2026-10-14 - Council ARPA Review Committee
Summary
Built from the posted agenda and the auto-generated captions of the recording of about 28 minutes. Names and numbers may be misheard; roll-call responses are partly garbled.
- The meeting opened at 10:01 and the August 19, 2026 minutes were approved.
- Status (ARPA Funds Reallocation and Final Report): one internal project (under $10,000 left, to be spent before December) and three external projects remained. Staff asked whether to enforce the contract deadlines for final reimbursement requests, which were September 15 and September 30.
- Discussion: one nonprofit had submitted and revised a request but swapped in different expenses that still needed documentation; another had spent its funds but was waiting on two vendor checks to clear, one of which, a little over $3,000, was still outstanding. Members noted the organizations had been told repeatedly of the deadlines and none had asked for an extension on the reimbursement date, and that the committee had already denied one extension at its last meeting. One member worried about claims that communication fell through, since the organizations were not specifically asked to attend; others said the contracts were clear and had already been extended once.
- Action: the committee approved a motion to accept the Community Partnership of the Ozarks reimbursement request of $24,118.12 and reallocate its remaining $3,131.90, reallocate the remaining $3,719.93 from the Ozark Greenways project, and reallocate the full remaining balance of $23,785.08 from the Restore SGF project, all to the Historic City Hall renovation. The captions show four ayes called; the roll call is partly garbled.
- Final report: the report will be published December 31 to match the federal spending deadline, with an introductory letter from the chair, a video interview and QR codes linking to project videos. Staff expect to share a draft in three to four weeks; the committee does not need to approve it. The meeting lost its quorum, so no further votes were possible. Members suggested a celebration event with funded organizations at a project site, such as a day center or teen center. This was intended to be the committee's final meeting.
Agenda
- ARPA project update.
- Reallocation of unspent balances.
- Final report.
Sources
- CivicClerk event page: https://springfieldmo.portal.civicclerk.com/event/11257/files
- Agendas and minutes index: https://www.springfieldmo.gov/5794/47534/Agendas-Minutes
- Video, Council ARPA Review Committee (CityView): https://cityview.springfieldmo.gov/council-arpa-review-committee/videos/city-council-arpa-review-committee-october-14-2026
Video
Transcript
These are auto-generated captions; names and numbers may be misheard.
Transcript
00:00.15] It's 10:01. We'll call the meeting to order. Roll call, please.
00:04.74] Carroll?
00:06.48] Jensen?
00:07.08] Here.
00:08.01] Wharton?
00:08.73] Here.
00:09.24] Hardinger?
00:09.81] Here.
00:12.00] Next is the consideration of August 19, 2026, meeting minutes.
00:16.41] Have we had an opportunity to look those over?
00:19.02] Yes. Motion to approve.
00:20.49] We have a motion to approve. Do we have a second?
00:22.05] Second.
00:24.54] Jensen?
00:25.11] Aye.
00:25.71] Wharton?
00:26.52] Aye.
00:27.06] Carroll?
00:28.23] Hardinger?
00:28.98] Aye.
00:30.42] All right. Next is an update on the ARPA projects and expenditures. Colin Pickwick.
00:35.28] So last time we met, looking at the minutes, obviously, we've got-- We're winding
00:40.08] down on everything. Just a few projects that are still outstanding.
00:43.89] And so Finance reached out to those entities on those contracts based on the
00:48.63] feedback from the committee. And so I'll have Jodi walk through that.
00:52.32] We've got a couple of decisions to make from the committee and see where we go from
00:56.01] there, so maybe your last meeting.
00:58.35] We'll see if you need to meet again, but we're getting near the end. So Jodi?
01:02.40] All right. I know our time's limited, so we'll dive right into our decision points.
01:08.85] We have one internal and three external projects that are still in progress.
01:14.31] The internal project has less than $10,000 left. It will be spent before December.
01:19.92] There's no concerns with that Renewed Jordan Creek project.
