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A
Good
morning,
everyone
thank
you
to
the
community
recovery
task
for
small
business
meeting
thanks
everyone
for
being
here,
imma
try
this
wear
the
mask,
while
talking
but
I'd
say
it
feels
very
uncomfortable.
So
before
we
get
started,
I
know,
mayor
pro-tem
is
having
some
technical
difficulty
she'll
be
joining
us
shortly,
but
I
like
all
the
commitment
can.
A
C
F
A
L
M
L
L
Our
committee
task
force
has
really
focused
on
our
survive
strategy,
and
that
was
what
was
critically
needed
in
our
community
and
it's
really
centered
around
small
business
and
partner
support
and
at
the
and
also
we
have
to
dove
into
workforce
readiness
through
our
intensive
career
cohort
that
my
code,
my
partner,
MOA
Cantrell,
is
also
leading.
So
today
we
really
wanted
to
talk
about
thrive,
so
our
thrive
strategy
is
really
about
how
we
prepare
our
businesses
and
our
workforce
to
be
resilient
over
the
next
six
months.
L
So
should
kovat
come
back
with
even
more
vengeance
in
the
in
the
winter
that
our
businesses
and
our
workforce
are
prepared.
So
today
we're
gonna
talk
a
little
bit
about
where
workforce
readiness,
strategies
that
are
going
to
continue
business,
innovation
and
thrive
business
grants
actually
next
slide.
Please
next
slide
again
so
again:
I
just
as
I
just
hit
on
we're.
Gonna
continue
on
these
initiatives
and
we're
gonna
go
into
each
one
of
these
in
detail.
I
did
want
to
introduce
Emily
Cantrell
who's
joining
via
WebEx.
L
N
A
L
The
first
part
of
our
workforce
strategies
is
really
going
to
talk
about
the
resilient
restart
program,
so
this
is
an
idea
that
came
out
of
Holly's
team
to
really
help
build
resiliency
within
our
small
business
community.
So,
as
we
know,
we
have
provided
some
access
to
capital
which
will
help
stabilize
them,
but
there
are
also
businesses
out
there.
Where
we
can't
just
say,
hey,
go
procure
the
latest
software
to
help
you
pivot
your
business.
They
need
more
one-on-one
coaching
about
how
we're
gonna
continue
to
deal
with
risk
and
crisis
management,
as
well
as
business
continuity.
L
L
L
Can
you
go
to
the
next
slide?
Please
Ashley,
so
the
other
initiative
that
we're
contemplating
is
called
a
thrive,
hiring
grant
so,
as
you
know,
Holly
how
he
leads
our
small
business
and
business
innovation
team.
My
core
job
is
to
lead
our
business
recruitment
and
retention
team,
which
are
bringing
jobs
to
the
city
of
Charlotte's
resident.
So
the
idea
that
Emily
and
I
came
up
with
it's
called
the
thrive,
hiring
grant.
This
builds
off
an
existing
city
program
called
an
opportunity,
hiring
grant
it's
a
cash
grant
that
incentivizes
companies
to
hire
the
opportunity.
L
Hiring
grant
really
focuses
on
having
companies
incentivized
to
hire
from
our
workforce
development
partners
that
have
gone
through
training
and
upskilling
to
prepare
themselves
for
a
new
career.
The
idea
behind
the
thrive
hiring
grant
is
to
is
to
incentivize
companies
to
create
new
jobs,
to
hire
kovin
19
displaced
workers.
L
So,
for
example,
if
you
had
someone
who,
for
the
past
10
years
had
been
a
waitress
working
in
a
restaurant
and
now
I
needed
to
pivot
her
career
and
Emily
and
I
could
go
and
secure,
maybe
a
new
business
to
Charlotte
or
an
existing
business
that
could
expand
and
add
50
new
customer
service
representative
jobs.
This
lady
could
easily
upskill
or
transition
into.
We
could
incentivize
the
company
to
expand
today
instead
of
expanding
later,
and
that
way
we
could
get
people
into
new
careers
and
disabled
careers
and
off
unemployment,
if
that's
where
they
are
today.
L
So
this
is
a
program
that
we're
really
excited
about.
We've
done
some
homework
in
our
business
community,
just
testing
this
to
see
if
it's
something
that
they
would
be
open
to,
because
the
grant
would
be
around
between
1500
and
2500
dollars
per
employee.
So
we
need
to
make
sure
that
it's
it's
it's
something
that
they
would
would
appeal
to
them,
and
we
have
validated
that,
and
so
this
is
an
exam
program
that
we
think
would
really
help
put
our
residents
back
to
work.
I.
Think
mr.
L
Bittner
is
gonna
talk
after
us
about
the
skyrocketing
unemployment
and
Charlotte,
and
so
the
strategies
that
you
see
between
the
Thrive
hire
and
grant
and
the
work
that
emily
is
doing
on
the
intensive
career
cohorts
is
really
gonna.
Help
us
try
and
offset
that
emily
is
there
anything.
You
would
like
to
add
to
this
I.
L
So
we,
our
team,
has
worked
really
hard
to
recruit.
A
company
last
fall
out
of
Atlanta
Tom
solutions
to
the
Charlotte
market,
where
they
announced
a
1,000
job
expansion
into
Charlotte
in
the
customer
service
industry.
They
approached
us
again
in
February
with
a
new
opportunity
to
add
licensed
insurance
representatives
through
an
expansion
license.
Insurance
representatives
are
a
higher
tier
than
their
current
operation
and
they
require
additional
skills
and,
in
addition,
it
requires
a
license,
so
it
a
crier
something
that
will
help
them
in
their
career
trajectory
and
so
Emily
worked
with
time
solutions.
L
Central,
Piedmont,
Community
College
and
the
North
Carolina
Community
College
System
to
award
them
an
opportunity,
hiring
grant
to
upskill,
50
charlotte
residents,
take
them
through
a
training
class
at
unc
charlotte
to
become
a
licensed
insurance
agent.
That
would
be
a
representative
of
the
company
tip
for
them
to
have
the
test
pay
for
and
to
walk
into
a
job
as
a
licensed
insurance
agent,
all
for
free,
essentially,
and
so
they
are
targeting
people
in
our
community
and
existing
employees,
who
we
would
be
able
to
give
this
new
skill
this
new
license
to
that.
L
Not
only
would
provide
them
with
a
career
at
town
solutions,
but
would
also
allow
them
to
take
that
anywhere
that
they
want,
because
they
now
have
this
transferable
skill
and
so
we're
looking
for
that
same
thing,
with
a
thrive.
