MONDAY MORNING WE ARE ALL HERE SO I AM THANKFUL FOR THAT. >> IT IS 9 A.M. EXACTLY. I AM THE ONE WHO MAY FEEL I SERVE AS CHAIR OF OUR HOUSING AND NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES COMMITTEE. I WILL BE GOING AROUND THE ROOM BUT BEFORE THAT I WOULD LOVE FOR MY COLLEAGUES ONLINE TO CHECK IN. PLEASE. GOOD MORNING RENEE. JOHN FOR COMMITTEE MEMBER I AND I KNOW COUNCILMEMBER OWENS THAT WERE YOU ABLE TO SIGN IN I KNOW WE WERE HAVING SOME CHALLENGES WHILE WE'RE WAITING IS NOT IT OKAY WHILE WE'RE WAITING I'M GOING TO GO AROUND I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO START OUTSIDE AND COMING IN. >> SO MR. BERLET, LET SHAWN NAME CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE MARCH AFTER INTEREST ON HOUSING SPREAD THOUGHTS ON A GREAT DEPARTMENT PROBABLY 4000 FACT AND PETERSON PLANNING DEPARTMENT REBECCA ORING HABITAT FOR HUMANITY HAROLD THOMPSON HOUSING AND NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES GO INCOME, HOUSING AND NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES ON ASH LINUS CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE OR WARDEN HOUSING BENEFIT SERVICES REBECCA HEPPNER HOUSING AND NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES MONICA ALLEN CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE OR KEISHA WILL STEWARD HOUSING AND NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES STADIUM. I SAW TWO AREAS OF DISTRICT FIVE COUNT COMMITTEE MEMBER AS COUNCILMEMBER OWENS COME ON. >> OKAY WE ARE GOING TO NEED TO FIGURE THAT OUT SINCE I KNOW SHE WAS HAVING SOME CHALLENGES IF WE CAN GET IT TO REACH OUT TO HER THAT WOULD BE GREAT. THANK YOU ALL FOR JOINING US. WE ARE GOING TO BE RECEIVING INFORMATION TODAY THAT'S GOING TO HELP LEVEL SET AND PUT US DOWN A PAD. I WAS GOING TO INITIALLY SWITCH UP THE AGENDA BUT I'M GOING TO KEEP IT JUST FOR SIMPLICITY'S SAKE SO I'M GOING TO HAND IT OVER TO OUR DEPUTY CITY MANAGER, MS.. MONICA ALLEN. ALL RIGHT. WELL GOOD MORNING CHAIR MAYFIELD TWO MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. SO TODAY WE HAVE TWO ITEMS ON THE AGENDA. THE FIRST ONE FOCUSES ON NATURALLY OCCURRING AFFORDABLE HOUSING PRESERVATION PROPOSALS AND THERE ARE TWO THAT STAFF WILL SHARE RECOMMENDATIONS AND THE OTHER AND SECOND ITEM IS ON THE 2024 HOUSING BOND THE WILL BE GETTING BALANCE FROM THE 2024 HOUSING BOND AND DISCUSSING ANY ADJUSTMENTS WITH FUNDING ALLOCATIONS AND BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO STAFF TO PRESENT CHAIR MAYFIELD IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU'D LIKE TO SAY? I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE A CHANCE FOR MY COLLEAGUE TO INTRODUCE HERSELF. >> GOOD MORNING JOY MAYOR REPRESENTING DISTRICT THREE. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND WE ARE JUST GETTING STARTED WITH OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT NOAH APPLICATIONS. SO WITH THAT WE ARE TURNING IT OVER TO REBECCA HAFNER. WHAT WE'RE TURNING OVER TO MR. WARREN WILSON THAT'S ALL. GOOD MORNING, CHAIRMAN FIELDING AND COMMITTEE. IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU THIS MORNING. I'M GOING TO QUICKLY RUN THROUGH INFORMATION AND EARLY PRESENTATION FOR YOU ABOUT TO NOAH APPLICATION AND THAT WE RECEIVED RECENTLY. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO HERE'S JUST YOUR PRIORITY ALIGNMENT THAT THIS IS AN ACTIVITY I'M GOING TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT ABOUT THE PROCESS BUT I'M GOING TO BASICALLY JUST EXPLAIN QUICKLY THE PROCESS THAT WE RECEIVE NO APPLICATIONS AND THEN TALK BRIEFLY ABOUT WHAT THE REQUESTS ARE AND SOME OF THE FINER POINTS ON THE DEVELOPMENT. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. >> SO JUST AS A REMINDER ON HOW WE DO KNOW OF I CAN'T RECALL IF WE'VE DONE A NOAH PRESENTATION IN THIS COMMITTEE YET WE HAVE THIS IS NEW. OKAY. SO I'M GOING TO SPEND A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME I DID TYPE ALL OF WELL THAT BUT THAT'S A DIFFERENT THIS THAT ONE NOAH BUT NOT REAL NOAH BECAUSE IT WAS A SO I SPENT A LITTLE BIT OF TIME THIS IS COMING THROUGH YOUR NOAH ROLLING RFP SO NOAH STANDS FOR NATURALLY OCCURRING AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND THIS IS A BEEN A PRIORITY OF YOURS FOR A LITTLE WHILE NOW AND WHAT THIS DOES IS ALLOWS YOU TO RECEIVE AND DECIDE ON INVESTMENTS IN PROPERTIES FROM A PRESERVATION LENS. SO INSTEAD OF BUILDING NEW UNITS YOU PROVIDE THIS AS A GAAP FUNDING SOURCE TO PRESERVE NATURALLY OCCURRING AFFORDABLE IN OUR COMMUNITY YOU HAVE A POLICY THAT DICTATES WHAT YOU CONSIDER TO BE NATURALLY OCCURRING AFFORDABLE AND THE AND THE METHOD THAT THIS COMES IN THROUGH IS THROUGH THIS ROLLING RFP. SO BECAUSE THESE PROPERTIES COME ON THE MARKET QUICKLY AND DECISIONS HAVE TO GET MADE QUICKLY WHEN A DEVELOPER WHOSE WORK IS WORKING ON A NOAH ACQUISITION REHAB IDENTIFIES A PROPERTY, THEY CAN THEY CAN PRETTY MUCH IMMEDIATELY APPLY TO YOUR ROLLING RFP AND WE BRING IT TO YOU JUST AS EXPEDITIOUSLY AS POSSIBLE TO KEEP THINGS GOING TO LEVEL SET AND ALSO TO KIND OF GET TO THE PUNCHLINE AT THE END OF ALL OF THIS IS THAT YOU HAD A $14 MILLION CATEGORY INSIDE OF YOUR YOUR BOND ALLOCATION AND AS YOU WILL HEAR FROM THE DEPUTY CITY MANAGER HEFFNER IN THE NEXT PRESENTATION YOU'VE EXHAUSTED THAT FUND. SO PART OF THE CONSIDERATION IS GOING TO BE YOU HAVE A NUMBER OF REQUESTS IN FRONT OF YOU INCLUDING THESE TWO AND YOU HAVE SOME PRIORITIES. SO THERE WILL NEED TO BE SOME DECISION MAKING ON HOW YOU CHOOSE TO INVEST YOUR REMAINING TRUST FUND FOR THE 2024 BOND ROUND. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. >> OKAY. >> SO NOT ONLY DO YOU DO THE SUBSIDY INVESTMENT, YOU'VE REALLY BEEN PARTICIPATING FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS IN A PRETTY INNOVATIVE IN TERMS OF MUNICIPAL PARTICIPATION PROGRAM WHERE YOU ALSO PROVIDE SOME SUBSIDY INTO THESE PROJECTS AS WELL. SO THE WAY THIS WORKS IS IT'S ALWAYS BEEN IN IN CONCERT AND IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR FRIENDS AT THE COUNTY. YOU LOOK AT THE TAX BILL ON THOSE PROPERTIES AND THE CITY AND THE COUNTY PROVIDE A GRANT TO A THIRD PARTY NONPROFIT WHICH CREATES DEEPER SUBSIDY INSIDE OF THOSE PROJECTS THAN IS EVEN LISTED IN THE SUBSIDY MATRIX THAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE WHEN WE GET TO THIS SLIDE. SO IT'S A FLEXIBLE FUNDING SOURCE AND JUST IT'S ALSO FUNCTIONED VERY WELL IN THE IN THE PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE. SO THAT'S THAT'S THE WAY THAT THIS COMPONENT OF YOUR KNOW A PROGRAM WORKS THERE IS A SUBSIDY COMPONENT AND THEN THERE'S A CAPITAL SUBSIDY COME AND THEN AN ONGOING SUBSIDY THAT CREATES ADDITIONAL AFFORDABILITY. NEXT SLIDE. SO YOU'VE INVESTED OVER $56 MILLION IN 15 NOS AND HERE SINCE 2018 IN THAT PRESERVATION COUNT IS UP TO 22 UNITS OF AFFORDABLE AND WHAT'S BEEN IMPRESSIVE WE'VE HAD SEVERAL PARTNERS WORK IN THIS SPACE BUT ASCENT HOUSING HAS BEEN OVER WHAT ARE OUR LARGEST PARTNER BUT BY MANY UNITS IN THIS SPACE IS NOT ONLY DID THEY COME IN AND MAINTAIN THE RENTS THAT ARE IN THESE PROPERTIES, OFTENTIMES THE STABILIZED RENTS ARE EVEN LOWER THAN THEY WERE WHEN THEY PURCHASED THE PROPERTY. SO IT'S BEEN VARIOUS SUCCESSFUL IN STABILIZING THOSE THOSE RENTS AND THEN AS I ALREADY MENTIONED THAT $14 MILLION HAS BEEN COMMITTED. SO THERE WILL BE SOME COUNCIL DECISIONS THAT NEED TO BE MADE ABOUT HOW YOU CONTINUE TO INVEST YOUR YOUR TRUST FUND. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. >> AND SO JUST AS A REMINDER, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THIS YOU'LL SEE THIS BALANCE AGAIN BUT THAT IS THE CURRENT BALANCE ON THIS THIS CURRENT BOND AT 8.6 MILLION THAT'S A LOT IN. >> NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO HERE ARE THE TWO OPPORTUNITIES THAT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT TO US BY ASCENT SAID PARTNERS. SO THIS IS THE RESERVE WATER FOR LAKE AS YOU WILL SEE AT THE BOTTOM IT'S A 140 UNIT MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT. IT MEETS ALL OF YOUR CRITERIA FOR NOAH INVESTMENT HAS THE RIGHT UNIT COUNT IT'S IT'S AT THE AGE OR OLDER THAN NO THOSE ARE ALLOWED AND IT'S IT'S A PRETTY COMPELLING VALUE PROPOSITION WHEN YOU LOOK UP AT THE FINANCIAL SUMMARY THE REQUEST IS A LITTLE OVER 3.2 MILLION IN A PER UNIT OF 23,000 PER UNIT AND NOTABLY THIS IS A PROJECT THAT IS IN DISTRICT SIX . THIS PROJECT IS ACTUALLY A WRITE OFF OF SHARON AT SOUTH BOULEVARD AND IT'S ABOUT A BLOCK YEAH, IT'S ABOUT A BLOCK WALK TO THE BLUE LINE STATION THERE SO ABOUT A FIVE MINUTE WALK FROM THIS SO HAVING LISTENED TO MANY OF THE THINGS THAT COUNCIL IS CONCERNED AND CARES ABOUT IN STYLE AND IN YOUR STAFF'S REVIEW THIS THIS CHECKS LOTS OF THOSE BOXES IN TERMS OF THINGS RELATED TO AFFORDABILITY AND MOBILITY. YOU CAN SEE THE MIX AT THE BOTTOM 40 TO 30% UNITS 7,060% UNITS AND THEN 2,880% UNITS FOR A TOTAL OF 140. ALSO THE WHOLE THE WHOLE PROJECT IS RESTRICTED. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN VERY CONCERNED ABOUT ARE THOSE RENT SHOCKS WHEN THE MARKET GOES UP VERY DRASTICALLY. THAT'S WHY THESE PLAYS ARE VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT LIMITS THE AMOUNT OF INCREASE ON THOSE RENTS OVER TIME. SO THAT'S THAT ONE. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. THIS IS KIMBERLY GLENN. IT'S A 260 UNIT PROPERTY LOCATED ON INTO WILL DRIVE IN DISTRICT FIVE. IT'S A $4.8 MILLION REQUEST EVEN HIGHER VALUE PROPOSITION AT $18,000 A LITTLE OVER $18,000 PER UNIT AND THEN IT HAS A REALLY GOOD MIX OF UNITS HERE. 78 OF THOSE UNITS ARE AT 30% 130 AT 60%, 52 AT 80% FULLY RESTRICTED AT 260 UNITS AND AGAIN THE REQUEST IS ALSO IT'S FOR THE IT'S FOR THE INVESTMENT THAT YOU SEE ON THE PAGE BUT IT'S ALSO THE TAX INVESTMENT OVER TIME WHICH ACTUALLY ALLOWS FOR ADDITIONAL AFFORDABILITY IN THESE DEVELOPMENTS. NEXT SLIDE. SO JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE MODEL WHAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE. WHAT'S WHAT'S NOTABLE ABOUT THIS APPROACH IS THAT THERE'S NO TAX CREDIT INVESTMENT INVOLVED. WHAT THIS PROGRAM DOES IS IT LEVERAGES YOUR DOLLARS AGAINST PRIVATELY COLLECTED IMPACT INVESTMENTS SO THAT THEY GET A RETURN BUT A MUCH LOWER THE MARKET RATE TERM AND THEN THEY USE SENIOR MARKET RATE DEBT DEBT TO TO COVER THE ENTIRE COST OF THE DEVELOPMENT SO DONE WITHOUT TAX CREDITS THEY DO HAVE PRIORITY POPULATIONS OF 5% OF THOSE UNITS ARE FOR INDIVIDUALS AGING OUT OF FOSTER FOSTER YOUTH PROGRAM THEY ACTUALLY PUT THOSE INDIVIDUALS INTO THE PROGRAM RENT FREE FOR TWO YEARS. THEY'RE ALSO FUNDING ASSISTING CMS EMPLOYEES AND THEN JUST ANOTHER NOTABLE NUMBER GIVEN SOME OF THE COUNCIL'S CONVERSATION 25% OF THE POPULATION IN THE NO INVESTMENTS ACROSS THE PORTFOLIO ARE SENIORS AND THEN THEY WORK LIKE I SAID VERY CLOSELY WITH THE HOUSING COLLABORATIVE THAT'S THE THIRD PARTY KNOW THAT I'M SORRY THE THIRD PARTY NONPROFIT THAT MANAGES THEIR SUBSIDY INVESTMENTS AND THEN THEY DO A LOT OF WORK WITH OTHER NONPROFITS TO PROVIDE WRAPAROUND SERVICES THEY DO THEY DO THE WORK WITH THE ONSITE COMMUNITY IMPACT WORKERS WITH ATRIUM HELP. I'VE DESCRIBED THIS PROGRAM BEFORE IT'S WHERE YOU CAN GET A VIRTUAL DOCTOR'S VISIT RIGHT THERE AT THE DEVELOPMENT AND THEN THEY'RE DOING A LOT OF THINGS THAT STAFF APPRECIATES AND ACTUALLY ENCOURAGES OTHER DEVELOPERS TO DO SUCH AS USING SOME TECHNOLOGIES TO ALLOW FOR FLEXIBLE RENT PAYMENTS WHEN YOU'RE A GIG WORKER, WHEN YOU'RE DRIVING UBER IT'S VERY HELPFUL TO BE ABLE TO MAKE MULTIPLE PAYMENTS OVER THE MONTH AND THAT'S WHAT THESE TYPES OF TECHNOLOGIES WILL DO. AND THEN I'LL ALSO SAY THAT WHEN YOU ALL SEND US REFERRALS THAT IT IS A SENT HOUSING THAT IS THE NUMBER ONE HOUSING OF MOST OF THOSE REFERRALS WHEN WE CALL AND WE SAY HEY WE NEED A UNIT THAT CAME IN FOR A COUNSELING REFERRAL IT'S ALSO IT'S OFTEN YOUR STAFF CALLING THIS DEVELOPMENT TO SAY HEY DO YOU GOT ANYTHING THAT TYPICALLY THEY TYPICALLY DO? SO THEY'VE BEEN VERY HELPFUL IN SOME OF OUR HARDER CASES TO HOUSE FINDING HOUSING FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS. SO LAST SLIDE HERE IS NEXT STEPS. SO TODAY YOU'RE GOING TO DISCUSS OPTIONS IN YOUR NEXT PRESENTATION ABOUT WHAT YOU WANT TO FUND WITH YOUR $8.6 MILLION BALANCE AND THEN AS WE DO WITH THE HOUSING TRUST FUND ROUNDS, YOU WILL ALSO BE GETTING THE BOOKLET PAGES THAT HAVE THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THESE PROPERTIES. WE'LL HAVE THOSE TO YOU SOON AND THEN THIS WILL GO TO COUNCIL CONSIDERATION. THAT'S THE LAST SIDE SIDE AND I'M READY FOR YOUR QUESTIONS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. I'M GOING TO START ON LINE WHAT COUNCILMEMBER JOHNSON THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. I DIDN'T RAISE MY HAND. I'M LISTENING. OH, WE HAVE IT. OKAY. I SAW IT ON. IT'S GOING TO JAM. WHAT'S UP? >> THANK YOU, COUNSEL. I'M SORRY. I WILL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR PRESENTATION AND I'VE SPENT QUITE A LOT OF TIME AT DIFFERENT ESTATE PROPERTIES SO A VERY BIG FAN OF THEIRS AND I DO HAVE QUITE A FEW QUESTIONS. FIRST ONE WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT HOUSE BILL 1092? DO YOU THINK IT'S GOING TO STRENGTHEN OR UNDERMINE CHARLOTTE'S SNOW RENTAL SUBSIDIES STRUCTURE? I'VE BEEN HEARING SOME RUMBLINGS ABOUT THAT. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT NEEDS TO GO TO INTERGOVERNMENTAL COMMITTEE OF STAYING IT SORRY. ALL RIGHT. OUT. I'LL SAVE THAT LATER. OKAY. WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THE 20 YEARS AND I KNOW REBECCA AND I HAVE ALREADY EMAILED ABOUT THAT SO WE WE HAVE HAD MANY CONVERSATIONS AROUND THIS AND IT IS A SENSE GOAL TO TO MAINTAIN THESE PROPERTIES AS AFFORDABLE AND SO THERE'S THERE'S LOTS OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF EXIT STRATEGIES AT THAT 20 YEARS THAT ALLOWS FOR REFINANCING AND THIS IS OVERWHELMINGLY COMMON WHEN IT COMES TO MULTIFAMILY PROJECTS. SO ON SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS THE CITY HAS A RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL THAT CAN GO TO A WE CAN ALSO TRANSFER THAT BUT IT IS IT IS A SENSE OF GOAL TO MAINTAIN AFFORDABILITY THROUGH REFINANCING INTO THE FUTURE. THANK YOU. CAN I CAN I I'LL COME BACK TO YOU. YES. MY QUESTION THANK YOU VERY NO QUESTIONS MINIATURE REALLY. SO I HAVE A LIST OF THEM SO GET READY. >> OKAY ONE IT WILL BE HELPFUL TO KNOW WHAT IS THE CURRENT PORTFOLIO FOR ASCENT AND WHAT IS THE AFFORDABILITY TIMELINE ON THOSE. ALSO WHEN I WAS LOOKING THROUGH HERE I AND IT MIGHT BE IN FRONT OF ME BUT I DON'T SEE WHAT THE RENT RATES ARE FOR EITHER. SO RIGHT NOW JUST AS A RESIDENT IF I GO OUT TO THE RESERVE AT WHATEVER THERE'S ONE VACANT APARTMENT THE TWO BACK TO BACK 1100 SQUARE FEET IS 1600 SO THE RENTS ARE BETWEEN 1300 UP TO 1600. THAT'S PRETTY MUCH WHAT THE MARKET IS RIGHT NOW. SO IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT WE ARE INVESTING IN AND WHAT THESE RENT RATES HAVE THAT CLEARLY NOTED ALSO THE WHERE KIMBERLY GLENN THEIR RENT RATES ARE A LITTLE LESS ALSO DIFFERENT PART OF TOWN THEY ARE IT RATES ARE AROUND 900 AND SOME CHANGE SO IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO KNOW THE ACTUAL POLICY LANGUAGE AND THE APPLICATION FOR US TO AGREE WHAT A 20 YEAR TIMELINE WE ALREADY KNOW 20 YEARS IS NOT AS LONG WE JUST HAD A REPORT AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR THAT IDENTIFIES DEVELOPMENTS THAT THE CITY SUPPORTED IN 2017 HAVE NOW BECOME UNAFFORDABLE FOR A NUMBER OF THE RESIDENTS. WE ALSO KNOW THAT WE HAVE A GROWING CONCERN WITHIN OUR SENIOR COMMUNITY WITH PEOPLE BEING PRICED OUT SO KNOWING EXACTLY FOR THIS AMOUNT OF DOLLARS WHAT EXACTLY WE'RE SUPPORTING, WHAT RATES WE'RE SUPPORTING BECAUSE THE CHALLENGE I HAVE IS WE'RE ALSO NEEDING TO PROVE OURSELVES THAT IS TO THESE INDIVIDUALS ALONG WITH THE SUBSIDY TO THE DEVELOPMENT IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN AFFORDABILITY. WHAT HAPPENS IS WE HAVE SEEN A CONCERTED EFFORT FROM THE FEDERAL LEVEL TO ELIMINATE FUNDS THAT WE HAVE UTILIZED THE PARTNERSHIPS FOR SUBSIDIES AND A LOT OF OUR PARTNERS HONESTLY HAVE CLOSED THEIR DOORS. >> SO THOSE ARE IMPORTANT FOR ME. I WASN'T ABLE TO FIND WHEN THE RESERVE AT WATER LAKE OR KIMBERLY GLEN WERE FIRST BUILT SO THAT ALSO WILL BE HELPFUL. I KNOW WE DID SOMETHING DIFFERENT A COUPLE OF A MONTH OR SO AGO. THE 1001 TOMBOLA BUT IT STILL WILL BE HELPFUL TO KNOW IF WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS INVESTMENT AND ALSO LOOKING AT COMPARISON BECAUSE I CAN'T REMEMBER IF WE HAD A 20 YEAR OR MORE THAN 20 YEAR ON THE 1001 TWO EBOLA AND IT WAS A LOT YEAH, IT WAS 60. SO WHEN WE'RE HAVING THESE CONVERSATIONS OF HOW WE'RE INVESTING OUR TRUST FUND DOLLARS THAT THE COMMUNITY IS HAS ENTRUSTED US TO ALLOCATE WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO JUSTIFY WHY BASICALLY A BRAND NEW NOAH HAS A COMMITMENT OF 60 YEARS AND WE HAVE THESE PROJECTS THAT ARE REQUESTING CONSIDERABLY MORE IN BOTH OF THEM THEN THAT ONE PROJECT THAT WE INVESTED IN HAVING A COMMITMENT OF ONLY 20 YEARS THANKFULLY THIS IS FOR INFORMATION ONLY THE DO I HAVE ANY HANDS I DO HAVE? >> OKAY THANK YOU. SO I AM GOING TO GO TO COUNCILMEMBER JD AND THEN I'M GOING TO BACKTRACK BECAUSE OUR COLLEAGUE COUNCILMEMBER OWENS WAS ABLE TO SIGN IN. THANK YOU STAFF FOR THE PRESENTATION AND HOW MUCH MORE OR LESS ARE THESE PROJECTS ASKING FOR COMPARED TO THE OTHER PROJECTS WE HAVE APPROVED FOR THIS ROUND? >> SO IN GENERAL THESE NO ASK ARE SUBSTANTIALLY LESS THAN OTHER PROJECTS WHEN YOU DO THOSE TAX CREDIT INVESTMENTS THOSE HAVE BEEN COMING IN IN THE IN THE IN THE 40 TO $60,000 PER DOOR RANGE IN YOUR LAST ROUND AND SO THESE ARE THESE ARE SOME 25 SO AGAIN THERE'S DIFFERENT VALUE PROPOSITIONS IN EACH OF THESE TYPES OF INVESTMENTS BUT THE DIRECT ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION IS THAT THESE ARE HAVE LESS PER DOOR INVESTMENT THAN SOME OF YOUR OTHER INVESTMENTS IN GENERAL. >> THANK YOU. AND AM I RIGHT TO ASSUME THAT THESE TWO PROJECTS HAVE A HIGHER 30% ARMY UNITS THAN THAN OUR AVERAGE PROJECTS THAT WE APPROVED? I THINK IT LOOKS LIKE TOGETHER THEY HAVE OVER 130% FOR UNITS AT 30%. >> AND SO IF YOU IF YOU BRING BACK UP THE SLIDES INTO THE PERCENTAGES I THINK ARE ON THERE SO I DON'T HAVE TO DO THE MATH IN MY HEAD FOR 432 WHICH ARE THE POSTED 30 SLIDE EIGHT THEY'RE BOTH AT 30% OF THE UNITS WHICH IS EXCEEDS YOUR REQUIREMENT. YOU'RE REQUIREMENT IS 20% RIGHT AND SO THAT MEANS STEEPER AFFORDABILITY. THE OTHER THING I TO CHAIR MAYFIELD'S POINT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHEN THESE PROJECTS WERE FIRST ONBOARDED OR NOT THE PROJECTS BUT THE DEVELOPMENTS THE CONSTRUCTED WOULD HELP AND I DO AGREE I THINK A DEEPER AFFORDABILITY PERIOD WOULD BE BENEFICIAL FOR EVERYONE BUT I DO REALLY ENJOY THAT THEY HAVE WRAPAROUND SERVICES DEEPER AFFORDABILITY BUT THEY'RE 30% A 30% AM I AS WELL AS AND YOU ALL KNOW THIS DURING OUR SPECIAL HOUSING COMMITTEE MEETING THE VULNERABLE POPULATIONS AND IT'S REALLY NICE TO SEE THAT 5% OF UNITS ARE RESERVED FOR FOSTER YOUTH ESPECIALLY GIVEN THAT THE YOUTH HOMELESS CRISIS THAT WE HAVE GOING ON IN OUR CITY RIGHT NOW BUT NO FURTHER QUESTIONS. >> THANK YOU CHAIR COUNCIL MEMBER OWENS WOULD YOU LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND CHIME IN ? CAN YOU HEAR ME HERE? CHAIRMAN MITCHELL CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU NOW. THANK YOU FOR BEING PART FANTASTIC IT MY APOLOGIES. I'M JUST DIALED IN. I WASN'T ABLE TO GET IN ON THE ON THE WEBEX I HAD A REALLY DEEP DIVE WITH THE HEADSET FOLKS BEFORE I LEFT BECAUSE I TOO HAD A LOT OF THE SAME QUESTIONS THAT YOU'VE HAD. I WAS WITH PREDOMINANTLY MOTIVATED TO ASK ABOUT WHAT THE FINANCIAL DRIVERS WERE, WHAT SORT OF RETURNS THEY WERE PROMISING BECAUSE I WAS I WAS UNCOMFORTABLE AT FIRST WITH WHAT FELT TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE IN TERMS OF THE AMOUNT OF INVESTORS THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO GET WHO ARE DRIVING SOME OF THESE PROGRAMS. >> AND I DO APPRECIATE THAT THIS IS FOR INFORMATION ONLY BUT I JUST I PUT OUT THERE THAT AFTER MY CONVERSATION I WAS ACTUALLY FAIRLY IMPRESSED AGAIN ALONG THE LINES OF WHAT COUNCILMEMBER MESSER ARIAS WAS ASKING AROUND THE PRICE PER DOOR AND THE AMOUNT OF TARGETED HOUSING FOR VULNERABLE POPULATIONS. >> SO I DO THINK THAT THERE IS AN ASSUMPTION OF A FAIR AMOUNT OF ALTRUISM THAT ONE HAS TO PUT INTO THIS AND I JUST I GUESS WOULD ASK THAT WE GIVE SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE FINANCIAL STRUCTURE OF FRIEND. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN PROPERLY ASK. IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT I'M INTERESTED IN IN SORT OF WHO THEIR INVESTORS ARE BECAUSE I DO THINK THAT THAT'S GOING TO BE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT DRIVES AT LEAST IN MY EXPERIENCE THE THE AFFORDABLE CITY PERIOD BECAUSE IF THEY'RE MAKING CERTAIN PROMISES TO INVESTORS I JUST I WANT TO UNDERSTAND A BIT BETTER HOW THEY CAN MANIPULATE IT AND I USE THAT WORD JUST YOU KNOW TO JUST BE HONEST I THINK THAT THEY ARE EFFECTIVELY DOING IS WHEN YOU HAVE VARIOUS LEVERS YOU CAN PULL THEY NEED TO BE ABLE TO TO MAKE A RETURN TO INVESTORS AND I WANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT MODEL A LITTLE BIT BETTER AND WHETHER THEY CAN GO UP FROM THAT 20 YEAR OR WHETHER THEY CAN MORE FORMALLY PUT INTO PLACE A CONTRACTUAL RIGHT OF FIRST OFFER FOR THE CITY THAT WOULD GIVE US THAT OPPORTUNITY AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE 20 YEARS. SO THOSE ARE JUST THOSE ARE JUST VERY HIGH LEVEL. MY QUESTION AND EXCEPTIONALLY EXCITED TO SEE THE ONE IN DISTRICT SIX HOWEVER YOU KNOW THAT THAT HAS BEEN SOMETHING THAT I'VE BEEN REALLY MOTIVATED ON. IT'S TO TRY TO GET SOME MORE KNOW WHAT IN DISTRICT SIX AND I DO FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT WE CAN'T JUST BUILD OUR WAY TO HOUSING. I DO THINK WE NEED TO SAVE SOME OF THESE. SO THOSE ARE JUST MY COMMENTS JUST TO TRY TO UNDERSTAND THE FINANCIAL MODEL A BIT AND IF A DEVELOPER CAN HELP US APPRECIATE WHAT LEVERS THEY HAVE TO CHANGE THE AFFORDABILITY PERIOD. THANK YOU. GREAT. THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER OWENS. SO GOOD NEWS. MOST OF THIS IS IN THE BOOKLET THAT YOU'LL RECEIVE ON THESE PROJECTS AND WE WILL DEFINITELY GET YOU SOME MORE INFORMATION ON HOW DOES THEIR FINANCIAL STRUCTURE I WILL TELL YOU THAT THE WATERFORD WAS BUILT IN 97 AND THE KIMBERLY WAS BUILT IN 86 SO BUT WE WILL I HAVE TAKEN DOWN ALL OF THOSE QUESTIONS ESPECIALLY COUNCILMEMBER YOUR QUESTIONS AROUND THE FINANCIAL STRUCTURE AND IF IT IS NOT IN THE BOOKLET WE WILL PROVIDE A MEMO THAT ANSWERS ALL OF THOSE QUESTIONS WHEN THE BOOKLET COMES OUT. >> COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON OKAY ,THANK YOU. >> I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO SAY THAT I WORK CLOSELY WITH THE CITY HOUSING. MANY OF YOU KNOW THAT I DO HAVE A HUMAN SERVICES ORGANIZATION SO THEY'RE DOING GREAT WORK AND I LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING THESE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS ANSWERED AND TO ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATION . THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION AND MR. WOOTEN, MY FINAL QUESTION IS JUST THAT WE HAVE A LEVEL SET WHAT IS THE RENT RATE AT 30% AM TODAY? >> BECAUSE AGAIN IF I'M LOOKING AT THE I'M LOOKING AT THIS ONLINE AND I'M JUST A RESIDENT SEEKING HOUSING, THERE'S ONLY ONE VACANT APARTMENT NOW A COUPLE OF THINGS ARE AVAILABLE SO THIS IS THE MAINTAIN THE AFFORDABILITY IS OUT THERE BUT AGAIN IF THESE RENT RATES ARE BETWEEN 1300 TO 1743 STARTING JUST LOOKING AT THE RESERVE, WHAT EXACTLY ARE WE LOOKING TO INVEST IN IN RENT RATE WINDOW? SO AT 30% THE RATES OF AFFORDABILITY VARY BY HOUSEHOLD SIZE AND THAT CAN BE AS LOW AS 400 AND UP TO AS HIGH AS 700. AND WHAT YOU'RE PROBABLY SEEN ONLINE OR MAYFIELD IS THE RATES BEFORE OR THE ASCENT GROUP HAS GOTTEN INVOLVED SO WHAT WE WILL DO IS PROVIDE YOU IN THE BOOKLET THAT ONCE THEY'RE DONE DOING THEIR WORK THE RENT RATES THAT WILL BE CONNECTED TO THAT PROPERTY AND WE CAN DO THAT FOR THEIR ENTIRE PORTFOLIO. >> SO IN ORDER FOR THAT LOGIC TO APPEAL SO OUT THAT SAYING THAT ONCE IF WE WERE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS THEN THEY ARE REDUCED IN THEIR CURRENT RATES. THAT IS CORRECT. SO WITH THE REDUCTION OF RATES IS STILL WILL BE HELPFUL TO KNOW HOW MANY UNITS SURE WHICH ARE ACTUALLY AVAILABLE BECAUSE IS GREAT AND WE CAN STABILIZE FOR THOSE THAT ARE THERE AND IF WE CAN DO A REDUCTION I STILL SO SINCE MR. EDWARDS AND TEAM IS HERE I AM STILL GOING TO ASK FOR YOU TO RECONSIDER THAT AFFORDABILITY ABILITY LIMIT OF 20 YEARS AGAIN WE JUST APPROVED A MAJOR PROJECT THAT IS MORE ALIGNMENT WITH WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN THE COMMUNITY. I'M NOT SAYING IT NECESSARILY HAS TO BE 60 BUT I HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THE LIMITATIONS OF 20. SO WITH THAT I BELIEVE WE ARE READY BECAUSE AGAIN THIS IS COMMITTEE THIS WAS INFORMATION ONLY MORE INFORMATION IS GOING TO BE COMING. BUT THIS NEXT CONVERSATION REGARDING OUR HOUSING BOND CLOSEOUT IS ONE THAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE PLENTY ENOUGH TIME ON SO I'M GOING TO TURN THAT BACK OVER TO DIRECTOR HAVE NOW MR. WILL THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO FOR US. >> THANK YOU SO I APPRECIATE YOU LEAVING THE AGENDA IN THE ORDER IT WAS AS I STARTED IN HERE AT 859 SO THANK YOU FOR SEEING ME COUNCILMEMBER YEAH, OUR LAST HOUR I REALLY FELT THAT SO THIS MORNING WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT YOUR 2024 HOUSING BOND CLOSE OUT. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO AFTER YOUR APPROVALS IN THE HOUSING TRUST FUND ON APRIL 27TH, YOU HAVE A BALANCE REMAINING IN THE 2024 BOND OF ABOUT 8.68 MILLION AND YOU'RE ENTHUSIASTIC APPROVALS MEANT THAT THE ALLOCATION GOAL ESTABLISHED IN THE RENTAL HOUSING PRODUCTION INVESTMENT CATEGORY HAS BEEN EXCEEDED. SO WE'LL TALK ABOUT STAFF RECOMMENDATION FOUR FOR FOUR HOW YOU MIGHT REBALANCE THAT AND THEN ALSO AS MR. WOOTEN SHARED WITH YOU IN THE PREVIOUS PRESENTATION, SEAN, YOU HAVE RECEIVED TWO PROPOSALS FOR A RENTAL HOUSING PRESERVATION THAT HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED THOSE THOSE TOTAL TOGETHER 8.1 MILLION AND THEN YOU HAVE SOME DEFERRED PROPOSALS FROM THE RECENT RFP ROUND SO YOU DO HAVE OPTIONS ON THE TABLE IF YOU CHOSE TO REALLOCATE FUNDS. BUT WHAT WE WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU THIS MORNING IS YOU REALLY HAVE SEVERAL OPTIONS FOR CLOSING OUT THE 2024 BOND AND YOU CAN YOU CAN PROCEED WITH THE ALLOCATION CATEGORIES AS IS AND OPEN A SUMMER RFP. YOU COULD REALLOCATE THE AVAILABLE BALANCE. YOU COULD HOLD THE BALANCE WHILE YOU DELIBERATE POLICY CHANGES OR YOU COULD DO SOMETHING ELSE ENTIRELY. SO WE'LL TALK ABOUT THOSE THIS MORNING NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. FOLLOWING THE APPROVE APPROVALS ON APRIL 27TH AND MINUS THE HOLDS FOR SOME RFP IS THAT ARE IN PROCESS YOUR HOUSING TRUST FUND BALANCE IS 8.68 MILLION THAT'S A SPOILER WHEN WE GET TO THE TO THE CATEGORY WORRIES WE'RE GOING TO ASK YOU TO HOLD AND THE THE REST OF THE ADMIN AND INNOVATION CATEGORY AS WELL SO IT WILL COME DOWN JUST A LITTLE BIT FROM STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION. NEXT SLIDE. >> SO FOR THOSE OF YOU IN THE ROOM THERE IS A LARGE VERSION OF THIS IN YOUR PACKETS BUT THIS IS THE DEVELOPMENT SUMMARY FOR BOTH THE DEFERRED PROPOSALS FROM THE PREVIOUS ROUND AND THE PROPOSED WAS SO YOU HAVE TWO RENTAL HOUSING PRODUCTION PLAN PROPOSALS THAT WERE DEFERRED ONE PROPOSAL IN INNOVATION THAT WAS DEFERRED ACTUALLY RECOMMENDED TO BE RESUBMITTED AS A HOME OWNERSHIP DEVELOPMENT AND THEN YOUR TWO RENTAL PRESERVATION PROPOSALS THAT ARE ON THE TABLE THAT MR. WOOTON SHARED THIS MORNING. NEXT SLIDE. SO AGAIN, YOU KNOW, THIS IS YOUR POLICY, YOUR INVESTMENT AND AND YOUR DECISION BUT WE WANTED TO LAY OUT A COUPLE OF OPTIONS SO IT IS STANDARD IN A IN A BOND CYCLE THAT YOU WOULD ONLY HAVE THREE REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS AND THAT'S USUALLY BECAUSE AFTER THE THIRD ROUND YOUR FUNDING HAS BEEN EXHAUSTED WITH THE INCREASE IN THE HOUSING BOND YOU DO HAVE A BALANCE LEFT AT THIS TIME AND SO YOU HAVE AND WE'LL WORK ON ONE OF THE NEXT SLIDES ABOUT WHICH INVESTMENT CATEGORIES ARE STILL FUNDS AND THAT'S HOME OWNERSHIP, SHELTER AND SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, HOUSING REHAB AND IN THE INNOVATION FUND. AND SO YOU CAN WITH THAT SLIDE SAID OKAY AND GO TO FORWARD PLEASE SO YOU HAVE IF YOU LOOK AT THE SO THIS ONE IT GETS A LITTLE BIT TRICKY BECAUSE YOU'RE OVER HERE YOU'RE OVER IN YOUR RENTAL HOUSING PRODUCTION CATEGORY SO SO YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE IS THIS BALANCE THAT'S OVER IN RENTAL HOUSING PRODUCTION AND THEN YOU CAN SEE WHAT'S LEFT. SO IF IT'S NOT AS CLEAR CUT AS THIS TABLE HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY SO IF WE COULD GO BACK THEN TO THE BOND CLOSE OUT AND WE'LL WE'LL GO THROUGH THIS IN A MINUTE. THANK YOU. SO SO YOU YOU DO YOU DO HAVE FUNDS AVAILABLE THAT YOU CAN OPEN A SUMMER REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL YOU COULD ALSO CHOOSE TO REALLOCATE SOME OR ALL OF THE AVAILABLE BALANCE ACROSS THE CATEGORIES TO FUND EITHER DEFERRED MULTIFAMILY OR PROPOSED RENTAL PRESERVATION DEVELOPMENTS. AND THEN ALSO WE HAVE WE ARE YOU ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF YOUR CONVERSATION ABOUT THE 2026 POLICY AND SO ANOTHER OPTION WOULD BE TO HOLD THAT BALANCE. NEXT SLIDE. >> SO WE WANTED TO SHARE JUST SOME THOUGHTS FROM YOUR STAFF'S PERSPECTIVE TO HELP HELP AS YOU BEGIN THIS CONVERSATION. FIRST OF ALL, YOU'RE THE NOAH PROPOSALS THAT ARE ON THE TABLE. ARE THEY REALLY REPRESENT A READY NOW OPPORTUNITY TO PRESERVE UNITS AND PREVENT DISPLACEMENT. >> THEY DO SUPPORT VULNERABLE POPULATIONS AND IN A UNIQUE WAY BUT WOULD EFFECTIVELY EXHAUST THE 2024 BOND FUNDING. WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE UPCOMING OPPORTUNITIES IN TWO OF YOUR CATEGORIES IS SHELTER AND SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AND HOMEOWNERSHIP. SO PROJECTS THAT WE ALREADY KNOW OF THAT ARE IN THE PIPELINE THAT WE'LL BE SEEKING FUNDING AND THOSE CAN POTENTIALLY BE ADVANCED WITH FEDERAL FUNDS OR SOME COMBINATION OF FEDERAL AND LOCAL FUNDS BUT EXHAUSTING THE BOND NOW WOULD RESTRICT THOSE OPPORTUNITIES. A THIRD STAFF HAVE WORKED VERY HARD TO CULTIVATE INNOVATION OPPORTUNITIES AND AS YOU KNOW IN JUST A COUPLE OF WEEKS THE HOUSING INNOVATIONS SUMMIT AND CHALLENGE WILL BE HERE IN CHARLOTTE. WE'VE WE'VE DONE A LITTLE BIT OF WORK WITHIN THE HOUSING TRUST FUND ON YOU ON ON TWO THINGS. ONE IS LOOKING AT WHAT KIND OF MARKET THERE IS FOR UPTOWN CONVERSIONS AND THEN WE HAVE ALSO BEEN WORKING AS YOU KNOW ON NEW MODELS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING. SO WE'VE TALKED QUITE A BIT ABOUT THOSE INNOVATION OPPORTUNITIES AROUND CO-LOCATING HOUSING WITH MUNICIPAL FACILITIES INCLUDING THE TEACHER VILLAGE CONVERSATION BUT OTHER OTHER THAN THE TEACHER VILLAGE THERE'S REALLY NO CONCRETE PROJECTS OR PROPOSALS IN THAT CATEGORY TO DATE. LOTS OF LOTS OF IDEAS, LOTS OF CONVERSATION, LOTS OF OPPORTUNITIES IN THE FUTURE BUT NOTHING CURRENTLY CONCRETE. AND THEN I WOULD JUST SAY LASTLY THAT THE SITE ACQUISITION CATEGORY YOU KNOW IF YOU WERE TO TO EXHAUST THE 2024 BOND AT THIS TIME THE SITE ACQUISITION CATEGORY COULD BE A RISK IN F Y 26 THE CITY DID NOT RECEIVE A SINGLE FEE IN LIEU PAYMENT WHILE WE HAVE I THINK ABOUT 16 OR $18 MILLION RIGHT NOW IN COMMITMENTS AS YOU KNOW THE MARKET HAS BEEN PRETTY SOFT THIS YEAR AND SO THOSE PAYMENTS DON'T COME IN UNTIL BUILDING PERMITS ARE PULLED AND SO THE $2.6 MILLION THAT'S BALANCED IN THAT THE HOUSING TRUST FUND IS THE ONLY CURRENT FUNDING AVAILABLE FOR SITE ACQUISITION AND IN PARTICULAR WE THINK THAT COULD BE A RISK GIVEN THE COMMITMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE AROUND MOBILITY. ALL RIGHT. NEXT SLIDE. SO COUNCILMEMBER MR. ARIAS, I, I INCLUDE THIS EVERY TIME AND THIS TIME IT WAS COMPLICATED BECAUSE AS YOU CAN SEE AS YOU GET THE APPROVED HOUSING TRUST FUND INVESTMENTS IN THAT RENTAL HOUSING PRODUCTION CATEGORY THAT THAT HAS TAKEN THAT CATEGORY OVER THE GOAL BY $5.6 MILLION. AND SO AND SO IN ORDER IN ORDER TO GET TO REAL NUMBERS AND THE OTHER CATEGORIES, THERE WOULD NEED TO BE SOME REBALANCING. SO STAFF TOOK A LOOK AT WHAT'S IN THE PIPELINE AND AND WHAT WE MIGHT RECOMMEND FOR REBALANCING THOSE CATEGORIES IF THAT'S WHAT YOU CHOOSE TO DO IS ACTUALLY LEAVE THEM IN CATEGORIES. AND SO WE THINK THAT TAKING $1 MILLION EACH OUT OF SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AND SHELTER CAPACITY AND THEN 3.6 OUT OF THE INNOVATION PILOT FUND WOULD WOULD STILL MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR YOU TO ACCOMPLISH THE GOALS THAT YOU SET OUT IN THE ORIGINAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING FUNDING POLICY. AGAIN, WE DO KNOW THAT THERE ARE PROJECTS IN THE PIPELINE FOR HOMEOWNERSHIP AND SUPPORTIVE HOUSING. WE HAVE WE HAVE A HOLD FOR $4 MILLION IN HOUSING REHAB AND EMERGENCY REPAIR THAT WE THINK WILL WILL COVER THE COSTS OF THE WORK THAT'S THAT'S COMING IN THAT SPACE. SO THAT MILLION DOLLARS COULD POTENTIALLY BE REALLOCATED IF YOU CHOSE. AND WE HAD A LOT OF INTERESTING DISCUSSIONS AS I'M SURE YOU ALL WILL AROUND THE INNOVATION PILOT FUND. WE DO THINK IT MAKES SENSE TO LEAVE SOMETHING IN THERE BECAUSE ORIGINALLY THAT FUND WAS A MESSAGE TO THE MARKET AND SO WHILE THERE MIGHT NOT BE ANYTHING CONCRETE AT THIS TIME KEEPING DOLLARS IN THERE WOULD WOULD RETAIN THAT MESSAGE TO THE MARKET. AND THEN AS I ALLUDED TO EARLIER. SO INITIALLY WE HAD A $1.6 MILLION HOLD IN ADMIN AND EVALUATION OUR FINAL OUR FINAL RFP RECENTLY CLOSED AND THE PROPOSALS CAME IN A LITTLE HIGHER THAN EXPECTED. >> AND SO WE'RE ASKING FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION TO JUST MAINTAIN THAT FOR $2 MILLION IN THE ADMIN AND EVALUATION WHICH WOULD BRING THE BALANCE OF THE HOUSING TRUST FUND DOWN TO 8.46 MILLION AND OF COURSE THIS IS THIS IS A STAFF RECOMMENDATION AND THE THE DECISION IS ENTIRELY YOURS AND WE'RE HAPPY. WE ALSO HAVE OPEN REFERRALS THE PUBLIC DEVELOPMENT MODEL WHICH WAS DISCUSSED IN JANUARY YOU ALL EXPRESSED INTEREST IN FURTHER EVALUATION OF THAT FOUR AND THEN HIS TEAM HAVE HAVE DONE THAT AND ANA ACTUALLY THAT'S THAT'S BEEN A GOOD PARTNERSHIP AND WE'LL BE READY TO BRING THAT BACK TO YOU IN THE COMING MONTHS. AND THEN YOU ALSO HAVE AN OPEN REFERRAL FOR ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS THAT WE'RE EXCITED TO BRING SOME IDEAS AND THOUGHTS BACK TO YOU AND THEN LAST SLIDE AS YOU THINK FORWARD. SO TODAY WE'RE TALKING CLOSE OUT OF 2024 BUT 2026 BOND IS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER. SO TONIGHT YOU WILL RECEIVE THE CITY MANAGER'S PROPOSED F Y 2027 BUDGET FOLLOWED BY YOUR BUDGET PUBLIC HEARING AND COUNCIL STRAW VOTES ALL HAPPENING IN MAY. THE BUDGET ADOPTION ISN'T UNTIL JUNE. HOWEVER BY THE TIME YOU'VE GOTTEN THROUGH MOST OF THE CONVERSATIONS IN THE MONTH OF MAY YOU'LL HAVE A PRETTY GOOD SENSE OF OF WHAT THE DOLLAR AMOUNT FOR THE HOUSING BOND MIGHT BE. AND SO WE PROPOSE THAT IN THE JUNE COMMITTEE MEETING THAT YOU RETURN TO DISCUSSING INVESTMENT PRIORITIES AND ALLOCATION GOALS. I CHAIR MAYFIELD AND AND DCM ALLEN HAVE BEEN IN CONVERSATION AND BELIEVE A SECOND MEETING IN JUNE AND COULD BE WARRANTED TO TO COMPLETE THAT CONVERSATION AND THEN WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO FINALIZE THAT POLICY REVISION IN JULY AND THEN JUST AS A REMINDER THE PROPOSAL THAT COMES FROM THE HOUSING COMMITTEE WOULD MOVE FORWARD TO FULL COUNCIL. THE GOAL WOULD BE ACTION IN SEPTEMBER SO THAT BY THE TIME THE COMMUNITY IS STARTING TO THINK ABOUT THE BOND REFERENDUM IN THAT THE VOTE WILL ACTUALLY TAKE PLACE IN NOVEMBER. BUT THERE WILL BE CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT STARTING IN THE SEPTEMBER OCTOBER TIMEFRAME THAT THE COMMUNITY WILL HAVE A FULL UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT COUNCIL'S INTENTIONS FOR THOSE INVESTMENTS ARE AND WITH THAT I WILL STOP AND TURN IT OVER TO YOU AS I'M SURE YOU HAVE A ROBUST DISCUSSION PLANNED. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. >> DIRECTOR HEPNER COUNCILMEMBER JOHNSON THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR AND THANK YOU REBECCA FOR THE PRESENTATION. THIS IS GREAT INFORMATION. IT'S A LOT OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR US, RIGHT? SO THANK YOU FOR THAT INFORMATION. CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE SLIDE WHERE YOU'RE COMPARING THE DIFFERENT AMOUNTS BUT YET YEAH . >> OKAY. THANK YOU. WHEN IS THE WHEN AGAIN IS THE HOUSING INNOVATION SUMMIT? WHAT DATE? IT'S MAY 19TH AND 20TH. SO MY QUESTION ABOUT THAT IS CAN STAFF MAKE THE RECOMMENDATION TO WITHDRAW FUNDING FROM THAT THAT THAT POCKET OF MONEY BEFORE THE SUMMIT? YEAH. THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION COUNCILMEMBER JOHNSON. THE SUMMIT IS EXPLORATORY AND IT'S IDEAS IT WON'T ACTUALLY GENERATE A SPECIFIC PROJECT HERE IN CHARLOTTE IT'S REALLY A NATIONAL LEVEL CONVERSATION AROUND MODELS, METHODS AND TECHNIQUES TO INNOVATE LESS AROUND A SPECIFIC INNOVATION FOR A SPECIFIC PROJECT HERE IN THE CHARLOTTE MARKET. >> AND I WOULD JUST FOLLOW UP TO SAY THAT IT'S IT IS PART ONE OF A TWO AND A TWO PART AND TWO YEAR INNOVATION CHALLENGE WHERE SEVERAL DESIGN TEAMS WILL BE ANNOUNCED THAT THEY'VE BEEN SELECTED TO MOVE DESIGNS FORWARD HERE IN CHARLOTTE. >> AND SO I THINK THAT THE SO THOSE WILL BE BUILT OVER THE COURSE OF THE COMING YEAR THEY'LL BE ON THE GROUND FOR TOWARDS NEXT APRIL, MAY AND AT THAT TIME THAT'S WHEN YOU MIGHT SEE NEW PROPOSALS COMING THROUGH INCORPORATING SOME OF THOSE INNOVATIONS. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. I NEED TO SEE THE GRAPH AGAIN. >> OKAY. CURRENTLY IN MS.. HAFNER WHAT IS THE DEFICIT FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS? WHAT'S THAT NUMBER? SO IN CHARLOTTE IT CITY LIMITS AS OF 2024 THE ESTIMATE ADDED RENTAL AFFORDABILITY GAP IS APPROXIMATELY 42,000. YOU AND IT AT 50% AM I AND BELOW OKAY SO JUST LOGICALLY FOR ME IT WOULD SEEM LIKE ANY ADDITIONAL FUNDING SHOULD GO TOWARD THAT GAP AND THAT'S JUST MY INITIAL THOUGHTS BECAUSE WE KNOW WE HAVE HOMELESS FAMILIES ON THE STREET AND IF WE HAVE A YOU KNOW, A BALANCE OVER HERE IN THIS HUGE DEFICIT, IT JUST SEEMS LOGICAL THAT WE WOULD THAT WE WOULD DIRECT OUR FUNDS TOWARD THAT. >> I ALSO WOULD LIKE FOR YOU, IF YOU WILL, TO GO DOWN THIS LIST AND JUST FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW A ONE SENTENCE EXPLANATION OF WHAT THESE CATEGORIES ARE FOR SURE AND ONE OF RENTAL HOUSING PRODUCTION IS IS NEW MULTIFAMILY INVENTORY THAT WOULD BE FOR RENT. HOMEOWNERSHIP IS A VARIOUS TYPES OF ACTIVITIES THAT PRODUCE HOMEOWNERSHIP UNITS AND CAN INCLUDE DOWNPAYMENT ASSISTANCE AND THEN INVESTMENTS TO BRING NEW AFFORDABLE HOMEOWNERSHIP TO MARKET RENTAL PRESERVATION IS THE PROJECTS THAT WE JUST DISCUSSED. IT'S OPTIONS TO A VARIETY OF OPTIONS TO PRESERVE EXISTING RENTAL HOUSING THAT IS CURRENTLY IN OUR MARKET BUT THREATENED THAT IT MIGHT NOT BE AFFORDABLE IN THE FUTURE. SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AND SHELTER CAPACITY IS SUPPORTS ARE HOMELESS MITIGATION AND PREVENTION ACTIVITIES BY SUPPORTING SHELTER CAPACITY LIKE OUR HOMELESS SHELTERS BUT ALSO VARIOUS TYPES OF SUPPORTIVE HOUSING SUCH AS MCCREESH PLACE OR MORE PLACE ARE EXAMPLES OF THAT TYPE OF HOUSING REHAB AND EMERGENCY REPAIR IS FOCUSED ON RENOVATING EXISTING SINGLE FAMILY HOUSING IN OUR COMMUNITIES AND EMERGENCY REPAIRS ARE ACTIVITIES THAT WOULD AFFECT THE LIFE, HEALTH OR SAFETY OF AN OCCUPANT THAT WE'RE ABLE TO IMMEDIATELY SOLVE. THE INNOVATION PILOT IS SEEKING NEW TYPES OF SCALABLE INNOVATIONS THAT ARE CURRENTLY NOT IN OUR MARKET SITE ACQUISITION CAN BE THE ACQUISITION OF NEW LAND OR LAND THAT NEEDS TO BE CLEARED AND MADE AVAILABLE FOR NEW TYPES OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING EITHER HOMEOWNERSHIP OR RENTAL AND THEN ADMINISTRATION AND EVALUATION INCLUDES ACTIVITIES THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING TO BRING YOU NEW IDEAS INCLUDING HOUSING PRIORITIZATION AND RESEARCH AND EVALUATION RELATED TO HOW YOUR FUNDING HAS IMPACTED CHARLOTTE OVER TIME IN THE PAST TO BRING NEW IDEAS FORWARD. >> THANK YOU. AND THIS IS THE BALANCE THAT WE HAVE BEEN TO THIS BUDGET YEAR. IS THIS IS THIS THROUGH JUNE 30TH OR IS THIS CALENDAR YEAR? SO THIS IS THE BOND CYCLE COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON SO THE THE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLAR HOUSING BOND THAT WAS APPROVED IN NOVEMBER OF 20 24 AND THEN WHAT'S THE FUNDING BEGAN IN JANUARY OF 2025. SO THESE ARE THIS IS A BOND CYCLE BASICALLY TWO YEARS. >> HOWEVER FOR YOU DO NOT YOU'RE NOT REQUIRED TO INVEST THE FUNDS IN THOSE TWO YEARS. YOU ALWAYS DO BECAUSE THERE'S SUCH DEMAND. BUT THERE BUT YOU ACTUALLY HAVE A LONGER TIMELINE ON THE FUNDS THE THE 20 THE NEXT BOND CYCLE WILL WILL WILL BE THIS NOVEMBER A REFERENDUM AND THE DOLLAR AMOUNT OF THAT BOND WILL BE DECIDED BY COUNCIL THROUGH YOUR BUDGET CONVERSATIONS AND IN MAY AND JUNE OKAY LAST LAST QUESTION WE KNOW THAT THERE'S A 42,000 UNIT DEFICIT. I'D LIKE TO KNOW A BREAKDOWN OF OF WHAT THE BARRIERS ARE, WHAT ARE YOU KNOW WHY THERE IS THAT DEFICIT AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE WORKING WITH THE HOMELESS SHELTERS. WHAT ARE THE BARRIERS? WHERE DO WE NEED TO CONCENTRATE? ONE OF THE THINGS I THINK ABOUT IS IS FORMALLY INCARCERATED ARE WHAT ARE THE BARRIERS TO INDIVIDUALS GETTING HOUSING? I KNOW WE HAVE CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS FOR OUR FUNDING. IF THE DEMAND IS VERY HIGH PERHAPS WE CAN RAISE THE DEMAND OR FOR THESE DOLLARS THESE ARE PUBLIC DOLLARS AND THEY SHOULD SERVE THE PUBLIC GOOD THE MOST NEEDS. SO I'D LIKE TO KNOW IF THERE'S SOME TYPE OF BREAKDOWN WHAT ARE THE BARRIERS FOR HOUSING FOR FAMILIES? IS IT BECAUSE WE NEED MORE AFFORDABILITY OR ARE THERE OTHER BARRIERS THAT PERHAPS WE COULD DIRECT THESE PROVIDERS TO TO RESPOND TO? I JUST LIKE A BREAKDOWN OF WHAT THAT THOSE THAT 42,000 UNIT DEFICIT AND WHAT ARE THE BARRIERS IN OUR COMMUNITY I KNOW THERE ARE SURVEYS IF WE'RE WORKING WITH THE COUNTY OR OR THE THE ROOF ABOVE WHERE DO WE REALLY NEED TO CONCENTRATE ON FUNDING BECAUSE AGAIN WE KNOW THERE ARE FAMILIES THAT ARE LIVING IN THEIR CARS AND ON THE STREETS AND SO WE HAVE AN ADDITIONAL $8 MILLION. IT JUST DOESN'T IT DOESN'T FEEL LIKE WE'RE APPROACHING THE NEEDS. SO I WANT TO KNOW WHAT THOSE NEEDS ARE AND HOW WE CAN GET THAT INFORMATION TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ADDRESSING THOSE BARRIERS. >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER JOHNSON WE CAN PROVIDE SOME ADDITIONAL CONTEXT ABOUT THE RENTAL AFFORDABILITY GAP AND SOME OF THE BARRIERS. I WANT TO JUST PUT IN CONTEXT HOWEVER THAT YOUR HOUSING TRUST FUND AGAIN IS JUST ONE OF YOUR FUNDING SOURCES AND IT IS ALSO RESTRICTED IN ITS USES AND SO HOW THE HOUSING TRUST FUND IS A YOU KNOW, IT'S A IT'S A BOND, IT'S REQUIRED BY STATE STATUTE THAT YOU'RE MAKING CAPITAL INVESTMENTS OR ASSOCIATED INVEST ASSOCIATED WITH CAPITAL INVESTMENTS WITH THAT BOND AND AND IT IS RESTRICTED THE THE ONE THING THAT YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO DO VERY EXPLICITLY IN THE STATE STATUTE IS PROVIDE RENTAL SUBSIDIES. AND SO WHEN WE THINK ABOUT SOME OF THOSE BARRIERS THAT YOU'RE REFERENCING, COUNCILMEMBER JOHNSON, WE ARE ACTUALLY LEVERAGING YOUR FEDERAL FUNDS AND YOUR LOCAL DOLLARS TOWARDS THOSE BARRIERS AND THEN INCORPORATE AIDING INTO YOUR CAPITAL INVESTMENTS OR SUPPORT FOR VULNERABLE POPULATIONS THE WAY SOME IN SOME OF THE WAYS THAT MR. WOOTON DESCRIBED WITH THE KNOW US. SO WE'LL PROVIDE SOME ADDITIONAL CONTEXT. BUT JUST A REMINDER FOR COMMITTEE THERE ARE THIS IS JUST ONE OF YOUR FUNDING SOURCES AND AND IT IS NOT DESIGNED WELL IT'S NOT ABLE I GUESS I WOULD SAY TO SOLVE ALL OF THE CHALLENGES. I UNDERSTAND THANK YOU. AND JUST ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK ABOUT SO WITH THIS MONEY IS THIS IS THIS ONE OF THE AREAS WHERE WE CAN INFLUENCE THE THE SOIL OR THE SOURCE OF INCOME DISCRIMINATION REQUIREMENT RESTRICTIONS AND REQUIREMENTS? >> YES. SO YOUR YOUR SOURCE OF INCOME POLICY REQUIRES THAT ALL HOUSING THAT THE CITY HAS INVEST IT IN EXCEPTS ALL TYPES OF RENTAL SUBSIDIES AND DOES NOT DISCRIMINATE BASED ON SOURCE OF INCOME. OKAY YOU'RE ABLE TO DO THAT WITH WITH YOUR LOCAL INVESTMENTS BUT YOU ARE NOT ABLE TO LEGALLY EXTEND THAT AND BEYOND WHAT YOU'VE INVESTED IN. >> RIGHT. SO THESE RECIPIENTS OF THIS FUNDING WOULD FALL INTO THAT CATEGORY, CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. SO THAT'S WHAT I MEAN THE DEMANDS OR THE REQUIREMENTS THAT WE'RE REQUIRING FROM THE THE VENDORS OR THE PARTICIPANTS ,THAT'S THE KIND OF THING THAT I'M THINKING ABOUT AND THAT THAT CRIMINAL RECORD OR OR RATHER USE THESE BUILDERS TO ACQUIRE TO TO FOLLOW HUD REQUIREMENTS FOR HOUSING FORMERLY INCARCERATED OR ARE INDIVIDUALS WITH A BACKGROUND. I THINK THAT'S AN AREA WHERE WE COULD RAISE THE BAR AGAIN THERE'S A DEMAND FOR THESE THESE DOLLARS THERE'S A NEED AND I JUST I THINK WE SHOULD THINK CREATIVELY CREATE A PLEA AND JUST REALLY TRY TO TO TO MEET THE NEEDS FOR THE COMMUNITY. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER COUNCILMEMBER MANCE WHAT? >> AUDIENCE THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER MAYFIELD. THANK YOU, DIRECTOR HAFNER. I WANT DEPUTY CITY MANAGER HAFNER DIRECTOR BUTLER I GUESS . CAN I CAN YOU GO BACK TO WHAT WHAT CATEGORIES YOU HAD TO OFFSET FOR THE DECISION THAT COUNCIL MADE LAST MONDAY TO FIND ALL OF THE PROJECTS INCLUDING RIVER DISTRICT WITH THIS ONE? YEAH, THIS ONE WE'VE GOT THIS SLIDE WHAT WHAT CATEGORIES HAD TO BE OFFSET LIKE WHERE DID THE FUNDING SO COUNCIL WILL HAVE TO MAKE THAT DECISION ABOUT WHAT CATEGORIES TO OFFSET STAFF HAVE PROVIDED A PROPOSAL OR A RECOMMENDATION HERE TO REBALANCE THE INVESTMENT CATEGORIES BUT THE TOTAL AMOUNT THAT EACH OF IN IN THE APPROVAL IS ON APRIL 27TH THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF FUNDING APPROVED WAS 26.4 MILLION AND IN THE RENTAL HOUSING PRODUCTION CATEGORY 16.8 MILLION THAT PUT YOU OVER THAT CATEGORY BY $5.6 MILLION. SO AND THIS IS MORE FOR MY OWN CLARITY WE DID NOT HAVE THE ALLOCATED FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR RENTAL HOUSING PRODUCTION WITH THE RECENT APPROVAL THAT WE JUST DID CORRECT BECAUSE THEY PUT US OVER IT PUT YOU OVER THE INVESTMENT CATEGORY GOAL THE WAY THE POLICY WAS DESIGNED WAS INITIALLY TO BE FLEXIBLE COUNCIL CALLED THEM ALLOCATION GOALS BECAUSE THEY WERE NOT ENTIRELY SURE HOW THE MARKET WOULD RESPOND TO SOME OF THE CATEGORY. SO SPECIFICALLY THINKING ABOUT HOMEOWNERSHIP UP WITH THE 25 MILLION DOLLARS ALLOCATED IN HOMEOWNERSHIP WAS A HISTORIC HIGH INVESTMENT AND AND AND COUNCIL AND YOUR STAFF ALSO WEREN'T ENTIRELY SURE WHEN OUR PARTNERS BE ABLE TO GENERATE THAT MUCH HOMEOWNERSHIP IN THAT AMOUNT OF TIME AND THE ANSWER WAS A RESOUNDING YES. BUT ALSO THINKING ABOUT SOMETHING LIKE THE INNOVATION AND PILOT DOLLARS THOSE THAT WAS A WHOLE THAT WAS A SIGNAL TO THE MARKET IT TO SAY COUNCIL COUNCILS LOOKING FOR INNOVATION. BUT AGAIN THEY WERE INTENDED TO BE ALLOCATION GOALS NOT HARD CAPS BUT YES THE APPROVAL ON APRIL 27TH DID PUT YOU OVER THE ALLOCATION GOAL IN THE RENTAL HOUSING PRODUCTION CATEGORY. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. SO IF LET'S SAY THIS COMMITTEE WE HAD A DISCUSSION ABOUT YOU KNOW, THIS RECOMMENDATION THAT YOU HAVE RIGHT HERE, THAT MEANS THAT $3.6 MILLION OF THE INNOVATION PILOT FUND WOULD BE NOT AVAILABLE TO USE FOR THE LET'S SAY PROPOSALS THAT WE WERE SET TO RECEIVE FROM THE SUMMIT. >> RIGHT. SO LET ME MAKE SURE WE'RE BEING CLEAR. SO THE STAT WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT IN THE STAFF BALANCING RECOMMENDATION THERE THAT'S JUST YOUR STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION ON HOW TO BALANCE SO YOU'RE CORRECT ALL OF THOSE RED NUMBERS ARE RECOMMENDED DEDUCTS TO COVER THE OVERSPEND IN THE HOUSING PRODUCTION. BUT THEY'RE NOT REQUIRED. THAT'S JUST A STAFF RECOMMENDATION. THIS COMMITTEE CAN DO WHAT THEY LIKE AND AS IT RELATES TO THE HOUSING INNOVATION SUMMIT, AGAIN THOSE ARE NOT PROPOSALS THAT WILL BE COMING IN THIS MAY. THAT IS A SUMMIT BRINGING TOGETHER PARTNERS TO EXPLORE AND DISCUSS AND IDEATE AROUND POTENTIAL INNOVATIONS AND WE WOULD EXPECT THAT ANY PROPOSALS THAT MIGHT INCORPORATE THOSE INNOVATIONS WOULD COME NEXT YEAR AFTER THE HOUSING INNOVATION CHALLENGE IS COMPLETE. >> GOT IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND CAN I JUST I WANT TO REMIND THE COMMITTEE YOU ACTUALLY YOU'VE ALREADY MADE AN INVESTMENT IN THE INNOVATION CHALLENGE THAT WAS WHEN YOU AGREED TO TRANSFER THOSE LOTS OVER TO OUR PARTNERS AT HABITAT FOR HUMANITY. THOSE LOTS ARE GOING TO BE USED FOR PART OF THE BUILD. SO COUNCIL'S ACTUALLY ALREADY MADE AN INVESTMENT IN THE CHALLENGE. >> GREAT. OKAY WELL COMMITTEE I JUST WANT US TO BE AWARE THAT IT WOULD BE 1 MILLION LESS FOR SUPPORTING HOUSING IF WE GO WITH THIS RECOMMENDATION 1 MILLION LESS FOR SUPPORTING HOUSING AND SHELTER CAPACITY 1 MILLION. BUT WHAT IS 1 MILLION LESS? >> SORRY THERE'S A ZERO MISSING FOR HOUSING REHAB IN EMERGENCY REPAIR AND 3.6 MILLION LESS FOR INNOVATION PILOT FUND IF WE GO WITH THIS RECOMMENDATION NOT THAT I DON'T AGREE WITH THIS RECOMMENDATION. I THINK MORE SO THAT WE SHOULD HAVE SENT THE PROPOSALS FROM THE HOUSING TRUST FUND RECOMMENDATIONS BACK TO COMMITTEE TO HAVE A MORE ROBUST CONVERSATIONS BEFORE SEEING THESE NUMBERS OR SEEING THESE NUMBERS AHEAD OF US TO HAVE GIVEN STAFF THE TIME THE AMPLE TIME TO DO WHAT THEY JUST DID WITHOUT WITHOUT BEING THE POSITION WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW WHERE WE'VE MADE A COMMITMENT TO FUND ALL PROJECTS INCLUDING RIVER DISTRICT WITHOUT SEEING THESE NUMBERS IN FRONT OF US. FIRST OF ALL. SO I THINK YOU KNOW, MOVING FORWARD I WOULD RECOMMEND US TO BE JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE CONSCIOUS ABOUT WHERE THE MONEY IS, WHERE THE NUMBERS ARE, HOW DO WE REALLOCATE, WHERE ARE WE GOING TO TAKE OUT FROM BEFORE WE APPROVE AND MAKE A COMMITMENT TO OUR PARTNERS ABOUT WHERE WE'RE PUTTING OUR HOUSING TRUST FUND DOLLARS AND TO THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER MIA OKAY, THANK YOU CHAIR MAYFIELD CAN WE GO TO SLIDE SIX PLEASE? SO JUST ONE THING IF YOU COULD LET US KNOW HOW MUCH MONEY HAS BEEN COMMITTED FOR THIS SITE ACQUISITION FEE IN LIEU OR LIKE I KNOW IT HASN'T COME IN YET BECAUSE OF THE BUILDING PERMITS BUT HOW MUCH DO YOU EXPECT TO HAVE SO WE CAN GET YOU A UP TO DATE NUMBER BUT MY RECOLLECTION IS THAT IT'S AROUND 16 TO ¥18 MILLION IN COMMITMENTS RIGHT NOW AND WE'LL GET YOU A FIRM NUMBER THAT THOSE COMMITMENTS COME IN ON A ROLLING BASIS AND I KNOW I'VE SEEN A COUPLE LETTERS COME ACROSS MY DESK FOR SIGNATURE IN THE LAST MONTH SO WE'LL UPDATE THE NUMBER FOR YOU. >> THANK YOU. I'D ALSO LIKE TO KIND OF JUST TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT JADE'S COMMENT REGARDING THE SUMMER BECAUSE I KNOW YOU AND I REBECCA HAD QUITE A ROBUST CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT AS WELL BASED ON A DIRECTIVE THAT I RECEIVED FROM THE CITY MAN ASKING WHEN I SAW THAT MAYOR PRO TEM AND I ALSO WOULD NOTE THAT ON RECORD AT TWO PRIOR COMMITTEE MEETINGS THAT I DID TALK ABOUT REALLOCATING FUNDS. SO I JUST WANT TO PUT THAT OUT THERE AS WELL THAT THAT WASN'T NECESSARILY A NEW CONVERSATION IN THAT HAPPENED AT OUR ACTUAL YOU KNOW, APRIL 27TH MEETING THAT THAT CONVERSATION HAD BEEN RAISED. MY NEXT COMMENT WILL GO TO SLIDE NUMBER NINE PLEASE. SO EARLIER DURING OUR LAST PRESENTATION YOU ALL WERE SUGGESTING TO NOAH I SENT PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE YOU KNOW, THEY'RE GOING TO BE ASKING FOR FUNDING BUT BASED ON THE ALLOCATION THAT YOU ALL HAVE SHOWN US, THERE REALLY ISN'T THE MONEY FOR THE SUGGESTIONS THAT YOUR HIGHLIGHTING TO ACTUALLY FUND TO THAT. SO I GUESS I'M ASKING ARE YOU ALL WHAT WOULD YOU ALL RECOMMEND FOR THESE TWO PROJECTS RESERVE AT WATERFORD LAKE AND THEN KIMBERLY GLEN IS THAT JUST THAT WE PERHAPS I MEAN IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE YOU'LL ADD IN ANY ADDITIONAL MONEY FOR THAT FOR RENTAL. BUT LET ME DOUBLE CHECK CAN YOU CAN YOU GO BACK TO SLIDE FIVE PLEASE? >> SLIDE FIVE. >> SO IN IN THE ALLOCATION GOALS CHART THAT THAT WE SHOWED OUR INTENT WAS TO PROVIDE A RECOMMENDATION FOR IF RIGHT IF WHAT YOU WANTED TO DO IS GO WITH OPTION NUMBER ONE HERE OPEN A SUMMER A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL ROUND TO ACTIVATE THE REMAINING FUNDS AND CURRENT INVESTMENT CATEGORIES. SO IF YOU IF YOU CHOOSE TO GO THAT ROUTE THEN STAFF WOULD BE LOOKING FOR GUIDANCE ON HOW TO REBALANCE THE CURRENT INVESTMENT CATEGORY SO WE KNOW WHAT TO PUT IN THAT RFP. >> AND SO THE THE THE REBALANCING IS REALLY A RECOMMENDATION FOR IF YOU WANT TO GO WITH YOUR CURRENT INVESTMENT CATEGORIES AND MOVE FORWARD WITH A SUMMER REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. YOU ALSO COULD CHOOSE TO REALLOCATE THAT AVAILABLE BALANCE THAT ACROSS CATEGORIES TO FUND THE OUR PROPOSALS ONE OR BOTH OF THEM THAT ARE IN FRONT OF YOU. AND SO THIS IS THE PROPOSAL AROUND THE ALLOCATION GOALS IS REALLY RELATED TO OPTION NUMBER ONE HERE IF YOU WANTED TO KEEP THE CURRENT INVESTMENT CATEGORIES AND PROCEED WITH AN RFP. >> SO JUST ASKING FOR OUR LAST PRESENTATION WHEN WHEN WOULD BE THE DEADLINE THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO MAKE THAT DECISION IF WE ARE DURING THE CURRENT ALLOCATION THAT YOU'RE SUGGESTING WE DON'T HAVE THE MONEY. SO WHEN WHEN WOULD WHEN IS ABSOLUTE LIKE THIS IS IF WE DON'T DO IT BY THIS TIME THAT OPPORTUNITY WOULD PASS. >> SO THE THE DEADLINE FOR THESE FOR COUNCIL ACTION WOULD BE AT YOUR MAY 26TH COUNCIL MEETING BASED ON THE TIMELINES THAT ARE REQUIRED FOR CLOSING. SO THE WAY THAT THE NOAH RFP WORKS IS TYPICALLY A PARTNER WILL HAVE ALREADY MADE A MADE A I'M GOING TO I'M GOING TO BUTCHER ALL THE WORDS PUT PUT IN A PUT IN A BID AND ONE THAT FOR FOR ACQUIRING THE PROPERTY AND SO THEN THEY HAVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME BEFORE THEY CAN CLOSE AND SO THE REQUEST COMES IN FOR GAP FUNDING THAT WOULD ALLOW THEM TO CLOSE ON THE PROPERTY. SO BASED ON THE TIMELINES OF THESE NO AS AND THIS IS HOW THE NOAH ACQUISITION WAS DESIGNED FROM THE START BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THESE ARE MARKET BASED OPPORTUNITIES AND SO BASED ON THAT TIMELINE COUNCIL VOTE WOULD NEED TO OCCUR NO LATER THAN MAY 26TH. COUNCIL MEMBER ON THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO FOLLOW ON WITH ONE OF THE COMMENTS THAT WAS MADE ABOUT THE FEE AND LOU, I HAD ASKED A QUESTION A WHILE BACK AND I BELIEVE THERE WAS JUST A RESPONSE TO ME BUT I'M WONDERING IF THE COMMITTEE COULD GET GREATER CLARITY PERHAPS FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AROUND SITUATIONS WHERE WE AS A MUNICIPALITY HAVE THE ABILITY TO BE A BIT MORE CREATIVE IN WHERE WE HAVE A FEE IN LIEU DOLLARS. I AM IGNORANT ABOUT WHAT THOSE OTHER MUNICIPALITIES IN NORTH CAROLINA HAVE PERHAPS DONE BUT I DID TAKE AWAY FROM THE LEAGUE OF MUNICIPALITIES AND SOME OF THE CONVERSATIONS I HAD THERE THAT OTHER CITIES IN OTHER STATES PERHAPS JUST HAVE A LOT MORE FLEXIBILITY AND ARE ABLE TO DERIVE FUNDS FROM A REALLY MORE EXPANSIVE VERSION OF OF FEES IN LIEU. AND I JUST I WOULD JUST LIKE TO UNDERSTAND THAT BETTER TO SEE IF MAYBE THAT SOME CREATIVITY WE OURSELVES CAN BRING TO THIS THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER OWENS I, I, I WILL OFFER A COUPLE OF QUICK THINGS AND THEN WE'LL PROVIDE THE RATHER DETAILED BACK TO COMMITTEE AS THE CONVERSATIONS GO FORWARD YOU ACTUALLY HAVE A QUITE A VARIETY OF FEE IN LIEU KIND OF OPTIONS THAT EXIST WITHIN YOUR UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING FEE IN LIEU IS JUST ONE OF THEM AND THEN BROADLY SPEAKING THERE ARE MULTIPLE INCENTIVES FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN YOUR UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE NOT JUST FEE IN LIEU. SO COUNCIL HAS DONE QUITE A BIT OF WORK THROUGH THAT UNIFIED DEVELOPED ORDINANCE TO GET CREATIVE AND BE FLEXIBLE AND CREATE A VARIETY OF INCENTIVES TO TO OFFER TO DEVELOPERS TO HELP MEET YOUR GOALS AS THEY MOVE DEVELOPMENT FORWARD. IT IS INDEED THE CASE THAT OTHER STATES HAVE A MAYBE A GREATER VARIETY OF TOOLS AND I BELIEVE THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE HAS PROVIDED SOME INFORMATION BACK TO YOU ABOUT THE COUPLE OF CONVERSATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN HAD OVER THE LAST DECADE 15 YEARS AROUND INCLUSIONARY ZONING WHICH IS NOT NOT LEGAL IN NORTH CAROLINA. HOWEVER, THIS COUNCIL HAS BEEN WITHIN THE CONSTRAINTS OF THE STATE INCREDIBLY CREATIVE AND INNOVATIVE THROUGH THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE AROUND VARIOUS INCENTIVES AND MULTIPLE TYPES OF FEE IN LIEU. SO WE'LL PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION AS THE AS THE CONVERSATION MOVES FORWARD. >> I APPRECIATE THAT. MAY I FOLLOW UP CHAIR? TREASURER MAYFIELD OF COURSE. SO I JUST I QUESTION AND THANK YOU FOR THAT RESPONSE THAT WAS MUCH MORE MINDFUL THAN I WAS BEING IN THE MOMENT WHEN I SPEAK ABOUT FEE IN LIEU AND I SPEAK ABOUT IN THE CONTEXT OF HOUSING I DO NOW APPRECIATE WITH YOUR COMMENT THAT THERE ARE OTHER AREAS IN DIRECTION THAT THOSE DOLLARS GO WHEN THEY ARE RECEIVED IN LIEU OF WHATEVER IT IS THAT SOMEBODY WANTS TO DO A BIT DIFFERENTLY. SO I APPRECIATE THAT. I THINK JUST FOR THIS THIS COMMITTEE AND MAYBE FOR YOU FOLKS WHO ARE LISTENING TO APPRECIATE I WOULD REALLY LOVE TO SEE US SHIFT AS MUCH AS WE CAN OF FREE AND LOW DOLLARS TOWARDS HOUSING FOR A PERIOD OF TIME COMMENSURATE WITH WHAT COUNCILMEMBER JOHNSON WAS TALKING ABOUT WHEN WE KNOW THAT WE'VE GOT SUCH A BIG GAP. I GET THAT THERE ARE PROBABLY ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS. THERE ARE OTHER DIRECTIONS THAT WOULD BE IN LIEU DOLLARS GO BUT I'D REALLY LOVE TO SEE A THOUGHTFUL CONVERSATION ON HOW AND WHETHER WE CAN DIRECT MORE FEE IN LIEU THAT WE'VE ALREADY GOT GOING INTO HOUSING FOR A DEFINED PERIOD OF TIME TO REALLY SHOW HOW WE'RE PRIORITIZING THAT. BUT I GET THAT THAT'S PROBABLY PICKING IN OTHER PEOPLE'S FIELDS AND MAYBE NOT SOMETHING POPULAR. I JUST I JUST I'M REALLY STRUCK AS I THINK ABOUT AS I LOOK AT THE YOUDO AND I HEAR FROM NEIGHBORHOODS WHO ARE NOW FRUSTRATED THAT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY CAME TO EXPECT WITH NEW DEVELOPMENT SITE PLANS AND SOME OF THOSE THINGS ARE NO LONGER BEING DONE SO I THINK THERE ARE SOME CONVENIENCES THAT WE'VE GIVEN DEVELOPERS AND THE YOUDO AND I'D LOVE US TO BE THOUGHTFUL WHERE THOSE CONVENIENCES CAN BE MONETIZED IN WAYS THAT REALLY DO HELP US ADDRESS OUR HOUSING SITUATION. SO I'LL JUST I'LL LEAVE THAT THERE AND I KNOW THAT WE YOU KNOW WE CAN DISCUSS IN THE PLANNING SESSION THE YOUDO BUT THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER OWENS STAFF I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DO IF WE CAN GO BACK TO SLIDE SEVEN BECAUSE THAT'S AN IMPORTANT SLIDE THAT I THINK SHOULD STAY UP I WANTED THE MINUTES TO REFLECT AND BE VERY CLEAR WHEN I MADE MY HOUSING PROPOSAL LAST WEEK WHEN I SENT THE EMAIL EXPLAINING THE REASON OF MY HOUSING PROPOSAL WHEN I REACHED OUT TO A NUMBER OF COUNCIL MEMBERS IN REGARD TO MY HOUSING PROPOSAL WHICH AT THAT TIME WAS BASICALLY A WASH AND I HAD A QUICK PSEUDO CONVERSATION WHERE DEPUTY CITY MANAGER HEATH AS WELL WHEN I MADE THE RECOMMENDATION FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD WE HAVE A DISTRICT THAT WAS VERY INTENTIONAL BASED ON THE GROWTH THAT IS HAPPENING IN THAT AREA AND BASED ON AFFORDABILITY WHICH IS WHY MY RECOMMENDATION WAS TO MOVE THAT PROJECT FORWARD VERSUS ANOTHER PROJECT WHERE MY COLLEAGUES CHOSE TO MAKE A MOTION AND HAVE A SECOND AND VOTE TO FUND EVERYTHING. I WAS VERY CLEAR THAT FUNDING WISE THAT WOULD PUT US POTENTIALLY IN A DEFICIT. AS YOU MENTIONED THESE ARE RECOMMENDATIONS MINE WAS A RECOMMENDATION SIX PLUS ON COUNCIL MAKES THE DECISION. WE ARE NOW HERE TODAY WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT A $5.6 MILLION DEFICIT BASED ON WHAT WAS VOTED UPON AND APPROVED IN THE LAST ALLOCATION. I HAVE CONCERNS WE'RE MOVING MONEY AROUND. ONE OF THE REASONS I HAVE CONCERNS IS THE IDEA OF THE LANGUAGE OF ALLOCATION GOALS WHEN MYSELF AND DR. WATLINGTON AND COUNCILMEMBER DRIGGS WE DID OUR THREE MEETINGS 3 OR 4 I WENT BACK THROUGH THE CALENDAR, ACTUALLY SEARCHED WE GAVE UP OUR JULY SUMMER VACATION AND 24 IN ORDER TO HAVE THESE MEETINGS WE WERE VERY INTENTIONAL REGARDING THESE ALLOCATIONS BASED ON WHAT WE SAW THEN THE POTENTIAL NEED COMING FORWARD. WE WERE GENEROUS WHEN WE ALLOCATED 35 MILLION FOR RENTAL HOUSING BECAUSE WE ALREADY WERE STARTING TO SEE THE COSTS PER DOOR WERE GOING UP IS NOT 35,000 A DOOR ANYMORE. IT WAS AT THAT TIME IT WAS ALMOST 100. NOW TWO YEARS LATER WE'RE 200 PLUS PER DOOR. WE'RE VERY INTENTIONAL WITH HOMEOWNERSHIP. MY WORKING ALONGSIDE BECAUSE I'M NOT GOING TO TRY TO SPEAK FOR MY COLLEAGUES MINE WAS NEVER A GOAL. IT WAS A CLEAR COMMITMENT TO A COMMUNITY OF HERE IS WHERE WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO INVEST AND WHERE WE WANT TO INVEST YOUR DOLLARS THAT YOU'RE ENTRUSTED US WITH. YES, THESE ARE BOND DOLLARS AND THAT DOESN'T HIT COMMUNITY THE SAME WAY. SO I WANT US ALSO TO BE HONEST IN THE CONVERSATION THE BOND ISSUANCE IS A DIFFERENT CONVERSATION. IT IS COMBINED WITH FUNDING WE RECEIVE FROM THE FEDERAL OTHER GRANTS THAT WE RECEIVE. THE CONCERN I HAVE TODAY IS WE STARTED OUT THIS MORNING WITH A PROPOSAL THAT TOTALS $8.1 MILLION FOR TWO PROJECTS. WE'RE IN A DEFICIT OF 5.6 MILLION RIGHT NOW. WE'RE HAVING A CONVERSATION OF MOVING MONIES AROUND SUPPORT OF HOUSING. WE ALREADY KNOW A ROOF ABOVE AND WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING RIGHT NOW IN THE HOMES FOR SUPPORTIVE HOUSING BUT WE KNOW THAT A PROPOSAL IF IT IS NOT AROUND THE CORNER LIKE WITHIN THE NEXT LESS THAN A MONTH OR SO THERE HAVE BEEN CONVERSATIONS WHERE FUNDING IS GOING TO BE REQUESTED SPECIFICALLY FROM A ROOF ABOVE. I JUST ATTENDED ALONG WITH MICHAEL FROM MY TEAM THE OPENING OF EACH TWO HOMES AND PARTNERSHIP WE'RE THANK YOU CARL WELL PRESBYTERIAN SO WHICH IS AN AMAZING PROJECT IN ITSELF BUT WE KNOW THIS FUNDING REQUESTS ARE OUT THERE WE IDENTIFY IT SO WITHIN THE LAST TWO WEEKS DEFERRALS THAT WE RECOMMENDED BY STAFF WE ALSO I ALSO KNOW THAT THERE IS ANOTHER POTENTIAL RENTAL HOUSING PRESERVATION PROJECT THAT MR. KENNEDY IS WORKING ON THAT IS AN OLDER APARTMENT COMPLEX. WE DO NOT HAVE THE FUNDS SO IT WILL BE EXTREMELY HELPFUL IF WHAT WE'RE SAYING RIGHT NOW IS OUR TOTAL BALANCE IS 8.46 MILLION AND OUT OF THAT 8.46 MILLION COMMITTEE AND COUNCIL IS GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE A COMPOSER SESSION AROUND REALLOCATING TO BOND THE 5.6 MILLION THAT WE'VE ALREADY OBLIGATED OURSELVES TO. THERE WILL BO WHERE IS THIS 8.1 COMING FROM THAT IT WILL BE HELPFUL FOR ME TO JUST GET MY HEAD WRAPPED AROUND IT. >> I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S CLEAR THAT THE 8.46 MILLION IS THE BALANCE AFTER THE AFTER THE REBALANCE SAYING IT IT IT IS THE BALANCE EITHER WAY BUT THAT'S OKAY SO THAT WE'RE ALL CLEAR 8.467 MILLION IS OUR BALANCE IN THAT 8.46 MILLION WE ARE BEING ASKED TO REALLOCATE LINE ITEMS THAT WAS IDENTIFIED RECOMMENDED PRESENTED TO FOR COUNCIL AND VOTED ON TO COVER THAT $5.6 MILLION GAP THAT WE CREATED AS A COLLECTIVE TO COVER RENTAL HOUSING PRODUCTION. WE AND WE ALSO HAVE A REQUEST OF 8.1 MILLION FOR TWO DIFFERENT PRODUCTS. I'VE BEEN AROUND ABOUT 1213 YEARS. I STILL HAVEN'T FOUND MONEY TREE THAT EVIDENTLY WE HAVE SOMEWHERE ON THE GROUNDS OF THE CITY OR BELOW THIS BASEMENT. THAT IS WHERE I THINK IT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL TO HAVE CLEAR CLARIFICATION AND IF THAT IS THE CASE AS WE ARE GOING TO BE HEADING INTO OUR DISCUSSIONS AFTER THE BUDGET RECOMMENDATION FOR THE FUTURE ALLOCATION, WHY ARE WE PURSUING THAT EFFORT? IF IT IS THEN LATER GOING TO BE IDENTIFIED AS A GOAL VERSUS A COMMITMENT BECAUSE WHAT I WAS