City of Bloomington, Indiana Urban Enterprise Association, 12 Aug 2020

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So, okay! Well! Well, we can start it. We can go ahead and start with roll call and.

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Then pick up scott when he comes in so uh I can start, and I guess we'll just.

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Go everybody just take their kern. How about that so julie, donnam.

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Paul ash barry, morgan.

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Tracy gates alex crowley.

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Jane cooper smith, staff john starts with the city.

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Where are you on staff.

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Kevin curran staff.

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Said everybody, I think so. Okay, all right, uh jane.

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Sent out last uh last meeting, which was july 8th of 2020s.

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Minutes has everybody had an opportunity to take a look at those.

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Yes, if so, can I have a motion to approve those minutes.

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A motion to approve the mint second, all in favor aye, aye, aye aye,.

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Any opposed all right so moving along through our agenda.

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We will first have the director's report jane if you want to start with that.

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Sure the director's report is a little light today, although our agenda.

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Is um full so I'll just touch on two kind of ongoing subjects? The.

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Zone map um I've been interviewing potential spea fellows this week and.

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Describing the project to them, so that's going to be our fellow's primary focus over the next year. um So I'm hoping that we'll have a.

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Recommendation by the end of this year and then if.

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Appropriate implementation in spring 2021 and then I wanted to touch on the.

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Website and we just continue uploading online applications, so.

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We're moving forward in that direction and then we'll be ready for a big.

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um Zone resident scholarship, push this fall, so I'm really hoping we.

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Can get people some some training and tuition support, so that's it for the general.

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Report um and then the financial reports.

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I guess kevin and I can kind of yeah. Maybe kevin can do look or talk about.

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The financial reports.

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Does everybody have them in front of them or does jane need to share her.

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Screen, oh sorry, I'll do that.

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There we go kevin, can you are you here.

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Kevin can you discuss the income statement.

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All right, I can walk us through okay.

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Well, I you want me to it, looks like comparative.

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Income june uh july of this year we were at six hundred and two thousand seven.

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One compared to july of last year, we were at 380.

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527, so a positive variance of 222 000 um that.

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If you look at the bottom line, net income, our net income.

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Year to date is 552 409 uh and compared to our income last year,.

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It was negative 653 502, but that takes into account our million dollar.

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uh Grant to the cdfi that was paid out during the year so.

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uh We are positive for the year, both in income collection.

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And in bottom line net income, does anybody have any questions with.

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Regard to the and jane I don't mean to step on your toes at all. No, I love it go for it. Does anybody have any.

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Questions with regard to the income statement.

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Moving on to the balance sheet, uh balance sheet shows.

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uh Cash and uh cash equivalents, where our funds set at two million.

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Hundred ninety nine thousand, compared to last year, one million eight.

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Sixty one three twenty two um kevin: I did have a couple of.

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Questions on this that accounts receivable number still in.

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There at the same amount. So if you can check on that for us.

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Yeah and and I'll I'll, just give you a quick update. I did.

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I have gone through and- and I have you know basically gone through all of.

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The transactions dating back to I mean most.

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Most of these balances are back to 2014. Up through 2017 was the most recent okay.

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So I I both I both went through quickbooks to make.

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Sure that I didn't see a transaction that might have been related, that you know some, how got posted incorrectly.

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I also went back through first financial records back to.

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You know the same dates right and I didn't any situation where we.

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Received money, or in the case of payables, it's the same thing.

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um I didn't see any situation where we actually.

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Made payments to the vendors for those amounts.

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So I'm not sure exactly what the issue is and I I will get time with jeff.

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uh Underwood, but unfortunately, this is this is.

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You know the uh um depth of budget season right now um and so trying.

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To get time for either of us has been very difficult, but we should.

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Slow down here, um probably as we get into september.

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We'll you know we'll be able to kind of take a step back and- and I should be.

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Able to sit down with him and figure out what's going on there, okay, so hopefully I because we've asked about.

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This for a couple of months, but hopefully we'll have a resolution and just either either get those off or.

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Know what they are next time, because those numbers stay the same for.

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Payables and receivables right, it may be, it may be difficult uh by september.

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Because we'll we basically wrap up the budget and submit.

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It on october, 9th or 10th something around that um so.

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It's more likely that I I'll have you know: it'd resolve.

