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[1. CALL TO ORDER]
MEETING TO ORDER AT 5:38 PM AND STATE THAT THE NOTICE OF THE SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING WAS DULY POSTED.THERE WILL BE A ROLL CALL, VOTE, A ROLL CALL OF CITY COUNCIL.
PRESENT MAYOR PRO TEM PRESTON COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS, COUNCIL MEMBERS, STERLING CASTLE MEMBER BONEY COUNCIL MEMBER MARULA PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY PRESENT.
THERE WILL NOW BE A ROLL CALL OF CITY STAFF MEMBERS AND MEETING PRESENTERS, CITY MANAGER, OTIS JONES, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, BILL ATKINSON, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, GLEN MARTEL CITY ATTORNEY JOYCE JAMO CITY, SECRETARY MARIA JACKSON AS FIRE CHIEF EUGENE CAMPBELL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR, TAMIKA JEWITT PRESENT ASSISTANT FIRE, CHIEF MARIO PARTITA, DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATION, STACY WALKER, SPURGEON ROBINSON IMPACT STRATEGIC CONSULTING, LLC.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER STAFF OR PRESENTERS THAT I DID NOT CALL MARTIN RUSSELL DIRECTOR HR.
I'M SORRY, TAMMY LANE CAMPBELL.
[2(a) Discussion and follow up on the CARES Act activities. (Proposed presenter: Fire Chief Eugene Campbell)]
MOVE ON TO DISCUSSION AND FOLLOW UP ON CARES ACT ACTIVITIES.UH, CHIEF CAMPBELL, BENNY, THE MERIT COUNCIL, JEAN CAMPBELL, YOUR FIRE CHIEF, UH, TONIGHT, UH, WE ASKED YOU TO REVIEW THE RECOMMENDATION FROM MYSELF WITH STAFF AND OUR CONSULTANT AND GATHER SOME FEEDBACK.
IMPLEMENTATION CARES AS WELL, SMALL BUSINESS ASSISTANCE, UH, MORTGAGE RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS FOR MISSOURI CITY.
AS YOU REMEMBER EARLIER IN THE YEAR, UH, THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATELY $150 BILLION, 134 MILLION APPROXIMATELY WERE FORWARDED THROUGH FORT BEND COUNTY.
CURRENTLY, UH, WE HAVE TO ALLOCATE 4 MILLION, 108,777, A $775.
UH, THE CARES ACT PROVIDES FOR PAYMENTS GOING TO BE USED TO COVERS NECESSARY EXPENDITURES THAT WEREN'T COVERED IN THE BUDGET.
UH, THIS PREVIOUS YEAR BETWEEN, UH, MOSTLY APPROVED OR APPROVED BY MARCH THE 27TH, WHERE OCCURRED DURING THE PERIOD OF MARCH 1ST TO DECEMBER 30TH SPURGEON.
AND I WILL GO THROUGH THE SLIDES AND THEN WE CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS AS WE GO, OR WE CAN ANSWER THAT THEN NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
YOU REMEMBER BACK IN AUGUST, WE BOUGHT YOU A, UH, FIRST BUSH OF A BUDGET.
WE HAD SOME ITEMS THAT WE HAD IT BROKEN OUT INTO PRIORITIES.
UM, AND THEN, UM, ON SEPTEMBER 8TH, UH, AFTER FURTHER DIRECTION THAT YOU'VE GIVEN US BACK IN ALL OF US, WE CAME BACK WITH THE CARES ACT SURVEY THAT WE PUT OUT TO THE CITIZENS.
WE RECEIVED APPROXIMATELY 180 RESPONSES BACK FROM THE PUBLIC WHERE THEY SHOWED US THEIR PRIORITIES AS IT RELATED TO MORTGAGE MORTGAGE RENTAL ASSISTANCE.
THEY ALSO SHARED WITH US AT THAT TIME, UH, THEY ASKED FOR PP TO BE LOOKED AT AS WELL AS HAZARD PAY FOR PUBLIC SAFETY, SANITATION AND PUBLIC SPACES, TEMPERATURE CHECK, UH, AND SUPPORT A CAMPAIGN FOR LOCAL BUSINESSES.
THERE WERE SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT THEY ALSO ASKED FOR, BUT WERE NOT SUPPORTED ALLOWABLE, OR THEY WERE REDUCING OUR LOWERING FEES, THE HOA ASSIST FOR HEALTHCARE PRESCRIPTIONS, CHILDCARE ASSISTANCE, UH, MONEY FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
AND THEY RECEIVED THEIR OWN FUNDING ASSISTANCE FOR GASOLINE OR FOR BUS, ROUTE INVESTMENT FUNDS OR HOMELESS SHELTERS, WHICH WERE NOT ALLOWABLE SPURGEON WOULD TAKE CARE OF THE NEXT SLIDE TO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE PROGRAMS. HELLO, GOOD AFTERNOON.
UM, MAYOR FORD AND, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND OTHER DIRECTORS AND STAFF, UM, SUPPORT THE ROBINS WITH IMPACT STRATEGIC CONSULTING ALCOHOL THROUGH THE NEXT SET OF SLIDES HERE.
UM, HERE IS WHAT WE PRESENT TO YOU, AN OVERVIEW OF THE TIMELINE OF THINGS
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THAT ARE FORTHCOMING BETWEEN NOW AND DECEMBER 30TH, WE THOUGHT WOULD BE A GREAT IDEA JUST TO GIVE YOU A PICTURE OF THE THINGS THAT WILL BE HAPPENING LAID TO ONE OUR NEXT TASK QUARTER, BUT THE KEY ACTIVITIES THAT WILL BE, UH, PRESENTED TO THE CITY, UH, FROM AN IMPLEMENTATION PERSPECTIVE, THAT WE WILL ALSO BE ENGAGED WITH THE CITY AND IN DOING SO ONCE THIS COURT WANTS TO THIS COUNCIL APPROVAL, THAT OF THIS PROGRAM, UH, THERE'S A SET OF OUTREACH AND TRAINING ACTIVITIES THAT WILL HAPPEN AND OCCUR OBVIOUSLY TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PROGRAM IS WELL PUBLICIZED.PEOPLE KNOW THE ASPECTS OF THE PROGRAM AND HOW THEY CAN GET ENGAGED WITH RECEIVING THE BENEFITS OF THE CARE ACT FUNDS.
THE FIRST ONE IS THE ROAM MORTGAGE UTILITY PROGRAM.
WE HYPER NET LOT CALL IT THE RMU PROGRAM.
SO IF YOU SEE THAT ACRONYM, THAT'S REALLY FOR US, UH, HOW WE, UM, WE'RE ALL ACCUSTOMED TO SEEING THE RENTAL MORTGAGE AND UTILITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM THAT WE'LL WANT APPROXIMATELY ON OUR TIMELINE ABOUT SEVEN WEEKS.
UM, WITH THAT FOLLOW SHORTLY WOULD START DATE ABOUT A WEEK OR SO LATER WOULD BE OUR SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAM.
AND WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT BOTH OF THESE IN THE NEXT FEW SLIDES, BUT IT ALSO GIVES YOU PERSPECTIVE THE TIMELINE AND THE IT GO RUN.
THIS INCLUDES NOT ONLY THE OUTREACH APPLICATION PROCESS WITH BOTH OF THOSE PROGRAMS, ALSO THE EXPECTED CLOSE OUT ACTIVITIES.
IN OTHER WORDS, CLICKING ON DOCUMENTS, MAKING SURE ALL THE FUNDS ARE DISTRIBUTED, THAT'S BEEN AWARDED THROUGH THE CITY AS WELL.
THE OTHER THING THAT, UH, IN PURPLE THAT YOU SEE IS WHAT WE CALL A COOP, UH, CONTINUITY OPERATIONS.
UH, IT'S SOMETHING THAT THE, UM, LEADERSHIP AGREED TO DO BECAUSE OF THIS PANDEMIC AND MAKING SURE THAT ALL CITY STAFF OR CERTAIN CITY STAFF WOULD PREPARE FOR A NEXT ONE OR A SECOND WAY.
AND THERE'S COMMUNICATION PROTOCOLS PUT IN PLACE, UH, THAT WERE AUTOMATICALLY, UM, IN A SENSE, A LAUNCH ONCE A SIMILAR PANDEMIC OR THE CONTINUE OPERATIONS OF WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW, WE CONTINUE FOR THE CITY.
THAT'S GOING TO UPDATE THE CURRENT CONTINUITY OPERATIONS PLAN.
SO VERY IMPORTANT, UH, ACTIVITY THERE.
AND WITH THE ORANGE BAR, BASICALLY WHAT WE CALL QUALITY ASSURANCE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.
SO THESE ARE ACTIVITIES WHERE WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT THE PROGRAMS THAT ARE BEING LAUNCHED AND AGREED TO BY THE CITY ARE BEING PRESENTED, BEING WELL-RUN METRICS OF BEING CAPTURED ALSO THAT ANY ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE THAT THE CITY MAY NEED, UH, WE ARE ALSO ABLE TO PROVIDE THE ASSISTANCE THROUGH THIS VEHICLE, UH, AS WELL.
UM, SO THIS GIVES YOU JUST A PRETTY GOOD ROADMAP OF WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN OVER THE NEXT THREE MONTHS.
UM, AND SO THAT YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT PROGRAMS WILL BE RUNNING AS WELL.
SO I'M TALKING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE RURAL MORTGAGE UTILITY PROGRAM.
WHAT'S GETTING THE RMU ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
SO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK FROM THE LAST MEETING WE HAD AND SOME DECISIONS WE'VE MADE THEN, UH, OR CAPTURED HERE, UH, WE'VE GOTTEN SOME INFORMATION ON THE MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME FROM MISSOURI CITY THAT WAS ASKED ABOUT ROUGHLY ABOUT $90,000 ESTIMATE AS OF JULY, 2019 OF THE CENSUS BUREAU.
UM, WE SEE SOME OF THE, UH, UNEMPLOYMENT RATES AT 9.4% AS OF JULY AND THE MEDIUM INCOME LEVEL AS DEFINED BY HUD.
UH, IT WAS A QUESTION ASKED ABOUT HOW WE WOULD SERVE THE LOW AND MODERATE INCOME FAMILIES AND WHAT THAT WOULD MEAN.
ALSO UNDERSTANDING THAT HOUSEHOLD INCOME AND MISSOURI IS A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN MOST OTHER, UM, CITIES OF YOUR SIZE.
UH, AND WITH THAT BEING SAID, UH, HAS A HIGHEST BASIS FOR POSSIBLE NEED OF THESE, UH, RENTAL AND BORAGE UTILITY ASSISTANCE FUNDS.
AND BASED ON THAT, UM, WE ALSO PRESENTED WHAT WE WOULD CALL A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME CHART AS WELL.
AND THIS WAS A CHART DERIVED BY ME BY CALCULATION.
SO IF MY MATH IS OFF, I APOLOGIZE, BUT BASED ON HUD'S DEFINITION OF 80%, WE SCOPED THIS TO 120%.
AND IF YOU SEE A FAMILY SIZE OF FOUR, UH, IT'S RIGHT AROUND $88,000, WHICH IS IN LINE WITH THE AVERAGE INCOME FROM MISSOURI CITY PLUS MINUS B BRAND, BUT IN LINE THERE.
AND SO WITH THAT UNDERSTANDING, BEING ABLE TO HAVE FAMILIES THAT ARE, AS WE SEE IN A HIGHER INCOME BRACKET OF THE AREA, MEDIAN INCOME CAN ALSO PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROGRAM AS REQUESTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, UH, NEXT LOT.
AND SO WE GO BACK TO OUR PRIVATIZATIONS HERE AND JUST TO FIND A NO.
SO ONCE AGAIN, THE PRIOR TO THE FUNDS WOULD GO IN AND IN SOMEWHAT DISORDER, ONE, THOSE THAT ARE AT RISK OF IMMEDIATE EVICTION AND LOCKOUTS, ALTHOUGH THERE IS A STILL, MAY BE A MORE TERMITE EVICTIONS, AND SOMETIMES IT GOT SO CLEAR, BUT RIGHT NOW, ANYBODY AT RISK BY EVICTIONS OR LOCKOUTS WOULD POP TO THE TOP OF THE PRIORITY LIST.
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WITH THAT GOING FORWARD, OTHERWISE IT WILL BE WHAT WE CALL THE LOW AND MODERATE INCOME HOUSEHOLDS WITH AN ELDERLY OCCUPANT AND OR WITH SMALL CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 12.ONCE AGAIN, I'LL AMI STATISTIC WOULD BE THE 120% PROVES.
WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT THE 80% FOR RIGHT NOW, AS COUNSELORS INSTRUCTED US, WE WENT UP TO 120%.
AND SO THAT WOULD BE THE NEXT PRIORITY THAT WOULD HAPPEN AS WELL, AS FAR AS WHO WOULD BE ABLE TO ACCESS THE FUNDS.
UH, FIRST, NEXT SLOT AND FROM THERE WOULD BE THOSE WHO ARE DELI IN A HUNDRED PERCENT AMI OR, UH, AS WELL WITHOUT ANY RESTRICTIONS ON CHILDREN OR ELDERLY AND INCOME.
SO ONCE AGAIN, SERVING THE 120% LMI, UM, CATEGORY IS WHAT THE PRIORITY WILL BE.
IF YOU HAVE A CHILD OR ELDERLY PERSON LIVING IN THE HOME AS WELL, THAT MAKES YOU A HIGHER PRIORITY.
UM, AND OF COURSE, IF YOU'VE BEEN EVICTED, THAT WOULD BE POPULAR TO THE TOP OF THE LIST AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST, BUT, UH, IN THE CLERK AND THE CATCHALL, ANYONE ELSE, ESSENTIALLY THAT MAY BE ABOVE THE A HUNDRED PERCENT AMI WOULD THEN BE AVAILABLE FOR THE FUNDS IF THEY HAVE NOT BEEN EXHAUSTED.
AND FROM MY EXPERIENCE IN MOST OF THESE PROGRAMS, THESE FUNDS ARE TYPICALLY EXHAUSTED, UH, THROUGH THE LAW, UH, THE, UM, UH, AMI INCOME OF 120%.
WELL, WE USE F EXHAUSTIVE FUNDS BEFORE WE CAN GET TO ANYONE ELSE, UNFORTUNATELY, BUT IT'S WOULD BE YOUR PRIORITIZATION.
I'M NOT GOING TO TOSS THIS BACK TO YOU OR, OR, YEAH, I'LL TAKE THIS SLIDE FROM HERE.
SO WE WERE ASKED BASICALLY, AS WE GET READY TO LOOK AT A SMALL BUSINESS, HOW MANY BUSINESSES APPROXIMATELY WERE THERE, IT FIT THE CATEGORY OF BEING ANNUAL REVENUE OF $5 MILLION OR LESS OR 50 EMPLOYEES OR LESS, UH, GIVEN THE DATA THAT WE HAD AVAILABLE TO US, THERE WERE 127 BUSINESSES TOTAL THAT, THAT MAY ACQUIRE THAT MAY QUALIFY FURTHER LOOKING AT IT.
WHAT DOES IT ACTUALLY FIT IT NOW THAT WE CAN IDENTIFY WHERE APPROXIMATELY 100 BUSINESSES THAT FIT THAT CRITERIA? AND WE SAID 20TH, 27 OF THOSE, THEY GET TO THE ONE 27 MAY HAVE TOO MANY EMPLOYEES, BUT WE ONLY KNOW WHEN THEY APPLY.
UH, THIS DATA WAS, WAS OLDER DATA.
IT WAS THE DATA WE COULD FIND.
WE HAD BEEN WORKING WITH, UM, UH, BUSINESS AND DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT, BUT THEY HAVE 2012 SINCE INFORMATION, WE REQUESTED MORE INFORMATION, UH, UPDATED MATERIALS, BUT THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE ON THIS SLIDE BACK TO USE, BRO.
BUT CHIEF CAMPBELL JUST TO PRESENT IS BASICALLY WE TRANSITIONED FROM THE RURAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM TO THE SMALL BUSINESS FORUM, AND HE TO PROVIDE YOU WITH SOME OVERVIEW STATISTICS OF HOW MANY BUSINESSES WE PROXIMATELY THINK ARE CONSIDERED SMALL BUSINESSES WITHIN MISSOURI CITY.
AND ALTHOUGH THE DATA IS LOW DATA, WE'RE PROBABLY STILL WITHIN A HUNDRED TO 150 RANGE OF BUSINESSES THAT FIT THE CRITERIA REESTABLISH.
SO WITH THAT, LET'S TALK ABOUT THE SMALL BUSINESSES EMERGENCY GRANT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AS WELL.
THIS IS ANOTHER PROGRAM THAT YOU SAW ON THE CHART THAT WE WILL IMPLEMENT, UM, HERE IN MID OCTOBER.
AND, UH, WHAT IT DOES IS ALLOW, UH, SINCE FORT BEND COUNTY HAS ALLOCATED THESE FUNDS TO A MISSOURI CITY, UH, TO ALLOW THEM TO RUN CERTAIN PROGRAMS, THEY USE THE FUNDS AS THEY BEST FIT.
THE SYDNEY HAS DECIDED THAT ALSO A DIRECT BENEFIT TO SAYS WOULD BE ASSISTANT THERE.
THE SMALL BUSINESS COMMUNITY, THESE BONDS WILL ALLOW A CITY TO ASSIST SMALL BUSINESSES THAT ARE STRUGGLING WITH OPERATING COST REVENUE REDUCTIONS AND REDUCE PATRONISTS DUE TO COVID-19, UH, REDUCE THE BURDEN OF SOME GRANT ADMINISTRATION BECAUSE THE COUNTY WOULD ABSORB SOME OF THE GRANT ADMINISTRATION ACTIVITIES BECAUSE THEY VALIDATE THE FUNDING AND THEY WILL BE ABLE TO POST IT BACK TO THE STATE, UM, PROVIDE DIRECT IMPACT TO LOOK COMMUNITY BASED ON LOCAL NEEDS AND PRIORITIES.
SO ONCE AGAIN, YOU SET YOUR PRIORITIES, YOU SET YOUR NEEDS, AND THIS IS DIRECT ASPECT OF ALLOWING YOU TO DO SUCH AND THEN ALLOCATING THE FUNDS.
ACCORDING TO SCOTT CARES THAT GUIDELINES AND THE BOARDING, ANY DUPLICATION OF BENEFITS.
ONCE AGAIN, ALL OF THESE WITH CRITERIA WOULD BE A MAX BY THE SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAM THAT WILL BE IMPLEMENTED NEXT THAT SLOT.
SO THE FUNDS OF THE CITY IS ELECTED USE APPROXIMATELY $1 MILLION TO FUND THIS ALLOCATION TO SMALL BUSINESSES, AND SPECIFICALLY IDENTIFIED IT FOR THE USE OF COMMERCIAL LEASES OR RENTS
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OR MORTGAGES ONLY A VERY CLEAR DISTINCTION.AND THAT THAT'S WHAT THE FUNDS WOULD BE USED FOR FUNDS WOULD BE ON A FIRST COME FIRST SERVE BASIS.
UH, BUT HERE ARE THE ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA IS LISTED AS SUCH.
BUSINESSES MUST BE LOCATED WITHIN MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS MUST HAVE BEEN IN BUSINESS FOR THE ENTIRE COUNTY YEAR 2019, AND MUST REMAIN OPERATIONAL THROUGH THE END OF THE YEAR, DECEMBER 30TH, 2020, TO BE SPECIFIC.
IT MUST BE A SMALL BUSINESS BASED ON THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA, ONE AT 50 EMPLOYEES.
UM, AND THAT COULD BE A MIX OF CONTRACTORS AND FTES, I MEAN, W TWO EMPLOYEES, BUT AT LEAST ONE SHOULD BE W2, BE A W TWO EMPLOYEE AND OR THE OWNER.
AND BASED ON THEIR 2019 GROSS REVENUE OF AT LEAST $25,000.
AND NO MORE THAN 5 MILLION MUST HAVE A BALLOT COMMERCIAL LEASE OR MORTGAGE THAT WAS IN EFFECT PRIOR TO MARCH 1ST, 2020, NO ICE, NO OUTSTANDING TAX LIENS, DEPTHS, DELINQUENCY, SUSPENSIONS, OR JUDGEMENTS OF ANY TYPE THAT WOULD IMPAIR THE BUSINESS OF OPERATION VENDORS MUST NOT BE DEBARKED OR SUSPENDED AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST MUST NOT HAVE RECEIVED OR APPLIED OR RECEIVED ANY OTHER COVID-19 ASSISTANCE FOR MORTGAGE RENT OR UTILITIES.
UM, SO A MORTGAGE OR RENT OR ANY LEASES, PARTICULARLY FOR THE PERIOD OF OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, OR DECEMBER THAT THE RESPONSE WILL BE USED OR ANY OTHER PERIOD THAT THEY WOULD USE THE FUNDS FOR IN CASE WE ARE PAYING IN A READER.
SO MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE ALL IN SYNC.
YEAH, THOSE ARE THE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR RECEIPT OF THESE FUNDS NEXT LOT.
WHAT CAN THE FUNK BE USED FOR? LIKE I SAID, YEAH, THE CITY HAS AGREED THAT THEY WOULD ONLY BE USED FOR PAYMENT OF COMMERCIAL RENTS LEASES ON MORTGAGES.
IT WON'T BE USED FOR PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST AMOUNTS ONLY.
THAT'S ALSO A CURIOUS THAT REQUIREMENT, LET'S NOT BE CURRENTLY ENROLLED IN FORT BEND COUNTY'S PROGRAM OR ANY COVID-19 ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, UM, THAT, UH, HAVE SIMILAR USE FOR RENT MORTGAGE AND A RENT OR MORTGAGE PAYMENT, AND A PAYMENT WILL BE MADE TO THE LANDLORD OR THE MORTGAGE COMPANY ONLY.
AND THEY MUST HAVE A COMPLETED W NINE AND LAST MINUTE, AND HE'S, HE MUST PROVIDE DOCUMENTATION AND CONFIRMATION OF THE EXPENDITURE.
AND SO, IN OTHER WORDS, WE WOULD GET CONFIRMATION THAT THOSE PAYMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE TO THE LANDLORD OR MORTGAGEE, AND THAT WILL BE OUT DOCUMENTATION FOR SUPPORT.
SO TONIGHT MARIN COUNCIL, WE'VE, WE'VE GONE OVER, UH, OUR INITIAL TO THE BUDGET.
WE'VE GONE OVER THE PROGRAMS THAT DEAL WITH BUSINESS MORTGAGE AND RENTAL ASSISTANCE.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT SOME, UH, CHANGES, UH, THAT WE RECOMMEND, UH, TO YOU TONIGHT TO CONSIDER, UH, GIVE HER SOME GUIDANCE ON, UH, IF APPROVED, WE'LL BE READY TO START THE, UH, MORTGAGE AND ROLL ASSISTANCE.
ON THE 28TH OF SEPTEMBER STARTED TAKING APPLICATIONS, HAVE THE WEBSITE GO LIVE, UM, WE'LL BE ADJUSTING, UH, THE BUDGET BASED UPON REALLOCATIONS OF FUNDS, UH, THAT WE'RE GOING TO ALLOCATE NOT ONLY TO THE BUSINESS, SMALL BUSINESS ASSISTANCE, BUT AFTER FURTHER REVIEW SOME OTHER ITEMS WE DECIDED NOT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH.
