* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.
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          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, DO, UH, DO I NEED TO CONFIRM THAT WE HAVE A FORUM? I CAN COUNT IT, BUT MAYBE IT'D BE GOOD TO GET ECHO FROM JESSE OR JESSE. 
          WON'T BE HERE TODAY. 
          SO, UH, ERICA, DO WE HAVE QUORUM? ARE WE GOOD TO START? I COUNT NINE MEMBERS. 
          SORRY, THIS IS LISA. 
          I'M SORRY. 
          I COUNT NINE PRESENT. 
          ERICA, DO YOU CONCUR? ALL RIGHT. 
          FANTASTIC. 
          WITH THAT SAID, THEN LET'S, 
          [CALL TO ORDER]
UH, CALL TO ORDER THE JULY 13TH, 2021 MEETING OF THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION. 
          AND I WILL REMIND THOSE OF US WHO ARE MAYBE CALLED IN, UH, THAT TO MUTE OUR PHONES, PLEASE, UNTIL WE MAY BE SPEAKING. 
          THE PURPOSE OF THIS BOARD IS TO ADVISE THE COUNCIL, THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO SERVE THE, AND THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE, WITH AN EMPHASIS ON FEDERALLY FUNDED PROGRAMS. AND I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE IN ADVANCED SPECIFICALLY THE COMMISSIONERS FOR DOING OUR BEST TO HAVE OUR CAMERAS ON IF YOU HAVE THE TECHNOLOGICAL CAPACITY TO DO SO THAT NOT ONLY HELPS DEMONSTRATE HOW PROUD WE ARE TO REPRESENT OUR RESPECTIVE REGIONS AND, UH, STAKEHOLDER INTERESTS, BUT ALSO IT MAKES GOVERNANCE A LITTLE BIT EASIER. 
          WE CAN KIND OF SEE WHO NEEDS TO SPEAK, WHO MAY WANT TO RAISE THEIR HAND. 
          UH, AND, UH, IT, IT GETS A LITTLE BIT DIFFICULT WHEN WE'RE JUST LOOKING AT A BUNCH OF GRAY SQUARES. 
          SO THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. 
          I DO UNDERSTAND, OF COURSE, IF WE HAVE TO TURN THEM OFF FOR EATING OR PERSONAL MATTERS, AS THESE MEETINGS CAN GET LONG, UH, WITH THAT SAID, UH, IT SEEMS LET'S MOVE TO CITIZENS COMMUNICATION. 
          WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER, UH, FOR CITIZEN COMMUNICATION, UH, AS NOVIA. 
          JOSEPH, ARE YOU ON THE LINE? YES, MR. CHAIR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WELCOME. 
          THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR MEMBERS. 
          I'M THE NOVIA JOSEPH. 
          I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A TRANSIT UPDATE. 
          SO I DID SEND YOU THE LINK. 
          YOU MAY HAVE ALREADY HEARD THE STORY ON K U T JULY 6TH, 2021. 
          IT'S TITLED HOW CAP METRO'S MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR TRANSIT EXPANSION HINGES ON FEDERAL RACIAL EQUITY STANDARDS. 
          AND I'LL JUST TURN TO THE SUMMATION AT THE END WHERE NATHAN BERNAY. 
          THE REPORTER SAID CAPITOL METROS OWN 266 PAGE ANALYSIS WHILE FINDING ITSELF IN COMPLIANCE WITH TITLE SIX, ALSO REVEAL SOME OBVIOUS DISPARITIES. 
          THE MAKEUP OF THE ORGANIZATIONS TO ADVISORY PANELS IS DISPROPORTIONATELY WHITE COMMUTER RAIL SERVICE COST CAP. 
          METRO, SIGNIFICANTLY MORE PER TRIP THAN BULK SERVICE HAS 70% WHITE RIDERSHIP AND CATERS TO THE AGENCY'S WEALTHIEST RIDERS DURING THE MIDDAY BUSES ON ROUTES THAT SERVE LARGER PERCENTAGES OF MINORITY WRITERS ARE MORE FULL AND LESS PUNCTUAL. 
          SO I JUST WANTED TO CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO THAT ARTICLE BECAUSE IT IS OBJECTIVE. 
          HE DID LISTEN TO THE DISCUSSION ABOUT TITLE SIX OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964, WHICH PROHIBITS DISCRIMINATION BASED ON RACE, COLOR, NATIONAL ORIGIN, AND ANY PROGRAM THAT RECEIVES FEDERAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE. 
          AND SO I JUST WANT TO CALL TO YOUR ATTENTION AS YOU THINKING ABOUT THE POOR, THERE WAS A LENGTHY DISCUSSION AT COMMISSIONER'S COURT TODAY AS IT RELATED TO RIVERSIDE. 
          AND SO I JUST WANT YOU TO BE AWARE OF 80% ARROGANT MEDIAN INCOME AS THE NEW RED LINING. 
          THAT'S ABOUT $55,000, BUT AFRICAN-AMERICANS AND HISPANICS EARNED BETWEEN 42,000 AND $50,000. 
          THERE'S AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT REPORT WHEN THE CITY OF AUSTIN WAS DOING THE MINORITY FUNDING FOR EACH OF THE CHAMBERS THAT SPECIFIES THAT AMOUNT. 
          AND THERE'S ALSO A 2016 ARTICLE FROM BOSTON MONITOR THAT GIVES THAT SAME RANGE FOR AFRICAN-AMERICANS AND HISPANICS. 
          AND SO THESE NEW DEVELOPMENTS ARE 80% AREA MEDIAN INCOME OVER ON HIGHLAND HIGHLAND VILLAGE. 
          THAT'S THE HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF LAWSON 99 YEAR GROUND 
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LEASE VEGA MULTI-FAMILY AND SPELLED WEST AUSTIN. 
          THE PROPOSAL TODAY FROM PRESIDIUM WAS GOING TO ONLY HAVE 10% OF THE UNITS AT THE, FOR PEOPLE WHO TURN 60% AREA MEDIAN INCOME AND BELOW THE REST WAS 80% AREA, MEDIAN INCOME AND HIGHER. 
          AND LASTLY, SO-CALLED TO HON GOOD TRANSIT LINE. 
          SOUTH CONGRESS IS ALSO 80% AREA HISPANICS FROM THOSE OPPORTUNITIES. 
          NOW, LASTLY, JUST CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO YOUR COMMUNITY SERVICES BLOCK GRANT. 
          YOU HAVE SOME INFORMATION IN YOUR BACKUP MATERIAL THAT ACTUALLY TALKS ABOUT BASIC NEEDS AND EMPLOYMENT SUPPORT. 
          AND SO I JUST WANT TO ASK FOR $5.7 MILLION TO BE ALLOCATED FOR THE METRO RAPID, WHICH IS SAMSUNG TO APPLE IS $4.7 MILLION, AND IT'S $945,000 FOR THE ROUTE TWO 40 ON. 
          AND THAT'S WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO ACTUALLY PUT THE PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AT 1934 RUTLAND. 
          AND MY QUESTION IS HOW DID THAT SITE BECOME PRIORITIZED 171 UNITS, 101 WOULD BE PEOPLE WHO ARE CHRONICALLY HOMELESS AND THEY WOULDN'T PUT THAT NUMBER IN WEST AUSTIN. 
          AND SO I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHY IS THAT A PRIORITY ON AN, IN AN AREA WHERE THEY HAVE REMOVED THE BUS ROUTE? SO THERE'S NO ACCESS THERE. 
          UM, THOSE ARE MY LARGE COMMENTS. 
          I'LL LASTLY, JUST TELL YOU THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A BRIEFING LATER ABOUT CORONA VIRUS, STATE, AND LOCAL FISCAL RECOVERY FUNDS. 
          AND YOU CAN STILL SUBMIT FORMAL COMMENTS THROUGH JULY 16TH, 2021 TO THE FEDERAL REGISTER. 
          UM, AND THOSE ARE MY PRIMARY COMMENTS. 
          YOU HAVE THE SAME KIND OF LANGUAGE IN YOUR FYI, 2122 DRAFT ANNUAL ACTION DRAFT PLAN. 
          IT SAYS MOBILITY IS TO GET US WHERE WE WANT TO GO WHEN WE WANT TO GET THERE SAFETY AND COST EFFECTIVELY, BUT I'LL JUST TELL YOU THAT THE BUS RUNS 20 MINUTES ON SOCCER BASE 3 92, AND IT RUNS 15 MINUTES FROM LAKELINE ON SOCCER DAYS. 
          BUT IF YOU'RE TRYING TO GET TO WORK AND YOU'RE A MINORITY, IT'S 45 MINUTES IN A 30 MINUTE TRANSFER. 
          SO THE PRIORITIES ARE KIND OF MIXED UP AS IT RELATES TO TRANSIT. 
          UM, SO IF IT'S, YOU KNOW, FOR FUN, WE'LL GET YOU THERE EFFICIENTLY, BUT IF IT'S, UH, IN, YOU KNOW, REAL TIME TO GET YOU TO WORK, IT JUST SEMANTICS ON PAPER. 
          SO I WOULD JUST ASK THE COMMISSION, IF YOU CAN WRITE A LETTER TO THE CITY MANAGER, AS IT RELATES TO THE BUDGET RECOMMENDATION, UM, TRAVIS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WHO HAS 240, 40 $7 MILLION, THEY'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO WITH, AND THEY'D GIVE THEM 6.7 MILLION, UM, OVER TO WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS, BUT PEOPLE NEED TO GET TO THE JOB SITE, NOT JUST SIT AND LOOK AT A COMPUTER SCREEN AND FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET WORK. 
          AND SO THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS. 
          I APPRECIATE YOU ALLOWING ME TO BE SO EXTENSIVE. 
          IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL GLADLY ANSWER THE NEXT TIME. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR THOROUGH COMMENTARY AND ACTIONABLE RECOMMENDATIONS, ANY QUESTIONS OR THOUGHTS FROM THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS? OKAY. 
          THANK YOU AS AN OB VERY MUCH, UH, FOR, UH, SHARING YOUR COMMENTARY AS WELL AS THE EMAIL THAT HAS BEEN DISTRIBUTED TO ALL OF US, UH, AS WELL. 
          UH, WE APPRECIATE IT, COMMISSIONER. 
          WHAT'S FUNNY. 
          I WAS JUST, OH MAN. 
          UH, HI THERE, THIS IS ALBERTO COMMISSIONER FROM DISTRICT TWO AND I WANTED TO SUSPEND MY COMMENTS JUST TO MAKE SURE TO MAKE ROOM FOR ANY OTHER COMMISSIONERS, BUT OUT OF, YOU KNOW, RESPOND TO IT. 
          I FEEL, I JUST FEEL ACCOUNTABLE TO LET YOU KNOW, AND YOU, I'M GUESSING BY, UH, THE KNOWLEDGE THAT YOU SHARED, YOU MIGHT ALREADY KNOW THAT THEY'RE THERE. 
          I THINK PUBLIC COMMENTARY IS, UH, INVITED AT THE PROJECT CONNECT, UH, EQUITY TASK FORCE MEETINGS. 
          UH, THE NEXT ONE IS SCHEDULED, I BELIEVE FOR JULY 21ST. 
          UM, SO YOU KNOW, I, A LOT OF THE THINGS YOU BRING UP SEEM TO BE A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, THE, THE THEMES AT LEAST THAT ARE BEING EXPLORED THERE. 
          SO I HEAR YOU, YOU KNOW, PROVIDING INFORMATION HERE AT THE CDC, JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THAT MEETING EXISTS. 
          AND IT SEEMS LIKE PUBLIC COMMENT IS, UH, AVAILABLE. 
          SO JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT. 
          AND, AND I APPRECIATE IT. 
          COMMISSIONER, I'LL JUST TELL YOU FROM A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE, APRIL 20TH, 2018, I MET WITH CAP METRO CEO AND ASKED FOR THESE SAME THINGS. 
          WE'RE SAMSUNG SAMSUNG TO APPLE, AND I HATE TO TELL YOU THIS, BUT THEY DID SURVEYS BACK IN 20 15, 20 16 AND 70% OF THE RESPONDENTS. 
          UM, 72% WERE WHITE AND 52% WERE FEMALE. 
          THEY MADE A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, HAD ACCESS TO TWO VEHICLES AND THEN THE SYSTEM CHANGED TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE TARGET AUDIENCE. 
          SO IT'S TECHNICALLY WORKING EXACTLY AS DESIGNED, BUT THEY CAN'T SAY THAT AND GET THE FEDERAL FUNDING TOO. 
          BUT I 
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APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS AND I WILL CONTINUE ON HIS JOURNEY. 
          AND I JUST WANT THE COMMISSIONERS TO KNOW THAT, UM, THE CITY OF AUSTIN ACTUALLY WENT TO COMMUNITY FIRST, UM, FIRST MR. CROCK TO DO HIS, UH, PRESENTATION FOR THE BUDGET. 
          SO THAT'S WHY I BROUGHT UP THE FUNDING FOR TRANSIT IN THIS CONTEXT IS BECAUSE THE CITY IS ASKING THE COUNTY FOR SOME OF THEIR MONEY FOR THE HOMELESS PROBLEM. 
          UM, BUT I APPRECIATE IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS? THANK YOU, SYLVIA. 
          YOU'RE WELCOME. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I'LL PING THEM. 
          AND WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM. 
          UH, 
          [1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Discussion and possible action on the June 8, 2021, Community Development Commission meeting minutes.]
NUMBER ONE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES. 
          UH, IF EVERYONE COULD JUST TAKE A QUICK MOMENT TO REVIEW. 
          IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY THE JUNE 8TH, 20, 21 MEETING MINUTES EVER, ANY OF Y'ALL ALREADY, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE MINUTES. 
          ALL RIGHT, THIS IS COMMISSIONER ME HERE. 
          MOVED TO ACCEPT THE MINUTES. 
          WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER MAHIA TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE JUNE 8TH OF THE DRAFT MINUTES OF THE JUNE 8TH MEETING. 
          DO WE HAVE A SECOND? THIS IS COMMISSIONER DESOLTEL. 
          OKAY. 
          WE HAVE A SECOND. 
          ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE MINUTES. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          ALL OPPOSED. 
          NAY. 
          PLEASE DO SO VOCALLY IF YOU'RE NOT ON CAMERA AND ANY ABSTENTIONS. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THIS WILL GO ON THE RECORD AS EVERY COMMISSIONER OF VOTING TO APPROVE THE MINUTES. 
          THE MINUTES WERE APPROVED. 
          UNANIMOUSLY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND ON 
          [2. COMMUNITY SERVICES BLOCK GRANT (CSBG) Briefing and discussion on the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) and Customer Satisfaction Survey (Angel Zambrano, Manager, Neighborhood Services Unit, Austin Public Health) ]
TO AGENDA ITEM TWO, UH, THE COMMUNITY SERVICES BLOCK GRANT WHERE, UH, IN SAN BERNARDINO, UH, THE MANAGER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES UNIT WILL, UH, WILL BRIEF US I'M IN THE HOUSE. 
          OKAY. 
          HMM. 
          OKAY. 
          ANYWHERE FROM THE CITY CONFIRM IF HONG HEATHER'S IN THE HOUSE, CHERRY, I'M TRYING TO GET THEM ON THE SCREEN. 
          UM, I'LL GO AHEAD AND UNMUTE THEM FROM NOW IF I CAN, OR THEY'RE, THEY'RE LOGGING IN AS NOT RESPONDING AND I THAT'S RARE FOR ME. 
          I'VE NEVER SEEN IT BEFORE, SO I'M NOT REALLY SURE IF YOU WANT, LIKE TO STALL AND MOVE ON TO SOMETHING ELSE. 
          I MIGHT RECOMMEND THAT I'M GOING TO, TO SHARE WHAT'S GOING ON. 
          LET'S GIVE THIS A MINUTE OR TWO AND SEE AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS. 
          OKAY. 
          HEY, KAREN, IF THIS GOES A LITTLE BIT LONGER, IS THAT ON? CAN YOU HEAR ME? WE CAN HEAR YOU. 
          YOU HAVE THE FLOOR, MR. . 
          OKAY. 
          AS LONG AS YOU CAN HEAR ME. 
          OKAY. 
          RIGHT. 
          OKAY. 
          I CAN'T JUST GO THROUGH MY REPORT. 
          UH, COULD YOU HANG UP? I CAN SEE YOUR REPORT ON THIS, BUT I HAVE A COPY HERE AND YOU GUYS SEE THE PROGRAMMATIC FINANCIAL REPORT. 
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YES, WE CAN. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME AGAIN TONIGHT. 
          WHY 13TH? UH, THE FIRST PAGE IS JUST A SCRIPT. 
          A REMINDER THAT THE COMMUNITY SERVICES BLOCK GRANT FUNDS DELIVER SERVICES TO LOW INCOME, TEXAS IN ALL COUNTIES. 
          AND INSTEAD OF AUSTIN IT'S DELIVERED, THOSE SERVICES ARE DELIVERED THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES IN AUSTIN, PUBLIC HEALTH AND PROVIDE BASIC NEEDS AND MENTAL HEALTH CASE MANAGEMENT AND EMPLOYMENT SUPPORTS TO OUR COMMUNITY. 
          IF YOU SCROLL A LITTLE BIT DOWN, YOU'LL SEE THE EXPENDITURES TO DATE WE'RE ON TRACK TO FULLY EXPAND OUR GRANT FUNDS BY DECEMBER, UH, PAGE NUMBER TWO, UM, KIND OF FORECASTING FOR THE FUTURE. 
          UH, THAT FIRST TOP, THE INDIVIDUALS WHO TRANSITIONS OUT OF POVERTY, UH, WE HAVE, UH, KIND OF REVAMPED AND RECREATED OUR CASE MANAGEMENT 2.0, UH, MODEL. 
          WE HAVE RECRUITED A LOT OF, UH, CLIENTS AND PRIOR PROVIDING CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES RIGHT NOW, UH, SOME REENTRY SERVICES, HELPING PEOPLE TRANSITION BACK INTO THE WORLD OF WORK AND MAINTAIN EMPLOYMENT. 
          OUR GOAL FOR THE YEAR FROM THE STATE IS 43 TRANSITIONS. 
          UM, DUE TO COVID-19, WE'VE HAD ZERO, BUT THAT'S NOT, NOT, UM, FOR LACK OF TRYING. 
          SO, UM, WE WERE REINVENTING OURSELVES DURING THIS TIME. 
          WE HAVE A REALLY GOOD PROGRAM SET UP AND WE HAVE A LOT OF FOLKS WHO WILL TRANSITION BY THE END OF THE YEAR. 
          AND I THINK WE WILL DEFINITELY MEET AND EXCEED THAT GOAL. 
          SO I'M EXCITED TO BRING THOSE STORIES BACK TO YOU IN THE FUTURE. 
          UM, SCROLL DOWN A LITTLE BIT, OR I STILL ON THIS PAGE AND YOU CONTINUE TO PROVIDE A RENTAL ASSISTANCE WITH OUR CARE SIDE FUNDING. 
          UH, WE HAVE, UM, HELPED DEVELOP IN 138 HOUSEHOLD AND WEIGHT EVICTION WITH OUR FUNDING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE AUSTIN UNION URBAN LEAGUE AND THAT COURT AND VERY WELL RECEIVED, UM, AN EXTRA $94,000 FROM THE STATE, UH, THAT IS TO APPROVE. 
          THEN WE'LL BE AVAILABLE TO CONTINUE HELPING FOLKS WHO NEED A RENTAL ASSISTANCE. 
          WE ALSO HAD A COST SAVINGS OF $46,500. 
          UH, THAT WAS A FUND AS WELL. 
          AND I'VE ALSO BEEN APPROVED IF IT ALL MAKES A DIFFERENCE AND HELPS AN EXTRA 103 HUNDRED, $140,000 TO HELP OUR COMMUNITY. 
          UM, WE CONTINUE TO DO FOOD DISTRIBUTIONS IN THE FORM OF A ROOT PANTRY, CURBSIDE AND, UM, SOME PPE EMERGENCY FOOD BOX EVENTS, WHICH I'LL TALK TO YOU WHO ARE IN A FEW MINUTES. 
          AND ALSO OUR UTILITY SYSTEMS PROGRAM IS GOING WELL. 
          WELL, AND HERE KIND OF A MINOR DATA POINT. 
          WE 8.1 ON TWO HOURS TO LEAD IT TO THE AGENCY. 
          IT'S BEEN ZERO FOR MANY, MANY MONTHS. 
          THEY KNOW WHAT'S THE YEAR AND A HALF, BUT WE'RE SLOWLY BRINGING BACK SOME VOLUNTEERS, UH, FOLLOWING ALL SAFETY PROTOCOLS. 
          SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT NUMBER, CAUSE WE'RE GETTING PEOPLE TO COME BACK AND BE ENGAGED IN HELPING OUR COMMUNITY RIGHT ALONGSIDE OF US. 
          NO PROGRAMMATIC ADMINISTRATIVE UPDATES, UH, NO VACANCIES IN OUR UNIT RIGHT NOW, WHICH IS GOOD. 
          UH, NUMBER TWO, WE'RE GOOD NEWS IS THE CDC NOMINATION SELECTION ON JUNE 15, WE'LL TALK SOON WAS NOMINATED AND IT'S LIKE FINISHING A NEW COMMISSION, BUT, UH, DUE TO COVID, WE HAD TO REINVENT OURSELVES. 
          WE CONTINUE TO ADDRESS BASIC NEEDS SERVICES TO GO FROM THE PANTRY CURBSIDE APPOINTMENT, EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE, ALSO EFFICIENCY SERVICES AND UTILITY ASSISTANCE FOR OUR CLIENTS. 
          UM, NUMBER FOUR, I BONDED. 
          WE STARTED JUNE 1ST, UH, DELIVER THE FOOD. 
          SO THE FOOD BANK PROVIDES THE EMERGENCY FOOD BOXES, NON-PERISHABLE ITEMS. UH, WE PROVIDE THE STAFFING AND SORT OF THE HEAVY LIFTING AND LOGISTICS AND AMAZON FLEX DRIVERS COME BY OUR CENTERS IN THE COUPLE OF SPONSORING TO OUR CLIENTS ALL OVER THE SYDNEY LAWSON. 
          IT'S BEEN POPULAR SO FAR AS YOU CAN SEE ON OUR PILOT, WE, UH, DELIBERATE, WE BOUGHT IT 261 HOUSEHOLDS AND HAD WANTING TO JOEL'S POSITIVELY IMPACTED BY THIS. 
