* 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. OH, OKAY. [00:00:01] ALL RIGHT, WE ALL READY? MORNING. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. LET'S, UH, CALL THE ORDER. THE FIRST THING WE WANNA DO IS P ALLEGIANCE, PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO FLAG UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. AMERICA. AND TO REPUBLIC FOR WHICH HE STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVIDUAL JUSTICE. ALRIGHT, CAN WE GET A ROLL CALL, PLEASE? GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. UH, RE HERE. ALINE JOON. HERE. DAVID WICKHAM. HERE. KAREN KACK. PRESENT. GEORGE ALEXANDER'S EXCUSED. TOM RICHARDS EXCUSED. AND JUSTIN JENNINGS IS EXCUSED. AND BUZZ UNDERHILL WILL BE OUR CHAIR TODAY. ALRIGHT, NEXT ITEM BUSINESS. THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES. I DON'T HAVE IN FRONT OF ME, BUT I DID READ 'EM. I'LL GO AHEAD AND MAKE THE, UH, UH, MOTION FORWARD NOMINATION ON MY TO, TO PASS. YES. I'LL SECOND WE MOTION. WE HAVE A SECOND. WE HAVE A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MINUTES? . ALL RIGHT. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? OKAY. NEXT ITEM. COMMUNITY AESTHETICS REVISED TEXT AMENDMENT. I WILL GO UP HERE SO I CAN SEE YOU GUYS WHILE I'M TALKING. . UM, YEAH, SO THIS ITEM IS A REVISED TEXT AMENDMENT OF THE COMMITTEE AESTHETICS. SO CHAPTER 20, ARTICLE X. UM, WE HAD THIS DISCUSSION AT THE LAST COMMITTEE MEETING BACK IN JULY. IF YOU CAN RECALL, UH, WE BROUGHT YOU ALL A, IT WAS A MULTI-PAGE DOCUMENT. IT WAS MORE COMPREHENSIVE AND EXPANSIVE THAN, THAN WHAT WE HAVE TODAY. SO WE, THE COMMITTEE AT THE JULY MEETING VOTED NOT IN SUPPORT OF THAT, THAT LANGUAGE THAT WE HAD AT THE TIME. UM, HOWEVER YOU ALL DID SUPPORT THE, UH, WINDOW CLINGING AND WHAT COULD BE UTILIZED IN THE VACANT STOREFRONT WINDOWS. UM, SO WHAT WE DID, WE WENT BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD TO SEE HOW WE CAN CONDENSE IT. A LOT OF WHAT WE WERE SAYING IN THAT PREVIOUS, UH, DRAFT TEXT AMENDMENT WAS ALREADY IN THIS PARAGRAPH. WE JUST EXPANDED ON IT. THE BLACK LETTERING IS WHAT IS CURRENTLY IN CODE TODAY. AND THEN THE, THEN WE HAVE THE STRIKE THROUGH RED, AND THEN THE UNDERLYING RED, UM, IS WHAT IS BEING, WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO ADD, UM, INTO CODE. SO, UH, THE FIRST SECTION UP THERE, UH, 20 DASH 3 1 4 MAIN IS A BUILDING EXTERIORS. SO, UH, THAT TOP PARAGRAPH THERE, WHAT'S EXISTING IN CODE IS APPLIES, YOU KNOW, CITYWIDE. UM, TRULY THE PURPOSE OF WHAT CITY COUNCIL'S DIRECTION WAS WITH THIS TEXT AMENDMENT WAS TO ADDRESS THE USE OF TEMPORARY COVERINGS AND, UM, VACANT STOREFRONTS LIMITED THE LONG TERM USE OF, YOU KNOW, BROWN PAPER IN THE WINDOWS, BLUE TARP IN THE WINDOWS ON HOW THAT CAN HURT THE LOOK OF YOUR DOWNTOWN. UM, OVERALL, UM, SO WHAT WE ADDED WAS A NEW SECTION THERE IN 20 DASH 315, UH, VACANT COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES. THIS APPLIES ONLY TO THE CRA AREAS ONLY, SO DOWNTOWN MELBOURNE, DOWNTOWN ALI. UM, SO WHAT WE'RE SAYING HERE WITH, UM, UM, LINE B UH, IS REALLY TO, YOU KNOW, KEEP IT, KEEP THE PROPERTIES MAINTAINED, UM, ENSURE THEY DON'T HAVE A UNFINISHED, UH, OR NEGLECTED LOOK. UM, AND THEN