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GOOD EVENING.AND I WILL CALL THIS MEETING OF THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, AUSTIN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION TO ORDER THE PURPOSE OF THIS BOARD IS TO ADVISE COUNCIL AND THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO SERVE THE POOR AND COMMUNITY AT LARGE, WITH AN EMPHASIS ON FEDERALLY FUNDED PROGRAMS. THANKS TO EVERYONE FOR BEING HERE, THOSE COMMISSIONERS WHO WERE HERE IN PERSON, AS WELL AS THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE, UH, JOINED US ONLINE.
UH, AND OF COURSE THE STAFF WHO JOINS US, UH, AT LEAST ONCE A MONTH, EVERY EVENING
[PUBLIC COMMUNICATION: GENERAL]
WITH THAT SAID, WE'LL MOVE INTO THE FIRST, UH, AGENDA ITEM, WHICH IS PUBLIC COMMUNICATION.AND IT APPEARS WE HAVE TWO SPEAKERS SIGNED UP.
I WILL, UH, GO TO THE FIRST SPEAKER, ANTHONY MCGREGOR.
AND, UH, I CAN'T READ THE LAST BIT OF IT, BUT MAYBE DAY ONE.
CAN I CHANGE MY SCORE SO YOU CAN GO THROUGH? ABSOLUTELY.
AND SO WE WILL SWAP THE ORDER OF SPEAKERS AND GO WITH CHASE, RIGHT.
UH, PLEASE COME UP TO THE CHAIR RIGHT HERE AND YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOUR MICROPHONE IS ON WHENEVER YOU'RE SPEAKING, YOU'LL SEE A RED LIGHT.
AND IF YOU COULD, UH, SHARE ABOUT WHICH, UH, WHOM YOU ARE, YOU HAVE AN ORGANIZATION HERE THAT YOU'RE REPRESENTING.
AND SO IF YOU COULD SHARE ABOUT THAT TOO, YOU SHOULD HAVE THEM ON, OKAY, I'M HERE.
MY NAME IS CHASE, RIGHT? I'M THE PRESIDENT OF A NONPROFIT, UH, THE SPRINGDALE PARK NEIGHBORS.
UH, WE WORK WITH THE UNHOUSED HOMELESS COMMUNITY OF EAST AUSTIN.
UH, AS OF NOW WE SERVICE, UH, 70 TO A HUNDRED INDIVIDUALS, UH, IN THIS EAST AUSTIN COMMUNITY.
UH, WE WORK WITH INDIVIDUALS WHO SUFFER FROM MENTAL HEALTH ILLNESS, UH, LONG-TERM SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND CHRONIC HOMELESSNESS.
A LOT OF OUR RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN HOMELESS FOR OVER 20 YEARS.
UH, THEY ACTUALLY BEEN LIVING IN THIS PARK AND REC FOR MAYBE OVER THE LAST FIVE, UH, SINCE THE CAMP BANDS AND THOSE DIFFERENT THINGS CAME IN PLACE.
UH, AT THAT TIME, UM, ME AND MY, UH, CHAIRPERSON HERE AND MR. ANTHONY MCGREGOR DATE, UH, WE'VE COME TOGETHER.
WE SERVE AS THESE INDIVIDUALS THERE AND WE OFFER THEM WORK OPPORTUNITIES.
AS OF NOW, WE'RE ENGAGING IN A WORK PROGRAM, UH, WITH THE OTHER ONES FOUNDATION, UH, WHICH IS CHRIS BAKER'S ORGANIZATION.
UH, AND RIGHT NOW THEY'RE HELPING US CAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A BUDGET.
UH, WE DON'T HAVE FUNDING FROM THE CITY OF AUSTIN AS OF NOW.
UH, ALTHOUGH WE HAVE APPLIED FOR GRANTS, UH, WE ARE IN THE PROCESS RIGHT NOW OF JUST KEEPING THESE INDIVIDUALS MOTIVATED SO THAT THEY CONTINUE TO SEEK WORK OPPORTUNITIES.
MOST OF THESE INDIVIDUALS LIVE IN TENTS.
UH, WE GO TO THEIR ACTUAL ENCAMPMENT.
WE, UH, PROVIDE THEIR RESOURCES RIGHT THERE TO THEM.
UH, WE ALLOW THEM TO GET CLOSED.
WE ALLOW THEM TO GET FOOD, ANY NECESSITIES THEY NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL FOR TODAY, UH, SO THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF WORK OPPORTUNITIES, UH, BECOMING PRODUCTIVE CITIZENS.
UM, AT THIS POINT WE FEEL LIKE WE ARE BRIDGING THESE GAPS.
WE'RE HAVING A HUGE CRISIS RIGHT NOW WITH OUR HOMELESS SITUATION.
UH, AUSTIN IS GROWING, UH, AND WE DON'T WANT AUSTIN TO OUTGROW US.
UH, SO UNTIL WE ARE STARTING PILOT PROGRAMS, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING CLOSE WITH DISTRICT ONE, THE HARPER, UH, NATASHA HARPER MADISON'S OFFICE, UH, THEY'VE BEEN PROVIDING GREAT RESOURCES.
UH, THEY SEND AMBER PRICE OUT, WHICH IS WHAT THE EMS HOST TEAM, UH, ALLOW THESE INDIVIDUALS TO GET THEIR SOCIAL SECURITY DOCUMENTS, IDS BIRTH CERTIFICATES, SO THAT THEY CAN TAKE THAT NEXT STEP IN LIFE.
UH, WE'RE ALSO SPEAKING IN REGARDS TO SUPPORTIVE HOUSING UNITS.
SO THESE INDIVIDUALS HAVE HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES, UH, BUT AT FIRST WE THOUGHT START DOING OUR PART.
UH, AND I FEEL THAT IF WE CONTINUED TO ENGAGE WITH THE COMMUNITY, UH, SOMEONE WILL HELP US.
UH, AS OF NOW, UH, PARKS AND REC DIRECTOR, KIMBERLY SHE'S OFFERING US GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH PARKS AND REC AND ALLOW THEM TO PICK UP TRASH AND WORK IN THE AUSTIN WATERSHEDS.
I DOING BASIC LABOR TO HELP THEIR COMMUNITY.
UH, SO WE REALLY APPRECIATE ANY OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE GIVEN, ESPECIALLY WORK OPPORTUNITIES.
UM, WE ARE DOING CONSTRUCTION CLEANUP.
UH, AUSTIN HAS A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT GOING ON RIGHT NOW.
SO PRETTY MUCH ANY TYPE OF LABOR THEY WILL ACCEPT.
AND YOU'LL BE SURPRISED WHAT THESE GENTLEMEN AND LADIES HAVE TO OFFER.
IF YOU COULD, UH, JUST, UH, STAY WITH US FOR A MOMENT IN CASE, UH, ANY OF OUR, UH, COMMISSIONER, UH, I DON'T HAVE A SPECIFIC QUESTION, BUT THE OTHER GENTLEMAN IS SPEAKING IN CONJUNCTION WITH YOU, IS THAT, UH, YES, YES, YES.
MA'AM, HE'S ACTUALLY GOING TO SPEAK IN REGARDS TO SOME OF THE PROGRAMS, A LITTLE MORE IN DEPTH ON HOW WE ENGAGE WITH OUR COMMUNITIES.
UM, IF I COULD JUST MAYBE IF YOU GUYS WOULD LIKE TO CONTACT ME, I AM THE PRESIDENT, UM, CHASE AT SPRINGDALE PARK, NEIGHBORS.ORG.
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UH, WE'LL GET THOSE EMAILS AND WE'LL, WE'LL GET THEM OUT TO OUR WHOLE ORGANIZATION AND WE'LL DEFINITELY ENGAGE.WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT WE CAN DO AS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION WITH CLIENTS THAT ARE READY TO WORK.
WE WANT TO KNOW HOW WE CAN HELP OUR CITY AS WELL.
UM, I HAVE A PHONE NUMBER (512) 621-1510.
UH, AND WE'RE OUT ANYTIME IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND, UH, ANTHONY, DO YOU WANT TO COME UP AND SPEAK AND THEN MAYBE IF WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, BOTH OF Y'ALL CAN FEEL THEM TOGETHER.
UH, AS JUST MENTIONED, I'M ANTHONY MCGREGOR AT EIGHT, THE CHAIRPERSON FOR THE SPRING TO PARK NEIGHBORS, UM, COMING TO YOU GUYS TODAY, SPECIFICALLY TO SPEAK TO YOUR, YOUR MISSION, UH, WHICH WAS ANNOUNCED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE, UH, MEETING AS WELL, BUT, UH, AND ADVISE THE COUNCIL ON THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO SERVE THE POOR AND COMMUNITY AT LARGE WITH EMPHASIS ON FEDERALLY FUNDED PROGRAMS. SO WE HAVE A WORK APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM THAT WE'VE JUST ARCHITECTED, UM, INSTEAD OF SUBMIT THROUGH GRANTS, BUT WE THINK IT'S EXCITING ENOUGH TO START TO BRING TO A LOT OF THE DIFFERENT COUNCILS AND COMMISSIONS.
UM, THE CONCEPT IS VERY CLOSE TO THE EXISTING, UH, UH, LOW-INCOME HOUSE REPAIR PROGRAMS THAT, THAT ARE AVAILABLE ALREADY IS A TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLAR GRANTS SEVENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLAR LOAN.
UM, UH, BUT THROUGH THE PROJECT CONNECT GRANT, IT WAS RECENTLY WE, WE, WE REALIZED THAT THERE'S, UM, THE FUNDS ARE NOT NECESSARILY SERVING THE AREAS THAT THEY'RE BEST SUITED FOR.
THERE'S JUST A LOT OF LOW-INCOME FAMILIES THAT DON'T KNOW ABOUT THESE OPPORTUNITIES.
SO, UM, PIGGYBACKING OFF THAT WE'VE ACTUALLY DESIGNED A PROGRAM THAT CAN CREATE FOR EVERY DOLLAR INVESTED $3 IN RETURN OR IMPACT VALUE ON THE COMMUNITY.
UM, SO THE WAY IT WORKS IS WE CREATE A FUND, UH, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY SAME AS THE FUND TO REPAIR UH LOW-INCOME BUT LOW-INCOME HOMEOWNERS CAN, UH, APPLY AND CHURCHES AND BUSINESSES AS WELL, CULTURAL ASSETS AND BUSINESSES.
AT THAT POINT, WE WOULD, UH, ASSESS THE REQUESTS AND SEND OUT A CONTRACTOR WHO WOULD THEN QUOTE THE PRICE, COME BACK.
WE'D MAKE SURE THE PRICING WAS CORRECT.
IF THEY'RE APPROVED, THEY'D BE PART OF THE PROGRAM BECAUSE THEY AGREED TO TAKE APPRENTICESHIPS ON FOR OUR LOW INCOME RESIDENTS.
AND SO THE JOB THAT IS PAYING FOR MRS NORWOOD'S ROOF TO GET PRE-APPROVED OR PAY REPAIRED IS ALSO PLAYING A, PAYING THE FUNDING TO GET THE UNHOUSED RESIDENTS AND LOW-INCOME RESIDENTS, UH, TRAINED UP ON THE JOB.
SO WE'VE GOT A NUMBER OF CONTRACTORS WHO ALREADY REALLY EXCITED TO, UM, STOP BEING MENTORS FOR THE PROGRAM.
WE WOULD DESIGN A CURRICULUM IN TANDEM WITH IT.
THE CURRICULUM IS NOT JUST GOING TO BE, UH, RELATED TO THE JOB OPPORTUNITIES, BUT ALSO, UM, UH, LIFE AND, AND JUST, YOU KNOW, GENERAL CLASSES ON HOW TO LOOK AFTER YOURSELF, ET CETERA.
UM, YOU KNOW, AS JAY SAID, A LOT OF OUR RESIDENTS IN OUR PARTICULAR AREA HAVE BEEN UNHOUSED FOR A LONG TIME.
LONG-TERM SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER.
THERE'S A LOT OF BASIC SKILLS THAT KIND OF GOT TO LEARN TO GET REINTEGRATED IN SOCIETY.
UH, ONE OF THE COMPONENT OF THE PROGRAM WE'RE LOOKING AT IS SAYING WE WOULD PAY THE INDIVIDUALS A SALARY RATHER THAN A PER HOURLY RATE.
SO THEY JUST GET A FIXED AMOUNT.
UH, AND IF YOU'RE UNHOUSED, WE'D PROVIDE ACCOMMODATION FOR THE SIX MONTHS OF THE APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM AS WELL.
UM, AS I SAID, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A PRETTY LARGE DEFICIT, UH, WITHIN CONTRACTORS AND, AND, YOU KNOW, UH, CONSTRUCTION PEOPLE IN GENERAL AND ALSO AT THE MOMENT IN A VERY, VERY HIGH DEMAND.
UM, EVERYONE IN OUR COMMUNITY IS ABLE-BODIED AND READY TO WORK.
JOHN MASON, HE'S 70 YEARS OLD AND HE CAN OUT WE'D EAT OR ANYTHING.
HE'S, HE'S VERY SPRY AND NIMBLE AND READY TO WORK.
UM, SO THESE PEOPLE, THEY JUST, THEY JUST NEED TO BE GIVEN SOME OF THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT, UH, MAYBE OTHER COMMUNITIES HAVEN'T.
UM, AND WE THINK THIS WORK PROGRAM WOULD DO, WOULD DO REALLY WELL.
AS I SAID, WE'VE APPLIED FOR FUNDING ALREADY, UM, FOR THIS THROUGH APH, ACTUALLY THE MOST RECENT CRISIS RESPONSE GRANT, AS WELL AS THE, UH, PO PRO PROJECT CONNECT GRANT.
UM, BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S A PRETTY STRAIGHT FORWARD PROGRAM WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU HEAR IT, YOU KIND OF GET IT RIGHT.
UM, AND SO NOW WE'RE JUST REALLY LOOKING TO GET THE COUNCIL TOGETHER TO, TO MAYBE EVEN CARVE OUT A PILOT PROJECT FOR THIS.
LAUREN HOP IS, UH, LOOKING AT THAT NOW FOR THIS, THIS BUDGET AS WELL.
BUT, UM, WE JUST WANT TO LET OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS KNOW ABOUT IT TOO.
AND, UM, YOUR TIME IS, UH, UH, IF THERE WERE A, SO I THINK, WELL, I'M, I'M INTERESTED TO LEARN MORE AND I'LL REACH OUT BY THIS EMAIL ADDRESS AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN SET UP A SIDEBAR AND IF THERE MAY BE A MORE PROFOUND PRESENTATION OR Q AND A, THAT CAN HAPPEN BEFORE THIS BODY, WE'D LOVE TO ENTERTAIN IT.
UM, AND IN THE INTERIM, UM, WHAT WOULD BE, WHAT WOULD BE MOST HELPFUL DO YOU FEEL LIKE TO YOU ALL, UM, AND TO SPRING, UH, TO SPRINGDALE PARK NEIGHBORS, UH, GROUP, WHAT WOULD BE MOST HELPFUL FOR US TO DO? WOULD IT BE PERHAPS A RECOMMENDATION THAT COUNCIL SUPPORT A PARTICULAR INITIATIVE WHENEVER YOU HAVE THAT INITIATIVE READY? UM, OR WHAT YOU KNOW, WELL, WHAT ELSE? SO, UH, SUBMIT THESE GRANTS.
WE ALREADY KIND OF HAVE PROPOSALS.
WE KIND OF HAVE THESE THINGS ALREADY OUTLAY.
WE ARE A REGISTERED 5 0 1 C3, UH, AND VENDORS OF THE CITY.
SO IT'S NO SECRET WHAT WE HAVE GOING ON.
WHAT WE NEED IS THIS PEOPLE THAT ARE ABLE TO ENGAGE, UH, THE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THE CORRECT CHAIRS TO COME OUT, CHECK OUT THE AREA OF ENCAMPMENTS, SEE THE DIRECT IMPACT THAT IT WILL HAVE ON
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THE COMMUNITY THAT WE NEED, UH, TO HELP THE MOST.AND AT THAT POINT, IT'S PRETTY OBVIOUS WHAT WE WOULD NEED AT THAT POINT RESOURCES, UH, OPPORTUNITIES, WORK OPPORTUNITIES.
WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THESE INDIVIDUALS OPPORTUNITIES.
SO THEY'RE NOT SEEKING, UH, NEGATIVE OPPORTUNITIES BECAUSE THOSE ARE EASY TO TAKE WHEN YOU'RE HUNGRY, UH, ARE, DON'T HAVE THE PROPER CLOTHES TO GO ENGAGE IN WORK.
UH, SO WE, ANY OF THOSE THINGS, ANY TYPE OF RESOURCES YOU CAN OFFER, WE'LL TAKE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SURE.
UM, AND AS SHE SAID, WORK OPPORTUNITIES IS WHERE WE PROBABLY, YOU KNOW, NOT HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY, NOT ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE, HAVE BUDGET PER SE, BUT THERE'S DEFINITELY A LOT OF KIND OF HIDDEN AWAY WORK OPPORTUNITIES LIKE KIMBERLY AT AUSTIN PARKS AND REC.
THEY'RE ALREADY THINKING ABOUT HOW COULD THEY ENROLL OR EMPLOY PEOPLE TO BE COMMUNITY GARDEN MAINTENANCE PEOPLE, RIGHT.
THERE'S A LOT OF COMMUNITY GARDENS GETTING DEPLOYED AND NOBODY'S LOOKING AFTER THEM.
AND SO, UM, I LIKE THE IDEA AROUND HOUSE RESIDENTS ACTUALLY, UH, TELLING SOME OF THE HAZARDS WHAT TO DO, FRANKLY, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, WORKING, WORKING WITH THE HAZARD RESIDENTS IN THE COMMUNITY GARDENS, ET CETERA, UM, UH, AND FUNDING OBVIOUSLY, UM, PLUS ANY, ANY KIND OF SKILLED RESOURCES WITHIN YOUR DEPARTMENTS OR, OR THAT MIGHT WANT TO BE ABLE TO HELP US KIND OF GROW UP A BIT, BE A BIT MORE PROFESSIONAL.
UM, WE'RE DEFINITELY LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS IN THAT MORE SENIOR KIND OF GUIDANCE CAPACITY AS WELL.
UH, ANY OF THE COMMISSIONERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? VICE-CHAIR I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION.
THANKS THEN I, UH, APPRECIATE Y'ALL COMING OUT AND I APPRECIATE MUCH MORE THAN THAT.
THE WORK THAT, UH, YOU ALL HAVE TAKEN ON, UH, TO SUPPORT OUR NEIGHBORS.
UM, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I THINK A SIDEBAR CONVERSATION WOULD BE GREAT AND, UH, WE COULD LEARN MORE ABOUT, I THINK, POTENTIAL POINTS OF SYNERGY AND HOW WE MAY BE ABLE TO SUPPORT AS A BODY.
IF WE CAN HELP YOU GUYS ANY, ANY WAY WE CAN HELP, WE WILL, OUR CLIENTS ARE READY TO HELP.
WELL, GET DEEPLY APPRECIATIVE.
UH, BY THE WAY, MY, MY EMAIL ADDRESS IS ANTHONY, A N T O N Y A N T O N Y AT SPRINGDALE PARK, NEIGHBORS.ORG.
[1. Approve the June 14, 2022, Community Development Commission meeting minutes.]
WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES.EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE A COPY OF THE JUNE 14TH MINUTES AND HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE SAME.
WE ACCEPT THE MINUTES AS OF JUNE THE 14TH.
WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR FROM COMMISSIONER TELEVERDE.
ANY DISCUSSION ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY, AYE.
AND AGAIN ON A, YOU HAVE TO SHOW YOURSELF ON SCREEN FOR THE VOTES.
AND WE HAVE ALMOST EVERYONE ON SCREEN WITH A WAVE OF OKAY, BRILLIANT AND COMMISSIONER FIDELITY.
UH, I BELIEVE FOR YOUR VOTE TO COUNT, WE'LL NEED YOU TO SMILE AND WAVE AT US.
WELL, WE HAVE THE VOTES, UH, FROM EVERYBODY BARRING MR. PADILLA.
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THAT THE AGENDA HAS TAKEN ON A SLIGHTLY NEW FORMAT PER GUIDANCE FROM THE CLERK THIS MONTH, UH, FOR EXCUSE ME, FROM THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE THIS MONTH AND OLD BUSINESS AND NEW BUSINESSES ARE NOW JUST ALL SQUASHED TOGETHER AS BUSINESS OR DISCUSSION ITEMS. AND, UH, FROM HERE ON OUT, WE ARE GOING TO BE AS INTENTIONAL AS POSSIBLE ABOUT POSTING ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION AND OR FOR ACTION BEFORE IT USED TO BE, I THINK, A PREFERENCE TO JUST POST SOMETHING FOR DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION, JUST SO YOU CAN HAVE IT IN OUR, WE CAN HAVE IT IN OUR POCKET, BUT I THINK IT'S A BETTER PRACTICE, UH, PART OF THE CLERK'S OFFICE TO BE MORE THOUGHTFUL ABOUT THAT.AND WE'LL ALSO NOTICE THAT WORKING GROUP AND COMMITTEE UPDATES, WE'RE NOT GOING TO SEE THEM JUST WHOLESALE LISTED THERE ANYMORE, UNLESS WE ACTUALLY HAVE AN UPDATE AND THANKS TO JESSE AND LISA FOR ACTUALLY REACHING OUT TO THE COMMISSIONERS BEFOREHAND, UH, DOING OUR BEST, DOING, DOING THEIR BEST ANYWAY, TO REACH OUT TO THE COMMISSIONERS BEFOREHAND, TO AFFIRM THE SAME.
AND WITH THAT SAID, WE'LL MOVE INTO,
[2. Presentation on the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) (Angel Zambrano, Manager, Neighborhood Services Unit, Austin Public Health)]
UH, ITEM TWO, UH, WHICH IS UNDER THE DISCUSSION ITEMS WOULD A PRESENTATION ON THE CSBG THE COMMUNITY SERVICES BLOCK GRANT WITHSO, UH, WHAT DO YOU MEAN COMMISSIONERS? I WILL, UH, GO AHEAD AND GIVE A BRIEF UPDATE ON OUR REPORT THIS MONTH.
