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AND I DO BELIEVE THAT LET'S SEE IF WE COULD SHOW HER, DO WE NEED TO SHOW OUR FACES FOR THE QUORUM? ARE WE GOOD? I THINK WE'RE GOOD.
JUST, UH, UH, SO IT'S MAKE IT SIX 50 AT SIX 50.
WE ARE CALL I'M CALLING TO ORDER THE MAY 10TH MEETING OF THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION.
AS I KNOW, SORRY, COMMISSIONER, I MEAN SHARE WITH 20 LISA RODRIGUEZ.
I JUST WANT TO CHIME IN THAT UNTIL WE HAVE THE FACES ON THE SCREEN.
WE CANNOT COUNT THEM AS PRESENT.
SO THAT'S A DIRECTION FROM THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK.
WE'VE GOT FACES ON SCREENS AND UH, THANK YOU ALL.
UH, WITH THAT BEING SAID, UH, I THINK THE TIME IS SIX 50 STILL, AND WE'RE CALLING THIS MEETING OF THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION TO ORDER ON MAY 10TH.
[PUBLIC COMMUNICATION: GENERAL]
FIRST ITEM IS PUBLIC COMMUNICATION.DO WE HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, JESSE? WE DO.
UH, WE HAVE BETO ESCOBAR HERNANDEZ JR.
UM, BUT MY NAME IS PEDRO HERNANDEZ AND UM, I WANT TO PULL THAT AND I AM ALSO A RESIDENT OF THE MONTOPOLIS NEIGHBORHOOD AND, AND, UM, I AM, UM, WENT IN TO SPEAK TODAY ABOUT, UM, THE FAIR FARES, UM, MOVEMENT CAMPAIGN.
AND IT IS BASICALLY I HAVE A VIDEO PRESENTATION FOR YOU GUYS.
UM, IF YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND PLAY THAT JESSE WE'LL DO WORDS TO ENSURE EQUITABLE ACCESS TO PROJECT.
JOIN FIDELITY, FAIR FAIRS, EQUITY CAMPAIGN.
THE FAIR FAIR'S EQUITY CAMPAIGN WORKS TO ENSURE EQUITABLE ACCESS TO PROJECT CONNECTS LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT SYSTEM EQUITY IN RAIL AND BUS FARES ENSURES ACCESSIBLE AND AFFORDABLE TRANSPORTATION FOR EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY.
EQUITY MEANS THE SAME FARES AND THE SAME BENEFITS FOR ALL AUSTINITES TODAY.
A DAY PASS FOR BUS SERVICE IS $2 AND 50 CENTS.
WHILE A RAIL DAY PASS IS $7 A MONTH.
BUS PASS IS $20 WHILE MONTHLY RAIL PASS IS $99.
PROPOSED RAIL FARES WILL COST FIVE TIMES MORE THAN BUS FARES MAKING IT ECONOMICALLY INEQUITABLE FOR BUS RIDERS TO ACCESS RAIL SERVICE, THE EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE RAIL FAIR PRICE PERPETUATES RACE AND CLASS-BASED DISCRIMINATION AGAINST THOSE RELY ON PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION.
AUSTINITES DESERVE A FAIR DISTRIBUTION OF TRANSPORTATION RESOURCES.
LET'S MAKE SURE THAT LOW-INCOME AND PEOPLE OF COLOR HAVE FAIR ACCESS TO PROJECT CONNECT LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT SYSTEM.
JOIN FOR THIS FAIR AFFAIRS EQUITY CAMPAIGN TODAY SIGNED A PETITION@WWWDOTAUSTIN.ORG JOINED FOR THE FAKE.
UM, I JUST WANT TO GO AHEAD AND READ THE LETTER THAT WE'RE SENDING TO, UM, THE CEO, RANDY CLARK, AND IT IS, UM, DEAR RANDY, CLARK'S S C O A CAPITAL MENSTRUAL.
YOU ARE ULTIMATELY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DECISIONS AND ACTIONS TAKEN BY CAPITAL METRO.
THEREFORE WE ARE WRITING TO YOU TO DEMAND EQUITY AND FAIR PRICES FOR PROJECT CONNECT AUSTIN'S NEW LIGHT RAIL.
YOU STATE THAT YOUR GOAL IS TO CREATE A COMPREHENSIVE TRANSIT SYSTEM EXPANSION THAT WOULD TRANSFORM AUSTIN INTO ONE OF THE MOST SUSTAINABLE, INCLUSIVE AND INNOVATIVE REGIONS IN THE COUNTRY.
THIS PROJECT WAS CREATED AND FUNDED ON THE RHETORIC THAT IT WILL CENTER AND EXPAND EQUITY IN AUSTIN.
ADDITIONALLY, PROJECT CONNECT IS TO BE EVALUATED BY THE EQUITY TOOLS USING THE EQUITY FRAMEWORK.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO EVALUATE WHO THE LIGHT ROLE IS SERVING AND YOUR URL.
YOUR RAIL FAIR PRICES ARE UNAFFORDABLE.
THEY ARE $7 FOR A DAILY PASS, AS OPPOSED TO TWO 50 FOR A DAY BACK DAY BUS PASS, WHICH MEANS THAT WORKING CLASS COMMUNITIES OF COLOR ARE UNABLE TO RIDE THE LIGHT RAIL.
THIS IS TEXTBOOK DEFINITION OF RACE BASED DISCRIMINATION AS THE HIGH COST OF IS AN INEVITABLE INEQUITABLE BARRIER FOR LOW INCOME AND COMMUNITIES OF COLOR.
AND IT IS ALSO PRECISELY THOSE LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES OF COLOR AND SALTS AND WHO RELY ON PUBLIC TRANSPORT FOR GOING TO WORK SCHOOL, RUNNING ERRANDS, ET CETERA, AND THEREFORE NEED ACCESS TO THIS FORM OF TRANSPORTATION.
WE'RE ASKING YOU TO LOWER THE RAIL PRICE FROM SEVEN TO TWO 15 TO MATCH THE COST OF A DAILY BUS PASS.
THIS IS CRUCIAL IN ORDER FOR PROJECT CONNECT TO BE ACCESSIBLE AND INCLUSIVE.
AND, UM, JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, I AM NOT A CHOICE RIDER.
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A A FIGHTER.SO THAT IS MY MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION, UM, TO DO EVERYTHING, TO DO MY ERRANDS, TO GO TO WORK, WHAT NOT.
SO WE JUST WENT TO GET HELP WITH THE, UM, WITH THIS CAMPAIGN AND IF HE CAN HELP WE'LL THEN COME BACK THIS INJUSTICE BY SIGNING OUR PETITION.
UM, WE WILL BE TAKING THIS TO THE KENT METRO BOARD.
AND AGAIN, THAT WEBSITE IS WWW.AUSTIN.ORG TO SIGN THAT PETITION.
THANK YOU, PEDRO, DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS? WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU JOINING US BETTER.
THANK YOU FOR THE VIDEO AND ALSO FOR DIRECTION, UH, TO THE VIEWING AUDIENCE IN AS MUCH AS HOW THEY CAN TAKE ACTION.
WE WILL MOVE TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM.
WE'RE GOING TO DO A LITTLE BIT OF MOVING AROUND.
[1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
TO APPROVE THE OLD MINUTES.SO AFTER REVIEWING THEM, IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO OFFER A MOTION, I'D BE HAPPY TO TAKE THAT.
MOTION ON THE FLOOR FROM VICE-CHAIR POP.
THANK YOU SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER SLOAN.
ANY DISCUSSION ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
ALL OPPOSED ANY ABSTAINING, PLEASE DO SO VOCALLY.
THE MINUTES PASS OR THEY'RE APPROVED, THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM WILL BE FIVE
[5d. Hold annual CDC officer elections]
D WE'RE GOING TO QUICKLY MOVE THAT UP, WHICH IS HOLDING ANNUAL CDC OFFICER ELECTIONS.WE HAVE A PRETTY LIMITED GROUP WITH US NOW.
HOWEVER, IT IS NOT A GOOD LOOK TO KEEP BUMPING THIS, UH, AT LEAST FROM THE, UH, CHAIR AND VICE-CHAIR STANDPOINT, UM, ON THE AGENDA.
SO HAPPY TO HEAR FROM THIS GROUP, IF YOU'D RATHER POSTPONE IT OR IF WE WOULD RATHER DO IT NOW, IF WE WOULD RATHER DO IT NOW, UH, WE'LL PROCEED.
SO I'D LIKE TO JUST GET THIS OUT OF GET THIS TAKEN CARE OF VICE CHAIR.
I NOMINATE, UH, OUR CURRENT CHAIR I MADE BEEN WANTING TO BE OUR CHAIR.
IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE GETTING INTO THIS.
WE HAVE A NOMINATION FOR CHAIR A THAT'S MYSELF.
DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS FOR CHAIR? I THINK LET'S GO AHEAD AND GET ALL THESE NOMINATIONS IN.
DO WE HAVE ANY NOMINATE? WELL, LET'S GO AHEAD.
DO A AND VOTE AT SOUNDS LIKE THAT'S A MOTION.
I'M NOT SURE I MIGHT NEED SOME HELP HERE.
UH, DO WE JUST VOTE? UH, OR DO I NEED, UH, DOES THE NOMINATION COUNT AS A MOTION, JESSE? I WOULD SAY IF THERE'S NO OTHER NOMINATIONS, THEN YOU WOULD MOTION TO VOTE.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO VOTE ON VICE-CHAIR PUMPS, DOMINATION OF THE 20 FOR CHAIR MOVE BY VICE-CHAIR PUB I'LL SECOND IT TO MAKE THIS GO FASTER.
ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTAINING, PLEASE MAKE IT KNOWN VOCALLY IF NECESSARY.
LET'S COLLECT NOMINATIONS FOR VICE CHAIR.
I NOMINATE VICE CHAIR SITTING.
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TO B POINT OF ORDER, UH, FROM VICE-CHAIR POP, WHICH I DON'T KNOW BETTER THAN TO CONTEST.UH, I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE VICE CHAIR, PROP AS VICE CHAIR.
BLESS YOU, COMMISSIONER SLOAN, UH, WITH THE NOMINATION FOR VICE-CHAIR POP.
UM, CAN WE GET A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO VOTE FOR THAT NOMINATION? I MAKE THE MOTION TO SECOND SLOAN'S OKAY.
UH, SO, UH, COMMISSIONER SLOAN, I'M TAKING THAT AS A MOTION FROM YOU TO VOTE ON VICE-CHAIR POPS NOMINATION WITH A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER THOMPSON, ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE, OR RAISE YOUR HAND BRILLIANT.
AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND GUIDANCE.
WE WILL MOVE TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM AND FORGIVE ME FOR A LITTLE BIT OF SHUFFLING, BUT WE'RE DOING OUR BEST TO ACCOMMODATE THE SCHEDULES OF THE STAFF WHO WERE KIND ENOUGH TO JOIN US AND HAVE VERY, VERY MANY OBLIGATIONS.
[5a. Briefing and discussion on public housing from the Housing Authoritiy City of Austin]
UP TO THE TOP, UH, BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION ON PUBLIC HOUSING FROM THE HOUSING AUTHORITY OF CITY OF AUSTIN.UH, WE HAVE SYLVIA BLANCA HERE WITH US TODAY.
UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR JOINING US SYLVIA.
UH, AND ALSO THANK YOU ON HALO FOR ALLOWING US TO DEFER YOUR PRESENTATION TO AFTER THIS DISCUSSION AFTER YOU SYLVIA.
CAN YOU, IS IT ON IT'S ON OR NOT? COMMISSIONER THOMPSON? YOU WERE SAYING YOU HEARD, UH, SYLVIA.
SHE'S NOW SHE'S DOUBLE FISTING.
THIS ONE OFF, RIGHT? LET ME TURN THIS ONE UP.
WELL, GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS.
THANK YOU FOR THE INVITATION TO, UM, JOIN YOU THIS EVENING TO PROVIDE YOUR BRIEF UPDATE ON SOME VERY EXCITING PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE UNDERWAY AT THE HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
AND, UH, SO WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO START OFF WITH IS A, A QUICK UPDATE ON THE, UH, CHALMERS COURTS MASTER PLAN.
SO, UH, SHOULD I JUST GO AHEAD AND KIND OF DIRECT, UH, WHEN TO CHANGE THE SLIDE? OKAY.
AND, AND JUST TO, TO CHIME IN, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE PROFUNDITY OF THE PRESENCE OF THE BACKUP THAT YOU SHARED WITH US AND THE, AND THE PRESENTATION.
I THINK IT'S SUPER HELPFUL AND WE LEARNED LAST MONTH, WHAT A PACKED AGENDA CAN DO, UH, TO ALL OF US IN THIS ROOM.
SO PLEASE DON'T FEEL COMPELLED TO NECESSARILY GO TOO DEEPLY INTO EACH LEVEL WOULD BE HAPPY TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS FOR CLARIFICATION.
UH, WELL START WITH, UH, AND I'M SORRY, I DON'T KNOW IF I EVEN GAVE YOU MY NAME, SYLVIA BLANCO, CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER FOR THE HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THE INVITATION.
UH, SO WHAT YOU SEE BEFORE YOU IS THE, UH, ORIGINAL CHALMERS COURTS, UH, ONE OF THE FIRST PUBLIC HOUSING PROPERTIES, UM, IN THE COUNTRY UNDER THE U S HOUSING ACT OF 1937.
UH, SO CHALMERS COURTS WAS BUILT BACK IN 1939 AND HAD 158 UNITS.
AND, UM, AT, IN TIMES OF SEGREGATION, IT WAS ACTUALLY, UM, BUILT FOR ANGLO FAMILIES.
WE HAD TWO OTHER PROPERTIES THAT WERE BUILT AROUND THE SAME TIME ROSEWOOD COURTS, WHICH WAS DESIGNATED FOR AFRICAN-AMERICAN FAMILIES AND SAMANTHA COURTS, WHICH WAS DESIGNATED FOR, UH, MEXICAN AMERICAN FAMILIES.
UH, SO WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE HERE, UH, BEFORE YOU AS CHALMERS COURTS? AND, UM, AGAIN, BACK IN THE 1930S, IT WAS NOT BUILT WITH AIR CONDITIONING.
UH, SO NO CENTRAL AIR, UH, BARRACK STYLE TYPE OF, OF CONSTRUCTION, UH, DEFINITELY, UM, NOT UP TO MODERN STANDARDS.
AND SO, UH, IT WAS TIME, IT WAS DEFINITELY TIME FOR A REFRESH OF TRAUMAS COURTS.
AND SO WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS BROKEN THAT DOWN INTO THREE PHASES.
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SO IF YOU WANT TO MOVE TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, IT SHOWS YOU JUST A LITTLE BIT OF A, SORT OF A MASTER PLAN.THIS IS LOCATED, UM, ALONG BETWEEN CHICKEN AND KOMAL AT A THIRD STREET AND FOURTH STREET.
UH, SO RIGHT IN THE HEART OF EAST AUSTIN AND, UH, WHAT WE HAVE DONE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR DEVELOPER PARTNER, CARLTON COMPANIES, WE ARE GOING FROM 158 UNITS TO CLOSE TO 400 UNITS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
SO WE'RE SUPER EXCITED ABOUT BRINGING MORE DEEPLY AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR, FOR FAMILIES.
AND WE ANTICIPATE TO FINISH ALL THREE PHASES BY 2023.
SO BY, BY NEXT YEAR, FINGERS CROSSED, WE WILL HAVE ALL 308 98 ON THE GROUND.
SO PHASE ONE IS PATHWAYS AT CHALMERS SOUTH, AND THAT IS, UH, AT THE INTERSECTION OF EAST SECOND STREET AND CHALMERS AVENUE.
THAT'S 86 UNITS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS.
AND, UM, THAT CAME ONLINE BACK IN THE SUMMER OF 2019.
UM, AND THIS ONE WAS ACTUALLY BUILT, UM, AS RELOCATION HOUSING TO AVOID ANY DISPLACEMENT OF OUR FAMILIES AS PART OF THE OVERALL CONSTRUCTION PLAN.
SO WE WERE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT DOING THAT.
IT WAS LAND THAT WE ALREADY OWNED.
IT WAS ACTUALLY A FORMER ADMINISTRATION BUILDING BACK, UH, AT 1640 EAST SECOND STREET.
SO WE WERE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT BEING ABLE TO KEEP ALL OF OUR FAMILIES VERY CLOSE AND, AND AVOID DISPLACEMENT.
UH, NEXT SLIDE, YOU WILL SEE THE SECOND PHASE, WHICH HAS ALSO BEEN COMPLETED, AND THIS IS PATHWAYS AT CHALMERS COURTS EAST.
AND THIS IS ON THE CORNER OF, UM, CHALMERS AVENUE AND EAST THIRD STREET.
UH, THIS CREATED 156 UNITS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
AND, UH, THIS ONE CAME ONLINE IN SPRING OF 2021.
SO, UM, EARLY LAST YEAR, AND THIS ONE ALSO INCLUDES, UM, 80, UH, PROJECT-BASED SECTION EIGHT UNITS AND 50, UH, PROJECT-BASED VOUCHERS AS WELL.
UM, AND SO THAT ONE AGAIN IS, IS FULLY OCCUPIED, VERY EXCITED ABOUT BRINGING THAT ONE ONLINE.
WE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF A DELAY BECAUSE OF A WINTER STORM URI, WHICH REITS HAVOC ON, ON SOME, UH, SOME PIPES AND PLUMBING THERE, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE FULLY OCCUPIED.
AND HERE'S JUST A FEW MORE SNAPSHOTS OF CHALMERS EAST SHOWING, UH, THE COURTYARD AREA, UH, SOME, SOME BEAUTIFUL PLAYSCAPES SCAPES, VERY, VERY FAMILY-FRIENDLY.
AND, UM, WE ALSO HAVE A GREAT AMENITY THAT WILL BE, UM, COMING ONLINE, HOPEFULLY BY, BY THE FALL OF THIS YEAR, IF YOU CAN MOVE OVER TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
SO, UM, THIS SHOWS A RENDERING OF A COMMUNITY CARE CLINIC THAT IS COMING TO CHALMERS, UH, EAST AND IT'S IN PARTNERSHIP WITH COMMUNITY CARE AND CENTRAL HEALTH.
UH, SO IT'S ACTUALLY TWO OF OUR ORIGINAL BUILDINGS AND WE ARE GOING TO BE REPURPOSING THAT FOR MEDICAL AND DENTAL SERVICES FOR THE COMMUNITY.
AND SO WE ARE HOPING TO, AGAIN, UM, OPEN UP THOSE CLINICS BY ABOUT, UH, FALL OF THIS YEAR.
SO WE'RE SUPER EXCITED ABOUT BRINGING THIS MUCH NEEDED SERVICE TO, TO NOT ONLY CHALMERS COURTS FAMILIES, BUT, UM, THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY AS WELL.
AND THIS IS JUST A NICE, A SNAPSHOT OF THE GROUNDBREAKING THAT HAPPENED, UM, EARLIER THIS MONTH.
WE'RE ACTUALLY LAST MONTH NOW, UH, ON APRIL 4TH.
AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US, MR. CHAIR, UH, FOR THAT GREAT EVENT.
UH, AND SO THE RESIDENTS ARE JUST VERY, VERY EXCITED ABOUT, ABOUT THIS AMENITY THAT WILL LITERALLY BE, UM, AT, AT, AT THEIR BACK DOOR.
SO, UM, HEALTH OUTCOMES FOR OUR FAMILIES, UM, ARE, ARE GOING TO BE VASTLY IMPROVED.
AND, UH, LAST BUT NOT LEAST IS PHASE THREE, WHICH IS PATHWAYS AT CHALMERS WEST.
DO YOU SEE A RENDERING OF IT, UH, RIGHT HERE, THIS WILL BE, UM, AT THE CORNER OF CHALMERS.
AND, UH, AND, AND C'MON, UH, WHAT YOU SEE HERE IN THIS RENDERING WILL BE THE FUTURE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB, WHICH WILL BE PROVIDING ONSITE AFTER-SCHOOL AND SUMMER PROGRAMMING FOR, FOR THE KIDDOS AT CHALMERS WEST.
AND THIS WILL ALSO CREATE 156 UNITS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
UM, SO WE JUST KICKED OFF CONSTRUCTION,
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UM, SUMMER OF 21 AND EXPECTED COMPLETION WILL BE SPRING OF 2023.AND THIS WILL ALSO INCLUDE 28 PROJECT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE UNITS AND 100 PROJECT BASED VOUCHERS.
UM, AND I DO WANT TO EXTEND AN INVITATION TO EACH ONE OF YOU TO JOIN US MAY 20TH, WHICH IS A FRIDAY OF NEXT WEEK.
WE ARE GOING TO BE HAVING A HUGE CELEBRATION, A DUAL CELEBRATION OF, UM, A GRAND OPENING OF CHALMERS EAST AND A GROUNDBREAKING OF CHALMERS WEST.
SO WE HOPE TO SEE YOU OUT THERE.
AND, UH, IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THE INVITATION COME THROUGH YOUR EMAIL, UH, PLEASE KNOW THAT YOU ARE ALL CORDIALLY INVITED IT'S, UH, UH, A MORNING EVENT IN CASE IT'S GOING TO BE NICE AND BALMY OUT.
SO 9:00 AM TO 11:00 AM AT THE CORNER OF CHALMERS AVENUE AND EAST THIRD.
CAN'T MISS US SO HOPE TO SEE ALL OF YOU THERE.
SO THIS GRAPH HERE JUST BASICALLY GIVES YOU A BREAKDOWN OF THAT, THE UNITS BASED ON BEDROOM SIZE.
SO THE ONES, TWOS, THREES, AND FOURS, WE, UH, OBVIOUSLY, UH, RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF MAKING SURE WE HAVE A HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN, UH, LARGER FAMILIES.
SO, UM, YOU WILL SEE THAT WE'VE GOT, UM, A TOTAL OF 24, 4 BEDROOM UNITS, 43 THREES, A HUNDRED AND THIRTY FOUR, TWO BEDROOMS, AND A HUNDRED NINETY SEVEN ONE BEDROOM UNITS.
UM, AND, AND THAT WAS ALSO BASED ON, UM, JUST OUR OVERALL WAITING LIST FOR, FOR HOUSING ASSISTANCE.
UH, WE, WE DO HAVE A LARGE NUMBER OF SENIORS, PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES, UH, SINGLE OCCUPANTS WHO ARE, ARE NEEDING HOUSING ASSISTANCE.
AND THAT'S WHERE WE REFLECT, UH, QUITE A FEW ONE, ONE BEDROOMS TO, TO MEET THAT NEED IN THE COMMUNITY.
UH, BUT AGAIN, MORE THAN HALF OF OUR UNITS ARE, UM, LARGER THAN, THAN ONE BEDROOM, AGAIN, TO, TO REFLECT THE NEED TO SERVE OUR FAMILIES AS WELL.
AND THIS SHOWS YOU THE BREAKDOWN OF THE AFFORDABILITY OF THE UNITS.
AGAIN, YOU SEE A MIXTURE OF, UH, 30%, 50% AND 60%, UM, MFI UNITS, AS WELL AS A SPRINKLING OF MARKET UNITS.
AND THE REASON FOR THE MARKET UNITS WAS REALLY TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, AS OUR FAMILIES CONTINUE TO, UH, ACHIEVE SELF-SUFFICIENCY, THEY DON'T GET, UM, YEAH, THERE, THERE'S NOT A NEED FOR THEM TO, TO MOVE OUT.
THERE'S, THERE'S A MARKET RATE UNIT THAT THEY CAN BASICALLY JUST, JUST STAY IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND WE FELT THAT WAS IMPORTANT, UM, BECAUSE WE DO WANT THEM TO CONTINUE TO STRIVE AND MAKE, UM, MAKE, MAKE IMPROVEMENTS TO THEIR OVERALL HOUSEHOLD INCOME.
SO THAT WAS IMPORTANT TO US AS WELL.
AND, UM, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, THIS TYPE OF, OF HOUSING AND, AND COMMUNITY IS VERY, UM, HIGH IN DEMAND.
