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From YouTube: Equity & Engagement Committee – September 19, 2023
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Regular meeting of the Asheville City Council's Equity & Engagement Committee.
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A
B
C
Good
afternoon
I'm
shenica
Smith,
the
chair
of
the
equity
and
engagement
committee,
I'd
like
to
welcome
you
to
September
19th
2023
remote
meeting.
All
Council
committee
members
and
staff
are
participating
virtually
to
help
the
audience
follow
along
I'll
State
each
section
of
the
agenda
alloud
we
are
streaming
live
on
the
virtual
engagement
Hub,
which
is
accessible
through
the
virtual
engagement
Hub
link
on
the
front
page
of
the
city
website.
We
also
have
the
option
for
the
public
to
listen
live
by
phone.
For
today's
meeting.
We
have
the
option
for
people
to
call
in
Anda.
C
855-925-0687,
your
phone
will
be
muted
and
you
will
hear
the
meeting
live
at
this
point.
Speakers
will
be
to
push
star
three
to
enter
the
speaker.
Cube
I'll
now
go
through
and
introduce
all
our
committee
members
and
staff
who
are
participating
virtually
just
give
a
quick
hello,
councilwoman
Kim
Rooney
good
afternoon
councilwoman
Sage
Turner
good
afternoon
assistant
city
manager,
Rachel
Wood
good
afternoon.
City
attorney
Brad
randam
good
afternoon,
director
of
equity
and
inclusion,
Brenda
Mills
good
afternoon,
director
of
communication
and
public
engagement,
daah
hitch.
C
C
F
C
Kim
so
moved
all
right,
I'll
do
a
roll
call
vote
for
approval,
councilwoman,
Rooney,
I,
councilwoman,
Turner,
I,
myself,
I.
The
motion
is
approved,
we'll
kick
it
right
to
Miss
Brenda
Mills,
with
an
update
on
progress
made
by
our
community
reparations
commission
Brenda.
Thank
you.
Thank.
G
You,
madam
chair
and
Council
women,
I
appreciate
having
this
opportunity
Katie
if
you'll
go
to
the
next
slide,
so
our
key
takeaways
today,
the
U
reparations
commission
met
last
evening
and
the
following
agenda
items
were
discussed.
The
proposed
meeting
format
changes
a
vote
on
the
definition
or
framework
for
reparations,
a
vote
on
the
accountability
recommendation,
a
vote
on
the
updated
timeline,
a
discussion
of
the
proposed
resolution
amend
and
an
update
on
the
community
reparation
Summit
scheduled
for
October
7
next
slide.
G
So
there
was
a
very
nice
spirited
conversation
around
the
proposed
meeting
changes.
So
what
we
thought
about
as
staff
we
just
proposed
looking
at
putting
the
commission
into
work
groups
during
their
monthly
meeting,
we
looked
at
having
a
business
meeting
the
first
hour,
which
would
be
recorded,
and
then
they
would
have
opportunity
to
sit
in
their
either
their
impact,
Focus
areas
or
switch
up
and
be
able
to
work
with
other
Focus
areas.
They
decided
that
they
would
like
to
remain
in
the
format
that
they
have
I.
G
Think
one
of
the
issues
is
they
wanted
to
be
able
to
record
the
entire
meeting
and
they
feel
like
they
can
do
some
of
the
work
in
those
impact
Focus
areas.
So
that
did
not
change.
So
we
will
be
continuing
with
the
same
format
that
we
have
had
since
we
began
next
slide
so
defining
reparations.
That
was
a
discussion.
We
had
berisha
Crawford
come
back
in
from
trauma
informed
Institute.
She
did
a
really
great
job,
I.
G
Think
it's
more
like
a
community
RBA
U
type
process
where
she
helped
them
go
through
defining
reparations.
It
was
really
good
process.
Very
successful
I
am
not
going
to
remember
everything
that
they
said.
We
will
be
getting
that
information
soon,
but
they
basically
have
put
parameters
and
a
framework
around
what
they
consider
to
be
reparations.
She
had
a
series
of
statements
that
she
had
them
to
answer.
We
heard
from
everyone
that
was
on
in
attendance
at
the
meeting,
which
is
great,
and
so
we
will
be
sharing
that
with
them.
G
Next
time
it
will
be
on
their
agendas.
We
will
put
it
on
the
website,
so
I'm
really
excited
about
that,
because
they've
gone
back
and
forth
with
you
know
what
reparations
really
is.
Should
we
change
the
name
and
so
I
think
they
got
to
a
good
place
last
night.
So
we
really
appreciate
that
to
the
accountability
and
sustainability
discussion
and
is
around
what
happens
once
the
recommendations
are
approved
by
Council
and
who's,
going
to
make
sure
that
these
recommendations
get
there's
action
on
them.
They
continued
action.
G
They
had
a
discussion
around
that
accountability.
There's
been
some
proposals
from
the
economic
I
mean
education,
impact
Focus
area,
as
well
as
the
Economic
Development
Group
has
put
proposed
some
things.
So
what
we're
looking
at?
They
they're,
basically
looking
at
several
options,
which
would
be
like
a
permanent
reparations
accountability
task
force
under
that
would
be
an
oversight
committee
and
a
community
accountability
board
which
would
be
under
that
task
force
next
slide
Katie
and
oh,
so
maybe
that
was
it
so
I
didn't
write
a
lot
on
that.
G
Sorry
about
that,
but
they
did
not
come
to
they
didn't
the
the
two
groups
that
have
made
the
recommendations
did
not
EXP
expect
a
vote
last
night,
so
City
count,
city
and
county
are
still
looking
at
the
oversight
and
I
mean
the
accountability
and
the
sustainability
as
well,
and
so
we
will
be
bringing
that
back
up
at
their
next
meeting
and
have
some
more
discussion
around
that
and
they've
been
asked
to
go
to
really
look
at
those
proposals
with
individually,
but
also
in
their
impact
Focus
area,
especially
if
they
have
other
recommendations
around
that
I
think
some
people
had
some
heartburn
about
having
three
different.
G
You
know
board,
so
you
have
a
major
board
and
then
two
other
committees
up
under
underneath
so
with
a
little
bit
of
burnout.
I
think
they
were
kind
of
hesitant
around
that,
but
they're
still
discussing
what
they
would
like
next
slide.
So
we
we're
still
working
from
the
same
timeline.
Through
this
month
we
have
been
looking
at
legal
looking
at
the
legal,
along
with
other
staff
in
the
city
and
county.
G
Looking
at
the
recommendations
to
date
that
we
have
received
the
subject
matter,
experts
and
legal
have
been
working
with
the
impact
Focus
area
groups.
We
finished
our
initial
review
of
their
recommendations
on
the
15th
as
as
asked
for
this
next
few
months,
September
through
December
they're,
looking
at
continuing
to
host
meetings
with
the
community
they're,
also
looking
at
partnering
with
other
organizations
to
kind
of
get
the
word
out
next
slide,
Katie
and
also
in
October
with
the
summit.
That
will
be
another
great
opportunity
we
are.
G
We
are
planning
to
have
all
kinds
of
ways
to
get
feedback
from
the
community
at
that
event.
So
let
me
just
tell
you
a
little
bit
about
that.
I
know
we're
going
to
get
to
that,
but
the
October
7th
is
the
main
event,
but
we're
having
a
showing
of
black
and
Asheville
and
The
Big
Payback,
the
second
and
the
5ifth,
and
then
the
seventh
will
be
the
conference
Summit,
which
would
be
10:00
a.m.
to
300
p.m.
G
so
we're
looking
at
trying
to
create
an
opportunity
for
people
to
give
feedback
before
during
and
even
after
that
that
that
Summit,
so
through
January
we're
going
to
be
looking
at
continuing
to
look
at
recommendations
and
rounds.
We
have
given
feedback
to
the
project
manager.
Christine
Edwards
of
stability
localized
will
be
working
with
the
ifas
on
that
they
will
start
I'm,
not
quite
sure
if
it'll
be
October,
but
they
will
start
looking
at
the
adoption
of
some
of
those
recommendations.
G
The
hope
is
that
they
will
pass
their
all
their
recommendations
and
then
take
an
opportunity
to
look
at
how
they
want
to
prioritize
those
recommendations
in
terms
of
short,
medium
and
longterm,
and
we
have
emphasized
to
them.