Hiring
grant
in
that
sense
that
we
have
a
large
portion
of
our
community
who
worked
in
hospitality,
tourism
foodservice
that
have
been
severely
negatively
impacted
through
Cogan,
and
so
how
do
we
take
those
people
who
may
want
to
pivot
their
career
and
help
companies
take
them
in
and
train
them
in
a
new
skill
set?
L
So
that's
the
goal
of
the
thrive
hiring
grant
Ashley.
Can
you
hear
the
next
slide?
Please
another
grant
opportunity
that
we're
considering
is
the
innovate
business
grant.
So
this
is
something
that
has
been
on
our
list:
oh
gosh,
Holly.
When
did
we
come
up
with
this
in
early
May
this
strategy,
and
so
this
is
really
a
grant.
That's
aimed
at
helping
those
resilient
small
businesses
thrive.
L
L
The
other
thing
that's
not
mentioned
up
here
is
the
continual
build-out
of
our
open
for
business
platform.
I
think
Emily
told
me,
as
we
started
this,
that
this
we
today
see
and
have
seen
the
dire
needs
from
our
small
businesses,
but
the
workforce
tsunami
is
going
to
come,
and
so,
as
we
look
at
the
skyrocketing
unemployment-
and
we
take
the
open
for
business
platform
that
our
corporate
communications
team
has
really
thoughtfully
built
out
its.
L
B
A
J
Have
one
question:
I
do
agree
that
I
think
the
framework
for
both
of
these
these
grates
are
amazing,
just
really
a
great
job
done.
The
only
reaction
to
the
Thrive
hiring
grant
is
if
I
know
the
15
200
a
month
is
not
a
lot
compared
to
what
they
would
actually
be
paying
an
employee,
but
if
we
could
provide
a
criteria
paying
a
living
wage.
J
O
E
I
think
we
still
see
the
package
for
the
business
or
the
organization
support,
grant.
I
know
that
we
were
told
there
were
over
20
organizations
that
had
applied,
and
that
is
a
separate
grant
from
from
the
ones
that
talked
about,
but
I
think
for
transparency.
We
also
need
to
see
who
applied,
who
got
the
grant.
D
L
L
A
D
Yeah
I
mean
even
before
we
get
there.
I
lose
tell
you
that
the
that
we're
continuing
to
learn
more
about
koban,
it's
not
all
good
I
mean
we
had
thought
that
that
the
virus
would
subside
when
the
when
the
weather
warmed
up
and
the
humidity
came
back,
and
you
know
that
just
doesn't
seem
to
be
the
case.
It
just
doesn't
seem
to
be
the
case.
D
It
yeah
and
I
think
that
we've
also
learned
a
little
bit
more
about
human
behavior
and,
after
everybody
had
been
staying
inside
for
so
long
when
things
opened
up
and
the
weather
warmed
up,
people
came
out,
and
you
know,
and
the
result
is
we've
seen
this
resurgence
in
cases
across
the
country
and
I.
Don't
think
it's
gonna
cause
governments
to
order
shutdowns,
but
we
are
seeing
that
the
businesses
are.
D
You
know
I,
think
you
know
fairly
commonplace
for
people
to
wear,
masks
and
I.
Think
that
a
lot
of
I
see
the
things
up
are
on
there,
the
kind
of
sideways
there
you
can
rotate
them.
My
sense
is
that,
for
the
most
part,
people
are
wearing
masks,
I
mean
when
I
can
I
go
out
in
public,
certainly
and
I
go
to
the
grocery
store.
D
You
see
one
or
two
people,
I
went
to
Home,
Depot
I
would
say:
99.9%
saw
one
person
who
wasn't
wearing
their
masks
and
I
think
that
was
just
because
they've
probably
taken
it
off
to
talk
and
forgotten,
to
put
it
back,
put
it
back
out
and
because
they
still
had
it
around
their
neck.
So
I
do
think
that
we're
getting
there
or
getting
there
a
lot
and
upsurge
in
cases
is
getting
a
lot
more
people
to
to
see
the
importance
of
it.
D
D
To
being
you
know,
close
to
the
30,
and
my
concern
is:
is
that
all
those
folks
are
going
to
interact
with
other
folks
and
we're
gonna
see
that
the
community
spread
is
going
to
be
a
little
bit
more
widespread
than
that
here
in
Charlotte,
our
media,
the
median
age,
has
always
been
a
little
bit
less
in
terms
of
the
economic
data.
You
know
I
had
some
charts
on
there
that
show
the
what's
happened
to
job
growth
and
and
what's
happened
to
and
pulled
up
a
backup.
Just
in
case
we
had
some
problems.
D
What
had
happened
with
job
growth-
and
you
know,
after
losing
22
million
jobs
in
April
us
saw
three
million
jobs
added
in
May.
We
feel
pretty
confident
that
when
we
get
the
numbers
on
Thursday,
we're
gonna
see
another
increase
in
jobs,
probably
greater
than
what
we
saw
in
May,
because
well,
while
the
reports,
whether
the
employment
data
is
reported
on
a
monthly
basis,
it
really
measures
from
mid
month
to
mid
month
and.
B
D
Mid-May
to
mid-june,
we
saw
more
improvement
than
we
did
from
mid-april
to
mid-may
so
we're
you
know.
Our
point
estimate
is
for
three
point:
three
million
jobs,
but
I
would
say:
there's
a
lot
of
upside
risks.
There
a
lot
of
the
confidence
survey.
It's
a
small
business
confidence
survey,
the
consumer
confidence
survey
that
came
out
this
morning,
they've
shown
a
great
deal
of
improvements
and
I
and
I.
D
If
we
continue
along
the
path
that
we
that
we
were
on
in
June
I'm
afraid
that
the
July
dad
and
will
probably
be
down
we've
gotten,
so
we
have
other
data
on
the
on
the
economy.
On
small
business,
there
was
a
recent
paper
published
by
the
Stanford
University
Public
Policy
Institute,
that
looked
at
where
the
bulk
of
the
impact
is
the
shutdown
spell
code
related
shutdown
spell.
They
only
had
one
month's
data
to
work
with,
but
it
showed
that
that
that
african-american
owned
small
businesses
saw
40%
drop.
D
You
know
the
kid
from
February
to
April
the
number
of
African
American
small
businesses
fell
by
40%
in
the
latin
ex
community.
It
was
over
30%
and
both
women-owned
businesses,
and
this
is
owned
by
asian-americans,
fell
greater
than
the
population
as
a
whole.
Overall,
small
business
number
of
small
businesses
dropped
by
22%,
so
it
quantifies
some
of
the
things
that
we
already
knew
that
minority-owned
businesses
work
harder
by
Kobe,
related
shutdowns,
and
you
know
I
think.