01:24.39] On the three external projects,
01:28.44] we
01:31.80] need some direction from you on how strict we want to be with the contract language
01:38.04] that govern these three. For Ozark Greenways, they will have
01:44.67] at a minimum $3,700 left unspent that will come back to the city
01:50.70] to be reallocated to the historic city hall.
01:54.54] For CPO and Restore SDF, they have spent the remaining
02:00.21] monies by their contract deadline, but we're still waiting on the final
02:04.56] reimbursement request information.
02:07.23] And both contracts did state that those were due by 9/30 and
02:12.87] 9/15. So technically, they have missed the deadline as far as getting the final
02:18.06] reimbursement request in, but they have spent the money.
02:21.57] So our ask of you is if you want us to enforce that
02:27.60] reimbursement request date in the contract or give them more time to get their
02:33.00] final documentation to us for their final reimbursement request.
02:37.68] You can see here the difference, there's about $51,000 that has
02:43.53] been spent, but we have not received all of the documentation to reimburse it yet.
02:47.73] Okay. Have any of them provided an explanation why they haven't provided this
02:52.08] information by the deadline? Or have they asked for an extension?
02:56.28] So, with Restores DF, they did submit a request
03:01.83] originally on September 10th. We reviewed it, requested some
03:07.68] revisions,
03:09.81] and they submitted a revised request on 9/22, but
03:16.44] they didn't make the changes we requested.
03:18.33] They made different changes, so it had to be re-reviewed.
03:21.63] We've reached out to them again and
03:25.50] are still waiting on documentation for the new expenses they submitted on their
03:30.39] revised request. So that one has been going back and forth for a while.
03:35.79] The deadline in the contract was September 15th.
03:39.21] Okay.
03:40.38] For community partnership-
03:42.36] Sorry, if I may.
03:43.32] Yes.
03:44.01] What was the nature of the changes we requested, and what did they change
03:50.01] instead?
03:51.72] So we had requested-- They had originally requested more than was
03:57.39] remaining on their contract, and they had missed a payment that we had made
04:03.39] as far as getting it recorded on their side.
04:06.30] So we were mainly requesting that they just reduce the request to the amount
04:11.49] remaining on the contract, and I think there was one charge that didn't have
04:16.20] sufficient documentation. We'll just take that one off, replace it, and we even
04:20.97] sent them the form. All they really had to do at that point was sign the revised
04:25.71] form, and we were good to go. But they chose to swap out some expenditures
04:32.01] on their side and resubmit, and so then that had to start the process over again of
04:38.67] making sure we had all of the correct documentation for the new expenditures they
04:42.84] submitted.
04:43.80] And those new expenditures were eligible under the grant?
04:48.75] We're still waiting for some documentation to complete that
04:54.69] review process, but they seem to be on first glance, yes.
05:00.06] Thank you.
05:02.28] And then for Community Partnership of the Ozarks,
05:07.83] they had one pending request. They were waiting on clear checks for
05:13.89] two of their final expenses. They wrote the checks prior to September 30th or on
05:19.23] September 30th,
05:21.54] but they didn't have the clear checks showing that the payment had actually been
05:25.50] processed by the vendor. So they got one of those to us yesterday, and they are
05:31.38] waiting on the final one for a little over $3,000 that still had not cleared as
05:37.38] of yesterday.
05:38.43] Okay.
05:41.55] Well, I think
05:43.98] all the entities here have been notified many times of the deadlines and
05:49.83] when they needed to have things submitted by.
05:54.12] It looks like
05:57.33] for Restores DF, they sent their initial
06:01.41] request in before the deadline. I'm curious what the holdup is.
06:06.24] It seems like it's been a few weeks since they've responded to your request.
06:13.11] Yes. There have been multiple. We've had two of our staff people look at it and
06:19.02] reach out to them separately to get this final documentation so we can wrap this
06:23.91] up, and there are some lags in communication on their side there.
06:29.13] Okay.
06:32.52] Do we have to go with what they've submitted, or could we
06:38.70] provide reimbursement for what was included and determined eligible in
06:44.64] that submission that was on time?