We
need
them
to
prioritize
them
or
will'll
have
to
prioritize
them
just
to
make,
because
we
know
we
can't
do
everything
in
one
budget
year,
two
budget
years
years,
so
they
they
understand
that
so
we're
going
to
be
working
on
that
process
February
through
April.
G
We
should
hear
back
that
not
been
added,
but
we
should
hear
back
from
stop
the
har
audit
and
they'll
we'll
have
all
of
the
recommendations.
The
hope
is
that
we'll
have
all
the
recommendations
passed
by
the
community
reparations
commission
that
we
can
present
to
City
County
governing
bodies,
and
then
the
project
manager
is
starting
a
document
on
development
of
the
rec
reparations
action
plan.
So
that
will
talk
a
little
bit
about
how
we
got
to
the
recommend.
G
I
mean
to
the
reparations
commission
and
the
reparations
process,
as
well
as
what
we're
going
to
do
following
and
there'll
be
an
evaluation
process
next
slide.
So
the
meeting
in
August
one
of
the
Commissioners
commissioner
young,
brought
a
proposal
to
extend
the
term
of
the
reparations
commission
for
two
years.
We
did
bring
it
back
to
the
committee
based
on
the
feedback
from
the
chair
and
the
vice
chair.
G
There's
mixed
feelings
about
this
I
think
people
feel
like
they
want
to
see
what
they
can
do
over
the
next,
at
least
three
to
four
months
before
they
make
a
decision
about
having
asking
for
more
time
and
also
there's
a
little
bit
of
burnout.
There's
people
who
have
been
serving
and
and
participating
I
think
this
mon
M
this
month
this
month
makes
a
year
and
a
half.
G
They
started
in
April
of
2021,
so
2022,
and
so
it's
been
about
a
year
and
a
half
we
also
people
felt
like
they
needed
to
have
something
to
show
for
it.
You
know
where's
our
recommendations
and
where's
where's,
all
the
stuff
that
we
can
present
and
then
staff
has
asked
that
we
need
to
know
what
what
an
extension,
what
what
would
you
be
doing
in
that
extension?
G
That's
a
little
different
from
what
you're
doing
now
we
have
roughly
seven
months
about
seven
and
a
half
months
for
them
to
get
the
work
done.
We
feel
they
can
do
it,
we're
working
on
the
helping
them
with
the
recommendations.
We
have
some
other
Port
support
that
we're
going
to
bring
into
the
main
meetings
with
visha,
helping-
hopefully
maybe
with
some
future
stuff,
so
yeah-
we're
really
excited
about
that,
so
they
did
not
vote
on
that.
They
are
going
to
read
it
over
and
think
about
it.
G
So
the
update
on
the
upcoming
Summit,
like
I,
said
it's
not
just
the
seventh,
but
we
have
a
movie
on
the
second,
which
I
think
is
black
and
Asheville
Tarra,
our
local
photographer
videographer
did
that
one.
These
are
free
events,
all
of
them.
The
fifth
will
be
The
Big
Payback.
That's
a
film
documenting
the
work
that
was
done
in
Evon
Illinois.
If
you
have
not
seen
it,
it's
amazing
and
I
think
it'll
give
some
contacts
to
our
local
folks
around
reparations
and
what's
being
done
across
the
country
and
then
on
Saturday.
G
We
have
an
attorney
fatherly
who
helped
with
the
family
in
California
that
was
able
to
get
their
land
back
from
the
city,
the
beach
land.
So
he's
going
to
talk
to
them
a
little
bit
about
how
do
you
make
recommendations
that
don't
always
have
a
tie
into
just
black
people?
How
do
you,
how
do
you?
How
do
you
work
not
around
the
law,
because
we
have
to
be
legal
but
just
kind
of
how
they
think
about
recommendations
and
then
we're
going
to
break
out
into
the
impact
Focus
areas?
G
We
are
having
uncas
professors.
Who've
done.
Some
research
in
those
Five
Focus
areas
will
be
partnering
up
with
our
impact
Focus
area
of
people
to
to
present
to
the
public.
What
we've
have
today
and
then
take
any
questions
and
feedback
next
slide.
So,
as
I
said,
we
had
a
rousing
meeting,
it
was
very
good.
We
looked
at
the
format
changes
which
they
did
not
do
anything
with.
G
At
this
time
we
successfully
got
over
the
mark
of
defining
the
framework
for
reparations,
so
I'll
report
on
that
next
month,
when
I
have
more
detail,
the
accountability
recommendation
is
still
on
the
table.
We're
still
looking
at
what
does
that?
Look
like
as
I
said,
staff
is
also
having
that
conversation
along
with
the
chair
and
the
vice
chair
and
the
CRC
members
were
asked
to
kind
of
think
about
the
recommendations
that
are
out
there.
G
We
had
a
vote
on
the
we
did
not
vote
on
the
updated
timeline,
but
the
timeline
has
been
updated
since
last
of
December
1st
of
January,
so
we're
just
continuing
with
that.
A
discussion
around
the
resolution
amendment
to
extend
that
time.
Folks
are
not
ready
to
to
consider
that
and
then
an
update
on
the
summit.
So
with
that
I'll
ask
if
you
have
any
questions
or
comments
and
I'm
done.
Thank
you
for
your.
F
Time
yeah,
thank
you
so
much
Brenda,
my
what
I'm
going
to
share
today
is
for
my
colleagues
and
for
the
record.
This
is
not
a
reflection
of
of
staff's
presentation.
Today,
I've
been
watching
the
meetings
and
attending
as
much
as
possible.
I've
attended
to
The
Retreat,
and
the
meeting
last
night
left
me
with
some
big
questions
in
myself.
That
I
just
wanted
to
share
with
you
kind
of
like
what
I'm
wrestling
with
and
what
I
think
we
might
need
to
be
prepared
for
I.
F
Think
it's
possible
that
our
process
is
designed
to
tell
a
story
to
heal
and
repair
historic
racial
Harms
in
our
community
that
continue
today
and
that
will
impact
future
Generations.
However,
our
process
seems
to
be
getting
in
the
way
of
our
community
reparations
commission
doing
its
work,
and
so
the
question
I'm
wrestling
with
is:
is
our
organization
ready
to
support
the
community
reparations
commission
if
the
request
is
to
move
the
process
outside
of
the
city
and
the
county?
F
Now
we're
doing
this
right
now
with
the
Continuum
of
Care,
with
way
that
we
address
homelessness,
it
makes
it
so
that
you
can
have
member
participation.
You
can
have
organizational
participation,
the
city
and
the
county
are
going
to
have
seats
that
are
Continuum
of
Care,
Mission,
Health
or
other
health
providers
can
have
seats.
F
You
can
have
FR
for
profit
entity,
nonprofit,
entity,
philanthropists
and
I
think
that
when
we
move
the
Continuum
of
Care
for
homelessness
outside
of
the
city
in
the
county
process,
the
hope
is
that
there
will
be
more
accountability
and
more
community
buyin
so
that
we
can
achieve
a
common
goal
that
we're
not
currently
doing
because
we're
holding
the
continu
of
care
for
homelessness
inside
the
city
and
I'm
wondering
if,
while
we're
learning
through
this
process,
if
we
might
be
ready
to
support
the
community
reparations
commission,
if
the
ask
is
the
same
if
the
concerns
are
mirrored.
F
So
if
that
happens,
if
the
request
comes
back,
that
we
have
recommendations
that
we
can't
make
because
of
conflict
of
interest
or
if
our,
if
our
processes
of
holding
it
in
place
stifle,
are
we
ready
to
support?
F
Is
that
probably
looks
like
technical
support,
making
sure
like
meeting
space
and
microphones
are
available,
but
I'm
I'm
excited
for
The
Summit
in
October
I'm,
just
I'm
kind
of
watching
how
we're
running
into
the
same
problems
with
the
Continuum
of
Care
that
the
community
reparations
commission
is
bumping
into,
and
the
outcome
is
that
I'm
watching
folks
that
are
the
most
valuable
and
resourceful
people
around
the
subject
matter
in
our
community
sit
at
a
table
for
an
hour
and
a
half
to
two
hours
and
then
be
told
what
they
can't
do.
F
Instead
of
helping
us
understand
what
we
need
to
do.
So,
that's
all
to
say
that
I
don't
think
it
would
be
an
uncommon
process
for
us
to
do
because
we're
doing
the
Continuum
of
Care
at
the
same
time
and
for
the
same
reason.
So
thank
you
for
hearing
me
once
again.
That's
not
a
reflection
of
the
staff
report.
Thank
you
to
Brenda
for
bringing
the
work
back,
but
I.