D
The
reason
why
is
that
more
minority-owned
businesses
are
involved
in
kind
of
point
of
contact
where
they're,
interacting
with
folks
and
and
so
that
they're
providing
a
good
or
service
to
other
people
are
to
other
businesses
and
and
the
in
April,
when
you
couldn't
have
the
interaction
abated
virtually
impossible.
Let
me
conduct
business,
which
is
why
I
think
that
the
the
failures
were
so
great
I
also
have
in
the
deck
which
will
be
available
for
everyone.
D
The
latest
mobility
data
which
we
get
from
Apple,
which
shows
that
the
number
of
people
driving
and
walking
is
increased
dramatically.
Now
you
know
the
number
of
people
walking
after
Memorial
Day
gets
a
little
bit
inflated
because
anybody
took
part
in
a
protest
that
is
carrying
a
smartphone.
It's
gonna
be
picked
up
in
that
summer,
so
we
actually
hit
some
really
high
levels,
but
the
driving
numbers
are
also
up
and
that's
partly
because
we
haven't
seen
we
haven't
seen
an
increase
in
in
in
transit
use,
transit
use
is
not
is
not
increased
at
all.
D
Restaurant
tiny
has
picked
up
and
you
know
I,
don't
know
that
I
think
there's
a
lot
of
folks
they're,
going
to
peg
the
rise
and
infections
on
the
bars
III
think
you
know
maybe
there's
a
case
that
he
made
there.
I
haven't
been
to
a
bar
since
a
long
time.
I
guess
I
have
been
to
a
brewery,
but
it's
been,
you
know,
pre
shut
down
so,
but
they
have
been
to
restaurants
and
the
restaurants
seem
to
be
doing
a
reasonably
good
job
of
social
distancing
and
so
I.
D
D
And
so
that's
why
we've
seen
the
job
losses
that
we've
seen
we
saw
a
smaller
rebound
in
Charlotte
and
in
North
Carolina
than
we
saw
nationally
in
the
month
of
May.
My
suspicion
is:
is
that
a
restaurants
reopened?
Doctor's
offices
were
a
little
bit
slower
to
reopen
and
we
finally
got
those
slides
here.
All
right,
I,
don't
know
if
I've
got
control
or
not,
but
we
think
of
where
we're
at
here,
because
I
think
I
mean
I
was
basically
all
the
way
you
can
go
to
slide.
17
slide,
17
be
good
and
slide.
D
17
shows
you
the
breakout
job
losses.
Now
this
is
over
the
last
three
months,
so
this
is
in
May,
so
it
floods
the
rebound-
and
you
know
it's
kind
of
interesting-
that
that
financial
activities
is
actually
up
the
banks,
even
in
the
month
of
April,
had
hundreds
of
posted
job
openings,
it's
kind
of
hard
to
hire
and
in
this
environment.
But
you
know
it's
good,
that
one
of
the
kind
of
the
bedrocks
of
the
Charlotte
economy
held
up
reasonably
well
in
construction.
D
This
construction
was
deemed
in
central
industry
and
lots
of
construction
underway
we've
had
it's
a
it's
a
process
that
is
social
distancing
works
fairly
natural,
although
we
have
naturally,
but
we
have
had
some.
You
know
some
cases
in
construction,
so
but
you
see
the
dominance
of
leisure
and
hospitality,
other
services,
education
and
health
care.
You
can't
really
see
the
retail
losses
in
here,
because
they're
lumped
together
with
wholesale
trade,
transportation
and
utilities.
Utilities
have
also
been
very
stable.
Transportations
been,
ok
had
the
layoffs,
but
so
it
offsets
it.
D
D
Flip
to
the
next
page
of
sorry,
page
19,
which
has
got
the
housing
data.
One
of
the
reasons
construction
is
up
is
that
we
continue
to
see
fairly
healthy
levels
of
single-family
home
building
the
shara.
When
I
talked
with
Charlotte
home
builders,
they
say
that
their
business
is
pretty
good
and
one
of
the
things
that
we're
seeing
nationally
is
that,
because
of
the
makeup
of
job
losses,
the
makeup
of
job
loss
has
been
heavily
skewed
toward
hourly
workers,
which
you
know,
tells
you
a
lot
I
mean
how
are
they?
D
Workers
tend
to
be
relatively
young,
they
tend
to
be
apartment,
renters,
no
more,
but
you
know
the
great
have
a
great
tendency
from
Brent.
Rather
the
code,
so
home-buying
has
not
been
as
impacted
because
financial
services,
technology
utilities,
transportation,
trucking
and
warehousing
have
all
held
up
reasonably
well,
and
their
workers
tend
to
be
older
and
tend
to
be
said
to
more
often,
the
home
homeowners,
our
home
buyers
and
so
home
buying
is
actually
held
up
reasonably
well.
D
Demand
for
mortgages
has
been
really
strong,
and
so
we
expect
that
that
area
to
continue
to
to
remain
relatively
solid
in
the
apartment
market.
Most
renters
have
been
able
to
pay
their
rent
and
paid
their
rent
on
time,
but
we
have
seen
that
this
is
typically
the
time
that
the
apartment
markets,
one
of
the
strongest
months
for
leasing
and
leasing
activity,
has
not
been
very
strong,
and
so,
when
you
drive
around
town,
if
you
drive
around
town,
you
would
see
a
lot
more
signs.
Advertising
discounts
and
apartments
and
rents
have
softened
considerably.
D
So
that's
that's
all
I've
got.
We
haven't
changed
our
forecasts,
which
we
have
on
the
final
page.
We
are
looking
for
a
very
strong
rebound
and
GDP
growth
in
the
third
quarter.
My
suspicion
is
that
it
probably
won't
be
as
robust
as
we
have
it
here,
but
we
are
going.
It
will
be
a
positive
number.
It
will
be
a
double-digit
increase,
but
with
the
rise
in
infections,
I
think
activities
going
to
the
pull
back
a
little
bit
this
summer.
D
A
Have
any
questions?
Thank
you
any
questions
for
mark
and
let
me
make
one
announcement
the
task
force
members.
The
full
presentation
will
be
up
on
our
website,
so
we
apologize
for
that,
but
we
will
have
it
available
on
our
website
Binet.
He
talked
about
your
industry,
leisure
and
hospitality.
Any
questions.
I
It's
it's
interesting
how
the
rebound
is
happening.
I
mean
we're
even
uptown
we're
starting
to
see
a
lot
of
weekend.
Traffic
come
up,
hey
we're
running,
you
know
fifty
sixty
percent
occupancy
in
the
Uptown
markets
on
weekends
and
I
think
that
have
to
do
with
with
some
of
the
openings
that
happen
with
its
restaurants
or
or
you
know,
I
think
it's
primarily
restaurants.
