Jan 12, 2021 Community Development Commission

BLOCK GRANT, UH, TO A BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION ON THE CSBG WITH ON CAN SOMEBODY ELSE, CAN YOU HEAR ME? CORRECT.

UH, COMMISSIONER GARRETT OF STAINS.

UH, OTHERWISE ALL THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS IN ATTENDANCE, UH, HAVE PUT IT IN THE MIX COMMISSIONER, LOUIE COMMISSIONER, LOUIE OF STAND.

HEY, THAT MEANS THAT COMMISSIONER GARRETT VOTED IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE MINUTES.

IS THAT CORRECT? OKAY, SO WE WILL MOVE TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM, WHICH IS THE COMMUNITY SERVICE

[2A. Briefing and discussion on the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) (Angel Zambrano, Manager, Neighborhood Services Unit, Austin Public Health)]

WELL, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU.

AND, UH, I WANT TO JUST TO GO OVER THE, A MONTHLY REPORT FOR THE COMMUNITY SERVICES BLOCK GRANT FOR ALL OF YOU WHO KNOW, AND THEN FOR THE NEW COMMISSIONER WHO DOESN'T, UH, THE COMMUNITY SERVICES BLOCK GRANT FUNDS, THE DELIVERY OF SERVICES, LOW-INCOME TEXANS AND ALL 254 COUNTIES.

AND THESE FUNDS SUPPORTIVE VARIETY OF DIRECT SERVICES.

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IN ADDITION TO HELP MAINTAIN THE CORE ADMINISTRATIVE ELEMENTS OF COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCIES FOR WHICH THE CITY OF AUSTIN IS ONE, AND THIS MONEY COMES TO US, UH, TO APH AND TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES UNIT.

WE HAVE SIX NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS AROUND AUSTIN AND THREE, ALL AT LEAST LOCATIONS.

UH, WE ARE ON TRACK TO FULLY EXPAND THE 2020 FUNDING AND START EXPANDING OUR 20, 21 CSBG FUNDS.

UH, YOU'VE GOT BOTH DOCUMENTS AND YOUR BACKUP.

SO I WILL NOT GO INTO THE DETAILS THAT WE'VE BEEN TO SAY THAT OTHER PAGE TWO, IT HAS SOME OF OUR, UH, DATA, UH, THE BULK OF OUR WORK LATELY HAS BEEN, UH, RENT AND UTILITY ASSISTANCE, WHICH, YOU KNOW, IT'S A HIGH, HIGH DEMAND RIGHT NOW.

A LOT OF NEED, A LOT OF PEOPLE CALLING US.

SO WE ARE, UM, HELPING PEOPLE AS FAST AS POSSIBLE.

YOU BEGAN EXPANDING ON OUR CSBG CARES FUNDS, AND WE WILL BE SHOWING THE INITIAL DATA AT NEXT MONTH'S MEETING.

UM, YOU'VE PROCESSED ABOUT 915, UM, RENT ASSISTANCE APPLICATIONS.

SO WE'VE HELPED, UH, MOST FOLKS AVOID EVICTION.

OUR GOAL FOR THE YEAR BEFORE THE PANDEMIC WAS 500.

UM, WE HAD TO REVISE THAT GOAL FOR THE STATE TO 1200.

I THINK WE WILL DEFINITELY NEED THAT VERY SOON.

UM, WE'RE ALSO DOING A LOT OF UTILITY ASSISTANCE THROUGH THE AUSTIN, UM, ENERGY PLUS ONE PROGRAM.

UM, A LOT OF FOOD DISTRIBUTION YOU SEE HERE AT 23,160 FOLKS SERVED.

UH, WE DID A LOT OF EMERGENCY FOOD DELIVERY AT THE BEGINNING OF THESE OPERATION, AND NOW WE SWITCHED TO A CURBSIDE FOOD PANTRY SERVICES THAT ARE ENABLED TO CENTERS, AND THAT'S GOING VERY WELL.

IT'S BY APPOINTMENT ONLY FOLLOWING ALL CDC SAFETY PROTOCOLS, THE BOTTOM OF PAGE TWO, A COUPLE OF ADMINISTRATIVE UPDATES.

UM, WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF FINDING ONE COMMUNITY WORKER AT THE SOUTH AUSTIN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER.

OTHERWISE WE'RE FULLY STAFFED.

UH, NUMBER TWO, WE ARE WORKING ON, UM, WITH NACD AND THE BLACK MEN ADVISORY BOARD TO HOLD A NOMINATION MEETING FOR THE RURAL SUICIDE.

I WAS A BLACK GUY AND CDC SEEDS, UH, POSING SOME CHALLENGES SINCE WE HAVE TO DO A VIRTUALLY AND BE A BLACK MEN ADVISORY BOARD IS VERY, UH, OLD SCHOOL.

UH, SO WE'RE TRYING TO SUPPORT THEM WITH THE RIGHT TECHNOLOGY TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS, UM, DO IT WELL.

AND NUMBER THREE, AS MO ALL OF, YOU KNOW, ACCEPT THE NEW COMMISSIONER, ARE WE CLOSE TO THE PUBLIC AND MARCH 16TH OF LAST YEAR, IT WAS LIKE A DECADE AGO.

UM, AND, UH, WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN POSSIBLY DO VIRTUALLY TO PROVIDE OUR COMMUNITY WITH BASIC NEEDS THROUGH SERVICE UNTIL UTILITY ASSISTANCE.

AND OUR NURSES HAVE BEEN REASSIGNED TO THE MEDICAL HOTLINE FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN.

SO THEY'RE VERY BUSY.

THAT'S OUR SUCCESS STORY, UH, THIS MONTH, WHICH WILL BE ON THE LAST PAGE.

UH, NUMBER FOUR, A LITTLE BIT ON THE CARES ACT FUNDING.

UH, WE RECEIVED ABOUT $1,000,001.5 MILLION, AND MOST OF IT WAS ALLOCATED FOR RENT ASSISTANCE.

AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING SINCE THANKSGIVING, EARLY DECEMBER WITH THE URBAN LEAGUE TO PROCESS THOSE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PAYMENTS.

IT'S GOING VERY WELL.

NUMBER FIVE, I TOUCHED ON ALREADY, UM, AUSTIN ENERGY PLUS ONE PROGRAM THAT IS GOING WELL OR A SUCCESS STORY THIS MONTH.

I WANT TO JUST TO HIGHLIGHT THE NURSES.

YOU DON'T TALK A LOT ABOUT THEM DURING THESE MEETINGS, BUT THEY ARE PART OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES UNIT.

AND, UM, THEY HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY BUSY AT THE MEDICAL HOTLINE ANSWERING CALLS FROM OUR COMMUNITY FROM EMPLOYERS, UM, PUBLIC OFFICIALS, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT TO DO REGARDING COVID, UH, BETWEEN NINE, 11 AND 1130.

IT TOOK ALMOST 19,000 CALLS.

UH, I'M SURE THEY PROBABLY TOOK 19,000 CALLS TODAY, GIVEN THE RELEASE FROM THE GOVERNOR THAT, UH, VACCINES FOR COMING.

AND, UM, EVERYBODY HAS BEEN CALLING THAT HOTLINE NUMBER.

SO ANYWAYS, JUST WANTED TO WANT YOU TO READ THAT LITTLE BLURB THERE WHEN YOU HAVE TIME AND CELEBRATE OUR PUBLIC HEALTH, WE'RE DOING THEIR PART TO HELP OUR COMMUNITY.

IN FACT, IS IT, IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO, TO OPEN THE FLOOR FOR ANY COMMENTS FOR HIM, I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, THANK YOU I'M TO, FOR END TO END ALL OF THE STAFF AT EVERY LEVEL, UH, IN THAT ORGANIZATION FOR THE WORK THAT

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YOU ALL ARE DOING TO SUPPORT FOLKS, UM, FOR YOUR ABILITY TO PIVOT, AND AS MUCH AS THE TYPES OF SERVICE YOU'RE PROVIDING TO PROVIDE THE SERVICES THAT ARE MEETING PEOPLE WHERE THEY ARE AND WITH WHAT THEY NEED RIGHT NOW, UM, CLEARLY YOU'VE ADAPTED INTO BASICALLY A RENTAL AND BASIC NEEDS, COST SUPPORTING MACHINE, UH, AND INFORMATION MOVING, UM, MACHINE ANSWERING NEARLY 20,000 CALLS.

AND THAT'S SUCH A SHORT PERIOD, UH, AND MAKING SURE PEOPLE GET ACCESS TO THE INFORMATION AND THE RESOURCES, UM, IF YOU HAVE ACCESS TO THOSE THINGS.

AND, AND SO JUST THANK YOU, UH, FOR THAT WORK.

UH, I HAVE A QUESTION AROUND, UH, YOU KNOW, YOUR EXPERIENCE AND HAVING WORKED WITH THE AUSTIN AREA, URBAN LEAGUE, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, FROM MY STANDPOINT, THEY'D BEEN A REALLY FUN ORGANIZATION TO WATCH, UH, OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

UM, UH, I FEEL LIKE THEIR OPERATIONS HAVE REALLY, REALLY TIGHTENED UP AND MOVED INTO BEST IN CLASS.

AND JUST WONDERING WHAT YOUR EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN WITH THEM.

AND IF YOU COULD MAYBE SHARE A QUICK, UH, BLURB ABOUT WHAT CAPACITY ON PARTNER, UH, YES, OUR EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN OVERALL POSITIVE.

UM, I'VE ALWAYS WANTED SOMETHING THIS LARGE AND HAVING TO PIVOT SO QUICKLY.

YOU KNOW, WE KIND OF HAD A COUPLE OF BUMPS IN THE ROAD EARLY ON, BUT, UH, IT'S BEEN WONDERFUL EVER SINCE.

UM, WHAT WAS YOUR SECOND QUESTION? UH, CHAIRMAN AHWAHNEE, UH, JUST REALLY GENERALLY WHAT CAPACITY SORT OF PARTNER I'M REALLY WORKING TO GET MORE INSIGHT FOR OUR CONDITION AROUND HOW PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS, WHEN I SAY PUBLIC PRIVATE PUBLIC WOULD THE CITY AND THEN PRIVATE MEANING NONPROFITS, THEY'RE OUT THERE FOR THIS CONTRACT, THEY'RE OUR FISCAL AGENT.

SO WE MAKE IT AS EASY AS POSSIBLE FOR THEM AND FOR OUR CLIENTS TO BE ABLE TO GET THEIR MONEY.

UH, WE DON'T HAVE THE CAPACITY TO PROCESS THE MONEY DIRECTLY TO THE CITY FOR VARIOUS LEGAL REASONS.

SO THEY'RE BASICALLY OUR FISCAL AGENT AND THEY'RE JUST CUTTING THOSE CHECKS AS FAST AS WE CAN SEND THE PAPERWORK AND ELIGIBILITY AND ALL THE DOCUMENTS.

THAT'S FANTASTIC.

ARE THEIR REQUIREMENTS THE SAME AS RISE AND, AND THE RENT PROGRAM, ARE THEY DIFFERENT? UM, AND THEN HOW DO FOLKS GET IN CONTACT IN ORDER TO, UH, TO TAKE BENEFIT OF THESE FUNDS? UH, YES.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT.

UM, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION BEFORE WE MOVE TO ITEM TWO B YES.

I HAVE A QUESTION.

WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE PROGRAM THAT YOU'RE DESCRIBING THAT URBAN LEAGUE IS RUNNING AND THE ONE THAT THE HOUSING AUTHORITY HAS BEEN RUNNING? UM, I ONLY KNOW ABOUT OUR PROGRAM, THE DETAILS.

SO THERE, LIKE I SAID, THEY ARE OUR FISCAL AGENTS, SO WE GOT THE $1.5 MILLION IN INTERSECT MONEY.

AND 1.2 MILLION OF THAT WENT TO RENT AND RENT ASSISTANCE.

SO WE DID AN RFA AND THE URBAN LEAGUE CAME IN AND SCORED THE HIGHEST.

SO THEY BECAME OUR FISCAL AGENT.

UH, SO JUST LIKE WE'VE WORKED WITH CATHOLIC CHARITIES ON SOME OTHER FUNDING AS OUR FISCAL AGENT CUTTING OUR CHECKS AND THAT'S THAT'S.

UM, SO THE PROGRAM IS THE CARES ACT, RENT ASSISTANCE THROUGH NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES, UNIT URBAN LEAGUE IS CUTTING THE CHECKS FOR US AND, UH, VICE CHAIR ALSO IN NOVEMBER'S MEETING.

UM, THE MANY DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS WERE KIND ENOUGH TO COME OUT AND, UH, AND DONE THEIR BEST EXPLAINS OR THE DELINEATIONS AND THE DEMARCATIONS BETWEEN THEIR PROGRAMS AND THE FUNDING SOURCES.

UH, AND THOUGH IT'S, IT'S HARD TO REMEMBER AND I'LL EVEN, I I'M EMBARRASSED THAT I DON'T NECESSARILY RETAIN AT ALL.

I DO RECALL THE, UH, THE DOLLAR AMOUNT OF, UH, BEING DISPERSED FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE THROUGH, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, SERVICES WITH, UH, SOMETHING IN ONE POINT X MILLION.

UM, AND THAT THE, THAT IT SEEMS LIKE THAT WAS CARES BASED.

SO FEDERAL DOLLARS AND THAT THE DOLLARS THAT WERE GOING THROUGH THE RENT PROGRAM, UH, THE LARGER SORT OF SCALE RAMP PROGRAM THROUGH, WAS IT HPD OR, UH, GCP? WAS IT HOC? I'M NOT SURE, BUT THROUGH THAT THROUGH THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT WAS MUCH HIGHER AND NUMBER, I THINK, 12 TO 16 MILLION AND NOT NECESSARILY ALL FEDERAL.

AND SO THAT WAS, UH, COMING THROUGH THIS CITIES, UH, THE CITY, UH, HAD A WEBSITE HUB FOR SORT OF DIRECT APPLICATIONS THROUGH THERE.

UM, YES, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, THEY WERE DISTINCT.

UM, AND I BELIEVE THEY WERE DISTINCT BOTH BY FUNDING SOURCE, AS WELL AS BY APPLICATION.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS BEFORE TO BE CRITICAL? WELL, A COUPLE QUESTIONS, UM, ARE THE QUALIFICATIONS FOR FOLKS TO TAP INTO THIS RENT ASSISTANCE THROUGH C S E G UM, THROUGH THE URBAN LEAGUE,

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COMMISSIONER WOULD GET IT.

UM, IT'S WE HAVE A FEW ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS, 200% OF FEDERAL POVERTY AND UNDER, UM, THAT'S THE MAIN ONE LIVING IN TRAVIS COUNTY, CITY OF AUSTIN.

AND THEY CAN, UH, PEOPLE FIND OUT ABOUT US THROUGH, TO ONE CONNECTING TX AND GO TO OUR WEBSITE.

AND THERE'S ONE LOCAL, ONE NUMBER THAT WILL ARM OUT TO ALL THE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS.

SO I CAN SEND YOU THAT INFORMATION IN AN EMAIL, BUT YOU HAVE IT HANDY FOR YOUR COMMUNITY.

YOU CAN GET QUESTIONS THAT, SORRY, THAT'D BE GREAT.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

AND JUST TO CLARIFICATION, YOU MENTIONED THE URBAN LEAGUE, THEY'RE JUST A FISCAL AGENT.

SO FOLKS WILL COME THROUGH US.

THEY'LL COME THROUGH THE AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES UNIT FOR PROCESSING OF THE APPLICATIONS.

UM, NORMALLY JUST CUTS THE CHECKS FOR US.

THAT'S A GOOD DISTINCTION.

APPRECIATE IT.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

IS THERE A NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER, UH, OVER, UH, IN, UH, THE AREA, UH, COMMISSIONER GARRET? ARE YOU IN, UH, THE ST JOHN'S AREA? IS THAT RIGHT? YEAH.

AND WE HAVE A NEIGHBORHOOD, I MEAN, RIGHT NOW IT'S VIRTUAL, BUT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN AT THE VIRGINIA BROWN CENTER.

AND SO I'M HERE WAS THE VIRGINIA BROWN CENTER.

IS THAT THE MECHANISM THROUGH WHICH PEOPLE WOULD, UH, WOULD BE APPLYING KIND OF FOR, FOR THIS THESE DOLLARS? OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS LOCATED AT THE IT'S CALLED THE ST.

JOHN COMMUNITY CENTER OVER WE'RE ON BLESSING DRIVE BLESSING AVENUE.

SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE LOCATED.

AND IS THAT VIRTUAL OR IN PERSON IT'S VIRTUAL FOOD PANTRY DRIVE UP AND I'LL SEND YOU THAT TO COMMISSIONER JERRY AND THE MANAGER THERE.

IT SOUNDS LIKE WE CAN MOVE ON TO TWO B UNLESS SOMEONE HAS ANYTHING OUTSTANDING.

FANTASTIC.

I'VE GOT THE AGENDA IN FRONT OF ME, BUT, UH, YOU HAD ASKED FOR, UH, THE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES UNIT LINKED ASSISTANCE, DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION.

UM,

[2B. Briefing regarding demographics of population served by APH through CARES and CSBG (Angel Zambrano, Manager, Neighborhood Services Unit, Austin Public Health)]

SO TO, UM, THE SUMMARY FROM THE PRESENTATION IN DECEMBER FROM HOME, WE HAD, UM, THREE DIFFERENT RENT ASSISTANCE.

IN 2020.

WE HAD A $200,000 FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN, WHICH IS WHAT WE NORMALLY GET IN A REGULAR NON PANDEMIC YEAR.

SO, UH, THE VOLUME REALLY RAMPED UP LAST YEAR, IT GOT 250,000 FROM NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.

AND WE GOT QUESTIONARY FUNDING FROM, UM, THE CSBG FOLKS AND THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF, UM, THE HCA.

SO BASICALLY OUR FEDERAL FUNDS, WE WERE ABLE TO ASSIST 275, UM, HOUSEHOLDS WITHOUT FUNDING.

AND THEN HERE'S THE ASSISTANCE BY ZIP CODE.

IF YOU CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THIS OR TALK TO THE ZIP CODE AT FIVE, THREE, FIVE, EIGHT, AND FOUR, FOUR WAS ABOUT ALMOST 150 HOUSEHOLDS, THEN WE HAVE THE FOUR OH ONE AND THE TWO, THREE WITH THE NEXT TWO, HIGHEST, IT KINDA KIND OF QUICKLY SEE YOUR, WHERE PEOPLE LIVED OR LIVE.

WE NEEDED THIS ASSISTANCE.

IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, WE BROKE IT OUT BY AGE.

MOST OF OUR FOLKS OR HEADS OF HOUSEHOLDS WERE, UM, IN THE AGES OF 25 AND 59 ARE AVERAGE AGE OF 42.

AND WE HAD 54 HOUSEHOLDS OF FOLKS, 55 AND OLDER WHO RECEIVED SOME OF THESE SUBSYSTEMS. UH, NEXT SLIDE, IF YOU LOOKED AT THIS, THE BOTTOM NUMBER IS PROBABLY THE MOST DRAMATIC 205 HOUSEHOLD.

105 HOUSEHOLDS HAD NO INCOME FOR 30 DAYS AT THE TIME.

THE ASSISTANT USUALLY HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE, WHO ARE WORKING.

IT JUST DON'T HAVE ENOUGH EARNING ABLE TO PAY THEIR RENT.

A LOT OF OUR APPLICATIONS FOLKS WERE COMPLETELY OUT OF WORK

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AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DIDN'T THAT INCREASE THE, UH, THE FEDERAL POVERTY RATE TO 200%.

IT WAS ONE 25 BEFORE FOR ELIGIBILITY.

AND SO WE CAN CATCH PEOPLE.

UM, NEXT SLIDE, I THOUGHT WE LOOK AT EDUCATION AND TO SEE WHERE PEOPLE WERE AT WITH THAT AND HOW THAT RELATES TO THE NEED.

UM, MOST OF OUR FOLKS WERE IN THE ZERO TO HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION.

THESE ARE HEADS OF HOUSEHOLDS.

THESE ARE ADULTS.

UH, SO WE HAD 81 FOLKS WHO WERE ASKED THEM A LITTLE BIT, EIGHTH GRADE EDUCATION.

I 89, 90 12, AND I GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL OR IN 17 OF WERE HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES WOULD RECEIVE THE GED AND THEN SPRINKLED IN, THERE WERE SOME POST-GRAD AND COLLEGE GRADUATED, SECONDARY SCHOOL.

AND THEN MY SLIDE GOING TO GET YOUR CONTROL OR APPLICANTS ARE SORT OF RACE AND ETHNICITY, LEARN FIVE.

THE HOUSEHOLD IS HISPANIC, LATINO, HOW MANY WERE BLACK OR AFRICAN-AMERICAN.

AND THEN THE REST FELL INTO THE MULTI RACE IN NON LATINO WHITES, THEN MOSTLY PEOPLE OF COLOR BEING AFFECTED DRAMATICALLY.

AND I THINK THAT'S THE END OF THE SHORT SORT OF OVERVIEW ON THE 400 AND MOST $500,000 THAT WE DISTRIBUTED FOR RENT ASSISTANCE IN 2020.

DID WE, DID WE HEAR A QUESTION, MAN, THIS IS A COMMISSIONING TO ME HERE.

NOT REALLY THE QUESTION, BUT I'M HERE AND I HOPE YOU'RE DOING GOOD.

YOU AND YOURS AND YOUR FAMILY.

AND I JUST COMMEND YOU.

UH, I THINK W YOU KNOW, JUST GETTING VISUAL WITH IT, IT KIND OF, UM, TYPE, WE CAN SEE THESE VISUALS LAID OUT IN THIS WAY.

UM, AND I'M JUST REALLY, I WANT TO JUST COMMEND YOU AND APPRECIATE YOU FOR, FOR TAKING THAT TIME.

I'M CURIOUS, UH, IS THIS SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN DONE WITH OTHER PROGRAMS AS WELL? UH, LIKE IF ONE WANTED TO DONE, OR DID YOU JUST WANT TO FOCUS ON THE RETINA RELIEF BECAUSE THAT'S BEEN SUCH AN ACUTE, UH, NEED LATELY, UH, COMMISSIONER MIHIR.

I HEARD, BUT I DID NOT UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION WHEN YOU MEANT OTHER PROGRAMS. YES.

BASICALLY ARE THE SAME VISUALS, UH, ARE THE VISUALS AVAILABLE FOR OTHER PROGRAMS? UH, YES.

UH, BASIC OUR OTHER PROGRAMS. THAT'S THE BIGGEST ONE IS THEIR BASIC NEEDS, FOOD, FOOD ASSISTANCE, YOU KNOW, FOOD INSECURITY.

SO YES, WE DO HAVE DATA ON THAT AND THOSE NUMBERS THAT WE COULD DEFINITELY SHARE WITH YOU GUYS IN THIS VISUAL FORMAT.

UM, I WAS REALLY HAPPY YOU GUYS ASKED ACTUALLY, BECAUSE WE USUALLY DON'T LOOK AT IT THIS WAY.

WE'RE SO BUSY JUST DOING THE WORK THAT IT'S HARD TO, UH, CREATE THESE VISUALS, BUT IT ACTUALLY IS PRETTY DRAMATIC AND GIVES YOU A NICE PICTURE OF WHO WE'RE ASSISTING EVEN THE EDUCATION.

JUST THAT ONE SLIDE IS THAT WE REALLY NEED TO FOCUS ON FUNDING, YOU KNOW, FUNDING SCHOOLS, AND JUST HELPING FOLKS IN THAT ARENA AS WELL.

UM, RACE AND ETHNICITY AS WELL.

YOU'LL WOW.

WELL YOU'LL WOW.

REALLY IS DRAMATIC.

SO YEAH, WE DO HAVE THAT INFORMATION AVAILABLE.

THANKS, COMMISSIONER MANIA.

UH, I'M GOING TO, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE ABLE TO SHARE THE SLIDE AGAIN, BUT IF POSSIBLE, COULD YOU, UH, COULD WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE INCOME SLIDE? YES, I WOULD BE THE, UH, THE TECH GUY.

CTM TECH.

A PERSON HAS STEPPED OUT OF THE ROOM FOR A SECOND, SO, OKAY.

I DON'T KNOW IF EVERYONE HAS THEIR BACKUP AVAILABLE TOO.

ONE TO 19% OF FEDERAL POVERTY LEVEL.

UM, SO, UH, I'M HAVE THAT INCOME SLIDE.

UM, YOU, THAT WAS THE ONE WHERE YOU POINTED US OUT TO THE BOTTOM NUMBER.

THERE WAS AN ASTERISK WITH THE LITTLE SENTENCE ON THE BOTTOM SAYING, UH, I THINK IT WAS 205 FAMILIES WERE AT 0% INCOME FOR 30 DAYS OR MORE, IS THAT CORRECT? UH, YEAH, THEY HAVE NO INCOME AT ALL COMING INTO THE HOUSE, WHETHER IT'S DANCE OR JOB.

SO TO BE CLEAR THAT THAT WAS NOT A BAR ON THAT GRAPH, THAT GRAPH STARTED AT

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IF THAT WAS A BAR IN THAT GRAPH, THAT BAR WOULD HAVE FUCKING CLIPPED ALL THE OTHER BARS ON THAT GRAPH BY MAYBE THREEFOLD OF THAT.

THAT'S UH, THAT, YEAH, I JUST WANTED, I WANTED TO, FIRST OF ALL, CLARIFY THAT FOR MYSELF.

AND THEN IF THAT WERE THE CASE, JUST TO DRILL THAT POINT HOME THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, IT SEEMS LIKE THAT GROUP ITSELF OUTWEIGHED PERHAPS ALL THE OTHER GROUPS COMBINE THE ZERO INCOME GROUP, UH, YOU KNOW, OUTWEIGHED ALL OF THE OTHER QUOTE, UNQUOTE POVERTY, UH, LEVEL INCOME GROUPS CLOSE TO COMBINED IF NOT BEING, UH, COMPARABLE TO THAT.

