[1. CALL TO ORDER] [2. EXECUTIVE SESSION] [00:02:11] ALL RIGHT SO IT IT'S 6:41 AND WE HAVE CONCLUDED ITEM TWO A IN OURX SEX GIVE SESSION AND NO FORMAL ACTION WAS TAKEN. WE'LL RECONVENE AFTER THE REGULAR MEETING TONIGHT. [3A. Discuss the COVID-19 event and take any necessary action. (20 minutes)] WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO OUR FIRST WORK SESSION ITEM. AND LAURA DID WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS TONIGHT? ON WORK SESSION EIGHT STEMS >>NO, MA'AM -- ITEMS. >> NO, MA'AM THERE WERE NO XHOENTS. >> WE'RE GOING TO -- COMMENTS. >> WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO 3-A. I THINK SOMEBODY IS GOING TO TO PULL UP A POWERPOINT AND YOU'RE GOING TO THE TALK FROM THAT. >> YEAH. >> THANK YOU, LAURA. CAN YOU GO TO SLIDE 2 PLEASE. SO AS COUNCIL AS YOU KNOW WE CONTINUE TO HAVE EMERGENCY ORDERS THAT GET ISSUED AND THE LATEST WAS FROM DALLAS COUNTY AS OF THURSDAY OF LAST WEEK AND THEN THEY WERE AMENDED AGAIN I THINK ON FRIDAY. SO AND TODAY THE DALLAS COUNTY EXTENDED THE ORDER TILL MAY 15TH. SO WE'RE STILL HAVING CHANGES EVEN AT THAT LEVEL ALMOST DAILY. LAST WEEK GOVERNOR ABBOTT ALSO APPROVED EXECUTIVE ORDER G.A. 16 AS WELL AS 17 AND 18 DEALING WITH A WHOLE LOT OF THINGS BUT RIGHT NOW THE VARIOUS EMERGENCY ORDERS FOR BOTH TEXAS GOVERNOR AND COUNTY JUDGES INCLUDE CONTINUING SHELTER IN PLACE LIMITING ACTIVITIES TO THOSE THAT ARE ESSENTIAL AND PRACTICING SOCIAL DISTANCING WHILE IN PUBLIC AND THE LATEST NEWS FROM LAST WEEK THE GOVERNOR DID RE-OPEN THE STATE PARKS AND HISTORIC SITES AND BEGAN LAYING OUT THE GUIDELINES TO BEGIN RE-OPENING BUSINESSES INCLUDING RETAIL. SOME OF THIS WAS BASED ON I BELIEVE PRESIDENT TRUMP'S ORDERS LAST WEEK WHERE HE STARTED TO FRAME A TRANSITION PLAN TO START RE-OPENING AMERICA INCLUDING YOU KNOW VARIOUS DIFFERENT PHASES IN WHICH WE WOULD RE-OPEN SOME THINGS AND NOT ALL AND THEN INTERMEDIATE STEP AND THEN AT SOME POINT A FULL OPENING BUT ONLY AS CERTAIN MATRIX ARE HIT AND WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT LATER. GOVERNOR ABBOTT ALSO DID TALK ABOUT ALLOWING ELECTIVE MEDICAL PROCEDURES AGAIN AND AGAIN THOSE MATRIX COME INTO VERY IMPORTANT WHEN YOU START TO THINK ABOUT HOW THE HOSPITALS ARE TASKED WITH COVID-19 AND SO YOU DON'T [00:05:03] WANT TO START ALLOWING A BUNCH OF PROCEDURES AND THEN HAVE A SPIKE IN COVID-19. SO YOU KNOW THE ABILITY FOR THE CAPACITY I SHOULD SAY IN HOSPITALS ARE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT AT EACH OF THESE STAGES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE READY FOR THE NEXT STAGE. NEXT SLIDE. THE SO ON THURSDAY, APRIL 16 DALLAS COUNTY JUDGE JAY JACOBS REQUIRED THE WEARING OF FACE COVERING FOR THOSE PATRONIZING CENTRAL BUSINESS AND EMPLOYEES OF CENTRAL BUSINESS. SO I WON'T GO INTO ALL THE DETAILS BUT ESSENTIALLY WHETHER IT'S N95 OR SIMPLE MASK LIKE THIS WHICH YOU SEE ALSTON SCREEN OR CLOTH MASKS OR FACE COVER RIENGS BASICALLY IF YOU'RE IN DALLAS COUNTY AND YOU GO TO A BUSINESS OR YOU'RE WORKING YOU MUST WEAR A MASK AT THIS POINT. AND SO THAT IS THE DIRECT ORDER WE'RE ALL UNDER. NEXT SLIDE. AND THEN OF COURSE WE TALKED ABOUT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT STANDARD ISSUES GUIDANCE FOR RE-OPENING AMERICA. AND AGAIN I AM GOING TO SPEND A COUPLE MINUTES ON THIS ISSUE. SO THE IDEA IS THAT AT SOME POINT WHEN WE START TO SEE THE DOWNWARD TRAJECTORY FOR A PERIOD OF TIME SO AS YOU KWOIS KNOW A TREND IS NOT 1 OR 2 DAYS. A TREND IS A PERIOD OF TIME. SO ESSENTIALLY YOU KNOW SEEING A DOWNWARD TRAJECTORY OF DOCUMENTED CASES FOR 14 DAYS HOSPITALS ARE NOT IN CRISIS CARE AND EVEN INCLUDING A DOWNWARD TRAJECTORY OF A FLU-LIKE SYMPTOMS CASES IN THAT SAME 14-DAY PERIOD AND THEN FINALLY A PROGRAM IN PLACE TO DO ROBUST TESTING. IS PARTICULARLY FOR AT RISK HEALTHCARE WORKERS INCLUDING EMERGENCY ILL MIRM JINX ANTIBODY TESTING. WHEN THOSE CONDITIONS ARE MET THEN WE COULD GO TO THE NEXT STAGE AND THEN WHEN YOU IMPROVE UPON THAT WITH ADDITIONAL CRITERIA THEN YOU OPEN UP THE NEXT PHASE. AND THEN EACH ONE OF THOSE IMPROVE ON THE OTHER. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT IS THAT WHEN WE ALSO HAVE POSITIVE CASES THAT WE QUICKLY ARE ABLE TO DETERMINE THROUGH CONTACT TRACING WHO ELSE MAY HAVE BEEN INFECTED. SO YOU KNOW THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT TOOK A WHILE TO BUILD UP TO BUT THEN AS EACH NEW CASE CAME ON PARTICULARLY WHEN WE HAD COMMUNITY SPREAD MEANING THAT YOU KNOW IT WAS NO LONGER YOU KNOW POSITIVE CASES COMING FROM SOMEBODY WHO HAD TRAVELED BUT THAT WE'RE STARTING TO SEE NEW CASES COME UP YOU KNOW IN DALLAS COUNTY IN OUR AREA FROM NOT PEOPLE FROM TRAVELING BUT PEOPLE GETTING IT FROM ALL KINDS OF WAYS. SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PROTECTING THE MOST VULNERABLE IN OUR POPULATION THAT ARE HOSPITALS -- THAT OUR HOSPITALS ARE NOT IN CRISIS CARE AND THAT OUR EMPLOYEES ARE CUSTOMERS ARE ALL PROTECTED AND AT EACH OF THOSE STAGE THEN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS PROVIDED GUIDELINES THEN AGAIN THAT THE STATES PARTICULAR LIP THE STATE GOVERNOR WILL THEN DETERMINE WHAT THAT NEXT STAGE IS AND THEN COUNTY ALL THE WAY DOWN TO CITY. SO ONE THING THAT GOVERNOR ABBOTT DID DO IS HE'S CLOSED SCHOOLS THROUGH THE REST OF THE YEAR. SO THAT'S ONE AREA A POPULATION GROUP WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT AT THIS TIME. AND THEN CONTINUING TO MINIMIZE NONESSENTIAL ACTIVITIES AND THEN PROHIBITING CONTACT STILL WITH LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES. THOSE ARE THE AREAS WHERE OUR PUBLIC IS MOST VULNERABLE. NEXT SLIDE. SO IN DALLAS COUNTY CASES CONTINUE TO CLIMB. WE DID HAVE LET'S SEE -- >> 90. >> YES WE DID HAVE 90 NEW CASES TODAY. THANK YOU, MAYOR A LOT OF TIMES WHEN WE'RE PREPARING PRESENTATIONS WE'RE USING THE INFORMATION THE DAY BEFORE THE DAY BEFORE THAT. TODAY JUST BEFORE THIS MEETING DALLAS COUNTY DID ISSUE THEIR LATEST PRESS RELEASE WHICH INCLUDED 90 NEW CASES. SO THAT'S PUTTING THEM OVER [00:10:03] 2,600 CASES. AGAIN OF THE CASES REQUIRED HOSPITALIZATION MOST ARE KNOWN TO BE EITHER FROM THOSE OVER 60 YEARS OF AGE OR HAVE AT LEAST ONE KNOWN HIGH RISK CHRONIC HEALTH CONDITION. DIABETES CONTINUES TO BE AN UNDERLYING HIGH RISK HEALTH CONDITION REPORTED IN ABOUT A THIRD OF THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN HOSPITALIZED. SO IT CONTINUES TO BE AN IMPORTANT BAROMETER FOR US TO TRY. NEXT SLIDE. SO IN ROWLETT THIS WAS AT THE IEP AS OF THIS MORNING WHICH IS PRIMARILY YESTERDAY'S REPORTING WE HAD 36 CASES AT THAT TIME. TODAY WE DID HAVE 2 MORE CASES REPORTED. SO WE KNOW HAVE 38 CASES IN ROWLETT WITH 2 DEATHS. ESSENTIALLY WE HAVE 40 PEOPLE AREA RAN TEENED EITHER