City of Bloomington, Indiana City Council, 7 Apr 2020

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This meeting will come to order. This is a special session of the bloomington.

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Common council for tuesday april 7th 2020 will the clerk please call the roll.

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Councilmember row please unmute sure muted cosmo rollo are you here he's not.

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Muted, but I don't think he's connected to the audio he's not here there we go.

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Cosmo rollo, are you present? Okay? Yes, yes, thank you.

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Council members campbell larry yeah councilmember rosenberger here cancel.

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Member sims yeah, that's member bowling bowling yeah.

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He's a lot slower.

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Yeah, lady, here smith, here sandburg here, thank you.

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We have a quorum and everyone is present and summarizing the agenda. I will note.

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That, in performing my duty under woundedness will code 2.0 4.27 no to.

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Approve meeting agendas, I have determined that the items on tonight's.

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Agenda are essential matters critical to the operation of city government. We will.

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Be hearing reports from councilmembers reports, particularly an update on the.

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Crisis from the mayor and city offices and from council committees, we will go.

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To legislation for second reading and resolutions, which includes appropriation.

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Ordinance 2001 to stretch appropriate from the food and beverage.

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Tax fund expenditures related to the convention, center expansion and support.

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Of local tourism during the copa 19 emergency, we will go to legislation for.

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First reading and resolutions, which includes ordinance 2009 to amend title 2.

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Of the bloomington municipal code entitled administration and personnel.

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And to grant authority to act in accordance with declared disaster.

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Emergencies regarding amending bmc, 2 to 203, o entitled employee policies and.

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Complying with the state of indiana's declaration of disaster emergency under.

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Indiana code, section 1014 312, will take up matters of the council schedule and.

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Then we will adjourn, will start now with reports from council members. I will ask.

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Members to speak in the order, as I see them on my screen, starting with.

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Councilmember sandburg, thank you no report now, but I will have an update on.

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Cop guns for committee reports- thank you counselor sandburg, councilmember smith. I.

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Have no report this evening. Thank you, councillor smith, council, over people on.

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Smith, yes, I just wanted to say that it's absolutely outrageous and shameful that.

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The supreme court did not extend absentee voting in the state of.

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Wisconsin and that republicans on the federal level are not making it easy to.

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Vote in this time of a health crisis, regardless of political affiliation, we.

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All live in a democracy we anybody who's elected, has sworn to uphold. That.

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Democratic process and it's outrageous that it's being subverted and limited.

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And people are being disenfranchised because they have to choose between.

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Their health and going out to vote. Thank you. Caillou bounce pass, counselor.

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Flaherty in their apartment, thank you. Thank you. Councillor, flaherty counselor,.

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Sims report. Thank you. Councillor, sims counselor, bruce campbell, larry.

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My appreciation to those who joined my constituent meeting this past saturday.

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It was free of zoom bombs and free of glitches. So thank you to those who.

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Rolled with that, the next one, our next constituent meeting, except to the first.

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Saturday, in main and assuming we're also restrictions, it'll be done by two zoom.

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If not, we'll have a chance to meet in person again, but thank you. Thank you.

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Counsel, wrist campbell area council, member of rosenberger hi thanks. I just.

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Have one quick thing on so the cascades car cupcake park has the road closed.

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Right now and it's a really great place to go if you want a physical distance.

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And be outside, I know the bee line can be pretty crowded and it's hard to keep.

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Six feet so, if you're looking for a place to be outside it's great because.

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You have an entire road closed now for just bikes and pedestrians. That's it.

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Thank you, council to rosenberger councillor morello. I have no report, but.

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I may have some remarks to follow up on on the mayor's report. I'm sure there'll.

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Be a q&a after the mayor reports. Thank you.

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I have no report. We will go directly into a report. An update on the crisis.

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Response from mayor hamilton and city offices near halton, would you please.

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Proceed all right. Have I successfully unmuted.

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Myself, yes, we can hear you loud and clear, okay, good! Thank you steven. It is.

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Nice to be with you all again, virtually as we continue our marathon beginning.

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With a sprint, as we are dealing with the corona virus pandemic and health.

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Emergency, I will say again: you know we have weeks of challenge ahead of us. It's.

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Going to get harder before it gets easier worse before it gets better.

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But we know we will get through this and we know we are doing all we can together.

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To make that path, as as passable and as lace, threatening as we can so.

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A report again, the collaborations, are very strong and very good. We have three.

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Times a week, meetings that continue between mayor county, commissioner.

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Iu health leadership, county health, leadership, indiana university, emergency.

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Management and others to coordinate all that is going on. That also includes the.

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Friday afternoon weekly press conference at 1:15 that I encourage anybody to.

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Participate in and have watch if you'd like to also you can send in questions.

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Most of the live questions are by media, who are who are attending that event.

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You'll hear tonight also briefly from the two task forces that are set up kind.

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Of outside the health lane, if you will, from beverly calendar anderson on social.

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Services work in particular a lot of work lately on housing to update you on.

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What we're doing together as a community to deal with some of the housing.

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Challenges that are part of this you'll also hear from alex crowley.

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From the economic, stabilization and recovery group about what they're doing.

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I know you'll hear more from him tonight, of course about the food and beverage.

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Investments that we're asking you to approve as well some things about some.

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Softer softer services non-monetary from the mill great thing, map, 39 degrees,.

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North has helped set up and a number of other things going on with both of those.

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Forces so you'll hear those. I will generally say how much we appreciate and.

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I encourage your support for both of these efforts, in particular for the.

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Financial side of the economic stabilization recovery and also what I.

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Expect will be an economic side, finance side of the social services not tonight.

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But eventually, and encourage you to make those decisions to support the financial.

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Resources that are appropriate as you see fit, but also to allow the.

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Administration and the and the assembled to engage quickly and efficiently with.

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Those resources with full transparency and accountability, but to assure that we.

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Can get those resources to the people that need it under the plans that are.

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Articulated in a very expeditious, an efficient way, we look forward to.

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Healthier help in setting that up that way to meet these emergency needs, which.

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We know are so pressing. I wanted to give a quick update on the families first.

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Coronavirus relief act, that's the federal act that included. I mentioned.

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Last time that some leave provisions for city workers, I just wanted you to know.

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Of the 700 city workers we've had as of noon today, 23 specific inquiries from.

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Employees about either that two weeks off or that 12 week extent a family.

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Medical leave with partial pay, so it hasn't been a flood, but it's also been.

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Appreciated by a couple dozen inquiries, I also wanted to know tonight, of course,.

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We continue to follow the health professional advice that advice changed.

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Late last week, with regard to masks, I'm sure you're all aware of that from the.

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Cdc from the world health organization, from from monroe, county health and state.

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Department of health, as the evidence mounted and and convinced the health.

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Professionals that more use of masks was going to help flatten the curve and.

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Protect our health system. We have embraced that recording that, through.

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Those three weekly calls I mentioned as well to to be helping make those one.

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Help make mass available to our employees and ultimately to more.

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Residents, you probably know there are more than 200 volunteer, mask makers at.

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Work in our community, which is fantastic, and we at the city have helped.

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Coordinate that we're using allison jukebox as a kind of as a distribution.

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Logistics center to help assemble those and distribute those we are making those.

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Available to our frontline employees, we continue to emphasize.

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Is that physical distance is a given masks, are not a replacement for physical.

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Distance requirements, but they can be a supplement in a couple different ways.

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One it can make you feel more comfortable in certain settings and two.

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We do have some work settings I'll. Just give an example where we may have a pipe.

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Burst and we have to have two or three people in a trench: they're not six feet.

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Apart, we are providing masks in those situations. We will continue to do so, while continuing to emphasize the first.

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Measure is physical, distancing wherever possible and happy to go and decide that.

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More I'll note also for our employees. You know we have a wonderful group of.

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700 plus employees, who are doing great service in our community, there is a.

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Holiday friday, which will be well received.

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Of course not everybody's on a holiday, but many are in our city staff. You know.

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That the election day has been moved from may 5th to june 2nd that holiday. We.

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May work with you to think about moving that holiday and and other things that.

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We're thinking about to help support our employees in these challenging times. I.

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Will let you know the life assistance program formerly known as employee.

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Assistance program is being encouraged to our employees if they have stress or.

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Anxiety or mental health inquiries questions we're also working with center.

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Stone- and I want to thank them reaching together to perhaps identify some more.

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Particular koba 19 related services that we might offer so that's happening. I.

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Will also just say: we have a lot of projects going on. You may have seen the.

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Releases with the community slower, it's actually there's significant working.

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I've seen going on in kirkwood all these with competition, usually with.

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Contractors with physical distancing components but kirkwood school.

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Crosswalks with the schools closed, there's work going on in school.

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Crosswalks west allen, street west adams street by the cemetery sara.

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Road paths, these projects, with with less traffic and with less busyness, it's.

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Actually an excellent chance to to do that work. Lastly, I'll just close before.

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Handing it off to beverly and alex, I continue to try to communicate open up.

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To let people know what's going on also take questions. I sincerely appreciate.

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The chance to do this each week, as I mentioned the friday press conference, I.

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Also, do a monday video to the public starting to do weekly other media things.

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Gcl wgcl is doing a program every tuesday we're talking to the herald.

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Times, there's thursday events and I think, just continuing to communicate. I.

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Know all of you do that through york circles and that's so helpful. Just in.

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Terms of public and reminding them of the importance of what we're doing to.

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Protect ourselves and protect our neighbors, and I just want to thank.

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Everybody for all they're doing it's a wonderful way. This community is shining.

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And standing up and including all of our our workers and if it's ok I'll hand, it.

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Off to beverly and alex in succession and then open it up to questions, ok do.

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Members mind holding their questions for the mayor until the presentations are done. Ok continue. Please continue.

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Beverly who's going first beverly. Are you on don't see beverly on.

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The meeting I know alex has joined us as soon as beverly gets on the meeting. Nola.

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Ok, let's go alex and if everyone's not able to make it, I can give quick, quick.

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Updates thanks hi everyone thanks for having me, can you.

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Hear me: okay, yes, ok, no trucks! So thanks very much for for.

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The opportunity to give you a quick update and then, of course, we'll get into more depth on this a bit later on, with the ordinance I'd like to start, I'm.

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Gonna try to try to do some screen sharing so steven. I don't know sharing.

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How be one second go ahead and try now all.

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Right, everybody see that yes, okay, so I'm gonna.

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Start first by just highlighting the and and the tremendous work that they've.

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Been doing in alphabetical order, we have patties with a dimension mill. We have.

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Jane cooper smith, with the city of bloomington, brian pain, with cfi, friendly bloomington and pearl with bp erin pren war, with the.

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Bloomington chamber and shawn star wits with the city of bloomington. This has.

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Been a group that has worked really really well together and took more time.

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With each other than we are with our spouses, so it's been quite an experience.

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Too, it's a tribute to everybody how how well.

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The team came together in stroke. We also have been added we've added to the group.

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Jeff mckim from the county and really appreciate his input in this.

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Participation, because that helps us line outside of the city limits and then also.

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Council members campbell larry has been an integral part of this as well, and we.

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Really appreciate her feedback and her guidance as as we've developed, some of.

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These these thoughts, so, as you know, version 3 of the policy document was the.

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Latest iteration we distributed that to you on monday, we appreciate the feedback.

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That we've gotten from council members, we published a consolidated question and.

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Answer document she should have received today so hopefully that helped clear some of the questions. But we happy to talk about.

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That, later on, as well version, 3 really took a much more.

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Focused approach on rapid response and and said everything else, a bit further.

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Down in the document or in the appendix so that really allowed us to do to flesh.

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Out some of the details, even though it's still in fluid and in progress, the.

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Details having to do with our rapid response programs, so we're basically.

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Moving from you know, planning into implement.

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Mode in real time- and there are a lot of unanswered questions still but we're.

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Working hard to get those nailed down and epsom ar mentioned, we are in a.

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Full-Out sprint to try to get implementation done this week. If we can.

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And and and get the programs rolled out so, as you know there are, there are two.

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Programs, two categories of programs: one is funding and the other is non funding.

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Technical support: we really appreciate your consideration of a food and.

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Beverage tax as part of the funding picture, and we will also be approaching.

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The bloomington association tomorrow to see if they would contribute as well.

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Together that will create a fairly robust initial thing package and some.

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Processes we can talk about as we talk in greater depth later on on the non.

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Funding technical side, there are a number of different programs that are so.

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If I can remind you of these, can you see the second slide there, so the monroe.

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County kovat, 19, dot org site is the site that consolidates a lot of.

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Information from a variety of different sources, it's hosted by the chamber and.

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We really appreciated them actually weeks ago. So so it's been a constantly.

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Evolving resource and we courage anybody who is looking for information to start.

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There, because there's a lot of really good information located there at the.

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Mayor mentioned 39 degrees north with bloomington company worked virtually.

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Over the weekend to basically create a map of any business that is providing.

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Business services in town you can find that at open for bloomington, dot-com and.

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When you go to that site, you'll see the map and then you click on any of the.

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Locations and it'll tell you who that is what kind of service they're providing.

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And some of the constraints as they put on themselves, based on on the.

