Jun 14, 2022 Community Development Commission

AND SINCE YOU'RE HERE AND IT'S SO EASY TO HAVE YOU ON THE SPOT, UM, I, UH, I'M NOT RUNNING FOR ANYTHING FIRST.

WHAT IS YOUR OPINION NOW, UH, FIRST, UM, THANKS FOR YOUR SERVICE OVER, NOT JUST THE TIME THAT YOU'VE BEEN WITH KEN, WHICH PROBABLY IS APPROACHING A DECADE, IF NOT MORE, AND, UH, OF COURSE YOUR, YOUR PUBLIC SERVICE AND ALL OF YOUR, UH, YOUR ADVOCACY FOR FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES HERE AND IN YOUR TIME DOING THIS WORK SPECIFICALLY WITH KEN AND UNIQUELY PRODUCING DASHBOARDS THAT ARE SHOWING KIND OF THE BIGGEST PAIN POINTS, DO YOU SEE US AS A CITY? DO YOU SEE THE CITY OF AUSTIN AND THOSE OF US WHO ARE CHARGED ALL OF US IN THIS ROOM, UH, AND, AND, AND WELL BEYOND WITH THE INSTITUTIONS THAT ARE, UH, S TRYING TO MAKE THINGS BETTER, DO YOU SEE US MOVING THE NEEDLE WHEN MEAN, BECAUSE YOU'RE LOOKING LITERALLY AT THE NEEDLE ON EACH OF THESE ITEMS, UM, AND OR DO YOU SEE THAT NEEDLE MOVING? DO YOU SEE THE COMMUNITY ABLE TO RESPOND? DID YOU SEE PHILANTHROPY ABLE TO RESPOND GOVERNMENT ABLE TO SOLVE THESE THINGS? WHAT, WHAT'S THE BIGGEST PERENNIAL ISSUE YOU'VE SEEN OVER THE LAST SEVEN YEARS? AND ARE WE PUTTING THE DENTIN IN IT? I MEAN, I DO A LOT OF WORK AROUND DISPLACEMENT, RIGHT.

AND AROUND, UM, OBVIOUSLY AREAS OF HIGH NEED, RIGHT? WHERE YOU HAVE CONCENTRATIONS OF KIND OF LOW INCOME, UM, FAMILIES.

AND, AND FOR ME, THAT'S WHAT WE SAW DURING THE PANDEMIC, RIGHT, IS IT WAS VERY CLEAR BASED ON WHERE THE CASES WERE CONCENTRATED, SORT OF WHERE THE AREAS OF I NEED WERE.

UM, AND THE RESPONSE TO THE PANDEMIC REALLY DIDN'T SHIFT, EVEN THOUGH THE DATA WAS TELLING YOU, MAYBE YOU SHOULD INVEST MORE HERE.

UM, AND IT TOOK MONTHS, I WOULD SAY SIX TO NINE MONTHS FOR THERE TO BE SORT OF PLACE SPECIFIC STRATEGIES OR NEIGHBORHOOD SPECIFIC STRATEGIES.

AND, AND, UM, AND I REALLY, YOU KNOW, WE HAVEN'T REALLY SEEN A SHIFT TO, YOU KNOW, KIND OF WITH THE INFORMATION WE GLEANED FROM THE PANDEMIC AND THE WINTER STORM.

WE SHOULD HAVE A BETTER RESPONSE TO THESE AREAS OF HIGH NEED.

AND I THINK THE RESILIENCY HUB CONVERSATION RIGHT, UM, IS ONE THAT CAN HELP PUT RESOURCES IN PLACE IN THESE HIGH NEEDS, NEIGHBORHOODS AND AREAS.

SO, UM, SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS I'M WORKING ON, YOU KNOW, THROUGH THE CITY PROCESS, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO DEVELOP THE RESILIENCY HUB, UH, NETWORK.

UM, BUT I DO THINK THAT WE CLEANED A LOT OR LEARNED A LOT DURING THE PANDEMIC BECAUSE NEED WAS MAGNIFIED IN SUCH AN INCREDIBLE WAY, BUT I DON'T THINK WE'VE DONE A GREAT JOB OF CHANGING HOW WE RESPOND.

KNOWING, HAVING THAT INFORMATION.

SO I DO THINK THAT'S A CHALLENGE, BUT ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY, RIGHT.

BECAUSE WITH ALL THAT INFORMATION WE'VE LEARNED AND GLEANED, THEN WE CAN, UM, WE CAN DO SOMETHING WITH IT.

AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE DOING THE KIND OF PANDEMIC RESPONSE WORK.

JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS PROBABLY LIKE AN AGENDA ITEM WHERE, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE SEE, WE HEAR MORE ABOUT THIS AND, YOU KNOW, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO COME BACK, I DEFINITELY WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT HERE.

HOW DO WE MAKE IT MORE RESPONSIVE TO NON ENGLISH SPEAKERS AND TO CERTAIN NEIGHBORHOODS? RIGHT.

SO AGAIN, WE CAN'T FORGET WHAT WE LEARNED, BUT WE GOT TO USE IT TO TRY TO IMPROVE THE SYSTEMS. THANK YOU.

UM, AND DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE, I APPRECIATE YOU PUTTING OUT THE RESILIENCY HUBS, UH, TOPIC, UM, BUT DOES IT, DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR REBEL BEFORE WE MOVE ON, UH, COMMISSIONER LES? SO THINKING THAT I WOULD HAVE FOR ALL THE INFORMATION, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A COMMENT THAT, UH, I REALLY DO, UM, UNDERSTAND THAT PART OF THE LANGUAGE, UH, CHALLENGE THAT I, THAT I SEEN.

AND I LIKE YOUR, YOU KNOW, YOUR HONESTY THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVEN'T REALLY MOVED THE NEEDLE THERE.

UM, I WOULD, I

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JUST LET ME KNOW IF IT'S THE LANGUAGE ACCESS PART OR THE RACE EQUITY PART OR THE, IT'LL BE A DEEP DIVE ON EVERY SINGLE ITEM.

SO WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE GOING TO INVITE YOU TO A CAKEWALK? NO, AND I, I WILL NOTE THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE DO THE PART OF OUR LANGUAGE WORK IS ALSO AROUND MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS.

WE ALL KNOW THAT'S A BIG CHALLENGE COMING OUT OF THE PANDEMIC BECAUSE OF THAT COLLECTIVE TRAUMA, WE'VE ALL SUFFERED.

SO PART OF OUR MINT LANGUAGE ACCESS WORK IS AROUND HOW DO WE CONNECT PEOPLE WHO DON'T SPEAK ENGLISH WITH MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ALSO, SO THAT WE DON'T TAKE ON THE EASY STUFF.

JUST THE HARD STUFF.

WELL, WE'LL, WE'LL SURELY BE INVITING YOU BACK.

UH, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THAT ENDS PUBLIC COMMUNICATION.

GREAT TO SEE YA IN PERSON.

GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR MEETING AND THANKS FOR YOUR SERVICE.

UH, WE'LL MOVE TO

[1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]

AGENDA ITEM ONE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.

UM, ANY DISCUSSION POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE MAY 10TH, 2022 CDC MEETING MINUTES.

OTHERWISE I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO PASS OR TO APPROVE THEM.

CHAIRMAN, COMMISSIONER, MICHAEL TOLLIVER.

I MAKE THE MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM LAST MONTH.

REALLY GLAD TO HEAR A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER TO OLIVER AND SEE HIM, UH, HERE WITH US TODAY.

UM, DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER GARCIA.

ALL IN FAVOR.

SAY AYE, OR RAISE YOUR HAND.

AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? MAKE IT SO VOCALLY FLEAS.

ITEM TO COMMUNITY SERVICES BLOCK GRANT THE CSBG.

THE MINUTES PASS, AGENDA

[2. COMMUNITY SERVICES BLOCK GRANT (CSBG)]

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION ON THE CSBG FROM JILL SMITH.

WHO'S A PROGRAM SUPERVISOR AT AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH.

GOOD EVENING.

JILL SMITH.

I AM A PROGRAM MANAGER WITH NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES, AND I'M HERE TO GIVE THE REPORT ON THAT COMMUNITY SERVICES BLOCK GRANT TONIGHT.

UM, THE MISSION OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES UNIT IS TO IMPROVE THE LIVES AND HEALTH OF PEOPLE, EXPERIENCING POVERTY BY PROVIDING PUBLIC HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES AND CONNECTING RESIDENTS OF AUSTIN AND TRAVIS COUNTY TO COMMUNITY RESOURCES THAT NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES PROVIDES BASIC NEEDS, PREVENTATIVE HEALTH CASE MANAGEMENT AND EMPLOYMENT SUPPORTS.

UM, YOU ALL, I GUESS YOU ALL HAVE THE REPORT IN FRONT OF YOU, CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.

SO IT DOESN'T OKAY.

UM, NOW IT'S ON THE SCREEN.

BACK TO THE PUBLIC, UM, HAD JUST BEEN SERVING PEOPLE REMOTELY IN CURBSIDE, AND NOW OUR DOORS ARE OPEN AGAIN TO THE PUBLIC STARTING MAY 2ND.

THERE WE GO.

THAT'S WHAT I WAS EXPECTING.

UM, OKAY.

AND THEN FOR THE EXPENDITURES WE HAVE JUST STARTED SPENDING, UM, THE 20, 22 FUNDS.

UM, AND YOU CAN SEE WHAT THOSE ARE.

SO NEXT PAGE FEE UM, I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH JUST A FEW HIGHLIGHTS, UM, THROUGH APRIL.

UM, WE'RE CONTINUING TO HELP PEOPLE AVOID EVICTION, UM, IN COLLABORATION WITH, UH, WITH ARP AND FOUNDATION COMMUNITIES, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO EXPAND OUR TECH SERVICES TO THE MONTOPOLIS COMMUNITY CENTER.

AND, UM, I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT WE'VE SERVED 327 PEOPLE THIS YEAR.

AND I'LL ADD SOME MORE DETAILS ABOUT THAT.

UM, ON THE NEXT PAGE, UM, WE'RE CONTINUING OUR FOOD DISTRIBUTIONS AND HAVE SERVED ALMOST 13,500 PEOPLE THROUGH APRIL.

UM, AND THEN I'LL GO TO THE NEXT PAGE FOR SOME PROGRAMMATIC HIGHLIGHTS.

UH, WE STILL HAVE A FEW VACANCIES THAT WE'RE WORKING ON FILLING.

UH, ON MAY 2ND, WE OPENED UP OUR CENTERS

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UM, LET'S SEE, UH, FOR FRESH FRUITS FOR FAMILIES, WE ARE STILL SEEING QUITE A LOT OF FOOD INSECURITY.

WE SERVED, UM, 739 PEOPLE IN APRIL, AND WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO, UM, START BACK SOME OF OUR FOOD DISTRIBUTIONS THAT HAD, UM, BEEN CUT DOWN DURING THE PANDEMIC.

WE'RE ABLE TO START DOING SOME OF, UM, OUR WEEKLY PRODUCE DISTRIBUTIONS AGAIN, UM, OR THE TEXTS ARE TAX HELP SERVICES.

UM, THIS YEAR, LIKE I SAID, WE WERE ABLE TO HELP 327 INDIVIDUALS, UM, FILE 173 TAX RETURNS AND THE REFUND, UM, THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO RECOUP FOR OUR CLIENTS EQUAL TO $178,000 AND 800 AT $178,846.

UM, SO THAT WAS EXCITING TO GET THAT MONEY BACK INTO THE HANDS OF THE PEOPLE THAT NEEDED THEM.

UM, FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE, UH, IN APRIL WE HELPED 327 PEOPLE IN 94 HOUSEHOLDS AVOID EVICTION.

UM, AND WE'RE CONTINUING, UH, TO HELP PEOPLE WITH THEIR UTILITY BILLS THROUGH THE AUSTIN ENERGY PLUS ONE PROGRAM.

UH, THOSE ARE ALL OF MY UPDATES.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I WILL TAKE THOSE NOW.

THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION.

UM, I THINK I'LL LEAVE THE QUESTIONS TO EVERYONE ELSE.

I'M JUST CURIOUS, ARE YOU HERE, UH, IN UNCLE'S ABSENCE, UH, OR, UM, OR WE COULD, UH, I JUST WANT TO KNOW HOW DEEP I SHOULD DRILL INTO THE QUESTIONS, HOW DEEPLY WE SHOULD DRILL INTO QUESTIONS OR NOT, YOU KNOW? YEAH.

HE'S ON VACATION.

SO I'VE INFORMED HIM THIS WEEK.

UM, I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE BUDGET, BUT I THINK I'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM EVERYONE ELSE FIRST, IF ANYTHING, AT ALL, COMMISSIONER ALLIANZ.

UH, I SAW THAT THE HOME DELIVERY PROGRAM IS BEING EXPANDED TO FRIDAYS.

UH, WHEN DOES THAT START? OH, THANK YOU.

I'M SORRY.

I FORGOT TO MENTION THAT.

UM, YES, THAT STARTING NEXT MONTH IN JULY.

SO YEAH.

UM, WE EXPANDED TO MONDAY, SO MONDAY GOING WELL AND, UM, WE ARE GOING TO EXPAND TO FRIDAY.

SO STARTING IN JULY, WE'LL BE DOING FIVE DAYS A WEEK.

CAN WE SHARE COMMISSIONER LEAST? DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? MY QUESTION ON THE BUDGET IS THAT I RECALL THAT BOTTOM LINE OF THE BUDGET, USUALLY THERE AT LEAST A 2021 CONTRACT BUDGET WAS LIKE A MILLION, IT'S USUALLY A MILLION AND SOME CHANGE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

I'M SEEING 2022 IS ABOUT HALF OF THAT.

I DON'T KNOW.

I JUST DON'T, I DON'T KNOW I'M MISSING SOMETHING OR SHOULD I SAVE THAT QUESTION FOR NEXT MONTH? OKAY.

PROBABLY I KNOW OUR REGULAR BUDGET WAS NOT DECREASED.

UM, IT STAYED ABOUT THE SAME, AND SO I KNOW THE NUMBERS WOULD LOOK VERY DIFFERENT BECAUSE WE HAD SO MUCH CARES ACT FUNDING.

SO I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE THINKING OF, BUT BEYOND THAT.

YEAH, WE PROBABLY GOING TO HAVE TO SAVE THAT FOR ANOTHER THAT'S FINE.

NEXT ITEM, UH, IS OLD BUSINESS DISCUSSION AND IT'S, UH, ITEM NUMBER THREE, UH, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS PRESENTED AT THE MAY, 2022 CDC MEETING REGARDING THE HOME LOAN REPAIR PROGRAM.

WE'LL CAN TAKE CARE OF IT BY EMAIL OR OFFLINE.

I'M SURE OUR BUDGET DID NOT, DID NOT GET CUT IN HALF FOR REGULAR CSBG IT'S ABOUT THE SAME SUPER, UM, WELL WITH THAT, THANK YOU SO MUCH, JOEL.

I APPRECIATE IT.

WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT, UH, BUSINESS ITEM.

WE APPRECIATE YOU JOINING US THIS EVENING.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING MEETINGS.

OUR

[3. OLD BUSINESS]

IF WE ALL RECALL, UH, UH, MANDY AND WAS IT, DID MAX PRESENT WITH YOU MANDY? OH, LETICIA AND JAMIE PRESENTED, UM, UH, ALONG WITH MANDY AROUND A POTENTIAL AROUND REALLY THE CROSS-SECTION OF ALL THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF SCENARIOS IN THE HOME LOAN REPAIR PROGRAM, A HOME REPAIR LOAN PROGRAM, UH, AS WELL AS WHAT THE SUGGESTED

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CORRECTIVE, UM, UH, POTENTIALLY ANYWAY OR IMPROVEMENT ACTIONS COULD BE, UH, ON THE SIDE OF HPD TO PUT IT MORE IN LINE WITH HUD STANDARDS AND FEDERAL STANDARDS.

UM, SO I THINK WE WERE ALL PRETTY CONSENSUALLY BEHIND THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS.

LAST TIME WE JUST WEREN'T POSTED FOR ACTION.

SO IT WOULD BE GREAT IF WE COULD SAIL THROUGH THIS.

AND WITH THAT SAID, IS THERE ANYTHING, UM, THAT Y'ALL WANTED TO SHARE OR WE JUST POSTED FOR ACCIDENT? I MEAN MAYBE IF YOU COULD, UH, JAMIE, IF YOU COULD JUST, UH, UH, JOIN US AND TELL US THE RECOMMENDATIONS REAL QUICK AGAIN, THIS ONE, NOT YET.

REDMOND'S ON.

UH, JAMIE MAY, UH, HOUSING AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT.

UM, WE ARE WORKING AS A PROCESS RIGHT NOW.

WE'VE SUBMITTED SOME, UH, WE HAVE SOME LETTERS, UH, THAT WILL BE REVIEWED BY LAW TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE MAKING PROGRESS IN GOING IN ABOUT THE RIGHT, UH, THE WIRE, THE RIGHT, UH, APPROACH.

UM, ESSENTIALLY THE PROPOSAL HERE IS TO, UH, REDUCE THE AFFORDABILITY PERIOD TO ALIGN WITH HUD REGULATIONS.

UM, AND THAT WOULD BE ACROSS THE PORTFOLIO.

UH, THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE LARGEST CHANGE, UH, THAT YOU WOULD SEE, UH, TAKING A 30 YEAR AFFORDABILITY PERIOD AND ALIGNING IT WITH HUD REGULATIONS TO MAKE IT A 20 YEAR AFFORDABILITY PERIODS, UM, AND MAINTAINING, UH, ALL OF THE RESTRICTIONS FOR THAT 20 YEARS WHERE THERE WERE THERE ANY OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS OR WAS THAT REALLY THE ONE? FOR SOME REASON, I REMEMBER THERE BEING LIKE A SMATTERING.

THAT WAS, THAT WAS THE BIGGEST ONE.

THAT WAS THE BIGGEST SHIFT.

THERE WERE, UM, THEY'RE ON THE SCREEN.

NOW, THERE YOU GO.

AND ESSENTIALLY SOME OF THE LOANS, UH, WHEN THEY WERE DRAFTED, HAD LONGER AFFORDABILITY CARRY RIGHTS, UM, THAT WERE DRAFTED AS A TEN-YEAR LOAN, BUT HUD REGULATIONS DUE TO THE SIZE OF THE LOAN WOULD REALLY BEAT THEM AT FIVE YEARS.

SO IF THAT AFFORDABILITY PERIOD HAS EXPIRED SINCE THEN, THEN THOSE LOANS WOULD BE FORGIVEN.

UH, AND, UH, ANY LOAN THAT IS STILL ACTIVE, UH, WOULD BE MODIFIED SO THAT THEIR AFFORDABILITY PERIOD ALIGNS WITH THE REGULATION.

AND, OKAY, WELL, IT'S FANTASTIC.

EVERYBODY THAT WAS HERE, LAST MEETING, I KNOW IS CONSENSUALLY BEHIND THESE AND COMMISSIONER TOLERBER I DON'T, YOU, YOU WEREN'T AT THE LAST MEETING.

UM, BUT BASICALLY WHAT THIS IS, IS THAT THERE WAS, UH, UM, A PARTICULAR HOME REPAIR LOAN PROGRAM THAT WAS HELPING A LOT OF FOLKS, BUT SOME FOLKS GOT CAUGHT IN, I GUESS, A LITTLE BIT OF UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES THAT THE CHALLENGE WAS THAT, UH, IF THEY WANTED TO SELL THEIR HOMES AND THEY HAD ONE OF THESE LOANS, THAT'S RIGHT.

THAT'S RIGHT.

AND SO THEY, THESE ARE THE CORRECTIVE ACTIONS TO MAKE IT BETTER.

AND YOU CAN SEE THE, THE FORGIVENESS THERE ON THE BOTTOM WAS KIND OF LIKE THE MOST CRITICAL ONES.

AND THEN, UM, THE OTHER THAN THAT WAS ALIGNING THAT 30 YEAR LENGTH OF TIME THAT THERE'S A LIEN OR THAT AFFORDABILITY PERIOD, REDUCING THAT TO 20, TO PUT IT IN LINE WITH HUD REGULATIONS.

SO PEOPLE AREN'T SORT OF STUCK IN THAT ZONE THAT WHOLE TIME FOR 30 YEARS, UH, WITH THIS NEW HOME REHABILITATION LOAN PROGRAM IS BEST FOR Y'ALL TO LET THE PEOPLE KNOW UP FRONT, SAY BECAUSE READING SOME OF THEIR MATERIALS AND THE OLD, A LONG PROCESS, SEE IF YOU BUY, OKAY, I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE.

I BOUGHT A HOOD HOME FROM AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE.

IT WAS A SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN WORKED ON BY A LICENSED CONSTRUCTION COMPANY.

BUT AS I WAS LOOKING AT THE HOUSE BEFORE I BOUGHT IT, THE LICENSED CONSTRUCTION WAS NOT THERE C UH, AT THAT TIME IT WAS UNDER NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING AND THAT NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING CREW WAS NOT UP TO PAR ON, UH, DOING EVERYTHING RIGHT.

SO IT TOOK ME A TOTAL OF 30 YEARS TO GET RID OF THAT.

NO, YES, SIR.

AND I, I CAN AGREE WITH SOME OF THE OTHER PEOPLE THAT'S IN THIS LOAN.

SO HOPEFULLY THIS NEW LOAN WILL HELP THEM OUT GET AFTER AN A HUNDRED, BECAUSE I KNOW ONE CASE THE PERSON HAD REMODELED THE HOUSE AND EVERYTHING AND GETTING READY TO SELL IT AND CAN'T SELL IT BECAUSE OF THE THREE LANES ON IT.

AND, UH, COMMISSIONER TOLLIVER, THAT'S HEARD LOUDLY AND CLEARLY NOW.

AND, UH, WE HEARD FROM, YOU KNOW, RESIDENTS, BUT ALSO THE LAST COUPLE

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OF MEETINGS.

UM, THE LAST MEETING UNIQUELY, UH, I THINK, UH, LATISHA AND JAMIE, UM, AND OF COURSE, MANDY REALLY, REALLY WERE LETICIA GAVE A REALLY, REALLY GREAT AND THOUGHTFUL PRESENTATION, KIND OF BREAKING DOWN EACH OF THE FOLKS WHO GOT THESE LOANS AND WHAT THE CORRECTIVE ACTION WAS GOING TO BE AND WHY THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE IN PLACE.

AND I, UM, I APPRECIATE YOU, UH, SHARING YOUR VOICE AND ALSO YOUR EXPERIENCE IN THIS.

AND I THINK THAT YOUR VOTE WILL ALSO MAKE THIS, THAT MUCH MORE MEANINGFUL, THAT YOU'RE SOMEBODY WHO'S MAYBE EXPERIENCED SOMETHING SIMILAR AND COULD ALSO VOTE FOR YOUR SUPPORT FOR THE CITY MAKING IMPROVEMENT ACTIONS, UM, AND CERTAINLY ON OUTREACH TO, AND, UH, JUST SORT OF UP-FRONT PLAIN LANGUAGE COMMUNICATION.

I KNOW THAT THAT WAS DISCUSSED AS WELL.

CHERIF, IF YOU DON'T MIND, I'D LIKE TO JUST, UH, REINFORCED IT.

