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LIKE MY HOUSE MEETING IS AT 7:00 PM SO YEAH, I HAVEN'T EATEN YET TODAY.
I JUST REALIZED THAT IT'S A LONG DAY.
I, YOU KNOW WHAT? I DO NEED TO START DOING THOSE BARS AND PEOPLE, I, I TRY.
BUT, YOU KNOW, I FORGOT THE OTHER, THE OTHER DAY I WAS HERE TILL LIKE SEVEN AND THEN I OPENED MY DRAWER AND I SAID, OH, I FORGOT TO EAT LUNCH
AND WHEN I DID EAT, OH MY GOD.
JULIE LEE, STEFAN WOOD ABSENT.
SO, AND YOU KNOW WHAT? I, I HAVE PRINTED OUT WHAT YOU GUYS SENT AND I HAVE
SO, UM, WE'LL START WITH ITEM NUMBER ONE.
RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR THE MAYOR'S FUND SUBCOMMITTEE ON MONDAY, JANUARY 27TH.
AND JUST FOR THE RECORD, THERE'S NO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC PRESENT.
RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE.
UM, SO WE DID, UH, WE HAVE THE, THE DECEMBER STATEMENT HERE.
SO I DO WANNA NOTE THAT THERE WAS A TOTAL CONTRIBUTIONS OF 12,000 AND THAT WAS DUE TO OUR, UH, UTILITY ENVELOPE CAMPAIGN.
I'M REALLY, I THINK THIS WAS HIGHER THAN LAST YEAR'S, UM, WHICH I THINK WAS 10,000.
SO THEY DID HAVE THAT, UM, PRECIOUS LAND PRESCHOOL.
THEY DID NOT, UH, SEND ANY ADDITIONAL INVOICES.
SO THEY DID LEAVE ABOUT 2000 ON THE TABLE.
UM, BUT THEY WERE AWARE THAT, YOU KNOW, IF THEY HAD ANY INVOICES WITHIN THAT TIME, THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO SEND IT IN.
UH, THEIR INITIAL GRANT, THIS, THEY WERE WORKING OFF A YEAR AND SIX MONTHS AWARD.
SO THERE WAS NO ONE PAGER FROM PRECIOUS LAND PRESCHOOL.
BUT FROM EVERYONE WE HAVE RIGHT NOW.
SO AGAIN, SOCIAL
UH, BUT OUR TOTAL ENDING BALANCE IS 151,000.
AND WE CURRENTLY HAVE A, UH, OBLIGATED AMOUNT OF ABOUT 40,000.
NO ONE ELSE HAS, UM, ISSUED ANY REIMBURSEMENT INVOICES.
UH, BUT THEY ALL ARE IN CONTACT WITH US, SO.
SO I'M NOTICING, UM, DISABLED RESOURCE CENTER HAD NOT, THEY HAVE NOT SUBMITTED FOR ANYTHING YET.
'CAUSE THEIR BALANCE IS STILL 10,000 AND HIS LITTLE FEE AS WELL.
AND THEY BOTH RECEIVED THEIR MOUA LITTLE LATE.
SO WE DID HAVE SOME ISSUES REGARDING SIGNATURES, BUT THEN THAT WAS FINALIZED AND APPROVED.
SO THEY BOTH RECEIVED THEIR MOUS, OH NO WAIT.
ONLY DISABLED RESOURCE CENTER RECEIVED THEIR MOU ABOUT TWO TO THREE WEEKS AGO.
AND THEN HIS LITTLE FEET, UM, THEY SENT IT OVER TO US.
BUT THEN IT TAKE, IT'S A PROCESS FOR US TO GET SIGNATURES AS WELL.
SO ONCE WE RECEIVE IT, THEN WE THEN SEND IT OUT TO OUR HEALTH DIRECTOR.
THEY THEN SIGN IT, UH, AND THEN WE GO BACK.
EVERYTHING THROUGH THE CITY IS, IS LIKE MANUAL.
THAT'S, WE HAVE, THAT IS THE CITY PROCESS.
AND I THINK THEY'RE TRANSITIONING OUT, BUT THEY REALLY SHOULD MOVE TO THE 21ST CENTURY.
WE
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I KNOW BECAUSE SOMETIMES THEY SIGN, PEOPLE SIGN STUFF FOR OUR REGULAR CONTRACTS AND WE ONLY ALLOW A ACTUAL WET SIGNATURE.UH, SO IT CREATES PROBLEMS. 'CAUSE THEN WE DO HAVE TO GET NOTARIES INVOLVED IN ALL THAT STUFF.
SO, UH, YES, YOU ARE CORRECT, BUT THE CITY PROCESS ITSELF IS WHAT'S NEW JERSEY? THAT IS.
WELL YOU GUYS, JUST CURIOUS, UM, WHEN YOU GUYS DO GET NOTARIES INVOLVED, ARE THESE PHYSICAL PEOPLE? SO IT'S NOT ON OUR END.
IT'S, IT DEPENDS ON LIKE THE, SO, UH, THIS IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, BUT LIKE FOR IF YOU ARE NOT A CORPORATION WITHIN UH, CALIFORNIA, THERE'S DIFFERENT RULES AND LIKE REGULATIONS.
SO I HAD SOMEONE WHO WAS IN IDAHO AND I WAS TRYING TO GET THEIR SIGNATURE.
'CAUSE WHEN YOU CONTRACT WITH THE CITY, YOU, IF YOU'RE A NONPROFIT, WE HAVE TO HAVE YOUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
WE HAVE TO HAVE CERTAIN SIGNATURES ON HAND.
SO WHEN THAT HAPPENS, THEN THEY WOULD THEN HIRE A NOTARY.
WE REQUIRE THE STAMP AND THE APPROVAL AND THEN IT GETS SENT BACK TO US.
BUT ON OUR END, WE'RE REALLY NOT, WE CAN GET REGULAR SIGNATURES FROM WHOEVER WE NEED.
I WILL JUST PUT THIS OUT THERE.
THERE IS ANOTHER NOTARY SERVICE THAT WE DO USE IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES AND IT IS A MOBILE NOTARY.
AND IT, AND, UM, YOU GO ON THEIR WEBSITE, THEY BA YOU BASICALLY SAY WHERE YOU ARE AND BASED ON WHERE YOU ARE THAT NOTARY WILL BE.
SO IT'S NOT LIKE IT'S A CALIFORNIA AND THEIR NEW YORK OR NEW YORK AND WHATEVER.
SO IT'S SET UP THAT WAY AND THE US POST OFFICE USES IT.
JUST SAYING THEY HAVE STAFF OR NOT TOO, THEY DO A LOT OF THOSE THINGS.
BUT IF THE PEOPLE OR THE OTHERS, NO, I KNOW RIGHT? THEY NON-PROFIT NEED ACCESS.
IT'S JUST, JUST GIVING SOME OPTIONS FOR SOME THINGS TO YEAH.
