[00:00:27]
          NO IDEA. NOTHING WRONG. 
          TESTING TESTING. HMM. 
          [00:08:03]
I WANT TO MAKE SURE. 
          YEAH, IT DOES. OKAY UM, NATURAL TV. GIVE US ONE MINUTE, PLEASE. 
          [00:10:04]
GOOD AFTERNOON. THIS IS A MEETING OF THE LABOR AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE AND THE CHAIR PAT MULVIHILL. IMPORTANT, UH, JOINED BY MY ADVICE CHAIR ANTHONY PIGEON, TEENY. HAVE COUNCILMAN KHALIL BASHED IN FROM DISTRICT 25 BRAIN ACKERSON, DONNA PURVIS. UH AND PHILIP BAKERS WITH US TODAY WE HAVE AN EXCUSED ABSENCE AND COUNSELING ARTHUR AND WE HAVE AN EXCUSED ABSENCE FOR COUNCILMAN ANGLE. UH MADAM CLERK, IF YOU COULD READ INTO THE RECORD THAT THIS IS BEING HELD PURSUANT TO CARE IS 61 826. THAT'D BE GREAT. THIS MEETING IS BEING HELD PURSUANT TO CARE. A 61.826 AND COUNCIL RULE FIVE A RED AND FULL THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. AND IF YOU COULD READ IN ITEM ONE, PLEASE. ITEM NUMBER ONE IS PUBLIC HEARING PURSUANT TO THE LOUISVILLE METRO CODE OF ORDINANCES. 1 68.02 G FOR GREATER LOUISVILLE LODGING MANAGEMENT DISTRICT READ IN FULL THANK YOU. BECAUSE THIS IS AN ORDINANCE ENACTED AND BEFORE WE CAN TALK ABOUT THE BUDGET FOR THIS UPCOMING YEAR, THE ORDINANCE REQUIRES A PUBLIC HEARING. SO THAT BEING SAID UM DO WE HAVE ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO THIS ITEM PRIOR TO THIS ITEM COMING BEFORE THIS BODY? SAYING NO ONE HEARING NO. ONE AH, MADAM CLERK. UM, I GUESS I CAN TAKE A VOTE ON THIS. BUT THIS PUBLIC HEARING IS HEREBY CLOSED. UNLESS SOMEBODY OBJECTS. OKAY? SO LET'S MOVE ON TO ITEM TWO. A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE BUDGET AND ECONOMIC IMPROVEMENT PLAN FOR THE GREATER LOUISVILLE LODGING MANAGEMENT DISTRICT FOR THE PERIOD JULY 1ST 2023 TO JUNE 30TH 2024 RIGHT IN FULL PROBABLY MOVED IN SECOND. THIS ITEM IS BEFORE US. NOW, IF WE HAVE ANYBODY AH, AND THE AUDIENCE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO THIS ITEM , PLEASE STEP FORWARD AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF. THANK YOU, METRO COUNCIL. MY NAME IS AYMAN O'BRIEN. I'M THE GENERAL MANAGER OF THE ARMY LOUISVILLE HOTEL HERE IN JEFFERSON COUNTY, AND I'M ALSO THE CHAIR OF THE GREATER LOUISVILLE LODGING MANAGEMENT DISTRICT, ALSO KNOWN AS G L. L. M. D. SO TODAY. OUR GOAL IS TO WE BROUGHT THIS RESOLUTION TO METRO COUNCIL WITH THE GOAL OF MOVING FORWARD OUR BUDGET AND ECONOMIC PLAN TO LIVE THE MISSION OF OUR BOARD, WHICH IS A SELF ASSESSMENT BY HOTELIERS IN JEFFERSON COUNTY TO HAVE AT 1.5. ASSESSMENT THAT WILL BE PASSED ON TO OUR GUESTS. UM STARTING OCTOBER. 