SO WE, WE DO HAVE A WAITING LIST.
WE HAVE ABOUT 105 CURRENTLY ON THE WAITING LIST AND ABOUT 88, UM, ON THE WAITING LIST AT CHALMER SOUTH.
BUT IF ANYONE IS INTERESTED, UM, TO, UH, IN APPLYING FOR, FOR HOUSING, UM, THEY CAN STOP BY THE, UH, THE CHALMERS LEASING OFFICE, OR THEY CAN EMAIL, UH, THE LEASING OFFICE OR CALL AND REQUEST AN APPLICATION.
UM, SO WE, WE ARE ALSO EXCITED THAT, UH, PROBABLY BY, UM, EARLY FALL OF THIS YEAR, WE WILL START PRE-LEASING FOR CHALMERS WEST, UH, WHICH WILL HOPEFULLY COME ONLINE, UH, BY THE SPRING.
SO, UH, WE ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT HAVING THOSE ADDITIONAL 156 UNITS AVAILABLE TO FAMILIES IN NEED.
AND THIS IS THE SECOND PROJECT THAT I WANTED TO, UM, PROVIDE A QUICK UPDATE ON, UH, SO JUST, UH, FURTHER UP NORTH ON CHICANA STREET IS ROSEWOOD COURTS.
AND, UM, THIS ONE IS, HAS BEEN A DECADE IN THE MAKING, UH, TO MAKE SOME VERY SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS TO, UH, QUALITY OF LIFE FOR OUR FAMILIES AT ROSEWOOD COURTS.
UH, SO WE CURRENTLY HAVE 124 UNITS OF, OF, UM, DEEPLY SUBSIDIZED HOUSING, AND WE ARE GOING TO BE DOING A COMPLETE, UH, REDEVELOPMENT AND, UH, RENOVATION OF THE SITE TO CREATE 184
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MULTIFAMILY UNITS OUT THERE.AND WHAT'S, UM, WHAT YOU SEE ON THE SITE MAP HERE IN THE BLUE, UM, TOWARDS THE TOP REPRESENTS THE, UH, NEW CONSTRUCTION.
THERE WILL BE THREE, UH, NEW CONSTRUCTION BUILDINGS.
AND THEN ON THE SORT OF LOWER LEFT-HAND SIDE, YOU SEE EIGHT BUILDINGS AND THAT REPRESENTS THE HISTORIC DISTRICT OF ROSEWOOD COURTS.
AND SO WE ARE FULLY, UH, PRESERVING AND RESTORING EIGHT OF THE ORIGINAL BUILDINGS AT THE SITE, AND THAT WILL, UH, RETAIN 20 MULTI-FAMILY UNITS THERE ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE, YOU SEE, UM, ABOUT 12 BLOCKS THERE.
UM, AND THOSE REPRESENT A HOMEOWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITY THAT WE WILL BE OFFERING TO, UM, TO THE COMMUNITY.
AND, UH, THAT'S IN PARTNERSHIP WITH HABITAT FOR HUMANITY.
AND SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT PROVIDING, UM, AN AFFORDABLE HOME OWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITY FOR, FOR FAMILIES THAT WERE, AND WE'LL, WE WILL BE PRIORITIZING OUR HAKA FAMILIES, UH, WHO ARE READY FOR, FOR THAT, THAT NEXT STEP.
UM, I DO HAVE A FEW PHOTOS RENDERINGS, I SHOULD SAY, UM, THAT KIND OF REPRESENT SOME OF THIS VISUALIZATION.
SO, UH, IF YOU CAN GO ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
SO WHAT YOU SEE HERE, UH, ON THE TOP TWO PHOTOS, UH, GIVES YOU A VISUALIZATION OF THE, UH, THE, THE NEW CONSTRUCTION ALONGSIDE THE, UH, RESTORED BUILDINGS.
SO WHAT'S REALLY EXCITING IS, UH, THE, THE NEW CONSTRUCTION WILL REALLY HELP TO, UM, COMPLIMENT THE EXISTING BUILDINGS.
AND, UM, IF YOU'VE EVER DRIVEN BY, UH, ROSEWOOD COURTS, IF YOU RECALL, THEY, THEY HAVE PITCHED ROOFS, BUT THE ORIGINAL BUILDINGS WERE ACTUALLY FLAT ROOFS.
AND SO AS PART OF THIS, UM, THIS RESTORATION SCOPE, IT'S GOING TO INCLUDE BRINGING THEM BACK TO THEIR ORIGINAL, UH, DESIGN.
SO WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE REMOVING THE PITCH ROOFS.
WE'RE GOING TO BE REMOVING THE LAYERS OF PAINT FROM OVER THE YEARS AND, UH, REVEALING THE ORIGINAL BRICK COLOR.
AND, UH, SO THAT ORIGINAL BRICK COLOR IS GOING TO BE CARRIED OVER AS IN, IN THE NEW CONSTRUCTION BUILDINGS AND, AND, AND COMPLIMENT, UM, AND, AND JUST REALLY HELPED TO MARRY THE, UM, THE, THE ORIGINAL ELEMENTS IN THE NEW CONSTRUCTION BUILDINGS.
UH, THE OTHER THING IS MAKING SURE THAT WE RETAIN A LOT OF THE, UH, ORIGINAL LANDSCAPING, THE COURT YARD SPACES IN THE, UM, IN THE HISTORIC DISTRICT AND THE BEAUTIFUL HERITAGE TREES THAT RE THEY BACK TO WELL BEFORE 1930S.
SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT JUST HELPING TO PRESERVE ALL OF THOSE CRITICAL ELEMENTS THAT MAKE, UH, ROSEWOOD COURTS WHAT IT IS TODAY, UM, ON THE BOTTOM, IT JUST GIVES YOU ANOTHER, UH, RENDERING KIND OF UP-CLOSE OF ONE OF THOSE PRESERVED BUILDINGS.
UM, SO LET'S SEE WHAT ELSE I THINK THE, THE TRAIN OF COURSE IS, IS, UM, A CHALLENGE, BUT I THINK WE'RE, WE'VE GOT A GREAT PLAN TO HELP MARRY UP AND, AND MAKE IT MORE, UM, ACCESSIBLE TO FOLKS IN WHEELCHAIRS OR HAVE MOBILITY ISSUES.
AND ON THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, THIS, UH, KIND OF HELPS YOU TO VISUALIZE ALONG ROSEWOOD AVENUE.
UH, THIS IS ONE OF THE, THE MAIN, UH, NEW CONSTRUCTION BUILDINGS THAT WILL BE ADJACENT TO A COMMEMORATIVE PARK SPACE THAT, UH, WILL ALSO BE CREATED ON THE CORNER OF ROSEWOOD AVENUE AND CHECON STREET.
AND THIS WILL HELP TO, UM, HONOR THE LEGACY AND THE HISTORY OF THE ORIGINAL EMANCIPATION PARK, UM, THAT WAS LOCATED ON THE ROSEWOOD COURT SITE.
AND, UH, RIGHT NEXT TO THAT PARK SPACE IS, UM, A WELCOME CENTER.
AND YOU CAN SEE THAT CANOPY THAT KIND OF HELPS TO DELINEATE WHERE, WHERE THAT WELCOME CENTER IS GOING TO BE LOCATED.
UH, AND WHAT WE ENVISIONED THERE IN THAT, IN THAT VISITOR CENTER, UH, IT'S GOING TO BE ABOUT 1400 SQUARE FEET.
UH, WE, WE WANT THIS TO BE A, A PLACE THAT THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC INCOME, ALONG WITH RESIDENTS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE HISTORY OF ROSEWOOD COURTS AND ALSO ABOUT EMANCIPATION PARK AND, UM, YOU KNOW, AFTER THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN, UM, HISTORY IN, IN AUSTIN IN GENERAL.
AND, UH, I WILL PUT A QUICK PLUG THAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR A PARTNER TO HELP ACTIVATE THAT SPACE.
UH, SO IF YOU KNOW OF ANY ORGANIZATIONS, IF YOU KNOW OF ANY FOLKS WHO, UH, MAY BE A GOOD FIT, UH, TO HELP WITH, UM,
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TELLING THE STORY OF ROSEWOOD AND EMANCIPATION PARK, PLEASE LET THEM KNOW.UH, CAUSE WE WOULD, WE WOULD LOVE TO, UM, TO, TO HEAR FROM THEM, UH, THE COMMEMORATIVE PARK IS GOING TO BE, UH, ROUGHLY THREE QUARTERS OF AN ACRE.
AND, UH, WE ENVISION THAT THIS WILL BE AGAIN, OPEN TO THE COMMUNITY AND WILL BE A PLACE TO HOLD SPECIAL EVENTS, MAYBE SOME MUSIC IN THE PARK, UH, MAYBE HAVE SOME FOOD TRUCKS, SOME OTHER KINDS OF, YOU KNOW, UH, SPECIAL EVENTS THROUGHOUT, THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
NOW THIS ISN'T VERY, UM, I GUESS, UH, EXCITING TO SEE IT'S, IT'S KIND OF A FLAT DRAWING THERE, BUT, UM, IT'S THE BEGINNING STAGES OF THE HOME OWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITY, WHICH WE'RE CALLING PROSPECT HEIGHTS.
UH, IT WILL BE 12 UNITS OF, UH, TOWNHOMES THAT WILL BE, UH, THREE BEDROOMS AND ONE, FOUR BEDROOM.
AND AGAIN, WE, UH, ARE PARTNERING WITH AUSTIN HABITAT FOR HUMANITY ON THIS EXCITING PROJECT.
AND, UM, WE WILL BE GIVING HACA RESIDENTS A, UH, FIRST PRIORITY TO, UH, QUALIFY FOR, FOR ONE OF THESE HOMES.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT BEING ABLE TO BRING SOMETHING THAT IS BECOMING MORE AND MORE RARE IN AUSTIN IS, UH, AN OPPORTUNITY TO AFFORD A HOME OF, OF, OF ONE'S OWN.
SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED AND, AND, UM, LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING SOME NICER RENDERINGS IN THE VERY, VERY NEAR FUTURE.
AND THIS JUST GIVES YOU A VERY QUICK TIMELINE OF WHERE WE ARE AT ROSEWOOD.
UM, RESIDENTS ARE CURRENTLY UNDERGOING TEMPORARY RELOCATION, AND WE ANTICIPATE CLOSING ON THE, UM, CONSTRUCTION IN EARLY FALL WITH A COMPLETION OF FALL OF 2024 AND HAVE ALL OF OUR FAMILIES RETURN AND, UH, OBVIOUSLY OPEN UP IT UP TO MORE FAMILIES IN THE COMMUNITY IN NEED OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
SO, UH, THAT'S THE EXTENT OF MY PRESENTATION AND WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
CERTAINLY IT WAS A PRIVILEGE TO BE PART OF THE GROUNDBREAKING AT COMMUNITY CARE AT CHALMERS.
UM, LOVE TO SEE JUST THE DEGREE OF HOW PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS CAN REALLY, REALLY LEVERAGE PUBLIC DOLLARS, UH, AND MAKE THINGS BETTER FOR FOLKS, ANY QUESTIONS FROM ANY OF THE COMMISSIONERS OR VICE CHAIR OR COMMENTS, MR. THOMPSON.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, KRISTEN, FOR THAT PRESENTATION.
THAT WAS A GREAT, UH, THAT'S GREAT INFORMATION.
UM, THEY JUST WERE THINGS THAT CAME TO MY MIND.
ONE, WHAT WAS, UM, THE CRITERIA TO DETERMINE THAT WE ARE GOING TO DO THE CHALMERS COURT FOR THE ROSEWOOD? WHAT WAS, HOW DID WE DETERMINE WHICH ONE WE WERE GOING TO DO FIRST? OH, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
ESPECIALLY SINCE WE'VE BEEN, UH, DOING A LOT OF PLANNING AT ROSEWOOD COURTS, UH, SINCE 2013 NOW.
UH, SO REALLY IT WAS, UH, ABOUT, UH, MAKING SURE THAT THE, THE COMMUNITY, UH, AS A WHOLE WAS, WAS ON BOARD WITH PROCEEDING WITH, WITH ROSEWOOD COURTS.
UM, THERE WAS STILL A LITTLE BIT OF A RELUCTANCE TO DEMOLISH, UM, YOU KNOW, QUITE A FEW OF THE BUILDINGS AT, AT ROSEWOOD COURTS, WHICH WOULD BE REQUIRED AS PART OF THE REDEVELOPMENT.
AND SO WE WERE VERY, UM, SENSITIVE AND RESPECTFUL OF, UM, THOSE, THOSE CONCERNS.
AND SO WE, WE WANTED TO KIND OF SLOW THINGS DOWN AND MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE, UM, YOU KNOW, IN, IN NOT, I WOULDN'T SAY EVERYONE, BUT FOR THE MOST PART, THE MAJORITY OF, OF THE COMMUNITY AND AS WELL AS THE RESIDENTS WERE IN SUPPORT OF, OF MOVING FORWARD WITH A, UM, A REDEVELOPMENT AT ROSEWOOD.
SO WE, WE GAVE THAT SOME TIME.
UM, WE, WE CONTINUED TO HAVE, UM, ADDITIONAL CONVERSATIONS AND DISCUSSIONS WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS WITH, UH, STAKEHOLDERS AND AS WELL AS RESIDENTS.
UM, AND WE FELT THAT, UM, IT WAS, IT WAS BEST TO JUST GO AHEAD AND, AND MOVE FORWARD WITH CHALMERS COURTS SINCE THERE WAS, UM, THE, THE MOMENTUM AND THE SUPPORT TO, TO PROCEED WITH THAT ONE, UM, AHEAD OF, OF ROSEWOOD.
UM, BUT WE, WE DO FEEL CONFIDENT THAT AT THIS TIME, WE NOW IS THE TIME FOR ROSEWOOD AND WE'RE, WE'RE VERY EXCITED.
THE RESIDENTS ARE BEYOND EXCITED, UH, AND, UH, WE FEEL THAT WE, WE DO HAVE THE NECESSARY SUPPORT FROM THE COMMUNITY
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TO MOVE FORWARD WITH, WITH ROSEWOOD AT THIS, AT THIS TIME.AND SO THIS NEXT IS KIND OF A FOLLOWUP ON THAT.
IT'S JUST KIND OF A YES OR NO.
UM, AND, AND IF THERE IS NEED FOR, FOR THE DISCUSSION, YOU CAN SAY SOMETHING, BUT SO BASICALLY BASED ON WHAT YOU SAID, I UNDERSTAND YOU TO BE SAYING THAT THE ROSEWOOD, UM, RJ DID ENCOUNTER A LITTLE BIT OF, UH, COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT THAT SEEMED TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT HOW THE PROJECT WAS MOVING FORWARD, WHERE THE CHARMERS, UH, PROJECT DIDN'T NECESSARILY HAVE SAME.
UM, UM, UM, I DON'T WANT TO USE THE WORD INTERFERENCE, BUT, UH, ASPECT OF THE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT, IS THAT CORRECT? YES OR NO, KIND OF GENERALLY DO I, AM I GETTING IT GENERALLY? YES.
IT WAS JUST A BIT, IT WAS A BIT MORE COMPLICATED, MORE COMPLEX.
UM, ALL IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, I'M VERY I'M, I AM INTERESTED, BUT, BUT IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, IF I CAN, I CAN PICK UP THAT WHAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT AND THEN THE OTHER, THE, UM, THE ROSE WOULD, SO THE CHALMERS TO ME SEEMS LIKE IT'S AND I, I WAS LOOKING AT IT AND I WAS TRYING TO PULL IT UP ON MY LARGER MONITOR SO I CAN SEE IT BETTER.
AND THAT IS THAT IT'S FULLY, UH, FULLY REMODELED.
I MEAN, THAT'S, THAT'S NOT A REMODEL, IT'S A, IT'S A NEW PROP.
ALL THE BUILDINGS ARE NEW BECAUSE WE'VE MOVED FROM AN, THE WHOLE NOTHER LOCATION, CORRECT.
IT IS, UM, A FULL REDEVELOPMENT, MEANING ALL OF THE ORIGINAL BUILDINGS HAVE BEEN DEMOLISHED WITH THE EXCEPTION OF TWO BUILDINGS, UM, WHICH ARE GOING TO BE REPURPOSED FOR THE COMMUNITY CARE CLINIC ALONG THE YUKON STREET.
AND SO, UM, BUT AT THE ROSEWOOD, UM, I UNDERSTAND THAT ONE IS MOSTLY NOT MOSTLY, BUT THAT ONE IS A REMODEL.
WE'RE GOING TO REMODEL THE BUILDINGS THAT HAVE BEEN THERE FOR FIVE DECADES OR SO FIVE, SIX DECADES OR SO WE'RE REMODELING THOSE, IS THAT CORRECT? WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A COUPLE OF NEW BUILDINGS, BUT THERE'S THIS W WHAT'S THE BREAKOUT IN TERMS OF THE NEW, THE HOMES IN TERMS OF THE NEW BUILDINGS.
AND THEN WE HAVE THE ONCE IN THE REMODEL.
SO AT ROSEWOOD COURTS TODAY, THERE ARE 25 BUILDINGS, DWELLING BUILDINGS.
AND AS PART OF THIS, UM, RE REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT AT ROSEWOOD 17 OF THE 25 BUILDINGS WILL ACTUALLY BE, UH, OUR PLAN TO BE DEMOLISHED.
AND IN ITS PLACE WILL, WILL BE THE NEW CONSTRUCTION BUILDINGS THAT, UM, THAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO.
SO EIGHT OUT OF THE 25 WILL BE FULLY RESTORED FROM THE INSIDE.
MEANING EVERYTHING'S GOING TO BE GUTTED FROM THE INSIDE COMPLETELY MODERNIZED, AND WE'LL HAVE ALL OF THE SAME AMENITIES, NEW APPLIANCES, NEW FINISHES, EVERYTHING THAT WILL MIRROR, WHAT'S GOING INTO THE, UH, THE NEW CONSTRUCTION BUILDINGS.
AND THE LAST QUESTION I HAVE, UH, AND THEN I'LL GO AHEAD AND LOOK PAST THE MIC.
AND THAT IS, I UNDERSTOOD YOU TO BE SAYING THEY'RE GONNA BE REMOVING LAYERS AND LAYERS OF PAINT OVER THE YEARS.
THERE'S REALLY SO MUCH PAIN, AND THEY'RE GOING TO KIND OF, SORT OF GET IT BACK TO THE BRICK AND WHAT HAVE YOU THAT LAYERS AND LAYERS OF PAINT.
I AM, I'M JUST MAKING A STATEMENT.
I'M, I'M SURE THAT WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT LAYERS AND LAYERS OF LEAD PAINT BEING REMOVED IN AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE THERE'S SO MANY CHILDREN.
AND JUST TO CLARIFY, WHEN I, WHEN I MENTIONED THE LAYERS OF PAINT, THAT'S EXTERIOR, THAT'S FROM THE OUTSIDE AND THERE, THEY WILL NOT BE OCCUPIED AT THE TIME THAT THIS RENOVATION IS TAKING PLACE.
SO ALL OF THE BUILDINGS WILL BE COMPLETELY EMPTY.
ALL OF OUR FAMILIES ARE BEING, UH, RELOCATED TO OTHER HOUSING, UM, WHILE THE CONSTRUCTION IS GOING TO BE TAKING PLACE.
SO ALL OF THIS WILL BE DONE UNDER, UH, ALL OF THE, THE SAFE, UM, UH, UH, CONSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTS THAT, THAT ARE NEEDED TO ENSURE ALL WORKERS ARE, ARE, UM, ARE SAFE THROUGHOUT THIS, THIS CONSTRUCTION PROCESS.
CAUSE YOU HAD MENTIONED THAT IT WAS GOING TO PAINT WAS GOING TO BE REMOVED TO EXPOSE THE OLD BRICK.
SO I KNEW IT WAS EXTERIOR PAIN, BUT I STILL WAS CONCERNED, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE, AND AS I SAID, I FIGURED THAT IT WOULD BE, BUT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE
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AT LEAST IT WAS ON RECOMMEND.SOMEBODY SAID SOMETHING JUST IN CASE.
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER THOMPSON.
DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? THOUGHTS, MR. GARCIA.
UH, YEAH, I HAVE JUST ONE QUESTION.
UM, HOW MANY, DO YOU HAVE THE NUMBER FOR HOW MANY, UH, HOW MANY FAMILIES FROM THE ORIGINAL BUILDINGS, UH, GREAT TO BE RELOCATED INTO THE NEW ON IT, THEN YOU, THE NEW DEPARTMENT, ARE YOU REFERRING TO, TO CHALMERS OR TO ROSEWOOD EVERYONE'S OKAY.
UH, YEAH, SO EVERY HOUSEHOLD, EVERY FAMILY WHO, UM, WAS A CURRENT RESIDENT AT ROSEWOOD COURTS HAS BEEN VERY FAMILIAR WITH THIS PROCESS OF, OF DOING THE REDEVELOPMENT AND THE RENOVATIONS.
AND, UM, WE DO WORK WITH A RELOCATION CONSULTANT WHO IS WORKING WITH EVERY FAMILY ONE-ON-ONE AND WE ALSO HAVE A DEDICATED STAFF MEMBER WHO IS WORKING WITH THEM.
HAND-IN-HAND, UM, DETERMINING WHAT THEIR HOUSEHOLD'S NEEDS ARE.
IF THEY WANT TO STAY IN THE, IN THE VICINITY, IF THEY WANT TO GO NORTH THAT THEY WANT TO GO SOUTH.
ALL OF THOSE NEEDS, UM, WHERE THEIR, THEIR CHILDREN ARE ATTENDING SCHOOL AND THEIR SUPPORT NETWORKS IN GENERAL.
AND SO ALL OF THAT IS TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT AND WE ASSIST THEM WITH FINDING A REPLACEMENT UNIT.
THERE IS NOTHING THAT THEY HAVE TO COVER OUT OF POCKET.
UM, SO THEY ARE PROTECTED UNDER, UNDER THE UNIFORM RELOCATION ACT AND WE ARE GOING TO ALSO PAY FOR EXPENSES TO, UM, RETURN THEM ONCE THE PROPERTY IS, IS REOPENED.
SO WHILE IT IT'S DEFINITELY AN INCONVENIENCE, I MEAN, IF ANYONE HAS EVER HAD TO GO THROUGH A MOVING EXPERIENCE, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S INCONVENIENT.
UH, BUT WE ARE TRYING TO MINIMIZE THAT INCONVENIENCE AND, AND THAT, UH, DISTURBANCE, UH, IN ANY EXTENT POSSIBLE.
AND SO, UM, WE ARE GOING TO BE STAYING IN TOUCH WITH THEM THROUGHOUT THEIR RELOCATION AS WELL TO MAKE SURE EVERY SINGLE FAMILY WHO WANTS TO RETURN TO THE NEW ROSEWOOD COURTS, THEY WILL BE FIRST TO RETURN BEFORE ANYONE ELSE FROM THE OUTSIDE COMMUNITY MOVES INTO, UM, INTO ROSEWOOD.
SO, UM, I'M HOPING THAT I CAN, I, I PROVIDED SOME ADDITIONAL CONTEXT TO, TO THAT, UM, CONCERN BY DO WANT TO SAY THAT EVERY SINGLE FAMILY, UM, IS WE ARE WORKING WITH HAND-IN-HAND THROUGHOUT THIS ENTIRE PROCESS AND YES, IT, IT, IT IS, UM, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S INCONVENIENT.
IT'S NOT PLEASANT TO HAVE TO MOVE.
UM, BUT WE ARE HOPEFUL THAT IT'S IN, IN ORDER TO VASTLY IMPROVE THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE.
UM, MUCH LIKE THOMAS CORTES, IT WAS BUILT AT THE SAME TIME.
UM, BACK IN 1939, THERE IS NO CENTRAL AIR AT ROSEWOOD.
UM, IT'S CINDER BLOCK CONSTRUCTION.
IT'S NOT VERY, UM, USER-FRIENDLY IN TERMS OF ACCESSIBILITY.