UH, HOPEFULLY IN THE LAST 30 YEARS, OUR PROGRAM HAS GOTTEN MORE PROFESSIONAL, UM, AND WE'VE, UH, UH, UM, WORKED WITH A LICENSED CONTRACTORS AND, UH, WE HAVE TRIED, UH, TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE EDUCATING OUR, UH, BORROWERS AND, UH, THE HOMEOWNERS, UH, BEFORE WE START WORKING BEFORE ANY DOCUMENTS ARE SIGNED.

UH, SO I, I DO HOPE THAT, UH, IN THE LAST 30 YEARS, NOT ONLY HAVE WE GOTTEN BETTER, BUT THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY SITUATIONS THAT YOU UNFORTUNATELY HAD TO FACE.

I LOOK AT IT THIS WAY THAT, UH, IT WAS A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT WAS WRONG WITH THE HOUSE.

AND A LOT OF IT, I HAD TO STRAIGHTEN IT OUT BECAUSE OF THE CONTRACTOR.

NOW, WHEN WE DID THE FINAL WALKTHROUGH WALKTHROUGH AND THE PERSON THAT WAS WITH AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE, OR YOU SAW A LOT OF THINGS THAT WASN'T RIGHT, AND THAT'S WHERE THEY HAD TO GO BACK AND KNOCK THE PRICE DOWN BECAUSE OF A NON-LICENSED CONTRACT, RIGHT? YES, SIR.

I UNDERSTAND THAT HOPEFULLY WITH THIS NEW PROGRAM, THAT OUR WORK OUT FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE, BECAUSE THE EDUCATION THEN A, YOU GO TO CLASS LEARN ABOUT IT.

NEXT THING YOU KNOW, YOU'RE IN THE OFFICE TALKING, FIND YOUR HOME, SIGN THE PAPERS, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW.

I WAS SAYING YES.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER TOLLIVER.

ALL RIGHT.

AND, UH, COMMISSIONER DELGADO JUST WALKED IN.

I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK HER BECAUSE I KNOW, UH, HER BRINGING THIS ITEM TO THE TABLE, UH, IS CATALYTIC AND US AS A BODY, I THINK, IS VOTING TO SUPPORT THESE RECOMMENDATIONS TODAY.

AND SO WITH THAT SAID, UH, I WILL MOVE TO, UH, UH, YES, UH, MY CHAIR, CAN'T THE CHAIR MOVE.

WELL, I'M NOT GONNA DEBATE THAT WITH, UH, WITH VICE-CHAIR POP.

UH, SO WITH THAT SAID, IS THERE A MOTION, UH, CAN WE GET A MOTION TO SUPPORT STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS AS PRESENTED AND AGREED ON LAST MEETING AND THIS MEETING? WELL, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE CDC, I WOULD LIKE TO NUMB, UH, NOT NOMINATE, BUT WELL, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, PUT IT IN MOTION THAT WE, UH, TAKE IT IN CONSIDERATION FOR BOTH MOTION ON THE FLOOR FROM COMMISSIONER TOLERBER.

DO WE HAVE A SECOND? WE HAVE A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER DELGATO ALL IN FAVOR OR ANY DISCUSSION ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE, OR RAISE YOUR HAND.

AYE.

ANY OPPOSED, SAME SIGN OR MAKE IT VOCALLY KNOWN ANY ABSTAINING.

ITEM OF BUSINESS, NEW BUSINESS FOR A BRIEFING REGARDING THE STRENGTHENING OF TENANTS RIGHTS ORDINANCE FROM THE OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS HOUSING FROM THE OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS, HOUSING AND PLANNING AND AUSTIN CODE.

UH, WE HAVE AN ABSTENTION, UH, FROM VICE-CHAIR PUMP.

THANKS EVERYONE.

WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT

[4a. Briefing, discussion, and possible action from Civil Rights Office regarding the strengthening of tenants’ rights ordinance including an update on outreach (Carol Johnson, Office of Civil Rights)]

SO WE'LL HAVE CAROL JOHNSON WITH THE OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS, ELAINE GARRETT WITH AUSTIN CODE, NEVER TD JACKMAN, CUPID ALEXANDER, AND JAMIE MAY WITH HOUSING AND PLANNING THEY KNEW YOU WERE COMING COMMISSIONER TOLLIVER.

IS CUTTING OUT PRETTY BAD, PRETTY STEADILY OVER THE LAST MAYBE 60 SECONDS.

THEY KNEW YOU WERE COMING.

THAT'S WHY EVERYBODY'S HERE.

AND I HEARD A HELLO FROM ONLINE TO

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THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR HAVING US HERE.

MY NAME'S CAROL JOHNSON.

I I'M AM WITH THE OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS.

UM, AND I'M GOING TO PROVIDE SOME INFORMATION ON, UM, THE ITEMS, UH, REGARDING, UH, STRENGTHENING TENANTS RIGHTS ORDINANCES.

UM, SO LET ME, UM, I WANT TO JUST KIND OF GIVE AN OVERVIEW, UM, OF, UM, I'LL PROVIDE JUST A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE ITEMS AND THE SPECIFIC DIRECTIVES, UM, SHARE WITH YOU ALL A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PUBLIC OUTREACH, UM, AND OTHER ACTIONS THAT WE'VE TAKEN TODAY TO JUST KIND OF, UM, GET SOME STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT AND YOU KNOW, WHAT THE NEXT STEPS ARE, UM, IN TERMS OF ADDITIONAL STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT EVENTS THAT WE'LL BE HAVING, UM, AND THEN JUST PROVIDE SOME OPPORTUNITIES, UM, FOR YOU ALL TO HAVE QUESTIONS OR, UM, PROVIDE ANY INPUT OR INFORMATION THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SHARE.

UM, SO I WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ITEM, UH, RESOLUTION NUMBER 30 39.

UM, THE, THIS RESOLUTION, UM, THE LEAD DEPARTMENT ON THIS RESOLUTION IS, UH, THE OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS.

UM, AND WE ARE, UM, UH, WORKING WITH THE SUB LEADS, WHICH ARE THE AUSTIN CODE DEPARTMENT, THE DEPARTMENT HOUSING AND PLANNING.

UM, AND THIS IS THE RESOLUTION TO, UM, UH, A, UH, UH, ESTABLISH SOME RIGHTS FOR RENTERS.

UM, SO THE FIRST DIRECTIVE WITHIN THIS RESOLUTION, THE CITY MANAGER'S DIRECTED TO PREPARE A CODE AMENDMENT THAT WOULD ESTABLISH A RENTER'S RIGHTS FOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION, UM, IN JULY ON JULY 28TH, 2022, TO THE EXTENT LEGALLY AND PRACTICALLY FEASIBLE, THE RIGHTS SHOULD INCLUDE, UM, PROTECTED TENANT ORGANIZING ACTIVITIES.

UM, THAT I'LL TALK ABOUT IN JUST A LITTLE BIT.

AND THE CITY MANAGER IS ALSO DIRECTED TO PROVIDE, UM, UH, LEGAL ANALYSIS SO THAT COUNCIL COULD DETERMINE THE APPROPRIATENESS OF PUBLICLY SHARING WITH THE COMMUNITY AND THE STAKEHOLDERS.

AND THEN WHAT THE IMPACT, UH, IMPLEMENTING THESE REGULATIONS COULD HAVE ON BOTH, UM, RESIDENTS AND RENTAL HOUSING PROVIDERS, THEIR AGENTS, AND ALSO PROPERTY MANAGERS.

SO I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, CONTAINED WITHIN THE RESOLUTION.

UM, IS IT AN EXHIBIT EXHIBIT A AND IT KIND OF TALKS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT PROTECTIONS ARE PROVIDED, UM, IN OTHER STATES AND THEN, UM, EXHIBIT B OF THE SAME RESOLUTION, UH, OR AS AN EXHIBIT TO THAT RESOLUTION PROVIDES, UM, SOME PARAMETERS OR SOME GUIDE LINES AROUND WHAT SOME MODEL, UM, LANGUAGE WOULD LOOK LIKE.

SO AT LEAST 24 STATES AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA HAVE ADOPTED RETALIATION PROTECTIONS FOR TENANTS WHO ESTABLISHED OR PARTICIPATE IN A TENANT'S ORGANIZATION.

UM, AND THAT WOULD BE FOR ORGANIZATIONS THAT EXCEED TEXAS' RETALIATION PROTECTIONS.

UM, SO IN, UM, UNLIKE TEXAS AND SOME OF THESE OTHER JURISDICTIONS, LANDLORDS COULD NEVER RETALIATE AGAINST TENANTS FOR PARTICIPATING IN A TENANT ORGANIZATION AND ALSO SEVERAL STATES, INCLUDING CALIFORNIA, NEW YORK, UM, AND, UH, SEATTLE, THEY PROVIDE EVEN MORE EXPANSIVE PROTECTIONS FOR TENANTS BY PROVIDING THEM WITH AN EXPLICIT RIGHTS TO ORGANIZE.

AND IN SEVERAL INSTANCES, IT PROTECTS THE ACTIVITIES OF TENANT ORGANIZERS TO ASSIST TENANTS WITH OUTREACH, INFORMING AN OPERATING, UM, UH, TENANTS ASSOCIATION.

SOME OF THESE RIGHTS ARE ALREADY EMBEDDED WITHIN FEDERAL REGULATIONS FOR SECTION EIGHT PROPERTIES.

UM, BUT NOT, UH, THERE, THEY ARE NOT FOR PRIVATE, UM, PROPERTIES.

UM, SOME OF THE OTHER PROTECTIONS, UM, THAT MIGHT INCLUDE, UM, DISTRICT BEING LITTERED WORKER AND LAW, THE AREA APARTMENT COMPLEXES, UM, PLACING SOME LITERATURE AT, OR UNDER THE TENANTS DOORS, POSTING IT ON BUILDINGS, UM, BILLBOARD, UH, BULLETIN BOARDS, UM, ASSISTING TENANTS TO PARTICIPATE IN TENANT, ORGANIZING, UM, ACTIVITIES AND BE, UM, EVEN HELP FORM THIS GROUP OR CHANGES IN THE WELL CAROL WE'RE LOSING YOUR AUDIO PRETTY BADLY.

CAN YOU HEAR ME? YEAH.

ASSISTING TENT GIRL FAN TENANT'S RIGHTS.

YOUR AUDIO

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UM, CAN WE MAYBE, CAN YOU MAYBE SAY A SENTENCE AND IF IT'S STILL CHOPPING, WE MAY NEED TO DO SOME, UM, UM, I THINK IT MAY BE GOOD NOW I JUST HAVE TO HEAR YOU FOR A CONTINUOUS VIEW WORDS.

IT, OKAY.

SO, UM, I WAS, CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY THAT SOME OF THE TENANTS RIGHTS, UM, PROTECTIONS WOULD INCLUDE LIKE ASSISTING TENANTS WITH UNDERSTANDING PROVISIONS OF THEIR LEASE AGREEMENTS, BRINGING UP GRIEVANCES KIND OF ANYTHING THAT WOULD BE, UM, CONSIDERED, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, ACTIVITIES TO HELP TENANTS ENJOY THEIR HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES.

I'LL TRY TO MAKE A REALLY QUICK, UM, SOME OF THE MODEL RULES ARE AROUND, UM, YOU KNOW, TENANTS HAVING, UM, OBVIOUSLY A RIGHT TO SELF-ORGANIZE, UM, UH, AND ENGAGE IN CONCERTED ACTIVITIES FOR THE PURPOSE OF MUTUAL AID AND PROTECTION.

UM, AND THEN, UM, ENTRY ON PROPERTY FOR THE PURPOSE OF TENANT TENANT RIGHTS.

SO, YOU KNOW, OTHER PEOPLE BEING ABLE TO COME ON THE PROPERTY AND HAVE THESE MEETINGS, UM, AND THEN, UM, UH, ASSISTING THEM AGAIN IN ANY KINDS OF TENANT ORGANIZING ACTIVITIES.

UM, AND, UH, SO, AND THEN ALSO, UM, FORMULATING, HELPING TO FORMULATE RESPONSES TO OWNER, UM, ACTIONS, AGAIN, THIS WOULD BE IN RESPONSE TO MAYBE RATE INCREASES, UM, OR, YOU KNOW, UH, CHANGES IN THE ACCOMMODATIONS, FACILITIES AND SERVICES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

UM, AND THEN, UM, I WILL, UM, THE, SO THE CITY MANAGER HAS DIRECTED, UM, THE, UH, UH, UH, IS DIRECTED TO ENGAGE IN STAKEHOLDER, UM, ACTIVITIES AND TO KIND OF COLLABORATE WITH AUSTIN APARTMENT ASSOCIATION, THE AUSTIN BOARD OF REALTORS, THE TEXAS RIO GRANDE LEGAL AID, UM, BUILDING AND STRENGTHENING TENANT ACTS IN THE AUSTIN TENANT'S COUNCIL AND DEVELOPING THE ORDINANCE AROUND TENANTS ORGANIZING, UM, AND, AND, UM, THE, THE RIGHT TO, UM, INVESTIGATE AND ENFORCE WOULD BE WITHIN THE OFFICES.

UM, AND THEN, UM, OBVIOUSLY WE WOULD WANT TO ENSURE THE POLICIES AND PROCESSES ARE IN CONFORMITY WITH WHAT IS EXISTING WITH HOUSING AND PLANNING, THE CODE DEPARTMENT, UM, AND ANY OTHER RELEVANT DEPARTMENT, UM, UH, TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE COMPLIANT WITH, WITH THOSE RIGHTS.

AND I CAN, UM, I CAN EITHER TURN IT OVER TO TALK ABOUT ITEM 40, OR I'M HAPPY TO TALK ABOUT THAT TOO.

I'LL LEAVE THAT TO THE TEAM.

UH, I'M SORRY.

YOU'RE YOU'RE RIGHT.

SHE SAYS THAT SHE CAN TALK ABOUT ITEM 40 OR, OR, OR Y'ALL CAN CAROL, WE WILL FOLLOW YOU YOUR LEAD ON THIS.

AND WE WILL ADD, UH, AS YOU NEED US TO SUPER, UH, GO, UH, PLEASE, PLEASE CARRY ON CAROL.

AND IF YOUR AUDIO DOES, IF YOUR AUDIO STARTS TO GET CHOPPY AGAIN, THOUGH, WE, I THINK MAYBE WE CAN JUST SHIFT RIGHT BACK OVER.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HEARD ME CAROL, BUT WHAT I SAID IS THAT IF YOUR AUDIO GETS, OH, I'M SORRY, IT LOOKS LIKE WE'VE GOT THIS REALLY, REALLY AWKWARD DELAY BETWEEN US.

SO I'M GOING TO SAY THAT IF YOUR AUDIO GETS CHOPPY SOMEWHERE AS YOU'RE GOING, I'LL LET YOU KNOW.

THEN IT LOOKS LIKE THE REST OF THE TEAM SHOULD SURELY BE ABLE TO PICK UP WHERE YOU'RE LEAVING OFF.

UM, AND SO, UM, AND AS WE'VE GONE, GONE TO TALK TO AGAIN, UM, COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS, WE'VE HELD, UM, UH, A NUMBER OF EVENTS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND MY, AND MY APOLOGIES, I AM IN WASHINGTON DC RIGHT NOW FOR A CONFERENCE.

SO IT DEFINITELY COULD BE ME.

UM, OKAY.

SO I'LL JUST KIND OF BRIEFLY TALK ABOUT, UM, RESOLUTION 40.

UM, THIS IS, UM, A RESOLUTION TO APPROVE A PROPOSED, UM, NOTICE OF EVICTION THAT WOULD PROVIDE, UH, TENANTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, PREVENT AN EVICTION.

UM, COUNSEL HAS ASKED THE CITY MANAGER TO PREPARE AN ORDINANCE THAT REQUIRES A LANDLORD TO PROVIDE A NOTICE OF PROPOSED EVICTION BEFORE THE LANDLORD ACTUALLY ISSUES A NOTICE TO VACATE.

UM, AND THIS, UH, REQUEST FOLLOWS THE ORDINANCE ADOPTED DURING COVID-19.

UM, AND DURING COVID-19 THE ORDINANCE REQUIRED THE NOTICE OF PROPOSED EVICTION TO BE PROVIDED WHEN WHENEVER A LANDLORD WANTED TO EVICT SOMEONE FOR THE NON-PAYMENT OF RENT.

UM, AND THEN THAT ORDINANCE REQUIRED A 60 DAY NOTICE AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO CURE THE NONPAYMENT OF RENT DURING THAT 60 DAY WINDOW, UM, COUNSEL HAS ASKED THE CITY MANAGER TO CONSIDER NON-PAYMENT OF RENT AND ALSO OTHER NON-RELATED REASONS THAT TRIGGER A NOTICE TO VACATE AND TO CONSIDER, UM, PERHAPS A PERIOD OF SEVEN, SEVEN TO 30 DAYS.

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UM, WE STILL HAVE ANOTHER EVENT PLANNED, UH, BUT WE HAD TWO VIRTUAL WORK RECRUIT MEETINGS VIA ZOOM, UH, ONE ON MARCH 10TH.

UM, ONE ON MARCH 23RD.

UM, JUST THIS PAST SATURDAY, WE HAD AN OPEN HOUSE, UM, AT THE Y YMCA NORTH LOCATION, UM, WHERE FOLKS WERE ABLE TO ACTUALLY COME OUT AND, UM, WE HAD THE LAW DEPARTMENT AND, UM, HOUSING AND PLANNING AND CODE AND, AND, UH, THE OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS WERE ALL OUT.

UM, UH, GIVING FOLKS AN OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF TALK ABOUT, UM, OR GIVE US THEIR INPUT ON WHAT THEY THOUGHT ABOUT EACH ONE OF THESE, UM, UH, TENANTS RIGHTS TO ORGANIZE, AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, THE ADDITIONAL, UM, UH, NOTICE ON PROPOSED, UM, EVICTION NOTICES.

WE HAVE ANOTHER UPCOMING OPEN HOUSE THAT WILL BE ON JUNE THE 29TH FROM SIX 30 TO EIGHT.

UM, AND IT WILL BE AT THE MONTOPOLIS RECREATION AND COMMUNITY CENTER.

AGAIN, THAT'LL BE ON JUNE THE 29TH FROM SIX 30 TO EIGHT.

UM, AND THEN WE HAVE ANOTHER, WE'VE GOT ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY B FOR FOLKS WHO MAYBE CANNOT ATTEND EITHER IN PERSON OR THE VIRTUAL EVENTS.

WE'VE GOT TO SPEAK UP AUSTIN PAGE, UM, THAT ARE, UH, WE'VE GOT ACTUALLY TO SPEAK UP AUSTIN PAGES THAT HAVE BEEN SET UP TO ALLOW FOLKS WITH ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES TO PROVIDE THEIR INPUT AND TO PROVIDE, YOU KNOW, INFORMATION, UM, ABOUT, UM, THEIR THOUGHTS ON EITHER ONE OF THESE RESOLUTIONS.

SO THAT'S THE END OF MY PRESENTATION.

I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS AND THANK YOU ALL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THIS EVENING.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, CAROL, FOR, UH, ELUCIDATING AROUND THOSE TWO.

DO Y'ALL RECOMMEND THAT WE DO ALL THE QUESTIONS AT THE END OR INTERCALATE THEM ANY FEELINGS? I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH CROSSOVER THERE IS.

THERE'S NOT, UH, I THINK UNLESS ELAINE WANTS TO ADD ANYTHING, BUT WE CAN JUST ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.

WE CAN MOVE INTO THE QUESTIONS.

THAT'S FINE.

UM, OKAY.

SO, UH, CARL, I THINK WE'RE GOING TO DO THE QUESTIONS, UM, JUST ALL AT THE END, UH, SO WE CAN KEEP MOVING THROUGH AND, UM, Y'ALL CARRY ON.

OH, I CAN SPEAK, I THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO GET SOME QUESTIONS.

MY NAME'S ELAINE GARRETT WITH THE AUSTIN CODE DEPARTMENT.

I'M SORRY.

I LAY, IT LOOKS LIKE I'VE GOT LIKE A COMMUNICATION BLOCK UPSIDE MY HEAD, UH, TODAY.

SO, UM, WHAT DO WE THINK IS THE BEST FORMAT I CAN BRIEF RIGHT NOW FOR AUSTIN CODE DEPARTMENT? YEAH, LET'S, LET'S, LET'S DO THAT.

ALL RIGHT.

UH, IN RESPONSE TO RESOLUTION NUMBER 39, BASICALLY THE RESOLUTION STATES THAT, UH, AND AS DIRECTOR JOHNSON STATED, WE HAVE BEEN ENGAGING WITH, WITH HOUSING IMPLANTING AS WELL AS THE OPPOSITE OF CIVIL RIGHTS AND AUSTIN, UH, AND THE CITY LEGAL, UH, IN, IN RESPONSE FOR THIS, UH, THE RESPONSES DUE TO THE CITY COUNCIL IN AUGUST.

SO WE, I THINK THERE WAS AN EXTENSION GRANTED, BUT, UH, THE RESOLUTION 39 STATES THAT THE CITY MANAGER WILL ENSURE THE POLICIES AND PROCESSES FOR ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS FOLLOW THE, UH, THE SAME GUIDELINE.

AND WE MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS, IS STANDARDIZED AND HOW WE ENFORCE.

UH, SO OUR RESPONSE ON THIS IS OBVIOUSLY WE ARE WORKING ON A, UH, INTERNAL POLICY AND PROCEDURE ON HOW WE WILL MANAGE, AND WE WILL APPROACH ANYTHING THAT IS IN REFERENCE TO, UH, THE ORDINANCE AS IT, AS IT IS ACCEPTED, UH, AND IN REGARDS TO RESOLUTION 40, UH, IT WILL TAKE, UH, WE'RE STILL IN COMMUNICATION WITH AUSTIN LEGAL AS THE CITY LEGAL TO FIND OUT HOW WE WILL MOVE, MOVE FORWARD IN THAT.

SO THAT THAT'S THE UPDATE FROM OUR DEPARTMENT FOR, FOR BOTH RESOLUTIONS.

UH, COURT NOTICES OR INFORMATION WAS REQUESTED, WE COULD HPD PROVIDE THE INFORMATION TO VERIFY THAT IN FACT, UM, THE LANDLORDS HAD COMPLIED, I WILL SAY THE DIFFERENCE THEN WAS THAT THERE W THERE WERE FUNDS FOR, UH, RENTERS DURING THAT TIME WHO WERE STRUGGLING TO BE ABLE TO HELP THEM, UH, CURE THE NON-PAYMENT OF RENT, WHICH WE DO NOT AT THIS TIME.

THAT WAS ESSENTIALLY THE SAME UPDATE I HAVE.

I MEAN, WE'RE CONTINUING TO COLLABORATE AND WORK WITH THE CITY OF LEGAL DEPARTMENT ON DRAFTING AN ORDINANCE THAT REALLY MEETS THE DIRECTIVES AS OUTLINED AND THROUGH THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESSES.

UH, WE WILL SAY, UM, AND WE HAVE LIKE, WE'VE USED, UM, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS DURING THE COVID PERIOD WHERE, UH, WE'VE, SO WE'VE ALREADY SORT OF DONE THIS PRE PREVIOUSLY DURING, UH, COVID WHERE THERE WAS AN ORDINANCE THAT REQUIRED THE NOTICE OF PROPOSED EVICTION, UM, WHEN THE LANDLORD NEEDED TO EVICT SOMEONE.