F
Think
if
you,
if
folks,
will
listen
to
the
archive
of
the
community
reparations
commission
meeting
from
last
night,
you
might
hear
some
of
those
same
concerns
that
have
landed
me
where
I
am
today.
Thank
you
for.
H
Listening
Kim,
thank
you
for
sharing.
That's
interesting.
I
hadn't
heard
that
I'm
not
sure
I'd
love
to
hear
if
Brenda
has
heard
this
from
Commissioners
or
if
this
is
just
a
new
idea
it.
It's
also
how
we
do
the
home
Consortium
and
then
Ashville
is
the
participatory
jurisdiction.
One
thing
that
strikes
me
is
both
the
COC
and
the
home.
Consortium
have
like
Grant
revenues
and
stuff,
and
then
you
know
more
formal
process,
which
would
be
wonderful
in
this
case
too,
but
I
I'd
be
interested
in
exploring
this
more.
H
C
G
It
has
been
our
goal
not
to
tell
them
what
they
cannot
do.
We
have
advised
them
what
legally
we
can
do,
and
there
are
legal
ramifications
to
some
of
the
things,
but
we
have
told
them
and
I'll
let
Brad
I
want
Brad
to
speak
a
little
bit
to
this.
You
can
bring
whatever
recommendations
you
need
to
we're
just
giving
you
feedback
on,
maybe
some
other
ideas
other
ways
we
could
do
this.
H
Yeah,
that's
where
why
I
mentioned
how
those
others
function
and
then
like
just
today,
we
voted
at
hcd
to
support
the
COC
transition
and
with
it
came
administrative
monies
right.
It's
just
a
little
different,
but
I'm
intrigued
I'd
like
to
hear
more.
If
it's,
if
Theiss
even
wants
us
to
look
at
it.
C
Okay
right,
thank
you.
Brenda,
look
forward
to
next
month's
update
we're
gonna
go
to
an
update
on
the
Festival
of
neighborhoods.
Jo
hitch
is
going
to
take
that
part
of
the
conversation.
I
think
she
has
a
call
to
action
as
well
for
us
to
spread
the
word
about
the
Festival
of
neighborhoods
dollar.
D
I,
do
I
think
I
appreciate
that
council
member
Smith
that's
a
really
beginning
with
the
end
in
mind.
That
is
certainly
the
ask
at
the
end
of
this.
This
will
be
a
very
short
presentation
and,
on
behalf
of
the
neighborhood,
your
neighborhood
advisory
committee
and
our
community
engagement
division
within
our
department.
D
I
I'm
just
really
excited
to
to
share
this
opportunity
with
you
all
so
daah
hitch
I
get
to
serve
as
the
communication
and
public
engagement
director
for
the
city
and
I'm
here
to
tell
you
about
our
upcoming
Festival
of
neighborhoods
next
slide,
Katie,
all
right
so
as
I
mentioned
before
this
is
being
sponsored
by
it's
been
designed
by
and
produced
by
with
support
of
City
staff,
but
really
the
neighborhood
advisory
committee
has
taken
the
lead
on
this.
This
is
the
first
time
we've
been
able
to
have
an
event
like
like
this.
D
Since
pre-2020,
there
have
been
some
other
festival
of
neighborhoods
in
the
past
and
they
all
kind
of
have
their
own
flavor.
Based
on
what
the
committee
members
want
in
that
particular
time
and
this
year,
it's
going
to
be
on
September
30th
from
10
AM
until
4M
at
Martin,
Luther,
King,
Jr
Park
and,
as
the
committee
was
putting
together
this
idea
back
when
they
identified
this
as
one
of
their
priorities
for
this
calendar
year.
They
really
had
the
City
council's
Vision
of
neighborhood
and
climate
resilience
in
mind.
D
So
not
only
how
can
we
bring
people
together
and
bring
and
build
resilience
through
existing
relationships,
but
also
it
aligns
well
with
neighbor
month,
which
is
in
September,
and
it's
also
emergency
preparedness
month
here
in
September.
So
no
we're
getting
we're
kind
of
rolling
into
hurricane
season.
Just
wanting
to
take
that
opportunity
to
make
sure
that
our
neighborhoods
have
information
and
materials
to
respond
to
climate
emergencies
or
weather
related
emergencies
at
their
fingertips.
So
there's
a
lot
of
different
facets
that
are
going
to
be
covered
and
available
through
the
Festival.
Next.
D
Slide
all
right,
so
a
few
highlights,
as
the
committee
was
pulling
this
together,
we
had
great
conversations
about
you
know
what
are
the
goals
goals
of
this
Festival?
What
do
they
want
to
make
sure
is
nourished
through
this
festival,
and
one
was
definitely
just
connecting
communities
so
opportunities
for
neighborhoods
to
learn
from
each
other
to
share
things
that
have
worked
well
and
then
just
really
build
that
Network
and
camaraderie
between
neighborhoods.
There
will
be
entertainment
right.
We
want
it
to
be
fun.
D
That
was
one
of
the
committee,
their
goals
they
wanted
it
to
be
fun,
inform
and
informative
was
another
one,
but
they'll
be
Inflatables
there'll,
be
food
trucks
there'll,
be
music,
interactive,
entertainment,
giveaways
and
door
prizes,
we'll
have
eight
a
little
over
eight
City
departments
that
will
be
present
to
share
information
about
what
they
do.
D
Fire
department,
for
example,
sharing
information
on
emergency
preparedness
and
then
the
bunkham
County
tax
assessor
office
will
also
be
there,
as
well
as
some
local
non
profits
and
again
we've
got
that
neighborhood
resilience
building
and
how
to
prepare
for
emergency
events
component
of
the
of
the
festival
that
will
be
there.
We're
excited
so
I
our
Cape
department
is
going
to
have
a
booth
and
we've
got
an
exciting
activity
for
family.
So
maybe
that's
a
little
selfish,
but
I'll
give
a
shout
out.
Please
come
and
stop
by
our
booth.
Next
slide
all
right.
D
So
here
we
are
to
wrap
it
up.
It's
happening,
September
30th,
202,
23
from
10:00
a.m.
until
400
p.m.
it.
The
goal
from
the
neighborhood
advisory
committee
was
for
it
to
be
fun,
informative
and
to
create
connections.
It's
free
and
open
to
the
public,
and
we
would
love
if
everybody
watching
today,
as
well
as
our
council
members
here
in
this
meeting.
If
you
could
invite
your
me
your
neighbors
and
pass
along
that
word.
D
So
if
you
want
to
get
to
materials,
you
could
follow
us
on
our
socials
and
just
share
that
way
or
if
you
just
want
to
Google
Asheville
Festival
of
neighborhoods.
That
should
get
you
right
to
some
posts
about
it,
and
then
you
can
pick
up
that
and
share
it.
That
way,
as
well
so
happy
to
take
any
questions
and
certainly
appreciate
this
opportunity
to
share
this
great
event
with
you.
C
Thank
you,
DOA
and
we'll
be
sure
to
get
the
word
out
for
that
event.
Okay,
now
we'll
move
to
our
next
item
on
the
agenda
to
the
Kayla
update.
We
have
an
introduction
of
a
new
position,
a
person.
I
Yes,
can
you
all
hear
me,
you
can
hear
me
hi
everyone,
I
am
promise
bosma
the
Workforce
Development
coordinator,
also
known
as
the
Kayla
programs
director
very
excited
to
be
here
with
you
guys
today,
all
right
and
our
theme
for
Kayla
this
year
was
grow
with
the
flow
and
Katie.
If
you
want
to
go
on
to
the
next
slide
and
some
of
the
key
takeaways
today,
the
city
of
Asheville,
youth
leadership
academy,
continues
to
have
a
positive
impact
on
youth
in
our
community.
I
This
past
year,
all
23,
graduating
Kayla
seniors,
were
accepted
into
college,
with
two
students
receiving
two
full
rods.
This
year
we
were
able
to
partner
with
some
great
organizations
like
mayag,
the
ash,
VA
Medical
Center
and
one
life,
and
some
of
the
KE
key
Focus
areas
that
we
focused
on
this
year
were
career
exploration,
financial
literacy,
leadership,
development
and
the
focus
for
fall
will
be
to
provide
assistance
for
with
college
applications
and
scholarship
research.
I
Next
slide
Katie
and
just
taking
a
look
back
at
last
year,
the
2022,
through
2023
Kayla
annual
report,
showed
that
100%
of
Kayla
students
were
accepted
into
college.
