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A
B
Yeah
and
that's
a
responsibility,
I
mean
that
I
took
very
seriously
from
eric
when
you
first
stepped
up
nine
months
ago.
To
help
with
I
mean
what
we
heard
over
and
over
again
was.
I
think
you
said
earlier.
Opportunity
cost
that
this
is
our
last
opportunity
and
there
were
folks
who
gave
up
on
the
idea
that
they'd
ever
feel
comfortable
calling
for
help
in
this
community.
They
gave
it
up
on
it
years
ago.
We
said
no,
we
want
to
make
a
change
and
they
said.
C
B
Because
I
don't
think
we're
I
mean
I
I'm
look,
I
think
we're
a
little
early,
but
by
days
or
weeks
like,
I
think,
a
whole
bunch
of
other
communities
are
looking
at
exactly
the
same
thing.
So
I
don't
think
we're
like
so
far
out
on
the
ledge
here.
E
Yeah,
it's
it's
the
right
thing
to
do
and
it's
the
right
time.
It's
past
the
right
time,
but
now
is
the
moment
when
we
have
this
opportunity
and
we
really
have
to
take
the
opportunity
to
make
change.
C
B
Yeah,
let's
hard
to
figure
that
out
I'm
using
way
too
many
relationship
metaphors
for
in
my
too
much
therapy
freshly.
I'm
like
what
I
feel
like
I
hear
you
saying
is.
B
Oh
good,
so
that's
the
therapy
part
got
it.
It's
good,
the
any
changes
to
the
agenda.
B
Okay,
seeing
none,
we
do
have
a
public
hearing.
This
is
our
second.
This
is
our
second
public
hearing
correct,
so
2021.
B
Grant
the
authorized
30
thousand
dollars
of
home
free
award
for
110
auburn.
Would
anyone
like
to
move
to
open
the
public
hearing.
C
B
Thanks
moved
by
tracy
seconded
by
eric
all
those
in
favor
aye,
all
right
and
the
public
is
now
open.
Do
you
have
anybody
to
speak.
F
This
item
was
was
discussed
by
the
pedc
and
they
recommended
approval
moving
forward
to
the
common
council
next
week.
So.
B
The
minutes
would
anyone
like
to
move
the
minutes
from
january,
moved
by
carl.
Is
there
a
second
seconded
by
eric
any
discussion
on
the
minutes?
B
Okay,
all
those
in
right,
favor
that
carries
unanimously
next
next
up
is
economic
development
committee
now
pass
it
over
to
the
chair.
G
Great,
thank
you
got
a
little
bit
of
background
noise.
Sorry
about
that.
So
the
first
item
we
have
is
a
modification
to
the
loan
agreement
with
green
star
cooperative
market.
It
is
basically
an
extension
giving
them
12
additional
months
to
meet
their
their
job
targets.
You
see,
if
you
look
at
the
resolve
there,
it
would
be
approving
a
time
extension
to
gen
december
31st
2021
to
achieve
their
job
creation
goal
of
20,
creating
24
fte
jobs
at
their
new
location
on
cascadilla
street.
G
G
Of
course,
that
was
before
pandemic
and
everything
else
that
affected
the
you
know
the
timeline
of
their
with
the
relocation
and
then
their
ability
to
obviously
serve
customers
during
the
relocation.
As
you
know,
they
had
to
do
a
furlough
at
the
end
of
last
year.
We
understand
from
nelson's
conversations
with
management
that
things
are
looking
better,
that
from
a
sales
and
revenue
point
of
view
in
the
first
part
of
this
year,
and
I
believe
they
express
confidence
that
they'll
be
able
to
meet
these
job
creation
goals.
G
B
Okay,
say
a
second
second
by
tracy
discussion,
yes,
carl
and
then
laura.
H
Good
morning,
everyone
chris,
if
or
nails
if
circumstances,
whether
the
pandemic
or
economic
circumstances
prevent
green
star
from
meeting
the
target
by
the
end
of
this
month.
Are
they
able
to
apply
for
another
extension.
F
Yes,
we
allow
borrowers
to
ask
for
an
extension,
it's
up
to
the
agency
to
grant
that
extension
and
we've
had
several
cases
over
the
past
10
years,
where
we
had
projects
that
ran
in
to
unexpected
economic
issues,
where,
where
we've
granted
further
extensions,
the
real
carrot
for
people
to
meet
this
goal
partially,
is
we
release
them
from
the
quarterly
job
reporting
requirement?
And
when
you
have
as
many
employees
as
green
star
has
that's
that's
a
fairly
large
obligation
on
their
on
their
part.
So
it
saves
them
time
and
money
and
effort
as
well.
G
E
G
Okay,
I
think
the
next
thing
is
the
write
off
to
the
fringe
lakes.
Massage
group
is
that
correct,
yeah,
yeah?
Okay,
so
I
think
you're
all
aware
that
you
know
we
had
extended
a
fairly
large
loan
from
our
edc
loan
fund
to
the
franklin,
massage
group.
That
organization
has
since
ceased,
operating
at
the
their
location
on
the
commons
and
have
filed
for
bankruptcy,
and
we
had
personal
guarantees.
In
this
particular
case,
we've
pursued
those
one
of
those
individuals.
Principles
has
also
filed
for
bankruptcy.
G
We
are
still
following
up
with
the
second
one.
However,
at
this
point
it
you
know
to
have
our
books
really
accurately
reflect
our
confidence
and
recovering
the
outstanding
principal
balance
of
this
loan.
We
recommend
that
we
recognize
this
debt
as
delpha
for
collection
and
that's
what
this
resolution
resolution
does.
Obviously,
staff
will
continue
to
try
to
pursue
collection
with
the
other
principal
as
best
we
possibly
can
with
the
personal
guarantee
that
we
have,
but
again
from
a
kind
of
clarity
of
our
financial
statements.
G
C
G
Okay,
third
item:
slightly
better
news:
we
had
a.
We
had
a
really
interesting
discussion
with
tom
knight
at
our
last
meeting
about
a
potential
proposal
to
move
forward
with
a
consulting
firm
who
kind
of
specializes
in
working
with
cities
and
municipalities
in
building
out
a
small
scale
manufacturing
strategy,
and
I
think,
even
before
the
pandemic.
I
think
we
all
recognize
that
you
know
that
our
economy
is
quite
dependent
on
really
kind
of
two
businesses.
