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[CALL TO ORDER]
UH, THE APRIL 13TH MEETING OF THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION TO ORDER AT 5:55 PM.UH, AND, UH, THE PURPOSE OF THIS BOARD IS TO ADVISE THE COUNCIL ON THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO SERVE THE POOR AND COMMUNITY AT LARGE, WITH AN EMPHASIS ON FEDERALLY FUNDED PROGRAMS. WE'LL START, UH, WITH CITIZEN COMMUNICATION.
DO WE HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK? NOPE.
UH, WITH THAT SAID, THEN WE'LL MOVE TO THE NEXT, UH, AGENDA ITEM, WHICH IS THE APPROVAL
[1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
OF THE MINUTES FROM THE MARCH 9TH, WELL DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE MARCH 9TH, UH, MEETING MINUTES.DO WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION OR ANY MOTIONS? THIS IS COMMISSIONER HERE.
WE MOVE TO APPROVE THE MINUTES.
WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MEETING MINUTES FROM MARCH 9TH.
IT SOUNDS LIKE I HEARD A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER WITH OTERO AND ACTUALLY I, UH, IN ALL THE TIME THAT I WAS REVIEWING THE MINUTES, UH, UH, UH, I NOTICED THAT ONE OF THE MEMBERS IN ATTENDANCE NAME IS SPELLED INCORRECTLY, UH, AND IT HAPPENS TO BE MINE.
UH, SO, UM, WITH THAT CORRECTION THAT, UH, YOU TAKE THAT AS A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT COMMISSIONER MANIA.
AND THE AMENDMENT THAT APPROVING THE MINUTES UPON CORRECTION OF COMMISSIONING WITH TONY'S NAME.
DO YOU MEAN THE SECOND STILL STANDS FROM COMMISSIONER OTO.
ALL OPPOSED ANY ABSTAINING, PLEASE MAKE IT VOCALLY KNOWN.
WE HAVE AN ABSTENTION FROM COMMISSIONER GARRETT.
MOVING ON TO THE NEXT, UH, AGENDA ITEM, WHICH WILL BE THE COMMUNITY SERVICES BLOCK GRANT.
RIGHT BEFORE WE MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM, NUMBER TWO, I WOULD LIKE TO JUST MAKE IT CLEAR TOO, AS WE ARE MOVING INTO AN AGENDA ITEM WITH CITY STAFF ON CAN SOMEBODY, I KNOW I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE IT CLEAR TO ALL CITY STAFF THAT I APOLOGIZE.
UM, AS CHAIR OF THIS COMMISSION, FOR THE WAY I FEEL THAT WE TREATED STAFF IN THE LAST MEETING, IT WAS A STRESSFUL TIME FOR ALL OF US, FOR EVERY SINGLE RESIDENT IN THE CITY AND IN THE STATE AND EQUALLY STRESSFUL, IF NOT MORE FOR EVERY SINGLE CITY STAFF MEMBER, THAT'S WORKING VERY, VERY HARD TO TRY TO MAKE THIS A BETTER PLACE FOR ALL OF US.
AND THOUGH NONE OF US ARE ABLE TO ACHIEVE PERFECTION.
I WANT TO APPLAUD EACH AND EVERY STAFF MEMBER FOR DOING THEIR BEST TO DO THE SAME.
AND I URGE IN THE SPIRIT VERY MUCH OF COMMISSIONER MAHEA FOR US TO REALLY CONSIDER OUR COMMENTARY, OUR DISCUSSION IN OUR QUESTIONS, THROUGH THE LENS OF CIVILITY, SOLVENCY, AND BREVITY, AND WOULD LIKE TO REITERATE THAT OUR FRUSTRATION IS CERTAINLY LEGITIMATE IF, AND WHEN IT'S THERE, BUT IT OUGHT TO BE DIRECTED, NOT AT CITY STAFF, RATHER IT SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO ME AND WE CAN PURSUE DISCUSSION AS WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE FORUM IN WHICH WE ARE.
SO THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH COMMISSIONERS.
AND AGAIN, THANK YOU CITY STAFF.
I KNOW WE CAN DO BETTER AND WE WILL BE MOVING ON TO
[2. COMMUNITY SERVICES BLOCK GRANT (CSBG)]
ITEM TWO, THE COMMUNITY SERVICES BLOCK GRANT, A BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION ON THE COMMUNITY SERVICES BLOCK GRANT WITHUH, THANK YOU SO MUCH, UH, CHAIRMAN SWANEE FOR YOUR KIND WORDS, UH, REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
UM, I KNOW WE'RE ALL DOING THE BEST WE CAN THIS PAST 12 TO 14 MONTHS.
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UH, I'M HERE AGAIN, HAPPY TO BE HERE.UM, JUST WANT TO REMIND FOLKS THAT TO COMMUNITY SERVICES, BLOCK GRANT FUNDS TO DELIVERY OF SERVICES, TO LOW-INCOME TEXANS IN ALL COUNTIES HERE IN AUSTIN AS WELL.
UH, WE PROVIDE BASIC NEEDS SERVICES, PREVENTIVE AND EMPLOYMENT SUPPORTS, UM, ON THIS SLIDE, UH, WHEN IT LET YOU GUYS KNOW THAT WE FULLY EXPANDED OUR 20, 20 CSBG, UH, FUNDING, WE STARTED EXPANDING OUR 2021 FUNDING.
UH, WE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY TO CARRY OVER INTO 2021.
PAGE NUMBER TWO ON JUST BRING YOUR ATTENTION DOWN TO WHAT WE'VE BEEN REALLY FOCUSED ON OR PIVOTED TO, UH, 12 MONTHS AGO, WHICH IS HELPING FOLKS AVOID EVICTION, PAYING THEIR RENT AND UTILITIES.
UM, OUR TARGET FOR THIS YEAR IS 1200 HOUSEHOLDS HOUSEHOLDS.
UH, SO FAR WE'VE, UM, ASSISTED 587 HOUSEHOLDS AVOID EVICTION WITH OUR CARES ACT FUNDING.
WE'VE ALSO BEEN ABLE TO PROVIDE, UH, SOME UTILITY ASSISTANCE THROUGH OUR PLUS ONE PROGRAM.
UM, WE'VE DONE A LOT OF PILLARS.
YOU BELIEVE DETERMINATIONS IN OUR FOOD DISTRIBUTION, UH, CONTINUED TO BE DUE TO COVID, UH, MOBILE FOOD PANTRY, CURBSIDE SERVICES, AND THEY HAVE SOME EXCITING ROOMS THAT OUR MAIN MEETINGS.
SO STAY TUNED FOR POSSIBLE COLLABORATIONS WITH THE CENTRAL TEXAS FOOD BANK AND AMAZON AND A FOOD DELIVERY PROGRAM.
SO MORE TO COME ON THAT IF YOU GO TO PAGE, UH, AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE, WE HAVE SOME PROGRAMMATIC UPDATES FOR THE MONTH.
WE DID HIRE A COMMUNITY WORKER AT THE SOUTHWESTERN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER, A SOCIAL WORKER FOR THE CRISIS INTERVENTION TEAM.
UM, UH, FORGIVE THE INTERRUPTION.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS VISIBLE FOR ALL THE VIEWING AUDIENCE OUT THERE.
IS EVERYBODY SEEING A HALF PAGE HERE OR, UH, IS THERE A WHOLE PAGE THAT I'M JUST MISSING? THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE ZOOMING.
I HAVE MY OWN REPORT HERE SO I CAN KIND OF REFER TO MINE.
SO IF YOU GO TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE FOR A PROGRAMMATIC UPDATES, SOME HR, UH, WE HIRED A FEW REALLY GOOD STAFF AT THESE DIFFERENT CENTERS.
UM, WHAT ITEM NUMBER TWO ON PAGE THREE, I JUST WANT TO REPORT BACK ON THE, UH, NOMINATION SELECTION MEETINGS.
WE'VE HELD A FEW OF THOSE IN MARCH AND WE WILL COMPLETE THE REST OF THEM BY THE END OF APRIL.
UM, SO FAR WE HAVE, UH, A NEW, THERE WILL BE A NEW, UM, COMMISSIONER REPRESENTING THEM ON TOP OF THIS AREA.
WE ARE GOING THROUGH THE CITY CLERKS TRAINING, GETTING PROCESS AND LIMITATION SO ANNOUNCED, UM, THAT PERSON, HOPEFULLY NEXT MONTH, UH, COMMISSIONER MAKIAH WAS REELECTED AT DOVE SPRINGS ELECTION LAST NIGHT.
SO CONGRATULATIONS ON BEING REELECTED.
THERE ARE A COUPLE OF, UM, NOMINEES, UH, REALLY GOOD DISCUSSION, GOOD VOTING PROCESS.
SO I WAS REALLY HAPPY WITH THAT, UH, WITH THE PASSION THERE, WITH, UH, THE GROUP, UM, WE HAVE THE NORTH AUSTIN ELECTION GOING ON AS WE SPEAK.
SO I MAY HAVE TO HOP OFF OF HERE AS SOON AS I'M DONE TO JOIN THAT.
AND, UH, WE HAD A TIE AT THE ROAST WOULD SET.
I'VE ALWAYS HAD BLACK MAN NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, SO WE'RE GOING TO DO A RUNOFF ON THE 26TH OF APRIL.
SO THE TWO CANDIDATES THEY'RE VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT, UM, FOOD INSECURITY AND EQUITY AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT ELECTION OR THAT RUNOFF AND THE REST ARE SCHEDULED, UH, WE HAVE OUR ST JOHN WHO ACTUALLY SCHEDULED COLONY PARK.
HE STARTED IN SOUTH AT THE END OF APRIL.
I THINK THERE'LL BE A FEW NEW FACES ON THE BOARD IN MAY.
UH, NUMBER THREE, WE CONTINUE TO DO WHAT WE DO.
SO I'LL JUST SKIP OVER THAT ONE, JUST FORECASTING THAT THE CITY IS, UH, WORKING ON A REINTEGRATION PLAN.
THERE'S A TENTATIVE DATE OF MAY 17TH TO START REINTEGRATING STAFF BACK INTO THE WORKPLACE AND THEN DO IT IN PHASES AS WE MOVE INTO OPENING MORE TO THE PUBLIC.
BUT AS YOU ALL KNOW, THAT'S KIND OF A MOVING TARGET GIVEN, UH, THE, HAVE THE VARIANTS AND THE, UH, JUST, UH, THE PANDEMIC ITSELF, UM, PLAN NUMBER FOUR, THE COMMUNITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT.
WE'RE WORKING WITH WATER TO NICHOLS.
UH, THERE WILL BE BACK IN MAY TO PRESENT THEIR FINDINGS.
SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT TO THE NEXT MONTH, UH, REGARDING THE TOP FIVE NEEDS THAT THEY WILL RANK ONCE THEY GET ALL THE SURVEYS BACK FROM, UH, FROM THE COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS.
I THINK SOME OF YOU PARTICIPATED OR ARE PARTICIPATING IN THAT PROCESS AS, UH, KEY INFORMANTS,
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UH, TO THIS.SO I APPRECIATE THAT TAKING THE TIME TO DO THAT, UM, MOVED TO NUMBER FIVE.
THE LATEST WE HAVE IS THROUGH FEBRUARY WITH ASSISTANCE TO WHETHER THE HOUSEHOLD AND PROCESS FORM WAS HALF A MILLION DOLLARS THAT MEANT ASSISTANCE, UM, WHICH IS A LOT OF MONEY FOR US, BUT AN IT PERSPECTIVE, WE USUALLY EXPEND ABOUT 200,000 A YEAR PRE PANDEMIC AND HELPING FOLKS WITH, UM, RENTAL PAYMENTS.
SO DEFINITELY, UM, A BIG CHANGE THERE.
UM, FOR AND ENERGY PLUS ONE PROGRAM CONTINUES IN OUR SUCCESS STORY IN THIS MONTH.
I'LL LET YOU READ IT ON YOUR OWN, BUT IT JUST HAPPENS TO BE A COUPLE OF, UH, COLLABORATION, A COUPLE OF EVENTS THAT WE'RE COLLABORATING WITH THE CENTRAL TEXAS FOOD BANK AND THE HEALTH EQUITY TEAM ON PROVIDING PPE WATER AND FOOD BOXES TO THE COMMUNITY.
WE ALREADY HAD ONE THIS PAST SATURDAY.
UH, WE ASSISTED 250 HOUSEHOLDS, UH, WITH, UH, PRE-PACKAGED FOOD BOXES FROM THE CENTRAL TEXAS FOOD BANK, WATER AND, UH, PPE.
I'M HOPING THAT THE ONE I'M ON TOP OF LIST IN TWO WEEKS, SATURDAY, THE 24TH WILL ALSO BE WELL ATTENDED.
I CAN SEND OUT THE FLYER TO YOU ALL AFTER THIS MEETING.
SO SPREAD THE WORD IF IT'S OPEN TO ANYONE AND EVERYONE IN AUSTIN, A DRIVE THROUGH NO APPOINTMENT NECESSARILY JUST COME COMBINE AND, UH, AND, UH, AND CSA ACTION.
THAT'S IT END OF MY REPORT TODAY.
ANY QUESTIONS? COMMENTS, THANK YOU.
UH, UH, AND, UH, THANKS FOR RUNNING THOSE ELECTIONS.
I KNOW IT'S NOT EASY TO BE DOING EVERYTHING, UH, AND A MILLION OTHER THINGS ON YOUR PLATE WHILE ALSO MANAGING THOSE ELECTIONS.
WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS.
IT LOOKED LIKE COMMISSIONER MANIA HAD HIS HAND UP.
UH, IS COMMISSIONER KAREN POP COULD BE MOVED FROM ATTENDEE TO PANELIST.
UM, I JUST, I THINK I'LL TRY TO KEEP IT REALLY BRIEF, YOU KNOW, DURING THE ELECTIONS, THERE WAS SOME GOOD QUESTIONS ASKED AND ONE OF THEM I'D LOVE TO CONNECT WITH YOU PERSONALLY ABOUT, UH, ON HILL IS, UH, HOW, AND IF, WHAT PART, HOW, HOW WE INTERSECT WITH PHIL VALLEY DEL VALLEY THAT IS SORT OF ETJ AND NOT WITH, UM, WITH PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES AND PER THE QUESTIONS WE HEARD LAST NIGHT ABOUT SORT OF D D TWO, UM, D TWO ENGAGEMENT AROUND THE AROUND CDC ISSUES WITH, UH, WITH THE DEL VALLEY COMMUNITY.
AND THEN I WAS THINKING ABOUT HOW MAYBE SOMETHING WE CAN NOODLE ON LATER IS HAVING DISTRICT SPECIFIC SORT OF SOCIAL MEDIA FRIENDLY UPDATES.
I WAS THINKING A LOT ABOUT HOW ONE OF THE OTHER QUESTIONS THAT CAME UP WAS HOW DO WE, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE CONNECT THE RESIDENTS TO THE SERVICES, YOU KNOW, AND IT'S ONE THING TO SHARE LINKS AND SHARE AGENDAS OR BACKUP MATERIALS.
AND IT'S ANOTHER TO SORT OF THINK THROUGH, UM, SORT OF READY-MADE BESPOKE, UH, SOCIAL MEDIA STUFF THAT WE CAN SHOUT TO THE COMMUNITY EVEN MORE READILY.
SO, UM, JUST, JUST THINGS TO NOODLE ON AS WE GO FORWARD.
NOTHING REALLY CONCLUSIVE, NOT A REAL QUESTION.
THANK YOU SO MUCH CONDITION COMMISSIONER MIHIR.
UM, DEFINITELY I'D LOOK FORWARD TO SPEAKING WITH YOU MORE ABOUT THE DEL VALLEY, UM, QUESTION, UH, WE HAVE A REALLY GOOD PIO TEAM AT AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH, IF YOU'RE ALL AWARE OF THAT REALLY ARE FOCUSED ON THEIR VACCINE EFFORTS AND EDUCATING THE COMMUNITY, UH, ON THAT.
BUT, UH, THEY ARE VERY ACTIVE ON SOCIAL MEDIA, SO I'M SURE WE CAN FIND A WAY TO, UH, TO INCORPORATE SOME OF WHAT YOU'RE SAYING TO TARGET CERTAIN POPULATIONS EVEN BETTER.
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER MANIA, ANY ONE ELSE? HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FOR ON-HAND COMMISSIONER DOCAUTO? WHO WAS IT? WHO ELSE WAS I HEARING? UH, I, THE BOY I HEARD ANOTHER VOICE RIGHT BEFORE WE GET STARTED, BUT I THINK THAT'S PERFECT.
I JUST WANT TO TELL YOU, UM, THANK YOU FOR ALL THE HARD WORK YOU AND YOUR STAFF HAVE BEEN DOING.
I'VE BEEN OBSERVING AND THANK YOU.
UM, AND ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING FOR THE ELECTIONS THAT, THAT WE'RE ALL FACING RIGHT NOW, IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT BECAUSE IT'S ALL VIRTUAL.
AND SO I KNOW IT'S BEEN A REAL BIG CHALLENGE, AND I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR, FOR JUST, YOU KNOW, CONTINUING TO ENCOURAGE US TO STAY INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS.
UM, I ALSO WANT TO ASK QUESTION, AND I'M NOT SURE IF THIS IS A PART OF YOUR REPORT, BUT I DON'T THINK I HEARD IT.
UM, I'M ACTUALLY, UH, ON THE ROAD RIGHT NOW TALKING, UM, THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT.
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UH, IT, WAS THAT A PART OF THE REPORT OR IS THAT SOMETHING THAT'S ON OUR AGENDA FOR LATER THIS SESSION? UH, UH, WALTER NICHOLSON ASSOCIATES WAS AT THE MEETING LAST MONTH, UH, AND PRESENTED AND TO QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS, AND THEN THEY WILL BE BACK IN MAY TO PRESENT THEIR FINDINGS AND HAVE A DISCUSSION.UM, AND I DON'T KNOW THE CORRECT TERMS, BUT THEY WILL, UH, THEY'LL COME BACK.
WELL, I JUST WANTED TO, JUST BECAUSE I DIDN'T HEAR THAT.
AND, AND I JUST WANTED TO TELL YOU, THANK YOU FOR SENDING, UM, THOSE CONSULTANTS TO ME.
UM, SO WE CAN BE ABLE TO DO THAT WORK THAT NEEDED, UH, IN THE DEADLINE THAT THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.
SO I JUST WANTED TO TELL YOU, THANK YOU FOR THAT.
UM, THE FIRST QUESTION AND, UM, JUST FOR MY OWN PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE AT THE TOP OF THE COMMUNITY ACTION PLAN, IT SAYS INDIVIDUALS WHO TRANSITIONED OUT OF POVERTY, WHAT IS THE METRIC THAT DETERMINES LIKE AN ACHIEVEMENT IN THAT GOAL? AND THEN MY SECOND QUESTION IS JUST, UH, FOR THE NEW HIRES FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES UNITS.
UM, IS THAT POSTED LIKE ON THE CITY OF AUSTIN, UM, KIND OF EMPLOYMENT WEBSITE, COMMISSIONER GARY, A QUESTION NUMBER TWO WAS REGARDING, I MISSED THE PART OF THAT, THE SERVICE FLYERS, OR NO, THE NEW HIRES AT THE COMMUNITY WORKERS AT SOUTH AUSTIN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER.
UM, AND, OR THE ROSEWOOD NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER ARE THOSE POSITIONS, UM, TYPICALLY POSTED ON THE CITY OF AUSTIN EMPLOYMENT? SO YES, YES.
CITY OF AUSTIN JOBS GIVE GOOGLE THAT IT'S THERE.
UM, CAN YOU REPEAT THAT FOR ME? QUESTION NUMBER ONE, IS THE METRIC AROUND TRANSITIONING OUT? YES, YES.
UH, THEIR METRIC, UH, PER THE STATE IS 125% FPI FOR 90 DAYS.
YOU EXPLAINED THE ABBREVIATION BY THE TEMPERED FEDERAL POVERTY GUIDELINES.
AND SO DOES, I GUESS THE CITY OR NEIGHBORHOOD IS KIND OF FOLLOW SOMEONE TO DETERMINE THAT THEY'VE, THEY'VE BEEN MOVED OUT OF POVERTY WITH, HOW DOES THAT LOOK? WHAT'S IT, WE HAVE OUR SELF-SUFFICIENCY CASE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM AT EACH NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER.
SO A SOCIAL WORKER HAS A CASELOAD OF CLIENTS WHO ARE LOOKING TO REENTER THE WORLD OF WORK.
UH, SOME MAY, MIGHT ALREADY BE WORKING ABOUT ONE TO IMPROVE THEIR WAGES, MAYBE FIND EMPLOYMENT WITH BENEFITS.
UH, SO THEY ARE WORKING WITH THEM.
ONE-ON-ONE KIND OF A COUNSELING SLASH VOCATIONAL PROGRAM.
THEY'RE BEING FOLLOWED FOR UP TO SIX MONTHS TO A YEAR.
UM, WE PROVIDE, UM, THEY COULD JUST WITH TRAINING, WE CAN PROVIDE GIFT CARDS, UM, AND, UH, WITH THE CARES ACT MONEY, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO PROVIDE TOOLS FOR SOME OF OUR FOLKS WHO ARE GRADUATING FROM LIKE AN HVAC CERTIFICATION PROGRAM OR A PLUMBING PROGRAM, WHICH HAS BEEN REALLY A WONDERFUL THING TO DO SINCE THAT WAS ONE OF THE BIGGEST BARRIERS WE WERE HEARING ABOUT WAS THAT SOME OF THE FOLKS WOULD GO THROUGH THE HVAC TRAINING OR PLUMBING CERTIFICATE PROGRAM, BUT THEN HAVE NO MONEY FOR TOOLS.
SO EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE, YOU KNOW, GUARANTEED EMPLOYMENT IN SOME FORM OR ANOTHER, THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO ACCEPT IMMEDIATELY DUE TO THEIR LACK OF FUNDS FOR TOOLS.
SO, UM, THAT'S KIND OF MY LONG ANSWER.
THEY ARE IN A CASE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM WITH A SOCIAL WORKER.
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER GARRETT.
DO WE HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS? UH, AND I WANT TO JUST TAKE A MOMENT TO PAUSE FOR THOSE ON THE PHONE TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE THE VOICES CAN SOMETIMES BE MORE FAINT, ANY QUESTIONS FROM OUR CALL-IN COMMISSIONERS.
AND BACK TO THE TEAM AT LARGE.
UH, I HAD, UH, FOR THE BRIEFING, LET'S MOVE
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ON TO THE, UH, NEXT, UH, ITEM ITEM THREE NEW BUSINESS BRIEFING ON FISCAL YEAR 2019 2020 ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN THE FISCAL YEAR 2021, 2022 ACTION PLAN COMMUNITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT PROCESS, BUT HPD IS DEATH.[00:20:08]
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.THIS IS REBECCA GLO, DEPUTY DIRECTOR WITH THE HOUSING AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT.
I AM JOINED TODAY BY KATIE HORSEMAN IS OUR NEW, UM, RESEARCH ANALYST SENIOR.
AND SHE IS RELATIVELY BRAND NEW.
ACTUALLY SHE'S JOINED THE DEPARTMENT, UH, I THINK SINCE DECEMBER AND SHE IS WORKING NOW IN THE CAPACITY OF FEDERAL REPORTING.
AND THIS IS HER FIRST ACTUALLY, UM, ACTION PLAN PROCESS, WHICH MANY OF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH.
AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE NOT, WE'VE GOT, UM, QUITE A BIT INFORMATION TO SHARE WITH YOU RECOGNIZING THAT SOME OF THE AUDIENCE MEMBERS OR COMMISSIONERS ARE FAMILIAR WITH THIS PROCESS AT A DEEP LEVEL, AND THIS WILL BE NEW TO SOME, I WANT TO BE COGNIZANT AND SENSITIVE TO TIME, UM, HEARING THE COMMENTS AT THE VERY BEGINNING OF THE MEETING, UM, RECOGNIZING ALSO THAT YOU ALL HAVE A, UH, A ACTION PACKED AGENDA.
I WANT TO GO THROUGH THE CONSOLIDATED ANNUAL, UH, PERFORMANCE AND EVALUATION REPORT AT A HIGH LEVEL FROM PROGRAM YEAR 19.
SO THAT WOULD BE FISCAL YEAR 20, 19 AND 2020.
AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO GET INTO THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT.
UM, I ENCOURAGE ANYONE WHO HAS QUESTIONS FEEL FREE TO, UM, TO EMAIL US IF YOU WOULD LIKE MORE INFORMATION OR CERTAINLY WE'RE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME, CHAIRMAN, I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST THAT MANDY TO MAYO BE MOVED OVER AS A PRESENTER IN THE EVENT THAT SOME OF THE QUESTIONS WILL BE HELPFUL FOR HER TO ASSIST WITH, UM, AND A LOT OF THE PROGRAM AREAS, UM, MAY IT MAY WARRANT OR BE LEVERAGED BY HER EXPERTISE.
SO LET'S GET GOING, UM, ADVANCE THE SLIDE, PLEASE.
THE, UM, CONSOLIDATED ANNUAL PERFORMANCE AND EVALUATION REPORT IS AN ANNUAL LOOK BACK AS TO THE FEDERAL DOLLARS SPECIFICALLY THE FORMULA GRANTS AND HOW THE CITY SPENT THE DOLLARS AND WHAT THE PERFORMANCE WAS OF THOSE DOLLARS.
