Dec 04, 2020 Community Development Commission

THIS MEETING TO ORDER AT 10 45, A M UH, RECOGNIZING THE PURPOSE OF THIS, UH, THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION IS TO ADVISE THE COUNCIL, THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO SERVE THE POOR AND THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE, WITH AN EMPHASIS ON FEDERALLY FUNDED PROGRAMS. UH, I'D LIKE TO VERY QUICKLY BEFORE WE MOVE INTO CITIZEN COMMUNICATION AND START THE MEETING AND LET EVERYONE KNOW THAT WE HAVE A VERY ABRIDGED TIMELINE TODAY.

UH,

[CALL TO ORDER]

AND IF WE COULD KEEP OUR QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS VERY QUICK, SUCCINCT, DIRECTIONAL, AND INTENTIONAL, THAT WILL BE VERY HELPFUL TO, UH, UH, ALLOWING US TO ACHIEVE, UH, AS MUCH, UH, WHAT WE CAN ON OUR AGENDA AS POSSIBLE.

UM, AND SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, IF WE COULD, UH,

[CITIZEN COMMUNICATION: GENERAL]

UM, GO AHEAD AND MOVE INTO CITIZEN COMMUNICATION, DO WE HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, SIR? I BELIEVE STEPHANIE IS ON THE LINE MAYBE.

YES I AM.

CAN YOU HEAR ME? HELLO? YOU CAN HEAR ME.

BETTER, BUT IT SHOULD BE A HELL OF A LOT BETTER AFTER 47 YEARS.

UM, I'M WANTING TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT, UH, ABOUT DISABILITY INCLUSION AND THE PROGRAMS OF NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.

UM, I DON'T PROBABLY, MOST OF YOU DON'T KNOW, BUT MANY YEARS AGO I FOUND THAT THE CITY WAS NOT INCLUDING PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AND, UM, IN THE HOUSING THAT THEY WERE DOING AND THEY WERE ACTUALLY BREAKING THE LAW IN THE WAY THAT THEY WERE DOING.

IT'S NOT THE PEOPLE THAT ARE THERE NOW.

IT WAS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT SET OF PEOPLE, BUT, UM, ACTUALLY, UH, IT TOOK, UH, IT WAS, IT WAS A HUGE DEAL.

KAREN POP WAS A HUGE HELP IN, IN MAKING IT HAPPEN, BUT, UM, BUT THERE'S A LINGERING PROBLEM OF THIS.

AND I RECENTLY SAW THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT HAD CREATED A SEARCH FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING APP.

AND I WAS EXTREMELY EXCITED TO SEE THAT BECAUSE IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT THING FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, WHICH, UM, IF YOU DON'T KNOW, I WORK WITH A DISABILITY RIGHTS GROUP, UH, ACCESS, UH, ADAPTIVE, TEXAS.

AND I ALSO, UM, AM WORKING WITH A HOUSING GROUP CALLED ACCESSIBLE HOUSING AUSTIN.

AND, UM, AND THERE, THERE WAS NO ACCESS SEARCH.

SO YOU, YOU WOULD HAVE TO LOOK ALL THESE PROPERTIES AND, AND NO ACCESS INFORMATION.

UM, AND, UM, IT, FRANKLY JUST MADE ME FURIOUS.

I MEAN, WE ARE 30 YEARS AFTER THE PASSAGE OF ADA.

WE ARE 32 YEARS AFTER THE PASSAGE OF THE FAIR HOUSING AMENDMENTS ACT.

AND 47 YEARS AFTER PASSAGE OF SECTION FIVE OH FOUR OF THE REHABILITATION ACT OF 1973, ALL OF THESE LAWS REQUIRE PROGRAM ACCESS FOR, UM, STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT.

AND, UM, IT JUST, IT JUST, IT BLOWS MY MIND THAT ALL OF THIS TIME, AFTER ALL THESE LAWS, IT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE STILL STUMBLING OVER THESE LITTLE OF THESE THINGS.

AND, AND I KNOW YOU PROBABLY DON'T THINK THIS ISN'T THE BIGGEST DEAL EVER, BUT I MEAN, COME ON, YOU KNOW, 47 YEARS, I THINK PEOPLE CAN LEARN SOMETHING IN THAT AMOUNT OF TIME.

AND, UM, I HAVE, SINCE, SINCE I GOT, UH, CONCERNED ABOUT THIS AND I WROTE TO THE CITY AND I WROTE TO ACTUALLY ALSO A WOMAN IN HOUSING, I DID GET A RESPONSE FROM REBECCA AND THEY WERE WORKING ON THE SOLUTION TO THAT PARTICULAR PROBLEM, WHICH IS REALLY GREAT.

UM, BECAUSE YOU ALL HAVE THE INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT'S ACCESSIBLE AND THEY ARE GOING TO MAKE IT A SEARCH SECTION OF IT, WHICH IS GOOD, BUT IT JUST SPEAKS TO THE FACT THAT THERE NOT A CULTURE OF INCLUSION.

AND THERE WAS NOT A CULTURE OF THINKING OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES.

I MEAN, THERE MAY BE ON SOME THINGS, BUT THERE NEEDS TO, IT NEEDS TO BE BETTER.

IT NEEDS TO BE BETTER THAN THIS.

UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT HAPPENS WHEN SOMEBODY'S NOT LOOKING? I MEAN, IT'S JUST NOT, IT'S JUST NOT RIGHT.

AND I REALLY FEEL LIKE THE CDC NEEDS TO TACKLE THIS RESPONSIBILITY AND TO INCLUDE PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES BETTER.

AND I THINK THAT YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS, UM, CAUSE PROGRAM ACCESS MEANS THAT ALL THE THINGS THAT NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, WHICH GETS FEDERAL FUNDS, ALL THE THINGS THAT THEY DO ARE SUPPOSED TO BE INCLUSIVE OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES.

THEY'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO DISCRIMINATE.

AND, YOU KNOW, AUSTIN IS SUPPOSED TO BE THIS BIG FRIENDLY CITY.

UM, AND IT'S, I MEAN, I WILL SAY IT'S GOTTEN

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AND SO I W I WANT TO URGE YOU ALL TO PLEASE TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY AND THINK HARD ABOUT HOW YOU CAN DEVELOP, UH, A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT IS NEEDED AND A BETTER, UM, ENACTMENT OF WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN, BECAUSE, RIGHT, RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT OFFICES, THEY, THERE WAS A WHOLE SET OF CONDOS BUILT.

SOME OF WHICH WERE PART OF NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, THAT THEY PUT MONEY INTO THOSE.

AND THEY WERE NOT VISITABLE.

THEY WERE NOT ACCESSIBLE.

AND WHEN I SPOKE TO THE FIRST PERSON I SPOKE TO ABOUT IT, UM, HE WAS YOUR OUTREACH PERSON FOR NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING.

HE TOLD ME WHY EVERYTHING CAN'T BE BUILT FOR EVERYBODY.

WELL, OKAY.

BUT HOW ABOUT FOLLOWING THE LAW AND HOW ABOUT THE SPIRIT OF THE LAW? I MEAN, RIGHT NEXT DOOR UNDER THE NOSES OF THE DEPARTMENT NOW, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE LITTLE EXAMPLES, BUT WHAT ELSE IS GOING ON THAT I DON'T SEE? AND THAT'S WHAT Y'ALL NEED TO BE FOCUSING ON AND PAYING MORE ATTENTION TO, AND MAKING SURE IT'S NOT HAPPENING BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S COMPLETELY WRONG.

AND I'LL TELL YOU THERE, AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST BARRIERS FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES TO LIVE IN THE COMMUNITY.

PEOPLE GET STUCK IN NURSING HOMES AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS, AND THEN THEY CAN'T GET OUT BECAUSE THERE ISN'T HOUSING AVAILABLE TO THEM.

AND YOU ARE THE ONLY AVENUE IN OUR SHITTY, EXCEPT FOR HAKA, WHICH IS DOING A GREAT JOB.

IT'S NOT FAIR TO LEAVE IT ALL ON THEM.

THAT'S NOT FAIR.

AND, AND YOU HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY TO, AND IT NEEDS TO BE THE, THE PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES ARE MUCH BIGGER PRIORITY FOR YOU.

THEN THEY SEEM TO BE NOW LOCKING PEOPLE.

GO AHEAD.

I'M SORRY.

YEAH, YOUR TIME HAS ELAPSED.

SO IF YOU CAN, UH, WRAP UP YOUR COMMENTS, I THINK THAT STAFF WOULD LOVE TO ADDRESS THEM.

I HAVE.

UM, THAT'S FINE.

THAT'S ALL I, I HAVE TO SAY ON THAT.

I DID WANT TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THE PUBLIC HEARING, BUT, UM, THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THAT.

SO, MS. THOMAS, THIS IS ERICA LAKE DEVELOPMENT OFFICER WITH THE HOUSING AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT.

JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR COMMENTS.

UM, AND WE RECOGNIZE THAT THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING SEARCH TOOL IS, UM, SOMETHING WHERE WE ABSOLUTELY WANT ACCESSIBILITY TO BE FRONT AND CENTER AND ARE WORKING TO GET THAT IN PLACE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

UM, AND I JUST APPRECIATE HEARING FROM YOU AND, AND ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, WE ABSOLUTELY TAKE ACCESSIBILITY VERY SERIOUSLY AND ARE WORKING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO PUT IT FRONT AND CENTER IN EVERYTHING THAT WE DO.

THANK YOU, MR. DOUG MARTIN.

UH, ONE OF OUR COMMISSIONERS, UH, UH, MS. THOMAS, I THINK WE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO YOU.

THANK YOU, STEPHANIE CALLER.

I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU.

UM, THIS IS COMMISSIONER DELGADO, DAWSON, AND I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT STATEMENT THAT YOU STATED.

I THINK IT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT, AND I REALLY BELIEVE THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING DEVELOPMENT, ERICA LEAK REBECCA GALLO, THE STAFF NEEDS TO TAKE THAT VERY, VERY SERIOUS, UM, BECAUSE NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING WAS BUILT, UH, FOR LOW INCOME HOUSING FOR THE POOR FOR THE DISABILITY.

AND I WANT US TO NOT EVER FORGET THAT MISSION.

SO AS YOU JUST HEARD A CONSTITUENT, JUST STATE HOW FRUSTRATED THEY ARE AFTER 40 YEARS, AND WE'RE STILL HAVING THAT SAME ISSUE TODAY IN 2020.

