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UH, MAYOR'S FUND SUBCOMMITTEE, UH, MEETING.DO WE WANNA DO A ROLL CALL? YES.
DO WE NEED TO TAKE A MOTION TO, UM, TRYING TO REARRANGE OUR AGENDA? NO, NO.
THE ITEM BE ITEM NUMBER SIX, RIGHT? YES.
RECOMMENDATION TO DISCUSS AND APPROVE PHYSICAL FEE.
AND THEN WE HAVE AARON IN THE ROOM AND HALLE ON ZOOM.
WE HAVE A BIT OF A SHIFT IN OUR LEADERSHIP
AND SO, UH, IT BEING ME TODAY, COMPLETELY, APPARENTLY NOT PREPARED.
DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE I'M SUPPOSED TO BE.
WE APPRECIATE YOU, UM, COMING AND SUBMITTING YOUR APPLICATION.
THAT'S MY FAVORITE THING TO LISTEN.
SO IF YOU WANT TO, UM, SHARE WITH US, UM, INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR APPLICATION AND YOUR IN THE ORGANIZATION, WE ARE READY TO LISTEN.
I'LL DO A BRIEF ELEVATOR PITCH FOR HIS LITTLE FEET.
SO HIS LITTLE FEET'S THE ONLY ORGANIZATION IN LONG BEACH, AND REALLY ONE OF THE ONLY ORGANIZATIONS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA THAT PROVIDES SOLELY, NO PUN INTENDED, NEW ATHLETIC SHOES FOR CHILDREN EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS OR IN FOSTER CARE, UM, EXPERIENCING TRAUMA, MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS.
UM, IT'S, WE JUST CELEBRATED OUR 20TH YEAR, AND ABOUT ABOUT A DECADE AGO, WE SHIFTED FROM GENTLY USED SHOES TO BRAND NEW NAME BRAND SHOES BECAUSE WE FOUND, UM, SURVEYING THOSE THAT WE SERVED, ESPECIALLY PRINCIPALS AND, UM, OTHER SERVICE PROVIDERS THAT CHILDREN, ESPECIALLY LONG BEACH UNIFIED STUDENTS, THEIR, UM, SENSE OF SELF-WORTH AND CONFIDENCE ROSE WITH NAME BRAND SHOES MM-HMM.
AND THAT, UM, VASTLY IMPROVED THEIR SCHOOL ATTENDANCE.
SO IN THE PATHWAY OF BREAKING THE CYCLE OF HOMELESSNESS, SCHOOL ATTENDANCE, YOU KNOW, IS PROVEN TO BE ONE OF THOSE MEANS TO, TO, TO BREAK THAT CYCLE.
UM, SO HIS LITTLE FEET HAS SERVED, GOSH, ABOUT 25,000, UM, CHILDREN OVER 20 YEARS.
AND THIS YEAR WE'RE REALLY EXCITED BECAUSE OUR FOCUS ON IT STARTED IN LONG BEACH.
UH, HIS LITTLE FEE HAS EXPANDED INTO OTHER AREAS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, BUT LONG BEACH IS STILL ITS HUB OF SERVICE.
AND IT STARTED WITH BETHUNE HOMELESS SERVICES, WHICH IS A BRANCH OF LONG BEACH UNIFIED PROVIDING SERVICES FOR STUDENTS EXPERIENCE AND HOMELESSNESS AND FOSTER CARE.
UM, AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED BECAUSE THIS, IT KIND OF, WITH COVID THINGS KIND OF STALLED THERE.
AND THEN JUST THIS YEAR WE WERE ABLE TO REUNITE THAT PARTNERSHIP AND, UM, HIS LITTLE FEEDS ALREADY PROVIDED 200 PAIRS OF SHOES TO STUDENTS IN LONG BEACH UNIFIED THROUGH BETHUNE.
AND WE'RE PROJECTED BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR.
SO IN TWO MONTHS TO DO 500, BECAUSE THE NEED IS SO HIGH.
UM, ANOTHER BIG SERVICE PARTNER OF OURS IS LONG BEACH RESCUE MISSION, AND WE'VE BEEN SERVING LYDIA HOUSE FOR YEARS.
UM, THEY'RE THE CHILDREN, UM, ESPECIALLY CHILDREN WHO GO TO OTHER TO, TO NOT DUPLICATE SERVICES, CHILDREN WHO GO TO OTHER SERVICE PROVIDERS IN THE AREA.
SO LIKE PRECIOUS LAMB OR MUNDO OR, UH, CHILDREN TODAY.
BUT NOW WE'RE WORKING WITH THE FAMILIES OF THOSE CHILDREN AS WELL, AND AS AN INCENTIVE FOR SOBRIETY EACH, EACH, AND ALSO IN THE MEN'S GROUP, EACH MONTH THAT, UM, THEY STAY SOBER, THEY GET A BRAND NEW PAIR OF SHOES, AND THOSE ARE ABOUT A HUNDRED DOLLARS VALUE.
SO WHAT HIS LITTLE FEE DOES, IT'S A LITTLE BIT UNIQUE BECAUSE WE'RE PRETTY MUCH SELF-FUNDED, IS THE MONEY THAT WE RAISE THROUGH GRANTS, THROUGH FUNDRAISERS, THROUGH INDIVIDUAL DONORS.
WE JUST GO OUT AND BUY THE SHOES.
IT'S NOT NECESSARILY A DON, YOU KNOW, A DONATION THROUGH NIKE OR A DONATION FROM KOHL'S.
WE WORK WITH THEM, THEY GIVE US DISCOUNTS, BUT WE ACTUALLY GO OUT AND SHOP FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL CHILD.
UM, AND WHEN, WHEN POSSIBLE, IF THEY GIVE US LIKE THEIR SPECIFICS OF LIKE, I REALLY WANT PINK NIKES, WE'LL TRY AND GET THEM PINK NIKES IN THE BOX, BECAUSE THERE'S PRIDE IN SEEING THE BOX, THERE'S PRIDE IN THE TAG.
UM, SO OVER THE YEARS OF DOING THIS, UM, HALLE, ESPECIALLY THE FOUNDER OF HIS LITTLE FEET, HAS DISCOVERED THAT EACH, EACH LITTLE THING MEANS A LOT TO A CHILD WHO'S MAYBE NEVER RECEIVED A BRAND NEW PAIR OF SHOES IN THEIR LIFE.
UM, CONVERSELY, BESIDES JUST THE OUTWARD APPEARANCE OF SHOES, THEY ALSO PERFORM A VERY IMPORTANT HEALTH FUNCTION.
UM, BECAUSE WHEN CHILDREN DO NOT HAVE SHOES THAT FIT THEM PROPERLY, THEIR FEET HURT, IT AFFECTS THEIR GAIT, IT AFFECTS, UM, HOW THEIR FEET PRONATE.
IT AFFECTS THEIR ABILITY TO EXERCISE AND PARTICIPATE IN SPORTS.
A LOT OF TIMES THEY RECEIVE USED SHOES, THEY HAVE HOLES IN THEM, THE SOLES ARE BROKEN.
IF IT'S RAINING, THEY, THEIR SOCKS GET WET, THEY GET SICK.
AND THAT AFFECTS THEIR SCHOOL ATTENDANCE.
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THE, THROUGH THROUGH SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS GOOD ATHLETIC SHOES, CHILDREN BESIDES ATTENDING SCHOOL, THEIR GRADES IMPROVE.UM, THEIR GROUP PARTICIPATION IMPROVES PLAYING SPORTS, BEING ACTIVE, WHICH OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, GOOD FOR YOUR HEALTH IN THE LONG RUN.
UM, SO WE'VE JUST FOUND SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS SHOES, WHICH IS ACTUALLY, I BELIEVE THE NUMBER ONE REQUESTED CLOTHING ITEM FOR PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, BUT ALSO ONE OF THE MOST EXPENSIVE.
AND FOR CHILDREN, YOUR FEET ARE CONSTANTLY GROWING.
UM, SO IT IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT'S JUST NOT FEASIBLE FOR MANY FAMILIES TO PURCHASE.