          AND AGAIN, THEY HAVE NOTHING, NO BARRIERS, 
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YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY JUST THE PROGRAM AND THE FOOD COMES TO THEM, HOPING TO ADD A DAY. 
          AMAZON WOULD LIKE US TO DO THAT. 
          AND SO WITH THE FOOD BANK, UM, WHEN THEY'RE ALSO WORKING WITH THE CITY TO POSSIBLY GET SOME FUNDINGS FOR, UH, SOME MORE STAFF SO THAT WE CAN ADD MORE DAYS, MEAN IT'S NOT, IT HAS THE CAPACITY TO HAVE, UH, FOUR OR FIVE DAYS, R U M M. 
          I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I CAN CHECK IN WITH EVERYBODY. 
          IS, IS EVERYBODY HEARING ON HALLOWELL OR ARE Y'ALL HEARING AND PEOPLE LIKE THAT? I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S JUST ME, IT'S CHOPPY ON MY END. 
          IT'S CALMING GOING IN AND OUT. 
          UH, THANK YOU ALL. 
          UH, IF THERE'S ANYTHING YOU MAY BE ABLE TO MANUALLY DO WITH YOUR MICROPHONE, WHETHER IT'S LIKE MAYBE A WILDLY CABLE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, AVOIDING IT, OR MAYBE BRING IT CLOSER. 
          I DON'T KNOW. 
          MAYBE YOU KNOW ABOUT SOMETHING OR NOT, BUT JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW ABOUT THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          AM I COMING IN AND OUT? THAT'S WHAT WAS HAPPENING, BUT YOU SOUND PRETTY STRONG NOW. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE FEEDBACK. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          UM, NUMBER FIVE, THE NSU CLIENT SATISFACTION SURVEY, UH, AS PART OF THE WATER TO NICHOLSON ASSOCIATES, COMMUNITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT. 
          I THINK KELLY MENTIONED LAST MONTH THAT THEY HAD INCLUDED A SURVEY, UM, THE SMALL PIECE OF THAT CNA AND WE RECEIVED REALLY GOOD FEEDBACK FROM OUR CLIENTS THAT WE SEE SERVICES, UH, FOR EXAMPLE, 91% OF RESPONDENTS PAINTER PRODUCTS, THE EXPERIENCES GREATER GOOD, UM, 41% PREFER SERVICES FROM HOME OR A HYBRID MODEL. 
          35% HAD NO PREFERENCE. 
          AND, UH, I BELIEVE, UM, ONLY 11% OF FOLKS PREFER SERVICES IN THE OFFICE, WHICH IS INTERESTING. 
          AND THAT WILL KIND OF HELP US GUIDE OUR PLAN AS WE REINTEGRATE BACK INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS, UH, IT'S MAKES NO MORE IN THE FALL. 
          IT ALSO IN THE BACKUP, IF YOU WANTED TO SEE IT TO VERY SHORT POWERPOINT, AS SOME INFORMATION ON THE ZIP CODES IN DYNAMIC CLIENT SATISFACTION RATINGS, UH, I TOUCHED ON THE CARE SIDE FUNDING AND OUR, OUR, UM, URBAN LINK PARTNERSHIP THROUGH MAY. 
          WE VISITED 407 HOUSEHOLDS AND PROCESSED ALMOST A MILLION DOLLARS IN RENT ASSISTANCE PAYMENTS, AND WE CONTINUE TO NEED THEM AND ALSO CONTINUE TO DO A KIND OF WARM HANDOFFS TO THE TEXAS BY RELIEF PROGRAM. 
          I THINK THEY RECEIVED $1.4 BILLION THIS PAST SPRING, AND THEN JUST, I BELIEVE RECEIVED ANOTHER BILLION. 
          I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY THE AMOUNT IT WAS CLOSE TO A BILLION DOLLARS TO HELP, UH, UH, TEXANS, UH, PAY THEIR RENT NUMBER SEVEN, AUSTIN ENERGY PLUS ONE PROGRAM. 
          UH, AGAIN, JUST TO REMIND YOU GUYS THAT WE DO HELP FOLKS WITH, UH, WITH UTILITY ASSISTANCE AS WELL. 
          AND THEN THERE'S A SUCCESS STORY. 
          I WILL NOT READ IT TO YOU, BUT CURRENTLY YOU TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT, WE HAD A REALLY AMAZING PREJEAN TEAM CELEBRATION THIS MONTH, A SHOUT OUT TO MS. SHAMEEKA WHITE HOLLANDER MANAGER AT BLACK LAND. 
          THIS IS OUR SECOND PAGENT EVENT DURING A PANDEMIC. 
          AND SHE MADE, SO YOU MENTIONED THE MIRACLE WORKER, HER AND HER STAFF, AND EVERYBODY WAS INVOLVED. 
          AND WE PROVIDED A COLON VACCINES, UH, FOR FOLKS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, EMERGENCY, UM, PARDON ME, CUE MUSIC WAS ALL IN DRIVE THROUGH AND, UM, AND PEOPLE JUST ENJOYED IT AND CAME OUT AND REALLY CELEBRATED A BEAUTIFUL DAY. 
          THIS STORY WAS SHARED ON ONE OF OUR NURSES, TAKE A LOOK AT IT TONIGHT AND ENJOY. 
          I'M TRYING TO STAND ON MY REPORT. 
          IF ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, I CAN TAKE THEM NOW. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, AND, UH, THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT STORY. 
          ANYBODY, ANY OF THE COMMISSIONERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR SURE, GARRETT? UM, I JUST WANTED TO ASK FOR THE HOME DELIVERY PROGRAM, UM, CAN RESIDENTS STILL SIGN UP OR IS IT THE PILOT WAS KIND OF A, WHAT? IT'S A CLOSED REGISTRATION FOR THE PILOT PROGRAM. 
          I'M HALEY. 
          IF YOU'RE RESPONDING, YOU MIGHT BE MUTED. 
          CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? I'M HAVING A LOT OF PROBLEMS WITH VIDEO AND MUTE TO DISH. 
          SO I REALLY, I'M SORRY. 
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UM, CAN YOU GUYS SEE ME OUT HERE? I CAN HEAR YOU. 
          CAN YOU SEE ME NOW? WE MISS YOUR FACE. 
          LOOK AT THAT HE WAS WORKING AND, UH, THE MUTE BUTTON IS WORKING. 
          THANK YOU. 
          IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOUR FACES TOO, BUT I FIGURED OUT THE VIDEO HERE, YOU LOOK GREAT ON HIM. 
          THANK YOU, OUR MEDIA. 
          UM, I, YES, FOR ALL THE COMMISSIONERS, I WILL SEND OUT THAT INFORMATION. 
          I MEAN, IF YOU CAN SPREAD THE WORD IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOODS, UH, WHEREVER MEETINGS YOU GO TO, WE WOULD LOVE TO FILL UP WEDNESDAYS BEGINNING IN AUGUST AND MAYBE OPEN IT UP TO A THURSDAY AND JUST HELP AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE WITH THIS PROGRAM. 
          IT'S REALLY GOING WELL. 
          AND THE MORE SUCCESS WE HAVE, THE MORE THE FOOD BANK WILL CONSIDER INCLUDING PERISHABLE ITEMS. UH, WE'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF CALLS FROM PEOPLE WHO LIKED THAT AS WELL. 
          YOU KNOW, FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES RIGHT NOW. 
          WE DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO THAT, BUT, UH, IT'S ON THE TABLE IF WE CONTINUE TO DO GET GOOD NUMBERS. 
          SO I WILL SEND THAT OUT TO ALL OF YOU AFTER THIS MEETING. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          APPRECIATE IT. 
          YOU'RE WELCOME. 
          COMMISSIONER GARRETT, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. 
          WELL, THANK YOU AS ALWAYS FOR JOINING US ON HEALTH, UH, AND FOR SHARING SOME POSITIVE ENERGY WITH, UH, THE BRIEFING ON THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING AT NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES, LET'S MOVE TO THE NEXT, UH, AGENDA 
          [3.a) Election of CDC Officers]
ITEM NUMBER THREE DAY, THE ELECTION OF CDC OFFICERS. 
          UH, THIS IS A COUPLE OF MONTHS BELATED, BUT I'M GLAD TO BE. 
          THAT'S WHY THIS IS TOP OF THE ATTENDANCE TODAY. 
          I JUST REALLY DIDN'T WANT TO PUT THIS OFF ANY LONGER, UH, AS YOU ALL KNOW, UH, VICE-CHAIR POP. 
          AND I TOOK ON OUR ROLES IN NOVEMBER OF LAST YEAR BECAUSE, UH, OUR FULL AGENDA IS KEPT BUMPING THE ELECTIONS DOWN TO THAT TIME. 
          AND, UH, SO I WILL, UH, FIRST, UH, ASK, UH, EITHER ERICA OR LISA FOR GUIDANCE ON THE PROCESS HERE. 
          UH, SHOULD I OPEN THE FLOOR TO NOMINATIONS OR, UM, YEAH. 
          CAN YOU, CAN YOU OFFER ME SOME GUIDANCE? THIS IS ERICA LEAK, PLEASE, UH, OPEN THE FLOOR FOR NOMINATIONS. 
          AND SO, UH, LET'S START. 
          IS THERE, IS THERE AN ORDER THAT WE NEED TO GO IN, WHETHER IT'S CHAIR, VICE CHAIR, UH, ERICA, I WOULD START WITH THE CHAIR. 
          WELL, WE'LL TAKE NOMINATIONS FOR CHAIR. 
          UH, THIS IS COMMISSIONER DESOLTEL, UH, UH, NOMINATED FOR CONTINUED SERVICE AS CHAIR. 
          THANKS. 
          UH, COMMISSIONER DESA TELL I, UH, I APPRECIATE IT. 
          UH, DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I'D SEE MR. MAHIA WITH A SECOND. 
          UH, THANK YOU. 
          AND, UH, ANY DISCUSSION? OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          ALL IN FAVOR, UH, OF, UH, MYSELF COMMISSIONER MOTWANI RETAINING THE CHAIR ROLE, UH, SAY AYE. 
          AYE, AYE, AYE. 
          ANY OPPOSED? AND ANY ABS? OH, ACTUALLY I JUST REALIZED, UH, ERICA, IF YOU COULD OFFER ME GUIDANCE ON THIS, WE JUST GOT AN EMAIL FROM COMMISSIONER DELGADO WHO IS TRYING TO BE RECOGNIZED. 
          I THINK SHE PHONED IN. 
          YEAH. 
          ARE YOU HERE COMMISSIONER DELGADO? YES, SIR. 
          WERE YOU ABLE TO GET IN ON THAT VOTE? YES, I DID. 
          I. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE DIDN'T LEAVE YOU OUT OF THAT PROCESS. 
          UH, OKAY. 
          SO, UH, PICKING UP AGAIN. 
          YOU'RE WELCOME AGAIN FOR WHERE WE LEFT OFF. 
          UH, ANY APPS WE, WE HAD NO NAYS. 
          DO WE HAVE ANY ABSTENTIONS? ANY ABSTAINING? OKAY. 
          THE MOTION CARRIES. 
          UM, FOR THE NEXT TIME I CAN DO A LITTLE OPEN THE FLOOR FOR NOMINATIONS FOR VICE CHAIR. 
          I HAVE A NOMINATION. 
          UH HUH. 
          OKAY. 
          WE HAVE A NOMINATION ON THE FLOOR FOR COMMISSIONER MAKEY YET. 
          AND AS FAR AS, UM, OTHER NOMINATIONS 
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MAY OR MAY NOT GO, UH, ERICA, IT WAS THE PROCESS THAT WE, WE GET A SLATE OF NOMINATIONS AT ONCE OR, AND VOTE ON THEM ONE BY ONE. 
          YEAH. 
          THAT'S WHAT I WOULD RECOMMEND. 
          YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          SO CAN YOU HELP CLARIFY THAT FOR ME? I GUESS, I DON'T KNOW IF I WAS VERY CLEAR MYSELF. 
          UH, SHOULD WE VOTE ON EACH NOMINATION INDIVIDUALLY OR SHOULD WE BRING ALL THE NOMINATIONS TO THE FLOOR FIRST OR FOR RIGHT. 
          I WOULD BRING ALL OF THE NOMINATIONS TO THE FLOOR FIRST. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, AND UH, SO CONTINUING WITH NOMINATIONS FOR VICE CHAIR, I WOULD MAKE TO NOMINATE, UH, SITTING BY CHAIR POP. 
          AND, UM, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS WE CAN GO FOR, UH, COMMISSIONER MANIA. 
          OH, I WOULD, I DON'T KNOW. 
          I WERE VOTING, I WOULD, I WAS GOING TO ALSO NOMINATE COMMISSIONER BOB MYSELF. 
          OKAY. 
          SO IT LOOKS LIKE WE WOULD HAVE A SECOND, UH, ON, ON VICE-CHAIR POP. 
          UH, AND DO WE HAVE A SECOND ON, UH, COMMISSIONER HERE? ARE THERE ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS? OKAY. 
          UH, THEN, UH, THANK YOU FOR MR. MAHIA FOR THAT SECOND. 
          I THINK THAT HELPS CLEAR A LOT OF THINGS UP FOR US, UH, AND, UH, UH, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. 
          SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, WE HAVE A SECOND ON THE NOMINATION OF A VICE-CHAIR POP, UH, TO RETAIN THAT ROLE. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE INDICATE BY SAYING AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          ALL OPPOSED. 
          NAY. 
          AND, AND WE, I HAD AN EXTENSION. 
          CAN, CAN YOU PLEASE, UH, JUST SAY YOUR NAME? I'M SORRY. 
          I DIDN'T KNOW WHO I HAD SEEN. 
          I DON'T KNOW. 
          OKAY. 
          MR. DOUG, THANK YOU. 
          UH, COMMISSIONER MIHIR. 
          OH GOOD. 
          I JUST WANTED TO, I KNOW, UH, GIVEN THAT COMMISSIONER DELGADO IS PHONING IN. 
          I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR VOTE OF CONFIDENCE. 
          JUST WANT TO BE RESPONSIBLE WITH THE PROJECT, UH, UH, PROJECT CONNECT ADVISORY TASK FORCE, AND, UM, ALSO MY OWN SERVICE ON THE SOUTHEAST NEIGHBORHOOD CONTACT TEAM. 
          AND I FEEL REALLY CONFIDENT ABOUT THE NOMINATIONS THAT PASS, BUT THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER DELGADO, WELCOME COMMISSIONER. 
          UM, AGAIN, I, I, I, YOU KNOW, WE WE'RE VETERANS BOARD, SO I'M HOPING TO SEE A LOT OF OUR NEW LEADERSHIP STEP UP. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH, UH, TO, TO BOTH OF Y'ALL COMMISSIONERS, UH, AND TO COMMISSIONER MAHIA FOR YOUR ONGOING GUIDANCE AND WHAT I THINK HAS BEEN SUPER PERSPIRATION, UH, ON THE BOARD. 
          OBVIOUSLY WE ALL WOULD BE HAPPY WITH, I THINK ANYONE'S SITTING ON THIS BOARD AND AT THE LEADERSHIP ROLES OF, UH, CERTAINLY YOU AVERT THE, UM, SO I DON'T BELIEVE THERE ARE ANY MORE OFFICERS THAT WE NEED TO ELECT, UH, UNLESS I'M CORRECTED HERE AND WE CAN MOVE ON 
          [3.b) Approval of the Draft Fiscal Year 2021-2022 Action Plan (Katie Horstman, Housing & Planning Department)]
TO THE SECOND ITEM, WHICH IS APPROVAL OF THE GRAPH FISCAL YEAR 20 21, 20 22 ACTION PLAN. 
          UH, WE, I BELIEVE IS, IS, YEAH, KATIE'S HERE. 
          UH, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT WE WERE READY TO APPROVE THIS LAST TIME. 
          AND SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN DO THAT QUICKLY, BUT I'LL TURN THE FLOOR OVER TO YOU. 
          THANK YOU, CHAIR. 
          UM, I'LL JUST PROVIDE A FEW UPDATES ON THE ACTION PLAN, UM, AND, UH, SUMMARIZE THE DISCUSSION THAT TOOK PLACE AT THE JUNE MEETING. 
          SO I STARTED ON LAST MONTH'S AGENDA. 
          THE CDC HEARD A PRESENTATION FROM STAFF ON THE DRAFT FISCAL YEAR OF 2122 ACTION PLAN. 
          AND TODAY WE'RE BACK TO RECEIVE APPROVAL OF THAT PLAN. 
          UH, CITY COUNCIL IS GOING TO CONSIDER APPROVAL FOR THE ACTION PLAN AT ITS JULY 29TH MEETING AS WELL. 
          AND FOLLOWING THAT, UH, COUNCIL MEETING ON JULY 29TH, STAFF WILL INCORPORATE ANY REQUIRED REVISIONS AND SUBMIT THE PLAN TO HUD NO LATER THAN AUGUST 16TH, TO ENSURE THAT WE COMPLY WITH THE FEDERAL DEADLINE AND A FEW HIGHLIGHTS AND UPDATES FROM THE PRESENTATION LAST MONTH, WHICH WE WON'T, WE WON'T GO THROUGH THE PRESENTATION AGAIN, BUT THANK YOU FOR PULLING THAT UP. 
          UM, THE DEPARTMENT IS ANTICIPATING FUNDING CONSISTENT WITH ITS CURRENT FORMULA GRANT ALLOCATIONS WITH A SLIGHT INCREASE TO THE HOUSING OPPORTUNITY FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS GRANT AND OVERALL BE INCREASED IN THE CITIES FOR ENTITLEMENT GRANTS WILL BE TWO POINT 12%. 
          UM, SINCE THE RELEASE OF THE DRAFT ACTION PLAN TO THE PUBLIC, THE HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED AN INCREASE OF 115,416 TO THE CITY'S CDBG ALLOCATION. 
          AND THIS INCREASE HAS BEEN ALLOCATED ACROSS THE CITY'S PUBLIC SERVICE PROGRAMS, AS WELL AS TOWARDS THE RENTAL HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE AND TENANTS RIGHTS 
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ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, AND AN UPDATED VERSION OF THE PRESENTATION. 
          GIVEN LAST MONTH, ALONG WITH THE FULL FISCAL YEAR 2122 DRAFT ACTION PLAN IS AVAILABLE AND BACKUP. 
          THE DEPARTMENT HAS CONDUCTED TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS IN FRONT OF THIS BODY AND TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS IN FRONT OF THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL. 
          AND WE ARE NOW REQUESTING APPROVAL OF THIS ITEM. 
          UM, THERE ARE SEVERAL COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE ABOUT THE PLAN. 
          I, I NOTICED ON SPEAK UP MANY, MANY COMMENTS, A LOT, A LOT OF THEM ABOUT HOUSING. 
          THERE ARE SOME SPECIFIC KIND OF COMMENTS I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THAT ADAPT SENT ASKING FOR CERTAIN THINGS AND THE PORTION OF THE PLAN THAT DEALS WITH RESPONSES TO THE COMMENTS IS NOT AVAILABLE YET. 
          AT LEAST I COULDN'T FIND IT IN THE VERSION OF THE DOCUMENT THAT I LOOKED AT. 
          SO I'M NOT SURE IF THESE HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED, BUT I WANTED TO ASK YOU IF THEY HAVE BEEN IN, IF THEY HAVEN'T, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION THAT WOULD INVOLVE, UM, RESPONDING TO SOME OF THE SPECIFIC CONCERNS THAT THEY ADDRESSED. 
          THE FIRST ONE IS THAT CONSISTENT WITH, WE HAVE A PROGRAM, THE BURY REMOVAL PROGRAM, AND IT WORKS FOR HOMEOWNERS AND FOR RENTERS, BUT THERE'S NOT A LOT OF PARTICIPATION IN THE RENTER PROGRAM. 
          AND ADAPT IS ASKED TO, UH, I THINK WORK WITH THE STAFF TO FIGURE OUT WHY THAT IS AND WHAT CAN BE DONE TO GET MORE PARTICIPATION IN THAT PROGRAM, BECAUSE IT'S CRITICAL FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES WHO ARE TENANTS TO BE ABLE TO GET AROUND THEIR HOME. 
          DOES THAT SEEM LIKE SOMETHING THAT THE STAFF COULD DO TO WORK WITH THAT APT ON THAT? YES, I'M VICE CHAIR. 
          THIS IS REBECCA GLO, UH, D DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF HOUSING AND PLANNING. 
          WE WOULD WELCOME THAT EVEN AS A PART OF THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE ACTION PLAN, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO GIVE FORMAL DIRECTION, BUT WE WOULD ABSOLUTELY WELCOME THAT. 
          YES. 
          AND THEN THE ASHED, UM, WE HAD A PRESENTATION FROM SOMEBODY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES THAT WASN'T EXACTLY CLEAR ABOUT WHAT OUR OBLIGATIONS ARE UNDER SECTION 5 0 4 AND ADA. 
          AND, BUT IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF ESPECIALLY NOW THAT NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING IS MERGED WITH PLANNING TO DO SOME KIND OF TRAINING ON 5 0 4 AND ADA FOR THE STAFF. 
          I, I BELIEVE THAT THAT IS AN EXCELLENT IDEA. 
          SO WE, WE CERTAINLY, UM, WOULD WELCOME AN OPPORTUNITY EVEN TO WORK WITH, UH, DSD, UM, TO DO THAT. 
          AND CERTAINLY ANY OTHER PARTNERING DEPARTMENTS THAT WOULD MAKE SENSE, BUT THAT IS SOMETHING ADMINISTRATIVELY THAT I THINK WOULD BE, UM, ADVANTAGEOUS TO STAFF AND EVEN MAKE THAT AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC, UM, YOU KNOW, ON OUR WEBSITE SO THAT IT CAN BE EVIDENCED TO THE PUBLIC AS WELL. 
          GREAT. 
          AND I'VE GOT TWO MORE. 
          UH, THE NEXT ONE IS THAT, UM, STAKEHOLDER PROCESS INVOLVES SOCIAL WORKERS AND CASEWORKERS, BUT, UM, THEY'RE CONCERNED THAT THE ULTIMATE STAKEHOLDER, THE PEOPLE WHO ARE THE RESIDENTS OF THE HOME OR WOULD BE RESIDENTS OF THE HOME ARE NOT INCLUDED IN, I GUESS, WORKING GROUPS ON SETTING VARIOUS POLICIES. 