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By the end of october, I'll I'll certainly try by the end of.

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September, but getting time with jeff is you know his his time is pretty full and.

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And I'm you know pretty, you know neck deep in the in the budget.

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um So I will do my best, but but certainly by the end of october, I think.

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I think we should be in good shape, one way or the other okay.

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All right, if you notice down in other assets, notes receivable.

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Those are the notes, the grants that we've made.

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uh And you can there they're grants and there's also.

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If you look at the ones that also had a balance at june.

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Or july 30th 31st of 19, those were long time grants that those.

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Were not in this new round, but everything other than that are.

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The brand new grants well- and these are small business loans.

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Fyi, that was going to be my question that um there are, they are the loans.

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Through the record recovery right, I just said the wrong thing. Sorry.

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I I actually have a question about those okay sure um I was looking at the list of loans.

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The rrf loans- um and it's dated seven nine, so it might.

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Be outdated but there are some notations.

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That say revised. This is not on the. This is not on the document that.

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Was in our packet, but this is in the. um If you go to the business page on the.

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Blooming on the city's website, okay, under the loan program.

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um I can speak to that chain if you'd like.

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So I'm just sure I'm just trying to hear the question.

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Yeah, so if you go to the red yep and then it says here, yeah.

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Okay, so what's the question mary, which ones in particular, are you looking at.

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The notation saying revised, what does that mean and is that.

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Reflected in the statement that we're seeing in our.

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Packet yeah, so these um are loans that were they.

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Essentially, did two rounds of funding so like popcorn kernels started with.

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I think 15 and they and they added 15.. We were encouraging people.

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To um I, that's not a bba loan, but just for example, encouraging people to.

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Think long term about what they need, since the the coveted recovery was just.

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Generally, taking longer than what we initially anticipated.

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So I'm trying to look for the bva revised amounts that boys and girls club.

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Is the only one I saw where big brothers big sisters.

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I'm not sure alex. Do you know why that one says revised.

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uh So it that basically there if there was a if there was a change.

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Whether it was because people changed their amounts or because.

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um That you know the tracking was uh we had.

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uh In a previous iteration had a different number in there.

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For a different reason, uh and if, if it said revised, it was meant to flag that a.

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Previous report may have had a different in that amount and so that that's really what was uh being done in that column and mary to tether back to the.

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um Financial reports- let's look in here.

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What you're, looking at on the website is a static representation of our.

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Sort of manual record keeping and then this is.

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A representation of the actual cash transfers.

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That that went through so these are linked to banking transactions.

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Which, maybe is stating the obvious, but it.

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Is different so.

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And jen, you may want to point out that there are a couple of in there that.

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Are tied to loans right, so they are, they are. This is not.

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Just um not just the rrf loans but, for example, the project school.

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Right these any of the loans that have previous balances or.

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Unsquare amounts were were exist previously existing so.

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And then you'll see the the allery. Of course we.

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Extended them in grace period.

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Gain I was going to ask about the tapalgas. Is there anything new on that.

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One um new and not new, I have.

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Been talking with the tapalgus family, and it seems that there.

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There's a lack of um records on their part and because this dates back.

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To 2011 um we're needing to do some.

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Excavating at the city as well, so that's in in process.

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Which is good, that's new. I don't think anyone has communicated with them about.

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It I think that it stems from an understanding, a misunderstanding, um because they had a third party that.

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Was applying for grants and loans on their behalf, so I.

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Think they believed that they were um that they had paid it off so.

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Yeah, I should have more news next time: okay,.

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Yeah are there any other questions with regard to the balance.

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Sheet um yeah, I just I'm sorry, I'm still.

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Trying to um parse this.

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There are some buea loans on that rrf program sheet that are not in the.

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List here is that, just because it's been the sheet hasn't been updated.

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So, for example,.

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Sorry, which one are you looking at lifestyle services.

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I'm not seeing on our balance sheet.

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I'll have to look into that and now that fi.

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The sheet that's after the financial statement shows some unfunded.

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So we've got about 25 000 unfunded, so would that be it? No, I don't think so.

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I think it was unclear what, during in the beginning of that loan, whether it.

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Was the uva eligible and it turned out that it was.

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And so I'm just wondering if we um yeah I'll look it I'll report back on.