There
were
a
total
of
23
College
acceptances.
Kayla
students
received
an
estimated
240,000
scholar
dollars
in
scholarships
outside
of
our
organization.
38
kala
students
participated
in
Pay
internships
across
25
internship
sites
and
buckham
County,
distributed
$46,000
to
cover
the
Taylor
scholarships
that
we
actually
provide.
The
students
next
slide
Katie
and
what's
happening
now.
What
I'm,
currently
W
working
on
is
our
main
focus.
I
This
fall
is
college
preparation,
which
consists
of
helping
students
apply
for
college,
providing
College
recommendation,
letters
making
sure
the
Kayla
students
are
adhering
to
those
college
application
deadlines,
assisting
students
with
college
essays
and
personal
statements,
and
also
helping
students
app
apply
for
scholarships
and
what
is
new
to
Kayla.
What
I
have
been
currently
working
on
is
our
group
work
sessions.
I
So
I
created
a
group
work
session
so
that
they
can
come
back
together
and
meet
with
each
other
and
I
also
have
created
the
Kayla
mentorship
program
and
just
to
give
you
a
little
bit
more
about
the
Kayla
mentorship
program
it,
the
Kayla
mentors,
are
individuals
with
Superior
academics
and
strong
leadership.
Skills
that
demonstrate
demonstrate
academic
promise
and
the
desire
to
succeed
and
some
of
those
responsibilities
for
the
Kayla
mentors
will
be
to
be
a
part
of
of
our
strategic
partner
ship
funding
panel.
I
So
we
have
four
students
right
now,
so
they
will
be
a
part
of
the
that
panel
and
making
those
decisions
they
also
be
planning
group
volunteer
activities
for
the
students
and
they'll
also
be
identifying
student
needs
in
our
group
session.
So
I
thought
that
was
very
important
to
hear
from
the
kids
so
that
we
can
know
what
their
needs
are.
Next
slide.
I
Katie-
and
this
slide
basically
just
shows
you
how
Kayla
the
Kayla
students
are
broken
out
and
it
lets
you
see
the
different
the
amounts
in
each
school
system.
So,
as
you
can
see,
Ash
Ash
High
has
the
most
Kayla
participation,
but
this
year
my
main
focus
is
getting
out
there
promoting
Kayla
so
that
we
can
see
more
from
the
different
school
systems
involved
in
the
Kayla
program,
and
also
it
shows
you,
the
graduating
stud
seniors
as
well.
In
this
slide
all
right,
the
next
slide
Katie
and
this
summer
we
actually
had
28
internship
sites.
I
It
was
three
more
than
last
year
and
we
have
been
broken
out
into
three
sectors.
I
won't
name
them
all,
because
it's
a
lot,
but
we
had
sectors
such
as
local
government,
nonprofit
and
the
prover
sector,
the
private
sector,
as
you
can
see,
the
city
of
Asheville
blew
it
away.
We
had
a
lot
of
different
intern
internship
sites
with
the
city,
Capital
project,
City,
manager's
office,
community
and
economic
development,
it
parts
and
wck
planning
and
Urban
Design.
You
know
just
hit
out
the
ballpark
next
slide,
Katie
and
for
orientation.
I
This
year
we
had
a
lot
of
interest
in
the
medical
field,
so
what
we
did
was
we
actually
collaborated
with
mayack
and
we
had
a
Health
day
with
mayag.
So
we
took
our
students
over
to
mayag
and
they
had
a
full
day
prepare
for
them.
So
during
our
mayag
health
day
they
did
Pig
dis
dissections.
We
actually
worked
in
the
medical
simulation
lab,
so
in
the
medical
simulation
lab,
they
had
to
figure
out
different
scenarios
and
figure
out
what
was
going
on
with
the
patient
medical
wise.
I
So
that
was
a
lot
of
fun
and
also
they
participated
in
a
germ
activity,
so
everyone's
hands
were
sprayed
at
the
beginning.
The
kids
had
to
go
into
the
bathroom
and
wash
their
hands
off
as
best
they
could
and
then
they
would
come
back
and
then
they
would
have
to
show
their
hands
and
they
would
put
it
under
a
vehic
light
and
it
would
show
if
their
hands
were
clean
or
if
they
still
had
germs
on
their
hands.
I
So
that
was
a
very
fun
activity
and
next
slide,
and
we
also
collaborated
with
a
couple
different
organizations
this
year
for
workshops,
one
of
them
being
Goodwill
one
life.
They
have
a
youth
program
that
helps
people
ages,
14
to
24,
uncover
their
passions
and
reach
their
goals.
They're
also
partnered
with
Community
organizations,
and
provide
programs
to
help
St
through
the
steps
of
self-discovery
to
get
them
on
a
path
to
vocalization
and
educational
success.
One
life
actually
host
at
our
financial
literacy
program,
our
financial
literacy
Workshop.
I
This
summer
the
students
were
able
to
learn
about
money,
management,
savings
and
the
importance
of
credit
and
the
financial
cost
of
renting
an
apartment,
and
the
good
thing
about
that
is.
We
actually
took
a
bus
over
to
an
apartment,
complex,
let
the
kids
get
out
just
went
through
the
same
process
as
though
you
were
actually
going
to
start.
You
know,
try
to
rent
apartment,
so
they
were
able
to
ask
questions.
I
They
were
able
to
provide
them
with
the
you
know,
the
actual
numbers
it
would
cost
to
wrent
an
apartment,
and
then
they
were
able
to
take
them
into
a
vacant
apartment
and
show
them.
What
a
one
bedro
apartment
would
look
like.
The
students
were
able
to
see
that
firsthand.
So
that
was
very
exciting
and
another
collaboration
that
we
did
was
with
the
VA
hospital.
The
VA
Hospital
actually
provided
us
with
a
tour
and
the
kids
learned
about
different
career
opportunities.
I
The
VA
Hospital
actually
has
their
own
program
that
they
offer
for
kids,
but
when
Co
hit
they
had
to
close
it
down,
so
they
were
so
excited
to
have
our
kids
come
and
being
able
to
work
with
them.
So
in
2024
the
U
VA
hospital
is
going
to
be
allowing
students
to,
inter
at
that
facility
I,
don't
think
they're
going
to
bring
back
their
program,
but
they
will
be
allowing
us
to
have
our
kids
interned
there
and
they
will
actually
host
another
Workshop
next
year.
I
Next,
SL,
Katie
and
I
just
want
to
show
some
fun
pictures
of
the
students
this
summer.
This
is
at
the
actual.
This
is
at
the
VA
hospital.
They
have
a
studio,
so
the
kids
created
a
Kayla
Anthem.
They
were
able
to
record
and
see
what
that
was
like,
and
if
you
can
tell
the
Kayla,
the
Kayla
students
have
these
large
white
suit
on,
because
we
actually
went
to
a
sterilization
room
cuz
at
the
VA
hospital.
They
actually
do
surgeries
there,
so
they
were
able
to
take
them
back
and
show
them.
I
I
Katie
and
to
go
with
our
theme
grow
with
the
flow
we
also
went
to.
We
went
water
rafting,
so
this
is
a
couple
C
cute
pictures
of
our
students
going
down
the
river
next
slide
K
and
we
also
visited
the
U.
We
also
visited
Winston
Salem
State
University,
so
this
is
just
a
group
picture
of
us
going
down
there
again.
Some
of
those
key
takeaways,
the
CF
as
youth
leadership
academy,
continues
to
have
a
positive
impact
on
our
youth
in
our
community.
I
This
past
year,
all
23
graduate
and
Kayla
students
were
accepted
into
college
two
receiveing
full
ride.
This
year
we
were
able
to
partner
with
some
amazing
organizations,
mayhe
the
VA
Hospital
one
life,
and
some
of
those
key
Focus
areas
that
we
focused
on
this
year
were
career.
Exporation,
financial
literacy,
leadership,
development
and
my
main
focus
for
this
fall
is
college
applications,
helping
the
students
with
college
applications
and
helping
them
find
scholarships,
and
do
you
guys
have
any
questions.
C
Does
anybody
have
any
questions?
Congratulations
promise,
I,
think
you're
the
right
person
for
the
job
in
good
job
on
the
work
you've
done
so
far.
Thank.
F
You
yeah
thank
you,
promise
for
taking
on
this
work
in
our
community.
