* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. OKAY. [00:00:01] WELCOME EVERYONE. THANKS FOR BEING HERE. IT IS. WHAT TIME IS THIS? I'M CALLING THE MEETING TO ORDER AT 5:30 PM ON TUESDAY, MAY 27TH. 2025. AND ANNOUNCE THAT WE DO HAVE A QUORUM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UM, THE, ANY CITIZENS? NO. SO THEN WE CAN SKIP, RIGHT? YES, MA'AM. SO [a. Discuss and consider the Community Development Block Grant budget recommendation for the 2025-2026 program year.] THE FIRST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS BUDGET DELIBERATION. DISCUSS AND CONSIDER THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE 25 26 PROGRAM YEAR. UM, WE SWITCH TO THE SPREADSHEET PLEASE. SO, UH, WE DID HAVE TWO APPLICANTS WITHDRAW THEIR APPLICATION. UM, UNITED WAY WITHDREW BEFORE THEY EVEN HAD TO DO PRESENTATIONS AND FUEL MISSION. AFTER SHE DID HER PRESENTATION, YOU KNOW, SHE SAID THAT SHE KNOWS THAT THEY'RE NOT READY BECAUSE THE GRANT IS DONE ON A REIMBURSEMENT BASIS AND THEY DON'T EVEN HAVE ANY CAPITAL. BASICALLY WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR IS CAPITAL. SO I DID PROVIDE HER WITH THE NAME OF A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT GRANTS THAT MIGHT BE ABLE TO HELP THEM, UM, TO GET STARTED. BUT THIS IS A, A GRANT THAT YOU NEED TO HAVE CAPITAL OVER. YOU HAVE TO HAVE MONEY BECAUSE EVERYTHING IS DONE ON REIMBURSEMENT. AND I, I GUESS SHE DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THAT PART ABOUT THIS GRANT, WHICH IS WHY, YOU KNOW, PRESENTATION. SHE LET US KNOW. SO THEY DID WITHDRAW. SO TONIGHT, UM, WE'LL BE LOOKING AT EVERYBODY ELSE THAT APPLIED FOR FUNDING. SO WHAT WE CAN ALWAYS DO IS, IS UM, WE CAN GET STARTED ON THE PUBLIC SERVICE ACTIVITIES AND SEE, UM, AND GO, I GUESS LINE BY LINE AND WHO IT IS, YOU KNOW, DISCUSS, YOU KNOW, HOW THEIR PRESENTATION WENT. DO YOU FEEL THAT THEY DO NEED ANY FUNDING? UM, WHAT THE LEVEL OF FUNDING SHOULD BE? IT IS OKAY FOR US TO FUND THEM AT LESS THAN WHAT THEY'RE REQUESTING. ONE OF THE REASONS THAT WE LIKE TO TELL PEOPLE TO ITEMIZE ON THEIR BUDGET SPREADSHEET THAT THEY SUBMIT TO US IS BECAUSE WE CAN ACTUALLY PICK CERTAIN LINES TO FUND AND CERTAIN LINES NOT TO FUND. SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT, UM, WE CAN DEFINITELY DO. SO IF WE GO FOR PUBLIC SERVICE ACTIVITY, SO THERE IS A CAP ON PUBLIC SERVICES, 15% IS THE CAP. THAT RIGHT NOW IS $119,053. IF YOU LOOK ON THE FAR RIGHT, THERE'S THAT COLUMN THAT SAYS 1 19 53. AS WE FILL IN THE, THE, UM, CELLS IN THAT COLUMN, THAT THAT NUMBER WILL GO DOWN SO THAT WE KNOW WHEN WE'VE REACHED WHAT THE CAP IS. UM, WE DON'T HAVE TO FUND IT AT THE FULL CAP. IT'S ALSO GOOD. IT'S ALWAYS GOOD NOT TO PUT IT EXACTLY AT THE CAP BECAUSE IF FOR WHATEVER REASON IT GETS EXCEEDED, WE CAN GET IN TROUBLE BY THAT. LIKE LAST YEAR I THINK WE LEFT A COUPLE OF HUNDRED DOLLARS, UM, LEFT OR WHATEVER. AND WE CAN DO THE SAME THING THIS YEAR. THAT'S COMPLETELY UP TO Y'ALL. IT'S 20%, 15% FOR PUBLIC PUBLIC SERVICES AND 20 FOR ADMINISTRATION. SO YOU'LL SEE RIGHT HERE IN THE PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION SHOWS YOU THAT THE CAP IS ONE. OH, I SEE. 27. YEAH, SORRY. I GOT IT. SO THAT WOULD BE THE CAP IS BASED ON OUR ACTUAL ENTITLEMENT AMOUNT. SO OUR TOTAL, WE DID RECEIVE OUR ENTITLEMENT. IT IS $793,686. WE ESTIMATE THAT WE'RE GONNA RECEIVE ABOUT $5,000 IN PROGRAM INCOME. PROGRAM INCOME IS THE REPAYMENT OF ANY HOUSING LIENS OR DEMO LIENS THAT WE HAVE ON A PROPERTY. UM, SOMETIMES WE ACTUALLY WILL GET ABOUT 5,000. SOMETIMES WE GET MORE AND SOMETIMES WE GET NOTHING. IT JUST REALLY ALL DEPENDS. SO WE NEVER TRY TO BUDGET MORE THAN OR ESTIMATE THAT WE'RE GONNA GET MORE THAN 5,000. WE ESTIMATE ABOUT A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS IN UNENDED FUNDS. THAT MIGHT BE HIGHER BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE HAVE THE RECONSTRUCTIONS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO. WE HAD BEEN GOING BACK AND FORTH WITH THE ARCHITECT. HE DID SEND US A COUPLE OF FLOOR PLANS FINALLY, BUT THAT'S WHAT'S BEEN HOLDING US UP FROM EVEN PUTTING THEM OUT FOR BID. SO I'M GONNA BE REVIEWING THE TWO FLOOR PLANS THAT HE GAVE US, UM, WITH THE CHIEF BUILDING OFFICIAL. 'CAUSE HE KNOWS A WHOLE LOT ABOUT BUILDING A LOT MORE THAN I DO. SO, UM, I'M GONNA BE REVIEWING THAT WITH THE CHIEF BUILDING OFFICIAL JUST TO GET HIS IDEAS AND THOUGHTS ON WHAT WAS SUBMITTED TO US. AND THEN FROM THERE, THEN WE CAN PUT THE PROJECTS OUT FOR BID. THEN WE CAN DO THAT. WE'RE GONNA PROBABLY HAVE A LOT MORE THAN A HUNDRED THOUSAND LEFT OVER FOR NEXT YEAR BECAUSE WE DID BUDGET FOR THREE HOUSES AND THIS YEAR WE CAN'T START THIS YEAR. IT'S JUST GONNA, OUR MONEY ROLLS OVER SO THE MONEY WILL ROLL TO NEXT YEAR. SO THAT WON'T BE A PROBLEM. SO IF Y'ALL WOULD LIKE TO GET STARTED ON, UH, BAY AREA HOMELESS SERVICES OPERATION BRIDGE, WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON FUNDING FOR THEM? IT'S SO WHEN YOU LOOK IN YOUR BOOK, IT'LL SHOW YOU HOW MUCH THEY'VE SPENT THIS YEAR, UM, ON THE BOTTOM. SO [00:05:01] HE DID SAY, HE DID SAY THAT EXPECTED BULK OF THEIR MONEY IS SPENT EITHER DURING SPRING BREAK OR DURING THE SUMMER. BECAUSE YOU ALSO SEE IN THE OTHER YEARS THEY DID SPEND ALMOST ALL OF THEIR MONEY. SO IT IS SOMETHING THAT IS USED NOW. AT THE END OF THE DAY, STAFF HAS ABSOLUTELY NO SAY IN WHAT IT IS THAT YOU FUND. ALL I'M HERE TO DO IS PROVIDE YOU WITH INFORMATION, WHICH IS WHY I TRY TO CREATE THAT FOR YOU. SHOWING YOU HOW MUCH THEY'VE SPENT IN THE PAST AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO, UM, THIS IS VERY HELPFUL TOO. EVALUATIONS. SO ON THE, ON THE BREAKDOWN FOR OPERATION BRIDGE, OBVIOUSLY IT'S JUST ONE ENTRY HERE. CLIENT, CLIENT SERVICES, IS THAT WHAT THEY CALL IT? YES. THAT'S TRYING, YEAH, HERE, I MEAN IT'S THE MEDICARE BUT THAT'S WHAT THEY CALL IT. SO A LOT OF THE CELLS THAT YOU'LL SEE THERE ARE ACTUALLY PRE-POPULATED, THE BLANK ONES ON THE BOTTOM. THEY CAN WRITE IN WHATEVER THEY WANT. OH, BUT THAT'S WHERE THEY PUT IT. SO THESE ARE THINGS THAT ARE PRE-POPULATED. IF HE WANTED TO, HE CAN CREATE A WHOLE NEW THAT SAYS CHILDCARE, BUT HE JUST CHOSE TO USE CLIENT SERVICES. AND IT'S, IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT UM, A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE THE, THAT'S HOW I'VE ALWAYS DONE IT MENTALITY. SO THAT'S HOW HE'S ALWAYS DONE IT. SO THAT'S HOW HE'S GONNA CONTINUE TO DO IT. SO JUST TO GIVE MY 2 CENTS, I, I THINK THIS IS VERY MUCH NEEDED. I THINK, UM, I HAVE NEVER BEEN IN THAT POSITION, BUT I WOULD IMAGINE IF I'M, IS IT UNHOUSED OR HOMELESS? IS YOU THE ONE? IT'S UNHOUSED. UNHOUSED. IF I'M UNHOUSED AND I'M TRYING TO FIND A JOB SO THAT I CAN MAKE MONEY SO THAT I CAN BECOME HOUSED AGAIN AND I HAVE KIDS, WHAT DO YOU DO WITH 'EM? RIGHT. SO I THINK IT'S VERY NEEDED AND I PROPOSE THAT WE FUND THEM FULLY. I AGREE. I AGREE. ESPECIALLY SINCE . RIGHT. IT JUST TAKES, IT'S LITERALLY TILL THE END OF THE YEAR. 'CAUSE WE ACTUALLY REQUEST THAT ALL OF OUR SUB-RECIPIENTS SUBMIT QUARTERLY REPORTS AND REQUEST FOR REIMBURSEMENT. SO I BELIEVE MONICA, WHAT, WHAT IS IT, $183 THAT HE SPENT SO FAR? 180. 180. 180 IS WHAT HE SPENT SO FAR THIS YEAR. UM, SUMMER'S COMING. EXACTLY. THE BOOK WAS ON SEPTEMBER. YEAH. AND THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF THE PROGRAM IS TO, WHEN YOU'RE AT A HOMELESS SHELTER, YOU DON'T WANNA ASK ANOTHER HOMELESS PERSON TO WATCH YOUR KIDS WHILE YOU GO OUT. THAT'S BASICALLY THE WHOLE THING, YOU KNOW, IS THIS BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT ANOTHER PERSON'S SITUATION IS AND THAT MIGHT JUST BE THE ONLY OPTION THAT THEY HAVE. SO THIS IS A WAY TO GIVE THEM ANOTHER OPTION. RIGHT. AND THEY ARE FULL RIGHT NOW. SO THERE'S KIDS THERE. YES. TO HIS, FOR HIS PRESENTATION. THEY DO HAVE A LOT OF CHILDREN THERE. AND THAT'S SOMETHING THEY DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IF THEY'RE GOING OUT LOOKING FOR JOBS. RIGHT. AND THEY CAN KNOW THAT THE KIDS ARE AT A LICENSED DAYCARE. SO Y'ALL ARE GOOD FOR THE FULL TIME. YES. SO MONICA, OKAY, NEXT WE HAVE THE BARRIER REHABILITATION CENTER OPPORTUNITY CENTER PROGRAM. IS IT FOUR THAT THE DEMOLITION DEMO? NO, NO, THAT DEMO IS A DIFFERENT, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE PUBLIC SERVICE ACTIVITIES FIRST. SO THAT'LL BE NUMBER FIVE I BELIEVE. YES. IS IT FOUR? IT'S FOUR OR FIVE. FIVE AREA REHAB. OH NO, NO. WE'RE LOOKING AT DEMOLITION. NO, DEMO IS NOT A PUBLIC SERVICE ACTIVITY. SO I'M LOOKING AT THE PUBLIC SERVICE ACTIVITIES. I'M SO SORRY. YOU'RE FINE. NO, NO, NO. YOU'RE ALRIGHT. IT'S SUMMER FIVE. SO THIS IS THE PROGRAM TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO, UH, MOSTLY ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES. DISABILITIES. RIGHT. HOW MUCH DID THEY GET LAST YEAR? WAS THAT PART OF THE NO, UM, I THOUGHT THIS PROGRAM WAS THE ONE THAT YOU SAID SOMETHING ABOUT IN DECEMBER THAT THEY GOT SOME MONEY. THEY DID NOT GET MONEY FOR THE OPPORTUNITY CENTER PROGRAM. THEY RECEIVED FUNDING FOR A PARK. WELL LAST YEAR WE DID BAY AREA, BAY AREA REHAB. WE GAVE THEM NOTHING. AND THIS IS ANOTHER PROGRAM THAT DOES NOT MATCH THE ONE WE DID LAST YEAR. LAST YEAR. THEY RECEIVED MONEY TO FIX THE PARK. IT'S COMPLETELY DIFFERENT PLAYGROUND. YES. THEY ACT TO REFURBISH THE PASTURE WITH NOT TO FILL. LAST YEAR WAS THEY HAD MORE TRUCKS FOR THE KIDS, FOR THEM TO TAKE THE KIDS TO DIFFERENT LOCATIONS. THAT WAS NOT CDPD FUNDED IN THE CAPER THAT I PROVIDED YOU. IN THE EMAIL, IT SHOWS YOU WHAT WAS FUNDED. BAY AREA REHAB WAS FUNDED. I GOT THE BOOK. SO IT WAS REFURBISHMENT. I'M ALMOST POSITIVE. I THOUGHT IT WAS THE BOOK. UM, SO THEY DIDN'T, SO MONEY THAT WAS IN JANUARY THAT YOU SAID IN DECEMBER THAT YOU GAVE TO BAY AREA IS NOT THIS, IT'S A DIFFERENT PROGRAM. [00:10:01] IT'S A DIFFERENT . SO WITH THIS PROGRAM, THEY DIDN'T ITEMIZE ON THEIR BUDGET. SO THEY JUST PUT $50,000 I BELIEVE. DID SHE SAY IT WAS $2,500 PER PERSON? SHE JUST SAID LAST YEAR THEY HAD 50 CLIENTS AND THIS YEAR THEY WERE ANTICIPATING 250 BIG JUMP. YEAH, IT'S A BIG DIFFERENCE FROM YEAR TO YEAR. IT IS A BIG DIFFERENCE. I THINK THEY'RE OVERESTIMATED AND HALF OF WHAT WE CAN GET. ALMOST, ALMOST. UM, SO WHAT YOU CAN ALWAYS, YOU DON'T HAVE TO FULLY FUND THEM. YOU CAN ALWAYS PROVIDE THEM WITH A REDUCED AMOUNT AND SEE HOW THEY DO WITH THE SPENDING OF IT. AND THEN NEXT YEAR WHEN THEY REAPPLY THEN YOU CAN, IT, IT CAN BE KIND OF LIKE A TEST RUN, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? TO WHERE MAYBE YOU JUST GIVE 'EM LIKE 10,000 AND SEE HOW THE EXPENSES GO. AND THEN NEXT YEAR IF THEY REAPPLY 'CAUSE YOU WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY SPENDING THE MONEY. 