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C
We
want
to
give
you
updates
and
potentially
some
recommendations
on
access
to
capital
and
then
review
one
last
time
before
we
start
implementing
thrive
initiatives,
and
then
we
will
start
a
discussion
about
our
tax
increment
grant
policy
today
will
be
an
overview
on
that,
and
then
we
can
come
back
in
september
and
discuss
it
more
all
right.
So
with
that,
if
we
can
go
to
the
next
slide,
what
I
have
here
is
what
was
referred
to
committee
around
referred
to
the
workforce
and
development
committee.
C
The
way
that
my
understands
the
mayor
had
sent
them
out
was
the
items
in
green,
which
you'll
see
some
on.
The
next
slide
were
the
highest
priority
ones
and
then,
what's
in
blue
or
new
ones,
and
just
really
quick
opportunity
zones,
I
think
it
continues
to
be
an
ongoing
conversation
about
what's
happening
in
opportunity
zones.
A
lot
of
that
work
will
tie
into
our
corridors
councilman
mitchell.
Just
let
me
know
if
you
have
anything
to
add
into
that
a
workforce
development
strategy,
so
there's
a
couple
different
problems
in
this.
C
Obviously,
you
will
see
today
a
couple
of
different
initiatives
that
we're
proposing
in
thrive
around
workforce
development,
but
also
emily
had
presented
to
the
manager
and
I
last
week,
a
broader
strategy
around
workforce
development
strategies
and
I
think
in
a
future
meeting,
it
would
be
advantageous
to
bring
that
back
as
well
and
share
with
the
committee
the
tax
increment
grant.
As
we
know,
that'll
be
a
part
of
our
discussion
today,
a
new
item,
the
youth
employment
policy,
which
we
can
start.
C
We
can
have
some
more
discussion
about
and
start
to
determine
how
to
move
that
along
further
promoting
african-american
business
opportunities.
I
think
this
conversation
can
go
in
a
couple,
different
directions.
We
can
talk
about
how
how
it
relates
into
our
quarter
work
but
then
also
other
opportunities
that
we
may
have
or
initiatives
next
slide.
Please
now
for
the
ones
in
green
that
are
proposed
as
a
new,
safe
charlotte
focus,
workforce
development
plans
to
reduce
high
unemployment
and
again
some
of
this
goes
into
what
we're
doing
under
the
thrive
strategy.
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C
We
have
been
talking
about
doing
some
some
talent
studies
in
our
corridors,
as
well
as
looking
at
employment
opportunities
in
our
corridors,
and
so
it's
really
easy
just
to
add
on
to
that
a
little
bit.
It's
really
easy
to
say:
we
want
businesses
to
locate
in
corridors,
but
how
much
opportunity
do
we
really
have?
What
is
the
talent
and
what
are
the
businesses
best
suited
for
those
for
those
corridors?
The
last
one
is
strengthening
workforce
development
within
the
diversion
program
and
again
just
more
work
that
we
can
do
around
that.
A
No
thank
you
and
I
have
to
applaud
the
mayor
because
she
called
the
meeting
of
all
the
committee
chairs
and
she
was
pretty
adamant
about
important
work.
We
need
to
do
in
the
month
of
august,
particularly
around
safe,
charlotte
focus,
and
then
I
was
very
excited
that
she
allowed
us
to
to
look
at
how
do
we
increase
african-american
business
opportunities
as
well
as
diversion
programs?
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C
Great,
so
let
let's
go
now
into
the
open
for
business
and
we
really
want
to
start
with
a
couple
things
under
the
survive
strategy.
If
we
go
to
the
next
slide
and
give
you
a
couple
of
updates
there
next
slide
one.
I
want
to
remind
you
where,
where
the
budget
was,
this
was
the
budget
that
you
adopted
in
may
and
you
can
see
there
how
it
all
broke
broke
down.
If
we
go
to
the
next
slide,
there
are
three
things
I
want
to
call
your
attention
to
the
intensive
career
cohorts.
C
If
you
remember
at
our
last
committee
meeting,
we
said
that
we
would
come
back
to
council
on
some
opportunities
there
and
then
also
workforce
partner
support.
We
had
spent
500
000
to
execute
a
renew
training
cohort.
This
was
around
hvac
and
the
american
climate
challenge,
and
then
we
had
a
quarter
of
a
million
remaining
out
of
that
and
then
the
last
thing
was
the
small
business
accelerator.
C
The
selection
of
a
partner
to
establish
this
has
not
yet
occurred,
so
we're
essentially
suggesting
that
we
roll
that
over
into
thrive
initiatives,
not
necessarily
the
same
exact
initiative
but
I'll
explain
more
later
so
by
the
by
the
math.
That
gives
you
two
and
a
quarter
million
to
roll
over
and
to
thrive.
G
G
So
as
you'll
know
as
you,
if
you
look
underneath
the
those
you'll
see,
our
focus
for
this
round
of
grants
were
companies
who
had
not
already
received
funding
from
ppp
or
golden
leaf
or
city
micro
loans,
and
so
the
universe
that
we
had
as
we
considered.
Initially,
grants
were
1555
companies,
and
this
represented
17
million
dollars
the
breakdown
of
those
between
the
micro
and
the
small
business.
We
had
lots
of
conversations
about
the
micro
which
are
five
or
less
employees,
and
so
about
1400
level.
G
Over
1400
were
the
micro
businesses
and
we
had
about
101
small
businesses
so
25
to
6
employees.
One
of
the
things
that
we've
kind
of
talked
about
along
the
way
is
just
the
number.
The
error
rate
that
we
saw
in
applications
so
just
want
to
address.
That
again,
is
we
continue
to
see
about
a
65
error
rate,
meaning
of
those
who
submitted
application
about
65
percent
were
unsuccessful
in
their
first
attempt
to
get
the
information
included
that
we
needed.
G
So
we've
had
a
approximately
1100
micro
businesses
in
that
category
and
about
579
employers
that
were
in
that
small
business
category
from
60
to
25,
and
our
error
rate
in
those
applications
was
about
47
I'll,
go
to
the
next
slide
on
this
side,
we're
going
to
focus
on
on
what
happened
in
this.
You
know
this
these
initial
rounds
of
grants,
and
so,
as
you
know,
we
had
three
grant
cycles
prior
where
we
awarded
391
grants
totaling
a
little
over
4.2
million
dollars,
the
breakdown
of
those
were.
G
You
know,
the
mass
majority
were
micro
businesses,
those
369
businesses
received
grants
and
22
small
business
grants,
we're
excited
to
say
in
this
last
round
of
grants.
We
have
369
additional
awardees
in
this
next
round,
so
those
were
all
processed
last
week
and
I
think
checks
will
go
out
from
the
city
tomorrow
for
the
additional
369
grants,
358,
which
were
micro,
businesses
and
11
or
small
businesses.
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G
A
One,
this
is
just
great
information
and
so
committee.
Are
there
any
questions,
because
I
know
it's
been
a
lot
of
conversation
in
the
community
who
have
received
the
grants.
What
was
the
ratio
between
micro
business,
small
grants
and
the
total
dollar
amount?
So
I
want
to
stop
right
here
and
make
sure
and
see
if
there
are
any
questions
from
the
committee
members.
G
The
the
next
slide,
I
think,
is
one
of
my
favorite
images
as
part
of
this
program,
but
this
it
shows
you
a
dot
on
the
map
for
every
grant.
The
790
grants
that
we've
we've
made
today.
You
can
see
those
on
this
map,
so
you
can
see
exactly
where
these
businesses
are,
which
were
spread
throughout
the
city
of
charlotte.
So
I
hope,
council,
members
and
and
those
on
the
task
force
can
all
feel
really
good
about
the
support
that
went
out
to
the
community
and
those
that
reach.
G
So
it's
really
exciting
for
us
to
see
where
those
grants
ended
up
happening
next
slide.
This
gives
you
just
a
breakdown.
We
wanted
to
share
with
you
just
what
our
demographics
look
like
from
a
racial
standpoint.
So
if
you
look
at
your
pie,
chart
to
the
left-hand
side
you'll
see
it
represents
the
breakdown
of
applicants
in
terms
of
how
they
identified
themselves
in
terms
of
race
in
terms
of
submission.
So
this
is
of
all
those
who
submitted
approximately
48
percent
identified
themselves
as
black
or
african-american.
D
Thank
you,
mr
chairman.
So
what
I
see
here
is
really
the
businesses
that
did
not
get
ppp,
because
this
data
only
shows
businesses
that
we
already
distributed
grants
to,
and
this
is
our
phase
where
we
have
not
touched
any
business
that
have
received
ppp.
So
you
can
clearly
see
here.
You
know
for
an
example
where
we
had
over
48
percent
40
percent
african-american
8
percent
hispanic,
but
in
distribution
we
can
see
clearly
58
african-american
and
9
hispanic.
D
A
G
Kind
of
moving
to
their
next
slide,
your
pie
chart
on
the
left
hand,
side
just
represents
the
gender
breakdown
for
the
the
program,
so
those
receiving
awards
40
7
identified
themselves
as
female
owners
and
53
male.
So
that
was
our
breakdown
and
then
the
final
pie
chart
on
your
right
hand,
side.
It
breaks
it
down
in
terms
of
the
number
of
years
that
were
in
business,
which
I
thought
was
really
fascinating.
G
H
Am
I
am
on
thanks,
so
it's
a
great
summary:
laura,
hey
everybody,
holly
eskridge
with
the
economic
development
department,
so
we're
really
pleased
with
this
program.
It's
been
an
amazing
partnership,
councilman
beramira.
I
completely
agree
with
you.
I
think
that
we're
hitting
exactly
who
needed
this
funding
for
these
first
eight
weeks
that
we
have
this
program
up
and
running,
we're
very,
very
happy
about
it
and
we're
happy
with
the
trend
as
far
as
the
number
of
awards
that
they
increased
so
much
this
last
fourth
round
of
checks.
