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[1) Call to Order - Roll Call]
HERE.[2) Approval of Minutes]
APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.COMMERCIAL INTERIOR BUILD OUT GRANT AGREEMENT.
[3) Consent Agenda]
CONSENT.UH, WELL, ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, I'M NOT TO, UM, OBTAIN ALL FIELD VOTE ON POLL ONE.
WHICH ONE ARE YOU? YOU CAN ABSTAIN FROM THE WHOLE THING IF HE WANTS.
WHICH ONE IS HE? HE'S GOT A, HE'S GOT A CONFLICT ON B, THE WHOLE THING, BUT HE'S GONNA ABSTAIN FROM THE WHOLE VOTE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY AYE.
YOU NEED A MOTION? MOTION? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.
YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING? ONLY THAT I LOVED THE MEAL I HAD AT VINO IN VIBES AND SO I'M NOT EVEN GONNA ASK WHETHER OR NOT THIS GRANT AGREEMENT IS AFTER THEY'VE COMPLETED THE WORK OR NOT.
WELL ALSO IS A CONFLICT OF INTEREST THEN
THE, THE FOOD AT V VIETNAM VIBES IS GREAT AND I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO PARCEL AND PLATE.
MATT, I THINK YOU SHOULD SAY SOMETHING NOW.
I MEAN THAT YOU'RE NO, THAT, NO, THAT YOU'RE, THAT YOU'RE ABSTAINING.
I, I DIDN'T KNOW IF IT SHOULD DO CONSENT AGENDA.
YOU WANNA SAY ANYTHING? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY AYE.
I THINK BUSINESS HOME FOUR ZERO WITH AN ABSTENTION OR NOTHING.
[4.a) Home Beautification Grant Program]
INTER HOME UNIFICATION GRANT PROGRAM.MR. GAMON, PRESENT THE AGENDA ITEM.
WE, WE'LL SEE YOU IN A FEW MINUTES.
AND I'D LIKE TO THANK THOSE PEOPLE FOR COMING PARCEL AND PLATE AND ALSO VINO AND VIBES FOR STAYING THROUGH THIS.
WE APPRECIATE IT AND WE'RE GLAD YOU'RE HERE.
STORM, YOU'RE, YOU'RE FREE TO GO AND, UH, LIKE THE DIRECTOR SAID, WE'LL PROBABLY SEE YOU SOON.
THANKS FOR CLEARING OUT THE ROOM.
THAT'S USUALLY MY, UH, SEE YOU IN LITTLE WILD, EVERYBODY SINCE I GET UP TALKING
WELL, I KNEW WHAT THEY WERE HERE FOR.
DELIGHTED TO PRESENT THIS, UH, FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
OBVIOUSLY, A GRANT PROGRAM TO HELP, UM, LOCAL HOMEOWNERS IMPROVE THEIR HOMES.
UH, THIS HAS BEEN BROUGHT UP A FEW TIMES BY ONE OF THE DIRECTORS IN YOUR PACKAGE.
YOU HAVE THE GRANT APPLICATION ATTACHED SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT'S IN THERE.
WE DID SOME PRETTY DETAILED THINGS OF WHAT REQUIRES, WHAT REQUIREMENTS ARE IN THERE.
UH, THE PURPOSE, OBVIOUSLY THE GOAL IS TO HELP, UH, SINGLE FAMILY HOMEOWNERS IMPROVE THEIR PROPERTIES AND MAKE THEM MORE VISUALLY APPEALING.
AS MOST OF OUR GRANTS, IT'S A DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR MATCH.
WE HAVE A CAP OF 25,000 AND THE THINGS THAT CAN BE INCLUDED OR DECORATIVE FACADE, UH, LANDSCAPING DRIVEWAY IMPROVEMENTS, UH, FENCING, DECK LIGHTING, THOSE KIND OF ISSUES.