'CAUSE IT'S GONNA BE UM, INTERESTING IN HOW IT IS THAT WE DO THEIR REIMBURSEMENTS BECAUSE IS IT GONNA BE BASED ON WHAT THEY CHARGE THE CLIENT AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO 26 SHE HAS MY BOOK. YEAH, THAT'S OTHER, SO THEY HAVE OTHER, THEY HAVE OTHER FUNDING 26. SO IT'S UP TO YOU WHETHER OR NOT YOU WANT TO FUND THEM OR IF YOU WANT TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF FUNDING OR IF YOU DON'T WANT TO FUND THEM. HOW DID YOU FEEL ABOUT THEIR PRESENTATION? I PUT A QUESTION MARK. IT SAID 20 SAID 25. I JUST HAVE A QUESTION MARK BECAUSE THERE WAS A, I HAVE TOO MANY UNANSWERED QUESTIONS. YEAH, THE CLIENT SERVICES, WHEN WE ASKED HER WHAT THAT ENTAILED, SHE WAS KIND OF ALL OVER THE PLACE. SO THEN WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THAT, THINK ABOUT WHENEVER THEY REQUEST REIMBURSEMENT FROM US, HOW IT IS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO ACCURATELY DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THEY SPENT THE MONEY, HOW IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN SPENT. BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, NO MATTER WHAT, THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO AUDIT US ARE THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT. NO ONE ELSE REALLY DOES ANY AUDITS ON US. AND THEY ARE HARDER THAN ANY AUDIT THAT I'VE EVER GONE THROUGH. UM, SO ANYTHING THAT WE HAVE HERE, THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT'S THE PEOPLE THAT WE PROVIDE ARE INFORMATION TO. SO MY THOUGHT IS THAT CLIENT SERVICES IS, IS A VERY VAGUE DESCRIPTION THAT CAN ENTAIL THE LINE. YEAH. YOU KNOW, IT COULD BE ANYTHING FROM BUYING SOMEBODY A TOOTHBRUSH TO, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, IT COULD DO ANYTHING. I WOULD'VE LIKED TO SEE THAT OVER DOWN A AND I THINK WE HAD SOME PROBLEM WITH THAT LAST YEAR. WE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM LAST YEAR AS SHE WAS PRESENTING, UH, HER CASE. YOU KNOW, UH, SHE COULDN'T JUSTIFY FOR SOME, SOME STUFF AND UH, BECAUSE I THING. YEAH. YEAH. SO ALONG THOSE SAME LINES, UM, THE MONEY THAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR, WHICH SHE SAYS IS 2,500 PER CLIENT PER YEAR. UM, THAT'S A LOT. INCLUDES TRANSPORTATION TO AND FROM WORK SITES. I GET THAT. JOB INTERVIEWS, DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENTS. THAT STRUCK ME WHENEVER SHE DID HER PRESENTATION. WAS I HERE FOR THAT? I DON'T REMEMBER, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE I REMEMBER HER SAYING THAT. WELL YOU WATCHED THE VIDEO IF YOU WERE HERE. YEAH. UM, I THOUGHT DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENTS. WHY IS THE OPPORTUNITY CENTER RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT? LIKE THEY HAVE FAMILIES 'CAUSE THEY DON'T STAY THERE. THEY COME FOR THE DAY AND THEN THEY LEAVE. SO WHY IS THE OPPORTUNITY CENTER, UM, RESPONSIBLE FOR GETTING THEM TO DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENTS? I JUST THOUGHT THAT WAS ODD BECAUSE MOST OF IT IS JOB READINESS. TAKING THEM TO THEIR JOBS AND PICKING THEM UP DURING THE DAY. YOU KNOW, TOOLS AND MATERIALS FOR JOB TRAINING, THAT KIND OF STUFF. I DON'T KNOW, IT JUST STRUCK ME AS ODD THAT, UM, ABOUT THE DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENT. SO I DON'T KNOW. I JUST THOUGHT THAT WAS A FAMILY THING. RIGHT. I DON'T KNOW. AND YOU NOTIFY THESE PEOPLE THAT THEY'VE GOTTEN A CERTAIN AMOUNT. DO YOU TELL THEM WHY WE'VE CHOSEN, LIKE WILL YOU SAY SOME OF THESE THINGS JUST DIDN'T MAKE SENSE AND THAT'S WHY YOU ONLY GOT THIS? OR TYPICALLY NO. WE CAN CAN THOUGH. WE'LL LET THEM KNOW. AND HONESTLY, THIS IS RECORDED AND IT'S POSTED ONLINE. OH. SO THEY CAN WATCH THIS ANYTIME. HI GUYS. UM, SO THEY CAN WATCH THIS AT ANY TIME. OKAY. BUT UM, [00:15:01] JUST SO YOU KNOW HOW TO UP THEIR GAME FOR NEXT TIME, HOW TO, YEAH. THIS IS WHY, THIS IS WHAT YOU NEED TO DO BETTER. DEFINITELY. NO. SO ARE Y'ALL LEANING MORE TOWARD NO, I PERSONALLY FEEL LIKE IT. AGAIN, I FEEL LIKE IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED IN OUR COMMUNITY. THERE ARE LIKE, I DON'T REMEMBER AND I WASN'T, I COULDN'T FIND THAT STUFF. HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY THERE NOW? DID SHE SAY 50? DO 50. 50? SHE SAID 50 NOW. BUT ON THIS APPLICATION IT SAYS THEY'LL BE SERVING 485 LOW INCOME. WOW, THAT'S A LOT. WHICH IS, THAT'S A LOT OF PAY FOR, I WROTE 2 50, 200 IN THE PRESENTATION. IT MIGHT JUST BE 400 AND SOMETHING LIKE TOTAL AT THE, AT THE FACILITY ITSELF. BUT WITH THIS PROGRAM, MAYBE THE 200, 2 50. SO THIS BAYTOWN OPPORTUNITY CENTER, IT USED TO BE SOMEWHERE ELSE. DOES ANYONE REMEMBER LIKE WHEN IT WAS ITS OWN THING? AND I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG NOW IT'S BEEN UNDER BAY AREA REHABILITATION CENTER, 1 46 BEHIND THE, UH, OLD THE BREAD COMPANY THAT WAS RIGHT THERE ON ALEXANDER. RIGHT DOWN THE ALEXANDER. BUT IT WAS BACK THERE. M-H-M-R-A OVER THERE. SOMEWHERE WHERE, WHERE UH, HARRIS COUNTY HAD SOMETHING OVER THERE. YES. IT WAS A MENTAL HEALTH CLINIC THAT THEY HAD M-H-M-R-A. MY OLD MANAGER WORKED THERE BEFORE SHE CAME TO THE CITY. WELL, SO THESE ADULTS WHO HAD DISABILITIES, LIKE THEY WOULD GO DURING THE DAY AND I KNOW IT'S BEEN A LONG, LONG, LONG TIME AGO. BUT THEY WOULD DO, LIKE, YOU COULD HAVE THEM DO A PROJECT FOR YOU, LIKE IF YOU WERE A ANOTHER ORGANIZATION OR NONPROFIT, IT WOULD GIVE THEM SOMETHING TO DO AND THEN IT WOULD BE A NOMINAL COST. LIKE NOT MUCH. RIGHT. BUT, UM, SO I THINK IT'S NEEDED FOR THESE ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES. I'M JUST NOT COMFORTABLE FUNDING $50,000. COULD WE SAY 10? YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I WAS THINKING. 10 OR 10. SO Y'ALL THINK 10? NO MORE THAN 25. I'M JUST WORRIED ABOUT THE REPORTING. I'D LIKE TO SEE HOW THAT WOULD WORK, YOU KNOW, BEFORE WE GIVE THEM ANY MORE MONEY. HOW THAT WAS GONNA WORK THIS YEAR. SO Y'ALL WANT TO GO AHEAD AND PUT 10 DOWN FOR NOW? WE CAN ALWAYS REVISIT LATER. IT'S NOT FINALIZED UNTIL AROUND THE SO , I GET 10 FOR NOW. OKAY. NEXT. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM. THIS IS ACTUALLY A LOWER AMOUNT THAN WHAT WE ASKED FOR LAST YEAR. A PORTION OF OUR SALARIES COMES OUT OF THIS BUDGET. UM, OUR SALARIES ARE ACTUALLY SPLIT BETWEEN PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION, TRANSPORTATION, HOUSING, AND IP. I THINK THAT'S TRUE. THAT'S WHAT OUR SALARIES ARE SPLIT BETWEEN. UM, ACTUALLY ONLY MONICA AND STEPHANIE GET PAID OUT OF THE NIP AND IT'S LITERALLY 15% FOR STEPHANIE AND 5% FOR MONICA. BUT WE, OUR SALARIES ARE SPLIT. SO A PORTION OF THAT IS OUR SALARIES AND THEN WE BUDGET FOR THE, UM, BUS PASSES AND THE RIDES CARDS. WE DID ASK FOR A LITTLE BIT LESS THAN LAST YEAR BECAUSE WE DIDN'T KNOW AT ONE POINT THERE HAD BEEN DISCUSSIONS ON ELIMINATING HARRIS COUNTY TRANSIT IN BAYTOWN. SO WE DID. UM, WE DIDN'T WANNA NOT REQUEST FUNDING FOR IT JUST IN CASE THEY DECIDED TO, UM, TO CONTINUE WITH THE PROGRAM, WHICH THEY DID FOR AT LEAST ANOTHER YEAR. WE'RE GONNA STILL HAVE THE TRANSIT SERVICES IN BAYTOWN, BUT WE ALSO DIDN'T WANNA ASK FOR MORE. 'CAUSE YOU'LL SEE WE RECEIVED 72 7 LAST YEAR. WE'RE ONLY ASKING FOR 60 THIS YEAR BECAUSE WE ACTUALLY REDUCED THE AMOUNT OF OUR SALARY FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR THAT COMES OUT OF THAT PROGRAM AND HAVE MORE MONEY GOING INTO THE FUNDING FOR THE BUS PASSES AND THE RIDES CARDS. SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE 73 PEOPLE AND WE'RE GONNA ADD SEVEN MORE. AND YOU SAW THE WAITING LIST? OH YES. THERE'S 96 PEOPLE ON THE WAITING LIST. WE, UM, MONICA JUST REMOVED ABOUT 25 PEOPLE FROM THE PROGRAM BECAUSE, UM, SO WITH THIS PROGRAM, AS YOU SAW IN THE EMAIL I SENT OUT LAST WEEK, THERE ARE ONLY TWO WAYS. IT'S LIKE THE HOTEL CALIFORNIA, BUT IN A WEIRDER WAY. , RIGHT? SO WE'RE ONLY TWO WAYS, RIGHT? SO EITHER YOU PASS AWAY OR YOU MOVE OUT OF BAYTOWN, RIGHT? UM, WE DON'T PUT A LIMIT ON THE AMOUNT OF TIME SOMEBODY CAN BE ON THE PROGRAM BECAUSE PEOPLE NEED ASSISTANCE. WE CAN'T JUST SAY, OH, YOU ONLY NEED THIS FOR TWO YEARS. IF WE DID, THEN WE WOULD BE ABLE TO ROTATE PEOPLE OUT, BUT WE DON'T DO THAT. SO RIGHT NOW, UH, MONICA REMOVED ABOUT 25 PEOPLE. WHEN WE THOUGHT THAT THE PROGRAM WAS CLOSING, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE UM, DID IS THE THREE OF US SAT DOWN AND WE CALLED EVERY [00:20:01] SINGLE PERSON THAT, UM, IS A PARTICIPANT OF THE PROGRAM. AND WE HAD MULTIPLE PEOPLE WHO DID NOT ANSWER WHOSE PHONES WERE DISCONNECTED OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, WHERE WE LEFT THEM A MESSAGE, BUT WE DON'T EVEN KNOW IF WE LEFT THEM A MESSAGE. 