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Hearing none, all those in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed? That motion passes. Today we have two committee items that are annual updates and sometimes those are put in by a council member and sometimes those are asked to be put in by a commissioner. And so our first one today is One Lexington. And One Lexington is a city initiative that leverages government resources and community partnerships to address gun violence impacting youth and young adults age 10 through 29. Our One Lexington team is headed by Director Devine Karama, so I will turn this over to him for the presentation. Welcome, Director. Hello, hello. Thank you, Chairperson Reynolds, Vice Chairperson Baxter, Vice Mayor Dan Wu, and the rest of the council members. I see the clock is already starting. I know inside your head you don't think I'm going to get through this in 15 minutes. Watch me work. All right, let's see. I'm going to be respectful of your intelligence and ability to read, so I won't give you the background of One Lexington. But the best way to put it is we are the city's community-based violence prevention program, along with our community partners. And so what we do is we look at gun violence through a public safety lens. We just don't focus on symptoms but the disease itself. And so through the work that we do along with our community partners, we try to address the root causes of gun violence. Our age purview is 10 to 29, but we respond and serve about 90, maybe 95% of all gun violence incidents. All that age purview identifies is as long as somebody in a specific incident falls within that age purview that was affected, then we respond. We operate through our peer model, prevention, intervention, enforcement, and reentry, which is just a way that our community partners can organize themselves within a broader strategy. And so these are some of the numbers last year, but before we get into the numbers, I do want to acknowledge public safety, specifically the Lexington Police Department. I know we get a lot of calls and emails about things that we're doing in Lexington and what's been working. And I think that starts with the police department. I think in 2020, the community had a lot to say. I think our police department listened. We've seen increased community policing strategies, investments in neighborhood resource officers, technology. You can look at the clearance rate last year, and clearly they are kind of leading this movement. But what we learned in the 80s and 90s is that you cannot arrest or incarcerate your way to a safer community long term. And so in the early 2000s, you started to see community-based organizations like One Lexington pop up in cities all over the country. And so we all kind of worked together in synergy, and I think that's why we've seen some of the progress that you'll see here. We've seen about a 60% decrease in gun violence since 2021, 2022. To give you some context, nationally, the country has seen about a 35% decrease in gun violence. And so clearly what we're doing as a city in Lexington, we believe, is something special. We've seen some of the lowest non-fatal shootings in almost two decades and the lowest number of homicides in a decade. And that trend also is for our youth and young adult shooting statistics as well. Getting into some of the engagement stats, you'll see the first one is mediations. Primarily we work with young, I would say probably 18 and under. And so because we're in the school system, because we're doing a lot of outreach events, it creates a lot of opportunities for mediations. Sometimes these mediations are standing between two young people when violence is imminent. Sometimes it is groups that reach out to us and say, hey, can you help us resolve a conflict? Sometimes it's a parent or grandparent asking us to help resolve an issue. Also, you'll see the crisis response referrals. We had 93 last year. I think we only had 69 total shootings. And so we had more crisis response referrals than actual shootings. That is because, and it's one of the many things that makes Lexington different, we just don't respond to shootings. But even if a house is shot up or shots fired call, we respond to that. And so there's trauma that is connected to that, which is why we might have more referrals than actual shooting incidents. And then sometimes we'll have multiple people within an extended family that needs resources. And then here you'll see our youth and young adult engagement, which is driven mostly by our in-school mentoring program. That is a year-round service and it goes right into our summer camp. And so over 5,000 interactions. And the youth that we target are our most vulnerable young people. These are the young people who are either involved in gun violence or who have been directly affected. And so now we're going to get into, and I'm not going to go through everything, but I want to focus on probably the things that the majority of our budget is spent on. And in looking through this, how do I go back? There we go. You are looking at a 2025 report, and so there's two different fiscal years that are funneled into this report. So when you're looking at these numbers, keep that in mind. The biggest lift from our budget is our crisis response and survivor support. That is where the majority of our money goes. And that is a family who is being targeted by gun violence and may need temporary hotel stay or maybe relocation. That is property damage, somebody's home who wasn't even involved in the incident, but their car was shot or their home was hit with gunfire. That is utility and rent support. That's mental health support. And so the majority of what we spend goes to crisis response. The second biggest thing to come out of our budget is our grants and scholarships. That goes into capacity building. And so over $160,000 goes into grants. And then you can also see our Be the Change and our skills and trade scholarships. Our Be the Change scholarship is something that we really, really believe in. This is incentivizing young people to get in tracks of fields that systemically address, bless you, systemically address gun violence. And so that's social work. That's public safety. That's pre-law. That's nursing. And so it's getting them to actually go and be the change that they want to see within their community. And then obviously we got some other things as well, but those are the two biggest lifts from our budget. We were blessed enough to expand our team this year. Somebody said that picture looked like Law and Order. It's crazy. Yeah, we look crazy. But we added Tanya Walker, who is our program coordinator, so she's going to be overseeing all of our programs, as well as Kenya Ballard, who is our survivor liaison. So all things survivors. She's going to be our connection, so she's going to be working on programs, but also synergizing the survivor-led community. And then Ebony has been added to our crisis response team. Also in 2025, in February, we came back together as a group, over 50 community partners. We did youth focus groups. We met with survivors, and we updated our strategic plan, a plan that we created in 2022, a plan that we thought would spawn across four years, but we ended up hitting all of our goals in three. And so we felt it was time to bring all of our community partners back together to see what we could do better, what gaps still existed, what are some things we needed to change. The It Takes a Village programming continues under Tanya Walker's leadership, and it has really kind of created a continuum of care. The in-school mentoring is all school year. On the weekends, every first and third Saturday, we have free tutoring at the Charles Young Center. And then, obviously, that funnels right into our summer program. Also in the summer, No Cap has become a real popular program. That is for young people ages 10 to 17 who have either been directly affected by gun violence or parental system involvement. And they get free studio time, free basketball training, and some other things. Capacity building. As we look to transition to the next iteration of what we are doing, we are becoming less programmatic and figuring out ways how we can build the capacity of the community. Larry Johnson, our community outreach coordinator, does a good job with that. And so you can see a couple of the trainings that we facilitated this year. Youth Trauma Conflict Resolution, a grant writing workshop, as well as our annual symposium. One Lexington, we were blessed to get a big grant from the state, due to Everybody Counts, which is the governor's initiative. Empowered by that and our annual budget, as well as some support from Central Bank and