SO WE'LL BE ASKING YOU TO CONSIDER AN ADOPTER UPDATED BUDGET ON OCTOBER 11TH.
UM, THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE FOR YOU NOW.
AND I'M GOING TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS OR ANY COMMENTS FROM MR. JONES OR MR. ATKINSON, BUT IT'S A CITY MANAGER.
UH, I THINK, UH, WE'RE JUST WANT TO OPEN IT UP FOR, FOR COUNCIL DISCUSSION.
UH, OBVIOUSLY, UH, WE TOOK ANY INFORMATION THAT HAD PREVIOUSLY RECEIVED.
WE GET SOME FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY, BOTH RESIDENTS, AS WELL AS BUSINESS OWNERS.
AND THAT'S WHY WE'VE COME TO YOU WITH THIS RECOMMENDATION.
UH, WE BELIEVE THAT IT HELPS TO, UM, MOVE, UH, MOVE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN CRITICAL, CRITICAL STATE TO SOME FORM OF STABILITY, NOT ONLY FROM, UH, A CITIZEN OR RESIDENCE STANDPOINT, UH, WITH RESPECT TO A HOME OWNERSHIP, UH, AND MORTGAGE AND RENTAL ASSISTANCE.
UH, BUT ALSO TOO, FROM A SMALL BUSINESS STANDPOINT, WHAT WE FOUND IN TALKING WITH BUSINESSES IS THAT, UH, THEY WERE STRUGGLING WITH, UH,
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HAVING TO RECAPTURE THE LOSS WHILE, UH, THEIR BUSINESS WERE ASKED TO BE CLOSED.UH, FOR TWO OR THREE MONTHS, THEY STILL HAD A HARD TIME, UH, OF, UH, GETTING REVENUE BECAUSE THEY WERE CLOSE WHILE AT THE SAME TIME THEY STILL HAD TO MAKE LEASE PAYMENTS.
AND SO THE CONCEPT THERE, UH, IN DISCUSSING, UH, WHAT'S, UH, SOMEONE, SMALL BUSINESSES IN TOWN IS THAT IF WE COULD ASSIST HIM, UH, WITH, UH, UH, CATCHING UP ON HER LEASE PAYMENTS, THEN THEY CAN OFFSET THE ADDITIONAL COSTS WITHIN, UH, UH, THEIR ORGANIZATION.
UH, THIS PART OF IT IS, UH, IS ONE PART OF IT, UH, IN THAT, UH, THIS IS ACTING AS A GRANT, NOT AS A LOAN, THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM.
UH, ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE GOING TO BE PROPOSING TO YOU AS WELL AS A PART OF THE, UH, GENERAL FUND BUDGET, UH, IS A LOAN PROGRAM, UH, ALSO TO HELP, UH, BUSINESSES, UH, GROW AFTER THEY'VE BEEN STABLE.
UH, AND THAT SYSTEM FROM NOT ONLY WORKING CAPITAL, BUT ALSO IN ANY, UH, NEEDS THAT THEY HAVE WITH REGARDS TO THEIR FACILITIES OR ASSETS.
SO, UH, THIS PARTICULAR LOAN PROGRAM THOUGH, I MEAN THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM HERE IS NOT ALONE.
UH, IT IS A GRANT AND WE'RE PROPOSING, UH, I KNOW PREVIOUSLY WE HAD $500,000 IN THERE.
UM, WE ARE ANTICIPATING, UH, AN ADDITIONAL SAVINGS OF ABOUT 700,000.
SO WE'RE PROPOSING TO USE 500 MORE THOUSAND DOLLARS AND ADD IT TO THAT 500,000 TO GIVE US A MILLION DOLLARS TO USE TOWARDS HELPING BUSINESSES DEAL WITH THEIR LEASES, UH, THAT THEY HAVE, UH, SO THAT WE CAN POSITION THEM, UH, UH, WHERE THEY ARE MORE STABLE.
AND THEN THEY CAN BEGIN TO GROW OUT OF THE EFFECTS OF THE COPING.
UH, AND THAT'S, THAT'S THE OVERALL PROPOSAL.
I HAVE SEVERAL RESIDENTS WHO HAVE SIGNED UP.
UM, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND LET MARIA REEDS SUBMIT.
SEVERAL OF THEM HAVE SUBMITTED COMMENTS, UH, FOR THEM TO, UH, WRITTEN COMMENTS.
AND I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND LET MARIA READ THOSE AND THEN LET PEOPLE SPEAK.
AND THEN COUNSEL CAN ASK QUESTIONS.
MARIA, CAN YOU GO AHEAD AND READ THOSE WHO HAVE SUBMITTED WRITTEN COMMENTS? YES.
MA'AM ALL OF THE COMMENTS SUBMITTED FOR ITEM TWO, A AND TWO C.
THERE ARE NO SEPARATE COMMENTS FOR EITHER OF THOSE TWO AGENDA ITEMS. I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND READ THEM.
THE FIRST IS FROM BOBBY ENGLISH.
OPTUM PERSONAL CARE IS A 25 YEAR BUSINESS IN MISSOURI CITY.
I HAVE, WE ARE A LICENSED FACILITY TO TAKE CARE OF THE ELDERLY.
I HAVE LOST 25% OF MY BUSINESS DUE TO COVID-19.
I EMPLOY OVER 35 CAREGIVERS WHO LIVE IN AND NEAR MISSOURI CITY.
I HAVE MANAGED TO NOT LAY ANYONE OFF.
HOWEVER, EACH MONTH THIS IS BECOMING MORE AND MORE OF A CHALLENGE RENTAL ASSISTANCE AND, OR A CAPITAL LOAN WILL HELP ME SURVIVE MY BUSINESS AND KEEP MY EMPLOYEES.
I AM URGING THE COUNCIL TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF ITEMS, TO AE AND TO SEE MELANIE ALLEN, I AM FOR THE PROPOSAL OF GRANTS AND FORGIVABLE LOANS IS ALLOWED IT GIVEN TO SMALL BUSINESSES IN MISSOURI CITY DUE TO THE DECLINE OF INCOME DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, LAURA MAYS, THE COMMUNITY BUSINESSES AND CONSTITUENTS NEED HELP.
THE PANDEMIC HAS IMPACTED EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US NOT BEING ABLE TO PAY STAFF RENT AND BUY FOOD.
I HAVE LIVED IN MISSOURI CITY SINCE THE EARLY EIGHTIES, AND I HAVE NEVER SEEN FOOD LINES.
THIS FACT ALONE SHOULD CONVINCE EACH OF YOU TO VOTE FOR COVID-19 RENTAL ASSISTANCE AND FORGIVABLE FORGIVABLE LOANS TO LOCAL BUSINESSES.
THANK YOU, SONYA ADAMS, THERE IS DURING THIS UNPRECEDENTED TIME IN OUR HISTORY, IT IS ONLY PROPER TO HEAR FROM THOSE WHO ARE BEING AFFECTED.
WE MUST, WE MUST TAKE CARE OF OUR COMMUNITY.
WE HAVE WITNESSED FAMILIES BEING EVICTED AND WAITING IN LONG LINE FOR FOOD.
WE HAVE SEEN GOOD REPUTABLE BUSINESSES CLOSE.
NOW IT'S A GOOD TIME NOW IS A GOOD TIME AS ANY CAN HELP GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY.
PLEASE VOTE FOR APPROVAL OF THE NEEDED FUNDS TO KEEP OUR COMMUNITY LIVING AND THRIVING.
VALENCIA BELL, MAINTAINING LOCAL BUSINESSES ON 2234, CHERYL
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OH, SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA ITEM TWO, EIGHT, AND TWO.SEE, I AM FOR THE PROPOSED AGENDA, WESLEY WESLEY WESLEYAN GREER AGENDA ITEM TWO, A AND TWO C.
I AM A BUSINESS OWNER THAT LIVES AND WORKS WITHIN MISSOURI CITY.
MY REVENUE HAS BEEN SEVERELY IMPACTED MY ABILITY TO GROW THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES I HAVE, I HAVE HAS BEEN LIMITED AND THE USE OF AN UNEXPECTED PPE SUPPLIES CALLS AS WELL AS NEW TECHNOLOGY HAS IMPACTED MY BOTTOM LINE.
THIS GRANT AND FORGIVABLE LOAN WILL ALLOW ME TO HIRE MORE EMPLOYEES AND MAKE THE NECESSARY TECHNOLOGY OF DAYS THAT I NEED TO GROW MY BUSINESS.
ELLA BUILTIN AGENDA ITEM 2:00 AM TC.
I AM FOR THESE PROPOSALS BECAUSE I AM A BUSINESS OWNER IN MISSOURI CITY, TRYING TO KEEP MY BUSINESS OPEN, WHICH HAS BEEN CRIPPLED DUE TO COVID-19.
THE CLIENTS ARE NOT COMFORTABLE COMING OUT OF THEIR HOMES UNTIL THERE ARE MAJOR DROPS IN THE COVID NUMBERS.
MEANWHILE, MY LANDLORD IS STILL REQUESTING MY MONTHLY PAYMENTS ON TIME, WHICH ARE GETTING HARDER TO MAKE.
IF I HAVE NO CLIENTS, I CAN'T CONTINUE TO KEEP MY BUSINESS ABOVE WATER.
WE DESPERATELY NEED FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO GET OUR BILLS PAID.
IN ADDITION TO THE LIST, TO THE LEAST, WE NEED ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO PAY FOR OTHER FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS THAT ARE PRESSING AS WELL.
WHEN HE FINANCIALS RESULTS, WHEN HE FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO MAKE IT UNTIL THERE'S PANDEMIC IS CON CONTAINED AND PEOPLE FEEL COMFORTABLE GOING THROUGH THEIR DAILY LIVES AND ROUTINES.
THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME COMMENT.
BREAK-INS AGENDA ITEM TWO EIGHT.
AND TO SEE I WOULD LIKE MY VOICE VOTE TO BE IN FAVOR AND I FULLY SUPPORT AGENDA ITEMS TO AE AND TC AND BONITA BILLINGS.
I SUPPORT IN SUPPORT OF TWO A AND TC MAYOR.
THAT CONCLUDES THE WRITTEN COMMENTS.
THE FIRST PERSON I HAVE SIGNED UP FOR TO SPEAK IS TAMMY CAMPBELL, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
THANK YOU, MAYOR AND LANG CAMPBELL AS INTRODUCED FOUNDER AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE HONEY BROWN HOPE FOUNDATION.
UH, THANKS FOR GIVING ME AN OPPORTUNITY TO JOIN THE DISCUSSION TONIGHT ABOUT, UH, MOST CITIES, UH, PROPOSED SMALL BUSINESS LOAN PROGRAM.
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK OUR DISTINGUISHED MAYOR AND BECAUSE YOU'RE DOING SUCH AN AWESOME JOB CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, FIRE CHIEF, EUGENE CAMPBELL, THE COMMUNICATION DEPARTMENT, STACY WALKER, AND OUR NEW CITY MANAGER, OLDEST JONES FOR NOT ONLY PRACTICING YOUR DUE DILIGENCE AND GETTING THE PAYMENTS OUT BEFORE THE MONEY EXPIRES, BUT INFORMING INVOLVING AND ENGAGED IN THE COMMUNITY AS PARTNERS TO REENGAGE AND GET OUR COMMUNITY UP AND RUNNING, DOING THIS PANDEMIC, SMALL BUSINESSES, AS YOU KNOW, HELP MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN STABILIZING THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE WITH EMPLOYMENT AND THE OVERALL PERCEPTION OF WHETHER A CITY IS DEAD OR ALIVE TO FEW LIFE AND HOPE FOR POST PENT IMEC LIFE.
THE SMALL BUSINESS ASSISTANCE AND RENTAL AND UTILITY ASSISTANCE ARE ESSENTRA.
THE LONG ASSISTANCE TO SMALL BUSINESSES WILL HELP THEM TO STAY ALIVE.
AS A RESULT, WE CAN STAY ALIVE AND PRODUCTIVE AS A CITY, A CITY, IF ALL POSSIBLE WHAT I WOULD LIKE FOR THE CITY TO DEVELOP, UH, A RESUME BUSINESS TO KIT FOR NOT ONLY BUSINESSES, BUT ALSO FOR EVENTS, COMMUNITY, AND FAITH BASED ORGANIZATION, REOPENING AND CLOSING MAYOR FORD.
I JUST WANTED TO ENCOURAGE THE COUNCIL TO APPROVE THE BUDGET, UH, ITEMS FOR TWO A AND TO SEE AND SHARE MY CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU ALL FOR DOING AN AWESOME JOB, DOING THIS PANDEMIC.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
I AM THE OWNER OF SUGAR'S CAJUN CUISINE, THREE 42 FOR FM 10 92, NUMBER TWO 90 AND TOWNSHIP SQUARE.
I WANT TO THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR AND CITY
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COUNCIL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK HERE.I JUST WANT TO ADD MY SUPPORT FOR, UM, ITEM TWO, A AND TWO C.
UM, MY BUSINESS HAS BEEN RAVAGED BY THE PANDEMIC AND BASICALLY I'M JUST BARELY HOLDING ON AND THIS, UM, THESE ASSISTANTS WOULD HAVE BE A LIFEBLOOD, YOU KNOW, AS YOU KNOW, SMALL BUSINESSES, WE FEEL THIS ECONOMY, UH, FROM EMPLOYEES TO TAXES, TO THE MONEY THAT IS RAISED RE CIRCULATED IN THE ACADEMY OR MISSOURI CITY.
AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT, UM, SOMETIMES THIS MAY NOT SEEM LIKE A LOT OF MONEY, BUT IT'S THE MONEY THAT, THAT WE NEED TO KEEP GOING AND STAY IN BUSINESS.
WELL, MOST OF US ARE NOT BACKED BY BIG CORPORATIONS AND DON'T HAVE HUGE, UM, INHERITANCE TO RUN THROUGH.
SO WE'RE LIVING, YOU KNOW, KIND OF CUSTOMER TO CUSTOMER.
SO I JUST WANT TO SAY, UM, THAT WE REALLY NEED THE HELP AND THIS MONEY IS GONNA COME RIGHT BACK TO THE CITY IN TERMS OF TAXES AND EMPLOYEES THAT ARE SPENDING MONEY IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND I JUST URGE YOU TO PASS HIS BUDGET.
AND, UH, I LIKE TO WEIGH IN TO SAY, THANK YOU FOR THE TIME.
I AM THE OWNER OF HOUSTON DENTURES EXPRESS, AND I JUST WANTED TO LEND MY SUPPORT FOR, UH, ANY AND EVERY OPPORTUNITY THAT YOU ALL HAVE TO SUPPORT, SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESSES IN MISSOURI CITY.
AND CERTAINLY I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO HAVE A SPECIAL PROVISIONS TYPE OF OPTION AS WELL BECAUSE AS PROPOSED THIS PROGRAM WOULD NOT HELP ME BECAUSE I RELOCATED MY BUSINESS FROM HARRIS COUNTY TO FORT BEN IN THE PANDEMIC.
BUT I STILL THINK ANY ASSISTANCE THAT YOU CAN GIVE ANY SMALL BUSINESS IN MISSOURI CITY.
THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR TO THE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.
I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF ITEM TWO C.
I AM THE OWNER OF JAMBA JUICE HERE IN THE SHOPS OF SIENNA.
UM, 93 OH THREE HIGHWAY SIX, SUITE 100, MY WIFE AND I OPENED OUR DOORS LAST YEAR.
AND I WOULD ECHO THE SENTIMENTS, THE DOCTOR PREVIOUSLY FOR A SPECIAL PROVISIONS OPTION.
AS WE OPENED OUR DOORS ON MAY 10TH.
UM, WE EMPLOY ALMOST A HUNDRED PERCENT OF OUR TEAM MEMBERS, OUR HIGH SCHOOL KIDS, UH, AT RIDGE POINT HIGH TOWER, UH, AND THEY SPEND THEIR MONEY.
THEY SEE THEIR KIDS, THEIR PARENTS, UH, I'M SORRY, THE KIDS, THEIR PARENTS AND OTHERS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY WITH WHOM WE PARTNER ARE ALSO SPENDING THEIR SALES DOLLARS.
I'M SURE YOU ALL HAVE SEEN, UH, THE SALES TAX REVENUE INCREASE RATHER THAN DECREASE AS PEOPLE STAY HERE AND WITHIN THIS COMMUNITY.
AND I WOULD CERTAINLY HOPE THAT WE COULD KEEP THOSE DOLLARS HERE IN THIS COMMUNITY RATHER THAN SEE THOSE DOLLARS MOVE ELSEWHERE.
UM, IF BUSINESSES CONTINUE TO FAIL, UM, WE'VE STRUGGLED A LITTLE BIT AS WELL.
UM, THE ONLY THING I THINK THAT'S KEPT US AFLOAT IS HAVING BEEN DEEMED ESSENTIAL AT THE OUTSET OF COVID AND OUR THIRD PARTY VENDORS.
THIRD PARTY VENDORS DOOR DASH AND BREEZE HAVE HELPED US TREMENDOUSLY, BUT EVEN IN THE MIDST OF THAT, UM, HAVING PAID, HAVING TO PAY FOR PPE REQUIRED BY THE FRANCHISE, UH, UH, IS, IS VERY, VERY DIFFICULT.
UH, IN ADDITION TO PAYROLL COSTS REAL ESTATE COSTS.
EVERYTHING'S, EVERYTHING'S TOUGH RIGHT NOW.
SO AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THE TIME.
I THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION.
AND AGAIN, I'M SUPPORTING TWO A AND TWO C.
SO THOSE ARE ALL THE PUBLIC COMMENTS, THE STAFF, I MEAN, SORRY.
DO ANY OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE COMMENTS FOR STAFF OR QUESTIONS? MAY I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION FOR THE CITY MANAGER? UM, THIS IS AMARYLLIS SO, UM, BEING THAT IT'S FIRST COME FIRST SERVE ON THE CARES.
UH, HOW WILL WE COMMUNICATE AND HOW OFTEN, AND, AND SOON WILL WE COMMUNICATE? CAUSE THE LAST THING I WANT TO DO IS MAKE NOT INCLUDE EVERYBODY.
UH, I REPRESENT A VERY LARGE COMMERCIAL BASE.
A LOT OF RESTAURANTS I'M AWARE THAT SOME OF THEM DON'T EVEN KNOW WE'RE GOING TO BE DISCUSSING THIS TODAY.
SO HOW WILL WE COMMUNICATE AND COVER THE ENTIRE CITY TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE HAS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY TO APPLY FOR THIS THANKS COUNCIL MEMBER FOR ASKING THAT QUESTION? UH, WHAT WE ATTEND TO DO IS, UH, MARKET THE PROGRAM, AND THEN ALSO TO PROVIDE A WEEKLY STATUS
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REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL AND ALSO THE COMMUNITY.JUST SO FOLKS KNOW TWO THINGS, HOW MANY PEOPLE WOULD FLY, HOW MUCH MONEY IS LEFT OVER, AND THEN THIRDLY, WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE IN THE BANK IN TERMS OF APPLICATIONS OR WHATNOT, AND ALSO EXPERTS TO JUMP IN ON THAT AS WELL.
IF I'M MISSING SOMETHING STARTED, UM, UM, THE CITY WILL BE LENA OUTREACH EFFORT WITH THE PUBLIC, UM, NONPROFIT, UH, NONPROFIT PROVIDERS, THE CHAMBERS, ET CETERA, THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE THE LAUNCH OF THIS PROGRAM IN ADVANCE.
UH, WE EXPECT THAT AT LEAST HAVE VERY ROBUST COMMUNICATION WEEK BEFORE SO THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND IF YOU WERE TO GO TO APPLY FOR THE PROGRAM, UNDERSTAND THE PROGRAM, DEVELOP A BIG FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS SO THEY KNOW AND BE PREPARED TO SUBMIT THAT APPLICATION.
UH, THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO GO OUT AND BE FASHION PRIOR TO THE LAUNCH OF THE ACTUAL PROGRAM.
SO BUSINESSES CAN ASSESS THEIR NEEDS AND ABILITY TO RESPOND AND BE PRETTY TIMELY SO THAT THEY CAN HAVE ACCESS TO THESE FONTS.
AND WHILE STURGIS IS SPEAKING, UM, I DO HAVE A QUESTION RELATED TO JUST ALL THE FEES THAT IMPACT DISCHARGING US.
UM, PEOPLE ARE MAKING $125 AN HOUR AND $55 AN HOUR TO PROCESS THIS.
AND I KNOW IT'S COMPLICATED, BUT IT SURE SEEMS LIKE THAT MONEY COULD BE BEST ALLOCATED TO, UM, THE, THE FOLKS THAT ARE IN STRUGGLING.
SO WHY, WHY, WHY ARE THE FEES SO HIGH? UM, THIS IS FOR THEM, UM, YOU KNOW, I'LL FEES ARE PRETTY, ARE GENERALLY COMPARABLE TO, UH, ANY OTHER PROGRAM OR THE SIZE THAT WE'VE CONDUCTED, UH, STAFF OF COURSE, AND NOT, UH, ALL THE RATES WILL BE FACILITATOR FOR THIS INITIATIVE HERE IS FOR OTHER THINGS THAT MAY OCCUR AS WELL.
WE NEED OTHER SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS, BUT, UM, WE HAVE WHAT WE CALL IT, DISCOUNT REBATE WITH OTHER PROGRAMS. WE'VE DONE A SIMILAR SIZE ONE BECAUSE WE WANT TO DO THIS FOR MISSOURI CITY.
UH, WE'VE TRIED TO BE AS COST EFFECTIVE AND LEAN AS POSSIBLE.
UH, WE'RE GOING TO ACTUALLY PROMOTE RESOURCES TO ACTUALLY IS PRESCRIBED IN THE B SCHEDULE BECAUSE WE THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PROGRAM RUNS WELL, UM, OUTSIDE OF ANY OTHER.
THAT'S WHAT WE GOING TO HAVE SO THAT THAT'S, YOU'LL FIND OUT FEES ARE REALLY PRETTY REASONABLE COMPARED TO THE MARKETPLACE.
COULD WE HIRE LOCAL PEOPLE WHO ARE UNEMPLOYED OR COULD WE GO TO WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS TO EMPLOY LOCAL FOLKS HIRED 25 BUCKS AN HOUR? I'M SURE PEOPLE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE SOME OF THAT COUNSELING.
DID HE ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? YEAH, I GUESS THE LAST QUESTION WAS, UM, WHY DON'T WE HIRE LOCAL AND OR CAN WE LEVERAGE SOME OF OUR BUSINESS PARTNERS LIKE WORKFORCE SOLUTION? SHE CHOSE MISSOURI CITY AS OUR HOME TO, TO PUT MONEY IN LOCAL PEOPLE'S POCKETS, UH, BILL, UH, BUT ALSO TO SUPPORT AND KNOW, UH, YOU'RE ON THE LINE, RIGHT? UH, THAT, UH, PART OF THAT IS ALSO TO, UH, FULLY ACCOUNTING, OTHER FEDERAL REP.
UM, SO YOU MIGHT WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT AS WELL AS SPURGEON.
UH, YOU MIGHT WANT TO ANSWER A QUESTION ABOUT, OKAY, WHEN YOU HIRE A LOCAL TAX.
SO WE DO TRY TO HIRE PEOPLE THAT ARE LOCAL.
