Apr 12, 2022 Community Development Commission

ANY OTHER QUICK QUESTIONS? YEAH, COMMISSIONER DELGADO.

WE ARE, YEAH, THAT'S A SEPARATE LOCATION FOR EASTER SEALS.

WE RUN, UH, UM, A PAID JOB TRAINING PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES LAWN AND LANDSCAPING SERVICES TO THE CITY OF AUSTIN AND OTHER LOCAL GOVERNMENTS THAT SERVES ABOUT 75 INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES, ALSO CRIMINALLY CRIMINAL JUSTICE INVOLVED.

SO THAT'S YOUR SECOND LOCATION? WHERE'S YOUR PRIMARY LOCATION? PRIMARY LOCATION IS IN NORTHEAST AUSTIN.

UM, IT'S ON RIDGE POINT DRIVE, WHICH IS A 180 3 CAMERON ROAD AREA.

THE LITTLE NON-PROFIT ENCLAVE UP THERE.

UM, AND WE RUN A MEDICAID AUDIOLOGY PROGRAM OUT OF THAT LOCATION AS WELL AS OUR LIFE CENTER, WHICH IS AN, A FREE, ACCESSIBLE GYM TO ANY PERSON WITH A DISABILITY IN CENTRAL TEXAS.

AND I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR LETTER, BECAUSE I KNOW A LOT OF DISABLED INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE USED YOUR SERVICES SINCE LIKE THE LATE 1990S.

AND SO, YEAH, SO GOOD JOB AND KEEP US INFORMED AND WHERE THIS GOES SO WE CAN SUPPORT YOU ALL.

WE APPRECIATE IT.

ANYTHING ELSE? GREAT.

OH, OH, MR. THOMPSON SAYS, THUMBS UP, THUMBS UP.

TO $800,000 OF RENOVATION COSTS.

UH, AND OUR NEXT SPEAKER ON THE LIST IS CORY HAMMER.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH Y'ALL THIS EVENING.

UH, MY NAME IS CORY HAMMER.

I'M THE DIRECTOR OF PROSPER PROGRAMS AT FOUNDATION COMMUNITIES HERE IN AUSTIN.

UH, WE'RE A LOCAL NONPROFIT THAT PROVIDES AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT THE AUSTIN AREA.

UH, BEYOND OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMMUNITIES AND RESIDENT SERVICES, WE OPERATE TWO PROSPER CENTERS IN AUSTIN, SERVE THOUSANDS OF LOW-INCOME COMMUNITY MEMBERS EVERY YEAR.

UH, WE'VE BEEN OPERATING THESE PROSPEROUS CENTERS FOR MORE THAN 10 YEARS.

WE CURRENTLY HAVE TWO LOCATIONS, ONE IN SOUTH AUSTIN AND ONE IN NORTH AUSTIN.

UM, WE OFFER A FREE TAX PREPARATION, HEALTH INSURANCE, ENROLLMENT, FINANCIAL WELLNESS PROGRAMS, AND COLLEGE SUPPORT SERVICES AT BOTH SITES.

UH, IN 2021, OUR FINANCIAL WELLNESS TEAM PROVIDED INDIVIDUALIZED FINANCIAL COACHING TO 731.

UH, WE ALSO SUPPORTED THE CITY'S RENT PROGRAM HELPING MORE THAN 400 COMMUNITY MEMBERS COMPLETE THE APPLICATION PROCESS FOR RENT 3.0 AND 4.0.

UM, AND WE'RE WORKING TOWARD BECOMING A HUD CERTIFIED HOUSING COUNSELING AGENCY, SO WE CAN EXPAND THE WORK WE'RE DOING AROUND EVICTION PREVENTION, UM, AND OTHER IMPORTANT PROGRAMS. OUR HEALTH COVERAGE PROGRAM WE'VE COMPLETED, UM, MORE THAN 48,000 ENROLLMENT SINCE THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT WAS IMPLEMENTED MORE THAN 10 YEARS AGO.

UH, WE AVERAGE ABOUT 5,000 ENROLLMENTS A YEAR.

UM, OUR TAX HELP TEAM HAS PREPARED MORE THAN 9,000 TAX RETURNS THIS SEASON, AND WE'RE HOPING TO EVENTUALLY EXCEED OUR PRE PANDEMIC SCALE OF 21,000 TAX RETURNS PER YEAR.

UM, I'M HERE TODAY BECAUSE WE'VE OUTGROWN OUR CURRENT PROSPER NORTH LOCATION ON AIRPORT NEAR ACC AND NEED A MUCH LARGER SPACE WITH MORE PARKING.

UH, WE PURCHASED THE CURRENT BUILDING SIX YEARS AGO WITH A LOW INTEREST LOAN, BUT WITH THE RISING COST OF REAL ESTATE IN AUSTIN, WE WERE UNABLE TO AFFORD A LARGER PROSPER CENTER WITHOUT ADDITIONAL SUBSIDY.

UNFORTUNATELY, THERE ARE NO GOVERNMENT FUNDING PROGRAMS FOR THIS TYPE OF ACTIVITY.

SO WE'VE SUBMITTED AN OFFER ON A SITE AT NORTH LAMAR AND YOUR BREAKER FOR $6.2 MILLION.

AND WE EXPECT APPROXIMATELY 400

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UM, DATA SHOW THAT A LOT OF OUR CLIENTS COME FROM NORTH AUSTIN.

SO THIS LOCATION IS REALLY IDEAL FOR US AS A NEW PROSPER NORTH LOCATION, ESPECIALLY SINCE IT'S ALONG THE LAMAR METRO RAPID ROUTE, ALL OUR PROSPER SERVICES ARE FREE.

UH, THEY'RE AVAILABLE TO INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES THAT MEET OUR INCOME ELIGIBILITY GUIDELINES.

AND OUR AVERAGE CLIENT INCOME PER YEAR IS $26,000.

UM, THESE CRITICAL SERVICES TO LOW AND MODERATE INCOME HOUSEHOLDS ARE NOT OFFERED AT THIS SCALE ANYWHERE ELSE IN AUSTIN.

UM, THESE SERVICES MEET AT LEAST ONE OF THE THREE NATIONAL OBJECTIVES FOR CDBG PUBLIC FACILITIES FUNDING, UM, AND ALLOWING THE USE OF CDBG FUNDING FOR THIS WOULD ENABLE US TO USE OUR NONPROFIT FUNDS TO HIRE MORE STAFF AND SERVE MORE PEOPLE.

OUR PROSPER CENTER PROGRAMS ARE SUPPORTED BY MORE THAN $4.3 MILLION IN GRANTS AND DONATIONS ANNUALLY.

WE HAVE 40 FULL-TIME STAFF, MORE THAN 70 SEASONAL STAFF AND HUNDREDS OF VOLUNTEERS.

WE HAVE A REALLY EFFICIENT AND HIGHLY IMPACTFUL SERVICE DELIVERY MODEL THAT CONTINUES TO MEET URGENT COMMUNITY NEEDS, BUT WE NEED ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO EXPAND OUR PHYSICAL FACILITIES SO WE CAN HELP EVEN MORE LOW INCOME AND UNDERSERVED COMMUNITY MEMBERS ACHIEVE FINANCIAL STABILITY.

THANK Y'ALL SO MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE TODAY, TORNADO FLOOD WARNINGS.

AND THAT'S IT.

I JUST WANT TO ASK THE SAME QUESTION THAT, UM, COMMISSIONER MOTWANI I'M AROUND HOW MUCH MONEY ARE YOU ASKING FOR CDBG $5 MILLION.

THAT WAS MY ONLY QUESTION.

AND THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THERE WOULD BE, NOW THAT YOU'VE INSPIRED THAT JUST TO BE CLEAR, IS IT, WOULD THERE BE ANY RESIDENTIAL, ANYTHING HAPPENING THERE? I DIDN'T GET THAT THERE WOULD BE, BUT, UM, NOT RIGHT NOW, NO, BUT IT'S A LARGE ENOUGH LOT THAT THERE'S THE POTENTIAL FOR THAT IN THE FUTURE, BUT THE DOLLARS WOULD BE USED FOR CONSTRUCTION OF THE BUILDING AND NOT IT'D BE FOR THE REHABILITATION OF THE BUILDING AND FOR THE COSTS OF ACQUIRING IT.

THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH.

UM, I AM CURIOUS, UH, AND BEFORE WE CALL OUR NEXT SPEAKER, JUDGE, IF THERE WILL BE DISCUSSION AROUND THIS WHEN, UH, UH, IN A MINUTE, I, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL MIGHT WANT TO STICK AROUND IN CASE THERE MAY BE SOME MORE PROFOUND QUESTIONS.

WE DON'T WANT TO KEEP YOU HERE ALL NIGHT.

WE DON'T WANT TO KEEP ANYONE HERE ALL NIGHT.

UH, BUT, UH, IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL.

SO WE'RE NOT SPECULATING BLINDLY.

IS THAT, DOES THAT SOUND RIGHT? LISA? OKAY.

DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING THE PUBLIC HEARING.

RIGHT, RIGHT.

WOULD THAT BE APPROPRIATE FOR THEM? IF WE WERE TO TAKE HA ACTION POST PUBLIC HEARING, UH, WE MIGHT WANT TO BE ABLE TO ASK QUESTIONS, I GUESS.

OKAY, GREAT.

AND OTHERWISE, I MEAN, DON'T FEEL HEAVILY OBLIGED.

I'M SURE WE'D BE ABLE TO FIND, FIND THE ANSWERS, BUT THANKS.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS SIN IS ENOVIA SE JOSEPH.

THAT IS CORRECT.

IS SHE HERE? OKAY.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR MEMBERS ON AN OVERUSE, JOSEPH AND MR. CHAIR, DID YOU WANT ME TO SPEAK ON A NON AGENDA ITEM OR TELL YOU WHICH AGENDA ITEMS I SENT YOU WRITTEN TESTIMONY ON? UH, GIVEN THE THREE MINUTES? UH, PROBABLY BE BEST TO, UH, FOCUS ON THE AGENDA ITEMS. I HAVE THREE, A AND FOUR B LISTED HERE.

THREE D IS THE FYI 2223 ACTION PLAN.

AND THEN FOR B WAS ANTI-DISPLACEMENT RELATED TO PROJECT CONNECT.

DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING DIFFERENT? THAT'S UH, WELL I HAVE FOR THREE, UH, A, UH, THE BRIEFING ON THE SPENDING PRIORITIES AND THEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AFTERWARDS.

SO, UH, YEAH, YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE PRETTY MUCH IN LINE.

CAPITAL METRO ELIMINATED NORTHEAST WEST TONIC ACTIVITY, WHICH MEANS THERE'S NO LONGER ONE SEAT RISE BETWEEN WALMART, NORWOOD AND WALMART NORTH CROSS, NOR IS THERE A ONE SEAT RIDE TO THE ARBORETUM.

GO FOR IT.

UM, SO I DID SEND YOU A MEMO.

IT'S JUST TWO PAGES LONG, AND I SENT IT AT THE 11TH HOUR.

SO LET ME JUST SAY THAT UPFRONT.

BUT I DID HIGHLIGHT THE TEXT THAT I THINK IS, UH, RELEVANT TO, UH, TODAY'S PUBLIC HEARING, AS IT RELATES TO THE COMMUNITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT SPECIFICALLY.

I JUST WANTED YOU TO FOCUS AS ALWAYS ON TRANSPORTATION.

AND I HAVE, UH, SOME LANGUAGE HERE, SPECIFICALLY THE MAY 17TH, 2021 BUILDING STRONGER COMMUNITIES.

COVID 19 FEDERAL REGISTER, AUTHORIZED HOUSING VOUCHERS TO FACILITATE HOUSEHOLD MOVE TO NEIGHBORHOODS WITH HIGH LEVELS OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY AND REDUCE CONCENTRATED AREAS OF LOW ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY.

I WANTED YOU TO ENSURE THAT YOU ACTUALLY FOCUS ON HUD'S VISION OF MOVING LOW-INCOME INDIVIDUALS TO HIGH OPPORTUNITY AREAS, BUT I ALSO WANT YOU TO REMAIN COGNIZANT OF THE FACT THAT NORTH OF US, 180 3

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IT'S A 30 MINUTE WAIT.

SO I HAVE A QUOTE FROM THE NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE, ONE WHERE IT SAYS QUOTE, WHILE EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY IS MANIFESTLY IMPORTANT FOR ECONOMIC JUSTICE.

THE ABILITY TO TRAVEL TO AND FROM WORK IS JUST AS CRUCIAL INADEQUATE TRANSPORTATION ACCESS IS ONE OF THE MYRIAD IMPEDIMENTS TO JOB ACCESS FOR AFRICAN-AMERICAN.

I BRING UP AFRICAN-AMERICANS SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE THE ROUTES IN THE BLACK NEIGHBORHOODS ARE 60 MINUTES.

THAT'S ABOUT 10 TIMES LONGER THAN SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL LAWSON AND DOVE SPRINGS, HISPANICS, WHILE IT IS TRUE THAT CAPITAL METRO WILL MEET TOMORROW AND THEY HAVE ON THE, SEND THEIR PACKET ON PAGE 68 OF 69, THAT THEY WILL REPLACED THROUGHOUT 2 33 IN COLONY PARK WITH A PICKUP SERVICE.

I WILL USE MYSELF AS AN EXAMPLE TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THE BUS IS RUN AT 6:10 PM.

AND CRAIG WOULD AT ABOUT SIX O'CLOCK, WHICH IS TOO LATE TO EVEN WORK VIA ELECTION JOB BECAUSE THE ELECTION JOBS ARE FROM SIX TO 8:00 PM AND PICK UP SERVICE IN THE 7:00 PM.

THE FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION REQUIRES THE AGENCY TO IMPLEMENT THE LEAST DISCRIMINATORY ALTERNATIVE, SPECIFICALLY AS IT RELATES TO YOUR ACTION PLAN.

I JUST WANT TO CALL TO YOUR ATTENTION, THE FYI 2122 ACTION PLAN HAD LANGUAGE IN THERE RELATED TO THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE.

AND I THINK IT IS DISINGENUOUS FOR, TO SPECIFY, UM, INCENTIVIZING, UH, THE SMART HOUSING GOALS.

WHEN THE SMART HOUSING PLAN, I WOULD ASK YOU TO RECOGNIZE IT FROM 2008.

AND SO I WOULD ASK YOU TO PRIORITIZE, UM, ASKING THE CITY TO UPDATE THAT PLAN.

IT ACTUALLY SHOWS $125,000 HOME FOR SOMEONE EARNING 80% AREA MEDIAN INCOME, BUT TO THE POINT ABOUT 80% AREA MEDIAN INCOME, I JUST WANT YOU TO KEEP IN MIND THAT THAT SOURCE OF INCOME DISCRIMINATION ON THE ORANGE LINE SOUTH OF US, 180 3, UM, AS YOU'RE AWARE, HIGH PARK WAS BUILT EXCLUSIVELY FOR WHITE PEOPLE OVER 30 YEAR PERIOD BY COLONEL MONROE SHITE.

THE GOLD LINE RED LINE, WHICH IS AUSTIN COMMUNITY.

COLLEGE HIGHLANDS ONLY HAS ONE AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT THAT'S HIGHLAND VILLAGE.

AND ON DECEMBER 17TH, 2020 HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN SAID THAT THE PEOPLE IN THE AREA AND THE INTEREST IN THE AREA DIDN'T WANT LOWER INCOME.

WHEN YOU GET TO DOWNTOWN, YOU RECOGNIZE THAT DEVELOPERS HAVE PAID A FEE IN LIEU OF BUILDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND ON THE BLUE LINE COUNCIL REZONES RIVERSIDE EAST RIVERSIDE ON OCTOBER 17TH, 2019, AND THEN THEY STARTED WITH THE ANTI-DISPLACEMENT, UH, RHETORIC AND THEY HIRED A NEFERTITI JACKMAN.

I RESPECT MS. JACQUELINE, BUT I THINK THAT IT'S IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO RECOGNIZE THAT THIS WAS AN AFTERTHOUGHT.

UM, AND SO THE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN DISPLACED, THE REZONING OCCURRED, AND THEN IF YOU'RE FOLLOWING, UH, WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE BLUE LINE, YOU RECOGNIZE THAT I'M GOING TO, UM, WE'RE WE'RE WELL OVER TIME, IF THAT WAS THE, WHAT THAT'D BE BOYS.

UH, EXECUTIVE ORDER, WHICH IS 1, 3, 9, 8, 5.

AND, UH, I, I THINK, UM, IF I LOOK AROUND THE COMMISSION AND WE CAN GET A NOD, WE CAN PROBABLY GET ANOTHER MINUTE HERE IF EVERYONE DON'T NEED TO NECESSARILY TAKE IT.

BUT YEAH, IT SOUNDS LIKE WE CAN, WE CAN GET ANOTHER MINUTE HERE.

UM, BUT WITH THAT SAID, COULD YOU, UH, PERHAPS, UH, DISTILL, I KNOW IT'S JUST A SMALL LIMITED AMOUNT OF TIME AND REALLY, REALLY SALIENT SUBJECT MATTER, BUT COULD YOU DISTILL INTO MAYBE IN THIS MINUTE, WHAT YOU THINK THE MOST POINTED AND, UH, CONSTRUCTIVE ACTION WE MAY BE ABLE TO TAKE WOULD BE CERTAINLY.

SO TO THE EXTENT THAT YOU'RE PUTTING FORTH RECOMMENDATIONS, I KNOW YOU HAVE $6,000 YOU'RE RECOMMENDING FOR, UH, STRATEGIC PLANNING, WHETHER YOU GET THE $6,000 A NIGHT, I WOULD JUST ASK YOU TO RECOGNIZE THE NEED TO FOCUS ON REDLINING.

SO WHAT I SENT YOU WAS A COPY OF THE 1934 MAP, AND I ACTUALLY SHOWED YOU HOW TRANSIT MIRRORS THAT, UM, I WANT YOU TO RECOGNIZE AS WELL, APRIL 5TH, 2022, THIS IS IMPORTANT.

MAYOR ADLER SAID THAT W WHEN IT COMES TO THE CONVERSATIONS AROUND AFFORDABLE HOUSING, HE SAID, HE DIDN'T THINK THAT IT'S IN THE BEST INTEREST TO HELP THE GREATEST NUMBER OF PEOPLE BY PUTTING THEM IN THE MOST EXPENSIVE AREAS IN AUSTIN.

UM, AND SO HE HAS STATED SPECIFICALLY THAT TO PUT PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY WHERE THERE'S A CRITICAL MASS AND, UM, SHARING A SIMILAR EXPERIENCE.

AND SO THAT'S SEGREGATING THE CITY, WHICH IS COUNTER TO THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION, UM, EQUITY, UM,

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AND SO I WOULD JUST ASK YOU TO FOCUS ON, UM, INTEGRATING THE COMMUNITY AND TO RECOGNIZE THAT THERE IS LANGUAGE TO MOVE PEOPLE TO HIGHER OPPORTUNITIES, UH, AREAS, BUT IN AUSTIN, UNFORTUNATELY, IF WE DON'T HAVE NORTHEAST WEST CONNECTIVITY, EVEN IF THEY WERE ABLE TO GO TO THE WEST SIDE HOME FOR THOSE WHO WISH TO LIVE THERE, UM, IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO TRAVEL BECAUSE IT'S THE 30 MINUTE TRANSFER AND THERE'S NO, UM, BUS ON SAMSUNG, UH, BETWEEN SAMSUNG AND APPLE.

SO I WOULD JUST ASK YOU TO LESLIE TO REQUEST THAT CAPITAL METRO IN THE CITY RESTORE ACCESS BETWEEN SAMSUNG AND APPLE, AND THAT WAS $4.7 MILLION FOR THE METRO RAPID.

AND THANK YOU FOR THE EXTRA TIME.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'D LOVE TO ANSWER THEM AT THIS TIME.

DO WE, DO WE, DO WE HAVE ANY QUICK QUESTIONS? WE DO HAVE A VERY PACKED AGENDA TODAY.

UH, COMMISSIONER CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY, SORRY.

I DON'T REALLY LIKE THESE THINGS.

UM, FIRST OF ALL, I JUST, UM, WANT TO THANK YOU FOR GIVING US A VERY DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE, OF THE KNOWLEDGE AND THE WORK THAT, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S VERY HELPFUL, ESPECIALLY FOR SO MANY OF US THAT HAVE BEEN LEFT OUT OF THE CAPITAL METRO CONVERSATION, AS WELL AS PROJECT CONNECT.

UM, I DID WRITE SOME NOTES AND AS A COMMISSIONER, ESPECIALLY HERE IN EAST AUSTIN, UH, AND, AND AT GROUND ZERO ZONE, UH, THAT I CURRENTLY LIVE IN HAS BEEN HEAVILY GENTRIFIED.

AND WE ARE TOTALLY OUT OF THE LOOP OF ALL THE CORRIDORS, UM, THAT ARE BEING DISCUSSED RIGHT NOW FROM OF CHAVEZ TO FIFTH TO SEVENTH, UM, TO RIVERSIDE, TO MONTOPOLIS, UH, TO 180 3, ALL OF THE AREA THAT'S BEING IMPACTED IN THE EASTERN CRESCENT ADJACENT TO DOWNTOWN, WHICH IS A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT I LIVE IN IS CURRENTLY, UM, WE ARE TOTALLY OUT OF POCKET OF WHAT IS HAPPENING.

SO MY QUESTION TO YOU IS, ARE YOU, UM, THE INFORMATION THAT YOU PROVIDED, OBVIOUSLY, UM, YOU'VE DONE A LOT OF RESEARCH ALL THE WAY BACK FROM 2008.

UM, HOW COULD, UH, I CAN JUST SPEAK FOR MYSELF AS A, AS A COMMISSIONER FOR EAST AUSTIN DEMOGRAPHIC AREA.

OH, TWO, HOW COULD I BE IN ASSISTANCE OF MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS AND ATTENDING CAPITOL METRO WHEN THEY HAVE THEIR MEETINGS, WHICH WE PUBLICLY NEVER KNOW.

SO WE'RE NEVER INVITED TO THAT.

UM, AS WELL AS PROJECT CONNECT, HOW COULD WE GET, UH, MORE INVOLVED IN, HOW CAN WE SUPPORT ALL OF THE THINGS THAT YOU JUST STATED TODAY THAT IS GOING TO BE HELPFUL? SO WE CAN BE ABLE TO BE MORE PROACTIVE INSTEAD OF JUST SITTING HERE ON THIS DIET AND TALKING AND MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS.

OH, YES.

COMMISSIONER, THANK YOU FOR ASKING.

UM, ACTUALLY TOMORROW MORNING, UM, YOU CAN SEND IN YOUR INFORMATION IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK REMOTELY.

KEVIN METROS, OPERATIONS PLANNING AND SAFETY COMMISSION COMMITTEE ACTUALLY MEETS TOMORROW AT 1230, BUT I THINK THE CUTOFF IS LIKE 9:00 AM.

SO AT EASTERN IS THE GENTLEMAN THAT YOU WOULD CONTACT, UM, THAT INFORMATION I CAN SEND TO THE COMMISSION AS WELL, BUT YOU CAN START THERE BY VOICING WHAT YOUR CONCERNS ARE FROM RIVERSIDE MONTOPOLIS, WHATEVER ISSUES YOU'VE NOT BEEN A PART OF.

AND YOU FEEL THAT YOU YOU'VE BEEN DISENFRANCHISED AND YOU CAN SPEAK DURING PUBLIC COMMENT.

IT'S UM, IF YOU HAVE AN, UH, AN, UH, SOMETHING TO SAY ON AN AGENDA ITEM, THEN YOU'LL GET FIVE MINUTES.

OTHERWISE YOU'LL GET THREE MINUTES TO, TO AT LEAST JUST SPEAK DURING PUBLIC COMMENT.

SO TOMORROW IS AN IDEAL TIME TO ENGAGE THE PROCESS.

AND I CAN CERTAINLY SPEAK TO YOU OFFLINE IF NEED BE TO, YOU KNOW, SEE WHAT YOUR SPECIFIC CONCERNS ARE, BUT I PRETTY MUCH KNOW THE BUS ROUTES.

SO I'M GLAD TO ASSIST YOU IN AND WORK TOGETHER, BUT REALLY WE NEED FEDERAL FEDERAL OVERSIGHT.

UM, AND I'LL JUST LASTLY TELL YOU, THEY'RE UNDERGOING THEIR TRI-ANNUAL REVIEW RIGHT NOW.

UM, AND IT'S A VIRTUAL, SO THAT JUST MEANS THAT EVERY THREE YEARS, THE, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ACTUALLY LOOKS AT THE WORK THEY'VE DONE.

AND UNFORTUNATELY, MUCH OF WHAT IS DONE IS ON PAPER.

SO IF THE AUDIT TRAIL IS GOOD, THEN UNFORTUNATELY, UM, THEY GET CHECKED OFF.

SO IT'S IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO SPEAK UP.

UM, AND THEN I CAN TELL YOU HOW TO FOLLOW UP WITH THE INSPECTOR.

UM, THAT'S OVERSEEING THEM.

IF YOU CAN FORWARD YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION SO WE CAN PASS IT ALONG TO ALL THE COMMISSIONERS.

CAUSE I KNOW THAT SEVERAL OF THEM WOULD LIKE TO TALK OFFLINE.

AND, UM, AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JUST COMING UP HERE.

I MEAN, ON THE PHONE AND JUST VOICING OUT ALL THIS INFORMATION, CAUSE I LEARNED A LOT FROM YOU TODAY.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

AND THANK YOU FOR REMOTE

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TESTIMONY.

THAT MAKES A DIFFERENCE FOR SURE.

AND UH, DEFINITELY WANT TO THANK, UH, THE COUNCIL AND STAFF, UH, AND, UH, THE, UH, UH, TECH STAFF.

I FORGET THE ABBREVIATION, UH, FOR, FOR MAKING THAT HAPPEN FOR US.

THANK YOU AS ENOVIA.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER.

WE'LL GO.

AND, UH, I, I BELIEVE THAT WE MAY HAVE HAD A SPEAKER LEFT OFF.

I DON'T KNOW.

I HAD A SPEAKER SIGNED UP.

IT WAS WALTER MURROW GOING TO SPEAK.

HE SAID HE MIGHT.

MOVE TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM.

SO HE, UH, I DON'T BELIEVE HE'S HERE.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT GOT IT.

WALTER WILL NOT BE SPEAKING.

UM, AND SO WITH THAT, UH, WE CAN

[1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]

I THINK LET'S QUICKLY APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE PREVIOUS MEETING.

PLEASE FEEL FREE TO REVIEW THEM THE, UH, UH, ANY DISCUSSION OR POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE MARCH 8TH, 2020 TO CDC MEETING MINUTES.

HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE AND JUST THROW ON YOUR MIC AND SAY IT WHEN YOU'RE READY.

MOTION TO APPROVE.

UM, MARCH MEETING MINUTES, WE HAVE MOTION TO APPROVE THE MARCH 8TH MEETING MINUTES.

SECOND.

UH, IT'S APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY.

WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER GARRETT.

SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER THOMPSON, ALL IN FAVOR, SAY, UH, WHERE ANY DISCUSSION ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE, AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? NAY, ANY ABSTAINING, MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD IF NECESSARY.

GREAT.

THE MINUTES ARE APPROVED.

UH, THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM WILL BE THE, LET'S SEE YOU SAY THREE A UH, YEAH, I THINK THERE WAS THAT ONE.

LISA, THE, UH, ONE ABOUT HONORING A O G G AT THAT ROCKING THE GS THAT ACTUALLY ENDED UP ON AN AGENDA.

SO, UH, WELL I NEED THE TEXT OF OLD G THEN.

HUH? OKAY.

PLEASE BEAR WITH ME A MOMENT.

TO THE TOP, UH, AND ITS DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO HONOR A CDC COMMISSIONER AND THEIR SERVICE.

UH, AND I'M JUST GONNA, WE'RE GOING TO BUMP UP BEFORE G

[4G. Discussion and possible action to honor a CDC commissioner and their service ]

UH, JOE DESOLTEL IS WITH US, UH, AND HE HAS BEEN WITH US FOR A VERY, VERY, VERY, VERY LONG TIME.

UH, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING, UH, UH, JOE, THAT SOON, UH, YOU MAY BE STEPPING DOWN FROM YOUR ROLE ON THE COMMISSION AND, UH, WE ALL THOUGHT IT APPROPRIATE, UH, THAT WE GET A CHANCE TO, YOU KNOW, JUST MAKE SURE WE CALL OUT, UH, HOW MEANINGFUL YOUR SERVICE HAS BEEN.

I KNOW I PERSONALLY, UH, HAVE APPRECIATED YOUR SUPPORT.

UH, AND WHEN I BEGAN AS CHAIR, NOT ONLY DID YOU HELP ME GET TO BE THE CHAIR, BUT EVEN IN BEING CHAIR, I'D CALL YOU NOT KNOWING WHAT I WAS DOING.

AND YOU WERE ALWAYS THERE TO TAKE THAT CALL AND JUST KIND OF, UH, HELPED ME OUT OF THE WEEDS.

AND THAT'S, YOU KNOW, JUST REALLY FRACTIONALLY, UH, HOW YOU'VE SUPPORTED ME.

AND I THINK MANY OTHERS, NOT JUST ON THIS COMMISSION, BUT IN THE COMMUNITY.

UH, IF YOU'D LIKE TO, TO, TO SHARE ANYTHING, UH, BEFORE WE MAYBE TAKE SOME ACTION, I'D LOVE TO HEAR ANY, ANY WORDS YOU HAVE NOT TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT, RIGHT? NO, THAT'S REALLY KIND.

I, UH, I CERTAINLY DIDN'T EXPECT THAT.

I MEAN, I REALLY JUST WANTED TO SAY, THANKS YOU, I CAN'T BELIEVE IT'S BEEN SEVEN YEARS OF DIGGING THROUGH MY EMAILS.

IT WAS SEVEN YEARS AGO.

IT WAS APPOINTED BY MAYOR ADLER AND THEN REAPPOINTED BY NATASHA HARPER, MADISON, OR COUNCIL MEMBER.

SO YEAH, I REALLY JUST WANT TO SAY, THANKS CHAIR, VICE CHAIR, COMMISSIONERS, AND THE STAFF, UH, JUST FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE WITH ALL OF YOU, UM, AND TO REALLY TRY TO DO SOMETHING TO HELP ADDRESS AUSTIN'S AFFORDABILITY CRISIS.

UM, YEAH, UNFORTUNATELY MY TIME HAS COME TO AN END HERE, BUT, UM, SO BASICALLY I'M MOVING TO DALLAS.

MY FAMILY IS CALLING US THERE.

WE HAVE A NEWBORN, SO IT'D BE NICE TO HAVE SOME HELP.

UM, BUT IT'S BEEN A, YOU KNOW, A GREAT AND REWARDING EXPERIENCE.

I KNOW I'M LEAVING IT AUSTIN IN GOOD HANDS WITH YOU ALL WITH YOU ALL.

SO, UM, HOPE TO WORK WITH YOU AGAIN, SOMETIME IN THE FUTURE IN A DIFFERENT CAPACITY, MAYBE.

SO, UH, GOOD LUCK AND, UM, AND THANKS AGAIN, REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

SO DO WE, DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY WORDS THAT THEY MIGHT LIKE TO SHARE ANYBODY AT ALL? STAFF COMMISSIONERS, ANYONE? UM,

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YEAH, JUST ECHOING WHAT, UM, THE CHAIR, UM, JOE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE GREATLY APPRECIATED, UM, THE SURGERY ON THE HAIR.

UM, AND YEAH, APPRECIATE YOUR DEDICATION AND WISH YOU ALL THE BEST IN YOUR NEXT PHASE.

HOPEFULLY I'LL BE BACK.

THAT'S THE PLAN.

I JUST ALSO WANT TO JUST ECHO, UM, YEAH, YOU'VE BEEN AS LONG AS I'VE BEEN AS WELL.

AND SO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR SERVICE AND I WISH YOU LUCK WITH YOUR FAMILY AND I HOPE YOU DO COME BACK, BUT AGAIN, UH, YOU KNOW, THE CDC COMMISSION, YOU'LL ALWAYS BE A PART OF THE FAMILY OF THE COMMISSIONERS.

I ALWAYS TELL PEOPLE, EVEN THOUGH THEY LEAVE.

UM, SO GOOD LUCK TO YOU.

UH, MY CHAIR LIKE TRIP HOP.

I ALSO LIKE TO ECHO, WHAT'S BEEN SAID ALREADY, AND THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR YEARS OF SERVICE.

UM, YOU JUST, THE PERSON WHO JUST REALLY CARES ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE AND YOU HAVE A VERY DEFT WAY OF MANAGING A MEETING WHEN YOU CHAIR IT AND WE'LL MISS YOU FROM TAKING THOSE ROLES HERE, BUT CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR, YOUR FAMILY AND YOUR NEWBORN AND BEST WISHES IN DALLAS.

THANK YOU NO LONGER MAKE ME CRY.

OH, WAIT.

WELL MAYBE ONE MORE.

UH, WE, UH, UH, YEAH, YOU'RE, YOU'RE CERTAINLY A GOOD HUMAN BEING AND I, I MIGHT PROPOSE THAT WE TAKE, UH, ACTION, UH, SOMETHING TO THE EFFECT OF, UH, WHEREAS, UH, COMMISSIONER DESOLTEL, UH, WAS APPOINTED TO THE COMMISSION ON X DATE BY MAYOR ADLER.

AND WHEREAS COMMISSIONER DESOLTEL WAS REAPPOINTED TO THE COMMISSION ON Y DATE, UH, BY, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, NATASHA HOPPER, MADISON, UH, AND WHEREAS COMMISSIONER DESHA SERVED AS CHAIR FROM X DATE TO Y DATE.

AND WHEREAS CHAIR, KAREN COMMISSIONER, DESPERATE HILL, UH, ALSO SERVED ON THE HERC, UH, AS WELL AS JOE.

COULD YOU REMIND US OF THE OTHER COMMITTEES WHERE YOU'VE SERVED? UM, THAT'S WELL, UH, FOR THIS, FOR THIS PURPOSES OF THE HOUSING AND STUFF, THIS IS, THOSE ARE THE TWO.

UM, I STARTED ON A TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE TO, I THINK, FOR A PER CAP METRO, BUT, UM, BUT YEAH, MIKE, I THINK WE CAN THROW THAT IN THERE TOO.

SO WHEREAS COMMITTEE SERVICE EQUALS THESE AND, UH, WHEREAS HE'S JUST A GREAT EXAMPLE.

UH, HE'S AN EXEMPLARY HUMAN BEING AND WHAT HE'S CULTIVATED IN AUSTIN, WE'LL STAY HERE AND WE'RE GLAD HE'S STAYING IN TEXAS AND BRINGING THAT TO DALLAS.

UH, AND WE RECOMMEND, UH, THAT COUNCIL, UH, APPROPRIATE A DAY IN HIS HONOR.

AND, UH, AND SO, UH, THAT'S THE GENERAL GIST OF IT.

UH, AND I THINK WE CAN, YOU KNOW, PUT THAT DOWN ON PAPER PRETTY CLOSE TO THAT INTENT.

UH, AND UH, IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO MOVE TO A VOTE ON THE SAME, I'D LOVE TO HEAR IT.

YOU'RE NOT POSTED FOR ACTION ON THIS.

IT'S IT'S WE ARE POSTED FOR ACTION.

WE ARE POSTED FOR ACTION.

SO IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO MOVE, OKAY, UH, COMMISSIONER FENELLA MOVES.

AND ACTUALLY JUST BECAUSE THAT CAMERA'S OFF, I WANT TO, UH, COMMISSIONER FIDELIO.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE SOMEBODY ELSE DO IT, SO WE DON'T HAVE TO, UH, DO IT AGAIN, BUT WE KNOW YOU WERE THE FIRST, UH, UH, COMMISSIONER LES.

I MOVES.

CAN MR. GARRETT SECONDS ALL IN FAVOR.

ANY OPPOSED? OF COURSE NOT.

THANK YOU, JOE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

YOU SHOULD BE CRYING NOW, JOE, THANK Y'ALL SO MUCH AMAZING CREDIBLE.

BLOCK GRANT BRIEFING DISCUSSION ON CSBG WITH WHO MANAGES NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES, UNIT OF AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH ON HIM.

HOPPING BACK UP THE AGENDA.

LET US GO TO, UH, THREE, UH, EXCUSE ME.

A, AN ITEM TO COMMUNITY SERVICES,

[2. COMMUNITY SERVICES BLOCK GRANT (CSBG)]

UH, ON HELL HAS CHANGED THE NAME TO CRICKETS.

OH, HE NEEDS TO BE UN-MUTED OR MOVED OVER AND HELD SOME OR, OH, DID YOU FIND HIM? OKAY, GIVE IT A GO ON.

HAVE WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO HEAR YOU NOW? OH, CARRIE IS ALL RIGHT.

YEAH, IT WAS THERE FOR A SECOND OR GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME AGAIN.

AS, SINCE I WAS MUTED, I WILL TAKE A SECOND TO THANK JOE DISH PATEL AS WELL.

I REALLY APPRECIATE HIS CALM, DEMEANOR.

