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08/17/2023 - Meeting Minutes ERIN MENDENHALL L DEPARTMENT of COMMUNITY Mayor y and NEIGHBORHOODS DEPARTMENT of ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 1 1 1 ' AGENDA Thursday,August 17'h, 2023 4:00-6:oopm 1. Roll Call The following members of the Community Recovery Committee were present: Jacob Maxwell, Chairperson Steve Anjewierden,Vice Chairperson Jason Wessel Esther Stowell Matthew Coles Pook Carson Steven Calbert Will Terry Staff Present: Cathie Rigby, Department of Economic Development(DED) Todd Andersen, Department of Economic Development(DED) Jack Markman, Community and Neighborhoods(CAN) Department Michael Johnson, Community and Neighborhoods (CAN) Department Absent: None 2. Briefings by the Staff a. Report from the DED Program Manager Ms. Rigby said the final Committee meeting maybe held in a different room due to construction. BUSINESS ITEMS• 1. Review and Adopt Minutes from April 13th Meeting Mr. Coles motioned to adopt the minutes from the April 13'h meeting as presented.Vice Chairperson Anjewierden seconded the motion.The motion passed unanimously through a roll call vote. Jacob Maxwell-Yes Steve Anjewierden-Yes Jason Wessel-Yes Esther Stowell-Yes ERIN MENDENHALL L DEPARTMENT of COMMUNITY Mayor y and NEIGHBORHOODS DEPARTMENT of ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Matthew Coles-Yes Pook Carson-Yes Steven Calbert-Abstain Will Terry-Abstain 2. Review and Discuss Nonprofit Applications —CAN Mr. Markman noted that most CAN scores were in but there were still some scores outstanding, so staff will give an extra week to Committee members to finish scoring. Ms. Rigby noted that three of CAN's applicants also applied under DED's Community Grant Program: 1) Salt Lake Acting Company, 2) UAACC Charitable Foundation, and 3) Create Reel Change. She explained there could be an issue of duplication if the applicants requested funding for the same programming twice.Mr. Markman said he'd be happy to look at the applications with DED and determine an issue of duplication or not. 3. Review and Discuss Small Business Applications There were no questions on the small business applications. 4. Briefing on Upcoming Week's Small Business Applications Ms. Rigby reminded the Committee they are free to bring up any concerns or feedback about the overall Community Grant program process during meetings.As she presents the Committee's recommendations to the City Council, she wants to confidently show the Council that staff accounted for the Committee's concerns or suggestions to improve the program.Also, DED staff will present the list of recommended nonprofit- subrecipient awardees to the City Council on September 5f. Mr.Wessel said the process was very clear and transparent from the beginning, and that staff has been receptive to the Committee's feedback. One concern was the fact that an applicant with millions in revenue and professional grant writers, compared to an applicant that is running their business single-handedly and barely keeping their business afloat, are considered in the same pool of applicants. He feels this isn't the most fair or equitable way to review applications. Ms. Rigby responded that staff hadn't considered a dollar limit and thanked Mr.Wessel for his feedback. She added that staff could consider that in future grant programs. Mr. Coles agreed with Mr.Wessel's concern but noted that the dollar amount of grants would make a huge difference for smaller businesses or be a smaller help to larger businesses. Vice Chairperson Anjewierden has enjoyed working with this Committee,who have been active and engaged in the review process. He felt that staff excelled at taking the Committee's feedback and putting it into action. He noted a good balance between staff providing structure and expertise to the program while giving the Committee flexibility and latitude to review and score applications in an independent way. 5. Other Business Mr.Wessel asked if next weeks'batch of applications would be batch *8. Ms. Rigby said yes. Ms. Rigby reminded the Committee to submit scores sooner rather than later. She will also find any scores still missing and notify Committee members. ERIN MENDENHALL L DEPARTMENT of COMMUNITY Mayor y and NEIGHBORHOODS DEPARTMENT of ECONOMIC C,nr` .1 DEVELOPMENT 6. Adjourn There being no further business,the meeting was adjourned. Committee Chair This document and the recording constitute the official minutes of the Community Recovery Committee meeting held August 17th, 2023.