So
that's
kind
of
helping
the
the
weekend
segment
in
the
Uptown
market
and
surprisingly,
the
Concord
market
is
one
very
well
and
I
think
has
to
do
with
the
exit.
I
You
know
if
people
are
driving
and
I
know.
Mark
said
the
the
the
does.
What
a
drive
going
on
people
that
need
to
stop
driving
on
85,
north
and
south
in
the
Charlotte
area
are
using
that
Concorde
exit
the
stop
we've
had,
you
know,
I
think
our
we
have
three
hotels
there
and
two
of
them
are
running
almost
70%
occupancy
for
the
moment,
and
it's
just
you
know,
picking
up
tend
up
20
to
30
rooms
in
the
day
for
the
day
type
of
deal.
I
K
I
I
Even
when
I
say
entry,
you
Uptown's
running,
you
know
25
30
percent
occupancy
and
that's
not
survivable
and,
and
it
all
goes
back
from
a
break.
If
you're
talking
about
breakeven,
it
all
goes
back
to
what
kind
of
debt
you
have
on
the
building
and
if
your
debts
pretty
high
the
service
kind
of
dictates,
how
much
you
need
to
do
so.
I
Most
profitable
years
that
we've
had
running
upper
60s
as
an
industry
into
70s,
but
the
key
was
raised.
I
knew
you
were
you
were
able
to
get
the
pricing
that
you
needed
right
now.
What
you're
seeing
is
price?
The
ability
to
price
is
definitely
not
there
and
you've
got
businesses
who
no
need
to
travel
in
the
past
would
have
fixed
rates
or
negotiated
rates,
and
now
you're
saying
a
lot
of
companies
go
back
and
say
we
don't
want
to
negotiate
rates.
We
just
will
work
off
of
whatever
you're
swelling
on
the
bar
on
the
market.
E
D
I'm
certain
that
there's
some
studies
that
would
that
would
address
that,
but
the
the
the
numbers
that
I
was
referring
to
were
some.
It
was
from
a
Stanford
study
which
I
can
I
can
forward
you.
The
study,
as
well
as
its
you
know,
18
to
20
pages,
which
is,
which
is
something
that
I
like
is
a
fairly
readable
study
with
its
son
about
300
pages,
but
it.
But
it's
looking
at
the
initial
effects
from
from
the
Kovan
shutdowns
on
small
business.
D
I,
don't
think
it
I,
don't
think
that
there
was
I,
don't
remember
anything
that
that
assigned
any
any
cause
of
causality
on
it.
It
really
was
just
looking
to
see
you
know
what
who
got
hit
the
most
by
it,
because
that's
it's
really
early
to
in
to
even
do
that
with
the
data,
although
I'm
hoping
to
find
data
that
would
go
through.
You
know
where
we'd
have
another
least
another
months
worth
of
data,
but
it
makes
sense
that
it
would
be
a
lack
of
financing
because-
and
you
know,
I
think
it's
it's
it's
twofold.
D
It's
a
lack
of
financing,
but
I
think
it
was
also
simply
a
lack
of
customers.
If
you
had
a
barber
shop
and
you
couldn't
cut
people's
hair,
you
know
you,
you
may
have
gone
out
of
business
if
you
didn't
have
enough
financial
resources
to
weather
that
or
if
you
were
and
so,
and
even
you
know
like
and
other
services
includes
tax
preparation
of
you
delay
the
tax
deadline
to
July
15th
there
may
not
be.
D
There
may
be
some
folks
that
are
like
one
well,
that's
great
for
the
taxpayers,
but
I
don't
have
any
income
coming
and
so,
and
so
we
we
saw
this
big
drop
in
the
number
of
businesses.
Most
of
these
businesses
employ
one
to
three
people,
most
of
them,
so
there
they
are
very
and
there's
a
lot
of
definitions
as
to
what
small
businesses,
but
these
are
very
small.
Small
businesses.
E
But
when
it
comes
to
minority-owned
businesses,
oh
we
have
seen
reports
that
show
our
lack
of
financing
has
affected
minority-owned
businesses
and
women-owned
businesses,
so
I'll
be
interested
in
saying
that
Stanford
study
that
you're
referring
to
and
how
we
can
use
that
study
to
ensure
that
we
are
being
equitable
in
our
distribution,
especially
our
access
to
capital
program
and
other
grants
program,
so
that
we
are
supporting
the
businesses
that
have
not
had
other
resources
or
financing
coming
in.
But
thank
you.
There
was
a
really
good
report.
A
I
love
that
so
mark.
Can
you
provide
that
Stanford
study
if
you
can
just
send
it
to
Holly,
we'll
make
sure
we
distribute
it
to
all
the
members
of
the
task
force
and
take
it
a
step?
Further
I
will
tell
you
this
council,
imaginaire
I,
do
think
that's
one
topic.
We
need
to
have
a
community
committee
conversation
about,
so
we
can
talk
about
that
on
July,
6,
but
excellent
points.
A
A
M
Start
the
presentation
today
and
just
tell
you
a
little
bit
about
the
community
outreach
that
has
occurred
so
far,
we're
going
to
move
from
there
and
talk
about
what's
to
come
on
that
front
from
a
community
perspective
and
then
want
to
update
you
on
where
we
are
with
with
the
grants
programs
so
you'll
see
on
the
screen
and
in
front
of
you.
We
have
there
been
19
webinars
that
have
been
done
on
to
date.
Our
viewership
for
those
webinars
has
been
8558.
M
Viewers
have
been
part
of
those
webinars
who
sent
out
a
blast
over
1200
small
businesses.
We've
had
an
open
rate
of
20%
and
if
you
know
about
open
rates,
that's
a
high
open
rate.
We've
sent
our
digital
toolkit
out
to
600
businesses,
churches
and
neighborhood
associations.
We've
had
print
ads
in
The,
Observer,
post,
102
CEO
and
que
pasa.
We've
received
12
additional
media
stories
that
have
occurred.
We've
had
radio
ads
that
are
on
both
the
North
Sun
and
Radio
One
networks.
M
We've
had
16
digital
billboards
that
are
up
around
the
community
and
we've
had
over
14,000
visits
to
the
website
landing
page
for
the
small
business
program.
We've
also
had
numerous
social
media
posts
on
Facebook,
Instagram
and
LinkedIn
I
want
to
make
a
shout
out
to
Holly,
to
Jerry
and
to
others
that's
a
City
who
have
been
doing
these
webinars
when
we
received
applicants
and
they
responded
where
they
were
most
likely
to
have
heard
it.
