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[ CITY OF BAYTOWN NOTICE OF MEETING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE TUESDAY, MAY 28, 2024 5:30 P.M. HULLUM CONFERENCE ROOM, CITY HALL 2401 MARKET STREET, BAYTOWN, TEXAS 77520 AGENDA CALL TO ORDER AND ANNOUNCEMENT OF QUORUM ]
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADVISING COMMITTEE TO ORDER.TODAY IS TUESDAY, MAY 28TH, 2024.
THE FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM ONE, CITIZEN'S COMMENT.
THE PURPOSE OF CITIZENS' COMMENT IS TO GIVE ALL INTERESTED CITIZENS THE RIGHT TO EXPRESS THEIR VIEWS.
EVERYONE DESIRING SHOULD, UM, TO SPEAK SHOULD HAVE EITHER SIGNED THE APPROPRIATENESS IN THE FOYER OR EMAILED THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT STAFF PRIOR TO THE POSTED TIME OF THIS MEETING.
EACH CITIZEN SHALL GIVE HIS OR HER NAME AND ADDRESS IN ORDER TO PROVIDE A PROPER RECORD OF THIS COMICS.
THE RULES ALLOW EACH PERSON ONE MINUTE TO SPEAK IF CITIZENS MAY PASS HIS OR HER TIME TO ANOTHER PERSON WHO ACTUALLY REQUESTED TO ADDRESS THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADVISING COMMITTEE.
HOWEVER, NO CITIZEN REMARKS SHALL EXCEED THREE MINUTES IN TOTAL.
EITHER THE ONE MINUTE OR THE THREE MINUTES, UM, LIMIT MAY BE EXTENDED BY MAJORITY OF THE VOTE OF THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADVISING COMMITTEE.
I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO BE AS BRIEF AND TO THE POINT AS POSSIBLE.
PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADVISING COMMITTEE CANNOT DISCUSS OR DELIBERATE ON ITEMS FOR RICH PUBLIC NOTICE HAD ADVOCATED ON THIS AGENDA SINCE THERE IS NO ONE REGARDING TO SPEAK.
[2. MINUTES]
THE SENTENCING PORTION OF THE AGENDA.CONSIDER APPROVING THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADVISING COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES FROM MARCH 5TH, 2024.
[3. PROGRAM AMENDMENTS]
ITEM THREE A, CONSIDER A RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL TO ADOPT THE REVISED SEWER LINE REPAIR AND REPLACEMENT PROGRAM GUIDELINES WITH SHERIFF.SO, UM, WE HAVE THREE SETS OF GUIDELINES ON THE AGENDA FOR TODAY.
THE FIRST SET, UM, AND I CAN KIND OF GIVE YOU JUST A OVERVIEW OF ALL OF THEM AT ONCE, AND THEN YOU'LL JUST GO, UM, FOR THE SEWER LINE REPAIR PROGRAM, THE ONLY THING THAT WE CHANGED IN THE GUIDELINES WAS ADDING THAT YOU CANNOT OWE A DEBT TO THE CITY.
UM, WHENEVER YOU APPLY TYP, THAT'S THE TYPICAL ACROSS THE BOARD, BUT IT'S NOT ACTUALLY WRITTEN IN THE GUIDELINES.
AND UH, WE DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO BASICALLY SAY, WELL, I DON'T SEE IT WRITTEN DOWN ANYWHERE.
YOU KNOW, WHENEVER YOU SAY THE POLICY WORD, PEOPLE ASK, WHEN I WORKED AT THE LIBRARY, WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO SAY IT'S IN THE POLICY BECAUSE THERE WOULD BE PEOPLE WHO SAY, WHERE'S THE POLICY? SHOW ME THE POLICY.
SO WHILE IT IS OUR UNWRITTEN POLICY, WE'VE WROTE IT DOWN NOW AND WE ACTUALLY ADDED THAT TO ALL THREE OF THE GUIDELINES.
HOME BUYER REHAB AND SEWER LINE.
AND THEN FOR THE NEXT ONE, WHICH IS OWNER OCCUPIED HOUSING REHAB PROGRAM GUIDELINES, THAT ONE CURRENTLY OUR MAXIMUM CONSTRUCTION COSTS ARE A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.
THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE THE FENCE AND FLAT WORK, THE DRIVEWAY AND THE SIDEWALK.
SO IT'S HARD TO GET A HOUSE BUILT FOR A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.
WE'RE LUCKY IN THAT WE HAVE A COUPLE OF CONTRACTORS THAT WILL ACTUALLY BID ON OUR PROJECTS.
I MEAN, WE JUST CHANGED IT TO A HUNDRED THOUSAND BACK IN 2019.
WHAT HOUSE? AND WE ACTUALLY GOT BIDS, BUT IT'S THE SAME TWO GUYS WHO BID ON THE PROJECTS.
SO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS, IS WE'RE TRYING TO BRING IT IN LINE WITH THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS PROGRAM.
THEY HAVE A RECONSTRUCTION PROGRAM, BUT THEIR MAXIMUM AMOUNT IS SET IN THE TEXAS ADMINISTRATIVE CODE.
SO INSTEAD OF US PUTTING A DOLLAR AMOUNT IN OUR GUIDELINES, WE WENT AHEAD AND SAY THAT WE WERE GOING TO BE IN LINE WITH 10 TECH 32 I THINK IT IS OR SOMETHING.
UM, WE'RE GONNA BE IN LINE WITH THE TEXAS ADMINISTRATIVE CODE.
THAT WAY, WHENEVER THEIRS GOES UP, OURS GOES UP AS WELL.
THAT WAY WE'RE NOT CONSTANTLY BRINGING GUIDELINES TO YOU GUYS FOR REVIEW.
WELL, THAT ALSO GIVES A CARD BASED REASON TO BASE IT ON.
AND THEN FOR OUR HOME BUYER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, WE ARE INCREASING THE MAXIMUM SALES PRICE OF A HOME TO $200,000.
AND UNFORTUNATELY YOU CAN'T REALLY FIND ANYTHING FOR $180,000 THAT'S WORTH LIVING IN.
UM, YOU MIGHT GET LUCKY, BUT IT DOESN'T HAPPEN FEW AND FAR BETWEEN FOR YOU TO FIND A DECENT HOUSE UNDER 180,000.
SO WE WENT AHEAD AND INCREASED IT TO $200,000.
UM, WE DIDN'T WANT TO GO ANY HIGHER THAN THAT BECAUSE WE ARE HELPING LOW INCOME FAMILIES AND WE WOULD HATE FOR THEM TO BUY MORE HOME THAN THEY CAN AFFORD.
JUST BECAUSE THE LENDER'S WILLING TO LEND YOU THE MONEY DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY PAY THAT MORTGAGE EVERY MONTH.
SO WE FIGURE 200, ESPECIALLY WITH INTEREST RATES RIGHT NOW.
AND SAME THING FOLLOW OUR CRITERIA TOO, RIGHT? YES, YES.
THE ONLY THING THAT'S CHANGING ON THAT ONE, OH, AND ANOTHER THING THAT WE CHANGED IN HOME BUYER IS WE ARE REQUIRING YOU TO HAVE BEEN APPROVED FOR A LOAN.
UM, RIGHT NOW YOU ONLY HAVE TO BE ABLE TO SECURE A LOAN.
AND WHAT HAPPENS, ESPECIALLY AROUND TAX TIME, IS WE GET INUNDATED WITH APPLICATIONS OF PEOPLE THAT JUST WANNA SEE IF THEY WOULD BE APPROVED.
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SO WE GO THROUGH THE WHOLE PROCESS OF DOING THEIR APPLICATION, SPENDING A LOT OF STAFF TIME INTO IT.ESPECIALLY IF THEY DON'T SUBMIT ALL THE PAPERWORK, THEN WE HAVE TO GO BACK AND FORTH WITH THEM UNTIL THEY SUBMIT EVERYTHING AND THEN WE LET THEM KNOW THEY'RE APPROVED AND THEY DON'T DO ANYTHING WITH IT.
SO IT'S WASTING SOME STAFF TIME.
SO WHAT WE'RE DOING IS, IS BASICALLY HAVE SOME SKIN IN THE GAME IF YOU'RE GONNA APPLY FOR THE PROGRAM, BE READY TO ACTUALLY PURCHASE A HOME.
I JUST WANNA SEE IF I'M, IF WE'RE APPROVED.
WHAT'S THE SEWER LINE? I'M SORRY.
OH, THE SEWER LINE IS NOT AN AMOUNT.
THE ONLY THING WE CHANGED IN THE SEWER LINE WAS THAT YOU CANNOT OWE A DEBT TO THE CITY.
DO Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE GUIDELINES? TAKE A ALL THREE AS WELL.
SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE TAKE ALL THREE ITEMS. THREE, A, B, AND C.
DO I HAVE A RECOMMENDATION? HONOR IF IB AND C? DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.
[a. Discuss and consider the Community Development Block Grant budget recommendation for the 2024-2025 program year.]
A, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT BUDGET RECOMMENDATION FOR THE 20 24 20 25 PROGRAM YEAR WHILE WE'RE HERE.FIGURE OUT HOW WE WANT TO SPEND OUR MONEY FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR.
OUR ENTITLEMENT FOR PY 24 IS $834,817.
WE ANTICIPATE RECEIVING $5,000 THIS YEAR IN PROGRAM INCOME, WHICH WOULD THEN BE BUDGETED IN THE NEW YEAR.
AND WE ESTIMATE A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS IN UNENDED FUND.
IT COULD BE MORE, BUT UM, THAT'S JUST AN ESTIMATE.
WE DON'T LIKE TO DO A HIGH ESTIMATE BECAUSE THEN WE'LL OVER BUDGET.
SO OUR TOTAL BUDGET IS NINE 39,817.
SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE TO DECIDE ON THE PROGRAMS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO FUND AND HOW MUCH IT IS THAT WE'D LIKE TO FUND THEM FOR.
WE DON'T HAVE TO FUND THEM FOR THE FULL AMOUNT ON THEIR BUDGET WORKSHEET THAT THEY PROVIDE.
WE DO HAVE THEM BREAK THINGS DOWN BY LINE ITEM.
SO IF THERE'S A PROJECT THAT YOU DO WANT TO FUND BUT YOU DON'T SEE THE REASON TO FUND ONE LINE ITEM OVER THE OTHER, WE CAN ALWAYS REMOVE THAT LINE ITEM AND YOU'D ONLY FUND THEM FOR TRAINING INSTEAD OF POSTAGE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO, UM, I GUESS WE CAN BEGIN AT THE TOP BEFORE WE BEGIN.
WE CAN MAKE AMENDMENT TO THE H AGENCY AS FAR AS FUNDING IS CONCERNED, RIGHT? OR STIPULATIONS.
UM, THESE, EVERYTHING RIGHT HERE IS A PUBLIC SERVICE ACTIVITY.
AS YOU'LL SEE HERE, THE TOTAL REQUEST IS TWICE AS MUCH, TWICE THAT AMOUNT.
SO WE NEED TO CUT THAT DOWN, UM, TO THAT.
SO, UM, CATHERINE BROWN, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU WANTED TO START WITH? I WAS JUST GONNA START WITH THE FIRST ONE.
UH, BARRY COUNSELING, DRUGS AND ALCOHOL.
UM, THIS IS THE SECOND YEAR THAT THEY HAVE SUBMITTED A PROPOSAL AND NEITHER TIME HAVE THEY SPECIFIED SPECIFICALLY THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT THEY MIGHT SERVICE.
THE CLOSEST THEY CAME WAS SAYING THERE'S 26,000 LOW INCOME FAMILIES.
SO, AND, AND DRUGS ARE WORSE THAN LOW INCOME FAMILIES.
WELL, THAT'S A PRETTY BROAD STATEMENT.
UM, THAT'S AN ITEM THAT TAB THREE.
AND THEY, UH, ALSO, UH, ARE GOING TO PUT IT ON RADIO STATIONS.
WE DON'T HAVE A RADIO STATION REALLY HERE.
THEY NEVER MENTIONED THE ONE IN BAYTOWN.
SO WHERE ARE THEY GONNA ADVERTISE IT? THEY NEVER GAVE US SPECIFICS ON WHERE THEY'RE GONNA ADVERTISE IT.
THEY, UH, I, I'M PERSONALLY OFFENDED HAVING READ HUNDREDS OF GRANTS IN MY CAREER, THEY'LL BE EXPLAINING SOMETHING AND THEY JUST CUT OFF THE LAST PART OF IT.
IT'S LIKE, WELL IT DOESN'T FIT IN YOUR FRAME AND SO WE'RE JUST NOT GONNA INCLUDE IT.
SO, I MEAN, IT WAS A VERY POORLY DONE GRANT.
AND IF THEY'RE GONNA DO THEIR GRANT POORLY, I DON'T THINK THEY WOULD, UH, ADMINISTER THE FUNDS VERY WELL.
I DON'T DOUBT, I DON'T DISAGREE THAT THERE'S A NEED FOR DRUG PROGRAMS. I JUST HAVE NOT YET SEEN SOMETHING FROM THIS GROUP PERSONALLY THAT ASSURES ME THAT THEY'RE GONNA DO A GOOD JOB.
INTOWN, IT'S TOO GENERALS VERY GENERAL.
IT DOESN'T HAVE ANY SPECIFICS.
AND THEN WHEN YOU ASK THEM, I MEAN THEY DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER.
SUPPOSED TO BE THE EXPERTS AND THEY WERE GOING LIKE, UM, WELL I HAVE TO SAY THE TWO YOUNG YOUNGER PEOPLE WITH HER THIS TIME WERE BETTER AT EXPLAINING THAN SHE WAS AND SHE WAS BETTER THAN THE LADY LAST
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YEAR.BUT I, I DO NOT RECOMMEND FUNDING THIS.
I RECOMMEND THAT WE DON'T PROVIDE FUNDING FOR BAY AREA COUNCIL ON DRUGS AND ALCOHOL.
DO I HAVE A MOTION ON THAT? I SO MOVE.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
ALL OPPOSED AREA HOMELESS SERVICES.