1ST OF THIS BUDGET IS APPROVED WITH COLLECTIONS BEGINNING HOPEFULLY , DECEMBER 1ST LIKELY INTO JANUARY WHEN THE SOFTWARE PURCHASE AND IMPLEMENTATION IS COMPLETE WITH OUR PARTNERS HERE AT METRO GLOBAL GOVERNMENT. THE GOAL OF THIS IS TO RAISE FUNDS AND NOT ASK THE TAXPAYERS OF JEFFERSON COUNTY FOR ANY FUNDS BUT TO RAISE FUNDS. AND PASS THAT COST ON TO OUR CUSTOMERS AND TO IMPROVE TO DRIVE. EXCUSE ME, INCREMENTAL ROOM NIGHTS IN JEFFERSON COUNTY, AS WELL AS FOCUSED ON TOURISM INFRASTRUCTURE THAT CAN DIFFERENTIATE OUR DESTINATION HERE IN LOUISVILLE. AS YOU'LL SEE OUR BOARD WAS JUST FORMED. THE MAYOR POINTED OUR BOARD IN MAY AND JUNE LATE MAY EARLY JUNE THIS YEAR. SO WE'RE JUST STARTING. WE'RE TRYING TO GET THIS BUDGET APPROVED THAT WE CAN START COLLECTING AND START NOTIFYING OUR CUSTOMERS AND ALL OF OUR THIRD PARTY ENTITIES THAT SELL OUR DESTINATIONS THAT WE CAN PASS THIS ON AND THEN MOVE FORWARD AND START COLLECTING AND DIFFERENTIATING OUR DESTINATION THROUGH SOME OF THESE PROACTIVE INITIATIVES AND AGAIN NOT ASKING METRO COUNCIL FOR ANY DOLLARS NOR ANY TAXPAYERS OF JEFFERSON COUNTY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. 
          AND I THINK IT'S ON THE BACK PAGE IS YOUR BUDGET AND IT'S ROUGHLY YOU ANTICIPATE FOR TO SPEND THREE POINT 2,000,003 $0.3 MILLION FOR THE UPCOMING BUDGET THAT IS THAT THE BUDGET? YES SIR. THAT IS ACCURATE, BASED ON HISTORICAL PROJECTIONS AND DATA THAT WE HAVE FOR OCCUPANCY IN THE FUTURE MONTHS. AS YOU'LL SEE IT AS A PARTIAL YEAR. OBVIOUSLY, IT'S GOING TO BE PHYSICAL YOU'RE ADDING ON JUNE 30TH. SO IF THIS WERE TO BE APPROVED, A NATURAL COUNCIL WOULD START AGAIN. 
          OCTOBER 1ST AND DECEMBER 1ST TO BE A PARTIAL YEAR AND REALLY JUST STARTING TO GET SOME TRYING TO BE PHYSICALLY RESPONSIBLE AS BEST WE CAN TO TRY TO GET SOME REVENUE INTO OUR BUDGET AND TRYING TO GET THOSE SALES AND MARKETING INITIATIVES OFTEN. ALSO WE NEED OPERATING CASH. WE NEED TO GET OUR INFRASTRUCTURE IN PLACE SO THAT WE CAN START COLLECTING EFFECTIVELY. AND SEEING THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SALES AND MARKETING, AND WE HAVE SEVERAL GROUPS IN TOWN, ESPECIALLY ONE THAT WE DEAL WITH QUITE A QUITE A BIT, WHICH IS THE VISITORS AND CONVENTION BUREAU. SO I BELIEVE YOU PROBABLY HAVE MEMBERS THAT MAY BE ON YOUR BOARD. BUT HOW WILL 
          [00:15:03]
THOSE HOW ARE YOU KIND OF HAVE SOME CONNECTIVITY AND COOPERATION AND SORT OF WORK TOGETHER TO WITH WITH THIS PLAN, AND MAYBE THERE'S SURE. YEAH. THANK YOU FOR THAT. YES, WE DO HAVE A NONVOTING MEMBERS, MULTIPLE MEMBERS OF LOCAL TOURISM AND CLOSING, INCLUDING THEIR CFO CHRISTOPHER KIPPER. CLEO BATTLE IS ON THE BOARD AS WELL AS DOUG BENNETT FROM GLOBAL TOURISM. THEY WERE APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR. SO WE DO HAVE REPRESENTATION FROM LOUISVILLE TOURISM. WE WILL WORK HAND IN HAND WITH THEM. THEY WILL BRING ITEMS THAT THEY WILL LEAVE WILL DIFFERENTIATE OUR DESTINATION AND LIVE THE MISSION OF