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COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION ORDER.AND AS A REMINDER, THE PURPOSE OF THIS BOARD IS TO ADVISE COUNCIL OF THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO SERVE THE POOR AND THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE, WITH AN EMPHASIS ON FEDERALLY FUNDED PROGRAMS. UH, THE FIRST ITEM IS CALLED COMMUNICATION TO REHAB.
ANYONE SIGNED UP, THEN WE CAN MOVE
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TO THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.UM, THERE IN THE PACKET, I'M GOING TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
WE'VE HAD SOME TIME THAT YOUR HONOR, I'M NOT SURE WE HAVE EMOTION FROM HOW COMMISSIONER CONDITIONER COULD APPROVE THE JULY 12TH, 2020 TO THIS SECOND, SECOND, ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR.
AND IF YOU'RE VOTING, UM,
UM, BECAUSE OF OUR CURRENT ARRANGEMENT, IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE CHALLENGING, SO, OH, UM, OH, AND JUST SO THE COMMISSIONER IS ONLINE.
NOW YOU CAN UNMUTE YOURSELVES IF YOU WANT, BUT I NEED TO TEST THAT NOW, IF ANYBODY WANTS TO SAY LOW
WE CAN'T HEAR HIM TO ADD, WE ARE RECONVENING FOR SOMETHING TO INVOLUNTARY BECAUSE THAT'S DUE TO TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES.
THEN AUGUST FEEDING IN THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION.
WE HAD A MOTION TO A GROUP APPROVED THE EACH LIGHT'S 12, 20.2 MINUTES FROM COMMISSIONER GARETH.
AND THAT MOTION WAS SECONDED BY MISSIONARY AT LEAST, UH, ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HANDS AND PLEASE PULL THEM THERE.
IT'S KIND OF FUNNY, WE'RE SAYING HI.
UM, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE THE AGENDA ITEMS AROUND A LITTLE BIT.
WE HAVE, UH, SOME, UH, NON-STOP GUESTS THAT ARE WITH US, AND THAT WOULD JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE DOING OUR BEST TO HONOR THE TIME.
OF COURSE INTEGRATORS VALUABLE, BUT THEY'RE A VOLUNTEER, UH, MEMBERS OF, UH, ANOTHER FORDHAM COMMISSION AS WELL.
[5. Presentation and discussion on the disposition of Urban Renewal Blocks 16 & 18 from City owned to private (Anne Gatling Haynes, Austin Economic Development Corporation).]
TO MOVE TO DISCUSSION ITEM NUMBER FIVE, WHICH IS THE PRESENTATION OF DISCUSSION ON THE DISPOSITION OF URBAN RENEWAL BLOCK 16 AND 18 FROM CITY A LITTLE BIT PRIVATE.WE HAVE AN DEPTH NICKNAMES FOR THE ADC, THE AUSTIN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.
AND I BELIEVE WE ALSO HAVE THE CEO OF ADCC THERESA ALVAREZ WITH US, AS WELL AS A CHAIR OF UNWELLNESS ESCOBAR OF THE URBAN RENEWAL BOARD.
AND WOULD YOU LIKE FOR YOU TO SPEAK FROM, UM, I THINK, UH, PERHAPS RIGHT NEXT TO
IT'S ALREADY ASKED ME A LOT OF QUESTIONS.
UM, SO THERESA ALVAREZ IS ON THE SCREEN, SO YOU CAN SEE HER.
SHE ACTUALLY JOINED THE AUSTIN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION SIX MONTHS AGO.
I STARTED A YEAR AGO ALMOST, UH, TWO, TWO DAY THIS MONTH.
UM, AND WE'RE A NEW CORPORATION.
I DO HAVE SOME SLIDES AND ALTHOUGH I'M GOING TO TALK MOSTLY ABOUT THE BLOCKS 16 AND 18 HERE ON 11TH STREET, I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO INTRODUCE THE ORGANIZATION AND KIND OF WHY WE WERE SET UP.
WE'RE A STARTUP, WE'RE KIND OF A NEW LOCAL GOVERNMENT CORPORATION.
AND THEN WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON A PROGRAM CALLED CULTURAL TRUST, WHICH IS A PROGRAM WITH CITY DOLLARS, SECURING REAL ESTATE FOR MUSIC, ARTS AND CULTURE.
AND ALTHOUGH IT IS A SEPARATE PROGRAM FROM THE STREET, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF TALK ABOUT HAVING SOME OF THOSE POTENTIAL CULTURAL ANCHORS HERE ON THE LEFT OF THE STREET.
SO IT DOES SORT OF ALIGN AND I WANTED TO JUST MAKE SURE EVERYONE WAS AWARE OF IT.
SO, UM, I DIDN'T MEAN TO THROW THIS AT YOU.
AT LEAST IT WAS LIKE ANOTHER TECHNICAL THING.
I HAD IT OPEN, BUT NOT ON THIS PC.
UM, AND I DO THANK YOU, CHAIR ESCOBAR, WHO WAS THE CHAIR OF THE URBAN RENEWAL BOARD THAT, UH, CHAIRMAN BONNIE IS ALSO A MEMBER OF.
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UH, JUST A LOT OF OVERLAP, BUT I'M REALLY PLEASED TO MEET YOU ALL AND ALSO GET TO KNOW MANY OF THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.UM, AND I PROMISE, EVEN THOUGH IT MIGHT LOOK LIKE A LOT OF SLIDES, I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH SOME OF THEM QUICKLY.
IT WAS MORE TO HAVE SOMETHING IN YOUR BACKUP MATERIALS.
THIS IS THIS ONE, CORRECT? YES, THAT'S IT.
AND I, I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN HEAR
AND SO REALLY WE'RE, WE'RE MEANT AS A LOCAL GOVERNMENT CORPORATION TO WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH THE CITY.
AND MOST OF OUR FUNDING IS FROM THE CITY, BUT THAT WORK ALSO WITH PRIVATE NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS, ORGANIZATIONS, AS WELL AS DEVELOPERS.
AND, UM, GOING TO, I THINK THE SECOND SLIDE, IF YOU GET TO IT, UM, JUST WANTED TO SHOW YOU A LITTLE BIT DURING THAT PROCESS FROM, UH, 20, 20 TO 2021, OUR, OUR INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY, WHICH IS OUR SMART CONTRACT WITH THE CITY WAS SET UP ABOUT A YEAR AGO IN JUNE OF 2021.
AND PART OF THAT PROCESS WAS TO ESTABLISH INDEPENDENT BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
UM, WE ARE A PUBLIC CORPORATION, SO WE DO STILL HAVE OPEN MEETINGS.
WE HAVE OUR PUBLIC MEETINGS, WE JUST HAD ONE YESTERDAY.
SO IT'S EVERY TWO MONTHS ON A MONDAY AT ABOUT 1130 AT THE PDC BUILDING, WHICH I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE GOING TO GO TO NEXT.
WE LOVE THAT BUILDON WAS GREAT.
UM, BUT THE 20TH FOLKS HERE ON THAT PHOTOGRAPH, REALLY EACH ONE REPRESENTS A SEAT FOR A VERY DIFFERENT KIND OF SECTOR WITHIN ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
SO WE HAVE A PERSON THAT'S BEEN NOMINATED BY THE ARTS COMMISSION.
WE HAVE, UH, SOMEONE WHO'S FROM AISD, FROM ACC, THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM FROM UT WE'VE GOT THE MINORITY CHAMBERS.
SO REALLY IT'S MET AND WE'VE GOT FOUR AND REALLY FOUR FOLKS THAT ARE CITY OF AUSTIN EMPLOYEES, INCLUDING, UH, THE DIRECTOR OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR OF HPD HOUSING PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT, SOMEONE FROM THE EQUITY OFFICE, KELLY, AND THEN ED BANDIDO, WHO'S THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE AND FINANCIAL.
I DON'T ACTUALLY KNOW THESE STILL NAMES DEPARTMENT.
THAT'S TERRIBLE, BUT ULTIMATELY IT'S REALLY BEEN AS A, A COMMUNITY OF A BOARD OF DIRECTORS THAT IS GOING TO LOOK AT THINGS FROM AN INDEPENDENT EYE, BUT CERTAINLY WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH THE CITY ON A NUMBER OF PROJECTS.
UM, AND I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU'LL HEAR A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IN THE URBAN RENEWAL
AND I'LL GET TO THAT IN A SECOND IN TERMS OF WHAT OUR ROLE IS, BUT REALLY SET UP AS A PUBLIC REAL ESTATE CORPORATION.
WE WILL BE DOING MANY DIFFERENT THINGS, OFTEN, UM, OPPORTUNITIES THAT THE CITY HAS US FACILITATING BECAUSE WE COULD NOT BEING A PART OF THE OVERALL CITY BUREAUCRACY.
WE CAN TECHNICALLY MOVE A LITTLE BIT FASTER TO GET WORK TO HAPPEN, PROJECTS AND DEVELOPMENTS HAPPEN, BUT REALLY FOCUSED ON THE COMMUNITY BENEFIT ACTIVITIES THAT ARE REALLY BENEFICIAL TO BOTH COMMUNITIES AND NEIGHBORHOODS.
UM, UH, LIKE, UM, WE MAY BE DOING SOME ANALYSIS WORK IN THE FUTURE OR RUNNING PROGRAMS. AND SO THERE'S A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT WAYS THAT THE CITY ENVISIONED DESKS WORKING AS KIND OF A CONTRACTOR TO THE CITY AND, OR OUR PUBLIC PARTNERS.
UH, SO WE'RE SET UP SO THAT WE COULD WORK WITH AISD ON A, AROUND DEVELOPMENT OF SOME OF THE ASU PROPERTIES FOR UTI OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT TOO.
SO IT'S NOT JUST CITY PROPERTIES AND JUST CITY MONEY, BUT THAT'S LOVELY IN THAT PUBLIC SPHERE.
SO WE'D GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, BECAUSE THIS IS JUST AS AN EXAMPLE OF WHO WE ARE AS AN ORGANIZATION.
UM, AS I SAID, WE COULD GIVE THEM PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS. UM, WE WERE SET UP IN PART, UM, AND TO ACTUALLY HELP MANAGE THE DISTRICT OF THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT, WHICH IS A VERY BIG AREA OF SOUTH OF THE LAKE, UM, THAT WAS POSSIBLY, AND IT HAS BEEN SET UP AS A TOURIST, ALTHOUGH IT'S NOT FORMALLY INACTION YET.
AND THE TOURIST THAT THE TAX INCREMENT FINANCING, THE TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE, WHICH IS AS A STATE STATUTE DESIGNATED WAY OF TAKING SORT OF FUTURE DEVELOPMENT VALUE, UM, TO BE ABLE TO PAY FOR PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE ON THE FRONT END.
SO IT'S A VERY PARTICULAR TYPE OF PUBLIC FINANCE TOOL.
AND A LOT OF TIMES, UM, THE CITY HAS BEEN MANAGING CHURCHES TYPICALLY, AND A LOT OF, A LOT OF SITUATIONS LIKE WHEELER, FOR EXAMPLE.
UM, BUT IN THIS CASE YOU HAVE 30 INDEPENDENT PARCELS, UM, WITH MANY PROPERTY
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OWNERS, NOT JUST THE CITY.AND THESE ARE THE TYPES OF DISTRICTS THAT OFTEN AN INDEPENDENT LOCAL GOVERNMENT CORPORATION IS SET UP TO MANAGE.
UM, WE, AT THIS POINT WE HAVEN'T BEEN SPENDING A LOT OF TIME, BUT I KNOW, UH, WE HAVE BEEN, WE ARE MEETING WITH THE SCHWAB BOARD.
WE'VE BEEN AT THE SWAMP BOARD.
I THINK WE'RE ON THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM NEXT WEEK.
UM, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY ON, AS A PROJECT ADVANCES, BUT THE URBAN RENEWAL DISTRICT IS REALLY ONE OF THE FIRST, I WOULD SAY, UH, DIRECT REAL ESTATE TECH PROJECTS THAT WAS IDENTIFIED AS A GOOD WAY FOR US TO BE SORT OF THE INTERMEDIARY BETWEEN THE CITY HOUSING DEPARTMENT THAT HAD BEEN WORKING IN AND REALLY FACILITATED THAT WORK TO DATE.
AND THEN, UM, THE COMMUNITY AND COMMUNITY IS I'LL SAY THEM WELL DUTIES THAT ARE INVOLVED ON 11TH STREET.
AND THAT'S GOING TO BE TO TALK ABOUT, WE WILL HAVE A SMALL, UH, PROGRAM OF WORK RELATED TO THE
AND THAT AGAIN, HASN'T STARTED YET.
SO I CAN TELL YOU A LOT MORE IN A COUPLE OF MONTHS WHEN WE'VE STARTED WORKING ON THAT, BUT REALLY IT'S MEANT TO NOT JUST FOCUS ON THE CORRIDOR AND THE HIGHWAY EXPANSION, BUT HOW CAN WE USE THE, AT THAT ACTIVITY TO IDENTIFY ADDITIONAL PROJECTS THAT WOULD BENEFIT COMMUNITIES THROUGH SITE, THEN FINALLY MANAGING THE CULTURAL TRUST, WHICH SLIDES ON.
SO I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT FOR REALLY JUST A QUICK SECOND, THINK THE NEXT ONE.
SO YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT WAYS THAT WE CAN SUPPORT THE CITY AND NEIGHBORHOODS.
UM, THE CULTURAL TRUST, AS I SAID, WASN'T SET UP, UH, ACTUALLY THE NEXT SLIDE AND YOU'RE DOING FINE.
I'M SURE WE, UH, MANY YEARS AGAIN, IN THE MAKING THERE'S THAT 16.9 MILLION AND THREE SOURCES OF MONEY FROM THE CITY THAT WERE IDENTIFIED TO HELP SUPPORT THE PRESERVATION OF EXISTING ARTS MUSIC, CULTURE VENUES, AS WELL AS POTENTIALLY THE CREATION OF NEW ONES, AS YOU ALL PROBABLY KNOW, JUST LIKE A LOT OF FOLKS AND RESIDENCES, RESIDENTIAL FOLKS BEING DISPLACED, UH, ARTS MUSIC AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS, ESPECIALLY AFTER COVID HAVE HAD A REALLY HARD TIME STAYING IN THE CITY.
AND THAT CREATIVE ECOSYSTEM IS SOMETHING WE'RE SUPER GROUNDED HERE IN AUSTIN.
AND THAT'S THE ONE THING WE DON'T WANT TO LOSE.
SO THIS PROGRAM WAS SET UP BECAUSE IT STARTED WITH HOW CAN WE USE THESE CITY DOLLARS TO MAKE INVESTMENTS AND ARTS MUSIC AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS TO KIND OF SECURE THEM TERM, NOT ENOUGH MONEY TO DO EVERYTHING THAT WE NEED TO DO, BUT WE CERTAINLY ARE STARTING TO LOOK AT HOW CAN WE USE TO BE DOLLARS MORE EFFECTIVELY TO DO THAT.
UM, WE GOT, WE DID AN RFP PROCESS.
I'M SURE WE CAN KEEP GOING, BUT WE DID AS MUCH AS WE COULD TO GET THE WORD OUT, FIND OPERATORS AND ORGANIZATIONS THAT WERE INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING IN THE PROGRAM, OR EITHER FORMERLY DISPLACED OR WORRIED ABOUT BEING DISPLACED OR FOLKS THAT NEEDED SPACE.
UM, BUT 45 SUBMISSIONS, REALLY A BIG VARIETY OF PEOPLE.
THIS IS JUST A PHOTOGRAPH OF AN EVENT WE HAD WHEN ALL THE 45 APPLICANTS CAME TOGETHER, INTRODUCE THEMSELVES TO EACH OTHER, BUT ULTIMATELY WE HEARD A LOT MORE ABOUT WHAT THEIR NEEDS ARE.
UM, AND BOTH OF THE ECHOS HEARING, UM, IN THIS LAST WEEK WE HAD, UH, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, IN THE RFP, IT TALKED ABOUT HOW WE WERE GOING TO EVALUATE THE PROPOSALS.
UH, WE ARE NOW DOWN TO WHAT WE CALL THE LONG LIST, WHICH IS A MADE UP WORD BECAUSE WE'RE NOT AT THE SHORT LIST YET, BUT A LONG LIST OF 14 PROJECTS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THE FEASIBILITY AND DUE DILIGENCE, HOW CAN WE USE THE DOLLARS THAT WE HAVE, UM, AND HOW DO WE STRUCTURE IT SO THAT WE CAN MAKE IT SUSTAINABLE AND AFFORDABLE THROUGH THE ORGANIZATIONS? UH, WE HOPE THAT THIS FALL WE'LL BE ABLE TO PUT FORWARD.
UM, UH, THE GOAL OF WE HAVE SAID THAT HOPEFULLY BETWEEN TWO AND SIX PROJECTS, THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO INVEST IN THIS FIRST ROUND.
AND IDEALLY YOU SORT OF START TO IDENTIFY THE BROADER NEEDS OF THE 45 APPLICANTS PLUS ANOTHER 16 FOLKS WHO HAVE, HAVE BEEN TELLING US THEIR NEEDS TO SAY, WE NEED THIS TO BE AN ONGOING PROGRAM FOR THE CITY.
UM, AND AS I SAID BEFORE, THE REASON WHY I WANTED TO BRING THIS UP, UH, THERE ARE ORGANIZATIONS AND OPERATIONS HERE IN EAST AUSTIN THAT HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR SPACE AND CERTAINLY WITH A LOT OF THE, UM, YOU KNOW, DISCUSSION AT COUNCIL AND WITHIN YOUR OWN WARD ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN HERITAGE CULTURAL DISTRICT HAS SOME CULTURAL VENUES IN THIS AREA.
SO CERTAINLY IT WILL BE A CONVERSATION ON THESE TWO BLOCKS AS WELL.
UM, SO THAT'S ONE, IT'S NOT JUST ALL WE'RE GOING TO GO TO IS 11 STREET, BUT IF YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE, UM, NO, I JUST WANT TO KNOW THIS.
IT'S GREAT, ACTUALLY, THAT WE'RE MOVING INTO THE NEXT SLIDE.
SO I WANTED TO FRAME THAT WHEN YOU SET THESE TWO BLOCKS, I WANT TO JUST MAKE SURE WE KNEW WHICH THEY WERE, BUT YOU WERE HEADING RIGHT INTO THAT ANYWAY.
AND I KNOW, I THINK YOU ASKED ME ABOUT THIS, BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS HELPFUL.
IT'S JUST A, LIKE, I HAVE A FEELING THAT WE'LL BE BACK WITH THIS CONDITION IN THE FUTURE, BECAUSE I THINK MANY OF OUR GOALS IN REAL ESTATE REALLY DOVETAIL WITH, I THINK WHAT THE CONDITION IS, IS WORKING TOWARDS.
WE DON'T WORK WITH FEDERAL DOLLARS YET, BUT WE CERTAINLY KNOW THAT, UM, IS AS WE TRY AND SPREAD OUR WINGS TO OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS AND SPECIFICALLY AFTER THEY EXPERIENCED
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ON THESE TWO BLOCKS, HOPEFULLY THERE'S MORE PROJECTS THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO COME BACK TO YOU ON.UM, BUT SO THESE ARE THE TWO BLOCKS THAT WE CALL 16 AND 18 BECAUSE PART OF THE URBAN RENEWAL PLAN.
BUT THEN I FORGET THE YEAR 1992, I WOULD DEFER TO CHAIR, ASK TO BORROW, IT'S BEEN 92 OR 90.
THEIR URBAN RENEWAL WAS A FEDERAL PROGRAM.
IT WAS ACTUALLY HEAVILY IN THE NORTHEAST WHERE I COME FROM, AND THIS IS THE URBAN RENEWAL DISTRICT HERE IN AUSTIN THAT WAS SET UP TO RIGHT AT ONE POINT IT WAS BASED ON, UM, UH, REALLY REMOVAL OF FLIGHTS AS WE'LL DETERMINE WISE WITHIN THE STATUTE ORIGINALLY, BUT ULTIMATELY BE ABLE TO KIND OF IMPLEMENT MEASURES DEVELOPMENT MEASURES TO HELP, TO KICKSTART AN ECONOMIC MARKET LOCALIZED MARKET THAT WAS NOT WORKING AT THE TIME.
UM, IT WAS PRETTY, YOU KNOW, FROM A FEDERAL STANDPOINT, SOME GOOD AND BAD EXPERIENCES AROUND THE COUNTRY.
I'VE WORKED AT OTHER RENEWAL DISTRICTS THAT, UM, REALLY WERE KIND OF, SORT OF RAISED, THERE WAS REALLY NOT MUCH LEFT.
AND THEN OTHER ONES WHERE A LOT OF THE STARK FABRIC WAS LEFT, BUT THEY WERE RENOVATED OVER TIME.
AND THIS PARTICULAR CASE, UM, THE BLOCK ON THE LEFT.
SO WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW, I GUESS I DON'T HAVE MY, SO BETWEEN THOSE TWO ORANGE ARROWS ARE THE BUILDING.
THE BUILDING THAT WE'RE SITTING IN, WHICH IS THE CORNER OF IS A CURVE STREET.
