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From YouTube: January 27th, 2022, Special City Council Meeting
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January 27th, 2022, Special City Council Meeting
A
B
A
President
and
I
just
want
to
acknowledge
a
couple
of
excused
absences
this
evening.
First
of
all,
our
condolences
goes
out
to
council
men,
matthew,
riley,
who's,
our
uncle
passed
away
and
there's
a
way
this
evening
into
our
council
solicitor
stephen
angel,
whose
mom
passed
away
so
on
behalf
of
the
city
council
like
to
send
them
both
condolences
on
their
laws.
A
A
That's
very
important
and
that's
the
reason
for
the
meeting
this
evening,
but
before
we
get
to
that,
I'd
like
to
open
up
this
meeting
with
a
presentation
from
our
city
council
budget
handler
analyst,
david
demaio
kind
of
update
the
council
and
everyone
on
what's
going
on
what
has
been
going
on
and
what
to
expect
with
use
of
the
funds.
So
I
will
turn
this
part
of
the
meeting
over
to
city
council
budget
analyst.
Demaio.
A
C
As
a
note,
we
need
to
take
our
time
review
how
we
should
and
shouldn't
spend
these
funds
work
collectively
together
to
get
the
most
value
out
of
the
funds.
With
that
being
said,
tom
we
can
go
to
the
first
slide,
so
a
little
history
on
the
funds.
A
lot
of
people
have
been
thinking
that
the
city
funds
are
kind
of
for
more
than
just
the
city,
but
this
american
rescue
plan
act
had
direct
funding
and
it
was
tiered
into
other
areas.
So
there
was
state
funding
that
was
received.
C
There
was
city
and
town
funding
that
was
received
and
there
was
school
funding
that
was
received
and
the
reason
I
wanted
to
break
this
out
is
because,
in
some
of
the
questions
that
have
been
out
there
and
you've
been
hearing
about,
is
the
city
going
to
use
the
money
for
schools?
Is
the
city
going
to
use
the
money
for
state
roads?
Is
the
city
going
to
use
the
money
for
things?
C
C
The
city
of
cranston
will
receive
in
total
42.6
million
in
opera
funding
and,
as
we
did
in
the
last
meeting,
7.9
million
of
the
funding
has
already
been
used
for
shortfalls
in
fiscal
year.
Ending
budget
june
30th
2022
and
I
believe
at
our
last
meeting
director
strom,
had
reviewed
how
that
was
calculated
and
how
it
was
reported
to
us
for
the
shortfalls
that
we
had
due
to
the
covet
pandemic.
C
C
The
main
reason
is
that
the
school
system
is
going
to
have
their
own
meetings
and
decide
where
the
funding
wants
to
go
with
reference
to
how
they're
going
to
like
to
use
it.
I
had
a
brief
conversation
with
mr
balducci
and
they're
actually
having
meetings
with
educators
and
students
to
see
where
they
feel
the
funds
should
be
used
based
on
what
they
can
use
it.
For
the
reason
I
wanted
to
spell
out
the
three
areas
is.
C
C
We
want
to
pay
attention
to
what's
in
the
the
state
budget,
so
we
can
complement
it
or
use
what
they're
going
to
allow
us
to
go
after
for
the
city
of
cranston
tom
next
slide,
please
so
the
things
to
keep
in
mind
prior
to
last
week.
The
treasury
rules
were
not
finalized
and
it
was
a
moving
target.
But
since
then
the
treasury
rules
have
been
finalized,
but
they
do
not
take
effect
until
april
first
and
they're,
leaving
it
as
a
gray
area.
C
C
C
C
So
as
a
way
to
think
of
the
process-
and
the
other
things
to
remember
is
you
know:
do
not
rush
to
spend
the
funds
without
a
plan.
Don't
just
think
there's
an
idea
and
you
want
to
plug
a
hole,
put
a
plan
in
place
because
you
want
to
get
most
value
out
of
the
funding,
because
this
isn't
going
to
come
along
again.
Something
that
needs
to
be
addressed
do
not
fail
to
read
and
understand
the
guidelines
award
terms
and
conditions
of
opera
statues
and
the
interim
final
rules
and
what
the
requirements
are.
C
C
That
means
there's
a
lot
of
administrative
work
that
goes
along
with
this.
It's
not
just
writing
a
check
to
a
project.
So
there's
a
lot
of
underlying
reporting
that'll
take
place
once
the
decisions
are
made
to
appropriate
this
funding.
Tom
next
slide,
please
so
kind
of
in
a
nutshell.
These
are
the
overview
areas
of
how
you
can
use
the
opera,
slash
slfrf
funds
and
that
stands
for
for
a
state,
local
fiscal
recovery
fund.
C
The
first
one
is
to
respond
to
public
health
emergencies
with
respect
to
coronavirus,
disease,
2019
or
negative
economic
impacts,
including
assistance
to
households,
small
businesses,
non-profit
or
aid
to
impact
industries
such
as
tourism,
travel,
hospitality,
premium,
paid
a
co-workers
performing
access,
essential
work
during
covid
public
health
emergencies
for
provisions
of
government
services
on
revenue
loss.
That's
the
one
that
the
city
of
cranston
has
allocated
the
7.9
million
to
and
to
make
necessary
investments
in
water
sewer
broadband.
C
So
what
what
they
offered
was
a
list
of
in
each
of
the
categories
to
simplify
what
you
may
want
to
apply
these
funds
to
so
in
public
health.
Here
are
a
list
of
them,
and
I
think
some
of
these
are
with
some
of
the
initial
things
that
have
been
money's
been
expended
for
whether
it's
the
vaccinations,
testing
contact
tracing
anything
that
the
city
incurs
is
an
expense
in
any
of
these
areas.
C
C
It's
to
get
them
prepared,
so
we're
ready
when
this
happens
again,
and
these
are
the
areas
that
the
u.s
treasury
and
the
government
feel
need
to
be
improved
on
most
cities
and
towns
and
school
departments.
These
are
the
areas
it's
the
having
the
supplies:
the
ppe,
the
medical
expenses,
capital,
investment
in
areas,
physical
plants,
public
facilities,
so
you
can
house
the
items
having
plans
in
place
for
public
emergency,
the
payroll
costs
that
go
along
with
it,
so
it
allows
you
to
ramp
up
in
in
employ
people
to
get
the
work
done.