G
You
know
sort
of
the
hospitality,
retail,
slash
service,
industry
and
and
then,
of
course,
higher
education
and
the
pandemic
indicated
that
actually
there
are,
you
know,
ongoing
weaknesses
even
actually
with
both
of
those
as
well,
and
then
meanwhile,
we've
got
you
know.
Obviously,
our
kind
of
ongoing
plans
for
revitalization
of
not
just
the
core
downtown,
but
the
west
street
state
corridor
and
all
the
way
over
into
the
west
end.
G
So
this
proposal
here
would
be
to
engage
recast
city,
which
is
the
firm
that
we
have
a
proposal
from
to
actually
look
at
the
assets
that
we
have
across
the
city,
both
in
terms
of
kind
of
the
infrastructural
assets,
the
economic
development
assets,
the
the
real
estate
assets,
but
also
you
know
the
interest
in
the
demand
from
potential
small-scale
manufacturers
and
sellers
to
look
at
what
might
a
strategy
for
economic
development
and
economic.
Revitalization,
look
like
to
center
around
more
of
this
kind
of
growth.
G
I
can't
quite
remember
that,
on
top
of
my
head
nils
fourteen
thousand
six
hundred
and
five
thank
you
so
because
I
think
we've
paid
a
small
amount
towards
this
already,
so
fifteen
thousand
total
the
ira
would
not
be
the
sole
funder
of
this.
We
think
it's
really
important
that
this
be
a
car
share
across
a
number
of
different
entities
in
the
community,
but
obviously
the
ira
has
a
strong.
G
I
think
vested
interest
in
in
this
kind
of
activity
and
development
and
supporting
the
development
of
different
kinds
of
businesses
and
nels
has
been
quite
creative
and
I'm
going
to
have
him
explain
it
in
terms
of
how
we
would
fund
this
using
a
kind
of
long-standing
and
somewhat
dormant
fund
of
of
resources
that
we
have
and
then
I
think
at
our
edc
meeting,
we
haven't
agreed
on
the
amount
of
the
cost
share
and
I
notice
it's
still
xxx
in
this
version.
So
nels
maybe
can
give
an
update
on
that
as
well.
F
Join,
I
can
yes.
The
good
news
is
that
a
request
to
cornell
was
positively
received
and
cornell
has
committed
to
provide
7
500
towards
this
initiative.
So
that's
really
positive
nice
nice
response
from
them,
tom
knight,
would
would
like
to
be
here.
He
had
a
death
in
his
family,
so
he's
unable
to
make
this
meeting
he's
been
really
leading
this
this
effort
and
would
be
kind
of
the
lead
city
person
on
this
project.
We
want
to
collaborate
with
others,
of
course,
and
cornell
asked
for
so.
F
You
know
participation
in
this,
which
I
think
is
positive,
because
we
can
utilize
some
of
their
other
programming.
You
know
that
they
have
with
the
startup
community
to
help
find
small
manufacturers
who
are
ripe
and
looking
for
real
estate
opportunities
or
locations
here.
F
So,
but
we
did,
I
did
talk
with
tom
and
said
you
know,
there's
the
cost
of
recast,
but
there's
probably
going
to
be
a
couple
of
extra
additional
small
costs
to
roll
this
thing
out
successfully
some
marketing
for
engagement
marketing
of
the
program,
perhaps
some
some
basic
code,
analysis
of
buildings
that
are
are
interested
in
in
investigating
whether
small-scale
manufacturing
could
work.
So
we
really
thought
maybe
a
couple
extra
thousand
dollars
on
top
of
the
14
600
would
make
this
program
successful.
F
F
We
talked
about
cornell
already,
and
I
think
there
was
one
more
oh
yeah,
the
downtown
ethical
alliance.
So
after
talking
with
tom,
he
he
suggested
an
ideal
scenario
would
be
if
the
ira
were
able
to
provide
7500
for
this
initiative
that
provide
a
couple
of
extra
thousand
dollars
received
from
the
other
community
partners
to
kind
of
help
boost
the
implementation
phase
of
the
program.
F
So
that's
that's
what
he
would
recommend
is
a
requested
amount
in
terms
of
where
would
the
funding
come
from
from
the
ethical
urban
renewal
agency
match
at
whatever
level
we
decide
is?
This
is
not
an
eligible
use
of
cdbg
program
funding
because
we
can't
identify
end
user
beneficiaries
at
this
point
in
a
planning
process.
F
F
F
It's
a
program
that
was
done
in
the
1980s,
I
believe,
was
a
small
scale,
rental
rehab
program
for
people
who
wanted
to
add
an
accessory
apartment
on,
and
we
have
kept
that
balance
at
about
between
68
000
and
70
000
for
the
last
20
years.
So
it's
it's
a.
It
was
a
federally
funded
program.
The
closeout
agreement
authorized
it
to
be
used
for
any
eligible.
Cdbg
activity
and
planning
is
an
eligible
activity,
but
it's
not
eligible
to
be
used
with
program
funds,
so
we
could
utilize.
F
We
could
draw
funds
from
that
account
to
fund
this
one-time
effort.
I
would
say
that
we
have
looked
at
that
account
as
kind
of
a
rainy
day
fund
should
there
ever
be
a
shortfall
of
hud
funding
for
us
or
if
we
had
an
ex
extraordinary
expense,
but
I
think
it's,
the
ed
committee
was
very,
I
would
say,
very
energized
about
this
initiative
to
try
to
diversify
the
economy
and
take
advantage
of
a
consultant
who
work.
F
You
know
it's
a
fairly
unusual,
consulting
focus
to
work
on
work
with
municipalities
on
small-scale
manufacturing
and
thought
it
was
a
a
good
opportunity.
They
have
a
good
track
record,
so
I
think
there
was
a
view
that
this
is
a
worthwhile
investment
of
those
funds.
As
long
as
we
retain
a
reasonably
healthy
balance
there.
So
the
that's,
the
section
17
account
that
would
be
pulled
from
section
17
was
the
name
of
the
rental
rehab
program
at
that
time.
So
that
would
be
a
my.
G
Thanks,
nelson
yeah,
so
I
would
move
that
resolution
forward.
B
B
D
So
what
is
their
track
record
exactly
when
you
talk
about?
They
have
a
good
track
record
and
how
were
they
chosen?
