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WATER, THIS PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING THE 2021 PROPOSED ACTION PLAN AND PROJECT FUNDS.
IT JUST, WE CAN DISCUSS, CALL A MEETING TO ORDER.
I NOW CALLED MS MEETING TO ORDER OF THE STATE OF ATT BG.
[a. Roll call of board members.]
SO WE'LL CALL THE BOARD MEMBERS, UH, MS. RONDA LOPEZ.TONY, CAN YOU HEAR ME? HELLO? CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES.
ARE YOU PRESENT? CAN YOU HEAR US? NO, HE CAN'T HEAR US.
BUT HE STILL, HE NEEDS TO HEAR US THOUGH.
GLADYS, CAN YOU HEAR US OKAY? YOUR PHONE? YEAH, I CAN HEAR YOU.
YOU'LL HAVE TO SPEAK UP LIKE, LIKE YOU JUST DID IN ORDER FOR, FOR ME TO HEAR, BECAUSE SOMETIMES IF Y'ALL SPEAK IN A LOWER VOICE, I CAN'T.
BARBARA, I CAN'T GET YOU TO THE MEETING.
WHY NOT? BECAUSE YOU ARE IN THE MEETING.
CAN YOU HEAR US? WE CAN'T HEAR YOU.
AND SO WE CAN, WE CAN HEAR YOU.
DID YOU PUT THE NEW BOX UP HERE? NO.
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HEAR US? NO, I CAN'T HEAR YOU.UH, I CAN SEE YOU, BUT I CAN'T HEAR YOU.
WE'RE TRYING TO, UH, PHONE THE VOLUME.
ALRIGHT, SO WE HAVE EVERYBODY'S, NOW WE'RE HEARING PHONE, SO THAT'S, BUT WE WON'T HEAR HIM.
MR. HENRY, ALSO, ARE YOU STILL ON THE PHONE? YES, I AM.
I, I, I DUNNO TOO MUCH ABOUT IT.
MY WIFE TRYING TO HELP ME ON IT OFF.
WE'VE ALREADY OPENED MEETING UP AND HAD A ROLE CALLED BOARD MEMBERS AND I THINK YOU WERE OSA.
[a. Consider approving the minutes of the May 4, 2021 Community Development Advisory Committee Meeting.]
[b. Consider approving the minutes of the May 11, 2021 Community Development Advisory Committee Meeting.]
LET'S MOVE TO ITEM A AND B.WE CAN SIMULTANEOUSLY DO THOSE AT THE SAME TIME, AND THAT IS CONSIDERED APPRO MINUTES ON THE MAY 4TH, 2021, UH, ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING AND MAY 11.
SO WE CAN SIMULTANEOUSLY DO THOSE TOGETHER, WHICH IS APPROVE THOSE MINUTES.
OKAY, SO LET'S MOVE TO ITEM THREE
[a. Consider a recommendation regarding additional funding to the 2021-2022 program year.]
IS FISCAL YEAR 21.CONSIDER A RECOMMENDATION REGARDING THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING OF THE 2020 1 22 PROGRAM YEAR.
ALRIGHT, SO AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE HAVE, WE HAVE $9,478 REMAINING TO ALLOCATE, UM, TO THE, TO THIS BUDGET.
UH, IN THE PAST WE HAD DISCUSSIONS ABOUT ALLOCATING THOSE TO TWO DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS, UH, ONE BEING PARKS DEPARTMENT AND THEN THE OTHER ONE BEING, UH, LOVE NETWORK, OR NOT LOVE NETWORK, BUT BRACK, UM, FOR THE SHOE PROGRAM.
UM, YOU GUYS, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO, UH, CARRY THE DISCUSSION ANY FURTHER, UM, YOU GET TO DETERMINE WHERE THIS 9,000 PLUS DOLLARS GOES.
