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HCHA meeting <br />Sako: Correct. <br />November 5, 2020 <br />Kierkiewicz: .... so I ... I feel for you, there's certainly empathy here in that this is a <br />very very challenging program to under take and manage but I'm gunna ask <br />my colleagues for some time to defer this because we are gunna get another <br />mayor and a new council and its just so late in this administration to be making <br />this decision specifically because we do not have other documents and data <br />that we have been begging for that would help us to make an informed <br />decision. <br />Le: So specific to the overall recovery plan ... the recovery zones plan and also <br />the economic recovery plan our teams needs to work to finalize it and were <br />standing up a meeting with the task force to do a final review and discussion on <br />it before we re are prepared to release it publicly that's in about 2 weeks from <br />now. I understand the concerns about how the decision before the agency <br />today around these funds and this program, how without the broader plans <br />being black and white for everyone that really leads to question right about <br />how does this all fit into the bigger picture. I think with the work that we have <br />been able to move forward, the grants that are helping folks rebuild, this options <br />around a buyout that will give folks flexibility and options about rebuilding their <br />lives whether where they were or not it speaks to this balance that were really <br />working to drive around choice and thinking about affordability, these are real <br />top of my concerns for our communities during as disaster, or even not during a <br />disaster and they are different pieces of the broader puzzle, I understand those <br />plans will help to knit the full picture including some of the actions that aren't <br />...haven't come before us but just know that we are working really hard to kind <br />of fill in that picture and get those plans out so folks have that direction. I think <br />one of the challenges has been like with all the different federal funding streams <br />we're constantly tracking eight different types of timelines or even lapse of <br />timelines on the opposite side unfortunately sometimes and so we've really had <br />to keep all the plates spinning at the same time relative to being able to make <br />progress to help the folks in the way that these HUD funds could and we hear <br />from one or two folks every single week asking where could I sign up? how do I <br />learn more? What action can I take? what document do I need to put in? so we <br />know that the need is still there to be able to be able to move proactively and <br />meet HUDs requirements and there expectations while we also work to paint the <br />full picture as part of this recovery process. <br />Kierkiewicz: Thank you Douglas. Thanks Deanna. Again I'm gunna ask my col ... I <br />gunna my colleagues to weigh in on this but I'm just asking for a bit more time. <br />I'm sorry its probably its not what you wanted to hear form me but just in really <br />thinking about this and evaluating where we are it just is critically urgent for us to <br />get this long term vision set so we know where this program fits in and if there's <br />Page 32 of 36 <br />