SECTION C IS WHERE WE GET INTO THE LIMITING THE USE OF THOSE TEMPORARY MATERIALS, UH, REALLY JUST FOR EMERGENCY REPAIRS, UM, OR IF THERE'S AN ACTIVE BUILDING PERMIT AND LIMITED, UM, THE USE OF BROWN PAPER TEMPORARY COVERINGS TO THE, TO THE TIME OF THAT, UH, UM, OF THE PERMIT. UM, AND THEN LASTLY WITH THE, WITH DEE IS THAT, THAT THAT, UM, LANGUAGE THAT YOU ALL SUPPORTED WITH THE USE OF WHAT CAN BE PUT IN THE VACANT STOREFRONT. SO WITH THAT, UM, OH, AND THEN AFTER WE MET WITH, MET WITH YOU ALL JULY, UH, WE IMMEDIATELY WENT, UH, REVISED THIS TICKET TO THE, THE DOWNTOWN CRA COMMITTEE, UM, AT THEIR AUGUST MEETING. AND THEY VOTED IN SUPPORT OF THE, THE DRAFT LANGUAGE THAT WE HAVE, UH, IN FRONT OF YOU ALL. SO WITH THAT, HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. UM, WE WOULD LIKE YOU TO TAKE A VOTE ON IT. UM, SO WE WOULD RECOMMEND TO THE COMMITTEE THAT THE COMMITTEE RECOMMEND THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL OF THE, OF THE DRAFT TEXT, UH, TEXT AMENDMENT AS PRESENTED. SO YOU, YOU REDUCED A MULTI-PAGE DOCUMENT TO THIS ONE PAGE, WHAT WE HAD DONE. GREAT JOB, . YEAH. YEAH. A LOT OF WHAT WE'RE, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT WE'RE SAYING IN HERE, WHAT WE TOOK WAS WE KIND OF BROKE IT DOWN INTO SECTIONS AND EXPANDED MORE ON IT. BUT REALLY A LOT OF WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO SAY BEFORE IS, IS SAID IN THIS PARAGRAPH HERE. SO DECIDE TO KEEP IT AND BUILD OFF OF IT. MR. CHAIRMAN, I MOVE FOR APPROVAL OF, UH, THE, UH, UH, CHANGES IN, UH, SECTION 20 DASH THREE 14 MAINTENANCE OF EXTERIOR BUILDINGS. HAVE A SECOND. ARE YOU JUST MOTIONING FOR THE 23 1 4, NOT THE 23 1 5. [00:05:01] YOU WANT AMEND THAT, THAT'S WHY I DIDN'T DO THAT. WHAT SHE WANTED TO KNOW. IF YOU WERE JUST MOTIONING FOR THE FIRST THING, THERE'S TWO SECTIONS ON THIS. YEAH, WELL, FOR THE ENTIRE, WE COULD JUST FOR THE ENTIRE THING THEN. SO CHAPTER 20. YEAH. BUT THE OTHER SECTIONS HERE ARE, ARE, THIS IS JUST FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF THE EXTERIOR BUILDINGS. SEC. THIS SECTION IS, WELL THEN WE HAVE THE, YOU HAVE THE VACANT COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES ON SECTION 2024. OH, I'M SORRY. YOU, DO YOU WANT TO INCLUDE THAT ALSO? AND ALSO INCLUDE, INCLUDE SECTION 23 FIFTH FOR, UH, VACANT COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES. I'M SORRY. THANK YOU. I'M CLARIFYING THAT. OKAY. 20, UH, 20 DASH 3 4 20 DASH THREE 15. I'LL APPROVE. SECOND. SECOND. OKAY. ANY, ANY DISCUSSION? ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. ALRIGHT. , MAIN STREET REPORT. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS KELLY DEL MONACO. I AM THE EG AD MAIN STREET VICE CHAIR, UM, HERE TONIGHT REPRESENTING THE ORGANIZATION. UM, ANNA, OUR CHAIR COULDN'T MAKE IT, BUT SHE WAS AT COUNCIL LAST NIGHT, SO YOU KNOW, COUNCIL IS PROGRESSING THROUGH THEIR BUDGET HEARINGS AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO HANDLE ALL OF THE ORGANIZATIONS AND THE REASONS FOR THEM TO FUND. SO THAT'S BEEN REALLY DIFFICULT FOR THEM AS I CAN IMAGINE. UM, BUT WE ARE FEELING ENCOURAGED BY COUNCIL'S RECENT BUDGET DECISIONS AND YOU KNOW, WE'LL HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE CLEARER PICTURE. I THINK SEPTEMBER 23RD IS THE NEXT CORRECT. OKAY. SO WE'LL HAVE A LITTLE BIT BETTER PICTURE OF WHAT TO EXPECT FOR OUR ORGANIZATION MOVING FORWARD. AS YOU'RE AWARE, WE'RE REQUESTING $85,000 IN FUNDING, SAME AS WE DID FOR THE LAST FISCAL YEAR TO HELP FUND THIS ORGANIZATION. YOU KNOW, WHERE WE'RE AT TODAY, UM, WE HAVE GIVEN THE QUARTER THREE, UM, FINANCIALS, WHICH IS THROUGH JUNE. AND SO THOSE FINANCIALS INCLUDED ALL OF THAT TIME WHERE WE HAD AN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. UM, THE BIGGEST THING THAT WE'VE TAKEN FROM THE FINANCIALS THAT YOU HAVE IS THAT WE REALLY NEED TO FOCUS ON REVENUE DIVERSIFICATION. UM, THE LAST THREE QUARTERS THAT'S WHERE WE'RE REALLY LACKING IN OUR BUDGET WAS OTHER FORMS OF REVENUE OUTSIDE MAINLY OF THE CITY. SO THOSE ARE OUR, OUR STANDARD FUNDRAISERS THAT JUST NEVER SEEM TO COME TOGETHER IN THE LAST THREE QUARTERS. UM, SO FOR US, UM, ONCE WE FIND OUT THAT WE HAVE THE FUNDING OR NOT FROM THE CITY, WE'RE ABLE THEN TO GO ON A REALLY STRONG HUNT FOR AN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR THAT WILL BE ABLE TO FOCUS ON THOSE THINGS. SO I WANTED TO OVERVIEW SOME OF THIS WITH YOU REALLY QUICKLY. SO FOR US, AGAIN, IT'S STRENGTHENING AND DIVERSIFYING OUR REVENUE SOURCES. SO AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE FINANCIALS, UM, WE DID HAVE, DID THEY GET A COPY OF THE FINANCIALS? WE DON'T HAVE THE FINANCIALS. OKAY. AND IT'S NOT COMING UP ON THE, THERE WE GO. I'M NOT REALLY SURE HOW TO WALK YOU THROUGH THESE. I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHICH PAGE TO SHOW YOU. LET'S SEE HERE. I CAN'T SEE THAT EITHER. MAYBE MY WORDS WILL HELP. I DON'T. NO, IF YOU PUT A THE FIRST AND LEAVE FOR A MINUTE AND YEAH, LET ME GO BACK TO THE FIRST ONE. YEAH, SO WHAT THIS IS SHOWING IS, YOU KNOW, THERE'S MULTIPLE PAGES OF THIS, BUT IT IS SHOWING A DEFICIT DURING THIS TIME. UM, BECAUSE THERE WAS NO FUNDRAISERS BRINGING MONEY IN DURING THAT TIME ALSO, WE WERE PAYING OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, SO THERE WAS A LOSS IN THE FIRST THREE QUARTERS. UM, FOR QUARTER FOUR WHICH WE'RE IN NOW, WE EXPECT THERE TO BE SOME GAINS BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR EXPENSES. UM, WE'VE BEEN JUST RUN COMPLETELY BY OUR, OUR VOLUNTEERS. UM, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WORKING THROUGH AS WELL AS WE'VE RECEIVED A SPONSORSHIP FOR QUARTER FOUR. SO THAT WILL LOOK A LITTLE DIFFERENT THIS CURRENT QUARTER THAT WE'RE IN. DO YOU WANT ME TO SWITCH TO THE NEXT PAGE? YES. SO LEMME ASK YOU A QUESTION. YES. THIS IS FOR 24 AND 25. ARE WE INTO 26 YET? OR THAT SHOULD ACTUALLY SAY OCTOBER 25 TO JUNE 26. OKAY. SO THROUGH [00:10:01] JUNE OF 26. IT'S A YEAR TO DATE OPERATING LOSS OF ABOUT $23,000. UM, HOWEVER THAT'S IMPROVED CONSIDERABLY. AS I SAID, OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR POSITION'S VACANT. UM, AND ABOUT 15,000 IN OUR FOURTH QUARTER PERSONNEL COSTS WON'T BE REALIZED. UM, MORE IMPORTANTLY WE'RE LOOKING AT THE CURRENT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TRANSITION AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS ONE OF ED'S UNDERLYING FINANCIAL CHALLENGES, WHICH IS THAT REVENUE