THINKING TWO YEARS AGO LIKE CHANGES IN A YEAR AND A HALF WHICH IS AGAIN WHY YOU WILL NEED TO GIVE ME MORE THAN 20 YEARS BECAUSE I CHANGE IN A YEAR AND A HALF WAS NOT THIS WAS THE COMMITMENT THAT I THOUGHT WE WERE TELLING THE COMMUNITY NOT THIS IS THE ASPIRATION AND BASED ON OUTSIDE ADDITIONS THIS MIGHT CHANGE IF THAT IS THE CASE AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS CONVERSATION WE NEED TO BE VERY CLEAR ABOUT THAT WITH OURSELVES. WE NEED TO BE VERY CLEAR REGARDING THE POSSIBLE CHANGE WITH THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE WHAT I CLEARLY SUPPORT IS UNTIL THE COMMUNITY IS WE HAVE IDENTIFIED ALLOCATION THAT WE BELIEVE IS GOING TO HELP US GET CLOSER TO OUR NEED. MY COLLEAGUE ASKED EARLIER REGARDING THE DEFICIT JUST AS WE CAN I'VE BEEN HEARING THE SAME 32,000 THAT WE'VE HAD FOR THE LAST 3 TO 5 YEARS ACTUALLY YOU MENTIONED 42,000. >> THE PIECE THAT WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT'S OUTSIDE OF OUR CONTROL IS PRIVATE INVESTORS, DEVELOPERS THAT ARE BUILDING SINGLE FAMILY FOR RENT PROPERTY DEVELOPERS, INVESTORS THAT ARE BUYING UP THE NOISE THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF OUR CONTROL . SO FOR EVERYTHING THAT WE ARE INVESTING IN WHICH THE CITY HAS DONE AMAZING INVESTMENTS WE HAVE OUTSIDE FORCES THAT'S CAUSING MARKET CHALLENGES. THE IDEA OF REALLOCATING FROM THE INNOVATION PILOT FINE WITHOUT KNOWING EVEN THOUGH WE'VE ALREADY ALLOCATED FUNDS TO HABITAT WE STILL DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT DOLLAR AMOUNT IS GOING TO BE. ADDITIONAL THAT THEY MAY NEED FOR ACTUALLY DEVELOP WE OUT WE ALLOCATE THE LAND BUT THERE'S STILL GOING TO BE ADDITIONAL COSTS. WE DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT COST GOING TO COME FROM. BUT BACK AT THE BEGINNING COME BACK AND ASK FOR ANY MORE MONEY WE SAID THAT ONCE WE GAVE THE HOUSES WE'RE DONE HERE THE LAND ONCE WE GAVE THEM THE LAND WE'RE SAYING WE'RE DONE. >> SO THEY THEY ALSO HAVE ACCESS TO YOUR HOUSE. CHARLOTTE DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AND SO WE ARE WE HAVE WE HAVE AN UNKNOWN RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THOSE TEAMS HAVEN'T DESIGNED AND COST OUT THOSE PROJECTS. WE CURRENTLY DON'T KNOW WHAT THOSE PROJECTS ARE GOING TO COST EXACTLY. >> IT IS THE UNKNOWN THAT IF WE LOOK AT THIS RIGHT NOW WE'RE MOVING THE MONEY AROUND THAT WOULD LEAVE US 8.46 MILLION TOTAL JUST THE BUDGET THAT BUT MORE THAN DOLLARS AMOUNT AND WE HAVE TWO PROPOSALS IN FRONT OF US TODAY THAT TOTAL 8.1 OF THAT 8.467. WE ALSO KNOW THAT WE HAVE A NUMBER OF OTHER PROPOSALS. SO IF I'M HEARING YOU CORRECTLY ,COMMITTEE AND COUNCIL IS GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION OF DO WE PAUSE OR AND OR DO WE JUST WIPE AWAY THE WORK THAT WE PUT INTO CREATING SPECIFIC ALLOCATIONS BECAUSE WE WILL HAVE 2 MILLION AS SOME CHANGE LEFT AND THAT IS NOT ENOUGH TO DO ALL THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO. WE ARE GOING TO HAVE OUR BUDGET DISCUSSION TODAY. I AM PRETTY CERTAIN THAT OUR CAPACITY IS NOT GOING TO HAVE STAFF PRESENT TO ME WHAT I ASK FOR AND WE ARE NOT GETTING THE $200 MILLION BOND. I'M PRETTY SURE THAT THAT IS GOING TO BE I AM PREPARING MYSELF FOR THAT REALITY AT MOST WE MIGHT GET A LITTLE OVER A HUNDRED BUT I'M PREPARING MYSELF THAT WE ARE NOT GOING TO SEE A PROPOSAL OF 200. I HAVE CONCERNS BECAUSE I AM NOT A FAN OF WRITING A CHECK FOR MONEY THAT IS NOT IN THE BANK. I DO AGREE WITH MY COLLEAGUE THAT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT ASKS US TO GO REGARDING THE FEE IN LIEU AND HOW THAT OPPORTUNITY BENEFITS COMMUNITY VERSUS BENEFIT DEVELOPMENT. I DO KNOW THAT COUNCILMEMBER JOHNSON HAS ANOTHER QUESTION AND I ALSO WANT TO BE RESPECTFUL BUT I WANTED TO SHARE JUST A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY AND BACKGROUND AND CLARIFICATION. THIS IS WHAT I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT LAST WEEK. THIS IS WHAT HAS BEEN KEEPING ME AWAKE AND UNFORTUNATELY KEEPING MONICA AWAKE WHEN I HIT AND REBECCA WHEN I HIT THE PHONE CALL AT RIDICULOUS HOURS OR SEND AN EMAIL AT 330 4:00 IN THE MORNING BECAUSE IT WOKE ME UP TRYING TO FIGURE THIS OUT BECAUSE I'M NOT GOING TO CALL YOU BUT OBVIOUSLY DO THAT EMAIL. SO WE'RE NOW HERE WE GOT TO HAVE SOME REAL CONVERSATIONS. IT WOULD BE EXTREMELY HELPFUL TO REALLY GET A BETTER IDEA OF THE IMPACT AND TO ME THAT MEANS OUR SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AND SHELTER CAPACITY PARTNERS BECAUSE WE HAVE A NUMBER OF PARTNERS OUT THERE INCLUDING THE WORD THAT WE HAVE A NUMBER OF FINANCIAL PARTNERS THAT WORK DIRECTLY ON APPEAL. IT WILL BE HELPFUL TO HEAR FROM THEM IF THERE WERE PROPOSALS THAT WERE ALREADY IN CONVERSATION AND OR WHAT COULD THAT IMPACT BE BECAUSE IT MIGHT LOOK GOOD TO SAY WELL WE'LL JUST TAKE A MILLION JUST LEAVE A 1.75 IS THAT GOING TO GIVE THEM WHAT THEY NEED? MY HOUSING REHAB WE KNOW THAT THAT I APPRECIATE US KEEPING THAT FOR BUT BETWEEN HABITAT AND ALL OF OUR PARTNERS IS THAT THE CORRECT AMOUNT JUST TO HAVE THAT ADDITIONAL DETAIL TO SHOW THAT WE'VE DONE OUR DUE DILIGENCE SO SO MAY I PROVIDE A LITTLE CONTEXT THERE? SO FIRST THING I DO WANT TO SAY JUST FOR ANYONE LISTENING ON BEHALF OF OUR CFO, WE DO NOT WRITE CHECKS FOR WHEN THERE'S MONEY IN THE BANK. I JUST YOU ASK YOU CLARIFICATION. >> YES, MA'AM. I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU WERE SAYING BUT I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY SO THEY HAVE THAT CHECK. OKAY. >> SO WHAT WE HAVE SHARED HERE IS BASED ON THOSE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'VE HAD WITH OUR PARTNERS, WE DO KNOW THAT THERE IS ONE ONE SUPPORT OF HOUSING AND SHELTER CAPACITY PROPOSAL THAT IS READY TO BE ADVANCED AND SO WE HAVE THE THE PROPOSAL HERE TO REDUCE THAT CATEGORY WOULD STILL LEAVE ENOUGH IN THE BALANCE TO COVER THAT EXPECTED PROPOSAL. HOW WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT ALL OF THE VARIOUS PROVIDERS AND TALK ABOUT THE FINANCIAL PARTNERS THAT YOU THAT YOU MIGHT BE DISCUSSING TONIGHT AGAIN THOSE ARE FOR OPERATING EARNING DOLLARS. THIS IS CAPITAL FUNDING AND SO WHILE THERE MIGHT BE MORE NEEDS IN THE FINANCIAL PARTNERS REQUESTS THAN AVAILABLE FUNDS, THESE DOLLARS CANNOT FILL THOSE OPERATING NEEDS. THESE WOULD ONLY BE FOR CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION RENOVATION EXPANSION. >> BUT THESE CONVERSATIONS ARE ARE THESE DOLLARS ARE BASED ON OUR CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR PARTNERS ON THE HOUSING REHAB. AGAIN THEN WE DO HAVE FEDERAL FUNDS THAT ALSO SUPPORT HOUSING REHAB AND SO WE BELIEVE THAT THIS 4 MILLION WILL BE SUFFICIENT TO COVER THE RFP FEES THAT ARE OUT THERE AND THEN IF ADDITIONAL NEEDS ARISE ,WE YOU USUALLY YOU USUALLY INVEST A LITTLE OVER 2 MILLION OF YOUR FEDERAL FUNDS IN ANY GIVEN YEAR IN HOUSING REHAB. AND SO AGAIN, THINK ABOUT THAT 4 MILLION PLUS 2 MILLION AND SO THE WE WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE PROPOSALS THAT ARE ALREADY IN THE SUPPORT OF HOUSING AND SHELTER CAPACITY. WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE HOMEOWNERSHIP PROPOSALS THAT ARE ARE COMING DOWN THE PIPELINE AND SO THESE REBALANCING RECOMMENDATIONS ARE BASED ON THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND ON THE INFORMATION THAT OUR PARTNERS HAVE PROVIDED TO US ABOUT WHAT'S READY NOW AND WHAT'S IN THE PIPELINE THAT IS VERY HELPFUL. IT WILL BE HELPFUL FOR THE COMMITTEE TO HAVE A CLEARER PICTURE OF THAT BECAUSE AGAIN 8.46 MILLION YEAH, 8.467 MILLION IF WE WERE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A REQUEST OF 8.1 MILLION JUST LOOKING AT THIS BUDGET THAT WOULD LEAVE US $367,000, I WANT US TO BE VERY CLEAR AND TRANSPARENT ABOUT THAT. COUNCILMEMBER JOHNSON I'M A LET YOU CLOSE US OUT BECAUSE WE HAVE ABOUT ANOTHER TWO MINUTES. OKAY. COUNCILMEMBER JOHNSON OWENS, WE GOT ABOUT THREE. YEAH. WELL FIRST COMMITTEE IS IT OKAY IF WE COULD GO ANOTHER FIVE TEN MINUTES? OKAY. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER JOHNSON. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR, FOR YOUR THOUGHTFUL COMMENTS. SINCE WE'RE TAKING A MOMENT TO SAY I TOLD YOU SO, I JUST WANT TO SAY AS THE ONLY COUNCIL MEMBER WHO WAS ON THE COUNCIL DURING THE UDALL AND VOTED AGAINST IT I JUST LIKE TO TAKE PUBLIC STAY OH YOU SAID SO BUT THAT'S BUT I DIGRESS. I HAVE SOME FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS . YOU MENTIONED $5.6 MILLION OVER IS COUNCIL GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION QUICKLY ON WHERE THAT $5.6 MILLION IS GOING TO BE ALLOCATED FROM? NO, THAT DECISION DOES NOT HAVE TO BE MADE IN IMMEDIATELY THE DECISION THAT IS TIME SENSITIVE IS THE NOAH PROPOSALS. SO IF COUNCIL CHOSE TO REALLOCATE THAT BALANCE OF 8.46 MILLION TO 1 OR BOTH OF THE NOAH PROPOSALS THAT DECISION WOULD NEED TO BE MADE ON MAY 26TH THE THE RE BALANCING OF THE EXISTING CATEGORIES IS NOT URGENT HOWEVER STAFF WOULD TYPICALLY RELEASE A SUMMER RFP IN LATE MAY EARLY JUNE AND SO WHILE WHILE WE COULD DELAY THAT A LITTLE BIT WHILE COUNCIL DELIBERATES WE ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT THERE'S SUFFICIENT TIME TO RECEIVE THOSE PROPOSALS. IF YOU DO CHOOSE A SUMMER RFP SO THAT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE FLEXIBLE IN TERMS OF A TIMELINE, I WOULD SAY YOU WE WOULD WE WOULD WE WOULD IDEALLY WE WOULD HAVE THAT INFORMATION IN JUNE TO BE ABLE TO RELEASE THE SUMMER RFP IN JUNE. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND THEN COUNCILMEMBER MAYO MENTIONED A DIRECTIVE BY THE MAYOR PRO TEM REGARDING THE RIVER DISTRICT. WAS THERE WAS THERE A DIRECTIVE OR IS THERE A DIRECTIVE REGARDING THAT PROPOSAL? NO, THERE WASN'T A DIRECT OBAMA APPROACH. COUNCILMEMBER JOHNSON I SENT THE EMAIL LAST WEEK TO COUNCIL AND MADE A MOTION FOR THE ALLOCATION SO WHEN I READ OUT THE ALLOCATION OF FUNDS I DID NOT INCLUDE ONE OF THE PROPOSALS AT THE ONE OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS MADE A AMENDED MOTION TO ADD IN THE PROPOSAL THAT I DID NOT HAVE IN MY RECOMMENDATION AND THAT RECEIVED A SECOND IT RECEIVED ENOUGH VOTES AND WE ARE NOW HERE WITH BOTH PROPOSALS BEING AT BEING IN THE TOTALITY. WE ARE NOW HERE. >> OKAY, THANK YOU. SO IT WASN'T A DIRECTIVE. IT WAS A MOTION, CORRECT? >> COUNCILMEMBER MAYOR NO, I KNOW SHE SAID THERE WAS A DIRECT I CAN TALK TO YOU OFF LINE ABOUT THAT. THAT'S OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND THEN WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE MAJOR DISPLACEMENTS IN THIS CITY WHERE WHAT BUCKET WOULD WE USE IF THERE WERE A MAJOR DISPLACEMENT MISHAP? IT SO WHEN WE PUT IT IN ON THIS WAY WHEN IT JUST WHEN A DISPLACEMENT EVENT OCCURS RIGHT NOW THERE IS NO FUNDING SOURCE TO SUPPORT REHOUSING AND AND DISPLACEMENT DIRECTLY AND NOT NONE OF THE FUNDING CATEGORY IS IN THE HOUSING TRUST FUND BECAUSE THIS IS AGAIN BOND DOLLARS. NONE OF THESE CAN SUPPORT THOSE TYPE OF ACTIVITIES BECAUSE THOSE ARE NOT CAPITAL ACTIVITIES. THOSE ARE DIRECT TO HOUSE DIRECT TO HOUSEHOLDS AND SO IT IS ACTUALLY YOUR LOCAL AND FEDERAL DOLLARS THAT SUPPORT RELOCATION PARTICULARLY NOW THROUGH CONTRACTS WITH YOUR PARTNERS LIKE CRISIS ASSISTANCE AND HOUSING COLLABORATIVE. OKAY. I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT WHAT WE HAVE IN THE FUND FOR THAT MAYBE OFF LINE AND SO WE CAN COMPARE WHERE OUR DOLLARS ARE BEING USED AND THEN COUNCILMEMBER OWENS TALKED ABOUT THE FEE IN LIEU AND THE RESPONSE WAS THAT INCLUSIONARY ZONING IS NOT LEGAL IN NORTH CAROLINA. COUNCILMEMBER MAYFIELD I WOULD LOVE FOR US TO HAVE A MEETING A COMMITTEE MEETING WHERE THERE'S LIKE YOU KNOW, NO SPECIFIC PROJECT OR CITY INITIATIVE ON THE AGENDA. SO WE AS COMMITTEE MEMBERS CAN TALK ABOUT BIG ITEMS. YOU KNOW, BIG THINGS THAT THAT POSSIBLY CREATIVE IDEAS AS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT INCLUSIONARY ZONING STATUTE IS SILENT AND THERE ARE IN THERE ARE CITIES THAT ARE THAT ARE DOING IT IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT CHARLOTTE IT'S NOT SO IN SOME IN THE FUTURE IF WE COULD HAVE THE CITY ATTORNEY IN ONE OF OUR COMMITTEE MEETINGS TO TALK ABOUT ITEMS LIKE INCLUSIONARY ZONING AND WHAT WE CAN DO WITH OUR FEE IN LIEU. MS. HEFFNER YOU MENTIONED THAT WE CAN'T USE THESE DOLLARS FOR VOUCHERS THAT IF I RECALL CORRECTLY WE USED THE ARPA FUNDING FOR VOUCHERS AND THAT WAS PRETTY SUCCESSFUL AND REALLY REALLY MET A NEED. SO IF THERE IS A WAY THAT WE COULD BE CREATIVE PERHAPS YOU KNOW USE THESE DOLLARS SPECIFICALLY FOR CAPITAL BUT IF THERE'S BUT IF IT CAN REPLACE MONEY THAT WE'RE USING SOMEWHERE ELSE OR IF THERE'S ANY OTHER WAY THAT WE CAN BE MORE CREATIVE IN OUR SOLUTIONS TO ADDRESS THAT 42,000 UNIT DEFICIT I'D LOVE TO HAVE A MEETING WHERE WE TALKED ABOUT OR WE TALK ABOUT IDEAS LIKE THAT. CHAIR MAYFIELD THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. OUR ATTORNEY IS GOING TO SHARE SOME INSIGHTS. WELL, JUST BRIEFLY, MS.. >> JOHNSON, WE'VE SPOKEN ON A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS WITH THIS COMMITTEE AND WITH THE COUNCIL ON THE INCLUSIONARY ZONING ISSUE AND I DO KNOW THAT THAT THERE HAVE BEEN SOME ATTEMPTS THROUGHOUT THE STATE IN A COUPLE OF COMMUNITIES PARTICULARLY I THINK CHAPEL HILL AND CARRBORO WHERE THEY HAVE DONE WHAT AMOUNTS TO INCLUSIONARY ZONING. YOU PROBABLY KNOW THERE WERE SOME LAWSUITS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT AND WHILE THE COURT DIDN'T SPEAK DIRECTLY TO THE AUTHORITY TO ENGAGE IN INCLUSIONARY ZONING BECAUSE THOSE CASES SETTLED, IT'S STILL THE OPINION OF THE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE THAT TO PURSUE THAT WITHOUT A LEGISLATIVE ENABLING LEGISLATE ENABLING LEGISLATION WOULD BE EXTREMELY RISKY FOR THE CITY TO DO THAT I CAN FORWARD YOU AGAIN THE CITY ATTORNEY'S MEMOS FROM THE LAST 15 YEARS WE'VE WE'VE PROVIDED THOSE A NUMBER OF TIMES IF YOU'D BE INTERESTED IN SEEING THOSE AGAIN. NO, THAT'S OKAY. I HAVE TO ASK BUT IF THERE ARE CREATIVE ALTERNATIVES SUCH AS IN LIEU OR DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WHERE WE MIGHT HAVE THE ABILITY TO BE MORE CREATIVE I JUST LIKE TO DISCUSS SOME OF THOSE IDEAS IN A WELL WE HAVE SOME TIME TONIGHT AND I THINK COMMITTEE WOULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY IT'S MY THOUGHT. >> THANK YOU AND I WILL JUST SAY QUICKLY THAT THE EXISTING FEE IN LIEU FOR A DENSITY BONUS IS A VOLUNTARY DENSITY BONUS THAT WAS ONE OF THOSE CREATIVE WAYS TO TRY TO ADDRESS THE THE SOLUTION THAT INCLUSIONARY ZONING WOULD PROVIDE WERE WE ABLE TO DO IT. WHAT ABOUT COMMUNITY BENEFITS? HELLO CAN YOU CLARIFY THE QUESTION? COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON WE CAN TALK OFFLINE. >> IT'S NOT THE TIME WE LIMIT IT. I'M JUST SAYING IF WE HAVE A MEETING WHERE WE COULD TALK AND NOT HAVE SUCH A TIGHT AGENDA AND PERHAPS JUST LOOK AT DIFFERENT IDEAS ON HOW WE CAN CONTINUE TO MEET THE NEED FOR OUR CITY'S THINK IT NEEDS. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER OWENS THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO CONTINUE ON JUST WITH A BRIEF TRAIN OF THOUGHT THAT THAT COUNCILMEMBER JOHNSON WAS ON WITH RESPECT TO SOME SOME CREATIVITY I DO APPRECIATE THAT THERE ARE CITIES WHO ARE DOING A VARIETY OF THINGS BUT THEY'RE DOING IT AGAINST THE BACKDROP OF THE CURRENT GENERAL ASSEMBLY. I JUST WOULD QUESTION WHETHER AS AND WHEN TIDES RISE AND FALL IF WE ARE GOING BACK TO OUR PREVIOUS THINKING AGAINST A DIFFERENT BACKDROP THAT MAY BE MORE RECEPTIVE TO WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR. SO I APPRECIATE THE TIME LINE THAT LEGAL ADVICE HAS BEEN PROVIDED. I THINK YOU'D SAID THAT YOU'D SHARED THE MEMO SEVERAL TIMES AND AGAIN I'M JUST I'M HOPEFUL THAT YOU KNOW, WE SORT OF HAVE A DEEPER APPRECIATION IN THIS COUNTRY RIGHT NOW OF SOME OF OUR CHALLENGES AND THAT THERE MAY BE SOME MORE APPETITE TO EVEN JUST LOOK AT INCLUSIONARY ZONING AND OTHER THINGS THAT ARE MORE HOUSING FRIENDLY IN NORTH CAROLINA THROUGH THE EYES OF DIFFERENT FOLKS UP IN RALEIGH. SO I JUST THAT THAT'S REALLY WHERE I WILL INVITE THE CREATIVITY. SO I'LL I'LL I'LL START ON THAT ONE. AND JUST VERY BRIEFLY I WANT TO PIVOT TO SOMETHING THAT COUNCILMEMBER MAYFIELD AND COUNCILMAN MESSER ARE YES, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THESE THESE GUIDELINES. I AM VERY SENSITIVE TO THE FACT THAT I AM OFF THE PHONE AND SO I'M NOT IN THE ROOM AND SO I WON'T BELABOR THE POINT BECAUSE I DON'T WANT ANYTHING TO GET LOST IN TRANSLATION. BUT AS AN INVESTMENT PROFESSIONAL IN THE LEGAL SPACE I WOULD VIEW THIS AS SORT OF INVESTMENT 1 TO 1 TO HAVE A SENSE OF WHAT YOUR GUIDELINES ARE BUT ALSO HAVE PROCESSES WHEREBY YOU CAN GO BACK AND RE EXPLORE BASED ON EITHER A CHANGE IN CIRCUMSTANCES OR CHANGE IN OPPORTUNITIES JUST TO BE ABLE TO BE RESPONSIVE TO THE MARKET. SO WHEN I VOTED AS I VOTED ON MONDAY I VOTED VERY MUCH FOR THAT APPRECIATION THAT THOSE WERE GUIDELINES AND THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO DIP WHERE WE NEEDED TO. I THINK THERE'S NOTHING WORSE THAN UNINVESTED CAPITAL AND THAT'S HOW I VIEW THIS MONEY IS IT'S CAPITAL THAT WE'RE MAKING INVESTMENT DECISIONS ALONG GUIDELINES BUT WITH THE FLEXIBILITY TO PIVOT AS NECESSARY. SO THAT'S WHAT I UNDERSTOOD. I THINK IT'S A MUCH DEEPER CONVERSATION AND I WELCOME THAT WHEN I'M IN PERSON. SO THAT NUANCE AND AND YOU KNOW I CAN CONNECT WITH ALL OF YOU ON THIS BECAUSE I'M NOT TRYING TO BE CRITICAL. I'M JUST SAYING THIS IS WHY I VOTED THE WAY THAT I DID ON MONDAY. WE NEED TO BE MUCH CLEARER IF THERE ARE SOMETHING MORE THAN GUIDELINES AND IF THEY ARE NOT TO BE REVISITED AT ALL THEN I'M VERY UNCOMFORTABLE WITH SOME OF THE DELINEATIONS BECAUSE THAT INNOVATION BUCKET MAY NOT GET USED FOR A GOOD LONG TIME AND I WOULD EXPECT THAT WE WANT TO PUT THIS MONEY TO WORK. THANK YOU. >> SO AS OF RIGHT NOW WHAT OUR NEXT STEPS ARE IS STILL INFORMATIONAL AND WE HAVE DISCUSSED THE OPTIONS FOR CLOSING OUT THE 2024 AFFORDABLE HOUSING BOND DIRECTOR HAFNER JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, WAS THERE AN EXPECTATION FOR THERE TO BE A MOTION TO REQUEST TO SUPPORT THE RECOMMENDATIONS? BECAUSE I THINK THIS COMMITTEE COMMITTEE NEEDS TO HAVE CONTINUE DISCUSSION. IT WAS BASED ON ACTION IF DESIRED. OKAY. AND THE ACTION REALLY WOULD NOT BE SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO THE REBALANCING. BUT IF COMMITTEE WANTED TO TAKE AN NEC, TAKE AN ACTION AROUND THE GENERAL BOND CLOSEOUT OPTIONS IF YOU'RE IF YOU HAVE A PREFERENCE TODAY AROUND HAVING A SUMMER REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL REALLOCATING OR HOLDING YOU COULD TAKE AN ACTION IF DESIRED BUT YOU CAN ALSO HOLD FOR ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION. I THINK FOR ME PERSONALLY I AM NOT COMFORTABLE WITH THERE BEING A MOTION ON AN ACTUAL ACTION TODAY THERE WERE A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS THAT WERE ASKED WHERE WE NEED TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECEIVE THE RESPONSE TO THOSE QUESTIONS ESPECIALLY WHEN AGAIN WHEN WE LOOK AT THE ALLOCATION BECAUSE ALSO ON HERE IS THE CONSIDERATION OF THE NO PROPOSALS 8.1 MILLION OUT OF 8.467 WHICH WOULD LEAVE $367,000. WE NEED THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION AS AS WELL AS GET THE RESPONSES BACK. THANKFULLY THIS WAS ALL INFORMATION WE APPRECIATE HOW YOUR STAFF AND TEAM HOPEFULLY I WOULD NOT LOSE YOU IN YOUR NEW ROLE BEFORE WE GET TOGETHER AND HAVE THIS NIGHT'S CONVERSATION AS WELL AS FOR CLARIFICATION I BELIEVE STAFF ALREADY KNOWS IT DURING COUNCIL COMMENTS LAST WE I DID NOTE THAT WE ARE MOVING TO A COMMITTEE THE CONVERSATION REGARDING AIR AIR CONDITIONING UNITS FOR OUR AS PART OF OUR MINIMAL STANDARD CALLS THAT SHOULD BE COMING TO OUR COMMITTEE. WE NEED TO BE HAVING THAT CONVERSATION EVEN THOUGH IT WAS 50 DEGREES YESTERDAY AND 60 TODAY, SUMMER IS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER. WE'RE ALREADY LOOKING AT A DROUGHT. WE NEED TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION SOONER RATHER THAN LATER AND BASED ON THE CALENDAR TIMELINE I THINK WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO IT. STAFF DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS? >> SO IF I HEAR YOU CORRECTLY, CHAIR MAYFIELD ONE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT WILL COME IN THE FORM OF THE BOOKLETS THIS WEEK I BELIEVE AND FROM THERE WE CAN DETERMINE WHAT ADDITIONAL CONVERSATION MAYBE THE COMMITTEE NEEDS TO HAVE. LET'S JUST SAY YES UNLESS MY COLLEAGUES EITHER HAVE THEIR HAND UP. SO WITH THAT I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO DISMISS. >> SO MOVE AND SAYS YEAH I GOT A HAND UP. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WE HAVE A MOTION. A SECOND ALL IN FAVOR GO AHEAD. A SIGN OFF. THANK YOU ALL FOR EVERYTHING. THANK YOU ALL FOR JOINING US THIS MORNING. >> WE ARE DISMISSED . I MEAN ME TO GET INTO . >> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AT OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND WORKFORCE COUNCIL COMMITTEE MEETING. >> I AM THE WANT TO ME FEEL I SERVE YOU AS ONE OF YOUR FOUR AT LARGE MEMBERS AS WELL AS A COMMITTEE MEMBER. WE ARE GOING TO KEEP OUR CHAIR IN THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS AS HE IS BATTLING A BIT OF A COLD AND SHOULD BE HOME RESTING EVEN THOUGH I KNOW HE'S PROBABLY WATCHING AND BEFORE I EVEN GET STARTED WE ARE KICKING OFF CHARLOTTE SMALL BUSINESS BUSINESSMAN SO FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE ONLINE LOOK AT THIS PAST 31 DAYS OF BUSY AND I AM GOING TO JUMP RIGHT IN WITH MY COLLEAGUE WHO IS ONLINE AND ANYONE ELSE THAT WE HAVE ONLINE AND THEN WE ARE GOING TO COME AROUND THE ROOM AND I'M GOING TO START ON THE WALL. IF YOU COULD JUST GIVE YOUR NAME AND ORGANIZATION AND OR DEPARTMENT YOU ARE WITH AND MY COLLEAGUES ONLINE, I HAND IT TO YOU. GOOD MORNING IS VICTORIA WATLINGTON COUNCIL MEMBER AT LARGE AND COMMITTEE MEMBER. >> GOOD MORNING DANTE ANDERSON COMMITTEE MEMBER GOOD MORNING KIMBERLY OWENS I AM NOT ON THE COMMITTEE OKAY THANK YOU FOR ALL THE MEMBERS THAT ARE ONLINE AND NOW I'M COMING INTO THE ROOM AND I'M STARTING WITH THE GENTLEMAN WHO IS TO MY FAR RIGHT. SURE I AM JULIE MCDANIEL REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE SOUTHERN REGIONAL COUNCIL FOR THE JACOB SNYDER COMMUNICATIONS THERE. HE'S ON THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. KRISTY FLOYD ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MANAGER PETERSON PLANNING IS GETTING A HIGH AFFORDABILITY CAPACITY DESIGN. ROBERT THE CITY OF CHARLOTTE ENVISIONS HERE JUST IN CASE THE JULIUS EDWARDS PROJECT COMPARE THIS TO WILL NEXT BE THE FOR DESIGN AND THAT WOULD BE FITZGERALD SEABREEZE AND YOU CAME HERE FROM THE BROADWAY WONDERFUL CATALOG ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT HONEST LINE A CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE DANIEL FRAZIER WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND YOU CAN YOU CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE CHERYL WRIGHT CONTRACTING A PROCUREMENT CBI TEAM SHAHID RANA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MONICA ALLEN CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE ALISON CRAIG CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE YOUR DUE FOR A COURSE DEVELOPMENT BENEATH FEDERAL CONTRACT AND IN PROCUREMENT CBA CUSHING ALEXANDER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT JD MS. WHAT AREAS DISTRICT FIVE COMMITTEE MEMBER I MADE THE FOURTH BE WITH YOU. >> THANK YOU ALL. WE HAVE A PRETTY DETAILED AGENDA TODAY SO I AM GOING TO JUMP RIGHT IN AND TURN THIS OVER TO THE WAY IT'S ALL RIGHT . WE HAVE FIVE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA THIS MORNING. WE'RE GOING TO SPEND MOST OF THE TIME ON THE FIRST ONE OF THE MOBILITY IMPACT REPORT AND GAP ANALYSIS AND MONICA ALLEN WILL ENSURE THAT WHEN WHEN WE GET TO HER NEXT WILL BE EASTLAND YARDS THERE IS UPCOMING COUNCIL ACTION ON THAT THIS MONTH AND I KNOW TODD GAVE YOU A VERY DETAILED REPORT JAN ON IT'S ON YARDS BUT JUST WANT TO REMIND YOU OF WHAT'S COMING AND THEY ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE THE COUNCIL VOTE. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AN UPDATE FROM THE CBI ADVISORY COMMITTEE, THE PROJECT PRIORITIZATION WHICH WAS ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS GOING TO BE DEFERRED UNTIL NEXT MONTH WHEN OUR CHAIR IS HERE. AND THEN LAST BUT DEFINITELY NOT LEAST WE'RE GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT UPCOMING EVENTS ESPECIALLY SMALL BUSINESS MONTH. SO WITH THAT I WILL TURN IT OVER TO MONICA TO INTRODUCE THE FIRST ITEM. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. DCM CRAIG AND GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. SO HAPPY TO BE HERE TODAY. SO WE HAVE A WONDERFUL TEAM WITH US THAT'S GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE SMALL BUSINESS AND WORKFORCE IMPACT REPORT AND GAP ANALYSIS. SO I HAVE SHAH RANA, SHERYL WRIGHT AND MCKINNEY AND I HAVE DANIEL FRAZIER IN THE FIVE OF US ARE GOING TO BE GOING THROUGH THIS PRESENTATION WITH YOU SO I'M GOING TO KICK IT OFF. SO AS YOU KNOW THAT CHARLOTTE IS AT THE FOREFRONT OF AN HISTORIC 5 BILLION IN PLANNED INVESTMENT IN TRANSPORTATION AND TRANSIT WITHIN THIS REGION. >> THE SCALE OF THE INVESTMENT REQUIRES PARTNERSHIP. WE KNOW THAT THE CITY WILL HAVE 40% OF THE FUNDS IN THE PTA WILL HAVE THE OTHER 60%. WE ALSO KNOW THAT ADDITIONAL PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT WILL FOLLOW AND SO SUCCESS FOR US IS GOING TO REQUIRE ALIGNMENT ACROSS PUBLIC PRIVATE, NONPROFIT, PHILANTHROPIC AND EDUCATION PARTNERS. BUT FOR US THIS IS NOT JUST ABOUT INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT BUT IT'S ALSO ABOUT WHO BENEFITS FROM THAT INVESTMENT AND HOW WE DO OUR WORK. >> AND SO YOU'LL HEAR A LITTLE MORE FROM STAFF TODAY. BUT THE CITY HAS ALREADY TAKEN STEPS TO OUTLINE HOW WE CAN HANDLE BENEFIT OF LOCAL WORKERS, RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES. WE HAVE OUR SKILLED TO BUILD PROGRAM THAT YOU'LL HEAR ABOUT TODAY AS WELL AS OUR BUSINESS READINESS PROGRAM STRATEGIC INVESTMENT AREAS TO EXPAND ACCESS AND BUILD CAPACITY AND EVEN WE'RE GOING TO BE TAKING AN INTERNAL LOOK ON HOW WE DO OUR PROCUREMENT PROCESSES. SO TODAY STAFF ARE HERE TO GO WITH GO OVER WITH YOU HIGHLIGHTS OF THE IMPACT REPORT AND THAT INCLUDES THE GAP ANALYSIS AND THAT GAP ANALYSIS WAS FIRST INTRODUCED TO YOU IN TERMS OF WHAT WE WERE GOING TO BE DOING IN NOVEMBER OF LAST YEAR AND THEN AGAIN DURING THE COUNCIL STRATEGY SESSION IN MARCH OF THIS YEAR. NEXT LIKE MAYBE NEXT SLIDE, MAYBE THIS SYSTEM. SO WHEN WE TALK THIS MORNING ON THE KEYPAD I DO WANT TO DO A OKAY SO I'LL TALK ABOUT THE PURPOSE AND WHAT'S INCLUDED THAT'S ON THE NEXT SLIDE. YOU DO HAVE THE PRINT OUT COUNCILMEMBERS IN YOUR POCKETS . SO THE PURPOSE OF THE GAP ANALYSIS AS I MENTIONED IS PART OF THE IMPACT REPORT IS THAT IT QUANTIFIES FOR US OUR CURRENT CAPACITY, OUR FUTURE NEEDS AND OUR KEY OPPORTUNITY AREAS DO IN TERMS OF OUR WORK IN SILOS. WE WANT TO MRASTRUCTURE IN ONEAT TO EMPHASIZE LOCAL PARTICIPATION AND SO WHAT'S INCLUDED IN THE IMPACT REPORT IS THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL STUDIES AND ANALYZES THAT HIGHLIGHT THOSE OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES WITHIN OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY. AND BEFORE WE GET STARTED I JUST WANT TO REMIND THE COUNCIL THAT LAST MONDAY DURING THE BUSINESS MEETING THE MANAGERS REPORT CITY MANAGER JONES PROVIDED YOU PHYSICAL COPIES OF THE IMPACT REPORT AND GAP ANALYSIS AND WE'VE ALSO PROVIDED THIS INFORMATION TO THE CHARLOTTE REGIONAL BUSINESS ALLIANCE, THE CHARLOTTE EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP COUNCIL, THE NTC AND PTA, THE COUNTY AND THE TOWNS. SO AT THIS TIME I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO ED MCKINNEY AND HE'S OR IS THIS THE PART OR DO OR HOW DO YOU TAKE IT? OKAY. I'LL START OFF. SO JUST A COUPLE OF HIGHLIGHTS IN TERMS OF KEY TAKEAWAYS AND SO WE'RE JUST TAKING IT UP FOR YOU. WE'LL GIVE YOU MORE INFORMATION AND THEN WE'LL CLOSE IT OUT WITH JUST A REMINDER OF KEY TAKEAWAYS. SO THE FIRST THING YOU'LL YOU'LL HEAR IT'S PART OF THIS REPORT IS THAT THERE'S WE KNOW THAT THERE'S NOT ENOUGH LOCAL BUSINESSES AND LOCAL TALENT TO MEET THE FUTURE DEMAND FOR BUILDING PROJECTS. IT REALLY WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THERE'S IS NOT ENOUGH LOCAL BUSINESSES BUT NOT ENOUGH LOCAL BUSINESSES WITH THE PEOPLE THAT CAN ACTUALLY DO THE WORK IN OUR COMMUNITY. WE ALSO KNOW THAT GIVEN THAT THAT THERE ARE KEY OPPORTUNITIES FOR LOCAL AND SMALL BUSINESSES AND LOCAL TALENT TO BENEFIT FROM THE MOBILITY INVESTMENTS AS I'VE MENTIONED BEFORE, WE ARE FOCUSING ON PREPARING OUR ORGANIZATION AND THE COMMUNITY AND WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO CONTINUE MANY OF THOSE EFFORTS AS WELL AS A NEED TO SCALE UP OUR PROGRAMS IN OTHER PUBLIC SECTOR ORGANIZATIONS AND PRIVATE SECTOR ORGANIZATIONS ARE NEEDED TO FULLY RECOGNIZE OPPORTUNITY FOR LOCAL SMALL BUSINESS LOCAL WORKFORCE TALENT. >> SO SOME OF THESE THINGS I'VE ALREADY MENTIONED BUT I WANTED TO JUST GROUND US WITH THE KEY TAKEAWAYS BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT YOU'LL HEAR A LITTLE MORE OF AS WE GO THROUGH OUR PRESENTATION. SO AT THIS TIME I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO ED MCKINNEY TO WALK YOU THROUGH. SO LET ME TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE DETAILS OF THIS REPORT AND A LITTLE BIT OF THE BIG TRENDS THAT ARE COMING FROM THAT AND THEN WE'LL TURN IT OVER TO SHAWN DANIELLE TO TALK MORE ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING NEXT AND AS A REMINDER, THIS DESCRIBES JUST KIND OF WHY WE'RE DOING THIS WORK. WE DEVELOPED OUR TRANSPORTS ACTION PLAN, THE CITIES PLAN WE HAVE AS WE SHARED AT THE COUNCIL RETREAT WE'VE GOT A MORE DETAILED DELIVERY OUTLOOK FOR THE NEXT FIVE AND TEN YEARS. SO THIS THIS WORK TAKES THAT AND BEGINS TO PUT IT ON THE GROUND AND HELPS US UNDERSTAND WHAT THE SCALE OF INVESTMENT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING. AND ALSO THIS REPORT ALSO INCLUDES ALL THE TRANSIT WORKS OF THE TRANSIT PLAN AND OUR CITY PLAN ARE PART OF THIS ANALYSIS AND GIVEN THE SIZE AREA SO FOR THE FOUNDATION FOR THIS YOU'LL HEAR MORE MORE OBVIOUSLY AND DETAILS FROM BOTH DANIELLE AND SHAW. BUT IT'S A GOOD REMINDER THAT THE FOUNDATION OF THIS IS IN OUR STRATEGY BOTH AROUND SMALL BUSINESS READINESS AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. SO THAT'S AGAIN THE VALUE OF THIS WORK WILL BE TO INFORM THE DETAILS, THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND NEXT STEPS FOR THOSE TWO IMPORTANT PARTS OF OUR POLICY AND AND FOCUS. LET ME TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT'S IN THIS REPORT, THE LEVEL OF DETAIL, THE ANALYSIS THAT WENT INTO IT AND GIVE YOU A SENSE OF ALL THE SOURCES THAT BROUGHT US TO KIND OF A SUMMARY OF THE BIG TRENDS THESE INCLUDES ALL THE SCALE INVESTMENTS. SO AS I MENTIONED, THIS IS THE CITY OF CHARLOTTE'S TRANSPORTATION WORK OUR 40%. IT INCLUDES THE TRANSIT PLAN. IT LOOKS ACROSS THIS OVER THE NEXT 30 YEARS IT GETS DOWN TO THE DETAIL, THE SCALE AND TIMING VERSUS BUSINESS AND JOB NEEDS WORKFORCE NEEDS. IT INCLUDES A LOT OF SOURCES. YOU SAW THE INNOVATION TEAM IS HERE TODAY SO A LOT OF WORK THAT THEY'VE DONE ACROSS THE CITY BUT ALSO DID A REALLY VALUABLE FOCUS WORK FOR US AROUND THE MOBILITY NEEDS AND THE OPPORTUNITIES IN OUR REGION SPECIFICALLY IT ALSO INCLUDES THE GAP ANALYSIS. WE HAVE A CONSULTANT THAT HELPED US DIVE INTO THE DETAILS OF THE INVESTMENT. IT'S I'LL MENTION A COUPLE OF OTHER SOURCES INCLUDING SOME WORK THAT THE PROCUREMENT CBI AND GENERAL SERVICES DID TO HELP US UNDERSTAND WHAT'S WHAT ARE SOME OF THE ON THE GROUND THINGS WE NEED TO BE AWARE OF AND HOW DOES THAT TIE TO THIS BROADER ANALYSIS IS THIS IS ABOUT TRENDS AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF DETAIL, THERE'S A LOT OF ANALYSIS AND A LOT OF PACIFIC NUMBERS IN THIS. BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO JUST REMIND OURSELVES THAT THIS IS HELPING US UNDERSTAND THE BROADER TRENDS AREAS WE NEED TO FOCUS ON. THIS CANNOT TELL US EVERYTHING. IT