SO, UM, CAN I GET A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE, UM, MAYOR'S FUNDS UPDATE? I OKAY.
UM, I DO HAVE A QUESTION ALONG THAT IN THIS NEXT SECTION.
UM, SO, UM, NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND DISCUSS THE MAYORS FUND.
MOU 3 5 3, 3 3 FOR THE HOMELESS SERVICES ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
SO I HAD PRINT, I DIDN'T PRINT OUT THE WHOLE THING 'CAUSE I WENT THROUGH IT FIRST AND I'M LIKE, OKAY, I DON'T NEED THEIR BYLAWS.
SO I PRINTED OUT THESE FIRST TWO PAGES MM-HMM
AND THEN I JUST JUMPED TO THE FIRST PAGE.
AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE, YEAH.
THE DONOR-ADVISED FUNDS POLICY, I THINK.
'CAUSE WHEN THEY SAID THAT THEY WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR HANDLING X, Y, Z YEAH.
THIS IS WHAT I WANTED TO ASK ABOUT NUMBER EIGHT.
JUST SINCE WE JUST TALKED ABOUT WHAT THE, UM, UTILITY LITTLE INSERT DID.
SO ON THIS PAGE, I GUESS IF WE WANNA LOOK AT THIS ATTACHMENT, IT'S ON THE BACK OF THE THIRD PAGE.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT NUMBER EIGHT, IT SAYS PROMOTION OF THE GRANT OPPORTUNITY THROUGH OUR EXISTING CHANNEL.
I JUST WANT TO GET CLARIFICATION ON THAT.
'CAUSE I KNOW IN THE OTHER ABOVE IT SAYS IT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO PROMOTE, BUT SET ON THEIR EXISTING CHANNEL.
SO YEAH, I THINK THEY WOULD, THEY WOULD DO IT ON THEIR WEBSITE.
IS THAT ALL THEY'RE REFERRING TO IS THEIR WEBSITE AND THAT'S IT? YEAH.
BUT THEN THEY HAVE THEIR WEBSITE BECAUSE I KNOW WE HAVE THE PAGE ON THERE.
BUT THEIR WEBSITE ALSO GETS A LOT OF TRAFFICKING BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY DONOR SITES.
AND THAT'S WHAT
'CAUSE I WOULD LOVE TO ASK THEM, LIKE YOU SAID, SINCE THEY GET SO MANY VISITORS, COULD WE BE ONE OF THE SLIDES OR SOMETHING ON A FIRST PAGE SO WE CAN GET ONE? YEAH.
THEY, THEY, THEY DO A FEATURE OF DIFFERENT NONPROFITS MM-HMM
TO GET SOME OF THEIR, UM, DONOR ADVISOR, YOU KNOW, IT'S PEOPLE WITH MONEY, RIGHT? YEAH.
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THEY HAVE DONE THAT BEFORE IN THE PAST WHERE THEY FEATURE, UM, DIFFERENT NONPROFITS.IF IT'S LIKE, UM, THEME IS CHILDREN, RIGHT.
SO THEY'LL, THEY'LL HIGHLIGHT MAYBE THREE NONPROFIT MENTAL ON CHILDREN.
UM, IF THEY DO IT ON HOMELESSNESS, WHATEVER.
AND SO THEY DO HAVE THAT CAPACITY.
AND I THOUGHT THE OTHER INTERESTING THING THAT I DIDN'T READ UNTIL JUST A LITTLE BIT AGO WAS THAT THEY ALSO SAID THEY HAVE THESE OPTIONAL SERVICES, INCLUDING THAT THEY WOULD PRESCREEN THE NONPROFIT APPLICANTS FOR COMPLIANCE GRANT APPLICATIONS AND OTHER FACTORS DETERMINED BY COMMITTEE.
UM, AND THEN, UM, BUT YOU KNOW, THAT'S MORE MONEY WE'D HAVE TO GIVE TO THEM.
'CAUSE THEY, WELL RIGHT NOW THEY HAVEN'T ASKED THEM TO DO ANYTHING.
WELL, WE'RE PAYING 300 A YEAR.
SO I'M SAYING IT WOULD ANYTHING WE ASK THEM TO DO, TRUST ME, IT'S A COST.
THERE'S A LOT OF, I WOULDN'T SAY THERE'S A LOT OF ADMIN FEES, BUT THERE ARE FEES THAT, SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU PAY WITH A CREDIT CARD, UM, IF YOU DONATE WITH A CREDIT CARD YEAH.
THE FUND GETS CHARGED, IT GETS TAKEN OFF.
SO NO, TRUST ME, EVERYTHING THEY DO, THEY CHARGE.
BUT IF WE COULD GET A FEATURE ON THEIR, UM, YEAH, I KIND WANTED TO SEE, YOU KNOW, WHERE THEY, THAT WOULD IF WE COULD.
AND THEN, UM, AS THEY SAID, WEBSITE LANDING, LANDING PAGE TO RECEIVE ONLINE, DON, AND THAT'S THAT ONE.
SO, BUT THAT'S, I'M JUST, WHEN THEY SAID PROMOTE, IT'S LIKE, OKAY, WELL, PROMOTING WOULD BE BEYOND JUST HAVING THE LANDING PAGE.
I WANNA SEE IF WE CAN GET FEATURED.
SO I THINK WE CAN TOUCH BASE WITH THEM.
I KNOW WE INITIALLY, FOR ONE OF THE CAMPAIGNS WE HAD THOUGHT ABOUT WHEN THEY WERE DOING THEIR, UH, GIFT GIVING, NOT GIFT GIVING, BUT LIKE THE MONTH OF GIVING.
THEY HAD MENTIONED IT, BUT IT REALLY WENT NOWHERE.
BUT OBVIOUSLY THAT WAS IN NOVEMBER.
SO I THINK JEN AND I CAN CONNECT WITH OUR FUND ADVISOR.
I THINK SHE ACTUALLY HAS JOINED ONE OF OUR MEETINGS, RIGHT? YES.
I THINK SHE HAD, YEAH, SHE DID JOIN ONE OF OUR MEETINGS EMAIL LAST YEAR.
AND MAYBE YOU CAN LOOK AT IT AND MAYBE YOU SHOULD GET IT.
UM, SHE HAD SOME RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW WE COULD IMPROVE SO WE CAN CONNECT WITH HER TO SEE HOW WE CAN GET MORE PUBLICITY ON THE LONG BEACH COMMUNITY FUND WEBSITE.
SO FOR ME, AND I'M GONNA, UM, LET JULIE COMMENT FOR ME, I, UM, AGAIN, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR.
I'M LOOKING FOR THE THINGS THAT SPECIFICALLY SAID WHAT'S WHAT AS TO WHAT, YOU KNOW, WE WERE BEING GUIDED BY LIKE APPLYING ONE TIME AND ALL OF THAT, THAT IS STILL NOT HERE.