DIVERSIFICATION. UM, OUR NEXT NEXT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SEARCH WILL SPECIFICALLY PRIORITIZE CANDIDATES WITH DEMONSTRATED EXPERIENCE IN GRANT WRITING, FUNDRAISING, SPONSORSHIP DEVELOPMENT, AND NON-PROFIT REVENUE GENERATION. SO OUR GOAL ISN'T JUST TO REPLACE THE LAST EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR WE HAD, BUT TO RECRUIT LEADERSHIP CAPABLE OF EXPANDING OUTSIDE FUNDING AND BUILD A MORE DIVERSIFIED AND SUSTAINABLE FINANCIAL MODEL. SO THAT IS OUR HOPE IS, YOU KNOW, THE SECOND WE FIND OUT IF WE ARE ABLE TO OBTAIN FUNDING THROUGH THE CITY IN THAT GRANT IS WE WILL START OUR SEARCH FOR THE NEXT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND THE CONTINUED CITY AND SERIES SUPPORT PROVIDES THE ORGANIZATIONAL STABILITY NECESSARY TO RECRUIT THAT. RIGHT NOW WE'VE BEEN IN A FEW MONTHS OF JUST NOT UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE FUTURE IS AND SO WE'RE FEELING A LITTLE BIT MORE COMFORTABLE NOW AND ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT FUTURE. LET ME KEEP GOING THROUGH THESE FOR YOU AND I APOLOGIZE. I THOUGHT YOU HAD WHAT? I HAVE , WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. THE BOARD IS STILL ACTIVE SEARCHING FOR A NEW EXECUTIVE OFFICER, IS THAT CORRECT? THE BOARD IS ACTIVE. UM, BUT WE ARE NOT LOOKING FOR NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR UNTIL WE CAN ENSURE THAT WE HAVE THE FUNDING TO PAY THEM. OKAY. UM, IF WE DO NOT RECEIVE MONDAY MONEY FROM THE CITY IN THE FORM OF A GRANT, WE WON'T BE ABLE TO AFFORD THE PERSON THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR. I NOTICE IN THE BUDGET THAT YOU ARE OR EXPECTING MAYBE SOME STATE GRANTS AND FEDERAL GRANTS THAT DID NOT COME THROUGH APPARENTLY. UM, THERE WAS JUST, THERE WAS A $10,000 GRANT FROM THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR OPERATING THAT DIDN'T COME THROUGH. OKAY. UM, BUT THAT, THAT'S THE ONLY ONE. OKAY. BUT WE WOULD EXPECT THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR WHO'S COMING IN TO WORK ON GRANT WRITING AND OTHER SOURCES OF FUNDING FOR THE ORGANIZATION. UM, NOT TO MENTION FUNDRAISERS, UM, THAT WE WOULD HAVE LOCALLY. LET'S SEE HERE. APPARENTLY I NEED GLASSES 'CAUSE I CAN'T READ ANY OF THAT. BUT HOPEFULLY UL CAN. WHAT WAS THAT SBA LOAN FOR? I NOTICED ON HERE I FEEL LIKE, I DON'T KNOW, BUT I KNOW THAT WE RECEIVED IT YEARS AGO AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF REPAYING YEAR AFTER YEAR. THE EIDL RESTRICTED OR SOMETHING THAT THEY GET. YOU REMEMBER WHEN THEY GET THE, THE IDEA MAYBE THEY WAS NOT QUALIFIED FOR THAT. ARE THERE MORE SLIDES? THERE ARE, I DON'T KNOW. THIS IS A LOT OF NUMBERS. NO, THAT'S OKAY. I WON'T BE ABLE TO INTERPRET THEM ANYWAY. PROBABLY , I MEAN THE BIG PICTURE HERE CAN GO BACK. GO BACK ON THE OTHER PICTURE. SURE. SO JUST FIRST THE PAYROLL, THE BIGGEST PAYROLL'S ALWAYS THE BIGGEST. YES, YES. UNFORTUNATELY. BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE SOMEONE THERE SO THEN EVERYTHING IS KIND OF CORRECT. UM, THE GOOD NEWS IS, IS OUR CHAIR, ANNA, SHE REALLY HAS SPENT A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF HER TIME THIS SUMMER, SUMMER WHEN SHE'S A PROFESSOR. AND SO SHE HAD THE SUMMER OFF