Galls of Lexington, we were able to give away almost half a million dollars in grants and scholarships. Cities United, who we contracted four years ago, who is our national partner, our coach, our mentor in this work. Part of their fee, they gave back to the Lexington community and offered two grants. And they allowed one Lexington to identify some gaps in our services. And we were able to pick the two organizations that would receive those grants. So much of what we provide is competitive. We didn't want this to be competitive. We wanted it to be intentional based on need. And so the two organizations we chose to get $15,000 grants were SWAG, because survivor support is always something that we need more of. And then the Voyage Movement, who you may have seen went viral on LEX18 through their youth employment program. And that was powered through this grant. Our first, our very first B2Change scholarship winner, Nola Lewis, will be graduating this year. She has crossed as a Zeta, so she's part of that organization. She was homecoming queen. She dances. She does a lot. And so she's going to be getting a criminal justice degree, and she's going to go on to get her master's degree. And so hard to believe four years have passed by that quick. I've got four minutes left. All right. Moving into some of our intervention work in 2025. Every Wednesday we meet with a group of stakeholders, Lexington Police Department, some other government agencies. And we always discuss any shooting incidents that have happened the last two or three days, many of which we've already started to work on or address. What this weekly meeting does is it enables us to kind of devise a game plan, deploy resources in real time, as opposed to trying to chase each other down. We just all meet up every Wednesday and we figure out how collectively we can support those affected by gun violence. That meeting leads into our neighborhood engagement walks, which our crisis response coordinator, Kenneth Payne, runs. And what we do, like I said, whether it is a shooting, fatal, nonfatal, somebody's house gets shot up, we go directly to the community and we go door to door and we offer support. Again, over $170,000 was spent on survivor support alone. Last year, we saw the uptick of activity in the Center Parkway, Gainesway area. We saw substance use in the park. We saw kids getting jumped before school. We saw some incidents on the weekend. And then, ultimately, there were two shootings that happened right beside campus, right during dismissal time, like in broad daylight. And so, obviously, as somebody that's familiar with this area, there's a lot of deficits. And there's probably, well, definitely a long-term strategy that is needed to increase that quality of life, but we felt we needed to do something immediate. So we put together a 10-point action plan, which included morning engagements, night walks, hit and weekend hotspots, safe passage in the afternoon, increased in-school presence. And through that six weeks, there were zero incidents within that six weeks. And then at the end of that action plan, we administered a survey. We went door to door. I know Chuck came out with us, had public safety, housing authority, several community partners. And we wanted to get the voice of those who live in the area to figure out what we can do as leaders, you all as elected officials, to make things better out there. Some of the photos. That one right there in the middle at the bottom is my favorite. Mr. Devine, you going to walk me home today? I got you. Here's some of our community partners. And then what is next? The implementation of our seven community calls to action that came from our strategic planning session. Continue to update our plan. We'll be announcing this officially next week, but per the approval of our budget, we will be doing an RFP process to outsource survivor support to some survivor-led organizations. That is something that came out of our plan. And then bolstering our work with Work Lexington, mentoring youth and young adults who are system-involved, increased funding. And then I think Tyler is going to make his way up. We only got 50 seconds, bro. You got it? I knew that's what you'd do. So we've had a lot of conversations with many of you over the last couple years about what a more permanent home for 1 Lex would be as we continue to grow it. And it evolves. There have been very good conversations, but we have not found much consensus across the board on what that end state looks like. From our perspective in the mayor's office, we'd support that as long as we do it in a way that gives them more support, more stability, and room to continue to grow appropriately. To get there, though, we've got to make sure we acknowledge how we got where we are now. 1 Lex was built with a lot of community and partner input from day one. And we've got to make sure that we recognize that support and guidance has been critical to its success all along, and any critical change to what happens to them. And we all encourage... Mr. Scott, how much time do you think you need to wrap up? I've got like 50 more words. Okay. How about three minutes? That's way too much. Okay. Two. Anyway, I was just saying, we want to make sure we're doing this. Any critical change requires transparency. And we've got buy-in on the front end from all of our partners that have been with us along the way. So they feel like their voices continue to matter in this process. So what we're recommending to do from here is establish sort of a transitional work group. I've talked with some of you already. Councilmember Brown, Councilmember Morton, Councilmember Ellinger, who have been willing to be a part of this. Put some of our commissioners together, along with some of our community partners. And everyone establish a baseline of exactly where One Lexington is now. Bring in some of our community partners to get sort of the pros and cons of what different locations might look like. And work collectively to come back with a recommendation of where we all collectively agree we can proceed from there. So I think it's more important to do it well and transparently than to do it rushed. So I would hesitate to put any kind of timeline on that right away. But that's how we see the best way forward to do it collectively is. And I'm done. Thank you. Thank you both. Colleagues, if you have any questions, please sign in. Vice Mayor Witt. Thank you, Chair. Thank you, Director Karama, for your presentation and all the work. I'm a data and stats kind of guy, and the numbers don't lie. So I really appreciate being able to really see the impact of all the work translated into a safer community. I'm also very much in support of One Lex finding a permanent home somewhere in government. I think the mayor's office is always a great incubator for new projects. But I think One Lex has kind of proven its worthwhileness. I wanted to ask you, if you want to go back to the next steps slide, are there any particular things you're looking to do either this year or maybe even the coming years that would maybe be different than what you've done so far? And I ask that because I would imagine your work has evolved and has changed in the years that you've been here. We're not where we were four years ago, right? Right. So are there other different approaches that you're thinking about, whether informed by other cities' best practices or just other things you're hearing from the community? Yeah, there's quite a bit. And I wish I had them here. But those seven community calls came directly from our youth focus groups, meeting with survivors, strategic planning session with all of our community partners. And so I can give you two just kind of off the top of my head, two or three. I think one big one is having survivor-led organizations administering survivor support. I think that's a huge one. It was something mentioned across the board. Even our young people were like, wouldn't it make more sense? My mother, my brother was shot and killed. Wouldn't it make more sense for somebody like my mom to lead those services? And so that is something that we plan to do with this budget. And so that's one big one. Another one, it's taken us a while to get to the point where we could do it collectively, but I think we can be more intentional about the young adults that we target for our support. And so instead of just taking community referrals and finding them as they come, working with the justice system. And so we're working with Angela Evans and others to refer some of those with gun charges so we can work with them directly. I think another thing was the tutoring service was another big one. And then youth employment. I think how can we get more young people into Partners