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Kovach crisis: it's a really great program. We appreciate pat least on our.

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Team helping to get that get done and really the folks at the mill and 39.

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Degrees north for for having built it so quickly and made it available. It's part.

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Of an effort to try to keep some of these essential businesses with a new.

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Flow during this crisis, and then the third one listed here is asked the mill.

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Org this is essentially the navigator function I spoke to. I spoke a little bit.

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About last week, and again, it was built by the folks at the milk has a whole.

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Bunch of volunteers behind it and it's a way to ask questions about how to.

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Navigate some of this external and internal funding and non funding.

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Resource you know package, so the the you can either call in you can email and and.

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I think they're working on texting that may already be available, but anyway, this is a way for anybody. Who's got some questions to speak to or email weather.

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Or otherwise communicate with an individual who can help guide them to.

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Resources that are available and then finally the the I want to say a couple.

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Words about the online farmers market, we talked about it launched last week and.

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There were something like 500 orders or so and about $33,000 worth of orders, so.

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The online platform was stood up in record time, using primarily led by.

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Rachel, who is a member of the of the economic mr. crowley, could I just.

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Interrupt to say that you're, you see me fading in and out, if you could maybe.

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Gets a little closer to your drink, you know, I'm not sure, what's happening, yeah.

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Okay, I mean it's fine, it's just. It comes and goes okay. Okay, so you keep going.

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Launched last week and and we do recognize that there were a lot of.

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Challenges on the ground to deliver to really deliver the the food.

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And to the people picking it up, we are making changes for this year's market.

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Communications going out with those changes in it and what we're trying to.

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Do is essentially adjust to have a much smoother system moving forward. So a.

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Tremendous amount of work with a number of different departments from the city.

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Involved in that and encourage people to to continue to support that it is a.

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Really important resource for farmers and for artisan. You know: food food.

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Artisans in bloomington pause there and look forward to any questions you might.

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Have thank you. Are there suddenly his.

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Calendar anderson president, if not mr. mayor, could you report on her behalf? I.

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Will can you hear me all right? Yes, yes, thank you I'll. Just be very brief. I just.

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Want to thank the the group of the five philanthropic and civic leaders again.

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For their their work, they had a very intensive weekend, particularly focused.

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On housing, I'm not going to go into the details, but from from shalom the wheeler.

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To new hope to a united way to the city to other funders, there was a very.

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Intensive work to try to identify housing options, the best we can for both.

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For people who simply should be isolating self stay at home kind of.

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Thing when you don't have a home as well as projecting and planning for those who.

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Become who may become infected, or at high risk of that? There was actually a.

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Person transferred up to an indianapolis shelter over the weekend. That group has.

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Been working together very well and identifying the best options as a team.

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And as a community, which I sincerely appreciate and is so important, similar.

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Work is going on with child care for essential workers, an estimate of a.

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Little over 200 slots needed for kids from birth to 12.

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I know there's talk about some certain city city facilities, helping with that.

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How to staff those how to make sure the health care workers the first responders.

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And others are covered as they need to be with family support like that as well.

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As some housing for them, that's also developing for people who may not want.

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To go home between shifts or that kind of thing, and then I know also the food.

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Work is going seriously so that that group in beverly could give more details.

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But that group is intensively at work. I fully expect by next week. You will hear.

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Substantially more details from both of these task forces working, but I'm really.

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Proud and please thank the people who are participating with them and and let.

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Me just leave it at that and and take questions from from you all and, as you.

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Thank you mr. mayor, and thank you for the presentations from.

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Both you, mr. crowley, are there questions from council members for the mayor and.

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City offices update, please raise your hand on screen, so I can see you.

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No questions hi; yes, sorry, I'm just amusing myself! I just wanted to ask.

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About the farmers market, just if you could go and do a little more detail.

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About how you're streamlining the pick up for produce and everything for this.

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Week, yeah, obviously the farmers markets run by the parks department and they had.

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I promise you a very intensive monday session yesterday to review everything.

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That was the first time that was done. You know we moved the location to try to.

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Help take it out of the congested downtown location. It was quite a delay.

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For for the drivers- and I know that they're gonna be digging deep to figure.

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Out how to make that more efficient, it was very well safely run. I have to.

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Say people were incredibly bloomington nice.

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And generous too, I didn't, I may have heard I may have heard one word or two.

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Out of hundreds of people, but I appreciated the patience and and they're.

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Gonna be looking at how do they speed up the delivery from inside the pavilion.

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While continuing to do all the social distancing, physical distancing, that's.

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Needed to protect the staff, I think everybody for their efforts. It was the.

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First week and the second week will be better, it was great to see how many.

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People wanted to buy farmers market products and support their local farmers.

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So view appreciate that I can add a little bit of detail to that. If that's.

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Helpful please one of the one of the challenges was just the sheer volume so.

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So, what's gonna happen in in this next iterations we're gonna drop that we're.

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Artificially dropping the volume to 325 orders down from 500 a little bit more.

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Room for for processing and that this number you know could increase over time.

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But be an artificial suppression right now, more staff and volunteers outside to.

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Manage traffic and and the speed rate to vehicles.

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We're gonna increase the distribution hours so it'll be now from 8:30 to 3:30.

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On saturday and and the alphabet will be broken up slightly differently, according.

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To last name, we're gonna use the system for labeling vehicles as they arrive to.

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Improve improve the efficiency of order, delivery, we're gonna be ordering we're.

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Gonna have the the orders packed in real time when someone shows not so in other.

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Words, rather than try to pre-pack, which created a lot of chaos and confusion.

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Last saturday, we're gonna be doing real time order packing, as someone shows up.

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So there'll be some they'll, be about a 15 minute weight as you, as that happens,.

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But process for that to happen and then finally we're going to be improving the.

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Systems for sanitation, social, distancing and.

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Particularly that staff that's inside the building else inside it brings.

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Maintaining a system that that encourages that, thank you.

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I note that beverly calendar anderson has arrived at the meeting if she wants.

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To supplement what the mayor said on her behalf, we would like to hear from her.

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But I also know we have a question counselor for piedmont. Smith. Please go.

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Ahead, counselor people on smith. Well, I just wanted to ask mr. crowley. You said.

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You would be reaching out to request that the bloomington something.

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Association also contribute funds and you kind of fade it out there. So I.

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Didn't catch what association that is urban enterprise association, okay, okay,.

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Any other questions, if not miss calendar anderson, did you have anything to add.

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Hello, jim sims, I didn't see hello screen but you're the it guy right. This program.

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My friend no prob strides on with regard to the app board we've been asked to.

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Approve supporting the local tourism during kovaydin emergency and we're.

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Talking about the food and beverage tax fun, two million dollars, but can someone.

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Give us an example of how we'll use that those funds in functions or as leverage.

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With other funds- and we just had an example, how would we get a bigger bang.

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Through collaboration with our funds and other organizations, is that something.

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That someone can elaborate on a bit going to take that first, alex and I'll.

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Back clean up or you want me to go, and you have to clean up after me.

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Point of order, counselor, piedmont, smith, you're recognized. I have a point of.

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Order this is if this is about the legislation, then we should answer this.

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Question when we're talking about that legislation that sounds like it is, I.

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Thought this was questions to the presenters I'll defer them to our parliamentarian I'll defer. Thank you. Thank you yeah. I.

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Think it's probably in order any other questions on the reports given by the.

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Mayor mr. crowley, I'm having trouble seeing people internet is slow, low.

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Tonight and everybody sounds drunk just so you know cuz we're people on smith.

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Mr. crowley, you mentioned that volunteers are helping with the farmers.

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Market is there a need for more volunteers? Well, we do have a. We do have.

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A kind of maxim people cannot challenge on the on that side of things, and so I.

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Think for this couple week it sounds like we're a I have future weeks. We may.

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Need to have some additional volunteers and we'll make sure that we communicate.

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That as clearly as possible to the public, we do we're trying to cap or of.

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People that are inside and then also running around outside you know it's.

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Just you, don't you just don't want too many people, so I think I think the short.

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Answer is this week. It sounds like we're. Okay, the future may be different. We.

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Always we always welcome people going to volunteer network and offering to help.

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That's great and and signing them whenever I have another question. Mr.

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President, if I may go, please continue so. Please continue.

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I find the housing situation is really urgent, I mean the longer we have people.

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Crowded in wheeler and friend's place and are there homeless shelters it? The.

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More likely, it is that dizzy's will spread among them. So I.

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Really would like to push a little bit and ask: how far away are we from finding.

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Or facilitating a larger space for homeless people to spend the night where.

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They can be spread out. Let me answer them. Beverly may want to add to we.

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Actually, I think it was friday afternoon. They all kind of rub, run together a.

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Little bit but developed a plan to again the three new hope shalom, which includes.

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Friends, place and wheeler as the key shelters to identified a way. Basically.

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To move fifty to seventy male overnight folks by expanding the footprint of.

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Wheeler in a couple different ways at their location, as well as using the.

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Hillside warehouse location as an expansion, and I think the for those four.

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Entities had identified how to handle that overnight and, as you know, the.

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Hillside center is open. I don't know if everly can add details on that, but I.

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Believe it is, it is imminent if it's not already underway now there are one of.

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The parallel issues is, and this this kind of came up in the last few days as.

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We got deep into some of the planning that had been done a little less in a.

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Less integrated way that one of the big parallel issues is, of course, we're not.

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Only concerned about nighttime we're concerned about daytime distancing as.

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Well and we're seeing a lot of non physical distance behaviors during the.

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Day and trying to work with all of the partners to identify ways to not only.

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Protect at night, but also during the day, I think is, is still a work in progress.

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Some of you see gatherings it's at seminary square, others shalom has.

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Changed it's daytime behave protocols to restrict numbers, and so that I think, is.

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Still needing some collaboration with our.

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Partners and let me hand it to beverly beverly- wants to straighten out anything.

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I said or add details now that you're here I think yeah I am here you just.

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Can't see me because I don't have my zoom face on, but it was sunday actually.

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That we came up with the plan and and the mayor is correct- the hillside space.

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That was going to be used for an isolation. Shelter had one person in it.

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That person has been changed has been transported to the safe.

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Isolation, space in indianapolis- they I think today and tomorrow maybe.

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Decontaminating it, and so then that will be used to expand the folks that were at.

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A friend's place, the wheeler space they have, they had some other space, so.

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They're gonna use space and then that way they don't have to hire more staff.

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We don't I mean they can use their same staffing, their same protocols that.

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They're already using, and so we have taken care of the nighttime piece and.

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Then there's a hope for additional sheltering later on for isolation and.

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Quarantine very good, any further questions. Thank you. Miss calendar.

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Anderson and welcome any further questions for her or mr. crowley or the.

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Mayor, please show your hand seeing none it's time for a rest man, why mess mats.

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Remember flaherty sure yeah. Yes, thank you as chair of the climate action.

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Resilience committee, which was working with the social services working group, I.

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Was on a call last friday, with a lot of these leaders from our shelters in town.

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And there was some discussion about longer-term plans to develop a regional.

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Isolation center and and efforts going on there with support potentially from.

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The state or federal government I wanted to ask what role the city will.

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Be playing kind of on going and facilitating that effort as we work to.

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Find a better isolation center solution for for the medium term, like I can add, I.

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Actually spoke to family and social services administration. Today, the.

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Department of mental health, an addiction is the division within that. That is that.

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Does have some financing that looks like it's a some weeks before we can get it.

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Though not too many weeks, that will be very important and helpful too, as you.

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Mentioned to possibly provide they're looking for regional hubs that will.

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Provide isolation; services for people who don't have other options who have.

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Either been assessed as likely having kovat or actually having it or there, you.

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Don't need hospitalization, but they need that kind of care. It's very good that.

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That is available that kind of support from the state, and I would spoke.

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Directly with fssai to indicate, I think it's really important that the city be.

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Directly involved in that it looks like it'll, be a grant through some.

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Governmental entity that would then flow through to some providers and we look.

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Forward to figuring that out in the short short time ahead, I know our.

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Providers, the ones I've already mentioned, are interested in that, and I.

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Think it's something we we have to look at what that would mean to be a six.

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County hub for this, what what that would work? The only one now in operation, is in.

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Marion county, but it's something that I think could be a very good fit and I.

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Think the team that you're talking to here is deeply involved in trying to.

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Figure that out.

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Thank you any further questions on the reports from the administration rallo.

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I'm simon rallo, consoling baral. Oh please, I'm you yourself. Can you hear me.

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Yes, now we can hear you, okay. I have a question that I just have a comment so.

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Right yeah, I want to follow up on the mayor's comments about.

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Masks in the community- these I was I I found a couple of weeks ago- was very.

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Frustrated that the health authorities would not recognize a really a very well.

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Documented best evidence of the efficacy of masks, and I found that very.

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Frustrating and it in an imperative our response to some degree. However,.

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Mayor hamilton upon the reversal of the health authorities last week, complete.

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Reversal on the efficacy of masks established eager to facilitate the.

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Volunteer effort that has been occurring and mayor hamilton mentioned 240.

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Volunteers and that group was recognized as the bloomington quilters guild that.

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Was and there are other groups, but that one has, I think, the majority of people.