SO THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE COVERED ALL OF OUR BASES BEFORE MOVING ON THROUGH THE SOP.
SO, JULIE, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING THAT YOU WANNA PULL UP? WELL, YEAH.
ON THE SP RIGHT? NO, WE WE'RE STILL ON HERE.
NO, BUT, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS HAVE THIS ONE.
BUT THERE WAS THIS THING IN MY FILE, UM, THIS, THIS IS THE, UM, CITY COUNCIL DOCUMENT.
IS THIS ON WEBSITE? I DON'T KNOW.
RIGHT? I THINK THAT YES, I THINK WE DID SHARE IT.
BECAUSE THAT PROCEEDED THIS MM-HMM
UM, I THINK IT'S IN, SO THIS WAS THE CITY.
YOU HAVE THAT, SO THIS WAS CITY COUNCIL, UM, LETTER IN ACTION THAT WAS APPROVED TO MOVE THE FUNDS FROM THE CITY TREASURY.
THEY GAVE THIS TO ME ALONG WITH THE ORIGINAL FILE.
SO I THOUGHT THIS WAS INTERESTING ON A COUPLE OF NOTES.
UH, IN THAT, UH, ONE, THIS WAS IN 2018.
AND OUR BALANCE WAS PRETTY SIMILAR TO WHAT IT HAS BEEN BECAUSE IN 2018 WHEN WE MOVED IT, IT WAS 142,694.
AND USUALLY WE'RE AROUND THAT ONE LOW 145,000.
AND SO I THOUGHT THAT WOULD INTERESTING BECAUSE THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, EIGHT YEARS AGO.
SO, AND THEN, UM, SO THIS IS THE THING THAT ESTABLISHED THIS ACTION, I MEAN, THIS AGREEMENT.
SO, AND IT JUST SAYS, UM, IN THE DISCUSSION PART, IT JUST SAYS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE HOMELESS SERVICES ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT STAFF, THE LONG BEACH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION WOULD ADMINISTER THE MAYOR'S FUND ON A YEAR-ROUND BASIS.
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RESIDENTS, BUSINESSES, FOUNDATIONS, AND OTHER FUNDING SOURCES WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE DONATIONS BY CASH CHECK FOR CREDIT CARD.SO THAT WAS GOOD THAT IT, IT LAID THAT OUT CLEARLY.
WELL, UM, SO DID YOU HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THE MO ON THIS? YEAH, NO.
YEAH, I CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT, SO.
UM, NO, I THOUGHT IT WAS, IT WAS OKAY.
SO, UH, I NEED A MOTION TO, UH, MOVE FORWARD TO RECEIVING FILES, THE MERITS FUND, MOU THREE FIVE.
NEXT RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND DISCUSS THE MERIT FUND, STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
THAT'S WHERE WE DO NEED TO HAVE A DISCUSSION.
AND I HATE THAT MY LITTLE HIGHLIGHTS ARE NOT HERE,
UM, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, LET'S START WITH YOU, JULIE.
I DID, UM, SOME LITTLE SCRATCHES, UM, EARLIER.
SO FOR THE PURPOSE, HAVE WE GONE THROUGH, HAS YOUR COMMITTEE GONE THROUGH THIS BEFORE? MM-HMM
WE WENT THROUGH IT AND THEN WE JUST DECIDED TO WAIT BECAUSE I NEEDED TO VERIFY.
WE HAVE TO TAKE OUT SOME BECAUSE, OKAY.
SO THE FIRST THING WAS ON THE PURPOSE, UM, I HAVE THIS THING BECAUSE I HAVE THREE KIDS AND I HAVE ALWAYS TOLD THEM THAT LIFE IS NEVER FAIR.
SO THAT FAIR AND EQUITABLE, I, I, IT'S MY THING.
I, I JUST DON'T USE THOSE TERMS. AND MY THING IS TO ENSURE, UH, TRANSPARENT PROCESS.
UM, OR WE CAN JUST TAKE OUT FAIR AND JUST SAY EQUITABLE.
I MEAN IT'S JUST SUCH A VERY, A WORD THAT IS SUBJECTIVE IS VERY, BUT WE WANNA BE TRANSPARENT.
THIS IS WHY WE, SO, SO WE TRANSPARENT TO ENSURE TRANSPARENT.
HOW ABOUT TRANSPARENT AND EQUITABLE? OKAY.
AND THEN, UH, SECTION 1.1, I JUST UNDERLINE THE, THE MINIMUM THRESHOLD REQUIREMENTS, IF WE WERE GONNA DEFINE THEM OR BECAUSE THAT, THAT, THAT'S THE FIRST THING THAT, THAT IS PART OF THE INITIAL REVIEW.
UM, IF WE WANTED TO JUST LIST WHAT THOSE MINIMUM THRESHOLD REQUIREMENTS ARE, WE DON'T WASTE THEIR TIME OR
BUT I MEAN, THIS IS OUR MM-HMM
DO YOU WANT? SO IT'S NOT GONNA BE NOT, THIS IS NOT FOR THEM.
SO DO YOU, SO IT'S, YOU DON'T SEE IT AS A DOCUMENT THAT WOULD, UM, BE SHARED, UM, WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS OR OTHER, I MEAN, JUST IF THEY, IF THEY CHOOSE WHAT THE PROCESS, SO WE CAN ADD IT.
BUT I'M JUST SAYING AS FAR AS WHAT YOU'RE MEANING ABOUT LET, LIKE, THE APPLICANTS KNOW THAT'S ON THEIR, THE APPLICATION SIDE.
SO, BUT WE CAN, I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THAT.
YOU GUYS WANNA ADD THAT? IT'S UP TO YOU.
I'M SORRY, WHAT ARE WE ADDING? SO SHE WAS SAYING HERE ON THE MINIMUM THRESHOLD REQUIREMENTS, LIKE WHAT ARE THOSE REQUIREMENTS? BUT ISN'T IT RIGHT HERE, APPLICATION THRESHOLD REQUIREMENTS? NO, BUT WHAT ARE, OH, SO SORRY.
YOU KNOW, 1.1, LET'S JUST SAY THIS.
I REALLY APPRECIATE DESIREE PUTTING THIS TOGETHER MM-HMM
RIGHT? SO LET'S ADJUST, LET'S FOCUS ON THE VERBIAGE, THE CONTENT.
AND THEN WE CAN GO BACK THROUGH AND WHEN WE'RE REDOING IT AND STRUCTURE MM-HMM
SO, AND THEN, UM, SO MAYBE, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT FIRST ONE IS, IS IS NECESSARY BECAUSE IT SAYS APPLICANT MUST BE ELIGIBLE AS OUTLINED IN THE, IN THE FUNDING APPLICATION.
BECAUSE WE SORT OF IMPLY, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, BUT THE, THE, THOSE ARE THE REQUIREMENTS.
