2026-10-05 - Budget, Governance & Intergovernmental Relations Committee

Summary

Written from live broadcast captions (all caps, so some names may be misspelled) and fact-checked by Claude.

Committee chaired by Malcolm Graham, with Councilmember Kimberly Owens and several other councilmembers present, and staff from Strategy and Budget, the City Manager's Office and the City Attorney's office. No motions or votes were taken; all items were discussion.
Discretionary Financial Partners Funding Process: staff presented four options: keep the current scored application process; a lighter yes-or-no alignment review; a completeness-only review with no scoring; or outsource grant-making to an outside partner. Councilmembers worried about how scoring is perceived and about losing council control, and noted outside administrators charge fees estimated at 5% to 25%. The program was a little over $900,000 the prior year. The chair asked a small group of councilmembers to level-set informally before the next meeting; the application cycle opens in October and closes in January, and an information session is planned later this month.
2027 State and Federal Legislative Agenda: staff and the city's lobbyists presented draft state and federal agendas. The committee asked staff to return in November with a prioritized list of three to five items, including feasibility and partnerships; a two-year federal agenda concept was introduced. Council adoption is targeted for November 23.
The committee work plan was deferred to next month because the meeting ran long.

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Transcript

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00:12A

01:16AA

02:42READY TO GO LIVE.

02:53GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE.

02:54MY NAME IS MALCOLM GRAHAM.

02:55I HAVE THE HONOR OF CHAIRING

02:56THE BUDGET GOVERNANCE AND

02:58GOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS

02:58COMMITTEE FOR THE CITY OF

03:00CHARLOTTE.

03:00AND WELCOME TO OUR MONDAY,

03:02OCTOBER 5TH, 2026 COMMITTEE

03:05MEETING.

03:05I'M GLAD THAT EVERYONE IS HERE

03:07WATCHING VIRTUALLY AS WELL AS

03:08IN THE ROOM WITH US.

03:09AND BEFORE WE GET STARTEDA LET'S

03:11TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO

03:12INTRODUCE THOSE AROUND THE

03:14DAIS.

03:14UH, AND THEN WE'LL INTRODUCE

03:16THOSE WHO ARE VISITING WITH US

03:18UM, VIRTUALLY AND WE'RE STILL

03:20TO MY FAR LEFT.

03:21SEAN HEATH CITY MANAGER'S

03:23OFFICE.

03:24ANDREA LESLIE WHITE CITY

03:26ATTORNEY.

03:27MALCOLM BROWN, COMMITTEE

03:28CHAIRMAN.

03:29KIMBERLY OWENS REPRESENTING

03:30DISTRICT SIX.

03:33SHERRY SMITH STRATEGY AND

03:34BUDGET AND REGIS GONZALEZ

03:36STRATEGY AND BUDGET.

03:38AND THOSE WHO ARE VISITING WITH

03:40US VIRTUALLY.

03:41GOOD AFTERNOON FROM COMMITTEE

03:43MEMBER.

03:44THANK YOU.

03:45UH, WE HAVE A FULL AGENDA SO

03:47I'M GONNA GET RIGHT TO IT AND

03:48I'M GOING TO UM, PIVOT TO OUR

03:50ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER SEAN

03:51HEATH TO INTRODUCE THE AGENDA

03:54TO US AND THEN WE'LL GET RIGHT

03:55INTO IT.

03:57THANK YOU, CHAIR GRAHAM I'LL BE

03:58BRIEF.

03:59SO TODAY THREE TOPICS FIRST

04:01STARTING WITH.

04:01A DISCUSSION RELATED TO FUNDING

04:03FOR DISCRETIONARY FINANCIAL

04:04PARTNERS OBVIOUSLY A MATTER

04:06THAT THIS.

04:06COMMITTEE HAS.

04:07SPOKEN ABOUT MANY TIMES OVER

04:08THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

04:09BUT I THINK TODAY WILLA BE AN

04:10OPPORTUNITY FOR THE TEAM TO.

04:11SHARE SOME FAIRLY.

04:12TANGIBLE RECOMMENDATIONS AROUND

04:13DIFFERENT OPTIONS FOR REVIEWING

04:14AND SCORING APPLICATIONS.

04:16NUMBER ONE SECOND JORDAN PASCAL

04:19AND SARAH HAZEL.

04:20>> HAVE BEEN HARD AT WORK OVER

04:21THE.

04:21LAST FEW MONTHS IN CONVERSATION

04:22WITH CITY.

04:23DEPARTMENT HEADS.

04:24COUNCIL MEMBERS AND COMMUNITY

04:26PARTNERS TO FRAME THE STATE.

04:27>> AND.

04:27FEDERAL LEGISLATIVE AGENDA FOR

04:28A DISCUSSION.

04:30TODAY AT THE COMMITTEE LEVEL.

04:31AND THEN FINALLY THIS COMMITTEE

04:32HAS BEEN VERY.

04:33ACTIVE OF COURSE THIS YEAR AND.

04:34>> WILL ROUND THINGS OUT WITH A

04:35QUICK DISCUSSION AROUND THE

04:36WORK PLAN IN TERMS OF REFERRALS

04:37THAT HAVE BEEN CLOSED AND

04:39WHAT'S CURRENTLY IN FRONT OF

04:40YOU AS OPEN POLICY MATTERS.

04:41SO WITH THAT, WITH YOUR

04:43PERMISSION WE CAN KICK.

04:44IT OVER TO CHERRY FOR THE.

04:45FINANCIAL PARTNERS.

04:46WHO YOU'RE UP.

04:48WELCOME.

04:55ALL RIGHT.

04:57>>, ALL RIGHT.

04:58UH, COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND THOSE

05:00IN THE ROOM UM AGAIN MY NAME IS

05:01CHERRY SMITH.

05:02I WORK IN THE STRATEGY AND

05:04BUDGET DEPARTMENT AND I SERVE

05:05AS THE PROGRAM MANAGER FOR THE

05:06CITY'S FINANCIAL PARTNER

05:07PROGRAM.

05:09SO TODAY WE'RE GOING TO TALKA

05:10ABOUT, UH, FUNDING FOR OUR

05:13DISCRETIONARY FINANCIAL

05:14PARTNERS.

05:14BUT SPECIFICALLY.

05:16>> WE HAD A REFERRAL COME TO

05:17THE COMMITTEE TO TALK ABOUT,

05:19UM, WHAT THINGS SHOULD BE

05:21CONSIDERED WHEN COUNCIL IS

05:23TRYING TO MAKE FUNDING

05:24DECISIONS FOR OUR FINANCIAL

05:26PARTNER PROGRAM.

05:27UH, SO I WANT TO JUST BACK US

05:29UP TO SEPTEMBER OF 2024 SO THAT

05:30WE CAN UNDERSTAND HOW WE GOT TO

05:32WHERE WE ARE, UH, SO THAT WE

05:33CAN MAKE SOME REALLY GOOD

05:34DECISIONS GOING FORWARD.

05:35UH, IN 2024 WE CAME BEFORE THE

05:38BIGGER COMMITTEE TO TALK ABOUT

05:40THE FINANCIAL PARTNER PROGRAM

05:41AND DEVELOPED THE VERY FIRST

05:42POLICY FOR THE PROGRAM.

05:44FAST FORWARD TO SEPTEMBER 2025.

05:47WE REVISITED THE FINANCIAL

05:48PARTNER PROGRAM TO TALK ABOUT

05:49UH, REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR

05:51OUR NONPROFIT AGENCIES AS WELL

05:53AS UM, ESTABLISHING WHAT TYPES

05:56OF ORGANIZATIONS WOULD QUALIFY

05:56FOR FUNDING UNDER THE PROGRAM

05:58THROUGH THE CITY OF CHARLOTTE.

06:00AND WE ARE NOW HERE AGAIN TODAY

06:02,UH, AGAIN IN THE FALL TO TALK

06:04ABOUT UH, A FRAMEWORK FOR

06:06FUNDING FOR FINANCIAL PARTNERS.

06:07SO YOU'LL SEE UM, OVER THE PAST

06:09COUPLE OF YEARSA WE'VE REALLY

06:10DIVED INTO THE FINANCIAL

06:12PARTNER PROGRAM AND TRIED TO

06:13JUST REFINE OUR PROCESS AS AN

06:16ORGANIZATION.

06:17SO TODAY WE'RE GOING TO TALK

06:18ABOUT FOUR OPTIONS, UH, FOR YOU

06:20GUYS TO CONSIDER.

06:21UH, THAT MAY HELP WITH

06:23NARROWING DOWN THE FIELD FOR

06:25ELIGIBLE ORGANIZATIONS TO

06:26PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM.

06:29SO OPTION ONE WE CAN KEEP OUR

06:31CURRENT PROCESS.

06:32UH, SO AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE AN

06:35APPLICATION PROCESS THAT BEGINS

06:36AROUND OCTOBER OF EVERY YEAR.

06:38WE WRAP UP IN JANUARY.

06:40UH, OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS WE

06:41HAVE UH USED A SCORING SYSTEM

06:44UH, TO GIVE COUNCIL A BETTER

06:46IDEA OF WHAT APPLICATIONS ARE

06:48MOST ALIGNED WITH COUNCIL'S

06:50STRATEGIC PRIORITIES.

06:51UH, SO THE FINANCIAL PARTNER

06:53PROGRAM THE FOUNDATION OF IT IS

06:56SERVING AS A PROGRAM THAT

06:57EXTENDS THE CITY'S LEGS INTO

06:59THE COMMUNITY, UM, WITH

07:01CREDIBLE ORGANIZATIONS THAT

07:02HAVE RELATIONSHIPS WITHIN THE

07:05DESIGNATED POPULATIONS FOR THE

07:06PRIORITIES THAT YOU HAVE FOR

07:07THE YEAR.

07:08SO WITH THE SCORING PROGRAMA OR

07:10WITH THE SCORING CRITERIA,

07:12WE'RE ABLE TO KIND OF LET YOU

07:15KNOW AT A HIGH LEVEL AFTER A

07:16THOROUGH REVIEW OF THE

07:18APPLICATIONS BY STAFF THAT

07:20ALIGNMENT WITH PRIORITIES WE'VE

07:21HAD SOME CHALLENGES OVER THE

07:23PAST TWO YEARS WITH THE SCORING

07:25AND THAT SCORING CAN BE RATHER

07:27SUBJECTIVE BECAUSE THEY ARE

07:28BEING SCORED BY PEOPLE.

07:29IN ADDITION, UH THE PERCEPTION

07:31THAT THE SCORES REPRESENT THE

07:32VALUE THAT THE ORGANIZATION HAS

07:34WITHIN THE COMMUNITY INSTEAD OF

07:36IT BEING THE SCORE REPRESENTS

07:37THE ALIGNMENT WITH STRATEGIC

07:39PRIORITIES.

07:39UH, WHAT WE CAN DO IF YOU

07:41DECIDE TO MAINTAIN THE CURRENT

07:42PROCESS IS BETTER REFINE THE

07:44SCORING, UH, RUBRIC AS WELL AS

07:46INCLUDE THAT AS A PART OF THE

07:47INFORMATION SESSION THAT WE

07:49HAVE WITH UH, FOLKS THAT ARE

07:50INTERESTED IN THE PROGRAM AND

07:51WE'LL HAVE AN INFORMATION

07:52SESSION LATER ON THIS MONTH.

07:55OPTION NUMBER TWO, UH, IS TO

07:57STEP BACK.

07:58>> A.

07:58LITTLE BIT AND DO A LIGHTER

08:00PROCESS.

08:01WE WOULD DO A REVIEW THAT WOULD

08:03UM BASICALLY SAY THUMBS UP

08:05THUMBS DOWN OR YES OR NO THAT

08:06THE ORGANIZATION DOES HAS

08:08PROPOSED ACTIVITIES THATA ARE

08:11DIRECTLY ALIGNED WITH UH

08:12COUNCIL'S STRATEGIC PRIORITIES

08:14AND MEANINGFULLY WILL ADVANCE

08:16COUNCIL'S STRATEGIC PRIORITIES

08:17WITHIN THE COMMUNITY OR AMONG

08:19THE POPULATION THAT THEY

08:20IDENTIFY WITHIN THEIR

08:21APPLICATION.

08:22UH, THIS ONE WOULDN'T BE AS

08:24HEAVY ON THE SCORING PROCESS,

08:25BUT IT DOES PUT A LITTLE MORE,

08:26UH, WORK ON COUNCIL.

08:28WE WOULD STILL PROVIDE AN

08:30APPLICATION PACKET, UH, TO YOU

08:31GUYS TO REVIEW AND FROM THERE

08:33UH, COUNCIL WOULD BE ABLE TO OR

08:35WOULD NEED TO ASSESS THE VALUE

08:38OR THE SERVICES THAT ARE BEING

08:39PROVIDED BY THE ORGANIZATION

08:40AND MAKE FUNDING

08:41RECOMMENDATIONS ACCORDINGLY.

08:44UH, THIS 1ST MAY HELP A LITTLE

08:46BIT WITH THE NUMERICAL SCORING

08:48UH, WHERE FOLKS DON'T SEE A A

08:50LOWER SCORE ON A 100 POINT

08:51SCALE AND GET THE PERCEPTION OR

08:53THE IDEA THAT WE DON'T VALUE

08:55THE SERVICE THEY'RE PROVIDING.

08:58OPTION NUMBER THREE IF YOU'LL

09:00REMEMBER BACK IN 2020 FOR OUR

09:03PROCESS, UH ONLY INCLUDED

09:05WHETHER OR NOT THE APPLICATION

09:06THAT WE RECEIVED WAS COMPLETE.

09:08UH, SO WITHIN THE APPLICATIONA

09:10PACKET THAT YOU RECEIVE WE WENT

09:12THROUGH ALL OF THE REQUIRED

09:15DOCUMENTS THAT THAT NEEDED TO

09:17BE SUBMITTED WITH THE

09:18APPLICATION AND JUST SAID GREEN

09:20CHECKMARK.

09:20YES.

09:20THEY PROVIDED IT INCOMPLETE OR

09:23IF IT WASN'T SUBMITTED IF WE

09:25PROCEED WITH OPTION THREE THERE

09:26WOULD BE NO SCORING.

09:27UH, SO WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO

09:28WORRY ABOUT THE PERCEPTION THAT

09:30COMES ALONG WITH NUMERICAL

09:31SCORING BUT IT DOES PUT A LOT

09:33MORE ONUS ON COUNCIL.

09:35UH, AND IN REVIEWING THOSE

09:37APPLICATION PACKETS TO FULLY

09:39UNDERSTAND THE NATURE OF THE

09:40WORK THAT'S BEING PROPOSED,

09:42UNDERSTANDING IF THE ACTIVITIES

09:43THAT ARE PROPOSED CAN BE

09:44COMPLETED WITHIN THE

09:45PERFORMANCE PERIOD AND THEN

09:47ALSO GAUGING THE AMOUNT OF

09:50FUNDING THAT WOULD BE

09:51APPROPRIATE FOR THE

09:52ORGANIZATION.

09:53UH, SO YOU'LL NOTICE WHEN WE GO

09:54FROM OPTIONS 1 TO 3, UH, THAT

09:57WE'RE GOING HEAVY STAFF TOUCH

09:59DOWN TO MINIMAL STAFF TOUCH BUT

10:02HEAVIER COUNCIL INVOLVEMENT UM

10:04IN REVIEWING THE APPLICATION

10:05PACKET AS YOU KNOW WE'VE HAD UH

10:07VERY HOT INTEREST IN THE

10:10PROGRAM.A

10:10WE'VE HAD UPWARDS OF 50

10:11APPLICATIONS TO BE SUBMITTED.

10:13UH, SO JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND

10:14AS YOU THINK ABOUT THE

10:15DIFFERENT OPTIONS THAT ARE

10:17PROPOSED.

10:19AND THEN FINALLY UH WE HAVE

10:20OPTION NUMBER FOUR INNOVATE

10:22USING UH PARTNER EXPERTISE.

10:25SO IF YOU'LL REMEMBER OUR ARTS

10:27FUNDING UH WENT THROUGH A VERY

10:28SIMILAR PROCESS.

10:30WE PARTNER WITH AN OUTSIDE

10:31AGENCY.

10:32WE PUT THAT OPPORTUNITY OUT FOR

10:34RFP FOR AGENCIES TO RESPOND TO

10:36AND THEY WOULD ADMINISTER THE

10:38PROGRAM.

