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Description
The Community Enhancement Department provided their annual update to the Board of Supervisors. Dan Cohen Community Enhancement Director covered a wide range of responsibilities and activities of the Community Enhancement department. It included code enforcement, community engagement, community cleanups, federal funded programs and projects, and blighted properties.
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A
B
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A
As
a
matter
of
fact,
that's
you
know
we
were
sort
of
a
an
amalgam
from
other
departments,
as
I
like
to
say,
who've
come
together
to
provide
you
with
the
sets
of
services
that
you
see
in
front
of
you,
business
license
and
license
registration
enforcement,
Federal
funding,
including
cdbg
and
home
code
enforcement,
including
landfills,
which
I
will
talk
about
in
a
little
while
I
keep
Chesterfield
beautiful
team
who
maintains
our
our
environment,
Property
Maintenance,
which
now
also
includes
housing,
quality,
standard
inspection
and
real
estate,
housing
and
revitalization.
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Now
what
we've
done?
We've
actually
distilled
some
of
those
some
of
those
responsibilities
into
five
key
objectives
that
we
measure
on
a
regular
basis
and
those
key
objectives
are
strategic
code
enforcement,
volunteerism
and
community
service
and
ownership,
housing
and
revitalization.
What
I
like
to
call
Public
Works
and
our
departmental
performance.
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We
work
very
closely
with
citizens,
information
and
resources,
as
a
matter
of
fact,
and
a
person
who
is
our
a
first
liaison
is
also
bilingual,
so
we're
able
to
do
Outreach
to
our
burgeoning
Latino
community
Community
cleanups,
you
see
you
see
that
the
chart
that's
in
front
of
you,
I'd
like
to
say
that
we've
just
finished
our
our
all
our
spring
cleanups,
it's
one
of
our
busy
Seasons
as
long
as
as
the
fall
is
as
well.
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We
completed
all
five
Community
cleanups,
just
recently
I
think
last
weekend,
mostly
driven
by
HOAs
and
even
by
some
private
property
owners.
We
just
finished
the
community
cleanup
in
the
largest
manufactured
housing
units
over
on
Shady
Hill,
a
98
unit
project.
We've
got
five
more
cleanup
schedule
for
the
fall
and
we
basically
cover
our
covering
for
magisterial
districts,
there's
only
one
actually
that
we
haven't
been
able
to
hit
I
have
in
case
you're
curious
I
have
the
list
of
community
cleanups
that
we'll
do
in
the
fall.
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Many
of
you
know
keep
Chesterfield
beautiful.
You
know
when
I
got
here
almost
five
years
ago.
We
called
it
the
anti-litter
folks,
but
it's
been
a
much
better
name
to
do
something
positive.
You
can
see
the
chart
in
front
of
you
about
what
we're
picking
up.
If
you
look
at
the
at
the
last
at
the
last
block
there
for
2023,
that
basically
represents
15
Tons
of
trash,
and
you
know
what
you
get
for.
15
Tons,
you
get
an
adult
whale.
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We've
we've
put
on
on
the
road
with
our
staff,
7
000
hours,
person,
hours
of
people,
and
that
includes
359,
volunteer
hours
and
works
with
the
sheriff's
Workforce.
An
additional
345
hours
as
well.
Kcb
also
has
a
Citizens
education
unit,
an
adopt-a-spot
program.
We
pick
up
bulky
waste
and
we
do
debris,
removal
from
roadways
and
take
a
look
at
that
top
picture.
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A
You
know
as
well
we're
now
responsible
for
weekly
inspections
of
the
three
active
landfills,
looking
at
all
the
loads
that
are
coming
in
the
trash
on
the
roadways
and
making
sure
that
they're
being
maintained,
we
also
doing
bi-monthly
inspections
for
conditions
of
zoning
as
well
to
make
sure
that
the
site
plans
are
being
adhered
to
and
litter
mitigation
plans
are
being
adhered
to.
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Staff
has
conducted
more
than
two
thousand
inspections
this
fiscal
year,
including
152
commercial
cases,
staffers
resolved
96
of
those
cases
voluntarily,
and
we
address
those
complaints
within
four
business
days.