IT'S OCCURRED, WE'RE IN THAT BUILDING RIGHT THERE.
AND SO 16 IS TO OUR RIGHT THIS WAY.
UM, AND THAT'S THE BLOCK THAT'S PRIMARILY A PARKING LOT, UM, THAT EFFECTIVELY IS ADJACENT TO THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN CULTURAL AND HERITAGE CENTER AND THEN FRANKLIN BARBECUE TO THE FAR SIDE AND THEN BLOCK 18 IS TO THE OTHER SIDES OF THE RIGHT.
AND THAT IS RIGHT NOW, THE CORNER IS WHERE VICTORY GRILL IS LOCATED, WHICH THE PRE-MADE BECAUSE THAT'S INDEPENDENTLY OWNED.
AND THEN THE REMAINDER OF BLOCK, BOTH OF THESE PARCELS FOR ARE, ARE OWNED EFFECTIVELY BY THE URBAN RENEWAL BOARD.
SO THEIR CITY CITY OWNED IN THE SENSE THAT THE CITY CREATED THE URBAN RENEWAL BOARD TO EFFECTIVELY HIRE THOSE PARCELS AND ASSEMBLED THEM SO THAT THEY COULD BE DEVELOPED.
AND AGAIN, THIS HAPPENED TO BE QUITE A BIT OF TIME AGO, BACK IN THE NINETIES.
UM, AND MANY, MANY DIFFERENT EFFORTS OF ENGAGEMENT HAVE HAPPENED OVER THE YEARS.
AND SO UP UNTIL THIS POINT, THE HOUSING AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT WAS REALLY STAFFING, UH, THE URBAN RENEWAL BOARD, AS WELL AS THE INTENTIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF THESE BLOCKS.
BUT FOR MANY DIFFERENT KIND OF STARTS AND FULLBACKS, UH, BOTH SORT OF ON, IN TERMS OF ZONING AND REGULATORY REASONS, BUT ALSO SORT OF THE CHANGE OVER OF THE APPOINTEES, URBAN RENEWAL BOARD, OTHER THINGS HAPPENED, THEY NEVER WENT INTO A DEVELOPMENT MODE.
SO WE'RE REALLY SORT OF SAYING, OKAY, THESE WERE ALWAYS INTENDED TO BE DEVELOPED, BUT OVER TIME THEY'VE JUST BEEN SORT OF LEFT.
AS YOU KNOW, KINDERGARTEN BACKYARD HAS A YEAR, YEAR BY YEAR LEAKS.
I THINK IT'S A ONE-YEAR LEASE EACH YEAR THAT GETS RENEWED BY THE URBAN RENEWAL BOARD, UH, FOR ACTIVATION ON THAT SITE.
AND THEN, UM, I DON'T THINK ANYONE'S, UM, THE PARKING LOT IS NOT MANAGED BY ANYONE, SO IT'S EFFECTIVELY JUST A PARKING LOT.
AND I THINK THE GOAL WAS ALWAYS TO CREATE, UM, ACTIVITY AND DEVELOPMENT THAT WOULD SUPPORT NEIGHBORHOOD GOALS AND MISSION.
UM, SO I THINK IT'S THE NEXT ONE.
THE REC OF THE OWNERSHIP IS, OR WE DON'T WANT THE WHOLE BOARD.
I ACTUALLY GO INTO THE PARCELS.
UM, AND THEN THERE'S A REGULATORY FRAMEWORK, WHICH IS AN URBAN RENEWAL PLAN THAT SETS THE GOALS AND GUIDELINES OF THE OVERALL DISTRICT.
THESE ARE THE LAST TWO PARCELS TO BE DEVELOPED FROM THAT INITIAL 1991, URBAN RENEWAL PLAN JUST THIS PAST YEAR.
AND IT'S NOT A HUNDRED PERCENT COMPLETE YET.
UM, THERE'S AN EFFORT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE REGULATORY FRAMEWORK IN THE NCCD, WHICH I ACTUALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS.
YES, THE NCCD AND URBAN RENEWAL PLAN WERE BEFORE VERY DIFFERENT REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS ARE DIFFERENT.
AND THEN THE GOAL WAS TO KIND OF ALIGN THAT, WHICH REALLY SETS THE STAGE FOR BEING ABLE TO DO THE DEVELOPMENT, LOTS OF COMMUNITY PLANNING, ONE HOSPICE.
AND I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S REALLY DIFFICULT WITH PROJECTS LIKE THIS AS THE CONVERSATION HAS GONE ON OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME, THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY.
I MEAN, IT'S SOME BASIC THINGS MAY NOT BE THAT DIFFERENT, BUT WHO LIVES HERE AND WHO'S BEEN DISPLACED FROM HERE HAS CHANGED QUITE A BIT.
SO I THINK THAT WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO LEADING UP TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THESE PARCELS IS LISTEN TO THE PROCESS THAT HAS HAPPENED BEFORE, UNDERSTAND WHAT THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES FROM THE COMMUNITY HAVE BEEN VALIDATE THAT, AND MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE'RE WRITING A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS, IT REALLY SPEAKS TO THE KINDS OF USES THAT WE WANT TO SEE ON THESE TWO WALKS.
AND IN A MOMENT, I THINK ALSO GIVEN SOME OF THE COUNCIL ACTIVITY AND SOME OF THE DIFFERENT ANCHOR INSTITUTIONS ALONG THE SUPPORTER OF 11TH STREET AND BEING IN SIX SQUARE, WHICH IS HISTORIC AFRICAN-AMERICAN NEIGHBORHOOD.
I MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE ALSO THINKING ABOUT THESE USES AS BEING AGAIN, ANCHORS TO THAT DISTRICT IMPACT AND DISTRICT, UM, IMAGE.
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AND SO THAT WE'RE THINKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S CULTURAL ANCHORS OR WHO'S THE HOUSING FOR, UM, IT'S, IT'S GOING TO BE MIXED USE, UH, OR WHO'S GOING TO BE OCCUPYING THE COMMERCIAL STATES.THAT IS, THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO US TO BE THINKING ABOUT NOW.
AND SO THAT'S GOING TO BE THE FIRST STEP OF THAT PROCESS.
SO WE'RE GOING TO GO TO THIS NEXT SLIDE.
I HAVE A QUESTION FOR HER SECOND, THE PROPERTY OCCURRED AND EAST 11TH, WHERE ELSE TACO CUSTOMERS PARK ON IT PARKING LOT WHEN THEY GO TO BUY.
THEN YOU ALSO HAVE PEOPLE THAT WORKS IN THIS BUILDING DOWN ON THE FIRST FLOOR PARKS ON THAT TRUCK.
ALL RIGHT, NOW THAT PROPERTY OVER THERE, VICTORY GRILL, PEOPLE ARE USING THAT FOR A PARKING SPACE, BUT EVERYTHING ELSE IS THAT YOU MEAN THE PARKING ON THE LEFT CAN BLOCK WHEN THEY WANT TO GO INTO VICTORIA.
AND MY Y'ALL SAID, WHICH I'LL GO ON AND DEVELOP ON THESE TWO PRODUCTS.
YOUR BUS STARTED THAT PRODUCT PAGE, BOUNCE SIDE, THEN PEOPLE KNOW THAT Y'ALL FIT INTO, I LOOK TO SLED.
SO NOBODY WON'T GET CAUGHT AND Y'ALL GOT OFFENSE WHEN THEY CARDS.
I MEAN, ACTUALLY, YES, THAT'S A REALLY GREAT QUESTION BECAUSE I THINK IN MANY STEPS OF THE PROCESS NOTIFYING, UM, ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS, AS WELL AS RESIDENTS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AS PART OF OUR ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY.
AND THAT WOULD BE NOT JUST FOR THIS, YOU KNOW, THE NEXT THREE MONTHS LEADING UP TO POSSIBLY RFP, BUT ALSO FOR IN ADVANCE OF CONSTRUCTION.
AND WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT WE'RE GONNA BE ASKING THE CONTRACTOR DEVELOPER TO DO TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE NOTIFYING ALL THE USERS OF THE PROPERTIES REALLY, BUT THAT'S A GOOD POINT BECAUSE WE ALSO HAVE TO THINK ABOUT WHERE DOES THAT GO? AT SOME POINT YOU NEED THAT THAT'S RIGHT, BECAUSE HE POSTED THE PEOPLE YOU GOT TO FIELD IN ACROSS THE STREET, WHICH IS A PART OF EVERY DECENT CHURCH.
THEY WILL BE SNEAKING UP ON THAT PROPERTY.
AND IT'S ALREADY A SIGN THAT SAYS YOUR VEHICLE WILL BE TOWED AND OWNER'S EXPENSE.
AND IF YOU GO AROUND THE CORNER WHERE I WAS TALKING ABOUT THE OTHER, THERE'S A, NOW THAT PEOPLE WILL START TALKING THAT PEOPLE WILL KIND OF PLAY FOOTBALL.
AND THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING Y'ALL WHEN Y'ALL GET READY TO DEVELOP THAT PROPERTY IS THAT JOB MAKES SURE THAT EVERYBODY IN THAT FAVOR GOOD, ESPECIALLY THE WELLS FARGO CUSTOMER AND A SIDE NOTE, IT SAID SOME CITY EMPLOYEES APART AND EVERYBODY GO EAT AND EAT.
SO THAT'S ALL THE THING I'VE READ BE.
I MEAN, I THINK THAT'S PART OF OUR THOUGHT PROCESS FOR ENGAGEMENT IN GENERAL, AND I WILL, I'VE MADE A NOTE OF IT AND I WILL JUST ACTUALLY A NOD TO MY BOSS, UH, WHO USED TO WORK FOR WELLS FARGO AND PLACED THAT ASHEVILLE WELLS FARGO IN THAT LOCATION.
SO THAT'S THE LONG ON HISTORY OF NEIGHBORHOODS ACTUALLY, I'LL, I'LL INTERJECT THERE, UM, TO SAY, I APPRECIATE, YOU KNOW, WE, WE APPRECIATE THAT FEEDBACK AND I'M COMMISSIONER TOLERANT AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S KIND OF, THAT'S ONE OF THE BIG REASONS OF WHERE YOU THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE IMPORTANT, UH, FOR AN, AND THEN, UH,
UH, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IN SHORT, THE URBAN RENEWAL BOARDS HAVE BEEN WORKING TO KIND OF HARMONIZE A FEW DIFFERENT PLANS OR THAT WILL DEFINE WHAT THE DEVELOPMENT IN THIS WHOLE DISTRICT IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE.
UM, THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE NOW WITH COUNTS.
UH, AND, AND SO AFTER, YOU KNOW, A PRETTY LONG PROCESS OF GETTING THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS TOGETHER, THEY'RE NOW WITH COUNCIL 2010 ACRES AND STILL, UM, AND SO THERE MAY BE SOME AMENDMENTS MADE TO THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS ON WHAT THE USES MIGHT BE.
UH, AND SO IT MAY BE IMPORTANT FOR SOME OF US TO BE AWARE OF THAT JUST AS MUCH AS YOURS.
SO THAT'S ONE THING, JUST THE WHOLE REGION, UH, AND, UH, AND GET THIS OTHER URBAN RENEWAL PLANS UP, UH, AND THE ZONING AND DEVELOPMENT IS THAT ASSOCIATED THAT'S ONE.
THE SECOND IS THAT THESE TWO BLOCKS, WHICH ARE REALLY IMPORTANT, HISTORICAL BLOCKS ARE ABOUT TO BE REDEVELOPED AND THEY'RE GOING FROM PUBLIC TO PRIVATE USAGE.
AND SO ALICE AND I THINK REALLY, UH, HELPFULLY EXPLAINED IT'S IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THEY,
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THAT STUART'S, UH, AND I'VE IN SOME WAYS, CONDUIT OF THE CITIES AND 10, UH, THAT WE DO OUR BEST TO PARTICIPATE AND ENGAGE IN PARTICIPATION IN THAT PROCESS, SUCH THAT HOPEFULLY THE DEVELOPMENT OF THESE TWO BLOCKS, THESE VERY, VERY IMPORTANT HISTORICAL BLOCKS, MAYBE THE LAST TWO, ONE SOMEONE MIGHT SAY DEVELOPED THROUGH THE LENS OF, OF COURSE, UH, THE CULTURAL DISTRICT AND HONORING THE CULTURAL DISTANCE IN THE HISTORY.THAT'S NUMBER ONE, AND NUMBER TWO, UH, MAXIMIZING THE COMMUNITY BENEFIT OF THAT.
SO THESE TWO, YOU CAN IMAGINE THE PRIVATE VALLEY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, RIGHT? UH, AND SO THERE WILL BE AN RFP TO DETERMINE HOW THAT TRANSFER WILL HAPPEN.
ATDC, WE'RE LUCKY TO HAVE THE HVDC, UH, WITHIN HUMMING THIS PARTICULAR EFFORT, UH, AND SHE SHARED A CONTEXT OF OTHER WORK THAT THEY'VE DONE WILL BE MANAGED IN THAT RFP PROCESS, INDEPENDENT, UH HAND-IN-HAND WITH THE RENEWAL BOARD, FOR THE EDC BEING EXTRA GOVERNMENTAL, UH, HAS ABILITY TO BE NIMBLE AND ABILITY TO SET DIFFERENT KINDS OF CONTRACTS AND MECHANISMS TO BE ABLE TO MANAGE, UH, THAT, THOSE, UH, SO IT OPENS UP SOME FLEXIBILITY.
MAYBE YOU DON'T JUST OPERATE, SELL PROPERTIES TO SOMEBODY, BUT TO DO A BROWN BOX
SO THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT I WAS WANTING US TO KIND OF BE CANDIDA.
IF THEY DO GO PUBLIC, WHEN COMPRISE THAT AND 1991, THE FIVE OTHER PEOPLE WE REQUESTED THAT YOU HAVE A PLACE FOR CEDRIC'S TO HAVE SPREAD COLLABORATION AND CALLED AND THERE TO BE.
SO I'M HOPING THAT IT'S STILL NO EIGHTH.
WELL, I THINK THAT'S THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS, THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS ENGAGEMENT.
THAT'S WHY WE'RE THANKFUL THAT YOU'RE VISITING THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, AND BECAUSE IT'S NOT EASY TO DO THAT, UM, AMIDST ALL THE OTHER WORK THAT YOU ALL HAVE, UH, THE PIPELINE.
SO YEAH, I APPRECIATE YOU SHARING THAT.
I'M GOING TO LOOK VERY CLOSELY.
SO THERE'S A, THERE WAS DEFINITELY A LOT OF CONVERSATION AROUND THE ABUSES PEOPLE OUT IN 91.
I'M THE ONLY ONE SAYS SO ALIVE AFTER THE NIGHT.
WELL, I'M GLAD THAT YOU'VE PUT THAT DOWN NEXT.
CAUSE I THINK RIGHT NOW WE'VE DEFINITELY KNOW THERE'S GOING TO BE A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT USES THAT WE'RE GOING TO TRY AND FIT ON THE SITE.
UM, AND THESE SLIDES REALLY JUST SHOW WHERE WE ARE IN THE PROCESS IS WE'LL, WE'VE JUST HIRED SOME CONSULTANTS TO HELP US LOOK AT WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT USES PEOPLE HAVE ASKED FOR HOW ARE THEY GOING TO ALL FIT ON THE SITE? WHAT KIND OF, UH, FINANCIAL MODELS CAN WE LOOK AT? WHAT ARE THE FINANCIAL TOOLS THAT ALLOW US TO ACCOMPLISH THOSE THINGS AND EFFECTIVELY WRITE THE RFP WITH A LOT OF THOSE USES AND SORT OF SUGGESTED WAYS TO KIND OF FINANCE IT.
WE'RE NOT REALLY DOING THE DEVELOPERS WORK FOR THEM, BUT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO NATURALLY BE ABLE TO SOLVE FOR ALL OF THE USES THAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS TO SEE WITHOUT A LITTLE BIT OF ASSISTANCE SAYING, OKAY, THE COMMUNITY WANTS CULTURE.
THEY'LL SAY, WELL, WE CAN'T DO CULTURE WITHOUT SOME HELP IN SOME WAY, SHAPE OR FORM.
WELL, WE IDENTIFY A CULTURAL TRUST, UM, PROGRAM OR PROJECT COULD BE HERE, X AMOUNT OF DOLLARS OF IT.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S THE KIND OF THE PROCESS WE'RE GOING TO BE IN THE NEXT THREE, THREE MONTHS, APPROXIMATELY.
I THINK IT'S JUST A PHOTOGRAPH OF THE SCOPE AND THE CONSULTANTS.
THAT'S A PLANNING TEAM WITH A REAL ESTATE ADVISORY GROUP, UM, THAT ARE GOING TO REALLY ASSIST US WITH THIS PROCESS.
AND THEN THE NEXT SLIDE, AND I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH TOO MANY DETAILS, BUT CAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO MEET THESE FOLKS AT SOME POINT, PUBLIC CITY IS WORKING WITH US AS PART OF OUR ENGAGEMENT TEAM.
UM, AND THEY'VE WORKED QUITE A BIT ON 12TH STREET, UH, AND DOING A LOT OF DIFFERENT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES THAT, YOU KNOW, THROUGHOUT THE CITY, A LOT WITH US DOWNTOWN AS WELL, BUT ARE CERTAINLY FOLKS THAT ARE GOING TO HELP US, UM, YOU KNOW, REALLY DESIGN A WAY THAT FOLKS CAN COMMUNICATE TO US DURING THIS NEXT THREE MONTH PROCESS TO WRITE THE RFP.
BUT THEN ALSO HOW DO WE SET IT UP SO THAT THAT GROUP CAN HELP CONTINUE TO ADVISE, UM, UH, US URBAN RENEWAL BOARD, UH, AND THE DEVELOPER THAT MIGHT GET SELECTED THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS OF CONSTRUCTION.
AND I THINK, AGAIN, IT'S NOT JUST LOOKING AT THIS NEXT THREE MONTHS TO WRITE AN RFP AND THEN EVERYBODY'S GOING TO GO LIKE THIS, BUT WHAT'S THE RIGHT PROCESS.
SO THAT ULTIMATELY WHAT WE SEE AS THE DEVELOPMENT IS FINISHED IS KIND OF WHAT WE ALL ENVISION IT TO BE.
AND, YOU KNOW, REALLY CANNING OFF, YOU KNOW, EVEN IF HELPING THE DEVELOPERS WITH CERTAIN PARTNERSHIPS THAT WOULD BE CRITICAL FOR THE USE OF A SPACE.
UM, SO I'M GOING TO GO TO THE NEXT ONE.
I THINK IT'S THE SCOPE OF WORK.
AND AS I DESCRIBED, THE FIRST PART IS LOOKING AT THE PHYSICAL CONSTRAINTS OF THE BLOCK.
UM, PROBABLY THE NEXT TIME I'M HERE, WE'LL HAVE SOME MAPS.
AND SO WHAT THE REGULATORY FRAMEWORK IS HOW MUCH IT CAN BE BUILT.
UM, NOT THAT IT WILL BE BUILT TO THE ENVELOPE NECESSARILY, BUT WHAT ARE THE CONSTRAINTS? UM, WHAT ARE THE
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GOALS? UM, I KNOW THAT THE URBAN RENEWAL BOARD HAS TALKED A LOT ABOUT THE CONDUCTIVITY, MAKING SURE THAT IT'S A FRIENDLY BLOCK, THAT THINGS ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.IT CONNECTS, UM, YOU KNOW, FROM AN URBAN STANDPOINT, VIEWS AROUND THE BLOCKS ARE, ARE IMPORTANT.
UM, THERE'S A LOT OF WINDOWS OR OTHER THINGS THAT COULD CREATE A LOT OF, UM, LIFE, BUT WE'RE ALSO GONNA REALLY LOOK AT THIS REAL ESTATE ANALYSIS AND SORT OF THREE GAME THE, WHAT WOULD IT TAKE TO ACCOMPLISH THE GOALS? AND IN SOME CASES, THE REALITY IS WE PROBABLY WILL HAVE A LONGER LIST OF DESIRES AND NEEDS AND WANTS, THEN WE'LL FIT ON THESE BLOCKS.
AND SO IT REALLY THEN HOW DO WE PRIORITIZE THOSE ASPECTS? WE MAY STILL ASK FOR A VERY LONG LIST OF THINGS AND AN RFP, BUT WE'LL SAY THESE THINGS ARE REQUIRED.
THESE THINGS WOULD BE LIKE, ADDITIONALLY, IF BEN, IF THEY CAN BE DONE, WE CAN DO THEM.
AND THEN THE ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY IS REALLY DISTORTED JUST TO YOUR POINT COMMISSIONER.
UH, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT PROPERTY OWNERS IN THE AREA ARE PART OF THIS PROCESS, AS WELL AS, UH, KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING NEXT.
UM, SPECIFICALLY IF SOMETHING THAT THEY UTILIZE ON THESE TWO BOXES IS GOING TO BE CHANGING.
UM, BUT ALSO MAKING SURE THAT THAT COMMUNITY HAS UNFOLD, THAT HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY VALIDATE AND HELP US WITH EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE HEARD TO DATE.