DRIVING IN CORONA ROOM NIGHTS INTO LOUISVILLE TO THE BOARD OF THE G L L M. D. BUT THE G L L M D WILL ACT IN ITS OWN AS ITS OWN BOARD AND EVALUATE THOSE DECISIONS BASED ON THE MISSION OF DRIVING, INCREMENTAL HOTEL ROOM NIGHTS INTO JEFFERSON COUNTY. BUT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO ALMOST THE SAME THING A LITTLE BIT BY BRINGING PEOPLE HERE AND HOPEFULLY STAYING HERE, SO I ASSUME YOU'LL BE CLOSELY ALIGNED AND IN SOME OF THEIR PRIORITIES , BUT I UNDERSTAND YOU MAY DIFFERENTIATE EVER SO OFTEN, BUT I WOULD THINK THERE WOULD BE PRETTY ALIGNED. YES, SIR. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN ARGENTINA. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. SO A FEW QUESTIONS, UH, IN A JUST TO PUT SOME CONTEXT IN MY QUESTIONS, ALTHOUGH THIS IS, UM ABOARD THAT WE'VE ESTABLISHED THE ORDINANCE. IT VERY MUCH IS AND HAS THE ABILITY TO TAX SO WHOEVER THAT IS, I MEAN, WHEN MSD RAISES THEIR RATES, EVEN THOUGH THEY DO IT VIA THEIR BOARD UP TO A CERTAIN THRESHOLD. IT'S INCUMBENT UPON THIS LEGISLATIVE BODY TO ASK A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT IT TO MAKE SURE IT'S BEING USED PROPERLY. UM SO I'M LOOKING AT YOUR BUDGET AND WANT TO FOCUS ON A COUPLE OF SECTIONS OF IT. CONTINGENCY AND RESERVE VERY CLEAR. MAKES COMPLETE SENSE. THE METRO ADMIN FEE I GET UM, ADMINISTRATION. SET UP COSTS SEEM A SCOTIA HIGH TO ME, RIGHT? IT'S AND I'M ASSUMING THESE ARE ONE TIME COSTS BECAUSE THIS IS ALMOST 10% $315,000. SO CAN YOU TALK IN A LITTLE MORE DETAIL ABOUT WHAT THAT'S DOING, AND CONFIRM THAT THAT'S ONE TIME YES . THANK YOU. FOR THE QUESTION. IT IS A ONE TIME EXPENSE. THE VAST MAJORITY OF 100% OF THE $350,000 IS TO UPGRADE THE EXISTING SOFTWARE SO THAT WE CAN COLLECT THAT ASSESSMENT AND CONSISTENT WAY THROUGH METRO GOVERNMENT. SO IT'S REALLY IT IS A ONE TIME SETUP PIECE, SO IT'S A IT'S A PRETTY BIG LIFT FOR THAT SOFTWARE. BUT YES, AS THE JULY. 1ST 2020 FOR NEXT FISCAL YEAR STARTS, THAT LINE ITEM WOULD BE MINIMAL IF AT ALL, FOR THE SETUP COSTS, MAINTENANCE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, RIGHT? EXACTLY EXACTLY. THAT'S GREAT, THANK YOU. SALES AND MARKETING PROGRAMS. THAT SEEMS TO BE THE BULK OF WHAT YOU KNOW THAT THAT'S THE INTENTION, RIGHT? AND OBVIOUSLY I'M HOPING ANY OFFSET OF THE ONE TIME COST MOVING FORWARD. YOU CAN PUT MORE AND MORE INTO THAT SALES AND MARKETING. CORRECT CORRECT. UM I WANT TO JUMP NOW BACK TO OPERATING CASH. NOW I GET CONTINGENCY AND RESERVE I GET THE COMMENTARY ON OPERATING CASH RELATED TO CASH FLOWS. BUT IT SEEMS TO ME THAT I MEAN, THIS IS OVER A THIRD OF THE BUDGET, RIGHT? YOU'RE TALKING FOUR PLUS MONTHS OF OPERATING CASH. SEEMS A LITTLE HIGH TO ME, PARTICULARLY WHEN OH, ALTHOUGH THERE'S SOME SEASONALITY, I'M SURE TO LOCAL HOTELIERS. AND MAYBE THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO SMOOTH OUT. IT SEEMS LIKE A FAIRLY STEEP CURVE. IS IT IS IT BECAUSE THERE IS THAT MUCH VARIABILITY WHERE YOU MIGHT GO A PERIOD OF TIME WHERE YOU NEED UPWARDS OF FOUR MONTHS OF CASH ON HAND, OR, YOU KNOW, CAN YOU JUST TALK MORE ABOUT HOW THAT DOLLAR WAS DETERMINED AGAIN BECAUSE FOR YOU KNOW, IDEALLY, WE'D LIKE TO SEE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE GOING TO SALES, MARKETING AND PROGRAMS. RIGHT SO WHY SO MUCH GOING INTO THE OPERATING CASH RESERVED THE THOUGHT FROM THE BOARD AT THAT POINT WAS A COMBINATION OF FACTORS, SOME OF WHICH YOU MENTIONED RIGHT, SO SOME OF IT WAS TO AGAIN. WE HAVE $0 TODAY. SO PART OF IT IS THE BUILD UP. AND WHILE IT DOES LOOK LIKE ALMOST A THIRD OF THAT 37% 37.2% OF OUR CURRENT BUDGET OUR GOAL OF THAT 3.2 IS TO GROW THE $3.2 MILLION BUDGET, SO AS A PERCENTAGE THAT WILL DECLINE AS WE GET MORE AND MORE SO IT WON'T BE QUITE AS 100% OF A SETUP COSTS. WE JUST WENT THROUGH FOR THE SOFTWARE, BUT THAT OPERATING CASH AS A PERCENTAGE OF OUR TOTAL BUDGET SHOULD DECREASE, SO IT'S REALLY TO RAMP UP MAKING SOME WERE BEING FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. WE BELIEVE THAT APPROXIMATELY FROM DECEMBER 1ST. WE'RE STARTING TO GET MONEY IF WE START COLLECTING OR STARTING, ASSESSING OCTOBER 1 COLLECTING DECEMBER 1 APPROXIMATELY SEVEN MONTHS TILL JUNE. $30 MILLION SHOULD BE ENOUGH TO GO AFTER NEW BUSINESS WITH THE RURAL TOURISM AND CONTINGENT WITH PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM. AND THEN JULY 1 FOR OUR NEW FISCAL WILL HAVE SEVEN MORE MONTHS OF DATA TO MAKE THEM MORE DATA DRIVEN DECISION TO SAY WHAT MAKES MORE SENSE THAT PERCENTAGE SHOULD COME DOWN. SO THAT THIS BUDGET ON ANYONE'S BASIS WE HAVE ANTICIPATED BEING $55.3 MILLION VERSUS 3.2. BASED ON HISTORICAL DATA. ONCE WE RAMP UP AND TO YOUR POINT, IT'S THIS IS ON FRONT LOADED, CAUSE YOU'RE 
          [00:20:01]
TRYING TO BUILD THOSE OPERATING CASH RESERVES ONCE YOU'VE BUILT THEM, AND YOU JUST MAINTAINING THEM. THE ONGOING IMPACT IS MINIMAL, CORRECT. UM LAST QUICK THINGS ABOUT THE SECTIONS AFTER THAT CHANGES TO BOUNDARIES, RENEWAL DISSOLUTION. AND THE DISSOLUTION. I'M GOING TO GO BACKWARDS DISSOLUTION. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT GAVE ME A LITTLE BIT OF HEARTBURN WAS THE DISSOLUTION. ACTUALLY REQUIRES TO BE GENERATED FROM YOU ALL AND THAT'S HOW IT'S SET UP IN STATUTE. I CAN'T CHANGE THAT RIGHT, BUT IT'S A BIT OF A REVERSE THING. IF THIS LEGISLATIVE BODY THINKS THAT THIS THIS BOARD OR THIS, COMMISSIONER, THIS THIS GROUP IS GOING WRONG, RIGHT, WHICH I'M SURE IT WAS TO BE CLEAR, BUT YOU NEVER KNOW. RIGHT NOT YOU'RE NOT HERE AND WE'RE ALL GONE AND A BUNCH OF PEOPLE WITH QUESTIONABLE MOTIVES, RIGHT TAKE OVER THE BOARD. AH