I LOVE ALL OF YOU GUYS AND

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SOME OF YOU ARE VERY PASSIONATE AND VERY, UM, VOCAL.

I LIKE THAT.

SOME ARE LIKE JOEL, CALM AND COLLECTED AND ARE ABLE TO ALSO BE EFFECTIVE.

SO I LIKE ALL THE WAYS OF EFFECTIVENESS.

SO THANK YOU, JOE, AND GOOD LUCK IN DALLAS AND, UH, CONGRATULATIONS ON THE NEWBORN.

AND LET ME JUMP INTO THE, UH, COMMUNITY SERVICES BLOCK GRANT, PROGRAMMATIC AND FINANCIAL REPORT.

IF YOU CAN SEE ON PAGE ONE, MOSTLY IT ON THE SCREEN, BUT I DO HAVE A PAPER COPY HERE.

OUR MISSION IS THE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES UNIT IMPROVE THE LIVES AND HEALTH OF PEOPLE, EXPERIENCING POVERTY BY PROVIDING PUBLIC HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES AND CONNECTING RESIDENTS OF AUSTIN AND TRAVIS COUNTY TO COMMUNITY RESOURCES.

WE ARE ABOUT TO CLOSE OUT, UH, OUR FISCAL OR CALENDAR YEAR 21 BUDGET.

THIS REPORT GOES THROUGH FEBRUARY 28TH OF 22 OR EXTENDED ABOUT 99.5% OF OUR FUNDING.

THEN, UH, STARTING SPENDING OUR, UH, LIFE WHEN TO FUNDING.

YOU GO OVER TO PAGE TWO, YOU HAVE A FOUR TRANSFUSIONS OUT OF POVERTY THROUGH FEBRUARY.

THIS IS FOR JANUARY AND FEBRUARY.

OUR STATE GOAL IS 43 FOR THE YEAR.

UH, AND I THINK WE HAVE A FEW MORE IN THE PIPELINE.

THAT IS THE WORK OF OUR, UH, SOCIAL WORKERS IN THE CASE MANAGEMENT 2.0 PROGRAM WHERE THEY HELP FOLKS WITH ALL TYPES OF VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION AND GETTING BACK INTO THE WORLD OF WORK AND THEN HELPING FOLKS MAINTAIN EMPLOYMENT FOR A THREE MONTHS.

UH, IF YOU'RE GOING OUT TO SOME OF THE OUTCOMES, UH, THIS YEAR, JANUARY AND FEBRUARY, WE'VE ASSISTED, UM, 155 INDIVIDUALS AVOID EVICTION WITH OUR, UM, FINANCIAL STABILITY FUNDING FROM THE CITY OF AUSTIN.

UH, WE'VE ALREADY, UH, EXPENDED ALL OUR CARES ACT FUNDING AND THE DATA IS THERE FOR THE TOTAL NUMBER OF FOLKS.

WE ASSISTED WITH THAT.

UM, DURING THE PANDEMIC, WE CONTINUED TO DO A LOT OF FOOD DISTRIBUTION.

THAT'S OUR SERVICE FIVE JJ, 9,250 INDIVIDUAL SERVED SO FAR THIS YEAR GO TO PAGE NUMBER THREE, PROGRAMMATIC ADMINISTRATIVE UPDATES.

UH, NUMBER ONE, JUST WORKING ON A FEW VACANCIES.

UH, WE HAVE, UM, OUR CANDIDATE FOR OUR SOUTH AUSTIN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER PROGRAM MANAGER POSITION.

UH, YVONNE MEYER RETIRED AT THE END OF JANUARY AND WE'RE FILLING UP POSITION AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

UH, NUMBER TWO, UH, HAS SOME EXCITING NEWS.

UM, AS I REMINDED YOU EVERY MONTH FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS, WE CLOSE TO THE PUBLIC ON MARCH 16TH, 2020, AND WE ARE PLANNING TO REOPEN THE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS TO THE PUBLIC ON MONDAY, MAY 2ND, 2022, SINCE WE ARE IN THE LOW RISK STAGE, ACCORDING TO THE CDC GUIDELINES.

SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO OPENING OUR DOORS AND ACTUALLY SERVING PEOPLE, UH, FACE-TO-FACE IN A SAFE MANNER AS WELL.

WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO A LOT OF VIRTUAL DRIVE UP DRIVE THROUGH EVENTS.

UM, THAT'S ONE OF THE PRICE PARTS OF THE PANDEMIC.

UM, WE WERE ABLE TO PIVOT PRETTY QUICKLY AND FIND NEW WAYS OF SERVING PEOPLE, UH, EFFICIENTLY.

AND LIKE THE SPEAKER EARLIER MENTIONED, UH, SHE REALLY APPRECIATED THAT SHE WAS ABLE TO SPEAK FROM HOME OR WHEREVER SHE WAS AND NOT HAVE TO COME INTO CITY HALL.

THE SAME THING GOES FOR A LOT OF OUR CLIENTS.

UH, THEY FIND A LOT, FIND IT A LOT MORE EASY OR A LOT MORE JUST YEAH, EASY AND, UM, AND, UM, SAFE TO DO SOME OF OUR, YOU SEE SOME OF OUR SERVICES VIRTUAL, UH, NUMBER THREE, OUR FRESHMEN FOR FAMILIES PROGRAM.

WE WERE JUST KIND OF BUILDING THAT ONE BACK UP SINCE WE STOPPED THAT ONE PROGRAM DURING THE PANDEMIC, I USED TO BE A REALLY MASS DISTRIBUTION EVENT.

NOW WE'RE DOING DRIVE UP AND WALK UP FOR THAT EVENT.

NOW IN FEBRUARY, WE SERVED 1,178 INDIVIDUALS ALSO HAVE A LOT OF OTHER FOOD EVENTS, LIKE HOPE AND A SHOP FLOOR AND FOOD PANTRY.

AND NUMBER FOUR.

UM, WE HAVE PARTNERSHIPS WITH TWO AGENCIES THAT ARE HELPING FULFILL TAX HELP, UM, OUR MISSION COMMUNITIES AS ONE.

SO, UM, OR I HAD A MEMBER WHO SPOKE EARLIER, UM, HAS BEEN PART OF THAT, UM, HELPING US, UM, SET UP THE SERVICE UP AT THE MONTOPOLIS NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER THIS YEAR.

IT WAS A LITTLE BIT INTERRUPTED DUE TO, UM, THE SEARCH WE HAD EARLIER IN THE SPRING THAT THEY ARE SEEING, UM, SEEING FAMILIES THERE FOR A FREE TAX HELP.

AND WE'RE HOPING TO GROW THAT PROGRAM NEXT TAX SEASON, NUMBER FIVE OR HOME DELIVERY PROGRAM STILL GOING STRONG IN FEBRUARY RESERVED MY 144 HOUSEHOLDS, ALMOST 3000 INDIVIDUALS WITH WHO ARE FACING FOOD INSECURITY THAT RECEIVE FOOD BOXES DELIVERED TO THEIR DOORSTEP.

UH, WE STILL HAVE, UH, SLOTS IN

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OUR MONDAY, UH, DELIVERY DATES.

WE'RE TRYING TO FILL THOSE AS WE SPEAK, UH, NUMBER SIX, OUR COA FINANCIAL STABILITY FUNDING, UH, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF CENTRAL TEXAS.

AND WE ARE HELPING FOLKS WITH RENT ASSISTANCE.

UM, JANUARY THROUGH FEBRUARY RESISTED 155 PEOPLE IN 46 HOUSEHOLDS TO WHAT HE MENTIONED USING THESE FUNDS.

UH, WE ARE HOPING TO IDENTIFY SOME OTHER FUNDING, UH, THIS COMING YEAR ABOVE AND BEYOND OUR FINANCIAL STABILITY FUNDS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE AND NUMBER SEVEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST.

WE CONTINUE TO PROVIDE A UTILITY ASSISTANCE TO OUR CLIENTS WITH, UM, MONIES FROM THE PLUS ONE PROGRAM.

SO THAT IS IT PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD THIS MONTH, JUST CONTINUING TO DO THE GOOD WORK THAT WE DO, AND, UH, JUST PREPARING FOR OUR MAY 2ND REOPENING.

GREAT NEWS.

GREAT REPORT.

DO WE HAVE ANY QUICK QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, UH, FOR UPHILL AROUND THE REPORT COMMISSIONER LEAH'S SO I, UH, UNTIL I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THE TAX, UH, UH, PREPARATION, IS THAT IN PERSON AT THE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS, I MISSED THAT LAST PART COMMISSIONER, IS IT IN PERSON AT THE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS AND THAT IS IN PERSON BY APPOINTMENT ONLY? YES.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

BRILLIANT.

IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU ON AND WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT MONTH.

HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.

THANKS FOR YOUR HARD WORK AND YOUR TEAM.

OF COURSE.

MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM THREE, THE PUBLIC HEARING, A BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION ON UPCOMING SPENDING PRIORITIES FOR FEDERAL HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT GRANTS.

LET'S

[3A. Briefing and discussion on upcoming spending priorities for federal housing and community development grants as part of the Community Needs Assessment for the FY 22-23 Action Plan (Max Horstman and Mandy DeMayo, Housing and Planning Department)]

AS PART OF THE COMMUNITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT FOR THE FY 2223 FISCAL YEAR 2223 ACTION PLAN.

WE HAVE MAX HORSEMAN AND MANDY DE MAYO WITH HOUSING AND PLANNING.

THANK YOU ALL.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING US MANDY DEMAYO, DEPUTY DIRECTOR HOUSING AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT.

WE'RE EXCITED TO BE HERE TONIGHT.

I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO MAXED HORSEMAN WHO IS GOING TO KICK THIS OFF, AND THEN I'LL JUMP IN AT A CERTAIN POINT.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING US TONIGHT ON YOUR AGENDA.

UM, THERE WILL BE A PRESENTATION IF YOU COULD PULL IT UP.

UM, SO WE ARE HERE TODAY TO GIVE YOU SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THE FISCAL YEAR 2223 ACTION PLAN PROCESS, UM, AND SOLICIT SOME FEEDBACK FROM YOU ABOUT WHAT NEEDS TO BE PRIORITIZED IN THE ACTION PLAN, MAX.

AND ACTUALLY, UM, ONE THING THAT I NEGLECTED TO MENTION, UH, WAS THAT IF THERE WERE ANY WAY THAT IF, IF IT'S NON CONTRIVED TANGENT INTO SOME OF THE PUBLIC, UH, COMMENT THAT WE HEARD EARLIER, THAT Y'ALL MIGHT BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THAT WHILE FOLDING IT IN EFFICIENTLY WOULD BE GREAT, BUT IF NOT, DON'T CONTRIVE IT AND WE'LL JUST, WE'LL DO IT IN DISCUSSION.

UM, AND OF THE CARES ACT OVER 10 MILLION, $196,000.

UM, SO RIGHT NOW THE CITY IS GOING THROUGH A COMMUNITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT PROCESS, UH, IN PREPARATION OF DRAFTING THE FISCAL YEAR 2223 ACTION PLAN.

THE ACTION PLAN IS THE SPENDING PLAN OR APPLICATION THAT WE SUBMIT TO THE HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT EACH YEAR, UM, THAT QUALIFIES US FOR FEDERAL ENTITLEMENT GRANTS.

UM, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

SO WE WILL, UH, GO THROUGH THE PERFORMANCE THAT THE CITY HAS HAD, UM, USING THESE FEDERAL GRANTS TO FUND SOME HOUSING AND PUBLIC SERVICE PROGRAMS, UM, FROM THE PAST FISCAL YEAR, TO GIVE YOU A SENSE OF WHERE THE MONEY IS GOING.

AND THEN WE CAN WALK THROUGH THE FEDERAL REPORTING PROCESS TO GIVE YOU SOME CONTEXT ABOUT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AND HOW THE ACTION PLAN FITS INTO, UM, OUR REPORTING TO THE HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.

UM, AND THEN MANDY DE MAYO HERE, WE'LL GO OVER IN DEPTH.

UM, THE EXISTING PROGRAMS THAT WE FUND THROUGH THE ACTION PLAN, UM, HISTORICALLY, AND THEN WE'LL GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF HOW WE ARE REACHING OUT TO THE PUBLIC, UM, IN THIS TIME TO GET SOME FEEDBACK ABOUT, ABOUT THE DOLLARS AND WHAT THE, WHEN THE DRAFT ACTION PLAN WILL BE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

AND YOU CAN GO ONE MORE AFTER THAT AS WELL.

SO LOOKING BACK AT FISCAL YEAR 2021, UM, THAT IS THE MOST RECENT FISCAL YEAR THAT WE HAVE FULL INFORMATION FOR ABOUT OUR HUD FUNDED PROGRAMS. WE SERVED ABOUT 3,552 PEOPLE WITH THOSE DOLLARS.

UM, 2,688 OF THOSE BEING, UM, QUALIFYING AS EXTREMELY LOW INCOME.

AND THOSE NUMBERS DO INCLUDE PEOPLE THAT WERE, WERE SERVED BY OUR CARES ACT FUNDED PROGRAMS, UM, AND THE TOTAL NUMBER OF FEDERAL DOLLARS THAT WE GOT OUT THE DOOR, UM, FOR FISCAL YEAR 2021 WAS OVER 9 MILLION, $765,000.

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NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

AND THIS IS A SLIDE THAT BREAKS DOWN THE POPULATION THAT WE'VE SERVED BY, UM, INCOME LEVEL.

UH, SO WE HAVE THE HIGHEST CONCENTRATION OF PEOPLE SERVED IN THAT EXTREMELY LOW INCOME CATEGORY.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

UH, AND THEN WE HAVE OUR POPULATION SERVED BY RACE.

UM, SO THE LEFT-HAND CHART THAT YOU SEE REPRESENTS, UH, THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN SERVED BY OUR DOLLARS IN FISCAL YEAR 2021, AND THE RIGHT HAND REPRESENTS THE WIDER POPULATION OF AUSTIN FOR REFERENCE.

UM, SO YOU CAN SEE THE BREAKDOWN THERE, UM, BETWEEN, UM, Y INDIVIDUALS REPRESENTED IN BLUE, BLACK, AND AFRICAN-AMERICAN INDIVIDUALS REPRESENTED IN ORANGE.

UM, ASIAN INDIVIDUALS WERE PRESENTED IN GRAY AND, UH, NATIVE AMERICAN OR ALASKA NATIVE PEOPLE REPRESENTED IN GOLD AND UP AT THE TOP.

UM, THE GREEN REPRESENTS THE MULTIRACIAL CATEGORY OR PEOPLE WHO DECLINE THEIR INFORMATION.

AND EACH OF THESE, UH, RACIAL CATEGORIES HAS, UM, A SUBPOPULATION OF PEOPLE WITHIN THEM WHO ARE ALSO IDENTIFIED AS HISPANIC OR LATINO.

UM, IF YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

UM, SO WE REPORT OUR RACIAL RACE AND ETHNICITY DATA TO HUD IN THIS WAY, WHERE PEOPLE ARE IDENTIFIED AS A RACE, AS WELL AS AN ETHNICITY.

AND, UM, ON THE LEFT, WE HAVE THE POPULATION SERVED IN FY 2021 WITH, UM, THE POPULATION OF HISPANIC AND LATINO INDIVIDUALS SERVED, REPRESENTED IN THE ORANGE.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

THESE NEXT FEW SLIDES, WE'LL GO OVER VERY SPECIFICALLY WHAT THE SERVICES HAVE BEEN FOR EACH OF OUR FEDERALLY FUNDED PROGRAM FOR THE, FOR THE PAST TWO YEAR.

UM, SO WE, ON THIS SIDE, WE HAVE OUR PROGRAMS THAT WE'RE ABLE TO EXCEED THEIR, THE GOAL THAT WAS STATED IN THE ACTION PLAN.

UM, SO WE HAVE OUR DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM OWNERSHIP, HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE, TENANT BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE, SENIOR SERVICES, AND OUR HOPPER PROGRAMS WERE ALL PROGRAMS THAT PERFORMED OVER THEIR GOALS.

AND THESE GOALS ARE SET WITHIN THE ACTION PLAN PROCESS FOR YOUR, FOR YOUR REFERENCE.

UM, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

THESE ARE PROGRAMS THAT WERE NOT ABLE TO MEET THEIR GOAL THROUGH THE FISCAL YEAR.

AND, UM, WE CAN GO THROUGH MORE, MORE IN DEPTH REASONS WHY FOR A FEW OF THEM, UM, WE HAVE OUR HOME REPAIR PROGRAMS AT THE TOP, WHICH WERE PAUSED AT MANY TIMES DURING THE PANDEMIC TO AVOID IN-PERSON SITE VISITS AND STAFF, VISITING PEOPLE IN THEIR HOMES.

UM, SO HOW TO, HOW TO LOWELL IN SOME OF THAT, UM, SERVICES PROVIDED, WE ALSO HAVE OUR HOMELESSNESS SERVICES, UM, FUNDED BY THE EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANT, UM, WHICH SAW ROLLING BACK OF, UH, IN-PERSON STREET OUTREACH AND A DECREASE IN THE AMOUNT OF SHELTER CAPACITY AVAILABLE TO AVOID LARGE CONGREGATIONS OF PEOPLE.

UH, WE HAVE OUR TENTS RICE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, WHICH IS ADMINISTERED THROUGH AUSTIN TENANT'S COUNCIL.

AND THAT PROGRAM, UM, HAS, UH, ISSUED LANDLORD TENANT REPAIR REMEDIATION SERVICES THROUGH THE PANDEMIC, UM, AND ASSISTS CLIENTS WITH, UM, ADVOCATING FOR THEIR RIGHTS WITH THEIR LANDLORDS AND THROUGH THE PANDEMIC.

THE NEEDS OF TENANTS HAVE BECOME MUCH MORE COMPLEX AND, UM, HAVE BEEN MORE FOCUSED ON, ON EVICTION.

UM, AND WE'VE HEARD FROM OUR HOUSING ADVOCATES AT ATC THAT THIS HAS LED TO A REDUCED CAPACITY AND A REDUCED ABILITY TO REACH A WIDER NUMBER OF CLIENTS.

UM, ADDITIONALLY WITH COVID-19 PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM MEETING IN PERSON, UM, IT SAID IT REALLY STUNTED THEIR ABILITY TO HAVE MEANINGFUL CONVERSATIONS AND WORK WITH THEIR CLIENTS.

UM, THEN WE HAVE OUR CHILDCARE SERVICES AND YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES PROGRAMS, UM, WHICH ARE ADMINISTERED BY AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH.

UM, AND THOSE PROGRAMS NAVIGATED A LOT OF CHANGING NEED IN TERMS OF PARENTS BECOMING UNEMPLOYED THROUGH THE PANDEMIC AND, UM, NOT NEEDING THEIR CHILDCARE SERVICES AS CONSISTENTLY.

UM, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

THIS SLIDE WILL GIVE US AN UPDATE ON SOME OF OUR CARES ACT SPENDING.

UM, SO SOME OF THESE PROGRAMS ARE ONGOING AND STILL SPENDING DOWN THEIR DOLLARS LIKE OUR CHILDCARE SERVICES PROGRAM, UM, AND OUR, UM, ESG RAPID REHOUSING AND TEMPORARY EMERGENCY SHELTER PROGRAMS. SOME OF THESE PROGRAMS HAVE CONCLUDED, UM, SPECIFICALLY OUR RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS AND OUR HOPWA PROGRAM, UM, FUNDED BY THE CARES ACT.

AND NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

AND JUST TO GIVE YOU SOME CONTEXT ON THE FEDERAL REPORTING PROCESS THAT WE GO THROUGH, UM, EACH YEAR, EVERY, OR EVERY FIVE YEARS, WE SUBMIT A CONSOLIDATED PLAN TO HUD.

UM, THAT GIVES A FIVE-YEAR PROJECTION OF WHAT WE PLAN TO SPEND OUR MONEY ON, UM, THAT WE RECEIVED THROUGH ANNUAL ENTITLEMENT GRANTS.

UM, AND THEN WITHIN

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THAT CONSOLIDATED PLAN, THERE THERE'S A IN-DEPTH MARKET ANALYSIS AND A NEEDS ASSESSMENT.

UM, RIGHT NOW WE'RE GOING ON THE CONSOLIDATED PLAN PERIOD OF 2019 TO 2024.

SO REWRITING THAT CONSOLIDATING CONSOLIDATE A PLAN UPDATING THAT IS COMING UP IN THE NEAR FUTURE.

UM, AND THEN WITHIN EACH YEAR OF THAT FIVE-YEAR PERIOD, WE RESUBMIT TO HUD, UM, IT, THE ANNUAL ACTION PLAN, WHICH APPLIES FOR THE ALLOCATION THAT IS ANNOUNCED EACH YEAR FROM HUD.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SOLICITING FEEDBACK FOR CURRENTLY.

THAT'S WHERE WE SET THE BUDGET ALLOCATIONS AND THE GOALS FOR SERVICE FOR EACH OF OUR PROGRAMS. UM, AND THEN AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE FISCAL YEAR, WE, UM, SUBMIT TO HUD, A CONSOLIDATED ANNUAL PERFORMANCE AND EVALUATION REPORT UP PERFORMANCE REPORT THAT DEMONSTRATES HOW MUCH MONEY THE CITY HAS SPENT AND HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SERVED WITH THE DOLLARS, UM, MUCH OF THE INFORMATION THAT WE REVIEWED EARLIER, IT GOES INTO THAT REPORT.

OKAY, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

SO THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE GRANTS THAT WE RECEIVE THROUGH THE ACTION PLAN PROCESS.

WE RECEIVE THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK, GRANT HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS, HOME, INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS, GRANTS, AND THE EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANT.

I'LL GO INTO THE ACTION PLAN.

UM, THEY ALL HAVE THEIR OWN SPECIFIC USES AND, UM, EXPIRATION DATES AND ALL OF THEM ACROSS ALL THOSE GRANTS.

WE TYPICALLY RECEIVE AROUND 13 TO $14 MILLION.

UH, WE DON'T CURRENTLY HAVE THE FUNDING ALLOCATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 22, 23 FROM HUD.

WE'RE STILL WAITING ON THAT ANNOUNCEMENT TO BE MADE.

WE ANTICIPATE HEARING FROM THEM SOMETIME IN MAY.

UM, OKAY, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

AND WITH THAT, I'LL HAND IT OFF TO THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR, MANDY TO MAMMAL.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

UM, I AM GOING TO BRIEFLY GO OVER SOME OF THE PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES THAT WE TARGET OUR INVESTMENTS TOWARD, UH, WITH OUR FEDERAL FUNDING AND THOSE INCLUDE HOMELESSNESS ASSISTANCE, SPECIAL NEEDS ASSISTANCE, RENTER'S ASSISTANCE, HOMEOWNER ASSISTANCE, HOME-BUYER ASSISTANCE, HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE, AND THEN A GENERAL CATCH ALL CATEGORY OF, UH, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.

IF WE COULD GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, WHICH WILL BE HOMELESSNESS ASSISTANCE.

UM, MANDY, I JUST WANT TO INTERRUPT A QUICK SECOND.

I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT.

UH, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A POINT, UH, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT THE SLIDE, UH, THAT SHOWS THE FUNDING SOURCES FOR FISCAL YEAR 22, 23, AND WE LOOK AT THEM AND WE SEE, YOU KNOW, THE DIFFERENT RESTRICTIONS AND THE DIFFERENT TIME RESTRICTIONS ON THOSE FUNDING SOURCES.

I JUST WANT TO IDENTIFY THE COMPLEXITY THAT THE DEPARTMENT IS DEALING WITH WITH THESE OVERLAYING DIFFERENT RESTRICTIONS ON THE DOLLARS, DIFFERENT FISCAL YEARS ON THE DOLLAR AS THESE DOLLARS, THEY GET EXPANDED.

THEY MAY NOT GET EXPENDED.

THEY CARRY OVER INTO OTHER FISCAL YEARS AND HAVING TO MANAGE THAT COMPLEXITY STARTS TO GET TO EXPONENTIAL ORDERS.

AND IT'S REALLY, REALLY HARD.

AND, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, SO FOR EVERY TIME THAT WE MAY HAVE, UH, SOME CONSTRUCTIVE AND CRITICAL FEEDBACK, UH, THAT WE ALWAYS KEEP THAT LENS WITH US.

UH, YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES IS A CONTRACT WE HAVE WITH INNER RURAL CARE AND SENIOR SERVICES.

I SO APPRECIATE THAT.

AND WE DID NOT PAY THE CHAIR TO SAY THAT, UM, I PROMISE WE DIDN'T, UM, BUT THESE ARE VERY INFLEXIBLE FUNDS.

THERE ARE A WHOLE BUNCH OF RULES THAT ARE TIED TO THEM.

WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR OUR ENTITLEMENT GRANTS.

UM, BUT THERE IS A WHOLE LOT THAT GOES ON BEHIND THE SCENES IN TERMS OF ADMINISTERING THESE FUNDS AND MAKING SURE THAT WE DEPLOY THEM IN THE RIGHT WAYS FOR THE RIGHT ACTIVITIES AT THE RIGHT TIME.

UM, AND ANYWAY, I APPRECIATE THAT, UH, BACK TO HOMELESSNESS ASSISTANCE.

UH, I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANT PROGRAMS OR ESG.

THOSE ARE ADMINISTERED BY OUR SISTER DEPARTMENT, AUSTIN, PUBLIC HEALTH, UM, AND THOSE INCLUDE ACTIVITIES SUCH AS RAPID REHOUSING, TENANT BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE FOR PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND THEN OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE OF THE ARCH, THE AUSTIN RESOURCE CENTER FOR THE HOMELESS, WHICH IS OUR DOWNTOWN HOMELESS SHELTER.

IF WE COULD GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, WHICH IS OUR SPECIAL NEEDS ASSISTANCE, UM, THERE ARE A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT THINGS IN HERE.

THESE ARE ALL PROGRAMS ADMINISTERED BY, UM, AGAIN, OUR SISTER DEPARTMENT, AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS OR HOPWA IS ONE OF OUR BLOCK GRANT PROGRAMS. AND THAT PROVIDES, UH, FUNDING TO NONPROFITS FOR SERVICES AND HOUSING, UH, FOR PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV AND AIDS.

UH, WE ALSO HAVE CHILDCARE SERVICES, YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, AND SENIOR SERVICES, WHICH ARE CONSIDERED UNDER OUR PUBLIC SERVICES CAP.

WE'RE LIMITED TO 15% OF OUR CDBG FUNDING, UM, FOR THESE TYPES OF ACTIVITIES, UM, CHILDCARE SERVICES, WE PROVIDE VOUCHERS FOR LOW-INCOME HOUSEHOLDS, UM, FOR CHILDCARE, FOR THEIR, THEIR KIDDOS,

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WE CURRENTLY HAVE A CONTRACT WITH FAMILY ELDER CARE TO PROVIDE, UM, BILL PAYER SERVICES FOR LOW-INCOME SENIORS.

WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

OUR RENTER'S ASSISTANCE, UH, PROGRAM IS FUNDED THROUGH A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT, UM, OF OUR BLOCK GRANTS.

TENANT BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE IS ACTUALLY A CONTRACT.

WE HAVE, IT'S A LONG-STANDING CONTRACT WITH HAKA, THE HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN.

UM, A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, WE KIND OF TWEAKED THAT LONGSTANDING PROGRAM SO THAT IT FOCUSED SPECIFICALLY ON, UM, PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS COMING OUT OF THE COORDINATED ENTRY SYSTEM.

THE COORDINATED ENTRY SYSTEM, AS YOU ALL PROBABLY KNOW, IS COORDINATED BY ECHO OUR CONTINUUM OF CARE, THE ENDING COMMUNITY HOMELESSNESS, UH, COALITION.

AND, UH, THEY PARTNERED UP WITH HAKA TO IDENTIFY FOLKS COMING THROUGH COORDINATED ENTRY, UM, AND HACA PROVIDES THEM WITH TENANT BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE FOR 18 MONTHS.

UH, WHILE WE WORK WITH OUR SERVICE PROVIDERS TO STABILIZE, UH, THESE FOLKS AND GET THEM ONTO POTENTIALLY A LONGER, UH, SUBSIDY, LIKE A STANDARD HOUSING VOUCHER, WE ALSO ADMINISTER AN ARCHITECTURAL BARRIER REMOVAL PROGRAM FOR, UH, RENTERS WITH DISABILITIES.

UM, AND THAT PREVIOUSLY WAS ADMINISTERED IN-HOUSE BY OUR STAFF.

WE HAVE PUT IT OUT FOR SOLICITATION, UM, AND THAT WILL NOW BE AS, UH, FEBRUARY, UM, ADMINISTERED BY ONE OF OUR NONPROFIT PARTNERS.

UH, TENANTS RIGHTS ASSISTANCE IS A LONGSTANDING CONTRACT.

WE HAVE WITH AUSTIN TENANTS COUNCIL THAT PROVIDES LANDLORD TENANT, UH, COUNSELING FOR LOW AND MODERATE INCOME RENTERS.

WE COULD GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

HOMEOWNER ASSISTANCE, HOMEOWNER ASSISTANCE COVERS KIND OF A SUITE OF HOME REPAIR PROGRAMS. WE HAVE THAT TARGET LOW INCOME HOMEOWNERS, PRIMARILY SENIORS, SOMETIMES PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, UM, AND THESE PROGRAMS RANGE FROM SMALL GRANTS.

UM, AND FOR THAT, I WOULD POINT YOU TO THE EMERGENCY HOME REPAIR PROGRAM, WHICH IS ADMINISTERED BY THE AUSTIN AREA URBAN LEAGUE.

IT PROVIDES UP TO $5,000 A GRANT, UM, IN HOME REPAIR FOR QUALIFIED INCOME QUALIFIED HOMEOWNERS.

UM, WE ALSO HAVE AN ABR OR ARCHITECTURAL BARRIER REMOVAL PROGRAM THAT WE USED TO ADMINISTER IN-HOUSE IT HAS NOW GONE OUT TO OUR NON-PROFITS.

OUR GO REPAIR PROGRAM IS NOT FEDERALLY FUNDED, IT'S CALLED GO REPAIR BECAUSE IT STANDS FOR GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS.

SO IT'S LOCALLY FUNDED AND PROVIDES UP TO $20,000 IN HOME REPAIRS.

THAT IS ALSO A GRANT.

UM, AGAIN, ALL ACROSS THE BOARD, THE INCOME QUALIFICATIONS ARE THE SAME.

IT IS, UH, LOW INCOME HOMEOWNERS AT OR BELOW 80% MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME IS THE FEDERAL REQUIREMENT.

WE TEND TO FOCUS.

WE SEE MOST OF OUR CLIENTS AROUND THE 50%, UH, MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.

WE COULD GO TO THE NET, OH, AND HOME REPAIR LOAN PROGRAM IS OUR MOST EXTENSIVE PROGRAM.

IT IS A LOAN PROGRAM.

WE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT IT LATER.

IT'S LATER ON THE AGENDA, I WILL SAY THAT GOES UP TO $75,000.

UM, IN HOME REPAIRS, IT DOES COME WITH A LANE WHICH MAKES THAT PROGRAM UNIQUE OF ALL OF OUR HOME REPAIR PROGRAMS. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE SHOULD BE HOME BUYER ASSISTANCE.

AND THIS IS A PROGRAM WE ADMINISTER IN HOUSE DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE OR DPA.

WE PROVIDE BETWEEN 15,000 AND $40,000 FOR FIRST TIME HOME BUYERS TO PURCHASE THEIR VERY FIRST HOME.

UM, THEY NEED TO BE INCOME QUALIFIED AND HAVE DONE HOME BUYER EDUCATION.

UM, WE PROVIDE THE DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE AND WE WORK WITH, UM, A GROUP OF LENDERS, UH, WHO WE'VE PRE-QUALIFIED UM, THROUGH OUR PROGRAM, VERY POPULAR PROGRAM.

UH, WE HAVE TYPICALLY EXCEEDED OUR GOALS OVER THE FIVE YEARS.

I HAVE BEEN WITH THE CITY.

IF WE COULD GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE.

UM, THESE ARE PROGRAMS, PARTICULARLY FOLKS ON THE HERC.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

UM, YOU'RE VERY FAMILIAR WITH THIS IS THE RENTAL HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE OR RHODA AND OWNERSHIP, HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE, OR ODA.

THESE ARE OUR TWO, UH, SUBSIDY PROGRAMS WHERE WE PROVIDE, UM, LOANS THEY'RE STRUCTURED IN DIFFERENT WAYS, UM, BUT LOANS TO A NON-PROFIT AND FOR-PROFIT DEVELOPERS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING, UH, THAT FUNDING FOR THOSE LOANS COMES THROUGH A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT SOURCES.

PRIMARY FUNDING IS LOCAL, UH, GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, AS WELL AS, UM, UH, HOUSING TRUST FUND.

WE HAVE HOUSING ASSISTANCE FUND.

WE HAVE A VARIETY OF DENSITY BONUS FEE AND LOOP PROGRAMS, BUT WE DO,

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UH, DEPLOY SOME OF OUR, UM, UH, FEDERAL FUNDS THROUGH THESE PROGRAMS. WE ALSO ADMINISTER A RANGE OF DEVELOPER INCENTIVE-BASED PROGRAMS. THOSE ARE TYPICALLY A DENSITY BONUS OR OTHER INCENTIVES GIVEN TO DEVELOPERS, NOT FUNDING, BUT SOME TYPE OF INCENTIVE IN EXCHANGE FOR A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF AFFORDABILITY.

GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, WHICH I THINK IS MY LAST, THE OTHER COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.

SO THE FAMILY BUSINESS LOAN PROGRAM, WE WORK WITH OUR SISTER DEPARTMENT, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT TO ADMINISTER A SMALL, UM, UH, BUSINESS LOAN PROGRAM CALLED THE FAMILY BUSINESS LOAN PROGRAM.

UM, THAT IS FUNDED THROUGH SECTION 1 0 8, IT'S A, UH, UH, PROGRAM RELATED TO CDBG.

UM, AND THEN WE ALSO AT OUR DEPARTMENT, THE HOUSING AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT ADMINISTER CHODO OPERATING EXPENSE GRANTS, CHODOS ARE UNIQUE, UH, ORGANIZATIONS, IT'S A COMMUNITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION THAT HAS BEEN CERTIFIED AS SUCH.

THEY RECEIVE A SPECIAL FUNDING THROUGH THE HOME PROGRAM.

UM, THEY ARE CERTIFIED COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, CORPORATIONS, UM, THAT ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE REPRESENTATION OF THE LOW INCOME COMMUNITY ON THEIR BOARDS OF DIRECTORS.

WE HAVE A HANDFUL OF CHODOS AND THE CITY OF AUSTIN, UH, RIGHT NOW.

AND WE CURRENTLY HAVE THREE CHODOS WHO RECEIVE, UM, OPERATING EXPENSE GRANTS OF UP TO $50,000 A YEAR.

THOSE THREE CHODOS ARE AHA, WHICH IS ACCESSIBLE HOUSING AUSTIN, UM, BLACK GLAND, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, AND BLACK SHEAR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.

SO WE HAVE THREE WHO MEET THE QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE CHOTO OPERATING GRANTS, AND WE TYPICALLY PROVIDE $50,000 A YEAR FOR EACH OF THOSE.

AND I THINK THIS IS WHERE I TURN IT OVER TO MAX, IF YOU COULD TURN TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

FANTASTIC SPEAKERS FROM EASTER SEALS AND FOUNDATION COMMUNITIES.

SO THOSE ARE ALL OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WE TYPICALLY FUND THROUGH THE ACTION PLAN AND IN GATHERING FEEDBACK FROM PEOPLE WHERE WE'RE LOOKING TO FIND IF ANY ONE OF THOSE PROGRAMS SHOULD BE PRIORITIZED FOR FUNDING, IF THERE SHOULD BE NEW PROGRAMS THAT ARE, THAT ARE ENTERED INTO THE ACTION PLAN, AND YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN HERE, THIS IS THE LIST OF ORGANIZATIONS THAT, UM, WE HAVE BEEN CONSULTING WITH ABOUT THE ACTION PLAN, PROVIDING INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT IS FUNDED AND, UM, THE TIMELINE THAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH TO, TO, UM, CONSULT WITH THE DOLLARS.

WE HAVE HELD A PUBLIC HEARING EARLIER, UM, IN MARCH ON MARCH 24TH WITH THE CITY COUNCIL TO RECEIVE FEEDBACK.

UM, WE'RE COMING TO YOU WITH A PUBLIC HEARING TODAY AND, UM, THROUGHOUT THIS PERIOD, THERE'S BEEN A SPEAK-UP AUSTIN WEBSITE AVAILABLE FOR PEOPLE TO LEAVE COMMENTS ONLINE.

THOSE COMMENTS WILL BE, UM, INCLUDED IN THE ACTION PLAN DRAFT ALONG WITH, UM, THE ACTION, THE FINAL SUBMISSION OF THE ACTION PLAN TO HUD.

UM, AND AS THIS, UH, COMMUNITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT PERIOD WRAPS UP, UM, IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS, WE'RE, WE'RE HOPING THAT WE'LL STILL BE ABLE TO GET THAT LINK OUT TO NEW PEOPLE, RECEIVE MORE FEEDBACK ON THE WEBSITE.