SO HIS LITTLE FEET'S REALLY HAPPY TO BE ABLE TO NARROW IN ON A SPECIFIC NEED AND TAKE CARE OF THAT SO THAT OTHER SERVICE PROVIDERS IN THE AREA CAN DO WHAT THEY DO REALLY WELL, AND WE CAN DO THE SHOOTS.
SO STEPH DOESN'T HAVE ANY FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS.
UM, IF THERE WOULD BE ONE THING MAYBE THAT WE COULD REQUEST WOULD BE YOUR FORM 99 IS THAT, THAT'S WHAT IT'S CALLED, RIGHT? THE, THE NON-PROFIT FORM.
JUST AS WE HAVE REQUESTED IT FROM THE PAST.
AND I THINK WE WOULD PROBABLY LOOK TO MAKE THAT A STANDARD, UM, REQUEST.
UH, BUT WE HAVE THAT, I MEAN, I, I WOULD SAY FROM THE STAFF END IS ARE WE MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS APPLICATION? THIS IS THE THIRD YEAR THAT HIS LITTLE FEET WOULD BE APPLYING FOR THIS APPLICATION.
UM, AND ARE WE ISSUING PAYMENTS OUTSIDE OF THE GAP NEEDS? WOULD THIS, IS THIS CONSIDERED OPERATION OR IS IT CONSIDERED OPERATIONAL? ARE WE MOVING FORWARD WITH, YOU KNOW, FUNDING THE SAME ORGANIZATION FOR A THIRD TIME? THAT WOULD BE THE ONE THING.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S REALLY FOR HIS LITTLE FEE, WHICH I THINK WE HAD INITIALLY I HAD DISCUSSED EITHER WITH HOW, OR AARON, I CAN'T REMEMBER THAT.
THAT WOULD BE THE ONE THING THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AT STAFF END IS WE'RE NOT SURE IF THAT IS WHERE THE INTENT WITH, UM, THE MAYOR'S FUND LIES.
WE DON'T SEE ANYTHING NEGATIVE WITH IT.
UH, HOMELESSNESS WHEN CONSIDERED WITH CHILDREN IS A BROADER TERM THAN WHAT WE'RE USUALLY, UH, CONSIDERED ON, YOU KNOW, THE HUD DEFINITION.
UH, BUT WE UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, WHAT DEFINITION IS BEING, UH, PROVIDED.
SO, SO I JUST HAVE, UH, TWO QUESTIONS THAT CAME TO MIND.
ERIN, I DON'T THINK I KNOW WHAT YOUR ROLE IS AT.
UM, AND THE OTHER QUESTION I HAD WAS, UM, DO YOU GUYS PROVIDE, UM, MORE THAN ONE, WE TALKED ABOUT CHILDREN'S FEET OF GROWING MM-HMM.
SO ARE YOU ABLE TO PROVIDE MORE THAN ONE PAIR OF SHOES FOR YOUR CHILD? YEAH.
IN, IN LONG BEACH, UH, BECAUSE OF THE HISTORY WITH SOME OF OUR PARTNERS, UH, WE ARE ABLE TO, EVERY, AND HOLLY MIGHT CORRECT ME, I KNOW EVERY YEAR, BUT SOMETIMES IT'S TWO TO THREE TIMES A YEAR WITH SPECIFIC PARTNERS.
SO THE CHILDREN COME BACK, YOU KNOW, TWO TO THREE TIMES A YEAR SAYING CHILDREN AND WE'RE ABLE TO, TO GET THEM THE SHOES THAT THEY NEED.
AND, UM, AND THEN WE ALSO PROVIDE, UH, NEW SOCKS AND SCHOOL SUPPLIES WHEN REQUESTED BACKPACKS AND THOSE KIND OF THINGS.
UM, AGAIN, BECAUSE WE RECOGNIZE THAT FOR SOME FAMILIES TO MAKE IT TO AN EVENT THAT'S HARD.
SO WE TRY TO GIVE THEM WHAT THEY NEED, ESPECIALLY AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.
THOSE ARE THE ONLY, UM, HI ELLEN.
HELLO? HELLO? HELLO? AM I, WELL, YOU GUYS, KENTUCKY? NO, I WAS ACTUALLY SPEAKING TO THE PERSON ON THE COMPUTER, BUT HELLO TO YOU AS WELL,
I KNOW BECAUSE HER FACE POPPED UP ON THE COMPUTER, SO I WAS, YOU CAN'T HEAR YOU BEHIND US.
ARE WE SORRY, WE NEED TO FINISH.
PAULETTE, GIMME ONE SECOND AND THEN WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH INTRODUCTION.
SO THAT WAS JUST MY, MY QUESTION.
I THINK, UM, UM, YOU, WHAT YOU PRESENTED BOTH WRITTEN AND, AND VERBAL IS PRETTY CLEAR.
UM, I DIDN'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS LOOKING AT THE APPLICATION.
YOU ANSWERED THE TWO THAT JUST CAME UP JUST BY YOU BEING HERE FOR ME.
SO, UM, THERE ANY OTHER NO, I, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AT ALL.
I LOVE, I LOVE WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
UM, MY ONLY QUESTION IS FOR YOU IS, UM, I HEARD YOU MENTION, YOU KNOW, THIS WILL BE THE THIRD TIME IN A ROW.
SO MY QUESTION IS, IS THAT IN WRITING THAT WE CAN'T DO THAT? NO.
SO WE SAY WE WILL, PEOPLE CAN REAPPLY.
IT'S, IT IS WRITTEN IN THE ACTUAL APPLICATION.
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NOT THAT THEY CAN'T REAPPLY FOR IT, RE OPERATIONAL ONGOING COSTS.IS OPERATIONAL ALSO PROGRAMMATIC? IT WOULD BE.
SO TYPICALLY WHAT WE LOOK AT ARE, AND I THINK THE WAY ONE TIME GAPS IN AN ORGANIZATION MIGHT FACE MULTIPLE ONE-TIME GAPS.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT THERE ARE NONPROFITS THAT HAVE HISTORICALLY RECEIVED DONATIONS OR MM-HMM.
AND LIKE WITHIN THE PANDEMIC AND CHANGING CIRCUMSTANCES, SOME OF THOSE HAVE SHIFTED OVER TIME.
SO LIKE, THERE'S BEEN FLEXIBILITY, BUT I KNOW THAT'S AN ONGOING CONVERSATION IS LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHERE IS THE ROLE OF THE MAYOR'S FUND? MM-HMM.
AND THAT CAN GET FUZZY AT MOMENTS.
YOU KNOW, I MEAN, IF IT'S, IF IT'S IN WRITING, THEN WE ABIDE BY IT.
BUT IF IT'S NOT, THERE'S NOT A CLEAR DEFINITION TO WHAT IS A GAP VERSUS PERFECT.
WHAT IS PROGRAMMATIC? I MEAN, IT IS SOMEWHAT SUBJECTIVE TO A CERTAIN DEGREE.
I MEAN, I THINK FROM STAFF SIDE, THE CONCERN IS IF WE HAVE SOMEBODY COMING BACK MULTIPLE TIMES MM-HMM.
THAT BEING SAID, THAT, YOU KNOW, IS STAFF'S CONCERNED, BUT MM-HMM.
LIKE WE HAVE, STEPHANIE SAID, WE HAVE NO ISSUE WITH LIKE, THE SERVICE THAT'S BEING PROVIDED OR THE VALUE WITHIN IT.
THAT'S THE ONE CONCERN JUST FROM PAST CONVERSATIONS WITH OKAY.
SO WE CAN, WE CAN, WE CAN, UH, CONVENE MORE ON THE APPLICATION ITSELF, UM RIGHT.
UM, AND NOT HOLD AARON IN HALLIE HOSTAGE
SO IF YOU'RE, YOU'RE FREE TO STAY IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO, IT'S A PUBLIC OPEN MEETING.
AND THEN IF THERE IS NOT A DECISION MADE TODAY, THEN I WILL SEND YOU AN EMAIL.
UH, BUT WE WILL BE FOLLOWING UP WITH THE REQUEST FOR THE NINE 90 FORM.
DO I EMAIL THAT TO YOU DIRECTLY? WE'LL SEND YOU AN EMAIL.
