* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:05] ALL RIGHT. GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE. UM, WE'RE BROADCASTING CLIFF SUBSTITUTE. OH, IT'S ON. WE'RE ON. OKAY. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. WELCOME, UH, TO OUR CITY COUNCIL GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE MEETING. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE. THE TIME IS 10:15 AM WE'LL CALL OUR MEETING TO ORDER. MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU READ THE ROLE COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA? COUNCIL MEMBER COVEO VARDA. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER PALIS. COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. I AM HERE. MAYOR EHRENBERG. HERE. MAYOR, WE HAVE A QUORUM. ALRIGHT, UH, WE HAVE, UH, THREE ITEMS ON OUR AGENDA TODAY OUTSIDE OF THE MINUTES. UH, C C R IS SUBMITTED BY COUNCIL MEMBERS. UM, BEFORE WE GET INTO THAT THOUGH, LET'S, UH, GO AHEAD AND TAKE UP ITEM [1. Approval of minutes from the City Council Governance Committee meeting on October 11, 2021.] ONE, WHICH IS THE APPROVAL OF THE MEETING MINUTES FROM OCTOBER 11TH, 2021. I'VE READ THE MINUTES. MAYOR, I MOVE THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM OCTOBER 11TH. SECOND. OKAY. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THE CITY COUNCIL GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES FROM OCTOBER 11TH. ANY DISCUSSION? ALRIGHT, HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. OKAY. UM, ITEM TWO HAS [2. Consideration of Applicants to the San Antonio Housing Trust Board of Directors. [Debbie Racca-­Sittre, Interim City Clerk]] BEEN WITHDRAWN AND WE RECONSIDERED AT ANOTHER DATE. WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM THREE, [3. Briefing and possible action on a Council Consideration Request by Councilmember Manny Pelaez, District 8, regarding a resident­ only parking zone designation for specific areas of concern within District 8. [Lori Houston, Assistant City Manager; John Jacks, Director, Center City Development Office]] UH, WHICH IS A C C R SUBMITTED BY COUNCIL MEMBER AYAS. UM, I DUNNO WHO'S PRESENTING THAT. UM, MAYOR, MAY I THREE, FOUR, AND FIVE ARE ALL ON CONSENT? SURE. UM, ARE WE GONNA JUST ADDRESS THE CONSENT OR ADDRESS 'EM INDIVIDUALLY? ARE THERE PRESENTATIONS ON THREE, FOUR, AND FIVE OR ARE WE JUST GOING STRAIGHT? I'M SORRY. ON FOUR AND FIVE. ON FOUR AND FIVE. OKAY. SO, UH, NO, NO PRESENTATION ON ITEM THREE. SO, UH, THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO SEND, UH, THE C C R REGARDING RESIDENT ONLY PARKING ZONE DESIGNATION FOR SPECIFIC AREAS OF CONCERN WITHIN DISTRICT EIGHT TO THE TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY COMMITTEE. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THAT SECOND. ALRIGHT. MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE RECOMMENDATION ON THE C C R IS READ ITEM THREE, ANY DISCUSSION? ALRIGHT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. ALRIGHT. ITEM NUMBER FOUR, YOU MAY CAPTION. SURE. THAT'LL MAKE IT SOUND LIKE THERE'S MORE THAN JUST A COUPLE OF PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM. , [4. Briefing and possible action on a Council Consideration Request by Councilmember Clayton Perry, District 10, regarding Formalizing the Military Transformation Task Force (MTTF). [Jeff Coyle, Assistant City Manager; Juan G. Ayala, Director, Office of Military and Veteran Affairs]] ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS A BRIEFING IMPOSSIBLE ACTION ON A COUNCIL CONSIDERATION REQUEST BY COUNCIL MEMBER CLAYTON PERRY, DISTRICT 10 REGARDING FORMALIZING THE MILITARY TRANSFORMATION TASK FORCE. ALRIGHT, WE DO HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY, THE AUTHOR OF THE C C R HERE. SO, COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY, DO YOU YOU WANNA QUEUE US UP OR TURN IT STRAIGHT TO THE PRESENTATION? I'D BE HAPPY TO. UM, SORRY. DID YOU WANNA OH, THE PODIUM. OH, I GET THE PODIUM. YES, SIR. WOW. DON'T LET IT GO TO YOUR HEAD. I KNOW THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN VERY OFTEN, DOES IT? NO. UM, I'M ONE OF THE CURRENT TRI CHAIRS ON THE MILITARY TRANSFORMATION TASK FORCE. AND THIS, THIS PARTICULAR ORGANIZATION WAS FORMED WAY BACK WHEN, WHEN WE HAD BASE CLOSURES. UM, GENERAL YALA IS GONNA GET UP HERE AND TALK ABOUT IT A LITTLE BIT, BUT, UH, THIS, THIS PARTICULAR ORGANIZATION HAS NEVER REALLY BEEN FORMALIZED. UH, WE'VE GOT, UH, REPRESENTATION FROM THE, THE CHAMBER, UH, THE CITY AND THE COUNTY. AND THIS IS JUST TO FORMALIZE THIS COMMITTEE, PUT SOME MEAT ON THE BONES ABOUT RESPONSIBILITIES AND, AND, UH, UH, WHAT THIS COMMITTEE IS ALL ABOUT AND HOW IT'S GONNA BE GOVERNED AND HOW WE GET ACTION FROM THIS COMMITTEE. SO WITH THAT GENERAL YALA, THANK YOU, SIR. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. GOOD MORNING. UH, LIKE COUNCILMAN PERRY SAID THIS WAS ESTABLISHED. OOPS, I'LL STAY UP HERE. THAT'S RIGHT. HARD FOR ME NOT TO MOVE. UM, ESTABLISHED IN 2005, AFTER THE TWO, UH, AFTER THE BRAC, AND IT'S NEVER BEEN A FORMAL ORGANIZATION. THE ORGANIZATION HAS ALWAYS BEEN AD HOC. IT'S A TEMPORARY, IT'S A, UH, TASK FORCE, WHICH MEANS IT'S TEMPORARY. SO LET'S GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. OH, I HAVE TO PUSH IT. OKAY. THERE WE GO. I DON'T GET UP HERE OFTEN EITHER. UM, SO AGAIN, IT WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2005, UH, TEMPORARY BODY. WHAT I WANNA DO, AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR ABOUT FOUR YEARS, IS TO FORMALIZE IT, TO MAKE IT 2021 AND FORWARD, NOT JUST, UM, UH, 2005. 2005. A LOT OF THINGS HAVE CHANGED. UM, NEXT SLIDE. I'LL GET SOME MORE DETAIL HERE. OH. SO THE RECOMMENDATION THAT WE'D LIKE TO HAVE IS THE GOVERNANCE. THIS COMMITTEE, UM, THAT WE WANNA DO A, WE WANNA WRITE A CHARTER, [00:05:01] WE WANNA WRITE BYLAWS, AND WE WANNA BE MORE INCLUSIVE. SO RIGHT NOW, THOSE TRI CHAIRS, WE WANNA STREAMLINE THAT, UH, ORGANIZATION. WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT, AT HOW WE'RE GONNA DO THAT. UH, WE'D LIKE TO HAVE ELECTED OFFICIALS FROM MUNICIPALITIES