Are
there
other
groups
that
do
this
or
what.
F
There
really
aren't
too
many
other
groups
that
do
this.
I
mean
there
are
groups
that
will
provide
community
development
consulting
if
you
ask
them
to
do
it,
and
if
we
ask
them
to
develop
a
manufacturing
strategy,
I'm
sure
they
would
say
they
could
do
it.
But
this
is
this
is
their
sole
focus.
This
is
all
they
do.
They
started
out
in
kind
of
a
smart
growth
kind
of
space
in
terms
of
planning.
The
the
primary
person
has
went
to
school
at
cornell
many
years
ago
is
based
in
washington.
F
Dc,
has
done
a
lot
of
work
in
the
area
of
trying
to
advance
these
kind
of
initiatives
and
their
model
that
they
use
is
to
bring
four
or
five
communities
together
in
a
cohort
for
kind
of
a
training
initiative
and
to
use
kind
of
the
comparisons
and
strengths
and
weaknesses
and
success
stories
of
each
one
to
kind
of
spur
new
idea.
You
know
ideas
at
work
and
identify
pitfalls
along
the
way,
so
she's
trying
to
use
a
really
practical
approach.
F
I
think,
in
that
regard
and
a
very
heavy
focus
on
matching
up
the
real
estate
resources
with
the
manufacturing
component,
because
we
really
especially
in
ithaca,
we
know
that
real
estate
is
expensive
and
limited
in
supply,
we're
not
a
community
with
a
abundant
surplus,
real
estate
and
with
rents
at
five
to
eight
dollars,
a
square
foot,
it's
much
more
than
that.
F
So
I
think
she's
got
a
real
pulse
on
understanding
those
issues
and
I
think
that's
a
strength
that
that
we
saw
in
discussing
that
we
had
a
group
with
john
guttridge,
gary
ferguson,
myself
and
tom
knight
meet
with
her
and
have
a
session,
and
she
was
able
to
answer
all
of
our
questions.
We
thought
she
really
got
john
guttridge's
model
of
kind
of
small
scale.
F
You
know
entrepreneurship
activities
in
small
spaces
that
are
affordable
and
then
try
to
grow
them
up,
so
it
seemed
like
it
was
a
good
fit
for
what
we
have
you
know
to
match
with
our
community
at
this
point
in
time.
The
big
question
really
is,
though,
is
is
small
scale
manufacturing
affordable
in
the
downtown
area?
F
That's
going
to
be
the
question
right
now,
with
with
a
lot
of
landlords
with
vacancies
on
the
ground
floor,
it's
probably
a
as
good
a
time
as
any
to
try
to
spur
that
and
in
a
worst-case
scenario
we
would
probably
start
marketing.
Hopefully
you
know
the
chain
works
project
would
be
available
soon.
We
hope
for
larger
scale,
folks,
who
don't
fit
into
a
more
urbanized
small-scale
setting.
D
Thanks
can
can
you
also
talk
about
like
what
people
are
talking
about
when
they're
talking
about
small-scale
manufacturing,
I
mean,
did
they
give
examples?
Did
you
ask
specific
things?
I'm
just
curious.
F
Yeah
they
did,
they
had
a.
I
can't
remember
exactly
what
she
said,
but
you
know
it's
kind
of
like
handbag.
It's
things
that
are
reproducible,
so
she
talks
about
handbags
and
food
products
and
those
kind
of
things.
But
it
was
really
not
it's
not
craft,
one
of
a
kind,
it's
something
that
can
be
reproducible
so
that
it
could
have
potential
export
out
of
the
community.
F
It's
not
that
you
have
to
come
and
shop
at
the
storefront,
necessarily
that's
a
model
that
is
successful
for
a
lot
of
people
where
they
make
it
in
the
back
room
and
sew
it
in
the
front
room,
and
in
fact
we
gary
mentioned
on
the
commons
right
now,
the
the
sheepskin
operation.
Does
that
very
thing.
On
the.
D
F
Correct
yep,
no,
I
think
I
think
the
ed
committee
was
looking
at
expanding
her
vision.
To
some
degree
I
mean
thinking
about
you
know.
Even
consultants
who
you
know
services
are
outside.
The
community
would
maybe
fit
into
some
niche
of
this,
but
I
think
there
was
a
lot
of
interest
in
trying
to
also
kind
of
connect
potential
high-tech
manufacturers
into
this
area,
because
they're
less
price
sensitive
in
terms
of
real
estate
costs.
So
that
was
another
another.
G
Yeah,
I
think
the
other
area
of
interest
that
I
think
emerged
from
the
discussion
is
certainly
this
area
of.
Like
you
know,
how
do
we
export
out
of
the
community
is,
I
think
one
thing
we
want
to
look
at
like
we
don't
want
to
just
sort
of
create,
essentially
another
version
of
retail,
that
it's
you
know
small
craft
makers
who
are
still
reliant
a
lot
on
the
retail
economy.
So
I
think
export
is
definitely
part
of
it,
and
then
I
think
the
other
thing
that
was
sort
of
discussed
is
how
do
we?
G
How
do
we
potentially
create
kind
of
very
diverse
economic
conditions
right?
So
I
think
you
know,
charlie
hamilton
is
on
our
community
talking
a
lot
about
her
experience
up
at
langmere
lab
and
pointed
out
that
there
are
certain
businesses
there
that
actually
could
be
downtown.
It's
just
that
there's
not
adequate
space,
but
we
don't
want
to
create
like
a
mono
culture
of
just
those
kinds
of
businesses,
and
the
goal
of
this
you
know
potentially
could
also
be.
G
How
do
we
explore
create
creating
kind
of
very
spaces
that
actually
have
diverse
types
of
businesses,
but
have
similar
needs
from
a
real
estate
point
of
view
or
similar
need
from
being
able
to
kind
of
share
services
and
then
potentially
co-locate
some
of
those
services?
So
they
really
did
spark
a
really
interesting
conversation
there.
I
think,
as
nels
points
out
the
the
real
estate
piece
of
this
is
going
to
be.
G
The
biggest
challenge
is
you
know
we're
talking
about
trying
to
do
this
in
you
know,
arguably,
the
most
expensive
second
most
expensive,
take
college
town
out
of
it.
The
second
most
expensive,
real
estate
market,
probably
in
all
of
central
new
york
right,
so
we're
gonna
need
to
be
somewhat
creative.