06:47.37] So-
06:48.15] Can we do a partial, I guess is what I'm asking.
06:51.30] We could do that. My only concern with taking that approach is if they've used
06:56.64] those expenses they originally submitted to us for another grant
07:02.70] or program ask. And so we want to be sure we're not double-dipping there.
07:08.46] Yeah.
07:09.00] Or they're not double-dipping those covered.
07:12.15] I don't really have a good understanding as to why they changed up the expenses
07:16.11] they had originally submitted
07:19.38] there.
07:20.37] Okay.
07:22.14] Well, I think based on our conversation at the last meeting, if they hadn't turned
07:27.24] in the reimbursement receipts by the contract date, we would reallocate those
07:31.02] funds. So it seems like due diligence on the city's side has been done to
07:37.83] try to help get them the reimbursement as quickly as possible, but they haven't met
07:41.22] the deadline. So I'm curious what the will of this committee is on the issue.
07:47.19] What are you thinking?
07:50.04] Listen, I know these organizations, they're good organizations, but
07:55.08] we have deadlines for a reason because this money has to be spent by a certain
07:58.65] date, and
08:01.17] anybody who received funds has known this since they
08:05.28] submitted their first application for the projects to be funded.
08:08.28] So if they haven't asked for an extension or if they haven't said, "Hey, we're
08:12.84] working on this, we'll have it to you by this day," I think the fund should be
08:16.44] reallocated. They've had sufficient time to get all their ducks in a row, and it
08:21.36] just seems like
08:23.31] due to communication issues, we can't wait forever.
08:27.39] Are you speaking on both Restore SDF and CPO projects?
08:30.87] Yeah.
08:32.31] Okay.
08:32.49] Because the CPO one-
08:35.01] They submitted after
08:36.06] ... they submitted 15 days late.
08:40.02] So, I
08:43.11] don't see any reason to not reallocate the funds unless there's additional
08:47.28] information to be shared about this.
08:48.99] I guess I might ask staff, do you know, so our decision at the previous meeting to
08:54.48] not allow property acquisition as a reimbursement under the
09:00.18] grant, did that create any issues for them on being able to spend
09:05.94] funds by September 30th?
09:08.97] They The funds were technically spent.
09:12.43] With CPO, like I mentioned, it's they just don't have the clear checks, which
09:18.37] is part of what's required for the reimbursement request.
09:21.70] But
09:23.26] two days after
09:25.75] the meeting and after I had informed CPO of the decision of the committee,
09:31.48] their
09:33.70] offer for the lien was rejected anyway, so that became a moot point.
09:37.12] But they did have the other projects
09:41.05] kind of already bid out and ready to go.
09:45.49] So I don't know that it caused any delay on their part.
09:48.91] Okay. But so the issue is that
09:52.36] they paid and had the money expended, the issue is just the vendor hasn't cashed
09:57.64] the check yet?
09:59.05] Yes. There were two vendors that had not
10:03.64] cashed the check. One, they were able to get the documentation yesterday.
10:10.00] The other one, for the $3,100, was still outstanding as of
10:16.00] yesterday.
10:16.75] Do we know the date that the money was spent?
10:20.80] I believe that the check was written on the 30th.
10:25.15] Okay, so then-
10:27.25] But they knew that the contract close was the 30th, so they would've had to turn in
10:32.23] their receipt on the 30th.
10:36.28] Yeah.
10:37.54] And I feel like if they needed an extension, they could've asked, for one.
10:43.12] If it's like, "Hey, we're waiting for this check to clear.
10:45.61] Can you give us a couple more weeks?" Or
10:49.00] I would consider a request to extend, but it looks like none of these organizations
10:53.47] have requested an extension.
10:54.85] At our last meeting, they had a request for us to extend it, and we said no.
11:00.97] They wanted to extend it to-
11:02.62] The contract, yeah.
11:03.73] Yeah.
11:04.06] Yeah. But that was for a different purpose.
11:06.91] That was because they were acquiring property, and they didn't do that.
11:10.33] Yeah.
