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[PUBLIC COMMUNICATION: GENERAL (Part 1 of 2)]
NARU, NITA NARU.CAN YOU HEAR ME? WE CAN YOU'RE UP.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK NOW? WELL, SURE.
I, I THOUGHT THAT PROFESSOR ANHE WAS GONNA, WAS GONNA BE ON THE LINE AND INTRODUCE THIS, BUT, UH, THE THREE OF US ARE, UH, IN SUPPORT OF THE, UH, RENOVATION OF THE NATIONAL HERNANDEZ BUILDING FOR USES RELATED TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD IN PARTICULAR TO PROGRAMMING FOR, UH, LOW INCOME SENIOR CITIZENS.
UH, I AM THE CHAIR OF THE BOARD OF AUSTIN GERIATRIC CENTER, WHICH, UM, OWNS, UH, THE REBECCA BANES JOHNSON CENTER AT 31 WALLER STREET.
WE ARE THE 16 STORY TOWER THAT NOW HAS A FIVE STORY STRUCTURE KIND OF WRAPPING AROUND IT.
UH, WE HAVE 279 NEW AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS FOR LOW INCOME SENIORS, UH, AT THAT LOCATION THAT WE'VE JUST COMPLETED.
AND WE'RE ABOUT TO KICK OFF THE REHABILITATION OF THE 16 STORY TOWER THAT'S BEEN THERE SINCE 1973, THAT WE THINK THAT THE SENIORS IN, IN OUR, AT THE RBJ AND THERE'LL BE ABOUT 500 MORE THAN 500 OF THEM WOULD GREATLY BENEFIT FROM THE RENOVATION OF THE BUILDING FOR, UH, PROGRAMMING FOR, FOR SENIORS AND FOR OTHER NEIGHBORHOOD USES.
UM, AND WE ARE PREPARED TO SUPPORT WHAT PROFESSOR ANHE WAS GONNA SPEAK TO.
AND I'M, I, I THOUGHT I KNOW SHE'S ON THE, ON THE LINE.
SHE MUST NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO, UH, COMMUNICATE SOME WAY, BUT, UM, I, I THINK WE'RE HOPING TO GET INVITED BACK TO A MEETING WHERE WE CAN BE ON THE AGENDA AND HAVE A SPECIFIC PROPOSAL, BUT WE WANTED TO INTRODUCE OURSELVES.
I HAVE BEEN, UH, I'M CHAIR OF THE BOARD OF AUSTIN GERIATRIC CENTER.
AND I HAVE, UH, BEEN A MEMBER OF THE WORKING GROUP THAT PROFESSOR ANN HELD HAS BEEN, UH, LEADING.
UH, AND I, AND I KNOW THAT, UH, UH, ANOTHER ONE OF OUR GROUP WAS GOING TO TALK ABOUT, ABOUT THE PROJECT FROM AN ARCHITECTURAL STANDPOINT.
AND I DON'T KNOW WHY SHE CAN'T, UH, BE ON THE LINE RIGHT NOW, BUT THAT'S, UH, THAT'S WHAT WE WERE HOPING TO SPEAK WITH YOU ABOUT TO INTRODUCE OURSELVES AND TO HOPE TO GET ON, UH, YOUR AGENDA, UH, FOR THE OCTOBER OR NOVEMBER MEETING TO, UH, TO MORE FULLY THIS.
AND WOULD YOU STATE FOR THE RECORD, YOUR NAME PLEASE? MY NAME IS CLARK HYDRICK H E I D R I C K.
AND DID YOU, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU.
DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK YES, PLEASE.
I WANTED JUST TO ADD TO WHAT CLARK HAS SAID REGARDING OUR EFFORTS ALONG THESE LINES.
THE THERE'S BEEN SEVERAL FEASIBILITY STUDIES REGARDING, UH, POTENTIAL CITY OWNED SITES FOR AN INTERGENERATIONAL RESOURCE AND ACTIVITY CENTER.
AND THE NATION IS BUILDING CONSTANTLY RANKS TOP BECAUSE IT'S A CENTER THAT, YOU KNOW, NEEDS TO BE CLOSE TO SENIOR HOUSING AT CLARK HEAD, UH, DESCRIBED AT THE, UH, RBJ C RESIDENTIAL TOWER, BUT ALSO THE NINE SURROUNDING ZIP CODES.
OUR RESEARCH SHOWS, UH, IS VERY IMPORTANT TO ADDRESS ALL OF THESE, UH, IMPORTANT NEEDS.