'CAUSE IT'S JUST ONE OF THOSE AUTOMATED VOICEMAIL SERVICES. WE TRIED CALLING THEIR EMERGENCY CONTACT. SO A WAY FOR US TO TRY TO KEEP THE, TO GET THEM TO CALL US WAS WHEN WE SENT OUT THE QUARTERLY BUS PASSES IN APRIL. WE KEPT THEIR BUS PASSES AND WE DIDN'T PUT MONEY ON THEIR RIDES CARDS. AND THEN WE STARTED GETTING BACK. NOT MANY. IF SOME, WE DID GET SOME IF MAYBE 10 PEOPLE CALLED US BACK TO TELL US THAT, HEY, I HAVE NOT RECEIVED MY CARD. SO THE ONES YOU REMOVED WERE THE ONES THAT DIDN'T CORRECT. REACH OUT TO THAT WAS BRILLIANT THOUGH. THAT WAS THE ONLY WAY WE COULD THINK OF LIKE, MAYBE IF WE HOLD YOUR STUFF HOSTAGE, YOU'LL CALL US. RIGHT. SO I WOULD'VE CALLED EVEN IN THOSE PHONE CALLS, SOME OF US, SOME OF THEM WERE, WE WERE TOLD AUTOMATICALLY THEY PASSED AWAY. BUT BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE I NEED TO GO TO THE DOCTOR. YEAH. SO THAT'S WHAT ENDED UP HAPPENING, I THINK IN APRIL. AND THEN IT WAS, WHEN WAS IT THAT WE HELD BACK ON THE RIDES FUNDS? WAS IT ALSO IN APRIL? THAT WAS IN APRIL AS WELL. LIKE WE HELD BACK THE RIDES MONEY, WHICH IS THE TAXI PORTION AND WE HELD BACK THEIR BUS PASSES TO SEE WHO WOULD CALL US. AND WE DID GET SOME PEOPLE TO CALL US BACK. BUT THE PEOPLE THAT DIDN'T CALL US BACK, WE REMOVED THEM FROM THE PROGRAM. NOW, IN A PERFECT WORLD, WE WOULD HAVE A HUNDRED PEOPLE ON THE PROGRAM. MY FEAR IS, IS THAT WE ADD 27 MORE PEOPLE AND THEN THE PROGRAM GETS ELIMINATED NEXT YEAR. SO WE'RE TRYING TO BRING IT UP TO 80. UM, RIGHT NOW ON OUR REQUEST, IT DID SAVE 50 PEOPLE. WE CURRENTLY HAVE 73 AND IT'S WORKING. SO WE'RE GONNA ADD SEVEN MORE PEOPLE NOW. AND WE'RE GONNA BASICALLY KEEP IT AT 80 AND HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, THE CITY DECIDES TO CONTINUE ON WITH HARRIS COUNTY TRANSIT AND THEN MAYBE IN THE NEXT YEAR WE CAN REQUEST MORE FUNDING AND THEN ADD MORE PEOPLE TO THE PROGRAM. BECAUSE EVEN JUST TO GET THEM STARTED, IT'S $120 OUR PORTION FOR PERSON TO GET THEM ON THEIR RIGHTS CARD. WELL I THINK THIS IS ANOTHER VERY MUCH NEEDED SERVICE IN OUR COMMUNITY FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO FOR WHATEVER REASON DON'T HAVE A VEHICLE, UH, CAN'T LIKE, DON'T HAVE A FAMILY MEMBER TO RELY ON. I CAN'T GET ONE. YEAH, WELL THAT'S TRUE. I MEAN, WELL RIGHT NOW, UM, WE DON'T EVEN ADD PEOPLE TO THE WAITING LIST ANYMORE BECAUSE I MEAN IT'S 96 PEOPLE, RIGHT? AND AND, AND IT'S SAD BECAUSE IT'S LIKE SOMEONE HAS TO DIE FOR YOU TO GET ON THE PROGRAM. LIKE THAT'S, I'D FEEL BAD ABOUT GETTING ON THE PROGRAM IF I WAS NEXT TO MINE, YOU KNOW, BUT, OH, SO BUT UM, BUT YEAH, IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS. AND WE, AND SOME PEOPLE, AND THEY WON'T TELL US THAT THEY MOVED SOMETIMES TOO. WE HAVE TO CATCH 'EM. WE HAD ONE LADY LAST WEEK CALL MONICA AND ASK HER, UM, TO ADD THAT TELL US THAT SHE HAD RUN OUT OF TAXI FUNDS ON HER CARD. AND IF YOU LEAVE BAYTOWN, YOU'RE ONLY SUPPOSED TO GO TO THE DOCTOR AND YOU LIKE, IF YOU'RE IN BAYTOWN, YOU CAN GO ANYWHERE BUT THE LIQUOR STORE. IT'S LITERALLY IN OUR GUIDELINES OR ANY, UM, BAD BUSINESSES. BUT, UM, IF YOU LEAVE BAYTOWN, YOU HAVE TO BE GOING TO THE DOCTOR. WELL THIS IS A WOMAN WHO HISTORICALLY WAS GOING TO SUPERMARKETS IN HOUSTON AND TO WESTHEIMER TO EAT AND STUFF LIKE THAT. SO WE HAD ACTUALLY BEEN TRACKING HER USAGE BECAUSE SHE WAS ALREADY ON PROBATION ABOUT TO BE PROBATION. SO MONICA LOOKED UP WHERE SHE HAD BEEN GOING AND SHE WAS LIKE, WAIT A MINUTE THIS, YOU'VE BEEN GOING TO THIS APARTMENT COMPLEX IN HOUSTON? WELL I LIVE THERE NOW. OH, OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO SHE THANK YOU. SO EVERYBODY ELSE THOUGH, THEY NEED THAT. THEY NEED TO GET AROUND BAYTOWN, BUT MOST OF THEM ARE ELDERLY, CORRECT? OH YEAH. ELDERLY OR JUST SO I THINK IT'S NEEDED AND I'M, I'M OKAY FUNDING THE WHOLE THING. I AGREE. I AGREE. ALRIGHT. NEW YEAR IN NEW SHOES PROGRAM, THAT IS FOR US TO PROVIDE A NEW PAIR OF SHOES. YES, YES, YES, YES. YES, YES, YES, YES. EVERY YEAR. I KNOW, RIGHT? AND THEY AND THEY TAKE 'EM, THEY USE WELL IN MOST YEARS WE SAY WE WANT TO, I MEAN I HAVEN'T BEEN HERE THAT LONG. NOT LIKE MR. SOMEBODY, WHAT'S HIS NAME? I FORGOT. ANYWAY. UM, BUT MOST YEARS WE SAID WE WANNA TRY TO INCREASE IT. BUT I GUESS, SO ONE OF THE REASONS THAT I'VE ALSO KIND OF LOWERED THE AMOUNTS THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR IS BECAUSE I ALSO DIDN'T KNOW HOW MUCH MONEY WE WERE GONNA GET IN CBG. SO LAST YEAR WE GOT 20, WE REQUESTED, OH, THAT SHOULD SAY 20. OH, IN THE CURRENT YEAR WE HAD 15, BUT THE PREVIOUS YEAR WE HAD 20. UM, SO I DECIDED TO KIND OF LIKE, TRY TO EITHER LOWER THINGS OR KEEP IT THE SAME. I DIDN'T WANT TO GO UP. BUT WHAT WE CAN ALWAYS DO IS, IS ONCE WE GET THROUGH ALL THE PUBLIC SERVICE ACTIVITIES, IF THERE'S ANY FUNDING LEFT, WE CAN ALWAYS PUT IT TOWARD TRANSPORTATION OR TOWARDS SHOES OR TOWARDS HEARTS AND HANDS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. WE TALKED ABOUT THAT. [00:25:01] SO LAST YEAR I KNOW THEY HAVE, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THAT. YEAH. UHHUH . YEAH. UM, THERE'S THE APPLICATION ONLINE, RIGHT? AND YOU GUYS GO THROUGH TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY QUALIFY. UM, HOW MANY PEOPLE DO WE DOES THAT 15,000, CAN THAT BUY SHOES FOR 300? I BELIEVE 300. 300. IT'S $50 PER PER CHILD. AND WHAT'S ENDS UP BEING REALLY COOL IS, IS THAT WE PARTNER WITH FAMOUS. WHAT FAMOUS, I WAS CONFUSED AT MR. WE PARTNER WITH FAMOUS FOOTWEAR. AND TYPICALLY WHENEVER WE DO THE SHOE DAY, THAT'S WHAT WE CALL IT, IT'S DURING BOCA. SO IF THEY ACTUALLY GO UP TO THE REGISTER WITH LIKE A $30 PAIR OF SHOES AND THEY CAN GET THEIR KID A SECOND PAIR OF SHOES FOR LIKE 20, WE'LL LET THEM, IT'S NOT LIKE YOU CAN ONLY GET ONE. NO. LIKE IF THAT'S 50 MM-HMM . THAT'S AWESOME. SO IF THEY END UP PAYING CHILD PER CHILD PER CHILD, SO YOU GOT THREE KIDS AND YOU GET $150 AND THEN YOU CAN BOGO AWAY AND STUFF THAT REALLY, I MEAN IF YOU HAVE THREE KIDS OR FOUR KIDS, THAT REALLY IS A, DID WE HAVE A LOT LEFT OVER A LOT OF, UH, WAITING LIST OR A LOT OF CHILDREN WHO DID NOT? UH, NO. I MEAN COULD YOU, IF WE HAD HAD MORE MONEY, I THINK THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE ASKING. COULD WE HAVE, WE DIDN'T EVEN SPEND ALL OF IT. IF YOU LOOK AT THE THING WE ACTUALLY, OH NO, IT'S NOT ON THERE. WE ENDED UP SPENDING, OH, ANITA, LET ME SEE ONE OF THOSE EXPENDITURE REPORTS. I CAN TELL YOU HOW MUCH WE SPENT LAST YEAR. SHE, NO, LET ME SEE. ONE OF THE PAPERS I GAVE YOU, SOMEBODY GAVE A, I DIDN'T READ 'EM A LITTLE BIT BETTER THAN, YEAH. OH NO, I CAN'T READ THIS . I CAN'T READ THIS . UM, WHAT'S DOWN TWO? UH, I CAN'T TELL YOU THAT I WAS, WAS MY NEIGHBOR AND I HAVE A NOTE TO BY THE STAFF EXTRA STRENGTH TYLENOL BECAUSE THAT PLACE WAS CRAZY. IT WAS. SO WE HAVE A SYSTEM, I MEAN IT, IT WORKS OUT LIKE WE HAVE A, BECAUSE WE HAVE TO CHECK THEM IN WITH THEIR ID THAT THEY PROVIDED. THEY SIGNED UP. WE HAD ALMOST THREE GRAND LEFT. BUT ONE OF THE THINGS IS, IS BECAUSE DID YOU HAVE MORE APPLICATIONS THAT YOU COULD HAVE FUNDED? THAT'S WHAT THAT'S WHAT I WAS ASKING. THAT'S WHAT I WAS GONNA GET TO. UM, YOU HAVE TO BE A US CITIZEN AND THAT'S A PROBLEM. SO IN THE PAST WHEN BARRIER BARRY OR RE THE PARENT OR THE KID OR BOTH THE FA A HOUSEHOLD, THE HOUSEHOLD, EVERYBODY THAT LIVES IN THE HOUSE, IF, BECAUSE WE ARE DIRECTLY FUNDED, WE ARE DIRECTLY MANAGING THE PROGRAM. EVERYONE HAS TO BE A US CITIZEN IN YOUR HOUSEHOLD. NOW WHEN ONE OF OUR NONPROFITS MANAGES PROGRAM YEARS AGO, THEY DON'T HAVE TO CHECK CITIZENSHIP BECAUSE WE ARE THE DIRECT RECIPIENT OF FEDERAL DOLLARS. WE HAVE TO CHECK IT. BUT IF WE FUND LOVE NETWORK AND LOVE NETWORK THEN DOES THE PROGRAM, THEY DON'T HAVE TO CHECK CITIZENSHIP. SO THAT'S THE PROBLEM. 'CAUSE WE DID HAVE A LOT OF DACA AND WE JUST HAD PEOPLE THAT JUST WEREN'T US CITIZENS OR THAT THEY DIDN'T MEET THE INCOME LIMITS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SO IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO CHECK. SO ARE ARE I'M HEARING YOU SAY THAT WE'RE GOOD WITH 15,000? IT COULD BE, YEAH. BECAUSE I ALWAYS WANT TO, I ALWAYS WANT TO LIKE FUND MORE KIDS, BUT OH, I ALWAYS WANT TO DO THAT TOO. BUT UM, IF YOU DON'T LIKE THERE'S, YOU KNOW, THAT'S OUR RESTRICTION, RIGHT? FOR EXACTLY. THAT'S THE RESTRICTION. BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT? IT'S JUST THE DOCUMENTATION. YEAH. I JUST, I'M A SUCKER FOR LIKE, YOU KNOW, THAT HAS TO FEEL SO GOOD WHEN THEY GO TO SCHOOL WITH BRAND NEW SHOES. 'CAUSE EVERYBODY ELSE DOES. RIGHT. THAT'S LIKE THE DAY YOU HAD TO COME THAT DAY WHEN WE'RE THERE, IT'S BEAUTIFUL. WE DO IT. UM, WE'LL DO, WE'LL DO IT TWO, TWICE ON MONDAY. WE'LL DO IT IN THE AFTERNOON, LIKE DURING THE DAYTIME WHEN THEY OPEN, WHEN FAMOUS FOOTWEAR OPENS. AND THEN ON TUESDAY WE DO IT FROM FIVE TO SEVEN. SO I'M THE ONE THERE CHECKING PEOPLE IN AND MONICA OR SOMEBODY. YEAH, TOTALLY. I MEAN WE, I MEAN THAT MEANS A LOT TO A KID. THAT MEANS A LOT TO THE CHILDREN AT THE HOMELESS SHELTER. DO THEY GET, UH, ARE THEY ELIGIBLE TO COME AND, AND DO AND GET THEIR SHOES AS WELL? THIS IS ADVERTISED THROUGH GOOSE CREEK. WE SEND GOOSE CREEK OUR FLYER. AND SO IF THEIR KIDS ATTEND GOOSE CREEK YES. THEN THE PARENTS WILL GET NOTIFIED THAT IT'S HAPPENING. SO YOU CAN'T, IT CAN'T HAPPEN. WELL WE CAN DO IT THIS YEAR TOO, WHERE WE WE CAN SEND THEM FLYER SPECIFICALLY. YEAH. THEIR PEOPLE SHARE IT WITH KIDS. BECAUSE I HAD A STUDENT THAT WAS IN THE HOMELESS SHELTER WHERE QUITE FEW THAT HE, HE WOULDN'T CAME AT KNEW EVEN IN THE BEGINNING, IN THE MIDDLE OF THE, OF THE FIRST SEMESTER HE HAD NEW SHOES AND HE WAS LIKE SUPER EXCITED FOR SHOES, SUPER EXCITED. THAT'S AWESOME. AND ANY LITTLE CANDY COOKIES, ANYTHING I WOULD GIVE HIM. IT WAS LIKE CHRISTMAS. OH MY GOD. I DID IT. I MADE THE HUNDRED. I GOT IT. AND HE SAID YOU HEAR HIM UP AND DOWN THE HALL WITH JUST YELLING WITH JOY AND I'M GOING, OKAY. SO THERE, YEAH, THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT THEY DON'T DO. YEAH. STEPHANIE HAS ALREADY PROVIDED GOOSE CREEK WITH THE FLYER. YOU ALREADY DID. YES, THEY'LL [00:30:01] BE POSTING IT. UM, I INCREASED DEFENSE. SORRY. I DID SHARING PROGRAM. WONDERFUL. THE APPLICATION LAUNCHES AND THEN TWICE THE DAY IT OFFICIALLY LAUNCHES AND THE CITY IS ALSO GONNA POST IT ON THE SAME DAY. SO WHENEVER, WHENEVER WE POST IT, WHENEVER IT'S POSTED ON FACEBOOK, WE CAN ALWAYS LET Y'ALL KNOW. SO YOU COULD SHARE IT BECAUSE WE HAVE A NEW PRINCIPAL. DID YOU DO IT BEFORE OR AFTER THE UM, BACK TO SCHOOL HER LAST YEAR. WE DO IT THE WEEK BEFORE. IT'S BEFORE. 