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From YouTube: 11-1-21 City Council work session
Description
Des Moines City Council morning work session on Monday, November 1, 2021.
View the agenda: https://DSM.city/CouncilMeetings
A
C
C
Everybody
had
a
had
a
great
weekend
and
thank
you
for
the
up.
C
Thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
present
to
you
this
morning
and
provide
an
update
on
some
key
initiatives
that
the
dark,
commission
and
staff
have
been
working
on
over
the
last
several
several
months.
I
first
want
to
start
by
thanking
josh
mandelbaum
and
his
alternate
mayor
county
for
josh's
significant
contribution
on
the
dart
commission.
He
is
a
valuable
member
of
our
executive
committee
and
has
dedicated
a
significant
amount
of
time,
finding
new
efficiencies
and
exploring
ways
to
make
our
services
more
valuable
for
central
iowans,
so
appreciate
his
his
service
and
commitment
to
dart.
C
As
you
may
recall,
the
dark
commission
was
reconstituted
in
2017,
providing
each
of
darts
member
communities
with
a
representative
on
the
board
of
commissioners.
Since
that
time,
the
dart
commission,
along
with
staff,
have
invested
a
considerable
amount
of
time
evaluating
dart
services
operations
and
even
funding
to
ensure
that
we
are
maximizing
the
investment
of
our
member
communities.
C
As
a
result,
over
the
last
several
years,
dart
has
been
able
to
implement
two
major
cost
neutral
service
changes
that
provided
earlier
and
later
service
and
more
midday
service
on
dart's
local
routes
that
primarily
serve
the
city
of
des
moines.
We
also
eliminated
some
underutilized
service
and
some
of
darts
suburban
member
communities
in
order
to
reinvest
those
resources
to
meet
transportation
needs.
E
Thank
you,
elizabeth
and
good
morning,
council
members.
I
want
to
start
off
by
doing
just
a.
I
can
figure
this
out.
A
quick
overview
of
the
service
that
we
do
have
of
course
starts
a
regional
entity.
We
have
30
bus
routes,
plus
our
rideshare
and
pair
transit
service,
those
bus
routes,
most
of
them
do
come
in
and
out
of
des
moines,
with
some
exceptions
and
what
we
saw
over
the
last.
You
know.
E
G
almost
two
years
now
was
that
the
services
that
we
have
in
des
moines
really
fared
the
best
in
terms
of
ridership
during
the
pandemic,
and
that's
probably
not
a
surprise
when
we
think
about
the
the
the
core
services
and
the
people
who
didn't
have
the
option
to
work
from
home,
and
so
when
we
look
at
especially
the
our
nine
highest
ridership
routes,
which
are
in
des
moines.
E
E
E
So
now
we're
in
the
process
of
looking
towards
the
future,
and
I'm
going
to
touch
a
little
bit
on
some
recommendations
that
we
have
for
improving
our
service,
but
we
act.
There
was
actually
an
article
in
the
business
record
that
I
would
point
you
to.
If
you
want
to
go
a
little
bit
more
in
depth,
they
did
spend
quite
a
bit
of
time
with
us
and
they
they
they
covered
it
in
in
pretty
good
detail.
I
think.
E
So
in
early
2020
we
started
a
project
that
we
call
the
transit,
optimization
study
and
the
direction
from
the
dark
commission
was
to
come
up
with
a
long-range
vision
for
dart.
That
really
looks
at
the
service
today
and
making
sure
that
we're
doing
the
most
with
the
resources
that
we
have
also
look
at
the
evolving
needs
of
the
region,
in
particular
how
our
region
is
growing
and
and
now,
as
we've
gotten
into
it
further.
How
our
travel
patterns
are
changing
and
and
also
look
at
our
our
service
model.
E
Can
we
can
we
introduce
new
service
types,
even
partnerships
with
the
private
sector,
leverage
technology
in
order
to
meet
those
regional
needs
and
bring
it
all
together
in
a
long-term
vision
for
regard
services?
Of
course,
we
started
that
in
early
2020,
pretty
quickly
things
changed
for
all
of
us
and
we
had
to
respond
to
the
pandemic,
begin
our
recovery
to
give
us
an
opportunity
to
look
at
not
just
the
the
pre-pandemic.
E
You
know
ridership,
but
also
how
things
have
evolved
and,
as
I
mentioned,
you
know
in
particular,
as
it
relates
to
des
moines
in
our
busiest
routes.
Those
are
the
routes
that
that
fared
the
best.
When
we
look
at
ridership,
you
know
ridership
did
drop
off
by
about
half
in
2020.
It's
now
gained.
E
You
know
a
lot
of
that,
not
all
of
that
back
we're
operating
about
65
percent
of
ridership,
but
some
routes
are
80
of
their
pre-pandemic
ridership,
so
it
really
just
does
depend
on
on
who's
writing
what
what
are
the
needs
that
it
serves,
but
even
beyond
those
those
pandemic
impacts.
When
we
looked
at
ridership,
we
looked
at
actually
just
general
travel
patterns
where
people
drive
and
bike
et
cetera.
E
You
know,
if
you
think
about
you,
know
some
of
our
bus
routes
run
once
an
hour
and
if,
if
you're
somebody
who
drives
a
car-
and
you
know
if
you
had
only
the
flexibility
to
have
your
garage
door
open
and
close
once
an
hour
that
would
really
limit
your
mobility
and
that's
what
it's
like
if
somebody
relies
on
a
bus
that
only
comes
once
an
hour,
so
people
are
really
looking
for
more
flexibility,
not
only
to
for
that
time,
a
time
of
day
and
also
where
they
can
go
so
that
they
can
get
where
they
need
to
be
when
they
need
to
get
there
and
then
also
of
course,
as
I
mentioned,
you
know,
some
of
our
fixed
routes
are
doing
quite
well,
and
we
want
to
build
on
that.
E
E
With
some
near-term
service
proposals,
I'm
going
to
go
into
a
little
bit
of
detail,
I'm
not
going
to
be
able
to
cover
everything
happy
to
take
questions.
I
know
elizabeth
also
passed
out
a
kind
of
a
spiral,
bound
booklet
that
has
everything
in
it.
It
has
all
the
recommendations
it
has
maps.
E
They
have
low
ridership,
especially
relative
to
the
amount
of
costs
that
it
takes
to
to
provide
that
service,
and
so
what
we
wanted
to
do
is
we
wanted
to
come
up
with
alternatives
that
could
still
meet
the
same
need.
Our
objective
wasn't
to
just
leave
people
without
a
ride,
but
could
we
evolve
the
service?
Could
we
make
it
run
by
the
private
sector
or
or
change
it
to
an
on-demand
solution,
or
even
just
ask
people
to
to
ride
a
different
route
that
is
nearby?
E
If
we
could
do
some
of
those
things,
could
we
actually
reuse
those
resources
and
expand
and
try
to
meet?
Those
other
needs
that
I
that
I
mentioned
more
local
service
connections
between
jobs,
et
cetera,
and
so
we
did
come
up
with
four
recommendations:
we're
calling
them
near-term
recommendations
because
they're
things
that
we
hope
to
pursue
in
the
next
year
or
two
and
because
they
are
cost
neutral
from
a
dart
operating
budget
perspective,
they're
listed
over
on
the
right
they're
in
ankeny,
urbandale
and
grimes
west
des
moines
and
altoona
the
altoona
recommendation.
E
E
We
would
reinvest
the
express
service
into
that
local
service
because
that
route,
the
route
17
is
doing
very
well,
and
the
express
route
that
comes
into
downtown
from
altoona
is
has
lost
quite
a
bit
of
ridership,
and
so
we
would,
in
that
case
we
would
be
investing
in
a
route
that
serves
des
moines
and
its
residents,
but
just
a
little
bit
more
detail
on
some
of
those
more
flexible
options
that
we
are
introducing
or
expanding.
E
E
Dart
on
demand
was
something
that
rose
to
the
top
pretty
early
on
in
our
process,
and
we
decided
to
pursue
it
here
actually
starting
in
two
weeks,
and
so
what
it
is
is
it's
taking
an
existing
service
where
people
have
to
call
dart
a
day
ahead
of
time
and
schedule
their
trip
anywhere
within
a
zone
and
that
zone
is
covers
most
of
ankeny.