H
One
thing
that
is
important
to
note
is
that
the
non-ppps
that
submitted
in
the
first
eight
weeks
will
still
maintain
that
level
of
priority,
but
moving
forward
on
the
ppps
and
anything
that
comes
in
those
three
weeks.
We
believe
that
it's
time
to
include
all
of
those
in
a
selection
pool,
then
we
also
really
want
to
do
intensive
assistance
to
small
businesses
that
have
application
errors.
H
As
you
saw
on
the
slide
bar,
I
went
over
if
the
non-ppp
is
calling
them
and
the
ppp
companies
both
have
error
rates
and
really
it's
important,
that
the
focus
be
shifted
to
really
helping
to
correct
those
applications
so
that
the
businesses
can
receive
the
funding
or
we
are
eligible
to
receive
the
funding.
And
so
what
we're
saying
is
is
that
there
will
be
a
new
community
outreach
strategy,
so
we're
starting
the
new
the
marketing
around
the
new
application
cycle
and
program.
H
The
second
is:
we
had
a
really
great
meeting
council
member
newton
facilitated.
This
happen
happening
with
some
of
our
advocates
from
the
community
that
work
with
international
small
businesses,
and
they
really
came
up
this
great
solution
which
is
creating
these
navigators
within
their
specific
demographics
that
they
support
in
the
international
small
business
community
and
so
laura
and
her
team
have
done
an
awesome
job
of
training.
These
navigators,
the
navigators
wherever
these,
these
different
advocacy
groups
feel
like
is
the
most
appropriate
location
where
our
international
small
businesses
can
come
in.
H
They
can
apply
for
funding
safe,
that's
where
they'll
be
located
and
then
actually
with
each
navigator
will
be
a
person
who
was
at
one
of
the
ymca
sites.
So
it's
actually
the
most
effective
and
efficient
way.
We
think
to
make
sure
that
the
information
that's
needed,
that
our
international
small
businesses
understand
that
what's
required
and
they
have
an
opportunity
to
apply,
and
then
we
will
have
one
site
that
will
have
a
one,
an
in-person
clinic
like
we
did.
The
ymca
except
it'll,
just
be
one
site
over
those
three
weeks.
H
So,
on
the
right
hand,
side
on
the
slide.
There's
the
timeline
again
august
11th
to
the
30th.
We
would
reopen
the
application.
The
applications
would
be
due
by
august
30th,
30th
at
5
pm
and
then
we'll
deploy
this
community
outreach
strategy.
That's
listed
in
bullet
four
will
on
august
11
through
october,
2nd.
That's
when
we'll
be
shifting
really
towards
helping
these
small
businesses
with
errors
in
their
application
fix
those
errors.
H
It's
going
to
be
a
high
touch,
engagement,
which
is
really
great,
and
I
think
we
think
exactly
what
our
small
businesses
need.
August.
12Th,
sorry
august
21st
through
october
16th,
we'll
continue
at
this
point
in
time.
For
that
first,
eight
weeks
we
did
every
two
weeks
an
award
cycle,
so
we're
going
to
continue
with
that
that
process
and
we
feel,
like
100
of
the
money,
will
be
released
by
august,
I'm
sorry
october
16th
and
then
those
business
surveys
that
we
talked
about
previously.
H
A
H
A
B
Okay,
thank
you.
This
is
a
really
great
program,
but
I
had
some
questions
about
the
error
rate.
So
there
was
a
67
error
rate
that
seems
like
really
high,
more
so
than
just
user
error.
So
I
wanted
to
know
if
there
was
a
breakdown
on
what
those
errors
were
and
will
these
recommendations
and
next
steps
you
think,
will
address
some
of
those
errors
in
the
process.
G
They
use
a
name
in
the
application,
that's
different
from
what's
on
their
w9,
their
tin
number
doesn't
match
you
know,
and
so
we've
been
seeing
errors
in
various
places.
So
one
of
the
things
that
we've
been
trying
to
do
is
tweak
our
application.
All
the
way
along
to
try
to
correct
wording,
change
our
q
a
to
try
to
support
as
as
much
as
we
can,
but
we're
just.
We
continue
to
see
despite
how
we've
changed
things
and
we
have
have
morphed
along
the
way.
G
Can
we
continue
to
see
the
the
large
error
rates?
One
of
the
reasons
that
you
see
the
larger
number
of
grants
awards
this
time
on.
396
is
because
we
are
now
going
back
to
anybody
that
hasn't
been
successful.
We
have
been
reaching
out
to
them
directly
to
try
to
help
them
with
it.
So,
as
you
know,
we
had
application
sites
open.
Eight
different
ymcas,
where
they
could
come
in
and
receive
personalized
support
to
help
them
fill
out
the
application
we
have
had
notaries
available
to
them.
G
So
anyone
that
could
not
get
a
notary.
They
had
opportunities
to
do
that.
We
are
now
reaching
out
by
telephone
and
asking
if
they
were
unable
to
come
into
a.
Why
site.
Do
they
want
a
you
know,
essentially
a
zoom
meeting
with
us
and
we'll
help
them
fill
out
their
application
online.
So
we
are
trying
every
avenue
that
we
possibly
can
to
help
alleviate
those
bearers
to
get
people
over
the
hump.
You
know,
as
holly
mentioned,
we
are
continuing
anyone
that
was
successful.
Sending
in
that
application
that
meets
that
eligibility
criteria.
B
G
Yeah
and
some
and
to
be
perfectly
honest,
we've
been
doing
that
all
the
way
along.
So
I
want
don't
want
you
to
think
it's
just
something
we're
doing
now.
We
have
been
doing
that
all
the
way.
Along
and
literally
there
are
some
companies
that
we
have
now
contacted
two
or
three
times
we
have
even
driven
out
to
locations
to
get
documents
signed
for
people.
I
mean
we
are
leaving
no
stone
unturned
in
terms
of
our
efforts
to
try
to
help
businesses
achieve
this
objective
of
getting
things
getting
things
correct.
B
A
A
K
I
think
council
member
johnson
asked
exactly
what
I
was
going
to
ask
and
the
one
thing
that
I
would
say
is
you
know:
does
it
make
sense?
To
I
mean
we've
got
40.
We
had
48
million
dollars
in
requests
for
30
million
dollars
available
instead
of
getting
new
apps
in.
Does
it
make
sense
to
continue
the
outreach
and
get
that
going?
But
you
know
my
question
got
answered
based
on
everything
that
was
said
by
laura.
G
We
didn't
want
the
program
for
someone
not
to
have
applied
and
now
open
it
up
and
they
say
well.
If
I
had
known,
I
would
have
put
an
application
in
so
we
felt
it
was
really
important
to
take
some
time
not
a
long
period
of
time,
but
to
give
everybody
a
fair
slaying
feel
to
know
it
is
now
open,
and
even
if
you
receive
pp
funding,
you
have
the
opportunity
to
come
in
and
apply.
A
D
Thank
you,
mr
chairman,
and
laura,
thank
you
so
much
for
the
great
presentation
so
holly.
Thank
you
so
much
for
your
work.
This
process
has
been
so
transparent
from
day
one
with
frequent
updates.
I
do
have
questions
around
international
small
business
navigator.
So,
mr
newton,
thank
you
for
bringing
this
idea
because
I
have
received
some
feedback
from
international
small
businesses,
where
there
were
some
instances
where
there
was
a
language
barrier
or
questions
around
immigration
status
and
so
on.
D
G
There,
obviously
there
will
be
a
cost
associated
and
I
think
the
next
slide
is
going
to
go
over
the
additional
costs
with
extending
the
program
another
eight
weeks.
So
there
will
be
a
cost
to
us
having
adding
that
navigator
component,
we
did
reach
out
to
the
international
community
councilman
newton
as
well
and
tried
and
have
worked
over
the
last
week
to
try
to
identify
who
these
navigators
would
be
and
what
what
part
of
the
community
different
constituents
of
the
international
community.
G
We
need
to
make
sure
that
we
are
representing
we've
been
working
on
recruiting
those
folks
last
week
doing
background
checks,
we're
starting
to
train
those
folks
and
then,
as
holly
mentioned,
we
are
going
to
partner
them
with
someone
that
has
been
working
on
the
application
process
for
you
know
throughout
this
process.
So
hopefully
that
partnership
will
enable
that
when
those
applications
come
in,
we
know
that
they're
100
correct.
So
it's
not
only
that
navigator.
A
F
F
The
the
navigator
program
sparked
by
a
number
of
community
leaders,
immigrant
and
refugee
community
leaders
expressing
the
cultural
and
language
barriers
of
the
small
businesses
in
their
communities
and
how
they
experience
difficulty
through
the
application
process.
We
can
look
at,
but
also
bear
in
mind
that,
even
aside
from
that
error
rate,
there
are
segments
of
the
community
that,
due
to
those
hurdles,
existing
were
unable
or
just
not
feel
comfortable
to
to
explore
the
possibility
of
these
grants.
The
navigator
program
fills
that
gap
now
bear
in
mind
too.
F
There
still
are
some
additional
gaps
that
aren't
being
filled.
Some
some
this
is,
I
think,
would
be
fine
as
a
small
business,
but
don't
all
within
our
criteria-
and
I
understand
I
know
that-
that's
through
the
conversations
we
have
with
community
leaders
that
they
understand
as
well
that
this
is
cares
at
dollars
that
we're
talking
about
here.
There
are
restrictions
upon
that,
and
so
we
can
talk
about
other
ways.
I
hope
that
we
explore
other
ways
of
deploying
partnerships
with
organizations
in
the
communities
to
fill
those
different
gaps.