C
This
falls
under
the
negative
impact
area,
and
these
are
the
programs
that
money
can
be
assessed
for
to
help.
As
you
were
aware,
the
the
state
also
has
some
rent
and
mortgage
relief
that's
going
on
now,
but
also
at
the
city
level.
This
could
be
in
effect,
so
you
have
you
know:
household
assistance,
you've
got
food
programs,
rent
mortgage
and
utility
aid,
cash
transfers,
internet
access,
household
eviction,
prevention,
unemployment,
benefits,
job
training,
small
business,
economic
assistance,
aid
to
non-profit
aid
to
tourism,
travel,
hospitality
and
other
impacted
industries
and
rehiring
in
the
public
staff.
C
C
The
next
slide,
please
and
then
the
infrastructure.
So
you
know
it's
the
programs
that
are
listed
here.
It's
clean
water,
sewer
treatment,
storm
water,
energy
conservation,
water
treatment,
broadband
upgrades
and
that
will
work
into
a
lot
of
different
projects.
These
are
just
the
overview
on
you
know
where
you
want
to
add
and
where
the
need
is
in
the
next
slide.
Please.
C
So
these
are
a
list
of
project
ideas,
but
before
we
go
into
that,
I
wanted
to
step
back,
because
I
gave
you
a
lot
of
information
and
is
there
any
of
the
council
members
who
might
have
a
specific
question
prior
to
getting
into
some
of
the
areas
and
what
some
other
people
are
doing.
Just
maybe
a
question
on
numbers,
or
how
do
you
go
about
picking
what
it
is?
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that
I'm
not
missing
anything.
A
D
C
There's
there's
areas
for
as
yeah
and
on
the
bottom
there's
areas
for
capital
investment
in
public
areas.
It's
just
so
one
suggestion
to
me
is:
I
think,
the
way
that
we
have
to
approach
this
initially
is.
If
somebody
has
a
suggestion
on
something
that
they
feel
could
should
be
or
could
be
covered,
we
take
what
the
project
or
the
idea
is
and
see
if
it
fits
into
one
of
the
requirements.
For
example,
there's
actually
a
calculation
on
lost
revenue
and
replacement
of
loss
revenue
can
be
used
for.
C
So
they
you
can
use
it
lost
revenue
on
government
services
and
under
the
government
service
section
of
the
code.
Now
I
had
sent
you
this
little
booklet
as
a
synopsis
to
read,
but
there's
construction
of
schools
and
hospital
road
buildings
and
maintenance
held
services,
governmental
administration,
environmental
remediation.
C
There
are
areas
to
do
the
improvements
based
on
the
calculation
of
the
funds,
so
a
little
bit
of
this
is
having
a
project
that
you
think
fits
under
this,
because
it's
for
public
health
and
then
making
sure
that
the
suggestion
will
fall
into
that
category.
I
I
believe
there
is
capital
investment
or
improvements
to
for
parks
and
recreation,
but
it
would
have
to
be
based
on
the
specific
project.
C
If
we
were
to
say
that
it
was
a
public
health
issue
and
we
needed
to
have
more
open
space
as
an
example:
more
open
space
or
more
facilities,
so
we
could
have
more
outdoor
areas.
That
might
be
the
way
to
frame
it.
So
without
being
specific
and
out
reading
a
little
bit
of
the
regulations,
so
the
each
council
member,
I
sent
the
the
slideshow
a
overview
financial
rules
in
a
full
copy.
D
Thank
you.
I
asked
this
question
because,
as
you
mentioned,
this
is
a
one
lifetime
opportunity
and
since
I
was
elected
I
have
received
so
many
so
many
complaints,
so
many
demand
forward
two.
So
a
problem,
parkinson's,
recreation.
We
have
bad
luck
pool.
That
is
an
issue
and
we
know
money
is
an
issue.
So
I
I
wanted
we
need
to
know
we
have
paving
words.
I
have
resident
that
calling
email.
They
are
complaining
about
10
years
they
have
50
years
a
word
that
have
not
been
paid.
D
C
You
know
any
of
the
things
that
we
need
to
improve
that
fall
under
this
would
normally
be
instituted
or
financed
by
floating
a
bond
and
by
not
having
to
float
the
bond
and
having
the
funding
to
pay
for
it.
We
don't
have
to
service
the
debt
so
that
that
means
that
the
budget
is
not
going
to
have
to
pay
the
finance
charges.
The
interest
to
service
the
debt
over
20
years,
but
the
project
gets
completed
so
that
money
that
would
have
normally
been
spent
on
that
can
be
allocated
for
other
important
projects.
D
Thank
you
so
much
for
the
clarification
that,
because
I
think
in
my
part
I
will
you
know,
propose
what
I
would
like
to
see
those
woods
that
have
not
paved
those.
We
have
a
sewer
problem
in
clarence
and
brazil.
I
have
been
complaining
for
years
and
from
what
I
heard
when
I
approached
the
administration,
it
was
it's
a
money
and
I
think
that's
something
that
can
address
with
this
money
and
I'm
happy
that
you
clarify
that
for
me.
Thank
you.
So
much
you're
welcome.
E
Thank
you,
council
president.
Thank
you,
mr
demeo,
for
this
presentation
tonight.
I
just
I
had
a
question.
Hopefully
we
will
allocate
everything
and
spend
everything
by
the
deadline.
My
question
is:
if
let's
say
we
don't
allocate
every
you
know,
penny
of
what
we
receive
I
ice.
Do
we
know
what
the
expectation
is.
Does
the
federal
government
request
it
back?
Can
we
keep
it
in?
You
know
an
interest-bearing
account.
I'm
just
curious
if
that's
even
come
up
yet.
C
C
So
we
all
know
that
to
get
the
sewer
project
done,
there's
a
process,
so
you
need
the
plans
you
need
to
put
it
out
to
rfp.
You've
got
to
get
the
pricing,
you've
got
to
award
it
and
then
you've
got
to
get
the
materials.
So
if
it's
a
major
project,
the
project
could
go
for
three
years,
which
would
put
us.
You
know
a
lot
closer
to
that
year
end.
C
So
you
know
in
in
my
professional
estimate,
or
I
think
there
probably
will
be
some
moving
adjustments
and-
and
we
don't
know
so-
it's
just
one
of
those
things
just
like
the
regulations
weren't
finalized,
but
so,
if
director
strom's
on
on
on
also,
we
had
a
little
bit
of
a
discussion.