THERE. AND THE REASON IS BECAUSE THEY CAN INFLUENCE ZONING, THEY CAN INFLUENCE, UH, THESE TYPES OF THINGS THAT REALLY PROTECT OUR MILITARY INSTALLATIONS. AND THEN WHAT I WANNA DO IS, SO BYLAWS FORMALIZE IT WITH THE COUNTY BECAUSE THE COUNTY ALSO CAN DO THAT. AND THEN I WANT TO DRAFT A STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS PLAN WHERE WE INFORM THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY OF THE IMPORTANCE OF OUR MILITARY INSTALLATIONS AND THE IMPORTANCE OF KEEPING THEM HERE. UH, THE OTHER REASON I WANT TO HAVE THIS IS I WANNA HAVE EYES ON TARGET, SO TO SPEAK. UH, ANYTIME WE HAVE, UH, A BRACK THAT THREATENED BY A BRACK OR THAT UNITS, UH, ARE LOOKING FOR A HOME, WE WANT TO BE THE PLACE WHERE THEIR DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE LOOKS FIRST WHEN THEY BRING ADDITIONAL MISSIONS. WHY DO WE WANT THAT? OBVIOUSLY IT'S JOBS. UM, ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO, UH, WE BROUGHT IN A SPECIAL, UH, WARFARE WING. IT WAS ABOUT 120 FOLKS, THAT'S 120 JOBS, PERMANENT JOBS, AND YOU AVERAGE ABOUT THREE PEOPLE PER, UH, SERVICE MEMBER WHEN THEY COME HERE. UH, THE OTHER THING I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT, IF WE DO HAVE UNITS HERE THAT PERFORM MISSIONS THAT ARE ESSENTIAL TO NATIONAL DEFENSE, IF WE DO HAVE A BRACK, THEY'RE GONNA BE VERY RELUCTANT TO TAKE THOSE MISSIONS AWAY FROM US. AND SO, UH, WE LEARNED A LOT OF LESSONS OR RELEARNED THEM. I DID WHEN SPACE COMMAND CAME AND THEY HAD A GREAT LIST AND WE, WE, UH, THIS IS HOW WE'RE GONNA TARGET, UH, THIS M T T F, OR, WE'LL, WE'RE GONNA CALL IT SOMETHING DIFFERENT. OKAY. THAT WAS IT. WE WANT THE COUNCIL APPROVAL TO, OR THE COMMITTEE APPROVAL, UH, TO LET US GO FORWARD AND WE'RE GONNA TALK. THE OTHER THING, ONE MORE THING, I WANNA MAKE THIS MORE INCLUSIVE. SO WE HAD THREE CHAIRS. UH, WE'VE HAD OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, NORTHEAST PARTNERSHIP, OTHER CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE, OTHER ORGANIZATIONS WITHIN THE CITY THAT ARE THE ECONOMIC FABRIC OF THE CITY THAT IN TOTALITY, NOT JUST, YOU KNOW, ONE, ONE AREA. AND WE WANNA MAKE IT, UH, MORE INCLUSIVE. RANDOLPH AIR FORCE BASE IS NOT IN SAN ANTONIO. AND RANDOLPH AIR FORCE BASE, THOUGH IS JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO. SO WE WANNA BRING EVERYBODY IN AND FORMALIZE THE COMMITTEE. UH, COUNCILMAN PERRY, WHAT DID I MISS? I THINK YOU GOT IT. GREAT. THANK YOU. GENERAL, UH, NOTHING SAYS FORMALIZE MORE THAN THE DRAFTING OF BYLAWS, SO IT SOUNDS LIKE A, A GOOD DIRECTION. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER CAB HDA. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, I, I JUST WANNA QUICKLY COMMENT. I STRONGLY SUPPORT THE RENAMING THE, UM, REPURPOSING OF MILITARY TRANSFORMATION TASK FORCE. IT'S ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT TASKS OF OUR CITY TO SHORE UP OUR, UM, OUR COMMUNITY AGAINST REC. AND OF COURSE, LIKE, LIKE YOU MENTIONED, TO MAKE OURSELVES MORE ATTRACTIVE AS A CITY TO ANY ADDITIONAL MISSIONS COMING IN. UM, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT ALSO TO HAVE A COHESIVE PLAN, UH, WITH, WITH THE COUNTY OUR MILITARY LEADERS TO BETTER ENSURE OUR MIL MILITARY PERSONNEL ARE, ARE BEING SUPPORTED. AND, UM, AND NOT JUST FROM US, BUT ALL FORMS OF GOVERNMENT IN SAN ANTONIO. SO I MOVE TO APPROVE, RIGHT? I'LL SECOND. ALL RIGHT. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR, UM, MOVING THIS C C R TO THE PROCESS OUTLINED BY AN OFFICE OF MILITARY AND VETERAN AFFAIRS COUNCIL MEMBER. COURAGE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT I, I PRESUME THAT AFTER ALL OF THIS IS BROUGHT TOGETHER, IT'LL COME BACK TO COUNCIL FOR FINAL APPROVAL AND IT'LL INCLUDE THE MEMBERSHIP, MAKEUP, AND TERMS AND BYLAWS AND ALL OF THAT. WE'LL HAVE A YES, WE'LL HAVE A GREAT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO INCLUDE, UH, EVERYTHING YOU MENTIONED, COUNCILMAN, COURAGE, UH, AND IT'LL COME BACK TO THIS COMMITTEE. UH, AND THEN, UH, AND THEN IT'LL GO TO COUNCIL. OKAY. DO YOU HAVE A TIMELINE? I DON'T HAVE A TIMELINE. I HAVE TO ESTABLISH THAT, UH, OKAY. WE HAVE TO WORK WITH A LOT OF STAKEHOLDERS TO INCLUDE A LOT OF STAKEHOLDERS THAT ARE NOT IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND WITH THE COUNTY. SO, UH, I WILL GET A TIMELINE OUT THOUGH, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ON TRACK. OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. JOHN, DID YOU HAVE, YEAH, JUST FOR CLARITY, I WANNA MAKE SURE ONE, YOU'RE INTENDING TO BRING THIS BACK HERE TO GOVERNANCE BEFORE YOU GO BACK TO COUNCIL, COUNCIL. THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. JUST MAKE SURE WE UNDERSTOOD THAT. YEAH. OH, YEAH. OKAY. OKAY. WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO, TO THE UPDATES. UH, GENERAL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY, THANK YOU FOR THE SUBMISSION. UH, THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND TO PROCEED WITH THE WORK. UH, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. ALRIGHT, ITEM NUMBER FIVE. [5. Briefing and possible action on a Council Consideration Request by Councilmember Clayton Perry, District 10, regarding the creation of a Small Business Rent Relief Program. [Alex Lopez, Assistant City Manager; Brenda Hicks­Sorensen, Director, Economic Development Department]] ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS A BRIEFING IMPOSSIBLE ACTION ON A COUNCIL CONSIDERATION REQUEST BY COUNCIL MEMBER CLAYTON PERRY, DISTRICT 10, REGARDING THE CREATION OF A SMALL BUSINESS RENT RELIEF PROGRAM. ALRIGHT, THIS ONE ALSO WAS AUTHORED BY COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER. DO YOU WANT TO MAKE A FEW COMMENTS BEFORE ALEX DOES HER PRESENTATION? AND THIS IS TWICE IN ONE DAY. THIS IS, UH, THIS IS GREAT. BUT, UH, THIS PARTICULAR C C R WAS, UH, ESTABLISHED TO HELP OUR SMALL BUSINESS COMMUNITY. AND THIS GOES BACK [00:10:01] ALL THE WAY TO THE VERY FIRST CARES, UH, PACKAGE THAT WE GOT WHERE OUR BUSINESSES HERE IN SAN ANTONIO REALLY SUFFERED. AND, UH, AT, UH, I DON'T HAVE THE CURRENT, BUT AT THE LAST TIME I