IF YOU LOOK AT PAGE ONE AND JUST WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT OUR MISSION IS TO IMPROVE THE LIVES AND HEALTH OF PEOPLE, EXPERIENCING POVERTY AND PROVIDING PUBLIC HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES AND CONNECTING RESIDENTS OF AUSTIN AND TRAVIS COUNTY TO COMMUNITY RESOURCES.
WE DO THAT THROUGH A VARIETY OF SERVICES, INCLUDING BASIC NEEDS FOR MENTAL HEALTH CASE MANAGEMENT AND EMPLOYMENT SUPPORTS.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE BOTTOM OF PAGE ONE, UH, THERE WAS AN UPDATE, UH, THIS MONTH, UH, WE RECEIVED, UH, AN ADDENDUM TO OUR, UH, CONTRACT WITH THCA AND THEY ADDED $560,894.
SO I BELIEVE WE HAVE OUR FULL ALLOCATION FOR THE YEAR NOW, WHICH IS 1,000,100 AND $6,822 AND A 25% OF THAT SO FAR.
AND THIS GOES THROUGH MAY 30TH OF 22.
WE ACTUALLY HAD THAT QUESTION IN YOUR ABSENCE, UH, LAST MONTH ABOUT WHY THE TOTAL A BUDGETED AMOUNT, UH, FOR 2022 LOOKED ABOUT HALF OF WHAT WE WERE USED TO.
UM, SO DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? YEAH.
UH, WE ONLY HAD GOT HALF THE MOTOR TO EXPLAIN THIS PAGE UP.
I WANT TO JUST BE INCLUDED, YOU KNOW, LIFE AS WE WERE GETTING THE FUNDS INSTEAD OF PUTTING THE WHOLE AMOUNT AND THEN FINDING OUT A DEALER VIA THE, WE, THE GOT, YOU KNOW, FIVE TO $10,000 MORE OR LESS.
HE'S ON A PAGE NUMBER TWO OF THE REPORT.
WE HAD ANOTHER, UH, FOR TRANSITIONS OUT OF POVERTY, UM, OR OUR GOAL OF 43 BY THE END OF THE YEAR.
SO WHILE WE'RE STARTING TO PICK UP A LITTLE BIT WITH OUR CASE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, I KNOW THINGS ARE REALLY STILL VERY TOUGH OUT THERE.
UH, A LOT OF COVID RELATED, UH, CHALLENGES AND BARRIERS.
UH, WE, UH, WORKING ON, ON, ON DOING A LOT MORE OUTREACH WITH OUR TRAINING PARTNERS IN THE COMMUNITY AND HOPING THAT WE HAVE MORE CLIENTS ARE GOING AND INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING IN THIS PROGRAM.
IF YOU SCROLL DOWN A LITTLE BIT, IT'S JUST A GENERAL UPDATE ON OUR, SOME OF OUR SERVICES AND OUR OUTCOMES.
WE CONTINUE TO DO SOME, UH, RENTAL ASSISTANCE, HELPING FOLKS AVOID EVICTION.
WE FELT ABOUT 245 HOUSEHOLDS SO FAR THIS YEAR, OUR TARGET IS 400, UM, BECAUSE OF OUR LIMITED FUNDING SINCE WE RUN OUT OF THE CARES ACT FUNDS, BUT I WILL SAY, UM, IT'S NOT IN THIS MONTH'S REPORT.
UH, WE ARE WORKING WITH HOUSING AND PLANNING ON SOME, UH, EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE, ONE FUNDS, UH, FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY.
SO WE, WE MAY BE ABLE TO TAP INTO THAT PRETTY SOON.
WE'RE TRYING TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN, UH, WHEN SOMEBODY COMES IN AND WE CAN START PROVIDING, UH, MORE RENTAL ASSISTANCE TO, UH, OUR COMMUNITY.
SO THAT GOAL, THAT TARGET WILL DEFINITELY CHANGE.
UH, AND I'M GOING TO, WE HAVE A QUESTION FROM VICE-CHAIR SURE, DOES THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT KEEP TRACK OF HOW MANY APPLICATIONS OR PEOPLE THAT IT WOULD RECOMMEND FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE? UH, OUR ENABLED SERVICES UNIT DOES NOT.
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WE TAKE CALLS AS THEY COME IN AND WE SCREEN FOLKS, UH, THROUGH OUR SCREENING PROCESS.UH, WE HAVE, WE KEEP TRACK OF NUMBER OF CALLS.
UM, RECENT PEOPLE ARE CALLING, BUT THERE'S NO SPECIFIC PROCESS TO COLLECT THAT.
CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND THAT SMALL PROGRAM? UH, CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND HOW, UH, THE PROCESS OF COLLECT? I MEAN, SO ONCE AN APPLICATION IS SUBMITTED, UH, IS IT, I MEAN, PRESUMABLY IT'S DOCUMENTED.
AND SO COULD IT BE, I MEAN, MAYBE THERE'S NOT A RUNNING COUNT, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT COULD BE JUST, I MEAN, I'M NOT THAT I MIGHT ASK FOR IT, BUT IS THAT SOMETHING THAT COULD BE TALLIED, UH, GO BACK AND SEE THE TOTAL NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS OR DEFINITELY THE APPLICATIONS THAT WE RECEIVE AND PROCESS, BUT I THOUGHT COMMISSIONER VICE CHAIR WAS ASKING FOR LIKE THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CALLS, ASKING FOR A RENTAL ASSISTANCE.
SO NO, WE DO, WE CANNOT GIVE YOU LIKE, OKAY, WE HAD 200,000 PEOPLE CALL FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE.
WE COULD GIVE YOU NUMBERS OF CALLS.
UM, BUT WE COULD NOT BREAK IT OUT BY WHAT THE REASON WAS THEY CALLED.
THEY COULD HAVE CALLED FOR A BUS PASS, UH, FOOD PANTRY, CLOTHING, UM, CAR SEATS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO NOW I'M BACK TO THE CHAIR'S QUESTION.
I DON'T THINK THAT THE PEOPLE WHO CALL NECESSARILY KNOW WHAT'S AVAILABLE, THEY JUST SENSE THEY NEED SOME HELP.
AND SO, SO THAT'S, THAT'S TRUE.
MOST OF OUR CALLS ARE PRETTY TARGETED THOUGH.
PEOPLE KNOW WHAT WE DO AND WHAT WE, WHAT WE PROVIDE SO WE COULD GET INFORMATION ON, OKAY, WE HAD 30 PEOPLE LAST MONTH CALL FOR CAR SEATS, RIGHT.
OR SOME SORT OF FOOD ASSISTANCE.
YOU MIGHT ONLY HAVE TWO CAR SEATS, BUT YOU KNOW, YOU, THE 30 PEOPLE CALL LOOKING FOR THEM.
BUT IF YOU SAY THAT IT'S PRETTY TARGETED THAT PEOPLE PRETTY MUCH KNOW WHAT YOU HAD.
SO THEY MIGHT CATCH YOU IN THE OFF MONTH THAT YOU HAD 30 CALLS FOR CAR SEATS AND YOU ONLY HAD TWO, BUT THAT WAS STILL LIMITED.
WASN'T EVERYBODY WHO NEEDED THE CAR SEAT BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T THINK THEY COULD GET ONE IN THE FIRST PLACE.
I'LL HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION WE GET TO THE END.
LET ME KNOW IF I DON'T HAVE THE ANSWER.
I'LL ONLY GET IT FOR YOU GUYS.
UM, AS YOU CAN SEE WITH FIVE J J WE CONTINUE TO DO A LOT OF FOOD, UM, DO A DIFFERENT FOOD PROGRAMS, UM, A LOT OF ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATIONS, AND, UH, WE ARE PICKING UP ON OUR, OUR VOLUNTEERS.
I THINK I PLAYED ABOUT A FEW MONTHS AGO AS A BRIGHT SPOT FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS.
WE HAD NO VOLUNTEERS AND NOW WE'VE ALREADY HAD 554 HOURS OF VOLUNTEERS, UH, HELPING US, UM, AT OUR VARIOUS NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS CAN GO TO PAGE THREE.
THAT WILL BE OUR PROGRAMMATIC UPDATES.
UH, NUMBER ONE, WORK, CONTINUE TO WORK WITH HR, FOR FILLING OUR VACANCIES.
WE ARE VERY EXCITED THAT WE, UM, WE, A SOUTH AUSTIN NAMED PER PROGRAM MANAGER WILL BE STARTING ON JULY 18TH.
SO FOR JULIA WOODS, WHO USED TO WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH, UH, YVONNE MEYER WHO RETIRED, UH, THAT'S EXCITING NEWS.
I HOPE SHE IS VERY QUALIFIED AND IT'S TAKEN OVER A BIG CENTER WITH A LOT OF, A LOT OF EXPERIENCED STAFF.
SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO HER COMING ON.
WE HAVE A FEW OTHER VACANCIES THAT HAVE BEEN POSTED IN, UH, APS JOBS OR CITY OF AUSTIN JOBS.
UH, NUMBER TWO, WE'RE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
UH, WE HAVE BEEN OPEN SINCE MAY 2ND.
YOU CAN READ THAT ON YOUR OWN, CONTINUE TO DO GOOD NUMBERS WITH FRESH FOODS AND HELPING A LOT OF FOLKS.
UH, NUMBER FOUR, THE HOME DELIVERY PROGRAM.
I THINK JILL MIGHT'VE REPORTED LAST MONTH THAT WE EXPANDED TO FRIDAYS.
SO DUE TO THE SUCCESS, MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY, WE NOW HAVE ADDED FRIDAYS FOR DELIVERY DAYS.
WE'RE ALREADY FILLING IN THOSE SLOTS, UH, AMAZON OR THE CENTRAL TEXAS FOOD BANK HAVE ALSO COME, UH, COME FORWARD SINCE I SUBMITTED THIS REPORT.
AND, UH, WONDERING IF WE COULD HAVE PART DAILY, UM, DELIVERIES TO 90 INSTEAD OF 60 OR 220.
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UH, SO THAT'S EXCITING.WE'RE LOOKING INTO THAT IN TERMS OF BANDWIDTH AND, UH, JUST LOGISTICS.
SO VERY EXCITED WHAT YOU GUYS KNOW THAT WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED OUR LATEST DATA.
THERE WAS SOME GAPS IN THE SYSTEM, BUT AGAIN, TO APRIL OR IN APRIL, WE WERE ABLE TO ASSIST 1,073 HOUSEHOLDS WITH THESE DELIVERIES TO THEIR HOME.
UH, NUMBER FIVE, UM, TO MAY OF 2022, WE'VE ASSISTED 245 PEOPLE AND A HUNDRED HOUSEHOLDS AND WADE, EVICTION AND GUESTS.
WE HAVE, WE HAVE VERY, VERY LIMITED FUNDS RIGHT NOW FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE.
UH, MOST OF THE FOLKS THAT WE'VE ASSISTED HER LATELY HAVE BEEN OUR CASE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM.
SO THEY ARE FOLKS WHO ARE NEW IN THE PROCESS OF FINDING EMPLOYMENT OR MAINTAINING EMPLOYMENT AND HOPEFULLY, UH, WORKING ENOUGH HOURS AND, UH, BEING ABLE TO BE SELF-SUFFICIENT AND TRANSITION OUT OF OUR PROGRAM SUCCESSFUL AND, UH, MORE TO COME NEXT MONTH, WHEN WE TALK A LITTLE ABOUT THE, UH, EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE FUNDS THAT ARE COMING DOWN THE PIKE, AND NUMBER SIX, JUST A GENERAL MONTHLY UPDATE, WE CONTINUE TO DO OUR, UH, WHAT'S ONE PROGRAM, UTILITY ASSISTANCE.
THAT'S THE END OF MY MONTHLY REPORT.
UH, THE TWO GENTLEMEN WHO WERE HERE TO SPEAK EARLIER, DID THEY SAY ANYTHING THEY SAID SEEMED TO TIE TO WHAT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT DOES? FUNNY.
YOU SHOULD SAY THAT CAUSE I TOOK SOME NOTES AND, UH, I'M GOING TO TAKE IT BACK TO THE, TO THE MANAGERS OF CENTERS.
I THINK THEIR BIGGEST ASK WAS TO FIND WORK OPPORTUNITIES.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I, I DON'T KNOW IF THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, BUT DEFINITELY NOT NSU.
I DON'T SEE THAT AS A POSSIBILITY AS A CENTER POINT IS THE CHAIRS SAID, BUT WE DO HAVE PARTNERSHIPS WITH TRAINING PROGRAMS IN THE COMMUNITY.
SO LIKE SKILL POINT A IS ONE OF THEM.
SO IF THERE ARE ANY OF THESE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN TRAINING, WE COULD DEFINITELY WORK WITH THIS ORGANIZATION AND MAKE SOME REFERRALS, LET THEM KNOW WHAT'S AVAILABLE FOR THOSE FOLKS WHO ARE INTERESTED.
I KNOW THAT I GOT THE FEEL THAT THEY WERE KIND OF LOOKING FOR SORT OF A DAY LABOR TYPE OPPORTUNITY TO BEGIN WITH, UM, AND TEACH THESE FOLKS LIFE LESSONS OR LIFE SKILLS, UH, WORK SKILLS.
UM, SO I'M NOT SURE IF SKILL POINT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT THEY WOULD BE INTERESTED IN, BUT I WOULD BE DEFINITELY VERY INTERESTED IN TALKING TO THEM AND SHARING SOME INFORMATION.
DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR ON HIM? COMMISSIONER TOLLIVER? YES.
ANGEL, UH, CITY OF AUSTIN FINANCIALS, STABILIZING FUNDS FUNDING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF CENTRAL TEXAS.
IS THERE ANY OTHER CHARITIES THAT, UH, Y'ALL UH, THIS IS BONDING IS WITH, UM, NO THERE'S FUNDING WORKSIGHTED CITY OF AUSTIN FUNDING.
AND THEN, UH, CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF CENTRAL TEXAS HAS A CONTRACT TO PROCESS RENTAL ASSISTANCE PAYMENTS, OR SOME OF OUR CLIENTS.
UH, THE REASON I'M ASKING THIS QUESTION IS THAT I'M NOT CATHOLIC, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO GO TO IT AND SEE IF I CAN GET SOME RENTAL ASSISTANCE.
ARE THEY GOING TO TURN ME DOWN BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT I'M LOOKING AT? OH, NOT AT ALL.
I MEAN, THE ELIGIBILITY HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH, UH, RELIGIOUS OR SPIRITUAL.
OH, WELL I KNOW IT IS, BUT MOST OF THE TIMES, MOST OF THE, UH, UH, CHARITIES HAVE BEEN IN EAST AUSTIN AND NORTHEAST AUSTIN AND SOME IN WEST AUSTIN.
BUT I DIDN'T KNOW THE BIGGEST PARTNERSHIP IS WITH CAT, UH, CHARITIES.
AND I CAN ALSO, UH, SPEAK TO THAT A LITTLE BIT, AND IT DOES MAKE SENSE THAT YOU MIGHT, UH, BE CONCERNED ABOUT THAT BECAUSE IT'S IN THE NAME, UH, AND WORKED FOR A LONG TIME IN THE, IN THE NONPROFIT, UH, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES WORLD AND CAN DIRECTLY TO CATHOLIC CHARITIES BEING A FANTASTIC IMPARTIAL AND TOTALLY NOT BIASED, UH, IN, UH, IN HOW THEY SERVE THE COMMUNITY.
THAT'S, UH, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT'S JUST THEIR MO AND ALSO THEY RECEIVE PUBLIC DOLLARS TO DO THIS WORK.
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THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER TODDLER.DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS? I'VE GOT ONE ON HEADING, ARE THERE OPPORTUNITIES FOR DURING FRESH FOOD, UM, OR EVEN DURING FOOD DELIVERIES? UM, IS IT SAFE TO ASSUME THAT ALL THE OUTREACH, THE VACCINATION OUTREACH OPPORTUNITIES HAVE BEEN LEVERAGED AT THOSE TOUCH POINTS? HAVE WE, HAVE WE DONE EVERYTHING WE CAN, YOU, AS DEFINITION, KNOW ME AS A MEMBER OF, AS A RESIDENT OF AUSTIN AND BASICALLY A CONSTITUENT OF AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH HAS AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH HAVE, Y'ALL HAVE Y'ALL DONE EVERYTHING.
UH, YOU KNOW, WHEN IT COMES, WHEN IT COMES, FOR EXAMPLE, THE FRESH FOOD DELIVERY, IT SOUNDS LIKE 500, 600 PEOPLE A MONTH.
GRANTED, THAT'S A NUMBER OF DUPLICATES, BUT THERE'S PROBABLY LIKE ONE OR 200 UNIQUE FOLKS, UM, THAT, YOU KNOW, COULD BENEFIT FROM HEARING, UH, UH, VACCINATION STORY, UH, AS WELL AS, YOU KNOW, THE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE THAT ARE BEING DELIVERED FOOD.
AND I MEAN, THERE'S ALWAYS OPPORTUNITY, UH, FOR GROWTH.
WE JUST, UH, WE'RE TALKING THIS AFTERNOON ABOUT, UM, UM, TO PLAY MORE SOCIAL MEDIA, UM, LAST AND WORKING WITH OUR PIO OFFICE.
SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I COULD, YOU KNOW, HELP GET THE WORD ON AND THEN GET MORE PEOPLE TO OUR MOST CENTERS.
SO THAT THAT'S ONE AREA OF OPPORTUNITY THAT I SEE.
AND ACTUALLY ACTUALLY, UH, UH, COMMISSIONER HUSSLE WANTED TO WANT HIM TO INTERJECT ON THAT REAL QUICKLY IF YOU'LL FORGIVE MY INTERRUPTION.
SO I'M NOT SPEAKING, I'M SPEAKING AS AN EMPLOYEE OF AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH, BUT I'M NOT REPRESENTING AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH HERE, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
BUT WE DID PARTNER WITH, UM, MEALS ON WHEELS EARLY LAST YEAR AND THE END OF WHAT YEAR ARE WE IN 20 TO BE THE END OF 20 IN THE BEGINNING OF 21? AND I WAS ONE OF THE NURSES HOME VISITS.
AND SO WE, WE WENT AND VACCINATED ALL OF THE MEALS ON WHEELS, CLIENTS THAT WANTED TO BE VACCINATED.
SO YES, ALL, A LOT OF THAT PARTNERSHIP HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE AND CONTINUES TO BE DONE.
SO CONTINUES TO BE DONE SO THAT YOU, SO ARE YOU SPEAKING ABOUT THE AMAZON DELIVERIES AND WITH THE FOOD BANK? UM, AND MY ASSOCIATE, UM, WE PARTNERED DIRECTLY WITH MEALS ON WHEELS.
THAT'S YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW.
SO I THINK THAT MODEL IS, IS A, IS A, IS A MODEL THAT SERVES, UM, AND ON HAIL, IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S THE IT'S THINGS THAT Y'ALL CONSIDER IF IT'S NOT DUPLICATIVE.
AND OUR NURSES HAVE BEEN VERY ACTIVE AS YOU GUYS KNOW, UH, WITH, UH, THE COVID-19 VACCINE EFFORTS.
UM, AND NOW WITH MONKEYPOX, SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE PRETTY BUSY, STILL A NOD BACK AT THE NAME OF THE CENTERS AND DUE TO THOSE TWO ISSUES STILL BEING PRETTY, UH, SERIOUS.
WELL, WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE TONIGHT, UH, AND SHOWING UP EVERY DAY FOR THE WORK THAT YOU AND ALL OF YOUR TEAM AT ANY AT THE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES UNIT DO.
AND WE WILL MOVE ON TO ALL BUSINESS
[3. Presentation on updates from DMA Companies on RBJ property (Janine Sisak, DMA Companies)]
ITEM, NUMBER THREE, PRESENTATION ON UPDATES FROM DMA COMPANIES ON THE RBJ PROPERTY.AND WE HAVE JANINE, UH, SEASICK WITH GMA WE CAN SEE YOU, BUT PERHAPS NOT HERE.
YOU JANINE I MEAN, THIS IS THE TECH, CAN YOU HEAR US? YEAH, IT LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE MUTED.
CAN YOU HEAR US NOW, JANINE? HUH? UM, THINK SOMETHING ON YOUR INPUT MIGHT BE TURNED DOWN OR SOMETHING YOUR MICS ARE MUTED, BUT WE CAN'T HEAR YOU
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SHARE.DO YOU WANT TO STALL? MAYBE SHE COULD REBOOT OR RESTART IT AND SEE IF THAT WORKS BECAUSE I HAVE EVERYTHING GOING ON THIS END.
COULD DO, UH, ASSUMING JANINE THAT YOU'RE NOT USING SOME FANCY MIC, UH, OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
UM, I THINK UNFORTUNATELY THE, THE BEST OPTION WOULD BE EITHER GET OUT OF RINGCENTRAL OR MAKE SURE YOU'RE NOT LOGGED IN, IN ANOTHER MEETING APP SOMEWHERE THAT'S OCCUPYING A MICROPHONE, UH, OR REBOOT THE MACHINE AND COME BACK IN JUST TO BE SURE MS. MIRIAM GARCIA OR ANYONE CAN, CAN THEY PLEASE SPEAK AND MAKE SURE THAT IT'S PROBLEM TO ISOLATE IT? OKAY.
IF SHE NEEDS, UH, CHRIS, TO ME, SHE HAS THE IMPLANT, JUST USING THE DA, JUST USING THE PHONE FOR AUDIO AND THEN KEEP THE CAMERA ON WITH AIR THAT SHOULD WORK.
SO WE CAN'T HEAR YOU JANINE, BUT WE KNOW THAT YOU'RE PROCESSING WHAT YOU'RE DISCUSSING.
SO THANKS ON THE, UH, UH, COMMISSIONER DELGADO.
YOU SAID COMMISSIONER DELGADO, WHERE YOU, WHERE YOU, UH, SHARE WHERE YOU SAYING SOMETHING AS WELL.
YOU DIDN'T HEAR IT IN CASE YOU WERE OKAY.
AND MR. TAVOR JUST A TROUBLEMAKER IT LOOKS LIKE SHE'S RUNG IN, POINTING AT THE PHONE, UH, SEEMING TO INDICATE SOMETHING UNSUCCESSFUL OR A FEW TELLER.
WE, THAT, UH, OUR AB TECH IS LOOKING OUT FOR YOUR NUMBER JANINE, DID IT PROMPT YOU FOR AN EVENT NUMBER I WOULD GIVE HER MORE EXPRESSION, BUT IF WE ARE ON TRACK ADVERTISING OR WE LIVE AT THE MOMENT, I DON'T KNOW ANY KICKSTANDS GOING ON RIGHT NOW.