DOESN'T ANSWER EVERY QUESTION AND IT'S MAKING SOME ASSUMPTIONS OVER A 30 YEAR PERIOD. SO JUST AS A AS A JUST A KIND OF CONTEXT HERE THAT'S VALUABLE BUT IT ALSO HAS A LOT OF DETAIL THAT MAKES SOME ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT THE FUTURE THAT WE JUST NEED TO BE MINDFUL OF. I'LL WALK THROUGH NOW JUST A FEW SNAPSHOTS. THESE ARE THINGS THAT ARE IN THE REPORT. FIRST ONE I'LL TALK ABOUT IS JUST BUSINESS CAPACITY SO THE MESSAGE OF THIS IS THERE IS CAPACITY GAP THAT WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO BUILD AND IN TERMS OF WORK BUSINESS CAPACITY OVER THE 30 YEAR PERIOD COUPLE OF MESSAGES HERE IS THAT WHAT YOU SEE IN THESE THESE LINES IS ESSENTIALLY THE SCALE OF INVESTMENT OVER THE NEXT 30 YEARS. THAT ORANGE LINE IS THE ROAD TRANSPORTATION. THE BLUE LINE IS THE TRANSIT INVESTMENT. YOU LOOK ACROSS THIS, YOU SEE SOME BIG PEAKS THAT'S JUST REMINDING OURSELVES THAT THE SCALE OF THIS INVESTMENT IS GOING TO RAMP UP PRETTY QUICKLY. THAT ORANGE BAR AT THE BOTTOM IS ESSENTIALLY WHERE IN THE BUSINESS THE LOCAL BUSINESS TO DO THIS WORK THEY'RE KIND OF CAPACITY OVER THAT PERIOD AND THESE LINES REPRESENT THAT OVER TIME WE'RE GOING TO NEED BEYOND THE EXISTING CAPACITY OF LOCAL BUSINESS TO DO THIS CONSTRUCTION WORK. >> THIS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT'S NOT AS IF WE WON'T BE ABLE TO DO THAT WORK AND THE NATIONAL MARKET WILL COME IN AND SENSE ALL OF ALL THE WORK WE'RE DOING NOW TO MAKE SURE WE'VE GOT LOCAL BUSINESSES PREPARED ALLOWS US TO MAKE SURE WE FILL THAT GAP IN A WAY THAT ALLOWS OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS WORK. IT GETS INTO DETAILS. YOU CAN SEE ONE OF THE LINES ON THERE IS THERE'S CONCRETE THE ANALYSIS GETS INTO VERY SPECIFICS SO IT CAN EVEN DIVE INTO THE TYPE OF WORK BUSINESS AND CONSTRUCTION DETAIL THAT LOOKS OVER THE NEXT 30 YEARS A BROAD TRENDS BUT ALSO ALLOWS US TO LOOK AT A SCALE AND THE SPECIFICS OF THE TYPES OF BUSINESSES THAT WILL WE'RE GOING TO BE NEEDING. >> THIS SHOWS THE SORT OF THE MORE ON THE GROUND SO THAT THAT GAVE US AN ANALYSIS LOOKING OVER THE NEXT 30 YEARS BUT GENERAL SERVICES PROCUREMENTS CBI SO LET'S LOOK AT WHAT SOME OF OUR CHALLENGES ARE TODAY SORT OF CURRENT PATTERNS AND LOOKED AT SOME VERY DETAILED AREAS THAT WE ARE DOING CONSTRUCTION NOW AND WHERE WE'RE DOING CONTRACTING WORK WITH THE LOCAL BUSINESS COMMUNITY. >> WHAT THIS DID IS HIGHLIGHTED PLACES THAT WE ARE UNDERREPRESENTED, WHERE WE KNOW WE NEED MORE SMALL BUSINESS CAPACITY. WHAT'S HIGHLIGHTED HERE IN YELLOW ARE THREE ONES THAT ARE VERY IMPORTANT AND START TO TIE TO THIS TRENDS IN OUR ANALYSIS CONCRETE, ELECTRICAL AND SIGNALS I'VE HIGHLIGHTED THEM THERE BECAUSE IT'S NO COINCIDENCE COINCIDENCE THAT THROUGH OUR STRATEGIC INVESTMENT AREAS WE'VE SET UP TRAINING IN EACH OF THOSE THREE AREAS SO WE KNEW ALREADY THAT WE NEEDED TO BE BUILDING THAT CAPACITY. SHAH IS GOING TO GIVE YOU A GREAT EXAMPLE OF THE SOLAR LIGHTING. ONE IS A TRAINING THROUGH LINE TWO AS I THINK WE'VE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE A LOCAL BUSINESS HAS TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF THAT. SO THIS IS JUST A GOOD EXAMPLE OF UNDERSTANDING AND HAVING A GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF OUR NEEDS IN THIS VERY SPECIFIC WAY ALLOWS US TO TARGET SOME REALLY IMPORTANT ACTIONS TODAY. THIS NEXT ONE IS ABOUT THE POOL OF THE WORKFORCE. THIS GETS INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THE JOBS THAT ARE THAT ARE NEEDED OVER OVER A PERIOD OF TIME AND THE TYPES THAT ARE GOING TO BE NEEDED. >> THE MESSAGE OF ALL THIS INFORMATION HERE IS THE POOL IS SHRINKING WHILE OUR DEMAND IS GROWING. SO RETIREMENT THE BOTTOM GIVES YOU A SENSE OF WHAT THE LOCAL RETIREMENT PICTURE LOOKS LIKE OVER THE NEXT TEN YEARS ABOUT 20 TO 25% OF THE WORKFORCE THAT'S DOING THIS KIND OF WORK WILL BE AT RETIREMENT AGE. THAT POOL IS SHRINKING WHILE DEMAND IS INCREASING THAT TOP BAR CHART SHOWS THE EXISTING BLUE LINES BEING THE ANNUAL BASIC NEED WITHOUT OUR WORK, WITHOUT THE ADDITION OF THIS WORK, WHAT DOES THE MARKET NEED THAT ORANGE ADDS ON TO YOUR PIECE MADE? SO AS YOU CAN SEE AS THE MARKET GROWS WE'RE GOING TO NEED MORE OF THAT MARKET AND MORE DEMAND IN SOME OF THOSE CATEGORIES WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AN INCREASE IN DEMAND FROM 20 TO 90% DEPENDING UPON THE TYPE OF WORK . SO THIS AGAIN JUST GIVES YOU A SENSE OF BOTH THE DEMAND AND THE POOL AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE OVER THE NEXT TEN YEARS WHICH IS REALLY WHERE THE BIG RAMP UP OF OUR WORK IS GOING TO BE. THIS ONE AGAIN, JUST A COUPLE OF OTHER WAYS AND LOTS OF DIFFERENT WAYS TO LOOK AT THIS INFORMATION. THIS TIES NATIONAL TRENDS AGAIN TO THIS LOCAL ANALYSIS. THE ASSOCIATION OF GENERAL CONTRACTORS OF AMERICA DID AND DOES AN ANNUAL SURVEY. SO THIS IS FROM 2025 90% OF THEIR CONTRACTING BUSINESSES ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE LOOKING AT CHALLENGES AND HIRING AND SOME VERY SPECIFIC JOB CATEGORIES. YOU'LL SEE THIS IN THE ANALYSIS. THE BASIC CHALLENGE OF THAT IS THINGS THAT OUR TEAM ALREADY KNOWS THAT SKILL BUILDING THAT'S CREDENTIALS, THAT'S MAKING SURE YOU'VE GOT A TRAINED WORKFORCE AND THOSE TRENDS AND WHEN YOU TIE THEM TO OUR ANALYSIS THOSE TYPES OF JOBS BEGIN TO ALIGN. SO THERE'S CATEGORIES FOR OVER TIME WE'RE GOING TO NEED 20 TO 40% OF THE WORKFORCE CAPACITY THE JOBS THAT ARE IN OUR REGION . AT THE SAME TIME THOSE ARE CHALLENGES WHERE WE'RE TRAINING VERY DIFFICULT TO HAVE TRAINED WORKFORCE AND THE ABILITY TO HIRE FOR THAT DEMAND A CHART UP THERE AS PART OF WHAT'S IN THIS REPORT WE TAKE IN ALL OF THE ANALYSIS I'VE JUST DESCRIBED AND START TO KIND OF CONNECT IT TO CERTAIN JOB TYPES THAT YOU'RE GOING TO KIND OF SEE WERE THE DATA POINTS THAT I'VE JUST DESCRIBED WHERE THEY HIT ON SPECIFIC JOB CATEGORIES AND YOU'RE GOING TO SEE SOME OF THE TRENDS AND ALLOWS US AGAIN TO FOCUS OUR EFFORTS AS WE MOVE FORWARD SO QUICK JUST SUMMARY THESE ARE THINGS THAT MONICA ALREADY DESCRIBED. SO WE'VE GOT AGAIN A CAPACITY NEED IN OUR MARKET FROM A BUSINESS STANDPOINT THAT'S A CHALLENGE CERTAINLY BECAUSE THE NATIONAL MARKET WILL FILL THAT BUT IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY OBVIOUSLY THAT IF WE DO THE RIGHT THINGS WE CAN BUILD THAT AND BUILD THAT CAPACITY HERE LOCALLY AGAIN OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME A SUSTAINED GROWTH THAT WE WILL HAVE OVER THE NEXT 30 YEARS. SAME THING ON A WORKFORCE I JUST DESCRIBED THE CHALLENGES OF THE DEMAND THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE CREATING AGAINST THE STRESSES IN THE MARKET WITH RETIREMENT AND JUST SKILL BUILDING AND THE ABILITY TO HIRE AGAIN A CHALLENGE THAT TRANSLATES TO AN OPPORTUNITY THAT OUR TEAM IS ALREADY BEGINNING TO ADDRESS WALK THROUGH A LOT OF DETAIL VERY QUICKLY SO THAT CAN REALLY GET TO A DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING NEXT BUT WE CAN GO BACK TO THIS AND THERE'S SOME MORE DETAIL QUESTIONS BUT I THINK THAT'S A GOOD TIME NOW TO TALK ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH SOME OF THIS INFORMATION SO THAT WE CAN PAUSE AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO SHAH JUST TALK TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING THIS WITH THIS ANALYSIS. >> WELL, THANK YOU, ED, I REALLY WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT SOMETHING HERE. HOW DOES THIS DATA BECOME HUMAN? RIGHT. WE HAVE THE CHARTS AND GRAPHS AND WE ALWAYS WANT TO MAKE DATA INFORMED DECISIONS BUT BACK IN 20 2024 THIS COUNCIL APPROVED IN THE VOTERS ALSO VOTED FOR A $55 MILLION CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT BOND TO ACTUALLY IMPLEMENT THE STRATEGIC INVESTMENT AREAS AND THIS IS WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING WITH THE MONEY NOT ONLY PUTTING THE MONEY TO USE TO ACTUALLY BUILD IMPROVEMENTS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY BUT ALSO TO REALLY LOOK AT HOW CAN WE TAKE THE STRATEGIC INVESTMENT AREAS AND GO TO SCALE NOT ONLY IN PROCESS BUT WITHIN OUR COMMUNICATION AND ALSO OUR INTERNAL STREAMLINED APPROACH. >> SO WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS A JUST ONE CASE STUDY OF MR. MIGUEL AVILA WITH DAILY VIEW POOLS WHO'VE ALSO LEARNED HOW TO REALLY BID ON TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS AND TO DO SO THE LIGHTING AND THIS IS SOMEBODY WHO WENT THROUGH OUR INPUT PROGRAM PREVIOUSLY FOR ACTUALLY TO LEARN HOW TO GROW AND SCALE HIS POOL BUSINESS. SO HE HAD A LOT OF TRANSFERABLE SKILLS ESPECIALLY WITH DEAL WITH CONCRETING CONSTRUCTION AND THIS WAS AN OPPORTUNITY ESPECIALLY THROUGH THE CBI ENGAGEMENT TEAM TO REACH OUT TO BUSINESSES WHO ARE ALREADY A PART OF THE DISTRIBUTION LIST TO PROVIDE TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES TO WORK CLOSELY WITH OUR ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT AND TO REALLY UNDERSTAND HEY HOW CAN WE ACTUALLY BUILD THE DEMAND WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY? AS ED MENTIONED BEFORE, THERE WILL BE A GAP WITH SOME OF THE TREES THAT WE HAVE AND BECAUSE OF PROCUREMENT LAW WE JUST CAN'T BUILD OUT TO LOCAL BUSINESSES FOR THESE PROJECTS. BUT WHAT WE CAN DO IS MAKE THEM AWARE AND PREPARED FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. SO I'M GOING TO SWITCH OVER TO THIS NEXT SLIDE WHICH IS A VIDEO TO TALK MORE ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY AND HOW WE CAME TO WORK TOGETHER TO HELP GROW SMALL BUSINESS. >> TRANSIT RIDERS WILL EXPERIENCE MORE LIGHT NEAR THE ERA WITH STATION THANKS TO BRAND NEW SOLAR POWERED LIGHTS . THESE PLATES REPRESENT MONTHS AND MONTHS AND MONTHS OF COORDINATION, IN-PERSON TRAININGS AND LOTS OF HARD WORK. >> RESIDENTS ACCESSING THIS TRANSIT STATION WILL NOW HAVE MORE VISIBILITY A PROJECT MADE POSSIBLE THANKS TO THE CITY OF CHARLOTTE. IT'S BEEN A GREAT EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH THE CITY AND MIGUEL LA BELLA. THE WILLINGNESS FROM THE CITY TO GIVE A COMPANY LIKE US A CHANCE TO INSTALL THIS WHICH MADE IT EASIER FOR US TO TAKE THE STEP IN DOING IT. MIGUEL'S COMPANY DALY VIEW CONSTRUCTION WAS SELECTED TO WORK ON THIS PROJECT. A LOT OF HAS BEEN PREPARING BEFORE BIDDING SO THIS RECENT LINE PROJECT WAS OUR FIRST CITY CONTRACT WITH THE CITY OF CHARLOTTE FOR CONSTRUCTION. THE COMPANY DIDN'T INITIALLY START OUT IN CONSTRUCTION THOUGH. DALY VIEW CONSTRUCTION WAS ONCE DALY VIEW PORTS AND COMPANY MAGELLAN HAS FAMILY FOUNDED IN 2016 SPECIALIZING IN POOL BUILDING. SO THERE WASN'T A LOT OF PLANNING. WE KIND OF JUST DELVE INTO THE DEEP END AND TRY TO FIND WORK, YOU KNOW, IN ANY WAY WE COULD. BUT BY 2020 THE COMPANY DECIDED THEY WANTED TO START GETTING MORE INVOLVED IN GOVERNMENT WORK. MCHALE SAYS THEY BEGAN WORKING TO GET SMALL BUSINESSES CERTIFIED THROUGH THE CITY OF CHARLOTTE AND THEN WAITING FOR THE RIGHT PROJECT TO BID ON. >> I'M REALLY THANKFUL FOR EVERYONE WHO WORKED WITH US IN 2025 MIGUEL PUT OUT A BID AND WAS SELECTED TO COMPLETE THIS PROJECT WHICH ALSO CAME OF TRAINING THE CITY OF CHARLOTTE. IN MY EXPERIENCE HAS DONE A GREAT JOB OF HELPING COMPANIES LIKE MYSELF WITH TRAINING AND ALSO NOT JUST TRAINING BUT SUPPORT THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS. WITH THIS PROJECT UNDER HIS BELT, MIGUEL IS EXCITED AND HOPEFUL NEW OPPORTUNITY WILL COME NOT JUST FOR HIS BUSINESS BUT OTHERS LOOKING TO HELP THE CITY GROW. >> I KNOW THIS USUALLY HAS DONE A GREAT JOB AT BREAKING UP THIS OPPORTUNITIES TO A LOT MORE PARTICIPATION AND I HOPE THAT CONTINUES AND DOESN'T CHANGE. SO TO ALLOW MORE COMPANIES LIKE MYSELF AND OTHERS TO TO PURSUE GOVERNMENT CONTRACTING AND THE SEASONAL IT WELL THAT WAS AMAZING. OPPORTUNITY TO HIGHLIGHT ONE OF OUR SMALL BUSINESSES AND FROM THE STRATEGIC INVESTMENT AREAS THERE WAS ALSO SOMETHING ELSE THAT CAME OUT OF THIS WHICH IS OUR SKILL TO BUILD INITIATIVE. AND THROUGH THAT PARTICULAR CASE STUDY WE REALIZED THAT THERE HAS TO BE STRONGER COORDINATION AND INTENTION ABILITY BETWEEN CBR PROCUREMENT WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SOME OF OUR GOALS WITH SMALL BUSINESS READINESS INITIATIVE IS TO EQUIP SMALL BUSINESSES TO FOSTER EQUITABLE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TO STRENGTHEN CHARLOTTE'S LOCAL ECONOMY. NOW FROM THIS STUDY WE SAW THAT HEY, THERE'S AN ESTIMATED NEED FOR RAIL TRANSIT CONSTRUCTION WHICH IS AT 2 TO 4 TIMES THE LOCAL CAPACITY AND TRANSPORTATION IS TWO TIMES THE NEED FOR THE LOCAL CAPACITY AS WELL. AND THEN WITH THE LOCAL BUSINESS MARKET THERE HAS TO BE INTENTIONALITY ON FOCUSING ON CONSTRUCTION LABORERS, ELECTRICIANS BUILDING CONSTRUCTION, PAINTING CONCRETE AND MASONRY. SO WE'RE TAKING A LOT OF THE INFORMATION THAT'S PROVIDED HERE WITHIN THE REPORT AND ALLOWING FOR THAT TO INFORM HOW WE DO OUTREACH TRAINING IN CAPACITY BUILDING. SO A FEW HIGHLIGHTS THAT'S IN THE WORKS RIGHT NOW. WE ARE IN THE PROCESS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF HIRING A NEW PROGRAM MANAGER TO SUPPORT THE SKILLED BUILD INITIATIVE BECAUSE WE NEED THE MANPOWER OR THE PERSON POWER TO HELP SUPPORT THAT INITIATIVE AND TO WORK WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS AS WELL. WE'RE IN A PROCESS NOW IN FINALIZING A VENDOR FOR THE SKILL TO BUILD CURRICULUM DESIGN AND WHICH WE'VE HIGHLIGHTED TO YOU ALL AT THE RETREAT OF HAVE AN ACTUAL PROGRAM CATERED TOWARD SMALL BUSINESSES WITH ALL OF THE INFORMATION FROM THE REPORT IN MIND. AND THEN WE'RE ALSO CONTINUING WITHOUT COORDINATING OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT. NEXT ON MY HAND IS OVER TO DANIELLE FRAZIER TO TALK ABOUT MOBILITY AND WORKFORCE READINESS. >> THANK YOU. SHAW AND GOOD MORNING COMMITTEE AND I AM HERE TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT MORE ON OUR MOBILITY WORKFORCE READINESS ISSUE. >> AS MENTIONED, ASH ON TEAM ARE PREPARING TO SUPPORT OUR SMALL BUSINESSES FOR MOBILITY PROJECTS. YOU ALL KNOW WE'RE DOING THIS ON THE TALENT SIDE AS WELL. >> I GAVE A GREAT OVERVIEW OF THE MOBILITY REPORT AND WE GAINED A LOT OF GREAT INSIGHTS FROM THAT REPORT AND IF YOU'VE HAD A CHANCE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE'S AN ESTIMATED OVER 5000 JOBS THAT WILL BE NEEDED TO FILL OVER THE NEXT 30 YEARS IN SPECIFIC AREAS . AND SO FROM A WORKFORCE PERSPECTIVE, THERE WERE A LOT OF INSIGHTS THAT WE GOT OUT OF THE REPORT. BUT A COUPLE THAT I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT HERE ARE ONE THIS REPORT IS GOING TO HELP US IDENTIFY TALENT GAPS IN THE CONSTRUCTION AND SKILLED TRADES AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICES OVER THAT 30 YEAR PERIOD TO IT WILL ALSO HELP US IDENTIFY POSITIONS THAT ARE IN DEMAND AND VERY SPECIFIC TIMEFRAME FROM SMALL TO MID TO THE LONG TERM NEED. AND SO AS ED ALSO MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY THERE IS A TALENT SHORTAGE OR A SKILLED TALENT SHORTAGE IN THIS AREA TO MEET THE DEMAND OVER THE 30 YEARS. BUT WHAT WE DO KNOW IS WE HAVE 157 PEOPLE PROBABLY PLUS NOW MOVING HERE A DAY AND SO WE HAVE THE TALENT IN NUMBERS AND SO NOW WHAT OUR CHALLENGE AND OPPORTUNITY WILL BE IS HOW DO WE MAKE SURE WE ALIGN THE INTEREST OF OUR TALENT WITH THE SKILL SETS THAT WILL BE NEEDED TO ACCESS THESE JOB OPPORTUNITIES THAT THESE MOBILITY PROJECTS WILL BRING? AND SO THE DATA AND INFORMATION FROM THIS REPORT IS REALLY GOING TO HELP US TO ADVISE OUR TALENT DEVELOPMENT PROCESS AND THAT WILL START WITH BEGINNING TO IDENTIFY THE TRAINING NEEDS NOW THAT WE KNOW THE JOB DEMAND . IT WILL HELP US TO PREPARE THE TALENT WITH THE RELEVANT SKILLS THAT ARE NEEDED TO HELP US CONNECT THE TALENT TO JOB OPPORTUNITIES, EASE INTO A SYSTEM AND ADVANCING IN THEIR CAREER PATHS AND SO ON. >> YOU KNOW WE ALL WE DON'T DO THIS WORK ALONE. WE PARTNER WITH OUR EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE AND TRAINING PROVIDERS TO DO THIS WORK THROUGH FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES. AND SO THIS BRINGS ME TO THE SKILL TO BUILD IMPLEMENTATION UPDATE AND LETTING YOU ALL KNOW WHERE WE ARE WITH THOSE GRANTS THAT WE PUT OUT A FEW MONTHS AGO. AND SO AS A REMINDER WE ARE INVESTING AND YOU ALL WILL INVEST UP TO $2.1 MILLION IN WORKFORCE PROGRAMS SUPPORTING CONSTRUCTION, SKILLED TRADES, INCREASING HIGH SCHOOL INTERNSHIP PLACEMENTS AS WELL AS BUSINESS ENGAGEMENT, ENGAGEMENT AND TRAINING FOR OUR SMALL BUSINESSES. AND SO WE ARE IN THE FINAL STAGES OF PREPARING THOSE GRANT RECOMMENDATIONS TO YOU ALL THAT YOU SHOULD RECEIVE IN A REQUEST FOR ACTION OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. AND SO PLEASE STAY TUNED TO TO LOOK FOR THAT. BUT THESE GRANTS ARE GOING TO HELP SUPPORT AND ASSIST OVER 1200 RESIDENTS WITH TRAINING WITH DEVELOPMENT AS WELL AS WITH JOB PLACEMENT OVER THE NEXT 18 MONTHS TO TWO YEARS. AND SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE IMPACT THAT THIS IS GOING TO HAVE ON OUR YOUNG TALENT AS WELL AS OUR ADULT WORKFORCE. AND SO PLEASE STAY TUNED. YOU WILL BE GETTING THAT INFORMATION OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS TO HOPEFULLY APPROVE THE RECOMMENDED PARTNERS THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED. SO WITH THAT UPDATE I THINK I'M PASSING IT OVER TO CHERYL AND WE'LL OF COURSE BE AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, DANIELLE AND THANK YOU TEAM. I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE TO SHARE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS GREAT TEAM THAT WE'RE COLLABORATING WITH. >> SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT EARLY IN THE PROJECT TO COORDINATE WITH ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS TO MAKE SURE WE SHAPE CONTRACTING STRATEGIES WITH THE SEO MODEL WHICH IS A GREAT MODEL. THE TEAM IS COMPRISED OF THE ENGINEERING TEAM CONTRACTING AND PROCUREMENT, CBI LEGAL ALL DEPARTMENTS WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION BUT THAT MODEL HAS PROVEN TO BE SUCCESSFUL. ONE OF THE MAJOR POINTS WITH THE SIA MODEL IS WE'RE ABLE TO IDENTIFY WAYS TO TAKE LARGER PROJECTS AND MAKE SMALLER PROJECTS WHICH CREATES OPPORTUNITIES FOR SMALL BUSINESSES AND OTHER BUSINESSES TO COMPETE. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT RIGHT SIZING PROJECTS TO EXPAND CONTRACTING OPPORTUNITIES, THAT'S AGAIN LOOKING AT OPPORTUNITIES TO TAKE OUR LARGER PROJECTS, MAKE SMALLER PROJECTS WHERE IT'S FEASIBLE TO DO SO IN ALIGNMENT WITH VARIOUS PROCUREMENT LAWS ESPECIALLY IN THE CONTRACTING COMMUNITY. AND I KNOW A LOT OF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH VARIOUS ALTERNATIVE PROCUREMENTS LIKE CRM AT RISK DESIGN BUILD BUT IT'S A GREAT TEAM THAT LOOKS AT THOSE OPPORTUNITIES AND STRATEGIES TO RECOMMEND THE BEST APPROACH. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT ACTIVE BUSINESS ENGAGEMENT AND OUTREACH THE CITY OF CHARLOTTE CBI TEAM ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT WE ALL WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE WE GET THE MESSAGE OUT TO OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITIES REGULARLY ABOUT BID OPPORTUNITIES, ABOUT TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES, NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES ALL OF THESE THINGS NEED TO CONTINUE TO HAPPEN. AS YOU SAW EARLIER WHEN ED DESCRIBED WE HAVE A CAPACITY GAP, RIGHT? AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE OUR BUSINESSES AND OUR COMMUNITY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BID ON THIS WORK. SO I WILL GIVE IT TO OUR TEAM IN REGARDS TO BEING INTENTIONAL ABOUT THE SOLAR TRAINING, THAT SPECIAL TRAINING AS WELL AS ADA SIDEWALK TRAINING THAT WAS DONE TO HELP COMPANIES WHO MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN DOING ADA SIDEWALK WORK. THEY WERE TRAINED ON THAT RECEIVED CERTIFICATES ON THAT AND WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT SOME OF THEM WILL EXPAND THEIR BUSINESSES TO DO THAT TYPE OF WORK. THERE'S ALSO A TRAINING THAT WILL BE COMING UP I BELIEVE IS ON MAY 7TH AND IT'S A COLLABORATION WITH CVI SEE A TEAM AND THAT FOCUS AREA WILL BE ON AND I JUST BROKE DOWN SO PARDON ME BUT IT WILL BE ON RECTANGULAR RAPID FLASHING BEACON TYPE WORK AND THAT'S ANOTHER CAPACITY DEFICIENT AREA THAT THE TEAM HAS IDENTIFIED EARLY EARLY ENOUGH SO THAT THERE WILL BE LIKE A TRAINING DEMONSTRATION AND THIS WILL HAPPEN BEFORE THE BIDS GO ON THE STREET AND THAT'S SOME OF THE FEEDBACK WE'VE RECEIVED FROM THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY. THEY LOVE THE FACT THAT WE'RE DOING THESE TRAININGS THAT IT WILL SUGGESTED THAT WE JUST TRY TO DO THEM EARLIER BEFORE BUYERS GO ON THE STREET SO THEY CAN TRY TO BE READY. AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO LISTEN TO THAT. >> AND SO THEN WHEN WE MOVED DOWN TO CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT BASED ON M.W. SBF FEEDBACK, THAT EXAMPLE I JUST GAVE YOU THIS SOME FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVED FROM OUR AMS WS AND S'S AS WELL AS RECOMMENDING THAT ON OUR BID WEBSITE WHERE COMPANIES UPLOAD THEIR BID INFORMATION IT WAS RECOMMENDED WE PUT A DISCLAIMER TO LET BUSINESSES KNOW THAT THERE'S ONLY MICROSOFT MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY THAT COULD BE USED TO UPLOAD CERTAIN FORMS AND PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW THAT SO THAT THEY'RE NOT AT THE LAST MINUTE TRYING TO UPLOAD THEIR BID AND FIND THAT FIND OUT AT THE 11TH HOUR AND NOW IT'S TOO LATE FOR THEM TO SUBMIT. SO WE'RE LISTENING TALKING ABOUT STREAMLINE PROCUREMENT PROCESSES. TECHNOLOGY IS ONE TOOL THAT WE'RE WORKING DILIGENTLY TO USE AND THAT WOULD BE WHAT WE CALL A E-PROCUREMENT SYSTEM. AND SO THAT WILL HELP US INTERNALLY LINK LIKE SAY PREPARING BID DOCUMENTS, PUTTING THE BIDS ON THE STREET. THAT'S WHEN THE PUBLIC WILL SEE THE BID DOCUMENTS RECEIVED THE DOCUMENTS BACK GOING THROUGH THE CONTRACT PROCESS. SO RIGHT NOW WE OPERATE IN A NUMBER OF SYSTEMS. >> THIS TECHNOLOGY WILL HELP US STREAMLINE THAT AND HELP THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY. AND THEN OF COURSE IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR US TO CONTINUE TO PROMOTE INFORMATION ABOUT UPCOMING BID OPPORTUNITIES IS GREAT THAT WE PUT OUR BIDS OUT WHEN IT'S TIME TO BE 3045 DAYS BUT IT'S EVEN BETTER WHEN WE PUT THAT INFORMATION OUT HIGH LEVEL INFORMATION OUT NOT DETAIL INFORMATION OUT ABOUT UPCOMING BID OPPORTUNITIES THREE MONTHS BEFORE IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN SIX MONTHS, EVEN 12 MONTHS AND THAT REALM IT HELPS A GENERAL CONTRACTOR BUILD THEIR SUBCONTRACTING TEAM EARLY . RIGHT. AND IT ALSO HELPS LARGE COMPANIES OR ANY COMPANY PREPARE TO BID ON CITY OR CHARLOTTE WORK IN NORTH CAROLINA. SOME OF YOU ARE AWARE THAT WE HAVE TO GET THREE BIDS ON BID ON DUE DATE. IF NOT WE HAVE TO REBID IF WE'RE REBID TIME IS MONEY AND SO WITH THAT THAT'S JUST A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF WHAT THE TEAM IS DOING. AND THEN THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF A GREAT EVENT THAT WAS HELD IN FEBRUARY FROM POLICY TO PROSPERITY AND THIS WAS MAYOR PRO TEM CHAMPS IDEA THAT WAS SENT TO THE CBI TEAM AND PROCUREMENT THIS TURNED OUT TO BE A GREAT EVENT WE HAD MR. EDGAR EDWARD PERRY WHO WORKED ALONGSIDE MAYNARD JACKSON WHICH BUILT THE HARTSFIELD IS IT HOW IT'S BUILT AIRPORT IN ATLANTA AND THEY HAVE A HARTSVILLE NATIONAL AIRPORT IN ATLANTA AND THEY HAD RECORD NUMBERS OF MVP PARTICIPATION BACK IN THE DAY DURING THAT TIME. >> SO THAT TYPE OF MODEL OF BUSINESS INFORMATION BEING SHARED WITH OVER OR NEARLY 300 ATTENDEES WAS GREAT. WE HAD IT MCKINNEY THERE SHARING INFORMATION ON A HIGH LEVEL ABOUT MOBILITY. BRETT CAGLE FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES ABOUT CATCH TRANSPORTATION AND WE HAVE REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE BANK OF AMERICA TEAM STADIUM TEAM THERE TALKING ABOUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO GET PRE-QUALIFIED WITH THEIR WORK SO COMPANIES COULD BID SO WE'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK. THIS IS A GREAT TEAM AND IT'S A PLEASURE TO WORK WITH EVERYBODY . WELL, THANK YOU SIR. I'M GOING TO MOVE THIS RIGHT ALONG. SO YOU'VE HEARD A LOT ABOUT THE KEY FINDINGS FROM THIS REPORT BUT THERE IS A PATH AHEAD. SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FROM FINDINGS TO FOLLOW THROUGH. NUMBER ONE, WE'RE SCALING UP ON A LOT OF THE BUSINESS PRACTICES FROM THIS YEAR'S MODEL. WE'RE STRENGTHENING OUR EXTERNAL PARTNERSHIPS AND COORDINATING EFFORTS WITH THE PUBLIC PRIVATE EDUCATION STAKEHOLDERS. THAT'S ON THE BUSINESS SIDE AND WORK FORCE SIDE. WE'VE LAUNCHED THE SKILL TO BUILD INITIATIVE FOR AWARENESS AND PREPAREDNESS FOR SMALL BUSINESSES EMPLOYERS AND LOCAL TALENT, TALENT DEVELOPMENT TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES AND BUSINESS ENGAGEMENT THROUGH THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM. WE ALSO HAVE EXTENSIVE BUSINESS ENGAGEMENT AND OUTREACH EVENTS THAT'S ALSO LED BY OUR CBI TEAM THAT INCLUDES THE SEMINARS AND ONSITE TRAININGS AS CHERYL JUST MENTIONED AS WELL. AND IT'S TO STREAMLINE PROCUREMENT PROCESS FOR INTERNAL EFFICIENCIES AND BROADER CONTRACT OPPORTUNITIES. SO AS DR. ALLEN MENTIONED EARLIER ON THE KEY TAKEAWAYS WE HAVE A AN APPROACH AHEAD WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THERE'S NOT ENOUGH LOCAL BUSINESSES AND LOCAL TALENT TO MEET THE FUTURE DEMAND. WE KNOW THAT THAT'S A FACT. BUT WE ALSO WANTED TO EMPHASIZE THAT THE THE DATA THAT'S PROVIDED IN A REPORT IS DATA AND NOT THE TRUTH FOR TOMORROW. SO HOW DO YOU TAKE INFORMATION? HOW DO YOU TAKE THAT INFORMATION TO ALLOW IT TO HELP INFLUENCE SOME OF YOUR DECISION MAKING? BUT AGAIN, THE DATA IS LIMITED BECAUSE IT'S A STATIC DATA AS A SNAPSHOT OF TODAY. BUT IT HAS PROJECTIONS OF TOMORROW. THE CITY'S WORKING TO PREPARE THE ORGANIZATION OURSELF AS A CITY GOVERNMENT AND THE COMMUNITY AND ALSO THESE OTHER PUBLIC SECTOR ORGANIZATIONS AND PRIVATE SECTOR ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE NEEDED TO FULLY RECOGNIZE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR LOCAL SMALL BUSINESS AND WORKFORCE TALENT. SO WE'RE WORKING WITH A LOT OF KEY STAKEHOLDERS HERE AND JUST A BOOK IN THIS PRESENTATION AND WE'RE ON THE RIGHT PATH. WE'RE ON THE RIGHT PATH. WE'RE BUILDING UPON SUCCESS. THIS WE'RE NOT WAITING FOR THIS STUDY TO COME OUT FOR US TO START WORK. THE WORK STARTED YEARS AGO AND IT'S A MATTER OF ALLOWING FOR THE STUDY AND THE INFORMATION TO HELP US GUIDE TO HELP US PIVOT, TO HELP US INNOVATE ALONG THE WAY. BUT WE HAVE A LOT OF SUCCESSFUL PRECEDENTS, ESPECIALLY BUILDING UPON THIS YEAR'S MODEL. A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN PROCUREMENT CBA CHERYL WAS ALSO A NEW HIRE AS WELL TO HELP WITH THE DIRECTION AND LEADERSHIP FOR THAT ORGANIZATION. I'M A NEW HIRE AS WELL. WITHIN THE LAST YEAR. SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT MOVING FORWARD. AND FOR THOSE WHO ARE IN THE ROOM OR THOSE WHO MAY BE WATCHING ONLINE, THERE'S A QR CODE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE SKILL TO BUILD INITIATIVE IN ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING TO PREPARE FOR MOBILITY. SO WITH THAT DR. ALLEN TO TURN IT BACK TO YOU. >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, SHAWN TEAM AND SO AS YOU CAN SEE WITH THIS REPORT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF ONE OF THE BIGGEST ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN OUR CITY IN OUR REGION. AND THE TEAM HAS DONE A GREAT JOB IN HIGHLIGHTING SOME OF THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING AND SOME OF THE WORK THAT WE'RE PREPARING TO DO. AND SO FOR THE SAKE OF TIME I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO YOU IN A ROOM CHAIR MAYFIELD TO LEAD COUNSEL THROUGH ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE FOR THE TEAM. THANK YOU. SO I DO WANT TO RECOGNIZE COUNCILMEMBER ANDERSON ON LIVE THANK YOU INTERIM CHAIR AND THANK YOU TEAM FOR THE PRESENTATION. REALLY GREAT INFORMATION. I JUST HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT HOW ARE WE CONNECTING WITH SOME OF OUR INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION TO HELP FILL THIS GAP? I RECENTLY LEARNED THAT YOU AND C CHARLOTTE IS ESTABLISHING A CONSTRUCTION SCHOOL TO FOCUS ON THIS DISCIPLINE. AND I'M WONDERING HOW ARE WE CONNECTING WITH THEM AS THEY STAND UP THAT INSTITUTION AS WELL AS WITH CPPCC? >> THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN EMERSON FOR THAT QUESTION. >> SO WE ARE PART OF WHAT WE SHARED BACK IN THE COUNCIL RETREAT AS WELL IS THAT WITH OUR GRANTS AND BEYOND OUR GRANTS IT'S WE'RE REALLY CREATING AN ECOSYSTEM AROUND THE DEMAND AND THE NEED FOR THESE JOBS OVER THE NEXT 30 YEARS. AND SO WE HAVE REGULAR CONNECTION POINTS WITH YOU AND CC AND OTHER HIGHER ED PARTNERS . SHAW AND I HAVE ACTUALLY HAD SOME CONVERSATION ABOUT REACHING OUT TO THE I THINK THE DEAN OVER THE NEW CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM, THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT PROGRAM. SO WE WILL MAKE SOME CONNECTIONS THERE. WE THINK THAT THAT WILL IN OUR MAYBE SECOND PHASE OF MORE THE MIDDLE SKILLED, HIGHER SKILLED JOBS AROUND PROFESSIONAL SERVICES THAT WILL BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO INVEST IN THE SECOND PHASE OF THIS. BUT YES, WE HAVE WE HAVE CONSISTENT COMMUNICATION AND RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE HIGHER ED PARTNERS AND WE WILL BEGIN TO SOLICIT THEM EVEN MORE AND BRING THEM INTO THE FOLD NOW THAT WE'RE ON THE PATH OF IMPLEMENTATION FOR SKILL TO BUILD. AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE INCLUDING OUR EDUCATION AND TRAINING PARTNERS, ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT ARE SPECIALIZING IN THESE THESE AREAS OF WHICH WE SEE THE HIGHEST DEMAND IN THE CONSTRUCTION SKILLED TRADES AND THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION, SIR? YEAH. COUNCILMAN MORRIS. THANK YOU, CHAIR MAYFIELD. THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION. WHAT INCREDIBLE WORK AND HONESTLY SUPER EXCITED. WHAT THE NEXT FEW YEARS WILL BRING FOR US IN TERMS OF LIKE HELPING BUILD OUT OUR WORKFORCE PIPELINE CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR SMALL BUSINESSES. I DID HAVE A QUESTION ON TERMS OF HOW REENGAGING AND THIS IS MORE SO MY OWN LEARNING PURPOSES YOU UNION JOBS OR FOLKS THAT THAT SMALL BUSINESSES OR AT LEAST IN THE CONSTRUCTION FIELD THAT ARE UNIONIZED IF THAT EVEN IS ALLOWED UNDER OUR STATE. >> THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION FROM THE SMALL BUSINESS ENGAGEMENT SIDE WHERE WE'RE SHARING INFORMATION WITH ALL BUSINESSES AND I'LL WORK PARTICULARLY ON THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LANE IS IT LIMITED TO UNION OR NON-UNIONIZED BUSINESSES? SO IT'S NUMBER ONE HOW DO WE MAKE SURE ALL BUSINESSES HAVE THAT CAPACITY AND SUPPORT TO TAKE ON MORE WORK AND BETTER OPPORTUNITIES AND IN TO THERE WHERE THE RESOURCES THE UNIONIZED WORK MAY PROBABLY LAY MORE SO IN THE WORKFORCE TALENT SIDE BUT NOT ON THE SMALL BUSINESS SIDE SMALL BUSINESS I APPRECIATE THAT AND I ALSO I THINK WHEN IT COMES TO THAT GAP THAT WE'RE FACING IN THE CONSTRUCTION FIELD, I THINK REALLY PARTNERING WITH OUR OUR PARTNERS NONPROFIT AND NOT NOT SPECIFICALLY THOSE NONPROFITS THAT WORK TO SKILL AND TRAIN FOLKS BUT PERHAPS NONPROFITS LIKE THE LATIN AMERICAN COALITION AND OTHER NONPROFITS THAT CONNECT THOSE RESIDENTS TO THOSE SKILLED TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES WOULD GO A LONG WAY, RIGHT WHETHER IT IS AND ALSO UTILIZE SAYING WE'VE HAD THIS CONVERSATION THIS COMMITTEE A LOT OUR BUSINESS DISTRICT ORGANIZATIONS RIGHT THAT THAT KNOW THESE MORE SMALLER SCALE KIND OF SKILL TRAINING ORGANIZATIONS THAT THAT CAN PROBABLY HELP US FILL THAT GAP AS WELL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL FOR THE PRESENTATION. I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FOR CONSIDERATION IF WE GO BACK TO SLIDE SEVEN WHERE WE IDENTIFY THE MOBILITY IN SMALL BUSINESS AND WORKFORCE, THE IMPORTANT IMPACT REPORT EXCUSE ME ONE OF OUR PARTNERS THAT WE'VE HAD NOW FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS AT&T B THEY DEFINITELY HAVE A SPECIALIZED LANE. I'M WONDERING IF WHEN WE'RE BACKTRACK I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND A NUMBER OF THE EVENTS THAT THE CITY HAS HOSTED THAT WHERE WE'VE DONE OUTREACH TO SMALL BUSINESSES. I ACTUALLY WAS IN ATTENDANCE FOR ONE OF THE TRAINEES WHERE WE DID THE TRAINING ON ADA COMPLIANT SIDEWALK SALES OVER ON THE EAST SIDE. SO I'VE HAD THAT OPPORTUNITY AS WELL. BUT WHAT I'M THINKING ABOUT IS HOW WE'VE LOCALLY BASICALLY A VENTURE CAP, A VENTURE CAPITAL PARTNERSHIP RELATIONSHIP TO HELP GET THAT TRAINING IN AS WE MOVE FORWARD TO CREATE. SO I'M NOT REALLY A FAN OF VENTURE CAPITALS PARTNERSHIPS BASED ON THE AIRPORTS MODEL BUT I KNOW THERE ARE SOME GOOD MODELS OUT THERE. SO I'M JUST WONDERING WHAT IF ANY IS THE CITY'S ROLE WITH HELPING TO BROKER THOSE TYPE OF CONVERSATIONS WHEN WE CLEARLY KNOW THAT WE HAVE A GAP ESPECIALLY WITH A LARGE NUMBER OF THOSE IN MY GENERATION AND A LITTLE OLDER THAT WE'LL BE RETIRING. SO TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE AS CLOSE TO FILLING IT AS POSSIBLE . THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. THERE'S A FEW THINGS. NUMBER ONE, WE A LOT OF OUR ECOSYSTEM PARTNERS SUCH AS OUR LOCAL CHAMBERS, BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS, EVEN THE CHARLOTTE REGIONAL BUSINESS ALLIANCE HAVE BEEN MADE AWARE OF A LOT OF THE WORK WE'RE DOING AT A VERY HIGH LEVEL AND WHAT WE WANTED TO DO FIRST WAS ENGAGE WITH THIS PARTICULAR COMMITTEE FIRST AND WE DIDN'T WANT TO JUMP AHEAD AT COUNCIL AND STARTED TO OPERATIONALIZE IDEAS AND TALK TO BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS BEFORE WE TALK TO YOU FIRST. SO THAT'S ONE. NUMBER TWO, WE'RE LOOKING AT OPPORTUNITIES WHETHER IT'S MENTOR PROTEGE PROGRAMS, ALSO ACCESS TO CAPITAL WHEN IT COMES TO MAKING SURE THAT BUSINESSES HAVE THE RIGHT RESOURCES TO SCALE UP. AND THEN ALSO AS WELL, HOW DO BUSINESSES RECEIVE AN INFUSION OF CAPITAL INTO THEIR BUSINESS? THOSE ARE SOME MODELS THAT A WE CAN HELP FACILITATE A LOT OF THE INTRODUCTIONS THEY HOST THE EVENTS BUT WE'RE WE'RE TRYING TO ALSO UNDERSTAND OUR LANE WHERE CHERYL AND DANIELLE ARE LEVERAGING CAPITAL PROGRAMS TO SAY HEY HERE'S HERE'S A BUSINESS TO BUY. WE ALSO JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR LEVEL OF ACCOUNTABLE ITY AND RESPONSIBILITY IS CLEAR. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE AWARE AND PREPARED. AND THEN THIS IS ALSO HOW WE MAXIMIZE IS OUR BUSINESS STAKEHOLDER COMMUNITY AND MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THOSE FOLKS TO ENGAGE AS WELL. >> I APPRECIATE THAT IF WE CAN JUMP TO SLIDE NINE. SO AND THIS PART IS A BIT OF THE CONVERSATION WHERE IS OUT OF OUR WHEELHOUSE AS WE DON'T HAVE AS MUCH CONTROL LEGALLY AS I PERSONALLY WOULD LIKE BUT SINCE I DO NOT HAVE ALL THE REINS AND I AM NOT RELATED TO PANELS I CANNOT SNAP MY FINGERS YET BUT ME. >> THE QUESTION IS WHILE WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS GAP IS THE PAY MATCHING NEED BECAUSE WHEN I LOOK AT SOME OF THE CONTRACTS THAT COUNCIL HAS APPROVED AND I LOOK AT THE MINORITY PARTICIPATION AND I'M LOOKING AT A CONTRACT IN TOTALITY THAT'S OVER $4 MILLION AND THE CBI, SBA MVP PARTICIPATION IS 35,000 IS 50,000. THAT'S NOT COVERED TO PAY FOR ONE EMPLOYEE. SO WHEN I'M LOOKING AT THE TOTALITY OF WHICH I APPRECIATE WE HAVE YOU ALL HAVE DONE A LOT OF WORK WE'RE TRYING TO BREAK THESE CONTRACTS UP YET IF OUR EMPLOYEES CANNOT AFFORD TO LIVE HERE BECAUSE THE SALARIES THAT THEY ARE MAKING ARE NOT MATCHING THE NEED IN THE COMMUNITY, THAT IS A GAP THAT ALSO NEEDS TO BE IDENTIFIED. IT IS GREAT FOR US TO HAVE AS MUCH FORWARD THINKING SUPPORT FOR OUR YOUNG PEOPLE. MY CONCERN IS WE HAVE SEEN JUST IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS HUNDREDS OF INDIVIDUALS IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT HAVE BEEN LAID OFF FROM BANKING FROM OTHER INDUSTRIES, FROM WAREHOUSE, FROM COMPANIES THAT STATE AND OR LOCAL DOLLARS SUPPORT IT AND INVEST IT IN. WHAT IS THAT TRANSITION LOOK LIKE? SO AS WE'RE OUT CREATING THESE TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES AND WORKING WITH OUR PARTNERS LIKE ZINE AND OUR PARTNERS OUT THERE TO HELP DO THE OUTREACH AND COMMUNICATION, HOW ARE WE AND ARE WE LOOKING AT THOSE INDUSTRIES THAT WE HAVE SUPPORTED THAT HAVE NOW SEEN LAYOFF AND HOW WHAT IS THE PROCESS THEY EVEN CONNECT WITH THEIR WITH THOSE INDIVIDUALS BECAUSE WORST CASE SCENARIO WE HAVE CREATED THIS OPPORTUNITY FOR SOME OF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE BECAUSE WE JUST GAVE A REPORT MAKING 7080 90,000 I DON'T NEED A CHILD TO BE HERE BUT WHEN THEY'RE IN A HOME BECAUSE THE ADULTS HAVE BEEN UNDEREMPLOYED OR LAID OFF AND IT'S TAKEN MORE THAN A YEAR FOR DOWN TO BOUNCE BACK OR BE CONNECTED TO A NEW OPPORTUNITY WHETHER THAT OPPORTUNITY IS CREATING THIS SMALL BUSINESS BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN THAT THE CHILD IS BRINGING HOME 70, 80, 90,000. THE CHILD DOESN'T GET TO BE A CHILD. THIS CHILD IS NOT A MAIN BREADWINNER. THAT'S A DIFFERENT CONVERSATION . BUT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I NEED US TO BE THINKING ABOUT THE TOTALITY OF THE IMPACT WHEN WE'RE MAKING THESE INVESTMENTS AND IS THERE A WAY TO DO BOTH? I WANT US TO KEEP SUPPORTING OUR YOUNG PEOPLE YET FOR THOSE INDUSTRIES WHERE WE KNOW WE HAVE A GAP BECAUSE WE'VE KNOWN THIS FOR YEARS, THIS ISN'T NEW INFORMATION AS WE CONTINUE TO HELP TRY TO SUPPORT THE GROWTH OF IT, HOW WE CONNECTING TO THOSE WHO ARE ALREADY HERE BECAUSE WE LOVE NEW PEOPLE COMING I'M OKAY WITH OUR VISIT IN AND GOING THAT HOME BUT I'M MORE CONCERNED ABOUT THOSE WHO LIVE HERE, HAVE LIVED HERE, HAVE PAID TAXES HERE. HOW ARE WE CREATING OPPORTUNITIES AND OF COURSE AS A GRADUATE CENTER BE MY COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND ALUMNI AS THE STUDENT AND A GRADUATE OF THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT AND TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM DIRECT ACCESS BETWEEN THE WHAT BETWEEN CENTRAL POINT MY FOR THE SPECIFIC SKILLS IN WELDING AND OTHER THINGS TO HELP THESE YOUNG PEOPLE AND THOSE OF US THAT ARE NOT SO YOUNG AND CAME UP WITH A BRIGHT IDEA TO TRANSITION INTO THE NEXT WELL SO THOSE AND THOSE ARE NOT I I'M NOT TRYING TO PUT STAFF ON UNDER THE SPOTLIGHT TO GIVE A RESPONSE NOW THESE ARE JUST SOME THINGS THAT I HAVE BEEN THINKING ABOUT AND I REACHED OUT TO DISCUSS WITH DEPUTY DIRECTOR ALLEN TO SAY WHERE WITH THIS FALL. SO I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES COUNCILMEMBER ANDERSON I HAVE WATLINGTON PAUSE AND COME BACK IN BECAUSE THAT BROKE UP A LITTLE BIT SO WE'RE TRYING TO TRY THAT ONE MORE TIME. >> OH, I WAS JUST LETTING YOU KNOW THAT MY HAND HAS BEEN UP. >> I DIDN'T KNOW IF WHOEVER'S RUNNING THE QUEUE HAD SEEN IT. >> CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, MA'AM. ARE YOU TO WANT TO KNOW THAT I DID NOT KNOW. OH YEAH, WE WERE. WE'RE HAVING A LITTLE BIT OF A CHALLENGE THIS MORNING. WHAT I'D SAY MY APOLOGIES THAT THE WATLINGTON NO, YOU'RE TOTALLY FINE. >> TOTALLY FINE. I JUST WANTED TO WEIGH IN REAL QUICKLY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I DID HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT THE REPORTS IN DETAIL OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS AND I'M EXCITED THIS IS WHAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR SOME TIME. SO HAVING THE LEVEL OF INFORMATION THAT WE NEED TO ACTUALLY TAKE ACTION FOR ME IS INVALUABLE. SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT IT WHAT IT MEANS FOR THE CITY BUT I'M ALSO THINKING BROADER, RIGHT? DEFINITELY THIS IS GOING TO BE IMPACTFUL FOR OUR CITY OF CHARLOTTE COUNTY. BUT AS I THINK ABOUT OUR REGION I MEAN WE'RE 35% OF THE STATE GDP, RIGHT? AND WE TALK ABOUT THAT 150 PEOPLE MOVING HERE EVERY DAY WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE EMPTY IN THE FUTURE IT CAN GO BEYOND MECKLENBURG COUNTY, RIGHT? OUR HOPE IS AND IT GOES OUT TO OUR THAT IT GOES OUT TO GAST AND THEN IT GOES OUT TO UNION AND SO AS WE ARE EXPERIENCING THAT THAT ECONOMIC BOOM AND THOSE THOSE WORKFORCE BENEFITS ,I THINK IT'S INCUMBENT UPON US TO THINK ABOUT HOW THAT IMPACTS OUR RESIDENTS IN AND AROUND THE REGION. AND I THINK THAT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE TAKE ACTION NOW WE'VE BEEN HAVING A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS IN DIFFERENT AREAS ABOUT DIFFERENT SUBJECTS AND THIS ONE IN PARTICULAR I THINK WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE THE TIME THAT WE NEED TO DEVELOP THE PROGRAMS TO SCALE THEM TO ENGAGE OUR STAKEHOLDERS BECAUSE THE BEST MIT IS A FEW YEARS AWAY SO WE'VE GOT TIME TO ACT BUT WE DON'T HAVE TIME TO DELAY. WHEN I THINK ABOUT IT, COUNCILMEMBER MAYFIELD WAS JUST SPEAKING TO HER EXPERIENCE. WE'VE GOT A LOT OF STRENGTH IN OUR INSTITUTIONS ACROSS THE REGION. I'M A PROUD NEIGHBOR. SHE'S A PROUD SEES THE CITY ALONG CALCIUM AS WHAT ARE YES QUEENS AND OTHER COUNCILMEN GRANT TOWNSEND C SMITH, COUNCILMAN MAYO ELI TECHNICALLY IN THE REGION NOW AND EVEN OUR HIGH SCHOOLS COUNCILMEMBER MITCHELL IN HIS ABSENCE AS A PROUD WEST CHARLOTTE ALONE SO WE'VE GOT A LOT OF STAKEHOLDERS IN EDUCATION AND IN THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY THAT WE CAN WORK WITH AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE DO IT NOT AT A STAFF LEVEL ONLY BUT ALSO AT AN ELECTED LEVEL. SO I'LL RAISE MY HAND TODAY AND I COMMIT TO PULL IT TOGETHER. THOSE STAKEHOLDERS THE SUPERINTENDENTS OF THE REGION'S SCHOOL SYSTEMS, THE OTHER ELECTEDS AROUND THE REGION, OUR LEADERS FROM THE UNIVERSITIES AND THE COMMUNITY COLLEGES AND THE VOCATIONAL PROGRAMS SO THAT WE CAN TALK ABOUT EDUCATION TRACKS TO TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE BUILDING THAT PIPELINE SO MORE TO COME ON THAT I SPOKE WITH THE MANAGER A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT BUT I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU ALL TO TO DEVELOP THAT PROGRAM. SO WE'LL WE'LL WE'LL KICK IT OFF THERE AND I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU ALL DONE AND I LOOK FORWARD TO HELPING HELPING GET THIS ACROSS THE FINISH LINE. THANKS. THANK YOU THAT WATLINGTON COUNCILMEMBER ANDERSON YES I REALLY I DIDN'T HAVE A COMMENT. I AGREED WITH WHAT DR. WATLINGTON HAS SAID AND YOUR COMMENTS INTERIM CHAIR SO I AGREE. IS THIS A TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR REGION, OUR CITY AND ALSO OUR REGION TO MAKE SURE THAT THE MONEY THE DOLLARS ARE CIRCULATING WITHIN OUR COMMUNITIES? AND SO TO THE EXTENT THAT WE CAN BE PREPARED TO DO SO AND READY OUR RESIDENTS TO DO SO, I AM ALL IN ON THAT. SO THAT'S ALL THAT'S ALL. INTERIM CHAIR THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND LUCKILY THIS WAS JUST FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES. SO WE'RE GOING TO JUMP INTO OUR 2025 ANNUAL REPORT. YEAH, NEXT WE HAVE EACH ONE YARD. >> OH YES. OUR CONVERSATION HONESTLY ARE THEY SO WHILE TODD IS MAKING HIS WAY UP HERE YOU'VE GOT TODD DILLON IS COMING UP FOR ACTION ITEMS ON LOOKING OUT FOR SPEEDING ON MAY THE 26TH RELATED TO THE GROUND LEASE AND THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT I JUST WANTED TO TRY TO KIND OF REFRESH EVERYONE'S MEMORY ABOUT WHAT THESE ARE ABOUT. SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS JUST KNOW BEFORE IN ADVANCE THAT MR. DILLON, WELCOME. >> THANK YOU, MA'AM. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. I WILL BE BRIEF. I KNOW WE HAVE A PRETTY FULL AGENDA. JUST WANTED TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE EVERYONE A HEADS UP OF A FEW COUNCIL ACTION ITEMS THAT WE'RE PREPARING FOR THE MAY 26TH COUNCIL MEETING. THE THREE ITEMS WE DISCUSSED PREVIOUSLY IN COMMITTEE AND IN COUNCIL OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS THE FIRST TWO OF WHICH ARE THE GROUND RACES TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE EASTLAND SPORTS CAMPUS. THERE ARE NO SLIDES. OH NO JUST THIS IS JUST TO BE REALLY BRIEF SO THE FIRST TWO WILL BE THE GROUND RACES TO SUPPORT THE EASTLAND SPORTS CAMPUS. ONE OF THOSE GROUND LEASES WILL BE WITH THE CHARLOTTE SOCCER ACADEMY. THE OTHER WILL BE WITH SPORTS GLOBAL WHICH IS THE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN BOLTON IVORY COUNTY AND EDGE SPORTS GLOBAL. THE LEASES WILL BE FOR 50 YEARS WITH A 21 YEAR I'M SORRY ONE OPTION TO RENEW FOR AN ADDITIONAL 25 YEARS AND IT'LL BE FOR A DOLLAR A YEAR ASSUMING THEY ADHERE TO THE THE INTENT AND THE METRICS THAT ARE SET OUT FOR THE HOSPITALITY FUNDS AND THEY'RE DRIVING TOURISM AND THEY'RE CREATING AMATEUR SPORTING EVENT OPPORTUNITIES. THE THIRD ITEM IS THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE MASTER DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AND THIS IS WITH CROSS AND SOUTHEAST AND WE TOUCHED ON THIS BRIEFLY IN THE JANUARY COMMITTEE MEETING. THIS AMENDMENT REALLY FOCUSES ON THREE TERMS AND THE FIRST IS REGARDING THE PURCHASE PRICE AND SO THIS AMENDMENT WOULD EXTEND THE INITIAL PURCHASE PRICE UNTIL AUGUST 31ST OF 2027. WHY WOULD WE DO THAT? IT ALLOWS FOR IT'S REALLY JUST FOR THE NON SINGLE FAMILY PARCEL SO IT'S ABOUT 5 OR 6 ACRES THAT ARE REMAINING THAT HAD NOT BEEN SOLD YET AND IT ALLOWS FOR SOME ADDITIONAL CONVERSATIONS WITH TENANTS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET PARTICULARLY ON THE COMMERCIAL SIDE TO SUPPORT THE RESIDENTIAL AND ON THE SPORTS CAMPUS. SOME OF THE THINGS HAVE BEEN WHEN WE FIRST SET OUT WITH A MASTER DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH CROSS IN SOUTHEAST THERE WAS A DIFFERENT PARTNER THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT ON THE EASTSIDE PARCEL AND THAT PARCEL ACTUALLY HAD A MAJOR COMPONENT TO WHAT'S HAPPENING ON THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE SITE AS WELL. SO WITH THE DELAYS THAT OCCUR ON ON GETTING THAT PARTNER IN PLACE FOR THE SPORTS CAMPUS, IT HELPS US AND PROVIDES SOME ADDITIONAL FLEXIBILITY WITH SOME SOUTHEAST ON THE TERMS AND WHEN WE ARE NEGOTIATING WITH THE COMMERCIAL TENANTS THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS IS A LEARNING EXPERIENCE WHERE THE CURRENT LANGUAGE TALKS ABOUT THE CLOSING DATE AND THAT'S WHEN IT IS SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO REFINE IT TO NOW IS WHEN IT GETS UNDER CONTRACT THAT WAY WE DON'T GET INTO A SITUATION WHERE WE HAVE A CONTRACT WITH A GROUP AND THEN IT TAKES 30 DAYS TO CLOSE AND IT GOES PAST THAT PURCHASE PRICE AND THEN THEY HAVE TO START ALL OVER AGAIN. SO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE HAVE THAT FIRST EXECUTED DOCUMENT THAT'S WHEN THAT TRIGGER COMES INTO PLAY. ARE THEY MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OR NOT? THE SECOND ONE IS IN RESPECT TO HOW THEY TAKE DOWN THE PROPERTY SO THE CURRENT AGREEMENT REQUIRES CROSLIN TO ACQUIRE TWO ACRES EVERY 18 MONTHS OR SO. SO IF THEY ACQUIRE MORE THAN THAT THEY DON'T GET CREDIT FOR THAT UNDER THE CURRENT STRUCTURE OF THE AGREEMENT. SO WITH THIS NEW TERM WILL ACTUALLY GIVE THEM CREDIT FOR ANYTHING THEY ACQUIRE ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS SO IT ALLOWS THEM ONE AND DOESN'T PUNISH THEM FOR ACTUALLY ACQUIRING EIGHT ACRES INSTEAD OF TWO ACRES AND IT PROVIDES SOME ADDITIONAL FLEXIBILITY FOR THE PARTNERSHIP AS WE CONTINUE FOR MAKING PROGRESS ON THE PROPERTY. AND THEN THE THIRD IT'S THE DEADLINE TO FOR THEM TO REQUIRE ACQUIRE ALL REMAINING PARCELS AND THAT EXTENDS IT OUT ANOTHER 24 MONTHS TO I THINK IT'S TO DECEMBER 20TH 30TH. SO THEY HAVE TO ACQUIRE A WHOLE PARCELS BY DECEMBER 30TH. SO THOSE ARE THE THREE TERMS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE MASTER DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AND THAT AMENDMENT TO THAT AGREEMENT AND THAT'S WHAT I'VE GOT FOR YOU TODAY BECAUSE WHEN WE DID YOU HAVE QUESTIONS. YEAH. THANK YOU. INTERIM CHAIR COULD YOU EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT EXTRA ACREAGE CREDIT? SO JUST BECAUSE I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH IT SO RIGHT NOW LIKE I SAID, IF THEY THEY HAVE TO ACQUIRE TWO ACRES EVERY 18 MONTHS AND IF THEY ACQUIRE EIGHT ACRES THEY STILL HAVE TO ACQUIRE ANOTHER TWO ACRES IN 18 MONTHS. SO WHAT THIS DOES IS THEY ACQUIRE EIGHT ACRES INSTEAD OF TWO. THEY GET CREDIT FOR THOSE SIX ACRES FOR THE NEXT MONTH SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO HAVE THAT TWO ACRE ACQUISITION WITHIN 18 MONTHS BECAUSE TECHNICALLY THEY'VE ALREADY ACQUIRED THE PROPERTY. SO IT HELPS WITH THE FLEXIBILITY OF THE AGREEMENT OR ALSO IT HELPS US HELP PUSH THEM A LITTLE BIT TO ACQUIRE MORE THAN JUST THE TWO ACRES AT A TIME AND THIS A LOT OF THIS COMES DOWN TO AROUND THAT SINGLE FAMILY PARCEL AND HOW ASSOCIATE BURBANK HAS TAKEN DOWN DIFFERENT LOTS AND WHEN THEY'RE READY TO GO WITH THE DIFFERENT LOTS AND SO THERE'S DIFFERENT PHASES OF THAT SINGLE FAMILY PARCEL THAT HAS AN IMPACT WHERE THE MARKET IS AND WHERE THINGS ARE GOING FROM THERE. I THINK WHAT WE'RE WE'RE SEEING RIGHT NOW IS REALLY CREATING MORE FLEXIBILITY IN ALLOWING FOR THE SUCCESS THAT WE'VE HAD TO CONTINUE ON THE PROPERTY WHILE ALSO NOT HINDER AND KIND OF HOLDING OUR HANDS OR TYING OUR HANDS MAKING CONTINUED SUCCESS WHETHER IT'S ON THE RESIDENTIAL OR THE COMMERCIAL OR THE SPORTS CAMPUS. AND SO AND THERE'S NO ADDITIONAL DOLLAR AMOUNT ATTACHED TO THIS, RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT. IT'S JUST TIMELINE FLEXIBILITY. THAT IS CORRECT. AND SOME OF THE OTHER KEY TERMS THAT PROVIDES A PROTECTION FOR THE CITY LIKE WE HAVE A TERM IN THERE THAT'S FOR ACCESS PURPOSES. SO WHAT THAT REALLY SAYS IS THAT IF WE SELL THE LAND TO CROSLIN AND THEY TURN AROUND TO SELL IT TO SOMEBODY ELSE AT A HIGHER DOLLAR VALUE THAN WE SELL IT, WE GET THAT THAT DIFFERENCE SO WE'RE PROTECTED SO THEY CAN'T TURN AROUND AND MAKE ADDITIONAL FUNDS OR REVENUES BASED ON THE PURCHASE PRICE THAT THEY GOT FROM US. SO ALLOW US SOME COST SHARING AND REVENUE SHARING ALONG THE WAY FOR US. GOT IT. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. SO FOR CLARIFICATION, THE LAST PART WE HAVE THAT IN WRITING THAT TO ENSURE THAT THAT COST SHARING AND REVENUE SHARING IS IN PLACE. YES, MA'AM. BECAUSE I HAVE CONCERNS BECAUSE ONCE UPON A TIME THERE WAS SOME REALLY GOOD CONVERSATIONS REGARDING THIS LITTLE PLACE CALLED THE RIVER DISTRICT AND THERE WERE SOME IDEAS AND EXPECTATIONS THAT JUST THAT THAT MADE THEIR WAY INTO A CONTRACT. SO WE ARE NOW SEEING DEVELOPMENT BUT THAT WILL BE TRANSFORMATIONAL IN OUR CITY THAT LOOKS A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WAS DISCUSSED. SO I'M A FAN OF HAVING THE LANGUAGE IN PLACE. I ALSO THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO ACTUALLY PRESENT THAT INFORMATION WHENEVER WE'RE BRINGING IT UP VERSUS JUST GIVING US A VERBAL UPDATE. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN NICE TO HAVE THE SLIDES SO THAT WHETHER IT'S VERSION OR CREDIT SO THAT WE CAN ALWAYS GO BACK AND REFER TO IT AND NOT JUST HAVE TO RELY ON OUR ALL MY PERSONAL CHICKEN SCRATCH SHORT HERE AND TRY TO GO BACK AND TRY TO UNDERSTAND WHAT I WAS THINKING AT THAT PARTICULAR TIME. SO BUT I DEFINITELY APPRECIATE THE UPDATE ON IT. YOU DON'T NEED ANYTHING FROM US ALL OF THIS IS JUST INFORMATION REALLY JUST GIVING YOU A HEADS UP OF WHAT'S COME INTO COUNCIL FOR DECISION LATER THIS MONTH. >> THAT'S ALL THAT'S COMING TO COUNCIL BEFORE A DECISION HEARING COMMITTEE YOU JUST GAVE US. I JUST WANT US TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE. YOU JUST GAVE US A VERBAL UPDATE THAT MENTIONED A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT MENTIONED AN AMENDMENT TO THE MASTER LEASE EXTENDED LAND LEASE, THE CLOSING DATE VERSUS CONTRACTUAL DATE, THE EXPECTATION OF THE TWO ACRES EVERY 18 MONTHS AND WHAT WOULD THAT LOOK LIKE? JUST THINKING THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN LISTED AS THE TRACK THAT ESPECIALLY IF WE'RE GOING TO BE VOTING ON IT. SURE. AND WHAT THAT WOULD GO STRAIGHT INTO CBI. SO YOU LOOK AT THAT WE ARE MOVING ALONG. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH MR. DE LA. >> ALL RIGHT. THANKS. INTERIM CHAIR MAYFIELD SO NEXT ITEM IS WE HAVE A SPECIAL GUEST WITH US AS ON PATTON IS THAT YOU POP FANS PATTON ACTOR THANK YOU AND SHE IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE CHARLOTTE BUSINESS INCLUSION ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND THEY'RE HERE TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON THEIR IN YOUR REPORT I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU FOR A BRIEF REPORT. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING, COUNCILWOMAN AT LARGE MAYFIELD, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND DISTINGUISHED MEMBERS OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND WORKFORCE COMMITTEE THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE BEFORE YOU TODAY SO WE'RE PREPARING TO SHARE THE SUMMARY OF OUR 2025 ANNUAL REPORT. BEFORE I DIVE IN I JUST WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE CHARLOTTE BUSINESS INCLUSION TEAM LED BY STEPHEN COOPER AS WELL AS THE CBI STAFF MEMBERS WHO ARE HERE WITH US IN PERSON AND THOSE WHO ARE JOINING US ONLINE IF THEY COULD THE WORK THAT YOU DO EVERY DAY ON BEHALF OF THE CHARLOTTE SMALL BUSINESS COMMUNITY DOES NOT GO UNNOTICED AND THIS COMMITTEE SEES THE WORK THAT YOU DO. THE CHARLOTTE BUSINESS INCLUSION ADVISORY COMMITTEE IS MADE UP OF INDIVIDUALS FROM DIVERSE ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS THE CITY PEOPLE WHO REPRESENT A WIDE RANGE OF EXPERIENCES DOING BUSINESS WITH THE CITY OF CHARLOTTE AND DOING BUSINESS IN THE CITY OF CHARLOTTE. WHAT UNIFIES US IS A SHARED PASSION ENSURING THAT SMALL BUSINESSES OPERATING HERE HAVE A REAL EQUITABLE OPPORTUNITY TO GROW TO BUILD CAPACITY AND TO CREATE GENERATIONAL WEALTH THROUGH ACTIVE PARTICIPATION IN GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT. AND THAT'S WHY WE SHOW UP AND THAT'S WHAT DRIVES OUR WORK. OVER THE YEARS DBA IS THESE RECOMMENDATIONS HAVE PRODUCED MEANINGFUL TANGIBLE PROGRAMING LIKE THE CBA UNIVERSITY BLUEPRINT, THE CONTRACT TO DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM MENTOR PROTEGE FRAMEWORKS PROCUREMENT STRATEGIES LIKE THIAM AT RISK AND DEVELOPING ACCESSIBLE PACKAGES. THESE WEREN'T IDEAS BORN IN A VACUUM. THEY WERE DRAWN FROM BEST PRACTICES ACROSS THE NATION BECAUSE CHARLOTTE HAS ALWAYS ASPIRED TO BE ONE OF THE COUNTRY'S LEADING CITIES FOR GOVERNMENT CONTRACTING AND BUSINESS EQUITABLE OPPORTUNITIES ADVISORY WORK HAS ALSO FOCUSED ON REMOVING THE BARRIERS AND PROHIBITIVE FACTORS THAT PREVENT SMALL AND EMERGING BUSINESSES FROM COMPETITIVELY PURSUING CITY CONTRACTS. THAT INCLUDES ACCESS TO FINANCIAL DOCUMENTATION, CPA PREPARED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, BONDING ASSISTANCE FOR FIRMS THAT DIDN'T YET HAVE BONDING AND FOR FIRMS WHOSE BOTTOM LINES WERE MAXED OUT AND CANNOT TAKE ON GOVERNMENT WORK. IT INCLUDES TRAINING ON HOW TO REBID DOCUMENTS, HOW TO SHOW UP TO PRE-BID MEETINGS AND COMPLETE SIDEWALKS. THESE ARE THINGS THAT CAN FEEL SMALL FOR A BUSINESS OWNER WHO HAS NEVER ENGAGED WITH CITY PROCUREMENT THEY'RE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE DOOR BEING OPEN AND THE DOOR BEING CLOSED. SO AS WE ENTER INTO THE 2025 END REPORT, THE CBA HAS MET MONTHLY TO REVIEW WHAT WE WERE OBSERVING IN THE MARKETPLACE AND TO TRACK LEGISLATIVE CHANGES AFFECTING THOSE SMALL BUSINESS RESOURCES AT THE LOCAL STATE AND FEDERAL LEVEL. FROM THOSE CONVERSATIONS WE DEVELOPED OUR 2025 ANNUAL REPORT. TODAY I'LL WALK THROUGH SOME OF THOSE KEY RECOMMENDATIONS AS WELL AS SOME ADDITIONAL OBSERVATIONS. WHILE NOT FORMALLY CAPTURED IN THE ANNUAL REPORT THAT ARE HERE IN THE COMMITTEE TO DISCUSS SO THE 2025 YEAR REVIEW AS PART OF OUR REVIEW I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT IN Q1 WE TALKED ABOUT SOME SUBCOMMITTEES THAT WERE ESTABLISHED INCLUDING RESTRUCTURING THE COMMITTEES TO BE THREE SUBCOMMITTEES OF IMPACT AND ACCOUNTABILITY OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. AND Q2 THOSE BECAME OPERATIONAL WITH CLEAR PPMO METHODOLOGIES ON HOW WE WILL WORK TOGETHER, MEET AND DESIGN OBJECTIVES AND GOALS FOR THOSE COMMITTEES. AND THEN THERE WAS A LEADERSHIP TRANSITION WHERE I TOOK OVER AS CHAIR IN Q3 AND THEN LEADERSHIP AND ONBOARDING. WE TOOK SOME STRATEGIC INITIATIVES TO BE ABLE TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE WOULD BEST ONBOARD NEW MEMBERS AS THEY JOINED THE COMMITTEE AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY WERE UNDERSTANDING THEIR ROLE, RESPONSIBILITIES AND INTENTIONALITY BEHIND BEING MEMBERS OF THE CBC. WE ARE PROUD OF THE WORK THAT WENT TO THIS PROCESS AND THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS WHO LEAN TO DRIVE IN TO DRIVE IT AND YOU WILL CONTINUE TO SEE THE IMPACT OF MORE INTENTIONALITY AND REALIGNMENT IN THE QUALITY AND SPECIFICITY OF OUR RECOMMENDATIONS GOING FORWARD. >> SOME OF THE KEY RECOMMENDATIONS THAT I LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT IS ONE THAT WE FEEL STRONGLY ABOUT IN 2023 THE REACH OF THE CBI PROGRAM EXPANDED BEYOND CHARLOTTE TO INCLUDE OUTREACH ACROSS THE COMBINED STATISTICAL AREA WHICH CREATED A MEANINGFUL AND EXCITING EXPANSION OF IMPACT. BUT THAT EXPANSION WAS NOT ACCOMPANIED BY A CORRESPONDING CREASE IN BUDGET AND THAT GAP IS SHOWING TO EXECUTE AN EFFECTIVE OUTREACH STRATEGY THAT INCLUDES DIGITAL MARKETING ,TRAVEL TO PARTNER COMMUNITIES, CONTINUED EVENT PRESENCE AND THE OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS OF A STATEWIDE PROGRAM. WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT THE CBI DEPARTMENT'S BUDGET BE INCREASED TO 1.3 MILLION. THIS FIGURE ACCOUNTS FOR TRAVEL COSTS, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, DELIVERY MARKETING REQUIREMENTS FOR EXPANDED FOOTPRINT AND SOMETHING THAT MIGHT NOT SOUND SMALL BUT MIGHT SOUND SMALL BUT IS NOT INSIGNIFICANT. THE ABILITY TO WELCOME BOTH TO HAVE WATER GRANOLA BAR THE WELCOMING ENVIRONMENT IN THE SMALL BUSINESS IN THE OFFICE AND THE CBI OFFICE AS A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER WALK THROUGH THE DOOR LOOKING FOR HELP. THIS KIND OF SOUTHERN HOSPITALITY HAS A SPECIAL TOUCH AND SIGNAL THAT YOU BELONG HERE AS WE WANT CHARLOTTE TO REMAIN A NATIONAL LEADER IN BUSINESS EQUITY AND GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT ACCESS THIS INVESTMENT HAS TO MATCH THE AMBITION IN THE RECENT LEGISLATIVE CHANGES WE'D LIKE TO ALSO RAISE AN ADDITIONAL OBSERVATION THAT WAS ALSO AROUND SBA ALIGNMENT TO ENSURE THAT THE CERTIFICATIONS ARE IN ALIGNMENT WITH SBA SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION AND AS THEY CONTINUE TO EVOLVE THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE SOME STREAMLINED PROACTIVE ACTIVITY TO ALIGN THE CERTIFICATION PROCESS WITH SBA STANDARD AND TO AVOID ANY INTERRUPTION TO M.W. SBA WHO WOULD LIKE TO TRANSITION. THE GOAL HERE IS A SIMPLE SMALL IS SIMPLE THAT A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER SHOULD NOT HAVE TO NAVIGATE DUPLICATIVE, CONFLICTING OR REDUNDANT CERTIFICATION PROCESSES AND THE BURDEN OF CERTIFICATION IS ALREADY A KNOWN BARRIER TO PARTICIPATION IN GOVERNMENT CONTRACTING. IF THE CITIES PROCESSES DIVERGE FROM THE NATIONAL STANDARDS THEN WE MAY RISK ADDING SOME FRICTION. SO THERE ARE DISCUSSIONS ON HOW WE COULD EITHER TRANSITION, STREAMLINE OR GRANDFATHER IN FIRMS THAT ARE INTERESTED IN BECOMING SB CERTIFIED. WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT THERE IS A CONCERTED EFFORT TO IDENTIFY OPPORTUNITIES TO STREAMLINE THIS ALIGNMENT BETWEEN THE CERTIFICATION PROCESS SO THAT IT HAS MINIMAL IMPACT ON SMALL BUSINESSES AND WHEREVER POSSIBLE MAKES THEIR PATH TO PARTICIPATION IN GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT OPPORTUNITIES EASIER. THE THIRD RECOMMENDATION IS AROUND THE POINT OF RECOGNITION AND A THANK YOU. SO THE EARLIER CBC COMMITTEES HAVE RECOMMENDED THE RELOCATION OF THE CBI OFFICE AND THAT RECOMMENDATION WAS IMPLEMENTED. THE NEW SPACE HAS MADE A DIFFERENCE SO SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS WALK IN THEY SEE THEMSELVES IN THE WALL WRAPS THE PHOTOGRAPHY, THE QUOTES THAT REFLECT THE RICH HISTORY OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN CHARLOTTE THIS IS NOT A SMALL THING AS REPRESENTATION IN THIS PHYSICAL SPACE BUILDS TRUST AND CREDIBILITY. BEYOND THE ESTHETICS, THE NEW LOCATION HAS IMPROVED ACCESSIBILITY AND THE SECURITY ENVIRONMENT IS MORE WELCOMING. THERE IS MORE SPACE FOR COUNSELING SESSIONS ONE ON ONE CERTIFICATION SUPPORT AND CONTINUED TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. WE'VE HEARD FEEDBACK FROM THE SMALL BUSINESS COMMUNITY THAT IT'S EASIER TO SHOW UP NOW AND WHEN IT'S EASIER TO SHOW UP MORE PEOPLE WILL. SO THANK YOU FOR IMPLEMENTING THAT RECOMMENDATION AS IT IS WORKING AND THE LAST RECOMMENDATION IS TO ADD AT LARGE THESE THE CBC. FINALLY WE ARE RECOMMENDING THE ADDITION OF AT LARGE THESE TO THE CBC SO THE INTEREST IN THIS WORK IS REAL. WE HAVE LIKE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF APPLICATIONS TO JOIN THIS COMMITTEE EVERY MONTH WE HAVE SEEN CONSISTENT ENGAGEMENT FROM INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS WHO WANT TO BE PART OF THE SOLUTION OF CHARLOTTE SMALL BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND WE WANT TO MAKE OUR TABLE BIGGER. WE WOULD LIKE TO CHANNEL THAT ENERGY PRODUCTIVELY AND ALLOW COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHETHER AFFILIATED WITH A SPECIFIC ORGANIZATION OR NOT TO ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAMS AND RESOURCE IS IT ALSO CREATES A BUILT IN BUFFER FOR THE TRUE OPERATIONAL REALITY THAT ORGANIZATIONS HAVE SOMETIMES SHIFTED THEIR LEADERSHIP OR THEIR PRIORITIES AND INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE BEEN ASSIGNED TO THE COMMITTEE HAVE HAD CHALLENGES WITH PRIORITIES AND SCHEDULING WHICH IS SOMETIMES LIMITED OUR REPRESENTATION FROM CERTAIN COMMUNITIES ADDING AT LARGE MEMBERS STRENGTHENS OUR BENCH AND BROADENS OUR PERSPECTIVE THAT WILL SUBMIT A FORMAL PROPOSAL PROPOSAL FOR THAT STRUCTURAL CHANGE. WE DISCUSSED IT AT THE RETREAT EARLIER THIS YEAR AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO SOCIALIZE IT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. THIS IS SO JUST TO SUMMARIZE THE CBI SEES 2025 RECOMMENDATIONS OBSERVATIONS ARE AROUND THE KEY FACTS TO ACKNOWLEDGE JUST COMMITTEE ALIGNMENT AND THE NEW INTENTIONALITY AROUND THE WORK THAT WE DO. CLOSING THE BUDGET GAP STREAMLINING CERTIFICATION PROCESSES IN ALIGNMENT WITH SBA STANDARDS SO WE ACKNOWLEDGE AND SUPPORT THE CBI OFFICE LOCATION ACCESSIBILITY AND TO CONSIDER THE AT LARGE SEATS THAT WILL BROADEN THE CBI AS THESE PERSPECTIVE CHARLOTTE SMALL BUSINESSES ARE NOT JUST VENDORS THERE ARE NEIGHBORS EMPLOYERS AND WEALTH BUILDERS IN THIS COMMUNITY AND THE WORK OF THIS COMMITTEE AND THE WORK OF THE CBI TEAM IS DIRECTLY CONNECTED TO THE KIND OF CITY CHARLOTTE IS CHOOSING TO BECOME. SO WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP AND WE CONTINUE TO LOOK TOWARDS WORKING TOGETHER. >> SO WHO CREATE JOBS ON US? >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND JUST AS A REMINDER FOR CITY COUNCIL THE SEATS THAT ARE APPOINTED TO THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE COME FROM THE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND SO THIS GROUP IS REALLY INSTRUMENTAL IN SUPPORTING THE CONTRACTOR PROCUREMENT CBI PROGRAM AND SO JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT. >> SO AT THIS TIME I'LL TURN IT OVER TO INTERIM INTERIM THAT'S WHERE I WAS. THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES ON LINE WELLINGTON DOCTOR WELLINGTON I'M GOOD THANKS. OKAY. WELL I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU AND ANDERSON NO, I JUST WANT TO THANK THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YOUR SERVICE, THE WHOLE ADVISORY COUNCIL. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING OUT. I THINK THIS IS IMPORTANT WORK. I WAS PLEASED TO SIGN THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND ENGAGEMENT PLAN. I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING VERY CRUCIAL. STAFF KNOWS THIS. I SAY THIS OFTEN WE NEED TO CONTINUE ENGAGING OUR COMMUNITY, FINDING DIFFERENT AVENUES TO CONNECT SMALL BUSINESSES AND THOSE THAT ARE BEING EMPLOYED BY IT AS WELL AS A DIGITAL AND SOCIAL STRATEGY. RIGHT? EVERYTHING'S ONLINE NOW. PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS ON THEIR PHONES LOOKING AT THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA DIGITAL ADS AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BEST MEET THE DEMANDS OF SMALL BUSINESSES HERE IN CHARLOTTE. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE REPORT AND THANK YOU TO EVERYONE. >> ALL RIGHT. AND TO OUR LAST ITEM FOR TODAY I HATE THAT MAYOR PRO TEM IS NOT HERE BECAUSE THIS IS USUALLY HIS FAVORITE THING. SO WE'VE GOT CHARLOTTE'S GOT A LOT WITH THE ENHANCEMENT OF SMALL BUSINESS MONTH AND I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO SHAW THANK YOU DCM ALLISON CRAIG I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO HAND THIS OVER TO CHRISTY FLOYD WITH HER I THINK THAT'S THE NAME OF THE GAME TODAY IS MUSICAL CHAIRS. SO CHRISTY TAKE IT AWAY. THANK YOU. THANKS FOR HAVING US TO TALK ABOUT SMALL BUSINESS MONTH. >> YOU KNOW, SMALL BUSINESS MONTH IS LIKE MY CHRISTMAS. I LOVE TALKING ABOUT SMALL BUSINESS MONTH. >> IF YOU MISSED ME I WAS ON THE NEWS A COUPLE TIMES LAST WEEK TALKING ABOUT AND IT'S JUST THE MOST FUN. >> I LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO LET CHARLOTTE'S SMALL BUSINESSES KNOW HOW IMPORTANT THEY ARE TO THE CITY. SO I JUST WANTED TO SHARE SOME THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON THIS MONTH. WE DO HAVE A WEBSITE WITH ALL THE EVENTS FOR THE CITY IS HOSTING THESE PARTICULAR THINGS TONIGHT IT IS OUR SMALL BUSINESS MONTH KICKOFF EVENT. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THAT AT THE MARKET AT SEVENTH STREET AT 530. I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE BUSY BUT IF YOU BREAK AWAY EARLY YOU CAN COME AND CELEBRATE WITH US AND WE'RE USING THE VENDORS IN THE MARKET FOR THE FOOD AND FOR THE GIVEAWAYS. WE HAVE OTHER SMALL BUSINESSES JOINING US. >> WE HAVE A DEEJAY AND A PHOTOGRAPHER AND A PHOTO B PHOTOBOOTH IS GOING TO BE A REALLY GREAT TIME. WE HAVE CROWDS OF ENTERPRISE AWARDS. WE HAVE THE MAYORS INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY AWARDS AND OTHER THINGS HAPPENING THIS MONTH. >> I REALLY WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU THE WRAP UP VIDEO FOR OUR 30 ONE DAYS OF BIZ CAMPAIGN IF WE CAN GET THAT STARTED. >> IT'S REALLY GOOD. SO WE SPOTLIGHTED BUSINESSES THIS YEAR FROM OUR CORRIDORS ABOUT WHEN YOU START A BUSINESS IN THE CITY OF CHARLOTTE YOU DO MORE THAN WORK FOR YOURSELF. YOU GIVE A MAN A REASON TO GET UP IN THE MORNING. YOU HAD YOUR FIRST EMPLOYEE HER FIRST PAYCHECK AND HELP A NEW MOTHER MAKE HER MORTGAGE PAYMENT. YOU TURN AN EMPTY STOREFRONT INTO SOUNDS OF LAUGHTER BUT ABOVE ALL YOU KICKSTART A COMMUNITY WAITING ON SOMEBODY BRAVE ENOUGH TO BEGIN ONE OPEN SIGN AT A TIME. I'VE NEVER HAD ANY IDEA OF ANYTHING BESIDES WORKING FOR MYSELF. >> I UNDERSTAND YOUR PURPOSE. I UNDERSTAND YOUR WHY TO STICK TO IT. I THOUGHT HEY, WHY NOT START MY OWN BUSINESS AND JUST GET INTO IT? >> I LOVE SERVING IN AN AREA LIKE CHARLOTTE JUST BECAUSE THE PEOPLE MAKE IT BEAUTIFUL TO BE ABLE TO DO WHAT I LOVE EVERY DAY CHARLOTTE HAS BECOME ONE OF THE HOTTEST CITIES IN AMERICA FOR ENTREPRENEURS READY TO BUILD SOMETHING. WE'RE RANKED AMONG THE BEST PLACES TO START A BUSINESS BY LENDINGTREE AND CNBC WITH HOUSING COSTS BELOW THE NATIONAL AVERAGE IN TAXES THAT WORK IN YOUR FAVOR, THE PEOPLE MOVING HERE BECOME YOUR CUSTOMER, YOUR EMPLOYEES, YOUR BELIEVERS AND THE ENTREPRENEURS LEADING CHARLOTTE'S GROWTH COME FROM EVERYWHERE DIFFERENT INDUSTRIES, DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS, DIFFERENT CORNERS OF THE WORLD. ALL OF THEM BRING SOMETHING NEW INTO THE FABRIC OF A CITY THAT'S STILL BEING WOVEN WITH CHARLOTTE BEING ONE OF THE FASTEST GROWING CITIES IN THE UNITED STATES, I WANT TO BE RIGHT THERE TO GROW WITH IT. CHARLOTTE IS A GREAT PLACE TO RUN A BUSINESS. THEY ARE REALLY ABOUT CREATING AND FOSTERING THE ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT AND THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT PEOPLE HAVE A LOT OF GREAT IDEAS HERE . >> IT'S REALLY REWARDING AND EXCITING TO SEE HOW MANY CREATIVE AND AMAZING PEOPLE LIVE IN THE CITY AND JUST WANT TO MAKE THEIR CITY A BETTER PLACE. WHAT I LIKE MOST ABOUT CHARLOTTE IS THE DIVERSITY THE PEOPLE THAT YOU WON'T FIGURE IT OUT ALONE. CHARLOTTE GIVES YOU A NETWORK OF LEADERS FROM EVERY SECTOR OF BUSINESS DEEP ONLINE RESOURCES LICENSING SUPPORT, FUNDING PATHWAYS, GRANTS, LOANS AND VENTURE CAPITAL CONNECTIONS. YOUR RUNWAY TO LAUNCH IS SHORTER THAN YOU THINK. CHARLOTTE IS THE PERFECT PLACE FOR AN ENTREPRENEUR TO GROW. THERE ARE SO MANY RESOURCES HERE. THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE THAT ARE INVESTED IN WANTING YOU TO SUCCEED. I WAS NOMINATED BY SCALE UP FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY AND CHARLOTTE NOMINATED ME FOR 31 DAYS OF THIS CITY STARTUP LABS THE GREATER EASTERN ASSOCIATION OF CHARLOTTE EAST, THE CHARLOTTE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BRANCH, SUGAR CREEK BUSINESS ASSOCIATION. THIS COOPERATION WITH WORKERS AND MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION FREEDOM BUSINESS COLLECTIVE NOMINATED ME FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. I'VE GOT SO MANY RESOURCES HERE TO HELP MY BUSINESS GROW. >> A LOT OF GOOD PEOPLE IN THE PROGRAM THAT KIND OF MENTOR US SO THE PROGRAM HAS BEEN PHENOMENAL IN SUPPORTING US AS WELL AS OTHER BUSINESSES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. I LIKE THE PROGRAM. I LIKE THE COMMUNITY. >> I LIKE THE FACT THAT WE'RE COMING TOGETHER AND WORKING TOGETHER. >> PROGRAMS LIKE LIVE ALLOW YOU TO MAINTAIN YOUR FAITH, YOUR HOPE AND SPIRIT AND WE'RE NOW IN A PHASE OF THRIVING AND IF YOUR BUSINESS IS ROOTED IN A COMMUNITY THAT'S WAITING ITS TURN, CHARLOTTE'S CORRIDORS OF OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM IS MAKING SIGNIFICANT AND LASTING INVESTMENTS ACROSS SIX HISTORICALLY UNDERINVESTED CORRIDORS INFRASTRUCTURE, SAFER STREETS, SMALL BUSINESS HUBS, WORKFORCE TRAINING NOT SOME DAY RIGHT NOW CHARLOTTE IS A WONDERFUL CITY FOR GROWTH. I THINK WITH ALL OF THE PEOPLE MOVING HERE AND ALL OF THE DEVELOPMENT COMING I THINK THAT FOR ME IS EXCITING IN THE CORRIDORS BECAUSE IT IS JUST SO MUCH OPPORTUNITY LOOMING AND THERE'S SO MANY AREAS IN CHARLOTTE THAT STILL HAVE SO MUCH OPPORTUNITY THE CORNERS OF OPPORTUNITY ARE IMPORTANT TO ME AND I THINK THAT THE CITY SHOULD CONTINUE TO INVEST IN THESE AREAS BECAUSE WHEN YOU INVEST IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT YOU EMPOWER PEOPLE AND IT LEADS TO A STRONGER CITY OVERALL IS IT WILL MAKE A STRONGER CHARLOTTE. YOU'VE GOT THE DREAM AND THE PLAN. CHARLOTTE HAS THE COMMUNITY TO BUILD IT FROM WATCHING THAT ALL OF IT ALL OF OUR VIDEOS ARE POSTED ON OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL TO YOUTUBE CHANNEL. >> WE'RE SHARING ONE VIDEO A DAY FOR THE ENTIRE MONTH OF MAY THERE ARE 30 BUSINESSES AND ONE WRAP UP VIDEO YOU JUST HAD TO GET TO 31. THAT'S HOW WE GET TO 31. BUT AS YOU SAW THEY'RE ALL LOCATED IN OUR CORRIDORS OF OPPORTUNITY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, CHRISTINE. >> EXCELLENT VIDEO. >> WONDERFUL VIDEO. THANK YOU. NOW YOU SEE WHY I WANTED CHRISTIE TO DO THE PRESENTATION . IT'S A LOT OF HARD WORK THAT GOES INTO THIS AND WE HEAR YOU LOUD AND CLEAR. WE HEAR A LOT OF COMMENTS AND REALLY GREAT IDEAS FROM THIS COUNCIL ABOUT ENGAGING WITH THE LOCAL COMMUNITY AND ALSO WITH OUR COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS. AND YOU HEARD FROM A LOT OF THE BUSINESSES THEY WERE SOURCED TO BE HIGHLIGHTED FROM A MULTITUDE OF DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS, ESPECIALLY THOSE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, CHARLOTTE DOES HAVE A LOT ESPECIALLY IN THE MONTH OF MAY WE HAVE A MULTITUDE OF EVENTS LARGE AND SMALL ON THE NATIONAL STAGE AND ALSO AT THE COMMUNITY LEVEL. I'M NOT GOING TO READ THROUGH THESE HERE BUT JUST WANTED TO BOOK IN THAT MAY IS A VERY BUSY MONTH FOR THE CITY OF CHARLOTTE IN REGARDS TO KICKING OFF SMALL BUSINESS MONTH. A LOT OF THE EVENTS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN THIS COMMUNITY AS WELL AND WE WANTED TO JUST MAKE SURE THAT WE PROVIDE A BREATH OF THE EXPERIENCES THAT WE'LL HAVE IN THIS CITY. I'LL ECHO THE SENTIMENT TO TIE THIS THREAD TO THE BEGINNING PART A LOT OF THE SALES TAX FROM THESE EVENTS UP TO 30% OF THE REVENUE FROM SALES TAX GOES TOWARDS OUR STRATEGIC INVESTMENT AREAS. SO WHEN WE ARE PROMOTING EVENTS ,WHEN WE HAVE THESE LARGE SCALE OPPORTUNITIES LIKE THE SEC BASKETBALL BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP, WE'RE PROMOTING AND WE'RE GETTING USAGE OUT OF OUR FACILITIES, THESE EVENTS ALSO HELP FUEL THE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS THAT ARE HAPPENING WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. SO WITH THAT INCLUDING A PRESENTATION GREAT. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH TEAM. APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION AND I'M SO GLAD I HEARD A LOT OF THE BUSINESS DISTRICT ORGANIZATIONS BEING HIGHLIGHTED IN THE VIDEO. >> GREAT JOB. I'LL NOW ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN MY COLLEAGUES ON LINE SO YES, THEY'RE UNMUTED. >> YES PLEASE. >> I'M THE ONLY ONE HERE. THEY JUMP ON. ALL RIGHT, WELL I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION AND YOU CAN SECOND IT AND I'LL SECOND THAT AS WELL MAYBE. JARED THANK YOU . BUT I'M I'M COMING FROM THE GROUP OF PEOPLE I HAVE A GROUP. OH OH OH OH, OKAY. OH, AND UH UH ,NO ,I'M I I WAS HAPPY TO HAVE 23,000 PER UNIT AND COMMITTEE SO NO COUNCILMEMBER MY MORNING WE ARE ALL HERE SO I HOPE I LEAVE THE COMMENTS SECTION TO ME THE THANK YOU ALL RIGHT WHITEBOARD YOU FOR JOINING US AND I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT LAST BOARD MEETING I AM THE ONE OF A FEW I SERVE AS ONE OF YOUR FOUR AND LARGE MEMBERS AS WELL AND ALL OF YOU WHO COME ALONG. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYBODY. WELCOME TO THIS MAY 4TH READING OF THE CHARLOTTE CITY COUNCIL TRANSPORTATION PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE AS SOME OF YOU WILL KNOW WHAT I MEAN WHEN I SAY MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU AND WE'LL START WITH INTRODUCTIONS BEGINNING BACK IN THE CORNER MR. SCHOFIELD SO INTRODUCTIONS HEY I'LL ANSWER ONE OF THOSE SERVICES VERY LOUDLY. >> HEY, YEAH. ALL RIGHT. >> I'LL KICK US OFF NOW. I BROUGHT THE INFO THROUGH THE BREAK AND I SUFFICIENTLY NAME IT TRAVEL AGENT FELIX OVER ON NCDOT DURING LUNCH TEND TO BE AND GOODWIN AND OLD COVINGTON TV ALEX SMITH MY COUNSEL SUSTAINED CHARLOTTE INTEREST IN CHARLOTTE 100 CEO OF ROCKINGHAM RECORD BLACK LIVES BECAUSE THAT'S GO BACK THERE COMING PROCTOR SERVING AS CHAIR OF BICYCLE ADVISORY COMMITTEE JAY CARPENTER YOU SEE THAT ALEXANDRIA SANDS ACTUAL CHARLOTTE TOWERS MAIN DOOR AND VERY TOSE ELEMENTS ALLISON CRAIG DEPUTY CITY MANAGER BRIANNA BRAZIL SET UP MONACO HOMES PLANNING DIRECTOR DANTE ANDERSON AND MADE THE FOURTH BE WITH YOUR SPIRIT AND JUST WITHIN THE LAST COUPLE YOLANDA JONES PLANNING STAFF LIZ BABS AND DEPUTY CITY MANAGER MALCOLM GRAHAM COMMITTEE MEMBER ED DRIGGS COMMITTEE CHAIR I WANT TO MAKE FEEL COMMITTEE MEMBER RENE JOHNSON COMMITTEE MEMBER JD MUSSELWHITE ARTS DISTRICT FIVE NON COMMITTEE MEMBER ACTUALLY MAYO DISTRICT THREE NON COMMITTEE MEMBER AS WELL INJURY LESLIE WHITE CITY ATTORNEY DIANA ARNOLD WILSON AGENCY CALI SWANSON NCDOT LOUIS MITCHELL VOLCKER GOOD AFTERNOON HAPPY BIKE MONTH JUSTIN CARROLL DEPUTY DIRECTOR CHARLOTTE DUTY . >> ALL RIGHT DO WE HAVE ANYBODY ON LINE? >> NO ONE ON ONE. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. SO WE HAVE THREE TOPICS TODAY AND I WILL SAY THEY ARE ALL PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL. WE COULD SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON EACH OF THEM. SO I'M ASKING COMMITTEE WORK WITH ME AS WE TRY TO PACE OURSELVES AND GET THROUGH ALL OF THIS BECAUSE IT'S ALL IMPORTANT. OUR FIRST TOPIC I'LL MENTION ALL THREE THE FIRST TOPIC IS POLICY REFERRAL DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE. SECOND ONE TO UPDATE AND THE THIRD ONE A POLICY REFERRAL I-77 SOUTH EXPRESS LANES PROJECT AND YOU'LL RECALL WE DID HAVE A REFERRAL ON THE DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE AND FOR THIS ONE I WILL HAND OVER TO MISS HOLMES OR TO MR. BRAZIL. WELL WE'RE WE'RE READY FOR THAT TIME. >> OKAY, HERE YOU GO. AND NOW WE'RE JUST KEEPING EVERYONE ON THEIR TOES TODAY. YEAH. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HAVING US, BRANDON AND I'LL BE LEADING OFF TODAY AND I'M REALLY JUST HE HAS THE BULK OF THE PRESENTATION AND I'M JUST HERE TO HELP CONNECT THE DOTS. SO AS YOU ARE ALL WELL AWARE, YOU SPEND THE THIRD WEEK OF YOUR THE THIRD MONDAY OF THE MONTH TALKING ABOUT REZONINGS AND WHAT WE WANT TO DO TODAY IS TEE UP A CONVERSATION ON AROUND DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE AND HOW WE ARE CONTINUING THE PROCESS OF REZONING ENHANCEMENTS BY LOOKING AT SOME OF OUR SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS, LOOKING AT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE HEAR ON A MONTHLY BASIS AROUND TRANSPORTATION, AROUND HOW WE EVALUATE PROJECTS, HOW WE LOOK AT TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENTS AND HOW WE CONNECT THE DOTS BETWEEN OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS TO OUR DEVELOPMENT INFRASTRUCTURE THAT GETS BUILT BY THE INDUSTRY. AND SO A BRAIN IS GOING TO GIVE AN OVERVIEW AND THEN THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF THE CONVERSATION SO I'LL TURN IT OVER TO BRANDON. >> THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON AGAIN. I'M BRANDON BRAZIL WHERE THE CHARLOTTE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. YES. OH THANK YOU. >> AND SO THIS PRESENTATION IS GOING TO BE LIKE MONICA SAID IT'S GOING TO BE KIND OF AN OVERVIEW AND WE'RE GOING TO GET INTO A DEEPER DIVE IN THE NEXT MONTH OR SO ON THIS TOPIC. BUT IT IS A POLICY TOPIC REFERRAL RELATED TO THE CITY'S GROWTH INFRASTRUCTURE REQUIRED ON REZONINGS AND HOW THAT INFORMATION IS CURRENTLY COMMUNICATED TO COUNCIL AND RESIDENTS. SO SOME QUICK KEY TAKEAWAYS ARE TRANSPORTATION REVIEWS INCLUDE POLICY REQUIREMENTS A REVIEW FOR SAFETY AND COORDINATION WITH PUBLIC INVESTMENT PROJECTS THAT MONICA HIGHLIGHTED WITH THE CIP COUNCIL. ADOPTED POLICIES REQUIRE DEVELOPERS TO BUILD OR MODIFY THE STREETS CITY STREET NETWORK TO PROVIDE COMPLETE STREETS AND STAFF ARE CURRENTLY EVALUATING WAYS TO ENHANCE REPORTING OF TRANSPORTATION REZONING REQUIREMENTS. >> SO HERE'S A SLIDE THAT YOU'VE PROBABLY SEEN AT LEAST SOME OF THESE STATS SO I'LL I WON'T GET INTO ALL THE NITTY GRITTY BUT I WILL JUST POINT OUT THAT WE ARE THE 14TH LARGEST CITY BY POPULATION CURRENTLY AND IF YOU LOOK TO THE FAR RIGHT YOU'LL SEE THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY THE 18TH HIGHEST CONGESTED METRO IN THE US. SO I THINK THAT OUR POLICIES AND PLANS THAT ARE IN PLACE HAVE BEEN PRETTY EFFECTIVE AT MAKING SURE THAT OUR CONGESTION IS IN COMMENSURATE TO OUR SIZE AND STANDING IN THE COUNTRY. >> SO THE CHARLOTTE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION REVIEWS OVER 1000 LAND DEVELOPMENT RECORD TYPES AT LEAST IN THE LAST YEAR THAT WAS AROUND WHAT WE WERE AT ABOUT 15% OF THOSE LAST YEAR WERE FOR REZONINGS. BUT YOU CAN SEE THE OTHER REASON THE OTHER PROJECT TYPES THAT WE REVIEW REZONING SUBDIVISIONS, COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT WE HAVE TRAFFIC STUDIES INCLUDED IN THERE LAST YEAR WAS 15% OF OUR ANNUAL REVIEWS TYPICALLY ON AN ANNUAL BASIS IS ABOUT 15 TO 2025% OF OUR ABUSE THAT COME THROUGH THE HOUSE THAT ARE ACTUALLY FOCUSED ON REZONINGS. SO DEVELOPER PROJECTS DELIVER INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPERS. THIS MIGHT NOT BE A SECRET THEY BUILD MORE TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE ANNUALLY FASTER AND CHEAPER THAN US OR THE STATE CAN DO. >> YOU CAN SEE HERE ON THE RIGHT THAT'S THE PEARL ALONG WITH ALL OF OUR DEVELOPMENT THAT THEY'RE DOING ON BEHALF OF THAT DEVELOPMENT YOU CAN SEE BIKE LANES HERE. THAT'S A NEW TRAFFIC SIGNAL WE'VE GOT SOME NICE ENHANCED PET EXPERIENCE WITH THE PAVERS IN 2025 ALONE WE HAVE 30 MILES OF NEW CITY MAINTAINED STREETS CONSTRUCTED OVER 67 MILES OF NEW SIDEWALKS, SIX NEW TRAFFIC SIGNALS AND OVER A THOUSAND NEW OR MODIFIED CURB RAMPS WHENEVER WE WE DID A ROUGH ORDINARY ORDER OF MAGNITUDE ON THAT. IT'S ABOUT $300 MILLION ALONE OF PRIVATE INVESTMENT LAST YEAR THAT'S ABOUT THREE TIMES OF WHAT WE CAN DO FROM A LOCAL CAPITAL INVESTMENT STANDPOINT. SO HERE ARE A COUPLE OF THE PLANS THAT ARE COUNCIL ADOPTED THAT INFORM OUR POLICIES. YOU CAN SEE THE CHARLOTTE FUTURE 2040 PLAN AND THE STRATEGIC MOBILITY PLAN AS YOU MAY NOTICE IN YOUR COUNCIL PACKETS EVERY MONTH FOR REZONING WE'VE GOT TEN GOALS AND THE KEY THAT CAME OUT OF HERE FOR TRANSPORTATION IS RELATED TO SAFE AND EQUITABLE MOBILITY. THE STRATEGIC MOBILITY PLAN IS CENTERED AROUND THAT GOAL AND THEN IT ALSO RECOMMENDED OUT OF THAT WHAT BECAME THE CHARLOTTE STREETS MANUAL WHICH ON THE NEXT PAGE SHOWS KIND OF WHENEVER A TRANSPORTATION REVIEW IS UNDERWAY FOR REZONINGS SEE OUR STAFF REVIEWS IT FOR REGULATORY WHICH IS THE UDL. THESE ARE THINGS LIKE SIDEWALKS ,ACCESS LOCATION, STREET CONNECTIVITY, THE CHARLOTTE STREETS MANUAL. >> THIS IS A NEW DOCUMENT AS WELL. IT'S A COMPANION DOCUMENT OF THE YOUDO IT'S GOT THE STREETS MAP INCLUDED WITH IT THAT HIGHLIGHTS WHAT ALL THE STREETS WANT TO BE IN TERMS OF FULL BUILDOUT DOWN THE ROAD WHETHER THAT'S A TWO LANE UNDIVIDED ROADWAY, A FOUR LANE WITH LEFT TURN LANES IN THE CENTER ALSO HIGHLIGHTS POLICIES ON OUR MULTIMODAL INFRASTRUCTURE REQUIREMENTS AND TO SPECIFIES TRAFFIC STUDY REQUIREMENTS. WE ALSO DO A SAFETY REVIEW SO YOU CAN SEE VISION ZERO THERE WHICH IS A KEY COMPONENT HIGHLIGHTING YOU KNOW, WHERE A PROJECT FRONTS THE HIGH INJURY NETWORK IF WE HAVE TRAFFIC CALMING REQUEST OR OTHER SAFETY RELATED INCIDENTS IN THE AREA OF THE PROJECT AND THEN WE ALSO SCREEN EVERY REZONING FOR PUBLIC INVESTMENT COORDINATION. SO WE LOOK AT OVERLAPPING CAPITAL PROJECT, SEE OUR PROJECTS WITH THE STRATEGIC INVESTMENT AREAS, ANYTHING IN THE CORRIDORS OF OPPORTUNITY OR NCDOT PROJECTS SEE THAT REZONING REPORTING ON THE LEFT SIDE YOU CAN KIND OF SEE TODAY IN YOUR COUNCIL PACKETS WHAT'S REPORTED FROM US DOT REVIEW IT'S NOT VERY COMPREHENSIVE. WE PROVIDE A TRANSPORTATION SUMMARY ANY OVERLAPPING CAPITAL PROJECTS, ANY OUTSTANDING ISSUES AND THEN THE VEHICLE TRIP COUNT THE PROJECTED DEVELOPMENT IS TRIGGERED TO COVER WITH VEHICLES AND SO WE ARE CURRENTLY EVALUATING WAYS THAT WE CAN ENHANCE HOW WE PRESENT THIS INFORMATION TO BOTH COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC AND SOMETHING SAID WE'VE KIND OF HIGHLIGHTED HERE IN BULLET POINT FORMAT THAT WE WANT TO INCLUDE IN THIS STREET MAINTENANCE RESPONSIBILITIES CITY VERSUS STATE MAINTAINED ROADWAYS. I KNOW SOMETIMES THAT CAN BE A CHALLENGE TO FIGURE OUT ACTIVE CHP AND NCDOT PROJECTS NEARBY WILL BE MAINTAINED IN THIS REPORT OUT WE'RE GOING TO INCLUDE OUR SAFETY REQUIREMENTS AND VISION ZERO. WE'RE GOING TO INCLUDE CAPACITY REQUIREMENTS AS IT RELATES TO THE CHARLOTTE STREETS MANUAL AND THEN OUR REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS AS IT RELATES TO THE VIDEO. SO IT'S REALLY GOING TO BE A LOT MORE COMPREHENSIVE IN THE TYPES OF INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE'RE REQUIRING BASED ON COUNCIL ADOPTED POLICIES. >> I'D ALSO LIKE TO NOTE THAT WE'RE DOING SOME PURE CITY RESEARCH TO KIND OF SEE WHAT OTHER SIMILAR JURISDICTIONS ARE DOING WITH THEIR REPORT OUTS ON REZONINGS FOR TRANSPORTATION AS AS WE COME TO YOU IN THE NEXT MONTH WE'D LIKE TO PRESENT THAT SO THESE NEXT STEPS. SO AS I MENTIONED EARLIER NEXT NEXT MONTH WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A DEEPER DIVE INTO THESE TRANSPORTATION REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO REZONING REVIEWS THAT I KIND OF BRIEFLY TOUCHED ON WE'RE GOING TO STAFF IS GOING TO PROPOSE SOME REZONING ENHANCEMENTS FOR YOUR FEEDBACK AND THEN THAT THAT PRETTY MUCH WRAPS IT UP FOR ME TODAY AND I'D LOVE TO HAVE ANY INPUT THAT YOU ALL MIGHT HAVE. THANK YOU MR. BRAZIL BEFORE I THROW IT OPEN TO QUESTION I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT COUNCILMEMBER OWENS IS ON THE LINE. SO WELCOME AND I WILL JUST COMMENT THIS REFERRAL CAME OUT OF THE FACT THAT IN OUR ZONING MEETINGS THERE WERE OFTENTIMES QUESTIONS RAISED AS TO SO THIS DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT MAKES SENSE WHY ARE WE DOING THIS AND ARE WE THINKING ENOUGH ABOUT TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE CONTEXT OF THE ACTUAL DECISIONS WE MAKE FOR REZONING? AND I WILL COMMENT THAT FOR ONE WE HAVE DONE A LOT OF THIS WORK SO THE PLANS WE HAVE WERE FORMULATED WITH TRANSIT AND TRANSPORTATION IN MIND. IT'S NOT LIKE WE DIDN'T THINK ABOUT IT WHEN WE ADOPTED OUR POLICIES BUT WHAT WE'RE RUNNING UP AGAINST IS AN INHERENT TENSION BETWEEN THE NEED TO CREATE MORE HOUSING AND THE NEED TO KEEP UP WITH OUR INFRASTRUCTURE. AND OF COURSE THAT ULTIMATELY ALSO TRANSLATES TO A MONEY ISSUE. SO I GUESS MY POINT IS I DON'T THINK THERE'S A QUICK OR EASY FIX HERE. I THINK WE'RE GOING TO BE MAKING DECISIONS IN A CASE TO CASE BASIS RECOGNIZING THAT THERE WILL BE TRAFFIC IMPACTS. BUT WE DO HAVE THIS GOAL OF CREATING MORE HOUSING IN ORDER TO SLOW THE RISE IN THE HIGH COST OF HOUSING. SO I'LL JUST OFFER THAT AS SORT OF SOME CONTEXT AND I HOPE THAT THE CONVERSATION WE'RE GOING TO HAVE EITHER MAKES CLEARER WHAT POLICIES WE HAVE OR IDENTIFIES THE NEED TO DO MORE WORK ON THIS. WITH THAT I WILL OPEN UP FOR QUESTIONS. >> MISS JOHNSON THANK YOU MR. CHAIR AND THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. >> I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS DISCUSSION. I'M ONE OF THE LOUDEST VOICES WHEN IT COMES TO INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE NEED FOR A BALANCED APPROACH. >> I'M THE DISTRICT FOUR REPRESENTATIVE WHICH IS THE MALLARD CREEK AREA WHICH IS STATE FUNDED ALONG WITH SO MANY OTHERS IN DISTRICT FOUR I WOULD TALK ABOUT CUMULATIVE IMPACT VERY, VERY OFTEN. >> SO I WANT TO KNOW HOW ARE WE LOOKING AT CUMULATIVE IMPACT WHEN IT COMES TO THE NEED FOR A TRAFFIC INFORMATION STUDY? I KNOW RIGHT NOW THE THE THRESHOLD IS 2500 UNITS AND WE KNOW THAT THERE CAN BE THREE DIFFERENT PETITIONS ONE FOR YOU KNOW, 1000, 1001 THOUSAND AND NONE OF THOSE MEET THAT THRESHOLD INDEPENDENTLY. BUT THAT CUMULATIVE IMPACT IS THERE AND THE RESIDENTS ARE FEELING THAT AND IF YOU LOOK SPECIFICALLY MALLARD CREEK BECAUSE I TALK ABOUT ALL OF THE TIME I DON'T THINK WE'RE LOOKING AT THE CUMULATIVE IMPACT EVEN FOR THE NEED FOR TRAFFIC IMPROVEMENTS. SO HOW ARE WE GOING TO A WORK WITH THE STATE ON THESE STATE OWNED ROADS AND ALSO LOOK AT CUMULATIVE IMPACT BECAUSE THE RESIDENTS FEEL THAT YOU KNOW, I TALK ABOUT MALLARD CREEK BUT WE KNOW THERE'S PROVIDENCE AND MOUNT HOLLY HUNTSVILLE'S ROAD AND AND WHICH IS WHY I PUSH FOR THAT INFRASTRUCTURE MEETING IN 2022 BECAUSE THERE ARE AREAS THAT ARE ABOVE CAPACITY. WE KNOW THAT SO SO WHAT IS THE PLAN AND HOW WILL THIS NEW POLICY HELP US WITH THAT? >> GREAT QUESTION. I WOULD SAY THAT YOU'RE KIND OF GETTING AHEAD TO OUR NEXT MEETING. WE'RE DEFINITELY GOING TO TAKE A DEEPER DIVE ON ON THE CUMULATIVE IMPACTS TRAFFIC STUDY THRESHOLDS. I KNOW PREVIOUSLY BEFORE THE YOUDO THE THRESHOLD WAS 2500 VEHICULAR TRIPS A DAY WITH THE YOUDO AND THE CHARLOTTE STREETS MANUAL WE ACTUALLY DROPPED THAT TO 1500 TRIPS PER DAY SO WE GOT A LOT MORE STRINGENT WE'RE REQUIRING A LOT MORE OF DEVELOPERS NOW I THINK THAT'S GOING TO HELP ADDRESS IT AS WE HAVE TRAFFIC STUDIES THEY HAVE TO ACCOUNT FOR GROWTH IN THE AREA. THEY HAVE TO ACCOUNT FOR OTHER APPROVED PROJECTS IN THE AREA SO THAT CUMULATIVE IMPACT IS FACTORED WHENEVER THEY'RE DOING THESE TRAFFIC STUDIES. BUT LIKE I SAID, WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH THAT A LOT MORE IN DEPTH BUT I REALLY APPRECIATE THE QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. SO 1500 EVEN IF THAT'S THE THRESHOLD. THANK YOU. BUT ARE WE LOOKING AT THEM COMBINED? IT'S LIKE A PUZZLE. WE CAN'T LOOK AT A PIECE OF A PUZZLE AND ANALYZE IT. WE NEED TO LOOK AT IT HOLISTICALLY. SO I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST THAT WE CONSIDER THE TRAFFIC IMPACT STUDY FROM FROM A CUMULATIVE PERSPECTIVE. THANK YOU. AND IF I MAY, I AGREE WITH YOU ABOUT THAT AND I'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS IN THE PAST THERE'S ONE AREA IN MY DISTRICT 200 ACRES RIGHT AROUND WAVERLY AND THERE'S ONE HOUSE ON IT NOW. SO AS WE SEE PROVIDENCE ROAD GETTING DEVELOPED, I ASK WHAT ASSUMPTION ARE WE MAKING ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT THAT'S LIKELY TO OCCUR THERE? AND I'VE BEEN CHALLENGED BY MY RESIDENTS SO I THINK YOU'RE DEFINITELY ON TO SOMETHING I KNOW FROM THOSE PAST CONVERSATIONS THEY HAVE SAID KIND OF HARD TO KNOW WHEN AND WHATEVER SO WE TAKE IT A STEP AT A TIME. BUT I AGREE WITH YOU I THINK THERE'S ROOM FOR MORE STUDY SO ANYBODY ELSE EXCEPT THERE ISN'T ANYBODY ELSE. >> OKAY, GOOD. WE'RE ROMPING RIGHT ALONG AND THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS THE EMPTY UPDATE AND I THINK THIS IS PARTICULARLY INTERESTING IN LIGHT OF THE CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD ON FULL COUNCIL AND YOU ALL HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU AND RECEIVED YESTERDAY A MEMO PREPARED BY STAFF THAT TRIES TO CONVEY THE INFORMATION THAT THE WORKING GROUP HAS HEARD AND GIVE EVERYBODY A BASIS TO FOLLOW WHAT'S HAPPENING AND INTERVENE AS THEY SEE FIT. >> I DON'T WANT TO READ THE WHOLE MEMO BUT I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW ITEMS THAT ARE IN IT IN THE FIRST SECTION OF THE MEMO IT TALKS ABOUT TRANSIT TRANSITION RELATED ACTIONS THAT HAVE COME BEFORE CITY COUNCIL SINCE APRIL 6TH AND YOU SEE SEVERAL DATES THERE OF ACTIONS THAT WE TOOK IN THE PAST AND INCLUDING APPROVING THE TERMINATION AGREEMENT FOR THE TRANSIT GOVERNANCE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT AND THE CITY COUNCIL WORK GROUP UPDATE THAT WE DID LAST TIME AND THEN THE BUDGET WHICH INCORPORATES SIX MONTHS AT LEAST WORTH OF KATZ STAFF COMMUNICATED CITY COUNCIL'S DESIRE AND EXTENDED AN INVITATION TO THE CHAIR, VICE CHAIR AND CITY APPOINTED TRUSTEE OF EMPTY A TO FUTURE TRANSPORTATION PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE MEETINGS . SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE'VE HAD A RESPONSE YET BUT UNDERSTAND THE COUNCIL DOES NOT HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO COMMAND THEM TO COME TO US SO WE ARE TAKING THE MESSAGE TO THEM AND INVITING THEM AND WE'LL SEE WHAT HOW THEY RESPOND. AND MR. GRAHAM, YOU HAD MADE THE POINT ABOUT OUR DELEGATION WE CAN PURSUE THAT. >> WE DON'T HAVE A PARTICULAR ACTION ON IT. THE MESSAGE WAS SENT BUT IT MAY TAKE MORE FROM US IN ORDER TO ACTUALLY GET THAT MEETING TO TAKE PLACE. THE FOLLOWING TRANSITION RELATED ACTIONS HAVE COME BEFORE THE EMPTY SINCE APRIL 6TH FINANCE AND AUDIT COMMITTEE REVIEWED DRAFT FINANCIAL POLICIES AND ON APRIL 22ND THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THEM TO THE FULL BOARD FOR CONSIDERING ACTION AT THE MAY MEETING THE DEVELOPMENT OF FINANCIAL POLICIES BY JULY 1ST IS REQUIRED BY THE PAYBACK SO THIS IS SOMETHING THEY HAVE TO GET DONE ACCORDING TO PAY AND I THINK YOU KNOW FROM OUR PRIOR CONVERSATIONS THE PAVE ACT INITIALLY CONTEMPLATED THAT FULL CONTROL OF TRANSIT WOULD TRANSFER TO EMPTY ON JULY 1ST. BUT SOME TIME AGO IT BECAME APPARENT THAT THEY WEREN'T GOING TO BE READY YET. >> SO WHAT'S AN UNDER DISCUSSION RIGHT NOW IS THAT ON JULY 1ST THE CITY WILL CONTINUE TO OPERATE CATS AND OWN CATS AND WORK WITH THEM TO TOWARDS A JANUARY 1ST EFFECTIVE DATE FOR THE FULL TRANSITION. AND I MENTION THAT BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO KNOW THAT IF YOU LOOK ON THE SECOND PAGE OF THE MEMO, THE PRIMARY INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT IS BASICALLY THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PTA AND CHARLOTTE THAT WILL GOVERN THAT INTERIM PERIOD AND SOME OF THE COOPERATION THAT GOES BEYOND THAT. SO MY RECOMMENDATION TO COMMITTEE AND TO COUNCIL IS THAT WE LOOK AT THIS CAREFULLY A DRAFT WILL BE SHARED WITH US AT THE END WELL IT'LL BE SHARED THIS WEEK. RIGHT. AND THIS IS GOING TO BE A PRELIMINARY DRAFT AGREEMENT. IT'S NOT GOING TO BE COMPLETE YET BUT THE IDEA IS TO GIVE ALL OF US ON COUNCIL THE UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT IT IS THAT'S BEING TALKED ABOUT AND WHAT TO EXPECT TO SEE IN THAT DOCUMENT. >> IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE FOCUS ON IT EARLY BECAUSE IT HAS TO BE EXECUTED IN JUNE WHICH MEANS THAT I YOU KNOW, MY ATTEMPT HERE AND THE GOAL OF THE WORKING GROUP IS TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY SEES IT, UNDERSTANDS IT WELL IN ADVANCE AND THAT WE HAVE A CHANCE TO DEAL WITH THAT ISSUES WE NEED TO DEAL WITH IN TIME FOR THAT TO BE VOTED ON BY THE COUNCIL THEN AND IT WILL CONTROL THE COOPERATION THE GENERAL ASSUMPTION IS THAT THE CITY WILL HAVE KIND OF OPERATING CONTROL OF CATS AND PETA IS GOING TO BASICALLY TAKE OVER POLICY RESPONSIBILITY. >> THE PAVE ACT MAKES THEM THE OWNERS, THE RESPONSIBLE BODY FOR TRANSIT AND AT THE SAME TIME THEY'RE ASKING CHARLOTTE AND CATS TO CONTINUE TO OPERATE THE SYSTEM UNTIL JANUARY 1ST. SO YOU'LL SEE ALL OF THE DETAILS OF THAT IN THAT DRAFT AGREEMENT OR AT LEAST YOU SEE THE INITIAL THOUGHTS ABOUT IT IN THE DRAFT AGREEMENT AND THAT WORK WILL CONTINUE AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THAT SO THAT COUNCIL KNOWS WELL IN ADVANCE WHAT'S HEADED OUR WAY AND THE MTC APPROVE THE BUDGET AND MTC YOU RECALL IS THE METROPOLITAN TRANSIT COMMISSION SO THAT IS THE BODY THAT SHARED RESPONSIBILITY FOR CATS BEFORE THE MEMBERSHIP WAS CHARLOTTE THE SIX TOWNS THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AND I THINK TWO OTHER MEMBERS AND THAT GROUP IS BEING DISSOLVED BECAUSE THEY ARE BEING REPLACED BY THE PTA. SO I THINK BASICALLY THEIR LAST ACT WAS TO APPROVE THIS PROPOSED BUDGET FOR CATS AND THE CATS OPERATING BUDGET REPRESENTS ABOUT 50% OF THE FULL YEAR TRANSIT BUDGET BECAUSE WHAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE IN OUR BUDGET FOR CHARLOTTE IS A HALF YEAR OF CATS AND WE WERE TOLD ABOUT THAT AT OUR BUDGET BRIEFING AND THEN THE SECOND HALF OF THE FISCAL OF OUR FISCAL YEAR IT'S GOING TO BE WITH THE EMPTY ACCORDING TO THE TIMELINE AND THE SCHEDULE WITH PROPOSED. >> SO I GUESS THE LAST THING I'LL NOTE FOR RIGHT NOW IS THE PROPOSED BUDGET INCLUDES THE NEW TRANSITION RESERVE FOR FISCAL 2027 WHICH IS A FUND BALANCE TRANSFER EQUIVALENT TO ONE QUARTER OF A BUDGET OF SALES TAX RECEIPTS. SO ESSENTIALLY WHAT'S HAPPENING IS FUND BALANCE IS BEING SET ASIDE TO BE AVAILABLE TO GUARANTEE THAT PAYMENTS CAN BE MADE FOR CATS AND THAT ALL THE OUT MISSIONS OF CATS WILL BE FUNDED AND THEN WHEN THE FINAL TRANSFER TAKES PLACE THE FUND BALANCE WILL ALSO MOVE OVER TO THE EMPTY. BUT BASICALLY CHARLOTTE IS KEEPING FUND BALANCE IN ORDER TO KNOW THAT MONEY IS AVAILABLE IN ORDER TO WRITE TO PAY THE BILLS FOR CATS AND THEN THE LAST THING IN THE MEMO YOU SEE ARE THESE DATES, THE TOUCH POINTS AND SO ON. THERE WILL BE A PUBLIC HEARING ON MAY 11TH A CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC HEARING AND YOU CAN SEE THE OTHER DATES GOING DOWN THERE BUT WE NEED TO BE READY IN JUNE TO APPROVE THIS INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT AND TO ALLOW THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE PAYBACK TO BE FULFILLED. >> SO THAT'S MY BRIEF SYNOPSIS OF THAT. >> ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT, MISS MAYFIELD? THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. JUST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS THAT STAFF COULD PROBABLY ANSWER FOR CLARIFICATION. SO YOU JUST NOTED THAT THE WAY THE REQUEST IS ASKING FOR US TO MOVE THE JULY ONE, 2020 SIX DAY WHICH IS REQUIRED BY THE PAYBACK TO JANUARY ONE OF 2027 ? YES, WE'RE IN AN INTERESTING SITUATION. ACCORDING TO THE PAY ON JULY FIRST AND PTA CONTROLS BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN THE REVENUE STARTS TO FLOW FROM THE SALES TAX. HOWEVER, BECAUSE THEY KNOW THEY'RE NOT READY AND WE KNOW THEY'RE NOW COOPERATING WITH THE CITY OF CHARLOTTE AND CATS FOR CATS TO STAY WHERE IT IS FOR SIX MORE MONTHS WHILE ALL THE ARRANGEMENTS ARE MADE THAT ARE NECESSARY FOR THE CONTROL TO MOVE OVER. >> SO QUESTION FOR THE ATTORNEY THEN IF WE HAVE A LEGAL OBLIGATION DUE TO THE PAY ACT OF JULY 1ST, WE ARE WE HAVING CONVERSATIONS REGARDING UPDATING THAT LANGUAGE SO THAT WE DON'T PUT OURSELVES IN A POSITION OVER THE NEXT SIX PLUS MONTHS WHERE THERE'S ANY AMBIGUITY IN WHO HAS WHAT RESPONSIBILITY AND DO WE HAVE YES THERE IS. >> OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION, COUNCILMEMBER MAYFIELD. THE ARRANGEMENT THAT IS IN PLACE OR THE PROPOSED ARRANGEMENT WILL ALLOW FOR THE PAY FOR THE PAY BACK TO MEET LEGAL SIMPLY OR FOR THIS AGREEMENT TO MEET LEGAL SUFFICIENCY AND OR THE PAY BACK. THERE'S GOING TO BE A SHARED ARRANGEMENT. RIGHT. AND SO THE BTA WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR MUCH OF THE GOVERNANCE AND ACTIVE TRANSITION COMPONENTS INCLUDING OPERATIONAL TRANSFERS ALONG THE WAY. THE PAYBACK DID NOT GO EXPLICITLY INTO FINE DETAIL ABOUT HOW EACH PIECE OF THE OPERATIONS WOULD TRANSFER. INSTEAD, IF YOU RECALL THERE WERE THE STUDIES THAT WERE DONE THAT LAID OUT HOW THAT TRANSITION WORK WOULD HAPPEN AND SO WE ARE SIMPLY EFFECTUATING THAT NOW AND THIS IS TO ENSURE THAT THERE ARE APPROPRIATE SAFEGUARDS NOT ONLY FOR THE OPERATIONS OF CATS BUT WHILE THE GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE IS BEING ESTABLISHED MORE FULLY FOR THE PTA THERE IS THAT SHARED GOVERNANCE. AND SO THE CONCEPT IS IS NOVEL . THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE NOT SEEN BEFORE BUT THE THE PROPOSED AGREEMENT GOES IN GREAT DETAIL ABOUT HOW THOSE LIABILITIES WILL BE SHARED, THOSE EXPOSURES WILL BE SHARED AND THE GOVERNANCE ITSELF WILL BE HANDLED MORE BROADLY. SO YES, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION SUCCINCTLY, WE DO BELIEVE THAT IT MEETS THE SPIRIT AND INTENT OF THE PAYBACK SO TO PART HAS COUNCIL RECEIVED A COPY OF THAT OF THE AGREEMENT? >> WE'RE STILL REDLINING IT AS WE AS WE SPEAK. WE EXPECT TO SIGN THAT LATER THIS WEEK. >> OKAY I WAS TALKING ABOUT IT WILL BE OUT THIS WEEK AND WHEN WE THINK ABOUT AS FAR FAR AS THE CLOSE OF FISCAL YEAR 2027, THE AUDIT AND ALL OF THAT THERE ARE CONVERSATIONS THAT'S HAPPENING IN THE NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF POTENTIAL TRYING TO FREEZE PROPERTY TAX EVEN THOUGH THAT IS A PIECE THAT MAINLY COMES FROM THE COUNTY WITH TAX PROPERTY WE EVALUATION WHAT IF ANY CONVERSATIONS ARE HAPPENING AROUND THE WHAT IFS IF WE ARE ALREADY OBLIGATED TO HAVE A PERCENTAGE OF THE TAXES TO START GOING TO THIS NEW ORGANIZATION, IT HELPS STAND IT UP IF WE RUN INTO TAX SHORTFALLS. SO THINKING ABOUT THE FACT THAT THERE HAVE BEEN A NUMBER OF COMMITMENTS OUT THERE BUSINESS WISE AND A NUMBER OF THE COMPANIES HAVE CLOSED THEIR DOORS AND WE'RE SEEING THE IMPACT OF THAT, WHERE DOES THAT PUT US FINANCIALLY SO THE MONIES THAT ARE REQUIRED TO STAND UP AND MAINTAIN THE OPERATIONS OF CATS ARE ALREADY SET ASIDE THROUGH THE ARTICLE 43 AND OTHER FUNDS THAT ARE RELATED. SO THE PROPERTY TAX IMPLICATIONS SHOULD NOT WILL NOT HAVE ANY IMPACT ON THAT BECAUSE AGAIN THOSE MONEYS ARE ARE AS A RESULT OF THOSE TAXES OR EXCUSE ME I SHOULD SAY THOSE SPECIFIC SPECIFIC ARTICLE FUNDS THAT ARE RELATED TO THEM AS OPPOSED TO PROPERTY WHICH IS SALES TAX. YES. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? >> YES. MISS JOHNSON. THANK YOU. YES, TWO QUESTIONS. SO IF WE'RE EXTENDING THE OVERSIGHT TO JANUARY 1ST, THAT'S GOING TO AFFECT THE BUDGET SIGNIFICANTLY YOU SAID RIGHT. SO I THINK THAT WE WANT THE DETAILS OF THE AGREEMENT SOONER THAN LATER AS WE'RE DISCUSSING IF WE'RE GOING TO SUPPORT THIS AND AS WE'RE HAVING OUR BUDGET CONVERSATIONS, I THINK WE REALLY NEED TO HAVE THIS INFORMATION, THE DETAILS AND THEN EARLIER YOU SAID THAT WE DO NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO REQUIRE ANYONE FROM TO TO TO PARTICIPATE IN THESE MEETINGS. I WOULD SAY AT LEAST FOR THE SIX MONTHS THAT WE SHOULD HAVE THE ABILITY TO REQUIRE SOMEONE FROM PTA TO PARTICIPATE IN THESE MEETINGS. >> SO THAT'S AN INTERESTING OBSERVATION BECAUSE IT GETS RIGHT AT THE QUESTION OF THE DETAILS OF HOW THIS SIX MONTH THING WORKS RIGHT. THE PAYBACK THEN PLEASE INTERRUPT IF I'M WRONG HERE BUT THE PAYBACK YOU KNOW WITH THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE REVENUE THE PAYBACK SAYS RESPONSIBILITY AND AUTHORITIES AND PTA SO WE HAVE BASICALLY AUTHORITY DELEGATED TO US THROUGH THIS AGREEMENT TO OPERATE THE SYSTEM ESSENTIALLY ON THEIR BEHALF BECAUSE THEY NOW OWN IT AS IT WILL LEGALLY BUT THEY'RE NOT READY TO RUN IT. SO IT DOES MEAN WHAT IS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE COUNCIL AND THE EMPTY? I THINK IT'S A FAIR QUESTION BUT I BELIEVE THE PTA WOULD FEEL THAT THE LANGUAGE OF PAVE SAYS THAT THEY ARE LIKE THE GOVERNING BODY AND THAT WE ARE OPERATING THE SYSTEM. BUT YOU AND I'LL LET MR. GRAHAM FOLLOW UP BECAUSE I KNOW HE WAS TALKING ABOUT THIS BUT YOU DON'T GET TO PICK AND CHOOSE WHICH PARTS OF THE AD YOU WANT TO APPLY. SO IF WE ARE MODIFYING THE STRUCTURE THEN IT'S A MUTUAL AGREEMENT AND WE ARE VOTED BY THE PUBLIC THAT IT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC DOLLARS SO WE DEFINITELY SHOULD BE ASKING SOMEONE FROM PTA TO REPORT TO THE COUNCIL AS LONG AS AS WE ARE RESPOND LIABLE FOR THESE DOLLARS. >> THANK YOU. SO ALL I CAN TELL YOU BOTH IS YOU'RE ASKING VERY RELEVANT QUESTIONS ABOUT WHICH THERE HAS BEEN DISCUSSION BECAUSE WE'RE IN SOMEWHAT UNCHARTED WATERS HERE. THIS IS AN UNUSUAL ARRANGEMENT AND THE WHEN THE PAYBACK ACT WAS WRITTEN THE EXPECTATION WAS THAT THE WHOLE THING WOULD BE UP AND RUNNING IN JULY AND SO WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW IS KIND OF AN AD HOC UNDERSTANDING WITH PTA AND I THINK I THINK YOU'LL KNOW MORE AND WE WILL ALL KNOW MORE AND BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT THIS IN GREATER DETAIL I THINK IN THE COMING WEEK IF I'M RIGHT WHEN WE GET THE EXISTING DRAFT WHICH IS NOT FINALIZED AND WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY ALSO TO REACT TO IT BUT JUST TO GIVE US A BETTER IDEA OF WHAT IT SAYS SO WE KNOW HOW THIS IS BEING APPROACHED. A PERSONAL OPINION OF MINE AS A NON-LAWYER IS THAT THE PTA WAS CREATED BY AN ACT OF THE LEGISLATURE AND THAT THE LEGISLATURE DESCRIBED ITS FUNCTIONS AND THAT WE WERE ALL SORT OF BOUND BY THAT. >> NOW I DON'T KNOW THAT IT EXCLUDES WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. >> SO SO JUST FOLLOW UP. SO THE LEGISLATOR PUT IT WHERE WE'RE CONFINED TO THAT. THEN WHAT HAPPENS IF WE SAY NO WE DON'T WANT TO EXTEND THE OPERATION SO AS A PRACTICAL MATTER WE DON'T WANT TO DO THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO THE PEOPLE OF CHARLOTTE FOR THE BUSSES TO RUN AND THE TRAINS TO RUN AND THERE IS JUST NO WAY THE MTA THE THING WOULD JUST SORT OF BREAK DOWN IF WE DIDN'T SO A FAIR QUESTION BUT ALL I'M SAYING IS WE HAVE A DESIRE TO MAKE SURE THE SERVICE DELIVERY CONTINUES . THEY'RE NOT READY TO DO IT. IT'S NOT A PERFECT SITUATION AND WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW IT WORKS. THANK THANK YOU, MR. GRAHAM. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. I ABSOLUTELY AGREE WITH COUNCILMEMBER JOHNSON. I DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING WHEN YOU SAID IT THE FIRST TIME. IT IT SHOULD BE A REQUIREMENT THAT THEY COME IN THIS INTERIM PERIOD IN FRONT OF THIS COUNCIL AND EXPLAIN THE WHO, WHAT, WHEN, WHERE AND WHY AND IT SHOULD BE STAFF GIVING THE PRESENTATION IN TERMS OF WHERE WE ARE AND WHAT WE'RE DOING. AND I THINK A NUMBER OF US SAID BACK IN OCTOBER BEFORE THE ELECTION THAT THERE WAS NO WAY THEY WERE GOING TO MEET THAT DEADLINE THAT WAS INSTRUCTED AND THE DAY THAT WE SAID IT WAS IT WAS VERY REALISTIC FROM THE START. SO WE KNOW WE WERE GOING TO GET HERE AND AND BECAUSE IT'S A RELATIONSHIP THAT WE HAVE WITH THE PTA, THEY SHOULD WANT TO BE HERE AND EXPLAIN WHAT WE'RE DOING AND HOW WE'RE DOING IT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH US. SO I DON'T THINK IT'S A HARD ACT TO SAY HEY, COME REPORT TO THE COUNCIL WHAT YOU'RE DOING. I THINK MR. HOWARD MR. EMERY THE CHAIRMAN AND THE VICE CHAIRMAN RESPECTIVELY WOULD AGREE TO THAT. SO I THINK WE JUST NEED TO SEND SOME COMMUNICATION SAYING HEY, WE WANT TO TALK AND THEY SHOULD DO IT AND WE SHOULD EVEN AFTER THIS SIX MONTH PERIOD IS OVER THERE SHOULD BE A CHECK IN PERIOD AT LEAST BIANNUALLY WHERE THEY COME BEFORE THE COUNCIL AND CHECK IN. I THINK THAT'S A SMALL OR SMALL HURDLE TO ASK FOR VERY SMALL AND SOMETHING THAT THE MANAGER ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER SHOULD MAKE SURE THAT HAPPENS WITHOUT A WHOLE LOT OF FANFARE. >> SO AND I WOULD JUST SAY TO THAT I AGREE WITH YOU. I WOULD HOPE THAT THEY WOULD SHARE THAT WITH YOU WHERE IN MY MIND IT GETS A LITTLE TRICKY IS IF WE GET DOWN TO THE TECHNICAL QUESTION OF WHETHER WE CAN COMMAND THE CHAIR TO COME HERE AND TALK TO US AND WE'RE TRYING TO AVOID THAT. SO I'M HOPING THAT IN RESPONSE TO THE INVITATION THAT WAS SENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT, WE WILL GET A REPLY AND THEY WILL AGREE TO COME AND SEE US. BUT IT'S JUST I THINK IT'LL BE EASIER TO DISCUSS WHEN WE HAVE THAT DRAFT IN FRONT OF US OF WHAT THE AGREEMENT ACTUALLY LOOKS LIKE AND WE CAN LOOK IN THERE AND SEE WHERE THE LANGUAGE OUGHT TO BE THAT CODIFIES WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. BUT WE'RE IT'S A LITTLE BIT INDETERMINATE RIGHT NOW AS TO WHETHER LEGALLY THEY ARE REQUIRED TO RESPOND TO THAT OR WHETHER WE ARE SIMPLY HOPEFUL IN THE SPIRIT OF COOPERATION THAT THEY WILL COME AND TALK TO US. OKAY. I I THINK IT'S A SMALL HURDLE. I KNOW THIS, ANDERSON THANK YOU, MR. DRIGGS THIS FEELS LIKE WE'RE OVERCOMPLICATING THIS IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A WORKING RELATION WITH THE PTA AND THAT'S BEEN CLEAR FOR YEARS, RIGHT THROUGH SERVICE LEVEL AGREEMENTS AND OTHER THINGS, THIS SHOULD JUST BE A GOOD STEWARD EFFORT OF WORKING TOGETHER. AND I ALSO WOULDN'T IMAGINE THAT THE CHAIR AND THE VICE CHAIR WOULD DISAGREE TO THAT, ESPECIALLY DURING THIS SIX MONTH PERIOD WHILE WE'RE OPERATING THEIR ASSETS. RIGHT, RIGHT. SO BUT IF IF WE DO BELIEVE THAT AND LIKE I SAID, I BELIEVE WE'RE OVERCOMPLICATING THIS I THINK A SIMPLE ASK MIGHT GET US TO A VERY QUICK YES. BUT IF IF THIS ATTORNEY IF YOU BELIEVE THAT THAT WE WON'T ACCOMPLISH IT THERE CAN WE ACTUALLY INSERT LANGUAGE INTO THE AGREEMENT THAT WOULD NECESSITY TAPE TOUCH POINTS OVER THE SIX MONTH PERIOD CERTAINLY SUBJECT TO NEGOTIATION THAT THAT THAT'S WHERE WE ARE WITH THIS AND I THINK THERE IS CERTAINLY A RECOGNITION THAT THIS IS ANOTHER GOVERNING BODY. RIGHT. AND THEY HAVE THEIR OWN RIGHTS UNDER THE STATUTES PARTICULARLY THE PAVE ACT. THE QUESTION I THINK AT THIS POINT IS IS THERE AN ABILITY TO DIRECT CONTROL AND TO REQUIRE AND SO AT THAT POINT TO YOUR QUESTION, HOUSE MEMBER ANDERSON, IT WOULD BE A CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENT. I WOULD ENCOURAGE US TO THINK ABOUT OUR CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENT OVER THE SIX MONTH PERIOD UNTIL EVERY UNTIL WE BEGIN THE TRANSFER PROCESS. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. AND BEYOND BECAUSE SOME OF THE ASSET WON'T TRANSFER FROM THE CITY TO THE AUTHORITY FOR SOME 5 TO 10 YEARS. CORRECT. AND SO THERE HAS TO BE SOME COMMUNICATE AND FORMALLY AN INFORMAL WAY ABOUT AGAIN, INFORMAL STUFF THAT WE'RE DOING I THINK IS JUST I DON'T THINK IT'S THAT HARD. MADAM ATTORNEY. SO I THINK MISS BABSON WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE WE WILL GET THIS DRAFT RIGHT AND IT WILL SAY WHAT IT SAYS AND THEN WE'LL LOOK AT IT AND THINK OKAY, WHAT LANGUAGE COULD WE PUT IN AND HOPE THAT YOU'RE RIGHT? THEY LOOK AT IT AND THEY SAY YOU SURE THAT SOUNDS FAIR? >> LET'S DO THAT. AND THEN WE WILL HAVE CODIFIED THE INTENTION. I WILL MENTION THAT THE WHOLE TIME WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS I HAVE SEEN TWO DISTINCT PROCESSES FOR ONE IS THE TRANSFER THAT GOES ON OVER TIME . THE OTHER IS THE ONGOING COOPERATION BECAUSE THEY CAN'T DO THEIR POLICY ON TRANSIT WITHOUT ALIGNMENT WITH OUR POLICY ON LAND USE AND OTHER THINGS. SO WE NEED TO TRY TO ESTABLISH AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE AN ACTIVE ENGAGEMENT AND WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH THE PTA AND MAYBE THIS IS A FIRST OPPORTUNITY TO TRY TO PUT THAT IN PLACE. SO I AGREE WITH THAT. OKAY. ANYBODY ELSE? YES. MISS JOHNSON, I WOULD JUST ADD THAT FOR MY COLLEAGUES THIS IS AN EXAMPLE WHY YOU WANT I THINK DIVERSITY AS WE'RE COMMUNICATING WITH THE PTA AND AND MR. DRIGGS, IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, YOUR PERSPECTIVE AS THE THE CHAIR AND THE C YOU KNOW THE CAPO REPRESENTATIVE BEING ON THAT WORKGROUP YOU HAVE A LOT OF INFORMATION AND YOU MAY HAVE A POTENTIAL BIAS. I DON'T KNOW. BUT I THINK IF THERE WERE MORE EYES OR ENGAGEMENT IN THE PROCESS THEN WE I THINK WE WOULD LOOK AT IT DIFFERENTLY. I THINK YOU I THINK YOU ADD A VERY LAYERED PERCEPTION RIGHT AND PERSPECTIVE. SO JUST IF WE THINK ABOUT THAT BECAUSE YOU CAN ANSWER THE QUESTION FROM BOTH SIDES AND AS WE'RE ASKING WE AS THE COUNCIL ARE ASKING A VERY SPECIFIC ASK . AND SO I WOULD JUST SAY THAT THAT ALMOST SHOWS THE NEED FOR MORE ENGAGEMENT WITH THE PTA AND COUNCIL. >> SO I'M PLEASED TO HEAR YOU SAY THAT THE REASON AND I DON'T DISAGREE WITH WHAT YOU SAID THE REASON I PROPOSED A WORKING GROUP WAS I SAW A SITUATION WHERE THIS STUFF WOULD BE GOING ON BECAUSE SEVERAL OF THOSE MEETINGS HAD TAKEN PLACE AND COUNCIL HAD NO IDEA. SO I'M TRYING TO PROMOTE EVERY WAY I CAN MORE COMMUNICATE AND ENGAGEMENT. I'M TRYING TO BE A BROKER HERE . I'M NOT COMING INTO IT WITH AN AGENDA SO WE WILL TAKE UP WHAT WE'VE JUST DISCUSSED AND SEE IF WE CAN GET THEM TO START THINKING ABOUT HOW WE COOPERATE OVER THE SIX MONTHS AND BEYOND AND THEN REACH AN UNDERSTANDING ABOUT HOW THAT WORKS. AND THE SOONER I CAN TAKE MYSELF OUT OF THE MIDDLE OF THE HAPPIER I'LL BE. >> THANK ALL RIGHT. WELL DONE. OKAY. THANK YOU, MS.. LESLIE, FOR SO NOW WE GO ON TO I GUESS THE LEAST IMPORTANT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS 77 SOUTH EXPRESS LANES PROJECT. THE FIRST THING WE'RE GOING TO DO HERE IS HEAR A PRESENTATION FROM CDOT ABOUT THEIR ANALYSIS OF THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE I 77 PROJECT FROM THEIR PERSPECTIVE FROM THE CITY'S STREETS PERSPECTIVE. AND FOR THAT MR. CARROLL YES. THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN DRIGGS. I APPRECIATE BEING INVITED HERE TO SPEAK ON THE CITY STAFF STAFF ASSESSMENTS FOR OUR 77 AND THAT JUST KICKING OFF INTO IT. WE FIRST WANTED TO LOOK AT THIS THROUGH A TRANSPORTATION LENS AND THEN THERE'S ALSO IN A FUTURE MEETING TO THINK THROUGH THIS FROM A PLANNING LENS WHERE WE CAN COVER HISTORIC DISTRICTS AND TREE CANOPY AND THINGS OF THE LIKE. BUT THIS MEETING TODAY THE SPECIFIC UPDATE IS FOR TRANSPORTATION IMPACTS AND THE OPPORTUNITY THESE THAT CAN EXIST WITH OUR 77 MANAGE LINES PROJECT. >> SO I'D BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T START OUT BY SAYING TALKING ABOUT PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE AND THAT WE'VE HAD FOR A LONG TIME AND WITH NCDOT AND SEATO WE'VE ALWAYS HAD GREAT PARTNERSHIPS AND WHAT I LIKE TO LOOK AT IS THIS THESE MAPS AND JUST JUST TO SHOW HOW WE'RE INTERTWINED AND IF YOU LOOK AT ALL THE BLUE STREETS THOSE ARE ALL CHARLOTTE STATE MAINTAINED ROADWAYS, THE YELLOW ROADWAYS ARE NCDOT AND CDO TO MAINTAIN STREETS AND SO WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT LOOKING AT THOSE LOCAL STREETS AND THE FOLKS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO MOVE AROUND THE CITY THAT YOU KNOW, WE HAVE DIFFERENT OBJECTIVES OF MOVING BIKE PATHS, TRANSIT AND VEHICLES AROUND THE CITY. BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE LARGER NCDOT MAINTAIN ROADWAYS, THEY REALLY HAVE TO THINK ABOUT LONGER REGIONAL TRAVEL AND THINKING ABOUT TRANSIT AND FREIGHT AND CARS. AND SO THERE'S MANY INTERSECTIONS OF THOSE BLUE AND YELLOW STREETS AND THAT IS WHAT OVER TIME THAT WE'VE COME TOGETHER TO PARTNER ON AND TO TRY TO WIN OBJECTIVES AND WHEN GO AND ACHIEVE GOALS FROM BOTH SIDES. SO WE APPRECIATE THEIR PARTNERSHIP ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE SCREEN IS THE CORRIDOR OF 77 AND IT ZOOMS IN A LITTLE BETTER AND IT SHOWS THOSE OPPORTUNITIES THAT CAN EXIST ALONG THAT CORRIDOR WHERE OUR CITY STREETS MEET THE 77 ALIGNMENT SO WHEN LOOKING AT THE BENEFITS BY THE NUMBERS AS PART OF THIS PROJECT THERE'S GOING TO BE 79 OF 22 BRIDGES ARE OVERPASSES ALONG THE INTERCHANGE. IT'S GOING TO BE RECONSTRUCTED . THAT IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO DO GREAT THINGS FROM A MOBILITY PERSPECTIVE FOR THE CITY OF CHARLOTTE. AND SO 13 ARE ON THE TEN YEAR HIGH INJURY NETWORK WE HAVE 16 THERE ON THE PEDESTRIAN PRIORITY NETWORK, NINE ON THE BIKE PRIORITY NETWORK THREE ARE ON THE TRANSIT PRIORITY CORRIDORS 14 ON THE BETTER BUS PROGRAM CORRIDOR SORRY AND THE 16 WILL HAVE MULTIMODAL FACILITIES ADDED OR UPGRADED. THIS IS THIS IS WHAT'S CURRENTLY ON THOSE PLANS OUT IN PUBLIC 12 WILL HAVE STREET LIGHTING AND THAT'S A MAJOR SAFETY BENEFIT SO WHEN WE LOOK AT TRYING TO DELIVER ON A COMPREHENSIVE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENTS WE'RE THINKING OF THE INTERCHANGES AND THE CROSS STREETS FOR THIS FOR THIS EFFORT AND WITH THAT, YOU KNOW WE SEE OPPORTUNITIES AND GOALS TO BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE ADVANCE TO ADVANCE CITY GOALS, FILL EXISTING TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE GAPS AND SOLVE DEFICIENCIES AND PROVIDE COMMUNITY BENEFITING INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS. >> SO WHEN WE START BREAKING THAT DOWN BY ADVANCING THE GOALS FROM A MULTIMODAL PERSPECTIVE YOU LOOK AT THE LEFT I'LL CALL IT A HEAT MAP FOR LACK OF BETTER WORDS BUT THE I-77 CORRIDOR IS HIGHLIGHTED ON THOSE MAPS AND SO THE PEDESTRIAN PRIOR PRIORITY NETWORK A LARGE PORTION OF THE 77 CORRIDOR IS WITHIN THAT AREA. ALSO THE GOAL FOR OUR PRIORITY NETWORK IS TO HAVE SIDEWALK ON BOTH SIDES OF ARTERIALS FROM A BICYCLE PRIORITY NETWORK PERSPECTIVE THERE'S FIVE PRIORITY CORRIDORS THAT CROSS I-70 SEVEN AND AND WILL BE CONSTRUCTED OR IMPROVED AS PART OF THE MANAGE LINES PROJECT AS PROPOSED A BETTER BUS NETWORK THERE ARE 15 AND 30 MINUTE CORRIDORS THAT ARE ALONG THIS CORRIDOR AND THEN THINKING OF THE ROAD ITSELF THERE'S EXPRESS BUS AND TRANSIT ROUTES. SO BY PROVIDING RELIABLE TRAVEL TIME AND IN AND HAVING A JUST BUSSES THAT COME ON TIME THAT THAT REALLY IMPROVES OUR MULTIMODAL NETWORK BUT THE OTHER THING TO THINK ABOUT IS WHEN WE TALK ABOUT PEDESTRIANS AND BIKES ACROSS THE CORRIDOR WE CAN NOW WHERE WE HAVE BARRIERS I'LL CALL THEM WE ARE STARTING TO ALLOW BRIDGES TO BE BUILT THAT CAN SAFELY MOVE PADS AND BIKES AND CARS ACROSS THE CORRIDOR AND REBURIED EACH OF THE COMMUNITY TO BUSINESSES AND THE LIKE. >> SO ANOTHER CITY GOAL TO ADVANCE IS VISION ZERO. SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THIS AREA, THE THE THE IMAGE ON THE RIGHT IS OUR HIGH INJURY NETWORK AND ALMOST EVERY INTERCHANGE ALONG THE 77 PROJECT IS ON THE HIGH INJURY NETWORK AND ONE OTHER THING ABOUT STREET LIGHTING THIS IS GOING TO BE AN ABILITY TO TO PROVIDE STREET LIGHTING WHICH HAS MAJOR SAFETY BENEFITS AND BUT BRIDGES ARE FREQUENTLY THE REMAINING GAPS THAT YOU CAN'T ACHIEVE BECAUSE RETROFITTING A BRIDGE STRUCTURE ISN'T SOMETIMES POSSIBLE FROM A STRUCTURAL PERSPECTIVE. AND SO WHEN REBUILDING THESE BRIDGES, THIS IS GOING TO BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET ADEQUATE STREET LIGHTING THAT CAN CONNECT THE STREETS THAT LEAD TO IT THINKING ABOUT FILLING GAPS AND SOLVING DEFICIENCIES. SO ONCE AGAIN THE MANAGE LANES PROJECT WILL REPLACE AT LEAST 17 BRIDGES SO AT EACH ONE OF THOSE INTERCHANGES WE WANT TO MODERNIZE THOSE CURRENTLY THE DESIGN OF THOSE ARE FOR PURELY I WOULD SAY VEHICLE CENTRIC WHERE YOU HAVE HIGH SPEED RAMPS. IT'S NOT VERY THEY'RE NOT DESIGNED WELL FOR PADS CYCLISTS OR YOU KNOW AND SOMETIMES CARS BUT BUT PROVIDING MORE INNOVATIVE TYPE DESIGNS TO IMPROVE THOSE THAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET A WIN FOR ALL MODES OF TRAVEL THERE. SO THE OTHER THING THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO WITH THE MULTIMODAL CONNECTIONS IS ALSO PROVIDE BETTER CONNECTIVITY FROM WILKINSON BOULEVARD AND FREEDOM DRIVE AREAS INTO THE SOUTH END AREA. TODAY IT'S ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE FROM A PEDESTRIAN OR BIKE PERSPECTIVE TO TO ENTER IN AND CROSS THAT CORRIDOR AS IT IS TODAY. ONE EXAMPLE OF THAT IS WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE BELK INTERCHANGE THAT YOU SEE THAT FROM WILKINSON BOULEVARD AND FREEDOM ENTERING INTO I'LL CALL IT THE FUTURE ISLAND DISTRICT BUT THAT AREA THAT IS THAT IS WHERE THE BARRIER OCCURS TODAY AND SO AS AN EXAMPLE OF SOMETHING OF THE PROPOSED CONCEPT, THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT AND WE'RE GOING TO STEP THROUGH SEVERAL SEVERAL DIFFERENT IMAGES JUST SO YOU CAN HELP VISUALIZE. AND TODAY THE EXISTING STRUCTURE AS YOU SEE IS IS PURELY VEHICLE CENTRIC AND THERE'S NO SIDEWALK DEFINITELY DOESN'T ACCOMMODATE BIKES BUT IN THIS CASE THERE IS THE PROPOSED PLAN TO HAVE A DEDICATED MULTI-USE PATH FOR BIKES AND PADS THAT WOULD CROSS THAT STRUCTURE SO ON THE THEME OF MODERNIZATION, YOU KNOW AS WE WALK THROUGH SEVERAL OF THE INTERCHANGES ALONG THE CORRIDOR ONE ONE TO COMPARE AND CONTRAST FIRST OF THESE TWO OR DIFFERENT ROADWAYS BUT THE ONLY IMAGE TO THE LEFT IS NATION'S FOUR DRIVE AND SO THIS PARTICULAR BRIDGE WAS CONSTRUCTED WITH THE ORIGINAL 77 PROJECT AND THERE'S NO SIDEWALKS, NO BIKE FACILITIES AND ALSO IT HAS A VERY LOW BRIDGE RAIL WHICH CAN THEN IN TURN BE VERY DANGEROUS FOR PEDESTRIANS OR ANYONE WALKING ADJACENT TO THE ROAD. BUT IN CONTRAST THIS SHOWS THE ABILITY FOR NEWER PROJECTS OF THIS OAKLAND BRIDGE OVER 77 WAS BUILT WITH THE NORTH PROJECT EVEN THOUGH SOME OF THE DESIGNS WE HAVE MODERNIZED FOR TODAY AND YOU WILL SEE LATER BUT THIS DOES PROVIDE SIDEWALK IT'S GOT BIKE LANES, PROVIDES FOR THE VEHICLE AND IT'S GOT STREET LIGHTING AS WELL. >> THIS HERE'S A SHOT OF WEST BOULEVARD. AND SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT WEST BOULEVARD ITSELF, YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE IS THERE'S VERY NARROW SIDEWALK PROVIDED BUT THERE'S NO BIKE LANES AND THERE'S ALSO LOW BRIDGE RAIL IS CROSSING A CREEK RIGHT IN WHAT YOU SEE. BUT 77 IS IN THE FOREGROUND THERE. BUT THIS PARTICULAR WEST BOULEVARD IS ON THE HIGH PRIORITY FOR THE AUSTRIAN NETWORK, THE BIKE PRIORITY NETWORK AND THE BETTER BUS 15 MINUTE AND THE HIGH INJURY NETWORK. SO THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS HERE THAT CAN BE IMPROVED IN IN AS PART OF THE PROPOSED PLAN. HERE IS A RENDERING SHOWING THE NEW STRUCTURE THAT 77 WILL BE CARRIED ON AND WITH WEST BOULEVARD UNDERNEATH BUT IT PROVIDES FOR GREAT OPPORTUNITIES OF EIGHT FOOT SIDEWALK BUFFER BIKE LANES AND THEN ALSO STREET LIGHTING AND THEN THERE'S ALSO THE ABILITY FOR ART IN THE RIGHT AWAY. THOSE ARE OTHER THINGS THAT CAN BE PROVIDED AND ENVISION WITH COMMUNITY EFFORTS. >> SOUTH TRYON WORKING DOWN THE CORRIDOR VERY SIMILAR CONSTRUCTED DURING THE 77 ORIGINAL PROJECT SIDEWALK ON ONE SIDE ONLY NO BIKE LANES AND NO STREET LIGHTING. UNFORTUNATELY WE DON'T HAVE QUITE THE GREATEST IMAGE ON THE BOTTOM BUT IT IS A CROSS SECTION SHOW ON THE PROPOSED PLAN THAT A SHARED USE PATH WILL BE CONSTRUCTED ON BOTH SIDES THAT WILL ACCOMMODATE BIKES AND PADS AS PROPOSED BY THE PROJECT. >> SIMILARLY WOODLAWN ROAD HAS SAME SOME OF THE SAME DEFICIENCIES AND WITH THE CROSS SECTION THERE AS WELL AND IT SHOWS THE FUTURE CROSS SECTION THAT WILL HAVE SHARED USE PATH AND STREET LIGHTING FOR THIS INTERCHANGE NATIONS FORWARD ROAD IS OBVIOUSLY ONLY VEHICLES CAN SAFELY JUST TRAVERSE THAT BUT WITH THE PROPOSED VISION YOU CAN SEE THAT FOR ONE THERE ARE SOME LANES OUT OF THERE FOR FROM A CAPACITY PERSPECTIVE FROM THE VEHICLE BUT IT'S GOT BUFFERED BIKE LANES AND THEN ALSO HAS A SIDEWALKS THAT ARE PROPOSED AS PART OF THE PLAN AND I JUST WANT TO REALLY STRESS HOW THESE IMPROVE. THAT'S WHAT GREAT BENEFIT WE CAN GET WITH ONCE AGAIN RECONNECTING BOTH SIDES OF THE ROAD FROM A MULTIMODAL PERSPECTIVE THAT WE'VE JUST NOT BEEN ABLE TO DO AND MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO DO IN THE FUTURE DUE TO THE LARGE SCALE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S GOING TO BE NEEDED TO BE CONSTRUCTED ON SAY IF THIS WERE ONLY A CITY BORNE PROJECT ADDITIONAL IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE PROPOSED AS PART OF IT ARCHDAILY DRIVE AS YOU CAN SEE THE YELLOW LINE ON THE TOP IS THE PROPOSED ALIGNMENT WITH THE DOT AT THE BOTTOM IS THE CURRENT INTERSECTION AT THE INTERCHANGE WAS 77 IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THAT IT IS A VERY CONFUSING INTERSECTION WITH THE WEIRD GEOMETRY THAT EXISTS BUT I DO WANT TO SAY THAT ARCHDAILY IS A CITY STREET AND IS ON OUR COMPREHENSIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN AND IT IS IN INVISION TO GO ACROSS THE INTERSTATE. NOW WHAT MAY NOT BE EVIDENT IS THAT IT CAN'T GO OVER THE INTERSTATE DUE TO THE GEOMETRY AND DUE TO THE TOPOGRAPHY THAT IT WILL NEED TO GO UNDER 77 TO MAKE THIS OCCUR WITHOUT A LARGE SCALE PROJECT SUCH AS 77 MANAGE LANES IT WILL NEARLY BE IMPOSSIBLE TO DO THIS SOLELY AS A FROM A CITIES PERSPECTIVE I OTHER OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN THE CITY HAS A RECONNECTING COMMUNITIES GRANT THAT WAS AWARDED APPROXIMATELY A YEAR AND A HALF TWO YEARS AGO AND AS PART OF THAT WE ARE GOING THROUGH AND ACTUALLY CONCLUDE THE RECONNECTING WEST END PLAN AND IT'S IT'S CURRENTLY IN DRAFT STUDY DRAFT FORM BUT IT IS GETTING READY TO BE FINALIZED AND AS PART OF THAT WE RELOOKED AT RECONNECTING RECLAIMING LAND THAT CAME WITH THE ORIGINAL 77 PROJECT TO BUILD A BETTER CONNECTION BETWEEN THE WEST END AND UPTOWN. AND WHEN YOU LOOK ON THE RIGHT IT'S A IT IS A DIAGRAM THESE ARE THINGS THAT CAME OUT OF THE THE PLANNING STUDY BUT THESE ARE POTENTIAL LAYOUTS OF DEVELOPMENT AND THEN ALSO A RESTRUCTURING OF THE STREET NETWORK. SO WHEN WE ZOOM IN WELL FIRST I WANT TO HIT ON OUR CORE ADVISORY GROUP AND THAT WE HAVE MANY DIVERSITY INTEREST INVOLVED WITH THIS AND THE VOICES OF THE WEST END COMMUNITY AND YOU KNOW, WE ARE HOPING TO GET TO GAIN AND LISTEN AND HAVE THE COMMUNITY'S NEEDS AND VISION PUT IN PLAY WHICH I FEEL LIKE WE DID AS PART OF THIS PLAN. AND WHEN YOU SEE THE LIST ON THE RIGHT OF EVERY ONE THAT PARTICIPATED, WE FELT LIKE WE HAD A REALLY GOOD GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS THAT COULD SPEAK TO THE COMMUNITY AND HAD TRUST WITH THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THERE AND SO THEY PREFERRED INTERCHANGE ALTERNATIVE THAT CAME OUT OF THIS PLAN RECOGNIZE THAT ANY TRADITIONAL WIDENING OF I-77 COULD THIS COULD NOT BE BE MADE BUT WHEN LOOKING AT OTHER ALTERNATIVE TYPES WE RECONFIGURED THE INTERCHANGE RAMPS AND IT MAY NOT BE COMPLETELY OBVIOUS BUT IF YOU SEE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SCREEN YOU HAVE NUMBER THREE AND FOUR THAT HAS A STRIKE THROUGH IT. THOSE RAMPS, THOSE INTERCHANGE RENTS ARE ONE OF THE LOWEST UTILIZE RAMPS AND THE INTERCHANGE BUT BY A THIRD REDESIGN MODERNIZED VERSION THAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO RECLAIM LAND IN THAT AREA. AND THEN YOU SEE STREET EIGHT AT THE TOP REALIGNMENT OF THAT THAT REALLY OPENS UP THE ABILITY TO REDEVELOP THAT HAD SOME PART SPACE AND RECONNECT THAT PART OF THE WEST END TO THE UPTOWN. I WILL SAY THAT TRADE STREETS ON THE LEFT FIFTH STREET IS ON THE RIGHT RUNNING PLAN SHEET NORTH SOUTH AT THAT WE WANTED TO REALLY ADD SOMETHING SPECIAL TO THE FIFTH STREET BRIDGE WITH READ ALIGNING SOME OF THOSE STREET NETWORKS WHAT THAT GAVE US THE ABILITY TO DO ON THE EXISTING STRUCTURE. THIS DOESN'T THIS DOESN'T PROVIDE FOR ANYTHING THAT MAY WE MAY COME WITH 77 IF THAT BRIDGE GETS REPLACED BUT WE SAW A WAY ON THAT BOTTOM PORTION THERE TO BUILD AN AMENITY SPACE THAT HAS BIKE PAD FACILITIES ALSO GREEN SPACE POSSIBLY ON THE STRUCTURE ITSELF TO PROVIDE TO ADD THAT BRIDGE OVER RECONNECTING, GETTING THE FEEL FROM THE COMMUNITY TO UPTOWN TO ADD ON FOR ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES YOU HAVE ALL HEARD ABOUT BONUS ALLOCATION DOLLARS AND SO WE THERE IS $100 MILLION IN ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR NEW STREETS, NEW CONNECTIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS TO EXISTING STREET. SO THERE'S OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE FUNDS TO BE USED IN THE CORRIDOR UNKNOWN PROJECT MITIGATION AS THESE ARE THINGS THAT THAT THE DEVELOPERS CAN COME UP WITH THAT WE JUST DON'T KNOW YET. THEY'RE GOING TO BE SETTING WITH A COMMUNITY LISTENING AND AND TAKING IN INFORMATION AND LISTENING FOR KEY POINTS THAT CAN BE BROUGHT AS PART OF THE PROJECT TO THE COMMUNITY. AND THEN ALSO THE OTHER THING THAT MAY NOT MAY HAVE MADE A CONNECTION TO IS OUR STRATEGIC INVESTMENT AREA OPPORTUNITIES. THERE ARE SEVERAL OF THESE AREAS ALONG THE CORRIDOR THAT WE COULD TIE IN AND LEVERAGE PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES WITH THE PROJECT TO ACCOMMODATE SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS THAT ARE LISTED IN IN THOSE INITIATIVES . SO ONCE AGAIN IN SUMMARY JUST YOU KNOW 17 TO 20 TO BRIDGE THAT IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY THAT WE MAY NOT HAVE AS A CITY ALONE. WE MAY NEED TO HAVE THIS TO GAIN THE THE THE IMPROVEMENTS AND RECONNECTING AND BRIDGING AND CONNECTING THE PODESTA ISLANDS AND JUST THE COMMUNITY ACROSS THAT INTERSTATE. AND THIS IS THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND ONE OTHER THING THAT I ADDED THERE THIS THIS OPPORTUNITY PROVIDES AND UNLOCKS AND CONNECTS HUNDREDS OF MILES OF SIDEWALK AND BIKE NETWORKS ACROSS THE INTERSTATE . SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU. THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION AND OPEN FOR ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU MR. CARROLL SO WE HAVE A HALF AN HOUR LEFT AND NCDOT IS ON OUR AGENDA AS WE COMMITTED THEY WOULD BE EVERY MONTH SO RIGHT NOW I JUST WANT TO KNOW COMMITTEE DO YOU HAVE QUESTIONS FOR MR. CARROLL ABOUT WHAT HE JUST TOLD US? MR. GRAHAM NOT A QUESTION. >> BASICALLY A COMMENT AND I'M OF THAT YOU YOU WENT THROUGH THE BETTER PART RELATED TO PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE IMPROVEMENTS UNDER THE CITY'S ADOPT A STREET POLICY RIGHT AND IS SOMETHING THAT I BROUGHT TO MRS. BETTS IN ATTENTION BACK IN DECEMBER ABOUT HAVING THE ABILITY OF THE PROJECT MOVES FORWARD TO BUILD THESE INTERCHANGES AS CITY STANDERS VERSUS STATES TOWNS ARE SAYING WE TALK SPECIFICALLY ABOUT NATIONS FORWARD TYPE ALL THAT IS WITH ONE SOUTH TRY ON REMOUNT WEST BOULEVARD BELLVILLE FREEDOM CLUSTER AND WILSON BOULEVARD SO I'M HAPPY TO SEE THAT WE'RE MAKING SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS. THE DESIGNS LOOKS AMAZING. WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT THREE BRIDGES THE FIFTH STREET BRIDGE WHICH IS TO IMPROVE THE GATEWAY CONNECTIONS AND TO PRESERVE FUTURE WIDENING THE WESTINGHOUSE BRIDGE TO PRESERVE FOR FUTURE WIDENING ON WESTINGHOUSE BOULEVARD AND THE TABLE THE BRIDGE TO PRESERVE FUTURE WIDENING OPPORTUNITIES TO TYPE ALL THE ROAD. SO I HOPE THAT YOU GUYS WE CAN CONTINUE TO WORK ON THIS. I HOPE THAT NCDOT WILL ACCEPT THIS AS A PART OF THE ISOM SEVEN SOUTH EXPANSION AT THEIR EXPENSE AS THEY TAKE SEE COMMUNITY BENEFIT CHARLOTTE BENEFIT BECAUSE IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE IF WE'RE GOING TO TEAR UP THESE INTERCHANGES