JUST QUICKLY TO TEE UP WHAT THE WHAT'S CALLED A CAPER.
AGAIN, CONSOLIDATED ANNUAL PERFORMANCE AND EVALUATION REPORT IS AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE DO A CONSOLIDATED PLANNING PROCESS, WHICH IS A FIVE-YEAR INVESTMENT STRATEGY THAT IDENTIFIES HOW WE WILL SPEND THE FORMULA GRANTS RECEIVED BY HUD AS OUR KEY GRANTOR.
AND THESE ARE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, BLOCK GRANTS, HOME, INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS, EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS, GRANT HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSON WITH AIDS EACH HAVE, OF COURSE, THE ACRONYMS YOU ALL ARE LIKELY FAMILIAR WITH FROM THE CONSOLIDATED PLAN, WHICH IS A FIVE YEAR ESSENTIALLY A FIVE-YEAR STRATEGY THAT IS BROUGHT FORWARD EACH YEAR BY AN ANNUAL ACTION PLAN.
AND AS YOU ALL KNOW, THAT REALLY SERVES AS THE ANNUAL GRANT APPLICATION TO HUD, WHICH BRINGS DOWN THAT INFORMATION FROM THE FIVE-YEAR STRATEGY AND PUTS IT FORWARD YEAR BY YEAR.
UM, AND THEN WHAT WE DO IS WE LOOK BACK EACH TIME WE COMPLETE ONE OF THOSE YEARS AND WE BRING TO YOU THE CONSOLIDATED ANNUAL PERFORMANCE AND REPORT.
SO THAT IS WHAT WE'RE DOING TODAY FOR THE PROGRAM YEAR 19 NEXT SLIDE AT A VERY HIGH LEVEL, THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF FISCAL YEAR, 19 AND 20 WITH THE FEDERAL DOLLARS.
UM, THE SNAPSHOT IS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO SERVE INDIVIDUALS WERE PROJECTS 1,791, AND A TOTAL NUMBER OF PEOPLE OF THAT SUBSET 1,399, WHERE IT INCOMES BELOW 30% MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.
AND I DON'T HAVE MY CHART HANDY, I SHOULD, BUT THAT IS ROUGHLY FOR A FAMILY OF FOUR AROUND 28,000 A YEAR.
THE TOTAL NUMBER OF DOLLARS, THIS WAS APPLICABLE TO WAS A LITTLE UNDER 14 MILLION.
THE POINT REALLY BEING ON THAT SLIDE IS THAT THE DEPARTMENT IS DOING, I THINK, A REALLY GOOD JOB OF SERVING THOSE MOST IN NEED AND VULNERABLE PEOPLE SERVED, OH, I'M SORRY.
PEOPLE SERVE BY, UM, INVESTMENT CATEGORY.
SO YOU SEE REALLY OUR PROGRAMMATIC INVESTMENT CATEGORY THERE.
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AND BREAKS DOWN WHERE THE BENEFICIARIES WERE BY EACH OF THE INVESTMENT CATEGORIES.AND YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE AND THEN GO AHEAD AND GO TO THE NEXT, I WOULD THINK ALSO THE CTM REPRESENTATIVE WHO IS REALLY GOOD AT HEARING NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
YOU ALL DO A WONDERFUL JOB AND WE COULDN'T, WE COULDN'T DO THIS WITHOUT YOU.
SO THE POPULATION OF AUSTIN IS REALLY IMPORTANT AS WE LOOK AT THE NEXT SLIDE.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, IF YOU LOOK TO THE LEFT, YOU SEE THE POPULATION OF AUSTIN.
IF YOU LOOK TO THAT BAR CHART ON THE RIGHT, YOU SEE HOW, UM, THE BENEFICIARIES ARE BROKEN DOWN BY RACE AND A LITTLE OVER HALF WERE, UH, THE, THE INDIVIDUALS WERE WHITE AND WE ARE LOOKING AT, UM, SOME, I THINK SOME IMPROVEMENT IN THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN BLACK COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT ARE SERVED WITH THESE FUNDS.
I HAVE TO SAY OUR DEPARTMENT WORKING WITH A NUMBER OF NONPROFITS AND OUR OUTREACH CAPACITY.
UM, WE ARE REALLY WORKING HARD TO LOOK AT HOW THIS NEEDS TO BE, UM, REALLY BROUGHT FORWARD TO THOSE MOST IN NEED.
AND AS WE RECOGNIZE THAT IS OFTEN, UM, THROUGH LOOKING AT HOW GOOD OF A JOB WE'VE DONE BY INVESTING THESE FEDERAL DOLLARS BY RACE AND ETHNICITY.
YEAH, THIS LOOKS AT, UH, THE BREAKDOWN BETWEEN NOT, UH, NON-HISPANICS AND HISPANICS.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT THAT BAR CHART, UM, YOU'RE SAYING THAT, UH, THE HISPANICS REPRESENTED IN THE VIOLET COLOR AND THEN THE NOT HISPANIC REPRESENTED IN THE DARKER BLUE.
THIS IS BROUGHT TO YOU THIS WAY, BECAUSE THIS IS HOW WE POPULATE THE DATA.
AND WHAT'S CALLED THE, THE SYSTEM, UM, THE DISBURSEMENT SYSTEM OF FUNDS THAT HUD UTILIZES IT'S CALLED ID I S AND THIS IS HOW THE, UM, RACE AND ETHNICITY IS BROKEN DOWN SPECIFICALLY THE ETHNICITY, NEXT SLIDE.
SO THE POPULATION SERVED BY INCOME.
THIS PARTICULAR SLIDE SHOWS THE EXTREMELY LOW INCOME BRACKET OVER THERE TO THE LEFT.
AND THAT IS, UH, A, UH, A COMPONENT.
I THINK, OF THE INVESTMENT THAT IS CAREFULLY, UM, GUIDED.
AND, UH, ONE TO REALLY JUST GIVE ACCOLADES TO THIS GROUP, WHICH IS, UH, CERTAINLY A BODY THAT HAS CONTINUED TO LOOK AT THOSE, UH, INDIVIDUALS IN OUR EM COMMUNITY WHO ARE EXTREMELY LOW INCOME AND MAKING SURE POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS AND PROGRAMMATIC RECOMMENDATIONS ARE MADE WHERE THIS CAN CONTINUE, UM, TO BE BROUGHT FORWARD THIS WAY.
THIS IS A FEW OF THE NEXT SLIDES ARE JUST GENERATED TO SHOW YOU WHAT THE GOAL OF THE PROGRAM YEAR 19 WAS AND THE ACTUAL, UH, SO CHILDCARE YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, AS WELL AS SENIOR SERVICES, AS YOU ALL KNOW, UM, ARE BROUGHT FORWARD THROUGH CONTRACTS AND THOSE CONTRACTS ARE ADMINISTERED BY AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH.
AND THIS LAST YEAR, I WANT TO JUST TAKE A MOMENT TO SAY THAT WE ACTUALLY TRANSFERRED THE ACTUAL CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION TO AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH, WHERE THESE SERVICES CAN BE LEVERAGED WITH OTHER SOCIAL SERVICES CONTRACTS, NOT ONLY THROUGH THE COMPETITIVE PROCESS, BUT ALSO REALLY LOOKING AT THE COMPREHENSIVE NEED FOR SOCIAL SERVICES AND TAKING INTO ACCOUNT ALL FUNDS TO INCLUDE THE FORMULA GRANTS BY HUD, IN MEETING THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY.
NEXT SLIDE WE HAVE HERE, THE HOME REPAIR SERVICES THAT OUR DEPARTMENT, UM, PROVIDES THROUGH THE AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION.
UM, AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK MANDY DE MAYO FOR BEING HERE.
UH, HER TEAM HAS BEEN CHALLENGED AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, UM, BY THE PANDEMIC.
AND THIS HAS DEFINITELY IMPACTED OUR ABILITY TO, UM, PROVIDE HOME REPAIR SERVICES AS WE HAVE DONE IT IN THE PAST.
AND SO WORKING WITH THE HOME REPAIR COALITION HAS BEEN INCREDIBLY HELPFUL AND REALLY NOT JUST REINVENTING THE WAY THAT WE BRING THESE SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY, BUT LOOKING AT A DIFFERENT WAY THAT WE DEPLOY HOME REPAIR, UM, HAS BEEN INCREDIBLY HELPFUL.
AND WE COULD NOT BE WHERE WE ARE TODAY WITHOUT THE HOME REPAIR, UM, COALITION'S PARTNERSHIP, BUT WITHOUT A DOUBT, AS YOU SEE THE GOAL AND YOU SEE THE ACTUAL, THIS HAS BEEN, UH, IMPACTED BY, UM, SOMETIMES THE DELAY AND SOMETIMES THE PAUSE IN SERVICE, NEXT SLIDE.
SO HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE,
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UM, DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE, AS WELL AS TENANTS RIGHTS ASSISTANCE.UM, THESE ARE ALL EITHER IN OWNERSHIP OR RENTAL SERVICES, AND YOU CAN SEE THE GOAL AS WELL AS THE ACTUAL AND EACH OF THOSE, UH, TENANTS RIGHTS ASSISTANCE.
YOU CAN SEE THE GOAL WAS 527 WITH THE ACTUAL THREE 18.
UH, WE HAVE HAD SOME, UM, UH, PRODUCTION DELAY IN THE TENANTS RIGHTS ASSISTANCE DUE TO LIKELY LEADERSHIP CHANGE AT THAT AGENCY.
I WILL SAY, HOWEVER, THE, UH, LEADERSHIP CURRENTLY WITH THE AUSTIN, UH, THE TENANTS RIGHTS, AUSTIN TENANT'S COUNCIL IS THE CONTRACTOR.
UM, I'M HAPPY TO SAY WE ARE MOVING FORWARD, UM, WITH, WITH EXCELLENT LEADERSHIP CURRENTLY INTACT.
AND I SUSPECT WE WILL SEE IN THE NEXT PROGRAM YEAR, VERY DIFFERENT NUMBERS THERE.
I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT GOING FORWARD, YOU KNOW, INSTEAD OF LOOKING BACK ABOUT THE COMMUNITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT FORTHCOMING, AND A WALK YOU ALL THROUGH THE NEXT SLIDES, WHICH WILL, UM, PROVIDE JUST A VERY HIGH LEVEL, UM, PROCESS, JUST SO THAT WE ALL ARE AWARE OF THE PROCESS UNDERWAY AS WELL AS OPPORTUNITIES TO WEIGH IN.
AND THEN MOST IMPORTANTLY, WHERE THE FUNDING STRUCTURE CURRENTLY IS.
UM, AND THEN CERTAINLY RECOGNIZING WE WILL BE BRINGING A DRAFT BACK TO YOU ALL OF THE ACTION PLAN BASED ON THE COMMUNITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT, WHICH IS UNDERWAY FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL WEEKS.
SO JUST QUICKLY, WE WANT TO GO OVER FEDERAL REPORTING PROCESS, UM, PROGRAM FUNDING TO DATE, UH, SOME OF THE COVID-19 PROGRAM FUNDING.
WE WANT TO BE SURE THAT YOU ALL AWARE ARE AWARE OF, YOU KNOW, THE DOLLARS THAT ARE BEING DEPLOYED CURRENTLY.
AND THOSE ANTICIPATED, EVEN THOUGH THOSE ARE OUTSIDE THE ACTION PLAN FRAMEWORK, WE FELT THAT IT WAS A RELEVANT PIECE OF THE CONVERSATION TO BRING TO YOU TODAY, A COMMUNITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT TIMELINE, AND HOW THE PUBLIC CAN WAIT.
AND DURING THIS TIMEFRAME, NEXT SLIDE, AND WE'LL KEEP GOING.
I'D LIKE TO PASS IT TO KATIE RIGHT NOW, WHO WILL WALK YOU ALL THROUGH THE PROCESS FOR FEDERAL REPORTING.
AND SHE, AND I WILL TAG TEAM THE NEXT FEW SLIDES.
I'M A RESEARCH ANALYST WITH THE HOUSING AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT.
UM, AND, UH, AS WAS MENTIONED, THE HOUSING, UH, PLANNING DEPARTMENT IS THE CITY'S POINT OF CONTACT WITH THE HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, UH, WHEN IT COMES TO OUR ENTITLEMENT GRANTS.
AND SO WE ARE ULTIMATELY RESPONSIBLE FOR SUBMITTING THE FEDERAL REPORTS THAT QUALIFY US FOR CONTINUED FUNDING FROM HUD.
AND SO WE OPERATE ON THE TIMELINE THAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN, STARTING WITH THE CONSOLIDATED PLAN, ALSO KNOWN AS THE STRATEGIC PLAN FIVE-YEAR PLAN INCLUDES A FIVE-YEAR PROJECTION OF, OF FUNDING ALLOCATIONS ACROSS OUR PROGRAMS AND HOW MANY PEOPLE WE HOPE TO SERVE.
UM, AND WITHIN THAT EACH YEAR, WE HAVE AN ACTION PLAN THAT IS AN APPLICATION FOR FEDERAL FUNDING FOR THAT YEAR.
THAT INCLUDES HOW MUCH FUNDING WILL BE ALLOCATED TO EACH PROGRAM, UM, FROM OUR FEDERAL DOLLARS AND HOW MANY PEOPLE WE HOPE TO SERVE PER PROGRAM.
AND THEN ONCE THE FISCAL YEAR CONCLUDES, WE WRITE A CONSOLIDATED ANNUAL PERFORMANCE AND EVALUATION REPORT, WHICH IS A REVIEW OF HOW WELL WE MET OUR GOALS AND HOW MUCH FUNDING WE ACTUALLY SPENT.
SO CURRENTLY WE'RE OPERATING ON OUR 20, 19 TO 2024 CONSOLIDATED PLAN.
AND WITHIN THAT WORKING ON FISCAL YEAR 21, 22 ACTION PLAN, WHICH WILL BE YEAR THREE OF OUR FIVE-YEAR PLAN.
SO THE FYI 2122 ACTION PLAN IS GOING TO BE AN APPLICATION FOR THE FOLLOWING, UH, FOR ENTITLEMENT GRANTS, THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS, HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS, AND THE EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANT THAT HAS ANNOUNCED PROPOSED FUNDING ALLOCATIONS FOR FY 2122, UM, TO COME TO THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
AND THAT IS US AROUND 7.8 MILLION FOR CDBG 2 MILLION FOR HOPWA 3.1 MILLION FOR HOME, AND ABOUT $669,870 FROM ESG.
THOSE NUMBERS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE BASED ON, UM, ACTIONS AT THE HUD LEVEL UP UNTIL WE SIGNED THE GRANTS AGREEMENTS.
AND SO HERE WE CAN SEE A BREAKDOWN OF THE NUMBERS SPECIFICALLY AND ON THE COLUMN ON THE RIGHT, YOU CAN SEE THE PERCENT CHANGE FROM OUR ALLOCATION IN FISCAL YEAR 2021.
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TO BE STAYING RELATIVELY THE SAME SLIGHTLY DECREASING WITH THE EXCEPTION OF HOPWA, WHICH IS RECEIVING A 12 POINT 28% INCREASE IN FUNDS.YEAH, TOGGLE IT BACK TO ME, KATIE.
UM, SO IN A FISCAL YEAR 21, 22, WE MADE SOME BIG ASSUMPTIONS HERE, JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF A PERSPECTIVE OF HOW THE FEDERAL DOLLARS PLAY INTO THE BROADER SCHEME OR ENVIRONMENT THAT WE HAVE FROM EXPENDITURES.
UM, SO WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS MADE AN ASSUMPTION THAT OUR LOCAL EXPENDITURES OR FUNDING SOURCES WOULD REMAIN LEVEL.
WE WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT BUDGET DEVELOPMENT HAS NOT BEGUN, BUT WE FELT THAT IT WAS RELEVANT TO SHOW THAT THE FEDERAL EXPENDITURES AND THOSE FUNDING SOURCES ARE ABOUT 18% OF OUR CURRENT FUNDING ENVIRONMENT.
SO IT IS NOT A INSIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY, BUT WE DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THE BUDGET DEVELOPMENT CONVERSATION WILL BE IMPORTANT TO BRING TO YOU ALL AS WELL.
AND IT PLAYS A SIGNIFICANT ROLE, UM, IN HOW WE DELIVER AN OVERALL BUDGET FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING, UM, TO INCLUDE NOW THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, NEXT SLIDE, OUR PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES ARE CURRENTLY THEY'RE LINED UP.
UM, MOST OF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH THEM AND WE'LL WALK THROUGH JUST AT A VERY HIGH LEVEL, WHAT THOSE ARE SPECIFICALLY FOR THE COMMISSIONERS THAT MAY NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE CONTEXT AS TO HOW THESE FEDERAL DOLLARS ARE BEING SPENT.
I ALWAYS THINK THAT IT'S VERY HELPFUL TO THINK ABOUT HOW WE SPEND OUR DOLLARS, UM, IN, IN TERMS OF A SPECIFIC CONSTITUENTS OR CUSTOMER BASE.
AND SO WHAT YOU'LL SEE IS GROUPINGS OF OUR PROGRAMS THAT ARE VERY SPECIFIC TO INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, RENTERS, HOME BUYERS, HOMEOWNERS, AND THEN CERTAINLY OUR DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS.
AND SO WHAT YOU'LL SEE IS, UM, THE ACTIVITIES GROUPED IN THAT WAY, AND WE ALWAYS FEEL LIKE THAT'S A REALLY HELPFUL WAY TO FRAME HOW AND WHO WE SERVE.
SO THE HOMELESSNESS ASSISTANCE, UM, SERVING PRIMARILY OUT OF THE EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANT IS THE RAPID REHOUSING TENANT BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE.
AND THEN THE AUSTIN RESOURCE CENTER FOR THE HOMELESS OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE.
AND I JUST WANT TO FLAG FOR COMMISSIONERS WHO MAY NOT BE AS FAMILIAR WITH THIS FUNDING SOURCE.
WHAT WE CALL E S G EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANT IS ADMINISTERED OUT OF THE AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH NEXT WEEK.
SPECIAL NEEDS ALSO ADMINISTERED OUT OF THE AWESOME PUBLIC HEALTH.
OUR PARTNER, UM, WITH, UH, HEALTH DEPARTMENTS ARE, UH, CONTRACTUAL SERVICES REPRESENTING, UM, THESE, THESE REALLY EXTREMELY IMPORTANT POPULATIONS, CHILDCARE SERVICES, YOUTH, MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, SENIOR SERVICES, AND HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSON WITH AIDS.
WHAT WE, UM, OFTEN HEAR AS HOPWA PROGRAMS ARE ALL BEING SERVED, UM, BY AWESOME PUBLIC HEALTH.
AND, UM, THE CHILDCARE YOUTH AND SENIOR ARE OFTEN YOU'LL HEAR THEM REFERRED AS PUBLIC SERVICES.
THOSE THREE ARE THE ONES THAT WERE REFERENCED EARLIER AS BEING, UM, IMPORTANTLY PUT OVER INTO THE SOCIAL SERVICES ENVIRONMENT, NOT ONLY TO LEVERAGE THE LOCALLY FUNDED SOCIAL SERVICES, BUT ALSO REALLY TO LOOK COMPREHENSIVELY AT WHAT THE GAPS ARE AND RECOGNIZE OUR FEDERAL FUNDING AND TRYING TO ACHIEVE THE, UH, THE GAPS THERE IN THOSE COMMUNITY NEEDS.
NEXT SLIDE RENTER'S ASSISTANCE.
UM, WE HAVE THE TENANT BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE AND THE, UM, HOUSING AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT CURRENTLY HAS CONTRACTS WITH THE HOUSING AUTHORITY AND THE HOUSING AUTHORITY ADMINISTERS THE, UH, WHAT'S CALLED TBR A AND THAT HAS BEEN A VERY SUCCESSFUL PARTNERSHIP FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
AND WE CONTINUE THAT PARTNERSHIP TODAY, ARCHITECTURAL ARCHITECTURAL BARRIER REMOVAL, UH, TRY SAYING THAT THREE TIMES AND YOU WON'T DO THAT AGAIN.
UM, THAT ALSO IS ONE OF THE PROGRAM AREAS OUT OF THE AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION, AND THEN TENANTS RIGHTS ASSISTANCE HAS BEEN AN INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT, UH, ACTIVITY, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, THIS ACTUALLY IS BEING ADMINISTERED BY OUR DISPLACEMENT
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PREVENTION WORK GROUP AND SPECIFICALLY OUR DISPLACEMENT PREVENTION, UM, OFFICER ACTUALLY, WHO WAS JUST HIRED A NAMED, UM, NEVER TD JACKMAN WHO HAS BEEN REALLY INSTRUMENTAL AND WORKING THROUGH A NUMBER OF NEW CONTRACTS AND EXISTING CONTRACTS WITH OUR TENANT STABILIZATION SERVICES.SO THE TENANTS RIGHTS ASSISTANCE HAS BEEN, UM, JUST INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT AND HAS BEEN VERY VISIBLE DURING COVID-19 NEXT SLIDE AND OUR HOME OWNER ASSISTANCE.
SO THE ARCHITECTURAL BARRIER REMOVAL FOR HOME OWNERS, EMERGENCY HOME REPAIR, HOME OWNER REHABILITATION LOAN PROGRAM, WHICH TAKES HOUSES.
AND ACTUALLY THERE'S SOME OF THE PICTURES THERE.
THESE ARE SOME OF THE HOMES THAT ARE JUST IN, UM, IN, IN CIRCUMSTANCES, WHICH, YOU KNOW, INDIVIDUALS REALLY NEED, UM, SAFE AND DECENT HOUSING.
AND OUR TEAM WORKS WITH CONTRACTORS TO TAKE HOMES TO A REHABILITATED STATE THAT THAT ACTUALLY ARE JUST POWERFUL IMAGES.
AND CERTAINLY THE QUALITY OF LIFE IS COMPLETELY TRANSFORMED, UM, WITH, WITH THESE, UH, WITH THESE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.
AND WE WENT AHEAD AND LISTED, ALTHOUGH IT'S NOT FEDERALLY FUNDED THE GO REPAIR PROGRAM, UM, ON THIS SLIDE, WE ACTUALLY DID A PRESENTATION EARLIER TODAY TO THE GO REPAIR COALITION AND GOT A LITTLE BIT INTO THE NUMBERS OF THE GO REPAIR PROGRAM, BUT IT IS AN IMPORTANT, UM, PROGRAM AND THE OVERALL REPERTOIRE OF HOW WE ARE DELIVERING, UM, THE HOME REPAIR SERVICE, NEXT SLIDE, HOME BUYER ASSISTANCE.
WE HAVE DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, WHICH THE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL, UM, ADMINISTERING FOR A VERY LONG TIME.
AND THIS HAS BECOME EVEN MORE IMPORTANT AS WE'VE SEEN OUR, UM, LONG TERM AFFORDABILITY PROGRAM EXPAND UNDER THE INCENTIVE PROGRAMS. AND THAT PORTFOLIO HAS TURNED TO THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM AND PROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR SO THAT WE CAN LAYER ON DPA WITH OUR EXISTING PROGRAMS COMING OUT OF THE INCENTIVE PROGRAM.
AND, UH, IT'S BEEN VERY HELPFUL TO HAVE THIS IN-HOUSE AS NEW HOME OWNER OPPORTUNITIES ARE COMING OUT OF OUR INCENTIVE-BASED PROGRAMS, NEXT SLIDE, HOUSING DEVELOPER, OR ASSISTANCE, THAT'S ACTUALLY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE.
UM, THIS IS OFTENTIMES OUR HIGHER VISIBLE PROGRAMS. SO THE RENTAL HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE AND THE OWNERSHIP HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE, WE CALL THESE SIBLINGS ONE FOR RENTAL, ONE FOR OWNER.
UM, THIS IS WHERE A LOT OF THE $250 MILLION BOND PROGRAM IS, IS RESIDING AND, UH, IS CREATING RENTAL AND OWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES.
WE DO A LITTLE BIT OF, UH, THESE PROGRAMS WITH OUR FEDERAL DOLLARS, BUT FOR THE MOST PART, WE'RE REALLY INFUSING THOSE GEO BONDS INTO THESE PROGRAMS. AND, UH, IT'S BEEN REALLY AN EXCELLENT, UM, UH, OUTCOME FROM THE TEAM.
WE, WE USED TO REALLY HAVE TO BRAID A LOT OF MULTIPLE FUNDING SOURCES TO ACHIEVE SOME OF THE APPLICATIONS AND BE ABLE TO FUND THE APPLICATIONS.
UM, BUT RECOGNIZING THE VOTERS DID PASS THE $250 MILLION BONDS.
A LOT OF THESE PROGRAMS ARE INFUSED WITH THOSE LOCAL FUNDS AND HAVE BEEN ABLE TO, UM, REALLY, UH, DO INCREDIBLE THINGS WITH THE LOCAL DOLLARS, THE DEVELOPER INCENTIVE-BASED PROGRAMS, AGAIN, OFTEN REALLY JUST LOOKING AT THE LOCALLY FUNDED PROGRAMS, BUT DIDN'T WANT TO NOT REFERENCE THE HOUSING DEVELOPER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM IN THIS PRESENTATION, BECAUSE IT IS OFTEN, UH, THE PRESENTATIONS THAT, THAT GET THE HIGHER PROFILE AND A LOT OF THE, THE, THE PUBLIC, UH, INQUIRIES AND, AND CERTAINLY THE RECOGNITION AT COUNCIL THROUGH DIFFERENT, UM, RECOMMENDATIONS FOR COUNCIL ACTIVITY.