WE SAID, WHERE WOULD BE THE BEST PLACE TO INSTIGATE TO START THIS PROGRAM THAT WOULD BE THE MOST BENEFICIAL IN, UH, REDUCING SLUM AND BLIGHT? OBVIOUSLY THE PURPOSE OF THE CRA, THEY CAME UP WITH THE AREA, KIND OF THE SOUTHWEST QUADRANT OF THE CITY, UH, BORDERED ON THE NORTH, UH, BY GULF DRIVE ON THE EAST BY HIGHWAY 19, UH, THE WEST MADISON, AND ON THE NORTH, THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE CITY.
SO THIS IS THE AREA WE WANT THE INITIAL BOUNDARIES TO BE IN FOR THE FIRST APPLICATIONS.
UH, AS I MENTIONED, UH, DIRECTOR BUTLER HAS MENTIONED THIS, UH, AT LEAST FOUR OR FIVE TIMES SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, UH, TO GET THIS GOING.
SO WE'D LIKE TO GET IT LAUNCHED IF THIS, UH, PROGRAM WILL HELP THE, HELP THEM PROVE THE NEIGHBORHOODS.
SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT IT, AND IF YOU SAY YES, WE'LL GET IT GOING TOMORROW.
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YEAH.COULD YOU BRING THAT BACK UP THERE ON WHAT YOU'RE, WHAT YOU'RE ALLOWING? UM, WHAT ABOUT PEOPLE? WHAT ABOUT PEOPLE THAT NEED ROOFS OR WINDOWS OR, YOU KNOW, FUNCTIONAL STUFF? WE'VE GOT THIS ONE RIGHT NOW JUST AS DECORATIVE, BUT IT COULD BE CHANGED IF THE, IF THE DIRECTORS WOULD LIKE IT TO DO IT.
I, I THINK FORTIFYING HOMES WITH WINDOW, YOU KNOW, HURRICANE, HURRICANE, YOU KNOW, RESISTANT WINDOWS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, I KNOW WE'VE HAD THESE GRANTS IN THE PAST, AND I THINK THAT THIS IS, UH, NO, I THINK IT'S NICE.
BEAUTIFICATION IS NICE, BUT SAFETY'S MORE IMPORTANT THAN BEAUTIFICATION.
AND WE DO HAVE OTHER GRANT PROGRAMS THAT WILL BE INTRODUCED ALSO.
THIS ONE IS DIFFERENT, BUT YOUR POINTS ARE VERY VALID.
AND WE DO HAVE OTHER ONES COMING.
WILSON, 5 5 3 2 DELAWARE AVENUE.
CAN WE SEE THE MAP AGAIN? SO THAT'S SOUTH OF GULF DRIVE.
AM I SEEING THAT CORRECTLY? YOU'RE CORRECT.
SO IS IT INCLUDE THE NEW AREA OF THE DEL SOUL, YOU MEAN? MM-HMM
BRING IT BACK FOR DISCUSSION AND VOTE, VOTE TO APPROVE.
SECOND, THE MAKER A FEW THINGS HERE.
FIRST, I THANK YOU TO THE CITY MANAGER AND THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR AND OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER AND THE REST OF THE STAFF, INCLUDING CODE ENFORCEMENT THAT HAVE, UH, PUT TOGETHER THIS, UH, PROPOSAL, UH, FOR RECOMMENDATION.
UM, I WILL REITERATE A COMMENT THAT WAS MADE AT THE PRIOR MEETING ABOUT, AND I, I, I ACTUALLY CALLED OUT CODE ENFORCEMENT IN PARTICULAR.
I NAMED THEM, UM, FOR EXAMPLE, TONIGHT.
UH, IT IS COMING FROM THE CODE ENFORCEMENT DEPARTMENT THROUGH THE CITY MANAGER, UH, THAT THIS IS A RECOMMENDED AREA.
UH, THAT BEING SAID, I WOULD'VE LOVED TO SEE SOME NUMBERS ON, UH, WHY THIS WAS DESIGNATED AS BLIGHT.