AT THE LAST MEETING, MS. LOPEZ, UM, WAS FOR THE MONEY GOING TO THE PARKS PROGRAMS. MR. DIAZ WAS FOR TRANSPORTATION AND SHOES AND MR. BARNETT FOR THE PARKS PROGRAMS. SO ARE YOU GUYS LEANING ANY DIRECT? ARE WE SPLITTING IT UP OR ARE WE GIVING SOMEBODY THE WHOLE AMOUNT THAT IS UP TO YOU ALL.
YEAH, I, I DEFINITELY LIKE THE SHOES IDEA.
WE, THEY PRESENTED, UM, WE TALKED ABOUT A POSSIBILITY OF EXPANDING THAT PROGRAM, RIGHT.
AND THAT WOULD MAYBE GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPAND IT IF THEY HAD OKAY WITH THAT AND THE PARKS WHICH PARK.
SO YOU WOULD WANT TO SPLIT BETWEEN THE BAYTOWN PARKS AND I WOULD BE FOR THAT, IF THAT'S WHAT, OKAY.
UH, LIKE MY, UM, PREVIOUS DISCUSSION, UH, I'M IN FAVOR OF MY ONLY CONCERN, I SHOULD SAY.
LEMME
AND, AND MY AFO MENTIONED, UM, ALLOCATION OF THE RESOURCES.
I'M IN FAVOR OF DIVIDING THAT TOWARDS, UM, THE SHOE PROGRAM AND THE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM.
THOSE ARE THE TWO AREAS THAT ARE MOST NEED OF SISTANCE FOR THE FUTURES.
AND SHE DIAZ IS TRANSPORTATION AND TRANSP AND PARTS AND IS WHAT
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YOU, MS. LOPEZ, LOPEZ, MR. OSA, DO YOU HAVE AN OPINION ON WHERE WE'RE GONNA SPEND THIS 9,000 PLUS DOLLARS? I, UH, IT SOUNDS LIKE I WOULD LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE CITY AND TO THE PARKS TO GET, UH, I WOULD SAY, UH, ONE THIRD AND THE, I MEAN, TO GET THE, TO GET TWO THIRDS, ONE THIRD GO TO THE SHOES, LIKE, UH, THE PROPOSING I'M, AND I'M GONNA AGREE WITH THAT, WITH THAT, THAT PART ONE THIRD TO THE SHOES.YOU SAYING ONE THIRD TO THE SHOES AND THEN TWO THIRDS TO THE PARKS? YES, SIR.
THAT'S JUST, THAT'S MY OPINION THEN.
SO IS, I MEAN, MR DID I MEAN, MR. BAR, COULD YOU PLEASE FILE FOR A MOTION? OKAY.
AT, FOR AS FOR TWO THIRDS TO THE PARKS AND ONE THIRD TO SHOE PROGRAM.
SO HE MOTION? YES, HE MADE, HE MADE THE MOTION.
AND SECOND BY MS. MS. UH, I'M SORRY.
ONE THIRD PURSUE PROGRAM AND I THINK PROXIMITY.
NEXT ITEM WE'RE GONNA ENTERTAIN IS ITEM THREE.
DID I GO THROUGH THAT? CONSIDER RECOMMENDATION ABOUT ADDITIONAL FUNDING BY THE 2000.
WE HAVE TO DO THE PUBLIC HEARING PORTION.
[b. Conduct a public hearing giving all interested parties the right to appear and be heard regarding the draft of the 2021 Proposed Action Plan and Projected Use of Funds. ]
AFTER THE ONE THAT WE JUST DID.GONNA CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING IN ALL INTERESTED PARTIES.
THE RIGHT TO APPEAR AND BE HEARD REGARDING THE DRAFT OF THE 2020 21 PROPOSED ACTION PLAN AND OBJECT.
THE USE OF FUNDS I THE PUBLIC HEARING.
UH, TODAY, TODAY'S HEARING IS FOR THE PURPOSE OF RECEIVING INPUT WITH REGARD TO THE PROPOSED ACTION PLAN AND PROJECT.