We've
removed
four
thousand
three
hundred
and
seventy
seven
illegal
signs
to
date
and
we've
undertaken
58
now:
housing,
quality
inspections
that
we've
taken
over
from
our
social
service
department,
which
allows
us
to
go
in
actually
and
take
a
look
at
units
where
there
are
housing.
Choice
vouchers.
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We've
also
begun
an
inventory
of
all
the
vape
stores
that
we
have
in
the
county.
At
the
moment,
we
were
56
in
our
inventory.
I
think
we'll
be
completing
that
inventory
in
about
a
week
or
two
which
will
allow
us
to
take
a
look
at
what's
new,
that's
coming
in
as
a
matter
of
fact,
and
we're
also
making
sure
that
we're
working
to
make
sure
that
all
the
signs
are
legal
and
legitimate
that
all
the
permits
are
pulled
and
that
they're
not
taking
up
too
much
window
space.
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Mr
Winslow,
something
dear
to
your
heart,
we're
taking
a
look
at
all
our
medians
as
a
matter
of
fact
and
providing
Services
through
contracts
or
the
meetings
and
that
picture
on
the
lower
left.
Eventually,
that's
what
it's
going
to
look
like
as
a
matter
of
fact,
Mr.
C
Cohen
your
work
on
this
is
transforming
Hall
Street
in
in
my
district
as
it
as
it
abuts,
Mr,
Holland's,
district
and,
and
it
looks
it
looks
good
and
in
a
couple
years,
when
these
trees
really
take
shape,
we're
just
looking
forward
to
that
bottom.
That
picture
there
all
the
way
through
it's
going
to
be
beautiful.
Thank
you.
You're.
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B
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Just
so,
you
know
before
we
go
out
and
actually
do
the
plan
things.
We
are
working
with
a
contract
landscape,
architect,
Department
to
actually
drop
all
the
plans.
Sometimes
it
takes
a
long
time,
as
you
might
realize,
there's
two
planting
Seasons
spring
and
fall
we're
just
about
at
the
edge
of
the
spring
planting
season.
So
we're
probably
going
to
move
a
lot
of
things
to
the
fall
to
make
sure
that
we're
planting
appropriately
and
the
one
thing
I
have
to
make
you
aware
of.
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Is
we
have
to
be
concerned
about
the
maintenance
over
time
of
these
things,
they're
not
going
to
live
a
long
life
unless
you're
willing
to
set
aside
some
funds
to
take
care
of
these
these
trees
in
terms
of
in
terms
of
lighting,
as
a
matter
of
fact,
which
is
another
responsibility
of
the
community
enhancement,
has
taken
on
with
Rich
and
Ted.
In
the
past
18
months,
we've
done
33
installations,
32
LED
upgrades
four
repairs
and
we
have
11
pending.
As
you
see
in
the
bottom,
there's
a
there's,
a
there's,
a
solar
light.
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You
know
this
we'd
like
to
do
some
solar
lights,
but
the
technology
really
isn't
there
yet
and
as
we
as
as
we're
learning.
Also
you
get
solar
lights
on
the
low
ends
of
the
spectrum
and
the
high
end
of
the
spectrum.
It's
going
to
cost
you
two
thousand
dollars,
or
it's
going
to
cost
you
ten
thousand
dollars,
and
there
really
isn't
a
lot
of
really
good
case
work
on
this,
so
we'd
like
not
to
go
there.
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If
we
have
to
to
be
honest
with
you,
but
we
may,
where
we
possibly
can
blight
and
blighted
properties,
Carl's
been
working
on
this,
we
have
a.
We
have
a
list
of
all
the
properties
that
we
like
to
say
are
at
risk
of
which
there
are
about
45.
As
a
matter
of
fact,
you
see
the
list
of
blighted
properties
in
each
of
your
magisterial
districts,
similar
to
code
enforcement.
We
try
and
do
the
same
thing.
We
try
and
do
workout
arrangements
with
the
coven
with
the
current
owners,
if
possible.
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Sometimes
they
maintain
the
property.
