Yes, no, it's okay.

Okay.

We are going to have an informational meeting.

Um, Mr.

Solicitor, could you please say the name is correct?

Daniel starts in.

Thank you.

Um policy could just say you're in for the records, please.

Project management.

Uh Robert Baptiste, the third uh project management.

Yeah, the guy's gone.

All right, thank you.

Um could you read the first communication from his honor the mayor dating March 27th 2026, submitting the community development off range budget program here 2026 and 2027?

Emily Friedman, director of housing and human services, department of housing and human services.

Alyssa McDermott, director of community development, and human services.

Thank you and welcome.

Uh time we're gonna try and fall with you and notes to go change.

So it's only about a year from you.

I don't know whether we want to start and also say your name for the right things.

Good evening, Emily Friedman, Director of Housing and Human Services.

So it's a pleasure to join me here tonight as we conclude our review of the proposed HUD and title in the grant budget on behalf of Mayor Smiley, the Department of House and Services.

As a reminder, this budget represents our second year of investment on our 2025 to 2029 consolidated.

Over the past few months, we have worked collaboratively to shape a strategic investment of our federal resources, CDBG, homework, ESG, and HOPO funds to meet the evolving needs of our community.

This year this year we received an overwhelming response, receiving nearly 100 proposals.

Of those 100 proposals we received, we were able to find about 40%.

How many?

Four.

So with the requests, we received $17.5 million in requests, including $12.5 million in requests.

Throughout this process, we ensured to prioritize proposals to uh critical services for being accessible, such as food access, child care, homeless production, and refugee support.

We also focus the funding on funding facility and housing proposals that address serious operational barriers such as ADA improvements and fire safety.

And that uh creates also new units uh to our affordable to our lowest income residents.

I want to recognize the hard work of the counselors and of the staff, particularly Kyle Delgado and Robert Baptista for proactively identifying projects that need to work.

Thanks to your diligence, all of the projects for each board have been incorporated into the ordinance, and we are on track to finalize and pass our budget before the May 8th docket deadline.

This keeps us in line for a timely transmission by June July 1st.

Today we plan to substitute the mayor's draft budget with a final ordinance, which has been sent to the chair and vice chair ahead of time for in closing.

I want to sincerely thank all of you for your thoughtful engagement, partnerships, and collaboration throughout this process.

Your commitment has ensured that these federal funds will have the greatest possible impact on Providence residents who need it most.

So noted.

I'd like to point out here to 559, so it's within half an hour.

Thank you, six soliciters.

559, exactly.

There we go.

Do you have any questions for our question or just uh comment?

Oh, please do.

Just wanted to thank you for your due diligence.

Um this committee was chose to leave from them.

Uh the funds were limited, as you said, they were requests of over 17 million dollars.

Yes, 17.5 million requests and uh fund uh a lot of them, and we hope that we can be good.

Um the areas that were important uh for our city and uh thank you for the commission.

Thank you.

Council I have a comment.

I uh I agree.

I think that this is well thought out.

I appreciate that the contact of all of us and talk to all of us to get the information for each of the ones and I see reflecting this.

Thank you.

Um again here from because we love when you give us our process, such great council people, and how wonderful we are still please.

Uh I appreciate your chairwoman.

I mean, I echo the sentiments of uh the councilman, the committee here.

Um also appreciate your working lesson every year.

I think uh even though we want it a little bit more, get a little more efficient.

Even though we've been doing this for several years now, so partnership there is strong.

We have a process that is pretty seamless and efficient.

And so um also wanted to thank Rob.

This is his second ago at the C DPG actually started kind of around this time here, so it was great to see his uh his growth there, and uh all the committee members that made this a uh worthwhile and impactful process.

All these organizations are receiving funds that directly impact the province and how we are able to get this out of committee, we're gonna their job and then get that money out to provide the folks that work hard to faculty stuff.

Everybody here has a hand in that and two of them have to pass a bunch of thank you.

And you just trigger a question, not a question, but just go to red pick of what happens after this.

Uh I mean design tonight we and Tim movement uh then you have a role after this.

That's right.

Um so if we are able to pass substitute this budget in the ordinance format this evening, we are then able to hit the May 1st docket deadline, which means the city council will proceed for two required passages on the 7th through the 21st.

That would then enable us to build this approval budget into a larger annual action plan that's a very uh prescriptive format which we have to submit, which is a much longer narrative document.

You also for each one of these projects have to build out, and so we submit that to HUD.

They have 45 days before we submit from the group.

So by following this timeline, uh and adhering to this timeline, this ensures that we can get our application at the front of the pack, and then we'll be able to improve it, and that will be just by first program or start date with funds to arrive shortly thereafter.

Um so by adhering to that date, if there are no separate shutdowns or any hiccups, uh that means funds will arrive in time for the fall construction season, so we'll have an early project start uh and no disruptions of service by followers' time.

So thank you.

And Robert, we want to hear from you and forgotten about the process.

Well, let's support the people.

I feel pretty good about the work.

I feel pretty good about the timeline.

Uh I think it went pretty smoothly.

New organizations that they would like to help work among the list.

Um it's a pleasure, always very helpful and informative, and I'm just really looking forward to being you know being helpful towards these organizations in our communities that you know help our constituents to people.

It feels good to be able to do that work.

Of course, Kim and then the rest of the council.

I will give a team a motion to substitute the ordinance for this communication.

Second by Vice Chairman Chader, Paul in favor.

Um there's no more discussion.

Okay, is there any more discussions?

I do have something to say.

Yes, this is going so well.

I just want to put my two cent in.

I really want to appreciate this.

Is my last budget, but I want to say working with you guys as a team, and especially with the new clerks coming on and just jumping right in.

You know what I'm trying to say, and and doing the job that you need to do such as making sure you keep us on track and doing your part.

Thank you, Emily Louis for your work, especially with Councilman Child and I running back and forth to make sure that we not only satisfy this committee, but also thank you, Cal and Robert, because I remember the years where it's like fully two to get back at the table of getting projects through the pipeline.

So thank you so much.

This has been a wonderful experience for me, and I can tell you I will always follow this impression in my hand that I have worked for three groups of people to make sure that the city of Province organizations have the resources in order to do their projects and the work that you guys do are amazing.

Every year it gets better and better, Cal.

So I thank you for that.

And if you're let the record show the councilwoman bogus, uh present.

So no one councilwoman, we'd sort of give an old close-up as we are ending this meeting.

So if you have something you want to say, we'll go from there for now for a technical.

Thank you.

Now we'll take a motion to get to the center.

Approve this has an amendment.

Well, that's in the graves.

Now, if there's no more than report is Madam Chair, would you like to make all the um all the committee member uh sponsor for these ordinance?

Would the committee like to co-sign this ordinance?

Yes.

Yes, yes, yes.

So we all want to sign.

Yes, very good.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Same thing.

Well, here I go with my speech.

If there's no more, this is what is home body.

Uh I want to take the motion to each other.

So graves and council bodies, and I was having to challenge all in favor.

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