AND SO WE, WE ESTABLISHED SOME GUIDELINES INTERNALLY WITHIN HPD AND LANDLORDS WERE REQUIRED TO COMPLETE, AND WE DEVELOPED THE SYSTEM BY WHICH, AND IF, UM,

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AND THAT IS NOT THE QUESTION OR THEY ASK, UH, BUT TO ALLOW, UH, RENTERS TO HAVE THE EXTRA PERIODS.

SO THAT IS THE DIRECTIVE.

AND THANK ALL OF YOU ALL FOR JOINING US THIS EVENING.

UH, CAROL, THANKS FOR JOINING US FROM DC.

I'M GOING TO JUST REALLY QUICKLY SYNOPSIZE IT AND, UH, TO MAKE SURE I GET IT BEFORE KICKING IT BACK TO THE TEAM FOR ANY QUESTIONS.

UM, SO DURING THE PANDEMIC, UH, WE HAD AN ORDINANCE THAT REQUIRED A 60 DAY NOTICE OF PROPOSED EVICTION, PLUS THAT SAME AMOUNT OF TIME TO CURE THE NON-PAYMENT OF RENT BEFORE EVICTION PROCEEDINGS COULD OCCUR.

IS THAT CORRECT? AND NOW RESOLUTION 39, UH, OR ORDINANCE 39, UH, POTENTIALLY, OR AM I SAYING IT WRONG? 40 0 40, RIGHT.

UH, PROPOSES THE SAME THING POSSIBLY, WHICH IS THE NOTICE OF PROPOSED EVICTION AND POSSIBLY THE ABILITY TO CURE, BUT NOT FOR 60 DAYS, BUT RATHER SEVEN DAYS, UH, MAYBE UP TO 30 DAYS.

IS THAT RIGHT? OKAY.

AND THEN NUMBER 39 IS REALLY ORGANIZED OREGON ORGANIZING PROTECTIONS FOR TENANTS THAT CASCADE FROM WHAT WAS ALREADY AVAILABLE IN SECTION EIGHT, BUT NOW OUT THE PRIVATE PROPERTIES, AS WELL AS MAYBE, UH, INCREASED, UH, OR IMPROVED SORT OF CLARIFICATION ON NON-RETALIATION AGAINST TENANTS AND THEN ALLOWING ORGANIZING SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS, OR WHAT HAVE YOU TO ALSO ENTER THE PROPERTY FOR THAT PURPOSE.

DOES THAT SOUND ABOUT RIGHT? YEAH.

UM, SO THANK YOU ALL.

AND, UH, WITH THAT SAID, UH, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE COMMISSIONERS AMONG THE COMMISSIONERS COMMISSIONER DELGADO? UM, FIRST OF ALL, I JUST WANT TO THINK, UH, THE CIVIL RIGHTS AND ALL THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE PART OF THIS, UH, THANK YOU ALSO TO, UM, MS. ELLYN, GARRETT, UH, HERE, OUR DIRECTOR HERE WITH CODE.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

UM, SO YEAH, I HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.

ONE OF THEM IS I'VE NOTICED THAT I'VE GOTTEN A LARGE AMOUNT OF COMPLAINTS.

UM, EVERY LITTLE THING THEY'RE BEING EVICTED FOR, UH, SOME OF THEM ARE NONPAYMENT, UH, OR LATE PAYMENT.

UM, BUT I'M NOTICING THAT THERE'S REALLY NOT A LOT OF ADVOCATING GROUPS OUT THERE EXCEPT TENANT COUNCIL.

AND THEY'RE A LITTLE OVERWHELMED.

UM, I KNOW BOSTON, UM, CAN ONLY HELP, UH, ORGANIZE COMMUNITIES, UH, OR APARTMENT COMPLEXES, UH, IF THEY'RE HAVING CIVIL RIGHTS ISSUES OR DISCRIMINATION ISSUES.

BUT, UM, ACCORDING TO THIS ORDINANCE, CAUSE I DON'T, I DON'T HAVE IT IN FRONT OF ME.

SO I JUST KIND OF HEAR WHAT YOU ARE READING.

UM, WHAT, WHAT PROTECTIONS DO OUR TENANTS HAVE, UM, FOR NOT JUST THE NON-PAYMENT, BUT ALSO FOR, YOU KNOW, TECHNICAL OR SMALL VIOLATIONS, LIKE LEAVING TRASH OUTSIDE ON THE BALCONY OR, YOU KNOW, DRINKING ALCOHOL ON THE BALCONY OR THINGS LIKE THAT.

I MEAN, DOES THAT ALL, DOES THAT IN THE SAME CATEGORY AS, UM, THE PROTECTION RIGHTS FOR THEM? I MEAN, I'M JUST NOTICING THAT MOST OF THEM ARE ALL BEING EVICTED AND THEY'RE LITERALLY HAVE NO HELP OUT THERE.

AND SO I REALLY THINK THAT THE CITY FOR DOING ALL OF THIS, BUT WHAT ELSE IS OUT THERE OR WHAT ELSE CAN'T, WHERE CAN THEY GO? THAT YOU ALL CAN, CAN BE ABLE TO GIVE THAT INFORMATION AND RESOURCE TO THEM BECAUSE WE'RE VERY LIMITED IN RESOURCES RIGHT NOW, ESPECIALLY WITHOUT ANY MONEY AS WELL.

WE DON'T HAVE ANY MONEY, UH, TO ASSIST THEM AT THIS TIME.

SO I'M REALLY ASKING THE QUESTION BACK TO OUR CITY ENTITIES.

UM, ARE THEY REALLY PROTECTED AND IS THIS REALLY GOING TO HELP PREVENT THEM FROM BEING EVICTED? THAT'S ALL.

TENANTS, UH, ESPECIALLY, UM, IN THE CURRENT ENVIRONMENT THAT WE'RE IN, UH, WITH INCREASED RENTS AND THE OPPORTUNITIES TO, UM, GET HIGHER PAYING TENANTS IN THE, THE UNITS AND PUSH, UM, LOWER INCOME RESIDENTS OUT.

AND SO I DID HEAR THAT THERE WERE GOING TO BE SOME OTHER NONPAYMENT RELATED, UH, PROTECTIONS AROUND EVICTION.

SO MAYBE Y'ALL MIGHT BE ABLE TO SHED SOME MORE LIGHT AROUND THAT.

AND THEN I THINK THAT'S THE REMAINDER OF THE QUESTIONS TOO.

UH, COMMISSIONER DELGADO, I, YOU ARE CORRECT IN YOUR ASSESSMENT, UH, IN TERMS OF THE LIMITED RESOURCES THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO SUPPORT

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UNFORTUNATELY, I MEAN, WE ARE LIMITED IN TERMS OF OUR RESOURCES.

WE ARE LIMITED IN TERMS OF THE CAPACITY OF THE EXISTING ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE DOING THE WORK.

UM, AS YOU MENTIONED, THE TWO THERE'S AUSTIN TENANT'S COUNCIL, AS WELL AS BOSTON.

UM, AND BOTH OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS, UM, HAVE SHARED, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH THAT THEY CAN DO WITH.

AND SO THIS IS ONE REASON WHY, UM, THE CITY COUNCIL HAS DECIDED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH RESOLUTION 39 AND 40.

AND THIS IS WHY WE ARE WORKING, UH, WITH THOSE ORGANIZATIONS AS WELL AS THE LANDLORD OF AN APARTMENT ASSOCIATIONS TO COME UP WITH A RESOLUTION THAT CAN HELP PROTECT, UH, MORE RESIDENTS IN, IN AUSTIN.

SO THAT'S THE GOAL, UH, WHICH WE HOPE TO ACHIEVE.

I JUST WANT TO, I JUST WANT TO SHARE THAT YOU ARE DOING A GOOD JOB, YOU KNOW, SO YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB.

I JUST, I FEEL LIKE WE'RE, WE'RE PROGRESSING, UH, LIKE A LITTLE BIT, BUT WE'RE STILL HAVE A CRISIS THAT I THINK SO MANY OF US ARE, YOU KNOW, OUT IN THE COMMUNITY ARE HAVING TO DEAL WITH.

AND SO WHEN WE COME BACK TO THESE BOARDS, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO BE ABLE TO TAKE BACK WHAT, WHAT INFORMATION IS BEING SHARED HERE TO OUR COMMUNITY.

AND IT JUST SEEMS LIKE IT'S THE SAME, IT'S THE SAME THAT WE HEARD, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, BUT I'M GOING TO BE HOPEFUL.

UM, AND IF YOU ALL FIND ANYTHING OUT THERE THAT YOU NEED OUR ASSISTANCE IN, OR IF WE NEED TO BE DOING SOMETHING ELSE TO HELP YOU ALL, UM, PLEASE COME AND SHARE THAT BECAUSE I THINK THAT WORKING TOGETHER, UM, WE'RE GOING TO GET THROUGH THIS CRISIS BECAUSE WE ARE JUST, IT'S, IT'S SO BAD OUT THERE.

UM, IT'S SO EMOTIONAL TO SHARE THOSE STORIES AND, AND, AND YOUR WORKERS OUT THERE ARE, ARE HEARING THESE STORIES.

UM, SO YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB.

I JUST HOPE AND WISH THAT THE CITY, UH, ON A, ON A DIFFERENT LEVEL WILL BE ABLE TO GIVE US THE MONEY AND THE RESOURCES THAT WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO HELP OUR PEOPLE SUSTAIN AND THEIR HOUSING AND HAVE A, A GOOD QUALITY OF LIFE, BECAUSE WE'RE REALLY FACING THAT RIGHT NOW AT THIS TIME.

THANKS, COMMISSIONER DELGADO, COMMISSIONER TELEVERDE.

THANK YOU ALL FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK.

I LIKE TO ASK A QUESTION.

HOW IS IT THAT SCHEDULE OF RESOLUTION 40? IS IT GOING TO HELP SINGLE PARENTS BECAUSE SINGLE PARENTS, SOME OF THEM CAN'T AFFORD THESE APARTMENT COMPLEX AND THEY'RE JACKING UP.

UH, THE REASON I'M LOOKING AT THAT, I SEE A NUMBER OF SINGLE PARENTS WHEN THEY GO TO THE STORE AND THEY HAVE TO GO HOME AND THEY GOT A NOTICE ON THEIR DOOR.

AND I DON'T THINK THAT'S FAIR.

AND I HOPE THIS 40 RESOLUTION 40, I HOPE IT HELPS ME BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, YOUR LANDLORDS OUT OF STATE PROPERTY OWNERS, THEY CAN DO WHATEVER THEY WANT.

AND THERE'S NO ORDINANCE THAT SAYS THEY CAN'T DO IT.

I MENTIONED THIS BEFORE OUR MEETINGS START TONIGHT BECAUSE SEE WHERE I LIVE AT, I GOT AN APARTMENT THAT'S BEING BUILT, WHERE THEY SAID IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BEEN A PARKING GARAGE.

AND I KNOW THAT WAS A FIELD.

AND, UH, I OWN OUT TO 90 APARTMENT COMPLEX, BUT THE BIGGEST THING THAT I CAME TO UNDERSTAND IF THEY GOT A 400 UNIT AND YOU ONLY ALLOW TWO CARS, AND IF YOU GOT A THREE CAR, YOUR CAR HAS TO PARK OUTSIDE OF THE PROPERTY, THAT NEEDS TO BE A CITY ORDINANCE ALSO THAT THE OWNERS OF THE PROPERTY CAN'T DISCRIMINATE ON HOW MANY CARS YOU HAVE.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER TOLLIVER.

UH, I CAN, WE CAN CERTAINLY ANSWER IT.

SO, UH, THAT ORDINANCE WOULD, UH, PROTECT TENANTS IF PASS AND ADOPTED.

UM, BUT IT, IT'S NOT SPECIFIC TO WHETHER IT'S A SINGLE HEADED HOUSEHOLD OR A TWO INCOME HOUSEHOLD.

UH,

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WELL, WELL, THE GOOD THING IS IT WOULD INCLUDE BOTH, BUT TO BE CLEAR, I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE CLEAR.

IT IS ALLOWING IT WOULD ALLOW ADDITIONAL TIME TO FIND THE RESOURCES, UM, TO MAKE PAYMENT AND BECOME WHOLE.

SO A PERSON IS, UH, CAN BECOME CURRENT WITH THEIR RENT.

IS THAT WHERE Y'ALL GOING TO STAY UP FOR HIM, THE BANK FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR? SO, UM, THERE ARE NO FUNDS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS DIRECTIVE, NOT WITH THIS.

IT JUST GIVES AN ADDITIONAL TIME.

IT DOES NOT NECESSARILY DIRECT RESOURCES TO ASSIST WITH THAT.

I WILL SHARE.

WE DO HAVE A COUPLE OF PROGRAMS. I DON'T KNOW WHY I HAVEN'T MENTIONED THIS PREVIOUSLY.

YEAH, WE DO HAVE TWO PROGRAMS. UH, UM, AGAIN, THE CAPACITY, IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO ADDRESS ALL OF THE CONTINUED NEEDS AND GROWING NEEDS, BUT WE HAVE A PROGRAM CALLED I BELONG IN AUSTIN.

UH, WE CONTRACT WITH ELP IN, UH, TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE FOR HOUSEHOLDS THAT ARE FACING EVICTION.

SO IT IS FOR HOUSEHOLDS THAT ARE FACING EVICTION.

IF THEY ARE REPRESENTED BY, UM, TRELLA, UH, TEXAS, A REAL GRAND DAY LEGAL AID, THEY CAN GET ASSISTANCE OR VOLUNTEER LEGAL SERVICES.

SO WE ARE PARTNERING WITH BOTH OF THOSE ORGANIZATIONS.

ONE HAS THE CONTRACT.

SO I WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR, UH, VLS THEY'RE TAKING ON THIS WORK AS PARTYING A PART OF THEIR OVERALL PROGRAMS. THE CITY HAS A CONTRACT WITH TRELLA TO REPRESENT HOUSEHOLDS IF THEY ARE FACING EVICTION.

AND SO IF THERE IS AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE LANDLORD, UM, AND THE, THE LEGAL REPRESENTATIVE TRAILER TO PAY FOR PAST DUE RENT, WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP HOUSEHOLDS IN.

THEN WE, UH, ELWIN WILL MAKE A PAYMENT SO THAT, UH, SO THERE ARE LIMITED FUNDS.

THIS IS A SORT OF, UH, A PILOT PROGRAM, IF YOU WILL.

UH, WE STARTED THIS DURING COVID AND, UM, THERE ARE FUNDS LEFT IN THE REASON WHY WE HAVE FUNDS LEFT IS BECAUSE WE DID HAVE THE, UH, EVICTION ORDINANCES IN PLACE.

SO NOW WE ARE USING THE FUNDS TO HELP PROTECT FAMILIES.

AND IF, UH, IF THIS IS SUCCESSFUL, IF THIS WORKS, WE WILL CONTINUE TO, UM, MAKE THE FUNDS, HOPEFULLY MAKE THE FUNDS ALLOW, UM, AVAILABLE.

AND CURRENTLY THIS IS BEING FUNDED THROUGH, UH, WITH HOUSING TRUST FUND DOLLARS.

UH, YES, YES, BUT IT IS JUST TO BE CLEAR THAT IT'S LIKE $880,000.

SO THAT AGAIN IS SUCH A SMALL, BUT IT'S HELPING.

AND WE DO SEE THAT THE FUNDS ARE THEY'RE BEING USED MORE NOW THAT WE'VE SEEN EVICTIONS, UH, RISING COMMISSIONER TAVOR YES.

AND THEN WE HAVE VICE-CHAIR POP RIGHT AFTER YOU.

AND UNDER NEFFER TDS LEADERSHIP.

I NEED TO ASK YOU A QUESTION, UH, CHAIRMAN, SINCE THIS IS, SHOULD COME ON AT A HEATING OF HOOD WITH THE EVICTIONS AND EVERYTHING SHOULD COME UNDER THE HEADING OF HOOD THAT WE CAN WRITE A GRANT TO HELP THEM WITH THE FUNDING.

IF IT'S POSSIBLE, THIS IS SOMETHING I'M JUST ASKING AND THROWING OUT THERE.

SO, UM, IF WHAT I'M HEARING IS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE FUNDING PRIORITIES TO REFLECT A HIGHER PRIORITY IN EVICTION, UM, AVOIDANCE OR CURING A NON-PAYMENT OF EVICTION.

AND I SEE MANDY COMING UP AND I'M APPRECIATING THAT.

UM, BECAUSE I THINK, I THINK, I THINK YOUR POINT IS GOING TO BE APPROPRIATELY ADDRESSED.

THEY KNEW YOU WERE COMING COMMISSIONER AND TELLING HER, I TOLD YOU, UH, MANDY DEMAYO, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE HOUSING AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT.

UM, I DID WANT TO THANK YOU, NEVER TD FOR BRINGING UP.

I BELONG IN AUSTIN, WHICH IS, AS SHE MENTIONED, L UH, ADMINISTERED BY L BRAIN SAN BERNARDINO.

UM, WE'RE VERY PLEASED WITH THAT COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP.

AND IT IS, I DON'T WANT TO SAY A DROP IN THE BUCKET BECAUSE IT IS $880,000, WHICH WILL SERVE QUITE A FEW FAMILIES, BUT WE KNOW THAT THE NEED IS GREATER THAN THAT OUT THERE.

UM, I WILL SAY THAT ON THIS THURSDAY'S COUNCIL AGENDA, WE ALSO WERE FORTUNATE TO HAVE RECEIVED A LITTLE OVER A MILLION DOLLARS IN EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

UM, YOU ALL MAY KNOW THE RENT PROGRAM, THE RELIEF OF EMERGENCY NEEDS FOR TENANTS, UM, WHICH WAS OPERATIONAL DURING COVID

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THEY LET'S SEE, WE SERVED MORE THAN 8,600 FAMILIES, UM, AND DEPLOYED ALMOST $70 MILLION TO KEEP, UM, FAMILIES, INCLUDING SINGLE PARENT FAMILIES, UM, IN THEIR, IN THEIR HOUSES STABILIZED.

UM, BUT THE FEDERAL FUNDING HAS RUN OUT.

THERE IS NO MORE FEDERAL FUNDING.

WE WERE FORTUNATE THIS THURSDAY.

UM, WE WILL BE ACCEPTING A LITTLE OVER A MILLION DOLLARS IN REDISTRIBUTED FUNDS, THE U S TREASURY, UM, SCOOPED UP ALL THE FUNDS FROM, UH, UH, JURISDICTIONS THAT WERE UNABLE TO DEPLOY THEIR FUNDS IN A TIMELY MANNER.

THAT WAS NOT US.

UM, AND THEN THEY REDISTRIBUTED IT.

UM, SO AGAIN, UM, A LITTLE OVER A MILLION DOLLARS, IT'S NOT GOING TO SOLVE ALL OF OUR ISSUES HERE LOCALLY, BUT WE DO HOPE THAT IT IS GOING TO, UM, ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF QUITE A FEW FAMILIES.

AND THOSE FUNDS ARE BEING DEPLOYED THROUGH AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH THROUGH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS.

THANKS FOR LOOKING OUT COMMISSIONER TALER VICE CHAIR.

THAT ALSO ANSWERED MY QUESTION, BUT THERE ARE A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT WE, WE HAD VOTED AS A COMMISSION TO ASK THE CITY TO INCLUDE IN ITS BUDGET MONEY FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE.

CAN THE STAFF TELL US THE STATUS OF THAT REQUEST WE CAN, AND I, WELL, UH, WE DON'T KNOW YET IS THAT, UM, IS THE SHORT ANSWER.

UM, AGAIN, MANDY DEMAYO HOUSING AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT, AND I THINK WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A BRIEF PRESENTATION WITH SOME Q AND A, FROM OUR FINANCIAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT THAT IS OVERSEEING THE ENTIRE CITY MANAGER'S BUDGET.

UM, THE EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE REQUEST, UH, WAS RECEIVED LOUD AND CLEAR FROM THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION, AS WELL AS FROM OTHER BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.

UM, WE RESPONDED VIA A SYSTEM, UM, WHETHER OR NOT WE AGREED WITH EACH OF THE VARIOUS RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WERE ASSIGNED TO OUR APARTMENT.

OF COURSE, WE AGREED WITH THE NEED AND THE DEMAND FOR THE EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

IT WAS PUT INTO OUR TOP FIVE PRIORITIES AS A DEPARTMENT, AND THEN THE CITY MANAGER IS IN THE PROCESS OF ABSORBING ALL OF THAT INFORMATION FROM ALL OF THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS, UH, REGARDING WHAT THEIR UNMET NEEDS ARE AND THE CITY MANAGER, AS HE DEVELOPS HIS OVERALL CITY BUDGET, UM, WE'LL BE INCORPORATING, UM, WE HOPE SOME OF THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS.

SO WE DON'T KNOW YET WHETHER THE EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE IS ONE OF THE, UM, APPROVED OR RECOMMENDED, UH, ITEMS IN THE BUDGET, BUT WE WILL ALL FIND OUT IN EARLY JULY WHEN THE CITY MANAGER RELEASES THE DRAFT BUDGET.

AND I BELIEVE KATIE IS GOING TO GO OVER THIS, UM, IN THE PRESENTATION IN TERMS OF THE SCHEDULE.

SO I DON'T WANT TO STEAL HER THUNDER.

UM, BUT THIS IS, UH, UH, UH, COMING UP SOON IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, WE WILL KNOW THAT WOULD BE AN ITEM FOR D THE, THE ANNUAL ACTION PLAN.

UH, NO, THAT WOULD BE FOUR B THIS IS FINANCIAL SERVICES REGARDING THE BUDGET PROCESS AND TIMELINE.

I SEE.

NOW WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT OUR FEDERAL FUNDING.

UM, AND SO I DID OF COURSE, COMMISSIONER TALAVERA.

I JUST STEPPED OUT BRIEFLY, BUT I DID WANT TO ALSO REMIND FOLKS THAT IN OUR FEDERAL FUNDING, UM, WE DO HAVE A LIMITED AMOUNT OF FUNDING, BUT A LONG-STANDING CONTRACT WITH AUSTIN TENANT'S COUNCIL, WHICH OF COURSE IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT AND HELPS WITH LANDLORD TENANT MEDIATION, RIGHT, BUT NOT RENTAL ASSISTANCE, BUT NOT RENTAL ASSISTANCE.

YOU HAD MENTIONED THE HOUSING TRUST FUND AS BEING A SOURCE FOR THE CURRENT RENTAL ASSISTANCE FOR I BELONG IN AUSTIN.

THAT IS CORRECT, BUT WE WON'T BE ABLE TO COMMENT ON THAT UNTIL LATER THAT'S THAT'S NOT INCLUDED IN THE ANNUAL ACTION.

IT IS NOT PART OF THE ANNUAL ACTION PLAN.

UM, AND AS OF NOW, UNTIL THE CITY MANAGER'S BUDGET COMES OUT, WE DON'T KNOW THE ACTUAL TRANSFER IN FOR NEXT YEAR'S HOUSING TRUST FUND.

SO THIS WAS APPROPRIATED FROM THE CURRENT YEAR, UH, HOUSING TRUST FUND, BUT THE, I BELONG IN AUSTIN.

AND, UH, FROM THE GENERAL FUNDS, WE WILL BE ADDING AN ADDITIONAL $250,000.