UM, AND AS WE CONCLUDE THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT, WE WILL BEGIN TO FORMALIZE OUR DRAFT ACTION PLAN, UM, WHICH IF YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, UM, WILL LEAD US INTO OUR PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.

UH, SO WE WILL RELEASE THE DRAFT TO THE PUBLIC FOR REVIEW ON MAY 3RD, UM, AND LEAVE THAT OUT THERE FOR PEOPLE TO COMMENT ON UNTIL JUNE 10TH, WE WILL HOLD TWO ADDITIONAL PUBLIC HEARINGS TO GATHER FEEDBACK AND COMMENT ON THE DRAFT, UM, ON MAY 10TH WITH, UM, THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION, IF THAT ITEM IS ACCEPTED TO THE AGENDA.

UM, AND ON THURSDAY, JUNE 9TH WITH THE CITY COUNCIL, AND WE HOPE TO RECEIVE, UM, FINAL ACTION ON THE ACTION PLAN BY, UM, JULY 28TH WITH THE CITY COUNCIL AND, UH, SUBMIT THAT PLAN TO HUD IN AUGUST BY AUGUST 16TH.

UM, AND, AND DURING THIS PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD, WE WILL HAVE, UM, A SPEAK-UP AUSTIN PAGE AVAILABLE FOR PEOPLE TO REVIEW THE DRAFT.

WE'LL PUT THE DRAFT OUT AT A FEW COMMUNITY LOCATIONS AROUND AUSTIN, UM, TO HAVE AVAILABLE IN PUBLIC AS WELL, UM, AND RECEIVE, RECEIVE FEEDBACK THERE.

UM, AND I THINK THAT IF YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT THE SPEAK-UP AUSTIN PAGE LOOKS LIKE.

UM, WE WILL DEFINITELY SEND THIS OUT THE LINK OUT TO THE COMMISSIONERS, IF IT HASN'T ALREADY BEEN SENT OUT, UM, WHERE PEOPLE CAN VIEW THE COMMENTS OF THE OTHERS HAVE LEFT AND, AND LEAVE THEIR OWN AS WELL.

AND I BELIEVE THAT CONCLUDES THE PRESENTATION.

UM, SO I'LL PASS IT BACK TO THE CHAIR AND CHAIR, IF I COULD.

UM, AT THE BEGINNING I PROMISED, UH, THE GROUP THAT I WOULD WEAVE IN, UM, SOME INFORMATION ABOUT OUR TWO

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AND I REALIZED I FAILED TO DO THAT.

UM, I TRIED TO POINT OUT, UH, WHERE WE, SOME OF OUR PROGRAMS ARE FUNDED BY CDBG.

I WILL SAY, UH, THAT BOTH, BOTH ORGANIZATIONS HAVE SUBMITTED FORMAL COMMENTS, WHICH WE APPRECIATE REGARDING THEIR NEEDS, THE COMMUNITY NEEDS.

WE'VE DONE AN INITIAL PASS TO CONFIRM THAT THESE INVESTMENTS, IN FACT, DO MEET, UM, THE GUIDELINES FOR THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDS.

UM, WHAT WE HAVE YET TO DO IS ACTUALLY FIND THE FUNDS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDING.

UM, AS WE, I THINK MENTIONED EARLY ON IN TOTAL, OUR FUNDING IS BETWEEN 13 AND $14 MILLION A YEAR.

TYPICALLY OF THAT THE LARGEST BLOCK GRANT IS CDBG, BUT THOSE PROGRAMS THAT WE WENT THROUGH, UM, ARE, UH, UH, A GOOD CHUNK OF THEM ARE FUNDED BY CDBG.

UM, AND SO IN ORDER FOR US TO FIND ADDITIONAL FUNDS, WE NEED TO LOOK AT ALL OF OUR DIFFERENT PROGRAMMING AND SEE WHERE, HOW IF, UM, IT COULD FIT WITHIN SOME OF THE PRIORITIES.

AND WE'RE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.

AND ALSO, UM, WITH RESPECT TO OUR THIRD SPEAKERS IN OB, I DON'T KNOW IF SHE WAS SUGGESTING THAT DOLLARS BE POTENTIALLY APPLIED OR WHETHER SHE, I DON'T RECALL.

AND ANYBODY HERE HELP KEEP ME HONEST.

AND, UH, IF, IF SHE WAS ASKING THIS COMMISSION TO TAKE GENERAL ACTION, UH, TO ENDORSE, FIRST OF ALL, JUST CREATING MORE CONNECTIVITY ON NORTHEAST WEST, UH, AND ADDRESSING THE OTHER ITEMS OF INEQUITY THAT SHE IDENTIFIED OR WHETHER SHE WAS SUGGESTING THAT CDB, UH, CDBG DOLLARS POTENTIALLY BE APPLIED.

UM, DID YOU SEEM TO CATCH ANY CONTEXT THAT, THAT MIGHT'VE BEEN A SUGGESTION THAT WE LOOK INTO THE SAME? SO I HAVE NOT RECEIVED A DIRECT, UM, MS. JOSEPH DOES COMMUNICATE WITH OUR DEPARTMENT, UM, AND HAS PROVIDED A VARIETY OF INPUT REGARDING THINGS THAT SHE MENTIONED, UM, IN, UH, TODAY'S COMMENT, INCLUDING, UM, ABOUT, UH, INTEGRATION OF NEIGHBORHOODS, ACCESS TO HIGH OPPORTUNITY AND, UM, UH, TRANSIT CONNECTIVITY.

UH, THOSE ARE NOT, UH, THINGS, UH, THAT WE FUND WITH OUR CDBG DOLLARS.

UM, SO I DO NOT THINK THERE WAS A DIRECT ASK, UM, BUT I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR MS. JOSEPH UNDERSTOOD.

AND SO, UH, IF MS, IF NOBODY IS LISTENING, THEN, UH, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT IF THERE IS A DIRECT DESK, UH, THAT IT'D BE ROUTED, UH, TO, UH, HOUSING AND PLANNING LIKELY, UH, BY MEANS OF, UH, EITHER MAX OR MANDY, IS THAT RIGHT? ABSOLUTELY.

AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE HER, I DID CHECK THE SPEAK UP AUSTIN PAGE, AND I DIDN'T SEE ANY COMMENTS FROM HER RECENTLY.

UM, BUT I WOULD CERTAINLY ENCOURAGE FOLKS TO UTILIZE THE SPEAK-UP AUSTIN PAGE.

IT'S SUPER EASY, UH, TO ACCESS AND JUST PROVIDE YOUR FEEDBACK ONLINE.

AND I'LL ALSO WRITE TO HER TO REMIND HER IN CASE SHE'S NOT LISTENING.

UM, DO WE A, WELL, I I'VE GOT, I GUESS, THOUGHTS ON GUIDANCE NOW WE, UH, OF COURSE, TODD, UH, IN CORY ENDS ENOVIA WERE KIND ENOUGH TO COME TO SPEAK.

UH, IF, IF WE HAVE THOUGHTS OR FEELINGS, UH, YOU KNOW, AROUND ARE THE PRIORITIES, YOU KNOW, IS, IS, WOULD NOW BE THE TIME, UH, THAT, THAT WE WOULD NOW BE THE APPROPRIATE TIME TO DISCUSS THAT, OR IS THE ASK FOR THE DIRECT ASKS THAT HAVE GONE FROM, UH, FROM TODD AND COREY'S ORGANIZATIONS TO Y'ALL? IS THAT THE AVENUE OF, OF SORT OF EVALUATION THERE, OR, OR IF WE WERE TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, UH, WOULD THAT COME NOW OR THAT COME IN MAY OR WOULD THAT COME, YOU KNOW, IN THE COMMENT PERIOD? SO RIGHT NOW WE ARE IN THE COMMUNITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT PERIOD.

AND SO OUR TWO SPEAKERS ARE PERFECTLY TIMED, UH, TO TALK ABOUT THE COMMUNITY NEEDS THAT, THAT THEY SEE WE'RE GETTING DIFFERENT FEEDBACK FROM FOLKS.

I WILL TELL YOU ON THE SPEAK-UP AUSTIN PAGE, THERE ARE DIFFERENT PRIORITIES FROM DIFFERENT COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

UH, WE HAVE TO WEIGH ALL THAT.

WE ALSO NEED TO LOOK AT OUR RESOURCES.

UM, I WOULD WELCOME THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR FOLKS INPUT.

UM, BUT I ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT WE'LL BE BRINGING, UH, THE DRAFT BACK FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AND WE WILL EXPLICITLY BE ASKING FOR, UH, WRITTEN, UH, FEEDBACK FROM THE CDC.

AND I CAN'T BELIEVE I ALREADY FORGOT THE DATE.

IT JUST FLASHED UP ON THEIR MAY 10TH.

UH, AND YEAH, SORRY, SORRY TO HAVE INTERRUPTED YOU WITH THAT DATE.

AND, UH, YEAH, SO IT'S, TH THAT SOUNDS GOOD TO ME THEN, AND IT SEEMS LIKE WE ALL HAVE A DIRECT LINE TO Y'ALL IF

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WE HAVE ANY THOUGHTS.

UM, DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY THOUGHTS OR COMMENTS, UH, UH, COMMISSIONER GARRETT? YEAH.

UM, FOR THE CDB C D FOR THE CDBG CDBG FUNDING.

THANK YOU NEED TO DRINK SOME WATER TODAY.

UM, THERE'S A NUMBER OF ACTIVITIES THAT FALL UNDERNEATH THE PROGRAM FEDERALLY, AND IF YOU WERE TO EXPAND IT, HOW DOES THAT AFFECT FUNDING ALLOCATION AND THAT SORT OF, I GUESS, PROCESS WITHIN HOUSING AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT INTO ANY EXTERNAL ACTIONS THAT CAN BE TAKEN TO BE ABLE TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

SO I DO NOT BELIEVE THERE IS ANY EXTERNAL ACTION THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED, UM, EXCEPT FOR WHAT WE HEAR FROM THIS BODY AND WHAT WE HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC COMMENT, AND THEN WRAP IT INTO THE ACTUAL ACTION PLAN.

UM, THIS IS IN FACT, IF WE WERE TO DO SOMETHING AFTER THE FACT, AFTER HUD HAS APPROVED OUR ANNUAL ACTION PLAN, AND WE WANT TO MIX THINGS UP, WE SAY, OH, WE'RE NOT GOING TO FUND HOME REPAIR ANYMORE.

WE'RE GOING TO FUND, UM, UH, TENANTS RIGHTS ASSISTANCE.

I I'M TRYING TO COME UP WITH DIFFERENT CATEGORIES.

UM, THEN IN FACT, WE WOULD NEED TO GO BACK THROUGH A PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PROCESS PER OUR CITIZEN PARTICIPATION PLAN.

BUT RIGHT NOW THIS IS WHERE WE USE OUR CRYSTAL BALL TO THINK HOW NEXT FISCAL YEAR, HOW WE'D LIKE TO INVEST.

AND WE COLLECTIVELY MAKE THOSE DECISIONS.

I MEAN, YEAR TO YEAR KIND OF TEEING OFF, UM, THE CHAIRS COMMENT, MID PRESENTATION.

IS THERE, UM, EVER THE CDBG FULLY UTILIZE YOUR EVERY YEAR OR IS IT, IS IT ROLLED OVER? UM, SO, UH, WE HAVE, UM, AND SOMETIMES WE CAN'T ALWAYS CONTROL IT, CARRY FORWARD.

AND I THINK IN ONE OF MAX'S SLIDES EARLY ON, UM, WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT PAST PERFORMANCE, IT WAS, YOU KNOW, PROGRAMS THAT EXCEEDED THEIR PERFORMANCE AND THEN PROGRAMS THAT UNDERPERFORMED FOR A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT REASONS.

UM, TYPICALLY WHAT WILL HAPPEN, A PROGRAM UNDERPERFORMS, THEY SERVE 10 PEOPLE INSTEAD OF A HUNDRED PEOPLE.

THEY SPEND A THOUSAND DOLLARS INSTEAD OF A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.

THOSE FUNDS WILL CARRY FORWARD, BUT WE MAY LOOK MORE CRITICALLY AT A PROGRAM AND THINK IS THIS, IF THEY CANNOT SPEND, IF THE COMMUNITY NEED IS NOT THERE, THEN SHOULD WE THEN REPROGRAM THOSE DOLLARS? SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING INTERNALLY IS LOOKING AT, UM, WHAT FUNDS ARE POTENTIALLY, COULD WE SCRAPE TOGETHER FOR SOME NEW COMMUNITY NEEDS? AND I'LL JUST POINT OUT AGAIN, OUR FRIENDS ARE THERE FUNDS THAT WE COULD SCRAPE TOGETHER AND WE HAVE IN THE PAST, I WILL POINT YOU TO 2020, UM, WHEN WE HAD A VARIETY OF CARRY FORWARD FROM YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS, UM, FOR, FROM A VARIETY OF PROGRAMS AND THE FUNDS WERE SITTING THERE AND HUD WAS SAYING, IT'S TIME, YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALMOST USE IT OR LOSE IT.

WE SCRAPED TOGETHER THOSE VARIOUS FISCAL YEARS AND COBBLED TOGETHER, SUFFICIENT FUNDING TO PURCHASE, WHICH WE JUST TALKED ABOUT IN THE HOUSING AND PLANNING COMMITTEE, UH, THE RODEWAY INN ON SOUTH CONGRESS, WE UTILIZE SOUTHSIDE 35, WE UTILIZED CDBG FUNDING TO PURCHASE IT.

UM, AND IT IS CURRENTLY BEING USED.

IT'S THE SOUTH BRIDGE SHELTER.

SO IT'S BRIDGE HOUSING FOR PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.

SO THERE ARE SITUATIONS WHERE WE HAVE UNDER UTILIZED PROGRAMS, UNUTILIZED FUNDS, AND WE DO LOOK VERY CRITICALLY AT THAT.

WHEN THAT OCCURS, IS THERE LIKE A MAX SPENDING LIMIT THAT YOU DO CAUSE THAT WAS DONE BY THE CITY, BUT IF YOU WERE TO PROVIDE THAT SORT OF FUNDING TO NON CITY ORGANIZATIONS, IS THERE LIKE A MAX LIMIT THAT YOU WOULD THINK ABOUT OR IS IT JUST BASED ON WHAT'S AVAILABLE AND HOW, AND WHO APPLIES? I THINK, DO YOU MEAN LIKE, DO WE LOOK CRITICALLY AT LIKE, DO WE UNDERWRITE THE, NO, IT WAS, IS THERE, IS THERE A MAX FUNDING AMOUNT FOR OVERAGE? LIKE IF YOU, IF LIKE CDBG WAS ROLLOVER, LET'S SAY THE NAME OF POT OF MONEY THAT'S AVAILABLE.

IS THERE A MAX AMOUNT OF MONEY FOR FUNDING, FOR PROJECTS THAT WOULD UTILIZE THAT? BECAUSE THAT'S A

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GREAT QUESTION.

I DON'T KNOW THAT I KNOW THAT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, WE CAN LOOK INTO THAT.

UM, THERE ARE CERTAINLY, UH, TOO MANY RULES TO COUNT.

I MENTIONED ONE OF THEM LIKE THE 15% PUBLIC, WE COULD NOT TAKE OUR CDBG DOLLARS AND SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, WE'RE GOING TO INVEST AT ALL IN YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH, EVEN IF WE WANTED TO DO THAT, WE CAN'T EXCEED OUR 15% CAP FOR PUBLIC SERVICES.

UM, SO WE DO HAVE CERTAIN LIMITATIONS AND THERE'S ACTIVITY LIMITATIONS, UM, IN TERMS OF BOTH THE LOCATION AND THE PRIORITIES WHO WE'RE SERVING, UM, IT NEEDS TO MEET ONE OF THREE NATIONAL OBJECTIVES, UM, WHICH ALL OF OUR ACTIVITIES DO PRIMARILY LOW AND MODERATE INCOME FOLKS, THAT'S WHO WE SERVE.

SO I'LL, I'LL LOOK INTO THAT.

THAT'S I DON'T KNOW FOR CLARIFICATION, ARE YOU ASKING IF THERE'S A MAXIMUM AMOUNT THAT CAN ROLL OVER BETWEEN THE YEARS OR CAN GO TOWARDS NON-CITY AGENCIES, IF YOU ROLL OVER CDBG FUNDS AND YOUR POT, AND IT GOES TOWARDS PROJECTS THAT ARE NOT HOME REPAIR OR OTHER PROGRAMS THAT ARE CURRENTLY BEING FUNDED BY CDBG, AND THAT'S GOING TO SOMETHING LIKE, UM, THE $750,000 ASK FOR THE, UM, REHABILITATION FOR THEIR CENTER.

IS THERE A MAX PER PROJECT, MAX PER PROJECT THAT YOU MIGHT LIKE A MAX FUNDING AMOUNT THAT YOU WOULD ALLOCATE TO A PROJECT SUCH AS THAT? NOT SURE ABOUT THAT.

OFTENTIMES WE'LL DIG IN.

UM, YES, COMMISSIONER DELGADO.

AND, UH, IF ANYONE ELSE HAS ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS AFTER THAT, IF WE CAN MAKE THEM QUICK, WE WANT TO MOVE THE AGENDA ALONG AND TRY TO TAKE THINGS OFFLINE IF NECESSARY.

COMMISSIONER LOOK AT THEM.

SO, UM, THERE WAS A COUPLE OF CONCERNS THAT I WAS LOOKING AT.

AND SO NOTICING ON THE POPULATION SERVED VERSUS POPULATION AUSTIN BY RACE.

IT SHOWS, UM, THE NUMBERS OF, UM, ANGLO AT WHAT, 66%.

AND THESE ARE BLACK AND WHITE.

SO I'M JUST, YOU KNOW, I JUST LOOKING AT YOUR PRESENTATION, I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND 33% IS LATINO.

CORRECT.

AND SO THAT RIGHT THERE IS A, IS A PRETTY TO ME, A NUMBER OF INCREASE AND, UH, SERVING THE WHITE POPULATION, LOOKING AT THE POPULATION SERVED BY INCOME.

IT SHOWS THAT EXTREMELY LOW MFI IS AT 2,688.

SO HELP ME UNDERSTAND THIS.

ARE YOU SEEING THAT 66% OF WHITE ARE AT THE INCOME OF 30% ARE CHAR SERVING? I MEAN, WHO ARE THE PEOPLE WE SERVING? SO, SO THE VAST MAJORITY, AND YES, I'M LOOKING AT MY MINOR BLACK AND WHITE TO THE VAST MAJORITY OF OUR CLIENTELE SERVED.

AND MAX REMIND ME, IT WAS 35, 3,552 PEOPLE SERVED SOMETHING, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

AND 2,688 WE'RE AT, OR BELOW 30%.

SO THAT'S ONE SLICE ONE WAY TO SLICE THE DATA.

THEN THE OTHER WAY IS TO LOOK AT RACE ON THE ONE HAND AND ETHNICITY ON THE OTHER HAND.

SO IF WE JUST LOOK AT RACE, SO NOT HISPANIC, LATINO, BUT JUST THE RACE THAT YOU IDENTIFY, THE OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO GET TO IT.

THE WHITE POPULATION IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN IS ABOUT 60%.

I THINK WE'RE GOING TO GET TO A ONE.

CAN YOU GO ONE BACK THERE? OKAY.

OF COURSE I CAN'T TOTALLY, BUT, BUT GOOD ENOUGH ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, THAT'S THE POPULATION OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN PER THE CENSUS FOR 2020.

SO LET'S JUST SAY ALMOST IT'S 65% IDENTIFY AS WHITE.

AND WE SERVED 50% OF OUR CLIENTELE.

SO 50% OF THE 3,552, UH, SO LESS THAN THE POPULATION IDENTIFY AS WHITE.

GOES TO THE HISPANIC LATINO.

BUT THEN, AND THEN KEEP IN MIND THE BLACK POPULATION IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN.

UH, I THINK IT'S 7% AS A, UH, 2020 CENSUS DATA.

IT'S 4% NOW.

UH, UM, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT WE ARE SERVING, UH, 30%, 35% OF THE POPULATION THAT WE SERVED IDENTIFIES AS BLACK OR AFRICAN-AMERICAN THE NEXT SLIDE

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SO THE ETHNICITY AND THEIR, WE ABOUT, CAN YOU MOVE TO THE NEXT, YEAH, THERE, WE ABOUT MIRROR THE POPULATION WE SLUR SERVE SLIGHTLY FEWER 32.4, 1% OF OUR CLIENTS IDENTIFY AS HISPANIC, LATINO VERSUS BEING 33% OF THE POPULATION DID THAT, THAT CLARIFIED BECAUSE IT WAS A LITTLE CONFUSING.

SO, UM, ALSO, UM, GOING, YOU BROUGHT UP ECHO, RIGHT.

UM, AND I'VE, I'VE LITERALLY BEEN, UM, ASSISTING HOMELESSNESS, UM, INDIVIDUALS NOW, HOW SO? WHAT I SAW THAT WAS VERY CHALLENGING IS THAT ACTUAL, HOW THEY ARE ASSISTED.

UM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT, I MEAN, HOW, HOW ARE YOU ARE IMPROVING THAT PROCESS? I SAW THAT THERE WAS A CHALLENGE WHEN INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE LIVING WITH FAMILY MEMBERS ON COUCHES OR IN A CROWDED HOME, LIVING IN THEIR CARS, UM, THAT WERE NOT LIVING IN TENTS.

UH, WE'RE NOT QUALIFYING FOR ECHO SERVICES.

UM, SO WHAT CONCERNS ME, YOU KNOW, BESIDES, YOU KNOW, THEM ACTUALLY, UH, SOLICITING HOMELESSNESS PEOPLE ACROSS THE UNITED STATES TO COME HERE SAYING THAT WE HAD A VOUCHER PROGRAM TO GIVE TO THEM.

AND SO THE INCREASE OF HOMELESSNESS WENT UP BECAUSE OF THAT.

SO WE HAD ALL TYPES OF HOMELESS TRANSITS THAT TRAVELED HERE FROM ACROSS THE STATES, AND THAT HAD BEEN LIVING HERE, UH, DURING THE PANDEMIC, UH, JUST TRYING TO GET HOUSING, BUT THERE'S ALSO A POPULATION OF, OF INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE AUSTINITES, UM, THAT HAVE RESULTED TO HOMELESSNESS BECAUSE OF HIGH RENTS AND THE INCREASING AND THE LAST TWO YEARS, AS WELL AS JUST RECENTLY, UH, WE ARE BEING TAXED OUT, UH, WITH OUR NEW TAXES THAT CAME IN FOR THE YEAR 20, 22, HOMEOWNERS ARE BEING FORCED TO SELL, UH, ACROSS THE CITY, AS WELL AS EVICTIONS ARE HAPPENING.

RENTAL COSTS FOR RENTERS ARE GOING UP TREMENDOUSLY.

SO WHAT HAPPENS TO MY PEOPLE THAT FALL IN THAT CATEGORY, BECAUSE AGAIN, I SUPPORT HOMELESSNESS ALL THE WAY, BUT IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO BE HOMELESS AND LIVE IN A TENT AND LIVE IN THAT TYPE OF ENVIRONMENT, YOU CAN'T MAKE THEM GO INTO A SUPPORTIVE HOUSING OR ANY TYPE OF WRAPAROUND SERVICES IF THEY DON'T WANT IT.

SO WHAT HAPPENS TO THAT AUSTIN NIGHTS, LIKE IN MY DEMOGRAPHIC AREA, WHICH IS BEING HEAVILY GENTRIFIED AND THE OTU, THE MONTAUK WAS THE RIVERSIDE, THE NORTHEAST AREA, DEVS SPRINGS.

I, I MEAN, I SERVE, UH, AT LARGE AS A COMMUNITY REPRESENTATIVE FOR, FOR LOW INCOME.

WHAT DID THEY DO? BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT I WOULD LIKE THE FEEDBACK TO BE.

AND THIS NECESSITY NEEDS, NOT JUST PEOPLE THAT CAN GET ONLINE AND PUT IN THEIR TYPE OF FEEDBACK.

I WANT TO KNOW WHAT ARE YOU ALL DOING TO CONNECT WITH THOSE INDIVIDUALS AND HOW ARE THOSE INDIVIDUALS BEING ABLE TO GET IN ANY TYPE OF TEMPORARY HOUSING? THANKS, COMMISSIONER DATTOCON.

AND WE'LL MAKE THAT THE LAST QUESTION.

WE HAVE THREE MORE PRESENTATIONS AFTER THIS.

SORRY.

THEY COORDINATE THROUGH THE COORDINATED ASSESSMENT.

SO ECHO, UH, IS THE, THE CONTINUUM OF CARE ORGANIZATION FOR THE CITY AND TRAVIS COUNTY.

THEY DON'T PROVIDE ANY DIRECT SERVICES PER SE, BUT THEY COORDINATE PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS WHO MEET THE DEFINITION OF HOMELESS, WHICH INCLUDES FOLKS.

UM, YOU HAD MENTIONED PEOPLE, COUCH SURFING PEOPLE.

I MEAN, WE HAVE PEOPLE TRIPLED UP.

WE HAVE PEOPLE, WE HAVE PEOPLE IN DIFFERENT SITUATIONS THAT AREN'T NECESSARILY THE PERSON IN THE TENT.

THE COORDINATED ASSESSMENT HAS A VERY, UM, UM, AND MULTIPLE AGENCIES CONTRIBUTE TO THE COORDINATED ASSESSMENT.

IT COULD BE KERATOTIC COULD BE SAFE.

IT COULD BE A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT NONPROFIT OR THE HOST TEAM, A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS.

WE'LL ASSESS INDIVIDUALS TO GET THEM ON A CENTRALIZED LIST AND THEY PRIORITIZE THEM BASED ON THEIR VULNERABILITY.

SO SOMEBODY LIVING IN A TENT COULD VERY WELL BE MORE VULNERABLE BASED ON HEALTH, UH, CONDITIONS BASED ON A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT INDICES, UM, AND COULD RISE HIGHER ON THE LIST TO GET HOUSING OR THE RAPID REHOUSING, PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING BRIDGE HOUSING.

UM, THERE ARE A VARIETY, BUT WITHOUT A DOUBT, WE HAVE MORE NEED THAN WE HAVE HOUSING UNITS RIGHT NOW, WITHOUT A DOUBT, I DO ENCOURAGE BECAUSE THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO CAN SPEAK MUCH MORE

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KNOWLEDGEABLY AND ELOQUENTLY THAN I CAN ON THIS TOPIC.

UM, AND I WOULD CERTAINLY SUGGEST, UH, FOR FUTURE AGENDA, SHOULD YOU ALL BE INTERESTED HAVING DIANA GRAY, WHO IS OUR HOMELESS STRATEGY OFFICER, UH, FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN, SHE WORKS CLOSELY WITH ALL OF OUR SERVICE PROVIDERS.

SHE IS HOUSED UNDER AUSTIN, WITHIN AUSTIN, PUBLIC HEALTH, UM, AND, UM, UH, IS INVOLVED IN ALL OF OUR HOMELESSNESS INITIATIVES AND WORKS CLOSELY WITH ECHO AS WELL.

UH, YES.

AND, UH, THE VICE-CHAIR ALSO MADE IT CLEAR THAT SHE, SHE HAD A PENDING QUESTION AS WELL.

SO LET'S PLEASE MAKE THESE QUICK, THANKS, UH, COMMISSIONER SALON.

UM, THANKS SO MUCH.

I'LL GO AS QUICKLY AS I CAN.

SO, UM, VERY HELPFUL CLARIFICATION THERE, ESPECIALLY REGARDING CDBG ROLL OVER.

MY QUESTION IS SPECIFICALLY AROUND THE SECOND SLIDE OF PROGRAMS. THE ONE THAT IS A LITTLE BIT MORE, UM, SAD TO LOOK AT, UH, AND THE ESG CV, UM, PROGRAMS, WHICH ARE EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANTS FROM THE CARES ACT, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE IN THIS COMMISSION, THE RAPID REHOUSING DOLLARS, AND THAT'S BEEN VERY EMERGENCY SHELTER DOLLARS.

AND I JUST IN READING THE SLIDE WAS UNABLE TO DISCERN HOW MUCH OF THE BUDGET, SORRY, MY DAUGHTER WAS ACTUALLY EXPENDED ON THE OTHER ONES.

I SEE THAT THE ACTUAL, UM, FOR OUTCOMES RELATED TO THE GOALS AND I SEE THE EXPENDITURE.

SO I SEE THE PART GOING FORWARD, BUT HERE I'M UNABLE TO DISCERN HOW MUCH OF THE ACTUAL BUCKET FOR RAPID REHOUSING OR TEMPORARY EMERGENCY SHELTERS WAS SPENT, BECAUSE THIS APPEARS TO BE JUST LIKE A BROADER BUCKET, THE $13 MILLION LISTED HERE.

THEY DON'T THINK EITHER OF THOSE WERE SIMPLE STUFF SPEND OUT THAT WHOLE.

SO I WANTED THAT QUESTION.

AND THEN DEPENDING ON THE ANSWER, MAYBE JUST LIKE A SHORT FOLLOW-UP, SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR THE DISCRETE FUNDING SUBSET WITHIN THAT LARGER BUCKET.

UM, TO MY KNOWLEDGE, UM, I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THE, THE SUB ALLOCATION BETWEEN THOSE TWO PROGRAMS. UM, WE'LL GET THAT.

DO YOU HAVE EVEN LIKE A PERCENTAGE OF, LIKE, THIS IS HOW MUCH THE ALEC HUGHSON WAS SPENT OVER THIS, THIS TIME, 20, 20, 21.

WE'RE GOING TO GET THAT INFORMATION BACK TO YOU.

I NEED TO, SINCE THIS WAS ADMINISTERED BY AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH, UH, DIANA GRAY WOULD BE MY GO-TO PERSON WE'LL CHECK, AND WE'LL GET THAT INFORMATION BACK TO YOU.

IF WE CAN HAVE THAT INFORMATION BY THE MAY MEETING, I THINK THAT WE HAVE TO BEFORE THE TIMELINE IS UP, BECAUSE I KNOW THIS IS A 2022 GRANT PROGRAM.

AND SO WE'RE LOOKING AT IT.

THAT'S WHY I WANT TO JUST SPEAK, SORRY.

WE'RE ON A TIMELINE.

NO, NO, IT ALL MAKES SENSE.

WHAT I'M THINKING, THE BEST RECOMMENDATIONS FOR EVERYONE TO DO IS IF WE HAVE ANY MORE, REALLY, REALLY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS THAT GET INTO THE, INTO THE NUTS AND BOLTS OF THE PRESENTATION, WE CAN SEND EMAILS, UH, GET THOSE RESPONSES, PACKAGE THEM UP INTO THE KINDS OF EITHER RECOMMENDATIONS OR COMMENTS THAT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE FOR THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD, UH, AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PREPARED FOR IT.

EXACTLY.

UH, AS YOU, AS YOU STATED COMMISSIONER.

SO, AND I THINK, UH, BY THAT MAY 10 DEADLINES THAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE, WE'RE ON TOP OF IT, UH, AS WELL.

SO, UM, THANK YOU.

AND THAT SWITCHING MONEY AWAY FROM HOUSING IS REALLY CONSEQUENTIAL.

UM, I, I'VE GOT JUST FOR THE RECORD, I'VE GOT A FEW VERY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS AS WELL, THAT I'M KEEPING FOR THE SAME PURPOSE.

UH, AND THANKS COMMISSIONER SLOAN AND VICE-CHAIR PUMP.

UM, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING OF THE HUD RAGS AND THE ANNUAL ACTION PLAN THAT WE FOLLOW ALONG WITH THE SAME GOALS AND PRIORITIES THAT WE SET IN THE FIVE-YEAR PLAN.

AND THAT IF WE WERE TO SWITCH FROM DOING HOUSING AND SOME OF OUR OTHER PROGRAMS TO DOING PUBLIC FACILITIES, WE WOULD HAVE TO CHANGE OUR PRIORITIES WITH HUD, FROM MAKING HOUSING A HIGH PRIORITY AND INSTEAD MAKING PUBLIC FACILITIES A HIGH PRIORITY.

AND I THINK THAT'S A VERY USEFUL WAY TO FRAME THE ISSUE BECAUSE HOUSING IS OUR NUMBER ONE NEED IN THE CITY RIGHT NOW.

AND IF WE'RE NOT SPENDING CDBG FAST ENOUGH, OUR PIVOT TO SPEND MORE OF IT TO GET HOMELESS PEOPLE HOUSED IS A GREAT WAY TO ANSWER THAT PROBLEM AND STAY WITHIN OUR HIGH PRIORITY OF HOUSING.

SO I LOOK AT THE CHART AND I SEE SEVERAL PROGRAMS THAT IT'S SURPRISING TO SEE THE HOME OWNERSHIP PROGRAMS OVER PERFORMING THEIR GOALS.

WHEN WE HEAR THAT THERE'S SUCH A TIGHT SUPPLY OF HOUSING, BUT YOU KNOW, THAT'S FOR A, AN INDIVIDUAL QUESTION LATER ON.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE A POINT THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OUR PRIORITIES AS A COMMUNITY

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TO MOVE ON TO A AGENDA ITEM FOR A, UH, NEW BUSINESS UPDATE ON THE ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AND PARTNERSHIP WITH EVA NETTIE FROM UP TOGETHER.

VICE-CHAIR PUB.

AND AGAIN, I THINK THAT THESE ARE AREAS THAT, UH, WE MAY BE WORKING OFFLINE, UH, HOPEFULLY BETWEEN NOW AND THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, UH, CAUGHT, WILL DISTILL, VERIFY AND CODIFY, UH, OUR REMARKS, UH, IN A WAY THAT FITS INSIDE THE PROCESS.

SO, UM, I APPRECIATE YOU ALL BEING HERE, UH, TO SHARE EVERYTHING YOU HAVE SHARED, AND WE'LL CERTAINLY ALL BE FOLLOWING UP.

SO THANKS SO MUCH.

UH, THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS THE ACTUAL PUBLIC HEARING ITSELF IS THAT, UH, WHAT OCCURRED IN THE PUBLIC COMMUNICATION, UNLESS THERE ARE ADDITIONAL FOLKS WHO WANT TO SPEAK.

AND SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, ARE THERE ADDITIONAL FOLKS, UH, OUTSIDE OF THE COMMISSIONERS HERE WHO WANT TO SPEAK FANTASTIC, THANK YOU.

UH, AND MANDY FOR BEING HERE AND THANKS EVERYONE ELSE FOR BEARING WITH US, SPEEDING THROUGH THE AGENDA.

UH, SOMETIMES IT'S UNPREDICTABLE, UH, WHEN WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT AND WE WANT TO DIG A LITTLE BIT DEEPER IN WITH OUR COMMENTERS.

UM, SO WE APPRECIATE IT.

WE ARE GOING

[4A. Update on economic assistance program and partnership (Ivanna Neri, UpTogether)]

THANK YOU, IVANA FOR YOUR PATIENCE, UH, AND FOR JOINING US, UH, TO COME PRESENT, YOU'RE BEING MOVED OVER.

HEY, EVERYONE.

HELLO? HEY, CAN Y'ALL HEAR ME? THAT'S CORRECT.

PERFECT.

ALL RIGHT, WELL, I'LL BE SHARING MY SCREEN.

MY NAME IS IVANA NETTIE, AND I AM REPRESENTING UP TOGETHER TODAY.

UH, CAN YOU SEE MY SCREEN NOW? OKAY.

DAVEY TAKE, I JUST GAVE YOU PRIVILEGES TO SHARE YOUR SCREEN.

OH, OKAY.

HOLD ON.

I THINK THEN YOU'LL SEE IT NOW.

ALL WELL THINGS, UM, FOR INVITING ME TO SPEAK, I'LL BE JUST GIVING YOU AN UPDATE ON WHERE WE ARE.

I THINK, UM, LAST YEAR, EXACTLY A YEAR AGO, I CAME TO DO A PRESENTATION OF, UM, THE WORK THAT THEY UP TOGETHER, UM, PLATFORM AND ORGANIZATION, UM, HAS BEEN DOING FOR THE LAST, UH, THREE YEARS IN AUSTIN.

AND TODAY I'LL BE PRESENTING SOME PROGRESS THAT WE'VE MADE OVER THE LAST 12 MONTHS.

SO JUST FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE, UM, WHO ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH UP TOGETHER, REALLY OUR VISION AND MISSION IS FOR US TO, UH, INVEST, UH, TO TRUST AND INVEST IN THE STRINGS, UM, OF COMMUNITIES WHO ARE LIVING WITH A LOW INCOME SO THAT THEY CAN BUILD THEIR FINANCIAL AND, UH, SOCIAL ASSETS.

WE RECOGNIZE AND HIGHLIGHT, UM, IN THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT PEOPLE ARE DOING IN COMMUNITY AND INVITE AND PARTNER WITH PHILANTHROPY AND GOVERNMENT TO DO THE SAME, A LITTLE BIT OF THE COMPONENTS OF THE, OF THE APPROACH.

ONE IS COMMUNITY AND REALLY LOOKING AT COMMUNITY AND THE RESOURCES THAT THEY PROVIDE TO ONE ANOTHER.