AS INDIVIDUALS OR MEMBERS OF THEIR FAMILY. AND WE HAVE HAD 21 INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE COUNTED AS RECOVERED. JUST TO KIND OF COMMENT A LITTLE BIT ON THE TESTING SOMETIMES THE TESTING WE DON'T FIND OUT ABOUT FOR A WHILE. THERE WERE A COUPLE OF PEOPLE LAST WEEK MAYBE EVEN AS MANY AS 3 THAT BY THE TIME THAT WE WERE NOTIFIED AS A CONFIRMED THEY HAD ALREADY RECOVERED. SO I DON'T THINK THAT'S SURPRISING IN NATURE BECAUSE THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO QUITE FRANKLY HAVE NEVER DEVELOPED SYMPTOMS THAT HAVE BEEN KNOWN AND THEN THEY GET TESTED. THROUGH SOME OTHER PROCESS AND ONLY FIND OUT THEY DID HAVE COVID. GARLAND HAS 221 CONFIRMED CASES WITH 8TH DEATHS. BLACKWELL COUNTY HAD 3 MORE TODAY GIVING THEM A TOTAL OF 44. SAY AGAIN. >> THEY HAD 8 MORE TODAY. >> SO AS OF THE INFORMATION I HAD EARLIER IS 3 SO IT'S NOW 8. AND THEN NO ROWLETT EMPLOYEES HAVE CONTACTED CORONAVIRUS AT THIS TIME. AT ANY GIVEN TIME WE'VE HAD ONE TO 2 AT A TIME THAT HAS BEEN SELF ISOLATED FROM HARM EITHER BECAUSE OF FAMILY MEMBER OR BECAUSE THEY THEMSELVES HAVE BEEN AWAITING A TEST. WE DO HAVE 2 OUT FOR THAT EXACT PURPOSE RIGHT NOW BUT SO FAR NO ROWLETT EMPLOYEES HAVE CONTRACTED THE VIRUS. OUR ROWLETT I'M SORRY NEXT SLIDE. LAURA. ROWLETT COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS ACTIVE DISASTER ARE STILL ACTIVE AND WHITNEY IF YOU DON'T MIND KIND OF GIVING US AN UPDATE ON THAT. >> FAIR ENOUGH. WE HAVE RECEIVED TREMENDOUS RESPONSE TO THE ARE BEST GRANT. SO FAR WE'VE RECEIVED 89 APPLICATIONS THAT. APPLICATION OPEN PERIOD WILL REMAIN OPEN UNTIL APRIL 30TH AND THEN WE'LL GO THROUGH THE REVIEW PROCESS TO LOOK AT THOSE AWARDS. WE DID MAKE A CONCERTED EFFORT TO CALL 460 SENIORS THAT ARE IN THE CITY FROM THAT WE HAVE COMPLETED 18 ACTIONABLE REQUESTS FOR ASSISTANCE WHICH WE'RE VERY HAPPY ABOUT AND WE'RE CONSIDERING ANOTHER ROUND OF THOSE SENIOR CALLS. AND THEN YESTERDAY AN EXCITING THING KIND OF HAPPENED. IT WAS ALMOST A SPUR OF THE MOMENT OVER THE WEEKEND BUT CHANGE BAR OF COMMERCE SPONSORED A SURFACE DISINFECTING GIVE AWAY AND WE HAD 60 VEHICLES DRIVE-THROUGH AND YOU WERE ABLE TO FILL UP 2, 32 OUNCE BOTTLES WITH HOSPITAL GRADE DISINFECT DISINFECTANT AND THAT WAS OFFERED FREE OF CHARGE BY GREEN GLEANING V.F.W. AND WE'RE LOOKING AT ANOTHER ROUND AND WE'LL BE HAPPY TO LET YOU KNOW ONCE WE'VE DECIDED WHEN THAT DATE IS. >> 0-1 MORE THING. JUST REAL QUICK. IF YOU'LL IN DOUG? >> ME. THIS IS NATIONAL VOLUNTEER WEEK AND I JUST WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO ALL THE WONDERFUL VOLUNTEERS THAT WE HAVE IN THE CITY. WE ARE TRULY BLESSED WITH ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DO NOT ONLY DURING THIS CRISIS BUT ALL DURING THE YEAR. WE HAVE GROUPS THAT COMBINED WE HAVE WELL OVER 100,000 SERVICE HOURS THAT ARE CONTRIBUTED TO MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ONTO TO SAVINGS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND SO I JUST WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO. >> THANK YOU, WHITNEY. >> LAURA NEXT SLIDE. AND THEN MAYOR DO YOU WANT TO KICK OFF RE-OPEN ROWLETT. >> YEAH I'M GOING TO TOMORROW THANK YOU VERY MUCH, BRIAN. SO COUNCIL THINGS CHANGE VERY QUICKLY. I'M SURE WE ALL SEE THAT IN OUR [00:15:01] DAILY LIVES AND IN THE NEWS AND YOU KNOW BETWEEN LAST MONDAY'S MEETING AND TODAY THE BIG NEWS WAS HOW ARE WE GOING TO RE-OPEN THE COUNTRY. YOU SAW PRESIDENT TRUMP COME OUT WITH PLANS. YOU SAW THE GOVERNOR COME UP WITH THE TEXAS GOVERNOR COME UP WITH A COUPLE OF CHANGES TO HIS ORDERS THAT ROW OPENED RETAIL TO GO AND REOPENED THAT THIS WEEK AND REOPENED ELECTIVE CERTAIN ELECTIVE MEDICAL PROCEDURES THAT'S TOMORROW AND THEN ALSO REOPENED THE STATE PARKS WITH VERY STRINGENT REQUIREMENTS ON SOCIAL DISTANCING AND MASK WEARING AND THAT HAPPENED YESTERDAY. AND THEN DALLAS COUNTY COMMISSIONER APPS COURT HAD MEETING TODAY AND YOU KNOW THE MAIN TOPIC OF ALL OF THAT WAS HOW IS DALLAS COUNTY GOING RE-OPEN THE COUNTY AND ROCKWELL COUNTY HAD A SIMILAR MEETING TODAY SO THESE THINGS HAPPEN VERY VERY QUICKLY AND AS WE SAW WHEN THIS WHOLE PROCESS STARTED AND ORDERS STARTED COMING DOWN FROM YOU KNOW THE COUNTIES AND THE CITIES AND THE GOVERNORS EVENTUALLY WE HAVE TO MAKE VERY VERY QUICK DECISIONS AND MAKE SURE WE CAN COMMUNICATE THOSE TO OUR PUBLIC AND TO OUR BUSINESSES AND TO OUR CITIZENS. I THINK WE'VE DONE A REALLY REALLY GOOD JOB WITH THAT COMMUNICATION PIECE. I JUST I THINK IT'S REALLY RAN FAST AN FURIOUS AND IT'S VERY VERY HARD TO KEEP UP WITH. >> I'M CONCERNED ON THIS BACK HAND THAT THAT SAME THING IS GOING TO HAPPEN. THAT IT'S GOING TO RUN FAST AND FURIOUS AND WE ALL UNDERSTAND THAT WE ARE IN A LOT OF RESPECTS SUBJECT TO OTHER PEOPLE'S DECISIONS. AND IF YOU LISTEN TO THE GOVERNOR TODAY AND HIS PRESS CONFERENCE HE WAS VERY VERY CLEAR THAT IF HIS ORDER IS COVERING A SPECIFIC AREA THEN HIS ORDER IS THE ONE THAT WE MUST ABIDE BY. SO IF THERE'S A COUNTY THAT YOU KNOW HAS A SPECIFIC PROVISION THAT DOESN'T AGREE WITH THE GOVERNOR'S ORDER AND THE GOVERNOR'S ORDER COVERS THAT COUNTY OR COVERS THE ENTIRE STATE IN REGARDS A SPECIFIC AREA THAT GOVERNOR'S ORDER IS WHAT WE MUST ABIDE BY. AND YOU KNOW THIS WAS A VERY GETTING ALL THESE CONFLICTING ORDERS AND NOT HAVING A CLEAR CUT SET OF RULES BECAUSE THERE IS GRAY IN THE LAW IN ALL OF THIS. IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO MANAGE THE PROCESS AND YOU KNOW I INCLUDED YOU-ALL IN SOME OF THOSE DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS TO UNDERSTAND YOU KNOW WHAT WE WERE DEALING WITH. SO I WANTED TO IDENTIFY THE CHALLENGES THAT WE SEE COMING UP DURING THIS PROCESS TO RE-OPEN OUR ECONOMY. AND I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD A METHOD TO INVOLVE A GREATER PORTION OF OUR POPULATION IN THE PROCESS BEFORE IT COMES UPON US BUT WE REALLY DO NOT KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO COME UPON US AN WHEN IT'S GOING TO COME UPON US AND NOW HOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO REACT AND COMMUNICATE. WHAT I DO WANT TO STRESS TO THE PUBLIC RIGHT NOW IS SOMETHING THAT WAS VERY VERY IMPORTANT AND WE'VE ALL SAID IT AND WE'VE HEARD IT OVER AND OVER AGAIN BUT THE GOVERNOR SAID IT VERY ELOQUENTLY TODAY. WE ARE AT THE SITUATION WE ARE AT IN THE STATE OF TEXAS BECAUSE OUR PUBLIC HAS DONE SO WELL AT SOCIAL DISTANCING AND SHELTERING IN PLACE. WE'RE NOT IN THIS POSITION BECAUSE COVID HAS GONE AWAY. WE'RE NOT IN THIS POSITION BECAUSE COVID IS NOT HIGHLY CONTAGIOUS. WE'RE IN THIS POSITION IN THE STATE OF TEXAS BECAUSE WE'VE DONE OUR CITIZENS HAVE DONE SUCH A GOOD JOB STAYING AWAY FROM OTHER PEOPLE AND CONTROLLING THE CONTAGION OF THIS COVER INDIVIDUAL 19. SO