EITHER MYSELF OR, UH, JENNIFER.
AND JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, ALSO, LIKE THIS IS A SUBCOMMITTEE, SO MM-HMM.
SO THEY ARE THE ONES THAT ULTIMATELY SAY YES, AT WHICH POINT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH CONTRACT.
UM, OKAY, THEN I'LL DEPART PHYSICALLY MY SPIRIT WILL REMAIN
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT GHOST HALL.
MIGHT WANNA STAY ON AND LISTEN IN CASE YOU HAVE FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
DID YOU PRINT ONE OUT? IS THERE A PRINTED AGENDA? NO AGENDA.
JUST CAN I SEE IT AGAIN TOO? I'M A MESS.
YOU SAID HOLLY AND I THOUGHT SHE WAS I WAS A MESS.
NO, I DIDN'T KNOW BECAUSE SHE POPPED ON THE SCREEN, SO I WAS LIKE, THERE SHE IS.
SO,
I'M THE FOUNDER STOPPING PRESSURE ON TEENS, THE CHAIN OF YOUTH TEEN INCARCERATION AND BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS WITH OUR FIRST RESPONDERS FOR THE YOUNGER CHILDREN.
AND I'M HERE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE MAYOR'S FUND FOR MY NONPROFIT AS WELL AS FOR MY HOUSEHOLD.
WE HAVE BEEN HOMELESS FOR ALMOST A YEAR.
MY HUSBAND JUST PASSED AWAY MARCH 13TH FROM EXTREME MENTAL HEALTH.
JUST THE BREAKDOWN OF THE WHOLE SITUATION AND BEING A VETERAN, SERVING FOR OUR COUNTRY AS, UM, UH, IT'S JUST BEEN CRAZY.
SO, UM, STOPPING PRESSURE ROUTINE IS FOUNDED IN OUR BEACH.
DO MY CHURCH CONFIRMED BY GOD, MY GODLY MISSION.
AND I, I'M NOT TRYING TO GET A SPANKING, I DON'T WANT TO WHOOP IT, SO I'M GOING DO IT UNTIL, THAT'S MY PURPOSE OF BEING HERE, UM, SOLELY FOR OUR YOUTH TO KEEP THEM OFF THE STREETS, TO KEEP THEM FED, HOUSED, AND WHATEVER THEY MAY NEED.
IT'S, UM, ALREADY INTERNATIONALLY KNOWN.
IT IS READY TO BE FEDERALLY FUNDED.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, I PUT IN A MANY PROPOSALS ALREADY
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AND IT'S LIKE, BE, YOU KNOW.IT'S JUST, I CAN'T FUNCTION WITHOUT A PLACE TO LAY MY HEAD.
I NEED, I HOW I CAN'T GO OVER MY SISTER'S HOUSE AND SAY, HEY, LET ME PLUG UP MY PRINTER AND PRINT THIS PROPOSAL OUT SO I CAN, AND THEN EXPECT HER TO TYPE, OR FOR ME TO TYPE IN HER HOME FOR POWER ME OUT.
I NEED TO, I NEED SEND IT TO YOU.
I NEED THAT TO BE ABLE TO PROLONG AND DO THE THINGS THAT I NEED TO DO FOR OUR YOUTH.
WELL, WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE YOU COMING TO LEARN MORE, TO HEAR MORE, TO PARTICIPATE, UM, AS, UM, THE PUBLIC AND, UM, IN OUR, IN THIS MEETING IN GENERAL, UM, TYPICALLY HOW IT GOES, WE DISCUSS OUR AGENDA, WHICH YOU HAVE ACCESS TO, AND THEN THERE WILL BE OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOU TO COMMENT OR ASK QUESTIONS.
AND THE, LIKE, IT IS MOSTLY COMMENT, SO, MM-HMM.
THERE'S NOT A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, BACK AND FORTH DIALOGUE, BUT WE DEFINITELY WANT TO CONNECT AFTERWARDS.
WE CAN, SORRY, I WAS MOVING THAT TOWARDS PUBLIC COMMENT, BUT WE CAN ADDRESS THAT AT A LATER POINT.
UM, SO LET'S GO BACK TO THE AGENDA.
WE'LL GO TO ITEM ONE, WHICH WILL BE WELL FOR HIS LITTLE FEE.
ARE WE VOTING TO APPROVE TO MOVE IT FORWARD? WELL, LET'S, CAN I JUST ASK, I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH DOING THAT, BUT I DO WANNA KIND OF TALK THROUGH THE, THE, UM, YOU KNOW, THIRD YEAR, FOURTH YEAR, FIFTH YEAR.
LIKE, WHERE DO WE, WHERE ARE WE LANDING ON THAT? I THINK, I THINK THIS IS SOME OF KIND OF WHAT WE, WHAT THE MAYOR'S FUND WOULD WANT TO SUPPORT AND THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING IS DEFINITELY, UM, YOU KNOW, NICHE WORK IS DEFINITELY HAS THE IMPACT THAT THEY SAY, I BELIEVE.
UM, BUT THERE IS THAT THIS IS THE THIRD YEAR, AND THAT IS SOMETHING, IT'S NOT IN WRITING.
UM, HOWEVER, UM, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANNA TALK THROUGH IT AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE ABOUT IT.
I THINK THE CHALLENGING PART ALSO BECOMES THAT IT'S THE SAME REQUEST EACH TIME.
LIKE THINGS COME UP, LIKE, WHICH IS MAKING IT FEEL MORE LIKE WE'RE PART OF THE OPERATIONAL BUDGET VERSUS, YEAH.
SO, I MEAN, I THINK THAT'S THE ONE CONCERN FROM OUR SIDE IS WE LOOK AT INTENT OF GAPS VERSUS OPERATIONAL NEEDS, LIKE A ONE-TIME COST VERSUS SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA BE AN ANNUAL COST.
I MEAN, ONE THING THAT WE COULD FOLLOW UP, AND I'M JUST NOT AT ALL THAT FAMILIAR, IS LIKE WHERE THERE ARE OTHER FOUNDATIONS OR
AND I, AND THAT'S NOT TO GET INTO AGAIN WHAT THE IMPACT OR LIKE THE VALUE OF IT IS.
WHICH HAS ALSO BEEN AWARDED THE LAST YEAR, UH, 10,000 FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE AND OTHER, UH, ITEMS. SO IT WOULD BE SETTING FORTH THE PRECEDENT THAT WE WOULD BE GOING FORWARD WITH THESE ONGOING COSTS.
I KNOW THEN ON THE APPLICATION ITSELF, WE DO STATE THAT, I'M TRYING TO SEE, I'M TRYING TO READ EXACTLY WHERE IT SAYS, BUT, UM, THE MAYOR'S FUND PROVIDES SMALL GRANTS TO ORGANIZATIONS LONG BEACH TO ADDRESS SIGNIFICANT SERVICE NEEDS THAT ARE NOT COVERED BY EXISTING FUNDING OR NOT CONSIDERED EMERGENCY NEEDS.
THE MAYOR'S FUND LOOKS TO FUND HOMELESS PROGRAMMING THAT IS EITHER A NEW INNOVATIVE PILOT PROGRAM WITH CLEAR MEASURABLE GOALS, OR A DEVELOPED PROGRAM THAT IS LOOKING FOR AN ENHANCEMENT THAT COULD BE USED AS SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING IN A LESS RESTRICTIVE MANNER.
SO WHENEVER THESE ORGANIZATIONS DO REACH, REACH OUT TO US, I ALWAYS SAY THAT WE COULD, THEY COULD PROVIDE AN ENHANCEMENT.
SO IN ADDITION TO, UM, I JUST DON'T KNOW IF THIS APPLICATION MEETS THAT, UM, GUIDELINE, WHICH IS WHERE I, I, I BRING IT BACK UP TO THE COMMITTEE, IS THAT, BACK TO WHAT PAUL SAID, I DO THINK THAT THIS ORGANIZATION IS A GOOD ORGANIZATION, DOES GOOD WORK.
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NO QUALMS WITH IT.AA IN IT'S PRIOR, UM, AWARDING, THEY'VE BEEN GOOD.