CHECKED, THERE WAS 38% OF OUR SMALL BUSINESS COMMUNITY THAT CLOSED DURING THIS PEN PANDEMIC. SO THIS IS AN EFFORT TO TRY TO GIVE THEM ADDITIONAL RELIEF. AND ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT WE'VE, UH, IDENTIFIED WAS TO HELP THESE SMALL BUSINESSES WITH THEIR RENT PAYMENTS. YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE HELPING A BIG MAJORITY OF, UH, FOLKS HERE IN TOWN, INDIVIDUALS WITH RENT, BUT LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THESE SMALL BUSINESSES THAT WOULD REALLY HELP THEM GET THROUGH THIS CONTINUING, UH, RECOVERY OF THEIR, OF THEIR OCCUPATIONS AND THEIR BUSINESSES HERE IN SAN ANTONIO TO KEEP PEOPLE EMPLOYED. SO THAT'S, THAT'S THE BASIS FOR THE CCC C C R, AND ALEX HAS SOME MORE INFORMATION ON THAT. THANK YOU, SIR. GOOD MORNING COMMITTEE. AND THIS IS JUST A VERY BRIEF PRESENTATION. AS THE COUNCIL MEMBER MENTIONED THIS, THIS SLIDE JUST GIVES THAT BACKGROUND OF THE C C R. UM, WE DID. WE HAVE ALREADY CONDUCTED SOME RESEARCH ABOUT WHAT OTHER COMMUNITIES DID SPECIFICALLY FOR RENT RELIEF, AND THERE WAS VERY FEW JURISDICTIONS THAT WE FOUND THAT, UM, PROVIDED TARGETED ASSISTANCE IN THIS WAY. UM, MOST OF THEM DID SOMETHING SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DID IN PROVIDING GRANTS OR LOANS THAT COULD BE USED FOR RENT AND, AND REALLY GAVE SMALL BUSINESSES THE FLEXIBILITY TO USE THAT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE IN WHATEVER WAY THEY NEEDED. UM, DURING SOME OF THE VERY CRITICAL TIMES OVER THE PAST 18 MONTHS, UM, I, I DID WANNA JUST HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE RELIEF THAT WE DID ALREADY PROVIDE THROUGH THE CARES ACT FUNDING. UM, OVER THE PAST YEAR, WE HAVE ACTIVATED, UM, MILLIONS OF GRANTS, MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF GRANTS. UM, WE DID SOME DOOR TO DOOR OUTREACH THAT WAS A LITTLE CHALLENGING DURING SOME OF THE PEAK COVID TIMES, BUT WE STILL HAD OUR SMALL BUSINESS PARTNERS HELP US, UM, TO GET INFORMATION ABOUT P P P AVAILABILITY AND, AND ASSISTANCE WITH APPLICATIONS WHEN ALL OF THAT PROCESS WAS GOING ON. SO WE DID ACTIVATE, UM, SOME OF THOSE RESOURCES FOR OUR SMALL BUSINESSES, BUT THE STAGE THAT WE'RE AT NOW ACTUALLY COINCIDES WITH THE INPUT THAT WE'RE SEEKING, UM, FOR AR RPA FUNDING. UM, AND ACTUALLY RIGHT NOW ACROSS THE STREET, THE SMALL BUSINESS ADVISORY COMMISSION IS MEETING, UM, AND GETTING INPUT ALSO FROM SMALL BUSINESSES TO SEE WHAT IS THE TYPE OF ASSISTANCE THAT WOULD BE MOST TIMELY FOR THEIR CONTINUED RECOVERY. UM, SO THEY'RE GONNA, THEY'RE MEETING RIGHT NOW, AND THEY'LL MEET AGAIN THE MONDAY AFTER THANKSGIVING, UM, TO GET INPUT SPECIFICALLY FROM SMALL BUSINESSES. UM, AND OUR PLAN WOULD ACTUALLY BE A BIT OF AN UPDATE FROM WHAT YOU MIGHT'VE SEEN IN THE MEMO. WE TYPICALLY WOULD GO BACK THROUGH THE ECONOMIC AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE TO BRING FORWARD RECOMMENDATIONS, BUT GIVEN THE TIMELINESS OF THE ARPA CONVERSATION RIGHT NOW, WE WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE ACTUALLY INCORPORATE ANY OF THE FEEDBACK AND, AND POTENTIAL RECOMMENDATIONS INTO THE ARPA BRIEFING AND UPDATE THAT IS GONNA BE SHARED WITH COUNCIL VERY SOON. IT WOULD BE SOONER THAN GOING THROUGH E W D C. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. THANK YOU, ALEX. AND THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. UH, WE'VE HAD, UM, OBVIOUSLY A NUMBER OF CONVERSATIONS ABOUT HOW WE CAN SUPPORT OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY, SMALL BUSINESSES IN PARTICULAR THAT HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY THE PANDEMIC. AND, UM, I THINK IT WOULD BE EASY TO SEE A PROGRAM LIKE THIS AND SAY, WELL, WHY ARE, WHY ARE PEOPLE HELPING BUSINESSES AND NOT PEOPLE KEEPING IN MIND THAT WE'RE DOING BOTH, UH, WHEN WE HELP SMALL BUSINESSES, UM, YOU KNOW, KEEPING A SMALL BUSINESS ALIVE ALSO MEANS THAT PAYROLL IS BEING MADE THAT, UH, FAMILIES ARE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO PUT FOOD ON THE TABLE. SO, UH, HELPING SMALL BUSINESSES IN A TARGETED WAY, UH, I THINK IS IMPORTANT. UH, WE'VE TRIED TO DO THAT. I THINK THERE'S SOME INNOVATION THAT WE'RE PROBABLY LEAVING ON THE TABLE. I KNOW THAT, UM, RENT FOR SMALL BUSINESSES COMES IN MANY VARIETIES, RIGHT? UM, AND, AND SOME EVEN DON'T PAY RENT. UH, BUT EVERYBODY PAYS UTILITIES. AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS I'D LIKE FOR YOU TO EXPLORE AS YOU DEVELOP THE PROGRAM IS, IS THE POSSIBILITY THAT MAYBE THE COMMON DENOMINATOR ON IMPACT IS UTILITY, UM, RATHER THAN JUST RENT. WE DO THAT WITH OUR HOUSING PROGRAM, FOR INSTANCE. BUT, UM, I THINK I WOULD ENCOURAGE Y'ALL TO BE CREATIVE IN SEEKING INPUT ON WHAT THOSE IMPACTS ACTUALLY ARE AND WHAT COMMONALITIES THERE ARE BETWEEN A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT BUSINESSES WITH DIFFERENT, UM, REQUIREMENTS. SO, COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE, YOU KNOW, I CONCUR WITH, UH, COUNCILMAN PERRY'S, UH, EFFORT ON THIS. I, I REALLY THINK IT IS IMPORTANT. I JUST HAD A MEETING WITH SOME SMALL BUSINESSES IN MY, MY DISTRICT, UH, JUST LAST WEEK. AND THERE ARE A LOT OF NEEDS, YOU KNOW, THE BIGGEST NEEDS THAT, THAT REALLY THEY HAVE IS, UH, TRYING TO GET PEOPLE TO COME BACK TO WORK AND BEING ABLE TO PAY PEOPLE ENOUGH MONEY [00:15:01] TO HAVE THEM COME BACK TO WORK. AND IF WE CAN RELIEVE THEIR RENT OR AS YOU'RE SUGGESTING THEIR UTILITY OBLIGATIONS SO THAT THEY HAVE MORE MONEY AVAILABLE TO PAY PEOPLE TO COME BACK TO WORK, THAT'S PROBABLY AS MUCH OF A VALUE TO THEM AS ANYTHING ELSE WE CAN DO. SO I, I COMMEND YOUR RECOMMENDATION THAT WE LOOK AT, UH, THE UTILITY ASPECT AS WELL AS THE RENT ASPECT. AND I'D BE SUPPORTIVE OF THIS. I'D LOOK FORWARD TO THE RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE COMING BACK TO COUNCIL. THANK YOU, MAYOR. MOTION. YES. I'LL GO AHEAD AND MAKE THE MOTION THAT WE APPROVE. ITEM NUMBER FIVE, ESTABLISHING A SMALL BUSINESS RENTAL RELIEF PROGRAM. AND DO YOU CONCUR WITH THE RECOMMENDATION TO SEND THAT WORK TO THE ECONOMIC WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE? I THINK THAT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE. THINK THE RECOMMENDATION WAS TO SEND IT. YEAH. MAYOR, THERE WAS AN UPDATE. OH, THAT'S RIGHT. OH, BY ALEX TODAY ON THE SLIDE, UH, RECOMMENDING THAT IT BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARPA PROCESS, WHICH WE EXPECT IN DECEMBER, UH, TO BE HEARD BY FULL COUNSEL. SURE. I ACCEPT THAT. OKAY. SO WE'RE NOT STOPPING AT E W D C. OKAY. YOU'RE GOOD WITH THAT, JOHN? YES. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER CAB HARVARD, WOULD IT EVENTUALLY GO THROUGH ECONOMIC? DID YOU SECOND IT? NOT YET. , BUT I SECOND IT OR, OKAY. UM, UM, WOULD IT EVENTUALLY GO THROUGH THE ECONOMIC WORKFORCE AND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, OR, I THINK THE THOUGHT IS THAT RIGHT NOW THE ARPA CONVERSATION IS AC ACTUALLY HAPPENING BEFORE E W D C. UM, SO JUST TO KIND OF NOT SLOW THAT PROCESS DOWN. EVENTUALLY, IMPLEMENTATION WISE, SPECIFIC PROGRAMS MIGHT GO THROUGH E W D C, BUT RIGHT NOW, AS FAR AS WHAT ULTIMATELY WHAT TYPE OF SUPPORT WOULD ULTIMATELY BE RECOMMENDED FOR SMALL BUSINESSES AT THIS TIME WOULD GO THROUGH THE ARPA BRIEFINGS. OKAY. UM, UM, I DIDN'T MAKE IT CLEAR. I SECOND THE MOTION. UH, I WANNA THANK YOU ALSO, UH, COUNCILMAN PERRY FOR BOTH THESE ITEMS. BRINGING THESE, UM, BRINGING BOTH THESE ITEMS TO THIS COMMITTEE. I THINK BOTH, BOTH ARE VITAL TO OUR SUCCESS AS A, AS A CITY. I, I'VE ALSO LIKE, UH, COUNCILMAN COURAGE HEARD A LOT FROM OUR SMALL BUSINESSES THAT NEED HELP MAKING RENT. UM, IT'S REALLY AWFUL TO SEE THESE OLD BUSINESSES IN MY DISTRICT THAT HAVE SHUT DOWN, UM, OVER THE PANDEMIC AND, AND NOT EVEN IN THE MIDST OF IT, I MEAN, IN THE LAST COUPLE MONTHS, BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO FIND THE LABOR. THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO, UM, IN SOME CASES HELP PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THAT THEY CAN COME BACK. WE'RE OPEN. IT'S, YOU KNOW, TIME FOR, UM, FOR BUSINESS TO, TO, TO GET BACK TO WHAT IT WAS. UM, AND WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF FOR RENT SIGNS GOING UP ON THESE, UH, UM, SHUTTERED BUSINESSES. SO, UM, I, I, I SUPPORT IT. UM, I LOVE THE IDEA OF UTILITY ASSISTANCE. I THINK THAT'S, UH, THE, THE RENT AND UTILITY ARE, UM, PROBABLY NOT THEIR HIGHEST COST. IT'S, IT'S ALWAYS GONNA BE LABOR, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT WOULD BE A HUGE A BOOST TO THEIR, UM, EVEN JUST THE ANXIETY OF RUNNING THEIR BUSINESS, THAT THEY KNEW THAT THEIR RENT UTILITIES WOULD BE COVERED. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER KIO, HDA, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR, UM, FOR, UM, PROCEEDING THROUGH THE ARPA PROCESS WITH THE C C R. UM, ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT. HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. UM, THAT IS THE BALANCE OF OUR AGENDA. TIME IS 10:32 AM ON THE 17TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2021, AND OUR CITY COUNCIL GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE MEETING IS NOW ADJOURNED. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.