11:10.39] So they spent the money by the 30th.
11:14.74] They could have submitted the request on the same day and maybe said, "Hey."
11:19.54] Yeah.
11:20.86] So what are your thoughts on it?
11:22.15] Just procedurally going to ask, so it sounds like they're really down to 3,100 in
11:26.98] terms of
11:29.77] funds that haven't already been documented, that have been cashed, basically.
11:34.99] Because if we pull away the 27,150,
11:40.66] what happens with... They've already cashed the check.
11:43.12] It's already been written and cashed.
11:45.13] That's really on them to absorb that, I guess, in their whatever funding sources
11:49.09] they have, essentially, if we pull it.
11:51.67] Yeah. I don't want to do that, but again,
11:56.35] we do have these contract terms for a reason.
12:00.13] So I want to be respectful of these organizations and
12:05.80] their budgets,
12:08.23] but this pool of money does have restrictions.
12:11.08] So we have to make sure we have enough time to do our due diligence to pull
12:14.02] everything together to make our reports.
12:18.43] I guess I would be inclined, if
12:23.52] interested in your all's thoughts, I think Holland's comment is a good one.
12:28.63] I'd be inclined to reallocate 3130, 190 from the CPO
12:34.03] project,
12:36.28] reimbursing the 24,000 that was spent on time, and we do have documentation to
12:41.26] substantiate.
12:43.66] Reallocating the 3719.93 that's left over from Ozark
12:49.18] Greenways, and then reallocating the full balance of
12:54.67] 23,785.08 from Restore SGS since we don't have verified documentation for
13:00.73] those.
13:01.60] Yeah. The request was made before the deadline, but again, closing was on the
13:07.42] 15th for that.
13:08.53] But my thing is changing costs that you want reimbursed after that,
13:14.92] I'm not sure we should get into that.
13:17.17] Yeah. Well, if they haven't reached out within the last couple of weeks,
13:21.58] if all they have to do is make a simple change and sign, I don't understand why
13:25.90] that's not happened so.
13:27.28] So would you guys have any concerns with that approach that I laid out?
13:31.93] What was the amount for Restore that was still?
13:35.29] I believe it's the full 23-
13:37.18] 23
13:37.30] ...785 that we don't have verified documentation submitted.
13:41.08] Yes.
13:41.98] Yeah. So the 3130, 90 from CPO,
13:48.07] the full
13:50.11] remaining amount of Ozark Greenways, and the full remaining amount of Restore SGS.
13:57.07] Do we know who the vendor is
14:01.18] that hasn't cleared the checks for 3131? Do we know who that vendor is?
14:07.96] I do not know off the top of my head without looking.
14:10.75] We did ask,
14:14.02] at some point last week, that CPO reach out to the vendors that had not
14:19.99] deposited the checks to get those
14:23.59] through the process and finalized.
14:26.41] But as of late yesterday, that one was still outstanding.
14:31.54] I can look and see who the vendor is, but I don't recall.
14:35.08] Were
14:37.45] CPO Ozark Greenways or SGS asked to be here? Do they know about this meeting?
14:44.20] They knew there was a meeting today, but they did not-
14:47.71] To discuss reallocating their funding.
14:50.53] To discuss the update. We've been in contact with them the
14:56.38] last couple of weeks, multiple times, back and forth, trying to get these tied up,
15:01.57] but we did not specifically ask them to be here.
15:07.09] But they were aware that if they didn't spend the money by the contract date and
15:11.02] turn in their reimbursement
15:13.57] documentation, that the funding could be reallocated or would be reallocated after
15:18.07] that time.
15:19.21] Yes, and that was stated in each of the contracts.
15:22.42] And in our contacts with them,
15:27.01] they understood the spending deadline.
15:30.19] And no one asked for an extension because they know it was available.
15:33.34] CPO was hit last time, but they wanted that till the end of October, was it?
15:38.41] Yes. CPO had asked for an extension, and they were in our conversations, each of
15:44.11] them.