10:39UH, ONE BENEFIT OF OF

10:42LEVERAGING AN OUTSIDE PARTNER

10:43THAT IS, UH, VERY FAMILIAR WITH

10:46GRANT MAKING IS IT CAN OFFER A

10:48LITTLE BIT OF A CONTINUUM

10:50WITHIN THE NONPROFIT SPACE IN

10:51CHARLOTTE.

10:52UH, THERE ARE SOME

10:53ORGANIZATIONS THAT DO A LOT

10:54MORE WORK ON CAPACITY BUILDING

10:56.

10:56THERE'S SOME THAT HAVE A LOT

10:58MORE, UM, TRAINING

10:59OPPORTUNITIES AND THEY HAVE A

11:01LOT MORE BANDWIDTH TO SUPPORT

11:02THOSE ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTIONS

11:04FOR WHAT CAN BE CONSIDERED SOME

11:06OF OUR SMALLER FINANCIAL

11:07PARTNERS, UM, COUNCIL WOULD

11:09STILL BE ABLE TO MAINTAINA

11:10INFLUENCE IN THE PROGRAM

11:11THROUGH SETTING THE STRATEGIC

11:13PRIORITIES.

11:13THEY WOULD STILL RECEIVE A COPY

11:15OF THE APPLICATION PACKET SO

11:17THAT YOU COULD UNDERSTAND WHAT

11:18ACTIVITIES ARE BEING PROPOSED.

11:20UM, BUT IT CAN ALSO HELP TO

11:22ELIMINATE SOME OF THAT

11:23CONFUSION AROUND NUMERICAL

11:25SCORING, VALUE OF SERVICE

11:27PROVIDED ETC. SO UM THAT'S ONE

11:30THAT YOU CAN CONSIDER AND IT IS

11:31ONE THAT WE HAVE LEVERAGED AS

11:34AN OPPORTUNITY WITHIN THE

11:35ORGANIZATION FOR PRIOR GRANT

11:36MAKING OPPORTUNITIES.

11:40SO FOR TODAY, UH, THE QUESTIONS

11:42UP FOR DISCUSSION ARE UH DO ANY

11:44OF THE FOUR OPTIONS BETTER

11:46POSITIONS CITY COUNCIL TO MAKE

11:47FUNDING DECISIONS AROUND

11:48FINANCIAL PARTNERS?

11:50UH WOULD ANY ADDITIONAL

11:51INFORMATION HELP COUNCIL TO

11:52MAKE INFORMED FUNDING DECISIONS

11:55?

11:55AND THEN FINALLY DO WE WANT TO

11:57DISCUSS DO WE WANT TO UH

11:59RECOMMEND NO ACTION OR DO WE

12:01WANT TO RECOMMEND UH SOME

12:02OPTION TO FULL COUNCIL FOR

12:04CONSIDERATION?

12:07THAT'S IT.

12:08>> WELL THANK YOU FOR THE

12:09PRESENTATION IA REALLY

12:10APPRECIATE IT AND WE'LL OPEN IT

12:12UP FOR DISCUSSION.

12:15UM UH MOVING BACKWARDS FORWARD

12:18I WOULD PROBABLY THINK AND FEEL

12:21FREE COUNCIL MEMBERS TO

12:23INTERJECT THAT WE PROBABLY

12:24SHOULD DO FOR CONTINUING

12:27DISCUSSING IT BECAUSE OF THE

12:28LACK OF TWO MEMBERS THAT ARE

12:30NOT HERE AND I WOULD WANT TO

12:33HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE FULL OF

12:35CONVERSATION WITH THE

12:36COMMITTEE.

12:36UM, UH, ARE WE UNDER ANY TIME

12:39PRESSURE?

12:40SO I WILL SAY UH, TYPICALLY THE

12:42APPLICATION FOR THE PROGRAM

12:43OPENS IN OCTOBER.

12:45UH, WE CLOSE THAT APPLICATION

12:47IN JANUARY.

12:48UM I AM WE ARE ABLE TO.

12:50DELAY UH.

12:51MAKING THAT.

12:52>> APPLICATION AVAILABLE.

12:53>> TO POTENTIAL PARTNERS AND WE

12:55WOULD IN TURN JUST EXTEND THE

12:57DEADLINE TO GIVE FOLKS A LOT

12:59MORE OPPORTUNITY TO THINK

12:59THROUGH AND PROVIDE A THOROUGH

13:01APPLICATION AND IT'S UP TO THE

13:03WILL OR DESIRE OF COUNCIL.

13:05UH.

13:05>> I'LL WAIT TO HEAR FROM THIS

13:06AUDIENCE AND COUNCIL MEMBERS

13:07FOR MAYOR AS WELL.

13:09BUT I THINK I WOULDA THINK WE

13:10WILL HAVE A FULLER CONVERSATION

13:12IF WE HAVE MORE MEMBERS HERE.

13:14UM, BUT I'LL I'LL LISTEN AND

13:17WAIT.

13:17UM, AND IF YOU CAN PUSH IT BACK

13:20THAT MAY BE FINE AS WELL BUT UM

13:22,I WILL FOLLOW YOUR LEAD IN

13:24TERMS OF THE TIMING OF IT AND

13:26FOLLOW THE DIRECTION OF UM, THE

13:28MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE.

13:29SO, UH, MISS ONLY IF YOU WANT

13:31TO.

13:32KICK US OFF.

13:33THANK YOU.

13:33CHAIR.

13:34UM.

13:35>> SO THIS WAS THIS WAS

13:37OBVIOUSLY MY FIRST MY FIRST

13:38RODEO, UM, THIS YEAR AND.

13:40>> I.

13:41FOUND THE PROCESS, UM.

13:44CLUNKY I SUPPOSE IS THE WORD

13:46THAT I WILL USE.

13:47BUT THAT COULD HAVE BEEN MY OWN

13:49DOING BECAUSE I READ EVERYTHING

13:52AND, UM, WAS JUST TRYING TO SEE

13:55BETWEEN THE LINES BUT IN

13:57READING EVERYTHING AND THEN

13:59COMING UP WITH AT THE END WHAT

14:00A SMALL AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WE

14:02HAD, IT FELT LIKE IT WAS

14:03POSSIBLY NOT THE BEST USE OF MY

14:05TIME SO THAT'S ON ME NEXT TIME

14:07I WILL UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT

14:07BETTER.

14:08BUT THE OTHER PART OF IT THAT IA

14:10FOUND CLUNKY WAS YOU KNOW, IT

14:12WON'T BE A SHOCK TO ANYONE THAT

14:14WE HAD A LOT OF CONTROVERSY

14:15WITH RESPECT TO FOR EXAMPLE,

14:17SAFE ALLIANCE WHO FOR WHATEVER

14:19REASON WAS WAS NOT RANKED

14:21HIGHLY AND WAS NOT SUGGESTED

14:23BUT YET PLAYS SUCH A PIVOTAL

14:25ROLE IN EFFECTIVELY PROVIDING A

14:28CITY SERVICE UM AND AND WORKING

14:30SO CLOSELY WITH CMPD AND JUST

14:31THERE WERE A LOT OF THERE WERE

14:33A LOT OF ISSUES THERE AND THEN

14:34THE OTHER OVERLAY OF ALL THAT

14:35IS IT FELT AS THOUGH THAT THERE

14:37WERE COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO HAD UM

14:39THROUGH YEARS OF EXPOSURE TO

14:41CERTAIN NON-PROFITS HAD HAD

14:44STRONG POINTS OF VIEW THAT UM

14:47MADE THE TEMPLATE REALLY FEEL

14:50LIKE WHY DID WE GO THROUGH THIS

14:51EXERCISE?

14:52SO I DON'T HAVE A BETTER ANSWER

14:54THAN TO SAY I DO WANT TO DIG

14:56INTO IT MORE.

14:57I'D LIKE TO HAVE FIRST ON THE

15:00ISSUE OF SAFE ALLIANCE AND

15:01COMPARABLE ENTITIES IF THERE

15:03ARE ENTITIES THAT BASICALLY

15:04FUNCTION AS AN OFFSHOOT OF CITY

15:07SERVICES IN SUCH A HOLISTIC WAY

15:09THAT THE REMOVAL OFA THEM FROM

15:10THIS PROCESS IS IS TRULY

15:14DAMAGING TO OUR ABILITY TO

15:15PROVIDE SERVICES, THEN I DON'T

15:17THINK THEY SHOULD BE GOING

15:18THROUGH THIS PROCESS.

15:18THEY OUGHT TO BE FUNDED AND I

15:19IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT

15:20THERE'S SOME WORK TO DO THERE,

15:22PARTICULARLY WITH RESPECT TO

15:23SAFE ALLIANCE.

15:24BUT IF THERE'S OTHER ENTITIES

15:25THAT ARE AGAIN FULFILLING A

15:27NEED THAT WE DON'T HAVE THE

15:28CAPACITY TO DO IN ANY RESPECT

15:30THAT I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT SOME

15:32THAT GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS.

15:33BUT THEN SECOND TO THAT WITH

15:35RESPECT TO SORT OF UH ALMOST A

15:39UM I DON'T KNOW, JUST AN

15:42ABILITY FOR A COUNCIL MEMBER TO

15:45TO REALLY MARSHAL SOMEONE'S

15:47CASE FORWARD LIKE IS THAT STILL

15:50DESIRABLE?

15:50AND I GUESS THAT'S REALLY THE

15:51QUESTION BECAUSE I I'VE WATCHED

15:53THIS PROCESS PLAY OUT WASN'T

15:54PART OF IT BUT I'D WATCHED IT

15:55YEARS BEFORE AND IT DID SEEM

15:57LIKE EVERYBODY'S SORT OF HAD

15:58THEIR PET NONPROFIT AND I DON'T

16:00WANT TO REVERT TO THAT.

16:03SO UM, I DON'T KNOW WHICH OF

16:04THESE APPROACHES DO YOU FIND

16:07SATISFIES THOSE TWO NEEDS THAT

16:08I HAVE AND JUST DOESA ANY ONE OF

16:10THEM OR IS IT SOME COMBINATION

16:12OF THEM?

16:15CLOSURES.

16:17>> AND SHE SMILES.

16:20A SMILE FIRST AS I THINK OF THE

16:22BEST WAY TO UH, ANSWER I THINK

16:25ALL FOUR OPTIONS ARE GOOD

16:28OPTIONS.

16:30UM, I THINK COUNCIL HAS MADE IT

16:33VERY CLEAR THAT THEY WANT TO

16:36SUPPORT GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATION

16:39IN OUR CITY THAT THAT ARE TRULY

16:42AND IN THEIR OPINION UH, DOING

16:44THE WORK THAT IS NEEDED WITHIN

16:47THE COMMUNITY.

16:48UM, TO ANSWER SOME OF YOUR

16:49QUESTIONS, I THINK THERE IS

16:50SOME WORK THAT CAN BE DONE ON

16:52THE APPLICATION.

16:53WE WILL HAVE A NEW APPLICATION

16:55THIS YEAR UH, TO BETTER TO HAVE

16:59ORGANIZATIONS TO FOCUS UH,

17:01THEIR RESPONSES THAT YOU

17:02RECEIVE IN THE AND THE

17:03APPLICATION PACKETS TO CLEARLY

17:06INDICATE WHAT ACTIVITIES WILL

17:08TAKE PLACE DURING THEIR

17:09PERFORMANCEA PERIOD.

17:11WHAT OUTCOMES DO YOU ANTICIPATE

17:13SEEING, YOU KNOW, WITH CITY

17:15FUNDING?

17:16UM, SOME MORE VERY TARGETED

17:18QUESTIONS THAT WILL SPEAK

17:19DIRECTLY TO WITHIN OUR

17:21INFORMATION SESSION.

17:23SO I THINK UM, SOME OF THE

17:25NUANCES UH CAN BE ADDRESSED

17:27THROUGH MAKING SURE THAT

17:29ORGANIZATIONS ATTEND, ALLOWING

17:31FOLKS TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AND

17:33HAVING A MORE UH, A HIGHER

17:37FOCUS ON OUTCOMES AND AND

17:39ORGANIZATIONS BEING TO

17:41DEMONSTRATE THAT THE OUTCOMES

17:42THEY ARE ANTICIPATING ARE ONES

17:44THAT TRULY INDEED CONNECT TO

17:46THE PRIORITIES OF COUNCIL.

17:47UM, IN PRIOR CYCLES, UH COUNCIL

17:50HAS MADE IT VERY CLEAR THAT

17:53ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE DIRECTLY

17:54CONNECTED TO DEPARTMENT LEVEL

17:55WORK UM, SHOULD SHIFT TO

18:00DEPARTMENT LEVEL FUNDING.

18:01UM AND THOSE ARE EFFORTS THAT

18:02WE HAVE TAKEN.

18:03WE HAVE MOVED ORGANIZATIONS

18:04LIKE TRE CHARLOTTE UM TO A MORE

18:07SUSTAINABLE FUNDING SOURCE

18:08BECAUSE THEY ARE DOING WORK

18:09THAT IS IMPORTANTA TO THE CITY

18:10BUT WE ARE NOT NECESSARILY

18:12DOING ON OUR OWN AND THEY CAN

18:13GO THEY CAN BE A LOT MORE

18:15COMPREHENSIVE IN DOING THE

18:16WORK.

18:16SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS IS

18:18ON OUR RADAR AND THAT IS ALSO A

18:20QUESTION THAT IS INCLUDED ON

18:21THE APPLICATION THIS YEAR.

18:22ARE YOU WORKING DIRECTLY WITH A

18:24DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY OF

18:25CHARLOTTE?

18:25UM, AND THAT WILL HELP US TO TO

18:27MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALIGNING

18:28FOLKS TO THE MOST APPROPRIATE

18:30FUNDING SOURCE.

18:31UM, SO.

18:33A LOT OF A LOT OF WORDS TO NOT

18:35TELL YOU WHAT I THINK UH, THE

18:38ANSWER SHOULD BE UH, BUT I

18:40THINK THERE IS A VALUE IN EACH

18:42ONE OF THE OPTIONS AND EVEN

18:45MORE SO OPTION NUMBER FOUR

18:47BEING SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE

18:48NOT DONE BEFORE AS A AS AN

18:51ORGANIZATION WITH THIS PROGRAM

18:52UH, IS IS TO PARTNER WITH OTHER

18:55OTHER AGENCIES THAT DO GRANT

18:57MAKING.

18:57UM WE ALL KNOW THE SPACE FOR

19:04UNRESTRICTED FUNDING IN OUR

19:05COMMUNITY IS HIGHLY COMPETITIVE

19:07UH RIGHT NOW DUE TO HOW FOLKS

19:09HAVE LOST GRANTSA UM, IN

19:11PARTNERING WITH ANOTHER

19:12ORGANIZATION COULD POTENTIALLY

19:14ALLOW US TO LEVERAGE AND GO

19:16FURTHER IN THE COMMUNITY IF

19:18THEY'RE FUNDING AN

19:19ORGANIZATION, THEY WOULD KNOW

19:19THAT THEY ARE FUNDING THAT

19:21ORGANIZATION.

19:21AND HOW CAN WE ENSURE THAT

19:22WE'RE GIVING FOLKS THE BEST

19:24RUNWAY TO BE SUCCESSFUL?

19:25YEAH.

19:26>> SO FURTHER TO THAT, IF I

19:28COULD UM I DON'T SEE IT HERE

19:30BUT I REMEMBER IT FROM WHAT I

19:33REVIEWED DURING THE PROCESS

19:34EARLIER IN THE YEAR THAT THERE

19:36WAS A CERTAIN NUMBER OF YEARS

19:37THAT ONE COULD APPLY FOR THIS

19:39IS THAT 3 OR 5?

19:41UM IT IS FIVE YEARS.

19:42>> FIVE YEARS.

19:43ARE YOU INTENDING FOR THAT TO

19:47BE.

19:47>> UH A.

19:49RAMP THAT SOMEONE WOULD GO

19:51THROUGH?

19:52UH.

19:53>> I GUESS WHAT I'M SAYING IS

19:54LIKE A SAFE ALLIANCE FOR

19:55EXAMPLE, WOULD THEY NEED TO

19:56HAVE A SIMILAR PERIOD OF TIME

19:59THAT THEY WERE WORKING WITH THE

20:00CITY BEFORE THEY WENT ON TO

20:01CITY FUNDING OR IS THERE IS

20:03THERE JUST AN EXPECTATION THAT

20:04WE HAVE SOME FLEXIBILITY ON

20:05WHEN WE WOULD MOVE SOMEBODY TO

20:06CITY FUNDING?