THEY'RE PROBABLY TRYING TO WORK, BUT IT'S NOT FOR NOW, BUT JESSE LISA CENTER, UM, SHE MIGHT SEND SOMETHING IN THE CHAT NOW, OR IT'D BE SENDING AN EMAIL ROLE HO UM, ROLE, HOW LONG, UH, HELLO.
AND HOW LONG DO YOU EXPECT YOUR PRESENTATION TO BE ROUGHLY? JUST SO I KNOW I'M THINKING ABOUT SWAPPING AGENDA ITEMS. THAT'S WHY SO 15 MINUTES.
UM, I, I WANNA JUST SPEAK ON, ON WHEN SHE JUST STATED CHAIR, UH, TO MAYBE SWAP AGENDA ITEMS, UM, I'M ACTUALLY, UH, GOING TO BE DEPARTING OFF THIS CALL AFTER THE AGENDA THAT I'VE REQUESTED TO BE DISCUSSED.
SO I REALLY WANT TO KEEP IT NOW BECAUSE I'M ALREADY LATE TO MY EVENT THAT I HAVE TO BE AT TODAY.
UM, SO I DO NOT WANT TO SWAP IF SHE'S NOT ABLE TO GET ON DUE TO TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES.
UM, YOU KNOW, I HAVE TO PART SOON.
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I JUST WANTED JUST TO BRING THAT, UH, TO YOUR ATTENTION.YEAH, THAT WAS, I DON'T KNOW WHAT, I DON'T KNOW.
UM, BUT GLAD YOU ALL CAN HEAR ME NOW.
UM, SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND SERVICE TONIGHT.
I'M JANINE CISAC, YOU MAY DEVELOPMENT COMPANY.
UM, JUST AS A QUICK REFRESHER, THEN I'LL TURN IT BACK TO THE COMMISSIONER WHO REQUESTED MY ATTENDANCE, YOU KNOW, DMA, UM, JOINT VENTURE HAS SOME JOINT VENTURING WITH AUSTIN GERIATRIC CENTER ON THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THE, UM, RBJ CAMPUS.
BUT SPECIFICALLY WITH REGARD TO THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING PORTION, IF YOU ALL REMEMBER CORRECTLY, THE RBJ SITE IS 17 ACRES.
UM, THE KIND OF THE HEART AND THE SOUL OF THE SITE IS THE 16 STORY, UM, TOWER, WHICH WE HAVE FELT, UH, THE LADYBIRD AROUND AND A U SHAPED CONFIGURATION WITH A SHARED GARAGE SO THAT WE CAN MOVE THE RESIDENTS OF THE TOWER INTO THE WRAP.
AND THEN WE CAN RENOVATE THE RAT, UM, IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE A REALLY DEEP LEVEL OF AFFORDABILITY AND THOSE TWO PIECES OF THE REPOSITION TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
UM, WE PARTNERED WITH MARKET RATE DEVELOPERS, UH, MARK DEVELOPMENT AND SOUTHWEST STRATEGIES WHO DEVELOPED, UM, SOME OF THE SURROUNDING PARCELS, YOU KNOW, KIND OF THE OUTER EDGES OF THE 17 ACRES, NAMELY THE WEAVER, UM, SOME MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT ALONG THE EAST SIDE OF AN EPISODE AND A FUTURE DEVELOPMENT SITE NORTH OF, UM, WHAT WE HAVE CALLED LBJ VJ WAY, WHICH IS THE ROAD THAT RUNS PERPENDICULAR TO NAVASOTA.
BUT NORTH OF THE LADYBIRD, UM, THAT PORTION OF THE SITE, AS WELL AS TAX-FREE PARK, WHICH IS THE PUBLIC PARK ADJACENT TO THE NORTH MARKET RATE TRACK, AS WE KNOW IT, UM, ARE NOT DEVELOPED.
AND, AND AREN'T UNDER KIND OF DMA PER VIEW, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY IS A JOINT, YOU KNOW, AS PART OF THE MASTER DEVELOPER TEAM, YOU KNOW, SOMEWHAT KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN THOSE PARCELS TO THE NORTH.
BUT I MEAN, I SAY THIS IN CASE YOU ALL HAVE QUESTIONS SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THOSE TWO PARCELS THAT ARE NOT YET COMPLETED, YOU KNOW, I MAY HAVE TO JUST TAKE A NOTE, UM, GET WITH THE MOMAR AND THE SOUTHWEST STRATEGIES, UM, REPRESENTATIVES AND GET BACK TO YOU.
UM, I AM PERSONALLY AND DEEP IN ALL THINGS RBJ ON THE AFFORDABLE SITE, SO I'M DEFINITELY PREPARED TO ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS ON THE LADYBIRD AND THE TOWER AND WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THOSE TWO THINGS.
BUT I WANTED TO KIND OF REFRESH EVERYBODY'S MEMORY ON THE WHOLE 17 ACRE SITE, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR 10, 15 YEARS.
SO WITH THAT INTRODUCTION, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO THEM.
I HAVE BEEN, UM, SENT A LIST OF QUESTIONS.
UM, I'M HAPPY TO, JUST TO GO THROUGH THOSE OFF OF MY EMAIL, BUT I'M ALSO HAPPY TO JUST RESPOND TO VERBAL QUESTIONING.
ARE WE, UH, RBJ FOR COMING, UM, TODAY AND GIVING AN UPDATE, IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME AND I'VE BEEN REQUESTS.
AND SO THANK YOU FOR TAKING THAT TIME TODAY.
UM, SO YEAH, IF HE CAN ANSWER THE QUESTIONS THAT WERE SENT TO YOU, UH, AS YOU KNOW, UH, YOU KNOW, I WAS NOTIFIED THAT QUESTIONS AND YOU WERE WANTING TO KNOW, SO I, I DO HAVE SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS AS WELL AS, UM, A COUPLE OF VERBAL QUESTIONS.
SO I CAN START WITH, WITH THE VERBAL QUESTIONS.
UH, FIRST ONE IS, UM, I KNOW THAT IN THE TWO YEARS DURING THE PANDEMIC, UM, SINCE WE HAVEN'T SEEN YOU ALL ARE GONNA UPDATE THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THAT'S ADJACENT TO THE DEVELOPMENT, UM, WHICH IS THE ENTIRE, UM, RESIDENTIAL AREA, UM, NORTH OF, UM, SETS A CHAVEZ, UM, WERE THE BOUNDARIES OF LONGHORN BRIDGE TO AGE 35, WHICH IS A DEMOGRAPHIC AREA THAT I'M SPECIFICALLY TALKING ABOUT.
UM, I HAVE NOT SEEN ANYTHING COME INTO, UM, ANY TYPE OF MAIL, A PIECE OF MAIL OR FLYERS OR OUTREACH DEN TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, LETTING THEM KNOW ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT UPDATE, LETTING THE NEIGHBORHOOD KNOW AS WELL AS ANY ZONING CHANGES OR WE'RE WHERE YOU ARE AT.
SO QUESTION IS, HAS THERE BEEN A ZONING CHANGE, UM, THAT YOU ALL HAVE SUBMITTED, UM, IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, IN FRONT OF WHERE THE OLD, UM, HOUSES WERE AT ONE TIME THERE NOW ONE HAS BEEN REMOVED.
SO WE HAVE A, UH, AN OPEN SPACE THERE THAT I'M NOT QUITE SURE
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WHAT IS GOING TO BE THERE AS WELL AS THERE'S ANOTHER HOUSE AT STAYED.UM, WE'RE NOT QUITE SURE WHAT HAPPENING TO THAT HOME.
AND THEN I'VE ALSO SEEN A SLOW DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEW, UM, DEVELOPMENT TIER THAT YOU'RE WORKING ON.
DO WE HAVE ANY TYPE OF TIMELINE? WHEN IS YOUR BOARD MEETINGS? HOW DOES THE NEIGHBORHOOD ENGAGE? AND WHERE'S THE WAITING LIST FOR THE 200 AND SEMI UNITS THAT ARE AFFORDABLE FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND ELDERS? SO THOSE ARE MY VERBAL QUESTIONS.
LET ME START WITH THE CONSTRUCTION PROGRESS OF THE LADY BIRD, WHICH IS THE 279 UNIT, UM, REPLACEMENT HOUSING.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE CLOSED ON THAT TRANSACTION AND STARTED CONSTRUCTION AND VERY LATE 2019 BEFORE THE PANDEMIC, UM, WHEN THE PANDEMIC HIT AND MARCH OF 2020, WE WERE, YOU KNOW, BARELY GETTING STARTED AND EXPERIENCE FROM THE GET GO A LOT OF LABOR SHORTAGES AND WORK STOPPAGES DUE TO, YOU KNOW, THE STAY AT HOME ORDERS THAT WERE ISSUED.
AND, YOU KNOW, THERE WERE, IF YOU REMEMBER THAT TIME, THERE WAS A LOT THAT THE CITY NEEDED TO WORK OUT WITH REGARD TO, YOU KNOW, DID THE STOP WORK PROVISIONS APPLY TO AFFORDABLE ONLY MARKET RATES, SO ON AND SO FORTH.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE JUST REALLY GOT CAUGHT IN THE CROSSHAIRS OF COVID AND, UM, THE CONSTRUCTION TIME WAS SUPPOSED TO BE ABOUT 24 MONTHS, UM, FROM THE END OF 2021, I'M SORRY, FROM THE END OF 2019, WHICH WOULD HAVE HAD OUR FEE, WHICH WOULD HAVE MEANT THAT WE HAD OUR FIRST UNITS PLACED IN SERVICE IN 2021.
BUT WE ACTUALLY WERE ONLY ABLE TO GET TCOS ON THE NEW UNITS THIS YEAR.
WE'VE EXPERIENCED A HUGE AMOUNT OF SUPPLY CHAIN DEMANDS WITH SUPPLY CHAIN DELAYS, WHICH, YOU KNOW, FOR ANYBODY WHO'S BEEN IN CONSTRUCTION OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS, YOU KNOW, IN COVID BURST, HIT ME AS A DEVELOPER.
I THOUGHT, WOW, YOU KNOW, THIS IS REALLY HITTING THE MANAGEMENT SIDE OF OUR COMPANY BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE LOSING THEIR JOBS AND THEY CAN'T PAY RENT ON THE CONSTRUCTION DEVELOPMENTS.
I'D BE, SEEMED TO BE OKAY, WELL, FAST FORWARD TWO YEARS, AND THE SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES HAVE REALLY JUST EXACERBATED AND BUILT UP AND CREATED HUGE AMOUNTS OF CONSTRUCTION DELAYS.
UM, AND THIS PROJECT HAS, HAS NOT, UM, THAT HAS NOT BEEN UNAFFECTED BY THAT.
AND, AND SO, YOU KNOW, UNFORTUNATELY WE WERE NOT ABLE TO PLACE UNITS IN SERVICE UNTIL I THINK WE PLACED OUR FIRST UNITS IN SERVICE AND APRIL AND, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE OF THE BUILDING SO BIG, WE GOT IT PERMITTED IN SECTIONS AND FOUR SECTIONS, LIKE KIND OF CROSS SECTIONS OF THE BUILDING, NOT BY FLOOR, BUT BY CROSS SECTIONS.
AND SO OUR FIRST FEW CEO'S FOR UNITS, UM, WAS RECEIVED ON APRIL 8TH AND OUR LAST TCO, UM, FOR THE LAST BUILDING SECTION WAS RECEIVED TODAY.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE WERE REALLY BEHIND ON CONSTRUCTION.
WE HAD A LOT OF TROUBLE WITH, UM, I MEAN A VARIETY OF THINGS.
I WON'T, I KNOW YOU'RE SHORT WITH TIME.
I COULD GO INTO DETAIL, BUT IT'S MIND NUMBINGLY, BORING, ALL THE THINGS THAT WE, UM, EXPERIENCED.
THAT BEING SAID, THE MOMENT WE HAD TCOS ON APRIL 8TH, WE STARTED MOVING RESIDENTS.
WE CURRENTLY HAVE 120 RESIDENTS, UM, THAT WERE, YOU KNOW, IN THE TOWER BEFORE.
I MEAN, A LOT OF THEM WERE IN THE TOWER BEFORE WE EVEN STARTED CONSTRUCTION ON THE REPLACEMENT HOUSING OF THAT 120, WE MOVED TO 60 RIGHT AWAY BECAUSE THOSE WERE THE PEOPLE THAT WERE ASSIGNED TO THAT FIRST BUILDING.
UM, THERE ARE A HANDFUL OF UNITS THAT ARE ASSIGNED TO BUILDINGS TWO AND THREE THEY'RE MOVING NEXT WEEK.
AND THEN THE REST OF THE PEOPLE ARE MOVING INTO THE LAST SECTION, WHICH IS THE NORTH SECTION ABOUT 60 PEOPLE WILL MOVE STARTING NOT NEXT WEEK, BUT THE WEEK AFTER.
AND THE REASON WHY SO MANY PEOPLE ARE HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS LAST SECTION IS BECAUSE THE LAST SECTION IS THE ONE THAT FACES NORTH AND HAS THE BEST DOWNTOWN VIEWS.
AND WE REALLY ALLOWED ALL OF OUR EXISTING RESIDENTS TO PICK A PREFERENCE.
THEY ALL WERE ABLE TO BASICALLY HAND SELECT THEIR UNIT.
IF THEY DIDN'T, YOU KNOW, SAY I WANT THIS PARTICULAR UNIT, THEY WERE ABLE TO SAY, HEY, I REALLY WANT TO SHOWER.
I WANT TO BE NEAR THE ELEVATOR.
I WANT TO BE ON THE FIRST FLOOR.
SO WE LITERALLY SAT DOWN WITH EVERY SINGLE REF RESIDENT AND WORKED WITH THEM TO ACHIEVE THEIR PREFERENCE.
A LOT OF PEOPLE CHOSE THE LAST BUILDING AGAIN BECAUSE OF THE DOWNTOWN VIEWS.
AND SO THEY HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS LAST TCO, WHICH WE WERE ABLE TO OBTAIN TODAY.
WE EXPECT TO HAVE THE LAST 60 PEOPLE MOVED IN THE NEXT 30 DAYS.
UM, SO THAT'S, WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE LADY BIRD, BECAUSE WE'RE JUST GETTING UNIT TO NOW TO, YOU KNOW, AND WE ALSO KIND OF PRIORITIZE TO MOVING EXISTING RESIDENTS FIRST,
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BEFORE WE UNDERTOOK SOME BIG LEASING EFFORTS.WE ARE STARTING TO LEASE NOW AND REACHING OUT TO THE BROADER COMMUNITIES.
SO YOU'LL SEE SOME, UM, SOME MARKETING MATERIALS THAT WILL FILTER INTO THE COMMUNITY, BUT WE REALLY HAD TO FOCUS ALL OF OUR STAFF TIME ON GETTING THE EXISTING RESIDENTS, YOU KNOW, MOVED.
WE PAID FOR EVERY, THE PROPERTY PAID FOR EVERYTHING, LIKE MOVING THEM, PACKING ALL THEIR STUFF, UM, MOVING EVERYTHING FOR THEM, PUTTING THEIR FURNITURE IN PLACE.
IF THEY WANTED THEIR BUREAU TO GO HERE, YOU KNOW, ALL THE MOVERS DID THAT FOR THEM, EVERYTHING WAS PAID FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, ACROSS THE BOARD.
SO IT WOULD JUST BE REALLY, UM, EFFORTLESS ON THE PART OF THE RESIDENTS.
BUT I WILL SAY THAT THE DELAY WAS VERY FRUSTRATING FOR THEM.
WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR A REALLY LONG TIME AND THERE WERE DELAYS AND, YOU KNOW, OFTENTIMES WE DIDN'T DO A GREAT JOB AT COMMUNICATING, UM, WHEN THE DELAYS WOULD END BECAUSE WE, WE JUST DIDN'T, WE DIDN'T KNOW, BUT THAT'S NO EXCUSE.
YOU KNOW, I THINK WE COULD HAVE DONE A BETTER JOB OF COMMUNICATING, BUT IT WAS ALWAYS LIKE, YOU KNOW, OUR CONTRACTOR WAS LIKE, NEXT MONTH, WE'LL GET THE SEAT TCOS AND THEN THAT MONTH WOULD COME AND THEN IT WAS A MONTH, UH, YOU KNOW, A MONTH AWAY.
UM, SOME OF THE RESIDENTS ARE HAVING ISSUES GETTING SIGNED UP WITH CHARTER SPECTRUM.
WE'RE DOING THE BEST WE CAN TO GET THAT RESOLVED.
UM, YOU KNOW, BUT WE'VE, WE'VE HAD SOME HICCUPS, UM, FOR SURE.
I WAS GOING TO SAY BEFORE I ADDRESS THE HOUSES ON NAVASOTA, I'M GOING TO STOP AND LET YOU ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT.
I JUST, I JUST WANT, I WANT TO FIRST THANK YOU FOR, FOR AT LEAST APOLOGIZING AND RECOGNIZING THAT.
THERE'S A HUGE DISCONNECT HERE.
UM, YOU KNOW, I LIVED TWO BLOCKS FROM THIS DEVELOPMENT, SO IT'S VERY IT'S IT'S IT'S I CAN'T EVEN JUST IMAGINE THAT ELDERS THAT HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR YEARS FOR A NEW UNIT AND WE'RE STILL NOT THERE, BUT YET THE WEAVERS DEVELOPED AND THE ENTIRE HALF OF THE AREA IS IN DEVELOPED, BUT THEY ARE STILL LIVING IN THOSE OLD APARTMENTS THAT HAVE WINDOW AC UNIT, AS WELL AS A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, YOU, I DON'T HAVE TO EXPLAIN HOW BAD THOSE ARE, BUT WHAT I DO WANT TO JUST VOICE TO YOU IS THAT CONCERNS HAVE BROUGHT FROM RESIDENTS.
THEY'RE MY ELDERS, UM, ARE VERY CONCERNED.
UH, MANY OF THE ELDERS, WE JUST LOST OUR, UM, FOOD PANTRY DIRECTOR, DIRECTOR, MS. BADA.
UM, SHE JUST PASSED AWAY, UM, RECENTLY, UH, THIS PAST YEAR.
AND SO, AS PEOPLE ARE JUST PASSING AWAY, THEY ARE NOT BEING ABLE TO SEE SUCH A BEAUTIFUL JOB.
AND I UNDERSTAND WE WERE IN A PANDEMIC, BUT I, AS A PRESIDENT OF THE ASSOCIATION AND AS A COMMISSIONER OF THIS COMMISSION, IT'S VERY, VERY VITAL THAT WE HAVE A COMMUNICATION AND WE KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON IN THAT DEVELOPMENT.
THAT'S TWO BLOCKS FROM MY HOME.
UM, AND, AND IT'S MY RESPONSIBILITY TO ASK THESE QUESTIONS TO YOU ALL AND BRING Y'ALL HERE.
AND LET'S, LET'S FIGURE OUT HOW WE GET, HOW WE CAN DO A BETTER OUTREACH ALL, WHEN ARE THE BOARD MEETINGS AND HOW CAN THE COMMUNITY AND THE RESIDENTS AND THE FAMILIES ENGAGE AND WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE BECAUSE 279 UNITS ARE GOING TO BE BUILT, BUT THERE'S NO WAITING LIST.
THERE'S NO INFORMATION GUY, THERE'S NO RESOURCE, UH, INFORMATION IS GIVING OUT TO THE PEOPLE.
AND I JUST, I FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T CONTINUE TO MOVE ON LIKE THIS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT'S NOT FRIENDLY AS WELL AS IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT HEALTHY FOR US BECAUSE IT'S A LOT OF STRESS BREATHS, RIGHT? SO LET ME ADDRESS THE OUTRAGE.
SO FOR YEARS, WE'VE KEPT AN INTERESTED, YOU KNOW, IN OUR PROPER, IN OUR NORMAL PROCEDURE, WE, WHENEVER, WHENEVER, WHENEVER ANYBODY INQUIRES ABOUT THE PROPERTY, WE CALL, PUT THEM ON AN INTEREST IN PERSONS LIST AND WE'VE HAD THIS LIST GOING FOR YEARS.
AND SO WHEN WE WERE READY TO START LEASING UNITS AND THE LADY BIRD, WE CONTACTED EVERYONE ON THE LIST AND WE HELD AN APPLICATION WORKSHOP AND WE HAD ABOUT 30 PEOPLE COME.
AND TO YOUR QUESTION ABOUT WHETHER WE DO ONLINE APPLICATIONS, WE DO NOT.
WE FIND THAT SENIORS, UH, WOULD MUCH PREFER PAPER APPLICATIONS.
AND SO WE'VE HAD MULTIPLE WORKSHOPS ONSITE WHERE PEOPLE CAN COME IN WITH THEIR APPLICATION AND ALL THEIR PAPERWORK, AND WE HELP THEM COMPLETE THEIR PAPERWORK.
UM, WE ALSO, IF THEY CAN'T MAKE THE DATE FOR THE WORKSHOP, WE SET UP INDIVIDUAL APPOINTMENTS FOR THEM AND HELP THEM APPLY FOR THE PROPERTY.
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I DON'T, YOU KNOW, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW THAT THE STATEMENT THAT WE HAVEN'T DONE ANY OUTREACHES IS, IS ACCURATE.WE HAVE A VERY IN-PERSON PROCESS.
UM, THERE ARE PEOPLE COMING IN EVERY DAY TO GRAB APPLICATIONS.
WE GIVE THEM OUT AND WE SET UP APPOINTMENTS TO HELP THEM, UM, SIGN UP FOR RESIDENCY.
AND WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THAT PROCESS AGAIN, BECAUSE IT'S A TAX CREDIT PROPERTY.
UM, THE INCOME CERTIFICATION DOCUMENTS HAVE A LIFE, UH, UH, AN AMOUNT OF TIME BEFORE THEY GO SALE.
SO IT'S REALLY HARD FOR US TO NOT KNOW WHEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TCOS FROM THE CITY OF AUSTIN, UM, AND KIND OF BACK.
SO WHEN YOU DON'T KNOW WHEN YOU'RE GOING TO GET TCOS, YOU DON'T KNOW, WHEN DID THEY START THE 90 DAYS PRIOR TO START GATHERING INCOME CERTIFICATION DOCUMENTS? CAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE A NUTS FOR PEOPLE.