THEY'VE RECEIVED FUNDING IN THE PAST.
THEY AREN'T RECEIVING FUNDING IN THE CURRENT YEAR BECAUSE THEY HAD A CHANGE IN STAFF AND UM, THE PREVIOUS PROGRAM MANAGER DID NOT SUBMIT AN APPLICATION EVEN THOUGH MR. ECKER THOUGHT THAT THEY HAD, WHICH IS WHY THEY DON'T HAVE FUNDING FOR THIS YEAR.
BUT THEY WERE RECEIVING FUNDING BEFORE I CAME TO WORK IN FROM THERE.
ANY THOUGHTS ON BAY AREA HOMELESS? IS THIS FOR THE DEMOLITION? NO, THIS IS FOR THE CHILDCARE.
I'M SORRY, I SHOULD HAVE BEEN SPECIFIC.
SO THEY PRIORITIZE, THEIR PRIORITY IS TO GET FUNDING FOR THE CHILDCARE AND PRIORITY TWO IS THE DEMOLITION.
IF THEY DON'T RECEIVE THAT FUNDING, THEN THEIR, THEIR MAIN THING IS TO GET THE FUNDING FOR THE CHILDCARE.
ONE IS UNDER THE PUBLIC SERVICE CAP AND ONE IS NOT.
UM, BUT CURRENTLY THEY'RE REQUESTING $5,000 FOR CHILDCARE FOR I AGREE TO THAT ONE.
I SAID TOO, SO KNOW THAT GREAT NEED FOR THIS.
AND THAT'S NOT JUST THE ACTUAL SCHOOL PROGRAM, LIKE A SCHOOL, RIGHT? IT'S A BIT AN ACTUAL ALL DAY ACTUAL DAYCARE.
EITHER ALL DAY OR AFTER SCHOOL CARE.
WE DID NOT, WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH DAYCARE PERIOD.
YOU KNOW, AND THAT SEEMS TO BE VERY MINIMUM.
MINIMUM IN CONSIDERATION OF WHAT CHILDCARE ACTUALLY COSTS.
THEY GET A UM, I BELIEVE THEY GET A DISCOUNT.
THEY USE, I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THIS ONE.
MY ONLY QUESTION IS, UM, I THINK THEY MAY HAVE MENTIONED IT AS FAR AS WHAT DAYCARE PROVIDER DO THEY CHOOSE? DO THEY THEY USE SOLID ROCK.
THAT'S WHAT THEY USED IN THE PAST.
'CAUSE WHENEVER THEY, SO OF COURSE OUR GRANT IS DONE BY REIMBURSEMENT.
SO THEY HAVE TO SUBMIT INVOICES TO US FOR THE CHILDCARE AND THEN PROOF THAT THE INVOICE WAS PAID PRIOR TO US REIMBURSING THEM FOR THE MONEY THAT THEY SPENT.
AND IN THE PAST DAY YOU SAW THE DOG DAYCARE, SO YOU'RE GETTING THE PROPER PAPERWORK.
GIVEN ALL THAT, I WON'T GIVE HIM HIS MONEY IF I DON'T
ALRIGHT, SO WE'RE GOOD WITH THAT ONE.
AND THEN NEXT WOULD BE THE BAY AREA HOMELESS PRIORITY TWO, THE DEMOLITION.
SO WE DO, WE AGREE THAT WE'RE GONNA GET THE COMPLETED AMOUNT, GOT 5,000.
SO I DID SPEAK, UM, I HAD CODY, OUR DEMOLITION AND HOUSING INSPECTOR.
SO THE CITY HAS A DEMOLITION CONTRACT WITH A CONTRACTOR THAT DOES ALL OF THE CITY'S DEMOLITIONS.
SO CODY DID, UM, AN ESTIMATE ON HOW MUCH THE DEMOLITION COULD COST FOR THAT HOUSE.
AND THEY SAID IT COULD BE BETWEEN SEVEN AND $8,000.
UM, NOT THE, THE FULL 30 THAT HE'S REQUESTING.
THEY DID SAY THAT THE ASBESTOS WOULD NOT BE NEEDED.
UH, BECAUSE IT IS A RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE, EVEN IF IT IS BEING USED FOR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES, IT IS A RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE.
SO, UM, THE ASBESTOS MONITORING AND ALL THAT WOULD NOT BE NECESSARY.
SO, UM, IF WE WERE TO FUND THEM, WE DO NOT NEED TO GIVE THEM THE ENTIRE $30,000 BECAUSE THEY DON'T NEED IT.
WELL, I, I'M, I WOULD LIKE US TO COME BACK TO THIS ONE.
AFTER WE FUNDED OTHERS, I GIVEN 10,000 IS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
NOT, BUT LET'S SEE IF WE'VE GOT IT BEFORE WE, WE ALREADY TOOK 82 THOSE.
YEAH, BUT WE HAVE TWICE AS MUCH OF PORTER REQUEST AS WE HAVE MONEY.
SO, WELL, CAN WE PUT 8,000 ON THE SCREEN JUST FOR NOW? AND WE CAN ALWAYS COME BACK TO EITHER THE, TO ADD MORE I WOULD DO 10, LIKE DALIA SAID, JUST TO HAVE THAT CUSHION.
YEAH, BECAUSE IF IN FACT YOU DO DECIDE TO GIVE THEM THE, THE MONEY, I THINK GIVING A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN THEY ACTUALLY NEED.
JUST, UM, 'CAUSE YOU KNOW, USE IT.
THERE'S ALWAYS THAT I KNOW FACTOR WHEN AND ALL THIS IN YOUR HOUSE THAT YOU NEED TO TAKE IN CONSIDERATION.
I GRADE 30,000 IS A LOT, BUT EIGHT EIGHT'S A LITTLE BIT TOO LOW.
WELL WE GET THE DEMOLITION CONTRACTOR THAT THE CITY HAS.
WE HAVE A A SET PRICE WITH THEM DEPENDING ON THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE PROPERTY.
SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE ABLE TO GET IT FOR A LOWER PRICE THAN IF THEY WERE TO PUT IT OUT FOR BID.
THEY MIGHT GET IT FOR TWICE AS MUCH.
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I'M NOT SURE THE SPECIFICS OF OUR DEMOLITION CONTRACT, BUT I KNOW THAT WE, WE GET A GOOD PRICE FROM THAT.THAT'S WHY WE HAVE A CONTRACT WITH THEM.
'CAUSE THEY GIVE, GIVE US GOOD PRICE.
QUESTION MAKES A CITY CONTRACTOR GOING TO DO THIS.
IT'S, IT'S NOT A CITY EMPLOYEE.
CAN I MAKE A PROCEDURAL SUGGESTION? YES SIR.
HONOR, AS YOU GUYS ARE MAKING MOTIONS ON EACH ONE OF THESE, I KNOW THAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR CONSENSUS AMONG THE GROUP FOR EACH ONE AND, AND I THINK THAT'S GOOD.
BUT I THINK THE MOTION AT THE END WOULD MAKE A LOT MORE SENSE.
SENSE TO JUST MAKE ONE MOTION ON THE ENTIRE EITHER GROUPING OR BUDGET RECOMMENDATION.
BECAUSE THEN ONCE YOU'VE MADE MOTIONS GOING BACK AND, AND MAKING ANY CHANGES.
'CAUSE YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT LIKE LEAVING ONE AS A, AS A PLACEHOLDER.
THAT BECOMES MORE COMPLICATED TO AND AND PROCEDURALLY IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THAT COMPLICATED.
SO AS LONG AS YOU'RE GETTING THE CONSENSUS ON EACH ITEM AND THEN MAKING A MOTION AT THE VERY END, LIKE I SAID, YOU CAN DO IT BY GROUP OR YOU CAN DO IT FOR THE ENTIRE BUDGET.
I THINK THAT MIGHT MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT SIMPLER.
THEY'RE NOT SAYING WE JUST PUT 10,000 AND THEN IF WE HAVE ADDITIONAL FUNDS, WE CAN ALWAYS GO BACK AND SEE MORE HOW MUCH MORE WE CAN FUND.
OR IF WE DECIDE TO FUND SOMETHING ELSE MORE, WE CAN PAY YOU 2000 IS THE BAY AREA REHAB, BAY AREA REHABILITATION CENTER, UH, THE OPPORTUNITY CENTER PROGRAM.
THAT'S THE ONE WHERE THEY ARE REQUESTING $5,000 TO PAY FOR, UM, BASICALLY GAS AND VEHICLE MAINTENANCE FOR THEIR VAN.
THAT TAKES PEOPLE TO AND FROM UM, DIFFERENT APPOINTMENTS.
YEAH, I DIDN'T QUITE UNDERSTAND.
SO HE'S ONLY ASKING IF HE ALREADY HAS THIS SET UP RIGHT? IT'S ALREADY A PROGRAM.
'CAUSE I WAS WONDERING WHY HE DIDN'T.
SO IT'S REALLY THE GAS AND MAINTENANCE.
I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT.
NO, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT.
MY ONLY QUESTION TO YOU IS HOW DO YOU KEEP TRACK OF GAS AS FAR AS WHERE PEOPLE'S GOING FROM DESTINATION A TO DESTINATION B? THAT'S MY ONLY QUESTION IS, I MEAN, WHEN YOU WORK FOR A BUSINESS YOU HAVE TO KEEP TRACK OF YOUR MILEAGE ON A SPREADSHEET USUALLY.
I THINK HE'S ASKING HOW DO WE KNOW THAT IT'S FOR THE USAGE THAT WE'RE SUPPLYING IT.
THAT LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE NOT DEVIATING TO ANOTHER LOCATION.
YOU KNOW, LIKE I MAY STOP BY AT THE HOUSE HYPOTHETICALLY SPEAKING OR LET ME GO PICK UP MY CHILD AND TAKE CARE OF LIKE I JUST DROPPED EVERYONE OFF.
LET ME RUN TO THE STORE REAL QUICK.
DOES HE HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT IN THE CITY, SYLVANIA, HAS HE THOUGHT OF PARTNERING WITH HARRIS COUNTY RIDES OR HARRIS COUNTY TRANSIT? 'CAUSE THERE IS A BUS STOP AT THAT LOCATION.
SO HAVE THEY CONSIDERED MAYBE REACHING OUT TO HARRIS COUNTY TRANSIT TO SEE IF THEY CAN COME UP WITH WELL DO HIS PEOPLE HAVE FUNDS TO RIDE IT OR THE WHEREWITHAL TO GET THEMSELVES THERE HELP MAY PART OF THE PROBLEM, THE NOTES I TOOK IS THAT HE WOULD STILL PROVIDE FUNDING OR SERVICES IF THE GRANT HAS NOT PROVIDED TO HIM.
WE, OR THE CITY'S NOT THE ONLY GRANT THAT HE'S SIGNED FOR.
WASN'T THERE, UH, DIDN'T HE BRING UP THE POINT THAT, UH, THAT HIS DRIVERS, UM, HAVE TO HAVE TO A LOT OF HOMES? YEAH.
THEY HAVE TO REACH A LOT OF HOMES.
WHEN, AND THEY HAD TO UH, I THOUGHT THAT WAS WHEEL ON WHEELS.
SO HOW MUCH DID THEY ASK FOR LAST YEAR? WELL, THEY DIDN'T RECEIVE, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT THEY APPLIED FOR THIS LAST YEAR WAS FOR THE PLAYGROUND.
YEAH, IT WAS FOR THE PLAYGROUND.
IT WAS FOR THE PLAYGROUND LAST YEAR.
THE LAST TIME WAS IN FISCAL YEAR 2021.
AND THEY, THEY, THEY UTILIZE ALL THEIR FUNDS.
SO IT'S A QUESTION OF IS THERE A NEED FOR THEM OR I'M SURE THERE'S A NEED, IT'S JUST A MATTER OF, WELL, AGAIN, WHAT DO YOU FEEL ABOUT TRYING TO KEEP RECORDS ON? HOW WOULD YOU WELL, WE WOULD HAVE TO TRACK THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE SERVED THAT TAKE THOSE RIDES.
UM, AND THEN WHERE ARE THEY TAKING THE RIDES? UM, BECAUSE THAT WOULD FACTOR IN
HARRIS, HARRIS COUNTY TRANSIT HAS A BUS STOP THERE.
'CAUSE THE UNITED WAY IS RIGHT BEHIND THEM.
SO HARRIS'S COUNTY TRANSIT HAS A RIGHT
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THERE.I WOULD SAY THAT MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE WITH LUNG CANCER AND I HAD RIDE THROUGH MY INSURANCE, BUT THEY KEPT TABS OF I HAD TO SIGN PAPERWORK, I HAD TO DO ALL THAT.
SO THEY KNEW EXACTLY THE DRIVER MADE ME SIGN PAPERWORK BEFORE BROUGHT ME OFF.
AND WHEN HE PICKED ME UP, UP TO MD ANDERSON.
SO I KNEW FOR A FACT THAT THAT WAS, THAT THEY WERE KEEPING TABS OR WHATEVER.
AND THEY ALL, SO YOU COULD ONLY HAVE EIGHT RIDES, BUT IF YOU ONLY ROUND TRIP, YOU COULD ONLY HAVE FOUR.
SO THE, I'M SURE FOR THEIR BOOKKEEPING, FOR THEIR AUDIT PURPOSES, FOR FOOD
THEY WOULD HAVE TO, UM, DETERMINE THAT THEY'RE ELIGIBLE, THAT THEY HAVE, THEY'RE WITHIN THE INCOME LIMITS, THAT THEY LIVE WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
PAPERWORK TO DO THAT FOR RECORD.
HOW WOULD YOU SET IT UP TO HAVE THE CORRECT RECORDS THAT YOU WOULD NEED? IT'S, WE CAN GIVE THEM A DEMOGRAPHIC FORM FOR EACH PERSON TO FILL OUT.