THERE IS A GLARING GAP IN THESE SERVICES.
IT'S OUTPACING THE, UM, POPULATION GROWTH THAT WE'RE SEEING, UH, IN OUR SENIOR POPULATION ON OUR OVERALL POPULATION.
UH, THERE'S BEEN SOME, UH, DISCUSSION THROUGH OUR MEETINGS THAT, UH, PART, THE DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION WANTS THE FIGHT FOR ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES, BUT, UH, THE HOLLY SHORE'S MASTER PLANS DECLARED THE BUILDING SHOULD BE DEDICATED TO COMMUNITY USE.
AND THE, THE COMMUNITY, UH, YOU KNOW, WOULD REALLY BENEFIT FROM, UM, THE RESIDENTS OF OUR LOW INCOME SENIORS, OUR TODDLERS AND BAR MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS FROM, FROM THIS NEIGHBORHOOD WHO WOULD ENGAGE IN SERVICE LEARNING ACTIVITIES WITH THIS, WITH THE SENIORS IN INDOOR OUT AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES,
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ARTS AND CRAFTS, TUTORING, MENTORING, YOU KNOW, AS WELL AS GARDENING AND MANY OTHER ACTIVITIES.WE HAVE, UM, ALL THE MAJOR SENIOR SERVICE NONPROFITS WHO HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH US OVER THE PAST EIGHT YEARS.
AND WE BELIEVE, UH, WITH OUR FOCUSED, UM, UH, DEVELOPMENT PLAN THAT WILL BE ABLE TO SUPPLEMENT PARTS OF BUDGET AS WELL AS CLEARLY, UM, CREATE A VERY, UM, INCLUSIVE CENTER FOR ALL AGE GROUPS.
AND, UH, WE HOPE WE CAN RECEIVE A LETTER OF SUPPORT FROM THIS COMMISSION, AND WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THE ARM ATTEND, UH, ONE OF YOUR FUTURE MEETINGS, SO WE COULD PRESENT MORE DETAILED DATA AND SHOWED SOME OF OUR RENDERINGS THAT DR.
NAI WOULD LIKE TO, UH, SHOW YOU.
UH, THIS IS COMMISSIONER ABOUT 20.
I, I THINK COMMISSIONER DELGADO HAD SPOKEN UP FIRST.
YEAH, I, I JUST WANTED TO ASK, AM I ABLE TO ASK THE GUEST A QUESTION? SURE.
HI, UH, I AM BERTHA RENDON DELGADO, THE CITY OF AUSTIN HOUSING COMMISSIONER FOR THIS DEMOGRAPHIC AREA.
THANK YOU FOR COMING TO OUR COMMISSION AND BRINGING THIS, UH, INITIATIVE UP.
I ALSO DO LIVE FOUR BLOCKS AWAY FROM RBJ AT 2008 HASKELL STREET, AND I'M ALSO THE PRESIDENT OF EAST TOWN LAKE CITIZENS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
AND SO I AM VERY, VERY, UM, INTERESTED IN HEARING MORE ABOUT YOUR INITIATIVE, UM, IN MAKING SURE THAT WE DO HAVE A COLLABORATION.
UH, THE COMMUNITY FOUGHT VERY HARD TO PRESERVE THAT AREA AS MY GRANDFATHER, EDWARD RENDON, SENIOR, WHICH IS A PARK IN THE MASTER PLAN IS NAMED AFTER HIM.
UH, WE WERE VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN MAKING SURE THAT MASTER PLAN WAS ADOPTED IN 2013 WITH ALL AMENITIES AND ALL OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, FROM OUR NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WE LIVED AT, WE'VE LIVED AT OUR ENTIRE LIFE.
AND I THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND I WILL, UH, DEFINITELY WOULD LIKE TO BE IN CONTACT WITH YOUR GROUP, UH, WITH THE MEMBERS THAT YOU MENTIONED, UH, REGARDING THIS INITIATIVE, CUZ AGAIN, THE NEIGHBORHOOD DOES WANT TO HAVE A COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER THERE AS WELL AS VETERAN A VETERAN OFFICE.
AND SO WE'VE HAD THESE CONVERSATIONS IN OUR COMMUNITY IN THE PAST COUPLE YEARS.
SO THANK YOU AGAIN, AND MY INFORMATION, YOU CAN REACH OUT TO ME, UH, THROUGH MY EMAIL OR, UH, I'M MORE THAN WELCOME TO GIVE YOU MY PHONE NUMBER.