THE GOVERNOR IS VERY ADAMANT THAT WE'VE GOT COME OUT OF THIS IN A STAGED MEASURED APPROACH AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CONSIDERING THE HEALTH CONSEQUENCES OF THESE ACTIONS IN ADDITION TO THE VERY SERIOUS AN REAL ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES OF WHERE WE'RE AT. SO IT'S VERY GOOD TO HEAR THAT COMING FROM THE GOVERNOR AND ONE [00:20:06] THING THAT IS REALLY FOREIGN KEEP IN MIND IS PEOPLE FOCUS ON THESE DATES WAY TOO MUCH. THESE DECISIONS AREN'T GOING TO BE MADE BY DATES. THESE DECISION TEST DECISIONS ARE GOING TO BE MADE BY DATA. YOU KNOW YOU CAN TALK ABOUT APRIL 30 TEAGUE OR MAY 15TH OR WHATEVER DATE YOU WANT TO THROW OUT THERE BUT IF WE'RE NOT IN A POSITION TO DO A CERTAIN THING -- LOST AUDIO. -- LOST AUDIO. -- LOST AUDIO. -- LOST AUDIO -- LOST AUDIO -- LOST AUDIO. -- LOST AUDIO. -- LOST AUDIO. >> KEEP GOING, MAYOR. >> SO ANYWAY JUST KIND OF SOME GENERAL COMMENTS SO YOU KNOW DATES ARE NOT GOING TO DRIVE THIS. THE DATA AND THE ACTUAL SITUATION THE HEALTH SITUATION AND THE ECONOMIC SITUATION IS WHAT IS GOING TO DRIVE THESE DECISIONS BUT WE ARE SO SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE HAVE FACED AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO FACE AS WE RE-OPEN OUR ECONOMY HERE LOCALLY REGIONALLY AND THROUGHOUT THE STATE IS I'M JUST GOING TO READ SOME OF THESE THE FEDERAL VERSUS THE STATE VERSUS THE COUNTY VERSUS THE CITY. THERE'S HOT SPOTS IN DALLAS COUNTY AND RIGHT NOW ROWLETT IS NOT A HOT SPOT IN DALLAS COUNTY. SO YOU KNOW HOW WE MANAGE THIS SITUATION MIGHT NEED TO BE DIFFERENT BASE ON OUR DATA THAN HOW A HOT SPOT WITHIN DALLAS COUNTY MANAGES THE SITUATION WITHIN THE OVERALL GUIDELINES PROVIDED TO US BY THE AUTHORITATIVE BODIES. AND IF YOU LISTEN TO THE GOVERNOR TODAY HE KIND OF HINTS AT THAT. HE MAY HAVE PART OF HISTORY OPEN ORDER APPLICABLE TO THE ENTIRE STATE BUT HE MAY HAVE PART OF HISTORY OPEN ORDER WITH MORE FLEXIBILITY LOCATION BY LOCATION. AND HE IS SUPPOSED TO COME OUT WITH I THINK VERSION ONE OF THAT. ON MONDAY OF NEXT WEEK. AND WHEN WE COME OUT WITH THAT THAT WILL TELL US A LOT. ANOTHER CHALLENGE WE'LL FACE AS WE OPEN ROLL SLET PERCEPTION VERSUS THE REALITY OF THE RISK. YOU KNOW I TALK ABOUT THIS ALREADY. OUR CASES ARE STABILIZED BECAUSE OF THE SOCIAL DISTANCING NOT BECAUSE THE RISK HAS BEEN REMOVED. THERE IS A REAL FACT OUT THERE THAT OUR RESIDENCES AND OUR BUSINESSES ARE GETTING RESTLESS AND THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE LIMITED PATIENCE WITH THE SITUATION AND THAT IS VERY UNDERSTANDABLE. THERE IS A REAL CHALLENGE ON DEVELOPING FAIR RE-OPENING RULES AND STAGING A STRATEGY THAT WORKS AND IS FAIR AND IS SPECIFIC TO INDUSTRY GROUPS. THERE IS A VERY BIG CHALLENGE OF LACK OF ADEQUATE TESTING. YOU KNOW YOU CAN OPEN UP RESTAURANTS ALL DAY LONG BUT ARE RESIDENTS GOING TO BECOME FORT MANY GOING INTO THOSE RESTAURANTS IF THEY DON'T HAVE A FEELING OF SECURITY FROM A CON TAKE DOWNSTANDPOINT. THAT'S JUST ONE EXAM ALL. WE HAVE A CHALLENGE THAT WE WILL NEED TO CONTINUE TO ISOLATE INFECTED INDIVIDUALS AND WE'LL NEED TO TRACE AND QUARANTINE THEIR CONTACTS. THIS IS NOT GOING TO GO AWAY TOMORROW. WE'VE ALL HEARD THIS. WE'RE GOING LIVE WITH THIS FOR QUITE A WHILE SO WE NEED MAKE SURE WE HAVE A SUSTAINABLE MODEL. OUR HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND EMERGENCY MAULING MEN WITHIN THE CITY OF ROWLETT HAS DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB IN THIS AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE RESOURCES TO CONTINUE DOING THIS. THERE'S A REAL CHALLENGE OF WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN THE FIRST TIME AN OPEN BUSINESS HAS A COVID POSITIVE CASE AND WHAT THAT DOES TO THAT SPECIFIC BUSINESS AND WHAT THAT DOES TO THEIR ABILITY TO REMAIN OPEN. THERE'S A CHALLENGE OF COMMUNICATION THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY AND WHEN I SAY ENFORCEMENT I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT ENFORCEMENT WITH A STICK. I'M TALKING ENFORCEMENT WITH MAKING SURE WE'RE COMMUNICATING IT ADEQUATELY AND THAT OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR BUSINESSES UNDERSTAND WHAT THE RULES ARE AND ARE ABIDING BY THOSE RULES BECAUSE THEY CHANGE AND THE GUIDANCE CHANGES. I THINK WE'RE IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE FROM A PPE STANDPOINT. I THINK YOU'RE ON A MEETING IF YOU WOULD DISAGREE WITH THAT. BUT IF OUR HOSPITALIZATIONS START PEAKING AND WE START DOING ELECTIVE MEDICAL PROCEDURES AND PPE STARTS BEING A PROBLEM THEN THAT CAN BE A CHALLENGE. AND THEN YOU KNOW A REAL CHALLENGE OF IF WE START OPENING [00:25:02] UP THE ECONOMY AND CASES START SPIKING YOU KNOW HOW DO WE PULL THAT BACK? AND THAT'S THE SITUATION WE DON'T WANT TO BE UNDER. AND I DIDN'T PUT THIS DOWN AS A BULLET BUT I SHOULD HAVE THERE'S A REAL TIME LAG BETWEEN WHEN SOME ONE IS EXPOSED AND WHEN THE POSITIVE CASE COMES FORWARD. SO THERE'S THAT TIME LAG OF KNOWING OK WE'VE OPENED UP THIS PART OF THE ECONOMY. AND HOW DOES THAT IMPACT THE CASES AND THE HOSPITALIZATIONS AND THE EQUIPMENT? AND THERE'S GOING TO BE THAT TIME LAG WHICH IS A RISK ALSO. PRT OF THE MATRIX WE FOLLOW A LOT OF MATRIX AND YOU-ALL HAVE BEEN PRIVY TO THOSE THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS BUT WE WANTED TO IDENTIFY WHAT SPECIFIC MATRIX WE'LL BE USE TOGETHER HELP US MAKE DECISIONS LOCALLY IN REGARDS TO ROW OPENING ROWLETT IN A RESPONSIBLE MANNER. AND THE ONES THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED IS POSITIVE COVID-19 CASES, HOSPITAL AND ICU BED AVAIL TWILT AND THAT'S NOT JUST FOR OUR HOSPITAL HERE IN THE CITY OF ROWLETT. THAT'S A REGIONAL STATEMENT. LONG TERM CARE FACILITY CASES AND DEATHS. YOU KNOW THANK THE GOOD LORD WE DON'T HAVE THAT SITUATION HERE IN ROWLETT RIGHT NOW BUT IF WE DO HAVE GOD FORBID THAT SITUATION START OCCURRING THAT'S GOING TO HIGHLY INFLUENCE WHAT WE'RE DOING IN THE CITY OF ROWLETT IN REGARDS TO THOSE SPECIFIC PASS IS IT TEES. AND THEN ANOTHER IMPORTANT METRIC IS YOU KNOW AVAILABILITY OF VENTILATORS AND OTHER RESPIRATORY ASSISTANT DEVICES. THE AREAS THAT WE THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT IN REGARDS TO HELPING US MAKE DECISIONS FOR LANDING AND IMPLEMENTING RE-OPENING ROWLETT ARE THE AREAS SERVED BY THE GARLAND HEALTH AUTHORITY WHICH IS ROWLETT GARLAND AND SACKS SAY -- AS WELL AS ROCKWELL COUNTY. THE CASES COMBINED ON THAT GROUP. THAT KIND OF SURROUNDS ALL OF ROWLETT IN REGARDS TO YOU KNOW THE EAST TO THE WEST TO THE NORTH. YOU KNOW OBVIOUSLY WE'VE BEEN TRACKING ROCKWELL COUNTY AND DALLAS COUNTY BUT WE THINK THAT THIS MORE DEFINED AREA IS A GOOD METRIC A GOOD LOCATION AREA FOR US TO FOLLOW TO SEE HOW WE'RE DOING THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS OF STAGING A RE-OPENING OF ROWLETT. GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. WHAT WOULD BE OUR MISSION IN THIS PROCESS OF RE-OPENING ROWLETT WOULD BE TO INFORM AND GOOD THE COMMUNITY ON HOW TO RE-OPEN ROWLETT FROM THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC RESPONSIBLY AND GRADUALLY WHILE PROTECTING OUR MOST VULNERABLE POPULATIONS AND I MEAN A TAKING A FULLY FUNCTIONING HEALTHCARE SYSTEM. SO WHAT WE THINK I HAVE FORMED AN ADVISORY GROUP AND THAT IS A GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS THAT IS JUST DOING THE LEGWORK. THAT'S MAINLY COMPRISED OF CITY EMPLOYEES BUT IT HALLS A COUPLE OF ADDITIONAL MEMBERS IN THAT ADVISORY GROUP. THIS IS THE WORKING GROUP TO SART WORKING WITH OUR BUSINESSES TO START PLANNING FOR THIS RE-OPENING OF ROWLETT AND TO ADVISE MYSELF AS MAYOR AND TO ADVISE US AS COUNCIL ON WHAT WE'RE SEEING AND WHAT THE PROBLEMS ARE AND HOW WE SHOULD PROCEED FURTHER WITH OUR PATH. AND AGAIN WE GOT TO REMEMBER THAT THIS IS ALL UNDER POTENTIALLY SPECIFIC AND VERY CLEAR DIRECTIVES FROM THE GOVERNOR AN OR WITH THE COUNTY JUDGES THAT WE HAVE TO FOLLOW. THE ROLE OF THE ADVISORY GROUP IS STAY INFORMED ON TESTING THE VARIOUS ORDERS STAY INFORMED ON GUIDANCE PLANS FOR RE-OPENING OUR ECONOMY STAY INFORMED ON OUR MATRIX AND OUR TRENDS AND OUR MATRIX FOR OUR DEFINED MATRIX AND OUR DEFINED REGION. WORK WITH OUR INDUSTRY REPRESENTATIVES WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT PLANS TO RE-OPEN ROWLETT. SO WHAT I HAVE DONE IS WITH THE HELP OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND OTHER STAFF INDIVIDUALS IS WE'VE IDENTIFIED THE VARIOUS INDUSTRY GROUPS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY YOU KNOW WHETHER IT'S RETAIL OR RESTAURANTS OR BIG BOX OR GROCERS OR MANUFACTURERS OR BUSINESSES AND WHAT WE WANT TO START DOING IS REACHING OUT TO SOME OF THOSE PLAYERS IN THOSE FIELDS AND REALLY GET A FEEL FOR YOU KNOW WHAT CHALLENGES THEY'RE FACING TODAY WHAT ARE THEIR CONCERNS HOW ARE THEY OPERATING TODAY IF THEY ARE PARTIALLY OPEN IF THEY'RE NOT OPEN YOU KNOW WHAT DO THEY FORESEE IN THE FUTURE IN SOME WAYS THEY COULD OPERATE SAFELY AND MAKE SURE THAT WE DO NOT HAVE A SPIKE IN CASES JUST START START ENGAGING OUR INDUSTRIES AND OUR BUSINESSES AND OUR COMMUNITY MAKE SURE THAT THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT IS OUT THERE IN REGARDS TO OUR ORDERS AND TO HELP THEM TO [00:30:03] START GETTING YOU KNOW REALLY INFORMED ABOUT WHAT'S ABOUT TO HAPPEN AND TO HELP US MAKE DECISIONS AND COMMUNICATE THOSE DECISIONS THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY. AND CERTAINLY WE NEED TO DEVELOP A COMMUNICATION PLAN AND ENFORCEMENT PLAN IN REGARDS THAT. SO THE NEXT STEPS IS CONNECT WITH OUR INDUSTRY REPRESENTATIVES WHICH WE'LL BE DOING THIS WEEK. CERTAINLY COMMUNICATE THIS PLAN AND GET FEEDBACK FROM COUNSEL ON THIS PLAN WHICH WE'RE GOING TO DO IS GET FEEDBACK FROM YOU-ALL. COMMUNICATE AND THE PLAN TO OUR RESIDENTS. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE'RE USING OUR XHIEN OCCASION NETWORKS TO EXPRESS PATIENCE AND CAUTION BUT WE ALSO NEED TO BE VERY EMPATHETIC AND MAKE DECISIONS WITH OUR ECONOMIC SITUATION WELL-UNDERSTOOD. WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT RESOURCES WE NEED THAT WE DON'T CURRENTLY HAVE ENOUGH OF IN REGARDS TO THIS PLAN TO OPEN BACK UP THE CITY OVER A PERIOD OF TIME AND WE CERTAINLY NEED TO KEEP ABREAST OF YOU KNOW COMMUNICATIONS AND RE-OPENING PLANS THAT ARE HELPING HAPPENING THROUGHOUT OUR REGION OUR STATE AND OUR COUNTRY. SO I THINK THAT WAS THE LAST SLIDE, LAURA. >> YES, MAYOR. >> SO I WOULD LIKE TO GET THE SCREEN BACK UP FOR THE COUNCIL AND ALL THE MEETING PARTICIPANTS I COULD. COUNCIL SO COMMENTS QUESTIONS CONCERNS SUGGESTIONS? I WILL SAY I'M SORRY THIS HAPPENED SO FAST EVERYTHING MOVES FAST THESE DAYS. AND YOU KNOW I DON'T KNOW HOW FAST THIS IS GOING TO MOVE OVER TO NEXT SEVERAL WEEKS BUT WE NEEDS TO BE PREPARED FOR IT. >> I'LL START, MAYOR. AND JUST SAY THAT I'M REALLY GLAD THAT YOU PUT THIS TOGETHER. YOU PUT A LOT OF THOUGHT INTO THIS. AND I KNOW THAT ROWLETT IS NOT THE ONLY ONE BUT I CERTAINLY DON'T WANT TO BE LAGGING BEHIND IN ANY WAY AND SO I APPRECIATE YOU BEING PROACTIVE AND MOVING ON THIS QUICKLY TO GET SOMETHING PUT TOGETHER AND TO PULL IN DIFFERENT PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY BESIDES STAFF AND YOU KNOW I'M SURE ANY COUNCIL WILL BE HAPPY TO HELP SHOULD WE BE CALLED ONTO DO THAT AND SO I WOULD JUST SAY IN GENERAL I THINK YOU'VE ALREADY COVERED A LOT OF GROUND AND I'M EXCITED THAT YOU'RE OR STEPPING UP TO PUT THIS TOGETHER. >> DID YOU ALL SEE ANY HOLES OR THINGS WERE MISSING OR SUGGESTIONS YOU HAVE THAT WE NEED TO BE CONSIDERING? >> I WOULD JUST INVOLVE THE FAITH COMMUNITY IN THIS. I DON'T KNOW WHO ALL YOU HAVE RECRUITED BUT SO -- >> THAT'S AN INDUSTRY GROUP WE HAVE IDENTIFIED. >> OK. SUPER. >> I'M SORRY BLAKE YOU HAVE YOUR HAND UP. >> I'M SORRY I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WAS MY ANSWER WE'RE INCLUDING BAILER SCOTT AND WHITE OR ANOTHER HEALTH INDUSTRY IN THIS. >> YEAH WE HAVE A HEALTH INDUSTRY GROUP IDENTIFIED AND I CAN LIST OFF THE INDUSTRY GROUPS IF YOU WANT ME TO BUT IF YOU THINK OF LOOK RETAIL ENTERTAINMENT FAITH-BASED HEALTH PERSONAL SERVICES LIKE YOU KNOW HAIR DRESSERS AND NAIL SALONS AND RETAIL AND SCHOOLS SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S ENOUGH BUT I THINK THERE WERE I DON'T KNOW 16 IDENTIFIED THAT KIND OF GROUPED TOGETHER MANUFACTURING FINANCIAL SERVICES BUSINESS, REAL ESTATE, THOSE ARE SOME OF THE GROUPS WE IDENTIFIED. SO MY THOUGHT IS TO TAKE THIS CORE GROUP THAT IS MAINLY MADE UP OF CITY EMPLOYEES FROM ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND A FEW OTHERS AND REALLY KIND OF REACH OUT TO SOME KEY PEOPLE BUSINESS PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY WITHIN EACH INDUSTRY GROUP AND START ENGAGING THEM. IT'S A TRICK DID THING BECAUSE IT'S KIND OF LIKE BEING IF WE'RE TOLD WHAT TO DO ON MONDAY HAVE WE JUST DISENFRANCHISED THOSE PEOPLE THAT WE REACHED OUT TO BECAUSE WE'RE ASKING THEM FOR HELP IN THIS PROCESS? BUT WE DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH CONTROL AND DECISION-MAKING WE WILL ACTUALLY HAVE IN THIS PROCESS. BUT WE HAVE TO INSERT OURSELVES AND GET US INVOLVED AS POSSIBLE AND CERTAINLY WE HAVE TO BE A [00:35:06] BIG PIECE OF THE COMMUNICATION PLAN AND HELPING OUR BUSINESSES UNDERSTAND WHAT IS OUT THERE AND WHAT GUIDELINES THEY CAN OR CANNOT WORK UNDER. >> SORRY I DIDN'T RAISE MY HAND THE ONLY PRETTY TRICK I DIDN'T SEE THAT YOU MIGHT CONSIDER IS TIME OF EXPOSURE AND IN