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From YouTube: City Council Meeting - Pop Up Food Pantry 5-27-20
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City of Chelsea
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Chelsea Cable TV
A
B
Thank
You,
mr.
president,
thank
you
everybody
for
being
here
today.
Initially
I
started
to
see
some
messaging
coming
up
in
the
city
that
we
were
going
to
be
dwindling
down
some
of
the
food
distribution,
and
we
were
moving
three
days
a
week
over
at
Point
Park
identic
that
was
geographically
equitable
and
that
if
there
was
still
the
needs
in
the
community
that
we
needed
to
do
a
little
better
than
that,
it
may
be
continued.
The
five
day
operation
that
we
had
going
in
the
time
that
has
transpired
has
dual
eating
decided
to
schedule.
B
A
C
C
C
Until
we
came
together,
figure
out
a
different
way
to
transition
and
figure
out
how
to
keep
the
system,
so
you
should
have
gotten
free
of
financial
proposal
options
that
we
weren't
going
the
first
one
was
what
would
happen
had
we
done
it
originally
intended
to
do.
We
could
operate
a
footpath
through
the
summer.
You'd
still
have
a
couple
hundred
thousand
dollars
left
over.
We
couldn't
eat
into
something
in
food
distribution.
The
second
option
is
doing
what
we're
doing
now:
continuing
the
five-day
pantries
through
June
and
that
pivot
important
time,
and
we
probably
have
enough
resources.
C
This
shows
a
fifty
thousand
dollar
deficit
on
August
29,
but
I.
Imagine
we
could
probably
make
it
to
August
29
with
the
money
that
we
have,
but
again
at
the
end
of
June
to
July
the
3rd.
We
continue
to
maintain
these
five-day-a-week
food
pantries.
The
cost
of
the
city
is
$125,000
a
week,
and
if
we
do
this
through
August
29
we'll
need
another
$600,000
from
the
council
before
we'll
have
a
seven
thousand
dollar
deficit
by
August
29,
and
as
long
as
you
want
to
keep
this
running,
we
can
do
it.
C
C
Cost
to
it
as
well,
but
it
does
the
reason
I
like
that
approach,
I'm,
not
certain
again.
We
can
pull
it
off.
It's
doable,
but
there's
two
things
that
I
like
about
that
approach:
one.
It
ensures
that
we
are
mainly
taking
care
of
Chelsea
residents.
Now,
there's
not
an
overwhelming
number
of
non
Chelsea
residents
in
these
mines.
But
there
are
some
you
know
we're
you
know
on
a
day
like
today
and
Washington
Square,
Park
I
didn't
see
that
number
zero.
Today
we
that's
the
place
where
we
get
the
most.
B
C
So
so
that
was
one
that's
one
benefit
of
transitioning
and
the
way
I
suggested
another
one
is
that
we
will
spend
all
of
our
money
or
more
of
our
money
on
food
as
opposed
to
incidental.
So
a
lot
of
this
costs
were
incurring
a
cost
that
a
non-food
related
to
the
cost
of
transportation
companies,
temporary
workers,
forklifts
loaders
things
that
aren't
food
related,
but
are
necessary
pieces
of
doing
the
kind
of
food
distribution
program
that
we're
doing
right
now.
C
So
you
know
to
get
into
a
business
where
we're
spending
our
money
only
on
jealousy
resident
and
only
on
food
are
almost
exclusively
on
food.
Has
a
lot
of
benefit
to
me.
I
just
don't
know
if
we
can
figure
out
a
way
to
transition,
I,
don't
but
I'm,
exploring
this
option,
I,
don't
know
what
it
looks
like,
but
I
think
it's
worth
exploring
other
than
that.
C
The
only
solution
is
to
continue
what
we're
doing
or
to
transition
down
in
port
Park
and
go
from
a
cost
of
$125
dollars
a
week
to
a
cost
of
about
fifty
eight
thousand
dollars
a
week,
because
we
can
eliminate,
but
that
would
also
be
reducing
it
to
three
distributions
a
day.
We
would
reduce
the
cost
from
one
hundred
twenty-five
thousand
to
fifteen
thousand.
Most
of
the
cost
is
in
the
transportation
company,
we're
paying
struffolis
seventy-five
thousand
dollars
a
month
to
Tufts
to
basically
do
what
the
National
Guard
was
doing.
C
A
B
Do
are
you
have
a
couple
of
questions
I'm
just
curious
as
I
know
that
the
amount
of
people
that
have
been
waiting
in
the
lines
that
the
numbers
are
going
down,
five
thousand
and
it's
my
understanding
that
as
of
last
week,
it
was
significantly
lower
than
that
and
so
I
guess,
I
guess
I'm,
trying
to
figure
out
what
this
money
situation
looks
like
when
you
say
six
hundred
thousand
dollars.