IS IT CODE VIOLATIONS? IS IT BASED ON, UM, UH, WHAT, WHAT WAS THE CRITERIA FOR THAT? AND I'M ASSUMING THIS IS THE BOUNDARY FOR WHAT WOULD BE, IS THIS JASMINE ESTATES? IS THIS A NEIGHBORHOOD SET BOUNDARY OR, UH, WHAT CONSTITUTED THIS SPECIFIC BOUNDARY CUTOFF? BUT IF YOU DON'T MIND GOING BACK A SLIDE, I WOULD ADD THAT IN THE ACTUAL APPLICATION, UH, THIS IS EXPANDED ON TO INCLUDE, UH, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO A DA IMPROVEMENTS DRIVEWAY IMPROVEMENTS EX, UH, I MIGHT BE REDUNDANT WITH SOME OF THOSE, BUT, UH, EXTERIOR DOORS AND WINDOWS FENCING, UH, EXCLUDING CHAIN LINK, BARBED WIRE OR WOOD PANELS, PATIO DECKS CONNECTED TO THE HOME, EXTERIOR WALL REPAIR REPAIRS, EXTERIOR LIGHTING AND, UH, USES OF DESIGNS THAT THE CRA STAFF OR CRA BOARD DETERMINED WILL SUPPORT REDEVELOPMENT.
UH, THIS IS A, WHAT I WOULD BELIEVE IS ULTIMATELY A FIRST STEP, UH, IN WHAT COULD BECOME A, A EQUALLY BENEFICIAL PROGRAM.
TONIGHT, WE JUST APPROVED TWO GRANT APPLICATIONS FOR THE DOWNTOWN.
AGAIN, AND JUST RECENTLY WE HAD APPROVED GRANT APPLICATIONS FOR THE DOWNTOWN.
AND THERE'S AT LEAST ONE OTHER COUNCILMAN UP HERE, AND I KNOW OTHERS THAT AGREE THAT, UH, WHO HAVE COMMITTED TO THE IDEA THAT YES, WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO INVEST IN OUR DOWNTOWN, BUT OTHER PROGRAMS NEED TO EXIST FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
I WON'T GO AS FAR AS TO CALL THIS A PILOT.
WHAT I WILL SAY IS, IS IT'S A, IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET THE, THE GREASE ON THE WHEELS, GET SOME MOMENTUM, AND THEN WE CAN TALK ABOUT A MI BASED PROGRAMS FOR, UH, ROOF REPAIRS, HURRICANE HARDENING, UH, TO BE ABLE TO BUILD THIS OUT.
BUT THERE HAS BEEN A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF MONEY LEFT ON THE TABLE THE LAST COUPLE YEARS THAT HAS EITHER ROLLED OVER OR BEEN USED FOR OTHER PROJECTS WITHIN THE RESIDENTIAL GRANT FUNDING OF OUR CRA THAT TO GO FROM NOTHING TO SOMETHING THAT IS BEING ACTIVATED THAT WE CAN STAND BEHIND.
UH, I, I WILL TELL YOU PERSONALLY, I'LL BE KNOCKING ON DOORS IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD TO PROMOTE THIS PROGRAM.
AND I WILL IN THIS, IT ALSO CALLS FOR OUR ABILITY TO PROMOTE WHAT IS SEEN, TO BE ABLE TO SAY, THIS IS WHAT THE CITY IS OFFERING.
WE'D LIKE TO DO MORE THINGS LIKE THIS.
WE'D LIKE TO GO INTO ANOTHER NEIGHBORHOOD AND INCREASE OR DECREASE THAT CRITERIA.
ASSUMING THE COUNCIL APPROVES THE CRITERIA TONIGHT, IT'S A ONE-TO-ONE MATCH.