One
of
the
students
is
a
a
former
neighbor
that
I've
known
since
they
were
in
kindergarten
and
I
got
to
hear
their
experience,
what
they
learned
and
what
they
do
and
don't
want
to
do
because
of
what
they
learned
through
this.
So
thank
you.
You.
C
And
how
has
your
Outreach
been
when
trying
to
get
students
outside
of
the
city
school
system
seems
like
you're
trying
to
Branch
out
to
include
County
Schools.
I
Yeah
we're
trying
to
Branch
out
to
include
County
Schools,
so
I
have
actually
been
reaching
out
to
all
of
the
school
counselors
I'm
starting
early
I
feel
like
I'm,
getting
a
good
start
just
trying
to
normally
when
we
go
out
and
we
promote
Kayla
it's
after
Christmas,
but
this
year,
I'm
trying
to
get
into
the
school
system
early
so
that
I
can
get
more
participation
from
those
different
schools
and
just
connect
with
those
counselors.
So
I'm
really
trying
to
get
in
and
make
good
relationships.
C
B
I
I
think
just
having
a
building
a
strong
relationship
with
the
school
itself,
because
I
think
Alex
was
having
problems
with
communication
being
able
to
actually
come
in
and
promote
Kayla
in
certain
school
systems.
Certain
schools
but
I
feel
like
I'm.
Just
is
you
know,
I'm
still
new,
but
I
have
been
able
to
connect
with
people.
You
know
outside
of
asille
City
Schools,
but
I.
My
main
focus
is
like
Inca
having
people.
You
know
students
be
able
to
participate
and
Inca
Owen
schools
of
that
such.
C
E
All
right,
thank
you
so
much
so.
Yes,
I'm
Rachel,
Taylor,
Economic,
Development,
Division
manager,
I
think
since
I
last
spoked
this
committee.
That
is
a
new
position
for
me,
so
we're
excited
to
have
promise
on
board
and
really
working
to
fill
out
the
rest
of
our
division.
So
so
today,
I
will
present
an
update
and
some
funding
recommendations
and
options.
Next
slide.
E
Please
there's
a
lot
of
key
takeaways,
but
I
just
wanted
to
make
sure
that
everyone
had
the
the
same
information
since
we
were
last
at
this
committee
and
April,
the
committee
and
city
council
reviewed
recommendations
from
the
evaluation
panel
and
approved
funding
six
agencies
for
a
total
Grant
Award
of.
E
$356,900
staff
to
issue
an
additional
round
of
funding
with
unspent
dollars.
After
the
pilot
grants
concluded,
and
that
was
on
June
30th
of
this
year,
staff
is
seeking
Council
Direction
on
two
options
to
redistribute
the
50,000
remaining
from
that
pilot
program.
The
grant
program
will
continue
to
disperse
funds
into
the
community,
and
staff
recommends
opening
up
applications
for
a
a
third
or
fourth
round.
E
Depending
on
on
how
you
all
vote
today
of
funding
this
winter,
the
grant
program
will
continue
to
seek
feedback
from
the
committee
stakeholders
and
the
pilot
program
process
to
inform
ongoing
improvements,
and
the
evaluation
process
will
build
on
feedback
from
this
committee,
such
as
involving
calea
students,
I'm,
really
excited
to
have
those
mentors
Kayla
mentors
be
a
part
of
this
program,
we'll
also
work
with
external
partners
and
other
subject
matter.
Experts
We've
also
included
timelines
for
the
next
application
cycle
and
those
are
updated
to
reflect
the
needs
of
the
program.
E
Current
capacity
constraints
and
School
programming
calendars.
So
next
slide.
So
a
brief
overview
of
the
what
I'm
calling
round
two
program
adjustments.
So
this
was
the
round
of
funding
the
that
you
all
voted
on
in
April
of
this
year.
So
some
adjustments
that
were
made
to
the
program
were
that
we
streamlined
Communications
administrative
requirements
by
updating
the
application
process.
We
increase
the
award
minimum
to
35,000
from
20,000
per
program
application.
E
We
included
additional
community
members
and
subject
matter
experts
in
the
evaluation
panel
provided
award
recommendations
based
on
fully
funding
requests
and
awarded
two
multi-year
grants.
The
this
application
cycle
received
23
applications,
six
of
which
were
awarded.
E
We
just
got
over
1.6
million
and
total
funds
requested
and
awarded
just
over
350,000
next
slide,
and
so
here
you
can
just
see
that
side,
by-side
comparison
of
applications,
funding,
requested
median
requests
and
awards
for
round
one,
which
is
the
pilot
and
round
two,
which
is
the
the
round
that
just
happened
in
this
spring
next
slide
and
I
also
wanted
to
highlight
the
organizations
that
were
awarded
from
round
one
and
round
two
two
organizations
were
awarded
in
round
one
and
two:
those
were
yoa
Health
wellness
and
Justice
Collective
and
read
to
succeed
of
Ashville
gam
County
next
slide.
E
So
here
you
can
see
the
utilization
from
the
pilot
Grant
Awards,
total
of
3
75,500
was
awarded
and
325,000
was
actually
used,
so
we've
got
about
50,000
endrant
Awards
remaining
from
that
program.
E
Just
as
a
note
from
from
a
process
perspective,
we
did
allow
all
of
the
organizations
all
the
grantees
from
the
pilot
about
60
days
after
their
the
close
of
their
agreement
to
kind
of
finalize
and
and
close
out
their
invoicing
process.
I,
don't
think
that
that
they
really
took
us
up
on
that
full
60
days,
but
just
a
a
point
of
a
program
adjustment
that
we
made
next
slide.
E
So
we've
got
two
options
today
for
basically
what
to
do
with
this
remaining
50,000
one
option
is
to
roll
over
the
remaining
50
into
the
next
award
cycle.
So
we
could
redistribute
that
the
next
Grant
cycle
is
set
to
open
in
December
rolling
over
the
remaining
50,000
would
increase
the
amount
available
for
the
next
funding
cycle
from
242,000
to
292,000.
E
The
pros
of
this
option
are
that
rolling
over
the
remainder
streamlines
the
process.
It
accounts
for
the
timing
of
the
grant,
Cycles
and
accounts
for
limited
staff
capacity.
The
cons
are
that
rolling
over
the
remaining
funds
does
not
allow
for
a
more
immediate
redistribution
of
those
funds
from
the
previous
Grant
cycles
and
next.
E
Slide,
and
so
here
we
have
option
two,
which
is
to
reallocate
the
remainder
of
the
pilot
program,
and
so
we
could
redistribute
the
award
to
an
applicant
from
the
most
recent
award
cycle.
So
basically
we
take
those
I
said:
23
applications
and
instead
of
seeking
a
a
whole
new
application
process,
would
just
pull
from
that
pool
of
of
applicants.
E
So
during
round
two,
the
evaluation
panel
indicated
that
they
would
have
recommended
funding
for
seven
additional
organizations
if
they'
been
directed
to
recommend
Awards
based
on
partial
funding,
and
so
with
that
two
organiz
ations
were
eligible
and
had
not
received
assistance
from
the
city
through
either
the
the
grant
program
or
other
of
significant
means.
Two
other
organizations
received
other
types
of
support
from
the
city
this
year.
E
Another
two
organizations
received
funding
in
the
first
round
of
awards
and
one
organization
was
no
longer
in
operation
so
of
those
first,
two
organizations
that
I
mentioned
that
were
eligible
and
had
not
received
assistance
from
the
city.
The
YWCA
slid
a
path,
youth
expansion
program,
scored
higher
and
Ava
available
evaluation
panel
members
have
recommended
allocating
50,000
to
the
ywca's
liath
expansion.
E
Just
a
couple
notes
about
this
program:
the
liath
program
works
to
increase,
resilience
and
self-regulation
skills
amongst
y
local
youth,
including
middle
and
high
school
students
with
classes
to
be
offered
onsite
at
each
participating
school.
So
the
expansion
is
that
it
I
believe
and
we've
got
YWCA
listening
to
this
call.
E
So
if
there
are
more
in-depth
questions
about
the
program,
we
can
bring
them
on,
but
the
liath
program
I
believe
initially
focused
more
on
an
adult
population,
and
this
request
this
application
really
focused
on
expanding
that
programming
towards
the
youth
population.
F
E
F
So
I'm
I'm
not
I'm,
not
inclined
to
withhold
funds,
so
I'm
I'm
glad
that
we're
having
a
conversation
about
getting
these
funds
into
the
community
I
am
curious.