AND LEARNING FROM THAT, THE SECOND PIECE OF THE APPROACH IS, UM, CAPITAL, WHICH IS BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE ANDRE STREET, UNRESTRICTED CASH TRANSFERS TO, UH, PEOPLE WHO ARE LIVING WITH LOW INCOME AND THEN CHOICE, WHICH IS TRUSTING THAT PEOPLE IN UNDERVALUE COMMUNITIES KNOW WHAT'S BEST FOR THEM IN THEIR COMMUNITIES.

WE DO THIS THROUGH AN OPT TOGETHER THROUGH THE, THROUGH A PLATFORM, AN ONLINE PLATFORM THAT'S CALLED THE UP TOGETHER COMMUNITY WHERE PEOPLE GET TO TAP INTO DIFFERENT RESOURCES, UH, AND THEY GET TO TAP INTO FINANCIAL RESOURCES AS WELL.

SO THAT'S HOW WE'RE ABLE TO DISTRIBUTE THE CASH TRANSFERS.

AND THAT'S HOW WE'RE ABLE TO ACCELERATE THE, THE SOCIAL EXCHANGES THAT HAPPEN IN COMMUNITY.

SO A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ON THIS PILOT.

UM, SO WE, UH, AS AN ORGANIZATION HAVE DIFFERENT FUNDS ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND IN AUSTIN, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH, UM, DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND DIFFERENT, UH, ADVOCACY GROUPS.

WE GOT FEEDBACK THAT, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY WERE INTERESTED IN, IN LEARNING FROM THIS APPROACH WAS THE IMPACT OF THE STRING BASED APPROACH AND THE, UM, IN HOUSING STABILITY.

SO AT THE TIME WE DID SOME, UH, LESSON IN SESSIONS WITH YOUR FRIEND, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, UM, AND ALSO DIFFERENT FROM THE CITY, INCLUDING THE EQUITY OFFICE, THE INNOVATIONAL FEES,

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UM, AND THE, YEAH, I THINK THOSE WERE THE TWO MAIN ONES.

AND, UH, AND THE MAY YOURSELF IS SO WE WERE ABLE TO DO THOSE LESSON IN SESSIONS.

AND WHAT WE LEARNED IS THAT PEOPLE HAD A DESIRE TO BE INVESTED.

LONG-TERM NOT ONLY AT ONE TIME AS WE HAD DONE IT DURING COVID.

SO WHAT WE DID IS THAT, UM, WE CREATED A PLAN TO INVEST AT $12,000 IN 173 FAMILIES OVER 12 MONTHS THAT PILOT GOT STARTED BACK IN APRIL, APRIL OF 2021.

SO WE'RE NOW WRAPPING UP THIS PILOT, AND I'M ALSO AFRAID NOW, FAM SOME FAMILIES HAVE RECEIVED THE FULL AMOUNT AND SOME OTHERS HAVE RECEIVED $9,000.

WHAT, UH, WHAT WE'RE PRODUCING THROUGH THE, THROUGH THE LEARNING, UH, THROUGH THE LEARNING, WHAT WE'RE PRODUCING IS INFORMATION THAT CAN HELP THE CITY, UH, RETHINK THE WAY ON HOW THEY INVEST IN COMMUNITIES AND REALLY POSITION THE DIFFERENT, UM, PIECES OF THIS APPROACH AS THEY THINK ABOUT DESIGNING A NEW PROGRAMS AND SERVICES IN THE CITY.

SO THE, THE ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA, AND I HAVE TO THROW A DISCLAIMER HERE.

THIS IS, AS OF RIGHT NOW A HUNDRED PERCENT FUNDED BY PHILANTHROPY.

SO THIS PILOT, UH, IS NOT USING ANY PUBLIC DOLLARS.

THEREFORE, THE ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA THAT WE CREATED, UH, WAS JUST FOR PEOPLE TO LIVE IN CENTRAL TEXAS, TO HAVE AT LEAST ONE CHILD IN BEING A LOW INCOME SITUATION, WHICH, UM, TAPPING INTO HOW WE HAVE DONE, UH, HOW WE HAVE DONE THIS WORK IN THE PAST WAS TARGETING AND FOCUSING ON COMMUNITIES WHO WERE EARNING LESS THAN 200% OF THE FEDERAL POVERTY LINE.

AND THEN, UH, AS MENTIONED SOME OF THE ORGANIZATIONS OR GROUPS THAT HELPED US DESIGN, THIS WAS, UH, DIFFERENT GROUPS.

WHO'VE BEEN WORKING IN HOUSING FOR A LONG TIME, RESILIENCY OF THE RESILIENCY OFFICE AT THE TIME EQUITY OFFICE, AND THEN THE INNOVATION OFFICE.

SOME OF THE, I GUESS THE METHODOLOGY THAT WE'VE BEEN FOLLOWING IS FOR US TO DO THREE SURVEYS.

SO WE DID A BASELINE SURVEY.

WE DID ONE IN DECEMBER AND THEN WE'RE ACTUALLY DEPLOYING ONE THIS MONTH.

SO THE INFORMATION THAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEASONAL FINAL AS WE'RE STILL ANALYZING SOME OF THAT, HOWEVER, UH, FOR THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO SEE AND LEARN IS THAT, UM, PEOPLE WHO LIVE WITH, UH, PEOPLE WITH MORE TRUSTED, UM, RELATIONSHIPS AND THAT HAVE A COMMUNITY AROUND THEM HAVE LOWER RISK OF EVENTUALLY HOMELESSNESS.

AND, UM, MANY FAMILIES ARE ABLE TO CHANGING, UH, THE FRIENDLY INFORMAL EXCHANGES OF COMMUNITY SUPPORT, SUCH AS HOUSING, STABILITY, FINANCIAL RESOURCES, CHILDCARE, AND TRANSPORTATION.

UM, AND THEN I'LL, I'LL BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN THIS A LITTLE BIT MORE IN A LITTLE BIT.

SO, UM, BASED ON THE UNRESTRICTED CASH TRANSFERS THAT WE PROVIDED MOST OF THOSE GOODS TOWARDS A HOUSING RELATED COSTS, UH, WHICH CAN BE, YOU KNOW, FOR RENT FOR MORTGAGE TAXES, UM, WE TAKE THING THAT INDICATES THAT A LARGER INVESTMENT INTO THIS TYPE OF APPROACH THAT PROVIDES PEOPLE WITH CHOICES NEED IT.

AND THEN, UM, SOME OF THE FEEDBACK THAT WE GOT IS THAT, UH, ALTHOUGH WE KNOW THAT ARE SEVERAL, SEVERAL PROGRAMS THAT PROVIDE THESE TYPES OF SUPPORT, UH, THERE WERE A LOT OF BARRIERS THAT PEOPLE FACE AS THEY WERE TRYING TO ACCESS SUBSIDIES VOUCHERS AND OTHER TYPE OF ASSISTANCE FOR HOUSING.

SO AS FAR AS HOW PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO USE THE, THE MONEY, UM, AS I SAID, MOST PEOPLE FOR THIS, THERE WERE A HOUSING COST, WHICH IS UTILITIES.

SO MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE USE THAT FOR UTILITY RENTAL RENT, BASIC NEEDS, TRANSPORTATION, UH, OTHER BILLS BEING ABLE TO PAY OFF THAT, UH, HEALTH AND WELLBEING.

SO YOU CAN SEE THE BRICK, THE BREAKDOWN THERE.

AND THEN, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE SEEN IS THAT, UH, 30% OF THE PEOPLE WHO GOT INTO, INTO THIS PILOT, THEY WERE, UH, UNEMPLOYED AT THE TIME.

AND OVER TIME, WE'VE SEEN HOW PEOPLE BEEN ABLE TO INCREASE, UM, THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO GET A NEW JOB OR EVEN A BETTER JOB IN SOME CASES.

AND, UH, HOWEVER, MOST INCOME COMES FROM A WAITRESS FROM WORKING FROM SOMEONE ELSE, UH, OR WAGES FROM WORKING FOR, UM, FOR THEMSELVES OR FAMILY BUSINESSES.

SO ONE THING THAT WE LEARNED IS THAT, UH, THERE IS A LOT OF INFORMAL, UM, I GUESS, LIKE INFORMAL ECONOMY THAT'S HAPPENING, UH, THAT WE'RE BEING ABLE TO CAPTURE, SO THAT THAT'S BEEN REFLECTED ON THIS, UM, ON THIS GRAPHIC.

AND THEN I THINK, UM, PUBLIC BENEFITS FOR THOSE WHO RESPONDED TO THE SURVEYS AND BY THE WAY, UM, WE'RE PROVIDING INCENTIVES.

SO WE HAVE ABOUT 60 TO 80% OF, UM, PARTICIPATION AS WE DO THESE SURVEYS, UH, GIVEN, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE INCENTIVES THAT WE'RE PROVIDING.

AND, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE LEARNED WHEN IT COMES TO PUBLIC BENEFITS

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IS THAT MOST PEOPLE GOT ACCESS TO THE SIMILAR CHECK, UH, CHILD TAX CREDIT, UM, SNAP, SOME TYPE OF HOUSING ASSISTANCE, UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS, MEDICAID, UM, IN DOLLARS.

AND THEN I THINK ON COMMUNITY, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE, UM, WANT TO BE ABLE TO HIGHLIGHT IS HOW DO WE SEE COMMUNITY AS A SAFETY NET? I THINK THAT AS A, UM, AS A CITY AND, AND REALLY LIKE YOUR THINKING ON HOW GOVERNMENT DEPLOYS PROGRAMS AND SERVICES IS REALLY FOCUSING ON WHAT WE CAN PROVIDE FOR COMMUNITIES TO BE BETTER.

AND THE APPROACH THAT WE FOLLOW HERE IS HOW CAN WE SEE THE SUPPORT THAT COMMUNITIES ARE PROVIDING TO ONE ANOTHER, UH, TO BE ABLE TO HAVE SOME LEVEL OF STABILITY.

SO I THINK WHAT WE ARE SEEING IS THAT THERE'S A LOT OF SUPPORT THAT'S HAPPENING, UM, IN COMMUNITIES WHICH ARE HELPING TRANSPORTATION, PROVIDING EMOTIONAL SUPPORT, UH, BEING ABLE TO COOK FOR ONE ANOTHER, PROVIDING CHILDCARE, UH, LENDING MONEY, OTHER TYPES OF PHYSICAL LABOR OF MAKING CONNECTIONS, UM, BEING ABLE TO VOLUNTEER WHEN NEEDED.

AND THEN, UH, SO THIS IS HOW PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO, UH, GIVE SOME TYPE OF COMMUNITY SUPPORT.

AND WHEN IT COMES TO THE TYPE OF SUPPORT THAT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GIVE, UH, YOU SEE SOME OF THE SAME, UH, WHICH, UH, THE, I THINK THE FIRST ONE IS EMOTIONAL SUPPORT, UH, HELP WITH TRANSPORTATION CHILDCARE AND OTHERS.

AND THEN, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE ALSO EXPLORING IS WHAT IS THE LEVEL OF COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT, UH, FOR COMMUNITIES.

SO WE SEE THAT THERE IS ON RELIGIOUS WORSHIP.

UH, PEOPLE ARE GETTING, UH, INTO YOUR PREP, YOU HAVE TRAINING, EXERCISE, WELLBEING PROGRAMS, FOOD PANTRY, UH, RECREATIONAL GROUPS, CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, FINANCIAL COACHING, AND OTHERS.

BUT I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE SEEING HERE IS THAT MOST PEOPLE ARE INVOLVED IN SOME TYPE OF COMMUNITY EFFORT.

AND THEN JUST TO GIVE YOU A PICTURE OF THE DEMOGRAPHICS, UM, WE SEE THAT 70% OF THE MEMBERS TAKING THE SURVEYS ARE OLDER, 45 YEARS OLD, UH, 75% IDENTIFY, UH, IDENTIFY THEIR GENDER AS FEMALE.

AND THEN MAJORITY OF MEMBERS TAKING THE SURVEYS IDENTIFY AS BLACK OR LATINO BY 46% IN 29%.

AND THEN, UM, I THINK THAT IS LIKE 75% WHO HAVE AT LEAST ONE DEPENDENT.

AND ALTHOUGH THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS, UM, PREFERRED, WE DIDN'T REALLY MAKE THIS AS MANDATORY, UH, WITH THE REQUIREMENTS THAT WE HAD AT THE TIME.

AND THEN, UH, OVER 65% OF THE PENDANTS ARE, UM, ARE, UH, ON THEY'RE 12 YEARS OLD, UH, MOST PEOPLE, 70%, 70% OF THE, OF THE MEMBERS, UH, FRIENDS, AND ABOUT 15% OF THE MEMBERS OWN A HOUSE AND APARTMENT.

WE ALSO SAW THAT THERE IS A, UM, A RACE COMPONENT TO THIS, WHEREAS, UH, PEOPLE WHO IDENTIFY AS BLACK BRAND MORE IN WHITE PEOP UH, PEOPLE WHO IDENTIFY AS WHITE TEND TO OWN MORE, UH, WHICH I THINK IS SOMETHING THAT, UH, THERE'S A LOT OF DATA OUT THERE, BUT WE'RE SEEING THESE E IN THE DATA THAT WE'RE ABLE TO DESEGREGATE, UH, 82% OF HOMEOWNERS LEAVING US IN A SINGLE FAMILY HOUSE.

AND THEN, UM, WHAT ELSE, LET ME SEE.

UH, AND THEN 52 50 3% OF MEMBERS, UH, WHO DID THE SURVEY, THEY LEAVE WITH A PARTNER OR A FAMILY.

AND THEN I THINK, UH, WHAT WE'RE PROVIDING THESE INVESTMENT, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE SEEING IS THAT, UM, HOUSING COSTS IS GOING UP.

UH, SO THAT'S WHAT WE SAW IN THE LAST ANALYSIS THAT WE WERE ABLE DO.

AND, UH, WITHIN THREE MONTHS WE SAW THAT, UH, 38% OF OUR MEMBERS NOTED THAT THEIR MONTHLY HOUSING COST INCREASED BY AN AVERAGE OF $175.

UM, AND THEN 4% REPORTED THAT HE HAD DECREASED.

AND THEN, UH, I THINK AN INTERESTING POINT HERE IS THAT 60, 76% OF MEMBERS, UH, NOTICE THAT HALF OF MORE OF THEIR HOUSEHOLD INCOME GOES TO RENT OR MORTGAGE.

AND THEN I THINK, UM, MAJORITY OF THE MEMBERS, SO WE HAVE, UM, THESE, NO, I DIDN'T APPLY FOR ANY TYPE OF SUBSIDY VOUCHERS OR OTHER TYPE OF HOUSING ASSISTANCE.

SO I THINK, UH, WHEN WE WERE DESIGNING THIS, WE REALLY WANTED TO GET TO THE POPULATION WHO HAD EXPERIENCED, THERE'S A LOT OF BARRIERS TO DO THIS, AND WE'RE SEEING HOW, UH, THROUGH THESE DATA THAT WE WERE ABLE TO MEET THAT GOAL.

AND THEN I THINK ANOTHER INTERESTING POINT IS THAT WHEN IT COMES TO CHOICE, 52% OF THE MEMBERS DIDN'T APPLY OR WERE NOT INTERESTED IN APPLYING, UM, THERE, UH, FOR ANY TYPE OF HOUSING BENEFITS.

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AND THEN, UH, I THINK, UH, ONE THING THAT WE'VE SEEN, UH, THROUGH THE FIRST AND SECOND SURVEY IS THAT THERE WAS WHEN WE FIRST INITIATED THE PILOT, WE SAW THAT ABOUT 60% OF THE PEOPLE HAVE REPORTED THAT THEY HAVE SOME, UM, RISK OF HOUSING INSECURITY.

AND THAT HAS BEEN DECREASING OVER TIME RIGHT NOW.

AND THIS ANALYSIS WAS DONE IN DECEMBER, UM, LATE JANUARY, WE SAW HOW THAT DROPPED TO 45%.

SO WE'RE NOW, UH, GETTING IN AND REALLY DISAGGREGATING THE DATA TO SEE WHAT IS THE RELATIONSHIP, UM, WITH THE INVESTMENT THAT WE'RE PROVIDING.

AND THEN, UH, I THINK THAT THEY WILL, HOUSING LOOKS DIFFERENT FOR EVERYONE IN REALLY DEPENDS ON WHAT'S THE PRIORITY OF THE FAMILY.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE SEEING IS THAT, UH, THAT PEOPLE ARE MENTIONING AND PROVIDING FEEDBACK IS THAT FOR THEM TO MAINTAIN STABLE HOUSING, THEY WANT TO HAVE SOME TYPE OF FINANCIAL STABILITY, AFFORDABLE HOUSING AIR COST.

AND OF COURSE, RIGHT, TALENT IS UP, COME WITH COVID-19 AND THEN, UH, BEING ABLE TO MAINTAIN EMPLOYMENT.

AND THEN YOU SEE, UM, JUST A FEW, A FEW QUOTES FROM ONE OF OUR MEMBERS WHO SAID HOW THEY WERE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE CAR.

AND THEN, UH, WITH THAT, THEY WERE ABLE TO GO TO, UH, IN A TRIP WITH THEIR KIDS AND IT GETS A FEW THINGS THAT THEY WANTED.

AND THEN, UH, JUST FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A BREATHING ROOM AND AS THEIR RENT IS $988.

SO I THINK AT THE CORE OF OUR PHILOSOPHY IS TO BE ABLE TO TRUST AND INVEST IN FAMILIES.

AND WE'RE SEEING HOW, UM, PEOPLE ARE NOT IN THE SITUATION BECAUSE THEY WANT, OR RATHER BECAUSE WE CREATED THE SYSTEMS THAT REALLY PUT PEOPLE IN A POSITION WHERE THEY DON'T REALLY HAVE A CHOICE.

SO I'M REALLY, REALLY, UM, EXCITED TO SEE THESE TYPE OF STORIES.

UM, THAT REALLY HELPED US DISRUPT THE NARRATIVE THAT WE BUILT AROUND COMMUNITY SCHOOL LIVE IN A LOW INCOME SITUATION.

SO WE'RE SEEING THESE THROUGH TESTIMONIES FEEDBACK THAT WE'RE GETTING THROUGH THAT.

AND THEN, UM, A FEW NEXT STEPS THAT WE'RE TAKING, UH, ONE IS WE STILL HAVE THIS SURVEY, THAT'S GOING TO GO OUT THIS MONTH.

SO THAT WILL HELP US DO A FULL ANALYSIS OF THE PRE AND POST AND ANYTHING IN BETWEEN.

AND THEN, UH, THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING IS JUST TO CONTINUE ENGAGING AND LEARNING FROM THE COMMUNITY SIDE AND WHAT IS REALLY THE ROLE WHEN IT COMES TO HOUSING STABILITY.

SO WE'RE DOING THAT, UM, AND YOURS IMPROVING THE PLATFORM ITSELF WHERE PEOPLE ARE NOT ABLE TO SHARE RESOURCES AMONG THEIR COMMUNITIES, BUT ALSO ACROSS OTHER PEOPLE WHO MIGHT BE EXPERIENCING DIFFERENT CHALLENGES AND IN COMING ACROSS OPPORTUNITIES WHERE THEY MAY BE ABLE TO BENEFIT ONE ANOTHER.

SO, UM, THAT'S JUST A LITTLE SNAPSHOT OF WHERE WE ARE, AND I WILL LIKE TO OPEN THE FLOOR FOR ANY QUESTIONS.

THANKS SO MUCH.

YOU WANT TO, AND JUST SORT OF SUM UP, UH, THIS PROGRAM WAS A DIRECT CASH TRANSFER PROGRAM, UH, WITH THE GROUP OF AUSTINITES, UH, PER THE QUALIFICATION CRITERIA YOU IDENTIFIED, OR THE GENERAL DEMOGRAPHIC CRITERIA IDENTIFIED, AND THEY WERE RECEIVING DIRECT CASH TRANSFERS OF A THOUSAND DOLLARS A MONTH.

IS THAT RIGHT? THAT'S RIGHT.

AND THE OUTCOMES YOU REPORTED WERE SHORT TERM SORT OF THREE MONTH OUTCOMES, UH, AS A RESULT OF, WELL, FROM THE END DATE OF THAT PROJECT.

UH, AND SO I'LL OPEN UP THE FLOOR FOR ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, UH, AROUND THIS COMMISSIONER GARCIA.

WHO TRIED TO GET ACCESS TO THIS.

SO I KNOW SOME MEMBERS OF MY AREA NORTH AUSTIN, THEY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS PROGRAM, AND IT'S A REALLY RELIEF WITH THE RENTER, WITH THE RENT INCREASING, UH, THE LAST YEARS AND THE COVID IMPACT TOO.

SO I HAVE QUESTION ABOUT, UH, FOR HOW LONG IS THIS PROGRAM GOING ON? AND IF YOU GIVE US THE NUMBER OF THE PEOPLE, I THINK I LOST THAT, UH, AT THE BEGINNING, THE NAME OF PEOPLE IMPACTING, UM, IMPACT BY, BY THIS PROGRAM SO FAR.

AND, UH, WHAT'S THE GOAL OF PEOPLE FOR THE NEXT, UH, FOR THIS YEAR AND THE NEXT ONE? TOTALLY.

NO, THANKS FOR THAT.

SO THE NUMBER IS 176 PEOPLE WHO WERE ABLE TO ENROLL IN THIS PILOT THAT WE HAVE FOR THE LAST 12 MONTHS, UH, PROVIDING $12,000 AS A MID MENTIONED.

AND I THINK FOR 2022, WE'RE WORKING WITH, UH, PHILANTHROPY AND ALSO WITH THE CITY TO SEE WHAT IS THE NEXT PHASE OF THIS.

SO I THINK, UH, RIGHT NOW IT'S ACTUALLY THE TIMING TO PROVIDE ANY FEEDBACK OR ANY SUGGESTIONS AS WE'RE ASSIGNING THAT.

UM, BUT WE WILL HAVE TO CONTINUE THESE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, UM, PEOPLE REALLY, I MEAN, THE DEMAND TO THESE, UH, IS REALLY HIGH, UH, ALONE IN THE PLATFORM WE HAVE ABOUT, UH, 40,000 PEOPLE FROM AUSTIN

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AND AS YOU CAN SEE, WE CAN ONLY FUND IN THIS CASE 176 PEOPLE.

SO, UM, DEFINITELY THE NEED IS OUT THERE AND WE'RE, UH, ACTIVELY FUNDRAISING TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE SUPPORT.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER GARCIA.

YVONNE.

DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS.

YOU GOT ENOUGH FOR THAT PRESENTATION? OH, SORRY.

UH, SO MY QUESTION WAS, YOU SAID YOU WERE FOR 2022.

YOU'RE TALKING TO THE CITY.

IS THAT, IS THERE A PLAN TO USE PUBLIC MONEY FOR THIS? CAN YOU REPEAT YOUR QUESTION? IS, IS THERE A PLAN TO USE PUBLIC MONEY FOR THIS PROGRAM? WE DON'T KNOW YET.

I THINK THAT WE ARE SUBMITTING DIFFERENT REQUESTS FOR PROPOSALS, UM, TO SEE HOW WE MIGHT DO IT, BUT THAT'S NO, WE DON'T KNOW YET.

THANKS FOR THAT QUESTION, COMMISSIONER, THE ESSENCE.

SO GIVEN WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT ECONOMIC DISPARITIES AND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE, WHAT THE BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS AT THIS BODY APPROVED FOR US TO SUBMIT LAST MONTH, UH, CLEARLY, UH, ASSISTANCE IS NEEDED.

UH, AND CLEARLY, YOU KNOW, WAGES WERE ALREADY, UH, PRETTY BADLY DISPARATE BEFORE.

UM, AND COMPOUNDING THAT WITH PANDEMIC AND INFLATION.

IT'S FAR WORSE NOW, UH, IF THERE'S ANY INTEREST IN POSSIBLY DOING, UH, ANY KIND OF RECOMMENDATION OR ACTION ON THIS, UH, FOR THE BUDGET THAT WOULD BE OUTSIDE OF THE ONES THAT WE SUBMITTED IN THE PORTAL, YOU KNOW, I ENCOURAGE ANYONE TO THINK ABOUT IT OR DISCUSS IT, UH, IN, IN THIS NEXT MONTH.

AND PERHAPS WE CAN TAKE ACTION IN MAY COMMISSIONER DELGADO.

UH, FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

UM, I THINK THAT THROUGHOUT YOUR WHOLE PRESENTATION, THERE'S TWO THINGS THAT, UH, RESONATED WITH ME.

UH, ONE OF THEM WHERE YOU SAID THAT, UM, BUT YOU DIDN'T USE THESE TERMS, BUT THIS IS A TERM I'M, THESE ARE THE WORDS I'M GONNA USE PEOPLE OF COLOR DON'T OWN ENOUGH HOMES.

SO I DID HEAR THAT WHEN YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, THROUGH, YOU KNOW, SERVING THAT MORE PEOPLE THAT WERE, YOU KNOW, NON BLACK, LATINO, UH, OWNED HOMES.

AND, AND THAT REALLY CONCERNS ME THE OWNERSHIP OF HOMES.

SECOND THING ON THE SURVEY, UM, 75% OF THEM WERE UNDER 45 YEARS OLD.

SO THAT ALSO RESONATED WITH ME BECAUSE WE HAVE A POPULATION OF ELDERLY AND PEOPLE OVER 45 IN THEIR FIFTIES AND THEIR SIXTIES AND THEIR SEVENTIES AND THEIR EIGHTIES.

I WANT TO KNOW HOW ARE THEY PARTICIPATING IN THE SURVEY AS WELL AS WHAT IS THE OUTREACH COMPONENT BESIDES, UM, YOU KNOW, DIGITAL, UM, COMPUTER ACCESS TYPE OF SERVING.

ARE YOU ALL GOING TO THE COMMUNITY AND, YOU KNOW, UM, DOING ANY TYPE OF COMMUNITY OUTREACH, UM, TO THE AREAS.

I ALSO WANTED TO ASK THAT QUESTION, CAUSE I DIDN'T HEAR THAT.

AND OTHER THAN THAT, THIS IS A GREAT PILOT PROGRAM.

I TOTALLY RECOMMEND, UH, ANYTHING WE CAN DO AS A BOARD, UH, TO ASSIST YOU ALL.

SO YOU ALL CAN BE ABLE TO GET MORE FUNDING OR ANY TYPE OF WHEREVER YOU ARE, ARE HEADING.

WE WANT TO BE A SUPPORT TO THAT BECAUSE THESE ARE THE TYPE OF PILOT PROGRAMS WE NEED RIGHT NOW, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE THE REAL ESTATE MARKET IS CRAZY AND WE'RE LOSING PEOPLE, WE'RE IN A HUGE CRISIS IN OUR CITY AND WE NEED PROGRAMS LIKE THIS, AND WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO ADVOCATE FOR YOU ALL AS WELL AS ASSIST YOU ALL AS A BOARD.

AND SO I'M TOTALLY IN AGREEMENT OF COMING UP WITH SOMETHING, BUT I DID, IF YOU CAN PLEASE ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS THINKING, THANK YOU.

SO NUMBER ONE, YES.

WHAT YOU SAW WAS RIGHT.

UM, PEOPLE FOLLOW, THOSE ARE DIRECT RELATIONSHIP, UM, BY THEM OWNING LESS HOUSES AND PEOPLE WHO IDENTIFY AS WHITE.

SO THAT IS THAT THAT WE HAVE, AND WE COME FROM THAT.

AND THEN THE SECOND ONE ON THE AGE.

YOU ON HIS CONTACT INFORMATION AND REACH OUT TO HER DIRECTLY AND TAKE THOSE OFFLINE.

SO RIGHT NOW THAT'S A RENTER.

WE HAVE, UM, THE OUTREACH WAS ACTUALLY CONDUCTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS.

SO THEY HELPED US RECORD THAT.

UH, RIGHT NOW THE PLATFORM IS ONLY ONLINE.

UM, SO PEOPLE HAVE TO HAVE ACCESS TO SOME TYPE OF TECHNOLOGY.

THEY CAN DO IT THROUGH OTHER FUN.

UM, AND WE'RE TRYING TO ENSURE THAT FOR THESE NEXT PHASE, UH, WE HAVE THE, YOU KNOW, WE INCLUDE A DIVERSE POPULATION, INCLUDING AGES AS WELL.

SO, UM, WE DO HAVE A SMALL POPULATION I THINK IS LESS THAN 10%.

WE'RE WE'RE, UH, LOOKING FORWARD TO INCREASE THAT.

THANKS, MR. DELGADO.

THANKS, AVON.

UH, AND UH, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS THAT WE HAVE, UH, WE CAN GET

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WE APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION AND ALWAYS, UM, VORACIOUS.

WE'D LIKE TO DIG INTO FRESH DATA.

SO THANK YOU.

AND THANKS FOR YOUR WORK.

THANK YOU EVERYONE.

SO WE

[4B. Presentation, discussion and possible action on the definitions, funding, goals, and equity of Project Connect and the Anti-Displacement Community Acquisition Program (ADCAP) (Nefertitti Jackmon & Mandy DeMayo, Housing and Planning Department)]

WILL MOVE ON TO FOUR B, WHICH IS THE PRESENTATION DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON DEFINITIONS, FUNDING, GOALS, AND EQUITY OF PROJECT CONNECT AND ANTI-DISPLACEMENT COMMUNITY ACQUISITION PROGRAM KNOWN AS AD CAP, NEFERTITI, TD JACKMAN, AND MANDY DE MAYO WITH HOUSING AND PLANNING WILL BE JOINING US.

HELLO EVERYBODY.

CAN YOU HEAR ME? HELLO? HELLO? OKAY.

SURE THAT THEY BENEFIT FROM THESE INVESTMENTS.

UH, I'M GOING TO, OR PERHAPS, UM, CAN I SHARE MY SCREEN? WHAT'S EASIER NEFERTITI.

UM, I HAVE IT HERE.

I DON'T KNOW.

UM, OKAY.

NEXT IT FEELS WEIRD.

I'M GOING TO HAVE TO TELL YOU NEXT.

WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.

UM, I KNOW A LOT OF YOU HAVE PROBABLY ALREADY SEEN A LOT OF THIS INFORMATION.

UM, AND WE ARE GOING TO, I'M GOING TO LEAVE THE BULK OF THE TIME FOR MANDY TO HIGHLIGHT, UH, THE AD CAP PROGRAM OR A LAND ACQUISITION PROGRAM, BUT I'M JUST GOING TO PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW.

MY NAME IS NEFERTITI JACKMAN.

I'LL PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF, UM, WHERE WE ARE IN THE FIRST COUPLE OF YEARS OF ALLOCATING THE $65 MILLION, UH, FOR THE ANTI-DISPLACEMENT FUNDING, UM, THAT HAS BEEN PROVIDED, UH, RELATED TO, UH, PROJECT CONNECT.

AND, UM, THE, THE FUNDING WAS APPROVED THROUGH A CONTRACT WITH THE VOTERS AND IT WILL COME FROM, UM, TAX REVENUE.

AND, UM, THE GOAL IS, ALTHOUGH WE UNDERSTAND THE MINI BIN BENEFITS OF TRANSIT, UM, THROUGHOUT OUR CITY AND GREATER CONNECTIVITY, UH, WE UNDERSTAND THAT, UH, WE'VE SEEN HISTORICALLY IT DOES TEND TO DISPLACE, UH, LOW INCOME RESIDENTS AND OTHER VULNERABLE RESIDENTS.

SO THE CITY TOOK BOLD LEADERSHIP, BOTH OF NOT ONLY WHAT OUR CITY LEADERS, BUT THE PUBLIC SUPPORTED THE, UH, $300 MILLION INVESTMENTS BY VOTING TO APPROVE IT.

SO WE REALLY WANT TO HELP PREVENT THE DISPLACEMENT OF AS MANY HOUSEHOLDS AS WE POSSIBLY CAN.

UM, BUT WE UNDERSTAND IN OUR CURRENT HOUSING CLIMATE, THAT IS VERY CHALLENGING.

ONE OF THE GOALS OR PRIORITIES THAT EXISTED FOR THE TEAM, UH, WAS TO CREATE THE EQUITY TOOL.

AND SO WE WORK WITH COMMUNITY CONSULTANTS, UM, OR CONSULTANTS AS WELL AS COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO REALLY ESTABLISH THE PRIORITIES AROUND THE EQUITY GOALS OF, FOR HOW THE FUNDING WOULD BE INVESTED.

COMMUNITY CATALYST HELPED US TO IDENTIFY PRIORITY PLACES WHICH, UH, INCLUDED INVESTMENTS WITHIN ONE MILE OF A PROJECT CONNECT STATION, BUT SPECIFIC TO AREAS THAT WERE, UH, EXPERIENCING DISPLACEMENT RISK.

THEN THEY ALSO HELPED US TO IDENTIFY PRIORITY PURPOSES.

AND FOR THE FIRST TWO YEARS WERE REALLY FOCUSING ON SOME OF THOSE PRIORITY PURPOSES THAT THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS IDENTIFIED, INCLUDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING, LAND BANKING, AND THEN OPPORTUNITIES THAT, UH, STRENGTHENED TENANT AND HOMEOWNERS RIGHTS AND, AND EXPAND, UH, HOME OWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES ALONG WITH THE EQUITY TOOL REPORT.

UH, WE ALSO CREATED MAPS IN A DASHBOARD SO THAT WE CAN REALLY MAP OUT WHERE ARE THESE COMMUNITIES LOCATED USING, UH, DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION, UH, TO IDENTIFY HOUSEHOLDS THAT ARE AT RISK OF DISPLACEMENT.

AND THEN, UH, ANOTHER WAY THAT WE HAVE INCORPORATED THE TOOL INTO OUR PROCESS IS HOW WE ARE USING IT TO, UH, CREATE THE APPLICATION, WHICH WAS JUST RELEASED YESTERDAY, ALONG WITH THE SCORING CRITERIA.

AND SO, UM, THE MAPS SORT OF, UH, IDENTIFY THE CHARACTERISTICS OR DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION OF HOUSEHOLDS THAT WE ARE SEEKING TO MAKE

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WE CAN, UM, USE, UH, IT'S AN INTERACTIVE DASHBOARD OR MAP TO REALLY IDENTIFY IF YOU HAVE RENTER HOUSEHOLDS OR HOMEOWNERS, IF THERE'S A PERCENTAGE OR WHAT PERCENTAGE ARE COMMUNITIES OF COLOR, ALL OF THE, UM, DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION THAT YOU SEE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, UH, COMMUNITIES OF COLOR, LOW INCOMES, UH, PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLDS THAT ARE SEVERELY RENT, BURDEN CHILDREN LIVING IN POVERTY.

AND THE PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLDS OF THAT ARE WITHOUT A BACHELOR'S DEGREE.

THESE ARE ALL CHARACTERISTICS OF PREVIOUSLY IDENTIFIED IN THE UPROOTED REPORT THAT DEMONSTRATE A HOUSEHOLDS, UM, LEVEL OR CHARACTERISTICS THAT MAKE A HOUSEHOLD VULNERABLE TO DISPLACEMENT.

SO, UH, THESE MAPS ARE USEFUL TO HELP US REALLY TARGET IN ALL TARGET OUR INVESTMENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DEPLOYING VERY LIMITED RESOURCES TO AREAS WITH PROGRAMS AND SERVICES THAT ARE RESPONSIVE TO THE UNIQUE NEEDS OF EACH NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND SO OUR INVESTMENT STRATEGY IS NOT ONE THING, BUT IT'S TAKING IN ALL OF THESE CONSIDERATIONS.

AND, UM, THIS IS HOW WE'RE REALLY PRIORITIZING OUR DOLLARS AND FOCUSING THE DOLLARS SO THAT THEY CAN HAVE THE MOST IMPACT UNDERSTANDING AGAIN, THAT THE BALLERS ARE LIMITED, RIGHT? AND THIS IS NOT, THESE ARE NOT, UH, FUNDS TO ADDRESS ANTI-DISPLACEMENT PRESSURES THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE CITY OF AUSTIN.

AND FROM HERE, I'M GOING TO PASS IT ON TO MANDY DE MAYO, OUR DEPUTY DIRECTOR, TO REALLY TALK ABOUT, UM, WHERE WE ARE WITH THE ALLOCATION OF THE DOLLARS IN, IN THE FIRST COUPLE OF YEARS AND THE SPECIFIC PROGRAM.

THANK YOU SO MUCH NEFERTITI.

UH, SO I'M LOOKING AT THE ANTI-DISPLACEMENT FUND BUDGET.

THIS REALLY SPEAKS TO THE FIRST TWO YEARS.

IT'S A 13 YEAR SPEND PLAN, THE $300 MILLION.

AND IN THE FIRST TWO YEARS, WE WERE ALLOCATED $65 MILLION WORKING WITH THE, UM, COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE OR THE CAC FOR PROJECT CONNECT.

UM, THIS BUDGET WAS DEVELOPED FOR THE FIRST TWO YEARS THAT'S LAST YEAR, AND THIS FISCAL YEAR THAT WE SIT IN RIGHT NOW, UM, AND THIS BUDGET WAS SUBSEQUENTLY AFFIRMED BY CITY COUNCIL WITHIN THE LAST MONTH OR SO.