AND SO ALL OF THE, THE REDEVELOPMENT THAT WE'RE GOING TO ENGAGE IN AT ROSEWOOD WILL SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR, FOR OUR CURRENT FAMILIES, AS WELL AS FUTURE FAMILIES.
SO FOR THE CHILD MURDERS, DO YOU ALREADY HAVE EMILY'S RELOCATED THERE AND IT'S, UH, DO YOU HAVE THE NUMBER FOR THOSE WERE YES.
UM, ALL OF THE WELL CHALMERS, SOUTH AND CHALMERS EAST HAVE BEEN COMPLETED.
SO PHASE ONE AND PHASE TWO HAVE, HAVE FINISHED, AND WE'RE, WE'RE DOWN TO THE LAST PHASE.
AND AS I HAD MENTIONED, INITIALLY, WE, WE BUILT CHALMERS SOUTH SO THAT NO FAMILY WOULD EVEN HAVE TO LEAVE THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
I MEAN, THEY WOULD LITERALLY BE MOVED ACROSS THE STREET, SO NO DISRUPTION TO SCHOOLS, NO DISRUPTION TO THEIR SUPPORT NETWORKS.
UM, AND THEY WERE GIVEN THAT, THAT FIRST CHOICE TO MOVE LITERALLY ACROSS THE STREET.
AND SOME FAMILIES CHOSE, UH, THE VAST MAJORITY OF OUR FAMILIES CHOSE TO DO THAT.
BUT FOR SOME FAMILIES, THIS WAS ACTUALLY THEIR FIRST TIME TO ACTUALLY HAVE AN OPTION OF WHERE TO LIVE, BECAUSE BACK WHEN IT WAS PUBLIC HOUSING, IT WAS FIRST AVAILABLE.
SO YOU HAD NO REALLY OPTION OF WHAT PART OF TOWN YOU WANTED TO LIVE IN.
SO WITH THE VOUCHER, THEY'RE ACTUALLY, UM, HAD TO HAVING
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SOME MORE OPTIONS AT THEIR DISPOSAL.AND SO SOME FAMILIES WENT NORTH, SOME FAMILIES WENT SOUTH, BUT THE VAST MAJORITY OF OUR FAMILIES ACTUALLY JUST WENT ACROSS THE STREET AND HAVE BEEN ABLE TO, UM, ENJOY THE, THE NEW CHALMER SOUTH AND CHALMERS EAST.
BUT I CAN GET YOU SPECIFIC NUMBERS AND I CAN SHARE THAT, UH, WITH, WITH CHAIR
SO WE CAN PUT ON BIG NUMBERS, HOW MANY FAMILIES REALLY ADVENT, UH, AND HAVING THIS OPPORTUNITY AS YOU SAY, TO CHOOSE WHERE THEY WANT TO LIVE.
AND I SEE THE SOUTH HAS 30, UH, 86, UH, UNITS AND 156 UNITS FOR THE EAST.
SO I'M ASSUMING YOU PLAYED DEFENSE, YOU DID SPLIT THE FAMILIES, UH, BETWEEN THOSE TWO UNITS SO FAR, OR THEY ARE STILL WAITING.
UH, THERE ARE STILL FAMILIES WAITING FOR THE WEST UNIT TO BE COMPLETE.
WELL, IF THE EAST FAMILIES, UM, W THE, THE WEST FAMILIES THAT HAD TO MOVE FOR CONSTRUCTION, UH, WERE MOVED LITERALLY ACROSS TO CHALMERS EAST OR TO CHALMER SOUTH, OR, UM, THEY COULD ALSO USE THE VOUCHER IF THEY, IF THEY SO CHOOSE.
UM, SO IF THEY WANT TO RETURN TO CHALMERS WEST, ONCE IT'S COMPLETED, UM, THEY, THEY DO HAVE THAT OPTION.
UH, SO, BUT ESSENTIALLY THE AMENITIES ARE GOING TO BE THE SAME.
UM, IT'S THE SAME, YOU KNOW, UM, DEVELOPER PARTNER, IT'S JUST GOING TO HAVE A FEW DIFFERENT FEATURES ON CHALMERS WEST.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, A SPLASH PAD IS COMING TO CHALMERS WEST, AND OF COURSE WE'LL HAVE THE ONSITE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB, WHICH, UH, WITH A LARGER, LARGER COMMUNITY CENTER AS WELL.
THANKS COMMISSIONER GARCIA BY CHAIR.
SO COULD YOU GO OVER THE SECTION EIGHT AGAIN, ARE THESE GUTTERS THAT ARE TIED TO THE CHALMERS, OR ARE THESE VOUCHERS THAT ARE TENANT VOUCHERS? SO FOR RELOCATION PURPOSES, THEY ARE TENANT-BASED VOUCHERS.
AND SO THEY DO HAVE THE OPTION WHILE BEING RELOCATED TO USE THAT VOUCHER AT ANY PROPERTY THAT ACCEPTS SECTION EIGHT.
UM, BUT ONCE THE PROPERTY ITSELF HAS BEEN BUILT OUT, LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, CHALMERS EAST, WE DO HAVE WHAT'S CALLED PROJECT-BASED, UM, VOUCHERS THAT ARE TIED TO THE UNIT ITSELF.
AND WE ALSO HAVE PROJECT-BASED VOUCHERS THAT, UM, ASSIST VETERANS THROUGH THE VETERANS AFFAIRS SUPPORTIVE HOUSING PROGRAM.
SO IT'S A COMBINATION OF, UH, TENANT BASED AS WELL AS PROJECT BASED VOUCHERS.
VICE CHAIR, POP, UH, DUCK COMMISSIONER, DR.
UM, THANK YOU, SONIA, FOR SHARING SO MUCH INFORMATION ABOUT, UM, ALL THREE PHASES.
UM, WHAT I'M REALLY INTERESTED IN THE FACT THAT THIS WAS BUILT SO LONG AGO, AND IT WAS WHAT ONE, AS YOU MENTIONED, ONE OF THE FIRST IN THE COUNTRY, WHAT EFFORTS, UM, TOWARDS CULTURAL PRESERVATION HAVE BEEN MADE, UM, OR FOR THE EXISTING PROPERTIES.
SO I KNOW YOU SAID THERE ARE SOME BRAND NEW BUILDINGS, AND THEN THERE ARE, SO THE OTHER EIGHT BUILDINGS, I BELIEVE THAT, UM, ARE JUST BEING RESTORED AND PAINTED AND WHATNOT.
UM, WHERE, WHAT CULTURAL PRESERVATIONS HAVE BEEN MADE, IF ANY, IS THERE ANY PARTNERSHIPS WITH COMMUNITY ARTISTS OR, UM, WHAT INVOLVEMENT HAS COMMUNITY HAD TO BE ABLE TO, UM, TO HOLD ONTO THE CULTURES? WE ALL KNOW THERE'S BEEN SO MUCH GENTRIFICATION AND EVERYTHING LOOKS DIFFERENT AND FEELS DIFFERENT.
UM, SO I'M REALLY CURIOUS TO KNOW HOW THIS IS GOING TO LOOK AND FEEL LIKE HOME.
NO, THAT'S, THAT'S A VERY GREAT QUESTION, COMMISSIONER.
AND WITH REGARD TO ROSEWOOD COURTS, UM, IT'S BEEN A VERY COMPREHENSIVE, UH, ENGAGEMENT PROCESS FOR, UH, LITERALLY A DECADE WHERE WE HAVE, UM, MET WITH RESIDENTS.
WE'VE MET WITH STAKEHOLDERS, UM, HISTORIC PRESERVATIONISTS, UH, TO, TO HELP US IN TELLING THAT STORY AND PRESERVING THAT STORY OF ROSA CORES, BECAUSE IT, IT IS A, UH, SIGNIFICANT HISTORICAL ICON FOR, FOR THE COMMUNITY.
AND SO WE HAVE, UM, BEEN VERY INTENTIONAL IN MAKING SURE THAT, UM, AS PART OF THAT HISTORIC DISTRICT, WE, WE MAKE SURE THAT IT'S GOING TO BE A SCOPE OF WORK THAT WILL RESTORE IT TO WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE BACK IN 1939 WHEN IT WAS FIRST BUILT.
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TELLING THE STORIES, WHAT WE, UM, HOPE TO DO IS PARTNER WITH ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS SIX SQUARE, UH, THE CARVER MUSEUM AND, AND OTHERS IN, IN THE, UM, EAST AUSTIN COMMUNITY TO HELP US ACTIVATE, UM, A WELCOME CENTER THAT IS GOING TO BE BUILT.IT'S GOING TO BE ABOUT 1400 SQUARE FEET.
THAT'S GOING TO BE DEDICATED TO, UH, EXACTLY WHAT, WHAT YOU'RE, YOU'RE REFERENCING, UM, TELLING THE STORY ABOUT THE, THE HISTORY AND THE LEGACY OF NOT ONLY ROSEWOOD COURT'S FAMILIES, BUT, UM, OF EAST AUSTIN IN GENERAL, AND ALSO ABOUT THE ORIGINAL EMANCIPATION PARK, UH, WHERE ROSEWOOD COURTS WAS ACTUALLY BUILT.
AND SO, UH, WE'RE HOPING THAT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH, UM, THOSE ENTITIES, BUT DEFINITELY IT'S, IT'S NOT EXCLUSIVE TO JUST THOSE, THOSE ORGANIZATIONS.
WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE HOUSTON TILLOTSON UNIVERSITY, FOR EXAMPLE, UM, COME TO THE TABLE AND, AND, UH, FIND WAYS COLLECTIVELY IN HOW WE CAN CAPTURE THOSE STORIES AND, AND, AND TELL THOSE STORIES IS, IS IT THROUGH MAYBE, UM, AND AN ORAL HISTORY TYPE OF EXHIBIT, UM, IS IT THROUGH SOME KIND OF, UM, ROTATING EXHIBIT WHERE WE HAVE ARTWORK THAT REPRESENTS, UM, YOU KNOW, THE CULTURE AND HISTORY OF, OF AFRICAN-AMERICANS AND IN EAST AUSTIN? AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S DEFINITELY NOT HOKAS, UM, YOU KNOW, FORTE THAT'S, THAT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT WE DO DAY IN DAY OUT, AND THAT'S WHERE WE WOULD LOOK TO THE EXPERTS IN THE COMMUNITY, UH, TO, TO PARTNER WITH US ON, ON HOW WE, WE RESPECTFULLY TELL THAT SIGNIFICANT STORY ON THE HISTORY AND CULTURE OF, OF EAST AUSTIN AND IN AFRICAN-AMERICANS IN EAST AUSTIN.
AND, UH, MY LAST QUESTION IS WHERE DO WE SEND THESE COMMUNITY PEOPLE THAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR TO PARTNER? UM, I MEAN, I, I HAVE, UM, CONNECTIONS, I'M SURE MANY ON THIS CALL DO IN MANY LISTENING DO, UM, WHERE SHOULD WE, HOW CAN PEOPLE CONTACT YOU? YES, THANK YOU FOR ASKING.
THAT'S A WONDERFUL QUESTION AND WOULD LOVE TO GET YOUR, YOUR INPUT ON THAT.
UH, WE HAVE AN EMAIL ADDRESS, UH, AND IT'S ROSEWOOD NOW AT HAKA NET DOT O R G N.
SO ROSEWOOD NOW AT H A C A N AS IN NANCY, E T DOT O R G, AND THAT INFORMATION WILL COME TO ME AND, AND SEVERAL OF, OF, UH, MY, MY COLLEAGUES AND WE CAN DEFINITELY, UM, RESEARCH ANY, UH, HOPEFULLY POTENTIAL PARTNERSHIPS AND COLLABORATIONS THAT, THAT I THINK WOULD HELP TO STRENGTHEN THIS, THIS, UM, THIS OPPORTUNITY TO, TO SHARE THESE, THESE VERY IMPORTANT STORIES.
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER
DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I THINK WE HAVE COVERED IT PRETTY THOROUGHLY.
IT IS VERY IMPRESSIVE, UH, AND CERTAINLY CHARGED WITH A LOT OF HISTORICAL BURDEN.
UH, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS AS WE MOVE ON.
THANK YOU ALL, UH, FOR YOUR ENGAGEMENT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
IT'S A, UH, NO SMALL FEAT OF COURSE, TO NOT ONLY CREATE AND REALLY CULTIVATE THE BUY-IN OF NOT JUST RESIDENTS, BUT THE PUBLIC, BUT THEN ALSO STEWARD THE PROCESS OF REHOMING, UH, AND RETAINING, UH, THE FOLKS WHO SHOULD BE IN THOSE HOMES AND, UH, OR SHOULD CERTAINLY HAVE, UH, ACCESS TO, UH, THE HOUSING THAT THOSE HOMES PROVIDE.
LIKEWISE, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
WE WILL GO BACK INTO OUR AGENDA.
WE WILL MOVE UP TO ITEM NUMBER TWO,
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BEAR WITH US AS WE ADD HIM TO THE FORUM.I THANK YOU FOR ADDING ME APPRECIATED.
I WILL BE SHORT AND SWEET TONIGHT.
UM, PRETTY, UM, INSTANT REPORT THIS MONTH, BUT VERY EXCITING NEWS AS WELL.
AGAIN, I'M WITH THE, UH, OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH ENABLERS SERVICES UNIT.
OUR MISSION IS THE NEIGHBORS SERVICES UNIT PROVIDES, IMPROVES 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 DO THAT THROUGH OUR BASIC NEEDS, PREVENTIVE HEALTH CASE MANAGEMENT AND EMPLOYMENT SUPPORTS, UM, REPORTING THROUGH THE MONTH OF MARCH ON THIS REPORT, UH, WHERE WE FULLY EXPANDED OUR, UH, 2021 CONTRACT THAT YOU CAN SEE THERE.
WE ACTUALLY RECEIVED A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN WHAT THEY HAD TOLD US.
SO WE EXPENDED 1 MILLION, $103,277 IN OUR PROGRAMMING.
WE'RE TOLD THAT WE'RE GETTING THE SAME AMOUNT THIS COMING YEAR.
YOU CAN GO TO PAGE NUMBER TWO.
WE HAD TWO MORE TRANSITIONS IN MARCH.
THAT'S TWO OUR CASE MANAGEMENT, 2.0 PROGRAM OR SOCIAL WORKERS WORK WITH OUR CLIENTS TO HELP EMPOWER THEM AND MOVE TOWARDS SELF-SUFFICIENCY.
BY HELPING THEM TRANSITION OUT OF POVERTY.
THAT'S THE GOAL FROM THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS.
IF YOU GO FURTHER DOWN AND WE CONTINUE TO SOME, UH, RENTAL ASSISTANCE, UH, WITH, UH, GENERAL FUNDS, WE'VE ASSISTED, UH, 260 FOLKS OR HOUSEHOLDS VOID EVICTION, YOU GO DOWN.
THERE'S A FEW OTHER NUMBERS THERE THAT I LIKE TO POINT OUT COMES A FOOD INSECURITY OF SOME DISTRIBUTIONS.
MOST 11,500 PEOPLE SERVED, UM, TAX PREPARATION PROGRAMS. I'LL TALK ON THE NEXT PAGE ABOUT THE EXCITING NEWS THAT WE HAVE FOR THIS YEAR.
THAT'S PROBABLY IT ON THIS PAGE AND CONTINUE TO DO SOME UTILITY ASSISTANCE TO OUR PLUS ONE PROGRAM IN COLLABORATION WITH AUSTIN ENERGY, GO TO PAGE NUMBER THREE.
UH, I'D LIKE TO FOCUS ON NUMBER TWO.
UH, WE REOPENED OUR NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER TO THE PUBLIC ON MAY 2ND, AS YOU HAVE KNOWN EVERY MONTH, I KIND OF REMIND FOLKS.
WE CLOSED ON MARCH 17TH, 2020, AND WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING VIRTUALLY ONLINE DRIVE THROUGH DRIVE UP.
WE EXPANDED TO, UH, BY APPOINTMENT ONLY WHEN, UH, THE SURGE AND DID IT, AND NOW WE ARE FULLY OPEN.
SO THAT JUST HAPPENED THIS PAST WEEK.
SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO GET OUR CLIENTS TO COME BACK, YOU KNOW, GET TO KNOW US AGAIN IN A MORE INTIMATE MANNER.
UM, A LOT OF OUR, OUR CLIENT'S STORE ARE VERY HAPPY AND SATISFIED, UH, WITH, UH, SOME OF OUR VIRTUAL DRIVE UP CURBSIDE BY APPOINTMENT ONLY SERVICES, WHICH IS ALSO A TESTAMENT TO THE STAFF AS THEY PIVOTED TO PROVIDING THESE SERVICES IN A WAY THAT I THINK REALLY IN SOME WAYS, UH, DO SOME OF THE BARRIERS THAT PEOPLE HAVE, YOU KNOW, HAVING TO GET IN THE CAR, PUT THE KIDS IN THE BACKSEAT AND DRIVE TO OUR CENTERS, SPEND A LOT OF MONEY ON GAS.
UH, SO WE WERE WONDERING WHAT IT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE OVER THE NEXT YEAR.
SO I'LL KEEP YOU GUYS UPDATED ON THAT.
UM, NUMBER THREE FESTIVALS FOR FAMILIES PROGRAM IS BACK.
WE ASSISTED IN MARCH ABOUT A THOUSAND FOR INDIVIDUALS TO THAT SERVICE.
WE'RE HOPING TO INCREASE THE, THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO ARE ALSO WORKING WITH THE FOOD BANK ON THE QUALITY OF THE FOODS THAT WE GET.
WE ARE ADVOCATING FOR MORE FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES, UM, IN THOSE BOXES, UH, NUMBER FOUR, TAX HELP SERVICES.
I MENTIONED THIS A FEW MONTHS AGO, WE HAVE A NEW COLLABORATION, UH, WITH, UH, FOUNDATION COMMUNITY.
SO I'LL BE SHARING SOME DATA WITH YOU NEXT MONTH.
UH, WE COLLABORATED WITH THEM AT THE MONTOPOLIS NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER AND WITH PRP WHO HAS BEEN ALONG LONG PARTNER WITH US AT ROSA SELLING WAS A NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER AND THESE ARE FREE TAX HELP FOR FAMILIES.
UH, THE HOME DELIVERY PROGRAM IS THE OTHER HIGHLIGHT.
UH, IT CONTINUES TO BE VERY SUCCESSFUL.
AND I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU THAT, UH, DUE TO THE, UH, BEST PRACTICES THAT WE IMPLEMENTED WITH THE FIRST PROGRAM TO START THIS, UM, HOME DELIVERY PROGRAM WITH CENTRAL TEXAS FOOD BANK AND AMAZON, AND DO, DO I BEST PRACTICES AND HARD WORK, UM, THEY HAVE EXPANDED THE PROGRAM TO,
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UM, WELCOME.WE NEED SOME COUNTING AROUND OUR COMMUNITY CENTER IS, IS, UH, STANDING THAT UP UP THERE.
SO VERY EXCITING THAT MORE PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF OUR TRAVIS COUNTY ARE GOING TO HAVE THIS GREAT SERVICE.
AND IN MARCH WE ASSIST A PART, 1,010 HOUSEHOLDS.
THAT'S ABOUT 1,010 DELIVERIES TO PEOPLE'S HOMES, UH, TO DELIVER, UH, THESE SHELF STABLE PRE-PACKAGED BOXES.
THIS IS A KUDOS TO THE STAFF AND TO THE FOOD BANK AS WELL.
AND AMAZON FOR PROVIDING THE DRIVERS, UH, NUMBER SIX CITY OF AUSTIN, FINANCIAL STABILITY FUNDING, JANUARY TO MARCH, WE'VE ASSISTED 267 PEOPLE IN 77 IN HOUSEHOLDS, WHAT YOU'VE MENTIONED, AND WE'RE HOPING THAT MORE MONEY IS BECOMES AVAILABLE, YOU KNOW, SOON, BECAUSE THAT IS AN AREA OF GREAT NEED IN AUSTIN COUNTY, OURSELVES.
WE RECEIVE THOUSANDS OF PHONE CALLS EVERY MONTH, UH, FROM PEOPLE SEEKING THAT ASSISTANCE.
UM, WE ALSO ARE REFERRING PEOPLE TO CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF CENTRAL TEXAS FOR ADDITIONAL SUPPORT WITH OUR RENTAL ASSISTANCE.
AND NUMBER SEVEN, WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE AUSTIN ENERGY PLUS ONE PROGRAM, UH, TO HELP PEOPLE KEEP THE LIGHTS ON.
AND THAT'S ALSO GOING VERY WELL.
SO AGAIN, REOPENING THE CENTERS, EXPANDING THE HOME DELIVERY PROGRAM TO WILCO BECAUSE OF OUR BEST PRACTICES IN, UH, HELPING PEOPLE DO THEIR TAXES AND OF THE HIGHLIGHTS IN THIS REPORT.
THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SHARE THIS WITH YOU AND BRAG A LITTLE ABOUT OUR STAFF.
UH, THANK YOU LAST MONTH FOR, UH, YOUR, UH, YOUR DISCUSSION ON ADVOCATING FOR MORE RENTALS.
DISTANCE KIND OF HAS FALLEN OFF THE RADAR.
THERE'S OTHER ISSUES THAT THE CITY HAS AS WELL, BUT I THINK HE SHOULD REALLY REMAIN ON THE LEADER AND I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU CAN DO TO, UH, TO ADVOCATE FOR THOSE FUNDS.
I KNOW THIS BODY IS PROUD TO BRAG ALONGSIDE YOU AND DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO ADVOCATE FOR WHAT YOU DO WITH THAT MILLION DOLLAR ALLOTMENT.
UH, SO, SO THANK YOU ON CAITLYN, ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS FROM THE COMMISSIONERS, ALL RIGHT.
IT LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE GETTING A, A FROM THE VIRTUAL WORLD AND, UH, WITH THAT, UH, WE WILL BE, DO I DO ON HIM? THANK YOU.
[3a. Briefing, discussion, and possible action on the draft Fiscal Year 2022-2023 Action Plan]
[3b. Conduct a public hearing to receive input on the draft Fiscal Year 2022-2023 Action Plan.]
WILL BE THREE, A PUBLIC HEARINGS.WE HAVE A BRIEFING DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE DRAFT FISCAL YEAR, 20 22, 20 23.
WAIT, AND THAT'S WITH MAX HORSEMAN WITH HOUSING AND PLANNING AND POTENTIALLY ALSO RIGHT WITH, UH, MANDY, MANDY TO MAYO, DEPUTY DIRECTOR HOUSING AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT.
AND I AM, WE'RE PULLING MAX OVER.
YOU JUST WEREN'T LISTED ON THE AGENDA.
AND I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU WERE PART OF THE, IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, MAX HAS THIS STUFF FANTASTIC.
AND TO CLARIFY, UH, I'M GUESSING, AND YOU COULD KEEP ME HONEST, UH, MANDY OR VICE-CHAIR OR ANYBODY IN THE ROOM LAST MONTH, WE HAD A BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE COMMUNITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT AS RELATED TO THIS PLAN.
AND NOW WE'RE DOING THE SAME JUST AS RELATED TO THIS PLAN, IS THAT CORRECT? BUT WITHOUT THE COMMUNITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT PART.
SO I SEE MAX THERE, UH, THIS IS, WE HAVE RELEASED THE DRAFT, UH, ACTION PLAN, AND THIS IS OUR OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC INPUT.
ALTHOUGH I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE ANYBODY SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC INPUT.
I BELIEVE WE DON'T HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC INPUT.
AND I THINK WE MIGHT HEAR MAX.
UM, WELL THANK YOU FOR HAVING US BACK FOR, FOR THE DRAFT ACTION PLAN.
WE JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A BRIEF UPDATE ALONG WITH THE PUBLIC HEARING THAT THAT'S TAKING PLACE.
UM, IF YOU COULD ADVANCE TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
UM, SO THE DRAFT ACTION PLAN, JUST A QUICK RECAP IS THE, UM, PLAN, THE SPENDING PLAN THAT WE SUBMIT TO THE HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, UM, EACH YEAR TO APPLY FOR A FEDERAL BLOCK GRANTS.