So
I
did
some
research
and
I
did
not
get
an
answer.
Yet.
I've
called
washington
to
the
to
the
treasury
to
try
to
get
an
answer,
so
they
used
two
words
tom.
C
B
C
They're
not
done
with
the
job.
They've
got
six
more
months
we
have
to.
We
have
to
pay
them
in
advance
and
the
jobs
not
complete.
Can
we
put
it
in
a
restricted
fund.
These
are
the
questions
that
we're
not
sure
of,
because
I
would
have
to
believe
that
some
of
these
projects
aren't
going
to
be
weekend
projects
and
things
are
going
to
get
done.
I
mean
part
of
what
you
can
do
is
ventilation
systems
and
buildings.
C
Secondly,
when
we
went
over
this,
we
were
wondering
if
we
appropriated
it
and
distributed
it
into
another
entity
or
organization,
could
they
do
the
processing
of
it
after
and
would
that
solve
it?
These
are
some
questions
that
I
really
don't
have
high
answers
for
bob.
If
you
want
to
offer
your
opinion.
F
E
All
right,
I
appreciate
it
yeah
because
that's
that's
my
concern.
Unfortunately,
in
new
england
you
know
we're
notorious
for
projects
infrastructure-wise
taking
longer
than
expected.
Then
that's
compounded
by
at
least
right
now.
Until
things
turn
around,
just
supplies
are,
in
short,
short
supply.
Trying
to
get
things
timely.
It
seems
like
no
matter
what
it
is.
So
I
appreciate
it
thanks.
F
F
In
the
last
four
months,
that's
changed
now
to
5.2,
so
in
fact,
there's
more
money
available
that
can
be
through
the
revenue
loss
cycle
because
of
the
change.
You
know,
that's
something
that's
just
been
done
recently
and
my
point
is
that
other
things
could
change.
Also,
that
would
be
more
advantageous
to
us.
Hopefully,.
C
Okay,
yeah
and-
and
I
would
I
would
be
under
the
assumption-
that,
based
on
the
supply
chain
that
everybody's
going
through,
I
would
have
to
assume
that
this
will
be
reassessed
at
some
point
in
time.
You
know
if,
obviously,
the
monies
can't
be,
and
it's
a
common
denominator
across
all
cities
and
towns
and
states
that
they
can't
disperse
the
money
fast
enough.
C
Prior
to
that,
there
are
a
few
things
to
be
aware
of
that.
The
money
can't
be
used
for,
obviously
it
can't
be
used
to
offset
reduction
in
net
tax
revenue
as
a
result
of
a
tax
increase.
So
in
essence,
we
couldn't
raise
taxes
and
pull
a
hole
with
the
opera
funds.
You
can't
make
contributions
to
pension
plans
to
reduce
the
accruals,
and
you
can't
replenish
a
rainy
day
fund
or
or
service
any
debt
obligations
with
it.
C
So
I
just
wanted
to
put
that
out
there
that
there
are
some
some
things
that
the
it
cannot
be
used
for
the
last
slide.
This
is
by
no
means
a
commitment
of
any
of
the
funds.
This
is
just
what's
out
there
in
what
people
have
been
suggesting
or
trying
to
allocate
their
fundings,
for
I
wanted
to
at
least
get
some
of
this
out
there.
So
if
people
either
didn't
think
it
could
be
used
for
an
item
or
run
aware,
it
could
be
used
for
an
item.
That's
why
I
put
these
up
here.
C
You
know
that
adheres
cleanup
wastewater
holdings,
community
development,
you
know,
lead
water
distribution
lines,
replacement
of
utility
meters,
so
they're
more
consumption,
savvy
revenue
replacement
mental
health.
I
mean
these
are
just
kind
of
a
broad
scope
of
what
the
money
can
be
allocated
for
and
it
falls
under
the
demographics
of
what
the
us
treasury
is
allowing
you
know
before
any
additional
questions
we
got
to
understand
it
again.
I'll
say
it
one
more
time
these
funds
are
being
allocated
to
prepare
cities
and
towns
for
the
next
time.
This
happens.
C
A
F
Knowledgeable
to
the
constituents
of
the
city
of
cranston
it'll
it'll
help
if
they
have
any
questions
or
some
of
the
suggestions
they
may
have.
I
know
the
administration
was
looking
at
things
of
relating
to
recreation,
hospitality
and
things
of
that
nature
along
with
roads,
and
you
know,
infrastructure
pump
stations
for
sewer
various
things
that
I
think
needs
to
be
reviewed
and
based
on
the
funding,
be
prioritized.
F
F
We
reported
we
had
to
report
in
august
to
the
feds
through
the
to
the
treasury.
We
also
just
reported
this
week
because
it's
the
due
date
was
january.
31St
of
the
treasury
and
there'll
be
other
dates
that
we'll
have
to
report
as
well.
So
right
now
we're
right
up
to
date,
and
we
are
having
discussions
with
the
the
rhode
island
league
of
cities
and
towns
for
some
of
their
input,
not
how
to
spend
the
money.
F
F
Also
to
add
to
that
too,
council
president,
as
you
know,
we
have
an
rfp
out
for
polling,
and
that
was
brought
forth
by
a
resolution
on
monday
evening
that
was
approved
and
we'll
be
going
forward
on
that
and
be
after.
We
do
our
evaluation,
we'll
we'll
be
coming
before
you
to
let
you
know
what
the
cost
is
for
something
like
that.
F
So
I
think
the
city's
trying
to
do
much
of
an
outreach
is
possible
to
get
input
from
the
constituents,
hopefully
to
help
decide
what
we
feel
or
what
they
feel.
I
should
say,
or
what
the
city
feels
is
the
most
important
issues
to
take
care
of
at
this
time
with
this
kind
of
money.
That
is,
as
as
it's
been
stated
once
in
a
lifetime.
H
Thank
you,
council.
President.
No
question
I
at
this
time.
I
just
want
to
say
thank
you
to
looks
like
there's,
there's
quite
a
turnout
from
members
of
the
community
this
evening.
I
just
want
to
say
thank
you
to
all
of
them
for
taking
the
time
to
to
come
and
share
their
ideas
and
perspectives
with
us.