UH, AND THANK YOU ALSO FOR BEING IN PERSON TO PRESIDE, UH, OR THIS MEETING AS WELL AS EVERYBODY ELSE WHO'S THERE IN PERSON.
UM, AND THOSE, OF COURSE WHO'VE ALL SHOWN UP PERIOD, BUT THAT BEING SAID, UH, I JUST WANTED TO, UH, UH, I, I HAD A QUESTION FOR, UH, UH, DR.
SO I MIGHT JUST OFFLINE REACH OUT TO COMMISSIONER DELGADO ABOUT POTENTIAL LANGUAGE, UH, FOR A RESOLUTION AND, AND HOW WE MAY BE ABLE TO GET THIS ON THE AGENDA NEXT MONTH.
DO WE WANNA SEE IF CALLER, UH, NAI IS ON THE LINE ARCHITECT? SO WE'LL
[1. Approve the August 09, 2022 Community Development Commission meeting minutes.]
MOVE ON TO APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF THE AUGUST 9TH MEETING CHAIR, CHAIR OF VICE CHAIR.CAN YOU SPEAK CLOSER TO THE MICROPHONE? YES, I COULD HEAR YOU ON WE'LL MOVE ON TO APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.
I NOTICED THAT THE MINUTES THAT WE APPROVED ON THE DRAFT MINUTES ARE, UM, WERE SUPPOSED TO BE APPROVING TODAY, THE AUGUST 9TH
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MINUTES, BUT THE MINUTES ARE LISTED, NOT THE JULY, BUT THE AUGUST.SO IF YOU COULD REMIND US OF THE JULY DATE WE CAN, ARE YOU SAYING WE SHOULD BE APPROVING JULY MINUTES? WE SHOULD.
WE, WE SHOULD BE APPROVING AUGUST MINUTES, BUT I THINK THERE'S AN ERROR IN THE AUGUST MINUTES THAT SAY CITE THEMSELVES INSTEAD OF THE PREVIOUS MONTHS, MINUTES THAT GOT APPROVED, THEN MM-HMM
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COMMISSIONER DELGADO AND SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER TO OVER TO I HI, ANY OPPOS, ANY ABSTENTIONS MOVING ON
[2. Presentation on the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) (Angel Zambrano, Manager, Neighborhood Services Unit, Austin Public Health)]
TO DISCUSSION ITEMS, ITEM TWO PRESENTATION ON THE COMMUNITY SERVICES BLOCK GRANT ON KNO IF, IF YOU'RE TALKING ON KELLY, WE CAN'T HEAR YOU AND THEN WE CAN GOOD EVENING.WITH SOME TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES.
I DIDN'T HAVE A NUDE BUTTON, BUT IT'S LIVE NOW.
WELL, GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS.
UM, I AM HERE TO PRESENT ON THE, UM, COMMUNITY SERVICES BLOCK GRANT.
THE FIRST PAGE THAT YOU HAVE THERE, I'LL REMIND YOU OF THE MISSION ENABLE SERVICES UNIT IMPROVE THE LIVES AND HEALTH OF PEOPLE, EXPERIENCING POVERTY BY PROVIDING PUBLIC HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES, CONNECTING RESIDENT OF AUSTIN AND TRAVIS COUNTY TO COMMUNITY RESOURCES.
THERE'S AN UPDATE THERE TO JULY ON OUR EXPENDITURES, PRETTY MUCH ON TRACK TO EXPAND ANOTHER FUNDS BY THE END OF MARCH OF NEXT YEAR.
NEXT PAGE, PLEASE, WHICH NUMBER TWO HAS SOME UPDATES ON OUR OUTCOMES.
UH, WE WILL BE REPORTING MORE ON SOME OF OUR ER RENT ASSISTANCE, UM, UH, FUNDING AND SERVICES.
WE JUST, UH, STARTED THAT PROGRAM, UH, IN MID AUGUST.
SO NO NEW DATA THERE, BUT WE ARE AS YOU KNOW, PROVIDING BASIC NEED SERVICES TO OUR COMMUNITY.
PLUS ONE RENT ASSISTANCE AND FOOD SERVICES.
WE'VE HELPED ALMOST 15,315 PEOPLE WITH OUR FOOD DISTRIBUTIONS.
UM, TAX PROGRAMS WERE VERY SUCCESSFUL EARLIER THIS YEAR.
WE'RE ALREADY IN COMMUNICATION WITH TWO AGENCIES THAT, UH, PARTNER WITH US TO PROVIDE TAX HELP THIS FOLLOWING, UH, YEAR THINGS FOR MOVING RIGHT ALONG.