Why
we
would
focus
on
a
youth
expansion
program
instead
of
existing
programs
that
we
had
previously
funding
and
applied
for
funds,
but
yeah
I'm
sure
other
people
may
have
questions
as
well,
but
first
it
would
help
to
know
who
the
other
organizations
are
that
are
vaguely
named.
F
And
yeah
sorry
Rachel
I,
just
I
for
some
reason,
when
I
saw
the
slide
deck
I
assumed
there
would
be
like
some
more
information
about
the
orgs,
because
we
had
so
many
more
funds
requested
than
we
have
available
and
I
know
that
we
care
about
our
youth
and
placemaking
and
addressing
mentorship
and
violence
among
Our,
Youth
and-
and
we
want
to
be
really
serious
about
this.
But
I
just
need
more
information.
E
Of
course,
and
I
definitely
want
to
provide
the
information
that
you
all
need
for
this
decision
and
just
as
a
note
from
a
process
perspective,
we
started
with
this-
these
seven
it
because
it
it
felt
like
a
good
starting
point
based
on
the
full.
E
You
know
full
evaluation
panels,
recommendations,
not
everyone
from
the
panel
was
currently
available
to
kind
of
you
know,
re-evaluate
the
the
full
spectrum
of
application,
so
starting
from
from
the
this
point
in
the
notes
that
were
made
during
that
evaluation
process
is
kind
of
where
we
were
at
with
that
decision.
Making
for
this
action.
F
And
I
I'm
also
really
curious,
because
we
had
previously
funded
ytl
and
I.
Don't
have
a
really
clear
understanding
on
why
we
would
essentially
walk
away
from
a
partnership.
That
question
is
still
lingering.
For
me,
it
looks
very
much
like
in
previous
years,
we've
partnered
with
ytl,
which
does
Grassroots
existing
programming,
not
a
new
program
but
existing
programming,
and
then
we
walked
away
very
publicly
but
without
a
reason
so
I.
F
That's
why
I'm
like
okay,
if
we're
not
ready
to
like
get
behind
our
partners,
then
why
are
we
looking
at
expansion
of
a
a
new
program.
E
So
so
before
and
I
can't
answer
that,
because
I
was
on
the
evaluation
panel
for
for
this
year,
but
what
I?
What
I
do
want
to
provide?
Is
that
a
little
bit
of
additional
context
about
the
seven
organizations
so
the
YWCA
of
Asheville,
the
light
ofth
youth
expansion
program?
They
had
a
score,
an
average
score
of
88.9%
and
requested
funding
of
75,000
the
second
organization.
E
This
is
again
in
that
bucket
of
eligible,
didn't,
receive
funding
during
the
pilot
program
and
doesn't
currently
receive
any
additional
funding
or
assistance
from
the
city,
so
that
second
organization
was
the
bunam
partnership
for
children,
The
Early,
Childhood,
Workforce,
Development
program
that
application
had
an
average
score
of
80.3%
and
requested
100,000
for
their
application.
E
The
next
two
organizations
were
in
the
category
of
eligible
and
they
didn't
receive
funding
during
the
pilot
program,
but
they
currently
received
or
very
recently
received
additional
funding
or
assistance
from
the
city.
So
the
first
organization
is
leaf,
Global
Arts
and
that
application
was
for
the
leaf
Global
Arts
academic
enrichment
programs.
E
That
application
had
an
average
score
of
84.6%
and
requested
35,000,
and
so
we,
the
city,
provides
some
funding
to
this
organization,
though
they're
still
able
to
apply
to
Grants
and
then
the
second
organization
is
KL
training
Solutions.
My
daddy
taught
me
that
the
program
is
college,
career
and
Readiness.
That
average
score
was
83.8%
and
requested
funding
for
$100,000,
and
so
the
city
recently
conveyed
a
building
to
this
organization
for
dollar,
and
they
are
so.
They
are
still
able
to
apply
for
Grants
from
the
city.
E
So
they
are
in
the
third
batch,
and
so
these
were
because
these
were
funds
from
the
pilot.
There
were
two
organizations
that
had
received
funding
during
the
pilot
program,
and
so
that's
why
they're
in
this
category
so
ytl
training
programs
applied
for
for
their
youth
summer
programming
after
school
advoc
advocacy
program,
the
average
score
was
86%,
the
funding
requested
was
150,000
and,
as
I
mentioned,
they
received
funding
during
the
pilot
round,
one
of
Grant
Awards.
E
The
second
organization
was
Christine
Avery
Learning,
Center
The
Village
project,
the
average
score
was
82.2%
and
the
funding
requested
was
78,000.
F
That's
that's
really
helpful
and
I
would
say
maybe
moving
forward
it
would.
It
would
be
helpful
to
have
some
more,
even
if
it
feels
like
it's
redundant
to
to
have
some
more
links
to
the
backend
so
that,
as
we're
doing
our
just
information
seeking
to
be
prepared
in
advance.
For
these
me
that
way,
I
can
ask
you
questions
in
advance
if
we
just
had
some
some
more
information.
Thank
you
for
articulating
that
information
verbally,
okay.
F
So
there's
a
couple
things
here.
One
is
where
I'm
at
like
in
in
mind:
I
want
to
invest
these
dollars,
I
don't
want
to
sit
on
them
and
we
have
existing
applications
with
Grassroots
organizations
that
are
doing
the
work
in
our
community
right
now.
So
I
would
love
to
make
a
recommendation
for
us
to
allocate
the
50,000
but
I'm
not
sure
that
it
should
be
for
youth
expansion
and
I'd
love
to
know
what
my
colleagues
at
this
table
think.
C
Well,
I
can
I
can
support
your
your
idea.
Well,
I
can
support
the
direction
you're
going.
I
think
what'll
be
helpful
for
me
and
the
committee
in
order
to
make
an
informed
decision
on
today.
If
we
had
a
visual
of
all
the
organizations
who
applied
this
fiscal
year
and
who
were
eligible
and
still
in
good
standing,
meaning
the
organization
is
still
struct,
I
mean
Incorporated.
They
haven't
dissolved
because
I
heard
some
information
about
organizations
who
are
no
longer
in
existence.
C
If
we
can
get
a
list
of
all
organizations
who
are
El
eligible,
then
I
think
we
can
make
an
informed
decision
and
with
that
information
maybe
have
the
scores
from
the
valuation
Committee,
just
as
added
information
for
us
to
come
to
a
decision
on
how
we
should
reallocate
the
50.
F
I
like
that,
okay,
so
does
that
mean
that
we
can
schedule
a
quick
like
follow-up
meeting
to
this
and
not
have
to
wait
a
whole
month?
So
the
thing.
C
I
mean
we've
before
we've
pounded
at
this
thing
like
we
can
ask
her
Rachel
if
she
has
that
information
available
for
us
to
get
a
visual
right
now
and
we
just
kind
of
look
at
it
or
if
you
all
want
to
reconvene.
I,
have
no
problem
reconvening
for
a
special
meeting
with
just
the
decision
on
this
item.
I'm
happy
to
do
that
as
well.
C
So
you're
happy
to
reconvene
after
we
get
more
information
about
eligible
applicants
and
their
score
on
scores
from
the
evaluation
committee
and
if
there's
still
a
standing,
I
mean
still
a
standing
organization.
Yeah.
F
It
would
help
me
if
it
mirrors
this
graphic
that
we're
looking
at
right
now
so
right
now
it
says
two
organizations
were
eligible,
have
not
received
assistance
and
they
are
and
here's
the
links
to
them.
Two
organizations
receive
support
from
the
city
other
support
and
they
are
and
here's
the
link
to
their
application,
so
that
with
the
score
and
eligibility
would
definitely
I
think
help
me
and
hopefully
help
our
community
as
we
get
ready
to
U
move
quickly
to
release
These
funds.
C
Yeah,
if
we
can
get
all
the
information
we
can
get,
including
information
about
which
organizations
are
El
eligible,
this
funding
period,
who
were
who
are
also
awarded
in
the
pilot
during
the
pilot
I,
think
that'll
be
good
information
too,
because
what
I
hear
you
saying,
Kim
and
I
definitely
agree
with
we
kind
of
want
to
follow
our
investment.
We
invested
in
organization,
and
we
see
great
performance
or
great
outcomes.
Why
not
continue
to
fund
that
organization
to
seed
more
into
that
work
or
have
consisten
seed
or
investment
into
that
work?.
E
Yes,
so
if,
if
you'll
allow
me
to
say
it
back,
sorry
make
sure
got
it.