BUT WILL THEY HAVE ALL THE BACKUP THAT GOES WITH IT? 'CAUSE IF WE GET AUDITED BY HUD, HUD CAN COME IN WHEN THEY'RE AUDITING US AND SAY, OKAY, I WANT TO ALSO TALK TO THE PEOPLE WHO MANAGE THE OPERATION BRIDGE AND THE EMERGENCY HOTEL PROGRAM.
AND THEN THE HUD WILL REQUIRE THEM TO SUBMIT PAPERWORK AND THEN IF THEY DON'T HAVE EVERYTHING RIGHT, THE CITY WOULD HAVE TO PAY BACK THE MONEY AND THEN THE CITY WOULD HAVE TO THEN TRY TO FOLLOW, GO AFTER THEM FOR THE MONEY THAT WE HAD TO PAY BACK TO HER LEGAL AND EVERYBODY ELSE.
SO I THINK THIS IS A HEADACHE TO TRY TO MANAGE FOR THEM AND FOR YOU, MAYBE NOT FOR YOU IF YOU SET IT UP, BUT IF THEY DON'T MANAGE IT CORRECTLY, THEN IT COULD BE A HEADACHE.
I WAS JUST GONNA SAY, I MEAN THEY DO TALK ABOUT ON PAGE THREE AND PAGE FOUR, PAGE THREE, THEY TALK ABOUT, UM, THAT THEY HAD OTHER GRANTS.
SO THEY ARE EXPERIENCED WITH BILLING SERVICES AND THEY DO ALSO SPEAK ABOUT, THEY HAVE THE FINANCIAL DATA.
THEY ALL FOLLOW THE POVERTY, SOCIAL SECURITY INCOME.
THEY HAVE RECORDS ADDRESS FOR YOUR VOICE GETS SOFTER AND SOFTER.
SORRY, SOME OF US DON'T HEAR WELL
BUT THIS FITS ALL DONE FALL BELOW THE POVERTY LINE OR ON SOCIAL SECURITY INCOME.
THE CENTER ALSO HAS RECORDS OF ADDRESS FOR ALL PARTICIPANTS TO VERIFY, WHICH RESIDE WITH
SO I THINK THEY, THEY HAVE IT, THEY ARE SPEAKING THAT THEY DO HAVE WAYS TO TRACK THIS.
SO IT, IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT IS A CONCERN THAT SOME OF THEIR INFORMATION DOES TEND TO ADDRESS THAT.
I FELT MORE COMFORTABLE WHEN THEY WERE ASKING FOR A PLAYGROUND THAN I DO THIS 'CAUSE IT'S A HEADACHE.
ESPECIALLY FROM THE CITY PERSPECTIVE.
IT'S NOT NEARLY AS MUCH MONEY AS THE PLAYGROUND.
AND IT'S, THERE'S A NEED YOU HURRICANES THIS YEAR AND WE REALLY GONNA NEED A BUNCH OF EXTRA HELP RIGHT HERE.
EVERYBODY'S, ALL THE AGENCIES ARE GONNA NEED.
SO, SO, SO IF WE THINK THAT, THEN WHY NOT TEST IT? RIGHT? OKAY THEN X IT'S THE FIRST TIME X AMOUNT, WE CAN GIVE YOU X AMOUNT THIS YEAR.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO FULLY FUND THEM.
YOU CAN ALWAYS, YOU DON'T HAVE TO FULLY FUND THEM.
YOU CAN ALWAYS JUST GIVE THEM, UM, JUST A COUPLE OF THOUSAND OR SOMETHING AND THEN GO FROM THERE.
WELL THE REASON I'M SAYING THAT IS BECAUSE IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THEY'RE ASKING FOR 5,000, 5,000, LET SAY WE SAY WE GAVE THEM SAY THREE.
AND THEN, AND THEN AND IF THEY, IF EVERYTHING WORKED OUT, IT MAY COME BACK AGAIN NEXT YEAR.
AND, AND IF THEY CAN JUSTIFY NEXT YEAR, WHY THEY FIVE AGAIN VERSUS THREE? AND YEAH, WE'RE, WE'RE, OKAY LISTEN, LET'S LISTEN TO WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY.
BUT BECAUSE IT'S THE FIRST TIME AND WE WANT TO SEE THAT YOU DO A GOOD JOB OF KEEPING IT OVER PROOF AND THEN NEXT, NEXT YEAR FINE FOR GO AHEAD CATHERINE.
I GUESS MY THOUGHTS ON IT ARE IF
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I, I'M GLAD YOU POINTED OUT THAT THEY DO SAY THEY HAVE ALL THE STATISTICS THAT WE NEED AND THEY'LL HAVE TO KEEP UP WITH IT AND GIVE IT TO US.BUT WE ARE A HUNDRED THOUSAND OVER MORE THAN A HUNDRED THOUSAND OVER REQUEST OVER WHAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE.
AND IF WE END UP HAVING MORE FUNDING MONEY LEFT OVER, I'D RATHER DO SOMETHING THAT I THINK WE'RE ALL MORE PASSIONATE ABOUT FOR THIS.
HE DOES GRANTS ALL OVER THE PLACE.
UM, I DON'T SEE PEACEMEAL IT JUST TO GIVE HIM SOME MONEY.
I WOULD RATHER NOT GIVE HIM THE FIVE, 5,000.
JENNIFER, YOU HAVE ANY THOUGHTS? I I, I DUNNO.
I'M JUST LEARNING AS WE GO HERE.
SO 85,000 OF THE HUNDRED AND STUFF OUT.
THERE'S 20 ALREADY OUTTA THAT ONE.
NO, WELL RIGHT NOW WE'VE ONLY FUNDED ONE PUBLIC SERVICE ACTIVITY FOR 5,000 UHHUH.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE, THESE ARE PUBLIC SERVICE ACTIVITY.
SO WE HAVE TO BE MINDFUL OF THE CAP.
SO RIGHT NOW WE STILL HAVE 120,223.
AS WE PUT IN UH, FIGURES HERE, THIS IS GOING TO GO DOWN.
SO WE CAN WATCH THAT WITH, OKAY, GOOD.
AND THEN THIS IS OUR OVERALL BUDGET HERE.
SO I WENT AHEAD AND I PUT THAT ON THERE FOR US.
THEN LATER ON, I KNOW WE DON'T BACK TABLE.
WE CAN COME BACK TO IT IF THERE'S MONEY LEFT FOR OVER DISCUSSION.
BAYTOWN POLICE DEPARTMENT EMERGENCY HOTEL PROGRAM, THEY RECEIVED FUNDING FOR THIS PROGRAM IN THE PAST.
THEY DID HAVE SOME ISSUES WITH SPENDING THEIR MONEY.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT HAS BEEN RESOLVED.
YOU SPENDING THE WHOLE AMOUNT OR SPENDING IT CORRECTLY? YOU LOOK ON THE NO, ACTUALLY, UM, UH, YES.
SO RIGHT NOW THEY'RE NOT, THEY'RE ONLY ASKING FOR $5,000.
UM, THEY ARE NOT CAPPING THE NUMBER OF, OF NIGHTS.
SO THAT WHOLE 5,000 COULD GO FOR ONE PERSON.
BUT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IF WE DECIDE TO FUND THEM, WE CAN PUT IN THEIR SCOPE OF SERVICES THAT IT CAN ONLY BE LIKE, LET'S SAY THREE NIGHTS PER HOUSEHOLD OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
THAT WAY THEY CAN HELP MORE PEOPLE.
UM, BUT I ALSO WANTED TO FIND OUT, UH, HOW MANY REPEATS THEY HAVE FOR PEOPLE THAT'S JUST PICK COME AND THEY GO BACK TO WHERE THEY'RE THINK AND AS THEY SAY, OH COME GET AND YOU KNOW, LIKE EVERY THREE MONTHS TO SIX MONTHS.
I I, I WAS ON THE FELONY BOARD OF THE EAST MARY WOMEN'S CENTER.
WE ACT IN THE SEVENTIES AND WORKED A LOT WITH THAT PROGRAM.
WOMEN DON'T ALWAYS STAY GONE WHEN THEY'RE GONE.
THEY'RE SCARED, THEY'RE AFRAID OF WHAT THEY'RE GONNA DO.
THEY DON'T HAVE A SUPPORT SYSTEM SET UP.
THEY DON'T HAVE A WAY TO SUPPORT THEMSELVES.
SO THEY OFTEN GO BACK AND THEN THEY LEAVE AGAIN.
THAT DOESN'T BOTHER ME WHEN A WOMAN'S LIFE AND OR HER CHILDREN'S LIVES ARE IN DANGER.
THAT WAS WHY I ASKED THE QUESTION ABOUT THEM.
DO THEY ONLY DO WHO HOTELS IN BAYTOWN? BECAUSE THEY NEED TO GET THESE WOMEN OUT OF BAYTOWN A LOT OF TIMES.
SO I WOULD, I WOULD BE FORGIVING THEM.
THEY SAID THEY DON'T PUT 'EM IN BAYTOWN BECAUSE THEY EXACTLY.
THAT'S YEAH, THAT'S WHAT YOU MEANT.
IT'S SAFER TO PUT 'EM SOMEWHERE ELSE.
SOMEWHERE WHERE PEOPLE WOULDN'T THINK TO LOOK.
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, LIKE THEY SAID,
I'VE SEEN IT HAPPEN WHILE THAT'S A CATCH 22.
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? THAT'S THE WAY IT IS.
BUT YOU SAVED THEM AT THE MOMENT.
BUT WE'RE JUST TRYING TO DO SERVICE FOR THE COMMUNITY AND HELP.
AND THEY'RE NOT THINKING STRAIGHT WHEN THEY, WHEN THEY LEAVE LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW, THEIR EMOTIONS ARE ALL OVER THE PLACE.
DO THEY HAVE TO, DO THE VICTIMS HAVE TO BE LOW INCOME THOUGH TO QUALIFY FOR THIS? ARE THEY VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ARE AUTOMATICALLY CONSIDERED LOW INCOME, JUST LIKE HOMELESS PEOPLE CONSIDERED LOW INCOME.
VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ARE USUALLY AUTOMATICALLY COM UH, CONSIDERED TO BE LOW INCOME.
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I KNOW IT HAPPENS IN EVERY I KNOW.BUT HUD JUST LIKE 62 AND OLDER ELDERLY ARE AUTOMATICALLY CONSIDERED LOW INCOME.
I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IT.
YEAH, I WAS GONNA SAY, I WAS GONNA SAY HOW WE, THAT JUST MAKES YOU RICH THOUGH.
YOU CAN ALSO LOOK AT THEIR BUDGET, UM, REQUESTS AND IT'S ON TAB SEVEN AND ON THE BRIGHT YELLOW PAGE THEY ARE UM, THEY DID BREAK DOWN ONLY $3,690 IS FOR HOTELS, 1100 IS FOR TRANSPORTATION.
AND THAT'S BASICALLY, IF THEY'RE BUSTING THEM OUT OF BAYTOWN AND THEN $210 FOR OTHER, UM, YOU CAN ALWAYS, IF YOU DO WANNA FULLY FUND THEM, YOU CAN ALWAYS DO THE FULL 5,000 FOR HOTELS.
UM, AND ELIMINATE OTHER OR WHATEVER.
I I, I'M, HE GOES, YOU KNOW WHAT, THESE PEOPLE
YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT EVERY DAY 24 7 THERE WAS ONLY THOSE TWO PEOPLE.
I DON'T KNOW IF THEY EVEN HAVE A STAFF DO OTHER TWO RIGHT THERE.
YOU SAID THEY WORK SOMETIMES THEY WERE THERE FOR THREE DAYS BECAUSE I WAS HERE.
I MEAN, I MEAN HOW MUCH ARE WE, HOW MUCH, HOW MUCH ARE THEY ANYBODY THAT'S TRYING TO YOU KNOW, DONATE THEIR TIME OR, OR TRYING TO WORK YOU FOR A LOWER WAGE, HOW MUCH CAN YOU EXPECT OUT OF THEM? YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SO DID YOU, Y'ALL WANT TO FULLY FUND 'EM? I WANT, I WANT TO FULLY FUND THEM.
AND THIS DOESN'T HAVE, UM, AN ACTUAL APPLICATION IN ITSELF.
THIS IS A COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM.
UM, THAT WOULD BE TAB TWO I BELIEVE.
UM, AND THAT'S, WE DON'T SUBMIT ACTUAL APPLICATIONS.
UM, WE DID IN THE PAST, BUT BECAUSE THESE ARE REVOLVING PROGRAMS THAT GET FUNDED EVERY YEAR, WE DO STILL PUT IN A REQUEST, BUT WE DON'T SUBMIT A FORMAL APPLICATION AGREEMENT.
SO CURRENTLY THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM IS FUNDED AT $67,000 AND WE ARE REQUESTING 65.
THE REASON THAT WE DID NOT INCREASE OUR REQUEST IS BECAUSE AT THE TIME, EVEN THOUGH WE DON'T PUT IN A FORMAL APPLICATION THE WAY EVERYONE ELSE DOES, WE DO TRY TO SUBMIT OUR REQUEST BY THE DUE DATE OF EVERYONE ELSE'S APPLICATION BEING DUE JUST TO BE EVEN ACROSS THE BOARD.
UM, AND WE HAD SOME ISSUES WITH OUR PAYROLL PROJECTIONS TO WHERE WE COULD NOT ACCURATELY CALCULATE WHAT OUR PAYROLL WAS GONNA BE.
SO WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT PROGRAM COSTS WOULD BE.
SO WE DECIDED TO JUST GO AHEAD AND JUST ASK FOR THE SAME THING WE ASKED FOR LAST YEAR.
YOU'RE GONNA SEE THAT ALL OF OURS EXCEPT FOR HOUSING BECAUSE I DO KNOW THAT WE'RE INCREASING THE CONSTRUCTION COST BY 35,000 PER HOUSE.
SO WE INCREASED THAT REQUEST OVER LAST YEAR.
BUT OTHER THAN THAT, UM, TRANSPORTATION, WE ARE REQUESTING 65.
WE HAVE 67 NOW AND WE LOOK LIKE WE'RE ON PAR TO ACTUALLY SPEND IT ALL BY THE END OF THE YEAR.