THAT IS A BENEFIT FOR US AS WELL.
IT'S ALSO A WAY TO GIVE BACK TO COMMUNITY AND NUMBER OPERA, UH, TEAM MEMBERS ARE EITHER FROM COUNTY, UH, IF NOT FROM THE CITY, THE PEOPLE WE HAVE STAGED FOR THIS.
THE OTHER THING IS THAT WE DO HAVE SOME EXPERIENCE IN PUTTING TOGETHER A PROGRAM WITH SOME INDIVIDUALS THAT WE DO BRING ON BOARD TO MAKE SURE THE PROGRAM RUNS VERY EFFICIENTLY AS WELL.
WE DON'T ALSO WASTE TAXPAYER MONEY OR THE FUNDS IN DOING SUCH.
SO IT'S A COMBINATION OF BOTH, BUT, UM, WE ARE, WE DO TRY HARD PEOPLE WHO REALLY HAVE NOT BEEN EMPLOYED.
SO WE HIRE A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE UNEMPLOYED TO ACTUALLY FILL THESE POSITIONS AS WELL.
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COUNCIL MEMBER, BONNIE, I BELIEVE YOU SAID YOU HAD QUESTIONS.I WAS JUST WAITING UNTIL THEY WERE DONE RELATIVE TO THE RELATIVE TO THE OUTREACH, TO THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY TO DETERMINE WHAT THEIR NEEDS WERE OR WHERE THEY WERE.
HOW WAS IT TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE NEEDS OF, I LOOKED AT HIM THAT WAS JUST DONE AND THERE WERE PROBABLY A HUNDRED BUSINESSES THAT MAY QUALIFY 1,000,050 EMPLOYEES OR LESS WE'RE ALL 100 BUSINESSES RE UH, REACHED OUT TO.
AND IF SO, HOW WAS THAT DONE AND HOW THE BUSINESSES THAT ARE AWARE OF THIS ITEM OR THESE ITEMS, HOW WOULD THEY, UH, YOU KNOW, REACHED OUT TO CITY MANAGER? SORRY.
UM, POLICE, JAPAN BURGESS, BUT, UH, WHY I BELIEVE IT WAS DONE THROUGH A SURVEY.
UH, SIR, I BELIEVE I CAN ANSWER A PART OF THAT QUESTION.
UM, FIRST, UH, THE ORIGINAL SURVEY WAS, WAS, WAS A, UM, A COLLABORATION WITH OUR, UH, COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT.
SO THE REACH OUT TO HOW WE GOT THE INFORMATION FOR THE SURVEY THAT WAS DONE, UH, THROUGH OUR WEBSITE THROUGH DIFFERENT THINGS, HAD INCLUDING THE READER BOARDS ALONG HIGHWAY SIX AND OTHER ITEMS TO GET THE INITIAL WORD OUT FOR THE SURVEY, THE 127 BUSINESSES THAT I REPRESENT REPRESENTED IN THE, UH, IN THE POWERPOINT TONIGHT WAS DATA THAT, UH, UH, OLDEST SPRIGS, UH, HAD AS BUSINESS AS IT DID IN THE CITY.
AND HE LOOKED BACK AT DATA FROM 2012.
SO THAT WAS DATA THAT WE HAVE TO SAY THAT THESE BUSINESSES WERE OF THEIR SIZE GOING FORWARD.
HOW ARE WE GOING TO BE ABLE TO REACH OUT TO PEOPLE ARE THROUGH HERE AGAIN, THROUGH SPURGEON AND HIS COMPANY USING THE DIFFERENT VENUES HE SPOKE ABOUT EARLIER, AS WELL AS THROUGH OUR WEBSITE.
UH, AND IT MEANS THROUGH OUR COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT, I THINK THAT ANSWERS PART OF YOUR QUESTION.
SO, SO, SO THE SURVEY, IT, WELL, IT SOMEWHAT DOES.
THE SURVEY THAT WAS SENT OUT WAS SPECIFICALLY ABOUT CARES ACT GRANT FUNDS, CORRECT COUNCIL MEMBER BONY.
THIS IS STACY AND COMMUNICATIONS.
THE SURVEY SPECIFICALLY FOCUSED ON THE COUNCIL PRIORITIES FOR THE CARES THAT FUND PROGRAM.
UH, ADDITIONALLY ALSO ASKED RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES TO PROVIDE WHAT THEIR PRIORITIES WOULD BE AND ANY OTHER INFORMATION THAT MAY BE HELPFUL TO COUNCIL.
IN ADDITION TO THE SURVEY INFORMATION, BEING ON THE CITY WEBSITE, IT WAS ALSO ON ALL THE SOCIAL MEDIA OUTLETS AND SENT TO HOS THE MEDIA STAKEHOLDERS AS WELL.
IT WAS ON THE READER BOARDS, UH, THE DMS SIGNS ON HIGHWAY SIX AND ALSO THE READER BOARDS, THE TWO GENERAL DIGITAL SIGNS THAT WE HAVE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY, UH, AS WELL AS THAT COMMUNICATIONS DID CANVASSING, UH, BY FOOT, UH, TO THE LOCAL BUSINESSES TO SHARE THAT INFORMATION TO THEM AND ANY MEETINGS THAT WE ATTENDED OR ANY STAKEHOLDERS THAT WE MET WITH, WE SHARED THAT WITH THEM AS WELL.
FOR INSTANCE, WE MET WITH SECOND MILE MISSION.
WE ASKED THEM TO FILL OUT THE SURVEY WE MET WITH SOME LOCAL MINISTERS, ASKED THEM TO COMPLETE THE SURVEY AND SHARE WITH THOSE PARISHIONERS.
SO WE TRIED TO DO AN EXTENDED OUTREACH, UH, GIVEN THE, THE, UH, LIMITED TIMEFRAME WE HAVE TO REACH AS MANY LOCAL PARTNERS RESIDENTS BUSINESSES AS WE COULD.
I GUESS MY PRIMARY QUESTION IS THE SURVEY THAT WENT OUT TO ALL OF THOSE ENTITIES THAT GOT THE RESPONSE.
WAS IT A LOAN OR WAS IT A GRANT? WAS IT FOR THE CARES ACT AND DID THE SMALL BUSINESSES WHO RESPONDED AND THE RESIDENTS AT LARGE INDICATE THEY WANTED A LOAN AND A GRANT OR A LOAN VERSUS A GRANT, OR WERE THEY JUST SIMPLY RESPONDING TO THE GRANT ITSELF, THE GRANT QUESTIONS, THEY WERE SIMPLY RESPONDING TO THE GRAND QUESTION AS RELATES TO THE CARE ZACK DOLLARS.
WHAT WE ALSO DID ON TOP OF THAT WAS I TOOK A SAMPLE.
WE TOOK A SAMPLE TOGETHER AS A TEAM AMOUNT OF BUSINESSES WHO DID SUBMIT, AND WE ACTUALLY HAD SEVERAL MEETINGS WITH BUSINESSES, UH, TO DETERMINE, YOU KNOW, WHAT ELSE BEYOND THE GRANT THAT MIGHT BE HELPFUL TO THEM, UH, THAT, THAT PORTION OF IT, WHICH IS ABOUT A MILLION AND A HALF DOLLARS THAT I AM PROPOSING IN THE BUDGET, WHICH IS ANOTHER, ANOTHER AGENDA ITEM, UH, IS, UH, UH, THE PORTION THAT WE WOULD BE PROPOSING FOR IT LONG.
BUT THIS PORTION WOULD BE A GRANT
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THAT ISN'T A MILLION DOLLARS TO HELP THEM TO, UH, RECOVER FROM THEIR LEASE PAYMENTS AS CREATED A FINANCIAL STRAIN FOR THEM.WELL, UH, THEY WERE TOLD THAT THEY HAD TO CLOSE THEIR DOORS.
WELL, I'M EXTREMELY HAPPY TO HEAR THAT BECAUSE I'VE BEEN PUSHING FOR US TO DO SOME MORE FOR SMALL BUSINESSES.
AND I'M HAPPY TO HEAR THAT WE'VE ALLOTTED 500 K MORE OF THE CARES ACT DOLLARS FROM FORT BEND TO GO TO WAR SMALL BUSINESS.
I DO BELIEVE MORE GRANT DOLLARS NEED TO GO TO THEM BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW ANY SMALL BUSINESS OWNER.
I NEVER HEARD A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER SAY THEY WOULD WANT A LOAN VERSUS A GRANT OR OVER A GRANT, SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD GIVE AWAY WITH NO OBLIGATIONS OR INTEREST INVOLVED.
AND I KEEP HEARING THE CONVERSATION ABOUT FORGIVABLE LOANS.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT CAME FROM, BUT, UH, NONETHELESS, I KNOW WE HAVE GRANT DOLLARS TO GIVE SMALL BUSINESSES THAT I'M FOR US GIVING MORE OF OUR CARES ACT FUNDING TO THOSE SMALL BUSINESSES, BUT I'LL YIELD AND I'LL, UM, I'LL CAUSE THERE'S ALSO OTHER MONIES OUT THERE FROM FORT BEND COUNTY AS WELL.
I REACHED OUT TO THEM AND THEY STATED THEY HAD ABOUT $22.5 MILLION MORE, UH, OF CARE, EXACT DOLLARS SEPARATE AND APART FROM US TO EXPAND.
BUT NONETHELESS, UH, I'LL, I'LL YIELD AND I'LL, I'LL SAVE MY OTHER COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS FOR, UH, THE, THE, THE, UH, AGENDA ITEM TO SEE, UH, LET ME ADD SOMETHING TO THAT.
THE CITY MANAGER, UH, WE'RE ANTICIPATING ABOUT $700,000.
IT MAY BE, IT MAY BE A LITTLE MORE THAT THAT'S STILL AVAILABLE.
WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK TO YOUR OCTOBER 5TH.
WE'RE PROPOSING RIGHT NOW THAT A HALF MILLION OF THAT, UH, GO TOWARDS, UH, UH, MAKING THAT 2 MILLION.
BUT WE COME BACK TO YOU OCTOBER 5TH, WE MAY IN FACT HAVE MORE SAVINGS AND YOU MAY BE IN A POSITION TO ALSO PROVIDE, PROVIDE MORE RESOURCES IN THAT EVER.
I JUST, JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I KNOW THAT FOR YOU, BILL.
I THINK WE'VE GOT A SCHEDULE FOR BACK TO COUNCIL ON THE FIFTH AND THEN ACTIVATING ON 11TH.
UH, BUT, UH, FINANCE RIGHT NOW IS TELLING ME THAT WE MAY HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL RESOURCES, UH, TO DEPLOY AND IN THAT REGARD, IN TERMS OF A GRANT AS WELL, AND, AND WE'LL GIVE YOU ALL THAT, UH, ON A FIFTH AND WELL, THANK YOU.
SO THE CITY MANAGER, I APPRECIATE THAT.
THAT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN ADVOCATING FOR TOO BURDENED, SMALL BUSINESSES THAT HAVE TO COMPLETE TWO DIFFERENT PROCESSES FOR GRANTS AND LOANS, AND YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT WE CAN GIVE THOSE SMALL BUSINESSES IMPACTED BY COVID-19 I THINK IS PARAMOUNT, BUT TO BURDEN THEM WITH ADDITIONAL PAPERWORK AND DEBT, I THINK IS AN UNNECESSARY SITUATION.
BUT AGAIN, I'LL YIELD AGAIN, BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT INFORMATION, BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT SMALL BUSINESSES SHOULD RECEIVE GRANT DOLLARS, NOT LOW.
ARE THERE ANY MORE QUESTIONS FOR STAFF, COUNCILMAN EMORY? I HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FIRST.
UH, I SEE, I SEE THAT THE PROGRAM, UH, IS ON A FIRST COME FIRST SERVE BASIS.
SO MY QUESTION IS THERE ARE SOME FOLKS, THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE WHO HAVE ALREADY, UM, THEN MADE AWARE OF THE, OF THE PROGRAM.
SO THEY'RE, UH, READY TO GO YET.
IT APPEARS THAT WE NEED TO DO ADDITIONAL COMMUNICATIONS TO OTHER BUSINESSES.
SO HOW DO WE, UH, I GUESS, SQUARE THAT, SO THAT, UH, UH, THOSE PEOPLE, THOSE BUSINESSES THAT, UH, ARE JUST LEARNING ABOUT THIS, UH, DON'T GET A PLACE BACK AT THE END OF THE, UH, OF THE PRIORITY LIST AND, UH, YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY NOT BE ABLE OR THERE WOULDN'T BE ANY DOLLARS THERE FOR THEM TO, UH, HAVE ACCESS TO, UH, THANKS FOR THE QUESTION.
COUNCIL MEMBER ML THAT SPURGEON AND STACY RESPOND TO THAT.
BUT, UH, FROM OVERALL PERSPECTIVE, SO FAR, WHAT WE'VE DONE IS JUST TRIED TO MARKET IT CITYWIDE USING ALL OF OUR IMMEDIATES, UH, THAT WE DO HAVE ACCESS TO SOCIAL MEDIA, UH, WEBSITE, UM, BILLBOARDS, AND THE HOPE THAT, BUT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DEFINITELY, UH, DEPLOY ON TOP OF THAT, AN ADDITIONAL COMMUNICATION STRATEGY TO GET EVERYTHING OUT, BUT, UH, SPURGEON, YOU WANT TO RESPOND AND STACY, PLEASE JUMP IN AS WELL.
SO I'LL ADD TO THAT SAME THING, COMMUNICATION STRATEGY THAT AS MANY SMALL BUSINESSES ARE AWARE OF THIS OPPORTUNITY AND IT'S FUNDING, THEY WILL ALL BE ABLE TO ACCESS THE WEBSITE, UH, AT THE SAME TIME ON THE 11TH.
SO WE'VE REALLY GOT ABOUT THREE
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WEEKS HAS STARTED GETTING PLANNING, ENGAGEMENT, AND THEN ACTUALLY IMPLEMENTATION OF SUCH.SO WE THINK THAT THAT TIMEFRAME, UM, HOPEFULLY FOR THE BUSINESSES HAVE BEEN CANVAS WITH, UM, INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROGRAM.
SO THEN WHEN IT GOES LIVE, UM, THEY WILL BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE TODAY.
FOR EXAMPLE, THERE IS NO ADVANTAGE BECAUSE THE PROGRAM IS NOT ALLOWED YET AND THEY WON'T START UNTIL, AND THEY WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WHEN THE WEBSITE OPENS ON THE 11TH, THAT WAS MEMBER EMORY.
WE ARE GOING TO DO ANOTHER PUSH BASED ON COUNCIL'S DECISION TONIGHT.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE ALREADY DONE IS THE ANNUAL REPORT WENT TO ALL LOCAL BUSINESSES.
SO THAT WAS A PART OF US BEING ABLE TO CLOSE THE GAP IN BUSINESSES THAT WE WEREN'T ABLE TO REACH THROUGH CANVASSING.
WE WILL DO ANOTHER ROUND OF CANVASING CITYWIDE.
WE WILL ALSO HAVE THE WEBSITE PORTAL GO LIVE.
THAT WEBSITE PORTAL WILL BE SHARED ON ALL OF THE SOCIAL MEDIA OUTLETS.
WE WILL AGAIN, REQUEST PARTICIPATION FROM PUBLIC WORKS AND GETTING INFORMATION ON THE DMS SIGNS ON HIGHWAY SIX.
WE ONLY HAVE ONE DIGITAL READER SIGN AT THIS TIME FOR THE CITY.
WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS PUT THAT IN A STRATEGIC LOCATION CITY WIDE TO ALSO HELP PUSH THAT INFORMATION OUT.
AND THEN WE'LL ALSO HAVE SEGMENTS ON OUR BIWEEKLY, IN THE NEWS AND OUR BIWEEKLY DIGITAL NEWSLETTER.
AND THEN AGAIN, ANOTHER SPECIFIC PUSH TO OUR HOS OUR PROPERTY MANAGERS, AND THEN OUR OTHER CUSTOMIZED BUSINESS AND RESIDENT LISTS.
WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO REACH AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE, GIVEN THE SHORT TIMEFRAME, BECAUSE EVERYONE DOES NEED TO KNOW AND HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE.
THE REASON I ASK THAT IS I I'M AWARE OF AT LEAST TWO OR THREE BUSINESSES, SMALL BUSINESSES THAT, UH, WE'RE NOT AWARE OF, UH, THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE, UH, UH, THE GRANTS THROUGH THE, YOU KNOW, THE CARER ZACK.
SO, UH, AGAIN, I JUST WANTED TO STRESS THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO, UH, ENSURE THAT, UH, WE PLACE EVERYBODY ON A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD WHEN IT COMES TIME TO, UH, TO LOOK FOR, UM, UH, ASSISTANCE, UH, YOU KNOW, OUT OF THE, UH, THE CARE ZACK.
UH, MY LAST QUESTION IS MAYBE I MISSED IT.
IS THERE A, UH, A SET AMOUNT THAT EACH, UH, APPLICANT COULD RECEIVE OR IS IT BASED ON WHATEVER THEIR, UH, UH, LEASE OR MORTGAGE OR RENT MIGHT BE? WHAT, WHAT ESTABLISHES THE, UH, THE LEVEL OF SUPPORT FOR, UH, FOR THESE BUSINESSES, YOU KNOW, IN THE, UH, THE RENT LEASE, UM, CATEGORY, UH, TALKING, YOU KNOW, I EXPERTS IN JUMP IN AS WELL.
UH, AND HE CAN TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME OF THE OTHER COMMUNITIES AROUND TOO, WHO HAS, HAS, HAS DONE THE SAME THING THAT WE'RE PROPOSING HERE.
UM, BUT, UH, NO, WE DIDN'T PUT A CAP ON IT BECAUSE WE KNOW RIGHT NOW AVERAGE, MOST SMALL BUSINESSES PAY ABOUT $7,000, A TWIN SEVEN, $8,000 A MONTH FOR LEASE.
AND WE, WE FIGURED THAT THE REAL KNEE IS BETWEEN TWO AND THREE MONTHS, BUT THE HOPE IS THAT WE'RE ABLE TO WORK WITH THEM AND HAVE THEM TO NEGOTIATE WITH THEIR LANDLORDS.
IF THEY'RE RENTING, UH, YOU KNOW, A BARGAIN OF WORK, UH, IN OTHER WORDS, UH, HELP THEM CATCH UP WITH THEIR LEASE, BUT ALSO ENCOURAGE THEIR LANDLORDS TO, TO COME TO THE TABLE AS WELL, AND BE GOOD STORAGE BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY, UM, YOU KNOW, HAVING A HEALTHY TENANT IS GOOD FOR NOT ONLY THE CITY, BUT IT'S GOOD FOR THE LANDLORDS TOO.
UH, BUT SPURGEON, YOU, YOU MIGHT WANT TO ADD, PARTICULARLY GIVEN OTHER COMMUNITIES THAT ARE GOING TO SAY, UH, WHAT ARE YOU SEEING OUT THERE? RIGHT.
SO, UM, THIS PROGRAM IS SAYING A SENSE HAS BEEN IMPLEMENTED, FOR EXAMPLE, IN YOUR SISTER, CITY, IN THE COUNTY, UH, ROSENBERG, UH, THEY IMPLEMENT ASSEMBLE PROGRAM WHERE THEY, UH, PAINT JUST RENTAL AND LEASES FOR THEIR BUSINESSES.
WHERE DO YOU USE TAKE CARE OF FUNDS? SO IT'S A SUPPLEMENT DUPLICATE BEFORE, UH, ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
THERE'S A COUPLE OF PLACES LIKE IN NEW JERSEY HAVE DONE SIMILAR THINGS WHERE THEY JUST FOCUSED ON THE RENTAL ASSISTANCE PORTION OF, BECAUSE USUALLY OUTSIDE OF ME CREATING ROLE, YOUR RENT BECOMES ONE OF YOUR LARGEST, UH, UH, EXPENSES.
AND SO WITH THEM NOT HAVING TO WORRY ABOUT RENT OR SAY THEY CAN SPEND OTHER, OTHER PHONES THAT THEY'RE
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SECURE ON THESE OTHER TYPES OF ACTIVITIES, SUCH AS PAYROLL KEEPING EMPLOYEES IN OR THE SUPPLIES.SO WE COULD FIGURE THAT TAKEN A, YOU KNOW, WHAT WOULD TYPICALLY BE A FAIRLY SIGNIFICANT, UH, EXPENSE OFF OF THEIR, UM, LINE OF THAT.
THEY, THEY HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT PAYING PER SE, UH, WOULD HELP THEM ALL.
SO WE'VE SEEN THIS LIKE SAYING IN PARTICULAR, LIKE SAY ROSENBERG AND HIS COACH HERE'S EXXON.
UM, BUT IF THEY SAW THIS NEED AS WELL AND THEY EXPENSE IT, THERE WASN'T A CAP ON IT.
UM, I SHOULD SAY THAT YOUR ROSENBERG DID CAP THEIR 6,000, UH, BUT WE FIND THAT TYPICALLY YOU'RE GONNA FIND RENTS IN THAT RANGE ON AVERAGE, A SLIGHTLY LESS FOR SOME OF THE FOOTPRINT HERE, BUT WE THINK THAT AT FIRST HOME FOR PER SPACE IS REALLY GIVES OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE WHO WANTED ME TO COVER YOUR BRAND.
YOU DON'T WANT TO HAVE A PARTIAL PAY OF THAT.
AND SO ALLOWING THIS TO BE AT, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER THE LEAST AMOUNT IS, UH, SHOULD BE REASONABLE.
IF WE FIND SOMETHING THAT SOME REASONABLE, BY THE WAY, WE WILL DISCUSS IT, WE WOULDN'T GO FORWARD WITH ANYTHING WE THOUGHT WAS UNREASONABLE ALSO TO ADD, TO ADD TO THAT IS, UH, YOU KNOW, PART OF THIS IS, UM, POSITIONING, UH, THE BUSINESS OWNER, UH, WITH OUR, WITH OUR HELP TO TRY TO NEGOTIATE AND BARGAIN WITH THE LANDLORD.
THE LANDLORD TEND TO KNOW WHAT YOU'VE GOT TO STAND.
SO, UM, WE WANTED TO CREATE SOME FLEXIBILITY THERE JUST TO ALLOW THAT, BUT AS FAR AS YOU SAID, UM, WE'RE GOING TO BE WEEKLY GIVING COUNCIL REPORT AS TO WHAT WE'RE DOING.
AND AS WE WRITE INTO THE BUMPS ALONG THE WAY, CAUSE I'M SURE WE WILL.
WE'RE INFORMING COUNSEL AND PUTTING YOU GUYS IN A POSITION WHERE YOU CAN GIVE US SOME DIRECTION AS WELL.
THIS IS COUNCIL ONE, THE STERLING, AND I'M JUST GOING TO COME IN, UH, ACTUALLY HAVE A QUESTION AS WELL.
HOW MANY STAFF MEMBERS DO YOU HAVE WORKING ON THIS PROJECT? WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY, UM, I CAN LOOK THAT UP, MAYBE AN ACCURATE ANSWER.
I DON'T WANT TO GIVE YOU A FLAT, ROUGHLY FOUR, UH, THAT WE'LL HAVE WORKING BETWEEN THE CALL CENTER AND MANAGEMENT AND OVERSIGHT OF THIS.