SO YOU HAVE TO BE, YOU HAVE TO BE ELIGIBLE ACCORDING TO THE APPLICATION.
AND THEN THE APPLICATION MUST INCLUDE REQUIRED SECTIONS AND ATTACHMENTS.
YOU KNOW, THE, AGAIN, THIS IS FOR THE BODY MM-HMM
SO THAT THIS IS OUR DIRECTIVE.
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WE'RE TRYING TO DO THIS SO THAT WHEN PEOPLE SAY, OH, NO, NO.IF IT'S NOT IN HERE,
SO THAT THIS IS MORE FOR US, NOT FOR THE PUBLIC.
AND THEN, UM, LET'S SEE, CLOUDS ARE DESIGNATED SPECIFICALLY FOR DIRECT CLIENT ITEMS. DO WE MEAN ITEMS OR DO WE MEAN SOMETHING ELSE? SHOULD WE JUST SAY SERVICES? BECAUSE AGAIN, THIS IS DESIREE'S, RIGHT? NO, I KNOW.
I, I THINK MAYBE THAT'S THE WRONG WORD.
I WOULD PROBABLY USE THE WORD SERVICES.
EITHER SERVICES OR PROGRAMS OR I SAY SERVICES.
INSTEAD OF ITEMS INSTEAD ITEMS. THAT'S ON BULLET.
IT'S THE FIRST BULLET POINT SERVICES YOU SAID.
BECAUSE I DON'T WANT, RATHER THAN OPERATIONAL COSTS, IT'S, I KNOW WHAT SHE MEANS, BUT WE'LL REWORD THAT.
UM, WHAT'S YOUR OTHER STANDOUT? I, AND THEN, UM, OH, WE HAVE TO GO BACK UP HERE.
THE UNDER THRESHOLD REQUIREMENTS AT 1.2 IS THE LAST LITTLE DASH.
REMEMBER WE'RE, WE'RE TAKING ONE TIME MEET OUT 'CAUSE THAT'S NOT TRUE.
WHERE IS THAT? RIGHT? OH YEAH.
AND THAT WHOLE LINE CAN COME OUT.
THAT WHOLE, BECAUSE THAT'S, YEAH.
MATTER OF FACT, THAT'S WHY WE DON'T NEED THE BULLET POINTS.
SO JUST TAKE THAT WHOLE MM-HMM.
JUST REMOVE THAT WHOLE SECTION MM-HMM
I'M GONNA GO BACK TO STAFF ABOUT THE PROCESS.
SO THE PROCESS HERE, 'CAUSE I KNOW THAT YOU GUYS HANDLED THAT PART.
WHEN ONCE PEOPLE APPLY, DOES THIS LOOK CORRECT TO YOU? THE POINT SYSTEM? BECAUSE I'M, I'M UNFAMILIAR WITH THE POINT SYSTEM.
SO THE POINT SYSTEM, I WOULD SAY THIS IS MORE FOR LIKE OUR RFPS.
BUT IT IS, I, I DON'T THINK THAT WE HAVE IT, UH, DIRECTLY ALIGNED.
IT'S NOT LIKE, UH, SO FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN WE'RE EVALUATING RFPS, WE HAVE SUBCATEGORIES AND WE HAVE PEOPLE REPLY BASED OFF THAT SUBCATEGORY.
SO YOUR PROPOSED PROJECT DESIGN, WE ASK SPECIFICALLY, PLEASE PROVIDE US YOUR PROPOSED, PROPOSED PROJECT DESIGN, ORGANIZATIONAL CAPACITY AND EXPERIENCE.
SO IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A CONTRACT, USUALLY MILLION DOLLAR CONTRACT.
SO THEY DO LOOK VERY DIFFERENT.
WE INTRODUCE THIS AS A WAY TO, YOU KNOW, EVALUATE.
I DON'T THINK THAT THAT IS THE EASIEST WAY TO EVALUATE THESE PROPOSALS BECAUSE WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR A LOT OF THIS INFORMATION.
I ALSO THINK IT'S REALLY HARD TO, UM, FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE BUDGET AND COST EFFECTIVENESS.
I JUST SAY I, I REMOVE THIS WHOLE THING BECAUSE THIS IS MORE OF WHAT WE DO IN RFPS.
SO I KNOW WHAT SHE WAS TRYING TO DO, BUT I THINK THIS SHOULD BE REMOVED FOR THIS PURPOSE.
BUT, BUT DO YOU WANNA DO A CRITERIA AS FAR AS HOW TO EVALUATE? BUT WE DON'T.
BUT ACCORDING TO MOUS AND THINGS, WE DON'T, WE DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT.
AND IT'S NOT CALLED FOR, I THINK, THE, UM, PROTOCOL THAT THEY ASK FOR.
AS LONG AS THEY, UM, AS LONG AS THEY MEET THE CRITERIA THAT'S LISTED IN THE APPLICATION.
UM, HOW, THEN, HOW DO YOU ENSURE, UM, THAT EXPECTATIONS ARE MET? OR THAT YOU HAVE ACCOUNTABILITY? UM, IN TERMS OF, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S COST EFFECTIVENESS.
I'M JUST SAYING TAKE OUT THIS OF YOUR EVALUATION.
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BUT WE DEFINITELY, 'CAUSE YOU MENTIONED THAT LAST TIME MM-HMMAND I AGREE THAT WE, YOU KNOW, WE DO NEED TO HAVE ACCOUNTABILITY.
UM, I DON'T KNOW HOW OFTEN YOU GUYS ASK OR GET REPORTS BECAUSE THAT IS ONE WAY OF ACCOUNTABILITY.
AND THEN, UM, DEPENDING HOW LONG, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS, YOU KNOW HOW WE HAVE THEM COME ON WHEN THEY'RE APPLYING MM-HMM
IT'D BE NICE MAYBE TO HAVE 'EM COME ON AT THE END IN, IN QUARTER HALFWAY.
JUST TO SEE HOW THINGS ARE GOING.
SO YOU GUYS TELL ME WHAT YOUR CURRENT PROCESS IS.
I DON'T, I THINK WE DO, WE'RE FRONT LOADING A LOT OF THE WORK.
SO WE'RE DOING A LOT OF TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE DURING THE APPLICATION PROCESS, DURING THE, YOU KNOW, INITIAL PUDDING THROUGH MM-HMM
AND THEN AT THAT POINT WE PROVIDE THEM ALL OUR DOCUMENTATION AND SAY, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GONNA NEED FROM YOU.
THERE IS NOT, I WOULDN'T SAY TOUCHPOINT DURING THE GRANT PERIOD, UNLESS THEY HAVE A QUESTION.
SO, FOR EXAMPLE, UM, PRECIOUS AND PRESCHOOL, THEY REACHED OUT TO ME AND THEY HAD A QUESTION REGARDING SOME SECURITY DEPOSIT.