UM, I BELIEVE, YEAH, MAKE IT PRIORITIZE ERIC LEE, BUT, UH, SHE IS RIGHT.

UH, IT, IT IS PRETTY SAD THAT WE ARE NOT, UM, REALLY, REALLY ENFORCING THAT, UH, AND THESE DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE BEING DEVELOPED HERE, UH, AND ANYTHING THAT HAS TO DO WITH NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING DISABILITY IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.

AND SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU, STEPHANIE, THE CALLER FOR FORGIVING YOUR TESTIMONY HERE TODAY.

UH, IT WAS VERY APPRECIATED.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER DADADA.

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AND, UH, UM, MS. THOMAS, I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT ON BEHALF OF THE COMMISSION, UH, WE VERY MUCH APPRECIATE, UH, YOUR INSIGHT AND, UH, I AGREE WITH YOU THAT, UH, THINGS SHOULD BE A HELL OF A LOT BETTER.

UH, AND I DON'T MEAN JUST WITH RESPECT TO THIS PARTICULAR NOTION, UH, UM, WITH RESPECT TO THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING SEARCH TOOL, UH, BUT JUST IN GENERAL, UH, WHEN IT COMES TO DESIGNING SYSTEMS AND MAKING SURE WE'RE CONSIDERING GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES AND NOT JUST THE ONES THAT ARE REPRESENTED BY, UH, THE MOST VOLUME OF PEOPLE OR CULTURAL DOMINANCE OR PRIVILEGE OR WEALTH.

UH, AND I JUST APPRECIATE THAT THOUGH.

THINGS COULD BE A HELL OF A LOT BETTER.

YOU STILL, YOU HAVE THE GRACE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THEY ARE SOMEWHAT BETTER.

AND, UH, I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, I SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE COMMISSION.

WHEN I SAY THAT WE WILL DO OUR BEST TO CONTINUE TO WORK, TO GET THIS INTO OUR MUSCLE MEMORY, UH, SO THAT WE CAN BE ADVOCATING, UH, IN THE BEST WAY POSSIBLE.

THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH FOR KEEPING THIS, UH, IN OUR, WITHIN OUR PARAMOUNT, WELL, THANK Y'ALL AND I, I WOULD LIKE TO WORK WITH YOU IF I CAN.

AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK YOU HAVE REALLY NICE STAFF.

IT'S JUST THAT IT'S VERY FRUSTRATING AND I'M GLAD THAT YOU RECOGNIZE THAT AND THERE NEEDS TO BE MORE WORK.

AGREED.

THANK YOU, MS. THOMAS, AND WE'LL, WE'LL BE HAPPY, UH, TO, UH, TO WORK WITH YOU IN THE FUTURE.

FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT TO ANY OF US DIRECTLY, UH, UM, UH, OR, UH, TO, TO LISA OR ANY OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING STAFF.

AND I KNOW THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO LIAISON AND WORK TOGETHER ON ANY INITIATIVE THAT, THAT, UH, YOU THINK MIGHT HELP US, UH, FORWARD, UM, YOU KNOW, THE NOTION OF, OF MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE ADDRESSING DISABILITY, UH, IN ALL OF OUR PROGRAM DESIGN.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

DO WE HAVE ANOTHER SPEAKER COMMISSIONER? YOU MIGHT NEED TO UNMUTE YOURSELF IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK MR. YOUNG, UH, YOU ARE ON MUTE.

UM, I THINK THERE'S A EDUCATION, UH, SHORTAGE, UH, FAR AS GETTING THE WORD OUT ABOUT THE ADA.

I RECENTLY BOUGHT A HOUSE ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO, AND WITH ME KNOWING SOME OF THE ADA RULES REGULATIONS, I WAS ABLE TO TELL THE BUILDER HE NEEDED TO ADJUST SOME THINGS IN MY HOUSE LIKE LIGHTING, FIXTURES, OUTLETS, AND CABINETS SIZES.

SO MY QUESTION IS WHEN, WHEN THESE HOUSES ARE BEING BUILT IN, OUR INSPECTORS ARE GOING IN, IS ANYONE LOOKING AT ABA COMPLIANCES AND, UH, COMMISSIONING, UH, ARE YOU REFERRING, UH, TO THE, UH, UH, AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAT'S BEING BUILT IN GENERAL? UH, YOU KNOW, I WOULD, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT IT'S CERTAINLY PART OF, UH, YOU KNOW, OF, OF THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS.

I WOULD DEFER TO STAFF ON THAT.

AND I THINK THAT GIVEN, UH, PARTICULARLY OUR, OUR TIME LIMITATIONS, I THINK, UH, IN ONE OF OUR PRESENTATIONS, WE HAVE, UH, ONE OF OUR PRESENTERS THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE BY 1115.

HOWEVER, I AM VERY MUCH INTERESTED IN EXPLORING THIS FURTHER.

AND SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE, IF YOU'D BE INTERESTED IN DOING SO, IF YOU HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS OR IF ANY OF THE COMMISSIONERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR ITEMS AROUND, UH, DISOBEY ARE AROUND, UH, UH, DESIGNING, UH, AROUND THE NEEDS FOR THOSE IN OUR, UH, IN OUR, UH, COMMUNITY OR EXPERIENCING DISABILITIES, UH, THEN I THINK THAT COULD BE WORTHY OF A DISCUSSION ITEM IN OUR NEXT AGENDA.

DOES THAT SOUND GOOD TO YOU COMMISSIONER? YOU KNOW, WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN GET THE RESPONSES TO THESE QUESTIONS TOO.

MINUTES OF THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION MEETING, UH, PLEASE SAY, AYE, ALL THOSE OPPOSED, PLEASE SAY NAY.

SO VERY MUCH, ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE COMMISSIONERS ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM? THANK YOU.

DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS? OKAY.

IT SOUNDS LIKE WE DON'T HAVE ANY MORE SPEAKERS.

SO I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO THE APPROVAL

[1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]

OF, UH, THE MINUTES.

UH, IF, UM, EVERYBODY HOPEFULLY HAS HAD A TIME TO REVIEW THE NOVEMBER 10TH MINUTES.

UM, IF YOU HAVEN'T, IF YOU COULD QUICKLY TAKE A LOOK AT THEM AND I'D LOVE IT, IF, UH, SOMEBODY MIGHT OFFER, UH, A MOTION TO APPROVE MOTION TO APPROVE, WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE BY COMMISSIONER YOUNG.

AND I HEARD A SECOND FROM, AND I HEARD A SECOND FROM THANK YOU COMMISSIONER TO OLIVER'S SECONDS.

UH, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE NOVEMBER 10TH

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AND ANYONE ABSTAINING, WOULD YOU PLEASE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT INDIVIDUALLY RIGHT NOW? OKAY.

SO IT SOUNDS LIKE THE I'S HAVE IT UNANIMOUSLY INCLUDING A VOTE FOR MYSELF.

THE NEXT

[3. COMMUNITY SERVICES BLOCK GRANT (CSBG)]

AGENDA ITEM IS A CSBG UPDATE FROM ON HILLS SAN BONO, TYPICALLY ON HILL IS VERY KIND AND OFFERS US A COMPREHENSIVE UPDATE, WHICH WE'RE FAMILIAR WITH.

AND WE CAN ALWAYS REVIEW IN THE MATERIALS TODAY, GIVEN TIME LIMITATIONS, BOTH ON HIS SIDE AND OUR SIDE, UH, ON GAIL.

WE'LL JUST, UH, GIVE US A QUICK, UM, UH, ONE MINUTE REMINDER OF, UH, YOU KNOW, THE CONTEXT OF THIS UPDATE, UH, AND LEAVE IT TO US TO REVIEW THE BACKUP MATERIALS, UH, AND, UH, AND ASK ANY QUESTIONS IN THE NEXT, UH, AND THE NEXT MEETING, IF NECESSARY.

ALL RIGHT.

THIS IS AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH NEBULOUS SERVICES UNIT.

JUST A QUICK REMINDER THAT THE COMMUNITY SERVICES BLOCK GRANT FUNDS ARE DELIVERY OF BASIC NEEDS, CASE MANAGEMENT, PREVENTATIVE HEALTH, AND EMPLOYMENT SUPPORT SERVICES THROUGH OUR SIX NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS HERE IN AUSTIN, REFER TO THE BACKUP FOR THIS MONTH REPORT.

UH, WE ARE ON TRACK IN TERMS OF THE BUDGET TO FULLY EXTEND BY MID JANUARY.

UM, WE CONTINUED TO PROVIDE RENT AND UTILITY ASSISTANCE TO OUR CLIENTS.

WE ARE ALSO PROVIDING CURBSIDE WITH PANTRY PICKUP, AND I DID INCLUDE A SUCCESS STORY THIS MONTH.

THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN WHINY LAST MONTH FOR REMINDING ME THAT YOU MISSED THE STORIES.

SO THEY'RE BACK.

I WOULD ASK YOU TO PLEASE TAKE YOUR TIME TO LEAD THIS ONE.

IT'S VERY, VERY POIGNANT.

I APPRECIATE ALL YOUR SUPPORT FOR THIS PAST YEAR.

WE WISH YOU A HAPPY HOLIDAY SEASON, STAY SAFE, STAY CONNECTED, AND AGAIN, LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR SUPPORT AND ADVOCACY FOR OUR PROGRAMMING IN 2021.

THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THIS MINUTE.

I APPRECIATE IT.

I'M GOOD.

AND THANK YOU FOR GIVING AND THANK YOU, UH, UNHEALED FOR GIVING US, UH, UH, HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF MINUTES, UH, THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

UH, WE VERY, VERY MUCH APPRECIATE IT.

UH, IF THERE, IF THERE AREN'T ANY, UH, COMMENTS FROM THE COMMISSIONERS, UH, I WOULD LOVE TO CONTINUE ON.

THANKS.

UH, THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM, UH, IS THE PUBLIC HEARING ELISA.

I MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN, IN LOOKING AT NEW BUSINESS, UH, MOVING FROM THREE TO NUMBER FIVE RIGHT NOW, UH, GIVEN, UH, SOME OF OUR TIME LIMITATIONS.

UH, DOES THAT SOUND OKAY TO YOU? I'M GOING TO RECOMMEND THAT THE PUBLIC HEARING BE ALLOWED TO GO FORWARD, BECAUSE THAT IS EXTREMELY URGENT BUSINESS OR THE DEPARTMENT.

INTENTION, UH, OBVIOUSLY OF THE STAFF IN THE HPD.

