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From YouTube: 2/15/23 - ARPA Public Forum 1
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2/15/2023 - Dearborn Heights, MI
The ARPA Community Public Forum taking place Wednesday, February 15th at 10:00am at the Dearborn Heights City Hall.
Be sure to fill out the survey regarding the spending of the ARPA funds by 2/28/23 here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdvm5Z-kh_0OhzPLBZjyjJKi2sSIOClZMbs9RDUorpN4s-o4w/viewform
A
Thank
you,
everyone
for
attending
this
public
meeting.
We
are
here
as
partners
to
the
city
of
Dearborn
Heights.
My
name
is
Samantha
de
Wester
I'm,
the
general
counsel
in
Project
Director
for
beam
longas
enough.
We
are
based
out
of
Indianapolis,
but
we
have
an
office
here
in
Michigan
as
well,
and
my
colleagues
Lindsay
and
Holly
they
will.
They
can
introduce
themselves
as
well.
A
They've
put
this
nice
presentation
together
for
this
Moorings
meeting
and
this
evening's
meeting
there's
another
meeting
tonight
at
six
at
the
police
station
and
if
everyone
has
signed
in
there
are
question
cards
to
please
fill
out,
we
will
collect
I'll
collect
those
from
you
and
then
we
will
ask
and
answer
the
questions
at
the
end
of
the
presentation.
Presentations
about
25-30
minutes,
so
those
Folks
at
home
you'll
see
a
PowerPoint
you'll
see
it
here.
A
Streaming
live
so
that's
kind
of
the
the
how
this
process
is
going
to
flow,
but
we
are
working
with
the
city
to
help
them
manage
some
of
these
potential
projects
and
fixes
for
the
city
of
Dearborn
Heights.
And
if
you
haven't
taken
the
survey
online,
it's
online
it'll
be
open
for
the
next
couple
of
weeks.
After
today's
meeting
we
have
paper
copies,
you
could
fill
it
out
today
or
please
jump
online.
Give
the
city
your
input
about
what
is
important
to
you
here
in
Dearborn
Heights
and
what
they
should
be
focusing
on.
A
That
is
important
to
you,
and
then
we
work
with
them
to
help
make
that
happen
so
Lindsay.
How
did
you
want
to
introduce
yourselves
yeah.
B
C
Yes,
we
are
sisters,
yes,
so
Lindsay,
stefanski
and
I
am
working
with
bln
and
the
city
and
the
capacity
as
the
really
focusing
on
the
Outreach
component,
so
putting
making
sure
that
they're
surveyed
together.
So
we
can
receive
some
of
the
input
from
community
members
themselves
and
then
report
that
information
back
to
the
city,
and
so
this
presentation
today
will
go
ahead
and
Jump
Right
In
This
is
just
kind
of
a
brief
overview
of
what
we're
going
to
be
talking
about
today.
D
C
Little
bit
about
arpa
or
know
nothing
about
arpa
at
all,
so
wanting
to
just
give
an
overview
of
what
arpa
is
and
and
we'll
dig
a
little
bit
deeper
into
how
arpa
impacts
newborn
Heights
and
then
talk
a
little
bit
about
some
next
steps,
as
it
relates
to
arpa.
C
So
some
basic
arpa
information
for
you
arpa
is
the
American
Rescue
plan
act
and
it
was
signed
into
law
in
March
of
2021,
and
so
it
was
in
1.9.
Trillion
dollar
package
really
meant
to
give
some
financial
aid
to
a
number
of
different
entities:
schools
non-profits.
C
C
So
one
of
those
state
and
local
governments,
as
you
know,
Dearborn
Heights
and
so
Dearborn
Heights
received
roughly
2
24.3
million
dollars
and
so
you're
marked
today.
2.2
million
of
those
24.3
million
have
been
used
towards
the
revenue
replacement
for
the
2020
and
2021
years,
and
so
the
total
remaining
allocation
is
right.
There
about
22.1.
B
Million
and
we're
going
to
go
into
a
little
bit
detail
further
detail
in
a
couple
of
slides
to
explain
what
Revenue
loss
replacement
is
just
so
you
know,
because
that's
probably
not
a
familiar
term
to
a
lot
of
folks
here,
but
we'll
explain
that
shortly.
C
There
is
a
lot
of
federal
oversight,
there's
a
very
specific
time
rate
time
frame
during
which
funds
need
to
be
used,
or
at
least
allocated
so
making
a
decision
about
what
those
projects
are
going
to
be
and
what
those
funds
will
be
used
for,
and
there
are
definitely
some
required
reporting
implications
that
apply
to
arpa,
and
so
all
of
those
reports,
then,
are
distributed
publicly
in
a
lot
of
cases
and
then
also
go
back
to
the
government
so
making
sure
that
those
arpa
funds
are
appropriated
in
the
in
the
correct
ways
which
will
dig
into
further
as
well,
and
so
there
have
also
been
a
lot
of
changes
to
arpa
over
the
since
2
2021.
C
When
that
act
first
came
into
law,
and
so
one
of
those
is
the
What's
called
the
final
rule.
C
Howie
can
talk
more
about
that
if
anybody's
interested,
but
that's
something
that
impacts
how
those
funds
can
be
spent
and
those
changes
to
the
final
rule
were
actually
made
just
through
last
April,
and
so
there
have
been
several
different
iterations
of
arpa
different
iterations
of
what
that
final
rule
is,
which
all
impacts,
how
funds
can
be
spent.
C
The
first
is
revenue
replacement,
and
this
really
is
focusing
on
anything
that
was
lost
by
the
city
and
so
recovering
some
of
those
funds
that
were
lost
due
to
coven
19..
C
So,
as
you
might
recognize,
you
know,
a
lot
of
places
were
shut
down
all
over
the
place,
and
so
that
was
money
that
the
City
generally
would
have
been
and
getting
from
folks
coming
through
coming
through
and
eating
or
visiting
the
city,
and
that
couldn't
happen
during
the
lockdown
and
just
subsequently
because
of
covet
19.,
and
so
the
final
rule
stipulates
that
cities
can
allocate
up
to
10
million
of
that
total
arpa
fund
allotment
to
revenue
replacement
as
one
of
those
categories.
B
Yeah
there
is
a
there's,
a
stipulation
that
had
initially
it
was
just
a
formula
which
is
pretty
complicated,
but
thankfully,
in
that
advise
or
final
interim
rule,
that
lenzia
was
mentioning
there
were
some
added
Provisions
realizing
the
struggles
with
smaller,
smaller
municipalities,
keep
in
mind
that
a
lot
of
different
cities
and
states
got
the
same
funds
they're,
all
kind
of
in
the
same
bucket
under
arpa
and
they're.
All
different,
so
think.
B
You
know
we're
we're
following
the
same
rules
in
one
sense
that
states
and
larger
municipalities
are
so
in
order
to
simplify
things
for
smaller
municipalities.
They
they
built
into
some
flexibility.
That
said,
instead
of
doing
those
complicated
calculation,
we're
going
to
simplify
things
and
just
say
you
can
use
up
to
10
million
dollars
for
Revenue
replacement,
then
just
to
expand
a
little
bit
on
what
Revenue
replacement
is
and
what
that
can
be
used
for.
So,
as
Lindsay
was
mentioning.
B
A
lot
of
lost
public
funds
during
the
during
the
pandemic,
for
all
you
know,
multitude
of
reasons,
and
so
this
kind
of
bucket
of
allowable
uses
is
designed
to
really
kind
of,
in
a
put
it
simply
backfill
everything
that
was
lost
during
that
time
period
And.
This
is
the
bucket
that
essentially,
what
it
comes
down
to
is
being
able
to
supplant
your
typical
government
operations,
things
that
you
know
you
know
normally
pay
for.
That's
not
supplemental
to
those
operations.
B
You
can
use
these
funds
for
those
purposes,
so
the
cities
of
the
city's
allotment,
as
we
saw
in
the
original
or
a
couple
couple
slides
ago,
of
the
24
million
10
million,
is
going
to
the
city's
electing
to
use
the
10
million
for
Revenue
replacement,
which
is
typical.
Pretty
much.