UM, NEXT PAGE, PLEASE, FOR SOME, UH, PROGRAMMATIC UPDATES FOR THIS MONTH.
I THINK WE, ONE MUST HAVE BEEN CUT OFF ON THE FIRST PAGE.
NUMBER ONE HAS TO DO WITH A HR.
UH, WE CONTINUE TO FILL OUR POSITIONS.
WE HAVE A FEW AGENCIES RIGHT NOW AND WE'RE, UH, WORKING WITH HR TO FILL THOSE, UH, NUMBER TWO, UH, WE ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC ON THE SECOND OF 2022, UH, NUMBER THREE, CDC NOMINATION SELECTION ELECTION.
UH, WE'RE WORKING WITH THE BLACKLAND NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, UH, TO FACILITATE A NOMINATION SELECTION MEETING FOR THE ROOSA BLACKLAND SEAT ON THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION.
UH, THAT NOMINATION SELECTION MEETING WILL TAKE PLACE ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4TH AT 6:00 PM.
AND IT WILL BE THE VIRTUAL MEETING.
UH, NUMBER FOUR, OUR FOOD FOR FAMILIES PROGRAM CONTINUES TO GO STRONG, UH, IN COLLABORATION WITH THE CENTRAL TEXAS FOOD BANK.
OUR HOME DELIVERY PROGRAM IS, UH, VERY ROBUST
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AS WELL.UH, WE HAVE, UM, FILLED UP OUR FRIDAYS.
WE EXTENDED IT TO FRIDAYS, UM, AND THOSE SLOTS ARE ALL FILLED 50 DELIVERIES EVERY FRIDAY.
AND WE, UM, EXPANDED THE NUMBER OF DELIVERIES PER DAY FROM 90 TO 120 MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAYS.
AND WE'RE WORKING TO GET TO THE 120, UH, WE'RE PRETTY CLOSE NOW ON EACH ONE OF THOSE DAYS.
UH, NUMBER SIX, WE'VE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF RENT ASSISTANCE WITH OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF CENTRAL TEXAS FROM JANUARY THROUGH JULY, ASED 254 PEOPLE IN 103 HOUSEHOLDS TO AVOID EVICTION USING, UH, THOSE FUNDS.
NUMBER SEVEN IS, UH, VERY EXCITING FOR US.
WE WERE ABLE TO SECURE ALMOST A MILLION DOLLARS IN ERA FUNDING, UH, TO EXPAND BY THE END OF THE YEAR.
UH, WE STOOD UP THAT PROGRAM HALFWAY THROUGH AUGUST AND WE'VE ALREADY SEEN A LOT OF, UM, DEMAND AND WE HAVE BEEN PROCESSING A LOT OF, UH, RENTAL ASSISTANCE PAYMENTS, UH, TO HELP FOLKS AVOID EVICTION, UH, AGAIN, MORE DATA NEXT MONTH, BUT IT, IT LOOKS LIKE, UM, I CAN LET YOU KNOW THAT THE FIRST TWO WEEKS, UM, WE JUST, WE MADE ABOUT $225,505 IN, UH, RENT ASSISTANCE PAYMENTS.
UM, AND WE'RE HOPING TO, UH, CONTINUE TO HELP AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE WITH THAT FUNDING BE EIGHT.
OUR AUSTIN PLUS ONE PROGRAM WAS SO SUCCESSFUL THAT, UH, WE RECEIVED AN EXTRA $20,000 FROM AUSTIN ENERGY TO EXPAND BY THE END OF THIS WEEK SO THAT IT ALSO HELPED US, UH, HELP MORE FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITY IN DANGER OF HAVING THEIR, UH, SERVICES TURNED OFF OR GETTING TOO FAR BEHIND THEM, BECOMING OVERWHELMED WITH, UH, WITH UTILITY BILLS AND NUMBER NINE, WE DID AN NSU CLIENT SATISFACTION SURVEY, UH, THAT WAS COMPLETED IN AUGUST AND THE RESULTS WERE OVERWHELMINGLY POSITIVE.
I HAVE A POWERPOINT ATTACHED TO THE BACKUP DOCUMENTATION FOR MORE DETAILS IF YOU, AND WHEN YOU ARE INTERESTED IN LOOKING AT THAT, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
I CAN ACTUALLY KIND OF GO THROUGH IT TOO.