Are
you
talking
at
capacity
the
five
thousand
folks
and
then
the
other
question
I
have
is
with
respect
to
this
EBT
card
program?
B
C
So,
if
we're
purchasing
less
soon
because
the
number
of
boxes
we
have
to
produce
is
less
than
yes
money
and
so
conceivably,
we
could
keep
up
this
current
pace
at
something
less
than
125,000
weeks,
but
some
of
those
costs
stay
the
same,
regardless
of
how
many
boxes
we're
doing
so,
the
Tufts
contract
it
doesn't
matter
if
we're
producing
300
boxes
or
500
boxes
a
day,
I'm
paying
Tufts
the
same
amount
of
money,
because
I
got
the
same
truck
the
same
employees,
then
just
giving
out
West
boxes.
So,
yes,
somebody
produces,
but
not
honorable.
C
In
terms
of
your
second
question,
so
a
local
EBT
type
program,
if
we
could
ever
figure
out
cotta
set
it
out,
could
be
crafted
in
any
way
we
want.
We
wouldn't
necessarily
be
limited.
The
way
a
federally
run
does
run
SNAP
program
is
limiting
those
decisions
by
the
government
about
things
you
can
buy
and
things
you
can't
buy
our
policy
decisions
that
someone
beings,
so
when
they
do
get
a
snap
guide,
it's
not
the
program,
it's
not
that
technology
that
prohibits
you
from
buying
a
prepared
meal
versus
a
dry
goods.
C
It's
some
bureaucrat
said
we're
not
going
to
allow
people
to
use
the
kite
for
that.
So
if
we
had
some
local,
we
couldn't
set
up
the
parameters
anyway,
we
want,
if
it
were
more
like
a
gift,
I'd
program,
it'd
be
really
no
limitation.
People
could
really
use
it
for
anything
even
for
things
you
might
not
want
them
to
use
it
for,
but
you
know
we
could
have
no
limits
on
a
card
and
simply
give
a
gift
card
to
people
and
say
is
a
gift
card
worth
$250.
This
is
your
monthly
allotment
for
food.
B
The
other
thing
I
had
is:
is
there
any
type
of
coordination?
That's
happening
with
some
of
the
other
programs
in
the
city,
because
I
know
the
Chelsea
collaborative
is
running
a
food
program.
I
know,
Salvation
Army
is
I,
know,
father
Edgard
is
doing
the
food
pantry,
and
so
there
is
just
a
block.
Other
folks
are
are
really
doing
at
some
point.
We
all
really
had
to
have
all
hands
on
deck.
I'm
curious.
If
there's
a
coordinated
response
or
gauge
of
what
the
need
is.
C
C
But
my
sense
from
talking
to
these
groups
is:
none
of
them
really
has
any
more
capacity
to
add
capacity
that
they're
pretty
much
operating
at
max
capacity,
and
it's
not
as
if
the
city
could
say
we'll
give
you
some
money.
Do
what
you're
doing
three
days
a
week
instead
of
one
that
hasn't
been
something
that
any
of
them
felt
comfortable.
They
were
capable
of
doing,
and
so
it
sounds
it's
a
good
theory.
C
B
One
final
thing,
and
it's
just
that
I-
do
like
the
idea
of
the
EBT
program
I
think
it's
a
little
bit
more
dignified
for
folks
to
be
able
to
buy
their
own
food,
but
I
worry
that
they
won't
be
able
to
stretch
the
dollar
as
much
as
we've
been
able
to,
because
we're
buying
a
lot
of
this
food
wholesale
and
obviously
the
prices
would
be
cheaper.
I
just
wanted
to
throw
that
out.
There
I
don't
have
any
other
questions
so
I'm.
C
Just
gonna
add
one
one
problem
hard
for
us
to
get
our
grip
on
is
what's
the
magnitude
of
this
need
it's
this
1,500
people
and,
and
that
may
be
from
a
lowball,
and
we
need
to
give
them
four
hundred
dollars
a
month.
That's
six
hundred
thousand
dollars
a
month.
That's
a
lot
of
money.
You
know
at
some
point.
We
don't
have
unlimited
resources,
so
you
know
I,
you
know
the
thought
was.
A
One
of
our
invited
guests-
just
yes,
a
state
of
the
food
pantries,
and
that
would
be
if
I,
hopefully
am
I
putting
you
on
a
spot.
That's
Ron,
Fishman
Ron
is
regular
contract
contact,
rather
with
most
of
the
entities
running.
These
outfits
I
know
that
myself
and
the
collaborative
have
been
difficult
to
try
to
participate
in
the
meetings
because
of
the
conflict
in
scheduling.
A
A
E
Sure
yep
thank
you,
I'm
gonna!
Let
captain
Gonzales
talk
about
the
Salvation
Army
in
general.