Every
municipality
is
going
to
obviously
use
that
for
Revenue
replacement
first,
because
that's
the
least
restrictive
category
and
can
be
used
for
pretty
much
anything,
so
that
leaves
about
14
million,
roughly
14
million,
to
allocate
for
these
other
uses
that
that
will
dive
into
yes.
C
So
Emergency
Services,
those
that
focus
on
the
health
and
well-being
of
communities,
and
so
this
category
affords
the
option
to
compensate
these
employees
using
arpa
funding,
and
so
the
essential
workers
eligible
for
premium
pay
are
classified
actually
within
the
act,
and
so
all
of
that
information
can
be
found
by
digging
kind
of
deeper
into
what
the
arba
technicalities
look
like
in
terms
of
how
to
determine
who
was
an
essential
worker
as
it
relates
to
this
particular
category
of
arpa
funding.
C
The
next
category
is
broadband
infrastructure,
and
this
category
supports
you
know
all
of
the
improvements
that
could
be
made
to
digital
Equity
of
residents,
business
owners
so
making
sure
that
everybody
has
equal
and
good
access
to
Internet
and
Wi-Fi,
especially
for
those
in
just
invested
neighborhoods,
so
making
it
more
Equitable,
especially
as
we
think
back
on
how
covet
impacted
those
who
worked
and
were
maybe
were
sent
home
from
work,
so
making
sure
that
people
were
able
to
access
the
internet
for
work
purposes
for
school
purposes.
C
B
Yeah,
that's
a
good
point
too,
to
kind
of
remember
when
these
funds
were
first
award.
You
know
when
the
Act
was
first
passed
back
in
2021
and
then
you
know
throughout
2022
there
were
a
lot
of
changes
and
developments
with
the
pandemic,
and
and
so
it's
it's
been
kind
of
fluid
in
a
sense
of
the
the
I
guess,
the
proper
uses
or
the
most
beneficial
uses
of
the
funds
as
things
change
and
migrate.
So
I'm
interesting
to
to
see
all
of
the
activity
over
the
past
couple
of
years.
C
So
the
next
category
is
water
and
sewer
infrastructure,
and
so
this
category
allows
different
municipalities
to
make
necessary
Investments
to
make
improvements
to
access
to
clean
drinking
water,
for
example
reducing
flooding.
By
making
some.
You
know
some
infrastructure
improvements,
pipe
Etc,
managing
and
treating
storm
water.
C
So
one
of
the
examples
that
in
in
Michigan
is
you
know,
creating
an
above
ground
tank
to
help
alleviate
some
of
the
flooding
and
in
particular
areas
of
Michigan,
and
so
some
of
these
you
know
relate
back
to
arpa
funding
and
then
especially
the
city
of
Dearborn,
I,
just
I
know.
Taking
a
look
at
some
of
the
survey
results
myself
that
I
know
from
also
working
closely
with
the
city
over
the
past
couple
of
months
that
they've
been
exploring
avenues
for
the
e-course.
C
So
the
final
category
is
public
health
and
wellness,
and
this
is
a
fairly
broad
category
and
doing
some
research
about
what
other
Michigan
and
in
particular,
Michigan
municipalities
have
used
this
category
of
spending
on.
It
really
extends
to
a
number
of
different
positive
impacts
to
communities,
and
so
financial
support
for
Parks
and
Recreation
could
fall
under
this
category.
Wellness
initiatives
through
the
Arts
and
so
creating
opportunities
for
for
children
or
for
Arts
expression
for
communities
really
all
builds
into
Mental
Health
and
Wellness
Resources,
such
as
counseling
facilities.
C
All
of
these
things
aim
to
create
a
healthier
and
Well
Community
and
then
I
know
Hallie
mentioned
too
that
they're.
You
know
it's
been
very
fluid
in
the
ways
that,
when
these
these
categories
first
came
to
light
that
you
know
ways
to
interpret
or
ways
to
spend
as
it
relates
to
these
certain
categories
and
so
in
the
in
the
early
stages.
When
cities
were
spending
right
away
when
they
got
their
allocations.
C
A
lot
of
of
the
health
and
wellness
in
this
category
were
used
to
purchase,
PPE,
creates
or
transform
buildings
into
testing
sites,
and
so
we
might
not
see
as
much
of
that.
As
you
know,
time
has
progressed,
and
so
that's
when
we've
seen
the
emergence
of
some
of
these
other
areas
of
spending
as
it
relates
to
this
category
and
using
that
money
for
some
different
things
that
are
still
within
the
health
and
wellness
perspective.
B
Yeah,
it's
important
to
remember
that
this
category.
Well,
it's
not
necessarily
that
obvious
by
just
looking
at
the
the
broad
title
of
it
does
include
responds
to
negative
economic
impacts,
which
is
is
really
really
what
most
of
us
are
feeling
at
this
point
across
the
Across,
the
Nation
so
like
Lindsay,
said
he
kind
of
in
juxtaposition
to
win
all
of
this
first
rolled
out
in
21
throughout
22,
where
it
was
kind
of
first
focused
on
immediate.
B
C
And
so
those
were
the
five
categories
of
spending
under
which
arpa
funds
are
appropriate
and
permitted
and,
however,
as
I
mentioned
earlier,
there
is
a
lot
of
you
know:
governmental
oversight
and
restrictions,
reporting
and
so
did
want
to
touch
on
just
some
of
the
limitations
of
our
funding.
C
C
I
think
that's
the
the
one
that's
a
little
bit
murky
of
the
three
there
on
the
screen,
and
so
just
an
example
of
that
tangibly
is
you
know,
taking
some
funds
and
creating
a
new
position
so
hiring
for
new
positions,
and
the
way
that
that's
unsustainable
is
arpa
is
a
it's
a
finite
set
of
funds,
and
so,
if
we
hire
somebody
to
a
position,
you
know
we're
gonna
have
to
that.
C
Money
runs
out
from
arpa,
and
the
city
then,
would
be
responsible
for
sustaining
that
position
over
time,
and
so
that's
just
an
example
of
an
unsustainable
project
as
it
relates
to
these
three
debt
payments
are
also
something
that
is
not
permitted
and
then
also
pension
contributions.
So
these
are
the
areas
that
Arbor
funds
cannot
be
not
be
appropriated.
C
Okay
so
we've
completed
the
first
portion,
which
really
just
gives
kind
of
a
broad
overview
of
the
American
Rescue
plan,
act
or
arpa,
and
so
now
we're
going
to
take
a
look
at
more
specifically
how
Dearborn
Heights
is
managing
and
planning
to
use
their
arpa
funding.
C
So,
starting
here
with
just
a
general
timeline
of
the
city
and
the
work
that
they've
been
doing,
to
take
a
look
really
again
really
diligently
at
not
only
arpa
but
also
taking
a
look
at
more
broadly
what
the
community
needs
and
how
artpa
can
help
fill
some
of
the
the
gaps
and
so
in
November
of
last
year.
2022
is
when
we
started
working
very
closely
with
the
city
and
its
departments
to
really
learn
a
lot
about
what
the
city
needs
are.
C
What
types
of
work
they've
already
done
in
terms
of
exploring
other
avenues
for
Revenue
to
complete
some
of
the
projects
and
those
priority
projects,
and
so
we
continued
from
that
starting
point
in
November
up
even
up
through
now,
you've
been
continuing.
We
have
weekly
meetings
with
the
city
and
we
have
you
know:
we've
brought
in
some
different
partners
from
not
only
the
city
but
some
other
just
to
learn
everything
that
we
possibly
can
to
help
help
them
make
and
support.
C
February
15th
is
today
so
we're
holding
these
public
forum
meetings
just
to
connect
better
with
the
community
members
and
make
sure
that
everybody
has
a
better
understanding
of
our
itself
is
really
the
goal
here
and
then
February
28th,
just
a
friendly
reminder
that
that
will
be
the
final
day
to
complete
the
survey
that's
available
online.
B
Yeah
there's
printed
they're
printed.
Surveys
are
over
there
and
you
can
either
if
you
do
fill
them
out
here
after
after
we're
through
you
can.