I THINK IT'S FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE AND IT GETS STARTED ON, OTHER THAN THE CBDG HOUSING FUNDING, IT GETS STARTED ON THE RESIDENTIAL ASPECT OF GRANT PROGRAMMING FOR OUR CITY, BRINGING IT BACK, BECAUSE AS WAS POINTING OUT
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AT A, A PREVIOUS FOX POP, UH, UH, PROGRAMS LIKE THIS EXISTED BEFORE.AND SO RESURRECTING THEM AND BRINGING THEM BACK TO LIFE IS, IS SUPER CRITICAL IF WE'RE GOING TO COM, IF WE'RE GONNA BE HONEST, UH, WITH THE COMMITMENT THAT AT LEAST TWO OF US MADE UP HERE TO EXPAND INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND NOT, AND NOT BE, UH, STUCK ON JUST OUR DOWNTOWN.
SO I THINK IT'S A, IT'S A ONE, IT'S A WONDERFUL CONCISE PRESENTATION.
THE APPLICATION PROCESS IS EASY TO FOLLOW.
UH, THERE'S NOTHING IN THE APPLICATION THAT IN MY MIND CREATES A HARDSHIP, UH, FOR SOMEONE TO BE ABLE TO APPLY.
UH, THERE'S A LOT OF WHAT YOU CAN SEE ARE, AND I THINK THAT'S OUR CITY'S STRENGTH, IS FISCAL AND LEGAL, UH, GUARDRAILS, UH, TO PREVENT, UH, ANY SORT OF LIABILITY OR MISUSE OF, OF, OF FUNDING.
UH, AND SO I, I THINK IT'S A TIGHT KNIT, UH, PACKAGE AND IT, IT'S DONE IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME, CONSIDERING AS, UH, COUNCILMAN ALTMAN OFTEN POINTS UP, UH, WE SHOULD BE STARTING, I KNOW AT LEAST ONE COUNTY AND ONE CITY, UH, JUST NORTH OF US IS ALREADY TALKING ABOUT THEIR BUDGET PROCESS AND STARTING THEIR WORKSHOPS.
AND SO, UH, IT, IT, WE'RE GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT NEXT YEAR'S FUNDING, BUT THEY'RE TRYING TO GET THIS OFF THE GROUND NOW.
SO I, I APPRECIATE THE CITY'S STAFF'S, UH, UH, WORK AND EFFICIENCY ON THIS.
SO YEAH, IT'S ONE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, I'VE JUST HAVE TO SAY, YOU KNOW, AS THE CITY HAS, I MENTIONED THIS BEFORE AND I HAD A COMPLAINT TODAY ABOUT IT, WHICH IS THE LOOK OF OUR CITY, THE CURB APPEAL OF OUR CITY COMING IN ON MADISON STREET, THE LACK OF MAINTENANCE OF THE SIDEWALKS, THE, THE GRASS OVERGROWING, THE NEED FOR US TO MAKE IT PAY ATTENTION TO THAT.
AND IT'S NOT A COMPLAINT, KNOWING THAT FOLKS ARE WORKING HARD IN PUBLIC WORKS AND EVERYWHERE ELSE TO DO THINGS.
BUT WE HAVE A LOT OF ROADS, WE HAVE A LOT OF AREAS.
AND, UM, WHEN IT COMES TO ASKING PEOPLE TO DO LANDSCAPING, UM, AND I'M NOT SURE I HAVE A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING, UH, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT IT'S WORKING FOR US TO EXPECT THE RESIDENTS OF OUR COMMUNITY ON MAIN ROADS LIKE MADISON, TO BE TRIMMING THE EDGES, KEEPING THE CURVE LINES THAT, AND MAINTAINING THE SIDEWALKS.
UM, IT, IT REALLY, YOU'VE, YOU BROUGHT UP A SECTION THAT CODE ENFORCEMENT AND THE CITY HAS NEEDS IT.
AND I'M JUST GOING TO ASK IF, IF THAT'S THE CASE, IF THE CITY CAN ALSO LOOK AT ITS BUDGET IN THE CRA AND RECOGNIZE THAT THE CONDITION OF THAT ROAD AREA IS INSUFFICIENT.
IF WE CAN DO IT ON RIVER NORTH RIVER ROAD TO PUT LAMPPOSTS AND EVERYTHING ELSE UP, THEN WE SHOULD HAVE A MINIMUM LEVEL OF, OF, UH, OF OPERATION.