F
One
type
of
business
that
comes
to
mind
is
the
folks
that
have
gardens
that
that
they
can
cultivate
and
then
sell
to
local
grocers
and
provide
that
that
locally
source
fresh
produce
for
our
communities
across
all
of
charlotte.
They
unfortunately
fall
outside
the
parameters
of
our
grant
program.
Here.
F
Maybe
there
are
opportunities
for
for
partnerships
with
with
local
organizations
to
to
fill
those
those
gaps,
but
nevertheless
I
wanted
to
give
a
lot
of
credit
to
the
community
leaders
that
came
together
to
to
discuss
the
navigator
program
with
our
city
staff,
the
ymca
and
the
city
staff
as
well.
We'll
see
a
little
bit
more
information
pertaining
to
the
specifics
of
the
program,
but
thank
you
all
so
much
for
your
involvement,
your
encouragement
and
then
also
thank
you
for
listening
and
and
for
providing
notaries.
F
A
I
Thank
you,
mr
chair,
and
I
also
just
want
to
say
first
of
all
thank
you,
mr
newton,
for
his
work
and
really
promoting
this
and
his
passion
for
this
topic,
because
I
think
it
really
brought
to
light
some
fundamental
issues
with
our
small
businesses
in
charlotte.
And
with
that
I
want
to
say
thank
you
to
laura
and
holly
for
making
government
look
good,
because
it
shows
that
we
can
pivot
and
we
can
be
nimble
and
really
adjust
to
what
we're
hearing
from
our
constituents
and
from
the
community.
I
So
I
really
appreciate
the
the
granular
level
that
you
got
to
to
really
figure
out
why
we
weren't
able
to
deploy
these
loans
as
quickly
as
possible.
So
I
I'm
glad
that
we're
moving
forward
and
opening
it
up,
but
that
we
gave
the
opportunity
to
small
businesses
who
didn't
get
ppp
first,
to
give
them
really
more
of
a
running
start
to
get
this
money,
and
I
think
it's
interesting
how
it
sheds
a
light
on
businesses
that
and
individuals
that
don't
have
access
to
capital.
I
Traditionally
that
they've
started
businesses
in
a
very
organic
way,
probably
borrowing
money
from
friends
and
family.
And
so
you
know
when
we're
done
with
this,
I
hope
that
you
know
laura
and
holly.
You
can
provide
us
with
takeaways
on
what
really
limits
these
businesses
from
growing.
As
you
see
just
simple
things
like
the
paperwork
because
a
lot
of
that
paperwork
and
the
need
for
it
came
out
of
people
going
to
banks
and
the
banks
saying
here,
here's
what
we
need.
G
We
have
not
really
found
that
you
know
our
list
of
documents
that
you
know
is
fairly
extensive,
so
it
was
a
long
list
and
they
only
had
to
pick
three
up
from
that
long
list
and
most
businesses
have
generally
been
able
to
do
that.
Only
one
of
them
is
is
required
to
be
from
something
that
they
can't
self-generate,
meaning
that
we
have
a
document,
that's
from
a
governmental
source
or
a
banking
source
or
a
utility,
so
that
we
know
it's
not
something
that
they
just
self-generated.
G
You
know,
we've
also
tried
to
protect
the
city
and
these
funds
from
fraud,
and
so
we
need
to
have
something
that
that
guarantees
that,
but
we've
tried
to
be
incredibly
flexible.
We
also,
as
we
have
looked
through
documents,
if
we
could
tell
that
someone
handed
in
a
document
that
wasn't
on
that
list,
but
it
verifies
the
information
that
we
needed.
We've
tried
to
flex
to
be
able
to
meet
applicants
in
that
way
as
well.
So
again,
I
think
we've
had
a
very
comprehensive
list.
G
It
is
not
that
we're
asking
for
15
documents
we're
only
asking
for
three
and
they
get
to
pick
and
choose
and
and
generally
what
we've
seen
is
it's
been
a
wide
variety.
You
know
it
may
be
easier
for
someone
to
provide
a
utility
bill,
someone
else,
a
banking
statement,
someone
else
their
their
origination
letter
from
the
state
of
north
carolina.
So
it
really
has
varied
what
people
have
have
handed
in.
I
G
G
In
you
know
we
had
people
that
handed
in
a
w-9
but
didn't
fill
out
the
w-9
we
got
to
fill
out
a
w-9,
you
know
for
it
to
be,
or
their
name
on,
the
w-9
is
different
from
the
name
on
the
the
application
and
in
order
for
the
city
to
to
cross
check
that
those
two
things
have
to
match.
So
again,
you
know
just
a
lot
of
different
kinds
of
ways.
I
think
people
you
know
moving
too
quickly,
maybe
not
reading
closely
and
and
providing
you
know
information.
A
J
Thank
you,
councilman,
laura
and
holly
good
morning.
Thank
you
for
a
great
update.
I
was
especially
pleased
to
see
the
mitigation
strategies
that
holly
presented
this
morning.
My
question
is:
I
have
a
couple
questions
laura:
how
many
applications
do
we
get
each
week
on
average?
You
may
have
mentioned
that.
So
I
apologize
if
you
have
already,
but
can
you
share
that
number.
J
There
may
be
a
reason
to
have
it
where
it
is
so
my
and
then
my
other
question
is:
can
we
go
ahead
and
decision
or
grant
the
applications
that
are
in
queue
that
are
qualified?
Now?
I
don't
think
anyone
mentioned
about
what
we're
doing
for
those
who
are
sitting
in
queue.
I
myself
have
received
11
calls
from
people
who
have
submitted
applications
who
were
wondering
about
status
or
wondering
when
they
were
going
to
get
to
that
point.
So
whether
or
not
they
are
ppp
have
received
ppp
or
not
receive
ppp.
J
My
question
is:
can
we
go
ahead
and
issue
a
grant
to
those
who
are
qualified
before
opening
the
next
round?
I
think
we've
done
a
great
job
in
satisfying
the
diversity
measures.
To
this
point
I
feel,
like
I
don't
know
you
know,
I
know
we
talked
about
the
algorithm
that
was
used
for
decisioning
and
the
random
selection
of
those
types
of
things,
and
that's
good
because
certainly
has
proved
out
and
making
sure
that
the
parity
is
there
in
terms
of
distribution.
J
But
there
are
businesses
who
still
need
funding
that
are
sitting
in
queue.
So
my
question
is:
can
we
go
ahead
and
grant
those
before
we
open
up
the
second
one,
the
second
round,
and
then,
if
we
find
that
at
some
point
in
october
or
november,
that
there's
still
a
significant
money
amount
of
money
remaining?
J
The
question
is:
can
we
go
back
and
re-grant
those
who
have
been
issued,
the
five
thousand
dollars
or
the
other
level?
I
can't
remember
the
number
from
the
top
of
my
head.
Certainly,
as
we
talked
before
early
in
early
conversations,
it's
still
not
enough,
and
so
there's
still
a
great
need
there.
So
I
think
you
know
it
will
be
very
disappointing
to
all
of
us
that
we
have
money
remaining
at
the
end
of
the
program
even
in
october.
J
At
this
point,
significant
on
the
amount
of
money
remaining
and
given
the
fact
that
that
we've
at
this
point
we've
issued
eight
a
million
we
used
to
have
22
million
roughly
that's
a
significant
amount,
so
looking
at
greater
levels
of
grants,
making
sure
that
we
go
ahead
and
decision,
the
ones
that
are
approved
that
are
in
queue
already,
instead
of
having
them,
wait
there
and
then
go
and
see.
If
this
next
round
of
outreach
works,
I
think
there
are
some
things
that
we
can
do
now:
significant
reasons.
G
Let
me
I'm
going
to
answer
a
lot
of
different
questions.
You
had
there,
so
let
me
try
to
hit
the
ones
that
I
think
I've
got
the
authority
to
answer
and
then
I'll
I'll
turn
it
over
to
the
city
for
the
ones.
I
don't
think
I
have
the
authority
to
answer
and
tracy
can
hit
me
if
I
answer
something,
but
I'm
not
supposed
to
answer
so
one.
G
So
there
is
no
one
in
queue
that
you
know
again.
They
filled
out
the
application.
They
got
it
correct.
They
are
eligible
and
hadn't
received
other
funding.
They
have
all
now
been
funding
funded.
Now
we
still
have
a
group
of
applications
that
haven't
received
funding
that
we
are
still
working
with
today,
as
we
speak
to
try
to
get
their
application
correct,
so
we're
continuing
to
work
on
those,
and
we
continue
to
plan
to
make
all
those
businesses
a
priority.
G
So
if
they
haven't
gotten
funding
yet-
and
we
can
get
them
to
successfully
complete
an
application-
you
know
they're
they're
going
to
get
funding.
So
I
don't
want
you
to
think
they're
any
of
those
that
are
waiting.
The
applications
that
we
haven't
looked
at
right
now
are
ppp,
so
and
what
we've
been
trying
to
do
is
actually
review
those
along
the
way.
G
We
have
been
re-granting
every
two
weeks
and
we
would
continue
on
that
same
schedule
with
the
city
so
that
if
we
open
it
up
to
ppp
and
we've
got
applicants
in
that
pool
that
have
are
eligible
and
have
filled
it
out
correctly,
we
would
start
funding
those
as
soon
as
you
give
us
the
green
light
to
do
that,
and
we
would
do
a
section
of
grants
every
two
weeks.
You
know,
through
the
end
of
this
program,
one
of
the
questions.
G
If
we
got
to
the
end
of
this
and
it
still
wasn't
distributed
and
the
city
looked
at
us
and
said
yes,
we
want
to
extend.
That
would
be
something
we
would
consider,
but
it
would
certainly
be
a
call
for
the
city
to
make
you
know
not
the
foundation
for
the
carolinas,
but
our
goal
is
to
try
to
get
this
money
out.
G
J
No
thank
you.