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That, next time, mary okay, thank you yeah. That should be.

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Answerable for sure yeah and keep it keep in mind. I I don't.

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Know that this would apply, but this is it you know it could potentially be a.

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Timing issue: if something went out in august, um this would only be through uh july 31st.

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But this this is reflective of any disbursements made from.

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From the buea bank account thank you.

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Anything else on that program or those.

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Jane do we know, and I'm kind of jumping ahead here a little bit, but.

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Do we know what has not been funded yet that we've done or is that 25 000 just.

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Left for approvals, where are you? Are you looking at the I'm looking at the uh organization rrf.

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Loan fund 350 budgeted 324 paid go on down another page. Another page.

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There that one see where it says, 350 funded.

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Or budgeted excuse me 324 paid 25., oh gosh, you guys. I.

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Yeah, so we we have, um this has been updated since the.

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Since I put the packet together so we're at 344.

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Yeah and then this this little spreadsheet is just answering the.

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Question about what we've, what we've committed to and and what we have left and sean will touch on the zone, arts and rrf.

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Support um you can see, there's an administration.

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We, the idea behind this line, was that if we were going to launch.

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A loan program we wanted to make sure it was well supported.

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So we purchased um some document management software.

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And then this 320 is the um subscription to community force, which.

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Was the online application? So we we were an add-on for the.

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Community foundation, for that um this is our beefed-up.

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Zone resident scholarship line, we only have.

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One new scholarship, you'll notice, there's I think 1800.

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Paid out this year so far in scholarships, but that.

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Represents 2019 approved scholarships so for new.

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2020 scholarships we've only seen 600 go out the door.

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So we'll be, I think, we'll have a different commitment amount. There.

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Next month, which will be exciting and then the.

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Historic facade grant um that's the frosted foods building.

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So we've only had one of those come through as well: okay,.

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I have a question about the rrf zone arts so.

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In the recover forward.

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Proposal, that's going to counsel tonight, there's a.

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Section for arts community support and it says the.

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Buea has identified a hundred thousand dollars, for that is that funds that.

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We've already budgeted, or is that something that we're.

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Gonna, be we have not had that conversation.

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Yet as a board um and alex might be able to.

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Weigh in on on the timing, but I think that for 2021, that is something that.

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They would like to well yeah just to be clear. I think.

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Mary you're asking tonight is 2020 stimulus, funding.

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You're asking whether the hundred thousand that's listed as a deduction.

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From the gross amount uh is something that's already been committed to by the.

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Uea- and the short answer is yes, that that represents the amount that was.

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Committed to as part of uh the 500 000 that that the buea put on.

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The table um back in march april, okay,.

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Oh, so that that that's that um that they're.

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You know what the future holds. um We, you know, may.

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Seek to get incremental funding from from the buea for future art support, but.

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That for for tonight, that is 2020 pre-committed.

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Okay, thank you.

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um Okay, so is that it for financial reports yeah? Are there any.

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Questions with regard to the balance sheet or where we are with regard to um what we've committed and what we have.

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Outstanding, what the commitments are thanks, jane for.

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Including that spreadsheet, because I don't know where we were.

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Yep and juliet just for uh for your purposes and everybody's.

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Purposes just want to remind everybody, the process that we are employing for.

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Payments uh from uea funds- um you know in in the past, it's been a.

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Process that includes a physical check, with two signatures and uh and obviously that is complicated by.

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Covid and and and all that so where the way that we are operating payments.

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That are coming out of the account right now um is consistent. I think, with the way that the uea.

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Sort of approved doing it, which is that we are.

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We are uh making electronic fund fund transfers.

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Out of the buea account uh and the dual approval.

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Involves um uh the our department um asking the controller to.

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Authorize the payment which the controller has to approve first.

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And then that payment approval comes back to us and we trigger. I.

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Personally, trigger the payment out of first financial.

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um Using the uh using the online payment functionality, so you know we we, I think.

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Are still hoping potentially to employ a dual a.

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Systematic dual approval process- and you know just need to get to that, but right.

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Now we have, we have some control over it, based on not triggering uh an approval until we have something.

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From the controller, which is effectively the dual signature,.

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And no, I think we need to keep that up. Obviously, so.

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So anyway, but no thanks for putting that in place because things are different.

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Right now, so all right.