NEXT SLIDE, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, UM, IS THE CHATEAUS.
WE ARE STILL ACTIVELY ENGAGED WITH SOME OF THE COMMUNITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS AND ALWAYS WANT TO SUPPORT THOSE, UH, AS THEY COME FORWARD WITH, UM, GRANTS, UM, GRANT REQUEST, AND THEN OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BANK, I WILL SAY THAT WE HAD FOR A LONG TIME, A CONTRACT WITH PEOPLE FUND, UH, WITH CDBG AND WE HAVE ACTUALLY MOVED ALL OF OUR SMALL BUSINESS, UM, REALLY HAS MOVED TO, UM, THE ECONOMIC
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DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.AND SO WE ARE, UH, REALLY FOCUSING OUR FEDERAL FUNDS OFTEN IN THE PUBLIC SERVICES, BUT MOST OFTEN IN HOUSING ACTIVITIES, NEXT SLIDE.
ALL RIGHT, I'M GOING TO PASS IT ON OVER TO KATIE TO CLOSE US OUT ON THIS PARTICULAR AREA OF THE ACTION PLAN.
AND THEN I'LL GO OVER JUST A LITTLE BIT, WHAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ACHIEVE ON, UM, SOME OF THE COVID-19 PROGRAMMING.
SO WE ARE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT PERIOD OF THIS ACTION PLAN DRAFTING PROCESS.
THAT'S GOING TO CARRY ON, STARTED MARCH 29TH, AND WE'LL GO THROUGH APRIL 30TH.
AND SO WE HAVE THE COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES THAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN HERE THAT WE'RE VISITING WITH THIS PRESENTATION AND RECEIVING FEEDBACK FROM.
WE ALSO HAVE A SPEAK-UP AUSTIN WEB SITE, UM, WHERE WITH A WEBPAGE DEDICATED TO, UH, THE COMMUNITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT FOR THIS ACTION PLAN, WHERE PEOPLE CAN LEAVE FEEDBACK IN RESPONSE TO A BRIEF SURVEY, UM, ON WHAT THE MAJOR COMMUNITY NEEDS ARE AND WHAT MAJOR PROGRAMS WE SHOULD PRIORITIZE WITH THIS ACTION PLAN.
ADDITIONALLY, WE HAVE TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS, ONE OF WHICH IS TODAY WITH THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION, UM, AND THE OTHER OF WHICH WILL BE ON APRIL 22ND IN FRONT OF THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL.
AFTER THE COMMUNITY NEEDS, ASSESSMENT HAS CONCLUDED AND THE FEEDBACK HAS BEEN INTEGRATED WITH, UM, WORK THAT THE STAFF HAS DONE.
WE WILL PUBLISH THE DRAFT ACTION PLAN ONLINE ON MAY 6TH, UM, AND OPEN IT UP TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
SO THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD WILL LAST FOR 30 DAYS UP UNTIL, UM, JUNE 11TH.
AND WITHIN THAT PERIOD OF TIME, THERE'LL BE TWO ADDITIONAL PUBLIC HEARINGS WHERE WE'LL RECEIVE COMMENTS ON THE DRAFTS ONE HERE WITH THE CDC ON MAY 11TH AND THE OTHER JUNE 10TH, UM, IN FRONT OF CITY COUNCIL.
SO THIS TIME THERE WILL BE ANOTHER SPEAK-UP AUSTIN, UM, WEBPAGE WHERE PEOPLE CAN HAVE ACCESS TO THE DRAFT VIEW THE DATES FOR PUBLIC HEARINGS AND LEAVE COMMENTS ONLINE AS WELL.
UM, ONCE WE HAVE TAKEN ALL THE COMMENTS, UM, WHICH BY THE WAY, ANY COMMENTS THAT WE RECEIVE EITHER IN THE COMMUNITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT OR THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD, WILL BE ATTACHED TO THE FINAL ACTION PLAN THAT WE SUBMIT TO HUD.
SO OUR COMMENTS WILL BE ENTERED INTO THE PUBLIC RECORD AND AFTER WE'VE, UM, FINALIZED THE DRAFT AND HAVE RECEIVED FINAL SIGN OFF FROM, FROM THE COMMISSION AND FROM COUNCIL, UM, WE'LL SUBMIT THE PLAN TO HUD NO LATER THAN AUGUST 16TH.
THIS IS WHAT OUR SPEAK OF AUSTIN WEBSITE LOOKS LIKE.
UM, IF YOU GO TO SPEAK AUSTIN.ORG AND LOOK FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN, FYI 2122 ACTION PLAN, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO ACCESS THE SCREEN THAT PROVIDES SOME CONTEXTUAL INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT THE ACTION PLAN IS IN ENGLISH, AS WELL AS SPANISH.
AND THAT ALLOWS YOU TO FILL OUT A SURVEY THAT ASKS WHAT YOU THINK THE GREATEST COMMUNITY NEEDS ARE THAT SHOULD BE ADDRESSED THROUGH THIS PLAN.
WE HAVE PROMOTED THIS WEBPAGE THROUGH OUR, UM, UH, THROUGH OUR AUSTIN UTILITIES NOW, UM, APRIL NEWSLETTER, AND WE'VE BEEN RECEIVING, UM, FEEDBACK TO DATE.
WE HAVE RECEIVED COMMENTS, UM, IN THE AMOUNT OF 324 TOTAL VISITS TO THE WEBPAGE AND 22 RESPONSES TO THE SURVEY, UM, AS OF TODAY.
AND I'LL PASS IT BACK TO THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR.
I'M GOING TO BE COGNIZANT OF TIME.
UM, SO I'M JUST GONNA FLY THROUGH THESE NEXT FEW SLIDES.
WE WANTED, HOWEVER, TO FOCUS A LITTLE BIT OF THE ATTENTION ON SOME OF THE FEDERAL DOLLARS, AGAIN, OUTSIDE OF THE ACTION PLAN THAT YOU'RE HEARING TODAY THROUGH THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT, BUT A LOT OF THE DOLLARS THAT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO RELIEVE, UM, NEEDS AROUND, UH, RENT ASSISTANCE.
AND SO, AS YOU ALL KNOW, OUR DEPARTMENT IS ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN, UM, THE, THE DEPLOYMENT OF FEDERAL DOLLARS RELATED TO, UM, RENTAL EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE.
AND WE LIFTED UP A PROGRAM IF DOUG CAN'T EVEN BELIEVE IT'S ALMOST BEEN A YEAR WITH REALLY WHAT WE THOUGHT WAS A PILOT PROGRAM FOR THE RELIEF OF EMERGENCY NEEDS OF TENANTS.
UH, NOW WE'RE ON RENT 3.0, THESE ACTUALLY PROVIDE YOU THE, THE NUMBERS FROM THE, THE SECONDARY ITERATION OF THE PROGRAM THAT LASTED FROM ABOUT MARCH TO DECEMBER OF 2020.
AND, UH, WE WERE ABLE TO SERVE A LITTLE UNDER 5,000 HOUSEHOLDS WITH ABOUT 15 AND A HALF MILLION
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DOLLARS.AND THE MEDIAN AMOUNT OF RENTAL ASSISTANCE IS A LITTLE OVER A THOUSAND.
I DO WANT TO SAY THAT, UM, THROUGH LEADERSHIP OF THE HOUSING AUTHORITY, AS WELL AS OUR TEAM AND A LOT OF FEEDBACK, WE DID SOMETHING THAT WE HAD NOT DONE IN ANY PROGRAM.
AND WE DID IT QUICKLY, WHICH WAS TO PARTNER WITH OUR NONPROFITS THAT ACTUALLY SPECIALIZED AND SPECIFIC POPULATIONS AND COULD REACH THOSE POPULATIONS QUICKLY, DIRECTLY AND THROUGH MECHANISMS THAT, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THEY ACTUALLY SERVE THE POPULATION ON A REGULAR BASIS DUE TO THEIR MISSION.
WE KNEW THAT THEY WOULD BE VERY SUCCESSFUL IN GETTING VERY DIRECT AND EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE INFORMATION, UM, TO INDIVIDUALS QUICKLY BECAUSE OF THAT, WE WERE ABLE TO REALIZE SOME REALLY EFFECTIVE OUTCOMES IN RENT, AND WE ARE TAKING THAT INFORMATION FORWARD AND TO RENT 3.0, WHICH AS YOU ALL KNOW IS THE $29 MILLION THAT WE ARE ADMINISTERING FROM THE US DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY.
BUT THESE RESULTS RIGHT HERE ARE A TESTAMENT REALLY TO NONPROFIT PARTNERS WHO REALLY WORKED HARD WITH US, UM, A LITTLE OVER 3000, OUR HOUSEHOLDS HEADED BY FEMALE AND A LITTLE UNDER 2000 OR HOUSEHOLDS HEADED BY MALE.
AND YOU SEE THE BREAKDOWN THERE IN RACE AND ETHNICITY, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, THE TEAM REALLY WORKED HARD AT.
I GOT TO GIVE A LOT OF ACCOLADES TO OUR DISPLACEMENT PREVENTION GROUP, WORKING CLOSELY WITH HAKA.
WE MET WITH OUR PARTNERS, YOU KNOW, AROUND ROUND TABLES, VIRTUALLY EVERY SINGLE WEEK, OFTENTIMES TWICE A WEEK TO GET THESE NUMBERS WHERE WE REALLY COULD FEEL LIKE WE WERE SERVING THOSE MOST IN NEED.
NEXT SLIDE, TO SEE THAT, UH, THAT THAT EFFORT REALLY PAID OFF WITH A NUMBER.
UM, REALLY THE MAJORITY OF THOSE DOLLARS SERVING HOUSEHOLDS BELOW 30% MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME, UH, THE HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD WITH DISABILITY WAS 361 HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD INDICATING VETERAN STATUS.
UM, AT 20 THESE NUMBERS, OF COURSE THEY COULD HAVE BEEN MORE, BUT THESE WERE, UM, YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY VOLUNTARILY OFFERED BY APPLICANTS, UM, WHERE WE COULD ASK FOR DATA AND BE ABLE TO REPORT THE DATA WE RECOGNIZE ALSO THAT FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN HAS BEEN, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT THE TEAM HAS REALLY, UM, BEEN VERY WATCHFUL OF AND, UH, REALLY DID SOME IMPROVEMENT AND HOW WE ARE GOING TO BE DOING OUR OUTREACH, EXECUTING OUR OUTREACH TO, TO INCREASE, UH, THE ABILITY TO SERVE FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN AND OUR RENT 3.0, OKAY, NEXT SLIDE.
AND YOU CAN CONTINUE THROUGH, AS YOU ALL KNOW, THIS PAST DECEMBER, UM, CONGRESSIONAL, YOU KNOW, PANDEMIC RELIEF CAME FORWARD AND WE WERE ALLOCATED ADDITIONAL FUNDS.
AND, UH, THOSE DOLLARS ACTUALLY CAME FORWARD TO, UH, THE CITY FROM THE U S TREASURY, WHICH ALLOWED US TO LIFT UP THAT RENT 3.0 PROGRAM FOR MORE EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE.
SO WE WERE ACTUALLY ABLE TO LAUNCH THAT PROGRAM LAST MONTH, AND WE ARE ON THE SAME TRAJECTORY IN TERMS OF TIMELINE, TO SPEND DOUBLE THE AMOUNT OF MONEY WITH A PARTNERSHIP WITH HAKA.
UM, I WILL HAVE TO SAY THESE FEDERAL DOLLARS COMING DOWN FROM, UM, YOU KNOW, CONGRESSIONAL ACTION ARE REQUIRING AN INCREDIBLE LIFT BY, UH, LOCAL JURISDICTIONS, OFTENTIMES WITH NOT NEW STAFF, THE SAME STAFF HAVING TO PIVOT.
AND, UM, MORE IMPORTANTLY, NOT NECESSARILY THROUGH CONVENTIONAL PROCUREMENT.
I THINK IF GOVERNMENT HAD TO MOVE THROUGH THE PROCUREMENT REQUIREMENTS AND DIDN'T HAVE THE INCREDIBLE ESTABLISHED PARTNERSHIPS OF OUR NONPROFITS AND OTHER GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES, WE WOULD BE FACED WITH, YOU KNOW, REAL SEVERE QUESTIONS AS TO WHETHER WE COULD GET THESE DOLLARS OUT IN TIME AND, UH, EXPEDITED REALLY FOR THE NEED OF THE COMMUNITY.
SO I CAN'T STRESS ENOUGH THAT THE PARTNERSHIP WITH HAKA HAS JUST BEEN, UM, JUST AN INCREDIBLE ABILITY TO, TO GET THE DOLLARS IN THE HANDS OF THOSE WHO NEED IT.
WE RECOGNIZE ALSO THAT HOMELESS ASSISTANCE WE'LL ALSO SEE AN INFUSION OF FUNDS, $11 MILLION FROM THE HOME FORMULA GRANT IS FORTHCOMING, AND WE WILL BE WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH OUR HOMELESSNESS STRATEGY OFFICE.
AND NOW OFFICER ON STRATEGICALLY DEPLOYING THOSE DOLLARS PER COUNCIL'S, UM, POLICY DIRECTION THAT OBVIOUSLY YOU'RE, YOU'RE HEARING THEM DISCUSS THAT ROUTINELY EMERGENCY SECTION EIGHT VOUCHERS WAS JUST AN INCREDIBLE ANNOUNCEMENT.
AND, UH, THE HOUSING AUTHORITY AND OTHER HOUSING AUTHORITIES ACTUALLY ARE THE ADMINISTRATORS OF VOUCHERS, BUT THIS IS GOING TO HELP US, OBVIOUSLY, AS WE, UM, PUT THOSE UNITS ON THE GROUND THROUGH, UH, OUR
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RHD PROGRAM, IT, THIS IS GOING TO JUST BE, YOU KNOW, A GAME CHANGER IN TERMS OF BEING ABLE TO SERVE THOSE MOST IN NEED.AND FINALLY HOMEOWNER ASSISTANCE, UM, HUGE RECOGNITION FROM OUR TEAM, OUR CLIENT SERVICES MANAGER, LATISHA BROWN HAS JUST SUBMITTED, UM, FUNDS FOR MORTGAGE RELIEF.
AND ALTHOUGH IT WAS ABOUT $500,000, WE ANTICIPATE THAT MORE DOLLARS WILL COME.
AND SO WE ARE LAYING THE GROUND WORK TO, UM, PROVIDE MORTGAGE, UM, RELIEF ASSISTANCE THROUGH OUR DEPARTMENT AS WELL.
WE ANTICIPATE HEARING BACK FROM THE STATE ON WHETHER WE ARE GOING TO BE SUCCESSFUL SOMETIME IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, BUT WITH, WITH SO MUCH MONEY, REALLY THE STATE NEEDS TO DEPLOY.
WE ANTICIPATE BEING SUCCESSFUL IN THAT APPLICATION.
I THINK THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT NEXT SLIDE.
AND WE'LL HAVE KATIE CLOSE US OUT AND CERTAINLY WE REMAIN AVAILABLE FOR ANY, ANY QUESTIONS.
UM, YEAH, AS STATED BEFORE, FOR ANY FEEDBACK FROM, UM, YOURSELF PERSONALLY, THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE AFTER THE MEETING, YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO REACH OUT TO ME PERSONALLY, OR GO THROUGH OUR SPEAK OF AUSTIN WEBSITE.
UM, THERE'S A NUMBER THERE TO CALL OUR DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS AN EMAIL ADDRESS.
JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR ATTENTION.
UM, AND ANY FEEDBACK THAT WE AFTER ANY QUESTIONS THAT WE'RE UNABLE TO ANSWER AT THIS TIME, I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO FOLLOW UP AFTER THIS MEETING.
AND KARA WOULD HAND IT BACK TO YOU.
AND, UM, AGAIN, HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS NOW, OR CERTAINLY PROVIDE THOSE TO THE COMMISSION IN WRITING.
IF YOUR TIME CONSTRAINT DOESN'T ALLOW FOR A LONG CONVERSATION MUCH APPRECIATE IT.
I THINK WE'LL PLAY THAT BY EAR AS WE GO.
UH, THANK YOU ALL FOR A GREAT PRESENTATION, AS WELL AS TO EVERY SINGLE STAFF MEMBER WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT, AS WELL AS THE ADJOINING AND COOPERATING DEPARTMENTS FOR SO MUCH HARD WORK, UH, AND INNOVATIVE WORK RESILIENCE, GETTING DOWN, GETTING BACK UP AGAIN, UH, AND REALLY, REALLY JUST WORKING TO FIND WHAT'S RIGHT.
WE SEE THAT SO MUCH, ESPECIALLY IN THE ITERATIVE, UH, PROGRAMMING ELEMENTS, UH, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TWO O'S AND THREE O'S, UH, AND WITH THAT SAID, I'D LIKE OPEN IT UP FOR ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, UH, VICE CHAIR.
DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING IN MIND FIRST OFF, UH, SEVERAL INTERESTING FACTS IN THERE, UM, WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THEM? IT SEEMS LIKE WE HAVE SOME NEW PROVIDERS OR CONTRACTORS THAN WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST, OR SOME OF THE PROGRAMS I HEARD THAT HAKA IS NOW RUNNING THE TVRA PROGRAM.
UM, BUT IT SEEMED LIKE THAT PROGRAM ALSO HAD SOME LEGS IN IT.
I COULDN'T TELL IF IT WAS THE SAME PROGRAM FOR THE TENANT BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE, WHERE THERE WAS A CHANGE IN LEADERSHIP AT AN AGENCY WOULDN'T SEEM TO BE HAUNTING.
NO, THAT WAS AUSTIN TENANT'S COUNCIL, AS IT RELATES TO THE TENANTS RIGHTS DISBURSEMENT, UH, THERE WAS A SLIGHT, UH, LAG IN, IN SOME OF THE DEPLOYMENT OF THOSE DOLLARS.
AND IT MAY HAVE BEEN SIMPLY BECAUSE OF THE, THERE WAS A CHANGE IN LEADERSHIP, CERTAINLY NOT TO SAY ANYTHING NEGATIVE ABOUT THE PRIOR LEADERSHIP.
THERE JUST WAS A PERIOD OF TIME WHERE, UH, THEY DID NOT HAVE AN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND THAT COULD HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE, THE, UH, PRODUCTION NUMBERS THERE.
AND I MEAN, I'M, I'M CERTAINLY NOT WANTING TO GO TOO FAR INTO, UM, THE DETAILS, UH, WITHOUT REALLY WANTING TO SPEAK TO ANY AGENCY.
BUT MY STRONG ASSUMPTION IS THAT COVID ALSO IMPACTED THEIR ABILITY TO SERVE CLIENTS IN THE NORMAL WAY.
UM, RECOGNIZING THAT A LOT OF TIMES THEY WERE SERVING CLIENTS FACE TO FACE AND HAD TO DO THAT, UH, BUSINESS MODEL AND THAT CHANGE AS WELL AND HOW THEY WERE INTERFACING WITH CLIENTELE.
AND YOU MENTIONED EMERGENCY, UM, VOUCHERS.
SO I'M, I'M ASSUMING YOU'RE REFERRING TO THE TVRS, UM, IT SOUNDED LIKE NEW FEDERAL MONEY.
SO ON THAT LAST SLIDE, UM, THE AMERICA RESCUE PLAN IS ACTUALLY CARVING OUT NEW VOUCHERS FOR, UM, UH, THE HOUSING AUTHORITIES TO ADMINISTER.
AND WE'RE WORKING CLOSELY TO ENSURE THAT WE CAN BRING UP TO DATE INFORMATION ON THAT AND, AND CERTAINLY HAPPY TO SPEAK TO THE HOUSING AUTHORITY ABOUT ANY NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE, AND THESE ARE SECTION EIGHT, THESE ARE SECTION EIGHT VOUCHERS, THEY'RE PERMANENT VOUCHERS.
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GOING TO CALL ON MANDY WHO MAY HAVE MORE INFORMATION, BUT IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THEY WOULD BE PERMANENT VOUCHERS.THIS IS MANDY DE MAYO, THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATOR, WHOSE CAMERA IS NOT WORKING.
IT WAS WORKING A FEW MINUTES AGO, UM, REGARDING THE, UM, UH, EMERGENCY VOUCHERS.
YES, THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN, UM, ALLOCATED ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITIES, A SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT IN SECTION EIGHT HOUSING VOUCHERS, WHICH HAS GIVEN HAKA A LITTLE BIT MORE BREATHING ROOM, AS YOU KNOW, THEIR VOUCHERS ARE IN HIGH DEMAND.
WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE, UM, THAT THIS PAST DECEMBER, UH, HAKA PUT OUT A SOLICITATION FOR PROJECT BASED VOUCHERS FOR, IT WAS THE FIRST SOLICITATION FOR PROJECT BASED VOUCHERS, UH, THAT I CAN RECALL.
UM, AND, UH, IT WAS SPECIFICALLY TARGETED TO, UH, PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS COMING THROUGH THE FORD NATIVE ENTRY SYSTEM.
UM, AND THOSE VOUCHERS WERE AWARDED.
THEY WERE ANNOUNCED AT HAFEZ MARCH FORD MEETING.
UM, AND IT WAS A TOTAL OF ABOUT 125 VOUCHERS.
I BELIEVE IT WAS A COMBINATION OF BATCH VOUCHERS AND PROJECT-BASED SECTION EIGHT VOUCHERS.
SO THESE ARE ALL LONG-TERM VOUCHERS THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT TRADITIONAL OTHER VOUCHER, OR, UM, PROJECT-BASED SECTION EIGHT AND HOPPER IS ANTICIPATING, UM, IN THE NEAR FUTURE DOING ANOTHER SOLICITATION.
SO HAVING A LITTLE BIT MORE, UM, BREATHING ROOM IS THE WAY I LIKE TO THINK OF IT IN THEIR INVENTORY OF, UH, SECTION EIGHT, HOUSING BACHELORS IS ENABLING THEM TO DEDICATE SOME OF THOSE TO PROJECT BASED VOUCHERS FOR PROJECTS THAT ARE SPECIFICALLY SERVING PEOPLE, EXPERIENCING HOMELESS WAS FANTASTIC.
WE'RE GETTING NEW VOUCHERS, EXTRAORDINARILY EXCITING.
I, I CAN'T, I KNOW YOU CAN'T SEE THE SMILE ON MY FACE, BUT I HAVE A SMILE ON MY FACE.
THOSE ARE ALL MY QUESTIONS, MR. CHAIR.
DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS FROM THE COMMISSIONERS AT LARGE? I DO WANT TO PAUSE AND MAKE SURE THAT THE CALL IN, UH, COMMISSIONERS HAVE A CHANCE.
SO I JUST WANT TO, UM, MAKE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS.
UH, WELL, ONE, I DO WANT TO THINK, UH, THE DEPARTMENT AT THE CCO BROWN, UH, FOR, UH, RESPONDING AND BEING VERY PROACTIVE, UH, IN OUR COMMUNITY DURING THIS WHOLE, WHETHER WE PAIR, UM, YOU KNOW, PROGRAM THAT WE WERE TRYING TO DO AND CAN GET IT OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AND GET PEOPLE, UH, THAT WERE DISABILITY, UM, YOU KNOW, HAD A DIGITAL DIVIDE.
SHE REALLY, REALLY HELPED THE ASSOCIATION AS WELL AS THE COMMUNITY OF MAKING SURE EVERYONE WAS, UM, WITH PUTTING IN AN APPLICATION.
SO I JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE, UH, ANY CD WITH CQ BROWN FOR YOUR HARD WORK AND YOUR PROMISING DEDICATION, UM, FROM OUR LAST MONTH MEETING TO NOW, UH, SHE DID SAY WHAT, WHAT SHE SAID SHE DID, YOU KNOW, COME THROUGH.
UM, ANOTHER THING I WANTED TO MAKE A COMMENT ON WAS ON THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT.
UM, I KNOW THAT THE, UM, I KNOW IT'S KIND OF, WE'RE IN A REALLY TIGHT SCHEDULE HERE.
AND SO I JUST WANT TO, UM, JUST, YOU KNOW, OPERATE A LITTLE BIT HOW IMPORTANT, UH, FOR THE, UH, ASSESSMENT THAT IS ONLINE TO BE A HARD COPY AND GET TO THE RESIDENTS THAT ARE NOT DIGITALLY, UM, INCLINED THAT THEY MAKE SURE THAT THEY FILL OUT THE SURVEY, THAT'S GOING TO BE PUT OUT TO THE COMMUNITY, UM, BECAUSE WE HAVE A DEADLINE AND THAT NEEDS ASSESSMENT IS REALLY IMPORTANT, UH, FOR, FOR, FOR OUR DEPARTMENT.
AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE'S GETTING THAT SURVEY.
UM, SO I DON'T, I DID WANT TO MENTION THAT.
AND THEN THIRD, I JUST WANTED TO ADD, UM, ARE WE GOING TO BE HEARING ANYTHING FROM TACA, UM, AND, AND THIS NEW PARTNERSHIP THAT, UM, THAT YOU ALL DEVELOPED, AND I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT IT, UM, BECAUSE I DO KNOW THAT WE HAVE ABOUT 8,000 RESIDENTS THAT ARE ON THE WAITING LIST FOR THE HOUSING AUTHORITY.
AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, THAT I, I UNDERSTAND THE PARTNERSHIP AND THE WHOLE NEW SECTION EIGHT VOUCHER PROGRAM THAT'S COMING ON BOARD.
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER DELGADO.
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YEAH, I'M, I'M ACTUALLY, UM, REAL QUICKLY GOING TO RESPOND TO THAT.UM, I, I'M HAPPY TO, UH, REQUEST ACTUALLY, UH, THE COMMISSIONERS ALLOW US TO PRESENT ON THE RELIEF OF EMERGENCY NEEDS FOR TENANTS THAT WOULD BE IN SINCE WE'LL BE ABOUT TWO, TWO AND A HALF MONTHS IN IF WE COME TO YOU ALL NEXT MONTH.
UM, AND I KNOW, YOU KNOW, HOW THE HOUSING AUTHORITY WOULD BE WILLING TO PARTNER WITH US IN THAT PRESENTATION.
SO HAPPY TO MAKE THAT ASK AND PLACE IT ON NEXT MONTH'S AGENDA AT THE WILL OF THE COMMISSION.
I'D LIKE TO ECHO THINGS TOO, UH, UH, LETICIA BROWN AS WELL.
UH, BOTH FOR, UH, HER ONGOING AND CONTINUOUS, UH, HARD WORK AS WELL AS, UH, HER WILLINGNESS TO, YOU KNOW, MEET US AS WELL AS COMMUNITY MEMBERS, UH, WHERE WE ARE OVER THE LAST MONTH.
UH, AND WEATHERING CERTAINLY A STORMY MEETING.
I, UH, SHE IS ONE OF THE, UH, STAFF MEMBERS I HAD IN MIND WHEN I WAS APOLOGIZING.
SO THANK YOU AGAIN, W I CERTAINLY WANT TO ECHO THAT.
AND, UH, UH, OF COURSE I ALSO WANT TO ECHO COMMISSIONER DELGADO'S SENTIMENT THAT, YOU KNOW, UM, SUPPORTING THE, ANY SUBMISSION OF FEEDBACK, UH, THAT JUMPS THE CHASM OF THE DIGITAL DIVIDE, UH, IS VERY IMPORTANT.
AND I ASK NOT ONLY STAFF TO DO THEIR BEST, WHICH I KNOW, UH, REPEATEDLY WE'VE SEEN, UH, BUT ALSO EACH AND EVERY COMMISSIONER TO DO OUR BEST.
EACH OF US VISITS WITH 10 NEIGHBORS, WE'VE ALREADY CLIPPED THE 22 RESULTS THAT ARE IN RIGHT NOW, AND THAT IS THE ROLE I BELIEVE THAT WE'VE TAKEN ON AND CERTAINLY IS ONE THAT I'VE TAKEN ON.
AND THERE WILL BE A COMMITMENT ON MY SIDE TO DO THE SAME WITH THAT SAID, I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE COMMISSIONER MANIA.
THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
UM, I'LL TRY TO MAKE MY QUESTIONS TO THE POINT.
SO, UM, I, I'M CURIOUS WITH THE 28, I THINK IT WAS 28.
UH, IT WAS THE HOMEOWNER ASSISTANCE IN THE FORM OF THE DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
SO IT EXCEEDED THE GOAL OF 25.
IS THAT AN ANNUAL NUMBER OR IS THAT THE FIVE-YEAR PLAN, MEANING THAT OP YOU KNOW, TECHNICALLY THE GOAL HAS BEEN ACHIEVED AND IT WON'T BE THERE THAT THAT ALLOCATION IS THE FIVE-YEAR GOAL, OR WHEN YOUR GOAL, THAT WOULD BE THE GOAL OF, WELL, I'M SORRY, MANDY.
UM, I DO WANT TO NOTE THAT THAT IS A ONE-YEAR GOAL.
UM, AND I WILL SAY THAT OUR GOAL HISTORICALLY FOR DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE OR DPA HAS BEEN 20 DPA'S A YEAR, BUT WE HAVE BEEN DOING SUCH A GREAT JOB.
THERE'S AN ENORMOUS NEED FOR DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE.
UM, WE INCREASED OUR GOAL AND THIS PAST YEAR WE EXCEEDED OUR GOAL, WHICH WAS EXCITING FOR US.
I ACTUALLY KNOW SOMEONE VERY CLOSE TO ME THAT RECENTLY MADE IT THROUGH THE PROGRAM, AND IT WAS A GREAT CASE MANAGEMENT, EXTREMELY ATTENTIVE, UM, TYING TOGETHER THE, ALL THE, ALL THE PAPERWORK AND DISCUSS THE CASE MANAGER.
IT WAS, UH, A PERSON AT A HABITAT HABITAT FOR HUMANITY AND DID AN EXCELLENT JOB OF SERVICE.
AND, YOU KNOW, SPEAKING FROM MY, FROM MY CONSTITUENCY, THERE IS A LOT OF CURIOSITY ABOUT, UM, WHETHER IT'S SORT OF A OFF BETWEEN RENTAL ASSISTANCE VERSUS DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE.
IS IT POLITICALLY OR TECHNICALLY FEASIBLE TO PUT MORE DOLLARS INTO DOWN A DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE? BECAUSE THE STABILIZATION OF A HOMEOWNER IT'S NOT REALLY, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT REALLY APPLES TO APPLES VERSUS OUR VENTURED.
I DON'T THINK ONE IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE OTHER, BUT I THINK THERE ARE UNIQUE ECONOMIC IMPACTS FOR THE PEOPLE AND THE COMMUNITY WHEN IT COMES TO STABILIZING HOME OWNERSHIP.
SO I'M CURIOUS, UM, IF IT'S TECHNICALLY FEASIBLE TO PUT ANY MORE MONEY IN THAT POT.
SO I THINK THAT CERTAINLY IT, THIS IS MANDY AGAIN, I THINK IT CERTAINLY IS FEASIBLE AND WORTHY OF A COMMUNITY CONVERSATION AROUND THE SPECTRUM OF HOUSING NEEDS.
OUR RENTAL HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE FUNDING TYPICALLY GOES TO, UM, EXTREMELY LOW-INCOME PEOPLE.
UM, SO THESE MAY NOT BE FOLKS WHO ARE NECESSARILY, UM, ON AN IMMEDIATE PATH TO HOME OWNERSHIP.
WE SERVE WITH OUR RHODA FUNDS HOUSEHOLDS AT OVERLOAD, 50% MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME, AND REALLY TRY TO TARGET THOSE EXTREMELY LOW HOUSE INCOME HOUSEHOLDS AT 30% MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.
WHEREAS OUR HOME OWNERSHIP PROGRAMS SERVE FLEX BETWEEN 60 AND 80% MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.
UM, IDEALLY WE'D BE LOOKING AT HOUSING AS A CONTINUUM.
UM, SO WE WOULD STABILIZE TENANTS.
WE WOULD, UM, AND POWER THEM ECONOMICALLY.
THEY WOULD MOVE UP THE INCOME LADDER AND PERHAPS EVENTUALLY NOT EVERYBODY IS INTERESTED IN HOME OWNERSHIP,
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BUT PERHAPS EVENTUALLY, UM, THEY WOULD, UH, INTERESTED IN HOME OWNERSHIP AND THAT'S WHERE I THINK WE CAN COME IN.UM, AS YOU KNOW, UH, HOME SALES PRICES ARE OFF THE CHARTS UNPRECEDENTED IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN AND WITHOUT ASSISTANCE.
UM, AND REALLY THE, THE STOCK OF AFFORDABLE UNITS.
IT'S GOING TO BE VERY HARD FOR A MODERATE INCOME PERSON TO AFFORD FIRST TIME HOME OWNERSHIP.
IT'S A PERSONAL AREA OF INTEREST OF MINE THAT WE MAYBE CONTINUE TO THINK ABOUT.
I DON'T KNOW, PRIORITIZING THAT MORE.
UM, MY SECOND QUESTION, THANK YOU.
IS I WAS, I'M ENCOURAGED BY THE, THE EMERGENCY.
I KNOW IT'S SECTION EIGHT TYPE, BUT A THOUGHT OCCURRED TO ME HAVING WORKED AT THE CITY AND BEEN INTERNAL INTERNALLY EXPERIENCED THE SORT OF DIFFICULTY AND OCCASIONAL CONFUSION DURING, YOU KNOW, THESE SORT OF, UH, INCREDIBLE CLIMATE BASED WEATHER EVENTS THAT ARE BECOMING MORE FREQUENT.
I'VE BEEN, I WAS THINKING WITH THE, WITH THE ADVENT OF THE RESILIENCY HUBS, HOW IN, IN, DURING THE WINTER STORM, YOU KNOW, UH, MUTUAL AID ORGANIZATIONS, CIVIC STRUCTURES, A LOT OF FOLKS SEE CHURCHES CAME TOGETHER TO PEOPLE.
AND I STARTED TO THINK THAT HAVING GONE THROUGH THE BUCKLE OF TRYING TO GET FEMA MONEY REIMBURSEMENTS, UH, ON BEHALF OF THE CITY WHO HAVE INFRASTRUCTURE TO APPLY, YOU KNOW, THINKING ABOUT AN INDIVIDUAL CITIZEN, TRYING TO DO THAT IS REALLY DAUNTING.
I WONDER IF THERE'S A CLIMATE SORT OF RELIEF FUNDING THAT COULD BE DRIVEN THROUGH HOUSING WHO HAVE A MORE, I THINK, EFFICIENT MANNER OF GETTING DOLLARS TO PEOPLE.
UM, AND MAYBE I DON'T, I KNOW THIS IS PIE IN THE SKY, BUT BASICALLY HAVING DOLLARS READY TO HOUSE PEOPLE IN CLIMATE BASED EMERGENCIES, UM, YOU KNOW, ON BEHALF OF THE CITY AND MAYBE THE RESILIENCY HUBS BEING A PLACE WHERE THAT COULD HAPPEN, BECAUSE IT WAS ALL HANDS ON DECK, AS WE ALL KNOW.
AND THERE WAS A LOT OF IMPRESSIVE EFFORT.
AND I ALWAYS WONDER AFTER THAT, HOW CAN WE IMPROVE SORT OF OUR CIVIC INFRASTRUCTURE, SPECIFICALLY AROUND HOUSING, RAPID RESPONSE HOUSING, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S, SO IT'S JUST PIE IN THE SKY IDEAS, BUT I FEEL LIKE IF ANYONE CAN FIGURE IT OUT, IT'S, IT'S, UH, OUR HOUSING AND PLANNING FOLKS WHO WE RESPECT SO MUCH.
UM, WE HAVE BEEN DISCUSSING THAT INTERNALLY EXTENSIVELY.
I THINK ALL OF US ARE LOOKING AT HOW WE COULD POST WINTER STORM JURY, UM, HOW WE COULD IMPROVE, UM, AND ENHANCE OUR EFFORTS AT, UM, AND BE MORE PROACTIVE RATHER THAN REACTIVE.
UM, AND I WILL SAY WE ARE WORKING, UH, COLLECTIVELY WITH OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS ON A RESPONSE TO A CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION, BUT THEY ASKING US TO DO A COMPREHENSIVE LOOK BACK.
UM, AND, UH, THAT IS GOING TO CITY COUNCIL, I BELIEVE NEXT WEEK.
UM, AGAIN, MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS PARTICIPATED, UH, IT WAS A FAIRLY QUICK TURNAROUND, BUT THEN WE'LL BE DIGGING IN MUCH MORE DEEPLY, UM, LOOKING AT MORE LONG-TERM PROGRAMS. AND, AND I THINK THIS HITS ON ONE THING THAT YOU MENTIONED ABOUT CLIMATE RESILIENCY.
WE HAVE BEEN TALKING WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS LIKE WATERSHED PROTECTION DEPARTMENT, UM, THAT IS KEENLY ATTUNED TO CHANGING FLOOD PLAINS AND HOW THAT IMPACT IF YOU BELIEVE.
UM, NOT PARTICULARLY IT IMPACTS THE ENTIRE CITY, BUT I THINK THE CREEK AND THE FLOODS THAT HAVE OCCURRED IN SOUTHEAST AUSTIN.
UM, AND SO HOW WE CAN LAYER PROGRAMS THAT REALLY HELP HOMEOWNERS LOW-INCOME HOMEOWNERS BECOME MORE CLIMATE RESILIENT, UM, THROUGH OUR HOME REPAIR PROGRAMS THAT WOULD SPECIFICALLY TARGET FIND MC RELATED, UH, CHANGE LIFTING HOMES OUT OF THE FLOODPLAIN PROVIDING THREE NEW IMPROVEMENTS.
WE ARE IN THOSE INITIAL CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR FRIENDS AT WATERSHED PROTECTION.
UM, AND YES, WE ARE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR, UM, COLLABORATIVE SOLUTIONS.
AND THE FINAL THING I'LL SAY IS KIND OF MORE OF A POINT.
SO AT THE RECENT SOUTHEAST CONTACT NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING TEAM MEETING, THERE WAS A, UH, THERE WAS SUPPORT IN THE CONTACT TEAM AND, UH, UH, FOR, FOR WHEN A DEVELOPER APPLIES FOR, UH, THE TAX CREDITS OR RELATED TO THEIR DEVELOPMENT, UM, PARTICULARLY, UM, BOND, BOND RELATED, UH, DOLLARS THAT, THAT THERE'D BE A NOTIFICATION SENT AT THAT POINT TO THE CONTACT TEAM.
BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE, YOU KNOW, DOWN IN, DOWN IN DEAD SPRINGS, YOU KNOW, YOU PROBABLY HAVE HEARD THAT THE GRAPEVINE ABOUT THE 4,400 DEVELOPMENT, AND IT SEEMS LIKE WE MIGHT SAVE SOME ENERGY ON BEHALF OF THE COMMUNITY AND THE DEVELOPER IF WE RECEIVED THAT NOTIFICATION EARLIER ON NOT, NOT TO DISRUPT THE PROCESS, BUT TO SORT OF, UH, BE ABLE TO HAVE EARLIER CONTACT WITH THE DEVELOPER PRIOR TO THEM DEVELOPING CHARRETTES AND SITE PLANS AND WHATNOT.
UM, SO, UH, IT, YOU KNOW, SO THAT WE RE WE REFLECT THE NEEDS OF THE CONTACT TEAM AND LOW-INCOME COMMUNITIES, YOU KNOW, EARLIER ON
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IN THE PROCESS, SAVING EVERYONE, HOPEFULLY A LITTLE BIT OF TIME AND STRESS.AND I WILL, UM, DEFINITELY I KNOW JAMIE MADE RUNS OR HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE AND PRIVATE ACTIVITY BONDS HE'S LISTENING IN.
DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER, UH, QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM ANY DISCUSSION, ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSIONERS? OKAY.
UM, THANKS SO MUCH FOR THIS PRESENTATION, VERY, UM, VERY IMPRESSED AND EXCITED WITH THE PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE IN THE LAST YEAR AND ALL OF THE DEDICATION THAT'S BEEN, UH, CLEARLY PUT INTO THIS PROCESS.
I HAVE A QUESTION IN PARTICULAR ABOUT THE HOMELESS ASSISTANCE, UM, AND IT'S AROUND RAPID REHOUSING, UM, IS RAPID REHOUSING WITH THE CITY DONE EXCLUSIVELY WITH FUNDING FROM THE EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANT PROGRAMS, OR IS THERE ADDITIONAL FUNDING THAT'S NON-FEDERAL SO ACTUALLY IT'S A GREAT QUESTION AND IT IS LOCALLY FUNDED AND, UH, FEDERALLY FUNDED, AND IT IS FUNDED OFTENTIMES FROM OUR DEPARTMENT WHEN NEEDED AND THE BULK OF THE FUNDING COMES FROM AWESOME PUBLIC HEALTH.
AND REALLY, UH, YOUR QUESTION IS, UM, ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE MAIN KIND OF STREAMLINING OUTCOMES OF HAVING THE HOMELESSNESS, UM, THE HOMELESSNESS STRATEGY OFFICE OUT OF THE AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT WILL BE REALLY TO BRING A LOT OF THE FUNDING SOURCES UP OUT OF THE SAME STRATEGY AND THE SAME LEADERSHIP, UH, STRAIN, THE SAME TRAJECTORY OF, OF HOW DO WE SERVE THIS COMMUNITY AND THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY.
AND OFTENTIMES IT'S, YOU KNOW, BRINGING ALL OF THE CONTRACTS UP UNDER, UM, ONE DEPARTMENT, ONE LEADERSHIP KIND OF ONE COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGY.
SO IT TAKES A LOT OF DIFFERENT FUNDING, STREAMS AND FUNDING SOURCES.
AND OUR DEPARTMENT WORKS VERY CLOSELY WITH AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH, BUT IT IS FEDERAL AND LOCAL.
AND THEN, UM, THE EMERGENCY OF SOLUTIONS SOLUTIONS GRANT PROGRAM, AND THE HOME PROGRAM, NEITHER OF THESE FUND PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, IS THAT CORRECT? SO THE PROGRAMS, SO LET ME, LET ME DO, MANDY HELPED ME OUT.
I'M DOING MY BIG RUN-THROUGH THROUGH OF ALL THE PROGRAMS RIGHT NOW IN MY HEAD.
SO I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY FOR COMMISSIONER SLOAN, IN TERMS OF FUNDING, PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING FOAM, SPECIFICALLY, WE HAVE USED THAT TO FUND.
AND AGAIN, OUR DEPARTMENT, I THINK OF AS THE STICKS AND BRICKS, WE'RE DOING KIND OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE PART OF THE HOUSING, AND THEN THE PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS REALLY COMING IN AND FUNDING THE SERVICES.
SO WITH RESPECT TO PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, I CAN USE AT LEAST ONE EXAMPLE AND THAT'S BURNET PLACE.
UM, WE CHOSE BEING, UM, UH, FUNDED THROUGH A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT SOURCES, ONE OF WHICH, UM, IS PARTIALLY HOME FUNDING.
UM, AND THAT IS PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING FOR PEOPLE WHO WERE FORMERLY HOMELESS, WHO, UH, HAD HIV AIDS.
UM, I GUESS MY, UH, MY LAST QUESTION THEN WOULD BE, AND I'M NOT QUITE SURE HOW TO ASK THIS BECAUSE I THINK YOU HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD.
THE FUNDING STREAMS ARE MANY AND VARIED AND COMING FROM A LOT OF ANGLES HERE.
UM, I WOULD LOVE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE FUNDING STREAMS FOR PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, WHERE THEY COME FROM AND, AND, UM, WHO HAS OVERSIGHT OF THEM.
UM, AND THEN ALSO LIKE, UM, I GUESS THE INTENTION OF BRINGING UP THE SERIES OF QUESTIONS IS LOOKING AT THE HEAL INITIATIVE THAT WAS PRESENTED LAST WEEK, UH, BY DIANA GRAY.
AND ONE THING TO, UM, TO LOOK AT THE FUNDING FOR THOSE, UH, COMPONENT INITIATIVES AND TO UNDERSTAND, UM, WHERE THOSE ARE BEING ALLOCATED FROM AND TO UNDERSTAND, UM, SORT OF THE FOCUS ON RAPID REHOUSING VERSUS PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING DOLLARS.
AND SO MAYBE WHAT I'M ACTUALLY ASKING FOR IS, UH, IF WE COULD, UH, IF IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE FOR US AS A COMMISSION TO, UM, IN THE NEAR FUTURE, HAVE A PRESENTATION ON THE HEAL INITIATIVE, IF THERE IS ENOUGH OVERLAP WITH THESE FEDERAL DOLLARS THAT WE ARE MOSTLY FOCUSED ON.
SO, UM, THIS IS MANDY DE MAYO.
AGAIN, I WILL SAY LOOKING BACK AT LAST FISCAL YEAR'S, UM, DEPLOYMENT OF HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE, WHICH INCLUDES PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE
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HOUSING.UH, WE APPROVED A LITTLE OVER $31 MILLION IN FUNDING, UH, TO CREATE ALMOST 1500 UNITS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND 125 OF THOSE UNITS OR CONTINUUM OF CARE UNITS, PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING FOR PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
WE ARE HAPPY IF YOU WANT TO DIG IN, UH, WE ARE HAPPY TO SIT DOWN WITH YOU.
JAMIE MAY, AGAIN, OUR HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE.
HE OVERSEES ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS, UH, WOULD BE AN EXCELLENT POINT OF CONTACT.
I'M HAPPY TO JOIN IN THAT AS I'M SURE WITH DIANA, RIGHT.
WE COORDINATE MOSTLY, UH, TO MONITOR THE PIPELINE, PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING UNITS THAT ARE COMING ONLINE IN THE COMING YEARS.
THAT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE TO ME AS THE SORT OF JURISDICTION AND THE FOCUS AREA.
AND I WOULD, UM, I WOULD REALLY JUST DEEPLY APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SIT DOWN AND MAYBE THAT'S AN OFFLINE CONVERSATION THAT I CAN DO A LITTLE EXTRA HOMEWORK WITH, UH, WITH YOU ALL, AS YOU ARE WILLING TO HAVE THE PATIENCE WITH ME TO EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THE FUNDING SOURCES AND, AND HOW THESE COME TOGETHER, UM, TO ADVANCE THE GOALS OF, OF, UM, THE HOMELESS STRATEGY OFFICE, AS WELL AS, AS CITY COUNCIL, THAT WOULD BE INCREDIBLY GENEROUS OF YOU.
AND I WOULD ABSOLUTELY TAKE YOU UP ON THAT.
UH, THANK YOU, UH, COMMISSIONER SLOAN, UH, FOR, UH, FOR HELPING, UH, ENSURE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS THROUGH THE LENS OF HOMELESS AND HOMELESSNESS IN RAPID REHOUSING, AS WELL AS COMMISSIONER MAHEA FOR, UH, ENSURING THAT WE ARE VIEWING THIS WITH AN OVERLAY OF CLIMATE JUSTICE.
UH, I CERTAINLY WOULD APPRECIATE, UH, UH, COMMISSIONER SLOAN, UH, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING THAT COMES OUT OF THAT MEETING AND AS MUCH AS AN INSTRUCTIVE OR GUIDANCE AROUND POTENTIAL FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS, UH, SO THAT WE CAN INCLUDE THEM.
UM, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YEAH, SURE.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO ALSO ASK MIKE AND ATTEND THAT MEETING WITH MR. SLOAN.
I'D BE VERY INTERESTED IN THAT CONVERSATION AS WELL.
AND THEN MY QUESTION IS, UM, IT'S ON THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.
IT SAYS THAT YOU'RE COMING BACK TO THE COMMISSION NEXT MONTH.
AND SO WE COULD ASK ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR PROVIDE, IS THAT A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE PUBLIC? AND WE CAN ALSO ASK, I ADD ADDITIONAL COMMENTS AS WELL.
UM, THERE'LL BE A PUBLIC HEARING TO RECEIVE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE DRAFT ACTION PLAN.
IF WE DON'T HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU ALL, UH, REBECCA FOR BEING HERE, MANDY AND KATIE, UH, FOR AN EXCELLENT PRESENTATION AND OF COURSE FOR YOUR PRESENCE.
AND WE WILL MOVE ON TO THREE C, WHICH IS A BRIEFING ON THE URBAN RENEWAL BOARDS REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR BLOCKS 16 AND 18.
WE HAVE, UH, TRAVIS PERLMAN WITH US.
DID WE, UH, W WAS THAT PART OF THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD? UH, I, I THINK YOU'RE AT, THIS IS REBECCA GLO.
I THINK YOU'RE ASKING IF THAT WAS THE CLOSURE OF, UM, THE PUBLIC HEARING AND CHAIR.
I JUST WANT TO BE SURE THAT THERE ISN'T ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK AND I'LL DEFER TO YOU TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAD ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, AT LEAST AT THE OUTSET OF THE MEETING.
I CAN REAFFIRM THAT RIGHT NOW.
DO WE HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK WHO WOULD HAVE MADE IT IN A SPECIFICALLY FOR THE TIMING ON THREE B THE PUBLIC HEARING? SURE.
I HAVE A TEXT FROM STEPHANIE THOMAS WHO SAID SHE WAS WAITING TO HEAR THE ADA PRESENTATION AND THAT SHE GOT KICKED OFF THE SYSTEM OR SOMETHING.
I DON'T KNOW IF SHE ALSO WAS HOPING TO MAKE COMMENTS IN THE PUBLIC HEARING, UH, IF OKAY.
WELL, FIRST OF ALL, DO WE, UH, DOES THE TECH TEAM THINK WE WOULD BE ABLE TO GET MS. THOMAS BACK ONLINE IF YOU HAVE A TEXT FROM HER, UH, UH, UH, VICE CHAIR, IS SHE INTENDING OR ATTEMPTING TO GET BACK ONLINE WITH US? YEAH, SHE IS.
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LOOK TO STAFF, UH, AS TO WHETHER OR NOT WE COULD WAIT FOR WELL, WHETHER OR NOT WE COULD CONTINUE ONTO THE NEXT ITEM AND GET MS. THOMAS BACK ONLINE FOR ANY COMMENTARY AROUND THE, UH, THE PUBLIC HEARING.ONCE WE'VE MOVED PAST THAT AGENDA ITEM, OR, YOU KNOW, WHETHER THERE'S ANY MECHANISM FOR US TO LEAVE THAT AGENDA ITEM OPEN OR, AND, OR ASK THE STAFF MEMBERS WHO PRESENTED ON THAT ITEMS TO STICK AROUND, IF ANYTHING HERE, THAT COMMENT.