Thank
you
for
clarifying
and
I
did
understand
that
those
that
are
in
qrpp.
I
guess
my
point
is,
it
looks
like
we
need
to,
and
this
may
be,
for
the
city.
Okay,
in
this
case
and
those
who
are
voting,
I
think
we
should
really
look
at
granting
those
who
are
qualified
who
have
received
ppp
funds.
A
A
It
is
I
go
our
intention
to
spend
all
30
million
dollars
on
this
grant
program,
so
I
will
assure
you
if
we
have
any
left
over
diablo,
we
would
find
a
way
to
put
that
back
in
community
and
give
it
to
the
business
owners
because
you're
right,
we
still
hear
from
small
businesses
loud
and
clear
that
they
still
need
assistance.
Tracy.
All.
C
That's
going
to
add
to
that
I
think,
there's,
there's
two
ask
in
this
presentation
today
is
one
that
this
committee
support
the
new
recommendations
that
laura
and
holly
have
laid
out
as
those
as
the
next
steps
forward.
So
I
think
if
we
have
that,
then
everything
does
fall
into
line
to
what
alva's
talking
about.
A
B
A
B
Okay,
first
of
all,
we're
going
to
get
a
copy
of
this
presentation.
It's
really
informative.
So
thank
you
for
this,
but
I
just
want
to
look
at
the
numbers
you
know
so.
We've
had
3
400
businesses
to
apply
and
the
award
has
been,
I
think,
to
760
businesses,
and-
and
much
of
that
is
because
of
these
large
error
rates.
I
don't
think
we
can
ignore
these
error
rates
before
we
move
forward
in
changing
the
process
and
opening
it
up
to
business.
Who've
already
received
ppp.
B
B
G
Now
there
were
the
mass
majority
of
the
companies,
though,
that
have
applied
just
so
you
know
were
not
considered
in
the
quote:
governor's
mandate,
so,
unfortunately,
the
way
the
statistic
runs
they
had
to
choose
other
at
that
point,
and
so
the
other
is
a
mass
majority
of
the
companies
that
did
apply
but
of
those
that
were
in
the
governor's
mandate.
Restaurants
is,
was
the
number
one
that
that
that
applied
and
was
awarded
in
terms
of
those
in
terms
of
just
you
know,
we've
tried
to
leave
no
stone
and
turns
in
terms
of
this
application.
G
We
are
in
this
last
period
trying
to
intensify
our
outreach
moving
our
call
center
from
just
accepting
calls
to
kind
of
reaching
out
to
businesses.
So
you
know,
I
would
say,
for
you
know,
when
we
get
contacted,
because
you
know
when
we
have
been
contacted
about
a
nail
salon
or
a
different
business
about
50
of
the
time.
They've
already
received
ppp
funding,
and
so
they
don't.
B
B
I
think
these
are
vulnerable
folks
who
have
not
received
any
funding,
and
I
I
just
think
we
should
look
at
the
mitigation
practices
and
maybe
implement
those
for
a
couple
weeks
see
if
we
can
get
some
more
folks
through
the
process
before
we
move
on.
I
think
we
really
need
to
focus
on
equity
right
now
and
if
there
are
individuals
who
are
small
entrepreneurs
who
have
not
received
any
funding,
we
know
that
unemployment,
if
they're
eligible
for
that,
is
being
cut
this
week.
G
And
I
just
want
to
clarify
again:
the
65
error
rate
is
before
we've
done
the
mitigation,
so
that
that
that's
not
the
the
rate
that
we
currently
have.
That's
you
know
going
in.
You
know
before
we've
assisted
them,
so
you
know
we
are
bringing
that
65
percent
rate
up
as
we
do
our
mitigation
strategies.
G
G
G
Yeah,
if
people
want
to
drop
off
applications
in
person,
they
can
drop
them
off,
and
that's
why
we
had
the
eight
ymc
locations
that
they
could
drop
off
and
and
literally
they
could.
You
know
they
were
able
to
walk
into
those
to
to
those
sites
and
we
would
fill
out
the
application
for
them.
We
are
moving
we'll
contin
continue
to
have
one
site
where
people
can
drop
drop
in.
We
will
have
these
navigators
that
will
be
out
in
the
community
and
then
the
other
thing
that
we
are
moving
into
is.
G
A
D
B
A
D
D
So
I
would
like
to
see
if
we
can
get
an
updated
error
rate
percentage,
and
I
think
that
would
probably
address
the
concern
that
council,
member
johnson
is
raising
and
also
another
point
that
I
would
I
would
make
here
is
if
there
is
a
business
that
for
johnson
is
referring
to.
Let's
have
staff
look
at
that
to
see
if
we
are
seeing
similar
instances
in
with
other
businesses.
A
D
Yet
I
I
guess
what
I'm
trying
to
do
is
if,
if
councilmember
johnson
is
saying
there
is
a
business
owner
that
did
not
get
the
grant,
and
I
don't
know
what
is
the
root
cause
here
so
unless
and
until
staff
looks
at
it,
we
do
not
know
what
the
problem
is.
So
I
I'm
what
I'm
saying
is
any
time
when
business
reaches
out
to
us
if
they
are
having
issues
with
the
getting
funding.
What
we
do,
we
usually
reach
out
to
support
staff,
and
we
say
hey:
can
you
look
at
this
application?
D
What
is
why
this
business
has
not
been
has
not
received
any
funding
and
I
think,
most
of
the
time
we
are
able
to
work,
address
the
questions
that
have
been
raised.
It
could
be
that
they
got
in
pvp
and
that's
why
they
didn't
get
it
or
it
could
be.
They
didn't
sign
something.
So
I
think
I
just
want
us
to
look
at
the
concern.
That's
been
raised
by
council
member
johnson
because
that
I
think,
unless
and
until
we
look
at
the
problem,
we
don't
even
know
what
the
solution
is.
G
And
and
what
I
would
say,
councilman
ashmir
is
we
have
any
time
we've
had
a
council
member
or
a
city
staff
member
that
has
reached
out
to
us
and
has
questioned
about
a
business.
We
have
absolutely.
We
have
complete
transparency
on
that
and
we
are
more
than
glad
to
provide.
You
know
that
information.
G
What
I
will
tell
you
is
that
going
back
opening
up
those
applications
reviewing
that
getting
that
information
does
take
time.
So
if
we
do
that
with
all
5
700
companies,
you
know
that's
going
to
be
an
extraordinary
amount
of
time,
but
what
I
would
say
is
if
anyone
has
any
if
any
council
member
has
any.
I
would
say
you
know
several
businesses
that
they're
they're
concerned
about
and
would
like
to
email
me:
email,
holly,
email,
tracy,
email,
james,
whoever
you'd
like
we
will
absolutely
track
down
that
information.
D
Yes,
I
I
remember
I
had
sent.
I
had
sent
an
email
about
the
food
truck
they've,
they
had
some
questions
and
they
were
addressed
by
staff,
so
I'm
pretty
sure
we'll
be
able
to
address
this.
I'm
not
saying:
let's
go
back
to
5000
applications.
No,
we
don't
need
to
do
that.
I'm
saying
let's
just
look
at
this,
because
if
this
has
been
raised
to
council
member
johnson
and
see
if
you
can
address
it,
it's
a
simple
solution
here.
B
G
Yeah
and
again
it
does
not
mean
that
their
applications
were
not
processed,
and
it
doesn't
mean
that
we
haven't
already
reached
out
to
those
65
percent
to
help
them
get
their
application
correct.
So
there
are
people.
There
are
businesses
when
the
within
that
65
that
absolutely
have
now
been
awarded
grants
because
we
reach
back
out
to
them
and
we
help
them
with
be
successful.
C
H
Awesome,
thank
you
so
much
tracy.
It's
great
discussion
really
appreciate
hearing
hearing
it,
and
so
the
original
budget
here
for
the
work
with
the
foundation,
the
administrative
work
which
it
says,
initial,
the
2.376
million.
We
wanted
to
be
able
to
break
that
down,
for
you
guys
just
to
remind
everybody
how
it
was
spent
and
then
talk
about
the
additional
money
that
we'll
need
to
provide
the
foundation
to
do
this
extension
until
october
16th.
H
So
when
you
say
when
it
says,
program,
setup
and
community
impact,
what
we're
looking
at
there
is
for
the
1.2,
I
would
say
it
is
around.
There's
extensive
marketing
work
that
was
done.
It
was
working
with
the
ymcas
to
have
their
facilities
to
pay
people
to
actually
do
those
in-person
clinics
to
pay
the
canvassers.
We
did
a
lot
of
business
canvassing
as
well,
and
so
those
are
the
main
I
would
say,
cost
associated
with
that,
and
you
know
laura
if
I've
missed
something.
H
H
H
So
the
extension
here
largely
has
to
do
with
the
navigator
program
and
then
the
in-person
clinic
the
one
that
we'll
have
so
we'll
pay
staff
members
to
or
contractors
to
to
be
there
to
help
our
small
businesses
and
then
also
just
this
really
intensive
marketing
effort
that
we
want
to
do
to.
Let
people
know
that
it
is
back
open
for
the
three
weeks
and
to
please
apply
also
within
that.
I
would
say
too.
I
need
to
probably
say
both
the
initial
and
the
extension
in
that
program.
H
If
I'm
incorrect
on
this,
please
correct
me,
but
to
be
able
to
just
assist
the
businesses
in
fixing
the
applications
or
answering
any
questions
that
they
have,
and
so
what
we
wanted
to
show
here
is
that
57
of
the
funding
has
actually
been
deployed
into
the
community
sort
of
that's
marketing,
whether
that's
putting
furloughed
employees
to
work
at
the
in-person
clinic
or
doing
the
business
canvassing,
but
57
of
it
actually
has
gone
back
into
the
community,
and
then
I've
covered
that
last
bullet
point.