AND IF WE AREN'T DOING THAT ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE CITY, THEN THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF SOMETHING THAT MAY WELL QUALIFY FOR CRA FUNDS TO PAY FOR CITY STAFF TO DO THE WORK OR TO HIRE ADDITIONAL FOLKS.
AND WITH THE SUMMER COMING UP AND PEOPLE NEEDING WORK, UH, MAYBE THIS IS A, A, A PROGRAM WHEN ALL THE GROWTH IS OCCURRING, BUT WHAT A DIFFERENCE IT WILL MAKE IF WE ARE ALSO, UH, SHOWING SOME LEADERSHIP AS A CITY IN AN AREA THAT WE SAY NEEDS TO BE PICKED UP.
AND ONCE THAT BRIDGE GOES IN ON GRAND BOULEVARD, EVERYBODY'S GONNA BE DRIVING THAT AREA.
THAT'S GONNA BE THE ENTRANCE TO HALF THE TOWN, UH, THAT'S NOT ON HIGHWAY 19.
SO I WOULD ASK, YES, I'M APPROVING THIS, UH, MOTION, BUT SECONDLY, I WOULD ASK US TO PARTNER WITH THAT EFFORT, ALMOST LIKE WE DO CLEANUP DAYS.
IF THIS IS AN AREA OF CONCERN, MAYBE IT'S AN AREA OF CONCERN WE CAN LOOK AT AND SHOW WE'RE DOING SOMETHING AS WELL TO STIMULATE THAT RESPONSE.
UH, BECAUSE TO, UH, OUR CHAIRMAN'S POINT, OFTENTIMES THE NUMBER OF RENTAL PROPERTIES IS PROBABLY EVEN HIGHER IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD AND EVEN HIGHER, EVEN PARTICULARLY ALONG MADISON THERE.
UM, AND WE DON'T HAVE LANDLORDS THAT ARE KEEPING IT UP, AND MAYBE WE JUST TAKE CARE OF THOSE CORRIDORS AND SAY, THAT'S GONNA BE OUR RESPONSIBILITY.
YOU SAY THERE'S A STATUTE OR IT'S IN OUR LAWS, THAT IT'S THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS TO GO ALL THE WAY UP AND MAINTAIN THEIR SIDEWALKS.
BUT I, I DON'T SEE THAT HAPPENING AND I DON'T KNOW HOW WE MAKE IT HAPPEN.
UH, NO, I, I THINK THIS IS A, A GREAT PROGRAM.
YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY IT'S NOT EVERYTHING EVERYBODY WANTS, BUT WE GOTTA START SOMEWHERE.
UM, YOU KNOW, SO TO ME, THE BIG THING, YOU KNOW, LIKE BERTEL IS SAYING, YOU KNOW, HE'S GONNA PUSH IT OUT THERE
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BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY IF WE PUT THIS OUT AND WE DON'T USE IT, THEN THAT'S A BIGGER DISCUSSION WE GOTTA HAVE.BUT I, I WOULD THINK THAT IF WE'RE OFFERING DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET SOME PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT CAN DO, YOU KNOW, BEAUTIFICATION.
'CAUSE I KNOW LANDSCAPING IS NOT CHEAP.
AND, AND TO ME, CURB APPEAL, YOU KNOW, AND AS TO PETER'S POINT, YOU KNOW, IT'S HURTING ON MADISON, BUT THERE'S SOME OTHER AREAS THAT COULD STAND TO HAVE SOME HELP TOO.
BUT I JUST THINK WE GOT A, A GOOD START HERE, YOU KNOW, AND THEN WE CAN KIND OF MOVE IT AROUND AND, YOU KNOW, BUILD THIS OUT TO, YOU KNOW, KIND OF ENCOMPASS MULTIPLE AREAS.
GLAD, WE'RE GLAD WE'RE GETTING THIS ROLLING IN, IN THE AREAS THAT ARE PICKED.
I MEAN, DEFINITELY, DEFINITELY COULD USE IT.