for Youth summer program, but then also how can we create more opportunities for young people to be able to work. And so that is on our website. But we try to, I have a million ideas, but I try not to make this about my ideas. And I think what has led to our success as a program is we listen to the community. And so even though there's some things we kind of want to do, if it's not what the community and our partners have said, we don't do it. And so we really try to stick to a process that I think is workforce. Thank you for that. One of the things that I always think about with every program and everything that we do here in the city is how are we serving our immigrant, refugee, and new American communities, folks for whom English is not their first language or culture. Can you talk a little bit about your engagement with those kind of communities? Definitely. So one of the reasons that we wanted to add Ebony was it was another bilingual person to our crisis response team. And so we do understand that. I think the unfortunate thing, it's not unfortunate, it's intentional. But I think for me, I wish we could even be more diverse in how we move. But we are kind of moved by the data. And so obviously gun violence disproportionately impacts brown and black communities. And so we're still in that early stages of an organization where we are very laser focused on those most likely impacted. But even in our partnerships, we've seen an uptick in the Congolese community. And so we work a lot with the Marafiki Center and others to be able to translate or connect us to family to try to get them those resources. And so I do think that there's a curve there. I do think there's space for us to get a lot better. And I think as we continue to see numbers come down even more, hopefully, then we can really start broadening ourselves. Instead of playing catch up, right, we already have that infrastructure in place to be able to support everybody. And so there's definitely work there to be done. Yeah, I appreciate that. And I appreciate us trying to get to a place where we can be more proactive. So thank you for your work and that of your team. Thank you, Chair. Appreciate it. Thank you. Council Member Aveland. Yeah, thank you, Chair. Devine, you kind of answered my question of what you were telling the Vice Mayor. But I just want to say I really appreciate the work that you and your team are doing. I think you're really on the right track of looking at symptoms rather than just dealing with gun violence after it happens. I think that proactive approach is really good. And I hope you'll be able to continue doing that. Thank you. But you're right. This is not a government problem. This is a community problem. And the more we can get the community involved in it, I think the greater the success will be not only in preventing gun violence but in helping young people find better paths in life. And I just want to congratulate you all for the work you're doing. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, Council Member Beasley. Thank you, Chair. And thanks for your great presentation, Director. I do have a few questions. I know you're shocked, right? So on the community engagement stats, do you know how many unique persons that 5,600 is? Are those repeat kids? Are they all new kids? Do you know? Just over 600, so 600 different young people. The engagement is factored into how many times we engage a specific student. So, for instance, our in-school mentoring program, it's the same 250 to 300 kids all year round, but obviously we're engaging them 10 to 12 times a semester. Okay. Yeah. And then with your crisis response team and your mental health support that's from the It Takes a Village summer camp, are you going to ask for those in your budget, or are those going to be after asks, like they were this past budget season? Does that make sense to you? It'll be in our budget, yeah. Okay. So whatever we get from the mayor's thing, it'll be included in that? Everything will be included in that, yeah. We won't have the, I think what helped us last year was the after ask, but then we had the Everybody Counts grant. And obviously, across the board, a lot of those grants, you know, aren't here. And so everything that we'll be operating off of will be in our budget. Okay. And then the mentor stipend, is that different than our crisis responders? Mentoring stipend, yes. Okay. Yes. Okay. Yeah. I was just making sure that that $66,000 was not inclusive of the $25,000 from, you know what I mean? Yeah, two different services. I think we have one individual that does both, but those are two completely different services. The stipends for the mentors meet with multiple groups every week for the entire school year. Crisis response is strictly focused on response to gun violence. Okay. And then the no cap program, that's for kids who have been directly involved with, right? Or they have a parent who's incarcerated, is that right? Directly affected by gun violence or system, yep, parent system involved. Okay. And then just based off some of the data that we got from our earlier surveys, that a lot of those who are involved in the gun violence were either directly affected when they were younger or were dealing with parental system involvement. And so it's one of those things where we're trying to get ahead of it, just one of those markers that we use to target younger kids before they get in that cycle. Okay. And then I have a question about the survey that we did at Center Parkway. Yes. Thank you for doing that and the information that it brought. Are we going to do that survey in other districts or we're just focused on D-8 for that? I think it could be replicated. I think it came out of a crisis that was happening out there, but I definitely think it's something that can be replicated. We haven't talked about it or thought about it, but I definitely think there's room. I think we want to see the whole process through first. Obviously, the data from that survey is in that Taste Creek Community Partner Work Group, so we're going to do a strategic planning session with them. And so we want to see it work through a little bit more, maybe see some of the fruits of the survey, and then we can go to other council members, other districts, and say, hey, here's something we successfully did on the south side. Maybe it could work in other places, too. And I would also like those results from that survey that you gave to the partners. I appreciate Larry coming to my office today before you all presented it and let me see it, but I would also like to be included in that group, and I would also like to have the results of that survey. Sure. Thank you. You're welcome. Thank you, Chair. Thank you. Council Member Martin. Thank you. Thank you, Chair. Thank you, Director Karama, and thank you to the team out there and all the partners that are combating gun violence. It never goes unnoticed. But then also thank you for this presentation. I think it was well put together and has provided a lot of valuable data. I think it's great for the presentation. First, I guess under community engagement, within youth and young adult mediation and crisis response referrals, are we keeping like internal documents, kind of highlighting that, like kind of outcomes, next steps, follow-ups, and all those different things? We do. That's something we can share. I don't need. Okay. But just, yeah, we do. Because sometimes it will be the same kids, and then also we're trying to map out conflicts. So they might belong to certain groups, and so we do keep that data just so we can maybe get ahead of something bigger that's happening. Yeah. Cool. And then I think you hit at it on a past question. I think Vice Mayor Wu's question was next steps regarding like court mediation and trying to, I guess, work with the DA and some of those different folks. But I guess my question was regarding the court mediation, could you provide more details tied to court-involved mediation efforts, existing partnerships, and then if there's any opportunity to expand that work, given that we know that the court could incentivize, could require, and could be that direct link to reaching those most at risk of gun violence, being a perpetrator or a victim, simply because they're already in the court system. Could you speak a little bit towards that? Yeah. I mean, definitely. I mean, I think part of it is just the intentionality. I mean, we can, this work, the range is just so broad. I mean, one day, I think we were end of November, there was two young people that brand us firearms. And it was our relationship that was able to get them to stand down. And I think like a week before that, I was dressed like this in Frankfort. So it's like the