You
know,
leave
those
here
with
us
or
there's
a
box
by
the
mayor's
office
that
you
can
drop
it
in
there
or,
if
you
fill
it
out
and
come
back.
That's
fine
and
there's
also
I
believe
there's
a
QR
code,
that's
sitting
out
like
as
you
walk
out
right
by
the
door
there.
B
C
Okay,
so
taking
a
look
back
to
yeah
wrong
way,
okay,
one
more
there
we
go
okay,
so
taking
a
look
back
when
we
started
working
with
the
city
pretty
closely.
C
C
We
can
support
the
city
in
that
process,
and
so
there
are
a
number
of
different
again,
as
you
can
imagine,
competing
ideas,
competing
priorities
and
only
a
limited
amount
of
funds,
and
so
the
city,
as
I
mentioned
earlier,
has
also
been
really
trying
to
explore
funding
sources
outside
of
the
one-time
art
by
allocation
to
make
sure
that
they
are,
you
know,
trying
to
explore
every
Avenue
to
fulfill
as
many
of
those
priority
projects
needs
as
possible,
and
so
some
of
those
include
you
know,
opportunities
through
FEMA,
as
I
mentioned
earlier.
C
You
know
exploring
some
at
the
state
level
that
relate
to
the
water
and
sewer
infrastructure,
and
so
they've
been
very
methodical
and
in
determining
the
ways
to
maximize
the
arpa
impact
and
ensure
just
really
good
stewardship
of
funds
and
taxpayer
dollars.
C
And
so
up
through
the
present
day.
So
as
I
mentioned,
we've
been
meeting
with
with
the
city
Representatives
we've
been
soliciting
feedback
from
community
members
from
Department
directors,
and
so
a
portion
of
our
work
in
supporting
the
city
has
been
identity.
C
You
know
I'm
trying
to
identify
the
priorities
per
department
and
because
everybody,
you
know,
views
priorities
through
their
own,
very
unique
lens
and
so
making
sure
that
we're
talking
to
as
many
people
as
possible
to
see
you
know
what
their
viewpoints
are
and
I
will
say,
though,
through
all
of
the
meetings
that
we've
had
with
all
of
the
department
heads,
everybody
is
very
passionate
about
having
the
most
positive
impact
through
their
own
unique
lens
on
the
community
itself,
so
whether
it
be
Parks
and
Recreation
Treasurer's
Office,
everybody
is
really
focused
on.
C
Okay
and
so
in
January,
oh
sorry,.
C
There
we
go
okay,
thank
you,
and
so
this
is
just
a
highlight
of
all
of
the
folks
that
we
have
met
with
so
far
so
you
can
see
you
know
everyone
from
the
director
for
the
it
office.
C
We've
met
with
our
Parks
and
Recreation
folks,
Police
Department
fire
department,
so
trying
to
meet
with
as
many
people
as
possible
and
just
like
we've
done
today,
too,
it
was
really
helpful
to
give
kind
of
that
one-on-one
overview
of
what
arpa
is
and
so
started
with
that.
That
kind
of
first
portion
of
our
presentation
today
is
a
similar
approach.
We
took
to
these
meetings
as
well
and
then
also
again,
as
I
mentioned,
discussing
some
of
those
through
the
department
lens.
What
priorities
and
needs
are
for
the
city.
C
Okay,
so
that
brings
us
to
where
we
had
our
you
know.
In
January
we
started
that
feedback
collection
with
a
survey
as
well,
and
so
okay
I'll
just
talk
through
the
it's,
the
January
2023
feedback
collection.
Just
a
note
about
that
of
you
know
the
kind
of
the
why
behind
the
survey
and
so
I
don't
know
if
I
know,
we've
mentioned
the
survey
several
times,
and
some
of
you
might
have
already
gone
online
and
completed
it.
C
But
another
reason
for
that,
though,
is
you
know,
as
just
as
the
different
department
heads
had
various
priorities
and
view
things
through
that
unique
lens.
We
recognize
that
community
members
are
very
similar
in
that
way,
depending
on
experiences
in
the
city
of
Dearborn,
Heights,
identity,
location
affiliation,
and
so
all
of
these
things
were
really
important
to
collect
through
that
survey,.
C
Okay
and
so
again
today,
two
public
Florida
meetings.
Today
you
are
attending
one
of
them.
The
other
is
later
on
this
evening,
and
so
we
will
be
back
on
a
different
location
to
provide
the
same
presentation
and
information
and
really
just
wanting
to
focus
on
again
that
high
level
overview
of
arpa
to
make
sure
there's
a
general
understanding
and
awareness
and
then
also
bringing
awareness
to
the
survey
that
is
available.
C
Right
and
then
finally,
that
feedback
survey
again
closes
on
February
28th,
and
so
now
we're
going
to
talk
more
about
the
survey,
but
we're
going
to
talk
about
some
preliminary
results,
and
so
at
the
time
that
I
pulled
this
presentation
together
it
was
February
3rd.
C
We
had
139
responses
to
the
survey
which
is
great
and
so
wanted
to
give
just
kind
of
a
brief
overview
of
the
information
that
we
have
collected
so
far
as
if
you
have
seen
the
survey
you'll
know
that
some
of
the
all
of
the
demographic
questions
were
optional
but
wanted
to
share
those
just
for
due
diligence
here,
slight
majority
of
those
identifying
as
female
compared
with
male
and
you'll,
see
that
the
respondent
age
distribution
is
pretty
I
mean
it's,
it's
pretty
heavy
on
the
the
60
plus
and
50
to
59
age
range.
C
But
there
is
a
good
range
I
mean,
as
you
can
see,
that
we
had
a
few
respondents
who
were
in
that
18
to
20
range
of
some
of
our
younger
community
members
as
well
respondent
relationship
to
the
city.
Again,
as
I
mentioned,
this
was
important
for
us
to
collect,
just
because
you
know
everybody's
going
to
have
a
unique
perspective
based
on
their
positioning
within
and
around
the
city,
and
so
we
were
pleased
to
see,
though,
that
a
we
had
a
very
high
response
rate
for
those
who
are
residents
of
the
city.
C
C
Here
you
can
see
our
respondent
education
level.
That
was
just
another
demographic
information
piece
that
we
collected
and
then
also
the
respond
and
ethnicity.
Again,
these
were
all
optional
questions,
so
not
all
of
the
respondents
had
completed
these
portions
of
the
survey
itself.
C
All
right-
and
finally,
this
was
the
the
one
multiple
choice
question
here
that
was
important
is
really
identifying
of
those
five
categories
that
we
discussed
earlier
for
arpa
funding,
which
are
most
important
to
community
members,
and
so,
as
you
can
see
here,
the
highest
priority
is
the
water
and
sewer
infrastructure
of
those
five
different
categories,
and
you
can
see
too
the
lowest
at
the
other
end
is
the
Broadband
connectivity.
C
We
also
added
an
open-ended
question.
I
wanted
to
hear
just
more
personalized
from
the
city
ideas
for
how
how
the
art
of
funding
should
be
allocated
and
I
pulled
a
few
responses
just
to
highlight
that
there's
a
broad
range,
though,
that
large
one
there
over
on
the
right
hand
side
of
your
screen.
C
C
C
That
survey
is
going
to
close
and
we'll
start
collecting
and
sorting
through
all
of
that
data
and
in
March
is
when
we'll
continue
again
to
meet
with
the
city
and
compile
review
that
feedback
together,
identify
Identify
some
priority
projects
and
then
also
create
start
working
on
an
implementation
plan
for
what
those
priority
projects
are,
and
so
that
is
going
to
conclude
kind
of
our
portion
of
the
presentation
today.
I
know
Sam's
going
to
try
to
get
some
of
those
feedback
cards
that
might
still
be
out.
C
B
F
F
B
The
first
one
out
there
I
think
you
have
in
order
to
for
those
for
the
folks
on
the
zoom
call
to
hear
you
I
think
you
got
to
be
by
the
mind,
though,.
A
That's
right:
well,
I
am
an
attorney
okay.
Well,
we
will
start
off
with
a
fairly
easy
one,
and
I
probably
should
have
done
a
little
bit
better
job
of
describing
in
more
detail
who
we
are
and
what
we
do.