Sometimes
they
actually
sell
the
properties
if
possible
and
if,
if
the
owner
doesn't
repair
it
we'll
repair
it
and
we'll
lean
the
property
as
well
or
or
try,
and
you
know,
Force
the
tax
sale
if
there's
tax
delinquency
involved.
The
last
thing
we
want
to
do
quite
honestly
is.
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Board
and
ask
for
a
blight
declaration,
but
if
we
have
to,
we
will
and
I
do
remind
you
it's
a
very
long
process.
It
takes
take
about
a
year
year
and
a
half,
because
at
the
end
of
the
day
it's
a
taking
and
we
have
to
be
really
careful
about
what
we're
taking
and
again.
If
you
want
to
see
The
Matrix,
we
have
a
matrix
of
all
that
as
well.
Our
home
investment
partnership,
funding
program
and
I've
got
a
map
here.
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If
you
want
to
see
where
we've
been
making
a
lot
of
our
investments,
here's
where
I've
been
we've
been
making
them.
As
a
matter
of
fact,
since
FY
20,
with
our
non-profit
Partners,
we've
completed
216
homes,
which
is
about
50
or
60,
you
know
per
year
the
magiwaukee
Community
Land
Trust,
which
is
the
County's
land
bank,
has
also
done
a
six
they're
doing
about
six
they've
done
ten
houses
at
about
a
cost
of
sixty
thousand
per
year.
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We've
also
taken
on
the
responsibility
of
of
a
home
ARP
about
a
year
ago,
or
so
how
to
awarded
us
a
little
over
two
million
dollars.
We
completed
a
study
to
figure
out
how
we're
going
to
house
our
most
vulnerable
population
is
our
homeless.
That
study
was
sent
to
HUD
it
was
it
was.
It
was
approved
by
Hud
and
as
Dr
Casey
knows,
we
have
an
mou
with
Henrico
County
in
the
city
to
try
and
figure
out
how
to
pool
our
implementation
dollars
together.
A
A
Cdbg,
as
you
can
see
here,
these
are
these
are
our
non-profit
Partners
who
are
currently
funding.
We
get
about
by
the
way
about
1.5
million
dollars
in
cdbg
and
about
six
hundred
thousand
dollars
in
in
home
program.
Money
15
of
our
cdbg
dollars
has
to
go
to
public
services.
That's
the
cap.
Every
single
year
we
do
have
a
formal
public
participation
process,
every
single
fall.
A
We
have
a
meeting
that
we
we
send
out
notices
and
we
we
publish,
notices
and
hold
a
meeting
for
our
what's
called
our
Caper,
which
is
our
Consolidated
annual
performance
evaluation
report,
which
we
have
to
hand
into
HUD.
We
actually
ask
citizens
to
comment
on
how
we've
been
doing
and
give
us
some
ideas
of
what
to
do
in
the
future.
Then
come
the
following
winter.
A
We
have
another
meeting
to
actually
ask
folks
what
it
is
that
they
would
like
to
see
it's
an
annual
action
plan
that
also
has
to
get
submitted
to
HUD
and
get
adopted
by
Hud
about
how
we're
spending
our
proposed
cdbg
money.
We
have
a
public
comment
period.
We
post
the
comments
online.
We
now
have
an
intake
form
that
you
can
actually
submit
your
comments,
digitally
on
our
on
our
website
this
particular
year.
I
think
we
did
something
even
more
important.
We
really
involved
our
social
services
department
and
allocating
the
15
set
aside.
A
We
do
have
an
established
evaluation
form
as
well
to
make
sure
that
we're
actually
doing
everything
you
know
quite
quite
appropriately
and
again
I'd
be
more
than
happy
to
share
any
of
that
with
you
couple
of
success
stories,
which
I
hope
you
know
about.
You
know
we
had
a
groundbreaking
a
couple
of
months
ago:
Matthew
Walker,
Community,
Land
Trust,
hopefully
we're
breaking
ground
here
any
day.
Again,
it's
like
pulling
teeth.