SO WE'RE LOOKING AT ROUGHLY A THIRD OF THE FUNDS, UH, TO COMMUNITY INITIATED SOLUTIONS, AS NEFERTITI MENTIONED, VERY EXCITING.

THIS IS A BRAND NEW INITIATIVE.

THE NOFA, THE NOTICE OF FUNDING AVAILABILITY WAS RELEASED, UM, WITH A PRESS CONFERENCE YESTERDAY.

UM, AND WE'RE VERY EAGER TO SEE WHAT KIND OF, UM, WHAT KIND OF PROPOSALS WE RECEIVE.

UM, SO THAT IS THE $20 MILLION FOR COMMUNITY INITIATED SOLUTIONS.

$21 MILLION IS GOING TOWARD HOUSING DEVELOPMENT THROUGH RHODA AND ODA, WHICH WE MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OUR FEDERAL FUNDING OR HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE FOR BOTH RENTAL AND OWNERSHIP HOUSING, THOSE FUNDS WILL BE LAYERED ONTO EXISTING FUNDING SOURCES, BUT THEY WILL BE USED SPECIFICALLY FOR, UM, APPLICATIONS THAT MEET THE CRITERIA LAID OUT, UM, IN THE ANTI-DISPLACEMENT WORK.

AND THEN 23 MILLION WAS ALLOCATED LAST FISCAL YEAR.

UM, THIS WAS SPECIFICALLY FOR, FOR TWO DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES, UM, COMMUNITY, UH, BASED, UH, ORGANIZATIONS TO, UH, UH, ACQUIRE LAND, UM, AND THEN AHF C AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION, PRESERVATION OF, UM, EXISTING MULTIFAMILY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT.

SO IT'S ROUGHLY A THIRD, A THIRD, A THIRD, AND WE HAVE SOME ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES INCLUDED IN THERE.

IF WE COULD GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, I'M GOING TO DIG INTO THAT 23 MILLION.

SO THE 23 MILLION, UM, WHAT WE HEARD FROM BOTH THE COMMUNITY AND FROM OUR CITY COUNCIL IS THEY WANTED US TO, UM, PRIORITIZE COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS TO, UM, IDENTIFY OPPORTUNITIES, UH, FOR LAND ACQUISITION, UM, HOUSING ACQUISITION FOR FUTURE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

UM, IN ALIGNMENT WITH PROJECT CONNECT, WHAT WE DID IS WE DEVELOPED THE IT'S CALLED THE AD CAP PROGRAM OR ANTI-DISPLACEMENT COMMUNITY ACQUISITION PROGRAM.

IT WAS RELEASED IN DECEMBER OF 2021.

UM, AND IT PROVIDES, UM, FUNDING

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FOR COMMUNITY-BASED NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.

THEY NEED TO BE A 5 0 1 C3, A LOCAL NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION WITH AFFORDABLE HOUSING EXPERIENCE.

THE FUNDING IS TO ACQUIRE PROPERTY FOR THE PRESERVATION OR DEVELOPMENT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

AND, UH, FUNDS ARE SPECIFICALLY GEOGRAPHICALLY RESTRICTED, UH, TO BEING LOCATED WITHIN ONE MILE OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT CONNECT, BOTH BUS AND RAIL LINES IN AREAS NEVER TD PREVIOUSLY HAD SHOWN A MAP THAT SHOWS, UM, AREAS VULNERABLE TO DISPLACEMENT.

SO IT NEEDS TO MEET THAT GEOGRAPHIC CRITERIA.

UM, WE HAVE RECEIVED THE, THE, THE NOTICE OF FUNDING AVAILABILITY WAS RELEASED.

UM, WE HAVE RECEIVED, UH, ONE APPLICATION THUS FAR, AND IT WAS SUBSEQUENTLY APPROVED.

UH, STAFF REVIEWED IT, UH, HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS WITH THE APPLICANT.

IT WAS AUSTIN REVITALIZATION AUTHORITY FOR ACQUISITION OF A FOURPLEX IN THE COLONY PARK LAKESIDE NEIGHBORHOOD.

UM, THEY ARE, UM, UH, REHABBING THE PROPERTY AND THEY WILL BE RENTING FOR THE LONGTERM TO FOLKS AT, OR BELOW 50% MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.

WE TOOK THIS BECAUSE THE AWARD WAS GREATER THAN OUR BUDGETARY AUTHORITY, WHICH IS $300,000.

WE TOOK IT TO THE H F C BOARD, WHICH IS, UM, ALSO THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL ON MARCH 24TH FOR APPROVAL.

IT WAS REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY THE HFC BOARD.

UM, AND WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT INITIAL PROJECT.

I WILL SAY THAT WE HAVE BEEN IN MULTIPLE, MULTIPLE CONVERSATIONS, UM, WITH COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE VERY INTERESTED IN THIS, UH, PROGRAM.

THEY HAVE BEEN EAGER FOR A FLEXIBLE, UH, FUNDING SOURCE, UM, THAT COULD BE RELATIVELY QUICKLY ACCESSED, UM, TO ACQUIRE AND DEVELOP LAND.

UM, WE, UH, ARE LOOKING AT THE, WE ALWAYS, WHEN WE CREATED THIS PROGRAM, WE ALWAYS KNEW THAT IT WOULD BE ITERATIVE, UH, THAT WE WOULD GATHER FEEDBACK AS THE COMMUNITY APPLIED FOR THE PROGRAM, IS THE COMMUNITY LEARNED ABOUT THE PROGRAM, UM, AND THAT WE WOULD MAKE TWEAKS ALONG THE WAY.

UH, WE ARE ALSO LOOKING AT HOW TO BETTER PROVIDE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND PROMOTE THE PROGRAM, UM, TO OUR COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS.

UM, AGAIN, WE'D BEEN PROVIDING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE ON A KIND OF AD HOC, A LOT OF PHONE CALLS AND SOME MEETINGS AND SOME ZOOM CALLS, UM, BUT WE ARE LOOKING AT, UM, AND I THINK IT'S ON THE NEXT SLIDE, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN.

OH, WELL, THE NEXT ONE WE'RE GOING TO, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT NEXT STEPS, UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT MORE FORMALIZED DEVELOPER ROUND TABLES FOR, UM, UH, SMALL COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS.

I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN A MINUTE.

WHEN I TALK ABOUT NEXT STEPS IN ADDITION THAT 23 MILLION, SO WE ALLOCATED 8 MILLION OUT OF THE 23 MILLION FOR THE AD CAP PROGRAM.

SO FOR THOSE SMALL COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS AGAIN, SO FAR, UH, WE HAVE AWARDED $458,000 OUT OF THAT 8 MILLION.

UM, WE HOPE TO AWARD MORE PROJECTS IN THE FUTURE OUT OF THE 23 MILLION, WE SET ASIDE 15 MILLION SPECIFICALLY FOR THE ACQUISITION OF EXISTING MULTIFAMILY HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS AND AREAS THAT ARE VULNERABLE TO DISPLACEMENT.

AND SO THIS IS FOUR H F C ON ITS OWN, OR IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS TO ACQUIRE AND PRESERVE MULTIFAMILY HOUSING, UM, FOR LONGTERM AFFORDABILITY.

AGAIN, IT NEEDS TO MEET THE SAME CRITERIA IN TERMS OF GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION, UH, WITHIN ONE MILE OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT CONNECT BUS AND RAIL LINES.

UH, AND OUR GOAL IS TO PRESERVE EXISTING AFFORDABLE HOUSING, WHETHER IT IS WHAT WE CALL NATURALLY OCCURRING, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AS IN THERE'S NO RENT RESTRICTIONS ON IT, OR IF IN FACT IT IS, UM, UH, A RENT RESTRICTED PROPERTY THAT POTENTIALLY IS AT THE END OF ITS RENT RESTRICTION LIFE TIME.

UM, WE'RE ALSO EXPLORING THOSE OPPORTUNITIES.

WE ARE ACTIVELY PURSUING MULTIPLE DEVELOPMENTS, UM, ALL OVER AUSTIN.

UM, IN FACT, WE HAVE A LETTER OF INTEREST OUT ON TWO DIFFERENT PROPERTIES.

UM, WE WOULD, AS WE WORK THROUGH OUR DUE DILIGENCE ON THESE PROPERTIES, I WILL SAY, UM, THAT IT'S A VERY COMPETITIVE REAL ESTATE MARKET.

UM, THAT COMES AS NO SURPRISE TO ANYBODY SITTING AROUND THIS TABLE.

UM, WE HAVE BEEN OUTBID ON MULTIPLE, UM, POTENTIAL OPPORTUNITIES.

UM, AND OF COURSE WHEN, WHEN WE ARE GETTING OUTBID AS A MISSION DRIVEN NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION, TYPICALLY WHAT THAT MEANS IS A PRIVATE FOR-PROFIT

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DEVELOPER IS, UM, PURCHASING THE PROPERTY AND LOOKING TO MOVE THE RENTS TOWARD WHAT THEY WOULD CONSIDER MARKET, UM, INCREASING THE RENTS.

UM, SO WE ARE WORKING ACTIVELY, UM, AGAINST THAT VERY POWERFUL FORCE.

UM, AND WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR REAL ESTATE TEAM WITHIN OUR DEPARTMENT AND THE, OUR OFFICE OF REAL ESTATE SERVICES AS WELL WITHIN THE CITY.

UM, WE WILL AGGRESSIVELY PURSUE A FUTURE ACQUISITION OPPORTUNITIES.

UM, WE ARE ALSO LOOKING AT CONTINUING CONVERSATIONS WITH THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE, UM, BECAUSE WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR WAYS IN WHICH TO IMPROVE OUR PROGRAM AND TO BETTER COMMUNICATE THE PRIORITIES, UM, THAT, THAT WE HAVE IDENTIFIED IN COLLABORATION WITH THE COMMUNITY AND THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE IN TERMS OF PROPERTIES, UM, TO PRIORITIZE FOR ACQUISITION LOCATIONS, SIZE, UH, DEMOGRAPHICS, UM, ALL OF THOSE DIFFERENT THINGS WE COULD GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

THAT'S REALLY NEXT STEPS.

SORRY.

LET'S SEE.

OH, OH, I FORGOT NEFERTITI YOU'RE YES.

YOU'RE RUNNING THE SHOW.

NEXT STEPS, EXPANDING PARTICIPATION AND AD CAP.

AS I MENTIONED, UM, THUS FAR, UH, WE HAVE COMMITTED 458,000 OUT OF THE 8 MILLION.

WE KNOW THAT WE NEED BROADER COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.

WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS OUT THERE WHO, UM, ARE INTERESTED AND HAVE THE EXPERTISE, UM, BUT MAYBE NOT THE CAPACITY TO APPLY FOR THE FUNDS.

WE WANT TO WORK WITH THEM ACCORDINGLY.

WE ARE WORKING WITH OUR COMMUNICATIONS DIVISION ON CREATING A RECURRING ROUND TABLE THAT WE WOULD HOST.

IT WOULD BE IN-PERSON, UH, ASSUMING OUR COVID NUMBERS CONTINUE TO BE GOOD.

UM, AND THIS WOULD BE FOR COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS AND NONPROFIT DEVELOPERS.

UH, THE GOAL WOULD BE TO SHARE INFORMATION FACE TO FACE ABOUT THE PROGRAM AND THE APPLICATION PROCESS TO HELP THEM FILL OUT AN APPLICATION TO WALK THROUGH, UM, DIFFERENT PROPERTIES THAT THEY HAVE IDENTIFIED AND HOW THEY WOULD OR WOULD NOT ALIGN, UM, WITH THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM.

AND IT'S ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO DISCUSS DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCES, SHOULD A DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCE, UM, BE BETTER SUITED FOR THE TYPE OF PROJECT THAT THEY ARE PURSUING.

AND WE'LL ALSO SAY, UM, WE LAUNCHED A PROPOSAL.

WE'RE VERY INTERESTED AS A DEPARTMENT IN CAPACITY BUILDING FOR OUR SMALL, UM, NONPROFIT DEVELOPERS.

I MENTIONED EARLIER IN THE, UM, FEDERAL, UH, ACTION PLAN, UH, PRESENTATION THAT WE HAVE, WHAT'S CALLED A CHODO COMMUNITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION, OPERATING EXPENSE GRANT PROGRAM.

UM, WE NEED MORE OF THAT.

WE HAVE A LOT OF SMALL COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS WHO, UM, WITHIN THEIR MISSION ARE VERY COMMITTED AND ALIGNED TO ALL OF THE THINGS THAT EVERYONE AROUND THIS TABLE IS COMMITTED TO, TO WHAT OUR DEPARTMENT IS COMMITTED TO, BUT THEY SIMPLY DO NOT HAVE THE CAPACITY.

THEY DO NOT HAVE THE RESOURCES.

THEY DO NOT HAVE THE STAFFING, UM, TO GET THE WORK DONE THAT THEY WANT TO GET DONE.

UM, AND SO WE HAVE LAUNCHED A PROPOSAL TO PROVIDE CAPACITY BUILDING.

THERE ARE NATIONAL OUT THERE THAT DO A CAPACITY BUILDING FOR SMALL NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.

OUR GOAL IS TO, UM, GET, UH, UH, A ORGANIZATION, A CAPACITY BUILDING ORGANIZATION UNDER CONTRACT.

UM, WITHIN THE NEXT, I'M GOING TO SAY FOUR TO SIX MONTHS, UM, AND THEN LAUNCH THE ACTUAL CAPACITY BUILDING PROGRAM.

THERE ARE A LOT OF INTERESTING CAPACITY BUILDING PROGRAMS ACROSS THE COUNTRY THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO REPLICATE HERE.

AND OUR GOAL WOULD BE TO TAKE THOSE ORGANIZATIONS THAT MAY BE MANAGE A HANDFUL OF HOUSING UNITS, BUT HAVEN'T DEVELOPED ANYTHING IN A WHILE, GET THEM TO THEN CONTEMPLATE DEVELOPING SOME AFFORDABLE HOUSING OR ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE DEVELOPED A HANDFUL OF UNITS, YET THEM TO DEVELOP 20, 30, 40 UNITS, UM, AND REALLY PROVIDE THAT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, UM, TO ENABLE THEM TO DEVELOP THEIR BOARDS, TO DEVELOP THEIR FUNDRAISING, TO DEVELOP THEIR ABILITY, TO BUILD THE CAPITAL STACK, TO DO MORE, UM, AGGRESSIVE AND AMBITIOUS, UM, PROJECTS.

UM, AND THEN TO LOOK AT THINGS LIKE ASSET MANAGEMENT, LONG-TERM AFFORDABILITY, UM, UH, A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT THINGS ALL IN THE STAGE OF, UM, UH, DEVELOPING, MANAGING, OWNING, UH, AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR THE LOW INCOME COMMUNITY.

WE'RE EAGER TO GET THAT DONE.

UM, AND WE

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HOPE TO HAVE, UM, MORE NEWS ON THAT WITHIN THE NEXT FOUR TO SIX MONTHS, AND AGAIN, LAUNCH THE PROGRAM, UM, EARLY NEXT FISCAL YEAR.

SO I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS AS, AS NEFFER TD, WHO HAS I KNOW SOMEWHERE IN THERE.

THANK YOU ALL.

UM, AND THANKS FOR THE, UH, SPECIFIC EXPLANATIONS.

I KNOW THAT SOME PROPOSED ACTION, UM, IDENTIFIES A LOT OF THE NEXT STEPS, UH, THAT ARE THERE MAYBE EVEN IN LESS GRANULAR DETAIL THAN Y'ALL'S NEXT STEPS.

SO THAT'S SUPER ENCOURAGING.

UH, THAT BEING SAID, UH, WE'LL OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS.

AND OF COURSE, EVERYONE KEEP IN MIND.

THE QUESTIONS AT THIS POINT ARE A FUNCTION OF HOW LONG WE ALL STAY HERE TOGETHER.

SO, UH, TO BE CLEAR, YOU KNOW, I CAN HANG UNTIL THIS PLACE TURNS US INTO PUMPKINS, BUT I DON'T THINK EVERYBODY HAS THAT SAME LUXURY.

SO, UH, VICE CHAIR, DID YOU, DID I SEE THAT YOU HAD YOUR HAND UP? OH, NO, I'M SORRY.

I'D RATHER HAVE TO GO FIRST.

I, YEAH, I JUST HAVE A QUESTION.

UM, FOR THE 15 MILLIONS YOU HAVE THERE AS RESERVE, HOW MANY COMMUNITIES IS YOUR GOAL TO GET THE TAP? THE 15 MILLION FOR AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION? UM, WE HAVE OUR EYE ON A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT ACQUISITIONS.

UM, AND WE WOULD ANTICIPATE THAT WE COULD, UM, ACQUIRE THIS WOULD NOT BE OUTRIGHT ACQUISITION.

THIS WOULD BE PARTNERING WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS.

IT WOULD JUST BE PROVIDING THE EQUITY.

WE WOULD BE TAKING ON DEBT AS WELL, BUT, UM, HOPEFULLY TO TWO DIFFERENT PROPERTIES, WE ALSO HAVE SOME OTHER FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR ACQUISITION.

WE CURRENTLY HAVE ABOUT $20 MILLION REMAINING IN OUR, UM, UH, LAND ACQUISITION DOLLARS FROM GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS.

WE'RE LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN STRETCH THOSE DOLLARS, ALL OF OUR DOLLARS, UH, AS FAR AND WIDE AS POSSIBLE.

UM, BUT RIGHT NOW, UH, LOOKING AT OUR EXISTING MULTIFAMILY APARTMENT COMPLEXES, THE PER DOOR COST IS HIGH.

AND A LOT OF THESE PER DOOR COSTS, UM, ARE NOT SUFFICIENT.

WE'D WANT TO DO SOME REHABILITATION IN ADDITION, UM, TO BRING IT UP TO A STANDARDS, UM, THAT OUR COMMUNITY WOULD EXPECT.

SO I'M GOING TO SAY TWO DIFFERENT MULTI-FAMILY COMPLEXES IS OUR GOAL.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER GARCIA.

THANK YOU, MANDY.

AND, UH, ANYONE ELSE COMMISSIONED AVOCADO? SO, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT THIS, THIS IS A HOUSING AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT.

THAT'S TALKING ABOUT $300 MILLION FOR ANTIDOTE, AN ANTI-DISPLACEMENT FUNDING FOR PROJECT CONNECT.

SO IT, THAT MAKES ME, SO I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION ALL THE WAY, GOING BACK TO WHEN PROJECT CONNECT WAS VOTED IN THAT THIS MONEY WAS FOR, UH, TO SUSTAIN, UM, FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE GONNA BE RELOCATED FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO BE DISPLACED.

AND SO WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE BREAKDOWN, 20 MILLION TO NOFA 20 MILLION TO RODEN AND ODA 23 MILLION TO A F H C LAND ACQUISITION.

SO YOU'RE ALREADY BREAKING UP ALL THE MONEY NOW FOR THE FIRST TWO YEARS.

YES, WE HAVE A BUDGET AND THAT'S MY CONCERN BECAUSE WE LOST TWO YEARS, 20, 20, AND 2021 DURING A PANDEMIC WITHIN THOSE TWO YEARS, WHEN PROJECT CONNECT WITH PAST, WE LOST A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF POPULATION IN OUR CITY ACROSS THE CITY.

AND YOU KNOW, I'M NOT EVEN GOING TO TALK ABOUT MY DEMOGRAPHIC AREA, BUT ACROSS THE CITY.

SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS, CORRECT? FOR THE LAST FISCAL YEAR AND THIS FISCAL YEAR, THAT'S THE BREAKDOWN.

SO THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2021 AND 2022, THAT IS CORRECT.

SO WHAT CONCERNS ME IS ON THE RENTAL, THE RHODA AND THE ODA.

SO HOW I I'M, I'M STILL TRYING TO WRAP MY MIND AROUND HOW YOU ALL ARE GOING TO SUSTAIN PEOPLE WITH THAT.

THAT'S, THAT'S ONE.

AND THOSE PEOPLE BEING PEOPLE THAT ARE POOR PEOPLE, COLOR PEOPLE OR DISABLED PEOPLE THAT ARE ELDER PEOPLE THAT ARE ON SECTION EIGHT AND PUBLIC HOUSING, PEOPLE THAT, UM, ARE BEING TAXED OUT BECAUSE OF TAX INCREASES.

UH, WE'RE AT ALMOST BUSINESSES ARE AT 80,000, UM, FAMILIES, SINGLE FAMILIES, OR, UH, WITH A NON-EXEMPT OR AT 15, 15,000 A YEAR OF TAXES AND PEOPLE THAT ARE EXEMPT ARE PROBABLY AT FIVE TO 7,000.

IS ANY OF THIS BREAKDOWN DOES NOT HAVE ANY MONIES TOWARDS TAX RELIEF OR ANY TYPE OF ASSISTANCE FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE, HAVE ACCUMULATED TAXES HAVE INCREASED FROM 20 20, 20, 21, AND NOW 2022.

MY CONCERN

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THAT'S NUMBER ONE, NUMBER TWO, ON THE LAND ACQUISITION.

I DON'T THINK THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT THEY WILL NOT OWN THEIR LAND.

THEY WILL OWN THEIR HOME, BUT NOT THEIR LAND, WHICH AGAIN, IT GOES BACK TO GENERATIONAL OF NOT BEING ABLE TO CONTINUE GENERATIONAL WEALTH, ESPECIALLY IN THE AREAS THAT ARE, THAT WERE PROMINENTLY A HUNDRED PERCENT BROWN AND BLOCK MEANING THEY'RE LOSING THEIR LAND.

AND IF THEY ARE TO AGREE TO GO INTO A LAND ACQUISITION PROGRAM, WHICH GENE DC IS THE WHILE THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION IS USING THAT AS A PRIORITY TO BE ABLE TO BUY LAND.

BUT OWNERS DON'T OWN THEIR LAND, MEANING THEY OWN THEIR HOME AT 99 YEARS, WHICH THEY'LL OUTLIVE THAT THEY WON'T OUTLIVE THAT AND STAY WITHIN THEIR FAMILY.

IF THEIR FAMILY DECIDES TO TAKE THEIR LAND, I MEAN THEIR HOME, OR THEY CAN RELOCATE THEIR HOME IF THEY CHOOSE TO OPT OUT OF THE LAND ACQUISITION.

I THINK JUST WITH LAND ACQUISITION IS SO COMPLICATED FOR PEOPLE THAT DON'T HAVE AN EDUCATION LEVEL PAST JUNIOR HIGH OR ELEMENTARY, WHICH IS IN THE CATEGORY OF 60 TO 90 YEAR OLD ELDERS AND ALSO BETWEEN 40 AND 50, SOME OF THEM DROPPED OUT OF SCHOOL AND DON'T HAVE THE ECONOMIC EDUCATION OR REAL ESTATE EDUCATION TO UNDERSTAND WHAT LAND ACQUISITION IS.

SO IF WE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT $23 MILLION, THAT'S GOING TO BE ALLOCATED TO THAT.

WE NEED TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THOSE MERITS ARE, AND PEOPLE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT.

AND I DON'T THINK THAT THAT'S A SOLUTION FOR PEOPLE OWNING HOMES AND STAYING IN THEIR, IN THEIR AREAS THAT THEY WISH TO LIVE.

EVEN THOUGH EDDIE RODRIGUEZ, OUR STATE, FORMER REP AND OUR MAYOR AND GDC AND COUNCIL MEMBERS BELIEVE THAT THAT'S THE ONLY SOLUTION.

IT'S NOT, THAT'S, THAT'S A CONCERN FOR ME.

ALSO, IF AUSTIN HOUSING, FINANCE CORPORATION OVERSEAS, OUR COMMISSION, AND ALL AUTO AFFORDABLE HOUSING MONIES, WHY ARE WE AT THOSE MEETINGS? AND WHY AREN'T THE PUBLIC KNOW ABOUT THOSE MEETINGS FOR THE FIRST TIME I SEEN ON HERE, WHEN YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE A PUBLIC MEETING OR HOW TO PUBLIC MEETING, BECAUSE AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE, IF THEY'RE IN CHARGE OF THIS DISPLACEMENT MONEY, THEN COMMUNITY ADVOCATES AND PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW THAT AND NEED TO BE THERE AT THAT BOARD, VOICING OUR CONCERNS OF WHERE WE WANT THESE DOLLARS TO GO TO.

UM, ANOTHER THING I SAW MR. GIORDANO, OKAY.

CAN WE GET NOW? WE'VE GOT LIKE THREE, I THINK, CONCERNS ON THE TABLE.

ARE THERE, ARE THERE, ARE THERE, WHERE'S YOUR COMMUTE ENGAGEMENT? I DIDN'T SEE THE, THIS, THE, THAT AT ALL.

THAT'S IT.

AND YOU, I'M HERE TO SPEND FOUR HOURS TO TALK ABOUT HOUSING AND THAT'S IT.

I MEAN, I GET IT.

I JUST, YOU KNOW, IF WE HAVE QUESTIONS, LIKE LET'S MAKE THEM QUESTIONS AND IF WE HAVE A PROPOSED ALTERNATE SOLVENCY OR SOLUTIONS, LET'S PROPOSE THOSE AS WELL.

SO NEFFER TD.

DO YOU WANT ME, I'M HAPPY TO TACKLE FIRST.

YOU JUMP IN WHEREVER.

I'LL TRY IT.

YOU CAN, YOU CAN TAKE THE LEAD.

YOU'RE THE LEADER.

ONE OF THOSE WAYS IS ENSURING THAT THEY ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF ALL OF THE PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTIONS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO THEM.

SO I WROTE DOWN AND I HOPE I CAPTURED THIS, UH, REGARDING WE ARE AN, AND I'M GOING TO LET NEFFER TD SPEAK TO KIND OF THE HIGHER LEVEL, THE ANTI-DISPLACEMENT STRATEGIES, WHICH I HOPE SPEAK TO SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT YOU ARTICULATED, BUT WITH RESPECT TO NUMBER ONE, WE RECOGNIZE THAT, UH, PROPERTY TAXES ARE A HUGE CONCERN FOR PARTICULARLY WELL FOR POSSIBLY EVERYONE, BUT PARTICULARLY THE LOW INCOME COMMUNITY.

UNFORTUNATELY, WE HAVE LEGAL PER PRECLUSION.

WE CANNOT PAY INDIVIDUALS, PROPERTY TAXES USING OUR PUBLIC DOLLARS.

UM, AND THAT IS A LEGAL STATE LAW.

IT'S A CONSTRAINT THAT WE CANNOT GET AROUND.

UM, SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE, I THINK THAT WAS NUMBER ONE.

UM, BUT HAVING SAID THAT, I ALSO DO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ALL KNOW THAT WE HAVE A COMMUNICATIONS CAMPAIGN CALLED AUSTIN IS MY HOME.

ONE THING WE HAVE FOUND, UM, AND YOU CAN JUST GOOGLE AUSTIN IS MY HOME.

AND, UH, IT SPECIFICALLY SPEAKS TO LOW AND MODERATE INCOME HOMEOWNERS, UM, AND WAYS IN WHICH THEY CAN MITIGATE THE FORCES OF DISPLACEMENT AND GENTRIFICATION.

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AND WE HAVE FOUND IN SOME, UM, OUTREACH THAT SOME OF OUR PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS HAVE DONE IN CERTAIN NEIGHBORHOODS THAT A SIGNIFICANT PERCENTAGE OF HOMEOWNERS NOT TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THOSE.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE WANT TO HELP THOSE FOLKS BE ABLE TO ACCESS EVERY TOOL THAT IS AVAILABLE TO MINIMIZE THEIR PROPERTY TAXES.

SO I DO ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE A LOOK AT AUSTIN IS MY HOME.

THERE'S A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT STRATEGIES ON THERE.

UM, NUMBER TWO, REGARDING LAND OWNERSHIP.

SO COMMISSIONER DOUG GATO IS REFERRING TO THE COMMUNITY LAND TRUST MODEL.

UM, AND I THINK MOST OF YOU KNOW, THAT IS, UH, AN AFFORDABLE HOME OWNERSHIP, UH, MODEL THAT'S NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED, UM, AND HAS BEEN AROUND PROBABLY SINCE THE 1970S.

WE DO HAVE A COUPLE OF COMMUNITY LAND TRUSTS THAT ARE ACTIVE HERE.

UM, IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN.

ONE IS THE GUADALUPE NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, WHICH OPERATES PRIMARILY CENTRAL EAST.

UM, THE OTHER IS AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION.

WE JUST DID A PRESENTATION TO THE HOUSING AND PLANNING COMMITTEE, UM, WHERE WE PROVIDED AN OVERVIEW OF OUR NEW LAUNCH OF THE AUSTIN COMMUNITY LAND TRUST.

WE CURRENTLY HAVE 28 SINGLE FAMILY HOMES IN OUR PORTFOLIO SCATTERED ACROSS THE CITY OF AUSTIN.

UM, AND WE'RE GOING TO BE PUTTING THOSE OUT FOR, UH, A LOTTERY.

UH, THE FIRST ONE WILL BE IN CENTRAL EAST AUSTIN, 10 18 LINDEN.

UM, IT IS A THREE BEDROOM, TWO BATH.

WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

THAT SHOULD, UH, MORE INFORMATION ON THAT WILL BE COMING OUT LATER THIS MONTH.

UM, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO PUT OUT FOR LOTTERY, UM, IN BATCHES OF FIVE ISH HOMES, UM, OVER THE NEXT, UH, 18 MONTHS, AND TRY TO ENSURE THAT FOLKS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN AFFORDABLE HOME OWNERSHIP ARE ABLE TO ACCESS ALL OF THE EDUCATION THAT THEY NEED, UM, AND BE ABLE TO, OR MORTGAGE DURING THAT 18 MONTH TIMEFRAME.

THERE WILL BE MORE INFORMATION ON AUSTIN, CLT.ORG.

I HOPE THAT IS THE CORRECT, UH, WEB ADDRESS, BUT THE THOUGHT BEHIND THE COMMUNITY LAND TRUST JUST AT A VERY BASIC LEVEL, IS THAT A NONPROFIT OR COMMUNITY LAND TRUST OWNS THE LAND AND THE HOMEOWNER OWNS THE IMPROVEMENTS.

IT ENSURES THAT THE PROPERTY TAXES ARE KEPT THEY'RE MINIMAL, UM, BUT IT ALSO OFFERS ONLY MODEST APPRECIATION OVER THE YEARS.

SO THERE'S NO WINDFALL.

IT IS, UH, BOTH US AND GUADALUPE NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION HAVE A 2% ANNUAL APPRECIATION EVERY YEAR.

UM, SO MY, MY POINT WITH THAT THOUGH, I'M SORRY, WAS THAT, UH, FOR LAND, I THINK IT WAS LAND ACQUISITION THAT WE ARE NOT PROPOSING TO GO OUT AND ACQUIRE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES TO PUT IN OUR COMMUNITY LAND TRUST.

THE LAND ACQUISITION THAT IS BEING CONTEMPLATED, UM, IS EITHER FOR OUR SMALL COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS, AUSTIN REVITALIZATION, AS AN EXAMPLE, THEY BOUGHT AN EXISTING MARKET FOURPLEX IN LAKESIDE NEXT TO COLONY PARK PARK.

UM, AND THEY ARE REHABBING AND RENTING TO LOW INCOME PEOPLE FOR A MINIMUM OF 40 YEARS.

UM, OUR LAND ACQUISITION STRATEGY IS TYPICALLY TO PURCHASE VACANT LAND FOR THE DEVELOPMENT FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

UM, OFTEN DEPENDING ON THE SIZE, BUT OFTEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MULTI-FAMILY RENTAL HOUSING AND SOMETIMES WITH A SPRINKLING OF OWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES, UM, OR PRESERVATION OF EXISTING MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING, THAT'S BEEN A PRIORITY FOR OUR CITY COUNCIL.

SO THAT IS WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT PREVIOUSLY ACQUIRING SOME, UM, UH, MULTI EXISTING MULTIFAMILY, UM, HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS.

SO I DID WANT TO MAKE THAT CLEAR REGARDING PUBLIC MEETINGS AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, EXCELLENT POINTS.

WE ARE ALL PROBABLY OVERWHELMED WITH THE AMOUNT OF PUBLIC MEETINGS, AND SOMETIMES I CANNOT KEEP THEM STRAIGHT.

OUR PUBLIC MAY AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION OCCURS WHEN WE HAVE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS, I WOULD WELCOME THE OPPORTUNITY TO BRAINSTORM HOW WE CAN GET THAT INFORMATION MORE CLEANLY AND CLEARLY OUT TO THE PUBLIC.

UM, BUT IT IS TYPICALLY EVERY OTHER THURSDAY.

UM, AND ALL OF THE INFORMATION IS OF COURSE ONLINE, BUT AGAIN, THAT'S NOT A USER-FRIENDLY WAY TO GET THE INFORMATION REGARDING COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND NEVER TD.

I KNOW YOU CAN SPEAK MORE ELOQUENTLY, BUT PART OF OUR BUDGET WAS SPECIFICALLY AROUND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, RECOGNIZING, UM, THAT WE NEED TO DO A BETTER, MORE

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RIGOROUS, BROADER, DEEPER REACH INTO THE COMMUNITY AND, UM, FOLKS WHO WE TYPICALLY HAVE NOT HEARD FROM, AND WE NEED TO DO IT IN REALLY CREATIVE WAYS.

UM, AND SO PART OF OUR BUDGET IS, UM, AT DEDICATED TO COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND EFFORT TD.

I TOOK UP ALL THE TIME.

I'M SORRY.

YOU MAY WANT TO JUMP IN WITH SMARTER INFORMATION.

THAT'S SMARTER INFORMATION FOR SURE, BUT THANK YOU, MANDY.

I THINK YOU'VE COVERED EVERYTHING.

UM, BUT I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF THINGS FOR MISS, UH, COMMISSIONER DELGADO, UM, REALLY, UH, REGARDING THE $300 MILLION FOR PROJECT NICK, ONE OF THE BODIES, THE GOVERNING BODY, JUST TO BE CLEAR, IT'S NOT THE AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION THAT CORPORATION IS USED.

UM, THEY ARE MANAGING THE, UM, LAND ACQUISITION DOLLARS AND THE REDEVELOPMENT DOLLARS, UH, WHEREVER, UM, THE WAY THAT THE FUNDS WERE IDENTIFIED IN TERMS OF THE PRIORITY PURPOSES OR THOSE FUNDS.

IT WAS THROUGH AN COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESS WHERE WE WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO HAD CHARACTERISTICS, UM, OF HOUSEHOLDS OF WHO MIGHT BE VULNERABLE TO DISPLACEMENT, PEOPLE WHO HAVE LIVED EXPERIENCES.

AND SO WE HAD OVER 30 PARTICIPANTS IN THAT PROCESS AND WE WORK TOGETHER WITH CITY STAFF TO REALLY TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW SHOULD WE INVEST THESE DOLLARS.

AND THEN FROM THERE, THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS, HOW WE GOT TO, HOW WE WOULD SPEND THE $65 MILLION THAT WAS THEN PRESENTED TO THE PROJECT CONNECT COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

SO THAT IS THE BODY THAT IS SORT OF RESPONSIBLE FOR OVERSEEING, UM, HOW THE FUNDS ARE ALLOCATED.

AND THEN THEY TAKE THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS TO CITY COUNCIL.

AND WE ARE WORKING TO SET UP A PROCESS BY WHICH COMMUNITY MEMBERS, UM, CAN ATTEND THE MEETINGS.

AND THEY HAVE ALWAYS BEEN ABLE TO THEIR PUBLIC MEETINGS THEY'VE BEEN ONLINE, BUT, AND THAT INFORMATION IS ALL LISTED ON THE PROJECT CONNECTS WEBSITE AND THEY ARE, WE ARE WORKING ON IDENTIFYING A PROCESS OR A WAY SO THAT THEY CAN SHARE INFORMATION WITH THE PUBLIC AND VICE VERSA.

AND I HEARD EARLIER DURING THE MEETING THAT, UH, YOU WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT PROJECT CONNECT AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING.

UM, I KNOW WE CAN ALL DO MORE ON GETTING THE WORD OUT ABOUT THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING THERE'S SO MUCH GOING ON, BUT I THINK MAYBE IT MIGHT BE USEFUL TO INVITE, UH, THE PROJECT CONNECT, UH, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SPECIALIST, JACKIE NUREMBERG, OR LANI STERN TO COME TO A MEETING WHEN YOU GUYS ARE READY.

UM, AND LISA OR ANYONE ON THE HOUSING AND PLANNING STAFF CAN CERTAINLY MAKE THOSE ARRANGEMENTS TO HAVE THEM COME AND PRESENT IF THAT IS A DESIRE OF THE GROUP.

WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM, RIGHT? AND SO I'M GOING TO ANSWER A COUPLE OF THOSE QUESTIONS AND I, AND I APPRECIATE, UM, MANDY AND NEFERTITI AND THOROUGH RESPONSES.

UM, MR. MYO, MANDY, I WANT TO REFER TO YOU AS MR. MIO AND MS. JACKMAN.