THIS IS ALSO ONE THAT YOU COULD REVISIT LATER AND IF YOU WANT TO ADD MORE MONEY TO IT.
WE REQUESTED 15,000 LAST YEAR.
Y'ALL DID GIVE US MORE THAN WE REQUESTED, BUT WE DID REQUEST 15,000 FOR THE NEW YEAR.
YOU END UP SPENDING LAST YEAR, UM, A LITTLE ALMOST 11,000.
BUT THAT'S BECAUSE, BECAUSE WE RECEIVED THE FUNDING DIRECTLY FROM HUD, WE HAVE TO CHECK CITIZENSHIP STATUS OF ANYBODY WHO APPLIES FOR THE PROGRAM.
IF WE WERE TO FUND AN OUTSIDE ORGANIZATION TO MANAGE THE PROGRAM, THEY DO NOT HAVE TO CHECK CITIZENSHIP.
SO THAT KIND OF TOOK AWAY A LOT OF OUR APPLICATIONS.
'CAUSE YOU HAD TO BE A US CITIZEN OR A LEGAL RESIDENT.
UM, IDEALLY WHAT WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE IS MAYBE, UM, COMMUNITIES AND SCHOOLS TAKE OVER THAT PROGRAM BECAUSE THEY ALREADY WORK IN THE SCHOOLS AND THEY HAVE ACCESS TO INCOME INFORMATION AND ALL THAT OTHER STUFF.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WANTED TO DISCUSS WITH MEL.
SO YOU CAN GIVE THIS MONEY TO THEM WHERE THEY CAN MANAGE IT WELL FOR YOU IS THAT THE WAY WOULD WORK? YOU WOULD BE MANAGING IT STILL? WE HAVE TO DISCUSS IT WITH THEM.
'CAUSE THEY WOULD PUT IN THE APPLICATION FOR THIS FOR THE NEW YEAR.
BUT IDEALLY WE, IF WE CAN GET AN OUTSIDE ORGANIZATION TO MANAGE IT, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
'CAUSE WE NEVER MANAGED IT BEFORE.
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A LOCAL NONPROFIT THAT MANAGED IT.THEY DISSOLVED AND WE COULDN'T HAVE THE PROGRAM GO AWAY BECAUSE USUALLY HELP ABOUT 300 KIDS EVERY YEAR.
SO THAT WOULD BE 300 KIDS WITH WITHOUT.
SO HOW WE'VE MANAGED IT IN HOUSE, HOW ARE RECIPIENTS NOTIFIED, UM, THAT THEY ARE CHOSEN FOR THIS PROGRAM? COMMUNITIES AND SCHOOLS GETS WITH, UM, STEPHANIE, DON'T THEY SEND OUT THE THING THROUGH THE PEOPLE FREE PARENTS SQUARE? UM, IT SENDS IT OUT TO DISTRICT ISSUES.
UM, BUT THIS YEAR THEY ARE GONNA DO IT.
UM, SO THEY WERE NOTIFIED THROUGH UM, MOUTH, FACEBOOK FLYERS, UM, POST HERE AND THEN WORD OF MOUTH, SOCIAL MEDIA.
SO THIS YEAR IT'S ACTUALLY GONNA GO OUT THROUGH THE, THIS GREEK NOTIFICATION THING CALLED PARENT SQUARE.
SO ANY THOUGHTS? AND IT'S WHAT, 300 PEOPLE, RIGHT? YES.
50 PER SHOE AND SHOE OR PAIR SHOES.
AND YOU DON'T GET THE SOLE EITHER.
I MEAN IT'S IT'S AN EITHER OR SITUATION.
AND THE LIMIT ON A FAMILY MEMBER.
A FAMILY HAS A LARGE OR SMALL SIX KIDS IF YOU CAN SIX KIDS.
AS LONG AS THEY'RE ENROLLED IN SCHOOL, YOU GOTTA GIVE 'EM ALL 6 95 THING.
YOU WERE LOOKING AT THE NEXT ONE.
I THOUGHT I WAS LOOKING AT COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOL.
THIS IS THE ONE RIGHT HERE, RIGHT? THAT'S RIGHT UNDER IT.
I I RECOMMEND THAT WE, UM, FUND THEM.
WHAT THEY'RE ASKING IF WE HAVE MORE FUNDS LEFT OVER THERE, WE CAN, UM, PROVIDE FOR THE NEW BECAUSE I, BUT THEY DIDN'T SPEND IT ALL LAST YEAR BECAUSE THE NEXT YEAR THEY WON BE MORE AND 25 OR SIX.
WELL, IN THE CURRENT YEAR WE HAVE 20 AND WE HAVEN'T STARTED IT YET LAST YEAR IN OKAY.
AND FY 23 WAS OUR FIRST YEAR THAT WE DID IT.
THAT'S THE ONE WHERE WE DIDN'T SPEND IT ALL.
SO YOU DON'T START THIS, THAT MONEY WE APPROVED LAST YEAR, YOU'RE SPENDING IN AUGUST OR WHENEVER YOU DO THIS.
SO MY QUESTION IS, THIS IS FUNDING FOR 25 26 WE'RE LOOKING AT YES.
AND SO IN 25, 26, WILL YOU BE ABLE TO COOPERATE WITH, IT'D BE FOR 24 25.
WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO WORK WITH COMMUNITIES AND SCHOOLS FOR 25 26? WE WOULD LIKE TO, YES.
SO IT'S 25, 26 THAT YOU MIGHT NEED TO BE BOOST TO THIS.
BECAUSE YOU DON'T, YOU HAVE TO VERIFY CITIZENSHIP.
SO I DON'T KNOW THAT WE NEED TO PUT MORE MONEY IN THIS YEAR.
'CAUSE YOU WE'RE ACTUALLY REQUESTING LESS THAN WE GOT LAST YEAR.
YEAH, BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T SPEND IT LAST YEAR.
COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS JOB READINESS TRAINING PROGRAM.
THEY, UM, HAVE RECEIVED FUNDING FOR THIS PROGRAM OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
THE BOOK WAS PRINTED BEFORE THEY DID THEIR REIMBURSEMENT REQUEST, BUT THUS FAR THEY SPENT $7,000 THOUSAND DOLLARS.
SO THEY HAVE ALMOST EXPENDED ALMOST ALL OF THEIR FUNDS AND THEY, UM, ARE ON BOARD TO FINISH IT ALL.
WE HAVE TO GET THEIR FINAL INVOICES.
THE SCHOOL IS UP, BUT THEY, I THINK IT'S A GOOD PROGRAM.
I I WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF IT ISN'T CAME AND PRESENTED TO US.
FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DIDN'T GO ON THE PROJECT TOUR, UM, THEY ACTUALLY HAD THE STUDENTS COME AND PRESENT, UM, AND DO IMPACT STATEMENTS FOR THE MEMBERS THAT CAME.
YEAH, WE I KNOW WE DID EVERY DAY.
DOORSTEP, BLESSING HEARTS AND HANDS OF BAYTOWN.
UM, THAT IS THE FOOD PANTRY ON CEDAR BAYOU ROAD.
THIS IS THE PROGRAM TO WHERE THEY PACKAGE MEALS AND DELIVER THEM TO HOME BOUND ELDERLY, UM, RESIDENTS AND BASE HOUSE.
THEY DO LIKE A MOBILE PANTRY IN THE SENIOR APARTMENT COMPLEXES, SENIOR LIVING FACILITY.
AND THEY REQUESTED, UM, LAST YEAR THEY ACTUALLY REQUESTED MORE, BUT WE ONLY GAVE THEM NINE.
THIS YEAR THEY'RE REQUESTING 13,500.
AND THEY'VE ALREADY SPENT A GOOD CHUNK OF THEIR FUNDS FOR THE CURRENT
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YEAR.SO, UM, THEY'RE, I'M PRETTY GOOD ABOUT SHOWING YOU PROOF OF EXPENSES.
I WON'T GIVE ANY MONEY IF YOU DON'T SHOW ME WHAT I NEED.
I PROMISE YOU, I WILL HOLD ONTO YOUR STUFF FOR MONTHS IF I HAVE TO UNTIL I GET EVERYTHING.
AND I'M TEACHING MONICA TO BE JUST LIKE ME.
IF YOU WROTE THE CHECK, I WANT THE BANK STATEMENT SHOWING ME THAT THE CHECK CLEARED.
I MEAN, IF YOU PAID WITH THE CREDIT CARD, I NEED A BANK STATEMENT SHOWING ME THAT YOU PAID YOUR CREDIT CARD BILL.
LIKE WE, WE MAKE SURE WE HAVE ALL OF THAT INFORMATION.
AND I AM RHONDA SUBMITTED SOME NOTES SO SHE COULDN'T BE WITH US.
AND FOR MEALS, UH, HEARTS AND HANDS.
THIS IS ANOTHER GREAT PROGRAM.
SO MANY PEOPLE ARE HELPED BY THIS.
IT'S A LARGE ASK AND THEY RECEIVE LOTS OF OTHER FUNDING.
SO I'M OKAY NOT FULLY FUNDING THIS, BUT WOULD STILL LIKE TO FUND SOMETHING.
I WAS JUST THINKING INSTEAD OF 13, WELL WE ONLY HAVE 25,000 LEFT.
THEY'RE ASKING FOR 13 AND MILLSTONE WHEELS IS ASKING FOR 15.
SO WE JUST KNOW THE BUDGET AND YOU STILL HAVE TO REVISIT THE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM FOR BAY AREA REHAB AND UNITED WAY OF GREATER BAYTOWN.
I MEAN BUDGET, THEY'RE ASKING A THOUSAND FOR SALARIES, 500 FOR
WHICH IS REIMBURSEMENT OF, OF THE DRIVERS.
WELL ACTUALLY THEY USUALLY RENT U-HAUL.
AND THEY SUBMIT LIKE THE U-HAUL RECEIPTS AND ALL THAT OTHER STUFF.
THAT'S WHAT THEY TYPICALLY RENT.
I KNOW IN THEIR PRESENTATION, I THINK THEY SAID THEY'RE LOOKING, THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE GETTING A REFRIGERATOR TRUCK.
THOUSAND FOR BAGS AND BOXES AND 5,000 FOR FOOD.
SO I'M ALWAYS WARY OF PAYING SALARIES.
AND THAT, THAT MIGHT BE EASY WAY TO CUT THEIR REQUEST DOWN.
STILL THE HARD OF WHAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY DOING.
SO I KNOW LAST YEAR WE DIDN'T FUND THEM FOR SALARIES AND THEY ENDED UP ASKING FOR A REALLOCATION OF FUNDS IN THE, IN THE YEAR THAT WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW.
'CAUSE THEY DO HAVE SOMEBODY THAT WORKS THERE AND THEY, UH, A PERCENTAGE OF THEIR TIME IS SPENT ON CDBG.
SO WE ENDED UP KIND OF REALLOCATING, UM, SOME FUNDS.
WE ENDED UP, YOU'LL ONLY CHARGE A PERCENTAGE OF THEIR SALARY TO SEE.
BUT UM, BUT YES, WE DON'T HAVE TO FULLY FUND ANYBODY.
YOU CAN ALWAYS LOOK AT THAT BUDGET THING AND, AND LIVE ANYTHING THAT YOU DUNNO.
WHAT IS THE TRAINING AND TRAVEL? IT'S PROBABLY THE, IT'S THE TRAVEL WHEN THEY RENT THE U-HAUL.
IS THAT WHEN THEY GO TO DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT CHURCHES AND DISTRIBUTION GONNA BE FOR THE WEEK? WELL, IT'S, THIS ISN'T FUNDING THE DISTRIBUTION.
THIS IS FUNDING THE CARE PACKAGES THAT THEY MAKE TO DELIVER TO PEOPLE'S HOUSES.
OH, SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO HAVE A A U-HAUL TO DO THAT.
I THOUGHT THAT WAS THE VOLUNTEERS.
REMEMBER THEY HAD ALL THE VOLUNTEERS.
I THOUGHT THAT, I THOUGHT SHE SAID THAT IT WAS THAT THEY SENT THREE.
DID YOU SAY THAT? THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT IT WAS TOO.
BUT I KNOW IN THE PAST THEY'VE RENTED U-HAUL 'CAUSE WE GAVE THEM COVID MONEY FOR THIS PROGRAM FOR SOMETHING SIMILAR.
AND THEY RENTED U-HAUL THE CURRENT YEAR THOUGH.
THEY DIDN'T, THEY ACTUALLY DIDN'T DID ANY TRAVEL MONEY, DID THEY? MONICA? THEY DID NOT.
THIS ESTERDAY, YOU CAN ALWAYS ELIMINATE THAT ONE IF YOU WANT.
IT SAYS, IT SAYS TRAVEL AND TRAINING.
IF THEY, IT SAY FUEL U AND TRANSPORTATION IS WHAT THEY PUT, OR THAT'S WHAT I HAVE ON MY NOTE HERE.
BUT I THINK DIFFERENT CHURCHES AND VOLUNTEERS PARTICIPATE IN DIFFERENT WAYS.
LIKE MY CHURCH, WE GO AND PICK UP THE FOOD FROM THEM AND TAKE IT TO THE APARTMENT COMPLEX.
BUT OTHER CHURCHES DO IT DIFFERENTLY.
I THINK I THOUGHT YOU SAID WHAT SHE SAID IN OUR PRESENTATION THAT THE VOLUNTEERS THAT PERSONAL, I, I GUESS I'M WRONG.
I THOUGHT I HEARD THAT SAY VOLUNTEER.
WELL, THEY HAVE A LOT OF VOLUNTEERS THAT WORK THERE DURING THE DAY THOUGH.
BUT SHE PRESENTED IT WITH PLUS VOLUNTEERS FROM DIFFERENT CHURCHES.
WHAT WERE IN HER PICTURE? I THINK FAITH FAMILIES.
IT WAS GROUPS, VOLUNTEERS IS WHAT SHE PRESENTED.
I KNOW ON THE DAY THAT WE VOLUNTEERED THERE WHERE NONE OF Y'ALL CAME.