range is crazy. And so I think we can sometimes get lost in so many different things that we can do. But I think ultimately what we are called to do is address gun violence. And so this probably should have been one of the first things that we did is intentionally working with those who have gun charges. That means they're carrying a gun for a reason. And so now we can start to pull the layers back. Why are you carrying a firearm? What's going on? How can we support? How can we help? Because those are the ones most likely either using or being affected. And so I think the other piece that I think you kind of spoke to is getting to that root cause. And then also transformation. Like how do we create a new pathway? Is it mental health? Is it untreated trauma? Is it fear? Is it anxiety that makes you carry? But then once we get to the root of that, what's next? And I think this gives us the ability to access all these community partners waiting in the wings to help with that transformation. And now I think we're being a lot more targeted and I think impactful. So you think like I guess we'll be doing more intentional working with the court systems like moving? We will be. We just had our first referral from the county attorney. But that's going to be the first of many. I think the other piece is we're trying to be careful because some of our community partners work in that space. And so you have Keebee Figgs in juvenile court. You have OMAC that provides alternative sentencing. And so we're kind of seeing what role we need to play. I think we've got a good relationship with the county attorney. So we'll continue that. But I think we're figuring out how we can work with others that provide similar services. And we just kind of plug in and maybe plug in the gaps that exist. Good, good. So regarding just the crisis response members, we had that conversation tied to the possibility of looking at making those positions within one Lexington. Yes. Can you speak towards that? Any barriers that currently exist? And if that's going to be a recommendation coming forward? Definitely. I think we were, our hope and dream was for that to even be possible this fiscal year. But obviously, you know, everybody's budget is kind of strapped. But the work that we are asking them to do, to me, and it weighs on me personally to have them doing the work that they do each and every week for such a small amount of money. They are literally putting their lives on the line. And when you look at other programs comparable to us across the nation, those are paid positions with benefits. And so I think ultimately we have to evolve as a city and view them that way. I think it's going to be better to public safety to have those individuals out on the street full time doing this work. I think it's going to prevent a lot. But some of them are working one, two jobs. And they're doing this on top of that. And so for the work to be sustainable, it has to grow. And that's one of the reasons I think we all agree, you know, moving from the mayor's office into a place where this work can be more sustainable and grow is definitely the way to go. We just have to do that responsibly. But, yes, I definitely think they should be paid positions. Great, great. And then lastly, I think I have three seconds. And this is just to Chief of Staff Tyler Scott. You just, Mr. Scott, you mentioned. Can you, I'm sorry, can you circle back around? Because I think it might be, is that okay? Thank you. Vice Chair Baxter. Thank you, Chair. Thank you, Devine, for your presentation and for all your all's hard work. I feel like we came on about the same time. And I've watched this grow. You said just a minute ago how you never know what your job responsibilities are going to be for the day. And just looking through this presentation and seeing all that you do, it's way more than I ever thought that you all, you and your coworkers would be a part of. And it's really a testament to how well you all work together and the benefits that you give to our community. I have zero questions. I just wanted to say that. Thank you. And thank you for all of your all's hard work again. I feel like every year when you present, I always ask what you guys are doing for yourself. And I was curious if you all participate in peer support groups after a trauma incident. First of all, thank you for that. And thank you for asking that. We actually, in our upcoming budget, have asked for mental health support for our crisis outreach advocates as well as our survivor liaison. It's going to be doing a lot of heavy work. But internally as a team, we haven't even really gotten to us yet. We're just thinking about those that we contract, those that we work with, those that we serve. I think we lean on each other a lot. But I do think that there can be a way that we can be supported more. And I think as things are slowing down, I think we're starting to realize that. But these first two, three, four years and this work is going so fast, so much pressure is on us. You're putting your life on the line. You're dealing with so many different things. The last thing you're thinking about is your own mental health. You're thinking about mothers who have lost kids. So I definitely think we can do better. So to be honest, I don't know. I don't know. Well, I'm just going to continue to encourage you all to take care of yourselves and make sure that you are doing what you can. You can't pour from an empty cup, I like to say. That's right. You're right. And then I also would just like to add my support for moving you all out of the mayor's office. I think Vice Mayor Wu said it best. The mayor's office is a good incubator. But when we know that a program is this important to our community, it is important to make it a permanent fixture in government. So like I said, I really appreciate all that you guys do and just the day in and day out grind. And you are appreciated. So keep up the great work. Thank you. Thank you. Chair. Thank you. Council Member Morton. Thank you. And you just mentioned the challenge of a set timeline for realignment. And just knowing that realignment pretty much is throughout that budget process. I mean, is the administration taking steps kind of like right now to try to set up those meetings, set up that working group so that we can possibly get that during this budget process? I'm sorry. He's whispering in my ears. So you had just mentioned realignment timeline and how that could be a challenge. But knowing that the realignment takes place within our budget process and we're currently in the budget process, the budget process will end at the beginning of June, are we taking steps right now to try to go ahead and form that working group so that we could possibly look at getting this budget? I think the first step was to see heads nod yes or no up here before we went ahead and proceeded with this process. So if everybody feels like that's a good next step, then we'll go ahead and start getting those scheduled. And we need to scope out exactly, as I said, I don't want to jump to any foregone conclusions on what the end state should look like, but we need to look at, you know, probably narrow down the options within government where we think this will look. So I think we can get those parts moving relatively quickly. It's a matter of working with the schedules of everybody involved. The mayor's budget presentation by charter is probably too soon, premature for us to be able to make that recommendation. You all have a little more leeway on the back end before first and second reading of the budget, so there's potential there. There's also the potential. Like I said, I don't want to rush this, I think we want to do it right. Just because we don't hit a formal deadline, the reason you can't do a reorder like this outside of the budget, just so everyone knows, is that it really messes with our audit. You've got too many different accounts moving in different ways and it totally blows the whole thing up. That's why you always see these presented to you all, will come with every fiscal year. That doesn't mean we couldn't present the findings from this group to you all and everyone would agree any time thereafter the budget and pass a resolution with the indication that this is where we go in the future and start that informal transition throughout the year. So I don't think we need to hold ourselves to any hard timeline, that doesn't mean we would slow it down for any reason either. I hope that works. That makes sense. And you don't think that currently it needs no action from this committee? No, no, no. We'll start getting it scheduled with the group that we mentioned. And if I could, Council Member Morton, I wanted to add to that. Just to be