So
tracy
is
there
anything
you
want
to
add.
C
No,
I
think,
the
the
last
the
last
bullet
point
you
were
going
to
hit,
I
think,
is
really
important,
which
is
the
foundation?
Isn't
charging
us
a
management
fee
to
extend
this
program
eight
more
weeks?
It
just
shows
the
kind
of
partnership
that
they
have,
that
they've
really
crafted
and
then
again
how
we
have
used.
C
Some
of
this
implementation
cost
to
really
put
people
back
to
work,
and
while
this
number,
why
we
wanted
to
pull
this
number
and
show
it
to
you
again
was
not
just
the
additional
cost,
but
you
will
see
it
again
when
we,
when
we
hit
the
thrive
budget,
because
that's
where
it
came
out
of
when
you
all
voted
back
in
may
you
wanted
the
30
million
specific
to
the
grants,
not
grants
plus
implementation
costs.
So
you'll
see
that
in
just
a
few
minutes
at
the
end
of
the
presentation.
H
D
G
Ma'am
so
of
the
383
about
75
000
is
going
into
the
navigator
program.
That's
hiring
the
navigators
pairing
them
with
the
ymca
employees,
also,
the
the
notaries,
the
training,
the
background
checks,
those
kind
of
things
so
to
set
that
up
over
the
the
next
three
weeks
we've
got
about
75
000
in
that
the
remaining
383
really.
This
is
going
to
the
people
that
were
hiring
for
the
call
center
and
the
people
that
were
hiring
to
review
these
applications
and
you've
got
this
we're
extending
it
over
an
eight
week
period.
G
So
we've
got
eight
weeks
that
we're
trying
to
cover
here
again.
These
are
not
existing
foundation
for
the
carolina
staff
members,
we've
gone
out
to
the
community
and
hired
employees
that
were
furloughed
from
the
y
and
other
businesses
and
trained
them.
So
again,
these
are
not
dollars
coming
to
us.
The
dollars
that
we're
using
to
hire
other
in
the
community
to
deliver
this
program.
C
C
We're
responding
to
market
conditions
as
we
move
forward
every
day
is
a
little
bit
different
than
the
day
before,
also
looking
closely
at
what
we
think
we
can
implement
we're
learning
a
lot
of
lessons
as
it
as
it
comes
to
implementing
certain
programs
and
so
we're
shifting
on
some
different
things.
But
I
just
wanted
to
remind
you
the
proposal
that
we
had
made
on
july
14th
if
we
can
go
to
the
next
slide.
Please.
C
And
what
we
are
doing
is
just
again
evolving
and
thinking
about
work
for
really
talking
about
workforce
readiness,
business,
innovation
and
thrive,
business,
grants
and
morphing
that
into
two
areas:
workforce,
resiliency
and
business,
innovation
and
resiliency.
So
it's
the
business
part
of
it
and
it's
the
people
part
of
it,
and
there
are
certain
proposals
underneath
those
that
we
will
walk
through
here
in
a
second
and
we'll
go
to
the
next
slide.
And
it's
more
of
that
evolution
of
where
we're
getting
to
today.
C
Where,
again,
you
have
you're
upgrading
technologies
to
deploy
virtual
training,
so
you
can
train
more
people,
you're,
increasing
program
capacity,
again,
training,
more
people
or
your
the
potential
for
some
kind
of
partnership
with
high
high
demand
career
opportunities.
This
goes
a
little
bit
back
to
where
we
were
talking
two
weeks
ago,
we're
looking
at
what
those
different
opportunities
are,
but
more
we're
reversing
the
way
that
we
do.
This
now
and
more
asking
our
workforce
partners
to
come
to
us
with
investment
opportunities.
C
If
you
will
through
more
of
a
grant
program,
we
saw
great
success
when
we
did
this
around
small
business
partners
and
small
business
support
assistance
with
our
eco
partners
out
in
the
community,
and
we
have
a
model
in
which
we
can
do
this,
and
do
this
pretty
quickly.
If
you,
if
you
remember
the
grants
that
holly's
team
did
were
some
of
the
first
ones
to
go
out
so
same
kind
of
thing
here
we
can
do
and
do
quickly
and
moving
to
the
next
slide,
we
have
the
thrive,
hiring
grant.
C
You
all
have
heard
us
talk
about
this
many
times.
This
is
the
push
to
create
more
job
opportunities
to
our
unemployed
residents
and
ones
that
have
been
displaced
by
covid
and
we'd,
offset
the
expense
of
hiring
those
who
have
retooled
their
careers
to
take
new
opportunities
and
building
off
of
what
we
have
is
the
opportunity
hiring
grant.
That's
not
coveted
related.
This
one
would
be
the
same
thing
that
would
be
specific
to
covid
related.
C
A
C
If
we
go
to
the
next
slide,
the
open
for
business
initiative,
we've
talked
about
this
as
a
part
of
survive.
It
continues
into
thrive
and
what's
been
really
interesting
with
this
is
this
is
the
platform
that
now
is
launching
a
lot
of
these
programs
and
a
lot
of
the
the
grant
programs,
as
well
as
pushing
out
a
lot
of
the
information,
whether
it
be
mentoring,
series,
small
business
task,
force,
updates
or
committee
updates.
C
We
want
this
to
build
to
a
platform
that
is
the
convener
for
resources
related
to
small
business
and
workforce
development,
we're
talking
about
growing
it
even
more
into
connecting
job
opportunities
with
those
in
need.
If
we
can
go
to
the
next
slide,
so
I
mentioned
just
the
job
connector
for
future
phases,
future
grant
opportunities
with
embedded
applications,
business,
recruitment,
information
campaign,
support
for
food
and
beverage
which
we'll
get
to
as
well
as
company
relocation
campaign
opportunity
into
that.
So
this
has
the
upper.
C
This
platform
really
has
opportunity
to
do
a
lot
in
our
community
and
build
on
the
resources
that
we
have.
Let's
go
to
the
next
slide
and
move
into
business
innovation,
and
this
is
really
again
moving
away
from
focus
on
the
individual
employees
and
workforce
and
over
into
the
business.
We
have
three
areas:
resilient
re-up
program,
innovative
business
grants,
food
and
beverage
relief
fund,
and
actually
the
arts
and
cultural
we
are.
We
are
changing
that
to
a
hospitality
fund,
so
I'll
cover
that
in
a
second,
the
resilient
re-up.
C
If
everybody
remembers
us
talking
about
amp
up,
which
is
a
small
business
training
program
that
we
have
for
our
mwsbes.
This
is
similar.
It's
going
to
be
offered
citywide
for
small
businesses,
but
it
is
it's.
It's
essentially
the
same
thing
with
the
intent
of
creating
resiliency
plans
is
critical
for
small
businesses,
stabilization
and
future
success.
So
again
it's
building
off
of
that
amp
up.
We
think
that
we
can
serve
40
to
60
small
businesses,
all
with
25
people
or
less,
and
it
would
do
it
would
include
knowledge
sharing
around
risk
management,
business
continuity,
crisis
management.
C
C
If
you
all
remember
earlier,
in
the
summer
center
city,
partners
and
honeywell
announced
a
business
innovation
fund,
their
innovation
fund
is
slightly
different,
but
it
really
is
provided
at
com
funds,
grants
up
to
forty
thousand
for
companies
who
have
innovative
ideas
on
how
to
pivot
their
businesses
and
make
them
more
resilient
in
a
cobia
19
economy,
and
we
would
do
the
same
thing.
However,
we
want
to
expand
our
geography
to
be
city
wide.
C
The
the
existing
fund,
the
business
innovation
fund,
has
a
preference
to
mwsb
companies.
We
want
to
again
just
make
it
city-wide.
We've
heard
a
lot
of
great
stories
about
how
businesses
have
found
ways
to
pivot
and
have
innovative
ideas,
whether
it's
around
you
know
changing
in
technology
or
really
different,
innovative
ideas.
I'll
talk
about
some
more
in
just
a
second.
D
D
B
C
A
Tracer,
let
me
just
add,
I
don't
know
if
she's
still
on
the
line
but
mayor
pro
tem
did
have
that
question
about
the
center
city
partners
program
and
the
partnership
with
honeywell.
So
I'm
at
least
I'm
glad
that
we
showed
there's
a
difference,
we're
going
to
go
city
wide,
but
I
think
theirs
was
concentrated
strictly
on
the
city
center
city
boundaries,
correct.
C
They
had
a
two-mile
radius
and
you
know
they
have
seen
some
success
in
their
grant
program.
I
think
they
announced
last
week
the
first
round
of
grants
again
a
lot
of
innovative
ideas
with
companies
who
aren't
necessarily
just
looking
for
that
straight
access
to
capital,
but
ways
in
which
they
can
they
can
pivot
or
be
innovative
in
this
this
new
time.
C
Next,
one
next
slide
if
we
can
go
to
relief
funds-
and
I
think
here
what
we
want
to
talk
about
is
a
different
strategy-
that's
going
to
be
new
around
helping
I'm
going
to
call
just
the
hospital,
I'm
going
to
say
this
very
broadly.
The
hospitality
industry
between
we've
talked
about
arts
and
culture.
We've
talked
about
accommodate
food
hospitality.
C
You
know
this
is
a
big
sector
in
our
city
and
it
hasn't
come
back.
Restaurants
are
really
struggling
with
all
the
new
rules
and
that
are
that
are
consistently
changing.
When
I
I
have
talked
to
restaurants,
they've
said
that
you
know
there
was
pent-up
demand
once
we
all
ended
our
month-long
quarantine.
C
But
now
you
know
with
summer
and
just
all
the
new
rules
people
aren't
going
to
the
restaurants
as
much
delivery
people.
They.
