City of Laredo, Texas Third Party Funding Advisory Committee, 2 Jun 2022

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THIRD PARTY FUNDING ADVISORY COMMITTEE 060122

A

Okay, it is 601 right here and I'm calling the order. You can ask the community liaison to connect to the.

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Robert president, lucy morrison, juan caballero president, you don't know who it is.

A

No discussion I'll go ahead and call through the question. I was in favor, saying if I say, aye, aye aye. All those opposed saying sign, motion passes.

A

Okay, we'll go ahead and give citizen comments some more time and we'll go ahead and go into introduction of these.

C

I'm brand new to the committee. Thank you for for having me.

A

And who appointed.

D

A retired educator- and I was uh appointed by uh mayor pete science- welcome.

A

Award, thank you. There's no other new committee members. We can go ahead and continue with the agenda item number six.

A

If staff can give us an input.

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Discussion with possible action on the approval of the whole promotion and general fund third-party funding, presentation of applications and scores, so we had introduced um people to moto and general fund um applications um via our ebit system.

B

Everyone had a chance to go ahead and review those applications, and then they were open for scoring. So everyone didn't have a chance to go in and score um if we can go ahead and discuss scores at this moment.

A

Let's dive right into it,.

B

So on our screen and on your uh packet you'll go ahead and see a copy of the hotel motto would be the first one, and these will be uh you'll be able to see the hotel motto, agencies, uh organizations under agencies that submitted applications, and you will see the average scores um that were submitted for their applications.

D

They're not listed in order they're just listed enough.

B

Yes, there is no medical order, no they're listed in alphabetical order and they do have their um their scores. In the second column, you will see what they are currently receiving um for this fiscal year uh and then the amount that they requested for the following fiscal year. There.

E

Is no cut-off score.

B

uh So that any agency that scored below 70 would not quantify it at this moment there is no agency that scored below 70., um so we we would not have any issue with that.

B

The following column that you'll see would be the committee recommendations, and that is when we'll go ahead and get into amount recommendations for the hotel motel.

B

You will also see the use of funds column that would be per agency and just a brief summary based on their application as to how they will be using the funds they are requesting for years 2022-2023. I.

D

Have a question on laredo main street: I realized that the previous amount was zero due to the fact that there was no event, you know is that correct.

B

Yes, they did not submit a an application to receive hotel motor funds in the last fiscal year, and that was.

D

What was what the amount they received prior to this? It was just the first time they.

A

Applied yes, this.

D

Is the first time they? Okay, that's the reason why there's a zero for the previous year.

A

D

Weren't any other prior.

A

No, this is their their first initial application, because that's.

F

Not I'm sorry so they used to get uh prior to clover. They did receive funding.

E

And it was around.

F

Twenty five thousand dollars that they would receive, which is uh to pay for jamboozi uh v by the portuguese.

B

What was the total available for the hotel motel right here.

F

That's what it's at 552 750 2000., so.

B

Right here, you'll be seen, so this would be the available balance and then you'll be seeing the excuse me. I'm not requested.

D

B

There's a differential of.

D

D

Is it 11 000.

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D

Yes, and if you were to a lot what they had last year, would that amount to there was no changes if you keep them all the same, if.

A

It's there and twenty.

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Thousand dollars? Yes, yes, not.

A

B

Lower so it would be.

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B

This bottom amount.

D

520, I'm sorry yeah. If.

B

We were to base ourselves off of what we funded last year uh to the agencies that applied this year. um We wouldn't be funding the real mainstream that would be could.

C

We pass a recommendation for tentatively approving the 520 that was issued in 2021 2022 fiscal year, with the exception of la la main street, which was zero in the past.

C

That would give us a total of 540 and we would still have 12 000 to play with.

G

To go over um city council has to approve right. Yes,.

A

This, this is merely a recommendation.

G

Yeah, I I also think we shouldn't ask for mortgages. I.

D

G

With what we should ask for.

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C

The only exception of uh mainstream.

A

So we want to include the 20 000 in the 520 and then the 540 would be what we would recommend. I would and we could save the 12 000 safe for next year, so we don't necessarily have to correct you.

G

Was there a difference for like uh laredo's center of the arts why they went up so much most, all the others are stay. You know.

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G

To 174. yeah.

C

And I think their detail uh explained that mainly it was used for.

A

Rent and then that's already been, and that was already included in the fifth, not the original a lot. So could you repeat again what you just said.

D

That we would pretty much keep the amounts the same, that we had and we would do the 20 for mainstream, and that would give us a total of 540. And it gives us 12 000 for for council to to look at other ways that they may want to either redistribute or save. uh As.

E

A

I don't have a problem if someone.

E

Would like to put.

A

That, in the form of emotion, you could definitely correct.