15:47.44] The conversations were more focused on the spend date as opposed to the
15:51.97] reimbursement request date. But they do go hand in hand,
15:57.91] and the contract language is clear on that.
16:03.13] Yeah. Could you maybe help us understand your...
16:05.98] It sounds like you've got some concerns.
16:07.87] I do, in the sense of, I just would hate for this to be a he said, she said
16:12.73] situation where we didn't know. Because I would expect that these individuals would
16:17.20] be here to communicate to us
16:21.40] at this meeting because this is the final meeting, and I'm just trying to verify
16:26.14] that they knew to be here to discuss these funds.
16:30.64] Well, I don't know that that's-
16:33.58] They have representatives to be able to be present.
16:38.20] Based on what Jodie's saying, they knew we were meeting.
16:40.36] We didn't ask them to be here, though, and so we didn't say, "Explain yourselves."
16:44.20] I think the only time we heard from the organizations was before we decided on any
16:49.54] allocation of funding, so when people were kind of pitching their projects to the
16:53.26] committee.
16:54.13] Because I just have a feeling that after we make these decisions, we're going to
16:58.27] get some emails that someone didn't know, that some communication fell through the
17:02.86] cracks. And I don't know if we need to postpone until they know that we're getting
17:08.62] ready to allocate these funds if you are not properly communicating with this
17:13.39] committee.
17:13.75] Well, it sounds like they have communicated with them that
17:18.43] you're at risk of losing the funds if you don't get your expenditures in by these
17:22.81] dates. I also know that-
17:24.76] If you're willing to stick on it, then I'm willing to stick on it, too.
17:26.80] Well-
17:27.04] But I'm prepared for someone to say that communication fell through the cracks.
17:31.63] I'm prepared for that as well.
17:34.90] Well, let me-
17:35.38] What is clear, though, is that the contract was not...
17:40.18] The contract's the contract, so the details of that are very clear.
17:43.57] So if there's a communication piece about whether or not they had all the paperwork
17:48.49] submitted back on time-
17:50.83] Or whether or not they had the option to extend.
17:55.21] So the question you initially-
17:56.20] I think they had the option to extend, but we-
17:58.30] But that's not in the contract. I guess what I'm saying is your initial question to
18:04.42] our staff here was, did any of them send an explanation
18:10.39] or ask for an extension? That is not in the contract.
18:13.63] That is just simply correspondence that would happen before you get to this
18:17.65] meeting, and I'm not sure that we can verify that those entities
18:23.44] knew that
18:26.08] an extension was even an option. And so I just got a feeling that once we stick
18:31.99] to our guns on this, someone's going to come back and say they didn't know.
18:34.93] Well, the contract time has come and gone.
18:36.31] I get it.
18:36.58] The one on the 15th. And if- You haven't responded for something that
18:42.56] happened
18:44.24] a month ago,
18:46.40] and the deadline was a month... I don't know.
18:48.26] It just seems like you're missing the boat, and I think if
18:52.16] we choose to extend this again,
18:57.50] we're running out of time.
18:58.64] We are. Okay.
18:58.97] I also want to add too that
19:01.79] when there have been other
19:05.90] dollars potentially up for grabs, there were other organizations that were here
19:11.45] essentially advocating on behalf of us at reallocating those funds to them if we
19:15.47] had leftover funds. So people have been knowing about these deadlines for years.
19:21.11] And it seems like in recent days and weeks, they've also been communicated via
19:25.97] phone individually that they have a deadline, and they need to turn in the
19:29.90] reimbursements by a certain date to get the money back.
19:32.99] So if I had heard some sort of a plea like, "Hey,
19:37.88] please give us a couple of extra days, we're working on X, Y, and Z," that could be
19:41.66] something we would consider.
19:44.24] But it sounds like we haven't had any of that from these organizations on the
19:49.40] deadline.
19:50.48] I'll note, I had to make some calls like this whenever I would bring in the CDBG
19:55.67] program for the state, and
20:01.97] ultimately,
20:04.46] you can communicate as much or as little, but
20:10.67] a contract exists for both parties to be able to fall back on.