G
F
Yeah
yeah
and
he's
been
to
a
couple
of
planning
sessions
with
them
at
national
conferences
where
they've
spoken
and
led
lead
sessions.
I
can't
I
don't
I
don't
recall
the
name
of
a
particular
community,
but
they
they
said
that
they
were
working
on
a
cohort
currently
that
they
wanted
to
include
ithaca
on
because
they
thought
they
had
two
other
communities
that
were
similar
to
ithaca
but
different
in
other
ways,
but
similar
in
scale,
and
there
was
some
similar
issues.
F
So
why
don't
I
get
back
to
you
on
that?
Tracy
and.
G
H
I
have
a
question
too
and
perhaps
nails.
This
is
something
also
you
can
ask
tom.
So
in
the
the
presentation
that
that
followed,
the
the
resolution,
I
guess
from
the
founder
and
principal
of
the
organization,
there's
mention
of
working
out
reaching
out
to
diverse
communities,
and
so
my
question
is
what
kind
of
success
they've
had
with
this.
So
I
think
if
you,
if
we're
relying
on
cornell
and
kind
of
the
the
spin-offs
from
the
work,
that's
being
done
on
campus,
I
think
we'll
probably
have.
H
I
won't
say,
probably
possibly
have
not
too
diverse
the
community.
So
what
I'm
interested
in
is
the
type
of
work
that
they're
going
to
be
able
to
do
kind
of
off
campus
with
finding
folks
in
this
community
in
the
broader
ithaca
thompson
county
community,
who
maybe
have
ideas,
maybe
are
doing
some
of
this
work
and
then
get
the
support
that
they
need
to
be
successful
and
not
just
rely
on
the
spin-offs
from
cornell
or
ic.
F
I
think
there
really
is
an
equity
component
to
this,
to
try
to
be
an
inclusive
economy
and
to
try
to
find
opportunities
that
that
work
for,
for
you
know,
local
residents
in
the
in
the
city
in
the
county,
the
you
know,
there'll
be
an
established
kind
of
framework
for
getting
engagement
from
both
property
owners
and
and
potential
businesses,
but
or
existing
businesses
as
well.
Part
of
that
is
reaching
out
to
the
the
group
of
manufacturers
that
are
in
the
community,
small-scale
manufacturers
and
see.
F
Why
are
they
at
south
hill
campus
and
why
aren't
they
downtown
those
kind
of
questions
and
engage
with
those
that'll
primarily
be
the
work
of
the
local
group,
though
it
won't
be
necessarily
the
founder
doing
that
work,
although
she
will
help
frame
that
out
and
we'll
do
some
of
the
conversations,
but
the
I
think
it's
really
up
to
us
to
do
the
engagement
process
and
that's
why
I
wanted
to
make
sure
we
had
enough
robust
budget
that
we're
not
hobbled
to
be
able
to
do
that.
F
Well,
because
I
think
that
is
an
important
component.
There
is
the
seed
program.
That's
getting
rolled
out
the
character-based
loan
program
that
afcu
is
active
in,
and
I
think
there
could
be
some
good
leads
from
that
program
in
terms
of
business
startups,
and
I
think
we
just
want
to
make
sure
that
that
this
is
not
a
cornell
only
or
high-tech
only
focus.
So
I
think
you're
you're
right
on
target
asking
those
questions.
F
I
think
that's
the
expectation
and
the
goal
of
the
program
is
to
be
reaching
out
to
not
the
only
the
traditional,
bigger
players
or
high-tech
sector.
A
That
asked
a
question
you
know.
I
have
been
prepared
to
vote
on
this,
but
thanks
to
tracy's
and
carl's
questions,
I'm
I'm
wondering
if,
if
this
isn't
like
really
time
sensitive
and
see,
is
it
if
it's
time
sensitive?
And
we
need
to
do
that?
Then
I'm
comfortable
enough,
but
I
think,
as
a
matter
of
moving
forward
with
these
kinds
of
funding
opportunities
with
consultants-
and
you
know,
organizations
like
this-
that
can
that
can
help
us
and
provide
the
kind
of
expertise
that
complements
ours.
A
You
know,
which
I
think
is,
is
really
smart,
but
at
the
same
time
you
know
as
part
of
the
part
of
the
due
process
of
recommending
someone
and
that
and
chris
for
the
ed
committee.
You
know
this
isn't
something
that
I
don't
think
I've
ever
done.
So
this
is
not
like
I'm
thinking.
A
This
is
a
flawed
process,
but
I'm
just
wondering
you
know
as
part
of
the
process
just
checking
in
with
two
clients
you
know
and
having
those
having
basically
a
reference
check,
so
that
we
know
that
those
who've
paid
for
these
services
really
feel
like
they
got
what
they
thought
they
needed,
maybe
even
even
more
and
maybe
choosing
clients
that
look
like
us
a
bit
because
it's
you
know
it's
it's
it's
it's
really.
F
That
I
think,
if
there
was
a
condition
to
you,
know
check
with
do
do
reference
checks
for
with
two
clients
that
wouldn't
be
a
problem
at
all
in
the
timeline.
F
But
the
real
pressure
in
the
timeline
is
that
by
the
second
week
of
march
that
we
either
need
to
be
we're
either
going
to
be
in
the
cohort
for
training
this
this
spring
or
we're
going
to
miss
that
round,
and
so
she
needs
to
know,
I
think
it's
march,
8th
or
march
10th,
whether
we're
in
or
not,
and
that
one
I
think
we
could
accomplish
those
kind
of
reference
checks
easily
in
that
time
period,
though.
So
I
think,
if
you
wanted
to
add
enough
further
resolve,
you
know
or
contingent
upon
satisfactory.
F
You
know
reference
checks
with
with
at
least
two
clients.
I
think
that's
not
a
problem
at
all.
G
Yeah,
I
think
that's
a
really
good
suggestion
that
eric
has-
and
I
think
I'd
be
open
to
adding
that
as
a
an
additional
resolved.
And
you
know
I
think
staff
can
review
those,
although
I
might
suggest
that
you
just
sort
of
share
the
output
of
that
with
the
agency
board.
D
I'll
second,
that,
although
eric
probably
should
but
the
other
question
I
I
just
have-
is
who's
in
that
cohort-
the
potential
cohort
do
we
know.
Are
they
like
us,
really
that
we
think
they're
like
us
or
not,.