UM, THERE WERE A COUPLE OF CHURCHES THAT CAME AND, UM, PICKED UP UM, CARE PACKAGES.
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QUESTION.UH, AND THIS IS ABOUT GENERAL APPROVAL.
DO WE NEED TO DELETE A SPECIFIC ITEM OR LINE ITEM OR CAN WE JUST GIVE THEM A LOWER COST AND THEY GET TO REALLOCATE WITHIN THEIR LINE ITEMS? WHENEVER WE GIVE THEM THEIR SUB-RECIPIENT AGREEMENT, WE ACTUALLY HAVE THEIR BUDGET OUTLINED.
SO IF LET'S SAY YOU WOULD'VE REDUCED THE OVERALL AMOUNT BY 30%, I WOULD THEN GO TO EACH LINE ITEM AND REDUCE IT BY 30%.
THAT'S KIND OF WHERE I'M GOING WITH THIS OVERALL REDUCTION OF A CERTAIN AMOUNT.
THE YEAR BEFORE THAT WAS HOW MANY? 9,000? 8,000.
I HAVE PRETTY INFLATION THE WAY IT IS.
THAT MEANS THAT WE CLEARED 3,500.
SO THAT'S ABOUT 60%, 60, 70% OFF WHAT THEY GOT LAST YEAR OF WHAT THIS IS.
THAT WAS OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
AND I'M NOT A MATHEMATICIAN MAN.
COURSE YOU'RE NOT, YOU'RE NOT FAR OFF YET.
30% WOULD TAKE THEM DOWN TO 94.
I SAID EIGHT
SO I TOOK IT DOWN MORE AND DIVIDED IT UP BY HOW MANY D THINGS THAT SHE SAID THEY WERE DELIVERING.
WE DO KNOW THAT THERE'S GONNA BE AN INCREASE.
SO I ADDED ON LIKE A 3% PERCENT INCREASE AND STILL GOT 8,000.
DOES EVERYBODY AGREE ON EIGHT OR SOMEBODY WANT TO DO ONE LESS? ALL RIGHT, I'M GONNA PUT ON EIGHT.
WE HAVEN'T MOTIONS YET, SO YOU CAN CHANGE YOUR MIND.
HEY, TAMILS ON WHEELS, THEY RECEIVED FUNDING FROM US, UM, DURING COVID WITH OUR COVID DOLLARS.
THEY DID SPEND EVERYTHING, I THINK ALL BUT LIKE $4,000.
THEY SPENT 90% OF THEIR FUNDS.
UM, I THINK THEY ARE REQUESTING SALARY IN THERE AND MEALS.
SO YOU CAN ALWAYS OPT TO NOT FUND THE SALARY, BUT JUST FUND THE MEALS IF YOU WANTED TO, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THE MEALS ARE GONNA GO DIRECTLY TO WHERE WE NEED TO GO.
DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH DRIVERS THOUGH TO GET THE MEALS THERE.
THEY SAID THAT ONE DRIVER HAD 55 STOPS.
AND, UH, 17 MORE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE SIGNED UP TO, FOR THE SENIORS WERE REQUIRING ADDITIONAL DRIVERS.
THEN THEY DID SAY THAT BETWEEN 40 TO 50 MEALS ARE DELIVERED PERONI, THAT THEY HAD TO DELIVER THE, UM, MEALS BETWEEN 10 30 AND ONE 30.
AND THE SALARY, MY NOTES, IT SAYS DRIVER SALARY AND FUEL REIMBURSEMENT.
YOU PARTNER WITH HAR NEEDS BAYAN, WHICH I DON'T UNDERSTAND.
I KNOW, I, THAT'S WHY I ASKED THEM THAT.
IT IS TOO SEPARATE TO TASTE THE WHEELS IS LIKE A COMPLETELY PREPARED PREPARE MORE THAN MEAL.
HAND DOES MORE, BUT THEY CAN SHARE THEIR CLIENT LIST AND THEN HANDS PEOPLE CAN, IF THEY DON'T ALREADY RECEIVE DELIVERIES FROM, THAT'S JUST ONLY YES.
FOR, FOR A COUPLE WEEKS AT LEAST.
BUT IF YOU CAN, I'M SURPRISED YOU CAN COOK YOUR GROCERIES.
WHY CAN'T YOU COOK YOUR I'M SORRY, I I I'M GONNA BE QUIET.
FOR SOME REASON I DON'T LIKE, I WAS CONCERNED THAT THEY'RE ONLY GETTING ONE MEAL, BUT I DO THINK THEY OVERLAP AND SO THEREFORE THOSE PEOPLE THAT ARE GETTING THAT ONE MORE MEAL, THEY'RE ALSO GETTING, AND SO IT'S NOT LIKE THEY DON'T HAVE TO COOK.
BUT IT DOESN'T THAT INCLUDE TOO THAT UH, CHILDREN THAT ARE UM, THAT, THAT ARE DISABLED, DOESN'T WELLS IS STRICTLY FOR SENIOR CITIZENS.
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JUST SENIOR CITIZENS.THERE'S NOTHING, THERE'S, THAT'S NOT THE, THE GROCERIES DOES, BUT NOT THE, THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT NEED THAT.
I KNOW THAT PROGRAM RIGHT THERE WE'RE DISADVANTAGED.
THAT'S THE RUMOR THEY TELLING ME NOW.
TELL YOUR WIFE, Y'ALL KNOW I'M GONNA
HE SAID THAT HE THEY GET MONEY FROM THE STATE.
UM, THEY USED TO HAVE THE BEST MEATLOAF IN THE CITY.
I WORKED AT THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
AND WHEN THEY HAD MEATLOAF, WE WERE FIRST TO, THERE YOU GO.
SO WHAT ARE Y'ALL THINKING? HE DID SAY HARRIS COUNTY GIVES HIM THE GRANT.
TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF AG UNITED.
SO IF WE GET 10 THERE, I'D LIKE TO WRITE NUMBERS OFF.
IF WE GIVE 10, THAT GIVES US FIVE.
$7,700 TO DIVIDE BETWEEN WHAT, TWO OR THREE? UM, AGENCIES.
BUT THAT'S IF YOU DECIDE TO FUND UNITED WAY.
WE, THE ONLY TWO THAT ARE LEFT RIGHT NOW ARE BARRIER REHAB AND THE UNITED WAY OF GREATER BAYTOWN AREA, TEXAS.
AND I BELIEVE THEIRS IS ALSO, AND THAT'S ONLY FOR PUBLIC SERVICE ACTIVITIES.
UM, WHEN I'M SITTING THERE IN THE UNITED WAY, I THOUGHT, IS THIS THE FIRST TIME? THIS IS THEIR FIRST TIME.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE MANAGING IT NOW BECAUSE BRACK USED TO MANAGE IT.
THEY RESOURCE AND ASSISTANCE CENTER.
AND WHO WERE THE SAME PEOPLE THAT INITIATED THE SHOE PROGRAM BACK IN THE DAY.
UM, AND THEY USED TO DO THE CLOTHING CLOSET FOR KIDS AND THEN THEY DISSOLVED AND NOBODY HAD TAKEN IT OVER.
SO UNITED WAY TOOK IT OVER STRICTLY FOR STUDENTS, RIGHT? NOT FOR AS FAR AS I KNOW.
I, I HAVEN'T, THANKFULLY I HAVEN'T HAD TO UTILIZE IT.
I'VE NO HAD AN, MY ISSUE WITH THEM IS THAT THE TWO SCHOOLS THAT THEY SELECTED, ONE BEING HARLEM, IT'S NOT EVEN IN THE CITY LIMITS.
AND THE OTHER ONE FILES PUT DEPOSIT THERE WHERE AREAS WHERE
SHE SAID, 'CAUSE SOMEBODY ASKED THAT QUESTION IN THE INTERVIEW MM-HMM
AND SHE SAID THAT THEY, IT WOULD BE IN THEIR LOCATION, NOT AT HARLEM, BUT THEY CAN RE PEOPLE REQUEST CLOTHING AND THEY TAKE IT OUT TOO.
BUT I DIDN'T KNOW THAT WOULD NECESSARILY, THIS FUNDING WOULD NOT GO TO HARLEM.
IT'S NOT THAT IT WOULDN'T GO TO HARLEM, IT'S JUST A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ATTEND HARLEM DON'T LIVE WITHIN CITY LIMITS.
'CAUSE HARLEM GETS MEADOW LAKE.
YOU GIVE 'EM A THING THEY HAVE TO FILL HIGHLAND MCNAIR.
AND THAT, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT OUR UNDERSTAND THOUGH, IS HOW COME WE DON'T CENTRALIZE IT.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE THIS IN ONE SPOT.
AND YOU KNOW, THEY TELL US GROWING AND KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF PLACES IF YOU NEED THAT, WHERE YOU SAY, HEY, WE CAN SEE WE GOT THIS.
YOU I NEED THIS, THIS, THIS, AND THIS.
WE CAN TAKE IT TO WHATEVER ELEMENTARY.
WHY IS IT WAY OVER THERE LIKE THAT? WE'RE DISCUSSING IT'S WAY OVER THERE.
BY THE TIME, SAY SOMEBODY FROM THINGS ALL NEEDS IT FROM HERE, IT'S THAT THEY'RE USING A FACILITY.
THE SCHOOL HAS A ROOM TO STORE, STORAGE ROOM.
AND, AND, AND IT, AND BECAUSE IT IS FOR THE SCHOOL, YOU'VE GOTTA FIND A PLACE THAT THAT'S FREE.
AND SO THAT THOSE TWO SCHOOLS APPARENTLY NOT FULL.
THEY DON'T HAVE THE CLOUDS THAT OTHER SCHOOLS HAVE TO, YOU CAN, THAT'S THE WAY YOU CAN GIVE UP A ROOM HERE, ESSENTIALLY, BECAUSE IT'S PACKED.
AND SO THAT'S PROBABLY WHY THERE'S THE ONLY TWO SCHOOLS THAT HAVE EXTRA ROOMS TO STORE ALL THE, AND THEY'RE GONNA FIX UP THE PLACE TO STORAGE AND THE CASEWORKERS
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AS WELL AS THOSE, THOSE, THOSE COUNSELORS CAN GO IN THERE AND PULL OUT WHAT THEY NEED.YOU KNOW? SO IT, THEY, THEY DON'T MIND.
THEY GET IN THAT CAR AND THEY GO AND COME WHENEVER THEY WANNA.
I JUST THINK IT WOULD BE REALLY HARD TO BE IN A SCHOOL AND BE ABLE TO CLOSE ONE CHILD AND NOT THE OTHER.
IF YOU HAD TO MAKE A CHOICE BECAUSE THE MONEY CAME FROM HERE.
HOW, HOW ARE YOU GONNA TRACK THIS, SHARON? YEAH, EXACTLY.
I MEAN, THAT, THAT IS A FAIR QUESTION.
HOW ARE YOU GONNA TRACK IT? MONICA
YOU'RE SAYING S PROVIDE EVERYONE AND UH, HIGH ELEMENTARY AND JUNIOR HIGH.
LEMONADES, UH, UH, I 10, WHAT DO YOU CALL IT? THE, THE HAR HARLEM.
AND YOU GOT PUMP FREE OVER THERE.
NORTH SIDE WE HAVE PUMPHREY AND UE.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WALKER SCHOOLS.
HUMPHREY IS NORTH GARTH, NORTH OF VILLE WHERE I, IT USED TO BE NEXT DOOR.
I KNOW, BUT YOU HAVE, BRO, WE HAVE GAS LINES.
FOUR OUT OF 13 SCHOOLS WILL NOT BE GETTING, UH, HELP WITH A CLOTHES BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT DOING, AND I THINK THEY WANTED TO EXTEND IT TO ALL OF THE SCHOOLS.
WHICH THEN, I MEAN LIKE GOOSE CREEK HIGH SCHOOL.
I MEAN, HOW ARE YOU GONNA, AGAIN, THERE'S LOT STUDENTS THERE THAT DON'T, AREN'T BAYTOWN RESIDENTS.
AND THEN CAN I HAVE A QUESTION? WHY CAN'T, CAN'T WE, I MEAN AS FAR AS THIS PROGRAM UTILIZE, LIKE, SAY, LIKE, SAY RIGHT HERE, THE OLD SENTENCE, THERE'S NOTHING IN THERE RIGHT NOW.
WE CAN'T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT HOW THEY USE IT.
THAT'S POINT, THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO THAT POINT NOW.
SO IS IT, AND IT'S A SCHOOL DISTRICT PROPERTY.
I MEAN, WE CAN'T, WE HAVE NO SAY IN THAT.
SO OTHER WORDS, THEY SAY, OKAY, WE, THIS IS WHERE WE S AS FAR AS TRACKING IS THE CS THREE THAT I USED TO BE EDUCATOR.
THERE'S THE PAPER ON EACH, EACH FAMILY THAT YOU KNOW, THAT YOU'RE ABLE TO HELP THEM OUT.
SO THAT'S ONE WAY FOR SURE THERE FEDERAL FUNDS HAS, HAS US DOING.
SO THEREFORE YOU WOULD HAVE THAT INFORMATION.
BUT THAT IS ALL HARDLY FAIR TO THE OTHER SCHOOLS THAT ARE NOT GETTING ANY HELP.
AND THERE'S JUST AS MUCH NEED.
AND IT'S NOT EVEN THAT THE SCHOOL WOULDN'T GET HELP BECAUSE LET'S SAY KIDS, THE KIDS MIGHT LIVE IN MCNAIR HIGHLANDS, BUT SOME OF THEM MIGHT LIVE IN EAST POINT.
AND EAST POINT IS WITHIN CITY LIMITS.
SO NOW THE KIDS THAT LIVE IN EAST POINT ARE GONNA GET ASSISTANCE, BUT THE KIDS THAT LIVE ON MEADOW LAKE WILL NOT.
SO MY QUESTION IS, ARE WE THE ONLY ONE THAT FUNDS THAT? WE NEVER FUNDED IT.
BUT IT'S BEEN FUNDED IN THE PAST.
SO MY UNITED WAY USED TO FUND BRAC TO MANAGE THAT PROGRAM.