THEY, THEY WERE UNSURE IF IT WAS RENT REASONABLENESS, UH, ACCOUNTABILITY, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO THEN I THEN REACHED OUT TO THEM AND PROVIDED THAT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.
BUT I WOULDN'T SAY THAT WE'RE DOING QUARTERLY REPORTS.
I MEAN, TO BE HONEST, THE FUNDS ARE SMALLER FUNDS.
UM, WE ARE LOOKING AT INVOICING, WE'RE LOOKING, WE'RE PROVIDING, SO WE'RE REQUESTING SO MUCH DOCUMENTATION UPFRONT THAT I DON'T KNOW IF IT WARRANTS A QUARTERLY CHECK-IN.
IT COULD WARRANT, YOU KNOW, AT THE END OF A GRANT, HAVING THEM COME BACK AND, YOU KNOW, PRESENT MAYBE THEIR ONE PAGER.
THAT THAT COULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
BUT I, I WOULDN'T, I ALSO THINK THAT IN THE, THIS GRANT IS SUPPOSEDLY VERY LOW BARRIER.
THAT'S WHY WE DON'T HAVE SO MUCH, SO MUCH WITHIN IT.
I THINK IF WE WANTED TO MAYBE ADD QUESTIONS TO THE APPLICATION, WHICH IS WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO DO TO SEE IF WE CAN GET THESE QUESTIONS ANSWERED EARLY ON.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN ALWAYS REQUEST.
UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, HAVING TO DO SO MANY CHECKPOINTS WHERE YOU'RE NOW ASKING SOMEONE TO MISS WORK.
'CAUSE WE HAVE HAD A FEW APPLICANTS THAT WILL CALL IN SICK TO WORK TO COME IN.
AND IF WE DON'T HAVE QUORUM, THEN THAT'S ONE DAY THEY DON'T, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE OBVIOUSLY MISSING OUT.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT I THINK VIRTUAL RIGHT.
CAN'T, I MEAN FOR THEM, WELL FOR THEM WE DO HAVE IT VIRTUAL, BUT I THINK, I THINK THAT THE COMMITTEE DOES LIKE THEM WHEN THEY'RE PRESENT.
BUT I'M SAYING I WANNA GIVE THAT OPTION.
WE DON'T WANT TO CAUSE ANY ISSUES.
SO IF THEY CAN COME, WONDERFUL.
IF THEY CAN'T, I'M NOT GONNA HAVE THAT.
SO, I MEAN, OR TEAMS, WHATEVER, WHICHEVER.
IN GENERAL, BECAUSE IT'S SUCH A LOW BARRIER GRANT AND A LOT OF OUR APPLICANTS, THEY'RE NOT LARGER NONPROFITS.
I, I THINK THAT PUTTING THAT BURDEN OF MEETING QUARTERLY, ESPECIALLY WHEN, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S DIFFICULT.
UM, I DON'T THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE BEST, BUT MAYBE AT THE END, AT THE BEGINNING AND AT THE END, I'D SAY AT THE END.
BECAUSE IT WOULD BE NICE TO HOPEFULLY HEAR SOME SUCCESS STORIES, THINGS OF THAT SORT.
AND IT GIVES THE BODY A CHANCE TO SEE WHAT THE FUND IS DOING AS WELL AS ANSWER, ASK ANY QUESTIONS THEY MAY HAVE.
SO YOU KNOW WHAT, RIGHT UP UNDER THAT, UM, THIS IS THE SAME THING.
SO WE CAN JUST CROSS ALL OF THAT OUT.
SO EVERYTHING FROM THE SCORING SYSTEM DOWN, THAT CAN BE GONE.
'CAUSE IT'S ALSO RELATED TO, AND I'D LIKE TO, SO, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE TO HAVE A SECTION ON NOT EVALUATION CRITERIA MEETING, BUT, UM, MAYBE EVALUATION.
YOU KNOW, THAT THERE SHOULD BE A COUPLE OF SENTENCES ON HOW YEAH.
LET ME, UM, FOR THE NEXT MEETING MM-HMM.
I'LL EDIT UP THINGS AND THEN WE'LL REVIEW.
'CAUSE I, I THINK, I MEAN, I AGREE MM-HMM.
IT JUST NEEDS TO BE REWRITTEN.
'CAUSE I KNOW THE WAY SHE WAS GOING, RIGHT.
SHE WAS GOING MORE FORMAL MM-HMM
WHICH I MEAN NORMALLY, I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT WE DO, RIGHT? MM-HMM
BUT WHEN WE'RE COMING TO THE LOW BARRIER AND VERY SMALL, AND THIS IS NOT A FULL BLOWN RFP TYPE THING, IT, IT NEEDS TO BE LESS.
SO WE'RE ON LOOKING FOR APPLICANT ENGAGEMENT.
DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING THERE, JULIE? NO.
SO, UM, THERE'LL BE INVITATION TO A SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING.
NOW THAT'S TO DISCUSS, THAT'S WE, THIS IS THE BEGINNING, RIGHT? MM-HMM
SO MAYBE WE SHOULD ADD IN THERE ABOUT, NOW WE WANNA DO THE END AS WELL AND THEY'LL REPORT BACK.
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BE LIKE A 4.3 MM-HMMOH, YOU MIGHT WANNA, WELL, IT'LL BE 4.2 AND WE'LL MOVE THE QUESTION OH, UNDERNEATH IT? YEAH.
AND LET ME ASK YOU THE QUESTION.
WHEN DO YOU CONSIDER IT TO BE THE END OF THE GRANT? BECAUSE LIKE FOR INSTANCE, OBVIOUSLY I KNOW IF THEY CAN USE ALL THEIR MONEY, BUT LIKE YOU SAID, YOU'VE GOT A COUPLE THAT HASN'T USED ALL THEIR MONEY AND IT'S NO GUARANTEE, BUT THEY WILL USE ALL OF IT.
SO HOW DO WE DECIPHER THAT? WE DO A REACH OUT.
SO ON THE FINAL GRANT PERIOD, A MONTH BEFORE WE SEND THEM AN EMAIL AND SAY, HEY, YOU KNOW, YOUR GRANT WILL BE ENDING THE DATE.
YOU MAY HAVE INVOICES THAT ARE PASSED THAT DAY.
AND THEN WE, THEY USUALLY SEND US RESPONSE EMAIL AT THAT TIME.
AND THEN WE GET A FINAL INVOICE MM-HMM
THEY'LL, THEY'LL, THEY'LL SEND SOMETHING TO STATE, LIKE, THIS IS MY FINAL INVOICE.
AND THEN WE REACH OUT AFTER THE GRANT ENDED AND SAY, ARE YOU SURE? IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO? UM, OR DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER ADDITIONAL INVOICES? ESPECIALLY IF THERE'S MONEY ON THE TABLE, THEN WE DO THAT REACH OUT.