M
M
So
after
this
we've
got
our
first
rounds
of
checks,
that'll
be
coming
out
today,
proceeding
in
the
next
week,
she'll
start
seeing
we'll
have
our
billboards
will
go
up
in
Spanish
if
you're
looking
for
those
we'll
have
them
placed
on
Independence
and
Albemarle
roads
we'll
have
additional
content
and
in
QCD
Metro
content
and
ads
in
the
Charlotte.
You
know
you
know
which
really
focuses
on
entrepreneurs
a
feature
in
a
print
ad
and
pride
magazine
where
I'll
have
ongoing
radio
and
print
ads.
We've
got
a
webinar
coming
out
with
the
Charlotte
Post.
M
One
of
the
unique
pieces
of
this
program
in
terms
of
really
trying
to
reach
out
into
the
community
is,
will
be
doing
canvassing
and
some
key
business
corridors
will
have
Canvassers
they'll
be
sent
in
out
in
pairs.
If
you
look,
we're
gonna
have
them
in
these
bright
green,
open
for
business
t-shirts
that
you
see
up
in
the
corner
of
the
screen,
they'll
be
masked
and
practicing
social
distance,
but
they'll
be
out
handing
out
flyers
about
the
program.
M
Encouraging
businesses
to
apply
sharing
information
also
about
our
YMCA
help
centers
that
all
be
available
and
we'll
have
ten
of
those
centers
that
will
be
planned.
They'll
be
will
have
staff
members
there
from
July
20th
through
July
31st
they'll
be
manned
from
8
a.m.
to
6
p.m.
so
depending
on
which
site
they
may
start
at
8:00,
or
they
may
go
to
6:00.
We're
also
going
to
be
offering
some
Saturday
hours
as
well.
So
we've
got
if
we
have
business
owners.
M
They
can't
get
there
during
the
week
that
we
have
options
on
Saturday
also,
and
those
folks
will
be
trained
to
answer
questions
about
the
application.
If
someone
needs
them
to
enter
the
application,
they'll
prepare
to
enter
applications,
or
perhaps
if
they
don't
have
a
scanner
at
their
office,
they
can
bring
their
documents
and
we
can
get
them
scanned
for
them.
So
it
is
intended
to
be
a
any
type
of
help
that
a
business
needs
in
order
to
access
these
grants
that
they
would
have
the
support
there
at
those
offices.
M
Next
slide,
so
this
will
give
you
an
idea
of
the
activity
that
we
receiving
right
now
for
the
program.
So
at
this
point
we
have
1680
businesses
that
have
submitted
or
in
the
process
of
submitting
an
application.
We've
had
707
businesses
that
have
submitted
at
this
point
and
two
of
them
that
are
eligible
at
this
stage
of
the
process,
and
so
by
eligible
I
mean
that
has
been
prioritized
at
this
moment.
M
So
have
not
yet
received
a
federal
loan
PPP
loan,
they
haven't,
received
money
from
the
state
golden
leaf
grant
and
they
have
not
received
a
micro
loan.
So
essentially,
we
had
two
hundred
fifty
seven
businesses
that
applied
that
we've
prioritized.
At
this
moment.
It
was
really
interesting
to
see,
as
these
applicants
were
coming
in
initially
those
that
were
first
in
the
door
almost
100%
had
received.
Ppap
funding
so
probably
stands
to
reason
that
they
were
probably
first
in
line
for
PPP.
M
They
were
first
in
line
for
this
program
as
well,
but
obviously
we
have
not
rejected
those
applications
who
have
merely
put
them
too
aside
too
aside,
so
that
we
can
prioritize
those
that
have
not
received
funding
at
this
point
and
at
some
point,
if
this
body
decides
that
we
then
want
to
start
this
potentially
distributing
to
those
organizations,
we
can
go
back
to
that
group
and
look
at
that
group.
One
of
the
trends
that
we
saw
later
in
the
week
is
that
started
turning
over.
M
So,
whereas
initially
we
had
more
companies
applying
that
received
PPP
funding,
we
saw
it
started.
Seeing
that
start
to
shift
towards
the
end
of
last
week,
see
if
you
bring
the
next
slide
up.
I
would
say:
I
want
to
tell
you
that
we
learned
a
lot
with
last
week's
grants.
So
essentially
we
had
about
three
days
to
process
grants
last
week.
So
I
want
to
come
back
at
the
end
of
the
presentation
and
really
talk
to
you
about
what
our
learnings
were
and
how
we
can.
M
So
there's
an
amount
of
$25,000
and
those
are
go
to
employees
with
six
to
twenty
five
employees,
so
the
total
dollars
dispersed
today
will
be
eight
hundred
and
eighty
thousand
dollars
and
these
recipients
it
was
great
to
see
they
were
very
geographically
dispersed
throughout
the
city.
We
had
another
twenty
three
applicants
that
Laura
yes,
I'm,.
C
F
So
mayor
pro-tem,
we
actually
have
always
put
on
the
screen
that
it's
awards,
that
it's
either
for
zero
to
five,
it's
ten
thousand
or
for
six
to
twenty
five,
it's
twenty
five
thousand,
since
we
started
working
on
this
with
foundation
for
the
Carolinas
in
order
to
get
this
money
out
in
the
way
that
you
all
asked
us
to,
which
is
very
easy
and
very
quick.
We
really
through
the
documentation
that
we
actually
ax,
asked
for
the
easiest
and
cleanest
way
for
us
to
do
it
and
simplest
way
to
do.
F
It
was
to
keep
it
straight,
ten
thousand
dollars
for
0
to
5
and
then
6
to
25
employees,
25,000
and
again,
that's
just
based
on
the
level
of
documentation
and
review
that
the
foundation
is
doing.
That
would
just
if
we
had
to
go
in
and
assess
the
amount
like
up
to,
then
that
would
have
taken
considerably
longer
amount
of
time
to
get
the
the
money
to
our
small
businesses.
F
C
C
It
sounds
like
they
may
mean
not
be
prioritised
because
they
don't
need
$10,000
and
I
one
point:
we
had
the
conversation
where
we
would
be
giving
them
what
they
need
to
stay
in
business,
so
I
just
you
know
going
forward.
Maybe
we
need
to
think
a
little
bit
about
that
as
to
whether
that's
not
going
to
hurt
some
of
the
really
small
businesses
that
you
know
just
need
that
lifeline
of
paying
rent
or
whatever
the
expenses
that's
under
10,000.
So.
M
M
We
did
not
disapprove
anyone
because
of
the
amount
of
funding
each
small
business
indicated
what
they
would
use,
those
funding
for
and
as
long
as
it
was
in
those
those
categories,
we
funded
those
grants.