THE USE OF FUNDS EVERYONE DECIDE TO, EVERYONE DECIDE TO PRESENT TO TODAY'S HEARING WILL BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO.
I WOULD HOWEVER, LIKE TO ENCOURAGE EACH SPEAKER TO BE AS BRIEF AS POSSIBLE.
UH, THIS IS NOT AN ADVERSARIAL TYPE PROCEEDING.
THE PURPOSE OF THIS MEETING IS TO GIVE ALL INTERESTED PERSONS AND OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD ON THE PROPOSED BUDGET.
IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS, SUCH QUESTIONS YOU HAVE TO ME AND WITH THE AID OF MR. CHAGA AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGER, I SHALL AN ATTEMPT TO HAVE THOSE QUESTIONS ANSWERED.
ALRIGHT, SO WITH THAT PARTICULAR, WITH THIS PARTICULAR ITEM, THIS IS AN ANNUAL BUDGET DOCUMENT.
ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE SENT TO HOOD, THIS DOCUMENT DETAILS, HOW WE WANT TO SPEND THE BUDGET, WHO'S GOING TO BE UTILIZING THOSE FUNDS AND, UH, WHAT THE OUTCOMES OF THAT, OR WHAT THE GOALS OF US SPENDING THOSE FUNDS ARE.
HOW MANY PEOPLE WE'RE GONNA HELP, UH, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE'RE GONNA HELP THEM AND WHAT WE'RE GONNA ASSIST THEM WITH.
UM, YOU GUYS HAVE COME UP WITH THE, THE PROPOSED BUDGET, UM, FOR WHERE THE FUNDS ARE GONNA GO.
THAT WOULD BE INCLUDED IN THIS ACTION PLAN.
SO AT THIS TIME, THAT'S ALL STAFFED REPORT.
UM, WE'LL NOW I GUESS ANY QUESTIONS? DID ANYBODY ON THE LINE WISH TO SPEAK ON THE BUDGET? UM, I WOULD ACTUALLY PUT, UM, MAKE AWARE, MAKE THE BOARD AWARE, UM, HOPEFULLY I'M NOT SPEAKING TOO SOON, BUT LOVE NETWORK OF BAYTOWN IS IN THE PROCESS OF ACQUIRING BAYTOWN RESOURCE AND ASSISTANCE CENTER.
TOMORROW BOTH OF OUR BOARDS WILL MEET AND DISCUSS THE ACQUISITION.
UM, LOVE NETWORK'S PLAN IS TO CONTINUE THE PROGRAM THAT BASED ON RESOURCE CENTER IS CURRENTLY DOING.
UM, SO I DID WANT TO MAKE YOU ALL AWARE THAT THE, UH, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AT
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HAS DECIDED TO RESOLVE THE ORGANIZATION, AT WHICH POINT WE WILL ACQUIRE ALL OF THEIR ASSETS AND PROGRAMMING.SO WHAT THAT MEANS FOR THIS BOARD IS THAT WE WOULD FORMALLY NEED TO MOVE THE FUNDS FROM, UH, BRAC TO LOVE NETWORK IN ORDER FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO BE IN ORDER FOR THE ACTION PLAN TO BE ACCURATE, UM, IN THE FUTURE AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
SO BASICALLY, UH, WHEN YOU GUYS DECIDE TO MAKE THE RECOMMENDATION TO MOVE THE FUNDS OR MAKE THE RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL, YOU GUYS NEED TO DO THAT AS SUCH THAT, SO FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND IT, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG.
SO THAT MEANS THAT LOVE NETWORK, UH, WILL ACQUIRE THE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM.
AND THEY CURRENTLY HAVE THE COVID FUNDS FOR THE RENTAL RELIEF AND WELL, RENTAL AND MORTGAGE RELIEF AS WELL AS THE HANDS OF THE CARPENTER.
SO THEY'RE FAMILIAR WITH HOW TO, UM, IMPLEMENT.