There
is
a
collaboration
we
have
as
part
of
the
city's
pandemic
response.
We
have
a
food
assessment
team
that
that
Roizen
spoke
about
and
we
have
we
and
we
help
each
other
with
the
collaborate
be
the
Salvation
Army
helps
and
vice
versa.
The
st.
Luke's
when
it
comes
out
also
there's
a
pantry
of
boosting
Cristo
Church
Rossella
Resource
Center
they've
been
helped
by
their
Salvation
Army
and
by
others.
So
there
is
a
network
of
those
that
we
get
together.
E
We
were
to
get
in
together
three
times
a
week.
Now
we
get
together
two
times
a
week
over
20
people
show
up
and
we
what
we
go
around
the
table.
What's
experience
is
and
what's
needed,
transportation
boxes,
etc,
etc,
and
so
that
is
going
on.
I,
know
that
saying
one
of
the
things
that
the
Molly
said
that
that
may
not
be
the
numbers
that
were
brought
about
5,000
being
much
less.
E
And
so
it
didn't
make
sense
that
there
were
3,500
that
week,
so
I
think
that
the
numbers
as
5000
definitely
wasn't
slated
and
I,
don't
know
how
much
the
inflation
is.
What
I
do
know
and
captain
Gonzales
can
confirm
this,
the
need
rising
every
week,
it
hasn't
been
decreased
and
that
just
continues
to
get
worse.
That's
a
that
situation.
E
E
But
mostly
he
sees
people.
He
was
telling
me
that
he
could
change
to
serving
600
at
a
time
telephone
appointment
so
that
they
don't
have
long
lines
and
that
feels
confident
that
they'd
be
able
to
expand
with
the
right
support.
So
he
needs
refrigeration.
He
needs
shelving,
he
needs
freezers,
but
if
he
was
able
to
equip
himself
in
a
way
that
he
could
be
one
place
could
expand.
The
network
network-
and
there
are
others,
are
doing
small
days
on
the
corner
of
Broadway
and
third
revival.
E
Church
they
have
a
small
Monday
morning,
one
with
more
support.
They
could
expand.
So
I
think
that
a
combination
of
the
two,
at
least
for
a
while
of
strengthening
what's
on
the
ground,
as
well
as
what
the
city
can
do
and
then
see
how
it
goes.
I,
don't
know
if,
if
there's
a
question
for
me
or
or
captain
Gonzales,
can
give
a.
A
D
Thank
you
for
the
vibrant
me
to
this
to
this
meeting.
I
know,
there's
important
for
for
us
to
be
to
communicate
the
impact
that
is
happening
and
the
demands
food
and
I
shared
with
Ron
and
Andy
:
Tuesday.
Last
week
we
saw
200
families
increased
from
the
prior
week,
so
we
serve
it
over
over
2,600
boxes,
weekly
food.
So
this
week
it
hasn't
been
any
any
shorter
lines.
Today
we
we
did.
D
So
so
it
is
the
need,
is
there
and
now,
as
a
National,
Guard
space,
and
now
you
know,
we
says
that
there
are
lines
will
become
longer,
so
I
know
Tom
issued
something
about
how
we
can
come
on
board
to
to
maybe
leave
e8.
Some
of
these
increase
of
needs
we've
been
discussing
with
the
with
with
my
wife
regarding
how
we
can
expand
our
services
and
and
Wednesday.
We
only
do
produce
so
another
way.
I
guess
we
can.
D
We
can
expand
it
as
to
also
add
and
where's
there's
also
dry
goods
for
different
families,
and
we
have
also
signing
people
in
interest
system.
So
so
so
their
family
can
come
not
as
often
as
they
like
least
a
system
in
place.
So
is,
though,
so
we
can
stretch
the
goods
to
more
families
throughout
the
week
and
and
also
the
three
days
that
we
have.
We
could
extend
their
hours
of
service,
but,
as
I
mentioned,
to
run
before
in
a
private
call,
resources
are
very
limited.we.
D
A
F
Right
now
we
are
doing
about
I
think
we're
still
maintaining
a
thousand
boxes
a
day
down
a
port
Park
and
we
need
roughly
between
250
and
300
or
the
actual
and
deliveries,
and
then
the
others
go
to
the
points
of
distribution.
So
the
thousand
that
we
create
every
day
that
we
also
receive
you
know
other
Salvation,
Army
boxes.
A
F
A
From
the
collaborative
side
we're
probably
making
easily
about
1,500
distributing
about
2,000
boxes,
every
Tuesday
in
every
Thursday
by
far
ages
they
usually
operate
two
and
a
half
hours,
Melinda's,
saying
hi
I
know.
Within
the
first
hour
we
distributed
easily
about
a
thousand
boxes,
so
we're
doing
about
a
thousand
boxes
an
hour
and
far
as
distribution
goes.