So
no
one
was
penalized
because
of
a
thicker
level
of
payroll
over
to
their
level
of
round
if
they
were
zero
to
five.
If
they
met
that
eligibility
criteria,
if
they
provided
those
documents,
they
were
given
that
$10,000.
M
The
last
two
bullets
I
want
to
cover
here,
I'm,
going
to
speak
more
specifically
to
these
it
towards
the
end
of
the
presentation,
but
I
do
want
to
share
with
you.
We
had
23
applications
that
we
sent
over
to
the
city
that
essentially
on
from
our
approving
them
to
coming
to
the
city
that
the
city
found
errors
in
their
w9s
and
so
we're
not
able
to
process
those
checks.
M
We
are
making
calls
to
all
of
those
entities
that
were
approved
and
working
to
try
to
get
their
w9s
corrected,
so
they
may
not
have
match
their
the
name
of
their
business
with
their
application.
They
may
not
have
signed
their
w9,
so
we
have
23
applicants.
We're
gonna,
continue
to
call
and
work
with
and
again
as
we
talk
about
our
education
and
our
learning
through
this,
we
kind
of
now
know
what
the
city
needs,
and
so
we
know
to
try
to
going
forward
reach
out
to
those
applicants
before
sending
them
to
the
city
for
approval.
M
There
were
another
82
that
failed
to
successfully
complete
the
application
and
in
looking
at
those,
we
feel
like
that.
We
have
51
of
those
82
that
we
can
really
go
back
and
help
hopefully
successfully,
so
we
will
be
reaching
back
to
those
organizations
and
saying
guess
what
we
need
a
signed
lease
and
not
just
a
leased.
Can
you
get
us
a
signed
lease
so
that
we
know
you
really
actively
have
a
lease?
Can
you
sign
your
w9?
Can
you
make?
M
Can
you
clarify
the
name
of
your
organization,
so
we
have
about
51
that
we
will
be
going
back
to
and
working
on
the
process
next
slide
just
want
to
share
with
you
a
little
bit
of
demographic
information
about
you
know
what
it
looked
like
in
this
first
week,
so
you
can
get
a
sense
of
this,
so
this
is
the
if
you're
looking.
This
is
the
707
that
the
bottom
submission
of
the
707
submissions
that
we
had
last
week.
M
So
this
is
based
on
those
that
we
awarded
grants
to
so
the
79
grants
that
award
awarded
52
percent
of
those
went
to
business
owners
that
identified
themselves
is
African.
American
/
black
32
percent
were
identified
themselves
as
Caucasian.
We
had
8%
that
identified
themselves
as
Latin
flashin
Hispanic.
M
We
had
5%
that
identified
themselves
as
Asian
2%
did
not
identify,
and
then
we
had
a
1%
that
identified
themselves
as
American
Indian
Alaskan
American,
one
of
the
things
that
was
good
to
see.
This
was
a
very
similar
statistics
and
percentages
based
on
the
applicants
that
applied
as
well.
So
again,
this
chart
focuses
on
the
79
that
we
awarded,
but
this
percentage
has
held
very
much
in
terms
of
those
applicants
applying
we
saw
a
higher
number
of
African
American
black
businesses,
applying
than
other
races
to
the
program.
J
M
Was
a
lot
of
data
coming
in
at
once
and
trying
to
get
our
hands
around
it,
so
we're
trying
to
decide
how
we
can
quickly
get
something
to
you
in
this
first
week,
though,
this
is
great,
thank
you,
but
we
will
continue
to
try
to
written.
You
know
enrich
this
data
as
we
go
forward,
so
you
can
really
see
how
its
evolving
next
slide.
This
just
focus
on
the
the
gender
of
the
the
owner
or
the
officer
or
the
business
owner
how
they
self-identified
in
terms
of
general
gender.
M
We
had
32%
identified
as
female
and
47%
identify
as
male
this
also.
We
thought
this
was
an
interesting
statistic.
Just
to
give
you
a
sense
again.
This
is
based
on
the
awards
that
we
made
this
time
around,
so
you
can
see
that
we
had
approximately
40
percent
of
the
businesses
have
been
in
business
eight
or
more
years
we
had
20,
essentially
33
percent
that
had
been
in
business,
1,
2
3
years,
27
percent
4
to
7
years
and
a
little
less
a
little,
approximately
1
percent
less
than
1
year.
So
of
those
that
receive
grants.
M
What
I
wanted
to
share
with
you?
Also
it's
just
kind
of
what
we
learned
in
this
first
week.
This
first
week
was
fast
and
furious.
We
made
a
commitment
that
we
would
get
some
grants
out
the
door.
My
arm
had
been
twisted
by
my
councilman
to
my
to
my
right.
Councilman
Mitchell
twisted
our
arms.
So
really
you
know
the
grants
that
you're
seeing
the
79
that
you're
seeing
that'll
go
out.
M
The
door
today
really
came
from
about
3
days
worth
of
fast
data
work
to
try
to
get
this
done
and
we
did
spend
the
week
kind
of
learning.
The
failure
rate
on
the
applicants
was
much
higher
than
we
had
expected
them
to.
So
in
terms
of
the
number
that
we
reviewed,
that
we
really
didn't
feel
like
had
met
the
qualification.
So
what
we
did
is
we
spent
much
of
the
week
really
trying
to
tweak
that
application?
Could
we
reward
it
in
a
different
way
to
be
clearer?
M
M
If
you
need
help,
these
are
the
ways
that
you
can
get
help
so
that
someone
that
might
have
started-
and
maybe
have
gotten
stuck
that-
hopefully
maybe
they'll,
get
the
contact
and
it
would
give
them
a
chance
to
come
back
to
us.
We
also
on
those
errors
that
we
are
seeing
more
frequently
we're
also
as
we
are
participating
in
webinars
and
having
conversations
and
doing
interviews
we're
trying
to
educate
people
on
those
errors
upfront.
M
M
We
now
have
a
really
clearer
picture
of
what
the
city
needs,
and
so
we
think
we
can
be
more
proactive
on
the
front
end
so
that,
hopefully,
everything
that
we're
starting
to
get
to
the
city
can
be
approved
and
that
they're
not
having
to
look
through
those
and
say
hey.
We've
got
a
problem
with
the
w9
next
live,
so
here
are
some
of
the
helpful
tip
tips
and
so
I
whenever
I'm
in
front
of
a
group
I
want
to
make
sure
that
we
have.