WE DON'T HAVE THE POWER TO DISSOLVE THEM. BUT THEN WHEN I LOOKED UP AND IT SAYS RENEWAL, IT SAYS THE INITIAL TERM IS SEVEN YEARS OF DATA FORMATION. MAY SUBSEQUENTLY RENEWED FOR ADDITIONAL TURN BY FOLLOWING PROCEDURE ESTABLISHMENT PROVIDED IN KRS 91 WHATEVER BUT YOUR NUMBERS. IS THAT? WHAT IS THE PROCEDURE? DOES THAT COME BACK TO US FOR A VOTE? OR IS THAT JUST LIKE A PETITION? YOU ALL MAKE TO RENEW IT? WHAT'S THE ACTUAL RENEWAL PROCESS IN SEVEN YEARS? FROM MY UNDERSTANDING WOULD BE A PETITION. WE COULD EXTEND THE EXISTING EXISTING ORDINANCE THAT EXISTS. WE COULDN'T ENACT A NEW ONE. THAT WOULD ALSO BE SOMETHING IF WE AS A BOARD, THE BOARD WANTED TO DETERMINE TO CHANGE THE ASSESSMENT FEE THAT WOULD BE AT THAT TIME TO DO THAT, IF IT WAS TOO LOW COMPETITIVELY IF OTHER DESTINATIONS ARE DOING 2.5 VERSUS 1.5, OR BECAUSE THE OTHER WAY WE WOULD HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO THAT AT SEVEN YEARS, BUT IT COULD BE MY UNDERSTANDING. DISSOLVED BEFORE THAT, BASED ON THE VOTES THAT WERE ALL THAT YOU OUTLINED THE 33% YES. SO IN OTHER WORDS IN SEVEN YEARS, THAT IS THE SORT OF CONTROL POINT THAT THIS LEGISLATIVE BODY HAS TO SAY. OKAY WE'RE GOING TO ACCEPT THE RENEWAL OR LIKE WE DON'T WANT TO RENEW THIS, IN ADDITION TO THE ANNUAL BUDGET PROCESS, YES. CORRECT RIGHT? YEAH OKAY. I GOT YOU. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU, MR CHAIRMAN. THANK YOU JUST WANT TO FOLLOW UP WITH THIS NEW ASSESSMENT. IS THIS A MISSUS? A PASS THROUGH. SORT OF THINGS SO HOTEL GUESTS WILL GOOD. WE'LL SEE THIS ON THEIR BILL. ASSUME YES, THEY WILL. WHERE DOES THIS AND THAT WE HAD THIS DISCUSSION WHEN WE DID ENACTED, BUT UM YOU KNOW, SENILITY SETS IN AS YOU GET OLDER. SO WHERE DOES THIS PUT US NOW? WITH OUR PEER CITIES . I KNOW LOUISVILLE WAS KIND OF ON THE LOW END, AND THIS WOULD KIND OF TAKE US UP A TEAR. DOES THIS PUT US SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE. WHAT IS IT? WHAT IS IT NOW? WHAT WHAT? WHAT'S THE AMOUNT IS IT? YES WE ARE STILL IN THE MIDDLE. SO IT'S 16.07% ALL ALL IN RIGHT NOW AND OBVIOUSLY 1.5 ON TOP OF THAT INCLUSIVE OF ALL TAXES, AND THIS WOULD BE THE ASSESSMENT 1.5 ON TOP. BUT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION WOULD BE THE MIDDLE OF COMPETITIVE SETS. WE ARE THE 207TH DISTRICT, UNITED STATES TO FORM THIS, SO THERE ARE A LOT AND THERE ARE MORE THAT ARE UNDER CONSIDERATION RIGHT NOW, AS WELL AS LEXINGTON. AN HOUR USED TO HERE, OBVIOUSLY, SO THERE ARE MORE FOREIGN AS OF TODAY, WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE, SO AS THIS GOES ON SO IT STANDS TO REASON WE WOULD BE ON THE LOWER END. I WANT MORE PEOPLE HAVE THESE DISTRICTS INVOLVED. GOTCHA AND LEXINGTON IS THE ONLY CITY OTHER CITY IN KENTUCKY. TO DATE THAT IS FORMED ONE OF THESE CHARACTERS AND SOMETHING ELSE HAPPENED TODAY, AND I BELIEVE THAT IS CORRECT. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN ARTHUR. THANK YOU. CHAIR WHEN YOU FIRST STARTED WORKING ON THIS. I KNOW THE SUPPORTERS TALKED ABOUT MAKING A CONTRIBUTION OR DONATION. COULD YOU TELL ME WHAT THE FINAL PERCENTAGE OF YOUR OVERALL REVENUE WAS GOING TO BE TOWARDS THAT THAT THAT DONATION DONATION . TO THE HOMELESSNESS INITIATIVES AND LOUISVILLE. YES YES. SO IF YOU SEE IN OUR BUDGET PLAN, WE HAVE THE TOUR TOURISM INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM CONSIDERATIONS THAT WE HAVE. AND SO RIGHT NOW, IN CONJUNCTION WITH LOUISVILLE TOURISM, WHICH I KNOW THEY'RE LOOKING AT HAVING INITIATIVES AS WELL. WE HAVEN'T DETERMINED AN EXACT PERCENTAGE UNTIL OUR BUDGETS APPROVED. WE CAN WE CANNOT ALLOCATE ANY DOLLARS OF THIS ASSESSMENT UNTIL THE BUDGET APPROVED THEN WE BRING THAT BEFORE THE BOARD, SO IF YOU'LL SEE THERE'S ABOUT FOUR CATEGORIES IN THAT AREA, ONE IS FOR TOURISM INFRASTRUCTURE, WHICH I KNOW IS A POINT OF CONVERSATION. DURING THE ORIGINAL ORDINANCE. WHICH WAS THE FOUR MAIN COMPONENTS OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH DIRECT NEW DIRECT SERVICE TO LOUISVILLE PARTNERSHIP WITH TORQUE TO PROVIDE IMPROVED ACCESS TO JEFFERSON COUNTY STRATEGIES TO RESOLVE HOMELESS AND PANHANDLING AND ASSESS HOTELS IN JEFFERSON COUNTY, WHICH I BELIEVE IS THE POINT YOU'RE ALLUDING TO AND BRANDED WAY FINDING THROUGHOUT JEFFERSON COUNTY ENHANCING NEIGHBORHOODS AND ASSESS HOTEL PROPERTIES IN THOSE AREAS, SO IT WOULD BE TO THE BOARD. WE NEED TO DETERMINE WHAT THAT AMOUNT IS. ONCE THE BUDGET IS APPROVED. 
          UNDERSTOOD AND I'LL JUST MAKE THE CASE I MADE LAST YEAR AS YOU ALL CONSIDER THOSE DONATIONS. AS MUCH AS WE APPRECIATE. YOU WANTED TO SPREAD THE LOVE. I WOULD STRONGLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO FOCUS ON ONE INITIATIVE OR SMALLER AMOUNT OF INITIATIVES WITH MORE FUNDING, AS OPPOSED TO LESS FUNDING FOR MORE INITIATIVES, IF YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN PAGE IN TEEN. THANK YOU TOTALLY AGREE WITH COUNCILMAN ARTHUR'S LAST COMMENT 
          [00:25:06]
ABOUT FOCUS ON THOSE THINGS WITH THAT SAID, I WANT TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THE ROLE OF WHAT THIS GROUP IS DOING VERSUS THE ROLE OF US. FOR EXAMPLE, THERE WAS SOME TALK EARLY ONLINE. I THINK DURING THE FORMATION OF THIS ABOUT YOUR GROUP FUNDING SOME SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS, RIGHT? I WANT TO MAKE A VERY, VERY STRONG CASE THAT THAT IS 100% NOT WHAT THIS IS SUPPOSED TO DO, RIGHT? THIS IS SUPPOSED TO DO THINGS THAT I THINK ARE THE VERY GRAY AREA. I COULD ARGUE VERY EASILY OR NOT SOMETHING THAT LOCAL GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE DOING, RIGHT. I KNOW. 