CAUSE THE REASON I'M ASKING IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ADVERTISING OCTOBER, THE 11TH DEADLINE IS DECEMBER 30TH.
UM, HOLIDAYS ARE COMING UP ON BOTH NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER.
HOW SOON WILL YOU BE ABLE TO GET THE FUNDINGS IN THE HANDS OF MOST OF THE BUSINESS? SO THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
WE TYPICALLY, UH, SEEING THESE PROGRAMS. AND SO WE SET REALISTIC EXPECTATION AND IT MAY TAKE 30 TO 45 DAYS TO GET YOUR FONT RIGHT, WITH THE FACT THAT SOME OF THIS IS STREAMLINED TO JUST RENTAL ASSISTANCE.
WE DON'T HAVE TO LOOK A LOT OF THE TIME, BUT ON AVERAGE WE'VE SEEN, THIS IS FROM OUR EXPERIENCE OF RUNNING PROGRAM AS WELL.
IT TAKES US ANYWHERE FROM 30 TO 45 DAYS TO PAY APPLICANT.
I ANTICIPATE THAT THIS WILL GO A LITTLE BIT FASTER THAN THAT, BUT WE TRY TO MANAGE EXPECTATIONS BECAUSE WE ALSO HAVE TO GET INFORMATION FROM A THIRD PARTY, WHICH IS EITHER THE LANDLORD OR THE LEASE HOLDER TO ACTUALLY PROCESS A PAYMENT.
AND YOU THINK WE'LL BE ABLE TO PROCESS THESE BEFORE DECEMBER 30TH? OH YES.
AND MY FINAL QUESTION, I MISSED THIS, WAS IT 50, A ONE 50, THE THRESHOLD FOR SMALL BUSINESS.
SO THE THRESHOLD OF A SMALL BUSINESS, ONE EMPLOYEE PER 50 MAX AND 25,000 TO 5 MILLION IN REVENUE.
THAT ELIMINATED A LOT OF OUR SMALL BUSINESS OWNER CORRIDOR WORK WITH THAT.
ANYONE ELSE? THIS IS COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS.
MY QUESTION, AS FAR AS STACY, I WAS WONDERING, UM, MAYBE YOU ANSWERED THIS EARLIER, BUT DO YOU HAVE A FAQ TO KIND OF ELIMINATE THE CAUSE THAT MIGHT POTENTIALLY GO THROUGH THE CALL CENTER THAT WE CAN KIND OF DRAFT THE, TO ANSWER SOME OF THE FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS.
WE DO HAVE FAQ THAT WE'VE BEEN SHARING.
I OMITTED THAT FROM MY SUMMARY EARLIER, EARLIER.
UH, WE CAN UPDATE THAT FAQ BASED ON COUNCIL ACTION TONIGHT AS WELL, AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO SHARE THAT UPDATE WITH THE COMMUNITY.
YEAH, THERE'S COUNCILMAN EMORY.
UH, MY UNDERSTANDING, UH, AND, AND HELP ME OUT HERE IS THAT, UH, WHEN WE, UH, HAVE A QUALIFIED CANDIDATE FOR, UH, UH, THE GRANT, THAT MONEY WOULD BE PAID BY THE CITY
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TO THAT LANDLORD.AND THEN WE WOULD RECEIVE OUR MONEY BACK FROM FORT BEN FOR, UH, ANY OF THOSE ELIGIBLE, UM, UM, PAYMENTS THAT WE MADE IS, IS, IS THAT THE WAY IT WORKS? THIS IS VIRGINIA.
SO THE COUNTY HAS SET UP THE FUNDING FOR ALL THE CITIES TO BE A REIMBURSEMENT MODEL.
SO WE ASKED ONCE YOU MAKE THE EXPENDITURE, THE COUNTY WILL TURN AROUND AND REIMBURSE THE CITY.
AND WE'RE LOOKING AT A WHAT? 15 TO 30 DAY TURNAROUND FROM THE COUNTY TYPICALLY? YES, I WOULD SAY, I THINK THEY ARE PRETTY FAST, BUT I THINK WITHIN 15, THEY'VE BEEN AVERAGE.
I THINK WITHIN 15 DAYS TO GET MONEY BACK, THAT'S BEEN REVIEWED AND APPROVED, BUT DON'T QUOTE ME ON THAT NIGHT, BUT IT HASN'T BEEN MY UNDERSTANDING AS LONG AS LONG AS THE INVOICES OR THE INFORMATION IS PROPERLY DOCUMENTED.
WHEN THOSE DOLLARS COME BACK FROM FORT BENN, THEY GO BACK INTO OUR GENERAL FUND, WHICH IS WHERE THE PAYMENTS THAT WE WERE MAKING TO THE RECIPIENTS, UH, WAS BEING, UM, BEING USED TO, UH, TO FUND THAT.
UM, CITY AMANDA JONES, THIS IS ANTHONY MARULA AGAIN, JUST GOING THROUGH THE LIST OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE AS A CITY OR ARE EXTENDING.
SO, UH, WE HAVE OTHER EXPENSES, THERE'S A SANITIZING ROBOT FOR A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.
CAN SOMEONE EXPLAIN TO ME, UH, HOW WE INTEND ON USING THAT? AND MAYBE IF THERE'S A BETTER OPTION WHERE WE CAN SAVE A LITTLE MONEY, CAUSE A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS COULD GET 14, PEOPLE'S WRITTEN DOWN AT SEVEN GRAND A PIECE.
IT'S JUST A QUESTION ON, ON, UM, IF THERE'S ANOTHER OPTION THAT CAN EFFECTIVELY CLEAN AND NOT SPEND THAT KIND OF MONEY, COUNCILMAN RURALIST IS PHIL ATKINSON.
AND THAT IS ONE OF THE PARTS WHICH WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE MAKING.
AND, UH, WE'D BE MAKING A RECOMMENDATION TO PUT MONEY BACK INTO THE, TO THE KITTY FOR A REDISTRIBUTION.
AND SO WE'RE BECOMING BACK TO Y'ALL WITH THAT OCTOBER MEETING, THERE'LL BE ONE ITEMS. THANK YOU SO MUCH, APPRECIATE THAT THIS IS MAYOR FORD, UM, BILL, AND I DON'T HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THAT, BUT CAN YOU JUST ADVISE COUNSEL ON EVERY TIME WE'VE HAD TO CLEAN? SO THEY HAVE KIND OF A PERSPECTIVE ON EVERY TIME WE'VE HAD TO CLEAN DUE TO SOMEONE BEING IN THE BUILDING FOR COVID, UH, WHAT'S THE AVERAGE COST OF THAT FOR ONE CLEANING? YES.
MA'AM UH, AND ACTUALLY WHAT WE'VE DONE AND, UH, THE BUILDING MAINTENANCE, UH, FACILITIES CREWS ARE, ARE IT'S COMING OUT OF THERE AND SHASHI SCREW UP.
WE'RE TAKING CARE OF THAT, BUT, UH, WE, WHEN WE'VE HAD ISSUES, UH, PREVIOUSLY WE WOULD GO IN AND CLEAN THE FACILITIES WHERE WE KNEW THAT THAT PERSON HAD BEEN.
AND SECOND OF ALL, WE ARE DOING A CLEANING ON A MONTHLY BASIS ANYWAY.
UH, NO MATTER WHETHER WE HAVE A, AN, UH, A CASE OR NOT.
SO WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT FROM THE BEGINNING AND, UH, SHASHI, WE AT ONE TIME, UH, HAD AN EXPENDITURE AT, UH, PROBABLY BACK IN JUNE OR JULY IN TOTAL, WE HAD SPENT ABOUT $7,000 TOTAL.
AND, UH, TODAY I'M NOT SURE WHAT THAT NUMBER MIGHT BE.
UH, WE CAN DEFINITELY GET THAT FOR YOU OR ADVISE YOU OF AN, I DON'T KNOW, THE PER CLEANING COSTS RIGHT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, SOMEONE ELSE.
AND WHEN YOU GET A CHANCE, UH, GIVE IT, SEND IT TO COUNCIL.
SO THEY KIND OF HAVE, YOU KNOW, A REFERENCE ON HOW MUCH IT'S COSTING, UH, RIGHT NOW FOR US, WE HAVE PEOPLE ARE STILL WORKING REMOTELY, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST OUT OF, BECAUSE THERE'S A D THE DISASTER DECLARATION IS STILL IN PLACE.
UM, SO THAT'S KIND OF HOW WE'RE OPERATING, BUT JUST SO THEY CAN HAVE PERSPECTIVE ON HOW MUCH IT'S COSTING TO CLEAN THESE AREAS.
EVERY TIME WE ARE MADE AWARE THAT SOMEONE'S BEEN IN THE BUILDING WITH COVID.
SO JUST SO THEY HAVE PERSPECTIVE ON IT, MAYOR, THIS IS SHASHI KUMAR.
CAN YOU HEAR ME? I CAN HEAR YOU.
I CAN GIVE YOU A LITTLE PERSPECTIVE ON THE COST.
WE'VE BEEN CLEANING OR BEEF WALKING ONCE A MONTH.
AND THE AVERAGE COST IS AROUND 3000, $3,000 PER PLEADING OR DEFOGGING.
AND WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS SINCE I BELIEVE MARCH, BUT I CAN LOOK BACK AND GET YOU AN ESTIMATED COST, WHAT WE HAVE SPENT THUS FAR, BUT THAT'S GENERALLY
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A COST 3000 FOR CLEANING ONCE A MONTH.THIS IS COUNCIL ONE, MR. ALLEN.
ANOTHER QUESTION ON THE ROBOT, IS THIS ONE OF THOSE FIVE ROBOTS THAT RUNS INDEPENDENTLY? NO, THAT WAS THE THOUGHT, BUT, AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE DOING THAT.
AND I, AND THIS IS THE MAYOR FOR IT AGAIN, I THINK THERE WAS A QUESTION OR STATEMENT ON THE TABLE IN REFERENCE TO FORGIVABLE FORGIVABLE LOANS.
I THINK AS THIS PROGRAM KIND OF MORPHED, UH, THE INITIAL DISCUSSION WAS IN REFERENCE TO FORGIVABLE LOANS.
UH, AND THEN IT JUST KINDA TURNED INTO US JUST GIVING GRANTS, UH, TO THE, UH, SMALL BUSINESSES AND ENTREPRENEURS.
I THINK THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT COUNCIL MEMBER BONY HAD MENTIONED, UH, IN REFERENCE TO THE FORGIVABLE LAWS, JUST AS IT, WE CREATED THE PROGRAM, OR AS STAFF WORKED THROUGH THE PROGRAM, IT ENDED UP GOING INTO JUST BEING A GRANT FOR THE SMALL BUSINESSES, THIS COUNCILMAN AND MAYOR.
ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE GRANT OR THE CARES? THE CARE? YES.
THE CARES FRIENDS, ANYONE ELSE HERE? THIS IS COUNCIL MEMBER PRESTON FOR ME, I JUST WANT TO SAY RESIDENTS AND LOCAL BUSINESSES ARE THE BACKBONE AND LIFELINE OF OUR COMMUNITY.
AND I'M VERY EXCITED THAT WE ARE ABLE TO DO THIS.
UM, I DO CALL ON THE FEDERAL STATE AND COUNTY GOVERNMENT TO KEEP MISSOURI CITY AS A TOP PRIORITY AS WE STRIVE TO REMAIN ONE OF THE BEST CITIES IN THE REGION.
UH, THIS IS TAMMY LANE CAMBRA.
I, UM, WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE, UH, TO UTILIZE, UH, CHURCHES, MY KEY, UH, MY KEYS, UH, TO, UH, GET OUT, UH, THE WORD SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT, UH, THE SMALL BUSINESS LOAN.
IF WE COULD PUT AN F YOU COULD PARTNER WITH, UH, LOCAL CHURCHES AND BUSINESSES TO, UH, GET, UH, GET THE WORD OUT BY USING THE MARQUEES.
I'M SURE THAT'S ABSOLUTELY AN OPTION.
STACY HAS PARTNERSHIPS AND CONTACT INFORMATION WITH ALL THE CHURCHES WITHIN MISSOURI CITY AND SURROUNDING MISSOURI CITY.
SO I'M SURE THAT'S ABSOLUTELY SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO IF THEY'RE OPEN TO PARTNERING WITH US, WHICH I DON'T THINK THEY, THEY WON'T HAVE AN ISSUE WITH IT.
AND, AND EVEN WITH, UH, ATB AND PROBOS, AND, AND, UH, BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE MOST PEOPLE ARE GOING TO A GROCERY SHOP, UH, PRETTY MUCH GOING OUT, PERIOD, NOT GOING TO MERGE IN TERMS OF OTHER PLACES, UH, AND SEEING HOW, UH, YOU CAN GET THE WORD OUT, UM, YOU KNOW, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THOSE GROCERY STORES.
JUST, JUST OFF OF MY HAND, I'M JUST THINKING OF SOME THINGS MAYBE YOU CAN DO TO, UM, YEAH.
WERE YOU GOING TO SAY SOMETHING MS. CAMPBELL? THAT'S A GREAT POINT.
WE HAVE ASKED CHURCHES TO PUT THE INFORMATION ON THEIR MARQUEES OR TO SHARE IT WITH THEIR CONGREGATIONS.
WE'VE ALSO ASKED HOS AND PROPERTY MANAGERS TO DO THE SAME THING, AND WE'VE SHARED THE INFORMATION WITH HEB, BUT THAT, AGAIN, THOSE COMPONENTS WILL BE A PART OF THE SECOND PUSH, UM, AND GETTING THAT INFORMATION OUT TO THE COMMUNITY.
[2(c) Discuss the proposed small business loan program.]
THERE'S NO OBJECTION.UM, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND ASK STAFF TO PRESENT ITEM TWO C SINCE A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE, WHO ARE ON THE LINE ARE SIGNED UP FOR, TO AA AND TO SEE IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION FOR COUNSEL FOR ME.
I'M NOT HEARING ANY OBJECTIONS.
SO CAN WE GO TO, TO SEE AND GO AHEAD AND PRESENT SINCE WE HAVE A RESIDENT'S WAITING ON THAT ITEM? YES.
AND LET ME JUST SAY THIS AS A CITY MANAGER, THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM HERE REALLY IS, THIS IS THOUGHT OF TRULY SEPARATE FROM WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THE CARES ACT.
UH, WE TRIED TO DO WITH THE CARE SEC IS TO, UH, GET THOSE BUSINESSES THAT WERE IN TROUBLE TO SOME LEVEL OF STABILITY.
UH, WE'VE GOT A MILLION DOLLARS IDENTIFIED.
NOW WE'RE HOPEFUL TO COME BACK TO YOU ON OCTOBER 5TH WITH ADDITIONAL RESOURCES, BUT ALL OF THOSE RESOURCES THAT UTILIZED JUST AS A GRANT, UH, WITH THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM, UH, WAS DESIGNED TO DO IS TO HELP BUSINESSES AFTER, UH, THEY HAD REACHED SOME LEVEL
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OF STABILITY, BUT PARTICULARLY TO ALSO FOCUS IN AS AN OVERALL PLAN ON A TEXAS PARKWAY AND CARTWRIGHT CORRIDORS TO HELP WITH THE REDEVELOPMENT EFFORTS OF, OF THAT CORRIDOR INTO AREAS, ONE HEALTHY BUSINESSES WITH, UH, WORKING CAPITAL, THE SECOND HELPING BUSINESS, WHO, WHO NEEDED TO GET, UH, EQUIPMENT OR EITHER TO EXPAND THEIR BUSINESSES OR EITHER TO ENGAGE, UH, IN THE ACTIVITY OF REDEVELOPMENT.UH, WHAT I ASKED, UH, UH, ROSA RESOLVES ONLINE.
ROSA ROSA WAS WITH BCL DCLS AND NON-FOR-PROFIT THAT WORKS WITH CITIES, UH, UH, THROUGHOUT THE STATE AND HELPING THEM TO, UH, IGNITE CORRIDORS AND REDEVELOPMENT, UH, USING THESE KINDS OF FINANCING TOOLS.
UH, I'VE ASKED HER TO KIND OF, UH, PRESENT A CONCEPT TO YOU.
IT'S GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME FOR US TO PUT SOME MEAT ON THE BONES.
WHAT I'M HOPING TO DO AFTER THE BUDGET IS APPROVED.
SPEND MORE TIME WITH SMALL BUSINESSES, CONTINUE TO GET INPUT FROM THE RESIDENTS IN THAT CORRIDOR AND THE RESIDENTS ROLE AND ENGAGE IN THE LARGER CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW DO WE, UH, ACTIVATE THAT COVERT CORRECTLY, A CORRIDOR OVERALL FROM A BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, RECOGNIZING THE GREAT WORK HAS BEEN DONE, BUT FIGURING OUT HOW WE, UH, MOVE IT FORWARD AND TAKE THE NEXT STEP.
UH, SOME OF THOSE PROPOSALS NOT ONLY INCLUDE, UH, COMING UP WITH FINANCIAL TOOLS, BUT ALSO TO INCLUDE ESTABLISHING A CDC TO DRIVE YOUR EFFORT.
UH, UH, AND, AND THE SERVICE, THE MASTER DEVELOPER, UH, LOOKING AT, UH, CORN, UH, STRATEGIC LOCATIONS, ENGAGING THE BUSINESS SECTOR AND THE DEVELOPERS INTO THE PROCESS IN A DIFFERENT WAY VIA THAT BOARD.
UH, AND, UH, REALLY LOOKING AT OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TOOLS TO HELP TO DRIVE INVESTMENT, UH, AND BRINGING ON ADDITIONAL, UH, UH, PLANNING APPARATUS TO HELP US TO TAKE THE NEXT LEVEL FROM LOOKING AT THE REDEVELOPMENT FROM A HARDSCAPE TO BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ESCAPE PERSPECTIVE, UH, ROSE, ARE YOU THERE? UH, IF YOU CAN, ROSA, CAN YOU JUST PRESENT THE CONCEPT? I WOULD SAY WHY ROSE IS PULLING THAT CONCEPT UP WITH THAT POWERPOINT, UH, AND SHE CAN WALK THROUGH THE POWERPOINT.
I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT THIS IS STILL AT THE CONCEPTUAL LEVEL.
OBVIOUSLY THE CARES ACT MONEY IS SEPARATE THAN THIS, THOSE DOLLARS FROM BE MOVING TO HERE RIGHT AWAY FROM A GRANTSMANSHIP PERSPECTIVE HERE, IT TAKES SOME TIME AND TAKE SOME OF THE CONCEPTS THAT'S THAT'S HAPPENING AND WORKING THROUGHOUT THE STATE AND, UH, AT THE, UH, THE, THE MISSOURI CITY FIELD TO IT.
AND THEN EVENTUALLY COME BACK TO CASTLE AND ASK COUNCIL TO, UH, ADOPT A FINALIZATION OR PROGRAM.
SO AGAIN, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS, UNDERSTANDING THIS FROM A CONCEPTUAL BASIS, AT THIS POINT, IT WOULD EVENTUALLY HAVE TO COME BACK TO SO, UH, FOR, UH, FOR MORE INPUT AND EVENTUAL APPROVAL.
BUT FROM THAT STANDPOINT, I'LL TURN IT OVER.
YOU ROSE, AND YOU TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UH, WHAT YOU GUYS DO AND, AND, UH, ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT HERE.
WELL, THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, AND A CITY MANAGER.
OTIS IS THIS IN COMMUNITY LENDERS OF TEXAS IS A STATE WIDE NONPROFIT LENDER.
WE HAVE A 30 YEAR HISTORY OF WORKING WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN COMMUNITIES, AND SPECIFICALLY IN HELPING BUSINESSES EXPAND AND GROW.
AND YOU SEE IN THE PICTURES, UH, TO THE, I GUESS THE LEFT SIDE OF YOUR SCREEN IS, UM, MY CHAIRMAN'S AND SOME OF OUR LEADERSHIP AND TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF YOUR SCREEN IS, ARE SOME OF OUR KEY STAFF NEXT SLIDE.
SO WE HAVE THREE DECADES OF BUSINESS AND A VARIETY OF OUR PROGRAMS ARE CUSTOMIZED TO CITIES.
AND SO THE FIRST BULLET, AND I'M GOING TO SCAN THROUGH THEM QUICKLY.
THE FIRST BULLET IS HOW WE'RE WORKING RIGHT NOW WITH THE CARE SAC.
WE W WE ARE MANAGING $13 MILLION WITH TRAVIS COUNTY, WITH CITY OF PFLUGERVILLE AND SEVERAL OTHER SMALLER, SMALLER COMMUNITIES.
AND THESE ARE ALL FOR BUSINESS LOAN GRANTS.
THE GRANTS HAVE RANGE FROM 10,000 TO $75,000, BUT THAT'S OUR EXPERTISE.
WE'VE BEEN DOING BUSINESS LENDING BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS FOR 30 YEARS OF WHAT WE WERE NOT PREPARED FOR THIS SPRING IS TO BECOME A PPP LENDER.
BUT AS YOU KNOW, MANY BUSINESSES WERE LEFT OUT BY THEIR LENDERS
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OF PPP FUNDING.SO WE STEPPED UP AND RESPONDED TO JUST REFERRALS THAT WERE COMING IN WORD OF MOUTH.
AND WE LOANED OUT IN, IN JUST A FEW DAYS OVER A MILLION DOLLARS OF PPP CAPITAL.
WE JUST REDEPLOYED IT FROM OTHER, UH, ACTIVITIES.
AND WE USED IT FOR PPP LENDING.
WE HAVE BEEN CHARTERED WITH, BY THE SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION SINCE 1990, WE'RE CERTIFIED BY THE US TREASURY AS A CDFI COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FINANCE INSTITUTION.
WE'RE RECOGNIZED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, UH, FOR BUSINESS LENDING.
AND WE'VE BEEN AWARDED REVOLVING LOAN FUND DOLLARS FOR THAT.
OUR MOST RECENT AWARD WAS LAST MONTH FOR HALF A MILLION DOLLARS.
UM, WE'RE CONSIDERED AN INTERMEDIARY LENDER BY THE US DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND I'M SORRY OF AGRICULTURE.
AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS IF THAT FEDERAL AGENCY OR THAT BANK CANNOT GET THE FUNDS OUT, THEY SELECT US.
AND THEY LOOK TO US TO, TO MAKE THOSE BUSINESS LOANS ON THEIR BEHALF.
UH, WE WERE ALSO THE ONLY NONPROFIT IN THE STATE OF TEXAS THAT GOT AN AWARD TO MAKE COMMUNITY FACILITY LOANS IN PERSISTENT POVERTY COMMUNITIES.
UM, WE ARE LICENSED IN ADDITION TO BUSINESS LENDING.
WE DO CONSUMER LENDING AND MORTGAGE LENDING ON THE CONSUMER SIDE.
FOR EXAMPLE, THE CITY OF DALLAS HAS HIRED US TO MAKE, UH, CONSUMER LOANS FOR THEIR EMPLOYEES.
THE CITY OF AUSTIN HAS DONE THE SAME, AND WE HAVE LOANED OUT OVER $12 MILLION IN CONSUMER LENDING ON THE MORTGAGE LENDING.
WE HAVE BEEN SELECTED BY SEVERAL BANKS TO LEND OUT FORGIVABLE DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE FUNDS.
SO WE'RE NOT ONLY A BUSINESS LENDER.
WE'RE ALSO NOW CERTIFIED AND LICENSED BY THE STATE OF TEXAS AS A CONSUMER AND MORTGAGE LENDER.