BUT THE KIDS COULD GET FUNDING.
SO UNITED WAY USED TO PROVIDE A GRANT TO BAYTOWN RESOURCE AND ASSISTANCE CENTER TO MANAGE THAT PROGRAM.
THEY DON'T HAVE, WHICH IS THE ONLY MONEY IN THE PROGRAM IS MY QUESTION.
YOU GUYS SEE THEIR FINANCIAL STATEMENT? THEY HAVE PLENTY OF MONEY.
I'M SORRY, WHAT? YOUR FINANCIAL STATEMENT AND THEIR BUDGET.
SO, BUT CHILDREN WHO DON'T LIVE IN THE CITY COULD BE, COULD RECEIVE ALL THEY PURCHASED FOR THE OTHER MONEY.
I DON'T WANNA BE A PERSON IN THAT GRANT.
DECIDED IT ASIDE, WHO PAID FOR WHAT.
SO THEY HAVE 11 AND THIRD, 26 HERE, AND 11 IS ON SALARY.
SO WE MORE INTERESTED THAT THEIR KIDS GET DIVORCED LESS THAN 26.
SO YOU CAN ALWAYS JUST FUND IT FOR CLOTHING SIX, FUND IT FOR A MINIMUM AMOUNT.
LIKE DON'T GIVE THEM THE FULL 26 BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW HOW EVERYTHING IS GOING TO GO.
UM, WE WOULD JUST, IT'S GONNA CREATE A WHOLE LOT OF RECORD KEEPING FOR THE PERSON IN THAT ROOM HANDING OUT CLOTHING.
AND I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OF Y'ALL HAVE EVER BEEN IN A SCHOOL, BUT IT IS CRAZY IN THERE.
A TEACHER'S GONNA BRING A CHILD IN.
SHE'S NOT GONNA LOOK TO SEE THAT CHILD IS DESPERATE FOR CLOTHES.
SHE'S GONNA PICK UP SOMETHING AND PUT ON THAT CHILD.
SHE'S NOT GONNA GO THROUGH THE WHOLE CHECK OUT AND, YOU KNOW, WHERE DO THEY LIVE AND WHAT'S THE FAMILY INCOME THAT CHILD IS IN DESPERATE NEED RIGHT THEN.
UM, I I DON'T SEE IT WORKING WELL.
I MEAN, I, I WOULD LOVE TO GIVE THEM MONEY, BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW WE'RE GOING TO BE SURE THAT IT IS ONLY, THE CLOTHING IS ONLY ON THE BACKS OF CHILDREN THAT LIVE IN BAYTOWN.
THAT'S THE HARDEST PART OF THIS POLICY.
I'M SORRY, WHAT? THAT'S THE HARDEST PART.
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WE DON'T USE CDPG FOR OUR BACKPACK GIVEAWAY OR ELSE WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO GIVE A LOT OF KIDS BACKPACKS.SO THE OTHER AGENCY THAT HELPS OUT A LOT IS HARRIS COUNTY.
SO THE CASE WORKERS WORK UNDER HARRIS COUNTY AND THERE'S CERTAIN, UH, UH, UH, THE PLACES THAT YOU CAN GO GET.
CAN YOU JUST TELL ME HOW MANY IN THE FAMILY THEY GET ALL THE FREE CLOTHES THAT THEY WANNA FROM THE DEER PARK.
SO IT'S NOT LIKE THAT'S THE ONLY CLOTHES THEY'RE GONNA HAVE? EXACTLY.
SO THIS IS SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, AND THEN THEY'RE THE ONES THAT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THE BOOKKEEPING.
'CAUSE IT IS, YOU KNOW, RIGHT.
I MEAN, IT WOULD BE OKAY IF THERE'S, YOU HAVE TO JUSTIFY, YOU HAVE TO GET, IF THERE'S ONE PERSON THAT'S MAINTAINING THE INFORMATION OR WHAT HAPPENS IN THAT ROOM, THE INDIVIDUAL TEACHERS ARE GONNA BE COMING AND GOING C FOR WHOEVER NEEDS IT AT THAT MOMENT.
THEY COULD ALL GO THROUGH THE CASE WORKER AND THE COUNSELOR ONLY.
SO THEY'RE THE ONES THAT THE TEACHERS WILL NOT BE.
THE TEACHERS DON'T MAKE THE DECISION ON WHICH CHILD NEEDS NOTHING.
YOU PUT A REQUEST, YOU KNOW, YOU PUT A REQUEST THAT THE MARTINEZ FAMILY NEEDS, THE ALL FOUR CHILDREN NEED, UH, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER.
AND THEN YOU SAY, GIVE TO THE CASE.
GIVE IT TO THEIR CASEWORKER OR THE COUNSELOR.
AND THEY DO THE, THEY DO THE LABOR AND THEN THEY GIVE IT TO ME.
SO MY QUESTION IS, YOU REIMBURSING THEM FOR THE PURCHASE OF CLOTHING.
HOW DO THEY KNOW WHAT TO BUY? THAT'S LIKE WHEN WE DO A UNIFORM ORDER FOR OUR OFFICE, WE DON'T BUY 10 EXTRA LARGES, FIVE LARGES, AND TWO MEDIUMS. AND THEN WE ENDED UP NEEDING 10 MEDIUMS AND FIVE LARGES OR WHATEVER THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT I INITIALLY SAID.
SO HOW DO WE UM, HOW DO THEY KNOW WHAT 'CAUSE, 'CAUSE YOU KNOW THAT PRE-KS ALL THINGS SIZE, UH, FORCE, THEY PICK UP WELL, BUT THEN, THEN YOU HAVE KINDERGARTNERS OR YOU KNOW, FIVE, SIX, AND THEN SO ON, SO FORTH.
SO, AND THEN WE DO HAVE SOME FIFTH GRADERS WHO ARE THE EXTRA LARGEST, YOU KNOW, KIDS, YOU KNOW, BUT, BUT WE DO, WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING IN, IN THE CLOSET.
AND EVEN LIKE THE KID THING IS THEY, LIKE, THEY PROGRAM, I GET
SO YOU ALWAYS BUY, YOU KNOW, FIVE WHITE SHIRTS JUST IN CASE YOU DON'T HAVE A WHITE SHIRT FOR THE PROGRAM.
FOUR OR FIVE LITTLE BLACK PANTS FROM WALMART, DRE PANTS.
SO THANK WEAR BLACK PANTS, BLACK JEANS.
SO, BUT THAT'S, AND UNFORTUNATELY, UH, IF IT'S NEW, SOMETIMES IF IT'S CLOTHES, THEY ASK YOU TO BRING IT BACK, YOU KNOW, AND THEY ASK YOU TO BRING IT BACK.
THE ONLY THING YOU DON'T EVER HAVE TO BRING BACK IS UNDERWEAR, THE T-SHIRT, SOCKS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
SO, YOU KNOW, BUT THEY CAN ASK YOU TO BRING IT BACK.
BUT YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE, A LOT OF PEOPLE STILL, THERE'S A NEED.
THEY'VE BEEN MANAGING THIS PROGRAM SINCE 2021 ALREADY.
THE PROGRAM IS ALREADY IN PLACE.
WHY DO WE NEED THE FUNDING NOW IF THEY'VE BEEN ALREADY MANAGING THIS? 'CAUSE BRAC DISSOLVED, WE WERE AUDITED BY HUD IN 21 AND IT WAS RIGHT AFTER BRAC, LIKE, NO LIE THE MONTH AFTER BRAC DISSOLVED BECAUSE THAT WAS THE NON-PROFIT THAT OUR HUD REP WANTED TO SPEAK TO.
AND WE HAD TO GET, UM, A LETTER FROM THE BOARD FROM THE UNITED WAY LETTING THEM KNOW THAT, THAT, 'CAUSE THEY WERE A UNITED WAY AGENCY LETTING THEM KNOW THAT THEY DISSOLVED, THAT THEY WERE NO LONGER IN PLACE.
SO THEY'VE ALREADY BEEN MANAGING THIS PROGRAM FOR THREE YEARS.
SOUNDS LIKE IT'S BEEN SUCCESSFUL.
SO THEY'RE, THEY GET A THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR WAGES AND SALARIES.
THAT MEANS THAT YOU'RE GONNA HIRE SOMEBODY IN PARTICULAR IN BOTH PLACES SO THAT THEY CAN HANDLE THE DEPOSIT.
SO THAT'S NOT, THAT'S SOMETHING I DON'T, I AGREE.
I DON'T, I DON'T, I DON'T LIKE THAT BECAUSE YOU CAN ALWAYS GET A VOLUNTEER PARENTS, BUT YOU MAKE THEM OR THE CASEWORKERS ARE ALREADY BEING PAID.
AND THE, AND THE COUNSELORS PAY OFF.
I MEAN I KNOW THEY HAVE A LOT TO DO.
DO WE HAVE HOME, MAKE VISITS AND ALL THAT, BUT THEY WANT THOSE, YOU COULD HAVE TO PAY $11,000 FOR SOMEBODY TO TAKE CARE OF ONE SCHOOL AND THEN ANOTHER SCHOOL.
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MY NOTE ON IT WAS WHAT POSITIONS ARE WE PAYING FOR? HEARD THAT.SO YOU CAN ALWAYS OPT NOT TO FUND THEM.
I MEAN THEY PROVIDE GRANTS TO LOCAL NONPROFITS.
WHAT DID, WHAT DID RHONDA HERE SAY? OH, EXCUSE ME.
SO MANY OF OUR KIDDOS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS DON'T HAVE EVERYTHING THEY ALWAYS NEED.
AND I THINK THIS IS A GREAT PROGRAM.
IT WOULD MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN THEIR LIVES AND IN THEIR SCHOOL PERFORMANCES.
REQUEST IS VERY LARGE AND I'M OKAY WITH PARTIAL FUNDING.
26 OR 25 THAT IT, WITH THIS BEING THEIR FIRST YEAR.
'CAUSE LOOK AT HOW MUCH WE HAVE LEFT IN PUBLIC SERVICE.
ALL WE HAVE LEFT RIGHT NOW IS 77 23.
UNDER PUBLIC SERVICE ACTIVITIES.
NO, WE, WE ONLY HAVE 7,007 THOUSAND'S.
AND THAT'S OPPORTUNITY CENTER AND OPPORTUNITY CENTER.
UPWARDS ISN'T A PUBLIC SERVICE ACTIVITY, IT'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
SO THAT'S NOT HERE, WE'RE NOT FINISHED LOOKING AT ALL OF THIS.
BUT RIGHT NOW WE HAVE TO BE MINDFUL THAT WE CANNOT GO OVER $125,223 IN PUBLIC SERVICE ACTIVITIES.
SO WITH EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE FUNDED THUS FAR, WE ONLY HAVE $7,723 LEFT.
AND THERE'S THIS PROGRAM AND THE OPPORTUNITY CENTER PROGRAM.
WHAT DO WE THINK ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY CENTER? THAT'S THE ONE WHERE THEY'RE TAKING THE PEOPLE, PAYING FOR GUESTS.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT THEIR FINANCIAL STATEMENT, THEY WOULDN'T BE HURTING IF WE DIDN'T FIND MONEY.
THEY ALWAYS THAT SOUNDS GOOD TO ME TOO.
WELL, I JUST WISH THAT, THAT THEY WERE HELP OUT BOTH SCHOOL.
'CAUSE THAT'S A CHARTER SCHOOL.
THAT'S THE MOST CRITICAL NEED OF OF THE SYSTEMS. HALF, HALF OF THE OH, I THINK THEY'VE HELPFUL.
THEY JUST DON'T HAVE A CLOSET THERE.
NO, THEY SAID THEY HAVE REACHED OUT TO THEM, BUT THEY HAVE NOT RESPONDED BACK.
OH, THAT BEING BOB HOPE I SAW BOB HOPE.
IT'S, WELL, I DON'T THINK THAT THIS PROGRAM WOULD NOT EXIST IF WE DID NOT FUND IT.
THEY'VE BEEN, IT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR A WHILE.
UM, AND I DON'T KNOW THAT IT WOULD EVEN BE HURT IF WE DIDN'T FUND IT.
THEY, THEY THEY CURRENTLY MANAGE THIS PROGRAM.
NO, SHE'S TALKING ABOUT IT IN THE SCHOOLS.
MY KID GOES TO HIGH SCHOOL AND I DON'T, AND I'M LUCKY TO WHERE I DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THAT.
WELL, I JUST WANTED TO ADD, SHE SHE DID MENTION THAT THEY DON'T ADVERTISE THIS PROGRAM.
SHE SAID THAT THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT KNOW ARE THE COUNSELORS WHEN THE KIDS, THE FAMILIES SAY SO.
SO YOU, YOU PROBABLY DON'T KNOW BECAUSE IT'S NOT ADVERTISED BECAUSE THEY'RE SCARED.
IF THEY ADVERTISE IT, EVERYONE'S GONNA WANNA COME GET CLOSE.
SO MAYBE THAT'S WHY IT'S NOT THAT KNOWN BECAUSE IT'S LIKE A, LIKE AN INTERNAL KIND OF THING THAT HAPPENS WITHIN SITUATION.
IT'S ALMOST SIMILAR TO OPTIMUS FOOTBALL AND ANYONE ADVERTISE BECAUSE THEY'RE AFRAID TO FLOODGATES.
SO WE NEED TO MAKE A DECISION.
I'M OKAY IF WE DON'T BECAUSE I BELIEVE UNITED WAY WE'LL BE SURE THAT IT'S SUCCESSFUL AND WE HAVE SO LITTLE FUNDING.
I'D RATHER USE OUR FUNDING FOR THINGS THAT PROBABLY WOULDN'T HAVE ADDITIONAL
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FUNDING.ANITA? I'M GONNA GO WITH WHAT EVERYBODY WANTS.
OH, THAT'S NOT HOW WE DO THINGS HERE.
SO MANY UNANSWERED QUESTIONS ABOUT THE UNITED LIFE FUND IN GENERAL.
UM, THIS ONE'S A VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT'S OUR KIDS.
