* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:01] HERE, LIKE [1. CALL SESSION TO ORDER] SIX O'CLOCK. CALL THE CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION FOR THURSDAY, AUGUST 20TH, 2026 TO ORDER. WE START WITH ROLL CALL. OKAY. COUNCILMAN REYNOLDS? HERE. COUNCILMAN THORNTON? HERE. HERE. HERE. CUSTOMER. EVA? HERE. KING HERE. MAYOR PRO 10 PORTERFIELD. HERE. MAYOR SELLERS HERE. FIRST ITEM WE HAVE [4.1. Discussion and possible action related to Outside Agency Funding Applications for Fiscal Year 2027. (Kristi Barnes)] IS ITEM 4 1 0 8. FIRST ITEM FOUR ONE. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION RELATED TO OUTSIDE AGENCY FUNDING APPLICATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2027. MAYOR COUNCIL CHRISTIE BARNES, COMMUNITY CULTURE OFFICER. UM, SO JUST A QUICK OVERVIEW OF OUTSIDE AGENCY FUND AND A LITTLE BIT OF A REMINDER AND A LITTLE BIT OF THE PROCESS THAT WE WENT THROUGH THIS YEAR. SO SOME OF THE OBJECTIVES FOR THIS EVENING ARE TO REVIEW THE PURPOSE OF THE, UH, OAF PROGRAM TO SUMMARIZE THE FY 27 APPLICATION AND REVIEW PROCESS. TO REVIEW THE COUNCIL COMMITTEE'S FUNDING, RECOMMENDA RECOMMENDATIONS, WHICH THIS YEAR WERE MADE UP OF PLACES ONE, THREE AND FIVE. UH, DISCUSS THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE FULL BODY AND THEN HOPEFULLY DEVELOP FINAL FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FY 27. LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ON OUT PRO AGENCY FUND. UM, THIS IS ONE OF THE WAYS THE CITY OF HUDU PARTNERS WITH NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR HU RESIDENTS AND CITIZENS. EACH FISCAL YEAR ELIGIBLE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS MAY APPLY FOR FUNDING TO SUPPORT PROGRAMS THAT PROVIDE DIRECT SERVICES TO OUR COMMUNITY, UM, THAT WE AS THE CITY DO NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDE. CITY COUNCIL REVIEWS THE APPLICATIONS AND DECIDES HOW AVAILABLE FUNDS SHOULD BE INVESTED BASED ON COMMUNITY IMPACT, STRATEGIC PRIORITIES, AND AVAILABLE BUDGET, NOT SIMPLY ON WHO ASKED FIRST OR WHO ASKED FOR THE MOST. AND A REALLY IMPORTANT POINT HERE, THE CITY COUNCIL MAY ALLOCATE UP TO 1% OF OUR ESTIMATED GENERAL FUND, UH, REVENUES TOWARD OUTSIDE AGENCY FUNDING. UM, AND ALTHOUGH ACTUAL FUNDING DEPENDS ON THE ANNUAL BUDGET PROCESS, QUESTIONS ON THE BACKGROUND. UM, CHRISTIE, DID WE GET SENT OUT THAT, DID THE WHOLE COUNCIL GET SENT OUT THE INFORMATION ON WHAT THEY WANTED TO USE THE MONEY FOR AND ? SO PER THE ORDINANCE THAT'S CURRENTLY SET WITH THE PROCESS, UH, THE COUNCIL COMMITTEE MADE UP A PLACES ONE, THREE AND FIVE MEET TO DISCUSS OR, OR NOT DISCUSS WHATEVER THEY DO. AND THEN THE PIECE OF PAPER YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU, WHICH WE'LL GET TO IN A MOMENT, KIND OF HAS WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, RIGHT. THEN. LIKE FOR INSTANCE, WE HAD THREE MEMBERS OF COUNCIL MEET FOR BOARD AND COMMISSIONS, BUT THE WHOLE COUNCIL GOT THE INFORMATION. MM-HMM . IS THERE A WAY WE CAN ALL GET THE INFORMATION? YOU MEAN THE APPLICATIONS THEMSELVES? YEAH, JUST LIKE THE BACKGROUND. LIKE WHO, UM, SO I DID PRINT OUT, UM, THE HIGH LEVEL, UM, BULLET POINTS IF THAT'S HELPFUL FOR YOU. WHAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR IS EVERYTHING THE SUB COMMITTEE GIVES. YOU'RE SAYING ALL THE COUNSEL SHOULD JUST GET, YEAH, I DON'T TRUST YOU GUYS JUST TO MAKE DECISIONS AND, AND ME GO, ME GOING ALONG WITH YOU AND GO, I THOUGHT YOU ALREADY DID, BUT I THOUGHT WE ALL, ALL COUNSEL DO IT AND ONLY REASON, ANOTHER REASON. SO THIS IS GOOD BECAUSE AGAIN, LET'S SAY THESE, LET'S SAY THESE THREE RECOMMEND NO ON SOMETHING, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT I THINK MAYBE I'M PASSIONATE ABOUT OR I THINK THE CITY WOULD REALLY BENEFIT FROM THAT. I'M BE ABLE TO HAVE A DISCUSSION. IF I DON'T HAVE YOU SOMETHING LIKE THIS TO LOOK AT, THEN I DON'T KNOW YOU GUYS SAID WELL, UM, BUT THERE WAS ALSO, UM, WE, WE TALKED ABOUT GETTING THE ACTUAL APPLICATION FROM EACH INDIVIDUAL THAT WAS SENT OUT AS WELL. THE COUNCIL COMMITTEE HAD ACCESS TO ALL 14 APPLICATIONS AND THAT'S SOMETHING YOU CAN GO OVER RIGHT NOW. RIGHT? RIGHT. SO THAT ENTIRE RIGHT. OKAY. YEAH. SO THE COUNCIL COMMITTEE WAS, UM, NOTIFIED OF KIND OF THEIR ROLE IN THIS PROCESS SEVERAL MONTHS AGO. AND, UM, WE DO HAVE A TIMELINE THAT'S BROKEN OUT IN YOUR PACKET IF YOU'D LIKE ME TO GO OVER THAT. I CERTAINLY CAN. UM, BUT THIS YEAR WE DID RECEIVE 14 APPLICATION, UM, AND THE TOTAL AMOUNT REQUESTED WAS $297,500. UM, AND WE CURRENTLY HAVE, I'M LOOKING AT ALBERTA UNLESS IT'S CHANGED. UM, 210,443 AVAILABLE IN THE FUND. SO LEAVING, UM, $87,057, UM, IN DEFICIT AS FAR AS THEIR REQUEST FOR WHAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE. UM, THE COUNCIL COMMITTEE, WHICH I UH, SPOKE ABOUT JUST A SECOND AGO, INDEPENDENTLY REVIEWED EACH APPLICATION USING THE ADOPTED EVALUATION CRITERIA, WHICH AGAIN, IS, UM, SPELLED OUT KIND OF IN YOUR PACKET AND MOVING FORWARD AS FAR AS PROCESS, IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO CHANGE NEXT YEAR, THAT'S, THAT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING WE UPDATE IN THE ORDINANCE, UM, BY CITY COUNCIL. BOTH. I DON'T THINK IT HAS TO BE UPDATED. I THINK, I THINK THE ORDINANCE IS FINE IF THESE THREE ARE GONNA GET THE DECISION, BUT I, I THINK THE BACKUP ON [00:05:01] IT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR AT LEAST ME. WE GO AGAIN, IF WE GO TO GIVE MONEY TO SOMETHING, LET'S SAY THREE PEOPLE MISSED IT, ALL OF A SUDDEN THE PUBLIC SENT IT UP MORE BECAUSE WE DID OR DIDN'T GET MONEY AND THEY STARTED ASKING ME AND I'M LIKE, I, I DON'T KNOW. SO I DON'T KNOW IF IT HAS TO BE UPDATED AS MUCH AS I KNOW IF YOU GUYS WANT UPDATED OR DON'T THINK I'M WRONG. I DON'T, I DON'T WANNA, WE'VE GOT A LOT GOING. I DON'T WANNA I AGREE. I THINK ALL THE, I MEAN, HOWEVER THE ORGANIZ SAVES THAT THERE'S THREE PEOPLE 'CAUSE UH, PLACES THAT DO THAT, THAT'S FINE. BUT I DO AGREE WITH THE MAYOR THAT EVERYBODY SHOULD HAVE AT LEAST REFERENCE TO THAT THEY CAN REVIEW BEFORE. OKAY. NO PROBLEM. HOWEVER, THAT ITS ORDINANCE OR THAT THIS FOR NEXT YEAR. BUT I, I AGREE. OKAY. UM, SO EACH COMMITTEE MEMBER DID SUBMIT INDIVIDUAL FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS AND THAT'S WHAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU, UM, IN COLUMNS. PLACE ONE, PLACE THREE AND PLACE FIVE. UM, AND TO NOTE THAT THESE NUMBERS THAT WERE FIRST SUBMITTED, UH, WE HAD A DIFFERENT, UM, ESTIMATED 1% AND AN EMAIL WAS SENT TO UPDATE THE COMMITTEE TO LET THEM KNOW OF THE UPDATED NUMBERS. UM, BUT THE NUMBERS REMAIN THE SAME FROM THE FIRST GO ROUND. SO OUTSIDE OF THAT, I WOULD OPEN IT UP TO THE COMMITTEE TO KIND OF WALK THROUGH, UM, SINCE THERE'S NOT A LOT OF ALIGNMENT ON, ON EACH OF THE APPLICANTS AND MAYBE STARTING THERE, YOU WANNA DO IT BY EACH, UH, PLACE OR BY, BY A ROW? WE TAKE A ROW AND JUST DO IT ALL THE WAY ACROSS. WHAT DO YOU GUYS WANNA DO? I GOTTA DO ROW. ALRIGHT, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ONE PLAY, ONE APPLE AMERICAN