IS THAT THE RIGHT FUND, UH, TO GO TO THE I BELONG AND AUSTIN, THAT IS CORRECT.

AND THAT WAS SUBSEQUENTLY ADOPTED INTO THE BUDGET.

THAT IS THANK YOU FOR THIS YEAR, NEXT YEAR, GOING TO THIS YEAR.

SO THAT WAS PART OF THE BUDGET PROCESS THAT ADDITIONAL $250,000 WAS AN M A BUDGET AMENDMENT THAT WAS MADE FROM THE DYESS BY COUNCIL MEMBER CASAR.

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SO YES, WE DO HAVE SOME ENHANCED FUNDS THAT WE WILL BE PUTTING INTO THE I BELONG AND AUSTIN PROGRAM.

THAT'S, THAT'S A LOT OF GOOD NEWS.

UM, YEAH.

COMMISSIONER DOUG THAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE NO ONE ELSE HAS ANY QUESTIONS.

UM, I'M LOOKING AROUND THE COMMISSION TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T HAVE ANY KIND OF QUESTIONS.

I WOULD LIKE THIS TO BE THE LAST ONE, BECAUSE WE ARE IN FOR A, UH, COMMISSIONERS LOAN.

YOU'RE MUTED, STILL MUTED.

UM, I THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TAKING SO MUCH OF ALL OF YOUR TIME, UH, TO BE HERE WITH US TONIGHT, I REQUESTED THIS AND, UH, I'M EXCITED TO GET YOUR UPDATES, UM, AND HAVE THIS CONVERSATION.

I HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS, UM, THAT I'LL JUST LIST BECAUSE SOME OF THEM ARE SUPER SIMPLE.

UM, ONE IS THAT I GLEANED FROM THIS DISCUSSION THAT THERE HAS BEEN AN EXTENSION TO THE DEADLINE WITH THIS AS PRESENTED BACK TO COUNCIL, AND NOW WILL BE DUE BACK IN AUGUST.

AND I WAS GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT I HAD HEARD THAT CORRECTLY AND SEE IF WE HAD A DATE IN AUGUST WHEN THIS WAS DUE BACK.

AND THEN ALSO, UM, I WAS WONDERING AS FAR AS ENFORCEMENT AND RECORD KEEPING, UM, IF WHEN THIS PASSES, ESPECIALLY IN REGARDS TO TENANT RIGHTS TO CURE, UM, HOW THE CITY WAS ABLE TO KEEP UP WITH THE TENANT MORATORIUM OR THE EVICTION MORATORIUM DURING COVID.

AND IS THAT, UM, SEEN AS A MODEL OF HOW TO KEEP UP WITH, UM, LANDLORD, UM, OBSERVATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF THAT THE, UM, THE NEW RULES OF THEY WILL, YOU KNOW, COME TO BE, UM, AND, UH, WHERE THAT SYSTEM LIVES AS FAR AS DEPARTMENTS, OR IS IT JUST, UM, SELF-REPORTING FROM TENANTS? AND IF THAT IS THE CASE, HOW THAT MESSAGING IS DELIVERED TO, UH, TO TENANTS AND AUSTIN, OBVIOUSLY THE RIGHT TO ORGANIZE AND TO HAVE ORGANIZERS COME ONSITE IS AN IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF TENANTS BEING AWARE OF THEIR RIGHTS.

BUT I JUST WANTED TO SEE IF THERE IS A LARGER SYSTEM FOR ENFORCEMENT OR RECORD-KEEPING, OR CHECKING OFF THAT THIS IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING ON THE GROUND.

THE QUESTION IS OUT SORRY, LANE GARRETT WITH AUSTIN CODE.

UH, YES, WE RECEIVED INFORMATION THAT THE EXTENSION WAS AUGUST.

UH, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY IT'S A 26.

I BELIEVE THAT WAS THE DATE.

IT WAS EXTENDED TO, UM, AND IN REFERENCE TO THE ENFORCEMENT, UH, AS WE DID WITH, DURING THE COVID, UH, PRICES, UH, WE WERE AN EVICTION, UM, COMPLAINTS, AND THOSE WERE GONE.

THEY WERE PROCESSED THROUGH THE 3 1, 1 SYSTEM.

SO IT WAS TENANT REPORT.

IT, UH, WHAT WE DID WAS VERIFY WHETHER IT FELL UNDER THAT OR NOT, UH, THE DISCUSSION ON HOW THIS PROCESS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH, THROUGH, UM, THIS, UH, ITEM 40, UH, HAS NOT YET BEEN FINALIZED AND STILL IN DISCUSSION WITH LEGAL HI, THIS IS CAROL JOHNSON, THE OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS.

AND I WOULD, UM, I WOULD ECHO THAT PROCESS ALSO FOR ITEM 39 FOR TENANTS ORGANIZING.

UM, RIGHT NOW, UM, IT'S STILL IN DISCUSSIONS WITH LEGAL ON HOW TO DRAFT THAT ORDINANCE, UM, AND REALLY ARE LOOKING FOR, YOU KNOW, JUST, UM, STAKEHOLDER INPUT ON, YOU KNOW, WAYS THAT WE CAN DO THAT MOST EFFECTIVELY, BUT THAT WOULD ALSO BE TENANT DRIVEN TYPE COMPLAINTS.

AND SO I WOULD NEED TO CALL, YOU KNOW, THE OFFICES OF CIVIL RIGHTS OR WHOEVER THE ENFORCEMENT ENTITY WOULD BE TO ACTUALLY FILE THAT COMPLAINT.

AND THEN IT WOULD, IF IT WAS FILED WITH OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS, THAT IT WOULD GO THROUGH THE INVESTIGATION PROCESS, INTAKE INVESTIGATION, UM, AND FOLLOW THROUGH THAT COURSE.

UM, COMMISSIONER DELGADO.

I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THAT AS IT ARISES.

IT SEEMS LIKE, YOU KNOW, UH, DEPENDING HOPEFULLY WE GET A 30 DAY RIGHT TO CARE.

THAT'S WHAT I'M ADVOCATING FOR.

BUT, UH, IF IT'S A SEVEN DAY RIGHT TO CURE AND THEN, YOU KNOW, UH, FOLKS ARE CONCERNED THAT MAYBE THE PROCESS IS GOING THE WRONG WAY, THAT IS, UH, A SHORT TIME TO UNDERSTAND YOUR RIGHTS AND TO GET IN TOUCH AND TO DO AN INVESTIGATION AND HAVE ALL OF THOSE STEPS, AS I KNOW YOU

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ALL KNOW.

AND SO IF THERE'S ANY WAY WE CAN STAND WITH YOU OR, UM, BE CREATIVE ABOUT OUTREACH, I KNOW A LOT OF US ARE, AS YOU HAVE SEEN SUPER PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS ISSUE.

SO PLEASE LET US KNOW WHAT WE CAN DO.

THANKS COMMISSIONER SLENDER ON THAT NOTE, IS THERE ANY PARTICULAR ACTION THAT, UH, UH, YOU WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE TAKE OR THAT YOU WANTED US TO TAKE AROUND THIS PRESENTATION? OKAY, GOOD.

I WAS JUST GOING TO ASK, UM, ON THE EXTENSION THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT FOR AUGUST OF 20, IS THAT, UH, THE 26TH, IS THAT FOR WHAT EXTENSION IS THAT FOR? WHEN WE GO TO COUNCIL OR AS THAT, WHEN WE HAVE A DEADLINE, I BELIEVE IT WAS THE EXTENDED DATE.

DIRECTOR.

JOHNSON MAY BE ABLE TO ANSWER THAT, BUT, UH, WE HAD THE DATE THAT WE WERE SUPPOSED TO GO IN EARLY AUGUST, AND I BELIEVE IT WAS EXTENDED TO LAY DOGS FOR THE COUNCIL TO REPORT TO THE COUNCIL, THE UPDATE.

BUT WOULD THAT BE THE DAY THAT WILL BE, UH, THERE'LL BE MAKING A DECISION, UM, THAT WOULD THAT BE A DAY THAT CITIZENS CAN COME AND SIGN UP TO SPEAK THAT WOULD THIS BE ON THE AGENDA FOR THE END OF AUGUST? AND I BELIEVE THAT THE, IT WOULD BE THE 25TH, AUGUST 25TH IS THAT THURSDAY.

AND THEN IT'S PROBABLY THE 25TH, BUT DIRECTOR JOHNSON.

I JUST WANT TO GET THE DATE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, COMMISSIONER.

I, IT WOULD BE THE DATE THAT THE ACTUAL ORDINANCE WOULD BE SUBMITTED TO COUNCIL.

SO WE WOULD HAVE GONE THROUGH THE STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT PROCESS AND THE DRAFTING PROCESS.

SO THAT ORDINANCE WOULD ACTUALLY BE BEFORE COUNCIL FOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION.

IF YOU CAN JUST LET US KNOW SO WE CAN BE THERE.

ABSOLUTELY.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER.

I'VE GOT HIM.

UM, LET'S SEE.

WELL, I REALLY, AGAIN, WANT TO ECHO COMMISSIONER SLOAN'S GRATITUDE FOR EVERYONE BEING HERE.

IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S A LOT OF BREASTS AND JUST A FEW CHAIRS OVER HERE.

B, WHICH IS BRIEFING DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION FROM THE FINANCIAL SERVICE FROM FINANCIAL SERVICES REGARDING THE CITY OF AUSTIN BUDGET PROCESS AND TIMELINE.

AND THANKS FOR JOINING US FROM FAR AWAY.

UM, UH, CAROL, AND SO I'D LIKE TO MOVE ON TO ABSENT ANY ACTION, WHICH IT DOESN'T SEEM WE'RE GOING TO TAKE ANY ACTION.

I'D LIKE TO MOVE ON TO ITEM FOUR

[4b. Briefing, discussion, and possible action from Financial Services regarding City of Austin budget process and timeline (Katie Stewart, Budget Analyst, Financial Services Office)]

WE HAVE KATIE STEWART, A BUDGET ANALYST WITH THE FINANCIAL SERVICES OFFICE CHAIR.

UH, AS FAR AS I KNOW, KATIE WAS NOT ABLE TO BE HERE AND THERE IS ONE SLIDE THAT ILLUSTRATES THE TIMELINE OF THE BUDGET.

WOW.

SO IF YOU'D LIKE TO LOOK AT THAT AND LOVED IT, LOVE TO LOOK AT THAT.

UM, AND THIS IS ITEM FOUR, B ANTHONY, IF YOU SEE IT, IT SAYS TIMELINE.

SORRY.

IT IS TIMELINE, NOT FUN.

THIS TABLE.

I MAY BE ABLE TO HELP OUT HERE.

I AM NOT KATIE, BUT I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN CONVERSATIONS.

LET'S SEE.

UM, IS THAT SLIDE IN OUR BACKUP BY CHANCE OR IS IT A SORRY? UM, I DON'T THINK IT IS.

SORRY.

I DON'T THINK IT IS.

I NEED TO LOOK FOR IT IF IT IS.

UM, I'M LOOKING, CAUSE I THOUGHT IT WAS DRAGGED OVER.

I HAVE A WANDERING TABLE AND I ACTUALLY AM A 40, RIGHT.

THAT'S OUR NEXT.

I'M LOOKING AT MY EMAIL QUICKLY.

I BELIEVE, I, I BELIEVE IT'S THE FILE CALLED TOWN HALL.

CAN YOU SEE THAT? OH MAN.

ANTHONY, WHAT IS YOUR CITY OF AUSTIN CITY HALL.

CITY OF AUSTIN AAV.

OH, AB FOUR.

AHEAD, I MEAN, I HAVE IT, UM, BUT YOU CAN'T SEE IT HERE, SO I WILL JUST, UH, WALK YOU THROUGH, UH, BECAUSE WE'RE SOLIDLY INTO THE PROCESS.

AND AUSTIN, TEXAS THAT, OKAY, THERE YOU ARE.

I FEEL LIKE WE COULD MAYBE MOVE ON TO FORESEE WHILE WE'RE DOING THAT OR WHAT DO Y'ALL THINK WE'RE PRETTY CLOSE NOW.

RIGHT? KNOW YOU GOT IT? SORRY ABOUT THAT.

I BELIEVE WHAT IT IS IS JUST THE OVERALL BUDGET TIMELINE, WHICH I TOUCHED ON BRIEFLY JUST TO GIVE YOU ALL AN IDEA OF KIND OF WHAT WE'RE, WHAT WE'RE ALL WAITING FOR, WHICH IS THE DRAFT BUDGET FROM THE CITY MANAGER, WHICH SHOULD BE, UH, RELEASED IN EARLY JULY.

SO YEAH, IF YOU GUYS WOULD LIKE TO SKIP

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AND I WILL SAY THAT THE CITY MANAGER PROPOSED BUDGET WILL BE RELEASED BY JULY 15TH.

SO MID-JULY UM, AS YOU ALL MAY KNOW, CITY COUNCIL AFTER THIS THURSDAY IS ON, UM, A BRIEF BREAK.

SO THEY DO NOT MEET AGAIN UNTIL JULY 28TH, WHERE THEY TAKE UP REGULAR BUSINESS, BUT IN AUGUST IS REALLY THE COUNCIL DELIBERATIONS AND BUDGET ADOPTION.

AND THAT WILL OCCUR, UH, AUGUST 17TH TO THE 19TH.

UM, DEPENDING ON HOW LONG THE DELIBERATIONS AND THE ACTUAL ADOPTION TAKES, THEY'VE SET ASIDE THREE FULL DAYS, UM, TO DO THAT.

AND THEN THE BUDGET WILL GO INTO EFFECT OCTOBER 1ST.

SO STARTING NEXT FISCAL YEAR, DRAFT BUDGET, JULY 15TH DELIBERATIONS, AUGUST 17 THROUGH 19, AND A WHOLE BUNCH OF PUBLIC INPUT BETWEEN THOSE TWO THINGS.

AND THERE WILL BE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC INPUT ON SPEAK UP AUSTIN.

THEY'LL ALSO BE PUBLIC MEETINGS.

UH, ONE OF THE MEETINGS THAT'S CALLED OUT IS ON JULY 27TH AND THEN CITY COUNCIL WILL HOLD, UM, BUDGET HEARINGS DURING THE AUGUST TIMEFRAME AS WELL.

UM, IT'D BE GREAT IF WE COULD ALSO GET A COPY OF THAT TIMELINE IF WE DO THAT.

ITEM FOUR C VICE CHAIR, UH, KATIE, UH, WITH THE FINANCIAL SERVICES OFFICE WASN'T ABLE TO BE HERE.

WE CAN MOVE ON TO

[4c. Briefing, discussion, and possible action on Community Initiated Solutions through Project Connect (Nefertitti Jackmon, Rachel Tepper, & Julie Smith, Housing and Planning)]

SO THEY'RE GOING TO FORWARD US THE BUDGET TIMELINE, WHICH EFFECTIVELY WAS A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN THE SYNOPSIS.

YOU JUST HEARD.

WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM FOUR C BRIEFING DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE COMMUNITY INITIATED SOLUTIONS THROUGH PROJECT CONNECT, SOMETHING I'M PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT HEARING ABOUT WE HAVE NEFFER TD JACKMAN, RACHEL TEPPER, AND JULIE SMITH WITH HOUSING AND PLANNING.

AND REVIEW PROCESS AND THEN THE OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT.

I FORGOT TO INTRODUCE MYSELF LAST TIME.

I MAKE ASSUMPTION.

SO I AM SO SORRY, UH, NET FOR TD JACKMAN, THE COMMUNITY DISPLACEMENT PREVENTION OFFICER, AND, UH, WHAT WE WILL BE SHARING WITH YOU TONIGHT IS, UH, ONE OF THE THREE INVESTMENT STRATEGIES THAT ARE, UH, UNDERWAY FOR THE PROJECT CONNECT DOLLARS, THE ANTI-DISPLACEMENT DOLLARS, UM, AS, YOU KNOW, HAVE THERE BEEN THREE BUCKETS OF FUNDING ALLOCATED FOR, UM, LAST FISCAL YEAR IN THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR, UH, WHICH INCLUDE THE LAND ACQUISITION OF $23 MILLION.

AND THEN THERE WAS $21 MILLION THAT WAS ALLOCATED TO THE RENTAL HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE FUND, AS WELL AS THE OWNERSHIP HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE FUND WITH JAMES, UM, JAMIE MAY OVERSEAS AND HE JUST STEPPED OUT.

BUT THEN IN ADDITION TO THAT, IT IS THE, WE HAVE THE $20 MILLION, UH, THAT HAVE BEEN, UM, PRIORITIZED BASED UPON WORK FROM THE RACIAL, UM, EQUITY TOOL THAT WAS DEVELOPED, UH, THROUGH COUNCIL DIRECTIVE.

SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS.

UH, WE'VE EXTENDED THE DEADLINE ONE TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO APPLY FOR FUNDING.

AND THE REASON WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THIS IS THAT WE REALLY WANT TO SEE STRATEGIES THAT COME FROM THE BOTTOM UP AS OPPOSED FROM THE TOP DOWN.

AND, AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, UH, WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT.

AND, UM, A LOT OF WORK HAS GONE INTO THIS, UM, RACHEL TEPPER, WHO IS ON THE CALL WILL BE JOINING ME FOR THE PRESENTATION AND SHE'S DONE A LOT OF WORK TO TAKE INFORMATION FROM THE RACIAL EQUITY TOOL THAT WAS DEVELOPED AND, UH, COME UP WITH A SOLICITATION, UM, THAT IS IN ALIGNMENT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE WITH THE TOOL.

AND THEN ALSO JULIE SMITH, UH, WILL BE JOINING US, UH, FOR THE PRESENTATION TO TALK ABOUT THE, UH, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND OUTREACH, UM, THAT HAS TAKEN PLACE.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

AND SO JUST TO HIGHLIGHT, WE'LL GO OVER THE INVESTMENTS, THE TIMELINE AND THE BUDGET AND THE INVESTMENTS FOR 2022.

UH, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE FUNDING PRIORITIES, UM, FUNDING TERM ELIGIBILITY, AND THE EQUITY FRAMEWORK THAT WAS USED TO INFORM THE APPLICATION AND, UM, TALK BRIEFLY ABOUT THE APPLICATION

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UH, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

SO, UH, THERE HAVE, UH, WE HAVE $300 MILLION THAT VOTERS APPROVE TO BE INVESTED INTO ADDRESS ANTI-DISPLACEMENT STRATEGIES WITH, UH, THE PROJECT CONNECT, UM, INVESTMENTS.

IT'S A $7.1 BILLION PROJECT TO BRING, UH, TRANSIT TO, UM, ALL ALSO NIGHTS.

UNFORTUNATELY WE RECOGNIZE THAT, UH, OFTEN WITH TRANSIT INVESTMENTS, MANY PEOPLE, UH, OFTEN EXPERIENCED DISPLACEMENT DUE TO THE RISING COSTS THAT MIGHT RESULT FROM THE TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT.

AND, UM, WE DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE FACT THAT THESE DOLLARS, THESE INVESTMENTS ARE NOT MEANT TO ADDRESS ALL DISPLACEMENT PRESSURES THAT AUSTINITES ARE FACING IT.

UH, WE WANT TO BE VERY, UH, STRATEGIC AND THESE DOLLARS AND, AND THE, THE BOULDER OF THE CONTRACT WITH THE VOTERS ALSO REQUIRE THAT WE ARE ADDRESSING, UH, TRANSIT INDUCED DISPLACEMENT SPECIFIC TO PROJECT CONNECT.

SO, UH, THE GOAL IS TO CREATE LONGTERM IMPACT, UH, WITH THE FOCUS ON REALLY CREATING AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS, UM, ASSET BUILDING OPPORTUNITIES THAT PROVIDE ECONOMIC MOBILITY, UH, FOR HOUSEHOLDS IN AUSTIN, HERE'S THE INVESTMENT TIMELINE.

UM, THE $300 MILLION WILL BE ALLOCATED OVER THE COURSE OF 13 YEARS.

UM, IN THE FIRST THREE YEARS, WE HAVE A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS THAT WILL BE IN VESTED.

AND THEN IN YEARS, FOUR THROUGH EIGHT, A HUNDRED MILLION AND YEARS NINE THROUGH 13.

SO A A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS WAS SORT OF FRONT-LOADED TO REALLY BEGIN TO IMPLEMENT INVESTMENT STRATEGIES EARLY.

UH, AS YOU SEE, I'VE, UH, SPOKEN BRIEFLY TO THIS, UH, EARLIER THE $23 MILLION IN LAND ACQUISITION, $8 MILLION OF WHICH WAS ALLOCATED TO A NEW PROGRAM, WHICH WAS LA LAUNCH TO PROVIDE, UM, FUNDING FOR COMMUNITY-BASED AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPERS TO ACQUIRE LAND FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

AND SO THAT'S 8 MILLION OF THE 23 MILLION AND, UH, THEN WE HAVE 21 MILLION FOR A DEVELOPMENT, AND THEN WE HAVE THE 20 MILLION FOR THE COMMUNITY INITIATED SOLUTIONS.

AND, UM, HERE FROM HERE, I'M GOING TO PASS IT OVER TO RACHEL AND SHE'S GOING TO WALK THROUGH THE FUNDING PRIORITIES OF IN THE SOLICITATION, IN THE COMMUNITY INITIATED SOLUTIONS, UH, OPPORTUNITIES.

RACHEL, THANK YOU FOR TD AND GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS.

I'M RACHEL TEPPER WITH SENIOR PLANNER IN THE HOUSING AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND DISPLACEMENT PREVENTION.

UM, AND YES, I'LL BE HERE TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE DETAILS OF THE NOTICE OF FUNDING.

AND SO ON THIS SLIDE, YOU CAN SEE THAT WE HAVE 20 MILLION AVAILABLE FOR NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS AND PARTNERS PARTNERSHIPS, AND WE'RE FOCUSING ON THREE FUNDING PRIORITY AREAS, BUT THEY ARE VERY BROAD AND WE'RE ENCOURAGING CREATIVITY AND HOW YOU APPROACH THIS.

UM, THE FIRST CATEGORY IS RENTER TENANT STABILIZATION.

SO THESE ARE THINGS LIKE EVICTION PREVENTION, EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE, THINGS THAT STABILIZE, UH, TENANTS.

UM, THE SECOND CATEGORY IS EXPANSION AND PRESERVATION OF HOME OWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES.

SO HOPING TO FUND COMMUNITY INITIATED SOLUTIONS AROUND LAND TRUSTS, CO-OPS NEW MODELS OF, OF BUILDING HOME OWNERSHIP AND THEN OTHER ANTI-DISPLACEMENT STRATEGIES.

WHILE WE ARE ASKING THAT THOSE BE HOUSING FOCUSED, UM, THEY COULD RUN THE GAMUT IN TERMS OF IDEAS.

WE'RE REALLY HOPING FOR CREATIVITY ON THIS THIRD CATEGORY.

UH, NEXT SLIDE.

THAT MINIMUM AMOUNT OVER THREE YEARS.

SO, UM, IN THE, THE DETAILS ON THE FUNDING TERM AND AMOUNT, UH, SO WE DO HAVE 20 MILLION, UM, BUT WE ARE ANTICIPATING AWARDING ABOUT 15 APPLICATIONS.

AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS REALLY TO HELP US WITH STAFF CAPACITY.

IF WE, IF THE FUNDING AMOUNTS ARE TOO, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE A HUGE STAFF, UM, HERE AT, IN DISPLACEMENT OF PREVENTION.