A
We
had
we
had
a
lot
of
work
to
do,
to
get
easements
to
be
able
to
do
our
public
infrastructure,
but
we
should
be
breaking
down
Nick
here
breaking
ground
here,
plots
recorded
there,
you
go
I
really
do
appreciate
that,
just
to
remind
you
that
land
used
to
be
the
annex
for
the
old
etrick,
Elementary
School
prior
board
members
kind
enough
to
have
the
property
Surplus
then
donated
to
the
land
bank,
which
helps
make
the
costs
affordable.
We're
also
using
you
know,
cdbg
money.
A
You
know
as
well
and
I
think
also,
most
importantly,
we
had
an
opportunity
to
work
with
an
organized
neighborhood
group
called
The,
concerted
citizens
of
ector,
who
always
supported
what
it
is
that
we're
doing
down
there.
We
are
working
with
Maggie
Walker
right
now
and
a
couple
of
other
projects,
an
agrihood
project
in
Mr,
Ingalls,
District
I-
think
they
just
submitted
plans.
As
a
matter
of
fact,
and
again,
we've
been
doing
a
lot
of
Outreach
with
the
community
to
try
and
make
something
good
happen
there
Bermuda
States.
Hopefully
you
know
all
about
that.
A
It's
a
mobile
home
park
on
Route,
One,
I,
think
Dr,
Casey
I
think
you
were
there
yesterday
on
tour
with
Nick
and
Jessica,
with
a
with
with
meteor,
taking
a
look
at
the
project.
As
you
know,
they're
building
a
community
center,
you
see
in
the
upper
right
hand
corner
that
should
be
completed
by
September.
You
will
all
get
an
invitation
as
well
and
I.
Think
it's
very
fair
to
say.
A
The
project
homes
who
is
the
owner
is
doing
a
most
wonderful
job
of
management,
management
and
maintenance,
they've
hired
a
full-time
bilingual
person
to
work
with
the
citizens
there,
and
it's
really
coming
together
really
quite
nicely
last
thing,
I'd
like
to
say
and
I
need
a
drink
of
water.
For
this.
A
If
you
can
imagine
in
a
year
and
a
half,
you
know,
through
the
federal
government
we
put
22
million
dollars
on
the
street
in
a
year
and
a
half
never
having
the
Opera
Addison
Place.
Before,
with
the
board's
permission
and
Dr
Casey's
urging
we
were
one
of
two
jurisdictions
in
the
in
the
entire
state
of
Virginia
to
operate
their
own
program
and
one
of
the
things
that
did
for
us
is
that
we're
actually
actually
able
to
use
that
money
on
things
other
than
eviction
protection.
A
We
could
provide
legal
services
and
we
can
work
with
our
homeless
providers
as
well
in
really
helping
the
folks.
You
sure
you
saw
from
Cheryl
Leonard's
presentation.
Evictions
have
ratcheted
back
up,
but
during
the
crisis
we
were
able
to
keep
people
in
place
and
the
story
and
the
people
that
you
see
in
the
picture
is,
are
a
part
of
what
we
were
able
to
solve.
A
They
are
a
program
called
housing,
Families
First,
with
works
with
families
to
make
sure
that
that
families
and
kids
have
a
stable
environment
to
live
in
so
that
actually
they
continue
to
go
to
school
and
help
prevent
absenteeism.
I
have
to
tell
you
also
we
work
with
area
congregations
together
in
service
or
acts
who
actually
operated
the
program
for
us.
They
were
the
most
wonderful
Partners
you
can
possibly
have
and
again
I
want
you
to
realize
that
we
helped
7
600
different
people.
A
We
kept
300
600
different
landlords,
paying
their
mortgages
or
actually
earning
some
profit,
so
they
can
stay
in
business.
The
majority
of
people
that
we
helped
were
single
parent
heads
of
households
with
children,
which
really
wouldn't
be
that
much
of
a
surprise.
What's
next
well,
some
of
that's
up
to
you.
A
A
We
worked
with
Carl
and
I,
had
the
opportunity
to
work
with
VCU
and
a
Capstone
project
to
help
design
a
housing
rehabilitation
program
for
folks
who
are
80
percent
or
median
and
above
as
you
might
realize,
almost
50
percent
of
the
people
who
live
in
the
county
are
senior
citizens
they're
living
in
houses
that
are
50
and
60
years
old
and
they're,
60
and
70
years
old
and
their
houses
are
beginning
to
look
a
little
bit
old.