I
hear
consistently
that
grub
hub
and
doordash
eat
a
lot
of
the
profits
if
you're
just
delivering
for
for
family
and
so
some
of
our
smaller
restaurants.
That's
just
a
hard
concept
for
and
they're
just
having
hard
times.
C
C
There's
a
shot
in
the
arm
that
everybody
thought
perhaps
in
march
might
might
come
around
a
little
bit
more
differently
than
it
is,
and
so,
if
we
go
to
the
next
side,
what
we
are
proposing
is
a
food
and
beverage
relief
fund,
and
then
I'm
going
to
talk
in
a
second.
When
we
go
to
the
budget,
which
I
don't
have
a
slide
for,
I
apologize
a
hospitality
fund.
What
I
can
tell
you
is
our
team.
This
is
all
happening.
C
And
so
we're
proposing
a
5
million
dollar
food
and
beverage
relief
fund.
Really
that
could
be
one
of
two
different
things:
it
could
be
straight
access
to
capital
or
we
could
look
at
part
of
that
as
being
innovation
grants.
I
talked
about
the
streeters.
We
can
roll
that
into
into
that
just
to
help
businesses
who
have
creative
ideas,
how
you
know
how
to
how
to
pivot.
C
So
so
the
one
thing
I
think
is
important
to
say
before
I
go
into
the
budget
is:
if
we
do
a
food
and
beverage
relief
fund,
if
we
do
a
hospitality
relief
fund,
the
idea
is
not
that
anybody
is
double
dipping.
So
if
you've
gone
through
the
access
to
capital
and
you've
gotten
funds
through
the
traditional
access
to
capital,
you
can't
necessarily
double
dip.
C
That's
not
the
intent
of
this,
but
what
we
found
and
laura,
please
keep
me
honest
on
this-
was
that
less
than
seven
percent
of
restaurants
and
food
and
beverage
had
applied
for
the
funds,
and
so
we
wanted
to
create
something
that
was
unique
for
our
restaurants
and
bars.
This
really
came
about
last
week
when
they
got
another
five
week
kind
of
in
phase
two
that
we
felt
like
there
was
a
need
to
do
something:
laura
did
you
have
anything
you
can
do,
and
so
now,
let's
go
to
to
the
budget.
C
C
C
The
renew
career
cohort
expansion,
so
emily
is
in
the
process
of
launching
the
first
one.
We
think
we
can
do
a
second
training
program
by
the
end
of
the
year.
The
resilient
re-up
program.
We
talked
about
the
innovative
business
grants
at
1.5
million
food
and
beverage
relief
fund
at
5
million
in
hospitality
hotel
at
three.
I
think
we
can
continue
to
build
out.
I
know
the
need
for
hospitality.
Hotel
is
closer
to
10
million,
but
I
think
we
can
continue
to
try
to
work
to
look
for
ways
to
build
that
out.
C
The
the
last
one
is
the
access
to
capital
implementation
cost
that
I
mentioned
earlier.
Holly
walked
through
the
two
million
seven
hundred
and
sixty
thousand
I
spent
in
the
budget
that
I'm
laying
out
here.
I
spent
an
extra
10
grand
so
real
time.
My
numbers
don't
add
up.
I
spent
an
extra
10
grand
and.
A
I
know
she's
looking
at
me
so
committee,
I'm
gonna,
look
at
you
all
to
make
sure
we
can
support
staff
and
tracy.
Thank
you
and
staff.
I
mean
this
is
a
very
aggressive,
but
I
think
we
are
we're
pivoting
to
the
pain,
we're
feeling
in
our
community
and
laura.
Thank
you
for
telling
us
that
seven
percent
of
our
hotel
and
beverages
are
applying
for
access
to
capital
grant
and
we
not
try
to
we're
not
trying
to
have
double
dip
it
councilmember
ashmere,
and
then
I
would
like
to
get
feedback
from
counts.
D
C
C
C
My
understanding
from
last
week
was
that
they
had
a
range
of
just
a
couple
of
thousand
and
some
grants
all
the
way
up
to
forty
thousand,
and
so,
if
everybody
is
an
agreement
to
move
forward
with
this,
I
think
we
would
start
working
with
the
foundation
and
center
city
partners
to
understand
best
practices
on
how
this
program
has
worked.
And
again
we
would
want
to
do
ours
citywide.
D
Okay,
so
this
I
understand
would
be
for
storefront
throughout
the
city.
What
I'm?
What
I'm
concerned
about
with
this
specific
innovate
program
is
1.5
million
dollars
for
citywide.
It's
not
going
to
go
a
long
way
and
there
will
be
a
lot
of
innovation
ideas,
innovative
ideas
that
could
be
coming
in
and
we
may
not
be
able
to
fund
many
of
those.
So
I
know
that
access
to
capital
program
has
already
received
over
42
million
dollars
in
request.
D
So
why
don't
we
just
go
ahead
and
sort
of
put
it
in
access
to
capital
buckets,
so
everyone
can
apply
and
and
it
will
increase
our
reach.
A
second
question
I
have
is
around
hospitality
and
food
and
beverage.
I
know
that
hospitality
industry
has
been
hit
the
hardest,
but
so
is
fitness
centers
because
they
are
still
not
able
to
open
their
facilities
same
thing
with
a
bar
same
thing
with
even
salons
and
barbers
are
still
struggling,
because
the
consumer
confidence
is
not
there.
D
So
if
we
start
creating
these
buckets
for
hospitality,
food
and
beverage,
then
you
know
the
next
thing.
You
know
we're
going
to
have
requests
from
fitness
facilities
or
or
we're
going
to
see,
requests
from
salons
and
barbers.
So
I
and-
and
then
I
I
remember,
mr
winston
making
this
point
at
our
council
meeting
last
council
meeting
and
he's
he
mentioned
about
how
folks
who
work
in
entertainment,
industry
or
sports
industry
like
stagehand
and
so
on.
D
They
were
struggling
as
well,
and
these
are
individual
contractors
right
and
our
pandemic
assistant
federal
pandemic
assistant
has
ended
as
of
as
of
july
30th.
So
I
want
to
be
mindful
that
if
we
are
going
to
do
this
relief
for
one
industry,
then
we
gotta
address
the
need
that
is
so
much
larger.
So
I
would
like
to
see
just
having
one
bucket
where
everyone
can
apply
for
relief
if
they
show
that
they
have
been
affected
by
cobit
19..
D
A
Thank
you,
cashmere
edgeman.
Let
me
make
sure
I
catch
as
well
capture
those,
I
think
say
number
one.
An
innovation
business
grant
program
put
that
1.5
million
back
in
the
asset
access
to
capital
was
that
was
one
okay,
yes
and
then
the
food
and
beverage
relief
fund
and
hospitality
slash
hotel.
Instead
of
making
those
industry
specific,
just
create
one
pool
of
eight
million
dollars
for
allowed
people
to
apply.
D
Yeah
so
open
to
all
industries
that
have
been
affected,
such
as
barbers
and
salons,
to
miss
councilmember
johnson's
point
right.
Achieving
mr
winston's
point
around
how
individual
contractors
have
been
affected,
even
the
industries
that
do
event
planning
they
haven't
hit
the
hardest.
You
know
there
are
no
weddings
or
anything
so
so
I
guess
we
are
not
winning
I
mean
we
are
not
choosing
winners
and
losers.
We
shouldn't
do
that.
D
I
I
think
we
should
just
keep
it
open
for
everyone
who
has
been
a
practice,
so
I
don't
know
how
that
would
work,
maybe
access
to
capital
or
maybe
just
another
fund.
Clearly
we
have
a
lot
of.
We
have
a
need
that
is
out
there,
as
we
can
clearly
see.
We
have
gotten
42
million
plus
in
request,
so
maybe
even
if
we
were
to
put
it
in
access
to
capital
would
would
open
it
up
to
all
businesses.
A
C
A
A
D
Would
work
if
we
are,
if
you're
able
to
open
it
to
everyone,
and
maybe
we
might
have
to
look
at
the
maximum?
I
think
right
now,
it's
2
million-
and
I
know
mr
patel
had
asked
that
question
earlier
about.
Why
is
it
2
million?
So
I
don't
know
if
we
were
to
increase
that
would
would
actually
open
it
up
to
hospitality
and
food
and
beverage
industry.
So
I
just
really
like
to
hear
from
him,
but
really
I
would
like
to
see
this
go
out
as
soon
as
possible,
because
there
are
people
that
are
struggling.
A
K
Thank
you
very
much
a
couple
of
points
one
I
mean.
I
appreciate
what
tracy
said.
You
know
three
million
is
what's
in
the
bucket,
but
the
need
is
actually
a
whole
lot
better
than
greater
than
that
two,
when
councilmember
azmara
says
bars,
salons
and
gyms.
They
already
have
access
to
this
because
they're
small
business
or
micro
businesses
I'll
tell
you
that
the
vast
majority
of
hotels
and
motels
do
not
qualify
because
they
have
more
than
25
employees,
so
it
did
not
qualify
under
the
access
to
capital.
K
K
Inventory,
you
know,
hotels,
restaurants,
I
mean
restaurants
bars,
they
can
keep
their
inventory
and
it
does
not
expire.
A
hotel
room
expires
every
night.
I
can't
resell
a
room
today
that
I
couldn't
sell
yesterday
for
last
night,
but
a
restaurant
that
has
inventory
can
freeze
it
and
use
it
when
they
can.
K
If
you
look
at
it
holistically,
I
think
yes,
the
hospitality
in
industry
collectively
has
has
suffered
tremendously.
Our
restaurants
came
back
a
lot
faster
hotels.
I
mean
I
think
tracy
gave
the
number
of
75
percent.
I
mean
if
I,
if
you
look
at
industry
wide,
it
was
90
down
in
april
year
over
year,
80
down
june-
I
mean,
may
you
know,
70
in
june
and
70
in
july,
so
the
only
travel
you're
technically
getting
right
now
is
some
destination,
leisure
travel
and
so
and
restaurants.
