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Discussion: Councilmember Bullock asked Chief Malley to verify the characterization that this legislation has little effect on LPD's day-to-day operations. Chief Malley affirmed this and stated the Department has no issue with it. On the motion: All members voted in favor. Motion passed. Ordinance 29-19 adopted. 5. Housing Committee report regarding meeting held November 11, 2019. (to be provided) Housing Committee Chairman Anderson delivered the following oral report: The Housing Committee met on November I Ph and talked about Resolution 2019-08, which would add a new tool in our toolbox to advance affordable housing in new multi family and mixed-use construction projects, via the community reinvestment area. This is the first of two hearings that we are going to have on this topic the second is scheduled for 5:00 p.m. on December 2"a. All members of the committee were present as well as members of the administration, notably Planning Director Bryce Sylvester. There is a bit of history in regard to using the community reinvestment area going back a number of years. We talked about the history of that particular tool. We also walked through the various components of our current affordable housing strategy, this additional component is still being considered by the Housing Committee and we look forward to having a conclusion on our deliberation after December 2"d hearing. SO we will look for a more complete as to the recommendations or not on this resolution after December 2"d. Motion by Vice President Anderson, seconded by President O'Leary to receive & file the oral report. All members voted in favor. Motion passed. 6. Finance Committee report regarding meeting held November 18, 2019 (to be provided) Finance Committee Chairman O'Malley delivered the following oral report: The Finance Committee met this evening for what was effectively the beginning of the budget hearing process. We began with an overview of this year's process, which includes about 13 hours' worth of hearings between now and December 16'h and hopefully then we will have a vote on the FY 2020 budget. We got an overview of the budget document and budget 101 from Director Pae, Mayor Summers, and Finance Director Schuster. We had a number of good questions from councilmembers and a good beginning discussion for this hearing process. The Committee is scheduled to meet again on November 25'h from 6:00-8:00 where we will be discussing our Community Development Block Grant/Emergency Solutions Grant allocations. We will be joined at that meeting by the Chair of the Citizens Advisory 4