          UH, I KNOW IT'S NOT ALWAYS EASY TO GET CONSUMERS TO PARTICIPATE, BUT IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE COULD GET INCLUDED IN THESE WORKING GROUPS? SO I WANT TO BE SURE. 
          WELL, SO A FEW COMMENTS THERE. 
          IT IS, IT IS CERTAINLY, UM, OUR INTENT IN TERMS OF HOW WE ENGAGE THE PUBLIC TO EMBRACE INDIVIDUALS WITH LIVED EXPERIENCE AND INDIVIDUALS FROM THE COMMUNITY THAT, UM, WANT TO BE A PART OF, OF A POLICY DIRECTION AND STAKEHOLDER INVOLVEMENT. 
          I WANT TO BE SURE THAT I'M UNDERSTANDING IF THERE IS A SPECIFIC ISSUE OR SIMPLY THAT THE DEPARTMENT NEEDS TO BE VERY COGNIZANT AND INTENTIONAL ABOUT THAT IN GENERAL OF WHICH CERTAINLY I CONCUR, BUT I WANT TO BE SURE I'M NOT, UM, I I'M HAPPY TO REVIEW THE COMMENTS AS WELL AND BE CERTAINLY, YOU KNOW, AUTHENTIC AND HOW WE RESPOND TO THAT. 
          BUT I DIDN'T KNOW IF THERE WAS A VERY SPECIFIC TOPIC 
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THAT IS, IS, IS ONE THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING THE COMMENTS DID NOT ADDRESS THAT IT DIDN'T INDICATE THAT THERE WAS A SPECIFIC GROUP THAT LACKED A CONSUMER. 
          OKAY, THANK YOU. 
          OVERALL, IN PRINCIPLE, WE CERTAINLY CONCUR AND IT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, RESPONSIVE, I THINK TO BE VERY INTENTIONAL ABOUT WHEN WE PULL TOGETHER, UM, GROUPS, HOW WE ENGAGE THE ACTUAL INVITATION TO THE PUBLIC AND THEN BE TRANSPARENT IN WHOM ENGAGED IN, UM, YOU KNOW, THE DIFFERENT REPORTS AND THE DIFFERENT, UH, TOPICS THAT WE ARE ASKING FOR FEEDBACK. 
          I KNOW ON LARGE STUDIES, WE ARE PUBLISHING THAT AS A PART OF THE STUDIES, BUT WE CAN EVEN SPEAK TO OUR COMMUNICATIONS TEAM AND THINK THROUGH HOW THAT CAN BE, UM, MORE EVIDENCED EVEN WITH TOPICS, UM, INFORMAL GROUPS, BUT OVERALL, I CERTAINLY WOULD AGREE. 
          AND, UM, ALTHOUGH WE'VE MADE GREAT STRIDES, I ALWAYS THINK THAT FROM ENGAGEMENT PRACTICES WE CAN IMPROVE. 
          SO YES, I WOULD CONCUR WITH THAT. 
          THAT SOUNDS GREAT. 
          AND THE LAST ONE IS THAT, UM, ON OUR, ON THING FOR PEOPLE BELOW 30% OF MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME TO GET INTO HOUSING, UM, ADAPT, SEES THAT THOSE FUNDS ARE RESERVED FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE CHRONICALLY HOMELESS, WHICH ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT, BUT THEY'RE ALSO VERY LOW INCOME PEOPLE. 
          AND PARTICULARLY PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES THAT HAVE ALSO HAVE LOW INCOMES AND THAT OUR PROGRAMS NEED TO SERVE BOTH OF THOSE GROUPS AND THEY DIDN'T PICK A SPECIFIC PROGRAM. 
          UM, I COULDN'T FIND THE, UM, THE CHART THAT SHOWS THE FUND ALLOCATION, BUT IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU COULD COMMENT ON? I CAN, I THINK WHAT WOULD BE HELPFUL IS WE HAVE CREATED A DASHBOARD, UM, THAT WE ARE, UM, IT'S, IT IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION. 
          IT'S IN A PRIOR PRESENTATION THAT WE HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN TAKING TO THE COMMUNITY. 
          THE DASHBOARD IS COLLECTING DATA THAT WE ARE, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, THROUGH ALL OF OUR INVESTMENTS ACROSS THE ENTIRE SPECTRUM OF OUR PROGRAMS. AND WE INTEND TO LIFT THIS DASHBOARD UP AND MAKE IT A WEB BASED INTERFACE. 
          SO THE PUBLIC CAN ACTUALLY SEE WHERE ALL OF OUR INVESTMENTS ACROSS PROGRAMS, DIFFERENT CONTRACTS, AS WELL AS, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, UM, INVESTMENTS AND ACTUAL PRODUCTION AND PRESENTATION, UH, PRESERVATION OF OUR UNITS, HOW, AND WHAT MFIS ARE BEING SERVED WITH THOSE INVESTMENTS. 
          I'D LIKE TO DO TWO THINGS AND GET A FORMAL RESPONSE TO CDC, AS WELL AS ADAPT ON WHERE OUR INVESTMENTS HAVE SERVED 30% MFI AND BELOW, AND THEN ALSO REPORT BACK AND CERTAINLY COME TO CDC WHEN THAT DASHBOARD IS AVAILABLE, BUT BE RESPONSIVE EVEN PRIOR WITH SOME INFORMATION THAT I BELIEVE CAN SHED SOME LIGHT ON HOW AND WHO WE'RE SERVING ACROSS ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS AT 30% AND BELOW. 
          THAT SOUNDS GREAT. 
          I DO THINK THAT THE CONCERN WAS MORE PARTICULARLY WITH GOING FORWARD WHERE THE FUNDS ARE DOING SO IN THE ACTION PLAN FUNDS ARE ALLOCATED FOR CERTAIN PURPOSES. 
          AND TO ASSURE THAT SOME OF THE BELOW 30% FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES UNDERSTOOD. 
          WE CAN DEFINITELY MAKE THAT A PORT, A PART OF OUR, UM, REPORTING PROCESS ON THE ONLINE PORTAL AND THEN OUR RESPONSE TO YOU, BUT IT IS NOTED THAT GOING FORWARD THAT NEEDS TO CONTINUE TO BE, UM, A HIGH PRIORITY FOR THE DEPARTMENT. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, WITH THAT, I HATE TO HAVE TO REPEAT ALL THAT INTO A MOTION. 
          UH, IS IT COMPREHENSIVE? IS THERE DISCUSSION DETAILED ENOUGH THAT I CAN? NO, I BELIEVE, I CERTAINLY BELIEVE THAT WE CAN IN OUR MINUTES. 
          UM, I THINK THAT THAT WAS VERY SUCCINCTLY LAID OUT AND WE CAN CERTAINLY IN OUR MINUTES, UM, MAKE THAT, THAT IS NOTED FOR, UH, APPROVAL AND THE FORMAL MINUTES. 
          BUT, UM, I DON'T THINK THAT IT'S NECESSARY UNLESS YOU WANT TO. 
          WE LOST HER AUDIO. 
          OH, I APOLOGIZE. 
          UM, IT, IT WAS SUCCINCTLY LAID OUT IN THAT I DON'T KNOW THAT STAFF WOULD REQUIRE THAT YOU CREATE A FORMAL RESOLUTION OR MOTION HAVING SAID IT AGAIN, BUT WE WILL 
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DEFINITELY REFLECT IT IN THE MINUTES SO THAT IT IS, UM, NOTED THAT YOU ARE INTERESTED IN MOVING FORWARD A MOTION WITH THOSE AS A PART OF THE AMENDMENT. 
          GREAT. 
          THAT I MOVE APPROVAL. 
          WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE THE DRAFT FISCAL YEAR 20 21, 20 22. 
          ACTION PLAN. 
          DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I SEE A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER  ANY DISCUSSION ALL IN FAVOR. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          ALL OPPOSED. 
          NAY AND ANY ABSTAINING. 
          OKAY. 
          SO ON THE RECORD, THIS PASSES, UH, WE APPROVE THIS UNANIMOUSLY. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ON TO ITEM C 
          [3.c) Briefing on City’s response to Winter Storm Uri (Daniel Word, Austin Code Department)]
UNDER NEW BUSINESS BRIEFING ON THE CITY'S RESPONSE TO WINTER STORM URI. 
          WE HAVE DANIEL WORD WITH THE AUSTIN CODE DEPARTMENT. 
          HI, GOOD EVENING. 
          CAN EVERYBODY HEAR ME? OKAY. 
          GOOD EVENING. 
          COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION MEMBERS. 
          I AM DANIEL WORD. 
          I'M AN ASSISTANT DIRECTOR WITH THE AUSTIN CODE DEPARTMENT. 
          UM, MY PURPOSE TODAY IS TO PROVIDE YOU A BRIEFING ON THE HEALTH AND SAFETY PROPERTY DAMAGE RELATED TO WINTER STORM JURY. 
          UM, WE'LL GIVE IT A MINUTE AS THE SLIDE DECK CATCHES UP AND THERE WE GO. 
          UM, WE MOVED TO THE NEXT SLIDE. 
          UH, SO AS YOU'RE AWARE, UM, THE CITY SHUT DOWN NON-ESSENTIAL OPERATIONS AS ROAD CONDITIONS BECAME UNSAFE DUE TO THE FREEZING WEATHER. 
          UM, THAT STARTED FEBRUARY 15TH AND CONTINUED THROUGH FEBRUARY 19TH. 
          UH, THE AUSTIN CODE DEPARTMENT DID HAVE A GROUP OF FIELD INSPECTORS ON STANDBY. 
          UM, IN THE EVENT, THERE IS A CATASTROPHIC STRUCTURAL FAILURE SOMEWHERE THAT WE NEEDED TO RESPOND TO, UH, FORTUNATELY THAT WASN'T NECESSARY. 
          BUT, UH, DURING THIS TIME THE CODE DEPARTMENT COLLABORATED AND DEVELOPED, UH, SERVICES, UH, TO DETERMINE PERMITTING PROTOCOLS FOR EMERGENCY REPAIRS THAT WOULD BE NECESSARY TO DO THEIR WINTER STORM. 
          AND WE COORDINATE THE TIMELINES FOR OBTAINING SUCH PERMITS. 
          UH, OUR IT GROUP ALSO WORKED WITH CTM TO PUSH THROUGH PROGRAMMING CHANGE AND AMANDA, WHICH IS OUR CASE DATABASE, UH, TO ALLOW THE DEPARTMENT TO TRACK WINTER STORM RELATED CASES. 
          AND WE WORKED WITH OUR PARTNERS AT 3 1, 1, UH, TO CREATE SOME STANDARDIZED RESPONSES TO WINTER STORM RELATED COMPLAINTS. 
          UH, NEXT SLIDE. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, AUSTIN CODE, UH, WE LAUNCHED OUR OPERATIONS ON SATURDAY, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 20TH, UH, TO BEGIN THE PROCESS OF DRESSING, THE RESULTING BACKLOG OF COMPLAINTS, UH, THAT CAME INTO 3 1 1 DURING THE SHUTDOWN PERIOD, UH, DEPARTMENT LEADERSHIP MADE A STRATEGIC DECISION TO PRIORITIZE INSPECTIONS FOR COMPLAINTS THAT WERE CLASSIFIED INTERNALLY, EITHER AS COVID-19 COMPLAINTS, UM, OR AS WHAT WE CONSIDER PRIORITY TO, UM, WHICH INCLUDES COMPLAINTS THAT ARE RELATED TO OCCUPIED SUBSTANDARD CONDITIONS IS BE THINGS LIKE LACK OF HOT WATER OR NO WATER SERVICE AT ALL, NO HEAT AND OTHER TIME-SENSITIVE SITUATIONS THAT CAN HAVE AN IMMEDIATE IMPACT ON THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF AN OCCUPANT OF A DWELLING. 
          UM, ADDITIONALLY AUSTIN CODE PROVIDES STAFF TO ASSIST WITH THE IDENTIFICATION OF PROPERTIES THAT WERE LACKING ACCESS TO WATER. 
          UM, AND THEN WE WERE ALSO INVOLVED IN THE SUBSEQUENT DISTRIBUTION OF DRINKING WATER TO THOSE PROPERTIES. 
          UM, THERE WERE EFFECTED BY THE WATER OUTAGE OUTAGES THAT WERE OCCURRING THROUGHOUT THE CITY. 
          UM, WE GENERALLY FOLLOWED OUR STANDARD POLICIES AND PRACTICES THAT WE HAVE ESTABLISHED FOR OUR CASE MANAGEMENT. 
          UM, WE DID HOWEVER, TEMPORARILY DELAY ISSUANCE OF NOTICES OF VIOLATION, UH, TO TENANT OCCUPIED HOUSING. 
          IF WE RECEIVED AN ACTION PLAN FROM THE LANDLORD WITHIN 48 HOURS OF OUR INITIAL INSPECTION, UH, FOR OWNER OCCUPIED HOUSING CODE INSPECTORS ADVISED HOMEOWNERS TO CONTACT THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT TO SEEK EMERGENCY REPAIR PERMITS. 
          AND WE ALSO PROVIDED A REFERENCE TO A WEBSITE THAT WAS SET UP, UM, WITH THE AIM TO ASSIST HOMEOWNERS AND FINDING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RELATED TO PERMITTING REQUIREMENTS, UH, THINGS LIKE TREE REMOVAL AND OTHER AVAILABLE COMMUNITY RESOURCES, UH, FOR THE TENANT OCCUPIED PROPERTIES INSPECTIONS WERE PERFORMED. 
          UH, TENANTS WERE ADVISED TO REACH OUT THROUGH THEIR LANDLORD TO REQUEST A SERVICE REPAIR ORDER. 
          UM, CASES WERE NOT CLOSED UNTIL IT WAS DETERMINED. 
          THE LANDLORD HAD CORRECTED VIOLATIONS, UH, FOR COMPLAINTS RELATED TO ACCUMULATIONS OF, YOU KNOW, BRUSH TREE LAMBS, 
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CONSTRUCTION DEBRIS, UM, OTHER MATERIALS THAT ARE PLACED AT THE CURB. 
          UH, WE ADJUSTED COMPLIANCE TIMELINES, UH, DEPENDENT UPON AUSTIN RESOURCE RECOVERY, HIS ABILITY TO CONDUCT ADDITIONAL BRUSH AND BULK BULK PICKUPS. 
          UM, NEXT SLIDE THIS IS A SNAPSHOT OF OUR AVAILABLE DATA RELATED WINTER STORM CASES. 
          UH, AS YOU, YOU CAN SEE FROM THE CHART CASE VOLUME GENERALLY PEAKED IN THE LAST WEEK OF FEBRUARY AND FIRST WEEK OF MARCH, UM, AN NOV IS A NOTICE OF VIOLATION, UH, WHICH IS THE DEPARTMENT'S FORMAL NOTICE TO A PROPERTY OWNER THAT A VIOLATION HAS BEEN FOUND. 
          UM, GENERALLY A CITATION IS NOT ISSUED UNTIL THE NOTICE OF VIOLATION HAS BEEN PROVIDED. 
          THE TIMELINE FOR COMPLIANCE STATED IN THE NOTICE OF VIOLATION HAS BEEN EXCEEDED AND THE INSPECTOR IS NOT SEEING PROGRESS TOWARDS COMPLIANCE. 
          UH, NEXT SLIDE UH, SO THIS CHART ABOVE, UH, THIS REPRESENTS, UH, THE SECTION OF THE INTERNATIONAL PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE THAT THE CODE INSPECTOR NOTED IN THE NOTICE OF VIOLATION. 
          UM, AS YOU CAN SEE THE BULK OF THE WINTER STORM RELATED CASES INVOLVED DAMAGE TO INTERIOR SURFACES, UM, THAT'S THINGS LIKE DAMAGED DRYWALL, PEELING, PAINT, UM, WATER HEATING, WATER SERVICE ISSUES, UM, HVAC EQUIPMENT, AND THEN WORK WITHOUT PERMIT. 
          UM, NEXT SLIDE. 
          SO THIS IS A HEAT MAP THAT WAS GENERATED BY OUR IT DIVISION. 
          UM, YOU CAN SEE THE CONCENTRATION OF CASES IN THE URBAN CORE OF THE CITY. 
          UH, IN GENERAL, WE HAVE OBSERVED THAT OLDER STRUCTURE SUFFERED MORE DAMAGE, UM, LIKELY DUE TO AGED INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          HOWEVER, THAT SAID, WE HAVE SEEN SITUATIONS WHERE SIMILARLY AGED PROPERTIES IN CLOSE PROXIMITY, EACH OTHER HAVE EXPERIENCED DIFFERENT LEVELS OF DAMAGE. 
          UM, WE'VE ALSO OBSERVED THE BUILDINGS WITH FIRE SPRINKLER LINES WERE SUSCEPTIBLE TO BURSTING, UM, LIKELY FROM THE EXPOSURE TO PROLONGED PERIODS OF COLD WEATHER. 
          UM, NEXT SLIDE, UH, THIS MAP IN SHARP, UH, SHOWS A BREAKDOWN OF CASES BASED ON COUNCIL DISTRICT, UM, COMPLAINTS RECEIVED, UM, AND VIOLATIONS FOUND ARE MOST PROMINENT IN DISTRICT FOUR. 
          UM, BUT ALL DISTRICTS WERE IMPACTED IN SOME WAY. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          UM, SO THE ALSO CO DEPARTMENT, YOU KNOW, TO KIND OF SUMMARIZE A AUSTIN CODE DEPARTMENT HANDLED THE INFLUX OF CALLS BY PRIORITIZING COVID-19 AND WINTER STORM RELATED ISSUES, UH, THAT PRESENTED, UH, ISSUES FOR OCCUPIED HOUSING WITH SUBSTANDARD CONDITIONS. 
          UH, WE DID DELAY NOTICE OF VIOLATIONS TO OWNERS THAT PROVIDED ACTION PLANS WITHIN 48 HOURS. 
          UM, IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THE AVAILABILITY OF BOTH PARTS AND LABOR WAS SEVERELY CONSTRAINED, UM, AT THE TIME. 
          SO DELAYING THOSE NOTICES OF VIOLATIONS WAS A WAY TO PROVIDE SOME REASONABLE FLEXIBILITY TO PROPERTY OWNERS THAT ACTED IN GOOD FAITH TO CORRECT ISSUES CAUSED BY THE WINTER STORM, UH, OWNERS THAT FAILED TO COOPERATE. 
          WHEREAS YOU'D NOTICED THIS VIOLATION, UM, CASES WHERE PROGRESS IS NOT BEING MADE IN A TIMELY MANNER ARE BEING EXPEDITED TO OUR LEGAL ENFORCEMENT AVENUES. 
          UM, WE'VE ALSO DEVELOPED AN ENHANCED OUR ABILITY TO PERFORM REMOTE INSPECTIONS. 
          UM, THIS IS IMPORTANT WHEN TENANTS ARE UNCOMFORTABLE PROVIDING ACCESS TO THE INTERIOR OF THEIR DWELLING, UH, PARTICULARLY IN THE TIME OF THE PANDEMIC, UM, WHICH IS STILL ONGOING. 
          OF COURSE. 
          UH, ADDITIONALLY, OUR T GROUP HAS CREATED A PUBLIC FACING DASHBOARD THAT HIGHLIGHTS ACTIVITY AT WINTER STORM AFFECTED PROPERTIES. 
          UH, NEXT SLIDE. 
          UM, OKAY. 
          WE'VE ALSO TAKEN A PROACTIVE APPROACH, UH, TO MONITORING CONDITIONS AT OUR RENTAL PROPERTIES THAT ARE PART OF THE REPEAT OFFENDER PROGRAM. 
          UM, WE REVIEW EACH PROPERTY IN THAT PROGRAM EVERY 30 DAYS, UH, TO IDENTIFY ANY THAT MIGHT WARRANT A SUSPENSION FROM THE ABILITY TO RENT VACANT UNITS, UM, WHICH IS ONE OF THE ELEMENTS OF THE REPEAT OFFENDER PROGRAM. 
          UM, OUR IT GROUP HAS ALSO MADE SOME ENHANCEMENTS TO THAT QUERY, UM, THAT WE RUN TO HELP ENSURE THAT WE, UH, IDENTIFY PROPERTIES THAT NEED TO BE ADDED INTO THE PROGRAM. 
          AND WE RUN THAT QUERY EVERY QUARTER. 
          UM, WE'VE ALSO ADDED OUR INTERIOR, UH, PERIODIC INSPECTION CALENDAR TO THE ROP WEBSITE, UH, TO ENHANCE TRANSPARENCY AND ALSO PROVIDE SOME ADDITIONAL NOTIFICATION TO TENANTS, UM, OF OUR ACTIVITIES AT THEIR PROPERTIES. 
          UM, AND AS WE DID WITH ALL RENTAL PROPERTY RE REQUESTED ACTION PLANS WITHIN 48 HOURS OF VALIDATING A VIOLATION, UM, AND WE ARE ESCALATING CASES TO OUR LEGAL AVENUES WHEN NEEDED, UM, FURTHER, WE HAVE STAYED IN CONSTANT CONTACT WITH KEY STAKEHOLDERS, UM, AND COLLABORATE WITH THEM, 
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UH, TO ENHANCE OUR COMMUNICATION INSPECTION EFFORTS. 
          NEXT SLIDE, UH, FOR LEGAL ESCALATION IN THE AUSTIN CODE DEPARTMENT GENERALLY HAS THREE VENUES WITH WHICH WE CAN ESCALATE CASES, UH, WHEN COMPLIANCE IS NOT BEING ACHIEVED VOLUNTARILY. 
          UH, WE HAVE A THIRD-PARTY ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING PROCESS. 
          UH, WE HAVE THE BUILDING AND STANDARDS COMMISSION, WHICH IS A COUNCIL APPOINTED GROUP OF CITIZENS, UM, THAT HAVE THE ABILITY TO ISSUE ORDERS TO REPAIR, UM, TO DEMOLISH OR, UH, VACATE. 
          UM, AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE THE MEN'S MUNICIPAL COURT, UM, SPECIFICALLY TO WINTER STORM YURI. 
          THE AUSTIN CODE DEPARTMENT CONDUCTED A SPECIAL CALLED MEETING OF THE BUILDING STANDARDS COMMISSION ON MAY 13TH. 