20:07>> UM, THERE WOULD BE

20:08FLEXIBILITY ON HOW ANDA WHEN UH

20:11AN AGENCY WOULD BE ABLE TO MOVE

20:14TO A DIRECT RELATIONSHIP WITH A

20:16DEPARTMENT.

20:16UM, WE'VE WE'VE ONLY HAD THOSE

20:19THOSE TWO INSTANCES UH, TO COME

20:21FORWARD AND THEY WOULD NOT BE A

20:24PART OF THE APPLICATION PROCESS

20:26FOR THE FINANCIAL PARTNER

20:27PROGRAM.

20:27SO ONCE THAT SHIFT HAPPENS IT

20:29IS NOT A AN APPLICATION THAT

20:31YOU WOULD SEE COME BEFORE YOU

20:33ANNUALLY.

20:33SO FORGIVE MY IGNORANCE I'VE

20:34SPOKEN TO SAFE ALLIANCE WHAT

20:35WAS THE SECOND ONE UH THREE

20:37THREE CHARLOTTE OKAY THANK YOU

20:39NO FURTHER QUESTIONS.

20:40AND SO, UH, JUST PICKING UP ON

20:43THE CONVERSATION I LIKED THE

20:46IDEA AND SUGGESTED THE IDEA

20:48LAST YEAR.

20:48MR. MANAGER, UH, ENSURE WE HAD

20:51OUR BUDGET MEETINGS THAT I

20:52THINK THERE ARE A NUMBER OF

20:54ORGANIZATIONS THEY SHOULD BE

20:54EMBEDDED IN THE CITY'S BUDGET.

20:57FOR EXAMPLE, A LOT OF THE WORK

20:59THAT WE'RE DOING ON CATHERINE

21:00SIMMONS UM, IN TERMS OF UM,

21:03TRYING TO RUN PEOPLE TO

21:06SERVICES WHETHER IT IS MENTAL

21:07HEALTH, SUBSTANCE ABUSE, UM

21:09TAKING CARE OF THE UHA

21:11UNSHELTERED.

21:12THERE ARE A LOT OF

21:13ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE APPLYING

21:14FOR GRANTS.

21:16UM, AND WE'RE DOING THAT TYPE

21:18OF WORK ALREADY AND AND AND IT

21:22WOULD BE NATURAL IF THOSE

21:24ORGANIZATIONS WERE PROVIDING

21:26THOSE TYPE OF SERVICES LIKE ONE

21:28SERVICES HOMELESS SUPPORT THE

21:30OTHER IS HELPING INDIVIDUALS

21:32IDENTIFY AND GETTING THE PROPER

21:34IDS AND CREDENTIALS WHETHER

21:35IT'S A DRIVER'S LICENSE, SOCIAL

21:37SECURITY CARD, WHATEVER.

21:39UM ONE IS WE SHOULD BE FUNNY.

21:41THOSE ORGANIZATIONS ARE PART OF

21:42THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING

21:44THROUGH HOUSING ON BUT

21:46DEVELOPMENT OR ETC. RIGHT?

21:48EVEN SOME CODE ENFORCEMENT

21:50ISSUES SO I CAN SEE THAT BEING

21:52IN THE CITY'S HOUSING

21:54DEVELOPMENT BUDGET TO SUPPORT

21:55THOSE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS

21:58AND THEIR THEY'RE NOT ASKING

22:00FOR A WHOLE LOT OF MONEY.

22:02SO I THINK THERE ARE ACTUALLY

22:05NOT GETTING.

22:07OUR FACES UM, THEY'REA

22:11UNDERVALUING THE SERVICES THAT

22:12THEY'RE PROVIDING AND WE'RE

22:15GIVING THEM AND WE'RE NOT

22:16TALKING ABOUT A WHOLE LOT OF

22:16MONEY 5000 THOUSAND DOLLARS

22:18RIGHT?

22:19IN SOME CASES 200.

22:20BUT THEY'RE NOT GETTING A WHOLE

22:22LOT OF MONEY IN COMPARISON TO

22:24THE CITY'S OPERATING BUDGET NOW

22:26$100,000 TO A NONPROFIT

22:28ORGANIZATION GRASSROOT

22:29ORGANIZATION IS A LOT OF MONEY

22:30.

22:32HOWEVER, IF WE'RE IF THEY'RE

22:34HELPING IN UPTOWN CHARLOTTE, IF

22:36THEY'RE HELPING THEM CATHERINE

22:37SIMMONS IF THERE HELPING ON

22:38I-85 TO SHOW THE CREEK THAT

22:39THEY'RE HELPING ON ON

22:41UNPLEASANT MOUNTAIN ROAD IT IS

22:43NOT A LOT OF MONEY RIGHT.

22:44IT'S JUST ENOUGH MONEY TO GET

22:46THEM IN TROUBLE.

22:46SO IF WE REALLY WANT TO FIX THE

22:48PROBLEM AND REALLY STEP MOVING

22:50FORWARD, I THINK THE MANAGEMENT

22:52TEAM ARE TO SAY OKAY, IS THIS

22:54SOMETHING THAT WE REALLY WANT

22:55TO INVEST IN?

22:57UM, BECAUSE WE DON'T PROVIDE

22:58THESE SERVICES AND THEY DO UM

23:02AND DO IT IN A DIFFERENT WAY.

23:04SECONDLY, UM I THINK ALL THE

23:07OPTIONS ARE GOOD EXCEPT FOR

23:08RIGHT BECAUSE THERE'S JUST NOT

23:10AA WHOLE LOT OF MONEY TO

23:11OUTSOURCE IT TO TO GO THROUGH

23:13THAT THING AND COUNCIL LOSE A

23:15LITTLE BIT CONTROL OVER IT NOT

23:18PET PROJECTS BUT UNDERSTANDING

23:20SOME OF THE DISTRICT

23:23REPRESENTATIVES HAVE AN

23:24OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF SEE SOME

23:25OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS IN

23:27ACTION AND CAN SEE THE

23:29DELIVERABLES THAT MAYBE A

23:30METRIC DOESN'T DEMONSTRATE.

23:32VERY WELL.

23:33>> ARTICULATE RIGHT.

23:34>> IT'S BETTER.

23:34>> THAN A PET PROJECT.

23:35YEAH YEAH.

23:35SO YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THE WORK

23:36THAT THEY'RE DOING ON THE

23:38GROUND.

23:39SO I THINK ALL GOOD DISCUSSIONS

23:40FOR SURE UH AGAIN THE

23:44EMBEDDEDNESS OF THAT OF SOME OF

23:45THESE ORGANIZATIONS AND AND

23:47DEPARTMENTS BUDGETS ARE A

23:48LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.

23:49THAT'S GOING TO TAKE YOU KNOW,

23:50A LITTLE BIT MORE UM UM THOUGHT

23:53FROM THE MANAGEMENT TEAM YOUR

23:55JOB NOT OURS.

23:57RIGHT.

23:57IN TERMS OF CAN WE MAKE THIS

23:59WORK?

23:59HOW DOES.

24:00>> IT WORK?

24:01HOW DOES IT FIT?

24:02I MEAN DOES IT FIT IS IT A GOOD

24:04IDEA?

24:04I'M NOT SURE FROM A MANAGEMENT

24:07PERSPECTIVE, BUT I THINK IT

24:09DESERVES A LITTLE BIT MOREA UM,

24:12INFORMATION ABOUT WHETHER OR

24:13NOT THIS IS A GOOD IDEA OR NOT.

24:16SO UM AND I'LL BE QUITE AND AND

24:19AND AND PIVOT TO COUNCIL MEMBER

24:21MIA BUT THAT'S JUST MY THOUGHT

24:22.

24:23THANK YOU.

24:24>> COUNCIL MEMBER BASHAM HERE.

24:26.

24:26>> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.

24:29I AGREE WITH WHAT'S.

24:30BEING SAID.

24:32UM, COUNCIL MEMBER GRAHAM SAID

24:33IT VERY WELL.

24:34I THINK ALL THE OPTIONS ARE

24:36GOOD EXCEPT THE LAST ONE

24:39BECAUSE COUNCIL IS NOT ABLE AND

24:44I CAN SEE COUNCIL LOSING

24:45CONTROL AND ON TOP OF THAT WE

24:47ALSO HAVE TO CONSIDER

24:48ADMINISTRATIVE FEE THAT WE WILL

24:50BE PAYING A THIRD PARTY TO

24:52MANAGE THE PROCESS AND THAT

24:55RANGES FROM ANYWHERE BETWEEN

24:56WHAT I HAVE SEEN 5 TO 25% UH

25:00AND I, I WOULD RATHER HAVE THAT

25:02FEE GO DIRECTLY TOWARDS SERVING

25:05THE GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATIONS.

25:07TO COUNCIL MEMBER GRAHAM'S

25:08POINT YOU KNOW, THERE AREA

25:10ORGANIZATIONS UM, WHAT.

25:12>> IS THE.

25:12ANNUAL BUDGET RIGHT NOW LIKE

25:14WHAT WAS THE IN THE LAST YEAR'S

25:16BUDGET THAT WE APPROVED?

25:19WHAT WAS THE AMOUNT THAT WE

25:20ALLOCATED TOWARDS FINANCIAL

25:22PARTNERS?

25:23WE WERE A LITTLE OVER 900,000.

25:25YEAH.

25:26>> SO WE ARE LOOKING AT ABOUT

25:27100,000.

25:27LET'S JUST SAY AS AN EXAMPLE AN

25:30ADMINISTRATIVE FEE WHICH COULD

25:31HAVE SERVED ANOTHER

25:33ORGANIZATION.

25:34UM SO I'M NOT A FAN OF THE LAST

25:38OPTION.

25:40I THINK BEFORE WE.

25:41BEFORE WE APPROVE ONE OTHER

25:43PROCESS, I THINK IF WE CAN ASK

25:45THE COMMITTEE IF WE CAN AGREE

25:49ON WHAT ARE WE TRYING TO

25:50ACHIEVE HERE?

25:51UH, BECAUSE I HAVE PERSONALLY

25:53GONE THROUGH THIS PROCESS THREE

25:56TIMES WITH MISS SMITH.

25:58UM, SO I THINK IF WE CAN JUST

26:01DO SOME LEVEL SETTING HERE I, I

26:04DON'T WANT US TO ESTABLISH

26:06ANOTHER PROCESS OR ANOTHER UH,

26:10LIST. A

26:10I THINK IF WE CAN ESTABLISH.

26:13CLEAR PRIORITIES AND MEASURABLE

26:17OUTCOMES THAT CAN HELP US

26:19DECIDE ON WHAT ACTION SHOULD WE

26:21PROCEED WITH.

26:23SO BEFORE.

26:23>> WE EVEN.

26:24DISCUSS NEXT YEAR'S FINANCIAL

26:26PARTNER PROCESS, WHAT I WOULD

26:27LIKE TO SEE IS NOT WAIT TILL

26:29THE NEXT YEAR UH, IF WE CAN GET

26:33MEASURABLE OUTCOMES FROM ALL

26:34THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT WERE

26:38THAT DID GET FUNDING UH FROM

26:40FINANCE FOR FINANCIAL PARTNERS

26:41I WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHAT ARE

26:43WHAT ARE THOSE OUTCOMES AND WE

26:47NEED TO MEASURE THOSE SO SURE.

26:50IS THAT SOMETHING YOU CAN

26:51PROVIDE?

26:54THANK YOU.

26:55>> UM WE DO RECEIVE MID-YEAR IN

26:59YOUR IN REPORTING FROM EVERY

27:01ORGANIZATION THAT IS FUNDED

27:02UNDER FINANCIAL PARTNERS.

27:04THE MID-YEAR REPORT FOR OUR

27:05CURRENT PARTNERS WILL NOT BE

27:06DUE UNTIL JANUARY.

27:08UM AND ALLA PRIOR UM FINANCIAL

27:11PARTNER MEASURES ARE INCLUDED

27:14AS A PART OF THE APPLICATION

27:15PACKAGE.

27:16SO WHEN YOU GUYS RECEIVE THE

27:17PACKET EVERY YEAR IF THEY ARE

27:18AN EXISTING PARTNER ON THEIR

27:20PAGE YOU WILL SEE WHAT THEIR

27:22PERFORMANCE MEASURE WAS, WHAT

27:23THEIR TARGET FOR THE YEAR WAS

27:25AND WHAT THEY ENDED AT AS A

27:27PART OF THEIR YEAR END REPORT

27:28SO THAT THAT DATA IS AVAILABLE

27:30AND WE DO PROVIDE THAT DATA TO

27:31YOU EACH YEAR.

27:32I WILL SAY THAT YOU GUYS FUND

27:37ORGANIZATIONS THAT OPERATE

27:38ACROSS THE BOARD.

27:39THEY DO DRASTICALLY DIFFERENT

27:42THINGS.

27:42UM, SO THERE'S NO ONE SET OF

27:46OUTCOMES OR PERFORMANCE

27:47MEASURES UH, THAT'S CONSISTENT

27:49ACROSS ALL ORGANIZATIONS

27:50BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF THEIR

27:51WORK.

27:53UM IT'S JUST NOT THEY'RE ALL

27:55DOING VERY DIFFERENT THINGS AT

27:56THIS POINT.

27:57UM, BUT I CAN PULL TOGETHER THE

27:59YEAR IN PERFORMANCE MEASURES

28:00FOR OUR CURRENT PARTNERS, UM,

28:02AND PROVIDE THAT TO YOU GUYS AS

28:04A PART OF YOUR COUNCIL PACKET.

28:06SO SO LET ME LET ME SUGGEST

28:07THIS AND I'M GOING TO TRY THIS

28:09BACK IN FOR THE PERIOD ON THISA

28:10CONVERSATION BECAUSE THE NEXT

28:12TOPIC IS GOING TO TAKE SOME

28:13TIME.

28:14UM WHAT I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR

28:15THE WORK UM BECAUSE THE WORK IS

28:18GOOD WORK UM, THAT YOU'RE DOING

28:20UM, WE JUST KIND OF DO WHAT

28:23COUNCIL MEMBER AS MAYOR HAVE

28:24SAID THIS REALLY KIND OF LEVEL

28:26SAY OKAY, WHAT ARE WE TRYING TO

28:27DO?

28:28RIGHT.

28:28AND I THINK WE'RE TRYING TO DO

28:29A NUMBER OF THINGS.

28:31SO LET ME SUGGEST AND FOR A

28:33PERSON WHO DOESN'T LIKE SMALL

28:35GROUPS.

28:36MAYBE.

28:38>> A FEW MAYBE 1 OR 2 OF US

28:40RIGHT ON THE COMMITTEE CAN GET

28:42TOGETHER AND REALLY KIND OF

28:44STRATEGIZE AND ANSWER THAT

28:45QUESTION RIGHT BEFORE THE NEXT

28:47MEETING WITH YOU.

28:49UM, TO ENSURE THAT THERE'S SOME

28:50SYNERGY AROUND WHAT WE'RE

28:52TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH.

28:54UH, AND THAT YOUR WORK PRODUCT

28:55REFLECTS THAT.

28:56RIGHT?

28:57I THINK THERE WORK PRACTICE

28:57GOOD.

28:59RIGHT.

28:59BUT I'M THINK IT'S SO NOT ON

29:01THAT SIDE THAT EYES ON THIS

29:03SIDE OF DAYS THAT WE'RE TRYING

29:05TO WORK IT OUT.

29:06SO I WILL TALK TO EVERYONE

29:08INFORMALLY UH AND MAYBE JUST

29:09IT'S JUST MAYBEA IT'S JUST A

29:11CONVERSATION, RIGHT TO FIGURE

29:12OUT OKAY, THIS IS WHAT WE WANT

29:14TO DO.

29:15HERE'S THE TIMELINE.

29:16UM, THESE ORGANIZATIONS

29:18PROBABLY DESERVE TO BE

29:20CONSIDERED FOR, UM, EMBEDDED IN

29:23THE CITY'S BUDGET.

29:24THESE ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE

29:25DIFFERENT THAT DO NOT RIGHT.

29:28I JUST THINK WE JUST PROBABLY

29:30NEED TO LEVEL SET A LITTLE BIT

29:32RIGHT.

29:33SO IF YOU'RE OPEN TO THAT.

29:35WITH OWNERS.

29:36TAGGING ME OR WE'RE JUST.

29:37SAYING THAT.