STANCE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC FOR INSTANCE IN A MANUFACTURING ENVIRONMENT YOU MAY NOT BE EXPOSED TO A LOT OF THE PUBLIC BECAUSE OF THE TYPE OF BUSINESS THEY HAVE WHEREAS IN RETAIL IT'S VERY INTENSIVE WITH THE TYPE OF BUSINESS. SO THEY HAVE A LOT MORE CONTACT WITH THE GENERAL PUBLIC. SO THAT ALSO MAYBE A CRITERIA THAT YOU MIGHT USE WHEN YOU ARE LOOKING AT THESE DIFFERENT SEGMENTS AND HOW THE STAGGER THEIR OPENING. >> YEAH AND I THINK THAT WILL BE VERY MUCH A KEY IN THE GOVERNOR'S PLANS AND THE COUNTY JUDGE'S PLANS. I REALLY I'M REALLY OPTIMISTIC THAT THE GOVERNOR IS GOING TO COME UP WITH A PRETTY COMPREHENSIVE PATH TO MOVE FORWARD BUT I DON'T THINK I MEAN I COULD BE WRONG BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO BE TO THE LEVEL OF DETAIL WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO IMPLEMENT IT AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE YOU KNOW WE'LL COME IN AND REALLY TRY TO GET DOWN TO YOU KNOW THE DETAILS THAT WE NEED TO HELP OUR BUSINESSES THROUGH THIS BUT IT'S SO HARD TO KNOW. IT IS REALLY HARD TO KNOW. >> YOU KNOW AND I THINK GOVERNOR ABBOTT'S PLAN TO OPEN UP CURBSIDE RETAIL THIS FRIDAY IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THAT, WHITNEY. YOU KNOW THERE'S VERY LITTLE CONTACT IF YOU ORDER SOMETHING ON THE PHONE OR ONLINE AND THEY COME OUT THE FRONT DOOR AND DROP IT IN YOUR TRUNK THAT'S VERY LITTLE CONTACT COMPARED TO SOMEONE THAT'S DOING YOUR HAIR THAT HAS TO BE TOUCHING YOU. SO THAT'S CERTAINLY PART OF THE PLAN I'M SURE. DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING? >> YEAH. SOMETHING IF YOU HAVEN'T HEARD YOU MIGHT NEED TO KNOW. IT'S ON THE NEWS TODAY ON FOX 4 NEWS THE MAYOR OF COLLIE HAVE, TEAR RENT COUNTY -- HE'S OPENING UP THE CITY PRETTY MUCH. HE'S SAYING THAT YOU MUST DO THE SOCIAL DISTANCING BUT YET YOU CAN GO INTO LEXIE APPS YOU KNOW OR I'M JUST USING AN EXAMPLE BUT YOU CAN GO IN SOMEWHERE AND BUY STUFF JUST USE THE SOCIAL DISTANCING AND HE DIDN'T SAY WEAR A MASK BUT I'M SURE THAT'S PROBABLY PART OF IT. BUT THEY'RE OPENING UP EVERYTHING AND RESTAURANTS WILL BE OUTDOOR PATIOS ONLY AND THE TABLES WILL BE SEPARATE. WON'T BE MANY TABLES THERE. BUT STILL MAIN I THINK IT'S JUST SOMETHING YOU NEED TO KNOW. IT'S LIKE COLLIE HAVE IS OPENING IT UP AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS GOING TO DO -- >> WELCOME TO OUR LIFE THE LAST MONTH WITH ALL THESE DIFFERENT THINGS HATCHLING. BUT YOU KNOW THE GOVERNOR IS VERY CLEAR RESTAURANTS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO BE OPEN RIGHT NOW. THE GOVERNOR IS VERY CLEAR RETAIL IS ONLY ALLOWED IF YOUR ESSENTIAL NUMBER 1 AND IF YOU'RE NOT ESSENTIAL THE ONLY RETAIL THAT IS ALLOWED IS CURBSIDE RIGHT NOW. SO. >> AND WALMART. >> WALMART IS ESSENTIAL. RETAIL IS ALLOWED IF YOU'RE ESSENTIALLY AND IF YOU'RE NOT ESSENTIAL IT'S ONLY ALLOWED CURBSIDE DELIVERY OR HOME DELIVERY. SO YOU KNOW I'M NOT GOING TO SIT HERE AND TALK ABOUT WHAT COLLIE HAVE IS DOING -- BUT IF THIS COUNT SILL WANTS TO HAVE A DECISION WANTS TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT YOU KNOW WHOSE ORDERS WE'RE GOING TO FOLLOW AND WHAT GUIDANCE WE'RE GOING TO GO BY YOU KNOW THAT TO ME IS A DISCUSSION WE HAVE AFTER THE GOVERNOR COMES UP WITH HIS PLAN NEXT MONDAY NOT BEFORE. COMMENTS QUESTIONS? ANYTHING ELSE ON THIS? OK. I THINK THAT'S OUR COVID-19 UPDATE, BRIAN. >> YES, IT IS, MAYOR. THANK YOU. >> ALL RIGHT. SO COUNCIL ANYTHING ELSE ON COVID-19 THAT YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT BEFORE WE MOVE OFF THAT TOPIC? >> OK. ALL RIGHT. THE NEXT ITEM IS ITEM 3 B WHICH IS DISCUSS OR PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT [3B. Provide an update on the Community Development Block Grant Program (CDBG) funds allocation, the federal administrative process, and seek direction from the City Council regarding the utilization of existing public faclity funds. (20 minutes)] [00:40:11] BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM FUNDS ALLOCATED THE FEDERAL ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESS AND SEEK UTILIZATION SHIN OF EXISTING PUBLIC UTILITY FUNDS. SO ARE YOU ON THE LINE. >> YES GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL. LAURA, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE THROW UP MY PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. WE CAN DIVE INTO SLIDE 3 IF YOU DON'T MIND. PERFECT. JUST A BIT OF BACKGROUND IN WAY OF PARAMETERS FOR C.D. B G FUNDING WE HAD TOUCHED ON THAT LAST WEEK BUT I JUST WANTED TO TALK ABOUT WHAT THESE FUNDS ARE FOR SO THAT WE HAVE CLARIFICATION SCHANGS AS WE GO THROUGH THIS PRESENTATION. OF COURSE THESE FUNDS ARE TO ADDRESS THE UNIQUE NEEDS OF LOW TO MODERATE INCOME FAMILIES. THEY'RE FUNDS FOR PUBLIC SERVICES AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND I'LL DIVE INTO THAT IN A LITTLE BIT AND THESE FUNDS WE HAVE TO ENSURE THAT THE RECIPIENT FUND ARE RELATED TO COVID EXPENSES AND THEN OF COURSE THE POLICIES THAT THEY REFLECT IN THERE RELATIONSHIP TO THESE EX SPEND COMMERCE. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. I WANTED TO PROVIDE A BREAKDOWN OF THE FUNDS THAT WE HAVE PROGRAM YEAR 2019 THE TOTAL ALL BOTH LEGS SHIN IN C.D. B G FUND SOMETHING $230,000 AND ALL WE HAVE LEFT IN THAT IS FOR PUBLIC FACILITIES. WE HAVE PROGRAM YEAR TWNT I 20 ALLOCATION WHICH IS 273700 $33 AND THERE I'VE MADE MENTION IT WOULD BE MADE AVAILABLE OCTOBER BUT I HAVE SOME GOOD NEWS -- IT IS ACTUALLY AVAILABLE NOW WHICH WE WILL TALK ABOUT IN A LITTLE BIT. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. THIS SLIDE MERELY ADDRESSES WHAT THE C.D. B G ALLOCATION WHICH IS 161 THOUSAND AND 28 DOLLARS AND IF YOU RECALL AT THE APRIL 13TH MEETING AND 100,000 ALLOCATION WAS MADE WHEREBY 50,000 WAS PROVIDED AND ANOTHER 50 TO ALL VAGUS SHIN ARMY FOR RENT AND UTILITY STANCE WITH THE BREAKDOWN THAT'S REFLECTED THERE AND APPROXIMATELY 17 PERCENT IS PAID FOR ADMINISTRATION. THE ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS THAT I WAS REFERRING TO WHEN WE START DRAWING DOWN THESE FUNDS OR IN ORDER TO START DRAWING DOWN THESE FUNDS IS AMENDMENT OF THE ACTION PLANT THAT'S FOR 2019 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN. WE HAVE A CONSOLIDATED FLAN EXISTS THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE AMENDED AND THERE AS POTENTIAL FOR AN ACTION PLAN FOR C.D. B G AND COULDN'TS SOLE DATED PLAN. WE'RE WAITING ON HUD TO LET US KNOW HOW THAT WOULD COME INTO PLAY. THERE IS AN EXPEDITED OR FLEXIBLE PUBLIC NOTICE PROCESS AND THAT IS 5 DAYS NOW AND WE ARE TRYING TO GET AN AMENDED ACTION PLAN AND CONSOLIDATED PLAN BEFORE YOU GUYS SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE WITH IMPLEMENTING THIS PROGRAM. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. THIS BY FAR IS MY FAVORITE SLIDE BECAUSE IT ACTUALLY IDENTIFIES AND THANKS TO MY TEAM AS WELL FOR HELPING PUT THIS TOGETHER BUT THIS SLIDE WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS EXPLAIN WHAT FUNDING WE HAVE AND WHAT WE CAN DO WITH THESE FUNDS AND I THINK THIS SAYS IT MUCH EASIER THAN TRYING TO PUT IT IN ESSAY FORMAT. SO IF YOU WOULD INDULGE ME PLEASE, COUNCIL, THE REMAINING 28 -- 2018 C.D. B G ARE FOR PUBLIC FACILITIES AND THAT'S 82,000 EIGHT HUNDRED DOLLARS. SO WE HAVE THAT BALANCE. THAT BALANCE CANNOT BE USED FOR PUBLIC SERVICES AND I'M REFERRING TO 2018 ONLY AT THIS POINT BUT IT CAN BE USED FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS WITH A SUBSTANTIAL AMEANT MEND AND THERE IS NO COVID TIE REQUIRED FOR THIS EXPENDITURE OR ALLOCATION. THE 2019-C D.B. G FUND WE HAVE 158,000 $730. THAT IS THE BALANCE THAT'S PROJECTED FORWARD. WE WOULD REQUIRE TO PREPARE AND SEEK YOUR APPROVAL ON THE SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENT TO UTILIZE THESE FUNDS FOR PUBLIC SERVICES. THEY WOULD BE NO CAP AND IT CAN ALSO BE USED FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. IN THIS INSTANCE THERE IS NO TIE TO COVID OR THERE IS NO REQUIREMENT TO THE CV FUNCTION OF IT. >> BUT IT COULD BE USED FOR COVID? >> ON THESE 2 CATEGORIES. >> YES. >> DOES IT HAVE TO BE TIED TO A CERTAIN INCOME LEVEL? >> YES. YOU WOULD STILL HAVE TO COMPLY [00:45:06] WITH THE HUD CRITERIA AND CENSUS TRACTION OR BLOCKS DEPENDING ON WHAT IT IS WE'RE WORKING ON SO IT WOULD BELOW THE MODERATE INCOME. >> WHEN YOU SAY IT COULD BE USED FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IT CAN ONLY BE USED IN THOSE AREAS OF TOWN THAT QUALIFY ON THOSE CENSUS TRACTION? >> WHEN I'M REFERRING TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IT CAN ALSO BE USED TOWARD DISTRESSED BUSINESSES AS WELL SO NOT NECESSARILY BUT WE WOULD HAVE TO BUILD THE PARAMETERS IN THAT PROGRAM AND THE ASSOCIATED CRITERIA JUST SIMILAR TO THE ROBUST BUSINESS STIMULUS COMPONENT THAT'S BEEN BUILT. BUILD THOSE CRITERIA AND GET THOSE APPROVED FROM HUD. BUT THAT ACTUALLY EXISTS. >> OK. THE C.D. B G OR COVID GRANT PROGRAM IS 10061,00028 DOLLARS. WE'RE PEGGING APPROXIMATELY 20% AS AN ADMIN FEE JUST AS AN EXAMPLE TO SHOW YOU WHAT COULD BE UTILIZED IN ADMIN FUNCTIONS. THIS WOULD REQUIRE SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENT AND WE WOULD SPECIFICALLY IN THIS COMB OPPONENT STATE WHAT THESE FUNDS ARE BEING USED FOR AND THEY HAVE TO BE TIED TO COVID. THE 2020 GRANT IF WE CHOICE WE CAN START UTILIZING THAT NOW. IT COULD USE THE ENTIRE GRANT. WE COULD THE COUNCIL COULD USE THE ENTIRE GRANT FOR PUBLIC SERVICE. THERE WOULD WE KNOW CAP WITH IT TIED TO COVID OR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OR YOU COULD DO A COMBINATION OF THAT. IF WE WERE TO USE THIS IN THE REGULAR FORMAT THAT WE'VE BEEN USING C.D. B G FUNDS WE WOULD HAVE TO MAINTAIN A 15% CAP. NOW IF WE UTILIZE THIS FUND NOW IT WOULD NOT BE AVAILABLE FOR US IN THE FUTURE. DEPENDING ON HOW COUNCIL CHOSE TO USE ALLOCATE OR DIVERT THE MONEY. >> SAY THAT SENTENCE AGAIN. >> I'M SORRY. >> SO IF WE CHOOSE TO UTILIZE THE C.D. B G GRANT FOR THIS 2020 GRANT IF WE CHOOSE TO UTILIZE IT THE WAY WE'VE NORMALLY USED IT WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE THE 15% PUBLIC SERVICES CAP HOWEVER IF WE CHOSE TO USE IT FOR COVID OR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THEN WE WOULD ROB VOWSLY LOSE THE OPPORTUNITY TO USE IT IN 2020 PROGRAM YEAR 2020 FOR PUBLIC FACILITIES. >> OK. THANKS. >> NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. I WANTED TO JUST THROW UP ON THE SCREEN FOR OUR VIEWING AUDIENCE AND YOURSELVES WHAT THE PUBLIC SERVICES ARE THAT LIST HAS BEEN PROVIDED TO YOU AS WELL BUT IT BASICALLY OUTLINES SOME OF THE ELEMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH PUBLIC SERVICES. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FUNDS THIS IS SOMETHING WE'RE LOOKING INTO IF YOU NOTICE I HAVE A CAVEAT THAT I'M SEEKING CLARIFICATION ON GUIDANCE FROM HUD. C.D. B G FUNDS CAN BE ALLOCATED TO DISTRESSED BUSINESSES. I DID MENTION THE OTHER MATRIX SLIDE THAT SHOWED HOW WE COULD USE NONE C.D. B G FUNDS FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BUT WE WOULD HAVE TO CREATE AN ACTION PLANT CONSOLIDATED PLAN THAT WOULD ARTICULATE WHAT THE CRITERIA WOULD BE FOR UTILIZING THESE FUNDS. FOR INSTANCE CAP ON THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES SHOWING THE PHYSICAL IMPACT OF COVID ON YOUR BUSINESS AND THEN WE WOULD HAVE TO IDENTIFY TO HUD WHAT THE PROCESS ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTION WOULD BE AND WHAT THE DISTRIBUTION MECHANISM WOULD BE. SO ONE OF THE ON SHIBS THAT WE THINK WOULD BE AVAILABLE TO US IS TO MIMIC THE BUSINESS STIMULUS GRANT PROCESS BUT IT MAY BE SUBJECT TO ADDITIONAL HUD GUIDELINES. BUT WE WERE VERY ENCOURAGED TO FIND OUT HOW WE COULD USE CURRENT PAST FUNDING AND FUTURE FUNDING WHAT MECHANISMS WERE AVAILABLE TO US. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. WITH THAT WE'RE SEEKING YOUR DIRECTION REGARDING THE UTILIZATION SHIN OF EXISTING PUBLIC FACILITY FUNDS AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN DETERMINE WHAT THAT IS AND WE WOULD LIKE TO COME BACK BEFORE YOU AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE WITH A SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENT TO KEEP THE BALL ROLLING. >> SO CAN YOU GO BACK TO THAT SLIDE THAT SHE LOVES. I WISH I COULD PRINT THAT OUT SO I COULD SEE EVERY APPS FACES. OK. SO I'M GOING TO TAKE A PICTURE OF THAT HANG ON. EVERYBODY TAKE A PICTURE OF THAT. SO LAURA WHEN YOU CAN GET EVERYBODY BACK ON CAMERA IF YOU COULD. DID EVERYBODY GET A PICTURE IF THEY WANTED ONE. ALL RIGHT. SO DO WE NEED TO GO BACK TO IT [00:50:12] PAM? ALL RIGHT SO COUNCIL COMPLICATED SUBJECT. LOTS OF OPPORTUNITIES HERE TO HELP OUR RESIDENTS. WHO WANTS TO OPEN UP THE DISCUSSION? >> I THINK THIS WOULD BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK INTO ALLOCATING ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO THE ARE BEST PROGRAM SINCE WE'VE HAD A LARGE NUMBER OF SMALL BUSINESSES APPLY FOR THAT NOT ALL OF THEM WILL BE ABLE TO RECEIVE FUNDING. >> I WOULD CONCUR WITH THAT. >> I WOULD AGREE WITH THAT TOO. THE NEED RIGHT NOW IS FAR EXCEEDING OR FAR EXCEEDING OUR ABILITY TO EVEN GIVE ANY OF THOSE DECENT SIZE GRANT SO ANY ASSISTANCE IN THAT WORLD WOULD BE HELPFUL AND THIS WOULD PROVIDE US A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT. >> DID ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I SHOULDN'T SAY THE ONE QUESTION ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I