Thank
you.
A
Absolutely
thank
you
very
much,
councilmember
donegan,
just
real
quick
again.
Thank
you,
director,
strom,
thank
you
budget,
analyst
demayo
and
thank
you
tom
for
all
working
together
on
this
presentation.
Getting
this
done
for
us
this
evening.
It
was
very
helpful
and
good.
That
being
said,
the
real
purpose
of
this
meeting
today
is
to
hear
from
the
residents
of
the
city.
I
see
we
have
over
60
participants
in
the
room.
A
So
what
I'm
going
to
ask
tonight
so
we
give
everybody
an
opportunity
to
talk,
is
to
try
and
limit
your
comments
to
four
minutes
when
we
get
to
four
minutes,
if
you're
still
talking,
I'm
going
to
jump
in
politely
and
just
remind
you
that
you're
at
your
four
minutes,
so
that
way
you
can
wrap
it
up.
I
really
like
to
try
and
stick
to
that,
so
we
give
everybody
the
opportunity
to
talk.
A
If
you
have
any
questions,
ask
your
question
I'd
ask
that
mr
demeo
write
the
question
down
and
we'll
try
to
get
you
an
answer
for
the
next
council
meeting
on
this
topic
item,
which
will
be
february
10th.
It's
6
p.m!
Just
for
the
amount
of
people
here
we
don't
have
time
to
go
back
on
a
question
and
answer,
but
if
you
have
a
question,
ask
it
and
we'll
try
to
get
you
an
answer
for
that
next
council
meeting
on
this
topic
before
I
open
up
public
comment,
councilmember
vargas.
I
Does
that
fund
does
that
money
that
is
burned
have
to
then
be
utilized
for
the
arpa
under
the
arpa
guidelines,
or
is
there
no
restriction
under
any
of
the
insurance
that
we're
making
out
of
those
funds?
So
if
we
have
the
20,
somewhat
million
that
has
come
in
or
so
estimated
between
that
has
come
in
already
we're
earning
you
know,
x,
amount
of
you
know
thousands
of
dollars
of
interest.
What
can
we
do
with
that
interest?
Does
it
have
to
be
used
with
an
arpa
project?
F
The
interest
that
we're
earning
on
that
arpa
money
which
happens
to
be-
I
have
it
in
front
of
me.
It's
so
far:
27
000,
it's
in
a
very
conservative
investment
rate,
because
we
want
to
make
sure
you
know,
there's
no
chance
of
any
shortfall
or
loss.
That
money
is
all
pulled
together
with
the
monies
that
we
receive
from
the
feds
and
we,
our
goal
or
plan,
is
to
use
that
money
for
arp
projects.
F
I
C
Yeah
and
director
strom
just
to
ratify,
obviously
we're
probably
expending
money
in
our
current
budget.
That
probably
has
some
allocation
to
the
opera
funds,
whether
there's
supplies
and
whatnot
that'll
be
tracked.
Also
and
there'll
be
some
reimbursement
there
I
mean
I'm
assuming
we're
trying
to
do
the
bigger
projects,
but
I'm
assuming
day-to-day
there's,
always
something
we're
spending
money
funds
we're
spending.
Currently,
that
probably
would
allocate
to
the
opera
funding.
C
Correct,
that's
what
I
mean.
What
I
was
trying
to
just
establish
is
that
there
are
expenses,
we're
incurring
that
can
be
reimbursed
in
our
current
operating
budget,
but
it's
it's
one
of
those
things
where
we're
waiting
to
see
what
avenue
we
want
to
take
and
where
we
financially
stand.
Thank
you,
director,
strong.
A
Thank
you.
I
I
see
no
other
comments
from
council
members,
so
I
really
like
to
get
to
public
comment
and
give
everybody
an
opportunity
to
speak.
So,
if
you're
on
the
phone
press
star
nine,
to
raise
your
hand
if
you
are
on
zoom
and
would
like
to
participate,
raise
your
hand
just
stick
around
in
the
queue
tom's
going
to
go
one
by
one
and
bring
you
in
just
going
to
need
your
name
address
and
association.
A
K
It
is
also
the
only
choice
in
order
for
elected
officials
to
uphold
their
oath
of
office
to
protect
our
rights
guaranteed
by
the
constitutions
of
the
united
states
and
of
rhode
island.
My
colleague
later
will
outline
the
comparative
superiority
of
fiber
to
the
premises
with
which
rhode
island
is
especially
well
equipped,
having
already
48
strands
that
need
only
the
last
mile.
The
only
things
that
wireless
can
do
that
fiber
cannot
is
make
money
for
those
invested
in
it.
Emit
polluting
emissions
and
surveil.
K
K
This
surveillance
can
and
will
record
things
that
are
supposed
to
be
private,
such
as
your
increased
heart
rate
during
the
night
or
your
increased
cholesterol.
This
violates
hipaa
laws
and
section
6
of
article
1
of
rhode.
Island's
constitution
quote
the
right
of
the
people
to
be
secure
in
their
persons
against
unreasonable
searches
and
seizures
shall
not
be
violated.
Unquote,
deploying
5g's,
swtf,
so-called
small
wireless
transmission
facilities
is
also
discriminatory,
as
electromagnetic
sensitivity
is
an
illness
recognized
by
the
americans
with
disabilities
act.
K
Those
who
are
not
already
diagnosed
with
ems
have
the
right
to
avert
radiation
sickness.
Instead
of
waiting
to
redress
it
once
injured.
In
pittsfield
massachusetts,
people
who
became
emf,
refugees
unable
to
live
in
their
own
homes
are
in
litigation
against
the
zoning
board.
Members
who
allowed
the
offending
cell
tower.
We
at
5g
free,
rhode
island
are
trying
to
prevent
a
disaster
lloyds
of
london
and
swiss
ray
will.
Not
insure
the
telecommunications
industry
because
they
recognize
that
this
is
another
asbestos
cigarette
and
lead
disaster
in
the
making
who
will
hold
the
liability.
K
Elective
officials
can
no
longer
claim
plausible
deniability.
Will
the
city
of
cranston
and
our
elected
officials
be
held
liable
when
class
action
lawsuits
are
brought?
Cranston
will
also
lose
tax
revenue
because
properties
with
so-called
small
cell
antennas
on
utility
poles
in
front
of
their
homes
lose
value.