AND SO INSTEAD OF GETTING PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, SIGNED UP AND THEN HAVING THEM NERVOUS THAT THEIR UNITS NOT GOING TO BE AVAILABLE ON THE DATE THAT THEY HAVE TO LEAVE THEIR, THEIR PRIOR PLACE, OR IF THEY GET NERVOUS THAT THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, SOCIAL SECURITY VERIFICATIONS COULD EXPIRE.
IT'S JUST, IT, IT MAKES IT REALLY HARD FOR US TO, UM, PRE-LEASE ESSENTIALLY BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHEN WE'RE GETTING UNITS AND, AND AGAIN, IT WAS A MOVING TARGET FROM CONTRACTOR IN LARGE PART BECAUSE OF, YOU KNOW, INSPECTIONS AND, AND SOME OF THAT THAT COMES AT THE END OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN INSPECTION PROCESS.
SO, YOU KNOW, THAT BEING SAID, WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO MORE OUTREACH.
UM, WE'LL COME TO THE PLANNING TEAM MEETING TO YOUR POINT ABOUT FARA.
WE LOST A HUGE, HUGE, UM, CONNECTION THERE BETWEEN THE RBJ CENTER AND THE COMMUNITY.
AND WE'RE WORKING ON, UM, FINDING ANOTHER RESIDENT TO SIT ON THE AGC BOARD, UM, AS WELL AS FINDING A RESIDENT WHO CAN REPRESENT, UM, YOU KNOW, CAN, CAN GIVE THE MESSAGE OF WHAT'S GOING ON RBJ TO THE PLANNING TEAM.
AND AGAIN, BECAUSE OF THE LOSS OF BARRA, YOU KNOW, NOT ONLY HAVE WE LOST THAT CONNECTION WITH THE COMMUNITY, BUT YOU KNOW, THE FOOD PANTRY IS HAVING A HARD TIME FILLING THEIR SHOES.
AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE TOO, BUT KNOW THAT WE'RE ACTIVELY LOOKING FOR ANOTHER RESIDENT TO SERVE ON THE AGC BOARD.
AND HOPEFULLY THAT PERSON WILL ALSO BE INVOLVED IN A CESAR CHAVEZ, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING TEAM.
DO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE, UM, THE NAVASOTA AND THE, UH, THE HOUSE? SURE.
UM, AND THIS IS ONE OF THE AREAS THAT I'M NOT INVOLVED IN THE DAY-TO-DAY PROJECT MANAGEMENT OF THAT CAPITAL PROJECT MANAGEMENT HAS REALLY BEEN LEADING THE CHARGE ON WHAT WE CALL HATCHERY PARK, WHICH IS THE PUBLIC PARK THAT, UM, THAT IS DESIGNED AND WE'RE IN THE PROCESS, OR DAVE'S IN THE PROCESS OF WORKING WITH A CONTRACTOR TO GET THAT PARK.
UM, THE PARK IMPROVEMENTS WITHIN BUDGET, BUT IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT NEITHER OF THE HOUSES HAVE RECEIVED HISTORIC DESIGNATION, THAT CAPITAL PROJECT MANAGEMENT WORKED WITH A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO TAKE THAT ONE HOUSE THAT'S NO LONGER THERE AND RELOCATE IT.
UM, HE WORKS WITH VERY HARD TO IDENTIFY A COUPLE OF HOUSE MOVING COMPANIES.
NOBODY WAS ABLE TO DO IT OR WILLING TO DO IT.
HE'S REACHED OUT TO DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS IN THE COMMUNITY TO SEE IF THEY WANTED TO TAKE THE HOUSE.
UM, I THINK THERE WAS SOME INTEREST IN TAKING THE HOUSE, BUT WE COULDN'T FIND ANYONE TO MOVE IT.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, AFTER LOTS OF EFFORT, AND IF YOU WANT MORE DETAIL, YOU SHOULD PROBABLY INVITE, UM, CPM BACK HERE TO, TO TELL YOU MORE DETAIL.
BUT IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THEY DID MAKE AN EFFORT TO, YOU KNOW, SALVAGE THAT HOUSE.
BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, THEY COULDN'T FIND ANYONE TO MOVE IT OR ANYBODY WHO WANTED IT.
THE OTHER HOUSE CPM IS WORKING WITH NONPROFIT GROUPS TO SEE IF ANYBODY WANTS TO LEASE IT, UM, YOU KNOW, AND, AND FIX IT UP OR, YOU KNOW, SOME SORT OF JOINT VENTURE WITH AGC TO FIX IT UP.
UM, I THINK THE FEELING ON THE TEAM IS THAT IT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, A NEAT LITTLE ADDITION TO HENRY PARK TO HAVE ONE OF THE ORIGINAL HEALTH IS STAY THERE.
I KNOW THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE WORKING ON IT AND HAVING INFORMATIONAL MEETINGS WITH DIFFERENT NON-PROFITS ACROSS THE CITY TO SEE IF IT'S A GOOD FIT FOR A NONPROFIT.
UM, BUT WE DON'T HAVE, UH, ANYTHING IDENTIFIED OR, YOU KNOW, SET IN STONE WITH REGARD TO THAT HOUSE.
AND THAT REALLY IS MY, YOU KNOW, THE LIMIT OF MY KNOWLEDGE ON THAT.
I JUST ASKED DAVE STOUT, SHE GIVES ME, YOU KNOW, HIS, HIS REPORT ON IT.
SO I COULD REPORT TO YOU GUYS, BUT IT'S, IT IS SECONDHAND INFORMATION.
WELL, I THEN, UM, FIRST I JUST, AGAIN, WANT TO THANK YOU FOR JUST GIVING ME ALL THAT INFORMATION.
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INFORMATION YOU'VE PROVIDED, TODAY'S ALL NEW INFORMATION TO ME.I'VE BEEN ON THIS COMMISSION FOR SEVEN YEARS AND THIS, THIS, UM, RBJ DEVELOPMENT FOR, UH, POSSIBLE TANYA AND COMPANY HAS COME TO THIS BOARD.
UM, A LOT OF PROMISES WERE MADE.
I'M HERE TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE PROMISES ARE DELIVERED AS WELL AS LIVING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, I HAD NO KNOWLEDGE ABOUT A PARK.
UM, PARKS DEPARTMENT NEVER MENTIONED THAT TO US.
UM, CTM NEVER REACHED OUT TO ALL THE HOMEOWNERS THAT LIVE ACROSS THE STREET.
I KNOW ALL THOSE HOMEOWNERS I'VE OUTREACH AND I'VE WALKED THOSE BLOCKS.
UH, THEY ARE UNAWARE OF WHAT'S HAPPENED AT, IN THIS AREA.
SO THE OUTREACH AGAIN HAS BEEN VERY POOR, UH, ON CTMS PART ON PARKS DEPARTMENT AND ANY OTHER, UH, COMPANIES THAT ARE INVOLVED IN THIS DEVELOPMENT.
IT'S, IT'S REALLY, UM, IT'S, IT'S DISTURBING AGAIN.
UH, I WILL REACH OUT TO YOU ALL, UM, AS A NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENT AND TAXPAYER, UM, ADJACENT TO THIS PROPERTY, UM, AS WELL AS BRING Y'ALL ONTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD TOWN HALL.
AND WE'LL, WE'LL CONTINUE THIS DISCUSSION WITH THE PARKS DEPARTMENT.
AND I WANTED TO BRING YOU TO OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMMISSION, WHERE YOU CAN GIVE US AN UPDATE ON THE 279 UNITS THAT ARE LEFT, UH, AT THE RBJ, UM, DEVELOPMENT SITE THAT WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR 15 YEARS.
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER DELGADO.
JANINE, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR THOUGHTS FROM THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS? WE APPRECIATE YOU JOINING US THIS EVENING AND, UH, COMMISSIONER DELGADO.
THANK YOU ALSO FOR HAVING SUBMITTED, UH, THE QUESTIONS BY EMAIL.
I THINK THAT REALLY HELPS, UH, THE PROCESS, UH, AND, UH, OF COURSE, UH, FOR YOUR PREPARATION ON THE, ON THE SAME JANINE.
[4. Presentation on Community Advancement Network’s new Race Equity Action Framework (Raul Alvarez, Community Advancement Network)]
SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS A PRESENTATION ON THE COMMUNITY ADVANCEMENT NETWORKS, NEW RACE EQUITY ACTION FRAMEWORK.UH, WE HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF BEING JOINED AGAIN TWO MONTHS IN A ROW BY AVAIL OF WHO IS THE ORGANIZATIONAL LEAD AT KEN.
AND, UH, HE PROMISED US THAT HE IS GOING TO DO A LIGHTNING SPEED PRESENTATION.
I THINK THE SWEET SPOT FOR US IS AROUND 15 TO 15 MINUTES, SO WE CAN GET SOME HEALTHY QUESTIONS AND WE'LL GET YOUR NAME, THANKS FOR THE INVITATION TO THE TABLE.
UM, AND AGAIN, THIS IS, UM, A NEW TOOL THAT WE WANTED TO, UM, AGAIN, JUST TO INFORM FOLKS ABOUT, UM, THAT CAN HELP WITH ALL OF THE RACE EQUITY CONVERSATIONS, YOU KNOW, THAT ARE HAPPENING AND, YOU KNOW, HAVE BEEN HAPPENING FOR SOME TIME, BUT CERTAINLY WERE MAGNIFIED DURING THE PANDEMIC BECAUSE OF THE IMPACT, UH, THAT COVID, YOU KNOW, WAS HAVING ON PEOPLE OF COLOR AND WOMEN AND, UM, PEOPLE WHO DON'T SPEAK ENGLISH.
YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A LOT OF EQUITY ISSUES THAT HAVE ARISEN AND REALLY STILL, I THINK HAVEN'T BEEN ADDRESSED IN A, IN A VERY, UH, COORDINATED AND COMPREHENSIVE WAY, BUT THIS WAS AN ATTEMPT TO, UH, HELP WITH THE QUESTION OF WHAT DO I DO WHEN, YOU KNOW, I'VE DONE MY TWO DAY OR THREE DAY RACE EQUITY TRAINING.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, AND TYPICALLY THE ANSWER IS, UH, WHY DON'T YOU DO PART TWO OF THE TRAINING OR WHY DON'T YOU DO THIS OTHER TRAINING? RIGHT.
UH, AND SO, UH, SO WE, UH, WE WANTED TO CREATE A TOOL THAT, UM, AGAIN, COULD HELP PEOPLE LOOK AT SORT OF, UM, KIND OF RACE EQUITY, UM, FROM A CROSS SECTOR POINT OF VIEW, RIGHT? HOW DO WE CONNECT THE DOTS? RIGHT.
CAUSE A LOT OF, MOST OF THE TIMES WE'RE, WE'RE ALL FOCUSED ON OUR AREA OF EXPERTISE, RIGHT? WHETHER IT'S HEALTH, RIGHT HEALTH EQUITY, RIGHT.
AND YOU KIND OF LOOK AT THINGS THROUGH THAT LENS OR EDUCATION EQUITY OR THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM OR WORKFORCE, YOU KNOW, EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES.
UM, AND SO THIS WAS AN ATTEMPT TO TRY TO LIKE SHOW KIND OF HOW THESE ARE INTERRELATED.
UM, AND, UM, AND THUS HOW THERE'S, THIS IS A SYSTEMIC PROBLEM.
YOU KNOW, IT CAN'T BE THAT EVERYWHERE WE LOOK THERE ARE INEQUITIES BY RACE AND JUST KIND OF THINK THAT THAT'S BY CHANCE, RIGHT? OR IT'S SOMEBODY'S INDIVIDUAL CHOICES OR LIFESTYLE THAT'S CAUSING ALL OF THESE INEQUITIES IN ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT ARENAS.
SO, UM, SO IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, THIS IS REALLY JUST AS A NAVIGATION TOOL.
SO YOU KNOW HOW TO FIND THE, UM, WOOD HERE IS CALLED THE RACE EQUITY ACTION FRAMEWORK.
BUT ON OUR WEBSITE, IT'S CALLED A KIND OF RACE EQUITY MAP, JUST CAUSE RACE EQUITY ACTION FRAMEWORK WOULD TAKE UP THE WHOLE YEAH.
UM, BUT IF YOU ARE, SO THIS IS OUR MAIN WEBSITE.
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ON THAT SITE AND GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, THEN, UM, YOU GO TO THE DASHBOARD SIDE AND THIS IS TYPICALLY KIND OF WHAT CANNES IS KNOWN FOR IS KIND OF PUBLISHING.THIS WILL BE THE 13TH YEAR THAT WE PUBLISHED OUR, UH, COMMUNITY INDICATORS REPORT.
AND IT'S KIND OF STRUCTURED RIGHT AROUND THESE AREAS, YOU KNOW, UM, WHICH WE CALL OUR SORT OF THE CAN VALUES OR THE, THE GOALS FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO BUILD A CERTAIN KIND OF COMMUNITY WHERE WE WERE ALL SAFE AND ENGAGED.
YOU KNOW, OUR BASIC NEEDS ARE MET, WE'RE HEALTHY AND WE ACHIEVE OUR FULL POTENTIAL.
UM, SO THAT'S REALLY KIND OF THE CANNED DASHBOARD PIECE.
UM, BUT THESE ARE COMMUNITY WIDE INDICATORS, RIGHT? THEY DON'T NECESSARILY DIVE INTO THE RACE EQUITY PIECE.
UM, AT LEAST NOT AT THIS LEVEL OF REPORT.
SO AGAIN, THIS IS ANOTHER, THIS NEW TOOL, THE RACE EQUITY ACTION FRAMEWORK HELPS US CALL ATTENTION TO KIND OF, UM, THE INEQUITIES, YOU KNOW, IN ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT POLICY ARENAS.
AND SO IF WE GO TO THE NEXT, UM, THE NEXT SLIDE, AND SO THIS IS THE FRAMEWORK ITSELF, UM, AND IT, UM, AND AGAIN, IN THE END, WE'RE, WE'RE NOT ABANDONING THE DASHBOARD FRAMEWORK, RIGHT.
WHERE WE ARE TRYING TO LOOK AT HEALTH AND BASIC NEEDS, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY AND, UM, EDUCATION AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY, BUT TRYING TO LOOK AT RACIAL INEQUALITY, RIGHT, FROM SORT OF FROM A HOLISTIC POINT OF VIEW, AND REALLY LOOK REALLY CALLING ATTENTION TO THE FACT THAT WHEN YOU LOOK AT RACE INEQUALITY, THE BIGGEST INEQUALITY, THERE'S BIG INEQUALITY ACROSS THE BOARD.
UM, BUT IF YOU LOOK AT WEALTH EMPOWER, THAT'S WHERE YOU SEE THE GREATEST DEGREE OF INEQUALITY.
AND, UM, AND THAT'S WHY THAT'S AT THE CENTER, RIGHT? BECAUSE HOW CAN YOU CAN'T BUILD WEALTH AND POWER, RIGHT.
IF YOU DON'T, IF YOU CAN'T TAKE CARE OF YOUR BASIC NEEDS AND YOU DON'T HAVE GOOD HEALTH AND YOU DON'T HAVE GOOD EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES OR WORKFORCE OPPORTUNITIES.
UM, AND SO THAT'S KINDA WHY IT'S STRUCTURED THAT SAY EVERYTHING'S POINTING TOWARDS, WE WANT PEOPLE TO HAVE A BETTER LIFE.
AND WHAT DOES THAT MEAN IS WE'RE BETTER ABLE TO, UH, ENGAGE RIGHT IN LIFE, LIBERTY AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS.
BUT, YOU KNOW, FROM THE VERY BEGINNING, THIS COUNTRY WAS DEVELOPED TO PRESERVE THE WEALTH AND POWER WHERE IT WAS.
UM, AND IT WASN'T WITH PEOPLE OF COLOR AND WITH WOMEN.
AND, UM, AND SO, UH, IF WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE AGAIN, JUST TO KIND OF BRING POINT KIND OF BRING HOME THE POINT OF, UM, OKAY.
WELL, WELL BASICALLY BEFORE I STARTED SHOWING DATA, CAUSE I'M NOT GOING TO SHOW AGAIN, I'M NOT GOING TO GET INTO A LOT OF IT, BUT I WANTED TO PULL THE HOUSING RELATED CHARTS FOR YOU.
SO YOU COULD SEE KIND OF HOW DOES ALL THIS FIT IN TOGETHER.
UM, BUT THE COMPONENTS OF THE FRAMEWORK, ONE MORE SLIDE PLEASE.
UM, SO WHAT I SHARED IN THIS PARTICULAR POWERPOINT WAS JUST A FEW OF THE, OF THE DATA SLIDES, RIGHT? THAT SHOW, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT TYPES, LEVELS OF INEQUALITY IN DIFFERENT, UH, ISSUE AREAS.
BUT THE, UM, BUT THE RACE EQUITY ACTION FRAMEWORK IS MEANT TO ALSO BE A DATA.
UH, WHAT DO YOU CALL IT? AN ASSET MAP OF SORTS.
UM, AND IN FACT, IT STARTED OFF AS AN ASSET MAP AND THEN I HAD THIS NICE LIST OF A BUNCH OF NONPROFIT GROUPS AND IT REALLY SEEMED LIKE JUST A LONG LIST OF NONPROFIT GROUPS.
AND WE ALL KNOW AUSTIN HAS A BUNCH OF NONPROFIT GROUPS, RIGHT.
SO, UH, SO WE KINDA DECIDED, WELL, WHY DON'T WE COUPLE THE NEED, WHICH IS THE RACIAL DISPARITY WITH, UH, WHO'S WORKING ON THAT DISPARITY IN OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, FOR A COUPLE OF REASONS, YOU KNOW, WHEN FOR ONE REASON IS SO THAT IF YOU WANT TO WORK ON HOUSING INEQUALITY OR HEALTH INEQUALITY OR EDUCATION INEQUALITY, THEN YOU KNOW, WHO'S WORKING ON THAT AND YOU CAN PLUG IN TO THOSE EFFORTS, RIGHT.
OR YOU CAN SUPPORT THOSE EFFORTS.
AND ALSO WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE WORKING ON A PARTICULAR DISPARITY THAT SHOWS, WELL, THERE'S AN ARENA WHERE MAYBE WE SHOULD FOCUS MORE ATTENTION.
CAUSE THERE'S NOT ANY GROUPS OR AS MANY GROUPS AS THESE OTHER AREAS WORKING ON THOSE, UM, RACIAL DISPARITIES.
SO, UM, SO I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH ALL OF IT OF COURSE, BUT, UH, AND THERE'S A LOT MORE CHARTS IN THIS, IN THE ACTUAL FRAMEWORK ITSELF.
BUT IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT CHART AND MAYBE WHEN AFTER THAT.
AND SO THIS IS KIND OF SHOWING THE WEALTH DISPARITY AND AGAIN, WHAT THIS SHOWS IS, YOU KNOW, KIND OF GOING BACK AND I DON'T HAVE MY GLASSES.
SO HOWEVER MANY DECADES THAT SHOWS, RIGHT, IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WEALTH INEQUALITY IS STILL PRETTY, UH, STARK RIGHT THERE.
IT'S A 10 TIMES DIFFERENCE, RIGHT? WHEN YOU LOOK AT WEALTH FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS AND HISPANICS AND, UH, FOR WHITES IN THIS COUNTRY.
AND SO THAT HASN'T REALLY CHANGED A LOT.
UM, AND WE BRING THAT UP BECAUSE WHEN YOU LOOK AT, YOU KNOW,
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SORT OF, UH, DISPARITIES IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM, FOR INSTANCE, RIGHT, WE ALL KIND OF ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THERE IS SIGNIFICANT DISPARITY FOR PARTICULARLY AFRICAN-AMERICANS RIGHT IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.BUT THERE, WHAT WE FIND IS, AGAIN, THAT DISPARITY IS THREE OR FOUR TIMES, YOU KNOW, WHAT IT SHOULD BE.
YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, THERE, UH, AFRICAN-AMERICANS ARE OVERREPRESENTED IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM BY THREE OR FOUR TIMES, RIGHT.
BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT WEALTH INEQUALITY, IT'S 10 TIMES, RIGHT.
SO THAT'S A THOUSAND PERCENT, YOU KNOW? AND, UM, SO FOR ME, YOU KNOW, THE FACT THAT WE HAVE THESE KIND OF INDEPENDENT CONVERSATIONS, RIGHT.
ABOUT RACIAL EQUALITY AND WE IGNORE, I THINK WHAT I CALL THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM RIGHT, IS THAT, WELL, WE, WE DON'T JUST NEED TO LOOK AT HEALTH INEQUALITY AND EDUCATION INEQUALITY.
WE ALSO NEED TO LOOK AT WEALTH, INEQUALITY AND REPRESENTATION, YOU KNOW, IN CONGRESS AND, AND IN FORTUNE 500 COMPANY BOARDS, BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE YOU BUILD YOUR WEALTH AND YOUR POWER.
AND SO, UM, SO I THINK THAT'S PART OF WHY I THINK WEALTH IS VERY IMPORTANT.
YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE AND YOU KIND OF SEE, UM, AGAIN HAS MORE, UH, MORE ON THE RACIAL WEALTH DIVIDE.
I THINK THAT'S, UM, THIS IS, UH, MAYBE ONE MORE, AND THIS IS THE REPRESENTATION OF PEOPLE OF COLOR IN CONGRESS, RIGHT? SO YOU SEE THAT SINCE, UM, YOU KNOW, IN THE LAST 30 OR 40 YEARS, YOU DO SEE AN INCREASE IN PEOPLE OF COLOR IN CONGRESS, BUT IT'S STILL WHAT, 20% OF THE OVERALL SEATS IN CONGRESS.
AND THIS IS IN, IN, IN DC, NOT, NOT, NOT IN TEXAS.
UM, BUT YOU SEE THAT AGAIN, YOU KNOW, THERE'S STILL NOT, THOSE PERSPECTIVES ARE NOT YET REPRESENTED RIGHT.
IN, UM, IN THESE HALLS OF POWER.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE SENATE, IT'S EVEN LESS DIVERSE, YOU KNOW, THE U S SENATE.
AND IF YOU GO ONE MORE, UH, THEN THAT'S, UM, THAT JUST SHOWS A KIND OF RACIAL COMPOSITION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OR THE, WHAT DO YOU CALL THAT? I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT TO CALL THE, THE BOARD, UH, OF, OF, UH, FOR-PROFIT COMPANIES.