E
We
think
that
we
can
leverage
technology
to
outfit
our
vehicles
with
a
similar
technology
as
like,
uber
or
lyft
use,
where
somebody
can
pull
out
their
mobile
phone,
see
where
the
where
the
vehicle
is
book
it
the
vehicle,
gets
automatically
dispatched
to
where
they
are
takes
them,
where
they
need
to
be
so.
E
The
next
is
in
urbandale
and
grimes,
where
we
have
a
route
that
again
has
it
was.
It
was
not
doing
well
before
the
pandemic
and,
of
course,
the
scene
ridership
that
that
hasn't
bounced
back
like
like
a
lot
of
our
other
routes,
have
and
so
we're
looking
at
replacing
it
with
a
an
uber
and
taxi
zone,
and
this
is
similar
to
what
we
launched
in
2019.
Actually,
the
on
the
right.
You
can
see
the
zone,
the
2019
zone,
which
does
cover
a
part
of
des
moines,
around
hey,
mall
and
then
goes
into
urbandale.
E
We
would
really
mimic
that
into
a
larger
zone
that
touches
urbandale
and
grimes,
mostly
providing
access
to
jobs
up
that
way,
if
you
think
about
the
the
business
parks
and
increasingly,
I
know,
amazon
has
a
as
a
distribution
center
up
there
and
different
facilities.
G
E
Right
so
the
way
it
works
is
it's
only
operates
within
that
zone,
and
it
is
that
bus
that
you
see
pictured
okay,
there
could
be
a
future
in
which
we
use
like
a
smaller
van
or
something
kind
of
depends
on
the
demand,
but
it
only
goes
within
that
zone.
So
part
of
the
part
of
the
reason
for
doing
it
is
that
it
can
help
people
get
to
those
routes
that
do
come
into
des
moines.
E
So
in
ankeny,
there's
two
routes
that
come
into
des
moines,
and
so
the
hope
is
that
we're
actually
expanding
the
hours.
I
forgot
to
mention
that
so
we're
expanding
the
hours
so
that
it's
6
a.m
to
6
30
p.m.
So
now,
hopefully,
people
can
use
it
to
to
commute
and
to
connect
to
those
routes
that
come
in
to
town.
G
Okay
and
then
the
flex
connect
are,
is
it
only?
Are
you
only
looking
at
doing
just
that
route,
or
is
that
can
you
do
it
throughout
the
metro.
E
Right
now,
that's
well
that's
the
near
term
proposal.
We
do
have
proposals
for
other
areas.
This
is
the
one
where
we
could
actually
remove
a
route
and
replace
it.
The
other
ones
that
we
have
identified
are
not
removing
a
route,
and
so
it
just
comes
with
increased
cost.
Okay,
yeah
and
I'll
show
a
map,
and
if
you
like,
I
can
highlight
those
other
locations
where
we've
identified
it
increase.
E
This
this
would
be
probably
we
we
modeled
it
at
cost
neutral,
because
we
think
more
people
will
ride,
but
but
this
one
is
cost
neutral,
there's
other
areas
where
we
have
it
proposed.
That
would
be
an
increased
cost
because
they're
not
eliminating
a
route.
E
E
You
know
it's
subsidized,
certainly,
but
even
if
it
was
a
low
price
to
get
on
their
uber
and
then
they
have
to
pay
to
get
on
dart
whole
purpose
is
to
get
them
onto
dart
and
so
right
now
we
have
it
modeled
as
free.
We
do
have
to
figure
out
what
we
do
for
that,
because,
probably
not
sustainable
for
it
to
always
be
free.
E
H
E
This
way,
so
those
are
the
cost
neutral
improvements,
they're
relatively
limited,
there's
just
four
of
them,
because,
as
I
mentioned,
you
know,
we
were
trying
to
find
things
that
could
be
enhancements
for
customers
cost
neutrally,
there's
only
so
much
you
can
squeeze
out
of
a
turnip
the
the.
But
of
course
our
needs
are
much
greater.
E
We
heard
from
our
customers-
and
we
even
saw
in
the
data
that
there's
you
know-
needs
for
improving
weekend
service,
expanding
to
growing
areas
of
our
region,
providing
more
direct
connections
so
that
people
don't
have
to
transfer
quite
as
much
and
reducing
weight
and
travel
times,
and
so
we
have
really
a
pretty
long
list
of
things
that
fit
into
this
category.
E
I'm
going
to
touch
on
a
couple
of
them
that
have
come
up
as
themes
that
we've
heard,
either
from
from
you
or
from
your
constituents
or
from
city
staff,
and
then,
as
I
mentioned,
there's
there's
a
complete
list
in
those
spiral
bound
copies
that
we
provided.
E
So
here
are
some
things
that
that
really
rose
to
the
top.
So
when
we,
when
we
did
our
public
outreach,
we
we
asked
people
actually
to
rank
some
of
these
things
saying
that
look
all
of
these
are
going
to
require
additional
resources
in
order
for
us
to
pursue,
but
if
we
did
have
those
resources,
if
we
got
a
grant-
or
you
know-
chose
to
to
collect
more,
what
would
we
pursue
first
and
two
of
the
things
that
rose
to
the
top?
E
That
I
think
echo
some
things
that
that
I've
certainly
heard
a
lot
about,
are
more
service
along
floor
drive
and
that's
there
on
the
left?
Really
people
are
looking
to
see
all
day
service
right
now.
It
only
has
a
few
trips
in
the
morning
and
a
few
trips
in
the
evening
and
the
demand
there
is
to
really
see
it
all
day
and
we
have.
We
have
a
proposal
to
actually
split
it
up
into
two
routes,
because
we
think
it
serves
kind
of
two
different
needs.
E
E
Proposal
in
the
in
the
in
the
plan
for
a
new
route
along
east
14th
street-
and
this
is
one
that
that
has
come
up
as
a
desire
for
people
to
get
from
south
to
north
and
north
to
south
without
having
to
transfer,
and
so
this
would
be
not
only
a
faster
route
for
people
going
across
town,
but
it
would
also
serve
areas
that
are
that
don't
have
transit
service
today,
and
this
was
something
that
that
rose
to
the
top,
and
we
asked
the
public
to
to
kind
of
respond
to
it.
E
It's
an
interesting
opportunity,
because,
right
now
I
know
the
dot
is
working
on
a
plan
for
east
14th
street
to
to
think
about
through
traffic.
I
think
as
a
lot
of
how
they
think
about
it,
but
also,
I
think
there
are
some
pretty
significant
pedestrian
safety
elements
in
that
which
would
be
needed
for
for
some
of
these
stretches
where,
where
right
now,
the
the
walking
environment
isn't
the
best
but
would
be
important
for
transit.
I
Just
a
quick
question:
please:
how
do
you
reach
out
and
contact
the
population
that
is
not
currently
using
dart?
I
mean
to
get
the
input
from
the
people
you'd
like
to
get
on
the
bus,
so
to
speak.
How
do
you
reach
out
to
them.
E
Yeah
they
are
the
hardest
group
to
reach.
You
know:
we've
done
a
lot
to
to
communicate
with
our
customers.
What
we
did
this
time
around
is
that
we
we
went
to
a
lot
of
community
events,
so
we
were
able
to
do
in-person
and
virtual
things
this
time,
and
we
did
things
like
like
farmers,
markets
where
we
can
just
get
people
you
know
kind
of
where
they're
at.
E
We
also
worked
a
lot
with
our
human
service
partners,
so
people
who
serve
in
particular
communities
that
that
are
you
know,
on
different
levels
of
assistance,
or
you
know
new
islands,
and
we
worked
with
them
to
be
able
to
to
share
our
materials
and
to
actually
go
in
person
and-
and
you
know,
join
a
monthly
meeting
of
a
group
in
order
to
to
help
get
the
word
out
as
well.
As
you
know,
paid
you
know,
radio
we
did
like
spanish
radio
ads.
You
know
things
of
that
nature.
E
Of
course,
there's
you
know
additional
transportation
investments
being
made
in
in
this
area,
and
we
know
increasingly,
businesses
are
are
moving
there,
and
so,
even
in
the
past,
we've
heard
requests
from
from
different
businesses
in
this
area
around
mlk,
east,
mlk
and
vandalia,
and
so
we
wanted
to
come
up
with
a
with
a
proposal
that
we
think
could
could
meet
some
of
those
needs.
And
so
we
we
have
this
here.
