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@TV20Cleveland Roll call is done Anthony Hairston is discussing an amendment from yesterday..he handed over a long piece of paper to his contemporary Santana

@TV20Cleveland Community Programming and the new director on her first day and some of her staff is introduced to the @CleCityCouncil

@TV20Cleveland @CleCityCouncil Joseph Wacker said the people would be paid from cbdg funds for the most part

@TV20Cleveland @CleCityCouncil 369k will pay for the salaries
Community Engagement Specialists these people will be directly working with the people of #Cleveland
@jsantanaward14 asked about bilingual people and was told there was no one who applied that made the process

@TV20Cleveland @CleCityCouncil @jsantanaward14 Santana said often that she and her staff are interpreting for the people who only speak Spanish
@jennyspencercle spoke to the need for understanding the new language used for the former words used for the team now

@TV20Cleveland @CleCityCouncil @jsantanaward14 @jennyspencercle Healthy Home positions are now Community Engagement department...
Structure of the citywide area is explained
Two different groups are present
One groups working with the CDC
The second working from the city

@TV20Cleveland @CleCityCouncil @jsantanaward14 @jennyspencercle Spencer asked about the new positions and the source of fundings for the people who were in the room earlier.
She further stated she feels that a TeachIn is necessary

@TV20Cleveland @CleCityCouncil @jsantanaward14 @jennyspencercle Clear Intention and Uniformity is vital
Development is necessary for the workers and council is needed
Hairston agrees with her

@TV20Cleveland @CleCityCouncil @jsantanaward14 @jennyspencercle @KrisHarsh has an idea of moving the personnel to the Building and housing departments to cover the need for the #PositiveChanges needed in the city

@TV20Cleveland @CleCityCouncil @jsantanaward14 @jennyspencercle @KrisHarsh Spencer spoke to the differences between the job description
The department director believes that the new positions and training will enable the people hired to serve the people better

@TV20Cleveland @CleCityCouncil @jsantanaward14 @jennyspencercle @KrisHarsh The department has seen 4000 places last year in the city
Hairston spoke to the possible collaborators in getting things done in interaction

@TV20Cleveland @CleCityCouncil @jsantanaward14 @jennyspencercle @KrisHarsh Next up Neighborhood Development Grant's
Wacker spoke about this
Personnel has changed for this expense

@TV20Cleveland @CleCityCouncil @jsantanaward14 @jennyspencercle @KrisHarsh 493k per ward is allotted minus senior transportation of 200k per ward this was questioned by Joe Jones #Ward1 who asked if the company doing a good job. Wacker said the city has looked at the service.
Jones asked for a breakdown of the Services

@TV20Cleveland @CleCityCouncil @jsantanaward14 @jennyspencercle @KrisHarsh Hairston agreed and wants a complete picture of the program that spends 200k for the entire 17 wards
Jones asked about the lack of service, Hairston said he wanted to know the denial reasons as well..

@TV20Cleveland @CleCityCouncil @jsantanaward14 @jennyspencercle @KrisHarsh Jones went back to the Community Engagement situation and the lack of follow and efficiency..is a development of helping Building and housing get results?
His wards are full of structures in disrepair for 30 years

@TV20Cleveland @CleCityCouncil @jsantanaward14 @jennyspencercle @KrisHarsh The director said the intent is to cover this during the summer training spoke about by Councilwoman Spencer
Jones asked how do we really get things done?
This is a massive issue and whatever it takes needs to be done

@TV20Cleveland @CleCityCouncil @jsantanaward14 @jennyspencercle @KrisHarsh Jones suggests a streamlined hybrid to get the work done
Issues and problems should get granular with over 100 inspectors
And no help for the people who live in the city

@TV20Cleveland @CleCityCouncil @jsantanaward14 @jennyspencercle @KrisHarsh @R1chardStarr spoke to the 12 million dollars and the usage he wanted an explanation for the funds not used.
million dollars is unspent funds according to the people in the department
Hairston explained how the prior year shows on the budget

@TV20Cleveland @CleCityCouncil @jsantanaward14 @jennyspencercle @KrisHarsh @R1chardStarr Wacker and Hairston explained the issue
Starr asked about the additional funds being used. And the fact that HUD has been on the city for not spending awarded funding

@TV20Cleveland @CleCityCouncil @jsantanaward14 @jennyspencercle @KrisHarsh @R1chardStarr Starr also spoke to the NDA funded for low and moderate income.. Wacker gave an answer and Hairston added that the unused funds are not able to be used sometimes
Starr said that there should be solutions that have been in place since Stokes and the 60s

@TV20Cleveland @CleCityCouncil @jsantanaward14 @jennyspencercle @KrisHarsh @R1chardStarr He asked for data that Wacker said he would get to the council
There needs to be a Better Strategy
He advocates for a different way to benefit the people

@TV20Cleveland @CleCityCouncil @jsantanaward14 @jennyspencercle @KrisHarsh @R1chardStarr Starr feels that the city is not consistent in the way this is done as Administrative officers
Courage to make things right are missing he said.