According
to
real
estate
data
collected
nationally
using
fiber
averts
these
public
safety
and
liability
hazards,
it
also
generates
money
for
a
city,
as
demonstrated
by
chattanooga
tennessee
leasing.
The
fiber
to
the
internet
service
providers
creates
a
recurring
revenue
stream.
Fttp
is
future
proof.
Mr
demaio
brought
that
up
before.
K
K
I'm
closing
thank
you
covered
19
cases.
Per
million
are
95
higher
and
covered
19
deaths.
Per
million
are
112
higher
in
states
with
5g
microwave
radiation.
As
I
said,
I
will
be
sending
the
footnotes
to
all
of
this
in
the
statistics,
because
they
certainly
address
mr
demaio's
points
in
how
to
spend
the
arpa
money.
Thank
you
so
much.
H
J
L
A
L
B
A
L
N
N
What
needs
to
be
understood
is
that
the
superior
way
for
households
and
businesses
to
connect
to
the
internet
is
via
wired
connections
fiber
to
the
premises
as
claire
mentioned,
and
not.
Wireless
connections
such
as
those
coming
from
so-called
small
cell
antennas
on
utility
light
poles
outside
people's
homes.
N
N
N
N
First
is
the
report
from
new
hampshire,
published
in
november
2020
called
the
environmental
and
health
effects
of
evolving
5g
technology.
They
have
15
recommendations
for
mitigating
risk.
Second
is
the
landmark
case
recently
decided
against
the
fcc
on
august
13
2021
for
failing
to
revise
their
outdated
1996
safety
guidelines
for
radio
frequency
emissions.
N
This
is
a
golden
opportunity
to
spend
the
arpa
money
wisely
on
wired
connections
fiber
to
the
premises
rather
than
wireless,
and
I
didn't
plan
to
speak
on
this,
but
in
in
looking
at
the
listing
under
project
ideas
that
mr
dimeo
presented
to
us.
One
of
the
one
of
the
items
was
replacement
of
utility
meter
system
with
ami
system
for
consumption
management
and
cost
control,
and
I
want
to
point
out
that
these
smart
meters
have
caused
numerous
problems
with
people's
health
and
there
have
been
lawsuits
and
this.
N
O
Hi
everybody,
my
name,
is
harrison
tuttle
131,
belmont
road.
I
am
the
executive
director
for
black
lives,
matter,
rhode,
island,
political
action
committee,
so
I'll
be
speaking
on
a
couple
of
things
regarding
racial
equity,
but
also
speaking
as
a
president
of
cranston.
I
want
to
first
off
start
by
saying
that
here
in
granston
and
all
throughout
the
state,
we
have
a
massive
housing
crisis,
a
crisis
that
specifically
in
cranston,
has
left
48
percent
of
residents,
cost
burdened
over
70
kids
identified
as
homeless.
O
I
think
everyone
understands
that
you
know
this
housing
crisis
that
we
have,
you
know,
needs
to
end
and
needs
to
be
dealt
with
in
a
way
that
is
equitable
and
and
meets
the
demands
that
we
are
we
have.
I
also
want
to
mention
a
couple
of
other
things.
Obviously
we
know
that
you
know
during
this
pandemic,
the
people
that
have
been
most
affected
by
the
pandemic
have
been
people
of
color.
P
Yes,
thank
you.
My
name
is
susan
kelly.
I
am
at
199
jordan
avenue
in
cramston,
and
I
don't
have
preparedness
prepared
speech
here,
but
it
did
seem
to
me
from
what
mr
dimeo
was
saying,
that
we
have
choices
between
long-term
projects
such
as
replacing
sewers
or
replacing
lines
for
lead
in
the
water
and
that
we
have,
I
hope,
the
opportunity
for
short-term
projects
such
as
helping
people
who
are
on
the
edge
of
being
evicted
or
people
who
are
on
the
edge
of
food
insecurity.
P
To
actually
distribute
funds
to
people
who
are
in
deep
need
is
is
something
that
should
be
a
priority.
It
seems
to
me,
and
secondly,
I
would
like
to
agree
with
mr
tuttle
that
you
know
we
have
people
who
are
in
danger
of
homelessness
or
who
are
homeless,
and
I
would
certainly
like
to
see
an
investment
in
low
low
income
housing,
of
course,
but
in
trying
everything
we
can
to
eliminate
that
particular
problem
in
this
very
nice
city.
That
just
shouldn't
have
this.
Q
Q
One
of
the
things
that
was
discussed
was
the
importance
of
helping
prepare
for
this
kind
of
a
event
in
the
future.
One
of
the
things
that
I
think
the
pandemic
has
made
very
clear
is
the
importance
of
safe
and
affordable
housing
for
folks
to
be
able
to
shelter
in
place
and
to
be
able
to
work
remotely
and
to
have
their
kids
schooling
remotely,
unfortunately,
as
you've
heard
from
a
number
of
the
other
speakers
so
far
in
rhode,
island
too
many
people
don't
have
access
to
affordable
housing.
Their
housing
is
overcrowded.
Q
It
may
be
unsafe,
cranston
in
particular
over
quite
a
period
of
time,
now
has
not
done
enough
to
create
affordable
housing
and
to
ensure
that
the
folks
who
live
in
cranston
can
afford
the
housing
that
they're
in.
I
think
this
is
a
once-in-a-lifetime
opportunity
for
the
city
to
really
put
some
of
these
resources
towards
those
issues.
Q
Thankfully,
treasury
and
its
latest
guidance
explicitly
made
affordable
housing
production
of
affordable
housing,
preservation
of
affordable
housing,
repair
of
housing
for
low-income
individuals
explicitly
authorized
uses
for
these
funds.
So
there's
no
question
about
this
being
an
eligible
use
of
funds.
I
think
it's
a
great
opportunity
to
hire
a
consultant
to
help
the
city
identify
areas
that
could
be
used
as
affordable
housing
and
what,
if
any,
changes
to
ordinances
might
be
needed
to
make
that
possible
and
to
help
implement
those
changes.
Q
I
think
it's
a
great
opportunity
to
put
some
resources
into
the
rehabilitation
of
our
extremely
old
housing
stock
to
make
it
safer
over
the
long
term
for
the
folks
who
live
in
those
those
units.