          UM, TWO PROPERTIES THAT, THAT HEARING REISSUED REPAIR ORDERS. 
          UM, THE THIRD PROPERTY WAS GIVEN A REPAIR ORDER AT THE MAY 26TH REGULAR MEETING, AND THEN A FOURTH PROPERTY WAS GIVEN A REPAIR ORDER AT THE JUNE 23RD REGULAR MEETING. 
          UM, NEXT SLIDE, OKAY. 
          THE DEPARTMENT WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR CONDITIONS, UH, PROPERTIES AFFECTED BY WINTER STORM URI. 
          UM, AND WE WILL ESCALATE CASES AS NEEDED TO OUR LEGAL PROCESSES WHEN WE'RE NOT SEEING PROGRESS IN RESOLVING ISSUES. 
          UM, IN ADDITION, WE'RE ALSO PARTNERING WITH AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH, HOUSING AND PLANNING. 
          UM, HE'S UM, AS I'M SORRY, HOMELAND SECURITY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, UH, TO LOOK AT THE HEALTH IMPACTS OF THE COMMUNITY THAT ARISE FROM, UH, THESE SITUATIONS AND WHAT WAYS THE CITY CAN DO TO IMPROVE OUR RESPONSIVENESS AND SERVICE DELIVERY. 
          A LOT OF DEPARTMENT ALSO BE INCLUDED AS PART OF THAT DISCUSSION AS WELL. 
          UM, NEXT SLIDE. 
          UM, SO THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. 
          I DO WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TODAY. 
          OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS ALLSTON CO DEPARTMENT'S EFFORTS. 
          DURING WINTER STORM EVENT, WE ARE VERY PROUD OF THE WORK, OUR INSPECTORS AND SUPPORT STAFF CARRY OUT EACH AND EVERY DAY, UH, TO MAKE A SAFER AND GREATER AUSTIN. 
          AND I'M AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. 
          WE APPRECIATE, UH, ALL OF, UH, AUSTIN CODE STAFF WORK, AS WELL AS YOUR PRESENTATION. 
          ANY COMMENTS, ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSIONERS? OKAY. 
          I HAVE A QUESTION COMMISSIONER GARCIA FROM THE NORTH AUSTIN ICB, UH, THE DISTRICT FOUR IS THE FEEDER NUMBERS. 
          AND, UH, I CAN SAY  IS, UH, HISPANIC SO THAT YOU HAVE THIS INFORMATION IN SPANISH TOO, OR ANY OTHER LANGUAGE, UH, I'D HAVE TO, I KNOW OUR WEBSITE HAS, UM, SOME, UH, TRANSLATION OR, UM, TRANSLATION SERVICES, UM, THAT, THAT CONVERT OUR WEB WEBSITE INTO DIFFERENT LANGUAGES. 
          UM, NOW THIS PRESENTATION SPECIFICALLY, NO, UM, BUT I'D HAVE TO LOOK AT OUR WEBSITE TO TELL YOU SPECIFICALLY, UM, WHETHER THAT DASHBOARD HAS THAT SERVICE ATTACHED TO IT OR NOT. 
          UM, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING I CAN LOOK AT AND GET BACK TO YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER GARCIA. 
          ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I HAVE A QUESTION. 
          YES. 
          YEP. 
          UM, SO I DIDN'T GET TO THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          FOR THAT BRIEFING. 
          I ACTUALLY DID NOT GET TO LOOK AT THE MAY, UM, THE MAY, UH, STANDARD AND, UH, COMMITTEE. 
          I DIDN'T GET TO SEE WHAT WAS ON THAT AGENDA AND WHICH OF THE STEPS, BUT I DID HAVE A QUESTION. 
          SO WHEN A BUILDING DOES GO TO, UH, TO THAT COMMITTEE AND THEY'VE BEEN AFFECTED BY THE WINTER STORM AND THEY HAVE AN ACTION PLAN AND FOR EXAMPLE, MOUNTAIN CARMEL, UM, WHAT IS IT THAT YOU'RE, UH, THAT THE CODE ENFORCEMENT AND THAT STANDARDS COMMITTEE, WHAT DO YOU, WHAT IS IT THAT YOU ALL DO IF THAT ACTION PLAN IS NOT FULFILLED IN THE TIMEFRAME THAT THEY'RE GIVEN BEFORE YOU ALL, AND, UH, BEFORE CODE AND THE STANDARDS A BUILDING COMMITTEE, UH, PUTS A SHUTDOWN OR FINE ON, ON THE LANDLORD OR OWNER OF THIS PROPERTY? UM, I DIDN'T KINDA GET THAT, UH, EXPLANATION, UM, WHEN YOU WERE JUST EXPRESSING AFTER THEY GO TO A COMMITTEE AND Y'ALL DISCUSS IT, WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THAT? DO THEY COME BACK TO THE COMMITTEE? DOES THE INVESTIGATION NOT, I MEAN, THE CASE DOESN'T GET CLOSED UNTIL THE INVESTIGATION'S FULFILLED. 
          UM, CAN YOU GIVE ME SOME CLARIFICATION ON THAT? I SPECIFICALLY MOUNTAIN CARMEL, UM, AND OTHER, UM, APARTMENT COMPLEXES THAT HAVE BEEN, UH, CONDEMNED AND PEOPLE HAVE BEEN RELOCATED AND DISPLACED FROM APARTMENTS, UH, 
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ALONG THE RIVERSIDE CORRIDOR AND EAST AUSTIN THAT HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY THIS WINTER STORM. 
          SURE. 
          UM, SO NOT NECESSARILY SPECIFIC TO MOUNT CARMEL THAT ANY PROPERTY THAT WE BRING FORWARD TO THE BUILDING AND STANDARDS COMMISSION, UH, WHICH AGAIN IS A PUBLIC ELECTED PUBLICLY APPOINTED GROUP OF CITIZENS WHO ARE GIVEN THE AUTHORITY TO ISSUE ORDERS TO A PROPERTY OWNER, TO EITHER REPAIR PROPERTY. 
          UM, IN CERTAIN INSTANCES, THEY CAN ORDER THE DEMOLITION OF A PROPERTY OR ORDER THAT A PROPERTY BE VACATED. 
          UM, SO WHEN WE BRING A CASE FORWARD ON A PROPERTY TO THE COMMISSION, UM, THOSE ARE THE KIND OF THE, THE OPTIONS EFFECTIVELY THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO THE COMMISSION. 
          AND, AND IN THE INSTANCE OF MOUNT CARMEL AND THE OTHER PROPERTIES THAT WE BROUGHT FORWARD, STAFF REQUESTED A REPAIR ORDER. 
          UM, AND THE COMMISSION GENERALLY WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE COMMISSION, YOU KNOW, TH THERE'S A PUBLIC HEARING CONDUCTED. 
          SO STAFF PRESENTS, THE CASE, PROVIDES OUR EVIDENCE, UM, THAT VIOLATIONS EXIST. 
          UM, AND THEN THE PROPERTY OWNERS GENERALLY GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THEIR SIDE, UM, TESTIMONY HAS TAKEN FROM ANYONE THAT SIGNS UP TO SPEAK, UM, ON THAT PARTICULAR ITEM. 
          SO A LOT OF TIMES TENANTS WILL COME FORWARD, UH, TO SPEAK. 
          THE OWNER MAY BRING, YOU KNOW, MAINTENANCE STAFF OR CONSULTING ENGINEERS OR WHOEVER WITH THEM, UM, TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE, YOU KNOW, TO SPEAK FROM AN EXPERT PERSPECTIVE ON THE ISSUES AT THE PROPERTY. 
          UM, BUT ULTIMATELY THE COMMISSION, UH, CLOSES THE PUBLIC HEARING AND TAKES A VOTE. 
          UM, AND IN THE CASE OF MOUNT CARMEL AND OTHERS, UM, THEY VOTED TO EITHER ADOPT THE STAFF'S RECOMMENDED, RECOMMENDED ORDER OR MODIFY IT IN SOME WAY BASED ON THE TESTIMONY THEY HEARD THAT NIGHT. 
          UM, AND THOSE ORDERS TYPICALLY HAVE A COMPLIANCE TIMELINE TO THEM. 
          UM, THAT GENERALLY IN GENERAL, THAT'S 45 DAYS FOR RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES, BUT IT CAN VARY, UH, BASED ON WHAT THE COMMISSION FEELS COMPELLED TO DO. 
          UM, ONCE THAT COMPLIANCE TIME TIMELINE IN THAT ORDER HAS EXPIRED, UH, AND THAT CASE HAS NOT COME INTO COMPLIANCE. 
          UM, THE PENALTY SET OUT IN THE ORDER, WHICH ARE ALSO ESTABLISHED BY THE COMMISSION, UM, BEGIN TO ACCRUE, UM, SOMETHING IS UNIQUE ABOUT THE BUILDING STANDARDS COMMISSION PENALTIES IS THAT, UM, WHEREAS IF WE TAKE IT, SOMETHING'S THAT A THIRD PARTY ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING WILL GO TO MUNICIPAL COURT, IT'S A, ONE-TIME FINE AND ACTION, UM, BUILDING AND STANDARDS COMMISSION, ISN'T A COOL PENALTY. 
          SO, UH, FOR EXAMPLE, THEY MAY ASSESS A PENALTY OF A THOUSAND DOLLARS PER WEEK PER VIOLATION. 
          UM, SO IN SOME INSTANCES THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT DEPENDING ON THE NUMBER OF VIOLATIONS THAT WE BROUGHT FORWARD, YOU KNOW, THAT COULD END UP BEING $10,000 A WEEK OR MORE, UM, THAT BEGINS TO ACCRUE AGAINST THAT PROPERTY. 
          AND SO THAT, UH, THE PENALTY IS IN PLACE AS AN EFFECTIVELY, AN INCENTIVE TO THE PROPERTY OWNER TO COME INTO COMPLIANCE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. 
          UH, AND WE DO NOT CLOSE CASES UNTIL ALL VIOLATIONS HAVE BEEN REMEDIED. 
          UM, SO WE CONTINUE TO MONITOR THOSE PROPERTIES AND PERFORM FOLLOW-UP INSPECTIONS, UM, AT A MINIMUM EVERY 30 DAYS. 
          UM, AND MORE FREQUENTLY IF WE'RE NOTIFIED THAT EITHER, EITHER THROUGH A COMPLAINT PROCESS THAT SOMETHING HAS GOTTEN WORSE, UM, OR WE'RE NOTIFIED BY THE PROPERTY OWNER TO COME LOOK AT SOMETHING BECAUSE THEY'VE MADE A REPAIR. 
          GREAT. 
          GREAT, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT CLARIFICATION, BECAUSE I THINK THAT NOT JUST MYSELF, BUT MY COLLEAGUES NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS OF WHAT, UH, OUR TENANTS AND, UH, CONSTITUENTS ARE FACING HERE, UM, THAT ARE UNDERGOING THESE TYPE OF ISSUES. 
          AND I JUST WANT TO ADD TO THE CODE DEPARTMENT, AND I'M NOT SURE ELAINE GARRETT IS FIGURE DIRECTOR. 
          UM, THE LEADERSHIP IN YOUR DEPARTMENT, UH, IS VERY VITAL. 
          UM, WE ARE, UH, NEEDING THE ASSISTANCE OF CODE AND MAKING SURE THAT THESE LANDLORDS THAT ARE, UM, ALLOWING THEIR PROPERTIES TO DEGREE INTO, UH, UNLIVING STANDARDS OF OUR TENANTS, THAT WE HAVE THE SUPPORT FROM CODE AND THAT WE'RE TRANSPARENT WITH THESE TENANTS, UH, AND, AND THE PEOPLE, THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS LIKE MYSELF THAT ARE OUT HERE, WE NEED TO ALSO MAKE SURE THAT THE DASHBOARD THAT'S CREATED AND THAT YOU ALL ARE RELYING ON. 
          ALL OF THIS COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY ALSO HAS TO BE CONVERTED INTO A PAPER TRAIL AND PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT ON THE COMPUTER, AND THAT DON'T NOT KNOW HOW TO NAVIGATE THAT SYSTEM. 
          THAT THAT ALSO HAS AN OPTION, UH, TO OUR, TO OUR TENANTS, INTO OUR HOME OWNERS, INTO THE RECIPIENTS THAT HAVE A DIGITAL DIVIDE, AND THAT ARE NOT ABLE TO ACCESS THAT INFORMATION. 
          SO I HOPE TO SEE THAT CODE, UM, CONTINUES TO BE 
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TRANSPARENT WITH THEIR TENANTS, UH, WITH THEIR RESIDENTS AND WITH THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT ARE OUT HERE, BECAUSE AGAIN, YOUR LEADERSHIP ROLES ARE VERY IMPORTANT, AND WE DO RELY ON THE CODE DEPARTMENT TO, UM, TO INVESTIGATE AND TO, UM, PUT PENALTIES TO THESE LAND OWNERS THAT HAVE NEGLECTED THEIR, THEIR RESIDENTS AND THEIR TENANTS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YEAH. 
          THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER DELGADO. 
          UM, JUST A FOLLOW UP ON THAT, UH, SEVERAL PARTS OF THAT. 
          UH, YES. 
          UH, LANE GARRETT IS ANOTHER ONE OF OUR ASSISTANT DIRECTORS AS WELL. 
          UM, SHE'S BEEN WITH OUR DEPARTMENT QUITE A LONG TIME, SO HER EXPERTISE AND EXPERIENCE IS HIGHLY VALUABLE TO US. 
          UM, AND SO, YEAH, SHE'S DEFINITELY STILL ON BOARD. 
          UM, I ALSO, WOULD YOU SPEAK TO THE DIGITAL DIVIDE? UM, I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT ANOTHER PROGRAM. 
          WE OFFER AUSTIN CODE, UH, THAT WE CALL CODE CONNECT, UM, WHICH IS A PHONE LINE. 
          UM, THAT'S AVAILABLE DURING BUSINESS HOURS WHERE THOSE THAT MAY STRUGGLE ACCESSING THROUGH THE INTERNET. 
          UM, THEY CAN CALL OUR CODE CONNECT LINE, UM, AND CONNECT TO A LIVE PERSON, UM, TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS THEY MAY HAVE, UM, WHETHER THAT'S JUST GENERAL CODE QUESTIONS OR WHETHER IT'S CASE SPECIFIC. 
          UM, WE CAN SPEAK TO THEM IN TERMS OF WHAT, YOU KNOW, SPECIFIC VIOLATION CASE AND YOU KNOW, WHERE THAT CASE IS AT. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN THE LAST, YOU KNOW, FOLLOW-UP INSPECTION OCCURRED, WHETHER THAT CASE HAS BEEN ESCALATED TO A LEGAL PROCESS. 
          AND IF SO, WHEN AND WHERE THAT VENUE WILL BE, UM, ALL THAT INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE BOTH ON THE WEB AND THROUGH THE COVID CONNECT SERVICE. 
          UM, SO I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT AS AN OPTION FOR THOSE OR THE PHONE IS A BETTER ROUTE THAN THE INTERNET. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH, DANIEL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, VICE CHAIR. 
          I SAW YOU GOT A QUESTION AT THE SAME TIME, AND WE ALSO HAVE COMMISSIONER MAY HERE RIGHT AFTER THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. 
          AND I ECHO MR. DELGADO'S CONCERNS. 
          THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE THAT ARE LIVING IN RUNDOWN PLACES, AND THEY JUST, IT KEEPS GETTING WORSE. 
          AND WE NEED TO A SENSE OF STEWARDSHIP THAT KEEPS THE PROPERTIES IN BETTER CONDITION. 
          THIS MORNING, I LISTENED TO ABOUT 20 RESIDENTS OF ROSEMONT APARTMENTS. 
          WHO'VE BEEN TOLD TO MOVE BECAUSE OF, UH, BECAUSE OF DAMAGES UNDER WINTER STORM ORI. 
          UH, TALK ABOUT HOW THOSE PROBLEMS WITH MOLD MOSTLY EXISTED BEFORE THEY, UH, BEFORE THE STORM AND EVEN BEFORE THEY MOVED IN. 
          AND I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS THAT THE AUSTIN TENANT'S COUNCIL POSE TRYING TO GET AT THIS ISSUE. 
          UM, AND I WANTED TO SEE WHAT YOUR RESPONSE WOULD BE TO THESE THINGS LIKE DESIGNATING RENTAL PROPERTIES. 
          THAT LACK REAL RELIABLE WATER SUPPLY FOR MORE THAN A WEEK IS UNINHABITABLE AND, UH, WAIVING RENT PAYMENTS UNTIL THE WATER IS RESTORED. 
          SURE. 
          SO, UM, YEAH, I'M, I'M FAMILIAR WITH THE, UH, AUSTIN TENANT'S COUNCIL LETTER. 
          UH, WE DO MEET WITH MOLLY, UM, THE DIRECTOR, UM, EVERY MONTH. 
          UM, AND OUT OF THAT LETTER, UM, THERE WAS A RESOLUTION THAT PASSED, UH, THROUGH THE CITY COUNCIL ON MAY 6TH. 
          UM, I DON'T HAVE THE RESOLUTION NUMBER IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE. 
          I CAN PULL IT UP HERE IN A MINUTE. 
          UM, HERE IT IS, UH, RESOLUTION 20 21 0 5 0 6 DASH 0 4 0. 
          UM, AND THAT'S, UH, HAS DIRECTED STAFF TO LOOK AT ISSUES REVOLVING AROUND MOLD AND RENTAL HOUSING, UM, AND WHAT COULD POTENTIALLY BE DONE TO, UH, IMPROVE THE CITY'S RESPONSE TO THOSE TYPES OF ISSUES. 
          UM, WE'RE DUE BACK TO, UH, COUNSEL IN AROUND AUGUST 13TH, UH, TO PROVIDE THEM WITH SOME INFORMATION BASED ON THE RESEARCH WE'RE CONDUCTING, UM, AUSTIN CODE DEPARTMENTS, THE LEAD ON THAT RESOLUTION, BUT WE'RE ALSO PARTNERING WITH, UH, HOUSING AND PLANNING, UM, HOMELAND SECURITY, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, AUSTIN, PUBLIC HEALTH. 
          AND OF COURSE, A LOT OF PHARMA WILL BE INVOLVED AS WELL, UM, TO TRY TO COME UP WITH SOME COMPREHENSIVE IDEAS, UM, THAT WE CAN DO, UM, TO IMPROVE OUR RESPONSES, TO DEALING WITH ISSUES OF MOLD AND MOISTURE IN, UH, RENTAL HOUSING. 
          UM, I'M SURE THE MEMBERS OF THIS COMMISSION WOULD BE INTERESTED IN THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS AND HOW IF, IF WE FIND SOME THAT WE THINK ARE REALLY GOING TO HELP TENANTS GET PAST THIS MOLD PROBLEM AND TO BETTER HOUSING CONDITIONS WOULD WANT TO SUPPORT THEM. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          UM, COMMISSIONED A POP. 
          WAS THAT THE, SOME OF YOUR COMMENTS I DON'T WANT TO CUT YOU OFF. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, EITHER, UM, THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MR. WORD FOR YOUR SERVICE. 
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YOU KNOW, I I'VE HEARD, YOU KNOW, UH, THAT THERE'S BEEN LOTS OF, I THINK PUBLICITY ABOUT THE CODE DEPARTMENT SORT OF HAVING THIS INCREDIBLE CHARGES, THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF THE CITY, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, STRIVES TO KEEP UP WITH THE GROWTH. 
          UM, SO I, I, YOU KNOW, I COMMEND YOU ALL FOR YOUR WORK. 
          I HAVE TWO POINTS. 
          I'LL TRY TO BE AS CONCISE AS POSSIBLE. 
          THE FIRST IS, YOU KNOW, I WOULD W I WOULD, MAYBE THIS ISN'T THE TIME, BUT, YOU KNOW, WORKING WITH NEIGHBORHOOD FOLKS, I THINK THAT THERE'S A, THERE'S A, UM, A SENSE OUT THERE THAT OCCASIONALLY THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT WOULD SORT OF WEAPONIZED CODE, UH, COMPLAINTS IN THE, IN THE EVENT THAT THEY WERE SPECULATING PROPERTY, RIGHT. 
          UH, SORTA TATTLETALE ON FOLKS AS A MEANS OF, UH, HAVING, UH, YOU KNOW, VULNERABLE PEOPLE, UH, REPORTED ON IN, IN A WAY THAT THEIR PROPERTY MAY, YOU KNOW, BECOME, UM, AVAILABLE FOR, FOR THEIR PURPOSES AND INTENT. 
          AND I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR, YOU KNOW, HOW, HOW, HOW THAT HAS BEEN COUNTERED OR, YOU KNOW, HOW TRUE THAT IS FROM, FROM YOUR DEPARTMENT'S PERSPECTIVE, YOU KNOW, AND HOW YOU PROTECT AGAINST THAT SORT OF BAD ACTOR. 
          SO THAT'S MY FIRST QUESTION. 
          AND MAYBE THAT'S FOR ANOTHER MEETING. 
          UH, AND THE SECOND IS, I THINK ONE THING THAT'S INTERESTING TO ME IS THE SPECIFICITY OF THE DATA THAT CODE HAS ACCESS TO, UH, YOU KNOW, BEING AN APPROVAL ENTITY. 
          AND THE THOUGHT THAT OCCURRED TO ME IS IS THERE ANY, IS THERE THE CAPACITY, UH, THE DATA TOOLS WHERE YOU COULD ANALYZE THE TYPES OF, UM, COMPLAINTS OR THE, IN THE CASE OF EARLY, THESE ARE THE SORT OF, UH, YOU KNOW, FAILURES IN THE TERMS OF, UH, THE TYPES OF FAILURES THAT ARE OCCURRING IN PROPERTIES IN THIS TYPE OF CATASTROPHIC EVENT. 
          AND I WAS THINKING TO MYSELF THAT, YOU KNOW, THE THERE'S LOTS OF REASONS WHY FOLKS DON'T, UH, ISSUE COMPLAINTS, RIGHT? THEY MIGHT NOT FEEL THE AGENCY, THEY MIGHT FEEL LIKE THEIR HOUSING COULD BE COMPROMISED. 