AND I THINK THAT JUST UNDERSCORES THE GRAVITY OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT WE'RE IN AND OF COURSE, UH, THE PROFUNDITY OF OUR APPRECIATION FOR YOUR AND YOUR TEAM'S WORK.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

EXACTLY.

HI, HUGE, HUGE DEMAND.

AND WE'RE HAVING PEOPLE FOLLOWING US WITH A $6,000 NEED BACK IN THEIR RENT, BACK INTO THE RENT.

UH, UH, YES, THE LAST WEEKEND WE'LL, WE'LL BASICALLY KEEP PROCESSING APPLICATIONS OR HELPING FOLKS UNTIL THE MONEY RUNS OUT.

AND, UH, I DID HEAR FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THAT THERE MIGHT BE MORE, MORE FUNDING COMING, WHICH IS GOOD, UH, THROUGH THE NEW CARES ACT.

UM, OUR SOLUTION, OR I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE LEGAL NAME IS, BUT THEY DID ALLOCATE A FEW BILLION DOLLARS ACROSS THE NATION FOR THAT.

SO WE MIGHT GET A LITTLE BIT OF THAT.

I'M HOPEFUL.

I SEE COMMISSIONER, MAN, HE HAS HAND UP, BUT IF YOU WOULD HOLD COMMISSIONER MANIA FOR JUST A SECOND, LET ME MAKE SURE THERE'S NOBODY ELSE WHO HAS THEIR HAND UP OR WOULD LIKE SPEAK, PLEASE GO AHEAD COMMISSIONER AGAIN.

INTO NEW BUSINESS AND, UH, UH, WE COULD FIRST BEGIN WITH A REPORT, UH, ON THE H P D D UH, THE HOUSING PROGRAM, UH, PRODUCTION, UM, AND THAT'S WITH, UH, MANDY, THE MAYO AND ERICA MANDY, HOLD ON JUST ONE SECOND.

I KNOW.

SO WOULD IT BE OKAY FOR, UH, OR I GUESS, UH, IT'S UP TO THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS, BUT CAN WE SEE THE SAME, UM, GRAPHIC BREAKDOWN? YOU SAID THE OTHER PROGRAM, THAT'S THE, THE OTHER MAJOR PROGRAM THAT MIGHT BE ABLE TO ANALYZE IT IN THE SAME WAY AS THE, DID YOU SAY THE FOOD ASSISTANCE PROGRAM ON HERE? I'M NOT SURE I HEARD YOU CORRECTLY ON WHAT THAT OTHER PROGRAM IS.

SORRY.

I WAS HAVING TROUBLE UNMUTING MYSELF.

YES.

IT WAS THE EMERGENCY FOOD DELIVERY PROGRAM THAT WE STOOD UP LAST YEAR.

UM, SO WE HAVE DATA ON THAT, THAT FOOD PANTRY PRIVATES, WHICH JUST STARTED, SO THERE'LL BE LOWER NUMBERS, BUT DEFINITELY, UM, THE EMERGENCY LILY PROGRAM, WE CAN GET YOU SOME, SOME VISUALS THAT SOUNDS GREAT.

AND I'M ACTUALLY, UH, IS A SORT OF TIE INTO THAT.

UM, MY, MY FAMILY, UH, WE, WE OFTEN, UH, WHEN WE CAN VOLUNTEER AT THE FOOD PANTRY, THAT'S RUN OFF OF A CHARITY ROAD, UH, BAPTIST OUT OF TERRY ROAD, BAPTIST CHURCH, I THINK, UH, IMPACT OF SPRINGS IS ONE OF THE PARTNERS FOR THAT.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS, BECAUSE WE'RE, WE'RE CLOSE WITH THE FOLKS THAT RUN IT.

WE, I WAS CURIOUS IF THE CITY IS SORT OF TAKING ANY DATA FROM THE FOOD PANTRY, FOLKS LIKE THAT, ABOUT THE VARIANCES OF, YOU KNOW, EACH WEEKLY DISTRIBUTION, UM, YOU KNOW, MOST WEEKS THEY ARE, YOU KNOW, OVER PRESCRIBED IN TERMS OF PEOPLE PICKING THINGS UP.

SOMETIMES THEY'RE NOT.

AND I WAS JUST CURIOUS, UM, YOU KNOW, IF THE CITY WAS SORT OF MAPPING THE TRENDS, IF YOU WILL, UH, AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE, HOW THE FOOD PANTRIES ARE DISTRIBUTING.

AND I, AND I, ESPECIALLY, I GUESS IN SORT OF, UM, HIGHER POVERTY AREAS, AND IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT CAME TO MIND, JUST KIND OF BEING CONNECTED TO THE, THE FOOD PANTRY FOLKS.

SO HOW THAT THERE'S A LOT OF SORT OF UP AND DOWN, AND THEN MAYBE SOME ANALYSIS THAT, THAT COULD HELP IN ADVOCATING FOR DOLLARS LATER.

CAUSE I ALSO KNOW KNOWING THOSE FOLKS THAT, UH, THEY HAVE, BUT THEY HAVE THEIR OWN BUDGET AT SOMETIMES TO SUPPLEMENT, YOU KNOW, UM, WHAT THEY GET FROM THE FOOD BANK.

THEY CAN PURCHASE EXTRA ITEMS AND SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, 200 BUCKS, 300 BUCKS CAN MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE IN THE DISTRIBUTION SITE BECAUSE OF THE, YOU KNOW, SUBSIDIZE FOOD, BUT THEY LITERALLY SORT OF PURCHASE IT FROM THE FOOD BANK ANYWAYS, I'M RAMBLING, BUT I'LL BE REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THAT, UH, THAT VISUAL REPRESENTATION OF, OF, UH, FOR THAT PROGRAM AS WELL.

OH, WE'LL DO, I'M TRYING TO GET SOMETHING PUT TOGETHER FOR FEBRUARY.

SUPER.

DO WE HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS FOR US? WELL, UH, WITH THAT SAID, THANK YOU, MR. FOR YOUR PRESENTATION AND YOUR WORK.

UM, AS ALWAYS, WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING AND HEARING FROM YOU NEXT MONTH, YOU'RE WELCOME, HAPPY NEW YEAR, AND WE'LL GET THROUGH THIS TOGETHER.

THANK YOU FOR THAT.

EXCUSE COMMISSIONER, AND LOOK FUNDING.

UM, UH, MAYBE YOU'RE ALREADY AWARE OF THIS, BUT IN THE UPPER RIGHT-HAND SIDE OF YOUR SCREEN, THERE'S A LAYOUT OPTION AND YOU CAN SELECT GRID VIEW.

SO YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE ALL THE PARTICIPANTS AT THE SAME TIME AS FACILITATOR, JUST A SUGGESTION

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NOTED AND APPRECIATED.

UH, THANKS.

UM, I'M JUST GETTING USED TO THIS EMAIL THING.

THAT'S A JOKE.

UM, JUST EMPLOYED GRID YOU VIEW FOR THE RECORD, AND BOY, IS THIS REALLY HELPFUL? THANK YOU SO MUCH.

UM, ON THAT NOTE, UH, WE'RE EXCITED TO MOVE

[3A. Report on HPD Housing Program Production (HPD Staff – Mandy DeMayo and Erica Leak)]

UH, COMMISSIONERS.

THIS IS ERICA LEAK.

UM, OUR SKI TAM PERSON IS NOT BACK YET, SO I AM TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO SHARE SCREEN ON WEBEX, WHICH I HAVE NEVER DONE BEFORE.

SO, SO IF ANYONE WANTS TO HELP ME WITH THAT TO, UH, UH, LET ME KNOW, I KNOW HOW TO DO IT IN OTHER PROGRAMS, BUT NOT THIS ONE.

I DON'T EITHER ERICA SHARING.

UM, SO ERICA, UNDER PARTICIPANT, CAN YOU RECLAIM THE HOST ROLE? I DON'T THINK SO.

UM, LET ME SEE IF I CAN, OH, NO, YOU NEED A HOST KEY.

UM, WELL, SO, SO FOLKS SHOULD, IF, IF YOU CAN, UM, IF YOU CAN PULL UP IT, FOLKS CAN PULL UP THEIR, THEIR BACKUP.

UM, SO THAT, OH, WAIT, THAT SAYS I'M THE PRESENTER NOW.

SO LET ME SEE.

MAYBE THAT WAS NOT ACCURATE BECAUSE I'M NOT SEEING AN OPTION, BUT IF FOLKS CAN PULL UP THEIR BACKUP, UM, WHILE MANDATE GETS STARTED, THEN I WILL ATTEMPT TO, UM, TO GET THE PRESENTATION UP AND, UH, AND GET CAUGHT UP WITH WHERE SHE IS.

SO, UH, ERICA, JUST ANOTHER SUGGESTION.

IS THERE ANYBODY WHO HAS POST CAPABILITY, UH, IN THE CDC, WE COULD EMAIL THEM IN THE PRESENTATION THAT'S IN THE CDC ITSELF.

I WOULD FIND THAT TO BE IMPROBABLE.

I DON'T, UH, UH, OR AT LEAST MY SHARE MINE IS GREAT OUT.

ANYBODY HAVE A SHARE BUTTON THAT'S ACTIVE THAT THE TECH PERSON IS BACK, OH, FULLY.

THEY WILL GET UP VERY SHORTLY, BUT FANTASTIC.

SO IT'S FYI 2019 TO 2020, AND IT IS A TWO PAGE REPORT, UM, THAT GOES THROUGH EACH AND EVERY ONE OF OUR PROGRAMS THAT ARE REPORTED OUT IN OUR APER.

WHILE WE'RE PULLING THAT UP, I'LL INTRODUCE MYSELF.

I AM MANDY DE MAYO AND THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATOR FOR NOW HOUSING AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT.

I'M EXCITED TO BE HERE.

THE C THING.

UH, ERICA AND I ARE DOING A TAG TEAM EFFORT WHERE WE WILL BE COVERING, UM, THE, UH, THE MOST CURRENT, UM, HOUSING PROGRAM, PRODUCTION, UH, DATA THAT WE HAVE AND UNVEILING A BRAND NEW DASHBOARD THAT WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT I THINK IS GOING TO HELP US BE ABLE TO BETTER COMMUNICATE, UM, THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING IN OUR DEPARTMENT.

AND THEN WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT THE BLUEPRINT, UH, THE STRATEGIC HOUSING BLUEPRINT.

SO I'M GOING TO START GET RID OF MY SCREEN, UM, AGAIN WITH THE HOUSING PROGRAM PRODUCTION REPORT.

SO IF WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, UH, WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT, UH, BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, WE OPERATE ON A FISCAL YEAR THAT RUNS FROM OCTOBER 1ST TO SEPTEMBER 30TH, AND WE ARE JUST NOW GETTING ALL OF OUR, UM, UH, CONTRACTS IN PLACE FOR THE NEW, THE FISCAL YEAR THAT WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW.

SO WE'RE GOING TO DO A LOOK BACK ONTO LAST YEAR'S FISCAL YEAR, UH, WHICH YOU ALL, AND THIS WILL BE BORN OUT IN THE DATA THAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE.

YOU ALL WILL SEE, UM, UH, REFLECTED THAT IT, IT WAS OF COURSE, A COMPLICATED YEAR, UM, MADE EXTRA COMPENSATING BY COVID-19 IN YOUR BACKUP.

YOU'LL SEE OUR PRODUCTION REPORT, WHICH REALLY IS OUR INTERNAL PRODUCTION REPORT THAT WE AS STAFF, UM, UTILIZE TO TRACK, UH, OUR PRODUCTION PROGRAM BY PROGRAM.

WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

THIS WILL HELP ORIENT YOU.

UH, THIS IS AGAIN, LAST YEAR'S PRODUCTION SUMMARY.

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SO THAT IS OUR LOOK BACK.

OUR ACTION PLAN IS THE PLAN FOR THE YEAR.

AND THEN OUR CAPER IS THE LOOK BACK, YOU'LL SEE THE PROGRAMS, UM, BROKEN DOWN, UM, BY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, BY HOUSING, HOMELESSNESS ASSISTANCE, RENTER'S ASSISTANCE.

AND THEN EACH OF THE INDIVIDUAL PROGRAMS, UM, IT IS KIND OF HARD TO SEE WITHOUT A DOUBT BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF DATA ON, UM, BUT EMBEDDED IN THERE ARE OUR GOALS, UM, FOR EACH OF THE PROGRAMS. SO IN THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, AS PART OF THE ACTION PLAN, UM, WE DETERMINE WHAT WE BELIEVE IS A REASONABLE, UM, BUT AGGRESSIVE GOAL, UH, TO SERVE, UM, LOW AND MODERATE INCOME PEOPLE PER THE CONSOLIDATED PLAN.

THE NEXT COLUMN SHOWS THE YEAR TO DATE SERVICES AND BY YEAR TO DATE, THIS REPRESENTS THE ENTIRE FISCAL YEAR OF LAST FISCAL YEAR.

UM, AND THEN YOU'LL ALSO SEE THE GOAL, THE PERCENT OF THE GOAL.

SO HOW CLOSE WE CAME TO OUR GOAL AND THEN FURTHER TO THE RIGHT, YOU'LL SEE THE BREAKDOWN, UM, BY MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.

SO UNLIKE C S B G THAT UTILIZES THE, UM, UH, PERCENTAGE OF THE FEDERAL POVERTY LEVEL.

WE ACTUALLY USE MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME FOR ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS, AND THEN FURTHER TO THE RIGHT, YOU'LL SEE OUR BREAKDOWN, DEMOGRAPHIC BREAKDOWN, UM, SELF-REPORTED, UH, RACIAL, ETHNIC BREAKDOWN, UM, BY EACH PROGRAM AND THEN CERTAIN, UM, CATEGORIES THAT WE ALSO TRACK, LIKE WHETHER OR NOT THE PERSON WAS ELDERLY HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD, A SINGLE FEMALE HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD, UM, OR A PERSON WITH A DISABILITY.

SO IF WE GO TO THE NEXT PAGE, AND AGAIN, YOU SHOULD HAVE THIS IN PAPER BACKUP.

UM, YOU'LL SEE THAT I'VE HIGHLIGHTED IN RED, THE ONE PROGRAM WE'RE GOING TO DIG INTO, AND THIS IS WHERE WE REALLY WANT TO, UH, PROFILE OUR, UH, DASHBOARD THAT WAS JUST RECENTLY CREATED AND RECENTLY LAUNCHED THAT WILL BE FULLY ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC.

AND THE PROGRAM WE'RE GOING TO HIGHLIGHT IS THE GO REPAIR PROGRAM, WHICH YOU ALL WILL RECALL, UM, IS FUNDED THROUGH GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS.

SO IT'S NOT A FEDERALLY FUNDED PROGRAM.

AND IT IS IN FACT, A PARTNERSHIP WITH SEVEN NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS THAT PROVIDE CRITICAL LIFE SAFETY, HOME REPAIRS TO LOW AND MODERATE INCOME HOMEOWNERS, PRIMARILY SENIORS, UM, IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN, OUR SEVEN NONPROFITS, JUST AS A REMINDER, OUR HABITAT FOR HUMANITY MEALS ON WHEELS AND MORE, I ACT INTERFAITH ACTION, CENTRAL TEXAS AAU L BOSTON AREA, URBAN LEAGUE, UM, REBUILDING TOGETHER, AMERICAN YOUTH WORKS AND, UM, UH, EASTER SEALS, CENTRAL TEXAS.

SO THOSE ARE THE SEVEN NONPROFITS WE WE CONTRACT WITH RIGHT NOW.

AND THE GO REPAIR PROGRAM PROVIDES UP TO $20,000 PER HOME, UM, IN HOME REPAIRS.

AND A LOT OF THOSE HOME REPAIRS, THEY MAY INCLUDE, UH, THINGS LIKE WINDOW REPLACEMENT.

UH, IT MAY BE RELATED TO ACCESSIBILITY, ENERGY EFFICIENCY.

UM, WE HAVE A LOT OF ROOF REPAIRS.

WE HAVE A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT REPAIRS.

I SHOULD ALSO MENTION THAT ON THE LINE OR IN THE MEETING WITH US IS ONE TEACHER BROWN WAS OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT MANAGER OVER ALL OF OUR FUNDED SERVICES AND CONSTRUCTION.

SO SHE OVERSEES ALL OF OUR HOME REPAIR PROGRAMS, BUT IF WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT SAME DATA THAT YOU WERE JUST LOOKING AT ON THAT VERY COMPLICATED SPREADSHEET.

UM, WE HAVE MOVED THAT DATA INTO A DASHBOARD THAT IS GOING TO BE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE.

AND SO WE'LL KIND OF PREVIEWING IT FOR YOU ALL TONIGHT.

YOU'LL SEE ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE.

UM, AND THESE ARE JUST SCREENSHOTS, BUT YOU WILL BE, IT'S AN INTERACTIVE, UM, UH, DASHBOARD AND YOU'LL BE ABLE TO GO IN AND PULL DOWN.

UM, THERE'S A DROPDOWN MENU OF ALL OF OUR DIFFERENT PROGRAMS. IN THIS CASE, I PULLED DOWN THE GO REPAIR PROGRAM.

CAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS ON.

YOU'LL SEE THAT WE ARE NOW GOING TO LOOK AT, IN, I SAY REAL TIME, BUT OUR STAFF ENTERS THE DATA EVERY MONTH.

SO THIS JUST HAPPENS TO BE LAST YEAR'S LOOK BACK.

SO THIS IS COMPREHENSIVE DATA FOR ALL OF FYI 20, 1920.

AND YOU'LL SEE, ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE, OUR GOAL FOR HOME REPAIR WAS TO SERVE 208 INCOME ELIGIBLE HOUSEHOLDS.

WE, IN FACT, THAT'S THE ORANGE NUMBER, THE BLUE NUMBER, WHICH HAS PRODUCTION, IS THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHEN SERVE.

NOW, YOU WILL RECALL THAT NOBODY CAN FORGET THIS COVID HIT US HARD.

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UM, MARCH OF 2020.

AND AS A RESULT, WE HAD ALMOST A STAND STILL IN PRODUCTION FOR SEVERAL MONTHS, AS WE WORKED TO WITH OUR PARTNERS WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT, HOW TO SAFELY ADDRESS THESE HOMEWORK REPAIRS, PARTICULARLY WITH OUR CLIENTELE FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM ARE, UM, PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE.

WE'RE PRIMARILY DOING THE SENIORS, UM, WHO OFTEN HAVE, UM, COMPLICATIONS.

SO OUR PRODUCTION FOR THE YEAR WAS 148.

YOU'LL SEE, ALONG THE BOTTOM, THE FIRST, UM, UH, UH, SCREEN THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS ACTUALLY RELATED TO INCOME INFORMATION.

SO OUT OF THOSE HUNDRED AND 48, 86 OF THOSE FOLKS WERE ACTUALLY AT, OR BELOW 30% MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME, 40 OF THE HOUSEHOLDS WERE BETWEEN 30 AND 50 16 OR BETWEEN 50 AND 60 AND THEN SIX.

THIS IS ACTUALLY A MISTAKE.

IT SHOULD SAY 60 TO 80% MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME AND OUR INCOME CAP FOR THIS PROGRAM.

AND ALL OUR HOMEOWNER AIR PROGRAMS IS 80% MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.

BUT YOU'LL NOTE THAT DESPITE THE FACT THAT WE CAN GO ALL THE WAY UP TO 80%, WHO WE'RE SERVING IS REALLY SKEWED TO THE LOWER INCOME POPULATIONS.

AND A LOT OF THAT CAN BE ATTRIBUTED TO A COMBINATION OF NEED MARKETING OUTREACH.

WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT FIND, PLEASE, HERE WE GO.

THIS IS ANOTHER, UM, DATA POINT THAT WE GATHER, AND THIS IS RACIAL AND ETHNIC, UM, UH, BREAKDOWN OF THE CLIENTELE THAT WE SERVE.

UM, YOU'LL SEE, AGAIN, 140 FOLKS THAT WE SERVE THIS YEAR THROUGH THE GO REPAIR PROGRAM, APPROXIMATELY.

UM, WE'RE KIND OF EVEN WHEN YOU SPLIT ABOUT A THIRD AFRICAN AMERICAN, A THIRD LATINO AND A THIRD WHITE, THIS IS ALL SELF-REPORTED DATA, UM, THAT WE GATHER AT INTAKE.

WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT TIME.

UM, AND THEN AGAIN, I POINTED OUT THAT DATA THAT WE GATHER, AND THIS IS PRIMARILY, EVEN THOUGH THIS IS NOT A HUD FUNDED PROGRAM, WE GATHERED THIS DATA BECAUSE IT'S RESPONSIVE TO HUD DATA REQUESTS FOR ALL OF OUR OTHER PROGRAMS. UM, SO OUT OF OUR HUNDRED AND 48 HOUSEHOLDS, AND THERE CAN BE A DUPLICATION HERE, 63 ARE FEMALE HEAD OF HOUSEHOLDS, 26 OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES AND 83 OUT OF 148 HOUSEHOLDS SERVED OR ELDERLY HOUSEHOLDS.

SO I WALKED YOU THROUGH ALL OF THAT TO SHOW YOU KIND OF WHERE WE'RE HEADED AS A DEPARTMENT, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS BECAUSE THE DATA IS INPUT INTO, UM, ESSENTIALLY AN ACCESS DATABASE AND THEN EXTRACTED IN A WAY THAT CAN BE, UH, VISUALLY REPRESENTATIVE OF WHAT THE PRODUCTION OR THE SERVICES THAT WE'RE PROVIDING TO OUR LOW AND MODERATE INCOME HOUSEHOLDS.

UM, AND IT CAN BE IT'S SOMETHING THAT, UM, FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS, UH, DECISION MAKERS, SUCH AS YOURSELF ON BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS OR TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, UM, AND AT ANY POINT GO THROUGH AND, UM, AND EXTRACT DATA BASED ON THE SPECIFIC PROGRAMS THAT THEY'RE INTERESTED IN.

AGAIN, THIS IS IN BETA TESTING RIGHT NOW.

WE ARE SUPER EXCITED ABOUT IT.

WE'RE EAGER FOR FEEDBACK, UM, AS WE KIND OF HONE AND PERFECT THIS, UM, BEFORE WE FORMALLY LAUNCH TO THE PUBLIC IN THE NEAR FUTURE.

BUT I DID WANT TO GIVE YOU ALL THAT WELL IN THAT FREEBIE.

AND NOW I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO ERICA TO TALK THROUGH SOME OF ALL THE BLUEPRINT, SCORECARD DATA, GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS, ERA CLIQUE, I'M THE DEVELOPMENT OFFICER WITH THE HOUSING AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT.

UM, IF YOU CAN GO TO THAT NEXT SLIDE.

SO WE WANTED TO GIVE YOU JUST A VERY BRIEF OVERVIEW OF DATA THAT WE'VE BEEN COLLECTING OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS TO REPORT ON HOW WE'RE DOING IN RELATIONSHIP TO GOALS THAT WERE SET IN THE STRATEGIC HOUSING BLUEPRINT.

UM, WE CAN HAVE A IN-DEPTH CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS AT ANOTHER MEETING, BUT WE WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THE INFORMATION IS NOW AVAILABLE FOR 2018 AND 2019.

AND BASICALLY WE'RE COLLECTING THE DATA, UM, ON MY CALENDAR CALENDAR YEAR BASIS AND REPORTING IT ON THIS CALENDAR YEAR BASIS.

SO THERE WILL BE A LITTLE BIT OF A TIME LAG, UM, SO THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE THE FULL YEARS FOR 2018

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AND 2019.

AND THAT'S WHAT I'LL BE, UM, SHOWING THIS EVENING.

BUT IN THE NEXT, UM, IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, WE'LL ALSO GET UP TO DATE WITH THE FULL YEAR, UH, OF 2020 REPORTING.

UM, IT TOOK US A WHILE TO MAKE SURE TO GET THE METHODOLOGY FOR THIS REPORTING, UM, IN A PLACE WHERE WE FELT COMFORTABLE WITH IT, BECAUSE WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE CONSISTENT WITH THAT METHODOLOGY OVER, OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS.

UM, AND THEN OF COURSE IT ALSO TOOK US A LITTLE WHILE BECAUSE THIS YEAR WAS, UM, AN INCREDIBLY CHALLENGING YEAR DUE TO COVID.

SO IF WE HEAD TO THE NEXT SLIDE, UM, THIS, UH, THAT THE FIRST GOAL IN THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING BLUEPRINT WAS TO HAVE AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN EVERY CITY COUNTY COUNCIL DISTRICT.

UM, THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS DEFINED AS UNITS UNDER 80% OF THE MEDIAN SERVING HOUSEHOLDS UNDER 80% OF THE MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.

AND FOR EACH COUNCIL DISTRICT, WE HAVE, UM, IDENTIFIED.

THOSE WERE THE NUMBER OF AFFORDABLE UNITS IS MAKING PROGRESS AND THAT'S SHOWN WITH A GREEN, UH, UPWARD FACING TRIANGLE.

UM, SOME DISTRICTS WERE MAKING SLOW PROGRESS THAT SHOWN WITH A YELLOW KIND OF RIGHT TO TURNING A TRIANGLE.

AND WHERE WERE, WHERE WERE NOT, UH, NOT MAKING AS MUCH PROGRESS AS WE'D LIKE, THAT'S A RED TRIANGLE POINTING DOWN.

SO, UM, WHAT WE'RE SHOWING IN THIS PARTICULAR SLIDE IS JUST 2019 PRODUCTION.

UM, BUT ONLINE, WE ALSO HAVE THE 2018 PRODUCTION AND THEN WE HAVE ANOTHER SLIDE THAT SHOWS CUMULATIVE PRODUCTION FOR BOTH 2018 AND 2019.