'CAUSE WE OPENED THE PROGRAM JUNE, UM, THE 16TH OF YEAH, THIS JUNE. UM, JUNE THE 16TH TO THE 29TH OF JUNE. AND THEN THAT'S WHEN THEY'RE FILLING OUT APPLICATION, SUBMITTING. SO THEN WE, IT GIVES US THREE WEEKS TO KIND OF REVIEW THE FIRST THREE WEEKS OF JULY. AND WE'RE HOPING TO BE AT THE STORE EITHER THE 28TH, 29TH OF JULY OR AUGUST 4TH OR FOURTH OR FIFTH. UM, AS WE'RE TRYING TO SEE I GUESS WHEN THEIR BOGO SALE IS GONNA BE. SO IT COULD WORK OUT ONE SECOND. CAN TRY TO DO TAX DAY. TAX DAY. TAX DAY IS THE BACK TO SCHOOL. MAKE SURE, MAKE SURE TO PUT IS ON TAX FREE WEEKEND, WHICH IS THE WEEKEND OF THE NINTH. YEAH. THEY DON'T GET CHARGED TAXES ANYWAYS ON THE SHOE. WHEN THEY COME IN THEY ARE TAX EXEMPT, UH, FOR THEIR SHOES AND THEN CREDIT CARD. MM-HMM . WE CAN'T PAY TAXES. SO, AND THEN IF IT'S ANYTHING OVER THE 50, I'M LITERALLY SWIPING, PUSHING IN THAT WE'RE ONLY PAYING THE 50 AND THEN THE PARENTS ONLY OWE A DOLLAR SOMETHING, $3, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER. JUST TO PAY WHAT THEY GET. YEAH. THEY PAY THE DIFFERENCE. VERY NICE. OKAY. ARE FULLY FUNDING THAT. ME TOO. ME TOO. ALRIGHT. ALRIGHT. COMMUNITIES AND SCHOOLS OF BAYTOWN, I THINK. CAN WE GIVE 'EM A LITTLE MORE? THAT'S NUMBER SEVEN. I WISH THEY'D HAD SOMETHING LIKE THIS WHEN I WAS IN SCHOOL. YEAH, I DO TOO. I WOULD SAY WE SHOULD RAISE IT ABOUT 15 DAYS. , I THINK. WHICH IT'S A GREAT CREDIT IN SCHOOLS FOR THIS PROGRAM. OH YEAH, I AM TOO. THAT'S WHAT I PUT. WE ACTUALLY GOT TO GO TO THE REALITY CHECK THAT SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT THAT THE KIDS ARE GONNA DO THE NEXT DAY. WE WENT OUT THERE. IT WAS SO COOL. THAT'S RIGHT. WE GOT TO, UM, MONICA'S NIECE WAS THERE, HER GODDAUGHTER AND UM, MEL, THE LADY, THE DIRECTOR, SHE WAS ACTUALLY ACTING LIKE THE POLICE AND SHE WOULD PULL KIDS OVER AND GIVE 'EM TICKETS AND THEN THEY'D HAVE TO GO AND LIKE GET A SECOND JOB OR IT WAS, I LIKE THE WAY THEY'RE PRETTY WELL ORGANIZED PRETTY MUCH, YOU KNOW, AND I LIKE THE WAY THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE THERE FOR THEIR STUDENTS THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE, OH, I HATE THAT THEY HAD TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF COUNSELORS ON EACH CAMPUS. YOU KNOW, THEY HAD TO REDUCE THAT. SO I KNOW IT'S PROBABLY MUCH MORE THAN WE COULD COMPENSATE FOR, BUT YOU KNOW, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO BACK IT UP RIGHT NOW. BUT I THINK I'VE HEARD THAT OUR COMMUNITIES AND SCHOOLS HERE IN BAYTOWN, THAT THEY'RE LIKE, THOUGHT OF VERY WELL THE WHOLE STATE, VERY HIGHLY BY THE STATE. UM, 'CAUSE THEY DO GOOD STUFF. THEY REALLY DO GOOD STUFF. SO DID Y'ALL WANT TO GIVE THEM LOAN? YOU HEARD THAT TOO? LIKE WHAT? I KNOW YOU SAID INCREASE IT BY 1500 MR. VINCENT. NO, I, I SAID GO TO, UH, I'M SORRY, WHAT WERE THEY REQUESTING? 9,505. YEAH, I I'M SAYING 15. THAT'S WHY I'M THAT'S TRUE. , I SAY 15. 15 K. IS ANYBODY AGAINST THAT? HAS THAT EVER HAPPENED? THAT WE'VE GIVEN THEM MORE? YOU'VE GIVEN THEY'VE GIVEN, GIVEN MORE THAN THEY ASKED FOR ONE YEAR. WE GAVE THEM ACTUALLY I THINK LIKE 1500 MORE THAN THEY GOT LAST TIME THAN THEY ACTUALLY REQUESTED. AND MEL WAS SO EXCITED. I'M OKAY WITH THAT. WELL THE THE GOOD THING IS THEY HAVE THAT KNOWLEDGE ON, ON FEDERAL FUNDS AND MONIES AND ALL THAT. THEY KNOW. THEY KNOW TO, TO OH, EXPERIENCE. EXPERIENCE. THEY STICK TO, TO THOSE BUDGETS. THEY'VE HAD CD BG FUNDS BEFORE SHE'S ON IT. I HAVE NO PROBLEM. I HAVE NO PROBLEM. YES, SHE'S, SHE'S VERY EASY TO GET. OKAY, WELL LET'S DO THAT THEN. WHAT'D YOU SAY? 15? 15. LET'S DO 15. 15. I'M GOOD WITH THAT. AND WE'RE ALREADY WORKING ON THE BACK TO SCHOOL FAIR WITH THEM TOO. STEPHANIE CAN GIVE AN UPDATE DURING THE MANAGER'S REPORT. . ALL RIGHT. FOUR STEP BLESSINGS. I KNOW SOME OF Y'ALL WERE ABLE TO ACTUALLY, I DON'T THINK ANYBODY HERE WAS ABLE TO JOIN US WHEN WE DID IT DURING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WEEK, WHICH WAS VERY COOL. THIS IS WHERE THEY UM, AND WE CAN ALWAYS TRY TO PUT TOGETHER A DATE THAT MAYBE WE ALL COME TOGETHER AND SAY, HEY LET'S, CAN WE GO ON THAT DATE? BECAUSE THEY TAKE VOLUNTEER GROUPS ALL THE TIME. SO THAT COULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE LOOK AT. I MEAN IF EVERYBODY ENDS UP GOING WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE TO MAKE AN AGENDA FOR IT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. BUT THAT'LL BE FINE. UM, I KNOW IT'S A VERY MUCH NEEDED PROGRAM. ABSOLUTELY. WE USE SOME FOOD BANK IS HAVING TROUBLE, SO, AND THEY GET THEIR MO THEIR FOOD FROM THE HOUSTON. EXACTLY. I'M ALL FOR GIVING THEM. PULL THEM OUT FOUR. YOU WANNA DO 15 [00:35:01] TO THEM? SO WE CAN'T DO 15. DO 15. SO ALL THAT'S LEFT IS $14,053. DO YOU WANNA, WHICH THEN PUTS OUT THE HOMELESS PROGRAM. WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT. YEAH. UM, SO DO Y'ALL WANNA TALK ABOUT THE HOMELESS PROGRAM FIRST BEFORE WE, UM, DECIDE ON HEARTS AND HANDS? SO 8,000 IS WHAT HEARTS AND HANDS ASKED FOR LAST YEAR. THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S WHAT THEY RECEIVED. THEY ACTUALLY RECEIVED LESS BECAUSE, UM, ON HER BUDGET, SHE, SHE PUTS THE AGENCY'S TOTAL FUNDING AND DURING BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS LAST YEAR IT WAS DECIDED THAT THEY ALREADY RECEIVE A LOT OF MONEY. BUT THAT WAS FOR THE AGENCY AS A WHOLE, NOT FOR THIS PROGRAM. AND I THINK SHE MIGHT HAVE DONE THE SAME THING THIS YEAR BECAUSE THEY GOT A LOT FROM UNITED WAY A LOT AND OTHER, UH, OTHER SOURCES. BUT THEY ALSO HAVE MULTIPLE, BUT THEY HAVE A LOT THAT THEY DO WITH IT TOO. YEAH, BECAUSE THEY HAVE THAT WALK UP WINDOW. THEY ACTUALLY INSTALLED LIKE, ALMOST LIKE A DRIVE THROUGH WINDOW WHERE HOMELESS PEOPLE CAN WALK UP AND REQUEST LIKE A PACKAGE OF STUFF AND THEY GIVE THEM, 'CAUSE WE PACKAGED SOME OF THOSE, UM, DURING THE EVENT THAT ONE OF THE ISSUES SHE MENTIONED SHE HAD WAS WITH THE DELIVERIES WITH DRIVING THAT BOX TRUCK INTO APARTMENTS. AND I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND THEY NEED LIKE A TRANSIT, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. I KNOW THAT'S DOWN THE ROAD, BUT NO, WELL ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE REIMBURSE THEM FOR, IF YOU'LL SEE TRAIN THE TRAINING AND TRAVEL LINE ITEM, THEY ACTUALLY RENT U HULLS. OKAY. WE ACTUALLY REIMBURSE THEM FOR THE, UM, THE RENTAL OF THE U-HAUL. SO THAT'S WHAT THAT IS. THAT'S WHAT TRAINING AND TRAVEL IS. YEAH, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT IT'S CALLED. ORIGINALLY SHE COULD WRITE IN HER OWN THING ON THE BOTTOM, BUT SHE DOESN'T. BUT IT'S BASICALLY THE TRAINING AND TRAVEL LINE ITEM IS FOR THE REIMBURSEMENT OF THE U-HAUL THAT THEY RENT TO MAKE THE FOOD AND THE 5,000 FOR THE FOOD. MY MY UNDERSTANDING WAS THAT I THOUGHT MOST OF THEIR FOOD WAS DONATED TO THEM. IS THAT NOT? THAT'S THEIR DUES TO, UM, THE HOUSTON FOOD BANK. THAT'S A PART OF THEIR DUES. 'CAUSE I THINK THERE'S MORE OF THE OTHER COLUMNS FOR THE FOOD. MM-HMM . SO THEY OH, I SEE A DUES TO THE HOUSTON FOOD BANK, BUT SHE DIDN'T PUT DUES IN PARENTHESES. I LASTS WOW. THOUSAND IN KIND. SO THAT'S ALL THE STUFF THAT'S DONE IN MM-HMM . THAT'S, I'M UP FOR APPROVING 13 K. OKAY. EVERYBODY GOOD WITH 13,000? YES. ALL RIGHT. SO THAT LEAVES US AT 1050 $3. SO FIRST STEP HOMELESS SERVICES PROGRAM. , I CAN'T SPEAK ON THIS ONE. SHE IS A NEED, BUT IT IS NOT, SHE'S NOT USING IT. SO WHY, WHY EXTEND HER? EVEN RHONDA IS ON THE BOARD. SO SHE'S GONNA STEP OUT. OKAY. YOU'RE GONNA RECUSE HERSELF FROM THIS DISCUSSION. RECUSING MYSELF. THANK YOU MISS R. JUST HAVE A SEAT OUT THERE AND I'LL COME GET YOU. IT WON'T WHISPER , DON'T TRY TO LISTEN AT THE DOOR. RIGHT. IT'S A HUGE NEED. WHAT SHE'S DOING, ONE OF THE ISSUES IS THAT AT THE UM, RFP PUBLIC HEARING, SHE SAID THAT THEY, UM, DIDN'T USE THE MONEY BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T NEED IT. BUT IN ACT ACTUALLY THEY GAVE THE MONEY BACK AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR. 'CAUSE IN OUR, SO WHENEVER WE, UM, HAVE FUNDING THAT WE PROVIDE FOR AN ORGANIZATION, WE PROVIDE THEM WITH A SUB-RECIPIENT AGREEMENT. AND IN THE EXHIBITS OF THE SUB-RECIPIENT AGREEMENT, EXHIBIT A IS THE SCOPE OF SERVICES AND THAT TELLS YOU EXACTLY HOW IT IS THAT THE MONEY SHOULD BE SPENT. EXHIBIT B IS THE BUDGET. EXHIBIT C IS THE TIMELINE. EXHIBIT E IS THE REIMBURSEMENT REQUEST. UM, TEMPLATE EXHIBIT E IS AUDIT CERTIFICATION. AND I THINK THAT'S ALL. SO WE UM, BASICALLY LET THEM KNOW THAT WE SPECIFICALLY NEEDED THEM TO HAVE THE BIRTH CERTIFICATES AND OR DRIVER'S LICENSES MAILED TO A BAYTOWN ADDRESS. AND WE PUT THAT, WE SPELLED THAT OUT SPECIFICALLY IN THE AGREEMENT. AND THEY DID NOT CARE FOR THE WORDING IN THE AGREEMENT. AND UM, DECIDED NOT TO, TO GIVE THEM A, THEY DIDN'T SIGN THE AGREEMENT AND THEY, SO IT WASN'T THAT THEY DIDN'T NEED IT. OKAY. BUT, UM, IT IS SOMETHING THAT YOU COULD ALWAYS JUST FUND A SMALL AMOUNT. YEAH. 1011 I'LL BE ABLE TO DO THAT. BUT THEY'RE FULL AMOUNT. I'M JUST HOPING THEY SPEND IT. 