F
She
I
think
she
was
waiting
if
she
was.
She
was
talking
about
characteristics
of
those
communities,
but
she
wasn't
disclosing
the
names.
Yet.
I
think,
okay.
F
Yeah,
no,
I
think
there
was
there
were
similarities
and
there
were
differences,
but
I
mean
there
were.
There
was
the
size
scale
was
was
similar
and
the
kind
of
a
a
core
downtown
area
of
a
smaller
silly
city
which
sometimes
we
get.
You
know
we
get
into
groups
with
rural
areas
or
larger
cities
more
likely,
and
then
we
start
to
say:
well,
that's
not
really
like
ithaca
very
much.
I
think
she
had
a
a
college
community
in
there
and
a
small
city
that
had
a
very
dense.
You
know
compact
downtown.
D
B
So
we
didn't
actually
vote
on
that
amendment,
but
given
that
chris
is
the
mover,
I
think
we
can
just
consider
it
a
friendly.
B
Are
we
ready
to
vote
on
the
whole
package
or
resolution
all
those
in
favor.
B
Time
other
business
actually
carla
any
report
from
neighborhood
from
the
nia
committee.
F
So
you
should
have
the
excuse
me,
the
the
financials
for
both
december
and
january.
I
know
you
had
december
at
the
last
meeting,
but
but
because
we
pulled
together
the
the
the
balance
sheet,
I
wanted
to
make
sure
you
had
the
one
that
will
the
balance
sheet
for
12
31.
I
want
to
make
sure
you
had
that
grand
summary
as
well,
essentially
we're
we're
in
you
know
the
project
grants
are
pretty
well
in
line
with
expectations.
F
We
have
had
a
few
covet
slowdowns,
but
the
oh,
but
the
for
the
most
part
we're
on
we're
on
track
to
meet
our
spend
down
requirements.
We're
happy
to
see
that
the
immaculate
conception
project
is
moving
towards
closing
they
are
targeting
april
may
for
closing
on
their
financing.
That's
a
200
000
investment
of
the
agency
and
that
one
on
that
project
and
where
you
see
the
largest
balance
is
outstanding.
They
tend
to
be
in
the
inhs
home
ownership
category,
but
they
have
they're
actively
submitting
vouchers
for
those
projects.
F
They
have
been
working
on
those
for
several
for
several
months
and
that
thing
that's
going
to
quickly
spend
out
most
of
those
funds
on
the
homeowner
rehab
program.
So
that's
good
news
on
that
score,
but
you
know
there
have
been
some
programs
that
have
looked.
You
know
slowed
down
their
implementation
during
covert.
It's
just
the
reality
of
of
that
and
I
think
learning
web
has
gone
through
some
some
leadership
changes
and
we're
trying
to
figure
out
exactly
and
they're
trying
to
figure
out
exactly
where
their
rental
assistance
program
is
going
to
go.
F
So
we'll
see
a
lot
of
the
results
of
that
in
the
next
four
day
next,
two
days,
because
the
applications
for
funding
for
the
2021
round
are
due
tomorrow
at
noon
time,
and
then
we
move
it
to
the
ed
committee
and
the
ni
committee
in
march
to
start
taking
a
look
at
those
applications
and
developing
recommendations,
but
in
terms
of
the
so
the
grand
summary
that's
a
quick
summary
of
the
grant
of
the
grants,
the
the
loans,
although
we
showed
a
little
bit
of
delay
on
a
couple
of
those,
everybody
is
current
again
as
we
speak
with
the
exception
of
the
canopy
hotel,
has
one
interest
only
payment
due
that
we're
working
out
there's
some
confusion.
F
F
B
Any
questions,
okay
for
my
report
is,
is
just
to
let
everybody
know
that
the
the
draft
recommendations
for
reimagining
public
safety
are
available
on
the
city's
website
and
on
topics
county's
website,
and
I
hope
that
you'll
all
especially
the
people-
I
I
mean
everybody,
but
the
folks
on
this
call
I
mean
you
all
tracy
and
carl
chris
eric
the
deep
backgrounds
in
this
community
and
service
at
a
number
of
different
levels
and
your
input
at
the
council
level
will
mean
a
great
deal.
B
B
A
fundamental
transformation
of
how
we
deliver
public
safety
and
getting
it
right
is
going
to
be
very
important.
So
I'd
ask
that
you
share
your
wisdom.
Your
suggestions,
your
advice
with
counsel.
There
is
a
form
that
you
can
fill
out
as
you
can
imagine.
Hundreds
of
people
are
putting
their
comments
into
that
form
as
we
speak,
and
you
know
having
folks
that
are
local
that
are
that
actually
live
here.
Share
their
thoughts
will
matter
a
lot
too.
D
From
everyone,
just
local,
okay,.
D
B
So
that'll
that
that
will
help
a
little
bit
balance
and
we've
gotten
great
help
on
methodology.
I
feel
like
I'm
back
in
school
from
the
lisa
and
sean
from
from
dr
gonzalez
and
dr
bradwell,
who
have
been
running
and
managing
the
public
input
process
and
waiting
responses.
B
But
but
still
it
yeah
yeah
sure,
surely
there's
something
I'll
ask
laura
for
your
help.
Surely
there's
something
else
happening
in
the
city
that
we
should
also
talk
about,
but
my
brain
has
been
just
fried
last
48
hours
with
all
reimagining.
E
Yeah,
I'm
sure
I'm
sure
your
your
brain
is
full
of
re-imagining.
It
was
a
very
good
meeting
last
night
before
the
regularly
scheduled
city
administration
meeting
and
that
was
open.
E
Very
good
discussion
opportunity
to
ask
questions.
Of
course,
we
on
council
saw
the
full
report
on
monday.
It's
a
huge
and
very
impressive
collaborative
effort
and
report
with.
I
think
I
was
saying
at
the
outset
of
this
meeting
with
11
appendices
and
it's
important
to
read
those
appendices,
because
that
will
give
a
full
record
of
the
comments
that
were
gathered
from
community
members
and
most
important
from
community
members
who
at
times
have
not
felt
safe
or
comfortable
providing
their
their
input.
So
last
night
was
a
first
opportunity.
E
There
is
a
town
hall
forum
tonight
at
6
30..
You
can
follow
that
on
youtube.
You
can
submit
questions.
That's
on
the
city
website,
as
well
as
the
county
website.