I THINK SO IS THERE ONE LAST ONE? IS IT JUST WORDS? OH, IT'S JUST WORDS.
SO WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THAT, BUT, UM, BUT I THINK THE POINT BEING THAT THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING OF BASICALLY THE WORK THAT IT WILL TAKE TO GET TO THE RFP THAT HOPEFULLY WE'LL IDENTIFY THE THINGS THAT FOLKS IN THIS COMMUNITY WANT TO SEE.
AND I DON'T KNOW, SHERMAN, BONNIE IT'S, YOU AND A COUPLE OF OTHER BOARD MEMBERS GOT TOGETHER AND KIND OF DID A SUMMARY, A LOT OF ENGAGEMENT TO DATE WITH DIFFERENT USES.
AND I KNOW THAT, UM, RIGHT NOW IN THE NEXT THREE MONTHS, WE KNOW THAT WE WANT TO SEE SOME HOUSING, THAT'S AFFORDABLE HOUSING AS PART OF PICS BLOCKS.
WHAT TYPE OF HOUSING AFFORDABLE FOR WHOM THEN HOW DO THEY PAY FOR IT SO THAT WE CAN PUT THAT INTO THE ACTUAL RFP.
AND IF WE HAVE TO IDENTIFY A FUNDING SOURCE FOR IT, WE WOULD DO THAT.
SO THAT'S THE PROCESS NOW IS TO GET TO A LEVEL OF DETAIL OF WHAT THE MAKE-UP OF THESE BLOCKS ARE.
UM, BUT I THINK SOMETHING THAT IS LIVELY AND MIXED USE, BUT ALSO CURRENTLY ACCOMMODATE SOME NEEDS THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS VOICED FOR A LONG TIME.
AND CERTAINLY, UM, MORE AND MORE WHERE YOU'RE JUST TALKING EARLIER ABOUT COST OF RENTS AND MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE SOME AFFORDABLE HOUSING OPTIONS IN THIS, IN THIS PRIVET, AND ALSO MAKING SURE THAT IT'S AVAILABLE TO FOLKS THAT HAVE EITHER BEEN DISPLACED OR, UM, WOULD LIKE TO RETURN TO THIS NEIGHBORHOOD AND DON'T SEE SOMETHING IN THE MARKET THAT THEY CAN ACTUALLY PAY THEM.
AND IT'S NOT JUST HOUSING HUD HOUSING DEPARTMENT.
I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY COMMON PRACTICE NOW, EVEN FOR CITY RFPS, BUT YEAH, THERE'LL BE QUALIFICATIONS THAN DEVELOPERS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO HIT AND THEY'LL PLUG THE SCORING MATRIX.
UM, THERE IS AN EVALUATION COMMITTEE, BUT WE HAVEN'T FORMALLY FINALIZED YET, BUT IT'S WRITTEN IN OUR MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH THE URBAN RENEWAL BOARD THAT TALKS ABOUT, I THINK IT'S THREE OR FOUR MEMBERS FROM THE URBAN RENEWAL BOARD, A COUPLE OF MEMBERS THAT WOULD BE TECHNICAL ADVISORS LIKE OURSELVES AND POTENTIALLY THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT.
AND WE WANT A COMMUNITY SEAT ON THAT EVALUATION COMMITTEE, BUT THAT SEAT WOULD ACTUALLY REPRESENT A LARGER COMMUNITY CONVERSATION.
UM, AND LIKE THE
SO THERE'S MORE TRANSPARENCY INTO WHAT THE OPTIONS ARE.
AND SO WE'RE STILL FIGURING THE DETAILS OUT, BUT I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT THAT IT'S CLEAR WHAT, HOW WE'RE GOING TO GRADE THE DEVELOPER, MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE, THEY KNOW WHAT OUR REQUIREMENTS ARE AS WELL AS WHAT ARE OUR DESIRES ARE AND THEN CERTAINLY, UM, HOW WE GET, HOW THEY GET SELECTED.
IT, UM, THINK DEFINITELY AS SOME OF THE FINANCIAL RESOURCES, WE WOULD LOOK TO OUR PARTNERS AND SEE WHAT IS AVAILABLE.
I KNOW OUR DEVELOPMENT TEAM RIGHT NOW.
WE'RE LOOKING AT A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT TOOLS, BOTH FEDERAL AND CITY AS WELL.
WHAT MIGHT COME INTO THE MIX FOR, FOR BEING ABLE TO UNDERWRITE THOSE HOUSING OPTIONS.
BUT YES, WE, I MEAN MEETING LIKE YES, THE HOUSING PLANNING DEPARTMENT IS STILL VERY MUCH INVOLVED IN THIS PROCESS.
AND IN FACT, EVEN HELPING US TO FIND, UH, FROM A MARKET PERSPECTIVE, WHAT ARE THE TYPES OF UNITS THAT WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE HERE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE HERE? AND IT'S THE SACREDNESS OF BONE, CERTAIN CONSTANTS.
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THANK YOU.UM, WELL FOR EXAMPLE, VICTORY GRILL IS NOT PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT THAT WOULD STAY AND, YOU KNOW, JUST MAKING SURE THAT THE DEVELOPMENT IS ACTUALLY A GOOD NEIGHBOR TO VENTURE AND GRILL IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
UM, BUT I THINK THAT AS WE START TO LOOK AT, UM, THERE WAS A RESOLUTION THAT COUNCIL PASSED THAT CUT A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF, UM, VENUES THAT WERE IDENTIFIED VERY LOOSELY.
I MEAN, IT'S NOT VERY, VERY DETAILED.
UM, SO WE ARE LOOKING AT FIGURING OUT HOW WE'RE NOT DESIGNING THE BLOCKS, BUT WE'RE GOING TO SAY, OKAY, HOW MUCH COULD WE ACCOMMODATE? AND I WOULD SAY COMMERCIAL SPACE OR CULTURAL VENUE SPACE.
AND WE WOULDN'T NECESSARILY, WE WOULD SAY, UM, YOU KNOW, FOR THE RESOLUTION, LIKE THESE TYPES OF USES WOULD LIKE TO BE ON THE SITE.
AND I THINK WE'RE TRYING TO HEAR FROM THE COMMUNITY, IS IT MUSIC FACED WITH THEATER BASED OR OPTIONAL? UM, AND THEN CERTAINLY EACH ONE OF THOSE DIFFERENT TYPES OF VENUES MAY HAVE DIFFERENT CONSIDERATIONS, BUT THEY WOULD REALLY COME WITH THE DEVELOPER'S PROPOSAL RIGHT NOW.
WE'RE REALLY SETTING THE FRAMEWORK OF THE RFP ABOUT WHAT THE COMMUNITY WOULD LIKE TO SEE HERE.
UM, BUT MOST OF THESE TWO BLOCKS WILL BE NEW DEVELOPMENT, BUT ANYTHING THAT EXISTS RIGHT NOW WOULD BE PRESERVED IS THAT I'M MAYBE I MISUNDERSTOOD YOUR QUESTION, BUT THAT DOESN'T HINDER THIS BLACK KIDS.
DURING THIS PROCESS OF WRITING THE RFP.
I THINK WE WOULD BE WORKING WITH THE URBAN RENEWAL FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TO DEFINE THE TYPES OF MUSIC AND VENUES THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE.
SO IT DOES CONTRIBUTE TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, BUT WE WOULD BE SPECIFYING NOT THE SPECIFIC, YOU KNOW, OPERATOR OF A VENUE, BUT THE TYPES OF OPERATORS WE'D LIKE TO SEE ON THE BLOCKS TO HELP SUPPORT THE OVERALL DISTRICT VISION IS THAT I THINK THAT'S CLOSER TO WHAT YOU'RE SUGGESTING.
UM, I MIGHT INTERJECT AND FIVE 30, YOU COULD TELL ME IF THIS GETS ANYWHERE NEAR YOU OR NOT.
AND THEN YOU CAN ALSO KEEP ME HONEST, UH, FOR ANYONE OF COURSE, UH, ON THE WEBEX.
THE, I FEEL LIKE THE SPIRIT OF, OF, UH, WHAT YOU'RE ASKING ABOUT IS BROUGHT UP OFTEN AND DISCUSSED AFTER YOUR BABY.
UM, AND THAT'S COMMUTE, THAT'S BEEN COMMUNICATED TO AEC.
AND I ALSO BELIEVE THAT RESOLUTION ANYWHERE EIGHT, I THINK A LITTLE BIT MORE SPECIFICITY, UH, AROUND, UH, THE TYPES OF VENUES AND THE TYPES OF MUSIC AND UNIQUELY, UH, UH, AN EMPHASIS ON PRESERVATION.
UH, HOWEVER, UH, I ALSO, YOU KNOW, ONE KEY NOTION TO POINT OUT IS THAT KENNY DURHAM'S BACKYARD IS THE OUTDOOR VENUE THAT'S THERE, WHICH, YOU KNOW, PRESUMABLY, UH, WILL NOT BE THERE AS WE KNOW IT ANYWAY, UH, WHEN, UH, THE REDEVELOPMENT OCCURS, OF COURSE, VICTORY GRILL, UH, WILL BE THERE.
UH, AND SO THERE IS, YOU KNOW, IN A LOT OF THE RESOLUTION THAT WAS PASSED, THERE WAS A LOT OF CUNY DURANCE CONTEXT ASSOCIATED WITH IT.
UH, AND SO HOW THAT SPIRIT SORT OF, UH,
UH, THAT IS DEFINITELY A QUESTION.
SO MY QUESTION TO YOU, AND IF, IF, UH, VICE YOUR POP THAT KIND OF IS AROUND WHAT YOU'RE ASKING WOULD BE, WHAT WOULD YOU SUGGEST TO THE BEST WAYS TO CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN ENGAGEMENT? FOR EXAMPLE, IF THERE WERE PARTICULAR NOTIONS THAT WERE MEANINGFUL TO COMMISSIONER TODDLER OR TO VICE CHAIR POP, UM, EITHER PERSONALLY OR PROFESSIONALLY, OR BY MEANS OF, OF THE STEWARDSHIP, UH, THAT THEY CARRY, UH, IN, IN THE PUBLIC SPHERE, ONE OF THE BEST WAYS HE MIGHT SUGGEST THAT WE MIGHT STAY ENGAGED? UM, DEFINITELY.
SO HOPEFULLY WITHIN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, WE WILL BE, FIRST OF ALL, WE'LL HAVE A WEB PAGE WHICH DESCRIBES THINGS AND WAYS FOR PEOPLE TO CONNECT AND WE ARE ACCOMMODATING.
UM, I WOULD SAY THE NAMES OF PEOPLE THAT WE'VE SAID WOULD LIKE TO DO TO CENGAGE THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY CONTINUE TO KEEP UP TO DATE WITH THE PROCESS.
THERE WILL BE SOME PUBLIC SESSIONS TO DISCUSS THE TYPES OF USES.
UM, FIRST OF ALL, THAT CAME FROM ALL THE PRIOR TO ENGAGEMENT, MAKE SURE WE HAVEN'T MISSED ANYTHING.
AND THEN CERTAINLY I THINK CHARACTERISTICS OR WAYS THAT THE DEVELOPMENT NEEDS TO SPEAK TO THE, I WOULD SAY THE HISTORIC COMMUNITY AS WELL AS THE CONTEMPORARY COMMUNITY.
AND I WOULD SAY THE, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS WAS, THIS IS THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN HERITAGE CULTURAL DISTRICT, AND THE USES IN THESE SPACES SHOULD REALLY CONTRIBUTE VERY DIRECTLY.
YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE THAT IF WE SAY AS A COMMUNITY, WE REALLY WANT TO SEE, YOU KNOW, BLACK OWNED BUSINESSES AS PART OF THE COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY THAT'S GOING ON HERE, HOW DO WE MAKE THAT HAPPEN? THE DEVELOPER REALLY IS BUILDING SPACE, AND THEN THEY HAVE TO FIGURE OUT MAYBE PARTNERING WITH AN ADC, HOW TO ACTUALLY MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GOING OUT AND FINDING THE BUSINESSES THAT WOULD THEN OCCUPY THOSE SPACES.
AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S MONEY TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
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HEARING FROM THE COMMUNITY AND WHAT THAT, THE GOAL FOR, HOW DOES THIS DEVELOPMENT, HOW DOES IT REPRESENT AND PROJECT INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS IMPORTANT TO US TO HEAR NOW SO THAT IT IS AN RFP, BUT IT'S NOT GOING TO END WITH AN RFP.IT'S GOING TO BE AN ONGOING ENGAGEMENTS DEVELOPER TO MAKE SURE THAT THE GOALS THAT ARE SET OUT IN AN RFP ARE ACCOMMODATED.
UM, SO I THINK BEING ABLE TO COME BACK TO THIS COMMISSION WOULD ABSOLUTELY BE ONE STEP WHEN WE'VE GOTTEN A LITTLE BIT FURTHER AND THEN WORK WITH THE, WITH THE, UM, CONSULTANTS.
AND THEN CERTAINLY MAKING SURE THAT I HAVE CONTACTS WITH THE SWITCH TO BE ABLE TO TRY TO YOU ON, AS THE PROCESS GOES FORWARD, FUCKING TO PUT SOMETHING OUT THERE ON, BUT THE MILFORD MORE THAT FINDS UP ON SMITH, BUT LET'S, LET'S BUILD EITHER.
AND THAT'S WHY DURING THIS PROCESS, WE'RE NOT JUST, UM, COMING UP, WRITING AN RFP, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE PHYSICAL CONSTRAINTS OF THE SITE, WHICH HELP US DETERMINE WHAT ARE THE FINDINGS THAT ARE REQUIRED TO ACHIEVE THE GOALS THAT WE HAVE.
AND SO THERE WILL BE SOME BACK AND FORTH TO SEE WHAT'S REALLY FEASIBLE.
AND THEN THE DEVELOPER WILL RESPOND TO THE RFP.
UM, AND CERTAINLY THE, YOU KNOW, THEY WILL HAVE, LET'S SAY A FROWN LAYS WITH A SET OF OBJECTIVES THAT THEY HAVE TO MEET TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ON THAT PROPERTY.
AND SO THEY DO STILL HAVE TO CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN THE, THE GOALS THAT WERE SET BY THE PUBLIC ENTITY OR REAL BOARD AS A PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT CONTRACT.
UM, AND SO AGAIN, YES, WE'RE TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE FINANCES AND ADVANCED, SO WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WHAT WE'RE ASKING THE DEVELOPER TO DO IS FEASIBLE.
AND I THINK THAT IF YOU DON'T DISAPPEAR, WE TRY AND MAKE SURE THAT IF YOU KNOW, THINGS HAPPEN AGAIN AND THINGS HAPPEN DURING THE DEVELOPMENT OF A PROJECT.
AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE TOO MUCH DEBT, WHICH WE PROBABLY WOULDN'T SELECT THE MISTAKES HAVE TOO MUCH DEBT, BUT, UM, IF LET'S SAY THE PRICE OF STEEL SKYROCKETS AND THEY ALL OF A SUDDEN SAY, IT'S LIKE $10 MILLION, MORE EXPENSIVE.
THEN WE ARE HERE TO HELP SOLVE THAT ISSUE.
BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE ORIGINAL OBJECTIVES THE CITY HAS, ARE ACHIEVED.
BUT I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
CAUSE I THINK IT'S HARD TO BALANCE ALL OF YOUR NEEDS WITH THE FINANCES OF THESE DEVELOPMENTS.
AND A LOT OF TIMES, YOU KNOW, ONCE THE DEVELOPERS PICKED, THEY DON'T HAVE AS MANY TIES BACK THAT FARMS THEY HAVE TO DO.
BUT I THINK THE DEVELOPMENT, THE CONTRACT THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE SIGNED BETWEEN THE URBAN RENEWAL BOARD AND THE DEVELOPER WOULD HAVE CERTAIN MILESTONES, THEY HAVE TO MEET IN CERTAIN OBJECTIVES, THEY HAVE TO MEET TO MAINTAIN THE DELTA.
SO, SO I MIGHT SUGGEST, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, POSSIBLY WINDING DOWN THIS CONVERSATION THAT THE NEXT STEPS WE'RE LOOKING AT ARE, YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW THE RFP IS BEING INFORMED.
UH, SO ENGAGEMENT WISE, THOSE WHO MAY WANT TO BE INVOLVED IN THAT PROCESS, AT LEAST WE KNOW NOW THAT THAT'S THE PROCESS WHERE AGAIN, UH, WE W THEN THERE WILL BE AN RFP RELEASED, RIGHT? AND SO WHEN THE RFP IS ALICE, UH, THEN THERE'S EVALUATION OF PROPOSALS.
UH, AND SO AT ANY LEVEL OF THIS PROCESS THAT WE THINK ARE ANY OF US DISCREETLY, INDIVIDUALLY THINKS THAT WE MAY NEED OR WANT, OR BE INTERESTED IN BEING INVOLVED.
I JUST WANT TO SPELL THAT OUT FOR EVERYONE.
SO WE'RE AWARE OF THESE THINGS, AND WE DON'T FEEL LIKE WE ARE BEHIND THE PROCESS WHERE IT HADN'T WE SEE THIS ONE COMING, UH, AND TO BE CLEAR, THIS IS A BIG ONE.
UH, AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHY IT'S ON OUR AGENDA BECAUSE, UH, IT'S THE KIND OF THING WHERE, YOU KNOW, BY MEANS OF A NURSE OR MAYBE TWO YEARS AGO, WE COULDN'T BLINK.
THEY WERE JUST STANDING BOOM HOUSING.
BUT NOW WE AEDC HAS BEEN BROUGHT IN BECAUSE THIS ISN'T GOING TO BE WHAT WE DON'T KNOW, BUT IT'S HIGHLY PROBABLY NOT GOING TO BE ONLY A HOUSING DEVELOPMENT, BUT WHAT WE'RE HEARING IS THE COMMUNITY WE KNOW BECAUSE OF 20 YEARS OF FEEDBACK, IT'S BEEN, IT'S BEEN MEANDERING FOR A WHILE AND IT ALL STILL HAS TO BE HONORED.
SO, UH, THE COMMUNITY WANTS TO HAVE VENUES.
THEY WANT TO HAVE, UH, SPACES FOR COMMUNITY GATHERING.
UH, THE COMMUNITY HAS, SO THEY WANTED, UH, PERHAPS PLACES TO NEED COMMUNITY TO SORT OF HOUSING IS IMPORTANT.
THE COMMUNITY HAS SAID A PLACE FOR SENIORS, UH, AS AN ESCALATION TOLERANCE, IF IT'S IMPORTANT.
SO ALL OF THESE THINGS MAY OR MAY NOT BE COMBINED OR PERMUTED IN SOME WAY IN AEDC WOULD SORT OF CHARGED WITH FORMULATING WHAT THAT ASSET'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE FOR DEVELOPERS OF MEN, ENSURING THAT YOU HAVE THE PROPOSAL.
SO SORT OF MEDIUM SENTENCE, PRETTY COMPLEX, I THINK.
UH, AND I THINK THERE ARE MINDS IN HERE THAT CAN MANAGE YOU MUCH BETTER THAN MY MIND.
UM, BUT I DON'T WANT TO JUST MAKE SURE THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, BILL, UH, FISHER TELL THEM, I UNDERSTAND THAT THEY'RE WANTING TO AR E OR THE
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RNP.JAN, YOU, YOU GOING TO HAVE A HASSLE WITH THAT BECAUSE YOU GOT 25 PROJECTS AND YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE CERTAIN PEOPLE ON THEIR PROJECT BEFORE.
I KNOW THAT'S WHAT WE WENT THROUGH FOR THE CAR.
YOU MEAN LIKE, BASED ON, UM, THE, THE FACT THAT THERE'LL BE MULTIPLE DEVELOPERS AND VACATING, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THE WINNERS, BOTH THE DEVELOPERS, THEY'RE GOING TO PUT HIM WITH THERAPY.
AND ON TOP OF THAT, IT'S, YOU'VE GOT TO LOOK AT, WELL, THIS YEAR, AIN'T GOOD ENOUGH FOR THE PRODUCTS YOU GOT, YOU GOT TO MAKE A DECISION ON THAT.
SUBURBAN DEVELOPERS WILL WALK OUT.
WELL, I THINK, UH, YOU KNOW, THE COMPLEXITY OF THE PROCESS IS ONE OF THE REASONS WE'RE HAPPY, THEN MAYBE HE WOULD, YOU KNOW, IF THE BIG EDC IS PUTTING THE BODY ON IT.
UH, AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS TO CONSIDER.
UM, BUT CERTAINLY THAT'S, THAT'S ONE OF THE VERY POSITIVE, UH, UM, UH, ASPECTS OF HAVING AN ADVOCATE OF THE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, WHERE THEY'RE INVOLVED.
DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION COMMISSIONER? UM, THE RFP IS CURRENTLY BEING INFORMATIVE.
AND, AND THE ANALYSIS, BECAUSE WE'RE SORT OF ALSO DOING THE TECHNICAL ANALYSIS AND THE FINANCIAL ANALYSIS, SO THAT WHEN WE WRITE THE RFP, WE'RE KIND OF WRITING THE RECIPE FOR OUR DEVELOPERS AND EACH ONE'S GOING TO COME WITH AN INDEPENDENT PROPOSAL BASED ON HOW THEY WANT TO SOLVE IT, BUT AT LEAST WE'LL HAVE THE COMMUNITY INFORMED RECIPE AS PART OF WHAT'S OURS.