M
We
have
said
this
so
again
help
our
applicants
as
we
move
through,
but
it's
important
that
you
make
sure
that
all
the
way
through
your
application,
that
your
EIN
and
your
social
security
number
matches
all
the
way
in.
If
that
numbers
changing
throughout
the
application
it
does.
Is
you
know
it
makes
it?
We
can't
approve
that
application.
M
It
also
needs
to
match
your
w9,
so
those
numbers
have
to
be
consistent
throughout
again
when
you're
entering
that
a
I
in
number
or
your
social
security
number
make
sure
there
no
dashes
so
that
we
get
your
full
number
if
you're
providing
legal
documents
as
required
in
the
list
a
or
lists
B,
they
need
to
be
signed
and
executed,
cuted
documents.
So
you
need
to
sign
your
w9.
M
It
is
hard
for
us,
if
your
name
in
this
application
and
between
your
w9
and
what's
on
utility
bill,
if
none
of
those
names
match
it's
really
hard
for
us,
it's
approved
that
you're
an
ongoing
business
concern,
so
anything
that
you
can
do
to
help
us
create
that
link
so
when,
by
the
time
we're
through
we
know
this
is
a
business.
We
know
they're
in
business
right
now.
We
know
you
were
in
business
in
2019.
M
We
know
you've
got
all
those
documents,
it
makes
it
easy
for
us
and
we
can
get
that
check
out
to
you
fast
with
that.
That's
the
conclusion
of
my
presentation,
but
I
would
be
glad
to
take
any
questions
from
committee
members
or
others
who
might
have
questions
that
they
would
like
to
ask
at
this
stage.
So.
A
C
Laura,
thank
you.
I
love
the
scene
to
add
in
the
paper
this
weekend.
I
think
the
word
is
getting
out.
You
guys
are
doing
great
PR
job
on
this.
You
know
I'll
certainly
share
this
information,
including
the
helpful
tips,
so
I
think
if
we
make
it
as
easy
as
possible
and
help
people
if
this
application
is
done,
we're
going
to
those
who
really
need
it
most.
So
thanks
for
all
the
hard
work.
Thank
you
mrs.
E
E
E
E
A
track
down
I
mean
detail
breakdown,
so
I
don't
have
any
questions
on
that
regard,
but
thank
you
all
so
much.
You
all
have
done
a
great
work.
Laura
really
appreciates
doing
this
in
such
a
short
turnaround
and
really
getting
this
money
out
to
small
businesses.
Just
really
haven't
had
much
luck
with
other
resources,
so
hopefully
this
will
give
them
a
fighting
chance.
M
Thank
you
mean
cashman
councilman
as
near
just
to
follow
up
on
that.
We
are
staying
very
close
to
the
statistics
and
we
are
keeping
the
staff
close
so
that
if
this
body
or
the
City
Council
decided
that
they
didn't,
you
didn't
want
to
make
a
shift
and
in
terms
of
the
breakdown
of
these
dollars,
there
is
the
opportunity
to
do
that.
G
K
J
Great
Heiko,
the
accolades
I
think
you
guys
have
done
a
great
job
of
the
city
and
the
foundation.
I
love
the
outreach,
that's
happening
about
both
entities,
just
a
great
job.
There
I
think
the
reward
the
awards
do
reflect
the
makeup
of
the
city,
which
is
you
know,
I
spoke
to
that
a
great
deal
early
on.
So
that's
good.
J
Notice
that
the
applications
from
small
businesses
aren't
significantly
lower
and
so
I
think,
if
that
continues
to
be
a
trend,
we
should
very
quickly
consider
reallocating
dollars
from
small
businesses
to
micro
businesses.
I
think
the
fact
that
the
applications
are
higher
flex.
The
knee
also
so
I
think
that
that
there's
something
to
be
learned
there,
then
how
many
businesses
did
you
say
that
are
eligible
is
six
feet
and
transposing
numbers
that
I'm
gonna
assume
I'm,
trying
to
figure
out
of
the
707.
What
percentage
of
that
is
reflects
the
percentage
of
businesses
eligible
to
apply,
I?
J
M
I,
remember
Holly,
mentioning
that
maybe
ten
thousand
there
were
ten
thousand
small
and
micro
businesses,
but
I
may
have
my
numbers
off
and
then
you
know
one
of
the
things
we
were
excited.
We've
got
six
hundred
and
eight
a
sixteen
hundred
and
eighty
that
are
in
process
motion.
So
it's
a
large
percentage
and
one
week
that
we've
already
got
you
know
in
motion
on
the
grants.
Yeah.
J
You
so
so
I
think
that
does
speak
to
you
again
is
just
revisiting
the
shift
in
terms
of
micro,
businesses
and
small
businesses
in
terms
of
how
we've
allocated
the
dollars
I
think
we
did
a
50/50,
so
I
would
say
that
again.
If
the
trend
continues
that
we
we
considered
that
before
the
end
of
the
program,
I.
E
A
J
That's
good
so
I
mean
in
terms
of
707
and
I,
think
he
said
600.
So
that's
what
13
or
something
but
against
Tim
five
and
still
have
a
lot
of
work
to
do.
Try
to
those
who
are
actually
eligible.
Certainly
unheard
episode
are
not
going
to
apply,
but
there's
more
room
there
and
it
looks
like
what
we're
doing
is
effective,
but
we
just
need
to
double
down,
and
just
me
you
know
I
would
just
say:
let's
make
sure
that
we're
tweaking
continue
continuing
to
tweak
as
we
learn
on
a
daily
basis.
D
H
H
You
know
group
that
had
questions
about
the
w9
because
they
were
using
a
fillable
form
also
I
agreed
with
the
alva
and
the
others
in
that
the
the
stats
here
are
very
reflective
of
what
we're
seeing
across
the
city
in
that
you
know
in
a
week's
time,
if
this
is
a
week's
time
that
this
is
great
numbers
and
and
I
agree
that
we
probably
can
revisit
allocation
fund
alert
into
the
White
House
business
from
the
small
business.
If
we
see
that
trend
continue
in
that
direction.
Thank
you.
A
Okay,
you
know
I'm,
not
gonna,
say
a
lot
because
we've
gone
over
and
we
still
have
another
important
sector
I'm.
Just
saying.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
Thank
you
to
the
foundation
and
team.
Only
reason
why
I
say
June
30th,
because
it's
the
end
of
our
fiscal
year
and
we
clearly
heard
from
the
small
business
community.
We
need
to
get
something
out
in
the
market
now
so
I,
don't
know
what
a
better
way
to
end
our
fiscal
year
with
the
city
to
help
our
small
businesses.
A
F
Some
of
these
things
you
know
about
so
the
organization
to
qualify
must
have
demonstrated
a
history
of
serving
small
businesses
for
at
least
two
years.