UM, SO WE'LL GIVE YOU SOME BRIEF INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT THIS YEAR'S DRAFT ACTION PLAN LOOKS LIKE AND DESCRIBE THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD TO YOU, AND OPEN IT UP FOR ANY FEEDBACK YOU MAY HAVE ABOUT OUR PROGRAMS. UM, AND THEN MOVE ON.
SO THE FISCAL YEAR 2223 DRAFT ACTION PLAN IS WHAT IS CURRENTLY OUT RIGHT NOW TO THE PUBLIC FOR REVIEW AND COMMENT.
UM, SO GOING INTO THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR WILL BE YOUR FOUR OF THAT.
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CONSOLIDATED PLANNING PERIOD, UM, WHERE WE ARE APPLYING FOR THE FOUR GRANTS THAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN.AND, UM, BECAUSE WE DO NOT CURRENTLY HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENT FROM, FROM HUD ABOUT WHAT THE NEXT TWO YEARS, UH, GRANT ALLOCATIONS WILL BE.
WE'RE STILL WAITING ON THEM TO ANNOUNCE THAT, UM, OUR DRAFT ACTION PLAN FOR NEXT YEAR IS FILLED IN WITH NUMBERS FROM THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE KIND OF GOING WITH THE ASSUMPTION THAT THE GRANTS, UM, THE GRANT FUNDING THAT WE RECEIVED IN 2122 WILL BE RELATIVELY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE'LL BE RECEIVING AT 2223.
AND SO WE ARE WAITING ON HUD TO RELEASE, UM, NOTICE OF HOW MUCH, HOW MANY DOLLARS WE'RE ELIGIBLE FOR.
AND, UM, IN THE MEANTIME, WE RELEASED THIS DRAFT ACTION PLAN WITH, UM, NUMBERS PRETTY MUCH FROM THE 2122 ACTION PLAN THAT WILL PROPORTIONALLY INCREASE OR DECREASE BASED ON, UM, WHAT THE ACTUAL AMOUNT IS THAT WE'RE ELIGIBLE FOR.
AND WE'LL RELEASE AN UPDATE TO YOU AND TO THE PUBLIC, WHEN THAT DOES HAPPEN, WE ARE NOT REALLY SHORT.
UM, HUD HAS SAID THAT THEY MIGHT LET JURISDICTIONS KNOW BY THE, EXCUSE ME, BY THE END OF MAY.
UM, SO WE'RE NOT REALLY SURE IF THAT'S COULD BE IN A COUPLE OF DAYS OR A COUPLE OF WEEKS.
SO WE, WE WENT FORWARD WITH RELEASING THE DRAFT PLAN, UM, TO STAY ACCOUNTABLE TO THE TIMELINES THAT WE'VE PUT OUT TO THE PUBLIC, BUT WE WILL BE UPDATING, UM, THE FUNDING TABLES AND THE PROJECT ALLOCATIONS ACCORDINGLY ONCE WE HAVE THAT INFORMATION.
AND, UM, SO WE'LL GO INTO BRIEFLY JUST EACH OF THE GRANTS TO SHOW, UH, WHAT, UM, WHAT PORTION OF FUNDING FOR EACH GRANT DIFFERENT PROJECTS TAKE UP JUST TO GIVE YOU SOME PERSPECTIVE ABOUT WHAT THE PLAN WILL LOOK LIKE REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE ACTUAL ALLOCATIONS ARE.
SO WE HAVE HERE, UM, A BREAKDOWN OF THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDING FOR FISCAL YEAR 2122, WHICH IS AGAIN REFLECTED AND IN THE DRAFT 2223 ACTION PLAN.
I HOPE, I HOPE THAT'S CLEAR AND NOT TOO CONFUSING.
UM, BUT BASICALLY HERE, ALL THE PROGRAMS THAT ARE FUNDED BY CDBG AND THE PERCENTAGE THAT THEY TAKE UP OF THE TOTAL GRANT OF CDBG THAT WE RECEIVED IN 21, 22.
UM, AND SO CDBG FUNDS ARE PUBLIC SERVICES.
UM, MANY OF OUR HOME REPAIR PROGRAMS, UM, OUR HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, YOU CAN SEE THERE A RELATIVELY LARGE CHUNK OF CDBG IS ALLOCATED TOWARDS THE NONPROFIT CAPACITY BUILDING FOR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.
I'LL POINT THAT OUT BECAUSE THAT IS A PROGRAM THAT WAS, UM, PREVIOUSLY WE INTENDED THAT TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
IT'S NO LONGER GOING TO MOVE FORWARD.
IT WAS FUNDED AT $1.8 MILLION, AND WE'RE ANTICIPATING, UM, THROUGH THE ACTION PLAN, REALLOCATING THAT TO POTENTIALLY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
UM, BUT I'LL LET MANDY SHARE MORE DETAILS ABOUT THAT AS THEY'RE AVAILABLE.
SO THIS IS A BREAKDOWN OF OUR, UM, HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS, GRANT FUNDING.
THIS PROGRAM FUNDS ARE A TENANT BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM THAT IS ADMINISTERED TO PEOPLE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, OUR DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, UM, OUR HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS AND THE GRANTS THAT WE GIVE TO OUR COMMUNITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS.
AND THIS IS OUR EMERGENCY SERVICE SOLUTIONS GRANT PROGRAM FUNDING.
IT'S DIVIDED PRETTY EVENLY BETWEEN RAPID REHOUSING AND THE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE ARCH SHELTER DOWNTOWN NEXT SLIDE.
AND THIS IS A BREAKDOWN OF OUR HOPWA FUNDING, HOUSING OPPORTUNITY FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS.
UM, IT'S BROKEN DOWN BETWEEN THE TWO MAIN RECIPIENTS OF THE GRANT THAT PROVIDES SERVICES TO PEOPLE WITH AIDS IN THE AUSTIN AREA AND THEIR FAMILIES.
UM, SO WE, WE HAVE, UM, AIDS SERVICES OF AUSTIN ALSO KNOWN AS VIBRANT HEALTH AND PROJECT TRANSITIONS, WHICH ADMINISTER A RANGE OF PROGRAMS, HOUSING CASE MANAGEMENT, TENANT BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE, RAPID REHOUSING, UM, ALL TO THEIR SPECIFIC POPULATION.
AND SO LOOKING AT, UM, THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD FOR THIS, THIS DRAFT PLAN, UM, IT WILL RUN UNTIL JUNE 10TH.
UH, CURRENTLY THE, THE DRAFT PLAN IS OUT NOW, AGAIN WITH THE NUMBERS FROM 2122, WE HAVE UPDATED THE NARRATIVE INFORMATION OF COURSE, UM, TO EVERY EXTENT POSSIBLE.
UM, SO IT'S AVAILABLE ON OUR SPEAKER BOSTON WEBSITE.
WE'VE ALSO GOTTEN COPIES OF THE DRAFT PLAN PRINTED AND DISTRIBUTED THEM TO THE LOCATIONS THAT YOU SEE HERE.
UM, AND GIVEN NOTICE AT THOSE PLACES THAT THE,
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THE PLAN CAN BE VIEWED THERE AND WE'LL, WE'LL BE HOLDING AN ADDITIONAL PUBLIC HEARING ON JUNE 9TH.SO IN THE MEANTIME, WE'LL DEFINITELY BE DOING SOME MORE, UM, OUTREACH AND, AND GIVING MORE NOTICE ABOUT THAT PUBLIC HEARING.
SO THAT UNLIKE THIS ONE, WE HAVE, WE HAVE MORE GIVING FEEDBACK, BUT WE ANTICIPATE GETTING A GOOD AMOUNT OF FEEDBACK ON OUR, UM, SPEAKER AUSTIN PAGE AS WELL.
AND WE'LL WILL ALSO BE TAKING COMMENT BY EMAIL, PHONE AND POSTAL MAIL.
AND THE PIE CHARTS THAT YOU SAW ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDES WERE, UM, ALSO PROVIDED, UM, IN PAPER AND ONLINE TO THE PUBLIC AS SORT OF LIKE A SUMMARY REPRESENTATION OF THE ACTION PLAN.
SO AGAIN, UM, OUR PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD WILL GO UNTIL JUNE 10TH.
UM, WE ANTICIPATE RECEIVING, UM, FINAL ACTION FROM CITY COUNCIL ABOUT THE PLAN ON JULY 28TH AND SUBMITTING THE PLAN, UM, BY AUGUST 13TH TO HUD.
AND, UH, THAT SHOULD CONCLUDE OUR PRESENTATION.
UM, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO PROMOTE THE SPEAK OF AUSTIN PAGE IN YOUR CHANNELS TO GARNER MORE, MORE FEEDBACK, UM, UM, OR REACH OUT TO ME SPECIFICALLY WITH ANY QUESTIONS.
UM, I WORK IN THE HOUSING AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT.
UM, AND OTHER THAN THAT, I'LL OPEN IT UP TO DISCUSSION OR A POSITIVE BACK TO THE CHAIR, EXCUSE ME, THANKS SO MUCH, MAX.
AND THAT WAS A REALLY, UM, REALLY, REALLY EFFICIENT PRESENTATION WITH A LOT OF INFORMATION PASSED OVER.
I APPRECIATE THAT FORMAT A LOT.
UH, AND WITH THAT SAID, I KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE, UH, A DECENT AMOUNT OF QUESTIONS.
MANDY, DID YOU WANT TO MAYBE SHARE ANYTHING BEFORE WE, WE OPENED IT UP FOR DISCUSSION? UH, JUST TO ADD AGAIN, MANDY DE MAYO HOUSING AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT TO ADD TO WHAT MAX HAD MENTIONED.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE PIE CHART FOR OUR CDBG FUNDING, WE HAD ORIGINALLY ALLOCATED $1.8 MILLION, UM, FOR NONPROFIT CAPACITY BUILDING, UM, AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, UH, THAT WAS TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
WE HAVE BEEN IN CONSTANT CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS ABOUT, UM, THEIR, UH, PLANS TO ACTUALLY CREATE A PROGRAM THAT WOULD UTILIZE THIS $1.8 MILLION.
AND BASED ON OUR MOST CURRENT CONVERSATION TODAY, UM, WE KNOW THAT THEY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO, THEY DON'T CURRENTLY HAVE THE CAPACITY OR THE RESOURCES TO CREATE AND MANAGE THE PROGRAM.
UM, AND SO WE HAVE COLLECTIVELY DECIDED AS HOUSING AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND EDD ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, UH, TO RECOMMEND REPROGRAMMING THOSE DOLLARS.
UM, AGAIN, IT IS $1.8 MILLION.
UH, IT IS FOR NEXT FISCAL YEAR, WE WILL CONTINUE OUR CONVERSATIONS WITH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT BECAUSE THEY DO HAVE, UM, UH, PLANS FOR THE FUTURE.
AND WE CERTAINLY WANT TO CONTINUE OUR COLLABORATION WITH THEM, BUT RIGHT NOW OUR RECOMMENDATION IS IN FACT TO REPROGRAM THOSE DOLLARS.
UM, AND I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT.
UH, AND MAX AND I CAN CERTAINLY ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PRESENTATION YOU JUST HEARD.
I'M SURE I'LL HAVE SOME QUESTIONS, BUT I THINK THE MOST PERTINENT AND SALIENT ONES WILL COME FROM AROUND THE ROOM, UH, OPENING UP THE FLOOR VICE-CHAIR PUMP.
I THINK WE GO BACK ON BACK AND FORTH ON THIS FROM YEAR TO YEAR, OR WE HAVE OTHER FUNDS, OUR LOCAL HOUSING BOND FUNDS, PARTICULARLY, AND THEN THE HOUSING TRUST FUNDS.
AND SOME, SOME YEARS WE SHOW THEM IN THIS PLAN AND SOME YEARS WE DON'T, I DON'T SEE THEM HERE.
SO WHAT'S THE STORY FOR THIS YEAR.
SO OUR FUNDING TABLE, WHICH IS WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT IS EXCLUSIVELY, AND I BELIEVE IT ALWAYS HAS BEEN JUST OUR, UM, OUR FEDERAL DOLLARS.
SO WHAT WE ARE SHOWING HERE THROUGH OUR FOUR BLOCK GRANTS IS JUST OUR FEDERAL DOLLARS.
THERE ARE SOME PROGRAMS AND I'LL USE RENTAL HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE, OR OWNERSHIP, HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE, AS AN EXAMPLE, UM, WHERE WE USE SOME FEDERAL DOLLARS, BOTH HOME AND CDBG, BUT PRIMARILY USE OUR LOCAL DOLLARS.
AS YOU MENTIONED, GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AND, UM, HOUSING TRUST FUND.
SO THOSE WILL, THEY'RE NOT IN THE PRESENTATION.
THEY WILL BE REFLECTED AS PART OF THE FULL ACTION PLAN THAT YOU WILL SEE, BUT IN THE FUNDING TABLE RIGHT HERE, WE'RE ONLY SHOWING THE LOCAL DOLLARS, THE FEDERAL DOLLARS, NOT LOCAL DOLLARS.
SO IF I GO LOOKING AT THE LARGER DOCUMENT, I WILL SEE THE PLANS FOR THOSE DOLLARS.
AM I NOT? BECAUSE I'M THINKING BACK TO THAT ACTUAL FUNDING TABLE, THAT'S PART OF THE ACTION PLAN.
AND AS I RECALL, IT INCLUDES BOTH, UM,
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LOCAL AND FEDERAL.UM, I THINK THAT TYPICALLY, YES, IT INCLUDES BOTH LOCAL AND FEDERAL FOR SOME SELECT PROGRAMS, BUT I'M LOOKING AT IT NOW.
I THINK THAT WE, WE MAINLY INCLUDED FEDERAL AND WE SELECTIVELY INCLUDED SOME, SOME LOCAL FUNDING, BUT MOST OF THE GENERAL FUND FUNDING THAT GOES INTO PROGRAMS, UM, ADDITIONALLY IS NOT INCLUDED.
SO NO, THE LOCAL FUNDING IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE FUNDING TO, AND ONE OF THE REASONS COMMISSIONER POP, MAYBE THAT FOR OUR, THE BULK OF OUR LOCAL DOLLARS, OUR GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND DOLLARS, THE 2018 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS WERE ALL BUDGETED LAST YEAR, THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR, THE CURRENT YEAR THAT WE'RE IN.
SO THOSE DOLLARS ARE ALL AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW.
THEY'RE IN OUR CURRENT BUDGET, BUT OUR PLAN IS TO SPEND THEM OVER THE NEXT TWO TO SOMETIMES THREE AND BEYOND YEARS.
DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SURE.
I HAVE THE QUESTION IF NO ONE ELSE IS WAITING YOU MR. SLOAN.
THANKS SANDY FOR BEING HERE AND ALSO THANKS FOR DOING SO MUCH LEGWORK VIA EMAIL FOR US IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS HERE.
UM, I ACTUALLY HAVE ONE RECOMMENDATION AND THEN ONE QUESTION, AND I THINK THE FIRST ONE WILL BE BRIEF.
I LOVED HAVING THE DRAFT PLAN INCLUDED IN THE BACKUP HERE.
AND I DID NOTICE THAT WITHIN THE SPECTRUM OF OUTREACH, I DIDN'T SEE THE HOMELESSNESS ADVISORY COUNCIL MENTIONED, AND I THINK THAT THOSE WOULD BE EXTREMELY RELEVANT STAKEHOLDERS FOR THIS PROCESS IN THE FUTURE.
AND THEN MY SECOND QUESTION HAS TO DO WITH THE CONVERSATION THAT WE'VE BEEN HAVING VIA EMAIL, WHICH IS IN REGARDS TO RAPID REHOUSING.
UM, I SEE ON THE PRESENTATION THAT THERE ARE 296,000 DEDICATED TO RAPID REHOUSING FOR THIS PLAN AND IN THE DRAFT PLAN PAGE 52, THAT, THAT, UM, SET THE GOAL OF 108 HOUSEHOLDS BEING SERVED, WHICH SEEMS LIKE REALLY EFFICIENT USE OF FUNDING.
MY MATH SAYS THAT'S $2,740 PER HOUSEHOLD FOR RAPID REHOUSING.
I WANTED TO DOUBLE CHECK FIRST THAT THAT'S RIGHT.
AND THEN SECONDLY, TO FOLLOW UP ON OUR CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW WITH THE COMMUNITY SERVICES GRANT, THE CB GRANT FROM, UM, FROM COVID TIMES FROM LAST YEAR, UH, THAT, UH, THE CITY THROUGH CONTRACTS WITH RAPID REHOUSING, UM, NONPROFITS AND PARTNERS WAS NOT ABLE TO EXPEND ALL OF THE RAPID REHOUSING DOLLARS ALLOCATED THAT 2,123,000 AND SOME CHANGE WAS REALLOCATED, SOME OF IT TO EMERGENCY SHELTERS AND SOME OF IT, UM, SORT OF IN TRANSITION WITH HUD RIGHT NOW.
AND I WANTED TO SEE SINCE THE ANSWER OF WHY WE'RE NOT ABLE TO SPEND 2 MILLION ON RAPID REHOUSING WAS THE TIGHT HOUSING MARKET.
WHAT IS THE PLAN FOR THIS YEAR TO SPEND $296,000 AND RAPIDLY REHOUSED 108 HOUSE SCHOOLS, IF WE WEREN'T ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH THAT LAST YEAR AND HOW CAN THIS COMMISSION COME UP ALONGSIDE OF YOU AND MAKE THAT IMPORTANT WORK HAPPENED? I THINK RAPID REHOUSING IS AN INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY.
I FULLY SUPPORT THE ALLOCATION OF FUNDING HERE.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PUTTING DOLLARS IN CORRECT BUDGETS THAT WE CAN RESPONSIVELY SPEND AND COUNT ON IN THE COMING FISCAL YEAR.
AND WE HAVE MOVED OVER A KESHA JOHNSON SMOTHERS FROM, UM, AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH, AND I AM HOPING SHE CAN ADDRESS THOSE, THOSE QUESTIONS YOU GUYS HEAR AND SEE ME.
MY NAME IS ACACIA JOHNSON SMOTHERS WITH AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH.
UM, IN WHICH THIS PARTICULAR, THESE, THIS PARTICULAR FUNDS DO RESIDE IN MY UNIT.
I WANT TO SEE WHERE WE'RE KIND OF TO START.
UM, THE INITIAL 200 THAT YOU SPEAK OF IS OUR, UM, ALLOTMENT THAT'S THAT'S.
THAT WAS THAT WE'RE ALWAYS THERE.
WE'LL GET OUR ENTITLEMENT DOLLARS THAT WE'LL GET FROM HUD AND WE'VE TRADITIONALLY, UM, SUPPORTED MAINLY FROM OUR SHELTER IS THE RAPID REHOUSING UNITS.
HOWEVER, WHEN ESG CV COVID FUNDS CAME INTO THE COMMUNITY, UH, TOTALLY AT THE TIME, 13 MILLION, $214, $214,115.
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WE HAD CONSULTANTS ONSITE.I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN FROM ANY WITH THE BAR PAPI CONSULTANTS, MATTHEW DOHERTY THAT WERE ONSITE AT THE TIME USING THEIR INPUT.
UM, THE GAPS IDENTIFIED WERE RAPID REHOUSING, AS YOU SAID.
UM, SO WE PUT A LOT MAJORITY OF THAT FUNDS INTO JUST RAPID REHOUSING AT THAT TIME.
UM, WE HAVE ENOUGH UNITS TO SUPPORT RAPID REHOUSING AT THAT TIME.
SO WE HAD TO SCURRY AND, AND, AND SUPPORT A QUICKER OPTION, WHICH WAS TEMPORARY EMERGENCY SHELTER.
SO WE SHIFTED MONEY INTO, TO TEMPORARY EMERGENCY SHELTER TO BE EXACT.
LET ME, I'M OFF MY SPREADSHEETS.
WE SHIFTED PERMANENTLY EMERGENCY SHELTER IS I'M SORRY, GUYS.
UM, AND THAT'S BETWEEN, UM, THE SOUTHBRIDGE SHELTER, WHICH IS OUR FACILITY OPERATED BY, UM, CURRENTLY BY FRONT STEPS AND THEN OUR NORTH BRIDGE SHELTER, WHICH IS CURRENTLY OPERATED BY AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH.
UM, SO WITH SHIFTING THOSE DOLLARS OVER FROM RAPID REHOUSING PROGRAMS THAT COULDN'T SPEND THAT MONEY DOWN, CAUSE WE DIDN'T WANT TO LOSE IT BECAUSE THAT WAS THE CATCH YOU HAD THIS HUD SET, SOME VERY AGGRESSIVE SPENDING DATELINES FOR US TO SPEND THESE FUNDS DOWN.
AND, UM, WHAT AT 20%, WHEN HUD CAME INTO ASSESS THESE DOLLARS BASED ON THEIR CALCULATIONS, IT'S 20% THAT WE HAVE, THE 20% THAT WE DID NOT SPIN IS WHAT THEY SENT THE LETTER TO RECAPTURE, WHICH IS $490,978.
WE HAVE SINCE APPEALED THAT RECAPTURE FROM HUD, BUT HAVE NOT HEARD BACK FROM THEM AND HAVE NOT HEARD WHEN WE WOULD HEAR BACK FROM THEM.
UM, HOWEVER, A MEMO WAS RELEASED FROM HUD RECENTLY, UM, SPEAKING TO, UH, THE RECAPTURE AND THE REALLOCATION OF FUNDS THAT THEY'VE DONE ACROSS THE COUNTRY FOR FRAUD, FROM AID, FROM ENTITIES THAT DID NOT SPEND THE FIRST 20%, UM, UH, ALLOCATION.
AND SO THE DIRECTION AT THIS POINT IS THAT BY JUNE 31ST, 2022, WE HAVE TO HAVE SPENT 50% OF OUR CURRENT ALLOCATION.
AND THAT NUMBER COMES UP TO 6 MILLION, 216,900, $6.
I DON'T WANT TO, WE'RE NOT GIVING ANY MORE MONEY BACK TO HUD.
UM, HOWEVER, UM, IN, IN LEANING ON WHERE THE GAP WAS IDENTIFIED BY THE CONSULTANTS FOR REFEREE HOUSING, WE DID INVEST, WE STILL HAVE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT INVESTED IN RAPID REHOUSING FROM THE ESG CCV FUNDS.
UM, AND RIGHT NOW OUR CONTRACTS ARE THROUGH THE END OF THIS FISCAL YEAR, SEPTEMBER, UM, SEPTEMBER OF THIS YEAR.
HOWEVER HUD HAS EXTENDED THE TIME WE HAVE ON THESE FUNDS UNTIL SEPTEMBER OF NEXT YEAR.
UM, AND SO WE'RE WORKING WITH THEIR CURRENT VENDORS WHO ARE DOING OUR RAPID REHOUSING PROGRAMS WITH CV DOLLARS TO ASSURE THAT THEY HAVE MORE TIME.
THEY CAN COMMIT THOSE DOLLARS A LITTLE EASIER WHEN YOU ONLY HAVE LIKE FIVE MONTHS LEFT, IT'S HARD TO FIND A LEASE FOR FIVE MONTHS BASED ON THAT AMOUNT OF FUNDING TIME LEFT IS, IS WHAT WE'VE BEEN TOLD FROM THAT PARTICULAR PROVIDER.
SO NOW THAT WE HAVE MORE TIME, WE'RE HOPING WE ARE ABLE TO ADDRESS THAT REFEREE HOUSING NEED, UM, A LOT EASIER, HOPEFULLY THAT ANSWERED YOUR QUESTION.
YOU ONLY ANSWERED SO MANY QUESTIONS IN THAT.
I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU GIVING ALL OF THAT BACKGROUND INFORMATION.
I WASN'T QUITE SURE HOW TO SAY ALL OF THAT.
UM, AND I'M REALLY HAPPY FOR THAT NEWS THAT THERE HAS BEEN SORT OF AN EXTENSION OF THE PERIOD, UH, FOR REPORTING SINCE IT'S HAPPENING ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
IT'S NOT AN AUSTIN PROBLEM PER SE.