          FOR EXAMPLE, ADDITIONAL SECURITY FOR CERTAIN EVENTS THAT BRING IN A LOT OF TOURISM RIGHT, THE CITY AND THE TAXPAYERS CAN PAY FOR A CERTAIN LEVEL OF SECURITY. BUT IT IS HARD TO SAY THAT IT IS THE CITIZENRY'S JOB HERE TO PAY FOR THIS AUGMENTED LEVEL OF SECURITY FOR SPECIFIC EVENTS OR ADVERTISING AND MARKETING TO ENCOURAGE TOURISM. RIGHT THAT'S A GRAY AREA ON SHOULD THE CITY DO THAT? WHAT IS VERY CLEAR IS THAT THE CITY SHOULD PROVIDE BASIC PROTECTION, RIGHT? WE SHOULD BE PROVIDING PAVED ROADS AND SIDEWALKS, RIGHT? UM, AND MY POINT IN SAYING THIS IS. TO THE POINT THAT WAS BROUGHT UP BY MY COLLEAGUE, COUNCILMAN ARTHUR HOMELESSNESS. COMBATING HOMELESSNESS, UM, IS PART OF THE CITY'S FUNCTION. I WOULD ARGUE, YOU KNOW, PREFERABLY WE GET SOME HELP FROM THE STATE ALSO. BUT ALTHOUGH I AGREE WITH HIM IF YOU IF YOU IF YOU WANT TO MAKE A VOLUNTARY DONATION AND BE A PART OF FOCUSING ON ONE VERY HIGHLY EFFECTIVE PROGRAM, I THINK THAT'S NOT A BAD THING. BUT I DO WANT TO BE CAREFUL FOR US AS LEGISLATORS TO START DUMPING ON THIS GROUP OR OTHERS. AND SAYING , WELL, SINCE WE'RE NOT SOLVING THE PROBLEM, WELL, WE'RE GOING TO DUMP IT ON SOMEBODY ELSE AND EVER BE THEIR PROBLEM OR TAKE AWAY FROM THEIR BUDGET. I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T GET IN THAT HABIT, AND WE CONTINUE TO TRY TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES AND NOT SEE THIS GROUP AS A NEW FUNDING SOURCE TO SOLVE PROBLEMS THAT THE CITY INHERENTLY IS VERY CLEARLY RESPONSIBLE FOR SO SOMETHING FOR US AS AS LEGISLATORS TO CONSIDER SOMETHING FOR THE ADMINISTRATION. AH TO CONSIDER AND MAKE SURE WE DON'T WE'RE AS CAREFUL AS POSSIBLE NOT TO BLUR THE LINE TOO MUCH. AND YOU KNOW , THERE'S GONNA BE SOME CLOSE CALLS AND SOME GRAY AREAS. THAT'S FINE. BUT YOU KNOW, I WANT TO MAKE THAT POINT IS YOU GUYS ARE CONSIDERING YOUR ACTUAL BUDGET AND HOW TO USE THESE DOLLARS THAT WE AS A CITY ORENT. 
          UM ON CALLING OFF OUR RESPONSIBILITIES TO YOU. AND I THINK. MY COLLEAGUE MAY WANT TO SAY SOMETHING AFTER THAT. SORRY LONG GOT THE SYSTEM. I GOT TO PICK MY BABIES UP, BUT I'M JUST GONNA REPLY. YOU CAN AND I JUST WANT TO SAY YOU KNOW WE AROUND HERE WE TALK ABOUT PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS TO SOLVE PROBLEMS. IT DOESN'T ALWAYS HAVE TO BE GOVERNMENT AND THERE'S NO I DON'T THINK THERE'S ALWAYS SUCH CLEAR LINES ON WHAT'S GOVERNMENT'S RESPONSIBILITY AND WHAT'S NOT GOVERNMENT'S RESPONSIBILITY. I THINK WE ALWAYS LIKE TO TALK ABOUT IT. 