29:38OR AM I OPEN TO THE FACT THAT

29:39YOU WOULD CONSIDER TWO PEOPLE

29:41TO DO THAT?

29:42>> I'M CAN GET.

29:44AMAZON THAT WAS GOING AND

29:46COUNCIL MEMBER AS A MAYOR RIGHT

29:48BECAUSE YOU GUYS LOOK AT

29:50COUNCILMEMBER ME AS MAYOR IT

29:51CERTAINLY HAS THE HISTORY

29:52RIGHT?

29:53YEAH.

29:53>> SO WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY I

29:54DON'T HAVE THE HISTORY BUT.

29:55BUT YOU BRING FRESH EYES.

29:57NO OKAY.

29:57AND SO BETWEEN THE TWO OF YOU

30:00LADIES I AM CERTAIN THAT WE CAN

30:04MAKE THIS HAPPEN.

30:05SO I'LL CALL BOTH OF YOU GUYS

30:06OFF THE LINE.

30:07UH, AND WE'LL TALK MOVING FOR

30:08THE NEXT MEETING.

30:09WE'D BEA A LOT BETTER PREPARED

30:11BASED ON THAT CONVERSATION.

30:13AND AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THE

30:15WORK.

30:15THANK YOU AND I LOOK FORWARD TO

30:16THE CONVERSATION.

30:17DUMP THAT SOUND OKAY WITH YOU?

30:20YES, MR. CHAIRMAN, I THINK

30:22THAT'S PERFECT.

30:22>> IF WE CAN JUST.

30:23DO LEVEL SETTING AMONG COUNCIL

30:24MEMBERS SO WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE

30:25TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH HERE SO

30:27THAT WE DON'T COME BACK A MONTH

30:29FROM TODAY AND SETTLE, WE NEED

30:33TO ALL BE ON THE SAME PAGE.

30:34SOUNDS GOOD OKAY.

30:35YEAH.

30:36>> ALL RIGHT.

30:37>> THANK YOU.

30:38LET'S MAKE.

30:39NEXT ITEM IS FROM SARAH HAZEL

30:42AND THE FROM THE CITY MANAGER'S

30:44OFFICE OF.

30:45>> STATE AND FEDERAL

30:45LEGISLATIVE AGENDA.

30:47UH, UPDATES FOR 27.

30:49UH, I THINK WE HAVE SOME GUESTS

30:50IN THE AUDIENCE AS WELL.

30:52YOU'RE WELCOME TO JOIN US AT

30:53THE TABLE.

30:54UM, AND, UM.

30:56YEAH.

30:56>> THAT SHOULD BE FUN.

31:02THANK YOU.

31:04I HAVE ONE.

31:07OKAY.

31:08>> SO IF.

31:08YOU WOULD, UM, INTRODUCE THE

31:10TOPICA AND INTRODUCE OUR GUEST.

31:11GONNA LOOK AT MY TWO.

31:12UH, I WOULD.

31:13ABSOLUTELY LOVE TO THANK YOU.

31:14SO, UM, WE ARE GOING TO GET

31:16INTO.

31:17>> THE 2027.

31:18LEGISLATIVE AGENDA DEVELOPMENT

31:19PROCESS.

31:20UM.

31:20>> WE HAVE BEEN.

31:21TALKING ABOUT IT.

31:22FOR THE.

31:23>> PAST COUPLE.

31:24OF MONTHS AND I.

31:24KNOW YOU.

31:25HAVE HEARD A LOT.

31:26>> FROM JORDAN WHO.

31:27UM.

31:28>> THIS YEAR CAME ON.

31:29OFFICIALLY IN THE.

31:30INTERGOVERNMENTAL MANAGEMENT

31:31ROLE.

31:32UM, WHAT WE.

31:33WANT TO DO.

31:34TODAY IS.

31:35>> REALLY.

31:35DIVE IN.

31:35>> AND.

31:36TALK ABOUT.

31:37WHAT.

31:37>> UH, A DRAFT AGENDA WILL.

31:38>> LOOK LIKE.

31:39HOPEFULLY WHAT YOU'LL.

31:40>> SEE IS THAT WE HAVE

31:41ADDRESSED.

31:42>> A LOT.

31:42OF THE FEEDBACK THAT WE'VE.

31:43HEARD FROM YOU THROUGH.

31:44>> ONE ON ONE MEETINGS.

31:46>> AND ALSO.

31:46UM.

31:47>> THROUGH THE.

31:48>> PROCESS LAST YEAR.

31:49>> AND THEN SOME OF THE.

31:50FEEDBACK THAT.

31:50>> WE GOT.

31:51AND BUT WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO

31:52DO.

31:52ALSO IS.

31:52>> INTRODUCE THE.

31:53>> PEOPLE TO MY LEFT.

31:54SO UM I WOULD LIKE TO ACTUALLY

31:56WHY DON'T I LET.

31:57>> THEM INTRODUCE THEMSELVES?

31:58UM AND THEY'RE.

31:58>> GOING TO.

31:59TALK A.

31:59>> LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE LAY OF.

32:00>> THE.

32:01LAND BUT WE'LL COME.

32:02>> BACK.

32:02TO THAT PART.

32:03SO GO RIGHT AHEAD RICH THANKS.

32:06>> UH, THANKS FOR HAVING US

32:07HERE.

32:07RICH GOLD.

32:07>> WITH HELEN AND EIGHT.

32:08UH.

32:08>> BEEN WORKING WITH THE.

32:09CITY FOR.

32:10AI THINK 24 YEARS AND I'M JOINED

32:12BY MY COLLEAGUE LISA HUTT TODAY

32:13WHO'S SITTING BEHIND US.

32:15AND YOU REPRESENT US ASSET TO

32:16FEDERAL AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL,

32:18CORRECT.

32:19IN WASHINGTON.

32:20OKAY.

32:22>> UH, GOOD AFTERNOON, MR.

32:23CHAIRMAN.

32:24UH.

32:25MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE JOHN

32:25EASTERLING, PARTNER.

32:27AT CHECKMATE GOVERNMENT

32:28RELATIONS.

32:28WE'VE HAD THE.

32:29EXTREME HONOR OF REPRESENTING.

32:30THE CITY AT THE STATE LEVEL FOR

32:32ABOUT SEVEN EIGHT YEARS NOW.

32:33SO IT'S REALLY GOOD TO BE HERE.

32:34THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.

32:36OKAY.

32:37>> SARAH AND JORDAN SURE.

32:38WITH THAT I'LL.

32:39>> HAND IT OVER TO JORDAN.

32:44UH, GOOD.

32:45GOOD MORNING.

32:45UH, CHAIR AND COMMITTEE

32:47MEMBERS.

32:48UH.

32:48>> JORDAN PASCOE, GOVERNMENT

32:49AFFAIRS MANAGER.

32:51UH, ALSO THE EXTREME HONOR OF

32:53HELPING REPRESENT THE CITY UH,

32:55AND AND UH, LOOKING FORWARD TO

32:56WALKING THROUGH THE DRAFT

32:57AGENDA WITH.

32:58YOU THIS THIS AFTERNOON.

33:00UM.

33:01SO WE JUST GO AHEAD AND GO TO

33:02THE NEXT SLIDE.

33:03JERRY.

33:03SO, UH, OF COURSE THE

33:05LEGISLATIVE AGENDA COVERS ALL

33:06OF YOUR PRIORITY AREAS.

33:08UH, AND THE.

33:09KEY PURPOSE FOR TODAYA, UM, IS

33:11TO PRESENT WITH THE.

33:12COMMITTEE WITH A DRAFT AGENDA.

33:14WITH THE.

33:15GOAL OF YOU ALL PROVIDING.

33:16INPUT AND.

33:17>> FEEDBACK SO THAT IT STARTS

33:18TO.

33:18BECOME MORE.

33:19>> OF YOUR AGENDA AND WHAT YOUR

33:21PRIORITIES ARE.

33:23UM, SO OF COURSE WE'LL WE'LL

33:24WORK THROUGH YOUR FEEDBACK

33:26TODAY AND CONTINUE TO REFINE UM

33:28OVER THE NEXT MONTH OR SO.

33:30UH, AND OF COURSE REMAIN

33:31FLEXIBLE TO CHANGES IN THE

33:32ENVIRONMENT.

33:33UM.

33:33>> PARTICULARLY AS WE APPROACH

33:35THE MIDTERMS GO NEXT SLIDE.

33:36UM, SO JUST A BRIEF TIMELINE

33:38AND LEVEL SET ON WHERE WE ARE

33:40IN THE PROCESS AS SARAH

33:41MENTIONED.

33:43UM, WE OF COURSE HAVE OUR

33:44TYPICAL UM INTERNAL PROCESS

33:45WHERE WE MEET WITH OUR

33:47DEPARTMENTS.

33:48UM AND SEVERAL OF THEM ARE HERE

33:49WITH US TODAY WHICH I

33:50APPRECIATE.

33:51UM, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS WE

33:52ALSO TRIED TO DO A LITTLE BIT

33:53DIFFERENTLY THIS YEAR WAS HAVE

33:56SOME MORE.

33:56INTENTIONAL ENGAGEMENT WITH

33:58COUNCIL ON THE FRONT END OF.

33:59>> THIS PROCESS SO THAT.

34:01UM, WE'RE NOT BRINGING.

34:02YOU A PRODUCT AT THE.

34:03COMMITTEE AND AT THE COUNCIL.

34:04LEVEL THAT IS UM YOU KNOW,

34:07YOU'RE MORE REACTIVE AND NOT

34:09DRIVING THE PROCESS FROM THEA

34:10BEGINNING.

34:11SO UH, WE HAD A SURVEY AND THEN

34:12ALSO LIKE SARAH MENTIONED HAD

34:13SOME.

34:14>> ONE.

34:14ON ONE MEETINGS.

34:15UM, THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO

34:16MAKE SURE I MENTIONED AS WELL

34:18IS UM AND AND CHAIR GRAHAM, YOU

34:19HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS AS A

34:21PRIORITY IS FOR US TO CONTINUE

34:24BUILDING OUR RELATIONSHIPS UM,

34:26WITH.

34:26>> THE.

34:27COUNTY WITH CMS.

34:28UM, NOW OF.

34:29COURSE WITH PTA UH, AND WITH

34:31OUR UH FRIENDS IN THE BUSINESS

34:33COMMUNITY AND SO I'VE I'VE MET

34:35WITH A FEW OF THOSE ENTITIES AT

34:36A STAFF LEVEL.

34:37UH.

34:38>> IN PREPARATION FOR THIS

34:39MEETING TODAY.

34:40UM, AND TO UNDERSTAND WHAT

34:41THEIR PRIORITIES ARE AND HOW WE

34:42CAN WORK TOGETHER.

34:43MOVING FORWARD.

34:45UM, LIKE I MENTIONED TODAY WILL

34:47BE FOR PRELIMINARY FEEDBACK

34:48WITH THE GOAL UH, IF THE

34:50COMMITTEE DESIRES TO COME BACK

34:51IN NOVEMBER, UH, WITH A

34:53RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL UH,

34:55AND THEN MOVING ON TO FULL

34:56COUNCIL UH, AND THEN AS YOU ALL

34:59KNOW WE THEN TYPICALLY GO UM

35:01INTO JANUARY, FEBRUARY, MARCH,

35:03UM, WHEN THE NEW GENERAL

35:04ASSEMBLY AND THE NEW CONGRESS

35:06CONVENE, UH, WHERE WE MEET WITH

35:07MEMBERS OF OUR DELEGATION TO

35:09ACTUALLY PURSUE ANDA ADVOCATE

35:10FOR THOSE PRIORITIES.

35:12UM, SO AT THIS POINT I'M GOING

35:14TO PAUSE UM, WE'LL GO TO THE

35:15NEXT SLIDE.

35:15I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO

35:16RICH AND JOHN.

35:17UM I WANT THEM TO WALK YOU ALL

35:20THROUGH WHAT THEY'RE SEEING IN

35:21TERMS OF WHAT TO ANTICIPATE

35:23WHAT THE MIDTERMS UM, WHAT THAT

35:25MAY MEAN FOR THE THINGS THAT

35:26ARE TAKEN UP IN THE LAME DUCK

35:27SESSIONS IN RALEIGH AND IN DC

35:29WHICH OF COURSE IF THERE ARE

35:31THINGS ADDRESSED IN NOVEMBER

35:32DECEMBER THEY MAY.

35:34>> NOT.

35:34BE ADDRESSED NEXT YEAR.

35:36UM AND THEN OF COURSE UM WHERE

35:37THEY THINK UM, YOU KNOW, BASED

35:39ON THE ELECTION RESULTS WHAT

35:41THEY THINK THE PRIORITIES FOR

35:42CONGRESS AND THE GENERAL

35:42ASSEMBLY WILL BE IN 2027.

35:44SO TURN OVER TO YOU RICH.

35:48THANKS SO MUCH, SEAN.

35:49UM SO LET ME START OUT JUST A

35:51LITTLE BIT ON FEDERAL.

35:52TIMELINE IN.

35:53A IN A NORMAL YEAR.

35:55AND I HESITATE TO EVEN KIND OF

35:56USE THAT ADJECTIVE HERE.

35:59WE NEED TO BE UP.

36:00BEFORE THE FEDERAL DELEGATION

36:02SORT OF LATE JANUARY EARLY

36:04FEBRUARY WITH YOUR PRIORITIES

36:05FOR THE YEAR.

36:06AND OF COURSE.

36:07>> YOU ALL WILL THEN COME UP UM

36:09,IN THE SPRINGA AND IN MARCH.

36:11UH, NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES

36:12TIME AND KIND OF EMPHASIZE THAT

36:14AND REALLY.

36:15>> HAVE THE ONE ON ONE.

36:16DISCUSSIONS.

36:16>> BUT THERE ARE.

36:17DEADLINES EARLIER IN THE

36:19PROCESS INCLUDING DEADLINES FOR

36:20.

36:21APPROPRIATIONS REQUESTS THAT

36:22REQUIRE US TO HAVE EVERYTHING.

36:25YOU KNOW, KIND OF IN LINE BY.

36:28JANUARY 31ST OR SO.

36:29SO THAT'S WHAT.

36:30>> WE'RE WORKING BACK FROM NOW.

36:31>> THE REASON I.

36:31SAY NORMAL YEAR.

36:33>> IS BECAUSE AS YOU.

36:33KNOW, SOMETIMES THE FEDERAL.

36:35BUDGET CARRIES ON.

36:36>> OVER THREE MONTHS SOMETIMES

36:37SIX MONTHS.

36:37>> THIS PAST.

36:38YEAR IT WAS INTO MARCH UM AND

36:40THEN THE FOLLOWING.

36:41FISCAL YEAR GETS PUSHED BACK A

36:43LITTLE BIT BUT WE HAVE.

36:44TO PRESUME IT'LL BE A NORMAL

36:45YEAR.

36:46UM, OBVIOUSLY.

36:47YOU KNOW, WE'RE WAITING FOR THE

36:49OUTCOME OF THE ELECTIONS, UM,

36:51HERE.

36:51BUT THERE'S.

36:53A ROBUST LAME DUCK.

36:55THAT WILL.

36:56>> NEED TO EITHER HAPPEN OR

36:57GET.

36:57PUSHED INTO.

36:58NEXT YEAR.

36:59AND THAT CAN REALLY.

37:00CROWD NEXT YEAR'S AGENDA.

37:02.

37:03THUS UM, LEADER.

37:04JEFFRIES WHO IF.

37:05>> THE.

37:05DEMOCRATS WERE TO.

37:06TAKE THE HOUSE WOULD BE THE

37:08SPEAKER MOST LIKELY HASA MADE

37:10VERY CLEAR HE WOULD LIKE.

37:11TO KIND.

37:12OF CLEAR.

37:12EVERYTHING OUT, GET EVERYTHING

37:13DONE IN THE LAME DUCK SESSION.

37:15WHETHER THAT'S POSSIBLE.

37:16OR NOT REMAINS TO BE SEEN.

37:18UM, OBVIOUSLY THE ELECTION.

37:19>> HAS TO HAPPEN.

37:20WE'LL SEE IF DEMOCRATS HAVE A

37:21MAJORITY AFTERWARDS.

37:22>> EVEN.

37:24UM BUT.

37:25WE HAVE EVERYTHING FROM.

37:26MAJOR AUTHORIZING.

37:27BILLS INCLUDING THE FARM BILL

37:29WHICH IS IMPORTANT FROM NORTH

37:30CAROLINA UM, THE PERMITTING

37:33REFORM.