It's
a
great
opportunity
to
address
lead
in
housing
led
in
the
in
the
pipes,
as
well
as
in
the
units
themselves.
Q
There's
just
there's
a
lot
of
areas:
incentivizing
landlords
to
accept
vouchers.
There
was
a
story
recently
in
the
providence
journal.
If
folks
didn't
see
it
about
how
there
are
folks
that
have
rental
assistance
and
are
unable
to
use
it
because
they
can't
find
an
apartment
where
the
landlord
will
accept
it
or
or
whether
that
they
can
afford,
because
the
housing
prices
are
so
crazy
right
now,
so
there's
just
there's
a
lot
of
opportunities.
Q
J
I
want
to
express
support
for
using
a
portion
of
the
arpa
funding
for
affordable
housing,
development
and
housing
assistance,
as
cranston
falls
well
below
the
threshold
required
by
the
state
for
affordable
housing.
It
should
be
reminded
that
all
of
us
here
are
just
one
unexpected
life
event
away
from
being
housing,
insecure,
whether
that
be
from
separation
from
a
spouse
or
significant
other
losing
a
job,
unexpected
medical
bills
or
legal
fees,
whereas
people
are
now
experiencing
the
effects
of
a
two-year
pandemic,
making
an
already
difficult
situation
worse
for
those
who
are
struggling.
J
All
of
you
had
an
opportunity
to
stand
for
housing
at
the
most
recent
council
meeting
and
most
of
you
denied
it,
regardless
of
whether
you
think
that
specific
piece
of
land
was
appropriate
or
not.
Where
exactly
would
the
right
place
be
to
build
more
housing?
There
was
at
least
another
proposal
for
housing
development
back
in
november.
I
believe
which
was
rejected
as
well.
All
of
you
have
acknowledged
that
there
is
a
house
problem
that
needs
to
be
addressed,
so
I'm
asking
you
to
do
something
about
it.
J
J
J
S
S
S
U
Hi,
this
is
mark
the
tomato
and
I
live
at
69
laconia
road.
I
have
a
question
about
funding
for
construction
to
mitigate
the
mass
shooting,
like
environment,
the
students
and
residents
of
mechanic
experience
on
a
daily
basis.
The
mayor
has
committed
to
seeking
arpa
funds
to
build
an
indoor
shooting
range
at
the
location
on
phoenix
avenue.
Mr
dimeo,
do
you
see
that
falling
within
the
guidelines.
A
U
U
U
A
U
U
A
V
V
As
such,
I
am
proposing
a
substantial
portion
of
the
remaining
arpa
funds
to
be
used
for
our
city's
housing
needs,
both
healthy
housing
grants
and
loans,
as
well
as
a
capital
program
for
the
development
of
long-term,
affordable
homes.
In
support
of
this
proposal,
I
have
assembled
a
few
facts
gathered
from
the
u.s
census
bureau's
american
community
survey.
V
There
are
12
295,
cranston
households
that
fall
below
80
of
hud's
median
income
for
a
household
of
three.
This
would
be
a
maximum
of
sixty
two
thousand
three
hundred
dollars.
There
are
nearly
six
thousand
cranston
homeowner
households
that
pay
more
than
thirty
percent
of
their
income
for
housing,
qualifying
them
as
cost
burdened.
V
There
are
more
than
forty
five
hundred
cranston
renter
households
that
are
cost
burdened.
There
are
more
than
23
000
housing
units
across
the
city
that
were
built
prior
to
1980,
possibly
exposing
small
children
to
lead
paint
of
those
older
housing
units
more
than
8500
were
built
prior
to
1939,
likely
in
need
of
any
number
of
healthy
housing
improvements,
ranging
from
safety
and
accessibility
to
energy
efficiencies.
V
Beyond
these
facts
from
the
census,
data,
rhode,
island,
housing
and
housing
works
have
analyzed
production
of
long-term,
affordable
homes
over
the
last
10
years
and
note
that
cranston
has
not
developed
any.
It
is
also
one
of
only
five
rhode
island
municipalities
that
has
not
availed
themselves
of
the
state's
housing
bond
known
as
building
homes,
rhode,
island.
The
other
four
municipalities,
though,
are
quite
unlike
ours,
foster
gloucester,
scituate
and
west
greenwich.
V
Currently,
our
city
falls
nearly
1500
homes,
short
of
the
goal
of
10
percent
long-term,
affordable
homes.
As
the
state's
second
largest
city,
we
should
be
seen
as
a
leader
and
example
of
providing
healthy,
affordable
homes
to
our
residents
and
those
who
would
seek
to
make
cranston
their
home.
These
arpa
funds
used
widely
used
wisely,
give
us
the
opportunity
to
fulfill
that
role
and
be
a
model
for
the
state
and
the
region.
Thank
you
for
this
time
to
speak.
G
So
I'm
just
requesting
to
have
use
some
of
the
arpa
funds
to
increase
the
allotment
that
the
city
pays
towards
the
cranston
neighborhood
tree
planting
program
right
as
of
yet
they
they
a
lot
ten
thousand
dollars
which
used
to
pay
for
40
trees.
When
the
program
was
set
up
and
and
now
it
pays
for
maybe
a
little
bit
more
than
20.
G
So,
and
I
I
just
think
that,
with
if
you're
trying
to
prepare
for
the
next
pandemic,
it's
great
to
increase
the
enjoyment
of
the
outside
and
trees
help
to
do
that.
They
shade
the
sidewalks
and
cool
down
the
neighborhoods
in
the
summer.
So
I
think
that
they
are
important
for
our
mental
well-being.
It
as
we
need
to
get
outside
to
socialize.
G
In
their
neighborhood
neighborhood,
like
they
didn't,
have
houses
next
door
and
now
they
do
and
and
then
their
basement
that
never
flooded
for
15
years,
all
of
a
sudden
is
starting
to
flood.
So
all
the
increased
development
will
raise
the
flood
the
level
of
the
groundwater
and
and
increase
flooding
in
existing
housing,
so
just
to
be
conscious
of
cutting
down
trees
for
new
development,
because
the
trees
really
do
help
to
absorb
a
lot
of
that
excess
runoff
as
we
have
increased
storms.
G
W
Obviously
this
money
can
be
used
for
revenue
losses
and
because
the
way
the
state,
the
federal
government
calculates
revenue
losses
rather
generously,
you
could
try
to
hold
the
line
on
taxes
for
the
next
few
years
with
this
money,
which
would
benefit
most
would
benefit.