UM, BUT THEN AT THAT POINT THAT IS, WE END IT, WE SAY, YOU KNOW, CONGRATULATIONS, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
AND, AND SEEING AT THAT TIME, WE COULD PUT IN THAT EMAIL THE, THE DATE FOR THEM TO MEET WITH THE BODY.
I THINK AT THE, MAYBE AT THE MONTHLY BEFORE THEIR GRANT ENDS.
THEN WE CAN LET THEM KNOW, YOU KNOW, IT IS EXPECTED.
THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD ALSO ADD TO THE MOU.
SO THAT WAY IT'S PART OF THEIR CONTRACT.
UM, AND THEN WE CURRENTLY HAVE THE ONE PAGER LISTED ON THE APPLICATION, BUT WE WOULD ADD THAT AS WELL.
SO THAT WAY THEY WERE AWARE THAT
NUMBER FIVE, SUBCOMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS.
I'M GONNA REWRITE THIS 'CAUSE I SEE SCORING AND WE KNOW WE'RE NOT GOING WITH THAT.
UM, CERTAINLY LIBERATE WHERE DID THIS JOIN THIS JOINTLY? I'M ASSUMING SHE'S MEETING THE SUBCOMMITTEE OR IS SHE SAYING THE SUBCOMMITTEE AND THE I, I'LL JUST READ LIKE THAT.
WHAT IS THAT? A LITTLE BIT? I, I DON'T KNOW.
MAYBE THIS IS, SO THE INITIAL, THE INITIAL REVIEW GETS DONE BY STAFF AND THAT'S THAT MINIMUM THRESHOLD.
GET, SO IS THAT WHAT SHE MEANS BY JOINTLY YOU GUYS, AND MAYBE THE SECOND REVIEW I THINK IS MORE TOWARDS, UH, WHEN THE SUBCOMMITTEE REVIEWS MM-HMM
BECAUSE AT THAT POINT, THAT'S WHEN WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH QUESTIONS.
USUALLY WHEN STAFF GET AN APPLICA GETS AN APPLICATION, IF IT HITS MINIMUM THRESHOLD, THEN WE'RE FOLLOWING UP WITH ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS THAT WE HAVE.
UM, AND THEN I, WE WERE, OUR, OUR NEXT GOAL WOULD BE TO, AT THAT MEETING TO ALSO HAVE, YOU KNOW, SUBCOMMITTEE QUESTIONS AS WELL.
SO JOINTLY WITH THEM, WITH THE APPLICANT? NO.
I THINK THAT I'M GONNA CLARIFY THAT.
SO I'M JUST SAY JOINTLY WITH STAFF.
'CAUSE THE QUESTION IS 4.2 QUESTION.
SO COMMITTEE MEMBERS WILL PREPARE QUESTIONS IN ADVANCE TO ENSURE CLARITY ON THE PROJECT SCHOOL WAS DESIGNED, ALIGNMENT WITH THE MAYOR'S FUND PRIORITIES.
THAT WOULD BE BEFORE OR AFTER THEIR MEETING, I'M ASSUMING THE, THE, UM, SUBCOMMITTEE.
I MEAN THIS PART IS ABOUT THE, UM, MEETING WITH THEM WHEN THEY'RE, WHEN WE'RE DONE MEETING WITH THEM DURING, SO WE CAN ASK OUR QUESTIONS.
AND SO FIVE, THE WAY I'M READING THIS IS AFTER ALL OF THAT, THIS IS WHERE WE MOVE INTO WHETHER WE'RE GONNA RECOMMEND TO GO FORWARD WITH IT, TAKE IT TO THE BODY AND VOTE ON IT.
AND THEN ONE THING I WILL ADD, AND I KNOW THAT WE DID IT WITH THE LAST ONE, BUT, UM, WHEN WE ARE DISCUSSING, UH, THE APPLICANT, THEY ARE ALLOWED TO BE PRESENT SO THEY CAN STAY AT THE MEETING WITH US.
UM, WHILE WE'RE REVIEWING IT, I DON'T KNOW IF, UM, I THINK WE, WE WERE, WE WERE DOING THAT IN ORDER TO MOVE THESE APPLICATIONS FORWARD A LOT QUICKER MM-HMM
UH, SO WE WOULD INVITE THEM, HAVE OUR QUESTIONS.
SO THE INITIAL QUESTION, QUESTION DESIGN IS WHEN, YOU KNOW, YOU SHOW UP TO THE MEETING, YOU HAVE YOUR INITIAL QUESTION DESIGN.
BUT MAYBE WHAT WE DO IS WE HAVE OUR APPLICANT THERE, HAVE OUR QUESTIONS AND THEN I WOULDN'T SAY TABLE IT, BUT IF WE WANNA DISCUSS AT A LATER TIME, WE CAN AS WELL.
RIGHT? EVERYTHING IS BEING RECORDED.
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KNOW IF A ONE MEETING DATE IS AS QUICK TO REVIEW THESE IN, UH, THESE APPLICATIONS THOUGH.THAT IS USUALLY, OR THAT IT WAS HOW WE DID IT FOR THE LAST, UM, APPLICANT.
AND THAT THIS WORKS FOR ME, JULIE.
SO YOU'RE SAYING THAT WE RELEASED THE APPLICANT AT THE MEETING OR NO, WE, SO WE WERE RELEASING THE APPLICANT AT THE MEETING AND WE WERE TOLD WE COULDN'T RELEASE THE APPLICANT.
IF THEY WANNA STAY, IF THEY WANNA STAY, WHICH MAKES SENSE.
SO, BUT I THINK WE INITIALLY WERE, YOU KNOW YEAH.
LONG AS THEY UNDERSTAND, ONCE THEY STAY, THEN NOW THEY BECOME THE PUBLIC AND THEY CAN SIGN UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT IF THEY WANNA REBUT SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO SAY, BUT WE ARE NOT GOING TO RESPOND.
SO THEY JUST HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT.
AND WE CAN MAYBE, OR WE CAN TALK TO THEM BEFORE THAT.
FOR REPORTING AND APPROVAL,
THE JUSTIFICATION FOR THE RECOMMENDATION WILL BE PROVIDED TO THE BOARD.
IF APPROVAL IS RECOMMENDED, THE BOARD WILL VOTE ON APPROVING AN APPLICATION WITH, I MEAN, IF IT'S APPROVED, I'M GONNA TAKE THAT OUT
AND NEXT COMMUNICATION DECISION.
THE DECISION WILL BE COMMUNICATED TO THE APPLICANT IN WRITING, DETAILING THE OUTCOME, THE ADDITIONAL STEPS AND GONNA ADD BY STAFF.
UM, ONGOING MONITORING IS ACCRUED.
WHAT DOES SHE HAVE APPLICATIONS OF ORGANIZATION BE SUBJECT TO PERIODIC REVIEWS OR
AND THE ONE THAT THEY RECEIVED? I DON'T THINK SO.