So
I
heard
that
we'll
have
more
details,
kind
of
about
each
of
the
organizations
and
their
scores,
their
eligibility
they'll
be
organized
kind
of
according
to
how
they're
organized
here.
I
would
like
a
little
bit
more
clarification
on
whether
you'd
like
to
see
that
which
were
I
heard.
E
You
wanted
to
see
everyone
who
had
been
funded
kind
of
from
the
pilot
and
then
also
in
round
two
I
assume
that
we
wouldn't.
C
F
C
Which
I
think
I
think
that's
a
good
point,
but
I
think
I.
Don't
think
that
is.
It
applies
to
this
50
I.
Don't
think
any
of
this
50
is
rollover
money
from
mony's
not
spent
down
am
I
correct,
Rachel,
it
is
okay,
so
all
organizations
were
able
to
pull
down,
but
it
might
be
valid
information
to
have
for
us
like
if
they
struggled
before.
Will
this
be
an
ongoing
struggle
or
is
the
organization
in
good
stance,
Ing
and
able
to
draw
down
funds
without
barrier.
E
And
I
can
speak
to
that
very
quickly.
One
organization
was
not
able
to
get
to
the
point
where
they
could
finalize
an
agreement
and-
and
we
did
work
pretty
closely
with
them.
Another
organization
had
applied
for
and
received
a
grant
for
a
pilot
program,
and
just
because
there
was
a
pilot
and
but
because
some
of
the
timing
issues
just
had
that
mismatch
of
funds
and
programming,
and
we
also
did
not
allow
for
any
of
the
organizations
to
have
an
extension.
E
The
program
had
gotten
into
it
just
had
gotten
complicated
in
years
past,
with
allowing
some
of
those
extensions.
So
that's
where
the
bulk
of
that
50,000
was
coming
from
those
two
organizations.
F
I
think
it
would
also
help
if
and
I
know,
this
is
more
work,
but
while
we're
doing
this,
Loose
Ends
tie
up
if
there's
an
application
where
it
LO
like
it
was
for
summer
program
where
those
organizations
then
had
to
scramble
and
find
other
funds,
because
we
didn't
help
them
with
their
summer
program.
But
now
they're,
like
seeking
funds
for
their
ongoing
program.
F
I
just
need
to
know
who
they're
serving
how
many
they
can
serve
or
like
do
they
have
ongoing
after
school
programming
would
be
a
great
example,
because
if
an
application
looks
like
it's
for
summer,
but
it's
for
ongoing
programming,
then
that'll
help
inform
my
decision.
F
Great
which
might
look
like
since
this
is
a
small
list
and
not
the
whole
list,
making
a
call
with
each
org
to
be
like.
Are
you
still
pursuing
this
funding,
and
what
do
you
have
ongoing
programming
that
it
would
be
used
for
I'm,
just
imagining
that
we
wouldn't
want
to
go
through
this
process,
get
dollars
on
the
ground?
And
then
the
organization
be
like
y'all
left
us
hanging
this
summer?
Why
are
you
like
putting
us
on
the
spotlight
now
and
I?
Don't
want
to
put
anyone,
including
us
in
that
situation,.
C
Do
y'all
think
that's
possible
because
if
you
can
make
telephone
calls
to
check
in
with
the
organization
and
see
if
that,
the
programming
that
they
propos
is
still
ongoing
or
whatever
Kim
said
I,
don't
mean
to
diminish
what
you
said
but
I'm
just
trying
to
get
to
my
point.
I
think
you
should
also,
if
you
are
going
to
make
telephone
calls
also
let
them
know
how
much
we
have
available,
because
50
$50,000
towards
$150,000
budget
might
not
even
be
worth
their
time.
F
Right
so
I'm
thinking
like
if
there's
prek
programming,
for
example
or
after
school
for
young
children,
something
like
that
I
know,
there's
a
lot
of
budget
gaps
at
the
state
level
that
are
happening
right
now,
because
we
still
don't
have
a
budget
passed
and
there's
a
lot
of
folks
that
are
falling
in
that
Gap.
So
it's
if
it's
like
we're
going
to
be
able
to
get
five
more
child
care
staff
positions
funded
that
we
don't
currently
have
funded
we're
going
to
have
to
cut
like
that.
A
Thank
you
all
for
the
feedback.
I
think
we're
clear
on
the
data
for
existing
applicants
from
previous
rounds
on.
What's
expected,
so
I
think
that's
something
relatively
easily
behind
the
scenes
we
can
work
on
pulling
together.
I
think
we
need
to
regroup
internally
just
on
what
we
can
foreseeably
get
done
in
the
short
run,
in
order
to
have
those
conversations
with
agencies
and
come
back
to
you
with
maybe
a
bit
of
a
crisper
recommendation
based
on
the
feedback
that
you
received
today.
A
I
do
think
it's
important
if
Rachel
you
could
go
to
the
upcoming
Grant
process
timeline
slide
that
we
talk
about
the
upcoming
timeline,
because
we,
as
you
mentioned
council
member
Rooney,
really
wanted
to
get
feedback
today
on
how
to
use
those
$50,000
that
were
unspent
from
the
pilot
process,
because
Rachel
and
the
economic
development
team
are
now
working
on
ramping
up
our
next
round
of
funding
which,
as
you
can
see
on
this
slide,
is
really
going
to
start
within
the
next
month,
and
so
we
want
to
make
sure
that
we
we're
all
in
agreement
on
the
highest
and
best
use
of
that
$50,000.
A
But
we
also
want
to
acknowledge
that
we
want
to
then
pivot
Take
Lessons
Learned
From,
the
last
two
rounds
of
funding
and
ultimately
improve
the
program
for
our
next
full
funding
cycle,
which
is
about
to
begin
pretty
shortly
so
Rachel.
If
you
can
just
really
quickly
talk
through
that
proposed
timeline
for
the
next
round.
I
just
think
it's
important
context
to
highlight,
as
we
talk
about
the
$50,000,
that
we're
trying
to
make
decisions
on
within
the
next
couple
of
weeks.
E
Exactly
and
I'm
I'm
glad
that
we're
we're
also
talking
about
kind
of
what
I
heard
a
little
bit
too
kind
of
between
the
lines
is
kind
of
getting
that
feedback
and
understanding
of
of
you
know
how
funding
impacts
organizations.
So
what
we
really
want
to
be
able
to
do
is
now
that
the
pilot
has
wrapped
up
is
be
able
to
take
the
information
from
the
pilot.
E
We
have
already
done
the
round
two
Awards,
but
we
want
to
be
able
to
take
a
moment
and
collect
feedback
so
we'll
we
want
to
work
with
key
stakeholders
to
get
feedback
about
the
grant
program
and
then
have
a
little
bit
of
time
to
be
able
to
do
that
update
so
we're
looking
at
October
for
getting
that
feedback,
and
that
would
like
look
like
know
a
lot
of
calls
a
lot
of
inperson
conversations
with
a
lot
of
different
stakeholders
as
it
relates
to
this
program
and
then
in
November.
E
We
would
be
using
that
feedback,
like
I
mentioned
from
those
stakeholders,
the
pilot
program
and
understanding
kind
of
where
we
need
to
adjust
and
refine.
So
we
would
take
that
information
to
refine
the
application.
E
The
guidelines
I
Heard
L,
clear
from
you,
know
multiple
folks
but
refining
the
evaluation
criteria,
using
feedback
from
the
stakeholders
and
then
confirm
the
evaluation
panel
members
and
the
evaluation
process
and
then
would
want
to
come
back
to
this
committee
to
present
that
feedback
and
what
that
could
look
like
as
far
as
programmatic
adjustments
and
then
so
in
December.
E
We
would
open
applications
with
those
adjustments
made
based
on
feedback
from
this
committee,
and
then
we
would
plan
to
open
those
applications
before
the
end
of
this
calendar
year
and
then
through
January
February
application
would
be
open,
we'll
close
that
towards
the
end
of
February
and
finalize
evaluations,
and
then
in
March
would
return
to
this
committee
to
be
able
to
vote
on
award.
F
Recommendations:
okay,
the
timeline
sounds
good
to
me
and,
in
fact,
I'm
fully,
anticipating
that
the
cost
of
services
is
going
to
go
up,
and
so
our
asks
are
going
to
go
up
too
and
so
I'm
hoping
that
within
this
timeline,
we'll
have
an
opportunity.
As
a
group,
my
heart
really
wants
us
to
do
some
serious
violence,
Interruption
work
among
Our,
Youth
and
I.