SO, YEAH, THIS IS REBECCA GLO.
I THINK THAT THAT IS, UM, IDEAL.
YOU CAN LEAVE THE PUBLIC HEARING OPEN, AND THEN YOU CAN ALWAYS CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, UH, LATER IN THE MEETING.
AND CERTAINLY WE'RE HAPPY TO STICK AROUND AND WE, WE WELCOME THE OPPORTUNITY IF THE, ANY OF THE RESIDENTS WANT TO COME BACK ON AND YOU'LL, YOU'LL JUST NEED TO CALL THAT ITEM UP AND WE'RE HAPPY TO DO VERY KIND THANK YOU FOR THAT GUIDANCE.
AND SO WE'LL DO SO AS, UH, I'M SURE THE TECH TEAM WILL BE WORKING WITH MS. THOMAS TO GET HER ONLINE AND WE'LL CONTINUE, UH, WITHOUT OFFICIALLY CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING, UH, ON ITEM B,
[3c) Briefing on Urban Renewal Board Request for Proposals for Blocks 16 & 18 (Travis Perlman, Project Coordinator, Housing & Planning Department)]
WE'LL CONTINUE ON TO ITEM C AND, UH, BRING BACK, UH, ITEM B IF MS. THOMAS HAS ANY COMMENTARY OR QUESTIONS THERE.UM, MR. PERLMAN, I BELIEVE IN CHAIR COMMISSIONERS.
JUST WAIT A SECOND FOR THE, YOU THINK YOU MAY NEED TO SPEAK A LITTLE BIT LOUDER UNLESS THAT'S NOT YOUR TYPICAL SPEAKING TIME.
I APPRECIATE THAT COMMISSIONER.
WHICH ONE? UM, ALL RIGHT, GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.
UH, UH, THANKS FOR ALLOWING ME SOME TIME TO SPEAK WITH Y'ALL TONIGHT.
I WANTED TO PROVIDE YOU ALL A BRIEFING ON, UH, AN UPCOMING PROJECT.
UH, THE HOUSING PLANNING DEPARTMENT, I WILL BE ASSISTING THE URBAN RENEWAL AGENCY OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN, UH, WITH PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND PUBLIC SOLICITATION TO DEVELOP TWO, UH, PROPERTIES ON EAST 11TH STREET.
UH, THIS CALENDAR YEAR, UH, WANTED TO MAKE THIS BOARD AWARE THAT THIS PROJECT WAS UPCOMING, UH, ONE, UH, SO TO NOTIFY ALL THAT, THERE WILL BE FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES FOR, UH, FOR PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, UM, FOR Y'ALL TO PARTICIPATE.
UM, AND THEN ALSO, UH, TO RESPOND TO ANY INITIAL QUESTIONS OR GATHERING INITIAL FEEDBACK, UH, THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE ABOUT THE PROPOSED PROCESS AT THIS POINT.
SO FOR TONIGHT, UH, KIND OF THE THINGS I'M GOING TO RUN THROUGH, UH, BRIEFLY IS, UH, IS, UH, A GENERAL OVERVIEW OF THE URBAN RENEWAL AGENCY, UM, UH, AN OVERVIEW OF THE SPECIFIC PROPERTIES, UH, THAT ARE PROPOSED TO BE DEVELOPED, UM, UH, THAT PROPOSED PROCESS AND TIMELINE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT PROCESS.
UM, KIND OF A BRIEF INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION TO SOME POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES OR DEVELOPMENT PRIORITIES THAT, UM, IT'D BE ACHIEVED ON THE SITE, UM, AND WILL BE DISCUSSED FURTHER AS PART OF A PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT.
UM, AND THEN AGAIN, UM, TO KIND OF, UH, NOTIFY, NOTIFY YOU WITH FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES FOR ENGAGEMENT.
SO, UH, I THINK PROBABLY MOST OF YOU ARE AWARE, UM, UH, OF THE URBAN RENEWAL AGENCY OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN'S EXISTENCE.
UH, THE AGENCY WAS CREATED BY AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL.
IT'S A QUASI PUBLIC ENTITY THAT'S AUTHORIZED UNDER STATE STATUTE, TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT, LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE CHAPTER THREE 74.
UH, IT WAS CREATED BY THE CITY OF AUSTIN IN 1959.
UH, IT IT'S, UH, SO MUCH, UH, UM, MANY URBAN RENEWAL, UM, ORGANIZATIONS AROUND THE COUNTRY.
I CAME OUT OF, UH, REALLY OUT OF A LOT OF, UM, FEDERAL LEGISLATION AROUND THE MIDDLE OF THE 20TH CENTURY RELATED TO ADDRESSING SLUM AND BOB WHITE AND, UH, URBAN COMMUNITIES IN PARTICULAR.
UM, AND AS YOU ALL MAY KNOW, IT, IT, IT DOES HAVE SOMEWHAT OF A, UH, URBAN RENEWAL AGENCIES IN GENERAL, I WOULD SAY, BUT ALSO PARTICULARLY IN AUSTIN DO HAVE SOMEWHAT ABOUT CONTROVERSIAL, UM, YEAH, CONTROVERSIAL PAST, I'D SAY, UM, THIS, UH, THE URBAN RENEWAL AGENCY OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN, JUST TO FAMILIARIZE 50, YOU, UM, HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN A LOT OF THE REDEVELOPMENT WORK THAT HAS OCCURRED OVER THE LAST, UH, TWO DECADES ALONG THE EAST, UH, 11TH STREET CORRIDOR, JUST EAST DIVIDE, 35, UH, THE BOARD CONSISTS OF SEVEN MEMBERS.
UM, AND THAT IS, UH, THE CURRENT MEMBERSHIP.
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MEAN? AND, UH, THE AGENCY, UH, CURRENTLY ON TWO PARCELS, IT'S THE ONLY, UH, OR CURRENTLY OWNS TWO PROPERTIES.UH, IT'S, IT'S THE REMAINING PROPERTIES AT THE AGENCY HOLDS TITLE TO, AND AS I SAID, THEY'RE LOCATED ON EAST 11TH STREET, W W WE'LL BE CONDUCTING PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT THIS SUMMER TO KIND OF, UM, INFORM THE PUBLIC SOLICITATIONS OF THAT ULTIMATELY, UH, RESULTING IN, UH, UH, PROPOSALS THAT, UH, WILL BE SELECTED BY THE BOARD AND COUNCIL, UH, TO DEVELOP THE SITE.
SORRY, ORIENT YOU TO THE TWO SPECIFIC PROPERTIES.
UM, AND, UH, IF WE WERE IN YOUR OPERA, I'M SURE YOU ALL ARE VERY AWARE OF, OF THESE SPECIFIC PROPERTIES, UH, COLLECTIVELY, UM, UH, THEY'RE OFTEN REFERRED TO BOTH BY STAFF AND THE COMMUNITY AS BLOCK 16 AND BLOCK 18 ON EAST 11TH STREET.
UH, THE FIRST ONE HERE BLOCK 16 IS JUST SHY OF AN ACRE IN SIZE.
UM, TWO BLOCKS EAST DIVIDE, 35, UM, AND IT'S, UH, THE BUILDING THERE JUST, UH, TO THE WEST IS THE AFRICAN AMERICAN RESOURCE, UH, CULTURAL AND HERITAGE FACILITY.
UM, AND ABOUT HALF OF THIS SITE, THE NORTHERN HALF OF THIS SITE IS, UH, ENCUMBERED BY THE CAPITOL VIEW CORRIDOR.
AS I MENTIONED, THE OTHER PROPERTY, UM, THAT I'M DISCUSSING TONIGHT IS BLOCK 10 BLOCK 18.
UH, THIS PROPERTY IS JUST, JUST OVER AN ACRE IN SIZE, UH, ONE BLOCK FURTHER EAST OF WHAT 16.
UH, IF YOU LOOK AT THE PICTURE, UM, YOU'LL NOTICE THE BOUNDARY OF THE PROPERTY WRAPS AROUND THAT BUILDING THAT BUILDING.
THERE IS THE VICTORY GRILL, WHICH AGAIN, I'M SURE MANY OF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH, UM, AN UNBLOCK 18.
UH, THE URBAN RENEWAL AGENCY CURRENTLY HAS A LICENSE AGREEMENT THAT IS, UH, IS EXISTED FOR TIME, UH, WITH NONPROFIT CALLED DIVERSE ARTS THAT OPERATES KENNY DORM'S BACKYARD, WHICH OFFERS LIVE MUSIC, AND ALSO, UM, SUBLEASES TO A VARIETY OF, UH, FOOD TRAILERS, UM, BLOT NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, IN TERMS OF, UH, TIMELINE AND PROCESS.
UH, FIRST OF ALL, I WOULD WANT TO POINT OUT THAT, UM, THIS IS, UH, THE PROS PROCESS THAT WAS PRESENTED AT THE LAST URP WHEN YOU HAVE AN URBAN RENEWAL BOARD MEETING COMING UP ON APRIL 19TH NEXT MONDAY.
AND I KNOW THAT THIS WILL BE, I INTEND THIS TO BE A OF DISCUSSION.
UM, I THINK IN G IN GENERAL, AS YOU, AS YOU LOOK AT THIS PROCESS, UM, THE GENERAL TAKEAWAYS AT THIS POINT, I WOULD SAY IS, UM, OUR PLAN IS TO BEGIN PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT THIS SUMMER.
UM, THE, THE CRUX OF THAT PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, UM, MEAN TEND TO BE TWO PUBLIC MEETINGS, BUT WE'RE ALSO BE, YOU KNOW, THERE ALSO BE OPPORTUNITIES AT THE URBAN RENEWAL OR PUBLIC MEETINGS THEMSELVES, UM, FOR, FOR PREVIEW PEOPLE TO ENGAGE AS WELL.
UM, AND ESSENTIALLY WE INTENDED TO BE AN EDITOR PROCESSES ESSENTIALLY, WHERE WE'RE HAVING, UH, PUBLIC MEETINGS AND THEN URBAN RENEWAL BOARD MEETING, PUBLIC MEETING, AN URBAN RENEWAL BOARD MEETING TO KIND OF REFINE, UH, THE CRITERIA BASED UPON THE FEEDBACK RECEIVED, UH, FROM THE COMMUNITY AND INFORM THE ULTIMATE, UH, REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL.
UM, AND ESSENTIALLY THE GOAL AT THIS POINT IS TO GET A SOLICITATION, UH, RELEASED THIS FALL, UM, AND THEN HAVE THE URBAN RENEWAL BOARD RECOMMEND, UH, PROPOSAL PROPOSERS TO THE CITY COUNCIL, UM, BEFORE THE END OF THIS COUNTY UNDER A YEAR.
SO THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE OF SOME INITIAL DEVELOPMENT PRIORITIES THAT ARE PUT TOGETHER FROM PREVIOUS, UM, FOR THE MOST RECENT PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, UH, DONE AROUND THESE EFFORTS IN JANUARY, 2019.
UH, THIS SHOULD BE, UH, TAKEN AS, AS REALLY A STARTING POINT FOR THIS CONVERSATION, A BROADER CONVERSATION WITH THE COMMUNITY, BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE, UH, SIX, UH, UM, COMMUNITY PRIORITIES IDENTIFIED THERE AND A BIG PART OF THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AGAIN, WILL BE DETERMINING WHETHER THESE ARE, UH, WHETHER THESE ARE RELEVANT, UH, FOR THE COMMUNITY AS PRIORITIES OR WHETHER, OR WHETHER THE THERE, OR WHETHER THE SITES, UM, SHOULD BE USED TO ACHIEVE A DIFFERENT SORT OF COMMUNITY BENEFIT.
SO, AS I MENTIONED, WE'RE REALLY KIND OF JUST, UH, WE HAVE BEEN, UH, UH, OFFICIALLY KICKED OFF THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT SESSION.
AND SO THIS MEETING WAS, AGAIN, JUST TO KIND OF LET YOU ALL KNOW THAT THIS WILL BE UPCOMING.
UM, WE WILL BE GETTING A PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT CONSULTANT ON BOARD TO FINALIZE AND PUT TOGETHER A PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT, UM, AND WHICH WILL PUT MORE TO
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ADD MORE, UH, DETAILED TO THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS THAT WE PLAN TO DO, UH, THIS SUMMER.UM, ONCE WE, UH, PRIOR TO SENDING OUT INVITATIONS, I WILL CIRCLE BACK WITH YOUR BOARD, UH, LIAISON, UH, LISA, AND MAKE SURE THAT, UM, ANY OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND PROVIDED, UH, TO YOUR BOARD, UH, TO REGISTER AND PARTICIPATE IN.
UM, AND IF YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS IN THE MEANTIME, FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT TO US.
YOU CAN REACH OUT TO US AT THE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT, AUSTIN, TEXAS.GOV, UM, EMAIL.
YOU CAN ALSO, UM, CONNECT WITH ME THROUGH, THROUGH, UH, AGAIN WITH, THROUGH LISA AND THINK WITH THAT, THAT'S IT.
AND I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS OR FEEDBACK THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
ANY QUESTIONS, UH, OR FEEDBACK, UH, FOR TRAPS? VERY GOOD.
DID I HEAR SOMETHING
UM, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE, UH, TRAVIS'S INFORMATION, CAUSE I DO HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS, BUT I'M GOING TO BE SENSITIVE IN TIME.
CAUSE I WAS STATED IN THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING THAT TIME AND, AND, YOU KNOW, FEEDBACK AND, AND ASKING QUESTIONS WITH WAS DONE.
I, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO WORK ON.
SO I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND, UH, BANG FROM ASKING THE QUESTIONS AND GIVING THE COMMENTS THAT I WOULD LIKE.
AND I'LL JUST GO AHEAD AND CORRESPONDED THROUGH EMAIL.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE HIS CONTACT INFORMATION SO I CAN INCLUDE THE REST OF THE COMMISSIONERS IN WHAT, WHAT MY QUESTIONS AND FEEDBACK ARE AFTER THIS MEETING.
WAS THAT AVAILABLE IN THE PRESENTATION AND IF NOT, UH, CAN YOU, UH, MAKE THAT AVAILABLE TO US AS A FOLLOW-UP? YES.
WILL AND COMMISSIONERS PLEASE, UM, ACTUALLY COMMUNICATE THROUGH LISA BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, UM, YOU CAN'T COPY MULTIPLE COMMISSIONERS ON AN EMAIL, SO PLEASE SEND REQUESTS THROUGH LISA RODRIGUEZ AND SHE WILL GET THEM TO TRAVIS AND BACK OUT TO ALL THE COMMISSIONERS.
AND ALSO COMMISSIONER DELL GOT ON THE FINAL PAGE OF THAT PRESENTATION WAS AN EMAIL ADDRESS SPECIFICALLY FOR THE ENGAGEMENT.
SO YOU CAN ALSO FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT THERE.
UH, I APPRECIATE, UH, YOUR, UH, BIAS TOWARD, UH, BREVITY HERE.
AND I DO ALSO WANT TO UNDERSCORE THAT IT'S NOT THAT WE DON'T WANT TO ASK QUESTIONS, BUT IF WE DO THAT, WE DO OUR BEST TO KEEP THEM SUCCINCT, DIRECTIONAL.
AND IF WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS THAT, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY CRI CRITICAL COMMENTS, UH, THAT THEY ALSO BE BRIEF AND THAT THEY'D BE COUPLED WITH SOLVENCY OR, UH, AROUND THE SAME.
SO THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH FOR HONORING THAT.
UH, AND IF WE DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, I WOULD LIKE TO MENTION THAT I'M ON THE URBAN RENEWAL BOARD.
I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE, UH, TRAVIS, UH, BEING HERE TO SHARE OUT, UH, ABOUT THE UPCOMING RFPS FOR BLOCK 16 AND 18 OF THE URBAN RENEWAL PLAN.
THOSE ARE VERY KEY PROPERTIES, UH, IN THE CITY.
AND, UH, THIS WILL BE PERTINENT FOR THE INCOMING COMMISSIONER FROM THE ROSEWOOD CYCLES OF BLACK LAND AREA, AS WELL AS FOR COMMISSIONER DESOLTEL, WHO IS, I BELIEVE A COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER MADISON'S APPOINTEE.
I'M NOT SURE, UH, FOR DISTRICT ONE AND KEEP IN MIND THAT THIS IS IN THE 11TH STREET, UH, ROSEWOOD AREA.
AND THESE ARE THE LAST TWO PARCELS THAT ARE OWNED BY A CITY OF AUSTIN ENTITY.
THE URBAN RENEWAL BOARD, THE GOAL IS TO DISPOSE OR, OR SELL THESE PROPERTIES AT, IN ORDER TO RECEIVE THE HIGHEST COMMUNITY BENEFIT.
SO COMMUNITY FEEDBACK IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT HERE.
AND THE RFP, THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL IS THE PROCESS, WHICH DEFINES HOW WE ARE GOING TO EVALUATE WHETHER PROPOSALS ARE MEETING THE HIGHEST COMMUNITY BENEFIT.
SO IT IS A VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE, IF INTERESTED IN GUIDING THAT PROCESS, ATTEND THE COMMUNITY MEETINGS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED, THE, THERE WILL BE TWO OPPORTUNITIES FOR THAT PRESENTATION IN MAY, BECAUSE THE GOAL IS TO HAVE RFPS OUT BY JULY.
SO THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH, UH, FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO IT.
AND THANK YOU, TRAVIS HEARING WITH THAT SAID, I WOULD LIKE TO DOUBLE CHECK ON THE MEMBER OF THE CITIZEN WHO HAD CALLED IN, UH, VICE CHAIR.
HAVE YOU HEARD BACK FROM HER AND OR A B TEAM? HAVE WE HEARD
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BACK FROM HER AND GOTTEN HER BACK IN ON THE CALL CHAIR? THIS IS ERICA LEE.ONCE AGAIN, UM, HER, THE REQUIREMENTS PEOPLE HAVE TO SIGN UP BY NOON THE DAY BEFORE A MEETING TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK DURING THE MEETING.
SO WE UNFORTUNATELY CAN'T ALLOW, UM, PEOPLE WHO HAVEN'T SIGNED UP TO UNDERSTOOD THEN WITH THAT SAID, I JUST, YOU KNOW, FOR THE SAKE OF HOUSEKEEPING WOULD LIKE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, WHICH IS ITEM B, GO AHEAD AND STATE THAT WE'RE COMPLETED WITH THE ITEM C AND BEFORE MOVING ON TO ITEM D, WHICH IS THE ITEM THAT THE CALLER WAS SPECIFICALLY CALLING INTO HERE WITH US.
WE WANTED TO JUST SEE IF SHE WERE WITH US, IRRESPECTIVE OF WHETHER OR NOT YOU MAY BE ABLE TO SPEAK AND CONTRIBUTE.
MR. CHAIR, JUST LET ME KNOW THAT SHE WAS ABLE TO, SHE STARTED WATCHING ON HBX LIVE AND I MOVED TO CLOSE TO HOME.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMMUNICATING THAT LET'S MOVE ON TO 3D
[3d) Briefing regarding compliance system for ADA building accessibility requirements (Rick Holloway, Chief Inspector, Development Services Department)]
THE BRIEFING REGARDING COMPLIANCE SYSTEM FOR ADA BUILDING ACCESSIBILITY REQUIREMENTS.WE HAVE RICK HOLLOWAY WITH US, AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK STAFF FOR HAVING REACHED OUT TO, WAS IT MS. THOMAS TO LET HER KNOW THAT THIS PRESENTATION IS OCCURRING? HELLO, A LITTLE MUFFLED.
IF SOMEONE SAYING, CAN YOU HEAR ME STILL KINDA MUFFLY? I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE A MECHANISM FOR SOLVING FOR THAT.
UH, JERRY COMMISSIONERS FOR LETTING ME BE HERE.
I'M RICK HOLLOWAY, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OVER CONSTRUCTION ENVIRONMENT INSPECTIONS.
IF ANYTHING, YOU'RE, I BELIEVE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SPEAK MORE LOUDLY IF I COULD GET NODS FROM THE OTHER MEMBERS.
YET YOU ARE DEFINITELY GOING TO HAVE TO SPEAK MORE LOUDLY BECAUSE THERE IS A, QUITE A STRONG MUFFLE.
AND MIGHT I ADD THE ZOO? IT'S A ZOOM ON THE DOCK SLIGHTLY.
IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFICULT TO READ.
CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? LET'S TRY IT OUT.
UH, THIS IS, UH, RICK HALLWAY ASSISTANT DIRECTOR WITH CONSTRUCTION ENVIRONMENT INSPECTIONS WITH THE DSD.
I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT ADA REQUIREMENTS, COMPLIANCE PROCESS AND INSPECTIONS AS THEY APPLY TO CITY PROJECTS AND PRIVATE PROJECTS, ADA REQUIREMENTS AND STANDARDS.
UM, OUR DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT ENFORCES ADA STANDARDS WITHIN THE INTERNATIONAL BUILDING CODE, WHICH FOLLOWS THE COMPLIANCE WITH HUD PAIR HOUSING AMENDMENTS FOR ACCESSIBLE ADAPTABLE DWELLING UNITS.
AND THIS IS DONE BY PLAN REVIEW COMPLIANCE PROCESS, WHICH IS NEW FAMILY, NEW MULTIFAMILY CONSTRUCTION CONDUCT, REVIEW OF ACCESSIBILITY COMPLIANCE TYPE.
A ADAPTABILITY IS REQUIRED FOR 2% OF UNITS AND MEETS FAIR HOUSING, MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS, MORE USER-FRIENDLY FOR INDIVIDUALS IN YOUTH, IN WHEELCHAIRS, MODERN HOUSING PROJECTS IN CAMPUSES, 10% OF THESE UNITS.
WHAT DOES MEAN, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YEAH.
W W I'M GOING TO PAUSE FOR A SECOND.
I DON'T KNOW IF THE TEAM IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO ANYTHING WITH THE SOUND BITE.
I, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO INCREASE, GAIN AND PRODUCE MUFFLE, UH, OR SOMETHING, BUT IF WE'RE DOING A PRESENTATION ON ACCESSIBILITY, UH, I'M A LITTLE NERVOUS ABOUT THE LOOK OF HAVING, UH, UH, A PRESENTATION THAT WAS MAYBE A LITTLE SMALL TO READ AND TOUGH TO HEAR.
IF WE'RE SPEAKING ABOUT THE SPECTRUM OF ABILITIES SHARE THIS DAY TICK.
UNFORTUNATELY, I CAN'T DO A WHOLE LOT ABOUT THAT.
I'D HAVE TO SEE THEIR SETTINGS AND THAT'S JUST NOT REALLY AN OPTION.
UH, BUT, UM, I WOULD SUGGEST MAYBE LOOKING AT WHAT'S MUFFLING, THE AUDIO INPUT OR, OR, UM, GO FROM THERE.
AND THANK YOU FOR THAT FEEDBACK.
ARE YOU HEARING A MUFFLE AS WELL? JUST TO MAKE SURE, JUST TO KEEP ME HONEST.
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TIME UNDERSTANDING, NOT WITH ALL DUE RESPECT.AND SO, UM, UH, RICK, I DON'T KNOW WHAT, UH, TYPICALLY ARE YOUR, YOU USE FOR YOUR ZOOM MEETINGS, UM, BUT ARE YOU USING YOUR TYPICAL, YOUR STANDARD SETUP OR SOMETHING CHANGED? UM, TYPICALLY USING THIS IT'S SET UP TO, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF WE'VE HAD ANY PROBLEMS, I'VE HAD SOME PROBLEMS HERE IN THE LAST DAY OR SO, BUT, UH, I THOUGHT WE HAD AN OLD WORD DOWN.
W WHAT IS YOUR MICROPHONE ON YOUR COMPUTER OR, OR IS IT, IS IT BUILT INTO YOUR COMPUTER OR DO YOU HAVE A MICROPHONE ON YOUR CAMERA, OR I'M WONDERING IF YOU CAN JUST ACTUALLY GET REALLY LIKE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE EGREGIOUSLY CLOSE TO IT AND TRY TO PULL OFF THE PRESENTATION THAT WAY.
CAN YOU HEAR ME? IS IT BETTER? YEAH, IT'S A TRILLION TIMES BETTER.
SO, UH, WHAT PART DID YOU NOT HEAR IT? SO LET'S, LET'S JUST KIND OF START AT THE BEGINNING.
UH, I'M RICK CALLAWAY, I'M WITH, UH, THE, UH, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF CONSTRUCTION, ENVIRONMENTAL INSPECTIONS WITH DSD.
I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT ADA REQUIREMENTS, THE APPLIANCE PROCESS AND INSPECTIONS, AS THEY APPLY TO CITY PROJECTS AND PRIVATE PROJECTS.
UM, DSD ENFORCES ADA STANDARDS WITHIN THE INTERNATIONAL BUILDING CODE, WHICH FOLLOWS HUD FAIR HOUSING AMENDMENTS FOR ACCESSIBLE ADAPTABLE DWELLING UNITS PLAN REVIEW.