It
would
require
a
lot
of
work
with
those
individual
employers
to
try
to
figure
out.
E
What
we
really
think
is
that
there's
a
there's,
a
need,
probably
especially
as
more
housing,
is
built
in
the
gray
station
and
the
market
district
to
rethink
this
downtown
transit
circulation
longer
hours,
in
addition
to
routing,
and
so
in
that
teal
color,
we
have
a
sort
of
proposed
routing
that
we
think
could
be
really
useful
to
people
who,
who
live
now
and
increasingly
will
be
living
in
these
areas.
But
but
really
we
think
it's
a
it's.
A
mixture
of
you
know.
E
E
E
It
comes
all
together
in
a
vision.
This
includes
those
near-term
proposals
as
well
as
the
longer
term.
E
Today,
we
want
to
introduce,
you
know
new,
more
flexible
options
for
folks
to
get
where
they
need
to
go
when
they
need
to
get
there,
and
we
want
to
bring
it
all
together
with
seamless
transfers
and
trip
planning,
and
what
I
mean
by
that
is
is
the
physical
infrastructure
so
that,
when
somebody's
transferring
bus
routes
or
when
they
took
an
uber
to
get
to
a
dart
bus
route,
that
there's
you
know
adequate,
safe
and
it's
safe
in
order
to
do
that,
high
quality
bus
stops
and
I'll
touch
on
that
in
a
moment
for
people
to
wait
in
as
well
as
the
technology,
so
that
people
can
plan
their
trip
increasingly
over
their
mobile
device
to
know
you
know
what
are
my
options?
E
J
E
We
took
those
those
service
proposals
and
really,
over
the
last
month
or
two
we've
been,
we've
been
doing
this
public
outreach
and
what
we've
heard
is
that
there
is
a
lot
of
support
for
weekend
service
and
for
some
of
those
those
new
new
service
proposals
that
I
shared
as
well
as
investing
in
our
busiest
routes.
I
didn't
touch
on
it,
but
one
of
our
proposals
is
to
increase
frequency
on
the
busiest
routes.
Of
course
that's
a
costly
endeavor,
but
we
think
it's
one
that
ridership
would
respond
to.
Should
we
identify
the
resources
for
it.
E
F
E
Concerns
with
some
of
our
proposed
service
reductions,
some
of
those
areas
where
I
mentioned
that
we
are
proposing
to
eliminate
a
bus
route,
replace
it
with
something
else.
People
have
concerns,
you
know,
ridership
is
low.
It
doesn't
mean
that
there's
no
ridership
doesn't
mean
that
people
won't
be
asked
to
change
their
their
daily
habits
and
we're
working
with
them
to
understand
those
those
concerns.
D
E
In
our
study,
it's
important
to
think
beyond
the
service
and
also
just
think
about
the
types
of
policies
that
are
really
supportive
of
transit.
You
know:
we've
been
going
around
to
the
city
councils.
We've
now
hit
most
of
them
in
our
in
our
member
communities,
and
you
know
not
everyone's
always
thinking
about
density,
around
transit
corridors,
and
so
we
want
to
make
sure
that
we're
we're
emphasizing
that
the
most
cost-effective
way
to
provide
transit
is
to
develop
where
transit
already
exists,
and
so
the
more
as
our
region
grows.
E
And
then
also
complete
streets.
We
are
very
thankful
for
our
partnership
with
the
city
of
des
moines
and
I
work
a
lot
with
city
staff
on
the
various
projects
to
improve
the
streets
and
for
for
everyone,
including
for
transit
and
transit
users,
and
so
we
want
to.
We
want
to
try
to
build
that
up
in
all
our
member
communities
and
then
also
that
we're
we're
keeping
in
focus
the
what
we're
trying
to
achieve.
E
We
don't
just
pull
buses
out
because
it's
fun,
we
pull
it
out
because
we
we're
serving
our
region
and
so
especially
as
we
think
about
serving
the
the
promoting
economic
prosperity
in
our
region.
We
think
that
dart
has
a
big
role
to
play
in
that
and
getting
people
to
work
and
providing
opportunity.
E
E
I
know
that
trash
cans
have
been
a
request
in
the
past
that
we
have
been
installing
more
of
them
really,
mostly
by
request
or
sort
of
where
you,
where
you
see
the
trash
start
to
build
up.
I
know
that
in
the
last
installment
of
of
garage
funding
that
that
would
that
came
to
dart
from
the
center
street
parking
garage,
we
did
identify
that
trash
cans
and
benches
which
I'll
touch
on
are
eligible,
and
so
that's
something
that
we're
we're.
We're
glad
that
we
can
use
to
to
expand
to
meet
that
need
benches.
E
So,
as
I
believe
has
has
come
to
the
council
before
dart
is
interested
in
in
in
taking
over
the
the
benches
from
the
current
advertising
contractor.
We
still
have
some
work
to
do
to
understand
exactly
what
that
looks
like
from
a
feasibility
perspective.
Not
all
of
the
bench
locations
are
going
to
make
sense
the
existing
locations.
I
have
a
photo
there
of
a
bench
that
is
on
university
that
doesn't
have
any
sidewalks,
and
so
the
choice
would
be
to
you
know,
add
sidewalks.
E
You
know
at
a
considerable
cost
in
order
to
make
it
fully
ada
accessible
or
to
not
replace
the
bench
there,
and
so
we
want
to
look
at
ridership.
We
want
to
look
at
costs
before
we
make
commitments
around
how
many
of
how
many
of
these
locations
we
can
take
over.
We
would
replace
it
with
a
with
a
dart
bench
that
wouldn't
have
advertising
on
it
make
sure
it's
durable.
E
I
think,
through
the
maintenance
implications,
all
those
things,
and
so
I
have
been
working
with
city
staff
on
that
and-
and
we
appreciate
the
the
opportunity
to
think
this
through,
because
I
think
it'll
make
a
lot
of
sense,
not
only
at
those
locations
that
have
the
benches
today,
but
there's
a
lot
of
other
locations,
because
it
is
a
top
request
from
from
our
customers
who.
B
B
J
B
L
L
Cooks,
the
assistant
city
manager,
the
dart,
doesn't
have
responsibility
for
the
creative
outdoor
advertising
contract.
That's
a
city
contract
has
been
for
the
last
12
years
about
the
last
two
years.
We've
not
been
collecting
revenue.
We've
been
in
the
pro
discussions
with
dart
of
transferring
that
over
to
dart
for
benches
and
other
amenities.
It
stops
okay,
but
it's
never
been
a
large
amount.
B
L
G
A
I
I
like
these
bus
stop
improvements.
I
know
that
all
of
these
on
on
on
our
presentation
have
been
concerns
of
mine,
but
another
concern-
and
I
know
elizabeth
and
I
have
talked
about
this-
not
only
snow
removal
but
the
long
grass
on
hubble.
A
A
A
First
of
all,
you
have
to
oftentimes
cross
hubble.
That's
not
really
all
that
safe
to
get
to
a
bus
stop,
but
there
are
no
sidewalks
tall
grass.
I
I
mean
I
when
I
took
pictures
a
few
years
ago.
I
got
out
of
my
car
and
the
grasshoppers
were
just
jumping
all
over
so
snow
and
even
the
long
grass
really
is
an
issue.
I
F
J
H
G
A
A
E
Yeah
I
mean
grass
has
not
been
something
that
that
dart
has
taken
on
you
know.
I
know
it's
responsibility,
totally,
acknowledge
and
and
agree
that
you
know
it's
could
be
a
hindrance
to
people
trying
to
get
on
on
the
bus.
E
But
it's
just
not
been
something
that
that
dart's
taken
on
to
do
the
grass
piece.
I
think
I
think
the
snow
we
can.
We
can
talk
a
little
bit
more
about
okay,.
E
So
snow
we
remove
at
most
of
the
bus,
shelter
location,
so
we
have
a
little
over
50
bus
shelters,
and
so
we
take
on
the
responsibility
there
because
we
have
easements
to
control
those
areas.
There's
a
couple
areas
where,
like
grand
view,
removes
their
own
snow
but
but
those
are
all
concrete.
You
know
we're
clearing
the
concrete
yeah
yeah.
A
E
Exactly-
and
that
is
something
that
we've
heard
a
lot
about,
one
of
the
things
that
that
we're
doing
this
year
is
that
we're
going
to
try
to
work.