UM, AND JUST THE WAY IT'S BROKEN COMMUNITY.
WE'RE JUST STARTING THAT RIGHT NOW.
IF YOU GOT ANY SUGGESTIONS OF HOW TO, I MEAN, I REALLY, MY, MY EMAIL IS ANNE A N N E, AND US EDC DOT BYRD.
AND WITH OUR TEAM, WE ACTUALLY STARTED IDENTIFYING ALL THAT JASON TARPLEY OWNERS, NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THE PAST.
WE DEFINITELY WANT TO HEAR FROM FOLKS.
SO THEY KNOW THERE'S A TURBINE AND IT'S SORT OF STEADY SPOT THAT, THAT, YES, I AM WORKING ON THAT RIGHT NOW AS A TEAM.
SO HOPEFULLY AGAIN, IT'S NOT, AS LONG AS I KNOW WHO TO COMMUNICATE IT TO, AND WE WILL HAVE A PROJECT PAGE THAT WILL OUTLINE IT.
IT'S NOT LIKE A PLANNING PROCESS, WHICH MIGHT BE A COUPLE OF YEARS OF WORK BECAUSE SO MUCH OVER 22 YEARS, SO MUCH WORK HAS HAPPENED.
BUT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS SUMMARIZE THAT VALIDATED AND ALSO SORT OF JUST TEE UP WITH THE PROCESSES GOING THROUGH THE FULL DEVELOPMENT.
SO YES, IT WILL DEFINITELY BE, UH, PUBLICLY POSTED, UM, THE URBAN RENEWAL BOARD STARTING NEXT MONDAY IS THE 15TH MONTHLY BECAUSE OF THE SECOND, MONDAY OF THE MONTH.
THAT'S THE THIRD ONE NUMBER? THE SECOND ONE.
I KNOW IT'S THE NEXT WEEK ON MONDAY BASED ON THE TEAM RIGHT NOW IS DOING MOST OF THE LOOKING AT ALL THE PREVIOUS WORK AND TRYING TO ASSEMBLE IT AND LOOKING AT THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF FINANCING.
I KNOW I'VE HEARD A COUPLE OF TIMES THAT PEOPLE WANTED TO SEE A GROCERY STORE.
SO THE LOOKING AT WHAT ARE THE FINANCIAL TOOLS THAT HELP US GET A GROCERY STORE AND DOES IT GET THEM ON THE SITE? SO WE'RE TRYING TO DO THAT WORK SO THAT YOU CAN HAVE EFFECTIVE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SESSIONS.
SO MOST OF THEM PROBABLY BE IN SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER, EARLY OCTOBER, BUT WE DEFINITELY WANT TO LAY OUT A SCHEDULE SO PEOPLE KNOW HOW TO ENGAGE.
I WISH I HAD THOSE DAYS RIGHT NOW.
YOUR AREA, IF WE DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS HERE IN PERSON, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE, I JUST THOUGHT, LIKE I WANTED IT WHAT'S UP.
OH, NO, NO, IT'S OUR PLEASURE.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE SO LATE AND THAT YOU THINK, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, NEITHER DID AND, OR, UH, MANNY MIGHT'VE HAD SOMETHING TO ADD OR COMMISSIONER GARCIA THAT OR WOODS, UH, MIGHT'VE NOT HAD SOMETHING TO ADD.
UH, IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE ALL SET.
AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO KEEP IN TOUCH, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE WE SHIP WITH SHARE CHAIRMAN KALANI WITH BOTH BOARDS.
SO WE'LL KEEP THE CONVERSATION, GO TO US AND ALWAYS REMEMBER THE, UH, OUR, UH, HEROIC STEPS, UH, SUPPORT TEAM CONNECT US AS WELL.
UM, LET'S MOVE ON TO THE NEXT, UH, THE NEXT ITEM AND I'LL APOLOGIZE TO BILL FOR HAVING, UH, BUNKS, UH, AGENDA ITEMS FOR SENTENCING, BUT WITHOUT ASKING, THANKS SO MUCH FOR ACCOMMODATING.
AND, UM, WE WILL GO TO OLYMPIC WHERE WE'RE JUMPING BACK UP TO THE AGENDA ITEM.
[2. Briefing on the proposed Fiscal Year 2023 CSBG Budget and Community Action Plan (Angel Zambrano, Manager, Neighborhood Services Unit, Austin Public Health).]
NUMBER TWO, IS THAT BRIEFINGS BRIEFING ON THE PROPOSED X, Y EXCUSE ME, FISCAL YEAR 2023, CSBG BUDGET AND COMMUNITY ACTION CLAP.[00:50:01]
WHO'S THE MANAGER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES UNIT AND ALSO THE PUBLIC HEALTH.THANK YOU, CHEDDAR AND GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS.
I HOPE YOU, AND YOUR LOVED ONES ARE DOING WELL AND THROWING THE HEAT AND BA FIVE VARIANT AND MONKEYPOX AND ALL THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH OUT HERE.
AND I THINK WE'RE DEALING WITH DOWNHILL.
IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A LOW VOLUME PROBLEM.
SO IF YOU MAY BE USE YOUR SCREENING POINTS, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
MY VOLUME IS TURNED UP TO THE MAX.
CAN YOU HEAR ME BETTER NOW? YEAH, WE'RE ALL MAXED OUT HERE TOO.
IT'S IT'S THE LIMITATION OF WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH RIGHT NOW, SO YEAH, WE CAN HEAR YOU SLIGHTLY BETTER.
UH, SO I'M HERE TO GO OVER THE COMMUNITY SERVICES BLOCK GRANT 2023 COMMUNITY ACTION PLAN AND BUDGET.
UH, TRY TO BE BRIEF TO RESPECT EVERYONE'S TIME.
I DON'T SEE THE POWERPOINT ON YOUR SCREEN, SO I WILL JUST, OH, THERE IT IS.
I'VE EXPLAINED IT A LITTLE BIT OF THE PUBLIC HUMAN REQUIREMENTS AND, UH, A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE CSBG ACT, WHICH WE ALREADY KNOW.
UH, I'LL JUST GET A QUICK BACKGROUND, HISTORICAL, UH, INFORMATION.
THE COMMUNITY SERVICES BLOCK GRANT, UH, WAS REALLY SET IN MOTION ON AUGUST 28TH, 1963.
MARTIN LUTHER KING SENIOR GAVE HIS, I HAVE A DREAM SPEECH LESS THAN A YEAR LATER.
PRESIDENT JOHNSON SIGNED INTO LAW.
THE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY ACT OF 1964, WHICH INCLUDED PROGRAMS LIKE THE VISTA PROGRAM HEADSTART AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS AMONG OTHER PROGRAMS IN 1981.
SO A FEW YEARS LATER, THESE IN SEVERAL OTHER FUNDING STRINGS WERE CONSOLIDATED INTO, INTO WHAT WE KNOW NOW IS THE COMMUNITY SERVICES BLOCK GRANT.
AND THAT IS OUR GRAND TOUR AND WHERE WE GET OUR FUNDS TO PROVIDE SOME OF THE SERVICES AT THE ENABLER CENTERS.
AND THIS MOVE TO A BLOCK GRANT STRUCTURE, UH, SHIFTED A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF RESPONSIBILITY FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO THE STATES.
THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS IS OUR GRANTOR.
THE COMMUNITY ACTION PLAN COMPONENTS ARE THE TOP FIVE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY, LOOKING AT POVERTY RATES, PROVISION OF NUTRITIOUS FOODS, CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES, LOOKING AT GAPS IN SERVICES, AND SOME PERFORMANCE TARGETS THAT ADDRESS THOSE, UM, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS AND OUR SERVICE LOCATIONS.
SO THE CAPITAL CITY SETS A COURSE FOR NSU ACTIVITIES FOR THE COMING YEAR.
YEAH, IT'S A TOP FIVE NEEDS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED BY OUR COMMUNITY IN 2021.
WHEN WE HIRED WALTER NICHOLSON ASSOCIATES TO DO OUR NEEDS ASSESSMENT, YOU KNOW, HOUSING NUMBER ONE, BASIC NEEDS, HEALTH, AND WELLNESS, EMPLOYMENT, AND EDUCATION.
THEY'RE ALL VERY, VERY IMPORTANT, BUT DEFINITELY HOUSING WAS ON A LOT OF PEOPLE'S MINDS, LIKE WHEN THIS WAS CONDUCTED AND BASICALLY NEXT SLIDE.
THIS IS A POVERTY RATES, UM, POPULATION IN DEEP POVERTY BELOW POVERTY AND NEAR POVERTY IN TRAVIS COUNTY, TEXAS, AND THE UNITED STATES.
IT KIND OF GIVES YOU A LITTLE BIT OF PERSPECTIVE.
UH, WE, WE SERVE FOLKS, UM, GENERALLY UNDER 200% FP L UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, THAT'S CONSIDERED NEAR POVERTY BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING NEWER DUE TO, UM, COVID 19 THAT 20 AND 2021 DATA WILL NOT BE COMING OUT UNTIL THE END OF THIS YEAR.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, ARE THERE A SLIDE SHOWS POVERTY RATES BY RACE AND HISPANIC ORIGIN, KIND OF SEEING IT THROUGH AN EQUITY LENS TO DO SEE THAT THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT DISPARITIES IN TRAVIS COUNTY, TEXAS, ANYTHING THAT STATES, I THINK YOU GUYS DON'T KNOW IT'S SLIGHTLY, UH, THIS IS A MAP OF OUR SIX NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS THAT EXIST TO ADDRESS THE TOP FIVE NEEDS TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITIES.
WE DO THIS THROUGH A VARIETY OF SERVICES THAT YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH FROM MY MONTHLY REPORTS.
UM, I HAD THIS SLIDE LOOK TOGETHER TO KIND OF MAP ON TOP OF ACTUAL INCOME, UM, A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PREVIOUS YEARS, BUT YOU CAN SEE THAT WE'RE, UM, WE ARE IN AREAS THAT CONTINUE TO BE POOR.
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EVEN WHEN YOU LOOK AT, UH, 61 TO $70,000 INCOME RANGE FOR AUSTIN, I THINK THAT'S, UH, NOT NECESSARILY A GOOD INCOME THAT WE HAVE A QUESTION FROM.ONE OF THE BIG COM BAR STANDS FOR ZERO TO 33,000 IT'S MAJORITY OF PEOPLE, OR, UH, YES, THAT'S WHAT I SEE FROM, FROM ONE NIGHT WE'RE ABUNDANCE WITH DAVID RICE.
SO THERE WAS AN INMATE IN NORTHWEST DOG'S BEEN WHERE I THINK 50% OF THE PEOPLE IN SOME CENSUS TRACKS ARE BELOW 30.
I CAN, YOU'RE CUTTING IN AND OUT, UH, VICE CHAIR.
SO THERE IS A NEIGHBORHOOD IN THERE'S A SERIES OF CENSUS TRACKS.
IT APPEARS THAT IT BURNED THE DARKEST SHADE THERE AND CONSIDER THE 33,000.
I UNDERSTAND THAT FOR US TO UNDERSTAND THAT THOSE REPRESENT AREAS WHERE AT LEAST 50% OF THE PEOPLE IN THAT AREA ARE BELOW $30,000 IN INCOME.
I BELIEVE SO, BUT I CAN GET THAT FOR YOU, UH, FLYING FOR SURE.
THAT'S DEFINITELY CURIOUS TO FIND OUT.
YEAH, I WILL DEFINITELY GET THAT FOR YOU GUYS.
AND AGAIN, JUST PUTTING IT IN PERSPECTIVE, I MEAN, USING MIT'S LIVING WAGE CALCULATOR, UM, FAMILY OF TWO ADULTS, BOTH WORKING WITH TWO CHILDREN IN THE HOUSE, WHICH IS PRETTY COMMON, YOU KNOW, THE DEMOGRAPHIC THAT WE SEE AT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS, THEN WE NEED TO NEED TO MAKE ABOUT $24 AND 20 CENTS AN HOUR TO MEET THE LIVING WAGE THRESHOLD HERE IN TRAVIS COUNTY.
AGAIN, NOT AN EASY THING TO DO FOR A LOT OF THE FOLKS THAT WE SERVE, OR EVEN FOR SOME OF THE FOLKS THAT WORK IN HOUSING AND PLANNING AND AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH ARE MAKING $24 23 CENTS AN HOUR.
ANOTHER DATA POINT THAT I THINK ILLUSTRATES HOW MUCH NEED THERE IS NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
SO WE CAN DO THIS, BUT THROUGH A VARIETY OF SERVICES, WE HAVE OUR FOOD PANTRY SERVICES, ESPECIALLY FOR FAMILIES, HEALTHY OPTIONS PROGRAM FOR THE ELDERLY MOBILE FOOD PANTRY OR FOOD RECOVERY PROGRAMS AND OUR HOME DELIVERY PROGRAMS TARGETING THE BASIC NEEDS NEED ON OUR NEEDS ASSESSMENT.
WE ALSO OFFER CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES.
UH, WE HAVE SELF-SUFFICIENCY CASE MANAGEMENT.
ALL THESE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED BY LICENSED SOCIAL WORKERS AND IT'S TOWARDS YOU.
WHAT, WHAT THAT INCLUDES, UH, WE HAVE ASSESSMENT AND SERVICE PLAN, A LOT OF EMPLOYMENT SUPPORT, JOB SEARCH, ASSISTANT JOB READINESS, JOB RETENTION SERVICES.
WE LINK PEOPLE TO EDUCATION AND TRAINING AND OTHER SOCIAL SERVICES.
WE REVAMPED IN THIS PROGRAM DURING, UH, COVID-19, UH, AND IT'S A LOT MORE ROBUST NOW IN TERMS OF THE LINKAGES TO A, TO SCHOOLS LIKE, UM, THE SKILL POINT ALLIANCE AND CENTRAL TEXAS ALLIED HEALTH INSTITUTE THAT OUR CLIENTS CAN WORK ON A MEDICAL ASSISTANT DEGREE, PHLEBOTOMY TECHNICIAN, PATIENT CARE TECHNICIAN, HVAC CERTIFICATION, AND THE APPRENTICESHIP FOR ELECTRICAL OR PLUMBING, UH, PROFESSIONS.
WE ALSO CAN HELP THESE FOLKS WITH THE RENT ASSISTANCE.
IF THEY CONTINUE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM, STAY IN TRAINING.
WE ARE ABLE TO HELP WITH RENT AND TRANSPORTATION.
UH, IN THE FORM OF BUS PASSES, OUR SOCIAL WORKERS ALSO PROVIDE CRISIS INTERVENTION, SHORT-TERM COUNSELING, UH, BUDGETING AND FINANCIAL COUNSELING.
IT'S A PRETTY ROBUST PROGRAM, UM, FOR THE CLIENTS THAT DO END UP SIGNING UP AND THIS IS WHERE TRANSITIONS COME FROM, WHICH IS ONE OF OUR MAIN REQUIREMENTS OR DELIVERABLES FOR THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF, UM, I WAS IN A COMMUNITY AFFAIRS.
THEY ALWAYS SAY, WE NEED TO GET 43 TRANSACTIONS A YEAR.
AND A LOT OF OUR FOLKS, UM, ARE SUCCESSFUL TO THIS PROGRAM TO ACHIEVE THAT NEXT SLIDE.
THERE ARE SOME NATIONAL PERFORMANCE INDICATORS AS PART OF THE CAB.
AGAIN, WE ADDRESS, UH, IDENTIFY THE HOUSING GAP, SAME IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE TO ADDRESS THAT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS, OUR EVICTION PREVENTION, UH, WHICH IS, UH, MOSTLY, UH, RENT ASSISTANCE AND SOMETIMES, UM, WORKING WITH LANDLORDS AND THAT COUNSELING OUR CLIENTS, UM, AND THE OUTCOMES IS HOW MANY HOUSEHOLDS HAVE EVICTION
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NEXT SLIDE WITH THE HELP GAP AND LACK OF AFFORDABLE HEALTH AND MENTAL HEALTH CARE SERVICES THAT WE'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE THROUGH OUR PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING SERVICES, OUR HEALTH SERVICES, SCREENING AND ASSESSMENT.UH, WE DO A BLOOD PRESSURE CHECKS, BLOOD SUGAR, CHOLESTEROL, AND THERE'S ALSO REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES AND NUTRITIOUS FOODS.
UH, SOME OF THE OUTCOMES THAT WE MEASURE ARE FOLKS WHO DEMONSTRATE IMPROVED PHYSICAL HEALTH AND WELLBEING THROUGH OUR NURSING CASE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM THAT HAS BEEN ON HOLD.
UM, SINCE COVID INTO OUR WORLD BACK IN MARCH OF 2020, AND I'LL SPEAK MORE ABOUT THAT IN OUR REGULAR MONTHLY REPORT, WE ALSO MEASURE INDIVIDUALS IMPROVED SKILLS, LIMITED TO ADULT ROLE OF PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS TO OUR SAFE KIDS CAR SEAT PROGRAM, AND HELP OUR SENIORS AS WELL IN 10 AND INDEPENDENT LIVING SITUATION THROUGH SOME OF OUR FOOD PROGRAMS LIKE HOPE.
LACK OF AFFORDABLE CHILDCARE, LACK OF RELIABLE TRANSPORTATION, LACK OF EMPLOYMENT FOR PERSONS WITH CRIMINAL BACKGROUNDS SERVICES INCLUDE THE JOB SEARCH THAT I MENTIONED EARLIER.
CAREER COUNSELING EMPLOYMENT SUPPORTS THROUGH OUR CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES AND OUR SOCIAL WORKERS.
AND THERE ARE SOME OF THE OUTCOMES THERE THAT WE DO MEASURE AND REPORT TO THE STATE.
THE BASIC NEEDS GAP THAT WE ADDRESS IS LIKE A SUFFICIENT SUPPORT SERVICES TO MEET BASIC NEEDS.
AND WE'RE I TO ADDRESS THAT THROUGH OUR NUTRITION AND FOOD PROGRAMS, FINANCIAL COACHING AND COUNSELING BUS PASSES AND REFERRALS AND LINKAGES TO OTHER PROGRAMS. AND THERE'S SOME OUTCOME MEASURES THERE.
SO THE FIFTH NEED EDUCATION, EDUCATION GAP, LACK OF EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH LOW INCOMES.
AGAIN, OUR CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES KIND OF SETS THE GROUND WORK AND REFERRAL FOR TRAINING PROGRAMS AND MORE REFERRALS AND LINKAGES TO OTHER PROGRAMS PROGRAMS. AND HERE, ONE OF THE OUTCOMES THAT WE MEASURE AS PERSONS THAT OBTAIN AN EDUCATIONAL OR VOCATIONAL DEGREE OR CERTIFICATE THROUGH OUR CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, AS YOU GUYS KNOW, OUR SERVICE LOCATIONS ARE BLACK.
GLAD YOU START THEM ON TOP OF LIST THAT GOES WITH THAT.
I GO SEE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER ST.
WE DO TO HAVE THREE OUTREACH SITES WHERE WE DO MOBILE PANTRY IN COLLABORATION WITH THE CENTRAL TEXAS FOOD BANK, TRYING TO ROBERTS CREEK SOCCER COMPLEX.
IT USED TO BE A DUST SPRINGS THAT WAS MOVED IN GILBERT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
ALL OF YOUR PROGRAMS AND SERVICES ARE CURRENT EXPANSION.
AS OUR HOME DELIVERY PROGRAM CONTINUES TO GO STRONG I'LL REPORT ON THAT AT OUR, UM, REGULAR MONTHLY REPORT IN A FEW MINUTES AND A PROPOSED EXPANSION, WE ARE BUILDING THE DUST SPRINGS NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER, UM, OR FLEA.
THEY WILL OPEN IN THE WINTER OF 2023 DUE TO, UM, SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES, COSTS OF BUILDING MATERIALS, STAFFING ISSUES, CHALLENGES.
UM, IT MIGHT NOT OPEN AT THAT TIME.
I'M NOT SURE THAT'S WHAT I'M HEARING RIGHT NOW.
THE COST WENT WAY UP, UH, DUE TO WHAT I JUST SAID.
LOOK, I THINK, UM, AND TALKED ABOUT IN HER PRESENTATION AS A POSSIBLE HICCUP WITH THE PRO PRACTICE THAT THEY'RE SUPPORTING IN THOSE TWO BLOCKS, BUT, UH, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED.
I MEAN, ONCE THAT CENTER DOES OPEN UP, THERE'LL BE AN IMMUNIZATIONS CLINIC, A WIC CLINIC, HIGH QUALITY CHILDCARE FOR KIDS WHO ARE SIX WEEKS OLD TO PRESCHOOL, AND IT'S GOING TO BE 23,000 SQUARE FEET OF JUST BEAUTIFUL SPACE, UM, AND OTHER, OTHER OPEN AREAS FOR THE COMMUNITY TO ENJOY SLIDE, PLEASE.