C

um Sure um our motion to uh recommend that we stick with the previous uh amount allotted of 520, uh plus the 20 000 for um uh la la main street, giving us a total of five 40.

A

Motion is there a second.

G

A second there's.

A

Been motion segregated. Is there any discussion? There's no further discussion, we'll go ahead and go over the previous question. I was in favor, saying I'm saying hi.

E

A

I was opposed same sign. She carries.

G

Yeah there's a big differential.

D

Here, what's the budget.

B

So the remaining is based off of what we uh gave last year. So this is what we have based on.

F

Four forty four four, forty three: if I'm not mistaken, don't quote me on that four three, four, four, four, three three give me one. Second,.

C

Right now, four hundred thousand four.

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F

It was approved last year for this current fiscal year: okay, okay,.

A

How to verify that? I know we got a couple here that weren't from last year.

B

G

We don't show it: oh okay, imaginarium.

D

F

So that is the correct amount, 444 443, so there's four.

G

And there's four of them.

H

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B

I'm not sure why there isn't that change reflected, but imaginarium did receive so imaginarium was receiving during through this fiscal year. What.

E

G

It receive, do you know.

C

Ten thousand, I think, oh, it's updated.

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E

D

So we do the math and we subtract what was done last year to what is actually available. What is the amount that steps.

D

If you, if you do the math on what was done yesterday to the amounts it is being requested, what was the last year, what was being requested? What is the amount.

F

Hundred and sixteen thousand dollars.

D

B

Because it changes.

D

Four hundred and sixteen thousand is what we're offering.

G

But it said several of them.

H

Like area health went way up, a lot of them are like five thousand last year and fifteen thousand, and then they eventually doubled.

B

So the difference is 453.

B

uh 453 183, yes, and that's.

F

The difference between what.

B

The what was funded this current year for those that applied the.

C

B

Yes and then uh what is being requested.

C

But in our case we're just focusing on the 444 that's available.

B

That's what's available. Yes,.

D

So if we were to do you know we're just talking, but if you were to do the allocations from last year to this year, not change anything we would be, we would have.

B

397 000 go ahead and I can go ahead and um give you that.

B

Let's take it over here.

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If we allotted everything the way it was.

D

The way it was last.

A

Year would have 37 000 to play with for the other organizations that wanted to come.

B

Which they're to come in three.

A

Which is three, which I think, if you added them all up, it would be more than that right about 54. yeah, so we would have to make some tough, tough choices, and I think mr kevin is correct. It's around 54 000 that they're.

D

Requesting, in addition, my thoughts are that we try to see how that looks, in other words, work the 37 with the new ones that have just come in and see how we can distribute this amount uh accordingly, uh depending on their score and their functionalities. In terms of what they're doing.

D

Any kind of logical sense.

A

We would need door films to say yes, tennis, association and neighbor works, which they're asking.

B

For two neighbor works is asking me: 20 24.

A

I mean even spread in between the three. How much would that be.

B

um It depends how much you would want to give each.

F

So it's 57: let's.

A

Say we give neighbor works, they're 10, and then we split the rest between the film society and the tens association. I like that. I don't know how that.

E

A

Like give them the 10 and then spread the rest around, so you want to give 27 between the two and then give 10 to neighbor works, so it would be.

D

And you're going to split the the 27 between 1350.

A

To the rest, so this is.

A

More zero on both couldn't be that's one thousand.

A

Sorry, I'm a distance, no worries, I can barely see it. I think you have it all correct. It looks like it's all.

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D

So the radio, though society, would get how much well.

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13 500, instead of their 20 000, that they're asking for.

D

Well, I I have a little concern.

D

They had a, they had a score of 83 and I see ahek, who does.

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D

And as far as promoting the area of health education where they are asking for 50 000 and obviously that's probably because of the pandemic and everything that's been going on, it almost seems we that take some consideration as to how much we would like to give to laredo's film, okay and maybe distribute them when he's a little different. So that I mean.

A

I can't just suggest, because I could see us giving everybody ten thousand and then playing with that, the seven thousand that's left over. I.

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D

Like that, I, like that idea of giving everybody a candidate, uh letting area health get an extra seven thousand, seven thousand five or five hundred or whatever it is. I think it's seven thousand seven thousand yeah if.

A

We give everybody ten thousand, uh that will leave seven thousand available and we could we could give it to him.

D

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uh Has everybody.

D

I think their names seem to be the ones.

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That have on both like.

C

Laredo ministry- that was one thing I noticed about the right, yeah.

E

At least I didn't put.

C

Any weight as to the uh type of programs that were yeah.

D

I was looking at the mission and the delivery of services and.

C

D

Was trying to make a parallel to the current needs.

A

I think ms morris also has a good point. uh She made the point that laura main street is on both and we just awarded them twenty thousand dollars for hotel, motel so and now they're going to receive another 50 50, another 50 000.