You
know
recognizing
that
it
is
property
owners
who
have
ultimately
the
responsibility
for
snow
removal,
we're
going
to
work
with.
We
looked
at
you
know
at
least
our
highest
ridership
locations.
E
We
had
to
pick
a
manageable
amount
number
and
and
work
directly
with
some
of
those
property
owners
to
just
help
them,
because
I
think,
sometimes
especially
when
they
have
like
professional
crews,
that
they're
paying
particular
snow
there's
just
not
an
awareness
that
there's
a
bus
stop
there
and
if
we
could
just
say,
hey,
look
when
you're
clearing
the
snow,
if
you
can
make
sure
that
you're
you're.
Mindful
of
this,
you
know,
leave
three
four
feet
clear
so
that
people
can
get
in
and
out.
E
We
hope
that
that
can
start
to
have
an
impact,
but
you're
right
that
I
mean
it's.
It's
an
issue
everywhere
everywhere,
there's
snow
and
there's
plows.
There's
there's
going
to
be
that
issue.
E
Yeah
I'm
talking
about
just
what
we're
doing
for
for
snow
kind
of
generally,
but
some
of
the
specific
locations
yeah
you're
right
that
I
don't
know
what
the
individual
kind
of
sidewalk
clearing
is
yeah.
Okay,.
D
K
Got
one
I
think
you
you,
I
meet
with
a
group
monthly,
that's
seventh
and
indiana
group
connie
said
on
it
and
pam
said
on
it.
We
got
issues
at
that
sixth
and
university.
They,
the
group
there,
has
completely
torn
the
bus,
shelter
down.
It's
gone,
there's
public
drinking
still
going
on
there,
and
some
guy
did
an
act
that
I
can't
even
talk
about
in
public
on
there
is
there
any
method
of
enforcement
to
do
something?
On
that
I
know
it's.
E
So
a
couple
of
things:
what
we've
done
is
that
we've
signed.
I
guess
I
don't
know
some
sort
of
trespass
order
with
the
police
department,
where
giving
them
authority
to
issue
trespasses
on
that
the
dart
only
controls,
you
know
the
the
concrete
where
the
bus
stop
is
right
there.
So
it's
it's
limited,
but
that
is
they
say.
E
People
are
sitting
on
the
retaining
wall
and
and
drinking
and
doing
the
things
that
that
you
mentioned,
and
so
so
we
did
sign
that
order,
so
that
so
that,
hopefully
you
know
they
can
they
can
address
it
when
they
see
it.
The
other
thing
is
that
you
know
we
increase
trash
collection
at
that
location,
we're
we're
going
emptying
trash
there
at
least
twice
a
week
now,
as
we
know
that
that
was
also
one
of
the
concerns
that
the
neighbors
raised
and
then
you
know
we're
we're
open
to
other
ideas.
E
E
It
is
a
very
high,
highly
used
location,
so
we
would
like
to
see
a
customer
amenity
there,
but
we
know
that
it
has
to
be
durable
and
maybe
some
of
the
other
you
know,
neighboring
problems
need
to
need
to
be
addressed
before
it
makes
sense
to
to
put
if
it's
a
bench
or
if
it's
a
shelter
or
whatever
it
is
back,
because
we
would
eventually
like
to
see
something
there.
Everybody
else
shouldn't
have
to
suffer
because
of
those.
You
know
those
individuals
who
are
not
respecting
it.
Yeah.
K
I'll
send
an
invitation
for
next
friday.
It's
coming
up
if.
E
You
will
yeah
I've
been
on
a
few
of
them.
I
I
would
appreciate
I'm
not
always
in
the
loop
ahead
of
time,
sometimes
brianne
ford's
at
kind
of
the
last
minute,
but
yeah.
If
I
knew
when
it
was,
we
certainly
continue
to
hash
it
out.
K
And
do
want
to
give
you
a
nice
shout
out.
You
know,
there's
very
few
things
getting
much
of
a
buzz
going
around
beaverdale
then
that
bus,
shelter
on
urbandale
yeah-
and
I
I
don't
know
if
you
got
the
president
that
wants
to
do
something
this
afternoon.
You
think
you
can
swing
it.
It's
not.
E
Going
to
be
that
quick,
I
appreciate
the
enthusiasm
we
we
we're
going
to
look
at
it
and
we'll
get
a
little
tighter
on
the
timing
so
that
we
can
well.
E
In
addition
to
just
bus
shelters
for
shelter's
sake,
you
know
increasingly,
we
want
to
look
at
them
at
opera
as
opportunities
for
public
art.
This
is
where
art
is
really
kind
of
painted
in
between
the
panels
of
the
glass
to
try
to
make
it
durable,
and
we
work
with
local
artists.
E
We
now
have
our
first
one
that
was
installed
on
university,
actually
in
collaboration
with
the
beautiful
streetscape
project
that
went
in
there
in
front
of
drake
and,
and
so
that
was
the
first
one
that
went
in
actually
over
the
next
really
just
couple
of
weeks.
We
should
see
the
shelters
going
in
on
sixth
avenue,
as
well
as
an
additional
drake
shelter,
and
so
those
are
things
that
have
been
a
while
in
the
making.
E
We
were
granted
some
funds
from
bravo,
as
well
as
using
some
of
those
designated
center
street
parking
garage
funds
that
were
designated
for
shelters
to
be
able
to
support
this,
and
so
we
have
plans
for
expansion.
Roosevelt
in
the
roosevelt
cultural
district,
on
on
42nd
street.
There
are
also
plans.
We
have
art
that
that
we
have
now
and
in
the
process
of
finalizing
the
art
to
to
do
ones
there,
and
then
even
our
other
member
communities
will
be
not
far
behind
johnston
and
windsor
heights,
probably
the
next
to
come
along
and
so.
F
A
Just
as
a
reminder,
the
public
art
foundation
is
responsible
for
make
helping
make
decisions.
I
know
I
sit
on
that
board
and
and
the
sixth
avenue
corridor
they
were.
There
was
lots
of
involvement,
there
were
meetings
and
that
went
really
well,
but
the
42nd
street
that
did
that
caused
some
hiccups
within
the
board
members.
So
please
just
be
sure
to
include
elizabeth
rowe
in
in
in
in
those
discussions,
yep.
E
E
One
of
the
one
of
the
concerns
that
we
heard
from
the
public
art
foundation
was
around
that
process
of
how
art
is
identified
and
developed,
how
artists
are
identified,
and
so
what
we
did
is
we
worked
with
the
iowa
arts
council
on
a
call
so
that
we
could
get
you
know
any
artist
who's
interested
instead
of
taking
these
one
by
one.
E
As
we
had
started
out
doing,
we
did
a
call
so
that
we
could
establish
kind
of
a
library
of
artists
who
had
been
pre-vetted
and
the
public
art
foundation
was
was
involved
in
that
vetting
so
that
when
the
individual
neighborhood
groups
or
member
communities
start
to
pursue
the
individual
shelters,
they're
relying
on
a
list
of
vetted
artists
from
a
starting
point.
So
that
was
something
that
we
did
over
the
summer
in
order
to
try
to
start
to
get
at
that.
That
concern.
E
E
Where
we're
seeing
a
lot
of
ridership,
because
we
can
track
those
passes
and
see
not
the
individual.
But
at
least
how
many
are
our
riding
and
that
has
quickly
become
one
of
our
highest
kind
of
sub-user
groups
like
this.
And
so
it's
it's
important
not
only
as
we
think
about
you
know,
opportunity
in
our
region
and
and
connecting
housing
and
jobs
as
I've
talked
about,
but
also
honestly
for
dark,
ridership
and
the
more
we
can.
E
We
can
reduce
those
barriers
to
ridership
the
better,
the
better
it's
going
to
be,
and
it's
going
to
support
those
those
transit
recommendations
that
I
that
I
started
out
with.
M
I
just
want
to
point
out:
I
mean
everyone
here
was
a
part
of
making
that
newbery
partnership
work,
because
that
was
something
that
we
included
in
our
development
agreement
and
it's
been,
I
think,
a
really
good
example
of
if
we
think
about
it,
what
we
can
do,
because
I
think
it's
served-
I've
gotten
really
good
feedback
from
the
folks
at
newberry.
I
think
it's
serving
their
residents.