LEGION. TALK TO US. UM, THERE WAS A, AND THIS, THIS, THIS EMAIL OR THIS UH, DOCUMENT THAT WAS PRESENTED TO US TODAY TALKED ABOUT THE PERCENTAGES OF THE, THE MONEY THAT STAYS IN THE, UM, . I THINK IT WAS A CRITERIA AND UM, ALTHOUGH IT'S KIND OF BURIED IN THERE, BUT AT THE VERY END, BUT ON AMERICAN LEGION POST 3 0 2, THEY WERE SAYING THAT 30%, EXCUSE ME, 70% OF WERE IMPACTED HU DIRECTLY. UM, WHO CAME UP WITH THAT NUMBER? THE, YOU GUYS DID? THAT WAS AN EMAIL FROM DAVE AMBER. SO ON JULY 27TH. SO THAT EMAIL THAT DAVID SENT IS, UH, AS PART OF THE APPLICATION, THERE'S AN AREA WHERE THERE'S A SUMMARY, UM, OF THE REQUEST THAT EACH ORGANIZATION PUTS IN. AND THEN THERE'S ALSO AN AREA WHERE THE ORGANIZATION IS ABLE TO PUT WHAT PERCENTAGE OF HU RESIDENTS THAT THEY, UH, SERVE. OKAY. SO IT'S NOT PROPORTION THE APPLICANT PUT THE PERCENT THAT'S DIRECTLY FROM THE APPLICATION. YEP. THAT WAS MY MAIN THING IS THAT, UH, AND I WORKED WITH AMERICAN LEE PROPOSED AND I KNOW THEY'RE, THEY, THEY HAVE THE ACCESS OF THE CITY PLANNED ON, UH, PARK AVENUE, UM, FOR THE ION UNTIL WE NEEDED FOR THE INTERSECTION. SO I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS A WORTHY CAUSE, UH, WORKED WITH THOSE PEOPLE. THEY'RE VERY ACTIVE, THEY'RE DOING A LOT OF THINGS. AND THAT 70% NUMBER STUCK OUT VERY MUCH THE SAME. UM, FOR ME, AMERICAN LEGION, I MEAN IT IS ONE OF THE LARGEST THINGS THAT SUPPORT OUR VETERANS FOR THE CITY OF OTTO. RIGHT. AND SO MY FATHER'S A VETERAN, UM, LOT OF PEOPLE, MY FAMILY VERY MEANINGFUL. THE FACT THAT THEY'RE GONNA LEAVE YOU A MAJORITY OF THIS IN HU IN FACT 70% OF THE PEOPLE, IT'S A MINIMAL REQUEST IN MY OPINION, UH, IN COMPARISON TO THE TOTAL REQUEST FOR THE YEAR. AND I THINK THAT, UH, THESE GUYS ARE GONNA PUT IT TO GOOD USE. I'M GONNA ANSWER, UH, PAUL, 'CAUSE I NEED TO UPDATE MINE. UM, I'M GONNA PUT YOU GUYS THE, THE THREE THAT I SUGGESTED GIVING MONEY TO, Y'ALL CAN CHANGE THOSE TO ALL ZEROS. SO I'M GONNA ANSWER ALL THE SAME FOR ALL 14. UM, AS MUCH AS I AGREE ABOUT THE AMERICAN LEGION AND ALL THESE OTHER GROUPS, UM, I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD GIVE ANY MONEY TO ANY NONPROFIT BECAUSE UM, THAT'S A SOCIAL SERVICE AND I DON'T THINK GOVERNMENT HAS A, A PLACE IN SOCIAL SERVICES. IT'S VERY IMPORTANT. NO, I DON'T WANNA TAKE AWAY FROM THAT. UM, I JUST DON'T THINK IT'S OUR PLACE TO DO THAT. SO, UM, I JUST, YEAH, I PUT MONEY ON THERE BECAUSE I WAS KIND OF IN A HURRY AT THE TIME AND UM, I DON'T KNOW IF ONE OF YOU GUYS HAD A WORSE, I THINK I WAS IN THERE WHILE I WAS IN THERE PULLING IT OUT TOO. MAYBE KYLIE WAS RUDE, DAR WAS NICE. THINK WE, WE WERE MAYBE TEXTING ABOUT THAT AND I WAS YOU GIVING GERALD A HARD TIME. GERALD, WHATCHA YOU DOING? THAT'S NOT THE RIGHT NUMBER. . UM, BUT THAT'S A COMMA IN. YEAH. UM, SO, SO YEAH, SO THAT'S, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH MY TAKE ON IT. UM, IS PROBABLY MY AMERICAN LEGION. AGAIN, VETERANS ARE GREAT. UM, THEY DO GOOD WORK. I KNOW THAT THEY'VE GOTTEN SOME, UM, LARGER DONATIONS THIS YEAR THAN THEY HAVE IN THE PAST. AND I DO HOPE THAT THEY DO GOOD WORK WITH THAT AND, AND, AND FOLLOW [00:10:01] THROUGH WITH WHAT THEY SAY THEY'RE GONNA DO. UM, BUT WITH ALL OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS, I THINK IT'S, UM, THEY'RE ALL SOCIAL SERVICES AND I THINK OUR, UM, CREATE THE HIGHEST QUALITY OF LIFE DOES NOT COME FROM, UM, PROVIDING ANY SORT OF WELFARE FOR PEOPLE, BUT PROVIDING THIS, THE, UM, THE SERVICES THAT GOVERNMENT IS SUPPOSED TO PROVIDE FOR THE HIGHEST QUALITY OF LIFE. LIKE ROADS, WATER, WASTEWATER, UM, POLICE, FIRE, , ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF. SO THAT'S PRETTY MUCH MY OVERALL PHILOSOPHY ON IT. AND SO THAT'S WHY I SAID YOU GUYS CAN CHANGE ALL ONLINE TO ZEROS ALL YOU EITHER YOU TWO OR DAN. AND YOU GUYS GOT COMMENTS? DID YOU GIVE OR NOT? GOOD? I'M, I'M KIND OF IN ALIGNMENT WITH, WITH EVAN, TO BE HONEST. WE DON'T, WE DON'T, SORRY NOT TO INTERRUPT. WE, THIS IS NOT LIKE A, WE HAVE TO GIVE UP TO 1%. WE ARE ABLE TO GIVE UP TO 1%. CORRECT. RIGHT. OKAY. I I'M MORE IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE OTHER TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS. YOUR THOUGHTS. SO I WOULD SAY I WILL GO IN FAVOR OF IT. I HAVE A, I HAVE THE POSITION THAT THE GOVERNMENT DOES HAVE A ROLE IN PROVIDING SOME LEVEL OF SOCIAL SERVICES. I THINK WHERE WE GO AS ASTRAY IS, UM, HOW CURRENT GOVERNMENTS ARE EVALUATING WHO GETS WHAT. BUT THERE IS A ROLE FOR GOVERNMENT TO PROVIDE SOCIAL SERVICES FOR PEOPLE THAT, UM, PROVIDES, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY PROVIDE UPFRONT JUST FOR THE FACT THAT THEY'RE VETERANS. SO THAT'S ONE OF THE AREAS I WOULD ALWAYS SUPPORT. SO I WOULD SAY YES. SO I'LL, I'M PROBABLY MORE IN LINE WITH CUSTOMER ZEPEDA THAN UH, UH, NOT THAT YOU GUYS SAID, THEY'RE TALKING PHILOSOPHICALLY AND THAT I DO THINK THE GOVERNMENT HAS A LIMITED ROLE IN PROVIDING SOCIAL SERVICES TO AREAS THAT ARE NOT ALREADY BEING SERVED. AND THEN, UM, BUT I DO THINK THAT WE NEED TO BE CAREFUL. 'CAUSE WHEN, WHEN WE TAKE MONEY FROM SOMEBODY AND THEN WE REALLOCATE IT TO GET TO SOMEBODY ELSE, WE, WE ARE IN ESSENCE CAUSING SOCIAL ISSUES BY TAKING THE MONEY FROM THE PEOPLE THEN TURN AROUND AND GO, OKAY, WELL NOW YOU CAN'T PUT FOOD ON YOUR TABLE ALL THE TIME, BUT WE'LL GIVE IT TO THE FOOD PANTRY AND THEN YOU CAN GO THERE AND GET FOOD IF YOU NEED HELP. AND SO YOU PAY MORE IN TAXES. SO THAT'S WHERE I GET A LITTLE TORN WHERE I, I THINK THERE IS THIS A A POINT AND I ALSO THINK THAT, UM, IF WE PUSH MORE ON OUR, UM, ON OUR, UM, EVENTS AND TRY TO WORK WITH THE NONPROFITS FOR THEM TO USE THE EVENTS TO WHERE, WHERE THE CITY IS SUPPORTING MORE IN TERMS OF THE POLICE OR THE KNOWLEDGE AND KNOW HOW TO GET THE EVENT GOING. BUT THEN THE NONPROFIT, 'CAUSE I HAVEN'T MET A NONPROFIT THAT DIDN'T WANNA RAISE MONEY. I'VE JUST MET A LOT OF NONPROFITS THAT ARE LIKE, HEY YOU, I'M COMPETING AGAINST CITY, PUT ON EVENTS WITH THE CITY BUDGET AND CITY STAFF AND IF WE WORK TOGETHER, CITY STAFF CAN HAVE A LIMITED ROLE AND THEN THAT NONPROFIT. BUT SO I'M NOT, I MEAN I'M NOT OPPOSED TO AMERICAN LEGION BECAUSE I KNOW, KNOW THIS ABOUT THEM. THEY NOT ONLY SERVE THE VETERANS, THEY ALSO SERVE THE PEOPLE WHO AREN'T VETERANS. THEY TAKE ANYBODY THAT CALLS THEM, THEY TAKE THEM TO DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENTS, THEY TAKE ELDERLY, THEY DO PROJECTS FOR ELDERLY PEOPLE AND NOT ELDERLY PEOPLE, PEOPLE IN NEED. AND SO TO ME TO FILL ON, UH, A VOID THAT NO OTHER ORGANIZATION IN, IN HUD IS DOING, SO. OKAY. ANY ANY, ANY MAYBE CAN BOSTON IS A QUICK ONE SINCE NONE OF YOU GUYS ARE IN SUPPORT. NO. IF I MAY, JUST FOR CLARITY, UM, AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH THIS, IS THERE A NUMBER THAT IS OR ISN'T BEING DISCUSSED LIKE FOR THE AMERICAN LEGION? UH, I THINK ONCE WE GO THROUGH IT ALL, THEN I'M PROBABLY ABLE TO PUT NUMBERS JUST IN CASE WE SAY WE WANNA GIVE 200,000 IN ONE GROUP, WE'LL HAVE TO CUT IT SOMEWHERE ELSE ON ANY BANNER, ANY BABY CAN OF AUSTIN, AN AUSTIN GROUP, IT'S, IT'S A