SO, SO YOU'LL SEE, UM, IN THIS SLIDE THAT IN A COUPLE OF COUNCIL DISTRICTS, DISTRICT TWO AND DISTRICT NINE, UM, WE'VE HAD, UH, WE'VE MADE GOOD PROGRESS IN TERMS OF MEETING THE, FOR THOSE DISTRICTS, BUT YOU'LL SEE THAT IN A NUMBER OF OTHER DISTRICTS, UM, WE HAVE NOT MADE, UH, NOT, NOT MADE MUCH PROGRESS.

SO, SO WE WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO SHARE DETAILED INFORMATION, BUT THE, UM, THE TRIANGLES ALSO INDICATE THE GENERAL PROGRESS EACH GOAL.

CAN WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE? SORRY.

SO IN THIS NEXT SLIDE THAT THIS, THIS WILL BE, UM, SHOWING, SHOWING THE CUMULATIVE PROGRESS FOR THE TOTAL NUMBERS OF, UH, HOUSING UNITS PRODUCED, UM, IN TERMS OF HOW WE'RE DOING TO MEET THOSE GOALS.

SO, AS YOU MAY REMEMBER, UM, ONE OF THE GOALS WAS TO CREATE 60,000, UH, UNITS AFFORDABLE AT 80% MFI AND BELOW.

UM, AND THEN ALSO TO CREATE, UM, UNITS AT OTHER MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME LEVELS TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, SUFFICIENT HOUSING IS BEING PRODUCED IN THE CITY AS A WHOLE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE HOUSING FOR THE FOLKS WHO LIVE HERE.

UM, AND ALSO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S HOUSING FOR, FOR FOLKS WHO MOVING HERE.

UM, SO THUS AS FAR, UM, IN, IN 2018 AND 2019, I TOTAL OF 16,253 UNITS HAVE BEEN CREATED.

UM, AND IF WE GO ONTO SLIDE 11, THE NEXT SLIDE, UM, HMM, WHICH DIVES INTO THE UNITS CREATED AT, OR BELOW 30% MFI 31 TO 60% MFI AND 61 TO 80% MFI.

UM, YOU'LL SEE THAT, UM, WE HAVE CREATED ONLY 118 UNITS AT 30% MFI AND BELOW.

AND, AND THE GOAL SORT OF THE, THE ANNUAL GOAL FOR THAT WAS 2000 UNITS.

UM, BUT AT 31 TO 60% OF THE MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME, WE'VE CREATED 2,691 UNITS.

AND THE GOAL WAS

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2,500 UNITS.

WE'VE ACTUALLY EXCEEDED THE GOAL AT THAT MFI FOR THAT YEAR.

UM, AND THEN IN, UH, 61 TO 80% MFI, UH, AGAIN, WE HAVE, WE HAVE NOT CREATED THAT MANY UNITS, THE MAIN REASON, UM, FOR THE SUCCESS THAT THE 31 TO 60%, UH, IN MY THIGH RANGE IS THAT THAT'S, THAT'S GENERALLY THEN THE HIGH RANGE THAT, UM, THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING BONDS SERVE IN THE RENTAL MARKET.

AND SO YOU CAN SEE THROUGH THIS DATA THAT THOSE AFFORDABLE HOUSING BONDS ARE, ARE ABSOLUTELY HELPING US IN TERMS OF THAT GOAL.

UM, NEXT SLIDE.

UM, SO, AND ACTUALLY WE CAN GO ON ONE MORE.

SO, UM, THIS INFORMATION AND ACTUALLY THE, THE FULL SCORECARDS, WHICH CONTAIN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ARE NOW AVAILABLE ON THE, UM, BLUEPRINT WEBSITE, WHICH IS AUSTIN, TEXAS.GOV/BLUEPRINT.

UM, AND MANDY AND I ARE HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.

UM, BUT IF YOU'D LIKE TO DIVE INTO THE BLUEPRINT IN MORE DETAIL, UH, WE'D CERTAINLY BE HAPPY TO COME BACK AND TALK ABOUT THAT.

UH, AGAIN, THANK YOU BOTH SO MUCH.

UM, AND ALSO FOR A VERY SUCCINCT PRESENTATION, THAT'S FULL OF DETAIL IF WE'D LIKE TO DRILL DOWN MORE, UM, THAT BEING SAID, I'M SURE THAT, UH, I'M SURE VICE POP, UH, HAS QUESTIONS, UH, IS THAT THE CASE AND ALSO ANYONE ELSE ON THE, UH, PLEASE BE QUEUING UP ANY INQUIRIES THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE? I, I, YOU DEFINITELY HAVE QUESTIONS SO FAR.

I HAVE EIGHT QUESTIONS.

SHALL I PROCEED WITH SOME QUESTIONS? YEAH.

IF YOU, IF YOU COULD AT LEAST START WITH YOUR FIRST ONE OR TWO BEFORE WE SPREAD IT AROUND.

WELL, BEFORE I GET INTO THE QUESTIONS, I WANT TO THANK THE STAFF FOR WORKING ON THIS.

UM, THE, THE FIRST CHART WE'VE SEEN IN THE PAST, OVER THE YEARS, UH, WITH THE BASIC INFORMATION, OR, YOU KNOW, IF YOU, IF YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR, IT'S THERE, BUT IT'S ALSO GOOD THAT YOU'VE BEEN ABLE TO COME UP WITH SOMETHING THAT WILL BE ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC.

I THINK THAT'S REALLY GREAT.

UM, SO ON MY QUESTIONS, THE NUMBER THAT YOU MENTIONED, YOU SAID IT WAS A SIX AND IT SHOULD BE ANOTHER NUMBER.

COULD YOU GO TO SAY WHAT THAT SHOULD BE AGAIN? OH, I THINK THAT WAS ME COMMISSIONER POP.

UM, AND IF I RECALL IT WAS ON THE SLIDE PRESENTATION AND IT'S THE DASHBOARD, UM, THAT WE BREAK OUT BY MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME, AND IT MISTAKENLY SAYS 30, I THINK IT'S 30 TO 50%.

AND THEN I'M SORRY.

UH, ONE, THERE WE GO.

UH, AND THEN 50 TO 80%, AND THAT'S NOT THE WAY IT'S BROKEN OUT IN OUR DATA.

IT IS A DISCRETE NUMBERS.

SO ZERO TO 30, 31 TO 50 51 TO 60, AND THEN 61 TO 80% IN THAT THOUGHT.

OH, I SEE.

SO PRIMARILY WE ARE USING, UH, NON-FEDERAL FUNDS AND NOTHER REASON FOR AN ADJUSTMENT LOOK AT DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE.

SO IT'S JUST, UH, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, THIS IS, YOU ALL ARE ACTUALLY THE SECOND GROUP TO SEE THIS.

WE LAUNCHED THIS, UH, LAST WEEK WITH THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN RESOURCE COMMISSION.

UM, AND SO WHEN WE SAY THIS IS IN BETA TESTING, IT REALLY IS ON THE PRODUCTION SUMMARY.

THERE'S A COLUMN TITLED CAPER ADJUSTMENT, CAPER ADJUSTMENT, I THINK IT'S CAPER ADJUSTMENT.

YES.

SO WHAT DOES THAT CALL THEM ABOUT? SO WHEN WE REPORT AS STAFF EACH MONTH, UH, UH, NUMBER OF PEOPLE WE SERVE OR PROJECTS, WE COMPLETE, WE REPORT INTO OUR ACCESS DATABASE AND THAT'S WHAT IS EXTRACTED OUT, BUT YOU'LL RECALL IN THE PAPER, WE'RE ACTUALLY ONLY REPORTING ON OUR FEDERALLY FUNDED PROJECTS.

UM, AND SO YOU'LL SEE A BIG ADJUSTMENT NUMBER UNDER R H E A RENTAL HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE.

I DON'T HAVE IT IN FRONT OF ME RIGHT NOW, BUT I WANT TO SAY IT WAS LIKE 200 AND SOMETHING WAS ADJUSTED.

UM, AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS THE VAST MAJORITY OF OUR HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE IS NOT FEDERALLY FUNDED.

WE DON'T NEED OUR HOMELESS CBBG, UM, FOR THAT, UM, UH, UH, FOR THAT, UM, PROGRAM, UM, EXCLUSIVELY.

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AGAIN, I'M OPERATING OFF OF MEMORY.

UM, BUT I WANT TO SAY OUR GOAL WAS 29 AND W ADJUSTED DOWNWARD TO IT IS BECAUSE THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF EIGHT TIME LAG BETWEEN WHEN WE RECORD IT.

SO WHEN IT ACTUALLY COUNTS, SO WE MAY HAVE QUOTE, UNQUOTE, CUT THE CHECK OR DPA ON SEPTEMBER 30TH, BUT IT DIDN'T ACTUALLY GET INTO OUR FINANCE BOOKS UNTIL OCTOBER 3RD.

AND THUS, WE CAN'T COUNT IT IN THIS FISCAL YEAR.

SO IT ROLLS OVER TO THE NEXT FISCAL.

SO IT IS JUST A TECHNICAL, IT'S NOT THAT WE DIDN'T SERVE THOSE PEOPLE.

THE COLUMN SHOWING WHO WE SERVED IS ABSOLUTELY WHO WE SERVE, BUT THERE ARE ADJUSTMENTS THAT WE NEED TO MAKE, UM, IN OUR IDI S SYSTEM, WHEN WE REPORT OUT TO HUD AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ADJUSTMENT.

I SEE, UM, ON THE BLUEPRINT.

SO I THINK THIS IS A HARD QUESTION.

WHAT, WHAT IS THE REMEDY TO THE UNDERPERFORMING DISTRICTS? AND WELL, I'LL COME TO THE OTHER ONE, BUT THE BETTER PERFORMING DISTRICTS, ERICA, I'M HAPPY TO JUMP IN BECAUSE AS WE WERE GOING THROUGH THIS DATA, IT WAS, I'M NOT GOING TO SAY EXCITED, BUT I'LL USE AN EXAMPLE, ONE OF THE UNDERPERFORMING AND BY UNDERPERFORMING, BUT, YOU KNOW, IT HAD THE RED ARROW DOWNWARD, UH, DISTRICT EIGHT.

WE OFTEN HAVE A CHALLENGE GETTING AFFORDABLE OR INCOME, WHICH WITH THE HOUSING INTO DISTRICT EIGHT.

AND THAT'S ONE OF THE LEVERAGE POINT FOR OUR GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS FOR LAND ACQUISITION.

SO YOU ALL MAY KNOW THAT WE UTILIZE AS PART OF THE 2018 AFFORDABLE HOUSING BONDS.

WE, UH, UTILIZED, UH, WE WERE ALLOCATED A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS OUT OF THE $250 MILLION FOR STRATEGIC LAND ACQUISITION.

AND WE FOUND ONCE OUR, OUR ACQUISITION APPROACH BETWEEN HIGH OPPORTUNITY AREAS AND AREAS THAT ARE EXPERIENCING GENTRIFICATION MEANS, UM, IN DECEMBER, IT WENT TO EIGHT AND FC AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION, OUR VERY FIRST, UH, ACQUISITION EIGHT, A 1.5, UM, SITE IN DISTRICT EIGHT ON CONVICT HILL ROAD.

UM, ACTUALLY VERY RARE IN DISTRICT EIGHT WITHIN PROXIMITY OF A BUS ROUTE.

UM, AND SO WE'RE REALLY PLEASED.

I'M NOT SAYING YOU'RE GOING TO SEE AFFORDABLE HOUSING NERATINIB YEAR, TWO YEARS.

IT MAY TAKE THREE TO FIVE YEARS.

UM, BUT OUR GOAL WITH OUR STRATEGIC, UH, LAND ACQUISITION IS TO ACQUIRE THE PROPERTY AND THEN PUT IT OUT FOR DISPOSITION OR FOR A SOLICITATION, UM, FOR A NON-PROFIT OR FOR-PROFIT DEVELOPER TO DEVELOP AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR THEM.

UM, SO I JUST USE THAT AS AN EXAMPLE, BECAUSE THAT REALLY HIGHLIGHTED FOR ME.

UM, I SEE DISTRICT EIGHT IN, DOWN IN NUMBERS.

UM, I KNOW THAT WE HAVE SOMETHING COMING ONLINE IN THE FUTURE.

UM, SAME WITH DISTRICT 10.

WE HAVE, UM, HOUSING UNITS THAT ARE COMING ONLINE THROUGH THE GROWTH HUD, UM, THAT WILL BUMP UP OUR NUMBERS.

THOSE ARE BEGINNING TO COME ONLINE THIS CALENDAR YEAR.

UM, AND THEN I LOOK AT DISTRICT FOUR.

I KNOW WE HAVE SOME PROJECTS THAT WE'RE EITHER SUBSIDIZING OR INCENTIVIZING THAT AGAIN ARE COMING ONLINE.

AND WE ALSO PURCHASED, UH, AN ASSEMBLAGE OF TWO ADJACENT PARCELS, WHICH AGAIN, WE'LL PUT OUT FOR THIS POSITION IN DISTRICT TWO, THERE HAVE BEEN COMPLAINTS FROM PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CITIES, SUBSIDIZED, AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAT'S BEEN LOCATED THERE.

THIS IS A VERY HIGH LEVEL.

IT DOESN'T REALLY GET AT THAT KIND OF ISSUE, BUT DO YOU HAVE A COMMENT ON OUR, ARE WE MAKING IT TOO EASY TO LOCATE IN AREAS THAT ALREADY HAVE A LOT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING? I THINK REGARDING, UM, OUR, UH, OUR DIRECT INVESTMENT, WE ARE VERY, WE HAVE SET UP A VERY, UM, RIGOROUS PROCESS.

UM, OUR QUARTERLY APPLICATION PROCESS WHEREBY WE ARE LOOKING AT, UM, APPLICATIONS FROM DEVELOPERS THROUGH A VARIETY OF LENSES.

UH, AND SOME OF THOSE LENSES INCLUDE

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WHETHER OR NOT, UH, AT A SITE.

SOME SITE IS LOCATED IN A GENTRIFYING AREA OR AN AREA OF RISK DISPLACEMENT.

AND I KNOW THAT DISTRICT TOO.

UM, AS A LOT OF THOSE AREAS, IF YOU LOOK AT THE UT UPROOTED REPORT, WE ARE ALSO LOOKING AT, UM, PROPOSED PROJECTS THAT HAVE A QUOTE NEXION TO, UH, PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION NOW PROJECT.

AND AS AN EXAMPLE, UH, ANOTHER RECENT LAND ACQUISITION IS, AND THIS WAS APPROVED BY EIGHT 15 ON DECEMBER 10.

WE HAVE THREE ADJACENT PARCELS, THE FOLLOWING LANE.

THIS IS ACTUALLY IN DISTRICT TWO, EVEN THOUGH IT'S WEST OF 35, UM, THREE ADJACENT PARCELS ON COLUMN LENA POLLEN AND SLAUGHTER, WHICH IS RIGHT AT THE INTERSECTION OF A PROJECT NEXT STOP AND RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM A BRAND NEW, UH, VERY FANCY HEB.

UM, SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT, I MEAN, THE DISTRICTS ARE ALL VERY DIVERSE, RIGHT? DISTRICT TWO GOES WEST OF .

THERE ARE SOME HIGH OPPORTUNITY AREAS EXPERIENCING SANCTIFICATION, AND WE'RE TRYING TO LOOK AT ALL OF OUR INCENTIVE OR SUBSIDY OR ACQUISITION IN A VERY NUANCED WAY.

AND THEN THE LAST QUESTION I HAVE ON THE, WE'RE GETTING A LOT OF PROPERTY UNITS.

I'M GETTING A LOT OF GARBLED FEEDBACK HERE.

UM, A LOT OF UNITS IN THE 30 TO 60% CAP THAT MAYBE YOU ALSO HAVE TAX CREDITS TIED TO THEM.

I DON'T KNOW, AND NOT AS MANY UNITS IN THE ZERO TO 30, WHAT'S THE REMEDY FOR GETTING MORE IN THE ZERO TO 30 CATEGORY, SO THAT BONDS ARE ATTACHED TO THOSE, BUT BONDS ARE NOT, ARE RGO.

BONDS ARE NOT, UM, DON'T HAVE INCOME RESTRICTIONS LIKE THAT.

SO WHAT'S THE, OUR GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, OR ACTUALLY ANY FUNDING THAT GOES THROUGH OUR HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE.

SO RENTAL HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM IS CAPPED.

WE ONLY SUBSIDIZE AT 50% OR BELOW WE INCENTIVIZE.

SO WE PUT EXTRA MONEY IN TO GET THOSE 30% OF UNITS, OR THOSE 30% UNITS ARE CERTAINLY A CHALLENGE.

THEY'RE MORE EXPENSIVE BECAUSE A DEVELOPER IS GROWING FUTURE REVENUE, RIGHT? OR A PERIOD OF A MINIMUM OF 40 YEARS.

UM, WE WORK HARD TO GET OUR 30% UNITS, BUT WE DON'T HAVE AS MANY 30% AND BELOW AS WE DO THE 30 TO 50%, WHICH WAS EVIDENCED IN THOSE STRATEGIC HOUSING PAPER AND DATA.

BUT TAX CREDIT PROGRAM GOES UP TO 60% MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.

SO THERE ARE THE 50 TO 60% THAT ARE JUST STRAIGHT, PLAIN VANILLA TAX CREDIT, UM, UH, TAX CREDIT UNIONS.

BUT I WILL SAY IN TERMS OF THE REMEDY, I SEE TWO DIFFERENT REMEDIES THAT WE'RE REALLY WORKING ON.

UM, ONE IS ADDITIONAL SUBSIDY OR OUR 30% AND BELOW UNIT, AND WE ARE DOING THAT.

AND I'LL USE AS AN EXAMPLE, UM, ASPERO AT RUTLAND, WHICH IS A RECENTLY APPROVED, UM, DEVELOPMENT.

THAT'S A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE CASINO GROUP, WHICH IS A NATIONAL OR PROFIT LOW-INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDIT DEVELOPER, AND, UM, CARITAS VERITAS OF BOSTON THAT PROPOSED PROJECT IS IN DISTRICT FOUR ON RUTLAND DRIVE WILL BE 171 UNITS.

UM, AND A HUNDRED OF THOSE ARE GOING TO BE CONTINUUM OF CARE UNITS.

SO THEY ARE GOING TO BE TAKING FOLKS DIRECTLY OFF THE COORDINATED ASSESSMENT.

UM, WE PUT IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN, AUSTIN HOUSING CORPORATION COMMITTED TO UP TO $8.5 MILLION FOR THAT PROJECT.

ALL OF THE UNITS WERE VIRTUALLY ALL OF THE UNITS ARE 50% AND BELOW THIS IS THE LARGEST SUBSIDY WE'VE EVER PROVIDED TO A DEVELOPMENT.

HOWEVER, IT'S SERVING PRIMARILY PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS OR EXITING HOMELESSNESS.

IT'S 171 UNITS ON TOP OF THAT, WHERE WE HAVE OUR CHALLENGE WITH OUR 30% AND BELOW IS EVEN THE 30% RENT OR THE 50% RENT OR ANY TAX CREDIT RENT AND BE OUT OF REACH FOR LOW WAGE WORKERS.

AND CERTAINLY FOR PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, PEOPLE ON FIXED INCOMES.

AND SO WE LAUNCHED, UM, A, UM, A LOCAL HOUSING VOUCHER, UH, BECAUSE WE HAVE SO FEW FEDERAL SUBSIDIES OR, UH, PROVIDE WHAT WAS FORMALLY KNOWN AS SECTION EIGHT, BUT HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHERS OR PROJECT

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BASED VOUCHERS.

WE LAUNCHED THAT AS A CITY UTILIZING OUR OWN FUNDING FROM THE HOUSING PRESS FUND.

AND WE AWARDED TO THE ASPERO RUTLAND PROJECT, OUR VERY FIRST HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER TO ENABLE FOLKS WITH NO TO EXTREMELY LOW INCOME, TO LIVE IN A BRAND NEW PROPERTY.

WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT AT THE SAME TIME, THE HOUSING AUTHORITY HAS RECEIVED A NEW ALLOCATION OF MAINSTREAM ALVIN VOUCHERS, AS WELL AS THEY HAVE WITHOUT OR SOLICITATION, UM, A HUNDRED HOUSING.

WHAT WILL BE PROJECT-BASED VOUCHERS FOR, UM, UH, FOCUSED ON THE CONTINUUM OF CARE OR PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESS.

SO THERE IS, I'M GOING TO SAY A MOVEMENT AFOOT.

WE'RE SEEING A LOT MORE, UM, POSSIBILITY OF INVESTMENT IN THOSE WHO ARE AT THE LOWEST OF THE LOW INCOME, EXTREMELY LOW INCOME AT, OR BELOW 30% MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.

SO I DO SEE, UH, THAT WE WILL BE MAKING PROGRESS IN THE FUTURE.

AND THANK YOU FOR THE ANSWERS AND THANK YOU FOR THE DATA.

IT'S REALLY GOOD TO SEE THIS DATA AGAIN, AND KNOW THAT YOU HAVE A, UM, PUBLIC ACCESSIBILITY APPROACH AS WELL.

WE WE'RE REALLY FOCUSED ON COMMUNICATING THE WORK WE'RE DOING.

WE'RE EAGER FOR THE FEEDBACK.

AND I SHOULD SAY, I THINK I SAW SOMEWHERE IN THE MEETING ONLINE, UM, ZACHARY STERN, NEW, UH, REALLY MADE OUR VISION REALITY THROUGH THIS DATA, THIS POWER BI DASHBOARD, WHICH I CANNOT EXPLAIN, BUT I JUST KNOW IT'S GONNA DO, UM, IT'S GONNA CHECK AND WE WILL BE ABLE TO VERY EASILY DO QUARTERLY REPORTS TO CDC THAT ARE VISUALLY APPEALING, COMMUNICATE OUR, OUR PRODUCTION, UM, IN A WAY THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET MORE FEEDBACK, MORE QUESTIONS, MORE PRODUCTIVE FEMALES.

GREAT, MR. CHAIR, THOSE ARE MY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU, VICE CHAIR.

UH, ALSO OUR KIND OF MANDATE FOR, FOR ANSWERING THOSE, UH, UM, AND ALSO BE THE INTRODUCTION OF THAT DASHBOARD.

I SAW, UH, COMMISSIONER MAHEA WITH HIS HAND UP AND THEY KNOW A CONCERN DELGADO WHO RECENTLY JOINED US ALSO HAS A QUESTION TO FOLLOW THAT.

UM, MR. MCGEE, THANK YOU BOTH.

THANK YOU, ERICA.

THANK YOU, MANDY.

UM, YEAH, I THINK I, I THINK I ALSO ECHO, UH, COMMISSIONER POP'S COMMENTS THAT TRANSPARENCY AND, AND, UH, MORE VISUAL ACCESS IS, IS A HUGE LEAP FORWARD.

AND I'M REALLY GRATEFUL FOR THAT.

I KNOW THAT'S NOT EASY.

UM, I THINK, UH, YEAH, W WHAT I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND IS ZEROING IN, ON DISTRICT TWO, WHICH WAS ONE OF THE TRENDING UPWARD.

SO THE, THAT WOULD, THAT STATISTIC INDICATES THAT 115 ADDITIONAL, UH, AFFORDABLE UNITS AT THE DEFINITION OF 80% MFI WERE CREATED IN FYI 20, 19, 2020, THAT CORRECT IN DISTRICT TO BUILD NEW AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS.

IS THAT CORRECT? SO THIS, THIS IS ERICA LEAK.

UM, SO, SO ACTUALLY, AND I THINK WE'RE LOOKING AT SLIDE NINE.

UM, IT'S ACTUALLY THAT 518 UNITS, UM, WERE BUILT IN THAT WERE EITHER BUILT OR SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETED IN 2019.

UM, AND, AND I SHOULD HAVE CLARIFIED DURING THE PRESENTATION THAT, UH, THE GOALS SET IN THE BLUEPRINT WORK COMMUNITY LEVEL GOALS.

AND SO WE ARE TRACKING COMMUNITY LEVEL DATA.

SO THESE ARE NOT JUST AFFORDABLY IN, IT'S CREATED BY THE CITY, BUT THEY'RE CREATED BY, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THE PARTNERS AND THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

UM, RIGHT.

AND THESE ARE, THESE ARE INCOME RESTRICTED BY STATUTE OR DEFINITION.

SO I GOT YOU.

SO, AND IN, IN, IN, IN DISTRICT FOUR, I IMAGINE THE VAST MAJORITY OF THOSE ARE IN THE LARGER HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE POPPING UP ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF OUR COMMUNITY.

UH, THAT WOULD BE MY GUESS, RIGHT.

AND I GUESS THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT, THAT, I THINK IT'S, UM, I THINK I CALCULATED IT RIGHT AT THE POINT, MFI IT AT 80%, IT'S ABOUT 79 K.

BUT, UH, WHEN YOU, WHEN I WENT TO SEARCH FOR INCOME RESTRICTED HOUSING, WELL, YOU CAN GET TRACK TO SOME, UH, RENTAL OPPORTUNITIES, BUT FOR PURCHASING, THERE WAS LIKE, I THINK FIVE DEVELOPMENTS THAT WERE LISTED ON THE CITY OF AUSTIN WEBSITE IS THAT, UH, AND I THINK ONE OF THEM WAS CANOPY.

SO, UM, THAT'S HOW MUCH SOMEONE'S MAKING THINGS.

I THINK IT'S 99 AND SOME CHANGE RIGHT NOW, TH THE CURRENT MFI, YOU KNOW, AND SO I THINK THAT MAKES, THAT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE AT LIKE, BUT, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I FOUND INTERESTING, AND, AND, UM, MAYBE THIS IS MOOT,

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THERE WAS A COUPLE OF THE LITTLE CONDOS ON EAST SEVENTH AND STUFF LIKE THAT IS THAT NOW OBSOLETE AND BEEN REPLACED BY THE NEW SEARCH TOOL.