UH, BUT YOU SEE THAT AGAIN, THE REPRESENTATION, YOU KNOW, OF SPANISH AND AFRICAN-AMERICANS AND ASIANS, RIGHT.
UM, AND SO, AND I'LL JUST GO, LET'S SEE, AND I'LL JUST END THERE AND JUST KIND OF TRY TO CONNECT THE DOTS.
RIGHT? CAUSE AGAIN, THIS IS VERY, UH, UM, GRANULAR, YOU KNOW, TYPE STUFF BE DONE, BUT ONE THING, UM, YOU KNOW, ONE THING THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THE REASON THE POWER AND INFLUENCE IS IMPORTANT, RIGHT? BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE PERSPECTIVES, RIGHT, IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE FOLKS PASSING LAWS THAT ARE LOOKING AT EQUALITY, RIGHT.
WHETHER IT'S WEALTH EQUALITY, OR, YOU KNOW, QUALITY IN TERMS OF HEALTH OR EDUCATION OR ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY, THEN THE OUTCOMES ARE NOT LIKELY TO CHANGE.
IF YOU DON'T HAVE THOSE CHAMPIONS, YOU KNOW, BUT ALSO, YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS SAY I'M ON THE EDUCATION SIDE.
YOU KNOW, WHEN, WHEN I GO TO THESE RACE EQUITY, UM, TRAININGS, RIGHT.
YOU KNOW, A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE ALWAYS DEFAULT TO, WE NEED TO FIX THE EDUCATION SYSTEM.
THAT'S ALWAYS LIKE THE SOLUTION AND NOBODY REALLY QUICKLY QUESTIONS IT CAUSE EVERYBODY KNOWS.
WE NEED, WE HAVE SOME WORK TO DO AND THE EDUCATION SYSTEM.
UM, BUT WHAT I ALWAYS SAY AS WELL, YOU KNOW, THAT MEANS, YOU'RE SAYING WE SHOULD WAIT ANOTHER 15 OR 20 YEARS TO SEE SOME IMPROVEMENT.
CAUSE IF WE'RE FIXING THE EDUCATION SYSTEM, THAT MEANS WE'RE KIND OF GIVING UP ON THE CURRENT, YOU KNOW, FOLKS WHO ARE STRUGGLING RIGHT.
BECAUSE OF SYSTEMIC INEQUALITY.
SO I DO THINK THAT THAT'S, UM, AGAIN, ANOTHER REASON TO KIND OF LOOK AT THIS HOLISTICALLY AND THEN FINALLY I THINK, UM, WHEN ARENA, WHERE, UM, AND WE HAVE MADE SOME GAINS RIGHT.
IN THE EDUCATION SYSTEM, YOU KNOW, BUT, UH, I THINK THAT ONE AREA WHERE WE HAVEN'T SEEN THE GAPS CLOSE IS IN, UM, COLLEGE ATTAINMENT, RIGHT.
UH, HIGHER EDUCATION ATTAINMENT.
UM, AND AGAIN, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE LOOK AT IS, WELL, IF WE'RE GOING TO BUILD WEALTH AND POWER, WE NEED TO SEE YOU.
YOU KNOW, THAT EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT GO UP, YOU KNOW, NOT JUST FOR HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION, ALSO FOR COLLEGE ATTAINMENT.
UM, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS WE SEE AGAIN, YOU KNOW, WITH, UH, WITH PUBLIC POLICY, AGAIN, GOING BACK TO WHO CONTROLS, RIGHT, WHO CONTROLS THE POLICIES OF THE LAWS BEING MADE IS THAT IF WE'RE CUTTING MONEY TO PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES AND THE TUITION GOES UP RIGHT.
AND THAT ACTUALLY REDUCES THE PERCENTAGE OF, UH, OF PEOPLE OF COLOR WHO ENROLL.
AND IF, AND IF IT'S MORE EXPENSIVE TO GO TO COLLEGE WILL THEN STUDENTS ARE EARNING MORE DEBT, RIGHT.
SO THEY'RE GETTING OUT OF THE, THEY MIGHT GET THEIR COLLEGE DEGREE, BUT THEN THEY HAVE ALL THIS DEBT AND THEY REALLY CAN'T SEE KIND OF THE FRUITS OF, OR THE BENEFITS OF EVEN HAVING THAT EDUCATION, YOU KNOW, FOR 10, 20 YEARS DOWN THE ROAD, BECAUSE THEY'RE TRYING TO PAY THIS OFF, BUT THOSE ARE ALL PUBLIC POLICY DECISIONS, RIGHT.
SO WE REALLY KIND OF LOOKED AT HOW DO
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WE DEAL WITH THIS CONCENTRATED WEALTH AND POWER CHALLENGE THEN ALL OF THESE WOULD BE SEEN AS MORE IMPORTANT, YOU KNOW, NOT JUST THE BASIC NEEDS ONES, WHICH WE ALL AGREE WE NEED TO ADDRESS, BUT ALSO THESE ONES WHERE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT ADDRESSING WEALTH AND POWER, AND I'LL JUST KIND OF END BY, YOU KNOW, I, YOU KNOW, I'M ALWAYS BEEN A, YOU KNOW, EAST SIDE ADVOCATE, RIGHT.FOR A, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO KIND OF HELP FAMILIES WHO ARE AT RISK OF DISPLACEMENT.
WHICH IS MORE OF A, HOW DO WE, YOU KNOW, AND THEN, AND THE FOLKS WE TEND TO HAVE ADVOCATED FOR OUR HOMEOWNERS.
AND I KNOW WE'VE DEBATED IN OUR COMMUNITY A LOT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, SUPPORT FOR HOMEOWNERS, THAT RATE OF DISPLACEMENT VERSUS RENTERS, YOU KNOW? AND SO, AND SO I THINK FOR ME, THAT'S WHY I ALWAYS BRING HOME OWNERSHIP, UH, AS IT'S STILL IMPORTANT TO PRESERVE HOME OWNERSHIP AND PROMOTE HOME OWNERSHIP, BECAUSE THAT IS A PATHWAY TO BUILD WEALTH AND TO, YOU KNOW, KIND OF GET, GET TO A POINT WHERE YOU'RE THRIVING AND NOT JUST SURVIVING.
UM, SO I DO THINK THAT, UM, IT DOES TIE IN, YOU KNOW, EDUCATION, RIGHT WITH HOUSING AND, YOU KNOW, ADDRESSING BASIC NEEDS, UM, AND EVEN HEALTH EQUITY.
YOU KNOW, WHAT WE SAW DURING THE PANDEMIC IS IF YOU, IF YOU'RE SICK, YOU CAN'T WORK.
AND IF YOU, IF YOU'RE NOT WORKING, THEN YOU CAN'T MAKE MONEY AND YOUR HOUSING IS PUT AT RISK.
AND WHAT DOES THAT DO? WELL, THAT CREATES THIS VERY STRESSFUL SITUATION THAT MESSES WITH YOUR MENTAL HEALTH, RIGHT.
WHICH, AND WE KNOW MENTAL HEALTH DOESN'T GET THE RESOURCES IT DESERVES, RIGHT.
OR IT REQUIRES IN OUR, IN, IN OUR SOCIETY.
SO I DO THINK ALL OF THESE THINGS ARE INTERRELATED AND THAT'S WHAT WE TRY TO DO WITH THIS IS KIND OF SHOW, YOU KNOW, HOW WE COULD CONNECT THE DOTS, BECAUSE IF WE CAN SHOW A DISPARITY AND ALL THESE ARENAS, AND IT CAN'T BE BY CHANCE, RIGHT.
YOU KNOW, IF WE CAN SHOW IT IN ALL THESE DIFFERENT WAYS THEN, UM, AND I THINK MAYBE, UM, THAT HELPS PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND, RIGHT.
WHY, UH, YOU, WE CALL IT SYSTEMIC INEQUITIES, RIGHT.
UM, BUT ALSO THAT, UH, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, WITH THE, UM, HIGHLIGHTING PEOPLE WHO WERE WORKING FOR RACIAL EQUALITY, IT ALSO SHOWS THAT WE ARE COMMITTED COMMUNITY, RIGHT.
A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO CARE ABOUT EQUITY THAT ARE BUSTING THEIR BEHINDS TO ACTUALLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR FAMILIES, UM, AND TO ADDRESS THESE CHALLENGES.
AND, UM, AND THAT IT'S EASIER TO PLUG IN RIGHT.
TO, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THOSE EFFORTS THAN TO TRY TO, AGAIN, YOU YOURSELF, FIGURE OUT HOW AM I, HOW ARE WE GOING TO FIX RACIAL INEQUALITY, WRITER, INSTITUTIONAL RACISM, UM, WHEREAS WHERE THERE'S ALREADY A LOT OF FOLKS WORKING IN A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT ARENAS THAT YOU CAN PLUG INTO, OR YOU COULD SUPPORT RIGHT.
WRITE A CHECK OR VOLUNTEER OR SERVE ON A BOARD.
SO THAT'S KIND OF THE SPIRIT OF WHY WE CREATED THIS.
AND, UM, AND I THINK IT'S, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD A GOOD RESPONSE TO IT.
YOU KNOW, IT'S VERY DENSE TO GET THROUGH IN 15, 20 MINUTES, BUT, UM, UM, BUT I DIDN'T WANT TO SHARE IT.
AND JUST SO YOU KNOW, IT'S OUT THERE AND IF YOU EVER WANT TO KNOW, WELL, WHO IS WORKING AROUND HOUSING, OR WHO'S WORKING ON EDUCATION EQUITY OR CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM OR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT'S, UH, FOR ME, IN A WAY IT WAS VERY, UH, UH, INSPIRING JUST TO SEE JUST HOW, UH, HOW ACTIVE AND COMMITTED OUR COMMUNITY IS EQUITY.
WE STILL HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO, BUT, UH, I DO THINK, UM, THAT THAT WAS, I THINK KIND OF, UH, SOMETHING, UH, VERY FRUITFUL RIGHT OUT OF THE WHOLE PROCESS.
I KNOW IT'S A LOT TO DIGEST, BUT, UH, I DO THINK, UM, YOU KNOW, WITH YOUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FOCUS, UM, THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT KIND OF OVERLAP, YOU KNOW, IN A CROSS SECTOR SORT OF, YOU KNOW, WAY OF LOOKING AT THESE CHALLENGES, FOR SURE.
I THINK, UH, THESE INDICATORS ARE APPLICABLE TO ALL OF OUR WORK.
UH, AND YOU KNOW, I CAN RECALL AT LEAST FOR THE LAST DECADE HAVING, UH, LOOKED AT AND USING, UH, HAVING BEEN USING CANS DASHBOARDS, UM, TO ORIENT, UH, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICE WORK IN THE NONPROFIT WORLD AND, UH, AND THE, AND THE PUBLIC SECTOR WORLD.
UM, AND WITH THAT SAID, UH, THANKS FOR, YOU KNOW, BEING SUCH A STALWART AND MAKING SURE THAT THESE INDICATORS ARE AVAILABLE TO EVERYBODY, UH, AND REFRESHED AND ADAPTED PER THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF PLATFORMS THAT ARE APPLICABLE AS THE YEARS GO BY.
UM, THIS THING USED TO BE A THICK, UH, UH, PAPER, UH, REPORT AS WELL, INDEPENDENTLY.
I GOT REAL SMOOTH VARIETY OF THE, UH, OF THE DASHBOARD.
IT'S, IT'S REALLY CLEAN ONLINE.
I, UM, I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION, BUT, UH, IT'S NOT BURNING.
AND SO IF ANYBODY ON THE, ON THE COMMISSION, UH, HAS ANY QUESTIONS I'D LIKE TO OPEN UP THE FLOOR TO Y'ALL FIRST? I THINK JUST ONE LAST POINT, I'LL SAY, I MEAN, IT IS, WE HAVE TRIED TO PULL DATA
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FROM KIND OF RECENT, YOU KNOW, SOURCES OF THAT INFORMATION, YOU KNOW? UM, SO IT IS AGAIN, A PLACE TO GO TO ALSO FOR KIND OF RESEARCH, YOU KNOW, REPORTS AND DATA REPORTS, RIGHT.THAT HAVE MORE RECENT INFORMATION BECAUSE THIS STUFF GETS DATED PRETTY QUICK.
AND CAN YOU REALLY TRUST SOMETHING THAT'S FIVE YEARS OLD, RIGHT.
BUT SO WE KIND OF GO AND START KIND OF SCRUBBING, YOU KNOW, THE, THE INTERNET LOOKING FOR, YOU KNOW, MORE RECENT SOURCES AGAIN, THAT OTHER NONPROFITS, YOU KNOW, COULD USE IN THEIR RESEARCH AND IN THEIR WORK, YOU KNOW, FOR SURE.
I RECOMMEND EVERYBODY VISIT THE, UM, CAN T X.ORG WEBSITE.
AND, UH, UM, COULD WE, UH, POSSIBLY, UH, SEE THE, THE OTHER PARTICIPANTS IN CASE ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? OKAY.
I HOPE, UH, IS YOUR POPULATION BASED ON THE CITY POPULATION OR THE COUNTY OR SOMETHING LARGER? YEAH, THE, THE DASHBOARD ITSELF IS KIND OF, UH, LOOKS AT COUNTY COUNTY-LEVEL DATA.
UM, BUT WE DO PULL, UM, INFORMATION FOR CITY KIND OF MSA STATE AND FEDERAL.
AND THEN THIS IS WHERE THE CAN DASHBOARD, RIGHT.
FOR THE RACE EQUITY ACTION FRAMEWORK.
WE'RE JUST TRYING TO LOOK AT WHO'S OUT THERE, LIKE RESEARCHING INFORMATION AT THE NATIONAL AND STATE LEVEL.
AND WE MAY NOT HAVE LOCAL DATA RIGHT.
FOR THE RACE EQUITY FRAMEWORK FEES, BUT FOR THE, UH, FOR THE CAN DASHBOARD, WE DO LOOK AT TRAVIS COUNTY LEVEL DATA.
DO YOU HAVE CHARTS THAT COMPARE THE INCOME LEVEL OF THE DIFFERENT CENSUS TRACKS? LIKE A MAP THAT SHOWS THIS ONE IS THIS INCOME AND THAT ONE GOOD, BAD INCOME.
EVERY YEAR WE, UM, WE DO, UH, A MAP, UM, THAT LOOKS AT, BY CENSUS TRACK, RIGHT.
UM, AND I THINK ONE YEAR WE DO A MAP OF LOW-INCOME INDIVIDUALS OR HOUSEHOLDS, AND THEN THE NEXT YEAR WE DO POVERTY.
WHICH IS LOW INCOME IS 200% OF POVERTY.
UM, BUT I WILL NOTE, UM, SO I THINK, I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT MATT WE'RE GOING TO PUBLISH THIS YEAR, BUT EVERY YEAR WE UPDATE EITHER ONE OF THOSE, RIGHT.
EITHER A MAP SHOWING KIND OF THE DISTRIBUTION OF LOW-INCOME, UH, CENSUS TRACKS OR WHERE THERE'S HIGHER CONCENTRATION OF, OF, UH, LOW INCOME INDIVIDUALS OR POVERTY.
UM, SO EVERY YEAR WE DO ONE OR THE OTHER, AND THAT SHOULD BE IN THE DRILL DOWN DEMOGRAPHIC SECTION OF THE DASHBOARD.
BUT I WILL NOTE THAT CHILDREN'S OPTIMAL HEALTH, I THINK DURING THE PANDEMIC KIND OF CREATED, UH, A MAPPING TOOL, RIGHT.
FOR THE 2, 1, 1 DATA, WHICH WAS VERY HELPFUL IN TERMS OF MORE REAL TIME SORT OF AREAS OF NEED THAT WERE EMERGING DURING THE PANDEMIC, BUT I'M PRETTY SURE THEY ADDED LIKE A, AND THEY ADDED A FEATURE WHERE YOU COULD LOOK AT DEMOGRAPHICS ALSO.
YOU KNOW, I, I WANT TO SAY IT'S ZIP CODE BECAUSE THAT'S HOW THEY REPORTED THE 3, 1, 1 DATA.
I MEAN, THE 2, 1, 1 DATA, WHICH WAS TWO TO ONE, WHAT IS UNITED WAY.
SO, UH, SO I'M HAPPY TO SHARE THAT WEBSITE WITH YOU IF YOU WANT TO KIND OF LOOK AT, UM, AND, UM, BUT WE USUALLY DO ONE STATIC MAP.
WE HAVEN'T FIGURED OUT HOW DO WE MAKE THESE INTERACTIVE, WHERE YOU CAN LIKE CLICK ON EACH CENSUS TRACK AND GET A WHOLE BUNCH OF INFORMATION ON EACH CENSUS TRACK.
BUT, UH, WE STILL DO THE PRETTY MAPS THAT STAY THE SAME JUST FOR A WHOLE YEAR, WHICH WILL GET US A WEBSITE.
IT'S C O H T X, OR YOU TOOK HIM TO CHILDREN'S OPTIMAL HEALTH, ONE
AND I THINK, YEAH, THERE'S STILL UPDATE THAT THE TWO, ONE, ONE CALL DATA, WHICH AGAIN, I THINK IT'S VERY USEFUL.
YOU KIND OF GET OUT AHEAD OF THE NEED BEFORE YOU KIND OF REALIZE BEFORE, YOU KNOW, INSTEAD OF WAITING FOR WHEN, UH, WHEN, UH, THE CASES SPIKE IN A PARTICULAR ZIP CODE.
YOU KNOW, YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE BY THE CALLS TO 2, 1, 1 FOR HEALTH RELATED ASSISTANCE, UH, YOU CAN ALMOST SEE THE SPIKES BEFORE THEY EVEN KIND OF HAPPENED.
YOU KNOW, UM, BEFORE THEY GET TO THE CLINICS OR THE HOSPITALS.
DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I'M GOING TO ASK A QUESTION.
WELL, WHAT WOULD YOU SAY WOULD BE OUR CALL TO ACTION AS A BOARD HERE? UH, IT SEEMS LIKE YOU'VE GIVEN SOME GUIDANCE.
I THINK IT'S APPLICABLE THAT, YOU KNOW, HEY, HOUSING KIND OF TALLY TIES ALL OF THIS TOGETHER, ESPECIALLY WITH ALL THE OTHER SOCIAL HEALTH DETERMINANTS OF EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, ACCESS TO THE RESOURCES YOU NEED TO BE ABLE TO SURVIVE, PARTICIPATE, AND THEN POTENTIALLY THRIVES THAT, UH, IN, IN AS MUCH AS BEING ABLE TO PURCHASE AN APPRECIATING ASSET THAT CAN BUILD WEALTH OVER GENERATIONS.
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I THINK THAT'S THE SECRET SAUCE.AND WOULD YOU S WOULD YOU THEN, ARE YOU, ARE YOU TELLING US THAT, HEY, MAKE SURE YOU'RE GETTING FOLKS INTO OPPORTUNITIES, UH, FOR, UH, TO PURCHASE HOUSING.
IS THAT, IS THAT WHAT WE'RE HEARING FROM YOU OR ARE WE HEARING FROM YOU, HEY, MAKE SURE, YOU KNOW, THE, ONE OF THE BEST WAYS TO COM COMBAT SYSTEMIC EQUITY, UH, OUTSIDE OF, OF COURSE, SYSTEMIC INTERVENTIONS, ONE OF THE BEST WAYS TO MITIGATE, I GUESS, THE RESULTS IS TO, IS TO GET PEOPLE INTO SITUATIONS WHERE WE ARE MITIGATING FALLOUT FROM EDUCATIONAL, UH, CHALLENGES, OR FROM TRAINING CHALLENGES OR FROM EMPLOYMENT CHALLENGES.
WHAT, WHAT, WHAT WOULD YOU SAY YOU'RE, YOU'RE GUIDING THIS BOARD TO DO, WE'RE NOT GUIDING, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? YEAH, NO, NO.
I THINK, UM, YOU KNOW, DURING THE PANDEMIC, YOU KNOW, THE DATA REALLY SHOWED THAT WE NEED TO TAKE A BIT OF A PLACE-BASED APPROACH, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THERE WERE CLEARLY IN THE COMMUNITY RIGHT.
UM, BUT I DON'T THINK WE HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE AGAIN, IT'S TO SERVE THESE AT A HIGH NEED, LOW UNDER-RESOURCED COMMUNITIES.
UM, AND THEN LOOKING AT SORT OF WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE RESILIENCY HUBS AND EVEN WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THIS ANTI-DISPLACEMENT FUNDS.
I THINK WE'RE GONNA, THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY LOOK AT SERVING SOME OF THESE SORT OF HIGH NEED UNDER-RESOURCED AREAS, MORE HOLISTICALLY, RIGHT.
LOOKING AT IT FROM A RESILIENCE, RESILIENCY POINT OF VIEW, BUT ALSO AN ANTI-DISPLACEMENT POINT OF VIEW.
AND SO I CERTAINLY WOULD ENCOURAGE FOLKS TO KIND OF LOOK AT HOW THOSE INTERSECT RIGHT.
IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, DEVELOPING, YOU KNOW, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, RIGHT.
IN THESE PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WHO HAVE HIGH RISK OF DISPLACEMENT IS THE WAY I KIND OF, THAT'S ONE OF THE AREAS I WORK ON A LOT.
UM, BUT, UM, AND THEN I DO THINK, UM, UM, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, THE TWO GEN RIGHT.
KIND OF APPROACH AND, YOU KNOW, ASSET, UH, THAT'S HOW WE KIND OF INCLUDED THE COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP AND BUILDING SOCIAL CAPITAL.
YOU KNOW, SOME OF THESE THINGS ARE ACTUALLY, UM, THE RESEARCH SHOWS THEY'RE EFFECTIVE.
YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, UM, COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES AND SOCIAL OPPORTUNITIES TO, UM, CREATE SOCIAL CAPITAL, THAT DOESN'T REQUIRE AS MUCH INVESTMENT, BUT ACTUALLY HAS AN IMPACT ON THE LIVES OF, OF INDIVIDUALS.
YOU KNOW? UM, AND SO, UM, SO IT'S KIND OF NOT JUST PUTTING ALL OUR EGGS IN SORT OF THE EDUCATION BASKET OR FIGHTING OBESITY BASKET.