I, I JUST, UM, I JUST WANT TO KNOW HOW THE PUBLIC'S GONNA FIND OUT ABOUT THIS PROGRAM.
CAN WE PUT IT IN THE BRIDGE? ELLE'S GONNA KNOCK EVERY DOOR.
I JUST THOUGHT MAYBE IF WE PUT IT ONE DIRECT RECRUITMENT.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY A, AYE.
[5) Communications]
COMMUNICATIONS IS, UM, I'D LOVE AN UPDATE ON ADUS AND WHERE WE'RE AT IN THAT PROCESS.I DON'T, I, FORGIVE ME, I HAVEN'T READ OUR, OUR, NOT THE MEMO, BUT THE OTHER DOCUMENT THAT SAYS, BUT I, I, I THOUGHT LAST TIME I READ IT, THE FORECAST WAS MARCH AND APRIL AND NOW WE'RE IN MAY.
SO I JUST WANT AN UPDATE ON ADUS THAT, THAT WAS GOING BEFORE THE LDRB AND THEN COMING TO US, AND I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT WENT.
BECAUSE I HAVEN'T HAD A RECENT DISCUSSION WITH HIM ABOUT THAT.
I, I DIDN'T CATCH WHICH ORDINANCE THAT WAS.
THE A DU ORDINANCE, UH, A DU ORDINANCE IS IN REVIEW NOW WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY AND IT'S ANTICIPATED TO BE ON, NOT NEXT MONTH, BUT THE FOLLOWING MONTH.
AND THEN WE'LL COME TO YOU ON THAT L-D-B-L-D-B-R NEXT MONTH AND THEN US AFTER, RIGHT.
IT'LL BE NOT NEXT MONTH ON LDRB.
WE HAVE SOME REVISIONS THAT NEED TO BE CHECKED ON, BUT IT WILL CERTAINLY BE, WHAT ARE WE AT? WE'RE AT, UH, MAY, IT'LL EITHER BE ON JULY WITH COMING TO YOU IN AUGUST OR IT'S JUNE COMING TO YOU IN JULY.
WE'RE WORKING OUT THE DETAILS OF THAT NOW AND LET YOU KNOW WHEN IT WILL BE BEFORE YOU.
AND BECAUSE THIS IS A CRA AND YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A CITY, UH, THING, I THINK AS A CRA BODY MEMBER, I WOULD BE AN ADVOCATE THAT WHEN WE DO SEE THESE ACCESSORY DRILLING UNITS, THAT WE SEE A, AN OPPORTUNITY FOR LOW SQUARE FOOTAGE AND NOT TO JUST TRY TO CONTINUE TO MAXIMIZE THIS AND MAYBE LOOKING AT OUR, AT OUR SETBACKS AND SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS, IF WE REALLY WANT TO BRING IN THIS, UH, MISSING MIDDLE AND THE FOLKS THAT ARE WORKING IN ALL THESE PLACES THAT CAN'T AFFORD A HOME, UH, THE A THOSE DWELLING UNITS MIGHT BE PART OF OUR REDEVELOPMENT STRATEGY.
AND SO JUST WEIGHING IN, IT'S NOT US TO MAKE THOSE CHANGES, BUT I WOULD HOPE THAT WE WOULD NOT BE TOO RESTRICTIVE.
UM, THERE'S, THERE'S A MILLION COMMUNITIES WITH HOAS AND CDD RULES.
WE ARE, UH, UNIQUE AND I THINK THAT WE CAN HAVE A NICHE OF THOSE KIND OF PRODUCTS, UM, IF, IF WE LOOK AT THEM.
YEAH, JUST ONE OTHER THING, WHICH IS THAT THE, UM, THAT I'M HAPPY THAT, THAT MR. GAM AND OUR ECONOMIC DIRECTOR, UH, CAME TO THE COUNTY'S, UH, SECOND WORKSHOP ON, ON THE FUNDS THAT ARE GONNA BE RELEASED FOR PLANNING A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH OF PLANNING MONEY THAT'S GONNA GO OUT FOR HELPING TO PLAN FOR LONG-TERM BUSINESS SUSTAINABILITY AND RECOVERY.