UM, THIS IS MANDY AGAIN, UM, WHAT YOU SAW ON THE, AND BY NEW SEARCH TOOL, ARE YOU REFERRING TO THE, A HOST, THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING ONLINE SEARCH TOOL? UM, THE, A HOST IS JUST FOR RENTAL.

SO WHAT YOU SAW ON OUR WEBSITE, AND IT IS A VERY SMALL SAMPLE OF AFFORDABLE OWNERSHIP.

UM, OUR AFFORDABLE OWNERSHIP INVENTORY IS LIFE'S SMALLER, PORTABLE RENTAL INVENTORY, AND WHAT YOU SAW ON OUR WEBSITE, OR ONLY THOSE DEVELOPMENTS THAT WERE DIRECTLY SUBSIDIZED OR INCENTIVIZED BY THE CITY OF AUSTIN.

SO CAN IT BE A WEST GATE PARTNERSHIP WITH HABITAT AND MOE MARK.

UM, AND THEN YOU MENTIONED SOME, UM, PROJECTS, SEVENTH STREET, THOSE WERE VERTICAL MIXED USE.

SO THESE ARE, THESE ARE A SUBSET OF, OF INCOME RESTRICTED UNITS THAT ARE FURTHER INCENTIVIZED BY THE CITY OF AUSTIN.

UM, I'M SORRY, WHICH ARE A SUBSET, THE, THE, THE, THE SMALL SAMPLE THAT I SAW ON THE WEBSITE, THOSE ARE OWNERSHIP DEVELOPMENT.

SO WE DIVIDE OUR DEVELOPMENT AND THE RENTAL AND OWNERSHIP, AND WE DO A VERY SMALL AMOUNT OF OWNERSHIP.

UM, MOSTLY BECAUSE MARKETS NEED, UM, USING THE GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AS AN EXAMPLE, ALMOST A HUNDRED MILLION DEDICATED TO A RENTAL HOUSING VERSUS THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WAS DEDICATED, UM, WHICH WAS 29 TO OWNERSHIP HOUSING.

SO WE HAVE A MUCH SMALLER OF OWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES.

I SEE.

SO, YEAH, I THINK THAT'S KIND OF THE, I THINK IF I, IF MY QUESTION, WHEN I WAS LOOKING AT IT, IS THAT REALLY IT, OR IS THAT JUST THE INFORMATION THAT'S VOLUNTEERED FROM ALL THE DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS, YOU KNOW, CAUSE IT IS A SMALL SUBSECTION, YOU KNOW, UH, AND A LOT OF THEM WERE, UM, THEY WEREN'T UP TO DATE.

A LOT OF THEM WERE ALREADY PENDING.

UH, SO I JUST THINK THAT'S SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT AND MAYBE KEEP MORE CONVEYED TO NOT SEND PEOPLE DOWN THE WRONG PATH.

I, THE REASON WHY I DID, I JUST WENT THROUGH THE WHOLE JOURNEY OF, UH, HELPING A FAMILY MEMBER LOOK FOR INCOME RESTRICTED OWNERSHIP.

AND SO WE WENT, I WENT DOWN THAT PIPELINE, YOU KNOW, WE, UH, GOT FAMILIAR WITH THE, UH, HABITAT FOR HUMANITY PROGRAM.

SO IT WAS A VERY INTERESTING JOURNEY AND IT, AND IT FEELS LIKE YOU'VE GOT LUCK, BUT YOU HAVE TO HAVE A CERTAIN LEVEL OF LITERACY SYSTEM LITERACY TO REALLY MAKE IT THROUGH THE, THE MAZE IN, IN GETTING TO THE POINT WHERE YOU'RE GETTING QUALIFIED.

SO I THINK THANK YOU FOR THAT FEEDBACK.

WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF UPDATING OUR WEBSITE AND OUR PROGRAM AROUND LONG-TERM AFFORDABILITY FOR OWNERSHIP, AND ABSOLUTELY WE SHOULD BE MAKING IT EASIER FOR THE PUBLIC TO NAVIGATE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND I THINK, YEAH, THIS WAS THE POINT, I GUESS THESE QUERIES IS LIKE, YEAH.

THE OWNERSHIP TRACK OF WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WE'RE TALKING, THE VAST MAJORITY ARE RENTAL, WE'RE TALKING MENTAL AFFORDABILITY.

SO THE THING I'LL, I'LL SAY, UM, THE LAST THING THAT I THOUGHT WAS REALLY INTERESTING, I JUST, YOU KNOW, NOT BEING KIND OF AMATEUR, I CALLED, UH, I FORGOT THE DEVELOPER WHO DOES EASTON PARK.

I THINK IT'S A LITTLE SOMETHING FAILED.

YOU KNOW, THE EXPENSE OF, OF HOW HOME BUILDING.

YEAH, BROOKFIELD AND I HAD THIS REALLY GREAT CONVERSATION.

IT WAS, UH, YOU KNOW, IT WAS A, IT WAS AN INTERESTING CONVERSATION.

THE WOMAN WAS REALLY NICE.

SHE PICKED UP THE PHONE AND I JUST ASKED HER, I WAS LIKE, HEY, DO YOU ALL MAINTAIN A LIST OF AFFORDABLE UNITS THAT ARE CURRENTLY AVAILABLE ARE COMING UP? YOU KNOW, AND MAYBE THIS IS NO NEWS TO THE REST OF THE COMMISSION, BUT I WAS KIND OF SURPRISED BY THE FACT THAT, UH, SHE HAD NO CLUE, UH, NUMBER ONE AND NUMBER TWO, SHE EXPLAINED TO ME, AND SHE WAS REALLY KIND ABOUT IT THAT THERE'S NO TIME.

THERE'S NOT REALLY A TIME BOUND.

YOU CAN HAVE A 15 YEAR PROJECT AND SORT OF, YOU KNOW, GET, I THINK YOU CAN, IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU CAN REAP THE C'S INCENTIVES AT THE FRONT END, BUT WAIT 10 YEARS TO CONSTRUCT A UNIT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

AND SO TO ME, THAT WAS REALLY SHOCKING.

AND I WAS, UH, I WAS REALLY SURPRISED AND I KNOW, I KNOW WE'RE IN A LAISSEZ-FAIRE TEXAS STATE, BUT I WAS LIKE, IS THERE, IS THERE SOMETHING WE CAN DO TO CLOSE THE GAP BETWEEN, UH, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE REAPING THE BENEFITS IN THE SHORT TERM, AS, UH, AS THE UNIT, WHENEVER THEY DECIDE TO BUILD AFFORDABLE AFFORDABLE UNITS, WHENEVER THEY, WHAT PHASE THEY PUT THEM IN, IT BECOMES MORE AND MORE UNATTAINABLE BECAUSE I GUARANTEE YOU THAT THE, THE PROPERTY TAX IS PROBABLY OUTPACING BY FAR THE, UM,

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THAT'S A BIG ASSUMPTION, BUT I DON'T KNOW, I, AS A, AS A COMMISSION, I JUST WANT TO KNOW, I'D LOVE TO HEAR A DEVELOPER EXPLAIN WHY THAT'S THE CASE.

I'VE BEEN COMPELLED BY SOME DEVELOPERS ARGUMENTS IN THE PAST, BUT THAT SEEMS ALMOST, THAT SEEMS UNJUST, YOU KNOW, AS A, AS A, AS A PREMISE THAT YOU HAVE INDEFINITE TIME TO DECIDE WHEN TO CONSTRUCT WHAT, WHEREAS YOU'RE REAPING TAX BENEFIT IN THE SHORT TERM.

SO I WILL SAY WE ARE WORKING WITH THAT DEVELOPER TO, UM, CHANGE THE ORIGINAL OR ENHANCE THE ORIGINAL AGREEMENT, THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING AGREEMENT THAT ONLY PROVIDED FOR, UH, FROM AN OWNERSHIP PERSPECTIVE, UM, ONE TIME AFFORDABILITY.

SO IT WAS THE RE THE WAY THE ORDINANCE WAS WRITTEN, IT PROVIDED FOR AFFORDABILITY ON SALE, BUT THEN THERE WERE NO LONGTERM, UH, RESTRICTIONS ON THAT AFFORDABILITY.

AND FOR ALL OF OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING, WE WANT A 99 YEAR COMMITMENT SO THAT IF YOU PURCHASE A HOME AND YOUR INCOME QUALIFIED, YOU THEN HAVE TO SELL IT TO SOMEBODY WHO IS ALSO INCOME QUALIFIED, RIGHT? SO WE CREATE THAT GENERATIONAL AFFORDABILITY.

UM, WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON THAT WITH THE DEVELOPER, AND I WILL SAY YOU POINT OUT SOMETHING REALLY IMPORTANT.

AND IN OUR MORE RECENT HUD PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS, WE HAVE PUT THOSE TRIGGERING MECHANISMS IN PLACE SO THAT IF YOU'RE BUILDING A HUNDRED HOMES, UH, WE NEED OUR AFFORDABILITY IN EACH PHASE, NOT AT THE SO, UM, POINT WELL TAKEN.

THAT'S AWESOME.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER MANIA.

WE HAVE, UH, COMMISSIONER DELGADO AND, UH, IF WE COULD, UH, TRY TO WRAP THIS UP SO WE CAN MOVE ON TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM.

I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

WAS MAYBE, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THIS IN THE NEXT SLIDE OR WHEN WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THIS.

THANK YOU, CHAIR.

CAN YOU HEAR ME? CORRECT.

FIRST OF ALL, I JUST WANT TO, UM, THANK YOU ALL FOR THAT DATA DASHBOARD.

I THINK LIKE, UH, COMMISSIONER POPS SAID, UM, IT'S BEEN NEEDED VERY WELL NEEDED FOR THIS COMMISSION AND FOR NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING.

AND SO I'M VERY, VERY GLAD TO SEE IT.

UM, AND I DID SEE SOME NUMBERS THAT BROUGHT SOME ATTENTION.

UH, ONE OF THEM, UH, WAS OUR, OUR, OUR, OUR GOALS AND WHAT WE'VE BEEN REACHING.

UM, WHEN LET'S SPECIFICALLY TALK ABOUT THE HOME REPAIR PROGRAM, UM, I'VE BEEN A BIG ADVOCATE FOR HOME REPAIR PROGRAM.

I'VE WORKED WITH, UH, URBAN LEAGUE AS WELL AS MEALS ON WHEELS.

AND WE'VE DONE A LOT OF THE OUTREACH TO GET THAT PROGRAM GOING HERE IN THE DISTRICT AT THREE AREA AT DEMOGRAPHICS, 77 OH TWO, UH, WHICH IS A NEIGHBORHOOD I RESIDE IN.

UM, I DO WANT TO JUST POINT OUT THAT MONIES WERE TAKEN FROM THE HOME REPAIR PROGRAM, AND NOW I'M MOVING TO OUR, OUR FUTURE, YOU KNOW, UH, THIS YEAR FOR OUR PHYSICAL YEAR.

I JUST WANT TO BE SURE THAT, UH, WE ARE SERVING THE COMMUNITY THAT HAS BEEN ON THE WAITING LIST FOR YEARS.

UM, I THINK THAT, UM, THE SERVING THE GOAL IS A LITTLE TOO LOW.

I THINK WE NEED TO MAYBE CHANGE IT TO A HIGHER GOAL, UM, BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ON THE WAITING LIST FOR YEARS, UH, WAITING ON FUNDING AND DUE TO THE PANDEMIC.

UM, THEY'VE HAD TO WAIT LONGER AS WELL AS WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH CONTRACTORS, UM, WITH ENOUGH EMPLOYEES TO BE OUT THERE, UM, DOING THIS TYPE OF WORK.

AND SO I JUST WANT US TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PRIORITIZE, UM, THE LONGTIME RESIDENTS, ESPECIALLY IN MY AREA THAT HAVE BEEN DISPLACED BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT THEY CANNOT BUY A NEW ROOF OR A NEW FLOORING OR NEW PLUMBING OR ANY TYPE OF THAT THEY CAN'T ACCESS THAT ASSISTANCE BECAUSE THEY'D BEEN ON THE WAITING LIST AND DUE TO, UH, YOU KNOW, SHORT STAFF AT YOUR NONPROFIT AGENCIES THAT YOU JUST NAMED, WHICH WERE SEVEN OF THEM.

UM, I THINK THAT THEY NEED TO BE WORKING HARDER AND OUTREACHING TO THE COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY ONES THAT ARE NOT ON THE, ON THE COMPUTER AND DON'T HAVE ACCESS, UM, TO, UM, BE ABLE TO GET THAT INFORMATION THAT NEEDS TO BE, UH, OUT THERE TO OUR RESIDENTS.

AND SO I JUST WANTED TO, UM, REMIND, UH, REBECCA GALLO AND THE STAFF THERE, HOW IMPORTANT THAT IS, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN WAITING, UH, FOR THE GO REPAIR PROGRAM BE, UM, ATTENDED TO IMMEDIATELY, UM, WHILE THEIR HOMES ARE LEFT HERE, ESPECIALLY IN MY, IN MY DEMOGRAPHIC AREA, HOMES ARE FALLING APART.

UM, A LOT OF THE ELDERS CAN NOT AFFORD, UM, TO BUY, UH, THESE, THESE, UM, YOU KNOW, THESE REPAIRS FOR THEIR HOME.

AND SO WE NEED TO BE DOING A LITTLE BIT MORE WORK AND OUTREACHING TO THEM AND MAKING SURE AND HOLDING OUR AGENCIES ACCOUNTABLE.

UM, ANOTHER THING

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THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT IS THE MFI OF 80%, UM, YOU KNOW, AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS NOT AFFORDABLE IN AUSTIN.

I THINK WE ALL CAN AGREE ON THAT.

UM, WE'RE STILL, UM, HAVING SOME CHALLENGES LIKE COMMISSIONER MAY HAVE FED ON BENTO SAID, UM, PEOPLE ARE STILL NOT ACCESSING THE SERVICES THAT ARE OUT THERE, UM, UNDER THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, UM, GRANTS AND MONIES THAT ARE OUT THERE ALLOCATED, UH, FOR THE LOW AND THE WORKING CLASS RECIPIENTS.

AND SO I THINK THAT WE NEED TO MONITOR THAT AS WELL.

THE DISABLED NUMBERS WERE PRETTY LOW FOR ME, UM, BECAUSE, UM, OUR, WE HAVE A HIGH PERCENTAGE OF DISABILITY AND PEOPLE WITH MENTAL, UM, YOU KNOW, MENTAL DISABILITIES AS WELL, NOT JUST PHYSICAL.

UM, I THINK THAT WE NEED TO ALSO BE FOCUSING ON THAT ATTENTION AS WELL AS HOW WE SERVING, UM, THE MENTAL HEALTH, UM, POPULATION OUT THERE.

UM, ANOTHER THING I SAW WAS, UH, THE HOME OWNERSHIP LIKE COMMISSIONER SAID, UM, BETO SAID, UM, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO BE THINKING ABOUT PEOPLE WHO WANT TO BUY IN.

UM, IT'S NOT JUST FOR DEVELOPERS TO COME IN AND PEOPLE FROM OUT OF STATE THAT ARE TAKING THE JOBS HERE TO COME IN AND BUY UP ALL OF OUR HOUSING STOCK.

UM, SO LET'S KEEP THAT A PRIORITY AS WELL AS WE SERVE ON THIS COMMISSION.

IT IS FOR THE POOR AND THE LOW AND THE WORKING CLASS, AND WE NEED TO ALWAYS STAY FOCUSED ON THAT.

THAT'S ALL.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER.

DELEGO, UH, APPRECIATE VERY CLEARLY ENUMERATING THE COMMENTS OF COMMISSIONER MAHEA THAT YOU WANTED TO ECHO ONE.

SO THAT HELPS US TO BE MORE CLEAR WHAT WE WANT TO FOCUS ON.

ARE THERE ANY QUIET, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM ANY OF THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS ON THE FLOOR BEFORE I LOOPED BACK TO THE COMMISSIONER? MAHIA DID YOU SAY YOU HAD ONE MORE, UH, UH, COMMENT? OKAY.

LET ME, LET'S JUST MAKE SURE THAT THOSE WHO ARE OFF VIDEO DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO SHARE.

BRILLIANT, UH, BACK TO YOU COMMISSIONER MCGEE.

AND IF WE COULD PLEASE, UH, KEEP THIS AS DIRECTIONAL AS POSSIBLE, BECAUSE I DO WANT TO GET TO THE NEXT AGENDA.

100% JUST PER SORT OF TENOR OF OUR CONVERSATION THAT WE JUST HAD.

I'M CURIOUS WHY DON'T WE, CAN WE DESEGREGATE THE RENTAL AFFORDABILITY STEP, YOU KNOW, STATS FROM THE, UH, FROM THE OWNERSHIP? I THINK IT PAINTS A CLEAR PICTURE AND I THINK IT, I THINK IT'S HELPFUL.

I KNOW IT'S A LOW NUMBER AND IT'S PROBABLY HARD TO UNPACK TO THE COMMUNITY, BUT I FEEL LIKE WE HAVE TO, UH, SORT OF ANALYZE IT HEAD UPON.

AND I THINK THOSE SHOULD BE DIS-AGGREGATED IN THE DASHBOARD.

JUST A SUGGESTION.

UH, THANK YOU.

AND I SHOULD BE CLEAR THAT IN THE DASHBOARD, ALL OF THE PROGRAMS ARE DIS-AGGREGATED BETWEEN OWNERSHIP AND RENTAL.

SO ALL OF OUR HOME REPAIR PROGRAMS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ONE, WHICH IS ARCHITECTURAL BARRIER REMOVAL FOR RENTERS, ALL OF THOSE ARE OUR HOMEOWNER PROGRAMS. UM, AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE OUR ALSO HAVE OUR RENTAL HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE AND OWNERSHIP, HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE SEPARATED.

SO WE'LL TRY TO MAKE THAT AS CLEAR AS POSSIBLE.

UM, BUT YES, ABSOLUTELY.

IT IS THIS ACCURATE, THANK YOU ALL.

UH, I HAVE ONE, UH, FINAL INQUIRY AND IT'S REALLY JUST AROUND SOMETHING THAT WAS DISCUSSED IN THE WE'RE SETTING, THE AGENDA VICE CHAIR PROP.

I DO RECALL YOU REQUESTED DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION AND AS MUCH AS HOME WAS BEING SERVED, UH, WITH RESPECT TO, UH, THE HOUSING UNITS THAT WERE BEING CREATED IN THE DISTRICTS, WAS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE STILL INTERESTED IN AND WAS THAT REQUIREMENT SATISFIED, OR MAYBE DID I MISUNDERSTAND THAT, UH, WE, WE DIDN'T GET INTO THAT YOU'RE RIGHT.

AND, UH, SO JUST WITH THAT SAID, AND, YOU KNOW, UH, OF COURSE THIS DOESN'T NEED TO BE ABLE TO BE BELABORED AT THIS MEETING.

IT'S CLEAR THAT WE DON'T, I, IT DOESN'T SEEM THAT THE, YOU KNOW, THAT DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE.

UH, AGAIN, PRIMA FACIA RIGHT NOW IS, IS, IS THAT A POSSIBILITY OR, OR NOT? SO THAT DATA WILL BE, IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE DASHBOARD FOR EVERY SINGLE ONE OF OUR PROGRAMS, I RAN THROUGH THOSE THREE SCREENSHOTS WE'LL HAVE THAT SAME AVAILABILITY.

YOU'LL BE ABLE TO PULL DOWN FOR RENTAL HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE.

WE'LL SEE ALL OF THAT.

UH DIS-AGGREGATED BY MFR, BY RACE.

BY RACE AND ETHNICITY.

ABSOLUTELY.

UH, FORGIVE ME, ANDY, THAT'S CLEAR AS A BELL WHEN I LOOKED BACK AT THE SLIDES.

AND I WOULD ADD IT'S, IT'S ACTUALLY IN IT, IT'S STILL IN SPREADSHEET FORM IN THE BACKUP FOR THE MEETING.

SO AFTER THIS PRESENTATION, THE TWO SLIDES THAT ARE KIND OF WITHIN THE PRESENTATION IN SPREADSHEET FORM, THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE IN THE BACKUP.

AND SO YOU CAN, THERE, THEY'RE NOT IN THE PRETTY

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DASHBOARD FORM YET.

UM, BUT YOU CAN LOOK AT THE NUMBERS IN THE SPREADSHEET VERSION ITSELF.

I SEE THEM NOW.

THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH, UH, COMMISSIONER GARRETT, DID I SEE THAT YOU HAD YOUR HAND UP? YEAH.

I JUST STARTED QUESTIONS WITH YOU SO MUCH.

UM, AND I JUST WANTED TO THANK RANDY AND ERICA, UM, AND EVERYONE AT H PD WHO WORKED ON THIS DASHBOARD, THE NUMBERS LIKE THE PRECISION IS GREAT.

I JUST WANT TO SAY, I APPRECIATE IT.

MY REALLY QUICK QUESTION WAS FOR THE AFFORDABLE UNITS BY DISTRICT.

UM, HOW WERE THE NUMBER OF UNITS PER DISTRICT DEPARTMENT? SO THE DATA COLLECTED WAS COLLECTED FROM SORT OF ALL, ALL THE FOLKS WHO, UM, HELPED TO CREATE RESTRICTED AFFORDABLE UNITS, AND THEN THEY WERE ALL MAPPED, UM, TO DETERMINE WHAT DISTRICT THEY WERE IN.

AND THEN, EXCUSE ME.

GOOD.

I'M SORRY.

SOMEONE NEEDS TO MUTE THEMSELVES.

THERE'S TERRIBLE INTERFERENCE ON THE LINE.

PLEASE MUTE IF YOU ARE NOT SPEAKING.

UM, SO, SO BASICALLY THE, EACH, EACH, UM, EACH UNIT, EACH UNIT, EACH AFFORDABLE UNIT OR DEVELOPMENT WITH AFFORDABLE UNITS WAS MAPPED AND THEN THE MAPPING WAS USED TO, UH, UM, TICKET TO THE TOTALS PER DISTRICT.

SORRY.

I, I DIDN'T SPECIFY.

I WENT INTO THE GOALS, THE UNITS, THE GOALS.

TOTALLY, TOTALLY.

DIDN'T ANSWER THAT QUESTION.

UM, I'M SORRY.

I'LL I'LL GUIDE.

UM, SO THE GOALS WERE ACTUALLY SET, UM, THROUGH, UH, WE WORKED WITH CONSULTANTS IN 2018, I THINK, UM, TO, TO LOOK AT BOTH, UM, THE EXISTING AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN EACH CITY COUNCIL AND DISTRICT, AS WELL AS, UM, AREAS THAT WERE GENTRIFYING.

UM, UH, WE'D LOOKED AT TRANSIT ACCESS AND HIGH OPPORTUNITY AREAS AND USING A COMBINATION OF THAT INFORMATION.

UM, WE SET THOSE AND COUNCIL ADOPTED THOSE IN 2018.

SO THAT'S HOW THOSE WERE SET.

AWESOME.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I APOLOGIZE FOR MY CONFUSION QUESTION.

I APPRECIATE IT.

REPORT ON THE HOUSING ONLINE.

UM, COMMISSIONER SLOAN HAD A QUESTION SHE ASKED ME TO ASK, IS THAT IN ORDER, MR. CHAIR? OKAY.

SO SHE SAYS, UH, SHE HEARD THAT WE'RE STARTING MUNICIPAL VOUCHERS.

AND THE QUESTION IS WHETHER, UM, WE CAN DO ANYTHING TO REQUIRE LANDLORDS TO ACCEPT THEM, OR WHETHER THE STATE PREEMPTION OF OUR EFFORT TO MAKE VOUCHERS OF ONE OF OUR PROTECTED CLASSES WOULD AFFECT THEIR CITY VOUCHERS AS WELL.

SO I WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT THE VOUCHER PROGRAM, THE LOCAL HOUSING VOUCHER PROGRAM IS ACTUALLY PROJECT BASED.

SO THE DEVELOPER SLASH LANDLORD WOULD BE APPLYING FOR THE HOUSING.

IT'S NOT A PORTABLE HOUSING VOUCHER, SO FOLKS WILL NOT BE GOING OUT INTO THE PRIVATE MARKET.

UM, IT IS A PROJECT-BASED VOUCHER THAT ENABLES, UM, OUR DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS TO SERVE THE LOWEST OF THE LOW PEOPLE UP LOWEST, THE LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLDS, BETTER YOU VICE CHAIR AND COMMISSIONER SLOAN.

UM, AND WITH THAT SAID, LET'S GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO THE NEXT, UH, AGENDA ITEM, UH, WHICH IS, OH, I'VE LOST MY AGENDA DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE AUSTIN, UH, OR SORRY, THE STATUS

[3B. Status report on Affordable Housing Online Search Tool (AHOST) (HPD Staff – Zachary Stern)]

UH, AND, UH, WE'LL BE WITH ZACHARY STARK WHO WAS ALLOCATED TO THE EARLIER, UH, IN CANDY'S COMPLIMENTARY CHRIS TO THE DASHBOARD.

GREAT.

AND, AND, UH, IS IT POSSIBLE TO GIVE ME PERMISSION TO SHARE MY SCREEN? I'M JUST GOING TO BE SHOWING THE WEBSITE.

I'VE GIVEN YOU A PERMISSION TO SHARE YOUR SCREEN NOW, SO YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO THAT.

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IF THERE'S A UNIT AVAILABLE UP, UH, A NEW FEATURE THAT WE'VE JUST GOT UPLOADED TO THE SITE.

DOES EVERYONE SEE A WEBSITE? OKAY, GREAT.

SO, UH, IN RESPONSE TO, UH, THE HOUSING PLANNING COMMITTEE, UH, THE CITY OF AUSTIN REQUEST OR A PORTAL, WHICH RESIDENTS CAN SEARCH WORK, RESTRICTED HOUSING, UH, THE CTN DEPARTMENT WITHIN THE CITY, ALONG WITH NACD NOW, HBD CREATED WHAT WE'RE NOW CALLING THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING ONLINE SEARCH TOOL OR AID HOST.