THEY, THEY SUBMIT, UH, INVOICES QUICKLY.
THEY'RE PROVIDING US POSTERS OF WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE IN THE PAST.
SO WE'RE NOT FEELING THAT THE MONEY IS NOT GOING TO WHERE THEY'RE SAYING IT IS GOING.
UH, THE QUESTION JUST WOULD BE WHAT DOES THE SUBCOMMITTEE FEEL IS ONGOING? UM, AND A PROGRAM OPERATION COST? WELL, THIS IS ONGOING AND IT IS A PROGRAM OPERATION COSTS.
I MEAN, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT IT IS.
IT FEELS, BUT I, I THINK, UM, I MEAN, THE ONE THING THAT I WILL SAY, AND THE BENEFIT OF THIS ONE IS THAT IT'S NOT GOING TOWARDS LIKE STAFFING OR OPERATIONAL.
IT'S PURELY TOWARDS, YOU KNOW, THE BUDGET IS PURELY THE ISSUES.
MY ISSUE IS, UM, I GUESS QUESTIONS IS THAT WE HAVE THE FUND, I KNOW WE HAVE THE GUIDELINES, BUT THEN WE HAVE MONIES, BUT THEN ALL THE MONIES DON'T GET USED.
SO IF WE KEEP SAYING NO, NO, NO, MM-HMM.
AND OUR JOB IS TO GET THAT MONEY OUT.
SO IT CAN BE USED IN THIS WAY AND, AND OTHERS.
SO WE'VE GOTTA FIGURE THAT OUT.
WHETHER, I DON'T KNOW IF WE TAKE THIS BACK AND TRY TO REDO SOMETHING SO THAT IT ALIGNS, THE LANGUAGE ALIGNS BECAUSE I MEAN, SOMETHING LIKE THIS IS ABSOLUTELY NEEDED.
HISTORICALLY, WE WERE NOT SPENDING DOWN ON PACE.
LIKE WE STILL HAVE A FAIR AMOUNT OF MONEY.
UM, ONCE YOU SUBTRACT THE DIFFERENCE MM-HMM.
SO WE HAVE BEEN WHITTLING DOWN.
YOU'RE NOT LIKE, IT'S NOT LIKE ONE OR THE OTHER.
BUT AT THE MOMENT WE STILL DO HAVE, YOU KNOW, FAR MORE MONEY THAN WE HAVE.
AND I, I GUESS I, I MEAN, I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, IT CAN BE SEEN AS PROGRAMMATIC, BUT BEING THAT IT'S NOT GOING TO STAFF OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, AND IT'S LEGITIMATELY JUST ITEMS, SHOES, BACKPACKS, THINGS THAT ARE BEING DELIVERED DIRECTLY TO, I, I, I, I GET IT AS A PROGRAM IS DOING IT, BUT I LOOK AT IT A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN THE, LET'S SAY THE OTHER PERSON THAT CAME IN THE OTHER TIME WE WERE TOGETHER.
AND I MEAN, THAT MIGHT BE MORE, DOES THAT MAKE SENSE TO YOU GUYS? WELL, SORRY, I, I THINK WE'RE PROBABLY YES.
I MEAN, I THINK THEY, IT IS A PROGRAMMATIC REQUEST.
IT IS THAT I, I DON'T THINK I, I THINK THAT, I THINK WHAT I, WHAT I'M THINKING IS THAT WE MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE IT.
NEXT YEAR, LIKE, DOT, DOT, DOT, DOT.
WE, WHEN YOU REAPPLY, WE WOULD LOVE TO LOOK AT SUPPORTING OTHER AREAS OF WHAT YOU DO.
OR IF THERE ISN'T ANY, EVEN, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT, THERE WON'T BE A STOPPING.
AND WE DON'T WANT, WE AREN'T A ORGANIZATION THAT IS, IT'S NOT AN ANNUAL GRANT.
SO, YOU KNOW, UNTIL WE DECIDE WE WANNA HAVE ONE OR HOWEVER THAT GOES, BUT AT THIS POINT, IT'S NOT, AT THIS POINT, IT'S NOT.
AND SO, I MEAN, I I, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION.
AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, IT'S WORTH SOME CONVERSATION OF LIKE, AGAIN, PROGRAMMATIC GAP FUNDING, BUT ALSO LIKE SOMEBODY'S REOCCURRINGLY COMING, LIKE 100% GIVE, YOU KNOW, 100% OF FUNDS ARE GOING TOWARDS LIKE, GIVING THE PEOPLE THAT ARE BEING SERVED.
LIKE, I DON'T KNOW, DO WE WANT TO CONSIDER THAT A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY TO ME? LIKE IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN ASKING FOR STAFFING.
100% DIRECT BENEFIT TO THE PEOPLE.
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REQUIRE US TO MAYBE, UM, MAKE SOME CHANGES.WELL, I THOUGHT THAT'S WHAT WE WERE DOING.
WELL, WE, WE STARTED IN ONE AREA, BUT NOW, YOU KNOW THIS, I'M SAYING BRINGING UP SAYING WE NEED TO REVAMP THE WHOLE THING BECAUSE IT JUST SEEMS LIKE THERE'S SO MANY HOLES AND IFS AND, BUT THIS IS THAT, BUT WE DON'T HAVE THIS IN WRITING, YOU KNOW? SO I JUST THINK WE NEED TO DO A WHOLE THING.
I, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO JUST SAY THAT THAT SHOULD BE SOMETHING THAT MAYBE WE PUT IN THE STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE.
I KNOW THAT IT WOULD THEN LIMIT US, BUT, UH, THE, IN TERMS OF WHAT, REGARDING, YOU KNOW, GAP OR ONGOING OR, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE THE EXCEPTIONS TO THAT POLICY? RIGHT? MM-HMM.
SO IF IT'S GOING STRAIGHT TO, UH, THE ITEMS AND NOT ACTUAL COSTS FOR, UH, STAFF MM-HMM.
AND I DON'T, I WOULDN'T SAY THIS COMMITTEE, EVERYONE ON HERE, BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST, IT, IT'S ALSO A THING THAT HAS HAPPENED.
SO ONCE AGAIN, THIS IS WHY WE'RE BRINGING FORTH THIS AND WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S MAYBE PUT IN WRITING SO THAT WE CAN ADDRESS THAT.
SO I, I, MAY I MOVE THAT WE, UM, MOVE FORWARD WITH THE APPLICATION FROM HIS LITTLE PI SECOND AND THEN ROLL CALL.
UM, IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? OH, ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? I'M SORRY.
ANY PUBLIC COMMENT AROUND THAT? YOU HAVE TO KEEP ME UP WITH THAT.
WHAT IS IT? WHAT DOES IT ENTAIL? THAT'S MORE, I KNOW MORE ABOUT THIS LITTLE FEET.
THEY PROVIDE SHOES TO, UM, HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS CHILDREN.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? OH, NO.
NO, I LIKE, ANY OPPOSED? NO MOTION PASSES FORWARD.
I'VE BEEN GOING WITH ROBERT, ROBERT AND HIS RULES FOR 28 YEARS.
I DON'T KNOW WHY I'M ACTING LIKE I NEVER HEARD OF HIM BEFORE.
WE MOVED DIFFERENTLY AND I, I TOO AM LIKE, WHERE ARE WE? UM, IT'S, IT'S BECAUSE I'M, I WENT TO THE WRONG PLACE, SO, UM, I'M NOT STABLE AT THE MOMENT.
SO, UM, I MOVED BACK UP TO OUR, TO BE THE BEGINNING OF THE AGENDA.
ARE THERE ANY CORRECTIONS TO THE MINUTES? I HAVE ONE.
UM, IT LOOKS LIKE, UH, KIMBERLY WAS MARKED PRESENT AND I WHAT? UHHUH
IT SAYS PRESENT MEMBERS PRESENT AND IT HAD, UM, NAME JIM AND, OH, I DON'T KNOW WHY I DID THAT.
YEAH, IT, YEAH, BUT, BUT IN THE, BECAUSE IT SAYS ABSENT ON THE BOTTOM, CORRECT? YEAH.