Well,
it's
working
for
dart,
so
we
just
need
to
be
mindful
and
think
about
some
of
these
things
up
front,
but
I
think
there's
real
potential
benefit
there.
M
A
I
would
agree
with
that:
josh
there's
a
fairly
new
resident
to
des
moines
that
has
been
coming
to
city
council
meetings
almost
every
week
and
he
lives
in
a
conlon
property
and
it
doesn't
matter
where
I
am.
I
see
him
at
a
dart
bus.
Stop
I
mean
it.
I've
seen
him
out
at
merle
hay
I've
seen
him
in
in
windsor
heights.
It
seems
like
wherever
I'm
driving
down
the
street
I'll
see
him
waiting
to
get
to
get
on
the
dart.
So
it's
it's
fantastic
for,
for
people
to
use.
E
I
think
initially
it
was.
It
was
just
deer
ridge,
but
it's
it's
good
to
to
have
that.
That
relationship
will
continue.
K
Like
that
greasy,
I
got
a
brother
that
lives
in
a
conlon
and
that
bus
is
his
only
route.
So
I'm
just
curious
yeah.
E
Yeah-
and
it
just
kind
of
depends
on
you
know
whether
the
properties
are
close
to
transit
is
a
big
part
of
it.
We
want
to
make
sure
that
there's
there's
going
to
be
options
there.
We
can't
just
put
a
bus
pass
in
people's
pocket,
want
to
make
sure
that
the
transit
works
for
them
right.
Yeah,
they've
done
that
very
briefly.
We've
I
mentioned
access.
E
We've
also
expanded
our
half
fare
program
to
allow
for
more
people
to
qualify
for
a
reduced
bus
fare,
and
so
actually
it
started
in
early
2021,
where
previously
it
was,
it
was
seniors
and,
and
people
with
disability
who
who
had
access
to
this
and
really
we
wanted
to
expand
it
to
also
people
who
are
on
unemployment.
People
who
are
receiving
food
assistance
are
undertaking
job
training
and
also
who
have
housing
assistance
vouchers
that
they're
they're
all
now
eligible
for
reduced
rate
on
dart
again
providing
access
to
opportunity.
C
So
back
in
february
of
2021,
the
dart
commission
unanimously
approved
a
new
property
tax
formula
that
really
worked
to
meet
the
regional
intent
of
dart.
Allow
member
communities
to
continue
to
find
value
in
maintaining
their
membership,
as
well
as
provide
flexibility
for
dart
to
meet
future
needs
of
the
community.
C
Balancing
that
need
did
put
des
moines
over
that
95
cent
cap
and
we
appreciate
the
city's
willingness
to
participate
and
and
understanding
kind
of
where,
where
all
of
the
other
member
communities
are,
and
your
commitment
to
funding
the
first
three
years
of
the
implementation.
The
formula
outside
of
the
the
95
cent
cap.
But
the
commission
has
really
charged
staff
with
funding
diversification
and
recognizing
the
the
constraints
that
property
taxes
have,
as
well
as
the
disparity
in
rates
that
it
starts
to
create
amongst
all
of
the
member
communities
and
so
last
legislative
session.
C
C
Currently
we
collect
about
23
million
dollars
between
all
of
our
member
communities
as
part
of
the
the
dart
property
tax
levy,
a
10
million
dollar
additional
revenue
would
would
bring
that
total
amount.
That
we'd
love
me
down
to
13
million.
All
of
the
new
revenue
would
have
to
go
towards
property
tax
relief,
so
we
would
see
reductions
additional
rate
reductions
go
in
the
range
of
22
cents
to
51
cents,
and
it
would
bring
the
city
of
des
moines
levy
down
to
well
below
the
95
cent
levy
in
it
as
well.
C
So
believe,
it's
a
good
proposal
and
are
going
to
be
working
at
the
legislature
very
diligently
this
year
to
see
that
to
hopefully
get
it
passed,
we
were
successful
last
year
and
getting
it
in
the
senate
and
the
governors
compromised
budget
bills,
but
we
weren't
successful
in
kind
of
pushing
it
over
the
the
finish
line.
With
the
house,
so
we
are
being
very
intentional,
this
legislative
session
to
to
try
and
move
that
forward
and
reaching
out
to
all
of
our
house
members,
so
hopefully
we'll
be
successful.
C
It
it
would
so
if
we
were
successful
this
legislative
session,
it
would
be
our
hope
to
be
able
to
put
it
on
the
ballot
in
november
of
22,
and
then
that
would
allow
dart
to
begin
collecting
revenue
in
january
of
23,
and
then
it
would
be
incorporated
into
our
fy
24
fiscal
budget.
C
C
It
is
a
facility
that
is
located
in
the
flood
plain
and
it's
land
locked
among
some
really
great
new
development,
that's
happening
in
the
city
of
des
moines.
It
is
undersized
and,
as
we've
talked
with
the
federal
transit
administration,
they
have
not
been
supportive
of
continuing
to
invest
in
that
facility.
D
C
Remedy
those
we're
also
have
completed
schematic
design
and
are
in
the
waiting
for
our
cost
estimates
for
that
and
hope
to
have
those
in
the
next
week
or
so,
and
then
we
are
applying
for
a
second
bus
and
bus
facilities
grant
through
the
federal
transit
administration.
Back
in
2019,
we
were
successful
with
receiving
a
17.2
million
dollar
grant
we're
hopeful
for
a
second
grant
of
the
same
magnitude.
C
We
will
be
meeting
with
the
commission
in
december
to
review
where
we
are
with
the
environmental,
the
cost
estimates
and
working
with
them
to
determine
next
steps,
as
we
think
about
this
project,
so
we'll
have
more
more
information,
then,
and
so
lastly,
just
appreciate
your
commitment
to
dart
and
all
the
the
resources
that
you
provide
to
make
sure
that
we're
successful
and
just
thinking
about
the
policies
that
you
implement,
the
partnerships
that
we're
able
to
collaborate
on
and
just
appreciate
all
your
work.
So
thank
you
and
elizabeth.
G
C
On
the
formula
yeah
well,
I
think
the
the
commission
hasn't
quite
we're
very
hopeful
that
it
will.
I
think
it
needs
to
happen
in
order
for
for
dart
to
to
be
successful.
I
think
we'd
have
to
revisit
if
it's
not
what
service
levels
look
like,
and
you
know
what
that,
how
you
know
somewhere
either
something
has
to
give
from
paying
more
or
reducing
what
what
we
have,
and
I
think
that
that
would
be
what
we
would
be
faced
with.
If
we're
not
successful.
Yeah.
G
There's
a
lot
of
ifs,
I
mean
there's
going
to
a
vote,
getting
it
passed
up
there
that
I
mean
there's,
that's
a
that's
a
big
lift
and
I
I
appreciate
what
we're
trying
to
do
and
then
you
know,
as
you
look
at
the
ridership
from
during
the
pandemic,
when
the
fair
and
the
schools
weren't
in
there
and
not
to
say
that
this
is
all
of
it.
G
But
I
mean
you
were
you
were
50
down,
so
the
majority
of
that
is
that
the
fair
in
the
school
of
that
fifty
percent,
or
is
that
forty
percent,
or
is
that
thirty
percent
of
your
ridership
between
that
time,
because
I've
I've
got
the
statistics
here
from
seven
one
of
2020
to
6
30
of
2021
your
ridership
year
to
date
was
down
50.
G
C
Percentage
the
fair
depends
on
you
know
the
year.
Let's.
C
G
C
C
G
C
C
C
I
mean
the
one
benefit
with
the
the
hotel
motel
tax
is
that
it
is
specific
for
property
tax
reduction
and
there's
one
for
one
property
tax
reduction
with
it,
and
so
given
people's
concern
over
their
property
tax
rates
believe
that
this
is
a
really
strong
proposal
and
has
the
opportunity
to
impact
people.
You
know
on
the
bottom
line.
M
And
I'll
note
one
of
the
things
when
we
went
through
this
process
it
and
it's
been
a
challenge,
I
think
getting
alternative
funding
for
a
long
time,
but
our
willingness
to
work
on
the
funding
formula.
We
leverage
that
to
make
this
funding
change
the
top
priority
for
dart
and
we've
already
seen
some
results
by
making
that
the
top
priority
and
getting
that
buy-in
from
some
of
the
other
member
communities.