UM, I, I JUST WANT TO JUST CONTINUE TO ECHO HOW IMPORTANT THIS IS THAT YOU ALL, UM, DO BRING YOUR COMMITTEE AND YOUR COMMUNITY OUT REACH SPECIALISTS TO THIS COMMISSION, AS WELL AS TO THE, UM, THE DEMOGRAPHIC AREAS, BECAUSE YOUR WORK, UM, IS SO IMPORTANT BECAUSE YOU'RE, I MEAN, THIS IS CONSIDERED A LIFELINE TO PEOPLE, THIS COMMISSION, THE DISPLACEMENT MONEY.

AND I JUST WANT TO SEE MORE OF THIS COMMITTEE AND THESE, UH, COMMUNITY PARTNERS THAT YOU ALL GOT THIS INFORMATION FROM.

IF WE CAN GET TO SEE WHO THOSE MEMBERS ARE, I WANT TO KNOW THAT THERE'S SOMEBODY ON THERE THAT IS FROM MY COMMUNITY, AND THAT LOOKS LIKE ME AND COMES FROM BEING POOR, LIKE ME AND MY CONSTITUENTS.

I WANT TO KNOW IF THOSE PEOPLE ARE, ARE ON THERE AND IF THEY'RE NOT, THEN WE NEED TO PUT THOSE TYPES OF PEOPLE ON THERE BECAUSE I DON'T WANT ANYBODY SPEAKING FOR ME OR FOR MY POOR PEOPLE, IF THEY ARE NOT POOR OR THEY DON'T COME FROM THE REAL LIFE LIVING EXPERIENCES THAT YOU ALL SAYING, ART THAT YOU ALL GOT, I WANT TO KNOW WHO THOSE INDIVIDUALS ARE.

AND I THINK THAT AS A HOUSING COMMISSIONER FOR NOW NINE YEARS, UM, AS, AS, AS A COMMISSIONER, I'M REQUESTING TO BE BROUGHT HERE, BECAUSE PROJECT CONNECT TO US IS JUST BEGINNING TO YOU ALL, YOU ALL HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR QUITE A LONG TIME.

NOW

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AND, UH, IN PARTICULAR, UH, I DO APPRECIATE ALSO THE NOTION OF POTENTIALLY INVITING, UH, THE PROJECT CONNECT COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE, UH, AND, UH, ALSO PROGRAM LEADERS, UM, NOT JUST TO THIS MEETING, BUT ALSO IF WE DO HAVE CONSTITUENCIES OR GROUPS AND WE'RE INTERESTED IN COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, WE SHOULD INVITE STAFF TO COME OUT AND TALK DIRECTLY TO OUR GROUPS.

AND I THINK THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO OVER THIS MONTH.

AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, THE COMMISSIONER WOULD LIKE TO, I SHOULD BE ABLE TO FINISH MY CONVERSATION WITH ALL DUE RESPECT CHAIR, AS A COMMISSION.

THAT IS WHAT WE'RE HERE TO DO.

WE'RE HERE TO DISCUSS THESE TYPE OF DISCUSSIONS AND THIS MINIMUM TIME, I'M SORRY THAT THEY PACKED OUR AGENDA TODAY.

THAT IS NOT MY FAULT.

THAT IS NOBODY ELSE'S FAULT.

YOU KNOW, EACH AND EVERY ITEM THAT WE COVER HERE IS A PROFOUND ISSUE THAT COULD TAKE THREE HOURS, OR IT COULD TAKE 15 MINUTES DEPENDING UPON HOW WE SORT OF PREP FOR IT.

BUT THESE, THE ITEMS ARE VERY IMPORTANT.

WE HAVE PEOPLE DYING OUT THERE IN AUSTIN, AND I KNOW IT'S YOUR JOB, AND I'M NOT TRYING TO SAY, HERE ARE NOT DOING YOUR JOB RIGHT.

BUT WHAT I'M SAYING IS WE HAVE MAJOR CONCERN HERE.

AND WHEN I'M CUT OFF FROM TALKING, I WOULD JUST LIKE THE RESPECT TO CONTINUE WHAT I HAVE TO SAY, BECAUSE YOU MAKE ME FEEL LIKE WE'RE IN CITY COUNCIL AND THEY'RE GIVING US THREE MINUTES AND THEN YOU'RE GETTING CUT OFF.

AND THAT'S NOT WHAT THIS BOARD IS SUPPOSED TO DO.

WE'RE SUPPOSED TO DISCUSS AND FIND RESOLUTION AND DISCUSSION.

AND I HAD ASKED FOR A REQUEST, AND THAT WAS IT.

AND I'VE, IF YOU CAN RESPECT THAT CHAIR AS I MOVE ON, CAUSE THIS IS MY LAST YEAR ON THIS BOARD THAT YOU ALL COMMISSIONERS HAVE FILLED THE FREEDOM AND THE RIGHT TO BE ABLE TO SHARE WHATEVER YOU WOULD LIKE TO SHARE, BECAUSE THIS IS A PUBLIC PROCESS.

THANKS, UNDERSTOOD.

AND, UH, WITH RESPECT TO THE PROJECT, UH, CONNECT COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE, AND WHO'S ON THERE, YOU MIGHT RECALL THAT WE HAVE AN APPOINTEE WHO IS SITTING ON THAT COMMITTEE, UH, COMMISSIONER LEAH'S, WHO REPORTS OUT IN EACH OF OUR MEETINGS.

YOU MAY NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO CATCH IT IN THE LAST FEW.

I THINK YOU MIGHT'VE HAD TO HAVE LEFT EARLY.

UH, BUT I DO ENCOURAGE YOU TO FEEL FREE TO EMAIL COMMISSIONER ILEUS DIRECTLY OR WAIT UNTIL THE WORK GROUP REPORT OUT LATER ON IN THE MEETING.

UH, IF YOU HAVE THAT TIME.

UM, SO THANK YOU.

CAN WE START OVER IT? UM, SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THE AD CAP? BECAUSE WE DO HAVE SOME PROPOSED ACTION.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER THOMPSON VERY QUICKLY.

EXCUSE ME.

I DO APPRECIATE, UH, WHAT COMMISSIONER IS TALKING ABOUT.

AND I, IT, IT, IT DOES TAKE TIME AND WE DO HAVE QUESTIONS AND IT IS UNFORTUNATE BECAUSE I DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS AS WELL.

I'M NOT GOING TO WORRY ABOUT PUTTING MY QUESTIONS OUT TONIGHT IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, AND THAT'S FINE.

I'M OKAY WITH THAT.

BUT I'M WONDERING, IS THERE A TIME AT, I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF THIS IS LAUGHABLE, THAT YOU ALL CAN COME BACK WHERE WE JUST HAVE A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF SOME OF THIS STUFF.

THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION, AND THESE ARE THINGS THAT PEOPLE IN MY COMMUNITY ARE ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT.

AND SO I'M ALSO WONDERING, IS THIS THE GROUP THAT WAS DOING THE LOANS AND THE PEOPLE WERE SIGNING, AND DIDN'T REALLY, I WASN'T REALLY SURE IF THE, THIS WAS THAT SAME GROUP AND IF THEY WERE AFFILIATED WITH THAT, I WANTED AT SOME OTHER TIME, NOT TONIGHT, I'M DOWN, I'M OKAY WITH THAT.

BUT I WOULD SAY THAT THERE IS CONCERN, THERE IS INTEREST.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASK WHERE I KNOW THAT WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT THE CLOCK.

SO I APPRECIATE THAT.

I'D LIKE TO TAKE THIS QUESTION, IF YOU DON'T MIND.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ENCOURAGE EVERYONE AGAIN, THOUGH, THIS IS NOT NECESSARILY RELEVANT TO THIS AGENDA ITEM.

WHEN WE CLOSE EVERY MEETING, WE DO OUR BEST TO INVITE EVERYBODY TO AGENDA SETTING.

AND WE ALSO DO OUR BEST TO INVITE EVERYBODY, TO PLEASE BE IN TOUCH WITH MYSELF, THE VICE CHAIR, LISA, OR JESSE, OR ANY STAFF, IF YOU'D LIKE TO FOLLOW UP AND LEARN MORE.

AND WE'VE HAD MANY COMMISSIONERS TAKE US UP ON THAT, UH, AND DO THAT.

UH, AND SO STAFF HAS BEEN EXTREMELY RESPONSIVE WHEN WE ASK FOR SIDEBAR MEETINGS OR INFORMATIONAL MEETINGS.

AND SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

SO MANY OF US WANT TO DIG DEEPER SO THAT WE CAN LEARN MORE OUTSIDE OF THESE MEETINGS AND BE MAYBE MORE CONSTRUCTIVE AND ACTION ORIENTED INSIDE THESE MEETINGS.

AND I APPRECIATE THAT STRATEGY A LOT.

UH, AND SO, YEAH, SO PLEASE, PLEASE DO AVAIL YOURSELF OF THAT.

I FIND A STAFF TO BE EXTREMELY RESPONSIVE, AMIDST A WHOLE BUNCH OF RESPONSIBILITIES THAT THEY HAVE.

SECONDLY, UH, WITH RESPECT TO THE LOAN PROGRAM QUESTION, THAT'S ACTUALLY THE SECOND, THE NEXT PRESENTATION THAT WE HAVE.

UH, UH, SO, UH, WHICH IS AGAIN, UH,

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AND, UH, AND SO I DO APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S PASSIONATE ABOUT IT, AND CERTAINLY DON'T INTEND TO CURTAIL DISCUSSION, BUT REMEMBER WE DO HAVE TO GET THROUGH AN AGENDA.

UM, AND SO WITH THAT SAID, UH, WE'RE JUST REITERATING, PLEASE REACH OUT, PLEASE REACH OUT.

AND THE AGENDA SETTING MEETINGS HAPPEN ONE WEEK FROM THE END OF ONE WEEK FROM THIS MEETING.

SO WE KNOW WHAT THE TIMELINE IS TO TRY TO CATCH UP WITH US.

UM, AND, UH, ALSO I WANT TO, UH, UH, MOVE INTO THE ACTION THAT WE MIGHT POSSIBLY TAKE HERE.

COMMISSIONER ILEUS, IF YOU'LL REMEMBER MRS. ALMANZA, UH, CAME AND BROUGHT A RECOMMENDATION IN THE LAST MEETING, UH, AROUND A FOCUS ON DEEPLY AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND MAKING SURE THAT IN THE MONTOPOLIS REGION, THAT PARTICULAR INCOME, UH, AREAS WERE ADDRESSED THAT WERE MORE REFLECTIVE AND MIRRORING OF THAT PARTICULAR REGION, UH, AFTER HAVING VETTED THAT THROUGH AFTER FEEDBACK FROM THE VICE CHAIR, AS WELL AS HPD STAFF AND PROJECT, UH, CONNECT COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE, A NEW RECOMMENDATION WAS FORMULATED.

IT WAS ADOPTED BY THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF PROJECT CONNECT.

WE WOULD LIKE TO ADOPT THE SAME RECOMMENDATION HERE EITHER BY MEANS OF ENDORSING THAT SAME RECOMMENDATION OR JUST REPRODUCING IT.

UH, IT'S IN, UH, I BELIEVE IT'S IN THE BACKUP, UH, AND IF IT'S NOT, UH, HAPPY TO READ IT VERY QUICKLY SO THAT WE COULD EITHER MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THAT OR NOT.

LET'S SEE CHAIR, I'M SEEING A RECOMMENDATION FROM THIS IS FROM SUSANNAH, WHICH DID NOT, I DIDN'T HAVE IT, SO IT'S NOT IN A BACKUP, BUT WE CAN UPLOAD IT.

I CAN UPLOAD IT TO OUR WEBSITE TOMORROW TO THE CDC WEBSITE.

YOU HAVE IT WITH YOU.

I HAVE THE LETTER FROM THE PROJECT CONNECT CAC.

WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO READ? YEAH.

IF YOU COULD READ IT COMMISSIONER ILEUS AND THEN WE COULD MOVE TO VOTE ON IT.

AND SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS GOING THROUGH THE APPLICATION PROCESS ALSO TO LEVERAGE THE AVAILABILITY OF OTHER PROGRAMS AND FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES TO BUILD CAPACITY AMONG COMMUNITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS, CHODOS.

SO THIS IS WHAT, SO THIS IS THE LETTER WE, UH, WE WORKED TOGETHER LIKE CHAIR SAID, UH, WITH, UH, PROJECT CONNECT COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND IT, UH, ADVICES COUNCIL ON THE ANTI-DISPLACEMENT ACQUISITION PROGRAM AT CAP.

AND IT SAYS IN 2021, THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL APPROVED A UTILIZATION OF $23 MILLION OF PROJECT CONNECT ANTI-DISPLACEMENT FUNDING TO ADDRESS LAND ACQUISITION AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING PRESERVATION IN RESOLUTION NUMBER 2 0 2 1 0 2 0 4 DASH 0 6 2.

IN RESPONSE TO THE CITY OF BOSTON LAUNCHED THE PROJECT CONNECT ANTI-DISPLACEMENT COMMUNITY ACQUISITION PROGRAM AT CAP TO PROVIDE COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS WITH FUNDS TO ACQUIRE PROPERTY FOR DEVELOPMENT, PRESERVATION, AND RENOVATION OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN AREAS IDENTIFIED AS VULNERABLE TO DISPLACEMENT ALONG THE PROJECT, CONNECT HIGH CAPACITY TRANSIT CORRIDORS, LAND ACQUISITION, AND PRESERVATION OF EXISTING AFFORDABLE HOUSING, OR KEY STRATEGIES FOR ADDRESSING POTENTIAL TRANSIT, INDUCED DISPLACEMENT, AND CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES TO MAKE THE PROGRAM MORE EFFECTIVE AND ACHIEVE ANTI-DISPLACEMENT OUTCOMES.

THE PROJECT CONNECT COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE FOLLOWING PRIORITIZE THE DEVELOPMENT OF PRESS AND PRESERVATION OF HOUSING.

THE SERVES HOUSEHOLDS AT DEEPER AFFORDABILITY LEVELS FOR RENTER HOUSEHOLDS.

THIS WOULD MEAN PRIORITIZING PROJECTS THAT SERVE HOUSEHOLDS WITH AN ANNUAL INCOME OF 30% OF THE AREA, MEDIUM FAMILY INCOME OR LOWER IN 2021.

THIS WAS 2,550, 20,000, SORRY, $20,550 FOR A SINGLE MEMBER HOUSEHOLD AND $29,300 FOR A FOUR PERSON HOUSEHOLD IN THE AUSTIN REGION IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE OUR DESIRED ANTI-DISPLACEMENT OUTCOMES.

IT IS CRITICAL TO PROVIDE HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES TO THOSE MOST IN NEED AND LEVERAGING OTHER PROGRAMS AND INITIATIVES TO ACHIEVE THIS GOAL.

WE ALSO RECOMMEND TO EXPAND COMMUNITY OUTREACH TO KEY COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND STAKEHOLDERS TO SHARE THE AVAILABILITY OF FUNDING UNDER THE AD CAP PROGRAM AND PROVIDE GREATER ASSISTANCE IN COMPLETING APPLICATIONS TO ENSURE GREATER PROGRAM PARTICIPATION FROM COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS.

IT IS CRITICAL TO SHARE THE PROGRAM MORE WIDELY

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THIS IS CRITICAL TO ENSURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO CREATE THE NEW PARTNERSHIPS NECESSARY TO ACHIEVE OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND ANTI-DISPLACEMENT GOALS IN COMING YEARS, AND FINALLY, TO EXPLORE OPPORTUNITIES TO STRATEGICALLY LEVERAGE THE AD CAP PROGRAM IN RELATION TO OTHER ANTI-DISPLACEMENT AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING EFFORTS TO BEST UTILIZE THE LIMITED FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR ANTI-DISPLACEMENT STRATEGIES.

WE MUST COORDINATE EFFORTS WITH EXISTING AND NEW INITIATIVES TO EXPAND THE IMPACT OF THE PROGRAM AND ACHIEVE DESIRED OUTCOMES.

THE AD CAP PROGRAM IS A KEY COMPONENT OF THE OVERALL ANTI-DISPLACEMENT STRATEGY ASSOCIATED WITH PROJECT CONNECT.

IT IS CRITICAL THAT WE CONTINUE TO PRIORITIZE LAND ACQUISITION AS A KEY ANTI-DISPLACEMENT STRATEGY IN THE FUTURE, AND AIM TO CREATE DEEPLY AFFORDABLE HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES TO SERVE THOSE MOST VULNERABLE.

AND I WANTED TO ADD THAT MS. THE MYO, UM, TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THESE ALREADY BEING IMPLEMENTED, SUCH AS THE ROUND TABLE FOR COMMUNITY OUTREACH, UM, AND THE LOOKING TO ADD MORE CHODOS THROUGH CAPACITY BUILDING.

SO I WOULD LIKE US TO TAKE ACTION ON THIS, UM, TO SIGN ONTO THIS LETTER.

COMMISSIONER THOMPSON COMMISSIONER THOMPSON SECONDS.

AND IF WE RECALL THE COMMISSION WAS BEHIND, UH, IT PRETTY SEEMINGLY CONSENSUALLY BEHIND, UH, THE LETTER THAT MRS HAD BROUGHT TO US, UH, IN THE LAST MEETING, THIS NEWER VERSION IS SIMPLY THAT SAME LETTER WITH CODIFIED DEEP AFFORDABILITY AS PER THE HUD REGULATIONS THAT HAS TO BE STANDARDIZED ACROSS ALL ACROSS ALL REGIONS, NOT JUST FOR STATUTORY REASONS, BUT ALSO TO AVOID UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES, UH, AS WELL AS A LITTLE BIT MORE REFINED LANGUAGE, UH, AROUND, UH, ADDITIONAL, UH, ADDITIONAL, UH, EFFORTS.

AND SO WITH THAT SAID, UH, HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE OR ANY DISCUSSION.

I MOVE A MOTION COMMISSIONER DELGADO MOVES TO A PR UH, MOVE MOVES TO, UH, APPROVE, UH, THAT RECOMMENDATION.

DO WE HAVE A SECOND THAT COMMISSIONER WOULD SECONDS ANY DISCUSSION? OH, SORRY.

THAT WAS A BRAIN SCRAMBLE.

I WAS LOOKING AT COMMISSIONER THOMPSON AND SAYING COMMISSIONER WAS SO FORGIVE ME FOR THE RECORD.

THAT'S COMMISSIONER THOMPSON SECONDING, UH, ANY DISCUSSION ALL IN FAVOR.

ALL OPPOSED ANY ABSTAINING.

IT PASSES THAT RECOMMENDATION IS APPROVED.

MAY I ASK IF YOU ARE SUPPORTING, UM, BASICALLY VERBATIM SUSANA'S LETTER OR THE MEMO THAT'S IN YOUR PACKET, THE MEMO THAT'S IN THE PACKET.

IF WE COULD QUICKLY JUMP TO ITEM FOUR D UH, REVIEWING THE RECOMMENDATIONS SUBMITTED BY THE BUDGET WORKING GROUP, UH, WHICH, UH, INVOLVED, UH, COMMISSIONER GARRETT, UH, COMMISSIONER LES OF COURSE, UH, VICE CHAIR POP, UH, WAS THERE EVERY STEP OF THE WAY, UH, THIS BODY AUTHORIZED, UH, THAT WORKING GROUP, UH, TO BE ABLE TO DRAFT BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS, TO SUBMIT IN THE PORTAL IN TIME.

AND, UH, WHILE WE'RE THERE, UH, LET'S UH, I KNOW WE HAVE ANOTHER PRESENTATION AND, UH, I LIKE TO LOOK AT NINE 30 AS PUMPKIN TIME, UNLESS OF COURSE THIS BODY IS COMPELLED OTHERWISE, UH, AND WE CAN KEEP GOING, BUT THERE ARE SOME OTHER ACTION, UH, THAT I DO THINK WE NEED TO TAKE.

AND SO

[4D. Review recommendations submitted by the Budget Working Group (Chair Amit Motwani, Commissioner Kendra Garrett, and Commissioner Noe Elias)]

AND WE GAVE THE GENERAL PARAMETERS OF THOSE BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS.

UH, THIS TIME THEY'VE COME OUT.

UH, WE, WE, WE WERE SHARING EXACTLY WHAT WAS SUBMITTED IN THE PORTAL FOR ACTUAL OFFICIAL APPROVAL, JUST TO MAKE SURE WE'RE DOTTING OUR I'S AND CROSSING OUR T'S IT'S IN THE BACKUP, UH, SPECIAL THANKS TO COMMISSIONER GARRETT.

SHE WORKED HER, SHE WORKED REALLY, REALLY HARD, UH, TO GET EXTREMELY GOOD RESEARCH IN LANGUAGE, UH, INTO THE PARTICULARLY THE TWO RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, AROUND HOUSING, UH, AND THE HOUSING AND ECONOMIC RELIEF RELATED TO HOUSING.

UH, IF YOU'LL RECALL, THE FIRST RECOMMENDATION IS, UH, AROUND RENTAL, UH, COST RELIEF, UH, BY MEANS OF ADDITIONAL DOLLARS FOR, UH, HOUSING AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT FOR RENTAL FUNDS, DISBURSEMENTS AND AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH FOR RENTAL FUNDS, DISBURSEMENTS, I BELIEVE THE TOTAL WAS $15 MILLION, 10 MILLION TO HPD AND 5 MILLION TO

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APH NSU NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES UNIT.

UH, AND THAT WAS A RESULT OF MEETINGS WITH STAFF AND THEIR SORT OF EYEBALLS, UH, AROUND, YOU KNOW, WHAT THEY'RE SAYING, THE COMMUNITY NEED WAS THE SECOND RECOMMENDATION THAT COMMISSIONER GARRETT AUTHORED, UH, WAS AROUND, UH, BEEFING UP, UH, WORK IN THE COMMUNITY LAND TRUST, UNIQUELY INCREASING THE AMOUNT OF FTES WHO WERE SUPPORTING THE PROGRAM SO THAT CONCURRENT WORK COULD HAPPEN TO BROADEN THAT AND CREATE MORE UNITS, UM, AGAIN, A MORE MASSIVE, UH, MASS HOUSING STRATEGY THAN SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.

UH, AND THEN THE THIRD WAS OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, UH, THE ONE I SORTED THROUGH TOGETHER, JUST TO MAKE SURE WE COULD POSSIBLY HAVE SOME STRATEGIC PLANNING DOLLARS.

SO, UH, WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE'VE ALREADY APPROVED THOSE, UH, THEY'RE IN THE BACKUP.

UM, IF WE COULD GET A MOTION TO APPROVE THEM AS THEY ARE WRITTEN NOW, JUST TO HAVE IT OFFICIAL.

UH, AND, UH, I WOULD LOVE TO ENTERTAIN THAT.

I BELIEVE YOU NEED TO TAKE THEM UP ONE AT A TIME.

OH YEAH.

GOT IT.

A MOTION TO APPROVE RECOMMENDATION, UH, NUMBER ONE, WHICH WAS THE RECOMMENDATION, UH, TO INCREASE ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE FUNDS FOR RENTERS, I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION MOVED BY COMMISSIONER LES SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER GARRETT ALL IN FAVOR.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER GARRETT.

ALL OPPOSED.

IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

AND THE SECOND ONE TO INCREASE FTE SUPPORT FOR A CLT WORK WITH AN HPD ALSO AUTHORED BY COMMISSIONER GARRETT.

DID WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THAT MOTION? COMMISSIONER DELGADO? DO WE HAVE A SECOND I'LL SECOND COMMISSIONER, AALIYAH SECONDS.

ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER THOMPSON.

INCLUDING, UH, COMMISSIONER SLOAN HAS GOT THE CAMERA ON AND ANY OPPOSED, OKAY.

THAT PASSES AS WELL, UNANIMOUSLY AND THEN THE THIRD, UH, WHICH, UH, NOT ANYWHERE NEAR AS COOL AS THOSE, UH, $6,000 FOR STRATEGIC PLANNING, A BUDGET FOR US TO, UH, POTENTIALLY BE ABLE TO USE DISCRETIONARILY WITH OF COURSE STAFF APPROVAL.

UH, AND, UH, UH, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THAT ONE COMMISSIONER GARRETT MOVES SECOND COMES FROM COMMISSIONER GARCIA, UH, ANY DISCUSSION ALL IN FAVOR? AYE, AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTAINING? OKAY.

ALL THREE OF 'EM WENT THROUGH.

THANK YOU ALL FOR, FOR GETTING THOSE THROUGH.

AND AT LEAST WE HAVE, I BELIEVE ALL THE ACTION ITEMS DONE.

SO, UH, UH, IF WE LOSE QUORUM, WE CAN STILL KEEP A PRODUCTIVE, INFORMATIONAL MEETING.

AND WITH THAT SAID, UH, I WANT TO CHECK IN WITH THE GROUP RIGHT NOW.

WE HAVE, UM, UH, GIVE A COMMENT.

I WAS JUST GOING TO ASK, DO YOU NEED TO HOLD CORN FOR CDC OFFICER ELECTIONS? OH YES.

LET'S, UH,

[4E. Hold annual CDC officer elections]

WE'LL JUMP TO EAT.

AND SO HERE WE ARE, AND IT'S PRETTY LATE AND THIS IS KIND OF WHAT I WAS GOING TO FIGURE IT WAS FIGURING IT WOULD BE LIKE ANYWAY, UH, I, IF I HAD MY DRUTHERS, EVERYBODY WOULD HAVE TIME TO KIND OF THINK ABOUT AND PREPARE FOR THE CDC OFFICER ELECTIONS.

I DON'T KNOW THAT EVERYBODY HAS THOUGHT ABOUT IT AND HAS BEEN READY THE LAST TWO TIMES THAT I'VE SEEN ELECTIONS HAPPEN HERE.

IT'S BEEN KINDA QUICK, UH, TO BE CLEAR, I DO INTEND, UH, AND YOU KNOW, HAVE BEGUN TO LOVE THE ROLE AND THE GREEN CHEMISTRY OF IT.

I DO INTEND, UH, UH, TO, UH, UH, PUT MY HAT IN THE RING AGAIN.

AND I ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY, UH, HAS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY THINK ABOUT IT AND PLAN FOR IT, UH, AND NOT JUST HAVE LIKE SORT OF THIS VOTE POPPED UP.

SO IF, IF WE'RE, IF EVERYONE IS OKAY WITH IT, WE CAN MOVE THESE ELECTIONS TO NEXT MONTH, UH, AND GIVE EVERYONE SOME TIME TO THINK ABOUT, UH, WHAT THEY MAY LIKE TO DO IF THEY MAY LIKE TO, UH, UH, RUN IF YOU WILL, OR POSITION THEMSELVES FOR, UH, A CHAIR, A VICE CHAIR ROLE HERE.

UM, YOU KNOW, THAT COULD BE, THAT COULD BE GOOD TOO.

SO IT'S, UH, UP TO THIS BODY.

ANY THOUGHTS ON IT, DO IT NOW, OR DO IT NEXT MONTH AND THE ABSENCE OF HEARING ANYTHING.

I'M GOING TO ASSUME THAT WE'D WANT TO DO IT NEXT MONTH.

ALL RIGHT, THEN.

SO WE'RE GOING TO SOUNDS GOOD.

UH, SO IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT'S GOING TO GET BUMPED OVER TO NEXT MONTH.

I APPRECIATE THAT COMMISSIONER GARRETT.

SO WE WON'T NEED QUORUM FOR THAT NECESSARILY THERE.

UM,

[4C. Presentation, discussion and possible action on HPD Home Rehabilitation Loan Program (HRLP) (Letitia Brown & Mandy DeMayo, Housing and Planning Department)]

THE, UH, FINAL PRESENTATION, UH, IS, UH, PRESENTATION

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DISCUSSION POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE HPD HOME REHABILITATION LOAN PROGRAM, THE HR LP, UH, WHICH WE HEARD FROM, UH, PUBLIC COMMUNICATION, A COUPLE OF, OF FOLKS LAST TIME.

AND I BELIEVE LATISHA HAS, UM, PAIRED DOWN, UH, THE ORIGINAL PRESENTATION GIVEN THE TIME TO COVER SORT OF THE HIGH POINTS, UH, AND WE CAN SORT OF TAKE IT FROM THERE.

SO, UH, WITH THAT SAID, I WILL TURN IT TO, UH, LATISHA BROWN AND MANDY TO MALE WITH HOUSING AND PLANNING.

SO WHILE LATISHA IS MOVING OVER, UM, OR GETTING ON CAMERA OR PREPARING HER PRESENTATION, UM, THIS, UH, PRESENTATION AS A RESULT OF SOME QUESTIONS AND PUBLIC COMMENT THAT WE HAD LAST MONTH, UM, ABOUT THE HOME REPAIR LOAN PROGRAM.

AND WE WERE ASKED TO BRING A HIGH LEVEL PRESENTATION ON ALL OF OUR HOME REPAIR PROGRAMS, WHICH AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, RANGE FROM, AND LATITIA IS GOING TO GO OVER THIS.

UM, BUT RANGE FROM SMALL GRANTS UP TO $5,000.

UM, THAT'S A PROGRAM ADMINISTERED BY THE AUSTIN AREA, URBAN LEAGUE ALL THE WAY UP TO OUR HOME REPAIR LOAN PROGRAM, WHICH IS OUR ONLY PROGRAM THAT CARRIES A LIEN WITH IT.

LET'S SEE, LATITIA IS OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT MANAGER WHO OVERSEES ALL OF OUR, UM, HOME REPAIR LOAN PROGRAMS. I MEAN OUR HOME REPAIR PROGRAMS, I'M SORRY.

IT IS GETTING LATE.

UH, AND OKAY.

IS SHE HAVING TROUBLE TECHNICALLY? OKAY.

YOU DO HAVE THE PRESENTATION IN YOUR BACKUP.

UM, JIMMY MAY AS ALSO BEING BROUGHT OVER ON THE SCREEN.

SO CAN THEY SPEAK, CAN YOU UNMUTE THAT'S OKAY.

AND AS, AS THEY'RE BEING UN-MUTED, UM, ARE THERE, WHAT ARE OUR LIMITATIONS PHYSICALLY HERE IN THE BUILDING? UH, MEANING WHEN DID WE KICK GET KICKED OUT? I DON'T KNOW ABOUT GETTING KICKED OUT, BUT, UM, TYPICALLY 10:00 PM IS THE CUTOFF POINT, SO, OKAY.

AND, UH, JUST QUICKLY LOOKING AT THE COMMISSIONERS, DO WE FEEL LIKE WE HAVE THAT SORT OF ENDURANCE? BRILLIANT.

THANK YOU ALL.

AND WE'LL DO BETTER WITH THE NIGHT.

NEXT AGENDA MEETING DO FEEL FREE TO, UH, OFFER TO JOIN.

THERE'S A LOT TO TALK ABOUT.

SO LETICIA IS UN-MUTED.

SO, UM, I'M A MUTED, BUT MY VIDEO IS NOT ON, SO I UNDERSTOOD THAT ONCE I WAS ON MUTED, THAT MY VIDEO WAS GOING TO COME ON AS WELL.

NO, YOU'LL HAVE TO START YOUR VIDEO LATISHA.

UH, AND IT'S, IT'S TYPICALLY, I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER THERE YOU ARE.

SO WE CAN, WE CAN SEE YOU LATISHA AND YOU CAN HEAR ME, WE CAN SEE, AND WE CAN HEAR YOU THE QUESTION.

CAN YOU PULL UP MY PRESENTATION? CAN YOU DO IT THE AB TECH I GAVE YOU PRIVILEGES, BUT I CAN GO AHEAD AND DO THAT FOR YOU IF YOU'D LIKE, GIVE ME ONE SECOND.

OKAY, PLEASE.

YUP.

OR THE SAKE OF TIME SO WE CAN MOVE THROUGH QUICKLY.

AND IS TO FINANCE, UH, PLUMBING REPAIRS.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

UM, IT IS, I THINK, I THINK A HOME REPAIR.

YEP.

CDC PRESENTATION, HOME REPAIR PROGRAM.

WE GOT IT.

IT'S PULLED UP LATISHA AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU.

OKAY, THANKS.

SO THIS PRESENTATION IS TO, UM, GO OVER THE HOME REPAIR PROGRAMS. MANDY MENTIONED SOME WHILE GOING THROUGH OUR ACTION PLAN.

SO I'M GOING TO QUICKLY GO THROUGH THOSE AND THEN GET DOWN TO THE HOME REPAIR LOAN PROGRAM.

SO WE HAVE SEVERAL, A NUMBER OF GRANT PROGRAMS, WHICH IS OUR ARCHITECTURAL BARRIER REMOVAL FOR HOMEOWNERS THAT IT'S FOR SENIORS AND PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, ARCHITECTURAL BARRIER REMOVAL FOR RENTERS, FOR SENIORS AND PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES.

I GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND PROGRAM.

THAT PROGRAM IS FOR, UH, HOMEOWNERS THAT HAVE REPAIRS THAT POSE A THREAT TO PUBLIC SAFETY AND RISK, UH, TO THE OCCUPANTS.

THEN WE HAVE OUR MINOR HOME REPAIR PROGRAM THAT'S TO ASSIST HOMEOWNERS WITH, UH, REPAIRS THAT POSE AN ENEMY ENEMY IMMINENT THREAT.

AND THEN WE HAVE OUR PRIVATE LANDS PROGRAM IS FOR AUSTIN WATER CUSTOMERS.

AND IT'S ALSO WATER FUNDED RELATING TO THE PRIVATE LATERAL LINES.

AND THEN WE HAVE OUR PLUMBING PROGRAM THAT'S AWESOME.

WATER FUNDED

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UM, THAT'S DIRECTLY RELATED TO PUBLIC HEALTH TO SAFETY AND WATER SAVING.

MANDY TALKED A LITTLE BIT, UH, ARCHITECTURAL BARRIER REMOVAL PROGRAM GOES UP TO PICK THOSE UP THOUSAND.

A GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND FUNDING PROGRAM GOES UP TO 20,000.

A MONIKER REPAIR PROGRAM, UH, GOES UP TO 5,000.

I PRIVATE LATERAL PLUMBING, A PRIVATE LATERAL PROGRAM GOES UP TO 15,000 AND PLUMBING GOES UP TO 15,000.

UH, YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, THIS SUMMARY OF OUR PERFORMANCE FROM 18 20 18 THROUGH 2021.

AND IT SHOWS YOU, UM, HOW WE PERFORM.

SO THAT'S A SUMMARY OF OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS, SO YOU CAN MOVE FORWARD TO THE NEXT, UH, NEXT PAGE.

THIS IS HOW THIS IS THE NUMBER OF THE PERCENT OF CLIENTS THAT WERE SERVED IN YOUR COUNCIL DISTRICTS.

SO WE HAVE COUNCIL DISTRICTS ONE THROUGH 10 AND THEN OTHER, AND THEN NOTICED, UM, UM, HOW MANY PEOPLE, HOW THE PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE THAT WERE SERVED IN EACH DIFFERENT COUNCIL DISTRICT.

THAT'S WHAT THIS SLIDE REPRESENTS.

WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

THIS SLIDE REPRESENTS, IT'S A SUMMARY OF THE DEMOGRAPHICS.

IF YOU LOOK AT 20 18, 20 19, AND THEN, UM, IT TALKS ABOUT FEMALE HAD A HOUSEHOLD PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, ELDERLY, BLACK, WHITE, HISPANIC, WHICH ARE PEOPLE OF COLOR AND THEN OTHER.

SO AT THE TOP, YOU SEE, UM, 2018 TO 2019.

AND THEN, UM, WHEN THE 18 TO 2019, AND IT GOES THROUGH, IT'S JUST DEMOGRAPHICS FOR ALL GRANT PROGRAMS. THANK YOU.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

SO AS MANDY'S DISCUSSED EARLIER, ALL OF OUR GRANT PROGRAMS HAVE BEEN CONTRACTED OUT TO NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS IN ORDER FOR THEM TO ADMINISTER OUR ABR HOMEOWNER, RENNER, UH, COUNTRY, UH, NONPROFITS, AMERICAN YOUTH WORKS EASTER SEAL INTERFAITH AND MEALS ON WHEELS AND MORE FOR THE GOAL REPAIR PROGRAM.

WE HAVE AUSTIN AREA URBAN LEAGUE US THAT HABITAT HUMANITIES, AMERICAN YOUTH WORK, EASTER SEALS, INTERFAITH MEALS ON WHEELS, IT MORE A REBUILDING TOGETHER, MINOR HOME REPAIR.

WE HAVE, UH, AUSTIN AREA URBAN LEAGUE AND FOR THE PLUMBING GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE FOR THE PLUMBING AND PRIVATE LATERAL.

WE HAVE THE SAME SEVEN NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS AS THE GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND FUNDED, UH, PROGRAM.

WE USE THOSE SAME NONPROFITS, UM, AS DISCUSSED THOSE PROGRAMS, WENT OUT FOR SOLICITATION, UH, AND 20, UH, AT THE END OF 2021 CONTRACTS THERE FEBRUARY OF 2022.

SO NOW WE'RE GOING TO OUR HARVARD PARALLON PROGRAM.

IT IS THE ONLY LOAN PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE.