The
county
is
handling
the
town
hall
tonight
and
there
will
be
other
multiple
opportunities
for
the
public.
To
weigh
in
provide
comment.
Ask
questions
we're
talking
about
trying
to
get
another
opportunity
for
public
input
before
next
wednesday's
common
council
meeting
and
then
this
will
the
reimagining
proposal
draft
proposal
will
come
to
city
administration.
E
At
their
march
24th
meeting
there
will
be
a
special
meeting
of
common
council
on
march
31st.
This
report.
This
proposal
is
due
to
the
governor
by
april
1.,
and
it's
important
that
ithaca
submit
a
proposal
that
that
tompkins,
county
and
city
of
ithaca
submit
a
proposal
by
april
1,
as
the
governor
has
has
called
for.
E
It
is
something
that,
in
terms
of
implementation,
will
be
years
to
to
implement,
but
this
is
a
first
step
in
setting
for
setting
down
the
the
goals,
the
values
and
the
goals
based
on
the
data
based
on
community
input
based
on
our
our
values
as
a
community.
So
it's
a
really
important
document.
It's
an
ambitious
effort
and
one
that
will
be
moving
forward.
E
We
needed
to
wait
until
we
had
the
clear
go-ahead
from
enterprise
partners
who
is
the
funder
before
relaying
those
those
details,
but
that
effort
is
moving
forward.
There
is
a
lot
of
work
being
done.
There
is
a
core
team
that
has
been
working
on
this
and
working
on
the
proposal.
Since
it
was
first
announced
in
december
of
2019,
we
learned
in
january
2020.
E
I
think
it
was
january
2020
that
we
were
seriously
being
considered
for
the
the
grant
and
then
heard
slightly
after
that
that
we
would
be
a
recipient
of
a
grant,
but
there
were
still
questions
to
be
answered
in
our
proposal,
but
there
is
a
wider
advisory
group
working
on
this.
Now
that
includes
representatives
from
cornell
law
school.
E
We
are
looking
at
a
community
outreach
educator
position,
cornell
law
school
has
a
tenant's
practicum
that
started
in
fall,
and
some
of
the
funds
from
this
grant
will
enable
that
practicum
to
continue
for
the
next,
including
this
semester,
the
next
three
semesters.
E
There
will
be
a
tenants
legal
hotline
and
this
hotline
is
to
distinguish
it
from
the
ethic
attendance
union
hotline.
So
a
single
point
of
entry
may
be
the
tenant's
legal
hotline.
There
could
be
referrals
then,
to
the
itu
as
well
to
multiple
other
resources
in
the
community,
so
some
of
the
implementation
is
still
just
being
developed
being
worked
out.
Sorry.
B
Laura
just
on
that
point,
some
folks
got
upset
with
me.
Online
is
going
to
be
the
subtitle
of
my
forthcoming
memoir.
Some
folks
got
upset
with
me,
but
because
I
made
a
post
thanking
all
the
people
who
applied
for
the
grant-
and
I
didn't
mention
the
itu
and
they
were
like.
Why
didn't
you
thank
the
transfer
and
I
didn't
think
they
were.
What
was
the
tenancy
involved
in
the
in
the
grant
application.
E
B
E
Yeah
and
we
had
in
the
early
early
days
of
developing
the
proposal
and
then
the
implementation
we
were
looking
at
the
at
eviction
court
to
be
the
pipeline
for
residents
in
the
city,
who
would
be
recipients
of
of
some
of
the
program
funding.
E
Obviously,
with
the
moratorium
being
extended,
we've
been
looking
at
other
ways
of
reaching
tenants
who
are
most
vulnerable
most
at
risk.
We
know
that
tenants
have
built
up
rent
during
the
moratorium
and
so
there's
great
concern
about
when
the
moratorium
is
lifted,
how
to
support
tenants
and
how
to
support
tenants
before
the
moratorium
is
is
lifted
too.
I
don't
know,
is
anissa
on
the
call.
Yes
yeah.
C
C
However,
we
weren't
in
direct
conversation
with
the
itu
itself.
During
the
you
know,
the
grant
process.
B
H
I
I
wanted
to
share
some
news:
that's
actually
related
to
the
displacement
grant,
so
alternatives
impact
is
the
501c3
affiliate
of
alternatives,
credit
union
and
we
applied
for
and
received
a
grant
from
the
park
foundation
to
address
displacement
and
business
development,
essentially
to
help
people
build
assets.
The
grant
is
specifically
for
and
restricted
to
people
of
color
in
the
city
of
ithaca
and
the
town,
but
also
the
county,
but
primarily
the
city
and
the
town.
H
H
Even
that
amount
may
not
be
enough
for
in
such
a
competitive.
Real
estate
market
may
not
be
enough
to
allow
someone
to
especially
a
low-income
person
to
get
a
a
down
payment,
so
we're
looking
to
work
with
other
organizations
in
town
who
provide
fund
down
payment
assistance,
so
ithaca,
neighborhood,
housing,
the
family
self-sufficiency
programs
at
housing
authority
and
timeless
community
action.
H
The
program
is
limited
to
folks
who
make
less
than
eighty
percent
of
area
median
income
based
on
the
federal
home
loan
bank
standards.
There's
also
a
component
for
business
development.
H
So,
looking
at
business
and
home,
which
are
you
know,
traditionally
ways
for
people
to
build
assets
and
build
wealth
in
this
in
our
society
and
again,
the
housing
component
is
really
is
really
very
important.
H
13
it's
a
two
year
grant
we've
got
350
000
dollars
per
year,
so
it
is
a
huge
investment
on
the
part
of
the
park
foundation
and
we're
really
excited
about
this
and
13
people
per
year
or
per
tranche
of
funds
for
home
and
25
for
business
development.
So
a
total
of
26
people,
we
hope,
will
be
getting
into
homes,
50
people
getting
assistance,
50
people
plus
getting
assistance
for
business
development
and
you'll,
hear
much
more
about
that.
We'll
be
doing
a
press
conference.
It
hasn't
really
been
formally
announced
yet.
H
It
really
is,
and
another
important
component
is
we're
working
with
community
partners.
The
partners
will
be
doing
referrals
and
also
providing
support
to
the
people.
They
refer.