UH, IT'S VERY SHORT AND JUST KIND OF GIVES YOU A, A VIEW INTO WHAT OUR CLIENTS THINK ABOUT OUR SERVICES AND, UH, THE QUALITY OF THE SERVICES AND, UH, FRIENDLINESS OF OUR STAFF.
UH, WE'VE STILL TALKED ABOUT 300 OVER 300, UH, REQUESTS, UH, FOR, UM, OUR CLIENTS AND WE RECEIVED 88 RESPONSES, 73 IN ENGLISH AND 15 IN SPANISH.
NEXT SLIDE, 61 OF THE PEOPLE THAT RESPONDED RECEIVED FOOD SERVICES, WHETHER IT WAS FRESH FOOD FOR FAMILIES, HOPE MOBILE PANTRY, FOOD PANTRY, ET CETERA, ABOUT 13 RENTAL ASSISTANCE AND THE OTHERS, UH, WERE, UH, UTILITY ASSISTANCE OR OTHER, UH, NEXT SLIDE PLEASES.
WE ASKED OUR FOLKS, UH, PLEASE RATE THE COURTESY AND FILLS OF THE STAFF MEMBER WHO HELPED YOU OVERWHELMINGLY, UH, WAS EXCELLENT, FAIR AND GOOD.
VERY FEW PEOPLE THOUGHT IT WAS POOR SERVICE.
WE ALSO ASKED PLEASE RATE THE QUALITY OF THE SERVICES YOU RECEIVED, QUALITY OF THE FOOD, THE AMOUNT OF ASSISTANCE WE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE IT AGAIN, OVERWHELMINGLY POSITIVE.
AND THEN WE ASKED, HOW WOULD YOU RATE YOUR EXPERIENCE WITH NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES OVERALL AGAIN, OVERWHELMINGLY POSITIVE, BUT 83 RESPONSES, 84 WERE, UM, EXCELLENT.
AND WE ASK HOW LIKELY ARE YOU TO RECOMMEND OUR SERVICES TO A FRIEND AND NEIGHBOR AGAIN, OVERWHELMINGLY POSITIVE YEAR, VERY LIKELY 1164.
I MEAN, UH, LIKELY 11, UH, VERY UNLIKELY OR UNLIKELY WAS, UM, WHAT ONE? UH, SO OVERALL WE, WE GOT SOME REALLY GOOD FEEDBACK AND SOME GOOD COMMENTS AND THAT I'LL SHARE WITH YOU ON THE NEXT SLIDE.
YOU CAN READ THIS ON YOUR OWN TIME.
UM, BUT THEY'RE ALL VERY POSITIVE.
BOTH IN ENGLISH IS SPANISH AND GIVES US A LITTLE BIT OF, UH, YOU KNOW, WHAT PEOPLE THINK ABOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES UNIT AND THE SERVICES, THE STAFF THAT, UH, THAT, UM, HELP OUR COMMUNITY WITH BASIC NEEDS.
SO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
AND I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THESE LITTLE BIT OF GOOD NEWS REGARDING OUR ANNUAL SURVEY.
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THAT IS THE END OF MY REPORT TODAY.ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS REPORT? YEAH.
MR. GARCIA, UH, ANGEL, CAN YOU SHARE THE ZIP CODES FOR THE 100, 103, UH, UH, HOUSEHOLDS THAT YOU PROVIDED THE, UM, THE FINANCIAL STABILITY? JUST WANT TO KNOW HOW MANY ARE IN MY AREA? UH, YES, I CAN GET THAT FOR YOU.
I'LL GET THAT INFORMATION AND SEND IT TO YOU THROUGH THE BUSY EMAIL.
UH, AND ALSO, DO YOU HAVE, UH, IF I GO TO THE PAGE I GO, UM, THIS IS MORE LIKE, UH, TO GIVE INFORMATION TO MY COMMUNITY.
UM, SOMETIMES THEY SAY IT'S SOMETIMES HARD TO GET SOME OF THE PROGRAMS BECAUSE LIKE, IN THIS CASE, UH, THE NUMBER EIGHT, UM, SERIOUS ILLNESS IS SOMETIMES MUST TO BE REALLY SERIOUS ILLNESS.
UM, SO DO YOU HAVE LIKE A LIST, UH, OR CAN WHEN THEY APPLY ONLINE, IS THERE A LIST, UH, OR JUST A LIST THAT I CAN SEE TO SHARE THE INFORMATION TOO WITH THEM? UH, YEAH, I'M KIND OF CONFUSED COMMISSIONER ON THE, UH, QUESTION I WANT TO KNOW IT'S MOSTLY, UH, THE CRISES IS THAT WHAT WE TRY TO FLESH OUT.