SO THIS IS HOW THE PROCESS IS GOING TO GO PLAN REVIEW ON NEW MULTIFAMILY CONSTRUCTION CONDUCT, REVIEW ACCESSIBILITY COMPLIANCE TYPE, A ADAPTABILITY IS REQUIRED FOR 2% OF THE UNITS AND MEETS THE FAIR HOUSING MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS, MORE USER-FRIENDLY FOR INDIVIDUALS IN WHEELCHAIRS, IF THE SMART HOUSING PROJECT, IT ENCOMPASSES 10% OF THE UNITS.
SO BASICALLY A TYPE A FEATURES, TURNING RADIUSES, LOWER SHELVING LEVER TYPE HARDWARE, DOOR HARDWARE, UM, UH, ACCESSIBLE THRESHOLDS THROUGHOUT LOWER KITCHEN WORKSTATIONS AND LABORATORIES AND TYPE B.
UH, ADAPTABILITY IS FOR NON ELEVATOR BUILDINGS PERTAINS TO ALL GROUND FLOOR UNITS.
UM, AND IF THEY HAVE, UH, ELEVATORS, IT PERTAINS TO ALL THE REMAINING DWELLING UNITS, PHONE, ELEVATOR, ACCESSIBLE FLOORS, A TYPE BUILDING, A TYPE B FEATURES.
SO, SO BASICALLY YOU GOT TYPE A, IS THE ONE THAT'S ALL ADA REQUIRED, RIGHT? AND TYPE B IS THE ONES THAT ARE, UM, FOR, UH, PARALLEL APPROACHES AT SAINTS BATHROOMS, A REMOVABLE BASE CABINETS AND BLOCKING FOR FUTURE, UM, GRAB BARS.
SO BASICALLY B IS YOU CAN GET THOSE SET UP FOR FUTURE ADA, UH, UM, DWELLING UNITS, AND, AND THAT'S HOW THE PLAN REVIEW PROCESS GOES.
AND THEN AFTER THAT, WE GO INTO THREE BASIC, UH, AREAS OF BUILDING INSPECTIONS.
YOU HAVE BUILDING INSPECTIONS, ENVIRONMENTAL INSPECTIONS, AND AWAY INSPECTIONS THAT WILL INSPECT THE ADA REQUIREMENTS, BUILDING INSPECTIONS.
UM, OBVIOUSLY IT LOOKS AT, UM, UH, ACCESSIBLE ROUTES, WALKING SERVICES, CLEARANCES, DOORS, HARDWARE, HALLWAYS, TURNING RACES, DOORS, GATE, UM, OPENING FORCE, POWER SYSTEM BUTTONS, AND RAIL SLOPE, RATIOS OF RAMPS, UM, UH, RESTROOMS, ELEVATOR, ACCESS SIGNALS, VISUAL AND AUDIO SIGNAGE, AND WATER FOUNTAINS.
AND THEN, SO THAT WILL PRETTY MUCH TAKE CARE OF THE BUILDING AND THEN BUILDING INSPECTIONS, LOOKING AT ALL THAT, AND THEN YOU GO TO ENVIRONMENTAL INSPECTIONS AND THEY BASICALLY LOOK AT FIVE FOOT OUTSIDE THE BUILDING TO THE RIGHT OF WAY.
SO THEY LOOK AT BICYCLE RAMP, RACKS, HANDICAPPED, SIGNAGES MARKINGS, GROUND SIGNAGE, UM, PARKING STRIPING, PROF WALKS, UM, SIDEWALK WITH ACCESS POINTS, RAMPS, UH, FROM THE PARKING LOT AND HEN RAILS.
SO THAT GETS EVERYTHING OUTSIDE THE BUILDING TO THE RIGHT OF WAY.
AND THEN YOU GET TO THE RIGHT OF WAY INSPECTORS.
UM, AND BASICALLY THEY LOOKED AT THE ADA RAMPS, THE, THE FLAT LANDINGS, THE CROSS WALK BUTTONS, THE SIDEWALK WITH SLOPES DRIVEWAYS, BASICALLY ALL THE CONCRETE STRUCTURES WOULD SIT IN THE RIGHT OF WAY THAT WILL DEAL WITH THE ADA.
UM, ON THIS PRESENTATION WE HAVE, UH, GIVEN YOU SOME RESOURCES, UH, YOU CAN USE TO LOOK UP DIFFERENT THINGS.
WE'VE GOT THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING AUSTIN, UH, THE MUNI CODE, UH, TEXAS ACCESSIBILITY STANDARDS, AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT, SMART HOUSING,
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INSIGNIFICANCE AND AGREEMENTS, AND REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS UNDER THE FAIR HOUSING ACT.UM, SO THIS IS JUST A BASIC OVERVIEW OF WHAT DSD DOES FOR, UH, UH, PLAN REVIEW AND INSPECTIONS OF ADA.
UM, AND, AND THE REASON I THAT I WAS CONTACTED WAS, I GUESS THERE WAS A QUESTION FROM A COMMISSIONER, UH, HERE A WHILE BACK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT WE DO, UM, AT THIS TIME I'D LIKE TO THANK THE CITY TEAM FOR, UH, HAVING ME, LETTING ME KNOW IF, UH, I OR DSD CAN DO AND HELP YOU IN THE FUTURE.
UM, AND IF THERE'S ANYTHING, ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE, WE CAN TRY TO ANSWER THEM OR SEND ME AN EMAIL AND WE'LL GET THE ANSWERS BACK TO YOU.
UM, SO I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE AFTER THIS TIME.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE, RICK, WE APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION AND YOU REALLY, UH, PUSHING THROUGH TO MAKE SURE THAT THE AUDIO CAME THROUGH MORE CLEARLY.
AND BEFORE WE GET INTO SOME OTHER QUESTIONS I WANT TO ASK IF, YOU KNOW, WITH THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING SEARCH TOOL, IS, ARE YOU, OR IS YOUR DEPARTMENT ENGAGED, UH, AROUND THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, ENSURING THAT, UH, IF ANYTHING, THAT THERE IS AN INVENTORY OF THE ITEMS AND THE CHECKLISTS THAT YOU'VE JUST IDENTIFIED SUCH THAT IT INTERRELATES WITH HOUSING INVENTORY AND ITS AVAILABILITY ON THAT SEARCH TOOL.
UM, THAT'S REALLY UNDER THE HOUSING PLANNING DEPARTMENT, UM, DSD DOESN'T, UM, FOCUSED ON THAT.
UM, BUT WE CAN DEFINITELY WORK WITH THE HOUSING AND PLANNING DEVELOPMENT, UH, DEPARTMENT TO SEE IF THEY NEED OUR HELP WITH ANYTHING.
UM, I BELIEVE THEY'RE RUNNING THAT WHOLE PROGRAM.
AND I'LL LEAVE THAT QUESTION OUT THERE FOR ANY STAFF THAT ARE WITH HPD AND MIGHT BE ABLE TO CONNECT THE DOTS WITH THE HISTORIC QUESTION AROUND THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING SEARCH POOL AND ACCESSIBILITY AND WHAT THAT TOGGLE ACTUALLY MEANS.
UM, AND ALSO OPEN UP THE FLOOR FOR ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE COMMISSIONER AS VICE CHAIR.
SO WHO IS IT THAT INSPECTS FOR VISITABILITY UM, THAT WOULD BE, UM, I GUESS THAT WOULD BE ALL TAKEN CARE OF ONCE IT WENT THROUGH PLAN REVIEW, AND THEY WOULD CHECK ON ALL THAT AT THE INTERVIEW STAGE, BUT AFTER CONSTRUCTION THERE'S NO, FOLLOW-UP THE, THE, AT THAT POINT, ONCE AT LEAST PLAN REVIEW, EVERYTHING THAT'S, UM, ON THE APPROVED PLANS AND THAT MEETS THE CRITERIA WILL BE INSPECTED BY THE INSPECTORS, THE BUILDING INSPECTORS, UH, RIGHT AWAY OR, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL.
SO IT WOULD BE A FOLLOW UP BY SOMEBODY AND THEN EVERY, UH, BUILDINGS THAT THEY'LL HAVE A RAZ INSPECTOR, WHICH IS, UH, A SEPARATE SPECTER FROM THE STATE, OR THAT WILL COME OUT AND DO A FOLLOW-UP INSPECTION ON THE ADA REQUIREMENTS.
BUT THE THAT'S USUALLY DONE FOR THE CONTRACTOR OR THE OWNER, UM, AS A SEPARATE INSPECTION.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? I GUESS, UM, SEEMS LIKE SOME PEOPLE WOULD DO ADA BECAUSE THEY HAD TO, BUT SOME PEOPLE WOULD DO IT BECAUSE THEY WANTED THAT KIND OF SET UP.
SO WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, SO WHEN THEY'RE BUILDING YOU, YOU HAVE TO HAVE 2% OF YOUR UNITS.
WE ADA, RIGHT? SO ANYTHING THEY BUILD PUBLIC PRIVATE, 2% OF THE UNITS ARE GOING TO BE ADA COMPLIANT.
AND THEN, AND THEN EVERYTHING, IF THERE'S NO ELEVATOR, EVERYTHING ON THE FIRST FLOOR IS GOING TO BE ON TOP OF THAT.
2% IS GOING TO BE IN THAT, UH, TYPE B WHERE THEY HAVE TO BE ABLE TO BE TRANSITIONED OVER TO ADA.
SO YOU'LL HAVE 2% OF THE UNITS ALREADY SET UP FOR ADA.
AND IF IT'S, THERE'S NO ELEVATORS, EVERYTHING ON THE FIRST FLOOR IS GOING TO BE ADA READY TO WHERE YOU CAN TURN INTO AN ADA UNIT.
AND IF THERE'S AN ELEVATOR THAT'S ADA COMPLIANT, THEN EVERYTHING ON THE UPPER FLOORS WILL HAVE TO BE THE SAME POSITION TO WHERE YOU CAN TURN ANY UNIT INTO AN ANOTHER ADA UNIT.
SO JUST BECAUSE YOU HAVE 12 OR 2% THAT ARE ALREADY ADA, WE WERE MAKING IT TO WHERE YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO GO
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BEYOND THE 2%.AND THEN IF IT'S A SMART HOUSING, YOU GOT TO MAKE IT 10% OF THE UNITS HAVE TO MEET ADA.
DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? HI, THIS IS GARRETT.
I JUST WANTED TO ASK IF THAT DOCUMENT COULD BE SENT OUT TO THE COMMISSIONERS, UM, EXPLICITLY INCLUDED IN THE PACKET FOR TODAY'S MEETING.
WE CAN GET IT OUT TO WHOEVER WE NEED TO GET IT OUT TO GOOD CATCH COMMISSIONER GARRETT.
UH, AND IT IS REALLY INFORMATIVE.
IT'S A, IT'S A DENSE AND IT'S, IT'S NICE TO HAVE IT ALL IN ONE PLACE.
AND I THINK WITH THAT SAID IT GOING BACK TO WHAT I WAS SUGGESTING, OR SORT OF ASKING EARLIER IN AS MUCH AS ADA ACCESSIBILITY AND INSPECTIONS ARE CONCERNED, I AM ASSUMING THAT OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING ARE HELD AT THE SAME STANDARDS, UH, GIVEN OF COURSE, CORRECT THE TIME OF CONSTRUCTION.
AND THEREFORE ARE WE TO ASSUME THAT AT THE POINT OF INSPECTION, THAT THERE IS SOME CHECKLIST OR INVENTORY OF THE REQUIREMENTS THAT WERE ENUMERATED THERE, IS THERE SOME CHECKLIST OF THAT INSPECTION, UH, YOU KNOW, AN INVENTORY THAT SORT OF REFERENCEABLE AND I'M, I'M ASKING BECAUSE IT'S SORT OF, YOU KNOW, WITHIN THE INTENT OF OUR CALLER WHO POINTED OUT VERY EARLY ON MONTHS AGO, THAT OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING SEARCH TOOL DID NOT HAVE AN INDICATOR AS TO WHICH UNITS WERE ACCESSIBLE OR NOT.
AND THAT I BELIEVE WAS TO THE CREDIT OF, UH, HOUSING AND PLANNING ADDED IN, OR WAS IT, UH, UH, THE HOUSING AUTHORITY, UH, IN ANY CASE IT WAS ADDED IN.
AND I WAS JUST CURIOUS ABOUT HOW SORT OF PROFOUND THAT TOGGLE OF ACCESSIBILITY IS IN AS MUCH AS INDICATING HOW ACCESSIBLE IT IS PER THOSE STANDARDS.
DOES IT HAVE THE RADIO THAT WERE THE TURNING RADIUS THAT WERE DEFINED OR DOES IT HAVE THE LOWER SHELVING, ET CETERA.
AND SO RICK, IF YOU'RE NOT ABLE TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION, I'M JUST WONDERING IF MAYBE ANYONE FROM THE STAFF THAT REMAINED AT THE MEETING, UH, WORKING ON THAT, THAT, AND HOUSING AND PLANNING MIGHT BE ABLE TO, OR AT LEAST SHED ANY LIGHT ON IT, RIGHT? THIS IS MAY A D MALE, AGAIN, THE DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATOR, UH, WHILE YOU ALL WERE TALKING, I JUST PULLED UP THE EIGHT HOSTS BECAUSE I WANTED TO IN FACT, CONFIRM MY RECOLLECTION.
IT HAD BEEN A WHILE SINCE I'VE BEEN ON THAT, AND THAT IS OUR FOREST, OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING ONLINE SEARCH TOOL, UM, WHICH, UH, CHAIRMAN SQUATTY, AS YOU MENTIONED, UM, INITIALLY WHEN WE WERE DOING THE BETA TESTING, I DON'T BELIEVE THERE WAS A INDICATION FOR WHETHER OR NOT UNITS WERE WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE THAT HAS BEEN ADDED INTO THE TOOL.
OUR STAFF DID THAT ZACHARY STERN, UM, WHO MANAGES EIGHT HOSTS.
AND I JUST CHECKED SOME OF THE DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE INCLUDED WITHIN THE POSTS.
THESE ARE ALL INCOME RESTRICTED PROPERTY.
SO THERE ARE AFFORDABLE PROPERTIES I AM GOING TO GET WITH THE MAJORITY OF THEM ARE SMART HOUSING CERTIFIED.
UM, MAYBE NOT THE MAJORITY, A LARGE CHUNK OF THEM ARE SMART HOUSING CERTIFIED.
AND WHEN YOU DO A SEARCH ON THE A-HOLE FOR WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE UNITS WITHIN YOUR INCOME RANGE FOR YOUR HOUSEHOLD SIZE, WHAT IT LEADS YOU TO ARE ALL OF THE PROPERTIES THAT MEET THOSE CRITERIA.
AND IT TELLS YOU, AS YOU DRILL DOWN INTO EACH PROPERTY, UM, HOW MANY UNITS IN THAT PROPERTY ARE WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE? SO IT WOULD, IT WOULD NOT PROVIDE DETAILS ON THE TYPE OF ACCESSIBILITY, UM, BUT IT IS WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE, WHICH LEADS ME TO BELIEVE THAT IT IS PART OF THAT EITHER 2% OR 10%, IF YOU'RE SMART HOUSING IS 10%, WHICH MAKES IT FULLY ACCESSIBLE.
SO NOT THE ADAPTABLE UNITS OF THE PROGRAM, IT WOULD BE THE 2%, YEAH.
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THEY COULD, I'M SURE THEY COULD GET THAT INFORMATION BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S ALL THERE ON WHAT UNITS ARE ADA, UM, JUST GETTING IT INTO THE PROGRAM.SO THE INFORMATION IS THERE, IT JUST NEEDS TO BE INSTALLED SOMEHOW.
THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR SHEDDING LIGHT ON THAT.
I JUST WANTED TO ASK THE QUESTIONS THAT I FEEL OUR AUDIENCE MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN ASKING OR HEARING.
AND WE WILL, UH, WAIT TO, UH, HEAR BACK FROM ANYBODY, UH, IN THE VIEWING AUDIENCE OVER THE NEXT MONTH ON ANY FEEDBACK, UH, ESPECIALLY AROUND WHETHER OR NOT GOING TO A MORE GRANULAR LEVEL OF DESCRIPTION ON THE TIERS OF ACCESSIBILITY WOULD BE HELPFUL OR NOT.
SO THANK Y'ALL FOR CLARIFYING, AT LEAST WHAT WE DO HAVE RIGHT NOW, AND ALSO FOR BEING SO RESPONSIVE TO PICK COMMUNITY WHEN IT WAS POINTED OUT.
AND WHEN MS. THOMAS POINTED OUT REALLY, OBVIOUSLY THAT IT, THAT INDICATION WASN'T THERE ON THE SEARCH TOOL SO MUCH APPRECIATED ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS BEFORE WE MOVE TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM, I DID RECEIVE ANOTHER QUESTION AND THAT'S ABOUT FIVE OH FOUR, WHICH IS A STANDARD THAT 5%, AS OPPOSED TO ADA AT 2% AND COVERS IS FEDERALLY FUNDED PROGRAMS. SO IT MIGHT BE THAT SOMEBODY CAME IN WITH AN EIGHT 11 PROPERTY FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES OR TWO OH TWO PROPERTY FOR THE ELDERLY, AND THESE DIDN'T USE TO GET ANY FUNDING.
AND PERHAPS SOMEBODY CONCEIVABLY, SOMEBODY COULD DO ANOTHER ONE TODAY WITHOUT CITY FUNDING.
WHERE WOULD THAT GET CAUGHT? WHO ONE SPECTER WOULD KNOW THAT THIS WAS SUBJECT FIVE OH FOUR AND A HIGHER STANDARD FOR A NUMBER OF ACCESSIBLE UNITS THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD BE, UH, CAUGHT IN PLAN REVIEW WHEN IT'S GOING TO PLANNER REVIEW, UH, AND THEY'RE DOING THE PROCESSES THAT'S WHERE THAT WOULD BE CAUGHT.
I'M TRYING TO EXPLAIN SOME OF THE TECHNICAL ASPECTS OR
I'M GOING TO ALWAYS BEAT THE DRUM OF VISUALS AND DIAGRAMS THAT EXPLAIN WHAT THE, WHAT THIS, HOW YOU KNOW, WHICH IS VISUALS TO EXPLAIN THESE REQUIREMENTS, VISUALS THAT INDICATE WHERE THE BUCK STOPS WITH WHO IN TERMS OF.
SO I THINK THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE'RE, WHEN WE'RE IN COMMUNITY AND IF WE GET APPROACHED BY, UH, YOU KNOW, MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY WHO I DIDN'T IDENTIFY AS DISABLED, OR HAVE LIMITED ABILITY THAT, YOU KNOW, THE MORE VISUAL THE BETTER, UH, AND IT'S, I THINK SOMETIMES EASIER TO EXPLAIN.
SO I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE WORKING WITH ANY DESIGN FOLKS ON YOUR STAFF TO TURN THIS INTO, TO, TO THE VISUAL COLLATERAL THAT THEN WE CAN TURN AROUND AND MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE AT THE READY FOR INTERFACING WITH OUR COMMUNITIES.
AND, AND TO BE QUITE HONEST, UM, WE, WE'VE GOT TO REMIND ABOUT DOING THIS, I BELIEVE ON FRIDAY OR MONDAY.
SO WE'VE KIND OF PUT THIS HASTILY TOGETHER, UH, AND, AND WE HAVE PUT MORE, UH, PLANNING INTO IT.
UH, WE HAD, UH, HAD A, UH, MORE OF A PRESENTATION, BUT LIKE I SAID, THIS WAS KIND OF PUT TOGETHER AT THE LAST MINUTE.
I, YOU KNOW, WE FINISHED THIS UP THIS AFTERNOON.
UH, IT WAS, YOU KNOW, CAUSE WE, WE, WE JUST FLAT FORGOT THIS WAS ON HER AGENDA AND IT POPPED UP ON MY, UH, EMAIL, I BELIEVE IT WAS FRIDAY OR MONDAY AND IT'S LIKE, WOW, WE GOTTA GET THIS TOGETHER.
UH, SO WE, WE WORKED REALLY HARD TO GET IT TOGETHER.
WE PULLED EVERYTHING, ALL THE INFORMATION.
SO, BUT, BUT I TELL YOU WHAT WE WILL DO.
UM, WE WILL GET SOMETHING TOGETHER AND WE WILL SEND IT TO Y'ALL.
SO Y'ALL WILL HAVE SOMETHING, A LITTLE PRESENTATION Y'ALL CAN HAVE TO LOOK AT VERY HELPFUL.
THANK YOU, VIC TRANSPARENCY IS AT THE HEART OF JUSTICE.
I THINK, UH, I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR HONESTY AND I JUST THINK THAT LET'S, LET'S ALL DO EACH OTHER A SOLID CAUSE.
UH, YOU KNOW, AS THE CITY CENTERS, RACIAL JUSTICE, YOU CAN COUNT ON MORE CALLS FOR IT.
UM, DISABILITY, JUSTICE, YOU KNOW, ACROSS THE MAP, YOU KNOW, WORKING WITH THESE COMMUNITIES.
SO I THINK WE BE DOING EACH OTHER, ALL A SOLID IF WE HAVE THESE THINGS AT THE READY AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER MANIA.
AND WE'RE NOT AFRAID TO YOU BACK.
UH, SO WE DEFINITELY WOULD BE HAPPY TO DO SO EQUITY AND ACCESS IS A PERENNIAL PRIORITY FOR US AND FOR EVERYBODY.
AND I WILL TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THAT.
GETTING TO YOU WHEN IT DID AS A COMMISSION, WE'VE BEEN WORKING OVER THE PAST MANY MONTHS AT DOING OUR BEST TO MANAGE OUR SCHEDULES.
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ITEMS WILL DROP OFF OF ONE AGENDA ONTO ANOTHER MONTH'S AGENDA, AND THERE'LL BE SORT OF A CASCADE OVERFLOW.AND IT SEEMS THAT YOU'RE ON THE RECEIVING END OF THAT THIS MONTH, WE APPRECIATE THAT YOU ARE A QUICK REACTION, UH, AND YOUR FRANKNESS WITH US.
AND WE KNOW THAT WHEN WE WILL HAVE MORE TIME FOR COMMUNITY TO INTERACT, AS WELL AS FOR YOU TO HAVE A PRESENTATION THAT'S THAT MEETS THE BAR OF STANDARD THAT YOU CERTAINLY MAINTAIN.
I'M ASSUMING THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THIS.
GREAT WOULD LIKE TO MOVE TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM, WHICH IS THREE E
[3e) Housing + Transit Tool presentation (Sam Tedford, Principal Planner, Housing & Planning Department)]
THE HOUSING AND TRANSIT TOOL PRESENTATION.CERTAINLY EXCITED TO SEE THIS ONE.
THIS IS ANOTHER ONE THAT'S BEEN SORT OF FALLING OFF THE EDGES OF AGENDAS AND WE HAVE SAM TEDFORD HERE.
UH, I KNOW IT HAS BEEN A FEW AGENDAS THAT I'VE BEEN ON AND THEN TAKEN OFF OF.
SO I'M GLAD THAT I COULD FINALLY GET IN FRONT OF YOU ALL TO SHARE THIS, UH, TOOL THAT WE CREATED LAST FALL.
UH, AGAIN, MY NAME IS SAM TEDFORD.
I'M A PRINCIPAL PLANNER IN THE INCLUSIVE PLANNING DIVISION OVER AT HOUSING AND PLANNING.
AND I HAVE THE HONOR OF ATTEMPTING TO SHARE MY SCREEN AND SHOW YOU ALL THIS TOOL.
THE LINK SHOULD BE PROVIDED IN BACKUPS SO EVERYONE CAN, UM, ACCESS THAT AND, UH, POKE AROUND IN THE TOOL YOURSELF.
BUT I WILL SHARE SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE TOOL AND WALK YOU THROUGH SOME OF THE, UH, SOME OF THE INFORMATION THAT'S PROVIDED THERE AND THE, THE TOGGLES AND SWITCHES THAT YOU CAN ALSO EXPLORE ON YOUR OWN.
UH, IF I'M NOT SHARING MY SCREEN, LET ME KNOW, BUT I THINK I AM GREAT.
SO THIS TOOL WE'VE CALLED THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING PLUS TRANSIT TOOL, UM, IS REALLY AN EDUCATION AND A COMMUNICATION TOOL FOR US.
THAT'S GOING TO BUILD UPON MANY YEARS OF THE LESS EXCITING BACKGROUND WORK, UH, BUT VERY IMPORTANT WORK THAT IT TOOK TO BUILD UP DATA SETS LIKE OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING INVENTORY AND THE COMMUNITY FOR THE, UM, COMPREHENSIVE, AFFORDABLE HOUSING DIRECTORY.
UM, SOME OF THOSE DATA NOW FEED INTO THINGS LIKE THE HOST THAT WAS JUST MENTIONED.
UM, AND IT'S REALLY EXCITING THAT WE'VE BEEN BUILDING UP THOSE DATA SETS FOR SO LONG, BECAUSE NOW IN THE STAGE WHERE WE CAN START VISUALIZING IT A LITTLE BIT BETTER AND COMMUNICATING IT ALONGSIDE OTHER COMMUNITY PRIORITIES PRIORITIES FOR, UH, HOUSING.
UM, AND SO FOR THIS, UH, TOOL, WE DEFINITELY WERE TALKING ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND TRANSIT, ESPECIALLY AS WE WERE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, THE LARGEST INVESTMENT IN, UH, PUBLIC HEALTH OR PUBLIC TRANSIT, UH, THAT THIS CITY HAS EVER SEEN.