          BUT THEN THE SAME THING. WE LIKE TO TALK ABOUT PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS. WE HAVE A BIG PROBLEM. WE WOULDN'T BE SOLVING HOMELESSNESS ISSUES JUST BY GOVERNMENT. THERE'S A LOT OF LOT OF ORGANIZATIONS OUT THERE CATHOLIC CHARITIES AND OTHERS THAT ARE HELPING US SO WE'LL TAKE ALL THE HELP WE CAN GET IN SOLVING ANY OF OUR PROBLEMS FROM ANYBODY WHO'S WILLING TO REGARDLESS. COUNCILMAN ARTHUR I WAS GONNA TURN ON DISAGREEMENT INTO AN AGREEMENT. BECAUSE I DO THINK THERE'S A RESPONSIBILITY OUTSIDE OF GOVERNMENT TO ADDRESS SOME OF THESE ISSUES. WE TALK OFTEN ABOUT HOW TOURISM IS SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T NECESSARILY REAP THE BENEFITS OF SO AS YOU ALL ARE GETTING YOUR REVENUE WHETHER IT'S THROUGH THIS FUNCTION OF YOUR PRIVATE FUNCTION, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE REAP SOME OF THE BENEFITS AS WELL THAT OUR CITIZENS REAP SOME OF THOSE BENEFITS, SO WE DON'T THINK THAT SOLELY YOUR RESPONSIBILITY. BUT LIKE THE CHAIR SAID, WE WOULD APPRECIATE AS MUCH HELP AS WE CAN GET. ESPECIALLY BECAUSE SOMETIMES YOU ALL ARE ROLLING IN THE DOUGH. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. I JUST WANNA ACKNOWLEDGE RECEIVED AND HEARD ALL THREE OF YOU. SO THANK YOU FOR ALL THREE OF THOSE POINTS, AND HE'S ROLLING TOO. SO WE'LL SEE. THANK YOU. COUNSELING ARTHUR WASN'T ME RECORDED. I TELL YOU MY FORECAST LAST 90 DAYS, BUT THAT'S A DIFFERENT CONVERSATION. I CAN'T GO ON RECORD ON THAT. OKAY I DON'T SEE ANYBODY ELSE IN THE CUBE. AND SO THIS IS A RESOLUTION. OH, YOU ARE SO JUST JUST WANT TO FOLLOW UP ON MY DON'T SEE YOU IN IT. SO, COUNCILWOMAN PURPOSES, SEE ME? NO, I DON'T. BUT THAT'S OKAY . IT'S ALL GOOD. OKAY. THANK YOU . I JUST WANT TO RESPOND TO MY COLLEAGUE'S COMMENT ABOUT YOU GUYS ROLLING IN THE DOUGH, AND WE'LL HAVE TO SAY THIS THAT THEY HAVE BEEN VERY CHARITABLE TIMES OF NEED LAST YEAR WHEN WE HAD A LOT OF FAMILIES. DISPLACED DUE TO A HUGE FAR AND THEY WERE 
          [00:30:07]
VERY, VERY NICE AND ACCOMMODATING, UH, INPUTTING THESE PEOPLE? YEAH AND PUT GOLD HOUSE INCLUDED IN PUTTING THESE PEOPLE UP, SO THANK YOU AGAIN. YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU. THEY DO SHARE THE LOVE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN PURVIS. SORRY. I DIDN'T SEE THAT. I DON'T SEE ANYBODY ELSE IN THE QUEUE. SO THIS IS A RESOLUTION CALLING FOR A VOICE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY, AYE, AYE. THOSE OPPOSE THE HAVE IT, MADAM CLERK IF YOU'D SEND THIS TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR. AND SAYING NO OTHER BUSINESS BEFORE US. THIS MEETING IS HEREBY JOURNEY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.