SO THAT'S THE ONLY CORRECTION THAT I, I SAW WHEN I LOOKED AT IT.
AND THEN ANY PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEM ONE, THE MINUTES? NO.
UM, SO WE TAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AMENDS AS AMENDED.
I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE MINUTES AS AMENDED.
UM, ALL IN ANY DISCUSSION, HAD IT ALREADY.
OKAY, MS. STEVEN FILE, UH, RECOMMENDATION YOU RECEIVE AND FILE THE MAYOR'S FUND UPDATE AS MENTIONED EARLIER.
SORRY, I'M LOOKING FOR IT NOW.
UH, WE HAVE AN ENDING BALANCE AS OF AUGUST.
SO JUST KEEP IN MIND, WE DO REPORT TWO MONTHS BEHIND OF 146,455 TOTAL CONTRIBUTIONS FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST FOR 3,168.
UM, URBAN COMMUNITY OUTREACH, THEIR GRANT EXPIRED ON AUGUST 31ST.
THEY NOT DID, THEY DID NOT FULLY SPEND DOWN THEIR GRANT, BUT THEY DID SPEND ON A MAJORITY OF IT.
UM, AND THEY WERE NOT SUBJECT TO GIVING
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US THE ONE PAGE REPORT.UH, SO THEY DID NOT PROVIDE THAT.
WE CURRENTLY HAVE THREE PRECIOUS LINE PRESCHOOL, UM, URBAN SOCIAL SERVICES AND ADVOCACY, AND THEN PREP ED PROGRAM.
THOSE WERE THE TWO THAT WERE APPROVED TWO MEETINGS AGO.
SO WE HAVE ADVANCED THEIR PAYMENT AND THEY HAVE YET TO INVOICE ANYTHING JUST YET.
UH, BUT THEY ARE, IT, IT'S, IT'S PRETTY NORMAL THERE.
SO WE HAVE AN OUTSTANDING BALANCE OF ABOUT 13,598.
UH, THAT MEANS WE HAVE AN AVAILABLE BALANCE, UH, SUBTRACTING THAT OUTSTANDING BALANCE OF A, OF 132,000.
ANY QUESTIONS? ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS, YOU, ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? OKAY.
REGARDING THE, UM, THE SUBCOMMITTEE, UH, THE MAYOR'S FUND UPDATE, HEARING NONE MOVE THAT WE APPROVE AND, UH, RECEIVE AND FILE THE MAYOR'S FUND UPDATE.
THE UTILITY BILL, OH, I'M SORRY.
THE STANDARD OPERATING, UM, PROCEDURE.
SO I SUBMITTED, UM, THE DRAFT AND INCLUDED THE, UM, UH, CHANGES THAT WE DISCUSSED IN LAST MONTH'S MEETING.
UM, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR, I KNOW, I THINK I SUBMITTED IT AND IT WAS, UM, TO BE SENT FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL TO THE CITY.
SO IS THERE ANY UPDATE ON THAT? NOT YET.
ONCE WE APPROVE IT HERE, THEN OH, ONCE WE APPROVE IT HERE.
OR ANY QUESTIONS? UM, KIMBERLY ON THIS, DO WE WANT TO, UM, ADD, I GUESS LANGUAGE JUST DOES, I WAS GONNA SAY, IS THERE, ARE WE ABLE TO ADD OR AMEND THE DRAFT TO INCLUDE, WOULD IT BE A DEFINITION, MAYBE NOT DEFINITION, AN EXCEPTION TO AN EXCEPTION RULE.
AN EXCEPTION RULE? SEE, WHERE WOULD IT, WHERE WOULD IT GO UNDER THE RECEIPT AND REVIEW? 'CAUSE THIS IS JUST DIS OR UNDER THE CRITERIA.
THE CRITERIA APPLICATION REVIEW AND SCORING.
I WOULD SAY IT GOES UNDER THE CRITERIA BECAUSE DO WE, WHERE DOES THIS FALL IN LINE WITH THE, UM, THE FUNDING APPLICATION? BECAUSE IT WOULDN ONCE WE UPDATE THIS AND GET THIS ALL APPROVED, RIGHT, ARE WE GONNA HAVE TO REDO SOME THINGS IN HERE? BECAUSE SEE, I DON'T KNOW IF IT, IF THE PROCESS IS, THERE IS NOTHING IN OUR CRITERIA THAT HAS US LOOKING, EVEN LOOKING AT WHETHER OR NOT IT IS, UM, A MULTI-YEAR OR RIGHT.
IT'S, UM, UM, SO I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS THE, THIS IS THE REVIEW OF IT.
MAYBE THAT CHANGE JUST NEEDS TO BE, NOT NECESSARILY IN HOW WE REVIEW THE APPLICATION, BUT THE APPLICATION ITSELF.
HAVE YOU APPLIED FOR THE MAYOR'S FUND BEFORE? YEAH.
BUT WHAT DO WE, BUT WE STILL NEED SOME SORT OF GUIDELINE SO THAT WHEN WE DO FIND THAT THEY HAVE, SO WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO? 'CAUSE THAT BRINGS US BACK TO WHAT WE JUST DISCUSSED, RIGHT? UM, OH, THEY APPLIED TWO YEARS IN A ROW.
NOW, NOW THEY'RE BACK FOR THE THIRD YEAR.
HOW DO WE HANDLE THAT? SO THAT'S IN, THAT'S IN CRITERIA.
THAT WOULD BE THE CRITERIA FOR, NOT THE CRITERIA FOR REVIEWING IT, BUT THE CRITERIA FOR ALMOST APPLYING, I WOULD BELIEVE.
WELL, IT WOULD BE FOR REVIEWING TOO.
BECAUSE AGAIN, WE WANT TO PUT IN THOSE EXCEPTIONS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO COME UP WITH.
I MEAN, THE EXCEPTIONS THAT WE WANT TO MAKE THERE IS CONDITIONAL FORMATTING ALLOWANCE WITHIN THE PLATFORM THAT WE USE.
SO IF WE ADDED A QUESTION AROUND LIKE, HAVE YOU APPLIED FOR SIMILAR FUNDING THROUGH THE MAYOR'S FUND WITHIN THE LAST YEAR? THEY CLICK YES.
WE COULD ASK AND ONLY IF YOU COLLECT THE YES.
WOULD YOU GET THE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? I COULD, BUT I SAYING BEFORE I ANY APPLICATION THRESHOLD REQUIREMENTS, WHAT, WHAT I'M, WHAT I WANT TO MAKE CLEAR THOUGH, WHAT I'M TRYING TO GET CLARITY ON.
I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT NECESSARILY ASKING THEM.
I'M SAYING JUST LIKE HOW YOU GUYS JUST BROUGHT UP THE FACT THAT THEY APPLY A FEW YEARS IN A ROW, THAT WE NEED TO NOW HAVE SOME SORT OF GUIDELINE TO EITHER APPROVE, DENY, OR WHATEVER.
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THAT DOES FALL ON US.NOT ON, YOU KNOW, NECESSARILY ON THEM.
WE DO NEED TO KNOW THAT IN THEIR APP.
BUT WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO FOR THAT EXCEPTION AS WE ARE REVIEWING IT AND DISCOVERING, OH YEAH, THEY CHECKED IT, THEY APPLIED TWO, THREE YEARS IN A ROW.
HOW DO WE HANDLE THAT? THAT'S WHAT NEEDS TO BE IN THERE.
SO I'M LOOKING AT THE DRAFT AND UNDER THE APPLICATION THRESHOLD REQUIREMENTS, THAT'S JUST A, UH, COPY AND PASTE FROM WHAT OUR THRESHOLD, WHAT OUR REQUIREMENTS ARE.
AND IT SAYS REPRESENTING A ONE TIME NEED.
SO IT'S SOMEWHERE THEN THAT SHOULD BE THE ASTERISK WHERE THERE'S UM, EXCEPTIONS CAN APPLY OR WHATEVER.
AND THEN WE HAVE TO DEFINE WHAT THOSE EXCEPTIONS ARE.
SO THAT'S WHERE IT NEEDS TO FALL.
BUT WHERE DOES THE THRESHOLD, THAT'S WHERE IT FALLS.