OUR FUNDING ALLOCATION IN 2021, WE RECEIVED 1 MILLION, $103,277 2022 WENT UP TINY BIT.
UM, AND WE DON'T KNOW 20, 23 YET.
NEXT SLIDE SINCE, AND LIKE I'VE TOLD YOU GUYS BEFORE THAT, THAT THAT MILLION DOLLARS GOES FOR PERSONNEL TO FUNDS TO PROGRAM MANAGERS, COMMUNITY WORKERS, OR FOR SOCIAL WORKERS TO HELP PROVIDE SOME OF THE PROGRAMS AND SERVICES I TALKED ABOUT EARLIER,
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WE HAVE AROUND 40 ODD STAFF IN THE NEIGHBOR'S SERVICES UNIT PROVIDING THESE SERVICES MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, UH, AND OTHER PARTS OF THE BUDGET OR A BUS PASSES THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GET WITH CSBG FUNDS.A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, WE STILL HAVE, UM, UH, THOSE BUS PASSES FROM THAT FUND AND THE GIFT CARDS, UH, WHICH WERE USED FOR EMPLOYMENT SUPPORTS FOR GAS WORK, CLOTHES, BOOTS TOOLS.
AND THAT WAS ABLE TO, WAS ABLE TO GET THAT BECAUSE WE GOT CSBG CARE SACS FUNDING.
AND THAT HAS DEFINITELY BEEN A SUCCESS WITH A LOT OF OUR CLIENTS IN CASE MANAGEMENT TO GRADUATE FROM A HVAC PROGRAM AROUND ELECTRICAL APPRENTICE PROGRAM AND ARE ABLE TO, UM, TO BUY THE TOOLS AND UNIFORMS NEEDED TO GO OUT INTO THE WORKFORCE.
UM, THANKS TO BE A HUGE ISSUE.
PEOPLE WOULD GRADUATE FROM THESE CREDENTIAL PROGRAMS AND NOT HAVE THE WANTING TO MY TOOLS AND A UNIFORMS TO BE ABLE TO START WORK WENT AWAY.
UM, WE HAVE A QUESTION FROM COMMISSIONER HOSTEL AND BEFORE, UH, BEFORE WE GET TO THAT QUESTION AND JUST WANTED TO CHECK AND SEE WAS THERE ACTION THAT YOU'RE REQUESTING? UH, YES.
IT'S, UH, FROM THE CHAIR, IT'S THE MOTION TO APPROVE, UH, THIS CAP AND BUDGET PRESENTATION PLAN IN THAT WOULD BE RECORDED IN THE MINUTES, SUBMIT THAT TD AND TCA OR GRANT, OR YOU JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN COMMUNICATE THIS ONCE A YEAR TO RIGHT.
AND ARE WE POSTED FRACTION JESSE, OR IS THAT INCLUDED BY VIRTUE OF IT BEING A HEARING THAT'S NUMBER SIX, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED TO DO THE PUBLIC HEARING FIRST.
I JUST WANT, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KNEW WE NEEDED ACTION.
AND SO IF YOU TELL HER, I KNOW THAT, UH, YOU YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A DEADLINE PRETTY SOON WAS, YOU KNOW, IF YOU BEAR WITH US FOR A FEW MINUTES, WE'RE ALMOST THERE BANK OF MOTION.
NO, NOT YET, BUT I'LL LET YOU DOWN.
I'M JUST HAVE A COMMENT MORE THAN, THAN A QUESTION.
SO WE HAD OUR NEIGHBORHOOD CONTACT TEAM MEETING LAST NIGHT AND KIMBERLY MADDIX HAS ASSURED US THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING WAS FOUND TO MAKE UP WHAT THEY HAD ANTICIPATED AS A SHORTFALL.
SO THE PLANS FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER HAVE NOT HAD TO BE RE BOXED WONDERFUL NEWS.
YOU HAVE, YOU HAVE THE, UH, THAT THEY WERE GOING TO DOWNGRADE IT, TAKE AWAY SERVICES, BUT THAT IS NOT THE CASE.
AND THEY'RE ACTUALLY UPGRADING THE SOCCER FIELDS.
AND THEY HAD BEEN WORKING WITH, UM, THERE'S BEEN, UH, A FEW, UH, COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO LIVE CLOSE TO THE SIDE.
AND SO THEY HAVE BEEN MEETING WITH THEM.
THERE'S A COUPLE OF, UH, ACTIVISTS IN OUR COMMUNITY AND THEN WITH, UH, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND THEY HAVE ADDRESSED ALL THOSE ISSUES.
AND NOW THEY'RE IN THE PERMITTING PROCESS.
THEY SHOULD BE BREAKING GROUND SOON.
THANK YOU SO MUCH COMMISSIONER JAZZ.
SO THAT THAT'S A HOT OFF THE PRESS.
I SEE LOOKING AT MY PRESENTATION LAST WEEK, I HAD HEARD THAT THERE WERE STILL QUESTIONS ON THE FUNDING, BUT THAT'S GREAT NEWS.
WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO BEING THERE, UM, AND HELPING THAT COMMUNITY AND JUST ENGAGING AND WORKING TOGETHER.
UM, IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS, UH, FOR ON-CAMERA ROUNDS, B UH, CSBG BUDGET AND COMMUNITY ACTION PLAN FOR 2023 OUT OF THE 20, 22 ALLOCATION THAT YOU SHOWED, WHICH IS LIKE, OH EIGHT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, I WAKE UP EARLY AND GET FAST.
UM, IT WAS, UH, YEAH, 1, 1 0 6.
UM, IS THAT THE 20, 23, UH, ALLOCATION, RIGHT? THAT'S THIS POINT? IT'S 20, 22.
UH, TDC IS REALLY STRANGE THE WAY THEY DO THIS.
SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE 2023 AND OFFICIALLY IT'S 1, 1 0 2, 1 0 6, BUT THAT'S WHAT THEY PUT OUT EVERY YEAR FOR CITY OF AUSTIN, AUSTIN, PUBLIC HEALTH.
AND THEN WHEN THEY ACTUALLY RECEIVED THIS FUNDING, AS IT TRICKLES DOWN FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, THEY DO WHATEVER FORMULA THEY HAVE AND THEN ADJUSTED ACCORDINGLY WHEN THEY DIVVY IT UP BETWEEN ALL THE CAS IN TEXAS.
SO I COULD HAVE PUT 1, 1 0 2, 1 1 6, BUT IT'S NOT ACCURATE.
IT'S KIND OF AN OFFICIAL W WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS LISTED AS 20, 22, A LOT, MAN.
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MAYBE A FEDERAL FISCAL YEAR.AND IT BECOMES 20, 23 FOR THE LOCAL FISCAL YEAR, BECAUSE THIS IS THE PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR, 2023 CSP CHEAP BUDGET, RIGHT.
UH, TECHNICALLY YES, IT'S 2023.
I SHOULD HAVE PUT IT ON THERE FOR 1, 1 0 2, 1 0 6, BUT AGAIN, THAT'S NOT EVEN ON THEIR WEBSITE IS SOMETHING THAT IS SORT OF INFORMALLY KNOWN.
I KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN IN ORDER TO APPROVE THE BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR IS 1, 1 0 2, 1 0 6.
SO WE ALL CAUGHT THAT, CORRECT? SUPER NO MORE QUESTIONS.
UH, WOULD IT MAKE SENSE ON HILL TO YOU THAT WE GO AHEAD AND TAKE ACTION ON THIS BEFORE YOU DO YOUR DISCUSSION OR YOUR PRESENTATION ON A MONTH, OR WOULD YOU RATHER JUST CONTINUE WITH YOUR PRESENTATION ON NO, I THINK IF THERE'S NO ONE TO SPEAK AT THE PUBLIC HEARING, I THINK YOU GUYS CAN GO AHEAD AND DEP AND KIND OF DO THE, UH, WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO PUT FORTH A MOTION? YES, SIR.
FELL OVER TO APPROVE THE 20, 20 THREES CSCG CHAPLIN, AND THE CHAIR OF THE CDC COMMISSIONER, MICHAEL CHALLENGER THAT WE APPROVED A P PAGES BUDGET FOR THE 2023, BUT THE 2023, UH CSBG UH, AND COMMUNITY ACTION, BUT RIGHT.
AND DO WE HAVE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND FROM VICE-CHAIR PUMP ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
ALL OPPOSED ANY ABSTENTIONS? NO, THAT'S SUPER.
[4. Presentation and discussion on the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) (Angel Zambrano, Manager, Neighborhood Services Unit, Austin Public Health).]
MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR.YOU'RE GONNA KNOW WHAT'S THE PRESENTATION DISCUSSION ON MISSY SPG, UH, FOR THE LAST MONTH.
THIS IS THE PRESENTATION, ALL THESE 9 20 22 OR, UM, THE CSBG BLACK RANT, PROGRAMMATIC FINANCIAL REPORT.
IT ACTUALLY GOES THROUGH JUNE 30TH, 2022 PAGE.
NUMBER ONE, YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THIS.
OUR MISSION HAS BEEN ABLE TO SERVE AS A UNIT, IMPROVES THE LIVES AND HEALTH OF PEOPLE, EXPERIENCING POVERTY BY PROVIDING PUBLIC HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES AND CONNECTING RESIDENTS OF AUSTIN AND TRAVIS COUNTY TO COMMUNITY RESOURCES.
WE DO THAT THROUGH A VARIETY OF SERVICES, BASIC NEEDS, PREVENTIVE HEALTH CARE CASE MANAGEMENT AND EMPLOYMENT SUPPORTS.
IF YOU SCROLL DOWN, YOU'LL SEE THE BUDGET SO FAR THIS YEAR AND THE EXPENDITURES, AND GO TO PAGE TWO, COUPLE HIGHLIGHTS.
UH, WE GOT A FEW MORE TRANSITIONS.
WE'RE UP TO 12 OUT OF THE GOAL OF 43.
IT'S STILL BELOW WHERE WE SHOULD BE ABOUT, UH, AGAIN, IT'S BEEN A VERY TOUGH YEAR FOR A CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES AND HAVING FOLKS, YOU KNOW, ACTUALLY, UH, BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE AND CONTINUE TO STAY IN THE PROGRAM SO MUCH GOING ON FOR OUR COMMUNITY, THAT THIS IS A KIND OF AN ELUSIVE TARGET RIGHT NOW, BUT WE'RE DOING OUR BEST.
AND I WOULD BE, I, I HEARD TODAY THAT WE'RE GETTING SOME MORE TRANSITIONS, UM, PROCESSED IN THE NEXT WEEK OR TWO.
SOME OF OUR OUTCOMES THAT I TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, THE FMP EYES HOUSELESS AND AVOIDED EVICTION, 253.
SO FAR, I KEPT OUR CARES ACT HERE.
I'LL PROBABLY DROP THAT OFF, UM, STUDENT CAUSE THAT WAS LAST YEAR, BUT WE WERE ABLE TO HELP 1,558 HOUSEHOLDS TO WHAT EVICTION THROUGH THE CARES ACT MONEY.
UM, OUR FINAL TAX PREP PROGRAM TO 768.
SO WE'VE PARTNERED WITH FOUNDATION COMMUNITIES AND THE ARP TO PROVIDE FREE TAX SERVICES OR TAX HELP.
AT TWO OF OUR LOCATIONS THIS PAST SPRING, WE HAVE DISTRIBUTION NUMBERS HERE, TRANSPORTATION TIER OUR STORE AGENCY.
IF YOU GO TO PAGE THE NEXT PAGE, I'LL GIVE YOU SOME PROGRAMMATIC ADMINISTRATIVE UPDATES.
UH, WE'RE WORKING TO FILL SOME VACANCIES.
WE HAVE A NEW MANAGER HIRED FOR THE SOUTH AUSTIN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER.
YOU THINK JULIA WOODS WOULD BE HAPPY WITH THAT.
SHE'S FEELING THE SHOES OF THE MAN OF MEYER, WHO WAS THERE FOR A LONG TIME UNTIL SHE RETIRED, UM, REMINDER YOU A NUMBER TWO, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES WILL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC ON MAY 2ND, WE CONTINUE TO BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, OFFER FOOD PANTRY, CURBSIDE AND HOPE SERVICES, HOME DELIVERY PROGRAM VERSUS RENT ASSISTANCE, ET CETERA, HOW WE DO THIS, UH, PEOPLE CAN COME UP, COME INTO OUR CENTERS.
THEY CAN DRIVE UP BY APPOINTMENT ONLY, OR VIRTUAL NUMBER THREE OR FRESH FOOD FOR FAMILIES IS GOING STRONG.
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FOR HOME DELIVERY PROGRAM, I THINK IS A HUGE SUCCESS.UH, IN JUNE ALONE, YOU'RE ABLE TO SERVE 1,329 HOUSEHOLDS, ALMOST 3,500 INDIVIDUALS AND FOOD PRICES DELIVERED TO THEIR DOORSTEP.
SO WE EXPANDED TO FRIDAYS, UM, AND THEN VERY QUICKLY EXPANDED ALSO FROM 90 TO 120 DELIVERIES PER DAY BECAUSE THE NEED, AND THEN THE SUCCESS OF THE PROGRAMS IS STRONG.
SO WE CAPITALIZED ON THAT WITH THE FOOD BANK AND AMAZON.
UH, SO WE HOPE TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO DO THIS AND TO FIND THE FUNDING LONG-TERM.
THIS IS FUNDED RIGHT NOW TO ARPA FUNDS FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS.
SO THE MORE DATA WE HAVE, THE MORE SUCCESS OPEN THAT WE ARE ABLE TO MAINTAIN THIS PROGRAM AND KEEP IT GOING.
UH, NUMBER FIVE, OUR COE FINANCIAL STABILITY FUNDING CONTINUED TO PARTNER WITH CATHOLIC CHARITIES, CENTRAL TEXAS TO PROVIDE RENTAL ASSISTANCE TO CLIENTS IN JUNE, 2022, WE ASSISTED 253 PEOPLE AND A HUNDRED IN 102 HOUSEHOLDS FROM JANUARY THROUGH JUNE.
UH, NOT A LOT OF FUNDING THAT WE CAN IMPACT WITH THESE FEW FAMILIES.
AND NUMBER SIX IS A VERY EXCITING, THERE IS THE EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE FUNDING THAT CAME OUR WAY.
UM, WE ACCEPTED THESE FUNDS FROM THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY, THEIR ERA FUNDING TO PROVIDE RENTAL ASSISTANCE TO HOUSEHOLDS THAT ARE UNABLE TO PAY RENT THROUGH THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.
SO IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE AUSTIN AREA, URBAN LEAGUE, WE'RE WORKING TO STAND UP THIS OPERATION IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.
WE WERE ABLE TO MOVE QUICKLY AND WE HAVE STOOD THAT PROGRAM UP THIS WEEK.
UM, SHOUT OUT TO HOUSING AND PLANNING.
THEY'RE THE ONES WHO WERE ABLE TO SECURE THESE FUNDS FOR US.
UH, THE NEED IS STILL VERY, VERY HIGH THERE.
AREN'T A LOT OF THESE FUNDS AS YOU GUYS KNOW.
AND SO I'VE BEEN TELLING YOU OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS, UM, SO WE ARE, YOU'RE HITTING THE RUNNING AND, UH, WE NEED TO EXPEND THESE FUNDS BY DECEMBER 29TH OF THIS YEAR.
SO WE'RE GOING TO BE VERY, VERY BUSY OVER THE NEXT FOUR MONTHS.
UM, THAT'S THE MOST EXCITING NEWS I HAVE FOR TODAY.
UM, IT'S A GREAT PROGRAM AND WE HAVE A LOT OF EXPERIENCE NOW WITH, UH, THE CARES ACT.
SO WE'RE ABLE TO DO BY APPOINTMENT ONLY, AND A LOT OF VIRTUAL, WHICH A LOT OF OUR CLIENTS PREFER AS WELL.
UH, WE CONTINUE WITH OUR AUSTIN ENERGY PLUS ONE PROGRAM.
THAT'S GOING STRONG, UM, A SHORT UPDATE ON AN END ON OUR NSU PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING UPDATE.
OUR NURSES ARE NOW ALSO STAFFING THE MONKEY POX VACCINE CLINICS.
THIS IS SIMILAR TO THE ROTATIONS FOR THE COVID VACCINE CLINICS AND COVERAGE OF THE NURSE LINE.
UH, THIS TIME THE NEW ROTATIONS MAY IMPACT THE NUMBER OF HOURS THAT OUR NURSES ARE AVAILABLE FOR THEIR NEIGHBOR'S CENTER ACTIVITIES.
I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHAT THAT THESE ARE SMALLER CLINICS WITH FEWER SUPPORTS.
SO THE NURSES MAY HAVE ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES ON STORAGE HANDLING DOCUMENTATION, REPORTING, ALL MONKEYPOX RESPONSE RELATED SO MUCH GRATITUDE TO OUR NURSES NOW FOR ALMOST THREE YEARS, TIRELESSLY AND PASSION AND COURAGE WERE THESE RESPONSES TO ENSURE THAT OUR COMMUNITY AND THE PEOPLE THAT YOU ADVOCATE FOR, UM, IS EDUCATED AND PROTECTED AS MUCH AS, AS HUMANLY POSSIBLE.
UM, THEY HAVE BEEN DOING THIS SINCE FEBRUARY OF 20, REALLY HAVE NOT SEEN THEM BACK AT THE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS.
CAUSE AS SOON AS THEY STARTED TRANSITIONING BACK MONKEYPOX WAS ON THE SCENE AND NOW THEY ARE RESPONDING TO THAT.
SO I JUST CAN'T SAY IT ENOUGH, THEY ARE HEROES AND THEY'RE JUST AMAZING GROUP OF PEOPLE.
UM, AND THEY CAN'T WAIT TO GET BACK TO OUR CENTERS AND HELP OUR COMMUNITY AND DO A LOT OF THE HEALTH SCREENINGS AND EDUCATION AND WELLNESS PROMOTION.
BUT FOR NOW THERE'S STILL, THERE'S STILL ELSEWHERE.
THAT'S THE END OF MY MONTHLY REPORT.
UH, AND UH, WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE ACCESS AND EXPOSURE TO THE DETAIL OF THE LEVEL OF WORK Y'ALL ARE DOING BOTH THE PAIN POINTS AND THE GOOD NEWS.
THE FIRST OF WHICH IS WHAT WOULD THE TOTAL NUMBER OF RENTAL ASSISTANCE DOLLARS THAT SORT OF WENT FELL? AND THEN THE SECOND YOU THINK IS THE BEST WAY FOR US TO BE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE THE NURSES.
AND IT COULD BE AS SIMPLE AS US JUST TELLING YOU.
AND PLEASE RELAY THE MESSAGE OR IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER THOUGHTS, UH, YES.
UM, I KNOW YOU'RE VERY, YOU'RE VERY ELOQUENT PERSON.
UH, CHAIRMAN ONE, HE SAID, IF YOU WANTED TO SEND ME AN EMAIL, UH,
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AND YOU KNOW, REPRESENTING THE WHOLE CDC, I WOULD DEFINITELY BE ABLE TO FORWARD THAT TO THEM.AND I THINK, LET ME A LOT TO THEM BECAUSE THEY ARE REALLY, UM, JUST, WELL, WE'LL SORT SOMETHING OUT.
UM, ACTUALLY WE'RE NOT POSTED FOR ANYTHING AND NOWHERE TO BE AT 4:00 AM AT THIS POINT, BUT, UH, THANKS.
YEAH, WE'LL, WE'LL SORT SOMETHING OUT IN THE INTERMOUNTAIN.
UH
SO WE HAVE ABOUT 950 SOMETHING THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR RENT FOR RENT ASSISTANCE.
DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? OKAY.
DOING AUDIENCES HOME CHILL TOO.
THANKS FOR JOINING US ONCE IT'S LATE INTO THE EVENING, UH, AS YOU OFTEN DO WE APPRECIATE, THANK YOU GUYS.
[7. Discussion and possible action on ATP Community Advisory Committee Anti-Displacement Community Acquisition Program (ADCAP) Recommendations (James May, Housing and Planning Department)]
MOVING TO THE NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS NUMBER SEVEN AND YOU RADICALLY YET WE HAVE CHECKED OFF EVERYTHING ABOVE.SO A DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE ATP COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
ANTI-DISPLACEMENT COMMUNITY ACQUISITION PROGRAM CAN CAP RECOMMENDATIONS.
WE HAVE JAMIE WITH HOUSING AND PLANNING.
THANK YOU AS WELL FOR BEING A STAFF MEMBER COULD LEAPING TO KEEP US WITH FARMERS ALL THE WAY THE PLANE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING A CV.
UM, WE, UH, I'VE GOT A PRESENTATION THAT I LOADED UP.
IT'S JUST, AND TO BE CLEAR, THIS IS THE, UH, PROGRAM THAT IS INTENDED TO PREVENT DISPLACEMENT, UM, THAT MAY POTENTIALLY RESULT FROM PROJECT COMING NEXT.
UH, AND, AND THEREFORE IS A PROGRAM THAT HAS TO DO WITH LAND ACQUISITION TO PREVENT THAT.