'CAUSE WE MIGHT COME UP WITH THE SAME CHOOSE IF IT'S ONLY A THOUSAND DOLLARS ON FEEL A LOT COMFORTABLE NOT USE AS OPPOSED TO US GIVING THEM 5,000 . THEY DON'T USE THAT. NO, I, I, I UNDERSTAND COMPLETELY. SO THAT WOULD BE, WE'LL JUST DO A THOUSAND AND [00:40:01] WE'LL THAT'S WHERE I'M AT CUSHION. I DEFINITELY THINK IT'S A NEED FOR THE PROGRAM. I'M NOT SAYING THAT. I JUST LIKE TO SEE, YOU KNOW. SO LET'S GO ON TO THE FUN STUFF. RHONDA. OH YEAH. RHONDA THERE. RHONDA? THE WHOLE THING? NO, A THOUSAND, 1000. I HAVE TO PUT ON MY GLASSES. . YOU'RE GOOD. YOU'RE GOOD. A THOUSAND. OH, NO, NO, I KNOW, I KNOW. NITA, I HAD QUESTIONS. YOU SAY MORE. I KNOW HERE YOU SAID MORE, MORE FOR THEM. YOU'RE ONE MINUTE TOO LATE. UM, , I CHECKED ON SOME OF THESE THINGS FOR THE HOMELESS. OKAY. I WENT, I CHECKED ON SOME OF THE HOTELS. UM, SHE WAS RIGHT ABOUT THEM NOT ACCEPTING THE HOMELESS. OH YEAH. OKAY. THERE'S ONLY TWO THAT WILL AND THEY ACCEPT 'EM AS CASH AND THAT'S SUPER EIGHT ON 10 AND UH, I 10 AND JOHN THOMPSON AND THEN THAT'S IT. WE'RE STILL GIVE US A FEW MORE MINUTES. HE DID. SORRY. I NEW CHAIR DOESN'T, SO I ALSO WENT TO THE VFW THE HOTEL TO THE VFW HALL TO ASK THEM ABOUT WHAT THEY WERE DOING FOR THE HOMELESS BECAUSE UM, I WAS TOLD BY THEM THAT 80% OF 'EM WERE VETERANS. THAT'S WHAT I WAS. OKAY. SO I ASKED THEM AND WHAT THEY WERE DOING TO THINK, THEY SAID THEY ARE BOOKED A SOLID. THEY CAN'T TAKE ANYMORE TAKE, IN FACT THEY HAVE 'EM IN OTHER VETERANS' HOMES TO HELP THEM OUT. UM, THEY'RE TRYING TO GET FUNDING THROUGH THE VA THAT IT'S VERY, VERY DIFFICULT AT THIS TIME. SO AS MUCH AS I LIKE A THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR, I'M SORRY I WENT UP TO FIVE, I, I THINK THE VFW WOULD NEED TO APPLY FOR THAT. AND I CUT AND I CUT DOWN AND I CUT DOWN HEARTS AND HANDS. I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, BUT THEY'RE BOTH VITALLY IMPORTANT. I THINK THAT, I THINK WE NEED OUR HOMELESS. IS IT VITAL? AND BESIDES PROBABLY NEXT WEEK I'LL BE OUT THERE LOOKING I, THE ISSUES THAT THERE IS IS THAT CDBG DOLLARS HAVE TO BE SPENT WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS OF BAY BAYTOWN ON BAYTOWN RESIDENCE. AND WITH SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT THEY ASSIST, THERE'S ACTUALLY NO WAY TO DETERMINE HOW THEY YEAH. THE RESIDENTS. WHICH IS WHY AT THE MEETING I ASKED HER IF SHE HAD, IF SHE WAS FAMILIAR WITH UH, ESG, WHICH IS THE EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANT, WHICH IS HUD FUNDING THAT IS SPECIFICALLY FOR HOMELESS PROGRAMS. THE CITY OF BAYTOWN DOES NOT RECEIVE ESG GRANTS. UH, AN ESG GRANT. SO SHE WOULD ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO APPLY FOR THAT AND USE THE MONEY IN BAYTOWN BECAUSE HARRIS COUNTY GETS CDBG AND BAYTOWN GETS C-D-B-G-C-D-B-G CANNOT BE USED ON HARRIS COUNTY CLIENTS. AND HARRIS, OUR CDBG AND HARRIS COUNTY CDBG CANNOT BE USED IN BAYTOWN BUT WE DON'T GET ESG BASICALLY IF THEY'RE IN HIGHLANDS OR I THINK THAT CAN'T BE USED. THAT'S IN HARRIS COUNTY. I HAVE A QUESTION MARK ABOUT THAT. I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND IT. THEY DO WORK OUT OF THE LIBRARY A FEW DAYS OUT OF THE WEEK. RIGHT. BUT THEY ALSO ASSIST PEOPLE OUT OF THEIR MAIN LOCATION. SO THAT MAKES IT HARD TO DETERMINE EXACTLY WHO IT IS THAT IS RECEIVING THE ASSISTANCE AND WHETHER OR NOT THEY ARE BAYTOWN RESIDENTS. EVEN IF THEY ARE UNHOUSED, WE DO NEED TO HAVE SOMETHING. WHICH IS WHY WE HAD REQUESTED THAT THEY HAVE SOMETHING MAILED TO A BAYTOWN ADDRESS AND WE, WE WOULD BE INCRIMINATED. I DON'T THINK WE DISAGREE IN THE NEED FOR THE PROGRAM. NO, THERE IS A NEED. I THINK WE JUST DON'T LIKE THE IMPLEMENTATION OR, OR THE USAGE OF THE, AND THERE ARE OTHER SOURCES OF FUNDING AVAILABLE THAT THEY WOULD QUAL WE DON'T GET ESG AS A CITY. SO THEY CAN ACTUALLY APPLY FOR ESG THROUGH HARRIS COUNTY AND USE IT ANYWHERE IN HARRIS COUNTY. BUT IF THEY USE OUR CDBG DOLLARS IT CAN ONLY BE USED IN BAYTOWN. SO IF THEY WERE TO GET ESG FUNDS, THEY WOULD HAVE A MUCH WIDER REACH BECAUSE SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT GO TO THE VFW, I MEAN THE VFW JUST RECENTLY CAME INTO CITY LIMITS. IT WASN'T EVEN IN CITY LIMITS FOR A WHILE THERE. IT WAS ON NORTH MAINE ACROSS FROM SPRINGFIELD. SO IT, IT'S NOT LIKE SHE'S COMPLETELY UNFUNDED. THEY DO RECEIVE OTHER FUNDING. [00:45:02] JUST A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO VOLUNTEER TO GIVE. I DON'T THINK, I MEAN IF WE HAVE A THOUSAND, YOU KNOW, OVER A THOUSAND THAT DO A THOUSAND, I MEAN WE'LL SEE HOW THEY, THAT THEY DO. AND IF THEY DON'T, YOU KNOW, JUSTIFY IT THIS YEAR, LIKE WE WOULD LIKE THEM TO JUSTIFY TOUGH YEAR OR MAYBE THEY'LL DO BETTER AND WE CAN GIVE 'EM MORE NEXT YEAR. IT'S ALL ABOUT, IT'S KIND OF LIKE A LITTLE TEST. THE SAME WAY WE'RE TESTING BARRIER REHAB. IT'LL BE A TEST FOR THEM TO SEE IF THEY WILL BE ABLE TO COMPLY WITH THE RULES THAT WE'RE GONNA PUT IN THE SUBRECIPIENT. HOW MUCH ARE THEY CHARGING AT THE HOTELS? DID YOU ASK THAT QUESTION? IS IT UM, AND I DIDN'T ASK THAT. I DIDN'T ASK HOW MUCH THEY WERE CHARGING A HUNDRED, $200 A DAY BUT THERE WAS, THERE WAS ONLY ONE, THERE WAS UH, PAY BY HOUR. THAT'S ON THE ALEXANDER DRIVE. OKAY. AND THE SUPER RIGHT THAT THERE UH, THAT THOSE ARE THE ONLY TWO THAT WILL ACCEPT THE HUMUS. I'M SORRY BUT THAT'S WHAT IT'S CALLED. I KNOW. NO, I ASKED HER A QUESTION. SO WHAT WE CAN ALSO DO IS, IS JUST BE SPECIFIC NOW THIS IS THE FIRST STEP HOMELESS PROGRAM, RIGHT? THE FIRST STEP IS GETTING AN ID AND A BIRTH CERTIFICATE. CORRECT. SO WE CAN BE SPECIFIC IN SAYING $500 FOR BIRTH CERTIFICATES, $500 FOR DRIVER'S LICENSE OR ID, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? THAT WAY WE KNOW FOR SURE THAT IT'S BEING SPENT ON THAT BECAUSE I THINK IT'D BE HARD TO TRACK SHOWERS. EXACTLY. IT COULD BE HARD TO TRACK LAUNDRY. I THINK THAT WAS THE BIGGEST QUESTION IN THE PAST. AND NOW AGAIN EXACTLY. SO BUT THE CARDS ID, WE CAN UNDERSTAND THAT EVERY, I THINK WE WOULD LET THEM, WE SHOULD LET THEM KNOW. LIKE IF WE SEE THE FUNDS ARE BEING USED THAT WILL LET US KNOW TO MAYBE GIVE THEM MORE FUNDS FOR THE NEXT CYCLE. I LIKE THAT IDEA. THAT'S WHY YOU'RE . ALRIGHT. SPECIFIC. SO WE ARE DONE NOW. OKAY. I'LL GO BETTER. I'M GONNA HIT SAVE JUST IN CASE. PLEASE DO. 'CAUSE IF THE POWER GOES OUT I'M GONNA BE MAD. OKAY. THERE WE GO. TELL HER I'M SORRY. YOU'RE OKAY. YOU HAVE VERY GOOD POINTS. MESS ANITA. YOU DID? YEAH. I DON'T THINK YOU SHOULD BE SORRY ABOUT THAT. LIKE YOU SAID, IT'S NOT THAT THE NEED IS NOT THERE, IT'S JUST ESPECIALLY FOR JUSTIFY IT OR DON'T, ESPECIALLY FOR BAYTOWN, YOU KNOW, TO JUSTIFY IT IS HARD. IT'S HARD TO, BECAUSE I KNOW SOME PEOPLE, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, SHE DID, THE POPULATION OF THE HOMELESS IS BAYTOWN DIANE BAYTOWN. BUT I UNDERSTAND WHERE I'M FROM, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? LIKE IN NEW YORK CITY, I MEAN THE POPULATION OF BAYTOWN IS PROBABLY LESS THAN A POPULATION OF THINGS BACK HOME. SO THAT'S JUST, IT'S CRAZY. BUT THERE IS A NEED. BUT WE JUST HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE FUNDS ARE BEING SPENT RESPONSIBLY. AND THAT'S REALLY THE HARDEST PART IS THE LICENSE. CORRECT. LICENSE. YES. MM-HMM . SO IF THEY CAN GET HELP WITH THAT, THAT'LL HELP SO MUCH. THE FIRST STEP. YEP. FIRST STEP. AND THEY NEED TO HOLD ONTO IT SO THEY WON'T LOSE THE HALF TO GET, YOU KNOW, THE, YOU GET ONE FREE THE NEXT TIME YOU PAY FOR YOUR, OKAY. SO WE HAVE, WE CAN START WITH THE SHELTER DEMOLITION PROJECT. SO I KNOW I DID PROVIDE Y'ALL WITH AN ARTICLE SHOWING THE AMOUNT OF FUNDING THAT THEY HAVE RECEIVED. THAT'S NUMBER FOUR. THAT'S NUMBER FOUR. WITH THE AMOUNT OF FUNDING THAT THEY'VE, UM, HAVE ALREADY RAISED FOR THIS PROJECT. AS OF RIGHT NOW, THE $10,000 FOR THE CURRENT YEAR HAVE NOT BEEN SPENT. THEY ARE IN THE PROCESS OF APPLYING FOR, UH, SPECIAL USE PERMIT. THEY DID HAVE ONE PREVIOUSLY BUT IT EXPIRED, UH, DUE TO NO MOVEMENT ON THEIR PROJECT. AND UM, THAT'S MY ISSUE. I'M READY TO SEE THIS THING TO DOWN AND . WHY DO YOU, YOU CAN'T BE WAITING FOR ANOTHER TWO, THREE YEARS. YEAH, BECAUSE IT'S TAKING LONG. I MEAN, YOU GET MONEY FOR THIS YEAR AND YOU USE IT AS CLOSE TO THE YEAR AS POSSIBLE. WHY ARE WE, ARE WE WAITING TWO YEARS UNTIL YOU GET ANOTHER BID AND THEN PUT BOTH BIDS TOGETHER TO GET A CHEAPER BID? I THINK WHAT HE SAID WAS THE, THE PLANNERS OR, OR SOMETHING. THEY WERE DRAWING THE PLANS AND IT WAS TAKING THE ARCHITECT, THE ARCHITECTS, THE PLANNERS ARE GOOD. YEAH. THEY WERE DRAWING THE, THE PLANS AND IT WAS TAKING THEM A LONG TIME AND IT WAS DONATED TIME. SO IT'S ALL LIKE, AND IT WAS DONATED TIME. SO HERE'S MY QUESTION. YOU WANT ME TO, I CAN GO AHEAD. GO AHEAD. WELL I WAS GONNA JUMP IN ONLY TO SAY THAT I WAS PART OF THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT PROCESS A COUPLE YEARS AGO. AND I KNOW THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF MOVING PARTS TO THIS PROJECT AND I THINK WHAT THEY WERE WAITING FOR IS NOT TO DO ANYTHING UNTIL THEY HAD THE MONEY FOR THE WHOLE PROJECT. SO I THINK THAT'S WHERE THEY WERE. I I DON'T WANNA SPEAK FOR, UM, UM, THEY, I THINK THAT THAT WAS WHAT THEY WERE LOOKING TO DO AND THAT'S REPLACEMENT [00:50:01] OF, IF I REMEMBER RIGHT, FOUR BUILDINGS. AND SO THEY GOTTA TEAR ONE DOWN AND THEN HAVE A PLACE TO PUT EVERYBODY WHO WAS IN THAT BUILDING UNTIL THEY CAN GET THAT ONE BUILT. THEN THEY MOVE EVERYBODY FROM THE NEXT BUILDING OVER TO A DIFFERENT BUILDING AND TEAR THAT ONE DOWN. AND SO JUST TEARING ONE DOWN, HAVING $10,000 TO TEAR A BUILDING DOWN, WHICH THOSE HOUSES ARE OLD, MAY END UP COSTING MORE THAN THAT TO THEM BECAUSE THERE'S PROBABLY ASBESTOS IN THE WALLS AND THERE THAT, THAT ENDS UP BEING VERY EXPENSIVE. SO I BELIEVE THE PLAN WAS TO MAKE SURE THEY HAD ALL OF THEIR FUNDS IN PLACE BEFORE THEY DID ANYTHING AT ALL. SURE. AND AGAIN, I I THINK UM, BILL GOT TO ASK THAT QUESTION. WELL WE ACTUALLY MET WITH HIM TODAY, UM, BECAUSE APPARENTLY, SO THE $10,000 IS TO DEMOLISH 34 0 6 WISCONSIN. THE 11,800 THAT HE'S REQUESTING IS TO DEMOLISH 34 0 4 WISCONSIN, WHICH IS THE BUILDING RIGHT NEXT DOOR. THERE WAS A FIRE, A SMALL FIRE IN ONE OF THE, IN 34 0 4 AND OUT A LITTLE BIT. YOU WERE IN THAT LUNCH MEETING. UH, THERE WAS A SMALL FIRE IN THERE AND THE FIRE MARSHAL CAME AND THEY NEED TO DO SOME THINGS TO BRING THAT BUILDING UP TO CODE. SO HE WAS ASKING IF HE CAN DEMOLISH BOTH OF THEM NOW AND THEN WHATEVER MONEY THAT WE GIVE HIM FOR NEXT YEAR, WE JUST GIVE IT TO HIM. NOW THAT IS NOT ALLOWED. UM, YOU HAVE TO, THE MONEY IS SPENT IN THE YEAR THAT YOU RECEIVE IT. OKAY. SO, UM, I I DID LET HIM KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE NOW IF HE WANTS NOW WITH, IF THIS DEMOLITION PROJECT IS A NON-PUBLIC SERVICE ACTIVITY, HE CAN ACTUALLY REQUEST AN EXTENSION OF UP TO 12 MONTHS ON THE $10,000 FOR THIS YEAR. SO IF HE WERE TO RECEIVE, LET'S SAY THE 11 OR NOT, THAT'S FINE, IT'S UP TO Y'ALL. UM, THEN HE CAN WAIT UNTIL HE GETS THE 11 AND THEN DEMO EVERYTHING AT ONCE. BUT RIGHT NOW HE'S GONNA HAVE TO MAKE SOME REPAIRS TO 34 0 4 AND HE WANTED TO SEE ABOUT SAVING SOME MONEY. I WAS JUST CONCERNED WITH THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT THEY'VE RAISED. NOT CONCERNED. I'M HAPPY FOR THEM. IT'S GREAT THAT THEY'VE RAISED SO MUCH MONEY, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE THEY HAVE A LOT. I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH THIS IS GONNA COST, BUT WE OF COURSE IN THE CURRENT YEAR THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE USING THE CITY'S DEMOLITION CONTRACTOR TO DO THE PROJECT BECAUSE WE HAVE A SET PRICE PER SQUARE FOOT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. MARTIN HE SAID YES. SO, UM, IT WOULD BE PROBABLY LESS THAN A BIB THAT HE MIGHT RECEIVE FROM AN OUTSIDE CONTRACTOR. THEY MIGHT END UP COMING IN A LITTLE BIT HIGHER. BUT THE CITY IS UNDER CONTRACT WITH A DEMOLITION FIRM TO DEMOL DEMOLISH ANY SUBSTANDARD BUILDINGS WE HAVE. HE WAS SAYING THAT HE'S GONNA MOVE PEOPLE OUT OF 34 0 4 AND PUT THEM IN THE FAMILY CENTER. I'M NOT SURE HOW THAT'S GONNA WORK. UM, AND THEN PROBABLY LEAVE THAT ONE VACANT. BUT MY CONCERN TO HIM WAS IS THAT IF THAT'S A VACANT, SUBSTANDARD BUILDING, THE CITY MIGHT COME IN AND TRY TO DEMOLISH IT. I DON'T KNOW. SO, UM, I THINK IF WE KNOW THEY'RE DOING SOMETHING AND THEY GET, THEY JUST GO AND GET THE PERMIT, THEN WE'RE NOT GONNA TOUCH IT. YEAH. AND THAT'S WHAT I TOLD HIM. AS LONG AS THE WATER ACCOUNT'S ON WE'RE FINE 'CAUSE IF, BUT UM, BUT ANYWAY, SO THAT IS, UM, SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT IS A, THAT THEY HAVE QUITE A BIT OF MONEY RAISED, ALMOST $2 MILLION RAISED SO FAR. SO I GUESS TO ME, IF THEY HAVE ALL THE, THOSE FUNDS RAISED, ARE THEY JUST GAINING INTEREST ON IT? WELL, WE TAKE CARE OF BUSINESS. DIDN'T HE SAY HE HOPED TO HAVE? MAYBE IT WAS JUST ONE OF THE BUILDINGS. I THOUGHT HE SAID HE HOPED TO HAVE THE DEMOLITION DONE BY THE END OF THE YEAR. THAT'S THE 10,000 THAT HE HAS RIGHT NOW. THAT HE HASN'T BEEN HERE AND HE DOESN'T HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL HE RECEIVES THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT TO DEMOLISH THE BUILDING RIGHT NOW. YEAH, THEY CAN DO THAT ANY TIME. THEY CAN DO THAT AT ANY TIME. AND THAT'S WHAT WE MENTIONED. BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HE HAD SAID DURING THE MEETING WAS THAT THEY WANTED TO STORE THINGS IN ONE OF THE BUILDINGS OR SOMETHING. I'M NOT SURE. SO AND THIS IS A, AN ORGANIZATION THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE, I MEAN IT'S NOT THE FIRST TIME THEY GO THROUGH THINGS LIKE THAT AND YOU KNOW, THEY'VE BEEN THERE FOR QUITE A WHILE AND MONEY'S COMING IN FROM LOTS OF PLACES. SO YOU DO HAVE TO HAVE PEOPLE IN THERE THAT KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING WITH IT, BUT THE MONEY THAT THEY'RE RECEIVING AND, AND LOSE THEM ADEQUATELY. AND SO, AND YOU, IT'S LIKE ANY FEDERAL FUNDS, ANY MONIES, YOU KNOW, YOU GOT THIS YEAR AND THEN YEAH, NEXT YEAR'S, ANOTHER YEAR, ANOTHER DAY. SO, SO HE SAYS 139,000 TO PARTIALLY FUND FOR FILTER [00:55:01] OPERATION. I MEAN, SO THEY'RE REQUESTING 11 EIGHT FROM US FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT, BUT THEY HAVE 130 PAGES OF THE WELL I DID GIVE YOU AN ARTICLE THAT OUTLINED HOW MUCH MONEY THEY'VE RAISED SO FAR AND I WROTE IT OUT ON MINE. BUT THIS IS HOW MUCH THEY'VE RAISED SO FAR FOR THE COST IN ADDITION TO, IN ADDITION TO WHATEVER THEY'RE LIKE YOU WANT TO MENTION YOU HAD A WATER FREE LABOR KEPT TALKING ABOUT, SO I HIGHLIGHTED EVERY DOLLAR AMOUNT AND THEN I WROTE IT DOWN. SEEMS LIKE THEY'RE JUST SITTING ON THE STACK OF CASH. AIN'T NOTHING HAPPENING. THEY REALLY NEED WHEELS SERVICES. THEY'RE NOT HAVING TO PAY FOR IT. WHEELS TURN HERE. HE IT'S IN THE SUB, YOU'RE MAKING MONEY ON THE INTEREST WITH THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY JUST SITTING. EVEN WHEN YOU I KNOW DECISION. IT DOESN'T HELP THE CITY TO HAVE DILAPIDATED PROPERTY. IN THAT CASE WE HAVE A THOUSAND DOLLARS. SO ARE Y'ALL THINKING ZERO? I'M THINKING UNTIL WE SEE THEM ACTUALLY DOING THINGS AND STUFF HAPPENING, I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD PUT ANY MORE C DBG FUNDS TOWARDS THAT PROJECT UNTIL THEY SAY, HEY, WE HAVE THIS MONEY SITTING HERE. AT LEAST LET'S START TEARING STUFF DOWN. WE'RE AT ZERO NOW. AND THEN GO BACK TO CD BG AND SAY, HEY, THIS IS WHAT WE, AND THIS IS GONNA BE A MULTI-YEAR PHASE. YEAH. IT'S NOT JUST, SO IF THEY DON'T GET FUNDED IN THE UPCOMING YEAR, THEY CAN ALWAYS APPLY AGAIN FOR THE OTHER ONE. AND THEN IF YOU SEE MOVEMENT, THEN YOU CAN DECIDE, UM, WHAT IT IS. MY DAUGHTER, THEY HAVE UH, WELL EVERYBODY, ALL THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT YOU HAVE THAT THEY GETTING, THEY ALL WANNA SEE THEIR MONEY BEING PUT TO, TO USE. EVERYBODY DOES. I MEAN, I WOULD, IF I WERE, YOU KNOW, AND GIVING YOU HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, I WANNA SEE YOU PUT USE SURE. BEFORE I GIVE YOU MORE NEXT YEAR. THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT. YOU KNOW, WOULDN'T YOU USE IT ON OR HOW, OR WELL YOU DIDN'T USE IT 'CAUSE YOU WANNA, YOU KNOW, YOU NEEDED MORE FOR THAT YOU SO, BUT HE, THEY'VE GOT OTHER, THEY GOT STACKS OF CASH. IT FEELS LIKE THEY HAVE A LOT OF OTHER RESOURCES THAT A LOT OF OTHER GROUPS DON'T HAVE. MM-HMM . SO I'M NOT SURE HOW MUCH IS THIS THE RIGHT THING TO SAY? 'CAUSE I KNOW IT'S BEING RECORDED. I'M NOT SURE THAT THEY NEED IT. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? RIGHT NOW AND LIKE I SAID, YOU CAN ALWAYS DECIDE TO DO ZERO NOW AND THEY CAN COME BACK AND APPLY AFTER AND MAYBE THERE WILL BE SOME MOVEMENT AT THAT TIME. OKAY. I THINK RIGHT NOW IT'S BECAUSE THE PROJECT IS STAGNANT. NOTHING HAS HAPPENED. THEY'VE HAD THIS $10,000 FOR ALMOST THREE QUARTERS NOW AND NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE WITH IT. I MEAN, IT COULD BE KIND OF LIKE, OH, BUT THAT IF YOU NEEDED IT, YOU WOULD'VE DONE SOMETHING AND IN THE MEANTIME WE COULD HAVE BOUGHT MORE SHOES. OR SOMETHING. YEAH. RIGHT. YEAH, YOU'RE RIGHT. BUT ANYWAY. ALRIGHT, SO IT SOUNDS LIKE Y'ALL WANT GO ZERO. SORRY. SORRY SIR. LET'S GOT ZERO. SORRY SIR. OKAY. SPEND YOUR MONEY. SO LET'S DO NIP 'CAUSE I DON'T KNOW IF THAT ONE WILL BE A LONG OR A SHORT CONVERSATION. SO, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS, THOSE ARE LOW INCOME AREAS. IN BAYTOWN WE HAVE THREE THAT WE WORK IN MIDDLETOWN, WHICH IS IN DISTRICT TWO, , WHICH IS IN DISTRICT ONE AND TWO WEST MAIN IS ACTUALLY THE BORDER BETWEEN DISTRICT ONE AND TWO. AND THEN WEST BAYTOWN, WHICH IS IN DISTRICT ONE. FOR US TO SPEND CDBG DOLLARS IN A SPECIFIC AREA. THE AREA DOES HAVE TO BE 51% OR MO MORE LOW TO MODERATE INCOME. THOSE ARE SOME OF OUR MORE LOW INCOME AREAS IN BAYTOWN, WHICH IS WHY THE FUNDING IS SPENT THERE. UM, RIGHT NOW WE HAVE ABOUT 20% OF SALARIES THAT WE'RE REQUESTING SINCE WE'RE NOT DOING. SO SOME OF OUR SALARIES USED TO COME OUT OF THE SUBSTANDARD BUDGET, BUT IF WE'RE NOT DOING THAT THIS YEAR, SO WE DID HAVE TO ALLOCATE IT ELSEWHERE. SO WE DID ADD A LITTLE BIT OF MONICA'S SALARY INTO NIP. SO RIGHT NOW IT'S, UM, FUNDING NATIONAL NIGHT OUT IS ONLY DONE AT THE REQUEST OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE RIGHT NOW THE BAYTOWN POLICE DEPARTMENT DOES A GROUP NATIONAL NIGHT OUT AT TOWN SQUARE. SO IF ONE OF THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS WERE TO SAY, YES, WE WOULD LIKE TO DO ONE, CAN YOU HELP US SPONSOR ONE, THEN WE WOULD USE FUNDING FOR THAT. THAT HAS NOT COME UP. THE LAST TIME WE DID A NATIONAL NIGHT OUT WAS IN BERGON PARK BACK IN 2021. I THINK IT WAS. THINK IT WAS 2021. WE DID ONE AT BERGON PARK. NO, WE DID DUKE KILL PARK. THAT WAS THE LAST ONE WE DID. AND THAT WAS IN 2021, I THINK 2020 WAS, UM, . [01:00:01] SO, UM, RIGHT NOW THE FUNDING IS PRIMARILY USED FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD CLEANUP EVENTS AND A LITTLE BIT OF IS USED FOR SALARIES AND THAT'S IT. RIGHT NOW WE ARE REQUESTING 26 7. THAT DID GO UP A LITTLE BIT FROM LAST YEAR, BUT THAT'S JUST BECAUSE OF THE INCREASE IN THE SALARY AMOUNT COMING OUT OF THERE. SINCE WE REDUCED THE AMOUNT OF SALARY COMING OUT OF SUB WELL, WE ELIMINATED SUBSTANDARD AND WE REDUCED THE AMOUNT OF SALARY COMING OUT OF TRANSPORTATION. SO THAT IS WHY THE TOTAL IS 26 7 50. ANY THOUGHTS HOW, HOW THESE NATIONAL NIGHT NIGHT OUT WHEN YOU'RE IN THESE AREAS ARE ATTENDED? THE ONE AT OME PARK WAS, THAT'S THE LITTLE TRIANGLE SHAPED PARK OVER HERE IN THE STATE STREETS. THAT ONE WAS VERY WELL ATTENDED, BUT THAT'S BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE WEST BAYTOWN CIVIC ASSOCIATION ALSO OUT THERE. THE ONE AT DUKE HILL PARK DURING COVID, UM, THAT WAS 2020 ANYWAY. UM, THAT ONE WAS DURING CO, NOBODY REALLY CAME TO THOSE. BUT IT'S REALLY AT THE REQUEST OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE NOW WITH BAYTOWN PD HOSTING ALL NEIGHBORHOODS IN ONE LOCATION, WHILE IT DOES KIND OF TAKE AWAY FROM THE COMMUNITY FEEL BECAUSE THE WHOLE POINT OF NATIONAL NIGHT OUT IS FOR YOU TO GET TOGETHER WITH YOUR NEIGHBORS. DOING IT AT TOWN SQUARE IS PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE CITY. I'M SURE. I KNOW THAT WAS SOMETHING BIG. YOU KNOW, WHEN I WAS GROWING UP IN THE NINETIES, IT'S JUST LIKE TODAY PEOPLE DON'T DO IT. THE ONE AT OME PARK, WE DID A FEW, WHERE'S THAT PARK AT? YOU DON'T GET TOGETHER. JUST THE NATIONAL NIGHT OUT ADVERTISE, BUT I DON'T. GEORGIA S CAROLINA, ST. JOSEPH BY SAN I KNOW. DIDN'T GROWING UP I REMEMBER DOING THAT. THAT WAS HAPPENING AND PEOPLE WOULD ATTEND IT. IT IS LIKE PEOPLE DO THAT NOW. PARK PEOPLE STILL. I KNOW WE HAD ONE IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, NOT LAST YEAR, BUT THE YEAR BEFORE MM-HMM . UM, BUT THE REASON WE DIDN'T DO IT LAST YEAR IS BECAUSE BBPD WAS HAVING ONE AT TOWN SQUARE. YES. RIGHT. YEAH. WE STILL COULD HAVE HAD OUR OWN, BUT WE THOUGHT REALLY I WAS LAZY AND I DIDN'T PLAN IT, BUT BECAUSE I'M THE PRESIDENT OF MY NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. YOU SURPRISED? SO, UM, I WAS LAZY. THAT'S WHY WE DIDN'T HAVE ONE. BUT HOW DO YOU NEIGHBORHOOD? I DON'T KNOW. I YEAH, BECAUSE I LIKE THE NEIGHBORHOOD THING BECAUSE THE, THE, THE PEOPLE IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD HAVE, THEY'RE NEW PEOPLE AND THEY'RE A LOT OF FAMILIES NOW, YOU KNOW, AND THE APARTMENT COMPLEX