clear, speaking from the perspective like on the ground, I think this is probably the first time in my four and a half years here that I think we're all on the same accord, that I think it's time for one lex to transition. And I think it's an opportunity to work together on that. But I would caution in moving too quick just for two reasons. I think one is we are community built. Community voice has always been a part of every step of everything that we did, and so we've got to be careful in expediting this without their voice. But then the other thing I worry about is those on the ground. Not just our community partners, but our advocates. So where we move, how quickly we move, I don't mean to engage in hyperbole, but it could compromise lives. So I think we just need to do it responsibly, and that's why I'm excited about this opportunity for us to work together. But just to echo what Tyler said, I don't think putting a set timeline on it would be too wise, because we've still got a lot of people that we have to inform. So just wanted to add some context from the ground up on that. Yeah, I appreciate that. I'm all for community input, so I appreciate that, and I look forward to being a part of the process. Thank you. Thank you, Chair. And I'm on here long enough to remember before we had this and how well this program has worked, and the numbers speak for themselves, like the Vice Mayor said. And as Councilmember Baxter said, I want to make sure you all take care of yourselves too, because this is a stressful environment that you're in. You're doing work that's not everybody can do, and without the community really working to help us, it wouldn't be successful. But you all have been successful. I'm looking forward to being on the committee to look at this, because I think it is, at the time as it has transitioned, I think it is time to find the right location. I look forward to working with you all, but thank you for everyone who puts their time, their heart, and all their service in, because this is not an easy job that you all do. So thank you. Thank you. Councilmember Brown. Thank you, Chair, and thank you, Devon, for the presentation, and you and your work, and your team, and the community partners that work with you on this. You've answered the questions that I had about the referral gaps, and I guess I'm referring to them as gaps, because you had some referrals from some agencies, and then you didn't have any referrals. But I think you've answered that question in regards to trying to get more involved with the justice system and getting some referrals going forward. When you all invited, I think you invited at least myself and some other councilmembers to join you all in the national conference in Louisville, I had the opportunity just to go up for a day, but it was obvious to me that you all, this program here in Lexington, are modeled for other programs similar to yours across the country. I was impressed by how the makeup was the same as our one Lexington, but they were in different venues. Some were in hospitals, some were partnered with universities, but you all were all doing the same work, had the same challenges, and had some of the same solutions and roadblocks. So that was impressive to me. I also want to just acknowledge Nola Lewis. I think personally I was kind of skeptical when you all came out with the change scholarship. Not that it wasn't a good idea, it was just how many students were that confident in their career path at that time. And I think she being one of the first, was she the first? She was the first. She was the first. Is going to be a great example and a model of how that is going to lead to a career and an opportunity to change people's lives and improve our community for the better. So I think that's a good success story. You all have been building capacity in one Lexington for the last few years. You've increased your staff size. Council has worked with you all to increase your budget and your funding. And I think this next step to a realignment is the next step in the progression. I've been saying it for years, for several reasons, but to the program's benefit. And this program is completely different and looks completely different from how it looked before. So I appreciate having the opportunity to have candid conversations with you and your team about what this realignment can look like, what it will mean, and who all needs to be at the table to help make it happen. And I think you spoke to some of the challenges. I was pretty adamant and am still adamant about where I think it should be located. But you all have made really good points about why that needs to be something that is collaborative in effort. So I just want to say thank you for the work. Know that myself and this council supports the work that you all do and what you and your partners do together. And I look forward to being part of the group that helps to decide on what this realignment looks like and how we go forward. So thank you. I appreciate you, and past and present counselors as well, for the support. I don't see anyone else signed up, so I just have a few comments and questions. I really appreciate your feedback and this very robust presentation. I can think of four years ago where you all started and you have built a huge capacity and a huge team. And I know at times it's been challenging and you all have been under a lot of scrutiny and you've had a lot to deal with. And I just think that the work that you do is the type of work that lends itself to that. And for that, I really respect you all because I know that you can't leave the work when you go home at night. I know it's still there. And I just really appreciate each of you. And the way that you described all the different things that you do, because for such a small team, you do a lot of work. I wanted to just ask a few questions to help myself understand some processes. I know I brought this up, I think, before. For the data with gun violence, you mentioned responding to gun violence incidents that aren't homicides. How do you keep track of data beyond homicides and people that have gotten, I guess, shot? What comes before our desk and in my district are a lot of shootings that are not always lethal. So is there another way that you keep track of gun stats or anything like that? One thing, so obviously shootings, shots, fire calls are tough. And the police department will tell you it's tough to identify. Sometimes you get multiple calls for one incident or sometimes somebody might call in for what they think is a shots, fire call and it's something else. But we do keep track of any engagements that we do to where it wasn't a shooting. So if it was somebody's house was shot up or it was a shots, fire call, we do keep that data and then not necessarily what district but just what neighborhood it happened in helps us triangulate services. Another thing that we're doing through Tanya, through our in-school mentoring program, this is a little bit different than the shooting data but I think it's where we need to be going is we're keeping track of behavior referrals, GPA, suspensions, wraparound services that we provide for families because I think that data lets us know the bigger picture. It's not just about people getting shot but it is are we truly doing that healing at the root that we talk about. So in our work with UK Innovation Lab, we're figuring out ways, how do we measure, kind of like Tanya is going to be doing with the in-school mentoring program, how do we measure and create metrics for all of our programs because it is a quality of life issue for us. I think once we start working more with the courts, I think there's going to be some surveys attached, a registration form that everybody that we work with will have to complete. I think that will give us more data. I think as we get more and more people with gun charges, that's going to be more and more data that we can work with. So I do think that that's kind of the next step for us as we kind of relinquish some of the work we're doing now to our community partners. We can truly be that hub that got all the data, that is building the capacity. That's ultimately where we want to go. That's great. Yeah, I think it's important to try to find other ways to keep track of progress, and so it sounds like you all have a plan to do that. And if I could, Council Member Reynolds, one other thing to add, I meant to mention this, we are up to 17 different cities across the country that have reached out to One Lexington that we've been able to advise or counsel. They've needed help in starting or amplifying their violence prevention programs, so I think that that speaks a lot to the work that they do. But then also it's kind of charged us