I THINK THAT'S WHY SHE PUT IN PARENTHESES.
I THINK, UM, FOR NUMBER SIX, I HONESTLY THINK WE SHOULD JUST REPLACE IT WITH, UM, WHAT THE PROCESS IS.
'CAUSE YOU GUYS DO HAVE A PROCESS WHERE YOU ARE CHECKING IN PERIODICALLY, YOU'RE REACHING OUT.
UM, ALSO, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL JUST SO EVERYONE'S ON THE SAME PAGE WITH, WITH STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES, THIS PLUS MAYBE GETTING A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT YOU GUYS DO SO THAT WE CAN JUST SEE THE WHOLE PROCESS.
YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
SO LIKE FOR INSTANCE, WITH THIS MONITORING OR IN BETWEEN YOU REACH OUT TO THEM AND SAY, HEY, YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS HAVEN'T, LIKE, LIKE THE TWO YEAR YOU HAVEN'T USED YOUR MONEY YET, YOU KNOW MM-HMM
OR YOU'VE GOT $2,000 STUFF LIKE, WHATEVER.
JUST KIND OF NOT GIVING US EVERY SINGLE LITTLE STEP, BUT LIKE A, A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF WHAT YOUR PROCESS IS WHEN, WHEN TAKING ON FROM START TO FINISH, FROM WHEN SOMEONE APPLIES FROM THE APPLICATION PROCESS, WHAT YOU DO AFTER IT'S APPROVED.
I THINK IT WOULD JUST BE HELPFUL AND WE CAN JUST MAKE IT ONE WHOLE PROCEDURAL THING.
AND THEN, UM, I THINK THERE, THERE WAS, OR MAYBE THERE WAS, UM, THERE SHOULD BE A STATEMENT ON THE APPEAL.
IS THAT SOMEWHERE IN WRITING THE APPLICATION? N NOT THAT IT'S, I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE THAT ON THE APPLICATION BECAUSE JUST LIKE WHAT IF SOMEONE IS REJECTED, WE DO WANT GIVE THEM A CHANCE TO OH, THERE IS, IT'S LIKE AT THE NEXT MEETING YOU'RE, YOU'RE ABLE TO APPEAL.
AND WE DEFINITELY SHOULD PUT THAT.
THERE'S A TIME WINDOW TO DO IT.
DO YOU HAVE I'VE NEVER BEEN ON THIS.
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SAY I HAVE TO HAVE AN APPEAL PROCESS AS A MEMBER MENTAL AGENCY.WELL, I WAS GONNA SAY, I THINK IT'S VERY INFORMAL.
SO I KNOW THAT PEOPLE HAVE APPEALED, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S TO THE FULL PSAC.
WE'VE HAD, I DO REMEMBER PEOPLE COMING THAT THEY WERE NOT HAPPY.
SO WHEN YOU DO A REJECTION LETTER, RIGHT, IT'S IN WRITING.
THERE ISN'T A STATEMENT AT THE VERY END THAT SAYS IF YOU, IF YOU DISAGREE WITH THIS DECISION, THE APPEAL PROCESS IS TO ATTEND THE NEXT MEETING.
IF WE DO, WELL, SO I WILL SAY THIS, WE ARE NOT REJECTING BASED OFF WE'RE WE'RE REJECTING BECAUSE, OR YEAH.
WE'RE, WE'RE DECLINING BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T MEET THE MINIMUM THRESHOLD.
EVERYTHING ELSE IS UP TO HAYSTACK.
IF THEY WANT TO FUND OR NOT FUND, WE DO LET THEM KNOW, YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHAT THEY FOUND, UNFORTUNATELY, YOU KNOW, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH.
BUT WE DON'T, WE'RE NOT, STAFF THEMSELVES ARE NOT DECLINING ANYBODY'S APPLICATION.
IT'S TYPICALLY BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T MAKE THE MINIMUM THRESHOLD, OR YOU JUST SAY THAT THE HOME SERVICES ADVISORY COMMITTEE, UM, VOTED TO DECLINE FUNDING OF YOUR PROJECT.
BUT THERE, I'M THERE, THERE SHOULD BE A SENTENCES IN THE
IT'S, I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE ONE.
WE COULD, COULD YOU, DO YOU WANT TO PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER? JUST BECAUSE LIKE I MENTIONED, IT'S NOT, SO WE ARE TECHNICALLY, I DON'T THINK WE, NO, WE HAVE, UH, IF IT DID NOT MEET THE INTENT, THE INITIAL INTENT MM-HMM.
BUT WE PROVIDED A STATEMENT WHY WE DECLINED IT, AND WE DID REACH OUT TO THE AGENCY.
SO LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION THEN.
UM, BECAUSE I MEAN, IT'S ALWAYS NICE TO HAVE A GRIEVANCE PROCESS BASICALLY.
BUT IT'S, WE ARE CALLING IT APPEAL.
UM, AND LIKE SHE SAID, I USED TO DO THAT FOR THE WHOLE COUNTY.
AND LET ME TELL YOU, I DON'T WANNA DO THAT AGAIN.
BUT ANYWAY,
BUT WHEN YOU DO DECLINE SOMEONE BECAUSE THEY DID MEET THE REQUIREMENTS, DO THEY HAVE THE, UM, ARE THEY ABLE TO REAPPLY? CORRECT.
YEAH, I THINK, AND SEE, I JUST THINK THE ONLY REASON I'M SAYING FOR THESE OUT DECRE AID EXTRA WORK, BUT THE ONLY REASON I'M SAYING TO HAVE THESE THINGS DOWN IS SO THAT THE BODY UNDERSTANDS PEOPLE ARE AWARE.
SO THEN THAT WAY THERE'S NO QUESTION, THERE'S NO THIS, THERE'S NO, IT'S LIKE EVERYTHING'S JUST CLEAR.
I THINK IT, IT IS, IT HAS BEEN INFORMAL.
SO WE DO, IF WE'RE DECLINING ONE PROJECT, THEN ANOTHER PROJECT CAN COME FORWARD.
AND IF IT FITS THE INTENT, THEN MM-HMM.
WE ALSO HOLD ONTO APPLICATIONS IF WE'RE NOT CLEAR UNTIL WE CAN SEE, YOU KNOW, IF THEY CAN PROVIDE CLARIFYING THE CLARIFYING QUESTIONS, WE WAIT.
AND IF WE FEEL LIKE IT FITS THE INTENT, AND IF I SAY WE FEEL IT'S SOMETHING THAT IS WHAT CAN I, I, I ONCE HAD SOMEONE APPLY AND TOLD ME THAT THEY WERE GONNA PROVIDE CASE MANAGEMENT.
THEY WANTED ADMIN DOLLARS, BUT THEY WERE UNWILLING TO TELL ME WHAT THAT CASE MANAGEMENT LOOKED LIKE.