AND ALL THAT. AND A LOT OF BAD STUFF IS HAPPENING BECAUSE WE'RE NOT STICKING TO THE RULES. THEY DON'T SEE THE COPS AND THEY DON'T SEE A LOT OF THAT STUFF. THEY, AND IT'S BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T BEEN, UH, UH, ACTIVE FOR THE PAST, UM, LET'S SAY FIVE YEARS OR LESS. AND THEREFORE IT IS, I GET THE PHONE CALLS 'CAUSE I WAS, UM, THE TREASURER, UM, BECAUSE OF PRESIDENT QUI LEFT. I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE HE'S AT. BUT ANYWAY, SO LET'S YOU KNOW, WELL PUES, I LIKE THE, THE NEIGHBORHOODS NEED TO, TO SEE THAT THESE ARE THE RULES. THIS IS WHAT'S HAPPENING. THIS IS GOOD, THIS IS, YOU KNOW, THAT KIND OF STUFF WE'RE WATCHING AND SO ON AND SO FORTH. BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT GONNA GO TO THE, TO THE CITY, THE BIG ONE BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE, I DON'T KNOW THAT EVERYTHING IS FREE, BUT THERE'S NOT GONNA BE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE HANGING OUT THERE AND YEAH. I, I LIKE IT. RIGHT NOW WE PRIMARILY USE THE FUNDING FOR SALARIES AND FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD CLEANUP EVENTS. WE KEEP THE WORDING IN THERE FOR NATIONAL NIGHT OUT. THAT WAY IT DOESN'T ELIMINATE THAT AS AN OPTION. AND HOW OFTEN ARE THE, UM, CLEANUPS? CLEANUPS? TWICE A YEAR. WE JUST HAD ONE, UM, WHERE EVERYBODY ALMOST DIED OF HEAT STROKE, WHICH I KNOW THE CLEANUPS ARE VERY POPULAR. YES. CLEANUPS ARE. IT WAS, IT WAS EVEN MARTIN. WE HAD, WE COULD SHOW YOU PICTURES OF MARTIN WORKING. IT WAS SUPER BUSY ALL DAY. THERE WAS, THERE WAS CARS COMING IN. 'CAUSE NOT ONLY ARE THERE CARS DRIVING UP WITH TRASH, BUT THERE'S, WE ALSO WALK THE STREETS, UM, IN THOSE THREE NEIGHBORHOODS. I HAVE MAPS SET UP AND I ASSIGN PEOPLE, THEY GO IN PAIRS TO WALK UP AND DOWN THE STREET. WE HAVE TRASH PICKERS FOR THEM AND THEY PICK UP TRASH ALONG THE STREET. I, WE LITERALLY, I THROW 'EM IN THE BACK OF THE TRUCK AND DROP 'EM OFF ON THE CORNER AND THEN THEY GO TO WORK. . LITERALLY, LITERALLY. NO, I KNOW . I DIDN'T, I WASN'T THIS ONE, BUT I THINK THE LAST ONE IT WAS COLD. IT WAS REALLY COLD. YEAH, THAT WAS THE JANUARY ONE. YEAH, I WAS AT THAT ONE. YEAH. YEAH. IT WAS THIS TIME IT WAS VERY HOT. IT WASN'T BEFORE THAT. IT WAS HOT, BUT IT WASN'T AS HOT AS IT WAS THIS PAST TIME. THIS PAST TIME WAS, UH, VERY, VERY HOT. WELL, I, I WANNA GO AHEAD AND FUND THAT FOR THE WHOLE AMOUNT. EVERYONE ELSE OKAY WITH THAT? WE'RE GOOD? [01:05:04] YEAH. OKAY. SO WE HAVE PROGRAM ADMIN. I WAS GONNA LEAVE BAYTOWN SUPPORTIVE HOUSING FOR LAST 'CAUSE I THOUGHT THAT ONE WOULD BE A BIG DISCUSSION. UM, PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION AT THE BOTTOM. THAT IS FOR THE SALARIES AND RELATED EXPENSES FOR THE OVERALL MANAGEMENT OF THE CDBG PROGRAM. AND ITS SUB-RECIPIENTS. YES. GOODNESS. . I THINK WE SHOULD FUND THE WHOLE THING. ALRIGHT, MONICA, WHAT WAS THE UM, THE REDUCTION? WAS IT JUST A SURE ABOUT ISSUE? YEAH, WE DIDN'T KNOW HOW MUCH WE WERE GONNA GET. WE DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING SO WE JUST DECIDED IT'S MOSTLY SALARIES COMING OUT OF THERE. YEAH, BECAUSE I THINK LIKE MAYBE 50% OF MY SALARY COMES OUT OF THERE AND LIKE 50% OF MONEY JUST COMES OUTTA THERE. HOW DID, YOU SAID SALARIES COME OUTTA THIS? YES. IT SAYS SALARIES. MONICA'S AND WHO ELSE? EXCUSE ME. WHO SAID WHO ELSE? MONICA'S AND YOURS AND EVERYTHING. IN THE EMAIL THAT I SENT YOU, I TOLD YOU THAT STEPHANIE, ME AND MONICA ARE THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT ARE PAID OUTTA CDBG. THERE'S THREE. THAT'S THE THREE PEOPLE THAT ARE ALWAYS HERE. HOW MUCH IS YOUR SALARIES? FOUR S3. THREE PEOPLE SALARIES COME OUT OF FIVE BUDGETS. 549,000. THAT IS EXACTLY HOW MUCH I MAKE . NO, WE HAVE A PERCENTAGE OF EACH SALARY THAT COMES OUT. IT'S A, I THOUGHT YOU SAID IT WAS THE HOUSING PROGRAM. THAT'S WHAT I WAS IN THAT ONE. A PERCENTAGE. THE BOOK. THAT'S WHAT IT SAYS. THAT'S WHAT IT SAYS. THE HOUSING PROGRAM. OKAY. ALRIGHT. I AGREE TO THAT ONE. SHE AGREES. IT'S OKAY. SHE AGREES. I HAVE A QUESTION THOUGH, BEFORE WE YES MA'AM. BECAUSE IT IS LESS THAN WHAT IT WAS. LIKE SHE SAID HOUSING. IT SAYS HOUSING. NO, WE UM, JUST REDUCED THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WE BUDGET FOR OTHER THINGS LIKE TRAININGS. OKAY. BECAUSE LIKE WE, I THINK IT WOULD BE NICE IF WE HAD A LITTLE BIT MORE MONEY FOR TRAININGS, BUT IT'S FINE, YOU KNOW. BUT WE DID REDUCE OUR MONEY FOR TRAININGS FOR SUPPLIES, LIKE OFFICE SUPPLIES, ADVERTISING. WE BASICALLY CUT DOWN ON ALL THAT STUFF. OKAY. OUR CANDY. OUR CANDY. YES. THIS IS ME STEALING CANDY. LOST. WE LOST OUR CANDY FUND. ? NO, THAT COMES IF I BUY CANDY FOR OUTTA MY OWN POCKET. BUT, UM, NUMBER THREE? YES. OKAY. HI. BUT SHE SAID THE HOUSING PROGRAM AND I WAS LOOKING AT THAT. NO, NO, NO, NO. NOT HOUSE. OKAY. BUY CANDY HOUSE IN THERE. 'CAUSE Y'ALL WERE IN THERE EARLY. I WAS GONNA GO IN THERE AT FOUR O'CLOCK AND Y ALREADY SITTING. I KNOW Y'ALL WERE ALREADY SITTING AT THE TABLES AT FOUR O'CLOCK. I WAS GONNA GO TAKE CANDY BEFORE THAT ANYWAY BECAUSE I EQUIPMENT. UM, SO WE'RE GOOD WITH ADMIN. CAN YOU SCROLL DOWN A LITTLE BIT, MONICA? SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE $616,317 LEFT. AND TWO MORE TO DISCUSS. YES, WE HAVE THESE, WE STILL HAVE TWO TO DISCUSS. UH, THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT HOUSING PROGRAMS, WHICH IS SALARIES AND THE PROGRAM, THE PROJECTS THAT WE COMPLETE FOR HOUSING, SEWER LINE, HOME BUYER, REHAB, SALARIES, SUPPLIES, TITLE SEARCHES, THINGS LIKE THAT. ALL GET FUNDED OUT OF THAT PROGRAM RIGHT THERE. AND THE REASON THAT THAT AMOUNT IS DOWN FROM LAST YEAR IS BECAUSE CODY DID GET PAID OUT OF THAT BUDGET. SO NOW THAT WE'RE NOT PAYING HIM ANYMORE, IT DROPPED DOWN THE AMOUNT OF MONEY. AND THEN WE HAVE THE ELEVATOR, RIGHT? YES. I THINK THAT'S THE ONE WE NEED. NEED TO DISCUSS. I FIGURED THAT'S GONNA BE THE ONE THAT TAKES THE LONGEST. IF Y'ALL WANNA GO TO THAT ONE, LET'S DO IT. BAYTOWN SUPPORTIVE HOUSING. NO, NO, NO, NO. THEY DID. WE'RE ALREADY, LET'S JUST FINISH ONE JOB FIRST. YEAH, LET'S FINISH THAT UP. SO HOW MUCH WOULD YOU LIKE TO FUND THIS PROGRAM? WHICH ONE? THE 49 BED HOUSING? I THINK THE FULL, I WANNA OKAY. WHY DO YOU HAVE UP THERE? 5 49 AND THERE'S A CHANGE. UM, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WERE HERE WHEN I HANDED OUT. SO WE ARE NOT DOING THE SUBSTANDARD STRUCTURES ABATEMENT PROGRAM THIS YEAR. RIGHT, I REMEMBER YOU SAYING THAT. SO THAT REDUCED THE AMOUNT TO GET PAID. UH, 35% OF HIS SALARY CAME OUT OF HOUSING. OKAY. AND 65 CAME OUT OF SUBSTANDARD. A PORTION OF MY SALARY CAME OUT OF HOUSING A PORTION OF MONICA'S. SO WE HAD TO SPREAD OUR SALARIES OUT AMONGST OUR REMAINING PROGRAMS BUSINESS. SO IT DID GO DOWN. THAT'S THE SAME FUNDING. I KNOW YOU ALREADY SAID IT. SO THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT HOUSING [01:10:01] PROGRAMS INCLUDE LIKE THE HOUSING REHABILITATION, THE SEWER LINES AND HOME BUYERS, TIME HOME BUYERS. UM, I THINK, I THINK THOSE ARE GOOD PROGRAMS. I THINK PEOPLE WHO QUALIFY NEED THOSE KINDS OF PROGRAMS TO LIVE. THEY WAIT FOR A LONG TIME TO LIVE IN A DECENT HOUSE. UM, I I THINK WE FUND THE WHOLE THING. I, I'M, I AGREE WITH THE FOR IS THAT ENOUGH? IT SHOULD BE ONCE WE FINISH WITH BAYTOWN SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, IF UM, WHATEVER FUNDING IS IN THERE CAN IF YOU DON'T END UP FUNDING THEM. 'CAUSE MONICA GO DOWN. SO RIGHT NOW THERE'S $66,437 LEFT IN FUNDING. SO BAYTOWN SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, THEY'RE ASKING FOR $63,000 FOR ELEVATOR REPAIRS. AND THEN THE DIFFERENCE IN THAT, NO, I'M SORRY. 63,000 IS FOR THE FOUNDATION. AND THEN THE DIFFERENCE, DON'T ASK ME THE MATH IS FOR THE ELEVATORS AND THEN RELOCATION EXPENSES AS WELL. YES. SO THEY DID NOT PROVIDE ANY QUOTES OR ANYTHING FOR THE ELEVATOR, WHICH IS THE LARGEST PORTION OF THE FUNDING THAT THEY'RE REQUESTING. THEY DIDN'T NO. AND JENNIFER EVEN EMAILED ME AND ASKED. YEAH, WE DID ASK FOR IT. PAPER. YEAH. SO THE ONLY THING THAT THEY PROVIDED US WITH, WITH WAS MORE INFORMATION ON THE FOUNDATION. I WROTE A NOTE THAT IT, THAT SAYS A SI WILL FUND THE PROJECT IF THEY DON'T RECEIVE CDBG FUNDING. WHICH IS THEIR BIG CORPORATION THAT RUNS, THAT'S A NATIONAL, THAT IS A NATIONAL CORPORATION. THEY HAVE LIKE THESE PEOPLE PROPERTIES ALL OVER THE PLACE. THEY'RE, THEY'RE BIG TIME. WHY ARE THEY ASKING US FOR MONEY TO FIX, TO FIX THE ELEVATOR? THEY SHOULD HAVE FIXED THAT PROBABLY 10 YEARS AGO. AND THE PICTURES OF THE FOUNDATION WAS FROM 2022. YEAH. SHOULD HAVE THESE PEOPLE NEEDED HELP FOR YEARS. SO THEY'RE ASKING US TO MAKE REPAIRS TO A PROPERTY THAT THEY'RE MAKING MONEY OFF OF. MM-HMM LIKE THEY'RE PROFITING OFF OF INSTEAD OF REINVESTING THEIR PROFIT, THEIR PROFITS BACK INTO THEIR OWN PROFIT. ONE THING THE COMMITTEE SHOULD KNOW ABOUT HOW, JUST A GENERAL STATEMENT. I'M NOT SAYING THESE GUYS ARE DOING THIS, BUT IT'S IN GENERAL WHEN IT COMES TO APARTMENT COMPLEXES, THESE THINGS CHANGE HANDS A LOT MORE THAN MOST PEOPLE UNDERSTAND. AND IF FOR SOME REASON THAT THOSE, UH, IMPROVEMENTS ARE TOO EXPENSIVE AND NO LONGER MEET THEIR BOTTOM LINE, THEY WILL SELL IT. YEAH. THEY'RE NOT, THEY'RE NOT CAN DOWN THE ROAD. THEY'RE NOT THREATENING TO DO THAT. I'M JUST SAYING THIS IS HOW THE BUSINESS WORKS. IF THEY CANNOT MAKE THEIR MONEY AND THEY DON'T WANT TO PUT $280,000 INTO THE IMPROVEMENTS, THEY WILL SELL IT. SO WHAT HAPPENS TO THIS CD? EXACTLY. WHICH CONCERNS ME. 