BUT WHERE DOES IT LIVE? THAT THRESHOLD REQUIREMENT IS ON THE APPLICATION ITSELF.
IT'S BEFORE WE SEND IT FORWARD.
SO IT, THE THRESHOLD REVIEW HAPPENS WITH STAFF AND IF IT PASSES THAT INITIAL MAYOR'S FUND INTENT AND HAS ALL THOSE REQUIREMENTS, THAT'S WHEN WE SEND IT FORWARD TO THE SUBCOMMITTEE.
WELL, NO, I MEAN, BUT I FEEL LIKE YOU DON'T HAVE AN ASSOCIATED ORGANIZATION.
WHATEVER THAT CHANGE OF LANGUAGE, WHATEVER THIS CHANGE OF LANGUAGE IS, SHOULD LIVE SOMEWHERE ELSE AS WELL.
'CAUSE THEN WELL WE DON'T, IN MY OPINION, I WOULDN'T PUT WHAT THE EXCEPTION IS ON THE APPLICATION.
NO, BUT WHERE DOES THE, WE'RE THE REQUIREMENTS, WE DON'T WANNA PUT IT ON THE APPLICATION.
UM, BUT THEN THAT'S US MAKING IT SUBJECTIVE.
IF WE WANNA MAKE THIS A STANDARD WHERE WE, WE HAVE BUT STANDARD.
AND THAT'S WHY I'M THINKING AGAIN, THE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS THAT HELP YOU SORT THROUGH.
LIKE, IS THIS AN EXCEPTION WE CONSIDER OR IS THIS AN EXCEPTION? WE DON'T LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHAT PERCENTAGE OF YOUR PROPOSAL IS GOING DIRECTLY TOWARD, YOU KNOW, NO.
I PARTICIPANTS WE NEED TO ADD THE QUESTIONS TO THEM.
BUT I'M SAYING FOR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING ON HOW WE GET, HOW WE UTILIZE THAT INFORMATION, WE NEED TO HAVE IT IN OUR STANDARD OPERATION PROCEDURES.
I'M SAYING, AND I THINK A PORTION OF IT COMES DOWN TO ALSO WHAT IS THIS, YOU KNOW, THE MAYOR AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE.
SO IT LIKE THAT IS A BIT OF A QUESTION FOR THEM AS WELL AS LIKE MM-HMM.
SO ARE YOU THINKING THAT MAYBE, I KNOW THAT WE'RE SAYING WE DON'T WANNA PUT IT ON THE APPLICATION, BUT WHAT IF WE DO PUT ON THE APPLICATION? IS THIS, UM, IS THIS FUNDING GOING OR WHAT PERCENTAGE? MAYBE WE ASK THAT THAT DIRECTLY THAT QUESTION WHAT PERCENTAGE OF YOUR PROPOSAL IS GOING DIRECTLY TO, RIGHT.
IS GOING TO OPERATING COSTS VERSUS PROGRAMMATIC EXPENSES.
UM, ARE YOU LEAVING THIS PAUL? YEAH.
UM, SO I'M GONNA PUT AN ASTERISK HERE TO ADD SOME EXCEPTION LANGUAGE, UM, NEXT TO ONE TIME, UM, REPRESENTING A ONE TIME NEED.
BECAUSE THAT'S GONNA BE THE THRESHOLD.
BECAUSE THIS IS BASICALLY IS SAYING THAT THE STAFF IS REVIEWING THIS BEFORE WE GET IT.
AND THIS IS ONCE WE GET IT, IT HAS MET ALL THE THRESHOLDS, RIGHT? CORRECT.
AND SO WE PUT THE EXCEPTION HERE.
THAT'S FOR ALMOST A YOU TO SAY IT'S OKAY.
IT'S REPRESENTING BECAUSE WE KNOW IT'S NOT BECAUSE WE FUNDED IT TWO LESS TIMES BEFORE.
BECAUSE I GUESS IT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WE'RE FUNDING THE SAME ORGANIZATION, BUT THE DIFFERENCE WOULD BE IT NEEDS TO BE A DIFFERENT PROGRAM OR A DIFFERENT WHATEVER.
WELL IF THAT'S THE CASE, THEN, THEN THIS DOESN'T FIT EXACTLY RIGHT BECAUSE THIS BE THE SAME THING.
NO, BUT I'M ASKING 'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT I HEARD HIM OR SOMEBODY SAY A MOMENT AGO.
I GUESS THAT'S BEEN THE QUESTION IS WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? WHAT DOES AN EXCEPTION FOR EVERYONE HERE LOOK LIKE? UM, MY, FOR ME PERSONALLY, MY EXCEPTION IS THEY'RE A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THAT WHEN IT'S GOING 100%
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TO THE COMMUNITY.IF IT'S GOING FOR STAFFING OR THINGS, NO, BUT THE, AND THAT'S JUST MY OPINION.
IF IT'S GOING 100% BUYING SHOES, BUYING WHATEVER IT IS, DIAPERS, I DON'T CARE.
BUT IF IT'S 100% GOING THERE, THEN YES.
IF IT'S THAT PLUS, OH, PROGRAMMATIC PLUS MARKETING, WHATEVER, NO.
I KNOW HOW DESIRE FEELS ABOUT THAT COULD BE ONE EXCEPTION.
COULD WE ALSO DO THE EXCEPTION THAT WE JUST SAID, WHICH IS OPERATING VERSUS PRO? SO IF IT'S, YOU'RE APPLYING FOR THE, YOU'RE APPLYING FOR THE PROGRAM, BUT, OR YOU, I'M SORRY, YOU'RE APPLYING FOR THE OPERATION, BUT IT'S A DIFFERENT PROGRAM.
SO THEN THAT WOULD BE EXCEPTION NUMBER TWO.
'CAUSE LET'S SAY YOU DECIDED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH ONE PROGRAM, THEN YOU WANNA, YOU KNOW, PILOT ANOTHER ONE.
RIGHT? SO NOW THEY'RE, LET'S SAY WE'RE USING THEM AS AN EXAMPLE.
SO NOW WE FUNDED THEM TWO YEARS IN A ROW FOR SHOES.
BUT NOW THEY WANT TO DO THE BACKPACKS.
100% IS JUST FOCUSED ON BACKPACKS AND BACK TO SCHOOL STUFF.
SO THAT WOULD BE A DIFFERENT, SO OPERATION VERSUS PROGRAMMING IS WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS THAT THE LANGUAGE? SO THAT THE EXCEPTION IS IT CAN BE FOR AN ADDITIONAL OR, UH, A DIFFERENT PROGRAM THAN PREVIOUSLY FUNDED.
PREVIOUS OR IF IT'S THE SAME PROGRAM, IT, WE SAID IT COULDN'T GO TO OPERATIONAL.
SO WHAT I WOULD TELL PEOPLE PREVIOUSLY WOULD BE WE COULD FUND THE SAME PROGRAM, BUT WE WOULD HAVE TO SEE AN INCREASE IN THAT PROGRAM.
SO YOU WOULD HAVE TO BE LIKE AN EXPANSION OF THAT PROGRAM.
SO RIGHT NOW I HAVE THREE, THREE EXCEPTIONS.
WHAT'S YOUR, I'VE GOT A HUNDRED PERCENT TO THE COMMUNITY.
UM, A DIFFERENT PROGRAM THAN PREVIOUSLY FUNDED OR, OR, OR AN EXPANSION.
ANYTHING ELSE? ANY OTHER AS YOU, UM, ANY OTHER NEEDS TO THIS? NOW A QUESTION WOULD BE, WE CAN ADD THIS TO THE APPLICATION.
MAYBE WE DON'T SEE THE EXCEPTION OUTRIGHT, BUT WE WOULD SAY PERCENTAGE THAT IS GOING DIRECTLY TO THE COMMUNITY AND THEN, WELL, I GUESS I'M GONNA DO TECHNICALLY SAYING IT, BUT IS THIS A DIFFERENT PROGRAM THAN PREVIOUSLY FUNDED? AND THEN THE SECOND, THE THIRD QUESTION WOULD BE, OR IS THIS AN EXPANSION OF A PREVIOUSLY FUNDED PROGRAM? SO WE'RE ADDING, SO WE'RE GONNA ADD SOME ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS TO THE APPLICATION.