SO THERE REALLY IS NO LIST ABOUT SPECIFIC ILLNESSES OR HOW SERIOUS THEY ARE.
I WANT TO KNOW HOW SERIOUS THEY MUST BE TO QUALIFY.
NO, AGAIN, I'M CONFUSED CUZ THERE IS NO QUALIFICATION REGARDING A SERIOUSNESS OF THE ILLNESS.
MAYBE IT'S MORE OF A SEMANTICS ISSUE.
A SERIOUS ILLNESS COULD CAUSE SOMEONE TO GO INTO A DEBT, UM, AND HAVE A CRISIS.
SO IT'S NOT NECESSARILY THE ILLNESS ITSELF.
IT'S THE CRISIS THAT PRECIPITATED THE NEED.
UM, WHERE CAN WE, UH, CAN WE, IS THE PUBLIC AVAILABLE TO, OR ABLE TO JOIN THE, THE MEETING FOR THE, UH, CITIZEN NOMINATION ON POINT NUMBER THREE? UH, YES.
UH, I CAN SEND YOU THAT MM-HMM
BUT DEFINITELY YOU CAN JOIN MM-HMM
UM, THEY DON'T, THEY'RE NOT PERTAINING TO THE REPORT, BUT UH, ON HAND, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT.
AND UM, EVERYTHING LOOKS GREAT.
ONE IS, UM, THE EAST AUSTIN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER, IS THAT OPERATING AT A FULL CAPACITY AND WHAT RESOURCES ARE BEING GIVEN THERE? I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE THAT RIGHT NOW, BUT IF YOU CAN BRING THAT BACK, UH, IN THE OCTOBER MEETING, I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE THAT CUZ I, I NEED TO KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
UM, IF THEY'RE EVEN SURE OPERATING OR WHAT THEY'RE OPERATING, WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
SO, WELL FOR SURE CAN BRING THAT BACK NEXT MONTH.
THEY'RE DOING A LOT THERE FROM PPE, UH, STILL TO, UH, FOOD PANTRY, RENT ASSISTANCE, UH, AND LET'S DO LANDSCAPING RECORDING.
LANDSCAPING AND PAINTING AND, AND ALL THAT GOOD STUFF.
SO IF WE CAN GET A REPORT ON THAT SO I CAN SEE WHAT WHAT'S GOING ON THERE.
ANOTHER THING, UM, IS THE COMMISSIONER SEATS THAT ARE OPEN CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW IN OUR, IN OUR DYES HERE.
UH, I KNOW ONE OF 'EM IS DEV SPRINGS.
UM, IS THE ROSEWOOD ONE STILL OPEN? AND IS THERE ANY OTHER ONE STILL OPEN? AND WHERE IS THE INFORMATION ABOUT THE ELECTIONS THAT ARE GONNA BE HOSTED AND WHERE'S THOSE DATES AND TIME.
SO THE COMMUNITY CAN PARTICIPATE AS WELL AS NOMINATE.
YOU CAN PUT OUT ON A SOCIAL MEDIA FOR OFTEN PUBLIC HEALTH.
UM, IT'S ALSO POSTED AT THE ENABLER CENTERS, BUT UH, WE ARE USING A, UH, OFF THE PUBLIC HEALTH, SOCIAL MEDIA TO GET THAT WORD OUT FACEBOOK AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO HOW MANY SEATS DO WE HAVE RIGHT NOW OPEN? WELL, IT'S THE ONE SEAT ON YOUR, ON YOUR BOARD HERE.
ALL SEATS ARE FILLED NOW, EXCEPT ONE, ALL THE GEOGRAPHIC AREA SEATS ARE FILLED.
THE ONES THAT I'M IN CHARGE OF EXCEPT FOR THE ROSE OF THE BLACKLAND SEAT.
NO, I BELIEVE THE DOVE SPRINGS, UM, SEAT HAS JUST OPENED UP TO MY KNOWLEDGE, ACCORDING TO, UH, STAFF, IF STAFF WANTS TO CONFIRM THAT
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I WAS NOT AWARE OF THAT.I HAVEN'T HEARD OF THAT EITHER.
I DON'T KNOW IF LISA, MAYBE SOMETHING IS, IS COMMISSIONER HAS, UH, CHAIR IS COMMISSIONER HASSO AVAILABLE.