UM, SO, UH, THIS IS THE PRESENTATION THAT I GAVE LAST, UH, LAST MONTH FOR THE, UH, CITIZEN ADVISORY COMMITTEE, UH, THE QUESTION AROUND ANTI-DISPLACEMENT COMMUNITY ACQUISITION PROGRAM OR AD CAP, UH, AND, UM, AFFORDABILITY TARGETING OF THAT PROGRAM.
UH, SO, UH, THE QUESTION WAS, CAN BE TARGETING FEE PER FORMABILITY.
HOWEVER, IT'S A TRADE-OFF, UH, SO, UH, DEEPER AFFORDABILITY, WATER, MORE FINANCING, UH, BUT TO, UH, KIND OF SET THE STAGE, I JUST WANTED TO WALK THROUGH THE CAP PROGRAM AND HOW IT FUNCTIONS WITHIN, UH, THE PROJECT CONNECT $300 MILLION, UH, APPLICATION THAT, UH, IS DESIGNED TO GO FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
SO THE NEXT SLIDE, SO THIS IS A, UH, BASIC CHART SHOWING HOW INVESTMENTS BUDGET ONE AND TWO HAVE BEEN ALLOCATED, UH, THREE GENERAL AREAS.
WE'RE GOING TO IGNORE THAT WE GOT REACH INTO STAFFING BECAUSE THEY ARE RELATIVELY SMALL, UH, BUCKETS OF FUNDS.
UH, BUT THE THREE AREAS OF FINANCING INCLUDE, UH, STARTING FROM THE LAST, UH, 200 OR $20 MILLION FOR THE COMMUNITY INITIATIVE SOLUTIONS PROGRAMS. UH, THAT'S BEING MANAGED THROUGH OUR DISPLACEMENT PREVENTION TEETH.
UH, THEY HAD COLLECTED SOMETHING 25 DIFFERENT RECOMMENDATIONS OR PROPOSALS, UH, FOR THOSE FUNDS.
AND THEY'RE IN THE PROCESS OF GROUP GIVING US A SECOND WORKING OUR WAY DOWN.
UM, SECOND BUCKET IS AT $0.1 MILLION FOR OUR, UH, RENTAL HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AND OWNERSHIP, HOUSING DEVELOPMENT, UH, PROGRAMS. UH, THOSE FUNDS ARE SCHEDULED TO BE, UH, AWARDED AT BEING SEPTEMBER 1ST, UH, AUSTIN HOUSING, FINANCE FOLK, RATION BOARD MEETING, UH, WHICH HABITS AT THE SAME TIME AS THE CITY COUNCIL IMPORTANT, UH, CITY COUNCIL TEAMS. UM, SO WE SHOULDN'T, WE SHOULDN'T BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT THOSE PROGRAMS AND THOSE DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE BEING SPONSORED BY THOSE FUNDS.
UH, AT THAT TIME, THE THIRD LARGE BUCKETS, UH, IS THIS LAND ACQUISITION THAT'S $23 MILLION TO BE DEDICATED TOWARD ACQUIRING PROPERTIES.
AND THERE ARE RULES AROUND THEM GO INTO THE NEXT SLIDE.
SO BOTH THE 16TH OF THE 65, 9 20 3 MILLION HAS BEEN ALLOCATED TO A LAND ACQUISITION, UH, AND THAT'S DIVIDED INTO TWO LARGE AREAS AROUND $8 MILLION HAVE BEEN DEDICATED TO THE AD CAP FOR ANTI-DISPLACEMENT COMMUNITY ACQUISITION, WHICH OPENED THAT THE RULES AROUND THAT, UH, PROGRAM, UH, ARE, UH, PROPERTY EVEN ACQUIRE, UH, CANNOT
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BE MORE THAN ONE ACRE.SO IT'S A SMALL ACQUISITION, UH, THAT, UH, ENTITY ACQUIRING THE PROPERTY HAS TO BE A NONPROFIT COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATION WITH SOME EXPERIENCE IN HOUSING DEVELOPMENT.
AND THAT COULD BE AS LITTLE AS ONE HOUSE, ONE UNIT IN TERMS OF EXPERIENCE.
UH, WE HAVE SEEN, UH, A LOT OF INTEREST COMING FROM THE NONPROFIT COMMUNITY, UH, AND, UH, FOR LARGER NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, UH, THIS PROGRAM, THEY WOULD NOT QUALIFY FOR THIS PHOTO MARTYR.
SO, UH, A FOUNDATION COMMUNITIES IS TO BALDRIGE HAS TOO MANY, TOO MUCH OF AN ASSET, UH, TO ACTUALLY QUALIFY FOR THIS BECAUSE THIS IS A COMMUNITY BUILDING COMMUNITY CAPACITY GENERATING, UH, PROGRAM.
UH, THE SECOND PORTION OF THIS BUCKET OF THAT 23 MILLION, UH, IS, UH, SPECIFICALLY FOR AND HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION ACQUISITION, UH, EXPIRING BOARD OF, UH, UM, UH, EXPIRING TAX CREDIT PROPERTIES, OR NATURALLY OCCURRING AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROPERTIES.
UM, IT IS SPECIFICALLY FOR, UH, UH, PREVENTION OF LOSS AFFORDABILITY.
UM, SO PRESERVATION OF AFFORDABILITY RATHER THAN ACQUIRING VACANT PARCELS, UH, THAT COULD THEN BE DEVELOPED.
UH, THIS IS ONLY FOR OCCUPIED AND ASSISTING PROPERTIES THAT WE CAN THEN, UH, EXTEND OUT A PHONE OR THE COMPUTER.
WE CAN ENSURE THAT, UH, ANY DISPLACEMENT THAT MAY HAVE IT FOR, UH, THROUGH OTHER ENTITIES AND FIRING THOSE PRIORITIES IS PREVENTING.
SO, UH, JUST TO SET THE STAGE FOR THE AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION, UH, REINTRODUCE, UH, AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION DOES EXPLORE PUBLIC NON-PROFIT INSTRUMENTALITY OF THE CITY OF BOSTON CREATED A 1979.
UH, STATE LOG IS THIS AUTHOR, THE AUTHORITY TO THE OPERA AS A NONPROFIT ENTITY BUYER PROPERTY TO DEVELOP PROPERTY FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
UM, AND TO GENERALLY INCREASE THE SUPPLY AS ONE WITH SOME THOUSANDS, THE CITY OF BOSTON, UH, HOUSING AND PLANNING, FUNDED STAFF MANAGES THE CITY OF THE, UH, UM, AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION.
UM, SIMILARLY THE AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS IS THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL.
SO WHAT, UH, SAME COUNCIL SAYS THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS DOES, AND THEY TAKE THEIR HATS OFF.
UM, OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION HAS EXPANDED BETWEEN 20 MILLION, $50 MILLION PER YEAR.
AND THIS NEXT QUARTER, UM, ON SEPTEMBER 1ST, WE ARE PLANNING TO OVERBOARD OVER $50 MILLION IN GAP FINANCING OR 15 DIFFERENT FATHERS.
UM, IT'S, UH, IT IS THE BIGGEST OUTLAY THAT WE HAVE HAD YET.
UM, BUT WE KNOW THAT THE NEED IS, UH, THAT CRISIS POINT.
WE NEED TO BUILD AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
UM, IT TAKES THREE YEARS TO BUILD ANYTHING.
SO GETTING THE MONEY OUT THE DOOR QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE HAS BEEN A GOAL, UH, JUST OPENED LAST WEEK.
WE'VE GOT THE NEXT SLIDE THROUGH THE, UH, THE PRIVATES MINUTES, UH, FINANCING, UH, AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION HAS ACQUIRED TWO EXISTING PROPERTIES, UH, AS, UH, JUNE OR JUNE 16TH.
UH, AUSTIN HAS A VIRUS, PROCREATION BOARD, GAY STAFF AND AUTHORITY TO ACQUIRE
YOU SEE, IT'S KIND OF A, UH, MOST LUNG, UM, UH, APARTMENT COMPLEX, UH, THE PARENTS, UH, ONE AT THE BOTTOM.
IT'S THE FEW STORIES, UM, ARE THESE TWO, UH, SOLD THAT PROPERTY FOR A PERIOD OF TIME MAINTAIN AND, UH, FORMALIZE THE AFFORDABILITY RESTRICTIONS ON THE PROPERTY.
AND THEN ONCE IT BECOMES TIME TILL REDEVELOP REDEVELOPED, UH, DOUBLE, POSSIBLY TRIPLE THE NUMBER OF UNITS THAT HAVE THE D SOME TIME OFF, UH, AND ALL THE RESIDENTS CURRENTLY IN THAT PROPERTY, WE WOULD ENSURE IT THERE, UH, VEGETABLES ARE, UH, RELOCATED, UH, APPROPRIATELY.
AND, UH, ONCE THE PROBLEM WE USED TO BE DEVELOPED, UH, THEN THEY WOULD BE INVITED BACK OUT OF IT, SAY RIGHT TO TURN THE SECOND PROPERTY DOWN AT THE BOTTOM IS A PARTNERSHIP, A CURRENT PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN, UH, THE HOUSING AUTHORITY, TRAVIS COUNTY, AND A FOR-PROFIT DEVELOPERS THAT HE'S WORKED WITH A LOT IN THE PAST.
UM, THEY ARE A HOUSING AUTHORITY IN TRAVIS COUNTY, VA IS, UH, IN INTERESTED IN DIVERSIFYING THEIR PORTFOLIOS.
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UH, DIVESTING IN THIS PROBLEM.THIS PROPERTY IS, UH, UH, VERY CLOSE TO THE END OF THE PARK.
UH, IT'S TWO PARTS, BUT IT'S ALSO RIGHT NEXT TO THE IOS, UH, HEADQUARTERS.
UH, SO, UH, ONE OF, UH, THE, UH, UH, UH, WHAT WE, WHAT WE ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROPERTY, AGAIN, THE OPPORTUNITY FOR ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT, UH, IT'S NOT JUST OWN THESE UNITS, BUT THEN THE PHASE TWO, UM, POSSIBLY PHASE THREE ON PROBLEM, UH, WITH THE AVAILABLE AMENITIES, UH, KNOWING THE PROJECT CONNECT HAS DONE, IT'S PROBABLY BOTH QUALITIES ON FOR PROJECT CONNECT FUNDING WITH THEIR PROXIMITY TO THE PROJECT CONNECT LINES, AS WELL AS THEIR LOCATION AND CENSUS TRACKS THAT QUALIFY THEM FOR DISPLACEMENT.
SO THESE WILL BE OUR TOMBSTONE PARTNERSHIPS ONCE THEY COME ON BOARD AND, OR COME ONLINE, UM, SENTENCING CAN GO NEXT, LIKE HOW THE AD CAP PROGRAM ON THE OTHER SIDE FOR THAT FUNDING, AS I MENTIONED, IS FORCING ALL COMMUNITY COMMUNITY-BASED NON-PROFITS WITH SOUND EXPERIENCE WORKING IN A HOUSING SECTOR.
AGAIN, IT CAN BE ONE UNIT, UH, OR IT CAN BE, UH, A LIFETIME SERVICE SECTOR, UH, FOR THE ACQUISITION OF VACANT OR IMPROVED PROBLEM.
UH, SO AGAIN, IT IS RESTRICTED TO ONE ACRE OR LESS, UH, AND WE WILL MAKE AN, A LOAN TO THE ENTITY, UH, SO THAT THEY COULD ACQUIRE THE PROPERTY, UH, WHERE UNLIKE OUR RENTAL HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, THE QUARTER, UH, OWNERSHIP, UH, WE ARE, UH, AVAILABLE AND ABLE TO MAKE A 100% LOAN ABOUT, UM, SO IF A SMALL NONPROFIT, UH, HAS IDENTIFIED A PROPERTY THAT THEY'D LIKE TO ACQUIRE, WE CAN GET AN ENTIRE KITCHEN IN ORDER TO GET THAT, TO GET THAT PROBLEM.
NOW, WHERE THAT GETS COMPLICATED IS THEN THE NONPROFIT HAS TO OPERATE SAID PROPERTY.
UM, AND THAT LEADS TO THE QUESTION OF, UH, MFI CAN AFFORD THE BOAT RESTRICTIONS DEEPER AS LIVABILITY NEEDS LESS INCOME FOR THE OPERATION.
IF YOU'RE ACQUIRING PROPERTY THAT NEEDS A SIGNIFICANT REHAB AND THAT OPERATING JOB, UH, CAN BE EXTREMELY.
UH, SO, UH, WE I'VE AGAINST NARROW TARGETING AREAS, UH, UH, DESPICABLE DISPLACEMENT PANEL ON THE PROJECT CONNECT MOMS. LET'S GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
WE DIDN'T GO UP TO 100% OF THE PURCHASE PRICE, UM, AND, UH, UH, AND ALSO REIMBURSE.
SO IF A NONPROFIT HAS PURCHASED A PROPERTY, WE CAN REIMBURSE THAT, UH, PURCHASE PRICE TO 90%.
UH, WE HAVE A PROPERTY, WE ARE WORKING THROUGH OUR FIRST OLD ROADSTER NEGOTIATION WITH THE, UH, WITH THE APPLICANT.
IT IS A REIMBURSEMENT FOR A PROPERTY THAT THEY HAVE, UH, ACQUIRED.
UM, AND YOU'LL NOTE THAT SECOND MIND WHEN THESE FUNDS CAN BE COMBINED WITH A HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE TO HELP US FUND REDEVELOPMENT, UH, THAT SAME ENTITY HAS APPLIED FOR, UH, RHV FINANCING IN THIS ROUND, UH, SEPTEMBER 1ST, OR, UH, TO REDEVELOP A PROPERTY THAT THEY HAVE ACQUIRED.
THEY INTEND TO COME THROUGH THE AD CAP PROGRAM OR A REIMBURSEMENT OF THE ACQUISITION DEPARTS.
SO LEVERAGING THESE TWO PRODUCTS, THESE TWO PROGRAMS AGAINST EACH OTHER, UH, WILL HELP THIS, UH, ENTITY NONPROFIT ENTITY, UH, HAS LONG-TERM SUSTAINABILITY FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT AND, UM, HAVE AN INJECTION OF CAPITAL FOR THE REDEVELOPMENT SO THAT, UH, CURRENT TENANTS CAN ENJOY THE BENEFITS OF HAVING NOT ONLY THAT NEW NONPROFIT PROPERTY MANAGER, BUT ALSO, UH, UNDO THIS, UH, UM, LET'S GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
I INCLUDED THIS AND, UH, UM, WELL, WE HAD FINISHED OUR PROGRAMMING MINUTES.
UH, SO WHEN WE LOOK AT A 100% OF MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN, IT IS AT $110,000 PER YEAR FOR A FAMILY THAT IS AN 11.9% INCREASE OVER THE THREE-PIECE HERE OF OUR MEETINGS AND THE INCOME AS CHUNKED, PARTICULARLY OVER ONE YEAR, UH, THAT DOES NOT MEAN THAT EVERYBODY IN THE CITY GETS 10% PAY RAISE TO DO THAT.
UM, AND IT MEANS THAT WE HAVE ABOUT 12 AND A LOT MORE PEOPLE ARE ECONOMICAL SPANISH.
UM, SO YOU CAN SEE THIS IS PROOF OF DISPLACEMENT IN ACTION.
UM, WHAT I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT IS, UH, THAT
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WE'VE NOW MADE 50% CHAT CON OR A 50% MFI TARGET FOR YOUR RENTAL.THIS, THAT MEANS THAT A HOUSEHOLD OF FOUR AND $55,000 WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR ONE OF YOUR DEMONS, $55,000 SORT OF THING, EVEN A TWO INCOME HOUSEHOLD STREAM ABOVE.
UM, NOW IF WE WERE TO, UH, REQUIRED THOSE INCOMES TO BE BELOW 30%, FIVE, I'VE BEEN A FAMILY OF FOUR MAKING MORE THAN $33,000, SHE WOULD NOT QUALIFY FOR THOSE PAYMENTS.
SO AGAIN, THERE'S GIVE AND TAKE, THERE'S A BALANCE IN TERMS OF THE QUESTION, UH, HOW, HOW DEEP IS YOUR AFFORDABILITY AND HOW WIDE IS THE MARKET.
UH, YOU ACTUALLY WANT TO GET HIGHER WITH WHAT ABILITY LEVEL YOU CAN ACTUALLY EAT, UH, SERVE A MUCH WIDER MARKET.
UM, BUT TO THOSE WHO ARE AT THAT DEEPER, UH, DEEPER ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED, UH, WILL STILL GET DESTRUCT.
SO THAT'S WHY WE WORK WITH OUR PARTNERS, WITH OUR DEVELOPER PARTNERS, UH, TO, UH, IDENTIFY THEIR SPECIFIC TARGET MARKET, UH, AND IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE THAT, WE LEVERAGE OUR, OUR PROGRAMS. SO YOU'VE GOT A CAPS PROGRAM, UH, REQUIRES THAT AT 50% AND FIVE THAT'S THE BASELINE, AND THEN A PROPERTY OWNER CAN COME IN AND STAY.
THEY'RE GOING TO START AT 50%, BUT WE WANT TO GO EVEN DEEPER.
WE WILL NEED ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR, UH, MENTAL HEALTH AND DENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, ORANGE TEAM.
UM, WE ALSO MIGHT ALSO NEED A VOUCHER, UH, THREE A HAKA OR THROUGH THE HOUSING AUTHORITY IN TRAVIS COUNTY, UM, OR SOME OTHER OPERATING SUBSIDIES.
SO, UH, LAYERING THOSE FONTS AND FINDING WAYS TO MAKE THE COMPETENCE SUSTAINABLE FOR THE LONG-TERM IS REALLY PART OF, UH, PART OF THAT BAD CAP PROGRAM AND, UH, UH, FLEXIBILITY THAT WE PROVIDE FOR THE DEVELOPER TO IDENTIFY THEIR LEVEL OF AFFORDABILITY IS ONE OF THE STRENGTHS.
AND THIS CONFLICT, THIS, UH, UH, BALANCE KIND OF CAME INTO A START, BUT LOOSE, UH, JULY 27.
UH, WE HAD A ROUND FACE DISCUSSION WITH MANY COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE INTERESTED IN APPLYING FOR THE AD CAP PROGRAM, BUT WE NOT NECESSARILY DIDN'T HAVE A PATIENT YET.
UM, YOU HAD OVER, I WANT TO SAY IT WAS OVER, UH, OR 99 FEE OF 99 REGISTERS, UH, FOR THE, UH, UM, 65 INDIVIDUALS SHOWED UP.
UH, THAT'S PROBABLY THE BIGGEST CONVERGE FUEL 10 ON BALL YOU'VE HAD IN THIS PANDEMIC THERE.
UM, BUT IT WAS, IT WAS EXCITING TO SEE SO MANY VOICES CAN'T BE HERE.
SO MANY PEOPLE TALK ABOUT THE, UM, CHALLENGES THAT THEY FACE.
UM, BUT THEN IT WAS ALMOST LIKE LIGHT BULB, UH, OH, WE CAN USE
UH, WE EXPECT TO HAVE MULTIPLE, UH, ADDITIONAL ROUND TABLE DISCUSSIONS, UM, AT LEAST TWO MORE IN THE NEXT COMING MONTHS TO KIND OF TALK THROUGH THESE PROGRAMS AND REALLY TO, TO ADVERTISE THE PROGRAMS FOR THE NONPROFITS.
SO WE CAN COLLECT MORE APPLICATIONS, BUILD AND SECURE MORE UNITS, UH, SECURE BORDER AFFORDABILITY RESTRICTIONS, AND SORT OF, UH, SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT, UH, UH, THAT OUTREACH, UH, THAT HAS BEEN BUILT ON, AND WE DO EXPECT, UH, THE $8 MILLION WHILE IT MIGHT BE, UH, ALLOCATED OR UNCOVERED.
UM, ANYTIME, ANYTIME WITHIN THIS FISCAL YEAR ONLY GOT, UH, LESS THAN TWO MONTHS LESS.
UH, WE DO EXPECT MANY MORE APPLICATIONS TO COME, UH, WITHIN THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS, UH, WHETHER OR NOT THOSE APPLICATIONS AND THE MUSTARD CAN, UH, ACTUALLY QUALIFY FOR THE PROGRAM.
YOU SEE, I CAN'T SAY THAT AT THIS TIME.
UH, BUT, UH, WE DO LOOK FORWARD TO THIS PROGRAM AND WE'LL KICK HIM OFF.
THAT'S ALL I HAVE, AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER, BUT THANK YOU FAIRLY.
DO YOU, UH, HAVE YOU FOUND THEM WATER, A SMALL NON-PROFITS THAT ALPINE WE'VE GOT? UM, WE, UH, I CAN RATTLE OFF, LET ME SAY MY HEAD, UH, ARA HAS APPLIED, UM, TALKING ABOUT BLACKS.
UM, YOU'D SHOWED UP, UH, WOULD QUALIFY A BIRD HERE.
YOU GOT A CHICKEN, UM, UH, SMALLER CDCS, REALLY LOOK WHERE THE, THE, THE LIMITATION THAT WE HAVE SEEN WITH THE SMALLER CBD SEEDS.
