Q&A
SBS's role in navigating permitting processes and providing assistance
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Council Member Feliz inquires about specific aspects of the permitting process that people usually seek help for. SBS representatives explain their role in assisting organizations, especially those with limited capacity, in navigating the permitting process.
- SBS provides education on which agencies have purview over specific spaces
- They help identify the types of permits needed for different activities
- SBS offers guidance to organizations, particularly those activating spaces for the first time
Oswald Feliz
0:55:42
Yeah.
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And I guess on that same topic, what are different parts of the permitting process that people usually seek help for?
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Is it filling out an application?
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Is it Is it getting a response?
0:55:53
No one who would have contact to make sure that they properties some of the application?
Calvin Brown
0:55:56
We can get more contacts on on that.
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Yeah.
0:56:00
We could on on that.
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Like, what are some of the the pain points that they're experiencing?
Haris Khan
0:56:04
But, Jeffrey, just just for the awareness of this committee, our deputy commissioner is alluding to.
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The team provides technical assistance almost every week whenever there's an issue that a partner organization is facing that receives one of our grants.
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They're providing technical assistance through that work Mhmm.
0:56:20
And so this is
Calvin Brown
0:56:21
and and I wouldn't label as an issue.
0:56:23
Like, we work with a lot of limited capacity groups.
0:56:25
Right?
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Sometimes it's their first time activating the space.
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Right?
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They wanna do it.
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They excited.
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They wanna be like, you know, some of their other neighborhoods that are doing this sort of program.
0:56:35
And so it's just really about educating them about, hey, this is the agency that has purview over this space.
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This is the type of permit that you might need.
0:56:44
So we kinda walk them through that process.