@TV20Cleveland @CleCityCouncil @jsantanaward14 @jennyspencercle @KrisHarsh @R1chardStarr He referred to Stokes and the promise of going after the banks etc and the refusal of funding to issues of allocations in the city
Hairston agreed

@TV20Cleveland @CleCityCouncil @jsantanaward14 @jennyspencercle @KrisHarsh @R1chardStarr @KerryMcCormack1 spoke to the issue and being open to contact

@TV20Cleveland @CleCityCouncil @jsantanaward14 @jennyspencercle @KrisHarsh @R1chardStarr @KerryMcCormack1 Jones thanked Hairston for the discussion
There have been some improvements but the issues exist over the years. He cited Republican rules of the federal government in limiting the benefits

@TV20Cleveland @CleCityCouncil @jsantanaward14 @jennyspencercle @KrisHarsh @R1chardStarr @KerryMcCormack1 Starr stated HUD guidelines have over 100 activities that could be used and the city is only using 3

@TV20Cleveland @CleCityCouncil @jsantanaward14 @jennyspencercle @KrisHarsh @R1chardStarr @KerryMcCormack1 Jones spoke about how slowly the payments came in the past
He asked when will it get better from the chairman. This issue has been around since the Westbrook tenure
We don't need to be the second most impoverished city.

@TV20Cleveland @CleCityCouncil @jsantanaward14 @jennyspencercle @KrisHarsh @R1chardStarr @KerryMcCormack1 30 years ago he had issues with this. Now half of his ward is impoverished. He spoke of transfer sources that could help get past the lack thereof
Hairston will not give a timeline
McCormack said by next budget

@TV20Cleveland @CleCityCouncil @jsantanaward14 @jennyspencercle @KrisHarsh @R1chardStarr @KerryMcCormack1 Spencer asked about the reorganization of Ms Anderson

@TV20Cleveland @CleCityCouncil @jsantanaward14 @jennyspencercle @KrisHarsh @R1chardStarr @KerryMcCormack1 There have been several different departments in this department.

@TV20Cleveland @CleCityCouncil @jsantanaward14 @jennyspencercle @KrisHarsh @R1chardStarr @KerryMcCormack1 More discussion on the behalf of the department was held
Hairston said the total amount 1.8 million to 15 CDC in the city

@TV20Cleveland @CleCityCouncil @jsantanaward14 @jennyspencercle @KrisHarsh @R1chardStarr @KerryMcCormack1 Hairston asked for an explanation of differences in line items
He also asked about award memos not being used in the package
Hairston asked Wacker if the wards don't do what they promised is there any effective way to police the funds

@TV20Cleveland @CleCityCouncil @jsantanaward14 @jennyspencercle @KrisHarsh @R1chardStarr @KerryMcCormack1 Spencer asked about the money that would be new funding

Hairston asked the hard question about the wards who are not using the dollars and still being awarded the same amount
Jones asked for a breakdown of unspent funding

Citywide Grants are next

Sickle cell funding was discussed by Hairston and he voiced his disappointment in the lack thereof
By next year he wants to see different ways to fund
Spencer had some questions

Spencer has asked about Citywide Grants and was told that these organizations would be forwarded to the council
Spencer asked if there is a maximum and was told no

There are no applications available said Wacker and no RFP due to the restructuring of the department..
We want to be focused on the people and their needs..
Spencer said it sounds like there will be more to come

Jones asked about the 500k that the department has no idea where the funds are going
Metrics are looked at in the hope new organizations are included in the scoring matrix he was told

Jones asked Ms Anderson how to get around the issues of seniors who don't qualify and can't get steps replacement

The system is rigged Jones said!
How can our citizens get help when you are over the income level?
Wacker said they are working on the challenge of having 30 millions and having 300 million dollars in improvements necessary

These home repairs are vital

Jones thanked Wacker for his input. He spoke to the banks in the city who don't help
Can we tweak the process he asked? He spoke of his resident in her 80s who was 200 over the limit of help and her frustration

Wacker spoke about other programs
No further questions on the issues

Spencer asked about the budget spending for tree limbs on various areas
She was told the department would get her the figures

Landbank trees parts are funded separately as per the department

Hairston asked all requests are answered in a weeks time
Harsh offered some correction to the budget , he offered to read a long paper.. its not necessary...
Hairston made closing remarks
These amendments are approved

With this the Meeting was adjourned.
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