AND SO WE'RE HOPING FOR LARGER PARTNERSHIP PROJECTS, UM, UH, AND SO THAT WE CAN MANAGE THOSE CONTRACTS.

AND THAT IS ALSO WHY WE DID SET A MINIMUM AMOUNT OF, UH, 250,000.

UM, AND, BUT WE ARE ALLOWING, UH, APPLICANTS TO, UH, SPREAD

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SO ANOTHER ASPECT OF THE APPLICATION IS THAT YOU CAN SELECT ONE, TWO OR THREE YEARS, UM, AND YOU CAN SPREAD THAT AMOUNT OVER THOSE THOSE THREE YEARS.

SO ANOTHER PIECE ABOUT ELIGIBILITY, WE HAVE TWO MAIN CRITERIA WITH ELIGIBILITY.

ONE IS GEOGRAPHIC, AND THEN WE HAVE A MAP ON THE NEXT SLIDE.

UM, BUT ALL INVESTMENTS MUST BENEFIT EXISTING RESIDENTS THAT LIVE WITHIN ONE MILE OF THE PROJECT CONNECT STATIONS IN LINES, UH, WITH VULNERABLE, ACTIVE AND CHRONIC DISPLACEMENT RISK.

AND THE OTHER CRITERIA IS THAT THE APPLICANT MUST BE EITHER A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION OR A PARTNERSHIP.

AND THE PARTNERSHIP MUST ALSO INCLUDE A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION, BUT IT COULD BE A NONPROFIT AND A FOR-PROFIT OR A NONPROFIT, UM, AND A COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATION, BUT THAT, BUT THAT PARTNERSHIP MUST IDENTIFY A LEAD TO MANAGE, UM, ALL OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES.

SO ABOUT THAT FIRST ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA, UM, AND YOU CAN SEE ON THIS MAP, UH, BUT WE, WE ARE ASKING THAT THE FUNDS BE FOCUSED ON RESIDENTS THAT LIVE EXISTING RESIDENTS THAT LIVE WITH IN ONE MILE OF PROJECT CONNECT, UH, STATIONS IN LINES IN AREAS OF VULNERABILITY OR DISPLACEMENT RISK.

AND SO WE DEVELOPED A DASHBOARD, UM, AND A SERIES OF MAPS THAT SHOW YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT, UH, THE KIND OF DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS OF THESE AREAS.

UM, YOU CAN KIND OF SEE, UH, THE YELLOW IS VULNERABLE AREAS, BUT, UH, PINK IS CHRONIC AND BLUE IS ACTIVE.

UM, AND THESE DIFFERENT, UH, SORRY, UH, BLUE IS CHRONIC.

IT'S A TYPE OF ABOUT, UH, AND PINK IS ACTIVE.

UM, AND THESE AREAS KIND OF HAVE DIFFERENT, UM, STAGES OF GENTRIFICATION, UM, AND THEREFORE DIFFERENT TYPES OF SOLUTIONS THAT MIGHT MAKE SENSE.

UM, AND WE HAVE ALSO DEVELOPED SOME FACT SHEETS, UH, THAT ARE AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE, UM, ON OUR COMMUNITY INNOVATION, UH, WEBSITE THAT, UM, THAT CAN TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT, UH, EACH, EACH OF THESE GEOGRAPHIES.

SO THE NOTICE OF FUNDING IS, IS GUIDED BY THE NOTHING ABOUT US WITHOUT US REPORT AND EQUITY TOOL THAT NOW FOR TD MENTIONED, AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE ALSO COME TO YOU ALL, UM, TO PRESENT ON THAT, THAT EQUITY FRAMEWORK REALLY SET THE BAR HIGH IN TERMS OF MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, UM, WHO BENEFITS AND WHO'S BURDENED BURDENED BY TRANSIT INVESTMENTS.

AND THE EQUITY TOOL HAS GUIDED THE EVALUATION FRAMEWORK FOR THIS NOTICE OF FUNDING.

UM, AND WE LAUNCHED THAT TOOL IN JANUARY OF 2022.

UM, WE ALSO HAVE, UM, ENGAGED THE PROJECT CONNECT COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE, UM, AND THERE'LL BE AN ESSENTIAL COMPONENT TO THIS RE REVIEWING APPLICATIONS AND MAKING AWARD RECOMMENDATIONS TO COUNCIL.

SO WE, UM, THIS APPLICATION IS ONLINE.

WE HAVE AN ONLINE PORTAL, UM, AND, UH, APPLICATIONS ARE DUE BY, UM, JUNE 27TH.

THAT'S A MONDAY, JUNE 27TH.

WE DID EXTEND THE DEADLINE, UM, A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE WE HEARD FROM ORGANIZATIONS THAT THEY'D BENEFIT FROM A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME.

THEY WILL BE, UH, ORGANIZED INTO PANELS TO REVIEW THE APPLICATIONS AND SCORE THEM AGAINST THE EVALUATION FRAMEWORK.

SO ONCE WE RECEIVED THE APPLICATIONS, I JUST WANTED TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE REVIEW PROCESS.

SO IT'LL, IT'S A THREE-PRONGED REVIEW PROCESS.

UH, THE FIRST PROCESS WE'LL STAFF WILL, UH, DO A COMPLETENESS CHECK, JUST MAKING SURE THAT THE APPLICATION COMPONENTS ARE IN AND SPENT SIGNED, UM, SORT OF THE STANDARD MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS ARE MET.

AND THEN WE'VE ACTUALLY, UM, JUST SELECTED COMMUNITY EVALUATORS.

WE HAD A COMMUNITY EVALUATION APP EVALUATOR APPLICATION THAT WAS OUT LAST MONTH.

UM, AND JULIA WILL SHARE A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT, ABOUT OUR, UH, RESPONSE RATE FOR THAT.

BUT, UM, THE EVALUATORS HAVE BEEN SELECTED.

UH, THEY WILL, IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, UM, BE TRAINED AND THEN

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THAT'S OUTLINED IN THE NOFA.

UM, THOSE RANKED AND SCORED PROPOSALS WILL THEN BE PASSED UP TO THE REVIEW PANEL, WHICH WILL BE A WORKING GROUP OF COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEMBERS.

UM, AND THEY HAVE ALSO, UM, ALREADY IDENTIFIED THE MEMBERS FOR THAT COMMITTEE FOR THAT WORKING GROUP, UH, THAT WORKING GROUP WILL CONSIDER THE BALANCE OF FUNDS AND MAKE THE FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS TO COUNCIL.

AND I SHOULD ALSO SAY THAT WE HAVE, UM, THOUGHT VERY HARD AND MADE SURE WORKED WITH LAW ON CONFLICT OF INTEREST AND NON-DISCLOSURE FORUMS. AND WE WILL BE FOLLOWING ALL OF THOSE PROCEDURES TO MAKE SURE WE'RE IN ALIGNMENT WITH ALL CITY PUBLICITIES.

AND I'M GOING TO PASS IT OFF TO JULIE TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT ON OUR OUTREACH AND OUR RESULTS, RACHEL, AND GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS.

IT'S AN HONOR TO JOIN YOU THIS EVENING.

MY NAME IS JULIE SMITH, AND I AM THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SPECIALIST FOR THIS PROJECT.

UM, AND WE'LL BRIEFLY SHARE SOME OF THE OUTREACH THAT WE'VE DONE TO ENSURE THAT ORGANIZATIONS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE REALLY ENGAGED IN THIS NEW, INNOVATIVE AND INNOVATIVE OPPORTUNITY.

SO BEFORE THE NOTICE OF FUNDING WAS RELEASED, WE HELD FIVE INFORMAL MEET AND GREET SESSIONS.

AND SO LEADERS OF ORGANIZATIONS THAT REALLY ALIGNED WITH THE FUNDING PRIORITIES WERE INVITED TO COME TO THESE, UM, AND THEY REALLY SERVED AS WAYS TO, TO BOTH SHARE ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY TO APPLY WITH THEM, UM, AND ALSO HEAR BACK FROM THEM QUESTIONS AND FEEDBACK THAT REALLY HELPED TO GUIDE, UM, FOR THEIR ENGAGEMENT AS WE OPENED UP APPLICATIONS.

AND SO ONCE THE NOTICE OF FUNDING AVAILABILITY WAS LIVE A PRESS RELEASE AND PRESS CONFERENCE ANNOUNCED THAT THE APPLICATIONS WERE OPEN.

AND THEN THE WEEKS THAT FOLLOWED, UM, MORE THAN 200 ORGANIZATION LEADERS RECEIVED, UM, A SERIES OF EMAILS, UM, TO LET THEM KNOW THAT THIS FUNDING WAS AVAILABLE AND THAT WE WANTED TO INVITE THEM INTO THIS PROCESS.

UM, AND THOSE ORGANIZATIONS ALSO RECEIVED MAILERS, UM, DIRECTLY TO THE ORGANIZATIONS.

WE PRINTED FLYERS THAT FOCUSED SPECIFICALLY ON THE COMMUNITY EVALUATION PANEL.

AND THOSE WERE POSTED IN LIBRARIES, COMMUNITY CENTERS, UM, THAT ACC CAMP, A FEW ACC CAMPUSES AND HANDED OUT AT A HANDFUL OF COMMUNITY EVENTS, UM, BOTH THROUGH THE CITY AND THROUGH CAPITOL METRO, UM, AND DIGITAL FLYERS WERE ALSO, UM, A HUGE PART OF THIS PROCESS.

AND THEY'RE PART OF AN AMPLIFICATION KIT THAT ALONG WITH OTHER DIGITAL CONTENT THAT, UM, ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS COULD SHARE, UM, AND THOSE AMPLIFICATION KITS WENT TO ABOUT 20 ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAD COMMITTED TO HELPING US SPREAD THE WORD, UM, BOTH ABOUT THE FUNDING APPLICATIONS AND THE COMMUNITY EVALUATOR APPLICATIONS.

AND THESE KIDS, UM, ALSO WENT TO, UM, MORE THAN 400 COMMUNITY LEADERS, WHICH WERE PRIMARILY, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION LEADERS, FAITH LEADERS, AND, UM, LEADERS OF OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT DON'T NECESSARILY ALIGN WITH THE FUNDING PRIORITIES, HOWEVER, SERVED A SIMILAR, UM, SIMILAR POPULATION.

AND SO, UM, WHILE ALL OF THE, ALL OF THIS ENGAGEMENT WAS HAPPENING THROUGH OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS, WE'VE HELD SIX APPLICATION WORKSHOPS FOR ORGANIZATIONS, UM, TO JOIN PRIMARILY VIRTUALLY.

WE HELD ONE IN PERSON, UM, THAT WAS UNFORTUNATELY NOT WELL-INTENDED AND ATTENDED.

UM, BUT OUR VIRTUAL SESSIONS BROUGHT TOGETHER ONTO ORGANIZATIONS WHO CAME WITH INCREDIBLE QUESTIONS, UM, ABOUT THE APPLICATION CRITERIA SPECIFIC TO SOME PROJECTS THAT THEY WANTED TO PROPOSE.

UM, SO IN THE NEXT SLIDE, YOU'LL SEE THAT WE RECEIVED 88 APPLICATIONS FOR THE COMMUNITY EVALUATION PANEL.

UM, AS RACHEL MENTIONED, 25 OF THESE APPLICANTS WERE NOTIFIED LAST WEEK THAT THEY'D BEEN SELECTED TO SERVE ON THE PANEL.

UM, SO ON THE SCREEN, YOU'LL SEE THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF THOSE WHO'VE BEEN SELECTED.

UM, AND, AND WE'RE VERY PLEASED TO HAVE PANELS THAT TRULY REFLECT THE DIVERSITY OF THE AREAS, UM, THAT ARE AT RISK OF DISPLACEMENT.

SO YOU'LL SEE, UM, 39% OF THOSE PANEL MEMBERS ARE HISPANIC OR LATINO, 32% BLACK, OR AFRICAN-AMERICAN 11% ASIAN OR ASIAN-AMERICAN, UM, AND 3% NATIVE OR INDIGENOUS, A GOOD RANGE OF AGES.

UM, AND 68% OF THE PANEL ARE RENTERS WITH END 8%, UM, EXPERIENCING HOUSING INSECURITY OR HOMELESSNESS.

THE NEXT SLIDE SHOWS THE NUMBER OF ORGANIZATIONS

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THAT HAVE ENGAGED THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS.

SO BETWEEN THE MEET AND GREET SESSIONS, THE ORIENTATION THAT WAS HELD RIGHT AFTER THE NOTIFICATION OF FUNDING, BUT LIVE, AND THEN THE SIX TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE WORKSHOPS, UM, WE'VE SEEN ABOUT A HUNDRED ORGANIZATIONS PARTICIPATE AND ANOTHER 20 TO 25, UM, THAT WE KNOW WE'RE PAYING ATTENTION.

THERE MAY BE THE REGISTERED AND, UM, AND MAYBE NOT ATTENDED OR, UH, SUBMITTED QUESTIONS VIA EMAIL.

UM, BUT WE KNOW THAT THEY'RE PAYING ATTENTION IN SOME WAY.

SO WE'RE CERTAINLY EXCITED AND ENCOURAGED BY THE NUMBER OF ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE SHOWN INTEREST AND, UM, KIND OF JAN 27TH.

WE'LL SEE HOW MANY OF THOSE RESULTS IN PROPOSALS.

SO AS A RECAP ON THIS LAST SLIDE, UM, KIND OF WHERE EVENT, WHERE WE ARE AND WHERE WE'RE GOING, UH, WE'VE CONCLUDED THOSE WORKSHOPS AND THIS, AGAIN, THE SELECTION PANEL HAS BEEN, UM, OR THE REVIEW PANEL HAS BEEN SELECTED.

UM, AND AFTER THE APPLICATION DEADLINE ON THE 27TH FOR THE PANEL, THE PANEL WILL BEGIN THAT REVIEW PROCESS CAC RECOMMENDATIONS WILL GO TO CITY COUNCIL AND THE HFC BOARD IN SEPTEMBER WITH, UM, THE DISBURSEMENT OF FUNDS FOLLOWING MADE TO AS WELL.

AND WITH THAT, I WILL OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS.

IS THAT THE ENTIRETY OF THE PRESENTATION? YEAH, NEVER DID HE OKAY.

IT IS, BUT I THINK I SAW ONE BLOOPER, SO I JUST WANT TO TYPO, I THINK IF I'M, AND PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG.

I THINK THE FUNDS DISPERSE SHOULD BE FALL WINTER 20, 23.

DID I LOOK AT THAT? RIGHT? YOU GUYS, I THINK IT SHOULD.

SO THE APPROVAL WILL HAPPEN THIS SEPTEMBER, IT'LL GO TO CITY COUNCIL, AND THEN BY THE TIME WE FINISH WITH CONTRACTING, THAT'S GOING TO BE WHAT OCTOBER IS YOURSELF.

SO THAT WILL BE FUNDS WILL BE DISPERSED IN LIKE JANUARY OF 20, 23 AND BEYOND.

SO JUST, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A REALISTIC TIMELINE IN TERMS OF WHEN ORGANIZATIONS WOULD BE EXPECTED TO RECEIVE THEIR DOLLARS.

UNDERSTOOD.

AND UPDATE IS PROVIDED TO CLOSE THAT INFORMATION LOOP, LOOKING AT THE PAGE THAT HAS THE, THE TYPES OF PROGRAMS, RENTER STABILIZATION, EXPANSION, PRESERVATION OF HOME OWNERSHIP, OTHER ANTI-DISPLACEMENT STRATEGIES.

UH, VICE-CHAIR POP UH, CONCERN WAS VOICED TO THIS COMMISSION AND ELSEWHERE THAT THE ULTIMATE BENEFICIARIES, FOR EXAMPLE, IF IT'S HOUSING THAT GETS DEVELOPED WITH THE PROJECT CONNECT FUNDS, UM, THE INCOME LEVELS WOULD GO UP TO 60 OR 80% OF MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.

AND THAT, THAT WAS A HIGHER INCOME THAN THAT COMMUNITY.

AND, UH, I THINK WE ADOPTED A RESOLUTION ABOUT THAT, BUT I DON'T SEE ANYTHING HERE THAT REFLECTS WHAT INCOME GROUP ULTIMATELY GETS SERVED.

SO, UM, YOU'RE SPECIFICALLY REFERENCING, UM, THE OTHER TWO BUCKETS OF FUNDING, UH, WHICH IS PART OF THE $300 MILLION, UH, PROJECT CONNECT ANTI-DISPLACEMENT INVESTMENTS.

AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT OUR DEPARTMENT AND THE REAL ESTATE TEAM, WHICH IS LED BY JAMES, UH, MALE.

UM, WE DID PROVIDE, THEY ARE PROVIDING AN UPDATE TO WHAT THE DECISION OR WHAT THE INVESTMENT STRATEGY WILL BE IN TERMS OF THE HOUSEHOLDS SERVED, UM, AND WHO WAS PRIORITIZED BY THE DEVELOPMENT OF ACTUAL UNITS.

SO THAT IS, UM, SLIGHTLY SEPARATE THAN THIS FUNDING HERE FOR THE $20 MILLION, BUT THERE WILL BE AN UPDATE IN JULY TO THE PROJECT CONNECT COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE IN TERMS OF, UH, WHAT HOUSEHOLDS, BUT FOR, FOR THESE FUNDS, JUST TO BE CLEAR OF FOR THESE FUNDS.

UH, WE GENERALLY SERVE HOUSEHOLDS AT 80%, UH, MEDIUM FAMILY INCOME AND BELOW, HOWEVER OFTEN AS WE DID WITH THE RENT PROGRAM, UH, WE CAN PROVIDE OUR PRIORITIZE HOUSEHOLDS AT LOWER LEVELS OF LIKE WE DID 30%, A MEDIUM FAMILY INCOME.

SO IT DOES DEPEND ON THE, THE PROGRAM, UM, AND IDENTIFYING THE NEEDS.

I THINK THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT ARE SPECIFIC TO COSTS THAT I AM NOT SKILLED AT ADDRESSING THAT IS DIFFERENT FOR DEVELOPING HOUSING UNITS.

AND SO, UH, THE REAL ESTATE TEAM WILL BE ADDRESSING THAT.

AND I WILL, WHAT WE W WE CAN DO IS SHARE THAT INFORMATION WITH THIS COMMISSION AS WELL, ONCE THAT PRESENTATION

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SO IT CERTAINLY SEEMS THAT WE WOULD WANT TO GIVE HIGHER PRIORITY ON RENTER AND TENANT STABILIZATION TO THE LOWEST INCOME THAT PEOPLE BELOW 30 AND BELOW 50, AS OPPOSED TO THE PEOPLE BELOW 80.

COOL.

SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE HAVE CERTAINLY DONE THAT, UM, AS I SHARED WITH THE, UM, RENT PROGRAM, WE DID NOT PUT PROGRAM GUIDELINES.

UM, IN THIS APPLICATION PROCESS, WE ARE LOOKING TO ORGANIZATIONS TO TELL US, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO IN TERMS OF WHAT ARE THE COMMUNITIES THAT THEY ARE SERVING, RIGHT? UM, THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY AND WE USUALLY DO, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE AFTER WE'VE DEVELOPED THE, UM, IDENTIFY WHAT ORGANIZATIONS WOULD BE AWARDED.

WE WORK WITH THE IDENTIFIED VENDOR TO DEVELOP SPECIFIC PROGRAM GUIDELINES AND CRITICAL CRITERIA.

SO THERE'S NOTHING IN THE SCORING THAT PRIORITIZES APPLICANTS WHO ARE GOING TO SERVE LOWER INCOME PEOPLE.

I, RACHEL DAN WANTS TO BE, I'VE BEEN ACTUALLY, SO YES, THEY'RE UP THERE IS.

AND SO IN THE EVALUATION CRITERIA, WHICH IS ON PAGE 12 AND 13 OF THE NOFA, UM, THERE THERE'S, UH, COMMUNITY NEEDS AND ROOT CAUSES, SO THAT APPLICANTS WILL BE IDENTIFYING, UM, THE DEMOGRAPHICS THAT THEY ARE, UH, SERVING, UM, AND HOW IT ALIGNS WITH THEIR, UM, DISPLACEMENT RISK AND THEIR VULNERABILITY.

SO, UM, BECAUSE WE HAVE COMMUNITY EVALUATORS WHERE WE HAVE SPECIFICALLY TRIED TO IDENTIFY THOSE MOST IMPACTED AS WELL AS EVALUATION CRITERIA THAT DOES ALSO PRIORITIZE THAT, UM, WE'RE HOPING THAT THAT WILL GUIDE US TO DEEPER LEVELS OF NEED, UM, UH, BUT IT IS THROUGH, UM, EVALUATORS MAKING THAT DECISION IN THE FIRST ROUND.

UM, BUT THEN AS THEY NEVER TD MENTIONED THAT APPLICANTS ALSO WILL BE, UM, AS PART OF THE APPLICATION WILL BE, UH, SHARING THEIR KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS, UM, IN THEIR WORK PLANS.

AND THOSE WILL TRANSLATE INTO, UM, TARGETS, UH, FOR THOSE CONTRACTS.

THE GOAL AND THAT'S, WHAT'S IN THE TOOL, BUT, UH, THERE IS LEEWAY FOR THE ORGANIZATIONS TO DESIGN THE PROGRAMS. UM, AND IT IS OUR HOPE THAT THE COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE OUT THERE IN THE COMMUNITY RECOGNIZING THE NEEDS WILL ALSO PRIORITIZE THOSE HOUSEHOLDS, BUT THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY SPECIFICALLY GIVEN, BUT THEY CAN SCORE HIGHER ON THEIR APPLICATIONS WITH THAT.

IF I, CAN I FOLLOW UP ON THAT QUESTION? DO YOU MIND? YEAH.

UM, AND SO I, THE EVALUATION CRITERIA, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU SAID, UH, WAS ON PAGE 12 OF THIS DECK THAT WE JUST SAW IS THAT RIGHT? IT'S UM, ON PAGE 12 AND 13 OF THE NOTICE OF FUNDING, I'M NOT SURE IF YOU GOT A LINK TO THAT.

UM, YEAH, I, I, UM, YEAH, WOULD LOVE, WOULD LOVE TO JUST GET A BETTER, UH, IDEA ABOUT WHAT THE EVALUATION CRITERIA IS LIKE.

AND I THINK, UM, I THINK I, I SAW IT SOMETIME, BUT ACTUALLY BEFORE THIS MEETING JUST MADE IT TO ME PERSONALLY, THROUGH GENERAL OUTREACH.

UM, BUT WE'D LOVE TO SEE IT AND WONDERING, IS THERE A RUBRIC, UH, OR, OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO LOOK AT THAT IT'S HELPFUL TO KNOW THAT IT'S HARD CODED SOMEWHERE, I THINK IS WHAT WE'RE HEARING.

UM, IT'S HELPFUL TO KNOW THAT IT'S HARD CODED SOMEWHERE THAT IF A FAMILY OR A HOUSEHOLD, IF YOU WILL, IS STRUGGLING FINANCIALLY MORE THAN ANOTHER FAMILY, UH, ALL OTHER THINGS EQUAL, UH, THAT THERE WOULD BE A DEFAULT SORT OF MECHANISM THAT PRIORITIZES THE FAMILY THAT MIGHT BE STRUGGLING MORE ECONOMICALLY.