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So now um sean do you want to talk about the rrf.

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Arts grant update yeah sure I'd be happy to.

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uh So payne uh we'll be compiling as we move forward too. We've been getting a.

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Lot of thank you notes. It's really nice, so we'll be compiling those and putting those into the packet moving forward.

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They had a kind of a deadline that was part of the mou. They have to update.

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You know the buea and city council and office them.

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Which is good advocacy in general and good ways to.

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um Update how uh the arts and culture sector is recovering or not.

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Recovering right so um we've had a conversation with the.

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Bac and as jane as well about.

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You know we're teeing up on traditionally, when this arts grant.

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Application would happen which would be this month, so our hope is to roughly allocate 40 000, which we normally do this time of.

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Year to encourage collaboration and continued.

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Programming, so what has happened is most art. Central groups have totally.

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Pivoted either they have all online they've gone virtual. You know.

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For example, cardinals doing radio plays that will through wfhp that's like a.

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Really nice kind of close-knit collaboration that we want to.

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Continue to support so we had a call with all the grantees.

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And a few organizations last week to kind of talk about continued.

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Struggles continue issues and what we're really hoping for is for.

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Arts and cultural groups to apply as units um we broke it down based off of.

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um And this is up to them to decide, but we.

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Have uh based off of their first round of.

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Applicants kind of seen and kind of compared notes of grant.

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Applicants and where the shortfalls were between their organizations, whether.

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That was not having a social media person or not having access to online zoo those kinds of things, so our hope is.

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To distribute uh within the next uh you.

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Know adding after a bac meeting tonight, distribute another round of grant applications.

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We're also up against a time that's a little tight, because.

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The cares act, funding has come down through the state.

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So there is 10 million available across the state.

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That the indiana destination development department, I'm messing, that up, has.

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uh That is distributing through the sea, so I necessarily compete with that.

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Funding so we'll probably be um within the same.

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Kind of couple weeks as that funding, uh but the capacity issue for a lot of.

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Our local arts organizations to get that thing um is unlikely. Frankly,.

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Some groups will get it like uh ones that have development directors, so.

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Groups like the bus, kirk, chumley, cardinal state.

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App people that have full-time staffers that are.

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Writers, the other groups that have been severely impacted.

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Will likely not be able to kind of get that.

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I hope I'm wrong right, um so what you know usually that buea support.

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Pretty quick right now in terms of sustaining programming.

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The other uh discussion that I wanted to kind of open up to you all.

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And jane- and I have been kind of considering this- is.

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Our venues are struggling right um groups like the bluebird groups, like the.

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Bishop blockhouse backdoor these are cultural assets. Yes,.

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They are bars and entertainment, but they are also providing platforms for a variety of perform. There's a lot of indirect.

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um Indirect support the arts and cultural ecosystem. You know back door.

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Block house all those groups support music festivals.

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Midway like pride fest like the pride film fest, all those kinds of things.

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And unfortunately the cares are really not.

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Considered music as much as they should have um so our hope is to a lot.

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Somewhere between 10 and 15 000 to go into direct support grants.

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Businesses to you, whether that's either through online or collaborative.

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Programming with some of these arts organizations through the fall.

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Just to kind of shore them up and and kind of distribute some funding.

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All of the organizations that I just mentioned are businesses are zoned.

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Businesses really no necessarily concern there, but.

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A lot of we also have that concern with the bcd.

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Getting b funding when they're, technically not in the zone but they're.

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Literally on the border of the uea zone, so we know that they impact zone.

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Residents, that's just kind of the mission, we're thinking and I'm happy to entertain any kind of questions or conversations, and I.

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Don't forgive my internet's connection is not the best zoom here in.

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The studio, so, if I lagged please uh interrupt me.

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I have a question um so the amount that you mentioned.

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Was that in total, 10 or 15 10 to 15 000, or was that like per grant.

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uh That would be total right now, um just because we haven't.

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Our hope is to do kind of sustain gram right now, so it would be.

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40 000 with an additional 10 to 15, but reserving a specific amount for.

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Venues, the other half uh what we have now so.

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That would be, for this part of the quarter quarter. Three and.

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The remaining hundred thousand that we have it's not a remaining hundred thousand the remaining funds out of the rapid response funds would then be issued and again another grant.