I DON'T LIKE THE FACT THAT THEY'RE GOING, JUST STAYING IN BAYTOWN IS ENCOMPASS GOOSE CREEK INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS KIDS.
BUT WE CAN'T, CAN'T FIND LIVE.
WE HAVE TO LIVE WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS.
THEY'RE ONLY STAYING WITHIN A LIMITED THING, BUT NOT ALL OF 'EM.
I BROUGHT 'EM DOWN AND SAID 10,000.
I'LL GO WITH WHAT THE MAJORITY WANTS.
IT'S EITHER GOING TO COME DOWN TO DO WE FUND BAY AREA, THE OUTSIDE? WE DON'T HAVE 10,000 WITHOUT TAKING SOMEBODY ELSE.
WELL, WHAT I'M SUGGESTING IS IT'S GONNA COME DOWN TO DO WE FUND BAY AREA REHAB CENTER OR DO REFUND UNITED WAY.
THAT'S WHERE IT COMES DOWN TO.
WHERE DID WE GET, WHICH, UH, UNITED WAY WE, THE, THE OPPORTUNITY CENTER, THE TRANSPORTATION AREA, BAY AREA.
DOESN'T UNITED WAY HELP THEM ALSO? YES.
UNITED WAY WILL TAKE CARE OF ITSELF.
YEAH, WE HAVE VERY LIMITED AND IF ONE OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS IS ABLE TO GET THE AMOUNT THEY'RE ASKING US FOR OR CLOSE TO THAT AMOUNT FROM SOMEPLACE ELSE, I WOULD RATHER USE OUR FUNDS FOR THOSE WHO HAVE EVEN LESS AND DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO GET IT FROM PLACES THAT BE THE SAME FOR BAY AREA REHAB.
SINCE THEY, I I'VE ALREADY SAID THAT ABOUT BAY AREA REHAB, THEY'RE GONNA GET IT.
THEY DON'T, THEY DON'T NEED IT FROM US.
UH, THEY'RE VERY GOOD AT FUNDRAISING.
ALRIGHT, SO WE'RE JUST GONNA GO THROUGH ON BOTH OF THEM.
ARE WE GONNA GIVE A LITTLE BIT TO EACH ONE? ARE WE GONNA TAKE THAT 77 23 AND PUT IT SOMEWHERE ELSE? WE DON'T HAVE TO.
JUST BECAUSE A PERSON APPLIES DOESN'T MEAN WE HAVE TO PROVIDE THEM WITH FUNDING.
AND I WOULD RATHER PUT THE 77 23 SOMEWHERE ELSE.
WE HAVE THE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM CAN ALWAYS USE IT.
SHARON, DOES THAT 77 23 HAVE TO BE IN THAT GROUPING SERVICE? NO, NOT AT ALL.
IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A PUBLIC SERVICE.
WE CAN PUT IT IN HOUSING, WE CAN PUT IT ANYWHERE.
WE DON'T HAVE TO FUND AT THE CAP.
I TYPICALLY DON'T LIKE FUNDING AT THE CAP BECAUSE I DON'T LIKE GETTING CLOSE TO US EXCEEDING 15% FOR WHATEVER REASON.
BECAUSE IT IS A STATUTORY REQUIREMENT WITH HOOD THAT WE ONLY PROGRAM 15% OF OUR FUNDING TO PUBLIC SERVICE ACTIVITIES.
AND I WANNA GO BACK TO SOMETHING THAT BOBBY SAID WHEN WE CAME IN, I DON'T KNOW IF EVERYBODY WAS HERE.
HE SAID THE FIRST TIME HE DID THIS, EVERYBODY HAD THEIR OWN THING THAT THEY WANTED FUNDED AND THEY COULDN'T COME TO CONSENSUS.
I'M NOT GONNA THROW A WRENCH IN IT JUST BECAUSE I DON'T WANT SOMETHING FUNDED AND I DON'T KNOW ANYBODY ELSE FOR, IT'S JUST I WOULD NOT BE IN THE MAJORITY IF THEY WANTED TO PART THE MAJORITY.
IF YOU WANTED TO FUND THIS FOR THE OPPORTUNITIES.
YEAH, SO WE CAN PUT THAT 77 23 ELSEWHERE AND JUST LEAVE THOSE AT ZERO.
I THINK TRACKING WOULD BE DIFFICULT WITH THE OPPORTUNITIES UNDER PROGRAM ON OUR END.
AND I WOULD HATE FOR US TO ENC UNCOVER THAT MONEY TO AN ORGANIZATION THAT WE PROBABLY WOULD NEVER REIMBURSE BECAUSE WE WON'T BE ABLE TO GET EVERYTHING THAT WE NEED FROM THEM TO PROVIDE THEM WITH A REIMBURSEMENT.
AND, AND I THINK THE SAME THING HERE.
YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A REALLY HARD TIME KEEPING TRACK OF WHICH CHILD IS CLOSE GUILTY.
WELL THE THING THAT I THINK WHAT YOU, WHAT YOU MADE EARLIER WAS THAT IF IT DOES NOT WORK OUT AND THERE'S AN AUDIT, THEN IT GOES BACK TO PROGRAM AND THEN, UH, AND THEN YOU GOTTA, YOU, YOU GONNA HAVE TO USE ALL YOUR RESOURCES, LEGAL RESOURCES TO GET THAT MONEY BACK OR GO AFTER THESE PEOPLE THAT DIDN'T COMPLY WITH WHAT THEY SAID.
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I DON'T THINK UNITED WAY OR WE TAKE THAT RISK DISTRICT IS ALREADY SEEN WAY UNITED WAYS THE KIDS, I THINK AS FAR AS THE KIDS, I THINK, YOU KNOW, EVEN WHAT WE'VE DONE SO FAR IS GIVEN A LOT TO THE COMMUNITY IN GENERAL.YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT? YOU'RE GONNA GIVE THEM TO THE KIDS.
I MEAN THAT'S A TREMENDOUS PROGRAM.
AND IF THEY CAN FILL, IF WE CAN FILL THAT, USE THE MONEY'S UP EVERY YEAR.
THAT'S A GREAT PROGRAM TO START WITH IN MY OPINION.
YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT CLOTHING AND CLOSETS AND ALL THAT, RIGHT? AND ALL THAT IS FINE AND DANDY, BUT ALL THAT TAKES A LOT OF MONEY.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE CLOTHES TO GO, OH, I GET IT.
BUT SO YOU SACRIFICE, YOU WE HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION.
EITHER WE'RE GONNA TRY TO HELP AS MANY PEOPLE AS WE, WE'VE ALWAYS SAID THAT WE'RE GONNA TRY TO HELP AS MANY PEOPLE AS WE CAN WITH THE FUNDS THAT WE HAVE.
THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S MY, THAT'S MY OBJECTIVE TO HELP.
YOU KNOW, MAY MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO HELP EVERYTHING, EVERYBODY GET EVERYBODY'S NEED TAKEN CARE OF, BUT AT LEAST WE CAN HELP.
AND THAT'S WHERE I'M, INSTEAD OF DOING FIVE, UH, ELIMINATE THE OTHER ONE FIVE, YOU, YOU HAD USED IT SOMEWHERE.
WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THOUGH THAT THEY'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO PROVIDE US WITH WHAT WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO REIMBURSE THEM FOR THAT.
THAT'S WHERE THE CATCHES, IF WE ENCUMBER THE MONEY AND THEY DON'T SPEND IT, THAT MEANS THAT THAT MONEY GOES UN SPENT FOR THE YEAR.
IT'S NOT LIKE WE HAND THEM A CHECK FOR $7,700 AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR AND THEN THEY SPEND IT.
THEY HAVE TO SPEND THE MONEY, PROVIDE US WITH ALL OF THEIR BACKUP PRIOR TO US REIMBURSING THEM.
IF THEY CAN'T PROVIDE US WITH WHAT WE NEED TO REIMBURSE THEM, THEN THE MONEY JUST SITS THERE UNSPENT.
AND THAT MONEY COULD HAVE GONE ELSEWHERE AND A PROGRAM THAT WILL SPEND.
SO THAT'S JUST SOMETHING TO THINK OF.
AND I MEAN THAT'S NOT TO SAY THAT MAYBE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT A DISCUSSION SHOULD BE HAD WITH UNITED WAY PRIOR TO THEM APPLYING.
LIKE HOW ARE YOU GOING TO DO THIS? HOW ARE WE GONNA BE ABLE TO TRACK IT? HOW ARE WE GONNA BE ABLE TO DO ALL THIS? THE FACT THAT THEY DIDN'T GIVE US
BUT SHE WAS ALL EXCITED ABOUT THE TWO NEW PLACES.
AND SOMEBODY QUESTIONED HER AND MADE A STATEMENT THAT IT WAS NOT OF THE CITY LIMITS.
AND IT WAS ALMOST LIKE SHE COVERED, SHE TRIED TO COVER AND COME UP WITH A, A JUSTIFICATION FOR HOW THEY WERE GONNA DO THAT.
AND SO IT SEEMED TO ME THAT SHE HAD NEVER THOUGHT OF THAT, THAT HARLEM OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS.
I KNOW, UM, WE HAD EMAILS PRIOR TO THE MEETINGS PRIOR TO THEM APPLYING.
WE HAD BEEN IN COMMUNICATION AND I DID LET HER KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, UM, ANY CHILD SERVE DOES HAVE TO LIVE WITHIN CITY LIMITS.
AND I OFFERED FOR HER TO COME IN AND I CAN SHOW HER, I CAN, WE CAN TALK ON THE PHONE AND I CAN GO OVER HOW TO ACCESS OUR GIS SYSTEM ONLINE.
UM, LIKE NIKKI CALLS IT, IF YOU'RE IN THE PINK, YOU'RE IN CITY LIMITS, YOU KNOW, THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND WE JUST NEVER GOT AROUND TO IT.
SHE NEVER ACTUALLY SCHEDULED THAT, BUT IT JUST, IT JUST DID.
IT WAS A, IT WAS A RED FLAG FOR ME.
HER REACTION WAS A RED FLAG FOR ME.
I GUESS MY BIGGEST CONCERN ABOUT UNITED WAY IS THEY'RE AN ORGANIZATION.
THEY'RE THE ONES THAT ARE GIVING OUT FUNDING.
SO IT'S A LITTLE ODD THAT THEY'RE COMING TO US TO ASK FOR FUNDING.
SO IT FEELS A LITTLE CONGRUENT WITH WHAT, WITH WHAT THEY DO.
IT'S WHAT MY HANGUP ON THIS IS DOING.
JUST IT'S A LITTLE ODD THAT THEY'RE COMING AND ASKING US FOR FUNDS WHEN THEY'RE THE ONES THAT KIND OF GO OUT AND GIVE THOSE FUNDS.
IF YOU LOOK AT THEIR FINANCIAL STATEMENT, YOU'LL SEE ALL THE PEOPLE THAT THEY PROVIDED FUNDING TO.
WELL, I'VE SERVED ON THEIR COMMITTEES.
I KNOW I'LL, THEY PROVIDE FROM.
ALRIGHT, SO WE STILL HAVE UM, SIX MORE TO GO AFTER THIS ONE
SO, UM, AND IT'S ALMOST SEVEN O'CLOCK.
SO WE NEED TO UM, COME TOGETHER AND DECIDE ON SOMETHING FOR BOTH OF THESE REALLY.
DO YOU WANT TO JUST LEAVE THEM AS IS AND PUT THE 77 23 ELSEWHERE? UM, I'D RATHER NOT FUND
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BAY AREA REHAB CENTER.THAT'S WHERE I'M AT RIGHT NOW.
WHAT I'M ON THE FENCE ABOUT IS I AGREE.
MAYBE WE DO EVERYTHING ELSE AND WE CAN COME BACK AND VISIT THEM WITH, WITH A FRESH MIND.
SO, UM, NEXT WE CAN GO TO HOUSING PROGRAMS. 515,000 DOLLARS' A REQUEST.
RIGHT NOW IN THE OVERALL BUDGET WE HAVE 8 22 3 17 STILL AVAILABLE FOR FUNDING.
SO THE HOUSING PROGRAMS IS UH, OWNER OCCUPIED HOUSING REHABILITATION PROGRAM, SEWER LINE REPAIR REPLACEMENT PROGRAM, HOME BUYER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, PLUS SALARIES AND RELATED EXPENSES FOR THE STAFF TO IMPLEMENT SAID PROGRAMS. SO THAT SHOULD COVER THE COST OF TWO HOUSES, UM, THREE HOME BUYERS AND FIVE SEWER LINES PLUS EVERYTHING ELSE THAT GOES WITH RUNNING THE PROGRAMS. DO WE KNOW WHETHER TWO HOUSES ARE GOING TO BE UH, WE MIGHT BE DOING THREE ACTUALLY.
UM, BUT IT'D BE ABOUT $135,000 PER HOUSE PLUS, UM, 30,000 FOR HOME BUYERS.
LIKE THREE HOUSES, 10,000 EACH UP TO 10,000 EACH.
AND THEN WE ESTIMATE 5,000 PER SEWER LINE OF 25,000 FOR THAT.
AND THEN AFTER THAT IS SALARIES AND EXPENSES.
I SAY WE REFUND THEM WITH THE REQUESTING.
DID DID WE HAVE, DID WE HAVE SOME HOUSES THAT WERE BEING BUILT BEHIND? UH, THE OLD BANK OF AMERICANS 1 46? NOT US.
THAT'S UM, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT BEHIND CHASE? YEAH, I THINK THAT'S HABITAT.
THE REASON I THINK WE WENT ON TOUR AND WE SAW THE TOUR.
NO, THAT'S HABITAT FOR HUMANITY.
THERE'S GONNA BE 3, 3 7 TOTAL.
SO NEXT IS NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
THE ONLY SALARY THAT'S PAID OUT OF THAT IS STEPHANIE'S AND IT'S LIKE MAYBE 10% AND THE REST OF IT IS TOWARD, UM, THE EXPENSES AND UH, NEIGHBORHOOD CLEANUP EVENTS.