AND SO SORT OF WHAT THE SHIRTS THAT WE CAN DEFINITELY MAKE THAT HAPPEN.

MY UNDERSTANDING, UH, IS THAT OUR, UH, REPRESENTATIVE, UH, WHO WILL BE DISCUSSING, UH, RBJ HAS A HARD STOP AT 1115, WHICH IS IN 10 MINUTES.

UM, JUST THAT, UH, WHAT DO YOU THINK WE MAY BE ABLE TO GET THROUGH FIVE B AND THEN JUMP TO THE PUBLIC HEARING I'M GOING TO DEFER TO EITHER ERICA OR SHE MEANS SIDE SEX, THE REPRESENTATIVE, BECAUSE SHE CAN, I, SHE MAY NEED MORE THAN MAYBE YOU'RE RIGHT.

JUST GO AHEAD WITH THAT.

BY BEING BACK TO THE PUBLIC HEARING, JANINE, DOES THAT SOUND RIGHT TO YOU, UH, GIVEN YOUR TIME LIMITATION OR HAS SOMETHING CHANGED SINCE THEN THAT MIGHT OFFER US MORE FLEXIBILITY.

GIVE ME ONE MINUTE TO IDENTIFY HER NUMBER, RIGHT, SERGEANT AND YOU'RE ON MUTE.

HI, THIS IS JANINE.

CAN YOU HEAR ME GREAT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

UM, COMMISSIONERS AND CHAIR FOR TRYING TO HONOR MY SCHEDULE, ACTUALLY THIS MORNING, MY 1130 WAS CHANGED TO NOON.

SO I DO HAVE MORE FLEXIBILITY, BUT I GOT TO TRAVEL TO THAT MEETING.

SO NOW MY HARD STOP IS AROUND 1140.

SOUNDS GOOD WITH THAT SAID, I THINK WE CAN, UH, JUMP OVER TO THE PUBLIC HEARING AND, UH, HONOR THE

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SO, UM, WE WILL CONTINUE WITH THE AGENDA AS IS, UH, AND MOVING TO THE PUBLIC HEARING.

UM, I'M SORRY, I DON'T SEE THE AGENDA.

YOU GUYS WANT ME TO GO THROUGH MY POWERPOINT ON THE RBJ.

I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS THE, THAT REBECCA WHO WILL BE TAKING A LEAD ROLE.

OKAY, GREAT.

ALL RIGHT.

JUST CALL ME WHEN IT'S MY TIME.

THANKS.

IS REBECCA THE CALL? CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? WHOEVER SAID THAT, YES, WE CAN.

THIS IS REBECCA GLF, DEPUTY DIRECTOR WITH THE HOUSING AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT.

[2A. Briefing on the Fiscal Year 2019-2020 Action Plan Amendments to incorporate additional Coronavirus Relief Funds from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development]

I LOVE THE FACT THAT YOU CAN SEE WHEN YOU'RE ON MUTE, BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE JUST KIND OF WAITING FOR THAT LITTLE SYMBOL TO CHANGE.

SO I'M HAPPY TO SEE EVERYONE TODAY.

I WILL BE GOING THROUGH A BRIEF PRESENTATION BECAUSE I KNOW THAT MANY OF YOU ARE ACCLIMATED ALREADY AS TO WHAT THE ACTION PLAN IS.

AND WHEN WE DO A SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENT, UM, MANY OF YOU HAVE BEEN WITH US, UM, ON THIS JOURNEY BEFORE, BUT WE ALSO KNOW OUR VIEWING AUDIENCE, UM, MAY NOT.

SO WE HAVE PUT TOGETHER A VERY BRIEF POWERPOINT SLIDE DECK TO WALK YOU THROUGH THAT.

AND I'M GOING TO ASK FOR THAT TO BE TEED UP.

THAT IS THE, UH, PRESENTATION THAT STARTS WITH PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO HUD 20 1920 ACTION PLAN.

AND IT'S PROBABLY ONE OF THE ONLY PRESENTATIONS IN YOUR PACKET.

UH, JUST REAL BRIEFLY, I'D LIKE TO GIVE SOME ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS TO, UH, MANY OF THE STAFF WHO'VE BEEN WITH US.

UM, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF PARTNERING DEPARTMENTS WHO HAVE JUST BEEN EXTRAORDINARY AS WE HAVE BEEN WORKING TO ALIGN RECOMMENDATIONS THAT REALLY REFLECT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND STAKEHOLDER FEEDBACK THAT ARE HAPPENING IN A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT PLACES.

OF COURSE, WE ALL HEAR THAT STAKEHOLDER FEEDBACK AND THE COMMUNITY, UM, INPUT THROUGH A LOT OF THE COMMENTS HAPPENING AT THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS ON A WEEKLY BASIS.

WE ALSO HAVE STAKEHOLDERS WHO ARE CONVENING STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS AND ALL OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AREAS TO INCLUDE AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.

AND CERTAINLY WE CONTINUE TO HEAR THROUGH THESE FORUMS AS WELL AS OTHERS ABOUT THE COMMUNITY NEEDS FOR HOUSEHOLDS IMPACTED BY COVID.

SO A SPECIAL CALL OUT FOR AWESOME PUBLIC HEALTH AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND ALL OF THE WORK BEING DONE TO BRING FORWARD, UM, RECOMMENDATIONS RELATED TO FUNDING BEING MADE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE CARES ACT.

NEXT SLIDE.

SO JUST A REAL QUICK REMINDER FOR OUR VIEWING AUDIENCE.

THE ACTION PLAN IS ESSENTIALLY THE ANNUAL GRANT, UH, THAT REALLY COMES UP OFF OF THE CONSOLIDATED PLAN, WHICH AS A REMINDER IS A FIVE-YEAR INVESTMENT PLAN THAT IS DESIGNED TO EXPRESS TO THE COMMUNITY, BUT THE CITY OF AUSTIN AND TENDS TO DO WITH ITS FEDERAL FORMULA FUNDING FROM HUD.

AND THOSE INCLUDE THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM, HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS.

SO THE HOME PROGRAM, EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS, GRANT PROGRAM, AND HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS, OUR HOPWA PROGRAM, THE FIVE YEAR INVESTMENT PLAN OR THE CONSOLIDATED PLAN.

UM, EACH YEAR WE REVISIT AND WE SEND TO HUD, UM, ESSENTIALLY A GRANT APPLICATION INDICATING WHAT THE ANNUAL ACTION PLAN FOR THOSE DOLLARS IS.

AND IF YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD AND GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE WHILE DOING SO I WILL SAY, AS WE HAVE SEEN THESE CARES ACT DOLLARS, COME DOWN, APOLOGIES.

AS WE HAVE SEEN THE CARES ACT DOLLARS, COME DOWN FROM HUD.

WE HAVE HAD TO GO BACK AND MAKE AMENDMENTS TO OUR ACTION PLAN IN THE YEAR

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THAT THESE DOLLARS ARE BEING MADE AVAILABLE THROUGH CONGRESSIONAL APPROPRIATION.

SO WHY IS THE CITY OF AUSTIN AMENDING ITS FISCAL YEAR 20 ACTION PLAN LIKE RESUMES? UH, I'M SORRY, I'M GETTING FEEDBACK EVERYBODY ON THE CALL.

MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE MUTED.

IF YOU'RE NOT SPEAKING, PLEASE.

ELIGIBLE FOR THE CONTINUUM OF CARE OR ESG.

CAN WE, THE SOURCE OF THAT? MY CHANCE.

I JUST WANT TO BE SURE THAT I'M, I'M, I'M NOT CAUSING THE DISTRACTION.

UH, SO BACK TO THE POWERPOINT SLIDE, IF WE CAN, UH, WHY WE ARE AMENDING THE ACTION PLAN IS RELATED TO THE FUNDING BEING MADE AVAILABLE BY HUD TO RESPOND TO COVID.

SO AMENDING THE 2019 2020 ACTION PLAN ALLOWS US TO DEPLOY THE ADDITIONAL FUNDS BEING MADE AVAILABLE BY HUD, SPECIFICALLY FOR HOUSEHOLDS IMPACTED BY COVID-19 NEXT SLIDE.

SO AS A REMINDER, THE CORONAVIRUS AID RELIEF AND ECONOMIC SECURITY CARES ACT OF 20 $20 ARE FLOWING FROM HUD SOMETIMES THROUGH PASS-THROUGH ENTITIES AND SOMETIMES DIRECTLY INTO CITIES OR JURISDICTIONS.

AND THESE DOLLARS ARE THERE.

I'M GOING TO JUST SIMPLY SAY THE, UH, ABBREVIATIONS, CDBG, CV, ESG, CV, AND HOPWA CV.

NEXT SLIDE.

SO THE CARES ACT REGULATIONS, YOU ALL WERE VERY HELPFUL IN YOUR FEEDBACK.

BACK IN MAY, 2020 OF THIS YEAR, WHEN WE RECEIVED ROUGHLY $4.6 MILLION, WE BROUGHT TO YOU OUR, UH, CITIZENS PARTICIPATION PLAN.

SO WE COULD AMEND THAT SO THAT WE COULD BE A LIGHT ON OUR FEET, SO TO SPEAK, AND WELL-POSITIONED AS DOLLARS CONTINUED FLOW THROUGH THE CARES ACT THAT WE HAD AN EXPEDITED CHANNEL FOR DEPLOYING THOSE DOLLARS, PROVIDE YOU ALL WITH THE REGULATION AND REMIND YOU ALL THAT WE ARE ON A DIFFERENT TIMING TRACK, BUT AS YOU ALL GAVE US DIRECTION IN YOUR MEETING BACK IN MAY, WE WANT TO GIVE AS MUCH TIME AS POSSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC, TO WEIGH IN.

AND THUS, THIS IS THE REASON FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING AT YOUR MEETING.

NEXT SLIDE, IF WE CAN GO TO SLIDE 12, ALL RIGHT.

SO VERY QUICKLY WE HAVE JUST FOUR OR FIVE MORE SLIDES.

OH, WE'RE ZOOMING PAST 12.

WE NEED TO GO BACK TO 12 PAGE 12 OF THE PDF.

UH, YOU, UM, I APOLOGIZE.

AND I'M JUST LOOKING AT, THERE WE GO.

THE SLIDE 12.

AND SO AS A REMINDER ON PROCESS, UH, WE, OUR FISCAL YEAR, 1920 IS WHAT WAS APPROVED BY HUD AND THE FALL.