SO STILL LOOKING BACK TO THOSE OLD PROMISES THAT WERE MADE, UH, THE COUNTY IN THEIR, UM, ACTION AFTER COVID ESTABLISHED A $2 MILLION, UM, ADDED $2 MILLION TO THE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION FOR, UH, THE HARBOR'S, UM, REINVESTMENT FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT HAPPENED, BUT THEY HAVE MONEY NOW.
AND, UM, AS A RESULT OF THAT, UH, NOT ONLY DID HE ATTEND, BUT SOME FOLKS FROM, UH, THE GROUP THAT'S TRYING TO PROMOTE THE SCIENCE AND DISCOVERY CENTER TO HAVE SOME KIND OF A TOURIST DRAW HERE.
WE'RE ALSO THERE AND JUST FOR INFORMATION FOR YOU ALL, UM, THEY'VE ASKED TO AND ARE INTENDING TO HOLD A, UH, THREE DAY SESSION WITH SOME EXPERTS AT, AND IT WILL BE HELD, I BELIEVE WE'VE GOT, UH, THE AREA OF THE REC CENTER FOR THAT AND, UH, MAKE SURE THAT THE INFORMATION GETS OUT TO ALL OF YOU.
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UM, AND IF IT'S A PUBLIC MEETING THAT WEDNESDAY THE 20TH IS A EIGHT 30 IN THE MORNING TO THREE 30 SESSION WITH PROBABLY 28 OR SO, UH, COUNTY, STATE UNIVERSITY, THE SCIENTISTS, OTHERS, ALL TRYING TO COME TOGETHER TO, TO SAY WHAT WOULD WORK.UH, BUT THE TAKEAWAY IS THAT THE DISNEY GROUP OR THE, THEY CAME OUT OF DISNEY THAT ARE GONNA BE SPEAKING TO US, WORKED ON THE EPCOT CENTER, AND THEY SAID THE THEME AT THE EPCOT CENTER WAS A TON OF FUN AND AN OUNCE OF SCIENCE.
SO AS MUCH AS I'M ALWAYS HARPING ON THE ENVIRONMENT AND SCIENCE AND OUR KIDS, UM, WE NEED THAT, UH, THAT CATALYST THAT WOULD BE FUN.
AND SO EXPERTS CAN TELL US FOLKS AREN'T GONNA LINE UP TO COME AND LEARN SCIENCE, BUT IF THERE'S SOMETHING EXCITING THAT CAN GET THEM INTERESTED, UM, THEN MAYBE THAT WILL SPREAD.
SO, UM, I'M EXCITED TO KEEP PUSHING FORWARD WITH THAT.
SO I, UH, BECOME MORE, UH, EXCESSIVE IN MY COMMENTARY ABOUT IT IN THE LAST TWO YEARS.
UM, I'M PUTTING IT ALL THE PEDAL DOWN TO TRY TO LEARN WHAT I CAN NEXT WEEK, TWO DAYS AT THE, UH, RESILIENCY SUMMIT FOR THE REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL.
AND AGAIN, MORE IDEAS FOR ME TO BRING BACK.
OH, I JUST WANT TO SAY, YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M HAPPY THAT WE'RE, WE'VE GOT BASICALLY
SO WE'VE GOT A BUNCH OF OTHER PROJECTS OUT THERE THAT ARE KIND OF LINGERING, SO I WANNA JUST MAKE SURE THAT WE START MOVING FORWARD ON THOSE IN SOME WAY, SHAPE, OR FORM, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY AS EXCITED I AS I AM ON THOSE, I'M SURE EVERYBODY ELSE HERE IS, AND I'M SURE EVERYBODY OUT THERE IS AS WELL.
SO I JUST WANNA BRING THAT UP, THAT I LIKE TO SEE SOME OF THOSE THINGS BROUGHT FORWARD AND GET ROLLING.