AND THIS IS WHAT THE SITE LOOKS LIKE.

SO I'LL KIND OF RUN THROUGH HOW IT WORKS IN A SECOND, BUT, UH, THIS SITE INCLUDES EVERY INCOME RESTRICTED PROJECT WITHIN THE CITY, UH, THAT IS FUNDED OR INCENTIVIZE THROUGH CITY BOSTON DOLLARS OR PROGRAMS OR ANY OTHER AFFORDABLE AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROGRAM, UH, THAT IS CURRENTLY WORKING WITHIN THE CITY'S HOUSING TAX CREDITS, UH, DONE BY DEVELOPERS NINE FUNCTION WITH THE CITY OF AUSTIN, AS WELL AS HOUSING AUTHORITY, THE CITY OF BOSTON PROPERTIES AND ANY OF THEIR, UH, SUBSIDIARY ORGANIZATIONS AS WELL.

THEN, YOU KNOW, ANY OTHER KIND OF ONE-OFF, BRANDOM AFFORDABLE RENT, UM, THAT IS INDEED INCOME RESTRICTED, BUT THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE PROPERTY PROPERTIES THAT ARE, UM, MARKET RATE AFFORDABLE.

YOU JUST HAVE TO HAVE SOME, BUT WE'VE DONE IT USING THIS MAP INTERFACE SO THAT PEOPLE CAN SEARCH GEOGRAPHICALLY WITHIN THE CITY FOR THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD CHOICE.

AND THEY'RE ABLE TO SEARCH BASED ON THEIR INCOME AS WELL, BUT IN 60,000 PER FAMILY OR WHERE YOU'RE IN AS WITH EMPTIER, UM, LIKE ALL THE PROPERTIES THAT MATCH YOUR INCOME, WHICH ARE IN GREEN HERE, THEN THOSE PROPERTIES IN ORANGE, THOSE ARE FOUR, UM, UNITS FOR AN INCOME LEVEL ABOVE NORMAL.

SO WE'LL SHOW YOU ALL THE DETAILS FOR THAT PROPERTY, UH, ADDRESS, CONTACT INFORMATION, WEARABILITY INFORMATION.

SO THIS PARTICULAR UNIT HAS, UH, 14 UNITS AT NFI OF 65% BELOW, AND THEN 14 MINUTES OR 8% ALSO WE'LL SHOW THE AMENITIES WITHIN THE, UH, DEVELOPMENT, THOSE NEARBY SCHOOLS.

UM, IN SOME CASES WE'LL HAVE A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION AND AGAIN, HERE'S A PROPERTY THAT IS PARKING LEVEL, JUST ABOUT SEE SEARCH THROUGHOUT THE CITY FOR ALL OF THEM.

UM, SOME OF OUR PROPERTIES, UH, ACTUALLY GO INTO CITY LIMITS OR A COUPLE OF THEY'RE ACTUALLY JUST THAT SIDE LOST SOME OF THE OTHER FEATURES WITHIN THIS SITE ONE AND TWO, JUST WHERE DO YOU SEARCH IF YOU JUST WANT TO SEE ALL OF THEM IN THE CITY, THEY'LL COME UP HERE AND ZOOM JUST KIND OF GIVE THAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO TRACK.

THIS INCLUDES ALL THOSE OTHER PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE WITHIN OUR OWN GROWN DATABASES THAT WE'VE FUNDED.

WE'VE ALSO HAD A HAKA AS A PARTNER GOING IN, ADD THEIR PROPERTIES FOR THE SYSTEM, AND THEN WE'VE GONE AND LOOKED THROUGH PUBLIC DATABASES, UM, FOR LONG TERM HOUSING TAX CREDITS TO IDENTIFY THOSE, THOSE INTO THE SYSTEM AS WELL.

AND AS WE'RE GOING FORWARD WITH THE ROLLOUT OF THIS NONPROFIT PARTNERS TO ASSIST US CONTACTING PROPERTY MANAGERS, ALL THESE PROPERTIES TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE UP-TO-DATE CONTACT INFORMATION FOR THAT ACTUALLY GETTING PUNCH AND SEE

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THE LIVE SITE TODAY IS TO BE ABLE TO SEARCH FOR WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE UNITS.

SO YOU WANT, YOU CAN PUT NO INCOME OR HOUSEHOLD INFORMATION WITHIN THERE AND JUST SEARCH WHAT ARE THE WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE PROPERTIES.

SO ALL THE UNITS THAT WE'VE MANAGED TO GET INFORMATION FOR AND CONFIRM THAT THEY HAVE WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE PROPERTY WITHIN THAT DEVELOPMENT SHOW THE DETAILS HERE AND UNDER THE ACCESSIBILITY INFORMATION TAB, UM, SHOWS YOU, UH, IF IT'S A PARTICULAR COMMUNITY THAT SERVED OR THE NUMBER OF UNITS WITHIN THERE.

SO THIS CASE, UM, THIS PROPERTY ONLY EATERS TO THOSE.

SO ALL UNITS THERE, ALL THE UNITS WITHIN THIS BUILDING, UH, WILL BE MEDIATED ACCESSIBLE.

YES, ONE, ONE UNITS.

AND THEN WE ALSO SEARCH LISTS OR, UM, PROPERTIES THAT ACCEPTS THAT WE KNOW STEP ON A HOUSING CHOICE BACK IN GARY, YOU CAN SEARCH ALL THE PROPERTIES THAT SET THE HOUSING VOICE.

YOU CAN ALSO GO BACK AND PUT IN MORE BECAUSE IN THE CASE OF THE HOUSING CHOICE, VOUCHER YOUR EMPLOYMENT, BUT LESS IMPORTANT BECAUSE YOU HAVE THIS ADDITIONAL MEANS OF PAYING FOR A HOUSE.

THERE JUST STARTS WITH THAT.

PUTTING IN MICHIGAN, THEY'RE LOOKING FOR A WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE UNIT.

YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ALL WOULD GO BACK AND ACTUALLY PUT IN YOUR LEVELS.

HEY ZACH, CAN YOU, CAN YOU TRY AND GET TO CLOSER TO THE MICROPHONE IT'S CUTTING IN AND OUT? OH, SURE.

SORRY ABOUT THAT.

A LITTLE BETTER.

YES.

ALSO MIGHT JUST BE MY COMPUTER TODAY, BUT IN THIS CASE, UH, THIS BRINGS BACK A BUNCH OF PROPERTIES THAT I WOULD QUALIFY FOR.

AND THEN SEVERAL THERE THAT'S PRETTY MUCH, HOW'S THE TOOL IT'S INCUMBENT UPON PEOPLE LOOKING FOR THAT HOUSING TO ACTUALLY GET THE CONTACT INFORMATION HERE AND REACH OUT TO THE PROPERTY MANAGERS TO SEE IF THERE'S AN AVAILABLE UNIT AND APPLY THEM.

UM, BUT THIS IS KIND OF OUR FIRST STEP IN GATHERING ALL THE INFORMATION IN ONE PLACE, MAKING IT PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE.

ANYONE PETER, UM, THE SALSA WORKS WELL, A SMARTPHONE, AND IT ALLOWS YOU FIND SOMETHING THAT MEETS YOUR INCOME BREAK AREA AS WELL.

WE HAVE A HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER OR FESTIVAL THE SITE IS ALSO IN SPANISH AND ALL THE INFORMATION, THE POP-UPS IT'S ALSO BEEN TRANSLATED INTO SPANISH AS WELL.

SO RIGHT NOW THIS IS SENSITIVE INFORMATION THAT WE MAKE AVAILABLE.

UH, ZACHARY, THIS IS, UH, COMMISSIONER MOTWANI AND, UH, JUST GIVEN SORT OF SOME OF THE AUDIO DIFFICULTIES THAT WE'RE HAVING.

IT SEEMS LIKE WE DO HAVE A PRETTY GOOD VIEW ON SEEMS TO BE A GUARANTEE, A USER FRIENDLY TOOL, UH, AND, UH, UM, RETURN KEY.

YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE, YOU MAY WANT TO MUTE, UH, ONE, UM, PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT.

UH, PART WAS THE UPDATE AROUND THE ACCESSIBILITY ABOUT TOGGLE IS, AND, UH, IT SEEMS THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT'S BEEN RECENTLY ADDED IN.

AND SO, UH, JUST TO NOTE THAT FOR ALL THE COMMISSIONERS, UM, AND YOU KNOW, UH, IT WAS, IS THERE, ARE THERE, YOU KNOW, ANY, ANY, UH, ANY, ANY FURTHER PLANS AROUND ACCESSIBILITY, UH, OR AROUND THE DEMARCATION OF THE SAME FOR PROPERTIES, OR IS THAT, UH, THE EXTENT OF THE PLANS WITH RESPECT TO THE TOOL?

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THIS IS THE EXTENT OF THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE.

SO WE, WE KNOW, AS WE COLLECT INFORMATION FROM THESE PROPERTIES, WE ASKED THEM, YOU KNOW, HOW MANY ACCESSIBLE UNITS THEY HAVE COLLECT THAT.

AND THEN IF THEY'RE A DEVELOPMENT THAT SERVES A PARTICULAR COMMUNITY, THE ELDERLY, OR THE PHYSICALLY DISABLED, WE CAN COLLECT THAT AND THEN MAKE THAT PART OF THE SEARCH CRITERIA WITHIN THE TOOL.

UM, BUT IF WE DON'T, YOU'D HAVE TO KIND OF BE DIRECTED TO HAVE OTHER PARAMETERS FOR THOSE SEARCH CRITERIA AND THEN BE ABLE TO GO COLLECT THAT INFORMATION, THEN MAKE THAT A SEARCHABLE FEATURE WITHIN THIS SCHOOL, BUT WHATEVER INFORMATION WE CAN COLLECT, WE CAN ADD THAT TO IT.

UM, AND SO JUST WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR THE INCORPORATION OF SENSIBILITY TOGGLE, UH, THERE, AND, UH, KEEPING IN MIND THAT WE HAVE, UH, SOME PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL AGENDA ITEMS REMAINING UNDER NEW BUSINESS, UH, AND THAT, YOU KNOW, I ENCOURAGE EACH AND EVERY COMMISSION MEMBER TO GO OUT AND USE THIS TOOL, UH, TEST IT OUT, MAYBE EVEN SIMULTANEOUSLY RIGHT NOW, UM, SHOW IT TO A FELLOW RESIDENTS AND NEIGHBORS AND CONSTITUENTS, UH, AND EVANGELIZE THIS BECAUSE I MEAN, THIS IS A STRONG EFFORT, IN MY OPINION, UH, YOU KNOW, BY, UH, CITY DEPARTMENTS TO, UH, TO REALLY, REALLY CONNECT, UH, DESIGN, UH, TO RESOURCES.

AND I UNIQUELY APPRECIATE IT.

DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? YEAH.

COMMISSIONER, I JUST WANT TO THANK THE DEPARTMENT ALONG WITH THE QUESTION.

SO THANK YOU FOR THIS TOOL.

UM, LIKE OUR CHAIR HAS, HAS JUST MENTIONED IT IS NOW AT OUR TIPS OF OUR FINGERS TO ACCESS THIS AND TO MAKE THE PUBLIC, UM, UNDERSTAND HOW TO ACCESS IT.

SO A QUESTION I DO HAVE FOR YOU, UM, DID YOU CHECK IN WITH THE BLACKLINE COMMUNITY, JANE VC AND FOR HABITAT FOR HUMANITY ON THEIR, UM, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, UM, UNITS? CAUSE I, I HEARD YOU SAY THAT YOU HAVE, UM, TAPPED INTO HAKA, BUT WHAT ABOUT THOSE OTHER AGENCIES? SO I'M PRETTY SURE MOST OF THE UNITS THAT THEY PRODUCE ARE OWNERSHIP UNITS AND THIS TOOL IS JUST SHOWING RENTAL PROPERTIES, RIGHT? AND PART OF THAT IS, YOU KNOW, WE WANNA, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE INFORMATION IS AS FRESH AS POSSIBLE.

AND WITH HOME OWNERSHIP UNITS KNOW THAT AS SOON AS THEY'RE ON THE MARKET, THEY CAN, THEY GET SOLD.

SO, UM, IT'S, BUT IT'S, THAT'S SOMETHING IN THE, IN THE HORIZON, THE, UH, NEXT, A NEW FEATURE TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN DO THAT IN A, IN A TIMELY MANNER.

SO WE CAN PUT MINUTES THAT, YOU KNOW, GIVE PEOPLE FALSE HOPE.

WHAT, JUST TO ADD TO THAT.

UM, UH, MOST OF THE UNITS THERE ARE, ARE RENTAL.

AND SO GDC, IT DOES GUADALUPE NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION IS ABBREVIATED FOR JBC.

UM, THEY ARE NOT JUST OWNERSHIP.

UM, THEY HAVE A LOT OF RENTAL PROPERTIES AND FUTURE DEVELOPMENT.

SO I JUST WANT TO NAME THESE AGENCIES TO YOU ALL.

SO YOU KEEP THOSE AGENCIES AND YOUR, UM, RADAR BECAUSE BLACK MAN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT HAS RENTAL PROPERTIES.

AND SO DOES HABITAT FOR HUMANITY.

UM, AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE, UH, COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONS.

UM, THEY ALSO HAVE RENTAL PROPERTIES.

SO AS LONG AS WE'RE TAPPING AGENCIES THAT ARE PROVIDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING, UM, THAT TOOL WOULD REALLY HELP THE PUBLIC OUT BECAUSE WE HAVE TO SEARCH UNDER THEIR WEBSITES AS WELL.

AND SOMETIMES THOSE WEBSITES ARE NOT EASY TO NAVIGATE THINK COMMISSIONER DELGADO, THIS IS ERIC LAKE.

UM, I A, I WOULD IMAGINE THAT THOSE DEVELOPMENTS WOULD BE CAPTURED THROUGH DATA FROM THE DEPARTMENT.

SO, UM, WE CAN CERTAINLY CHECK AND MAKE SURE, BUT, UM, I WOULD BE VERY SURPRISED IF THEY'RE NOT ALREADY INCLUDED, BUT THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, ERICA.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER DELCO.

UH, UNLESS THERE IS AN EXTREMELY BURNING QUESTION.

UH, I WOULD, UH, LIKE TO MOVE ON TO THREE C, WHICH THANK YOU SO MUCH, UH, ZACHARY FOR YOUR PRESENTATION AND FOR YOUR HARD WORK, UH, OF YOUR, YOUR TECH AND PERFORMANCE CONSOLIDATION WORK, PRODUCE RESOURCES TOGETHER AND ACCESSIBLE WAY OF THEIR FINGERS.

AS COMMISSIONER DON'T GO SAID THREE

[3C. Discussion and possible action on Austin Transit Partnership (ATP) governance, including role of appointed community experts and community advisory group and election of a CDC member to the ATP Community Advisory Committee (Vice Chair Paup)]

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C IS DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON, ON THE AUSTIN TRANSIT PARTNERSHIP GOVERNANCE, UH, INCLUDING THE ROLE OF APPOINTED COMMUNITY EXPERTS AND A COMMUNITY AND A COMMUNITY ADVISORY GROUP AND ELECTION OF A CDC MEMBER TO THE ATP COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

UH, AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO THE VICE CHAIR SOUNDS COVERED IN THE TITLE OF THE AGENDA ITEM.

IT IT'S OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION IS GOING TO GET A SEAT ON THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO THE PROJECT CONNECT GOVERNANCE SYSTEM.

AND WE HAVE SOMEBODY FROM CAPITAL METRO, JACKIE NIERENBERG WHO'S HERE.

AND I'D LIKE TO CALL ON YOU, MS. NIERENBERG TO EXPLAIN FURTHER WHAT THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE WILL DO.

WHAT'S EXPECTED OF THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSIONS REPRESENTATIVE.

THIS PROCESS ENOUGH TIME.

HI, UH, GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS.

THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO YOU TODAY.

MY NAME IS JACKIE NIERENBERG.

I'M THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT MANAGER FOR CAPITAL METRO, AND I'M HAPPY TO GO THROUGH THE, UM, THE DESCRIPTION OF WHAT THIS COMMITTEE WILL DO.

UM, BASED ON THE RESOLUTION THAT WAS PASSED AT THE DECEMBER 18TH JOINT MEETING BETWEEN THE CAPITAL METRO BOARD AND THE CITY COUNCIL.

SO THE, THE COMMITTEE IS GOING TO BE ESTABLISHED FOR THE PURPOSE OR THE FOCUS OF THE COMMITTEE WILL BE TO ADVISE, UH, THE PROJECT CONNECT AND THE ATP ON, UH, EQUITY ISSUES AND ANTI-DISPLACEMENT STRATEGIES AND PRIORITIES AND THE IDENTIFICATION OF KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS RELATED TO EQUITY AND DISPLACEMENT AND THE TRIGGERS THEREOF.

UM, THIS COMMITTEE WILL BE COMPOSED OF, UH, MEMBERS OF SEVERAL COMMITTEE, SEVERAL COMMISSIONS COMMITTEES, INCLUDING CAPITOL METRO'S XS ADVISORY COMMITTEE, OUR CUSTOMER SATISFACTION ADVISORY COMMITTEE, THE CITY'S URBAN TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION, THE MAYOR'S COMMITTEE FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES.

AND THEN OF COURSE THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION, AND THAT WILL LEAVE SIX SLOTS FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS AT LARGE TO APPLY, UM, TO PARTICIPATE ON THE COMMITTEE.

AND THERE WILL BE A NOMINATING COMMITTEE THAT IS COMPOSED OF CHAIRS OF VARIOUS COMMITTEES AT CAPITAL METRO AND THE CITY OR THEIR DESIGNEES.

UM, AND THEN THAT NOMINATING COMMITTEE WILL RECEIVE APPLICATIONS, UM, AND INTERVIEW SOME CANDIDATES, UH, POSSIBLY JUST FINALISTS, ALTHOUGH WE'RE NOT SURE YET WHAT THAT PROCESS IS GOING TO BE.

UM, AND THOSE, UH, THOSE SIX, UH, COMMUNITY MEMBERS WILL THEN BE NAMED TO THE, TO THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE ALONG WITH THE DESIGNEES FROM THE DIFFERENT COMMISSIONS.

SO, UM, THAT'S IT IN A NUTSHELL, BUT I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.

YOU MAY HAVE.

WE ARE JUST GETTING STARTED ON THIS PROCESS.

UM, AUSTIN'S, UH, CITY STAFF AND CAPITOL METRO STAFF ARE WORKING TOGETHER RIGHT NOW TO DEVELOP A COMMUNICATION PLAN.

WE'RE TRYING TO BE EXTREMELY DELIBERATE AND THOUGHTFUL ABOUT HOW WE ROLL THIS OUT.

WE WANT IT TO BE A VERY EQUITABLE PROCESS.

AND SO IT'S, IT'S A REALLY CRITICAL COMMITTEE, UM, OBVIOUSLY TO THIS HUGE PROGRAM WE'RE ABOUT TO ROLL OUT.

AND, UM, SO WE WANT TO BE EXTREMELY THOUGHTFUL ABOUT HOW WE DO IT.

WE WANT TO WORK WITH, UH, EQUITY GROUPS, UM, AND THE AUSTIN EQUITY OFFICE, WHICH IS A WONDERFUL RESOURCE.

UM, AND, UH, NICK BAUDETTE, BODEGA IS ALSO ON THE PHONE, UH, FROM THE CITY OF AUSTIN, WHO IS THE NEW MOBILITY OFFICER AND WHO WILL BE OUR LIAISON ON THE AUSTIN TRANSPORTATION.

UM, EXCUSE ME, THE ATP.

UM, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, BUT FEEL FREE TO ASK WHATEVER I CAN HELP WITH OR, OR ANY CAN ALSO ANSWER QUESTIONS.

YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU WERE JUST STARTING OUT ON THE PROCESS OF SEEDING THE ADVISORY COMMISSION.

SO WE NEED TO KNOW WHETHER WE NEED TO HAVE SOMEBODY IN PLACE STARTING WITH THIS MEETING, OR IF WE CAN LEAVE THIS DISCUSSION, WE STILL HAVE TIME.

WE DEFINITELY STILL HAVE TIME BECAUSE, UM, WE ARE WORKING NOW ON THE COMMUNICATION PLAN TO RECRUIT THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

SO IT WILL BE A WHILE.

AND IF YOU ALL MEET MONTHLY, THEN FEBRUARY WOULD BE PROBABLY JUST FINE.

I HAVE A QUESTION.

SURE.

THIS IS COMMISSIONER YOU FOR SHARING THIS INFORMATION.

UH, JACKIE, I WAS TO THAT.

AND WHAT IS IT, THE TIMELINE FOR THE COMMITTEE JUST THERE, BASED ON THE RESOLUTION.

UM, THE, THE TARGET DATE WAS FEBRUARY 28TH TO SELECT THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE.

WE WANT TO BE SURE THAT WE'RE GIVING

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AND THAT'S WHY, I MEAN, WHEN I SAID THAT WE WANT TO BE VERY DELIBERATE AND THOUGHTFUL ABOUT HOW WE DO THIS.

UM, IT DOES TAKE TIME TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE KNOW THAT THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY THAT THEY CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF.

UM, SO WHILE WE HAVE THAT DATE, UM, AS A TARGET, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE A LOT OF PROCESS.

THAT'S VERY THOUGHTFUL AND DELIBERATE.

SO THAT IS OUR TARGET DATE.

UM, AT THIS POINT, I CAN'T SAY WHETHER WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO MEET THAT DATE OR NOT.

UM, WE'RE GOING TO WORK ON A PLAN TO GET THERE, BUT IF IT SEEMS LIKE THAT'S TOO FAST, THEN, THEN WE'LL CONSIDER EXTENDING THAT DEADLINE.

AND WE'D BE OPEN TO YOUR INPUT ON THAT BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY'S ON BOARD WITH HOW WE DO THIS.

WELL, ACTUAL GOVERNING COMMITTEE.

I'M SORRY, COMMISSIONER.

ROTOTO GO AHEAD.

WELL, THANK YOU.

WILL THERE BE, UH, SOME SORT OF COMMUNITY GRAPHIC THAT WE CAN SHARE TO ADVERTISE THIS? CAUSE I KNOW YES, ABSOLUTELY.

TO GIVE PEOPLE TIME TO APPLY, BUT AT THE SAME TIME THAT KNOWING THAT THE ATP BOARD IS MOVING ALONG, HAVING THAT GOVERNANCE IN SYNC WITH THE COMMITTEE, THE COMMUNITY COMMITTEE AS WELL.

YEAH, YOU'RE RIGHT.

IT'S A DELICATE BALANCE, YOU KNOW, W WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT COMMITTEE AND SYNC, AND WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO GIVE PEOPLE PLENTY OF TIME TO APPLY.

SO I, I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU MEAN.

UM, BUT YES, THERE WILL BE.

WE'RE, WE'RE GOING TO BE DEVELOPING GRAPHICS TO PUT UP ON THE WEBPAGE, UH, FOR, FOR THE ATP.

UM, AND WE WILL BE ABLE TO SHARE, UH, THOSE, THOSE VISUAL ASSETS WITH ORGANIZATIONS, THE ORGANIZATIONS ARE GONNA PLAY A HUGE PART IN HELPING US GET THE WORD OUT ABOUT THIS.

SO MORE ON THAT LATER SOON, HOPEFULLY THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.

SURE.

SO I, I SUGGEST THAT WE PUT THIS ON OUR FEBRUARY AGENDA AND SELECT SOMEBODY IN THE, IN THE MEANTIME, PERHAPS WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE INTERESTED, LET THE CHAIR KNOW, SO WE CAN WE'LL KNOW HOW TO KIND OF BUDGET THE TIME FOR THE THEM.

UH, VICE CHAIR DEFINITELY ECHO THAT, AND I HOPE EVERYBODY WILL BE, UH, THOUGHTFUL, UH, ABOUT, UH, THEIR POTENTIAL ROLE AS A REPRESENTATIVE ON THAT, UH, ON THAT COMMITTEE, REMEMBER THAT, UH, TRANSPORTATION AND HOUSING, UH, ARE TWO KEY DETERMINANTS, UH, AND THE, THE INTERSECTION OF TWO KEY DETERMINANTS OF A GENERAL ASSOCIATE ASSOCIATE ECONOMIC WELLBEING AND ECONOMIC MOBILITY AND THE ABILITY, UH, TO, TO REALLY JUST STAY TO SURVIVE, PARTICIPATING IN, THRIVE IN OUR SOCIETY.

AND SO, UH, DO TO SERVE, UH, IN THIS ROLE, UH, WOULD MEAN THAT YOUR VOICE, UH, AND BY EXTENSION THE VOICE OF THE CDC, UH, WOULD BE DRIVING THAT CONVERSATION, ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT OF NEW DEVELOPMENT STUFF.

SO, SO YEAH.

THANK YOU, VICE CHAIR.

PLEASE DO LET US KNOW BY EMAIL OR BY PHONE OR HOWEVER, YOU KNOW, HOW TO GET AHOLD OF US, UH, IF YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED FOR GETTING IN CONSIDERATION.

SO IT SOUNDS LIKE WE WILL SELECT SOMEBODY IN FEBRUARY, AND THIS IS JACKIE AND I JUST WANTED TO, UH, OFFER THAT WE CAN COME BACK WITH A DETAILED PRESENTATION ON THE PROCESS IN FEBRUARY WHEN WE HAVE MORE INFORMATION.

AND SO, UH, UM, JACKIE, JUST TO REITERATE WHAT THE LECTURER WAS SAYING, IT SOUNDS LIKE FEBRUARY IS THE RIGHT MONTH FOR US TO GO AHEAD AND IDENTIFY THAT MEMBER.