AND SO, SO, UH, JUST, THERE'S A COUPLE OF POINTS OF CLARIFICATION.

SO RACHEL IS REFERRING TO PAGE 12 OF THE ACTUAL APPLICATION.

UM, SO IT IS NOT IN YOUR PACKAGE, SO YOU'RE, YEAH, YOU'RE NOT MISSING ANYTHING, BUT IT IS AVAILABLE AND WE CAN FOLLOW UP AND SHARE THAT WITH LISA SO THAT SHE CAN SEND THAT OUT TO, UH, THE COMMISSIONERS.

UH, WE DID COME IN APRIL AND, AND I KNOW IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME AND THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION THAT YOU GUYS HAVE TO REVIEW.

AND AT THAT TIME WE WERE SHARING, UH, WHAT WE WERE PROPOSING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH.

UM, BUT AGAIN, THOSE HOUSEHOLDS ARE, UM, THERE IS A RUBRIC AND THEN WE WORK WITH A COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS BASED ON THE PROPOSALS THAT THEY BRING FORWARD TO US TO TRY TO MAKE SURE.

AND I MEAN, THAT'S

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AND IF THIS, SO IF THIS, YOU KNOW, IF WE WERE TO MAYBE, UH, MAKE A RECOMMENDATION, UH, THE, AROUND THE SAME GIVEN OF COURSE THAT THE WINDOW IN APRIL IS GONE AND NOW OF COURSE A RUBRIC IS ALREADY THERE AND FOLKS ARE EVALUATING IT, BUT COULD THAT BE AT LEAST EMAILED TO THOSE WHO ARE ON THAT, UH, PANEL, JUST SO THAT THEY'VE SEEN IT AND READ IT AND THEY CAN TAKE IT INTO THEIR HEART.

I'M SURE IT'S SOMETHING THAT, UH, I, I DON'T SAY SEE WHY NOT, WE COULD CERTAINLY SHARE IT WITH THE PANEL AND THEN ALSO WITH THE CAC AND YEAH, MAYBE WE CAN GO YELL FROM THE ROOFTOPS AND THE CAC COMMISSIONER, LEAST YES.

A PART OF THAT UPDATE, WHICH HE HAS.

SO WE ELECTED THE FIVE MEMBERS THAT ARE GOING TO SERVE, AND I CAN DEFINITELY BRING THAT, UM, TO THE PROJECT CONNECTS CAC NEXT MEETING.

ALL RIGHT.

UM, ANYTHING ELSE ON THAT VICE-CHAIR POP? NO, THANK YOU.

THANKS FOR NOTICING THAT RIGHT OVER MY HEAD.

AND I THINK UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES THOUGH, IMPROBABLE COULD BE SOMETHING LIKE, YOU KNOW, 80% OF MFI HERE IN AUSTIN, OR, OR AM I HERE IN AUSTIN IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE 80 TO 95 K DEPENDING UPON HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE IN YOUR HOUSE.

AND SO IF ALL PROGRAMS KIND OF TARGETED SOMETHING LIKE THAT, WE COULD GET SOMETHING VERY, VERY MUCH ON AN UNINTENDED FOR WHAT WE SEE IN OUR MINDS AND HEARTS, ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE, UH, THE ANTI-DISPLACEMENT TOOL WORK.

AND SO, UH, THAT BEING SAID, I THINK WE'RE PROBABLY SAFE FROM THAT HAPPENING, UM, IN A VERY DISPROPORTIONATE WAY, BUT AS LONG AS, YOU KNOW, THERE'S GUIDANCE AND FOLKS KEEPING THEIR EYES OPEN AND EARS OPEN, AND THAT'S THE VALUE OF THIS.

SO THANKS FOR BRINGING THAT UP.

UH, UH, VICE CHAIRMAN AND COMMISSIONER LEAH'S FOR MAKING SURE THE CAC HEARS ABOUT IT.

COMMISSIONER OCADO.

I JUST WANT TO TOUCH ON A FEW THINGS.

UM, ONE, UH, WELL, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU ALL FOR THAT UPDATE.

CAUSE I, I, I HAVE CONCERNS.

UM, SO THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT COMPONENT, UH, YOU STATED THAT YOU ALL, UM, DID A SERIES OF OUTREACH.

AGAIN, I WASN'T A PART OF THAT, SO I NEVER SAW THAT, BUT I'M GOING TO TAKE YOUR WORD THAT YOU ALL, UM, DID ALL OF THIS OUTREACH TO ALL OF THESE AGENCIES, LIBRARIES, COMMUNITY CENTERS, ALL OF THIS.

I NEVER SAW ANY OF IT, JUST SO YOU ALL KNOW, BUT, UM, MOVING FORWARD, HOW ARE WE GOING TO CONTINUE THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, UM, BESIDES VIRTUAL? CAUSE I THINK I ONLY HEARD THAT YOU HAD ONE IN-PERSON AND AGAIN, I THINK IT GOES BACK TO THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ISSUE THAT WE'RE HAVING WITH ALL ENTITIES THROUGHOUT THE CITY ABOUT THE VIRTUAL HYBRID THING.

IT'S BEEN A CHALLENGE FOR SO MANY PEOPLE TO JUST JUMP ON THESE ZOOMS, ESPECIALLY PEOPLE THAT ARE WORKING CLASS THAT ARE WORKING AND AT WORK.

AND SO AT THESE MEETINGS, I WANT TO BE MORE INVOLVED IN MAKING SURE THAT, UM, STAKEHOLDERS AND THE PEOPLE THAT ARE SURROUND THESE CORRIDORS ARE ACTUALLY BEING, UM, YOU KNOW, WELCOMED TO CONVERSATION AND DISCUSSION AND INPUT.

I ALSO WANT TO KNOW WHAT ASSOCIATIONS, WHAT, WHERE'S THE LIST, WHERE CAN I SEE ALL OF THOSE, UM, GROUPS AND ASSOCIATIONS AND THE 18 APPLICANTS THAT WERE SELECTED AND WHERE DO I, WHERE DO I GET ALL OF THAT INFORMATION AS A COMMISSIONER? I THINK I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, AND I WILL BE ABLE TO FOLLOW IT AS WELL BECAUSE AT ANOTHER CONCERN THAT BRINGS UP IS, IS A WHOLE ADVOCATING AND FIGHTING FOR, UM, THE RECIPIENTS THAT ARE NOT AT 80,000 A YEAR.

I THINK THAT YOU JUST MENTIONED THAT ONLY A PERCENT OF THAT 300 MILLION IS GOING TO BE ALLOCATED FOR THOSE HOUSEHOLDS.

THAT'S ANOTHER CONCERN TO ME BECAUSE, UM, MOST OF US DON'T MAKE THAT MUCH MONEY.

UM, AND I THOUGHT THAT THE BOND WAS THE WHOLE PROJECT CONNECT AND EVERYTHING THAT GOT PASSED.

PEOPLE VOTED FOR IT AND PEOPLE ADVOCATED FOR IT BECAUSE 300 MILLION WAS GOING TO BE ALLOCATED FOR US.

NOW, UM, THE REGULATIONS ARE CHANGING NOW YOU'RE SAYING THAT ONLY A SMALL PERCENTAGE IS GOING TO BE FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT MEETING 80,000 A YEAR.

I THINK THAT'S WHAT YOU JUST STATED.

YEAH, NO, IF I CAN, CAUSE THERE'S A LOT IN THERE, YOU HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS.

SO I WANT TO, I WANT TO MAKE SURE AND I PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE BROUGHT MY NOTES SO

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I COULD PROPERLY RESPOND.

AND THEN I LOVE BECAUSE I'M NOT ON THE CAC AND NOBODY FROM THE CAC IS GIVING AN UPDATE TO THE COMMUNITY.

SO I'M NEEDING TO KNOW THIS.

ABSOLUTELY.

UM, AND THIS IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY, UM, WE IDENTIFY THE, UM, THIS BODY TO SHARE THE INFORMATION.

SO WE REACHED OUT TO, UH, AND I WILL SAY SPECIFICALLY, I ASKED STAFF TO MAKE SURE WE REACH OUT TO ALL OF THE, UM, ADVISORY BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS SO THAT WE CAN, AND IT WAS IN DIRECT RESPONSE TO, I HEARD YOU PREVIOUSLY SAY, WE OFTEN DON'T DO ENOUGH COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND AT LEAST WE CAN INFORM THESE BODIES SO THAT YOU CAN TAKE THE INFORMATION TO THE COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS AND THE PLACES WHERE YOU INTERACT WITH PEOPLE.

SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE.

AND WE WANTED TO COME, I KNOW THIS IS LATE, BUT WE DID WANT TO COME AND MAKE A BEFORE THE DEADLINE CAME TO APPLY FOR FUNDING.

SO THIS IS WHY WE'RE HERE TO SHARE THIS INFORMATION WITH YOU.

UM, AND SPECIFICALLY I DIDN'T GIVE A DOLLAR AMOUNT.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S CLEAR IN TERMS OF WHO THE $300 MILLION IS SERVING.

UM, BUT FOR THE MOST PART, WE ARE KEEPING THE $300 MILLION, UM, IN TERMS OF WHO IS BEING SERVED WITH THE SAME BENEFITS OF OTHER PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE WITHIN OUR DEPARTMENT.

SO THE SAME GUIDELINES WILL APPLY.

HOWEVER, THERE IS ALWAYS THE OPPORTUNITY, NOT IN ALL OF THE PROGRAMS, BUT IN MANY OF OUR PROGRAMS AND FOR THE $20 MILLION TO PRIORITIZE, UH, HOUSEHOLDS, UM, AT LOWER LEVELS.

UM, SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE CLEAR ON THAT.

UH, AND TO SPEAK SPECIFICALLY TO THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT, UH, WERE CONTACTED JULIE SMITH, WHO PRESENTED SHE DOES HAVE A LIST, AND WE CAN CERTAINLY SHARE THAT WITH YOU SO THAT YOU'RE AWARE OF EVERY ORGANIZATION THAT RECEIVED AN EMAIL, UM, THAT PARTICIPATED AND IN THE WORKSHOPS.

WE, AND, AND I WILL SAY WE'VE BEEN VERY INTENTIONAL, MAKING SURE THAT WE PROVIDE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE ORGANIZATIONS ARE SUCCESSFUL IN THEIR APPLICATION SO THAT WE CAN DEMONSTRATE THAT COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS HAVE THE CAPACITY, THEY HAVE THE SKILL, AND THEY HAVE THE KNOWLEDGE TO DELIVER, UH, PROGRAMS AND SERVICES, UH, IN AN INNOVATIVE WAY, UH, WITH THE, AND THE CON, UH, CONNECTIONS THAT THEY HAVE AND THE EXPERTISE AND THE TRUST THAT THEY HAVE WITH THE COMMUNITY.

AND THIS IS WHY WE ARE PROUD OF THE WORK WITH THIS FUND.

AND WE DEFINITELY NEED YOUR SUPPORT IF WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO ADDRESS, UH, SOME OF THE DISPLACEMENT STRATEGIES USING A BOTTOM UP APPROACH.

UM, AND I THINK THAT I HAVE ONE MORE ITEM, BUT I FORGOT IT THAT QUICK.

SO, UH, IF IT COMES BACK TO ME, BUT WE CAN SEND THAT INFORMATION TO YOU.

THIS IS WHAT I WAS GONNA SAY.

WE NEED YOUR HELP.

UM, BECAUSE I WAS ALSO AT A COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATION, A MEETING THIS PAST WEEKEND RELATED TO ITEM, UH, THE EARLIER ITEM, UH, ON TENANTS RIGHTS.

AND IT WAS NOT WELL ATTENDED, BUT, AND THEN ALSO, LIKE JULIE SAID, WHEN WE HAVE THE IN-PERSON GATHERING AND MEETING, IT WAS NOT WELL ATTENDED.

AND I THINK WE, AS A CITY, WE'RE VERY HEAVY ON COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.

AND I THINK WE HAVE TO ALSO RECOGNIZE WE'VE HAD THESE, UH, WE'VE HAD THESE WORKSHOPS IN THE EVENINGS AS WELL.

AND SOME COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE TELLING ME THAT THEY ARE BURNED OUT AND IF WE'RE TAPPING THEM, AND I'M NOT SAYING WE STOP THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, BUT I THINK WE, YOU KNOW, UM, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BE, UH, WE'RE NOT GOING TO STOP, BUT WE HAVE TO FIND NEW WAYS AND STRATEGIES TO GET THE WORD OUT TO THE COMMUNITY.

BUT I REALLY THINK, UM, SO FAR WE'VE REACHED, WE HAVEN'T REACHED EVERYBODY, BUT WE'VE REACHED A LOT, BUT WE HAVE TO FIND ANOTHER STRATEGY, UM, SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE WE'RE REACHING THE TARGETED AND FOCUSED AUDIENCES THAT WE WANT TO HEAR FROM THAT WE WANT TO PARTICIPATE TO GIVE US FEEDBACK.

UM, I DO WANT TO ASSIST IN THAT.

UM, SO PLEASE TAKE THAT OFFER

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AS I'M OFFERING IT, UH, AT NO COST, I AM AN OUTREACH SPECIALIST, AND I DO SEE THAT MY DISTRICT, WHICH IS EAST AUSTIN MONTOPOLIS, WAS A RIVERSIDE, ALL THAT AREA THAT I REPRESENT.

UM, WE ARE LITERALLY DROWNING OUT THERE AND WHATEVER OUTREACH TECHNIQUES I CAN TEACH THE CITY, UM, I'LL BE MORE THAN GLAD TO, UM, MY WAY OF OUTREACHING IS JUST HITTING THE STREETS, UH, KNOCKING ON DOORS, BEING PRESENT OUT THERE AND THE HOT AND THE COLD AND THE RAIN.

UM, BUT AGAIN, THAT'S MY DEDICATION TO MY COMMUNITY.

NUTS, NOT EVERYBODY'S, BUT I REALLY THINK THAT WE NEED TO WORK TOGETHER AND GET IT DONE.

UM, BECAUSE MY CITY AND THE PEOPLE THAT I REPRESENT, WHICH IS A LOW INCOME, THE ELDER TO DISABILITY, THE SECTION EIGHT RECIPIENTS, ALL OF THOSE RECIPIENTS, THEY DO HAVE NO CLUE.

WHAT'S ABOUT TO HIT THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS.

THEY'VE ALREADY KNOW THAT RENTAL COSTS HAVE GONE UP AND THEY'RE ALL BEING EVICTED AND TAXES ARE CRAZY AND EVERYBODY'S PUSHING THEM OUT.

BUT MOST OF THEM DO NOT KNOW THAT THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF CONSTRUCTION'S ABOUT TO HIT AND IT'S GOING TO BE MORE COMPACT AS WELL AS WE'RE GOING TO BE IMPACTED DIRECTLY ON THE CORRIDORS AND ALL OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS, HISTORICALLY THAT SURROUND THE CITY ARE ALL GOING TO BE IMPACTED.

AND MOST OF US DO NOT MAKE 80,000 A YEAR.

AND SO I JUST WANT TO BE PROACTIVE WITH YOU ALL AND JUST GETTING THE WORK DONE.

SO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK ECHO THAT, UH, YES.

COMMISSIONER TOLD HER.

I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION TO ASK WITH THE OUTREACH PROGRAM AND ALL THAT YOU'RE GOING ON.

HAVE Y'ALL SIT BACK AND SEE HOW THE CITY WOULD FOAM ON CONSTRUCTION.

I'M SORRY, THE CITY OF BOSTON HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION OF APARTMENTS AND EVERYTHING.

WHAT HAPPENS IF IT ALL QUIT? OKAY, WHAT HAPPENED IF IT JUST, UH, BELLY UP, WHAT WILL HAPPEN THEN? WILL THIS CONNECT STILL BE GOING ON OR IT WOULDN'T BE NO MORE CONNECT BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE NO RAIL.

I'M JUST ASKING A QUESTION POLICY RIGHT NOW.

I LIVE MORE THAN A MILE AWAY FROM THE CONNECT LINE.

SO I'M JUST CURIOUS TO SEE HOW THEY WOULD HANDLE IT.

IF AUSTIN, WE DID THIS BACK IN THE EIGHTIES, I KNOW HOW AUSTIN WENT DOWN.

SO I'M JUST WONDERING IF EVERYBODY PREPARED FOR AND COMMISSIONER TALAVERA.

I THINK IT'S A FAIR POINT OF DISCUSSION.

I DON'T KNOW THAT WE SHOULD PUT OUR HOUSING AND PLANNING STUFF ON THE SPOT BECAUSE THERE, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THEY'RE SHARP ECONOMISTS, UH, IN, IN MANY WAYS, BUT WE SHOULD PROBABLY GET AN ECONOMIST OR JUST HAVE THAT DISCUSSION AMONG OURSELVES, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S A GOOD POINT WE SHOULD BE THINKING ABOUT, RIGHT.

WE'RE GOING TO PASS.

AND WE GETTING DEVELOPERS OUT OF STATE COMING IN HERE.

EIGHT OTHER WORDS I'M GETTING, I'M GETTING, UH, OFFERS FOR MY HOUSE, THREE BEDROOMS. AND I TOLD HIM I'M UP IN AGE.

I'M NOT GOING TO SELL MY HOUSE, BUT IF YOU COME ACROSS WITH MAYBE BY SEVEN TO 8,800,000, THEN YOU CAN HAVE IT, BUT THEY LOOK AT ME AND WALK OFF.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER TOLLIVER.

UM, THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER DELGADO FOR OFFERING A SUPPORT WITH OUTREACH.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER.

LEAH'S FOR BEING ON THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE, UH, AND GIVING US THE REPORT OUTS, UH, YOU KNOW, ATTENDING ABOVE AND BEYOND THIS MEETING AS WELL.

UH, AND, UH, I THINK THE CONSENSUS, IT SOUNDS LIKE IS THAT WE, WE DO IS WE HELP.

UM, AND I HOPE THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, IN A WAY THAT REFLECTS OUR PRIORITIES THAT WE'VE DEMONSTRATED TODAY.

AND SO THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT WHAT, WHAT I'M SURE THAT I CAN COMMIT TO DO IS HELPING AND I'LL DO MY BEST TO SHARE AS MUCH AS I CAN.

UM, AND TO INFLUENCE AGAIN, THE LENS AS MUCH AS WE CAN WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PRIORITIZING LOWER INCOMES.

UM, AND I THINK IF I CAN ADD THE OUTREACH FOR THESE, UH, THESE FUNDS FOR TWO COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS, THEY WERE NOT TO HOUSEHOLDS.

AND WE WERE VERY SPECIFIC BECAUSE WE THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE VERY CONFUSING.

IF WE START REACHING OUT TO INDIVIDUAL HOUSEHOLDS, THEN THEY WOULD THINK THAT THEY COULD APPLY FOR THE FUNDING, WHICH WE HAD HAPPEN DURING THE RENT

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PROGRAM.

AND SO WE WANTED TO BE VERY SPECIFIC WITH TARGETED OUTREACH, TO COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS THAT SERVE COMMUNITIES AND INDIVIDUALS IN THE FUTURE.

WHEN THE FUNDING IS AVAILABLE, WE ARE, I HAVE ALREADY STARTED PLANNING FOR WHAT DOES THAT OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT LOOK LIKE, UH, TO INDIVIDUAL HOUSEHOLDS AND RESIDENTS.

AND, UH, WE WILL CERTAINLY MAKE SURE WE KEEP YOU IN THE LOOP COMMISSIONER DELGADO WHEN WE START THAT PROCESS.

AND, UH, WHAT YOU SAID EARLIER, WELL, LET ME JUST MAKE SURE WE DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE FOLKS ON THE SCREEN BEFORE WE CLOSE.

NOPE.

IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT.

AND I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU SAID EARLIER ABOUT THE CHALLENGES AND OUTREACH.

I THINK IT TOOK A LOT OF COURAGE TO SAY THAT, AND I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF TRUTH, A WHOLE LOT OF TRUTH THAT I RELATE TO A LOT, UH, YOU KNOW, BEING IN A HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, NONPROFIT WORLD.

UH, SO I APPRECIATE Y'ALL CONTINUING AND CONTINUING TO DO Y'ALL'S BEST TO INVENT AND REINVENT AND REINVENT THE WHEEL AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO ARE DOING THEIR BEST TO LIAISE AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CONDUITS OF THIS INFORMATION BACK OUT.

SO THANK YOU.

ON TO THE FINAL AGENDA ITEM UNDER NEW BUSINESS FOR D DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE DRAFT FISCAL YEAR 22, 23, UH, 20 22, 20 23 ACTION PLAN WITH MANDY DE MAYO AND MAX HORSEMAN WITH MAX ON THE SCREEN AND MAYO, DEPUTY DIRECTOR HOUSING AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT, AND MAX, I THINK WE'RE GOING TO PULL UP THE FUNDING TABLE.

UM, AGAIN, REALLY EXCITING.

LET'S ALL MAKE SURE TO STAY ENGAGED AND LEE, WE CAN MOVE

[4d. Discussion and possible action on the draft Fiscal Year 2022-2023 Action Plan (Mandy DeMayo & Max Horstman, Housing and Planning Department)]

THERE WE GO.

YOU GUYS DO HAVE IT.

IF WE CAN GO DOWN, THAT'S KIND OF THE COVER PAGE.

I'M AN E THAT'S.

THIS IS, THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.

THIS IS THE PROPOSED IN THE DRAFT ACTION PLAN, THE FUNDING TABLE, AND IT GOES THROUGH OUR FEDERAL, UH, FUND SOURCES.

ONE THING I WANT TO MAKE SURE LAST TIME MAX AND I WERE HERE, WE ACTUALLY DID NOT KNOW THE, UH, ALLOCATION, THE FEDERAL ALLOCATION FOR OUR FORMULA BLOCK GRANTS.

UM, UH, BUT WE HAVE SUBSEQUENTLY FOUND IT OUT.

SO WE'RE USING ESTIMATES.

THE ACTUAL, UM, THE ACTUAL AMOUNTS, UH, CAME THROUGH.

AND WHAT'S INTERESTING IS THAT OVERALL FROM OUR FOUR FORMULA BLOCK GRANTS, OUR TOTAL INCREASE WAS A LITTLE OVER 1% FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR, BUT OUR CDBG WENT DOWN 5.7, 7%.

OUR HOME ALLOCATION WENT UP 11.61%.

OUR E S G EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS WENT DOWN 0.2, 7% FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR AND OUR HOPWA HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS, UH, WENT UP 12.37%.

SO THE NUMBERS YOU SEE BEFORE YOU ON THE FUNDING TABLE REFLECT THOSE INCREASES.

I AM HAPPY TO GO THROUGH LINE BY LINE OR GIVE YOU SOME TIME TO LOOK AT IT.

I DO WANT TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO A COUPLE OF THINGS, UM, IN THE FUNDING TABLE.

YOU'LL NOTE AGAIN, THIS, THIS IS REFLECTIVE OF THE ACTUAL AMOUNTS THAT HUD IS ALLOCATING TO US THROUGH OUR FORK, UH, BLOCK GRANTS, UH, THROUGH OUR FOUR BLOCK GRANTS.

SO ACTUAL AMOUNTS ARE REPRESENTED ON THE FUNDING TABLE.