AND SO SHE'S BEEN ABLE TO KIND OF SWOOP IN AND SHE'S BASICALLY THE ACTING EXECUTIVE [00:15:01] DIRECTOR UNTIL WE FIND SOMEBODY NEW. BUT SHE'S BEEN ABLE, THIS IS US GETTING TOGETHER WITH OUR ACCOUNTANT. UM, THERE'S A COUPLE THINGS IN HERE THAT WE KNOW THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED THAT DIDN'T LOOK QUITE RIGHT, BUT WE'RE KIND OF FORENSICALLY GOING BACK THROUGH ALL THIS STUFF AND, AND FIGURING THINGS OUT. SO WHEN WE DO HAND OFF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR POSITION TO SOMEBODY NEW THAT WE HAVE STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES IN PLACE AND ALL THE PASSWORDS AND ACCOUNTS AND ANNA HAS JUST BEEN COMPLETELY INVALUABLE. SO SHE'S BASICALLY BEEN OUR FREE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR THESE PAST COUPLE MONTHS AND, BUT SHE NEEDS TO BE RELIEVED. SURE. BUT THAT'S BIG FOR US. IT WAS DISAPPOINTING FOR US TO, THAT WE DIDN'T BRING IN ANY REALLY MUCH OF OUR OWN REVENUE, UM, WHILE WE HAD AN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND THAT'S WHAT WE WOULD'VE EXPECTED. YEAH. IS TO HAVE THEM BRINGING IN DIFFERENT FORMS OF RUN REVENUE THROUGH FUNDRAISERS AND GRANTS. ABSOLUTELY. YEAH. MR. CHAIRMAN, IF I CAN JUST HELP PUT THIS ALL IN PERSPECTIVE FOR THE COMMITTEE AS WELL. SO THE REASON THAT WE HAVE EGA HERE IN SEPTEMBER WITH NOT QUITE, YOU KNOW, FINISHED FINANCIALS. UM, THIS IS BASICALLY THEIR REQUEST FROM THIS COMMITTEE FOR RECOMMENDATION FOR THEIR ANNUAL FUNDING FOR THIS NEXT YEAR BECAUSE YOU GUYS ONLY MEET, YOU KNOW, EVERY OTHER MONTH IF WE WAITED UNTIL, UM, WE'D BE IN NOVEMBER AND THEN WE COULDN'T START THE PROCESS OF TAKING THEIR ANNUAL AGREEMENT THROUGH CITY COUNCIL. SO WE'RE BRINGING YOU WHERE THEY ARE AT WITH THE, THE LAST THREE QUARTERS. AND APOLOGIES WE GOT THIS SORT OF LATE LAST NIGHT FOR THE POWERPOINT AND PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE MADE YOU GUYS SOME COPIES TO HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU. UM, WE'LL BE ABLE TO SEND OUT TO THE COMMITTEE THE FINAL, UM, ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT SO YOU GUYS WILL BE ABLE TO SEE ALL OF THAT. BUT JUST THIS IS SORT OF PRELIMINARILY LOOKING AT WHERE THEY'RE AT. OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, WITH THE LACK OF THEIR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, THINGS HAVE BEEN A LITTLE BIT MORE DIFFICULT. UM, BUT WE DID, UM, LAST NIGHT CITY COUNCIL DID, UM, PROPOSE FUNDING FOR THE FULL 85,000 FOR EG AD IN THE NEXT YEAR BUDGET. THEY HAVE TO HAVE A SECOND PUBLIC HEARING ON THE 23RD OF THIS MONTH. AFTER THAT DATE, IT'LL BE SORT OF A DONE DEAL AND THEN WE CAN START THE PROCESS OF BRINGING THAT TO CITY COUNCIL, THE EGA ANNUAL AGREEMENT, UM, FOR THEIR FUNDING. IT, IT TAKES A GOOD SIX WEEKS BETWEEN, YOU KNOW, ADVISORY COMMITTEE REVIEWING IT, THEN GETTING TO, UM, GETTING THE, ALL OF THE ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORTS IN AND GETTING THAT ONTO A CITY COUNCIL AGENDA. SO IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE A LITTLE BIT AHEAD, UM, OF THE PROCESS. THAT'S WHY. SO WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR FROM US? IS JUST FOR INFORMATION. YEAH. JUST TO BRING US UP. THERE'S