AND SO WE CREATED THIS, UM, IN RESPONSE TO QUESTIONS AND A LOT OF CURIOSITY ABOUT HOW OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING INFRASTRUCTURE WOULD RELATE, OR WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE? UM, WHEN YOU PUT IT UP AGAINST THIS PROPOSED TRANSIT EXPANSION AT THE TIME NOW ADOPTED PUBLIC TRANSIT INVESTMENT, UH, THAT WE CALL PROJECT CONNECT.
SO THIS IS THE FIRST PAGE THAT YOU'LL GET TO, YOU'LL SEE, UH, UP AT THE TOP, WE'LL HAVE OUR TITLE HERE.
AND THEN THE SERIES OF TABS THAT ARE GOING TO SHOW DIFFERENT TENANTS, THE WAYS THAT WE CAN SLICE AND DICE AND SHOW OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING, UH, IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN AND RELATIONSHIP AGAIN TO THE TRANSIT, UM, EXPANSION.
SO THIS NUMBER HERE IS ACTUALLY JUST SHOWING A ROUND UP OF THE TOTAL NUMBER OF INCOME, RESTRICTED, AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
THESE WILL BE COMING FROM A VARIETY OF FUNDING SOURCES.
SO SOME OF WHICH ARE FUNDED OR INCENTIVIZED BY THE CITY OF AUSTIN AND SOME OF WHICH ARE COMING FROM COMMUNITY PARTNERS.
UM, AND THEN YOU'LL HAVE SOME INFORMATION HERE IN THIS SECTION THAT TALKS ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE SEEING ON THIS MAP.
UM, THIS ONE RIGHT NOW IS SHOWING ALL, ALL EXISTING IN COMER, STRICTED, AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS IN RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR CITY'S TRANSIT PRIORITY NETWORK AND THE PROPOSED PROJECT CONNECT TRANSIT EXPANSION.
UM, IT TALKS A BIT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHERE THOSE HOUSING INVESTMENTS ARE COMING FROM.
AND THEN IT ALSO PROVIDES SOME INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT WE MEAN WHEN WE SAY AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
UM, WHEN WE SAY INCOME RESTRICTED, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, IT IS GOING TO GENERALLY BE IN COMMERCIAL FAMILIES, MAKING FOR TWO HOUSEHOLDS, MAKING LESS THAN THE MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME FOR THE AUSTIN AREA.
AND IT CAN VARY AS YOU ALL ARE PROBABLY AWARE, UM, YOU KNOW, PRETTY SIGNIFICANTLY ACROSS PROGRAMS, BUT THAT'S WHAT WE MEAN HERE.
WHEN WE SAY AFFORDABLE HOUSING, THESE ARE INCOME RESTRICTED UNITS, AND THEN YOU'LL SEE THE MAP WHICH WE'LL GET TO IN JUST A SECOND, THE EXCITING PART.
UM, BUT YOU'LL ALSO HAVE A SERIES OF THESE LITTLE WIDGETS ON THE SIDE, UM, IN EACH THAT ARE GOING TO ROUND UP THE PERCENT OF THOSE UNITS THAT ARE WITHIN A CERTAIN PROXIMITY OF A PROPOSED
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PROJECT CONNECT STATION.AND WE HAVEN'T EXACTLY CHANGED THE LANGUAGE PROPOSED HERE, EVEN THOUGH THE PROJECT CONNECT SYSTEM PLAN WAS ADOPTED.
THOSE STATIONS HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF, UM, PLANNING STILL TO GO BEFORE THEY ARE FINALIZED.
AND SO THESE WERE, UM, CALCULATED BASED ON ARE THE PROPOSED PROJECT CONNECT STATIONS, BUT THE LOCATIONS COULD CHANGE, UM, EVER SO SLIGHTLY OVER TIME AS PLANNING, UM, CONTINUES WITH THE PROJECT CONNECT LINES.
AND SO ONE OF THESE INDICATORS WILL SHOW A QUARTER MILE OF A PROPOSED PROJECT CONNECT STATION, AND THE OTHER WILL SHOW A HALF MILE, AND THESE ARE PRETTY CONSISTENT ON ALL OF THE FOLLOWING PAGES.
SO NOW THAT YOU'RE SORT OF ORIENTED WITH WHAT'S GOING ON IN HERE, THIS MAP IN THE CENTER, YOUR STARTING MAP, YOU CAN ZOOM IN AND OUT.
UM, YOU'LL SEE WHAT WE CALL A HEAT MAP, WHERE YOU'RE SEEING A DARKER, GREAT GRADATION JUST COLORING, UM, WHERE THERE ARE MORE UNITS IN A CERTAIN LOCATION.
SO THESE HOTSPOTS, IF YOU WILL LIGHT UP WHEN THERE'S MORE UNITS ON THE GROUND FOR THIS, UM, AREA THAT WE'VE BEEN ZOOMED INTO, THAT'S OUR, UH, UNIVERSITY NEIGHBORHOOD OVERLAY, UM, WHICH PRODUCES A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF INCOME, RESTRICTED AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
UM, BUT AS YOU ZOOM IN, YOU'LL ALSO START TO GET DIFFERENT INFORMATION.
IF YOU NOTICE YOU CAN ZOOM IN AND OUT, YOU CAN USE YOUR CLICK OR SCROLL.
UM, YOU CAN ALSO START GETTING POINT DATA.
SO IF YOU CLICK ON A PARTICULAR POINT, YOU CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT THAT PROJECT IS ON THE GROUND AND HOW MANY UNITS ARE INCLUDED THAT WERE INCOME, RESTRICTED, AFFORDABLE UNITS.
IN SOME INSTANCES, THE ADDRESS IS UNDISCLOSED, ESPECIALLY FOR SOME OF OUR HOME OWNERSHIP UNITS.
THEY'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE THE ADDRESS, UM, BUT YOU'LL STILL HAVE A GENERAL SENSE THE LOCATION, AND THEN YOU CAN GET THE COUNCIL DISTRICT.
UM, BEAR WITH US A BIT STILL AS THERE ARE SOME DATA OUTLIERS WHERE, UM, THE MAPPING IS STILL A WORK IN PROGRESS.
WE ARE CONTINUALLY TRYING TO IMPROVE OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING INVENTORY AND COMPREHENSIVE, AFFORDABLE HOUSING DIRECTORY DATASETS.
UM, BUT SOMETIMES OUR LATITUDE LONGITUDE LINES GET KIND OF WONKY AND YOU'LL SEE POINTS WHERE THEY MIGHT NOT NEED TO BE.
UM, SO WE ARE CONTINUALLY TRYING TO WORK ON THAT THIS DATA SET, UM, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD DATA HERE.
AND SO WE WANTED TO VISUALIZE IT AND MAKE IT PUBLICLY AVAILABLE.
UM, AND TO THAT POINT, ALL OF THESE DATA ARE ALSO PUBLICLY AVAILABLE FOR, UM, OTHER FOLKS TO PULL FROM, OR TO LOOK AT IN OUR OPEN DATA PORTAL, WHICH, UM, ANYONE CAN ACCESS AND DATA DOT AUSTIN, TEXAS.GOV.
BUT THIS IS KIND OF THE HIGHEST LEVEL, BROAD OVERVIEW OF WHAT IS INCLUDED IN THESE MAPS SERIES.
THIS IS ALL INCOME RESTRICTED, AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THE CITY AND ITS PROXIMITY TO A PROPOSED PROJECT CONNECT STATION.
AS WE GO THROUGH THE TABS, THEY'RE KIND OF JUST WAYS OF SLICING AND DICING THE DATA.
AS I MENTIONED, YOU ALL, AS COMMISSIONERS ARE LIKELY MORE FAMILIAR WITH THE DIFFERENT WAYS THAT WE FUND HOUSING, THE DIFFERENT FOLKS, UM, SUBSIDIZING OR INCENTIVIZING HOUSING IN THE CITY.
UM, SO THERE'S A DESCRIPTION ON THE LEFT THAT WILL EXPLAIN A BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT WE MEAN BY HPD RENTALS.
THIS IS GOING TO BE EXISTING CITY OF AUSTIN FUNDED OR INCENTIVIZED AFFORDABLE RENTAL UNITS ON THE GROUND IN RELATIONSHIP TO THOSE TRANSIT, UM, EX THE, THE PROPOSED TRANSIT.
UM, AND THEN IT ALSO GIVES SOME INFORMATION ABOUT WHO IS GENERALLY INCLUDED WHEN WE INCOME RESTRICT, UM, RENTAL UNITS.
IT IS TYPICALLY FOR HOUSEHOLDS MAKING 60% OR LESS.
AND WE HAVE A BIT OF INFORMATION ABOUT, UM, WHAT THAT IS FOR A FAMILY OF FOUR IN AUSTIN.
UM, AND THIS MAP IS JUST SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT WAY OF VISUALIZING THOSE POINTS WHERE YOU'LL SEE THESE BUBBLES, UM, IN BLUE HERE AND THE LARGER THE BUBBLE IS THAT MEANS THERE'S MORE UNITS ON THE GROUND THERE.
THEN ONE OF THESE SMALLER DOTS, UM, MORE SO IS PROBABLY GOING TO HAVE FEWER UNITS ON THE GROUND, BUT YOU'LL SIMILARLY SEE THIS ROLL UP OF THE TOTAL NUMBER OF EXISTING INCOME, RESTRICTED RENTAL HOUSING UNITS, SUBSIDIZED OR INCENTIVIZED BY THE CITY OF AUSTIN, WHICH IS SITTING IN OVER 11,000.
UM, AND 30% OF THOSE 31% OF THOSE ARE WITHIN A QUARTER MILE OF A PROPOSED PROJECT CONNECT STATION.
AND NEARLY 60% ARE WITHIN HALF A MILE OF A PROJECT CONNECT STATION.
UM, SIMILARLY, IF WE GO OVER TO HPD OWNERSHIP, THESE ARE JUST GOING TO BE SHOWING UNITS THAT ARE INCOME RESTRICTED, AFFORDABLE, AND SUBSIDIZED OR INCENTIVIZED BY THE CITY OF AUSTIN THAT ARE FOR SALE UNITS.
SO THIS IS A MUCH SMALLER UNIVERSE, UM, COMPARED TO OUR RENTAL HOUSING THAT IS PRODUCED BY THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
UM, YOU CAN GET A BIT OF INFORMATION ABOUT WHERE, UM, SOME OF THE FUNDING SOURCES ARE THAT ARE CREATING THIS TYPE OF HOUSING, UH, OR WHAT PROGRAMS ARE POSSIBLY
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INCENTIVIZING THIS TYPE OF HOUSING, AS WELL AS SOME INFORMATION, UM, ABOUT, UM, WHAT THESE UNITS ARE GENERALLY INCOME RESTRICTED TO 80% OR LESS THAN THE MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.UM, SIMILARLY THE LARGER DOTS YOU'LL SEE MORE HOUSES, UM, INCLUDED, WHEREAS SMALLER DOTS, UH, USUALLY ARE GOING TO REPRESENT FEWER UNITS SUCH AS ONE EVEN.
UM, AND THEN SIMILARLY, YOU'LL GET THE ROLL UP OF ABOUT 18% OF OUR, UH, HOME OWNERSHIP UNITS FROM THE CITY OF AUSTIN OR WITHIN A QUARTER MILE OF TRANSIT OF A PROJECT CONNECT STATION.
AND 60% ARE WITHIN HALF A MILE OF A PROJECT CONNECT STATION MOVING ON TO THE NEXT TAB.
THESE ARE, UM, BASICALLY THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAT IS NOT, UH, TOUCHED BY THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
SO WE ARE NEITHER PUTTING IN, UM, HOUSING SUBSIDIES, OR THEY'RE NOT INCENTIVIZED THROUGH ONE OF OUR PROGRAMS THAT THE CITY.
SO, UH, SOME OF THOSE, UM, HOUSING CREATORS ARE, YOU KNOW, OUR HOUSING AUTHORITY OF, OF AUSTIN OR TRAVIS COUNTY.
AND SOME OF THESE ARE GOING TO BE TAX CREDIT, UH, DEVELOPMENTS THAT DO NOT RECEIVE CITY FUNDING.
UM, AND SO SIMILARLY, YOU'LL SEE THOSE DOTS, UM, REPRESENTING THE POINT IN, YOU KNOW, THE PART OF TOWN WHERE THE UNIT IS, AND YOU'LL GET A UNIT ROLL UP HERE.
UM, YOU CAN SEE THAT 20% OF THE NON CITY OF AUSTIN AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS ARE WITHIN A QUARTER MILE OF A PROJECT CONNECT STATION.
AND 54% ARE WITHIN HALF A MILE.
YOU HAVE OVER 16,000, UM, AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS, NOT FUNDED BY THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
UM, BUT IT CAN BE FROM A VARIETY OF SOURCES OR HOUSING PRODUCERS.
THIS IS A PRETTY EXCITING MAP.
THIS IS OUR SORT OF PEER INTO THE FUTURE.
WHAT IS IN THE PIPELINE FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN? UM, SO THIS IS SHOWING ANY AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT THAT IS IN DEVELOPMENT, UM, ACCORDING TO OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING INVENTORY.
SO THIS IS GOING TO BE A SUBSET WHEREIN WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, ANY PRODUCTS THAT ARE SUBSIDIZED OR INCENTIVIZED BY THE CITY OF BOSTON AND IS IN ANY STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT STARTING WITH CERTIFIED.
UM, SO IF THEY HAVE RECEIVED A CERTIFICATION LETTER FROM OUR SMART HOUSING PROGRAM, UM, OR ANOTHER DENSITY BONUS PROGRAM, THEY COULD SHOW UP IN HERE.
SO THAT'S REALLY, REALLY EARLY ON IN THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS.
UM, BUT EVEN PROJECTS THAT ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION ARE ALSO INCLUDED IN THIS.
SO IT'S A WIDE VARIETY OF WHAT WE MEAN BY, IN DEVELOPMENT HERE.
UM, BUT IT IS A PRETTY EXCITING NUMBER TO SEE THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE OVER 15,000 AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS, UM, IN THE PIPELINE FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN, JUST UNDER 20% OF THOSE ARE WITHIN A QUARTER MILE OF HER PROJECT CONNECT STATION.
AND ABOUT 40% ARE WITHIN HALF A MILE OF A PROJECT CONNECT STATION.
THE NEXT TAB IS CALLED CITY ASSETS, AND THESE ARE, UM, PIECES OF LAND.
UM, THESE ARE BASICALLY TRACKS IN THE CITY THAT ARE OWNED BY THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
UM, MANY OF THEM ARE OWNED BY OUR AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION AND IS SPECIFICALLY OUTLINED FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT.
UM, SOME OF THESE YOU'VE PROBABLY SEEN OR HEARD BEFORE GOING THROUGH, UM, PROCESSES RIGHT NOW TO BEGIN DEVELOPING AFFORDABLE HOUSING ON THOSE SITES.
UM, AND SOME OF THESE ARE OTHER POTENTIAL CITY ASSETS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAT ARE IN DISCUSSION OR IN VERY EARLY STAGES, PERHAPS LIKE THE OLD HOME DEPOT SITE UP AT ST JOHN'S AVENUE OFF 35.
UM, BUT THIS IS WHERE YOU CAN START TO SEE WHERE SOME OF THOSE, UH, TRACKS OF LYNN CITY OF AUSTIN OWNS OR AGE PEPSI OWNS IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE PROJECT CONNECT EXPANSION.
UM, I DON'T BELIEVE THIS, THIS IS THE MOST UP-TO-DATE WITH ALL OUR H F C UH, LAND ACQUISITION PROJECTS, BUT WE ARE WORKING TO KEEP THIS UPDATED AS HFC IS ROLLING AND GOING AND, UM, YOU KNOW, DOING THEIR THING, UH, ACQUIRING MORE LAND FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THE FUTURE AS WELL.
SO THESE TOOLS, ALL OF THEM, ALL OF THESE MAPS WOULD CONTINUE TO BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST INFORMATION AS WE CAN GET IT IN THERE.
THIS NEXT TAB, UM, IS ANOTHER PIECE OF SORT OF THE EDUCATION PIECE.
IT'S ANOTHER WAY OF LOOKING AT THE DATA AND MAKING FOLKS AWARE THAT MANY OF THESE PROPERTIES, AN AFFORDABILITY PERIOD, AND IT VARIES BY, YOU KNOW, HOW THEY'RE COMING TO BE CREATED, WHETHER IT'S WITH CITY FUNDING OR THROUGH A CITY INCENTIVE PROGRAM.
UM, THEY, THESE, UH, HOUSING UNITS WILL HAVE AN AFFORDABILITY PERIOD PRESCRIBED TO THEM.
UM, FOR MANY OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN'S, UH, RENTAL HOUSING PROGRAMS, THEY ARE GOING TO BE AT LEAST 40 YEARS OF AFFORDABILITY GUARANTEED.
AND FOR OUR OWNERSHIP HOUSING, USUALLY 99 YEARS ARE GUARANTEED, UM, AT THAT INCOME RESTRICTED, AFFORDABLE, UM, UM,
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UM, RATE.UM, BUT YEAH, THERE ARE SOME PROGRAMS LIKE OUR SMART HOUSING, UH, FEE WAIVER PROGRAM, WHICH HAS A MUCH SHORTER AFFORDABILITY PERIOD.
UM, AND I HOPE MANDY IS STILL ON BECAUSE SHE CAN EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT BETTER THAN NOT, NOT EVERY HOUSING UNIT THAT REACHES ITS X AFFORDABILITY PERIOD.
THE END OF THEIR AFFORDABILITY PERIOD IS GOING TO NECESSARILY STOP BECOME BEING INCOME RESTRICTED, AFFORDABLE.
UM, SO THIS ISN'T TO TRY AND RAISE TOO MANY ALARMS, BUT IT IS TO, UM, GET SOME INFORMATION ABOUT OLDER AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS, UH, OR DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE MAYBE ON THE GROUND THAT ARE REACHING THE END OF THEIR, UM, AFFORDABILITY PERIODS THAT WE COULD, UH, BEGIN CONVERSATIONS WITH THAT PROPERTY ORANGES, TO BE MORE AWARE OF, ESPECIALLY AS WE LOOK TOWARDS FUTURE PROJECTS, LIKE PROJECT CONNECT, WHICH WILL PLAY OUT OVER, YOU KNOW, 13 YEARS OR SO AT LEAST.
AND THE FINAL TAB IN THIS MAP SERIES IS CALLED DISPLACEMENT RISK.
AND WHAT IT IS IS, UH, THE SAME DATA THAT WE'VE SEEN IN SOME OF THESE EARLIER TABS LAID OVER THE UPROOTED, UH, GENTRIFICATION LAYERS THAT WERE CREATED IN THE 2018 REPORT OR FROM THE 2018 REPORT COMING OUT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS.
UM, AND THOSE LAYERS, IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THEM, IDENTIFY DID DISPLACEMENT RISK IN AUSTIN NEIGHBORHOODS AND KIND OF CAME UP WITH THESE CATEGORIES OF, UM, SUSCEPTIBLE, WHICH IS KIND OF THE EARLIEST STAGE OF GENTRIFICATION ALL THE WAY THROUGH TO DYNAMIC AND LATE STAGE, WHICH MEANS TEND TO FURCATION IS THIS FAIRLY ACTIVE IN THESE AREAS? AND, UM, AND SO DISPLACEMENT RISK IS HIGH FOR VULNERABLE POPULATIONS, AND THERE'S SOME MORE INFORMATION AND A LINK TO THAT REPORT IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN LEARNING MORE ABOUT THOSE, UH, THOSE GENTRIFICATION STAGES OR THIS REPORT OR THE STUDY.
UH, BUT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE JUST SHOWING THE SAME, UH, TRANSIT PARTY NETWORK OR, UM, TRANSIT NETWORK IN THE CITY ALONGSIDE AFFORDABLE HOUSING SPECIFICALLY WITHIN THOSE, UM, UH, DISPLACEMENT VULNERABILITY AREAS, UM, AS IDENTIFIED IN THE UPROOTED REPORT.
SO YOU'LL SEE THAT 13,000 OVER 13,000 OF OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS IN THE CITY ARE WITHIN THESE AREAS.
UM, AND THERE'S A BIT OF, UH, YOU CAN TOGGLE THESE, UH, IF YOU WANT TO KNOW KIND OF EARLIER STAGE, LIKE WHICH UNITS ARE IN SUSCEPTIBLE AREAS VERSUS LATE STAGE AREAS, YOU CAN GET THAT TYPE OF INFORMATION, UM, FROM THIS MAP AS WELL.
I KNOW THAT WAS A LOT THAT I COVERED, BUT THE LINK IS ALSO AVAILABLE TO YOU ALSO, UM, I CAN STICK AROUND FOR QUESTIONS AND, UH, LET ME KNOW IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE THAT I CAN DO TO HELP, UH, MAKE THIS MAP TOOL MORE USEFUL, OR TO EXPLAIN ANYTHING THAT WE'VE GONE OVER.
THANKS REALLY, REALLY NEAT PRESENTATION, SUPER PROFOUND, UH, AND TANGENTED INTO A WHOLE LOT OF REALLY INFORMATIVE SUBJECT AREAS, UH, THAT WENT BEYOND WHERE JUST THE HOUSING AND THE, UH, THE TRANSIT MAY OR MAY NOT POTENTIALLY OVERLAP.
UH, WONDERING JUST MY MIND AUTOMATICALLY GOES TO A PLACE LIKE THIS WHEN I'M LOOKING AT DATA VISUALIZATIONS, WONDERING IF, UH, THERE WOULD BE AN ABILITY TO LOOK AT SORT OF THE INVERSION OF THAT MAP, WHERE AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS ACTUALLY FAR, UH, FROM A PROJECT, UH, CONNECT OR, OR, OR A TRANSIT, UH, POINT, UM, IS THAT A PLAUSIBLE TO DO WITH THE EXISTING TOOL FOR THE END USER, OR IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WOULD PROBABLY HAVE TO BE DESIGNED? UH, AND I'M JUST WONDERING WHAT THE IMPLICATIONS I WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, OF THAT DATA WOULD BE LOOKING AT THE MASSES OF AREA WHERE WE'RE ACTUALLY MORE THAN A HALF MILE AWAY OR, OR A MILE AWAY, AND WHAT, YOU KNOW, POLICY IMPLICATIONS OR, YOU KNOW, FUTURE DESIGN IMPLICATIONS COULD BE, UH, ET CETERA, ESPECIALLY WHEN JUXTAPOSED WITH EXPIRING AFFORDABILITY AND HOW THAT MAY OR MAY NOT PLAY OUT.
UH, THOSE ARE GREAT QUESTIONS, UH, COMMISSIONER, AND, UH, BASICALLY, I MEAN, THE TOOL IS NOT RIGHT NOW CONFIGURED TO SHOW EXCLUSIVELY THE, YOU KNOW, AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF THAT HALF MILE OF A TRANSIT LINE.
BUT ESPECIALLY IN THAT FIRST MAP THAT JUST SAYS ALL, UM, YOU CAN DO YOUR OWN KIND OF ZOOMING IN TO LOOK AT THAT.
AND THEN YOU COULD FIND SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS.
SO THE DATA'S THERE, BUT IT IS NOT, YOU KNOW, DESIGNED TO VISUALIZE IT THAT WAY, UM, FOR THIS PURPOSE.
UH, I LOVE THAT THAT'S ALREADY KIND OF WHAT YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT AND COULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE ALSO CONTINUE TO PURSUE.
I PERSONALLY HAVE WANTED TO START LOOKING AT, WELL, THIS IS A, A MAP SHOWING WHICH TRANSIT STOPS HAVE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, IF YOU WILL, BUT WHICH AFFORDABLE HOUSING DOESN'T HAVE TRANSIT AS WELL.
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BEAUTY OF HAVING THE DATASETS THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING FOR A LONG TIME TO BUILD UP AS THAT.NOW WE'RE IN THE FUN STAGE FOR ME, WHICH IS DATA VISUALIZATION.
WE COULD PRODUCE THOSE MAPS, THE QUESTION OF WHAT WE DO WITH IT.
I THINK ONE SORT OF GAP THERE'S THERE'S, UM, WE'VE VISUALIZED HERE.
WHAT IS WITHIN A QUARTER MILE AND A HALF MILE PROJECT CONNECT STATION.
THERE ARE ALSO OTHER, UM, PROJECT OR NOT PROJECT CONNECT.
THERE ARE OTHER TRANSIT LINES WITHIN THE CITY.
MANY OF THOSE LOCAL ROUTES THAT HAVE, UH, LOWER FREQUENCIES FOR OUR BUSES, UM, ARE NOT ON OUR TRANSIT PROTEIN NETWORK, UM, BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE THE HIGH FREQUENCY.
SO NOT EVERY AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT ON HERE THAT ISN'T SHOWING UP HIGHER TPN NECESSARILY DOESN'T HAVE A TRANSIT WHATSOEVER, BUT IT MIGHT BE MUCH SLOWER, UH, TRANSIT ACCESS.
AND THEN, UH, FINALLY I WOULD ADD, AND I HOPE THERE'S SOMEONE WHO COULD CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT I BELIEVE IF YOU'RE WITHIN THREE QUARTERS OF A MILE OF A PROJECT OR NOT PROJECT A CAP, METRO BUS STOP, YOU CAN ALSO ACCESS A METRO ACCESS, WHICH, UM, IS, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T VISUALIZE QUITE AS MUCH, BUT IT'S FOR FOLKS WHO, UM, HAVE, UH, DISABILITIES WHO ALSO NEED TO ACCESS TRANSIT.