So
you
know
again,
if
I'm
looking
at
all
these
numbers
between
the
city
and
Salvation
Army,
the
st.
Luke's
you're
talking
about
10,000
boxes,
close
to
10,000
boxes
being
distributed
in
our
community,
which
is
an
unbelievable
amount.
A
So,
first
and
foremost,
you
know
everyone
should
be
patting
themselves
on
the
back
for
at
least
being
able
to
get
this
many
boxes
of
food
out
to
our
community
and
hopefully
without
it's.
Obviously,
you're
gonna
get
some
people
who
may
come
from
outside.
You
know
what,
if
you're,
standing
coming
from
Lynde
and
drive
down
here
and
wait
for
hours
for
a
box
of
food,
god
bless
you,
maybe
you
probably
mean
it,
but
it's
gonna
be
something
now
that
we
got
an
idea
of
numbers.
C
So,
as
I
said
at
the
beginning,
the
original
idea
was,
we
have
a
certain
amount
of
money
that
the
council's
appropriated
we
knew
this
need
was
going
to
last.
Through
the
summer,
we
were
trying
to
figure
out
a
way
to
sustain
it
through
the
summer
relocating,
to
port
made
it
possible
to
do
that.
We
could
make
it
through
the
end
of
the
summer
and
still
have
a
little
bit
of
money
left
over
when
the
council
raised
concerns.
C
So
we
can
continue
to
do
five
days
a
week.
Five
locations
around
the
city.
The
cost
is
$125,000
only
if
we
pivot
to
port
pocket
at
the
end
of
June
and
do
port
Park
for
the
summer
at
three
distributions
a
week.
At
that
one
location,
we
can
pretty
much
get
through
the
end
of
August
without
any
need
for
further
a
council
appropriation.
Those
are
the
two
options
that
you
have
before
scenario,
two
and
scenario
curry.
A
D
A
C
We
never.
We
ended
up
at
four
Park,
just
out
of
serendipity
that
was
lien
that
was
given
to
us
by
Eastern
minerals.
They
secured
all
of
the
The
Container
the
refrigeration
and
put
him
there,
and
so
that's
what
we
ended
up
doing
our
distribution
from,
because
it
was
the
point
where
all
of
the
distribution
equipment
was
provided
by
Eastern
minerals
for
no
cost.
C
You
know
relocating
that
operation
to
somewhere
more
central
like
a
school
parking
lot,
I
guess
as
possible,
but
then
come
sometime
in
August,
we'll
have
to
be
out
of
there
and
potentially
sometimes
sooner
than
that,
as
the
school
department
tries
to
start
thinking
of
where
what
a
you
know
wait.
Summer
school
is
going
to
look
like.
We
can't
operate
out
of
school
parking
lots
indefinitely
so
and
that's
what
gistic
Lehi
moving
all
the
equipment.
It's
just
that
there's
a
cost
to
doing
all
of
that.
A
When
we
discussed
when
the
decision
is
made
about,
you
know,
need
and
such
what
are
what's
the
data
looking
like
and
then
it
is
used
to
decide
what
you
know
what
the
city
of
Chelsea
is
going
through.
Is
it
we
collected
unemployment
data
or
we're
just
looking
at
data?
That
is
how
many
people
standing
in
line.
We
asking
you,
know
Market
Basket
and
compare
market
to
give
a
sales
data
to
get
an
idea
of
their
sales
going
up
and
down,
because
people
may
or
may
not
have
money.
I
mean.
C
We
don't
have
the
data
that
we
have
in
our
lines.
That's
what
the
data
that
we
have
and
we
have
very
limited
information,
because
we
don't
ask
people
but
we're
trying
to
have
not
trade
barriers.
We
don't
ask
about
income,
we
ask
them.
Where
do
they
live?
What
stream?
How
many
people
in
their
family?
C
But
we
ask
that
same
question,
and
so
we
have
a
fair
amount
of
data,
and
when
we
looked
last
week
we
had
about
1800
separate
identifiable
for
the
four
last
week
from
last
week
from
Monday
through
Friday
we
had
about
eighteen
hundred
and
fifty
separate
addresses
of
people
from
Chelsea
were
in
our
lines
that
whole
week.
So
we
had
about
2,500
total
people
in
our
lines,
but
they
were
either
some
repeat.
People
who
gave
us
the
same
address
a
few
different
times,
the
same
apartment
number
or
they
were
non
Chelsea
residents.
C
A
A
A
C
I,
don't
know
what
it
is
that
we
have
to
have
some
entity
that
creates
the
quads
and
is
able
to
take
a
list
from
the
city
and
say:
is
the
people
that
we
want
create
a
card
for
them
and
every
month
make
sure
there's
X
amount
of
money
on
this
card
and
it
will
be
drawn
from
an
account
that
will
put
money
into
so
some
administrator.