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Working on it, it has a number of advantages. For instance, it says it is.

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Ranking the risk in terms of the distribution of the masks it's doing.

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Quality control of the masks, it's doing the laundering of the masks and so forth.

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And- and so I think, the reason I want to mention this is that it's very important.

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Effort that's going on in the community and I want to recognize mayor hamilton.

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As his efforts in supporting it and his staff, paula, mcdevitt's, jason moore.

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Beverly calendar anderson I've been key to establishing what mayor hamilton.

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Described as the centralized location right now, which is the allison jukebox.

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So that's underway and of course, they've got a priority in terms of distribution.

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Of the masks, but the hope is to get them in as many hands as possible as soon as.

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Possible and I'm very heartened by the effort and.

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It's an amazing community effort, that's underway, and I want to thank kelly clark.

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Who's been spearheading it at the bloomington quilters guild. That's it.

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Thank you. We, we lost a few words in there mister ella, but I think we got all.

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The gist of your message: councilor, piedmont, smith; yes, so um in the.

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Prioritization of who gets masks where our grocery workers and people who work.

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At cbs and other stores that remain open and busy, are you asking me my? Can I.

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Answer yeah, I I think they're very high priority. Clearly the the highest.

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Priority has been health care workers.

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Retirement homes, elderly homes, homes for the elderly, people who have various.

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Impairments places like a wheeler mission and shalom and I think grocery.

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Store workers are obviously on the ferry from the frontline, and so those will be.

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Prioritized that that's my understanding, maybe mayor hamilton, has more to add on.

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That I, I would just add, I think it's it's what's what's happened is really.

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Important, which is that we have and dave has been a leader in this with other.

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People you mentioned have have consolidated and integrated the assembly.

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And the equality reduction, and that also means that same process and group will.

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Help identify the priorities abuses, because what we found was a lot of.

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Volunteers were producing and they would somebody would say, can I have them and they'd say sure and then somebody else would say. Can I have them? They say well, they're gone and it wasn't a prioritized effort. So I'm not gonna. Try to tell you.

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That priority right now, but that group, including the emergency management.

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System and the health professionals will help identify how to allocate those as.

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Needed and reminder these are all non-medical masks that are available for.

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For all those kinds of uses, but I really appreciate the group that has brought.

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Some assembled this amazing energy and helped focus it into into the best.

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Service today, so thank you is there a way that people can donate either.

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Supplies or money to this effort to make masks, I mean I donated to the quilters.

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Guild online, but is what can we tell people who want to help with it? I would.

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Just say: contact our office contact, the bloomington volunteer network, there's a.

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Hundred you know there are different ways to do that. You can go through the.

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Websites that alex mentioned and others but we'll find you if you have something.

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You want to offer, let it be known, and it will find you thanks. Okay, any further.

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Questions or comments on the reports from the mayor and city offices- oh thank.

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You that's perez. I just wanted to thank the mayor for bringing consolidated that.

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Information about the quilters guild in in the jukebox over in on my side of.

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Town, the you know, the district 3 there's been some pre active people that I've.

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Been connecting with a next door app and they're, making masks and they're trying.

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To figure out how to get them to people, so I'm gonna suggest to them that they.

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Contact you're saying contact the mayor's office that'd be fine. Okay. I.

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Will and thank you very much tell them to keep selling that's good.

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Keep selling yes, they are thanks. Madame clerk, I think miss.

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Calendar anderson might have a comment if you could only use calendar anderson.

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You are recognized.

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She's, muted, okay yeah here I am our chance- give her a chance. So there's been.

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A fund set up through united way if people would like to make financial.

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Donations to the mask fund, it's the monroe county mask fund and you can just.

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Any financial donations can go through united way if there are donations of.

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Materials or they need elastic and materials, and things like that, we can.

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Arrange to get those things to kelly, but if it's for monetary donations just send.

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Those city to united way, thank you. Thank you and the other members who I can't.

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See who want to speak? God knows I'm missing somebody every time all right.

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Well, thank you mr. mayor. Thank you mr. crowley. Thank you. Miss calendar addison.

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For the reports we look forward to hearing even better news. Next week we go.

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Now to reports from council committees.

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Councillor sanford. Thank you, of course, the jack hopkins social services.

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Committee is well underway. Last week I mentioned that we have.

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Extended our deadline, it was to have been on the 30th, and now it's going to.

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Be on april the 13th monday at 4:00. This is very important because members of.

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This committee have been discussing, we've already made some changes. We want.

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To expedite to the best of our ability and sure that the crises and the the.

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Most urgent needs for low-income individuals that these social service.

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Agencies are supporting are going to get top priority now again april. 13Th is the.

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Deadline for getting the applications in on may 4th. The committee will review all.

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The applications, a lot of work is going to be done between the deadline and.

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Getting the packets to the committee members for that initial vetting will be.

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Asking questions of many of the agencies to help clarify some of their.

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Applications and then the agencies will have until.

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May 14th at 4 o'clock to present answers to any questions that may arise from.

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That first meeting, we have a series of typical meetings that occur: free.

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Allocation meetings and then the allocation meeting itself, one thing that.

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We have made a decision to eliminate this year. Is the public hearing, because.

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Of the complications of each agency getting on a zoom platform, some people.

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May be able to do that easily others may not. We have decided that the committee.

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Will be able to vet the applications just by a written application itself.

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With the addition of those questions that we will, we will seek and get.

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Answers to now, needless to say, information has already been shared with.

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The agencies that jack hopkins has always had in our priority emergency.

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Sources and without a doubt, this community and all communities in the.

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State are in an emergency, and so we wanted to make sure that all the.

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Agencies as they're preparing their applications this weekend next, they.

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Really write their applications to the most pressing needs that obviously kovat.

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Is going to be presenting now, then the committee itself is going to obviously.

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Work with a number of the already on the ground, we've already heard from beverly.

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Calendar anderson and the mayor and alix about what they're, seeing in terms of.

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Planning ahead, looking to what the need is going to be on an increased level, all.

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Of those will be, I am absolutely certain, knowing all the members of the committee.

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Like I do will be taken into high priority and consideration as we're.

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Making the decisions- now I don't know if dan sherman or stephen lucas want to add.

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A little bit to the jack hopkins, I don't have my computer up in front of me to.

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Make me answer any questions. Anybody may have about what went out to the agencies.

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But one of the things that we always want to make clear to them is we want.

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Them to understand the criteria and what the committee will be looking for. It has.

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Always been in the jack hopkins criteria that we.

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Can prioritize emergency needs for housing, health care, shelter now.

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Obviously, other things may come to the forefront with child care and and other.

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Things but the committee will do a very good job and a very thorough job as it.

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Always does in vetting these applications and making sure that the.

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Jackpot in funding gets distributed in the best possible manner, given that we.

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Are in an emergency here, any other further questions. Are there any.

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Questions for cats brewers, gambler, chair of the jack hawkins social services,.

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Funding committee and that would be sandburg and burr chair. What did I say.

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What did I say, suze gamble, lori, I'm so sorry.

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That's weird sandburg too many yeses on their council consumer sandburg. Any.

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Questions for her simms and samantha, my you know this committee is not going to.

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Have an easy time of it, that is for sure we have. We have always done a good job.

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Allocating the money we have three hundred thousand and eleven dollars to.

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Allocate this year and we will look at the top priorities and the top needs and.

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Take it as it comes, but this is primarily a reminder to all the social.

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Service agencies out there, we have given you a time to really be thoughtful and.

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To really prioritize your needs in a way that's going to be compelling to the.

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Community and its needs and the committee who are going to make these.

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Tough decisions. Thank you. Thank you, member sander, any.

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Other council committee reports same man will go to legislature for second.

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Reading and resolutions, madame parliamentarian yes, mr. president.

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I moved that appropriation ordinance 2001 by introduced he introduced in read.

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By the clerk by title synopsis, only second motion in a second all in favor.

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Please, oh we do. We do take roll-call votes even on this to command.

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Madam clerk, I think so. Okay may we have a roll call vote on freedom.

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Oh talent, synopsis and a second councilmember rallo. You have to say yes,.

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You have we have to hear your voice. Mr. ellen, yes, don't mute, I was muted. Sorry, yes, thank you. Thank you.

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Scan blurry yep, rosenberger, yeah simms, yes,.

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Boland? Yes, piedmont, smith; yes, clarity! Yes, smith! Yes, sandburg! Yes, okay,.

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Thank you. Will the clerk please read.

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Appropriation ordinance 2001 to specially appropriate from the food and.

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Beverage tax fund expenditures related to the convention center expansion in.

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Support of local tourism during the kovat 19 emergency, the synopsis is, as.

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Follows this ordinance appropriates funds from the food and beverage tax.

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Fund for expenditures to businesses and their employees that together are.

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Crucial to the success of the convention center and have been severely affected.

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By the eighteen and ma your committee of the whole recommendation was to past.

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Nine zero, zero. Mr. president, I move that appropriation ordinance 2001, be a thank.

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You, madam clerk. Second, we have motion in a second who.

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Will present, I'm not sure who is here to present this we've got my console, miss.

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Catherine, let's go. Thank you. Miss guthrie! Please.

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Yes, thank you. As you all know, this started with a request from the food and.

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Beverage tax advisory commission that they recommend that you be allowed to.

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Spend two million dollars from the food beverage tax fund receipts to support.

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Local businesses that have been affected by the cova virus crisis- they did do.

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That on march 25th, they issued a recommendation by a majority vote and it.

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Came back to you last week this this week would be voting on this final vote.

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And we request that you do vote for it. The ordinance is a an app board that.

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Mentions the $2,000,000 and the rationale for it. It was questionable at.

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Least in the beginning, whether or not this was going to be acceptable to the.

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State and I think, as you also know, that the state board of accounts issued.

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Directive saying that this was an appropriate expenditure if the governing.

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Body you passed a policy they're calling these things policies in writing. That.

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Says that you believe it's an appropriate expenditure and that your.

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Legal counsel has told you that, well the corporation council, not your legal.

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Counsel, although it's kind of indirect says that it is appropriate and that the.

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Expenditure of funds from this particular fund for the intended purpose.

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Is more tied to the purpose than expenditures from another fund, so in.

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Other words using these funds is better than using the general fund, and there is.

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A whereas in the ordinance saying that and then the second piece is just.

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Mention of how the funds would be managed and expended and, as you know,.

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That that piece really is fleshed out through alex's work and his policy.

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Document and whatever loan documents, so that is the request. I understand.

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There is an amendment and I think, isabelle piedmont. Smith has sponsored.

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That so I will leave that to you all, I'm happy to answer question before we move.

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To the amendment, thank you and before we go to questions.

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If mr. underwood wanted to weigh in as well, I don't know if he had plan to make.

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Comments, did you have comments just want to add to this, and alex will speak to it.

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As well that this will follow our normal internal review process as well, so.

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Essentially, as these are approved, they'll come in to alex and we'll review.

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Them the recommendations he will sign off on them and then myself and larry.

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Allen from a legal will review those, so the normal separation of duties and and.

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Internal controls will remain in place for the use of these funds and alex.

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We'll talk some more about that coming up.

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Mr. crowley, we've discussed this with the controller's office and with legal.

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Staff, what's important from a process perspective is for us to really let the.

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Experts make determinations about loans and or to the extent that there are any.

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Grant money, I think, particularly from the bue, a that those be those judgments.

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Be made by a group of people who can do that as quickly and efficiently, using.

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The expertise they already have as possible, so we, it is not our intent for.

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City personnel involved process but, as jeff mentioned, the the the step that.

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Follows that once they've created a recommendation list of loans and the.

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Terms associated with those that would then come over to the city, and we would.

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Be validating that process against policies that we would finalize with.

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That and and then we would review and make.

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Sure that everything seemed to be, you know, was an order with what they have.

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Made in terms of recommendations, our prop would take that turn it over to the.

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Controllers office and to legal for their review and approval. And then it's.

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Only at that point that we would be signing you know, final documentation and.

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Then issuing any kind of directive to the financial institution that will help.

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Us with this, so that they can release the funding, so there are multiple.

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Touchpoints inside of the city, that's done by design to ensure that there is.

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Maximum validation of the process- and we are you- know, finalizing those process.

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Documents as we speak, so we can have that all set up and ready to go when we.

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Release: okay: are there initial questions before we go to the amendment cats.

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Morello, well, I think this is for any of the presenters. Can you hear me? Yes, okay,.

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I wondered if the this appropriation has any bearing on future expenditures from.

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The fund does the state board of accounts review how this money was spent.

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Before we could go back to the fund and maybe do a future of procreation in a.

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Similar fashion or is there, is there anything that you know about that I'll.

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Jump in one of the places that we went to the state board of accounts was to.

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Get an opinion from them whether we could utilize the funds in the way that.

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We were proposing that spurred them that, along with a number of other requests,.

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Actually issued a statewide directive that given if we follow the process that.

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They laid out, which I believe the amendments going to speak to is they.

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Would not take exception to the use of those funds, then going forward. Obviously,.

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The normal appropriation process would be in place so on an annual basis or as.

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Needed we would appropriate those funds come to you all for approval. The.

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Department of local governor finance would to prove it as well, so there shouldn't have any bearing of this program on.