I WOULD THINK IF YOU, IF THIS IS SOMETHING AND THAT WANTS TO GET DONE THROUGH THE THRESHOLD REVIEW, WHICH I WOULD PREFER AS WELL.
'CAUSE I THINK AT THAT POINT WE'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, BRINGING PEOPLE CONTINUOUSLY ON, UM, WE CAN ADD IT TO THE ACTUAL APPLICATION.
AND THEN WE CAN MAKE CHANGES AND THEN THAT WOULD JUST BE PART OF THE THRESHOLD REVIEW AND WE CAN REVIEW THE APPLICATION AT THE NEXT MEETING.
AND I STILL WOULD ADD THE PERCENTAGE.
AND IT DOESN'T HURT TO ASK THAT QUESTION.
WHAT PERCENTAGE IS GOING COMMUNITY OR WHAT PERCENTAGE IS GOING TO OPERATIONAL? YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO KNOW THAT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S GOT A PERCENTAGE IN THERE, THEN WE KNOW IT'S NOT GONNA MEET THAT EXCEPTION.
SO, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT HELPS.
SO WITH THAT SAID, THEN I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO AMEND THIS.
I THINK IT'S OKAY IF WE DECIDE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH IT.
AND THEN YOU DON'T WANT TO PUT THE EXCEPTIONS IN THERE THOUGH.
I THINK WE SHOULD ADD THE EXCEPTIONS THAT SHE JUST WROTE DOWN.
IT WOULD BE, IT WOULD BE THE UNDER, UM, HOMELESS STAFF SERVICES ONE UNDER NUMBER ONE.
SO WHERE IT SAYS REPRESENTING A ONE TIME NEED.
SO PUT THE ASTERISK THERE AND PUT IT THERE.
THEN SORRY, WE WOULD NEED TO HOLD OFF ON ONE MORE.
BUT I MEAN, IF THAT'S ALL SHE'S ADDING, SHE CAN STILL, CAN WE STILL APPROVE THAT? AND THAT WAY SHE CAN JUST EMAIL IT TO YOU AND WE CAN PRESENT IT AT THE MEETING.
BECAUSE EVERYTHING ELSE IS OKAY.
SO WE'LL MOVE TO NO MORE TO BLAME ANOTHER MONTH.
I'M LIKE, WHAT IS THAT? THAT'S OKAY.
SO, UH, WE'LL MOVE TO APPROVE THE, UH, DRAFT REVIEW OF THE STANDARD OP UH, MAYOR'S FUND OF HOMELESSNESS APPLICATION FOR FUND STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES WITH THE AMENDED LANGUAGE.
I SECOND ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? YES, I THINK THAT THAT IS AWESOME.
I ALSO THINK THAT, SAY FOR INSTANCE, IF AN ORGANIZATION IS CATERING TO FAMILIES AND, UM,
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APPLY FOR THE MAYOR'S FUND TO HELP WITH TRANSPORTATION, THAT ALL THE WAY AROUND WOULD HELP THAT ORGANIZATION BECAUSE IT WOULD ELIMINATE POSSIBLY THE VAN FROM THEM, INCLUDING IT INTO ANOTHER PROPOSAL.AND THEY CAN, THIS FUND CAN HELP PURCHASE THE VAN AND GET THAT PROGRAM STARTED WITH GETTING THE YOUTH FROM HERE TO THE WELFARE OFFICE TO THE WHEREVER THEY NEED TO GO EARLY BEFORE THAT FIRST PROPOSAL SENT IN.
YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT BIG BUDGET PROPOSAL, THAT'LL BE AN EARLY START FOR THAT PROGRAM TO START HELPING.
I APPRECIATE THE MAYOR'S FUND.
THANK FOR YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.
ALRIGHT, WE'RE ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THIS DRAFT.
THE MAYOR'S, UH, RECOMMENDATION TO REVIEW THE MAYOR'S FUND UTILITY BILL FLYER.
DID YOU, I MEAN, IT'S THE SAME LANGUAGE.
WE, UM, IT'S GONNA BE DOUBLE SIDED SPANISH ON THAT.
SO DID YOU HAVE THAT? I DO HAVE IT.
SO IT WAS SENT OVER TO UTILITIES? MM-HMM.
AND THEN WE'LL PROVIDE THAT OVER TO US SOON.
JEN, LEMME FORWARD IT TO YOU SO THAT WAY YOU CAN PUT IT ON THE SCREEN.
DID YOU HAVE, UM, DID YOU GET A CHANCE TO READ THIS WELL AT ALL? UHHUH.
AND DID YOU HAVE ANY IN THE QR CODE? MM-HMM.
I SAID YEAH, YOU SHOULD HOPEFULLY HAVE OR NOT.
I GUESS I COULD SHARE IT WHILE WE'RE CUTTING IT UP.
AND THEN THAT'S ENGLISH, THAT'S SPANISH.
YOU KNOW, YOU PRINTED OUT THE OLD ONE.
BECAUSE I, YOU KNOW, YOU HAD ME ADD OH YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.
SO YEAH, THIS IS NOT THE CURRENT ONE OR I THINK IT GOT CUT OFF ACTUALLY.
SO THIS, SORRY, THAT'S THE SPANISH.
THIS IS THE ENGLISH? NO, IT'S A DIFFERENT, REMEMBER SEE AT THE TOP I TOOK THAT BANNER OFF AND I USED, 'CAUSE WHEN YOU SENT ME THE NEW ONE, I USED THAT ONE INSTEAD.
WE'VE SENT THIS OVER TO UTILITIES.
WE SHOULD HOPEFULLY HAVE A RESPONSE SOON.
I'M IN THE, IN THE MEANTIME, I'M ALSO GONNA SEND IT OVER TO THE GRAPHICS, WHO'S OUR PRINTING TEAM.
SO THAT WAY THEY CAN START, START PUTTING THIS ON THE QUEUE FOR PRINTING.
ONCE I HAVE A MORE DEFINITE DATE AS TO WHEN THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO FINISH PRINTING, THEN WE WILL GO FROM THERE.
UH, BUT THIS IS THE VERSION THAT HAS GONE AND I'M WAITING.
I'M WAITING FOR ANY, ANY EDITS.
UM, SO THIS IS WHAT WE SHOULD HOPEFULLY EXPECT IF THERE'S NO EDITS.
AND AT THAT POINT WE'LL ALSO COME BACK AND LET YOU GUYS KNOW WHAT YEAH, LET KNOW, UH, UTILITIES HAS SAID, OKAY, HOLLY, JOHN, THAT'S NOT THE RIGHT ONE EITHER.
I'VE GOTTA TAKE THIS BECAUSE WE SUPPOSED, I TOLD HER TO CALL.
CAN WE, ARE, CAN UH, CAN WE, UM, MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ONE AND THEN WE COULD, UM, GO TO RECEIVE AND FILE VOTE AT THE SAME TIME? ITEM FIVE AND SIX? IT, IT WOULD BE SEPARATE BUT WE COULD VOTE ON THE OTHER ONE.
SO LET'S HEAR THE, YOU WANNA MOVE TO FIVE? YES.
UM, WE COULD EITHER WRITE A OP ED DESCRIBING THE WORK THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT AND SUBMIT, UH, FOR PUBLICATION IN THE ING GAZETTE AND ALSO SUBMIT, UM, SHE GAVE ME THE NAME OF SOMEONE TO ALSO
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SUBMIT FOR POTENTIAL PUBLICATION, PRESS TELEGRAM OR, UM, WE COULD UM, POTENTIALLY COVER SOME OF THE WORK OF THE MAYOR'S FUND IS DOING IN ONE OF THE GRANTON'S COLUMNS FOR GOOD CAUSE THAT'S THE NAME OF THE, UM, THE NAME OF THE COLUMN.AND THOUGH THE COLUMN TYPICALLY FO FOCUSES ON NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, WHICH IT WOULD BE FOCUSED ON THAT.