So
what
do
we?
So?
What
do
we
do?
You
know?
How
do
we
fix
that
problem?
A
Is
there
a
program
that
we
can
design
to
sort
of
reach
out
to
those
folks,
the
folks
actually
who
don't
qualify
for
federal
funding?
The
other
thing
that
we've
done
in
Mr,
Engel
I,
know
you're.
Aware
of
this?
Is
we
hired
a
consultant
firm
to
take
a
look
at
the
possibility
of
happening
of
starting
a
small
business
revolving
Loan
Fund
on
the
route
one
Corridor
I?
A
Think
we
reached
the
point
actually
where
we
found
the
right
Partners
to
help
us
run
that
program,
so
I'm,
looking
side
looking
forward
to
trying
to
get
something
like
that
off
the
ground
in
in
this
calendar
year
and
with
that
I'll
take
any
questions
and
it
brought
a
staff
of
people
to
help
answer
board.
B
Members
any
questions,
yes,
wonderful!
Thank
you!
Mr,
chairman
yeah.
First
of
all,
thank
you.
That's
a
great
job
and
that's
the
previous
slide
you
mentioned
in
22
I
think
was
a
million
or
without
two
into
a.
B
In
that
record
systems
was
the
best
in
the
region
by
the
way
we've
been
compared
him
ryko,
Chesterfield
and
Richmond
Chesterfield
did
a
far
better
job
in
this
era,
so
kudos
to
you
all
for
that,
because
those
families
were
really
in
need
also,
how
does
one
or
neighborhoods
reach
out
to
you
to
get
assistance
with
regard
to
enhancing
their
homes
or
enhancing
their
neighborhoods?
A
Well,
you,
you
can
contact
several
of
us.
Obviously
you
can
call
customer
service,
you
can
email,
Jessica,
Nick
or
myself
as
a
matter
of
fact,
and
we
make
sure
that
we
get
back
to
you
in
a
very
reasonable
amount
of
time.
That's
the
easiest
way.
We
also
have
an
online
portal,
as
a
matter
of
fact
that
you
can
actually
send
comments
to
as
well
I
think
we
make
a
lot
of
contacts.
Obviously,
when
we
do
a
lot
of
those
Community
cleanups.
As
a
matter
of
fact,
we
always
advertise
our
services.
A
Sarah's
done
a
really
good
job
of
of
putting
out
our
information.
Both
I
think
we
have
a
stellar
website
with
a
lot
of
information,
but
I
also
think
that
we
have
a
lot
of
printed
material
and
other
goodies
that
we'd
like
to
give
out.
When
we
go
to
those
events
that
you
saw
on
the
first
slide.
As
a
matter
of
fact,
we're
always
present
there.
You
know
trying
to
help
folks
and
letting
them
know
of
the
programs.
You
know
that
we
have.
B
D
D
I'm
Sarah
Mayfair
Estates.
Yes,
so
that
community
cleanup
happened
on
Earth,
Day,
April
22nd
and
it
was
successful
and
we
had
a
few
of
the
residents
come
out
and
participate.
So
if
you
go
back
to
that
picture,
you
see
those
are
the
people
that
live
in
Mayfair
and
they
were
cleaning
up
their
entry
side
and
picking
up
any
litter.
Waking
up
leaves
so
I'd
say
it
was
very
successful.
B
A
It
does
it
does
take
some
time
to
coordinate
with,
with
with
folks
that
you
know
put
one
of
these
cleanups
together,
sometimes
by
the
way
we're
out
there
with
volunteers
people
on
staff
who
volunteer
their
weekends.
Obviously,
the
volunteers
were
citizens
as
well.
Sometimes
we
just
put
out
a
dumpster
and
provide
a
dumpster
for
folks
and
they
organize
themselves
around
it
too,
so
it
it
can
go
either
way,
I
think
sometimes
we
wish
we
could
do
a
lot
more.