WORTHY GROUP. BUT THAT THEIR SELF-REPORTING IS THAT ONLY 1% OF THAT FUNDING, WHICH THEY REQUESTED 20,000 WOULD BE UH, PEOPLE, THIS PERCENTAGE OF THEIR WORK IMPACTING PET DIRECTLY. THEY SELF-REPORTED AT 1%. SO I PUT ZERO. WELL, WILLIAMSON COUNTY, THEY ONLY PUT 6% THAT 93% OF THEIR WENT OUTSIDE OF THE, EVEN THE COUNTY FOR MYSELF, WHEN THIS IS IN, DOESN'T COST YOU TO ASK. WELL NO. RIGHT, RIGHT. BUT WE DON'T HAVE TO GIVE IT AWAY. NO, IT'S A WORTHY GROUP. I LIKE THE GROUP, BUT THEY'RE IN AUSTIN AND THEY HAVE OTHER FUNDING SOURCES. RIGHT. ANYBODY ELSE ON THAT ONE? NO. GOOD. JIM MADE A GOOD POINT. I'M FAMILIAR WITH THEM AND THEY ACTUALLY HAVE A PRETTY ROBUST AND SUCCESSFUL FUNDRAISING OPERATION ALREADY. SO I FEEL GOOD WITH NOT PUTTING MONEY THIS YEAR TOWARDS THEIR REQUEST 30,000 WHAT THEY RAISED LAST YEAR. YES. AND DAN, IF I SKIP YOU JUST JUMP ANY TIME, WE'LL GO BACK. NO, I'M OKAY. CASA OF WILLIAMSON COUNTY CASA, UH, JUST [00:15:01] CORPORATE RECRUITMENT TRAINING AND COACHING. CASA VOLUNTEERS, IF YOU AREN'T FAMILIAR WITH CASA, AMAZING GROUP. THEY'VE ACTUALLY HELPED MY FAMILY, UH, 20 YEARS AGO OF ONE OF MY DAUGHTERS. SO THEY'RE A GREAT GROUP. AGAIN, THEY'RE SELF-REPORTING FOR HUDDLE DIRECTLY WAS 17%. UM, THEIR REQUEST WAS $10,000. UM, I THINK THEY HAVE SOME IMPACT IN THIS AREA. SO INSTEAD OF THE FULL 10 KI SUGGESTED 2K. SO A FIFTH OF THAT JUST TO TOUCH BASE WITH THEM. BUT THEY'RE AN EXTRAORDINARY ORGANIZATION IN MY HONEST OPINION. IT'S REALLY HARD NOT TO GET EMOTIONAL, UH, ATTRACTED TO CERTAIN THINGS LIKE THIS. CASA IS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME. YOU SHARE WITH EVERYBODY IN THE GROUP. I HAVE TWO ADOPTED DAUGHTERS. WE ADOPTED 'EM BOTH OUT OF FOSTER CARE. CASA CAME AROUND US AND AND SUPPORTED US THE ENTIRE TIME THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS, UH, WITH CHILD ADVOCACY. SO HONESTLY AT THE POINT AS I WAS READING THROUGH IT, I WAS LIKE, I'D GIVE THE WHOLE THING TO THEM, BUT THEY ONLY ASK FOR TWO. HE'S OWN CHECKBOOK A HUNDRED PERCENT, BUT AT THE FACT THAT THEY MEAN A LOT TO ME AND TO MY FAMILY. SO THAT'S WHY I WASN'T A HUNDRED PERCENT SUPPORTED THEM. ANYTHING TO ADD FAMILIAR WITH COSTA TOO. WE ACTUALLY DID SOME WORK WITH THEM THROUGH CAVALIER COUNCIL AND THEY ACTUALLY PROVIDE A VERY UNIQUE SERVICE FOR THE AREA. UM, I'M SURPRISED THAT IT'S EVEN, AND I GUESS I SHOULD BE GLAD THAT IT'S 17% HERE. THAT MEANS THERE'S NOT AS BIG A NEED, BUT THEY'RE VERY SUCCESSFUL AND VERY EFFECTIVE AND THEY DO PROVIDE A VERY UNIQUE SERVICE FOR, UM, FAMILIES THAT, OR CHILDREN THAT ARE BEING DISPLACED. SO I WOULD, I WOULD ALWAYS VOTE IN FAVOR OF GIVING THEM EVEN THE 10,000 THAT THEY REQUESTED JUST BECAUSE IT'S UNIQUE TO WHAT THEY DO. ARE THEY NOT THE ORGANIZATION THAT JUST HAD A NEW BUILDING BUILT A YEAR OR TWO AGO? IT WAS A LITTLE BIT FEW AGO, BUT THEY WERE LOOKING FOR SPACE FOR A LONG TIME. THEY ACTUALLY HOUSED OUT OF OUR CAPITAL ACCOUNTS BUILDING FOR A FEW YEARS AND THEY THINK THEY DID SUCCESSFULLY GET A BUILDING OR WE'RE INTO ABLE TO HAVE LIKE A, A, A PERMANENT SPACE RECENTLY. YEAH, IT'S A WILCO BUILDING NOW. I WAS THINKING THIS IS THE ONE THAT'S GOT THE TWO-WAY GLASS WHERE IF A A CHILD'S ABUSED, THEY GO THERE AND THEN THE POLICE MEET 'EM THERE DETAIL, BUT IT IS JUST NOT FOSTER CARE. THEY DO. RIGHT? A COSTA JUST, NO, IT STANDS FOR, AGAIN, IT'S COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATE. I BELIEVE ONE OF MY, ONE OF MY DAUGHTERS WAS, UM, GOT TO SOME DRUG ISSUES MANY YEARS AGO AND THEY HAD A, A LEGAL ADVOCATE, NOT, NOT AN ATTORNEY THAT HAD ADVOCATE THAT GOING THROUGH THE WHOLE PROCESS OF SOCIAL SERVICES, MENTAL HEALTH CARE, BOTH PRIVATE AND PUBLIC, AND PROVIDING RESOURCES, COUNSELING FOR FAMILIES FOR THE, THE INDIVIDUAL THAT'S, UH, IN NEED. UM, IT'S JUST SO REALLY, AND, AND, AND THEY, THEY'VE BEEN AROUND FOR A LONG, LONG TIME. ALL THEIR WORK. AND, AND THE REASON I SAID MY, MY 2000 'CAUSE 17%, 20%, I JUST PUT THE SAME NUMBER. 20% OF 2000 WAS 2000 I THINK. I THINK THEY, THEY DO SOMETHING HERE IN, IN THE AREA. THEY REQUESTED 10, BUT AGAIN, 80% OF THAT'S GOING SOMEWHERE ELSE OUTSIDE OF HU AND UH, AND, AND UH, CASA'S A BIG ORGANIZATION. I MEAN, I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS MAYBE GOING FORWARD IS, IS HAVING ANOTHER FIGURE OF MERIT IS WHAT PER, WHAT IS THEIR TOTAL DONATIONS? IF THEY'RE GETTING A MILLION DOLLARS AND THEY GOT 900 ON THE BUDGET ALREADY A MILLION DOLLAR BUDGET AND THEY ALREADY GOT 900,000 OF AND THEY'RE ASKING US FOR 10 K, IT'D BE LESS LIKELY TO GO THAT IN AND MAYBE GIVE IT TO SOMEONE I FELT WAS A LITTLE MORE GEEKY. A HUNDRED PERCENT AGREE WITH THAT. YEAH. I I THAT'S NOT A BAD IDEA TO HAVE MAYBE A COLUMN OF WHAT OFF THE APPLICATION. LIKE MAYBE WHAT THEY, UH, WHAT THEIR BUDGET IS AND THEN ALSO WHAT PERCENT THAT THEY HELP IN. LIKE WHAT PERCENTAGE WOULD OUR CONTRIBUTION BE HELPING THEM, WHAT GAP TO GOLD COULD BE HELPING THEM BUILD. THAT'D BE A GOOD YEAH, THAT'D GOOD. THE BIGGER MERIT TYPE OF THING. YEAH. IF YOU NOT WAY ASK FOR MONEY, YOU'D BE LIKE, YOU GUYS HAVE LIKE A $50 MILLION BUDGET OR SOMETHING. RIGHT? SO YOU ASKING FOR 10 GRAND, LIKE THAT 10 GRAND IS PROBABLY BETTER USED ONE OF OUR OWN LOCAL THEN I WOULD, I WOULD JUST MENTION THAT WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THEIR EXPENSES ARE UNLESS WE'RE GONNA BE ASKING FOR THEIR DETAILS. AND MAYBE IT COSTS, MAYBE THEY HAVE 50 MILLION AND THEY, BUT IT COSTS 55 MILLION TO DO THE WORK THAT THEY DO AT A QUALITY LEVEL. MM-HMM . SO MAYBE THE ONLY THING WE COULD CONCERN A WHISTLES WITH FIRST IS IF THERE'S A GAP TO GOAL AND OUR 10,000 OR 2000 WOULD HELP THEM CLOSE IT, WE CAN CONSIDER THAT. YEAH. BUT UNLESS WE'RE GONNA BE ASKING FOR A FULL BREAKDOWN OF HOW THEY'RE SPENDING THEIR MONEY, IT WOULD BE, I MEAN WE COULD I THAT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE. I THINK WE GET ALL THAT. SO THE COMMITTEE DID GET A ITEMIZED LIST ON THEIR APPLICATION EXPENSE REPORTS GOES THROUGH SALARIES, BENEFITS, SUPPLIES, MAINTENANCE SERVICES, UH, ANY EXPENSES. THEY MADE LIKE $1.5 MILLION WAS TOTAL OPERATING COST AND THEY OPERATE EVERY YEAR AT A DEFICIT. SO IT'S $700 AND 66. WOW. OR $766 IN A DEFICIT EVERY YEAR BASED ON OPERATING COSTS. AMOUNT OF SUPPORT. THE ONLY THING I'LL ADD ON ALL THESE IS IT'S ALWAYS INTERESTING WHEN YOU TRY NOT TO MAKE IT POLITICAL, BUT YOU'LL HAVE SOMEONE SAY, I REALLY SUPPORT X AND THEY'RE THE LEADER, BUT THEN THEY MAKE LIKE HALF A MILLION DOLLARS. [00:20:01] AND I'M LIKE, IF YOU REALLY, REALLY SUPPORTED, YOU'D MAKE LIKE $80,000. BUT YOU SUPPORT YOUR SALARY MORE THAN YOU SUPPORT RIGHT. THE GROUP. BECAUSE SINCE SOMEONE PAYS A LITTLE BIT MORE, YOU'LL JUMP SHIP AND GO TO THAT CHARITY 'CAUSE YOU JUST, RIGHT. BUT, UM, OKAY, SO I, YEAH, I LIKE CASA. UM, MAYOR THAT WHAT YOU WERE THINKING ABOUT EARLIER IS ACTUALLY HOPE ALLIANCE, THE ONE THAT DOES THE, IS THAT WHAT THAT IS? YEAH. THE ONE THAT DOES THE FORENSIC INTERVIEWS AND ALL THAT SORT OF STUFF WITH ABUSE. I GO TO SO MANY THINGS I CAN'T REMEMBER AGAIN. AND THEY'RE NOT BUT CASA WELL THEY ACTUALLY