Remarks by Josh Street
159 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 7
- Play at 31:23
“Brandy, does that include facilities costs?”
Public · Jul 20, 2026
- Play at 31:29
“So that's the total building power. Yes. All of those things.”
Public · Jul 20, 2026
- Play at 34:06
“A couple of things that we have to dive in and look at intrinsically exactly ASAP, but then we also have to back out and look at the totality of housing and services. While there is some coverage from ASAP, there's also still shortfalls inside of housing, and so we can't cover everything inside of that too.”
Public · Jul 20, 2026
- Play at 34:29
“We don't have all salaries inside of housing.”
Public · Jul 20, 2026
- Play at 34:41
“We shifted and we started sharing staffing with ASAP. So some of our ASAP personnel serve in housing as well as ASAP.”
Public · Jul 20, 2026
- Play at 35:09
“So what I'm saying, like for us to look at financial, the reality is ACAP is a great program. Everyone has worked incredibly hard to get us to where we are today. Some of the concerns as we've moved on are more important. If you add another facility, you've got more costs. If you're already operating at a shortfall and it's a number of children, you add more children, you end up with a greater shortfall. So it's a perpetuating problem. And every nonprofit gets to this point in time in its history. And. It gets to its point and you have to make a decision on how you structurally operate to be…”
Public · Jul 20, 2026
- Play at 39:46
“And what I would say to that point is what are those structural changes?”
Public · Jul 20, 2026
- Play at 40:04
“I mean, well, $200,000. I think to Kelly's point, what, what they asked for today is are we willing to commit to a new facility and to being the person that's going to maintain that facility? So my next question is, Well, that sounds like just another liability. It's going to make the problem worse unless we have a sustainable model of creating afterschool care in our communities that does involve private donors that involves a lot of other avenues, I'm sure. But until there's a plan, I don't understand how, how it's, it's seen as, well, let's just keep going and eventually we'll get to a…”
Public · Jul 20, 2026
- Play at 43:41
“I don't know what the financials were for the last 30 years. If I had to guess, there was probably a gap all the way through the process. And it just became exacerbated because we went through a hurricane, and we became tight on finances, and we didn't have the same flexibility that we had 10 years ago because we don't. And so I don't know we're talking about that. Maybe it was sustainable 10 years ago. I don't know whether it was, no one's given me a 30 year look back on, on those things. I do know at one point in time, the, the, the police department was the one that was operating it with…”
Public · Jul 20, 2026
- Play at 46:11
“And we do need their help. And I think we need their help now more than ever because I do not believe we have known for four years that we were in an unsustainable track. And every year we propose a budget that is just drawing down on funding that's sitting into an account.”
Public · Jul 20, 2026
- Play at 46:29
“Sure. There are other areas in the city that have done the same thing. And so now we're at a point of saying, look, do we want to continue to draw down these funds, or do we want to entrust them to a group that is absolutely passionate and cares, and we know beyond a shadow of a doubt they're going to do what's best for these kids in every single instant? Or do we want to trust it into government system to somehow possibly get through the pragmatics of grant writing and make sure we get through each and every budget process and the elected leaders may change and maybe they have different…”
Public · Jul 20, 2026
- Play at 51:05
“and then people turn that so so i would like to draw attention to in no way in any of the comments that i've made have i ever suggested cutting for funding to asap yeah i think what we have is it's maybe a disconnect with how it's being funded and how it's been funded There is a CBDG allocation that could continue with any nonprofit that's doing it. It's not something that we have to say. So 100% of the city funds that are allocated today could go with anybody. So it's not an aspect of trying to cut funding. It's a recognition that it's not covering its expense and all it's doing is drawing…”
Public · Jul 20, 2026
- Play at 54:07
“No, it's not. And I'll give you some very practical pieces of the picture. When we started this conversation, we also didn't know that there was fraud going on in the organization. There were some things like that that we were unaware of when we started that. That did uncover some other things. It's like, hey, we need to tighten up operations. We need to tighten up some things to make sure. that we do things well non-profit and city government work together doesn't always operate very cleanly the other thing is we implemented a step program that also increased the cost on salaries increased…”
Public · Jul 20, 2026
- Play at 57:21