IT IS THE ONLY PROGRAM THAT WE PLACE A LIEN AGAINST THE PROPERTY IS TO REPAIR A MAJOR SYSTEMS FUND A FOUNDATION, ROOF, PLUMBING, HPAC, WINDOWS ELECTRICAL, AND THIS PROGRAM BRINGS A PROPERTY UP TO CODE.

UH, DO REMEMBER, EVEN THOUGH IT'S A LONG PROGRAM IS 0% INTEREST, NO MONTHLY PAYMENTS.

AND THE TERM CAN GO FROM, UH, UP TO 20 YEARS FOR $75,000.

UH, BUT HISTORICAL PROPERTIES IS 110,000 AND THEN TO RECONSTRUCT A PROPERTY BECAUSE IT'S NOT FEASIBLE TO INVEST $75,000 IN THE PROPERTY.

WE CAN GO UP TO 250,000 TO RECONSTRUCT THE PROPERTY.

PROPERTY MUST BE IN THE CITY LIMITS OF AUSTIN.

IT, UH, SERVES A, UM, MFI MEDIUM FAMILY INCOME, 80%.

AND LORD, YOU MUST OWN YOUR PROPERTY AND NOT BEING INCLUDED PROPERTY, NOT INCLUDED IN THE BANKRUPTCY IN THE LAST TWO YEARS.

GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

SO HOW DOES HOME REPAIR LOAN PROGRAM WORK? AS I STATED BEFORE, THERE'S NO INTEREST, NO MONTHLY PAYMENTS, UM, BASED ON HOW MUCH ASSISTANCE YOU GET THAT DETERMINES HOW MANY YEARS, UH, THAT THE MAIN IS GOING TO BE PLACED AGAINST YOUR PROPERTY ON THE RECONSTRUCTION.

WE NOT ONLY HAVE THE 20 YEARS, BUT WE ALSO HAVE A 25% SHARED EQUITY COMPONENT.

AND THAT LIEN GOES TO 30 YEARS FOR THE SHARED EQUITY PIECE.

SHARED EQUITY ONLY APPLIES TO THE RECONSTRUCTION NOW TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

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THIS, UH, LESS THAN $15,000, YOU HAVE A FIVE-YEAR LEAN, UH, 40 10 YEAR LANE, MORE THAN 40,000 FEET IN NEW CONSTRUCTION AS AT 20 YEAR, ALSO WITH AN ADDITIONAL 10 YEARS FOR THE SHARED EQUITY COMPONENT.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

QUESTIONS.

I HAVE QUESTIONS AND THEY'RE REALLY LARGELY RELEVANT TO, I THINK, UH, I DON'T REALLY GET INTO SPECIFICS OF THE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE CALLING, UH, FOR PUBLIC COMMUNICATION LAST TIME, BUT PERHAPS SOME OF THE CHALLENGES UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES, OR JUST SIMPLY IS CAUGHT BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE SITUATIONS THAT MAY RESULT, UH, FROM THE LIEN, UH, IN PARTICULAR ON THE HOME REPAIR LOANS.

UH, AND IF YOU ALL COULD SPEAK AROUND THAT, AND I THINK, UH, PARTICULARLY COMMISSIONER DELGADO, COMMISSIONER THOMPSON, I'M SURE MANY OTHERS HERE MIGHT, UH, LIKE TO ENGAGE IN THAT DISCUSSION.

WHAT I LIKE TO SHARE WITH PEOPLE IS THEN 10 OF THE LING IS NOT TO TAKE PEOPLE'S PROPERTIES.

THEN 10 OF THE LANE IS TO KEEP PEOPLE IN THEIR PROPERTIES.

AND EVEN THOUGH WE PLAY LIEN AGAINST THE PROPERTY, DEPENDING ON HOW MANY YEARS YOU LIVE IN THE PROPERTY, A IS FORGIVEN PRORATED AMOUNT.

SO IF YOU DON'T THE FULL TERM OF THE LOAN, AGAIN, IT'S AT A, WE FORGIVE IT NOW.

SO YOU DO GIVE SOME FOR YOU DO GET SOME FORGIVENESS.

SO THAT'S, UM, WE HAVE A LOT OF CONCERNS ABOUT THE LIENS AGAINST THE PROPERTY.

SOME PEOPLE DON'T TAKE THE ASSISTANCE BECAUSE OF THE LANE AND ALSO WHAT WE LIKE TO STRESS TO PEOPLE.

IF YOU'RE REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THAT LANE, YOU MAY WANT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE GRANT PROGRAMS BECAUSE WE CAN LEVERAGE THOSE FUNDS, PROVIDE MULTIPLE, UH, PROGRAMS TO, UH, TO THE CLIENTS.

AND IF I COULD ALSO JUMP IN MANDY TO MAYO AGAIN, THANK YOU, LATISHA.

UM, THE, WITHOUT, UH, DELVING INTO THE SPECIFICS OF THE CASES, THE PUBLIC COMMENT, THOSE LOANS, UM, PREDATED SOME CHANGES TO THE PROGRAM THAT TOOK PLACE.

SO THE, UM, AFFORDABILITY CHART THAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU, THE TERMS OF THE LOAN IS ALL AS A RESULT OF CHANGES THAT WERE INSTITUTED LATISHA.

I THINK THIS IS CORRECT.

IT'S 2013.

SO WE'RE OUR MAJOR CONCERN IS IF WE, UH, MODIFY LOAN, UH, TO EITHER WRITE IT DOWN OR TO, UH, TO CHANGE THE TERMS SO THAT IT'S FORGIVABLE, UH, THEN WE WANT TO AVOID THAT BEING TREATED AS A GIFT, A TAXABLE GIFT, UH, TO THE BAR, TO THE, UH, THE HOMEOWNER, UM, WHICH WOULD THEN CREATE A TAX BURDEN, UH, ON THAT HOMEOWNER.

SO, UM, WE DO HAVE OLDER LOANS, UM, THAT HAD DIFFERENT TERMS. OUR GOAL IS TO OUR HOPE, LET ME SAY OUR HOPE AND OUR GOAL IS TO BRING THOSE OLDER LOANS INTO CONFORMANCE WITH THE NEW TERMS THAT WE HAVE.

THERE ARE SOME CHALLENGES THERE, UM, SOME LEGAL CHALLENGES, UH, AS WELL AS SOME FINANCIAL POTENTIAL FINANCIAL CHALLENGES.

UH, JAMIE, YOU MAY, I SEE JAMIE MAY OR OTHER, UM, UH, HPD STAFFER WHO IS LOOKING INTO THIS, LOOKING AT THE UNIVERSE OF OUR LOAN PORTFOLIO, HOW MANY FOLKS ARE IN DIFFERENT BUCKETS, THEY HAD DIFFERENT TERMS OVER THE YEARS, HOW WE BRING THEM UP, UM, AND HOW WE, UM, MINIMIZE ANY POTENTIAL FINANCIAL IMPACT, NEGATIVE FINANCIAL IMPACT TO OUR HOMEOWNERS.

AND JAMIE, CAN I, CAN I THROW IT TO YOU? CAUSE I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN IN THE WEEDS ON THIS.

SURE.

THANK YOU, MANDY.

UM, GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS, THE, UH, UH, TO PICK UP DIRECTLY WHERE MANDY LEFT OFF THE, UH, UH, THE CHALLENGE HERE IS ENSURING THAT ANY AMENDMENTS OR MODIFICATIONS THAT WE MAKE TO AN EXISTING LOAN DOES NOT, UH, CREATE ANY NEGATIVE REPERCUSSIONS OR, UH, ON THE BORROWER.

UH, THE LAST THING THAT WE WANT TO DO IS, IS CREATE AN IMMEDIATE COST TO THE BORROWER, UH, THAT WOULD BE EITHER UNEXPECTED OR WHERE SHE HAD AN UNABLE FOR THE BORROWER TO FILL.

UM, AND THOSE COSTS, UH, WOULD SPECIFICALLY BE ANY SORT OF TAX EVENT.

UM,

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NOW THAT TAX BURDEN MAY NOT BE VERY MUCH, UM, HOWEVER, YOU KNOW, ANY UNEXPECTED COSTS, PARTICULARLY FOR HOUSEHOLDS THAT QUALIFY FOR THESE PROGRAMS, UM, IS SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO AVOID.

SO WE WANT TO DO, TO BE VERY DELIBERATE ABOUT HOW WE MODIFY THESE LOANS, UM, AND, UH, HOW WE MOVE THEM TOWARD, UH, UH, A UNIVERSAL OR MORE CONSISTENT APPROACH ACROSS OUR PORTFOLIO.

UH, UH, MANY, MANY MENTIONED THAT WE HAD SOME AMENDMENTS IN 2013 ON, ON THE PROGRAMS, UM, AND THESE LOANS, SEVERAL OF THE LOANS, I BELIEVE AT THE LAST COMMISSION MEETING, THE PUBLIC COMMENT, UM, THE TWO LOANS THAT WERE COMMENTED WERE FROM 2011, UH, OR EVEN BEFORE THAT, UH, THE PORTFOLIO THAT WE HAVE IT'S, IT'S IN THE HUNDREDS.

AND AS YOU, UH, JUST HEARD LATITIA MENTIONED, DEPENDING ON THE SIZE OF THE LOAN, THE TERMS MAY DIFFER.

SO IT'S A COMPLEX PUZZLE THAT WE'RE TRYING TO PIECE THROUGH.

UM, BUT WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE SOME THREE MAJOR POINTS THAT WE WANT TO LOOK AT THE INTEREST RATE THAT, UH, THAT COULD BE CHARGED EITHER, UH, AS PART OF THE, OF THE AFFORDABILITY TERM OF THE LOAN OR AFTER THAT TERM EXPIRES.

WE WANT TO LOOK AT THE, UM, UH, THE FORGIVE ABILITY OF THAT LOAN, WHETHER THAT A LOAN IS ULTIMATELY FORGIVEN AT THE END OF THE TERM, OR IF IT'S A, UH, AS, AS LETICIA MENTIONED, IF IT'S, IF IT'S A, UH, DEPRECIATION OVER THE COURSE OF THAT AFFORDABILITY PERIOD, SO THAT IF YOU STAY IN THE HOUSE FOR 10 YEARS, THEN, UH, THE TERM OR THE, THE, UH, PRINCIPAL OF MOUNTAIN VIEW WOULD BE LOWER THAN IF YOU ONLY STAYED IN THERE FOR FIVE YEARS.

AND THEN THE THIRD PIECE THAT WE WANNA LOOK AT IS THAT SHARED EQUITY COMPONENT.

UM, THERE'S A LOT OF CONFUSION AROUND THE SHARED EQUITY.

THERE'S A LOT OF, UH, UM, CONCERN AROUND IT.

UH, EVEN IN OUR OLDEST LOANS, THE, UH, WHERE W WHERE WE HAVE A SHARED EQUITY COMPONENT, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS, IT'S NOT AN, A BURDEN ON THE BORROWER.

UM, AND IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN, UH, AMEND TO MAKE, UM, MORE, UM, UH, DIGESTIBLE, IF YOU WILL, UH, FOR THE BORROWER, THEN THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'D LIKE TO LOOK AT, BUT THOSE ARE THE THREE BROAD AREAS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IN TERMS OF MODIFYING AND JUST STANDARDIZING OUR, OUR PORTFOLIOS.

FANTASTIC.

SO TO SUM IT UP, IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE WAS THE, UM, REPAIR LOAN PROGRAM.

UH, THE ORIGINAL INTENT WAS TO KEEP PEOPLE IN THEIR HOMES, UH, AND IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY CAN REPAIR THEIR HOMES, UH, AFFORDABLY, UH, THE SHARED EQUITY WAS LIKELY, UH, AN INSTRUMENT TO PREVENT FOLKS FROM PERHAPS SELLING THE HOMES IMMEDIATELY AND CASHING OUT, THEN CREATING BASICALLY THE DISPLACEMENT WE'RE TRYING TO AVOID, BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP PEOPLE THERE.

HOWEVER, THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCE WAS AFTER EXTREMELY HIGH APPRECIATION, THE AMOUNT OF EQUITY THAT'S BEING TAKEN ALSO INFLATES.

AND IT IT'S A BAD LOOK FOR THE CITY, BASICALLY AS IF THE CITY IS TAKING WINDFALL FROM THIS, WHEN THAT WASN'T REALLY THE, OR, OR, OR WHAT NOT THE INTENT, RIGHT.

CERTAINLY WAS NOT THE INTENTION NOR THE EXPECTATION.

I DO WANT TO BE CLEAR THOUGH, THAT THAT SHARED EQUITY COMPONENT, UM, THE 25% SHARED EQUITY, WE TAKE THOSE FUNDS AND WE PUT THEM BACK INTO OUR HOME REPAIR PROGRAM, UH, RIGHT.

WERE, WERE GIVEN UNDER THIS PROGRAM, AND THOSE YEARS BEFORE THE MODIFICATION WAS DONE, YOU DIDN'T GIVE ME THE NUMBERS.

SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY IS ON THE SAME, UH, IT'S A WAY TO RECYCLE THE FUNDS.

AND SO IF THERE WAS A FLIP SWITCH SOLUTION, IT WOULD BE OKAY, HOW DO WE FORGIVE THE LOANS, OR HOW DO WE FORGET, HOW DO WE RETURN THE SHARED EQUITY, BUT THAT COULD CREATE A TAXABLE EVENT.

UH, AND SO THINGS ARE MORE COMPLICATED THAN THEY APPEAR.

AND SO, UM, I'LL JUST STOP THERE AND THEN SEE, UH, WHAT'S THE COMMISSIONER GOT HIM.

AH, THANK YOU WITH TCO BROWN AND MANDY.

UM, I DIDN'T THINK MY QUESTIONS WERE ANSWERED, AND THIS IS AN AGENDA ITEM I'VE BEEN ASKING TO BE PUT ON THIS BOARD FOR ABOUT OVER A YEAR NOW.

UM, MAJOR ISSUES HAPPENING.

I ASKED FOR, UM, AN AUDIT, UM, NOT A GRAPHIC OF ALL THE HOME REPAIR PROGRAM AND ALL THE DIFFERENT COMPONENTS AND UNDER THE HOME REPAIR UMBRELLA, THAT'S NOT WHAT I ASKED FOR.

I HAD SPECIFICALLY ASKED FOR THIS SPECIFIC PROGRAM, HOW MANY LOANS

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UM, AND I DO KNOW THAT YOU ALL HAVE MADE MODIFICATIONS FROM 2013.

AND TO NOW, I WANT TO KNOW HOW MANY OF THOSE PEOPLE HAVE BOUGHT THEIR HOMES HAVE, HAVE A CLEAR TITLE.

I ASKED THAT QUESTION TOO, AND IT WASN'T ANSWERED TODAY.

THOSE ARE THE QUESTIONS I WANT TO KNOW DETAILS BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT IF THIS PROGRAM IS GETTING THESE FUNDS AND THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO ASSIST PEOPLE AND THE, THE BARRIER, THE ONE WHERE YOU GET THE MAX, YOU KNOW, THE THIRD ONE ARE THESE PEOPLE BEING ABLE TO OWN THEIR HOME RIGHT OUT AND CLEAR THE LIEN, EVEN IF THEY DON'T MAKE IT TO THE 20 OR 30 YEARS.

I WANT TO KNOW THAT BECAUSE IT'S INCOME AS THE REAL ESTATE IS RISING, YOU'RE 25% SHARED INCOME IS ALSO ACCUMULATING.

SO I WANT TO KNOW HOW MANY OF THESE APPLICANTS OWN THEIR HOME.

AND WE MAY, JAMIE, I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE THE NUMBERS TODAY.

WE'RE STARTING TO DIG INTO THE UNIVERSE.

I WILL SAY THAT EVERY WEEK, BECAUSE I HAVE TO SIGN OFF ON THE LIEN RELEASES.

UH, WE HAVE FOLKS WHO ARE GETTING LIENS RELEASED.

TYPICALLY THEY'RE SELLING THEIR PROPERTIES EITHER THROUGH DPA, OUR DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

THAT IS ALSO A LEAN PROGRAM, UM, OR, UH, OR HR LP.

SO IF, IF WE CAN COME BACK WITH THAT INFORMATION, BECAUSE I REALLY THINK THAT, I MEAN, THANK YOU ALL FOR GIVING THAT GO REPAIR TO ALL THE NEW COMMISSIONERS THAT DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT.

AND THEY'RE GOING TO GO HOME AND PROCESS THAT ALL OF THE INFORMATION YOU PROVIDED TODAY WAS GREAT.

BUT FOR THE OLDER COMMISSIONERS, LIKE COMMISSIONER POP MYSELF, AMIT.

IF, IF HE'S AWARE OF THIS PROGRAM, AS MUCH AS I AM, BECAUSE NOT JUST MY FAMILY HAS THIS PROGRAM, BUT MULTIPLE FAMILY MEMBERS HAVE THIS PROGRAM THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

I WANT TO KNOW STATISTICS WITH FACTUAL NUMBERS.

I WANT TO KNOW IF YOU ARE GOING TO MODIFY THEM.

AND IF THAT GIFT THAT YOU'RE STATING THAT THAT'S THE ONLY WAY OUT, WHAT IS THAT? I WANT TO KNOW THOSE NUMBERS BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE NOT OWNING THEIR PROPERTIES AND THE PEOPLE THAT WANT TO PAY OFF THEIR LOAN.

THEY'RE BEING FORCED TO PAY THE SHARED EQUITY PLUS WHAT THEY, WHAT THEY RECEIVE, WHICH IS AT THAT TIME, THE PEOPLE IN 2011, BEFORE 2013, WE'RE AT 20 135,000.

SO THEY HAVE TO PAY 135,000 BACK PLUS THE 25% EQUITY OF THEIR HOME.

AND WITHIN THAT AMOUNT OF TIME, A WHOLE DECADE OR TWO DECADES, THREE DECADES, WHATEVER, WHENEVER THEY WENT INTO THAT LOAN, IT HAS INCREASED.

SO WHAT ARE WE DOING TO HELP THEM CLEAR THE TITLE? AND I WANT TO KNOW NUMBERS AND I MISSED MISSPOKE BEFORE WHEN I SAID EVERY WEEK, WE'RE RELEASING LIENS, WHICH TYPICALLY WE ARE, THERE'S A HANDFUL OF LIENS THAT WE'LL RELEASE SOME FOLKS SELL, BUT OFTENTIMES THESE ARE LIENS FROM 2000, 2000.

THEY'VE THE PERIOD HAS LAPSED.

SO THEY'RE DONE, THEY'RE DONE WITH THE LANE AND IT'S FORGIVEN.

SO THEY FALL INTO DIFFERENT CATEGORIES.

SOME OF THE HOMEOWNERS ARE DONE WITH THE LANE AND THEY CALL US UP AND SAY, I'M DONE RELEASE THE LIEN.

AND WE REVIEW AND MAKE SURE WE PULL THEIR ORIGINAL LOAN.

AND WE MAKE SURE THAT IN FACT, THEY MET THE CRITERIA THAT THEY SAID THEY WOULD MEET.

I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT, OKAY, THOSE NUMBERS AND THAT ACTUAL INFORMATION, BECAUSE WE DON'T, WE HAVEN'T SEEN THAT.

AND WE CAN PULL THAT.

AND I ALSO WOULD LIKE, UM, TO ALSO GET A CLARIFICATION ON HOW MUCH MONEY THIS, UM, OUR FUNDS, THIS COMMISSION HAS ALLOCATED TOWARDS THAT DURING OUR PHYSICAL YEAR BUDGET, WHICH IS THAT PROGRAM, NOT THE HOME REPAIR PROGRAM, THAT PROGRAM, HOW MUCH DOLLARS WE HAVE SPENT THROUGHOUT THE DECADES, BECAUSE I WANT TO MATCH HOW MUCH MONEY WE'VE INVESTED AND HOW MANY FAMILIES THAT ARE CONSIDERED LOW INCOME AND POOR PROFIT OFF OF IT,

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AND ACTUALLY OWN THEIR HOME.

AND ACTUALLY THE ONES THAT SOLD THEIR HOMES.

UM, I'M, UM, THERE'S A MISSION FOR ME TO DO THIS BECAUSE WE NEED TO START MONITORING WHERE OUR DOLLARS ARE GOING.

AND IF THEY'RE EVEN BEING, IF THEY'RE GIVING US A DELIVERABLE, IF THEY'RE NOT BRINGING US A DELIVERABLE, THEN WHY ARE WE GIVING THEM MONEY? WHEN WE HAVE A HOUSING CRISIS ISSUE HERE, AND PEOPLE ARE LOSING THEIR HOMES AND NOT MANY PEOPLE ARE USING URBAN LEAGUE AND MEALS ON WHEELS AND HABITAT FOR HUMANITY FOR GO REPAIRS ANYMORE BECAUSE THEY'RE LEAVING AUSTIN.

THEY'RE NOT NEEDING THOSE REPAIRS ANYMORE BECAUSE THEY CAN'T EVEN AFFORD TO STAY IN THEIR HOME.

SO THOSE ARE MY CONCERNS.

I DO WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU KNOW, THAT THE BUDGET FOR THE HOME REPAIR LOAN PROGRAM IS PART OF THE ACTION PLAN EVERY YEAR.

AND SO YOU CAN FIND IT IN YOUR BACKUP PACKET.

UM, FOR LAST FISCAL YEAR, THE HOME REPAIR LOAN PROGRAM.

AND WE DON'T DEVIATE THAT MUCH EACH YEAR.

OUR GOAL WAS TO SERVE NINE HOMEOWNERS AND WE SERVED THREE, NO, I'M SORRY.

WE SERVED SIX LAST FISCAL YEAR AND WE EXPENDED $748,584.

SO JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA, IT'S TYPICALLY THE GOAL IS NINE HOMEOWNERS SOMEWHERE AROUND THERE, AND THE BUDGET IS LESS THAN A MILLION DOLLARS PER FISCAL YEAR.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU KNOW, THAT THAT IS PART OF THE ACTION PLAN AT IS LESS THAN $1 MILLION PER PHYSICAL YEAR, TIMES, 20 YEARS.

'CAUSE THAT'S HOW LONG THE PROGRAM'S BEEN HERE.

UH, LETICIA MAY HAVE SOME HISTORICAL CONTEXT.

I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'VE DEVIATED MUCH OVER THE LAST A COUPLE OF DECADES IN TERMS OF THE AMOUNT WE'VE SPENT EACH FISCAL YEAR.

I DON'T THINK YOU'LL HAVE THAT NUMBER RIGHT NOW, BUT, WELL, I DON'T HAVE IT.

I CERTAINLY DON'T HAVE IT AT MY FINGERTIPS, BUT I THINK IT'S BEEN PRETTY STANDARD.

SO WHAT I DO WANT TO MAKE CLEAR IS THAT THE SHARED EQUITY PAM IS ONLY APPLICABLE TO HOMES THAT WE HAD TO DEMO AND RECONSTRUCT.

THAT'S WHERE THE SHARED EQUITY PIECE COME IN.

SO I WANT TO MAKE THAT CLEAR.

SO IT'S A SMALLER SLICE THAN EVEN WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

AND THOSE ARE THE HOMES THAT ARE BEING CITED BY CODE.

SO YES, I'M AWARE OF THAT.

NOW THE COMMISSIONERS NEED TO BE AWARE OF THAT, BUT THAT IS WHEN YOU HAVE TO GET ALONE.

WHEN CODE COMES TO YOU AND SAYS THAT IF YOU DON'T COME UP TO CODE IN 30 DAYS, YOU'RE FINED $5,000.

SO THEN FAMILIES ARE DESPERATE AND THEY TAKE THIS LOAN BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO BE FINE BY CODE EVERY 30 DAYS OF $5,000.

SO I'M AWARE OF IT.

THE COMMISSIONERS NEED TO BE AWARE OF IT AS WELL.

AS THE STAFF DONE ANY MODELING ON WHAT A HOME LOAN WOULD'VE COST FOR A BORROWER, I DUNNO.

SO ANOTHER THING I WANT TO CLEAR IS THE PROGRAM GOES UP TO $75,000.

IF IT'S DETERMINED THAT $75,000 IS NOT FEASIBLE TO BEST THAT IN A PROPERTY, THEN WE DETERMINED THAT IT WILL BE DEMOED AND RECONSTRUCTED A HOMEOWNER JUST CAN'T SAY, HEY, LATITIA.

I WANT TO, I WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM AND I WANT TO GET MY HOUSE DEMOED AND RECONSTRUCTED TO PICK THAT MY, TO DETERMINE THAT IT'S NOT FEASIBLE TWIN TEST UP TO $75,000 IN THE PROPERTY BECAUSE OF THE CONDITION.

AND WE DETERMINED THAT IT NEEDS TO BE DEMOLITION.

THANK YOU, LETICIA.

AND I WILL SAY I'VE BEEN WITH THE CITY FOR FIVE YEARS.

WE HAVEN'T DONE A, WHAT WE CALL A DEMO RECONSTRUCT DURING THAT TIME.

SO IT'S BEEN QUITE A WHILE.

AND I THINK THAT THE REASON WHY YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THAT IN FIVE YEARS, CAUSE PEOPLE GOT SMART ENOUGH AND SAID THEY WEREN'T GOING TO GIVE UP THEIR PROPERTY AND THEY'RE NOT GOING TO PUT A LIEN.

AND I THINK THAT PEOPLE THAT FORMERLY WERE INVOLVED IN THIS PROGRAM DID NOT UNDERSTAND THE ECONOMIC EDUCATION OR REAL ESTATE OR BANKING, UM, BECAUSE THEY COULD HAVE WENT AND GOT A LOAN FROM THEIR BANK AND THEY COULD HAVE PULLED OUT ON THEIR OWN EQUITY TO REPAIR THEIR HOME TO STANDARDS.

INSTEAD, SOME OF THESE PEOPLE THAT HAVE A THIRD GRADE LEVEL OR SPANISH SPEAKING AS THEIR FIRST LANGUAGE WENT AHEAD AND SIGNED UP FOR THIS.

SO ALL I'M DOING IS MY RESEARCH, MY HOMEWORK AS A COMMISSIONER, TO MAKE SURE THAT NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING AND THE HOME REPAIR PROGRAMS ARE DOING WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING AND THAT OUR MONIES AND DOLLARS TAX DOLLARS, OUR TAX DOLLARS, OUR MONIES, FEDERAL MONIES THAT BELONG TO POOR PEOPLE ARE GETTING TO WHERE THEY NEED TO BE.

THAT'S WHAT MY JOB IS HERE TO DO.

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I DUNNO, HISTORICALLY, CAUSE IT'S HARD TO DETERMINE WHAT INTEREST RATES WERE, BUT BANKS DON'T JUST GIVE OUT MONEY.

SO THERE WASN'T, IF, IF SOMEBODY HAD GONE TO A BANK AND TRIED TO BORROW $250,000 TO DEMO AND REBUILD THEIR HOME AND, AND IT'S, THERE ARE SO MANY FACTORS THAT GO INTO IT, WHETHER A BANK WOULD IN FACT LOAN MONEY, UH, THE CREDIT SCORE OF THE, UH, HOMEOWNER, UM, YOU KNOW, THE CREDIT WORTHINESS AS DETERMINED BY THE BANK THAT EQUITY IN THE, THE VALUE OF THE HOME.

THERE ARE SO MANY FACTORS AND OF COURSE THE INTEREST RATE OVER TIME HAS CHANGED DRAMATICALLY.

SO THE SHORT ANSWER IS NO, WE HAVE NOT DONE ANY MODELING BECAUSE WHAT WE WOULD MODEL TODAY IS SO DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE WOULD WANT.

I'M WONDERING IF SOMEBODY WAS MAKING PAYMENTS, HOW THAT WOULD DIFFER FROM THE SHARED EQUITY VALUE.

I FIGURED IT OUT HERE, IF SOMEBODY UP, IF SOMEONE IS MAKING PAYMENTS IS GOING TO DECREASE THE AMOUNT OF THE FIRST LIEN, WHICH THAT 15 YEARS WHERE YOU FORGIVE IT AT A PRORATED AMOUNT, IF PEOPLE MAKE PAYMENTS IS GOING TOWARDS THAT, THAT LIEN FOR THE 5, 10, 15 YEARS.

AND IF THEY WENT TO THE BANK AND BORROWED $250,000 TO DEMO AND REBUILD THEIR HOME OVER 30 YEARS AT 4% INTEREST RATE, WHICH I THINK IS MAYBE CHEAP, THEY WOULD HAVE PAID $429,000.

IF THE HOME OF IT, IF IT'S THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT THE, THE SHARED EQUITY PORTION IS ON, IS THE WAY I READ THIS HERE.

BUT, UH, WHICHEVER IF THAT $250,000 HOUSE TRIPLED IN VALUE THAN A QUARTER OF THE VALUE OF THE A HUNDRED EIGHTY SEVEN FIVE, WHICH IS A LOT LESS THAN $429,000, I HADN'T THOUGHT THAT THROUGH.

I SEE, I SEE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.

UM, I THINK THERE ARE DIFFERENT WAYS.

THERE ARE DIFFERENT WAYS TO LOOK AT IT.

AND IF IN FACT PEOPLE DID NOT KNOW WHAT THEY WERE SIGNING UP FOR.

THAT'S A GREAT COMPANY CONCERN TO ME AND OUR COMMUNICATIONS, UM, AROUND OUR LOAN PRODUCT.

AND I CAN'T SPEAK TO 2011.

I DO KNOW THAT NOW WE HAVE AN ACTUAL, UM, WE HAVE A MULTI-STEP PROCESS.

AND, AND PART OF IT IS A WRITTEN AGREEMENT WHERE YOU IN VERY PLAIN LANGUAGE, IT SAYS, I ACKNOWLEDGE THIS IS, UM, I'M TAKING OUT A LOAN, THERE'LL BE A LIEN.

IT'S IN VERY PLAIN LANGUAGE, A LIEN PLACED AGAINST MY HOUSE.

WE HAVE SPANISH SPEAKING STAFF, UM, AND WE CAN CERTAINLY INTERPRET INTO OTHER LANGUAGES.

UM, BUT SO THAT FOLKS KNOW BEFORE THEY'RE ACTUALLY SIGNING THE LEGAL DOCUMENTS THAT THEY ACKNOWLEDGED THAT STAFF HAVE WALKED THEM THROUGH THE, THE BASICS OF THIS PROGRAM.

I FEEL I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE DOING A GOOD JOB WITH OUR, UM, COMMUNICATIONS FOR OUR LOW-INCOME COMMUNITY.

SO THAT IS SO THANK YOU FOR KIND OF LOOKING AT IT A DIFFERENT WAY.

UM, THE CONCERNS THAT WERE BROUGHT TO US PREVIOUSLY WERE MULTILAYERED.

SOME OF IT WAS ABOUT THE LOAN TERMS AND SOME OF IT WAS ABOUT THEY DIDN'T, WHAT WE HEARD WAS, I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT I WAS SIGNING UP.

CAN I JUST ADD ONE THING? UH, I KNOW THAT THE SHARED EQUITY COMPONENT IS A CONCERN, AND AS I MENTIONED, IT IS A LITTLE CONFUSING, UM, BUT TWO IMPORTANT THINGS TO CONSIDER WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT.

UM, THREE, REALLY ONE, THE UNIVERSE OF LOANS THAT ACTUALLY HAVE THAT IS RELATIVELY SMALL COMPARED TO THE ENTIRE PORTFOLIO.

SECOND, UM, THIS SHARED EQUITY COMPONENT THAT 25% IS ONLY APPLIED TO THE EQUITY, UM, IN EXCESS OF, UH, THE NET PROCEEDS.

SO IT'S, IT, IT SUBTRACTS THE ORIGINAL PURCHASE PRICE.

IT'S, IT'S THE, IT'S THE ACCRUED EQUITY, 25% OF THE ACCRUED EQUITY.

SO IT WOULDN'T BE ONE, IF YOU TRIPLED IN VALUE, IT WOULDN'T BE, UH, UH, ONE FOURTH OF THAT TOTAL VALUE WOULD JUST BE THAT, UH, THAT ACCRUED EQUITY.

AND THEN THIRD, UM,

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THIS, THAT SHARED EQUITY COMPONENT WOULD ONLY TRIGGER IF, UH, THE PROPERTY IS SOLD WITHIN THE AFFORDABILITY PERIOD.

IF THE PROPERTY STAYS WITHIN THE ORIGINAL OWNERS, CANNES, NO SHARED EQUITY COMPONENT COMES INTO PLAY.

UM, IF THE PROPERTY IS TRANSFERRED AFTER, UH, THAT AFFORDABILITY PERIOD ENDS, THEN THAT SHARED EQUITY COMPONENT BURNS OFF.

SO IT'S, IT'S A VERY NARROWLY FOCUSED, UH, TOOL, BUT THAT IS REALLY WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS TO, TO ASSESS THE IMPACT OF THAT AND HOW, HOW EQUITABLY IT IS APPLIED COMMISSIONER GARRETT.

THIS JUST A QUICK QUESTION IS THE AFFORDABILITY PERIOD 30 YEARS, OR, UM, ON THESE, UH, DEMO RECONSTRUCTION, THE AFFORDABILITY PERIOD IS 20 YEARS, BUT THE SHARED EQUITY NAME EXTENDS OUT OF, UH, AN ADDITIONAL 10 YEARS OR 30 FOR A TOTAL OF 30 YEARS.

AND COMMISSIONER GARRETT IN YOUR PRESENTATION.

I CAN'T PUT MY FINGERS.

THERE'S A TABLE THAT IT DEPENDS ON THE MAP.

THANK YOU ON THE AMOUNT OF FUNDS THAT YOU NEED.

SO IT GOES FROM, UM, UP TO 15,000 IS A FIVE-YEAR AFFORDABILITY PERIOD.

THE IDEA, CONCEPTUALLY BEING THE MORE MONEY WE AS A COMMUNITY, AS TAXPAYERS INVEST IN A PROPERTY, WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT YOU STAY IN THAT PROPERTY, A COMMENSURATE PERIOD OF TIME, AND THAT AFFORDABILITY PERIOD THERE, IT'S SET BY HOOD HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT.

EXCELLENT POINT.

AND I FORGOT TO ASK.

SO I BEEN TRYING TO MODEL THIS ON MY COMPUTER AS WE'VE BEEN TALKING.

I APPRECIATE VICE CHAIR, POP SUGGESTION ABOUT LOOKING AT COUNTERFACTUAL MODELING ANYWAY.

AND, UH, IT JUST TO BE CLEAR, WE'RE LOOKING THE, THE LIEN, THE PARTIES THEY'RE PUTTING A SHARED EQUITY, UH, LIEN, IF YOU WILL, IS AN ISSUE FOR DEMOS THAT ARE ABOVE OBVIOUSLY THE 75 K INVESTMENT ON A REPAIR AND UP TO OBVIOUSLY A 250 K MAX, WE HAVEN'T HAD THAT HAPPEN IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS, PROBABLY LIKELY BECAUSE ECONOMIC CONDITIONS WOULDN'T PERMIT A FULL DEMO REBUILD AT TWO 50 ANYWAY, RIGHT? AND S WELL, ACTUALLY YEARS, IT WAS ACTUALLY AT 130,000.

IT WAS 130 AND WE JUST INCREASED IT TO TWO 50 AND PROBABLY TOMORROW WE NEED TO INCREASE IT TO, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, JUST WITH CONSTRUCTION COSTS, BUT YES, AND SO SORRY.

AND BEFORE THE ONE 30, IT WAS AT 119,000, AND THAT WAS THE 2011 AMOUNT TO 119,000.

AND SO IF I HAD A REGULAR OLD BREAD AND BUTTER FIXED RATE, 4% LOAN ON A 250 K INVESTMENT PAYING 154,000 OF INTEREST OVER 30 YEARS, UH, AT THE END OF 30 YEARS, I OWN THE HOME HUNKY DORY.

UM, IN THIS CASE, IF I WERE TO STICK AROUND THE WHOLE 30 YEARS, THAT'S A BIG WIN BECAUSE I'VE SAVED THAT 154 K IN INTEREST, RIGHT.

AND THEN I OWN THE HOME OUTRIGHT WITHOUT A LIEN.

SO THIS BECOMES A CHALLENGE FOR THOSE OF US WHO DON'T WANT TO BE BOUND BY THE HOME AND WANT TO HAVE OUR ECONOMIC OPTIONS AVAILABLE TO US, UH, AND WANT TO MAKE THAT ASSET LIQUID.

AND, AND SO THERE IS A PENALTY IF YOU WILL, FOR MAKING THAT ASSET LIQUID, UH, UH, BY MEANS OF THIS, UH, YOU KNOW, PARTICULAR LIEN.

AND SO, UH, SOMEBODY WHO DID STAY IN THAT HOME FOR THE LIFE OF THE HOME AND THE LIFE, IF YOU WILL, THE LIFE OF THE LOAN WOULD BE EFFECTIVELY NOT ONLY WINNING ALL OF THAT EQUITY THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN GAINED OVER THAT TIME, BUT ALSO 154 CAIN INTEREST ON TOP OF THAT.

OR, YOU KNOW, IF THAT WERE, IF THEY WERE TO ACHIEVE A 4% INTEREST RATE, UM, BUT SOMEBODY WHO WOULD HAVE SOLD BEFORE OR WANTING TO EXERCISE THEIR OPTIONS BEFORE COULD BE SORT OF HEAVILY PENALIZED, IS THAT RIGHT? AND WE ONLY TAKE MONEY OUT OF THE PROCEEDS OF THE SALE.