AND SO THAT'S THE DOLLARS THAT WERE APPROVED BY CONGRESS ARE FLOWING FROM 2019 PROGRAM YEAR.

SO WE GO BACK TO THAT ACTION PLAN FROM 2019 AND WE ARE NOW SUBMITTING THE AMENDMENT.

SO THAT THAT ACTION PLAN REFLECTS THOSE NEW DOLLARS, WHICH WE ARE HERE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT TODAY AND, UM, MOVING FORWARD FOR COUNCIL APPROVAL NEXT WEEK, NEXT SLIDE, THIS RIGHT HERE, UH, JUST REALLY REFLECTS THE EXACT DOLLARS WE'RE HERE TO DISCUSS TODAY.

THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT CORONAVIRUS, IT MAY BE USED TO COVER OR REIMBURSE COSTS TO PREVENT, PREPARE FOR AND RESPOND TO CORONAVIRUS.

OUR NEW FUNDS BEING ANALYZED TODAY IS $7.2 MILLION.

AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE WANTED PAIR IN OUR COMMUNITY OUTREACH, AS WELL AS THE WORK THAT'S BEING DONE, UM, TO MOVE AN AMENDMENT FORWARD.

WE ALSO WANTED TO BRING YOU THE EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANT CV, UH, WHICH CAN BE USED AND IS ELIGIBLE TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF COVID-19 PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SUPPORT TO INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES

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I WANT TO PAUSE AND JUST SAY, WE HAVE REPRESENTATIVES ALSO ON THE PHONE FROM AWESOME PUBLIC HEALTH THAT CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS RELATED TO ESG.

AND THEN AS WE MOVE FORWARD, YOU'LL SEE OUR PROPOSALS FOR THE 7.2 CDBG CV.

AND WE HAVE REPRESENTATIVES ON THE PHONE TODAY WHO CAN TALK TO YOU, SHOULD THERE BE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROPOSALS FOR THAT FUNDING SOURCE AS WELL? NEXT SLIDE.

AND SO THIS JUST PROVIDES A VERY HIGH LEVEL OF WHAT THE STAFF IS RECOMMENDING FOR THE DOLLARS.

WE RECOGNIZE THE NEED CROSSES MANY SPECTRUMS. AND SO STAFF HAS RECOMMENDED THE EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM TO CONTINUE WITH 2.2 MILLION CHILDCARE SERVICES, TO HAVE 2.5 MILLION OF THE OVERALL 7.2 AND SMALL BUSINESS ASSISTANCE, 2.5.

AND OF COURSE YOU SEE THERE, THE AWESOME PUBLIC HEALTH, 8.8 MILLION CONTINUE, PLEASE, THESE SLIDES, AND I'M NOT GOING TO READ EACH OF THEM RECOGNIZING AND BEING SENSITIVE TO TIME, BUT EACH OF THE SLIDES FOLLOWING PROVIDE A VERY HIGH LEVEL SUMMARY OF WHAT STAFF INTENDS TO DO WITH THE DOLLARS.

SO FOR THE EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE, UM, IT IS VERY MUCH KEEPING AND SUSTAINING OUR PROGRAM.

AS YOU ALL KNOW THAT THE HOUSING AND PLANNING STAFF HAS LIFTED A RELIEF FOR EMERGENCY NEEDS OF TENANT PROGRAM, AND THAT IS CALLED RENT.

AND THESE DOLLARS WILL CONTINUE TO SUSTAIN OUR ABILITY TO DEPLOY EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE TO THE COMMUNITY.

AND WE ARE LOOKING TO LEVERAGE THE DOLLARS WITH CONTINUED USE OF THE HOUSING TRUST FUND TO ENSURE THAT HOUSEHOLDS THAT, UM, MAY NOT MEET CDBG REQUIREMENTS ALSO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE.

AND IN ADDITION, WE ARE SUBMITTING A GRANT TO THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT, WELL, TD HCA.

UM, SO THAT, THAT IS THE STATE PASS THROUGH FOR ADDITIONAL CDBG CV.

SO WE CONTINUE TO LEVERAGE OTHER DOLLARS AND KEEP OUR RENT PROGRAM GOING NEXT SLIDE.

AND I THINK WE PASS CHILDCARE.

CAN YOU GO BACK TO SLIDE? THAT'S INDICATED 16.

SO CHILDCARE SERVICES, CDBG CV, WE ARE RECOMMENDING ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR CHILDCARE ASSISTANCE.

UH, WE ARE WORKING WITH THE AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH THAT CAN PROVIDE MORE DATA AND A SUMMARY OF THE NEED, BUT THEY HAVE INDICATED THEY HAVE GREAT CAPACITY TO CONTINUE TO SPEND THE DOLLARS AND THE NEATEST GREAT IN THIS AREA.

NEXT SLIDE.

AND FINALLY OUR SMALL BUSINESS ASSISTANCE.

I THINK ALL OF US ARE VERY COGNIZANT OF MUCH OF THE, UM, CONVERSATIONS THAT ARE HAPPENING AT CITY COUNCIL.

AND CERTAINLY EVEN AS OF YESTERDAY, A NUMBER OF PUBLIC TESTIMONY IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA WHERE BUSINESSES ARE FEELING GREAT IMPACT, UH, DUE TO COVID-19.

AND I WANT TO GIVE INCREDIBLE ACCOLADES TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, UH, FOR LIFTING A NUMBER OF PROGRAMS, BUT THESE DOLLARS WILL BE VERY IMPORTANT TO HELP INFUSE, UH, FUNDING TO, UH, ADDRESS SOME OF THE GREAT NEEDS THAT THE SMALL BUSINESSES BRINGING TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STAFF.

NEXT SLIDE, REALLY, WE WANTED TO JUST BE SURE AND REFERENCE THE EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANT CV.

THESE DOLLARS ARE BEING UTILIZED AND MUCH OF THE PROGRAMMATIC AVENUES THAT WE HAVE SEEN AND ARE CONTINUING TO HELP, UH, CURRENT PROGRAMMING CONTINUE FORWARD.

AND AGAIN, AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH IS ON THE LINE.

SHOULD ANYONE HAVE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS HERE? NEXT SLIDE.

AND I BELIEVE IT'S OUR FINAL SLIDER TO, UH, JUST REAL QUICKLY BACK ON THE TIMELINE.

THERE YOU GO.

ONE MORE UP.

AND SO FINALLY, ON THE TIMELINE, WE HAVE HAD AN ONLINE PUBLIC NOTICE AND PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD HAPPENING, UM, FROM NOVEMBER 23RD, IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT FOR US TO KEEP THAT ONLINE, UM, OPPORTUNITY FOR FEEDBACK OPEN AS WELL AS HOST A PUBLIC HEARING HERE AT YOUR MEETING TODAY.

I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR MAKING YOURSELVES AVAILABLE AND CONTINUING TO BE SO FLEXIBLE

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SO THAT WE COULD GET THIS PARTICULAR PUBLIC HEARING OPPORTUNITY TO THE PUBLIC.

AND THEN OF COURSE, THE PUBLIC HAS AN OPPORTUNITY DECEMBER 10TH TO WEIGH IN WHEN WE BRING THE ITEM FORWARD FOR AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL RECOMMENDATION, THAT ITEM I BELIEVE IS ITEM 23.

AND OF COURSE, ANYONE WHO WANTS TO SIGN UP ON AN ITEM AND SPEAK TO IT AT AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL HAS THAT OPPORTUNITY AS WELL.

WE JUST WANT TO REMIND THE PUBLIC ON THE, UM, OPPORTUNITIES TO SIGN UP AT COUNCIL DOES REQUIRE ADVANCED NOTICE.

SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AT ALL, PLEASE REACH OUT TO OUR OFFICE SO WE CAN NAVIGATE THAT AND GET YOU IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

SO YOU CAN SPEAK ON THE ITEM AT AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL.

FINALLY, AFTER COUNCIL WEIGHS IN AND MAKES THE FINAL RECOMMENDATION OR A COUNCIL ACTION, WE WILL BE POSITIONED TO SUBMIT THE AMENDMENT TO HUD, AND THEN WE WILL BE WAITING THEN ON FINAL GRANT AUTHORIZATION, WHERE WE EXECUTE THE GRANT AND DEPLOY THE DOLLARS WE ANTICIPATE THAT THAT WOULD BE LATER ON IN THE YEAR OR EARLY NEXT YEAR.

HUD ACTUALLY HAS BEEN TURNING THESE GRANT EXECUTIONS AROUND QUITE QUICKLY.

ONCE WE DO SUBMIT THE, A SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENTS.

SO OUR PARTNERS WELL PO POISED TO GET THOSE DOLLARS OUT THE DOOR, AS SOON AS WE SUBMIT OUR FORMAL AMENDMENT PROCESS.

THAT IS IT.

WE WANT TO BE SURE.

AND JUST TURN IT OVER FOR ANYONE WHO HAS SIGNED UP ON THIS ITEM AND ALLOW FOR ANY QUESTIONS TO BE ASKED SO THAT YOU ALL HAVE YOUR QUESTIONS ASK AS WE GO TO COUNCIL ON THE 10TH, I'D LIKE TO ADD THAT THE, UH, COUNCIL MEETING REBECCA IS REFERRING TO IS SCHEDULED FOR DECEMBER 10TH.

GREAT.

AND MY ASSUMPTION IS THAT ANYBODY WHO WOULD HAVE BEEN SIGNED UP TO HAVE SPOKEN ON THIS MATTER WOULD HAVE SPOKEN, UH, AT THE OUTSET WHEN WE INITIATED THE MEETING.

IS THAT RIGHT? LISA, CAN YOU ANSWER THAT? THAT IS CORRECT.

MR. CHAIR, DO WE NOT HAVE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK? I KNOW MS. THOMAS HAD MENTIONED THAT SHE WAS INTERESTED IN SPEAKING AT THE PUBLIC HEARING.

SHE DID MENTION THAT.

I DON'T KNOW IF SHE STAYED ON THE LINE.

UH, AND I THINK SHE MENTIONED THAT SHE WANTED TO SPEAK THE PUBLIC HEARING, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, BUT THAT'S OKAY, SHE'S DOING THIS NOW.

UH, SO I'M, I'M NOT SURE IF WE DON'T HAVE HER ON THE LINE THOUGH.