NO, SO AS YOU GUYS UNDERSTAND, WE CAN'T USE CRA DOLLARS ANY LONGER TO, TO FUND E GDS. SO IT'S GENERAL FUND DOLLARS, WHICH IS WHY EG AD'S BEEN CAUGHT UP IN, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD TO MAKE A LOT OF BUDGET CUTS THIS YEAR. THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF HARD DECISIONS AND DISCUSSIONS ABOUT WHO CAN BE FUNDED. UM, ORIGINALLY EG AD WASN'T PROGRAMMED TO BE FUNDED. THAT CHANGED AND LAST NIGHT COUNCIL DID, UM, IDENTIFY THEM AS BEING FUNDED FOR THE FULL 85,000. UM, SO REALLY THIS COMMITTEE IS RECOMMENDING THAT YOU WANT THE CITY WITH GENERAL FUND DOLLARS TO CONTINUE FUNDING EG AD AT THAT $85,000 A YEAR. THAT'S REALLY WHAT YOU'RE DOING. THE FINANCIAL REPORTING IS A REQUIREMENT OF THEIR FUNDING AGREEMENT. STAFF WILL MAKE SURE THAT WE RECEIVE, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT TIES THEM UP THROUGH THE END OF SEPTEMBER. 'CAUSE OUR FISCAL YEAR CHANGES SEPTEMBER 30TH, OCT OCTOBER ONE. SO WE'LL ASSURE THAT THAT DATA IS PROVIDED BY EGA BEFORE THEY CAN GO TO CITY COUNCIL. UM, BUT REALLY JUST LOOKING FOR THE COMMITTEE'S, YOU KNOW, RECOMMENDATION THAT YES, THE CITY SHOULD CONTINUE FUNDING EG AD, THAT YOU THINK THAT IT'S A VALUABLE, UM, YOU KNOW, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, USE USE OF GENERAL FUND DOLLARS TO DO SO. SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR A MOTION RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL. MM-HMM . TO FUND EGA, CORRECT. FOR THEIR REQUESTS. YES. UH, DO WE HAVE, UM, ANYBODY WANT TO MAKE THAT MOTION? I'D RECOMMEND THAT THE, UH, THAT WE RECOMMEND, UH, FUNDING, UH, EGA FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR THROUGH THE CITY OF MELBOURNE. YOU WANT THE MOUNT OF 85,000 IF YOU WANNA GO AHEAD AND THROW THAT IN. THAT IS THEIR REQUEST. AND THAT IS WHAT COUNSEL'S PENCILED IN AS OF LAST NIGHT FOR THAT AMOUNT. YES, SIR. OKAY. THAT'S FINE. MM-HMM . OKAY. I'LL SECOND THAT. SECOND, I'LL SECOND THAT. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL [00:20:01] RIGHT. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANKS. YOU CAN GO TO THE GYM NOW AND I HOPE AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE WE'RE BRINGING IN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR IN FRONT OF YOU, SHORTLY. I HOPE NOVEMBER. YOU GOT IN NOVEMBER MEETING. THANKS SO MUCH. SO THE NEXT ITEM ON THE GENERAL, ON THE, ON THE AGENDA IS THE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. I DON'T SEE ANYBODY FROM THE PUBLIC HERE, SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO ADDITIONAL BUSINESS. ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL BUSINESS WE COULD ADDRESS? IT WAS, IT WAS ALREADY MENTIONED. UM, BUT YES, THE CITY COUNCIL WILL BE CONSIDERING THE DECLARATION OF A CRITICAL COMMUNITY NEED. AND THAT'S THE FIRST STEP IN, UM, IN THEM BEING ABLE TO PREPARE A FUNDING AGREEMENT FOR EGA MAIN STREET AT THAT AMOUNT IN 85,000 RECOMMENDED? YES. YES. OKAY. ANY, ANY OTHER ADDITIONAL BUSINESS? ALL RIGHT. IF THERE'S NO ADDITIONAL BUSINESS, WE GET A MOTION FOR ADJOURNMENT. MOTION TO ADJOURN. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. . LOOK AT THAT. * 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.