So.
The
first
question
is
how
sorry
I'm
telling
my
age,
how
many
cities
of
our
size
are
you
helping
with
arpa?
And
what
can
we
spend
from
this
money
so
be
long?
It's
enough
has
been
around
for
about
80
years.
We
are
in
17
to
20
different
states
and
the
Caribbean.
A
We
also
have
a
Canadian
company
that
we
merged
with
last
year.
We
have
done
a
multitude
of
projects
around
the
United
States
and
in
the
Caribbean,
including
the
Gordie
Howe
Bridge
up
here,
but
we've
traditionally
been
a
civil
engineering
firm
over
the
past
five
to
seven
years,
we've
gotten
more
involved
with
Consulting
with
municipalities
or
state
entities,
whether
it's
agencies
or
the
states
themselves,
and
helping
them
with
projects
in
case
managements
of
a
wide
variety
of
projects.
Right
we
are
running
longest
enough
is
running
the
Indiana
homeowner
assistance
fund,
I
personally
got
that
stood
up.
A
I
was
the
Project
Director
over
it's
about
a
200
million
dollar
program
that
the
state
of
Indiana
received
funds
for
under
the
American
Rescue
play
in
to
keep
people
in
their
homes.
So
we
built
the
whole
team
built
the
entire
system
got
it
up
and
running,
and
so
we
are
still
running
that
currently,
so
that's
a
little
bit
about.
So
what
we
do
so
to
answer
this
question
I
believe,
is
yours,
sir.
A
We
are
helping
different
cities,
municipalities
and
states
in
a
variety
of
reasons,
in
a
variety
of
ways,
with
American
Rescue
plan
funds,
but
also
there
is
and
I
don't
want
to
confuse
the
issue.
The
infrastructure
bill,
iija
that
is
pushing
out
money
for
lots
of
different
infrastructure
projects,
the
inflation
reduction
act,
which
is
pushing
out
money
for
a
variety
of
other
things,
mainly
energy
and
Greening,
and
things
like
that
that
are
coming
to
states
and
cities.
A
So
we
are
advising
a
few
different
cities
in
Michigan,
but
also
the
state
of
Indiana
and
a
couple
of
different
states,
Across,
the
Nation
on
how
how
you
can
spend
these
dollars
and
the
best
way
to
spend
them.
Obviously,
with
you
know
what
you
guys
want,
but
what
buckets
of
money
are
allowable,
because
there
are
some
very
definitive
definitions
on
what
is
allowable
and
what
is
not,
and
we
certainly
don't
want
anybody
to
have
the
feds
come
claw
back
a
bunch
of
money
from
everybody.
A
B
Yeah,
it's
been
pretty
common
to
you
know,
municipalities
and
States
across
the
country
have
been
have
been
reaching
out
to
outside
sources.
You
know
this
is
an
unprecedented
amount
of
money
that
that
cities
and
states
are
they're.
Getting
that
and
a
lot
of
them
don't
have
the
built-in
personnel
and
Staffing
to
you
know,
manage
or
maintain
their
fiscal
due
diligence
as
it
relates
to
those
funds,
as
they
should
be
with
with
their
current
staff.
So
it's
been.
B
It's
been
very
common
that
we've
seen
in
an
Outreach
across
the
across
the
country,
to
you
know,
professionals
that
work
with
grants
to
help
them.
You
know,
first
of
all,
I
have
the
capacity
to
be
able
to
manage
and
administer
the
grants,
not
only
that,
but
also
to
maintain
compliance,
because
a
lot
of
a
lot
of
there's
a
lot
of
strings
attached.
As
we
mentioned,
the
funds
have
to
be
used
in
a.
B
A
So
all
excellent
points
and
I'll
piggyback
on
that
by
saying
you
know
like
she
just
said
that
most
government
entities
cannot
handle
the
influx
of
cash,
that
the
feds
are
pushing
down
and
turn
that
around
into
projects
with
very
specific
timelines.
The
feds
have
put
on
the
money,
so
most
entities-
cities,
towns,
states
have
hired
outside
folks
because
they
already
get
chunks
of
grant
money.
A
But
this
is
grant
money
on
steroids,
so
they
want
to
make
sure
is,
is
it's
used
properly,
reporting
is
met,
there,
isn't
fraud,
waste
and
abuse,
and
so
it's
more
than
government
employees
can
handle.
There's
not
enough
staff,
and
you
can't
you
should
not
use
the
money
to
create
Staff
that
you
know
the
grant
ends
in
you
know
two
or
four
years
that
won't
be
funded
for
so
very
good
points.
Holly.
So
sir,
did
that
answer
your
questions?
Yes,.
G
As
Mike
is
on
okay,
how
many
cities
in
Michigan
you
have
serviced
or
contracted
with
of
our
size,
I'm
trying
to
see
if
the
amount
of
money
we
have
24
million
is
justifiable
to
spend
over
a
million
dollars
to
a
consultant
to
teach
us
how
to
do
things
and
where
to
spend
the
money,
how
many
cities
of
our
size
60
000
residents
you
have
contracted
with
a
few?
If
you
have
of.
G
A
A
G
E
You
Samantha,
if
I
may
again,
this
company
was
selected
through
a
public
bid
process
all
of
their
background
information
projects.
Reviews
from
other
cities
were
all
posted
when
we
selected
them,
as
our
vendors,
so
I'd
be
happy
to
share
with
you
the
bid
results
from
when
we
went
out
for
bids
for
the
management
company
for
arpa
funds.
A
A
Next
question:
will
some
sir:
will
some
surveys
be
disclosed
this
evening?
I?
Guess
it's
going
to
be
open.
The
link
will
be
open
for
the
next
two
weeks,
so
we
encourage
everyone
to
tell
their
friends
their
families,
their
neighbors,
whomever
to
complete
the
survey.
There's
a
paper
version
of
the
survey
right
there.
You
can
fill
it
out
and
we
will
turn
it
in
for
you
today.
I
I
know
that
Lindsay
and
Holly
just
went
over
some
of
the
preliminary
feedback.
A
So
that's
what
the
surveys,
what
the
in
the
slides
and
we
can
make
that
available.
There's
copies
of
the
slides
the
slide
deck
over
there.
What
we
could
make
that
available
in
a
link,
but
it
has
the
exact
date
of
what
we've
received
thus
far.
Does
that
answer
your
question?
Ma'am.
B
C
We
had
139
as
of
February
3rd.
That's.
A
It's
on
the
city's
website
and
I
believe
the
city
has
put
it
out
through
the
council
and
other
partners
and
whatnot
so
in
on
their
their
social
media
Communications.
But
if
you
I
think
you
snuck
in
the
side
door.
If
you
want
to
sign
in
it's
right
over
here
the
survey
and
we
will
be
glad
to
turn
that
in
for
you.
B
Yeah,
unfortunately,
any
kind
of
surveys
that
you
do
there's
you
know
the
your
response
rate
compared
to
the
eligible
respondents
is
low.
Unfortunately,
that's
just
typical
of
a
data
collection.
That's
why
we're
all
great
you
know
happy
to
see
that
that
you
guys
are
all
here.
You
know
and
spending
your
time
trying
to
learn
more
about
it
and
get
the
and
if
you
guys
can
spread
the
word
too.
You
know
let
people
know
that
it's
out
there,
that's
really.
The
best
way
is
Word
of
Mouth
to
you
know,
encourage
others
yeah.
E
It
has
also
been
on
the
press
release
on
our
local
newspapers,
it's
on
our
website
and
it
has
been
on
social
media
multiple
times
we
have
reached
out
to
the
superintendents
in
all
of
the
schools
who
have
also
helped
us
share
the
word.
But
as
we
mentioned,
we
do
need
your
help
and
we've
been
asking
for
it.
In
every
council
meeting.
Tell
your
friends
tell
your
neighbors
help
us
get
more
survey
results.
A
Thank
you.
How
and
when
will
the
funds
be
distributed?
That
is
a
complicated
answer
and
it's
not
necessarily
one.
That
is
the
cities.
It
depends.