IF THE MONEY'S NOT THERE, IF THEY'RE UPSIDE DOWN AND THEN WE DON'T, WE GET NOTHING.

SO THEN THERE IS, THAT IS STATED IN THE CONTRACT.

AND THAT ALSO CONCERNS ME BECAUSE WHAT IF THEY DON'T LIVE TO 30 YEARS? WHAT IF THEY DIE? SO WHAT HAPPENS TO THE LOAN WHEN THEY DIE? SO THERE ARE AIRSHIP, UH, YOU CAN, UM, INHERIT.

SO TO YOUR HEIRS, THE HOME CAN GO TO YOUR HEIRS, BUT DO THEY ERRORS STAY LOCKED IN THE AGREEMENT, THEIR AGREEMENT? YES.

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CAUSE I, I NEVER SAW THAT.

AND, AND IN THE CONTRACT I REVIEWED, AND AGAIN, YOU CLARIFY THAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT Y'ALL DID MAKE CHANGES FOR ALL OF THE CONTRACTS AFTER 2013.

SO NEW, ALL NEW CONTRACTS.

WE, WE MAY, YEAH.

WHEN 2013 ON THE GUIDELINES, THE PROGRAM AND THAT TRANSLATED TO THE LEGAL DOCUMENTS, RIGHT? SO ALL THE HOMEOWNERS THAT, THAT WENT INTO THE PROGRAM PRIOR TO 2013 ARE BINDED TO THE OTHER CONTRACT, NOT WHAT YOU JUST STATED RIGHT NOW.

CORRECT.

THEY COULD BE BONDED TO A LONGER TERM.

BUT IT'S THE SAME TERM, 30 YEARS.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN A LONGER-TERM THAT'S IN THAT CONTRACT TO 30 YEARS, EXCEPT THERE ARE DIFFERENT TERM LENGTHS, DEPENDING ON THE AMOUNT OF THE INVESTMENT.

THE TERM LENGTHS CHANGED IN 2013 TO 15 YEARS.

WELL, THERE'S ALSO FIVE YEARS.

THERE THERE'S A VARIETY OF LENGTHS OF TIME.

BUT THE PEOPLE BEFORE 2013 ARE THE PEOPLE I'M TALKING ABOUT BECAUSE THE PEOPLE AFTER 2013 ARE SAFE.

THEY'RE ON THE SAFE ZONE, THEY HAVE OPTIONS.

AND THEN THE PEOPLE, IF YOU WERE TO LOOK AT YOUR, TO SEE HOW MANY PEOPLE WITHIN THE LAST FIVE YEARS HAVE OFTEN TO THIS PROGRAM, I, I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE NUMBERS ARE WAY LOWER THAN WHAT YOU HAD 10 YEARS AGO, 20 YEARS AGO, BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE NO LONGER GOING TO OPT INTO SOMETHING LIKE THIS.

UM, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE JUST, I, I DON'T, I DON'T SEE IT HAPPENING.

I SEE PEOPLE THAT WERE MORE DESPERATELY IN NEED OF THIS PROGRAM BACK THEN COMPARED TO NOW, BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO AFFORD TO LIVE HERE ANYMORE.

SO THEY'RE NOT GONNA GO AND TAKE THAT OPTION.

THAT'S WHEN I'M, I'M TRYING TO FIRST GET THE NUMBERS THAT I'VE REQUESTED, UH, WHICH IS HOW MANY PEOPLE OWN THEIR PROPERTY.

UH, AND OFF, OUT OF THIS PROGRAM, THEY WERE ABLE TO CLEAR THEIR TITLE.

I WANT THOSE NUMBERS PRIOR TO YOUR MODIFICATION OF YOUR CONTRACT.

AND I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO SEE, UM, YOU KNOW, IF YOU KNOW, IF, HOW MUCH MONEY ARE WE SPENDING IN THAT PROGRAM, NOT THE HOME GO REPAIR PROGRAM, NOT THE FIVE YEAR I'M TALKING ABOUT THE ARCHITECTURAL BARRIER PROGRAM, THAT ONE PROGRAM, THAT'S IT.

THE ONE THAT YOU JUST SPEED IT.

THE THIRD ONE, THE HOMEROOM HAIR LOAN PROGRAM.

SO THE HOME REPAIR PROGRAM HAS THE GO, THE GO REPAIR.

OH, NO, I'M SORRY.

GRANTS TALKING ABOUT THE GRANTS.

I WANT TO KNOW THE MONEY.

HOW MUCH MONEY ARE WE SENDING EVERY YEAR? YOU JUST STATED IT WAS THAT'S FOR THE HOME REPAIR LOAN PROGRAM.

THAT'S A, LESS THAN A MILLION DOLLARS WE SPENT EVERY YEAR FOR LET'S JUST SAY EIGHT TO 10 HOMER PAIRS, THE DEMO I'M TALKING ABOUT THE DEMO PROGRAM.

THAT'S THE PROGRAM I'M TALKING ABOUT.

I'M NOT TALKING, I, I DON'T WANT US TO GET CONFUSED WITH ALL THE OTHER PROGRAMS BECAUSE THEY'RE ALMOST SOUND ALIKE.

THE HOME LOAN PROGRAM, THE DEMO IS AN OPTION WITHIN THE HOME REPAIR LOAN PRO.

SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE, SO THAT'S THE PROGRAM I'M TALKING ABOUT? CAUSE THAT'S THE ONLY ONE THAT PUTS A LIEN, CORRECT? NO.

SO WE HAVE OTHER ONES THAT PUT LANES, THE HOME REPAIR PROGRAM.

WE HAVE ONE PROGRAM, HOME REPAIR LOAN PROGRAM THAT PLACES A LIEN AGAINST THE PROPERTY THAT GOES UP TO 75,000.

THEN WE HAVE A PART OF THE LONG REPAIR PROGRAM.

IF WE DON'T WANT TO INVEST 75,000, BECAUSE IT'S NOT FEASIBLE.

THAT'S WHERE WE USED TO HAVE 119,000, THEN 130,000 NOW 250,000 OR THE DEMO RECONSTRUCT.

SO YOU JUST WANT, WHEN YOU WANT, WHEN YOU WANT NUMBERS, YOU ONLY WANT DEMO RECONSTRUCT.

IS THAT AN ACCURATE STATEMENT? THE ONE WITH THE MAIN YES, THEN IT'S SO, AND IT MIGHT BE THAT IT'S GETTING LATE.

WE HAVE ONLY ONE.

THE ONE WITH THE SHARED EQUITY.

WHAT I WANTED CLARIFICATION IS DO YOU HAVE ANOTHER PROGRAM WITHOUT SHARED EQUITY WITH THE LIEN? SO WE ONLY HAVE ONE PROGRAM THAT HAS A LIEN IN GENERAL, IT'S CALLED THE HOME REPAIR LOAN PROGRAM.

BOTH.

YES, BECAUSE WE HAVE, I DO WANT TO MAKE SURE FOLKS KNOW THAT WE HAVE OUR HOME REPAIR LOAN PROGRAM.

YOU COULD HAVE A LIEN ON IT, BUT THERE'S NO SHARED EQUITY.

AND YOU'RE SAYING YOU'RE NOT INTERESTED IN DATA ON THAT.

WELL, THAT'S

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THERE ARE DIFFERENT LEVELS CAUSE YOUR HOME COULD NEED DIFFERENT LEVELS OF REPAIR.

YOU ALL GET PUT LIENS ON DIFFERENT LEVELS OF HOME REPAIRS.

IT'S NOT JUST A DEMO BECAUSE THAT'S CORRECT.

I DIDN'T KNOW THAT THIS SHOWS THE CHART.

CAN I GET YOU IF I, IF I, IF I COULD, IF I COULD JUMP IN FOR A SECOND.

SO ANYTHING THAT HAS A LOAN WILL HAVE A LIEN, BUT, UH, THE ONLY ONE THAT HAS THE SHERIFF, WHICH, WHICH I THINK IS PROBABLY A PRETTY REASONABLE THING, UNLESS THERE'S A BLIND SPOT I HAVE.

BUT, UH, BUT THE ONE THAT JUST SHARED A LOT, I MEAN THE LOAN WILL HAVE A LIEN.

YOU KNOW, I, I THINK, UH, YOU KNOW, IN GENERAL AND SO, BUT I THINK THE, THE LIEN THAT'S THE SCARY ONE IS THE ONE WITH THE SHARED EQUITY PART.

I MEAN, THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING UNLESS I'VE GOT BLIND SPOTS AND NO, THAT, THAT IS ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.

AND THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THE SLIDE UP HERE.

THAT SHOWS THERE IS ONLY ONE PROGRAM IT'S CALLED THE HOME REPAIR LOAN PROGRAM.

THE REST OF THEM ARE GRANT PROGRAMS. IF IT'S MINOR HOME REPAIR OR GO REPAIR ABR OR WHATEVER, THOSE ARE GRANT PROGRAMS. THIS SPECIFICALLY IS A LOAN PROGRAM THAT COMES WITH THE LEAN.

AND SO NEW CONSTRUCTION THAT'S THE DEMO RECONSTRUCT IS WHAT HAS SHARED EQUITY AS A COMPONENT.

SO NOW I W I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST NOW THAT I KNOW CLARIFICATION, CAUSE I ONLY THOUGHT Y'ALL WOULD PUTTING LANES ON 20 YEAR PROGRAMS, LOAN PROGRAMS. I DIDN'T THINK YOU WERE PUTTING A LIEN ON A $5,000 LOAN, BUT 15,000 IS THE LOWEST.

AND, UM, BUT, BUT COULD I GET THOSE NUMBERS BECAUSE I WENT TO SEE HOW MANY OF THEM CLEARED THOSE LOANS? YES.

I, I THINK WE CAN PULL THAT FROM OUR PORTFOLIO.

THAT WAS IT.

I THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT.

CAUSE I REALLY DID NOT KNOW THAT I REALLY THOUGHT THAT IT WAS JUST ONE LANE ON THE SHARED EQUITY ON THE DEMO.

BUT NOW I KNOW THAT THERE'S OTHER PROGRAMS THAT ALSO REQUIRE A LEAN AS WELL.

CHAIR, COMMISSIONER, EXCUSE ME.

COMMISSIONER THOMPSON.

LET ME FIRST START WITH, I'M THINKING MR. MIO, MS. JACKSON, AND MR. MAY, THANK YOU ALL.

I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT THE PRESENTATION OF ALL THE OTHER STUFF I TOO WAS REALLY ONLY REALLY INTERESTED IN THIS ONE PART.

I WAS, I REALLY THAT'S WHAT I WANT.

I DO RECOGNIZE HOW COMPLEX THIS, THIS SITUATION IS.

AND I, I DO UNDERSTAND THAT AND I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE A ONE SIZE FITS ALL.

IF YOU ALL ARE LOOKING FOR THAT, I'M NOT REAL SURE THAT'S GOING TO BE THERE.

I UNDERSTAND WE CAN COME UP WITH A STANDARD VERY QUICKLY.

I'M THINKING ALL I'M WANTING TO SAY IS WHEN I HEAR THE STORIES, I DON'T, I DISAGREE THAT THE PEOPLE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THEY WERE SIGNING.

I DO BELIEVE YOU CAN TELL ME I'M SIGNING SOMETHING.

I THINK WHAT PEOPLE DID NOT UNDERSTAND, EVEN I WHO'VE BEEN IN AUSTIN SINCE 1979, DID NOT UNDERSTAND THAT THE PROPERTY VALUES WERE GOING TO GO UP IN THE MANNER IN WHICH THEY DID.

I DON'T KNOW WHO KNEW THAT.

SO I UNDERSTAND HOW WE GOT HERE.

ALL I'M SAYING IS JUST SINCERELY.

I I'M INTERESTED IN, I SINCERELY LOOKING AT RETRO ACTIVELY GOING BACK HISTORICALLY, ANYBODY WHO'S STILL PAYING AND DOESN'T OWN THEIR STUFF.

LET'S HAVE SOMEBODY GENUINELY BE CONCERNED ABOUT THE CONSUMER.

AND IS THERE A WAY THAT WE CAN LOOK AT IT? THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING.

IS I JUST, I, AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE A GREAT ANSWER FOR EVERY SINGLE SITUATION, BUT DAB GUM.

IT, I REALLY DO BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE CAUSED SOME UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES, NOT BY OUR FAULT, BUT BY THE SHEER RESULT OF WHAT HAS HAPPENED.

AND I THINK THAT WE OWE IT TO ANYONE TO GO BACKWARDS AND SAY, WOW, WE, YOU KNOW WHAT, LET'S LOOK AT THIS.

THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING.

IT'S JUST LET'S.

CAN WE LOOK AT IT? THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOU.

AND THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR INFORMATION.

AND, UH, JAMIE ALL SORT OF REFERENCE WHAT THE PLAN IS NOW AND WHAT THE HOPE IS NOW.

AGREED.

AND, AND, UH, THANK YOU COMMISSIONER THOMPSON FOR THAT AND, AND REALLY, YOU KNOW, SOLUTION ORIENTATION AND, AND CREATING THAT DIRECTIONAL MOVEMENT.

AND I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT, UH, I HEARD, YOU KNOW, MANDY LATISHA

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AND, AND, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT THINGS ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS, ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT PREDATED, UH, 2013 AS APPLICABLE.

UM, AND TRYING TO FIND PERHAPS A CASE BY CASE ANSWER OR BROAD ANSWER.

I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE'S A SILVER BULLET.

I THINK THAT'S BEEN SAID LIKE A FEW TIMES.

AND SO, UH, TWO THINGS THAT I MIGHT SUGGEST, ONE THAT WE REVISIT THIS, UH, YOU KNOW, PERHAPS, UH, AT AN INCREMENT THAT THIS BODY THINKS IS APPROPRIATE, WHETHER IT'S MONTHLY OR, YOU KNOW, IF THAT'S EVEN PLAUSIBLE OR WHETHER IT'S, UH, EVERY TWO MONTHS, UH, SEC.

AND SECONDLY, I INVITE, YOU KNOW, THOSE WHO ARE, ARE PARTICULARLY INTERESTED, UH, AGAIN, TO ROUTE QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS, UH, THROUGH OUR LIAISON STAFF, LISA, WHO BY THE WAY, HAS CARRIED US WHILE JESSIE HAS BEEN OUT ON VACATION.

AND YOU CAN TELL THIS IS JUST SOME PRETTY DANG LOFTY WORK, UH, TO, TO PREP FOR THIS MEETING.

UM, THROUGH LISA OF COURSE, WE ALWAYS HAVE DIRECT LINES TO ERICA.

UH, MANDY I KNOW, IS, IS, IS ALWAYS AVAILABLE BY EMAIL I'VE, I'VE SPOKEN WITH EVERYBODY HERE BY EMAIL AND THEY'VE ALL BEEN REALLY RESPONSIVE.

SO I KNOW THAT WE CAN GET ANSWERS THAT WAY.

AND THEN THIRDLY, I MIGHT LOOK TO STAFF FOR IT.

YOU KNOW, WHAT YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS ARE, BEING IN THE TRENCHES, BEING VERY WELL AWARE OF THESE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES.

AND I THINK, UH, BEING REASONABLY TRANSPARENT IN THIS FORUM WITH US, UH, ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE ARE AND WHAT WE HOPE TO DO.

SO, SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR THAT COMMISSIONER THOMPSON.

AND THANK YOU ALL.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER DELGADO FOR YOUR CONCERNS, UH, UM, AROUND THIS TOO, AND MAKING SURE THIS IS ON OUR RADAR, UM, COMMISSIONER GARRETT, NO COMMENT FROM COMMISSIONER GARRETT.

UM, DO WE, DO WE, DO WE HAVE, UH, ANYTHING ELSE ON THIS? WELL, I GUESS, UH, JUST REALLY QUICKLY, UH, W DO WE WANT TO REVISIT THIS NEXT MONTH? OKAY.

UH, AND SO LET'S, UH, LET, OKAY.

IT'S IT SOUNDS LIKE WE WANT TO REVISIT IT NEXT MONTH, AT LEAST THAT THAT'S A GOOD START AND WE WILL HAVE SOME SORT OF UPDATE FOR YOU ALL BY THEN.

WE ARE WORKING AND HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH OUR ATTORNEYS, UM, FOR QUITE A BIT OF TIME.

US QUICKLY, UH, COVER ONE LAST, UH, DANGLING CHAT ITEM, WHICH IS CALLED FOUR F THE REMINDER REGARDING TDH CA THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS, HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER PROGRAM, UH, SECTION EIGHT VOUCHERS.

AND THANK YOU ALL.

UM, THANK YOU ALL FOR THAT.

AND, UH, SO, UH, THE, IS THERE ANYTHING MORE ON THIS AGENDA ITEM FROM THE COMMISSIONERS THEN, LET

[4F. Reminder regarding the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) Housing Choice Voucher Program pre-application and wait-list process.]

UH, LET'S SEE, ACTUALLY, UH, THANK YOU AGAIN, LISA, FOR KEEPING THIS ON OUR RADAR, YOU SENT THIS TO ALL OF THE COMMISSIONERS, UH, AND, UH, JUST, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY THAT THCA IS ANNOUNCED THAT THE HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER PROGRAM WAITLIST OPENS ON MONDAY, MAY 2ND, 2022.

SO THOSE OF US WHO ARE CLOSE TO CON CONSTITUENCIES, OR THOSE WHO CAN AFFECT CHANGE, UH, ESPECIALLY AMONG THOSE WHO ARE IN NEED OF HOUSING, PLEASE KEEP THAT DATA IN MIND.

AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT A QUICK WAITING LIST OBVIOUSLY, BUT, UH, TO GET STARTED IS VERY IMPORTANT.

SO MAY 2ND, 2022, THE TDH CA UH, HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER PROGRAM WILL OPEN UP.

AND THAT WILL BE AT EIGHT CENTRAL TIME ON MONDAY, MAY TWO UNTIL 5:00 PM CENTRAL TIME, MONDAY, MAY 16TH.

UH, THERE IS AN EMAIL IN OUR INBOX, UH, ALL THE COMMISSIONERS ANYWAY, UH, FROM, FROM LISA, UH, AND, UH, PERHAPS, UH, WOULD YOU MIND SENDING IT AGAIN? JUST SO IT'S A, IT'S AT THE TOP OF OUR INBOX.

I DON'T WANT TO, UH, WHENEVER YOU CAN, OF COURSE, THANK YOU SO MUCH EASY.

UH, SO WE'LL HAVE THAT.

ANY OTHER COMMISSIONER? UM, I DON'T, I'M WAITING TO THE END IF THIS IS THE END, UM, BECAUSE SHELL CENTRAL WATERFRONT.

I JUST WANT TO ASK, UM, THE SECTION EIGHT IS THAT, DID THE HOUSING AUTHORITY DO A HAKA IT'S YEAH.

TD HCA.

UM, SO THAT'S NOT HAKA, SORRY, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS.

PRECISE SUMMARY AS POSSIBLE WOULD BE HELPFUL.

UM, CHAIR IT'S HAKA COMING TO THE BOARD.

CAUSE I ALSO REQUEST FOR HAKA TO COME, DID THEY DID Y'ALL DISCUSS THAT.

UH, WE CAN GET HOT AT, TO COME.

I THINK THE QUESTION IS WHAT IS THE EXACT AGENDA ITEM THAT WE WANT AHCA TO COVER? AND I THINK WE'VE SEEN THAT OUR AGENDAS ARE PRETTY PACKED AS OF TODAY.

SO, UH, I PUT IN A REQUEST FOR HAKA LAST YEAR AND NOVEMBER AND IN DECEMBER.

AND SO IT'S AN AGENDA THAT ITEM THAT'S BEEN IN THE BACKUP FOR.

I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG COULD YOU, COULD YOU, COULD YOU, UM, COULD YOU CLARIFY, WELL, I THINK IT'S PROBABLY, WE CAN EITHER CLARIFY IT HERE OR WE CAN CLARIFY IT OFFLINE, BUT EITHER WAY IT SORT OF, UH, UH, AS DETAILED OF A

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UM, I HAD ASKED A HAKA FOR AN UPDATE FOR CHALMERS COURTS, ROSEWOOD COURT, SANTA RITA COURTS, AND AN UPDATE, UH, MEANING, OH, WELL, WHERE ARE THEY AT ON ANY OF THOSE PROJECTS? I KNOW THAT THEY'RE ALL UNDER ONE OF THEM'S UNDER DEVELOPMENT RIGHT NOW.

THE OTHER ONE'S SUPPOSED TO GROUNDBREAK, I DON'T KNOW WHEN THEY'RE GROUNDBREAKING, WHICH IS ROSEWOOD AND SANTA RITA.

THEY HAVEN'T TOUCHED.

SO PEOPLE STILL LIVE THERE WITH NO AC.

AND SO HAVE YOU, HAVE YOU WRITTEN TO HAKA? I'VE ACTUALLY MET WITH THEM.

AND SO DID THEY GIVE YOU AN UPDATE WHEN YOU MET WITH THEM? NO, THEY DIDN'T.

YOU COULD BE AND TO COME TO THE BOARD AND I JUST WANT TO KNOW, DID THEY RESPOND? I HAVEN'T SPOKEN WITH ANYONE FROM HACA ABOUT A REQUEST FROM YOU TO COME TO THE BOARD.

OUR STAFF DID.

IT DID HAKA EVER RESPOND ABOUT COMING TO THE BOARD? HONESTLY, I AM NOT REMEMBERING A RESPONSE.

UM, UM, I'M NOT EVEN POSITIVE THAT I REACHED OUT.

WE HAVE GUADALUPE NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION.

I THINK I AM, IT SEEMS LIKE A MILLION YEARS AGO, I THINK WITH ALL THE AGENDA ITEMS AND OF COURSE, A MEETING LIKE TODAY.

UH, SO I WOULD REALLY SUGGEST THAT THE BEST COURSE OF ACTION WOULD BE TO EMAIL AGAIN, UH, IF YOU EMAIL THESE, MAKE SURE TO COPY ME OR THE VICE-CHAIR AT LEAST, UH, AND IF YOU'RE EMAILING HAKA AND THEY'RE NOT RESPONDING TO YOU, FEEL FREE TO FORWARD THAT TO US OR TO ME, AND THEN WE CAN FOLLOW UP AND SEE IF WE CAN GET A RESPONSE.

IF WE CAN GET THE PREFERENCE, I THINK IS INSTEAD OF MAKING EVERY MEETING AND UPDATE MEETING, IF WE CAN DO OFFLINE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS AN ACTION TAKING BODY AND A DISCUSSION BODY FOR BEYOND THE SURFACE PRESENTATIONS.

I THINK THAT WOULD BE, UH, I THINK THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD SUIT US A LITTLE BIT BETTER.

SO IF, IF YOU'RE NOT GETTING A RESPONSE ON A SORT OF A SUPERFICIAL UPDATE, THEN LET'S MAKE SURE YOU'RE GETTING THAT RESPONSE AND WE'LL, WE'LL DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO HELP YOU BECAUSE I'VE NOTICED FOR THE LAST YEAR, ANY, ANY, ANY ENTITY I TRY TO BRING UP HERE, IT'S SUCH A CHALLENGE AND YOU ALL ARE THE CHAIRS AND THE VICE CHAIRS, AND YOU ALL SIT PREVIOUS TO, UM, TO THIS MEETING AND YOU ALL CREATE THE AGENDA.

AND, UH, ACCORDING TO LAST YEAR, WE DIDN'T EVEN HAVE ANYTHING TO BE PUT ON THE AGENDA.

I REMEMBER WE WERE NEEDING THINGS TO BE PUT ON THE AGENDA.

IF I CAN RECALL SOME OF YOU ALL PROBABLY WEREN'T HERE, BUT AS I'VE REQUESTED HOUSING, AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMPLEXES THAT ARE IN MY DISTRICT, WHICH IS DISTRICT THREE, I HAVE ASKED FOR THEM TO COME TO THIS BOARD AND GIVE THE BOARD OF COMMISSION AND TO BE RECORDED UNDER CITY OF AUSTIN CAMERAS.

AND GIVE US AN UPDATE OF THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAT THEY'RE PROVIDING IN OUR CITY, BECAUSE THIS IS THE ONLY AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMMISSION.

SO I UNDERSTAND WE HEARD ALL OF THESE OTHER PEOPLE THAT COME IN HERE AND WANT LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION AND WANT LETTERS OF SUPPORT.

AND WE'RE, WE'RE CONVERSATING ABOUT ALL THESE OTHER THINGS THAT DON'T DIRECTLY TALK ABOUT HOUSING.

SO I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY REBECCA BANKS HAS NOT CAME.

HAS I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY HOUSING AUTHORITY HASN'T CAME COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONS.

UM, I THINK WE SAW A REPRESENTATIVE TODAY.

BARELY WE HAVE HABITAT FOR HUMANITY.

WE HAVE BLACK LAND.

ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY ACCESSING ALL THESE FUNDS AND HAVE ALL OF THESE WAITING LISTS.

AND NONE OF US KNOW WHAT IS HAPPENING.

AND I'M JUST, I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED AND I'M FEELING DISCRIMINATED.

I REALLY AM BECAUSE I'M THE ONLY COMMISSIONER ON HERE FROM EAST AUSTIN, THAT'S BEING, OUR COMMUNITIES ARE BEING GENTRIFIED.

AND I'M ASKING FOR THESE HOME AFFORDABLE, HOW THEY'RE GETTING TAX CREDITS FROM HUD.

THEY'RE GETTING TAX CREDITS FROM OUR STATE BECAUSE THEY'RE SAYING THEY'RE AFFORDABLE, BUT THEY'RE NOT AFFORDABLE.

AND THERE'S PEOPLE MOVING INTO THEM AND THEY'RE BECOMING MIXED USES.

AND THEY'RE, IT'S JUST, IT'S TERRIBLE OUT THERE IN THE COMMUNITY.

AND I'VE HAVE SO MANY CONSTITUENTS THAT ARE COMPLAINING AND YOU ARE LIKE, WELL, WE'LL SEE IF WE CAN PUT IT ON THE AGENDA AGAIN.

SO I WENT BACK AND LOOKED AT ALL OF MY REQUESTS.

I'VE BEEN REQUESTING SIX OCTOBER OF LAST YEAR TO BRING THESE ENTITIES, ESPECIALLY THE HOUSING AUTHORITY, WHICH IS HAKA, WHICH IS OUR ONLY, ONLY HOUSING AUTHORITY THAT ACCEPTS SECTION EIGHT AND HAS PUBLIC HOUSING.

SO ALL I'M SAYING IS I'M VERY FRUSTRATED WITH THIS COMMISSION AND NOT JUST FOR YOU ON NEW COMMISSIONERS, BECAUSE YOU ALL DON'T KNOW HOW THE POLITICS PLAYS IN THIS AND YOU ALL DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'VE BEEN THROUGH AND

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IT'S, IT HAS TO CHANGE.

AND SO JUST AS I LEAVE THIS BOARD THIS YEAR, BECAUSE I'M RUNNING FOR CITY COUNCIL, I WANT TO BE ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT SOMEBODY TAKES MY SEAT.

THAT'S GOING TO BE ABLE TO FIGHT FOR THESE PEOPLE AND HOLD THESE AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS, ESPECIALLY IN MY DISTRICT.

AND YOU SHOULD DO THE SAME IN YOUR DISTRICT TOO, THAT THEY ARE SERVING THE POOR AND THE WORKING CLASS AND THE PUBLIC HOUSING PEOPLE.

AND I'M GOING TO LEAVE WITH THAT.

COMMISSIONER, AT LEAST WE HAVE AN UPDATE FROM THE AUSTIN TRANSIT PARTNERSHIP COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

UH, WE, UH, WE'LL HOPEFULLY GET TO UPCOMING AGENDA ITEMS LATER.

UH, AND I BELIEVE THAT THE NEXT, UH, AGENDA ITEM IS WORK GROUP AND COMMITTEE REPORT OUTS.

I IDENTIFY AS A, UH, WE WON'T HAVE THAT UPDATE, UH,

[5B. Update from the Austin Transit Partnership (ATP) Community Advisory Committee (Commissioner Elias)]

UH, LAST MEETING WAS, UH, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23RD.

UH, WE HAD TWO ACTION ITEMS. FIRST ONE WAS THE COMMUNITY EVALUATION PROCESS FOR ANTI-DISPLACEMENT INVESTMENTS.

SO WE APPROVED A PROCESS, A TWO-STEP PROCESS WHERE A PANEL OF 15, I BELIEVE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WOULD SEE THE APPLICATIONS FOR FOUR MONIES AND THEN A COMMITTEE OF CAC MEMBERS WOULD REVIEW THOSE APPLICATIONS.

AND SO WE APPROVE THAT.

AND WE ALSO, THE SECOND ITEM WAS THE, ACTUALLY THE LETTER THAT WE JUST VOTED ON AS WELL.

UH, THE S THE SWAP TO SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT ADVISORY BOARD, THERE HAVE BEEN UPDATES FROM THERE, RIGHT? SO I, I WANTED TO LET YOU ALL KNOW THAT THE CITY COUNCIL VOTED LAST WEEK ON THE, THE ZONING APPLICATION THAT WAS BEFORE THEM THAT'S AS THE STATESMAN PUD AND ON COUNCIL MEMBER MOTION.

ANYBODY HAVE ANY THOUGHTS OR QUESTIONS? GREAT.

UH, FROM THE HERC, UH, WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE THAT UPDATE.

UH, AND,

[5D. Update from the South Central Waterfront Advisory Board (SCWAB) (Vice Chair Paup)]

THEY VOTED ON FIRST READING TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF AFFORDABLE UNITS FROM 54 TO 138 AND TOO LOW TO MAKE THEM AFFORDABLE TO PEOPLE AT 60% MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME, INSTEAD OF 80%, WHICH MEANS AT LEAST $300 SAVINGS ON RENT FOR EVERY BEDROOM SIZE IN THEIR DISCUSSION.

THEY TALKED ABOUT BRINGING IN A CONSULTANT TO, UH, WORK UP THE NUMBERS, WHICH WOULD HAVE, COULD HAVE AN IMPACT ON WHETHER IT'S 138 OR WHATEVER NUMBER OF UNITS IT IS.

AND POS WILL BE ALSO ON THE RENT.

AND AS ONE OF OUR SPEAKERS TONIGHT TOLD US AND JOSEPH THAT THE MAYOR MADE SOME COMMENTS AS THEY DISCUSSED WHAT THEY WERE VOTING ON.

AND HE DID TALK ABOUT HIS WONDERING WHETHER PEOPLE WOULD FEEL COMFORTABLE IN A DOWNTOWN NEIGHBORHOOD OR MORE COMFORTABLE, TWO OR THREE BUS STOPS AWAY.

AND HE ASKED THAT PEOPLE WITH LIVED EXPERIENCE, TALK TO HIM, UM, AND COMMENT ON THAT QUESTION THAT HE HAS.

THAT'S MY UPDATE, THANKS, UH, FOR THE GOOD AND BAD NEWS.

UH, AND, UH, WE'LL LEAVE THAT THERE.

I THINK THERE'S PLENTY OF RESEARCH OUT THERE FOR US TO BE ABLE TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT.

UM, AND, UH, MAYBE REVISIT THAT MEETING TO, TO LOOK AT THE CONTEXT, BUT, BUT THANK YOU FOR BEING ON TOP OF IT, BOTH OF Y'ALL AND, UM, UH, THE WHAT'S IT COMMISSIONER GARRETT.

I CAN GIVE A ONE MINUTE UPDATE FROM THE HERC.

WE DID HAVE A MEETING.

OH, SORRY.

I WAS, I WAS STILL IN, UH, UH, JOE AND PHYSIO MODE.

I HAVE NO WORRIES OUR NEW REPRESENTATIVE TO THE HERC, UH, ALONG OF COURSE WITH COMMISSIONER COMMISSIONER, GARRETT.

LIKE AS ENCRYPT YOU WOULD NEED FOR PRODUCTIVITY, UM, FOR, IN DIFFERENT DISTRICTS AROUND TOWN.

SORRY ABOUT THAT.

OH, NO WORRIES.

WE REVIEWED, UH, WE HAD, UM, TWO QUESTIONS.

WELL, YOU ASK QUESTIONS FROM FIVE DEVELOPERS, TWO FROM RENTAL PROJECTS.

UM, AND THEN THREE FROM OWNERSHIP ONES, THE TWO FROM RENTAL, WE'RE LOOKING FOR ADDITIONAL MONEY FOR INCREASED CONSTRUCTION COSTS.

AND THEN, UM, THE OWNERSHIP ONES WERE, UM, THROUGH THE ODOR PROGRAM FOR, UM, FOR NEW OWNERSHIP UNITS, THAT WOULD BE 9, 9 99 A YEAR.

UH,

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SO I WANTED TO ASK WHAT SORT OF, I'M HAPPY TO DO A SUMMARY AND PUT IT IN THE BACKUP, IF YOU'LL HAVE QUESTIONS THAT YOU'D LIKE, IF YOU HAVE, YOU HAVE INFORMATION THAT YOU'D LIKE TO KNOW FROM THE HURRICANE, EVERY TIME WE MEET EVERY QUARTER.

SO MY QUESTION IS LIKE, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO KNOW DIFFER, UH, TO THE, UH, VICE CHAIR NEXT TO ME, AS WELL AS TO YOU IN AS MUCH AS WHAT YOU MIGHT RECOMMEND, UH, AND HOW FREQUENTLY YOU THINK IT MAY NEED TO BE DISTILLED OR NOT, OR IF IT'S A CASE BY CASE THING, UM, DEPENDING UPON OF COURSE THE CONTENT, UH, THAT, THAT YOU'RE VIEWING, UH, AT THE TIME.

SO I'LL PAUSE.

I MEAN, ALL OF THE APPLICATIONS ARE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE ON, ON THE CITY SIDE, SO IT'S REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M TARGETING THE SUMMARY TO WHAT YOU HAVE LIKED TO KNOW.

CAN I TAKE A RAIN CHECK? YEAH, WE MEET EVERY QUARTER, SO WE HAVE SOME TIME.

ALRIGHT, THEN I WILL, I WILL GIVE IT SUPPORT, BUT I DON'T KNOW.

I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT I DON'T KNOW RIGHT NOW, BUT I RUINED TO KIND OF, KIND OF LOOK AT IT AND SAY, WELL, WHERE'S MY QUESTIONS.

SO I'LL COME BACK AT YOU.

AWESOME.

MAYBE SOMEBODY COULD SEND US A LINK TO WHERE THE CITY APPLICATIONS ARE AND THEN WE WOULD KNOW, YEAH.

I'M HAPPY TO DO A PRELIMINARY, LIKE A SUMMARY FROM THIS LAST ONE WITH LINKS AND THEN IT'S IN AND OUT AND THEN COME BACK NEXT MEETING.

AND WE COULD TALK ABOUT, OR IN MY EMAIL AND LET ME KNOW WHAT, IF THERE'S ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT YOU'D LIKE TO KNOW.

I CAN DO THAT FIRST WEEK WHEN THANK YOU.

AND THANKS FOR SHOWING UP, UH, SO MUCH, UH, YOU'VE SHOWED UP A WHOLE LOT.

A LOT OF US HAVE SHOWN UP.

UH, IT'S JUST SO HAPPENS THAT KENDRA IS DOING IT THREE TIMES AS MUCH AS SOME OF US.

AND, AND, UH, BUT THANKS TO EVERYONE FOR SHOWING UP ON THAT NOTE, IT WAS A REALLY FULL AND LONG AND HARD DAY, UH, ESPECIALLY TO STAFF, UH, SUCH AN UNPREDICTABLE EVENING, UH, TO STAY SO LATE IN THE EVENING.

THANK YOU FOR THAT.

UH, WE CAN DO BETTER.

WE WILL.

AND IF THAT MEANS PLANNING OUR AGENDAS BETTER, WE'RE GOING TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO DO THAT.

IF THAT MEANS FINDING A WAY TO LIMIT DEBATE, WE'LL DO THAT.

UH, AND, UH, WHATEVER MECHANISMS WE NEED TO DO TO JUST MAKE THIS MORE ORGANIZED, WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK ON AND DO IT WHILE MAKING SURE THAT THE COMMUNITY VOICE GETS ACROSS.

UH, IT'S, IT'S ALWAYS A WORK IN PROGRESS.

AND THANK Y'ALL.

THANK Y'ALL SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU PUT INTO IT, BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S A LOT OF HOURS.

SO AGAIN, AS ALWAYS, UH, FEEL FREE TO JOIN IN AND EMAIL, IF YOU'D LIKE TO BE IN THE AGENDA SETTING, MEETING, UH, AT THIS POINT, I THINK WE ANY NEW, ANY UPCOMING AGENDA ITEMS, I WOULD LOVE FOR US TO TALK ABOUT OFFLINE BY EMAIL AND EXERCISE, SORT OF THAT COMMUNICATION AVENUE.

ANYWAY.

UH, SO, UH, WITHOUT ANY OBJECTION, I'D LIKE TO ADJOURN THE MEETING, ANY DISCUSSION.