THE OTHER THING I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAD THIS IN A PREVIOUS CONVERSATION, I WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE AWARE IS IN THE CONSOLIDATED PLAN AND IT, IN THE LAST THREE YEARS OF THE ACTION PLAN, WE DID HAVE 1.8, $8 MILLION THAT WAS ALLOCATED FOR THE, UM, UH, THAT WAS ALLOCATED FOR THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT FOR A NONPROFIT CAPACITY BUILDING FOR WORKFORCE HOUSING, I'M SORRY FOR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.

UM, AND, UH, AS WE DISCUSSED LAST TIME THAT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT DID NOT FEEL THAT THEY HAD THE CAPACITY, THE INTERNAL CAPACITY TO, UH, DEVELOP AND DEPLOY, DEVELOP THE PROGRAM AND DEPLOY THE FUNDS.

AND SO, AS WE DISCUSSED, IT MUST HAVE BEEN THE MAY MEETING, UH, THAT WE WOULD PROPOSE REPROGRAMMING THOSE FUNDS INTO HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE FOR AFFORDABLE RENTAL HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE.

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WE COULD MOVE THOSE FUNDS OUT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, INTO HOUSING, REFLECTING THE HIGHEST PRIORITY OF THE CITY THAT IS REFLECTED IN THE FUNDING TABLE AS WELL.

YOU'LL SEE THAT UNDER ON THE SECOND PAGE OF THE FUNDING TABLE, ABOUT HALFWAY DOWN, YOU SEE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE, AND YOU SEE CDBG WITH A LITTLE OVER 1.6 MILLION IN THERE.

THOSE ARE THE MAJOR CHANGES.

MAX, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU WANTED TO POINT OUT? UNFORTUNATELY, I CAN'T SEE YOU ON THE SCREEN.

UM, HEY, EVERYONE BACKS FORCED TO IN HERE WITH HOUSING AND PLANNING, UH, I WOULD NOTE AS WELL THAT THE, UM, PERCENTAGE OF CDBG THAT IS ALLOCATED TOWARDS PUBLIC SERVICES, WE WENT AHEAD AND INCREASED THAT UP TO THE FULL 15% OF THE GRANT.

AND SO THERE WERE SOME INCREASES TO CHILDCARE SERVICES, MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, SENIOR SERVICES, AND THE TENANTS RIGHTS ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

AND I ALSO, IF I COULD ALSO POINT OUT THIS WAS FROM A CONVERSATION AT THE MAY CDC MEETING, WE PREVIOUSLY HAD INCLUDED AND WE'VE GONE BACK AND FORTH, UM, UH, WITH THIS INTERNALLY AS TO THE REASONING, BUT WE HAD PREVIOUSLY INCLUDED OUR NON-FEDERAL SOURCES ON THE FUNDING TABLE AS WELL.

AND IT CREATED SOME CONFUSION WE HAVE SINCE TAKEN OUT ALL NON-FEDERAL SOURCES.

AND SO WHAT YOU SEE BEFORE YOU IS JUST OUR FOUR BLOCK GRANTS ARE FORMULA GRANTS.

THIS DOES NOT REPRESENT THE FULL FUNDING, UH, THAT WE AS A CITY DEPLOY, UM, FOR HOUSING HOMELESSNESS OR PUBLIC SERVICES, BUT THESE ARE FEDERAL GRANTS AND HOW THEY ARE PROPOSED TO BE BUDGETED IN THE ACTION PLAN FOR NEXT FISCAL YEAR.

UH, COMMISSIONER SLOAN.

DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I DON'T SEE YOU, BUT, UM, I GUESS I THINK WE'RE GOOD.

ON SOME OF THEIR AFFORDABLE HOUSING PRODUCT.

AND VICE CHAIR, VICE CHAIR.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER AREAS WHERE THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN ALLOCATION FROM LAST YEAR? NO.

I WANTED TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE CHANGES THAT HAVE OCCURRED.

HISTORICALLY, OUR PRACTICE HAS BEEN, IF THERE'S AN INCREASE OR A DECREASE, WE INCREASE OR DECREASE THE PREVIOUS YEAR ON A SLIDING SCALE.

SO IT'S PROPORTIONATE.

SO, UM, THAT IS WHAT WE TRIED TO DO THIS YEAR WITH THE EXCEPTION.

MAX POINTED OUT THE PUBLIC SERVICES HAVE CHANGED A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE WE INCREASED, WE MAXIMIZE WHAT IS REGULATORILY ALLOWED TO THAT 15%, UM, PUBLIC SERVICES.

UM, AND THEN WE MOVED THE FUNDING FROM THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM, WHICH WAS NEVER CREATED.

WE MOVED THAT INTO HOUSING DEVELOPMENT.

SO WE KEEP HEARING ABOUT HOW EXPENSIVE HOMEOWNERSHIP IS B IS THAT IT'S HARD TO FIND A HOUSE AND THE HOUSES THAT ARE OUT THERE EXPENSIVE, AND YET WE'RE RUNNING A DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM TO HELP LOW-INCOME PEOPLE BUY HOUSES.

HOW ARE, HOW ARE WE GETTING THESE HOUSES IF, UH, A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT WAYS, UM, THAT DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, WHICH IS FUNDED THROUGH HOME, WE'VE HAD THIS PROGRAM FOR A REALLY LONG TIME.

UM, OUR GOAL, UH, THIS YEAR AND IN REALLY THE LAST FEW YEARS HAS BEEN 28.

SO IT'S NOT A HUGE PORTFOLIO OF DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE THAT WE PROVIDE.

ONE THING WE'VE NOTICED, UM, IS THAT THE HOMES THAT ARE MEETING THE QUALIFICATIONS, UH, THE HUD QUALIFICATIONS, AND ALSO, UM, AFFORDABLE TO SOMEBODY WHO HAS LOWER MODERATE INCOME, THE REQUIREMENTS ARE AT, OR BELOW 80% MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME, WE'RE GETTING FARTHER AND FARTHER AND FARTHER OUT, UM, CLOSE TO THE REALLY THE CITY LIMITS.

UM, WE HAVE BEEN REALLY FORTUNATE THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO LEVERAGE SOME OF OUR, UH, EXISTING PROGRAMS. ONE OF THEM IS OWNERSHIP, HOUSING, DEVELOPMENT, ASSISTANCE, OR ODA, UM, AND THAT PROVIDES, UH, SUBSIDIES TO NONPROFIT AND FOR-PROFIT DEVELOPERS OF OWNERSHIP, HOME OWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES.

SO AN EXAMPLE WOULD BE HABITAT FOR HUMANITY, BUILDING A SUBDIVISION.

UM, WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO WORK WITH THEM AND LAYER OUR HOME DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE

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SO THE MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING PRODUCT WE ARE HELPING TO FACILITATE, UM, THE MORE WE'RE ABLE TO REACH IN THIS MARKET, UM, UH, UH, LOW AND MODERATE INCOME HOMEOWNERS THROUGH OUR DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

ONE THING WE HAVE ALSO HAD TO DO THAT WAS, THIS WAS LAST YEAR.

AND AGAIN, THIS YEAR, UM, THE HUD LIMITS, THE SALES PRICE THAT THEY'VE MAXIMUM SALES PRICE FOR A HOME, UM, FOR DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE.

AND IT'S, UH, DETERMINED BY EVERY METROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREA AND THE CURRENT HUD MAXIMUM SALES PRICE IS SOMEWHERE AROUND $300,000.

THE CURRENT AS OF APRIL, 2022, THE ACCORDING TO THE AUSTIN BOARD OF REALTORS, THE SALES PRICE, THE MEDIAN SALES PRICE IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN IS $640,000.

MORE THAN TWICE.

WHAT HUD SAYS IS ALLOWABLE.

SO STARTING LAST YEAR, WE PROVIDED THE DATA TO APPEAL THE MAXIMUM SALES PRICE.

UM, AND WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GET IT ADJUSTED SIGNIFICANTLY UPWARD TO 95%.

THIS IS WHAT'S ALLOWED BEING A REGULATION, 95%, UM, OF THE CURRENT, THE REAL, UM, MEDIAN SALES PRICE DATA THAT DOES NOT MEAN THAT WE HAVE LOW-INCOME HOMEOWNERS THAT ARE BUYING HOMES THAT ARE 95% OF $640,000.

UM, IT JUST MEANS THAT IT GIVES US A LITTLE BIT MORE WIGGLE ROOM, SO WE CAN GO ABOVE THAT MAXIMUM SALES PRICE IN CERTAIN SITUATIONS.

SO WE JUST HEARD COMMISSIONER, TOLERBER TALK ABOUT HOW HE'S BEING APPROACHED.

AND I GET THESE NOTICES.

I'M SURE MANY OF US DO FROM PEOPLE TRYING TO BUY OUR HOMES.

UM, IF WE BUILD A HOUSE AND SELL IT FOR 300,000, BUT IT'S WORTH 95% OF 640,000 AND PEOPLE ARE BADGERING, THE HOMEOWNERS WHAT'S TO KEEP THEM FROM CASHING OUT AND POCKETING THE $300,000 DIFFERENCE.

SOMEBODY WHO PURCHASES WITH THE DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE OR JUST ANYBODY IN THE MARKET WHO PURCHASES AN ODA UNIT, OR, OH, I'M SORRY, AN ODA UNIT.

SO ALL OF OUR HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS COME WITH A, UH, LONG-TERM AFFORDABILITY.

SO, UH, FOR RENTAL HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE, WHICH WE TARGET OUR SUBSIDY GOES TO HOUSEHOLDS THAT ARE BELOW 50% MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.

THEY COME WITH A, LURA A LAND USE RESTRICTION AGREEMENT, WHICH IS A RESTRICTIVE COVENANT FOR A MINIMUM OF 40 YEARS.

OUR ODA PROGRAM OWNERSHIP, HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE IS A 99 YEAR AFFORDABILITY.

SO IF SOMEBODY, AGAIN, I'M GOING TO USE A HABITAT EXAMPLE OR LET ME USE A GUADALUPE NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION EXAMPLE.

UM, THEY BUILD A SUBDIVISION, WHICH THEY HAVE, UM, USING A SUBSIDY FROM A VARIETY OF SOURCES, INCLUDING THE CITY OF AUSTIN, UH, SOMEBODY WHO INCOME QUALIFIES AND PURCHASES THE HOME, UM, WE'LL TURN AROUND WHEN THEY DETERMINE THAT THEY WANT TO SELL THEIR HOME, SHOULD THEY WANT TO SELL THEIR HOME? UM, THEY SELL IT TO ANOTHER INCOME QUALIFIED HOMEOWNER AND THEY RECEIVE EACH YEAR A CAPPED AMOUNT OF EQUITY.

IT'S 2% EACH YEAR.

SO THAT PRESENTS PREVENTS THE FLIPPING OF THE HOME AND THE, UH, THE LOSS IN THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING PORTFOLIO.

SO MOISTURE PUP, WHEN YOU, WE WERE HEARING THE MAXIMUM SALES PRICE, UM, WERE, WERE YOU INTERPRETING THAT TO BE THE SALES PRICE THAT THE HOMEOWNER AND ONE OF THE PROGRAMS WOULD BE ABLE TO SELL THE HOME FOR, OR THE SALES PRICE AT WHICH THAT AFFORDABLE HOME COULD BE SOLD TO A HOMEOWNER FOR? BECAUSE I THINK THIS IS THE MAXIMUM IT'S CALLED THE MAXIMUM SALES PRICE.

IT'S ACTUALLY THE PURCHASE PRICE FOR SOMEBODY WITH A, WHO IS RECEIVING DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE.

SO THIS WASN'T THE RESALE, THIS WASN'T THE, NOT THE RESALE.

AND THERE ARE DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE ALSO COMES WITH WITH A LIEN.

UM, AND SO THERE IS AN AFFORDABILITY PERIOD TO ENSURE THAT THE FEE THAT YOU'RE NOT FLIPPING THE HOME, THAT YOU PURCHASE YOUR HOME, YOU'RE GOING TO STAY IN YOUR HOME.

AND IF YOU'RE NOT GOING TO STAY IN YOUR HOME AND YOU STAY IN YOUR HOME FOR LESS THAN THAT, 10 YEAR, I BELIEVE THAT'S RIGHT, IS THE 10 YEAR AFFORDABILITY PERIOD.

THEN YOU WILL PROPORTIONATELY PAY BACK.

SO IF YOU STAY FOR NINE YEARS, YOU'LL PAY BACK ONE 10TH, UH, OF, OF THE DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE.

SO IF YOUR HOUSE THAT YOU PAID $300,000 FOR, UH, BECOMES

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WORTH $900,000, WHAT HAPPENS, AND SOMEBODY DECIDES TO SELL AND TAKE THE $900,000.

SO THE DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE, THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT OPTIONS WITH DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE.

ONE IS A SHARED EQUITY OPTION.

THAT'S THE LARGER DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE AMOUNT.

THAT'S $40,000.

AND THE OTHER IS A STANDARD DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE, WHICH IS 14,999.

UM, SO UP TO THAT AMOUNT, UH, AND THE STANDARD OPTION, IF YOU STAY FOR THE AFFORDABILITY PERIOD AND THEN DECIDE TO SELL YOUR HOME, THEN YOU REAP THE BENEFITS OF, OF HOMO UNFETTERED HOMEOWNERSHIP.

BUT IF YOU TRY TO, IF YOU TRY TO SELL IT TWO YEARS LATER, TWO YEARS LATER, THEN YOU ARE PAYING BACK THE DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE, THE BULK OF THE DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE.

YOU'RE SAYING IF IT APPRECIATED AN EXORBITANT AMOUNT IN THOSE TWO YEARS, IF YOU'RE DOING THAT, THE SMALLER DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE AMOUNT, THEN YOU ARE JUST PAYING BACK THAT PORTION OF THE DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE.

SO THERE ARE A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT OPTIONS.

UM, THERE ARE RISKS AND REWARDS WITH BOTH, BUT I DO WANT TO POINT OUT IF THIS IS COUPLED WITH AN INCOME OWNERSHIP UNIT, LIKE THROUGH OUR OWNERSHIP, HOUSING, DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE, THERE ARE SEPARATE RESTRICTIONS ON THAT TO ENSURE THE AFFORDABILITY IN EFFECTIVELY PERPETUITY, BECAUSE IT IT'S GREAT THAT SOMEBODY GETS TO MAKE MONEY OFF THEIR HOUSE, BUT THAT MONEY THAT WAS PUBLIC MONEY.

I MEAN, IT WAS AN INVESTMENT SO SOMEBODY COULD HAVE A HOME.

THAT IS CORRECT.

AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE FUNDING TABLE, YOU'LL NOTE, UM, UNDER HOME, WHICH IS WHERE ALL OF OUR, ANYTHING THAT IS FUNDED WITH HOME, YOU'LL SEE SOME HOME.

AND THEN HOME DASH P I, WHICH IS OUR PROGRAM INCOME.

AND SO THAT IS WHEN DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE, WE HAVE $500,000 IN PROGRAM INCOME.

SO AS PEOPLE PAID BACK, THEIR DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE, THEY DIDN'T STAY IN THEIR HOME FOR THE AFFORDABILITY PERIOD.

IT GOES BACK INTO THE DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM TO BE REDEPLOYED.

OKAY, THOSE ARE MY QUESTIONS.

THANKS FOR ASKING THOSE QUESTIONS.

AND IT MAKES SENSE THAT I THINK, UM, IN A VACUUM, THE DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM MAY ALLOW FOR SOME DEGREE OF QUOTE UNQUOTE FLIPPING, BUT NOTHING THAT'S, I THINK EXORBITANT, AND IT CERTAINLY RESULTS IN THE DOWN PAYMENT ASSESSMENT, UH, ASSISTANCE BEING RETURNED ASAP.

UM, AND I THINK THE PROPENSITY FOR ABUSE IS, IS PRETTY, PRETTY LIMITED THERE.

AND THEN WHEN IT COMES TO INCOME RESTRICTED AFFORDABLE UNITS, UH, AGAIN, SORT OF HARD-CODED ANTI FLIPPING, MAX EQUITY KIND OF THINGS GOING ON THERE TOO, WHEN IT COMES TO RESALE.

UM, AND YOU KNOW, IN AS MUCH AS EVEN IT CAN ONLY BE SOLD TO ANOTHER INCOME RESTRICTED FOR POTENTIALLY PURCHASE IT.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER DELGADO.

UM, AND SO WHEN THOSE ARE COUPLED, IT SOUNDS LIKE THE RESTRICTIONS OF THE INCOME RESTRICTION ARE THE ONES THAT TRUMP, IF YOU WILL, EVERYTHING AND REALLY PREVENT THOSE TWO THINGS FROM BEING LEVERAGED AND ABUSED, UH, TOGETHER.

IS THAT RIGHT? YES.

AND WE, WE HAVE A LOT OF GUARD RAILS IN PLACE.

UM, IT'S NOT PERFECT.

I'M NOT SAYING THAT SOMEBODY COULDN'T TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE PROGRAMS. WE CERTAINLY HAVEN'T SEEN THAT.

UM, BUT WE'RE ALSO TRYING TO BALANCE, AGAIN, THE PUBLIC, UH, YOU KNOW, OUR FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY WITH OUR PUBLIC DOLLARS.

UM, AND THEN ENSURING LIKE WE HAD THE DISCUSSION EARLIER ABOUT THE HOME REPAIR LOAN PROGRAM, EXCUSE ME, HOME REPAIR LOAN PROGRAM, UM, AND ENSURING THAT PEOPLE WHO, UM, WHO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE HOME REPAIR LOAN PROGRAM ARE NOT STUCK IN AN UNTENABLE POSITION AS LOW-INCOME HOMEOWNERS.

I JUST WANTED TO ECHO WHAT OUR COMMISSIONER SAID.

SO IN, IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, ALL OF OUR HOMES ARE 950,000 IN SOUTH AUSTIN THERE AT 600 AND NORTH AUSTIN, THEY'RE AT 5 5600.

SO I DON'T KNOW.

I KNOW THERE'S ONLY TWO PROGRAMS THAT ARE OFFERING HOUSING AS A HOMEOWNERSHIP, WHICH IS HABITAT AND JDC ARE THE ONLY TWO CORPORATIONS THAT I AM AWARE OF.

BUT IF YOU KNOW, ANY MORE, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.

AND EVEN IN THOSE TWO ORGANIZATIONS, GENE DC IS LAND ACQUISITION, HOMEOWNERSHIP.

AND SO THOSE PEOPLE DON'T OWN THEIR LAND.

THIS IS ON THEIR HOMES.

AND SO, AND I KNOW THAT THEY'RE VERY,

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THEY HAVE AT LEAST 2000 PEOPLE ON THEIR WAITING LISTS AND I KNOW THEY HAVE A SHORTAGE OF HOUSING STOCK.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S REALLY, UH, WHAT, WHAT, I DON'T KNOW.

UH, I WANT TO UNDERSTAND HOW 28 HOMES IN THE, IN THIS PHYSICAL YEAR IN 2022, IN 2023 ARE GOING TO BE PURCHASED, UH, WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO GET DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE.

I REALLY WANT TO FOLLOW AND MONITOR THAT AS LONG AS I'M ON THE COMMISSION, I'M GOING TO, I WANT TO SEE WHO ARE THOSE HOMEOWNERS? WHERE DID THEY COME FROM? BECAUSE WHAT I DO SEE IS THAT PEOPLE FROM ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE COMING HERE AND REAPING THE BENEFITS OF AUSTINITES, UM, THAT WE ALSO DESERVE THOSE BENEFITS.

AND SO I WANT TO SEE WHERE THE CRITERIA WHERE THE REGULATIONS, WHERE THE PROVISIONS ARE, WHO'S WON OR TUTORING, AND IF IT'S BEING EQUITABLE, UH, FOR AUSTINITES, UH, THIS, THIS IS OUR HOMETOWN, WE'RE BEING FORCED OUT.

AND SO MANY PEOPLE LIVE IN THE OUTSKIRTS OF THE CITY AND CAN'T COMMUTE BACK IN.

AND SO, SO MANY WILL QUALIFY FOR THE DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE.

BUT SO MANY WON'T QUALIFY FOR A 300, 400, 500, $900,000 HOME, ESPECIALLY SINGLE PARENTS.

UM, SO I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED ON, ON HOW WE'RE SERVING THE POOR.

IF THEY GOT TO BUY A HOUSE FOR 340, OR IF THEY'RE ALLOWED TO BUY A HOUSE FOR 340.

SO I'M, I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED ON THAT.

AND I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THAT BRINGS A CONCERN WHEN YOU CHANGED OUR, THAT YOU CHANGED IT, Y'ALL GET POURED MORE MONEY INTO THIS, BUT YET WE SHOULD BE PUTTING MORE MONEY INTO RENTERS BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH HOUSES TO BUY.

SO I JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT UP.

THEN I'M GOING TO MONITOR THAT.

THANK YOU TO BE CLEAR THAT IT, RENTER RENTAL HOUSING IS WHAT WE TRANSITIONED THE MONEY INTO.

WE REPROGRAMMED BASED ON OUR EARLIER CONVERSATIONS, WE REPROGRAMMED THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, PREVIOUS FUNDING INTO RENTAL HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE.

I DO WANT TO MAKE SURE FOLKS UNDERSTAND THAT, UM, OWNERSHIP, HOUSING, AS YOU MENTIONED, COMMISSIONER DELGADO, VERY COMPLICATED, UH, AND IN, IN THIS KIND OF MARKET, WE'RE FINDING FEWER AND FEWER HOMES THAT ARE ACCESSIBLE CERTAINLY TO LOW INCOME FAMILIES LET ALONE MIDDLE INCOME FAMILIES.

UM, SO THE DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM IS CURRENTLY OVERSUBSCRIBED.

WE ANTICIPATE THAT WE'LL BE DOING MORE THAN 28, UM, THIS COMING FISCAL YEAR.

UM, I ALSO DO WANT TO POINT OUT SOMETHING WE'VE TALKED ABOUT AT THE PREVIOUS, UH, THIS IS NOT A SOLUTION FOR OUR HOMEOWNERSHIP CRISIS, BUT I DO WANT TO REMIND YOU ALL THAT AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION DOES HAVE A COMMUNITY LAND TRUST.

AND WE HAVE LAUNCHED THE AUSTIN COMMUNITY LAND TRUST.

WE HAVE 28 HOMES, UM, THAT WILL, WE WILL BE PUTTING OUT, UM, FOR SALE, UH, AFFORDABLE HOME OWNERSHIP, UH, THROUGH A LOTTERY PROCESS.

THE FIRST HOME, THE LOTTERY IS CURRENTLY OPEN.

UM, THROUGH JUNE 30TH, YOU CAN FIND OUT MORE ON OUR WEBSITE, WHICH IS AUSTIN, C L T DASH HOMES DOT O R G A.

THE FIRST HOME IS LOCATED AT 10, 18 LINDEN AND CENTRAL EAST AUSTIN.

UM, AND WE ARE DEPLOYING OUR PILOT PREFERENCE POLICY TO PREFERENCE, UM, HOUSEHOLDS, FAMILIES THAT HAVE GENERATIONAL TIES, UH, TO NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED GENTRIFICATION AND DISPLACEMENT.

UH, SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED, UH, AND EAGERLY AWAITING.

LAST TIME I CHECKED, WE HAD, UH, I THINK ALMOST A HUNDRED APPLICATIONS ALREADY.

UM, AND WE KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE A POPULAR PROGRAM AND REALLY IT'LL HELP US.