K
If
you
look
at
it,
their
numbers
are
definitely
their
year
over
years
are
definitely
not
that
much
yeah
they
may
have
gotten.
They
improved
quite
a
bit
when,
when
we
went
into
phase
two,
I
think
the
restaurants
pivoted
very
well
because
they
had
because
they
had
the
opportunity
to
right
going
from
in-house
dining
to
take
home,
dining
or
delivery,
dining,
so
putting
everything
in
one
bucket,
that's
fine,
and
if
you
want
to
give
them
accuracy,
but
you
I
mean
you're
gonna
have
to
create
a
mechanism
that
allows
hotels.
I
mean
I'll.
K
Give
you
a
perfect
example.
The
hilton
center
city
is
closed
and
remains
closed.
They
would
never
be
able
to
access
this
capital
because
they
have
too
many
employees,
but
they're
losing
money
every
day
because
they
got
to
keep
the
building
operating.
They
got
to
pay
for
for
their
for
all
the
utilities
and
the
building
that
size.
It's
it's
not
what
that
could
be.
They
got
to
still
pay
their
mortgage,
so
they
could
be
losing
a
couple
of
hundred
thousand
dollars
a
month
just
on
those
fixed
costs
alone.
K
So
there's
a
holistic
approach
is
what
we've
got
to
take
a
look
at
over
here.
I
agree
with
that,
but
the
industry's
I
mean
hospitality.
You
know
we
were
our
perishable
inventory
parishes.
Every
night
and
and
then
yeah
three
million
is
great.
I
mean,
I
think
I
think,
there's
25
000
hotel
rooms
in
the
city
of
charlotte,
and
I
think
that
is
from
a
independent
motel
on
wilkinson
boulevard
up
to
the
western
center
city
that
are
all
that
were
open
as
of
end
of
july.
K
K
You
could
just
say
you
know
your
grant
is
based
on
the
number
of
rooms
you
have
you
calculate
it
out
and
see
what
what
the
number
is
divided
by
the
rooms,
and
this
is
what
you're
eligible
for,
but
and
then
whatever
we
want
to
do
on
the
restaurant
and
everything
else
side.
But
I
think
we've
got
to
be
cognizant
of
the
fact
that
the
vast
majority,
you
know
vast
majority
of
hospitality,
hotel
and
motel
assets
would
not
qualify
under
the
small
business
criteria.
A
B
B
B
Okay,
because
I
know
that
we,
those
industries,
are
significantly
affected
but,
like
miss
ashmira
says
there
are
so
many
small
businesses
that
are
affected
as
well.
This
is,
and
we
don't
want
to
have
winners
and
losers,
so
if
there's
a
way
that
we
could
leverage
the
fund,
that's
specific
to
them,
so
that
it
does
allow
us
to
utilize
care
dollars
across
the
board.
B
E
Yes,
I
was
just
gonna
add
you
know
we,
our
staff
is
really
good
at
what
they
do,
we've
thrown
them
a
curveball
and
the
this
is
what
they've
come
back
with,
and
I
think
it
would
be
wise
for
us
to
support
what
they
have
put
before
us
as
something
they
can
do.
They
pull
pulled
a
real
rabbit
out
of
a
hat
and
in
the
last
two
weeks,
so
I'll
only
support
what
is
on
that.
A
D
D
So
he
mentioned
that
a
lot
of
them
couldn't
apply
because
they
have
over
25
employees.
How
about
if
we
were
to
open
up
access
to
capital
fund
as
our
second
phase,
where
we
allow,
let's
say
if
they
have
over
25
employees,
and
we
have
to
figure
out
what
should
be
that
number.
Maybe
mr
patel
can
address
that
question.
But
let's
say
if
you
were
to
make
it
30
or
40
or
50,
would
that
allow
a
lot
of
hospitality
businesses
to
apply?
D
So
that's
something
we
got
hear
from
our
restaurants
and
hospitality
experts.
So
I
think
if
we
were
to
do
that,
that
will
open
it
up
to
all
businesses
that
have
been
affected.
Like
fitness
centers.
I
remember
like
three
months
ago
we
had
a
gentleman
who
had
reached
out
to
many
of
us
on
social
media.
He
operates
a
boxing
facility
in
steel,
creek
area
and
he
wasn't
able
to
apply
for
this
funding
because
of,
I
guess,
revenue
limitations
or
maybe
the
employees.
D
So
I
think
this
would-
and
I
know
that
they
haven't-
had
any
opportunity
to
actually
start
their
business
because
of
the
restrictions
that
are
in
place.
So
I'm
really
concerned
about
our
fitness
facilities.
I'm
sure
many
of
us,
like
myself,
haven't
gone
to
fitness
facility
because
they're
all
closed
still,
so
that
industry
have
really
struggled
a
lot.
So
we
want.
D
I
want
to
be
mindful
of
them,
as
well
as
the
loans
and
barbers
that
may
have
over
25
employees,
so
maybe
addressing
the
employee's
size
I
mean
if
the
number
of
employees
would
address
the
concerns,
that's
been
released
by
mr
patel
and
even
increasing
from
maybe
two
million
to
maybe
three.
I
don't
know
what
that
number
is,
but
I
think
if
we
get
those
numbers
worked
out,
we
can
address
mr
patel's
concerns
as
well
as
overall
concerns
around
all
industries.
C
Yeah
so
the
one
thing
the
the
gentleman
in
steel
creek,
the
he
could
not
apply
because
of
the
geography
that
goes
back
to
the
micro
business
grants
that
we
were
doing
that
were
specific
to
our
corridor's
geography.
So
he
could
have
actually
applied
for
the
access
to
capital.
Grant
just
want
to
make
that
clarification.
D
A
So
let
me
take
a
stab
because
one
thing
I
want
to
be
sensitive
time,
but
I
think
miss
ashby.
You
actually
good
question
and
I'm
trying
to
say
if
we
can
do
this
without
impacting
our
relationship
with
foundations
for
the
carolinas,
because
changing
the
algorithm
and
changing
that
program
could
be
an
additional
cost
that
I
think
in
a
short
period
of
time.
A
Let
staff
be
responsible
in
administrating
that,
because
I
want
to
make
sure
we
can
continue
to
get
this
money
out
quicker
and
I'm
afraid
if
we
put
this
on
the
foundation,
that
is
a
system,
change
need
to
be
made
and
time
of
other
essence.
So,
committee
give
me
your
thoughts
by
just
creating
an
hta
fund
combining
with
councilmember
ashman
suggested
those
three
buckets
together.
D
So
I'm
I'm
okay
with
us
having
this
stuff
having
this
process
done
in-house.
That's
fine!
I'm
fine
with
that
whole
foundation
has
done
a
great
job
and
they
have
the
capacity
already,
and
they
have
shown
us
that
so
I'm
good
either
way
what
I'm
concerned
about.
If
we
set
aside
hta
dollars,
we
are
not
going
to.
We
are
choosing
winners,
especially
the
other
folks
will
not
be
able
to
apply
so
would
that
fund
be
only
specific
to
hospitality
industry?
D
A
A
Do
we
still
support
those
businesses,
even
though
there
is
a
state
law
that
say
they
could
not
be
open
in
probably
october
november.
I
think
that's
worked
for
us
having
a
conversation
or
we
continue
to
help
those
businesses
who
doors
are
open
now
and
who
need
still
some
more
assistance.
I
I'm
flexible
either
way,
but
I
do
think
you're
right.
I
don't
like
to
say,
let's
choose
winners
or
losers,
because
I
think
all
our
businesses
in
our
community
are
winners,
but
I
think
I
hear
you
loud
and
clear.
A
D
And
I
I
would
suggest
it
you
know,
castle
member
johnson
brought
up
a
very
good
point.
Mr
mitchell,
that
see
there
is
already
a
tourism
in
the
bucket.
Maybe
we
can
look
at
tourism
bucket
to
only
help
hospitality
and
tourism,
because
it's
already
restricted
youths.
So
do
we
know
what
the
balance
is,
and
maybe
the
corporate
funds
that
we
have
could
be
more
sort
of
have
broader
impact,
because
that's
not
going
to
be
that
that's
that
is
available
to
everyone.
A
Yeah
I
was
going
to
take
a
legal
stab
at
it
that
I
don't
go
ahead
and
go
ahead.
Yeah,
so
cash
councilmember,
ashman,
councilman
johnson,
I
don't
think
statutorial
the
state
has
given
us
the
authority.
We
can
use
those
funds
for
individual
businesses.
They
only
can
be
used
for
tourism
activity
and
mr
patel,
you
want
to
follow
up.
Sir.
K
Yes,
it
can
only
be
used
for
promotions,
it
can
be
used
for
debt
service
and
and
and
and
functions
like
that.
So,
if
right
now
that
those
funds
cannot
be
used
to
pay
out
individual
hotel,
that
that
is
a
a
change
that
would
have
to
be
made
in
raleigh
and
I'll
be
very
honest,
I
would
oppose
that
100
and
I
will
drive
up
to
raleigh
and
make
sure
it
doesn't
happen
because
you're
gonna
need
this
funds
when
it
happens.
K
The
one
thing
we
all
have
to
remember
here:
we're
not
picking
winners
and
losers.
If
the
governor
comes
up
tomorrow
and
says
we're
in
phase
three,
all
these
other
businesses
are
going
to
be
open.
Hospitality
will
not
come
back
till
23,
2023
or
2024.,
so
we're
we're
talking
about
thrive
at
this
point
in
time.
So,
let's
keep
that
in
mind.
A
C
Well,
just
to
what
you
were
saying:
councilmember
mitchell,
you
could
usually
combine
the
hospitality
and
do
a
hospitality
relief
fund
at
8
million.