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Future uses of those funds, obviously to issue bonds for the project. It will be.

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Based on their revenues that are available in the cash balance, so it may.

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Delay that somewhat, because we are utilizing some of the funds and the.

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People that collect and remit are not at full full staff right now, so you know we.

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Anticipate that we'll see a drop in those revenues and those will pick back.

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Up as we get through this crisis, thanks further questions before you go to.

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Amendments councillor scambler ii. Thank you, 30,000 foot question when I think of.

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The potential to be confusing to a lot of people is the role of the cares act.

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And the role of families first and what comes in at different points and what.

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Benefits, individuals and what benefits organisations- and I think that has the.

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Potential to get kind of confusing the report does a job of putting this kind.

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Of in context, but could you speak to that how this fits into the larger.

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Picture these other pieces of legislation, yeah. That's a good question.

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I, and I think that gets to the crux of really what local funding can do and why.

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It probably shouldn't do so. The you know it's unclear exactly how long things are.

J

Gonna take to play themselves out from the cara's act and it's unclear whether.

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Or not phase 3 is the last. It sounds like there might be a phase 4 on its way.

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So some of that uncertainty remains and and it's it's not the timing of delivery.

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Of some of the benefits is a little bit up in the air, we're trying to keep track.

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Of that, as much as we can, what what is clear is that it some of it will take a.

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While you know the systems were getting choked up right now, it's just gonna.

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Naturally, take a while to deliver that benefit, so we are, you know we are trying.

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To target the yet nyet so really try to cover some of.

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The gap in timing, primarily that will exist in your term, which is why speed to.

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Market is so important for the local program because that that initial period.

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Is probably the one that will make or break certain beneficiaries, and so if we.

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Can get something to them quickly? That could be the difference, so this is not.

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Intended to carry the local economy there's no way, we have the resources to.

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Do it we don't have the ability to take on debt? To do that, you know we just.

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Don't have the same kind of resources. The federal government would what we do.

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Have the resources to do is to tactically get in and get out as fast as.

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We can to help in the near term, and so we've been very focused on.

J

I mean we're calling it the rapid response fund and and and that's not by.

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Accident, we're really focused on getting out there quickly so that we can try to.

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Fill that time and gap to the extent that that we can and just to connect all.

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These dots in my head, so between the cares and the paycheck legislation and.

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So forth, those are the kinds of things that that can be discussed with someone.

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At the mill, when you mention the thumb key :, they consult with me mill and get.

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Guidance on how to navigate these different levels of legislation, that's.

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The kind of thing a coach can help put there so right, it's a really pretty big.

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Thing and and and you know those of us who action to it- I mean I'll speak for.

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Myself, I'm paying I'm trying as much as I can on what's going on and I'm still.

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Confused by it and and so so there's you know the the ask the mill navigator.

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Program is there to, in a sense, help to either answer questions to the extent.

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That one of the volunteers supporting it can do that or to direct people to.

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Resources where the answer more efficiently, if you are a small business.

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Owner and you're trying to keep you know some revenues coming in and you're.

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Trying to keep your shop open, you know, you've got a ton of stuff on.

J

Your plate, right now and probably not a lot of time to review a you know massive.

J

Amount of information that's flowing all over the place about some of the cares.

J

Act provisions, and so one of the you know one of the purposes of a gaiter. You.

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Know function as the middle org is, is to try to streamline that to the extent.

J

That we can it's, you know we are not experts, but we perhaps further ahead.

J

Than someone asking the question- and sometimes that's all that's all that.

J

Matters, thank you tocqueville, rosenberger, okay, I mean just reading.

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Through this it says a business is eligible. If you have no more than 250.

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Full-Time employees- I don't know the rationale behind 250. I guess to me that.

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Is a lot, but that seems like a very big business, but I don't know if that's.

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Normal, could you speak to that a little bit yeah? So you know we're trying to not.

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Reinvent stuff, to the extent that we can avoid doing that and the the the small.

J

Business administration uses 251 of its definitions for small businesses, so it's.

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Not that we're expecting that there gonna be a lot of applicants necessarily.

J

In that employee range, I mean look if you have that number of please you.

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Probably have a level of sophistication that had put you in a better position.

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Than if you're smaller, every app on staff, the kind of resources that would.

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Be brought brought to bear so so I think you know we are. We are trying to align.

J

With extra at the weekend, this is one of those examples and then, but there there.

J

Aren't a lot of companies and bloomington that have employees yes, can.

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I follow up on that and then it says I think in the beginning right that it's.

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For just this small businesses or nonprofits that are low on capital, so I.

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Guess is that sort of how maybe larger small businesses would.

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Get weeded out that, like they might, they most likely are not low on capital. If.

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They are larger, like that yeah I mean I don't want to make a blanket statement.

J

That, if you have a lot of them, yeah not gonna, be a pain. But I do think that.

J

There's there's you know if you have 250 employees, chances are you're, gonna have.

J

A fairly robust to financial group inside of your organization, and so you.

J

Just may naturally be further ahead than smaller, struggling companies. Okay, right.

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Further questions africa before we go to amendments come on smith, yes, well by.

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Customer flaherty, I wanted to ask about small businesses that are not directly.

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Food and beverage businesses, but that may be frequented by tourists as well as.

E

Local people can mr. crowley, can you speak to how it will be determined? What.

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Is a tourism related business yeah? Let me start actually, if I could flip, if you.

J

Can kind of would you be able to talk broadly about the basically the.

J

Parameters we put inside of the spo a memo and and then and that we can talk.

J

About process parameters in the spo, a memo yeah when we were basically.

J

Approaching the state board of accounts- oh yes, what we told them was some of it.

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Is is in the council memo we told them that the food and food and beverage.

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Purveyors and businesses obviously are the ones that pass through the tax from.

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Their customers, so they they clearly have a tie to this fund. Moreover, we are.

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Working on this project with the county to expand the convention center and that.

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Is the primary financing mechanism that the food and beverage tax fund and.

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Through bonding, in addition, all kinds of businesses that.

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You could call tourism related are part of the reason that conventions want to.

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Come to bloomington, we have a wonderful shopping area and lots of it is.

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Patronized by tourists, you know people coming to conventions, people coming to.

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Iu and that those also should should be eligible to be supported by a fund like.

P

This, since they are part of the reason people want to come to conventions so.

P

That was the rationale we used and I gather they agreed so on a process basis.

J

I you need to be honest with you: we're gonna have to nail that down here.

J

There's a lot of stuff a lot of plates in the air, but there are a couple of.

J

Ways that we can go about doing it, we could go to the na naics code right.

J

Which is a sort of designation, a coding designation of a certain type of entity.

J

And we could conceivably create a definitive list of organizations by that.

J

Kind of coding so that that would be unambiguous, the danger to that is is.

J

Simply you know getting it getting it right or wrong, and but but that would be.

J

One purely objective way of delivering against that. We could also create the.

J

Opportunity for someone to plead their case, how they might fit in and that.

J

Would be a little bit more subjective, but that that might be a way to to.

J

Either augment a coding structure or displace it. So absolutely one of the.

J

Items that we have to iron out here in the next couple of days, because that.

J

That will eliminate, frankly, a lot of a lot of confusion and also streamline the.

J

Process what we want to make sure is we maximize the number of people applying.

J

That should be applying and minimize the number of people applying that shouldn't.

J

Be I don't envy you your task.

A

Councilmember flaherty follow my column. Thank you. I wanted to follow up on a.

N

Line of thinking and questions from the previous few meetings we've had single.

N

Development committee a week ago, as well as counsels meeting last wednesday.

N

Thinking about how to make sure we are protecting and prioritizing workers and.

N

Employees to the extent possible, through a program like this we've had some good.

N

Discussions about this, as well as through it an email communication, and I.

N

Recognize that there are other resources out there and that two million dollars.

N

From the food and beverage tax fund cannot possibly go very far and covering.

N

Payroll, for instance, in the form of a grant, for you know the amount of.

N

Business, small businesses we have in town but in continuing to think about.

N

This you know we have, there are provisions or recommend provisions in.

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The report shared by the working group that we should prioritize funding for.

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Certain businesses that meet certain characteristics, for instance businesses,.

N

That may have the potential to expand the employment opportunities so we're at.

N

Least, in some instances, recognizing that a type of business that that has this.

N

Potential or prioritizing this thing is more worthy of these loans than others.

N

And I'm wondering if we could do maybe two things related to that in the.

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Context of protecting employees, and one is that we require applicants to report.

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On and clarify what their, what has happened to their employees and what.

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They're doing to work to protect them so how many employees were employed before.

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The pandemic began how many are employed now and what percent of their usual.

N

Wages are they being paid and then, additionally, asking about plans to aid.

N

These employees, whether it's through the paycheck protection program or some.

N

Other measure and that, for instance, if they are pursuing the paycheck.

N

Protection program and pursuing rehires of employees and using the sba loans to.

N

Pay, you know for payroll that will get forgiven.

N

If we could make that, if not a requirement at least a criteria for for.

N

High prioritization in allocating funds, it seems like at least one way that we.

N

Could make sure that the businesses are that we're prioritizing the businesses.

N

That are also doing right by their workers and the community. So what are.

N

Your thoughts about including something like that in the application process and.

N

In our criteria for evaluating who gets loans or grants, no, I think it's a good.

J

Idea so I think I have to go back and look at the application that we had.

J

Depending pendeks, certainly we are very strongly or I should you know very.

J

Closely, looking at what other actions are taken taking relative to the ppp, I.

J

Think it's and- and you know some of the payroll benefits of the cares, act and.

J

And you know that that's an important element to what we're doing and that the.

J

That the application process does, I'm pretty sure, probe on status of employees.

J

We we are looking at at a matrix that would be essentially a scoring matrix.

J

For loans that has been generated thanks to the chamber, via with local lenders,.

J

And that they're helping us think through that, and that might also be a place where one scores someone according to activities they take relative to.

J

Their employee base, so there are a couple of different places that we can.

J

That, but we are absolutely focused on you, know, making sure that these funds.

J

Are used specifically for things like payroll costs and and an employee.

J

Related expenses, as well as other expenses- and you know we just have to.

J

Iron out some of those details, but I think it's generally a part of the.

J

Intent of what we're trying to do- and we just have to figure out how to execute.

J

It inside of that process a couple of things matt on that. Yes, we specifically.

Q

Will be um what other aid they've applied for.

Q

And I would think that if they did not put down that they had applied for the.

Q

Payroll relief, then that was what that would be a red flag that their.

Q

Employment- it's not there because the that act allows you to bring people back.

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And re employ them as well as continuing to employ them and any actual costs are.

Q

Forgivable, so that's that's a key element for anybody to apply for to help.

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Them get through this time period and then backed isabelle. Another point that.

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Is that alex is going to be asking for $500,000 from the bu va, so non food and.

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Beverage businesses inside the zone, we certainly anticipate that if the the bu.

Q

A gives that approval that that will be a pot of money where we can direct funds.

Q

To those non-traditional, food and beverage type of companies that might.

Q

Apply for a thank you, I've councilmember allen! Thank you. I got sober smith well.

H

Just generally speaking, some businesses are, tourists related, I think, but they're.

H

Self-Evident other ones are not, and so my question involves that ambiguity and.

H

Mr. crowley, you spoke to having a matrix to determine eligibility for qualifying.

H

For funds, I wondered is part of that metric say a business offering a.

H

Historical receipts for say a period of time where there's a tourist event and.

H

Then compared to a non event period where clearly, they were benefitting from.

H

The tourism is that part of the means of determining eligibility.

J

I'm trying to I'm trying to understand a question. I think what you're asking is.

J

Whether if, if during a period of tourism, peak tourism, business, yes, revenue.

J

Increases that yeah so say there's an arts event and a local business. You know.

H

Could demonstrate that their revenue doubled in that period is that would.

H

That say, point to them being a tourist related business. Since they've I mean.

H

Clearly, the whole economy is affected by something like that, but I'm thinking of.

H

Certain businesses that rely, you know, obviously rely on tourism. Events is.

H

There something tangible in the sense of having say you know, presenting receipts.

H

To say here: here's what we made during a you know lotus here's what we made.

H

During for street fair, is that part of the determination it's a.

J

Good eye, I think it comes down to how we decide to qualify or disqualify on the.

J

Upfront and I think if you know I sort of turned to flood but to just see if we.

J

Might get get her thoughts, but I said my gut says: first of all I would be to try.

J

To cast the net as widely as possible within the parameters and set word by.

J

Its some of the limitations of the funding, and so you know the natural.

J

Tension will be how to how to do that. You know business benefits because of.

J

Tourism- I don't know that that necessarily means that they are towards.

J

Related business parking meters probably get used more.

J

And I'm not sure that people would come to bloomington to take advantage of our.

J

Parking meters, so I think there is not necessarily a link but they're good and.

Q

Again, that dave that that commissioner councilmember rallo excuse me the.

Q

Restriction on on food beverage that that travel are the food beverage intent.

Q

Tourism is only on that fund. It's not necessarily on the bue, a funds which.

Q

Have a wider berth so again, I think the combination of the funds will allow us.