UM, DO YOU FEEL CONFIDENT? I MEAN, LOOKING AT THE APH NUMBERS FOR RAPID REHOUSING, Y'ALL SPEND DOWN EVEN IN YOUR, UM, ECG CV GRANT FINE.
AND I KNOW YOU SPEND, UM, RAPID HOUSING DOLLARS ANNUALLY, UM, PRETTY SUCCESSFULLY.
DO YOU ANTICIPATE THAT YOU WILL ENCOUNTER THAT SAME OBSTACLE OF WITH THIS ADDITIONAL FEDERAL FUNDING FROM THE ESG CB GRANT, UM, THAT THE MARKET FOR RAPID REHOUSING WILL BE SATURATED AND YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO FIND UNITS TO SPEND THE ADDITIONAL 296,000 THAT IS ALLOCATED IN THIS ACTION PLAN HERE, OR ARE YOU, ARE YOU WORKING ON WAYS OF, OF FINDING NEW UNITS? SO IN THIS ACTION PLAN THAT MAX HAS PRESENTED FOR 2223, THOSE CURRENT FUNDS ARE ACTUALLY IN OUR OPEN SOLICITATION, UM, THAT WE CLOSED, THAT WE PUT OUT, UM, JANUARY 31ST.
SO THOSE FUNDS ONCE ALLOCATED BY HUD, AND ONCE WE
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GET THE FINAL NUMBERS WILL NOT BE ACTUALLY ALLOCATED TO A NEW VENDOR.UM, SO WE'LL BE IN THE NEGOTIATION AND, UM, EXECUTION PHASE, UM, TO REALLY HASH OUT THE BEST WAY TO APPROACH, UM, ESG, SIR, UH, ESG AND RAPID REHOUSING SERVICES AS IT RELATES TO THOSE DOLLARS.
UM, SO IT'S HARD FOR ME TO SAY YES, BECAUSE, UM, IT'S, WE'RE, WE'RE ACTUALLY IN EVALUATION MODE RIGHT NOW AND, UM, TO REACH OUT TO THOSE VENDORS, HOWEVER, UM, WITH THOSE DOLLARS, IT HASN'T BEEN DIFFICULT TO SPEND OUR ENTITLEMENT DOLLARS THAT ACTUALLY HAS EVER BEEN OUR PROBLEM.
IT WAS THE INFLUX OF SO MUCH MONEY FROM THE C V SIDE AND THE INFLUX IN HOMELESS NUMBERS, AS WELL AS THE NO UNITS AVAILABLE THAT BECAME OUR ISSUE, UM, WITH MORE UNITS BECOMING AVAILABLE SLOWLY BUT SURELY THROUGH BARRIERS, UM, PIPELINE ACTIVITIES.
UM, THAT'S HELPING US AS WELL AS THE EXTENSION OF THE CV, ALLOWING THE 12, 12 MONTH LEASE LEASES NOW TO BE SIGNED.
I THINK I FEEL VERY CONFIDENT THAT WE CAN SPEND THOSE HOURS AND MEET THE AGGRESSIVE SPENDING DEADLINES.
HUD HAS SPECS SET FOR IT FOR US.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO KEEPING UP ON THIS WITH YOU BECAUSE WE WANT YOU TO SPEND THE DOLLARS AND WE WANT TO HELP YOU FIGURE OUT EVERY WAY TO DO IT MUCH APPRECIATED.
AND THIS QUESTION IS TO YOU COMMISSIONER SLOAN, AS WELL AS, UH, ACACIA OF COURSE, INTO THE CHORUS.
UH, DO YOU SEE IN IT'S MAYBE TWO PART, DO YOU SEE AN ARGUMENT AGAINST PERHAPS COMING UP WITH A CONTINGENCY RECOMMENDATION ON HOW DOLLARS SHOULD SPENT, WHERE ARE WE TO FIND OURSELVES IN A SIMILAR SITUATION AND TWO, IF SO, WHAT WOULD THAT RECOMMENDATION BE? SO I'LL START OFF WITH KIND OF WHAT WE CAN DO WITH THESE FUNDS AS IS RECEIVE THE, UM, IN OUR ACTION PLANS SUBMITTED FOR ESG CV.
UH, WE SPOKE TO FOUR CATEGORIES THAT WE WOULD INVEST OUR DOLLARS IN TO HER.
WE TOLD HUG, WE WERE SPENDING IN TEMPORARY EMERGENCY SHELTER.
WE TOLD HER WE'D SPEND IT IN ROBBERY, HOUSING, OUR HMES, WHICH IS AT THE HOMELESS MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM AND ADMIN SUPPORT.
UM, AND RIGHT NOW THAT'S WHERE OUR DOLLARS ARE KINDA, YOU KNOW, DIVVIED UP.
UM, WE HAVE SHIFTED TO SUPPORT KIND OF BASICALLY THE, THE WAY, THE REASON I FEEL CONFIDENT IS BECAUSE OF THE SHIFT WE'VE PUT INTO THE SHIFT OF THE DOLLARS, MOVING SOME MONEY FROM REFEREE HOUSING TO SUPPORT SHELTER.
REALLOCATION OF THOSE DOLLARS WOULD MEAN REDUCTION IN SERVICES OF CURRENT PROGRAMS THAT HAVE BEEN REALLOCATED.
THOSE FUNDS, SUPPORT SHELTERS, UM, BRIDGE SHELTER SERVICES, ANY EVENT HUD SAYS Y'ALL CAN KEEP THE 490,000.
UM, THAT'S KINDA SITTING IN, IN THE CONTINGENCY BUCKET RIGHT NOW, UM, WHERE IF YOU GUYS HAVE, UH, IF THE COMMISSION HAS RECOMMENDATIONS WITHIN THOSE CATEGORIES, UM, THAT'S WHERE THOSE, IT WILL BE EASIER TO, TO, UM, TO MOVE THOSE FUNDS IN THE EVENT.
CAN KEEP THE 490,000 THAT'S REALLY CLEAN GUIDANCE.
IT SEEMS LIKE THOSE ARE PRETTY CUT AND DRY CATEGORIES.
AND I IMAGINE THAT THERE'S A HIGH NEED FOR ADMINISTRATION OR HMI SERVICES, BUT THAT WOULD BE MORE VOCALLY SORT OF LIKE, UH, BROUGHT TO THE TABLE FOR APH TO, TO SEE AND TO ADVOCATE FOR.
I WOULD JUST ALWAYS REVERT BACK TO FOLKS WHO ARE DIRECTLY IMPACTED.
AND IF, IF YOU WANTED TO REACH OUT TO THE, UM, HOMELESSNESS ADVISORY COUNCIL, I THINK THAT THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO CONSIDER SOME MORE CREATIVE OPTIONS AROUND WHAT SHELL SELTER, OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE MIGHT MEAN AND THINGS THAT THEY'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR MANY YEARS AT THIS POINT THAT MAYBE IT COULD FALL UNDER THAT BUCKET.
UM, AND BE A LITTLE BIT, UM, A LITTLE BIT NEW AND A LITTLE BIT INNOVATIVE.
THANKS FOR BEING HERE, ACACIA, AND ALSO, UH, MAX WITH RESPECT TO THE, UH, WITH COMMISSIONER SLOAN RECOMMENDATION ABOUT HAVING THE HOMELESSNESS ADVISORY COUNCIL INCORPORATED INTO THE PLAN, UH, WHAT, WHAT WOULD BE NEXT STEPS THERE? WOULD THIS BODY NEED TO MAKE THAT RECOMMENDATION OR IS COMMISSIONER SLOAN RECOMMENDATION BY MEANS OF THIS FORUM SUBSTANTIAL ENOUGH? UM, IF YOU WANT TO MAKE A FORMAL RECOMMENDATION AND WRITING THAT COULD BE INCLUDED IN THE FINAL ACTION PLAN THAT CAN WORK, OR I CAN DEFINITELY MENTION THIS RECOMMENDATION IN MY SUMMARY OF THIS MEETING THAT WILL ALSO BE INCLUDED IN THE ACTION PLAN.
WE HAVE THE FLOOR OPEN FOR ANYTHING LIKE THAT NOW, AND ALSO NEXT MONTH
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IT SOUNDS LIKE.DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? THANK YOU ALL.
UH, THANKS COMMISSIONER SLOAN FOR NOT ONLY YOUR CONSTRUCTIVE, UH, LINE OF QUESTIONING, BUT ALSO HAVING FOLLOWED IT OVER THE MONTH.
UH, AND THANKS OF COURSE, UH, TO STAFF, UH, AT HPD AS WELL AS APH FOR HAVING BEEN SO RESPONSIVE AND THOROUGH, UH, AND WORKING WITH COMMISSIONER SLOAN, WE WILL IN THE ABSENCE OF ANY OBJECTIONS, WE'LL MOVE TO THE NEXT ITEM.
UH, MAX, MANDY AND ACACIA CHAIR REMINDER, WE ACTUALLY HAVE THE HOME ARP BRIEFING, WHICH IS KIND OF A COMPANION PIECE.
SO A LOT OF THE FOLKS WHO ARE HERE REMOTELY WILL, UH, CONTINUE ON, I THINK MAX IS GOING TO DO THAT.
IT'S A HIGH LEVEL PRESENTATION, JUST A FEW SLIDES.
AND I KNOW THAT DIANA GRAY OR HOMELESS STRATEGY OFFICER, UH, CERTAINLY HAS SOME THINGS TO ADD.
[3c. Briefing, discussion, and possible action on the draft HOME-ARP Allocation Plan]
[3d. Conduct a public hearing to receive input on the drat HOME-ARP Allocation Plan.]
ITEM THREE C, WHICH IS A BRIEFING DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE HOME ERP ALLOCATION PLAN.WE HAVE MAX HORSEMAN WITH HOUSING AND PLANNING, UH, AS WELL AS DIANE.
WHO'S THE HOMELESS STRATEGY OFFICER.
I WILL TRY TO BE CONCISE IN THIS PRESENTATION.
JUST WANT YOU ALL TO BE AWARE OF SOME MORE DOLLARS FOR HOMELESSNESS AND PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOUSING INSECURITY THAT ARE, THAT ARE COMING TO AUSTIN.
UM, IN THE FORM OF THIS GRANT CALLED HOMEY RP HOME AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN, IT IS A SLICE OF THE LARGER AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN GRANT THAT THE CITY IS ELIGIBLE FOR.
UM, TOTALING $11.40, IF YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
UM, SO WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE ELIGIBLE USES OF THIS GRANT AS LISTED BY HUD AND THE PROPOSED USES THE CITY HAS A, A DRAFT PLAN OUT FOR THESE DOLLARS RIGHT NOW.
UM, AND GIVE YOU SOME MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE QUALIFYING, UM, PEOPLE WHO CAN BENEFIT FROM THIS PREVIOUS FUNDS.
UM, AND THEN AGAIN, WALK YOU THROUGH HOW WE'RE REACHING OUT TO THE COMMUNITY.
UM, HE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
UM, SO AGAIN, HOMIE RP IS A SLICE OF THE LARGER AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN FUND THAT THE CITY DID ACCOUNT FOR WHEN WE WERE DOING OUR LARGER AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN, UM, PLANNING, UM, BACK IN 2021.
UM, AND HOWEVER HUD HAS PUT A LIST OF SPECIFIC, UM, THINGS THAT THAT JURISDICTIONS NEED TO DO IN ORDER TO RECEIVE THIS SPECIFIC SLICE OF THE FUNDING, INCLUDING CONSULTING WITH SPECIFIC TYPES OF ORGANIZATIONS, DRAFTING, A SPENDING PLAN THAT IS PUT OUT TO THE PUBLIC FOR COMMENT, UM, AND HOLDING PUBLIC HEARINGS.
AND SO THIS IS PART OF THAT PROCESS THAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE FULLY ELIGIBLE FOR THE FUNDING.
UM, AND IF YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
SO HOME ARP HAS ITS OWN SPECIFIC, UM, LIST OF THINGS THAT CAN BE DONE WITH IT.
AND SO THE ELIGIBLE USES, WE CAN SEE HERE ON THE SCREEN OR DEVELOPMENT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING, TENANT BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE, PROVISION OF SUPPORTIVE SERVICES AND ACQUISITION AND DEVELOPMENT OF NON CONGREGATE SHELTER, UM, AND NOT LISTED HERE IS ALSO, UM, A LIMITED AMOUNT OF FUNDING, BUT IS IT, UM, THAT QUALIFIES FOR NONPROFIT CAPACITY BUILDING TYPE TYPE ACTIVITIES? UM, AND SO IF YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, UM, THE HOMELESS STRATEGY DIVISION OF AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH, ALONG WITH THE HOUSING PLANNING DEPARTMENT HAS CREATED THIS PROPOSAL FOR SPENDING THE DOLLARS, UM, ACROSS THE, THE CATEGORIES OF NON CONGREGATE SHELTER DEVELOPMENT OF AFFORDABLE RENTAL HOUSING, SUPPORTIVE SERVICES AND PLANNING AND ADMINISTRATION.
AND SO THIS PROPOSED USE OF FUNDING IS INCLUDED IN THE DRAFT HOMIE RP ALLOCATION PLAN THAT IS, UM, AVAILABLE IN YOUR BACKUP.
AND IT'S ALSO PUT OUT NOW FOR THE PUBLIC TO REVIEW ONLINE, UM, AND IN A FEW LOCATIONS IN PERSON.
AND SO THIS IS, THIS IS THE PROPOSAL THAT, THAT WE'RE PUTTING OUT TO THE PUBLIC AND ASKING FOR FEEDBACK ON NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
AND I'M SORRY, I SHOULD HAVE SAID, UM, WE DO HAVE DIANA GRADE HERE ON THE CALL WITH US AND DIANA, IF YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CUT ME OFF OR INTERRUPT ME.
UM, BUT YEAH, SO DRESSING ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS LATER.
UH, AND SO THESE ARE THE QUALIFYING POPULATIONS THAT STAND TO BENEFIT FROM HOMIE RP.
UM, AS, AS WRITTEN BY HUD, WE HAVE THE POPULATION OF PEOPLE WHO'S HOMELESS AT RISK OF HOMELESSNESS, FLEEING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND OTHER POPULATIONS WHO QUALIFY BASED ON THEIR INCOME AND THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THEY'RE SPENDING
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ON THEIR RENT.AND I'LL SAY THAT WE DO PLAN TO PRIORITIZE, UH, THE HOMELESS POPULATION FOR THESE DOLLARS AS WELL.
UM, AND SO IN THE PROCESS OF CREATING THE STRESS SPENDING PLAN, WE'VE MET WITH THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN, UM, OVER THE COURSE OF THE PAST FEW MONTHS, UM, VIA VIRTUAL MEETINGS AND CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHAT, UH, WHAT THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY ARE AS SEEN BY THESE ORGANIZATIONS AND WHERE SELLERS COULD BE BEST SPENT.
AND THIS IS AN ADDITION TO A LOT OF, UM, DEEP, UM, OUTREACH THAT OCCURRED, UH, UH, ACROSS THE LARGER AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN GRANT.
UM, BACK I BELIEVE IN THE SUMMER OF 2021.
AND SO WE WERE, WE HAVE THE ALLOCATION PLAYED OUT RIGHT NOW FOR A PUBLIC COMMENT.
UM, IF YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE AND WE ARE HOPING TO SUBMIT THE PLAN IN AUGUST OF 2022 TO HUD, UM, AND IT WILL BE SUBMITTED AS AN AMENDMENT TO THE FISCAL YEAR 21, 22 ACTION PLAN.
SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO SPEND THAT MONEY AS SOON AS HUD SIGNS OFF.
UM, AND IF YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, WE HAVE, UM, OPPORTUNITIES TO COMMENT AT THE PUBLIC HEARINGS.
AGAIN, UNFORTUNATELY WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY ATTENDEES TO THIS PUBLIC HEARING, UM, AS FAR AS I KNOW, BUT WE ARE HOPING TO GET MORE PEOPLE TO, TO GIVE US FEEDBACK ON THE JUNE 9TH MEETING AT CITY COUNCIL.
WE ALSO HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED A PRETTY DECENT AMOUNT OF COMMENTS ON OUR PUBLIC INPUT PAGE, UM, THAT DETAILS OUT HOW WE PROPOSE TO SPEND THE FUNDING.
UM, WE'VE PROVIDED DRAFT COPIES OF COPIES OF THE DRAFT TO THE LOCATIONS ON THE SCREEN, KIND OF COORDINATING THIS PROCESS WITH THE ACTION PLAN AND WE ACCEPT COMMENTS AND ALL THE FOLLOWING WAYS THAT YOU SEE THERE.
UM, AND SO THAT I BELIEVE CONCLUDES THE PRESENTATION.
I WILL PASS IT BACK TO CHAIRMAN ONE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAX, AND AGAIN FOR ANOTHER SUPER EFFICIENT, BUT VERY COMMUNICATIVE PRESENTATION, UH, OPEN THE FLOOR TO ANYBODY WHO HAS ANY QUESTIONS OR THOUGHTS COMMISSIONER SEPA.
THANK YOU, MAX, FOR YOUR SECOND PRESENTATION.
UM, HOW ARE, UM, FAMILIES WHO ARE FLEEING VIOLENCE, UM, REFERRED TO YOU ALL OR, UM, FOR THIS SERVICE, THE SUPPORT.
UM, SO I'LL MENTION THAT AMONG THE QUALIFYING POPULATIONS THAT WE LISTED, THOSE ARE THE QUALIFYING POPULATIONS THAT ARE LISTED OUT BY HUD IN THEIR REGULATIONS AS, UM, THAT CAN BENEFIT FROM THIS.
AND SO I'LL, I'LL LEAVE IT TO, UM, OTHER STAFF LEADERSHIP TO, TO HOW THOSE COMMUNITIES WILL BE PRIORITIZED FOR, FOR THE FUNDING.
DIANA GRAY, HOMELESS STRATEGY OFFICER, UM, SAFE, AND SOME OF OUR OTHER, UM, PROVIDERS IN THE COMMUNITY, DO YOU PARTICIPATE IN OUR HOMELESS RESPONSE SYSTEM? UH, AND WHEN THEY HAVE FAMILIES THAT QUALIFY FOR HOMELESS DOLLARS AND, UH, TYPICALLY JUST FOLKS WHO ARE FLEEING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CAUSES THEM TO QUALIFY, BUT PEOPLE WHO HAVE SIGNIFICANT HOUSING INSTABILITY, UM, IN, YOU KNOW, A, THEY ARE ABLE TO REFER INTO OUR COORDINATED ENTRY SYSTEM, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY SORT OF A PRIORITIZATION LIST.
THEY DO MAINTAIN THEIR DATA SEPARATELY FOR PRIVACY AND SAFETY REASONS.
UM, BUT, UM, THEY, YOU KNOW, THEY ACCESS FUNDS THAT ARE SET ASIDE FOR HOMELESSNESS GENERALLY.
UM, SOME OF THAT THROUGH THE CONTINUUM OF CARE THAT IS ADMINISTERED BY ECHO, SO IS NOT W FUNDS THAT ARE NOT FLOWING THROUGH THE CITY.
AND, YOU KNOW, THEY WORK WITH THAT SYSTEM TO REFER HOUSEHOLDS IN, UM, TO THE SYSTEM AND, UM, AND SO THAT THEY CAN ACCESS EITHER PROGRAMS THAT SAFE ITSELF IS RUNNING, UM, OR OTHER, UH, DD PROVIDERS ARE RUNNING OR, UM, OTHER PROVIDERS THAT SERVE, UH, EITHER FAMILIES OR INDIVIDUALS, UM, WHO ARE EITHER EXPERIENCING LITERAL HOMELESSNESS OR AT RISK OF HOMELESSNESS.
SO YOU MENTIONED THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL, UM, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS.
I SAW, UM, THE LIST ON THE PRESENTATION AND I SAW SAFE BEING THE PRIMARY, UM, ORGANIZATION THAT SUPPORTS, UM, CHILDREN AND FAMILIES FLEEING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, HUMAN TRAFFICKING, AND OTHER FORMS OF VIOLENCE.
UM, AND I ALSO KNOW THAT NOT ALL FAMILIES REACH OUT TO JUST THAT ONE ORGANIZATION ORDERED, THERE ARE WAIT LISTS, THERE ARE OTHER CHALLENGES OR BARRIERS.
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ACCESS SUPPORT THAT IS AVAILABLE TO THEM OUTSIDE OF THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE LISTED? SO ANY HOUSEHOLD EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS IN AUSTIN, UM, CAN SORT OF ACCESS THE SYSTEM THROUGH THE COORDINATE COORDINATED ENTRY SYSTEM, AS I MENTIONED, BUT I MEAN, TO BE ABSOLUTELY FRANK, THERE ARE WAITING LISTS, YOU KNOW, ACROSS THE SYSTEM, WHICH IS EVIDENT IN THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WE HAVE EXPERIENCED IN HOMELESSNESS.UM, FOR FAMILIES THERE'S TYPICALLY IS MORE SHELTER PER CAPITA FOR FAMILIES.
UM, WHETHER THAT BE SPECIFIC DV SHELTER OR SHELTER, FOR EXAMPLE, THROUGH A SALVATION ARMY WHO HAS A COUPLE OF FAMILY FACILITIES.
UM, BUT THE TWO WAYS TYPICALLY TO GET, UM, TO GET ASSISTANCE THROUGH THE BROADER, UM, SYSTEM IS TO GET A COORDINATED ASSESSMENT.
THERE ARE VARIOUS COMMUNITY PROVIDERS THAT DO THAT, BUT CONTACTING ECHO WOULD ALLOW THEM TO IDENTIFY WHERE THEY CAN GO TO GET AN ASSESSMENT.
UM, AND HAVE, AND MY LAST QUESTION IS, UM, HOW CAN ORGANIZATIONS THAT WANT TO PARTNER THAT CAN PARTNER WITH YOU, UM, TO BECOME, UH, A CONNECTOR TO THE COMMUNITY OR, OR, UM, EVEN AN ORGANIZATION THAT DOES THE SCREENING FOR YOU ALL, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT, UM, THE TOP ALLEGATIONS FOR CHILD WELFARE IN TRAVIS COUNTY IS SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
THEY GO HAND IN HAND, UM, THE TOP, UM, NUMBER OF CASES OF, FOR, UM, PROTECTIVE PARENTS AND CHILDREN EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS IS ALSO AS A RESULT OF THAT.
SO THE PRIMARY PROVIDER HAD TO LEAVE THE HOME.
UM, AND SO WE'RE SEEING AN INCREASE IN CHILD WELFARE RESULTS AND THE CHILD WELFARE CRISIS, UM, BECAUSE OF POVERTY LEVELS BECAUSE OF LACK OF HOUSING.
UM, SO AGAIN, I'M, I'M JUST REALLY TRYING TO HELP.
UM, I'M REALLY TRYING TO UNDERSTAND HOW WE CAN ALSO SUPPORT THIS EFFORT TO CONNECT THIS RESOURCE, BECAUSE THAT IS, THAT IS A LOT OF MONEY.
UM, AND TO NOT JUST BE, YOU KNOW, BOTTLE-NECKED THROUGH, UM, A SHORT, A NUMBER OF PARTNERS, BUT TO ACTUALLY EXPAND THAT PARTNER LIST.
SO LET ME, I DO WANT TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT.
THIS IS A SPECIFIC ALLOCATION THAT GOES TO, UM, UH, ENTITIES OF, OF LOCAL JURISDICTIONS THAT RECEIVE HOME FUNDS, RIGHT? SO IN OUR CASE, IT IS RUNNING THROUGH HOUSING AND PLANNING.
UM, AS A COMMUNITY, THE CITY ALSO RECEIVED $195 MILLION OF OUR PRO FUNDS IS MUCH MORE FLEXIBLE.
IT'S CALLED STATE AND LOCAL FISCAL RELIEF FUNDS.
AND OF THAT AN ADDITIONAL ABOUT $95 MILLION IS BEING DEDICATED TOWARD HOMELESSNESS.
AND A LION'S SHARE OF THAT IS BEING SOLICITED THROUGH A KESHA JOHNSON SMOTHER SHOP.