BUT LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, UM, LOOKING AT, UM, MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY MORE HOLISTICALLY AS, AS, UM, FOLKS WHO CAN CONTRIBUTE RIGHT.
TO OUR COMMUNITY AS MUCH AS WHO NEED HELP.
AND, UH, UM, SO I DO THINK THAT'S SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, IN THE RESEARCH THAT WE'VE DONE KIND OF SHOWS THAT GET EVEN AFTERSCHOOL OPPORTUNITIES, RIGHT.
YOU KNOW, THE IMPACT IT HAS ON THE LIVES OF YOUNG PEOPLE WHO WERE INVOLVED WITH OUT OF SCHOOL TIME OPPORTUNITIES.
DO WE HAVE ENOUGH OF THAT HAPPENING? UM, BUT, UM, I DO THINK THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS TO LOOK AT JUST FROM THE FRAMEWORK ITSELF.
I THINK DURING THE PANDEMIC, YOU KNOW, IT BECAME CLEAR THAT CHILDCARE IS CRITICAL RESOURCES ACROSS THE BOARD.
AND, UM, I'M NOT SAYING THAT JUST BECAUSE I SERVE ON THE EARLY CHILDHOOD COUNCIL, BUT, UH, UH, I THINK CATHY MCMORRIS MIGHT, UH, MIGHT CASTIGATE ME IF I DIDN'T MENTION EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION, NEVER HEARD OF HER, BUT, UH, BUT AGAIN, I DO THINK AGAIN, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY, IT'S, IT'S REALLY BECOME CLEAR THAT, UH, QUALITY CHILDCARE ACCESS TO QUALITY AFFORDABLE CHILDCARE IS, IS AGAIN, WE KNOW IT'S EVEN BIGGER OF A NEED THAN WE THOUGHT IT WAS BEFORE.
AND WE KNEW IT WAS A BIG ISSUE KIND OF BEFORE THE PANDEMIC, TOO.
UH, THANKS FOR SHARING THE FRAMEWORK WITH US AND FOR YOUR WORK.
AND, UM, THE, FOR KANSAS CONTINUED WORK IN MAINTAINING THE DASHBOARD THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, SETS A LOCAL SORT OF LENS ON HOW WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO APPROACH, UH, ADDRESSING, UH, OR ADDRESSING, UH, INDICATORS IN THIS FRAMEWORK THAT ARE LESS THAN OFF.
AND WE'LL HAVE A, WE JUST DID OUR FIRST SERIES OF TRAININGS AROUND THE FRAMEWORK KIND OF A ONCE A WEEK WHEN OUR SORT OF, UM, LOOK AT SORT OF THE FRAMEWORK.
UM, AND SO WE'LL PROBABLY DO AT LEAST ONE IN THE FALL AND ONE IN THE SPRING, BUT OF COURSE WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO IT ON DEMAND.
IF PEOPLE HAVE A GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT WANTS TO KIND OF TAKE A DEEPER DIVE INTO THE FRAMEWORK AND LOOK AT, UM, WHAT ARE, WHAT ARENAS THEY MIGHT WANT TO LOOK INTO, IF THE PRICE IS RIGHT, WE MIGHT LIKE TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT LIVE A YEAR FOR THIS BODY, BUT THAT WOULD BE AT THE LEISURE OF THE ENTIRE BODY.
AND WE'D HAVE TO PROBABLY TALK ABOUT THAT AS A GROUP, UH, FIRST, BUT
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THANKS SO MUCH.SO WE'RE HERE, WE'RE HERE TO HELP.
AND SORRY, IT TOOK MORE THAN 15 MINUTES.
UH, I THINK YOU HAD PRESENTATION TIME AND PLENTY OF TIME FOR QUESTIONS.
[5. Presentation by HPD staff on the Housing Programs Quarterly Report (James May & Letitia Brown, Housing and Planning Department)]
WE'LL MOVE TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM, UH, WHICH IS A PRESENTATION BY HPD STAFF.UM, ON THE HOUSING PROGRAMS, QUARTERLY REPORT, WE HAVE JAMIE MAE AND LATISHA BROWN WITH HP WITH HOUSING AND PLANNING.
THIS IS JAMIE MAY THE HOUSING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT OFFICER OR THE HOUSING PLANNING DEPARTMENT, LETICIA BROWN WITH UNABLE TO JOIN US THIS EVENING.
UM, SHE SENDS HER REGRETS, UM, THE AGENDA ITEM THIS EVENING, UH, THAT I'D LEAVE THAT I ALWAYS SPEAKING TO IS A, UH, AN UPDATE ON OUR HOUSING PROGRAM PRODUCTION.
UM, WE'LL GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
I WONDER IF I HAVE CONTROL OR NO, I GUESS NOT.
UH, THIS IS THE AB TECH, UM, CONTROLLING A BED IF YOU WANT TO CONTROL IT AND I CAN GIVE YOU PRIVILEGES IF THAT'S WHY YOU PREFER.
ALL I DO, UH, PLUS NEXT SLIDE.
UH, SO HERE'S OUR PRODUCTION SUMMARY FROM, UH, OCTOBER THROUGH MAY.
UH, THESE NUMBERS ARE ONLY REPRESENTATIVE THROUGH MAY, UH, AS, UH, JUNE ONLY ENDED, UH, LESS THAN TWO WEEKS AGO.
WE'RE STILL COMPILING THAT DATA AND CLEANING IT UP.
SO WE SHOULD HAVE THAT INFORMATION BY THE END OF JULY.
UH, WE RUN THAT A MONTH BEHIND ON ALL OF OUR DATA, UH, REPORTING.
UM, BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, UH, WE ARE, UH, MEETING GOALS ON SOME OF THE PROJECTS.
UH, SOME OF THE GOALS WE ARE, UH, UM, MAKING PROGRESS AND ON SOME, UH, THERE ARE, UH, ZERO PRODUCTION.
UH, I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THOSE ZERO AFFECTION NUMBERS, JUST TO EXPLAIN THEM A LITTLE BIT, UM, THE, UH, PUBLIC FACILITIES, UH, LOW BARRIER, PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, THOSE, UH, UH, UM, NUMBERS HAVE BEEN ZEROED OUT, UH, DUE TO, UM, UH, CONTRACTING, UH, UH, CHALLENGES, UH, AS YOU CAN SEE IN UNDER TENANT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE, UH, WE HAVE 147% OF OUR GOAL.
UH, HOWEVER, THE LOW BARRIER PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING IS AT 24 DAYS 24 UNITS AT 0%.
AGAIN, THAT'S, UH, UM, UH, CONTRACTING ISSUES, UH, FINDING, UH, INDIVIDUALS OR NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS THAT CAN SERVE THOSE, UH, SERVE THAT GOAL AND, UH, PROVIDE THAT SERVICE WHILE EXPANDING THOSE FUNDS.
UM, ONE OTHER AREA I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT IS THE RENT PROGRAM DOWN AT THE BOTTOM WHERE WE GET RENT 2.0 3.0.
UH, AS YOU RECALL, THOSE PROGRAMS WERE FUNDED BY, UM, ONE TIME FUNDING SOURCES.
SO THE RENT 2.0 WAS CDBG DASH C V DOLLARS.
UH, THOSE DOLLARS WERE EXPENDED, UH, AND, UH, THOSE, UH, SERVICES WERE PROVIDED, HOWEVER THAT, UH, UH, YEAR TO DATE SERVICES AS THOSE NUMBERS HA AS THOSE DOLLARS HAVE BEEN EXPENDED, WE DO NOT EXPECT ANY MORE PRODUCTION OUT OF THAT.
UH, THIS IS, AGAIN, THIS IS A MID-YEAR REPORT.
SO, UH, ONCE WE GET TO THE END OF THE YEAR REPORT, WE'LL HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE, WE'LL HAVE THIS CLEANED UP A LITTLE BIT MORE.
THANK YOU AGAIN, THIS IS A, UH, THIS IS JUST PAGE TWO OF OUR NORMAL PRODUCTION SUMMARY REPORT.
UM, AND, UH, I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE, UH, HOMEOWNER ASSISTANCE LOCK.
THAT'S THE SECOND BLOCK, UH, THAT YOU SEE, UM, THESE CONTRACTS, UH, WERE RECENTLY, UH, TRANSFERRED TO NONPROFIT ENTITIES IN NOVEMBER.
WE ASKED COUNCIL, UH, OR IN NOVEMBER, WE, UH, UH, ISSUED A ID IQ OR A, UH, NOTICE OF FUNDING OPPORTUNITY FOR A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS TO PROVIDE THIS SERVICE FOR US.
WE HAD BEEN MANAGING THOSE APPLICATIONS PRIOR, UM, AND, UH, FILTERING OUT THE APPLICATIONS TO VARIOUS NONPROFITS.
WE KIND OF SHIFTED THAT PROGRAM A LITTLE BIT SO THAT THE NONPROFITS ACTUALLY TAKE THE APPLICATIONS, UM, AND VET THE APPLICANTS AND THEN PROVIDE THE SERVICE.
UH, THOSE CONTRACTS WERE ACTUALLY NOT SIGNED UNTIL FEBRUARY.
SO THOSE NUMBERS ARE GOING TO BE A LITTLE DEFLATED.
UM, THEY ARE CURRENTLY IN PROGRESS AND WORKING TOWARD ACHIEVING THE GOALS, UH, FOR ALL OF THOSE PROGRAMS. UH, THOSE CONTRACTS ARE 20 MONTH CONTRACTS, SO THEY MIGHT BE A LITTLE BEHIND, UH, HOWEVER, UH, WE DO EXPECT THEM TO BE PRODUCTIVE AND TO, UH, IF NOT ACHIEVE THE GOAL OF THIS FISCAL YEAR, THEN DEFINITELY SHOW PROGRESS AND ACHIEVE THE GOAL FOR NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
UM, I ALSO WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT, UH, THE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS. UH, THOSE ARE THE ART RENTAL HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE AND THE OWNERSHIP HOUSING DEVELOPMENT
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ASSISTANCE.YOU'LL SEE THAT BOTH OF THOSE LINES HAVE ACTUAL ACTUALLY HAVE TWO LINE ITEMS. UH, THE FIRST RENTAL HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE LINE ITEM IS FOR FEDERALLY FUNDED PROGRAMS. WHEREAS THE RHD H G O BONDS LINE ITEM IS FOR ALL OTHER FUNDS, NOT JUST GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, BUT ALSO HOUSING TRUST FUND, ANY NON-FEDERAL FUND WOULD FALL INTO THAT CATEGORY.
UH, AS YOU CAN SEE, BOTH OF THOSE PROGRAMS ARE, UH, ACHIEVING THEIR GOALS, UH, WHILE THE OHD H G O BONDS, UH, HAS, UH, PRODUCED 16 TOTAL UNITS FOR A GOAL OF SIX.
UH, WE WERE NOT ABLE TO ACHIEVE THE SAME LEVEL OF PRODUCTIVITY WITH OUR HOME FUNDS THROUGH THAT OHD PROGRAM.
UH, SO COMBINING THE TWO LINE ITEMS WE HAVE ACHIEVED THE GOAL, IT'S JUST THE FUNDING SOURCE WAS A LITTLE MUDDLED.
WE'LL GO TO THE NEXT LINE OR THE NEXT SLIDE.
AND RATHER THAN GOING THROUGH ALL OF THESE NUMBERS IN MORE IN DEEP DETAIL, I'D LIKE TO, UH, PROVIDE YOU ALL WITH THE TOOL, UM, TEACH A MAN TO FISH.
HE EATS FOR A LIFE THAT, UM, GIVE THEM A FISH CHEESE FOR A DAY.
SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN, WE CAN STITCH FOR A LIFETIME WITH THIS.
UM, FIRST I'D LIKE TO START OUT ON OUR, OUR HOMEPAGE.
THIS IS, UH, THE HOUSING AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT HOMEPAGE.
UH, THE URL IS CIRCLED AT THE TOP.
UM, AND WHEN YOU'RE ON THAT HOMEPAGE, IF YOU CLICK ON THE ABOUT BUTTON AND AS THE RED ARROW, UH, NOTES, THAT'LL TAKE YOU TO THE NEXT PAGE.
SO WE'LL GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE THAT ABOUT BUTTON, UH, LEADS YOU TO OUR, ABOUT PAGE, ABOUT HOUSING AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT, WHERE YOU CAN LEARN ABOUT OUR MISSION, OUR GOALS, UM, WHO WON, WHO IS ON OUR TEAM AND WHO WE HELP.
UH, AND THAT'S REALLY WHERE WE'RE GOING TO FIND MOST OF THE DATA FOR OUR PROGRAM DELIVERY.
UH, SO WE'RE GOING TO CLICK ON THAT, WHO WE HELP BUTTON AND GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, SORRY.
UH, SO THAT, UH, OPENS UP THAT DROPS DOWN, UH, TO SHOW THIS WHO DOES THE HOUSING AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT HELP, UH, THIS, UH, PAGE, THIS LITTLE DROPDOWN FROM THAT, UH, ABOUT PAGE AS A HOTLINK, UH, IN THE BLUE TEXT, UH, THAT CAN LEAD TO THE, UH, HPDS PROGRAM RECIPIENTS DASHBOARD.
UH, YOU CAN CLICK ON THAT, UH, ON THAT BLUE TITLE.
UH, LET'S GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
YOU CAN ALSO CLICK ON THE BLUE TITLE BELOW THE GRAPHIC, OR YOU CAN CLICK ON THE GRAPHIC, UH, PRETTY MUCH ANYWHERE IN THIS IMAGE, UH, WILL LEAD YOU TO THIS.
UH, THIS WAS PRESENTED IN SEPTEMBER OF LAST YEAR, UM, AND YOU CAN MILE, UH, WALKED THROUGH SOME OF OUR METRICS AND HOW THEY ARE PRESENTED, UH, WITH NOTE THAT THIS WOULD BE LIVE SOON.
SO YOU CAN GO ONTO THE HOUSING PLANNING DEPARTMENT WEBSITE AND ACCESS THIS, UH, THIS DASHBOARD.
AND JUST THE WAY THEY'RE GONNA SHOW YOU NOW, THE, UH, THE DASHBOARD ACTUALLY HAS THREE PAGES.
UH, THIS PURSE PAGE IS, UH, CHOSE THE PROGRAM INCOME, UH, PROGRAM RECIPIENTS INCOME, UH, BREAKDOWN, AS YOU CAN SEE FOR ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS ACROSS THE ENTIRE DEPARTMENT, UH, WE HAVE, UH, FOCUSED PRIMARILY ON THE ZERO TO 30% MFI WITH, UM, THE MAJORITY OF OUR SERVICES BEING PROVIDED TO THAT INCOME BRACKET.
UM, AND THEN IT KIND OF TAPERS UP FROM THERE WITH A, UM, VERY FEW OF OUR SERVICES, ONLY SIX HOUSEHOLDS BEING SERVED IN THAT 80% MFI AND ABOVE, UH, CATEGORY.
LET'S GO TO THE NEXT PAGE BY CLICKING ON THE ARROW DOWN BELOW.
UH, YOU CAN SEE THAT THIS LEADS TO THE RACE AND ETHNICITY, UH, DEMOGRAPHIC BREAKDOWN OF OUR DASHBOARD.
UM, AGAIN, AS YOU CAN SEE, WE ARE, UH, SERVING PRETTY MUCH ONE-THIRD OF THE POPULATION SERVED IS A BLACK OR AFRICAN-AMERICAN ONE THIRD IS HISPANIC OR LATINO.
AND THE OTHER THIRD, UH, IS WHITE OR CAUCASIAN, THE, UM, THE, UH, MULTIRACIAL ASIAN, NATIVE AMERICAN, AND OTHER CATEGORIES KIND OF FILL OUT THAT, UH, 100% OF THE DEMOGRAPHICS THAT ARE SERVED, UH, BUT WE DO SERVE, UH, A WIDE VARIETY OF POPULATION.
UM, LET'S GO TO THE NEXT LINE.
AND THEN THE THIRD PAGE OF THIS DASHBOARD SHOWS THE HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION.
THESE ARE JUST SOME METRICS THAT WE, UH, UH, COLLECT, UH, BOTH FOR OUR, TO MEET OUR HUD REQUIREMENTS, BUT ALSO TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE, UH, MEETING, UH, FAIR HOUSING REQUIREMENTS, AS WELL AS SERVING THE ENTIRETY OF THE POPULATION.
UH, AS YOU CAN SEE FROM ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS, UH, 560, ONE OF THE HOUSEHOLDS SERVED ARE FEMALE HEADED HOUSEHOLDS, UH, 240 OF THOSE HOUSEHOLDS HAVE AN INDIVIDUAL WITH SOME SORT OF MOBILITY OR SENSORY IMPAIRMENT, UM, AND 228 OF THOSE HOUSEHOLDS HAVING A MEMBER OF THE FAMILY WHO IS ELDERLY.
UH, NOW AGAIN, THESE ARE FOR ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS ACROSS, UH, ACROSS ALL OF THE, UH, SERVICES THAT WE
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PROVIDE.I WANT TO SHOW THE, UH, UM, UH, I SELECTING THE SUPPORT PROVIDED TO CATEGORY.
UM, YOU CAN ALSO CHANGE HOW THIS INFORMATION IS PRESENTED.
UH, SO WHETHER IT'S A HOUSE YOU WANT TO LOOK AT HOUSEHOLDS, UH, TOTAL PERSONS, UH, THE ORGANIZATION SERVE THE LOAN SERVE.
NOT ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS WILL CAPTURE THAT LEVEL OF DATA.
UH, BUT IF YOU ARE LOOKING AT A SPECIFIC PROGRAM THAT SERVES SPECIFIC, LET'S SAY ORGANIZATIONS, THEN YOU CAN CAPTURE THE COMPOSITION OF THOSE ORGANIZATIONS THROUGH THIS, UH, THROUGH THIS, UM, THIS PAGE, LET'S GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
SO AGAIN, UH, IN TERMS OF HOUSEHOLDS, UM, THE PREVIOUS, UH, METRIC SHOW PERSONS, THIS SHOWS THE HOUSEHOLDS OF ALL OF THE PROGRAMS THAT ARE SERVED A HUNDRED, 196 OF THOSE HOUSEHOLDS ARE FEMALE HEADED.
60 OF THOSE HOUSEHOLDS HAVE INDIVIDUALS WITH SOME FORM OF DISABILITY AND 117 OF THOSE HOUSEHOLDS DO HAVE AN ELDERLY MEMBER.
THE PREVIOUS NUMBERS WERE PERSONS, WHEREAS THIS HOW THIS NUMBER IS HOUSEHOLDS, AND WE'LL GO TO THE NEXT LINE.
AND THE NEXT ONE, IT WAS A DUPLICATE, SORRY.
NOW, UM, ALSO WANTED TO SHOW THAT YOU CAN VARY THE COUNT BY PROGRAM.
SO BY CLICKING THE DROPDOWN, YOU CAN SELECT, UH, DIFFERENT PROGRAMS, UH, TO SEE THE INCOME LEVELS BEING SERVED BY THAT PROGRAM, THE, UH, DEMOGRAPHICS, THE RACE AND ETHNICITY, DEMOGRAPHICS BEING SERVED, AS WELL AS SOME OF THOSE OTHER METRICS THAT WE JUST MENTIONED.
UH, THIS SELECTION THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW INCLUDES BOTH THE, UH, INCLUDES THE GOAL REPAIR PROGRAM.
UH, AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE 82, UH, UM, HOUSEHOLDS BEING SERVED EITHER COMPLETED OR IN PRODUCTION.
UH, 42 OF THOSE HOUSEHOLDS ARE BELOW 30% MFI.
SO THE VAST MAJORITY OF, UH, THE RESOURCES FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM ARE GOING TO THAT, THAT DEEPEST, UH, UM, DEEPEST AFFORDABILITY LEVEL.
THE NEXT LINE, SIMILARLY FOR THE GO REPAIR PROGRAM ARE, UH, RACE AND ETHNICITY DEMOGRAPHICS.
AGAIN, WE'RE, WE'RE REALLY, UH, LOOKING AT ABOUT A THIRD, UH, COMPOSITION IN TERMS OF, UH, RACE AND ETHNICITY.
ONE THIRD OF THE POPULATION SERVED AS A BLACK OR AFRICAN-AMERICAN ONE-THIRD OF THE POPULATION BEING SERVED AS HISPANIC OR LATINO.
AND ONE THIRD OF THE POPULATION IS A WHITE OR OTHER, UM, WE'LL GO TO THE NEXT LINE AND THEN FINALLY FOR GO REPAIR PROGRAM, 37 OF THOSE, HOW HAVE THOSE, UH, UM, UH, PROGRAMS RECIPIENTS ARE FEMALE HEADED HOUSEHOLDS, 14 OF THE RECIPIENTS ARE, ARE, HAVE SOME FORM OF DISABLED DISABILITY AND 17 HAVE, UH, A MEMBER OF THE HOUSEHOLD THAT IS ELDERLY.
AND AGAIN, THIS IS JUST TO WALK YOU THROUGH SHOW, TO SHOW YOU WHAT, UH, WHAT THIS TOOL CAN DO AND, UM, HOW YOU CAN USE IT.
THIS IS REALLY OUR RHD HDA, UH, GEO BOND METRIC.
THIS INCLUDES NOT JUST, AGAIN, NOT JUST THE GEO BONDS, BUT I'VE ALSO SELECTED THE, UH, UM, UH, HOME FUNDED RENTAL HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS. SO ALL OF THOSE, UH, ANY PROGRAM THAT, THAT, UH, RECEIVES FUNDING THROUGH THE RHD PROGRAM, REGARDLESS OF FUNDING SOURCE IS CAPTURED IN THIS METRIC.
SO AS YOU CAN SEE OF OUR 408 GOAL, WE HAVE PROVIDED HOUSING FOR 405, UH, UNITS THAT'S, UH, THAT ARE EITHER COMPLETE OR IN PRODUCTION, UH, BECAUSE OF THE FUNDING SOURCE FOR, UH, UM, OR I'M SORRY, BECAUSE OF THE, UH, PROGRAM, UH, FOR OUR HDA, WE ONLY PROVIDE SERVICES, UH, BELOW 50% MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.
AND AGAIN, THESE ARE CAPITAL DOLLARS NOT OPERATING DOLLARS.
SO WE'RE, UH, WHEN WE PROVIDE THOSE CAPITAL DOLLARS FOR THE PROPERTY, UH, THAT DEEPER AFFORDABILITY, UH, WOULD REQUIRE EVEN MORE INVESTMENT.