I HAVEN'T HEARD THAT SHE LEFT HER SEAT.
ELLO SAADA IS NO LONGER A COMMISSIONER HERE TO MY KNOWLEDGE.
AND THAT IS, SHE WAS APPOINTED.
SHE WASN'T A, A, A NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT THE SEATS STILL OPEN FOR AN APPOINTING, CORRECT? YEAH, BUT THAT'S NOT ON HILLS PURVIEW.
YOU DON'T, YOU DON'T RUN THAT.
SO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD SEATS ARE JUST ROSEWOOD.
I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, THAT WE, UH, THE COMMUNITY KNOWS ABOUT ROSEWOOD, CUZ I THINK IT'S BEEN VACANT FOR A LONG TIME NOW, SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE ALL OF OUR SEATS ARE FILLED.
I BELIEVE COMMISSIONER GARRETT HAD A QUESTION.
COMMISSIONER GARRETT, MR. GARRETT.
YEAH, I JUST HAD A QUICK QUESTION ON NUMBER ONE.
IS THERE SORT OF A, A WAY FOR FOLKS TO APPLY FOR THOSE VACANCIES? UH, YES.
UH, JUST GO TO THE CITY OF CITY OF AUSTIN JOBS WEBSITE.
ONCE YOU GET TO THE WEBSITE, YOU CAN CLICK ON, UH, THE POSITION AND EVEN THE DEPARTMENT I BELIEVE.
AND THEY WILL COME UP THE CITY OF AUSTIN JOBS.
DO YOU KNOW THE UH, YEAH, I WAS SORT OF, UM, SEARCHING RIGHT BEFORE I ASKED AND I COULDN'T FIND IT.
IS IT THE BEST WAY FOR KEYWORDS? WHAT'S THE JOB TITLE? UH, IT WOULD BE COMMUNITY WORKER, SOCIAL WORKER.
I THINK WE HAVE A SOCIAL WORK POSITION OPENED, YOU KNOW, THIS HAS BEEN FILLED.
IS THAT THE ONLY POSITION THAT'S OPEN IS JUST THAT ONE SOCIAL WORK POSITION.
ARE THERE OTHER ONES, UH, RIGHT, UH, RIGHT NOW, YES.
ITEM THREE, PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION OF PROGRAMS BY AUSTIN HABITAT FOR HUMANITY.
[PUBLIC COMMUNICATION: GENERAL (Part 1 of 2)]
UH, VICE CHAIR, BEFORE WE MOVE ON.UM, THE THIRD CALLER THAT WE WERE EXPECTING FOR PUBLIC COMMENT IS BACK ONLINE.
WOULD YOU BE OPEN TO HEARING HER? OKAY.
UM, NITA, NAI, ARE YOU ON THE PHONE? GOOD EVENING.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU.
TOOK ME A MINUTE TO GET BACK CONNECTING, UM, WITH THE CODE.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO SAY A FEW WORDS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF INTERGENERATIONAL PROGRAM IN TERMS OF INVOLVING CHILDREN WITH OLDER ADULTS.
UM, AND HOW RESEARCH HAS PROVEN, UH, THE BENEFITS AS IT INCREASES, SOCIAL INTERACTION, LIVELINESS, COGNITIVE ABILITIES, INTEREST IN LEARNING NEW SKILLS AND REALLY JUST OVERALL SATISFACTION, UH, LIFE SATISFACTION FOR OLDER ADULTS, UH, AND THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, PHYSICAL AND SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL HEALTH, UM, OF OLDER ADULTS THAT IMPROVE IN INTERACTING WITH CHILDREN BY BECOMING MORE ACTIVE, HAVING HIGHER LEVEL OF ENGAGEMENT FUNCTIONALITY SELF-WORTH UM, AND THEN THAT THE DESIGNING THIS ENVIRONMENT WOULD BE, UH, FOCUSED ON, UM, ENCOURAGING THESE TYPE OF INTERACTION WITH BETWEEN THE OLDER ADULTS AND CHILDREN AND, UM, SERVING THEIR COMMUNITY, THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY TO THE FOOD AS POSSIBLE.
UM, AND THEN I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
UM, I'M AN ARCHITECTURE DESIGNER WHO HAS BEEN FOCUSING ON DESIGNING ENVIRONMENTS FOR INTERGENERATIONAL INTERACTIONS FOR OVER A DECADE HERE IN.