DOES THAT SOUND RIGHT TO YOU? GIVE, YEAH, DEFINITELY.

IT YOU'LL BE AHEAD OF THE CURVE STILL.

UM, BUT I THINK THAT'S THE TECHNIQUE, RIGHT? OKAY.

YEAH, IT SOUNDS GOOD.

WE MOVE IN SLOW MO TIME ANYWAY, BECAUSE WE CAN ONLY MAKE DECISIONS MONTHLY.

SO COULD YOU BE AHEAD OF THE CURVE EVERY NOW AND THEN, ESPECIALLY IF WE CAN, UH, WE CAN TALK, WE CAN WALK THE WALK.

UM, WELL, THANK YOU, UH, VERY MUCH, UH, VICE CHAIR POP OR ANY, UH, COMMISSIONERS.

ARE THERE ANY, UH, QUESTIONS, UH, DISCUSSION OR COMMENTARY, UH, ASSOCIATED WITH THIS THAT YOU'D LIKE TO BRING TO THE FLOOR? UH, COMMISSIONER I WOULD JUST LIKE TO KNOW IF WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO NOMINATE OR RECOMMEND SOMEBODY FROM OUR BOARD.

DO WE DO THAT, UM, IN PRIVATE, THROUGH OUR EMAILS, OR DO WE DO THAT IN DISCUSSION NEXT MONTH WHEN WE MAKE A VOTE OR ON WHO WOULD BE THAT ONE? CAUSE IF WE HAVE SOMEBODY IN MIND, COULD WE DISCUSS THAT FAN AT THAT TIME? OR DO WE DO THAT PRIOR? MY EXPECTATION IS THAT, UH, WE COULD, UH, TAKE NOMINATIONS AT THAT TIME AND DISCUSS IT THEN, ALTHOUGH I'M OPEN TO BEING EDUCATED ON THAT BY THE VICE CHAIR OR WESTERN STAFF,

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THAT SOUNDS LIKE THAT'S THE WAY IT WOULD BE.

THANKS FOR ASKING THAT THE, UH, NEXT, UH, UH, AGENDA ITEM, UH, AND YOU KNOW, I JUST ACTUALLY WANT TO SHOUT OUT AND THANK COMMISSIONER DETTO FOR HAVING BEEN, UM, ON THIS, UH, WELL, BEFORE I WAS FOR SURE, UH, AND REALLY AHEAD OF THE GAME, UH, WITH HER EYE ON THE BALL.

UM, JUST RESPECT TO, WITH RESPECT TO, UH, YOU KNOW, THE, THE TRANSIT, UH, PARTNERSHIP AND, AND SO MUCH THAT'S HAPPENING WITH RESPECT TO TRANSIT DEVELOPMENT HERE AND THE IMPLICATE, AND JUST BEING AHEAD OF THE CURVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS A, THERE ARE A LOT OF INCENTIVES, UH, AND A LOT OF INCENTIVE ALIGNMENT THERE AND, YOU KNOW, WITHOUT REPRESENTATION AND WITHOUT KEEPING THAT VOICE, UH, IN THAT FORUM, THOSE INCENTIVES CAN BE SHIFTED.

AND, UH, IT'S, UH, FOLKS LIKE COMMISSIONER WITH DATA WHO KEEP, UH, BENDING ALL OF OUR YEARS AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE INFORMED, UH, THAT HELP US STAY AT LEAST AHEAD OF THE CURVE AS MUCH AS WE POSSIBLY CAN.

SO, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH COMMISSIONER FOR EDUCATING US AND KEEPING IT SIMPLE.

THE FINAL ITEM UNDER NEW BUSINESS, UH, ITEM D IS DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON A RECOMMENDATION REGARDING CDC MONTHLY EVENING TIME SLOTS.

APPRECIATE IT.

JUST KIND OF KEEP US ALL ABREAST WITH YOU'RE ON MUTE.

SOME WOULD ARGUE THAT THAT'S BETTER.

UM, THE, THE, THE,

[3D. Discussion and possible action on a recommendation regarding CDC monthly meeting evening time slots]

AND THIS, UH, CAME FROM JUST GENERAL CONCERN, UH, THAT I WAS FEELING, AND I FELT THAT I WAS, UH, UM, THAT SOME OF THE COMMISSIONERS MIGHT'VE BEEN VIBING.

I DON'T KNOW IF I WAS JUST BEING OVER SENSITIVE AROUND, UH, THE, THE CHANGING TIME SLOTS OF OUR MEETING AND OUR ABILITY TO EITHER MAKE OR NOT MAKE THESE MEETINGS, UH, YOU KNOW, BASED ON WHETHER OR NOT WE'RE ABLE TO PREDICT, YOU KNOW, WHEN THAT WAS HAPPENING.

AND I THINK WE ALL KNOW THAT, UH, THE CITY LEADERS, POLICY MAKERS AND STAFF HAVE BEEN BUSTING THEIR TAILS TO NOT ONLY ACCOMMODATE JUST AN OVERNIGHT TRANSITION FROM REAL TO VIRTUAL, UH, BUT THEN TO JUST WITH LIMITED RESOURCES, ACCOMMODATE 70 BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS WITH DIFFERENT MEETING TIMES, UH, AND VARIABLE NEEDS, ET CETERA.

NOW, GIVEN THAT WE ARE SO FAR INTO THE PANDEMIC AT THIS POINT, UH, AND YOU KNOW, THAT THERE ARE, YOU KNOW, A LARGE NUMBER OF BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.

I, UH, WANTED TO SORT OF CHECK EVERYONE'S PULSE HERE AROUND HOW THE VARIABLE MEETING TIMES, UH, YOU KNOW, ARE AFFECTING US.

UM, AND THE REASON IS I THINK THAT IF WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO FIND SOME SEMBLANCE OF NEW NORMAL, I THINK AS MANY OF US IN THE PANDEMIC HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO IN OUR ORGANIZATIONAL WORK OR INDIVIDUAL WORK, YOU KNOW, THEN, THEN OUR ATTENDANCE AND OUR PARTICIPATION MIGHT BE BETTER.

AND I KNOW THAT A LOT OF US ARE SUBJECT TO THE SAME INFLEXIBILITIES, UH, THAT, UH, THE GROUPS THAT WE ARE IN THE POPULATION GROUPS THAT WE'RE ADVOCATING FOR SUBJECT TO.

UH, AND SO I, I FELT, UH, LIKE INSTEAD OF JUST SENDING AN EMAIL SAYING, HEY, CAN WE GET OUR TIME SLOTS A LITTLE BIT MORE CONSISTENT BECAUSE IT'S UNIQUELY DIFFICULT FOR OUR PARTICIPANTS.

I THOUGHT, UH, I WAS WONDERING IF MAYBE WE CAN JUST SORT OF TAKE SOME OFFICIAL ACTION ON IT AS A GROUP, UH, TO, TO, TO EXPRESS WHAT OUR FEELINGS WERE THERE.

SO, UM, LIKE TO OPEN THE FLOOR TO ANYONE'S THOUGHTS AROUND THAT, YOU KNOW, AROUND WHAT TIMES ARE, YOU KNOW, GOOD ARE AROUND WHETHER OR NOT, YOU KNOW, EVERYONE'S JUST GENERALLY OKAY WITH ROLLING WITH THE PUNCHES, UH, OR WHAT HAVE YOU, DO WE HAVE ANY THOUGHTS, EVERYBODY GENERALLY OKAY.

WITH THE TIMES, UH, AS THEY COME, WHEN THEY COME, UH, I SEE, UH, COMMISSIONER DELGADO, HAS IT LOOKS LIKE, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING ON THAT? OKAY.

SORRY.

I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU'RE MUTED OR NOT MY BED.

CAN YOU HEAR ME? CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY, I'M SORRY.

I'M HAVING TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES.

OKAY, GOOD.

I HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THAT.

YES, I DO.

I'M GETTING, YOU KNOW, TEXTS AND EMAILS THROUGHOUT THE DAYS, YOU KNOW, WE ARE ALL, YOU KNOW, GOING THROUGH THIS WHOLE PANDEMIC, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE LIKE MYSELF HAVE TO TEACH MY KID AT SCHOOL.

BECAUSE

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UM, PEOPLE LIKE MYSELF HAVE TO WORK FOR MYSELF.

UM, AND YEAH, WE, I THINK THAT WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT ARE WE GOING TO DO DAYS OR NIGHTS? I MEAN, IF WE'RE GOING TO DO DAYS FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR, CAN WE GET, UM, SOME TYPE OF, UM, YOU KNOW, UM, SCHEDULE AHEAD OF TIME.

AND, AND AGAIN, I KNOW WE'RE ALL FACING THOSE, BUT I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD JUST BE, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST NOT SAYING ANYTHING, I THINK WE SHOULD SAY SOMETHING ABOUT BEING CONSISTENT A LITTLE BIT.

SO YEAH, I DO HAVE AN ISSUE JUST AS LISA, ABSOLUTELY.

LISA AND, YOU KNOW, I WOULD LIKE, UM, YOU KNOW, I, I HAVE A FEELING THAT YOUR COMMENTS ARE GOING TO BE LARGELY GLOBAL.

UH, IF, IF, IF ANYONE ELSE HAS, HAS ANY THOUGHTS, UH, AS, UH, AS WELL, I WOULD LOVE FOR US TO GET THEM SORT OF ALL OUT ON THE FLOOR FIRST.

AND I, AND I HAVE A FEELING THAT, THAT WHAT, THAT, WHAT YOU'LL DISCUSS WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL LARGELY GLOBALLY ADDRESS EVERYTHING UNLESS I'M MISSING SOMETHING.

NO, GO FOR IT.

BRILLIANT.

UM, IS, IS, IS THIS A CHALLENGE FOR ANYONE ELSE? UH, YES.

COMMISSIONER GARRETT.

I, UM, I'VE BEEN, UM, OR MEANINGFUL TIMES TO BE ROUGHLY THE SAME EVERY MONTH IF THAT'S POSSIBLE.

I THINK, I THINK THAT, THAT SOUNDS, UH, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY THE SAME, PRETTY REASONABLE, UH, UH, REQUESTS THAT A LOT OF US HAVE IS, IS, ARE THE MEETING TIMES OR CERTAIN TIMES IN THE DAY UNIQUELY CHALLENGING FOR SOME OF US AS OPPOSED TO OTHERS? UM, YOU KNOW, PARTICULARLY WHEN IT COMES TO MAINTAINING ATTENDANCE, I SAW, UH, COMMISSIONER, MAY HE HAVE, UH, UH, SINCE WE HAVEN'T HEARD FROM COMMISSIONER LOUIE, UH, AND A BIT I'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM COMMISSIONER LOUIE, HEY.

SO I'M A PRESCHOOL TEACHER AND I'VE BEEN WORKING IN PERSON SINCE JUNE.

SO IT'S JUST, IT'S BEEN REALLY HARD TO NAVIGATE.

UM, ESPECIALLY SINCE THIS BOARD WE'RE CONCENTRATING ON WORKING CLASS COMMUNITIES, LOWER INCOME COMMUNITIES, AND IT FEELS IRONIC THAT OUR BOARD MEETS HAS BEEN MEETING DURING THE DAY WHEN WORKING CLASS PEOPLE ARE AT WORK.

YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? UM, AND SO I JUST FEEL LIKE I'VE BEEN REALLY OUT OF THE LOOP OF THE BOARD SINCE JUNE, AND IT'S, IT'S JUST BEEN REALLY HARD, JUST NAVIGATING THOSE FEELINGS AND ALSO APPRECIATING THAT THE CITY STAFF HAS BEEN DOING THE BEST THEY CAN WITH THE RESOURCES THEY HAVE, YOU KNOW, UH, I WOULD LIKE CONSISTENCY.

AND IF THAT MEANS THE MEETING IS ONE TO THREE, THAT WILL LOVE TO HELP FIND SOMEONE THAT WILL WANT TO RUN FOR MY, UH, SPOT, JUST BECAUSE I WANT DISTRICT FOUR TO HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE THAT CAN MAKE THE TIME, RIGHT.

AND THIS, I DON'T NEED THIS TO REVOLVE AROUND ME AND MY WORK SCHEDULE, BUT, UM, IT HAS BEEN DIFFICULT JUST TRYING TO FEEL LIKE WE'RE GETTING PRODUCTIVE WORK DONE WITH THE INCONSISTENCY.

UH, OTHER MEETING TIMES, I THINK YOU NEED IT AGAIN.

IT WAS PROBABLY BETTER THAT WAY.

AND WE'LL JUST KEEP IT UP.

COMMISSIONER LOUIE, UH, COMMISSIONER MANIA.

WELL, I TOTALLY EMPATHIZE LIKE, YEAH, I THINK I COULDN'T, I DIDN'T, I COULDN'T MAKE DECEMBER, I THINK DECEMBER 4TH FOR THIS VERY REASON.

THE DAYTIME'S NOT IT.

SO I THINK THAT, UH, WE SEEM TO HAVE DECENT ATTENDANCE TODAY.

COULD I MAKE A RECOMMENDATION SECOND TUESDAYS 6:00 PM.

UH, CERTAINLY NOTED, UH, COMMISSIONER MAHEA AND I, AND YOU KNOW, ON THAT NOTE, I DO WANT TO INTRODUCE A COUPLE OF, OF CLAUSES.

I MEAN, YOU KNOW, ONE IS THAT I THINK WE KNOW THAT STAFF ARE DOING EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO ACCOMMODATE, AND THAT IF OUR TIME SCHEDULES ARE VARIANT IS BECAUSE YOU KNOW, OF A NUMBER OF VARIABLES, UH, THAT ARE CAUSING, YOU KNOW, THAT TO BE THE CASE, WHETHER OR NOT THERE MAY BE A LAST MINUTE CHANGE HERE THAT CAUSES PETER TO HAVE TO ROB PAUL TO PAY MARY OR WHATEVER.

UH, AND YOU KNOW, A DOMINO CASCADE EFFECT, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT MIGHT OCCUR AND JUST, YOU KNOW, NOT ENOUGH SLOTS FOR AS MANY BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AS THEY ARE AND HAVING TO MOVE THEM AROUND.

NOW, THAT BEING SAID, UH, AND ALSO HONORING LIKE THAT BALANCING ACT AND TIGHT ROPE BACK THAT STAFF HAVE TO DO CONSTANTLY.

AND HE KNOWS WHAT INORDINATE DISPROPORTIONATE AMOUNT OF TIME SIMPLY SCHEDULING MIGHT TAKE OUT OF A VERY PRODUCTIVE INDIVIDUAL SCHEDULE, UM,

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YOU KNOW, HONORING ALL OF THOSE THINGS.

IT'S MY SUPPOSITION.

AND THEN THIS KIND OF GOES INTO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, THAT, THAT THERE ARE LIKELY SOME COMMISSIONS AND BOARDS OUT THERE WHO PERHAPS HAVE LESS OF A VARIABLE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING PERHAPS LESS OF A MOVING TARGET THAN WE ARE, AND IF THAT'S THE CASE, UH, AND IF THERE IS A SQUEAKY WHEEL, UH, SORT OF APHORISM THAT COULD BE INVOKED, THEN, YOU KNOW, MY HOPE IS THAT AS A COMMISSION THAT WE'RE ABLE TO INVOKE SUCH AND KIND OF MAKE IT CLEAR THAT, YOU KNOW, GIVEN, HEY, THE VARIABLES THAT HAVE BEEN, I THINK VERY POIGNANTLY IDENTIFIED JUST DURING THIS MEETING ALONE, UH, THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND THAT IF THERE IS SOME SORT OF PRIORITY SET ASSOCIATED WITH WHO GETS WHAT SLOTS AND WHO CAN AT LEAST HAVE A CONSISTENT TIME SLOT, THAT'S A LITTLE BIT LESS THAN UNTOUCHABLE THAN SOMEONE ELSE'S TIME SLOT.

WE WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS THIS PARTICULAR UNIQUE NEED, UH, BECAUSE OF OUR UNIQUE POSITIONING AS A COMMISSION.

UH, AND WE WOULD LIKE THAT PRIORITY, YOU KNOW, SET TO BE TO PROTECT US A LITTLE BIT.

UH, AND SO IF THAT TIME SLOT IS SECOND TUESDAYS IN THE EVENING, YOU KNOW, UH, YOU KNOW, AND I DO THINK THAT THIS, THIS IS OUR TYPICAL TIME SLOT.

UH, ISN'T IT.

UM, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, IF, IF WE'RE ABLE TO RETAIN THIS TIME SLOT SORT OF AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, JUST KIND OF A LITTLE BIT EXTRA ON TO MAKE SURE THAT, HEY, AT LEAST WE SAID, WHAT WE, WE TRIED TO SAY, UH, WHAT WE'RE FEELING, YOU KNOW, I THINK, I THINK THAT WOULD FEEL BETTER.

SO WITH THAT SAID, UH, LISA, I KNOW THAT YOU HAD SOME, SOME, SOME COMMENTS YOU WANT TO SHARE.

I'M SORRY, ERICA.

AND IT'S, IT'S ALL GOOD.

UM, SO BASICALLY YOU ARE CORRECT THAT, UM, THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE IS TRYING TO BALANCE MANY DIFFERENT BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, AND I WILL TELL YOU, BASED ON MY EXPERIENCE WITH SOME OTHER BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, THEY ARE ALL MOVING.

UM, THAT BEING SAID, UH, THE COMMISSION IS ABSOLUTELY WELCOME TO PUT TOGETHER, UM, A RECOMMENDATION.

UH, IT WOULD BE SIMILAR TO THE RECOMMENDATIONS YOU MAKE ON ANYTHING ELSE, UM, AND, AND VOTE ON IT.

AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THAT RECOMMENDATION BECOME PART OF THE, UH, SORT OF BACKUP THAT GOES ALONG WITH THE CDC.

IT GOES TO, UM, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND WE WOULD OBVIOUSLY SHARE IT WITH THE CITY CLERK AS WELL.

SO YOU'RE, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY WELCOME TO DO THAT.

IF I COULD ADD ONE SMALL COMMENT TO THAT, SORRY.

UM, THE OPTION, IF YOU WANT A MORE CONSISTENT EVENING TIME SLOT WOULD BE FRIDAY FIVE 30 TO SEVEN OR SEVEN 30.

AND I KNOW THAT NO STAFF MEMBER AT THE CITY REALLY, REALLY WANTS TO COMMIT TO THAT, WHICH I RESPECT.

UM, THAT SAID, IF YOU GUYS, IF THAT'S YOUR DESIRE, THEN YOU SHOULD, UM, COME TO THAT AS A F IF YOU WANT IT TO BE REALLY CONSISTENT EVENING, FRIDAY EVENING SLOT IS SOMETHING THAT'S ALWAYS AVAILABLE BECAUSE NO ONE WANTS IT.

AND, UM, I COULD STEP UP AT LEAST FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS, UM, TO GO TO CITY HALL.

I WOULD BE WILLING TO COMMIT TO THAT FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS UNTIL COVID SETTLES DOWN, BUT THAT'S ONLY WITH APPROVAL FROM MY, UH, MY SUPERVISORS.

AND, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A DEPARTMENTAL DECISION THAT NEEDS TO BE MADE.

NOT ME.

I, UH, CERTAINLY IN, UH, COMMISSIONER LOGADO I'LL, I'LL, I'LL, I'LL, I'LL HOLLER AT YOU IN JUST A SECOND.

I, I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THAT RECOMMENDATION, LISA, AND, UH, ALSO WANT TO, UH, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE OF THAT NOTION WITH THAT, YOU KNOW, IF, UH, IT'S AN UNDESIRABLE SPOT, UH, AND GIVEN THAT THIS COMMISSION RELIES SO MUCH ON THE, UH, INPUT AND TESTIMONY, IF YOU WILL, UM, OF SO MANY DIFFERENT CITY STAFF, UH, THEN, YOU KNOW, IT MAY BE COUNTERPRODUCTIVE TO OUR EFFORT TO BE LOCATED ON A DAY WHEN WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO SECURE THAT INPUT.

UM, AND SO I MIGHT SUGGEST THAT IF AS A FIRST STEP, YOU KNOW, PERHAPS A SYMBOLIC MOVE OF MAKING A RECOMMENDATION TO WHICH I HAVE DRAFTED A LITTLE BIT OF LANGUAGE, THAT'D BE HAPPY TO RUN BY THE GROUP.

UM, AND, BUT NOT BEFORE, OF COURSE, UH, HEARING WHAT COMMISSIONER DELGADO HAS TO SAY.

THANK YOU, TARA, LISA RODRIGUEZ.

I WANTED TO JUST FIRST TELL YOU, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR DOING SUCH A GOOD JOB AT COORDINATING THE SCHEDULES.

I KNOW IT'S BEEN A LOT AND A LOT FOR ALL OF US TO HAVE TO JUGGLE THE SCHEDULE AND YOU CALLING AND YOU EMAILING.

SO THANK YOU.

UM, I DO

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WANT TO AGREE WITH OUR CHAIR, THE RECOMMENDATION NEEDS TO BE, UM, SUBMITTED, UH, JUST LIKE COMMISSIONER SAID, UM, WE NEED TO, AS WELL, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE NOT A SOVEREIGN BOARD, AND EVEN THOUGH WE'RE NOT LOOKED AS A, AS A SOVEREIGN BOARD, UM, WE STILL HAVE A VOICE THAT NEEDS TO BE HEARD.

UM, AND I THINK THAT WE NEED TO ALSO BE PRIORITIZE.

UM, WE HAVE, UH, FOREVER HAD THIS COMMISSION FOR DECADES, HAVE HAD THE SECOND TUESDAY OF EVERY MONTH AT THIS TIME.

UM, AND SO WE DON'T JUST HOST THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION.

WE ALSO HOST THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMMISSION THAT COMMISSIONER POT, OUR, OUR MADAM CHAIR, VICE CHAIR, UM, IS CHAIR.

AND SO WE HAVE SOME REALLY BIG ISSUES AHEAD THAT WE'RE FACING DUE TO, UH, PROJECT CONNECT ON ALL KINDS OF OTHER DEVELOPMENT THAT'S RAPIDLY GROWING HERE IN AUSTIN.

AND SO I REALLY BELIEVE THAT FIGHTING FOR THAT SEAT OF TIME, UH, FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION IS VERY VITAL.

UM, AND I THINK WHOEVER NEEDS TO MAKE THAT DECISION IF IT'S COUNCIL OR WHEREVER WE NEED TO GO TO GET OUR RECOMMENDATION HEARD, WE NEED TO GO TO THAT EXTENT.

UM, AND WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHICH BOARD OF COMMISSION HAS, UM, ALSO THE SONORITY OF, OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN.

HOW LONG HAVE WE BEEN, UM, UH, ESTABLISH AND HOW OUR BOARD IS, IS VITAL TO THE CITY.

AND SO I DO WANT TO JUST BACK UP, UH, OUR COMMISSIONERS AND OUR CHAIR ON THAT RECOMMENDATION.

NOT ENTIRELY PROHIBITIVE TO ATTENDANCE WE RECOMMEND.

THANKS SO MUCH, COMMISSIONER DELGADO.

IS THERE, ARE THERE ANY OTHER THOUGHTS FROM ANY OF THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS, UH, THAT YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE SURE ARE INCORPORATED IN THIS DISCUSSION? GREAT.

UH, THANK YOU, UH, TO EVERYONE WHO SPOKE UP SPECIFICALLY, UH, COMMISSIONER LOUIE, UH, COMMISSIONER DELGADO, COMMISSIONER MAHEA, UM, COMMISSIONER, LOUIE, THANK YOU FOR SHARING, UM, YOUR DIRECT EXPERIENCE, UH, AROUND HOW IS THIS CHALLENGING FOR YOU, UH, UH, COMMISSIONER MAGGIE.

I APPRECIATE YOUR SUGGESTION AROUND A FIXED SLOT THAT SEEMS TO BE, UH, SOLVING AND, UH, COMMISSIONER GARRETT AS WELL.

UH, YOU KNOW, JUST MENTIONING THAT, YOU KNOW, A FIXED TIME IS GOING TO BE EASIER WHEN IT COMES TO MANAGING A LIVE SCHEDULE.

AND SO, UM, I WILL GO AHEAD AND READ, UH, WHAT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE A BIT OF A VERBOSE, A BIT OF A RECOMMENDATION THAT I'VE DRAFTED, UH, YOU KNOW, AND IT'S, IT STARTS THAT THE CDC RECOGNIZES AND DEEPLY APPRECIATES THE HARD WORK OF CITY LEADERS, POLICY MAKERS, AND ESPECIALLY CITY CLERK STAFF FOR THEIR ARDUOUS WORK AND ENSURING THAT THE MACHINERY OF DEMOCRACY, NAMELY THE CONVENING OF THE CITY'S BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS CONTINUES TO OPERATE DESPITE THE MANIFOLD DISRUPTIVE OBSTACLES THAT THE PANDEMIC HAS INTRODUCED.

IT IS ALSO CLEAR THAT IN ITS RAPID ADAPTATION OF MEETING VENUE FROM PHYSICAL TO VIRTUAL, THE CITY'S EFFORTS HAVE RESULTED IN VARYING MEETING TIMES, SHORTER MEETINGS, LIMITATIONS, CITIZENS, COMMUNICATION, AND AN UNDERSTANDABLE REDUCTION IN ALL AROUND FLEXIBILITY AND PREDICTABILITY.

AUSTIN IS INFAMOUSLY KNOWN ANECDOTALLY AND EMPIRICALLY FOR BEING A CITY OF EXAGGERATED, SOCIAL ECONOMIC HEALTH DISPARITIES, MANY HAVING RESULTED FROM EXPLICITLY RACIST, MUNICIPAL PULSE BULLET.

NUMBER TWO, WE ARE AT A POINT WHERE NEARLY ONE IN TWO HOUSEHOLDS ARE CONSIDERED BELOW MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME IN AT LEAST ONE IN THREE HOUSEHOLDS ARE CONSIDERED WELL BELOW THE MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.