ARE, THEY'RE IN OUR DEDICATED, SO THERE'S DEDICATED CONTRIBUTIONS THAT GO TO HOPE ALLIANCE, WILLIAMS COUNTY ADULT DISTRICT AND THE CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER. YEAH. AND THE CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER. OKAY. OKAY. THAT MAKES SENSE. THAT EXPLAINS WHY, UH, FRIENDS AT THE HUDDLE PUBLIC LIBRARY. WELL MAYBE JULIE'S ADVOCACY. OKAY, THANKS. UM, THEY HAVE A HUNDRED PERCENT FOR THEIR SELF-REPORTING OF THEIR WORK PACKAGES. HUNDREDS OF FRIENDS AT THE HUDDLE PUBLIC LIBRARY. THEY ARE MY UNDERSTANDING KIND OF THE FUNDING ARM, THE LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD AND THE, AND THE HUDDLE PUBLIC LIBRARY. SO, UM, $3,500 I THINK IS, IS NOT AN EXORBITANT, UH, AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT THEY'RE REQUESTED. SO I DID AGREE TO TO THAT FULL AMOUNT. AND UM, AGAIN, IT'S ALL HERE AND I MEAN ALL THIS MONEY STAYS HERE AND GREAT GROUP OF PEOPLE AND THEY DO GREAT THINGS. SO I JUST WANNA CONTINUE THAT ON THEM. I AGREE WITH JIM ON THEM BOOKS FOR KIDS. MY KIDS ARE NERDS. I'M SAYING YOU KIDS ABOUT YOU TOO. I'M, I'M, I'M, I DON'T KNOW, I SHOULD SAY I'M A, I'M ACTUALLY A MEMBER OF THE FRIENDS WITH THE HUDDLE PUBLIC LIBRARY FOR GIVE WHATEVER THEY WANT . BUT I'LL SAY, OH, THAT'S ALL I'M GONNA SAY ABOUT THAT. WELL, THE CONCERN IS IT'S A GOVERNMENT CREATED NONPROFIT THAT NOW IS ASKING FOR MONEY. SO IT'S ALMOST LIKE WE'VE JUST MOVED A BUDGET LINE ITEM TO A NONPROFIT BECAUSE WE CREATED A, WE CREATED IT. AND SOME OF, TO ME SOME OF WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS STRENGTHENING SUMMER AND TEEN READING PROGRAMS. IS THAT NOT WHAT OUR LIBRARY'S DOING ANYWAY? NO, NO, NO. THIS IS MONEY FOR THE NO, NO, BUT THAT'S THE POINT OF THE LIBRARY. RIGHT? PART OF IT IS TO DO THAT. AND SO THEN WE'VE TAKEN A CITY SERVICE. YOU WANT THE MONEY TO COME OUTTA CITY. WELL, I'M JUST SAYING IF THEY NEED THE MONEY, I THINK THEY NEED TO JUSTIFY TO A CITY LEVEL WHY YOU NEED THAT. OH, I AGREE. THAT'S, OTHERWISE THE PARKS FOUNDATION'S GONNA START ASKING FOR MONEY AND GO, HEY, WE NEED A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR OUR STUFF. SO MAYBE WITH THEM WE CAN TALK TO THEM AND SAY, LOOK, WE'LL, WE'LL DO IT THIS YEAR, BUT WE NEED TO MAKE A PROPOSAL FOR A BUDGET CHANGE FOR NEXT YEAR SO IT GETS INCORPORATED IN THE CITY. OR I NEED TO UNDERSTAND MORE WHAT ON WHAT THAT MONEY'S GOING FOR. WELL, I ALREADY WORK, THERE'S TIMES I ALREADY HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THE LIBRARY SOMETIMES. LIKE I'VE TALKED TO JAMES BEFORE ABOUT, HEY, SOME OF THE PROGRAMMING, I GUESS I'M OLD SCHOOL LIBRARY NERD WHERE YOU GO THERE FOR READING, STUDYING, RESEARCHING, FILLING OUT TAXES AND THINGS. AND NOW IT'S GONE EVOLVED INTO MOVIE NIGHTS AND GAME NIGHTS AND ALL THESE THINGS. AND I'M LIKE, WELL THAT'S, YOU KNOW, AND JAMES HAS COACHED ME THAT, HEY, THE LIBRARY'S EVOLVING. AND I'M LIKE, IS THE LIBRARY EVOLVING OR IS, OR WE JUST ALLOWED IT TO EVOLVE BECAUSE AGAIN, IF YOU GAVE A BUNCH OF MONEY TO THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, THEY WOULD PROBABLY HAVE MOVIE NIGHT EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT. AND THEY WOULD DO THAT TOO. AND ANYBODY WHO HAS MONEY WOULD JUST DO IT. MM-HMM . WHAT THAT EXPAND COMMUNITY OUTREACH, STRENGTHEN SUMMER AND TEEN READING AND PROVIDE TRANSLATION DEVICES FOR DIVERSE COMMUNITY. YEAH. SO WE REALLY NEED TRANSLATION DEVICES. I THINK THAT A CITY BUDGET I AGREE NO DIFFERENT THAN ASKING FOR CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS FOR THE PARKS DEPART. RIGHT. YOU KNOW, AND I, IN MY MIND, WE GIVE THEM MONEY. I DON'T KNOW WHO'S ON THE PARKS, UH, FOUNDATION, BUT THEY'LL BE ON HERE NEXT YEAR. I GOT AN IDEA, BUT I AM YEAH, YEAH. I'M KIND OF, I'M KIND OF WITH YOU ON THERE ON THIS ONE. UM, WHERE, YOU KNOW, PART OF THEIR JOB IS HELPING THE LIBRARY AND THEN THE OTHER PART OF THEIR JOB IS RAISING MONEY. AND IF IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS KIND OF A SEED FOR THEM TO HELP THEM BE ABLE TO RAISE MORE MONEY, THEN I COULD MAYBE CONSIDER IT. BUT LIKE, LIKE YOU SAID, IF THEY'RE ASKING FOR THINGS FOR THE LIBRARY, THEN WE SHOULD PUT THEM IN THE BUDGET AND THEY SHOULD BE RAISING MONEY. AND IF THE WAY THEY'RE RAISING MONEY IS PARTIALLY BY ASKING US FOR MONEY, THAT DOESN'T REALLY ADD UP TO ME. YOU BRING A GOOD POINT. 'CAUSE THE FRIENDS OF THE, I THINK CEDAR PARK LIBRARY, I FORGOT HOW MANY HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS THEY RAISED. FOUR NEW LIBRARY. SO SOME OF THESE GROUPS ARE, AND I THINK THAT WHEN WE ORIGINALLY SET THIS UP, DAN, I THINK YOU WERE ON THE COUNCIL THEN. DIDN'T WE SET THIS UP TO ALMOST HELP FUNDRAISE A NEW LIBRARY? WELL, I MEAN, I THINK ABOUT THAT WRONG. I DON'T KNOW IF, NO, I DON'T KNOW IF WE WENT THAT FAR, BUT YOU'D WANT TO GET A CHUNK OF IT. AND I THINK CEDAR PARK, I DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY ENDED UP, BUT THEY, AT ONE [00:25:01] POINT THEY WERE CLOSE TO A MILLION DOLLARS THAT THE FRIENDS RAISED. SO, UM, YOU KNOW, IT, IT WAS STILL LESS THAN 10% OF THE LIBRARY. BUT YOU KNOW, THAT'S STILL A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY. SO YEAH, WE WE'RE NOT ANYWHERE NEAR THERE. AND, AND IF THERE WAS A WAY TO HELP GET THEM THERE, THAT MIGHT BE WORTH LOOKING AT. BUT JUST TO FUND PROGRAMS, I THINK WE JUST NEED TO SAY, HEY, WE NEED TO LOOK AT FUNDING THOSE PROGRAMS. AND JIM, WHEN YOU SAID, YOU KNOW, DO IT THIS YEAR AND THEN WE'LL TELL 'EM TO DO PUT IT IN THE BUDGET NEXT YEAR. WE, WE HAVEN'T COMPLETED ANY BUDGETS, SO IT'S NOT LIKE WE CAN'T NO, NO, NO. I'M JUST SAYING IS CHANGE NOW. RIGHT. YOU KNOW, FOR THE LIBRARY, RIGHT? LIKE WELL I'M JUST SAYING IF, IF, IF WE CAN LET THEM, LET THE UH, FRIENDS OF LIBRARY KNOW THAT ONE TIME OR IN THE FUTURE YOU HAVE SOMETHING THAT'S A LAST MINUTE THING AND YOU WANNA DO ONE TIME, THE CITY COUNCIL MAY PAIN THAT IDEA, BUT GOING FORWARD THIS MAY BE SHIFTED TO A DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCE OUTSIDE OF OUR WE COULD TELL 'EM NOW. WELL, I MEAN WELL, I MEAN TELL 'EM NOW ANYTIME. YEAH, JUST DIRECTING THAT. THE ONLY I WAS GONNA ADD, MIKE MENTIONED EARLIER ABOUT HAVING MORE EVENTS WHERE THEY CAN GO AND DO THEIR OWN FUNDRAISING. THIS WOULD BE ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE EVEN ME AS A MEMBER OF HBL, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT, LIKE FOR THEM TO HAVE MORE OPPORTUNITIES. LIKE, UM, I DON'T JUST CALL IT A FESTIVAL OR LIKE THE COMMUNITY RESOURCE FAIR TYPE OF DEAL WHERE THESE GROUPS CAN GO AND PUT IN THE WORK IN AN ORGANIZED WAY THAT THEY CAN JUST SHOW UP AND DO WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO DO, WHICH IS RAISE MONEY. SO THAT WOULD BE LIKE THE PERFECT FIT FOR SOMETHING BECAUSE IT'S LOCAL AND IT STAYS HERE A HUNDRED PERCENT. I WOULD TELL 'EM LIFETIME MEMBERSHIP I THINK IS 50 BUCKS OR A HUNDRED BUCKS. I WAS LIKE, I, I WOULD, I TOLD HIM, I SAID I DO LIKE TO NRA YOUR LIFETIME MEMBER'S, LIKE TWO 50 . BUT THEN RIGHT AFTER YOU GET THOSE PEOPLE THE NEXT YEAR, NOW YOU WANT A GOLDEN LIFETIME MEMBER THAT'S 500. AND SO THEN I GET YOU AGAIN BECAUSE I SAID ONCE YOU SIGN UP IN YOUR LIFETIME, LIKE YOU'RE DONE. AND I'M LIKE, WE'RE NEVER GONNA RAISE ANY MONEY. WE ONLY GOT 45,000 PEOPLE. IF THEY ALL GIVE A HUNDRED BUCKS AND BECOME A LIFETIME MEMBER, THEN WE'RE DONE. AND SO THERE'S GOTTA BE, THERE'S GOTTA BE A PLAN TO STAIR STEP. 