A
A
So
it's
the
city
has
to
make
you
know
their
timeline
and
what
they
want
decision
wise
after
the
response
is
from
you
guys
and
maybe
Mariana
you
want
to
answer
this
question:
how
when,
when
it's
all
going
to
be
dependent
on
what
the
survey
results
say
and
then,
as
money
is
made
available,
obviously
they
have
some
arpa
money
in
their
account,
but,
as
I
said,
there
is
a
lot
more
money
flowing
down,
so
if
they
can
get
projects
paid
for
from
multiple
sources
on
a
bigger
level,
I
think
they're
probably
going
to
make
sure
that
that's
done.
D
E
Far
as
timeline,
ideally,
we
would
know
what
the
results
are
and
allocate
those
funds
sooner
rather
than
later,
but
again
we're
just
seeing
how
things
go
things
change
every
day,
as
some
of
you
may
know,
from
last
night's
meeting,
there
is
now
an
additional
10
million
dollars
that
is
going
to
be
used
for
the
e-course
Creek.
So
that
changes
our
plans
a
little
bit
with
regards
to
what
we
were
planning
to
do
with
arpa.
So
again,
things
change
every
day,
but
we
will
try
to
have
a
plan,
hopefully
by
the
budget
season.
E
D
And
also
one
of
the
other
things
that
we're
trying
to
do
is
we're
trying
to
maximize
the
usage
of
the
ARP
of
money,
so
there's
other
grants
that
we're
applying
for,
for
example,
yesterday
we
applied
for
another
Grant,
so
we'd
want
to
use
all
the
money
in
one
location.
We
want
to
make
sure
that
we
maximize
so
there's
certain
things
that
we
talked
about
well.
First,
I
want
to
thank
Mariana
and
Mr
deep
they've
been
working
on
this
for
almost
two
years.
So
I
appreciate
you
guys,
you
know
all
the
hard
work
I
know.
D
Mr
deep
has
been
engaged,
he's
actually
talking
to
different
entities,
trying
to
see
what
we
can
do
with
the
money
and
also
Mariana.
You
know
for
her
help.
You
know
talking
to
you
know
we
have
our
elected
officials
from
the
state.
You
know
Congressional
delegates
that
also
Wayne
County,
trying
to
help
us
get
other
funding.
D
So
with
that
you
know
you
say,
for
example,
you
get
a
million
dollars.
You
can
use
from
the
arpa
money.
You
know
you
might
try
to
get
like
three
four
million
or
maybe
more
from
other
entities
that
we
can
utilize
for
a
particular
project.
So
this
is
what
we're
trying
to
use.
One
of
the
things
is:
there's
a
lot
of
communities
that
actually
used
most
of
their
arpa
money.
But
us
you
know
waiting.
This
long
is
actually
has
been
a
blessing
because
there's
other
things
opened
up
and
also
there's
other
funding
is
coming.
D
We
haven't
seen
it
yet,
but
we're
getting
other
funding
as
well.
So
we
just
want
to
make
sure
that
we
maximize
the
art
of
money
with
other
funding
that
we're
going
to
get
through
I
know:
Senator
Santana.
You
know
she's
been
amazing,
she's
trying
to
help
us.
You
know,
even
before
she
became
our
state.
Senator
I
mean
for
this
area
and
that
state,
but
our
well
I
mean
state
senator
for
for
this,
for
Dearborn
Dearborn,
Heights
and
also
congresswoman
Rashida.
Today,
Congressman
Dingle
they've
been
very,
very
helpful.
Trying
to
get
us.
D
You
know,
funding
also
Mr
Warren
Evans
from
the
county
and
also
stay
wrapped
Aaron
Burns.
She
just
came
on
board
so
she's.
Trying
to
you
know
help
you
know.
In
fact
she
sent
me
an
email
yesterday
about
a
fund
that
we
might
be
able
to
tap
into.
So
we
have
great
work
of
relationship
with
state
level,
elected
officials
and
also
we
got
Senator
office
reached
out.
We
got
Senator
Peters
also
reached
out.
You
know
we
met
with
them.
D
They
they
want
to
know
what
our
requirements
there's
a
lot
of
things,
that
the
city
of
Dearborn,
Heights
needs
and
I
think
everybody
from
the
elected
officials.
They
already
know
what
the
city
of
Dearborn
Heights
needs.
So
again,
you
know
I
want
to
thank
all
three
of
you
for
being
here
and
please
thank
Jay
as
well.
I
know:
we've
been
talking
to
Jay
for
the
last
year
and
a
half
two
years
so
appreciate
you
guys
doing
this.
A
Sure
no
problem,
thank
you
and
happy
to
help.
I
also
used
to
work
for
the
city
of
Indianapolis
is
where
I
live
in
the
state.
So
I
completely
understand
frustration
trying
to
get
things
done.
So
we
are
here
to
help
a
couple
of
questions
about
the
survey.
I
think
we
could
show
up
what
is
the
survey
and
who
can
I
guess
respond
or
right
anybody.
The
survey
is
open
to
everyone.
You
don't
need
a
Gmail
address,
which
is
the
next
question.
A
Anybody
that's
in
Dearborn
Heights
can
respond
to
it
and
the
point
is
to
collect
data
and
make
sure
that
we
have
a
representation
from
as
many
people
as
possible
that
represent
the
community
and
get
their
thoughts.
The
survey
asks
questions
specific
to
how
do
you
think
the
city
should
use
these
funds?
A
What
are
your
thoughts,
so
it
captures
all
of
that
so
that
they
can
make
a
decision
based
on
what
you
are
telling
them
in
your
input
on
how
to
use
the
funds
and
prioritize
because,
like
any
City
Dearborn
Heights
is
not
an
anomaly.
Lots
of
cities
have
priority
lists
that
are
15
pages
long.
So
there
has
to
be
a
priority
because
the
funds
are
not
infinite
and
they're
not
forever.
So
it's
we've
got
to
figure
out
what
we
can
fix
right
now.
That
is
the
most
urgent
of
needs.
F
I'm,
the
one
that
asked
that
question,
because
I
never
heard
of
it
and
I
go
I
belong
to
both
of
our
senior
centers
I'm
surprised,
they're,
there's
not
packets
of
them
at
both
senior
centers
they
would
have.
You
would
have
had
a
thousand
fill
outs
by
now,
not
139
and
the
reason
I
asked
about
residents
because
you
said
most
of
them
were
residents.
I
didn't
know
what
you
meant.
I
thought
they'd
all
be.
B
Oh
yeah,
the
survey
went
out
to
everybody,
so
there's
city
employees,
business
owners.
Yes,
yes,.
D
F
A
A
And
any
other
place,
you
think
that
it
should
go
with
the
link
is
going
to
be
live
for
another
two
weeks,
so
there
is
ample
time
we're
doing
this
public
meeting
kind
of
in
the
middle
of
when
it
opened
so
that
we
could
intentionally
tell
you
to
go
fill
out.
The
survey
we've
been
trying
to
fire
it
out
to
everyone
as
much
as
possible.
Obviously,
everyone
gets
a
lot
of
information
intake
regularly,
so
it's
kind
of
it's
it
could
be
lost
in
the
shuffle.
So
that's
why
we
brought
copies
and
that's
why
it's
staying
up.
A
C
A
A
So
you
guys
can
help
answer
this
as
well,
but
it's
also
laid
out
in
the
feds
lay
it
out
and
also
the
state
lays
it
out.
Essential
workers
typically
have
been
police
fire
nurses.
You
know
folks
that
have
well.
They
don't
really
include
the
city,
but
please
Fire
EMS,
yes,
because
they
never
got
time
off
they.
There
was
no
work
from
home
days.
For
those
folks,
a
lot
of
lawyers
we're
considered
essential,
but
you
want
to
go
ahead
and
respond
to
the.
B
Yeah
so
let's
say
I
mentioned
the
the
ACT
does
actually
Define
and
the
final
rule
defines
what
what
which
employees
are
eligible
to
receive,
that
premium
pay,
how
much
they
can
get.
It
could
be
used
retrospectively
prospectively.