THIS IS NOT AN US AND THEM SITUATION.

ECONOMIC DISPARITY HAS MANY FACES.

IT CAN AFFECT ANY OF US AND IT IS DOING SO BULLET NUMBER THREE, THESE DISPARITIES INCLUDE INCOME DESPITE WORKING THE SAME JOBS, FLEXIBILITY, AND SCHEDULES, OR LACK THEREOF, ACCESS TO RESOURCES LIKE CHILDCARE, TRANSPORTATION, AND SOCIAL CAPITAL, AND THE NETWORKING AND PRODUCES ACCESS TO JOB TRAINING OR RELATED SUPPORTIVE SERVICES AND ACCESS TO TECHNOLOGY.

NEXT BULLET, THESE DISPARITIES HAVE ONLY BEEN MAGNIFIED BY THE COVID PANDEMIC, WHICH HAS DEMONSTRATED THAT RACE, ETHNICITY, ZIP CODE, PRIMARILY LIGHT PRIMARY LANGUAGE AND INCOME.

OFTEN AS A RESULT OF MANY CORRESPONDING VARIABLES ARE THE STRONGEST CORRELATING DETERMINANTS IN SOCIAL ECONOMIC AND HEALTH OUTCOMES OF AUSTIN RESIDENTS.

FINAL BULLET, MANY MEMBERS OF THIS COMMISSION HAVE MADE IT CLEAR THAT THEIR CURRENT LIVED EXPERIENCE AS LOW-INCOME MEMBERS OF THE SAME COMMUNITIES THAT, UH, THAT, UH, UH, MADE IT CLEAR THAT THEIR CURRENT LIVED EXPERIENCE, UH, IS AS OF A LOW-INCOME MEMBER OF THE SAME COMMUNITY THAT WE ARE REPRESENTING.

AND GIVEN THE TRADITIONAL LACK OF FLEXIBILITIES IDENTIFIED ABOVE, UH, THAT MAKE, UH, ACCOMMODATING SHIFTS AND SCHEDULING IRONICALLY DIFFICULT, IF

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AND THEN THIS IS WHERE I WANTED TO KIND OF HAVE IT OPEN, UH, YOU KNOW, FOR DISCUSSION, YOU KNOW, DO WE RECOMMENDED THAT THERE BE, UH, YOU KNOW, SOME, YOU KNOW, UNIQUE CONSIDERATION FOR THE CDC WHEN IT COMES TO TIME SLOTS, SO THAT PRIORITY THERE THERE'D BE SOME SORT OF PARADIGM TO WEIGH PRIORITY AGAINST ANOTHER COMPETING COMMISSIONER BOARD, UH, OR DO WE MAKE A RECOMMENDATION FOR ALL AROUND BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS HAVING SOME SORT OF PRIORITY PARADIGM, WHICH I THINK MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT EXHAUSTIVE.

AND SO HERE IS WHERE I WANTED TO KIND OF OPEN IT UP TO EVERYONE.

AND ALSO ANY OF THAT LANGUAGE CAN BE STRICKEN, UH, REPLACED OR WHAT HAPPENED? WHAT DO WE RECOMMEND? YEAH.

COMMISSIONER MANIA, COMMISSIONER WITH AUDIO.

I THINK WHAT I'VE PICKED UP FROM YOUR, YOUR, UM, WHAT YOU READ RIGHT NOW WAS THAT DO, DO WE NEED TO, THE CITY HAS AN EQUITY, UH, OBJECTIVE, RIGHT.

UH, AND DOES THAT APPLY TO THE GUT, THE VERY BOARD, AND DOES THAT APPLY? DOES THAT EQUITY LENS APPLY TO, UM, WELL, THE GOVERNANCE OF THE COMMISSIONS AND THE TIMING? SO I DOUBT THAT W I THINK WE COULD, WE SHOULD, UH, MAYBE LEVERAGE THAT QUESTION.

I DOUBT THAT THAT'S ANYTHING THAT WE WOULD RESOLVE ON OUR OWN, BECAUSE IT OPENS UP A CAN OF INTERPRETATION AS FAR AS WHICH IS, UH, YOU KNOW, UM, HOW HAS MORE, UH, IS COMPRISED OF, I GUESS, UH, MORE, MORE PEOPLE THAT WOULD WARRANT AN EQUITY LENS.

THANKS, COMMISSIONER MANIA.

SO THAT WOULD, THAT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE THAT COULD BE A REAL EXERCISE THAT SAID, I THINK IT'S AN INTERESTING AND WHERE THE CONVER UH, THING TO OFFER TO, UM, THE, I'M SORRY, IT'S, IT'S A CITY CLERK, RIGHT? WE, MAYBE WE COULD FASHION, UH, I THINK FORWARDING WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY TO THE CITY CLERK MAKES A LOT OF SENSE.

I THINK IN THE IMMEDIATE SENSE, I JUST, I LOVE TO KNOW IF THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS CAN, CAN, UH, LIVE WITH TUESDAY THE SECOND TUESDAY, UH, AND, AND MAYBE NOT EDGING SO FAR INTO OUR NIGHT OF MAYBE EVEN FIVE 30, YOU KNOW, LIKE A FIVE 30 START TIME AS OPPOSED TO A SIX, OR I COULD MAKE A FIVE WHERE, BUT, UM, THAT, THAT, THAT WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION IS THAT WE, AND WE CAN REVISIT.

AND I THINK WE SHOULD TO MAKE SURE IT'S THE MOST EQUITABLE CHOICE FOR EVERYBODY ON THIS COMMISSION, BUT YOUR, YOUR LARGER QUESTION STANDS ABOUT EQUITY IN TERMS OF PEOPLE'S TIME AND ENERGY IN TERMS OF SERVING ON COMMISSIONS.

I HEARD TWO THINGS, YOU KNOW, THERE ONE IS JUST, YOU KNOW, THE INTRODUCTION OF THE EQUITY LENS LANGUAGE, WHERE THEY THINK IS PARTICULARLY SALIENT AND USEFUL BECAUSE IT'S CONSISTENT WITH WHAT I FEEL OUR COLLECTIVE EFFORTS, YOU KNOW, IN THAT ARENA.

AND SO THROWING OUT STUFF LIKE PARADIGM AND PRIORITY AND, YOU KNOW, BACK TO THE EQUITY LENS, WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT IT IS.

UH, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT.

I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE ABLE TO CUT OUT HALF OF THE MILLION WORDS THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT WE PUT IN THERE, OR THAT I HAD IN THERE.

AND THEN SECONDLY, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, WITH RESPECT TO THE FIXED TIME SLOT IN THE EVENINGS, I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, FOR THE MOST PART, EVEN FIVE 30 TO EIGHT 30 IS, IS, IS OKAY.

I THINK IT'S A QUESTION OF, CAN WE HOLD, CAN WE COUNT ON THAT? UM, YOU KNOW, I, I THINK IT'S, IT'S A QUESTION OF, CAN WE COUNT ON FIVE 30 TO EIGHT 30? UH, AND YOU KNOW, MY UNDERSTANDING WAS THAT BEFORE THIS MEETING WAS FIVE 30 TO EIGHT 30 WAS ACTUALLY TEMPORARILY SCHEDULED DURING THE DAY, UH, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, AT ONE AT 1:00 PM, UH, UM, WHICH WAS INCONVENIENT FOR ME AND, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT I CONSIDER, UH, MY WORLD OF, OF, OF AS A PERSON OF PRIVILEGE.

UM, AND IT ALSO MADE ME THINK, WELL, SOMEBODY, UH, WHO MAY HAVE LESS FLEXIBILITY TO MOVE A MEETING AROUND, UM, IS, UH, YOU KNOW, MAY NOT BE ABLE TO ATTEND AT ALL.

UM, AND SO, SO YEAH, THAT, THAT, THAT'S, THAT'S MY THOUGHT THERE.

AND, AND, UH, LISA OR ERICA, IF I'M, IF I'M WRONG AND THAT, IF THERE IS THE NOTION THAT THE FIVE 30 TIME SLOT COULD BE FIXED AND SORT OF READILY AVAILABLE, UH, CONSISTENTLY THEN I, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR ABOUT THAT WITH COMMISSIONER MOHIT.

AND DO YOU HAVE JUST GUIDANCE FROM LCC OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK? UM, THE TIME SLOTS IN THE AFTERNOON ARE ONE TO FIVE AND THEN FIVE 30 TO NINE 30 WITHIN THE ONE TO FIVE TIME RANGE.

YOU GUYS COULD OPT TO MEET FROM THREE TO FIVE OR FOUR TO FIVE, AND THEN YOU COULD MEET, UM, ALTERNATIVELY FROM FIVE 30 TO SEVEN 30 OR SEVEN 30 TO NINE 30.

SO YOU CAN PICK ANY WINDOW WITHIN THE ONE TO FIVE SLOT OR THE FIVE 30 TO NINE 30 SLOT.

IF YOU CHOOSE TO MEET, LET'S SAY THREE TO 5:00 PM, THAT WOULD BE A MUCH HIGHER PROBABILITY OF BEING CONSISTENT OR ONE TO 2:00 PM IF YOU MADE

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IT A LUNCH MEETING.

SO THERE ARE OPTIONS AND FLEXIBILITY, AND THE MOST DESIRABLE TIME SLOT IS FIVE 30 TO NINE 30.

THAT'S WHERE THE MOST COMPETITION IS.

AND THAT'S WHY THE FRIDAY, YOU KNOW, WHERE I MENTIONED THAT BECAUSE THERE'S NO COMPETITION FOR THAT.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER DELCO.

UNDERSTOOD.

AND SO GIVEN THAT, GIVEN THIS, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, SO, SO I, I DO WANT TO REITERATE THOUGH, SO WE HAVE PERMUTATIONS, YOU KNOW, OR, OR AT LEAST AS, YOU KNOW, OPTIONS WITHIN THESE TIME SLOTS.

BUT IF WE WERE TO SAY, HEY, FIVE 30 TO EIGHT, 30 OR FIVE 30 TO NINE 30, THIS BLOCK WORKS FOR US, YOU KNOW, WITHIN THAT BLOCK, IT COULD WORK FOR US.

THE QUESTION IS CONSISTENCY IN THE ABILITY TO SORT OF ASCERTAIN THE SAME.

UM, MAYBE IF WE SAY WE'RE FIVE 30 TO NINE 30, BUT THEN, YOU KNOW, NEXT MONTH OR THE MONTH AFTER, OR LIKE, LET'S SAY EVERY OTHER MONTH, LET'S SAY THAT WE, YOU KNOW, THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO MEET WITHIN THAT BLOCK.

THEN, YOU KNOW, IT WASN'T WORTH IT FOR US TO TAKE FIVE 30 TO EIGHT 30.

UM, AND SO JUST WANT TO GET LIKE, KIND OF A, I GUESS, A BETTER FEEL AROUND THAT.

AND IF NOT, THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO AT AT LEAST PUT IT ON THE RECORD THAT, HEY, THE VOICE HAS SAID THIS AND, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST WE SAID SOMETHING.

SO I SEE A COMMENT FROM, UH, COMMISSIONER DELGADO, AS WELL AS, UH, FROM, UH, FROM ERICA.

UH, ERICA, WILL YOU GO AHEAD AND CAN WE SHARE NO DOUBT.

UM, SO IN TERMS OF OTHER WEEKEND GUARANTEE IT, UM, WE, WE CANNOT, WE, WE DON'T HAVE THAT CONTROL.

SO AS I MENTIONED, UM, YOU KNOW, WE WILL ABSOLUTELY PUT FORWARD THE RECOMMENDATION TO THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK, BUT IT IS THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK WHO IS JADE AND IMBALANCE MANY REQUESTS.

GOT IT.

AND YOU KNOW, THAT BEING SAID IN A WORLD WHERE THINGS ARE BEING SORT OF MANAGED AND BALANCED, UH, AGAIN, I WOULD FEEL THE, YOU KNOW, AS CHAIR OF THIS COMMISSION AND ALSO THAT, YOU KNOW, AS MEMBERS OF THIS COMMISSION, IF THERE WERE ANYTHING THAT WE COULD DO ANY EXTRA EFFORT WE COULD MAKE TO JUST MAKE IT CLEAR THAT OUCH, THIS IS A UNIQUE PAIN POINT FOR US IN A WAY THAT IT MAY BE MORE UNIQUE OF A PAIN POINT FOR US THAN OTHERS, THEN THAT WE EXPRESS THAT.

UH, AND SO TO BE VERY CLEAR, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S CLEAR TO ME THAT WE DON'T HAVE, WE, WE CAN'T MAKE GUARANTEES, THAT'S CLEAR TO US.

IT'S, UH, IT'S CLEAR THAT THERE ARE SORT OF DEMARCATED TIME SLOTS, UH, THAT WE CAN CHOOSE, BUT AGAIN, THERE ARE NO GUARANTEES GRANTS, BUT THEN WHAT DO WE DO WITH THAT? SO, SORRY.

UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PATIENCE, UH, COMMISSIONER DUNCAN.

I JUST WANT TO ADD CHAIR, I MEAN, JUST SPEAKING WITH STAFF, I MEAN, AND, AND SEEING HOW LOCKED IN IT IS, UH, MY QUESTION, AND MAYBE WE CAN ADD THIS IN THE RECOMMENDATIONS IS JUST, UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN ARE WE GOING TO GO BACK TO OUR, UM, OUR REGULAR SCHEDULE, UH, W WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT MONTH AND THIS YEAR IN THE FALL, I MEAN, SOMETHING, AND THEN SECOND, IF WE ARE GOING TO RECOMMEND TO GO BACK TO OUR NORMAL, OUR REGULAR TIME, UM, THAT'S REALLY, THAT'S REALLY ALL THE DISCUSSION WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT IT.

CAUSE YOU'VE JUST HEARD THAT WE'RE GOING TO ALREADY LOSE ONE OF OUR COMMISSIONERS.

IF WE TRY TO SWITCH THE TIME TO THE DAY, OR IF THERE'S MORE DAY TIMES, WE'RE STILL GOING TO LOSE HER, UH, IN THE POSSIBLY IN THE FUTURE.

AND SO I JUST WANT, MAYBE THAT CAN BE REITERATED IN THE LETTER, HOW, YOU KNOW, UM, WE'RE TRYING TO HOLD ON AND WE'RE TRYING TO BE PATIENT AS WE'RE ALL FACING THE PANDEMIC, BUT WE, WE JUST WANT TO GO BACK TO OUR REGULAR TIME.

THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE WANT.

YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHERE THEY, WHAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING IS WHEN WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK TO OUR REGULAR TIME, BECAUSE OUR COMMISSION IS, IS REALLY HAVING A DIFFICULT TIME WITH MAKING CORN.

AND TO BE CLEAR, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW, IT FEELS PRETTY CLOSE TO OUR REGULAR TIME.

IT SOUNDS LIKE FROM FIVE 30 TO NINE 30, WE COULD, YOU KNOW, BUMP THAT DOWN TO THE SIX-ISH TIME AND KIND OF RUN IT OUT, YOU KNOW, UH, UNTIL THE END OF THE BLOCK AND GET CLOSE TO THAT.

SO I'VE HEARD, YOU KNOW, A NUMBER OF COMMENTS THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, IT SEEMED TO INDICATE THAT THIS TIME IS FAVORABLE FOR US, AND REALLY THAT IF THERE IS ANY KIND OF CHAIN OF PRIORITY, UH, WHEN IT COMES TO BEING ABLE TO IDENTIFY, YOU KNOW, WHO MIGHT BE ABLE TO WIN, IF THERE'S A, IF THERE IS, OR IF THERE ARE COMPETING PRIORITIES WITH RESPECT TO CONSISTENCY, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT EQUITY LENS AT LEAST FAVOR, UH, YOU KNOW, THE GROUP THAT THE EQUITY LENS WOULD WARRANT, UH, YOU KNOW, SHOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT CONSISTENCY.

SO, I MEAN, IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S, THERE'S CERTAINLY AN APPETITE FOR, UH, CONSISTENCY IN OUR SCHEDULE AND MAINTAINING WHAT WE, THE, AT LEAST THIS GENERAL TIMEFRAME THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW, UM, IS THERE, IS, IS THAT AT LEAST, IS THAT, IS THAT TRUE? DOES ANYBODY REALLY NOT LIKE THIS TIME THAT WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW.

OKAY, GREAT.

AND SO GIVEN THAT THE NEXT QUESTION WOULD BE, IS THERE APPETITE

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FOR LET'S JUST GO AHEAD AND MAKE THREE CHOICES.

ONE IS JUST, HEY, LET'S CARRY ON.

AS WE'RE CARRYING ON, EVERYONE'S DOING THEIR BEST TO WOULD BE.

WE WRITE A LETTER TO THE, TO THE CLERK'S OFFICE.

THREE WOULD BE, WE TAKE ACTION WITH THE RECOMMENDATION.

UM, SO, YOU KNOW, I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR COMMENTS ON, ON WHERE EVERYONE STANDS WITH RESPECT TO WHAT WE SHOULD DO.

ONE JUST, YOU KNOW, CARRY ON.

WE'RE ALL DOING OUR BEST TO JUST MAYBE, YOU KNOW, WRITE A LETTER OR OTHERWISE JUST COMMUNICATE WITH THE CLERK'S OFFICE AROUND OUR UNIQUE DIFFICULTIES OR WHAT WE FEEL ARE THAT, OR THREE TAKE ACTION.

UM, WITH THE RECOMMENDATION, ANY THOUGHTS FROM ANYONE PLEASE? YES.

UH, CHAIRMAN JOE, WHAT HE SAY, UH, THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN.

I THINK THAT, UH, THE THIRD OPTION MAY BE JUST BECAUSE, UH, THE SECOND ONE WOULD BE FINE, BUT I THINK THE THIRD OPTION, LISA, IT SEEMS LIKE, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY FRIDAY'S AVAILABLE.

I DON'T THINK ANYBODY WANTS THAT.

THAT'S WHY IT'S AVAILABLE.

UM, BUT WITHIN THAT, IF, IF WE COULD COME BACK WITH SOME POTENTIAL OPTIONS FOR, FOR MORE CONSISTENT TIME, WE MAY, WE MAY ULTIMATELY HAVE TO LIMIT OUR MEETINGS FROM THE FOUR HOUR WINDOW TO LIKE A TWO HOUR WINDOW.

SO AT ANOTHER GROUP CAN HAVE THE OTHER TWO HOURS OF THAT SLOT OR SOMETHING.

BUT, UM, IF THERE ARE, UH, YOU KNOW, A FEW THAT WE CAN CHOOSE FROM, I WOULD, I'D BE, I WOULD DEFINITELY SUPPORT THAT.

I WOULD REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

I THINK THE CONSISTENCY, I PROBABLY HAVE ONE OF THE MOST FLEXIBLE SCHEDULES OUT OF ANYONE WORK FROM HOME ANYWAY, BUT I DO THINK IT WOULD BE REALLY GREAT FOR EVERYONE ELSE, ESPECIALLY IF WE COULD FEEL MORE CONSISTENT.

AND I KNOW THAT THERE, SO I, I DON'T, I KNOW THAT IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST INCONVENIENT FOR EVERYONE, BUT SO JUST FOR EVERYONE'S INFORMATION, THIS IS LISA THE, UH, TIME SLOT OF FOUR HOURS IS HARDWIRED AND CANNOT BE ADJUSTED.

UM, SO IT CAN'T BE BROKEN INTO TWO MEETINGS, YOU KNOW, TWO DIFFERENT GROUPS.

IT IS FLEXIBLE FOR YOU GUYS WITHIN THE FOUR HOUR WINDOW TO DECIDE IF YOU WANT TO TAKE A TWO HOUR SLOT OF IT.

AND IF YOU DO THAT FREES UP CITY STAFF TO DO OTHER THINGS LIKE, LIKE THE, THE TECH STAFF, BUT THEY CANNOT DIVIDE UP THE FOUR HOUR SLOT AMONG TWO COMMISSIONS.

THAT'S HELPFUL.

IN THAT CASE, I'M HAPPY TO VOTE, UM, CHAIR ON, YOU KNOW, ON, UH, THE TIME SLOT THAT WORKS BEST FOR, FOR US, YOU KNOW, IF WE WANT TO TAKE A VOTE ON WHAT TIME SLOT WORKS FOR EVERYONE, I KNOW SOME PEOPLE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY IT'S IMPOSSIBLE.

SO YEAH, I THINK AT THIS POINT, UH, COMMISSIONER DESSA TELL THEM THAT YOU WERE ALL, IT APPEARS THAT THERE SEEMS TO BE CONSENSUS THAT, YOU KNOW, THE EVENING TIME SLOT WORKS, UH, YOU KNOW, AT THIS PARTICULAR TIME SLOT THAT WORKS.

I DON'T WANT TO NECESSARILY SEE WHICH ONE WE WANT TO PUT, LIKE NECESSARILY ON THE RECORD, BUT RATHER JUST THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT THERE'D BE SOME, UH, UM, UH, PERHAPS A LITTLE BIT MORE CARE OR PERHAPS PROTECTION WHEN IT COMES TO THAT SLOT BEING MOVED, UH, YOU KNOW, IN A PARTICULAR MONTH, UH, AND OR, AND WHERE IT MIGHT BE MOVED.

UM, SO ANY, UH, UM, UH, UH, YEAH, I SEE THAT, UH, COMMISSIONER DELGADO HAS A THOUGHT ON IT.

AND ALSO COMMISSIONER LOUIE, I'M WONDERING IF YOU HAVE THOUGHTS ON THOSE THREE OPTIONS, IT WAS PARTICULARLY RESONATE WHAT YOU SHARED.

UH, I MEAN, YEAH, YOU CAN'T, YOU CAN'T MOVE YOUR SCHEDULE AROUND WHEN YOU'RE TEACHING, UH, THE SMALL, SMALL CONDITIONER, IF YOU MIGHT CUE UP ANY ADDITIONAL THOUGHTS AND THEN, UH, COMMISSIONER DELGADO, UM, WE JUST WANT TO GO AHEAD AND I JUST WANT TO WORK ON THE PROPOSAL RECOMMENDATION AND I MEAN, THAT'S GO AHEAD AND MAKE A VOTE IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ON THIS, ON THIS LETTER BEING PROPOSED, BUT I WANT TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD ON A BOAT, BUT IF WE CAN PROPOSE THE RECOMMENDATION.

SO YOU'RE SAYING YOU WOULD PROPOSE A RECOMMENDATION AS OPPOSED TO JUST AN EMAIL TO, UH, TO THE CLERK'S OFFICE? CORRECT.

AND, UH, UH, COMMISSIONER LOUIE.

UH, YEAH.

SO FIRST OFF IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE RECOMMENDATION THAT'S SITTING IN THE LETTER IS THAT THE LETTER WILL BE COMING FROM PRESENT OR THE RECOMMENDATION FIRST ALL WORD FROM OUR COMMISSION SEVEN TO PRESENT TWICE WITHIN THE LETTER IS DOING THE RECOMMENDATION.

YEAH, AND I THINK THERE'S A, I THINK, I THINK THE, THE LETTER WOULD COME FROM US PERHAPS COLLECTIVELY AS A, AS COMMISSION MEMBERS, MAYBE EVEN INDIVIDUALLY, AND THE RECOMMENDATION WOULD COME WITH SORT OF THE GRAVITY ASSOCIATED, UH, WITH A RECOMMENDATION THAT PASSED THROUGH, YOU KNOW, THE PARLIAMENTARY PROCESS OF, OF A COMMISSION.

UH, I'M OPEN TO BEING CORRECTED BY, BY STAFF HERE.

WITH THAT BEING SAID, I THINK WE SHOULD DO THE RECOMMENDATION JUST SO IT WAS A CONCRETE AT CHEN, AND I THINK WE SHOULD PICK TIME SLOTS.

UM,

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SO WE AGREE ON AND SEE WHAT THE CITY CAN DO WITH US.

AND PREFERABLY FOR MY INDIVIDUAL NEEDS, I WOULD PREFER LIKE A TUESDAY, FIVE O'CLOCK AFTER I GET OFF AT FOUR 30 AND I GET HOME REAL QUICK.

BUT ANYTIME BEFORE THAT, I'M NOWHERE NEAR A COMPUTER.

THE ONLY PERSON FROM THE CITY TO GO OUT AND ANSWER THE PHONE CALL FOR DURING SCHOOL DAYS.

LISA.

SO THAT'S IT, SORRY, THIS IS BISIAH, THERE'S NO WAY TO RAISE MY HAND, BUT I'M YES.

I AGREE WITH THE OPTION OF THE RECOMMENDATION.

SO I THINK WE SHOULD JUST STATE WHAT OUR PREFERENCES, IF IT'S ONE PARTICULAR IDEA AND IT LETS PEOPLE AT A TIME AND THEN, YOU KNOW, SEE WHAT THEY CAN DO, HOW THEY CAN ACCOMMODATE US WITH THAT.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER FEATHER.

IT'S GOOD TO HEAR FROM YOU AND HAPPY NEW YEAR, UH, UH, VICE CHAIR.

I THINK WHEN WE TAKE ACTION, IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE ON A STATEMENT THAT WE HAVE HEARD OR SEEN.

SO YOU GOT THE LETTER DRAFTED.

I THINK WE SHOULD GO AHEAD AND SEND THAT LETTER.

IT NEEDS OF AN ENDING, BUT WE SHOULD WORK WITH THAT.

AND IT SEEMS LIKE TUESDAYS ARE OUR BEST NIGHT AND WE DON'T HAVE TO MAKE A SELECTION WITHIN THE FIVE 35 TO NINE TIMEFRAME.

THAT OPTION WILL REMAIN AVAILABLE TO US AS LONG AS WE CAN GET THAT TIME SLOT RESERVED FOR US.