'CAUSE YOU ALWAYS WANNA KEEP SQUEEZING THE UNIT FROM THE BOY SCOUTS. YOU JUST KEEP SQUEEZING PEOPLE EVERY YEAR AND YOU'RE LIKE, DUDE GIVING YOU EVERYTHING. AND THEY'RE LIKE, I NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE OUTTA YOU. THAT'S TRUE. ALRIGHT. HABITAT FOR HUMANITY AND WE'LL HAVE TO, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO PICK IT UP. HABITAT FOR HUMANITY. UH, WE'LL JUST GO. YEAH, I MEAN, AGAIN, I, I REALLY KIND OF, MY FORMULA IS JUST MULTIPLYING THAT ONE NUMBER, THAT ONE FIGURE OF MERIT WE HAVE OF WHAT IS THAT? WHAT IS THE AMOUNT OF THIS MONEY GOING IMPACTING THE AREA TIMES, WHAT THEIR REQUEST IS. AND THEN ALSO KIND OF LOOKING AT DOES THIS, I HAVE TO MANAGE, DOES IT HAVE OTHER FUNDING SOURCES? SO THAT'S WHY I PUT IN THE YEAH, 14%. UM, I PUT, I PUT 10 K, YOU KNOW, I'D BE WILLING, YOU KNOW, 14% YOU KNOW IS, YOU KNOW, EIGHT, EIGHT K OR WHATEVER, YOU KNOW, SOMEWHERE IN THE FIVE TO 12 K AT, YOU KNOW, COUPLE OF THAT. WE JUST HAD A, A HOUSE THAT WE DID, UH, WAS IN GEORGETOWN. WE HAD THE OPEN HOUSE MORE. SO THEY'RE A GREAT GROUP. I'VE WORKED WITH THEM ALSO FOR MANY, MANY YEARS IN AUSTIN. UM, BUT THEY ALSO HAVE A LOT OF OUTSIDE, OTHER OUTSIDE AVAILABLE FUNDING SOURCES. CORRECT? IF I'M WRONG, CHRIS. SEE THIS IS REIMBURSABLE MONEY, RIGHT? THIS ISN'T, SO THEY CAN BE BUDGETED 10, BUT THEY ONLY COME TO HU IT HAS TO BE HU AND REIMBURSABLE. MM-HMM . SO THEY ACTUALLY, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY DID THIS YEAR, BUT RIGHT. WHAT YOU HAVE. THIS ONE'S GONNA BE HARD FOR ME. EVAN'S GONNA LIKE IT. BUT, UM, COME, UH, THE GREAT ORGANIZATION, THEY REALLY ARE, BUT THEY'RE ONE OF THE LARGEST HOUSING ORGANIZATIONS AND THE CITY OF AUSTIN OR CENTRAL TEXAS, THEY SELL HOUSES AS WELL. MM-HMM. WORK FOR A HOME BUILDER. IT'D BE QUITE DIFFICULT FOR MYSELF TO SAY, ALL RIGHT, WELL WE'RE GONNA GET MONEY TO A HOME BUILDER. THAT'S AN HONEST OPINION ON THAT. I THINK THEY DO GREAT THINGS, BUT I DON'T SEE ANY REASON TO GIVE MONEY TO A HOME BUILDER. ANYTHING ADD NO, I BASICALLY AGREE WITH WHAT, UM, GERALD SAID BASED ON THE CONVERSATION THAT I HAD WHEN WE VISITED THE HOME IN GEORGETOWN, MM-HMM . UM, ALRIGHT. HOW ABOUT DISCOVERY? BMC, THE WEEKEND LUNCHBOX? UM, THEY DO A HUNDRED PERCENT. YOU GUYS LOOK SUPPORTIVE? YEAH. YES. YES. ALRIGHT. UH, HEAD EDUCATION FOUNDATION. UM, WELL I WENT AHEAD AND PUT THE 20 5K, BUT THEN I FOUND OUT THAT THE HEAD EDUCATION FOUNDATION, AND PLEASE CORRECT ME OR PROVIDE INFORMATION, HAS A LOT OF MONEY ALREADY. AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT, I THINK THE ONES, DAN, I THINK THE ONES THAT I THINK LAST YEAR HAD LIKE, THEIR, THEIR BUDGET WAS LIKE 500 SOMETHING THOUSAND I GOT RIGHT HERE. DON'T THEY HAVE A BIG ENDOWMENT? FIVE 28,000? UH, I DON'T, I DON'T REMEMBER THE NUMBERS, BUT I KNOW THEY HAD PLENTY OF MONEY AND YEAH, THEY, THEY DIDN'T SEEM TO, THEY DIDN'T SEEM TO HAVE A NEED FOR THE MONEY. THEY SEEMED TO HAVE MONEY. EIGHT. YEAH. AND SO THEIR PPLICANT SAID 528,000 AND I [00:30:01] THINK, I THINK THEY HAVE AN ENDOWMENT THAT'S IN EXCESS OF 2 MILLION. THEY'RE A SURPLUS OF 393,810. THAT'S A SURPLUS. SURPLUS. BUT I MEAN, I THINK THEY GOT AN ENDOWMENT. THEY HAVE AN ENDOWMENT. I USED TO BE ON THEIR COMMISSION. IT'S PRETTY HEALTHY ISN'T IT? YEAH, THEY DO A CLOUD DOES A GREAT JOB. YEAH. SO I LISTEN, I THINK THEY DO A GREAT JOB EVERY YEAR. I'VE HAD AN ISSUE WITH THIS AND THE ONLY ISSUE HAS BEEN THAT'S, I DON'T THINK THAT'S OUR SANDBOX AND I DON'T MIND HELPING WITH FOOD AND MENTAL HEALTH AND VETERANS BECAUSE NO, THERE'S NO, WE'RE NOT DOING THAT. BUT THEN WHEN WE GET IN EDUCATION, I'M LIKE, THAT'S THEIR THING. AND SO NOW WE'RE GIVING MONEY AT ISD, WHICH IS LIKE FOUR TIMES THE SIZE OF US AND WE GIVE THEM MONEY AND I'M LIKE, IF WE'RE GONNA GIVE EDUCATION MONEY, THEN I THINK THAT I'LL THEN, I THINK I'LL GO TO THE LIBRARY FOR STUFF LIKE THAT BECAUSE THAT'S BACK IN OUR REALM. BUT I ALWAYS CATCH HELL FOR IT BECAUSE IT'S LIKE, I'M NOT, I'M NOT ANTI ISD, I JUST, I WOULDN'T GIVE MONEY INTO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EITHER. AND I WOULDN'T GIVE MINE TO, I'D SAY I WOULDN'T GIVE MINE TO THE COUNTY OUTSIDE OF LIKE, CAA KNOWS BECAUSE, BUT THAT'S ALL FUNCTIONS THE COUNTY DOES. BUT, SO I HAD 20 5K IN HERE, BUT I THINK IT SHOULD BE MUCH LESS. UH MM-HMM. I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IT BE ZERO, BUT WE'LL WAIT TILL WE GET TO THE VOTE AND TALK ABOUT THAT. THE NUMBERS ACTUALLY. HOW DID LUTHERAN CHURCH FEEDING THE 5,000? YEAH. YOU GUYS ARE SUPPORTIVE. YEAH. 99%. ABSOLUTELY. YOU GUYS, YOU BEEN TO AARON, HAVE YOU BEEN TO ? YEAH, I'VE ATTENDED. YEAH. UM, THAT'S ANOTHER ONE WHERE FEEDING INSECURITY, IT'S OPEN TO EVERYBODY. UH, RIGHT RESOURCE CENTER. UM, YOU GUYS ARE SUPPORTIVE? YEAH, I SIGNED IT. THE SAME THING. FOOD INSECURITY, THEY PAY LIGHT BILLS. THEY'VE HELPED OUT HOTEL ROOMS FOR, UM, UH, VALVES THAT ARE HAVING ISSUES AT HOME THAT THEY'RE, THAT'D BE DADS AND STUFF. AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR WILLIAMSON AND BERNETT COUNTY MILLS ON WHEELS. I SAID ZERO BECAUSE IT'S WILLIAMSON AND BERNON COUNTY. WHAT IS IT? AND THEIR PERCENTAGE. ONE, 1%. SO I PUT ZERO HAVE ISSUES WITH THAT. WE DO, UM, SACRED PARK COMMUNITY CLINIC. IT'S A NEW ONE, I THINK ZERO ISN'T IT THE ONE IN ROUND ROCK? UM, I THOUGHT THEY, I DON'T THINK THIS IS A, A FIRST TIME FOR THEM. OH. EITHER IT'S BEEN AWARDED BUT BEFORE OH THEY HAVE. YEAH. YEAH. AND THEY, THEY PROVIDE, THEY PROVIDE MEDICAL CARE THAT THAT ISN'T AVAILABLE TO A LOT OF PEOPLE. SO YOU, YOU CAN GET DENTAL CARE, YOU CAN GET MEDICAL CARE. IS THIS THE ONE DAN THAT'S GOT THE DOCTORS THAT COME IN AND SET UP FOR LIKE A DAY AND THEY PROVIDE, LIKE I MET WITH A GROUP AND THEY WERE ACTUALLY LOOKING FOR SPACE BECAUSE THEY WERE WANTING TO EXPAND MORE IN, BUT THEY HAD ONE DAY OF BASIC SERVICES AND THE MONEY THEY RAISED FOR MEDICAL SUPPLIES, I'M, I'M NOT SURE, UH, I, I KNOW THAT IN THE PAST I THOUGHT THEY HAD ASKED FOR MEDICAL SUPPLIES. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE SAME GROUP OR NOT. I'M NOT SURE WHAT THEY WERE AWARDED, BUT I, I WAS GENERALLY SUPPORTIVE OF THEM IN THE PAST AND YEAH, I'M NOT SURE. IT'D BE NICE TO HAVE THE APPLICATION IN FRONT OF ME AND, AND SEE THE WHOLE THING. BUT YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I THINK IT IS. I'M SUPPORTIVE OF THAT. AS LONG AS PEOPLE UNABLE TO GO SIX FOUR, I WOULD WANNA SEE THAT INCREASED BECAUSE THAT'S A VERY SMALL NUMBER. AND I MEAN WE KNOW PEOPLE CAN'T AFFORD HEALTHCARE, PUBLIC INSURANCE. SO IF WE CAN HAVE THEM HERE MORE OFTEN AND PROVIDE A SPACE TO GIVE 'EM AWAY TO SERVE MORE CU MORE OFTEN, THAT WOULD BE AMAZING. YEAH, IT IS. TO ANSWER WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS DENTAL, DENTAL, DIABETIC SCREENING, LABORATORY SERVICES, WOMEN'S EXAMS, CANCER. OH YEAH. I'D LIKE TO SEE IF WE DO GIVE MONEY, I'D LIKE TO SEE MORE ADVERTISEMENTS FROM THEM IN HU SO THAT PEOPLE, I DON'T KNOW. 