It's
a
bank
or
at
some
company
has
to
administer
that
system,
create
the
actual
plastic
card.
C
Have
the
set
of
addresses,
make
sure
there's
the
right
money
in
the
bank
account
and
make
sure.
Every
month
a
certain
amount
of
money
gets
Chak.
It's
you
know
charge
to
the
card,
so
there's
that
administrative
ease
that
haven't
quite
figured
out
yet
but
I
think
that's
that's
figuring.
That's
that's
something
that
could
be
done.
It's
a
question
of
how
much
does
that
administrative
piece
clock?
C
The
tougher
challenge,
from
my
perspective,
is
who
is
going
to
qualify
and
how
we
qualified
that
is
really
challenging,
because
you
know
for
a
lot
of
a
lot
of
what
we've
done
so
far.
Is
people
have
self-certified
so
when
the
one
Chelsea
fund,
you
show
up
this
non-problem
saying
I
just
have
to
prove
to
I
live
in
Chelsea
you
get
a
$250
check.
You
have
to
prove
you
needed.
Yes,
lieutenant
you
prove
you
live
in,
shows
the
rental
assistance
program.
You've
done
operates
kind
of
the
same
way.
People
were
a
self-certifying.
C
C
Trying
to
figure
out
how
to
qualify
people
it's
kind
of
hot.
If
we
really
want
to
only
help
the
neediest,
we
need
some
way
to
verify
income
and
that's
tough,
that
creates
various
don't
easily
have
bank
accounts,
don't
have
jobs
that
they
have
record-keeping
there.
They
made
money,
so
that
becomes
a
real
challenge
trying
to
figure
out.
C
Who
is
this
that
really
needs
this
help,
and
then
it's
weighted
with
the
cutoff
because,
like
I
said
I'm
just
throwing
out
numbers
if
there
were
fifteen
hundred
people
and
we
wanted
to
give
those
people
four
hundred
dollars
a
month
of
food
which
is
kind
of
less
than
what
snap
gives
you
that's
six
hundred
thousand
dollars
a
month
and
we
think
the
need
is
much
greater
than
fifteen
hundred
people,
so
those
are
challenges.
Those
are
the
challenges
to
doing
a
system
like
this
and
I.
C
C
So
people
in
that
category,
who
don't
have
children,
our
school
system,
will
be
very
difficult
to
to
qualify
because
there's
no
other
than
just
accepting
a
self-certification
from
them
that
they
have
a
need.
It
would
be
hard
to
otherwise
qualify
because
in
most
cases,
they're
not
going
to
provide
us
with
any
they're
not
going
to
be
able
to.
C
Under
the
penalties
of
perjury
that
tell
me
how
much
you
make
in
a
month
and
if
you're
under
some
threshold,
then
we
we
you
qualify
and
you
either
get
put
into
a
lottery,
or
we
just
have
enough
money
to
qualify.
Everyone
that
meets
this
threshold
that
we
set
up
and
your
self
certifying
you're.
Not
we're
not
asking
you
to
prove
it
with
bank
statements
or
weekly
pay,
stubs
or
anything.
C
H
H
C
So
we
have
been
for
the
last
couple
of
months.
We've
been
utilizing,
that's
volunteers,
know:
I,
cannot
force
a
union
employee
through
a
job
that
they're
not
required
to
do
so.
For
the
most
part,
these
are
employees
of
ours,
like
Ben
who's
volunteered.
To
do
this
work
at
the
food
distribution
site.
He
has
no
obligation
to
do.
H
C
So
we
have
asked
them
to
do
that
and
they
have,
but
at
some
point
I
DPW
has
to
get
back
to
the
business
of
DPW.
Were
I
mean
our
residents
have
been
inside
their
house
they're,
not
complaining
about
potholes
or
signs
down,
but
this
they
will
be
very
soon
and
I
have
to
have
a
DPW
crew
and
starting
Monday.
C
The
DPW
is
pretty
much
back
to
DPW,
no,
which
is
why
we've
hired
Tufts
to
do
a
lot
of
this
work
for
us
and
why
we've
hired
lots
of
temporary
employees
that
what
to
do
all
the
packing
and
the
distribution
that
Ben
is
doing
and
we
have
a
transportation
contractor.
That's
doing
transportation
were
delivering
food
to
houses.
So
we've
got
a
lot
of
we're
paying.
A
lot
of
you
know
again
getting
back
to
mind.
One
of
the
one
of
the
the
advantage
of
a
card
type
program.
Is
these
sort
of
non-food
cars
go
away.
A
A
A
I
I
Tom
I
appreciate
the
options
that
you're
currently
working
on
to
present
to
Council
in
terms
of
what's
next,
you
know,
I
know
that
Governor
Baker
announced
yesterday
that
he
was
going
to
give
away
fifty
six
million
dollars
on
food
security
in
this
state.