C

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Another thing and for them it's just general operations.

H

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And then we here for marketing material so.

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D

The first year they get applied to both.

F

No, so they previously applied. The difference is that, with general funds they're paying their operating expenses to actually rent their offices with hotel, mulch they're, actually paying out the expenses to have their event. That brings heads to best iterate, and this isn't the first time they've done both correct they've done it before.

D

So how much was allocated when they did have both publishers going.

F

If I am not mistaken, when I first started, they did receive around eighty thousand dollars for general fund and I think they receive 25 from hotel moto.

B

I do want to make a quick note right now that you're mentioning the ones that apply to both we um we did get with our legal uh department, because the application application for crime stoppers under hotel moto um they they didn't see it um qualifying under hotel hotel, so we're only leaving them under general fund right. So that's why? If you look at your yes.

G

Yeah we graded both correctly.

B

Yes, we um yeah, we spoke with legally, we decided that they did not.

B

I believe it is.

G

And a lot of them to me were the same things like the laureate main street, the culture I liked all of those and even had to go back.

D

It was kind of abstract, yeah, yeah.

G

They weren't like the same thing.

F

So so there is a difference. The way the narrator cultural, district and royal main street.

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F

Main street hosts the the jimbuzi event they haven't hosted the event. Obviously the past two years, due to covet um the cultural district narita cultural district. What they do is they promote events that happen within the cultural district. They don't host an event themselves. Okay,.

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F

The difference between those two organizations- oh okay,.

G

And then, like the laredo center of the arts, also.

G

Then the radial culture just break up, I don't know- is.

D

There, a duplication of some do something.

F

So the doritos center for the artist said the museum that we have here. Two three blocks away: they do host uh art galleries, um multiple events throughout the whole year.

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F

In the application they submitted, they did submit of the events that they're yeah.

C

The next fiscal year.

F

And that is where the funding is going to. Some of the funding does go to rent and then the rest goes to obviously their operating expenses, which doesn't cover 100.

D

Are they running from the city? Yes,.

A

Yeah and they're only applying for hotels.

A

Because I think we already had a motion in the past, so action has.

D

Already been taken, so let's go back then to where we were. The idea was initially that we look at the 27 000 and split them up.

E

D

Would give a heck an extra seven and it would be a give for newcomers the base of 10? Yes,.

A

Is that correct.

D

That is what we had to bring down. We had kind of. We were at that point.

A

And I think um the comment was made by ms morris about uh main street yeah, whether or not that 50 000 or something we want to continue or if that's something we want to allocate and maybe allow for the newer organizations to get a little bit more money from that, because they are getting an extra 20. 000.

D

From last year, from last year,.

A

Did you have any a specific idea? What number you wanted to give them instead or.

G

There was I made notes, and I was going to bring it because I did make notes when I was scoring- and I know that stands out. I had something there, but um okay, because they're already getting the 20 000 from hotel motel, so on this one just get instead of the 50 000, also give them half of them.

G

A

25 25 of the 15 of the 50., and then what would we do with that extra 25.

G

And then allocate the difference on the more on area, health and add the new ones.

A

So one and then we would allocate imaginarium and film society and neighborhoods well, I mean everyone's getting what they asked for, so we should uh allocate more for them. I don't think that's more, for them just get what they.

D

Have to find they're fine, there yeah as long as you know, where you're going to have uh you know and of course the tennis is asking for four.

E

A

Right yeah, there will be the extra 10.

A

So we could evenly split it between the one two three four, because a heck is already getting an extra seven, so that would put them at 13 or 12 12..

B

And we want to divide the 25 between.

A

The fourth between the fourth but.

D

Would you have to divide it among the four because the neighborhood already.

A

But there's still I'm including a heck okay, okay, so you would want to include in.

A

25 divided by four, I guess.

B

Divided by four, you would be looking at six thousand two hundred and fifty to each organization, so.

A

They would put a heck at eighteen. Fifty.

A

It would put the rest at sixteen fifty.

A

Yeah, so it would be 650 to everybody, excluding, never works so be 1650, everybody else and then 1850 for a hank. Okay and that's.

B

I think you in the four year, including area health, film, society, imaginarium.

A

B

Did receive so they had, they did.

A

They received popularity.

B

Right! I'm sorry because that wasn't it wasn't included in the print.

A

So, okay, so ten they got last year, they're getting ten this year.

B

So you would be if.

E

B

Do it um how you were mentioning uh excluding neighbor works, you would be dividing it uh between the three okay, so we will be looking at.

B

Eight thousand three hundred and thirty three for each, uh which would be area: health, uh dorito, film and tennis association.

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G

And that's leaving our from the general fund moving main street to 25.. Yes,.

D

And so that means that the royal tennis would get an 833. Yes.