I DON'T IMAGINE THAT SHE'LL BE ABLE TO SPEAK, I THINK, A CTM TECH THAT ADVISE ON THAT, LOOKING FOR THAT NUMBER RIGHT NOW, IN THE MEANTIME, IF ANY COMMISSIONERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, UH, ABOUT THIS PRESENTATION, UH, OR ANY POSSIBLE ACTION, OR WE ASK THAT WE MARINATE ON THAT RIGHT NOW BECAUSE, UH, AND ALSO MAKE SURE THAT OUR COMMENTS ARE VERY SUCCINCT BECAUSE WE ARE CLEARLY ON A TIME CRUNCH WITH THE MEETING ENDING AT NOON, UH, AND COMMISSIONER LEGATO, AS SOON AS WE GET CONFIRMATION THAT WE DON'T HAVE A SPEAKER I'LL I'LL, UH, I'LL GRAB YOUR COMMENTS.

HELLO.

I THINK WE HAVE LISA NOW.

IT JUST TOOK ME A LITTLE WHILE TO CALL IN AGAIN.

THANK YOU, MS. THOMAS.

AND YOU'RE ABLE TO SPEAK IF YOU LIKE MS. THOMAS NEEDS TO MUTE HER COMPUTER.

IT'S BETTER NOW.

YES.

HAVE TO BE OUT THERE WORKING LIKE BUS DRIVERS AND THE TRASH COLLECTORS, UM, AND COMMUNITY ATTENDANCE AND THAT KIND OF THING, BECAUSE THEY, AND PEOPLE THAT WORK IN SUPERMARKETS BECAUSE THEY'RE BEING, UM, UH, THEY'RE PUTTING THEMSELVES IN JEOPARDY FOR ALL OF US.

UM, I JUST WANTED TO SAY, UH, THAT, UM, IN, IN TERMS OF THE, UM, MONEY FOR THE COKE PANDEMIC THAT, UM, THERE'S, THERE'S TWO THINGS I WANTED TO, TO, UH, THREE THINGS I WANTED TO SAY.

ONE IS THAT IN THE RENT, UM, THERE'S PEOPLE IN OUR ORGANIZATION THAT WANT A PRAYER THAT YOU THINK ABOUT PRIORITIZING PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, FOR THE RENT ASSISTANCE AND OLDER, UH, PEOPLE, UM, ON THE CHILDCARE.

I HOPE YOU FOCUS.

AND, UH, IF THERE'S A POSSIBLE WAY TO, UH, FOCUS ON SOME OF THE, UM, PEOPLE THAT

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AND, UM, THEY OFTEN ARE LEFT OUT BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT NURSES AND DOCTORS.

UM, AND THE LAST THING THAT I WANTED TO MENTION WAS I HOPE THAT YOU COULD CONSIDER, UM, PPES FOR COMMUNITY ATTENDANCE, WHO IN CASE YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY ARE.

THOSE ARE PEOPLE THAT WORK WITH, UH, PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AND SENIORS WHO NEED PERSONAL CARE AND LIVE IN THE COMMUNITY, UM, IN THEIR OWN HOMES AND THE ATTENDANTS COME TO THEIR HOMES AND HELP THEM, AND THE AGENCIES THAT THOSE PEOPLE WORK FOR.

THEY'RE NOT PROVIDING THEM WITH MASKS AND THEY'RE NOT PROVIDING THEM WITH ANY, UH, I MEAN, THEY SAY THEY ARE, BUT WE, WE HAVE, UH, WE HAVE AN ATTENDANCE, UM, ARM OF OUR ORGANIZATION, UH, THAT W ADVOCATES FOR ATTENDANCE.

AND THEY, THEY, UH, THE ATTENDANTS THAT ARE INVOLVED WITH THAT, DON'T, THEY'RE NOT NECESSARILY GETTING ANY MASKS.

AND, UM, THEY HAVE, THEY GET PAID $8 AND 11 CENTS AN HOUR.

THEY'RE DOING THE SAME KIND OF, UH, YOU KNOW, INTENSIVE PERSONAL CARE.

AND THEY'RE NOT GETTING, UH, PPES.

NOW TWO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE SUPPLIED OUR ORGANIZATION WITH SOME, WITH SOME PP, WITH SOME, FOR THAT.

WE ARE MAILING OUT TO ATTENDANCE THAT ARE, UH, THAT WE KNOW OF.

BUT, UM, AND IF YOU KNOW, OF ANY OTHER PEOPLE LIKE CATS AND, YOU KNOW, THAT ARE DOING THAT KIND OF WORK, THAT NEED THEM, WE'RE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ADD THEM TO THE LIST.

BUT, UM, WE OBVIOUSLY DON'T KNOW EVERY ATTENDING IN AUSTIN.

THERE'S, THERE'S HUNDREDS OF THEM.

AND, UH, SO I, AND IT'S A BIG NEED AND, AND IT'S NOT BEING MET EVEN THOUGH IT SHOULD BE BEING MET BY THE STATE.

AND WE'RE TRYING TO GET THE STATE TO STEP UP AND DO THINGS THEY'RE STILL FIDDLING AROUND WITH THE DEFINITIONS AND CRAP LIKE THAT.

SO, UM, YOU KNOW, IF YOU, IF THERE'S ANY WAY YOU COULD THINK ABOUT INCLUDING THAT, IT WOULD BE REALLY GREAT.

UM, AND THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO SAY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT GUIDANCE.

UM, MS. THOMAS, I'LL ALSO DEFER TO STAFF.

IF THERE'S ANY RESPONSE, THIS IS REBECCA GLO IN THE INTEREST OF TIME.

WE APPRECIATE THE COMMENTARY.

I WON'T RESPOND AND I'LL CONTINUE TO ALLOW FOR QUESTIONS.

LOVELY.

AND CLEARLY MS. THOMAS, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND SPECIFICALLY ON THE GUIDANCE AROUND ESSENTIAL WORKERS AND THE FOLKS WHO ARE, UH, PLAYING PARTICULAR ROLES IN OUR COMMUNITY, MAKING SURE THAT THEY HAVE, UH, UH, SORT OF GUARANTEED ACCESS TO THESE RESOURCES AND, UH, COMMISSIONER DELGADO.

UH, YES.

I JUST NEEDED TO ASK QUESTIONS EITHER TO, UM, THE NACB STAFF OR AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH, WHOEVER CAN ANSWER, HOW ARE THE, UM, MONIES BEING DISTRIBUTED MUTED, LIKE AS FAR AS AREA WISE? CAUSE I KNOW THAT THE FINDINGS I'VE, I'VE HEARD THE FUNDING SOURCE AND THE ACTIVITY AND THE ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT, BUT HOW MUCH MONEY HAVE, Y'ALL DECIDED HOW MUCH MONEY IS GOING, WHERE I THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER DELGADO.

THIS IS REBECCA GLO.

ARE YOU REFERRING SPECIFICALLY TO THE CHILDCARE? UH, I'M REFERRING TO ALL OF IT.

UM, YEAH, I JUST WANT AN IN MY AREA EAST AUSTIN, I WANT TO KNOW HOW MUCH MONEY IS BEING ALLOCATED TO MY AREA FOR ASSISTANCE.

SO THAT'S THE FIRST QUESTION.

THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION I KNOW FROM THE RENT PROGRAM, WE CAN GET YOU THAT INFORMATION AND QUITE QUICKLY, UM, I'M FAIRLY CONFIDENT.

UM, SO I WOULD VALUE HAVING SOME TIME SO THAT WE CAN GET THAT ANALYSIS VERY CLEARLY LAID OUT.

WE CAN EMAIL THAT TO ALL OF YOU.

I WILL DEFER TO, WE'VE GOT SOME WONDERFUL, UM, INDIVIDUALS ON THE PHONE.

AND I THINK THAT THAT IS A REALLY IMPORTANT QUESTION.

SO I WOULD CALL ON CINDY GOMEZ FOR CHILDCARE.

AND THEN, UH, I WANT TO ALSO RECOGNIZE, UH, CHRISTOPHER FOR EDD, IF THERE IS ANYTHING THAT THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS DOING IN TERMS OF DISTRIBUTING FUNDING, UM, IN LOCATION PRIORITIZATIONS AROUND SMALL BUSINESS.

SO I WOULD CALL ON POTENTIALLY IN THE ORDER OF CINDY FIRST.

AND THEN CHRIS.

CAN YOU HEAR ME? THIS IS CINDY GOMEZ WITH BOSTON PUBLIC HEALTH.

HI, CAN YOU ALL

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HEAR ME? YES, WE CAN.

OKAY, GREAT.

UM, THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS.

AND THANK YOU, UH, MS. JLL.

UM, FIRST I WANTED TO COMMENT ON MS. THOMAS HAS QUESTIONED THE DEFINITION OF ESSENTIAL WORKERS DO IN DO INCLUDE, UM, THOSE, UH, AREAS THAT SHE MENTIONED, INCLUDING, UH, GROCERY WORKERS AND, UM, UH, OTHER FIRST RESPONDERS AND HEALTHCARE WORKERS.

SO YES, DEFINITELY THE DEFINITION DOESN'T IS INCLUSIVE OF THOSE.

UM, THE OTHER, UH, QUESTIONS RELATED TO AREA GEOGRAPHICAL AREA THAT ALL DEPENDS ON WHICH PARENTS ARE APPLYING FOR ASSISTANCE.

UM, AND SO WE DEFINITELY, ONCE A CHILD IS IN CARE CAN GET, UM, THIS CODE INFORMATION.

UM, THE, THE, I THINK THE DEFINITION DEFINITELY FOR HUD IS, UM, AUSTIN CITY LIMITS.

SO THAT WOULD INCLUDE ALL THE COUNCIL DISTRICTS, OF COURSE.

UM, BUT AT THE, YOU KNOW, AT THE ONSET, UH, UNLESS WE LOOK AT THE WAIT LIST NUMBERS, WE AREN'T ABLE TO GET THE ZIP CODE INFORMATION OR THE GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION UNTIL THE CHILD IS IN CASE.

AND THEN CHRIS, BEFORE WE GO BACK TO COMMISSIONERS FOR ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS, OVERALL FUNDING AS IT RELATES TO, UH, DISTRIBUTION, UM, OF DOLLARS REGARDING LOCATION? HELLO, IS EVERYBODY ABLE TO HEAR ME? YES.

GREAT.

SO, UH, THANKS SO MUCH.

THIS IS CHRIS SHRECK FROM THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.

THANKS COMMISSIONERS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT THIS.

UM, OUR PROPOSAL IS TO USE THE SAME, UM, SCORING MATRIX PROCESS THAT WAS USED IN THE SMALL BUSINESS GRANTS IN ORDER TO PRIORITIZE FUNDING.