Q

To cast a pretty wide net so they may not qualify for food and beverage funds.

Q

But they may qualify for bue a funds. So that's why we're trying to supplement.

Q

That, because there will be businesses that kind of fall into that fringe area.

Q

That you know we may not be able to make that nexus on on tourism, but because.

Q

They're in the damn janitor in the zone and they are impacted, there are funds.

Q

Available, just as a follow up will this matrix.

H

I mean: will it be manifested as a numerical score and then there's a.

H

Cut-Off of some kind or how does that work out or or you sure, is it just sort of an intersection of you know out of ten.

H

Things you've got six or you know: how does how do you envision that design and.

J

Again, I've looked at the first draft. We have to do some delving into it, but the.

J

Way kind, as it is numeric with a cut-off, so it it has. I don't right now about ten.

J

To twelve different scoring criteria and then each one is weighted and there is a.

J

Cuff, so that a reviewer should be able to be pretty effective about making a.

J

Judgment there is at this point only one that acknowledges. It is absolutely.

J

Subjective and the question is whether or not that should stay in it's weighted.

J

Relatively low- so maybe it's just days in but but but right now is trying to be.

J

Quantitative and it's trying to be objective and and really try to reflect.

J

Both and and some of the stated policies of.

J

The of the you know the current document. Thank you. Councilmember smith's followed.

A

By council movers campbell larry, thank you, president valen mr. crowley. Thank.

O

You for explaining a lot of these very complex and there's a lot of moving.

O

Parts and a lot of plates spinning in the air. So thank you very much and for.

O

Your answers, it's there, it's really great and miss guthrie and mr. underwood.

O

So I really appreciate that it really helps so in this complex environment. Do.

O

We have an appeals process by which somebody applies in there. They think.

O

There should be qualified and they're not what what do they do yeah so we've.

J

You know, I think that will need to be in there, because there were, there will be.

J

Not an insignificant number of people who will not make. I don't think that.

J

It's reasonable for someone who would not have made the cut to expect a.

J

Successful appeal resolution within a given funding cycle because it's going.

J

To be really at breakneck speed, but one of the things we want to make sure we do.

J

Is not being in the first iteration and we speak in the document a little bit.

J

About about doing tranches of funding, so I I can imagine that an appeal would be.

J

Staged for review for the following tranche and and yeah people, some people.

J

Unfortunately, are not gonna like the answer they get but correct. You know.

J

That that's sort of the way it's gonna have to work. Yeah yeah and I understand.

O

That and I just wanted to make sure we had an appeals process in in the.

O

Ordinance because it seems like that's the only fair thing to do so. Thank you.

O

Very much appreciate it conference campbell lurie. Thank you just.

F

To make sure I'm understanding this correctly, so the rapid recovery fund is.

F

Actually, currently has two buckets of money within it. One bucket is a beverage.

F

Money, the other is possibly be ueda money and there may be other buckets at.

F

Some point correct yeah. I mean right now, there's no buckets of money, but at some.

F

Point someone will be administering which well let me back up a second, so.

F

Theoretically, correct me: if I'm wrong a given entity, that's applying for support.

F

Could get resources from multiple buckets right? Yeah was probably more yes,.

F

Not in a way, but just cobbling together, multiple sources makes more sense. That's.

F

Possible right, yeah, I I think, was probably more likely as mr. underwood.

J

Was saying earlier, is that that someone? You know because the food and beverage.

J

Hot, if you will is so much more substantial than the bue, a one. The.

J

Probably more likely that some that that, if there is a judgment that a particular.

J

Loan be made sequentially, the question will be: does it qualify for food and.

J

Beverage money and, if the yes and the likelihood of it going through that.

J

Process is is higher because there's there's more more funding, potentially.

J

Available there, if the answer to that is no, but it's still worthy, then I think.

J

That's what really bue a funding comes into play as a way to you know, expand on.

J

On on what would otherwise be disqualified,.

J

By virtue of some of the limitations of food beverage right, so it's more likely.

J

Than that kind of my judgment will be made rather than that you know.

J

They'll be a little bit dipped out if you're a little bit dipped out of there to combine into a do a single loan. Okay got it.

F

And as a follow, the sequence you laid out, the advisory committee recommends.

F

Loans and terms and economic and sustainable development, then legal in.

F

The controllers office, we're in that movie options, gets bailed out well.

J

That's a good question, actually thinking that that might be one of the stuff that.

J

Economic and sustainable development recommends to the controller and the.

J

Controller bala dates, in other words ii, that the advisory commission would.

J

Basically say: hey these guys funding and that the the determination of which pot.

J

Of money it comes out of might be better addressed at the city and by the.

J

Advisory commission, and so we can conceivably look at it, make a judgment.

J

Which we would and and recommend to the controller and say and then we could.

J

Also, at the same time, be tracking funds providing guidance back to the advisory.

J

Commission saying hey, you've run out of x or y okay. Thank you very much. All.

A

Right, I'm gonna take a crack at this. Mr. crowley.

A

The if there's one thing that gives me pause, it's that, because of the need for.

A

Speed here we're basically being asked to approve an appropriation that will be.

A

Whose rules are still being drawn up and which are not being approved by this.

A

Body, can you give us some confidence or solace that you know we do not have to.

A

Worry about the rulemaking involved in this distribution of a substantial sum.

A

Of money on very short notice,.

J

Yeah I mean, I guess, here's how I would answer that, which is, I feel like. What's.

J

Gonna happen, I think the working group as a whole feels like what's gonna happen. Is we have a pretty good a program that has to go through the.

J

Ringer once to determine where some of the weak spots are and where, where some.

J

Of the good processes are so my feeling is that what we will do is learn a lot.

J

From the first grouping of applications that we get and we will and we will need.

J

To probably make adjustments out of that, so there will be a level of imperfection.

J

We just have to go into it with our eyes open. We are trying to limit the scope of.

J

That, in other words, as I was saying, not not put the entire amount into the first.

J

Load of patience so that we can have an improved process as time goes on.

J

Recognizing again speed marks and market is important, so we will, I mean what I.

J

Think I can say to you and what I could commit. One of the things we can do is.

J

Come back to you and say hey, this is what worked. This is what didn't work and.

J

This is what we're doing, and so that level of reporting back as quickly as.

J

Possible, I'm within you know within a short timeframe, would allow for you to.

J

Have a better idea of the process and and a sense of what process improvements.

J

Look like and I'll just you know when we come back and report, we'll be frank.

J

About things that just didn't didn't work, so my hope is that, rather than just.

J

Telling you it'll all be fine, the better thing would be for me to say we don't.

J

Know what it's gonna bring not break in this first go-around, but we'll. Let you.

J

Know when we've, when we have learned that, and we will tell you what we're.

J

Gonna do about it and I appreciate the honesty of that answer again. You know.

Q

This is the city program, the normal policies and.

Q

Procedures, there's are, there are a lot of things that we implement on from the.

Q

Administration that are not encode. You trust us to do those you appropriate.

Q

Funds, an annual budget of millions and millions of dollars, and you and trust us.

Q

To spend those wisely and to have processes in place that work and as alex.

Q

Said it will be okay, it won't be perfect and we're trying to be nimble for a.

Q

Group of people that aren't typically nimble at all, but I think we've got a.

Q

Good group of volunteers that have expertise to make good recommendations.

Q

To us, I liken them to a board or commission that review and make.

Q

Recommendations: it's up to the administration, to tweak policies and.

Q

Procedures to make sure that they work that we can be nimble, but the.

Q

Appropriate controls are in place and we're going to continue to have those so.

Q

I think that we'll be able to make this work says alex said report back to you.

Q

And hey: this is what we had to change. We didn't anticipate this. We got more. These.

Q

Kind of applications and less of these- and this didn't work- this worked and.

Q

We're gonna we're going to fix it on the fly so, but you know we'll be seeing you.

Q

On a regular basis, anyway, for the next several weeks and can report back out on.

Q

That I mean the only difference is that we're making these the this policy being.

A

Made and much much much more rapid pace and that most of the rest of the money.

A

That's distributed through the budget has been done through processes that.

A

Have been fine-tuned over many years and you know, like all the departments are.

A

Defined and encode so there's a you know there. There is some infrastructure for.

A

How that money gets spent- that's not really here, but that's not to say that.

A

I'm not supportive of it. I'm just saying that this is by necessity, very hasty.

A

Which leads me to my other question: do you does anyone for the administration.

A

Foresee coming back for more food and beverage funds beyond the first two.

A

Q

I'll jump in I don't necessarily know that it would be food and beverage. I.

Q

Think we'll know once we kind of get through this first wave of applications.

Q

If we see that the demand is way more than what we've got, you know way more.

Q

Than two and a half million dollars, obviously we would have to assess that.

Q

And I think at that point we would look at additional funding. You know from food.

Q

And beverage and other sources. And as well as going out to the public and.

Q

Talking to our friends at the financial institutions to say, hey, look, you know.

Q

This is about the most that we can do the demands for million dollars. Can you.

Q

Guys, as a group cobble together, another million and a half dollars in private.

Q

Funding you through the banks that we could get allocated out. So that's the.

Q

Nice thing is that we're in touch with those people again this is a gap and a.

Q

Bridge, we don't know what the demand is going to be, but I think you know we're.

Q

Willing to take a look at that once we get an idea of what that demands going.

Q

To be, thank you, I think that everyone's had a first round set of questions.

A

Councillor people on smith, do you have one more question person? Did you have a.

A

Question, why did you raise your hand? I didn't see jim, I think everybody saw it.

L

But you, but yes, I, mr. president, thank you.

L

I understand technical difficulty. Yes, sir I'll start off. First with a comment.

L

This is unprecedented times an unprecedented situation. Things are going.

L

To have to move very quickly, so I am appreciative or prophet more comfortable.

L

In talking with the mayor and talk with mr. crowley and all the folks that there.

L

Is a plan to keep the council informed on some of the expenditures some of.

L

Their pens on multiple different platforms of multiple different ways and.

L

In some cases, maybe directly to council members, so that's what I think is.

L

Important and I appreciate that we may not concet policies and.

L

Procedures totally in advance, but we will be kept.

L

Abreast in a very timely manner on how we proceed, so I just really wanted to.

L

Say that, but I do have the regard to the first tranche in the second tranche and.

L

I don't know who this would be directed to probably mr. crowley, I was a little.

L

Bit distressed to hear about the lack of an appeals process but hearing your.

L

Explanation, it makes more sense to me, but at the very minimum do we have a.

L

Plan if a business doesn't make it through or approved in the first tranche.

L

I know there may not be an appeals process, but will they be informed as to.

L

Why they were not approved in the first tranche and if that's the case, will they.

L

Automatically be held in higher priority on the second tranche if they were left.

L

Is that a possibility, so I hope I didn't that made sense, but no, I think so. I.

J

Think there are a couple of reasons why they wouldn't make a cut, and I think.

J

Depending on the reason that will the answer your question so either they.

J

Didn't make the cut? Because their business model was not going to be.

J

Sustainable regardless right, in which case that would be throwing good money.

J

After bad, that would that would not qualify them for different treatment. The.

J

Next time we look so so, there's gonna have to be sort of. You know business.

J

Either was gonna, make it or not judgment, and that's that's why some.

J

Looking at some of the financial records makes sense, the lenders were going to be.

J

Able to do that pretty pretty easily, so I would, if that were the disqualifying.

J

Judgment then, then the short answer would be no no prioritization in the.

J

Next round, all right in the event that they were didn't, make.

J

The cut because we essentially artificial, stop the funding.

J

In the first trash right and and so they would have had there been funding, they.

J

Just were lower in the prioritization, then that that's a completely different.

J

Treatment, so I would imagine that that crew would be put back in again, and I.

J

Haven't really, we haven't, as a group thought through? What does that mean in.

J

Terms of prioritization and the next round, certainly they would not have to reapply. Let's start with that and then and then.

J

The question is where they d prioritize: because of some quality that may have.

J

Them deprioritized generally or when they d prioritize and in the next.

J

Tranche state they would, they would be treated with more prioritization. It's.

J

Kind of hard to tell I you know, we'll have to kind of fear that well that.

L

Makes sense I was thinking more the form or the ladder whereon they might have.

L

Some eligibility, but we simply ran out of funds in the first tranche and then.

L

How would they be treated in the second tranche that answered that particular.

L

Question I do have another one is to do with possible use of bue a fund's should.

L

They be approved, and I'm specifically looking at the micro loan program or.

L

$350,000 and then the independent scholarships for $25,000, obviously some.

L

Of the parameters with um enterprises that or bu bu eas is that they must be.

L

Within that zone, so I guess I'm wondering how do we determine it's just.

L

An estimation of $350,000 hummers edge, it's a starting figure to get us started.

L

And it may be more needed later, maybe or maybe we won't utilize- all that disc.

L

Around and then explain to us about the other ships and how that would work.

L

I'm within this process, okay, so let me break that down so the first thing about.

J

An enterprise beat, you know about funding for the bu ea. Yes, typically,.

J

Speaking that does, you know, put that does focus funding.

J

Within a very specific geographical area and one more downtown, correct, yeah, it's.

J

The one that stands out yeah, that's because, okay, thank you so so, but but I.