IT'S JUST GETTING THAT FIRST PROJECT UNDER HUNDRED ACCOUNTS.
UM, TALK TO 'EM ON TOP OF THE CDC, TALK TO THEM, COMING FROM OUR CDC.
IT'S REALLY JUST GETTING THAT FIRST VIEW, UM,
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CAUSE THAT REALLY GIVES YOU THE MUSCLE MEMORY.AND IS THERE ANY FLEXIBILITY IN THE, IN THIS BUDGET TO GET THAT, TO GO WITH THAT, TO GET THAT, THAT FIRST UNIT? AND SO WHAT WE WOULD, WHAT WE RECOMMEND, UH, WAS FOR, FOR, LET'S SAY, ACCOMMODATING OUR CDS, UM, UH, TO GET THEM FIRST UNIT, WE WOULD THE COMING INTO THE RHD OR OHD PROGRAM, UH, BECAUSE MS. THAT PROGRAM AT, UH, BY NECESSITY LEVERAGE YOUR, THIS AGAINST OTHER FUNDING SOURCES.
SO IT REQUIRES THE DEVELOPER TO GO OUT AND TALK TO
AND ONE WAS MAINTAIN, UH, UH, SUSTAINABILITY FOR THAT DEVELOPMENT.
UH, WE ARE THE ONLY SOURCE OF FUNDING FOR EVEN A FOUR UNIT COMPLEX.
OUR CONCERN IS THAT, UH, WE'LL MAKE THE FIRST OUTLAY FOR THE BACKPACK PROGRAM.
AND THEN WE WILL BE, UH, UH, THE ONLY SOURCE OF REVENUES AND WITH A LONG PERIOD GIVING YOU AN EFFICIENT WITH TEACHINGS.
SO THAT'S PART OF
UM, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS FROM THE 27TH WAS AROUND HIDDEN CITY, SECOND CITY, SOME FILLED OUT THOSE DEALS.
UM, WE, WE HAVE A SHORTLIST OF PEOPLE THAT COULD TALK TO THAT BEFORE BEST.
UM, UH, WE CAN'T BUILD OUT THAT LIST.
THE ONLY PROBLEM IS, UH, MAKING IT COMPLETE AND ENSURING WE'RE NOT MEETING SOMEBODY ELSE.
UM, UH, IT'S, UH, IT'S A CHALLENGE.
ANYTIME WE HAVE A DEVELOPER COME TO US AND SAY, WELL, I HAVEN'T TALKED TO A BAND SANDER.
UM, WE AREN'T REALLY ALLOWED TO GIVE RECOMMENDATIONS LIKE THAT.
UM, UH, BUT PROVIDING A LIST OF THE RESOURCES IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT COULD HAVE DONE THAT STUDY.
UM, SO I THINK THE CHALLENGE IS GOING TO BE DEFINING THE UNIVERSE OF THEM'S CONSULTANTS AND, UM, MAYBE MAKING THEM AVAILABLE, UH, WHETHER OR NOT THERE'S FUNDING FOR THAT CONSULTANT.
WE HAVE, UM, WE HAVE WORKED IN THE PAST AROUND, UH, UH, PROVIDING A PROGRAM TO PAY FOR A CONSULTANT.
UH, BUT THAT PROGRAM HAS KIND OF EVOLVED INTO A SMALL DEVELOPER TRAINING, UH, WHICH IS GOING TO GOING BEFORE THE HSE BOARD ON SEPTEMBER 1ST, UH, THAT SMALL DEVELOPER TRAINING, UH, WILL BE LED BY ME, UH, CUTE.
WELL, WE ARE RECOMMENDED THAT SMALL DEVELOPER TRAINING BE AWARDED TO COMMUNITY INVESTMENT.
UM, AND THAT WOULD BE, UH, UM, BASICALLY FOR ACCOMMODATING PARK OR A FROM ON TOP WITH A SMALLER DEVELOPER TO BUILD OUT THOSE RELATIONSHIPS, UM, KIND OF A SHORT CLINT TO GET THAT MUSCLE.
THE QUESTIONS WAS AROUND SORT OF GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATIONS.
IS THERE THOUGHTS ON SETTING REALISTIC POTENTIAL DEVELOPERS WHO WOULDN'T MIND PARTNERING WITH WHAT LIMITS FISCAL SPONSOR OR SOMETHING, BECAUSE IF YOU'VE BEEN KNOCKED OFF, UM, SO WE'VE BEEN REACHING OUT TO, TO FOR-PROFIT AND OUR AVERAGE CROSS COUNTRY.
UM, ONE OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE RUN INTO IS, UH, I WAS WORKING WITH ONE, UH, FOR-PROFIT DEVELOPER WHO WANTED TO WORK WITH A NONPROFIT TO HELP BUILD THEIR CAPACITY.
UM, THEY'VE GOT A VERY NARROW DEFINITION, UH, UH, OF CAPACITY.
SO, UH, ALL OF THE, ALL OF THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT I'VE TALKED TO THEM ABOUT AND INTRODUCED THEM TO, YEAH, NOT SO MUCH.
SO THE CHALLENGE REALLY IS FINDING THE FOR-PROFIT ENTITIES.
UH, WE'RE NOT BIG ENOUGH, BUT COMFORTABLE ENOUGH WORKING WITH SMALLER DEVELOPERS THAT STILL HAVE SOME EDUCATION, UH, TO TAKE, UH, WHAT ABOUT NATIONAL NATIONAL AND TRUMP WE'VE WE'VE ALSO WORKED WITH, UH, OR COLLECTED SOME INFORMATION FROM NATIONAL NONPROFITS.
UH, AGAIN, IT'S BUILDING TAKING THOSE RELATIONSHIPS, BEING MATCHMAKER.
WE COULD MAKE THEIR OWN MATCHES.
WE TALKED ABOUT DOING ANY OF THAT, LIKE, UH, SOCIAL, SO, YOU KNOW, BRINGING PEOPLE IN SO THAT THE FOR-PROFITS CAN MEET WITH THE NONPROFITS, AND THEN YOU
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BUILD THAT RELATIONSHIP AND GET US OUT OF THE BLEEDING.UM, IT'S, UH, UH, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
IT'S NOT, DEFINITELY NOT READY FOR PRIME TIME, BUT JUST BUILDING OUT THAT LIST SOMETHING.
UH
DO YOU MEAN THE, UH, UH, CHEVROLET SET ASIDE FROM THE HOME FOR LUNCH, OR IS THERE A DIFFERENT SENATE THERE'S NO TRACKING, SO THERE'S, UH, UM, YES, THERE IS CAPACITY BUILDING, UH, FUNDS THAT ARE, UH, WE HAVE DEPLOYED TO OUR THREE FOLLOW LINE CHILDREN'S WE HAVE FOUR TOTAL.
UM, WE'VE DEPLOYED THAT TO THREE QUALIFYING SHOWS AS, UH, ESSENTIALLY JUST AN OPERATING, UH, GRANT, UH, AND, UH, PREVIOUSLY THAT WAS LIMITED TO 20 MILLION, $20,000 PER YEAR.
WE CAN REACH THAT, UH, CAT TO MOVE OUT TO THE HUD LIMIT SO THAT EACH OF THOSE SHOWS CAN JUST $50,000 PER YEAR STAFF.
UM, WE'RE SEEING SOME BENEFITS OR SOME, UH, SOME RETURNS FROM THAT, FROM THAT INVESTMENT NOW.
UM, SO AS CDCS GROW, THEY'RE GOING TO ASKING TO BUILD INTO, UH, CHODOS, THEN WE CAN DEDICATE THOSE FUNDS TO THEM, BUT UNFORTUNATELY WE CAN'T, THEY NEED TO QUALIFY AND REALLY GAIN ACCESS TO THAT.
UM,
UM, SO IT'S DIFFICULT FOR US TO, TO TARGET OUR FUNDS IN THAT MANNER.
UM, ESPECIALLY THROUGH OUR PROGRAMS THAT ARE BEING SPENT APPLICATION-BASED AS OPPOSED TO NO FOCUS.
SO LET'S, UM, UH, BY USING THE STREET, A STRATEGIC BLUEPRINT, UH, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO IDENTIFY, UH, UM, NUMBER OF UNITS NECESSARY IN EACH COUNCIL DISTRICT AND IN SPECIFIC CORRIDORS.
SO USING THAT, UH, AS A, AS A GUIDE, UH, WILL HELP US ENSURE THAT WE'RE NOT CLUSTERING DEVELOPMENTS IN CERTAIN AREAS AND KIND OF SPREADING THEM OUT AS FAR AS WE CAN, UM, BE, UH, TO YOUR POINT ABOUT SOME, UH, AREAS ELIGIBLE FOR PRIVATE CONNECT FUNDS, UH, BEING, UH, SAY A HIGHER INCOME VERSUS, UH, THOSE AREAS THAT ARE, UH, STILL EXPERIENCING, UH, DISPLACEMENT AND GENTRIFICATION.
UM, THAT IS, THAT IS CONSERVATIVE.
WE, UH, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE NOT CONCENTRATING POVERTY, BUT WE ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE INVESTING IN MATERIALS.
SO POPULATIONS AREN'T DISPLACED, UM, WHERE WE'VE ALREADY SEEN, UH, THE EFFECTS OF HIS PLACEMENT AND, UH, CENSUS TRACKS ARE, I WANT TO SAY TO PUT IT ON.
UM, BUT WITH THE LAND IS TOO BAD, IS MORE EXPENSIVE THAN, UM, FOLLOW CERTAIN ELEMENTS TO PRICING.
AND THAT'S A CHALLENGE THAT WILL BE FED SOMEDAY ONE, UH, JUST IN TERMS OF, UH, HAVING PROPERTIES AND PROJECTS IN MY SIDE IN, UH, 10 AND EIGHT AS CONTINUED THE CHALLENGE, UH, FOR US AS WE LOOK TO INVEST IN PROCESS.
UH, BUT, UH, WE KNOW THAT DEVELOPERS ARE LOOKING, UH, THROUGHOUT THE CITY TO TRY AND FIND THE BEST DEAL.
UM, SO, UH, WHERE THERE IS A CONCENTRATION WOULD STEER AWAY FROM THAT THROUGH OUR SUPPORTING SCORING SYSTEM, UM, THROUGH OUR RHDS PHONE SYSTEM.
UH, BUT AGAIN, IT'S AN APPLICATION BASED PROGRAM.
IT'S TOUGH FOR US TO TARGET CERTAIN AREAS.
UM, WITHOUT SAYING, THIS IS WHERE FUNDS ARE ELIGIBLE, THE POINT OPENING IT, IT HAS BEEN GETTING TOO EXPENSIVE, SOMEBODY TO COME FORWARD.
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UH, WE ALREADY USING OUR FUNDS, UH, TO, TO TARGET THOSE AREAS.UM, SO, UH, THROUGH OUR GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND ON ACQUISITION FUNDS, UH, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ACQUIRE PROPERTIES IN DISTRICTS IT'S DISTRICT EIGHT.
UM, THINK ONLY ONE OF THEM MISSING RIGHT NOW IS DISTRICT 10.
UM, SO WE ARE USING THE R UH, BARCELONA AND SPILLED LEVERAGE
UM, IT'S, YOU'RE KIND OF PUSHING THE BALL IF THEY FELT, UH, UH, AT THAT POINT, TRYING TO MOVE, UH, TAX CREDIT PROPERTIES TO HIGHER INCOME AREAS.
UM, UH, IT'S NOT EASY, BUT IT'S NOT IMPOSSIBLE.
UM, AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE USING OUR, OUR FUNDS TO GET A FOOTHOLD IN THOSE AREAS SPECIFIC.
WE HAVE A, UM, WE ACQUIRED A PROPERTY, YOU KNOW, PECAN PARK, UM, UP IN AMENDMENT DISTRICT SIX, UH, IT'S IT'S LIKE FOUR ACRES.
UM, WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF PARCELS ON CONDUCT HILL IN DISTRICT EIGHT, UH, THAT WE ARE HOLDING, GOT A COUPLE OF, UH, UH, PARCELS AND, UH, IT'S DISTRICT FIVE.
UM, SO WE ARE SPREADING OUR, UH, SPREADING OUR ACQUISITION AS FAR AS WE CAN, AFTER APPLYING THOSE PROPERTIES, THEN WE GO THROUGH THE RFP PROCESS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT, UM, JUST CLOSED A, UH, AN RFP ON NATO, UM, RIGHT NEXT TO THE NORTH, UH, THAT RFP SHOULD PRODUCE, UH, I BELIEVE IT'S AT LEAST SIX FEET PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING UNITS AND IN A MULTIFAMILY PROPERTY, SAME THOUGHT ON THE SAME PARCEL.
UM, AND THAT'S THE MODEL THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT FOR ALL OF THEM, FOR ALL OF OUR HOLDINGS, UH, MAXIMIZE THE DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL SERVING, UH, UH, Y AS WIDE AS A RIGHT, THE TOP OF THIS.
I MENTIONED ON THAT AT THE CAC MEETING, UH, EVERY TRANSACTION REQUIRES A SELLER AND A WILLING BUYER, AND THE HOUSING HAS ALREADY WAS WILLING TO SELL.
UM, I OBVIOUSLY COULD NOT SAY WHAT THEIR, WHY THEY ARE FLICKING ITSELF.
UM, BUT IT WAS AN ATTRACTIVE, UH, ACQUISITION TO US, PARTICULARLY LIKE ESSENTIAL A SECOND PHASE.
SO THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT HAVING MORE EVENTS IN
I HEAR YOU ON ONE HAND, SAY THAT'S FUCKED UP FROM POTENTIALLY, I MEAN, I WOULDN'T WANT TO SAY THAT ACROSS THE BOARD, BUT 30 OR 40% AND, UH, MFI THE RENTS, UH, THAT, THAT LEVEL, UH, WOULD DEFINITELY, IT WOULD DEFINITELY CREATE A LOWER OPERATING BUDGET THAN 50%.
UM, UH, GENERALLY IT'S A, UH, AS A PROPERTY DOES NOT CARRY THE DEBT.
UM, THEN, UM, AFFORDABILITY LEVELS TO THAT AT THAT, OR AFFORDABILITY AT THAT LEVEL, UH, COULD BE SUSTAINABLE, BUT WE WOULD WANT TO LOOK AT, UH, THE PROFORMA A 15 YEAR PERFORMANCE AND ENSURE THAT THERE, THAT, THAT, UH, CAN CONTINUE FOR THE LIFE OF THE PROPERTY.
UM, AND, UH, WE ALSO WANT TO LOOK AT THE DEVELOPMENT BUDGET.
UM, ANYTIME THAT WE PUT FUNDS INTO A PROBLEM, WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT OUR INVESTMENT IS SOUND AND, UH, SUSTAINABLE FOR THE LONG TERM.
THAT'S HOW I DID THAT IN BLACKLINE ARTS, ALL LIKE SHIT, IT ALL STARTED OUT JUST THAT CITY FUNDS NEED TO BREAK BASE FOR FUTURE.
AND THAT'S, AND THAT'S WHY THE
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AND STAY AT THE PROPERTY.SO I SEE A LOT OF
AND THEN AGAIN, THE CHALLENGE THAT WE HAVE IS AN APPLICATION BASED.
SO WE NEED DEVELOPERS AND NON-PROFITS TO FIND THOSE, THOSE ACQUISITION, THAT THOSE ACQUIRABLE PROPERTIES, UH, WRITTEN TO US.
PURCHASING PROPERTY, WHICH WE ARE, WE'RE A PIECE, BUT WE'RE TIME WE'RE FOCUSING ON, UH, LARGER, UH, PARTIALLY, UH, BIG AND PARTLY THROUGH OUR GENERAL ENGAGEMENT BOX, UH, TO ULTIMATELY ISSUE RFPS, UH, SOLICITATIONS, UH, WHERE WE ARE USING PROJECT CONNECTING.
AGAIN, WE'RE FOCUSING ON, UH, PRESERVATION OF AFFORDABILITY.
UH THAT'S UH, LEAVE THAT IT'S NOT BY RESOLUTION AND BY THAT CONTRACT, UM, UH, SMALLER PARKWAYS, THE SMALLER, UH, SMALLER DEVELOPMENTS OR FIVE, EIGHT, UH, ZONES, UH, THAT THIS AD CAP PROGRAM WAS DESIGNED FOR.
UM, IT'S NOT NECESSARILY, UH, WE DON'T WANT TO GET IN THE WAY OF THE SMALLER DEVELOPERS.
UM, WE DON'T WANT TO, UH, CAUSE, UH, A BIDDING WAR, UM, THE TIME JUST IN, JUST IN THE LAST YEAR OR ANYTIME IN PAIN THAT A SELLER DISCOVERS THAT THE CITY'S PART AND FIELD, UH, THE PRICE GOES UP.
SO, UH, THE, THE MORE WE CAN TAKE A BACK SEAT TO THE NONPROFIT, THE BETTER THE DEAL, EACH A COUPLE OF MORE QUESTIONS.
UM, TO ME, THE WAY THIS SOUNDS TO ME IS THAT IT BECOMES A PHILOSOPHICAL QUESTION OR ALMOST A PHILOSOPHICAL QUESTION TO ME BECOMES IF THE NOTION IS TO PREVENT DISPLACEMENT, THEN THE PROPERTIES SHOULD BE AFFORDABLE AT THE LEVEL THAT THE PRESUMABLY SOON TO BE DISPLACED FOLKS OR ALREADY DISPLACED, UH, AT THE PROPERTY SHOULD BE ACCESSIBLE TO THOSE INCOMES.
IF PROPERTIES ARE NOT ACCESSIBLE, IT'S THOSE INCOMES BECAUSE SIMPLY BY VIRTUE OF THE BUSINESS MODEL, IT'S NOT FAVORABLE TO IMAGINE THAT SMALLER DEVELOPERS ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO, ESPECIALLY SECOND TIMERS ARE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO NECESSARILY MAKE MARGIN, MAKE OPERATING MARGIN AND MAKE THINGS WORK.
THEN, YOU KNOW, KIND OF LOOKING AT IT, IF IN FACT, HAVE A LINE DRAWN AT 50% AFFORDABILITY, THEN LOSING THAT 30 TO 50 MEANS THAT FOLKS WOULD BE DISPLACED.
AND, YOU KNOW, PERHAPS THE OTHER FOLKS, AGAIN, IF YOU'RE LOOKING LIKE YOU SAID, YOU WANT TO LOOK AT YOUR BANDS AS WELL AS MARKET OTHER FOLKS IN A DIFFERENT MATH DEPARTMENT WHO MAY BE ABLE TO AFFORD 50 TO 70% WOULD QUALIFY AND BE ABLE TO PERHAPS CALMING.
UM, BUT THE ACT OF DISPLACEMENT OCCURS, NAN, TO PREVENT THE DISPLACEMENT MAY NOT BE AS POWERFUL AS WE CAN UNDER STUFF AND MAYBE INCLUSION THAT SUBSIDES.
UH, BUT PHILOSOPHICALLY IT MAY NOT BE AN ANTI-DISPLACEMENT SHOULD I APPRECIATE I THINK THE MULTIFACETED APPROACH AND I MEAN, DAMN ALL ARE DOING A LOT OF REALLY GOOD THINGS.
JUST THE, UH, THE EVOLUTION OF THE CAPACITY BUILDING EFFORTS AND HOW MUCH, HOW THOUGHTFUL YOU ARE THERE.
AND, AND PARTICULARLY WHEN IT COMES BACK AND POSITION, I'M GUESSING WHEN YOU'RE SAYING ACQUIRING LAND AND THE, AND THE MORE EXPENSIVE DISTRICTS IS THAT THE 15 MILLION AMOUNT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, OR, OR, OR WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE 23 THERE'S 8 MILLION FOR AG CAP BREAD, WHICH IS AGAIN, THAT COULD BE WHEREVER THE APPLICANT WAS, FINES THE FINES FOR THAT, AND LANDED ON A FIREARM PRICE.
BUT 15 IS PRESUMABLY WHERE YOU'RE GOING FROM THE POND IS WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
THE, UH, HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION IS LEVERAGING THE PURCHASE TO ACQUIRE LAND OUTSIDE OF THAT CAP ON, AND OBVIOUSLY IN THE AREAS WHERE AT CAMP MAY NOT CATCH IT.
SO I CAN APPRECIATE THAT MULTI-FACETED APPROACH.
BUT I THINK IF THAT IS GOING TO BE OCCURRING CONCURRENTLY IN RECOGNITION OF THE FACT THAT WE SIMPLY DON'T HAVE AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THOSE AREAS, THEN IT SEEMS LIKE IN THE AREA AND THE PROJECT CONNECT AREAS THAT WE SHOULD DOUBLE DOWN ON REALLY DISPLACED.
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SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS AS FAR AS I NEED TO SQUEEZE IN MORE DOLLARS TO MAKE IT MAKE MORE MARGIN OR MAKE MORE OPERATING SPACE FOR A SMALLER DEVELOPER.I DON'T THINK I'M MAKING A RECOMMENDATION.