SO I SAID, OKAY, YOU NEED TO PROVIDE ME ACTIVITIES.
UM, SO THAT WAS WHERE WE HELD IT.
SO I DON'T THINK, WE'VE NEVER COMPLETELY DENIED WITHOUT PROVIDING A BACK AND FORTH AND TRYING TO FIND A SOLUTION.
BUT YOU'RE RIGHT, I I DON'T THINK THAT THE SUBCOMMITTEE REALIZES THAT BY THE TIME.
AND JUST TRYING MY, MY GOAL IN ALL OF THIS, YOU KNOW, LIKE REVIEW IS REALLY JUST MAKING SURE EVERYTHING IS CLEAR AND DOCUMENTED AND THAT EVERYONE IS ON THE SAME PAGE.
SO DO YOU THINK OKAY, I MEAN, I CAN TAKE A STAB AT IT, BUT I MEAN, IF IT'S ALREADY SOMETHING THERE, I'D, I'D LIKE TO USE THAT.
SO I WILL, UM, DO SOME EDITS FOR THE NEXT MEETING.
BRING BACK AND THEN WE'LL BE DONE.
YOU KNOW, I DON'T, I PERSONALLY HATE, I'M GONNA GO OFF ON A TANGENT FOR A SECOND.
I HATE ALL OF THAT WHEN DISAGREEMENTS.
BECAUSE IT'S, WHEN IT'S UNNECESSARY, WE'RE ALL GONNA NOT BE ON THE SAME PAGE AT SOME POINT.
I MEAN, WE'RE NOT ON THE SAME PAGE WITH OUR SPOUSES HALF TIMES.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, THAT DOESN'T BOTHER ME.
BUT WHEN IT'S NOT CLEAR, YEAH.
SO THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD, SEE WHAT WAS WHAT, AND THEN GO FROM THAT.
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SO THANK YOU EVERYBODY FOR, UM, HAVING THE PAPERS WITH THIS PROCESS.AND IF, WELL, GOING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, ANOTHER ADVANTAGE IS, UM, THEM TO FUTURE THE MAYOR'S FUND IS TO, UM, GET EXPOSURE BECAUSE TO EVERYBODY ON THEIR BOARD, LOT OF NON
AND SO, UM, THEY COULD REALLY OPEN UP NOT JUST POSSIBLE DONORS FOR THE NURSE FUND, BUT ALSO POSSIBLE C TO THE NURSE.
'CAUSE THERE ARE SOME, NOT MANY, BUT THERE ARE SOME CONTRACTS THAT PARK THEIR MONEY THERE,
SO THEY THEY DO ACTUALLY, THEY, THEY USED TO HAVE RECEPTIONS.
HAVE WE GOTTEN INVITED TO ANY OF THE RECEPTIONS? WE DON'T, BUT WE HAVE.
I DON'T THINK WE'VE GOTTEN ANY INVITATIONS, BUT I DID REACH OUT IN TRYING TO, IT HAS BEEN LIKE A YEAR SINCE I DID REACH OUT.
SO I REACHED OUT TO, UM, KEVIN, I CAN'T REMEMBER HIS LAST NAME, BUT HE'S OUR CIO.
UM, AND THEY, THEY WORK WITH THE MAYOR'S FUND FOR EDUCATION.
SO WE WERE TRYING TO COLLABORATE TO SEE HOW, HOW BEST WE CAN, YOU KNOW, THAT'S GOING AFTER HIM FOR OUR OWN
JUST, WE WERE, WE WERE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE BEST WAY WOULD BE.
AND I DON'T THINK IT, IT'S A LITTLE HARDER BECAUSE IT, OUR FUNDING IS, I WANNA SAY LIMITED, BUT IT IS A LITTLE BIT MORE LIMITED IN CAPACITY TO WHAT THEY HAVE.
UM, BUT, BUT YOU KNOW, EDUCATION EXTENDS SO MUCH BIGGER.
BUT I THINK WE CAN COME BACK TO, UH, LONG BEACH COMMUNITY FUND TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO, UH, WITHIN OUR, SO ALSO WHAT LONG BEACH
WE SHOULD BE GETTING AN INVITATION.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHEN IS THE NEXT TIME WE CAN DO ANOTHER INSERT
LITERALLY, I WANNA KNOW HOW OFTEN WE CAN DO THAT.
WELL, NUMBER WHAT I HAD SAID, I MEAN, WE USED TO HAVE A COUPLE OF PARKING METERS.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO THOSE.
WE USED TO HAVE A BOX AT THE AIRPORT AND IT COULD STILL BE THERE.
AND I JUST HAVE NOT LOOKED AT IT.
I HAVEN'T, WELL, I DON'T KNOW WHERE, BUT I'VE BEEN THERE TWICE LATELY AND I HAVEN'T SEEN ANYTHING SOMEWHERE YET.
BUT REALLY, BECAUSE WHEN, WHEN WOULDN'T THEY, IN THEIR REPORT LISTED LIKE DECEMBER I INSERT AND THEN, THEN AIRPORT DONATIONS HERE.
AND WHY WOULDN'T THAT BE IN THEIR REPORT? NO, BECAUSE IT'S SOME CITY DEPARTMENT YEAH.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT EVER LANDS, YOU KNOW.
I, WELL, I DON'T THINK THEY, I DON'T THINK THEY COLLECTED ANYMORE.
THE PARKING METERS WHEN I FIRST STARTED, I THINK I WAS, SOMEONE HAD MENTIONED THAT THERE WERE PARKING METERS, BUT IT WAS THROUGH PUBLIC WORKS AND IT WAS LITERAL CHANGE THAT CAME IN.
I'M GONNA CLOSE THIS PART OUT.
UM, SO, UH, MOTION TO, UH, REVIEW AND DISCUSS THE FILE, THE REVIEW, AND DISCUSS
UM, AND RECOMMENDATION TO DISCUSS AND APPROVE FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. I WILL MOVE FOR, UM, ONE OF THE ITEMS TO BE, TO REVIEW THE GRANT APPLICATION.
UM, BECAUSE, AND THEN I'M GONNA SAY GRANT APPLICATION AND WEBSITE VERBIAGE.
BECAUSE NOW THAT WE'VE GOTTEN TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS STUFF, WE CAN MAKE SURE EVERYTHING ELSE IS IN MIND.
AND THEN, UM,
ANYTHING? UM, NO, I THINK THAT'S GREAT.
AND THEN, AND THEN YOU GUYS A FOLLOW UP WITH THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION? YES.
SO MOTION TO, UM, UH, TO FILE THE RECOMMENDATION TO DISCUSS FUTURE APPROVE FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. AND ALL IN FAVOR, MOTION PASSES.
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THE PUBLIC PRESENT.AND, SORRY, STEPH, I DIDN'T WANT NEED TO.