20:15.02] So to your point, I'm curious, does the contract have any language about how to
20:20.39] request an extension?
20:24.53] I do not know offhand. I'd have to review it again.
20:28.79] I did include just the snippets that talked about the reimbursement request
20:33.47] deadline, but I don't know if there was any language in there about requesting an
20:39.23] extension for the reimbursements.
20:42.86] I could offer maybe a suggestion. We could tell
20:48.71] these
20:50.78] two entities, CPO and Restore SDF, "This is how much you have left.
20:56.63] The contract deadline has come and gone for spending and reimbursement request, but
21:02.51] if you get this request to us in full by this date, we will
21:08.39] consider it. If not, the committee will pull the funds back per the contract
21:14.12] terms."
21:15.20] Yep.
21:16.58] I lean towards the contract. I lean towards the contract too.
21:20.81] I would just say, let's just prepare for someone to say that communication failed
21:25.49] to impress.
21:26.33] But even if there's no language in there about an extension, this
21:32.24] has already been extended.
21:35.27] This is not the first extension for any of these organizations for this funding.
21:40.10] So...
21:41.09] Well, we're prepared to make the motion, but I make the motion-
21:45.53] As much as I'd hate to-
21:46.31] ... with the understanding that someone's going to say that it wasn't clear,
21:49.73] someone's going to say that, "I thought this," and, "I thought that." And so I just
21:54.95] want to go on record that we're expecting that because I am pretty sure that these
21:59.93] folks right here would've communicated something if they knew that certain options
22:04.85] were available to them outside of their contract.
22:06.89] We did talk about all of this in the last meeting, and these organizations
22:10.13] specifically, and the meeting before, and the meeting before.
22:13.22] I know how humans are.
22:16.61] And I understand that, but all year we've been talking about get your money spent,
22:21.44] get your reimbursements in. All the other organizations did that by the contract
22:24.95] deadline.
22:25.73] Know your contract.
22:26.81] So
22:28.55] we're getting down to the wire, and I want to make sure staff have time to prepare
22:32.18] their final reports. Plus, we also have-
22:35.63] Is it 10:25?
22:36.92] We'll talk about that in a minute. But what do we want to do?
22:39.17] So I'll make a motion that we accept the reimbursement request for CPO
22:45.14] in the amount of $24,118.12 and reallocate
22:51.05] $3,131.90 to the Historic City Hall renovation.
22:57.17] Do we need to do these separately per project, or can we do it all at once?
23:02.36] Procedurally.
23:04.31] We can do it all at once, I think, right?
23:05.99] I'll keep going then. So that's part one.
23:07.61] Part two is reallocate the remaining balance of Ozark Greenways to the Historic
23:12.20] City Hall renovation project, and part three is restoring the full remaining
23:16.88] balance of the Restore SDF project to the Historic City Hall renovation project.
23:23.18] Do we have a second?
23:24.17] Second.
23:28.73] Jensen?
23:29.45] Aye.
23:30.17] Carol?
23:31.94] Borton?
23:32.66] Aye. Hardinger?
23:34.01] Aye.
23:35.27] All right, and now we have the final report to discuss.
23:38.99] If you have to go, feel free, but-
23:40.97] You won't have a quorum.
23:41.99] No.
23:42.80] Do we need to vote on it?
23:45.23] Well, we don't-
23:45.74] It's informational
23:46.34] ... even have a quorum.
23:47.39] Oh, to continue the meeting?
23:49.25] Okay.
23:50.09] You can just do reports. You just can't take the action.
23:53.06] Action.
23:53.66] Yeah. That's really all we have, right?
23:55.49] It's just a-
23:56.24] Just a report?
23:57.05] Yeah.
23:57.29] All right.
23:57.86] Okay.
23:58.28] Thank you.
23:58.88] See you then.
24:05.42] Okay. Final report?
24:06.95] Yeah.