WOULD HAVE WITH THAT MAN NALL -- IS HOW FAST COULD WE FREE UP THESE FUNDS? BECAUSE THESE BUSINESSES NEED HELP NOW. YOU KNOW WE ALLOCATED 100,000 FROM OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVE FUND WHICH WE CONTROL THAT MONEY AND CAN RELEASE THAT AS SOON AS THEY MAKE THE FIRST IN FIRST OUT QUALIFIED GRANTEES. WHAT'S THE REAL SITUATION WITH THIS KIND OF MONEY? >> TAMMY THE MONEY IS HERE. IT'S THE REPORTING MECHANISM AND THE ASSOCIATED TRANSPARENCY ON WHAT WE DO HOW WE DO. SOME OFF US ARE RECIPIENT SUCH AS SALVATION ARMY ARE DOING THEIR PROGRAM POLICIES WHICH WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE SHE THEY ARE CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WAS APPROVED AND THE APPLICATION SHIP FORM HAS TO BE FILLED OUT OR THE REQUIRED APPLICATION THAT HUD REQUIRES. WE'VE ALREADY STARTED THAT PROCESS AND I KNOW I'M GOING TO ABOUT IT LONG WAY TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION. WE ARE HOPEFUL THAT WE CAN SECURE THE SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENT THROUGH THE PUBLIC NOTICE AND PUBLIC HEARING PROCESS WITHIN 2 WEEKS. BECAUSE WE ALREADY HAD C.D. B G FUNDS SITTING IF WE COULD COME FOR THE 5 DAY PUBLIC NOTICE REQUIREMENT THEN WE COULD START DISTRIBUTING THOSE FUNDS ALMOST IMMEDIATELY AND THEN CONTINUE TO FALL FOLLOW-UP WITH THE PROGRAM POLICIES AND THE SUB RECIPIENT APPLICATIONS AND WHAT HAVE YOU. WE DO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR INSTANCE YOU KNOW IF WE DECIDE TO USE PUBLIC FACILITY FUNDS WE HAVE RIGHT NOW IF WE WANTED TO USE THEM FOR THE REMAINING 2019 FUNDS FOR EXAMPLE WE COULD DO A SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENT. WE DON'T REQUIRE PUBLIC SERVICES CAP OR WE COULD DO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND IT WOULDN'T BE TIED TO COVID AND WE COULD CONTINUE TO UTILIZE FUNDS FOR PROGRAMS WE'VE JUST RECENTLY ASSIGNED FOR EXAMPLE. OUR GOAL IS TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS RUNNING SMOOTHLY AND FLUIDLY WITHIN 2 WEEKS. IF WE HAVE THE FUNDING AND WE CAN PUSH IT FORWARD WHILE EVERYTHING IS IN PROCESS THEN THE DRAW DOWN THE SUB RECIPIENTS AUTOMATICALLY GAIN AND THE DRAW DOWNS CAN CONTINUE ABSOLUTELY BEHIND YOU KNOW IT'S USUALLY A MONTHLY REPORTING MECHANISM BUT BECAUSE WHAT WE HAVE NOW IT COULD BE EVERY 2 WEEKS. >> LET ME ASK YOU THIS BECAUSE I ASKED MAN ALL THAT THIS EARLIER ON THE PHONE -- WE ALLOCATED 50,000 TO LIFE MESSAGE AND 50 THOUGHTS SALVATION ARMY OF THE C.D. B GC V FUNDS. IS IT CLEANER TO YOU KNOW DO THOSE 2 ALLOCATION OUT OF 2018 OR 2019 FUNDS AND THEN LEAVE THE CV FUNDS FOR SMALL BUSINESS GRANTS; IS THERE A WAY WE CAN HELP YOU AND STILL MEET OUR DESIRES? >> WHEN FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND OF THE MECHANISM ASSOCIATED WITH C.D. B G, THE CV IS NEW SO WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THE SUB RECIPIENTS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS CON FORMED TO THAT. WE ALREADY HAVE FOR INSTANCE WITH LIFE MESSAGE APPLICATION THAT WOULD JUST REQUIRE SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENT IF WE USE THE NONE C.D. B GC V FUNDS. [00:55:07] I BELIEVE IT WOULD BE A LITTLE MORE CONVENIENT AND FASTER FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND ON HOW THINGS WORK NOW. >> I JUST COUNCIL WHEN I LOOK AT THAT ONE HUNDRED 61,000 THAT WE RECEIVED FOR COVID RELIEF SPECIFICALLY YOU KNOW IF IT'S CLEANER TO MAYBE USE THAT ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND OUT OF 19-C D.B. G FUNDS AND ALLOCATE THE 10061 LESS THE ADMIN TO THE SMALL BUSINESS GRANT PROGRAM WE'RE TIEING IT SPECIFICALLY TO COVID AND WE'RE FUNDING THE SMALL BUSINESS GRANT PROGRAM MORE AND WE STILL HAVE RE: SERVED FUNDS FROM 18 AND 19 IF WE NEED TO HAVE ADDITIONAL USES SUCH AS SALVATION ARMY IS ONLY ABLE TO HELP YOU KNOW 25 RESIDENTS FOR A TWO-MONTH PERIOD BUT THEY HAVE A MUCH MORE DEMAND FROM OUR RESIDENTS BECAUSE OF THE ECONOMIC HARDSHIPS OF COVID-19. I'M JUST GOING LOW THAT OUT. WHAT DO YOU-ALL THING ABOUT SOMETHING LIKE THAT? >> I AGREE WITH THAT. I THINK THAT'S A GOOD STRATEGY. >> YEAH THAT WAS GOING TO BE MY BIGGEST QUESTION IS I'M TOTALLY FORGIVING SOME MORE MONEY TO THE ROBUST GRANT AND TAKING IT OUT OF WHATEVER BUCKET IS GOING TO BE THE EASIEST. THAT'S WHAT I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT. MEANS WE HAVE TO PULL SOME OUT OF WE HAVE TO PULL SOME OUT OF THE RESERVES FOR THE 2019 TO DO THE 50 AND 50 AND THEN USE THAT. YOU TELL US WHAT TO DO WITH IT. I'M ALL FOR USING THIS TO ADD TO THE ROBUST GRANTS. >> YEAH I AGREE WITH THAT. AND MAN NALL DIDN'T YOU SAY THAT THOSE FUNDS WERE AVAILABLE AND THAT WE IT'S PRETTY MUCH OUR PRACTICE TO FORWARD FUND THOSE ANYWAY? >> RIGHT. SO THE MONEY WHEN A DRAW DOWN IS REQUESTED WE PREPARE THE DRAW DOWN. WE MAKE THE DRAW DOWN HAPPEN AND THEN BE REPORT IT TO HUD AND THAT'S HOW THE CHAIN WORK. >> YEAH. I WOULD BE IN FAVOR OFF THAT TOO. >> YEAH. >> TO FREE UP ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR THE ROBUST GRANT AND WHATEVER IS EASIEST. THE EASIEST PATH TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. I'LL BE IN FAVOR OF THAT AS WELL. >> AGREE. I THINK THAT'S A VERY REASONABLE APPROACH TO THAT AND RESERVES THE NECESSARY FUNDS FOR OUR OTHER TYPES OF USES THAT WE NEED. >> SO LET ME ASK YOU THIS COUNCIL. IF WE USED THE C.D. B GC V FUNDS WHICH ARE 1288:23 THAT'S THE 10061 LESS THE ADMIN -- WE ALLOCATED THAT TO A SMALL BUSINESS GRANT PROGRAM IS EVERYBODY LIKE THAT? >> YES. >> AND WE'LL DO A MOTION OR WHATEVER WE NEED TO DO OR WHATEVER YOU NEED MAN NALL. AND THEN IF WE LOOK AT 2019 C.D. B G FUNDS WE GOT 100 FATE -- 58,00070030. IF WE TOOK THE 100,00050 FOR SALVATION ARMY AND 50 FOR LIFE MESSAGE WE ALREADY APPROVED OUT OF THERE DOES THAT WORKMAN NALL? PROCESS WISE? DOES THAT WORK? >> TAMMY WOULD YOU REPEAT THAT FOR ME PLEASE. >> LOOKING AT THE 2019 C.D. B G FUNDS AND TAKING THE 50 AND 50 OUT OF THOSE FOR SALVATION ARMY AND LIFE MESSAGE. IF THAT WORKS PROCEDURALLY FOR YOU IS THAT A YES OR A NO. >> THAT'S A YES. >> OK. SO I'LL STOP THERE COUNCIL. ARE YOU-ALL COMFORTABLE TAKING THOSE 2 OUT OF THAT FUND. >> YES. >> SO THAT WOULD LEAVE 58,00070030 PLUS 82,000800. EVERYBODY FOLLOWING ME? THAT WOULD LEAVE 58,000 FROM THE 19 FUNDS AND 82,000800 FROM THE 18 FUNDS. THOSE ARE ALREADY ALL LOCATED. THERE'S FUNDS WE'RE TAKING AWAY FROM A PREVIOUS ALLOCATION TO FIX AN ALLEY IN A LOW INCOME AREA THAT WE PREVIOUSLY DEDICATED THESE C.D. B G FUNDS TO AND THEN WE TOOK LOOK AMOUNTS OUT OF OUR GENERAL FUND AND FUNDED PUBLIC SERVICES. EVERYBODY WITH ME THERE? SO THE QUESTION BECOMES THE NEXT QUESTION BECOMES WHAT DO WE DO [01:00:06] WITH THAT 58,000700 THIFRT