FOR THE CITY THEN HAVE TO GO BACK TO DO IT AFTER THE CONSTRUCTION IS OVER TO TURN UP AGAIN. AND SO IF WE'RE GOING TO DO IT ,LET'S DO IT RIGHT THE FIRST TIME AT OUR STANDARDS AT THEIR EXPENSE AND I HOPE THAT STAFF WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS. I'VE TALKED TO A NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS MYSELF PERSONALLY WITH NCDOT IN REFERENCE TO THIS. I THINK THERE IS OPENNESS AND A WILLINGNESS TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND I HOPE THAT THE CITY MANAGEMENT TEAM AND OTHERS WERE REALLY DRILLED DOWN NOW AND MAKE SURE THAT THIS CAN BE A REALITY BECAUSE I THINK IT MAKES SENSE THAT WE DO IT THIS WAY. SO I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT. AND THEN LASTLY I'VE BEEN WORKING IN DISTRICT TWO ON THE RECONNECTED WITH THEM FOR ABOUT TWO YEARS NOW AND SO I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF EXCITEMENT AND THERE WAS SOME IN PARTICIPATION FROM THE RESIDENTS AND THE BUSINESS OWNERS ALONG THE BUSINESS FOR A QUARTER AND OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A PARALLEL BETWEEN WHAT MAY HAPPEN ON 77TH EXPANSION AND THE TRAIN ITSELF . BUT I THINK JUST A NUMBER OF COMMUNITY LEADERS THERE ARE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE PROGRESS THAT WE'VE MADE. I THINK THAT THE LAST 2 OR 3 WORKSHOPS OVER THERE IN REFERENCE TO RECONNECTING WITH THEM AND I THINK WE'RE MOVING ALSO IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION IN REFERENCE TO THAT AS WELL. SO I THINK IT'S I THINK I JUST NEEDED TO SAY THAT SO THANK YOU FOR FOR THAT UPDATE. IT'S MAYFIELD THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. COUPLE OF QUESTIONS SO WHEN WE GO BACK TO THE BEGINNING AND WE LOOK AT THE NCDOT AND SEE THAT PARTNERSHIPS AND THIS IS SOMETHING YOU CAN BRING BACK LATER BECAUSE I DON'T EXPECT YOU TO HAVE THIS ANSWER BUT I WOULD WE'RE THINKING ABOUT PARTNERSHIPS. IT WOULD BE NICE TO KNOW CURRENTLY HOW MANY PROJECTS THAT ARE STATE RESPONSIBILITY THAT WE HAVE. WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE BEEN HAVING CONVERSATION SINCE FOUR YEARS OF NORTH TRYON IN THE STEELE CREEK AREA. THERE'S BEEN CONVERSATIONS THERE'S BEEN SOME WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE ALONG THE MOUNT HOLLY HUNTER'S ROAD AND THEY'VE HAD TO DO SOME REALIGNMENTS ALREADY ON THAT. BUT IF WE'RE HIGHLIGHTING A PARTNERSHIP ONE OF OUR CHALLENGES AS WE EXPERIENCE THE GROWTH IS THE FACT THAT A LOT OF THE ROADS THAT NEED MAINTENANCE ARE CROSSING OVER AND CONNECTED TO THOSE STATE MAINTAIN ROADS THAT ARE NOT BEING FUNDED. SO AS WE LOOK TO BELIEVE THAT THIS WILL GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS SOME OF THESE, THE CURRENT NEEDS STILL NEED TO BE IDENTIFIED. SO I HAVE AN IDEA OF HOW MANY UNFUNDED ROADS IN THIS BEAUTIFUL LITTLE MAP WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR ME. I ALSO WANT TO UNDERSTAND BECAUSE YOU GAVE A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT OPTIONS OF POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT LIKE IF WE LOOK AT THE MODERNIZED BRIDGES AND INTERCHANGES I THINK THAT SLIDE 11 WITH THE OAKLAWN BRIDGE I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF WE HAVE CONSISTENCY IN THE BUFFERING THAT WE'RE IDENTIFYING FOR OUR PROTECT THAT NOT ONLY BIKE LANES BUT ALSO WHAT ABILITY BECAUSE PEOPLE JUMP CURVES EVERY DAY NOT PAYING ATTENTION ON THEIR PHONES WHATEVER SQUIRREL BUTTERFLY THEY JUMP CURVES ALL DAY SO WE HAVE VISUAL WHERE SOME AREAS ARE GOING TO HAVE SPECIFIC GULLY BUFFERED PROTECTION. THERE WILL BE I THINK AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO HAVE CONSISTENCY ACROSS OUR CITY SO THAT WE DON'T PUT OURSELVES IN A POSITION A GENERATION FROM NOW WHERE INVESTMENT IS WERE MADE AND WHERE WE HAVE SIX FOOT TWO NO SIDEWALKS IN SOME AREAS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HAVING THE SAME CONVERSATIONS BY NOT HAVING PROTECTION OF THE BUFFERING SO HAVING CONSISTENCY OF WHAT THAT BUFFERING WOULD BE AS WELL AS A TIMELINE WE LOOKED EARLIER AND WE HAD A TIMELINE DATE FOR THAT START IN 2016. WE'RE NOW IN STARTED IN 2017. WE'RE NOW IN 2026. ARE WE LOOKING AT ANOTHER DECADE PLUS OF THE COMMUNITY BEING NEGATIVELY IMPACTED BECAUSE OF ALL THE CONES, BECAUSE OF THE CONSTRUCTION WORKERS THAT COME IN AND PART IN THE COMMUNITY GOING TO WORK VERSUS HAVING DESIGNATED PARKING SPACES AND NOT A GRAB AND A SCOOTER TAKING A SHUTTLE TO GET TO WHERE THEY NEED TO GO. I THINK ALL OF THOSE ALSO NEED TO BE IDENTIFIED AND FOR ME JUST THE BREAKDOWN OF THE NUMBERS THAT IS DRIVING ME CRAZY TO SEE 17 TO 22 BRIDGES BUT THE WAY IT'S BROKEN DOWN VERSUS IDENTIFY IT, THE TOTAL NUMBER IS 22. OKAY. SO BY PARTY NETWORK HERE'S THE ONE. SO DO WE ACTUALLY GET TO 22 THAT'S JUST AN ESTHETIC PIECE WHERE I'M LIKE WE GOT 17 TO 22 BRIDGES THAT DOESN'T PENCIL OUT VERSUS IDENTIFY AND IF WE HAVEN'T IDENTIFIED THE LOCATIONS YET THAT'S OKAY BUT I THINK IT WOULD MAKE MORE SENSE TO SAY WHICH OF THE ONES TO REALLY GET TO THOSE 22 BECAUSE THIS CAN LEAD FOR INTERPRETATION OF WHICH AREAS ARE GOING TO RECEIVE WHAT TREATMENT ON WHAT TIMELINE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MISS JOHNSON. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER MAYFIELD, AS USUAL, SOUNDS LIKE YOU'VE HAD WHEATIES FOR BREAKFAST. SHE MAKES SOME GREAT POINTS. I AGREE. AS FAR AS THIS SUMMARY, IT'S VERY CONFUSING IF YOU LOOK AT THIS I MEAN IF YOU WERE JUST TO SUM THIS AT THE BOTTOM LIKE THAT TOTALS WAY MORE THAN 20. YEAH, RIGHT. SO WE'D LIKE TO SEE SOME TYPE OF GRAPH OR TABLE LIKE YOU KNOW AND A CHECK YOU KNOW THERE'S OBVIOUSLY THERE'S SOME OVERLAP AT LEAST 1 OR 2 OF THE BRIDGES ARE GOING TO HAVE A FEW CHECKMARKS YOU KNOW SO WE'D LIKE TO SEE IT THAT WAY ALSO I LIKE WHAT YOU ASK ABOUT HOW MANY UNFUNDED PROJECTS LIKE I SAID EARLIER, DISTRICT FOUR HAS SO MANY STATE OWN ROADS I'M TRYING TO GET A TRAFFIC LIGHT YOU KNOW AT AT MALLARD CREEK AND CULVERT PARK AND BECAUSE THEN A DEVELOPER WITHDREW THEN THEN THE APPROVAL FOR THE TRAFFIC LIGHT IS WITHDRAWN EVEN THOUGH THE NEED IS STILL THERE. YOU KNOW AND WE KNOW THAT BY RIGHT IT'S ONLY GOING TO BE A DIFFERENCE OF ABOUT 30 UNITS. SO WE DO NEED TO FEEL MORE COOPERATION WITH NCDOT IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR SOME COLLABORATIVE MEETINGS. BUT YEAH, I MEAN WE HAVE TO AND WE HAVE TO START LOOKING AT THE LEGISLATORS AT THESE BIG BAD PEOPLE RIGHT? WE HAVE TO HAVE A MORE COLLABORATIVE RELATIONSHIP WITH NCDOT AND IN RALEIGH AS WELL BECAUSE IF WE ARE GOING TO HAVE THIS TYPE OF PROJECT THEN WE HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER. SO I WOULD ASK THAT QUESTION ALSO. THANK YOU. AND THEN HOW MANY PARKS DO WE KNOW HOW MANY PARKS WE'RE GOING TO LOSE? I'VE HEARD THIS NUMBER SO I APPRECIATE THE SUMMARY BY NUMBERS OF WHAT WE'RE GOING TO GAIN. BUT I'D ALSO LIKE TO SEE A SUMMARY OF WHAT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO LOSE AS WELL. THANK YOU. YOUR HOW MANY DO WE KNOW HOW MANY CAR PARKS? >> OKAY SO THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY AND I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT IN JUST A MINUTE. SO DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR US? BUT WAIT FOR THAT WE CAN GET A FORMAL ALL RIGHT. >> YEAH, ON THE MICROPHONE THAT WOULD BE GREAT. SO YOU KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING ALL RIGHT. SO WE HAVE ONE MORE ITEM ON OUR AGENDA WHICH IS THE NCDOT PROJECT UPDATE. NOW WE WERE ALL GIVEN THIS PACKET. THE FACT IS WE'VE GOT 20 MINUTES LEFT IN THE MEETING SO WE DON'T HAVE TIME TO PAGE THROUGH THIS. I'M WONDERING AND CDOT DO YOU HAVE A KIND OF A MORE BRIEF VERBAL SYNOPSIS YOU CAN PROVIDE OF THE INFORMATION HERE AND WE'LL HEAR FROM THEM AND THEN WE'LL THROW IT OPEN? OKAY. BECAUSE WE NEED TO HAVE SOME TIME FOR US TO TALK SO YOU CAN DO THAT. >> WE HAVE LESS THAN 20 MINUTES SO WE'LL KEEP IT QUICK. ALL RIGHT. AND EARLIER I'M CARLY SWANSON FROM THE NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. WITH ME TODAY DALE ARNOLD AND LOUIS MITCHELL. THEY'RE HELPING LEAD OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS SO THEY'RE GOING TO GIVE A BRIEF UPDATE ON THE PROGRESS THAT WE'VE MADE SINCE WE LAST PRESENTED TO YOU LAST MONTH. I DID WANT TO ALSO SAY THANK YOU TO JUSTIN AND THE CHARLOTTE DOT STAFF. WE HAVE A GREAT PARTNERSHIP WITH THE LOCAL D.O.T. AND AS YOU SAW THEIR IMPROVEMENTS HERE WITH THIS PROJECT THAT ARE POSSIBLE THAT GO BEYOND THE EXPRESS LANES FOR THE AGENDA WE'LL GIVE SOME KEY UPDATES FROM OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT UPDATES WHERE WE ARE AT, WHAT WE'RE HEARING, WHAT WE'RE DOING. ALSO EXISTING CONDITIONS ON THE STRETCH OF CORRIDOR, INDIVIDUAL OPPORTUNITIES AND THEN WE'LL ALSO WALK THROUGH NEXT STEPS. NOW I'LL TURN IT OVER TO THE OTHER I'LL WALK THROUGH THIS REALLY, REALLY QUICKLY. CERTAINLY HAVE MORE MORE SLIDES IN TIME BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR QUESTIONS AND YOUR PASSION, YOUR ENGAGEMENT. THIS CERTAINLY IS A PASSIONATE PROJECT FOR THE ENTIRE CITY. WE'VE HEARD FROM PEOPLE ACROSS THE SPECTRUM ON THIS PROJECT PEOPLE SUPPORT AND SAY PLEASE FIX CONGESTION AND PEOPLE WHO OF COURSE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT DISPLACEMENT ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT STARTED THIS PROJECT. WE HAVE RESPONDED TO YOUR QUESTIONS. THERE ARE SIX OUTSTANDING. THOSE ARE THOSE ARE THE LARGER QUESTIONS. THOSE ARE STILL IN DEVELOPMENT OVER THE LAST MONTH WE'VE HAD OVER THE LAST THE PROJECT WE'VE HAD 1439 PUBLIC COMMENT QUESTIONS AND INSIGHTS FROM THE COMMUNITY IN SIX RESPONSES ARE STANDING THERE ARE WHAT INFORMATION CALL THOSE IN CERTAINLY THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT YOU GUYS WERE INTERESTED IN COLLABORATION TO SEE THAT CONTINUES THERE ARE REGULAR COLLABORATION MEETINGS COUNCILMEMBER JOHNSON THAT HAPPENS BETWEEN NCDOT AND CDOT . WE DID HAVE A TUNNELING EXPERT COME IN CAP AND COVER AN EXPERT COME IN ON AUGUST SEVENTH AND THAT ANALYSIS IS PENDING. THAT IS IN DIRECT RESPONSE TO THE CALLS FROM THE COMMUNITY AROUND DESIGN OR CONCERNS ABOUT THE DESIGN AND WANTED TO SEE SOMETHING DIFFERENT THERE. SO THE TEAM IS WORKING ON THAT. THE ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS IS UNDERWAY. IT'S NOT DUE UNTIL THE UNTIL THE SPRING OF 2027 BUT WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF YOUR FEEDBACK AND THAT OF THE COMMUNITY WITH THEIR ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS. ARE THE CCS FULLY STAFF? WE DID OPEN THAT 3030 DAYS EARLIER. WE SEE STEADY ACTIVITY IN THE CC AND IT HAD BEEN A IMPORTANT RESOURCE FOR US 24 INTELLIGENCE WE HOSTED A NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND THERE WE HOSTED OUR OWN EVENTS AND THEIR HOSTING OUR OWN EVENTS IN COMMUNITY AS WELL. SO WE ARE HAVE A BROAD STRETCH IN REACH IN TERMS OF VARIOUS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TACTICS AND TOOLS TO HEAR FROM THE COMMUNITY THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY GROUP FORMATION OF THAT IS UNDERWAY. APPLICATIONS CLOSED LAST WEEK AND THEY WILL BE ANNOUNCED ON THE 14TH I BELIEVE OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO NOTE THAT ALL THE FEEDBACK IS BEING DOCUMENTED AS WELL BECAUSE SOME OF THIS WILL SHOW UP IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS RFP DEVELOPER DESIGNS ETC. SO EVERYTHING'S BEEN NET DOCUMENTED. WE DID ADD A RECONNECTING THE CORRIDOR DESIGN SUMMIT THE TEAM IS GOING TO SHOW YOU SOME SOME ADDITIONAL OPTIONS HERE TODAY AS WELL. THAT IS ALSO IN DIRECT RESPONSE TO THE COMMITTEE'S CALL FOR BETTER DESIGN. THE DEVELOPERS WILL BE HERE AS YOU KNOW ON THE 12TH AND 13TH TO MEET WITH THE COMMUNITY ANYONE THE COMMUNITY CAN COME AND TELL THE DEVELOPERS EXACTLY WHAT YOU WANT IN THAT PROJECT AS IT RELATES TO DESIGNS OR COMMUNITY BENEFITS CONCERNS AND INTERESTS, PLEASE ENCOURAGE YOUR CONSTITUENTS TO BE THERE AND WE HAVE THE QR CODES HERE AND THE SLIDE DECK FOR ANYONE WHO'S WATCHING TO REGISTER AS WELL AND THEN I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT TRAINING AND THAT STARTS THIS MONTH AND ALSO SMALL BUSINESS TRAINING THAT STARTS LATER IN THE SUMMER. THERE ARE WE ACTUALLY HAVE ONE OF THE PARTNERS HERE ANDREW ANDRE ANDRE CRAWFORD IS HERE FROM THE FROM CEO THE CENTER OF EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES AND THEY PARTNERED WITH NCDOT FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS TO TO EMPLOY JUST AS INFORMED AND YOU TO SEE INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE JOBS REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE PROGRAMS THAT ARE IN-STUDIO TO NORTH CAROLINA TURNPIKE AND THE OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS HAS BECAUSE AFTER THE PROGRAMS ON THE 11TH AND THEN AGAIN NEXT MONTH THERE'S A PROGRAM WITH THE HIGHWAY TRAINING ACADEMY AND WITH THOSE PROGRAMS THE TEN WEEKS PROGRAM AT THE END OF THOSE PROGRAMS THEY WILL BE ABLE TO INTERVIEW FOR JOBS AND BE PLACED TO START A CAREER IN CONSTRUCTION. AND SO I'M VERY EXCITED TO BRING THOSE TO THE CORRIDOR AS WELL AND I NEED TO SPEED UP. I DO WANT TO ON THE NEXT SLIDE JUST GO THROUGH SOME THEMES I THINK YOU WILL EXCUSE ME WE DO NOT HAVE TIME TO LOOK AT ALL THE SLIDES. WE DO NOT NOT I DO NOT KNOW IT'S WE'VE GOT 15 MINUTES LEFT THERE THERE ARE CUTE THERE ARE A FEW IF YOU GO TO SLIDE 13 FOR ME AND COLLEAGUES YOU'VE GOT THE PACKAGE IN FRONT OF YOU IF YOU WANT TO PAGE THROUGH IT AND SEE IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS BUT I DON'T WANT TO BE HALFWAY THROUGH THE SLIDE DECK AND RUN OUT OF TIME SO JUST GO AHEAD TURN THE PAGES AND I APOLOGIZE FOR THIS BUT THERE WAS ALWAYS GOING TO BE A TIME CONSTRAINT. LOOK AT PAGE 13 QUICKLY THE KEY MILESTONES AHEAD I'M SORRY, SLIDE 13 AT LEAST IN MY PACKAGE. >> YEAH. KEY MILESTONES. KEY MILESTONES AHEAD. >> I LIKE TO UPDATE FROM HERE AND SAY RESPONSE MIGHT NOT COMPLETELY MATCH. >> ALL RIGHT. WE NEED TO FIND THE KEY MILESTONES SLIDE. >> OKAY, SO IT LOOKS LIKE THIS. OKAY. OH IS THAT WHAT IS THIS WHAT YOUR FIRM DID NOW GO BACK IS LOOK THIS SO THE OTHER WAY YOU WERE THEY CHANGED THEY'VE UPDATED THEIR SLIDE SO ALL WE'RE JUMPING INTO IS THE MORE IT WAS TOWARDS THE FRONT IT'S PRETTY EARLY IN THE DECK BEFORE ENGAGEMENT SUMMARY IT WAS THE NCDOT.GOV WHAT'S NEXT RIGHT AND THEN YOU HAD EPIC. ALL RIGHT SO THESE ARE THESE ARE THE DATE THAT YOU NEED TO PAY ATTENTION TO YOU WE HAVE THE DEVELOPERS COMING IN ON THE 12TH AGAIN 12 THE 13TH AGAIN TO MEET WITH THE COMMUNITY THERE'S MORNING SESSION, A TWO EVENING SESSION SO WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE AVAILABLE WHEN PEOPLE CAN ACTUALLY ATTEND THEIR PLEASE ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO ATTEND THE DEVELOPERS WILL BE THERE TO LISTEN TO ANYONE WITH THEIR FEEDBACK AROUND DESIGN BENEFITS, ANY FEEDBACK THAT THEY HAVE THAT THEY WANT TO SEE SPECIFICALLY IN THEIR COMMUNITIES. WE'RE HAVING COMMUNITY BENEFIT LISTENING SESSIONS TO DO THE SAME THING BUT NOW WE DON'T HAVE TO SHARE THOSE WITH THE DEVELOPERS. THEY CAN TELL THAT INFORMATION DIRECTLY TO THE DEVELOPERS THE FOLLOW WE HAVE THE RECONNECTING CORRIDOR CORRIDOR DESIGN SUMMIT THE TEAM IF WE HAVE TIME I THINK IT WILL BE IMPORTANT TO SHOW WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THERE AND ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO UNPACK TODAY IS JUST THIS IF YOU WILL, THAT I'D LOVE TO COME BACK AND TALK WITH YOU GUYS IN SMALL GROUPS OR SOMETHING JUST TO UNPACK THIS COMMUNITY BENEFITS THE THREE PASSIVE COMMUNITY BENEFITS WE FIND IT THAT HAS BEEN CONFUSING TO A LOT OF RESIDENTS. I WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU GUYS ARE CLEAR SO WHEN YOU'RE TALKING TO YOUR CONSTITUENTS YOU CAN MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE SHARING WITH THEM WITH CLARITY AROUND THE THREE PATHS TO COMMUNITY BENEFITS FOR THIS PROJECT. IN ADDITION TO THAT WE WILL HAVE A COMMUNITY BENEFITS FAIR. SO AGAIN REALLY WANTING TO UNDERSTAND FROM THE COMMUNITY EVERYTHING THEY WANT TO HEAR FROM THE BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY GROUP WILL BE DOING AND THEN IF WE CAN JUMP QUICKLY IF YOU CAN GO BACK TO THE PREVIOUS SLIDE, THAT'S FINE. THAT'S FINE. WE COULD JUMP REALLY QUICKLY. ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE'RE HEARING VERY IN EVERY PARTICULAR MEETING SESSION EVENT IS THAT PEOPLE WANT TO BE RECONNECTED ALONG THE CORRIDOR AND THEIR DUTY IS WORKING ON SIX DIFFERENT OPTIONS FOR RECONNECTING ALONG THE CORRIDOR ALONG THE 11 BRIDGES THERE. AND SO WE WANTED TO SHOW YOU WHAT SOME OF THAT COULD LOOK LIKE BECAUSE IT'S ALSO NOT VERY CLEAR WE'RE HAVING TO HELP PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT COMMUNITY BENEFITS IT'S MUCH BROADER THAN WHAT PEOPLE THINK ABOUT. SO I'M GOING TO START THERE REALLY QUICKLY. THIS IS A PART THE OKAY. >> THANK YOU. SO THANK YOU THANK YOU ALL FOR THE ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO CONVEY WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE JUST SOME GROUNDING AND LEVEL SETTING HERE. >> NOTHING THAT WE'RE PRESENTING HERE IS COUNTER TO ANY RECONNECTING EFFORTS THAT THE CITY HAS. PERHAPS IT MAY BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO COLLABORATE IN ADVANCE IT IN SOME WAY TUNNELING AS MOST HAVE DESCRIBED. >> THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY TALKING ABOUT TODAY. WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT SOME THINGS SUCH AS CUT AND COVER CAPS, DITCHES, LAND BRIDGE SO JUST A LEVEL SET THERE. THE DRAWINGS THAT ARE THE DEPICTIONS YOU SEE HERE ARE NOT ACTUALLY DESIGNS. THEY'RE ENGINEER INFORMED CONCEPTS SO THEY'RE EARLY BUT THEY ARE INFORMED AND THEY'RE FEASIBLE. >> WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT HERE IS THE OPEN BRIDGE JUST IN. I GAVE YOU AN EXAMPLE OF THAT EARLIER. >> WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY HERE TO DO BECAUSE WE DO HAVE TO ACTUALLY REBUILD THAT BRIDGE EVEN THOUGH WE BUILT IT REBUILT IT WITH THE LAST PROJECT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO REBUILD IT AGAIN. AND SO THIS IS AN AERIAL CONCEPT GENESIS PARK ON ONE SIDE, MACQUARIE ON THE OTHER SIDE WE'RE GOING TO WIDEN I THINK WELL WE CAN WIDEN THAT THING AGAIN CONCEPTUALLY TO ABOUT 100FT. WE WISH WE COULD HAVE DONE A LITTLE BIT MORE BUT TO THE SOUTH OF THAT YOU HAVE TO DO POWER TRANSMISSION SO WE COULDN'T WIDEN IT ANY MORE TO MAKE IT ANY WIDER BUT ALL RIGHT ,SO GRAPHICALLY HERE'S WHAT YOU SEE, MA'AM. YOU MENTIONED SOME BUFFERS. THERE'S SOME OPPORTUNITY HERE, YOU KNOW, TO GET SOME FOLIAGE THERE UNDERNEATH. YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THE EXISTING LLOYD WALL. THIS WOULD BE THE MAIN IS LANE IS GOING OVER AND I APOLOGIZE FOR THEN ANY INFRINGEMENTS WILL COPYRIGHT WITH THE CITY'S CROWN AND THAT TYPE OF THING BUT WE WANTED TO MAKE IT YOU KNOW CHARLOTTE AND SO THIS IS FROM THE THIS IS FROM THE MACQUARIE HEIGHTS SIDE OF IT AND THEN THIS WOULD BE FROM THE GENESIS PARK SITE AND THERE'S ALSO OPPORTUNITIES HERE TO CONNECT WITH GREENWAYS THAT ARE PLANNED FOR MECKLENBURG COUNTY PARKS. SO AGAIN THIS IS STILL CONCEPTUAL BUT IT COULD BE INFORMED AND THEN I MUST QUALIFY. >> COUNCILMAN GRAHAM WE HAVEN'T IDENTIFIED THE COMPLETE FUNDING SOURCE FOR THESE YET BECAUSE AGAIN IT'S STILL CONCEPTUAL BUT THERE AGAIN OPPORTUNITIES FOR CONVERSATION BETWEEN US THE CITY AND SEE CRT YOU TO MAKE THESE THINGS COME TO FRUITION. SO AGAIN JUST ANOTHER EXAMPLE THERE SO THE NEXT ONE IS AT THE FIFTH AND GREAT AGAIN WE'RE NOT COUNTER TO RECONNECTING THE WEST IN THESE ARE JUST SOME OTHER OPPORTUNITIES THIS ACTUALLY INVOLVES A CAP AND THIS THIS WOULD BE A CAP OVER I-77. IT'S NOT REALLY TUNNELING IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF LOWERING IN CAPPING BUT IT WOULD PROVIDE LAND OPPORTUNITIES THERE AND THEN I ALSO MUST DISQUALIFIED THIS HAS NOT BEEN THROUGH ANY REZONING AS FAR AS LAND USES. THESE ARE JUST SOME THINGS WE WANT TO USE A DEPICTION THESE AREAS COULD INCLUDE BUILDINGS OR SMALL DEVELOPMENT BUT RIGHT NOW WHAT WE HAVE DESCRIBED IS RECREATIONAL. SO THIS IS FIFTH STREET RIGHT HERE AGAIN I-77 WOULD BE CAPPED AND THEN I'LL GIVE YOU SOME VIEWS WHERE YOU COULD SEE UNDER THAT WOULD CONNECT TO RACE SPLASH PLANET UNDER THERE BUT THE MENDED LANES WOULD BE OVER RIGHT THERE BUT 77 WOULD BE UNDER IT SO JUST SOME OPPORTUNITIES HERE FOR RECREATION AGAIN FIFTH STREET RIGHT THERE AND THEN THIS IS THE SIDE FROM RAISED BY SPLASH PLANET SIDE WHERE YOU COULD SEE IT'S GOING TO BE CONNECTED. ALL OF THIS WOULD BE ON IT CAP AGAIN I'M SORRY THAT'S VERY SPLASH PLANET RIGHT THERE IT WOULD BE OVER HERE SO AGAIN SOME WAYS TO OPEN UP SOME LAND USES SOME WAYS OF RECONNECTING AGAIN THESE ARE ENGINEERED CONCEPTS ARE NOT FULL DESIGNS YET BUT THEY ARE IN THE REALM OF POSSIBLE FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE AND THEN YOU GUYS HAVE ASKED FROM SOME DIFFERENT LOCATIONS OF WHAT WOULD IT LOOK LIKE FROM THE WEST SIDE WITH THE MEDITERRANEAN IN HERE. SO THAT'S WHAT THE MANAGED LANE WOULD LOOK LIKE ELEVATION WISE FROM FIFTH STREET. >> THIS DOES NOT INVOLVE THE CAP THOUGH BUT ONLY SHOWING THE MANAGE LANES RIGHT THERE. THAT'S WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE FOR FIFTH STREET. THAT'S WHAT THE MANATEE LANES WOULD LOOK LIKE FROM THE FOURTH STREET LOOKING INTO UPTOWN AND THEN FROM MCCRARY HEIGHTS ON MADISON AVENUE YOU COULD SEE THE MANAGE LANES UP THERE RIGHT THERE AND THEN THE LAST ONE WESLEY HEIGHTS LOOKING INTO UPTOWN THIS IS WITHOUT THIS IS WITH THAT'S WHAT THE MAIN ATLANTA WOULD LOOK LIKE WHEN SUPERIMPOSED ACROSS THE SKYLINE. SO AGAIN I KNOW WE WENT THROUGH THIS PRETTY FAST. WE WANT TO GET TO YOUR QUESTIONS SO THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO CONTRIBUTE AGAIN ,THESE ARE JUST TWO OF THE SIX LOCATIONS WHERE WE EXPLORED WE WILL HAVE OTHERS OUT IN THE NEXT COMING WEEKS. I APPRECIATE THAT AND THE COUNCIL WILL FAMILIARIZE ITSELF WITH ALL OF THIS AND WE'LL MAKE IT PUBLIC SO THAT INFORMATION WILL GET DISSEMINATED. BUT NOW I HAVE MS.. >> MAYFIELD AND THEN MS. JOHNSON THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN. SO HERE'S MY QUESTION DO WE HAVE THE TIME FOR US TO HAVE A PRESENTATION WHERE WE ACTUALLY GO THROUGH IT AS WELL? THERE'S NOTHING ELSE ON THE COMMITTEE'S AGENDA SO THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY GET AND GO THROUGH THE PRESENTATION AND THEN ASK THE QUESTIONS THAT WE NEED TO TO BE RESPECTFUL OF THE TIME AND THE FACT THAT WE HAVE BUDGET TODAY WE NEED TO HAVE ANOTHER MEETING AND YOU NEED THAT IN THE FORM OF A MOTION. >> I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE AN EXTRAORDINARY MEETING. FRANKLY WE CAN'T SHOEHORN THIS IN BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF I KNOW THAT PEOPLE WANT TO TALK ABOUT. WE HAVE SIX MINUTES LEFT SO MAYBE IF YOU WANT TO MAKE THAT MOTION OKAY. THE COMMITTEE AGREES WE WILL SCHEDULE ANOTHER MEETING DEVOTED TO THESE TOPICS SO IF THE COMMITTEE WOULD SUPPORT I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION FOR US TO CONTINUE THIS CONVERSATION FOR TODAY WE ARE JUST GETTING INFORMATION BUT TO HAVE A DESIGNATED MEETING SO THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY FOR WE SEE THE FULL PRESENTATION AND BE ABLE TO ASK OUR QUESTIONS. SECOND THAT THANK YOU MR. CHAIR IN FAVOR? >> OKAY. WE HAVE A MAJORITY I BELIEVE WE HAVE THREE WITH ALL OPPOSED BEFORE WE DO ASK FOR A DISCUSSION. OKAY. YOU DIDN'T ASK FOR THE SPECIAL. I JUST THOUGHT THAT SIMPLE QUESTION WAS PROBABLY OKAY. >> I'M SORRY THAT YOU CAN'T. YES. AND CAN I HOLD THIS? YEAH. I'M WAITING ON DISCUSSION. >> THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A SUBSTITUTE. >> YOU NEED TO LIKE. THANK YOU. >> I'D LIKE TO MAKE A SUBSTITUTE MOTION. WE TALK ABOUT AN EXTRAORDINARY MEETING. I THINK THE EXTRAORDINARY MEETING, AS I'VE SAID BEFORE, NEEDS TO BE IN FRONT OF FULL COUNCIL. YOU'VE GOT MANY COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS. YOU'VE GOT STAKEHOLDERS THAT WANT US THIS ON THE AGENDA. SO MY MOTION IS TO MOVE THIS BEFORE A FULL COUNCIL SO THAT WE CAN HAVE THE DISCUSSION TO MAKE A COMMENT ABOUT THAT COMMITTEE BECAUSE I DON'T I DON'T DISAGREE WITH WITH WITH HER MOTION BUT ISN'T THAT ALREADY SCHEDULED FOR NEXT MONDAY? YEAH YEAH IT'S ALREADY SCHEDULED I MEAN SO WE CAN TAKE IT UP AND KNOW YOU HAVE THAT TIME RIGHT AGAIN THIS IS HOW WE PROCESS OUR WORK AND WE WILL BUT I THINK WE NEED TO BE CLEAR THAT NOT JUST FOR DISCUSSION FOR A VOTE THERE ARE SOME ACTION THAT COULD BE TAKEN ON THIS. SO I'D LIKE TO MAKE THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE COMMITTEE THAT THIS BE MOVED TO FULL COUNCIL FOR POTENTIAL ACTION SO I BELIEVE THAT THE OPPORTUNITY EXISTS WITH THE REFERRAL FOR THE 11TH. WE COULD WE COULD TAKE AN ACTION ANYBODY CAN MAKE A MOTION ON THE 11TH AND WE CAN TAKE ACTION THEN WE HAVE THAT NOW THE QUESTION IS WHETHER THIS COMMITTEE WANTS TO TRY AND GET TOGETHER BEFORE THE 11TH TO DO WHATEVER PROCESSING OF THIS WE MIGHT WANT TO DO IN ORDER TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION. ARE WE JUST AS A COMMITTEE JUST HAND IT OFF TO THE 11TH AND THE FULL COUNCIL AND WHAT WE HAVE IN FRONT OF US RIGHT NOW IS A SUBSTITUTE MOTION WHICH SO MISS JOHNSON, DO YOU WANT TO CONTINUE WITH YOUR SUBSTITUTE MOTION OR DO YOU ACCEPT THAT THE 11TH IS WILL YOU WITHDRAW IT? >> YEAH, WELL I WANT TO PURSUE THE MOTION. >> ALL RIGHT. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I WANT TO MOVE THAT WE SEND THIS TO FULL COUNCIL FOR DISCUSSION AND POTENTIAL ACTION OR REGARDING THE I-77 PROJECT ON THE 11TH. YES. OKAY. SO JUST A COMMENT AND I AGREE I'M JUST LOOKING AT THE THE SCHEDULE FOR THE 11 THAT WE DON'T RUN INTO THE SAME PROBLEM THAT WE'RE RUNNING INTO NOW WHICH IS A LOT OF TIME BECAUSE IT'S THE THE STATUS CENTER AND THEN THERE'S ALSO THE THE BUDGET HEARING AND IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A FULL DISCUSSION, I THINK WE NEED TO ALLOW THE APPROPRIATE TIME AND I'M NOT SURE THIS IS A 20 MINUTE 30 MINUTE CONVERSATION. IT'S NOT IT'S NOT SO I THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FIGURE OUT COUNCILMEMBER JOHNSON WITH STAFF HOW DO WE SCHEDULE LATE AND GIVE IT THE TIME THAT IT DESERVES AND THEN AT THAT MEETING WE CAN DO ANYTHING THAT ANYONE WANTS TO MAKE A MOTION I MAKE A MOTION EXCEPT TO REPORT . THERE'S ALSO THE ISSUE OF THE RESOLUTION RESOLUTION THAT WE HAVE NOT TALKED ABOUT YET EITHER. AND SO THERE'S A LOT HAPPENING AND I THINK WE NEED TO KIND OF CENTER THE WORK IN A WAY THAT WE CAN KIND OF GET TO A CONCLUSION. >> SO I MEAN WE WE ADJUST THE SCHEDULE AND HAVE SPECIAL MEETINGS FOR MANY TOPICS. SO IF IT'S MEETING EARLIER THAT DAY THEN I'M SURE WE CAN FIGURE IT OUT. >> I'M NOT OPPOSED TO THAT EITHER. OKAY. SO I THINK MAYBE WHAT WE'RE SAYING THAT IS NOT THIS COMMITTEE BUT THE FULL COUNCIL HAS AN EXTRAORDINARY MEETING DEVOTED TO THIS SUBJECT. RIGHT. AND AS OPPOSED TO WHAT THE ON THE 11TH AND HAVING IT AMONG OTHER TOPICS. RIGHT. SO IT'S FACTS AND CAN WE ORGANIZE THAT LET'S SEE WHETHER OR NOT SO THAT'S THE MOTION RIGHT THAT WE HAVE AN EXTRAORDINARY MEETING OF THE FULL COUNCIL MEETING THE COMMITTEE THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE FULL COUNCIL AND WE HAVE A MOTION DO WE HAVE A SECOND IF THAT WAS SECONDED TO WATLINGTON IF THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION ALL IN FAVOR. >> ALL RIGHT, THAT'S UNANIMOUS. GREAT THAT LET'S RATHER THAN TRY TO FINISH EVERYTHING IN TWO MINUTES YOU HAVE VICTORIA AND NOW WHAT DID I IT'S UNANIMOUS, RIGHT? >> YES. DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK? I'M SORRY. >> COULDN'T SEE YOU BACK THERE. GO AHEAD. DON'T OUT HERE. BUT I DO WHERE AND WHERE I STAND AND ALSO SHARE WITH MY CONSENT PAGE AS MANY TIMES BEFORE AND I DO I MAKE CLEARLY SEE THAT THE DOING I HOPE THAT WE CAN WE CAN MOVE FORWARD TOGETHER TOWARDS THE SAME GOAL AS WE'VE MENTIONED BEFORE AND WE KIND OF SEE RIGHT HERE WE'RE PROCESSING A LOT AND THAT SOMETIMES WE GET AHEAD OF SOME OF THE VALUES CONVERSATIONS TO REALLY BUILD ON THAT. >> SO ANYWAY WITH THAT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT TOMORROW ON TO KICK OFF SOME OF THE CONVERSATION WE CAN HAVE IF THERE IS A DESIRE FOR COMMUNITY TO ANSWER THE QUESTION OF WHAT ELSE COULD HAVE BEEN DONE AND THE REALITY OF IT IS WE DON'T HAVE A MODEL THAT TELLS US THAT THAT BUT IT'S POSSIBLE THAT WE COULD DO MORE AND SO WE'RE GOING TO BE EXPLORING PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM AND HAVE OTHER INSTITUTE AS WELL AND HOPEFULLY THAT'S PRETTY MUCH WHAT WE JUST CIRCLE BACK ON WITH THAT. BUT THE IDEA IS THAT WE CAN FIGURE OUT WHAT IS IT GOING TO TAKE TO MOVE US IN TRANSPORTATION FUNDING INTO THE 21ST CENTURY. WE HAVE TO TAKE A BROADER LOOK AT OUR NETWORK AND HOW WE CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT WHAT THE PROJECTS ARE THAT MEET OUR VALUES INCLUDING NOT JUST PAY EQUITY BUT HOUSING AND SOME OF THE OTHER SOCIO ECONOMIC THINGS THAT DISTRICT THAT WE CARE ABOUT. SO MORE TO COME ON THAT BUT JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE FOLKS WERE I APPRECIATE THAT INITIATIVE AND WE'LL BE HEARING ABOUT IT AT THE MEETING AT THE FULL MEETING AT MISS JOHNSON YEAH I LOVE THAT IDEA, MA'AM. AND THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DR. WATLINGTON I LOVE THAT ENGINEERING APPROACH AND IF YOU COULD GET SPECIFIC ANSWERS SUCH AS THE THE IF WE COULD GET INFORMATION CLARIFICATION I'VE HEARD THAT THE INFORMATION WE'RE LOOKING AT IS 2007 REPORTS IF WE COULD GET CONSISTENCY AND ACCURATE INFORMATION IF IT'S 2007 REPORTS WAS THAT BASED ON THE 2000 CENSUS SO THAT'S OUTSIDE OF THE SCOPE OF WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BUILDING A NEW MODEL THAT HELPS US FORECAST GOING FORWARD. I THINK THE QUESTION NEXT IS SPECIFIC TO WELL WHAT I WHAT I MEAN IS IF WE HAVE THE INFORMATION THAT THEY'RE CURRENTLY USING, IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL FOR YOU GUYS ANALYSIS. SO TO ME SO SO THE DATE OF 2007 WAS THE FAST LANE STUDY BUT PART OF THE PROJECT AND OUR LABOR PROCESS WE ACTUALLY DID TRAFFIC SURVEYS IN 2022. OKAY. AND THEN THE ONE PART CORPORATE AND STUFF LINE WITH THE PARKS QUESTION YES. AND COMMISSIONER POWELL SAYS THERE'S 11 PARKS AFFECTED FOR GREENWAYS AND SEVERAL STREAMS SO CAN WE GET CLARIFICATION ON THAT ALSO? >> YES. AND WE HAVE A MEETING WITH THEM TOMORROW TO CLARIFY SOME OF THAT. >> THANK YOU. JUST A REAL QUICK ANSWER, BROOKLYN ANSWER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT REQUIRES THAT AIR WATER PARKS HAVE TO BE MITIGATED, REPLACED OR AVOIDED ALTOGETHER AND THERE'S ONLY ONE PARK THAT WILL BE REPLACED AND AND THAT IS ALBERT PARK IN WILMORE AND IT WILL BE REPLACED WITH THE LARGER AND NICER PARK THAT THE OTHER ONES COULD BE IMPACTED. THERE'S ONE OR THE IMPACT OF FRAZIER PARK AND THAT'S BECAUSE THE I'M GOING TO CALL THE POLES THE MUCH MORE SUBSTANTIAL THAN THE WORD BUT THE STRUCTURE THAT THE PART OF THE COLUMN THE CAR PARK WILL HOLD IT A LOT OF IT IS THE SUPPORT COLUMNS THAT GOT A TECHNICAL TERM. THE COLUMNS WILL BE ON THE EDGE OF FRAZIER PARK AND THEY REQUESTED THAT THEY BE REDESIGNED WITH ART. WE HAD SOME REQUESTS FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO DO THAT BUT THAT IS SO TOTALITY BUT THEY DO WE CAN'T ANSWER THE QUESTION IN TERMS OF TOTAL IMPACT AND WE ARE COLLABORATING WITH MCLEMORE COUNTY AND HAVE A MEETING WITH THEM TOMORROW TOO BUT WE'LL GET YOU THAT. THANK THANK YOU. OKAY. COMING UP I'LL BE QUICK AND THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS VOLUNTEERS IN YOUR MEETING TOMORROW I JUST NEED MORE CLARIFICATION ABOUT WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO. I HEARD WHICH IS WHAT HAPPENED AT HER MEETING. SO I GUESS REGISTERING TO ME I'M HAPPY TO COMMIT. OKAY. >> RIGHT. YES. SO I GUESS THE LAST THING IS BAPS AND WE NEED TO ESTABLISH THE EARLIEST DATE ON WHICH WE CAN GET EVERYBODY TOGETHER AS THE CLOCK IS TICKING HERE AND WE WANT TO ACT BASED ON GOOD INFORMATION. SO AS SOON AS WE CAN GET THAT PULLED TOGETHER. YES, SIR. AND IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE I ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE FAVOR A FAVOR GET OUT OF THE CAR AND RUN THE QUESTION BEFORE WE HEAD BECAUSE