“No, I see it with how the original intent was. And that was to try to get this, this building across the finish line. That was, that was the goal because not their money. yeah it was meant to partner in with them okay that that is that is what the intent was is saying hey let's move forward with this facility that helps with operational costs let's help with those things that at least was the intent now what it's turned into is like hey let's try to sustain the program for multiple years um as it operates um with with a loss”
Public · Jul 20, 2026
- Play at 1:01:04
“I would caution the organization. I think what we're seeing across not just locally, state, federally, you name it, that there is a continuing push to streamline and shrink what is serviced through government. now that doesn't mean that we have to step out and we don't support i don't want anybody to interpret that as a lack of support but it is a a particular potential of a different focus and maybe there's a different way of of handling it and so um I think when it does come down to it, I do think it does come down philosophical. I think what Alan said is correct. Is government going to be…”
Public · Jul 20, 2026
- Play at 1:07:56
“well i can't and i can't see expanding the liabilities on an already strapped organization and i think that's the that's the flip side of the facility you've got to be able to maintain the facility you've got to be able to staff the facility you've got to be able to put the effort into the facility and so that is why we're at this impasse is okay so we go and build a building and then all of a sudden what then like what problem are we solving for And I think we have to solve for both at the same time. Can the facility be built? Absolutely it can. Can it be built without a plan on how to fund…”
Public · Jul 20, 2026
- Play at 1:08:41
“Let's not do that. And so, but to Rob's point and thinking about different ideas, maybe we transfer the whole program over to the Panama city, a hurricane nonprofit, and maybe that's just where it sits. That's where the funding is. And when the funding runs out, hopefully there's people that are gifted. They're going to raise funding. They're going to, they're going to take the time to, to actually see it get to sustainability. That's an, that's an opportunity. We all sit on that same board. So that is the exact concept that Rob just described, is transfer the program over to the nonprofit…”
Public · Jul 20, 2026
- Play at 1:09:49
“Concern of mine as well. And what I would say to that, and I think to the mayor's point, is this is the type of dialogue there was. This is where I, I kind of in this conversation, because this is not just happened over one year. I mean, this has been multiple years of recognizing we are at a, we, we have an issue. We need to solve it. Sure. We could have written grants two years ago. We could have, we could have done this. We could have done those things. Grant timeout.”
Public · Jul 20, 2026
- Play at 1:10:20
“The city is not on a moratorium, and that's where we're applying right now from it. So it's not even the organization that's applying for the grants. It's the city. The city could have done that two years ago. And so what I'm saying is the sense of urgency in the conversation is when you make decisions early, You have the flexibility to be compassionate, to be methodical, and be meticulous in anything that comes. If you wait for three years, it limits your stuff. A PMO office was a great example for us. And what it looks like, the further you keep pushing decisions down the line, the less…”
Public · Jul 20, 2026
- Play at 1:12:53
“I would say to you too, Robbie, to your point, if somebody came with us with a concept idea, $500,000, we can get this program to where it needs to be to not only serve more kids, but be sustainable. I'd spend that money tomorrow.”
Public · Jul 20, 2026
- Play at 1:13:14
“they know if that's what we want i i think i like robbie's concept of transferring it to the hurricane michael non-profit and then allowing the people that are passionate about it to figure to to give us recommendations that doesn't address the concern about the employee status”
Public · Jul 20, 2026
- Play at 1:13:39
“The nonprofits already paying for the employees anyway, right now as it stands, according to what I just heard. So it's not, it doesn't change anything for the employee.”
Public · Jul 20, 2026
- Play at 1:14:04
“Eventually, but not right now. Brandy just asked Nevin.”
Public · Jul 20, 2026
- Play at 1:15:00
“I would voice support for this method of action as soon as possible and that we can move forward with getting to an answer to what Kelly's asking us today and from this board is this facility, how does it move forward? I think it will move forward faster if it is not just the city focused on it. Let's get other people involved.”
Public · Jul 20, 2026
- Play at 1:18:52
“I think to the mayor's concept that he floated before, I mean, it could look like there is some type of rental facility that's helping subsidize the program. mean i don't think it has to be just this one this one option but i do think we've got to get it into the hands and so and not asking kelly for you guys to go and figure out how to operate a program but i know there's people inside of your group and probably others and i know some that have reached out to me that are passionate about helping the program continue to operate beyond just building a building. Can we get there? I think we can…”
Public · Jul 20, 2026