You
heard
from
his
administration
in
terms
of
helping
us,
oh
yeah,.
C
C
At
some
point,
there's
money:
there's
a
significant
amount
of
federal
Kids
Act
money
available
for
over
19
expenses.
The
governor
made
sure
that
the
amount
for
Chelsea
was
sufficient
to
cover
all
of
our
costs.
As
long
as
you
know,
for
a
token
19
expenses,
the
amount
that's
available
does
seem
to
recover
almost
all
of
these
food
costs.
C
I
Great,
so
so
thank
you
for
answering
that
and
then
my
other
question,
for
you
is
going
back
to
this
EBT
program,
so
so
I'll
give
you
my
position.
First,
I
think
that
the
work
that
we're
doing
now
is
vital
and
it's
important
so
I.
You
agree
with
counselor
bedont
on
that
on
being
informative
before
just
completely
the
food
pantries
that
our
residents
have
depended
on
so
much,
but
I
also
agree
with
you
creating
a
system
that
may
be
a
little
more
sustainable
like
they
BT
card
and
giving
folks
dignity
their
own
food.
That
is
also.
I
C
Know
I
just
don't
know
that
some
of
these
some
of
these
decisions
are
going
to
be
in
some
of
the
decisions,
are
just
gonna,
be
impossible
to
solve
they're
just
going
to
require
a
policy
decision,
but
if
you
want
to
go
to
CVT
program,
I
can
figure
out
a
way
to
create
a
card
to
get
them.
You
know
to
set
up
a
system,
I
think
is
I
can
solve,
hopefully
within
a
month-and-a-half.
The
question
is
going
to
be:
how
are
we
qualifying
people?
What's
the
cutoff
and
how
much
are
we
given
people
a
month?
C
And
that's
just
a
matter
of
how
much
the
city
wants
to
commit
to
this
program?
I
can
tell
you
with
100%
certainty
that
we're
going
to
get
reimbursed
for
these
costs,
because
I
noticed
3.5
million
dollars
available
to
us
and
our
cost
haven't
reached
that
amount
yeah,
although
they're
getting
close,
because
when
you
take
into
account
these
costs
of
the
food
program,
all
of
the
hotel
costs
and
all
of
the
other
costs
we've
incurred,
because
there's
over
19
prices
we're
coming
close
to
3.5
billion.
So
at
some
point
you
know
after
this.
C
I'm
gonna
be
reimbursement
because
the
government
isn't
there's
not
enough
money
left
for
that.
The
government
is
setting
aside
for
Chelsea
we've
been
set
aside:
3.5
million
dollars.
We
haven't
reached
that
number
yet,
but
at
some
point
in
a
food
program
like
this,
we
will
so
I
can
solve
the
architecture
problem.
I'm,
not
I'm,
gonna
have
to
come
back
and
say:
I
didn't
want
to
qualify,
people
mean,
is
it
self
certification
and
then,
when
we
get
5,000
applications
for
this
food
program
and
we're
only
giving
a
thousand
people
a
card?
How
are
we
doing
that?
C
Are
we
doing
a
lottery?
How
we
figuring
out
some
other
way?
Are
we
prioritizing
people
with
school
children?
Those
are
all
policy
decisions
that
at
some
point
we
have
to
make.
We
definitely
don't
have
unlimited
money
to
provide
every
person
in
need
everyone
showing
up
at
the
collaborative
at
st.
Luke's
at
Salvation
Army.
We
don't
have
enough
money
to
give
every
one
of
those
people
of
God
and
give
them
enough
money
every
month
for
the
next
year
to
meet
the
food
needs.
C
I
B
A
B
If
we
can
cut
the
cost,
that
much
I
mean
I
think
it's
worth
exploring
if
it's
just
those
pods
those
containers
that
we're
trying
to
house
port
parts
because
it
holds
that,
can
we
move
those
elsewhere
and
I'm
just
gonna
throw
out
my
other
questions
and
then
I'll
ask
people
to
answer
them.
The
other
thing
is
I
want
to
hear
from
Alex
and
Ben
about
their
opinions
on
this
EBT
system
and
whether
or
not
continuing
this
food
distribution
program
all
through
the
ends
of
August.
B
If
it's
really
sustainable
I
also,
you
know
I
went
out
the
other
day
and
we
need
to
really
do
some
serious
weed
whacking.
The
weeds
are
out
of
control
and
I
know.
I
know
it's
the
least
of
our
worries
right
now,
but
I
do
understand
that
at
this
time
that
we
do
need
DPW
to
get
back
to
work
and
I
agree
that
all
of
the
employees
of
City
Hall
have
been
stars
and
and
fulfilling
jobs
that
are
outside
of
their
job
description.
So
I
just
wanted
to
make
sure
to
give
that
lift.