37:34LEGISLATION WHICH WAS JUST

37:35INTRODUCED LAST YEAR LAST WEEK

37:36WHICH HAS VERY STRONG.

37:38BIPARTISAN SUPPORT.

37:39ON OVER TO.

37:41UM EXTENDER PROVISIONS FOR TAX

37:43AND HEALTH CARE.

37:44PROGRAMS WHICH.

37:44>> NEED TO GET DONE AND THEN OF

37:46COURSE OUR.

37:46BUDGET FOR THE YEAR.

37:48UH, WE HAVEN'T COMPLETED ANY OF

37:50OUR APPROPRIATIONS BILLS SO FAR

37:51FOR THE YEAR.

37:52HOPEFULLY THOSE WILL GET DONE

37:54UM, IN DECEMBER WHEN THE

37:55CURRENT.

37:56CR EXPIRES.

37:57DECEMBER 11TH AND THEN FINALLY

37:59OUR MAJOR DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION

38:01BILL.

38:02UM, WHICH UH, IS.

38:05IS PENDING AND SHOULD GET DONE

38:06IN THE LAME DUCK SESSION.

38:07SO WE'VE GOT.

38:08>> A.

38:08VERY ROBUST LAME DUCK SESSION

38:09IF WEA DON'T GET ALL THAT WORK

38:11DONE, WHATEVER DOESN'T GET DONE

38:12WILL SPILL OVER TO THE NEW

38:14CONGRESS AND WE'LL KIND OF KEEP

38:15IT MOVING RIGHT AWAY.

38:17UM, IN TERMS OF UH, THE THE.

38:21ELECTION OUTCOME SORT OF WHERE

38:22THINGS ARE GOING.

38:24YOU KNOW, AT THIS POINT IN THE

38:25PROCESS.

38:25>> IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO TELL

38:26WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN UNTIL

38:27PEOPLE VOTE OBVIOUSLY.

38:29BUT DIRECTIONALLY, YOU KNOW,

38:30THE TRENDS ARE MOVING TOWARDS

38:33DEMOCRATS IN BOTH THE HOUSE

38:34AND.

38:34>> THE SENATE.

38:35>> THAT DOESN'T MEAN ONE OR

38:36BOTH PARTIES ARE GOING TO FLIP.

38:37>> IT JUST MEANS WHAT WE'RE.

38:39SEEING IN THE STATISTICS ON

38:41THE.

38:41GROUND IN A LOT OF STATES THERE

38:42ARE NOW EIGHT COMPETITIVE

38:44STATES.

38:44FOR SENATE RACES THERE WERE.

38:46FOUR IN JUNE.

38:48UM THERE ARE NOW 30 COMPETITIVE

38:49.

38:50UH HOUSE DISTRICTS.

38:51THERE WERE ABOUT.

38:5112 IN JUNE.

38:53UM IS IS THAT.

38:54>> SORT OF THE MAP IS STARTING

38:55TO OPEN UP NOT SURPRISINGLY.

38:58UM, WE HAVE SEEN YOU KNOW, THE

39:00PRESIDENT'S PARTY.

39:01>> LOSE SEATS IN EVERY HOUSE

39:02ELECTION EXCEPT UH, THE

39:04ELECTION AFTER.

39:04NINE OVER 11 FOR THE LAST.

39:0530, 40 YEARS OR SO.

39:07SO THAT'S KIND OF THE DYNAMIC

39:09THAT.

39:09UM.

39:10>>A WE'RE FACING HERE.

39:11UM.

39:12WE COULD HAVE.

39:13OBVIOUSLY A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT

39:14OUTCOMES.

39:15>> WE COULD HAVE UM.

39:18UH DEMOCRATIC HOUSE AND

39:19REPUBLICAN SENATE.

39:19WE COULD HAVE.

39:20UH, THE ENTIRE THING STAY

39:22REPUBLICAN.

39:22WE COULD HAVE THE ENTIRE THING

39:24GO DEMOCRATIC.

39:25SO HOW.

39:26>> YOUR AGENDA GETS INFLUENCED

39:27AND YOUR AGENDA NORMALLY IS

39:29NONPARTISAN SO THERE SHOULDN'T

39:30BE AN INTEREST AN ISSUE.

39:32UM, YOU MAY TWEAK AROUND THE

39:33EDGE AFTER NOVEMBER ELECTIONS.

39:36>> BUT BASICALLY.

39:37UM, YOUR AGENDA IS GOOD WITH

39:39EITHER PARTY AND WE SHOULD BE

39:40IN GOOD SHAPE MOVING FORWARD.

39:42UM.

39:43I WILL ADD IF.

39:45DEMOCRATS DO TAKE THE HOUSE,

39:46WE'RE IN A SITUATION WHERE

39:47WE'RE GOING TO SEE A LOT OF

39:49OVERSIGHT OF THE.

39:50ADMINISTRATION UM, A LOT OF.

39:52OVERSIGHT PERHAPS OF THE.

39:53BUSINESS COMMUNITY DOWNTOWN.

39:55UM, AND THAT'S GOING TO BE A

39:56DRIVING DYNAMIC THAT WILL NOT

39:59NECESSARILY COMPETE.

39:59WITH BUT HAPPEN.

40:01ALONGSIDE LEGISLATION

40:02SOMETHING.

40:03>> FOR.

40:03YOU ALL TO BE AWARE OF.

40:05I'LL STOP THERE AND HAND IT TO

40:06THE STATE.

40:10AUH THANK YOU.

40:11UM, THIS PART OF THE

40:12CONVERSATION.

40:12>> IS ALWAYS WEIRD FOR US.

40:13TALKING TO A FORMER.

40:15>> STATE SENATOR.

40:15UH.

40:16BUT NONETHELESS HOPEFULLY THERE

40:17ARE SOME PLACES WHERE WE CAN

40:18GIVE SOME GUIDANCE.

40:18UH, NONETHELESS, MR. CHAIRMAN,

40:20UM, AS IT RELATES TO NORTH

40:21CAROLINA, SO MANY THINGS HAVE

40:22CHANGED WITH THE PRIMARY LOSS

40:24OF THE LONGTIME PRESIDENT PRO

40:26TEM OF THE SENATE, PHIL BERGER.

40:28WE ARE EXPECTING A MAJOR

40:29LEADERSHIP CHANGE IN THE SENATE

40:30.

40:31WE SAW THE POSITION OF MAJORITY

40:32LEADER UH, CHANGE LAST YEAR

40:34WITH THE UM ELECTION OF SENATOR

40:36MICHAEL LEE OF WILMINGTON.

40:38UM AND SO THERE WILL BE

40:40CONTINUOUS CHANGES IN THE

40:41SENATE AND THAT CHANGES WHAT

40:43THE LEGISLATURE SEEKS TO DO OR

40:45WHAT THOSE LEGISLATIVE

40:46PRIORITIES ARE.

40:46UM, FROM THE MAJORITY AND

40:48RANKING MEMBERS, UM, OF THE

40:50GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

40:52UM IF YOU WOULD ASK ME THURSDAY

40:53WHEN WOULD WE BE BACK IN

40:54SESSION?

40:55I WOULD HAVE TOLD YOU RIGHT

40:56AFTER THE ELECTION.

40:57UH, THEY HAVE ANNOUNCED NOW

40:59WITH AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE

41:00PRESIDENT PRO TEM AND THE

41:01SPEAKER THAT THEY WILL BE

41:02RETURNING ON WEDNESDAY TO, UM,

41:05ADDRESS LEGISLATIVELY SOME KIND

41:07OF FIX, UM, FOR THE PAIN THAT

41:08INDIVIDUALS ARE FEELING AT THE

41:10GASA PUMPS AND AT GAS STATIONS

41:11ACROSS NORTH CAROLINA.

41:13UM, AND SO OUR UNDERSTANDING

41:15FROM TALKING TO LEGISLATIVE

41:16STAFF AND UH CERTAIN KEY

41:18LEGISLATORS INVOLVED IN THIS UH

41:20,DECISION IS THAT THAT SHOULD

41:20BE A PRETTY SHORT SESSION.

41:22SO WE'RE NOT EXPECTING, UH, ANY

41:23SURPRISES THERE.

41:25UM, AS IT RELATES TO HOW WE ARE

41:27GOING TO ADDRESS NEXT YEAR.

41:29UM, THOUGH THERE ARE TWO

41:31IMPORTANT DEADLINES THAT WE ALL

41:32SHOULD KEEP IN MIND BILL FILING

41:34DEADLINE.

41:34BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT ONE, UH,

41:36CHAIRMAN GRAHAM, UH, IS THAT

41:37CROSSOVER DEADLINE WHERE ONE

41:38BILL HAS TO HAVE SOME ACTION

41:40FROM UM, UH, THE CHAMBER OF

41:43ORIGIN.

41:43UM, IF IT'S GOING TO BE HEARD

41:46OR ACTED ON IN THE UH,

41:48LEGISLATIVE YEAR.

41:49AND SO FOR FOR US WHAT WE'VE

41:52SEEN ESPECIALLY IN THIS SESSION

41:54REALIZING THAT WE'VE GOT A NEW

41:56LEADERSHIP IN THE STATE HOUSE

41:57WITH A NEW SPEAKER, A NEW

41:59MAJORITY LEADER AND A NEW RULES

42:00CHAIR IS THAT WE HAVE NOT SEEN

42:02A LOT OF STANDALONE BILLS.

42:03AND SO WHAT WE HAVE SEEN UH,

42:05MOSTLY IN RALEIGH IS UM THOSE

42:07BILLS THAT HAVE MADE CROSSOVER

42:10UHA USUALLY GET STALLED

42:11SOMEWHERE IN THE SENATE RULES A

42:13HOUSE RULES UH COMMITTEE BUT

42:15FOR THOSE BILLS THAT ARE

42:17SOMEHOW SUCCESSFUL THEY ENDED

42:19UP UH EITHER BECOMING PCCS SEE

42:22PROPOSED COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTES

42:23WHERE YOU STRIP OUT THE

42:24ORIGINAL LANGUAGE OF A BILL AND

42:26AN INSERT FOR WHATEVER LANGUAGE

42:27IS DESIRABLE.

42:28UH, THOSE ARE USUALLY

42:29AGREEMENTS THAT ARE, UH,

42:30REACHED BETWEEN CONFERENCE

42:31COMMITTEES AND UH, MEMBERS OF

42:33LEADERSHIP.

42:34UM, WE WERE ALSO THREE YEARS

42:36LATE ON.

42:37PASSING THE BUDGET.

42:38UM, AND SO WE HAD A NUMBER OF

42:40BUDGET CONVERSATIONS AND

42:41NEGOTIATIONS WHICH RESULTED IN

42:43A SUCCESSFULLY PASSED BUDGET

42:44FOR THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA

42:45AFTER BEING DELAYED.

42:47UM BUT WE ARE RIGHT BACK TO

42:48THIS CONVERSATION AGAIN.

42:50UH, MEMBERS OF THE CHARLOTTE

42:51DELEGATION PLAYED A KEY ROLE IN

42:53THOSE BUDGET CONVERSATIONS.

42:54UM, AND WE WILL WE HAVE NO IDEA

42:57YET WHAT NEXT YEAR WILL LOOK

42:58LIKE FOR THAT BECAUSE IT

43:00DEPENDS ON THE LEADERSHIP AND

43:01THE POLITICAL DYNAMIC OF THE

43:03LEGISLATURE.

43:04UM, AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT

43:05BECAUSE SOME OF THOSE UM, SAME

43:07ECHOES THAT WE ARE HEARING

43:08FEDERALLY ARE THE SAME WHISPERS

43:10THAT WE'REA HEARING HERE IN

43:11RALEIGH AND ACROSS NORTH

43:12CAROLINA.

43:13UH, CURRENTLY THERE ARE 21 2020

43:15DEMOCRATS IN THE NORTH CAROLINA

43:17SENATE, 30 REPUBLICANS AND

43:19THERE ARE 48 DEMOCRATS IN THE

43:23NORTH CAROLINA HOUSE AND 72

43:26REPUBLICANS.

43:27UH, NORTH CAROLINA HAS A WEIRD

43:29THRESHOLD MOST DIFFERENT THAN

43:30MOST STATES WHERE IT ONLY

43:31REQUIRES A 3/5 UM UH MAJORITY

43:34UH TO OVERRIDE THE GOVERNOR'S

43:35VETO.

43:36IN MOST STATES IT IS EITHER TWO

43:37THIRDS OR THREE FOURTHS.

43:38UH, SO PRETTY LOW THRESHOLD.

43:40BUT IN NORTH CAROLINA DEMOCRATS

43:42UM CONTROL 40% OF BOTH

43:43CHAMBERS.

43:44UM, WE HAVE THREE COMPETITIVE

43:46ELECTIONS SO FAR RIGHT NOW IN

43:48THE NORTH CAROLINA SENATE UH,

43:50WHICH RIGHT NOW THE DEMOCRATS

43:51ARE FAVORITE TO TAKE.

43:52BUT ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN BETWEEN

43:53NOW AND ELECTION DAY AND IN THE

43:56NORTH CAROLINA HOUSE WE HAVE A

43:58NUMBER OF SEATS THAT ARE

43:58CONTESTED UM EVEN HERE IN

44:01CHARLOTTE, UM, AND ESPECIALLY

44:03IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND

44:04SOME PARTS OF UH DEEP EASTERN

44:06NORTH CAROLINA AS WELL.

44:08AND SO THERE IS A POSSIBILITY

44:09YOU CAN ASKA THE FOLKS ON CALL

44:11SHEET AND OTHER PREDICTION

44:12MARKETS THAT DEMOCRATS DO HAVE

44:14SOME CHANCE OF TAKING THE NORTH

44:15CAROLINA HOUSE IF THAT DOES

44:16HAPPEN THAT WOULD BE PRETTY

44:18MONUMENTAL SEEING THAT BOTH UH

44:20THAT THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY LOST

44:21THE CHAMBERS UM, IN BOTH HOUSES

44:23OF LEGISLATURE IN 2010 AND HAVE

44:25BEEN UP UNDER REPUBLICAN RULE

44:26SINCE UM BUT REGARDLESS WE DO

44:29UM.

44:30EXPECT THAT THE DEMOCRATS WILL

44:31BREAK THE SUPERMAJORITY AND

44:33THAT WILL PUT THE GOVERNOR IN A

44:34BETTER, UH, NEGOTIATING

44:35POSITION WHEN IT COMES TO

44:37NEGOTIATING WITH REPUBLICANS AS

44:38IT RELATES TO THE BUDGET UM,

44:40UM, REFORM BILLS, UM, UH,

44:42REGULATORY BILLS.

44:43AND SO A LOT OF THOSE THINGS

44:45ARE THE STUFF THAT WE'LL BE

44:46LOOKING OUT FOR.

44:46UM, ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF

44:48CHARLOTTE.

44:48THANK YOU.

44:50>> THANK YOU FOR THE

44:51PRESENTATION.

44:52UH, SO GETTING TO.

44:54>> THE MEAT OF THE AGENDA.

44:55HERE AND SO BEFORE WE GET TO

44:56THE PARTICULAR POSITION

44:57STATEMENTS, I JUST WANTED TO GO

44:59OVER, UM, SOME SOME

45:01FOUNDATIONAL APPROACHES HERE

45:02TO.

45:03UM, THAT INFORMED.

45:04>> THE POSITION STATEMENTS

45:05THEMSELVES.

45:06UM, BUT ALSO I THINK IT'S

45:08IMPORTANT TO TO PUT SOME THINGS

45:09ON THE TABLE,A UH, BECAUSE WE

45:11OBVIOUSLY DON'T HAVE A CRYSTAL

45:12BALL.

45:13WE CAN'T FORESEE EVERY SINGLE.

45:15BILL AND IMPORTANT ISSUE THAT

45:16WILL COME UP.

45:16AND SO UM, THESE ARE SOME

45:18CONCEPTS I WANTED TO MAKE SURE

45:20UM WE PUT INTO THE INTO THE

45:21COMMITTEE DISCUSSION.

45:23SO FIRST JUST FROM A TACTICAL

45:25PERSPECTIVE LIKE I MENTIONED

45:26BEFORE.

45:27UM.