H
Some
you
know,
oftentimes
the
road
to
developing
a
business
or
obtaining
a
home
could
be
fairly
rocky,
so
having
that
community
support
is
really
important,
but
it's
also
for
those
community
partners
to
keep
alternatives
on
track.
You
know
to
make
sure
that
we
are
doing
the
outreach
that
we
are
providing
the
services
that
the
clients,
the
folks
that
they
refer
to
are
in
need,
and
so
we're
going
to
be
work
very
closely
with
the
community
partners.
H
You
know
we
were
when
we
heard
that
we
got
the
grant,
you
can
imagine,
we
were
jumping
up
and
down
so
very,
very
exciting,
and
I
think
the
fact
that
it
is
targeted
towards
people
of
color
is
also
very
important.
You
know
the
wealth
gap
is
real,
and
this
seeks
to
address
that
in
addition
to
the
displacement,
but
it's
really
exciting
project
that
we
hope
will
spur
further
investment.
D
It's
just
so
exciting
yeah.
It
fits
in
so
well
with
all
the
other
things
we've
been
talking
about.
Is
it
and
it's
just
for
the
city
carl.
H
No,
it's
not
limited
to
the
city,
but
we're
hoping
because
well
I
say
we
realize
that
affordable
housing
in
the
city
is
there's
not
much
right.
Neighborhood
housing
or
the
houses
that
do
come
on
that
aren't
acquired
by
neighborhood
housing
usually
need
a
lot
of
work.
So
it's
the
city,
the
town,
but
also
realizing
that
people
may
need
to
go
out
further
in
the
county,
but
it
is
limited
to
thompson
county.
D
E
Carl,
I
I
should
mention
that
the
enterprise
grant
the
work
that
the
city
is
doing
with
the
enterprise
grant
funding
is
really
looking
at
through
a
racial
equity
lens
as
well.
We
know
that
people
of
color,
for
example,
face
eviction
at
higher
rates
that
they
less
frequently
have
legal
representation
in
eviction
courts.
C
Yeah
carl
I
this
is
super
exciting
and,
as
I
just
echo
what
what
laura
said
and
tracy
as
well
I'll
I'll
reach
out
to
you
separately,
I
think
it
might
be
really
interesting
to
hear
from
you
how
people
will
enroll
in
the
project.
I
think
that
that
could
be
some
good
information
for
the
the
enterprise
anti-displacement
project
as
we're
looking
to
find
alternative
ways
to
enroll
people,
since
eviction
court
will
be
starting
later,
so
that
might
help
inform
some
of
that
decision.
Making.
B
Thanks
eric.
A
Two
two
quick
things:
one
is
I've
been
using.
I've
been
saying
also,
you
know,
looking
at
things
for
racial
liquidity,
lens.
A
That
and
others,
but
I
just
want
to
make
a
quick
book
recommendation
and
then
I'll
get
to
my
second
point,
which
is
heather
mcgee's,
some
of
us
a
great
book
that
looks
at
how
the
zero
sum
mentality
has
really
influenced
the
way
we
look
at
has
really
been
part
of
why
one
of
the
main
obstacles
to
addressing
racism
and
one
of
the
points
that
she
made,
you
know
that
only
one
group
can
only
progress
at
the
expense
of
another,
which
is
a
fallacy.
A
The
other
point
that
she
makes
is
rather
than
she
says
brett.
She
says
she
no
longer
says
looking
at
things
to
a
racial
equity
lens,
but
it's
more
like
removing
blinders
and
and-
and
I
and
I
found
that
to
be
more
powerful.
A
You
know
so
so
seeing
things
as
they
are
as
opposed
to
putting
on
some
lenses
that
lets.
You
see
some
things
you
know
the
other.
The
other
point,
carl
with
the
grant,
is,
if
I'm,
if
I'm,
if
I'm
not
mistaken,
you
know
one
of
the
seeds
one
of
the
forums
that
seated,
certainly
not
the
only
one
but
one
a
key
one
that
seeded
the
idea
for
pursuing
this
grant
was
conversation
at
clock,
community
leaders
of
color.
A
A
You
know
and
let's
talk
about
it
strategically
and
we
had
a
fantastic
break,
a
couple
of
brainstorming
sessions
and
that
if
I'm
not
mistaken,
inspired
you
know
looking
at
what
you
all
you
know
what,
but
then
you
took
and
brilliantly
you
know,
recast
with
with
in
this
with
this
grant.
But
to
me
it's
like
the
importance
of
those
community
conversations
in
organizations
like
this.
That
are
it's
not
just
formal.
You
know,
institutions
and
all
that
can
come
up
with
policy
and
differences.
A
This
is
where
creativity
is
happening,
so
I
just
wanted
to
point
that
out
call
if
I
wasn't,
you
know
mistaken
that
that
did
have
some
influence.
H
Now
that's
exactly
right
eric
and
thank
you
for
reminding
me.
That's
a
very
important
point
that
community
leaders
of
color
did
start
the
conversation,
and
from
that
conversation
it
sparked
just
further
discussions
and
led
to
this
this
step
of
actually
some
serious
money
to
address.
You
know
the
issues
that
came
up
in
that
conversation
and
just
quickly.
You
know
to
anissa's
point:
we
have
six
organizations,
including
community
leaders
of
color,
that
we're
starting
out
with
as
referral
partners
for
this
we
wanted
to
start
small.
H
You
know
get
our
our
feet
under
us.
If
you
were,
if
you
will
rather
and
then
expand
out
the
referral
network,
so
again
we
will
be
reaching
out
to
other
organizations
but
we're
starting
with
just
the
six
right
now.
B
Yeah
very
exciting
carl
that
we'll
I'll
keep
an
eye
out
for
the
for
the
press,
because
it's
very
it's
great
great
for
the
community.
F
With
this
letter,
it's
just
formally
engaging
in
cerro
to
do
the
annual
ira
audit,
where
a
component
of
the
city's
audit
I'm
happy
to
say
that
the
city's
audit
was
completed
and
accepted
by
the
common
council
for
2019
at
their
february
meeting,
so
that
one's
now
in
the
past,
we'll
move
right
to
the
new
one
for
2020
now
for
the
city
in
that
2019
audit,
they
do
a
single
what
they
call
a
single
audit,
which
is
a
program
audit
of
federal
funds
which
included
the
cdbg
program.
F
They
had
no
deficiencies
that
they
identified
in
that
in
that
single
audit,
so
we
were
good
standing
on
that.