Of
course,
the
entire
city-
and
I
think
would
benefit,
would
be
very
popular.
W
So
be
sure
to
limit
how
much
money
you
do
use
for
your
operating
expenses
for
recurring
operating
expenses
for
apra.
Like
I
said
I
know
last
year
you
used
about
8
million
of
it
almost
to
hold
the
line
on
taxes,
but
be
careful
how
much
you
do
use.
I
don't
people,
people
do
not
want
to
have
a
dramatic
tax
increase.
Come
year.
2025.
W
the
fund
afrofunds
can't
be
used
to
pay
off
debt.
They
can't
be
used
to
pay
down
the
pension
fund
liability,
but
there's
no
prohibition
by
the
way
on
opec,
which
is
other,
is
basically
retiree
health
care
and
back
in
the
pandemic
year
of
2020,
we
didn't
fully
fund
our
opec
for
our
retirees
for
healthcare,
healthcare
for
police
and
fire.
W
So
that's
something
that
would,
I
think,
benefit
our
firefighters,
our
police
and
our
fiscal
health,
because
one
of
the
goals
of
apra
is
to
make
sure
we
stay
fiscally
healthy
through
the
pandemic,
helping
certain
businesses.
One
thing
I
think
that
would
be
nice
is
for
the
restaurants
of
cranston
who
paid
liquor
licenses
for
the
lowest
two
years
during
the
pandemic,
to
get
some
money
back
for
those
liquor
licenses
for
a
whole
year.
W
Some
of
this
money,
a
couple
of
things
on
the
state
law,
there's
a
goal
of
10
percent-
that's
really
not
feasible.
To
have
10,
I
mean
we.
We
do
not
build
enough
homes
and
houses
in
this
city
to
ever
get
to
10
percent
in
any
time
in
the
near
future.
There
is
another
goal
in
the
state
law
which
we
in
six
other
cities
and
towns
meet,
which
is
six
percent.
Excuse
me:
15
of
your
apartments
are
affordable
housing
and
you
have
at
least
a
quarter
of
your
city
being
apartments.
W
We
should
be
building
on
that
and
I
came
up
with
a
couple
ideas
of
how
to
do
that.
One
is:
have
the
city
sell,
surplus
land
that
we
do
have
to
develop,
affordable
housing
developers
and
to
help
them
pay
for
it
because
we
have
to
under
the
charter
they
have
to
be
90
of
assessed
value
use
some
of
the
money
from
apra
to
fund
that
as
a
grant
program.
W
W
Wrapping
up
real
quick
storm,
water,
drainage
and
and
lastly,
I
know
you
guys
don't
deal
with
the
schools
directly,
but
please
tell
the
schools
to
use
the
money
for
to
deal
with
learning
loss.
All
the
kids
hurt
were
hurt
by
this
year
out
of
school,
sorry
for
taking
up
too
much
time
and
good
luck
guys.
R
I'd
like
to
talk
to
talk
to
the
council
tonight
about
supporting
child
care
programs
in
clanston
with
the
with
the
opera
funds.
According
to
according
to
exceed.ri.gov
there,
there
are
93
child
care
programs
in
the
city
which,
which
frankly
surprised
me
when
I,
when
I
saw
that,
as
we
all
know,
child
care
programs
are
very
expensive
to
two
families.
What
you
may
not
know
is
that
child
care
programs
in
the
state
are
struggling
with
the
covet
19
pandemic.
R
I've
had
conversations
with
leanne
barrett
of
of
rhode,
island,
kids,
count
and
and
lisa
hildebrand
at
the
rhode
island
association
for
the
education
of
young
children
about
this
situation.
They
said
that
the
programs
are
struggling
to
keep
to
keep
the
doors
open
due
to
staffing
shortages,
which
has
led
to
enormous
waiting
lists
for
parents.
R
R
Another
opportunity
is
to
provide
grants
for
facility
improvements
such
as
furniture
and
outdoor
materials,
which
will
then
free
up
free
up
revenue
for
for
for
the
centers
to
to
perhaps
pay
their
pay,
their
staff
more
or
to
use
on
other
other
needed
things,
and-
and
I
believe
that
providence
has
already
done
two
two
rounds
of
grants
for
for
facility
improvements.
So
there's
so
there's
there's
some
there's
something
we
can
work
with
here.
We
should
also
consider
giving
giving
grants
directly
to
parents
to
pay
for
child
care
this.
R
This
would
this
would
relieve
a
a
financial
burden
on
families,
while
making
sure
that
children
can
attend
high
quality
programs.
I
strongly
urge
the
council
to
consider
child
care
in
cranston
when
making
funding
decisions
for
for
upper
funds.
If
you're
interested
I'd
be
more
than
happy
to
put
you
in
touch
with,
with
both
leanne
and
lisa
at
rhode,
island,
kids,
count
and
rhode
island
auic
to
help
you
with
this
process.
Thank
you.
M
Steve
snyko's
37
ferncrest
avenue
I'd
like
to
speak
on
two
relatively
small
issues,
but
I
think
very
important.
The
first
is
the
cranston
neighborhood
tree
planting
program,
which
the
city
currently
allocates
ten
thousand
dollars
a
year
towards
and
we're
asking
that
that
be
doubled
to
twenty
thousand
dollars
a
year.
M
M
So
I
think
that
the
benefits
of
trees
have
been
covered,
but
this
program
has
planted
about
250
trees
in
the
city
since
it
started
in
2015
and
when
we
planted
the
200th
tree
a
mayor
fung
one
of
the
things
that
he
said
was
he
thought
that
the
program
should
be
expanded,
so
I
hope
you'll
consider
that
the
second
issue
has
to
do
with
housing
and
it
has
to
do
with
lead
poisoning
this.
The
first
thing
I
had
to
say,
I'm
sorry,
is
supported
by
the
west
bay
land.
M
M
X
X
I've
been
saddened
that
we
had
failed
to
prepare
for
the
last
one
I'm
actually
experienced
in
dealing
with
pandemics.
Prior
to
launching
my
business,
I
was
a
senior
executive
of
the
swiss
re
insurance
group,
which
was
actually
mentioned
in
another
context
by
one
of
the
witnesses
speaking
about
another
matter.