E
C
Mr
Cohen
I
just
want
to
say
thank
you,
your
apartments
doing
a
Department's
doing
an
amazing
job
and
I
just
want
to
express
my
appreciation
to
all
of
you
and
I
I
want
to
say
this
as
well.
You
all
do
a
great
job
working
with
other
departments
and
other
partners
and
I,
don't
think.
C
There's
anything
I've
worked
with
any
of
your
folks
on
where
someone
else
or
other
departments,
weren't
involved
and
I,
just
think
that
what
you
do
is
so
critical
in
each
of
these
areas,
whether
it's
helping
people
stay
in
their
homes
or
help
build
new
homes
that
are
affordable
and
I.
Think
about
you
know
the
partnership
for
housing,
affordability
or
legal
or
mental
health
or
social
services.
You
all
are
just
right
in
there
working
these
problems
from
a
360
degree
standpoint,
and
that's
just
so
appreciated
and
that's
what's
needed.
C
You
know
these
public
policy
issues
we
have
in
2023
are
not
you
know,
flick
flick
to
switch
tie.
You
know
Solutions.
We
have
to
involve
everyone
and
I
really
see
that
level
of
coordination
and
compassion
from
your
entire
staff
and-
and
it's
just
very,
very.
A
A
F
I
have
numerous
opportunities
in
my
district,
which
your
Department's
helped
with
so
I
appreciate
that
we've
had
some
neighborhoods
different
definitions
of
what
a
neighborhood
is,
but
we've
had
some
definite
opportunities
to
help
and
your
department
has
worked
alongside
other
organizations
that
were
both
with
the
county
and
outside
the
county
to
make
a
big
change
in
a
lot
of
those
communities
and
I
know
I
reach
out
to
Rich,
often
because
I
have
citizens
that
reach
out
to
me.
Often.
C
F
I
know
he
doesn't
have
an
easy
job.
I
know
that
those
that
work
with
them
don't
have
an
easy
job
in
making
those
inspections
and
helping
to
get
things
up
to
speed
up
to
code
and
compliant
and
trying
to
do
that
in
a
way
where
they
get
buy-in
from
the
person
they're
trying
to
work
with
versus
trying
to
force
them
to
get
something
done
and
I
really
appreciate.
All
that
work.
I
know
that
I
call
more
often
than
I'd
like
to
and
I.
F
I
just
look
forward
to
continuing
to
work
together
and
there's
some
things
I
like
to
talk
to
you
about
offline
outside
of
the
meeting,
but
big
picture.
Thank
you
for
what
you
do
and
thank
you
for
the
Outreach
in
the
community
as
well,
so
that
the
first
meeting
with
the
county
is
not
always
a
negative
one.
We've
got
Outreach
to
have
positive
meetings,
so
we
don't
just
show
up
to
be
hey.
What's
wrong
with
you.
Why.
A
F
E
It's
a
first
subdivision
and
it's
an
important
distinction
and
we
talked
about
the
concern
sins
of
etric.
They
worked
even
on
the
type
of
houses
that
were
actually
put
in
this
project,
I
believe
ten
houses,
which
seven
of
which
are
going
to
be
single
story,
houses
and
three
of
which
are
going
to
be
single
story,
houses
with
ADA
compliance
throughout
the
entire.
E
So
this
is
a
tremendous
project
and
in
the
middle
of
the
last
slide,
please
and
the
last
step,
I
think
the
very
last-
and
that
is
this-
this
one
here
don't
go
back
sorry
this
one.
It
was
off
because
it
is
not
the
what's
next
slide.
It's
this
one.
No
there
we.
A
E
Freeze
so
I
think
it's
important
people
understand
here
too
we
talk
about
rent,
it
wasn't
just
rent,
it
was
also
utilities
and
that
could
have
been
water.
That's
right,
it
could
have
been
electric,
it
could
have
been
gas.
It
was
a
number
of
different
utility
bills
that
people
were
subject
to
that
needed
assistance
with,
and
you
know
we
were
able
to
to
provide
this
funding
to
make
this
work
and
keep
people
in
their
houses.