B
C
G
Just
start
with
relocation,
so
there's
costs
that
are
currently
offset
because
of
our
location.
So
right
now
there
are
sort
of
the
storage
pods
and
then
refrigeration
units
Eastern
minerals
has
primarily
funded
those
with
the
exception
of
one
refrigerator,
but
frigerator
unit
runs
between
ten
to
twelve
thousand
dollars
a
month.
The
smaller
pods
are
less
expensive,
they're
sustainable,
so
there
there
may
be
a
cost
savings,
but
I
don't
think
it
would
be
a
dramatic
cost
savings
once
you
factor
in
running
the
electrical
infrastructure,
hiring
the
electrician
and
then
renting
all
the
equipment.
G
G
G
Sustainable
the
city
manager
mentioned
there
are
staff
here
that
are
resuming
their
regular
duties
like
been,
who
has
has
plateful
this
summer
with
design
planning
and
design
and
construction
projects.
I
do
think
that
the
food
cart
idea
is
far
more
sustainable
from
a
management
perspective.
It
will
still
require
some
intensive
oversight
and
management.
G
It
obviously
would
require
the
labor
and
purchasing
and
distribution
you're
seeing
outside
right
now,
but
it
was
you
know,
project
manager
devoting
a
substantial
amount
of
time
to
working
with
an
administrator
working
on
marketing
the
program,
processing,
applications
and
partnership,
the
administrator
and
awarding
the
funds.
So
it's
really
I've
been
looking
at
this
from
a
cost-benefit
perspective.
You
know:
can
we
figure
out
a
system
that
doesn't
require
an
enormous
amount
of
labor
or
time
of
everybody
that
has
a
large
impact
and
for
the
cards
seem
to
be
one
of
the
more
efficient
ideas.
F
I
would
just
echo
a
lot
of
what
Alex
had
said.
The
other
thing
is
that
locating
another
host
of
issues
beyond
just
electricity
and
sort
of
bearing
the
cost
of
the
actual
refrigerator
units
or
pods,
the
you
know,
the
benefit
of
the
poor
park
site
is
that
we
can
easily
get
in
and
out.
It
has
a
large
footprint.
It
makes
logistics
very
easy
and
you
know
I
do
think
that
for
the
remainder
of
the
summer,
the
program
is,
you
know
sustainable
from
a
personnel
standpoint.
F
It
will
require
some
level
of
oversight
from
the
people
like
myself
and
others
that
have
been
overseeing
it,
but
I
mean
right
now.
It's
functioning
largely,
you
know,
independently
of
whether
TWU
is
there
or
not.
We
have
some
great
managers
on
site,
so
I
think
that
the
sustainability
over
throughout
the
summer
it's
feasible
or
so
will
get
hotter
and.
A
A
A
B
What
it
look
like
if
everybody
worked
together,
where
the
city
did
something
when
Mondays
and
Wednesdays
a
collaborative
Tuesdays
and
Thursday
and
Salvation
Army
was
a
Fridays
and
everyone
just
put
their
resources
together
and
worked
collaboratively
in
addressing
this.
Is
that
a
possibility?
It
just
seems
that
it'll
be
much
easier
to
handle
it.
That
way.
A
The
only
the
only
thing
that
I
wish
that
we
had
if
we,
if,
if
that
collaboration
was
to
happen,
we
still
need
some
sort
of
tracking
so
that
we
are
making
sure
that
without
having
to
repeat
people
who
are
standing
in,
there
may
die
they're
in
line.
But
I
think
that
if
we
were
City,
Hall
is
about
to
open
and
show
that
they're
not
overrun
they're
talking
about
only
having
certain
streets,
people
residents
from
certain
streets
come
in
on
a
Monday
or
Tuesday,
whatever
I
mean
I.
A
Think
that's
what
should
be
happening
in
the
food
program.
I
really
do
think
that
we
contracted
before
they
can
come.
You
know
once
a
week
or
at
best
you
know
the
DeLarge
family
twice
a
week,
but
having
the
opportunity
for
someone
to
stand
in
line
five
days
and
in
some
cases
at
multiple
locations,
because
I'm
the
one
on
the
morning
that
going
to
the
city
drop.
You
know
if
the
afternoon
that
go
into
a
collaborative
or
you
know,
st.
Luke's.
You
know
we
have
to
have
a
way
to
track.
B
J
Well,
just
a
couple
points
I
mean
the
fact
that,
if
we're
at
port
park,
you
have
to
remember
the
day
that
the
Patriots
in
the
delivery
we
had
500
people
show
up
at
port
5d
if
we're
able
to
have
some
savings
from
by
doing
it
from
45
I
like
to
see
that
money
go
to
the
rental
assistance
program.
I
do
like
the
idea
about
the
EBT
cards
and
one
mechanism
was
the
reach.