AND SO THERE'S SEPARATE TRANSIT SERVICE, UM, THAT CAN SERVE THREE QUARTERS OF A MILE, BUT OF A TRANSIT STOP.
I BELIEVE SO THAT'S ANOTHER WAY, BUT WE'RE NOT TELLING THE FULL, FULL STORY, UM, WITH, WITH THESE DATA.
THANKS, THANKS FOR CLARIFYING THAT EXPRESSING LIMITATIONS AND, AND, UH, UH, JUST BEING SO AVAILABLE TO SPEAK AT SO MANY LEVELS OF DETAIL, REALLY NEED LOVE TO OPEN IT UP FOR EVERYBODY AND ANYBODY TO, TO ASK QUESTIONS OR SHARE ANY COMMENTARY AS COMMISSIONER ME HERE.
I THINK I WAS PARTICULARLY, I WAS REALLY, UH, I'M REALLY INTRIGUED BY THE NOTION OF THE EXPIRING AFFORDABILITY AND THE APPLICATIONS.
IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S A BIG SPIKE IN 2021.
AND THEN WHAT KIND OF TRIGGER DOES THAT SET OFF WITH, UH, WITH THE CITY, WHETHER THEY'RE CITY? WELL, I GUESS THEY WOULDN'T BE CITY ASSETS BECAUSE THE CITY HAS PROLONGED PERIODS OF AFFORDABILITY, BUT I GUESS HOW DO, HOW DO WE COMMUNICATE OR FIND OUT WHAT THE, WHAT THESE FOLKS, IF THEY PLAN TO RETAIN THE AFFORDABILITY ELEMENT OR NOT? IT SEEMS LIKE, UH, I REALLY, I I'LL SPEAK FOR MYSELF, DEFINITELY AN OVERLOOKED AND UNDER THOUGHT ASPECT OF RETAINING AFFORDABILITY AS THE EXPIRATION OF AFFORDABILITY PERIODS.
UM, YEAH, I THINK THAT WAS PART OF THIS TOOL.
JUST BEING ABLE TO EDUCATE ON MULTIPLE LEVELS OF LIKE HOW WE GET AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AS WELL AS THE AFFORDABILITY PERIODS.
BUT I WONDER IF MANDY IS STILL ON, UM, I KNOW SHE'S SPOKEN TO THIS QUESTION IN THE PAST AND I WOULDN'T DO IT JUSTICE BY TRYING TO RECALL HER ANSWER.
THIS IS ERICA NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE, SORRY, A NEW DEPARTMENT NAME, HOUSING AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT.
UM, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT MANDY IS STILL ON AND WE MAY WANT TO GET A MORE COMPLETE ANSWER FROM HER, BUT, UM, A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES WHERE, WHERE THE AFFORDABLE UNITS MAY NOT BE DISAPPEARING, EVEN THOUGH THEY SHOW AS SUCH, UM, ON THIS INCLUDE, UM, NONPROFIT ENTITIES, SUCH AS BOND PATIENT COMMUNITIES, WHERE IT'S THEIR MISSION TO KEEP THEIR UNITS AFFORDABLE OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME.
SO EVEN THOUGH IT MAY SHOW THEIR OFFICIAL REQUIRED AFFORDABILITY PERIOD, AS ENDING AFTER, FOR EXAMPLE, 40 YEARS OR SOMETHING, UM, DUE TO THEIR MISSION, THEY WOULD LIKELY BE AFFORDABLE IN PERPETUITY.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S ONE EXAMPLE WHERE, UM, THE AFFORDABILITY MAY LAST LONGER AND THE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN WORKING TO, TO BASICALLY IDENTIFY ADDITIONAL RESOURCES TO, UM, TO BE ABLE TO SEE IF WE CAN FIND PARTNERS TO EXTEND THE AFFORDABILITY PERIOD FOR DEVELOPMENTS THAT MIGHT JUST BE TAX CREDIT DEVELOPMENTS, UM, THAT MIGHT LOSE THEIR AFFORDABILITY PERIOD.
UM, AND, AND THAT'S AN AREA WHERE WE'RE CONTINUING TO TRY TO, UM, INCREASE OUR STAFF CAPACITY.
AND, UH, THANKS TO MANDY FOR STICKING AROUND AS LONG AS SHE DID.
UH, ANYWAY, UM, I THINK, UH, COMMISSIONER, MAY HE, IF, UH, IF YOU WANTED TO FOLLOW UP MORE, UH, YOU COULD DO SO THROUGH OUR LIAISON LISA,
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AND GET A MORE THOROUGH ANSWER.IF THERE'S ANYTHING YOU WANT TO BRING TO EVERYONE'S ATTENTION, LET US KNOW, AND WE'LL TRY TO GET IT ON THE AGENDA.
UM, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? FEEDBACK? ALL RIGHT.
UM, YOU SAID IT THAT THE SEC COMMISSIONER GARRETT.
UM, WHAT'S THE AFFORDABILITY? WHAT IS THE AFFORDABILITY ABILITY PERIOD FOR FEE WAIVERS? UM, I AM GOING TO PULL UP OUR HANDY-DANDY CHART THAT TALKS ABOUT OUR DEVELOPER INCENTIVE PROGRAMS. UM, SO OUR, OUR FEE WAIVER PROGRAM IS SMART HOUSING.
UM, AND SO MANY OF OUR PROJECTS THAT ARE GETTING FUNDING FROM THE CITY ARE ALSO REQUIRED TO BE SMART, CERTIFIED, BUT, UM, THERE ARE PROJECTS THAT MAY DO SMART CERTIFICATION ONLY, UH, IN WHICH CASE, THE PERIOD FOR OWNERSHIP PROJECTS IS ONE YEAR AND THE AFFORDABILITY PERIOD FOR RENTAL PROJECTS IS FIVE YEARS.
UM, YEAH, I BELIEVE THAT'S CORRECT.
DO WE HAVE ANYTHING MORE? YEAH.
WELL, WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR PRESENTATION AND YOU BEING HERE ALWAYS, IT LOOKS LIKE THERE MAY HAVE BEEN A CALLER SPEAKING IN A CALL-IN USER SPEAKING.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO, UM, ASK THE QUESTION, UH, IS THIS, UH, PRESENTS ARE GONNA BE COMING BACK, UH, IN THE FUTURE FOR ANY TYPE OF, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS OR APPROVAL? UH, I KNOW THAT, UM, A LARGE, THERE'S A LARGE AMOUNT OF POPULATION THAT WERE AGAINST THIS, UH, PROJECT CONNECT.
AND WE KNEW THAT JUST THAT ALL OF THESE LAYERS OF JUSTIFICATION WERE GOING TO COME OUR WAY IF IT WAS PASSED.
AND SO THIS IS A CONVERSATION THAT'S ALREADY KIND OF BEEN TALKED ABOUT, UH, FOR PEOPLE WHO DIDN'T SUPPORT THIS.
SO I JUST WANT TO KNOW ARE Y'ALL GOING TO BE COMING BACK IN THE NEAR FUTURE FOR ASKING FOR ANY RECOMMENDATIONS OR ANY ACTION ITEMS. THANK YOU.
UM, SO THIS PRESENTATION IS JUST SHOWING A DATA TOOL.
SO IT'S REALLY JUST A MAP SERIES SHOWING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND TRANSIT.
SO THERE'S, THERE'S NO ACTION THAT'S BEING REQUESTED.
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER DELGADO.
AND WITH THAT, I THINK IT'S SAFE TO THANK YOU, SAM, FOR JOINING US, UH, AND MOVE ON
[3f) Discussion and possible action on CDC endorsement of recommendation passed by the Economic Prosperity Commission regarding the Response to Winter Storm Uri]
TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM, WHICH IS WHILE WE'RE COOKING A DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON CDC, ENDORSEMENT OF RECOMMENDATION PASSED BY THE ECONOMIC PROSPERITY COMMISSION REGARDING THE RESPONSE TO THE WINTER STORM.URI, DIDN'T WANT TO LET THIS GET BIAS AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY HONOR OUR NEED TO, UH, DEVELOP OUR, OUR CHEMISTRY AROUND MEETING TIMING.
UH, I CLEARLY DIDN'T HAVE THE CAPACITY TO PRODUCE A DRAFT FOR US THAT I THINK, UH, WOULD HAVE, UH, MET OUR NEEDS, UH, TO HAVE BEEN ABLE TO HAVE DISCUSSED IT WITHIN OUR GIVEN TIMEFRAMES.
AND IT, I WAS VERY, AND I'M SURE MANY OF US HERE OR, UH, IMPRESSED, UH, MANY OF US WHO LOOKED AT THE BACKUP AND ACTUALLY JUST SAW IT, UH, YOU KNOW, AS IT WAS PUBLICIZED WHEN IT OCCURRED, WERE IMPRESSED WITH THE RECOMMENDATION PASSED BY THE ECONOMIC PROSPERITY COMMISSION ON WINTER STORM URI.
I THINK IT EMBODIES ALMOST ENTIRELY IF NOT ENTIRELY, UH, THE SENTIMENT AND THE SPECIFICS THAT WE WERE LOOKING FOR AND WAS THINKING THAT THIS HAS A REALLY GREAT TURNKEY WAY FOR US TO EXPRESS THAT SENTIMENT AS A COMMISSION QUICKLY, UH, BY ENDORSING THE RECOMMENDATION MADE BY THE ECONOMIC PROSPERITY COMMISSION.
SO I'M ASSUMING THAT, UH, WE'VE HAD THE SUFFICIENT TIME TO REVIEW THE BACKUP AND IF NOT HAPPY, YOU KNOW, TO, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, A MINUTE OR SO OF SILENCE FOR EVERYONE TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT, IT'S, UH, CLEARLY AT THE END OF THE BACKUP MATERIALS.
AND IF SO, WOULD LIKE TO ENTERTAIN, UH, YOU KNOW, ANY DISCUSSION OR POTENTIALLY A MOTION TO A VOTE, UH, ON ENDORSING THIS RECOMMENDATION.
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ARE YOU MUTED VICE CHAIR? I'M SO SORRY FOR PURPOSES OF DISCUSSION, I'M GOING TO MOVE APPROVAL OF THIS.WE HAVE A MOVE TO APPROVE THE ENDORSEMENT OF THE ECONOMIC PROSPERITY AND COMMISSIONS RECOMMENDATION ON WINTER STORM.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND, SECOND? OKAY.
COMMISSIONER FIDELIO, SECOND, ALL IN FAVOR OF VOTING TO ENDORSE THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE ECONOMIC PROSPERITY COMMISSION, PLEASE SAY, AYE, ALL OPPOSED, PLEASE.
NE PER SAY, MAY YOU DON'T HAVE TO NAME LIKE A HORSE AND, UH, ANY ABSTENTIONS, IF YOU COULD PLEASE MAKE IT KNOWN VOCALLY, THAT'S GOING TO BE HELPFUL FOR THE RECORD.
SO IT PASSES YOU THE ENDORSEMENT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY, UH, AND I APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S PARTICIPATION THERE.
THANK YOU FOR CALLING THE QUESTION.
SO TO SAY, UH, VICE CHAIR AND, UH, WITH THAT WE CAN MOVE ON TO THE FOLLOWING AGENDA ITEM AND WHICH IS, UH,
[4. WORKING GROUP REPORTS]
THE WORKING GROUP REPORTS.UH, MY ASSUMPTION, I DIDN'T HEAR FROM COMMISSIONER MAHIA OR COMMISSIONER DELGADO, AND I DO THINK JESSE MIGHT'VE REACHED OUT TO ONE OR BOTH OF YOU TO SEE IF THERE WAS A WORKING GROUP REPORT, UH, ON ECONOMIC INDEPENDENCE AND FUNDING FOR FAMILIES IN NEED.
IS THAT CORRECT? THAT WE DON'T HAVE AN UPDATE FOR, FOR A THAT'S CORRECT.
ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT IF I COULD AT THE I AT THE TIME, AND IF, UM, IF COMMISSIONER JOEL GOTTO DISAGREES WITH ME, I TOTALLY AM OPEN TO DISCUSSING, BUT I THINK WE WERE INTERESTED.
I THINK THERE WAS A LOT OF EXCITEMENT AROUND HEARING.
AND THIS WAS PRIOR TO HEARING FROM, UH, THE FAMILY INDEPENDENCE INITIATIVE.
UM, I, IT SOUNDS LIKE THEY'RE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY OF AUSTIN AND WE'LL BE HEARING MORE FROM THEM.
SO I'VE ACTUALLY THINK IT MIGHT BE IN THE INTEREST OF THE COMMISSION TO RETIRE THIS, UH, RETIRE, THIS, UH, WORKING GROUP THAT, THAT NEVER GOT STARTED, BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S OTHER WAYS TO GET AT THE ISSUE.
UM, MAYBE THROUGH THE REGULAR BUSINESS OF THE COMMISSION.
UH, I'M AN AGREEMENT COMMISSIONER NOTE.
DO YOU HAVE ANY THOUGHTS ON THAT? I KIND OF TURNED OUT BETTER HERE I AM IN TOTAL AGREEMENT WITH MITZNER VESSEL.
UM, WE ARE DEFINITELY GOING TO BE OVERSIGHTING THAT.
SO I, UM, AT THIS TIME IT'S, YOU KNOW, WE WENT TO DISMANTLE I'M IN TOTAL FULL AGREEMENT THINKING GREAT.
UH, YEAH, IT DOES SEEM LIKE IT IS ON OUR RADAR FOR NOW AND CERTAINLY FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE.
AND, UH, AS A POINT OF PROCEDURE, I MIGHT ASK WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO DISBAND THAT, UH, DOES BETH HAVE ANY GUIDANCE, UH, FORGIVE ME FOR NOT KNOWING EXACTLY WHAT WORDS I NEED TO SAY HERE.
I THINK THAT WHAT YOU JUST DID IS SUFFICIENT AGREEMENT.
WELL, WE AGREE THAT THAT WORKING GROUP HAS DISBANDED AND CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THE INTENTION BEHIND ITS ORIGINAL INCEPTION.
AND FINALLY, UH, WHAT WE'VE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR, UH, FOR B, WHICH IS, UH, AN UPDATE FROM, UH, COMMISSIONER MAHEA, UH, ON THE AUSTIN TRANSIT PARTNERSHIP, UH, COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE, I WILL BE FULLY TRANSPARENT IN SAYING THAT, UH, IF I RECEIVED A NOTICE TO SHOW UP TO THIS, THIS, THIS COMMITTEE THAT I HAD MISSED THAT IN THE MIDST OF THE WILD LAST THREE, TWO MONTHS, UM, WE HAD A SPLIT, I THINK, COMMISSIONER SLOAN, AND I AGREED TO SORT OF TRADE OFF ATTENDANCE SO THAT NONE OF US WERE OVERBURDENED.
I DON'T KNOW IF COMMISSIONER SLOAN WAS ABLE TO MAKE ANY, UH, OF THE ACTIVITIES THAT HAVE BEEN PLANNED.
SO I I'LL BE REALLY REAL THAT IF I, I APOLOGIZE.
UM, I APOLOGIZE TO THE COMMISSION, IF I HAVE MISSED SOME COMMUNICATION ABOUT THAT BEING, BEING READY FOR THAT, UH, COMMITTEE.
AND, UH, ALSO JUST WANT TO CLARIFY, I RECALL, UH, COMMISSIONER, MAY HE, UH, UH, SORT OF TAKING THE ROLE, UH, OF FORMALLY IN AS MUCH AS THE NAMED PART OF IT AND COMMISSIONER SLOAN AGREEING TO SUPPORT IN THAT ROLE? OF COURSE, UH, IN THE INFORMAL SENSE, UH, IF MY MEMORY SERVES ME CORRECTLY AND I BELIEVE, I THINK IT MAY BE COMMISSIONER SLOAN WHO WAS JUST ABOUT TO SPEAK AS WELL.
FORGIVE ME FOR SPEAKING OVER YOU.
I AM CONFIRMING WHAT YOU SAID.
IT WAS THE RECOMMENDATION OF STAFF THAT APPOINTEES TO A BOARD LIKE THAT SHOULDN'T BE A SINGULAR PERSON AND THAT, UM, THE FORM OF SUPPORT THAT WE AGREED ON CAN BE LIKE THAT INFORMAL SUPPORT AS NEEDED.
UM, BUT IT WAS THE CONSENSUS OF THE COMMISSION.
AND I DON'T THINK YOU WERE THERE, UM, THAT
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YOU WOULD BE OUR BEST REPRESENTATIVE ON THAT BOARD.I CAN'T SPEAK TO ANY COMMUNICATIONS, UM, FOLLOWING YOUR APPOINTMENT.
UM, BUT I DO KNOW THAT THIS BOARD, A POINT OF VIEW, UM, FORMERLY AND COMMISSIONERS, THIS IS ERICA LEAK.
UM, THERE HAVE NOT BEEN ANY MEETINGS OF THAT, UM, ENTITY YET.
I THINK THE FIRST ONE WILL BE SCHEDULED POTENTIALLY AT THE END OF THIS MONTH.
EVERY, NOBODY DROPPED ANY BALL AND, UH, WE, UH, MADE IT THROUGH, UH, AS WAS REFERENCED EARLIER, QUITE THE ACTION PACKED AGENDA BEFORE WE DISCUSS ANY FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. WE JUST LIKE TO APPLAUD, UH, THE COMMISSION FOR REALLY, REALLY GETTING OUR RUNNING CHEMISTRY TOGETHER AND THANK ALL OF US AS WELL.
UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S EIGHT 35, BUT TECHNICALLY THAT'S EIGHT OH FIVE SINCE WE STARTED 30 MINUTES LATE.
AND I KNOW THAT WE'LL ALL, UH, DO A LITTLE BIT BETTER ABOUT, UH, GETTING ON, ON TIME.
THANKS SO MUCH, UH, FOR, TO STAFF FOR SPECIFICALLY LISA FOR AN NRA V TEAM FOR, FOR HELPING SHEPHERD FOLKS IN.
UM, AND IF ANYBODY HAS ANY CHALLENGES WITH THE FIVE 30 TIME AND WOULD LIKE TO MAYBE LOOK AT A SIX 36, O'CLOCK START BECAUSE IT DOES SEEM LIKE WE CAN ALL GET IN THE ROOM AT SIX, PLEASE DO, UH, EMAIL, UH, UH, LISA, UH, SO THAT WE CAN DISCUSS IT, UH, AS APPROPRIATELY, UH, ONGOING BECAUSE WE DO HAVE THE TIME SLOT AVAILABLE.
[5. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS]
ANY FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS WOULD LIKE TO, UH, YOU KNOW, OPEN THIS UP FOR DISCUSSION VICE CHAIR, ANY THOUGHTS, UH, SORRY TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT, BUT YOU'RE THE FIRST PERSON WHO COMES TO MIND.UM, I COULD DO A BRIEF UPDATE AT THE NEXT MEETING ON THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATER, SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT ADVISORY BOARD.
ANYBODY ELSE? UH, YEAH, COMMISSIONER MCGEE.
UM, IT'S, IT'S MORE OF A REQUEST MAYBE TO FIND THE APPROPRIATE, UH, CITY STAFF MEMBER.
SO I KNOW THAT DURING THE COUNCIL ELECTIONS, YOU KNOW, MY COUNCIL WOMAN, VANESSA FLINT, THIS INCLUDED SOME PEOPLE RAN AS PART OF THEIR PLATFORM, UH, INVESTIGATING OR ESTABLISHING COMMUNITY LAND TRUSTS AND SORT OF REINVIGORATING THAT IDEA.
AND I'M CURIOUS IF, UM, ANYONE, UM, AMONG THE STAFF PRESENT HAS HEARD ANY, UM, MOMENTUM IN THAT DIRECTION.
AND IF SO, I WOULD LOVE TO RECEIVE A PRESENTATION ON ANY MOMENTUM IN THE CITY.
OFFICES IS SORT OF, SORT OF DOUBLING DOWN ON COMMUNITY LAND TRUST, ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE PRESENTATION WE JUST SAW WHERE THERE'S A SUSCEPTIBLE, BUT NOT LATE STAGE, UH, DISPLACEMENT GOING ON, BUT THOSE PLACES THAT MIGHT BE RIPE FOR SUCH, UH, INTERVENTIONS.
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER MANIA.
UH, AND I'M SURE THE THAT'S NOTED AND WILL BE LOOKED INTO, I WANT TO MENTION THAT ELECTIONS OFFICER, UH, ELECTIONS ARE, UH, ARE UP AGAIN FOR THE COMMISSION.
I KNOW OUR LAST ONES WERE IN NOVEMBER, BUT THAT WAS DUE TO CASCADING DELAYS RESULTING FROM COVID AND OTHER THINGS.
UH, IT WAS TOUGH TO GET IT TO FIT ON THE AGENDA THIS TIME.
WE'RE HOPING TO GET IT ON THE AGENDA NEXT TIME, OR AT LEAST BY THE TIME ALL OF OUR NEW COMMISSIONERS ARE SEATED.
UH, SO DO KEEP THAT IN MIND THAT OFFICERS FOR THIS COMMISSION WILL BE UP FOR A VOTE, UH, HERE, IMMINENTLY, UH, ANY OTHER, I KNOW THAT, UH, COMMISSIONER JOE DELGADO REFERENCED A COUPLE OF ITEMS YOU'D LIKE TO SEE ON FUTURE AGENDAS.
I DEFINITELY WANNA SAY, UH, ON ONE OF THE PRESENTERS, UH, THAT I THINK, UH, EARLIER, UM, I HAD ASKED THAT IF THEY WERE GOING TO COME BACK, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS I DID WANT TO ASK, UM, DO WE HAVE ANYTHING THAT'S SCHEDULED OR, UM, ANY TYPE OF RETREAT? I KNOW WE DO AN ANNUAL RETREAT AND I KNOW DO DUE TO THE PANDEMIC LAST YEAR, WE WEREN'T ABLE TO DO THAT RETREAT.
IS THAT, UH, JUST KIND OF WANT TO PUT THAT OUT THERE.
UH, IF WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING A, A RETREAT LIKE WE DO EVERY YEAR AND THEN ALSO A TRAINING, UH, FOR, UM, THE NEW COMMISSIONERS THAT ARE COMING ON, UH, THAT CAME ON DURING THE HOLIDAYS AND DID NOT GET THE TRAINING, UH, THAT THE CITY PROVIDES, UH, WITH ROBERT RULES OF ORDER, UH, COMMISSIONS AND ALL THAT.
SO I JUST WANTED TO KNOW WE HAVE THAT ON THE CALENDAR FOR SOMETHING COMING UP THIS, UH, IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS.
SO THOSE ARE REALLY THE ONLY THING REALLY THAT I CAN THINK OF RIGHT AT THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
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AS FAR AS THE RETREAT IS CONCERNED, UH, I DO BELIEVE THAT IT'S IN THE CARDS.I THINK PLACEMENT OF THE, UH, NEW COMMISSIONERS IS GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, INTEGRAL TO THAT HAPPENING AND CERTAINLY INTEGRAL TO, UH, THE TIMELINE BEFORE IT HAPPENS.
UH, AND HOPEFULLY, OR PERHAPS RATHER WE MAY BE, UH, IN, UH, DISTINCT CIRCUMSTANCES IN AS MUCH AS OUR ABILITY TO MEET PERSONALLY MIGHT BE CONCERNED.
UH, SO HOPE MAYBE THOSE STARS WILL ALIGN POSITIVELY.
AND AS FAR AS THE TRAINING AND OTHER ITEMS, I'M SURE THEY'RE NOTED.
UH, AND, UM, UH, WE'LL BE GETTING BACK TO YOU.
UH, I CAN ASSUME UNLESS, UH, LISA YOU, OR YOU MIGHT WANT TO SAY ANYTHING ABOUT IT NOW.
UM, I HAVE NOTED THIS AND IT WOULD DEFINITELY BE THE TIMELINE WOULD BE FOLLOWING HAVING THE CHAIRS FILLED.
SO THAT PROCESS COULD ROLL OUT.
I THINK IT WILL BE IN THE SUMMER BEFORE WE COULD DO A TRAINING.
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT A RETREAT JUST OF COVID.
I, I GUESS I'M TOO TIRED RIGHT NOW TO THINK OF WHAT A RETREAT WOULD LOOK LIKE ON ZOOM OR WEBEX, BUT, UM, A TRAINING DEFINITELY WOULD BE, WILL BE AN ORDER.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S PERCOLATING AS WE'RE RECRUITING THESE NEW, NEW SEATS.
UH, ANY, ANY OTHER THOUGHTS ON FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS? BARRING WAS, UH, COMMISSIONER SLOAN, COMMISSIONER SLOAN, AND GARRETT HAD MENTIONED THAT THEY WOULD BE FOLLOWING UP ON, UH, ON THEIR OWN AND POTENTIALLY SUGGESTING LATER.
WELL, UH, THEN, UH, IF NOBODY HAS A PROBLEM WITH IT, I'D LIKE TO CALL US, UH, DURING THAT 8:41 PM.
AND THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE.
THANKS STAFF AGAIN FOR BEING HERE.
AND THE AB TEAM FOR SHEPHERDING EVERYONE, UH, IN, UH, THROUGH SO MANY DIFFERENT TYPES OF TECHNICAL LOOPHOLES.