I'M JUST STILL, YOU KNOW, WELL, AND I APOLOGIZE FOR, FOR BEING UNCLEAR TO THE GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND ACQUISITIONS IN DISTRICT SIX AND DISTRICT EIGHT OR 10 THAT'S GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, WHERE WE ARE USING PROJECT CONNECT FUNDS FOR, UH, ACQUIRING PRESERVATION DEALS.
THOSE AREN'T WITHIN THE PROJECT.
UM, BUT IT'S LIKE THE POINTS ONE IS VALID.
WE, UH, UH, WE ARE LOOKING TO ENSURE THAT LONG PROJECT FOR PROJECT CONNECT MINES AND AREAS THAT ARE EXPERIENCING DISPLACEMENT.
UM, WE ARE USING THE, OUR ABILITY TO ACQUIRE THOSE PROPERTIES AND, UH, EITHER PARTNER WITH THE EXISTING DEVELOPERS OR, UH, HOLD THEM FOR THE LONG TERM, UH, AND REALLY SECURE THAT MONTGOMERY FOR IT'S THE SMALLER DEVELOPMENTS THAT, UH, WE DIDN'T, WE, AGAIN, WE JUST DON'T WANNA HEAR IT THAT WAY.
UM, AND THAT'S WHAT HE HAD KEPT PROGRAMS BEFORE.
SO INSTEAD OF GETTING IN THEIR WAY, IS THERE, WHAT WOULD BE NEEDED AS A TAILWIND, AS OPPOSED TO GETTING IN THE WAY, WHAT WOULD BE NEEDED AS A TAILWIND TO INCENT DEVELOPMENT OF ANY, I MEAN, I GET IT WHEN I'M HEARING IT OVER AND OVER THAT, WOW.
I MEAN, 30 TO 40% OF THEM ARE PRETTY, YOU KNOW, LIKE I GET THAT THAT'S COMING FROM A PLACE OF LIKE, YOU KNOW, BUSINESS PLAN, THE BUSINESS PLAN.
I PRODUCE A PLAN AFTER LIKE EMPIRICAL, YOU KNOW, TRIAL AND OVER AND OVER, I GET THOSE POINTS THERE.
SO WHAT WOULD, WHAT WOULD, WHAT IS NECESSARY? BUT IF THE INJECTION THAT'S NECESSARY TO MAKE THAT EVEN FLAWS.
SO IT'S, IT'S REALLY LOOKING AT THE, UH, THE OPERATING BUDGET AND THE PROFORMA, UH, UH, TO ENSURE THAT THE DEBT ON THE PROPERTY IS
UM, AND THAT'S NOT JUST, UH, IMMEDIATE DEPTH OF THE ACQUISITION, BUT IT'S ALSO A TURN DEBT FOR THE MAINTENANCE AND
UM, AND AGAIN, THAT'S WHY WE, WE, UH, INCENTIVIZES ME RECOMMEND TO DEVELOPERS, BUT WHEN WE GET ACQUIRED THE PROPERTY REHAB, UH, DEPENDS, WE'VE GOT THE RENTAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, UM, AND WE CAN HELP CONVERT YOUR 30 YEAR OLD ACQUISITION UNITS.
FOUR TOWN HOMES INTO IS ESSENTIALLY A BRAND NEW SET OF PORT TOWN HOMES.
UM, UH, BY REDUCING THAT DEBT, THEN WE CAN, THEN YOU GIVE THE DEVELOPER AND THE PROPERTY OWNER, UH, MORE, UH, TO, TO SHOOT FOR DEEPER AFFORDED.
SO THE DEBT REDUCTION, BUT AGAIN, IT'S NOT JUST THAT IMMEDIATE DEBT IT'S THAT LONG-TERM DEBT, YOU KNOW, A BRAND NEW HOME HAS LESS A MAINTENANCE CONCERN THAN A 38 YEAR OLD YOU'RE SITTING LIKE REHAB.
I MEAN, SO THERE, THERE WOULD BE, THERE WOULD BE JED MITIGATION SUPPORT MORE THAN JUST THE ACQUISITION OF THE POWER.
AND SO IF THAT'S THE CASE, COULD IT BE INCENTIVE, UH, OR, UH, THAT DEVELOPMENT OF, UH, OF, OF UNITS WITHIN AN X AND Y AFFORDABILITY RANGE WOULD HAVE, UH, SOMETHING THAT DEVELOPMENT OF UNITS OUTSIDE OF THAT RANGE WOULD, WOULD HAVE AN ADDITIONAL INDICATION OR WOULD HAVE IT.
AND, YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND THAT AT THE END OF THE DAY, THAT JUST MEANS MORE DOLLARS, BUT, UH, BUT YOU KNOW, THERE'S A STARTING POINT NECESSARY FOR ME ANYWAY, TO MAKE THIS PHILOSOPHICALLY SOUND, OR WE COULD CALL IT SOMETHING ELSE, BUT MAYBE NOT ANTI-DISPLACEMENT BRANCH.
WE CAN CALL IT AGAIN REALLY IMPORTANT INCLUSION EXERCISE, BUT, UM, AS FAR AS, AS FAR AS EXISTING TENANTS, UM, WE WOULD WORKING WITH OUR DEVELOPER PARTNERS TO ENSURE THAT THEIR EXISTING TENANTS CAN COME BACK.
IF YOU READ THAT, UH, OCCURS, UH, WE WOULD ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, NO, NO, ONE'S WRINKLED UP, UM, THROUGH, THROUGH THIS ACQUISITION EXERCISE, UH, BUT THROUGH THE RHP PROGRAM, UM, UH, WE WOULD, WE WOULD SAY GIVE MORE POINTS OR PRIORITIZE, UH, DEVELOPMENTS THAT HAVE DEEPER AFFORDABILITY.
UM, SO IF A, IF A NON-PROFIT, UH, WERE TO ACQUIRE A PROPERTY AND RENT WAS ALREADY AT 14%, UM, WE WOULD NOT WANT TO SEE THEM JACK UP THE RENT OF 50%.
UM, AND WE WOULD TALK TO THEM ABOUT WHAT TYPES OF REHAB IS NECESSARY, BECAUSE IF THERE'S A PROPERTY THAT'S, THAT'S NATURALLY, IT'S 40% AND IT MIGHT BE SOMETHING MONTHLY, YOU MIGHT NEED SOME REHAB.
SO, UH, THERE THERE'LL BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO COME IN AND THEN APPLY THAT DEEPER AFFORDABILITY RESTRICTION THAT SCREW THAT RJ CAP FINER, WOULD THERE BE A STRING ATTACHED THAT'S LIKE THAT, OKAY.
NOW THAT WE'VE SUPPORTED WITH THE REHAB, UH, YOU KNOW, W WHAT IS THE MECHANISM TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT BRAND DOESN'T, YOU SAID WE DON'T WANT TO SEE IT.
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WITH THE RSV PROGRAM, IT WOULD BE THE SAME STRINGS THAT WE PUT ON HORMONES, WHICH WOULD BE A 40 YEAR RESTRICTION, UM, AND, UH, WHATEVER AFFORDABILITY LEVEL YOU APPLIED FOR, UH, WITH THAT LOAN.SO YOU COME IN AND SAY, I'M GOING TO DO 30% ON ALL UNITS.
THAT'S GOING TO BE 30% FOR THE NEXT 48 YEARS.
AND IF YOU DEVIATE FROM THAT AFFORDABILITY, THERE PROBABLY IS FOUND, YOU ARE JACKING UP THE RENT AND YOU GOT TO PAY US BACK.
I THINK IT'S MORE OF AN INSTRUCTIVE FOR ME.
I DON'T WANT TO BRING IT ALL THE TIME DOCUMENTED FAMILIES AND, UH, I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE WE CAN KIND OF, UH, CONSENSUALLY FINALLY UNILATERALLY AGREE THAT WE WANT TO BE OUT OF HERE BY 9 45.
UM, SO LET'S SAY YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE APP CAP AND, UH, THE RENT UPSTATE, UH, THOSE ARE LUMPS.
THEY ARE, UM, DEFERRED FORGIVABLE LOANS FOR BOTH PROGRAMS. YES.
SO I'M PROBABLY JUST THINKING THAT WOULD BE SOME WAY TO, I GUESS WE BE STUCK THERE.
IT COULD BE FORGIVEN CERTAIN AREAS.
SO, UM, THROUGH THE ICAP PROGRAM AND TRADITIONALLY THROUGH OUR RHD APRIL ROOM, THERE'LL BE, HAS, UH, UM, DIVERSIFIED OUR LOAN PORTFOLIO SOMEWHAT IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
UH, OUR LOANS WERE DEFERRED TO FORGET, UH, THEY FUNCTIONED AS GRANTS, BUT, UH, IN ORDER TO, IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT OUR MOM HAD TEETH SO THAT WE CAN ENFORCE THAT AS ONE OF THEIR LIVING, UH, WE, WE USED THE LOAN STRUCTURE VIOLENT, BUT IT'S DEFERRED AND FORGIVABLE.
SO THE NONPROFIT DOESN'T HAVE TO PAY IT BETTER EVEN OUT OF.
SO IF YOU PROPERLY PICK DICTATE WHAT THE USERS SAY 5%, AND YOU DON'T OWN THE PROPERTY OF DEEP DAMAGE, IF THEY MAKE THAT A BETTER PRICE, CAN YOU DO ONCE THE DRAWING, EVEN FROM A LOCATION PERSPECTIVE? UM, SO THROUGH, UH, THROUGH OUR FLOORING PROGRAM ON THE RHQ SIDE, UM, WE, AGAIN, WE HAVE LOOKED AT OUR STRATEGIC GUIDES, UM, UH, AND IF A DEVELOPMENT IS COMING IN AN AREA WHERE WE HAVE NOT HAD FEED INVESTMENTS, UM, THEN THEY GET A HIGHER PRIORITY THAN A INVESTMENT THAT HAPPENS IN AN AREA WHERE ALREADY INVESTED ALONE.
UH, WE WOULD ALSO LOOK AT, UH, YOU KNOW, CONCENTRATION LYMPHOMA INVESTMENT IN THE AREA.
UH, SO WE WILL TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION, UH, ALL OF THOSE UNQUANTIFIABLE, UH, QUALITATIVE ISSUES.
UM, BUT THAT WILL GO THROUGH OUR, UH, ART REVIEW PROCESS.
AND THIS IS WHY WE HAVE THREE, UM, REVIEWS, UH, THROUGH ALL OF OUR RHB PROGRAMS FOR, UH, OUR STAFF PANEL REVIEWS.
WELL, FIRST WE HAVE OUR UNDERWRITING, WE, AND OUR STAFF PANEL IS IT HAS QUESTIONS AND THEN HAVING INVESTMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE, AND THEN THE, UH, TO THE EXECUTIVES, THE LEADERSHIP TEAM, HOUSING FUNDING FROM, UM, ALL THREE COMMITTEES HAVE BROUGHT DIFFERENT QUESTIONS FORWARD BY DIFFERENT ISSUES.
UM, AND WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF, UH, DEVELOPMENTS, UH, WHERE AT ONE STAGE IN THE PROCESS AND TESTING QUESTION, WHETHER OR NOT THIS IS A CONCENTRATION, OR EVEN AN INVESTOR CAN BUDGET IN THIS AREA, IT'S TOO CLOSE TO THIS DEVELOPMENT THAT WE'VE ALREADY INVESTED IN.
UM, SO WE HAD THOSE CONVERSATIONS, UH, BUT IT'S STILL ABOUT QUANTIFYING, UH, THEN HOW TO STANDARDIZE IT, STAPLED UP TO STANDARD AT ITS POWER TO ENSURE THAT YOU ARE NOT, UH, BUILDING IN ONE PARTS OUT AND NOT BUILDING IN YES.
UH, SO, AND THAT'S, THAT'S ACTUALLY PART OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT FOR OUR RHD, UH, GUIDELINES AND APPLICATIONS.
WE CONSTANTLY, EVERY YEAR, WE GO THROUGH OUR PROCESS TO YOUR GUIDELINES FROM SHOW, BUT WE'VE ACTUALLY GIVEN, UH, THE DEVELOPMENT AND THE EVENTS THAT WE WANT TO GET.
UM, UH, JUST IN THIS LAST REVIEW, UH, THAT WAS WHEN
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WE KIND OF SHIFTED THINGS AROUND FOR OUR APPLICATION PROCESS IN TERMS OF, UH, UH, PRE-DEVELOPMENT FUNDING VERSUS CONSTRUCTION FUNDING, PERSONS, ACQUISITION FUNDING, ASKING FOR DIFFERENT, UH, PIECES OF INFORMATION FROM THE DEVELOPER UH, DEPENDING ON THE STAGE IN DEVELOPMENT, THAT'S AN AREA THAT THEY WERE AT, UH, IT'S COMING AS LIKE WE WERE LOOKING AT, UM, UH, FOOD DESERTS A LITTLE BIT MORE CLOSELY.WE ALSO LOOKED AT THE CHILDCARE DESERTS A LITTLE BIT, UM, AND HOW, UH, DEVELOPMENTS CAN MITIGATE THOSE ISSUES.
SO, UH, FOR EXAMPLE, IF THERE'S A CHILDCARE DESERT, UH, AND DEVELOP, WON'T TALK TO A DEVELOPER AND SAY, WHAT IF HE PROVIDED ONSITE CHILDCARE? UM, NOT JUST WITH COMMITTED FOR THE, UH, RESIDENTS, BUT FOR THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE.
UM, AND THAT'S THAT CHANGES THEIR PROPOSAL.
IT CHANGES THEIR PROFORMA CHANGES THEIR, UH, EVERYTHING ABOUT THEIR DEVELOPMENT.
UM, BUT, UH, THROUGH THAT PROCESS, WE CAN KIND OF HELP THE DEVELOPER DESIGN AND PROGRAM THAT HAS COMMUNAL INVENT.
UM, IT CAN REALLY NOT JUST, UH, HELP THE RESIDENTS, BUT HELP THE OVERALL NEIGHBORHOOD COMMUNITY
I MEAN, I THINK THAT WE'RE LUCKY OUT OF JAMIE REALLY KIND OF COME OUT PRETTY OFTEN, UH, TO THE COMMISSION AND IN, UH, I JUST ALSO WANT TO NOTE THAT POS TO MAKE YOURSELF AVAILABLE OFFLINE TOO, AND JUST OUT OF APPRECIATION.
UM, BUT I THINK KNOWING LAST YEAR, UH, THERE WILL BE MORE SUBSTANTIAL QUESTIONS PERHAPS WHERE THEY'VE TAKEN OFFLINE.
COMMUNICATED JANUARY SO WE COULD TAKE IT ON LATER.
ARE THERE ANY FINAL THOUGHTS? THANKS SO MUCH.
AND THANKS SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
TELL THEM PICK UP ANY TIME WE ALL GO TO THE, UH, REMAINING ITEMS. UH, WE WILL NOT HAVE AN UPDATE IN TWICE SUSTAINABILITY, UH, AS A COMMUNITY THAT WAS NOT PRESENT.
[9. Update from the Austin Transit Partnership (ATP) Community Advisory Committee (Commissioner Elias)]
DO WE HAVE AN UPDATE ON ATP COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE OR IS THAT LARGELY SUBSUMED BY, UM, YES, THERE ARE JUST TWO QUICK THINGS.UM, YEAH, TWO QUICK THINGS THERE SAID A NEW CAP MENTORED DIRECTOR AND GET THEM STARTED STARTING WATKINS FRIENDLY CLARK.
SHE WAS INTRODUCED AT THE MEETING, UM, IN THE AUSTIN CHRONICLE NAMED AT THE ATP CMC THE TEST ORGANIZATION.
WELL, WE WON'T TAKE OFFENSE TO THAT.
CERTAINLY A FLOOD, UH, UH, AND WE HAD A ELECTION OF OFFICERS.
UH, ARE YOU IN LA? NO, IT'S A, UH, CHAIR.
IT'S NOT, WE DIDN'T SIT THERE TO SIT AROUND IT TO BE AN OFFICER OF THE PRESENTATION.
[10. Update from the Housing Investment Review Committee (HIRC) (Commissioners Garrett & Fadelu)]
FROM THE EARTH.UH, HE, THE HOUSING INVESTMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE, UH, COMMISSIONER SCARING WITH BENEVOLENCE TARIFF ON THAT COMMITMENT, GARRETT IS HERE AND SHE SENDS THEM BACK IN FRONT OF YOU.
UM, THE SURVEY, THE SUMMARY, UH, THAT IT'S FREEING TO BORE SOME OF THESE APPLICATIONS THAT REPEAT THE NUMBER OF DIFFERENT FOOD.
I MEAN, SPORT, UM, FOR BOTH THE BRODA AND FOR HIM SO EASILY, WHICH WAS THE MARCH, UM, THEY WERE TWO APPLICATIONS, BOTH WILL PRODUCE.
AND THEN THIS LAST ROUND, UH, THERE ARE
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UNITS THAT KEEPS THINGS AT FIRE BLOW.UM, THERE ARE TWO PROJECTS, UM, THAT WE'RE HAVING SOME KIND OF DEVELOPMENTALLY SHAVED.
AND SO I'M TELLING YOU SHE'S, UM,
AND SO THAT KIND OF DROPS THAT NUMBER.
I'VE TOLD YOU THAT IT'S REDUCED THE BIG NATURE TO 790 FEET.
AND THEN FOR THE AUDIT PROGRAM, THERE ARE FOUR APPLICATIONS OF BOARD WORK GROUPS WE'LL PRODUCE A
THAT EMAIL IS ALSO BE LINKED TO FIND ALL THE APPLICATIONS THAT TRUE AND SKIRT FEATURE UPDATES.
UM, IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING IN PARTICULAR THAT YOU WANT FILLED OUT, UM, DOES THAT MEAN, I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
UH, I DON'T BE SAD JUST TO BE ABLE TO TELL UP UNITS TO SEE WHERE'S THE, A, B AFFORDABILITY OF LIFE WAS RENTAL, OBVIOUSLY ONE WITH OWNERSHIP, AND THEN ALSO THE SUMMARY THAT HAD DOLLARS AND FUNDING SOURCES AS WELL.
UM, WE WENT INTO QUESTIONS FOR OUR COMMISSION CARE.
I MEAN, THE SLOTS AROUND SINCE $20.
SO, UM, THERE'S SIX APPLICATIONS, BUT YEAH, BUT
[11. Update from the South Central Waterfront Advisory Board (SCWAB) (Vice Chair Paup)]
ITEM, UH, IF APPLICABLE BY TEAR, REPEAT UPDATE FROM THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT ADVISORY BOARD.SO
THE DEVELOPER IS OFFERED INSTEAD OF 4% FOUND MINUTES,
WHEN WE BROKE UP TO FOCUS, THE REALLY STUCK ON 4% NUMBER.
AND THAT'S JUST FOR CONTEXT AS COMPARED TO I THINK 20%, WHICH WAS THE VISIONARY NOW FOR LAMB, IT DIDN'T COME TO FRUITION YET 10% AND THEN SOME PEOPLE GET OFF FIRST TREE, WHICH I THINK IS ALSO HELPFUL TO SEE HOW THAT TREND GOES.
THANK YOU FOR KEEPING THAT ON OUR WRITEUP.
SO IT'S COMING UP, UH, FOR SECOND, THIRD, 80 NEXT FROM THE FIRST BABY SEVEN, ALL SOME MOTHERS ARE, SO THAT'S A, YOU'VE HEARD IT, UH, AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADVOCATE FOR PORTABILITY AND SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT, NOT ADDITIONAL, BUT SORT OF EXPECTED AFFORDABILITY AND OPPORTUNITY TO ADVOCATE FOR NOT LOSING ANTICIPATED AFFORDABILITY.
UM, BE NUMBER ONE, UH, AND KNOW THAT BOTH OF US WERE PROBABLY VOICED TO THEM SPOKEN LAST MEETING, UH, AND, UH, THE LAST, UH, THE LAST TIME IT WAS UP FOR A SECOND AND I'M READING.
UH, SO IT'S GOOD TO SEE, UM, PROGRESS, WHICH IS BASICALLY THAT THE CASINO HERE, I THINK A CIRCUIT IN MANY WAYS, AS A, AS I FEEL LIKE A VICE-CHAIR BOTTLE STRESS WITH IT'S A SURROGATE ANYPLACE FOR HOW WE'RE TREATING, UH, ASSET BASED COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, ALL THE WAY UP TO AFFORDABILITY ALL OVER THE CITY AND DAMNING IF IN ONE PLACE THAT CAN HAPPEN BECAUSE IT'S JUST NOT POSSIBLE.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR EVERYWHERE ELSE? UM, AND IF WE MAKE CHANGES BASED ON STANDARDS, OR IT COULD BE INTERPRETED AS ARBITRARY MEAN FOR EVERYWHERE ELSE.
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I APPRECIATE THIS THING.I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ELSE ON IT.
YOU ALWAYS WONDER IF WE NEED A MUCH TO HIM TO CLASS.
UH, THANKS EVERYONE FOR HANGING OUT.
UH, COMMISSIONER GARCIA, COMMISSIONER WOODS, UH, JESSE, AT LEAST HERE IN PERSON, WE WILL SEE YOU ALL NEXT TIME AT 9:40 PM WITH HER YOUNGEST MEETING OF THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPS CONDITIONS.