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Application that would be kind of a recovery grant to get us get. Arts organizations started in 21., so it's a.

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Kind of what we did was like emergency grants in april.

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This would be kind of sustaining programming through the fall.

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And then, in december, releasing the rest of the money that was allotted in 2020.

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Of a recovery coming out of 21 or going into 20 of these.

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Events now the re- and I can understand why- why only 15.

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For the for-profit entities, conversations with the indiana music.

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Alliance or music venues alliance, so there is.

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Some conversations about um state funding coming down.

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Potential years act, funding that would be devoted specifically to music venues.

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So the question that we're kind of weighing out right now.

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Is are we too ahead of the curve? Are we replicating grant funding scenarios that.

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Might be coming forward, probably not, but the uea could be a kind.

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Of a thought leader, both indiana and regionally around that.

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In terms of support and just say any come out of, that's a.

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Grant a business like that is important and to.

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Leverage kind of continued arts and cultural.

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Support um means a lot to those venues.

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Yeah, my uh my question was: would that be sufficient.

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And I am glad that you're considering grants rather than loans, even though.

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These are businesses, um because I think that that is.

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Important and we know that a lot of businesses.

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Are not pursuing some of the local loan opportunities because they don't want to.

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Take on additional debt, given the uncertainties of their ability.

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To repay it, so we're really concerned about some of.

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These especially including the um music venues.

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That are businesses, but obviously contribute to.

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Our local culture are you there, sean.

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I think he froze I'm gonna speak on his behalf. He agrees with you and.

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And um thank you for the feedback we've talked so so so in the end, we will.

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Go ahead by the end of the year, we will disperse the remaining 72.

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500. yeah, I think the idea is we'll disperse that by the end of the year.

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And then um the recipients have, through end of 2021, to.

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Use it: okay, put it to work; okay, all right.

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So um yeah are there other questions with.

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Regard to the to the uh zone grant arts grant.

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The arts grant sorry.

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Jane, do you want to talk about the loan program status? I think we.

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Actually have a little yeah, we I feel like we.

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Sort of touched base on this, but um I just wanted to.

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Communicate that, in light of um you know not various comments specifically today,.

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But just those general ideas we extended the um grace period or the.

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Deferment period through um next may, so the first.

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Payments of the rrf loans will start june, 1st 2021. They were all due.

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Starting december 1st 2020, which is obviously um soon.

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Given the pace of the recovery and very challenging, giving the.

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Rhythm of the retail market in our community, specifically.

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So um people were really grateful and that gives them spring and.

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Hopefully, there's a graduation weekend in there that will be a boon.

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To businesses as well before the payments become due.

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No, I think that's a good move so and and sorry all my internet connection.

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Zoom always just kicks me out every now and that's why I apologize for that and.

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Mary, I sorry to I got most of your question which in concern, which was uh the exciting aspect of it, being a grant.

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Not a loan for these kind of businesses, the accrued debt and that kind of stuff.

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And and to be frank about your question too: no, it's not enough.

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Right and that's where my conversations with the state are coming in working with the destination development organization,.

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The indiana arts commission and making sure that we do get both.

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Federal and state cares act that really does think about the arts and eco.

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Arts and entertainment and cultural ecosystem and sector.

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Because they have been um putting a lot on the line.

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In terms of being really thoughtful about covid concerns doing everything.

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They can you know, and for for them to kind of.

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Take a knee and not get additional support is really really.

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Hard on them, so the future of this kind of ecosystem and.

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Entertainment in our community is really really critical and really really important, so we want to make sure that we can shore them up the best we can with what little we have, but also, I think, similar to what.

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Grants have done in the past a little goes a long way.

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Thank you sean appreciate that.

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Jane, do you want to talk about the the.

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Scholarship program yeah that we sort of touched base about this.

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Too, just that you notice in the budget line that this.

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These funds haven't gone out the door yet.

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And so I think between now and next meeting we'll be doing a big push to get.

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um Applicants to apply for them. um I don't.

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Exactly know what that marketing strategy will look like, but we're.

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Really going to try to get the word out in in new ways, rather than just using.

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You know the city press release vehicle. I think there's a lot more communicating.

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That we can do so yeah, so stay tuned, and I may ask you.

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All to um push that information out in your respective networks.