up, because we've got to have certain data points and metrics in place to truly be able to provide other cities with accurate, not just programs or services, but data to back it up. And so the more cities are coming to us asking, what are y'all doing that's leading to the decrease? We want to be prepared to give them information. Yeah, that makes a lot of sense, and I think it would be helpful. And then one thing that we talked about coming out of the Gun Violence Task Force was how you all could coordinate with council members and their district to know how can we be of help to respond if there was an incident. And I know you all have contacted me for some walks. It's last minute, so I haven't always been available, but are there any other ways you all could communicate with us to help respond to incidents? I would say, and not to be the guy that answers a question with a question, but I think what we've learned, and I think our last big meeting with Council Member Brown, we realized that y'all got a lot on y'all plate. We are focused on one issue. Y'all focused on a bunch. And so I think maybe each individual council member communicating to us the best way for us to fit in what you all got going on, if that makes sense. What level of engagement we want. Yeah, because I think every district is different. Your personalities are different. Some of y'all want to do different things. And I think meeting you all where you are individually, which is why we always love to try to meet with you all if we can, I think that would be the best way. So then you're doing something that feels natural, that's conducive to everything else you got going on. So we don't want to make your job harder. So just, I think, meet with us and figure out what works best for you. Okay. Well, thank you, and I concur that maybe now is the time for this reorganization. And I appreciate your comments being very sensitive as to what that looks like and where it goes. And we are going to take that, I think, as a council very seriously, so. Thank you. Thank you. I appreciate it. Peace. Okay, next we have an update on our Partners for Youth program. The mission of the program is to promote positive youth development and prevent juvenile delinquency through collaboration and capacity building. And I got my start working in my district years ago, before being on council with Partners for Youth, and really appreciate the work that they do. If you want to introduce yourself to- No problem. Good afternoon, everyone. Thank you, Chairperson Reynolds and all council members. My name is Shanrika Shackelford, and I am the Executive Director of Partners for Youth. To go ahead and get into my presentation, I am absolutely not a talker, so I will be in through this. The mission of Partners for Youth is to promote positive youth development and prevent juvenile delinquency through collaboration and capacity building. We fulfill that in multiple ways, as you can see on the screen. Financial support, such as our grassroots grant program, our scholarship program, and we also do direct programming through youth development, education, and community collaboration projects. We have just celebrated our 30 years of community service, and that is our promotional video for our Festival of Neighbors, which was held throughout the city last summer. And so we were very, very proud of that. I'm sorry, I didn't know that was going to play. Is that okay to play? My name is Shanrika Shackelford. I am the Executive Director of Partners for Youth, and I am here at Festival of Neighbors. I am Shontay Bruce. I'm the Community Engagement Coordinator at Partners for Youth. We are here at Festival of Neighbors. Festival of Neighbors is just a gathering of Lexington residents hanging out with community resources, food, games, and inflatable, having fun as a community. Good afternoon. My name is Tyler Morton. I have the privilege of representing the 1st District, which we're standing in the heart of. Today at Festival of Neighbors that's sponsored by Partners for Youth. First and foremost, I want to thank Partners for Youth for hosting this amazing event. We're out here where you see beautiful faces, smiles on kids' faces, but there are also resources where folks can come right to the park and get what they need and information they need. And that's what it's all about. My name is Mia. I'm in Partners for Youth, and I'm having a great time here, and thank you. They do a lot of great things in our community, from the Neighborhood Youth Councils, which impact and actually bring community voices and youth voices to determining the programming, to the Summer Youth Job Training Program, which has impacted families for years, including myself when I was a young man. I worked in that program. Thank you to everyone that's contributed to Festival of Neighbors this year. We've been at several parks throughout the summer, and we are so grateful for every child and every family that has participated, as well as every vendor and every community partner. Thank you for all your contributions to this program. Thank you. Thank you for allowing that to play. We were able to get out to several parks, and I want to thank the council members who absolutely supported that mission. We were able to provide free food, giveaways, and as you can see, our community partners were there to give out their resources and resource information as well. Partners for Youth, under my direction as Executive Director, I have a Community Engagement Coordinator, Shante Bruce, my Youth Program Coordinator, Philmon Johnson, my Administrative Clerk, Ms. Charlene Walker, and we have our Seasonal Clerk that we bring in, and she's with us today. Her name is Micah. The roles of the staff, I myself, I take the brunt part of the grassroots allocation program, the scholarship, newsletter websites, most of the press and marketing things, and also our Newbie and ELF initiative. Community Resource Engagement Coordinator, she handles the summer youth job training program, community partner tables, festival neighbors, practicum interns, and partner tabling, and our Youth Program Coordinator, he handles our Youth Council, MetroCats, Adopt-A-Park, our digital scholars, IDOO booklet, and Spotlight on Youth. Our impact over the last 30 years, the IDOO initiative, which is to identify and develop and organize opportunities with community partners which deliver programs and resources to youth and families, has served over 7,000 members since, youth I should say, since 2019, and our after school programs has served approximately 375 since 2019, and that may seem small, but you'll figure out why in a minute. Our summer youth job training program in the last few years has served 2,400 youth, and our grassroots allocation program since 2002 has served over 40,000 youth. Our PFY scholarship has given out about 283 since 1998. Our Spotlight on Youth is an annual show for almost 20 years, and our practicum interns, we have about three or four come through every season, and we accept in the fall, the spring, and the summertime. Annually, the breakdown is that we serve approximately 35, just under 3,500 youth annually. Our IDOO initiative, many of you are familiar with Partners for Youth. Under this Identifying Opportunities, Developing Relationships, and Organizing Partnerships initiative, we run our IDOO booklet, which we are getting ready to launch the spring edition. We try to get that out because that is a compilation of all the partners in local business and organizations who are providing opportunities for the youth during our spring break seasons, during our summer seasons and fall seasons, and we want to make sure that the youth have something to do that's engaging, that's enriching, that is educational, and we ask all our partners to submit all of their activities and their opportunities so we can put it in one publication, and that publication has been out since 2012. Our Adopt-A-Park community program, which brings together also our community partners, we do that in the spring and the summer as well, and we have our spring coming up, and we always have our government days, which are always successful. Currently, we're in Douglas Park in Cardinal Valley, and we're looking to expand to other parks coming soon. And I put parking, please ignore that, I'm sorry. Community Partners Tables. Once again, IDOO initiative, the main part of that is pulling together all of our community partners, and on that table, we have about 200-something members who are from FCPS, nonprofits, other educational institutions and programs, and we're all coming together to talk about what's going on in their end. We have our Gainesway table, we have our East End, West End, and we also have our Takes Creek table. And