UM, BUT WE ARE HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE IT TO, TO REPORT THAT WE HAVE OVER 149 HOUSEHOLDS BELOW 30% IN FIV SERVED THROUGH THEIR RHD PROGRAM.
WE'LL GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE AGAIN.
THESE ARE, UH, THIS IS OUR DEMOGRAPHIC BREAKDOWN.
AS YOU CAN SEE, UM, A LARGE PORT, A LARGER PORTION OF, UH, THE HISPANIC AND LATINO POPULATION ARE SERVED THROUGH THE RHD PROGRAM.
UM, PRIMARILY THIS IS DUE TO, UH, WHERE THESE DEVELOPMENTS ARE LOCATED.
UM, UM, MONEY OF THESE DEVELOPMENTS HAVE BEEN, UH, UM, BUILT ON THE EAST SIDE, UH, ON, UH, WE ARE WORKING ACTIVELY TO, TO DIVERSIFY OUR PORTFOLIO, TO SPREAD OUT OUR, OUR INVESTMENTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF AUSTIN AND
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ENSURE THAT ALL RESIDENTS OF AUSTIN CAN LIVE IN ALL PARTS OF AUSTIN, REGARDLESS OF INCOME.UM, WE'LL GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
AND THEN FINALLY, WE'LL, UH, JUST LOOKING AT THE HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION, UM, 111 OF THOSE 400 HOUSEHOLDS THAT HAVE BEEN SERVED ARE FEMALE HEADED HOUSEHOLDS.
UM, MANY THIS YEAR, UH, PARTICULARLY WE HAD A LARGE INFLUX OF, UH, UM, PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING UNITS, UH, PARTICULARLY PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING UNITS THAT ARE A SINGLE ROOM OCCUPANCY.
UH, SO AN INDIVIDUAL, UM, WOULD, OR AN INDIVIDUAL HOUSEHOLD, UH, KIND OF SKEWS THESE DEMOGRAPHICS A LITTLE BIT.
UM, BUT AGAIN, WE CAN SEE THAT 111 OF THE HOUSEHOLDS ARE FEMALE-HEADED HOUSEHOLDS, 36 OF THOSE HOUSEHOLDS HAVE SOME FORM OF DISABILITY IN 46 OF THESE HOUSEHOLDS, UH, HAVE SOME SORT OF HAVING AN ELDERLY, UH, UM, RESIDENT IN THE HOUSE AND THE NEXT LIFE.
SO THAT IS THE NEUTRAL THAT WE HAVE, UH, I INVITE YOU TO EXPLORE AND, UH, TEST IT OUT.
UM, AGAIN, ALL OF THE PROGRAMS LISTED, UH, IN OUR PROGRAM IN OUR, UH, ANNUAL REPORT, UH, ARE LISTED ON THAT WEBSITE.
SO YOU CAN SEE HOW, UH, FUNDS ARE BEING SPENT, UH, HOW CLOSE THE, THE PROGRAMS ARE TO ACHIEVING THEIR STATED GOAL PER FISCAL YEAR.
UH, AND THEN LOOK AT THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF THE POPULATIONS BEING SERVED.
UM, SO I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
LOVE SEEING THE BI TOOL, UM, OPEN THE FLOOR UP FOR QUESTIONS, UH, FROM THE COMMISSIONERS 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, AND WE MAY HAVE LOST QUORUM, UH, TO BE ABLE TO TAKE ACTION ON THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM.
UH, JESSE, DOES THAT SOUND RIGHT TO YOU, UH, WITH, I GUESS, COMMISSIONER FIDELIS DEPARTURE AFTER COMMISSIONER DELGADO, UH, SORRY FOR THE RAMBLE THERE, UH, OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS.
UM, SO I DIDN'T FOLLOW ON THE RENT, THE RENTAL ASSISTANCE RENT PROGRAM, WHERE IT SAID ZERO PEOPLE HAVE BEEN HELPED.
YES, MA'AM THOSE, THOSE FUNDS HAVE BEEN DEPLETED.
UH, THE REPORTING MAY NOT HAVE MADE IT INTO OUR SYSTEM.
UH, HOWEVER, UH, UM, WE, I CAN TELL YOU THAT WE SERVED, UH, A NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS THROUGH THAT, AND IF WE HAD NOT ACHIEVED THAT GOAL, UM, THEN IT, WE CAME DARN CLOSE.
UM, ALSO THERE WAS, UH, SOME OF THOSE FUNDS WERE EXPENDED, UH, PRIOR TO THIS FISCAL YEAR.
SO, UH, I DON'T WANNA, I DON'T WANT TO SAY THAT ALL THE FUNDS OR ALL THE HOUSEHOLDS SERVED WERE SERVED THIS FISCAL YEAR ONLY BECAUSE I'M NOT SURE.
SO IF IT'S A PROGRAM FROM LAST YEAR, WHY WOULD WE HAVE IT UP? THERE IS ZERO.
WHY IT, IF IT'S LAST YEAR'S PROGRAM, IT'S NOT AVAILABLE NOW, WHY WOULDN'T, WHY WOULD IT HAVE UNIT GOALS? WELL, AGAIN, I'M NOT SURE IF IT, IF IT CROSSED OVER THE FISCAL YEAR OR IF IT WAS, IF IT WAS ENTIRELY IN THIS FISCAL YEAR AND SOME OF THAT REPORTING JUST HASN'T MADE IT INTO OUR DATABASE AT THIS POINT.
UM, I'M TRYING TO FALL, I, I SHOULD HAVE STARTED FOLLOWING YOU ALONG SOONER.
I'M NOT FINDING THE PAGE THAT BRANCHES INTO, SO PERHAPS YOU COULD WALK US THROUGH THAT AGAIN, ON THE, UH, THE POWER BI TOOL.
I DON'T REMEMBER THE NAME OF THE TOOL.
WAS IT THE RENT ASSISTANCE, ONE THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT? NO, IT'S THE DASHBOARD THAT LETS HIS DRILL, RIGHT? IF YOU START ON THE HOUSING AND PLANNING, UH, ON PAGE, UH, AND THEN CLICK THE ABOUT BUTTON, I SHOULD GO TO THE NEXT PAGE, WHICH SHOWS PERFECT DROP DOWNS.
I NOTICED A LETTER TO THE EDITOR IN THE STATESMAN A FEW DAYS AGO FROM SOMEBODY WHO WAS TRYING TO QUALIFY FOR SOME KIND OF HOUSING PROGRAM.
SHE SAID SHE WAS A TEACHER AND SHE HAD APPLIED FOR HER.
YOU PROBABLY SAW IT BECAUSE IT WAS PRETTY PLAIN LETTER, UM, THAT SHE WAS A TEACHER AND SHE'D APPLIED FOR HABITAT AND SHE WAS OVER INCOME.
CAN YOU COMMENT ON THE INCOME REQUIREMENTS FOR SOMEBODY? I, SEVERAL YEARS AGO, HABITATS CLIENTS
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WERE MUCH LOWER INCOME.THEY WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN AT THAT POINT WHERE THEY WERE 80.5% MFI.
UM, UNFORTUNATELY WE HAVE SEEN THAT, UM, IN THE PAST WHERE AN APPLICANT SEEKING TO PURCHASE A HOME IS AT 80.0 5, 4 80 0.5, UM, 82.3.
UM, WHEN THAT HAPPENS, IT'S, IT IS UNFORTUNATE.
UM, AND UNLESS THERE ARE EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE IN WEEKEND, THAT'S REALLY NOT WHERE I THINK WE HAVE LIMITS IT'S 80% AND THAT'S THAT, BUT IT DOES SEEM TO ME LIKE, WE'RE, WE'VE PUT UP KIND OF A PINPOINT AND SAID, QUALIFY FOR THIS TINY LITTLE PIECE OF WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.
IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S ABOUT 50 TO 80 OR 60 TO 80.
AND IT'S REALLY MORE LIKE 79, IF YES, MA'AM.
AND THAT 80% MFI IS, UH, UH, A GUIDE FROM HUD, UM, FOR OUR HOME FUNDS.
WE ARE RESTRICTED FROM USING THOSE FOR HOUSEHOLDS EARNING ABOVE 80% OF THE MFI, NOT A 79.999.
YEAH, I'M GOING TO BE REAL CLEAR.
I'M NOT SAYING WE SHOULD GO ABOVE 80%.
I'M SAYING THAT WE SHOULD HAVE AFFORDABLE.
WE SHOULD BE QUALIFYING PEOPLE WHO ARE 61 AND 62.
AND IF WE'RE NOT, THEN THE PRICES ARE TOO HIGH FOR THE SALE FOR, FOR SALE UNITS.
UM, WE HAVE TARGETED OUR RECOMMENDED SALES PRICE AT AROUND 70% MFI, UM, FOR, UH, AND THAT IS FOR A MAXIMUM INCOME OF 80% MFI.
UM, AND WE'VE TARGETED AT THAT LOW IN ORDER TO EXPAND THE POOL OF ELIGIBLE, UH, PURCHASERS.
I CAN TELL YOU THAT, UH, IN THE LAST CALCULATION FOR OUR RECOMMENDED SALES PRICES, UH, THOSE, UH, RECOMMENDED SALES PRICE HAS ACTUALLY DROPPED SINCE LAST YEAR.
UH, AND THAT'S PRIMARILY DUE TO THE INCREASED IN INTEREST, UM, AND, UH, INCREASE IN, UM, TAXES AND INSURANCE PAYMENT.
UH, THE, WHEN WE GET LOWER, UH, BELOW 60% MFI BELOW, UH, AND EVEN DEEPER, UH, THEN WE HAVE CHALLENGES WITH, UH, UH, AS PURCHASER.
THIS IS FOR A PURCHASER ACTUALLY QUALIFYING FOR A MORTGAGE WHEN YOU WERE TARGETING THIS, UH, FOR THE, FOR SALE UNITS, THE OWNER UNITS, THE OWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES, UH, IT IS TRICKY IN THAT WE NEED TO FIND SOMEONE WHO, UH, QUALIFIES FROM ON THE MFI ON MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME SPECTRUM, BUT ALSO QUALIFIES FOR A MORTGAGE.
UM, AND THAT IS AS A CHALLENGE.
WELL, I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT YOU HAVE WORKED OUT THE PRICING SO THAT THERE'S A BROADER RANGE THAT WE'RE TRYING TO BUILD FOR.
DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, UH, COMMISSIONER LOAN.
UM, I WOULDN'T DO, IF WE COULD BACK UP TO THE SECTION ON HOMELESSNESS, SO SYSTEMS NUMBERS, UM, I SEE TENANT BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE IS DOING QUITE WELL.
UH, BUT THESE OTHER NUMBERS ARE LIKE SOUND THE ALARM LOW IN A CITY WHERE HOMELESSNESS HAS BEEN A TOPIC OF CONVERSATION OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS AND IN A CITY WHERE, YOU KNOW, NOT ONLY HAVE WE BEEN DEALING WITH A PANDEMIC THAT IS DIRECTLY AFFECTING PEOPLE WITHOUT HOUSING, WITHOUT HEALTH CARE SERVICES, BUT ALSO WEATHER PATTERNS ARE REALLY IMPACTING OUR MOST VULNERABLE PEOPLE.
I SEIZED 0% AND I, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE HAS BEEN A STRUGGLE WITH TOM'S PRACTICE, AS YOU SAY, BUT I WONDER IF YOU WOULD PLEASE EXPLAIN THE CONTRACTS AND WHAT THEY ENTAILED AND PREVIOUS CONTRACTORS FOR OTHER YEARS, UH, AND, UH, WHAT'S BEING DONE BECAUSE THIS IS LIKE CRISIS NUMBER 0%, UM, OF SERVICES BEING PROVIDED IS A CRISIS NUMBER.
UM, AND I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT SOME STRUGGLES FOR HOMELESSNESS ASSISTANCE AND OTHER AREAS IN THE LAST FEW MEETINGS, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE A ONE-OFF AND THESE DO NOT SEEM LIKE ONE-OFF NUMBERS.
UM, AND MAYBE THIS IS WHERE YOU FIND AND SAY, WE NEED TO HAVE A DEEPER MEETING ON THIS, AND I'M CERTAINLY READY TO HEAR THAT, BUT, UM, I WONDER IF YOU FEEL THAT WAY, AND I WONDER IF YOU COULD GIVE US A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION.
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SURE.SO I CAN TALK, UH, UH, LET ME HIGHLIGHT THE LOW BARRIER, PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, A LINE ITEM WITH 24 UNITS.
THAT IS, UH, THAT IS A FUNDING SOURCE THAT, UH, IT COMES FROM THE DOWNTOWN DENSITY BONUS, UH, AND IT, UH, HAS BEEN A CHALLENGE TO, UH, IDENTIFY HOW TO USE THOSE FUNDS.
WE ARE REPURPOSING THOSE FUNDS TO, UH, TO ALIGN WITH OUR HOMELESS, UH, UM, HOMELESS STRATEGY OFFICER, UH, HOMELESS STRATEGY DIVISION, UM, BUT THE ORIGINAL INTENT OF THAT PROGRAM, UH, TO PROVIDE THE, UH, PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING FOR LOW BARRIER, UM, IS BEING MET PRIMARILY THROUGH, UH, OUR HODEL ACQUISITION STRATEGY, UH, OUR RENTAL HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AND OUR PARTNERSHIP STRATEGY, UH, THROUGH THOSE PROGRAMS. UH, WE HAVE, UH, WE CAN EXPECT TO SEE ABOUT, UM, I WANNA SAY ABOUT 400 NEW UNIT NEW PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING UNITS COMING ONLINE BEFORE THE END OF THE CALENDAR YEAR.
UM, NOW THAT NUMBER MAY CHANGE, UH, DUE TO, UH, YOU KNOW, DISRUPTIONS IN THE, IN, UH, UM, UH, THE IN CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULES, DISRUPTIVENESS IN, UH, IN, UH, RESOURCE AND SERVICES, UM, THE LABOR, UH, LABOR MARKET.
HOWEVER, WE ARE, WE ARE INVESTING FOR PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
IT'S JUST NOT NECESSARILY CAPTURED IN THAT LINE ITEM.
UM, SIMILARLY THE CDBG CV EMERGENCY HOMELESSNESS ASSISTANCE, UH, THAT WAS A PROGRAM THAT WAS, UH, ALL BEEN EXPENDED, UH, IN A PREVIOUS FISCAL YEAR.
WE DID NOT KNOW IF WE WERE GOING TO HAVE ANOTHER ROUND OF, UH, CDBG, CV, UH, EMERGENCY HOMELESSNESS ASSISTANCE AT THAT TIME WHEN, UH, WHEN THIS REPORT WAS DRAFTED, UH, KNOWING WHAT OUR PRODUCTION WAS LAST YEAR, THAT'S WHAT WE CAME UP WITH THE GOAL.
UH, HOWEVER, THOSE FUNDS, UH, WERE NOT ALLOCATED THIS YEAR FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, BUT AGAIN, WE ARE SERVING THAT POPULATION, BOTH THROUGH THE RENT PROGRAM, AS WELL AS THROUGH THE RENTAL HOUSING AND DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AND THROUGH, UH, OUR VOUCHER SYSTEMS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.
I HAVE A FEW FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS.
UM, SO FOR THE PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING THAT YOU INITIALLY ADDRESSED, WELL, THOSE NUMBERS, SO UP ON THIS BLAINE ITEM, WHEN THOSE UNITS ARE BROUGHT ONLINE AND THEN SEE YOU, CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THE OTHER 0% LINE ITEM THAT, UM, I'M SORRY, I JUST CLOSED THE WINDOW.
IT'S LIKE A PUBLIC SERVICES, ONE, UH, FACILITIES, PUBLIC FACILITIES, THANKS SO MUCH.
UH, SO THAT, THAT, UH, I BELIEVE, AND I MIGHT BE WRONG ABOUT THIS, BUT I BELIEVE THAT THAT IS A LINE ITEM THAT IS MANAGED THROUGH APH, UM, SINCE THEY ARE PUBLIC FACILITIES, UH, RATHER THAN, UH, HOUSING, UM, I'D HAVE TO CHECK WITH APH TO SEE WHAT THE PRODUCTION LOOKS LIKE ON THAT METRIC.
UH, AND WHETHER THAT 100 GOAL, A GOAL OF 100 IS STILL A VIABLE GOAL.
AND TO YOUR SORRY, DO YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS? LIKE WHAT COUNTS IS A PUBLIC FACILITY, UH, WITHOUT HAVING, WITHOUT CHECKING WITH ADHD, CAUTIOUS ABOUT ANSWERING THEM BUILDINGS? SURE.
WELL, A LOT OF, A LOT OF COMMUNITIES USE PUBLIC FACILITIES TO BUILD BUILDINGS FOR PARTICULAR AGENCIES OR FOR CITIES.
AND WHEN, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT LIKE SHELTERS OR TRANSITIONAL HOUSING, UH, FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAVE A ROADWAY IN WHICH IS A PROPERTY OWNED BY THE CITY ON
UM, THAT'S NOW CALLED SOUTH BRIDGE.
UM, THOSE WOULD NOT QUALIFY AS TRADITIONAL HOUSING, UH, PRIMARILY BECAUSE THERE'S NO LEASE AT PLAY THERE'S NO, UH, THERE'S NO, UH, LONG-TERM RESIDENCY.
IT SAY IT IS A BRIDGE, UH, UM, FROM A SHELTER TO PERMANENT HOUSING, HOWEVER, THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY QUALIFY UNDER OUR METRICS AS HOUSING.
SO IT MIGHT FALL UNDER PUBLIC FACILITIES THAT'S IT MIGHT.
AND THAT'S WHY I JUST WANTED TO, I WOULD RATHER CHECK IN WITH APH BEFORE WE ACTUALLY GET AN ANSWER.
UH, THESE TERMS ARE ALWAYS REALLY CONFUSING AND IT SEEMS LIKE ACROSS DEPARTMENTS THEY'VE SEEMS TERMS FOR THE SAME THINGS.
UM, BUT YEAH, I WOULD LOVE THE FEEDBACK ON THAT AND THEN DEFINITELY KEEPING AN EYE ON THAT, UM, 400 PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING UNITS COMING ONLINE.
DO WE HAVE, UH, ANYTHING, ANY OTHER UP WITH JAMIE? WE APPRECIATE THE REPORT AND ALSO THE DEMONSTRATION OF THE, UH,
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UH, INNER, OH, WELL, VICE-CHAIR POP HAS A QUESTION FOR GIVE ME, SO I SEE THE DEMOGRAPHICS ON PERCENT OF MFI, BUT I DON'T SEE THE OTHER DEMOGRAPHICS THAT USUALLY SEE ASSOCIATED WITH THESE PROGRAMS, THE RACE AND ETHNICITY, FOR EXAMPLE, SINGLE HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD ELDERLY WITH A DISABILITY.ARE THOSE SOMEWHERE ELSE IN THE DASHBOARD? OH, AT THE BOTTOM OF THE DASHBOARD, YOU'LL SEE ONE OF THREE WITH THE LITTLE CARROT CARROT.
NOW THAT I'VE SEEN HOW TO GET IN HERE, THIS, THE DASHBOARD IS A MAJOR IMPROVEMENT.
MA'AM BETTER THAN A SPREADSHEET.
ANY MORE QUESTIONS? IS THAT, ARE YOU GOOD? YEP.
UH, JAMIE AND, UH, WE APPRECIATE IT.
WE'LL MOVE TO THE NEXT ITEM, WHICH, UH, IS NOW, UH, DEMOTED TO A DISCUSSION ITEM.
I'LL WAIT, IT LOOKS LIKE A COMMISSIONER FIDELITY JOINED US BACK AND WE HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO TAKE ACTION IF NECESSARY BY
[6. Discussion and possible action regarding SCWAB housing goals (Vice Chair Paup) (Part 1 of 2)]
CHAIR POP I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU.UH, REGARDING THE, UH, SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT ADVISORY BOARD HOUSING GOALS ARE REALLY JUST A SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT HOUSING GOALS.
THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT, THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT, UM, HAS A MAJOR PROJECT.
THAT'S MOVING THROUGH THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AND ON THE CITY COUNCIL, IT'S BEEN TO CITY COUNCIL ON FIRST READING, AND IT'S GOING BACK ON SECOND AND THIRD READING ON JULY 28TH, WHICH WILL BE THE FIRST DAY THAT IS BACK FROM THEIR SUMMER RECESS AND BE A PACKED AGENDA DAY.
BUT, UM, I THINK I'VE MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY THAT THE, THAT THE DEVELOPER HAS PRESENTED THE IDEA OF NOT PROVIDING THE HOUSING ONSITE, BUT GIVING THE CITY MONEY, WHICH THE CITY COULD USE TO PROVIDE HOUSING ELSEWHERE SINCE THE CITY WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO BUY INTO THE PRIVATE DEVELOPERS PROPERTY TO PUT THERE.
SO THAT, UM, IS LESS THAN WHAT IT'S A PUT APPLICATION AND PUT APPLICATIONS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE SUPERIOR.
IT'S GENERALLY UNDERSTOOD THAT SUPERIOR IS AT LEAST 10% DEVELOPERS TALKING ABOUT GIVING SOMETHING THAT, UM, IS 4% OR MAYBE A LITTLE BIT LESS THAN THAT.
SO IT'S LOW ON THE NUMBER OF UNITS.
AND THEN INSTEAD OF FULFILLING THE PROMISE THAT THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT HAS MADE THAT IT'S A PLACE FOR EVERYBODY, AND IT INCLUDES SOME LOWER COST HOUSING, SO THAT LOWER INCOME PEOPLE CAN BE PART OF EVERYBODY AND LIVE THERE.
UM, THE UNITS WOULD BE ALL OFFSITE.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE WE ARE.
UH, UH, IT'S NOT THE COMMISSIONS.
UH, THE COMMISSION HASN'T BEEN ASKED TO TAKE A POSITION AND IT'S NOT OUR USUAL MODE TO TAKE POSITIONS ON THIS PARTICULAR ZONING CASES.
WE ARE OUR CHARGES MORE ABOUT POLICY, ABOUT THE IDEA THAT IT'S A GOOD THING TO HAVE AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN ALL PARTS OF TOWN.