Kids.
J
Actually,
graduation
always
gets
a
credit
card
through
the
Chelsea
credit
union,
with
a
certain
amount
of
money
on
it
that
they
get
for
graduation.
So
it
is,
could
be
a
conversation
with
the
credit
union
about
the
possibility
of
looking
at
EBT
cards
and
whether
or
not
they
would
be
able
to
handle
the
volume
that
we
would
create.
I.
A
Was
thinking
of
the
Metro
Credit
Union
and
maybe
approaching
them
to
see
if
they
can
handle,
you
know
25
to
3,000
cards
being
distributed
and
having
that
many
accounts
set
up
and
again
I'll?
Let
the
city
manager,
explorable,
that's
suggesting
I
had
thought
in
my
head
when
I
thought
about
the
Det,
because
again
Metro
critic
in
unlike
banks,
don't
follow
the
same
federal
guidelines
that
may
restrict
individuals
without
a
social
security
number
to
open
up
an
account.
A
So
there
may
be
some
leeway
there
with
some
financial
institutions,
because
we
have
to
remember
that
if
we're
dealing
with
people
that
don't
have
a
Social
Security
number,
are
they
able
to
open
up
an
account
and
I
think
in
some
instances
that
credit
unions
do
allow
that
what
a
10
number?
So,
even
if
we
want
to
help
certain
individuals,
if
they
don't
have
a
10
number,
it
may
be
difficult
to
open
up
the
account.
A
The
best-case
scenario
is:
do
you
do
with
Catholic?
Doesn't
they
buy
the
gift
cards
and
they
hand
it
out
and
you're
handing
out
gift
cards
at
the
at
the
drop
sort
of
them?
People
standing
in
line
for
food
box
they're
sending
a
line
for
a
gift
card
and
they
just
have
to
provide
some
sort
of
documentation
and
we
decided
that
documentation.
A
K
K
K
K
K
C
K
In
the
fact
that
I
think
the
non-food
related
commerce
can
be
saved
and
that
money
could
be
in
turn
either
either
put
into
the
rental
program
or
just
turn
back
into
additional
food.
Instead
of
you
know
paying
contractors
to
haul
the
food
or
to
be
the
National
Guard
going
forward,
I
think
a
lot
of
sense.
K
You
know
we
don't
want
people
having
to
walk
all
the
way
to
poor
part
to
get
the
food
we're
in
a
situation,
and-
and
you
know
from
the
from
my
observations
working
every
week
with
with
in
this
program,
you
know
most
of
the
people
have
some
way
to
get
the
food
back
to
where
they're
coming
from
and
so
whether
that's
it's
little
carts
that
they're
pulling
in
with
them.
You
know
they
get
a
ride
with
somebody
in
a
car
or
whatever
it
is.
K
A
lot
of
people
have
have
such
such
means
to
hold
the
food
away.
I
just
think.
When
we're
talking
about
limited
funds,
we
have
to
make
sure
to
get
as
much
bang
for
the
buck,
especially
in
the
reimbursable
funds,
because,
as
we
all
know,
we're
not
dealing
with
you
know
a
lot.
Our
full
measure
of
receipts
coming
into
the
city
so
we're
gonna,
be
you
know
on
on
a
restricted
budget
anyway,
so
we
really
need
to
watch
the
money
and
make
it
count
when
we
spend.
K
K
K
K
C
K
C
C
C
A
Just
rather
keep
the
five
in
place
until
we
can
get
a
gift
card
program
going
once
we
get
the
gift
card,
the
sooner
the
better
we
get
rid
of
the
you
know
the
food
line,
because
it's
just
it's
not
sustainable,
so
I
would
say
your
marching
orders
from
my
old.
My
marching
orders
would
be
get
a
gift
card
or
a
BB
t
card
program
going.
A
A
K
This
business,
pretty
quick
if
we
can
move
on
trying
to
you,
know,
make
sure
that
we
are
non
non
profit
partners
in
town.
You
know
willing
to
help
in
the
distribution
of
these
gift
cards,
so
I
mean
I.
Think
that
the
sooner
the
better,
because
the
sooner
you
can
get
rid
of
those
additional
box,
you
turn
that
into
additional
gift
cards.
I.
K
B
B
A
lot
of
them
are
walking
and
I
would
support
the
EBT
program,
I,
like
the
dignity
of
people
being
able
to
survive
their
own
cards
and
supporting
local
businesses,
but
if
it
becomes
I
think
it's
hard
to
manage
and
if
it
becomes
so
hard
that
we're
not
prioritizing
our
undocumented
population
to
be
able
to
access
food
than
I
am
I'm
going
to
continue
to
support
this
five
day
a
week.
The
five-day
program,
but
I
want
to
make
sure
that
now
we
can
do
information.
I
can.