'CAUSE LIKE IF, JUST THINK IF WE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING, THIS SAYS, OH IT SAYS 7% AND ALSO I'D WANNA KNOW HOW DO THEY DEFINE LOW INCOME THAT WOULD BE IMPORTANT. OR IS IT JUST ANYBODY WHO SHOWS UP SOME PROGRAMS? ANYONE WHO SHOWS UP GETS SERVICES. THIS SPECIFICALLY SAYS LOW INCOME FEDERAL RESIDENTS. I WOULD WANNA KNOW WHAT IS THEIR THRESHOLD? DOES IT SAY MM-HMM WELL IT DOESN'T SAY WHAT THE INCOME LEVEL IS ON IT. IT DOES SAY, UH, HAS THE ORGANIZATION RECEIVED OUTSIDE FUNDING BEFORE? IF SO, YES. HOW MUCH? IT SAYS THEY RECEIVED $10,000 IN 2024 OR 2025. HOW MUCH? 10,000, 2024. 2025. THE FUNDING WAS SPENT INTENDED, APPROVED UNDER THE AGREEMENT. 2026. THE [00:35:01] MONEY, LOW INCOME REVENUES. YEAH, BUT IT DOESN'T GIVE A DIRECTION. WE'VE GOT SOME QUESTIONS THERE, BUT I WOULD ALWAYS WANT FAVOR IF ANYTHING HAVE TO DO WITH THE COVID HEALTHCARE 'CAUSE THE HEALTHY COMMUNITY IS PRODUCTIVE. I WOULD ALWAYS WANT FAVOR OF THAT. ESPECIALLY DENTAL, HEALTHY TEETH. HEALTHY HEART HEALTHY BUNCH OF STUFF, BAD TEETH, PAY FOR IT LATER. SANDBOX. YOU GUYS ARE SUPPORTIVE? YES SIR. CONCERNS OR OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOU GUYS? ME AS TEAM MENTAL HEALTH, NO ONE'S, NO ONE'S DOING THAT. AND YEAH, THAT WAS ANOTHER ONE THAT WAS VERY EMOTIONAL FOR ME. LOST MY SISTER-IN-LAW AT 17 YEARS OLD. SUICIDE. SO THESE GUYS DO A LOT OF STUFF TOO. ALRIGHT. YMC ANNUAL CAMPAIGN 85%. THE YMCI PUT HALF OF THAT OR WHAT DO YOU GUYS SEE ON, UH, ON THE WAY? SO LOTS CHANGED WITH THEM. SO, UH, JUST A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY, YOU KNOW WHERE THEY'RE AT NOW. THE PUBLIC PAYS FOR THE BUILDING. IT'S A CITY BUILDING AND IT WAS SET UP COMING FROM WRONG DAN, MAYBE FIVE YEARS AGO OR SOMETHING. WE, WE CHANGED OUR LEASE. THE LEASE USED TO BE WE HAD TO PAY FOR HALF THE MAINTENANCE OF THE BUILDING AND THEY PAID THE OTHER HALF AND WE TOOK THE STAND AT THAT TIME LIKE LOOK, WE BOUGHT THE BUILDING LIKE ANY OTHER LANDLORD RELATIONSHIP, YOU GUYS GOTTA MAINTAIN IT AND SO YOU MAINTAIN IT. AND SO THAT TOOK A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS OFF OUR OBLIGATIONS FOR MAINTENANCE. SO AIR CONDITIONER, BRAKES, IT'S ON THEM BUILDING LEAKS. IT'S ON THEM. IT'S ALL ON THEM. BUT, UH, SO THEY'VE NOW TAKEN OVER AND STOPPED A LOT OF COSTS ON US. BUT I DO THINK THE WHY, LIKE YOU, THAT'S WHERE I LEARNED TO SWIM AND THAT'S WHERE MY KIDS LEARNED TO SWIM AND THAT'S WHERE I LEARNED TO PLAY SOCCER. MY KIDS STARTED OFF SPORTS THERE. FLAG FOOTBALL, CHEER BANDS, THEY HAVE LIKE, UM, A LOT OF THINGS ARE SUBSIDIZED. SO, UH, THESE VOLUNTEERS, I DON'T KNOW THAT ANYBODY ACTUALLY GETS TURNED AWAY UNLESS, UNLESS, UNLESS THERE'S ONLY A HUNDRED SPOTS FOR BASKETBALL. THAT'S ALL THEY GOT. BUT OUTSIDE OF THAT DAYCARE AND THINGS ARE ALWAYS, EVERYTHING'S ALWAYS SUBSIDIZED AND SO THEY'RE BASICALLY CHARGING PEOPLE WITH MEANS TO HELP OTHER PEOPLE DOUBT. SO TO ME IT'S ONE OF THOSE TO WHERE UM, NOT EVERYBODY'S A FAN OF YMCA, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S IF IT'S CHRISTIAN, IF IT'S BECAUSE THAT'S IN A NAME, UM, BY SOME OR BECAUSE IT'S CITY BUILDING. BUT I KIND OF THINK IT'S LIKE THE SAME THING WITH THE, THE LEGION SANDBOX. IF WE COULD FIND A WAY TO BUILD A BUILDING FOR THE RESOURCE CENTER, WE HAVE CITY BUILDINGS AND OUR CHARITIES ARE OPERATING NOW THEM REDUCING THE, OUR BURDEN. BUT, UH, OUTSIDE, I GUESS WHAT I'M GONNA IS I DON'T, I I DON'T MIND THAT. AND ACTUALLY THE NEXT ONE, THE SENIOR SERVICES IS THE SAME THING TO WHERE, UH, YOU HAVEN'T BEEN BY THERE. HANG OUT IN THE PARKING LOT, TALK ON THE PHONE AND WAIT FOR LIKE ONE OF THE THINGS TO GET OVER. AND YOU'LL SEE LIKE, YOU KNOW, 48 YEAR OLDS COME OUT THERE PLAYING BASKETBALL, YOU KNOW, MESS AROUND. AND, AND TO ME IT'S, IT'S LIKE THE FIRST UH, AND EVEN THE SENIORS, THAT'S WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO LIKE, THAT BASICALLY IS THEIR SENIOR CENTER. UNFORTUNATELY THE SILVER SNEAKERS CLASS OVER FILLS INSTANTLY. REALLY GOOD WAITING TO SIGN UP. IT'S BEEN, IT'S BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL. WHAT IS THE ANNUAL, WHAT IS THE MEMBERSHIP NOW FOR THOUGH? Y DO WE KNOW? $55 A MONTH ANNUAL COST OR HOW MANY MEMBERS FOR COST FOR, BECAUSE THIS IS TO PROVIDE PEOPLE WHO CAN'T AFFORD YMCA PROGRAMS. SO STARTING WITH MEMBERSHIP. SO WE USED TO BE WHITE MEMBERS, BUT IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE WE WERE REMEMBERED BECAUSE WE JUST WEREN'T USING IT. I THINK IT'S 40 FOR AN INDIVIDUAL. 55. THEY PAY 55 A MONTH FOR FAMILY. I MEAN WE ALL MAKE IT STARTED. THEY LEARNED HOW TO SWIM THERE TOO. THEY LEARNED, UM, WE GOT STARTED WITH ALL OUR KIDS SPORTS IN THERE TOO. EXPLAINS IT. JIM WAS AT THE BOTTOM FOR ABOUT THREE MINUTES. SOMEBODY PULLED ME. I LEARNED HOW TO HOLD MY RED . ALRIGHT. UM, OKAY, SO I'M NOT SAYING THIS IS, UH, LOOKED LIKE GENERAL CONSENSUS IN A WAY. I HAVE LEGION BEING FUNDED AT 10. YOU GUYS CORRECT JIM? I'M NOT SAYING WE GOTTA TAKE A VOTE RIGHT NOW, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE THAT IS OVERALL SUPPORTED. ANY CAN, ANY BABY CAN IS A ZERO PASA. I PUT 10, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF WE WERE NECESSARILY ALL THERE ON THE SUPPORT. UH, FRIENDS OF LIBRARY SOUNDED LIKE WE WERE A ZERO. HOW TOUGHER. HUMANITY WAS A ZERO. THE LUNCHBOX, WE WERE AT A 4,000 EDUCATION FOUNDATION WAS A ZERO FEEDING [00:40:01] TO 5,000 WAS 30, HAD A RESOURCE CENTER WAS 75. THOSE ON WHEELS A ZERO SACRED HEART COMMUNITY. I PUT MAYBE 'CAUSE I REALLY, THAT SEEMED LIKE WE DID. WE HAD MORE QUESTIONS. SANDBOX IS 30. I DO WANT ANY OBJECTIONS TO THE Y THE Y SERVICES. IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU GUYS ARE SEEING THAT I I PUT THERE? WHAT WERE THE ZEROS AGAIN? UH, ANY ANY ANY CAN FRIENDS IN THE LIBRARY, PUBLIC LIBRARY, UH, HABITAT FOR HUMANITIES, THE EDUCATION FOUNDATION, RIGHT. BILLS ON WHEELS. THE SACRED HEART. I HAD MAYBE, 'CAUSE IT SOUNDED LIKE WE MIGHT BE THERE IN SUPPORT FOR SOME DOLLAR AMOUNT. WE JUST GOTTA VERIFY WHAT WHO THEY ARE AND WHAT SERVICES THEY'RE DOING FOR US. RIGHT. AND HOW MUCH DID THEY REQUEST SACRED HEART? 15. 15 OH OH MINUTE. WHICH KEEP IN MIND WHATEVER WE DO, IF WE DO SOMETHING TODAY, IT'S NOT STAFF KNOWS TO TELL THE PEOPLE LIKE, HEY, THAT IT'S, IT'S NOT DONE UNTIL OCTOBER 1ST. AND SO WE COULD LITERALLY SAY YES TO EVERYTHING OR NO TO EVERYTHING AND THEN TURN AROUND TWO WEEKS FROM NOW WE, WE CHANGE OUR BUYS AND HAVE A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT VOTE. AND SO THEY KNOW THIS IS JUST PART OF THE PROCESS. I'M JUST ASKING, I'M SURPRISED THEY ASKED FOR SO LITTLE FOR A PROGRAM LIKE THAT. 