X
They
were
not
receptive
to
that
argument.
We
now
know
that
they
hired
out-of-state
consultants,
the
boston,
consulting
group
under
terms
that
are
not
consistent
with
federal
guidelines.
I'm
now
filing
a
protest
over
that,
but
I
just
want
to
share
with
you
a
couple
specific
things
that
we
could
do
differently.
The
next
time
suggest
that
we
consider
such
a
program
for
this
funding
and
ask
how
I
could
submit
specific
ideas
for
your
written
ideas
for
your
review.
X
One
of
the
key
issues
that's
come
up
about.
The
pandemic
is
the
topic
of
business
interruption.
Insurance
and
people
have
asserted
that
business
interruption,
insurance
doesn't
pay
for
pandemic
related
losses.
It's
not
entirely
true.
In
certain
instances
it
will,
for
example,
my
former
employer
and
current
client
swiss
re
paid
400
million
dollars
to
the
organizers
of
the
tokyo
olympics.
X
If
you
structure
the
cover
as
event
cancellation,
you
can
indemnify
some
of
those
losses.
What
that
means
is
that
our
restaurants
and
hotels
that
served
event
patrons
whether
they're
coming
to
the
providence
convention
center
for
trade
shows
or
they're
going
to
be
dining
out
because
they're
going
to
the
jazz
festival,
those
those
losses
on
those
meals
which
you
can
estimate
looking
at
your
prior
year's
earnings
would
have
been
covered
by
insurance
if
we
had
appropriate
measures
in
place
which
we
could
have
done
at
negligible
cost.
X
So
I
hope
that
we'll
be
sort
of
forward
thinking
to
make
sure
this
doesn't
happen
again,
because
it's
not
just
about
the
pandemic,
the
next
hurricane,
the
next
flood.
The
next
disruption
could
also
be
economically
ruinous
to
small
businesses,
and
it
doesn't
have
to
be.
There
are
things
that
we
can
and
should
do
to
prepare
for
that.
So
thank
you
for
listening
to
my
remarks
and
I
welcome
your
feedback
as
to
how
I
can
submit
a
written
concept.
Note
for
your
consideration.
M
A
T
Hello,
my
name
is
ariana
and
my
address
is
60
lockwood
street
in
cranston
my
name
is
ariana
and
I
am
hub
coordinator
of
sunrise,
rhode,
island
youth.
We
are
an
organization
of
over
200,
high
school
and
middle
school
students,
mostly
located
here
in
cranston
today,
I'm
here
with
one
major
concern:
the
grow,
the
growing
house
homelessness
crisis
in
our
city,
72
children
in
this
district
have
been
identified
as
homeless.
This
is
despicable.
T
Just
one
month
ago,
I
spent
one
single
night
outside
as
part
of
sleep
at
rhode,
island
protesting
homelessness
and
the
next
day
school
was
unsurprisingly
difficult.
It
is
impossible
to
learn
when
your
environment
is
uncertain.
Thus
it
is
imperative
that
these
families
are
priority
for
arpa
funding.
It
has
made
been
made
clear
tonight
that
this
money
is
a
once-in-a-lifetime
opportunity.
T
T
Z
Good
evening
jason
case
47
lark
avenue.
I
want
to
begin
by
first
off
thanking
the
council
for
hosting
this
event
tonight
and
providing
the
information,
I
think,
is
very
important
in
the
decisions
that
we
make
going
forward.
I
also
want
to
thank
mr
demayo
for
again
laying
out
that
slide
deck.
It
was
very
informative,
a
couple
of
quick
questions
here
for
the
council.
Z
Z
Certainly
you
can't
get
back
to
me
tonight,
but
that's
a
question
I
am
interested
in.
Second
of
all,
what
we
do
know
from
the
pandemic
is
that
the
people
who
suffered
the
worst
from
it
in
terms
of
physically
and
health
are
those
that
had
a
lot
of
health
issues.
Can
any
of
that
money
be
applied
towards
proactive
health
initiatives
that
help
these
individuals
get
down
their
comorbidities.
Z
The
statistics
show
that
the
average
death
is
four
plus
comorbidities.
I
think
we
can
all
agree
in
the
old
saying
there.
An
ounce
of
prevention
is
worth
a
pound
of
cure.
Again.
Can
some
of
that
money
be
applied
towards
initiatives
that
promote
better
health,
better
living
within
the
community?
So
god
forbid,
if
we
were
to
have
to
deal
with
a
situation
like
this
again,
we
can
hopefully
have
a
better,
healthier
population
to
fight
that,
and
that
is
all
I
have
thank
you
again,
council
do
appreciate
it.
Y
Y
Y
Many
of
the
people
on
the
call
have
already
talked
about
several
aspects
of
what
we
could
do
with
these
funds,
but
I
also
want
to
highlight
and
add
for
the
record,
immediate
supports
and
services
to
families
and
individuals
experiencing
homelessness
and
housing,
insecurity,
including
things
like
eviction,
diversion
food
and
basic
needs
and
access
to
temporary
shelter.
But
I
do
want
to
see
a
substantial
investment
made
in
the
development
of
new
housing.
Y
New
housing
construction,
affordable
housing
specifically,
is
very
resilient
and
moves
us
forward
on
both
energy
and
land
use
and
density
and
provides
us
housing
options
across
the
lifespan.
We
know
we
have
an
aging
population
and
we
know
that
many
large
homes
are
are
inhabited
by
our
aging
residents,
who
want
to
age
in
place.
A
A
A
I
want
to
thank
everybody
on
behalf
of
the
entire
council
that
took
the
time
to
join
us
this
evening
and
speak
and
advocate
for
what
you
think
the
money
should
be
spent
on.
Ask
some
great
questions.
We
certainly
appreciate
that
there
will
be
a
follow-up
meeting
on
february
10th
at
six
o'clock.
We
don't
know
if
it's
going
to
be
just
zoom.
A
If
we're
in
person
it'll
be
in
person
in
on
zoom
or
just
zoom,
we
need
to
see
what
the
governor's
order
does
with
that,
and
there
will
also
be
public
comment
allowed
at
the
february
10th
meeting
any
questions
from
council
members.
Before
I
adjourn,
I
see
none
of
the
kind
of
motion
to
adjourn
motion
to
adjourn.