          SO I THOUGHT TO MYSELF, WHEN YOU COLLECT THIS DATA, COULD IT THEN BECOME SORT OF A PROACTIVE OUTREACH TOOL WHERE YOU CAN SAY BY THE DATA AND THE AGE OF THESE TYPES OF DEVELOPMENTS AND THIS TYPE OF COMMUNITY, WE KNOW THAT THESE TYPES OF, UH, PIPES ARE GOING TO BUST RIGHT. 
          OR WHATNOT. 
          SO I WAS JUST CURIOUS ABOUT SORT OF THE POWER OF DATA IN HAVING SOME SORT OF A, SORT OF A PROACTIVE STRATEGY OF WHEN, WHEN THERE ARE POTENTIAL CATASTROPHIC WEATHER EVENTS, UM, WHERE THOSE VULNERABILITIES COULD BE ADDRESSED AHEAD OF TIME. 
          AND INSTEAD OF THE INCOMING COMPLAINT, IF THAT MAKES ANY SENSE AT ALL, UM, THERE I'LL LEAVE IT THERE. 
          YEAH. 
          UM, I'LL TRY TO GIVE YOU A REASONABLE RESPONSE. 
          UM, SO, YOU KNOW, ON, ON THAT LAST POINT, UH, WE DO MAKE ALL OF OUR CASE DATA, UM, AVAILABLE ONLINE AT THE CITY OF AUSTIN'S OPEN DATA PORTAL. 
          UM, SO, YOU KNOW, THAT INCLUDES, YOU KNOW, THE DAY A COMPLAINT CAME IN, YOU KNOW, WHEN A VIOLATION WAS NOTED, UM, WHAT VIOLATION WAS NOTED, UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN A CASE IS CLOSED, YOU KNOW, ALL, ALL OF THAT INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE OUT THERE, UM, IN OUR EFFORT TO TRY AND BE AS TRANSPARENT AS WE CAN. 
          UM, AND IN TERMS OF ANALYZING THAT DATA, I MEAN, I THINK THAT'S A VERY INTERESTING IDEA. 
          UM, NOW THERE, THERE ARE A LOT OF VARIABLES I THINK THAT ARE GOING TO BE HARD TO CONTROL FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT WE ARE A COMPLAINT DRIVEN ENTITY. 
          UM, WE RESPOND TO COMPLAINTS RECEIVED THROUGH 3, 1, 1. 
          UM, AND SO PART OF OUR EDUCATION OUTREACH TO THE COMMUNITY IS ALWAYS EMPHASIZING HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO CONTACT FREE ONE-ON-ONE. 
          UH, WHENEVER YOU SEE ANYTHING YOU BELIEVE TO BE UNSAFE, UM, INVOLVING PROPERTY, UM, UNDERSTANDING OF COURSE, THAT THERE ARE REASONS WHY THE PARTICULAR TENANTS MAY BE RELUCTANT TO REPORT, UM, YOU KNOW, RE RETALIATION IS A VERY REAL ISSUE. 
          UM, NOT ALWAYS ONE THAT THE AUSTIN CODE DEPARTMENT CAN DIRECTLY ADDRESS, BUT, UM, BUT THAT, THAT'S DEFINITELY A LIMITATION THAT WE COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND, UM, IN TERMS OF RELUCTANCE OF REPORTING SOMETIMES. 
          UM, AND I THINK ON SOME LEVEL THAT'S WHY THE REPEAT OFFENDER PROGRAM IS SO IMPORTANT FOR US. 
          UM, THESE ARE PROPERTIES THAT ARE ADDED TO, UH, LIKE I SAID, BY LARGE WE'RE WE'RE COMPLAINT-DRIVEN DEPARTMENT, BUT THE REPEAT OFFENDER PROGRAM IS ONE OF OUR PROGRAMS THAT IS TRULY PROACTIVE. 
          UH, ONCE A PROPERTY IS IDENTIFIED AS REPEAT OFFENDER, THAT WOULD, WHICH MEANS THAT THEY'VE, YOU KNOW, OVER THE COURSE OF 24 MONTHS HAVE EXCEEDED A CERTAIN THRESHOLD IN TERMS OF EITHER NUMBER OF VIOLATIONS, UH, FOUND OR FAILING TO TIMELY REMEDY VIOLATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN FOUND, UM, THAT LANDS THEM INTO THIS PROGRAM. 
          UM, AND ONCE YOU'RE IN THAT PROGRAM, YOU ACTUALLY RECEIVE A PROACTIVE INSPECTION AT LEAST ONCE A YEAR. 
          UM, AND THAT HELPS US KEEP AN EYE ON THOSE PROPERTIES THAT HAVE SHOWN THAT HISTORY OF DEFERRED MAINTENANCE, UM, WITH THE IDEA THAT, YOU KNOW, WITH THAT CLOSER EYE AND CLOSER WATCH, UH, WE CAN TRY TO PREVENT SOME OF THESE ISSUES 
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FROM KIND OF SPIRALING OUT OF CONTROL. 
          UM, AND SO I THINK THAT'S A REALLY KEY PROGRAM FOR OUR DEPARTMENT, UM, AND THAT, AND THAT HELPS TO BALANCE SOME OF THAT ISSUE OF MAYBE RELUCTANCE TO REPORT, UM, BECAUSE WE ARE AT LEAST AT THOSE PROPERTIES BEING PROACTIVE. 
          UM, BUT, UH, CERTAINLY, YOU KNOW, WITH THE AVAILABILITY OF DATA AND, YOU KNOW, THE ABILITY TO PERFORM SOME MORE COMPLEX DATA ANALYTICS IS AS TECHNOLOGY IMPROVES. 
          UH, I CERTAINLY THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT OUR DEPARTMENT COULD LOOK AT IN TERMS OF TRYING TO AT LEAST MAYBE FORM SOME KIND OF PREDICTIVE ANALYSIS OF WHERE ISSUES MAY ARISE. 
          UM, W WITH THAT SAID, WE ALSO HAVE TO BE CAREFUL NOT TO, UM, TARGET OUR ENFORCEMENT NECESSARILY. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE, WE WANT TO REMAIN FAIR, UM, AND, AND, UH, EQUITABLE IN HOW WE DELIVER OUR SERVICES. 
          SO ALL OF THAT TAKEN INTO BALANCE. 
          UM, I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL IN HOW WE APPROACH THINGS, BUT THE AVAILABILITY OF DATA CERTAINLY MAKES THAT TYPE OF IDEA MUCH MORE FEASIBLE THAN IT WOULD HAVE BEEN, YOU KNOW, EVEN FIVE YEARS AGO. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU ALL. 
          UM, AND IT, AS MUCH AS THE QUESTION AROUND THE BAD ACTORS, I'M CERTAINLY CURIOUS ABOUT THAT TOO. 
          COMMISSIONER MAY HEAR ABOUT, UH, FOLKS, UH, DOING THE TATTLETALE APPROACH AND AS MUCH AS SPECULATION IS CONCERNED, AND I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR ABOUT THAT. 
          UH, ANY FEEDBACK ON THAT, MAYBE AT ANOTHER MEETINGS, IT'S NOT NECESSARILY DIRECTLY GERMANE TO THE WINTER STORM, BUT IT'S CERTAINLY GERMANE TO DISPLACEMENT ISSUES THAT THE CITY IS FACING. 
          AND SO, UH, WOULD LOVE TO MAYBE, UH, GET YOUR FEEDBACK, UH, ON THAT OFFLINE DANIEL, THANK YOU FOR ASKING ABOUT THAT CONDITIONER, UM, AND SORT OF TO CARRY ON WITH THAT LAST POINT AROUND PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS, UH, DANIEL, THAT YOU'RE RESPONDING. 
          UM, IT CROSSES MY MIND THAT, YOU KNOW, THE EFFORT, UH, YOUR DEPARTMENTS ARGUE AS EFFORT TO KEEP PROPERTIES, UH, AND, AND BUILDINGS IN COMPLIANCE CAN BE MET UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES. 
          I THINK WE'VE ALREADY IDENTIFIED THEM, UH, OR IF NOT EVEN UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES, BUT THE SUBOPTIMAL ARE VERY, VERY CRAPPY CONSEQUENCES WHERE, UH, FOLKS ARE THEN DISPLACED, UH, SORRY. 
          YOU KNOW, THE CODE VIOLATION IS SO GRAVE. 
          IT HAS TO BE ADDRESSED, UH, COMPREHENSIVELY. 
          EVERYONE IS A VICTIM. 
          UH, AND I THINK HE, YOU KNOW, IT WAS ROSEMONT WAS MENTIONED. 
          UH, AND SO WHAT, AND THIS QUESTION MAY NOT BE DIRECTLY FOR YOU, DANIEL. 
          IT MAY BE FOR REBECCA, UH, POTENTIALLY, BUT WHAT, HOW DO WE FIND RECOURSE IN A WAY THAT DOESN'T PUT THE TENANT OUT ON THE STREETS? I MEAN, YOU KNOW, THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME DEGREE OF CODE ENFORCEMENT THAT THE TENANT MAY WANT TO PURSUE, BUT AGAIN, AS COMMISSIONER MAHEA WAS STATING, UH, I THINK COMMISSIONER VICE-CHAIR POP TOUCH ON IT. 
          AND DANIEL MENTIONED, UH, YOU KNOW, THERE MAY BE A POINT OF FEAR WHERE THE ATTENDANT MIGHT BE CONCERNED ABOUT LOSING THEIR PROPERTY, UH, BY ONE MEANS OR ANOTHER HOW, UH, FOR EXAMPLE, IN PROPERTIES THAT MAY BE HAKA, OR IF THAT HOCK UP AT HUD MANAGED LIKE THROUGH SACC, UH, HOW CAN WE WORK TOGETHER TO KIND OF MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S NOT THE RECOURSE OF SORT OF COMPREHENSIVELY GRAVE VIOLATIONS THAT, YOU KNOW, THE LATE RESPONSE AT MOUNT CARMEL OF GETTING FOLKS TEMPORARILY HOUSED? HOW CAN WE ASSURE THAT MAYBE CODE COULD BE WORKING WITH, UH, THE ORGANIZATION THAT'S ABLE TO ADD TORQUE TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS OR MANAGERS TO BE ABLE TO AVOID THAT DEAD END RECOURSE LIKE WE MAY BE LOOKING AT NOW, DOES THAT QUESTION MAKE SENSE? YES. 
          IT'S A CERTAIN EXTENT. 
          IT'S A LOT TO TAKE IN, BUT, UH, UH, I MEAN, WE ARE AWARE, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE, THERE IS A PENDULUM EFFECT. 
          ISN'T WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR, BUT YEAH, WE W WE CAN TURN THE DIAL OF ENFORCEMENT UP AND DOWN. 
          UM, AND, YOU KNOW, WE ARE VERY AWARE THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT CODE ENFORCEMENT CAN ULTIMATELY, IF, IF THE DIAL IS TURNED UP TOO SHARPLY TOO QUICKLY COULD POTENTIALLY LEAD TO DISPLACEMENT, UM, IT COULD BE A CONDUIT TO SPUR REDEVELOPMENT, UM, AND WHICH CAN ULTIMATELY ALSO LEAD TO DISPLACEMENT. 
          UM, AND SO I DON'T KNOW THAT OUR DEPARTMENT NECESSARILY SEES THAT AS OUR IMMEDIATE CHARGE. 
          I MEAN, OUR, OUR MAIN FOCUS IS MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE HAVE SAFE AND HEALTHY HOUSING. 
          UM, AND SO, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE WITNESSING A VIOLATION, UM, WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY NOT GOING TO ENFORCE, UM, JUST BECAUSE OF POTENTIAL BAD OCCURRENCE. 
          UM, BUT, UM, I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE, WE DO VALUE OUR PARTNERSHIP 
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WITH HOUSING AND PLANNING, UM, AND STAYING IN COMMUNICATION WITH HIM. 
          AND WHEN, CERTAINLY WHEN WE HAVE PROPERTIES THAT WE ARE CONCERNED MAY END UP WITH SOMETHING LIKE A NOTICE DEBATE, OR I AM ORDERED TO VACATE FOR BUILDING AND STANDARDS COMMISSION. 
          WE IMMEDIATELY START CONTACTING HOUSING AND PLANNING AND OUR REAL OFFICE OF REAL ESTATE SERVICES AND SOME OF THE OTHER, UH, DEPARTMENTS AND OFFICES AROUND THE CITY TO START TRYING TO COORDINATE HOW TO ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES. 
          UM, WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY APARTMENT COMPLEXES OR RENTAL HOUSING, UM, FROM WINTER STORM YURI AT THIS POINT WHERE AN ORDER TO VACATE HAS BEEN, UM, ISSUED. 
          BUT, UM, BUT YEAH, I MEAN, THAT'S CERTAINLY ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, PART OF THE CONSIDERATION AND IN OUR MINDS, UM, IN TERMS OF WHEN WE'RE TAKING ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS OF WHAT, WHAT COULD POSSIBLY HAPPEN. 
          THANKS. 
          AND REBECCA, ARE THOSE DOTS CONNECTED ALREADY SOMEWHERE YOU'RE MUTED? I'M SORRY, I'M SORRY. 
          I GUESS, UH, THAT YOU'RE DEALING WITH THAT W THE WACKY AUDIO THING ARE YOU CALLING IN? OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, WELL, WE'LL ASSUME THAT YOU'LL BE ABLE TO ANSWER WHATEVER YOU CAN POP BACK ON. 
          WE CAN, WE CAN KEEP IT MOVING. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, DANIEL, ARE THERE ANY MORE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS OR DANIEL, UH, COMMISSIONER? IS THAT BETTER? HI. 
          UM, MY QUESTION IS WHAT IS THE NECESSARY CRITERIA TO EXECUTE AN INVESTIGATION WHEN, UM, A RESIDENT CALLS 3, 1, 1, OR, UM, YOU KNOW, THE T THE AUSTIN TENANTS ASSOCIATION, UM, BECAUSE I ALSO LISTENED TO, UM, TESTIMONY TODAY FROM RESIDENTS OF ROSEMONT APARTMENT. 
          UM, AND WE HAVE BEEN RECEIVING WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, THESE COMPLAINTS AS WELL, AND JUST DIRECTING THEM TO 3, 1, 1. 
          AND NOW THERE'S A RESPONSE. 
          SO I'M WONDERING, IS THERE A CERTAIN NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS THAT ARE FILED BEFORE AN INVESTIGATION IS LAUNCHED OR, UM, IS THERE, IS THERE A, UM, A PAPER TRAIL DATA TRAIL THAT SHOWS HOW MANY, UM, COMPLAINTS HAVE BEEN FILED FROM FEBRUARY TO, UM, TO TODAY FOR A DATE, UM, ASSESSED EMONI WAS PARKED BY RESIDENTS? YEAH, SO THE 3, 1, 1 COMPLAINT SYSTEM, UM, LIKE I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE DO PUT ALL OF OUR CASES ONTO THE OPEN DATA PORTAL, UH, WHEN SOMEONE CONTACTS THREE, ONE, ONE, WHETHER THAT'S VIA PHONE, UH, THE WEBSITE, OR THERE'S ALSO A 3, 1, 1, UH, APP THAT YOU CAN DOWNLOAD. 
          UM, THOSE THINGS ARE PROCESSED BY 3, 1, 1. 
          IF THE COMPLAINT IS IDENTIFIED TO BE SOMETHING THAT'S AUSTIN CODE RESPONSIVE, UM, A SERVICE REQUEST IS CREATED BY 3 1, 1, WHICH THEN TRANSFERS INTO WHAT'S CALLED OUR AMANDA DATABASE, WHICH IS OUR CASE MANAGEMENT DATABASE, UM, ALSO PERVERTING DATABASE FOR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. 
          UM, AND WE INVESTIGATE EVERY COMPLAINT WE RECEIVE. 
          UM, ONE ISSUE WE DO RUN INTO, UM, WITH SOME FREQUENCY IS A, UH, WE DO ALLOW COMPLAINTS TO BE SUBMITTED ANONYMOUSLY, UM, WHICH, YOU KNOW, HELPS IN THAT INSTANCE OF CONCERNS ABOUT RETALIATION. 
          BUT ON THE OTHER HAND, THAT MEANS WE DON'T HAVE ANYONE TO CONTACT. 
          IF WE HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE COMPLAINT OR CAN'T IDENTIFY THE VIOLATION, OR, YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T FIGURE OUT EXACTLY WHERE THIS WAS OCCURRING. 
          THAT'S, THAT'S VERY COMMON IN MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING WHERE WE'LL GET A COMPLAINT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE TOILET'S RUNNING OR THE HOT WATER ISN'T HOT ENOUGH OR WHATEVER IT MAY BE. 
          UM, BUT WE DON'T GET A UNIT NUMBER. 
          UM, AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T KNOW WHICH UNIT OUT OF THE 280 AND A CERTAIN COMPLEX THAT APPLIES TO. 
          SO IF WE DON'T HAVE A WAY TO CONTACT THAT COMPLAINANT, WE, WE CAN'T REALLY ADDRESS THE CONCERN. 
          SO, UH, BUT WE DO ADDRESS, WE ATTEMPT TO ADDRESS EVERY COMPLAINT WE GET, UM, TO THE EXTENT WE'RE ABLE TO. 
          UM, BUT I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE ANYONE THAT CALLS IN TO 3, 1, 1 THROUGH, OR, OR SUBMITS A REQUEST TO 3, 1, 1, UH, BE AS THOROUGH IN YOUR DESCRIPTION AS YOU CAN OF THE ISSUE. 
          AND ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE IN A MULTI-FAMILY TYPE SITUATION, IDENTIFYING THE UNIT NUMBER THAT'S RELEVANT IS VERY CRITICAL FOR US. 
          IF, IF A COMPLAINANT INFORMATION IS NOT MADE AVAILABLE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, COMMISSIONER SUBPOENA? YES, HE DOES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          FANTASTIC. 
          DO WE HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS 
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OR, UH, THOUGHTS A CHAIR? I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR CODE, BUT I DO WANT TO JUST RESPOND TO MY COLLEAGUES. 
          UM, THERE HAS BEEN A, UH, COMPLAINT FILED FOR ROSEMONT AND, UM, LIKE COACHES STATED THEY CAN'T GIVE YOU OR GIVE US AN ACTUAL DATE, BUT DO, UH, DO KNOW THAT A COMPLAINT HAS BEEN FILED AND A CASE, UH, IS PENDING TO BE OPEN AT ROSEMONT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER BETTER. 
          ANY OTHER THOUGHTS BEFORE WE MOVE ON? GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, AGAIN FOR BEING HERE, DANIEL, AND FOR THE WORK OF, AT YOURSELF AND YOUR, YOUR TEAM. 
          AND, UH, WE'D LOVE TO IF POSSIBLE, GET A FOLLOWUP ON THE QUESTION THAT COMMISSIONER MAY HE ASKED, UH, AROUND, UH, SPECIFICALLY FOLKS WHOSE HOMES HAVE PERHAPS A PARENT CODE VIOLATIONS WHERE SOMEBODY WHO WANTS TO BUY THE PROPERTY, SORT OF TWISTING THEIR ARM SAYING THAT, HEY, YOU DON'T TAKE CARE OF THAT. 
          YOU KNOW, GIVE ME A GOOD PRICE AND CATER YOUR HOUSE. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND, UH, IF YOU'LL JUST BEAR WITH ME AS I SCROLL BACK UP AND WE'LL MOVE TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM, UH, WHICH IS NUMBER THREE D BRIEFING 
          [3.d) Briefing and possible action on the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) (Diana Thomas, Financial Services Department)]
AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT. 
          UH, WE HAVE DIANA THOMAS FROM THE FINANCIAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT, ENTITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION MEMBERS. 
          I'M DIANA THOMAS, DEPUTY CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER WITH THE CITY OF AUSTIN FINANCIAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT. 
          HOPE YOU'RE ALL HAVING A GOOD EVENING THIS EVENING. 
          I'M HERE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT AND THE CITY'S PROPOSED FUNDING PLAN FOR THE, FOR UTILIZATION OF THOSE FUNDS. 
          IF YOU COULD MOVE TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          SO I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE CITY OF AUSTIN. 
          UM, ARPA FUNDS SHORT FOR, YOU KNOW, THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT. 
          NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          SO THE CITY RECEIVED OR WILL RECEIVE $188 MILLION UNDER THE CORONAVIRUS STATE AND LOCAL FISCAL RECOVERY FUNDS WILL ALSO BE RECEIVING AND THAT'LL BE RECEIVED IN TWO TRONCHES HALF OF WHICH WE'VE ALREADY RECEIVED IN MAY OF 2021 AND THE OTHER HALF, WHICH WE'LL RECEIVE IN MAY OF 2022. 
          WE ALSO RECEIVED OR WILL RECEIVE $35 MILLION IN EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. 
          THE PHASE TWO PORTION, WHICH IS GRANT FUNDING. 
          AND THEN WE'RE ALSO GOING TO RECEIVE ABOUT $11 MILLION IN HOME FUNDS. 
          NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          SO HERE'S SOME OF THE, FOR THE, FOR THE 188 MILLION HERE, SOME OF THE ELIGIBLE USES, UH, THEY CAN BE USED TO SUPPORT PUBLIC HEALTH EXPENDITURES, ADDRESS, NEGATIVE ECONOMIC IMPACT ASSOCIATED WITH THE PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY RE UH, PUBLIC SECTOR REVENUE PROVIDE PREMIUM PAY FOR ESSENTIAL WORKERS AND INVEST IN WATER, SEWER, AND BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          THERE'S MORE INFORMATION AT THE LINK AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SLIDE. 
          IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN MORE DETAILS, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          SOME INELIGIBLE USES FOR THE CS L FRF. 
          UH, WE CANNOT DEPOSIT FUNDS INTO A PENSION FUND IN EXCESS OF OUR REGULAR CONTRIBUTIONS. 
          UH, WE CAN'T USE IT TO FUND DEBT SERVICE OR LEGAL SEDIMENTS OR JUDGEMENTS OR MAKE DEPOSITS TO RAINY DAY FUNDS OR FINANCIAL RESERVES, OR FOR GENERAL INFRASTRUCTURE SPENDING OUTSIDE OF WATER, SEWER AND BROADBAND, UM, IN INVESTMENTS, UH, FUNDS WILL BE RECEIVED IN TWO TRONCHES. 