WHICH ONE IS COMING UP ALSO? YOU'LL ADD IT IN THE MANAGER'S REPORT.
AND WE HAD 25,000 AND WE ARE REQUESTING 25,000.
I'M JUST TRYING TO KNOCK OUT THE CITY ONES FIRST BECAUSE THOSE WILL PROBABLY BE EASIER THAN THAT.
THAT ONE'S GONNA BE A DISCUSSION I'M SURE.
SO, UM, NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
AND THEN WE HAVE SUBSTANDARD STRUCTURES ABATEMENT PROGRAM THAT IS FOR THE SALARIES AND RELATED EXPENSES FOR THE DEMOLITION AND HOUSING INSPECTOR TO OVERSEE, UH, CODE CASES AND THE DEMOLITION OF SUBSTANDARD STRUCTURES WITHIN, UM, THE CDBG TARGET AREA AND THE CITY AS A WHOLE.
AND THEN PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION, WHICH IS SALARIES AND RELATED EXPENSES FOR THE OVERALL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CDBG GRANT THAT IS MANAGED BY THE CITY.
THAT IS FOR US TO WRITE REPORTS AND TO PROCESS SUB RECIPIENTS AND TO REIMBURSE PEOPLE FOR THINGS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT THAT'S, UH, BASICALLY THE OVERALL MANAGEMENT OF CDBG IN BAYTOWN.
WE MIGHT WANNA REVISIT THAT ONE.
THAT ONE MIGHT NEED TO GO UP A LITTLE BIT JUST BECAUSE, UM, 7,700
NO, NO, IT'S JUST BECAUSE WE DIDN'T, I I KNOW A LARGER CHUNK OF OUR SALARY DOES COME OUT OF THERE AND BECAUSE OUR SALARY PROJECTIONS WERE OFF WHEN WE SUBMITTED OUR REQUEST, IT MIGHT NOT BE A BAD IDEA TO INCREASE IT BY LIKE 4% OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
'CAUSE THAT IS A
SO THAT LEAVES US WITH $66,917 LEFT.
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UPWARDS.IS THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, THE CHILDCARE? UM, CATHERINE, YOU LOOK LIKE YOU'RE EAGER TO SPEAK
OKAY, SO WE'RE NOT EVEN GONNA TALK ABOUT IT.
WE'RE JUST GONNA GO WITH THAT THEN THE I DON'T LIKE IT.
WELL, I MEAN, UH, I FELT THAT THE LAST QUESTION THEY SHARE, THE LAST QUESTION WAS SHARE AND ASK HIM, UH, DO THEY WANT IT? IS THERE NEED, WAS THERE A MARKET AND HE COULDN'T ANSWER IT? WELL THAT WAS THE GUY ON THE, HE WENT SILENT.
I'M SURPRISED CITIES OF MUNICIPALITIES TOOK A CHANCE ON HIM.
I THINK IF Y'ALL WERE INTERESTED IN THEM AT ALL, I WOULD DO A WAIT AND SEE.
'CAUSE SUPPOSEDLY THEY SHOULD BE RECEIVING FUNDING FROM HOUSTON.
SO I WOULD THINK THAT'S HOUSTON.
SO I MEAN IT'S, THEY HAVE THEIR, THEIR PUBLIC SERVICE CAP AND ALL THAT OTHER CAPS THEY HAVE, THEY'RE SO MUCH HIGHER THAN US, BUT THEY ALSO HAVE 4 MILLION PEOPLE.
YEAH, IT FEELS LIKE 4 MILLION.
UH, SO LET THEM DEAL WITH THE 4 MILLION.
WE DON'T WANNA DEAL WITH 4 MILLION.
SO RIGHT NOW WE CAN REVISIT, UM, THE HOMELESS SHELTER.
WE HAVE $66,917 AVAILABLE FOR FUNDING OUT OF THAT 77 23 IS FOR PUBLIC SERVICE ACTIVITIES.
UM, WE DO NOT HAVE TO PUT THAT IN PUBLIC SERVICE ACTIVITIES.
WE COULD ALWAYS INCREASE TRANSPORTATION AND MY, UM, REASONING BEHIND INCREASING THE TRANSPORTATION BUDGET.
MONICA, STEPHANIE, HOW MANY PEOPLE DO WE HAVE ON THE WAITING LIST RIGHT NOW? WE HAD, I REMEMBER LAST YEAR WE TALKED ABOUT THAT AND I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T REMEMBER IF WE ADDED TO IT, BUT WE TALKED ABOUT WANTING TO, WE DID ADD TO IT LAST YEAR.
I THINK WE ONLY REQUESTED 65 LAST YEAR AT 63.
UM, BUT WE DO HAVE, UM, WE ESTIMATE THAT WE'RE GONNA ASSIST ABOUT A HUNDRED PEOPLE AND WE HAD TO STOP ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS WHEN WE REALIZED WE WERE LIKE AT 104.
BECAUSE WHEN YOU HAVE 50 SUB SOMEWHAT WAITING MM-HMM
RIGHT? I MEAN I'M NOT SAYING GIVE US 50, WE CAN'T OBVIOUSLY HOW MUCH, HOW MUCH DOES? SO YOU'RE SAYING SO ABOUT A HUNDRED.
SO IT'S ABOUT $6,500 A YEAR PER PERSON.
OUR SALARIES COME OUTTA THAT AS WELL.
WE DO HAVE SALARIES THAT COME OUT OF THAT, BUT WE HAVE, WE DO THE QUARTERLY BUS PASSES AND SO WE HAVE TO PAY FOR THAT.
AND THEN THE RIDES CARDS THAT WE FUND.
AND THAT'S A COUPLE THOUSAND EVERY MONTH FOR THE RIDES CARDS.
AND THEN THE QUARTERLY BUS PASSES.
15, MAYBE TWO GRAND EVERY QUARTER FOR THE BUS PASSES.
BECAUSE NOT EVERYBODY RECEIVES THE BUS PASS AND NOT EVERYBODY GETS RIDES FUNDING.
UM, BEFORE I TOOK OVER THE PROGRAM, THE PERSON WHO RAN IT PRIOR TO ME WOULD ACTUALLY ONLY, LIKE IF YOU ONLY NEEDED THE BUS, THEN THEY WOULDN'T TELL YOU ABOUT THE RIDES PORTION.
WHEN I TOOK IT OVER, I GAVE YOU A RIDES CARD AND A BUS PASS AND UM, BECAUSE YOU'RE APPLYING THE PROGRAM IS FOR BOTH.
WE DO RUN AUDITS ON UM, THE RIDES CARDS, THAT'S THE TAXI SERVICE AND TO SEE WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME PEOPLE HAVE USED THEIR FUNDING.
AND IF IT'S BEEN LIKE OVER SIX MONTHS, WE'LL PULL THE FUNDING OFF OF YOUR CARD UNTIL YOU CALL AND SAY THAT YOU NEED FUNDING.
WE HAD A GUY WHO HADN'T USED HIS CARD SINCE THE YEAR 2000 AND WE PULLED THE FUNDING AND SURE ENOUGH HE COMES TO SEE MONICA TODAY BECAUSE HE WAS TRYING TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT, BUT HE HAD NO MONEY ON HIS CARD SO HE ENDED UP HAVING TO TRANSFER THE MONEY BACK.
BUT, AND I JUST HOW MANY, HOW MUCH MONEY DO YOU NEED TO COVER THE PEOPLE WAIT LIST? OH GOD.
PROBABLY HALF OF UM, AGAIN, ANOTHER 30,000.
THIS IS THE RIDES CARDS AND THE BUS PASS, WE GIVE THEM A BUS PASS AND WE GIVE THEM A RIDES CARD.
THIS ONE JUST TAKE 'EM ALL OVER, YOU KNOW, TO GO TO WALMART.
YOU KNOW WHAT, THAT'S A, I SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE USING THAT.
GETTING, IT'S GETTING, IT'S GETTING MORE AND MORE PEOPLE AND I'M GLAD I SEE THE, I SEE THE BUS.
UH, AND WE, WE HAVE 54 ON THE WAITING LIST.
THE THING ABOUT OUR PROGRAM IS, IS THAT FOR YOU TO GET OFF OF THE PROGRAM, EITHER YOU MOVE OUT OF BAYTOWN OR YOU PASS AWAY.
SO IT'S LIKE YEAH, IT'S LIKE THE HOTEL CALIFORNIA, RIGHT? IS THAT REFERENCE CHICKEN? YEAH.
SO IT'S JUST, IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS.
SO THAT COULD BE ONE THAT IF YOU DECIDED, UM, TO DO SOMETHING ELSE WITH THE $7,700, I THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE A WORTHY UM, THING.
WE CAN PROBABLY ADD MAYBE 10 PEOPLE OR SO MAYBE 5, 5 10.
I JUST THOUGHT OF THIS OR I WOULD'VE HAD THE MATH FOR YOU OR WHATEVER.
BUT, UM, YEAH, THAT, BECAUSE IT'S, THEY'LL SEE A LOT.
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BUT ONCE WE FINISH WITH THIS, THEN WE HAVE TO DECIDE WHAT TO DO WITH THE REMAINING AND THEN WE'RE DONE WITH THE BUDGET AND THEN WE CAN MOVE ON TO MANAGER'S REPORT.THAT SOUND LIKE IT DOESN'T BUT I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU WERE SAYING.
I JUST SAID THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE SEVEN SEVEN RIGHTS, THE RIGHTS OF CITY.
WE HAVE 54 BUT WE MIGHT TAKE, TAKE MAYBE SEVEN, ACTUALLY SEVEN BECAUSE IT'S SEVEN.
YOU CAN GET LUCKY SEVEN, GET TO 77,000.
AND THEN THAT WAY WE'RE NOT CLOSER TO CAP.
WE'LL LEAVE THE 23 TO GO SOMEWHERE ELSE.
UH, SO THAT LEAVES US WITH 59,270 $17 TO UM, OH, WE'RE GONNA THROUGH THERE.
UM, WE CAN ALWAYS, UH, IN THE PAST, UM, BOBBY CAN TELL YOU THAT WE HAVE ADDED THAT WAIT TO HOUSING BECAUSE UH, THE MONEY WILL GET SPENT.
YEAH, I HAD TO FIX THAT REAL QUICK 'CAUSE IT WAS 4 9 2 49 49 2 17 TOTAL.
SO YOU CAN JUST ADD THAT TO THE HOUSING BUDGET AND THEN CALL IT A DAY.
THANK YOU FOR I APPRECIATE THAT EVERYBODY.
ALWAYS LOOKING OUT FOR YOU, SHARON, BUT, BUT RECORDED BY THE WAY, SHE HAS TO BRING PUBLIC RECORD NOW SHE HAS TO BRING SOME CANDY.
MAYBE WE COULD JUST BUY CANDY WITH THE 49.
NO, THAT, THAT'S JUST PUBLIC SERVICE.
WHAT'S YOUR TRANSPORTATION? NO, I, I HAVE JUST OH, YOU JUST, YEAH, WE'RE ZEROED OUT.
THE ZERO ON THE BOTTOM IS THE ONE THAT COUNTS.
OH, I THINK IT'S, WE ARE PUBLIC.
AND THAT IS YOUR BUDGET FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR.
SO THAT BEING OUR BUDGET, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT THIS BUDGET TO CITY COUNCIL.
MORNING CITY COUNCIL HAS OUR BLESSING.
[a. Receive the Community Development Manager's Report.]
A MANAGER'S REPORT.UM, WE HAVE TO, UM, OKAY, SO AFTER THIS WE NEED TO PREPARE OUR ADS TO PUT IN THE BAYTOWN SUN.
WE HAVE A 30 DAY PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD, UM, WHERE PEOPLE CAN COMMENT ON THE BUDGET AS IT AS IT HAS BEEN DECIDED DURING THAT TIME.
ON JUNE 18TH, WE WILL HAVE A MEETING, UM, MAYBE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS AND THAT'LL BE OUR PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE ACTUAL PLAN.
ONCE THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS FINISHED, WE WILL GO TO COUNCIL ON JULY 20.
TH THAT'S THIRD THURSDAY IN JULY IS WHEN WE'LL GO TO COUNCIL.
AND COUNCIL WILL THEN DECIDE ON THAT.
FOURTH THURSDAY, FOURTH THURSDAY, SORRY.
JULY 25TH IS WHEN WE'LL GO TO CITY COUNCIL.
AND YOU ARE WELCOME TO COME TO THE MEETING IN CASE COUNCIL HAS ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING WHY YOU MADE THE DECISIONS THAT YOU MADE.
WELL, BILL, WE'RE SUPPOSED TO REMEMBER
UM, AND THEN AFTER THAT WE SUBMIT THE ACTION PLAN TO HUD AND WE'RE DONE.
SO WE ONLY HAVE ONE MORE MEETING AND THAT'S OUR MEETING IN JUNE.
AND THEN AFTER THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO SEE EACH OTHER UNTIL DECEMBER.
UNLESS YOU WANT TO COME UP HERE AND VISIT US.
UM, WE ARE HAVING, OUR HOUSEHOLD HAS HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE EVENT WILL BE ON JUNE 8TH AND IT'S GONNA BE AT THE SAME LOCATION THAT WE HAD IT AT LAST TIME.
AND I CAN SEND THAT INFORMATION TO Y'ALL, UM, IN AN EMAIL TOMORROW.
WE CAN SEND YOU THE FLYER FOR IT.
BOBBY LIKES TO COME AND VOLUNTEER.
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YOU'RE WELCOME TO COME AS WELL IF YOU'D LIKE.WE ARE GONNA BE WALKING ALONG THE STREETS PICKING UP TRASH.
AND UNLOADING, UM, TRUCKS WITH TRASH IN THE MIDDLE OF JUNE.
SO, SO TO AS WE DRIVE BY
THE MEETING IN JUNE IS ON THE 17TH, 18TH, TUESDAY.
AND THAT IS ALL THAT I HAVE OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
THERE IS NO MORE ITEMS ON THE, UM, AGENDA.
I WILL NOW ADJOURN THIS MEETING.