IT'LL HELP US DETERMINE HOW WE CAN DEPLOY THE PREFERENCE POLICY ON A LARGER SCALE.

IS THE DRAFT BUDGET THAT WE NEED TO BE AWARE OF.

THANK YOU ALL.

UM, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS BEFORE WE MOVE ON AUSTIN, C L T DASH HOMES.

I'M HOPING THIS IS CORRECT.ORG, AUSTIN, C L T, WHICH STANDS FOR COMMUNITY LAND TRUST-HOMES.ORG.

AND I'M SURE COMMISSIONER GARRETT IS HAPPY TO SEE THIS HAPPENING.

UM, I, SO IT SOUNDS LIKE AN MANDY.

I'M JUST PUTTING YOU ON THE SPOT HERE BECAUSE I THINK THE, UH, WILL PERTAIN TO A PRESENTATION YOU WILL HAVE PARTICIPATED IN, UH, DATE WISE.

IT SOUNDS LIKE JUNE 27 IS A DEADLINE FOR THE, UM, UH, COMMUNITY INITIATIVES, UH, COMMUNITY SHADE SOLUTIONS FOR PROJECT CONNECT.

IT SOUNDS LIKE JULY OR, UH, JULY 15TH

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AUGUST 27TH IS WHEN IT GOES TO COUNCIL, UH, OR 17 TO 19.

SORRY, MY BIRTHDAY'S ON SATURDAY.

SORRY, SIR.

THE 17TH AND 19TH IS WHEN IT GOES TO COUNCIL AND THEN JULY 30TH.

IS THAT WHAT, UH, IS THAT THE, UH, THE DATE, THE DAY, UH, THE FIRST DAY OF THIS, OF THE COMMUNITY LAND TRUST? SO THE CURRENT, WE HAVE ONE HOME THAT IS IN THE LOTTERY PROCESS RIGHT NOW.

AND THAT APPLICATION PERIOD CLOSES JUNE 30TH, JUNE 30TH AND 28 HOMES.

JUST SO YOU KNOW THAT THE 28 HOMES WE ARE GOING TO BE DEPLOYING THEM DOESN'T SEEM LIKE THE RIGHT WORD, BUT WE'RE GOING TO BE PACKAGING THEM AND PUTTING THEM UP FOR SALE OVER THE NEXT 18 MONTHS.

SO WE DON'T FLOOD THE COMMUNITY ALL AT ONCE.

THE HOMES ARE LOCATED IN MULTIPLE NEIGHBORHOODS, INCLUDING NORTHWEST AUSTIN BY THE APPLE CAMPUS.

UH, WE'VE GOT SOME IN SOUTH AUSTIN, CENTRAL EAST AUSTIN, UH, AND NORTHEAST AUSTIN.

SO THEY'RE REALLY KIND OF SPREAD THROUGHOUT TOWN.

CAN WE SHARE LEAH'S I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THAT IS, UH, THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE APPLIED FOR THE FIRST HOME, DO THEY NEED TO REAPPLY FOR THE REST OF THEIR WILL? GREAT QUESTION.

AND WE'RE HAPPY IF FOLKS ARE INTERESTED, HAPPY TO DO, UH, WE CAN HAVE SHONDA GAITHER.

WHO'S OUR FANTASTIC PROGRAM MANAGER OVER COMMUNITY LAND TRUST, UH, DO A PRESENTATION IN THE FUTURE.

UM, IT WOULD BE GREAT AFTER WE KIND OF SEE HOW THE FIRST ROUND GOES.

UM, AND THEN WE CAN GIVE YOU THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY OF HOW THE PROCESS WENT.

UM, BUT THE RESULT WILL BE 28 HAPPY HOMEOWNERS ULTIMATELY AFTER 18 MONTHS.

THANK YOU ALL VERY, VERY MUCH.

AND CAN I, BEFORE WE MOVE ON, UM, WE WOULD LOVE FOR, UH, A VOTE ON THE, THE FUNDING TABLE, BECAUSE I WILL KNOW WE DID CHANGE THE, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FUNDING, WHICH WE HAD DISCUSSED PREVIOUSLY, BUT, UH, WE WOULD APPRECIATE ACTION ON THAT.

SO FOR THE RECORD, UH, MICROPHONE PLEASE, VICE CHAIR, MR. CHAIR, I MOVE APPROVAL.

WE HAVE A MOTION TO SUPPORT THE FUNDING TABLE AS PRESENTED TO US BY STAFF.

DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND COMMISSIONER, AALIYAH SECONDS.

ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

CAN WE SAY COMMISSIONER SLOAN? YEAH.

OH, THERE'S COMMISSIONER.

WAS THAT AN EYE COMMISSIONERS LOAN? UH, MUTED.

CAN YOU RAISE YOUR HAND FOR I, UM, I DON'T KNOW.

I THINK WE'VE GOT IT ONE.

[5a. Update from the Joint Sustainability Committee (Commissioner Fadelu)]

WE'LL GO ON TO ITEM FIVE, THE WORKING GROUP AND COMMITTEE REPORTS, A UPDATE FROM THE JOINT SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE, COMMISSIONER FIDELITY.

UM, COULD YOU THINK EVERYONE, UM, I HAVE JUST A, UM, A QUICK UPDATE.

I SENT AN EMAIL AS WELL TO JESSE, WHICH HOPEFULLY HE CAN SEND AFTER THE MEETING.

JUST AN UPDATE ABOUT THE CLIMATE AMBASSADOR PROGRAM.

UH, IF YOU GUYS RECALL, UM, WE GOT A PRESENTATION FROM THE JOINT SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION, UH, SOMETIME I BELIEVE EARLIER THIS YEAR OR LATE LAST YEAR ABOUT THE CLIMATE EQUITY PLAN, UH, THE DESIGN OF IT AND APPROVAL OF IT.

NOW IT'S GOING INTO IMPLEMENTATION PHASE AND, UM, THE GSC IS, UM, RECRUITING CLIMATE AMBASSADORS.

SO, UM, YOU KNOW, FOR FOLKS WHO, IF YOU KNEW ANYBODY IN YOUR COMMUNITY THAT WILL BE INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING IN THE CLIMATE AMBASSADOR PROGRAM, IT'S KIND OF LIKE A COMMUNITY ACTION, A GROUP OF PEOPLE IT'S A PAID, UM, PROGRAM WHERE YOU GO INTO YOUR COMMUNITY AND, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE JUST TRYING TO GET FEEDBACK AND GET COMMUNITY INPUT AND INVOLVEMENT IN EVERY STEP OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE, OF THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN.

SO I THINK THIS IS ONE THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, IF YOU KNOW ANYBODY IN YOUR COMMUNITY WHO IS INTERESTED, THE APPLICATION DEADLINE IS JUNE 22ND.

UM, SO I THINK THERE'S STILL A LITTLE BIT OF TIME, I BELIEVE.

SOUTH CENTRAL A NUMBER ITEM NUMBER TWO SOUTH, OR HAS IT BE A SOUTH CENTRAL UPDATE ON THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT, UH, ADVISORY BOARD WITH VICE-CHAIR PUMP? UM, THE BIGGEST TRACKS OF LAND IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT IS THE STATESMAN PUD.

SO ANYBODY WHO'S INTERESTED, UM, DEFINITELY RECOMMEND, UM, PARTICIPATING IN THAT.

AND, UM, THAT'S ABOUT IT FROM MY END.

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THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND GOOD EVENING TO YOU, COMMISSIONER PADILLA.

GOOD TO SEE YOU.

UM, ANY COMMENTS, QUESTIONS, THOUGHTS.

GREAT.

YOU ALL HEARD THE DEADLINE 22 JUNE, UM, AND THE

[5b. Update from the South Central Waterfront Advisory Board (Vice Chair Paup)]

AND IT IS, IT WAS SCHEDULED TO COME UP FOR HER SECOND AND THIRD READING THIS WEEK THIRSTY, BUT AT THE COUNCIL WORK SESSION TODAY, THEY POSTPONED IT UNTIL JULY 28TH.

AND AS I MENTIONED, I'LL MENTION AGAIN THAT ON FIRST READING, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO WHO REPRESENTS THAT AREA, UH, MADE A MOTION TO INCREASE WHAT THE DEVELOPER WAS OFFERING AS 66% OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING, RAISE THAT UP TO 10% OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND PUT IT AT 60% INSTEAD OF 80%, WHICH ACROSS THE BOARD FROM ZERO, FROM AN EFFICIENCY TO A THREE OR FOUR BEDROOM IS AT LEAST A $300 A MONTH SAVINGS ON RENT.

THERE IS A COMPETING PROPOSAL TO TAKE THE MONEY, TO TAKE THAT AND TURN IT AT NOT 10%, BUT A SMALLER AMOUNT AND TURN THAT INTO, UM, ASSISTANCE FOR THE HOMELESS, LIKE, UH, MAYBE LIKE A VOUCHER PROGRAM THAT WOULD LAST A LITTLE WHILE, BUT IT WOULD LEAVE US WITHOUT ANY UNITS THAT WERE AFFORDABLE IN THAT PARTICULAR PART OF THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT.

AND APPARENTLY, UH, I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT THEY'RE NOT, THE COUNCIL IS NOT RECEIVING VERY MANY COMMENTS ON THIS.

SO IF SOMETHING, IF PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED, THEY MIGHT HAVE THE COUNCIL KNOW, IT SOUNDS LIKE A PRETTY BIG DEAL.

UH, THE, SO, SO INSTEAD OF 6% AFFORDABILITY, I MADE A MISTAKE IT'S ONLY 4%, OH, INSTEAD OF 4% AFFORDABILITY, THERE'S A PROPOSAL TO GET 10% AFFORDABILITY, UM, WHICH IS HUGE.

AND THEN WITHIN THAT AFFORDABILITY AND AS OPPOSED TO IT BEING 80% AND BELOW WOULD BE 60% BELOW, WHICH IS A, IT SEEMS LIKE A HUGE LEAP OVER WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY PROPOSED, UH, PRIME APHASIA.

THAT SOUNDS LIKE A REALLY IMPORTANT THING TO BE ADVOCATED FOR.

AND, UH, ALSO IT SOUNDED LIKE THE COMPETING PROPOSAL WOULD PROVIDE ZERO AFFORDABILITY OR, OR NO, NO, ON-SITE NO ON-SITE AFFORDABILITY.

AND THEN IT JUST DEPENDS ON HOW YOU VALUE THE AMOUNT FOR THE HOMELESS.

AND THEN THEY WOULD, THERE WOULD BE A DOLLAR AMOUNT GIVEN FOR, UH, TWO FOR HOMELESS SUPPORT SERVICES FOR SUPPORT SERVICES, FOR HOUSING, FOR THOSE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS HOUSING DOCTORS.

DOES THAT SOUND RIGHT? RIGHT.

AND THAT'S A FIXED AMOUNT AND IT'S NOT LIKE SORT OF GUARANTEED IN PERPETUITY KIND OF THING.

ALIAS, COMMISSIONER GARRETT.

SO YEAH, I THINK IN OUR EXPERIENCE, ONE-OFF DOLLAR DEALS THOUGH.

IT'S IMPORTANT, UM, TEND TO PALE IN COMPARISON TO, UH, SORT OF INSTITUTIONALLY INSCRIBED AFFORDABILITY, UM, OVER A LONG TERM.

BUT YEAH, SO IN, IN HEARING THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE, THERE NEEDED TO BE COMMENTS SHARED, UH, I CERTAINLY WILL BE ONE OF THOSE COMMENTS THAT WILL BE SHARED.

SO THANK YOU, VICE CHAIR.

DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER THOUGHTS AROUND THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT COMMISSIONER? LEAH'S YEAH.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO ADD TO THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, UM, THERE'S A LOT OF CONVERSATION ABOUT HAVING AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE CITY, ESPECIALLY IN THAT VERY DESIRABLE AREA.

SO I AGREE WITH THAT.

THANKS, COMMISSIONER.

UM, I THINK YOU, CAN YOU HEAR ME? UH, WE WILL HEAR YOU BETTER IN JUST A MOMENT.

TRY NOW YOU HEAR ME? YEAH.

AWESOME.

IS IT, UM, IS IT TOO LATE FOR THE CDC TO WRITE A RECOMMENDATION AND PASS IT THE NEXT ONE FOR THAT? UM, ON-SITE WITH AFFORDABILITY OR IF IT IS, WHAT ARE THE, LIKE, WHEN IS THE BEST TIME, I GUESS IT WOULD BE NOW, BUT LIKE WHEN IS IT BEING TAKEN UP AGAIN FOR PASSAGE TO DETERMINE WHAT THE AFFORDABILITY WILL BE FOR THAT STATE'S BEEN PUD? SO IT'S SCHEDULED TO COME UP ON JULY 28TH.

THAT'S A, UM, WE TRADITIONALLY DON'T TAKE POSITIONS ON PROJECTS.

WE DID MAKE A GENERAL STATEMENT ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF ACHIEVING THE GOALS THROUGHOUT THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT.

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AND THE STATESMAN WAS AN EXAMPLE OF NEEDING TO STICK TO THE GOALS.

SO WE HAVE AN, I THOUGHT THE STATEMENT WE, SEVERAL OF US CONTRIBUTED TO WRITING THE STATEMENT AND I THOUGHT IT WAS PRETTY, PRETTY USEFUL.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING ELSE WE MIGHT CIRCULATE.

PERFECT.

IT SOUNDS LIKE A THOUGHT IS THAT WE CAN CIRCULATE A PREVIOUSLY, THE PREVIOUSLY PASSED RECOMMENDATION, UH, THAT WOULD SORT OF PREVENT US FROM TAKING A PARTICULAR POSITION ON A PROJECT.

UH, THE OTHER THOUGHT IS THAT THE JULY MEETING WOULD MAKE IT IN TIME BEFORE THE NEXT READING.

AND IF WE WERE TO DEPART FROM DECORUM OR PRECEDENCE OR A RULE, PERHAPS TO MAKE A POSITION ON A PARTICULARLY SALIENT PROJECT THAT WE COULD DO THAT IN JULY, PERHAPS AGAINST YOUR RECOMMENDATION.

BUT, UM, UH, IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY IN JULY TO TAKE ACTION IF WE WANT TO, BUT IN THE MEAN THE INTERIM AND POSSIBLY OVER THE LONG PERIOD CIRCULATING WHAT WE HAVE NOW AND BRINGING IT BACK TO LIGHT, SOUNDS LIKE A, A DEFINITE, UM, LOW-HANGING FRUIT, ANYTHING ELSE? UH, I HAVE A QUESTION.

WOULD THAT BE RESENDING IT TO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, OR I THINK THAT THAT MEANS PLASTERING IT ALL OVER YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA AND EMAILING AND TEXTING YOUR PEOPLE AND, YOU KNOW YEAH.

UH, AND TAGGING YOUR COUNCIL PERSON, IF THEY'RE YOUR FRIEND AND GAVE YOU THEIR TAGGING RIGHTS ON SOCIAL OR WHATEVER.

UM, BUT YEAH.

UM, YOU KNOW, AND OF COURSE SHOWING UP AT THINGS, SHOWING UP AT THE, AT THE READING IN JULY, I THINK YOU COULD CITE IT THEN, AND I'M SURE THAT'S JUST A FRACTION OF THE WAYS WE CAN DO IT Y'ALL WOULD KNOW US.

AGENDA ITEMS, COMMISSIONER ALIAS.

UM, FUTURE

[6. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS]

UH, YES.

UH, MS. JACKMAN HAD MENTIONED, UH, THAT THERE WAS A PRESENTATION THAT WAS GOING TO BE GIVEN TO THE PROJECT NEXT CAC BASED THE MFI RECOMMENDATION THAT WE PASSED.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT, UH, PRESENTATION HERE AS WELL.

NOTED.

THANKS CHAIR, COMMISSIONER DELGADO.

UM, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO RECOMMEND AN AGENDA ITEM.

UM, AND AGAIN, I MEAN, I HAVE TO JUST CHECK WITH STAFF TO SEE IF THE HABITAT FOR HUMANITY WILL BE ABLE TO COME GIVE US AN UPDATE ON, UH, THEIR AFFORDABLE HOUSING, UM, EFFORTS AS WELL AS WHAT, WHAT THEY'RE DOING.

I THINK IT'S BEEN A COUPLE YEARS SINCE WE'VE SEEN THEM, UH, HERE IN, IN OUR BOARD.

AND I THINK THAT AGAIN, I HAVE TO KEEP ECHOING, UH, WE'RE THE ONLY, UH, COMMISSION THAT OVERSEES, UH, AFFORDABILITY RIGHT NOW IN AUSTIN.

AND I THINK THAT SO MANY PEOPLE ARE WATCHING US AND THEY WANT TO KNOW WHAT ARE WE DOING? UH, WHY ARE WE SERVING AS PUBLIC SERVANTS ON THIS BOARD? I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, WE ARE MONITORING AS WELL AS HOLDING ACCOUNTABILITY TO, UM, THE AGENCIES THAT ARE NONPROFIT THAT ARE GETTING OUR TAX DOLLARS AND OUR CITY MONIES.

I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT THEY COME TO A PUBLIC SETTING LIKE THIS, UH, TYPE OF STRUCTURE THAT'S BUILT FOR THEM TO COME AND GIVE AN UPDATE TO THE COMMISSION AS WELL AS TO, UM, THE CITIZENS OF AUSTIN.

SO IF I CAN RECOMMEND TO GET HABITAT FOR HUMANITY, UH, GREG ANDERSON, UH, I KNOW HE DOES SERVE, UH, ON AN EXECUTIVE POSITION THERE, UM, GREAT COLLEAGUE OF MINE, IF WE CAN HAVE HIM COME OR HIS STAFF.

UM, I ALSO HAVE RECOMMENDED TWO TIMES NOW, OUR BJ, UH, REBECCA BANKS, UH, IT'S ALSO, UH, AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNIT IN MY DISTRICT AND IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD.

UM, AGAIN, THOSE ARE TWO, UM, RECOMMENDATIONS THAT I, I WOULD LIKE TO BRING THEM TO OUR COMMISSION IF POSSIBLE.

WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN THE COMMISSION THERE.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER.

DO WE HAVE ANY OTHERS, MR. GARCIA? YEAH.

UM, I WILL NEED YOUR HELP OR ELISA TO GIVE ME INFORMATION IF WE CAN BRING SOME MORE INFORMATION ABOUT, UH, I KNOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A LOT OF ABOUT HOUSING AND WE ARE THE DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO TAKE CARE ALSO OF, AND I THINK THIS IS PART OF THE JOINT, UH, SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTED TO PROBABLY FOR THEY'LL CAN HELP WITH SOME INFORMATION AND PROBABLY SHE CAN GIVE US SOME INFORMATION ABOUT

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SO WE CAN BRING SOMETHING ABOUT, UM, ENVIRONMENT ALSO DEVELOPMENT.

WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH ALL THESE CONSTRUCTIONS IN THE CITY AND WHAT STEPS IS THE CITY TAKEN TO PRESERVE? UM, NOT ONLY TREES, BUT NOT, UH, ALL THE ANIMALS AROUND THE AREA.

I SEEN A LOT OF, UH, NEW CONSTRUCTIONS, UM, CLOSE TO HERE.

NOW WE ARE, UH, JUST THE TRAVIS COUNTY BETTER.

I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT IS THE CITY TAKEN? UH, UH, JUST SOME ACTIONS TAKEN FOR THAT.

ABSOLUTELY.

I THINK, UM, WE COULD DEFINITELY SPEAK ABOUT THAT OFFLINE AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, OR MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT IT FITS WITHIN OUR PURVIEW AND HOW IT AFFECTS, UH, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY IF WE'RE, IF WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT FEDERAL HOUSING PROGRAMS OR HOW IT AFFECTS LOW INCOME AUSTINITES.

AND SO I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF CLIMATE EQUITY AND CLIMATE JUSTICE, UH, ITEMS THAT WE MIGHT EXPLORE THAT CAN HELP ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS AND THROUGH THE LENS THAT, THAT, UH, OUR PURVIEW AS A COMMISSION IS.

UM, SO YEAH, THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER ITEMS AND JUST TO BE CLEAR, EVERYONE, THESE ITEMS WON'T ALL NECESSARILY BE IN THE NEXT MEETING, BUT UNLESS, UNLESS THERE'S SOME SERIOUS URGENCY, IN WHICH CASE, CLEARLY WE CAN EMAIL ABOUT THAT COMMISSIONER GARRETT.

UH, THANK YOU.

I JUST WANTED TO, UM, RE ECHO, UM, COMMISSIONER, COMMISSIONER, UM, ELIZA'S, UH, FOR CAN TO COME BACK.

UM, I CAN SEND AN EMAIL AND LOOK BACK AT GOOD PRESENTATION THAT RACHEL PROVIDED TO SEE WHAT'S THE BEST, I GUESS, ASK FOR THEM, BUT I'D LIKE TO SEE THEM BACK AS WELL FROM THAT EARLIER IN OUR, IN OUR COMMISSION MEETING THIS AFTERNOON, THIS EVENING.

AWESOME.

ANY OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE REBEL BACK AS GOOD, BUT HE'S, YOU KNOW, HE'S OMNIPRESENT AS IT WERE WHEN YOU ONLY SEE ONE SET OF FOOTPRINTS IT'S BECAUSE, WELL, UH, AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ADD, UH, JUST TO THE LIST, UM, FOR THE SAKE OF DOCUMENTATION, IT WOULD BE GOOD TO HEAR FROM, UH, EITHER IN THE NEXT AND ONE OF THE NEXT TWO MONTHS FROM THE URBAN RENEWAL BOARD, UM, AROUND, UH, THE DISPOSITION OF BLOCKS 16 AND 18, WHICH I THINK DO SUBSTANTIALLY.

AND THAT'S, UH, THOSE ARE TWO BLOCKS ON, UM, IN, IN THE ROSEWOOD AREA THAT ONE, UH, HOUSES, THE VICTORY GRILL.

I THINK EVERYBODY'S FAMILIAR WITH THAT.

AND THE OTHER ONE, UH, IS THE BLOCK, UM, UH, RIGHT NEAR IT RIGHT NEXT TO IT.

UM, I THINK OUR BRANCH, UM, I SHOULD KNOW THIS, UM, THAT HAS THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN, UM, UH, CULTURAL CENTER.

UM, I THINK I MAY HAVE SAID THE NAME OF THAT ORGANIZATION INCORRECTLY, SO FORGIVE ME.

UM, NO, NO.

UM, BUT THOSE TWO BLOCKS ARE GOING TO BE, UH, DISPOSED OF, UH, IF, UH, IF YOU WILL, AND, UM, MEANING, UM, TRANSFERRING HANDS FROM CITY OWNERSHIP, UH, TO PRIVATE, UH, POTENTIAL OWNERSHIP.

AND SO HOW I THINK THEY WERE PRETTY DEEP IMPLICATIONS, UM, ON THE RESIDENTS, UM, IN A LOT OF THE AREAS THAT WE REPRESENT IN SOME WAYS, UM, BUT CERTAINLY RESIDENTS WHO WERE AFFECTED BY DISPLACEMENT.

UM, ANYTHING ELSE BEFORE WE CLOSE DOWN, WE'D LOVE TO HAVE IT AS AN AGENDA ITEM TO HEAR FROM THE URBAN RENEWAL BOARD.