It
outlines
a
whole
bunch
of
criteria
and
eligible
uses
for
their
things
that
would
fall
into
the
category
of
bringing
a
pay.
So
what
we
can
do
is
put
a
it's
like
a
good
two-pager
that
lists
all
the
different
buckets
is
that
that's
probably
the
one
yeah.
C
B
B
Yeah
yeah,
so
there's
there's
a
really
good
two-page
or
it's
not
from
the
exact
final
rule.
But
it's
it's
a
it's
a
good
summary
that
kind
of
breaks
it
down
into
more
less
technical
terms,
I
would
say,
but
but
at
the
highest
level,
they're
really
looking
at
anybody.
That
was
the
the
main
criteria
is
that
you
have
to
have
physical
contact
with
with
the
community,
so
it
could.
Essentially
anybody
that
was
working
remotely
would
not
be
eligible.
That's
that's
the
the
broadest
takeaway
from
it.
But
beyond
that
you
know.
B
C
So
I
can
go
over
just
a
few
of
the
workers
who
are
covered
just
to
give
you
a
general
idea
and
then
we
will
also
post
this
to
the
arbor
website.
That's
linked
under
the
mayor's
page
on
the
Dearborn
Heights
site.
So
you
all
can
take
a
look,
but
it's
for
a
sake
of
time.
C
I'll
just
go
over
a
few
here,
so
staff
at
nursing
homes,
hospitals,
Home,
Care
settings
workers
at
farms,
food
production
facilities,
grocery
stores,
restaurants,
janitors
and
sanitation,
workers,
truck
drivers,
Transit
staff,
warehouse
workers,
public
health
and
safety
staff,
child
care,
workers,
Educators
and
other
school
staff.
Again,
as
Holly
mentioned
as
long
as
they
were
not
working
remotely
and
social
service
and
human
services
staff,
and
so
again,
I'll
post
this
to
the
Opera
website
that
is
linked
into
the
mayor's
page.
A
Thank
you.
This
is,
we
only
have
a
couple
more.
This
is
more
of
a
statement
than
a
question.
I
think
it's
very
important
to
use
these
funds
for
water
and
sewer
infrastructure
for
long-term
improvements
of
the
city,
and
we
will
we're
going
to
capture
all
of
the
feedback
and
just
like
the
survey
capture,
all
of
the
the
information.
A
So
we
can
present
it
to
the
mayor
council
whomever
make
is
whenever
they
need
it
to
make
their
decisions
last
question:
unless
somebody
else
has
any
others,
could
we
use
the
funds
for
youth
programs
or
a
youth
center
and
I?
Think
I'm?
Sorry,
okay,
I
think
Holly
and
Lindsay
kind
of
hit
on
that.
There
are
certain
allowables
for
this
money
specifically,
but,
like
I,
said
I
think
previous.
There
are
lots
of
different
buckets
of
money
coming
open,
but
if
you
guys
want
to
hit
on
this
arpa
money
specifically.
B
Because
yeah
it's
hard
to
answer
that
that
specific
of
a
question
because
a
lot
of
the
times,
unfortunately,
the
answer
is
it
depends
it
sounds
broadly,
it
probably
would
be
able
to
fit
into
a
category,
but
we
didn't.
We
didn't
go
into
the
technical
underlyings
of
a
lot
of
this,
but
there
are
stipulations
within
those
buckets.
B
You
have
to
be
able
to
demonstrate
connectivity
to
that
you're
responding
to
the
to
the
pandemic,
which,
as
we
all
know
now,
is
easy
to
do,
because
it
affected
all
of
our
lives
across
a
lot
of
vast
ways.
So
I
would
say
on
High
level
it
sounds
like
it
would
probably
be
an
allowable
use,
but
we
would
just
have
to
know
more
information
specific
to
you
know
surrounding
that.
You
know
what
area
the
community
gets
in,
where
that
was
impacted
by
it.
B
How
much
you
know,
depending
on
how
much
it
costs
you
have
to
demonstrate
that
there's
proportional
response
to
the
pandemic
or
that
the
damage
is
caused
by
the
pandemic
or
the
response
is
proportional
to
those.
So
again
we
didn't
dive
into
a
lot
of
the
technicalities,
but
that
kind
of
goes
back
ties
back
into
the
fact
that
these
are
federal
funds.
There
are
strings
attached.
A
There
are
other,
but,
like
I
said,
there
are
other
programs
under
the
infrastructure
bill
and
inflation
reduction.
I
know,
community
centers
are
under
I,
think
infrastructure,
they're,
just
there's
lots
of
money.
The
feds
are
still
because
all
this
is
so
new.
The
feds
are
still
writing
the
rules
for
a
lot
of
these
programs
that
haven't
even
come
down.
Yet
it's
just.
We
know
a
lot
because
we've
looked
into
lots
and
lots
and
lots
of
the
fine
print
in
the
the
acts
that
are
out
there
about
1700
pages
long
each.
A
So
if
you
get
bored-
and
you
want
to
put
yourself
to
sleep-
I'd
encourage
you
to
go
read
some
of
them,
but
there
are
lots
of
you
know
different
pockets
for
opportunity
for
lots
of
communities
and
every
Community
is
going
through
this
every
city
same
size,
larger,
smaller,
all,
going
through
all
this
right
now
the
same
processes
trying
to
get
things
fixed
as
quickly
as
possible.
E
D
H
Actually
was
involved
in
the
CFR
200
bid
process
to
select
the
BNI
so
to
second
Miss
Hernandez.
H
Yes,
the
process
was
that
was
done
according
to
CFR,
200
I
actually
put
the
bed
together.
So
that's
responding
to
one
of
the
the
questions
I.
Have
you
did
a
good
job?
I
mean
your
presentation
is
very
informative.
H
H
Since
we
are
so
we
are
independent
from
the
state
now
can
we
cooperate
with
the
county?
Can
we
cooperate
with
State?
Absolutely
we
can
do
that
and
the
the
team
you
know,
Dearborn
Heights,
are
doing
a
great
job
to
to
do
cooperation
and
collaboration
with
other
funding,
which
is
some
of
it
and
pluses
and
millions
of
dollars
in
some
are
also
coming.
I
H
Bring
will
bring
a
lot
of
different
type
of
influx
of
funding,
Federal
funding
and
state
funding
to
to
actually
support
or
supplement
or
complement
this
few
million
dollars
you
know
of
all
performed.
You
know
24
million
dollars
compared
to
the
county,
300
million
dollars.
It's
it's
not
that
significant
amount
to
what
our
self
here
in
the
urban
Heights
are
working
on
it.
Just
the
engineer
and
the
mayor
just
finished,
putting
together
with
our
consultant
30
35
billion
dollars.
H
You
know
the
loan
slash
a
possible
possible
Grant,
so
we
are
equipped
at
this
time
to
work
with
you
to
to
together,
put
and
see
what
we
can
do
to
battle
off
the
city
of
him
I.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
Good
good
present.
H
I
am
sorry
I
wasn't
able
to
to
be
there
with
with
the
three
of
us
myself.
J
J
One
of
the
things
I
have
observed
is
that
every
piece
of
land
and
every
piece
of
property
has
been
built
upon
in
the
last
50
60
years,
and
so
our
our
sewer
and
infrastructure
hasn't
always
been
upgraded
to
meet
the
fact
that
the
Building
Development
has
occurred.
Therefore,
rain
water
doesn't
always
have
a
place
to
go
so
I
really
am
emphatic
and
and
at
home.
When
we
got
something
like
this
I
always
told
the
kids,
it
was
Pennies
from
Heaven,
so
this
is
probably
not
going
to
come
very
often.
J
So
that's
why
I'm
so
emphatic
in
that
the
long-term
Solutions
of
using
this
money
to
address
the
issue
of
capacity
of
our
sewer
systems.
Even
city-wide
is
very
important
because
of
the
development
of
the
housing
and
businesses
in
our
community
have
taken
up
the
space
where
rainwater
could
drain,
and
so
that's
my
issue
and
that's
one
of
the
reasons
why
I'm
really
happy
your
presentation
as
well
mayor,
bezy,
I,
think
you
hired
a
great
group,
and
you
have
some
good
staff
here
who
know
what
they're
doing
so
I'm
appreciative
of
that
too.