SO I'LL, I'LL, I MAKE THAT AS A MOTION SECONDED, UH, TO, TO BE CLEAR THE TIME SLOT IS ACTUALLY FIVE 30 TO NINE 30 ACKNOWLEDGED, UH, AND, UH, AND COPY THAT.

DOES THAT AFFECT ANYBODY IS A MOTION, A MOTION OR SECOND, SECOND THING IS STILL, SO GET VERY GOOD.

UH, WE, WELL, WE HAVE TWO SECONDS.

THAT'S THAT'S UH, THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S AWESOME.

UM, SO WITH, UH, WITH THAT SAID ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF, UH, YOU KNOW, SUBMITTING THE RECOMMENDATION WITH THE WORDING WE HEARD AND THE RECOMMENDATION BEING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE DO OUR BEST TO STICK WITH THIS TIME AND APPLY THE EQUITY LENS.

GIVEN THE DIFFICULTIES, UH, MENTIONED ABOVE WHEN, UH, WHEN POTENTIALLY MOVING OUR TIME SLOT BECAUSE, UM, ALL IN FAVOR.

UH, COMMISSIONER GARRETT.

SO WE HAVE COMMISSIONER MIHIR WITH AN I COMMISSIONED DEL GO.

I VICE CHAIR POP.

WAS THAT I AS WELL? YEAH.

UH, COMMISSIONER DESOLTEL IS AYE.

COMMISSIONER WOODS.

AYE.

AYE.

UH, COMMISSIONER YOUNG.

THERE IT IS.

AYE.

HAPPY NEW YEAR COMMISSIONER, YOUNG COMMISSIONER, LOUIE, I PRESUME IS AN I, UH, AND COMMISSIONER FIDEL LU, UH, IS AN EYE COMMISSIONER WITH DADO.

ONCE SHE KNOWS THAT AT LEAST COUNCIL WERE NOTIFIED, THEN GO IN COMMISSIONER DELGADO COULD FEEL FREE TO BE ABLE TO BRING THAT UP DURING ANY CITIZEN COMMUNICATION AND THE COUNCIL MEETING THEREAFTER.

UH, WELL IT'S UNION, UH, COMMISSIONER MOORE, 20 MYSELF, UH, ALSO, UH, I SUPPORTED AND SO IT'S UNANIMOUS, RIGHT? UH, THANK YOU ALL.

JUST QUICK QUESTION CHAIRMAN, UM, JUST TO CLARIFY, THIS IS GOING TO BE GOING TO COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL.

UH, CAN WE BE NOTIFIED WHEN THAT'S, THAT'S PUT ON THE AGENDA STAFF? SO IT DOESN'T GO TO COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL.

COUNCIL IS JUST NOTIFIED OF ALL RECOMMENDATIONS FROM BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.

SO IT WOULD NOT BE ADDED TO ANY COUNCIL AGENDA, SO THEY WON'T, THEY WON'T ADD IT OR WANT TO DISCUSSION OR THIS OR CONSENT ON IT OR HAVE ANY CRYING.

I MEAN, HOW WOULD WE KNOW A DECISION WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, EVEN MADE OR THEY WOULD EVEN BE DISCUSSING IT? W HOW ARE WE GOING FOLLOW UP WITH THIS? SO IT WOULDN'T BE CITY COUNTY COUNCIL MAKING, UH, A DECISION ON IT.

IT'S JUST THAT ALL RECOMMENDATIONS GO TO CITY COUNCIL.

UM, BUT WHAT WE WILL MAKE SURE TO DO IS TO PASS ON THIS REC RECOMMENDATION TO THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK.

UM, IF THAT MAKES SENSE, AND THEN WE WILL THE ANSWER ADS OR A TIMEFRAME, OR JUST, UM, IF I MIGHT INTERJECT ERIC, DOES THIS SOUND ABOUT RIGHT TO YOU THAT, YOU KNOW, COUNCIL WOULD BE NOTIFIED, YOU KNOW, WHEN THE RECOMMENDATION WERE APPROVED.

AND SO THERE WOULD BE A TIME AFTER WHICH COMMISSIONER DELGADO,

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UM, CERTAINLY SOMEONE COULD BRING IT UP AT A COUNCIL MEETING ABSOLUTELY.

OR, OR, OR IT REALLY IN ANY WAY.

I MEAN, BUT JUST ONCE, ONCE, UH, COMMISSIONER DELGADO IS INFORMED THAT, YOU KNOW, COUNCIL WILL HAVE BEEN IDENTITY, UH, HAVE BEEN, UH, INFORMED, UH, YOU KNOW, ABOUT THE RECOMMENDATION, I THINK THEN THAT WOULD SORT OF INFORM ANY HER APPROACH THAT SHE MIGHT HAVE JUST KNOWING THAT THE AUDIENCE YOU MIGHT BE SPEAKING WITH HAS AT LEAST HAD, UH, HAVE, HAVE HEARD ABOUT THIS.

SO, UH, I GUESS THE TIMELINE ON IT, PASSING HERE AND IT GETTING TO COUNCIL, IF ANYBODY MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET IT, YOU KNOW, UH, PRESUMABLY GETTING TO COUNCIL STAFF, UH, IF ANYBODY MIGHT BE ABLE TO SHED A BRIGHTER LIGHT ON WHEN THAT MIGHT HAPPEN, UH, FOR COMMISSIONER DELGADO OR VICE CHAIR, IF, IF WE LOOK AT HOW THE COUNCIL DOES THINGS, IT'S LIKE US, WE HAVE TO WRITE IT DOWN IN ORDER TO VOTE ON IT, AND THEN SO DO THEY.

SO IN ORDER FOR THEM TO DO SOMETHING, THEY WOULD HAVE TO, UM, PUT IT ON THE AGENDA AND VOTE ON IT.

AND I DON'T THINK I'VE NEVER HEARD OF COUNCIL VOTING ON THE MEETING TIME OF A BORDER COMMISSION.

SO I THINK IT'S MORE GOING TO FEED THAT THE CITY CLERK OR THE STAFF AND THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE IS THE PERSON WHO MANAGES THIS AND OUR APPEAL SHOULD BE PROBABLY SOMETHING THAT THAT PERSON WILL BE RECEPTIVE TO.

WHEREAS IF, IF IT GOES TO COUNCIL, UNLIKE CITIZEN COMMUNICATION, I'M NOT SURE THE BEST WE COULD HOPE FOR WOULD BE ONE OR TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS SAY, OH, YES, THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.

I'LL MENTION THAT TO THE CITY CLERK.

BUT I JUST THINK ABOUT THE WAY THAT COUNCIL DOES THINGS.

AND I DON'T THINK WE'RE GOING TO GET THAT ATTENTION.

AND IN TERMS OF THE TIMING, UM, ONCE, UH, ONCE YOU ALL VOTE ON THE RECOMMENDATION AND IT IS UPLOADED AS BACKUP, UM, THEN COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE NOTIFIED AT THAT TIME, BUT I CONCUR WITH, UM, VICE CHAIR POP'S ASSESSMENT THAT, UM, REALLY GOING TO COUNCIL IS SORT OF, UH, UH, IT'S, IT'S NOT THAT THEY WILL TAKE ACTION ON IT.

IT WOULD JUST BE THAT THEY WILL BE AWARE OF IT.

UM, JUST STAFF, I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT, AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING IS TO FOLLOW IT.

UM, BECAUSE THINGS DO GET, UM, SOMETIMES LOST IN THE SYSTEM AND THEN SOMETIMES THINGS DO GET COUNTERED.

UM, AND SO IF IT AUTOMATICALLY GOES TO OUR DISTRICT COUNCIL MEMBERS, UM, AUTOMATICALLY IF ONE OF THEM WANTED TO DISCUSS IT OR CHALLENGE IT, OR EVEN HAD AN OPINION, UM, AND IT'S JUST TO MY UNDERSTANDING THINGS, ALL KINDS OF THINGS CAN HAPPEN IN COUNCIL.

I'VE SEEN IT ALL.

UM, AND SO I DON'T PASS ANYTHING, UM, ACROSS COUNCIL.

I JUST WANT TO FOLLOW THAT THIS RECOMMENDATION GETS WHERE IT NEEDS TO GO AND THAT WE HAVE, UM, THAT OUR VOICES HAVE BEEN HEARD AND THAT WE HAVE SOME TYPE OF, UM, TIME MANAGEMENT FEEDBACK OF WHEN WE'RE GOING TO GET AN ANSWER.

SO WE KNOW, UM, LOOKING FORWARD TO OUR SCHEDULES THAT ARE COMING FOR THE SPRING.

UH, WE, YOU KNOW, AS, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, WE'RE ALL GOING THROUGH A HECTIC SCHEDULE, UM, TIME RIGHT NOW.

AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO BALANCE, AND SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I KEEP AN EYE ON THAT RECOMMENDATION.

US, UH, FROM HPD, UH, ERIC, YOU'RE FANTASTIC.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER LOGO.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, ERICA, FOR PUTTING A FINER POINT ON THAT FOR US.

I THINK THAT, UM, COMMISSIONER DELGADO, WHAT I'M HEARING IS THAT, YOU KNOW, ONCE IT'S UPLOADED IN THE BACKUP, IT'S, IT'S THERE AND IT'S OFFICIAL AND IT'S OUT THERE IN THE ETHER FOR US TO BE ABLE TO SHARE AND TAKE, UH, UM, WHEREVER WE NEED TO.

AND SO I THINK IT LARGELY WILL BECOME INCUMBENT UPON US TO MAKE, UH, WHETHER IT'S OUR COUNCIL MEMBER OR WHICHEVER, YOU KNOW, STAKEHOLDER AWARE THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT ACTION HAS BEEN TAKEN ON OUR PART, UM, YOU KNOW, AND WHAT THEY WILL DO WITH THAT.

UH, THE IMPLICATIONS OF THAT, I THINK, I THINK ARE UP TO THEM AND, AND, YOU KNOW, AND, AND HOW YOU SORT OF APPLY IT.

I DON'T KNOW THAT THIS IS GOING TO NECESSARILY BE A POINT AND SHOOT FIX FOR THE CHALLENGES THAT WE HAVE, BUT RATHER, HOPEFULLY JUST, UH, REALLY IN, IN MANY WAYS OF SYMBOLIC INFLUENCING MECHANISMS TO HELP PRESERVE THE TIME SLOT TO, UH, YOU KNOW, APPRECIATE SO MUCH.

AND SPEAKING OF APPRECIATION, JUST WANT TO UNDERSCORE HOW MUCH WE APPRECIATE, UH, UM, YOU KNOW, OUR LIAISONS, UH, WORK, LISA, AS WELL AS, UH, YOU KNOW, OUR, THE STAFF WHO WORK WITH

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AND YOU KNOW, THAT WE DON'T HAVE NECESSARILY ANYONE'S IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE HERE.

UH, WE, WE IT'S, IT'S INCONCEIVABLE THE BALANCING ACT THAT'S THERE.

AND SO JUST KNOW, UH, THIS RECOMMENDATION IS US, UH, DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO ADD SOME GRAVITY, UH, TO, UH, AN EXPRESSION AROUND UNIQUE PAIN POINTS THAT WE FEEL THAT AS A COUNCIL, AS A COMMISSION THAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING.

SO, UH, WRAPPING THAT UP, UH, AND MOVING FORWARD, JUST THANK YOU ALL FOR PARTICIPATING IN THAT DISCUSSION.

I, UH, WE, THE FINAL AGENDA ITEMS AND THANK EVERYONE FOR STICKING WITH US.

UM, I DO SEE, YOU KNOW, THE POTENTIAL FOR US WRAPPING UP THIS MEETING FAIRLY SOON.

THERE'S, UH,

[4. WORKING GROUP REPORTS]

THE WORKING GROUP REPORTS, UH, FOR, UM, UH, ITEM FOUR, A THE MONTHLY UPDATE DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON, AND ANY ITEMS BROUGHT TOGETHER BY THE WORKING GROUP ON ECONOMIC INDEPENDENCE AND FUNDING FOR FAMILIES IN NEED, UH, COMMISSIONER DELGADO AND COMMISSIONER MCGEE HAD TO DON'T MEET, UH, LAST MONTH.

UH, AND IF NOT, UM, I WOULD GUESS YOU WON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO REPORT.

I DON'T FOLLOW UP TO THAT BIG, HEAVY, EVERY GOOD ATTENDANCE DIFFERENT FROM SHE DID DURING DECEMBER 4TH.

NO, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

WE ACTUALLY RAN OUT OF TIME ON THAT AGENDA.

UM, AND, UH, WE SPOKE WITH IVANA AND KNOWING THAT THIS WAS GOING TO BE A PACKED AGENDA AS WELL.

DIDN'T WANT THAT TO BE A RUNAWAY SITUATION.

AND SO WE PLANNED FOR A CONCERTED MOMENT TO DISCUSS, TO HAVE A DISCUSSION WITH HER AND IN FABRIC, RIGHT.

SO YOU DIDN'T MISS IT, UH, AND WE'LL GET A CHANCE TO TALK ABOUT IT.

AND HOPEFULLY IT'LL BE MORE TIMELY, ESPECIALLY GIVEN THAT, UH, THAT MIGHT BE WHEN FEDERAL DOLLARS ARE STARTING TO, UH, SORT OF, UH, JUST FIRST THERE, WEREN'T DOWN, BACK INTO, UH, MUNICIPALITIES.

UH, AND SO I ANTICIPATE, AND I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR COMMISSIONER DELGADO, BUT PROBABLY PENDING THAT CONVERSATION.

YOU WON'T HAVE MUCH TO DISCUSS BECAUSE THAT'S KIND OF THE BASELINE, I GUESS, PROGRAM THAT I, AT LEAST IN MY MIND, I WAS THINKING ON THAT TOPIC.

I THINK OUR REPORT WILL BE PENDING A HEARING FROM IVANA OR A FAMILY INDEPENDENT, JUST AS A NOTE COPY THAT I TEND FOR THAT COMMISSIONER MENTHOL.

SO JUST KEEP ME IN THE LOOP AND SEND ME AN EMAIL.

IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO DISCUSS, THANK YOU, BOTH.

AND, UH, FOUR B, UH, WHICH WOULD BE THE MONTHLY UPDATE, UH, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION AROUND THE DRAFT RECOMMENDATION FROM THE WORKING GROUP ON RE-IMAGINING PUBLIC SAFETY AND POLICING, UM, HEADED BY, UH, CHAIRMAN JOE, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS COMMISSIONER DESK TO TELL, UH, IF YOU, UH, UH, UH, WHEN, YOU KNOW, WITH I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU TO, TO SHARE OUT, UH, AND THEN HAPPY TO, TO ADD IN, UH, FIXED CARE.

SO WE PUT THIS UP A COUPLE OF TIMES, AS YOU MENTIONED, WE WANT TO SEE IF WE CAN GET IT SENSE OF THIS PAST.

I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT ON THE TIMING ISSUE BECAUSE THE STATE LEGISLATURE STARTED TODAY.

AND ONE OF THE GOVERNOR'S PRIORITY IS TO, UH, IN PART ONE OF HIS THINGS THAT HE'S, HE'S MAKING A FOCUS IS TO TAKE THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT AWAY FROM THE CITY OF AUSTIN.

UM, AND SO I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE MAKE A STATEMENT ON THIS, UM, UH, AND, AND TRY TO, YOU KNOW, PUT, UH, SOME FACTS AROUND WHAT'S REALLY HAPPENING, UH, AND EDUCATE FOLKS ON WHAT'S GOING ON AND SHOW THAT THERE ARE SUPPORT FROM THE COMMUNITY.

UM, SO I I'LL JUST READ THIS, UH, I'LL JUST GARDEN AND READ IT OUT LOUD.

IT'S BEEN, THIS DRAFT HAS BEEN UP, IT'S BEEN SHARED.

UM, AND SO THERE HAS BEEN SOME, SOME EDITS MADE TO IT, UM, UH, PR THINKING OF SOME PEOPLE MADE SOME GRAMMATICAL, UH, IMPROVEMENTS TO IT AS WELL.

SO LET'S JUST START FROM THE TOP.

IT'S NOT THAT LONG, UM, IS RES RESOLUTION RE-IMAGINING PUBLIC SAFETY, UH, WHEREAS IN THE SPRING OF 2020, A NATIONAL MOVEMENT FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE IN LIGHT OF THE KILLING OF UNARMED BLACK MEN AND WOMEN, INCLUDING AUSTIN RESIDENT, MIKE RAMAS AT THE HANDS OF POLICE OFFICERS HAS HIGHLIGHTED HISTORIC AND INSTITUTIONAL RACISM WITHIN THE CITY OF AUSTIN.

AND WHEREAS THE OFFICE OF POLICE OVERSIGHT PUBLISHED 227 FORMAL COMPLAINTS OVER USE OF FORCE RELATED TO PROTEST OF POLICE BRUTALITY, WHICH RESULTED IN THE DISCIPLINE OF 11 OFFICERS AND FURTHER INVESTIGATIONS OF SEVEN MORE.

AND WHEREAS MULTIPLE LAWSUITS HAVE BEEN FILED ON BEHALF OF PROTESTERS WHO SUSTAINED INJURIES FROM NOW BANNED QUOTE, LESS THAN LETHAL BEANBAGS AND FOAM BULLETS.

AND WHEREAS A JOINT REPORT BY THE OFFICE OF POLICE OVERSIGHT OFFICE OF INNOVATION AND EQUITY OFFICE FOUND THAT PEOPLE OF COLOR AND AUSTIN ARE STOPPED CITED IN SEARCH AT A DISPROPORTIONATE

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RATE COMPARED TO THEIR WHITE COUNTERPARTS.

AND WHEREAS SOME COMMUNITIES OF COLOR AND MEMBERS OF THE UNHOUSED COMMUNITY HAVE EXPRESSED RELUCTANCE TO CALL LAW ENFORCEMENT OR REPORT CRIMES OUT OF FEAR OF POLICE.

AND WHEREAS PUBLIC OFFICERS ARE NOT TRAINED SOCIAL WORKERS AND ARE OFTEN CALLED TO THE SCENE OF INCIDENTS THAT DO NOT REQUIRE ARMED RESPONSE, BUT COULD RESULT IN UNNECESSARY ESCALATION WITHOUT THE PRESENCE OF APPROPRIATE SOCIAL WORKERS.

AND AS MANY IN THE AUSTIN COMMUNITY HAVE DEMANDED CITY COUNCIL ACTION IN THE FORM OF JUSTICE AND REFORMS TO PREVENT THE OVER-POLICING OF COMMUNITIES OF COLOR, THE MILITARIZATION OF THE POLICE, THE KILLING OF UNARMED CITIZENS, AND THAT PROMOTE SOCIAL PROGRAMS OR TO PROMOTE THAT WAS, UH, SUGGESTED, UH, TO PROMOTE SOCIAL PROGRAMS FOCUSED ON EQUITY, AND WHEREAS CLAIMS BY OPPONENTS OF PUBLIC SAFETY REFORMS THAT RISE IN CRIME, A NATIONAL TREND DURING COVID-19 IS A RESULT OF CUTS TO POLICE DEPARTMENTS IS NOT BACKED BY RESEARCH.

AND WHEREAS A RECENT HOUSTON CARNIVAL REPORTS CITED A STUDY BY A TEAM OF CRIMINOLOGISTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI, WHICH FOUND THAT THE OVERALL EFFECT OF POLICE FORCE SIZE ON CRIME IS STATISTICALLY INSIGNIFICANT.

UM, AND POLICYMAKERS WHO WANT POLICE TO HAVE AN IMPACT ON CRIME WOULD BE BETTER SUITED INVESTING RESOURCES IN NEW EVIDENCE-BASED STRATEGIES THAT, UH, THEN FUNDING SURGES AND POLICE HIRING.

AND WHEREAS THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO BEGIN THE PROCESS OF RE-IMAGINING PUBLIC SAFETY AND REALLOCATE MORE THAN $20 MILLION FROM UNDER THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT TO ADDRESS ROOT CAUSES OF CRIME, PRIVATE POVERTY, AND HOMELESSNESS, WHICH HAS NOT RESULTED IN THE FIRING OF ANY POLICE OFFICERS.

NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION SUPPORTS EFFORTS BY THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL TO UTILIZE ITS LIMITED BUDGET, TO IMPLEMENT POLICIES THAT RESULT IN EQUITABLE PUBLIC SAFETY OUTCOMES, REGARDLESS OF RACE, GENDER, RELIGION, CITIZEN SIP STATUS, OR ZIP CODE, AND BE FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THIS INCLUDES ALTERNATE ALTERNATIVE FIRST RESPONDERS, SUCH AS EMS RESPONDERS, COMMUNITY HEALTH PARAMEDICS, MENTAL HEALTH, FIRST RESPONDERS, AND AUSTIN'S E M C O T, WHICH IS THE EXPANDED MOBILE CRISIS OUTREACH TEAM, AND BE AT FURTHER RESOLVE THAT SUCH POLICY SHIFTS ALSO INCLUDE A BOTH STRING OF SOCIAL PROGRAMS, SUCH AS FAMILY VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND SHELTERING VICTIM SERVICES, PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AND SERVICES AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION SUPPORTS CONTINUED EFFORTS BY THE CITY OF BOSTON TO REIMAGINE PUBLIC SAFETY, INCLUDING A FULL ASSESSMENT OF POLICING POLICY WITH TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY.

SO, UM, IT'S A MOUTHFUL THERE, BUT IT IS DEFINITELY BASED ON RESEARCH AND I'VE, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT, UH, WANT TO PUT IN THERE.

NOW THERE'S BEEN DEVELOPMENTS, BUT I THINK THIS IS A GOOD PLACE TO START.

UM, AND OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, NOW WE CAN OPEN IT BACK TO, UM, TO THE FLOOR.

I'LL TURN IT BACK TO YOU CHAIR TO, UH, EITHER OPEN IT TO ESPECIALLY THANK YOU, UH, COMMISSIONER DESOLTEL AND I, I WANT TO SAY THAT, UH, VICE-CHAIR POP AND I HAVE READ THIS THROUGH PRETTY THOROUGHLY.

UH, YOU KNOW, I'VE READ IT A COUPLE OF TIMES SINCE, UH, COMMISSIONER DESOLTEL PUT IT OUT A FEW MONTHS AGO, UH, AND I WOULD REALLY LOVE IF WE COULD GET THIS PASSED TODAY AGAIN, UM, GIVEN THE TIMING ISSUE THAT CHAIRMAN DESA TELL US AS MENTIONED, MY ONLY CONCERN IS NOT REALLY A CONCERN, UM, IS WHETHER, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THOSE STATISTICS MIGHT NEED TO BE UPDATED SINCE WHEN YOU WROTE IT.

UH, WE CHATTED ABOUT THAT AND I KNOW THAT YOU SAID YOU COULD DO THAT IN A TURNKEY FASHION, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST NUMBER OF ARRESTS KIND OF THING, OR NUMBER OF INVESTIGATIONS, UH, YOU KNOW, AND GIVEN THAT THAT'S A DATABASE, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, I, I, I WOULD SEE MOST OF US PROBABLY BEING COMFORTABLE VOTING ON, ON, ON THE LANGUAGE, YOU KNOW, AS IT IS, YOU KNOW, JUST KIND OF LAYING DOWN THE FACTS, UM, AND DISCUSSING ALSO THAT YOU VERY SPECIFICALLY, NOT A REDUCTION IN THE NUMBER OF OFFICERS IN THE COURSE.

AND I, I THINK THOSE THINGS MAKE IT VERY COMFORTABLE AND PALATABLE AND SAFE WHILE STILL BEING SALIENT IN AS MUCH AS WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF REIMAGINING PUBLIC SAFETY AND REINVESTING, YOU KNOW, DOLLARS, HOW THEY MAY BE BEST SERVED.

SO WITH THAT SAID, UH, YOU KNOW, MY PREFERENCE WOULD BE TO BE, TO HEAR A MOTION, UH, AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, BUT OF COURSE I WANT TO OPEN UP THE FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION COMMISSIONER DELGADO.

I JUST WANT TO THINK, UH, COMMISSIONER AND JOE AND, AND, UM, THE GROUP THAT HE'S BEEN WORKING WITH, UM, ALL OF THAT INFORMATION THAT YOU JUST READ IS, IS, IS SO POWERFUL.

AND, UM, I WANT TO MAKE A MOTION, UM,

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TO, UM, MOVE FORWARD WITH ACCEPTING THIS LETTER AND, UM, ALL VOTING ON IT.

I THINK IT'S VERY VITAL THAT WE HAVE A VOICE IN THE LEGISLATION RIGHT NOW, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE OF THE MIKE RAMOS BILL THAT'S BEING PRESENTED, UH, BY OUR STATE REP, UM, AND OUR SENATOR UP THERE, WE HAVE A LOT OF CHALLENGES THAT WE'RE FACING, UM, THERE ON THE, ON THE STATE LEVEL.

AND SO ANYTHING ON THE LOCAL LEVEL TO SUPPORT, UH, THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN WORKING HARD ON THIS, UM, ALL THE REFORM THAT'S BEING BUILT.

I THINK THAT HAVING THAT VOICE AND HAVING THIS COMMISSION SUPPORT THOSE ACTIONS ARE VERY, VERY VITAL.

AND SO I WANT TO MAKE A MOTION TO, UM, YOU KNOW, EXCEPT THIS, UH, LETTER RECOMMENDATION OR, YOU KNOW, UM, EXACTLY, YOU KNOW, A CHAIR, YOU CAN DO THE TERMINOLOGY, YOU'RE BETTER AT THAT THAN I AM.

UM, BUT I DEFINITELY WOULD LIKE IT TO VOTE ON AND SUPPORT THIS.

AND, UM, OUR TIME, UM, IS OF AN ESSENCE RIGHT NOW.

AND SO LIKE COMMISSIONER, UH, JOE SAID, UM, WE, WE HAVE LIMITED TIME, UM, WITH THIS, WITH THIS ITEM, UM, IN LEGISLATION.