Imagine
that
I
I'm
not
alone
at
the
table
in
wanting
us
to
be
serious
about
this.
F
So
one
of
the
questions
I
would
love
to
know
because
we
know
that
relationships
are
the
key
to
success
in
interrupting
U
violence
among
our
youth.
What
does
it
look
like
for
us
to
make
a
recommendation
as
a
body
before
this
timeline
wraps
up
in
March
to
increase
this
pool
of
funding?
F
That
is
the
only
thing
that
I
would
add
is
a
recommendation
from
the
equity
engagement
committee
to
the
full
city
council
pursuing
any
sort
of
available
additional
funds,
whether
it's
from
property
tax
taxes
that
are
anticipated
above
or
if
there
are
cost
Savings
in
our
budget.
F
A
It
chair
Smith,
if
you
don't
mind,
just
I
guess
if
we
could
Circle
back
to
immediate
next
steps
in
terms
of
the
$50,000
I
guess,
based
on
Rachel's
feedback
around
the
upcoming
timeline
and
then
the
feedback
we
got
today
on.
Additional
data
needs
I
want
to
make
sure
what
what
I'm
hearing
and
understanding
is
correct.
We
do
want
to
regroup.
This
committee
have
that
additional
data
potentially
have
staff.
A
C
Think
it'll
be
great
information
if
we
could
get
responses
from
them
and
get
some
feedback
as
to
whether
they
can
accept
the
$50,000,
whether
it
be
helpful
but
I
think
we
just
need
to
go
forward
with
getting
the
information
like
you
said
before,
and
if
they
do
respond
by
the
time
we
reconvene
then
that'll
be
helpful
information
to
share
that
time,
but
I
don't
think
we
should
wait
until
we
get
a
response
from
every
agency
before
we
move
forward
on
this
decision.
A
Understood
it
is,
and
so
then
I
guess,
for
the
part
two
that
council
member
Rooney
was
suggesting.
We
can
certainly
add
an
agenda
item
to
a
future
committee.
Where
we
talk
about
resources,
there
are
some
resources
available.
Currently
arpa
is
one
option
that
we
have
not
fully
expended
all
of
our
arpa
funds.
There
are
other
options,
of
course,
that
we
could
talk
to
our
finance
team
about,
but
we
would
need
some
clearer
guidance
from
this
committee
on
on
how
you
want
that
to
happen.
C
To
that
point
about
other
funding
sources
so
that
we
can
kind
of
up
the
Annie
when
it
comes
to
strategic
Partnerships,
I
have
a
question
for
Brad.
Brad
I
know
that
the
the
scope
of
programming
for
opioid
settlement
it
could
cover
some
parts
of
Youth
Development
to
some
degree.
I'm
trying
I'm
I
just
want
some
insight
from
you.
If
we
can
make
that
work,
can
we
earmark
that
amount
of
money
just
for
a
certain,
a
certain
kind
of
programming
under
strategic
Partnerships
to
support
youth.
B
Yeah,
thank
you
for
that
question.
Council
member,
Smith
I
think
it's
possible.
We
might
have
look
at
it
a
little
more
specifically
because
we
are
continuing
to
try
to
analyze
the
allowance
under
the
national
settlement
for
the
opioid
funds,
but,
generally
speaking,
there's
a
pretty
broad
allowance
if
it's
directly
addressing
the
opioid
crisis
from
an
operational
perspective.
So
that's
the
big
issue
is
operational
versus
Capital
expenditures
and
operational
is
where
we
can't
spend
the
money.
So
I
do
think
it's.
C
Possible
all
right,
just
something
I
considered
because
I
know
we're
thinking
about
going
in
a
different
direction
and
actually
seeding
our
amount
to
the
county
to
help
with
some
of
their
work.
Just
a
thought,
I
think
I
saw
both
hands.
Councilwoman
Turner
I
think
your
hand
went
up
first
earlier.
H
Well
and
it
it
may
not
really
matter,
I
was
going
to
ask
staff.
You
know
if
we
do
say
come
back
with
this
50,000
and
the
organizations
and
the
criteria
that
meet
it
like.
What's
the
reality
in
time
to
deploy
that,
because,
if
we're
looking
at
the
deploying
the
next
round
in
just
a
matter
of
months,
I
mean
is
it
you
write,
checks,
right
away
and
they
get
to
these
folks?
Is
there
greater
process
getting
through
legal
and
documents
and
all
that.
E
Or
yes,
so
one
of
one
of
my
recommendations
in
in
this
schedule,
looking
at
opening
up
applications
in
December,
is
based
on
just
that
limited
capacity.
We
want
to
be
able
to
provide
really
good
customer
service,
and
that
does
look
like
working
with
organizations
really
closely
to
get
the
documents
that
we
need
from
them
and
to
do
that
in
a
streamlined
way,
and
so
it
has
taken
quite
some
time
in
both
rounds
to
get
the
agreements
developed.
E
Fortunately,
I
got
some
wonderful
support
from
folks
and
finance
to
assist
with
finalizing
the
agreements
for
round
two
but
I
think
from
a
just
a
a
pretty
realistic
timeline
and
given
the
capacity
we'd
probably
be
looking
at
similar
U
agreement,
finalization
agreement
execution
dates
for
this
50.
If
it's
sort
of
this
round
three
and
the
round
four
they'd
be
happening
in
a.
H
Yeah,
that's
what
I
wondered
I
mean
I
really
would
like
to
get
this
money
on
the
ground
as
well.
I'm
also
really
sensitive
to
all
the
stuff.
We're
asking
y'all
to
do
right
now
across
the
board,
not
just
this
particular
activity,
so
I
just
wanted
to
offer
that
up.
It
sounds
like
my
colleagues
are
really
supporting
the
other
direction.
So
that's
why
I
said
it
may
not
matter,
but
I'll
just
share
that
I
I
empathize,
with
the
additional
workload
request.
F
And
and
Sage
I
hear
you
about
the
additional
workload,
but
that's
one
of
the
reasons
why
I'm
not
interested
in
trying
to
fund
a
new
expansion
program,
I
think
working
with
one
of
our
existing
established
organizations
that
we've
already
funded
makes
the
most
sense
because
it
will
limit
the
amount
of
new
work.
That's
created,
instead
of
filling
a
gap
that
we
know
exists
and
programming.
That's
already
happening.
H
H
F
Well,
if
we
can
do
anything
to
get
in
front
of
it
not
landing
at
the
same
time,
then
I
think
we
need
to
move
expeditiously,
so
anything
anything
that
we
can
do
from
our
end.
To
say,
like
let's
cut
a
check,
I
would
like
to
see
that
happen.
Additionally,
I
really
appreciate
Rachel
Wood
that
you,
you
met
my
question
about
about
additional
funding
with
optimism.
F
However,
opening
up
a
new
kind
of
use
for
the
arpa
funds
after
we
have
Equity
of
feasibility,
scored
projects
that
are
still
waiting
for
us
to
show
up
around
them.
I
think
arpa
funds
is
not
going
to
be
the
answer
for
this,
but
I
would
love
for
us
to
find
some
other
wiggle
room.
So
thank
you
for
the
optimism
and
also
I.
Don't
think
that
we
should
start
a
whole
new
process
about
the
limited
amount
of
arpa
funds
for
this
it'
be
my.
C
Take
any
other
comments
toward
this
I
think
the
next
best
thing
for
us
to
do
is
maybe
let
all
pull
out
our
calendar,
so
we
can
get
back
to
this
table
as
soon
as
possible.
I
know
we
have
a
I
would
say:
let's
try
to
do
it
on
Tuesday,
because
I
know
we
all
schedule
time
for
courts,
city,
council,
stuff
and
I
can
squeeze
it
in
on
Tuesday,
but
I
don't
want
to
put
staff
in
a
crunch
trying
you
know
to
produce
information
on
that
day.
A
If
we
could
just
internally
a
staff
regroup
and
then
we'll
work
with
Katie
to
identify
a
date
that
works
with
your
calendars,
we
of
course
want
to
get
back
to
you
as
quickly
as
possible.
We
do
ultimately
want
to
deploy
the
$50,000
as
quickly
as
possible,
based
on
the
feedback
received
today,
but
I
I
just
would
hate
to
hastily
make
a
decision
without
having
an
opportunity
to
have
a
more
detailed
conversation
with
the
team
on
what
what
we
think
we
can
realistically
get
done
and
have
ready
for
you
all
to
review.