          AS I MENTIONED EARLIER IN MAY OF 2021 AND MAY OF 2022, AND ALL SPENDING MUST BE COMPLETED BY DECEMBER 31ST, 2024 WITH KIND OF A TWO YEAR CLOSEOUT PERIOD TO CLOSE OUT ALL EXPENDITURES. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, IN THE EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, YOU KNOW, ELIGIBLE USES ARE THAT AT LEAST 90% OF THE AWARDED FUNDS MUST BE USED FOR DIRECT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, INCLUDING RENT RENTAL, ARREARS, UTILITIES, HOME ENERGY COSTS, UTILITIES, AND HOME ENERGY COSTS, ARREARS, AND OTHER EXPENSES RELATED TO HOUSING WITH ANY REMAINING FUNDS USED FOR HOUSING STABILITY SERVICES, INCLUDING CASE MANAGEMENT AND OTHER SERVICES INTENDED TO KEEP HOUSEHOLDS STABLE AND HOUSED IN THIS PROGRAM. 
          SPENDING MUST BE COMPLETE BY SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2025, AND IT'S ADMINISTERED BY HUD NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          AND FINALLY, UNDER THE HOME ARP PROGRAM, YOU KNOW, ELIGIBLE USES OUR PRODUCTION AND PRESERVATION OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING TENANT BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE, SUPPORTIVE SERVICES, INCLUDING HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION, COUNSELING, AND HOUSING COUNSELING, 
          [01:30:01]
UH, PURCHASING AND DEVELOPMENT OF NON CONGREGATE SHELTERS AND ADMINISTRATION AND OPERATION FUNDING, UH, QUALIFYING POPULATIONS, OR FOR THOSE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS OR AT RISK OF EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS OR THOSE WHO ARE THE OTHER TO COVER SOME OTHER CATEGORIES AND ALL SPENDING MUST BE COMPLETE BY SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2029. 
          AND NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE QUICKLY TO GO INTO THE SPENDING PLAN THAT COUNCIL ADOPTED AT ITS JUNE 10TH COUNCIL. 
          NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          SO OF THE FUNDS LISTED UP, UP AT THE TOP IN GREEN, UM, THOSE ARE THE SOURCES OF FUNDS THAT I COVERED. 
          WE ALSO ADDED IN THE CITY'S BUDGET STABILIZATION FUND, UH, WHICH IS OUR RESERVE FUND TO HELP ADMINISTER SOME OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED IN THE SPENDING FRAMEWORK. 
          WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, SIX CATEGORIES OF SPENDING THERE'S THE HEALTH CATEGORY, HOMELESSNESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT RESILIENCE, THE CREATIVE SECTOR, EMERGENCY RELIEF, AND THEN THERE'S ABOUT 18.5 MILLION REMAINING IN CONTINGENCY. 
          UM, AND THERE ARE THERE DIRECTORS AND ASSISTANT DIRECTORS ON THE LINE FROM AUSTIN, PUBLIC HEALTH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, HOUSING, AND PLANNING, AND THE HOMELESS STRATEGY OFFICER TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE ABOUT THE INDIVIDUAL DETAILS OF THE PROGRAMS LISTED HERE. 
          AND THAT COMPLETES MY PRESENTATION. 
          AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU, DIANA. 
          AND I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND ALSO EVERYONE, UH, FROM STAFF WHO'S ON THE LINE AND, UH, AT OUR DISPOSAL TO ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS, THAT'S A, IT'S A PRETTY BROAD GROUP OF FOLKS. 
          AND I KNOW IT WAS JUST TWO WEEKS AGO OR EVEN LESS THAT WE ASKED THAT YOU ALL WOULD, UH, SHARE THIS PRESENTATION WITH US. 
          WE WANT TO EXPRESS OUR GRATITUDE. 
          DO WE HAVE ANY, UH, QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS DID YOU HAVE, UH, DID YOU RAISE YOUR HAND? UM, I JUST WANTED TO ASK, DID SHE SEE THAT THERE'S THIS THIN LINE THAT CAN ANSWER SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT IS CORRECT. 
          WE HAVE, UH, DIRECTORS AND ASSISTANT DIRECTORS. 
          UNFORTUNATELY OUR HOMELESS STRATEGY OFFICER HAD ANOTHER COMMITMENT AT 7, 8, 7 PM TONIGHT. 
          SO SHE'S ABLE TO JOIN, BUT IF WE HAVE QUESTIONS FOR HER, I'M HAPPY TO TAKE QUESTIONS AND GET BACK WITH YOU. 
          UM, I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THE RESILIENCY HEALTH. 
          DO WE HAVE MORE INFORMATION AROUND WHAT THE FUNDING WOULD BE USED FOR IN A PLAN AROUND THOSE HUBS CAN BE SHARED JUST A MOMENT IF, UH, I JUST WANTED TO SAY WHOEVER'S CALLING IN FROM AREA CODE 2, 1 0, IF YOU COULD JUST MUTE YOUR PHONE. 
          SO THAT WAY THE CITY HALL, UH, AB DOESN'T HAVE TO DIRECT AFTER MUTE IT OVERALL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I'M SORRY. 
          CAN WE START AGAIN? OH, NO WORRIES. 
          DO I NEED TO RE REPEAT MY QUESTION? I BELIEVE YOU REQUESTED THE GUARD TO THE RESILIENCY HUBS AND HOW THOSE WERE GOING TO WORK, HOW THE FUNDING WILL BE ALLOCATED. 
          AND IS THERE MORE INFORMATION AROUND, UM, THE DEVELOPMENT OF THOSE FOLKS? AND I WOULD, OH, GO AHEAD, PLEASE. 
          THIS IS ADRIAN STIRRUP, INTERIM DIRECTOR FOR US IN PUBLIC HEALTH. 
          UM, STAFF FROM SEVERAL DEPARTMENTS ARE GETTING TOGETHER TO COME BACK TO THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, UM, WITH RECOMMENDATIONS ABOUT HOW THOSE HUBS CAN BE IMPLEMENTED IN COMMUNITY. 
          UM, WE'RE DOING SOME PRELIMINARY, PRELIMINARY WORK, ENGAGING, UH, PARTNERS IN THE AUSTIN INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT AND WITH OTHER COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS TO HELP US FIGURE OUT WHERE, UM, THESE HUBS WOULD BE BEST TO PLACE. 
          UM, AND, AND WHAT TYPES OF SERVICES WOULD REALIZE THE COMMUNITIES, UH, VISION FOR THOSE HUBS? UM, IS, IS THERE A TIMELINE ASSOCIATED WITH, UM, THIS EFFORT? UM, MY, MY APOLOGIES, UM, US IN PUBLIC HEALTH IS I AM ON MUTE. 
          IT IS NOT THE LEAD STAFFER FOR THIS EFFORT. 
          UH, WE ARE SUPPORTING THE WORK OF THE OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY, BUT I CAN, UH, REACH OUT TO DIRECTOR, UM, ATHENS AND GET THAT INFORMATION BACK TO THE COMMISSION. 
          AWESOME. 
          I APPRECIATE IT. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          NO PROBLEM. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND DO WE HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? 
          [01:35:04]
OKAY. 
          UH, THOSE OF US ON THE PHONE. 
          WE'RE GOOD, RIGHT. 
          EXCELLENT. 
          WE REALLY APPRECIATE Y'ALL BEING HERE, UH, AND MAKING THE PRESENTATION AND BEING READY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. 
          UH, AND WE CAN MOVE ON TO 
          [3.e) Discussion and possible action on the July 2020-June 2021 Community Development Commission and Housing Committee Annual Report and Goals Statement]
THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM, WHICH IS, UH, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE JULY, 2020, JUNE, UH, 2021 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION AND HOUSING COMMITTEE, ANNUAL REPORT AND GOALS STATEMENT. 
          UH, SO IF IT WOULD PROBABLY BE HELPFUL FOR US TO GET THAT ONTO THE SCREEN, UH, IF POSSIBLE, WE COULD LOOK ALSO IN OUR BACKUP AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK, UH, LISA, UH, RODRIGUEZ FOR HAVING, UH, UH, COMPILED THIS FOR US. 
          UH, REALLY, YOU KNOW, IT'S, UH, THE YEAR IN REVIEW, UH, IF YOU LOOK DOWN AT SORT OF A WALK DOWN MEMORY LANE AND, UH, HOPE THAT WE ALL HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW IT, UH, AND YOU KNOW, ANY THOUGHTS OR DISCUSSIONS, UH, YOU KNOW, AROUND IT, ANY EDITS THAT WE, YOU MAY LIKE TO MAKE, WE COULD DISCUSS THEM NOW, AS WELL AS, UH, YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY GET TRIANGULATED AROUND GOALS, STATEMENTS, AND SHARED GOALS MOVING FORWARD, ERICA. 
          UM, IS THERE ANY, UH, MORE POINTED ACTION THAT, THAT YOU'D BE LOOKING FOR US TO TAKE BESIDES ADOPTING, UH, THE, THE DRAFT? NO, NO ADDITIONAL ACTION IS NECESSARY. 
          OKAY. 
          AND IT IS MUCH AS THE NEW CALENDAR YEAR IS CONCERNED. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD NOW, UM, UH, BE THE TIME THAT WE COULD, UH, SUBMIT SORT OF BOARDS, GOALS AND OBJECTIVES FOR THE NEW CALENDAR YEAR. 
          RIGHT NOW, IT'S FRAMED PRETTY BROADLY. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, THE, AT LEAST WAS KIND ENOUGH TO INSERT THAT AIR FOR US. 
          WE OBVIOUSLY HAVEN'T HAD OUR RETREAT, UH, TO GET TRIANGULATED AROUND GOALS IN A WAY THAT WE MAY BE ABLE TO COGENTLY, UH, EXPRESS IT HERE. 
          UM, BUT DO YOU RECOMMEND THAT WE SORT OF, UH, UH, MAKE FINER POINT MODIFICATIONS TO THIS GOAL STATEMENT HERE OR WAIT FOR AFTER RETREAT AND AMEND IT, BUT THOSE OPTIONS EVEN EAT EITHER OF THOSE WOULD BE FINE. 
          UM, THEY'RE, THEY'RE NOT REQUIRED, SO WHICH, UH, WHICHEVER WAY THE COMMISSION WOULD LIKE TO GO IS FINE. 
          SUPER. 
          AND THEN, UM, SO ON THAT NOTE, UH, I'D LIKE TO OPEN THAT UP TO THE, TO THE COMMISSION, YOU KNOW, LARGE AND HEAR, HEAR Y'ALL'S THOUGHTS AS YOU'RE REVIEWING THIS, AND ALSO THINKING ABOUT WHAT WE SHOULD INSERT INTO THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES FOR THE NEW CALENDAR YEAR OR WHETHER WE SHOULD WAIT UNTIL AFTER A RETREAT AND THEN COME BACK AND AMEND IT. 
          I'LL GIVE EVERYONE A COUPLE OF MINUTES TO LOOK THROUGH IT'S PAGE 61 AT THE BACKUP, BY THE WAY, OH, THERE IT IS IN FRONT OF US. 
          SORRY. 
          THIS IS COMMISSIONER LES. 
          UH, I WOULD, YOU KNOW, FOR, FOR US NEW MEMBERS, I THINK THEY, YOU KNOW, UH, WAITING FOR AFTER THE RETREAT TO AMEND IT WOULD BE GREAT. 
          OKAY. 
          WE HAVE, UH, I BELIEVE, UH, UH,  SUGGESTED THAT WE MIGHT WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE RETREATS PUT A FINER POINT ON WHAT THOSE GOALS ARE. 
          I TEND TO AGREE, UH, AND I MIGHT, UH, LEAN BACK, UH, OVER TO YOU ERICA, TO, TO MAYBE GET AN IDEA ON, ON WHEN WE THINK A RETREAT MAY OR MAY NOT HAPPEN. 
          W WE DON'T HAVE ANY SORT OF, UM, DATE IDENTIFIED AT THIS TIME. 
          UM, AND IT REALLY DEPENDS ON WHETHER THE COMMISSIONERS WOULD WANT SOMETHING ONLINE OR IN PERSON. 
          SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN FOLLOW UP WITH THE COMMISSIONERS AFTER THIS MEETING TO, TO FIND OUT WHAT THE INTEREST IS ON THAT FRONT. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT SOUNDS GOOD. 
          UM, I REALLY APPRECIATE Y'ALL FOLLOWING UP WITH, WITH EACH OF US. 
          AND, UH, AND IS THERE ANY, YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW IT SEEMS LIKE THE CARING NOTION, UH, IS THAT WE SHOULD WAIT TILL WE GET TOGETHER, YOU KNOW, AT A RETREAT, UH, AND 
          [01:40:01]
REALLY PUT A FINER POINT ON WHAT OUR GOALS ARE. 
          IS THERE, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER THOUGHTS? OKAY. 
          NOT HEARING OR SEEING ANYTHING ELSE AND ERICA IN AS MUCH AS TAKING ACTION ON THIS AND ADOPTING IT, UH, DOES THAT NEED TO HAPPEN IMMEDIATELY AT THIS MEETING? IS, IS THIS A TIME SENSITIVE ISSUE OR SHOULD WE WAIT TO APPROVE IT WHEN WE HAVE THE GOALS IN THERE? UM, THE, THE ANNUAL REPORT AND GENERALLY GOALS STATEMENT ARE DUE NOW, SO I WOULD RECOMMEND ACTION ON IT, BUT THEN IF YOU DECIDE TO TAKE, TO, TO MAKE CHANGES TO THE GOALS AT A LATER DATE, THEY CAN CERTAINLY BE AMENDED. 
          PERFECT, UH, COMMISSIONER MIHIR, UM, JUST AS MAYBE THIS IS SORT OF A, A SEMANTIC THING, BUT, UM, I SEE THIS LIST OF THINGS, RIGHT. 
          AND I WONDER IF WE MIGHT CREATE SOME BUCKETS FOR THESE THINGS SO THAT WE CAN KIND OF SEE IT VISUALLY LAID OUT. 
          CAUSE IT'S, IT'S AWESOME. 
          AND IT'S DAUNTING TO HAVE A, A WHOLE LIST LIKE THIS. 
          I WONDER, YOU KNOW, MAYBE BETWEEN NOW AND WHEN WE AMEND THEM, IF THE STAFF MIGHT TAKE A CRACK AT SORT OF, I DON'T KNOW, SORTING THESE INTO A NUMBER OF CATEGORIES, BECAUSE YEAH. 
          THAT, THAT'S A, THAT'S A BEASTLY LIST AND IT WOULD BE, I THINK IF WE CATEGORIZE IT JUST, THAT'S MY REQUEST, IF AT ALL POSSIBLE. 
          SO, UH, TO BE CLEAR, COMMISSIONER MIHIR, YOU WANT TO, UH, CATEGORIZE THE LIST OF, UH, ACCOMPLISHMENTS. 
          THE, UM, THE PREVIOUS GOALS ARE ACTUALLY LISTED ON PAGE 62 OF THE PDF AT THE BOTTOM, AND THERE ARE FOUR OF THEM. 
          YEAH. 
          SO THE MOST OF THIS IS OUR R IS THE SORT OF ANNUAL REPORT THE YEAR IN REVIEW, AND THEN THE GOALS ARE THERE ON THE BOTTOM. 
          SO, UM, THANK YOU. 
          BUT THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION. 
          I THINK I DIDN'T SEE THE TIME PERIOD. 
          I THOUGHT I, I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED AS TO WHETHER THESE ARE FORWARD OR THIS IS WHAT WE'VE DONE. 
          OKAY. 
          YEAH. 
          SO IT'S WHAT WE'VE DONE UP TO 62, UH, KIND OF THE BOTTOM OF 62. 
          I ONLY HAVE, I, I'M EXCITED YOU 61 ON THE SCREEN. 
          I HAVE TO GO GET OVER TO THE, UH, AFTER MY BED. 
          SO IT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE IN THE ABSENCE OF ANY, UH, EDITORIAL COMMENTARY HERE, THAT WE ARE READY TO, UH, ADOPT AT LEAST THE ANNUAL REPORT, UM, THAT STATES, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED AND DONE OVER THE YEAR, AS WELL AS REVISIT THESE GOALS. 
          UM, AND, UH, I WOULD, UH, I MIGHT SUGGEST PUTTING A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO ACCEPT THIS WITH THE CAVEAT THAT'S ACTUALLY IN THERE THAT SAYS, UH, THESE GOALS WILL BE REVISITED AT THE ANNUAL BOARD RETREAT. 
          OKAY. 
          ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. 
          AYE. 
          OKAY. 
          I HEARD A BUNCH OF EYES ALL OPPOSED. 
          AND DO WE HAVE ANY ABSTAIN ABSTENTIONS? VERY GOOD THEN, UH, IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. 
          THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. 
          AND LET ME JUST SCROLL UP 61 PAGES BACK UP TO THE AGENDA AND WE'RE COOKING Y'ALL, UH, THANKS TO EVERYONE FOR YOUR FEEDBACK AND GUIDANCE AROUND HOW WE COULD, UH, MAKE THESE MEETINGS MORE EFFICIENT AND QUICK. 
          I APPRECIATE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU, UH, WHO REACHED OUT AND WHO ALSO RESPONDED WHEN WE REACHED OUT, UM, WE WILL MOVE ON TO, UH, 
          [4.a) Update from the Austin Transit Partnership (ATP) Community Advisory Committee (Commissioner Mejia)]
AGENDA ITEM FOR THE WORKING GROUP REPORTS, UH, WHICH WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT FOR A, UH, UPDATE FROM THE AUSTIN AND TRANSIT PARTNERSHIP COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE, COMMISSIONER MANIA IS OUR OFFICIAL REPRESENTATIVE. 
          AND I KNOW THAT COMMISSIONER SLOAN HAS OFFERED TO FILL IN WHEN POSSIBLE AS WELL. 
          MR. MAHIA THANK YOU. 
          IF YOU COULD JUST ALLOW ME A MINUTE Y'ALL TO PULL UP, UH, THE MINUTES I HAVE SEIZED, PARDON ME? I HAD, OR MEMBER MIHIR, THIS IS IVY TECH. 
          UH, DID YOU NEED ME TO BRING SOMETHING UP OR DID YOU WANT TO SHARE SOMETHING? OH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          NO, I'M BRINGING UP MY, I CAN FORWARD THE MINUTES FROM, I TEND FOR THE LAST SEVEN MINUTES. 
          SORRY TO INTERJECT. 
          I'M SORRY. 
          I'M HAPPY TO GIVE YOU THE OPTION OF PRESENTING ON YOUR NFL. 
          IF YOU WANT TO DO THAT. 
          NOT A BIG DEAL. 
          THERE YOU GO. 
          THANK YOU. 
          LET'S DO IT. 
          OKAY. 
          EXCITING. 
          OKAY, EVERYBODY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, I'LL TRY TO BE AS EXPEDITIOUSLY 
          [01:45:01]
AS POSSIBLE. 
          SO HERE YOU SEE, UM, THE AGENDA FOR THE MEETING I ATTENDED MAY 26. 
          I MISSED CAUSE I WAS IN TRANSITION TO RENEW MY, I WAS GETTING VOTED BACK IN FOR A CBC. 
          UM, SO HERE YOU JUST HAVE THE FOLKS THAT ARE PRESENT, UM, NO PUBLIC, UH, NO PUBLIC COMMENT WAS ISSUED AT THE LAST MEETING. 
          UM, ESSENTIALLY WE HAD, UH, UH, THE, THE IT'S STILL GETTING ITS LEGS. 
          YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE SHORT OF IT. 
          THERE WAS A GOVERNANCE BRIEFING ON KIND OF WHAT YOU CAN AND CANNOT DO WITH THIS, UM, THIS, UH, THIS, UH, ADVISORY GROUP. 
          UM, SO THERE WAS SOME LEVEL SETTING THERE. 
          UM, THERE WAS A PROJECT CONNECT, UH, PROGRAM UPDATE GIVEN BY JACKIE NIERENBERG, WHICH I CAN SHARE LATER, UM, COMING UP IN JULY AND THE JULY MEETING IS SCHEDULED FOR JULY 28, 5 TO 6:30 PM. 
          UM, THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME TWEAKS THAT ARE GOING TO BE PROPOSED TO THE EQUITY TOOL. 
          UM, THERE'S A LAND ACQUISITION, UM, UH, RE UH, SORRY, RFQ BRIEFING GOING ON. 
          SO I THINK THIS IS TIED TO POTENTIALLY ACQUIRING LAND ON, AROUND SOME OF THE STRATEGIC AREAS OF, OF, UH, PROJECT CONNECT TO ENSURE AFFORDABILITY. 
          AND I THINK TO ALLOW THE DEVELOPMENT ALSO TO ALLOW THE, WITH DEVELOPMENT OF THE DIFFERENT LINES, UM, IN TERMS OF THE, THE COMMITTEE, THAT THERE IS A JOINT PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT THAT IS ACTUALLY SIGNED BY THE MEMBERS OF THE AUSTIN TRANSIT PARTNERSHIP. 
          SO THE MEMBERS OF THE, UH, COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE ASKED TO ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO SEE THAT, UH, BEFORE IT'S, UH, BEFORE IT'S CONFIRMED IN OCTOBER. 
          UM, SO THAT WAS SOMETHING EXPRESSED. 
          THERE WAS, UM, THERE WAS ALSO, UM, JUST GOING FOR OVER NOT GOING TO BE BORING STUFF, BUT IT WAS ACTUALLY REALLY INTERESTING THAT WE WERE TRYING TO, AS AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE DETERMINE HOW, UH, IF THE SAME LEVEL OF SCRUTINY IN TERMS OF OUR PROCESS NEEDS TO BE APPLIED AS FOR EXAMPLE, THE CDC COMMISSION, RIGHT. 
          GIVEN, GIVEN THE, UM, THE NATURE OF, OF, OF WHAT WE'RE DECIDING AROUND AROUND THIS FUNDING. 
          SO THAT'S STILL BEING DISCUSSED. 
          UM, OTHER THAN THAT, I THINK JUST TO BREAK IT DOWN A LITTLE BIT, APPARENTLY THE, THE, UM, THE TRANSIT PARTNERSHIP IS BROKEN DOWN INTO THREE COMMITTEES. 
          UM, THERE'S A RISK ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND ENGINEERING, ENGINEERING, ARCHITECTURE, AND CONSTRUCTION COMMITTEE, AND A PLANNING SUSTAINABILITY AND EQUITY, UH, ADVISORY COMMITTEE. 