They
also
looked
at,
I
think,
a
bridge
project
of
the
city
at
the
same
time.
So
they'll
do
that.
Again,
though,
they'll
choose
some
federal
funding
and
do
a
deeper
dive
on
those
for
compliance
in
this
upcoming
year.
They
won't
be
beginning
until
next
week.
So
we
have
a
really
tight
timeline
because
we
have
to
submit
the
information
by
april
1.,
so
we're
hoping
it's
all
going
to
come
together
quickly.
F
They
usually
take
about
a
week
in
the
office
and
can
turn
around
that
report
for
the
ira,
which
becomes
a
component
of
the
city's
audit.
So
that's
good
news.
There
did
have
a
couple
of
other
items
just
to
make
you
aware
of
one
is
that
the
marriott
hotel
has
is.
It
is
been
continuing
to
request
consideration
of
amendments
to
the
wage
agreement
that
the
ira
has
with
them
regarding
the
the
minimum
wage
for
room
attendance
and
they
are
proposing
that
they
would
become
a
living
wage
employer
for
all
employees.
F
If
the
agency
would
consider
some
modifications
to
that
program,
we're
still
waiting
for
some
more
details
on
that.
So
I
just
want
to
make
you
aware
that
that's
out
there
as
a
discussion
item,
there's
nothing
formal
to
act
on
on
that
at
this
point
in
time,
and
the
inhs
has
approached
us
about
helping
them
out
in
a
on
their
immaculate
conception.
F
Project
they're,
calling
it
founders
way
they
originally
intended
to
acquire
the
entire
site,
including
the
catholic
charities
building,
but
the
funding
award
they
received
did
not
include
enough
funding
to
include
acquisition
of
the
catholic
charities
operations
center.
So
they're
going
to
have
to
retain
that
themselves.
F
They've
asked
the
if
the
agency
would
be
willing
to
look
at
this
as
one
of
those
opportunities
for
an
investment
where
the
iara
would
acquire
the
property
and
sell
it
back
to
them
with
seller
financing
as
a
way
to
invest
those
resources
that
we
want
to
help
them,
because
they
they
didn't
plan
to
have
to
repay
the
purchase
price
for
that
land.
They
thought
it
was
going
to
be
rolled
into
the
project,
but
secondly,
it
could
benefit
the
ira
in
that
it
could
generate
some
income
for
the
agency.
F
While,
while
also
advancing
our
mission,
we
received
revenues
when
keuger
green
sold
their
properties
and
repaid
the
loans,
and
we
invested
most
of
that
fund
those
funds
in
the
acquisition
of
south
titus
properties,
and
then
we
resold
them
to
inhs.
F
They
would
like
to
explore
a
similar
model
for
the
catholic
charities
to
use
the
remaining
hundred
thousand
dollars
that
the
agency
receives
so
we'll
be
bringing
that
to
the
ni
committee
for
some
discussion
and
hopefully
bring
that
you
know
in
and
perhaps
to
the
next
agency
meeting.
If
everybody,
if
it
all,
looks
like
it's
a
go
again,
we
can't
use
our
local
funds
for
direct
loans,
but
the
agency
can
use
local
funds
to
acquire
property
and
resell
it
to
an
agency.
So
that's
kind
of
the
model
we're
looking
at
as
a
possibility.
F
Third,
I
wanted
to
make
you
aware
of
the
covet
relief
bill
that
the
federal
government
passed
in
december
included
25
billion
dollars
for
emergency
rental
assistance,
and
it's
going
to
be
administered
by
the
treasury
department.
25
billion
dollars
is
a
lot
of
money
and
over
2
billion
is
going
to
new
york
state
and
its
communities.
F
Communities
the
size
of
ithaca
and
tompkins
county
do
not
get
a
direct
allocation,
but
if
you
were
to
figure
it
out
the
amount
of
bet
of
rental
assistance
on
a
per
person
basis,
it
would
be
80
per
person
or
over
two
million
dollars
for
the
city
of
ithaca's
residence.
So
it
could
be
a
significant
amount
of
assistance
and
we're
trying
to
figure
out.
How
does
that
fit
into
the
larger
picture
of
all
these
other
programs?
F
We're
talking
about
and
make
sure
that
we
can
make
sure
you
know,
try
to
make
sure
renters
in
ithaca
can
get
access
to
these
resources.
F
It
appears
it's
going
to
flow
to
the
state
of
new
york
and
the
new
new
york
is
going
to
probably
do
direct
assistance
through
from
the
state
to
the
smaller
cities
similar
to
the
way
they
operate.
The
small
cities,
community
development
block
grant
program,
but
we
don't
really
know
very
much
beyond
the
allocation
amounts
that
are
going
to
the
states
and
large
cities.
F
So
I
just
want
to
keep
you
aware
of
that,
but
that's
a
very
deep
resource
that
could
help
out
a
lot
of
renters
in
need
and
the
and
the
tests
for
eligibility
are
a
little
bit
looser
than
some
of
the
ones
we've
seen
in
other
programs
again
targeting
the
families
at
80
or
lower
ami
is,
is
the
focus
so
we'll
see
where
that
goes
and
did
I
have
one
more
thing,
and
I
guessed
you
today
there's
a
meeting
with
the
ithaca
community
gardens
folks
about
their
efforts
to
gain
some
permanency
for
their
gardens.
F
F
Permanency
for
the
gardens
at
their
current
site
seems
to
be
that
it's
moving
in
the
right
direction
and
then,
finally,
just
so,
you
know
that
there's
been
a
a
number
of
projects
submitted
for
low-income
housing
tax
credit
awards
in
this
most
recent
round,
including
the
inhs
trumansburg
application,
the
carpenter
park,
application
from
park,
grove
and
vism's
application
on
the
500
block
of
west
state
street
that
they're
partnering
up
with
providence
on
those
are
all
submitted
for
applica
for
funding
in
january.
F
We
don't
expect
to
hear
answers
back
until
april
on
on
those
rounds,
but
those
are
all
pending.
Affordable
housing
projects.
D
C
C
B
Okay,
well,
it's
great
and
that
very
good
news
about
that.
Yeah
that
that
stimulus
bill
remains
a
very
popular
piece
of
legislation
and
remains
intact.
So
far,
and
I
hope
it
still
does
could
mean
good
news
on
a
lot
of
fronts.