UM, THAT SCORING MATRIX PROCESS DID INCLUDE A PRIORITIZATION OF, UM, BUSINESSES THAT WERE LOCATED IN LOW TO MODERATE INCOME AREAS OF AUSTIN.

UM, IT ALSO, UH, PRIORITIZED, UH, FUNDING BUSINESSES IN, UH, THAT WERE OPERATED BY, UH, PEOPLE OF COLOR, UH, PEOPLE WHO, UH, WERE OFTEN IN, UM, IN SORT OF EXPRESSING, UH, URGENT NEED FOR ECONOMIC RELIEF.

AND SO, UM, A LOT OF THE INFORMATION HOW MONEY WAS AWARDED FROM THE AUSTIN SMALL BUSINESS RELIEF GRANT IS PROVIDED ON A DASHBOARD@ATXRECOVERS.COM.

UM, AND I THINK WE WOULD EXPECT THAT THE DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS, UH, WOULD LOOK PRETTY CLOSE.

UH, LIKE WHAT'S WHAT WAS DISTRIBUTED PREVIOUSLY.

UM, JUST TO YOUR SPECIFIC QUESTION, COMMISSIONER I'LL NOTE THAT DISTRICT THREE AND DISTRICT ONE WERE TWO OF THE, UM, LARGEST RECIPIENTS OF THE SMALL BUSINESS RELIEF GRANT FUNDS, UH, WHEN WE ONLY RAN THAT PROGRAM INITIALLY.

THAT'S EXACTLY THE QUESTION I ASKED AND YOU EXACTLY ANSWERED THE RIGHT ANSWER.

SO THANK YOU.

UM, SO I KNOW WE'RE SHORT ON TIME CHAIRS, SO I, I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS THAT I JUST KIND OF RUN THEM DOWN.

UM, REBECCA GALLO, YOU CAN DIRECT IF, UH, UNHEAR NEEDS TO ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS.

UM, AND WE CAN, I GUESS, WRAP THE QUESTIONS UP AND THEN MAYBE, UM, AT THE END OF THE MEETING AT ANY ADDITIONAL, UM, INFORMATION THAT I'M REQUESTING, WE CAN ADD THAT FOR OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM FOR THE FOLLOWING MONTH AFTER COUNCIL APPROVES.

I JUST WANT TO HAVE A, UM, AN UNDERSTANDING OF, OF HOW FUNDINGS ARE GOING TO BE ALLOCATED.

AND HE JUST EXPLAINED THAT THEY WENT THROUGH A MATRIX FOR THEIR, UH, DEPARTMENT, UH, TO ALLOCATE FUNDS FOR SOFT SMALL BUSINESSES.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT, UM, W UM, AND EVERY ACTIVITY THAT'S BEING PROPOSED TODAY TO SEE, UH, WHERE, WHERE THESE MONIES ARE FLOWING TO.

UM, CAN I MOVE ON TO MY NEXT QUESTION CHAIR? UH, YES.

I JUST WANT YOU TO KEEP IN MIND THAT, UH, MS, UH, UH, IS LIKELY NOT GOING TO BE AVAILABLE FOR LONGER THAN FIVE OR 10 MORE MINUTES, UH, AROUND THE RBJ PRESENTATION.

SO, AND IF WE MAY NEED TO TAKE ACTION ON THIS ITEM, UH, THAT COULD ALSO USE SOME TIMES JUST PLEASE KEEP THAT IN MIND, IF IT'S A DIRECTIONAL QUESTION OR, UH, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT WILL SORT OF AFFECT THE OUTCOME OF THIS, UH, I'LL LEAVE I'LL DEFER TO YOU.

UM, WELL, WE CAN GO AHEAD AND TAKE THAT ACTION ITEM.

I'M NOT GOING TO NOT APPROVE THIS, THIS, THIS IS ACTUALLY TIME SENSITIVE.

UH, IT'S GOING TO COUNCIL NEXT WEEK.

AND SO AGAIN, YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T GIVE US ENOUGH TIME TO, I FEEL LIKE TO REALLY, REALLY ENGAGE IN THIS CONVERSATION TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE MERITS THAT ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE IN THERE.

UM, I'M READY FOR APPROVAL IF WE WANT TO APPROVE.

UM, AND THEN WE CAN ASK THE QUESTIONS AFTER, AND WE CAN GET THOSE QUESTIONS ANSWERED AND OUR NEXT AGENDA, BECAUSE I REALLY DO NEED TO TALK TO RBJ.

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SO, UM, I'D LIKE TO, UH, ASK IF, UH, ANY OF THE COMMISSIONERS OR THE VICE CHAIR HAVE RECOMMENDATIONS ON, UH, ACTION THAT WE SHOULD TAKE IS YELLOW.

AGAIN, I DO APPRECIATE VERY MUCH THE COMMENTARY AROUND THE FACT THAT THE DEPLOYMENT OF THESE DOLLARS OFTEN DOES FEEL, UM, EXPEDITED.

AND SO PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT IF THERE ISN'T ANY GENERAL CONCERN ABOUT THE DIRECTION, WE ARE HAPPY TO COME BACK NEXT MONTH AND PROVIDE MORE OF A PROGRAMMATIC FRAMEWORK AROUND THESE DOLLARS.

I'M SO HAPPY TO DO THAT AND WANT TO RECOGNIZE COMMISSIONER DELGADO'S POINT.

IT'S CERTAINLY WELL TAKEN.

I THINK STAFF ACROSS THE ENTIRE CITY RECOGNIZES THAT, AND WE CERTAINLY WANT YOU ALL TO HAVE THE INFORMATION YOU WANT AND NEED ABOUT THE DEPLOYMENT OF THESE FUNDS.

THANK YOU, MS. GALLO, WITH THAT SAID, UH, I MIGHT LIKE TO SUGGEST THAT AS A BODY AND, UH, THAT, THAT WE RESOLVE, UH, TO SUPPORT, UH, THE RECOMMENDATIONS, UM, AS DETAILED, UH, BY, UH, REBECCA JLL, UH, WITH, UH, OF COURSE THE, UH, CONSIDERATION, UH, THAT, UH, WE, THAT THERE IS A SPLIT THAT SPECIAL CARE IS TAKEN TO ENSURING, UH, THAT ESSENTIAL WORKERS, UH, UH, AND THOUGH, AND, AND INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES, UH, HAVE, UH, IT'S, IT'S JUST ESSENTIAL WORKERS AND INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES, UH, HAVE UNFETTERED ACCESS, UH, AND VERY CLEAR, EQUITABLE ACCESS TO OPPORTUNITIES TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS THIS ASSISTANCE.

UM, AS WELL AS THE SECOND CONSIDERATION, WHICH IS THAT WE'D LIKE TO CONTINUE TO IMPROVE OUR ABILITY TO REPORT ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF THESE DOLLARS, AS WELL AS, UH, TRANSPARENCY AROUND A WAY WHERE THEY'RE GOING.

UM, IS THAT SOUND GENERALLY OKAY.

TO MOST OF THE COMMISSION MEMBERS FOR ALL OF US, ANY THOUGHTS VICE-CHAIR, YOU'RE STILL NEEDED.

THAT WAS STATED IN THE FORM OF A MOTION.

SO I'M GOING TO OFFER THAT AS A MOTION.

SO MOVED THE SECOND.

WE HAVE A SECOND, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF SUPPORTING, UH, THAT MOTION, PLEASE SAY, AYE, AYE, MUTE YOURSELF.

ALL OPPOSED.

PLEASE SAY, NAY, ANYONE ABSTAINING, PLEASE IDENTIFY YOURSELF.

YOU GUYS HAVE IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

WE WILL MOVE TO THE NEXT, UH, AGENDA ITEM, WHICH IS, OH, GIVE ME, WHICH IS, UH, MOVING

[4B. Briefing on RBJ Senior Center expansion and renovation (Janine Sisak, SVP/General Counsel of DMA Development Company, LLC, co-developer)]

ON TO OLD BUSINESS.

I'D LIKE TO MOVE OBVIOUSLY, UH, AGENDA ITEM FIVE B, UH, UP TO NOW, UH, AND JUST GET A BRIEFING ON THE APPROPRIATE JC IN YOUR FACILITY IS STILL AVAILABLE.

AND, UH, WE MADE IT TO, DID YOU MEAN FOUR B FIVE B, OH, SORRY.

WE'RE DOING SOME RESHUFFLING DUTY DUE TO SOME TIME CRUNCH ISSUES.

AND IF WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT MRSA IS MUTED AND AVAILABLE.

OH, FORGIVE ME.

I MIGHT BE LOOKING AT AN OLD AGENDA.

THANK YOU TOO.

HAVE WE HEARD FROM OR IS SHE AVAILABLE? SHE'S SHE'S ON THE SCREEN NOW.

EXCUSE ME.

YOU SAID SHE'S ON THE SCREEN NOW, OR DO YOU NEED TO BE WITH US NOW? OKAY.

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OKAY, GREAT.

WELL, I AM OUT OF TIME.

I PREPARED THIS POWERPOINT PRESENTATION, WHICH IS ALMOST IDENTICAL TO THE ONE I PRESENTED ABOUT A YEAR AGO.

YOU KNOW, THE BIG CHANGE IS THE COVER PAGE.

I MEAN, I THINK LAST YEAR WHEN I SHOWED YOU, UM, THERE WERE NO STICKS UP ON WHAT WE USED TO CALL THE WRAP.

THAT'S THE KIND OF, WOOD-FRAME BUILDING U SHAPED BUILDING THAT YOU SEE IN THIS PICTURE.

UM, IT'S CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION ABOUT 50% COMPLETE.

SO NOTHING ELSE FROM THE DEVELOPMENT HAS CHANGED FROM A YEAR AGO, EXCEPT THAT WE'RE MUCH CLOSER TO HAVING UNITS FOR PEOPLE TO LIVE IN.

WE EXPECT THAT OUR FIRST UNITS FOR OCCUPANCY IN WHAT'S NOW CALLED THE LADYBIRD WILL BE AVAILABLE, UM, LATE SUMMER, EARLY FALL, AT WHICH POINT THE CURRENT RESIDENTS OF THE TOWER WILL HAVE PRIORITY AND MOVING INTO THE NEW CONSTRUCTION.

UM, AND THEY WILL TAKE THEIR SECTION EIGHT.

YOU KNOW, MANY OF THE, UH, WE HAVE ABOUT 180 CURRENT RESIDENTS IN THE RBJ TOWER, MANY OF WHOM HAVE SECTION EIGHT VOUCHERS.