24:08.69] So we're working on a final report,
24:12.50] which will be published, which will be a nice presentation material for the public
24:18.11] to see what council and the community spent on the ARPA funds
24:24.14] over the past however many years it's been now, and looking at kind of the end of
24:29.06] the calendar year timeframe. I don't know, Cora or Melissa?
24:32.63] Yeah. Publish date will be December 31st to
24:37.25] associate with the federal deadline for expenditure of the funds.
24:41.18] And Heather, as the committee chair and the
24:46.76] only council member who has served on this committee from the beginning
24:52.40] throughout, has written a really good introductory letter.
24:56.66] We also did a video interview yesterday at our studio that we'll have a QR code
25:01.79] pointing to. We'll have QR codes throughout the report to provide video on each of
25:07.40] the projects. And the report is coming together nicely, should have something for
25:12.26] you to see in about three to four weeks. So we're excited about it.
25:16.37] Melissa's done a good job of storytelling on this, and I can't wait to read it, so.
25:20.30] So the question I have, which we can't make a decision apparently because we don't
25:23.78] have...
25:26.24] Just going to get some ideas generally. We'll have that ready to go.
25:32.00] Will we want to bring this back and get a final check-off on this?
25:36.80] Yeah.
25:36.83] Maybe need some vague, maybe.
25:38.66] I think so. Maybe a little-
25:40.01] Before we say we're good with it? That's the question.
25:43.13] Oh, sure.
25:43.46] This is a question for staff, I guess, since you guys can't give us direction at
25:46.64] this point.
25:47.42] I don't know that we need to approve the report.
25:49.64] Trust.
25:51.11] But if you would like to send it to us before it's published, we'd love to read it.
25:55.04] Yeah, absolutely.
25:55.94] And then, I think it would be nice if we have a little ceremony,
26:01.40] inviting the organizations that have been honored and with the funds from the
26:05.30] federal government, and kind of celebrating the progress we've made because some of
26:09.26] the things that I talked about the letter and in our interview yesterday was just
26:13.13] the impact that these dollars have had in our community.
26:18.20] And I also think that the intent of
26:21.89] the process and how we went about selecting these different projects, we wanted to
26:26.81] see some long-term legacy. We wanted to see some movement made in some of the key
26:32.42] areas that our citizens have told us are important to them.
26:35.33] So this isn't just a success for the city of Springfield.
26:39.26] I think this is a success for every citizen who participated in that communications
26:43.67] process, and those who will benefit from these projects for years
26:49.67] to come. So I think it's a really cool, unique opportunity to celebrate.
26:58.22] We're excited about it.
26:59.15] Yeah.
27:01.67] We don't need to vote on a date for-
27:04.31] Well, you can't vote.
27:05.90] No.
27:06.20] But
27:07.94] I don't know that-
27:09.14] For this event.
27:10.76] Well, I don't know that we need to.
27:12.62] Yeah.
27:13.97] You can just let us know when that is.
27:15.32] We'll make plans and we'll send some things out, make sure we coordinate with
27:18.05] everybody's schedules, what kind of timeframe that looks like.
27:21.44] Maybe like a 3:30 in an afternoon, and maybe do it here.
27:26.36] It'd be cool if we could do it at a transformational project site to
27:31.82] highlight one of the successes.
27:33.44] The day center or somewhere.
27:35.06] Yeah, that's a good idea.
27:36.11] The teen center is also-
27:37.46] That was great.
27:37.94] Yes.
27:38.48] The teen center.
27:39.44] They have a lot of room, a lot of space.
27:41.63] Yeah.
27:43.37] All right.
27:43.79] Take lead on that if you like.
27:45.35] Yeah.
27:46.97] So can't make any decisions regarding future meeting schedule, but I think the
27:51.68] intent the last time we voted was that this would be our final meeting of the ARPA
27:55.19] committee. So we'll just stick with that. And do we have a motion?
27:59.00] Well, I guess we don't need a motion.
28:01.97] The meeting ended when-
28:03.20] Yeah, the meeting has been concluded and is now concluded.
28:07.85] And now we can go back to our regular programming.
28:10.13] Yeah. Thank you everyone for attending.