AND SO WE HAVE A, WE HAVE A SERIES OF SOLICITATIONS GOING OUT.
THERE'S A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY FOR ORGANIZATIONS TO APPLY FOR THAT FUNDING.
UM, FOR THIS SPECIFIC POT OF FUNDING, WE ARE FOCUSING MORE ON THE CAPITAL SIDE, BUT THAT IS NOT TO SAY THAT THERE ARE BROAD OPPORTUNITIES FOR FUNDING OUTSIDE OF THIS HOME ARPA ALLOCATION IN TERMS OF COORDINATED ASSESSMENT.
SO TWO THINGS, ONE IS THAT THE COORDINATED ENTRY SYSTEM IS, UM, IS ADMINISTERED BY ECHO OR LOCAL HOMELESS COALITION.
THAT'S STATUTORY, UH, THAT IS ONE OF THEIR REQUIREMENTS AS A LEAD AGENCY WITH HOMELESSNESS UNDERCUT, UH, AND THEY DO THE TRAINING, UM, AND SORT OF CERTIFY FOLKS TO PERFORM THOSE COORDINATED ASSESSMENTS.
SO THAT'S THE PRIMARY POINT OF CONTACT IF PEOPLE WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT WAY, OUR, UM, IN THE LAST TWO SOLICITATIONS AND ACACIA IS GOING TO CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, AS PEOPLE APPLY FOR FUNDING, EITHER FOR PERMANENT HOUSING RESOURCES, PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, RAPID REHOUSING, OR APPLYING FOR DOLLARS FOR CRISIS STREET OUTREACH SHELTER, UH, IT IS AN ELIGIBLE COST IN THERE TO HAVE STAFF THAT ARE ALSO DOING COORDINATED ASSESSMENTS.
SO ECHO HOLDS THE PROCESS AND WE AS PART OF OUR POOLS OF FUNDING, PARTICULARLY THROUGH AUSTIN, PUBLIC HEALTH, UH, ALLOW, UH, NONPROFIT SERVICE AGENCIES TO COME IN AND ASK FOR SUPPORT TO DELIVER THAT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH DIANA, FOR YOUR, UM, FOR YOUR ANSWER.
THANK YOU ALSO, DIANA, FOR SUCH A THOROUGH AND, UH,
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INSTRUCTIVE RESPONSE, AT LEAST FOR ME.UM, JESSIE, COULD WE ALSO JUST SO IT DOESN'T SLIP MY MIND TO MAKE SURE TO NOTE IN THE MINUTES THAT, UH, DIANA GRAY JOINED THIS PRESENTATION AND THAT MANDY DE MAYO WAS HERE AS WELL.
AND THE SAME OF COURSE WOULD APPLY TO THE OTHER ONES, UM, THAT, UH, ACACIA HAD, UH, JOINED, UH, AS WELL AS MANDY.
DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OR INSIGHTS FROM AROUND THE ROOM VICE-CHAIR PUMP? SO I HEARD YOU, I THINK IT WAS DIANA THAT MADE THE COMMENT ABOUT THIS.
THE HOME AARP IS MORE, WE'RE GOING FOR MORE CAPITAL TYPE OF PROJECTS.
SO THESE ARE THE NON CONGREGATE SHELTERS, BUT WHAT EXACTLY IS A NON CONGREGATE SHELTER? SO CONGREGATE SHELTER IS VERY OFTEN COTS OR MATS THAT ARE IN ONE ROOM OR MANY PEOPLE PER ROOM AND NON CONGREGATE SHELTER ALLOWS FOR, UH, SOME PRIVACY.
AND, UH, AND THAT HAS BECOME OF COURSE IMPORTANT IN THE CONTEXT OF COVID TO ALLOW FOR SOCIAL DISTANCING.
AND SO THE TWO EXAMPLES WE HAVE OF NON CONGREGATE SHELTER IN THE COMMUNITY RIGHT NOW ARE THE MAIN ONES ARE TWO BRIDGE SHELTERS, WHICH ARE IN CONVERTED HOTELS.
UH, AND SO PEOPLE DO HAVE THEIR OWN ROOMS, DOORS THAT CLOSE THAT AND LOCK, ET CETERA, AND LOTS OF COMMUNITIES EXPERIMENTED WITH THIS DURING COVID BECAUSE WE HAD SO MANY INDIVIDUALS, UH, IN THE POPULATION OF PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS THAT HAD VERY HIGH RISK, SHOULD THEY CONTRACT COVID? AND SO HUD, UM, AS PART OF THIS HOME ARPA FUNDING REALLY SET ASIDE OR CALLED OUT, I SHOULD SAY THE ABILITY TO ACQUIRE AND DEVELOP NONCONTROVERSIAL SHELTER, AND HE DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A HOTEL, BUT THEY HAVE USED THAT EXPLICITLY AS AN EXAMPLE, DO YOU WANT TO NOTE, UM, ONE, UH, PIECE OF FLEXIBILITY THAT THIS, UH, TORONTO FUNDING GRANTS US, WHICH IS RELATIVELY UNUSUAL, WHICH IS THAT TYPICALLY IF WE HAVE A SHELTER TO CONGREGATE SHELTER, RIGHT? AND WE WANT, WHEN WE LOOK AT THAT PROPERTY AND WE SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT? WE'D LIKE TO CONVERT THAT TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
AND WE'VE USED, FOR EXAMPLE, EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS, GRANT DOLLARS FOR IT HAVE TO GO THROUGH A WHOLE PROCESS WITH A HUD OF, YOU KNOW, GETTING PERMISSION TO REPURPOSE IT, ET CETERA, LENGTHY DIFFICULT.
HUD WITH HOME ARPA THOUGHTS HAS SAID FROM THE OUTSET THAT IF YOU ACQUIRE PROPERTY FOR NON CONGREGATE SHELTER AND SUBSEQUENTLY DECIDE TO TURN IT INTO PERMANENT HOUSING, YOU CAN DO THAT WITHOUT GOING THROUGH THAT DISPOSITION PROCESS.
UH, WE ARE DOING THAT RIGHT NOW WITH THE NORTHBRIDGE SHELTER.
WE HAVE A PROPERTY THAT WE INTEND TO CONVERT TO PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, BUT WE ARE TEMPORARILY YOU UTILIZING IT AS NON CONGREGATE SHELTER BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A DIRE NEED FOR SHELTER, UM, IN OUR COMMUNITY AT PRESENT.
THAT REALLY ANSWERS MY QUESTION AGAIN.
THANKS FOR THE INSTRUCTIVE, AT LEAST FOR ME.
UM, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR INSIGHTS? GREAT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAX, FOR BACK-TO-BACK, UH, VERY, VERY THOROUGH AND, UH, HELPFUL PRESENTATIONS.
UH, WE CAN EXPECT THEN TO SEE YOU BACK NEXT MONTH.
IS THAT RIGHT? IS THAT ON BOTH OF THESE ACCOUNTS OR JUST THE FIRST I THINK JUST THE FIRST.
AND THEN, UH, TO BE CLEAR, IF THERE'S ANY ACTION THAT ANYONE WANTS TO TAKE, THE FLOOR WOULD BE OPEN NOW AND WE'RE HOLDING ON TO A QUORUM BY CHINNY CHIN, CHIN, OR WHATEVER YOU CALL IT.
WELL, WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM, THANKS TO ALL THE STAFF FOR BEING HERE WITH US, UH, AND FOR BEING SO THOROUGHLY PREPARED AND KNOWLEDGEABLE, AS WE'RE NOT SURPRISED THAT YOUR SMEES IN YOUR AREA, BUT NONETHELESS, THANKS FOR BEING HERE WITH US THIS EVENING.
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BUSINESS FOR A BRIEFING ON THE HLRP HOME LOAN REPAIR PROGRAM.WE HAVE LIT TEESHA BROWN AND JAMIE MAY WITH HOUSING AND PLANNING.
CAN YOU GUYS HEAR ME? YES, WE CAN.
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OKAY.SO WORK LATISHA BROWN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT MANAGER FOR CLIENT SERVICES AND CONSTRUCTION FOR THE HOUSING AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT.
AND WE'RE COMING, UH, BRINGING IT TO YOU TONIGHT, A PRESENTATION REGARDING OUR HOME REPAIR LOAN PROGRAMS. IF JAMES MAY, UH, UNDERLINE ARE IN THE ROOM SO WE CAN INTRODUCE HIM.
JAMES MAY IS THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATOR AND I REPORT DIRECTLY TO HIM.
AND HE'S ALSO WITH HOUSING AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT.
CAN WE HEAR, CAN WE HEAR, UH, JAMES, LET'S MAKE SURE THAT HE'S ONLINE BEFORE WE GO.
SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT OUR HOME REPAIR LONG PROGRAM, I WANTED TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT WE'VE HAD MORE THAN JUST THE HOME REPAIR, A LOT HOME REPAIR REHABILITATION LOAN PROGRAM, WHICH IS, UM, A PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE HISTORICALLY ADMINISTERED.
UH, IT'S BEEN AROUND LONGER THAN ANY OTHER PROGRAM AND IT'S FUNDED USING FEDERAL FUNDS, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT.
AND WE'VE ALSO FUNDED IT WITH HOME FUNDS, UH, PREVIOUSLY.
SO WE HAVE OUR HOME REPAIR, UH, PRO UH, BLOWN PROGRAM FOR REHABILITATION.
A SECOND PART OF THAT PROGRAM IS IN THE EVENT THAT A PROPERTY CANNOT BE REHABILITATED FOR $75,000.
WE CAN DEMO CONSTRUCT THE PROPERTY ON THE SAME LOT.
SO THAT'S A SECOND PART OF THE HOME REPAIR LOAN PROGRAM.
UH, WE ALSO HAD THE HOLLY PROGRAM HOLLY PROGRAM, UM, WAS FUNDED BY ALSIP ERODING.
THE DIFFERENCE IN THE PROGRAMS IS, OH, REPAIR LOAN PROGRAM GOES UP TO $75,000 FOR HELP FOR MAJOR SYSTEMS. THAT'S HPAC WINDOWS, EXTERIOR PAINTING INTERIOR IS A DEFERRED LOAN.
UH, IN SOME YEARS IT WAS FORGIVABLE.
THE TERM IS UP TO 15,000 A YEARS.
AND FOR HIS POEMS, WE CAN GO UP TO 110,000 POPULATION WE SERVE IS AT, OR BELOW 80% MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME OR THE RECONSTRUCTION PIECE.
IT'S STILL 80% ARE BELOW MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.
THE CURRENT PROGRAM THAT WE'RE PROPOSING WILL GO UP TO 250,000 TO DEMO IT THROUGHOUT THE HOME.
AND THAT TERM IS UP TO 30 YEARS.
UM, THE CURRENT PROGRAM, AS IT IS WRITTEN, WE HAVE UP TO $130,000 TO SPEND.
AND WITH PROPERTY THAT HAVE EXCEEDED THAT AMOUNT FOR A DEMO AND RECONSTRUCTION, UH, ON THE HALLE PROGRAM, IT WENT UP TO $50,000 AND THEN WE LATER CHANGED IT TO A GRANT.
SO WE ONLY HAVE A FEW LOANS IN THAT PORTFOLIO.
SO THIS IS OUR OVERALL HOME REPAIR LOAN PROGRAM PORTFOLIO, UM, WHERE WE PROVIDED SERVICES TO REPAIR HOMES.
WE HAVE TO PLACE A LIEN ON THE PROPERTY.
AND THAT'S, UH, SOME OF THE CONVERSATION THAT WE'LL HAVE LATER IN THE PRESENTATION, YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
SO FORTH, OR THE PER LOAN PROGRAM, UH, UP TO $75,000.
THERE IS A 15 YOU'RE LINKING UP TO $40,000.
AND FOR THE RECONSTRUCT THURSDAY 30 YEAR LANE, THE HOUSE HAS TO BE IN THE CITY LIMITS OF AUSTIN HAS TO BE SINGLE FAMILY, UH, OWNED BY THE APPLE NEWTON.
UM, AND AGAIN, WE SERVE PEOPLE AT, OR BELOW 80% MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME, AND THAT'S FOR FAMILY OF FOUR, THAT'S ABOUT $74,000 A YEAR.
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UH, THESE ARE THE TERMS THAT I JUST MENTIONED.SO FOR HOME REPAIRS, LESS THAN 18,000, THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN A FIVE-YEAR LANE, UH, FROM 15 TO 40, THERE WILL BE A TEN-YEAR LANE, MORE THAN 40, A 15 YEAR LANE FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION.
UH, THESE ARE HERTZ AFFORDABILITY PERIODS, AND HERDS OF AFFORDABILITY PERIODS ARE LESS STRINGENT THAN THE AFFORDABILITY PERIODS THAT THE CITY SENT, UH, BECAUSE FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION, WE'RE GIVING A LIEN OF 30 YEARS.
UH, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS ASKED WAS WHAT, HOW MANY LANES AS THIS, UH, CITY RELEASED SO FAR.
SO FOR UNDER EACH PROGRAM, THE HOME REPAIR LOAN PROGRAM, REHABILITATION, HOME REPAIR, SHARED EQUITY, WE, UM, SHARE THE EQUITY, THE BIN OF RECONSTRUCTION, AND THEN UNDER HIGHLY, THESE ARE THE DOUBT, UH, THAT WE HAVE RELEASED.
THAT MEANS THAT THERE IS NO LIEN BY THE CITY ANY LONGER ON THE PROPERTY.
AND THESE ARE THE AMOUNTS THAT WERE OWED TO THE CITY, WHETHER THEY REPAY THE LOAN REFINANCE, THE LOAN RENTED THE PROPERTY OR SOLD THE PROPERTY.
UM, BUT HOWEVER, THE LANE WAS RELEASED AND THESE ARE THE DOLLAR AMOUNTS FOR EACH PROGRAM.
UM, OVER 4 MILLION FOR HOME REPAIR LOAN PROGRAM REHABILITATION SHARED EQUITY RECONSTRUCTION OVER 690,000, AND THEN FOR HIGHLY 172 PLUS THOUSAND.
ANOTHER QUESTION THAT WAS ASKED WAS HOW DO WE HANDLE THE FUNDS? WHENEVER SOMEONE PAYS OFF THE LOAN, UH, WHEN SOMEONE PAYS OFF ALONE, THEN THE FUNDING THAT COMES AND WE REFER TO IT AS PROGRAM INCOME AND THEN AGITATED.
SO THE PROGRAM CAME FROM, SO IF IT'S PAID OFF ON THE HOMIE PARENT LOAN PROGRAM, THOSE FUNDS ARE PLACED BACK INTO THE PROGRAM IN ORDER FOR US TO USE OUR ASSIST OTHER HOMEOWNERS.
AND THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT THE REVIVAL IN LONG FUND LOOKS LIKE AS THOSE FUNDS ARE COMING BACK IN.
SO THAT'S JUST A SCREENSHOT OF WHAT THE REVOLVING FUND, UM, LOOKS LIKE IN THE ACTION PLAN THAT WE MENTIONED EARLIER, UH, THAT MAX, UH, PRESENTED ON, YOU'LL SEE A LINE ITEM IN THE FUNDING TABLE THAT SAYS, UM, I THINK IT'S IN THAT DOCUMENT WERE TOUGH, REVOLVING LONG FUND INCOME.
AND WE'RE PUTTING THAT MONEY GOES BACK INTO THE PROGRAM ONCE IT'S PAID OFF.
AND THEN IF IT'S RELEASED, BECAUSE SOMEONE LIVED IN THEIR HOME FOR THE TERM OF THE LIEN, THAT WE DON'T RECEIVE ANY MONEY BACK, AND WE JUST RELEASED THE LIEN.
UH, UNDER OUR HARM LOAN PROGRAM, SHARED EQUITY, THESE ARE HOMES THAT WERE RECONSTRUCTED, UM, AND I'M SHOWING AN APPRECIATION OF THOSE HOMES FROM WHERE THE AMOUNTS WERE THAT WE PROVIDED IN ASSISTANCE.
AND THEN THE RED LINE REPRESENTS THE TRAVIS CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT VALUE FOR 2021.
SO OUR ORIGINAL LOAN AMOUNT IS REPRESENTED IN BLUE, AND THEN THE APPRAISED VALUE OF HOW THE OWNER APPRECIATED HOW THE EQUITY WENT UP IN THE HALF, THE EQUITY APPRECIATED OR INCREASED.
THE RED LINE REPRESENTS THAT NEXT SLIDE.
THIS IS ALSO ANOTHER SLIDE WHERE WE'RE SHOWING THE APPRAISED VALUE IN BLUE AT THE TIME THAT WE GAVE THE HOMEOWNER THE MONEY TO REHAB THEIR HOME OR RECONSTRUCT THEIR HOME.
UM, THIS WAS SPECIFIC TO RECONSTRUCTION.
WE HAVE 30 SHARED EQUITY LOANS OR PROPERTIES THAT WE HAVE TORE DOWN AND
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REBUILT.THE BLUE LINE REPRESENTS THE APPRAISED VALUE AT THE TIME THAT WE TORE THE HOUSE DOWN AND REBUILD IT.
THE RED LINE REPRESENTS THERE IS VALUE AS OF 2021.
AND SO YOU CAN SEE HOW THOSE APPRAISED VALUES INCREASE FOR THE 30 PROPERTIES THAT WE TORE DOWN AND REBUILT.
UM, AGAIN, WE, WE SPOKE A WHOLE LOT ABOUT THE RECONSTRUCTION AND THE SHARED EQUITY IN THE CITY, SHARON IN THE EQUITY, WE'RE JUST SHOWING YOU THE DIFFERENT COUNCIL DISTRICTS AND HOW MANY OF THE 30 SHIRT EQUITY PROPERTIES ARE IN THE DIS UH, DIFFERENT COUNCIL DISTRICTS.
SO OUR OVERALL LOAN PORTFOLIO, WE HAVE SIX HOLLY LOANS THAT EXISTS.
THEY RANGE FROM 16,470 $29 TO 34,304.
THE ALL REPAIR REHABILITATION PROJECTS, THE PORTFOLIO STOCK AS IS 102, THE SHARED EQUITY THAT WE TALKED SO MUCH ABOUT THE DEMO AND RECONSTRUCTION OF PROPERTIES.
SO THE MAJORITY OF OUR PORTFOLIO, UH, WE GAVE LOANS UNDER 75,000 AND I PUT THE PRICE RANGES FOR THESE LOANS, UM, IN THE, IN THE CHART AS WELL.
SO THE HARBOR REPAIR LOAN PROGRAMS, IT GOES BACK FOUR YEARS.
UH, SOME OF THEM ARE 20 YEARS OLD, BUT IT WENT FROM $4,800 TO 74,700.
AND THEN FOR THE, THE, THESE ARE THE HOUSES THAT WERE RE WE REBUILT.
UH, THE HOUSES IS 4 84 PLUS THOUSAND DOLLARS TO 129,000.
NONE OF THEM EXCEEDED 130,000 WITH PROGRAM MAX AND WE'RE ADVOCATING FOR AN INCREASE ON THAT PROGRAM MATS.
AND THOSE LANES ARE FOR 30 YEARS.
AGAIN, I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, UM, EXPRESS THAT THE 30 YEAR LANE ON THE SHARED EQUITY RECONSTRUCTION PROPERTIES IS THE 30 YEAR TERM IS LONGER THAN THE HOOK 20 YEAR.
SO THE CITY HAS BEEN MORE STRINGENT AND WE ADD AN ADDITIONAL 10 YEARS AND WE ADMINISTERED THAT PROGRAM PROBABLY PROBABLY FOR ABOUT 10 YEARS.
SO THIS IS, UH, THESE ARE STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'VE HAD AND CONCERNS FROM THE COMMUNITY, UH, IN THIS COMMISSION, UH, FOR THE HOLLY LOANS, THOSE LOANS WERE UNDER 40, UH, WERE UNDER 40,000.
SO THAT TERM IS ALREADY ALIGNED WITH THE HOOD OF PHILIP OR THE ABILITY PERIOD.
SO WE'RE REQUIRING NO ACTION ON THOSE LOANS.
AND THERE WAS SIX OF THEM FOR THAT.
HOW REPAIR LOAN PROGRAM SHARED EQUITY.
REMEMBER THERE WERE 30 OF THOSE LOANS, THOSE LOANS, UH, WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT WE ALIGN THAT 30 YEAR TERM HOODS 20 YEAR AFFORDABILITY IF THEY RECOMMENDATION, OH WAIT, W $990,000.
UM, OR THESE LOANS, THERE ARE NO MONTHLY PAYMENTS, NO INTEREST.
OH, AND IN OUR RECOMMENDATION, IF WE GO FROM 30 YEARS TO 20 YEARS, THAT MEANS THAT NO PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OR EQUITY WILL BE DUE TO THE CITY AFTER THE 20 YEARS.
AND THE 20 YEARS IS HEARD AFFORDABILITY PERIOD.
THE 30 YEAR IS THE TERM THE CITY PLACED ON THE PROPERTY.
AND IF THERE A RECOMMENDATION WHO THEN WILL BE FORGIVEN THE 990,030 LOANS, LETICIA, I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT YOU.
UM, WE'RE HAVING SOME ISSUES WITH THE SOUND.
I'M WONDERING IF YOU MAY BE ABLE TO, UH, WE'RE THINKING THAT MAYBE IF YOU SHUT OFF YOUR
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CAMERA, WE MAY BE ABLE TO HAVE MORE CONTINUITY IN YOUR AUDIO.WE'RE HEARING MOST OF IT, BUT YOU KNOW, EVERY NOW AND THEN A SECOND, WE'LL GET CHIPPED OUT AND WE'RE FOLLOWING YOU.
WE'RE ON THE SECOND RECOMMENDATION, UH, THAT YOU JUST COMPLETED.
OF COURSE, THE FORGIVENESS, UH, AFTER 20, AFTER THE HUD 20 YEAR AFFORDABILITY PERIOD.
SO WE'RE MOVING UNDER THE THIRD BULLET, WHICH IS THE, UH, UH, THE ACTION ON THE, UM, LARGER BOUNDS OF LOANS IN, OKAY, SO HR, A P SHIRT EQUITY, UH, THE ACTION WOULD BE APPLICABLE TO 30 LOANS ON THE HR LP REHABILITATION.
WE HAVE 46 LOANS THAT ARE ALREADY ALIGNED WITH THE HOOD AFFORDABILITY PERIOD.
WE HAVE 36 LONGS THAT ARE FIVE YEARS OVER THE HOOD AFFORDABILITY PERIOD.
WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT WE MIGHT OWE ELLS IN A LOT WITH HOOD AFFORDABILITY PERIOD AND FORGIVE ACCORDINGLY.
AND THE AMOUNT ASSOCIATED WITH THAT IS THE, UH, 482,000, UM, PLUS DOLLARS.
WE HAVE FOUR LOANS THAT ARE 10 YEARS OVER THE HOOD AFFORDABILITY PERIOD, AND THE FORGIVENESS AMOUNT ASSOCIATED WITH THAT IS OVER 54,000.
AND THEN WE HAVE 16 LOANS, UM, THAT ARE 15 YEARS OVER THE HOOD OF A POOR HOOD AFFORDABILITY PERIOD.
SO I'M DON'T KNOW, I THINK IT WAS ABOUT $45,000.
I HAD ASKED, I HAD ASKED, UH, FOR SOMETHING TO BE CHECKED ON.
UM, THE 16 LOANS THAT ARE OVER THE 15 YEARS OF THE HOOD OF DEPORTABILITY PERIOD, THAT'S OVER $636,000 THAT WE WILL BE FORGIVING.
AND AGAIN, WE WOULD HAVE TO MODIFY THE LOANS AND THEN FORGIVE AT BEST NEXT SLIDE.
I'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THE STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS, ALIGN THE TERMS WITH HER AFFORDABILITY, UH, CHASE TO DEFER, TO FORGIVEN ASSUMPTION.
UH, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT IF WE HAVE A FAMILY MEMBER, UH, ARE, COULD BE EVEN FRIENDS OR WHATEVER THAT WOULD LIKE TO ASSUME THE CITY'S LOAN, BECAUSE THEY WANT TO LIVE IN THE PROPERTY.