I THINK AND THAT 82,000800? DO WE RERESERVE ALL OF IT FOR FUTURE FUNDING FOR THINGS LIKE SALVATION ARMY AND LIFE MESSAGE? DO WE ALLOCATE IT TO WHAT WE DETERMINE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE ALLOCATED? AND THEN YOU KNOW KEEPING IN MIND WE STILL HAVE 2020 C.D. B G FUNDS FOR FUTURE DECISIONS IF WE DON'T MAKE THOSE DECISIONS TONIGHT. SO I'LL THROW THE QUESTION UP IN REGARDS TO THE 18201882,000 FUNDS AND THE 2019 FUNDS FOR SUGGESTIONS. >> IF WE RESERVE THE 18 AND 19 FUNDS HOW LONG IS THAT RESERVATION ANYONE GOOD FOR? WHEN IS THAT EXPIRE? >> I'M TRYING TO THINK OF AN ANSWER COMMISSIONER. THE THOUGHT IS THAT IT WOULD FOLLOW THE TYPICAL PATTERN WHERE YOU CAN'T HAVE MORE THAN 1.5 TIMES YOUR TOTAL BALANCE IN THERE SO THAT'S WHY I WOULD HAVE TO DOUBLE-CHECK THAT ANSWER. >> OK. I THINK I LIKE THAT PLAN BUT I GUESS I'M JUST LOOKING AT TIMING. SO DO WE HAVE 6 MONTHS TO MAKE A DECISION ON WHAT TO DO WITH THAT OR DO WE HAVE A FULL YEAR TO FIGURE THAT OUT AND I GUESS THAT'S WHAT I'M INTERESTED IN. >> SOME OF IT ALSO WITH THE ME WHITNEY AND MAN NALL CORRECT ME WHEN WE DO SUBSTANTIAL ADMINISTRATION IT'S A LOT OF WORK. IT WOULD BE GOOD TO MAKE A DECISION SO WE DON'T COME BACK AND MAKE A SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENT MEANT AM I RIGHT ON THAT. >> YES JUST A FRIENDLY REMINDER BECAUSE I WANT TO BE ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN THE 82,000800 JUST TO MAKE SURE WE CANNOT USE THAT FOR PUBLIC SERVICES BECAUSE THE CAP IS STILL IN POLICE FOR THAT BUT WE CAN USE IT FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. >> I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT ENTZ. >> SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS WHEN WE ANNUALLY WHEN WE ALLOCATE THE FUNDING THAT WE RECEIVED FROM HUD FOR C.D. B G WE HAVE PERCENTAGE WE HAVE A LUMP SUM AND PERCENTAGES ARE ATTACHED SO YOU HAVE 20% FOR ADMIN. >> I UNDERSTAND THAT MAN NAM. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MEANS. I UNDERSTAND WHAT QUALIFIED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MEANS FOR C.D. B G FUNDS. >> THAT WOULD BE DISTRESSED BUSINESSES. WE WOULD HAVE TO CREATE THOSE CRITERIA AND AN AGAIN WE'RE STILL SEEKING GUIDANCE FROM HUD BUT PRIMARILY WHAT WE'RE REFERRING TO SIMILAR TO THE ROBUST STIMULUS PROGRAM. WE COULD MIMIC THAT. >> SO WE COULD USE THAT MONEY FROM 2018 TO PUT TOWARDS THAT? IF WE USE 2019 MONEY FOR THE SALVATION ARMY AND FOR LIFE MESSAGE. THE REMAINDER OF THOSE FUNDS I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO PUT TOWARDS ONE OF THOSE 2 BUT WITH A HOLD TO AT LEAST A HOLD TO SEE WHERE IT'S GOING TO BE NEEDED AND THEN FOR THE CV FUNDS ALSO PUT THOSE TOWARDS THE SMALL BUSINESS GRANTED AND THEN I DON'T RECOMMEND THAT WE TOUCH THE 2020 AT ALL RIGHT NOW. >> SO LET ME -- >> 2021. >> I THINK 128 THOUSAND TO SMALL BUSINESS GRANTS FROM THE C.C.D. FUNDS. 82,000 TO SMALL BUSINESS GRANTS FROM THE C.D. B G 2018 FUNDS. 100,000 FROM 2019 C.D. B G FUNDS. 50% TO SALVATION 50% TO LIFE MESSAGE WITH THE REMAINING BALANCE OF 58,00070030 RESERVED FOR POTENTIAL FUTURE FUNDING OF ASSISTANCE IN AREAS SUCH AS WHAT WE'RE DOING FOR SALVATION SHIN ARMY AND LIFE MESSAGE? >> THAT'S MY RECOMMENDATION BUT JUST MY PROPOSAL. I'M TOP SUGGESTIONS. >> NOT TOUCH THE 2020 FUNDS. DO WE ALL THINK. >> YEAH I'M COOL WITH THAT. >> BECAUSE WHITNEY YOU SAID YOU HAD 82 APPLICATIONS? SO FAR? >> WE HAD 96 AND 1006 APPLIED. SO 96 OF THE 106 IS QUALIFIED. >> DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE AND I'M SORRY IF YOU DON'T KNOW THIS BECAUSE I KNOW IT JUST STARTED. DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE AVERAGE REQUEST WAS. >> DO NOT KNOW THAT YET. >> IF WE FUNDED ALL OF THE REQUESTS FIRST IN FIRST OUT THE NUMBER IS BETWEEN 12 AND 15 [01:05:04] GRANTS WE COULD FUND RIGHT NOW OUT OF THAT LOT. >> WITH 100,000. >> WITH THE 100,000. >> RIGHT. >> WITH THE 100,000. >> BUT THIS WOULD ADD ANOTHER 200,000 TO THAT POOL. >> RIGHT. WE WOULD BE ABLE TO DO A LOT MORE HELP A LOT MORE BUSINESSES. PROBABLY BETWEEN 30-40 ADDITION ADDITIONAL GRANTS. >> ALL RIGHT. SO BEFORE WE ALL SAY YEA OR NAY. MAN NALL IS THAT WORKABLE? >> I BELIEVE IT IS. WE WILL BE WORKING DILIGENTLY WITH HUD TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS ALL ACHIEVABLE FROM WHAT WE UNDERSTAND THUS FAR. YES, IT IS ALL WORKABLE. I WOULD REQUEST THAT WE REPEAT IT ONE MORE TIME PLEASE. >> I'LL REPEAT IT AND THEN WE'LL ASK PERSON TO PERSON IF THEY SUPPORT IT OR IF THEY WOULD LIKE THE CHANGE IT. SO 2020 C.D. B GC V FUNDS OF 128 THOUSAND 823 WOULD BE ALLOCATED TO A SMALL BUSINESS THE SMALL BUSINESS GRANT PROGRAM ROBUST. 2018 C.D. B G FUNDS OF 82,000800 WOULD BE ALLOCATED TO THAT PROGRAM. 2019 C.D. B G FUNDS WOULD HAVE $50,000 ALLOCATION TO LIFE MESSAGE THAT WE APPROVED LAST WEEK AND 50,000 ALLOCATION TO SALVATION ARMY THAT WE APPROVED LAST WEEK. THAT WOULD LEAVE A REMAINING BALANCE OF 58,00070030 WHICH WE WOULD LIKE TO PUT IN RESERVE FOR FUTURE ASSISTANCE TO INDIVIDUALS IN SIMILAR MANNERS OF SALVATION ANYONE ARMY AND LIFE MESSAGE. >> AND NOT TOUCH THE 2020 C.D. B G GRANT YET UNTIL WE GET THROUGH THIS A LITTLE MORE AND SEE WHERE OTHER NEEDS ARE. DID I SAY THAT SUFFICIENTLY MATT? >> YEAH. MAN NALL YOU'VE ALREADY EXPEND TODAY ADMIN PART FOR 18 AND 19? THERE'S NO MORE ADMIN RIGHT? WE'VE USED THAT UP. >> CORRECT. >> OK. . >> ALL RIGHT. SO BLAKE YES? NO? >> YES IN FAVOR OF THAT. >> MATT. >> YES. >> WHITE KNEE. >> YES. >> MARTHA? >> BROWNIE? >> YES. >> PAM? >> YES. >> YOU GOT 7 YESES. YOU'RE GOING HOLLYWOOD. OH WAIT. THAT'S A DIFFERENT SHOW. ALL RIGHT. DOES THAT WORKMAN NALL. >> YES IT DOES AND WE'LL GET ON THIS AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE FRONT AND CENTER BEFORE COUNCIL BEFORE OUR SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENTS AND ANNUAL ACTION PLAN. THANK YOU. >> AND WE KNOW THAT THERE COULD BECOME PLEX CITIES TO WHAT WE'RE ASKING BUT THAT HOPEFULLY GIVES YOU ENOUGH GUIDANCE FOR RIGHT NO NOW. >> I BELIEVE SO AND WE'LL RUN EVERYTHING THROUGH CM. OH AND YOURSELVES TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ALL ALIGNED ALONG THE WAY. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. AND I KNOW THOSE A LOT OF WORK. >> THANK YOU. >> BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING SOME GOOD THINGS TO HELP OUR COMMUNITY HERE. AND THAT'S WHAT C.D. B G FUNDS ARE ALL ABOUT. >> ABSOLUTELY. >> OK. LOOK AT THE CONSENT APRIL AGENDA COUNCIL REAL QUICK. I KNOW WE'RE RUNNING LATE TO START OUR MEETING. ANY ANYTHING YOU NEED QUESTIONS ON OR PULL FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDER RACE SHIN. ALL RIGHT SEEING NON * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.