J

Think that there's there's also some language that allows for something that.

J

Benefits the zone? Okay, so so it that might be some some that might provide.

J

Some ability to extend beyond the heart map so that let me so that's the first.

J

Answer in terms of dollar amounts and and how they were selected, you know it's.

J

Not an unlimited funding source, it's a significant funding source. So so we we.

J

Put together what we thought was a reasonable and in anticipation that the.

J

Food and beverage tax might cover the majority of the demand, but that we.

J

Wanted to have the safety valve that that would that would cover the the.

J

Organizations that wouldn't fall under food and beverage so well it's hard to.

J

Tell if that's enough right, but but we thought that that would be a good.

J

Starting point and then finally, the resident scholarship. This is a program.

J

That actually already exists with the bloomington urban enterprises so speech.

J

So if you, if you are as o n-- resident or as own business, you can have training.

J

And education reimbursed up to a certain level. Yes, that's an existing program. We.

J

Are advocating for here in anticipation of possum and beyond what we've seen.

J

Historically, is some allocation of money to to that particular existing program.

J

That the the bu ea already manages and and and drawing some attention, may want.

J

To take advantage of it now in a way they might not know otherwise have done under regular circumstances. So the only nuance there that I think it may be.

J

Worth mentioning is that currently, the it's a reimbursement program and one of.

J

The things we want to discuss with the blue, an urban enterprise association board tomorrow, is the possibility of.

J

Temporarily, making it a upfront outlay and and and then as sort of back-end.

J

Certification that it was used appropriately rather than what's.

J

Happening today, which is you have to enroll in something and be out of pocket.

J

On the cost, and then we have the bu ei, then then reimburses the applicant.

J

Through the bursar's office of the of the particular institution or through.

J

The training program- okay, thank you. um That's one reason why I was a little.

L

Confused because that sounded like an existing program that we already have.

L

From so it's really in essence, the same thing is or will be stirred the same way.

L

With that possible change, I mentioned at the end that positive, yes, okay, thank you.

L

Very much okay, now we've been through one round minimum of questions, because.

A

We're people von smiths: can this wait till we are you? Are you proposing the.

A

Amendment I mean it's your amendment right, okay, I have a few, but the in the.

E

Bue a proposed budget in the report that we read there's a portion of money set.

E

Aside for administration, $12,500 is any of the food and beverage tax money be.

E

Used for administration expenses well potentially, but I think you know I think.

J

We it depends on what the status of the be we a funding ends up being. Were you.

J

Know a lot of the work that's being done is being done by volunteers. A lot of the.

J

The vetting that's being proposed by the by the experts in the field would would.

J

Be unpaid, one of the you know the so it's it's we're trying to figure out.

J

What the hard cost could be, but but you know one certainly appears.

J

To be a cost associated with a platform that we want to use to process.

J

Applications and it's a platform that already is used widely and and it's it.

J

Would be a kind of incremental license to an existing use of that platform by.

J

The community foundation, so you know they're little they're cost like that.

J

But we wanted to decide because they, you know it's a little hard to tell.

J

Again, as we learn more about what we're doing, what kind of hard costs are gonna.

J

Come out, and so if the bu va funding comes through as requested that could.

J

End up covering s if those cosmic seed, then we may have to look at what other.

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Funding sources and and I'd have to talk to jeff about what they're, not the food.

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Beverage is appropriate or whether we'd have to go to operating funds or.

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Something else and I'll jump in our intent would be not to use food and.

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Beverage, if absolutely can find funds other places to administrators. We have.

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No plan right now to charge for a city, administrative costs. It would be for.

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Only direct cost and again we would try to find those out of current operating.

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Costs or appropriate other funds so that the whole idea is to try as much as.

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Possible to recover all of the food and beverage back into that because of the.

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State and original purpose and any funds that don't go back in that just delays.

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That project a little bit longer and then my other question more but I'll.

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Just ask one of them: the some communities have given no interest loans.

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And these, of course, are proposed to be low-interest loans, and I understand why.

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That's being done, but just for the benefit of the public.

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Maybe, mr. underwood, you could explain why we're not going the route of no.

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Interest loans- that's a possibility that we can do that, but we wanted to have the.

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Ability to charge a small amount of interest, especially if there are some.

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Ministry of cost and the fact that we will lose earnings on those funds while.

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They're being deployed, so the idea is to try get make the food beverage fund hole as much as we can, but still issues low.

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Interest the feds, I think, realized the same thing. They.

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Initially were doing half of one percent and that got bumped up to one percent as.

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Well, because they realize there's hard costs to administer those programs, they.

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Do need to recover some of that back and then I thought I also read in the report.

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That that was another reason for this, and that is your hope that you will get.

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Private investors to participate is that did I understand that correctly? Only if.

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We, the demand, exceeds the funding request. Obviously, if we can anything.

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That we can do to modify these funds that are out there. We'd like to do.

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Especially if it's not using city city funds, so if if we are able to do that so.

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Let's say again: the demands four million and we're able to raise a million at.

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Half their private funds they're going to expect some return on their.

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Investments so that allows us to have low interest rate rates loans as well.

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And to be clear about that last point: I think the city would be comfortable. You.

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Know not not actually, in other words, not the city would be comfortable, foregoing.

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Its interest to a potential outside source.

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If necessary, to make it more appealing to draw an external capital, so the city.

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Is not trying to make money here? What we're trying to do, as norwood said, is.

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We're trying to there's going to be some some loss and so we're trying to.

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Mitigate some path and try to make these processes as appealing to outside.

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Capital as possible, one and one way to do that would be, did to have this.

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Interest, thank you, okay. Why don't we go to the amendment.

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Mr. president, I move amendment 1 to appropriation, ordinance, 2001 motion in a.

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Second, please proceed. This amendment was requested by the administration and it.

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Adds a whereas clause that makes it very clear that we're complying with the.

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State board of accounts memo on the use of such funds, so it would add the.

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Following paragraph, whereas the memo from the cities, corporation, counsel,.

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Which accompanies this legislation advises that this expenditure is both.

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Appropriate and necessary, and the council explicitly determines that.

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Expenditure from this dedicated fund source there's a closer connection to.

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The purposes set forth in this ordinance than to the city's general fund so.

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That's I'm basically reflecting exactly the language in the spo a memo all right.

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Are there any questions for the amendment from members? I don't see any.

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Hands is it proper to call the question now we've got to go to the public. Thank.

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You, mr. lucas, this at the time where we asked for members of the public who wish.

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To speak on the issue to speak up in the chat. Is that correct? Yes, that's correct!.

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And I know we've got one taker for public comment, but I'm guessing that's.

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On the appropriation ordinance right as a holes of things for right, yeah, any any.

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Folks that want to comment on the amendment that was just read can do so.

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By either using the raise hand, function of zoom or by sending a message over the.

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Group chat all right if there's anyone who wants to comment on the amendment to.

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Appropriation ordinance not on the ordinance.

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So here's an opportunity to speak publicly to the council. Does anybody.

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Want to speak from the public to do this amendment, we gave it about 15 seconds.

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Please let mr. lucas know either by raising.

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Your hand using the raised hand, function and zoom or speaking up in the chat no.

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Takers, seeing no takers would come back to the.

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Only work there's a thumbs up from tracy cates tracy gates that thumbs up is not.

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A raised hand that you're just saying that's: okay, or is she ex you want to.

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Speak tracy, you're unmuted. If you wanted to speak a question about the the time.

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Frame for okay, let me stop you there we're something, but the amendment didn't.

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Have a chance to talk about the ordinance as a whole in just a second okay, it just adds a warehouse quads. Okay, all right hang tight. Let's go back to.

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Council for debate on the amendment. Any final comments on the amendment motion.

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In a second will the clerk, please call the roll on amendment one. That's members.

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Campbell laurie yeah, I'm sorry. I didn't hear that.

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Yeah, thank you. Rosenberger yeah sims, yes rolling! Yes, in months man, yes, clarity.

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Yes, smith, yes, sandburg, yes and rollo. Yes, thank you.

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That man passes 9-0. We now come back to the council for further questions or.

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Debate are there any further questions.

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Yeah rollo, yes! Well! This is a question. That's.

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A perennial question, maybe for mr. underwood and that is, is there any risk.

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Of jeopardizing federal funds by taking this action from our vantage point, it.

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Now I don't believe so. This is really intended to be a gap measure to really.

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Bridge people from federal, a federal and state aid that may take them some time.

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To get the actual funds in place, so the idea is to provide some funds that will.

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Be repaid so essentially it's a loan program rather than a grant program, so I.

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Don't believe, there's any risk associated with that. Do you think.

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There's any chance of reimbursement. If, because it's a long program it could.

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Well, be that it's possible if we have any losses from it, but I wouldn't.

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Anticipate that right now, since it's really intended to be a gap program.

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Bridge program, thank you. Okay. If there are no other second-round questions, we.

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Have to go to a public counselor people on syria the--. I have questions please.

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Go ahead, I have one question: are the funding recipients going to be made.

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Public who they are and how much they got. I believe that would be public.

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Record because the these are funds that will be distributed from the city to.

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Those people's there, I believe it would fall under the public records act. Yes,.

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Yes, so people want to know they can easily find out. Yes, okay, they would find.

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Out details about their there may be confidential things in.

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What they talked about with the committee, I'm not sure, but who the.

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Recipients are would certainly need to look record and the amount yes. Thank you.

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Okay, let's go to members of the public. I know there's at least one comment on the.

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Appropriation ordinance as amended, if there's any member of the public who.

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Would like to speak to appropriation ordinance 2001! Please use the raise your.

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Hand function or type in the chat and mr. lucas will call on you and I'm gonna.

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Try to go in rough order that folks have spoken up, so I think first up, we've got.

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Randy paul, if he's ready to make it calm,.

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Mr. paul, please go ahead all right thanks. I just want to speak a.

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Minute, just maybe hit a pause button and just bring up a couple of issues that.

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I'm concerned about, I do you think. Sometimes there are moments in a crisis.

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Where we were given an opportunity to reflect back on previous decisions and.

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See if they still are valid in our current environment, we're gonna get.

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Through this, but what kind of community will we be like once that's done? I think.

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This is one of those times that I think the expansion of the convention center should lead the review. Our federal government knew for years that we could.

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Be hit by a pandemic and did little to prepare for it. We now have a chance to.

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Prepare for our next course is one we have known about for decades and that.

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Being climate change, we can't have a discussion on how the expansion of the.

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Convention center fits it very nose for the impact of climate change. Does it.

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Still make sense to expand the convention center, which is hardly an.

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Environmentally friendly project when those same tax dollars could be expand.

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Other areas like bloomington transit, we are running out of time to deal with.

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Climate change. Why? Which is why I think the food and beverage tax.

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Scrap the expansion plans for the convention center and distribute the.

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Full seven million dollars, not just two million swedish accent to businesses and.

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Employees who are suffering during this panic pandemic, I know it's hard to talk.

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About the next crisis, why we're in the current one and why we're all.

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Overwhelmed but time is not on our side. Let's learn from the let's try to learn.

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From the most important lesson in this crisis that early preparation is key to.

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Surviving our next known crisis, which will likely be the impact your own.

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Climate crisis, I fully understand the economic arguments for expanding the.

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Convention center in business, my entire life, I get the arguments they're.

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Compelling and for the most part, I agree with them. What I no longer agree with is.

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Our refusal to change our priorities that we still worship, business and.

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Profits over the health and welfare of our children and grandchildren, our.

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Children, grandchildren won't survive and continue to build parking garages.

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Instead of expanding our mass transit system like transit, we have to change.

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Our priorities, and what better time than now, I have seen the impact that we have.

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Seen the impact that pandemic has had in our lives the impact of climate change.

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Will be much worse, it's headed our way and it will be permanent. I really do.

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Urge that the cows will reconsider expanding the convention center thanks.

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Thank you, mr. paul. Are there further members of the public would like to.

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Speak yes: next up, we've got aaron prem more mr. craig more! Please go ahead.

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Evening, council members, thank you for taking your time this evening to hear.

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About this appropriation, I just wanted to take a few to let you know about my.

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Day today, I spent a lot of time working on this project working on the.

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Application and talking to our lenders in the community to learn from them. I'm.

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Not a lender. I've learned a great deal in the last couple of weeks about what.

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All goes into their decision-making when it comes to loans and making sure that.

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We had wise counsel when we came up with the policies and procedures and trying.

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To navigate some of the issues that alex touched on earlier, he's right, we're not.

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Quite sure how this is going to play out, I appreciate the honesty that he.

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Demonstrated in his in his comments that we're going to need to make adjustments.

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And changes as we move through this process, I mean, as somebody on that.

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Committee I wanted to just speak to that with all of you for a moment and just.

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Let you know that we're all looking at this and recognizing we're taking our best up at this, and the reason is because of the rest of my day off today,.

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To chamber members we're making an effort to reach out to all of them the.

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Last week or two and our businesses are fading, some already have stated they're.

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Closing their doors, they're shuttering, their businesses and the bloomington.

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That we love is not going to be here if we don't act quickly, and so I know.

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There's nervousness around the trust, that's required in this moment in our.