          SO IT SEEMS AT FIRST THE, THAT THEY, THEY THOUGHT THAT MAYBE THE SCOPE OF THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE WAS SORT OF LIMITED TO INTERACTION WITH, UM, WITH THE A P S E C THE PLANNING SUSTAINABILITY EQUITY COMMITTEE, BUT THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMISSION HAS PUSHED BACK ASKING THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO LIAISE WITH THE OTHER, UM, BIG PARTS OF THE, UH, OF THE PARTNERSHIP. 
          UM, SO THAT'S KIND OF, THAT'S KIND OF THE, THE, THE QUICK OF IT. 
          I CAN ALSO SHARE THAT THERE'S, THERE'S, UM, COMMUNITY MEETINGS IN PROGRESS AROUND THE VARIOUS LINES, UH, RELATED TO THE PROJECT, BUT, UM, HOPEFULLY THAT WASN'T TOO FAST AND FURIOUS, BUT THAT IS MY CHECK-IN FOR NOW. 
          THANK YOU ALL. 
          THANKS, COMMISSIONER MANIA. 
          THANKS ALSO FOR BEING THERE, UH, AND, AND SHOWING UP, UH, THERE ARE A LOT OF COMMITMENTS TO THIS WORLD. 
          WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. 
          UM, AND DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR, OR, UH, COMMENTS, ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. MANIA AROUND THE, UH, PROJECT? I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU OR APPRECIATE YOU MAKING THE TIME TO, YOU KNOW, REPRESENT US. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I WILL SAY ONE OTHER THING THAT CAME UP THAT WAS PRETTY EXCITING WAS THAT THE NEED, UH, TO SORT OF HAVE A DISABILITY JUSTICE LENS ON THE WHOLE, THE WHOLE OF, OF PROJECT CONNECT AND ESPECIALLY THE EQUITY TOOL. 
          UM, THERE WAS INTERESTING DIALOGUE AROUND, I THINK THERE'S A MAYORAL CANDIDATE IN NEW YORK CITY, AND HER PLATFORM WAS BUILT OFF OF DISABILITY JUSTICE AND INCLUDED SOME VERY SPECIFIC TRANSPORTATION FOCUSED, UM, FOCUSED EFFORTS. 
          AND I THINK THERE, THERE IS ONE MEMBER OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE WHO IDENTIFIES AS DISABLED AND RAISE THESE POINTS ABOUT WHAT ABOUT WORK THAT JUST NEEDS TO BE FINISHED FOR BASELINE, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, DISABILITY ACCESS AND SAFETY, UH, ARE, YOU KNOW, AROUND THE, SORT OF AROUND THE, SO, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S, UH, A PROPER E A PROPER, UH, RAMP AROUND, AROUND, AROUND A CENTER FOR THE BUS LINES OR THE FUTURE, THE FUTURE LIGHT RAIL, UH, KIND OF, KIND OF TIES BACK IN, I THINK, TO SOME OF THE POINTS RAISED BY COMMISSIONER POP, UH, AND, AND, AND ADAPT THAT WHEN YOU HAVE A DISABILITY JUSTICE LENS ON THE WHOLE, YOU KNOW, BY CENTERING SOME OF THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN LEFT BEHIND, UM, YOU KNOW, IN PUBLIC PLANNING OR IN DEVELOPMENT, YOU'RE INEVITABLY GOING TO UPLIFT, YOU KNOW, EVERYONE. 
          SO, YEAH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR THOUGHTS DO YOU GET FROM HERE? DO YOU SEE ANY OPPORTUNITIES OR DOES ANYONE REALLY IN THE ROOM 
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SEE ANY OPPORTUNITIES TO CONNECT DOTS IN AS MUCH AS DESIGN JUSTICE IS CONCERNED, LIKE YOU WERE MENTIONING, UH, UM, WHETHER IT IS IN RELATION, UH, TO FOLKS WITH DISABILITIES, WHETHER IT IS IN RELATION TO SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT IS ENOVIA MENTIONED THAT CITIZEN COMMUNICATION, DO WE S DO YOU SEE ANY OPPORTUNITIES TO CONNECT DOTS? DO WE SEE ANY OPPORTUNITIES CONNECT DOTS THERE? UH, WHETHER IT'S LINKING HOUSING AND TRANSPORTATION, AS YOU MENTIONED WITH, WITH VICE CHAIR POP OR CONNECTING THE COMMENTARY FROM SYNOVIA? REALLY? I IS THAT QUESTION FOR ME. 
          OKAY. 
          IT'S FOR ANYBODY, I'D CERTAINLY LOVE TO HEAR YOU. 
          I'LL HOLD I'LL HOLD IN CASE THERE'S ANYONE ELSE. 
          OKAY. 
          I'LL GO FOR IT. 
          SO I ACTUALLY THINK, YOU KNOW, IT WAS INTERESTING, WE WERE TALKING EARLIER, COMMISSIONER MALANI YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT HOW DO YOU CONNECT THE DOTS WITH SOME OF THESE SORT OF ACUTE PROBLEMS, YOU KNOW, IN THE DESIGN AND INTERACTION BETWEEN DEPARTMENTS, YOU KNOW, AND FOR THE, THERE WAS AN INTERESTING ARTICLE THAT WAS IN, UH, THE CHRONICLE THAT TALKED ABOUT, UM, WELL, THE CITY'S STRUGGLES TO ADOPT AN EFFICIENT WEBSITE RIGHT OVER THE YEARS. 
          AND I KNOW THERE'S BEEN REASONABLE EFFORTS. 
          I USED TO WORK FOR THIS CITY. 
          SO I SAY THIS WITH A LOT OF RESPECT, BUT I THOUGHT THE ARTICLE WAS VERY INTERESTING BECAUSE IT TALKED A LOT ABOUT HOW THERE WAS A DEPARTMENT OF FOLKS. 
          AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S BEEN DISSOLVED OR PUT ON HOLD, BUT THE OFFICE OF DESIGN AND DELIVERY IS EXACTLY FOR WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, CONNECTING THE DOTS IN BETWEEN DEPARTMENTS, WHEN THERE'S DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS WITH DIFFERENT JURISDICTIONS AND DIFFERENT SORT OF OUTCOMES, SOMEONE HAS TO CONNECT THE DOTS. 
          AND SOMETIMES THE, I THOUGHT THAT THAT'S WHAT OD DID WELL. 
          AND I'M THINKING ABOUT HOW THAT, THAT, THAT SORT OF THINKING, UH, COULD DO WELL WITH THE PROBLEM, JUST LIKE, YOU KNOW, BETWEEN THE FOLKS WHO APPROVED BUILDING CODE, RIGHT. 
          TO, UH, TO CODE ENFORCEMENT AND TO HOUSING. 
          RIGHT. 
          UM, THERE'S AN INTERESTING, I MEAN, I'M CLOSE TO, UH, I'M KIND OF, KIND OF GOING GENERAL HERE. 
          I'LL TRY TO BE QUICK, BUT I HAD SOMEONE VERY CLOSE TO ME IS JUST APPLIED WITH, TO THE, UH, HAS GONE THROUGH THE PROCESS OF, UH, DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE. 
          RIGHT. 
          UH, AND IT'S BEEN A REALLY ARDUOUS PROCESS, AND I KNOW IT'S NO SMALL FEAT, YOU HAVE HABITAT FOR HUMANITY. 
          IT'S ONE OF THE PARTNERS, YOU'VE GOT DEVELOPERS, YOU'VE GOT THE AUSTIN HOUSING AND FINANCE CORPORATION. 
          YOU'VE GOT, UH, THE BANK AND THEN YOU'VE GOT, UH, YOU KNOW, HOUSING DEPARTMENT ITSELF. 
          AND THEN YOU HAVE THE PERSON YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO, YOU KNOW, AFFECT AND SERVE. 
          AND I CAN JUST SAY, UH, WITH 25 OF THOSE UNITS AVAILABLE EVERY YEAR, IT'S IMPERATIVE THAT SOMEONE DOES THAT ROLE OF CONNECTING THE DOTS, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE, UH, LIKE THERE, THAT THOSE, THOSE FOLKS ESSENTIALLY HAVE TO GO THROUGH TO UNDERWRITING PROCESSES, THE PROCESS TO UNDERWRITE AND APPROVE THE MONEY FROM THE BANK. 
          AND ALSO THE IS $40,000 A DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE. 
          AND IT'S, AND THEN THEY, UH, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY GIVE IT, YOU CAN YOU GET A CERTAIN TIME WHEN YOU'RE GOING TO MOVE INTO YOUR PLACE, BUT INEVITABLY THAT GETS DELAYED BECAUSE OF THESE TWO PROCESSES NOT LINKING UP ANYWAYS, I SHOULD STOP GENERALLY. 
          I JUST THINK THERE'S LOTS OF OPPORTUNITY, AND I THINK YOU NEED ENTITIES LIKE THAT. 
          OUR OFFICE OF DESIGN AND DELIVERY TO PROBLEM SOLVE BECAUSE THESE DEPARTMENTS ARE OVERLOADED THEMSELVES, BUT IT TAKES, I THINK IT TAKES EXECUTIVE INVESTMENT AND BUY-IN FOR THAT TYPE OF COOPERATION TO OCCUR. 
          THAT IS MY OPINION. 
          THANKS. 
          AND, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THE BIG PICTURE VIEW. 
          AND IS THERE, YOU KNOW, IN AS MUCH AS, UH, KAREN, UH, THE FEEDBACK THAT YOU WERE GETTING FROM ADAPT OR, WELL, YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M GUESSING YOU MAY HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH SOMEBODY, BUT IS IT WORTH CONNECTING? UH, I, YOU KNOW, A QUESTION OF GETTING THE RIGHT PEOPLE IN THE RIGHT ROOMS, YOU KNOW, UH, IF THERE'S SOMEBODY WHO'S A, A THOUGHT LEADER OR A POLICY EXPERT, OR SOMEBODY WITH EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE WHO MAYBE SHOULD BE IN THAT ROOM, UH, WHEN IT COMES TO DESIGN JUSTICE, AS IT RELATED TO DISABILITIES, IT, SHOULD WE, SHOULD WE BE CONNECTING THEM WITH, UH, WITH, UH, ALBERTO AND, UH, AND OTHERWISE , UH, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT'S ENOVIA SHARED, UH, IN THE CITIZEN COMMUNICATION THAT YOU MAY BE ABLE TO, OR THAT SHE SHARED IN THE EMAIL AS WELL, MAY BE ABLE TO SORT OF CARRY THAT BATON OVER, EVEN THOUGH SHE SEEMED THAT SHE DIDN'T HAVE MUCH OF AN APPETITE FOR ANOTHER COMMITTEE? I HAVE, I MEAN, I THINK I HAVE NO PROBLEM SHARING THE MATERIALS SHE SHARED WITH THAT GROUP OF FOLKS, AT LEAST AT THE VERY LEAST, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT'S THE FAIR THING TO DO. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, IT IS VERY DETAILED AND IT IS VERY LIKE ANALYTICAL, BUT I MEAN, AS A CITIZEN, IT'S ONLY RIGHT, THAT AT LEAST RELAY THAT INFORMATION TO THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE. 
          SO I CAN DO THAT. 
          THANKS. 
          UM, AND I GUESS THAT MAY IS, UH, IS THERE ANY MORE, UH, THOUGHT OR COMMENT THERE QUESTIONS? WELL, I WILL, UH, INTRODUCE SOMEBODY 
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FROM AN APT IF THEY'RE INTERESTED TO. 
          YOU MENTIONED MIHIR AND THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. 
          UM, SO WE CAN MOVE TO THE NEXT, UH, AGENDA ITEM, UH, WHICH IS, UH, VICE-CHAIR POP'S 
          [4.b) Update from South Central Waterfront Advisory Board (Vice Chair Paup)]
UPDATE FROM THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT ADVISORY BOARD. 
          THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT IS THE AREA FROM, UH, WHERE THE LANDRY'S RESTAURANT. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S STILL OPEN THAT THEY SEAFOOD RESTAURANT ON RIVERSIDE, JUST WEST OF  AND HEADING WEST ALONG RIVERSIDE, ALL THE WAY TO CONGRESS AVENUE AND FROM THERE, AND A LITTLE BIT BEHIND THERE TO RIVER OR THE LAKE PLUS ONE TEXAS CENTER. 
          AND THE CITY IS IDENTIFIED THIS AS A PLACE THAT CAN BE REDEVELOPED, THAT IF IT'S A PLAN TO DEVELOPMENT, THAT WE CAN GET MORE COORDINATION, MORE BENEFIT OUT OF IT THAN IF DEVELOPERS JUST GO IN ONE BY ONE WITH A BUNCH OF INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS. 
          THERE'S AN EXPECTATION THAT IT'LL BE STATE-OF-THE-ART EVERYTHING THAT IT'LL HAVE THE LATEST AND STORM DRAINAGE BOLDEN CREEK RUNS THROUGH THE AREA AND DOES FLOOD SOME OF THE APARTMENTS IN THE AREA. 
          SO THERE'S A NEED FOR BETTER DRAINAGE, BUT IT COULD BE TRAINEES NOT WHERE WE JUST PUT THE CREEK IN A CULVERT AND TONGUE COVERED WITH CONCRETE, BUT WE LEAVE IT EXPOSED. 
          SO YOU CAN SEE THE CREEK AND WE HAVE MORE VEGETATION TO ABSORB THE STORMWATER, UM, LOTS OF OPEN SPACE, LOTS OF PUBLIC USE AREAS AND 20% AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          AND I, I, I HEAR PROVISIONS LAYING OUT SOME OF THE OTHER STATE OF THE ART COMPONENTS, BUT THE HOUSING IS SOMETHING THAT, UM, IN THE TIME I'VE BEEN ON THIS BOARD STRUGGLED WITH, BECAUSE IT ALWAYS SEEMS LIKE IT'S JUST AROUND, LIKE THE NEXT MEETING, WE'RE GOING TO GET THE PLAN. 
          THAT'S GOING TO MAKE SURE WE GET THAT 20% OR ANY PERCENT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          BEFORE I JOINED THE DECISION WAS MADE TO EXPAND TO THE AREA FROM THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT TO GO ALL THE WAY TO BEN WHITE. 
          AND THERE'S A LOT OF NICE AREAS AND, UH, 7, 8, 704 THAT I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE WOULD BE HAPPY LIVING, BUT THERE'S A BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LIVING ACROSS FROM BEN WHITE AND LIVING ACROSS FROM LAKE LADYBIRD. 
          SO I SEE IT AS A CHALLENGE TO GET AS MUCH OF THAT HOUSING, THAT COMMITMENT INTO THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT AREA, AS WE CAN. 
          UM, PART OF THE, PART OF THE KEY TO THAT IS CONVERTING THE PARKING LOT IN FRONT OF ONE TEXAS CENTER INTO, UM, MULTIFAMILY COMPLEX AND IT'S INTENDED AS FAMILY-ORIENTED HOUSING. 
          UM, SO THAT WOULD COVER A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF THE COMMITMENT TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING, BUT THE REST OF IT NEEDS TO COME OUT OF THE PROPERTY. 
          THAT'S ALL ALONG THROUGH THERE. 
          AND SOME OF IT'S ALREADY GOT COMMITMENTS THAT ARE VERY LOW, LIKE FOUR AND A HALF PERCENT OF THE UNITS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE AFFORDABLE. 
          SO IT'S A, IT'S A REALLY TOUGH CHALLENGE. 
          THERE'S A FORMULA THAT CONSULTANTS THAT DID THE CODE NEXT, OR LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE FORMULAS FOR HOW MUCH THE PERCENTAGES OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING WOULD BE. 
          ALSO DID PROJECTIONS ON THE SET ASIDES THE PERCENTS OF UNITS FROM EACH DEVELOPMENT THAT WOULD NEED TO COME OUT. 
          AND UNLIKE WHERE WE WERE ABLE THE PUBLIC WAS ABLE TO ACCESS THOSE FORMULAS FOR THE LAND CODE PROCESS, THESE FORMULAS ARE NOT AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC AND OUR CHAIR CAN TESTIFY TO THE AMOUNT OF TIME. 
          I SPENT UNDERSTANDING THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE FORMULAS. 
          I HAVE PAPER AND WE WENT TO COFFEE ONE MORNING AND I UNROLLED IT AND SHOWED HIM WHERE THE, HOW THE FORMULA WAS WORKED. 
          BUT I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO GET HOLD OF THOSE FORMULAS TO SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING IN THERE ABOUT THAT WOULD HELP US MAKE SURE WE GET THAT AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          SO ANYBODY WHO HAS ANY IDEAS ON THIS THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. 
          THANK YOU FOR SUCH A COMPREHENSIVE REPORT ON FOR BEING THERE. 
          UH, I CAN'T THINK OF ANYBODY WHO'D BE BETTER, UH, FOR US, UH, TO, TO REPRESENT US ANYWAY, UH, AT THAT ADVISORY BOARD, UH, WHAT WE ARE, DO WE HAVE ANY, ANY, ANY THOUGHTS, ANY IDEAS FROM ANYBODY? AND THE ALSO SAY THAT THE MAIN FUNDING VEHICLE IS A TERS, IT'S THE IDEA THAT THE PROPERTY VALUES ARE GOING TO GO UP IF THIS DEVELOPMENT OCCURS. 
          AND SO 
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IF WE COUNT ON THAT INCREASED PROPERTY TAX REVENUE, THAT WOULD COME FROM THE VALUE OF THE REDEVELOPMENT, WE CAN PUT THAT INTO CREATING THE DRAINAGE AND THE OPEN SPACE AND THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN THERE'S ENOUGH MONEY TO COVER ALL THOSE THINGS AND WHERE WE KEEP EDGING CLOSER TO THE DAY WHEN THE TERM IS ACTUALLY STARTS. 
          SO IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE FIGURED OUT THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING PIECE SOON. 
          YES. 
          UH HUH. 
          MR. DELGADO? UH, WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I WANTED TO THANK OUR VICE CHAIR, UM, COMMISSIONER POPE FOR, FOR THAT, UH, UPDATE, BECAUSE I REALLY THINK IT IS IMPORTANT, UM, THAT WE, UH, MONITORED THAT AFFORDABLE, UH, HOUSING PIECE, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT BEING ON THE BOARD, AS LONG AS COMMISSIONER POPE HAS BEEN ON THIS BOARD, IT'S BEEN, I'VE BEEN ON THIS BOARD SEVEN YEARS AND THE PROMISES THAT WERE MADE, UM, AND THE TOOLS AND ALL OF THE THINGS THAT, THAT THEY'VE DISCUSSED IN THE PAST, THE AFFORDABLE, UM, COMPONENT, THE DRAINAGE OF THE STUFF THAT, UH, COMMISSIONER POPE JUST GREETED. 
          UM, IT IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT. 
          AND SO OUR, DO WE HAVE A SUB COMMITTEE, OR DO WE HAVE A WORKING GROUP THAT ALREADY, UH, WORKING ON THIS SINCE WE HAVE TO HAVE SOME TYPE OF, YOU KNOW, UM, RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, THAT WE HAVE TO TAKE BACK TO, TO THAT BOARD POMPE, THE COMMISSION DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING THAT THERE IS A BOARD THAT, UM, MADE UP OF NEIGHBORHOOD REPRESENTATIVES, UM, ARCS REPRESENTATIVES, OTHER PEOPLE WHO ARE KIND OF, YOU KNOW, REPRESENT THE DIFFERENT COMPONENTS OF THE REDEVELOPMENT. 
          AND WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING JUST, UH, YOU'RE OUR ONLY ADVOCATE UP THERE. 
          YES. 
          SO I MIGHT SUGGEST, UH, COMMISSIONER DELGADO OR I MIGHT ASK, UH, YEAH, RIGHT. 
          UH, VICE-CHAIR IS OUR, UH, SHE'S THE REPRESENTATIVE WE'D SELECTED TO REPRESENT THIS COMMISSION ON THAT ADVISORY BOARD. 
          AND SO THERE IS THE OPPORTUNITY TO FORM A MORE FORMAL WORK GROUP AROUND THAT IF YOU WERE TO EXPRESS THAT, UH, UH, AND, YOU KNOW, WE COULD, WE COULD MAKE THAT HAPPEN AS QUICKLY AS JUST SAYING IT. 
          I MEAN, I, I SUGGEST IT IF, YOU KNOW, COMMISSIONER AT, YOU KNOW, PUB IS, YOU KNOW, ONCE THE WORK WITH, WITH THE BOARD, I MEAN, WITH SOME TYPE OF GROUP, SO SHE CAN BE ABLE TO GET SOME ASSISTANCE, UH, IN AND, YOU KNOW, GETTING SOME FEEDBACK AND, AND GETTING, YOU KNOW, UH, I WOULDN'T, I WOULD HATE FOR, YOU KNOW, THAT OPPORTUNITY OF, YOU KNOW, ADVOCATES TO BE ABLE TO ADVOCATE FOR, FOR THAT WE NEED. 
          UM, THAT AREA IS, IS, IS REALLY A BIG AREA WHERE ONE TEXAS IS A THAT'S OUR, OUR, OUR HR OR CITY OF AUSTIN, UM, THAT I GUESS I BELIEVE THEY'RE SELLING IT AND, AND, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE GOING TO BE REDEVELOPING. 
          SO I THINK WE NEED TO BE INVOLVED IN, IN THAT, YOU KNOW, MORE PROACTIVE IN IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, AND I'LL GET BACK TO THAT IN A SECOND. 
          COMMISSIONER COMMISSIONER MIDIAN, UM, YES. 
          COMMISSIONER PUFF. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS. 
          I GUESS, UM, I WANT TO UNDERSTAND IS, UH, DRIVING, IS THERE A DEVELOPER, IS THERE A KEY DEVELOPER IDENTIFIED YET, OR IT'S JUST SO BIG THAT IT WOULD BE MULTIPLE DEVELOPERS? IS THERE A DEVELOPER THAT'S INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING? THE PROPERTY INCLUDES THE STATESMAN SITE. 
          AND SO ONE OF THE BIGGEST DEVELOPERS IN AUSTIN HAS AN ARRANGEMENT TO REDEVELOP THAT PROPERTY. 
          SO THERE ARE NEGOTIATIONS GOING ON OVER ZONING REZONING TO FIT WHAT THAT DEVELOPER WANTS TO DO WITH THE PROPERTY. 