AND SO THOSE RESIDENTS WILL TAKE THEIR VOUCHERS OVER TO THE LADY BIRD SO THAT WE CAN EMPTY OUT THE TOWER AND START RENOVATION OF THE TOWER IN THE FALL.

SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE ARE.

I REALLY, TRULY AM SHORT ON TIME.

AND I DO THINK, UM, BECAUSE THERE HAVE BEEN SOME QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMUNITY I'D LIKE TO SPEND MY LAST REMAINING MINUTE, UM, ANSWERING QUESTIONS.

IF THE MODERATOR CAN GO TO ONE OF THE LAST SLIDES, WHICH SHOWS THE AFFORDABILITY THAT MIGHT HELP IN CASE THERE ARE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE AFFORDABILITY OF THE SENIOR HOUSING COMPONENT.

UM, KEEP GOING, I'LL TELL YOU WHEN TO STOP, UM, AND Y'ALL CAN LOOK AT THIS POWERPOINT AT YOUR CONVENIENCE.

OKAY, HERE WE GO.

THAT'S THE ONE.

UM, SO WE'LL KEEP THAT UP IN CASE COMMISSIONERS HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT AFFORDABILITY, IF COMMISSIONERS, NOT QUESTIONS ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE I'M AVAILABLE TO ANSWER.

FIRST DAY, I GOT A COMMISSION AND DELGADO.

I KNOW THIS, UH, ITEM WAS, UH, REQUESTED BY HER, CORRECT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH CHAIR.

UM, AND I JUST WANT TO JUST, UM, ASK SOME QUESTIONS.

SO YEAH, I WAS HERE WHEN YOU ALL CAME.

I WOULD, PAUL SAW TANYA, UM, HE IS A PART OF THE COMMUNITY BOARD OR SOME TYPE OF BOARD THAT'S THERE.

SO I LIVE, UM, TWO BLOCKS FROM THIS DEVELOPMENT AND, UM, UH, I'M I'M, I WAS WANTING TO RAISE ATTENTION ON THIS BECAUSE FOR SEVERAL REASONS, UM, I DON'T THINK THAT YOUR, UM, COMPANY OR YOUR DEVELOPERS HAVE CAME TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, ESPECIALLY THE RESIDENTS THAT ARE ON HASKELL STREET, WHERE I LIVED AND HAVE REALLY, REALLY DONE OUTREACH, UM, AND REALLY LET US KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON.

WE WERE VERY SURPRISED TO SEE THAT THE WEAVER APARTMENTS THAT ARE NON AFFORDABLE, UM, HAVE BEEN BUILT THAT QUICKLY AND THAT ARE CURRENTLY BEING MARKETED AT A MARKET RATE.

AND THERE'S SO MUCH TRAFFIC GOING INTO THE WEAVER THAT WE'VE EXPERIENCED SEVERAL ACCIDENTS ON NAVASOTA AND HASKELL STREET, WHERE YOU ALL HAVE DEVELOPED AN ENTRANCE, UH, AN ENTRY WAY INTO, UH, THE REBECCA BANKS THAT WAS NEVER THERE BEFORE.

SO WE HAVE A GAP THAT'S GOING ON HERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND IN YOUR DEVELOPMENT ALSO AS A PARK CHAIR OF THE HOLLY SHIRT'S MASTER PLAN, UM, THE PARK DEPARTMENT PARKS DEPARTMENT HAS NOT EVEN, UM, BROUGHT THIS DEVELOPMENT UP TO THE PARTS BOARD OR TO THE COMMUNITY REGARDING ANY MAJOR CHANGES THAT ARE HAPPENING ADJACENT TO THIS PARK.

SO MY QUESTION IS, WHAT OUTREACH ARE YOU ALL DOING TO THE IMPACT THAT NEIGHBORHOOD THAT REBECCA BANKS IS CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION? THAT'S THE FIRST QUESTION.

YEARS, UM, WE STARTED CONSTRUCTION ON THE LADYBIRD ABOUT A YEAR AGO, AND AT THAT POINT WE HAD ALREADY BEEN UNDER CONSTRUCTION ON THE ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE FOR A YEAR, UM, AND FEEL LIKE WE HAVE DONE ADEQUATE OUTREACH TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, ALTHOUGH I COMPLETELY APPRECIATE HOW DIFFICULT IT MUST BE FOR EVERYONE TO LIVE, UM, NEAR AN ACTIVE CONSTRUCTION SITE WHERE, I MEAN, AT ONE POINT IN TIME IN 2020, YOU KNOW, NOT ONLY WAS OUR PROJECT OR CONSTRUCTION, BUT THE WEAVER WAS UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

UM, WE, THE PRE-DEVELOPMENT OF THE RBJ REDEVELOPMENT WAS A PROCESS, UM, THAT WE UNDERTOOK IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE AUSTIN GERIATRIC CENTER, WHICH IS THE NONPROFIT THAT HAS OWNED THIS CAMPUS, UM, FOR 40 YEARS.

AND IT TOOK US MANY, MANY YEARS TO GET THIS PROJECT PLANNED, GET THE CORRECT APPROVALS AND ENTITLEMENTS FROM THE CITY OF AUSTIN AND TO START CONSTRUCTION DURING THOSE MANY YEARS.

AND I THINK WE'RE NEARING, YOU KNOW, EIGHT, THE EIGHT YEAR MARK ON THE PROJECT.

WE HAVE, UM, REGULARLY GONE TO THE EAST CESAR CHAVEZ NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING TEAM AND GIVEN COMPREHENSIVE UPDATES ON, ON THE DEVELOPMENT THROUGHOUT, UM, WE'VE SHARED THE MASTER PLAN.

THAT'S ON SLIDE FOUR OF THE POWERPOINT.

AND IT HAS BEEN KIND OF DEVELOPED AT, YOU KNOW, IN, IN, IN THAT KIND OF FINAL FORM FOR MANY YEARS, I WOULD SAY AT LEAST FOUR

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THE KAYLOR, YOU, I'M SORRY, STUDIOS WERE UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND SOME OF THE MIXED USE BUILDINGS WERE UNDER CONSTRUCTION AS WELL.

UM, I DO APPRECIATE AND AGREE WITH YOU THAT THE TRAFFIC HAS SOME SIGNIFICANT AND, AND OUT OF JUST DEVELOPMENT.

UM, BUT IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE LEVEL OF TRAFFIC IS MORE DUE TO CONSTRUCTION TRAFFIC, THEN, YOU KNOW, NEW RESIDENTS AT THE WEAVER, UM, YOU KNOW, WITH REGARD TO THE WEAVER, THAT'S NOT PART OF GMAS.

UM, PART OF THE PROJECT THAT WAS DEVELOPED, UM, BY A MARKET RATE DEVELOPER, UM, IT IS 225 UNITS OF MARKET RATE HOUSING, AND THEY ARE UNDERGOING THIS UP.

UM, BUT AGAIN, THAT MARKET RATE ASPECT WAS ALWAYS PART OF THE MASTER PLAN.

IN FACT, YOU KNOW, THAT AGC SOLD THAT LAND TO CREATE MORE SUBSIDY FOR THE AFFORDABLE, SO THAT WE COULD PROVIDE REALLY DEEP, DEEP LEVELS OF AFFORDABILITY IN THE LADYBIRD AND THE REBECCA, WHICH WILL RESULT IN 400 UNITS OF DEEPLY AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR AUSTIN SENIORS, MANY OF WHOM I HOPE, UM, COME FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

SO THAT, THAT ANSWERS THE FIRST QUESTION.

UNFORTUNATELY, I REALLY NEED TO GO TO ANOTHER MEETING THAT I'VE HAD SCHEDULED, UH, YOU KNOW, AS LUCK WOULD HAVE IT, IT GOT POSTPONED.

I PROBABLY COULD ANSWER ONE MORE QUESTION.

COMMISSIONER, WOULD YOU LIKE TO ASK ANOTHER QUESTION? UH, ONE, ONE MORE TIME.

THE NEXT QUESTION WOULD, THE NEXT QUESTION WOULD JUST WOULD BE, IS WHO DO, UM, THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND, AND ME AS COMMISSIONER THAT RESIDE, UM, AND THAT'S BEING DIRECTLY IMPACTED BY THIS AND WITH THE LIST OF COMPLAINTS THAT I'VE RECEIVED FROM REBECCA BANKS AND FROM THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.

UM, AND THE FACT THAT WE'RE TAXPAYERS AND THIS IS, UH, AN ENCROACHMENT IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, ESPECIALLY, UM, SEEING THAT THE TWO DESIGNS HAVE NOT BEEN CONSTRUCTED YET, AND THAT'S STILL, UM, ON ITS WAY.

AND SO THERE'S, THERE'S AN ISSUE HERE, ESPECIALLY WITH THE MFIS OF 15, 16, 80, THAT WAS NOT AGREED UPON, UM, THE FACT THAT YOU ARE UNDER ANOTHER MANAGEMENT COMPANY IN AUGUST.

THAT WAS REALLY WHY I NEEDED TO TALK WITH YOU ALL AS WELL.

SO THERE'S A LOT OF QUESTIONS.

SO SINCE WE CAN NOT ELABORATE MORE ABOUT THIS ON THE DIETS TODAY, DIRECT ME TO THE DIRECTOR.

THAT'S OVERSIGHTING THIS PROJECT OR THE STAFF, OR WHOEVER'S IN CHARGE OF THIS.

SO AS HOMEOWNERS CAN BE ABLE TO MAKE A MEETING OFF THIS DIET, YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

YOU CAN CONTACT ME DIRECTLY.

I'LL GET ALL THE PEOPLE FROM OUR SIDE OF THE TRANSACTION THAT NEEDED TO BE IN THAT MEETING.

WE'RE HAPPY TO SIT DOWN AND TALK TO YOU, NEIGHBORS RESIDENTS, WE CAN SET UP A SEPARATE MEETING.

UM, HOWEVER, Y'ALL PREFER WHETHER IT'S A VIRTUAL MEETING OR IN PERSON, UM, WE CAN ANSWER ALL YOUR QUESTIONS HAPPY TO DO SO, BUT I AM HAPPY TO SERVE AS THE CONTACT, AND I WILL ATTEND THAT MEETING PERSONALLY.

THANK YOU, MS. .

I HAVE ONE QUICK INQUIRY AND PERHAPS YOU COULD MAYBE COME BACK AND DISCUSS THAT WITH US OR WRITE US BACK ABOUT IT, UH, OR JUST DIRECT US TO HIM EVER.