One
suggestion
that
I
would
make
is
perhaps
not
to
pivot
away
from
this
business
innovation
or
the
innovative
business
grants,
because
it's
an
opportunity
for
gyms
or
barbers
or
others
if
they
come
and
they
say
well,
hey.
C
D
D
Okay,
so
I
think
that's
fine,
it's
open
to
all
businesses,
so
innovation
can
come
out
of
it.
I
mean
that's
the
big,
that's
the
whole
purpose
for
it.
I
I
am
not
comfortable
with
us
allocating
fundings
only
for
one
industry
we
got
so
many
industries,
that's
been
affected
and
I
again
I
I
don't
want
us
to
choose
winners
and
losers,
even
though
this
is
a.
This
is
a
thrive
phase.
D
So
if
there
are
industries
that
are
still
around
such
as
event
planners
fitness
facilities,
yoga
studios,
dance
studios,
let's
give
them
an
opportunity,
because
guess
what
just
like
hospitality
industry
they've
been
affected,
they
have
not
gotten
la.
They
have
not
been
able
to
get
the
fees
that
they
collect
because,
as
days
are
passing
by,
they
are
losing
revenue
every
single
day,
so
the
ppp
and
all
of
those
dollars
that
have
come
in
to
keep
them
in
business
for
next
two
to
three
months
that
they
survive.
D
G
Wondered
whether
the
the
new
fund,
whether
you
don't
have
any
income
so
there's,
if
there's
no
income
requirement,
there's
no
employment
requirement,
and
maybe
you
specifically
call
out
all
those
industries
that
the
governor
called
out
and
and
required.
So
it's
anybody
in
that
bucket.
That
was
required
to
be
closed.
So
you
have
to
use
that
as
the
standard
of
who's
eligible
to
apply
for
this
new
fund.
A
B
B
A
I
think
I
think
laura
came
up
with
the
great
selection
that
we
would
take
away
the
filters,
so
we
will
remove
the
employees.
You
know
we
won't
have.
If
we
choose
to
go
phase
three,
we
will
not
look.
If
you
got
zero
to
five
or
five
to
twenty
five,
we
would
keep
that
open.
We
will
also
remove
the
category
of
your
generated
sales.
Right
now
is
thirty
thousand
through
two
million
so
laura
suggesting
this?
Let's
remove
those
layers,
then
open
it
up
that
anybody
could
apply
in
in
phase
three.
G
What
I
am
saying
is:
if
you've
got
an
additional
pool
of
funds
that
you
want
to
create
a
new
fund
for,
and
you
want
new
parameters
to
it,
you
could
create
and
not
have
any
any
employment
limitation.
Any
you
know,
income
limitation,
and
maybe
you
use
the
guidelines
as
what
are
those
businesses
specifically
called
out
by
the
governor
and
use
that
as
your
criteria,
in
terms
of
who
would
be
eligible.
A
G
Obviously,
if
we
use
our
current
application
process
and
can
morph
that
it's
going
to
go
much
faster,
but
if
we
aren't
able
to
take
the
current
application
process
and
and
more
fit,
we
either
need
to
close.
It
start
something
new
or
continue
it
and
continue
on
that
path,
which
I
think
you
should
given
the
number
of
applicants
that
you
have.
I
really
think
you
had,
but
do
we
create?
D
Yes,
I
like
what
laura
suggested
that
we
take
out
filters,
so
that
would
open
up
to
businesses
that
have
not
been
able
to
apply
to
mr
patel's
point,
I
think
that's
a
great
solution
and
I
would
also
like
them
to
continue
to
see
this
process
take
to
continue
to
monitor
this
process.
We
don't
want
to
change
horses
in
the
middle
of
the
race.
They've
done
a
great
job,
so,
let's
let
them
have
continue
to
run
process
these
applications
for
relief
fund.
D
D
So
I
want
to
make
sure
that
if
we
go
ahead
and
take
out
those
filters,
we're
not
going
to
start
seeing
public
companies
applying
corporations-
yes,
so
so
I
guess
if
you,
if
we
can
somehow
incorporate
that,
I
think
that
would
address
mr
patel's
concerns,
but
then,
at
the
same
time,
I
think
ms
johnson
raised
a
good
point.
I
think
we
do
need
diverse
industry
experts
on
this.
It's
great
that
we
have
mr
patel
representing
hospitality
industry,
but
moving
forward.
D
If
you're
gonna
have
this
kind
of
discussion,
we
I
asked
staff
that
we,
let's
please
give
us
a
heads
up
so
that
we
can
reach
out
to
industry
experts
ahead
of
time
and
get
their
feedback
along
the
way.
But
I
I'm
on
board
with
laura's
recommendations,
and
I
I
would
like
us
to
move
forward.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
E
Thank
you.
We
are
really
running
out
of
time
here
guys,
and
it
was
two
weeks
ago
that
we
last
pulled
the
rug
out
under
staff,
and
then
we
gave
them
an
impossible
task
over
two
weeks.
They
worked
hard
and
they
did
all
their
diligence
and
looked
at
all
the
data
that
informed
them
of
a
plan
they
just
presented
to
us
within
two
weeks
that
normally
takes
two
months
to
build,
and
they
didn't
say
well
I'd
like
this
or
like
that.
E
They
said
this
is
what
I
think
the
data
informs
would
be
the
best
use.
So
if
anyone's
asking
where
the
experts
of
small
business
and
what
our
community
needs
are
on
the
call,
it
is,
in
fact,
the
staff
that
has
presented
us
with
this
exact
proposal.
So
we
have
two
options
in
front
of
us
at
this
point.
E
That
is
not
even
a
third
of
the
way
subscribed
to
the
small
businesses
that
are
applying
for
it.
Now
we've
got
a
good
update.
It's
on
its
path.
What
that
thing
needs
now
is
not
more
money.
It
needs
focus
on
the
rest
of
the
pool,
that's
there
so,
like
I
said
before
and
I'll
say
again,
I
won't
be
supporting
anything
coming
out
of
this
committee
that
isn't
exactly
what
staff
has
worked
two
weeks
on
to
prepare
and
if,
if
we
do
do
something
at
this
point,
I
think
that
that
is
different
from
that.
E
I
think
everyone
on
this
council
in
this
committee
needs
to
take
a
long
hard
look
at
what
exactly
we're
trying
to
achieve,
because
we
have
experts
that
we've
given
tasks
and
the
last
two
weeks
were
the
time
to
bring
up
ideas
and
different
kinds
of
motivations
that
they
would
like
to
have
achieved
not
now
after
they
did
all
their
work
and
they're
hearing
from
me.
Now,
because
this
is
the
point
of
no
return.
In
my
opinion,.
A
Thank
you,
mayor,
council
member,
so
I
think
we
have
one
solution
on
the
on
the
floor
and
I
just
want
to
make
sure.
Let's
put
ever,
let's
make
sure
everybody
on
the
same
page,
hey
the
recommendation
earlier
we
made
was
to
let
me
go
back
here,
so
I
make
sure
I
get
it
right.
So
I
don't
confuse
anyone.
A
A
G
A
B
A
Okay,
council
member
bakari
has
stated
he's
loud
and
clear
if
it,
if
and
councilman
crowd
would
tell
you
this
staff
has
weighed
in
on
this
as
well.
So
I
don't
want
you
think
you
don't
you
don't
hear
from
them.
They
have
not
been
sending
me
notes,
supporting
and
giving
me
suggestions.
So
staff
has
been
joining
to
help
work
with
us
to
find
a
solution.
A
G
C
Yeah
what
I
and
what
I
would
add
is
lauren
has
made
some
good
suggestions
here
after
listening
to
council
member
concerns,
but
at
the
same
time
we
gotta
we
gotta
build
this
out.
I
just
wanna
make
it
really
clear
with
everybody
we're
sitting
here,
developing
something
as
we're
all
just
talking,
and
we
really
need
the
opportunity
to
make
sure
that
it's
going
to
serve
parts
of
our
community.
A
A
A
C
A
B
A
Councilman
mitchell,
yes,
three
to
one
that
passed
that
we
will
come
up
with
a
new,
a
new
name
for
our
new
program,
just
filter
list.
Thank
you
staff.
Thank
you
committee
and
thanks
for
the
member
of
the
small
business
task
force.
So
so
let
me
commit
I
I
got
to
make
an
apology.
So
people
don't
know
the
staff
did
this
because
it
was
talking
about
survive
and
thrive.
I
accept
to
invite
the
members
of
the
small
business
task
force.
A
So
that's
why
they
were
on
for
today
and
part
of
our
when
we
concluded
our
committee.
We
asked
them
to
join
us
with
certain
topics,
so
I
apologize
committed,
not
letting
you
all
know,
but
it
was
just
to
keep
their
expertise
and
help
us
work
on
and
continue
to
serve
our
small
businesses.
So
I
apologize
I
sent
some
out
in
the
future,
so
people
won't
think
that
that
was
a
staff
initiative
that
was
mine,
that
was
another
10
20,
not
11
30..
It
was
at
10
20
a.m.
A
This
morning
we
have
one
more
agenda
item,
but
I
think
staff
is
okay.
We
punt
the
tig
overview
to
september
14th
tracy.
Are
you
okay
with
that?
Yes,
yes,
she's
smiling,
so
we
do
have
council
meeting
tonight.
We
will
give
an
update
under
the
city
manager's
portion
about
our
great
work.
We
did
here
today.
B
A
A
D
I
just
want
to
applaud
your
leadership
and
just
the
effort
you
have
put
into
this
to
bring
all
players
together.
You
don't
often
you're
being
you
have
been
very
modest.
You
don't
often
take
the
credit
even
when
you
deserve,
so
I
I
just
want
to
take
a
moment
to
thank
you,
mr
mitchell,
for
your
chairmanship.