M
So
I
I
mean
I
know
that
we've
got
a
lot
left
to
do
and
there
are
a
lot
of
contingencies,
but
the
real
key
is
to
focus
on
getting
this
through,
because
that's
going
to
provide
the
most
benefit.
It's
going
to
allow
us
to
continue
with
the
service
levels,
and
we
know
if
we're
having
discussions
about
losing
service.
M
When
you
look
at
those
maps
I
mean
it's
des
moines
residents
there's
no
way
to
cut
in
any
significant
way
from
dart
without
significantly
impacting
des
moines
residents,
and
so
we
know
that's
that's
the
best
option
and
we
know
there
are
things
that
are
important
to
us
for
the
long
term.
That
are,
you
know
when
you
looked
at
that
transit,
optimization
study,
those
long-term
enhancements
aren't
on
the
table
without
getting
without
getting
this
done,
and
those
are
things
like
increased
frequency
and
on
all
of
the
des
moines
routes.
M
It's
thinking
about
that
east
14th
route
that
I
know
has
been
a
priority
for
a
number
of
folks
on
this
council
for
a
long
time.
We
don't
even
get
to
have
that
conversation
without
getting
this
done.
I
think
we
can
get
it
done.
You
know
I
want
to
give
specific
credit.
Russ
trimble
has
been
fantastic
to
work
with
on
this
issue.
M
He's
done
a
lot
I
mean,
and
our
suburban
partners
are
bought
in,
at
least
for
the
most
part
are
bought
into
this
and
and
so
we're
gonna
work,
and
I
think
we
can
make
it
happen
and
we
need
to
really
be
focused
on
making
that
happen,
because
that's
going
to
be
best
for
our
residents
and
for
the
region
for
the
long
term.
G
One
more
question
linda:
if
you
don't
mind
no
annually
scott,
what
would
we
participate
in
dart?
What
do
we
do
with
our?
As
our
levy
is.
B
I'd
actually
have
to
prefer
so
it's
we'd
be
at
her
95
cents,
currently
yep
and
so
that's
got
to
be
shoot.
I
can't
even
think
what
that
number
would
be
drawn
to
blank.
M
B
B
B
G
B
B
A
B
Access
a
few
years
back
and
that
was
identified
for
bus
shelters,
but
this
year
and
next
year
is
for
the
additional
funds
towards
start.
G
B
G
B
B
A
A
F
And
I
think
mine
will
be
fairly
fast,
so,
yes,
lisa
krabs
federal
funds
administrator.
I
was
here
last
week
talking
about
neighborhood
block
challenge
grant,
so
I'm
back
today
we're
discussing
covid
response,
so
this
is
part
of
a
quarterly
series
that
we
decided
to
do
because
we
we
received
such
an
influx
of
funding
as
a
response
to
the
pandemic.
So
this
is
just
our
way
to
keep
it
top
of
mind
and
remind
you
of
what
was
funded
in
the
past
and
results
when
we
have
them
so.
F
As
a
quick
review
since
the
pandemic
started,
the
funding
that
we've
received
has
gone
to
several
different
types
of
programs.
So
the
first
series,
when
we
gave
you
an
update,
we
talked
about
small
business
relief
in
dine
out
des
moines.
F
So
this
is
the
timeline
and
I'm
not
going
to
go
through
every
single
point.
It's
more
just
to
give
you
a
visualization
of
how
far
we've
come.
You
know
we've
had
a
lot
of,
like
I
said,
influx
of
funding
as
a
result
of
the
pandemic,
we've
had
two
rounds
of
the
emergency
solutions,
grant
which
that's
the
acronym
esg
cv
and
that's
the
funding
that
goes
mostly
to
the
homeless
programs.
F
F
So
this
is
just
again
a
high-level
view
of
how
the
funds
have
broken
down.
So
far
from
all
the
programs-
and
like
I
mentioned
these
are
all
the
funding
sources,
so
we
have
cdbg
esg
the
treasury,
emergency
rental
assistance,
home
funds
and
then,
with
the
the
economic
development
programs,
we
did
have
a
little
bit
of
kick
in
from
the
general
fund
and
some
private
funding
the
chart
on
the
right
is
just
to
give
you
a
breakdown
of
how
we
used
it.
F
So
housing
has
by
far
been
the
biggest
chunk,
and
that's
really
because
the
treasury
program
was
dedicated
to
rental
assistance.
So
that's
where
we
get
such
a
large
chunk
of
that,
but
other
programs
about
17
percent
and
today
the
programs
we're
going
to
focus
on
about
10
percent.
The
mental
health
and
child
care
about
10
of
the
total
funding
went
to
those.
F
So
you
know
there's
a
lot
of
there's
a
lot
of
good
services
and
programs
out
there,
but
the
reason
we
decided
to
focus
on
child
care
and
mental
health
at
the
time
back
in
gosh.
What
year
are
we
2021
to
late?
2020
right
is
when
we
started
to
hear
a
lot
of
people
saying:
oh,
maybe
I'm
returning
to
work,
but
I'm
having
child
care
issues
and
we
definitely
saw
an
increase
in
mental
health
concerns.
F
I
think
that's
been
consistent
throughout,
but
so
one
study
showed
that
you
know
the
center
for
american
progress
said
that
up
to
half
of
the
country
or
up
to
half
of
the
licensed
child
care
providers
could
go
away
without
any
sort
of
government
intervention.
So
that's
one
thing:
we
we
identified
as
a
need
and
then
just
looking
at
two
on
one
local
data.
You
know
the
referral
calls
for
mental
health
needs
drastically
increased,
especially
starting
in
may
2020.
F
So
so
we
thought
those
were
important
priorities
to
to
look
for,
so
we
sent
out
an
rfq
in
the
fall
of
2020
and
again
this
is
we
initially
started
with
funds
just
from
the
second
round
of
funding,
which
was
from
the
state
of
iowa
directly,
but
there
are
hud
funds
and
what
happened?
Was
we
set
aside
about
a
million
dollars
of
that
funding
for
these
these
different
mental
health
or
child
care
programs
and
realized
soon
that
that
was
not
enough
money?
F
So
then,
when
we
got
our
third
round
of
funding,
we
set
aside
additional
funds
to
to
offset
some
of
those
who
didn't
get
funding,
because
really
there
wasn't
a
bad
proposal.
F
It
was
more
prioritizing
and
making
the
link
to
covid
as
directly
as
possible,
so
and
then
just
just
a
background
when
we
reviewed
the
proposals,
because
staff
from
neighborhood
services,
civil
and
human
rights
and
the
economic
development
office
all
helping
to
kind
of
review
those.
So
we
got
a
lot
of
perspectives
all
in
all,
we
have
eight
sub
recipients,
10
contracts
total,
so
des
moines.
Public
schools
got
a
couple
contracts
and
then
lutheran
services
in
iowa
have
two
contracts,
but
this
is
kind
of
a
breakdown
of
the
funding.
F
It's
important
to
note
that
most
providers
or
sub-recipients
did
receive
what
they
requested.
There's
four
that
we
had
to
adjust
the
contract
amounts
and
that
again
goes
to
either.
Maybe
the
connection
to
covet
response
was
probably
a
little
harder
to
justify
to
hud,
so
we
did
some
negotiations
there
or
we
had
a
couple
proposals
that
came
in
that
were
maybe
more
facility
funding,
and
this
was
really
we're
trying
to
keep
it
geared
towards
that
service
public
service
aspect.
F
So
there
was,
I
think,
three
or
four
total
that
we
didn't
fund
at
all,
and
then
children
and
families
of
iowa
received
about
half
of
what
they
asked
for
orchard
place
received
about
half
iowa
homeless
youth
received
about
a
quarter
less
than
what
they
asked
for,
and
blank
children's
received
about
half
of
what
they
asked
for
so.
F
So
I'll
just
go
into
who
who
was
awarded
and
what
they're
spending
the
money
on
one
thing
to
note
is
we
the
numbers
you'll
see
up
here
are
projections,
so
we
don't
have
a
lot
of
hard
data
and
hard
results.
Yet
a
lot
of
the
contracts
just
took
a
while
to
get
going,
and
that's
just
for
various
reasons,
but
most
of
them
are
underway.
F
So
again
we
don't
have
final
results
quite
yet,
but
this
is
what
was
in
the
proposals
so
the
first
one
des
moines
metro
schools
like
I
said
they
had
two
awards
and
the
first
one
was
for
the
metro
kids
program,
and
this
is
where
200
children
will
be
receiving
scholarships
to
attend
that
program
and
it's
for
after
school
or
out
of
school
and
then
also
hot
spot
or
internet
access.
