Ready to go.

I'm going to call a meeting to order.

If the I can't see the administration's table or is everybody ready in attendance?

Ready to rock.

Okay.

Thanks.

All right, give me one second here.

Okay.

I would like to call well pursuant to Lakewood codified ordinances 109.01B1 as chair.

I'm calling for this evening's finance committee to be held partially by video conference due to the special circumstance of personal illness.

Under ordinance 109.01c, council members participating remotely need not be present for the purposes of voting or determining a quorum.

So I'd like to call the meeting to order.

There's a couple points I'll make.

First, I'm going to be fairly brief in my remarks.

Before I forget the law directions there, there's a typo in the section two of resolution.

The second second resolution of the document, which is uh related to let me just call it up.

Minor point, but I wanted to get it, so I don't forget it.

Okay, section two of the ordinance 2025-60.

No, under the rock thing.

Hold on one second, yes.

2025 66.

Section two of resolution 2025-65.

Um properties are deep properties are deeded to have met been met.

I think it probably means property are deemed to have been met.

So deed should be deemed, I think, in section two.

Just don't let us forget that.

Thanks.

Okay.

Um to the top of the order.

We've got the presentation from Director Byington and uh direct development officer Wyman, and I think at least one of the co-chairs of the Citizens Advisory Committee to present us on what their recommendations are.

Before jumping into that, council colleagues, do you have any questions or opening remarks you'd like to make?

Okay.

Why don't we proceed with the presentation?

Thanks.

Um Director Bington, if you're there, or Mr.

Wyman.

Uh I'll take your name's Dan Wyman.

Uh I serve as development officer in Lakewood's department.

I think it's on again.

Uh I'll start over.

Uh my name is Dan Wyman.

I serve as development officer in Lakewood's Department of Planning and Development.

I'd like uh to thank committee members for this opportunity to discuss Lakewood's federal funding sources and the annual citizens advisory committee process through which these funds are allocated.

Um it's my pleasure to introduce FY26 Citizens Advisory Committee co-chair Claire Foley.

Um, and thank her for service to the her service to our community.

Unfortunately, Claire's co-chair Gail Davis is unable to attend this evening.

Again, my sincere thanks to Gail and Claire for their active participation, leadership, and service to our community.

Um the uh member the 17 members of this year's uh advisor committee are on the left side of the slide, and co chairs Davis and Foley are indicated.

On the right side is this year's meeting schedule.

Um the committee convened four times in August and September, which is typical uh annually.

Um of those meetings, the first and the fourth included mandate uh mandatory public hearings how it requires that at least two public hearings uh be held each year during the CAC process.

Um all of the meetings are are made public uh and are open to the public and properly noticed.

Um the committee reviewed funding applications and heard presentations from city departments and not for profit agencies requesting 2026 community development block grant or CDBG and emergency solutions grant or ESG funds.

The committee reviewed funding applications and heard presentations from city departments and not-for-profit agencies requesting 2026 community development block grant for CDBG and emergency solutions grant or ESG funds.

The CAC developed 2026 CDBG and ESG funding allocation recommendations based on an estimated CDBG award in 2026 of 1.75 million dollars, which is a bit lower than previous years given statements by the current administration regarding uh decreased funding for federal housing programs as well as a an appropriation by the US House of Representatives of $3.3 billion, which is level funding the same as 2025, but a $3.1 billion appropriation by the Senate, which still needs to be reconciled.

So given those variables, um I just I thought we needed to be conservative in our estimate to make sure we didn't overshoot it, and um it's better to kind of uh underpromise and uh be able to increase the allocations when we find out what the actual award is rather than to over overpromise and then have to decrease them.

Um the next slide uh shows the uh citizens advisory committee's 2026 uh allocation recommendations in the far right column also included here are the each each activities 2025 allocation and each activities 2026 funding request.

Um what you see shaded at the bottom, this the bottom seven uh programs or activities they're called activities in CDBG parlance, um, are what are called public services activities.

Um those are those are shaded uh and called out because those activities may not exceed 15 percent of total allocations, which in our case would be 1.7 as indicated at the bottom of the slide, uh 15 percent of 1.75 million dollars, which is 262,500.

So if you add up on the far right column those seven amounts, you will arrive at 262,500.