WOULD THAT REQUIRE ADDITIONAL STAFF, MR. PRYOR AND YOUR TRANSITION THERE? WOULD THAT, WOULD THAT REQUIRE ADDITIONAL STAFF TO MAKE THIS TRANSITION? OKAY.
YOUR AUDIO KIND OF BREAKING UP.
SO WHAT I DID HEAR WAS, WILL I REQUIRE ADDITIONAL STAFF TO RUN THE PROGRAM? YES, MA'AM.
UM, SO RIGHT NOW RAC HAS AN OFFICE CULTURE THAT WE DO PLAN TO MOVE OVER TO LEFT NETWORK.
UM, THE HOURS ARE A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
SO, UH, WE WILL GIVE HER THE OPPORTUNITY TO STAY ON WITH LEFT NETWORK OR IF SHE CHOOSES TO MOVE ON THAT THAT CAN BE A POSSIBILITY.
UM, WE WILL BE GETTING AT LEAST ONE OTHER PART-TIME PERSON, UM, TO HELP WITH THE PROGRAMS THAT RAC WAS DOING.
UH, AS FAR AS I KNOW THAT THEY, THEY DO HAVE THAT OVERHEAD FROM THE UNITED WAY COVERED.
SO WE WILL BE UTILIZING THOSE FUNDS AS WELL AS ANY ADMINISTRATIVE FUNDS THAT, UM, YOU ALL PROVIDE, YOU GUYS HAVE CONCERNS WITH.
UM, THAT WAS QUITE A SURPRISE.
UM, I GUESS I, I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY WAY THEY CAN GUARANTEE, BUT I'D LIKE TO.
THEY'RE REQUIRING THE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM AND THE SHOES PROGRAM.
THEY'VE NEVER DONE THESE BEFORE.
I'M JUST A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT, UM, I DON'T KNOW, LIKE IMPLEMENTING THOSE TWO.
THOSE ARE LIKE, THOSE ARE HUGE.
UH, AND, AND THE, THE CHALLENGE WITH THIS PARTICULAR CIRCUMSTANCE CAME ABOUT 'CAUSE THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF RAC ACTUALLY RESIGNED.
UM, SO THE QUESTION GOING FORWARD FOR RAC WAS WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY WHO'S KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT IMPLEMENTING THESE PROGRAMS OR EVEN DEALING WITH CDBG PROJECTS.
SO HOW DO WE STILL CONTINUE THE PROGRAM? UM, WITHOUT THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR THAT WAS ON BOARD.
AND THIS IS KIND OF THEIR SOLUTION
AND, AND WE, WE ALREADY TALKED, TALKED ABOUT HOW THEY DO HAVE ONE NETWORK DOES HAVE EXPERIENCE WITH THIS KIND OF STUFF.
UM, I'M JUST, WOW, THAT'S A LOT TO TAKE ON.
IT IS PROGRAMS WE ALLOTTED QUITE BIT OF, WELL LUCKILY, UM, WE USED TO MANAGE THE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM IN HOUSE UNTIL TWO YEARS AGO.
SO I AM GONNA BE ABLE TO ASSIST THEM, UM, AND ACCLIMATE THEM ON HOW IT IS THAT THE PROGRAM SHOULD BE DONE.
THE DIFFERENT REPORTS THAT HAVE TO BE RUN COUNTY RISES, HARRIS COUNTY TRANSIT AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
BECAUSE BRACKETS ONLY HAD THE PROGRAM, THIS IS THEIR SECOND YEAR.
SO THEY USED TO BE MANAGED IN HOUSE FOR SINCE AS LONG AS MR. BARNETT WAS ON THE BOARD.
AND THE SHOE PROGRAM, THAT ONE'S A LITTLE BIT EASIER 'CAUSE THAT'S KIND OF A ONE AND DONE RIGHT.
BUT THAT ONE'S A LITTLE BIT, IT'S NOT AS TIME CONSUMING, I GUESS YOU COULD SAY AS THE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAMS. BUT WE ARE MAKING OURSELVES AVAILABLE.