So
that
was
one
thing
you
know
with
the
remote
learning.
F
It
was
a
huge
gap
in
service,
and
so
they
were
proposing
to
serve
more
than
900
students
with
internet
access,
so
they
could
attend
school.
Basically
oakridge
was
another
recipient,
so
they
they
have
a
similar
program
to
like
the
metro,
kids,
but
theirs
is
really
geared
towards
six
weeks
to,
I
think,
kindergarten
age
pre-k,
I'm
sorry,
and
so
it's
just
preparing
preschoolers
to
enter
kindergarten
and
create
that
equal
playing
field,
and
so
they
propose
to
assist
60
children
with
a
scholarship
to
their
program.
F
F
F
And
they
also
helped
a
little
bit
with
the
resource
resources
for
students
who
are
out
of
school
as
well
a
few
more
sub
recipients.
We
have
iowa
homeless,
youth
center
and
theirs
is
a
interesting
model.
It's
kind
of
a
mix
of
a
like
street
outreach,
so
they
were
able
to
hire
a
licensed
therapist
that
will
go
with
them
on
their
street
outreach
team
to
identify
homeless,
youth
and
and
help.
F
F
Orchard
place,
they're
going
to
serve
400
students,
and
this
is
an
interesting
approach
as
well.
They
kind
of
have
different
layers,
but
one
of
the
things
they're
going
to
do
is
go
to
des
moines
public
schools
and
facilitate
mental
health
groups
so
kind
of
talking
through
with
children.
You
know
their
stress
and
hopefully
getting
them
a
little
bit,
help
a
little
bit
of
mental
mental
health
while
at
school
and
address
those
stressors
and
then
also
they're
doing
a
child
care
provider
relief
fund.
F
F
New
iowans,
and
so
the
first
program
is
really
to
it's
more
of
an
economic
development,
job
training
program
and
so
they're
going
to
work
with
child
care
providers,
again
refugee
or
immigrant
populations
to
work
with
new
providers
and
train
them
and
support
them
and
then
provide
technical
assistance
to
existing
providers
to
hopefully
expand
the
number
the
number
of
providers
and
then,
in
addition,
they're
going
to
work,
they
were
going
to
hire
a
mental
health
therapist
again
to
help
with
the
stress
and
the
transition,
especially
as
it
relates
to
immigrants
and
refugees
coming
into
the
u.s
during
a
pandemic.
F
F
Having
children
during
the
pandemic
so
a
whole
new
layer
of
stress
to
add
to
that,
but
so
that's
really
like
I
said
I
just
wanted
to
give
kind
of
a
quick
synopsis
of
who
was
funded.
This
was
back
in
january
march
that
all
these
groups
are
funded,
so
it
shouldn't
be
any
new
information,
but
it's
been
a
while
and
and
they're
starting
to
to
gear
up
all
these
contracts.
So
any.
J
M
F
That's
a
great
question:
we
do
collect
data,
so
we
collect
demographics.
We
have
to
know
who
is
served,
what
income
level
all
that
for
hud,
especially,
but
also,
obviously
for
us
to
know
if
they
met
their
goals.
F
Question
of
when
is
a
good
is
unknown
because
all
the
contracts
kind
of
start
at
different
times
so
like
for
the
grub
ymca,
we
have
data
on
their
summer
learning
loss
program
for
the
first
year,
but
really
these
most
of
these
contracts
are
a
year
or
two,
so
we
probably
won't
have
really
solid
data
across
the
board
for
a
couple
years.
F
N
You
audience
thanks
for
inviting
me.
I
really
enjoy
talking
about
this
program
because
it's
been
such
a
fascinating
experience
and
you
know
there's
days
I
thank
chris
johansen
and
dave
like
curse.
Chris
johansson.
N
Lies
they're
all
lies,
but
anyway
the
just
a
reminder.
There
were
really
two
big
funding
sources
for
this
program.
One
was
the
consolidated
appropriations
act
that
occurred
in
december
of
2021.
We
call
that
round
one.
There
was
another
one
from
the
american
rescue
plan
in
march
of
2022.
We
just
call
that
round
two.
N
N
and
they
must
be
responsible
for
rent
and
be
late
for
the
first
time
they
apply
the
biggest
difference
between
round
one
money
and
round.
Two
money
was
that
round:
one
required
that
the
family
have
experienced
financial
challenges
because
of
coven,
but
in
round
two
they
just
had
to
prove
that
they
had
experienced
financial
challenges
during
coven,
which
was
an
interesting
differentiation.
N
However,
almost
none
of
that
matters
anymore,
because
we
have
spent
all
the
money
that
came
from
both
round
one
and
round
two
that
came
directly
to
both
the
city
and
county
to
date.
In
the
city
of
des
moines,
4066
households
have
been
assisted
with
just
a
little
bit
over
20
million
dollars.
N
75
75
reported
income
source
at
the
time
of
application,
so
only
25
were
not
working
when
they
applied.
N
Yeah,
that's
a
great
question.
The
state
there's
a
current
something
happening
where
the
county
forwarded
10
million
dollars
to
us
waiting
to
see
if
the
state
was
going
to
push
down
the
funding
directly
or
if
the
state
was
going
to
push
it
through
treasury
and
back
through.
N
The
state
does
not
want
to
do
it
directly,
if
at
all
possible
for
a
number
of
reasons,
but
there's
negotiations
with
treasury
right
now
about
how
to
make
that
money
get
back
to
where
it
belongs.
But
ultimately
we
expect
to
get
a
total
of
an
additional
45
million
dollars
to
expend
through
the
end
of
september,
so
yeah.
N
N
Are
part
of
that?
Yes,
no
worries.
We
are
part
of
that,
and
so
one
thing
that
I
did
want
to
bring
to
the
council
was:
we
have
started
asking
questions
of
families
they're
voluntary.
Those
are
the
best
way
to
ask
families
under
stress,
and
we
are
also
engaging
a
research
company
that
will
be
going
back
and
interviewing
families
both
in
depth
and
short
term
on
what
are
the
barriers
what's
going
on
now?
How
can
we
help?
N
You
know
those
type
of
things
that
will
be
much
more
scientifically
accurate
than
what
you're
seeing
here?
This
is
just
questions
we
asked,
and
I
went
through
and
pulled
about
a
third
of
the
answers
randomly
to
be
able
to
report
to
you
what
we're
hearing
from
families
why
they
are
not
to
their
pre-covet
situation
yet
26,
because
they
were
so
far
behind
that
they're
having
a
hard
time
catching
up.
So
even
if
they're
back
to
work
and
things
that
this
moment
looked
the
same,
they
became
so
indebted
and
had
so
many
other
problems.
N
Interesting.
We
have
some
crossover
from
what
lisa
was
talking
about.
13
report
ongoing
child
care
issues
can't
find
child
care.
The
child
care
is
inconsistent
due
to
covet
issues.
They
have
to
pull
their
kids
in
and
out
due
to
exposures.
Things
of
that
nature,
so
13
were
having
child
care
issues.
12
note
that
they
have
very
inconsistent
hours
with
work.
N
Nine
percent
note
an
overwhelming
cost
of
living
and
then
the
rest
of
them
are
smaller
amounts.
But
you
know
five
percent
noted
that
they
had
a
health
risk
that
they
didn't
want
to
re-enter
the
workforce.
N
We
only
had
one
who
said
it
was
because
they
refused
to
get
vaccinated,
so
there
was
only
one
out
of
the
300
or
so
I
pulled
that
had
said
that
and
almost
five
percent
say
they
have
a
physical
challenge
that
makes
it
difficult
for
them
to
do
the
work
that
is
available
to
them,
and
then
we
asked
because
I
was
wildly
curious:
how
long
do
you
think
it
will
take
to
get
to
your
pre-covet
financial
condition?
N
Almost
50
said
less
than
one
year
and
then
45
a
little
over
45
said
one
to
two
years.
So
people
are
hopeful,
I
think
that's
a
great
sign,
but
we're
not
seeing
a
huge
reduction
in
the
number
of
people
applying.
So
there's
still
financial
issues
out
there.
