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Mr. Schmidt replied, My understanding is yes, it would cover the full programming. Committee Chair White asked, Are you anticipating to come back for the activities for the Charles Black Center? Individuals are asking and any time you have miscommunication, things get frustrating. As we move close to the renovation we need to have conversations not only with the Committee and Council, but with the citizens as well. Similar to what you are doing with Leeper Park,that would be very beneficial and appreciated. Mr. Perri confirmed that he would update the Council. Councilmember Broden asked, How does a lease agreement with the Parks Department differ from lease agreements through the Park Board? Mr. Schmidt replied, All of these lease agreements have been approved by the individual boards, whether it is the Parks Board or the Board of Public Works. Truthfully, I found the Parks Statute to be silent with regard to lease agreements and I thought I would ere on the side of caution and bring it to Council to show good practice. The Statute states to have Council approve leases for structures and that applies to this situation. Committee Chair White then opened the floor to members of the public wishing to speak in favor of or in opposition to the items of legislation. There were none. She then turned the floor back to the Committee for further discussion or main motion. Committeemember Gavin Ferlic made a motion to send Bill No. 17-30,Bill No. 17-31, and Bill No. 17-32 to the full Council with a favorable recommendation. Committeemember Williams- Preston seconded this motion which carried unanimously by a voice vote of three (3) ayes. Bill No. 17-26—Resolution in support of an appropriation to fund pilot program addressing panhandling Oliver Davis, Council member representing the 6th Councilmanic District, stated, I would first like to thank Councilmembers White, Williams-Preston and Voorde for co-sponsoring this legislation. We have several supporting documents for this resolution. There is an article from the Washington Post regarding a Republican Mayor, as well as a Mayor in Portland, Maine. Cities all across the country are starting to look at what we can do, especially in light of all the rulings going on that make it illegal to outlaw panhandling. Many cities are having to figure out what is going on. A lot of ideas are going back to Albuquerque. Most of the programs are modeled off of Albuquerque. In section two (2) of the resolution, I've asked Committee Chair Karen White to address some language. Committee Chair White stated, I had reached out to the sponsor of the bill, Councilmember Oliver Davis,to identify a particular dollar amount in the resolution. I would like to offer an amendment at this time for that language to identify financial support, but not identify a particular dollar amount. I think as we work with the Administration and we go through the 3