45:28>> YOU KNOW, GETTING EARLY

45:28DIRECTION AND FEEDBACK FROM

45:29COUNCIL UM, GETTING INPUT FROM

45:32OUR INTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS AS I

45:34EARLIER MENTIONED, UH,

45:36CONTINUING TO MAINTAIN

45:37FLEXIBILITY UH, AND THEN

45:38SOMETHING THAT I THINK WE'LL

45:40TOUCH ON A LITTLE BIT LATER IS

45:42UH LAST YEAR WE TRIED SOMETHING

45:44OUT WITH SOME OF OUR PUBLIC

45:45SAFETY ISSUES THAT SEAN

45:46PRESENTED.

45:47ON WHERE WE.

45:48UM.

45:49>> TOOK.

45:49A TIERED APPROACH AND IN

45:51PRIORITIZING THE THINGS THAT

45:52WERE MOST IMPORTANT.

45:53AND SO YOU'RE GOING TO SEE HERE

45:54IN A MINUTE.

45:55A NUMBER OF POSITIONS.

45:56UH, AND I THINK IT WILL BE

45:57IMPORTANT FOR THE COMMITTEE AND

45:59FOR COUNCIL TO REALLY UM, SORT

46:01THROUGH THOSE AND COME UP WITH

46:03THE HIGHEST PRIORITIES THAT WE

46:04CAN ADVOCATE FOR.

46:05UM, SO IF YOU WANT TO GO TO THE

46:07NEXT SLIDE UM, SO IN TERMS OF

46:09THOSE ARE SORT OFA TACTICAL

46:11PRINCIPLES AND UM FOUNDATIONAL

46:13PRINCIPLES THIS IS MORE

46:13PHILOSOPHICAL AND UM AND WHAT

46:15YOU'LL SEE HERE ARE ESSENTIALLY

46:17UM PRINCIPLES THAT ALIGN WITH

46:19UH BOTH THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF

46:20CITIES AND THE NORTH CAROLINA

46:21LEAGUE MUNICIPALITIES UM WHICH

46:24AGAIN UNDERGIRD THE SPECIFIC

46:26POSITION STATEMENTS WE'RE GOING

46:27TO TALK ABOUT BUT I THINK ALSO

46:29ARE IMPORTANT UM, TO PUT INTO

46:31THE ROOM SO THAT UM, IF WE NEED

46:33TO.

46:33ADVOCATE IN OTHER AREAS AS

46:35OTHER ISSUES COME UP, WE ALL

46:36HAVE A SHARED UNDERSTANDING OF

46:38.

46:38UH.

46:38>> WHERE THE CITY STANDS AND

46:40YOU KNOW, THESE NONE OF THESE

46:41ARE UM, GROUNDBREAKING, RIGHT?

46:43IT'S UH.

46:45UH.

46:46>> MINIMIZING, YOU KNOW,

46:47UNFUNDED MANDATES AND UH,

46:49PROTECTING OUR LOCAL AUTHORITY

46:50TO ADDRESS THINGS THAT ARE

46:52WITHIN CITY COUNCIL'S UM, UH,

46:54SCOPE OF WORK.

46:55AND SO UM, AGAIN, JUST WANT TO

46:57PUT THOSE UM THOSE HIGH LEVEL

46:58PRINCIPLES INTO THE ROOM.

47:00UM, IF WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE

47:02HERE UM.

47:02LAST THING.

47:03>> BEFORE WE GET INTO THE

47:04PARTICULAR POSITIONS AS WE GO

47:05THROUGH THESE SLIDES I THINK UM

47:07IT'S SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE

47:08HELPFUL.

47:09UM, SOME TANGIBLE TAKEAWAYSA

47:10FROM TODAY'S DISCUSSION.

47:11UM, OF COURSE OBVIOUSLY THE

47:13MOST IMPORTANT THING ARE THESE

47:15THE CORRECT PRINCIPLES, ARE

47:16THESE THE CORRECT POSITIONS AND

47:18THE MOST IMPORTANT ISSUES THE

47:19COUNCIL WANTS TO HAVE A

47:20POSITION ON UM IDENTIFYING

47:22AREAS OF HIGHEST PRIORITY AS I

47:24MENTIONED BEFORE.

47:25AND THEN.

47:26>> WE'RE TRYING.

47:26>> OUT A NEW CONCEPT THAT WE OF

47:28COURSE WANT TO GET THE

47:29COMMITTEE'S FEEDBACK ON WHICH

47:30IS INSTEAD OF HAVING AN ANNUAL

47:32AGENDA FOR THE STATE AND AN.

47:33ANNUAL AGENDA.

47:34FOR THE FEDERAL UH, MOVING TO A

47:36TWO YEAR AGENDA, UM, JUST AT

47:38THE FEDERAL LEVEL AND

47:39MAINTAINING UM, KIND OF THAT

47:41ANNUAL FLEXIBILITY AND

47:42REVISITING UM OF.

47:43>> THE STATE AGENDA.

47:45UM, SO LET'S GET INTO THE

47:46PARTICULAR POSITIONS REAL QUICK

47:47.

47:48UM, SO WE'RE GOING TO START

47:50WITH STATE UM, AND I KNOW THIS

47:52IS A FAIRLY BUSY SLIDE.

47:53UM, ESSENTIALLY UM WHAT THIS

47:55COMES DOWN TO IS THE FIRST THE

47:57FIRST AREA IS REALLY AROUND UM

47:59THIS THEME OF QUALITY OF LIFE

48:00AND THIS IS A NUMBER OF THINGS

48:02UM, PRIMARILY THINGS THAT YOU

48:04ALL HAVE TALKED ABOUT IN

48:05DIFFERENT COUNCIL COMMITTEES UH

48:06,WHETHER IT'S DOWN ZONING UM,

48:09PARTICULARLY AS IT RELATES TO

48:09DATA CENTERSA OR PARTICULAR

48:11OTHER LAND USES UH, WHETHER

48:13IT'S TOWING WHICH I KNOW THE

48:14SAFETY COMMITTEE JUST WRAPPED

48:16UP A DISCUSSION OF EARLIER

48:17TODAY UM OR EVEN SOMETHING UH,

48:20NEW WHICH IS UM AUTOMATED NOISE

48:24ENFORCEMENT CAMERAS WHICH I

48:24KNOW.

48:25UM.

48:26>> COUNCIL COMMITTEES HAVE ALSO

48:26DISCUSSED UM ECONOMIC

48:29DEVELOPMENT.

48:29THERE'S A YOU KNOW WHAT I

48:31CONSIDER A STANDING ITEM IN MY

48:33EYES OF CONTINUED SUPPORT FROM

48:34THE STATE, UM, FOR OUR.

48:36AIRPORT AND THE INVESTMENT

48:37THAT'S GOING ON OUT THERE.

48:39UM.

48:41AN ADDITIONAL.

48:41POSITION ON THE AVAILABILITY OF

48:43WATER TO ENABLE RESPONSIBLE

48:44ECONOMIC GROWTH.

48:46UM, THIS WAS UH AN ISSUE THAT

48:48WAS ON OUR 2025 AGENDA AND IT

48:50RELATES TO UH THE INNER BASIN

48:52TRANSFER UM REQUEST PROCESS

48:54THAT CHARLOTTE WATER UH, IS

48:56CURRENTLY EXPLORING.

48:58UM AND THE BEST WAY TO THINK

48:59ABOUT THAT IS ESSENTIALLY UH

49:02THERE'S A VERY RIGOROUS

49:03REGULATORY PROCESS, UH, AND THE

49:06LEGISLATURE UM, HAS PASSED SOME

49:09BILLS UM, AESSENTIALLY

49:10PREEMPTING THAT PROCESS AND

49:13ENABLING SOME STUDIES TO TAKE

49:14PLACE.

49:14AND SO THAT'S OBVIOUSLY

49:16SOMETHING THAT WILL BE

49:17IMPORTANT FOR OUR REGIONAL

49:18ECONOMY.

49:19AND SOMETHING THAT WE.

49:20WANT TO REMAIN ENGAGED ON.

49:23UM AND THEN THE LAST.

49:23ONE ON THIS SLIDE UM IS

49:25CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR

49:26ATTAINABLE HOUSING.

49:28UM PARTICULARLY THIS IS A

49:30POSITION WE'VE HAD FOR A WHILE

49:31WHICH IS UM UPDATING AND

49:33EXPANDING THE ELIGIBILITY AND

49:34THRESHOLDS OF OUR INDIVIDUAL

49:36TAX RELIEF PROGRAMS AS IT

49:38RELATES TO PROPERTY TAX.

49:39SO UM, YOU KNOW, YOU HEAR THESE

49:41REFERRED TO AS A HOMESTEAD

49:42EXEMPTION OR CIRCUIT BREAKER

49:44PROGRAMS.

49:45OBVIOUSLY PROPERTY TAX IS A

49:47TOPIC OF INTEREST AT THE STATE

49:48LEGISLATURE AT THE MOMENT.

49:49UM AND SO WE WANT TO CONTINUE

49:51TO KEEP OUR FOOT ON THE GAS ON

49:53THIS TOPIC AND MAKING SURE IT

49:54STAYS UH, TOP OF MIND FOR FOR

49:56OUR DELEGATION.

49:58UH, SO IF WE MOVE TO THE NEXT

49:59SLIDE UM, THIS IS ABOUT PUBLIC

50:01SAFETY AND UM.

50:03REALLY MOST OF THESE POSITIONS

50:06UM, ARE.

50:06ARE CARRYOVERS.

50:08>> AND REPEATS FROM YOUR 2026A

50:10ADOPTED AGENDA.

50:11UM, WE'VE TRIED TO CALL THIS

50:12LIST DOWN A LITTLE BIT.

50:14UM I FAILED TO MENTION THIS

50:16EARLIER BUT I BRIEFLY SPOKE

50:17WITH SPENCER MERIWETHER LAST

50:19WEEK UM, AGAIN TO TO HAVE THAT

50:21REGIONAL APPROACH AND

50:23COORDINATION ON ON WHAT ITEMS

50:24WE CAN ALL BE IN AGREEMENT ON.

50:26UM, ONE THING I WANT.

50:28>> TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO

50:29HERE IS CREATING.

50:30>> A NEW FELONY.

50:31CRIMINAL OFFENSE FOR SHOOTING

50:32INTO A CROWD.

50:34UM, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, UH,

50:36CMPD UM, BROUGHT UP AS WE HAD

50:38OUR INTERNAL CONVERSATIONS THAT

50:40I MENTIONED BEFORE.

50:41UH, AND I ALSO BELIEVE THIS IS

50:43SOMETHING THAT, UH, OUR

50:44DISTRICT ATTORNEY IS ALSO IN

50:45FAVOR OF AND ESSENTIALLY WHAT

50:47IT IS.

50:47UM, IT'S CREATE UM.

50:51TAKING ON A GREATER.

50:52IMPORTANCE WITH SOME OF THESE

50:53CAR MEETS AND TEEN TAKEOVER

50:54ACTIVITY THAT WE'VE SEEN, UM,

50:56AN INCREASED PREVALENCE OF, YOU

50:58KNOW, IN RECENT MONTHS.

51:00UM, AND ESSENTIALLY WHAT THIS

51:01IS IS UM MIRRORING UM EXISTING

51:06STATUTES WHEN IT COMES TO

51:06SHOOTING INTO OCCUPIED

51:08DWELLINGS AND OCCUPIED VEHICLESA

51:10AND ENSURING THAT THERE'S AN

51:11APPROPRIATE.

51:12UM.

51:13>> CRIMINALITY FOR SHOOTING

51:15INTO A CROWD.

51:16UM.

51:17RIGHT NOW.

51:18YOU KNOW, HAPPY TO HAVE DEPUTY

51:20CHIEF CHICORY CHIME IN BUT MY

51:22UNDERSTANDING IS THAT, UH,

51:24ESSENTIALLY IT TAKES AN

51:26IDENTIFIED VICTIM WHO HAS BEEN

51:28KILLED.

51:28OR INJURED.

51:28>> TO BRING.

51:29>> A.

51:29FELONY CHARGE.

51:30UM, SO JUST WANTED TO BRING

51:33THAT TO THE FOREFRONT AS

51:33SOMETHING FOR THE COMMITTEE TO

51:35CONSIDER.

51:36UH, AND THEN OF COURSE LAST

51:37THING ON THIS SLIDE, UH, IS THE

51:39IMPENDING PROPERTY TAX LEVY

51:41LIMIT.

51:41UM, OF COURSE THIS THIS

51:43PARTICULAR POSITION UM, AS IT

51:45RELATES TO THE PROPERTY TAX

51:47LEVY LIMIT, UH, IS PENDING THE

51:49RESULT OF THE NOVEMBER

51:50REFERENDUM BUT SHOULD THAT

51:52PASS, UH, WE WANT TO ENSURE

51:53THAT WE ARE AT THE TABLE WITH

51:54THE LEGISLATURE TO, UM, HELP,

51:58UH, ENACT SOMETHING THAT'S

51:59GOING TO BE WORKABLE FOR THE

52:00CITY OF CHARLOTTE.

52:03UH, AND THEN.

52:04>> THE LAST TWO POSITIONS FOR

52:05OUR STATE AGENDA, UM, AND THESE

52:07TWO ARE ESSENTIALLY, UM,

52:09CARRIED OVER FROMA 2026 AS WELL

52:12AS YOU'LL RECALL, UM, ONE OF

52:14THE ITEMS THAT WAS PART OF

52:15PUBLIC SAFETY WAS UH,

52:17ESSENTIALLY UM, ADVANCING OUR

52:19VISION ZERO GOAL.

52:20UM, SO THIS HAS BEEN PULLED OUT

52:22INTO ITS OWN UM POSITION

52:23STATEMENT.

52:24>> AND IN PARTICULAR.

52:25UM, PURSUING THE ENACTMENT OF A

52:27LOCAL ACT TO MAKE OUR RED LIGHT

52:29CAMERA PROGRAM MORE FINANCIALLY

52:30FEASIBLE.

52:31UH.

52:32>> AND THEN LASTLY, UM, AGAIN,

52:34THIS IS A CARRYOVER FROM OUR

52:362026 AGENDA AND FROM PRIOR

52:37AGENDAS, WHICH IS CONTINUING TO

52:39WORK WITH THE STATE TO ENSURE

52:40THAT, UH, THE AMOUNT OF POWER

52:42BILL FUNDING AND THE.

52:43>> AMOUNT OF MONEY.

52:44THAT COMES THROUGH THE STEP, UH

52:45,CONTINUE TO COME TO OUR

52:47REGION, UM, WHICH OF COURSE IS

52:48PARTICULARLY.

52:48IMPORTANT AS WE.

52:50UH, IMPLEMENT THE PAVE ACT.

52:53UM, AND SO WE WANT TO HAVE

52:54CONTINUED STATE FUNDING TO TO

52:55ENSURE THAT OUR TRANSPORTATION

52:57INFRASTRUCTURE.

52:57>> CAN.

52:58HANDLE OUR.

52:58FUTURE GROWTH.

53:00UM, SO I CAN PAUSE RIGHT HERE,

53:02MISTER CHAIR.

53:04OKAY, LET'S PAUSE RIGHT HERE

53:05AND WE'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS OF

53:06REFERENCE TO THE THE STATE

53:09AGENDA.

53:09I'M MINDFUL.

53:10A

53:10>> OF THE.

53:11CLOCK TO LEAST TEN MINUTES TO

53:12FOUR.

53:13SO THIS HAVE UH A TEN MINUTE

53:15CONVERSATION.

53:16UM ANY QUESTIONS FROM UH THE

53:17COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND I'LL

53:19START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER

53:20OWENS.

53:21THANK YOU.

53:22>> CHAIR I ACTUALLY I DO HAVE

53:24SEVERAL QUESTIONS BUT I'LL TRY

53:25TO KEEP IT SUCCINCT.

53:26UM, ONE OF MY OVERARCHING

53:28QUESTIONS AND THIS WOULD JUST

53:29BE HELPFUL TO ME AS I GO

53:30FORWARD I'M RELYING ON.

53:32>> MY OWN.

53:33INTUITION WITH RESPECT TO THE

53:34ANSWERS TO WHICH OF THESE STATE

53:37AGENDA ITEMS IS PARTICULARLY

53:38UNIQUE TO CHARLOTTE VERSUS

53:40WHICH ONE WE HAVE BROAD SUPPORT

53:42ACROSS OTHER MUNICIPALITIES AND

53:44WHERE WE MAY BE ABLE TO PARTNER

53:45WITH THEM.

53:46SO FOR EXAMPLE, AS I LOOK AT

53:48THE NO DOWN ZONING THAT IS ONE

53:49THAT FEELS TO ME VERY OBVIOUS

53:51THAT WE'VE GOT SOME COMPATRIOTS

53:53AND THE OTHER COUNTIES THE ONES

53:54THAT MAY BE UNIQUE TO US.