BUT I KNOW ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WAS SENT TO YOU THAT YOU RESPONDED TO BY EMAIL WAS AROUND, UH, RESIDENTS WHO MAY HAVE BEEN COMPLAINING ABOUT, UH, MAINTENANCE REQUESTS THAT WEREN'T BEING RESPONDED TO QUICKLY ENOUGH, LIKE AIR CONDITIONING UNITS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

AND YOU RESPONDED THAT THEY, THAT THOSE REQUESTS FOR BEING, UH, TAKEN CARE OF AND EXTREMELY, EXTREMELY QUICK TURNAROUND TIMES, YOU WERE KIND ENOUGH TO HAVE SO SUBMITTED TO US, UH, UH, THE RECORDS OF THOSE REQUESTS WITH OBVIOUSLY PERSONAL INFORMATION REDACTED.

AND I SAW, I JUST, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I GUESS THE ONES THAT THERE WERE SOME THAT WERE CIRCLED EVEN, UH, THAT WERE SHOWING AC REPAIRS, AND I SAW SOME ODD ANOMALIES, AND I WOULD JUST LIKE THAT YOU MAY LOOK INTO THEM BECAUSE WHEN WE'RE DEALING WITH, UH, RESIDENTS SPECIFICALLY ELDERS, UH, IT CAN BE REALLY CHALLENGING TO MANAGE BUREAUCRACIES AND, AND GET POINTS ACROSS, UH, AND REALLY BE ABLE TO ADVOCATE, UH, FOR THEM, FOR THEMSELVES, UH, IN, IN SORT OF COMPLEX SITUATIONS.

WHAT I'M SEEING IN THESE RECORDS IS THAT THE RESOLUTION TIMES, LIKE THERE'S A DATE AND TIME THAT THE ISSUE IS LOGGED, AND THEN THERE'S A DATE AND TIME THAT THE ISSUE IS RESOLVED.

AND IN SOME CASES, YOU KNOW, THEY APPEAR TO BE NORMAL.

UH, IN MANY CASES, THE RESOLUTION TIME APPEARS TO BE ONE OR TWO MINUTES AND AFTER

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THE ISSUE HAD BEEN LOCKED, UH, AND IN A FEW INSTANCES, WE EVEN WITH RESPECT TO AIR CONDITIONING UNITS THAT APPEARED THAT THE RESOLUTION HAD OCCURRED BEFORE THE INCIDENT HAD BEEN LOGGED ALMOST AS IF, YOU KNOW, I DON'T QUITE KNOW WHAT THE SYSTEM IS FOR UPDATING STUFF, BUT IF YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET BACK TO US WITH THE PROCESSES OR THE PROCEDURES THAT YOU ALL USE TO DO THAT, I THINK THAT WOULD BE REALLY, REALLY HELPFUL, UH, FOR US BECAUSE IT'S ANOMALIES ARE A LITTLE BIT DISTURBING, UH, YOU KNOW, I THINK, AND, AND, AND SOME THINGS I NOTICED THOSE ANOMALIES TOO, AND INSTANTLY TALKED TO OUR HEAD OF MANAGEMENT, I THINK WHAT'S HAPPENING IS IT'S POOR RECORD KEEPING ON THE MAINTENANCE STAFF PART, RIGHT? SO THEY GOT A CALL THAT SOMEONE'S AIR CONDITIONS DOWN AND THEY GO TO FIX IT, YOU KNOW, THAT DAY, BUT THEY DON'T LOG BOTH THE RECEIPT AND THE FIX AND TOLL WHEN THEY GET BACK TO THEIR DESK.

SO I'VE ALREADY ADDRESSED THAT, BUT COULDN'T ADDRESS IT MORE FULLY IN WRITTEN FORMAT, OR JUST AN ACRONYSTIC ONLY THE ONES THAT ARE JUST LIKE, SORT OF, UH, CHRONOLOGICALLY IMPOSSIBLE, UH, ARE THE ONES THAT ARE KIND OF INTERESTING TO ME AS WELL, BECAUSE POOR RECORD KEEPING CAN BE ONE THING AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, COVERING YOUR REAR, UH, COULD BE ANOTHER.

AND I DON'T MEAN YOU, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, JUST ALL OF US IN ALL OF OUR DIFFERENT TIERS OF WORK THAT WE DO.

UH, AND SO IT WOULD BE GREAT TO JUST SORT OF HAVE THAT PROCESS CODIFIED.

UH, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, YOU COULD HAVE A SYSTEMS AT THIS POINT CAN BE SET UP SUCH THAT YOU CAN SEE THE TIME THAT THE ACTUAL WORK WAS THAT YOU CAN HAVE A FIELD WHERE THE ACTUAL WORK WAS DONE.

UH, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, JUST, UH, AN AUTO TIME WHEN THE RECORD WAS UPDATED.

BUT I THINK THAT HELPS FOLKS GET A MORE ACCURATE RESPONSE BECAUSE OTHERWISE IT BECOMES THIS SORT OF, THEY SAID, THEY SAID KIND OF THING.

AND, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S JUST, IT'S JUST EASIER THAT WAY, IF WE CAN SHARE, WE CAN PUT OUR REQUEST TO, FOR THE SIGN IN SHEETS AND THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THAT'S BEEN HELD AT REBECCA BANKS.

I WOULD LIKE TO OVERSIGHT TO SEE IF THAT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IS HAPPENING.

SESSA CHAVEZ IS A CONTACT TEAM.

IT IS, IT'S NOT A NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, AND IT ONLY SPEAKS FOR A CERTAIN AREA AND CERTAIN MEMBERS THAT KNOW ABOUT THAT, UH, CONTACT TEAM.

BUT I'M REALLY LOOKING AT THE, UH, IMPACTED AREA OF HASKELL STREET, HOLLY STREET, UM, CANTERBURY WILLOW, ALL OF THOSE AREAS.

AND THEN I'M ALSO LOOKING AT FOR SIGN-IN SHEETS AND COMMUNE ENGAGEMENT WITH THE REBECCA BANKS, ELDERS AND DISABILITY CLIENTS.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER DELGADO.

AND SO THAT WAS A REFERENCE TO THE 12 MEETINGS, I BELIEVE, UH, THAT YOU HAD MENTIONED, OR THAT HAD HAPPENED IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS.

UH, IT LOOKS LIKE COMMISSIONED DELGADO'S REQUESTING THE SIGN IN SHEETS FOR THOSE MEETINGS, OBVIOUSLY WITH ANY KIND OF IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION REDACTED.

THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US.

AND WE'RE VERY, VERY SORRY FOR THE TIME CRUNCH.

WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

AND GOOD LUCK GETTING YOUR NEXT MEETING.

YEAH, CHEERS.

BYE-BYE WE, UH, FOR A QUICK TIME CHECK, WE HAVE FIVE MINUTES UNTIL OUR HARD STOP.

UH, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT WE ALSO HAVE YVONNE AND NATTY FROM A FAMILY INDEPENDENCE INITIATIVE, UH, HERE TO SPEAK WITH US.

UH, AND, UH, SO I WOULD SUGGEST, UH, THAT WE, THAT WE GIVE HER A CHANCE TO SHARE, UH, WHEN SHE CAN, SINCE SHE'S TAKEN THE TIME TO, TO PORTION, UH, THIS PERIOD OF HER DAY.

UH, ANY THOUGHTS FROM, UH, THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS OR, UH, VICE CHAIR POP ON THE AGENDA AS IT IS WE SHOULD HERE.

LET'S LET'S GO ON, UH, AND HEAR FROM YVONNE AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PATIENCE WITH US RESHUFFLING AS DAVID TICK.

IF YOU CAN GIVE US A MINUTE TO FIND THAT NUMBER, IT MADE NO SENSE.

AND WHAT, SORRY ABOUT THAT.

I WAS JUST TRYING TO FIND THE PERSON WE WERE LOOKING FOR WITH CONTRACT.

WE DON'T HAVE IVANA

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NEAR HIS PHONE NUMBER.

IF IVANA NEARING IS ON THE LINE, CAN SHE SPEAK UP? HELLO? CAN YOU HEAR ME? HELLO? CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, WE CAN.

HI, THIS IS THE TECH AND WE'RE ON BROADCAST.

IF YOU'RE NOT, IF YOU'RE NOT, UM, THE ONE WE'RE SPEAKING TO YOU, CAN YOU PLEASE MUTE YOURSELF? THANK YOU.

GIVEN TOO MUCH MONEY TO A NEW PERSON.

THAT'S ALL I GOT.

I'M TRYING TO FIX THIS PROBLEM.

YVONNE.

MAY I ASK WHAT'S YOUR NUMBER? AND SO WE CAN, UM, JUST AMIR, YOU ONLY JUST TO FORCE THIS FIRST SIX NUMBERS.

PEOPLE HEARD EVERYTHING I SAID ABOUT FERNANDO I'M IN.

NO, I'M SORRY, WHAT .

AND IT JUST SUGGEST THAT, UH, I'LL APOLOGIZE TO YOU, YOU, ON, ON BEHALF OF, UH, THE COMMISSION THAT WE ARE JUST GOING TO TRY TO WORK WITH YOU TO FIND ANOTHER TIME.

UM, YOU, YOU WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO SUBSTANTIALLY PRESENT TO US IN THREE MINUTES ANYWAY.

UM, ESPECIALLY WITH THE SALIENT WORK THAT WE ALL KNOW YOU'RE DOING IT FYI, OR WE'RE GOING TO REQUEST TO YOU PRIOR.

NUMBER ON THE FLY WHEN YOU GOT LIKE 10 OF THEM, YOU KNOW? YEAH, SURE.

TURN, UH, IN THE FOLLOWING MONTH AFTER WE'VE GOTTEN SORT OF OUR TIME IN TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES SORTED OUT, UM, DID YOU HEAR THAT ANYONE NAME YOU MAY BE MUTED OTHERWISE? YEAH, WE CAN HEAR YOU JUST FINE.

WE'RE VERY SORRY ABOUT THAT.

UM, AND, UH, WITH THAT BEING SAID, WHAT'S A TE TECH, I MEAN, CT HAVE TECH, DO WE HAVE FIVE MINUTES? THREE.

UNFORTUNATELY WE HAVE ANOTHER MEETING IN HERE VERY SOON.

SO IT'S, IT'S REALLY, IT'S A VERY TIGHT DAY.

I'M SORRY.