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Community and I just wanted to jump in and let you know that we're working.

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Really hard we're being honest with ourselves and what we're trying to face.

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We are gonna, make mistakes, but but we'll do them honestly with you and let you.

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Know as we navigate this forward, but our community really does need this infusion.

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Of cash just to keep things so that the balloon team we love- will still be here.

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Tomorrow, so thank you for opportunity to talk tonight. I appreciate it.

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Thank you. Mr. lucas, no tracy gates was wanting to comment as well, but I think.

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She dropped off the hall and I don't see any other takers all right. What else.

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Will speak, give me one more. Second, we've got jennifer parole. Please go ahead.

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Good evening my name is jennifer pearl bloomington economic development.

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Corporation and I'm also on the es and our committee just wanted to thank.

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Everyone for the careful consideration of everything this evening.

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The questions honestly that we're getting are really helping us as we move.

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Through this process, both in how we see fit and how we communicate about it and.

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Being able to work with such a wonderful group of collaborators is just it's been.

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Incredible we're just at the beginning of all of this. This is round one of many.

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Other plans for recovery moving forward and we just.

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Appreciate your partner, thank you. Thank you. Thank you, mr. lucas. Any other.

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Members here the public would like to speak. Yes, we've got there's our david.

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Even d go ahead! Sorry! Okay! Please go ahead! Mr. bricker david rooker, here of.

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The atlas and bloomington. Thank you all for considering releasing.

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These funds that we've been paying into for a couple of years now, if those of us.

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That are coming into this prioritized over other small businesses came to the.

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Meeting a few minutes late, but mr. underwood mentioned something about.

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Businesses who don't apply for the people new loans not qualifying for.

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These loans we're discussing- and I just think it's important to recognize that.

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There are barriers to the ppb loans. Some small businesses might face a lot of.

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Businesses in downtown bloomington, who the majority of their employees are.

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Part-Time workers and since president trump is signed into the care act and.

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Unemployment has been raised that day, it could be argue that they are better off.

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Receiving unemployment, not to mention that only 25% of those.

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Loans can be used for fixed costs, and I don't know I just think that should be.

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Reconsidered on that being a stipulation for applying for these loans. Thank you.

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Thank you. Mr. bricker are there further members. The public would like to speak.

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To or appropriation ordinance 2001, yes, so please type into the chat or use the.

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Raised hand function and mr. lucas can recognize you, mr. lucas. I believe mr.

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Vox booker wants to make a comment. Mr. booker, if you would proceed.

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Hello cam, so I thank you for you time today.

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I just wanted to encourage you all to once again make sure that you actively.

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Involved in this process, I saw a counselor who smith had.

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Submitted a question: what was the vision of the counselors? Well, an appointment.

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And appraisal, as we commission manboobs, I think it will be prudent that the.

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Counsel have some well than that. The administration has its place and is.

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There to protect the public interest, but the counselor, as you know, is a equal.

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Part of that, so I just really want to ensure that the vision that the public.

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Is expressing in the vision that you all have is muted in the final product.

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I've heard of folks like cosmic clarity, each in employees, I've heard you know.

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Talk about minorities, but I haven't heard to most them some of those same.

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Sentiments from the administration, I would love for them to to guarantee.

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Either they will have some type of minority representation on the advisory.

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Commission and that, even though this is the crunch, if we're going to do this, we.

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Still need to do it well and make sure that we're taking care of the most.

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Marginalized folks in our community, which all skill, employees and once again.

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I thank you all for your time and effort and your leadership q. Thank you. Mr.

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Booker are there further members of the public who would like to speak to.

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Ordinance to appropriation ordinance 2001, please use the raise hand, function.

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In zoom or type into the chat, mr. lucas.

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Don't see anybody jumping up and down right now and miss tracy gates hasn't.

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Rejoined us so I'm sorry to hear that all right, 15 more seconds, we'll wait.

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Again, if you I remember, the public would like to speak to you, appropriation, ordinance 2001 as amended. Please use the raise.

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Hand function in zoom or type into the chat box and mr. loomis will acknowledge.

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You we have a taker, miss susan, bright, miss.

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Bright, please go ahead. Okay, hey, hey guys! Thanks for all your hard works, been a.

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Lot going on this past week and I had been busy doing diligence and contacting.

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Every partner we do business with from our utility company, so it comes our.

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Bankers, our landlords, our local plumbers, our electricians, cleaning companies and.

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So on I'm trying to get them to suspend service trying to have them. Forgive.

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Monthly premiums for two months trying to get something to do capital, repairs.

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And then get paid after we get loans trying to work it through and today a.

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Minute in a hurdle- and I don't know how to get over it- I was told by our.

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Accountants that our sixteen thousand state sales tax is due on the 20th, which.

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It's due every month and we paid every month and our bad tax money is due as.

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Well and that's another thousand dollars- and I just spent that money on payroll.

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Last friday, so I'm doing what I'm told to do is try to keep police hired and.

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Working for us and that's what the ppp is gonna do for us, the more payroll we.

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Can keep going, the more loans will be forgiven, but now we just screwed up the.

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State and the city, and I can't pay them, and I don't know who to call tell them. I.

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Can't pay that tax next week, so if you guys can, let me know I'd appreciate it.

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And keep trying to help us out. Thank you. Thank you. Mr. bray, are there.

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Any of those members of the public who like to speak to apple or 2001 as.

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Amended mr. lucas, I done yeah any one. Last call.

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Please raise use the raise hand, function and zoom or type into the chat. If you.

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Are a member of the public who would like to speak to a board 2801 as amended.

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All right, seeing them we're gonna, go back to the council for a debate is.

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There any last-minute questions or final comment on apple or 2001, as amended.

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Councillor flaherty, thank you. Mr. flaherty.

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Yeah, I've been I've, been muted and I stepped away for a moment and I can't unmute without stephen. So thank you. Actually. The question which I hadn't.

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Hadn't asked in our prior question period, but I think, in light of mr.

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Booker's comments: I do want to explore the idea president boland, you had.

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Submitted a written question as well asking about the rapid response fund.

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Advisory, commission and and when it would meet. And if a council member could.

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Be a member of that and mr. crowley's response was essentially that that's.

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Actually, gonna be a group of experts with relevant expertise to help advise.

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The city in his response, he just said the city's role, would be to review the.

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Recommendations but of course the city council is also part of the city, and I.

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Think I value and respect mr. crowley's previous answer about the role of.

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Counsel and that the city administration will be coming back to report to council.

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On a regular basis throughout this process, but because there is so much.

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Uncertainty and so much still evolving and I think, as mr. booker noted, maybe in.

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At least a few instances, a slight difference in priorities or orientation.

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Towards certain issues, and because council members have a more direct link.

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Often, with members of the public and constituents that having a council.

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Member as a part of the city team that reviews the rrf advisory commission's.

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Recommendations wouldn't be a bad idea and indeed would help the council to.

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Stay more informed and abreast of the situation than than simply reporting.

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Back would allow so that was an idea I was interested in in pursuing, and I.

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Guess I would like to hear mr. crowley or someone else in the administration's.

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Response to that idea, mr. crowley, I guess I would say this, which is normal.

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Circumstances would be different and is everything here. We want to obviously be.

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Have controls in place to the extent we can? I think that yeah, I think it's it's.

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Wholly appropriate and in fact requested and and I think, universally a shared.

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Goal that that the council lay out broad parameters and goal for their objectives,.

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I would really really caution also becoming involved in the weeds. I don't.

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That will lend itself to fluidity that's necessary in this moment. I think there's.

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An accountability that you're looking for that can be delivered as part of a.

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Reporting function, you know, I really would would caution council to become.

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Too, involved in individual spending decisions, which would you know, which is.

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A little bit extraordinary relative to the regular course of business, I mean I.

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We don't check whether or not it's okay to pay a bill. A hootsuite bill that we.

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Have in our department there's a reason for that I mean the broad parameters of.

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The funding is given and then we adhere that and we report back instead. So I.

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Mean my my my reaction, is you know if, if there were more time we could figure out.

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You know how to lay all this thing out in a much more deliberate way, but but.

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Given the circumstances, I would strongly eyes council to lay out what those goals.

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Are that you want us to follow, hold us accountable to those goals, but let us do.

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That job you know and the step by step in the way that that most effectively.

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Delivers against those goals. Thank you.

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I'd like to respond to that as well, I thought about this and I do see problems.

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Not big ones but minor problems with actual happening, actual house members on.

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The rrf advisory committee- I commission- rather I think it that instead of a.

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Council were being directly involved in the decision making of each case. That's.

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Better for council to review cases and batches and that, rather than one member.

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Doing it that several members do it, I mean we do to have a committee devoted.

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To this topic, the sustainable development committee, customers, sandburg.

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Flaherty myself and chaired by calpers gallery that I think that's the.

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Appropriate place to review the progress of the advisory commission, but not.

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Case-By-Case rather week by week or month by month, let's just see how it.

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Goes I mean I am very sensitive, as I think people know to the distinction.

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Between administration and council, I'm something of a jealous defender of.

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Council- but here I agree with mr. crowley- that the extras at the moment.

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Require people who are specialists in this, this needed function, and so I am.

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Content to delegate that authority to this group, knowing I mean this is why I.

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Asked specifically about the rules that that group are going to use because.

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That's how this committee will evaluate the performance of the advisory.

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Commission over time, and my only qualm right now is not that this group.

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Have any members on it? It's that we don't have final rules yet for how they.

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Must make funding decisions and yet we're being asked to approve the funds.

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So it's an extraordinary amount of trust, we're putting into the administration.

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And into the rrf advisory committee, a commission here, but you know I think.

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That the the the main rules for decision making have been put out the answers to.

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The council questions submitted by the members over the past 24 hours and.

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Answered by mr. crowley and his department are generally satisfactory. I.

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Think there is some fine-tuning that you know the esd really needs to send to us.

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By the end of the week, you know to get the the rules done before the rf.

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Advisory committee commission, I keep screwing up the advisory commission and.

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Actually starts doling out money. We need to know what the the rules are. That.

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They're going to be expected to follow so we're not going to ask to approve.

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Them like it was an ordinance, but you know commensurate with the trust, we're.

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Putting in the administration, we trust that they're going to send us the final.

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Rules that we can then use to evaluate the performance. That's that's my thought.

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Are there further for the debate on apple or 2001, as amended.

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I see cuts from bruce campbell larry, I think, has to repeat blood smith.

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Customers gambler ii, that's kind of a robber, r-robber, bobber, stopper, boo and.

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To way too many people are too young to get that reference. Thank you for the.

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Opportunity to share some thoughts, accountability, anybody who's known me.

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Any length of time knows, accountability is really important and so much so in.

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Fact that was the first question before: what do you see it need or.

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Anything like that during first reading, one of the things I asked was I'd like.

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To you know, what can you tell me about the process for how this will be.

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Administered so I take that very very seriously and I really appreciate the.

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Rigor that has gone into crafting this plan and to asking questions that would.

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Not not necessarily have occurred to me wouldn't occurred to me. I'm not.

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Convinced that counsel was sitting on the advisory committee would ultimately.

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Add value to their decisions if the only goal is to actually monitor and keep in.

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Touch with and encourage the responsibilities of response, I think.

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There are better ways to do it than a council member actually sitting on that.

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Mission and so I like the idea councillor bipolar, you project the idea.

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Of having this sustainable development or the economic recovery report back to.

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Us periodically- and I think that makes a lot of sense, I think, to alex's point mr.

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Crowley's point: we're going to know a lot after this first round that we don't.

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Know now- and I think maybe inviting this group back in two weeks to share an.

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Update either with the whole council or litton sustainable development and the.

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Committee is happy to report back or have them address alone, counsel, if that.

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Makes more sense, but I would offer that plot. The other thing that occurred to me.

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As I was listening to the conversation is the notion of trusting the administration to make things I make decisions and one of the things that.

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Occurs to me very clearly: is this actually isn't just about trusting the.

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Administration alex had done this all by himself and on his spare time it would.

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Be about trusting the administration, but we also have the head of the chamber and.

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The head of the blue need some economic development corporation and the head of.

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Dimension now inc and a lot of other people who put their time and talents in.

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His process and for that reason that's a lot of.

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Collective wisdom and a lot of people who are really invested in seeing it.

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Sounds of food and that I am inclined to trust so after that part and okay, one.

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More thing is a fundraiser. I love the idea that we're thinking in terms of.

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Leveraging other funds and creating opportunities, perhaps at some point for.

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Private support to be added to this mix there. Thank you for that. Thank you to.

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The committee for what you've done I'll be supporting this this evening, pass.

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Over peep on smith's, followed by customer rallo.

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Yes, I wanted to follow up on dave to brookers points about the the payroll.

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Protection or paycheck protections programs- I didn't realize that there may.

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Be hurdles that employers would have difficulty jumping through jumping over.

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In order to access that program- and I just want to hear from either mr.

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Crowley or mr. underwood, that those will be taken into account when looking at.

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Whether a business that's applied for funds has tried to take care of their.

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Very good, I wonder, clarify I wanted to clarify. My remark: is that would only be.

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You, if they don't apply for that, it would be a red flag for the committee.