'CAUSE PROVIDING HEALTHCARE SERVICES AT ANY LEVEL IS SORT REALLY EXPENSIVE. I CAN, WHERE ELSE ARE THEY GETTING FUNDING FROM THE SIGNIFICANT, WELL I THINK IT'S BECAUSE THE, THE DOCTORS AND EVERYTHING ARE VOLUNTEERS I BELIEVE. YEAH. OH WELL SEE. EVEN MORE WORTHY. THEY REQUESTED $22,000 FROM UNITED WAY 10,000 FROM THE CITY OF ROUND ROCK, 20,000 FROM GEORGETOWN, A HUNDRED THOUSAND FROM WILLIAMSON COUNTY HEALTH. 10,000 FROM ROUND ROCK AND 15 FROM US AND 20,000 FROM GEORGETOWN. YES. I LOVE THESE APPLICATIONS. THAT'S NOT TO SAY THAT AGAIN. IF THEY WERE, IF 50% OF THEIR SERVICES WERE HELD IN IDAHO. WELL IT GIVES ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON IT TOO. IT SAYS, UH, SO THE CITY OF ROUND ROCK 10,000, THE CITY OF ROUND ROCK ALSO HELPS FUND ACCESS TO MEDICAL CARE FOR OUR CLINIC THIS YEAR. THEY WON AWARD 10,000 GEORGETOWN THAT SAYS HELPS FUND FOR THE DENTAL CLINIC SIDE OF IT. SO IT SOUNDS LIKE ROUND ROCK'S DOING MEDICAL, GEORGETOWN'S DOING DENTAL AND NOT ASKING WHAT THEY WERE GONNA USE. IT, IT MAY BE IN HERE. I THINK MISSED IT ON THE NUMBERS REALLY QUICK, JUST SO FAR WHAT YOU'VE LISTED OUT, MAYOR, Y'ALL ARE SITTING AT UM, 174,000, STILL HAVE A CRAZY NOTION. IS THERE ANY ONE OF THESE THAT WE THINK WE WOULD DO MORE THAN ? IS THAT POSSIBLE? PER FOR ME WOULD BE THAT ONE. UM, IS THAT I WOULD DO IS THAT POSSIBLE IN THE ORDINANCE OR YEAH, YOU CAN DO ANYTHING. I'VE DONE PAY THAT ONLY BECAUSE I'LL YOU A HUNDRED, YOU'D TAKE THE A HUNDRED IN A HEARTBEAT BUT IF YOU WEREN'T PLANNING ON BEHIND, YOU WOULDN'T SPEND IT. BUT I THINK THERE'S AN ABILITY TO, ONE THING WE TEND TO DO EVERY YEAR I FIND IS WE GIVE EVERYTHING AWAY. AND SO THEN BETWEEN NOW THE REST OF THE YEAR, EVERYTHING COMES, WE CAN STILL BUDGET TO TWO 10 AND WE CAN ALLOCATE SAY A HUNDRED TODAY OR 150 AND THEN THERE'S 50 OR 60 WHERE IF SOMETHING DOES COME UP, RIGHT, WE CAN ALWAYS SAY, HEY, WE ACTUALLY, WE'VE GOT A MEETING AND ME, I'LL JUST GIVE AN EXAMPLE LIKE THE HUDDLE RESOURCE CENTER. THEY ASKED FOR 75, THEY WERE GONNA GIVE THEM SEVEN, FIVE. BUT WE ALL HAVE SOME INTIMATE CONNECTIONS WITH THE HUDDLE RESOURCE CENTER OVER THE YEARS. IT'S LIKE, HEY, I KNOW THEY NEED THIS. THEY DIDN'T ASK FOR IT, BUT I KNOW DID DO IT. ADD WANT YOU ADD ANOTHER 10 K SO THEY CAN GET SOME MORE SHELVING AND, AND FLOORING SPACE THERE WHERE THEY'RE DOING THEIR, THEIR YOU SAID 1 74. 1 74. MM-HMM . THERE'S ANOTHER THING WE COULD DO. THEY NEED A BUILDING. YES. YEAH. WELL YOU COULD SAY, HEY, WE'RE 1 74, THAT FREES UP 35,000. SO YOU COULD SAY WE WANT THE 35,000 OFF TO THE SIDE OR MAYBE, MAYBE SLIM THIS DOWN OR WE COULD ALWAYS THROW OTHER MONEY IN LATER ON. RIGHT. BUT YOU COULD ALWAYS PUT THE MONEY TO THE SIDE INSTEAD OF SAYING MORE SHELVING, WHAT THEY REALLY NEED IS BUILDING. YEAH. SO YOU COULD SAY, HEY, WE NEED TO GO OUT AND FIND A PLACE AND WE HAVE 35 THIS YEAR AND NEXT YEAR IT'S 50 AND YOU KNOW WHAT, IN THREE YEARS MAYBE WE COULD BUY YOU A BUILDING WITH SOME OTHER MONEY AND THEN PLEDGE IT LIKE A GRANT. WELL, I MEAN ANOTHER CITY JUST BUY IT. BECAUSE AGAIN, THIS IS, WE DON'T HAVE TO, WE DON'T HAVE TO GIVE A DOLLAR. SO WE CAN GIVE 150,000 AND THEN SAY WE'RE GONNA SPEND ANY OTHER 50,000 CITY MONEY TO GO OUT AND SAY, MAKE THE DEBT PAYMENTS ON A BUILDING AND THEN ALLOW A CHARITY TO LEASE FROM US. RIGHT. AND SO THAT'S FINE. I I AGREE. YOU CAN MAKE A DEBT PAYMENT ON THE BUILDING. WE COULD TAKE THE WHOLE 210, 4 43. WE COULD GO GET ABOUT $3 MILLION FOR A COMMUNITY CENTER AND PAY IT OUT FOR THE NEXT 12 MONTHS. IF JUST DO GOOGLE MAP AND THEN HELP EVERYBODY. YOU'RE NOT WRONG. ALSO, I, WE HAD A DISCUSSION EARLIER. I MAY, I MAY HAVE [00:45:01] TALKED TO HIM ABOUT THAT. ALSO. WHAT YOU'RE SUGGESTING IS THAT IF WE DON'T SPEND OUR BUDGET, WE LOSE OUR BUDGET. SO YES, YOU'RE NOT WRONG EITHER. WE COULD TAKE THAT EXTRA 35 OR WHATEVER AND DO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. BUT JUST BECAUSE WE HAVE TWO 10 DOESN'T MEAN WE NEED TO SPEND TWO 10. I AGREE. AND THAT'S WHY I WAS LIKE, WE COULD ACTUALLY SPEND NO, WE COULD SPEND MORE. I WAS JUST KIND OF MORE JUST IT'S ISN'T A POSSIBILITY THAT IF WE SEE SOMETHING LIKE LOWER, I WOULDN'T SAY TO PUT AN EXTRA 35 IS MAYBE LOWER SOME OTHER THINGS. 'CAUSE WE REALLY BELIEVE THE HUDDLE RESOURCE CENTER IS DOING SUCH A GREAT JOB. THEY HAVE THESE SPECIFIC NEEDS THAT THEY DIDN'T ASK FOR. THEY KNOW ABOUT THAT. HEY, LET'S TAKE 25 FROM THESE THREE PLACES, PUT THAT 25 IN THERE AND GIVE 'EM A WHOLE KIND OF, WHERE OUR TOTAL NUMBER STILL REMAINS THE SAME AT ONE SEVEN. YEAH, I'M SAYING I WOULDN'T GIVE 'EM A HUNDRED KI WAS I'M ALMOST THINKING LIKE, NO, JUST A, IT WAS A HUNDRED. YOU DROP THE HUNDRED RESOURCE DOWN A LITTLE BIT AND SAY, LOOK, WE'RE GONNA DROP YOU TO 50, BUT WE'RE GONNA PUT THE 25 PLUS THE OTHER AND WE'RE GONNA PUT 60 GRAND AND THEN WE'RE GONNA WORK TO COME UP WITH SOME MORE MONEY AND WE'RE GONNA WORK TO BUY. YOU EITHER BUY OR BUILD YOU A BUILDING BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS I'VE TOLD THEM FOR YEARS IS, YOU GUYS GET A BUILDING BUT YOU DON'T, OTHER OFFICES YOU DON'T MAKE FOOTPRINT. IF YOU FIGURE OUT THE FOOTPRINT, ONE OF US CAN WORK TO GET THE LAND DONATED. THEN ONCE YOU GET THE LAND DONATED, THE AMERICAN LEGION SAW IT WITH UH, HOME DEPOT. WELL THEN YOU, YOU SAY, OKAY, IF WE BUY THE CONCRETE WITH TEX MIX, WILL YOU FINISH IT? THE GUY'S LIKE, I'LL DO THAT. HEY FRAMERS HOUSING PEOPLE, THIS GUY HERE BUILDS HOMES IF WE BUY THE WOOD, CAN YOU, CAN YOU HAVE ONE OF YOUR GUYS GET THE LABOR AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE MONEY IS IN THE LABOR AND THE PROFIT. COULD YOU GUYS, YOU GUYS MAKE LIKE 70% MARGINS ON YOUR HOMES, RIGHT? SO IF YOU CUT OUT THE PUBLICLY A QUESTION, MAYBE IT'S FOR, BUT WE'RE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE, UM, TAKING OUR COMMUNITY CLINIC. WOULD IT BE IMPROPER TO SAY, HEY, WE'RE GONNA GIVE YOU THIS MUCH MONEY, BUT WE'RE NOT GONNA GIVE YOU THE FULL AMOUNT THAT YOU ASK. WE'RE GONNA GIVE THIS CERTAIN AMOUNT KIND OF THE MAYOR, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE BUILDING BECAUSE INSTEAD WE'RE GONNA DO IS MAKE IT EASIER FOR YOU TO SERVE MORE PEOPLE HERE. BECAUSE IN ANY NONPROFIT, THE MORE THAT, THE MORE IMPACT THEY HAVE, THE MORE FUNDING THEY CONTINUE TO RECEIVE. WOULD IT BECAUSE THEY'RE, THEY DON'T BELONG TO US. THEY'RE AN INDIVIDUAL ORGANIZATION. WOULD IT BE I PROPER FOR US TO TELL THEM, HEY, WE'RE GONNA GIVE YOU THIS MUCH MONEY AND THE OTHER WAY WE'RE GONNA HELP IS THAT MAKING IT EASIER, EASIER FOR YOU TO SERVE PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY ABOUT PROVIDING A, A MONEY FOR A BUILDING FOR A HUB RESOURCE CENTER. BUT THIS IS AN OUTSIDE, TRULY OUTSIDE INDEPENDENT ORGANIZATION. I DON'T WANNA FEEL LIKE WE'RE TRYING TO BRIBE THEM EITHER. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? LIKE YEAH, NO, YOU'RE NOT TRYING TO BRIBE THEM. BUT WHAT I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT ANOTHER WAY TO HELP OTHER THAN JUST GIVING THEM MONEY, BUT IT'S, BUT ALSO GLOBALLY PROVIDING A, UM, SPACE FOR THEM. ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THIS IS MORE A CITY MANAGER QUESTION. LIKE A SPACE I WOULD WANNA PROVIDE. I WOULD IMAGINE THAT PROVIDING AN EASIER WAY FOR THEM TO SERVE HERE IS GOING TO MAKE THAT PERCENTAGE, THAT 7% PACKAGE HOW TO DIRECTLY GO UP. THERE'S A BIGGER NEED THAN BEING REPRESENTATIVE AND THIS'S JUST ONE GROUP. SO, UM, MAYBE IT WOULD BE BETTER. WE HAVE SOMETHING TO WORK ON WITH SOMEONE. UH, WE COULD HAVE, I THINK THERE'S SOMETHING WE CAN WORK ON ON THAT. YEAH. 'CAUSE EVEN LIKE THE RESOURCE CENTER AND THE SERVICES THEY PROVIDE, THEY GO HAND IN HAND. 'CAUSE IF YOU CAN'T EVEN PUT PUT ON THE TABLE, YOU'RE PROBABLY NOT VERY HEALTHY. YOU PROBABLY NEED OTHER SERVICES. SO EVENTUALLY, YES, HAVING TO EVAN'S POINT A COMMUNITY CENTER BEING BUILT AND FUNDED, UM, WOULD SOLVE A LOT OF THESE PROBLEMS AS FAR AS LOCAL RESIDENTS GETTING ACCESS TO THESE SERVICES. I, UH, SPEAKING ON THE HUDDLE RESOURCE CENTER, I'M ASSUMING THAT THEY'RE NOT EXPECTING THE MONEY EVERY YEAR TO FACTOR IN ON THEIR BUDGET. RIGHT. BUT THEY'RE CURRENTLY OPERATING AT $48,000 SURPLUS PER YEAR. RIGHT. SO IF WE LOWER THAT NUMBER DOWN, AND THIS WAS MONEY THEY WERE EXPECTING, THEY MAY BE OPERATING AT A DEFICIT PRODUCT TOO. I MEAN, I WOULD BE CURIOUS TO SEE, YOU KNOW, HOW ARE THEY USING THESE EXPENDITURES THAT THEY HAVE RIGHT NOW CURRENTLY, IF WE DID LOWER IT DOWN TO GET THEM NORMAL? YEAH. I'M RELUCTANT TO LOWER IT UNTIL WE'VE GOT ALL THAT FIGURED OUT BECAUSE THEY'RE RELYING ON THIS AND THEY RUN OUT OF MONEY EVERY SINGLE MONTH. SO WHAT WE DO THIS DAN, WHAT WHAT'S BE SAID, HEY, WE'D LIKE TO DROP YOU TO 60 AND PUT THAT 15 AND AND RUN THE IDEA BY 'EM AND PUT THE 15 WITH THE REST OF THE MONEY FOR 50 RUNNING. AS LONG AS, AS LONG AS WE RUN IT BY THEM AND TRY TO FIGURE THAT OUT. THAT WORKS. I JUST DON'T WANT TO DO IT AND THEN MOVE THEM SHORT. RIGHT. CURRENT. BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT 'EM TO BE AT A, WHAT I'M THINKING IS, WE TALKED TO AND AND SAY LOOK, WE'RE THINKING WE GIVE YOU 60 GRAND, BUT WE'RE GONNA PUT 50 GRAND TO THE SIDE TOWARDS A NEW FACILITY. THANK YOU. AND CAN YOU GUYS MAKE IT A COUPLE YEARS LIKE THAT? IF YOU KNOW THAT NOW YOU CAN START PLANNING AND WORK WITH AN ENGINEER TO GET, GET THE PLANS THAT WE'RE GONNA ACTUALLY SET MONEY TO THE SIDE AND EITHER, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE DID THIS WITH EDC [00:50:01] LATELY WE'VE BEEN BUYING PROPERTY WITH LIKE OWNER FINANCED AND SO THE OWNERS ARE LOOKING AT DOING THINGS WE COULD MAYBE WE RUN THAT BY THEM THEN WE MAY BE ABLE TO SOLVE, UH, AND MAKE SURE THEY CAN PLAN FOR IT BETTER A FACILITY ISSUE. AND IF THEY SAY NO, IT DOESN'T WORK, THEN WE SAY, OKAY, WE'LL GIVE YOU 75 AND WE'LL PUT 35,000 TO THE SIDE. BUT IF THEY SAY, MAN, YOU GUYS ARE REALLY SERIOUS ABOUT A A THING. YEAH. AND THAT MAY ACTUALLY HELP THEM FUNDRAISE MORE. 'CAUSE THEY'RE LIKE, HEY EVERYBODY, THEIR COUNCILS GONNA BUY SOME MORE MONEY AND THEY'RE GONNA FIGURE THIS OUT. YEAH, FUNDRAISING. SO YOU OKAY DAN, IF WE TALK TO THEM LIKE KIND OF TENTATIVELY, BUT THEN WE TALK TO THEM AND CHANGE IT, CHANGE IT, UH, IN THE BUDGET. IF IT DOESN'T, IF THEY DON'T LIKE THAT IDEA, UM, I MEAN I'D I'D RATHER TALK TO THEM FIRST, BUT, BUT EITHER WAY IT'S THE SAME THING. SO YEAH. SAY I WOULD BE IN FAVOR THAT BLOCKING HIM. NO, I KIND OF DO INTENTLY NOW TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION AND SHOW THEM. I THINK IT WOULD INCENTIVIZE 'EM FOR SURE ABOUT THAT CREATIVE ANYTHING WE CAN MOVE TRUST, GETTING THEM A SPACE IS A RIGHT, A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AND NOT PUTTING IN A FINANCIAL FUND RIGHT NOW AND NOT PUTTING, NOT EVER PUTTING THEM IN A BIND. I'VE HAD A GOAL FOR TO HELP OUT THE LEGION AND THEM SINCE I'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL. IT'S JUST, IT'S EXTREMELY DIFFICULT. OKAY. SO THEN I'VE GOT, UH, UNLESS THERE'S, I'M NOT SAYING WE'RE NOT GONNA TAKE A VOTE, BUT UNLESS THERE'S A STRONG OBJECTION, I'VE GOT 10 FOR THE LEGION, 10 FOR CASA, FOUR FOR OF DISCOVERY, 30 FOR FEEDS THE 5,060 FOR HUNDRED RESOURCE, 30 FOR SANDBOX, 10 FOR THE Y ANNUAL, FIVE FOR THE Y SENIOR, UH, WITH THE REST AND DEPEND ON WHAT WE FIND OUT ABOUT SACRED HEART. THE REST BE ARAMARK TOWARDS NUMBER FACILITY RIGHT NOW. IT SHOULD BE CLOSE TO 50 IF MY MATH IS RIGHT. WELL, BASED ON THE, THE DISCUSSION THAT WE'VE HAD GOING, GOING THROUGH THESE, I COULD SUPPORT THAT. SO WITH, UM, WITH NOTHING RIGHT NOW FOR SACRED HEART, IS THAT CORRECT? JUST KIND OF OPEN. YEAH. SO RIGHT NOW THE 51,443 DROPPING DOWN TO 60,000. YEAH. 51,000, UH, 51,443. SO, SO THE ONE THING I I DON'T LIKE IS DANGLING 50,000 IN FRONT OF THE RESOURCE CENTER AND THEN WHAT IF SACRED HEART, WHAT IF WE WANNA PUT SACRED HEART BACK IN? SO I'D RATHER START SAYING SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 35 AND 50. NOT, NOT GUARANTEEING THE 50. YEAH, I I'M WITH YOU THERE. I WOULD SAY IF WE DECIDE TO DO, HOW ABOUT, HOW ABOUT WE'D SAY LIKE 40,000 OR SPLIT 40,000 TO THE FACILITY AND THEN IT, IT, IT COULD GO UP 42 AND THEN THAT LEAVE 11,000 FOR SACRED HEART. WAIT, SAY THAT AGAIN ABOUT RESOURCE CENTER? WE JUST DO 40,000 FOR THE, WE DO 60,000 FOR A HUNDRED RESOURCE A POTENTIAL 40 FOR THE BUILDING, WHICH WOULD LEAVE 11,443 FOR, UH, THE POTENTIAL GO SACRED HEART IF WE GET THROUGH THE QUESTIONS AND AGREE TO THAT. I DREW GO DAN THAT WE NEED TO HAVE A CONVERSATION. DAN, GO AHEAD. I WAS GONNA SAY I CAN LIVE WITH THAT. THAT, THAT WORKS. OKAY. WELL I'LL MAKE THAT, I'LL JUST MAKE THAT, UH, MAKE THAT A MOTION I'LL SECOND THAT YOU GO TO THE NUMBERS ONE LAST TIME. UH, SO THEY ARE, THEY'RE 10 K TO THE LEGION. 10 K TO CASA ZERO. ZERO ZERO FOR CAN, RIGHT? YEAH. ZERO TO LIBRARY CAA. ZERO TO HABITAT. 4K TO THE WEEKEND LUNCHBOX. ZERO TO HU OF EDUCATION. 30 K TO THE FEEDING. THE 5,060 K TO HOW TO RESOURCE ZERO TO MEALS ON WHEELS. ZERO TO SACRED HEART. 30 K TO SANDBOX. 10 K TO YMC. ANNUAL 5K TO YMC SENIORS. 40 K TO I GUESS CALLED A BUILDING FUND THAT LEAVES $11,443 WITH THE ASTERISK BEING THAT MAY GO TO SACRED HEART. 4 43. 4 43. 11. 4 43. [00:55:02] DID YOU WANNA NAME YOUR BUILDING FUND, UH, FOR COMMUNITY SERVICES SO THAT IT'S JUST NOT BUILDING FUND? YEAH, IT IS FOUR OF US GETTING KNOCKED OUT TOMORROW. WE DON'T WANT SOMEONE ELSE SPENDING THE MONEY ON SOME OTHER BUILDING. , WHAT ARE THE QUESTIONS THAT WE'RE DOING TO ANSWER FOR SACRED HEART? I HAVE, UH, THE SERVICE AREA, WHAT IT TAKES TO BE LOW INCOME . ALSO JUST SEND OUT THE WHOLE BODY, ALL THE APPLICATIONS AND ALL THE PACKETING. OKAY. ALRIGHT. YOU DISCUSSION ON DAN SECOND. DAN, PLEASE VOTE. . MAYOR ROBSON. PORTERFIELD NAY. MAYOR SNYDER. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER ZEPEDA AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER KING AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER MORRIS AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER REYNOLDS AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER THORNTON. AYE. MOTION PASSED. SIX ONE. ANYTHING ELSE FOR WE ADJOURNED? YOU'RE HERE. ALRIGHT. GREAT JOB. WE ADJOURN SOME PICTURES. YOU STAY WITH SOMEONE. GO. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. 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