WE HAVE CREATED IN OUR 30 YEARS, OVER 6,500 JOBS WITH THE BUSINESSES THAT WE HAVE ASSISTED.
WE HAVE FACILITATED OVER $650 MILLION OF COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE LENDING IN OUR 30 YEARS.
AND RIGHT NOW WE MANAGE A LOAN PORTFOLIO OF $30 MILLION.
SO HERE'S AN EXAMPLE THAT HIGHLIGHTS SOME OF WHAT I'VE ALREADY SHARED WITH YOU, WHERE THE CITY OF DALLAS HAS HIRED US TO DELIVER PROGRAMS FOR COUNSELING AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT FOR BUSINESSES IN DISTRESS, PARTS OF THE COMMUNITY, UH, CITY OF PFLUGERVILLE, CITY OF AUSTIN, TRAVIS COUNTY, I'VE MENTIONED THOSE EARLIER.
AND THEN SEVERAL LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONS HAVE HIRED US TO USE THEIR FUNDS, BUT TO HELP THEM CREATE POLICIES AND TO HELP THEM ADMINISTER THEIR LOCAL REVOLVING LOAN FUND.
SO BASICALLY WHEN YOU SEE THIS LIST OF COMMUNITIES, THEY DO NOT HAVE LENDING STAFF.
THEY HAVE CAPITAL, BUT THEY DO NOT HAVE LENDING STAFF.
THEY DON'T HAVE THE TECHNOLOGY, THEY DON'T HAVE 30 YEARS OF LENDING.
AND SO THEY'VE HIRED US TO LEND THEIR DOLLARS FOR THEM.
AND NOT ONLY ARE WE LENDING THE DOLLARS, WE'RE RECOVERING MONTHLY, THOSE PAYMENTS.
AND SO WE'RE ENSURING THAT THOSE EDCS GET RECAPTURE ON THEIR LOAN FUNDS.
AND I WANT TO JUST POINT OUT EVERY COMMUNITY.
AND THIS IS JUST A QUICK HIGHLIGHT.
THIS IS NOT EVERYTHING WE'VE DONE IN 30 YEARS, BUT EVERY COMMUNITY OR EDC THAT HAS HIRED US, UH, HAS MADE A DIFFERENT REQUEST.
NOT ONE ENGAGEMENT LOOKS ALIKE.
SO BASICALLY EVERYTHING WE DO IN A COMMUNITY IS CUSTOMIZED TO THE WAY THEY WANT TO DELIVER A PROGRAM FOR SMALL BUSINESS.
SO I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU HAVE SOME REDEVELOPMENT, UM, STRATEGIES, GOALS, OR VISIONS FOR THE TEXAS PARKWAY AND THE CARD RIDE, UH, ROAD AND THAT INTERSECTION, UM, REDEVELOPMENT IS VERY IMPORTANT IN COMMUNITIES, ESPECIALLY, UM, WHEN YOU WANT TO ATTRACT INVESTMENT AND SO REDEVELOPMENT AND, AND YOU CAN TARGET AND UTILIZING SOME OF OUR PROGRAMS, YOU CAN ACTUALLY TARGET AREAS LIKE WHAT WE HAVE IN THIS, IN THIS MAP.
THE WHOLE IDEA OF WHEN YOU'RE DOING REDEVELOPMENT IS YOU'RE SUPPORTING UNDERSERVED BUSINESS BUSINESSES.
YOU'RE SUPPORTING BUSINESSES AND HELPING THEM WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO GROW INTO NEW
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SPACE, BETTER SPACE.AND HOPEFULLY THEY'RE GONNA HIRE PEOPLE AND ADD THE TAX ROLL.
ANOTHER THING THAT WE SEE WHEN YOU HAVE REDEVELOPMENT IS PERHAPS THERE'S VACANT FACILITIES, VACANT COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS, AND PERHAPS THERE'S VACANT LOTS.
REDEVELOPMENT HELPS YOU FILL THOSE VACANT LOTS WITH AN ASSET THAT THE BUSINESS CAN ENJOY.
THE COMMUNITY CAN BENEFIT FROM, UH, SERVICES.
AND IT ALSO HELPS YOU, YOUR ENTREPRENEURS ACQUIRE PERHAPS A VACANT BUILDING AT AN ATTRACTIVE PRICE.
WE HAVE ANOTHER SISTER COMPANY IT'S A REAL ESTATE COMPANY.
SO WE HAVE A LOT OF REAL ESTATE SKILLSETS THAT WE MAKE AVAILABLE TO OUR, OUR BUSINESSES, WHETHER IT'S, HOW TO, UH, REVIEW A PURCHASE CONTRACT FOR REAL ESTATE, WHETHER IT'S ESTIMATING THE COST FOR REDEVELOPMENT IMPROVEMENTS, WHETHER IT'S HOW TO ENGAGE AN ARCHITECT AND ENGINEER, HOW TO SET UP PROJECT MANAGEMENT SCHEDULES ARE WE BRING FROM OUR OTHER AFFILIATE COMPANY THAT WE OWN.
WE BRING THAT EXPERTISE AND IT'S AVAILABLE TO OUR BUSINESS CUSTOMERS WHEN THEY'RE LOOKING AT ACQUIRING A REAL ESTATE.
SO THE WHOLE IDEA AND THE CONCEPT THAT I'VE VISITED WITH, UM, CITY MANAGER JONES IS THE IDEA OF LEVERAGING YOUR DOLLARS TO BRING IN PRIVATE CAPITAL, TO BRING IN PRIVATE FUNDS, TO HELP WITH REDEVELOPMENT VERY IMPORTANT, BECAUSE WE'RE A STATEWIDE LENDER, UH, IS, IS THE FOCUS ON SMALL ENTREPRENEURS, MINORITY ENTREPRENEURS.
UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE VERY PROUD OF IS WE HAVE CREATED FOR OURSELVES A DIVERSITY FUND.
UM, AND SO WE UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE SOME UNIQUE NEEDS FOR MINORITY AND WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS, AND WE HAVE THE SKILLSETS TO CREATE THOSE EXTRA FEATURES.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING OF, OF WHAT WE'LL BE DISCUSSING IN IT A LITTLE BIT, BUT THE TRADITIONAL BANK, WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING TO PERHAPS BUY A BUILDING IN A REDEVELOPMENT AREAS, AN EXAMPLE, A TRADITION, AND LET'S SAY THE BUILDING IS GOING TO COST HALF OF THEM, HALF A MILLION DOLLARS, $500,000 TO BUY IT AND FINISH IT.
A TRADITIONAL BANK IS GOING TO TELL THAT BUSINESS, YOU NEED TO PUT DOWN 15, 20, 30% DOWN.
THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY FOR SOME OF OUR SMALL BUSINESSES.
ON THAT EXAMPLE OF HALF A MILLION, 30% WOULD BE $150,000.
I'M SORRY, IT'D BE YES, $150,000.
SO OUR SMALL BUSINESSES DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE THAT READY, AVAILABLE.
AND NOT ONLY THAT, IF THEY, AND WHEN THEY OPEN, THEY'LL STILL GONNA NEED WORKING CAPITAL.
SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE TEXAS PARKWAY AND CARTWRIGHT ROAD STRATEGY FOR REDEVELOPMENT, YOU HAVE TO DO SEVERAL THINGS.
YOU HAVE TO START IDENTIFYING THE FLUTTER PROPERTIES THAT ARE AVAILABLE FOR SALE.
WHAT'S YOUR PR, WHAT'S YOUR SOME BLOCKS AND WHAT ARE THE PRICES IN THIS MARKET? AND PERHAPS YOU WANT TO ENGAGE YOUR COMMERCIAL REALTORS TO HELP YOU GATHER THAT INFORMATION.
I WOULD SUGGEST ITEM NUMBER TWO, THAT YOU CREATE A REVOLVING LOAN FUND AND THE REVOLVING LOAN FUNDS TO TARGET A REDEVELOPMENT AREA.
PERHAPS, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD CERTAINLY OPEN IT UP TO THE CITY, BUT IF YOU'RE WANTING TO ATTRACT PRIVATE CAPITAL AND LEVERAGE YOUR DOLLARS, YOU KNOW, BRINGING IT TO A REDEVELOPMENT THAT YOU'VE IDENTIFIED, UM, IS, IS WORKS.
AND YOU CAN SEE THE IMPROVEMENTS IMMEDIATELY.
WE WOULD SUGGEST THAT YOU CONSIDER ENGAGING BCL OF TEXAS SO THAT WE CAN HELP YOU CREATE THAT REVOLVING LOAN FUND CRITERIA.
WE CAN CREATE THE MARKETING MATERIALS FOR THE REDEVELOPMENT OF CAPITAL.
UH, WE HAVE ONBOARD A MARKETING MANAGER.
WHO'S DONE EXCELLENT JOB IN, IN STRATEGIES ON HOW TO GET THE WORD OUT TO LOCAL BUSINESS.
AS YOU KNOW, WE JUST ARE, YOU KNOW, DOING $13 MILLION IN CARE ZACH'S AND OUR MARKETING EFFORTS, INCLUDING RADIO AND TV AND
AND SEVERAL OTHER MEANS, I MEAN, WE HAVE QUITE A BIT OF SKILL SETS ON MARKETING AND GETTING THOSE CALLS COMING IN WITH EXPANSION REQUESTS.
UM, SO PERHAPS THE REVOLVING LOAN FUND WILL ALLOW YOU, IF YOU CREATE WORD TO CREATE THIS FOR REDEVELOPMENT STRATEGY, PERHAPS YOU COULD CONTRIBUTE
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10% OF WHAT THAT BUSINESS NEEDS TO PUT DOWN.AND THAT 10% WOULD REALLY HELP AND GO A LONG WAY, A REVOLVING LOAN FUND.
IF YOU WERE TO CREATE A POOL OF MONEY, PERHAPS YOU COULD SAY, AND WE WANT TO RECAPTURE THOSE DOLLARS, AND WE'RE WILLING TO LEND IT THAT THE SAME INTEREST RATE THAT THE SBA IS LENDING THE FUNDS.
AND YOU'LL SEE AN EXAMPLE IN THE LITTLE BIT OF WHAT THOSE RATES ARE.
THEY'RE EXTREMELY ATTRACTIVE TO THE BUSINESS, A REVOLVING LOAN FUND.
AND THE EXAMPLES WE'RE GOING TO SHOW YOU WOULD BE YOUR DOLLARS.
IF YOU WERE TO CREATE A FUND WOULD BE IN A THIRD LIEN POSITION, BECAUSE THE EXAMPLE WE'RE GOING TO SHOW YOU WITH THE FIVE OH FOUR REAL ESTATE LOAN IS THE BANK WAS ALWAYS AN, A FIRST LIEN, THE SBA, WHICH WE MANAGE THAT PRODUCT FOR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT COMES IN AND A SECOND LIEN.
AND YOU, THE MISSOURI CITY LOAN FUND WOULD BE IN A THIRD LIEN POSITION.
YOU WOULD BE SECURED BY THE REAL ESTATE, AND THIS WOULD BE IMPROVED REAL ESTATE.
SO WE'VE BEEN A REVOLVING LOAN.
WE'VE BEEN AN SBA LENDER FOR 30 YEARS, AND WE WOULD BE TRACKING BECAUSE WE'RE ALREADY ENGAGED BY SBA TO DO THE SERVICING FOR THE FID REPORT LOAN.
IT WOULD BE EASY TO TRACK YOUR REVOLVING LOAN FUND FOR THAT THIRD LIEN LOAN.
SO HERE'S AN EXAMPLE OF HOW, AGAIN, YOU CAN LEVERAGE YOUR DOLLARS 10 TIMES.
SO IF MISSOURI CITY CREATED A REVOLVING LOAN FUND OF 1,000,005, YOU COULD LEVERAGE THAT 10 TIMES FOR A TOTAL OF $15 MILLION INVESTMENT IN A COMMUNITY.
REMEMBER I SAID, THE BANK IS TYPICALLY IN A FIRST LIEN AND THEY ARE IT'S MANDATORY AND FIVE OR FOUR THAT THE BANK PARTICIPATE, 50% ON SBA LOANS.
A STANDARD LOAN SBA WILL PARTICIPATE 40%.
AND THEN THAT'S THE EXAMPLE THAT SHOWS WHERE YOUR REVOLVING LOAN FUNDS COULD PERHAPS BE USED FOR THE 10% TO HELP THAT BUSINESS, MAKE THAT DECISION TO COME TO A REDEVELOPMENT AREA.
THIS PRODUCT COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE WITH FIVE OH FOUR IS, IS FOR REAL ESTATE ONLY.
IT'S NOT FOR WORKING CAPITAL ON THE BANK AND THIS VA SIDE IT'S FOR REAL ESTATE ONLY.
BUT IF YOU TALKED ABOUT LEVERAGE THAT $15 MILLION OF LEVERAGE DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY NEW PAYROLL, IT DOES NOT INCLUDE PROPERTY TAXES.
IT DOESN'T INCLUDE ANY ADDITIONAL FUNDS THAT THE IS INJECTING.
SO YOUR LEVERAGE IS IT'S TRULY MORE THAN 10 TIMES FIVE.
AND FOR CUSTOMERS, IF THEY'RE ACQUIRING REAL ESTATE TEND TO BE A LITTLE BIT STRONGER ON THE FINANCIAL CREDIT.
AND, YOU KNOW, IF YOU WISH SOME OF YOUR REVOLVING ON FUND DOLLARS COULD BE USED FOR WORKING CAPITAL, BUT THAT WOULD BE YOUR DECISION.
AND IT WOULD BE PART OF DESIGNING THE PROGRAM.
SO HERE'S AN EXAMPLE OF A LOAN THAT'S CLOSING THIS MONTH.
WE JUST GOT APPROVAL FROM ALL THE PARTIES, UH, SBA IN PARTICULAR, UH, MARTHA FLORES, UH, OPENED HER SECOND LOCATION IN A SMALL COMMUNITY.
UH, THIS LOAN IS FOR 800,000 AND SHE SAYS, I WOULDN'T DO IT WITHOUT COMING TO VCL.
I DECIDED TO CALL YOU CAUSE YOU KNOW HOW TO GET THIS DONE.
SO WHAT WE DID IS WE HELPED HER ACQUIRE, UM, AN EXISTING, UH, BUILDING.
IT WAS A CHILDCARE FACILITY, IT WAS VACANT AND UNDERUTILIZED.
SO SHE PURCHASED IT, UH, WITH BANK PROCEEDS.
UH, SHE USED HER OWN MONEY AS 10%, BUT IN THIS CASE I USED AS AN EXAMPLE, PERHAPS THE CITY'S 10% WOULD HAVE HELPED HER SAVE HER MONIES SO SHE CAN PAY THE TEACHERS AND SHE CAN PAY THE UTILITY BILLS AND HER SIGNAGE AND THE MARKETING TO GET HER NEW LOCATION OPEN.
SO THE BANK IS ON AN $800,000 LOAN.
THE BANK IS IN THE DEAL FOR 400,000 AND A FIRST LIEN BCL SLASH SBA IS IN A SECOND LIEN.
AND THEN IN THIS EXAMPLE, IF THE CITY OF MISSOURI WANTED TO GIVE 10%, THEN YOU WOULD BE IN A THIRD LIEN.
WE TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE INTEREST RATE FOR, UH,
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WE CLOSED A LOAN IN JULY.UH, IT WAS A $9 MILLION HOTEL, UM, IN, UH, OUTSIDE OF THE AUSTIN AREA, ALONG THE GULF COAST.
UH, THEIR INTEREST RATE, IF YOU LOOK ON THIS CHART IS 2.8%, 2.8 10.
THAT'S THE EFFECTIVE RATE OVER 20 YEARS, IT'S FIXED.
AND YOU JUST NOT GOING TO SEE THAT TYPE OF RATE FROM A BANK.
AND WHEN I SAID THAT, PERHAPS THE MISSOURI CITY LAW FUND WOULD MATCH THE SBA, THEN YOUR RATE TO HELP THE BUSINESS WOULD ALSO MATCH LET'S USE JULY AS THE EXAMPLE, IT WOULD COME IN AT 2.8, 100% AS WELL.
THAT'S JUST THE EASY WAY TO DO IT.
YOU COULD CERTAINLY CHARGE HIGHER, BUT AGAIN, THIS IS A WHOLE INITIATIVE TO ATTRACT INVESTMENT AND TO, UH, CREATE REDEVELOPMENT.
SOME OF THE FEATURES IN THE PROGRAM IS THAT FOR FIVE OH FOUR, EACH LOAN, EACH OWNER THAT OWNS 20% OR GREATER MUST BE A GUARANTOR.
I N UM, INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE, UH, IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS WOULD DIE IRS.
TYPICALLY THEY ARE ALLOWED, BUT THEY HAVE TO HAVE PERMANENT RESIDENCY.
THESE ARE SOME OF THE SBA FIVE OH FOUR REQUIREMENTS.
A TYPICAL CREDIT SCORE IS 640 OR GREATER, UH, AND INTERESTING.
UM, THE, UM, WELL, I MENTIONED IT EARLIER TO PURCHASE COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE AND MAKE IMPROVEMENTS OR TO BUILD BRAND NEW CONSTRUCTION.
WE'RE WORKING WITH A WOMAN, UH, AN ASIAN WOMAN DOCTOR WHO IS BUILDING A MEDICAL CLINIC AND HERS IS ALL NEW CONSTRUCTION.
SO IT COULD BE PURCHASED AN EXISTING BUILDING AND UPGRADED OR BUILD NEW CONSTRUCTION.
A FEATURE THAT'S NEW IN THE PROGRAM IS LET'S SAY THAT I HAVE A CUSTOMER THAT OWNS FIVE WATER BURGERS, AND HE'S READY TO BUILD TWO MORE IN DIFFERENT CITIES.
HE CAN, WE CAN PACKAGE HIS TWO LOCATIONS AND ONE APPLICATION OR WICKED PACKAGE, THREE LOCATIONS, BUT ALL OF THAT ENTIRE STRUCTURE WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR THIS PROGRAM.
UH, LEASEHOLD IMPROVEMENTS ARE ALLOWED.
A LOT OF BUSINESSES DON'T WANT TO OWN THEIR BUILDING OR CAN'T AFFORD TO OWN THEIR BUILDING, BUT THEIR LEASEHOLD IMPROVEMENTS ARE COSTLY.
WE'RE WORKING WITH A TAEKWONDO SCHOOL RIGHT NOW AND THERE WE ARE HELPING THEM FINANCE THEIR LEASE HOLD IMPROVEMENTS WITH THE FIBER WORLD.
FOR AGAIN, THE INTEREST RATES ARE FIXED.
THIS CHART SHOWS AN EXAMPLE OF A FIXED RATE FOR 20 YEARS, BUT IF IT'S LEASEHOLD IMPROVEMENTS, THEN THAT WOULD BE A 10 YEAR LOAN.
AND WE WOULD BE LOOKING FOR A 10 YEAR LEASE.
AND THAT IS TO HELP THAT CUSTOMER.
WE DON'T WANT THAT LANDLORD TO SAY, WELL, AT FIVE YEARS, YOU'RE OUT OF HERE.
WE REALLY WANT, IF THEY TOOK ON 10 YEARS OF DEBT, WE WANT TO SEE A 10 YEAR LEASE.
UM, 10 YEARS OF ITS EQUIPMENT, IF THERE'S HEAVY, HEAVY MANUFACTURING, PRODUCTION, KITCHEN EQUIPMENT, WE DID A, WE DID A, UM, RIFF, UH, A FOOD BUSINESS THAT MADE COMMODITIES AND FOOD PACKAGES FOR THE MILITARY.
AND HE HAD REFRIGERATED ROOMS. ALL OF THAT WAS ALLOWED ALL THE REFRIGERATION IN THOSE ROOMS WAS ALLOWED.
UM, SO ANYWAY, THERE'S 10 YEARS, 20 YEARS OR 25 YEARS.
THE KEY HERE IS THAT WE ARE THE DESIGNATED AGENT ON BEHALF OF THIS VA TO STRUCTURE UNDERWRITE, PROCESS CLOSE AND SERVICE THE LOANS.
AND IT'S CALLED FOR THE LIFE OF THE LOAN, WHETHER IT'S 10, 20, OR 25 YEARS.
AND WE WOULD BREED, WE WOULD PROPOSE TO BE THE AGENT FOR THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, UH, TO STRUCTURE UNDERWRITE PROCESS CLOSED AND SERVERS THE LOANS FOR THE LIFE OF THE LOAN.
SO THAT CONCLUDES MY, UM, MY PRESENTATION.
WE WENT OVER SEVERAL FEATURES.
THE KEY THING I WANT TO MENTION IS THAT I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU'VE DONE SOME STUDIES HIRED CON CONSULTANTS TO LOOK AT THAT TARGETED REDEVELOPMENT AREA.
UH, THIS PROGRAM WOULD WORK WELL AND IT WOULD TAKE SOME TWEAKING, BUT WE WOULD BE GLAD TO
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WORK WITH MR. JONES AND HIS STAFF IN DELIVERING A PRODUCT THAT WORKS IN YOUR COMMUNITY.HI, THIS IS A COUNCIL MEMBER OF BONY.
I HAVE A COUPLE OF INITIAL QUESTIONS.
UM, WHAT'S THE COST TO THE CITY FOR YOUR SERVICE? WELL, THE COST WOULD BE TO DESIGN THE PROGRAM, UH, AND TO ADMINISTER YOUR LOAN FUND.
UH, WE TYPICALLY BASE IT ON EITHER WAY, UH, ON THE SIZE OF YOUR LOAN FUND OR ON A PER PROJECT BASIS, WHICH, WHICH USUALLY COMES UP TO WHAT WELL ON A PER PROJECT BASIS, IT'S ABOUT ONE AND A HALF PERCENT OF THE PROJECT COST BECAUSE WE'RE STRUCTURING IT, WE'RE COACHING, WE'RE DOING ALL THIS AND WE'RE BRINGING IN THE BANK AND THE, AND THE PACKAGE AS WELL, AND WE'RE PACKAGING THE REVOLVING LOAN FUND PIECE.
UH, SO OUR TYPICAL FEE IS ONE AND A HALF PERCENT OF THE PROJECT COST.
UM, FOR DESIGNING A PROGRAM COMMUNITY, IT MAY BE A PERCENTAGE OF THE TOTAL CAPITAL.
SO IF YOUR LOAN FUND IS A MILLION DOLLARS, IT MIGHT BE, I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOUR LOAN FUND SIZE WOULD BE.
I USED 1,000,005 AS AN EXAMPLE.
SO IT MAY BE RANGE FROM 5% TO 8%, DEPENDING ON THE COMPLEXITY OF THE FEATURES THAT YOU WANT IN YOUR CUSTOMIZED PROGRAM.
SECONDLY, UM, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS, THE REASON THAT I, UH, ACTUALLY ASKED THAT THIS ITEM BE ADDED TO THE AGENDA IS BECAUSE I WANTED MORE CLARITY ON THIS SMALL BUSINESS LOAN PROGRAM PORTION OF THIS.