'CAUSE THEY'RE MORE, THEY'RE CONCERNED ABOUT BASICALLY YOUR COMPANY AS OPPOSED TO LIVING AT THE PROPERTY. I MEAN I FEEL BAD FOR THE PEOPLE COULD HAVE SHARED THAT'S ASKING THAT. OR IT COULD GO, YOU CAN ADD A LITTLE BIT MORE MONEY BECAUSE WITH PUBLIC SERVICE ACTIVITIES, WE HAVE A CAP. WE CANNOT EXCEED THAT CAP. SO WHERE WE'RE AT NOW, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT. BUT IF, LET'S SAY YOU DECIDE NOT TO FUND THEM, YOU CAN TAKE THAT $66,000 AND PUT IT TOWARD HOUSING OR YOU CAN PUT IT TOWARD NIP OR YOU COULD PUT IT TOWARD ADMIN. I WOULD SAY HOUSING OR ADMIN. BUT REMEMBER THAT THERE IS A CAP ON ADMIN OF 1 58. BUT LET'S SAY YOU UM, WANT TO PUT SOME OF IT INTO HOUSING, LIKE MAYBE PUT LIKE 5,000 INTO ADMIN AND THEN THE REST OF IT INTO HOUSING. THAT'S AN OPTION. WELL LET'S GO BACK TO BAYTOWN SUPPORTIVE THOUGH. UM, WHAT DO Y'ALL THINK? ELEVATOR REPAIRS AND FOUNDATION REPAIRS. THEY'RE ASKING 160 K FOR THE ELEVATOR AND DIDN'T PROVIDE ANY TYPE OF QUOTE. THEY GET THAT NUMBER. WHICH WOULD BE THE MOST, I GUESS THEY WANNA DO BOTH. BUT WHICH WOULD BE LIKE THE MOST EXPEDIENT THAT THEY NEED? THE ELEVATOR OR THE FOUNDATION? PROBABLY FOUNDATION. FOUNDATION. YEAH. ELEVATORS IN ADDITION. I MEAN HOW MANY FLOORS WAS IT 63? TWO RIGHT. THREE. I USED TO DELIVER LIBRARY BOOKS OVER THERE. I THINK IT'S THREE OR FOUR. I KNOW IT'S NOT TWO, BUT I USED TO DELIVER, I THINK IT'S THREE BOOKS. UM, TO A GENTLEMAN THAT IS THERE. I DON'T KNOW. I, I, I, I LIKE, I LIKE WHAT HE SAID AND I LIKE THE FOUNDATION BECAUSE IF THEY LEAVE, THE FOUNDATION WILL BE FIXED FOR THE BUILDING TO CONTINUE AT LEAST, YOU KNOW, SORT OF, KIND OF THE ELEVATOR, WHOEVER COMES IN HAS TO COME UP WITH SOME MONEY FOR THE ELEVATOR OR THEY [01:15:01] CAN APPLY SOMEWHERE ELSE FOR SOME MORE MONIES FOR BUILDING. BUT ONE THING TO ALSO CONSIDER IS, IS THAT WHEN WE GO INTO A CONTRACT WITH THIS COMPANY, WE GO INTO A CONTRACT WITH THIS COMPANY, IT'S NOT GONNA TRANSFER OVER TO ANY OWNER. OKAY. IT WON'T. THANKS. SO UM, IF THEY DON'T RECEIVE ALL OF THE FUNDING THAT THEY'RE REQUESTING, COULD THEY THEN IN FACT DECIDE TO SELL THE PROPERTY? 'CAUSE THEY'RE NOT GETTING EVERYTHING THAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR. SO THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING TO CONSIDER. THEN THIS MONEY THAT COULD HAVE BEEN PUT ELSEWHERE IS NOW JUST CITY IN LIMBO. UNTIL NEXT YEAR. UNTIL THE NEXT YEAR. NOT NOT. AND ONE OF THE REASONS THEY DID NOT PROVIDE A UM, THE BIDS FOR THE ELEVATOR. HE STATED I WASN'T AWARE WE NEEDED HARD BIDS. I ESTIMATED ON THE ELEVATOR COSTS BASED ON SUGGESTIONS FROM OUR HOUSE FACILITY MAINTENANCE SUPERINTENDENT AND OUR PREVIOUS PROJECTS. SO THAT'S WHY THEY DON'T EVEN HAVE A HARD ESTIMATE. THEY'RE JUST GOING OFF OF PRIOR AND WORD. RIGHT. SO BUT THEY PROVIDED ESTIMATES FOR THE FOUNDATION. FOR FOUNDATION. THAT IS CORRECT. AND THAT'S WHAT WAS FORWARDED. KIM, WHAT DID YOU SAY EARLIER ABOUT IF THEY DIDN'T GET CDBG FUNDS, WHAT WOULD HAPPEN? I HAVE A NOTE THAT A SI, WHICH IS THE, WHICH IS FUNDED WOULD FUND IT FOR IT SOUNDS LIKE TO ME WE COULD PROBABLY ACCESSIBLE SPACE INCORPORATED. THANK YOU. USE THAT MONEY UM, ELSEWHERE. SOUNDS LIKE TO ME. I SAY I SAY ZERO. I DON'T I WOULD AGREE. ANYONE ELSE? I AGREE. OR IF ANYTHING WE CAN LOOK AT MAYBE A FOUNDATION BUT I'M NOT EITHER AND THEY DON'T HAVE MONEY FOR RELOCATION. IF THEY NEEDED TO RELOCATE, SELL THE PROPERTY BECAUSE WE DIDN'T GIVE THEM FULL AND IT'S JUST FLOATING. WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING. ALRIGHT, SO Y'ALL ARE GOOD WITH ZERO. ARE WE GOOD WITH ZERO? YEAH. YEAH. SO THAT LEAVES US WITH 66, 400, $6,437. SO WE CAN PUT ALL OF THAT INTO HOUSING. PUT A LITTLE BIT OF IT INTO ADMIN AND THEN THE REST OF IT INTO HOUSING. I SAY WE PUT INTO ADMIN UP TO 1 58, 7 37. I DON'T LIKE GOING TO THE TOTAL TOP. OKAY. HOW ABOUT I'M SAYING NO TO MONEY. ISN'T THAT ? ? OKAY. WELL I DON'T, IT MAKES ME UNCOMFORTABLE TO BE AS A CASH THAT LAST YEAR'S NUMBER AT LEAST. RIGHT. SO 1 4400 WHAT ABOUT ONE 50? I'D SAY WHAT IS THAT TOO CLOSE? ONE 50. LET'S GO TO ONE 50 FOR ADMIN. AND THEN WHEN WE WORK ON OUR BUDGET LINE ITEMS, WE CAN ALWAYS JUST ADD THAT SURPLUS INTO TRAINING. OH YEAH. 'CAUSE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE DID CUT DOWN ON OUR TRAINING BUDGET. 54. SO THAT LEAVES 50 53. 53. CAN WE SPLIT THE RISK BETWEEN THE OTHER ONES WE WANTED? WELL WE CAN'T TOUCH ADD THE PUBLIC SERVICE ACTIVITIES NO MORE. THEY'RE ALREADY, YOU DID SAY THAT YOU WERE GONNA TRY AND GET MORE BILLS, A COUPLE OF MORE HOMES, RIGHT. WITH YOUR NEW DESIGNS. YOU COULD PUT THAT BACK IN THE HOUSING. PUT PUT 50 HERE. I AGREE. BUT IT'S STILL SHOWING ON THE BOTTOM. SO DO YOU WANT ME TO PUT 53? DOESN'T LIKE TO GO TO THE EDGE. SO I WAS SAYING DO 50 OR 50. I'M SAYING THERE'S STILL 3000 AVAILABLE, BUT WE WANNA LEAVE SOME IN THERE. YOU WANTED IN LEEWAY IS WHAT THEY'RE SAYING? OH NO, I JUST DON'T WANNA GO TO THE CAP ON ADMIN OR UM, UM, OR OKAY, SO YOU CAN GO ALL OF IT INTO HOUSING. JUST PUT ALL HOUSING. MAYBE PUT HOUSING AT THERE WAS ZERO. WE DID IT. WE HAVE 53 NOW. NO, THAT'S, UM, THAT, THAT WAS REMAINING. NO, THAT'S PUBLIC SERVICE. YEAH, THAT'S PUBLIC SERVICE. THAT'S INCLUDED IN THE OTHER ONE. PUBLIC SERVICE. OKAY. WE GAVE SOMEBODY ELSE A LITTLE BIT MORE. OKAY, SO HOUSE NOW YOU GOT A UM, HOW MUCH IS A HOUSE TO RIGHT NOW? UP TO 150? IT'S 135,000 FOR CONSTRUCTION COSTS PLUS UH, FENCE AND FLAT WORK, WHICH COULD BE ANYWHERE FROM 15 TO $20,000. SO UP TO ONE 50 PER HOUSE. YEAH. HOW MANY? I'M GONNA SAY PROBABLY THREE BECAUSE WE GOT SEWER LINES AND HOME BUYERS AND ALL THE OTHER STUFF. THREE WOULD BE GOOD STUFF. PLANS HAS GONE UP. SO, OKAY, SO NOW WE GOTTA VOTE ON THE BUDGET. OKAY, SO WE'VE DONE THAT. SO NOW I NEED A MOTION [01:20:01] TO APPROVE THIS BUDGET AS WE'VE DISCUSSED. APPROVE MOTION. SECOND. SECOND. AYE. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. NOW WE'RE ON TO [a. Receive the Community Development Manager's Report.] ITEM THREE ON OUR AGENDA MANAGER'S REPORT. OKAY. SO OUR BUDGET IS DONE. THAT'S A WONDERFUL THING. UM, I THINK SHE NEEDS A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. SO, UM, WE HAVE TO PUT OUR BUDGET OUT FOR A 30 DAY PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD, WHICH WILL BEGIN ON FRIDAY JUNE 6TH. AND WE'LL END ON JULY 7TH, JULY 10TH. WE WILL HAVE OUR FIRST PUBLIC HEARING AT CITY COUNCIL. AND THEN THERE WILL BE, UH, ANOTHER PUB, ANOTHER PUBLIC, ANOTHER MEETING ON JULY 24TH WHERE COUNCIL WILL ADOPT THE BUDGET. AND UM, THAT WILL ALSO INCLUDE OUR CONSOLIDATED PLAN FAIR HOUSING PLAN. SO THAT'LL ALL BE ADOPTED ON THE 24TH PUBLIC HEARING ON JULY 10TH. IT'S ALL ON YOUR CALENDAR. UM, RECEIVED SOME FLOOR PLANS FOR THE HOUSES THAT, THE THREE HOUSES THAT WE WANT TO BUILD. SO I'M GONNA TALK TO OUR CHIEF BUILDING OFFICIAL 'CAUSE THE KITCHEN DOESN'T HAVE A PANTRY AND I DON'T LIKE THAT. SO I WANNA FIGURE OUT IF THERE'S A WAY THAT WE CAN INCORPORATE SOMETHING LIKE THAT, EVEN IF IT'S JUST THE BUILT-INS OR SOMETHING. UM, 'CAUSE THE TWO, HE BASICALLY GAVE US TWO PROPOSED ONE, ONE WHERE IT'S A BIGGER BACK PORCH, WHICH IS NICE, BUT IT MAKES THE KITCHEN AND THE DINING ROOM AREA SMALLER OR UM, A LARGER KITCHEN DINING ROOM AREA. 'CAUSE IT'S ALL KIND OF COMBINED WITH A SMALLER PORCH, WHICH IS FINE. 'CAUSE I MEAN DOWN THE LINE IF THEY WANT TO, THEY CAN ADD CONCRETE TO IT AND, AND EXTEND THE BACKBOARD. BUT LIKE I SAID, THERE'S NOT A PANTRY IN THAT BOTHERS ME. UM, SO I WANT TO TALK AND SEE IF WE CAN, UM, FIGURE OUT A WAY TO ADD ONE OF THOSE. UM, THAT'S ALL I COULD THINK OF RIGHT NOW. STEPHANIE, YOU WANNA GIVE AN UPDATE ON THE BACK TO SCHOOL FAIR? YES. UM, SO I STARTED REACHING OUT TO VENDORS AND SPONSORS LAST WEEK. UM, AND YOU GUYS KNOW WE DO IT WITH COMMUNITIES AND SCHOOLS, SO IT'S ALSO BEEN VERY HELPFUL REACHING OUT TO THEIR SPONSORS AND BOARD VENDORS. UM, SO FAR I HAVE 4,500 PLEDGED. UM, I'M WORKING WITH GETTING LIKE SOME OF THE FINANCIAL STUFF ON OUR SIDE, LIKE BANK ACCOUNT NUMBERS AND ALL THAT. SO THAT'S WITH THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT. UM, SO YEAH. DOES THAT INCLUDE THE 1500 FROM CP CHEM? YES. 4,005. I USUALLY, I, I DIDN'T PUT ANYTHING IN BUT I DO , IS IT MINE? UH, AUGUST 9TH. ON AUGUST 9TH. IT'S UH, SATURDAY, UH, AT THE BAYTOWN COMMUNITY CENTER FROM EIGHT TO 12 ORANGE SUPPLIES LAST. AND THEN ONE UPDATE ON THAT TOO IS THAT COMMUNITIES AND SCHOOLS NOW HAVE NOW HAS A SITE COORDINATOR AT BOB HOLE SCHOOL. SO WE WILL BE DONATING SPECIFIC BACKPACKS TO THEM BECAUSE THEY NEED THEIR BACKPACKS. UM, SO I HAD SPOKE WITH ABOUT HELPING THEM TOO. SO WE'RE GONNA DO A DISTRIBUTION DATE FOR THEM ON A SEPARATE DAY THAT IT'S BEST FOR THEIR STAFF. UM, SO WE ARE ADVERTISING THE PROGRAM FOR THE EVENT FOR G-C-C-I-S-D STUDENTS ONLY. BUT INTERNALLY WE KNOW WE'RE GONNA BE HELPING STUDENTS AND THAT THE PARENTS WILL BE NOTIFIED. THEY HAVE TO HAVE CLEAR BACKPACKS AND WE'RE WORRIED ABOUT HAVING CLEAR BACKPACKS OR AT OUR EVENT AND HAVING THE GOOSE CREEK KIDS COME AND TAKE THE CLEAR BACKPACKS AND THEN THEY DON'T HAVE ANY CLEAR BACKPACKS FROM THEM. SO WE DECIDED IT'D BE EASIER TO SET ASIDE CLEAR ONES AND BRING IT TO THEIR SCHOOL. AND DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA LIKE HOW MANY BACKPACKS YOU GAVE AWAY LAST YEAR? WE, UM, YES, I HAVE A NUMBER. I CAN'T THINK OF IT RIGHT NOW. OKAY. I HAVE IT SOMEWHERE, BUT YES. HUNDRED AND SOME. I THOUGHT IT WAS 12. YEAH, 12. IT SOUNDS GREAT. EVENT IT GREAT. IT WAS A GREAT EVENT. AND WE DO INVITE CDAC TO COME AND VOLUNTEER. RHONDA WAS WITH US LAST YEAR AND BOBBY, BOBBY COMES TO EVERYTHING THOUGH. IT WAS A GOOD EVENT. IF HE DIDN'T HAVE COVID, HE'D BE HERE TONIGHT. BUT, UM, BUT YEAH, SO WE WILL OF COURSE LET Y'ALL KNOW THAT'S, WE MIGHT DO THE SHOE DAY ON THE SAME WEEK OF THE BACK TO SCHOOL HERE, SO THAT MONDAY, TUESDAY WOULD BE SHOE DAY AND THEN SATURDAY WOULD BE BACK TO SCHOOL. IT JUST ALL DEPENDS. BUT, UM, WE WILL DEFINITELY KEEP Y'ALL POSTED ABOUT ALL OF THAT STUFF. BUT, BUT YEAH, THAT'S ALL THAT I HAVE UNLESS Y'ALL HAVE ANYTHING YOU CAN THINK OF. ALRIGHT, WELL THANK Y'ALL FOR ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK. DO NEED A MOTION TO RETURN? I'D LIKE TO THANK Y'ALL FOR SIGNING MY BIRTHDAY CARD LAST TIME. YOU'RE WELCOME. YOU REALLY HELPED. IT HAS BEEN A LOUSY DAY. Y'ALL MADE MY JOB. OH, THAT'S GOOD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU'RE WELCOME. I NEED A MOTION TO ADJOURN. PLEASE. ADJOURN. AUR. UH, SECOND. ALL ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ALL OPPOSED? THANK YOU GUYS. AYE. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.