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When it becomes available too, it seems like if there was ever a time that.

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People might need this. This was a good time for that yeah. Absolutely.

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Especially in retraining and things like that, that's good well, thank you.

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So much for getting that out um all right. Moving on to new business, if.

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There's no other questions there.

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Okay, hearing none, we we, we have determined that we.

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Did not elect officers for the year and jane in her email out.

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Sent a request for nominations: jane did we get any nominations.

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um Karen has been nominated for uh vice president, okay.

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And then we're we're short we're shy on secretary nominations, so.

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All right is there anyone in any of our board members that would.

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Be willing to take this position, or that would like to nominate someone.

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I would just say about the secretary role that.

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It's it's not a labor-intensive role, um there's no note-taking as often.

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There is in other boards, so I think it's just being willing to serve in the.

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Executive committee, paying attention close attention to the.

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Notes and being willing to be a signatory.

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If necessary and being willing to run a meeting, if necessary,.

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So day to day, it's not a whole lot of additional work, but um we do need.

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Somebody to wear that hat for us.

C

Anybody willing to take it.

F

Was that scout raising his hand, are you willing scott he's shedding a.

B

Tear because he's so busy right now.

I

I know I know we're all busy. um I was actually just scratching my face.

I

But you know um yeah, I'm actually the secretary on a separate board.

I

Which is quite you know, note intensive, okay,.

C

You know, I think they say the word secretary and everybody kind of cringes.

C

Going, oh, my gosh no, but it is not that way here. So.

F

Well, I I told jane if nobody else is available for it, I would be willing to.

F

Do it, but if anybody else would like she really.

B

Wants someone else to be available.

C

All right come on fellow board members. Anybody want to step.

C

Up and save mary well, so let me uh larry uh alan you're on right.

G

I am because of my sort of dual role with the city. It's probably.

G

Would it be for me to to save mary you can you are a full board.

E

Member, so that's up to you.

E

Mary just got a nominator, I would say, by way of checks and.

E

Balances, it might be good to have somebody. That's not part of the city, be.

E

Part of the executive team, uh just because of the way the finances.

E

Flow through alex's department.

C

He makes the access for funds. I would yeah.

C

Okay, sorry mary, I tried I I also just don't trust alex.

G

Demonstrating um pristine judgment, as usual.

F

Okay, that that's fine, okay, I'll nominate mary.

B

Mary we'll make it easy right, so um I guess if we, the slate of officers.

C

To be presented, I would continue to be president since we're halfway through the year already uh karen would be vice. President and mary would be secretary.

B

Larry, do you need formal nominations for, but for president.

B

And vice well, it sounds like in the motion we should. We should.

E

Approve that slate of candidates, um the other clarifying point- would be.

E

If this is taking place of the january 2020 elections.

E

um This can be a two-year appointment. If we see this as.

E

Filling in then, this could be appointment until january 2021, where we.

E

Reset the two-year clock, so we can do that either way, but please.

E

You know just consider that during the motion good try.

B

I don't, I think the board will appreciate or the officers who's.

C

Volunteered would appreciate revisiting in january.

B

Yeah, okay, yeah! That would be funny, I'm just going by your bylaws. So if.

C

Somebody would like to make a motion to a pr or to nominate that slate of.

C

Officers and then we'll have a second then we'll vote.

G

So moved, okay, second,.

C

I didn't did jane, did you get who that was? I didn't see.

C

That, okay, scott, okay, thank you! uh Okay! Is there any other discussion.

C

All those in favor say aye hi, hi opposed.

C

All right, thank you very much. Okay, jane! You want to talk to us about.

C

The catalan we've, you talked a little bit about it last week right we touched on this last meeting.

B

um I am sharing with the group today the two catalan, easy twos. These are the.

B

Standard compliance form- um this is an old.

B

Deduction it's toward the end of its life.

B

But they they just filed late. As you know, we we had a lot more late.

B

Filings this year than we normally would um they weren't required to complete the.

B

Easy e form, which is usually the extension.

B

Form I found out in heinz in I found out retroactively that that.

B

That form is really for extensions that go beyond that that are.

B

Retroactive for the previous year, so since this is just.

B

Late by, I think they filed it on the 25th the due date. Oh there it is the.

B

22Nd and the due date was the 15th, um the auditor's office just.