I KNOW YOU WENT INTO A LOT OF GREAT DETAIL ABOUT OTHER ASPECTS, UH, TIED TO, UH, REDEVELOPMENT, POTENTIAL REDEVELOPMENT ON TEXAS PARKWAY AND CARTWRIGHT, BUT SPECIFICALLY TO THE SMALL BUSINESS LOAN PROGRAM, UH, WHICH IS WHAT, UH, MANY OF THE, UM, UH, RESIDENTS OR SMALL BUSINESSES ACTUALLY, UH, ON THE LAST AGENDA ITEM SPOKE UP AND MAY SPOKE ABOUT FORGIVABLE LOANS.
UH, AND I KNOW IN THE MAYOR STATE OF THE CITY, IT WAS MENTIONED ABOUT FORGIVABLE LOANS.
CAN YOU SPEAK TO, UM, THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE AS TO HOW, UH, SMALL BUSINESSES BASED OFF OF WHAT YOU PRESENTED WOULD BE ABLE TO GET A FORGIVABLE LOAN WITH NO INTEREST POTENTIALLY, I GUESS, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT IS GOING TO, UM, YOU KNOW, NOT ALLOW THE CITY TO BE ABLE TO, I GUESS, PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM YOU INSTITUTED.
AND ALSO LASTLY, WHAT CITY ARE YOU CURRENTLY WORKING WITH CITY DIRECTLY THAT CURRENTLY HAS A REVOLVING LOAN FUND? I MEAN, LET ME ASK YOU THAT THIS IS THE MAIN CITY, MATT AND JONES.
UH, THE FIRST QUESTION OF THE, THE MAYOR SPOKE TO THIS, I BELIEVE IN THE LAST AGENDA ITEM.
UH, THIS PART OF, OF, OF THIS PROGRAM ACTUALLY IS ONE THAT FITS AND THAT I'M PROPOSING WITHIN THE BUDGET AS A PART OF THE OVERALL STRATEGY TO REDEVELOP THE CORRIDOR OF CARTWRIGHT IN TEXAS PARKWAY.
UH, IT IS SEPARATE AND APART FROM, UH, UH, UH, SMALL BUSINESS, UH, GRANTS, WHICH WE DISCUSSED, UH, AS A PART OF THE, UH, CARES THAT AS THE MAYOR MENTIONED, DOING THAT DISCUSSION, UH, WHAT OCCURRED WAS WE WERE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE RIGHT TEMPERATURE TO LAND AT, UH, WITH THE CARE ZACK FUNDS.
UH, AND WE ENDED UP MOVING AWAY FROM HAVING IT BE A FORGIVABLE LOAN, AND WE LANDED ON IT NEEDS TO BE A GRANT.
SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S NO CONFUSION THERE.
UH, COUNCILMAN, UM, THIS HERE IS NOT PERTAINING TO A SMALL BUSINESS, UH, ASSIST US PER SE, AS OUTLINED IN THE CARES ACT PROPOSAL THAT WE PROVIDED TO YOU INSTEAD, UH, THIS PARTICULAR COMPONENT, UH, REALLY HAS TO BE LOOKED AT AND VIEWED IN THE CONTEXT OF AN OVERALL EFFORT TO BEGIN TO REDEVELOP THE TEXAS PART RATE CARD, RIGHT, UH, CORRIDOR IN A WAY, WHAT WOULD BEGIN TO BUILD WEALTH BEGIN TO HELP, UH, ENTREPRENEURS, INVESTORS, PARTICULARLY WOMEN AND MINORITIES MOVE FROM LEASING SPACE TO OWNING SPACE, UM, MOVED TO HAVE AN, A DIFFERENT LEVEL OF INVESTMENT THAT IMPROVES THE OVERALL
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REAL ESTATE ASSETS ALONE, THAT CORRIDOR, WHICH IN TURN IMPROVES THE, UH, REAL ESTATE TAX THAT WOULD COME TO THE CITY AND IGNITE A DIFFERENT LEVEL OF REDEVELOPMENT IN TERMS OF TENNIS OR WHATNOT.THIS IS WHAT THIS IS PERTAINING TO, UH, IS NOT WHAT THE, UH, DISCUSSION WAS AS IT RELATED TO, UH, ASSISTANCE.
WE TALKED EARLY ON, AS THE MAYOR MENTIONED IN THE OTHER DISCUSSION ABOUT POTENTIALLY DOING FORGIVABLE LOANS VERSUS GRANTS WITH THE CARES THAT MONEY.
AND WE LANDED AT IT NEEDED TO BE GRANTS BASED OFF WITH THE NEEDS OF THE SMALL BUSINESSES WHERE, UH, WE'VE PROPOSED A MILLION DOLLARS SO FAR, WE'RE THINKING WE'RE GONNA COME BACK TO YOU AND ACTUALLY TO ADD AN ADDITIONAL, UH, THREE OR $400,000 TO THAT PROGRAM.
WE JUST WANT TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY BETWEEN NOW AND OCTOBER 5TH TO RECONCILE, TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ACCURATE, BUT THAT NUMBER IS FALLING BACK TO YOU, BUT WELL, CITY MANAGER, CITY MANAGER, I HATE TO CUT YOU OFF, BUT, UH, FOR THE SAKE OF THE INDIVIDUALS WHO SPOKE EARLIER, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M CLEAR WHAT I HEARD YOU SAY, ARE YOU SAYING, CAUSE MANY OF THE SMALL BINS, THIS WHO SPOKE EARLIER ON ITEMS TWO, AND TO SEE, UH, AND WE'RE ADVOCATING FOR US AS COUNCIL TO CONSIDER SUPPORTING AND VOTING FOR ITEM TWO C UH, IN THE BUDGET TO PROVIDE FORGIVABLE LOANS FOR THEM, UH, IN SMALL BUSINESSES, WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS THAT'S NO LONGER, NO.
WHAT I'M SAYING TO YOU IS THAT WE MOVED FROM FORGIVABLE LOANS TO PROVIDING AN OVERALL GRANT, WHICH WAS COVERED AS PART OF CARE.
CAN I CAPITALLY STRETCH TRYING TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? THIS, THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM HERE IS REALLY HAS TO BE TAKEN TO THE CONTEXT OF HELPING BUSINESSES GROW THEIR FACILITIES.
AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, IS DESIGNED TO HELP BUSINESSES WHO ARE IN A CRITICAL STATE, BECOME STABLE.
WE ARE RE MAKING THAT PART OF IT ROBUST.
WE MOVED FROM HAVING IT BE FORGIVABLE TO HAVING TO BE JUST A FLAT GRANT.
SO THEY'RE NOT HAVING TO PAY IT BACK.
THIS PART OF IT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT'S USED AS A TOOL TO HELP HELP SMALL BUSINESSES GROW NOT ONLY FROM WORKING CAPITAL, BUT ALSO TO, UH, FROM DEALING WITH, UH, UH, DIFFERENT IMPROVEMENTS THAT THEY NEED TO MAKE TO ASSET QUARTER TO GROW.
AND THAT'S WHY IT WAS A PART OF, UH, YOU KNOW, PART OF THE OVERALL EFFORT TO FOCUS IN ON A REDEVELOPMENT OF THE QUARTER.
SO AS TO BE CLEAR, I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT, MAKE SURE I'M CLEAR ON THREE THINGS.
ONE, UH, YOU'VE JUST INDICATED THAT IT'S NO LONGER ACCURATE THAT WE'RE PROVIDING FORGIVABLE LOANS OR, UH, WHATNOT TO SMALL BUSINESSES THAT WE'VE MOVED AWAY FROM THAT, AND ARE NOW FOCUSED ON SPECIFICALLY GIVING GRANTS TO SMALL BUSINESSES.
AND WE'RE LOOKING TO INCREASE THAT FUNDING IN THE FORM OF CHRONIC CARE, THAT DOLLARS FOR SMALL BUSINESSES.
NUMBER TWO, UH, I GUESS WE'RE SAYING THAT WE'RE USING OR SEEKING TO USE TAXPAYER DOLLARS TO FUND PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT, UH, IN THE FORM OF THIS, UH, BUDGET ITEM THAT, AND THIS IS WHY I WANTED TO BRING IT OUT AND MAKE SURE I HAD A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT WE'RE ASKING TAXPAYERS, UH, TO DO AS FAR AS THE 1.5 MILLION POTENTIAL $1.5 MILLION.
AND NUMBER THREE, I GUESS, UH, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE STATEMENT IS CLEAR THAT, UH, WE ARE LOOKING TO DO THIS CBC IN ORDER TO DO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
IS THAT THE INTENT PURPOSE JUST FOR TEXAS PARKWAY AND CARTWRIGHT? CORRECT.
LET ME TAKE YOUR FIRST QUESTION FIRST.
THE ANSWER TO THAT FIRST QUESTION IS YES, WE INITIALLY TALKED ABOUT DOING A FORGIVABLE LOANS, AND IF YOU CAN RECALL, THERE WERE SOME SMALL NUMBER OF A HALF MILLION AFTER TALKING WITH BUSINESSES, WE REALIZED THAT THIS WASN'T ENOUGH MONEY.
UH, AND WE ALSO TOO MOVED OFF OF DOING, UH, PROPOSING A FORGIVABLE LOANS TO PROPOSING JUST FLAT GRANTS.
AND THAT'S WHERE WE LANDED AT.
SO THAT MONEY IS NO LONGER FORGIVABLE.
IT'S JUST GOING TO BE A FLAT GRANT TO HELP THEM WITH THEIR LEASES OF THEIR FACILITY.
THE SECOND QUESTION, UH, AS IT PERTAINS TO THIS, UH, THIS IS, UH, BEING PROPOSED IN CONTEXT WITH AN EFFORT TO REDEVELOP JUST AS WE DO, UH, WHEN WE USE EITHER TAX ABATEMENTS, JUST AS WE DO WHEN USE TERMS FUNDS JUST AS WE DO WHEN THINGS PIT FUNDS, JUST AS WE DO IT, WHEN USE MUD
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DOLLARS, THIS IS BEING USED TO DRIVE INVESTMENT AND REINVESTMENT ALONG THAT CORRIDOR AS THE LAST 10 YEARS HAVE SEEN A DEGREGATION OF THE ASSETS ITSELF.SO IF WE DO THE SAME THING TOMORROW THAN WE DID YESTERDAY ON THE FOOD WAS GOING TO HAVE DIFFERENT RESULTS THE NEXT DAY AFTER.
SO THIS IS CHANGING OPINION, RESHIFTING THE MARKET DYNAMICS AND LEVERAGING DOLLARS TO ALLOW FOR PRIVATE INVESTMENT ALONG THAT CORRIDOR AND PARTICULARLY PRIVATE INVESTMENT, UH, TARGETING WOMEN AND MINORITIES.
UH, THAT'S, THAT'S PARTICULARLY WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO.
UM, AND, UH, TO YOUR THIRD QUESTION TO YOUR THIRD QUESTION, I REALLY DIDN'T GET MUCH OUT OF IT, BUT CAN YOU RE RESTATE IT AGAIN? UH, WELL, LET ME, LET ME JUST COMMENT ON THAT SECOND RESPONSE.
YOU YOU'VE MENTIONED THIS BEING COMPARATIVE TO TURN PIDS MUD DOLLARS, ET CETERA, THOSE DIRECT, UH, LIKE FOR A TERRORIST, FOR INSTANCE, THOSE, UM, UH, DOLLARS COME FROM THE SMALL BUSINESSES IN THE AREA, UH, FOR SPECIFIC PROJECTS, UH, AND FOR PRO UH, FOR DEVELOPMENT.
SO, I MEAN, I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND, ARE YOU SAYING THAT WHAT I'M SAYING IS WHAT I'M SAYING IS THAT THOSE ARE PUBLIC DOLLARS THAT ARE BEING USED TO LEVERAGE PRIVATE INVESTMENT AND TO, UH, ENHANCE REDEVELOPMENT EFFORTS.
UH, AND SO THIS ONE IS TAKEN IN THE SAME VEIN, BUT, BUT THE, BUT THE MONEY THAT WE'RE, UM, IN THE BUDGET FOR THE $1.5 MILLION, THESE ARE, UH, DIRECT TAXPAYER DOLLARS FROM THE GENERAL FUND.
AND SO WITH THOSE POTENTIALLY GO TO DIRECT SERVICES FOR THE CITIZENS, BUT WHERE WE'RE BEING ASKED TO USE THOSE DOLLARS TO FUND PUBLIC, I MEAN, EXCUSE ME, TO FUND PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT, IS THAT CORRECT? NO, IT'S NOT, NO, IT'S NOT A, WHAT, WHAT IS CORRECT IS THAT IF YOU DID NOT HAVE A TOURISM PLACE, YOU WOULD HAVE REAL ESTATE TAXES THAT WOULD OTHERWISE GO TO YOUR JOURNAL FINE, BUT THOSE ARE BEING DEPLOYED TO ENCOURAGE MORE DEVELOPMENT HERE.
THESE ARE, THIS IS A PROPOSAL TO YOU, SOME GENERAL FUND DOLLARS TO DO THE SAME, TO ENCOURAGE REINVESTMENT IN DEVELOPMENT FOR THE MINORITY AND WOMEN OWNED BUSINESSES, A LAW AND COPYRIGHT AND TEXAS PARKWAY CORRIDOR.
SO WE CAN DRIVE NEW INVESTORS AND WEALTH WAS IN THAT CORRIDOR.
AND IF I MAY, I'D LIKE TO JUST SAY THAT THESE ARE NOT GRANT DOLLARS, THESE CERTAIN LOANS, AND YOU WILL RECAPTURE THOSE FUNDS.
AND SO IT'S, LET ME, LET ME, LET ME GET TO THAT LOANS OR GRANTS.
SO WE'D BE RECAPTURING THAT FROM THE SMALL BUSINESSES OR FROM THESE PRIVATE, THIS PRIVATE INVESTMENT FROM BOTH BECAUSE LAWS WOULD EVENTUALLY BE PAID OFF AND NEW INVESTMENT WOULD CREATE MORE REAL ESTATE TAXES, MORE SALES TAXES WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
AND OVERALL IT WILL DRIVE A MORE ENHANCED, ACTIVE, UH, THEIR FELLOW MEN ENVIRONMENT ALONG THAT CORRIDOR.
AND THIS IS COUNCILWOMAN STERLING.
IS THIS NOT THE SAME THING THAT WE'RE IN? AND I LIKED THE IDEA, BECAUSE THAT WAS MY PREVIOUS QUESTION TO MR. SPURGEON, BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENED TO THOSE BUSINESSES WHO ARE UNDERSERVED AND ALSO THOSE WHO ARE UNDERUTILIZED, WHO CAN ACTUALLY NOT ONLY USE THE GRANT, BUT 10 HANDS THAT BUSINESSES.
BUT MY POINT IS, IS THIS THE SAME THING WE'RE DOING BASICALLY WITH THE, UM, WITH THE INCENTIVE WITH NEW BUSINESSES COMING ALONG? IS THAT CORRECT? WE GIVE THEM INCENTIVES, RIGHT? THIS IS PRETTY MUCH THE SAME EXACT, OKAY, THANK YOU.
THOSE MONIES COME FROM THE TERMS. CORRECT.
BUT THOSE ARE STILL PUBLIC DOLLARS.
I'M ASKING THEY COME FROM THE TERMS. CORRECT.
BUT DEPENDING ON WHICH, WHAT KIND OF INCENTIVE WE'RE PROVIDING, IT COULD BE ABOUT THE INCENTIVES THAT WE'RE PROVIDING ON TEXAS PARKWAY AND CARTWRIGHT RIGHT NOW, SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DID WITH THE QUAIL VALLEY CENTER AND THAT WE'RE DOING WITH SEVERAL OTHER PROPERTIES ON TEXAS PARKWAY AND CARTWRIGHT CORRIDOR.
MY QUESTION IS THOSE FUNDS ARE BEING FUND THAT THOSE DOLLARS ARE COMING FROM THE TOURIST.
CORRECT? WELL, THERE'S SOME HAS COME FROM TOURISTS HISTORICALLY, BUT THERE'S ALSO, OTHERS HAS COME FROM BY WAY OF TAX EVENTS.
BUT I TELL YOU WHAT, IF YOU, IF GO ON HIGHWAY SIX, UH, IF YOU GO OUT TO BELTWAY, UH, YOU'VE USED A DIFFERENT VARIETY OF THE SENTENCE.
WHAT I, WHAT I'M SUBMITTED TO YOU IS THAT WHETHER IT'S, UH, UTILIZING
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THE FUNDS HERE, UTILIZING THE FUNDS THROUGH ANOTHER INSTRUMENT, IT'S STILL PUBLIC DOLLARS BEING USED TO GENERATE ECONOMIC GROWTH AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.THE QUESTION IS WHERE ARE YOU CHOOSING TO TARGET? WHAT I'M SUBMITTING TO YOU IS THAT I BELIEVE WE OUGHT TO BE TARGETING THE TEXTS PARKWAY AND CARTWRIGHT, BECAUSE WE REALLY NEED TO IMPROVE AND ENHANCE THE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT ALONG THOSE CORRIDORS AND CHANGE THE DIRECTION OF DEGREGATION THAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE REAL ESTATE ASSETS.
SO WE CAN BETTER HAVE A DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENT FOR THIS AS GROWTH AND THE FELDMAN.
YEAH, I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU CITY MANAGER.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I HAD A DISTINCTION AS TO HOW THE DOLLARS ARE, UH, WHERE THEY COME FROM THERESE DOLLARS, WHICH IS THE, UH, WELL, FIRST OF ALL, TAX ABATEMENTS IS JUST AVOIDING OR, OR HAVING A DELAY IN RECEIVING THOSE DOLLARS.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY DIRECT COSTS FROM THE TAXPAYERS IN A SENSE, IT'S JUST THE DELAY IN RECEIVING THE SALES TAX REVENUE AND POTENTIAL REVENUE THAT WE GET FROM THOSE INDIVIDUALS THROUGH A TAX ABATEMENT.
BUT THE ONLY THING RELATIVE TO THERESE DOLLARS VERSUS GENERAL FUND DOLLARS IS JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU CAN ONLY USE TOURIST DOLLARS FOR SELECT PROJECTS AND CERTAIN THINGS.
WHEREAS WITH THE GENERAL FUND DOLLARS, WE CAN USE THOSE DOLLARS FOR DIRECT SERVICES, UH, FOR, FOR OUR CITIZENS.
I KNOW MANY OF MY CITIZENS, LIKE EVEN IN THE HUNTER'S GLEN AREA HAVE BEEN ASKING ME ABOUT PICKING UP THE CLIPPINGS ON THE MO UH, FOR THEIR LANDSCAPING WHEN, WHEN THE MOWINGS TAKE PLACE.
I KNOW THAT THEY'VE ASKED THAT THEIR ESPLANADES ON INDEPENDENCE, ALEXA, TO GET FIXED.
I KNOW PEOPLE THAT ARE LOOKING FOR SIDEWALKS AND STREETS TO BE FIXED.
AND THEN OF COURSE WE HAVE A PUBLIC SERVICE AND I MEAN, PUBLIC SAFETY AND OTHER THINGS THAT ARE NEEDED.
I'M JUST SAYING, I FEEL LIKE IF WE'RE GOING TO DO A USE GENERAL FUNDS TO PURDUE, A LOAN PROGRAM THAT WOULD FUND PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT, I THINK THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY SHOULD HAVE A SAY ON, AND I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE HAVING THIS DISCUSSION, WHICH IS WHY I WANTED IT ON THE AGENDA SEPARATE AND APART FROM THE BUDGET ITSELF, BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S A LOT IN THE BUDGET THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DISCUSSING, BUT THIS TO ME, UH, I FELT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE REALLY NEEDED TO DISCUSS SEPARATELY SEPARATELY.
THANK YOU TO, TO YOUR POINT, COUNCILMAN, YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT, UH, THE REASON I'VE PLACED IT IN THE BUDGET FOR NOW IS TO ALLOW US TO MOVE AHEAD.
I DO CONCUR THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT MORE DISCUSSION HAS HAD SORT OF REFRAME IT UP IN A WAY THAT BEST SUITS MISSOURI CITY.
UH, BUT WHAT I, WHAT I WAS GETTING TO EARLIER IS IT DOESN'T MATTER WHICH INCENTIVE YOU'RE USING.
YOU'RE STILL USING PUBLIC DOLLARS.
THEY OTHERWISE WOULD'VE COME TO YOUR JENNIFER OFFER AND THEIR FAMILY DEPLOYED TO DRIVE MORE PRIVATE INVESTMENT IN A TARGETED WAY.
AND HERE WE'RE DOING THE SAME THING.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S THE WAY I, I SORT OF EAT THAT.
AND THAT'S THE WAY IT'S OPERATING TODAY, ANTHONY, THE BUSINESS THAT SPOKE EARLIER SUGARS, OR IS IT JUST, JUST PARKWAY? UH, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT THAT'S PART OF THE CONVERSATION.
I THINK WHAT WE, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO DEFINE WHAT WE FIRST SEE IS, UH, THE CORRIDOR.
I I'M PROPOSING YOU TO LOOK IN TO TEXAS PARKWAY AND CAR RIGHT AREA, BUT THAT ZONE CAN EXPAND.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S PART OF THE DISCUSSION.
I THINK THAT CASTLE, YOU AS A CASTLE, WHAT WE'LL DO IS NOT ONLY CREATE A CITY SIEGEL LIVING WITH YOU AS A COUNCIL WILL VOTE TO DEFINE THAT TERRITORY OF THE GUIDELINES WHERE THESE LEVEL OF INCENTIVES WOULD APPLY IN TERMS OF A SPECIAL DISTRICT FOR HER.
AND SO, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT WON'T CHANGE SPARK WITH THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, SAY ABOUT THE LOAN.
I CAN SPEAK FROM MY, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE BECAUSE THE MONEY COMES BACK TO THE CITY.
AND I KNOW IT'S THE SAME CONCEPT, AND THAT'S WHY I JUST MADE THE STATEMENT ABOUT THE, UM, THE INCENTIVE WE GIVE BUSINESS INCENTIVES ANYWAY.
SO IF WAY IT GO, IT'S THE SAME CONCEPT.
THE MONEY COMES BACK INTO THE CITY.
AND SO I'M NOT REALLY SURE, BUT HERE TEXAS PARKWAY AND, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THE FUNDS GO BACK THE OTHER WAY, IT'S TIME FOR US TO DO SOME FOR TEXAS PARTWAY AND COD RIGHT ON.
THAT'S JUST MY OPINION AS SERVING ON THE FINANCE COMMITTEE IN HAVING AN OPPORTUNITY TO JUST SEE THE DYNAMICS OF THAT.
SOME OF THE BUSINESSES THAT'S REALLY, UM, UH, UNDERSERVED AND PARTICULARLY TEXAS PARKWAY.
I THINK WE NEED TO KIND OF DO SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT BETTER FOR THE CITIZENS ON THIS SIDE AS THAT'S JUST MINE.
JUST MAKE ONE ADDITIONAL COMMENT.
IF I MAY, YOU KNOW, 1,000,005 IS NOT VERY MUCH MONEY TO INVEST IN YOUR MINORITY ENTREPRENEURS AND NOT MANY CITIES ARE DOING THAT.
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A COMMITMENT TO YOUR LOCAL BUSINESSES, ESPECIALLY MINORITY ENTREPRENEURS THAT ARE GROWING AND YOU'RE HELPING THEM SECURE ASSETS AND STRENGTHEN THEIR BUSINESS.SO IT'S A VERY VIABLE PROGRAM THAT WORKS.
WE'VE BEEN DOING IT FOR 30 YEARS.