Thank.
D
You
we're
hiring
if
you're
interested
so
to
answer
your
questions.
This
is
actually
not
just
the
urban
Heights
issue,
so
the
money
I
just
want
to
clarify
the
money
from
the
Wayne
County.
The
10
million
dollars
is
not
just
for
Dearborn
Heights.
The
money
is
going
to
be
for
nine
communities
that
are
affected
by
the
e-course
Creek,
so
I
just
want
to
be
clear
on
that
one.
So
this
is
something
you
know.
D
A
lot
of
Mayors
been
working
with
the
county
and
I
know
for
a
couple
for
two
years:
we've
that's
something
we've
been
working
with,
and
so
the
the
water
sewer
issue
I
mean.
We
know
we
know
it's
a
problem.
I
mean
I
know
it
was
a
problem,
probably
the
15
year
20
years
ago,
and
one
of
the
biggest
problems
the
city
had
is
that
we
never
had
a
city
engineer.
You
know
representing
this
city,
and
this
is
something
that
I
realized.
D
You
know
when
I
became
the
mayor
two
years
ago
and
that's
why
I
brought
in
Mr
deep
Mr
deep
has
been
looking
at
a
lot
of
the
infrastructure
you
know
he's
been.
There
was,
to
be
honest.
There
was
no
maps
to
tell
us
where
some
of
these
water
sewers
there's
there's
no
Maps,
there's
nothing
so
he's
kind
of
working
from
scratch.
D
You
know
try
to
a
map,
you
know
where,
where
our
issues
are-
and
you
know
where
we
have
this
companies
going
in
and
checking
you
know,
we
have
an
issue
with
with
the
water
back
up.
You
know
they're
going
there,
they
camera
that
that
area
and
something
I
don't
want
to
talk
about
the
past.
But
in
the
future
you
know
we
we're
mapping
everything
we're
looking
at
all
the
issues
and
as
I
mentioned
before,
we
have
our
elected
officials
from
the
state
they're
really
trying
to
help.
D
You
know
this
is
something
we
have
like
two
meetings
a
month
that
I
go
to.
You
know
the
DCC.
You
know
the
Dua
meeting
the
down
river,
you
know
mayor
supervisors
and
also
the
cww,
the
conference
of
Western
Wayne,
the
Mayors
from
Mayors
Township
supervisors.
So
everybody
is
having
similar
issues,
but
Dearborn
Heights
has
got
basically
we're
at
the
low
end,
so
everybody's
water
comes
through
us,
but
when
Dearborn
Heights
gets
hits
the
most
that
it
kind
of
backs
to
Taylor,
you
know
it
gets
Allen
Park
gets
it
Dearborn
part
of
Dearborn
gets
it.
D
D
So
it
is
a
topic
that
everybody's
talking
about
and
we're
really
working
hard,
and
you
know
Mr
deep,
is
highly
respected.
You
know
from
I
mean
he
worked
with
a
County
First
that
he
was
worked
for
the
airport.
He
was
the
chief
engineer
there,
so
everybody
knows
who
he
is
and
when
he
speaks
everybody's
listening,
like
hey,
you
know
these
are
the
issues,
so
we
are
working
on
the
issue
and
this
is
something
we're
taking
very
serious
because
you
know
I
mean
we
do
have
a
solution.
D
It's
going
to
take
money
and
I
hope
it
rains
more
pennies
or
help
raise
more
than
just
pennies.
So
we
have
I
mean
everybody's
at
10
right
now,
because
FEMA
has
given
us,
we
have
to
apply
for
FEMA
grants
that
Mr
Jamal
is
working
on
trying
to
buy
some
of
these
homes
off
the
e-course
Greek.
We
do
have
a
plan
for
these
homes
once
we
get
them
demolished.
D
You
know
we're
going
to
try
to
do
kind
of
a
retention,
detention
basis
of
that
rain
cause
whatever
we
can
do
to
retain
the
water
for
to
eliminate
or
to
prevent
as
much
water
going
into
the
e-course
Creek.
So
we
we
do
have
a
solution.
We
just
need
the
money
just
need
time.
So
we
we
are
working
on
it.
You
know
it's
it's
work
in
progress
and
I.
Tell
you
there's
a
lot
of
work
is
being
done.
There's
a
lot
of
stuff.
It
works
right
now
it
just
you
know.
D
We
just
need
the
money
and
we'll
see
what
happens
with
this
arpa,
but
we
have
the
10
million
with
the
nine
communities,
then
also
there's
other
money
that
we're
trying
to
get
from
the
state.
You
know
I
talked
to
the
Mr
Assad
trophy
yesterday
from
Wayne
County
and
they're,
going
to
try
to
help
us
to
talk
to
the
governor,
see
if
we
can
get
more
money
than
just
a
10
million
and
just
get
money
allocated
just
for
the
city
of
Dearborn
Heights.
D
A
Thank
you
and
I
know
we're
nearing
the
end
of
our
our
time
together.
Here,
I
think
we
have
a
couple
of
questions.
Okay,.
D
F
K
Good
morning
the
question
that
I
have
for
you-
and
this
is
no
reflection
on
this
particular
City.
This
is
more
of
a
generic
question
but,
as
you
know,
a
lot
of
times
when
money's
allocated
to
different
entities
nationally
to
municipalities,
counties,
etc,
etc.
The
the
question
I
have
what
about
oversight
so
once
this
is
decided,
whether
it's
through
surveys
through
what
you
guys
do
through
us
as
a
council
body
and
as
an
Administration,
decide
who's
going
to
be
the
oversight.
K
Will
it
be
the
federal
government
that
will
oversee
to
make
sure
that
those
projects
are
done
properly?
The
money
is
allocated
properly
and
no
fat
is
lost,
or
will
it
be
your
particular
organization
who
will
do
oversight
and
reason
I'm
bringing
this
up
because
and
I
don't
want
to
say
specific
names
or
places
whatever
but
I
know
of
money
that
was
allocated
at
one
point
somewhat
locally
and
unfortunately,
has
been
a
lot
of
either
criticism
or
debate,
whether
that
money
was
used
properly
and
whether
a
lot
of
money
was
lost.
A
I
think
it's
it's
a
couple
of
different
depending
on
where
the
money
comes
from
the
feds.
Certainly
any
federal
dollars
by
law
require
reporting
back
to
the
feds.
So
if,
if
the
state
is
a
pass-through
for
any
of
the
dollars
that
are
coming
down,
it's
reporting
to
the
state
and
and
to
the
feds,
and
they
make
sure
that
all
that
stuff
is
that
everything
is
done
properly.
There
wasn't
overspending,
I
mean
they
have
very
certain.
Particular
things
spelled
out
with
the
when
the
feds
when
they
say
there
are
strings
attached.
A
When
the
feds
give
you
money,
there
are
lots
of
strings
attached.
Yes,
and
that's
why
some
cities,
towns,
municipalities,
don't
take
Federal
money
because
they
don't
want
to
deal
with
all
the
reporting
and
because
it's
it's
it's
quarterly
annually
I
mean
there's
a
lot
that
goes
on
and
they
can
come
in
and
audit
you
every
single
year.
So
we
certainly
will
help
the
city
with
all
of
that
guide
you
through
what
needs
to
be
done
to
whom
it
needs
to
be
reported.
A
What
is
improper,
what
is
not
what
you
have
to
tell
them
and
what
you
have
to
release
and
present
and
all
of
that
stuff,
and
you
know,
I'm
an
attorney
I
I,
don't
I
like
all
y'all,
but
I'm
not
going
to
prison
for
misstating
something
about
how
money
was
used.
A
So
it's
those
are
very
real
in
all
the
cities
and
states
have
to
be
very
careful
with
how
they're
spending
money,
because
you
you
I
mean
they
both
went
through
it
as
well
about
the
reporting
back
through
the
states
and
if,
when
you
apply,
they
have
a,
they
have
a
copy
of
what
you've
applied.
For
so
you
know
the
mayor
here
might
say:
hey
we,
we
need
a
new,
you
know
sewer
infrastructure,
but
then
go
build
a
10-story.