AND VICE-CHAIR WOULD YOU THEN, SO WE TOOK ACTION AS A BODY ON THE SUPPORTING THE RECOMMENDATION THAT YOU AUTHOR, UH, WHICH IN SHORT, AND YOU'LL CORRECT ME IF I'M SUMMARIZING THIS POORLY, UH, IN SHORT SAID THAT THIS BODY, UH, SUPPORTS THE POSITION THAT WE, UH, SPECIFICALLY IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT, UM, SHOULD ACHIEVE SORT OF X AMOUNT OF AFFORDABILITY THERE.
UM, AND WE SHOULD ALSO, UH, WE AS A CITY, UH, SHOULD ALSO NOT COMPROMISE, UM, SPECIFICALLY IN-TAKING FEES AND LIEU OR WHATEVER THE APPROPRIATE TERMINOLOGY IS, UM, TAKING DOLLARS IN EXCHANGE FOR HAVING AFFORDABLE UNITS, UM, ACTUALLY IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT AREA LIKE THAT, THAT SHOULD BE A PHILOSOPHIC POSITION, UH, THAT WE ARE STANDING BEHIND,
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UH, FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS.UH, OBVIOUSLY I THINK ONE OF THEM IS CREATING IS MAINTAINING, UH, DIVERSITY AND THE RIGHTS OF EVERYONE TO BE IN ALL AREAS, BUT SPECIFICALLY THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT AREA THAT WE'RE DEVELOPING RIGHT NOW.
SO GIVEN THAT ACTION THAT WE'VE, WE'D TAKEN, UM, ARE YOU, YOU WANTED US TO BRING THIS TO THE ATTENTION OF THIS BODY SO THAT WE CAN POSSIBLY EITHER TAKE ADDITIONAL ACTION TODAY OR SO THAT WE CAN POSSIBLY LEVERAGE THE ACTION WE'VE ALREADY TAKEN, UM, OR THAT WE POSSIBLY SH UH, SHOW UP IN SOME WAY FORM OR FASHION WHEN IT COMES TO ADDITIONAL HEARINGS, UH, FOR COUNCIL WHEN IT COMES TO THIS PUD, UM, WHICH ONE OF THOSE, OR ALL OF THOSE, UM, MIGHT YOU SUGGEST, OR IS IT SOMETHING ELSE OR WERE YOU JUST HOPING TO OPEN THAT DISCUSSION HERE SO THAT WE ALL, UH, MAYBE TREND IN, RIGHT.
GET MOST OF THOSE THINGS? SO, FIRST OF ALL, IT'S, I'M SUPPOSED TO REPORT TO THE COMMISSION ON WHAT'S GOING ON OVER THERE, BECAUSE WE HAVE A COMMISSION THAT I SERVE ON FOR THAT PURPOSE.
UM, WE MADE A STATEMENT THAT WAS, UM, NOT SPECIFIC TO THAT LOCATION, BUT A GENERAL STATEMENT ABOUT STICKING WITH THE PLAN.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE'D WANT TO RESTATE THAT SOMEHOW OR HAVE THE ABBREVIATED VERSION OF IT, OR I THINK THAT, UM, THAT THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS ARE CRITICAL, BUT SHOWING UP ON THE DAY WOULD BE HELPFUL, BUT IT WOULD REALLY TAKE A LOT OF PEOPLE SHOWING UP ON THE DAY THAT THEY'RE GOING TO CONSIDER IT.
AND IT'S, IT'S REALLY HARD TO ACHIEVE THAT BECAUSE IT'S HARD TO PREDICT WHEN IT'S COMING UP AT COUNCIL.
IT'S HARD TO HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE ON HAND THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND ANYTHING THAT STARTS ATTRACTING ATTENTION, LIKE THAT GETS MOVED INTO THE EVENING.
AND SO WE TEND TO PRESENCE OF PEOPLE TENDS TO DROP OFF, SO THAT THAT'S, UH, A GOOD APPROACH, BUT IT'S A HARD ONE TO PULL OFF.
AND SO COMMUNICATION NOW TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, BECAUSE IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING.
THEY'RE NOT HEARING VERY MUCH.
SO IF, IF THEY WERE HEARING MORE, THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE IMPACTFUL.
SO WHAT WE'RE HEARING, UM, WHAT I'M HEARING THEN IS THAT THE, UH, THE PLAN FOR DEVELOPMENT AT THE FORMER STATESMAN SITE IS, UH, OR AT LEAST THE, THE, THE APPLICATION IS LOOKING TO POSSIBLY GO AROUND HAVING TO HAVE AFFORDABLE UNITS THERE AND PAY TO HAVE THEM ELSEWHERE.
AND, UH, SO I WANT TO, TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF UNITS EXPECTED FROM A MINIMUM OF 10 TO FOUR.
AND THEN TO NOT PROVIDE THE FOUR ONSITE.
SO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF AFFORDABLE UNITS FROM 10 TO FOUR, AND THEN NOT EVEN HAVE THOSE FOUR IN THE DISTRICT.
SO I'D LIKE TO OPEN THAT UP AND JUST HEAR WHAT, UH, OTHER COMMISSIONERS THINK ABOUT THIS, IF THIS IS AN ITEM, UH, THAT MOVES ANYONE.
AND, UM, LOOKING SPECIFICALLY TO THOSE OF Y'ALL WHO ARE ONLINE, UH, COMMISSIONER SLOAN.
VYSTAR POP FOR CONTINUING TO STEWARD THIS ISSUE.
UM, I FULLY AGREE WITH YOU, AND I THINK THAT, AND IT JUST KINDA ALL THE POINTS THAT YOU'VE RAISED, UM, AS WE KNOW IN AUSTIN, DEVELOPING NEW AFFORDABLE UNITS IS NOT ALWAYS EASY.
AND SO THIS IS SORT OF A QUESTION OF HAVING A BIRD IN THE HAND VERSUS NOT EVEN ONE IN THE BUSH, UM, AT HAVING TO FIGHT THE POLITICAL FIGHT TO FIND THESE UNITS ELSEWHERE IS NOT JUST A, A GIVEN TASK FOR COUNCIL AND FOR THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT.
UM, I WONDER IF YOU WOULD CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT I SEEM TO REMEMBER OUR RECOMMENDATION BEING WRITTEN JUST PRIOR TO CITY COUNCIL FIRST CONSIDERING, UM, THE PRIDE HERE.
AND I WOULD, I WOULD THINK THAT REITERATING SOMETHING SIMILAR, UM, AT THIS TIME WOULD SPEAK TO OUR UNWILLINGNESS TO WAIVER IN THAT PHILOSOPHICAL SORT OF POLICY POSITION.
I THINK THAT THAT IS, UH, THE LEAST WE COULD DO SORT OF TOXIC SINCE IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE ALREADY AGREED ON, BUT MAYBE THAT TIMELINESS WOULD BE MORE POIGNANT NOW.
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AND, AND DO YOU THINK THAT THAT'S AN APPROPRIATE ACTION? UM, YEAH, SOMETHING LIKE THAT SOUNDS LIKE THAT'S WHERE, WE'RE WHERE WE ARE.WE SHOULD, NOW WE, I, I'M ASKING STAFF, IF WE ALREADY RESET IT, WE'VE RESET IT TO OURSELVES, BUT NOT TO COUNSEL.
SO I'LL INTERJECT FOR A QUICK SECOND AND SAY, I'M TOTALLY GAME WITH A RECOMMENDATION SAYING THAT, HEY, WE REITERATE THIS RECOMMENDATION AND BY THE WAY, HERE IT IS AGAIN.
UM, SO THAT'S JUST TO PUT THAT OUT THERE AND I'M OPEN TO IDEAS AND I THINK THAT'S KIND OF ECHOING WHAT COMMISSIONER SLOAN WAS SUGGESTING AND COMMISSIONER SLOAN, IF THAT IS LIKE, SORT OF TRUE TO THE INTENT OF WHAT YOU WERE SUGGESTING.
AND IF IT'S NOT, UM, LET ME JUST, LET ME, LET US KNOW IF, UH, YOU WERE, YOU WERE MAYBE SUGGESTING SOMETHING DIFFERENT AND IF THERE ANY OTHER IDEAS, IT'D BE GREAT TO HEAR THOSE TOO.
THE COMMISSIONER IS GOING TO GIVE A THUMBS UP OR SOMETHING.
UM, SO I'M, I'M GAME FOR THAT.
I THINK, I THINK IT'S PRETTY IMPORTANT, UH, THAT AT LEAST, UH, THE, THIS STATEMENT BE MADE AND I, FOR ONE WILL SURELY, YOU KNOW, TRY TO SHOW UP, UH, UH, TO REITERATE THAT.
BUT, UH, SHOULD WE, I MEAN, IN THE INTEREST OF MOVING FORWARD, I THINK THAT'S THE IDEA ON THE TABLE, OR IT'S NOT EMOTION YET, BUT, UM, THAT'S THE IDEA.
I THINK WE MAY NEED TO FIND WHAT THE EXACT, UH, WHICH RECOMMENDATION IT WAS SO THAT WE CAN CITE IT RIGHT NOW.
UM, UH, WE COULD PROBABLY PULL IT UP IF YOU WANT TO HAVE IT ON SCREEN.
YOU HA DO YOU HAVE IT? JESSIE WAS THREE MEETINGS AGO OR 3, 1, 2, 3, 3, 4.
THE RECOMMENDATION WAS PASSED BACK IN DECEMBER 14TH.
I DOUBT THAT 20, 20, 20, 21, UH, WE RE SENT IT MORE RECENTLY.
WE RESUBMITTED IT, OR WE JUST RESET OURSELVES TO OURSELVES.
MAYBE YOU WERE THINKING OF THAT TOO.
LIKE, I DON'T KNOW WHY, BUT ANYWAY, IT'S COMPUTERS BLUFFING WITH, OH, YOU KNOW WHAT? YEAH.
THAT HAS THE LINK IN THE BROWSER.
AND DO YOU MIND IF I JUST READ IT OUT LOUD REALLY QUICKLY, COMMISSIONER POPPER, WOULD YOU PREFER TO, OKAY.
UH, I'M JUST GOING TO READ IT OUT LOUD REALLY QUICKLY.
AND THEN IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO MOVE TO, UH, REITERATE, UH, SIMPLY THIS EXACT TEXT OR REITERATE IT PLUS MODIFY, UH, PLUS ANY AMENDMENTS, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
SO IT, THE SUBJECT IS A COMMITMENT TO MEETING THE 20% AFFORDABLE HOUSING GOAL IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT VISION.
WHEREAS THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT VISION CALLS FOR STATE-OF-THE-ART DEVELOPMENT, A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE WANT TO BE ROUND THE CLOCK, A VIBRANT MIX OF OPEN-SPACE SHOPS, SUPERB TRANSIT CONNECTIONS, AND GREEN DRAINAGE TO CAPTURE ALL STORMWATER ONSITE AND RECYCLE THAT WATER INTO A LUSH CANOPY OF EARTH, COOLING SHADE TREES.
AND WHEREAS BY INCLUDING A GOAL THAT 20% OF THE HOUSING AND THE WATERFRONT DISTRICT BE AFFORDABLE, THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT VISION DEPARTS FROM GOVERNMENTAL PLANNING PROCESSES OF THE PAST, WHICH SYSTEMATICALLY EXCLUDED AND BARRED PEOPLE OF COLOR.
AND WHEREAS THE IMPACT OF YESTERDAY'S GOVERNMENT SANCTIONED RE-SEGREGATION LINGERS WITH US TODAY RESULTING IN PEOPLE OF COLOR, HAVING LOWER INCOMES AND HIGHER HOUSING INSTABILITY.
AND WHEREAS THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1968
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ESTABLISHED FOR CITIES, THE DUTY TO AFFIRMATIVELY FURTHER FAIR HOUSING REQUIRING CITIES, NOT TO PASSIVELY WAIT FOR HOUSING CHOICES TO PRESENT THEMSELVES, BUT TO AFFIRMATIVELY FURTHER CHOICE AND INCLUSION IN PRIME REDEVELOPMENT, SUCH AS IN THE WATERFRONT.AND WHEREAS THE DRAFT REGULATING PLAN FOR THE WATERFRONT DISTRICT ALLOWS FEE IN LIEU OF PROVIDING AFFORDABLE UNITS AND DOES NOT SET OUT A SPECIFIC PATH FOR REACHING THE 20% AFFORDABLE HOUSING GOAL, EVEN THOUGH REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT REQUIRES EXTENSIVE ADVANCED PLANNING.
AND WHEREAS IN THE ABSENCE OF A SPECIFIC PLAN, THERE COULD BE AN AVALANCHE OF PUD APPLICATIONS WITH THE STATESMAN POD APPLICATION, WHICH OFFERS ONLY 4% OF ITS UNITS AS AFFORDABLE BEING THE HARBINGER OF SUCH POSSIBLE AVALANCHE.
AND NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE AUSTIN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION RECOMMENDS TO THE COUNCIL THAT NUMBER ONE, THE WATERFRONT DISTRICT REGULATING PLANS SPECIFICALLY WERE SERVED ENOUGH DISTRICT TOURS FUNDS TO FILL GAPS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF HOUSING UNITS TO MEET THE 20% AFFORDABLE HOUSING GOAL TO THE REGULATING PLAN INCLUDE A VEHICLE FOR ACTIVE ACQUISITION OF LAND IN THE DISTRICT WHERE HOUSING MEETING, THE 20% AFFORDABLE HOUSING GOAL CAN BE DEVELOPED.
THREE AVOID ACCEPTING FEES IN LIEU OF PROVIDING HOUSING AND EMPHASIZE INCLUDING ACTUAL UNITS THAT MEET THE 20% AFFORDABLE HOUSING GOAL FOR WHERE AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING OVERLAY EXISTS WITHIN THE DISTRICT.
THE INCENTIVES THAT OVERLAY BE APPLIED FIRST.
SO THAT HALF OF THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING GOAL IS MET UNDER THE INCENTIVES PROVIDING IN THE PROVIDED IN ANY, IN THE EXISTING OVERLAY ON THE PROPERTY.
AND THEN FIVE, OF COURSE, THAT THE CITY DO THE COUNCIL, DO EVERYTHING IN IT'S POSSIBLE TO ACHIEVE THE 20% AFFORDABLE HOUSING GOAL.
AND THIS COMMISSION APPROVED THAT UNANIMOUSLY.
AND I THINK WE ALL STILL STAND BEHIND THAT VISION, UM, AND STILL STAND BEHIND THE NOTION THAT THE ORIGINAL SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT VISION, WHICH CALLED FOR 20% AFFORDABILITY SHOULD STILL BE ADHERED TO, OR AT LEAST ASPIRATIONALLY.
UM, AT LEAST, UH, AS IT'S THEORETICALLY FRAMED RIGHT NOW, WHICH IS, UM, REDUCING THE NUMBER OF AFFORDABLE UNITS AND THEN PAYING TO HAVE THOSE UNITS DEVELOPED ELSEWHERE, WHICH COMMISSIONER SLOAN, I THINK VERY APPROPRIATELY ADDED IS EVEN LESS, YOU KNOW, IT'S STILL NOT A GUARANTEE OF THOSE UNITS BEING DEVELOPED.
UM, SO IT'S NOT EVEN A BIRD IN THE BUSH OR WHEREVER, UH, WHEREVER IT IS.
WE REITERATE OUR DECEMBER 14TH RESOLUTION ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT DISTRICT.
I'LL SECOND THAT, UH, I NEED DISCUSSION.
AND IF WE COULD, IS IT YOU THINK, OR DO YOU STILL HAVE ACCESS TO YOUR COMPUTER FOR US TO BE ABLE TO SEE THE, UH, UH, OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION? POSSIBLY.
UH, ANY DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT.
SO WE WILL NEED TO SEE SOME FACES FOR THE VOTE ALL IN FAVOR, AYE.
OR RAISE YOUR HAND TO SIGNIFY THE SAME.
WE HAVE EYES, UM, COMMISSIONER GARCIA HAS AN EYE, UH, COMMISSIONER THOMPSON.
AND WE'LL NEED, UH, WE SEE COMMISSIONER WHAT'S.
WE'LL NEED COMMISSIONER FIDELITY TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THIS, UH, GO THROUGH, UH, COMMISSIONER FIDELIS.
COULD YOU THINK YOU COULD, UM, I THINK I HAVE A SETTINGS ISSUE HERE.
UH, CAN WE MOVE TO THE NEXT ITEM? I WILL TRY TO, I'M TRYING TO, I'LL TRY TO RESTART AND CHECK MY SETTINGS, UH, EITHER I'M JUST TRYING TO GET OH YEAH, THAT SOUNDS, YEAH, THAT SOUNDS FINE.
WE'LL JUST, UH, UH, WE'LL WAIT FOR YOU TO POP BACK ON AND WAVE AND WAVE AT US AND SAY, I, AGAIN, I THINK JESSIE DOES THAT WORK FOR YOU? YEAH.
KNOWING THAT EVERYBODY ELSE HAS AN EYE ON THE RECORD RIGHT NOW.
UM, SO WE'LL LEAVE THAT ONE DANGLING FOR A SECOND AND MOVE TO ITEM SEVEN.
UH, ACTUALLY THAT WOULDN'T, WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM EIGHT, UM, GIVEN OBVIOUS REASONS.
UM, AND GIVEN THE COMMISSIONER LIAS, DIDN'T JOIN US TODAY.
WE'LL MOVE TO I, UM, I THINK WE'RE DONE.
UM, BUT WE'LL WAIT FOR COMMISSIONER FIDELITY TO RETURN, UNLESS THERE ARE MORE UPDATES FROM THE SWAB THERE AREN'T WE COULD DO FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. LET'S DO FUTURE
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AGENDA ITEMS. UH, AND DO, DOES ANYONE HAVE, UH, THOUGHTS OR SUGGESTIONS ON FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS THAT WEREN'T RAISED BEFORE? JESSIE USUALLY METICULOUSLY KEEPS THEM LISTED IF THEY WERE, UH, MENTIONED BEFORE.UH, AND SO IF WE WEREN'T ABLE TO MAKE IT IN THIS MEETING, THERE'S A HIGH PROBABILITY
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WHERE REVISITING IT.WE GOT AN ITEM FOR THIS WEEK'S AGENDA THAT IT DIDN'T APPEAR.
I THINK MAYBE THE STAFF PERSON WHO'S WORKING ON IT WAS ON VACATION.
AND THAT WAS THE IDEA OF THE ZIP CODE RENTS IN THE FAIR HOUSING ISSUE.
I BELIEVE A COMMISSIONER AALIYAH HAD REQUESTED A PRESENTATION, UM, BE GIVEN TO THE CDC, UH, THAT PRESENTATION WAS GOING TO BE GIVEN TO, UM, UH, CAC, THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR, UH, AUSTIN TRANSIT PARTNERSHIP.
AND THAT'S LIKE IN A FEW DAYS, SO I FIGURED MAYBE WE'LL PROBABLY GET IT IN AUGUST AFTER THEY PRESENT TO THAT FIRST COMMITTEE.
THAT SAME PRESENTATION, I BELIEVE.
SO I THINK, UH, COMMISSIONER ILEUS WAS EXPECTING THIS PRESENTATION AT THE CAC AND HE WOULD ALSO WANT IT TO COME HERE.
UH, THE CAC IS GOING TO GET IT IN A FEW DAYS.
I BELIEVE THE 18TH, THEN WE CAN GET IT IN AUGUST BASICALLY.
I KNOW THAT A COUPLE OF COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE ALSO EXPRESSED INTEREST IN THE TOPIC, SO IT'S SOMETHING BE RELEVANT FOR US TO TAKE OUT, BUT IF IT'S NOT THAT ONE WE'LL SURELY GET WITH THE STAFF TO FIGURE THAT ONE OUT.
SO DO WE WANT IT? I CAN, MR. FIDO, UM, SO LET'S QUICKLY JUMP BACK TO ITEM.
UH, JUST TO BE CLEAR, WE'LL JUMP BACK TO ITEM
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SIX.AND, UH, WE HAD, UH, EVERYBODY HAD VOTED AYE AND WE WERE WAITING TO CONFIRM COMMISSIONER FIDELIS.
AND SO I THINK WITH, UH, I, UH, YEP.
YOU SUPPORT THAT MOTION, UH, UH, THAT WAS, UH, THAT VICE-CHAIR PUT ON THE TABLE AND THAT I SECONDED AND THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
THANK YOU ALL, UH, COMMISSIONER FIDELIO ON THAT NOTE, UH, IS THERE AN UPDATE FROM THE JOINT SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION, WHICH IS ITEM NUMBER SEVEN? NO, I DON'T HAVE ENOUGH.
AND THEN, UH, WAS THERE A HERC MEETING, HAS IT HURT MEETING FOR, UH, WHERE YOU, UH, DID YOU ATTEND THE HERC MEETING? IS THERE AN UPDATE FROM THAT FOR THE QUARTER? IT WASN'T HER COMMITTING THAT I ASSUMED COMMISSION OF GARRETT WOULD LIKE THE COMMISSIONER GARRETT ON, UH, COMMISSIONER GARRETT, I BELIEVE IS OUT NOW.
SO I DIDN'T HAVE GREAT CONNECTIONS.
I DON'T HAVE AN UPDATE ON THAT ONE.
WE'LL ASK, UH, COMMISSIONER GARRETT FOR THE UPDATE, THE NEXT MEETING.
UM, AND IF THERE'S ANYTHING PRESSING, I JUST ASK HER TO EMAIL US.
UM, SO ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, WE DON'T HAVE AN UPDATE ITEM.
NUMBER EIGHT COMMISSIONER IS I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO GO DOWN.
I THINK WE'RE, I MEAN, I THINK WE DON'T NEED QUORUM TO CLOSE.
UM, WE'RE DONE, UH, I MEAN, AS LONG AS THEY, I MEAN, THE, THE TRUNCATED RECORDING IS NOT A PROBLEM FOR ANYBODY, RIGHT.
OR DO YOU NEED TO RECORD ME SAYING THAT WE'RE A JOURNEY? YOU CAN JUST PUT IT IN THE MINUTES, RIGHT? UM, WELL THAT'S ALL FOLKS.
VICE-CHAIR FOR GETTING THAT MOTION ON THE TABLE, UH, 9:00 PM WITH YOUR PATIENTS AND COBBLING IT TOGETHER.
THAT'S A, SUCH A, NOBODY IS IMMUNE TO THAT PAIN IN THE ASS.