A

Would you put them at eighteen.

D

Hundred extra.

A

Thousand three hundred thirty.

D

Three somewhere, not not, no, because they had a requested amount of twenty four.

A

Oh before that, they were.

D

A

Right yeah, we we had put them at ten. Oh, I see and then plus the eight okay, three, even two. Okay.

A

So I would put that at that.

B

We're off by cents, so we could do a dollar to one.

A

B

Well, it's something.

A

D

It would be if we would add a dollar to one could do 234.

B

Imaginarium would stay.

B

A

Any other thoughts in regards to this I'm.

D

Just- and I think I this is very palatable- I'm just I just want to make. I want to understand that the 50 000.

D

Was what they were, what they got in when pulled.

B

Out this running fiscal year, so 2021 and 2022.

G

And then they requested 90., but we to the same budget. We were going to give them what they requested.

D

Last year, if we go with this amount, how much will it be getting 25 right for both for both it would be 4500.

D

45 out of what they initially requested was five minutes. What 80.

C

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B

So then, we're leaving area health at twenty thousand three hundred and thirty four we're putting um the real film society at 18 333, as well as laredo tennis association, and we are changing. Dorito means straight to 25, yes, and we are at our total of the available funds.

D

So we're using help.

B

A

I'd like to entertain a motion to accept the proposed recommendation for the fiscal year, 2022-2023.

A

Second, so moved is there second, second by mr rodriguez? uh Is there any discussion? Do you know about it? There's no discussion! Oh there's a favorite thing about by saying all right. I was opposed to your privacy.

B

All right, just um just I guess.

D

I just want to make sure that uh we've covered all the agencies.

E

I think that's all, I want to say not thoughts on what we did.

D

But make sure that every that our mission is or or what what is being requested has been accomplished.

B

Yes, so we have so that you can have that record. We have.

E

B

Agency that was um available.

B

And we have recommendations for all the agencies that applied as well. So um we are we're good on that end. um Would.

D

You like to make a note of any that were eliminated. Why did it work.

B

Yes, so the only the only agency that was um eliminated was the cultural district for hotel and, um as we stated.

A

Crime stoppers, I'm so sorry.

B

Crime stoppers from hotel motto, um and that was uh due to not qualifying under the hotel regulations. Okay and.

A

That was a decision made by right now.

D

So that goes on record.

B

F

B

Want to introduce any new business.

F

Just to add it to the to the record, we did have another uh applicant submit to the supplier information, but not the actual application, so they were not even uh scored. There was no actual application to score, and that was.

B

Narrator youth soccer academy: yes, thank you for the record, yes, okay and then, if we would, if we want to introduce any new business.

D

B

I just would like to.

D

Inquire as to what uh what administration is thinking about doing with the fact that we have some members that that are no longer with us, uh are we going to look for more membership into the committee.

A

I think, usually it's up to the council person uh official to a point.

B

Yeah, so they they are aware of their vacancies, their vacancies only to only to secure quorums.

D

In future meetings, because I know that you have a series of meetings that are still pending- this is just kind of like in the middle of the stream right. Yes,.

B

And so um they are wherever vacancies and they are free to follow those vacancies. Once.

B

um If there's no other business.

A

I I just want to make sure we have this, I mean. Are we going to have like another orientation for the newer members I know last year we did it. We had a stream of meetings, we're going to continue those meetings where anyone allow the agencies to come back in and present again.

F

Yes, so we do have another scheduled meeting for the 15th of this month, and that is basically, if it's a if you need a meeting. So basically, if you guys want to see what you finally decided here tonight, what's going to be presented to budget in august for council approval, we can have that meeting. But that is only a fifth needed meeting and everyone who wanted to see the committee how many of.

A

You guys want to uh where the veterans know yeah. If did you guys want to have like an orientation meeting or some sort of extra meeting it.

C

Would be helpful just to clarify basically our duties and responsibilities to the committee. uh It's serious funds, so we just want.

D

A

We're doing everything that we should be doing. I just want to make sure that I I think I mentioned this last time to you, mr rodriguez, but I mentioned too much that if you have a relationship with any of these organizations to be aware that we do have to file a non-disclosure, we're not announced which means uh uh recusal uh so that you don't have to uh vote for that or or have any uh issues with with the impropriety. I know a lot of these people so.

D

As long as you're, not a board member.

A

Or a decision maker you're good, you can volunteer it's okay or don't help them with dedication.

D

D

So I can't be a consultant, no yeah. You would have to abstain from that voting.

D

Right just kidding: okay,.

A

It was, it was a joke. It was a joke, um there's no further business for the board. I would motion to adjourn so.

E

A

It's been motioned, it does not need a second. If there's any discussion, we can have it now. There's no discussion. I was in favor signify by saying hi hi hi motion passes meeting adjourned.