WE STILL HAVE TO QUALIFY FOR THE LOANS THOUGH, CORRECT? YES, SIR.
SO WHAT DID THE FINANCE COMMITTEE SAY ABOUT THE LOAN PROGRAM?
I HAD MY, I THINK GOING TO MEET THEM, STAY HERE.
IT WAS TALKED ABOUT
BUT AGAIN, UH, THIS IS THIS, THE INITIAL DISCUSSION.
WE'VE GOT A GOAL, NOT ONLY SIT DOWN WITH THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO MEET, I TALK WITH THE BUSINESSES THAT ARE ALONG THAT CORRIDOR AND GET THEIR INPUT.
UM, AND CASTLE WOULD HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION, UH, IN TERMS OF NOT ONLY ESTABLISHING A CDC SET OF BOUNDARIES FOR ITS WORK, WHICH, UH, THOSE BOUNDARIES COULD ADJUST.
UH, AND, AND IT ALSO TO, UH, UH, BRING IN, UH, TO WHAT THE UNDERWRITER CRITERIA WOULD BE FOR, FOR SUCH A.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF PIECES WOULD HAVE TO GO AGAIN, THIS, THIS PIECE OF IT HAS TO BE VIEWED IN THE OVERALL CONTEXT OF WHAT THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE, UH, THAT ARE PROPOSED AND THE BUDGET IS, BUT IT WOULD BE WORKED THROUGH OVER THE NEXT COMING MONTHS.
SO IF SOMEBODY RECEIVED CARES, ACT FUNDING, COULD THEY ALSO RECEIVE THIS CAUSE THEN THE PRESENTATION.
AND THEN WOULD THEY HAVE TO DO A CREDIT CHECK, KIND OF A BACKGROUND CHECK? THESE, THESE KINDS OF PROGRAMS ARE ALWAYS DO.
UH, I THINK, UH, THE CREDIT LEVEL IS AT 606 40, BUT AGAIN, UH, WHAT WOULD HAVE TO HAPPEN IS WE WOULD, UH, SIT DOWN WITH THE BUSINESSES, GAIN YOUR PERSPECTIVE, NOT ONLY ON THE CREDIT PIECE, BUT ALSO TO LIST APPROPRIATE BOUNDARY, WHERE WE CUT BACK TO YOU.
UH, AND I'M TAKING THE BE SOMETIME LATER THIS FALL WITH, WITH UNDERWRITING CRITERIA, HE WAS SET THAT WHEN YOU APPROVE THE UNDERWRITING CRITERIA.
SO HERE'S MY CONCERN HAD THIS AGENDA NOT BEEN PLACED ON THE, UH, ON THE AGENDA, UM, HAD THIS AGENDA ITEM NOT BEEN PLACED ON THE AGENDA ITEM CAN'T EVEN SPEAK TONIGHT.
I DON'T KNOW THAT WE WOULD HAVE GOTTEN A PRESENTATION HERE.
WE ARE LEARNING FOR THE FIRST TIME WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE.
AND WE STILL DON'T KNOW WE'RE TALKING CONCEPTUAL AND WE'RE ASKING FOR $1.5 MILLION.
I WOULD TELL YOU THAT THIS IS NOT ONLY NOT BOX AND A BUDGET.
SO I'M SORRY YOU INTERRUPTED ME, BUT WE GOT IT FRIDAY.
ANYWAY, I'LL JUST LEAVE IT AT THAT.
UM, I'M, CAN'T WAIT TO CONTINUE TO VET THROUGH IT.
WE NEED TO HELP TEXAS PARKWAY.
WE NEED TO HELP A LOT OF PEOPLE.
I KNOW TWO OWNERS NOW THEY'RE ON THE CUSP OF CLOSING DOWN, BUT TO PRESENT IT, TO PRESENT IT THE NIGHT BEFORE THE BUDGET OR THE NIGHT OF THE BUDGET IS NOT TRANSPARENT AND NOT, THAT'S WHEN I'M FRUSTRATED, BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT NEED TO HEAR THIS A LOT CLOSER.
WHAT COUNCIL, COUNCILMAN, I DISAGREE WITH YOU.
I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT AS AN INITIAL BUDGET DISCUSSION AND WHAT THE FINANCE DEBATE.
THIS IS NOT THE FINANCE CHAIR CAN ATTEST TO THIS, NOT THE FIRST TIME CONCEPTION THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT.
UH, WE, WE, I JUST GOT HERE AND WE INCLUDED IT IN THE PRESENTATION.
WE'RE PLANNING TO HAVE MORE DISCUSSION ABOUT IT.
THIS IS NORMALLY HOW THESE THINGS ARE PRESENTED.
WE GOT A WHOLE MONTH OF KODAK INFORMATION, BUT CARRY ON MR. BONI.
NO, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'M HEARING ABOUT IT.
I'M I'M JUST, AGAIN, I ASKED THAT IT'D BE PLACED ON THE AGENDA BECAUSE I HAD DEEP QUESTIONS ABOUT IT.
I'VE NEVER HEARD UNTIL I HEARD THE STATE OF THE CITY.
IT MENTIONED ABOUT A FORGIVABLE LOAN.
AND THEN I HEARD MANY OF THE SMALL BUSINESSES TONIGHT SPEAK ABOUT APPROVE OR US APPROVING THE BUDGET BECAUSE OF FORGIVABLE LOANS.
UH, I SAW IT AS PART OF THE BUDGET AND OF COURSE I HAD A LOT OF QUESTIONS.
I WAS, UH, I WAS A BANKER FOR 11 YEARS.
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WORK.I KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT OF COSTS GOING TO BE INVOLVED.
AND I DON'T BELIEVE THAT SMALL BUSINESSES SHOULD BE BURDENED WITH LOANS.
CAUSE THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT.
WE'RE GOING TO GO INTO DETAILS ABOUT USING GENERAL FUND DOLLARS, TAXPAYER DOLLARS INSTEAD OF GIVING IT TO THEM AS DIRECT SERVICES, USING IT AS A, UH, INVESTMENT TO FUND PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT AND ONLY A CERTAIN AREAS MISSOURI CITY, WE'RE ASKING EVERYONE TO DO SO.
AND ALTHOUGH I KNOW THAT THERE ARE DIFFERENT MECHANISMS, I DO ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT THESE DOLLARS THEY'RE THERE, THEY'RE A SMALL BUSINESS THEY'RE PROPERTY OWNERS THAT ARE STRUGGLING TO, THERE ARE HOMEOWNERS THAT ARE STRUGGLING TO, THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT HAVE ASKED US ON A CONTINUOUS BASIS FOR THINGS INCLUDING HOMESTEAD EXEMPTIONS, AND WE DENIED THEM THOSE THINGS, BUT YET WE ARE DOING SOMETHING BASED OFF OF NOT WHAT THE SMALL BUSINESSES CAUSE CLEARLY THE SMALL BUSINESSES DENIED THAT THEY WERE GETTING FORGIVABLE LOANS, BUT NOW WE'RE HEARING THAT THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE THE CASE.
AND SO WE'RE, WE'RE BEING ASKED TO VOTE FOR AN ADVOCATE FOR SOMETHING THAT IS ONLY BEEN GIVEN TO US.
UH, LAST SECOND, AND THAT ONLY, UH, MAYBE IT'S, I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHO WHO'S ADVOCATED FOR THIS IN THE COMMUNITY, CAUSE NO ONE'S COMING TO ME IN MY COMMUNITY AND ASKED ME FOR THIS TYPE OF A LOAN PROGRAM THAT THEY MAY BE ABLE TO GET THAT THEY MAY QUALIFY FOR.
SO I JUST REALLY 606 40 CREDIT SCORE OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE.
I JUST REALLY BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE TO BE MORE TRANSPARENT.
WE HAVE TO BE MORE COMMUNICATIVE TO OUR CITIZENS BECAUSE IT'S THEIR TAX DOLLARS AT WORK AND I'M NOT GOING TO, I'M NOT, I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE AT ALL SUPPORTING AND VOTING FOR SOMETHING THAT I DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT.
AND THAT I DON'T KNOW WHEN WE'RE GOING TO SEE IT.
IS IT GOING TO BE BEFORE NOVEMBER, ISN'T GOING TO BE AFTER NOVEMBER, ISN'T GOING TO BE 20, 22.
AND SO I JUST FEEL LIKE AS A RESPONSIBLE COUNCILPERSON, WHO HAS A FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY TO, TO MY CONSTITUENTS AND TO THE CITY AS A WHOLE, THAT WE HAVE TO GET MORE INFORMATION.
I AM A HUGE ADVOCATE FOR SMALL BUSINESSES AND FOR DEVELOPMENT AND REDEVELOPMENT IN MISSOURI CITY, PARTICULARLY ON THE TEXAS PARKWAY, RIGHT CORRIDOR.
CAUSE I LIVE OFF THE TEXAS PARKWAY.
SO IT'S DEFINITELY IMPORTANT TO ME AND IT'S DEFINITELY IMPORTANT TO THE PEOPLE THAT I REPRESENT.
HOWEVER, WE HAVE TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DECISIONS THAT WE MAKE AND I PLAN TO DO SO YET THIS COUNCILMAN EMORY AND A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
UH, ONE IS, UH, WHEN WE WENT THROUGH THIS PRESENTATION, UH, IT, IT SEEMED THAT, UH, THERE WERE CERTAIN ITEMS THAT WERE NOT, UH, TO BE COVERED OR COULD BE COVERED SUCH AS INVENTORY AND PAYROLL.
UH, AND UH, I THINK MAYBE WORKING CAPITAL THAT THIS WAS REALLY, UH, DIRECTED TOWARDS THE, UH, UH, I GUESS, UH, ACQUIRING, UH, CAPITAL ASSETS.
UM, SO IF IT DOESN'T COVER THOSE THINGS TO ME, I, I, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THAT'S WHAT A LOT OF THE SMALL BUSINESSES ARE LOOKING FOR, UM, IS, UH, YOU KNOW, ASSISTANCE IN PAYING FOR THEIR INVENTORIES, PAYING FOR THEIR PAYROLL AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
SO, UH, I GUESS I'M, I'M CONFUSED AT THIS POINT AS TO WHAT, UH, IT REALLY COVERS.
AND SECONDLY, UH, THE CARES ACT, IS THERE AN OPTION WHERE WE COULD TAKE THOSE CARES DOLLARS AND MAKE THEM A LOAN? ARE, ARE THEY AUTOMATICALLY A, UM, A, A FORGIVABLE GRANT? SO CAN SOMEONE, YOU KNOW, WITH THE, WITH, UH, THAT'S INVOLVED WITH THE, UH, WITH THE CARE ZACK, TELL ME WHETHER OR NOT, UH, OUR ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION.
UM, JUST REPEAT THAT QUESTION FROM AN IT PERSPECTIVE, THE DOLLARS THAT WE GET THROUGH THE CARES ACT, CAN THEY, COULD THEY BE USED BY THE CITY AS A LOAN, OR MUST THEY BE USED AS A GRANT? THAT'S FIRST QUESTION.
SO THEY HAVE BEEN USED AS BOTH AS A LOAN ACCELERATOR, AS WELL AS THE GRANT.
SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, IT DEPENDS ON HOW THE PROGRAM IS STRUCTURED, BUT I CAN'T GIVE A DEFINITIVE ANSWER, BUT IF THEY CAN'T BE USED EITHER, OR THEY DEFINITELY ARE PRESCRIBED AS A GRANT,
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UM, PROGRAM, BUT THEY CAN BE USED AS A CENTER FOR LOAN AS WELL.WELL, OF COURSE, I'M NOT ASSUMING I'M NOT SUGGESTING THAT WE DO ANYTHING OTHER THAN A GRANT ON THE CARES THAT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, UM, WE, UH, WE WERE FOLLOWING WHATEVER THE, UH, UH, THE INSTRUCTIONS WERE FOR, UH, UH, PROVIDING ME THESE CARE, UH, CARE GRANTS.
SO, AND, UH, UH, THE OTHER WAS LIKE I SAY, AS I UNDERSTOOD THIS PRESENTATION THAT ANY OF THOSE LOAN DOLLARS COULD NOT BE USED FOR, AND I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT CARES.
I'M TALKING ABOUT THE LOAN PROGRAM THAT WAS HERE, COULDN'T BE USED FOR, UH, THE PAYMENT OF INVENTORIES OR PAYROLL OR OTHER WORKING CAPITAL.
DID I HEAR THAT CORRECTLY? NO, ACTUALLY IT CAN BE A ROSA.
YOU STILL DON'T ALLY ROSA IN ONE OF HER PRESENTATION SLIDES.
SHE HIGHLIGHTED THE FACT THAT UNFORTUNATELY IT COULD BE USED FOR WORKING CAPITAL, UH, TO DEAL WITH THOSE THINGS LIKE INVENTORY AND WOULD NOT.
I MISSED, I, I DIDN'T, I, WHAT I THOUGHT I SAW WAS THAT IT COULDN'T BE USED FOR THOSE ITEMS. OKAY.
AND THAT'S THE QUESTIONS THAT I HAD.
UM, I WANNA THANK THE STAFF FOR, UH, TAKING THE TIME TO PULL THIS TOGETHER, UH, UNDERSTANDING.
I'M NOT SURE WHERE WE'RE GETTING LOST IN TRANSLATION THAT, UM, THIS IS ONLY THE BEGINNING.
UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAS BEEN ASKED IN THE COMMUNITY FOR YEARS AND YEARS IS TO TRY TO REVITALIZE THOSE CORRIDORS.
UM, AND THIS, I THINK OLDEST JUST STARTED LATE JUNE, UM, BEING THAT WE'RE IN THE MIDST ALREADY, WE'RE IN THE MIDST OF DOING BUDGET.
UM, YOU KNOW, HE WAS HAVING TO MOVE VERY QUICKLY.
UH, THESE HAVE BEEN DISCUSSIONS, SO, UH, HE'S MADE IT VERY CLEAR THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, UM, HE'S MAKING SURE THAT IT'S BEING SET ASIDE IN THE BUDGET SO THAT WE DO HAVE THE FUNDS AS WE MOVE FORWARD AND ASK THE PROGRAMS, UH, FOR MORE.
UM, SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU BECAUSE IN PAST YEARS, UM, THERE'S BEEN VERY LITTLE EFFORT, UH, BEYOND TAX ABATEMENTS THAT WERE DONE TO REALLY TRY TO HELP THIS CORRIDOR AND THE BUSINESS OWNERS.
UM, IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER, WE ARE AT SEVEN 46, SO WE DO NEED TO START THE REGULAR MEETING.
WE'LL HAVE TO RECESS AND COME BACK AND FINISH THE LAST ITEM ON THE, UH, SPECIAL WE DO HAVE, UM, CITIZENS THAT HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
SO I NEED TO FIND OUT IF ANY OF THEM WANT TO SPEAK ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM.
UM, I THINK THE FIRST PERSON ON THE LIST IS TAMMY CAMPBELL.
ARE YOU STILL ON THE LINE, MS. CAMPBELL? ARE YOU THERE? OKAY.
AUSTIN, ARE YOU STILL ON THE LINE? I DON'T HEAR HIM ON THE LINE.
IS HE STILL ON THE LINE? OKAY.
AND YOU TILLMAN, ARE YOU STILL ON THE LINE? I AM.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE ANY COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM? YES.
UH, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, UM, ALL OF THE, THE FINANCIAL OPPORTUNITIES THAT WERE AFFORDED AS BUSINESS OWNERS HERE ARE GOING TO BE TO THE GOOD, WHETHER IT'S A GRANT, WHETHER IT'S A FORGIVABLE LOAN, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, THE, THE MINUTIA BEHIND HOW EVERYTHING IS STRUCTURED AND ALL THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
I CAN TELL YOU AS A BUSINESS OWNER, THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE REALLY CARE ABOUT DAY TO DAY.
WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE PAYROLL, WE'RE TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, PRESENT PRODUCTS AND SERVICES TO THE GREATER MISSOURI CITY COMMUNITY, AND WHEREVER WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO SUPPORT OUR BUSINESS.
YOU KNOW, THAT IS CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT WE, WE HOPE HAPPENS AND WE'LL HOPE IT HAPPENS QUICKLY, BUT, YOU KNOW, MY PERSPECTIVE, WHETHER IT'S A GRANT, WHETHER IT'S A LIVABLE LOAN, UH, IT DOESN'T MATTER.
I JUST, MY CONCERN IS THAT THAT THERE'S SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS IN HAPPENING REALLY QUICKLY, BECAUSE AS SOMEONE MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, EARLIER, I THINK IT WAS ONE OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS MENTIONED THAT HE'S AWARE OF THREE BUSINESSES THAT AREN'T ABOUT TO GO UNDER AT ANY MOMENT, I'M AWARE OF ANOTHER THREE OR FOUR MYSELF, UH, THAT ARE ABOUT TO GO UNDER AS WELL.
AND SO MY CONCERN IS A BUSINESS OWNER WHO IS STILL, YOU KNOW,
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LUCKILY BEING ABLE TO MAKE IT THROUGH, UM, IS THAT WE, WE ENERGIZE THE COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE'VE GOT, UM, THROUGH OUR PARTNERSHIPS WITH YOU ALL, UM, OTHER BUSINESS OWNERS IN AND AROUND THIS COMMUNITY, PARTICULARLY, UH, AND WE DO THAT, HOWEVER WE CAN, I MEAN, IT NEEDS TO HAPPEN.UM, IT NEEDS TO HAPPEN QUICKLY.
WE CAN BLINK AND BE AT THE END OF THE YEAR AND AS MOST OF, YOU KNOW, PARTICULARLY THOSE EVEN BUSINESS, UH, ONCE WE GET TO THE HOLIDAY SEASON, EVERYTHING SLOWS DOWN.
SO IT IS GOING TO BE, IT'S GOING TO BE INCUMBENT UPON THOSE, UM, TO MAKE THEM AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE AND TO ENTER INTO, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER IT NEEDS TO BE ENTERED INTO IN TERMS OF PROGRAMS, PROCESS, PROCEDURE, UM, SO THAT WE CAN ALL, YOU KNOW, FILL OUT THE APPLICATIONS AND GET THEM VETTED AND GET THE FUNDS IN OUR HANDS AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN.
UH, I JUST WOULD LIKE TO SEE, SEE THINGS HAPPEN VERY QUICKLY.
I CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND SOME OF THE CONCERN AND, AND CONFUSION AROUND, UM, YOU KNOW, LACK OF INFORMATION, BUT, YOU KNOW, FROM WHAT I'VE SEEN AND HEARD THUS FAR, I'M ALL FOR IT.
LET'S JUST MOVE ALONG AND, AND, AND, UH, PARTNER TOGETHER.
SO THAT'S ALL OF THIS IS ANTHONY THAT SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
MR. TILLMAN IS SPOT ON AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO THIS, THEN IT REACHES TO THE 9,000 BLOCK OF HIGHWAY SIX.
AND AS THE LADY, YOU MENTIONED THAT IT'S WORTH 1.5.
IT'S NOT A WHOLE LOT OF MONEY, SO I DON'T WANT TO GO INTO SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T KNOW HOW IT'S GOING TO WORK.
HOW DO WE GET IT FROM MR. TILLMAN, HOW WE GET IT TO MR. AUSTIN.
SO WE REALLY, REALLY NEED TIME TO VET THIS HAVE WORKSHOPS REALLY, TRULY BE TRANSPARENT AND UNDERSTAND IT.
SO THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
ALRIGHTY, MATT MARRIAGES, COUNCIL, AND EMORY, I'VE GOT ONE COMMENT I'D LIKE TO MAKE, AND THAT IS, YOU KNOW, UH, NORMALLY, YOU KNOW, UH, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE PUT THINGS IN THE BUDGET, IT'S BECAUSE WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, A DEFINITE PLAN ON HOW TO SPEND IT.
UM, MY CONCERN IS IF WE PUT SOMETHING IN THE BUDGET, UH, THAT, UH, STILL, UH, IN A FORMULATION STAGE, UH, THAT DOLLARS, UH, COULD, UH, IN FACT BE SPENT, UH, FOR, UH, UH, FOR OTHER PROGRAMS. SO I'M JUST CONCERNED THAT WHEN YOU START PUTTING DOLLARS IN THE BUDGET FOR THE, YOU KNOW, FOR A PROGRAM, UH, THAT, THAT JUST A, IS A, A, A, A DANGER THAT, UH, I, YOU KNOW, I, I DON'T WANT TO GO DOWN THAT ROAD.
I THINK IF WE PUT DOLLARS INTO BUDGETS, BECAUSE WE'VE GOT A KNOWN AND DEFINED PROJECT OR PLAN TO SPEND THOSE DOLLARS, NOT THAT SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE DONE LATER ON AFTER DISCUSSIONS AND, UH, EVALUATIONS.
UM, WELL, THERE'S ALWAYS DON DISCRETIONARY DOLLARS PUT IN THE BUDGET FOR US TO USE ANYTHING THAT, UM, PAST THAT THAT HAPPENS IS GOING TO HAVE TO STILL COME TO COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL.
ONCE AGAIN, THIS WAS THE MR CITY MANAGER, MR. DONALD'S COMING IN, IN THE MIDST OF US DOING BUDGET, UH, AND BASICALLY HEARING ALL THE COUNCIL AND THEIR CONCERNS AND TRYING TO ADDRESS THOSE CONCERNS AS WELL AS UNDERSTANDING AS HE TOURED THE COMMUNITY, WHAT WAS GOING ON WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S BASICALLY WHERE WE ARE.
UM, COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING, LET ME MAINTENANCE COCK, COUNCILMAN EMORY.
AGAIN, LET ME MAKE A COMMENT IF I COULD, UH, YOU KNOW, YOU SAY THINGS COME BACK TO THE COUNCIL WILL, IF THEY, IF, UH, AN, UH, A FULL TIME EMPLOYEE IS ADDED AT THE STAFF LEVEL THAT NEVER GETS, UH, THE LIGHT OF DAY IN COUNCIL.
SO, YOU KNOW, TO SAY THAT WE ALWAYS HAVE A CHANCE TO EITHER SAY YES OR NO ON SOMETHING ON CERTAIN TYPES OF, UH, OF EXPENDITURES, IT MAY BE IF IT'S OVER THE, UH, UH, THE, UH, THE THRESHOLD OF 50,000, BUT IF AN ADDITIONAL EMPLOYEE IS ADDED TO THE, UH, COMPLIMENT, UH, LIKE I SAY, THE COUNCIL NEVER SEES, UH, THAT, UH, UH, THAT ACTIVITY.
SO, UM, AND IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, I BELIEVE THERE'S ONE, A FULL TIME EMPLOYEE THAT WAS, UH, UM, WAS A BUDGETED FOR THIS PROGRAM.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING.
MAYOR FOR YOU, YOU ACTUALLY EXPANDED ON WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY, BECAUSE I THINK INITIALLY WHEN WE STARTED, WE TALKED ABOUT, UH, TARGETING,
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UH, TEXAS PORK.WE CAUGHT RIGHT ROAD, AND CERTAINLY THERE'S A DEGRADATION ON, ON TEXAS PARKWAY.
WE NEED TO PUT SOME DOLLARS INTO OUR CITY.
LB WILL NOT HAVE A CITY CAUSE IT'S DYING AND YOU CAN SEE THAT.