UH, WE JUST WANT, WE WOULD LIKE FOR THE HOMEOWNER, THAT'S TAKING OVER THE PROPERTY TO BE AT OUR AGE AT 80% OF MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.
UM, IF OUR LEADERSHIP SUPPORTS AND WE DECIDE TO MODIFY AND FORGIVE THESE LOANS, THEN WE'RE GOING TO ASK FOR POSSIBLY A TEMPORARY WAIVER.
SO FOR ANY NEW LOANS COMING IN, WE CAN APPLY THESE RULES.
AND THEN, UM, IF WE IMPLEMENT THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION FOR THE NEXT PROGRAM GUIDELINES, WE WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS ALL OF THESE CONCERNS.
SO WE DON'T HAVE THEM ANYMORE.
SO QUESTIONS, UM, FIRST, UH, WELL, I THINK IT TURNING OFF YOUR, ON YOUR CAMERA, DIDN'T HAVE AN EFFECT ON YOUR SOUND.
SO WE'D LOVE TO SEE YOU IF YOU'D LIKE TO FLIP IT BACK ON.
AND, UH, SECONDLY, I REALLY APPRECIATE THIS PRESENTATION, UM, REALLY THOROUGH, UM, COMING OUT OF IT, GETTING A VERY, VERY CLEAN IDEA OF, UH, THE LANDSCAPE WHERE I KNOW LAST MEETING, WE WERE JUST KIND OF PITCHING QUESTIONS ALL OVER THE PLACE.
UM, AND SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THIS LETICIA.
UM, I'VE CERTAINLY GOT QUESTIONS, BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY MORE THOUGHTFUL QUESTIONS AROUND.
AND ALSO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE ALL, UH, LETICIA THAT ANY STAFF MAY NOT WANT TO CHIME IN BEFORE WE OPEN THE FLOOR TO THE COMMISSIONERS.
UM, JAMIE OR MANDY, I JUST WANT TO, UM, ACKNOWLEDGE, UH, STAFF'S HARD WORK.
THANK YOU, LATISHA FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS.
WE REALLY, AT THE LAST MEETING, UM, WE HAD A WHOLE BUNCH OF VERY DETAILED QUESTIONS AND WE WANTED TO DO A DEEP DIVE IN THE DATA AND KIND OF GET OUR ARMS AROUND.
WHAT IS THE PORTFOLIO OF OUR CURRENT LOANS? I THINK WE LEARNED A LOT AND DOING THAT DEEP DIVE.
UM, THE PORTFOLIO IS ACTUALLY MUCH SMALLER THAN WE THOUGHT.
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TO SEPARATE THE LOANS INTO DIFFERENT TYPES OF LOANS.UM, AND LATITIA WAS ABLE TO COME UP WITH SOME VERY STREAMLINED RECOMMENDATIONS TO ALIGN.
UM, OUR AFFORDABILITY PERIODS, WHICH HAVE CHANGED OVER TONES HAD LONG, VERY AMBITIOUS AFFORDABILITY PERIODS, WHICH ARE, UM, HAVING SOME POTENTIALLY NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES FOR THE LIEN HOLDERS.
UM, AND SO WE'RE LOOKING AT ALIGNING THOSE WITH FEDERAL, UH, REGULARLY REGULATIONS.
AND I THINK THEY'RE VERY REASONABLE RECOMMENDATIONS.
UM, THEY MAINTAIN THE AFFORDABILITY, THE FLEXIBILITY, UM, THE INTENT, CERTAINLY THE INTENT OF THE PROGRAM.
UM, OUR NEXT STEP REALLY IS TO SIT DOWN WITH OUR ATTORNEYS AND LOOK AT, UH, AS WE HAD MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY, UM, WHETHER OR NOT THERE ARE ANY FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS, WHETHER THIS WOULD TRIGGER ANY SORT OF, UM, TAXABLE EVENT FOR OUR HOMEOWNERS, BECAUSE THAT CERTAINLY IS NOT OUR INTENTION, BUT OUR GOAL IS TO ALIGN ALL OF OUR LOANS, UM, SO THAT THEY ARE SIMILAR SIMILARLY GROUNDED.
THEN LET'S, UH, OPEN IT UP FOR THE COMMISSIONERS.
UM, AND THEN MY QUESTION, OH YEAH, VICE CHAIR.
UM, I NOTICED THAT THAT A LOT OF THE FUNDING HAS COME FROM PROGRAM INCOME.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S FROM PEOPLE PAYING OFF LOANS OR IF THAT'S FROM SOME PERIOD OF TIME WHEN THE CITY CHARGED, DID COLLECT LOAN PAYMENTS.
DOES THE STAFF HAVE A COMMENT ABOUT THAT? WHAT YOU SAW WAS FROM RECENT YEAR AND WHEN YOU SAY IT, STAFF COLLECTING LOAN PAYMENTS, THE, UH, FOR OUR LOANS, THERE'S NO INTEREST AND NO MONTHLY PAYMENTS.
IF YOU RELEASE THE LIEN PRIOR TO THE TERM BIKE, IF IT'S 10 YEARS AND YOU RELEASE IT IN FIVE YEARS, WAIT FOR GAIL THE LIEN AND COLLECT, THAT SEEMS LIKE REALLY, REALLY, QUITE A DEAL THAT NO BANK WOULD.
IF THE BANK WOULDN'T LEND MONEY, PEOPLE WOULDN'T HAVE COME TO THE CITY UNLESS THE CITY WAS OFFERING A MORE ADVANTAGEOUS DEAL.
AND HERE, THIS SEEMS REALLY ADVANTAGEOUS, NO PAYBACK.
SO AS LETICIA MENTIONED AND LETICIA, I'M SORRY, YOU WERE CUTTING IN AND OUT.
UM, BUT I BELIEVE WHAT LATAETIA WAS SAYING WAS THAT WE ARE NOT COLLECTING MONTHLY.
THESE ARE NOT SERVICED LOANS WHERE WE'RE COLLECTING MONTHLY PAYMENTS.
UM, AND THEN THEY'RE FORGIVEN BASED ON THE LENGTH OF TIME BASED ON THE AFFORDABILITY PERIOD.
UM, SO YES, IT CERTAINLY IS BETTER TERMS THAN, UM, ANY, ANY LENDING INSTITUTION THAT I AM AWARE OF.
UM, BUT THE PAYMENTS THAT YOU'RE SEEING ARE COMING FROM WHAT WE CALL PROGRAM INCOME, WHICH IS WHEN THE LIEN IS RELEASED AND RECEIVE BACK, PART OF THAT GOES BACK IN THE PROGRAM.
SO MORE PEOPLE CAN PARTICIPATE.
AND THE BANK WOULD GO SPEND IT.
WHO KNOWS WHERE? WELL, I ALSO HEARD A COMMENT THAT, THAT SOME PART OF THE STAFF'S THINKING WAS INFLUENCED BY THE COMMISSION'S, UM, STATEMENTS.
AND WE HAVEN'T HAD THIS ON OUR AGENDA FOR ACTION.
SO WE HAVEN'T MADE ANY STATEMENTS.
THERE MAY BE INDIVIDUAL COMMISSIONERS WHO'VE MADE STATEMENTS, BUT THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY REPRESENT THE COLLECTIVE THINKING OF THE COMMISSION.
UH, THANK YOU FOR POINTING THAT OUT.
WE DID HAVE A VERY LIVELY CONVERSATION AT LAST MONTH.
UM, CDC MEETING, WE'VE ALSO HAD INDIVIDUAL CONVERSATIONS WITH SOME HOMEOWNERS AND THEIR, THEIR, UH, FAMILY MEMBERS.
UM, AND I THINK ALL OF THAT HAS HELPED, UH, TO INFORM SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE HAVE.
WE, WE HAD A, I GUESS IT WAS TWO MEETINGS AGO, UH, WHEN THIS CAME UP AS IN THE CONTEXT OF, UH, OUR CITIZEN COMMUNICATION.
AND THERE WAS QUITE A BIT OF DISCUSSION THAT WENT ON AMONG THE COMMISSIONERS, BUT IT, IT WASN'T EVEN POSTED ON OUR AGENDA.
SO WE REALLY, THAT REALLY REPRESENTS
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INDIVIDUAL THINKING AND NOT, I DON'T THINK IS, UM, THE COMMISSION AS A WHOLE THINKING, I CAN TELL THE STAFF HAS DONE A LOT OF ANALYSIS BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT EVERYTHING ADDED UP INTO THIS MANY LOANS OF THIS KIND AND THIS MONEY WITH THIS FEATURE IN THAT MANY, WITH THIS OTHER FEATURE.AND SO YOU'VE STUDIED A LOT OF THIS AND I'M SURE YOU'VE COME UP WITH SOME GOOD RECOMMENDATIONS, BUT I DO THINK THAT HERE IN AUSTIN, WE HAVE A DIFFERENT ECONOMIC SITUATION THAN A LOT OF THE CITIES THAT DOMINATE HUD'S THINKING.
AND WE HAVE SOME HOMES THAT HAVE BECOME VERY VALUABLE.
AND I THINK IT'S KIND OF A TESTAMENT TO THE CITY'S PARTICIPATION THAT THE WORK WAS A VALUE TO THE HOUSE.
AND WAS IT AN ELEMENT IN ITS INCREASING IN ITS VALUE TO THE OWNERS HERE, HERE? AND, UH, I WILL ALSO SAY THAT I APPRECIATE ALL OF THE EXPLORATORY, UH, QUESTIONS THAT COME ACROSS CONSTRUCTIVELY FROM OUR COMMISSIONERS.
AND THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING WITH US HERE TODAY.
I FEAR THAT WE HAVE LOST QUORUM, WHICH ONE TOO, UNLESS 1, 2, 3, 4, LET'S SEE FUND OR, UH, COMMITMENT, BUT OTHERS HERE.
UH, BUT WE LOST COMMISSIONER GARCIA.
OH, COMMISSIONER SLUNG 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
YES, WE DO HAVE COMMISSIONER SLUNG.
UM, AND WE DO HAVE A QUORUM THEN IF WE HAVE COMMISSIONER SLOAN WELL PROVIDED, UM, SHE WOULD BE ABLE TO SH UH, SHOW UP FOR SOME ACTION.
AND I'M WONDERING IF STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THAT WE TAKE ACTION TO RECOMMEND THE RECOMMENDATION, OR IF, UH, BASICALLY WHO HAS TO RATIFY THE STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS OR DOES THAT JUST HAPPEN THROUGH HPD LEADERSHIP AND THEN OF COURSE LEGAL.
SO THE RECOMMENDATIONS CAN BE ADMINISTERED ADMINISTRATIVELY.
UM, AND WE CAN DO THAT IN CONJUNCTION.
WE OF COURSE, WOULD DO THAT IN CONJUNCTION WITH OUR LEGAL STAFF.
HOWEVER, WE WOULD LOVE TO GET CDCS, UM, OFFICIAL RECOMMENDATION TO EITHER MOVE FORWARD, UM, MOVE FORWARD WITH CAUTION OR TO, UH, IF, IF THERE ARE SPECIFIC ISSUES THAT YOU ARE CONCERNED WITH, WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THOSE AIRED OUT PUBLICLY.
UM, BECAUSE WE, WE CERTAINLY WANT TO, UM, WE WANT TO FOLLOW THE WILL OF THE COMMUNITY UNDERSTOOD, AND THERE'S NOT A MOVE FORWARD RECKLESSLY OPTION, I PRESUME.
UH, SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, UH, I DON'T HEAR ANY, UH, QUALIFICATIONS ON THESE RECOMMENDATIONS COMING FROM THE COMMISSIONERS, BUT IF WE DO HAVE THEM NOW WOULD BE THE TIME TO MENTION THEM OTHERWISE LOVE TO SEE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO SUPPORT THE STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS ON, ON BASICALLY MODIFYING, UH, THE HOME REPAIR LOAN PROGRAMS, UH, AS PER THE PRESENTATION CHAIR REAL QUICK.
UM, THE AGENDA DOESN'T HAVE US TAKING ANY ACTION ON THIS ITEM.
WELL, HOW ABOUT THAT? DEFINITELY THANK YOU FOR THAT REMINDER, RIGHT? UM, WELL, IN THE FUTURE, I THINK ANY BRIEFING ITEM THAT WE EVER HAVE SHOULD ALWAYS INCLUDE A POSSIBLE ACTION, UH, AND, UH, JUST KNOW THAT, UH, I BELIEVE, UH, WE WE'RE AT A TIPPING POINT OF SPIRIT BEING WITH YOU.
UH, WAS THAT, UH, COMMISSIONER SAID BETA.
I JUST HAVE A CLARIFYING QUESTION.
UM, SO I'M REALLY TRYING TO WRAP MY HEAD AROUND, LIKE, IS THIS REAL HOME, UM, HOMEOWNERS RECEIVE A LOAN TO REPAIR THEIR HOME? NO PAYBACK JUST TO LEAN ON YOUR HOUSE OR X AMOUNT OF YEARS.
UM, WHAT HA AND I, AND I'M PROBABLY MISSED IT.
I, IT MIGHT'VE BEEN ONE OF THE MOMENTS WHEN YOU WERE GOING IN AND OUT THAT THE SIA, UM, OR LATISHA, SORRY, IF I MISPRONOUNCED YOUR NAME, UM, IF A PERSON, IF THE HOMEOWNER PASSES AWAY, WHAT HAPPENS TO THEIR HOME, UM, IS THE PART THAT I FELT LIKE I MISSED.
WHEN THE HOMEOWNER PASSES AWAY HERE, THIS IS A WASTE, SORRY.
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UM, THE HEIRS WILL COME TO THE CITY BECAUSE THEY'RE, IN MOST CASES TRYING TO TAKE SOME ACTION, OR THEY KNEW THAT THE LOAN EXISTED, OR THEY KNEW THAT WE WERE PAIRED THEIR FAMILY'S HOME OR DEMO AND RECONSTRUCTED THE PROPERTY.AND THEY HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS TO THE LOAN OR WE'RE TRYING TO SELL.
AND THIS LANE CAME UP IN THE TITLE WORK AND BASICALLY EXPLAINED TO THEM IS THAT THERE WERE NO PAYMENTS, NO INTEREST TO DO.
UM, THE LANE IS FOR 30 YEARS, YOUR PARENTS WERE THERE FOR 10 YEARS.
IF THE OTHER PARENT IS STILL LIVING, THEY JUST LIVE OUT THE LIEN.
IF THEY'RE WANTING TO SELL, WE WANT THE MONEY OUT OF THE PROCEEDS OF THE SALE AT A PRORATED AMOUNT.
AND WE'RE MAKING A RECOMMENDATION THAT INDEED DID THAT.
THERE IS AN AIR THAT'S 80% OF NEEDED FAMILY INCOME OR BELOW, WHICH IS A HUD REQUIREMENT FOR, WELL CURRENTLY NO PAYMENT, NO INTEREST.
AND WE FORGIVE IT AT A PRORATED AMOUNT BASED ON HOW MANY YEARS YOU CAN'T RENT IT, YOU CAN'T SELL IT.
AND THEN ONCE THE PERSON NO LONGER OCCUPIES THE PROPERTY.
SO LETICIA, I'M SORRY, YOU'RE CUTTING OUT AGAIN.
I THINK THE QUESTION WAS IS THE HOME INHERITABLE, UM, UH, OR THAT WAS PART OF THE QUESTION.
UM, THANK YOU FOR THE ADDITIONAL CONTEXT, UM, LATITIA.
AND IF I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY, BASED ON OUR CONVERSATIONS, THE HOME IS INHERITABLE.
THE FAMILY MEMBER INHERITING WOULD NEED TO BE AT, OR BELOW 80% MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME IN ORDER TO CARRY ON THE, THE LIEN.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, UM, THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
SAVANNAH COMMISSIONER THOMPSON.
MICKEY SAID, I FRANKLY APPRECIATE, UH, ALL OF THE HARD WORK THE STAFF HAS PUT IN.
WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS CONTINUED TO BE ECHOED FROM CHAIR? UM, I'M GOING TO START WITH MY LAST QUESTION FIRST.
WHAT HAPPENS IF THE HEIRS DO THAT MEET THE 80% REQUIREMENT FOR THEIR INCOME.
I MEAN, BECAUSE OFTENTIMES THE CHILDREN MAY HAVE GONE ON AND DONE PROBABLY BETTER AS YOU KNOW, THIS IS AMERICA, SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT PROBABLY HAVE DONE BETTER.
SO WHAT HAPPENS THEN? A LOT OF TIMES THEY WANT TO SELL THE HOME AND YOU'RE SAYING, WHAT IF THE AIR IS NOT 80% MEANING INCOME? WE DON'T HAVE, WE DON'T HAVE A SOLUTION.
UH, UM, IF YEAH, WE JUST WANT THE MONEY BACK.
SO THE LIEN WOULD NEED TO BE RELEASED AND IT WOULD NEED TO BE PAID BACK.
AND TYPICALLY HOW THAT'S TRIGGERED IS THE SALE OF THE HOME.
TYPICALLY IN THESE AIR SITUATIONS, WHAT IF THEY DON'T WISH TO SELL THEIR PARENTS' HOME OR THEY WISH TO LIVE IN IT, THEN THEY WOULD NEED TO REPAY THE PRO-RATED PORTION OF THE LIEN, LATISHA.
PARENTS AND PARENTS AND PAID 22 YEARS OR HAVE, HAVE SERVED 20, LIKE A LITTLE 22 YEARS ON THIS ARRANGEMENT.
YOU'RE STILL EIGHT YEARS LEFT ON THIS ARRANGEMENT.
AND THE INHERITING INDIVIDUALS WOULD HAVE TO PAY THE EIGHT YEARS OF PRORATED AMOUNTS.
IS THAT CORRECT? OF THE ORIGINAL LIEN? SO THE ORIGINAL LIEN OF THE ORIGINAL LOAN AND LATITIA, I'M LOOKING AT YOU FOR CONFIRMATION.
AND I HAVE TO, AND I HAVE TO SAY, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE EVER IN THIS PROGRAM RUN INTO THAT SPECIFIC SCENARIO AND I GET THAT, BUT WE, WE, WE HAVE TO BE FORWARD THINKING.
I MEAN, WE'VE NEVER RUN INTO IT.
I DON'T THINK THAT THAT'S OVERLY LIKE RIDICULOUS TO BELIEVE THAT SOMEBODY, I DON'T KNOW.
I, I, I MEAN, I HOPE MY DAUGHTERS DO INCREDIBLY MUCH AND THEY ARE READY.
DO THEY DO MUCH BETTER THAN I DO?
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SO IF I WERE TO HAVE HAPPENED TO BENEFITED FROM THE PROGRAM, THEN I'M BASICALLY SAYING THAT THEY WOULD EVEN, IT DOESN'T MATTER THAT WE HAVEN'T ENCOUNTERED IT.WE, I WOULD THINK THAT THE CITY OF AUSTIN THAT WE ARE, WE SHOULD AT LEAST BE PREPARED AND ANTICIPATE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
AND IT LEAVES BEGAN TO HAVE SOME THOUGHT BEHIND IT, BUT, UH, IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, ABSOLUTELY.
BUT SOME PEOPLE GO GET PRIVATE LENDING WHERE YOU HAVE SOME FAMILY COME TOGETHER AND THEY GO GET PRIVATE LENDING.
AND I'VE HEARD FAMILY MEMBERS SAY THAT THEY ALL PUT IN IN ORDER TO BUY THE CITY'S INTERESTS OUT BECAUSE THEY ARE WELL OFF.
AND THEY DO HIM, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT THAT LOWER INCOME THAT THEIR PARENTS WERE.
SO THEY HAVE MORE RESOURCES THAN THEIR PARENTS.
W W IT SOUNDS, IT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE THE RULES ARE THERE.
WE JUST PROBABLY NEED TO KIND OF PLAY OUT WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE FOR THE FAMILY AND REALLY KIND OF NAIL DOWN, MAYBE SOME NUMBERS SCENARIOS.
AND I THINK THAT THAT WOULD AT LEAST GIVE SOME, UH, SOME REAL-WORLD EXAMPLES, UH, COMMISSIONER THOMPSON FOR US TO MAYBE PICK APART AND TAKE A LOOK AT TO SEE HOW FEASIBLE THEY ARE.
UH, I, I HEAR WHAT, UH, LETICIA IS SAYING.
UM, YOU KNOW, WHICH IS THAT, YOU KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE, IN ONE OF THESE EXAMPLES, A FAMILY COULD HAVE EFFECTIVELY GAINED $500,000 WORTH OF EQUITY THROUGH THIS PROGRAM.
AND WE'LL HAVE TO PAY BACK A LIEN, WHICH MAY BE A FRACTIONAL AMOUNT OF THAT, BUT NONETHELESS IS A VERY LARGE SUM.
AND SO THEY DIDN'T REALLY TECHNICALLY LOSE IF THEY HAVE TO SELL THAT HOME AND YOU GET A BUNCH OF CASH AND PAY OFF THE LIEN AND YOU WON'T BE SITTING ON 400 K, BUT THEY WERE FORCED TO MAYBE SELL THE FAMILY HOME.
AND THAT'S NOT A CONVENIENT SITUATION TO BE IN JUST SIMPLY BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT SOMEONE PASSED AWAY.
AND SO I THINK MAYBE PLAYING THOSE SITUATIONS OUT IS WHAT YOU'RE, WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR.
AND I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THAT.
AND I THINK, UM, I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, ALONG WITH THE REALLY, REALLY THOUGHTFUL STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE HAVE HERE, MAYBE GUIDANCE SORT OF AT THAT END OF LIFE AT THAT END OF LITERAL LIFE AND, AND LEAN LIFE PROCESS, UM, UH, FOR THOSE FAMILIES TO HAVE MAYBE SOME TURNKEY IDEAS, BECAUSE RIGHT AT 80% DOESN'T MEAN YOU'RE LOADED.
UH, AND SO, UM, YEAH, THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER THOMPSON.
THANK YOU SO MUCH LETICIA ALSO FOR KNOWING THE INS AND OUTS OF THIS, UH, AND BEING ABLE TO RESPOND TO SO MANY OF OUR, ON THE SPOT QUESTIONS, WE APPRECIATE IT.
UM, AND AT COMMISSIONER THOMPSON, I'LL ALSO LOOK INTO IT OFFLINE OVER THIS MONTH, UM, WITH YOU.
I REALLY, I REALLY DO APPRECIATE THAT LINE OF QUESTIONING.
DO WE HAVE, UH, ANY OTHER THOUGHTS OR QUESTIONS? IT IS NINE 15, SO WE'D LIKE TO BE HOPEFULLY WRAPPED UP BY NINE 30 AND, UH, AGAIN, THANKING EVERYONE FOR Y'ALL'S PRESENCE HERE THIS EVENING.
LET US MOVE ON TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM, AND WE WILL HOPE, UH, TO BE ABLE TO TAKE ACTION ON THIS AT LEAST NEXT MONTH, JUST TO SHOW SOLIDARITY WAS DEF RECOMMENDATIONS.
[5b. Briefing and discussion on Equity-Based Historic Preservation Plan (Cara Bertron, Housing and Planning Department)]
THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM, UH, WAS THE BRIEF BRIEFING, UM, SORRY, WAS A BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION ON THE, UH, EQUITY-BASED HISTORIC PRESERVATION PLAN.UNFORTUNATELY, UH, THE STAFF, UH, WILL NOT BE ABLE TO JOIN US, SO WE WILL MOVE TO THE NEXT ITEM FIVE.
I WAS, I HEARD THAT, UH, I MISHEARD SOMETHING, UH, AND, UH, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE WITH US, UH, KARA, AND THANKS FOR WAITING ALL THE WAY UNTIL THE END.
I'M I'M, I'M, UH, VERY, VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THAT.
WELL, I'M, I'M GLAD TO GLAD Y'ALL STILL HAVE QUORUM, SO THANK YOU FOR, UM, YEAH.
WE'RE, UH, IN HERE FOR THIS PRESENTATION, I'M EXCITED TO TALK ABOUT IT.