53:56OF COURSE THE AIRPORT SEEMS

53:57UNIQUE TO US.

53:58I'D BE CURIOUS WITH RESPECT TO

54:00WATER, I THINK THAT THAT'S

54:01PROBABLY ONE THAT WE ALL FEEL

54:03IF WE'RE LOOKING AT DATA

54:04CENTERS AND HAVING SOME SOME

54:05BIG EMOTIONS ABOUT THOSE

54:07ATTAINABLE HOUSING THOUGH I

54:08THINK THAT THAT 1ST MAY AFFECT

54:09CHARLOTTE DIFFERENTLY. A

54:10SO JUST HELPING ME CALIBRATE.

54:12WHICH OF THOSE AND HOW WE

54:14PRIORITIZE THOSE UM, SO THAT WE

54:16ARE GETTING THE MOST BANG FOR

54:17THE BUCK BECAUSE I THINK

54:18SOMETIMES CHARLOTTE CAN CAN.

54:20GET A BAD UM A BAD RAP IF WE

54:21DON'T HAVE SOME SOME BUDDIES

54:23ALONG WITH US TO UM TO HELP

54:24OUT.

54:25UM I REALLY I'M EXCITED ABOUT A

54:27LOT OF THESE.

54:28THERE'S A COUPLE THAT I JUST

54:29WANT TO THROW OUT AND SEE IF

54:30THERE'S, UM, PERHAPS ANY

54:31APPETITE OR SOME SOME THOUGHTS

54:33AROUND BECAUSE THEY'RE

54:34CONVERSATIONS THAT I'VE HAD

54:35WITH CONSTITUENTS.

54:37THE FIRST ONE IS UM, YOU KNOW,

54:39PART AND PARCEL OF THE

54:40CONVERSATION ON PUBLIC SAFETY

54:42AND WHERE WE'RE LOOKING TO

54:44POTENTIALLY HAVE A NEW FELONY

54:45FOR SHOOTING INTO A CROWD.

54:46FOR ME, THERE'S A LARGER ISSUE

54:48.

54:48THERE OF TEENS WITH GUNS AND

54:49I'D REALLY LIKE TO SEE IF WE

54:51HAVE ANY APPETITE TO DO

54:52ANYTHING ABOUT PEOPLE LEAVING

54:53WEAPONS IN CARS.

54:54AND I DON'T CURRENTLY KNOW WHAT

54:56THE STATE OF THE LAW IS WITH

54:58RESPECT TO THAT, BUT I THINK A

54:59LOT OF THESE ARE BEING STOLEN

55:00FROM CARS AND I THINK THAT

55:02THERE NEEDS TO BE A MUCH

55:03GREATER UH I MEAN I'M NOT I'M

55:05NOT JOUSTING AT THE.

55:06WINDMILL OF THE YOU.

55:07KNOW.

55:08>> THE THE.

55:09GUN RIGHTSA ENTHUSIASTS IN

55:11AMERICA.

55:11HOWEVER, IF A GUN IS STOLEN

55:12FROM YOUR CAR, I'D LIKE TO HAVE

55:14A LITTLE BIT GREATER

55:15APPRECIATION IF.

55:15>> WE'VE GOT ANY ADDITIONAL.

55:16JUICE THAT WE CAN GIVE TO THAT

55:18SO WE CAN MAYBE.

55:19>> HIT.

55:19THAT WHERE IT IS AND THEN THE

55:21OTHER ONE THAT I'VE HAD SOME

55:21SOME INQUIRY AROUND AND IT'S

55:23ONE THAT I'VE GOT A LOT OF UH

55:24A.

55:24>> LOT OF.

55:26SENSITIVITY TO IS JUST

55:27PEDESTRIAN FATALITIES AND THAT

55:28MAY NOT BE ONE THAT WE SHARE

55:30MUCH COMMONALITY WITH OTHER

55:32DISTRICTS BECAUSE I THINK

55:33CHARLOTTE HAS JUST GROWN SO

55:35QUICKLY THAT WE DO HAVE A FAIR

55:36NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO ARE

55:38SOMEWHAT TRAFFIC SCOFFLAWS, BUT

55:39WE HAVE LOST SOME PEDESTRIANS

55:41AND THAT'S JUST PART AND PARCEL

55:42OF OUR UM, VISION ZERO

55:44INITIATIVE.

55:45SO I'D REALLY LIKE TO SEE IF

55:46THERE'S ANYTHING AND PERHAPS

55:47DEALING WITH UM, D.A.

55:49MERRYWEATHER BECAUSE I DON'T

55:50WANT TO DO SOMETHING THAT WE

55:51DON'T NEED BUT I'D JUST LIKE TO

55:52UNDERSTAND THAT.

55:53AND THEN THE FINAL QUESTION

55:54THAT I HAD I CAN'T EVEN READ

55:56MY, UM, HANDWRITING HERE.

55:58I THINK IT IS JUST A AGAIN, UH,

56:00JUST AN OVERARCHING QUESTION

56:01ABOUT WHERE WE HAVE COMMONALITY

56:03WITH OTHER MUNICIPALITIES AND

56:05WHO THOSE ARE AND HOW WE CAN

56:06REALLY WORK TOGETHER.

56:08UM, BUT I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS

56:09.

56:10I'MA ALWAYS PLEASED TO BE ON

56:11THIS COMMITTEE.

56:12SO THANK YOU.

56:13THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER.

56:14UM, SO YOU CAPTURED ALL OF THAT

56:15FOR SURE.

56:16OKAY.

56:17UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MAYOR.

56:19THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.

56:21I THINK COUNCILMEMBER OWENS DID

56:22A GREAT JOB ASKING ABOUT THE

56:24PRIORITY BECAUSE IF EVERYTHING

56:26ON THIS LIST IS A PRIORITY THEN

56:28NOTHING IS A PRIORITY.

56:30SO I THINK WE NEED TO

56:32PRIORITIZE.

56:33I APPRECIATE IN THE PAST WHAT

56:35WE HAD DONE WE HAD LOOKED AT

56:37OUR AMBITION UM WITH

56:41FEASIBILITY AND I THINK THAT'S

56:41THE LENS WE NEED TO CONSIDER AS

56:45WE PRIORITIZE OUR FEDERAL AND

56:46STATE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA.

56:48I WOULD LIKE STAFF TO COME BACK

56:50TO US WITH 3 TO 5 ITEMS THAT WE

56:53ABSOLUTELY NEED TO HAVE AND I

56:55SEE ONE DOWN ZONING IS

56:57ABSOLUTELY ONE TO HAVE BECAUSE

56:58THAT IS A NONPARTISAN ISSUE

57:01RURAL URBAN OUT AREAS ARE ALL

57:06TRYING TO FIND A WAY TO

57:07REGULATE DATA CENTERS IN A WAY

57:09THAT PROTECTS OUR COMMUNITIES.A

57:11UH, SO REALLY I THINK THIS IS

57:13WHERE STAFF CAN COME BACK TO US

57:15WITH 2 TO 5 ITEMS AND SAY, HEY

57:17,THIS IS THE GREATEST NEED.

57:19AND HERE IS WHERE WE SEE A

57:21REALISTIC OPPORTUNITY TO GET

57:23ACTION FROM THE GENERAL

57:24ASSEMBLY.

57:26UH, AND LAST BUT NOT THE LEAST,

57:28UM, I KNOW IN THE COURTS WE

57:31HAVE HAD THIS FOR MANY YEARS

57:33NOW I WOULD LIKE US TO QUANTIFY

57:36THAT IF WE CAN QUANTIFY THE

57:38STAFFING GAP FOR EACH PART OF

57:41THE JUSTICE SYSTEM AND PUT

57:43THOSE NUMBERS INTO OUR ADVOCACY

57:46MATERIALS.

57:47UH, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO

57:49SIMPLY ASKING RALEIGH FOR

57:50ADDITIONAL RESOURCES.

57:52I WANT LEGISLATORS TO

57:53UNDERSTAND EXACTLY OUR NEED AND

57:58WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THOSE

57:59POSITIONS ARE NOT FUND.

58:01DOES THAT MEAN NO

58:03ACCOUNTABILITY CASES GET

58:05DELAYED BY A YEAR OR TWO YEARS?

58:06THREE YEARS?

58:07ARE WE TALKING ABOUT HIGH

58:08PRIORITY CASES?A

58:10ARE WE TALKING ABOUT DELAYED

58:11JUSTICE?

58:12I THINK THAT'S THAT'S WHAT I'M

58:14LOOKING FOR FROM THE MATERIALS

58:16.

58:16BUT UH JARED YOU DID AND YOU

58:19DID AN EXCELLENT JOB PUTTING

58:21TOGETHER SORT OF THE FIRST

58:22DRAFT AND NOW WE CAN REFINE IT

58:24BASED ON THE COUNCIL'S INPUT

58:27AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

58:28THANK YOU.

58:29THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER

58:30AZUMARILL.

58:31SO YOU WERE IN OUR BREAKFAST

58:32MEETING WITH ME AND JORDAN THIS

58:33MORNING.

58:34UH, WE HAD BREAKFAST THIS

58:35MORNING AND WE TALK

58:37SPECIFICALLY ABOUT UH,

58:38PRIORITIZING OUTLINING,

58:40IDENTIFYING ON TOP 3 TO 5 ITEMS

58:42PROBABLY 3 TO 4 AT UM UH THAT

58:46WE WANT FOR SURE.

58:47HOW DO WE COLLABORATE WITH

58:49OTHER COMMUNITY PARTNERS WHO

58:51WANT THE SAME THING, ESPECIALLY

58:52UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF PUBLIC

58:53SAFETY FOR SURE.

58:55UM, AND SO WE WILL BRING BACK A

58:57PART OF THE UH PRIORITY LIST

58:59FROM WHAT HE HAS ASSEMBLED

59:01AGAIN, THESE ARE JOEL.

59:03YOU SAID UH YOU SAID THE THREE

59:05STEPS THAT WE THAT YOU, UM,

59:06KIND OF OUTLINED.

59:08YES.

59:09>> SO UM, TYPICALLYA IN SOME

59:10OTHER PLACES YOU'LL SEE THEM.

59:12,UM.

59:12>> HAVE SOME SORT OF LANGUAGE

59:13AROUND WHAT THEY'LL.

59:14CALL UM, PURSUE.

59:16SO LIKE YOUR HIGHEST PRIORITIES

59:17.

59:18SUPPORT WHICH ARE.

59:19>> THINGS THAT YOU.

59:19SUPPORT AND.

59:21MONITOR WHICH IS.

59:21SORT OF UM, THINGS YOU NEED TO

59:23BE MINDFUL OF BUT NOT

59:24NECESSARILY.

59:24>> TOP PRIORITIES.

59:25I CAN SAY NAME BETTER RIGHT.

59:27AND SO THAT'S THAT'S WHAT WE'RE

59:28GOING TO DO UM, WHEN WE COME

59:29BACK TO OUR NEXT MEETING UH

59:32OBVIOUSLY ALL OF THIS IS

59:33IMPORTANT.

59:34UM, THERE'LL BE 3 TO 4 THINGS

59:36THAT ARE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT

59:37THAT WE WANT TO SAY, UH, OUR

59:40CONSULTANT UH, THAT AT THE END

59:41OF THE 27TH SESSION, UM, WE

59:43WERE GOING TO DEFINE SUCCESS

59:46BASED ON GETTING THESE 3 OR 4

59:47THINGS DONE.

59:48UM, I AGREE WITH UM

59:50COUNCILMEMBER AS OR IN

59:51REFERENCE TO THE UH THE LAND

59:53USE AROUND GAMING PARTNERS AND

59:55VAPE SHOPS.

59:57THERE'S A VAPE SHOP ON EVERY

59:59CORNER AND IN OUR CORNERS OF

1:00:02OPPORTUNITY MANY THREE, 4 OR 5

1:00:04OF THEM LITERALLY RIGHT ACROSS

1:00:05THE STREET FROM ONE ANOTHER

1:00:07THERE NEXT TO COLLEGE CAMPUS,

1:00:09THE NEXT TWO HIGH SCHOOLS.

1:00:10ANDA SO WE REALLY NEED TO THINK

1:00:12ABOUT THAT UM, LEGISLATIVELY UH

1:00:15,FOR ME THAT WOULD BE A TOP

1:00:16PRIORITY.

1:00:17BUT I GET WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IN

1:00:18TERMS OF COUNCIL MEMBERS ABOUT

1:00:21PRIORITIZING.

1:00:21UM, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I

1:00:23THINK THEY'RE WAITING TO HEAR

1:00:25FROM US, UH, IN TERMS OF WHAT

1:00:28THE PRIORITIES ARE.

1:00:29RIGHT.

1:00:29AND SO WE WILL AGAIN WORK UH

1:00:31SEMI EMAIL SEMI TEXT UM BASED

1:00:33ON THIS CONVERSATION ABOUT HEY

1:00:35I THINK WE OUGHT TO DO ABCD UH

1:00:37AND THEN THAT WAY I CAN SHARE

1:00:39THAT WITH JORDAN.

1:00:39JORDAN CERTAINLY CAN OUTREACH

1:00:40TO THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS THEY

1:00:42GET THEIR INSIGHT AND SO WHEN

1:00:43WE COME BACK IN NOVEMBER, UH

1:00:45THE PRIORITY IS ALREADY SET FOR

1:00:46THE FOR THE COMMITTEE AND THAT

1:00:48WE CAN APPROVE THEN FORWARDED

1:00:50TO THE COUNCIL.

1:00:51OKAY.

1:00:52COUNCILMEMBER GRAHAM, I JUST

1:00:53LAST COMMENT YES I I I MEAN I'M

1:00:56SURE ALL 11 OF US WILL GIVE A

1:00:58PRIORITY LIST TO JORDAN AND HIS

1:01:01TEAM BUT I THINK AT THE END OF

1:01:02THE DAY WE ALSO NEED TO LOOK AT

1:01:05IT REALISTICALLY WHAT CAN WE

1:01:06ACCOMPLISH?

1:01:06AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE JORDAN

1:01:07AND THE CREW CAN HELP US WITH

1:01:10ITA.

1:01:11CAN WE REALLY GET SOME TRACTION

1:01:13ON THIS ISSUE BECAUSE IF IT'S A

1:01:15NON PARTIZAN ISSUE, IF IT'S AN

1:01:16ISSUE THAT TO COUNCIL MEMBER

1:01:18ONE'S POINT, IF IT'S AN ISSUE

1:01:21THAT IS NOT UNIQUE TO CHARLOTTE

1:01:22WE ARE GOING TO LIKELY GET MORE

1:01:24TRACTION.

1:01:25SO WE DO NEED TO CONSIDER THAT

1:01:26AS WE SAID OUR PRIORITY LIST

1:01:28FOR.

1:01:29>> SURE AND WHO'S GOING TO BE

1:01:31SITTING AT THE TABLE COME

1:01:33NOVEMBER 4TH?

1:01:34WILL PAY WELL BUT WE'RE

1:01:36PROBABLY TO DETERMINE WHETHER

1:01:37IT'S FIRST ONE WAS NOT RIGHT SO

1:01:39WE GET IT FOR SURE.

1:01:41OKAY LET'S TALK ABOUT THE FEDS

1:01:43FEDERAL.

1:01:44GOVERNMENT.

1:01:44>> UH THANK YOU FOR THAT

1:01:45FEEDBACK ON THE STATE AGENDA.

1:01:47UH CERTAINLY WE WILL

1:01:48INCORPORATE THAT AND BRING YOU

1:01:49BACK.

1:01:49SOMETHING IN NOVEMBER.

1:01:50>> THAT THAT REFLECTS ALL THOSE

1:01:51UM, I'LL JUST QUICKLY GO OVER

1:01:53THE FEDERAL AGENDA HERE.

1:01:54UM, I'LL SAY, YOU KNOW,

1:01:56REITERATE AGAIN THIS IS UM,

1:01:57PROPOSED TO BE A TWO YEAR

1:01:59AGENDA.

1:02:00UM.

1:02:01>> AND UH, I THINK AS AS CHAIR

1:02:03GRAHAM HAS ALLUDED TO BEFORE,

1:02:05UM, THAT'S BECAUSE A LOT OF OUR

1:02:07PRIORITIES AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL

1:02:08DO.

1:02:08REMAIN UM.

