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Economic Vitality Committee <br />Minutes <br />April 15, 2020 <br />Page 2 of 7 <br />the City. The Committee agreed to remove industry categories of “food stores” <br />and “auto dealers/gas service stations” from eligibility. <br /> <br />The EVC began a review of the application checklist and the changes Director <br />Pierce made based on the EVC discussion on Monday, April 13th; those <br />changes will be summarized for the Council’s discussion. <br /> <br />The application will be updated to include the $100,000 from the LRC. Chair <br />Dickinson said he appreciated the contribution from the LRC, bringing the total <br />funds available to $350,000. <br /> <br />Pending adoption by City Council, Director Pierce would like two days to <br />promote the program, then open the program to begin accepting applications <br />Wednesday, April 22nd or Thursday, April 23rd. Chair Dickinson would like to <br />start promoting as soon as Friday, then open for acceptance of applications <br />Wednesday through Friday at midnight. Director Pierce thinks Wednesday – <br />Friday is reasonable. Director Pierce has been encouraging people to go to the <br />website for information and updates. <br /> <br />Program Eligibility <br />Mayor Pro Tem Maloney wants to clarify: current on all accounts means filed <br />and fully remitted. All were in agreement with this definition. <br /> <br />Chair Dickinson said the Economic Vitality Committee (EVC) recognizes how <br />difficult it is for businesses to not be current on City accounts to not be eligible <br />for a grant. <br /> <br />Preference <br />Mayor Stolzmann appreciates Director Pierce’s clarity on this. Director Pierce <br />will change wording to make it clearer that grants will be given to the listed <br />types of business. She will craft definition language to help businesses know <br />which category they are in. <br /> <br />Categories were discussed and whether or not they should be included. Mayor <br />Stolzmann recognizes that every business is hurting. Council is trying to target <br />small businesses. Mayor Pro Tem Maloney said the grant program is trying to <br />target non-essential businesses that are not viable right now because they are <br />not considered essential. <br />