B

Requested that we vote approve it as a board.

B

And then I will write a letter indicating that we.

B

Formally um approved it at our at our meeting and so.

B

Last week last meeting we didn't have, um we just didn't, have documentation so.

B

It was unclear what we were actually discussing, but so we have a.

B

Personal property ezid- that's this one! This is the amount that they get to.

B

Deduct um and then that's not their total.

B

Savings, their savings is times their tax rate and then.

B

They pay 20 of the savings back to us, so this represents a substantial portion.

B

Of our annual budget- and this is money we have not.

C

Gotten yet correct: no, they paid us, they did immediately.

B

Yeah jane uh there's a notation at the top of the forum.

G

Saying it was postmarked on the 15th, but it was received on the 22nd. So.

G

Right sort of at the core of the discrepancy here, yeah the county.

B

Doesn't care when anyone postmarks their forms? They only care when it.

B

You know it's it's just not official until it shows up in their office and.

F

C

Well, it looks like we're in the last year of this.

C

Of this so- and we have made a precedent before.

C

To uh accept these- and I don't see any, is there any real discussion about.

C

C

If not, can I have a motion to approve the late acceptance of this.

G

Move second, second, all in favor, aye, aye.

C

Opposed all right, thank you very much that was easy, jane.

C

Thank you, so you want to report on margaret. Yes, I think we know margaret.

B

Has been busy uh increasingly busy in the last.

B

Couple of years with her business and I think, since we had.

B

Replenished some of our board spots. She wanted to go ahead and step down, so she.

B

Submitted a lot of resignation this week and her gratitude for time on the buea.

B

And and of course, I extended ours as well as she's.

B

Really done a lot in service of this organization over the years.

B

So her particular position is the zone resident um appointed by council.

B

And she also is the representative of a: is it larry? Is it a political.

B

Minority, or is it just the non she she's a resident member.

E

She just has to be of the opposite political party as the other resident.

E

Member, which is mary.

E

Or not of the same party, I should say very specifically not of the same.

F

um Express my, uh I don't know it's very weird for me as a former.

F

Journalist to be identified with the political party- and that is only because uh there really is no uh option.

F

To not uh vote in the primary election, so um I I I know that.

F

We're we are identified now in that way, but.

F

It feels very odd to me, and I just as a note mary, you can thank the.

E

General assembly and their infinite wisdom for.

B

Yeah- and I guess you know, the goal is, that is to ensure there's at least one.

B

Dissenting voice in this organ in this body, but um yeah I.

B

Understand your well, I'm very thankful for our new board members that.

C

We're not constantly scraping the barrel, let's see.

C

If we have enough even to vote so I appreciate you all so much and I guess.

C

If anyone would have any recommendations to jane or to alex that.

C

May be a good board member to replace margaret? Can they get with you jane.

C

Yeah people are welcome to email me. This appointment, though, does go through.

B

The council office- and they, um I think, larry they have.

B

Their own system of record keeping so they may have.

B

People who would already be willing um to serve.

B

But definitely please email me: I'm happy to pass information along.

C

Larry is that do they keep an ongoing list.

E

I I don't know if they have a list, they certainly do have they'll nominate.

E

Based on the applications that they receive and they've already posted that application, um so if they do have a list of running.

E

Members, it would be based on that application, uh but that's kept by the clerk's office for council uh and certainly.

E

Recommendations are always welcome because we want to fill these boards.

E

With the best people we can and and diversity is always welcome, okay, great, thank you very much. Well, we.

C

Will miss margaret because margaret always brought to this.

C

Group, I think, a different perspective and a different way of.

C

Looking at things at times- and it was always refreshing- I think so-.

C

We wish her the best uh is jane. Do we have any unfinished.

C

Business- um I not that we haven't discussed.

B

Already kind of in the director's report: okay, does anyone have anything for.

C

General discussion all right: well, the next buea board.

C

Meeting will be september, 9th will be past labor day september, 9th.

C

At noon, we will be doing that by zoom. Continue to do it by zoom. Is that.

C

Is there anything else to add there.

C

All right, uh I will entertain a motion to adjourn if there's nothing else.

C

To come before the board so moved. Second.

C

Second, all in favor, hi hi opposed you guys all have a great.

C

Week- and we will see you in september.

A