THAT'S COMING UP THOUGH, RIGHT? THEY DO IT RIGHT BEFORE SCHOOL STARTS.
IT'S GONNA BE ON AUGUST EIGHT.
MONTHS AWAY ACTUALLY GOING TO, LUIS AND I ARE ACTUALLY GONNA ATTEND THE EVENT WHERE THEY DO THE VOUCHERS TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING'S RUNNING SMOOTHLY.
INITIALLY WE WERE GONNA GO WITH THE RAC BOARD MEMBERS, BUT WE FOUND OUT TODAY
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ABOUT THE CHANGE.SO WE READY, LET KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN HERE ON THAT DAY TO MAKE SURE, BECAUSE OUR GRANT IS DONE ON A REIMBURSEMENT BASIS.
SO IF THEY'RE NOT SUBMITTING THE PROPER PAPERWORK, WE'RE NOT GONNA REIMBURSEMENT.
SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE DOING EVERYTHING RIGHT.
I, I'M JUST CONCERNED ABOUT THE, THE SERVICE.
I HOPE IT DOESN'T CHANGE WHEN IT COMES TO CERTAIN THINGS WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST.
MAKE SURE THE SERVICE IS STILL CONTINUING AS, AS IT WAS IN THE PAST.
GOOD TRANSPORTATION, IF YOU GUYS GONNA BE HANDS ON.
THAT'S, THAT'S REASSURANCE FOR US.
WHAT, WHAT, WHAT'S YOUR, WHAT'S YOUR VIEW ON ATION OF IDENTITIES? WELL, YOU KNOW THAT IF, IF EVERYTHING IS PROPERLY DONE AND THEY'VE GOT ALL THEIR DOCTOR TEAMS, YOU KNOW, I, I I I'M ON BOARD, I'M ON BOARD WITH THAT, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? AND THESE THINGS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO HELP THESE ORGANIZATIONS, YOU KNOW, SAY LIKE, YOU KNOW, IF IF THEY CAN TAKE ON THIS, YOU KNOW, THIS EXTRA, WE'RE HAPPY TO TO, YOU KNOW, I HOPE THAT THEY CAN IMPLEMENT EVERYTHING THAT THEY NEED TO DO THEIR COMING YEAR.
AND WE HOPE THAT IT HELPS OUR COMMUNITY.
THERE'S NO MOTION ON THAT ONE.
I, SO WHAT, WHAT WE NOW NEED TO DO IS CONSIDER A MOTION TO MOVE THE FUNDS FROM LOVE NETWORK TO BRAC, I MEAN FROM BRAC TO LOW NETWORK.
AND THEN MAKE THE RECOMMENDATION, I MEAN VOTE ON THAT AND THEN MAKE THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE ACTION PLAN.
WITH THAT WE DID CLOSE THE HEARING THAT OR ANYTHING ELSE? THERE'S NO ONE ELSE TO SIGN.
IS THERE ANYONE, MISS MS. WINFREY, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING THAT YOU WANTED TO ADD? SHE'S GOING BUT SHE'S NOT FINE.
I NEED A MOTION ON THE, UH, DISCUSS FUNDS NETWORK.
ANY MOTION ON THAT? I MOVE THAT WE MOVED THE FUNDS FOR, FOR TRANSPORTATION AND WHAT, WHAT ITEM ARE WE UNDER? 'CAUSE WE JUST CLOSED THE PUBLIC HEARING, SO OH YES, WE DO.
WE NEED TO, WE NEED TO BE UNDER AN ITEM.
WE CAN'T JUST KIND OF DO THAT OUT IN OKAY.
OUT IN I WAS AN ASSUMPTION THAT, UH, AN ASSUMPTION THAT, THAT AFTER WE, I GUESS WE NEEDED TO VOTE ON THIS ITEM AND THEN CLOSE A COUPLE HERE.