I
don't
think
anyone's
surprised
by
that,
but
we
haven't
seen
and
legal
aid
would
be
able
to
talk
to
this
more
fluently
than
I
can.
N
We
moved
the
money
faster
than
any
entity
in
the
rest
of
the
country,
so
we
were
pretty
happy
about
that
because
we
felt
we
were
slow
and
times
were
like
this
is
painfully
slow
and
then
we
found
out
we
were
the
faster
in
fact
round.
One
money,
you
know,
there's
been
two
rounds
nationwide,
still
less
than
half
that
money
has
been
distributed.
So
congratulations
to
the
city
and
the
county
and
impact
for
forming
partnerships
that
have
been
extraordinarily
effective.
N
Well
and
that's
without
ours,
and
so
thank
you
and
thanks
for
the
opportunity,
even
though
I
can't
believe
I
said
yes.
G
N
No
one
way
that
we
look
at
it
there's
a
couple
different
ways:
impact
approaches,
the
programming
we
do.
The
first
one
is
to
recognize
that
families
in
financial
difficulty
have
incredible
amounts
of
stress
and
strain
on
the
bandwidth
of
their
family,
and
so
we
always
look
at
a
program.
That's
been
designed
whether
it
was
by
the
feds
or
by
the
treasury,
which
these
both
were
and
say
we're
not
going
to
add
anything.
N
If
this
is
what
the
legislator
said
and
because
when
you
look
at
it,
it's
really
an
economic
development
piece
as
much
as
it
is
a
homeless
prevention
piece
to
be
able
to
get
as
much
money
flowing
back
into
the
economy
as
possible
to
help
landlords
and
the
tenants.
So
it
it
has
nothing
like
that.
I
mean
the
the
program
is
designed
to
just
say:
do
you
qualify
economically
and
do
you
have
a
need
and
we're
going
to
help
you
fill
it?
N
I
think
one
of
the
best
things
about
it
is
you
can
work
and
get
this
I
mean.
Therefore,
75
of
the
families
are-
and
it
makes
sense
to
me
that
25
are
not
working,
because
the
folks
who
are
still
really
struggling
to
get
the
right
kind
of
work
are
the
people
coming
for
this
kind
of
program.
So,
even
though
our
unemployment
rates
are
what
almost
to
where
they
were
pre-pandemic,
our
kinds
of
programs
are
the
ones
where
we
see
the
folks
who
are
having
the
hardest
time
either
getting
or
keeping
employment.
N
We
did
have
a
number
of
people
say
they
have
a
hard
time
themselves,
they've
been
applying,
but
due
to
something
on
their
resume.
You
know
whether
it
is
previous
incarcerations,
whether
it
was
previous
issues
with
employment,
that
they
are
still
having
a
hard
time.
N
I've
had
one
guy
because
we
could
see
what
they
write
and
one
person
said
you
know
I
I
apply
to
six
places
a
week.
I've
had
five
interviews,
no
one
will
hire
me,
and
so
you.
G
N
Almost
all
the
people
that
we've
helped
have
were
in
the
either
employed
before
we
have
very
the
only
people
we're
seeing
in
this
program
that
we
were
seeing
before
that
have
exactly
the
like
circumstances
are
people
on
long-term
disability,
which
is
a
population
that
none
of
us
haven't
answered
for
yet
on
how
to
help
them
get
housing.
But
we
couldn't
with
the
first
round
of
funding,
because
that's
what
we're
back
to
the
funding
that
we're
getting
from
the
state
will
all
be
first
round
funding.
N
A
And
one
one
problem
that
I've
encountered
in
in
my
award
is
that
I
know
of
several
families
that
have
green
cards
they're
here,
working
and
because
of
covert
in
one
situation,
the
the
the
earner
of
the
income
got
covered,
they've
had
trouble
with
with
paying
rent
and
I've.
A
I've
sent
them
to
impact,
but
they
are
really
hesitant
to
come
forward,
because
and
and
what
I
was
told,
the
exact
words
were,
if
we're
afraid
that
if
the
government
finds
out
that
we're
receiving
any
kind
of
assistance
that
they
will
deport
us
and
I've
said,
that's
not
going
to
happen
in
a
couple
of
situations.
I've
sent
them
to
and
I
don't
have
the
name.
But
it
was
a
hispanic
group.
A
N
Spanish
helpline's
super
helpful
in
those
situations.
The
spanish
helpline
is
one
of
our
sub
sub
contracts.
I.
N
Convince
them
it
is
extraordinary.
We've
tried
everything,
because
we
can
even
tell
people
now
and
we
should
tell
them.
We
just
did
the
big
demographic
report
for
the
first
time
they
ask
for
addresses.
They
do
not
ask
for
names,
they
don't
ask
for
any
identifier
at
all.
We
ask
for
id
just
to
make
sure
that
we
can
prevent
as
much
fraud
as
possible,
but
it
can
be
any
id.
It
could
be
a
library
card.
It
can
be
any
idea.
A
N
We've
seen
people,
actually
they
won't
go
to
eviction
court.
Folks,
in
that
exact
same
situation
will
not
go
to
eviction
court
and
if
you
don't
show
up
to
eviction
court,
you
have
no
hope
but
they're
very
afraid
of
that
as
well.
But
our
program
does
nothing.
There
is
nothing
that
should
ever
in
any
way
affect
someone's.
N
I
would
we've
you
know,
like
I
said:
we've
been
working
with
the
spanish
hotline,
they've
not
been
able
to
spanish
language
helpline
they've
not
been
able
to
convince
people
to
go
to
court
because
that's
super
scary
right,
but
there's
also
nothing
that
happens
in
eviction
court
that
notifies
ice
or
anything
like
that.
But
it's
you
know
it's
a
real
fear.
People
have,
but
it's
definitely
not
something
that
we
have
any
issue
with
assisting
with,
because
there's
no
rules
about
it.
So.
A
N
And
we'll
reach
out
to
our
partners
again
that
reach
that
specific
set
of
communities,
because
the
other
thing
that
people
worry
about
is
there
was
some
legislation
recently
around
ward
of
the
state
that
if
you
get
any
sort
of
assistance
that
can
block
you
from
a
green
card
or
citizenship
in
the
future,
because
you
accepted
public
assistance.
This
particular
program
is
very
clear
in
the
legislation
that
none
of
that
matters
really
during
covet.
So
if.
B
In
the
mayor's
absence,
I
know
he
is
so
appreciative
of
what
ann
and
impact
have
done,
and
the
insight
and
understanding
of
how
important
it
was
in
that
first
round
to
get
that
those
funds
directly
yeah,
because
it
allowed
us
to
work
with
impact
and
very
quickly
and
landed
it
ever.
So.
I
I
know
comparatively.
B
We
did
fabulous
and
we're
recognized
again
as
one
of
the
best
in
the
country,
but
it
meant
so
much
to
the
mayor
to
to
be
able
to
see
that
that
that
was
occurring
in
a
very
quick
and
efficient
way,
and
that's
thanks
to
impact
as
well.
So
well.
N
The
inability
of
large
bureaucracies
to
do
their
work,
but
we've
seen
it
across
the
entire
country
and
that
there's,
I
would
love
to
say,
there's
there's
magic
in
non-profit.
So
there.
M
N
No
sir,
no
I
mean
we
have
to
get
them
out
by
the
end
of
september,
and
you
know,
with
the
45
million
we
shouldn't
have
any
problem.
What
I'm
really
looking
for
is
how
we
can
claw
back
round
two
after
we're
done
with
round
one,
because
there's
a
lot
of
jurisdictions,
not
they
haven't,
got
their
round
one
out
so
they're
not
going
to
get
that
round
two
out
and
round.
N
Two
would
allow
us
to
build
a
very
robust
program,
around
income
challenges
and
work
challenges
that
has
more
money
for
case
managers
and
all
the
things
we
all
know
to
see.
But
we
won't
be
able
to
do
any
of
that
unless
we
can
get
around
too
many.
N
I
think
we
we
won't
know
about
clawback
on
round
two
for
about
a
year,
probably,
but
I'm
guessing,
there's
gonna
be
funds.
I'm
hopeful
that
they'll
be
round
two
funds.
The
state
did
apply
for
round
two
after
a
lot
of
advocacy
work,
so
they
will
have
round
two
funds,
but
we
need
more
round
two
funds,
but
we
won't
be
able
to
get
it
until
they
can
close.
That.