so we come together and talk about opportunities in those areas, and we work on projects. And so we have some projects coming forward in the Cardinal Valley area soon. Also under the IDOO initiative is our Festival of Neighbors, which I just talked about. We utilize that to celebrate our 30th anniversary all over the city. Right now, Festival of Neighbors is mainly in Takes Creek, and we will have our summer Festival of Neighbors coming up. That is in the planning process, so some folks will get some calls soon in regards to the upcoming Festival of Neighbors in Takes Creek. And we're trying to expand that and make Charles Junk our next park. And Be An Elf is a new initiative, and I am very happy for the support that we got. We were able to serve 102 youth this past Christmas. It was something that was not in a planning process for a long time. It was something that touched my heart, and I said, let's do it. And my team and I launched that out, and I am happy to say that with the success of it, I want to continue to do that every Christmas and grow that program to touch the teens of Lexington. Our PFY bulletin is also a bi-monthly bulletin that goes out. It is not only updating what Partners for Youth is doing, what's in our plans, and also garnering the help from our community partners that are supporting our youth. It is also announcing what's going on around social services and other government entities itself. MetroCats is a STEM program for our middle school students, and every fall season we have about eight weeks where we gather them at the Charles Junk Center. Right now they are mainly from our LTMS school, middle school, and we are trying to expand that into other middle schools. We're looking to have a couple spring sessions so that we can introduce a couple new schools. Crawford is someone we're talking to right now, and then we may be looking to another school in the near future. But right now, when it comes to the STEM program, it affects about 53% of the middle school males and 47% of the middle school females that we work with. Digital Scholars, sponsored by AT&T, is still pretty much a new initiative that was launched in 2024, and we are continuing to grow and get better every year, especially since we now have a dedicated youth program coordinator in that position. Since then, though, we have about 60% female and 40% male students who work with the Digital Scholars program. Our Neighborhood Youth Council, which gives high school students the opportunity to connect with city government and get out there in the community and be leaders in their own community. We have 35 youth currently enrolled, and they're at the Marksbury Library and also the Dunbar Community Center. They're meeting a couple times a month, and their current community project is Coffee with Cops. Spotlight on Youth, as I said earlier, a program that has been held for the last 20 years, and we are definitely going to be hosting that again this year, and it's going to be in the fall. Grassroots, every year we fund about 35 community partners. They have grassroots programs or expanded initiatives under their established program, and we fund those programs. That helps us because we are only a staff of four and some part-time workers seasonal, and so in order for our reach to be effective and impactful, we have to reach out to those who are also working with community, and so we fund those annually, and since its inception, since 1995, we have supported about 530 youth programs through the funding of grassroots. Our scholarship program, it has been since 1998, and we are very, very happy to be able to fund those students as they are seeking their post-educational endeavors, and through that, we have funded 283 seniors and college freshmen since then, and we have also increased our funding awards. Our semi-youth job training program, as I stated earlier, has served 2,400 high school students. They have, for this year, absolutely, since January, been attending skill sessions and finance, workforce development, etiquette, safety, transportation, and this past weekend, they attended their career fair, and we've also added a parent orientation element to it. Our stats for 2025, we had 133 sites representing approximately 80 local agencies, and as you can see, the breakdown of the zip codes of the students that we served, and also the demographics of those students. We are also able to expand our semi-youth job training program through the co-op fellowship, and that came about through a parent who reached out, because those who are involved in the workplace learning program through FCPS, they have to get those requirements, but the main opportunities for those are through fast food, grocery stores, and things like that, and so we were able to shift to get about four students on our roll, and they are now with BASE Agency, God Realty. We have a student right here in student council, and a student working for Mill Creek Elementary, and that is an opportunity for our work-based learning students to gain more experience and opportunity outside of the fast food and grocery store arena. Here are 2026 worksite stats. These are those who are currently signed up as worksites who will be participating with our semi-youth students this coming summer. 30 more years of service. Previously I stated that I wanted to celebrate our 30 years citywide, which we did. One of my previous goals was to introduce the co-op fellowship, also increase worksite opportunities in the medical, financial, government, and engineering industries. I do initiative, increase those partner collaborations, scholarship programming, increase the amount of awards, and we were able to achieve all of those things, and I'm very excited about the things that are coming next. We are looking to expand MetroCats Digital Scholars Adopt-A-Park, be an elf in grassroots, and we know that your support will help us get there. Thank you. Thank you so much, Director Shackelford. We really appreciate it. And colleagues, if you have questions or comments, if you would please sign in now. Vice Chair Baxter. Thank you, Chair. Thank you, Director, for your presentation, and for all your hard work and investment in our youth. You really make this place better with everything that you do. I don't really have a whole lot of questions either, just some comments. Super excited for the co-op fellowship program. I think that's huge because I know the schools are always, they have a little bit of difficulty finding co-op opportunities for the kids. So that's really great that we're able to partner with them. I know you said you had 133 job sites last year, and I see the chart that says the percentages, but how many job sites do we currently have registered for the Summer Youth Job Program? Currently we have about, what was that last number? 295. It was what? 295. Is that spots or worksites? 85. 85 worksites. With 285 spots, but 85 worksites. Okay. Great. And so we're still working on that. I was going to say, the last time I checked in, we were running a little low. So are you still looking for businesses to participate? I am still looking for business. And what's the best way for businesses to get a hold of you? They can sign up on the SYJTP website. That is under our LFUCG page. Or they can just call my office directly. Okay. Great. I think that is all that I have. So keep up the great work. Thank you. Thank you, Chair. Thank you. Council Member Beasley. Thank you, Chair. Thank you, Director. I love Partners for Youth. My daughter's first job was with the youth program. She was a counselor at the Gainesway Center. We're excited for any partnership that you want to do in Tades Creek. Moving your MetroCats and digital access to our community center would be great. Absolutely. And if you need me to take one of your students for the Summer Job Program, just call my office. Thank you. Yes, ma'am. Thank you. Thank you, Chair. Council Member Martin. Thank you. I'm a huge fan of y'all, as you know. And just thank you to you and your staff for the work y'all do to support our youth here in Lexington. Your meaningful work is very important, very impactful, and it's critical for our youth, especially being the youth. It's my priority, and that's been emphasized as a priority, I think, as this council. So I just had just a couple questions. I think the co-op program is amazing. I think it's a great first start. So start allowing our youth to have employment opportunities throughout the year, throughout that school year. But I would love to, I guess, talk about if you think that there's an opportunity to expand that to possibly into a year-round program for youth that may not be able to take place in co-op, maybe like a junior or something like that. Just