YOU CHANGED SOMETHING IN THE MIDDLE OF A PUBLIC HEARING, RIGHT? SO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
SO NOW WITH THE, THE ITEM THAT WE'RE UNDER IS, UM, REGARDING THE ACTION PLAN, PROJECTED FUNDS OF THE ACTION PLAN.
SO WE GET TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION ON WHAT THE PROPOSED BUDGET AND THE ACTION PLAN IS.
I DON'T SEE THAT ON MY MY NO, IT'S THE SAME.
SO, BUT IF YOU ALL ARE IN AGREEANCE TO MOVING THE RACK, THIS IS GONNA BE A PART OF YOUR RECOMMENDATION FOR THE ACTION PLAN AND THE BUDGET, UM, THE USE OF FUNDS.
EVERYONE HAS SPOKEN ON, ON, ON, ON THIS PUBLIC HEARING PART.
SO I HEARING AS FAR AS PARTICIPANT SPEAKING AND THEN YOU GO THROUGH YOUR MOTION OF CONSOLIDATING YOUR, I THINK YOU'RE OKAY, GO AHEAD.
CONSOLIDATING YOUR, UH, UH, LOVE, LOVE AND COURSE CORRECT.
AND THEN MAKE A RECOMMENDATION ON, UH, ON BASED ON THAT, ON THE WHOLE ABSOLUTELY.
CAN I GET A MOTION
MISS, IT'S BEEN MOTION OF MY S LOPEZ.
I SECOND THAT SECOND BY MR. DIAZ.
NOW I WOULD ENTERTAIN, UH, TRANSFERRING THE FUNDS FROM NOT TRANSFERRING
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THE FUNDS, BUT THEY CAN MAKE A RECOMMENDATION FOR, FOR THE TRANSFER? NO, NOT FOR THE PROPOSED ACTION PLAN.NEVER SENT THIS BUDGET TO CITY TO CITY COUNCIL.
ANOTHER MOTION RECOMMENDATION OF SENDING THIS BUDGET TO CITY COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL.
ALRIGHT, WELL, OKAY, NOW LET'S
[a. Receive the Community Development Manager's report.]
GO TO ITEM FOUR.ITEM FOUR, UH, MANAGER'S REPORT REAL QUICK.
THE ONLY THING THAT, UH, I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT WAS WE WERE ABLE IN THE PAST, SINCE THE PAST MEETING, WE WERE ABLE TO HAVE A SUCCESSFUL, UH, HOUSING, UH, LUNCHEON WHERE WE HAD NEW HOME BUYERS TO ATTEND AND THEY GOT THE CONFERENCE THAT THEY NEEDED IN ORDER TO MOVE AND BE ELIGIBLE FOR OUR PROCESSES AND ANY OTHER PROCESS THAT THE STATE AND OR COUNTY HAS FOR THAT MATTER FOR PURCHASING A HOME.
WE HAD SPEAKERS SUCH AS JUNE, TYLER, THE FORMER COMMUNITY, UH, DEVELOPMENT, UH, MANAGER.
UH, WE HAD, UH, PRIME LENDING AND, UH, A LENDER TO SPEAK.
AND THEN WE HAD HARRIS COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT TO SPEAK AT THAT EVENT AS WELL.
UM, THE SECOND THING IS THAT THIS, THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIVISION DID GO THROUGH AN AUDIT THIS PAST, I DON'T KNOW, TWO WEEKS AGO, MAYBE WEEKS.
UH, MS. SHARON ROSE SPEARHEADED THAT, THAT AUDIT AND PROVIDED ALL THE DOCUMENTS THAT HUD NEEDED AND GOT US TO A POINT TO WHERE WE FEEL VERY COMFORTABLE WITH, UH, HIS JUDGMENT.
WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED HIS FINAL LETTER YET, BUT, UM, HE HAD TWO MINOR FINDINGS ON THE PROGRAMMATIC SIDE AND WE BELIEVE THAT WE'RE IN A POSITION TO SUPPLY HIM WITH WHAT BE.