You
know
hiring
that
can't
happen,
that
that
cannot
happen.
They
will
claw
back
all
that
money.
A
D
Thank
you
very
much,
so
we
do
actually
I
mean
just
to
Echo
and
also
second,
what
what
you
said
we
we
are
I
mean
some
several
times
were
already
reported.
I
mean
again,
that's
why
we're
kind
of
hesitant
using
the
money
in
the
first
year
is
because
of
that,
all
the
things
that
we
have
to
do
first
and
that's
why
they
came
on
board.
We
asked
for
them
to
come
on
board
to
help
us
this
is.
This
is
a
huge
task.
D
Every
penny,
not
dollar,
every
penny
has
to
be
accounted
for,
and
we
do
when
we
report
I
mean
it's
a
very
lengthy
process.
It
takes
us
hours
to
go
through
the
process
and
we
do
have
to
periodically
report
to
the
government
and
coming
from
the
government
side
before
I
came
here.
It's
it's
it's
like
no
kidding.
You
know
every
dollar
that
you
get
from
the
federal
government.
They
want
to
know
where
it's
spent
and
they
do
have.
They
do
have
audits.
We
have
to
supply
documentations
to
them
as
well.
B
One
more
quick
comment
on
that
too
I
was
a
I
was
formerly
a
Federal
grant
auditor
for
a
public
accounting
firm
was
my
12
years
spent
12
years
on
that
and
specialized
in
federal
grants.
So
that's
kind
of
my
technical
yeah
background
on
this
project.
B
It
is
subject
to
their
the
federal
program
single
audit
every
year
that
is
done
usually
simultaneously
or
around
the
same
time
as
the
financial
statement
audit,
and
this
is
a
considered-
a
high
risk
program
by
the
federal
government
and
by
U.S
treasury,
who
has
ultimate
responsibility
for
monitoring
oversight.
So
this
this
will
ultimately
be
audited
by
your
public
accounting,
firm,
independent
Auditors
every
year
until
until
this
funding
is
done
as
well,
but
yeah.
Ultimately,
the
the
U.S
treasury
has
brought
oversight
of
the
program.
I
I
Okay,
thank
you
and
Lindsay
and
Howie.
Do
you
also
work
for
BLM.
I
All
right-
and
so
when
you
referred
in
the
presentation
to
a
Consulting
team
that
is,
would
be
BLM
yeah.
A
Question
before
Jay
and
marker,
the
vice
presidents
of
the
the
wing
of
bln
that
is
Emergency
Management,
Disaster
Recovery
response,
which
these
programs
fall
under
that
we
handle.
You
know
throughout
the
United
States
and
the
Caribbean.
These
types
of
programs
they're,
not
typical
civil
engineering
programs,
they're,
not
construction.
If
you
will
we're
managing
to
make
sure
that
the
processes
go
correctly
to
the
projects
that
need
to
be
constructed.
I
Okay,
great
great
and
just
for
the
benefit
of
I,
think
everyone
in
in
the
city,
all
individuals
concerned,
the
one
gentleman
brought
up
a
number
of
one
million
dollars
which
you
said
was
incorrect.
I
A
Right,
it's
it's
a
contract
for
services
and,
like
Mariana,
said
it
was
all
in
the
city's
website.
Okay,
I!
Don't
have
the
contract
in
front
of
me,
okay,
but
it's
not
for
it's
not
an
overarching.
You
have
five
million
dollars
here,
walk
away
with
it,
it's
specific
to
the
tasks
that
we
complete.
So
that's
what
it's
I.
A
It
depends
on
what
the
feds
have
capped
it
at
four
different
acts:
they
it
could
be
ten
percent
of
the
total
project,
but
again
that
doesn't
mean
that
we
are
getting
them.
We
are
task
based
right,
so
there's
another
engineering
firm
that
the
city
works
with
that
they
do
some
different
work,
so
it
just
depends
on
who
is
doing
what
piece
of
the
puzzle?
Okay,.
E
Us,
yes,
we
haven't
paid
a
single
invoice
for
them
yet,
so
there
is
a
certain
amount
of
money
that
we
could
use
for
administrative
fees.
Every
project
that
we
do
requires
different
consulting
firms.
We
have
some
in-house.
E
We
have
some
that
we
would
have
to
go
external,
it
really
just
depends
and
when
it
comes
down
to
making
the
decision
of
what
type
of
projects
we're
going
to
do
and
how
much
we're
going
to
be
utilizing
bln
for
now
they're
on
contract,
primarily
to
get
the
results
from
the
residents
and
help
us
plan
the
priorities
and
augment
the
funds
by
utilizing
other
sources
that
we
have
so
they've
also
been
in
communication
with
funding
Scout,
which
is
our
new
Grant
contracting
company
who's,
helping
us
track
all
the
available
grants
in
engineering
and
police
and
fire
Etc.
E
So
again,
it's
going
to
be
a
collaboration
of
all
of
our
consultant
companies
and
all
of
our
department
heads
and
how
we're
going
to
develop
those
projects
we're
still
in
the
very
beginning
stages
of
it.
But
absolutely
the
public
will
be
notified
every
single
time
and
all
of
our
claims,
as
usual,
are
public
knowledge.
So
they're
in
every
single
one
of
our
Council
meetings
for
the
public
to
review,
so
every
single
invoice
you
will
see
it.
I
B
Yeah
I
think
just
to
clarify
so
I
know.
There's
a
question
about
the
cost
of
the
contract.
I
do
believe
it
was.
There
was
a
not
to
exceed
in
there,
but
I
guess
to
explain
a
little
better
part
of
the
contract
is
the
arpa
stuff,
but
a
lot
of
it
is
why
there's
a
not
to
exceed
amount
is
because
it's
hard
to
know
what
what
the
total
scope
will
be.
B
Once
we
get
past
the
utilization
recommendations
and
kind
of
what
we're
doing
now,
because
a
lot
of
a
lot
of
the
later
tasks
in
the
project
depend
on
what
the
funds
are
ultimately
allocated
for.
So
it's
very
well
that
you
know,
after
depending.
A
A
All
right,
we
are
running
a
little
short
we're
a
little
bit
over
on
time.
I'm.
F
G
E
Can't
recall
again,
I'm
sure
it
was
I
can't
recall,
I
believe
it
was
a
not
to
exceed
amount
again.
Each
person,
depending
on
their
level
of
expertise,
has
a
different
hourly
rate,
so
I
can
certainly
give
you
the
copy
of
the
contract
again.
A
G
A
And
we've
answered
that,
sir
repeat:
we've
answered
it
repeatedly
in
several
different
ways,
so
we're
just
trying
to
get
this
I
know
folks
want
to
know
how
the
money
will
be
spent
and
on
what.
So,
sir,
your
question
is:
what
are
Ensure?
What
do
do
infrastructure
upgrades?
Look
like
larger
pipes,
natural
water
retention
with
Greenery
dredging,
a
Rouge
and
Ecorse
Creek.
A
You
know,
20
years
so
I
know
Mariana
and
Mr
dibb
have
been
laser
focused
on
lead,
Replacements,
lead
line,
replacement
service
line,
Replacements
meter
Replacements
to
upgrade
that
for
the
community
they
are
also
keenly
aware
of
insomai
of
Ecorse
Creek
and
the
continual
flooding
and
the
mayor
just
referenced
it
as
he
was
we
were
talking
or
he
was
talking
and
Rouge
as
well
known
problem,
so
that
yes,
the
answer
is:
yes,
that's
what
it
could
all
be.
A
It's
the
main
thing
is
to
find
the
priority,
make
the
infrastructure
the
priority
and
then
figure
out
how
we
can
get
more
as
most
as
much
money
as
we
can
from
all
the
different
monies
coming
down
the
pike
because
I'm
sure,
as
you
probably
know,
it's
an
no
cheap
feat
to
place.
All
of
that
at
one
time
and
lots
of
communities
are,
you
know
doing
in
Detroit
and
different
communities
are
doing
it,
but
it
takes
a
massive
chunk
of
money.
So
I
know
that's
what
they're
they've
been
working
on
and
focused
on.