AND SO I'M HOPING THAT WE LOOK AT WHAT WE DO TARGET THAT HIGHWAY SIX ALWAYS WILL SURVIVE.
I KNOW WE NEED TO PUT FUNDS IN HOW IT WAS SIX.
WE ALSO NEED TO PUT FUNDS ON THIS SIDE OF THE CITY AS WELL.
AND THIS IS NOT A NEGLECT OF HIGHWAY SIX OR ANY OTHER AREA IS ONCE AGAIN, I THINK I KIND OF EXPLAINED THIS IN A PREVIOUS MEETING.
IF I CUT MY RIGHT HAND, I NEED TO PUT A BANDAID ON MY RIGHT HAND TO STOP IT FROM BLEEDING.
I DON'T NEED TO PUT A BANDAID ON MY LEFT HAND IF IT'S NOT BLEEDING AND IT'S NOT HURT.
SO IT'S NOT A NEGLECT THAT I'M JUST GOING TO COMPLETELY NEGLECT MY LEFT HAND.
BUT RIGHT NOW WE HAVE TO STOP THE BLEEDING ON WHERE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE HAVING ISSUES.
SO IT'S, IT'S ONE OF THOSE SITUATIONS.
UH, BUT WE DO NEED, WE'RE ALMOST AN HOUR BEHIND.
WE CAN COME BACK AND COMPLETE THIS CONVERSATION.
UM, SO I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND RECESS SO WE CAN GO TO THE REGULAR MEETING.
UM, I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE AND ALL THE CITIZENS WHO, UH, JOINED US TONIGHT, UH, FEEL FREE TO LISTEN IN ON THE REGULAR MEETING.
UM, LIKE I SAID, WE'LL RECESS NOW AND GIVE ME A MINUTE TO PULL UP THE REGULAR AGENDA AND WE WILL START THE REGULAR MEETING.
THE TIME IS NOW 10 24, AND WE WILL RECONVENE BACK THE SPECIAL MEETING.
COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS, COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY, PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBER LIST AWAKE, PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBER, EMORY.
I'LL DO A ROLL CALL OF CITY STAFF, CITY MANAGER, OTIS JONES, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, BILL ATKINSON, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, GLENN MARTO TO THE ATTORNEY IGLESIA.
HE SECRETARY MARIA JACKSON, FIRE, CHIEF EUGENE CAMPBELL PRESENT MA'AM ASSISTANT FIRE, CHIEF MARIO PARTITA, DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATION.
STACY WALKER IS SPURGEON STILL ON THE LINE OF IMPACT STRATEGY, STRATEGIC CONSULTING.
UM, WHERE THEY'RE STILL IN WEEK, WE ENDED ON ITEM TWO C CAUSE WE TOOK IT OUT OF ORDER.
WERE THERE ANY MORE QUESTIONS ON THAT ITEM BEFORE WE GO TO, TO B? ALRIGHTY.
[2(b) Discuss City authorization of private ambulance services. (Proposed presenter: Fire Chief Eugene Campbell)]
WE WILL GO TO DISCUSS, TO, TO, TO BE DISCUSSED TO THE AUTHORIZATION OF PRIVATE AMBULANCE SERVICES, CHIEF CAMPBELL.UH, MAN COUNSEL FIRE DEPARTMENT IS REQUESTING YOU TO CONSIDER TONIGHT DISCUSSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING, UH, RECENTLY QUESTS FOR PROGRAMS, COMPANIES THAT OPERATE WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS OF MISSOURI CITY AMERICAN COUNCIL.
WE'VE BEEN SEEING AN INCREASING AMOUNT OF EIGHTS LATELY.
MATTER OF FACT, THE LAST TIME, UH, IN AUGUST, LATE AUGUST, JULY, AUGUST, I THINK WE HAD THREE OR FOUR MOUNT UP.
UH, WE BOUGHT THIS ITEM TO YOU BEFORE INDIVIDUAL ONES, BUT WE, SINCE WE'VE SEEN SUCH INCREASE, WE DECIDED WE WANTED TO BRING IT BACK TO YOU BECAUSE WE HAD SOME, SOME, UH, QUESTIONS, UH, AND WANTED TO PROVIDE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAYBE GIVE US FURTHER GUIDANCE MOVING FORWARD.
AT THIS TIME I TURNED OVER TO MARIO PARTITA.
HE'S GONNA, HE'S DONE THE RESEARCH ON THIS, UH, HIS COVER MEMO, THE COVER MEMO, UH, RELATE BACK TO THE STUDY RESEARCH THAT HE DID.
SO I TURNED OVER TO MARIO TODAY.
UM, PRIVATE AMBULANCES ARE REGULATED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES.
AND PART OF THEIR LICENSING PROCESS IS THEY TO OBTAIN A LETTER OF APPROVAL FROM EACH CITY THAT THEY PLAN ON PROVIDING OR OPERATING IN PRIVATE AMBULANCES, PROVIDE A VARIETY OF SERVICES THAT ARE, THAT ARE DIFFERENT THAN THE NINE ONE ONE SYSTEM THAT IS MANAGED BY FORT WAYNE COUNTY EMS. UM, PRIVATE AMISYS PROVIDE TRANSPORT TO LOCAL PATIENTS TO AND FROM MEDICAL FACILITIES FOR NON URGENT CARE.
AND FOR OTHER OUT OF HOSPITAL TREATMENTS, SUCH AS DIALYSIS TREATMENTS, A LITTLE BACKGROUND, 2013, THERE WAS A MORATORIUM ON APPROVALS, UH, DUE TO FRAUD AND
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OVERSATURATION OF PRIVATE ANIMALS.AND AUGUST, 2014, THIS WAS LIFTED AND APPROVALS, UH, RE WHERE WE OPENED.
AND I'M SORRY, YOU CAN HEAR ME.
SOMEONE NEEDS TO MUTE THEIR PHONE.
SOMEONE NEEDS TO MEET THEIR PHONE.
AND IN 2015, THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY STARTED RECEIVING REQUESTS, UH, THROUGH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR, FROM PRIVATE COMPANIES, STARTING AMA SERVICES FOR APPROVAL.
UH, WE RECENTLY POLLED, UH, FIVE NEIGHBORING CITIES TO SEE WHERE THEY STOOD.
THAT WAS PEAR LAND SUGAR, SUGARLAND, STAFFORD, ROSENBERG, AND RICHMOND.
AND WE WANTED TO SEE WHERE THEY STOOD ON HOW MANY AMBULANCES WERE OPERATING IN THEIR CITY, UH, ANY ORDINANCES OR RESOLUTIONS THEY HAD IN PLACE, ANY FEE SCHEDULES AND WHETHER THEY WERE STILL APPROVING AMBULANCE, UH, PRIVATE AMBULANCES IN THEIR CITY.
UM, THE RESULTS RANGE FROM NO ACTION TO, UH, ROBUST PROGRAMS LIKE PARENT LAND, UH, WHO HAVE AN ORDINANCE AND FEE SCHEDULES IN PLACE.
UH, BUT RECENTLY, UH, IN MARCH OF THIS YEAR, THEY SUSPENDED ALL APPROVALS.
UM, CURRENTLY THERE ARE OVER 750 EMERGENCY AND PRIVATELY OWNED AMBULANCE SERVICES OPERATING IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.
UH, ONCE THEY RECEIVE THEIR LICENSE, THEY CAN OPERATE ANYWHERE IN THE STATE.
UH, SO IT'S DIFFICULT TO KNOW HOW MANY ARE OPERATING WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS OF MISSOURI CITY.
UH, CURRENTLY CHIEF CAMPBELL SAID, UH, WE RECENTLY NOTICED AN INCREASE AND WE'RE AVERAGING ABOUT ONE OR TWO A MONTH, UH, OF RECENT REQUESTS FOR APPROVAL.
UM, WHILE THEY DON'T HAVE AN IMPACT ON OUR NINE ONE ONE SYSTEM.
AND THEY WORK INDEPENDENTLY, UH, WHERE WE HAD CONCERNS ABOUT THE INCREASE IN WHY WE'RE GETTING SO MANY, ALL OF A SUDDEN.
UM, SO WITH THAT, I TURN IT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO CHIEF CAMPBELL, UH, TO DISCUSS RECOMMENDATIONS AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.
THANKS MARIO MARIN COUNCIL UNDERSTAND RECOMMENDATION, RECOMMENDATION, CONTINUE TO LIMIT, UH, OF PRIVATE AMBULANCES OPERATING UP IN THE CITY.
ALONG WITH OTHERS THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED RECOMMENDATION TWO WOULD BE TO CONTINUE CERTAIN APPLICATIONS, APPROVING REQUESTS TO OPERATE IN THE CITY.
THIRDLY, IS CONTINUE TO APPROVE EXCEPT APPLICATIONS AND REQUESTS AND CHARGE AN APPLICATION FEE.
WE JUST WANTED TO BRING IT BACK FOR YOU FOR YOU AGAIN.
SO YOU WILL KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON, WHAT WE SAW, THE CHANGES WE HAD.
SO YOU'D HAVE ALL THE, UH, ALL THE DATA IN FRONT OF YOU TO MAKE A INFORMED DECISION THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION.
SO CHIEF CAMPBELL, THIS IS MAYOR FOR, UM, THE AMBULANCES ARE OPERATING OUT OF LIKE, IF SOMEONE NEEDS TO GO TO, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY CALL AND THEY NEED TRANSPORTATION TO LIKE MAYBE DIALYSIS OR SOMETHING, IS THAT CORRECT? YES.
OR ANY OTHER PLACE BETWEEN WHERE THEY, INSTEAD OF GOING A NINE ONE, ONE, IT'S NOT EMERGENCY, THEY NEED TO GET TO A DOCTOR.
UM, AND SO, UH, THEY COULD BE BEDRIDDEN.
AND SO THE AMBULANCE PICKS HIM UP AND TEXTS THEM, DO THEIR APPOINTMENT AND BRINGS THEM BACK.
IT COULD BE FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS, BUT COMMONLY WHAT YOU SEE A LOT IN MISSOURI CITY RIGHT NOW IS TWO DIALYSIS CENTERS.
SO DO THEY, ARE THEY, I GUESS, ARE THESE, ARE THE OTHER RESIDENTS OR PATIENTS PICKING AN AMBULANCE SERVICE? HOW, HOW DO THEY KNOW WHAT AMBULANCES ARE OPERATING WITHIN OUR CITY LIMITS? MA'AM WE DON'T KNOW HOW THE PEOPLE GET IT, WHETHER THEY'RE GETTING IT FROM THEIR CLINIC AND THEY'RE RECOMMENDED YOUR INSURANCES PROVIDE THAT TO THEM.
BUT WHAT WE DO KNOW IS THAT THE PEOPLE COME TO US AND THEY'RE WANTING US BECAUSE THEY SAID THEY'RE GOING TO OPERATE WITHIN OUR CITY, OTHER PROVISIONS, UH, CHIEF, UH, PARTIES.
YOU CAN OUTLINE THOSE FOR YOU, BUT IF NOW WE'RE NOT, UM, CURRENTLY GOING TO BE HOUSED IN OUR C IN OTHER WORDS, THEY'RE NOT A RESIDENT AGENCY.
WE TRY TO SEND THEM BACK TO THE JURISDICTION WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO HANG THEIR LICENSE.
AND MARIO, COULD YOU ELABORATE ON THAT? YES.
WE ONLY COUNSEL THOSE APPLICATIONS, WHICH RESIDE IN THE CITY WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS OF MISSOURI CITY.
THEN THEY HAVE TO GO TO THE COUNTY FOR APPROVAL.
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SO WE HAVE ACTUALLY DEFERRED A FEW OF THOSE TO THE COUNTY, BUT THEY HAVE TO HAVE AN ADDRESS WITHIN THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY TO, TO MAKE A REQUEST.AND IF, IF WE DON'T HAVE I'M SORRY, COUNCIL MEMBER RULE.
IF WE DON'T HAVE THEM OPERATING IN OUR CITY, THEN HOW DOES SOMEONE GET AMBULANCE SERVICE THEN? DO WE PROVIDE IT? CAUSE I KNOW WE CONTRACT WITH THE COUNTY, CORRECT? FOR AMBULANCE SERVICE, MARIO, GO AHEAD AND ANSWER THAT.
YES, MA'AM WE, WE, SO THAT'S TWO DIFFERENT SYSTEMS. THERE'S THE PRIVATE AMBULANCES THAT ARE, UM, THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NOW, THEN WORK THROUGH THE HOSPITAL SYSTEM, THROUGH THE INSURANCE AND THEY PROVIDE THAT NON-EMERGENCY TRANSPORT, UM, TO, TO KIND OF LIKE A TAXI SERVICE, BUT FOR, FOR PATIENTS.
AND THEN THERE WAS A SEPARATE NINE 11 EMERGENCY SYSTEM THAT'S RUN BY MAIN COUNTY EMS AND THE FIRST RESPONDERS OF YOUR FIRE DEPARTMENT.
SO WE HANDLE THE NINE 11 CALLS WITH FOUR, MANY EMS, AND THEN ALL THESE PRIVATE AMBULANCES HANDLE THE NON-EMERGENCY TRANSPORTS SEPARATELY.
WE HAVE THREE OPTIONS BEFORE US, AND I WAS WONDERING IF THERE MIGHT BE A FOURTH AND THAT WOULD BE PERHAPS WE LIMIT X AMOUNT PER YEAR, THAT WAY ANY COME IN, WE ACCEPT AND WE MOVE ON.
BUT IF WE START TO GET A LOT, AT LEAST YOU CAN PUT A CAP ON IT.
AND THEN THAT NUMBER OVER WHATEVER WE DECIDE COMES BEFORE COUNCIL TO DECIDE.
IN OTHER WORDS, MAYBE NOT OPEN UP THE FLOOD GATES, BUT STILL HAVE SOME LIMITATIONS THERE.
UM, SO THAT WE DON'T JUST GET OVERWHELMED BY A BUNCH OF AMBULANCE SERVICES.
WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT, SIR? YES, SIR.
THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD, UH, GIVE US SOME GUIDANCE FOR US TO FOLLOW, BUT THAT WOULD BE THE WISH OF THE COUNCIL.
WE WOULD, UH, FOLLOW THAT, I GUESS, MAYOR, UM, IF WE WANT TO HAVE, IF WE WANT TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT CALL IT RECOMMENDATION FOR BY ME, BUT, UM, I DON'T, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF THESE COME FORWARD.
WE THEY'RE REALLY EASY DISCUSSIONS.
WE ASK BASIC QUESTIONS AND WE MOVE ON, BUT DO, DO WE WANT TO PUT SOME SORT OF LIMIT AND ALLOW THE CHIEF AND HIS STAFF TO JUST MOVE FORWARD OR A CERTAIN NUMBER OF A REQUEST.
AND THEN ONCE WE HIT A LIMIT, THEN WE HAVE A FURTHER DISCUSSION.
SO I'D LIKE TO KIND OF OPEN THAT UP TO COUNCIL AND GET EVERYONE'S THOUGHTS ON THAT.
UM, ANY THOUGHTS, TELL ME ANY OF THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS AND, UH, CHIEF CAMPBELL.
IS THIS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE, NOT EMERGENCY SERVICE AND BILL FOR MA'AM? UM, WE'VE LEVERAGED, WE'VE NEVER LOOKED INTO THAT.
UM, CURRENTLY WE HAVE A, UM, CONTRACT FOR SERVICES.
UM, HAVE YOU LOOKED INTO THAT? MA'AM IT HASN'T BEEN PART OF THE DISCUSSION.
AND BACK TO COUNCILMAN MEROLA'S QUESTION, ANY COUNCIL MEMBERS WANT TO WEIGH IN OR EVEN FROM STAFF, WOULD THAT HELP OR IS THAT JUST TOO MUCH? I WOULD JUST SAY THAT IF WE WERE GOING TO DO ANYTHING WHERE WE WOULD DO NON-EMERGENCY TRANSPORTS, WE'D HAVE TO LOOK AT WORK.
WE REALLY DON'T HAVE UNITS NOW THAT WE USE, BECAUSE WE DON'T TRANSPORT PEOPLE TO THE HOSPITAL.
SO IT WOULD, IT WOULD TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF WORK TO COME UP WITH NUMBER ONE, HOW IT WOULD AFFECT CURRENT RESPONSE LOADS, STAFFING LEVELS, UH, AND THEN EQUIPMENT COSTS.
ALRIGHTY, ANYBODY ELSE? I'M NOT HEARING ANYTHING COUNCILOR, MARULA SAY MIGHT'VE LEFT US FALLING ASLEEP.
UM, SO, UM, T YOU JUST, YOU JUST WANT, IS THERE ANY DIRECTION YOU NEED FROM US TONIGHT OR YOU WANT TO GIVE THAT TO US SO WE CAN KIND OF MOLD IT AROUND MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
WE WERE LOOKING TO GET SOME, UH, DIRECTION, DELIGHT OUR INTEL TO CONTINUE AS WE'RE CURRENTLY, UM, WORKING PROVEN.
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LETTERS THAT WE NEED TO GO AHEAD AND WE WILL SUBMIT THEM TO THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE NEXT COUNCIL.AND THEN WE'VE, WE'VE KINDA PUT THOSE ON HOLD UNTIL WE GOT FURTHER DIRECTION.
ARE YOU ABLE TO PROVIDE A, UM, A FEE STRUCTURE THAT OTHER CITIES HAVE IMPLEMENTED SO WE CAN KIND OF SEE WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
HE PARKED YOU TO HAVE YOU FOUND OUT ANY OTHER FEES THAT ARE BEING CHARGED OUTSIDE OF WHAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR MEMO, WHICH IS, UH, CAN WE GO, GO OVER WHAT PARADIGM'S CHARGING AGAINST YOU? YES, SIR.
AND YES, MA'AM A PARALLEL IS CHARGING AN APPLICATION FEE OF $250.
AND THEN THEY HAVE SEPARATE, UM, INSPECTION FEES, WHICH, WHICH ARE NOT PART OF OUR PROCESS.
THE APPLICATION FEE OF 250 FOR ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES.
IS THAT THE ONLY CITY YOU WERE ABLE TO PULL ANYTHING FROM? I DID THE OTHER FIVE CITIES, BUT THEY'RE NOT, CAROLINE IS THE ONLY ONE THAT HAS A FEE SCHEDULE.
UM, ANY OTHER, I WOULD SAY FOR ME, UM, IF THERE IS A PROCESS OR WORK WE'RE HAVING TO DO TO PROCESS THESE APPLICATIONS, THEN WE ABSOLUTELY SHOULD LOOK AT ADDING A FEE SCHEDULE TO IT.
UM, IF ANYBODY WANTS TO WEIGH IN, I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER MEROLA'S HAD A SUGGESTION.
SO IS THERE ANYBODY'S ARE, I MEAN, ARE YOU GUYS OKAY WITH ADDING A FEE SCHEDULE INTO, INTO THIS? I'M OKAY WITH IT.
I'M NOT A PROBLEM COUNCIL MEMBER.
MY RULE IS I KNOW YOU'RE STILL AWAKE.
ARE YOU OKAY WITH THE FEE SCHEDULE BEING AT IT? SURE.
I'M LOOKING AT THE TABLE THAT THE STAFF GAVE US AND IT'S 250 BUCKS FOR AN APPLICATION 75 FOR UNIT PERMIT.
SO DO WE WANT TO FOLLOW PER LAWNS RATES? WE WANT TO JUST OKAY.
TO JUST BE CONSISTENT IN THE AREA AND SEE HOW IT GOES.
I MEAN, IF WE NEED TO REVISIT IT, WE'LL WE CAN REVISIT IT, BUT, OKAY.
UM, COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY, ARE YOU OKAY WITH PUTTING IN A FEE SCHEDULE? YES.
WHAT ABOUT COUNCIL MEMBER EMORY? YES, I'M OKAY.
I HAD A QUESTION IS, UH, THE CHIEF, UH, ON BOARD WITH THAT AS FAR AS PUTTING IN A FEE SCHEDULE, I DIDN'T SEE, IS THAT HIS RECOMMENDATION OR WOULD HE AGREE TO IT? CHIEF CAMPBELL? ARE YOU OKAY WITH PUTTING IN A, A FEE SCHEDULE? MA'AM I THINK IT WOULD SUPPORT THE NUMBER OF STAFF HOURS AND COMPLIMENT TO WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING WITH FIBER MIX AND BUILDING PERMITS.
THERE ARE STAFF HOURS THAT GO INTO IT.
UM, SO I DO THINK IT'S A PART OF THE COST RECOVERY OF THE TIME IT TAKES TO WORK OR DO THE, DO THE, UH, CAUSE WE ACT AND MAKE SURE THAT THESE BONUSES ARE ACTUALLY HAVE LICENSES.
WE WORK WITH OLDEST AND HIS TEAM TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE VIABLE BUSINESSES.
SO I DO THINK IT IS COMING TO WHAT WE'RE DOING IN OTHER DEPARTMENTS.
A MAYOR PRO TEM PRESTON, ARE YOU, I'M SORRY, GO AHEAD.
AND, UH, JOHN'S IF I COULD, UH, JUST GOING BACK ON SOME, UH, HISTORY, UH, AND CHIEF, YOU JUST WERE HITTING ON THAT.
IF WE COULD GET WITH THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT RUN THROUGH OUR CAUSE LAST YEAR, AS YOU'LL RECALL, WE DID A FEE SCHEDULE BASED ON THE ANALYSIS, AND WE COULD DO THAT SAME TYPE OF ANALYSIS ON THIS TO SEE WHAT OUR TRUE COSTS ARE, AND THEN COMPARE THAT AGAIN TO MARKET AND MAKE SURE WE DON'T UNDERCHARGE OURSELVES, UM, JUST, AND MAKE SURE WE'RE DOING TRUE COST RECOVERY WORKS FOR ME.
UM, MAY I APPROACH AND PRESTON? YES, I'M OKAY WITH IT.
I JUST WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE FEE IS COMPARABLE LATER TO OUR SIZE.
UH, CHIEF CAMPBELL AND I, UH, HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS REGARDING THIS AND I FULLY SUPPORT HIS REQUEST.
YOU HAVE SOME DIMENSION, CHIEF CAMPBELL THOUGH.
WE WILL WORK WITH MR. ATKINSON AND COME BACK WITH THAT SCHEDULE FOR YOUR REVIEW AND
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WE'LL TAKE IT UP THAT FUTURE DATE.ENJOY THERE'S A EXECUTIVE SESSION ON HERE.
AND AGAIN, I LEAVE IT UP TO YOU ALL, IF HE WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE OR BRING IT BACK.
MERITAGE IS THE ITEM THAT, UH, WAS A FOLLOWUP TO OUR LAST DISCUSSION, IS THAT IS WHATEVER THE COUNCIL WISHES, UH, WHETHER THEY WANT TO BRING IT BACK OR NOT.
IS THERE A DEADLINE ON THIS OR NO, THIS IS JUST A FOLLOWUP FROM OUR LAST CONVERSATION.
CAN WE DO IT ON MONDAY THE 28TH? YES, MA'AM.
WELL, WE'LL DO THAT ON MONDAY THE 28TH, SINCE WE HAVE TO MEET ANYWAY.
AND IT'S JUST TWO ITEMS THAT WE'LL BE DISCUSSING.
UM, OTHER THAN THAT, IF NONE ARE OPPOSED, WE WILL ADJOURN THE MEETING THE NIGHT GUYS.