          AND, AND IT WOULD HELP IF THIS PLAN HAD BEEN MORE IN PLACE BEFORE THAT DEVELOPER CAME ALONG. 
          BUT YEAH, THERE'S A LOT OF TIMING ISSUES GOING BOTH WAYS. 
          THE OTHER PROPERTIES ARE, ARE OWNED BY, UH, PEOPLE WHO'VE HELD THEM FOR A LONG TIME. 
          SOME OF THE STATE OFFICE BUILDINGS ARE ON PROPERTIES THAT HAVE JUST BEEN HELD FOR A LONG TIME FOR AN ASSESSMENT. 
          I SEE. 
          I SEE. 
          THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER PAUL. 
          CAUSE THE LAST TIME I KIND OF REMEMBER ANYTHING THAT IS REMOTELY SORT OF SIMILAR TO WHEN, WHEN THERESE WAS BROUGHT UP, YOU ALL MIGHT REMEMBER A FEW YEARS BACK WHEN PRESIDIUM WAS PROPOSING A, A SIZABLE DEVELOPMENT IN RIVERSIDE. 
          MAYBE THEY STILL ARE, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THEY TRIED TO SORT OF PITCH AS A, 
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AS A MEASURE OF A MITIGATING, YOU KNOW, DEVELOPMENT AND, AND, AND, AND THE WAY THAT PRICES WOULD GO UP WAS, UH, MAKING SPACE FOR PARTICULARLY THE ARTS COMMUNITY TO HAVE SOME, UH, AFFORDABLE SPACE, YOU KNOW, FOR A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF YEARS. 
          AND SO, BUT THAT WAS DEVELOPER DRIVEN. 
          SO I GUESS, I THINK I'LL, I'LL, I'LL SAY THIS, IS THERE ANY SUMMARY DOCUMENTS THAT WOULD HELP THE REST OF US COMMISSIONER POPLAR AREN'T AS VERSED AS YOU GET A LITTLE MORE GROUNDED IN, IN THE PLAYERS AND, AND, AND THE POINT OF ADVOCACY THAT YOU, THAT YOU'VE BEEN, OR IS IT ALSO INFORMATION THERE'S A, THERE'S A PLAN AND HAS A BEAUTIFUL WATERCOLOR COVER ON IT? UM, THAT LAYS OUT A LOT OF THE GOALS FOR THE AREA. 
          UH, I'M NOT SURE THERE'S SOMETHING THAT WOULD BRING YOU UP TO DATE ON THE ENDEAVOR, THE DEVELOPER, THE BIG DEVELOPER OF THE STATE'S SITE. 
          I SEE. 
          OKAY. 
          YEAH, I THINK THAT THAT'D BE A STARTING PLACE. 
          AND IN THAT PLAN, THERE'S NO EXPLICIT MENTION OF AFFORDABILITY OR LOW-INCOME HOUSING. 
          IT'S JUST GENERAL, LIKE HERE'S A VISION FOR THIS PLACE. 
          WELL, IT IS BEYOND THE VISION THAT 20% IS AFFORDABLE NOW. 
          THERE'S NOT MORE SPECIFICS. 
          AND, UH, SO BACK TO THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER MAY HAVE BACK TO COMMISSIONER, BATTLE'S POINT ABOUT, UH, HAVING, I GUESS, MORE STAKE OUT ADVOCACY HERE WITH, UH, RELATION TO ENSURING THAT AFFORDABILITY AS PART OF THAT PROJECT. 
          UH, DO YOU, SO IT'S SEEMS LIKE COMMISSIONER DELGADO CLEARLY HAS AN APPETITE TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS COMMISSION, UH, UH, IS, IS ADVOCATING FOR THAT. 
          UH, OBVIOUSLY, SO DOES VICE CHAIR, VICE CHAIR, DO YOU SEE, WHAT DO YOU SEE AS AN AVENUE FORWARD TO, I GUESS GETTING THE, IF NOT THE QUESTIONS YOU HAVE ANSWERED, UH, MAYBE THOUGHT PARTNERING AROUND HOW TO EXTRACT AFFORDABILITY AS YOU'RE SUGGESTING. 
          UM, WELL, CERTAINLY IT, THIS, OUR STAFF HAS BEEN INVOLVED WITH THIS SOMEWHAT, AND I DON'T KNOW IF ERICA LEEK WOULD HAVE ANYTHING TO CONTRIBUTE ABOUT WHERE ONE OF THE STAFF SEES THIS AS BEING RIGHT NOW. 
          IT ALWAYS HELPS TO HAVE MORE EYES ON PROPOSALS, CHECKS LIKE THIS TO BRING IN THE PUBLIC MORE. 
          AND SO DO YOU THINK THAT YOU MAY, AND SO, UH, ACTUALLY A THOUGHT THAT COMES TO MIND IS PERHAPS YOU MEETING WITH ERICA AND OR OTHER STAFF WHO MAY BE ABLE TO WORK AND I, AND I'D BE HAPPY TO JOIN AS WELL AS I'M SURE, UH, ANY OTHER COMMISSIONERS, UM, WHERE WE MAY LAUNCH AN INFORMAL WORK GROUP AND START TO WORK, WORK THROUGH SOME OF THE, THE CONCERNS AND QUESTIONS THAT YOU'RE RAISING, AS WELL AS THOSE THAT, UH, COMMISSIONER DELGADO WAS MENTIONING. 
          UH, AND, UH, WOULD ALSO LIKE TO HEAR, UH, FROM ERICA, UH, ON THAT, IF THAT, IF THAT'S USEFUL, THIS IS ERIC LAKE, I, I DON'T HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON TOP OF WHAT COMMISSIONER POPP SHARED AT THIS TIME. 
          AND GOING BACK TO COMMISSIONER MENDEZ POINT, UH, AROUND JUST GETTING MORE EDUCATED, WHAT IT MAKES SENSE, VICE CHAIR FOR YOU TO MAYBE BRIEF US, UH, UH, NOT NECESSARILY AS A WORKING GROUP REPORT, BUT GIVE US A, UH, MAYBE A, A BRIEFING OR A BACKGROUND ON WHAT, UH, YOU KNOW, FROM YOUR EXPERIENCE, UH, SERVING ON THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT ADVISORY BOARD, UM, AND GETTING THE COMMISSION UP TO DATE SO THAT WE MAY ALL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE, I THINK, A LITTLE BIT MORE SUBSTANTIAL FEEDBACK AND THOUGHT PARTNERSHIP. 
          I DON'T WANT, I'M SORRY TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT. 
          UM, I COULD ASK THE STAFF LIAISON FOR THE BOARD AND SEE WHAT IDEAS SHE HAS. 
          UM, AND SO, YEP. 
          YEAH. 
          UH, MR. DELGADO, I REALLY THINK THAT, THAT YOUR DIRECTION THAT YOU JUST STATED IS, IS, IS GOING TO BE THE DIRECTION WE NEED TO GO, BECAUSE, UH, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, WE APPOINTED COMMISSIONER POTS TO OVERSIGHT, UM, AND, AND WE DEFINITELY NEED IT TO UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS AND UNDERSTAND WHAT IS GOING ON. 
          MY JOB IN SERVING ON THIS COMMISSION IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HOLD, UH, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER ENTITY THAT'S BEING PRESENTED TO US ACCOUNTABLE AND, AND THEY NEED 
          [02:10:01]
TO BE, UM, THEY NEED TO FULFILL THEIR PROMISES. 
          SO IF YOU PROMISE THIS DEVELOPMENT WITH THE PROMISE 20% AFFORDABILITY, UM, WE NEED TO, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE, UH, WE'RE ON TOP OF THAT AS A HOUSING COMMISSION. 
          UM, IF WE'RE GOING TO BE INVOLVED IN, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS OR INVOLVED IN THE, UM, SOUTH SOUTH SHORE, UH, WATER FRONT, OVER RELAY, WHATEVER THE DESCRIPTION IS, UM, I REALLY FEEL THAT WE NEED TO BE PROACTIVE AND MAKING SURE THAT THAT 20% IS PROMISED AND THAT IT DOES COME, UH, TO, UH, CONSTITUENTS AND RESIDENTS THAT THEY'RE NEEDING TO LIVE IN A PORTABLE UNIT. 
          AND SO I'M JUST GONNA, I JUST WANT, YOU KNOW, YOU WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHERE MY TAKE IS ON THIS AND THAT'S, I DEFINITELY CAN NOT BE A PART OF A LEADING WORKING GROUP. 
          I HAVE TOO MUCH ON MY PLATE RIGHT NOW, BUT I DEFINITELY WOULD LOVE TO, UH, UNDERSTAND WHERE THEY'RE AT AT THIS POINT IN 2021 AND, UM, AND UNDERSTAND WHERE WE'RE GOING, UM, WHEN IT COMES TO THE HOUSING MARKET. 
          OKAY. 
          YEAH. 
          LOUD AND CLEAR. 
          I THINK, UH, I MIGHT SUGGEST, UH, VICE-CHAIR THAT YOU AND I JUST GET OUR HEADS TOGETHER, UH, OFFLINE AFTER THIS MEETING AND ANYBODY ELSE WHO MAY BE INTERESTED IN JOINING L UH, BARRING A WALKING FORUM, OF COURSE, JUST EMAIL US, OR I SEIZE A SEAT, UH, COMMISSIONER GARRETT'S HANDOUT. 
          UH, SO W WHERE YOU, DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION OR A COMMENT MR. GARRETT, OR WERE YOU EXPRESSING INTEREST? I EXPRESSING THAT I JOINED THE INFORMAL OR FORMAL WORKING GROUP, UM, FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATER FROM. 
          COOL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, WE'LL CALL IT INFORMAL FOR NOW. 
          WE'LL MAKE SURE TO HOLLER AT YOU, UH, BY EMAIL, UH, AND, UH, WE'LL GO FROM THERE. 
          ANYBODY ELSE WHO MAY BE INTERESTED NOW WOULD BE A GOOD TIME TO SAY SO, OR SHOOT OVER AN EMAIL OR TEXT. 
          OH, CAN MR. MCGEE AS IN SUPA, WHAT'S THAT GARCIA TO PLEASE? OH, COMMISSIONER GARCIA IS IN. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY, GOOD. 
          WE'RE IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE GETTING CLOSE TO THE LIMIT. 
          I DON'T KNOW THAT WE CAN HAVE MORE THAN THIS. 
          UM, THAT'S FANTASTIC. 
          UM, SO I CAN'T BELIEVE, IS THERE ANY MORE DISCUSSION OR ANY MORE, UH, COMMENTS ON THAT? UH, FOUR B AGAIN, THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH COMMISSIONER, UH, POP, UH, VICE CHAIR  FOR YOUR TIME REPRESENTING US. 
          UH, WHAT BRINGS US TO NUMBER FIVE FUTURE AGENDA 
          [5. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS]
ITEMS? UH, I MIGHT SUGGEST POSSIBLY LOOKING AT, UH, THAT SESSION. 
          WE WERE JUST DISCUSSING AS A TEACHER AGENDA ITEM, UM, AND I'LL OPEN THE FLOOR FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS, BUT I'VE GOT A COUPLE OF MINE THAT I WANT TO JUST GET OUT. 
          NOW. 
          I WOULD LOVE TO GET AN INFORMATIONAL UPDATE ON, UH, THE ROSEMONT, UH, UM, RESIDENTIAL, UH, UH, DISPLACEMENT SITUATION. 
          I THINK A SUMMARY WOULD BE GOOD AS WELL AS SORT OF STATUS AND, YOU KNOW, HOUSING AND DISPLACEMENT OR, OR NON DISPLACEMENT STATUS AT THE RESIDENCE, UH, COUPLED WITH HOW, UH, AND IF THOSE RESIDENTS ARE BEING CONNECTED, IF THE DOTS ARE BEING CONNECTED BETWEEN THOSE RESIDENTS AND THE EFFORTS THAT, UH, NEFERTITI JACQUELINE SHARED WITH US LAST MEETING, UH, AROUND, UH, EMERGENCY RENTAL HOUSING COSTS, MOVING COSTS, AND WHETHER THOSE RESIDENTS ARE BEING CONNECTED WITH THOSE SERVICES. 
          AND THERE'S ONE MORE AGENDA ITEM, WHICH I THINK EVERYBODY IS GOING TO BE, UH, ATTUNED TO, WHICH IS THAT I KNOW THAT THE STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL LIFTED THE, UH, EXPERT, UH, LIFTED THE, UH, SUSPENSION OR NOT DIDN'T LIFTED, BUT THIS IS GOING TO ALLOW THE SUSPENSION OF TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, UH, RULES TO EXPIRE IN SEPTEMBER, WHICH MEANS THAT THERE MAY BE IMPLICATIONS FOR US MEETING IN PERSON AS OF THEN. 
          SO MAYBE ANY INFORMATIONAL UPDATE THAT WE CAN GET BEFORE THEN, UH, AND POTENTIALLY TURN THAT INTO AN AGENDA ITEM. 
          ANY OTHERS, UH, COMMISSIONER MAY. 
          OKAY. 
          YEAH. 
          I'D LOVE TO HEAR IF, UH, UPDATE ON THE COMMUNITY, THE LAND TRUST PROGRAM. 
          WHAT'S THE STATUS, HOW'S IT GOING? HOW DID IT GO? WHAT'S THE FUTURE NOTED. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COMMISSIONER DELGADO HAS HER HAND UP WHENEVER YOU'RE READY TO CALL ME HERE, TALKING IN THE THIRD PERSON, COMMISSIONER DELGADO, LIKE EXERCISING THE POWERS. 
          ARE YOU READY? THANK YOU. 
          SO A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM, I WOULD LIKE, UM, TO PUT A REQUEST IN. 
          UM, AND, UM, AND THIS IS MAYBE, 
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UH, EITHER WE CAN ASK A STAFF IF THIS IS GONNA BE, UM, IF WE'RE ABLE TO DO THIS, BUT I WOULD LIKE AN UPDATE FROM THE CITY OF BOSTON PARKS DEPARTMENT REGARDING THE HOMELESS INITIATIVE, UH, ON, UM, THE, UH, INITIATIVE THAT THEY'RE DOING AND, UM, FINDING THE TWO SITES, UH, FOR, FOR THE HOMELESS, THIS, UH, I SEE THAT THEY ARE GOING TO OTHER COMMITTEES AND GIVING UPDATES. 
          UM, SINCE I HAVE BEEN OFF THE BOARDS SINCE, UH, UH, APRIL AND MAY DUE TO ELECTION PROCESS, UM, I WAS NOT HERE AND I'M NOT SURE IF KIMBERLY MCKINLEY, THE DIRECTOR HAVE CAME AND GAVE AN UPDATE ON, ON THE CAMPING SITE. 
          UM, SO I, I REFERRED BACK TO UCARE AND STAFF, UH, FOR DIRECTION ON THAT, IF WE CAN GET THEM ON OUR FUTURE AGENDA. 
          THAT'S ONE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THE NEXT ONE IS, UM, IF WE COULD ALSO CIRCLE BACK ABOUT THE RETREAT, I'M NOT SURE, UH, IF IT WAS 2018 OR 2019, UH, DURING, BEFORE THE PANDEMIC IS WHEN WE HAD OUR RETREAT LAST, BUT I AM REALLY LOOKING FORWARD AT FOUR S TWO, EITHER VIRTUALLY OR AGAIN IN PERSON, UM, TO HAVE OUR RETREAT DATE SET FOR THIS YEAR, UM, FOR, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE WE HAVE NEW COMMISSIONERS ON THE BOARD HERE ON OUR DIETS, AND WE NEED TO ALL RECONNECT AND, UM, YOU KNOW, LEARN MORE ABOUT EACH OTHER. 
          AND SO THAT'S, UH, ANOTHER FEATURE AGENDA ITEM. 
          AND MY THIRD ONE IS, UM, TO, UH, SEE IF WE COULD GET THE CITY OF AUSTIN. 
          I'M NOT SURE WHICH DEPARTMENT, IF IT FALLS UNDER PLANNING AND ZONING, OR IF IT'S UNDER NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING. 
          UM, BUT WE DO NEED AN UPDATE ON WHERE THE CURRENT STATUS IS FOR THE IMAGINE AUSTIN PLAN COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT THE CITY IS OPERATING BEHIND CLOSED DOORS ON. 
          IF WE CAN GET, UH, ALL OF THE COMMISSIONERS THAT DO NOT KNOW ABOUT THE PLAN AND DON'T HAVE THE BOOK OR DON'T KNOW EXACTLY ABOUT WHAT THE PLAN IT TELLS, IF WE CAN GET SOME TYPE OF PRESENTATION AND SOME TYPE OF 2021 UPDATE ON THAT, IMAGINE AUSTIN AND WHERE OUR CITY PLANNING AND ZONING IS AT. 
          AND THAT'S ALL MY REQUEST. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER DELGADO. 
          UH, I'M SURE THEY'VE ALL BEEN NOTED AND, UH, WE'LL CERTAINLY DO OUR BEST TO GET EVERYTHING WE CAN ON THE AGENDA WHILE MAKING SURE THAT THE MEETING, UH, CAN MOVE. 
          UH, AND WITH THAT SAID, I ALSO WANT TO JUST LET EVERYONE KNOW WE DO OUR AGENDA SETTING MEETINGS ABOUT TWO WEEKS BEFORE, UH, THE MEETING ITSELF. 
          AND, UH, SO I HOPE EVERYONE FEELS COMFORTABLE AND FREE TO REACH OUT BY EMAIL, UH, EITHER TO OUR LIAISONS, UH, AT THE CITY OR DIRECTLY TO MYSELF OR VICE CHAIR POP, UH, TO DISCUSS ANY AGENDA ITEMS OR EVEN STRATEGIZE AROUND WHAT THE AGENDA, THE DRAFT AGENDA, UM, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, W THAT, THAT KIND OF FEEDBACK IS ALWAYS WELCOMED. 
          SO WE APPRECIATE IT. 
          UH, I ALSO WANT TO THANK, UH, ALL OF OUR NEW COMMISSIONERS, UH, WHO ARE SEATED. 
          I THINK MANY OF THEM FOR THE SECOND TIME TODAY, WE HEARD FROM, I BELIEVE, UH, ALL OF Y'ALL, UH, MR. HAWTHORNE, WE HEARD FROM OUR, BEFORE THE MEETING A LITTLE BIT, UH, AND, UH, WELCOME, UH, I APPRECIATE OF Y'ALL, UH, UH, HAVING RESPONDED, UH, TO ME AND, AND, AND TAKING A PHONE CALL AND JUST SHARED, UH, YOUR PRIORITIES, UH, WITH ME, AND ALSO FOR YOUR TIME AND SERVICE, UH, ON THIS BOARD, UM, AS WELL AS, OF COURSE, EVERY SINGLE PERSON HERE, UH, WHO SERVES ON THIS BOARD AND ALL OF THE STAFF MEMBERS WHO ARE HERE TO SUPPORT US AND GUIDE US. 
          UM, SO, UH, WITH THAT SAID, I, I, IS THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS OR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS, ACTUALLY, FOR THAT MATTER, I WAS ABOUT TO JUMP THE GUN AND SHUT EDIT EDITOR. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THIS IS COMMISSIONER SPIN. 
          I JUST WANT TO SAY, THANK YOU, EVERYONE FOR SHARING YOUR KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERTISE ON THIS CALL. 
          I'M LEARNING SO MUCH FROM EACH OF YOU AND I LOOK FORWARD TO NOT ANYMORE. 
          I WILL LIKELY BE REACHING OUT AND DIRECTLY AS WELL, JUST TO KIND OF PICK YOUR BRAINS. 
          AND, UM, I'M A LEARNER. 
          SO I ASK A LOT OF QUESTIONS. 
          SO I'M, MAYBE THAT PERSON IS LIKE HERE, SHE GOES TO BED, BUT I PROMISE THINGS TO GETTING TIPS, MAN, UM, SO THAT I CAN SERVE MY COMMUNITY, UM, IN THE BEST WAY POSSIBLE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH EFFICIENT. 
          YEAH. 
          I HAVE A COUPLE OF AGENDA ITEMS, UH, OUR REPORT, UH, FROM OUR REPRESENTATIVES 
          [02:20:01]
ON OTHER BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS THAT WERE PRO UH, PROMOTED A LOT OF INTERESTING DISCUSSION. 
          SO I LIKE TO PUT THE OTHERS WHO SERVE ON AN EXTRA GROUP AND THAT'S THE HERC AND SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE. 
          THAT'S RIGHT. 
          SO, UH, WE WOULD ADD THOSE TO THE, UH, POTENTIALLY TO THE WORKING GROUP REPORT OUTS OR, OR THE, UH, REPORT OUTS OF FOLKS WHO ARE SERVING ON THE OTHERS. 
          IS THAT, UH, UH, UH, COMMISSIONER, UH DESOLTEL AND COMMISSIONER FIDELIO. 
          IS THAT RIGHT? YES, THAT'S RIGHT. 
          UM, IS THERE, UH, DO YOU ALL HAVE A SUBSTANTIAL REPORT OUT OR WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO DO SO NEXT MONTH OR POTENTIALLY THE MONTH AFTER? UM, I WASN'T PARTICULARLY PREPARED TO DO ONE RIGHT NOW, BUT, UH, I DID ATTEND THE MEETING EARLIER. 
          UM, NOT RIGHT NOW BY ANY MEANS. 
          I JUST MEANT NEXT WEEK'S MEETING IS FINE. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          I COULD PROBABLY TELL YOU WHO WON THE BIDS BY THEN. 
          YEAH. 
          PERFECT. 
          UM, FOR THE SUSTAINABILITY, UM, THE MISSION WILL BE READY ALSO AT THE NEXT MEETING. 
          BRILLIANT. 
          THANKS. 
          THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. 
          UH, ANYTHING ELSE BEFORE WE ADJOURNED? LOVELY TO SEE EVERYONE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, VICE-CHAIR POP FOR CONTINUING TO SERVE, UH, AS VICE CHAIRING AND, UH, THANK YOU ALL, UH, FOR YOUR, UH, FAITH, UH, IN, IN MY ROLE AND SERVICE HERE AS CHAIR, UH, WITH THAT SAID, I'D LIKE TO HEAR IN THIS MEETING AT 7:54 PM. 
          TAKE CARE, EVERYONE. 
          SEE YOU NEXT MONTH. 
          BYE BYE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I THINK A BEAUTY COMMISSIONER 
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