Is Bobby here?

And you are recording.

No.

Does that mean we were recording dead air?

Do we have to start over?

I'm gonna start the vo the vocal part over again just so that's on the record fully, because we were muted but recording the mute.

Um so we're calling to order a meeting of the human affairs committee on February ninth, twenty twenty six, um in the Aldermanic chamber, and it's been duly noticed in two places, including the city's website, in accordance with the requirements of RSA ninety-one A uh two Roman numero two.

Um we're going to do a roll call.

Um Alderman at large Shawna Kelly.

I'm here.

Alderman Thomas Lopez is here, Alderwoman at large, uh Amber Morgan.

Yeah.

Alderman Steven Chess?

Here.

Alderman Tim Sennett.

Here.

Um also in attendance is uh Alderman Johnson um and various city officials.

Um moving to uh our first order of business, um we need to elect a clerk.

So can I would like to hear nominations for a clerk?

Um I would like to uh nominate Alderman Senate as the Human Affairs Committee clerk.

Okay.

Um Alderman Morgan has made a recommendation has made a nomination.

Are there any further nominations?

Without objection, we will close the nominations.

No, you have to I have to make a motion to close the nominations.

Okay.

I guess if you're objecting, you can make that motion.

You need to make a motion.

I move to close the nominations.

All those in favor?

Aye.

Opposed?

Nominations are closed.

Now all those in favor of Alderman Senate as clerk, say aye.

Aye.

Aye.

Opposed.

Alderman Senate, please take your clerk seat up here.

And Deptism sustainability manager.

Um now we are uh opening up public comment.

Any members of the public wishing to speak on the issues we are planning that are on our agenda, please come forward.

Seeing none.

Um discussions and or presentations.

We have a presentation um, or more of an orientation, I guess, on C D BG home programs.

Good evening, Mr.

Chairman, members of the committee.

Uh good to see some of you again.

Hope to like to introduce myself.

I'm Mike Jungers, I'm the urban programs manager.

Uh I will give a very brief uh summary of the grant funded programs that are in my department.

And then I would like to invite anyone who has further questions uh to contact me and I'd be happy to go elaborate to your heart's content.

So the City of Nashua is an entitlement community under HUD, which means we receive community development block grant and home funds annually with a formula award.

Typically our awards are a little over 600,000 in CDBG and about 400,000 in home, and we're expecting a similar amount for this upcoming year.

Excuse me.

So these funds are intended to benefit low and mod um income families and households within the Nashua community.

And to that effect, we award grant funds to nonprofits for facility improvements as well as support their public services, and we have several programs for uh housing repair in different configurations to help support the Nashua homeowners.

The application process for this under CDBG is currently open and will be closing at the end of the month.

And we're expecting to present the committee by March 6th with March 6th with a uh a packet containing summaries of the applications and some technical scoring.

Uh this is the traditional way that we've done things in urban programs, and then by the end of April at the Human Affairs Committee on the 20th, have a uh uh scoring where we take notes and you guys decide who gets uh how much in funding.

Uh there are a few things that have come up lately related to the federal funding that have been challenging from the regulatory side of things and a lot of uncertainty.