with
this
application
process.
There's
a
lot
of
great
organizations
out
there
staff.
What?
Where
are
you
at
with
this
timing?
Are
you,
since
we
have
sasha's
interim?
H
I
can
provide
some
information,
so
nikki
reid,
the
community
economic
development
department,
in
trying
to
look
at
the
workload
and
the
work
plan
for
staff.
We
have
tasked
our
equitable
economic
development
division
to
manage
the
strategic
partnership
funds.
I
think
what
we've
seen
over
the
years
is.
H
Putting
that
administrative
burden
solely
on
the
community
development
division
has
just
caused
constraints
with
our
staff
capacity,
so
just
trying
to
address
that
by
empowering
our
equitable
economic
development
division,
which
includes
our
economic
development.
Specialist
inc
includes
our
kayla
program
manager
as
well
as
well
as
our
business
inclusion
office.
So
really
having
that
initiative
be
led
by
that
cohort
is
something
that
we
have
have
transitioned
and
are
working
on
that
transition
actively.
So
that
has
been
just
some
of
the
behind
the
curtains
activities
that
have
been
happening.
H
We
have
been
working
on
doing
check-ins
just
to
understand
the
history
of
that
program,
because,
yes,
as
we
have
wanted
to
realign
the
strategy
to
be
within
the
equitable
economic
development
division,
we
want
to
really
understand
the
history
so
that
we're
starting
from
a
foundation
of
understanding
with
what
we're
hoping
to
accomplish
with
those
funds.
H
C
Okay,
I
hear
what
you're
saying,
but
you
know,
community
can't
wait
in
this
topic.
Is
you
know
we
committed
ourselves
to
this
topic
just
because
of
the
numbers
and
the
gap
was
so
horrible
applications.
I
mean
applicants.
Community
opportunities,
have
I
mean
community
groups
have
put
off
for
years
and
years,
like
I
said
before
about
five
years,
I'm
waiting
for
us
to
figure
it
out.
Equity
inclusion
was
at
the
table
at
one
point
so
that
a
lot
of
those
questions
can
be
answered
and
each
year
we
get
a
different
reason.
H
Well,
I'm
I'm
happy
to
be
at
the
helm
now
and
be
ready
to
meet
that
concern,
so
absolutely
we'll
make
it
a
priority.
B
So
I
wanted
to
say
a
couple
things
because
I
know
just
with
the
first
public
comment.
I
shared
a
couple
things,
but
my
point
was
that
maybe
we
could
be
doing
better
to
share
some
of
the
things
we're
doing
so
that
folks
don't
feel
like
we're
not
doing
anything,
and
so
I'm
just
going
to
watch
out
of
down
some
lists
so
we're
a
little
early
today,
I'm
going
to
take
about
two
minutes
and
just
say
some
things,
because
I
know
the
media
might
be
watching
right
now.
B
This
is
one
more
avenue
for
people
to
learn
some
of
the
things
we're
doing
you
know
just
we
just
had
a
or
an
arpa
work
session
in
our
last
last
week,
and
we
allocated
a
million
dollars
for
pisco
week
to
increase
their
capacity
and
deploy
more
rent
protection
programs
and
addiction
protection
programs
we
gave.
I
think
it
was
over
eight
million
dollars
to
emergency
house
people,
whether
it
be
in
our
own
civic,
center
or
hotels
throughout
the
community
during
the
pandemic
and
then
moved.
B
I
think
dozens
and
dozens
of
them
into
secured
permanent
housing
and
help
them
get
id's.
And
all
these
things
just
to
make
it
work,
we
gave
two
million
to
helpmate
to
rebuild
or
to
build
a
new
domestic
violence
shelter.
We
gave
600
000
to
habitat
for
humanity
to
invest
in
more
home
ownership
programs
and
programs
that
reinvest.
So
it
wasn't
just
a
one-time
infusion,
like
I
said,
eighty-five
thousand
dollars
being
budgeted
for
a
missing
middle
study,
something
we've
needed
for
so
long.
B
This
council
is
looking
at
utilizing
things
like
the
community
benefits
table.
We
assign
to
hotels
for
potentially
large
housing
projects
like
conditionally
zoned
housing
projects
to
help
expedite
that
and
remove
some
of
the
difficulties
in
getting
those
projects
forward.
B
We
give
money
to
nonprofit
thrive,
asheville
who's,
going
to
do
a
housing
almost
like
in
an
equities
study
like
how
are
our
programs
aligning
with
the
folks
that
we're
trying
to
help
in
the
community
they're
also
going
to
expand
their
ltp
program
with
it,
which
is
the
landlord-tenant
partnership
which
provides
gap.
Funding
between
what
a
voucher
will
give
you
and
what
the
market
rate
rent
is
so
that
we
can
decentralize
folks
from
poverty
areas
and
move
them
into
market
rate
units
and
better
zip
codes
for
better
outcomes.
B
We've
been
doing
so
many
luigi
applications
like
the
first
luigi
product
opened
doors
last
year.
It
was
the
360
hillyard,
and
now
we
have
so
many
luigi's
in
queue,
which
is
great
that
we're
in
we're
building
a
pipeline
of
affordability,
but
we're
doing
so
well.
We
now
need
to
reevaluate
the
program
to
see
if
it's
impacting
the
targeted
amis
we
want
so
we're
studying
that
as
well.
B
I
believe
in
this
budget
we're
adding
another
homelessness
specialist,
we're
partnering
with
the
county
on
diva
review,
to
build
new
units
85
new
units
before
so
we
don't
displace
anybody
and
that
whole
development
is
up
for
re
for
redevelopment
we've
used
land,
I
mean
I'm
just
rattling
off
things.
There
are
so
many
things
that
we're
doing,
and
I
guess
I
just
got
a
little
defensive
but
good
work,
staff
and
everyone
that
is
working
on
this
and
I
think
that's
all
for
today
and
we
can
adjourn
unless
anyone
else
has
any
more
comments.