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Certainly any business that doesn't apply for that should list the reasons.

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Why why aren't you going after available aid and if there are hurdles or reasons.

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That you can't self-employed people, it's a it's! It's a bigger jump for them. When.

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They don't have any employees to apply for that they're still eligible, but it.

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Would be kind of like this fun there's prioritization, so if you typically go to.

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Those businesses with employees first or that are going to reemployed so.

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Businesses will have the opportunity, explain why they couldn't or didn't.

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Apply for other age that are available and the committee will take that into.

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Account. Thank you.

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Just a follow-up question, mr. underwood, are you saying that if, as mr. de brooker.

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Pointed out if they do the paycheck protection program, they actually you.

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Know get punished for it and it's or that or that it's better for the.

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Employees to take unemployment because they can't get paid as much as they.

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Would on unemployment, would you take that into account as well? Absolutely.

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That's what I'm saying they should put down their reasoning for either they.

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Didn't qualify or they didn't apply us, and there may be multiple reasons why.

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They should list out the committee as much information as possible and I'm.

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Sure the committee will follow up if somebody doesn't put down that they've.

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Applied for aid they're, certainly probably reach on, go, hey, wait a minute.

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Do you know that, because again, this is a bridge funding, not not permanent yeah.

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Okay, thank you, I'm mr. rallo, I really didn't have.

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Anything and except to say maybe I'll, say that I'm willing to let the.

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Administration administrate this as long as it's a public and transparent process.

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And the metric is known and it's applied fairly, I'm supportive. Thank you.

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Councilmember sandberg, thank you in the interest of being nimble in this.

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Absolute need for rapid response. I'm gonna make this brief. I vote yes on this.

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And completely support it, and I did appreciate the honesty of the committee.

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As they we're talking about we're, gonna we're gonna learn as we go in how to.

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Respond to all the critical needs, so this team needs our support. They need.

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Our thanks and that's all I need to say thank you further comments from council.

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Members, I'm looking for hands.

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Customer coupon smith, listen you're, all you're, not all in one screen. I just I.

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Can't see, I have to go back and forth. Go ahead. Cos were spent three months.

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With ya, I am wanted to also thank the members of the committee that came up.

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With the the report for the rapid response and bba funding and the the.

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Overview of the economic situation, I'm just I'm amazed at the work- that's gone.

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Into this, at the cooperation from the private sector, just the sheer number of.

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Hours that have been spent, you know basically unpaid hours for most of the.

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Members that helped with this report- so I am very, very grateful for that. I I.

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Think that the conversation we've had this evening and at last week's meeting.

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Gives the administration and the members of the future members of the advisory.

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Committee for these loans, good guidance as to what we expect to see as to what's.

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Important to us- and I agree with council member roland- that I would like to see.

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The final you know, criteria that will be used, but I also agree with mr. crowley.

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That this is something that people who are more expert in the field and and and.

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Who can act more quickly should take over, and I I do not feel like the.

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Council needs to have somebody on that team, so I really look forward to hearing.

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Back and I know that it's kind of scary- for the people that are on the ground.

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And going to be doing the call-out and then evaluating the applications, because.

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This is something we've never done, so I really appreciate also their work.

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That's coming up in advance I'll issue, my appreciation for that and.

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I look forward to hearing how it works and I think it's very smart to do two.

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Tranches, so that's in the second go-around things can be improved so.

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Thank you and I support this and good luck. Thank you. Customer piedmont, smith,.

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Cast member flaherty, yes, thank you. I will be supporting this as well and and.

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Very much appreciate the work of all the members of the working group who put in.

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Many many hours developing this and it's an impressive report and amount of work.

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You all did so. Thank you. I do still think that it's not under easy.

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Our rf advisory commission, those are the people with expertise. I wasn't.

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Advocating for councilmember there, I was advocating for a council to be involved in decision making process of the city similar to the technical advisory.

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Committee or other view, but the hospital reuse, for instance or others so imagine.

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That is slowing a process or making it any less nimble in any way. It's just a.

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Person to help advocate for what the council or a committee of council or.

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Whatever thinks is a good direction for this, but that's that's! Okay! That's not.

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What it sounds like we're gonna be doing, but I did want to emphasize a couple of.

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Things, one of which is that I think the criteria. I think that in the draft.

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Report three question: 34 in the appendix of the potential application says what.

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Are what other forms of funding have you or will you apply for and then a.

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Parenthetical, you must certify your application for other funding in future.

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Steps of the process, I think that's probably the question that mr. underwood.

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Underwood was referring to, and I think, if based on the discussion tonight, if we.

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Were wanting to tease out if people have applied for and are pursuing the.

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Paycheck detection program, or perhaps, as mr. dubrio noted pursuing you, know,.

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Encouraging your employees to get unemployment for some reason instead, because that's the better option, given the context of that business, that we.

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Should really say that and ask that and say we are going to prioritize.

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Businesses who are actively seeking ways to you know protect their workforce, so I.

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Just think that could be improved a little bit perhaps and I'll just stop with that, except to also say I appreciated mr.

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Paul's comments earlier and I think our goal as we emerge from this public.

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Health crisis should be not to return to business as usual, but to emerge better.

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And stronger, more sustainable, both environmentally but also socially, you.

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Know seeking with the thrive sub team that the report recommends to improve.

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Conditions for for workers, and and and and find avenues to prioritize more.

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Equitable economic system here in bloomington moving forwards that would.

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Be my hope for the thrive team and I mentioned last week I think that's an.

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Entirely appropriate place for a council member to be involved as well, since it's.

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Very much about policy, which is you know largely that the council's bailiwicks so.

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I'll leave it there and thank you again so much to all the folks working on.

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Their report really do appreciate it. You've all done an excellent job and I'm.

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Happy to support this ordinance. Thank you. Thank you guys for a flirty looking.

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To screen to customers, sims or rosenberger, do you have final comments.

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Okay, no, okay, anyone else! Oh no! No! Anyone else! I thought I'd take.

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A brief comment here I have already said what I think about the program I said.

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I'm going to be supporting it. I think that the work that's been done in a very.

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Short time by people dirt great pressure has been tremendous. I think that I speak.

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For my colleagues when I say that, I do also think that mr. paul is right about.

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At least one thing we are not going to be able to go back to business as usual,.

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As usual, all bets are off, the world has changed, I don't know. What's going to.

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Mean three or six months from now: that's all we can do to get through this.

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Crisis right now, the next couple of weeks are important for the a few.

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Of basically my entire district, let alone the vibrancy of the city as a.

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Whole so I don't know how we're going to be able to go back to business as usual.

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Any time soon, so I am grateful and gratified to see.

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The creativity with which everyone is responding to this crisis.

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We are doing our part, I'm going to make a prediction. I expect that there's going.

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To be returned to the food and beverage tax before we're done that two million.

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Dollars is not going to cut it. I'm looking forward to seeing how the first.

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Two tranches are spent, but I expect that we will need to dip further into the.

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Fund, I'm not discouraged by that from the perspective of somebody who still.

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Supports a convention center, I think we're going to need that kind of new.

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Development to get our economy back going and that the simple demonstration.

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That the community can raise this kind of money to build a convention center.

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Means that there's hope for its bill, but we have to rethink everything else about.

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It so I don't have compunction if the administration wants to come back and.

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Ask us for more dollars from the food and beverage tax. If that's what it takes.

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To keep the community from losing one of its greatest resources, then I'll be.

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Supporting that, but for now I think that the approach they've taken is the right.

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One we've asked for an appropriate amount to start with, I'm not afraid to.

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Put more in but but I said enough I'll entertain a motion call the question all.

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The questions the motion in a second all in favor of calling the question say: aye.

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Hi all right will the clerk. Please call the roll on.

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Appropriation ordinance 2001 as amended and some remember: rosenberger yeah sims.

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Yes, olan. Yes, he mounts men. Yes,.

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Clarity, yes, smith. Absolutely yes! Sandberg! Yes! Rael! Oh yes,.

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Skin blurry, yes, is that everyone, that's everyone at pasties, 9-0.

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Mr. crowley and company good luck, keep it to keep in touch. Thank you very much.

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Where to go now to legislation for first reading, mr. president, I move that.

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Ordinance 2009 be introduced in red by the clerk by title and synopsis. Only.

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Second, we have motion a second all in favor.

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We need a roll call vote from the clerk.

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Counts members simms: yes,.

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Rolling, yes, piedmont, smith! Yes, clarity! Yes,.

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Smith, yes, sandburg, yes, briella, yes, scam, burglary,.

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Yeah rosenberger yeah. Thank you.

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Clerk, please read yes, ordinance 2009 to amend title 2 of the bloomington.

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Municipal code, it's late, it's like entitled, and men.

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Raishin and personnel, and to grant authority to act in accordance with.

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Declared disaster emergencies regarding amended amending 2.2, 2.0 3o, entitled.

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Employee policies in complying with the state of indiana steckler, a ssin of.

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Disaster emergency under indiana code, 1014 312 news synopsis is as follows:.

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Ordinance 2009 addresses the operation of city government during the public.

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Health emergency we resulting from code 19 in amends employee policies to allow.

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The mayor to order some are all in place with the city of bloomington to continue.

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To receive pay during their regularly scheduled non overtime, work hours for.

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The duration of an emergency declared by the governor under indiana code, 1014, 312,.

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Then, for the duration of this emergency, it in books, indiana code, 1014, 317, j.

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Which in part, allows political subdivisions to waive procedures and.

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Formalities in regard to certain of its functions and gives the mayor the.

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Authority to implement those measures as long as those actions are consistent.

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With that statute, the governor's executive orders or any other applicable.

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Law declaration order or decree also for the duration of this disaster, emergency.

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And, to the extent, consistent with guidance from the state board of.

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Accounts, it authorizes the controller to approve the payment of all necessary.

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City expenditures and defers the actions of the boards and commissions which.

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Normally, review and approve these expenditures until after the emergency.

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And alters their role at that time to the review and approval of the.

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Controller's actions, thank you under nor under code, I have an.

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Obligation to see that a motion to refer this to a standing committee proceed a.

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Motion to refer to 20 the whole, but I believe that a majority and I joined.

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Them that committee of the whole is appropriate here. So I'd like a motion to.

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Suspend the rules so that we can refer to 20 of.

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The whole that moved okay of motion in a second this would be referral to.

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Committee of the whole, on april, the 15th with a clerk. Please call the roll.

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It requires a two-thirds vote. Yes,.

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It starts with you counts, member bowling; yes, piedmont, smith; yes, clarity! Yes, smith!.

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Yes, sandburg, yes, rallo, yes, scandal, larry, yeah, rosenberger, yep,.

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And since yes, that's proved so we will hold a committee of the whole.

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Immediately after the regular session scheduled for 6:30 on the 15th to hear.

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That ordinance said committee of the whole mr. sherman. Do we have any.

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Scheduled counsel scheduled issues. Oh I can take that one lucas. Would you.

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Please do the honors just just a few reminders. We do have a meeting scheduled.

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For next week, where we will have a regular session, as you just mentioned,.

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The council will be taking up two ordinances related to the you. Do that.

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Have been postponed up until now, but the administration has.

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Has asked that the council council take that up so you'll see that at the.

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Regular session next week and that'll go out in the packet this friday, you'll.

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Also be discussing the ordinance that was just introduced at a committee of.

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The whole immediately following that regular session and I did want to mention the budget advance meeting- that's coming up.

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At the end of the month, but that's still scheduled for april 29th, I assume we.

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Will still be in this work mode when that rolls around so you'll.

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Get more information before that meeting comes comes up, but I just wanted to make.

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Sure you still have that on your radar and that's all these scheduling matters.

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That I wanted to touch on so just to review you next wednesday, the 15th we.

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Will have a regular session where we'll hear the final vote of the you do with.

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The old maps followed melee by committee of the whole world will hear this.

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Emergency ordinance, an april 22nd, will have a special session where we may take.

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Up the emergency ordinance on second reading and that the ordinance on the.

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15Th, the you do ordinance. Actually, state law allows planning ordinances to not.

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Need two readings: is that correct okay, so we may be able to handle the you.

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Do ordinance with a simple majority, on the fifteenth without a second meeting.

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And then, on april 29th city budget in advance, 2021, that's all correct and I.

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Know planning staff has has made the case that those two ordinances are.

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Essential, even though they they're not controversial in the sense that they.

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They simply convert the new, the old zones to the new zones, and it makes some.

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Non-Substantive textural changes, but the effective date of the new you do is tied.

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To these conversion maps, so planing has requested that the council take that up.

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And you're exactly correct that state law allows the council to do that in one.

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Regular session without meeting any special procedures. And while there are.

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Many other things that are not essential right now. The ability of the planning.

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Department to function is decentral, so I will be declaring the consideration of.

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That of the you do ordinance is essential so that we may consider it.

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Under the emergency and the other scheduling issues, do we have any work.

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Session scheduled soon not next week, I don't think the next.

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Things that's enough for now. Okay, with that, is there any other announcements or.

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A motion to adjourn move to adjourn. Second, all in favor, please signify by.

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Saying aye: I'm not calling the roll call of this all right. We are adjourned good.

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Night, everyone we'll see you on the 15th.

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