Oh
I
do
want
to
say
this.
Christy
Floyd
has
done
an
awesome
job
leading
this
project,
so
I
definitely
want
to
give
her
kudos
she's
been
on
the
ground.
Doing
this
I'm
doing
a
great
job.
The
proposed
projects
must
demonstrate
that
they
are
helping.
The
organizations
are
helping
to
alleviate
the
impact
of
kovin
19
on
small
businesses.
The
maximum
award
amount
was
$250,000
and
we
had
again.
F
Two
million
dollars
was
approved
for
this
program.
Applications
were
accepted,
June
1st,
through
June
11th,
20
application.
We
were
deemed
eligible
and
they
were
reviewed
by
a
six-person
team.
Again,
you
all
asked
us
to
set
up
a
competitive
process
and
then
one
that
was
fair
and
said.
The
six-person
team
were
not
did
not
consist
of
any
economic
development
personnel,
but
it
was
other
city
personnel
in
various
departments.
I
will
say
normally
for
something
like
this.
F
We
usually
go
to
our
partners
to
help
us
with
selection,
however,
because
they
either
could
be
submitting
applications
or
would
had
a
blot
of
knowledge
about
the
partners
submitting
applications.
We
thought
it
was
better
to
keep
it
internal.
There
is
a
rating
scoring
sheet
that
each
of
the
review
team
used
that
were
that
was
completed
for
each
eligible
organization.
F
What
we
did
and
I'll
show
you
on
the
following
slide
as
we
picked
basically
that
by
ranking
until
we
ran
out
of
money
essentially
and
then
the
awards
have
been
made
today,
as
promised
next
slide.
So
these
are
the
grant
recipients.
These
are
actually
in
alphabetical
order,
and
so,
let's
see
how
much
time
I've
got
a
spire
community
capital
is
actually
know
it.
F
I'll
send
out
to
you
guys
the
I'm
not
gonna,
go
over
that
so,
like
you,
guys,
have
the
opportunity
to
answer
questions
or
ask
questions
and
I
would
answer
the
questions,
but
I
do
have
in
the
information
when
I
send
you
a
file
that
actually
has
each
of
these
in
a
small
description
as
to
what
they
will
be
funding,
but
we
are
right
under
where
actually,
this
is
represents:
1
million
nine
hundred
ninety
six
thousand
three
hundred
and
ninety
three
dollars.
So
we
almost
got
right
to
the
two
million
dollar
mark.
F
A
C
B
C
I
think
this
is
a
really
great
opportunity
to
be
able
to
help
for
businesses.
Then
you
know
what
we
can
do
with
our
straight
out
grants
and
again
I
know:
I've
shared
this
with
the
group
before,
but
I.
Just
can't,
I
can't
state
it
enough
having
the
opportunity
to
be
on
a
both
bi-weekly
call
with
other
large
cities.
Last
week's
conversation
was
how
we're
using
our
care
is
that
money
and
we
just
start
we're
really
eight
far
ahead
of
than
what
a
lot
of
cities
our
pure
cities
are
doing
and
I.
C
Think
this
program
in
particular,
is
something
that's
really
not
a
little
unique.
If
people
wanted
to
know
more
about
it.
So
with
I,
don't
know
a
lot
about
the
details
because
of
course,
council
members
are
not
involved
in
the
granting
of
this
money,
but
I
look
forward
to
reading
each
one
of
their
programs
of
what
they're
providing,
but
it
is
an
extra
layer
of
way
to
help
our
businesses
not
only
recover
but
to
stay
open.
So
the
kudos
you
guys
and
Kristy.
Thank
you
for
your
hard
work
on
this.
E
You
mr.
chairman
I
liked
it
I
call
only
approach
and
comment
around
looking
forward
to
reviewing
what
each
organization
offers
I,
like
the
diversity
of
this
group
here,
also
I'm
interested
in
seeing
the
organization
who
did
not
get
grant
another
40
or
so
that
applied
so
I'm
interested
in
seeing
the
entire
comprehensive
list
and
in
depth
as
to
what
each
one
of
this
organization
will
do
or
have
done
to
support
small
businesses.
E
A
J
Congratulations
on
getting
the
money
out.
I
see
one
outlier,
the
National
Black
MBA
Association
has
an
odd
number
113
528.
So
that
may
leads
me
to
think
what
happened
or
what
was
the
decision-making
process
in
terms
of
how
you
came
up
with
the
numbers?
Can
you
can
you
answer
that
quickly,
Holly
or
Christie
either
one.
F
K
A
A
All
the
comments
we
made
about
the
staff
and
council
imaginary
you're
right
this
was
on
top
of
their
other
duties
of
moving
this
city
and
the
baby
to
get
the
money
almost
two
million
dollars
once
again
in
about
fiscal
year,
just
a
testimony
to
staff
and
how
they
heart
and
soul
was
in
this
program
and
so
I'm
gonna
be
very
respectful.
We
have
gone
30
minutes
over,
so
I
don't
want
the
mayor
pro-tem
mad
at
me
when
she
runs
the
meeting.
We
finished
right
at
11:30.
A
So
it's
a
reflection
of
the
facilitator
that
we
are
running
late,
and
so
we
have
one
item
I'm
going
to
defer.
If
we
can
to
the
next
meeting
the
intensive
career
cohorts
just
to
give
it
is
just
time
and
if
there's
no
other
comments
or
questions,
some
of
you
all
got
a
gift
at
home
and
some
of
us
have
it
in
front
of
me
and
mayor
pro-tem.
We
delivered
yours
to
your
home,
but
this
is
my
way
and
I
think
all
the
task
force
way
of
saying.
A
Thank
you
for
everybody
for
collaborating
and
making
sure
we
put
on
an
excellent
first
round.
Let
me
be
sure
to
view
us
know:
this
is
just
wrong.
One
lucky
win
the
next
one
is
the
next
round:
it's
middle
of
July,
okay
and
so
bear
with
me.
If
you
have
your
gift
that
was
sent
to
your
home,
please
we're
gonna,
make
a
quick
toast
to
everyone.
Councilmember
kite
did
you
get
to
us.
A
A
Yeah,
instead
of
years
limit,
Thank
You,
Stan
good,
a
viewers.
This
is
non-alcoholic
Sparkle,
Welch's,
grape
juice.
Okay,
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that
it
is
it's
not
alcohol
that
will
just
sparking
great
juice
and
I
would
say
if
we
all
could
hold
glass
up
and
say
cheers
to
everyone.
You're,
hard-working
your
effort
for
our
small
businesses
Cheers.
Thank
you.
Cheers.