UM, IF YOU CAN PROVIDE SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT KIND OF PROGRAMS HIGHLIGHTS YOU'RE TRYING TO GET COVERAGE FOR, I COULD LET YOU KNOW IF THIS IS A SOLID OPTION, WHICH I BELIEVE IT WILL BE.
BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ASKING TO DO, TO HIGHLIGHT.
OUR, THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE ARE FUNDING, NOT THE MAYOR'S FUND.
SO, UM, SO THERE, SO WE, WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO IT.
UM, I THINK IT WOULD BE A AROUND TIMING.
UM, I THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT TO TIE IT WHEN THE UTILITY BILLS ARE GONNA BE COMING OUT OR AROUND, UM, GIVING TUESDAY, WHICH I THINK HAPPENS ONCE AT THE NOVEMBER.
I THINK IT'S AFTER THANKSGIVING.
UM, PUTTING SOMETHING INTO THE FOR, SO YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU WOULD BE WRITING THIS.
SO I THINK IT WOULD BE WHO ARE SOME OF OUR, UM, IT, IT JUST NEED TO PROBABLY MAYBE HIGHLIGHT LIKE HIS LITTLE FEET AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE, WE KNOW WE CAN GET IN CONTACT WITH PEOPLE.
THEY CAN GIVE US SOME, UM, A FEW QUOTES, YOU KNOW, UM, SOME STATS WE, I WOULD NEED THAT.
UM, HOW THE MONEY, YOU KNOW, WAS USED IMPACT IN THE COMMUNITY.
SO THAT'S THE ONLY THING I THINK I WOULD NEED FROM YOU GUYS.
UM, THE ACCESS TO WITH, YOU KNOW, THE, LIKE THE ONE PAGER THAT WE GET BACK, PULLING SOME THINGS FROM THAT.
UM, BUT MAYBE HELPING ME TO PICK WHICH ORGANIZATIONS WE WANT TO HIGHLIGHT.
UH, WE WILL UPDATE, WE HAVE A CURRENT LIST OF, UM, RUNNING OF PEOPLE THAT WE'VE AWARDED.
WE CAN UPDATE THAT AND THEN WE CAN LOOK FROM THAT LIST, UM, TO SEE WHO WE WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT.
AND FOR OUR ONE PAGERS, WE ONLY HAVE ONE ORGANIZATION THAT'S DONE AWAY ONE PAGER AND THAT'S GP BLANKETS OF LOVE, UM, SHOULD BE IN OUR EMAIL, BUT WE CAN RE-SHARE IT AS WELL.
AND THEN, UM, OH, JUST REACH OUT TO US SO THAT WAY WE HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING.
BUT I'LL, I'LL AS SOON AS I HAVE, I WON'T SUBMIT ANYTHING BEFORE I SUBMIT IT TO THE PERFECT, UM, TO THE COMMITTEE.
I'M SORRY, MAYBE IT'S MENOPAUSE BRAIN.
SO WHATEVER I WRITE, IT WILL, IT WILL GO THROUGH THIS COMMITTEE FIRST BEFORE WE DO ANYTHING.
AND OR IF THE REPORTERS, 'CAUSE WHAT SHE'S SAYING IS THAT THEY COULD ALSO, LIKE I COULD SUBMIT SOMETHING BUT THEY COULD ALSO DO A STORY.
UM, WE WOULD JUST WANT TO BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, KIND HELP THEM WITH THE NARRATIVE AND UM, CONNECT THEM WITH WHO WE WOULD WANT THEM TO HAVE.
EVEN IF WE INVITED A FEW, UM, ORGANIZATIONS TO OUR MEETING TO MEET WITH THE REPORTER TO TALK ABOUT THE MAYOR'S FUND, UM, IMPACT ON THEIR ORGANIZATION.
I THINK HIS LITTLE FEED IS A GOOD ONE.
YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN FUNDING THEM SO THEY'VE GOT GOOD NUMBERS AND YEAH.
AND I THINK IT'S ALL THE THINGS THAT AARON MENTIONED IN TERMS OF THE, WHAT WE LOOK TO DO THAT BENEFIT, THAT LONG TERM BENEFIT.
SO WITH THAT SAID, IT LOOKS LIKE OUR NEXT SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING, OR I GUESS WE SHOULD ESTABLISH WOULD FALL ON NOVEMBER OR MONDAY, NOVEMBER THE 25TH.
THAT'S THE LAST WEEK OF NOVEMBER.
ARE WE OKAY WITH THAT MONDAY DAY? UM, BECAUSE THAT, AT THAT POINT THAT ARTICLE WOULD HAVE TO BE POSTED AND I'M HOPING THAT WE CAN GET OUR, UH, FLYERS SENT OUT BY THEN OR STARTED AT LEAST TO BE RELEASED.
UM, I THINK IT'S STILL A GOOD TIME BECAUSE IT'S STILL HOLIDAY SEASON AND GIVING AND SO EVEN IF WE KIND OF MISS A LITTLE BIT OF NOVEMBER, WE ARE OKAY.
AND EVEN IF WE GET INTO DECEMBER, PEOPLE ARE STILL GIVING AND STILL IN THE GIVING MOOD.
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I CAN, I'LL REACH BACK OUT TO HER 'CAUSE I TOLD HER I NEEDED TO HAVE, UM, COME TO THE MEETING AND REACH BACK OUT AND SAY OPTION ONE AND TWO WORKS, I COULD, I'M HAPPY TO WRITE SOMETHING.OR THEY WANTED TO SEND SOMEONE FOR THAT, THE WRITER FOR THAT ARTICLE, FOR THAT COLUMN.
UM, INVITE THEM TO THE NOVEMBER 25TH MEETING.
AND THEN HAVE OUR, WHO WE WANT TO HAVE THEM TO CONNECT WITH TO BE HERE.
WE'LL DO OUR UPDATES ON OUR END SO THAT WAY YOU AT LEAST HAVE THE MOST UPDATED INFORMATION AND THEN WE CAN SHARE THAT OUT AND WE'LL SHARE IT AT THE NEXT MEETING AS WELL.
I LOVE TO SEE US DOING THE THINGS WE SAID WE WERE GOING TO HONESTLY.
I THINK WE'RE NARROWING DOWN THE APPLICATION ITSELF, WHICH IS VERY EXCITING.
WELL, EVERY TIME EVERYTHING GIVES US, UM, OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE IT BETTER.
SO EVERY TIME SOMEBODY LOOKS AT IT AND WE GET A QUESTION, IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE IT BETTER.
DID YOU NEED ME TO, WE, WE VOTE.
WELL, PUBLIC COMMENT OR THIS FOR BOTH.
UM, SO IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEM? WAS IT ITEM NUMBER FOUR AND FIVE? SO FOUR WAS THE UTILITY BILLS FLYER AND FIVE WOULD BE THE DISCUSS, UH, THE NOTICE FOR THE MAYOR'S FUND THAT FEATURED IN THE PRESS TELE HOLD SECOND.
UH, FOR ITEM FOUR, NO, BUT FOR ITEM FIVE I HOPE TO BE IN THAT PRESS.
SO WE ARE GONNA GO BACK AND APPROVE, UM, THE UTILITY TO UH, MAKE A MOTION THAT WE, UH, APPROVE REVIEW, UH, UM, REVIEW AND FILE THE MAYOR'S FUND UTILITIES BILL FLYER THAT THAT'S APPROVED.
WE APPROVE IT FOR, UM, TO BE PLACED INTO THE UTILITY.
AND THEN NUMBER SIX, WE REC, UM, NUMBER FIVE.
I, UH, MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE DISCUSSION, THE DISCUSSION AROUND, UM, THE MAYOR'S FUND BEING PLACED INTO A FEATURE IN TELEGRAM.
MOTION PASSES AND THEN WE'VE DONE SIX.
ANY FEATURE AGENDA ITEMS? UM, OTHER, NO.
'CAUSE I THINK WE COVERED THAT WITH THE, YEAH, SO NO, WE'RE GOOD.
AND THEN PUBLIC COMMENT WE DID EARLIER AND WE'RE GOOD.
SO THE MOTION WE TO ADJOURN? YEAH.