UM, SLIGHTLY LESS EXCITED THAN I WAS AT SIX 30, BUT STILL TOTALLY AWAKE.
AND I'M GOING TO BE EFFICIENT ABOUT THIS, BUT MY GOAL IS TO BE EFFICIENT WITH THIS PRESENTATION.
SO, UM, THIS EVENING, UH, I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU ALL A QUICK PROJECT OVERVIEW OF THE EQUITY-BASED HISTORIC PRESERVATION PLAN.
UM, BASICALLY IT'S AN INTRODUCTION TO THE PRESERVATION PLANNING PROCESS AND ADVANCE OF Y'ALL SEEN THE ACTUAL DRAFT PLAN.
THIS IS KIND OF A PROCESS OVERVIEW.
SO THE GOAL OF THE PLANNING PROCESS IS TO REPLACE OUR 1981 CONSERVATION PLAN WITH AN INCLUSIVE EQUITY FOCUSED IN COMMUNITY ORIENTED PROCESS AND OUTCOME.
NEXT SLIDE, AS YOU ALL KNOW, MUCH HAS CHANGED IN AUSTIN OVER THE LAST 40 YEARS SINCE OUR PRESERVATION PLAN WAS ADOPTED, THE POPULATION HAS NEARLY TRIPLED SINCE 1981.
AND, UH, THERE'S VERY HIGH DEVELOPMENT PRESSURE ALSO IS AS YOU'RE WELL AWARE.
THIS LEADS TO SOME DRASTIC CHANGES IN AUSTIN'S OLDER NEIGHBORHOODS,
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AND WE REALLY NEED UP-TO-DATE POLICIES AND TOOLS TO HELP STEWARD LOCAL HERITAGE.UM, SO PRESERVATION HELP PRESERVATION IS NOT GOING TO SOLVE EVERYTHING, BUT IT DOES BRING SOME TOOLS TO HELP ADDRESS SOME OTHER REALLY CRITICAL LOCAL CHALLENGES, OLDER BUILDINGS, HOW PEOPLE AFFORDABLY AT 2018 ANALYSIS SHOWED THAT AREAS OF AUSTIN THAT INCLUDE HISTORIC DISTRICTS HAVE MORE THAN TWICE THE PROPORTION OF AFFORDABLE RENTAL UNITS FOR FAMILIES EARNING 60 OR 80% OF THE CITY'S MEDIAN INCOME.
OLDER BUILDINGS ALLOW INCREASED DENSITY AT A HUMAN SCALE.
SO AREAS THAT INCLUDE HISTORIC DISTRICTS, UM, AVERAGE MORE THAN TWO AND A HALF TIMES, THE DENSITY OF HOUSING UNITS COMPARED TO AREAS THAT DO NOT INCLUDE HISTORIC DISTRICTS, OLDER BUILDINGS SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESSES.
SO AREAS WHERE MOST BUILDINGS WERE CONSTRUCTED BEFORE 1945 HAVE MORE THAN TWICE THE DENSITY OF JOBS AND LOCAL BUSINESSES, SORRY, IN SMALL BUSINESSES AND MORE THAN 60% GREATER DENSITY OF JOBS AND NEW BUSINESSES COMPARED TO AREAS WITH NEWER BUILDINGS, POST 1970 AND MAJORITY PRE-WAR AREAS ALSO HAVE TWICE THE DENSITY OF WOMEN AND MINORITY OWNED BUSINESSES THAN AREAS, NEWER BUILDINGS.
AND THEN ON THE SOFTER SIDE, BUT EQUALLY IMPORTANT PLACES, ALSO ANCHOR COMMUNITY AND MEMORY.
UM, EVEN IF THE PEOPLE BRING THEM EAT, BRING MEANING TO THOSE PLACES, UM, IN THE PAST AND PRESENT NEXT SLIDE.
SO THE PRESERVATION FIELD ARE OUR CURRENT PLAN DEVELOPED IN 1981.
THE PRESERVATION FIELD HAS ALSO CHANGED SINCE THE EARLY MOVIES.
OTHER CITIES ARE DEVELOPING INNOVATIVE POLICIES AND TOOLS TO PRESERVE THEIR PLACES AND THEIR COMMUNITIES, AND TO RESHAPE THEM AS MORE EQUITABLE.
UM, I THINK THERE ARE SOME VERY SPECIFIC, EXCITING NEW TOOLS LIKE CULTURAL DISTRICTS, UH, ASSISTANCE WITH HEIRS PROPERTY AND TRAINS TRAINING PROGRAMS THAT HAVE BEEN EXCITING FOR US TO DIG INTO NEXT SLIDE.
SO WE WANTED OUR PLAN TO BE EQUITY-BASED AND COMMUNITY FOCUSED, AND TO DIG INTO THESE QUESTIONS ABOUT RECOGNITION AND PRESERVATION OF IMPORTANT PLACES IN STORIES ABOUT HOW PRESERVATION CAN HELP SUPPORT OTHER COMMUNITY GOALS AND HOW CITIZENS CAN CO-CREATE PRESERVATION POLICIES.
THIS IS A FIELD THAT CAN GET VERY TECHNICAL AND KIND OF WONKY VERY QUICKLY, BUT IT'S IT'S HAS I THINK, A VERY FUNDAMENTAL BASIS IN WHAT PRINCES MATTER TO PEOPLE IN Y NEXT SLIDE.
SO THIS CONSERVATION PLANNING, UH, PROCESS IS A TWO PHASE PROCESS.
WE ARE NEARLY THROUGH PHASE ONE, WHICH IS A YEAR, EXCUSE ME, INTO YOUR LUNG PROCESS CENTERED ON A COMMUNITY WORKING GROUP.
AND IT WILL RESULT IN A DRAFT EQUITY-BASED PRESERVATION PLAN DEVELOPED BY THAT WORKING GROUP IN PHASE TWO, WE'RE GOING TO DO BROAD, INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT AROUND THE DRAFT PLAN, AND THAT WILL BE STARTING IN THE FALL NEXT LOAD.
UM, SO HERE'S A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION ON PHASE ONE.
UH, I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THE COMMUNITY-BASED PROCESSES AND ECOSYSTEM.
UM, THE HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION APPOINTED THE PRESERVATION PLAN WORKING GROUP.
IT'S A GROUP OF 26 COMMUNITY MEMBERS OF THE CENTER OF THIS PROCESS.
UH, WE HAVE A PROFESSIONAL FACILITATOR WHO HELPS WITH THE WORKING GROUP AND THERE HAVE BEEN A FEW ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR FOCUSED INPUT.
UM, WE HAD NEEDED A COMMUNITY HERITAGE SURVEY LAST FALL, UH, CHIEF DIVISION FOR THE PLAN.
WE'VE HAD FOCUSED CONVERSATIONS WITH SMALLER GROUPS OF CITY STAFF, UM, IN COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN THREE FOCUS GROUPS, AS WELL AS REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION.
NEXT SLIDE, THE PRESERVATION PLAN, WORKING GROUP, NEARLY MIRRORS, AUSTIN'S RACIAL AND ETHNIC MAKEUP THAT WHICH HAS BEEN, WHICH IS EXCITING.
AND IT IS ATYPICAL FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION PROCESSES WHERE, UM, OFTEN PARTICIPANTS ARE MOSTLY WHITE PEOPLE COME FROM ACROSS THE CITY.
UH, THE 26 MEMBERS LIVE IN ZIP CODES AND HALF THE GROUP HAS OPTED INTO COMPENSATION OF $25 PER HOUR FOR MEETINGS AND PREPARATION TIME.
WE ALSO HAVE A THIRD RENTERS IN A GROUP.
IT WAS NOT AS HIGH AS THE CITIES, 55% OF RENTERS, BUT IT IS CAN EXTRAORDINARILY HIGH PER PRESERVATION PROCESS WHERE WE NEARLY ALWAYS HEAR ONLY FROM PROPERTY AND NEWS.
NEXT SLIDE, THE WORKING GROUP INCLUDES STAKEHOLDERS WHO, UH, COME FROM PRESERVATION SPECIFIC FIELDS.
THERE ARE ALSO A LOT OF ALLIED FIELDS.
UM, WE WANTED TO HAVE REALLY BROAD PERSPECTIVES IN THE GROUP RECOGNIZING THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, UH, PLACES THAT MATTER FOR REAL, FOR A REAL VARIETY OF THEM SINCE NEXT SLIDE.
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WORKING GROUP MEMBERS COME FROM VERY DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS.UH, WE SPENT THE FIRST FEW MONTHS OF THE PROCESS LAST SUMMER AND EARLY FALL LAYING THE GROUNDWORK AROUND, UH, HISTORIC PRESERVATION AND ALSO EQUITY.
I THINK THE NEXT, UH, WE'VE BEEN VERY INTENTIONAL ABOUT USING CLEAR LANGUAGE OF WINNING TECHNICAL TERMS AND ACRONYMS AND PROVIDING BACKGROUND MATERIALS WITH LOTS OF GRAPHICS AND CHARTS.
UM, SO THAT FOLKS, EVEN FOLKS WHO HAVE COME IN, NOT STEEPED IN PRESERVATION ARE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND AND PROVIDE GOOD DIRECTION PLANNING PROCESS.
THIS IS A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAILED ON THE WORKING GROUP SCHEDULE IN CASE ONE, UM, IN BLUE, YOU SEE THE OPPORTUNITY SO FAR FOR COMMUNITY INPUT AGAIN, WHICH HAS BEEN PRETTY TARGETED IN, IN PHASE ONE.
UM, WE STARTED WITH THE BACKGROUND IN PROCESS.
WE ARE MOST OF THE WAY THROUGH SPECIFIC TOPICS AND WE'LL FINISH IN JUNE BY REVIEWING, UM, ALL THE DRAFT RECOMMENDATIONS TOGETHER AND THE WORKING GROUP MAKING A RECOMMENDATION ON THE PLAN TO THE HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION NEXT SLANTED.
SO, UM, EVEN THOUGH WE INPUT OPPORTUNITIES HAVE BEEN PRETTY FOCUSED IN THIS SPACE, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO BUILD AND STRENGTHEN PARTNERSHIPS WITH MANY TYPES OF ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE HELPED TO GET THE WORD OUT ABOUT THE WORKING GROUP TO START ABOUT THE COMMUNITY HERITAGE SURVEY ABOUT THE FOCUS GROUPS.
UM, AND WE WILL DO, UH, WE'LL BUILD MORE AND DEEPER PARTNERSHIPS IN PHASE TWO, BUT WE'RE STARTING FROM A GOOD PLACE.
AND THIS INITIAL PHASE, WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO REACH PEOPLE ACROSS THE CITY.
UH, THIS SHOWS THE, UH, WHERE RESPONSES COME FROM CISCO KIND OF AGGREGATED HERE, BUT RESPONSES TO THE COMMUNITY WROTE HUGE SURVEY.
UM, CHICKEN HAPPENED LAST FALL, NEXT SLIDE.
UM, AND HERE ARE THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF THE COMMUNITY HERE TO SURVEY RESPONDENTS.
IT'S ONLY 170 PEOPLE, UM, BUT STILL THAT'S, THAT WAS, WE WERE, WE WERE PRETTY PLEASED WITH THAT.
UM, UH, AND IT PLEASE ALSO THAT, UM, WE'VE GOT, UH, UH, RELATIVELY GEOGRAPHICALLY AND RACIALLY AND ETHICALLY DIVERSE OF RESPONDENTS TO HELP SHAPE THE VISION FOR THE PLAN AND THAT EVERYONE OFFERED REALLY THOUGHTFUL AND THOUGHT PROVOKING RESPONSES.
SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO BUILDING ON THIS WORK IN PHASE TWO, WHICH WILL START, UH, LATE SUMMER, EARLY FALL.
UM, THIS IS GOING TO INCLUDE A FEW COMPONENTS.
THE BIGGEST ONE IS, IS REALLY BIG, BIG PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AROUND THE DRAFT PLAN.
UM, WE WILL ALSO BEGIN TO LAY THE GROUNDWORK FOR IMPLEMENTATION AND COST ESTIMATES FOR PRIORITY RECOMMENDATIONS.
AND THEN WE'LL, WE'LL TAKE THE PLAN TO THE LEADING BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS, AND THEN TO COUNCIL FOR ADOPTION, UM, WHERE I THINK WE'RE ALL VERY EXCITED TO GET OUT AND TALK TO LOTS OF PEOPLE ABOUT THIS PLAN AND, UM, UH, YEAH, I THINK A LITTLE PREEMPTIVELY EXHAUSTED, BUT ALSO VERY EXCITED AND REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO SHARING THE WORKING GROUPS DRAFT NEXT SLIDE.
UM, I WANT TO CLOSE WITH A COUPLE OF LAST THINGS.
UM, FIRST THIS IS THE EQUITY EVALUATION FRAMEWORK.
IT'S A TOOL THAT WE'RE USING TO HELP ENSURE THAT EQUITY IS CONSIDERED THROUGHOUT THE PLAN AND NOT JUST LIKE IN A SEPARATE SECTION.
UM, THIS TAKES 10 CRITERIA FOR SUCCESS THAT THE WORKING GROUP DEVELOPED FOR THE PLAN AND APPLIES AN EQUITY LENS.
UM, THIS IS INTENDED TO HELP PREVENT BLIND SPOTS OR UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES FOR PUBLIC POLICIES, UM, AND TO IDEALLY RESULT IN RECOMMENDATIONS FOR POLICIES AND TOOLS THAT BENEFIT HISTORICALLY UNDERREPRESENTED COMMUNITIES.
AND THIS IS BEING APPLIED TO EVERY DRAFT RECOMMENDATION IN THE PLAN.
UM, NEXT SLIDE, AND THIS IS FINALLY THE VISION FOR THE PLAN.
UM, AS I MENTIONED, THIS, THE IDEAS AND LANGUAGE FOR THIS WERE DRAWN FROM THE RESPONSES TO THE COMMUNITY FOR CHILDREN LAST FALL.
SO, UM, THE VISION IS HISTORIC PRESERVATION IN AUSTIN, ACTIVELY ENGAGES COMMUNITIES IN PROTECTING AND SHARING IMPORTANT PLACES IN STORIES.
PRESERVATION USES THE PAST TO CREATE A SHARED SENSE OF BELONGING AND TO SHAPE AN EQUITABLE, INCLUSIVE, SUSTAINABLE, AND ECONOMICALLY VITAL FUTURE FOR ALL.
YOU'LL SEE THAT PLACES AT THE CORE, BUT THE FOCUS IS REALLY ON THE ROLE THAT PRESERVATION AND HISTORIC PLACES TO PLAY IN AUSTIN AS A WHOLE, UM, ENGAGING COMMUNITIES TO CREATE A SENSE OF BELONGING TO SHAPE A BETTER CITY.
THIS IS THE PROJECT WEBSITE AND HOPE YOU WILL CHECK IT OUT.
UM, THE SHORT LINK IS KEEN SENSITIVE.
THAT'S CAPITAL ATX THAT'S PLANNING TO GET ME LINCOLN AND I SHOWED SOME, UM, SCREENSHOTS FROM BRIEF BACKGROUND BRIEFS.
UM, THOSE ARE ON HERE, THE, UH, DOCUMENTS TAB ON THE SITE INCLUDES INFO AND INFORMATION FROM ALL THE WORKING GROUP MEETINGS TO DATE AGENDAS, THAT
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BACKGROUND BRIEF, THOSE BACKGROUND GREENS PRESENTATIONS AND MEETING SUMMARY.SO IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN A PARTICULAR TOPIC, WE CAN DIVE IN AND WE'RE JUST FOLLOWING ALONG.
UM, WE WILL BE PUTTING TOGETHER OVER THE SUMMER WEBSITE, THAT INCLUDES ALL THE DRAFT RECOMMENDATIONS.
SO WE'LL, WE'LL BUNCH THAT, UH, HOPEFULLY INTEGRATE INTERACTIVE WITH THE PHONE NEXT SLIDE.
I'M BE TO, UM, YOU'LL WANT TO REACH OUT TO ME, UM, ANYTIME WITH QUESTIONS AND I'M ALSO HAPPY TO TAKE QUESTIONS NOW.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION THE END OF A LONG NIGHT.
AND, UH, THANKS FOR, UH, A REALLY FANTASTIC PRESENTATION AND, UH, WOULD LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO, UH, FELLOW COMMISSIONERS FOR ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS WHILE OF COURSE ALSO CONSIDERING THAT WE ARE AT NINE 30 AND, UH, TECHNICALLY THIS BUILDING TURNS INTO A PUMPKIN AT 10.
UH, SO, UH, KEEP THAT IN MIND, BUT I DON'T, I DO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN ASK, UH, KARA ANY QUESTIONS THAT ARE SALIENT OR SHARE ANY THOUGHTS, COMMISSIONERS, COMMISSIONER BETA.
I WILL KEEP IT BRIEF BECAUSE I DO NOT BELIEVE YOU HAVE NIGHT VISION COMMISSIONER MONEY.
UM, MY QUESTION IS I SAW ON MAYBE THE SECOND TO THE LAST LIGHT, UM, IN THE BLUE FONT THAT THERE'S A GOAL TO HIRE COMMUNITY AMBASSADORS.
UM, HOW ARE YOU GOING ABOUT, UM, SEEKING OUT COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN THAT OPPORTUNITY? IT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
SO I SHOULD, FIRST, I NEED TO SAY THAT WE HAVE REQUESTED FUNDING TO IN THE NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET OR TO HIRE, UH, 12 COMMUNITY AMBASSADORS FOR 10 TO 15 HOURS A WEEK, A MONTH FOR SIX TO NINE MONTHS TO WORK WITH US THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
UM, IT'S MODELED ON THE CLIMATE EQUITY OR THE COMMUNITY CLIMATE AMBASSADORS, UM, THAT HELPED UPDATE ANY CLIMATE EQUITY PLAN.
SO, UM, WE HAVE NOT YET STARTED TO ADVERTISE FOR, FOR, UM, COMMUNITY CLIMATE IN, OR SORRY FOR, FOR THE AMBASSADORS THAT WOULD BE DONE IN THE FALL, UM, FOR THE PLAN.
UM, I THINK WHAT WE DID WITH THE WORKING GROUP FELT PRETTY SUCCESSFUL, UM, IN REACHING OUT THROUGH COMMUNITY PARTNERS, CERTAINLY ALL THE CITY CHANNELS AND FORWARDING THE OPPORTUNITY TO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AND ASKING THEM TO SHARE THE INFORMATION, BUT ALSO JUST REACHING OUT TO MANY, MANY COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND ORGANIZATIONS, UM, AND, AND, UM, SHARING IT FAR AND WIDE.
WE WERE ABLE TO GET SOME GOOD, UM, MEDIA ATTENTION ALSO FOR THE WORKING GROUP ADVERTISEMENT, I THINK BECAUSE WE WERE OFFERING TO BEAT PEOPLE AND, AND OF COURSE THE, UH, COMMUNITY AMBASSADORS MOVING PAID, DO THAT, BUT ALSO OPEN TO ANY SUGGESTIONS.
UM, THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.
THANK YOU, KARA, FOR THE RESPONSE, ANYBODY ELSE? OKAY.
WELL, I, UH, WE'LL, WE'LL SAY GOODBYE KNOWING THAT, UH, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THE DISTILLED RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, KARA, WHEN THEY, WHEN THEY DO COME OUT AND, UH, DEEPLY APPRECIATE YOU SHARING NOT ONLY THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES, BUT, BUT EVEN LIKE THE GRANULARITY OF, UH, THE PROCESS AND HOW YOU GOT TO WHERE YOU ARE, INCLUDING THE EQUITY EVALUATION FRAMEWORK.
I, IT'S A DIFFICULT PLACE TO BE OPERATING IN A WORLD WHERE DENSITY, DENSITY, INVENTORY, AND S YOU KNOW, HOUSING STOCK ARE CONSTANTLY PUSHING UP AGAINST, UH, YOU KNOW, CULTURE AND PRESERVATION OF, OF THE SAME, ESPECIALLY WHEN THERE'S A LOT OF, LOT OF, UH, HISTORY THAT WE'RE NOT PROUD OF, UH, CASCADING OVER THESE COMPLICATED ISSUES.
AND SO, UH, DON'T ENVY, UH, THE INTERSECTION AT WHICH YOU'RE OPERATING, BUT CERTAINLY I'M GLAD THAT YOU AND, UH, THE EQUITY OFFICER THEY'RE DOING IT.
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TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM, WHICH IS A BRIEFING REGARDING CDC GOALS AND VALUES, AND THAT SHOULD NOT BE ON THE AGENDA.UH, TODAY I THINK, UM, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT ROLLED OVER FROM, GOSH, MAYBE THE TURN OF THE YEAR AND THAT WE'VE BEEN NOT PUTTING ON THE AGENDA, UM, UNTIL WE CAN MAYBE DETERMINE IF WE CAN GET A FACILITATED CONVERSATION.
UH, SO WE WON'T BE SEEING THAT UNTIL MAYBE WE HAVE A MORE FORMAL STRUCTURE TO DISCUSS THAT.
UM, AND OF COURSE WE TOOK CARE OF ITEM FIVE D ALREADY MOVING
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TO SIX, WHICH ARE THE WORKING GROUP AND COMMITTEE REPORTS, UH, A UPDATE FROM THE JOINT SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE, COMMISSIONER FIDELITY.[02:45:02]
NOTHING TO REPORT.AND, UH, COMMISSIONER LES IS OUT, UH, DO WE HAVE AN UPDATE FROM THE HERC? I KNOW COMMISSIONER GARRETT IS OUT COMMISSIONER PADILLA.
I DIDN'T ATTEND THE LAST MEETING, BUT I THINK COMMISSIONER GARRETT, DUDE, I HAD A CONFLICT.
SO WE'LL, UH, WE'LL ASK COMMISSIONER GARRETT TO REPORT OUT NEXT MONTH SINCE IT'S A QUARTERLY MEETING.
UH, AND FINALLY VICE-CHAIR POP, IS THERE AN UPDATE ON THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT ADVISORY BOARD, JUST THAT THE, UM, REGULATING PLAN IS STARTING TO MOVE FORWARD AND THAT'S THE NEXT PLACE WHERE THE RUBBER MEETS THE ROAD ON HOW WE ACHIEVE THE AFFORDABILITY.
UM, ANY, AND JUST THANK YOU PARTICULARLY FOR BEING ONE OF THE LEADING VOICES IN THE MOVEMENT THAT SORT OF KEEPS EVERYONE'S EYE ON THE BALL, UH, THERE IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT AND ENSURING THAT WE MAXIMIZE THE AFFORDABILITY OPTIONS THAT ARE, THAT ARE, UM, AND WITH THAT SAID, UH, WE'LL MOVE
[7. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS]
TO THE FINAL AGENDA ITEM, FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. I WOULD LOVE FOR US TO BE ABLE TO PUT BACK ONTO THE AGENDA, UH, THE OPPORTUNITY TO SUPPORT STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE HOME LOAN HOME REPAIR LOAN PROGRAM.UH, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS? OKAY.
WELL, A WEEK FROM TODAY, I BELIEVE WE WILL HAVE, UH, OUR AGENDA SETTING MEETING A WEEK FROM TODAY, MONDAY, MAYBE.
UM, SO SIX DAYS AND, UH, AS ALWAYS, PLEASE COMMUNICATE WITH US, JESSE, LISA, UH, IF YOU'D LIKE TO BE INVOLVED, THANK YOU TO ALL THE COMMISSIONERS WHO, UH, SHOW UP AND ARE INVOLVED BOTH AT THE MEETINGS AND, UH, DURING THE MONTH, UH, I KNOW THAT EVERYONE WHO'S HERE TODAY HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN SOME WAY FORM OR FASHION.
AND, UH, OF COURSE, TO THE STAFF WHO STAY UNTIL THESE WEE HOURS, UH, ON A TUESDAY NIGHT, IT'S NOT THE COOLEST THING IN THE WORLD, BUT WE THINK YOU'RE COOL FOR DOING IT.
UH, WITH THAT SAID WE'LL, UH, ADJOURN THIS MEETING AT 9:37 PM AND SEE IN JUNE.