what are your thoughts on that? My thoughts on that is I would love to give an opportunity to more students for a co-op fellowship. We would need a little bit more when it comes to staffing and funding. But it absolutely, the opportunity is there. We've been reached out to by a few community partners at FCPS and a couple other agencies in regards to that. Okay, that's good. That's good. Yeah, I would love, you know, as we're looking at comprehensive youth programming and the opportunity for youth to take place and have access to opportunity for year-round employment, I think that's just important for households that need access to extra financial support, but then also just for our youth so they can, you know, make great decisions. But then moving on to like growth and capacity, the job placement statistics are also very impressive, and I would also love to see that expanded. Is that the same? Is the similar answer kind of, you think, just the resources and the thinking it out of what that would take to expand that, you think? Absolutely, that is. Okay. And then lastly, I would just love to work with, we have the zip codes and all those great things up there, and I think that those numbers as well are impressive. But I would love to do an intentional effort within that 40508. I think we, as we start to look at some of our lower socioeconomic status neighborhoods, that knowing that any extra income coming into households, even if it's through the youth, that can support the household, but then also that can support their youth into having resources and having that solid platform so that they can make it to what they define as success. I always say that, you know, I had everything that I needed. I didn't have everything I wanted, but I had everything I needed. But my family provided me with a solid platform so I could put a ladder on it, and I can define success, and I could just climb that ladder. Some of our communities have a bottomless platform, so that ladder just goes right through. So how can we as a city provide at least that platform for our youth? And I think Partners for Youth is actually doing that, and I would love to keep expanding and seeing how we can do that more. So thank you. Appreciate it. Thank you. Thank you. Council Member Brown. Thank you, Chair, and I just wanted to thank the director for her work. Do you know, for your work with the youth and in this program, I was going to say, do you know how many directors it's been at the program? What number are you in regards to the history of Partners for Youth? Not many directors. I may be only number, what, five, number six? Teresa's at four. Four or five? Number six. There have not been many. Okay. Yeah, no, I just want to say, you know, the program and what you do, and you all have a lot of similarities to One Lexington, just to make some comparisons. You both started from a tragic event that happened in our community involving youth, which put an emphasis on us, the city, invested in our young people, invested in opportunities for them. And then the other thing that you all share with One Lexington is you all both started in the mayor's office and grew to a place where you needed to expand your opportunities and stability and be more sustainable in the community. So you're an example of how that can be done, just referencing our previous presentation. I'll also say the work that you all are doing with MetroCats and the other technology-based program is really some of the things that's going to come out in our digital accessibility report and plan going forward. Not only are you creating workforce opportunities, but that's an educational, forward-leaning and looking opportunity that you're providing to our young folks. And then in addition to the work that you have been doing and been doing for over 30 years, the summer youth job training program wasn't always with Partners for Youth. So that's something that I think you all have done a great job being good stewards of. We've redesigned that program, hopefully, to be more beneficial for employers and then also providing more job skills and opportunities for our young people. I know anytime I have an opportunity or need some assistance, I reach out to you all to get some volunteers and some help. And you all send some of the most professional, respectful, eager-to-do-work young people that I've ever had an opportunity to work with, as well as the paid intern that I have now. So can you speak a little more to that program? That was a recommendation that came out of the enhancement of the summer youth job program. Is that the only intern that you have out there, or are there more, and how do you see that going forward? We have three others outside of the current you have in your office. And so, as I stated, they're all at base agency, Guy Realty, and we have a youth over at Mill Creek. This is something that has been very enriching for them. And we're looking to add more elements to the co-op program, as well as trying to expand opportunity for the number of students that we serve through the co-op program. I'm sorry, what was your question surrounding that? I was just wondering how that's working out, because I know that there's been constant conversation about how do we expand those opportunities and make this summer youth job program something that goes year-round. And I think one of the things that we are looking at the most when it comes to the year-round element is making sure that our current industries have the capability. Lexington is a sizable city, but when it comes to the industries that are involved, we have a few dedicated. And we don't want to wear those few out who are dedicated, so we need to research and see what will be the incentive to get more industries and more businesses involved, and also we would need a little bit more help on that. But I think the main thing would be the funding and the interest from our current industries here in Lexington. Okay. Well, I think you're talking to the right group to help you do some more outreach and get other companies and parties interested in providing opportunities for our young people. So again, I just want to say thank you for the work you do. Thank you to you and your team for everything that they do to help Partners for Youth be successful. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you so much, Director, for your really great presentation. I'm a big fan of Partners for Youth and have been. I have seen both sides when I used to write grants to get the grants from Partners for Youth and now working on this side of things. And I think that it is a program. It is something that only supports those in our community that are most vulnerable, and it's very needed. And I love to see the different ways that it's grown. I just had a question. The Youth Council is still meeting in Marksbury Library, correct, in my district. I know over the years we've had discussions about really reaching the Hispanic community over there. That neighborhood is 70% Hispanic. Do you have someone that's running that that is Spanish speaking or that can work with the families in Spanish? We do not at this time, but we do have a couple community-based partners who work closely in that community. And so we are able to tap into them as well as we have some new partnership coming up with Global X as they have gotten a new executive director. And so he and I have talked about the opportunities there. And so we're looking to not only beef up that presentation, our presence there, but also to put more access to bilingual personnel and translation. Yeah, we've talked about that for several years in that area. There's a lot of needs in that zip code as well. I'm going to say in multiple zip codes, but there's a lot of youth that find themselves in positions where they don't have anything to do after school and they need some positive activities. And then even over in Tate's Creek, there might be a need as well for some Spanish speakers and even other languages. So yeah, I would just encourage you all to figure that out. Yes. Because my experience in that neighborhood, being my own neighborhood, I've noticed that unless there is kind of that bilingual aspect, it's really hard to reach the people that live there. But anyway, once again, thank you for all of your work. I appreciate it immensely, and I'm glad that we could have an update today. Thank you. Thank you very much. Okay, colleagues, does anybody have anything? I'm not going to go over items one by one, but does anybody have a status update or something they would like to remove from committee at this time? Nope. Okay, then I am going to move to adjourn now that we have gotten through our agenda. So we are adjourned, I should say. Thank you.