1:02:09FAIRLY CONSISTENTA FROM SESSION

1:02:11TO SESSION.

1:02:11AND SO REALLY THIS IS AROUND UH

1:02:14,ADVANCING FUNDING FOR

1:02:16TRANSPORTATION, UH, OF COURSE

1:02:18SUPPORTING OUR FRIENDS AT MBTA

1:02:19ON THE TRANSIT SIDE, UH

1:02:21CONTINUED FEDERAL FUNDING AND

1:02:22SUPPORT.

1:02:23FOR THE.

1:02:24AIRPORT AND FOR THE FEDERAL

1:02:25AGENCIES WHO OPERATE WITHIN.

1:02:27>> THE AIRPORT.

1:02:28UH.

1:02:28>> ADVANCING OUR SUSTAINABILITY

1:02:29GOALS AS DEFINED IN OUR IN OUR

1:02:31CAP PLAN THAT YOU ALL HAVE

1:02:32ADOPTED.

1:02:34UM.

1:02:35UH, CONTINUED.

1:02:36FEDERAL SUPPORT.

1:02:37FOR NOT.

1:02:38>> ONLY THE FIRE.

1:02:38DEPARTMENT BUT.

1:02:39FOR OUR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

1:02:41PROGRAM AND.

1:02:41>> CONTINUING TO SEEK UM, FEMA

1:02:43REFORM, UH, AS WELL AS

1:02:45CONTINUED FEDERAL SUPPORT.

1:02:46>> FOR A VARIETY OF GRANT.

1:02:47PROGRAMS THAT OUR POLICE

1:02:49DEPARTMENT UM, RECEIVES ON AN

1:02:50ANNUAL BASIS.

1:02:53UM, BUSINESS AND WORKFORCE

1:02:54DEVELOPMENT THIS IS UH, ANOTHER

1:02:56.

1:02:56POSITION THAT HAS CARRIED OVER

1:02:57FROM 2026 UM, UH AND THEN SOME

1:03:01TWO NEW THINGS HERE BEFORE WE

1:03:03GET TO HOUSING WHICH IS UM AN

1:03:05EXPLICIT POSITION AROUND DATA

1:03:06CENTERS.

1:03:07OF COURSE THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A

1:03:08TOPIC UM, THAT'S UM REALLYA

1:03:10IMPORTANT FOR YOU ALL AT A

1:03:11LOCAL LEVEL IT'S INCREASINGLY

1:03:12TAKING ON A NATIONAL UM YOU

1:03:14KNOW, THE NATIONAL CONVERSATION

1:03:16IS GROWING AS WELL, INCLUDING

1:03:17IN CONGRESS.

1:03:17AND SO.

1:03:19UM, DEPENDING.

1:03:20ON WHO WINS ON NOVEMBER.

1:03:22>> 3RD.

1:03:22UH, OF COURSE THERE'S GOING TO

1:03:24BE DISCUSSION.

1:03:24AROUND UH.

1:03:25BROADER AI REGULATION.

1:03:27UH, BUT AS IT RELATES TO THE

1:03:29CITY, OF COURSE WE WILL WANT TO

1:03:31MONITOR HOW THE FEDERAL

1:03:32GOVERNMENT.

1:03:33UM.

1:03:34>> DECIDES HOW TO REGULATE THE

1:03:35SITING AND OPERATION.

1:03:36>> OF DATA CENTERS.

1:03:37UM AND.

1:03:38>> THEN THIS NEW POSITION ON

1:03:40RULEMAKING I JUST WANTED TO

1:03:41ALSO CALL OUT UM, SO THIS IS

1:03:43REALLY UM A CROSS-CUTTING

1:03:46POSITION, UM, THAT REALLY FITS

1:03:48IN A NUMBER OF PLACES WHETHER

1:03:50IT'S AFFORDABLE HOUSING, SMALL

1:03:52BUSINESS.

1:03:53UH.

1:03:53>> THE DBE PROGRAM UH A

1:03:56PROPOSED RULE AROUND.

1:03:57HOW WE ADMINISTER FEDERAL

1:03:59GRANTS, UM.

1:04:01,AND.

1:04:02>> THE IMPLEMENTATION AND.

1:04:03REGULATORY ACTION.

1:04:04>> THAT.

1:04:04WILL COME FROM, UH, ENACTING

1:04:06THE 21ST CENTURY ROAD HOUSING

1:04:08BILL.

1:04:09UM, THERE'SA THIS YOU KNOW, IN

1:04:10ADDITION TO TO THE VOLUME OF

1:04:12EXECUTIVE ORDERS WE'VE SEEN UH

1:04:14,AND SO IT SEEMED LIKE UM,

1:04:16THERE WAS AN INTEREST FROM

1:04:17COUNCIL AND JUST BASED ON THE

1:04:19SHEER VOLUME OF ACTIVITY FROM

1:04:21THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH THAT UH,

1:04:23IT FELT LIKE THE RIGHT TIME TO

1:04:25HAVE, UM, JUST A CLEAR CUT

1:04:26POSITION AS IT RELATES TO

1:04:28RULEMAKING, UM, AND ENSURING

1:04:30THAT UM, THE THINGS.

1:04:31>> THAT WE'RE DOING WELL ARE.

1:04:33>> BEING REFLECTED AT A FEDERAL

1:04:34LEVEL, UM, AND THAT WE CAN

1:04:36CONTINUE TO.

1:04:36OPERATE OUR.

1:04:37PROGRAMS ON AN ONGOING BASIS.

1:04:39UH.

1:04:40>> AND.

1:04:40THEN LASTLY.

1:04:41UM, A POSITION ON AFFORDABLE

1:04:42HOUSING, UH, ATTAINABLE HOUSING

1:04:44.

1:04:44EXCUSE ME.

1:04:45UM AND ESSENTIALLY UM THIS

1:04:47AGAIN WILL BE, YOU KNOW, THE

1:04:49IMPLEMENTATION OF THE 21ST

1:04:50CENTURY ROAD HOUSING BILL WHICH

1:04:51PASSED OVER THE SUMMER.

1:04:53UM, BUT IT ALSO INCLUDES UM YOU

1:04:56KNOW, RICH TALKED ABOUT BEFORE

1:04:58UM, YOU KNOW, THE

1:04:59APPROPRIATIONS PROCESS FOR FY

1:05:0127, UM, IS STILL STAGNANT AND

1:05:04WE KNOW THAT THE PRESIDENT HAS

1:05:05PROPOSED CUTTING SEVERAL OF

1:05:06THESE PROGRAMS.

1:05:08UM, THE HOUSE HAS HASA SOMEWHAT

1:05:10RESTORED FUNDING.

1:05:11FOR A FEW.

1:05:12>> OF THESE AND THE SENATE HAS

1:05:12YET TO PUT OUT ANY BILLS.

1:05:14AND SO THIS WILL BE IMPORTANT

1:05:16FOR US AS IT RELATES TO CDBG

1:05:19HOME.

1:05:20UH, CONTINUUM OF CARE.

1:05:21>> AND A NUMBER OF.

1:05:22OTHER PROGRAMS UM, TO ENSURE

1:05:23THAT WE HAVE FEDERAL.

1:05:25SUPPORT TO.

1:05:26>> COMPLEMENT WHAT WE'RE DOING.

1:05:27HERE LOCALLY.

1:05:28UM.

1:05:28SO WITH THAT UM AND GO TO THE

1:05:31NEXT SLIDE HERE AND WRAP UP UM

1:05:33,AGAIN JUST WANTED TO TOUCH ON

1:05:35THE PURPOSE OF TODAY WHAT THE

1:05:36NEXT STEPS WOULD BE.

1:05:38UM AND THEN LASTLY UM AGAIN ON

1:05:40THE NEXT SLIDE HERE UM YOU KNOW

1:05:44,REMAINING FEEDBACK THAT YOU

1:05:45ALL HAVE AS IT RELATES TO THE

1:05:46FEDERAL AGENDA UM, OR EVEN

1:05:49OTHER THOUGHTS ON THE STATE

1:05:50AGENDA IN THE PROCESS MOVING

1:05:51FORWARD.

1:05:51UM.

1:05:52>> WITH THAT AND I'LL CONCLUDE

1:05:53AND.

1:05:53OPEN IT UP FOR ANY REMAINING

1:05:54DISCUSSION.

1:05:55CHAIR.

1:05:55>> VERY GOOD PRESENTATION.

1:05:57THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

1:05:58ALSO WANT TO THANK OUR PARTNERS

1:06:00UH, HOLLAND THE NIGHT AND

1:06:02CHECKMATE FOR THEIR

1:06:03PARTICIPATION IN THE MEETING.

1:06:05UH, OBVIOUSLY WE CAN'T DO IT BY

1:06:07OURSELVES.

1:06:07SO WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE

1:06:08SUPPORT THAT YOU'VE GIVEN US.

1:06:10AUM, MEMBERS.

1:06:11IT'S OPEN FOR ANY QUESTIONS.

1:06:13UM, COUNCIL MEMBER HOLLINS.

1:06:15THANK YOU.

1:06:15>> CHAIR.

1:06:16UM, ON THE FEDERAL AGENDA, I

1:06:19JUST.

1:06:19I WANT TO, UM, JUST PUT A FINER

1:06:21POINT ON THE NEXT STEPS THAT WE

1:06:24CAN BE TAKING INDEPENDENT OF

1:06:26THE OFFICIAL AGENDA WITH

1:06:28RESPECT TO WEIGHING IN ON THE

1:06:30RULEMAKING ON THE ROAD TO

1:06:31HOUSING ACT.

1:06:32UM, I HAD SUGGESTED EARLIER IN

1:06:34THE YEAR THAT I WAS SEEING A

1:06:35LOT OF IN MY DAY JOB A LOT OF

1:06:38ENERGY AROUND INSTITUTIONAL

1:06:40INVESTORS REALLY MAKING THEIR

1:06:42POINTS OF VIEW KNOWN AND BEING

1:06:44AT THE TABLE, UM, ON THESE

1:06:46ISSUES.

1:06:46AND THEN I FELT LIKE

1:06:47MUNICIPALITIES SUCH AS

1:06:48CHARLOTTE BECAUSE WE OFTEN.

1:06:49ARE RAISED AS AN EXAMPLE OF A

1:06:51PLACE WHERE THERE HAVE BEEN A

1:06:54NUMBER OF THE ILLS THAT THIS

1:06:56LEGISLATION WAS SUPPOSED TO

1:06:58ADDRESS NAMELY HAVING A LOT OF

1:07:00CORPORATE OWNERSHIP OF SINGLE

1:07:02FAMILY HOMES AND THE RENTAL UM

1:07:04.

1:07:06UM CONSEQUENCE OF THAT UM I

1:07:08JUST I I STILL WANT THATA OUT

1:07:10THERE I GUESS AGAIN INDEPENDENT

1:07:12OF WHAT WE'RE DOING I JUST

1:07:13WOULD LOVE SOME GUIDANCE ON THE

1:07:15TIMING OF THAT RULEMAKING.

1:07:16I UNDERSTAND IT'S PROBABLY BEEN

1:07:18AT LEAST BIFURCATED IF NOT

1:07:19SEPARATED INTO EVEN MORE

1:07:22DIFFERENT ASPECTS.

1:07:23I JUST WOULD LIKE TO KNOW AT

1:07:24WHAT POINT WE CAN WEIGH IN ON

1:07:27THAT WITH A LETTER, UM.

1:07:29INTO THE RULEMAKING THAT IS

1:07:31SUGGESTIVE OF SOME OF THE

1:07:32THINGS THAT WE ALREADY DO WELL

1:07:34HERE IN CHARLOTTE AND

1:07:36PARTICULARLY OUR HOUSING TRUST

1:07:37FUND LIFTING THAT UP AS AN

1:07:39OPPORTUNITY TO TO.

1:07:41LEVERAGE UM, THAT LOCAL

1:07:43EXPERTISE.

1:07:44SO I.

1:07:44>> JUST.

1:07:45THAT'S THAT'S THE ONLY THING I

1:07:46WOULD.

1:07:46MENTION THERE BUT I THINK THE

1:07:47REST OF IT IS IN KEEPING WITH

1:07:48WHAT I WOULD HAVE EXPECTED.

1:07:49THANK YOU.

1:07:50>> THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER I

1:07:51SHARE ANY FINAL COMMENTS.

1:07:54I'M GOOD.

1:07:55THANK YOU.

1:07:56OKAY.

1:07:57>> UH JUST ONE TO KIND OF.

1:07:59IF YOU CAN GO BACK TO THE NEXT

1:08:00STEPS MAKING SURE THAT ALL THE

1:08:02COMMITTEE MEMBERS KNOW WHAT'S

1:08:03COMING BEFORE US.

1:08:05SO OUR NEXT UM BGI MEETING UM

1:08:09WE WILL HAVE AA PRIORITY LIST.

1:08:10UM, AND UM AND AND A DOCUMENT

1:08:14READY FOR SUBMISSION.

1:08:17UH THEN WE WILL HAVE AN ACTION

1:08:19PREVIEW ON NOVEMBER 9TH WHERE

1:08:20FULL COUNCIL WILL HAVE AN

1:08:22OPPORTUNITY TO SEE OUR WORK AND

1:08:24WEIGH IN ON IT AND THEN WE WILL

1:08:26ACT FOR A COUNCIL ADOPTION ON

1:08:29NOVEMBER 23RD.

1:08:30UM, UM, OF THIS YEAR.

1:08:34UM ASTERISK MARK UM NOVEMBER

1:08:373RD IS ELECTION DAY AND UM THAT

1:08:39MAY CHANGE OR NOT CHANGE BASED

1:08:42ON WHO WILL BE SITTING IN THE

1:08:43SEATS ON NOVEMBER 4TH BOTH AT

1:08:45THE FEDERAL.

1:08:45LEVEL AS WELL AS THE.

1:08:46STATE LEVEL.

1:08:47RIGHT.

1:08:47WE ARE CERTAIN TO HAVE A NEW

1:08:49PRESIDENT PRO TEM IN THE STATE

1:08:50SENATE.

1:08:51UM, WE MAY HAVE A NEW.

1:08:52SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE.

1:08:54IN THE STATE SENATE.

1:08:55UH, AND.

1:08:56>> WE DON'T.

1:08:57KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN

1:08:58DC.

1:08:58RIGHT.

1:08:58AND SO OBVIOUSLY THEY HAVE AND

1:09:01DIRECTLY IMPACT WHAT WE WILL BE

1:09:02DOING.

1:09:03BUT AS BOTH OF THE PRESENTERS

1:09:05SAID, MOST OF OUR UH AGENDA IS

1:09:08NONPARTISAN.

1:09:09UM, SO IT WON'T HAVEA ANY IMPACT

1:09:11FOR OTHER THAN WHO WILL BE

1:09:13TALKING TO AND SO UH JUST WANT

1:09:16TO THANK JORDAN AND AND THE

1:09:17TEAM FOR THE WORK THAT THEY

1:09:18HAVE DONE.

1:09:19UH, THANK YOU GUYS FOR

1:09:20TRAVELING DOWN TO MEET WITH US

1:09:22AND UM, A LIST OR IF THERE'S

1:09:25ANYTHING ELSE.

1:09:26TO BE DONE.

1:09:27YOU GUYS WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE

1:09:29PANTHERS WIN LAST NIGHT OR.

1:09:31JUST SHOW UP IN YOUR JOURNAL?

1:09:33UH UM, THAT'S NOT HERE.

1:09:35I THAT'S NOT NO.

1:09:36UH.

1:09:38>> MEETING ADJOURNED.

1:09:39>> LIKE THE TROUBLE.

1:09:42ROOM YOU HAVE YOU ACTUALLY.

1:09:43HAVE NOW OR ITEM.

1:09:45UH, WE HAVE ONE MORE ITEM.

1:09:46>> WE HAVE ONE MORE ITEM.

1:09:48UH.

1:09:49>> WE'RE PLANNING MEETING.

1:09:51TIME.

1:09:51>> OH, DO WE HAVE.

1:09:54>> A I.

1:09:54>> THINK THE.

1:09:55WORK PLAN IS OPTIONAL.

1:09:56YEAH.

1:09:56MANY ADJOURN AND WE'LL.

1:09:57WE'LL COME BACK.

1:09:58UM, THE WORK PLAN WE CAN CATCH

1:10:00ON.

1:10:00>> NEXT MONTH.

1:10:01SOUNDS GOOD.

1:10:01>> ALL RIGHT.

1:10:10>>A