[3. Presentation and discussion of programs by Austin Habitat for Humanity (Silvio Cruz & Robin Lafleur, Austin Habitat for Humanity)]
THREE PRESENTATION, DISCUSSION OF PROGRAMS BY AUSTIN HABITAT FOR HUMANITY, SYLVIA, CRUZ AND ROBINI AM THE, UH, VP OF CLIENT SERVICES.
WANT TO THANK ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS FOR GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT TO YOU TODAY.
ROBIN ALSO IS ON THE LINE AND SHE WILL BE PRESENTING A FEW MINUTES.
UM, TODAY WE ARE HERE AT YOUR REQUEST AND STAFF FOR AN UPDATE ON WHAT HABITAT FOR HUMANITY IS WORKING ON TO BUILD BETTER COMMUNITIES IN OUR SERVICE AREA.
HABITAT'S MISSION AND VISION IT'S SEEKING TO PUT GOD'S LOVE INTO ACTION.
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HABITAT FOR HUMANITY BRINGS PEOPLE TOGETHER TO BUILD HOMES, COMMUNITIES, AND HOPE.AND OUR VISION IS TO HAVE A WORLD WHERE EVERYONE HAS A DECENT PLACE TO LIVE.
AUSTIN HABITAT FOR HUMANITY WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1985 IN AUSTIN, TEXAS.
NOW WE ARE A WORLD ORGANIZATION, BUT IN AUSTIN IT WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1985 AND WE SERVICE FIVE COUNTIES, TRAVIS HAYES, CALDWELL BA AND BLANCO.
WE PROVIDE HOUSING COUNSELING FOR PEOPLE WANTING TO PURCHASE A HOME.
AND ALSO OUR HOMEOWNERS ARE REQUIRED TO PUT IN SWEAT EQUITY HOURS AS PART OF BECOMING A HOMEOWNER.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE CHANGING LIVES WITH AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
SO HABITAT FOR HUMANITY HAS BEEN DOING A GREAT JOB.
WE HAVE BUILT MORE THAN 500 HOMES SINCE 1985.
WE ALSO HAVE EVERY HOME REPAIR PROGRAMS WHERE WE REPAIR OVER 400 HOMES SO FAR, AND WE HAVE EMPOWER OVER 12,000 COMMUNITY MEMBERS THROUGH HOME BUYING EDUCATION COURSES AND COUNSELING.
ALL OF OUR FAMILIES ARE LOW TO MODERATE INCOME AND EARN UP TO 80% OF THE MEDIUM FAMILY INCOME.
WE ALSO BUILD HIGH QUALITY HOMES FOR THE FAMILIES AND THEY ARE REQUIRE ONCE AGAIN TO PUT IN SW EQUITY HOUR, THE BENEFIT OF HOME OWNERSHIP, UH, THE BENEFIT OF HOME OWNERSHIP AND STABLE HOUSING INCLUDES BETTER HEALTH, EDUCATIONAL, ACHIEVEMENT, AND ASSET BUILDING OVER GENERATIONS.
HOUSING COUNSELING IS REQUIRED FOR ALL HABITAT HOMEOWNERS AND ALSO IS OFFERED TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.
HOUSING COUNSELING PROGRAMS IS THE FIRST STEP TO COMING TO BECOMING A HOMEOWNER.
EACH FAMILY MEMBER RECEIVES A GROUP EDUCATION AND A ONE-ON-ONE COUNSELING EDUCATION TO IDENTIFY AND OVERCOME ANY BARRIERS THAT THEY HAVE IN THIS IN SUCCEEDING TO BECOME A HOMEOWNER.
SOME OF THOSE INCLUDE LOW CREDIT SCORES AND HIGH LEVELS OF DEBT.
WE PROVIDE HOUSING COUNSELING FOR THE COMMUNITY TO HELP ANYONE TO CREATE A BUDGET, BUY A HOME AND ASSIST WITH FORECLOSURE PREVENTION.
HERE IS ONE OF THE PAST PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE DONE.
UM, AS YOU GUYS CAN SEE ON THE PRESENTATION, THAT IS OUR MUELLER OR MILLER PROJECT, DEPENDING, UM, WHERE YOU HAVE LIVED OR HOW LONG YOU'VE BEEN IN AUSTIN, PEOPLE WILL PRONOUNCE IT BOTH WAYS.
THIS LAND, SINCE LAND IS VERY EXPENSIVE ON THIS LAND, WE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE EFFICIENCY IN PUTTING MORE HOMES IN LESS LAND AVAILABLE.
IN THIS PROJECT, WE WERE ABLE TO HELP PUT 11 TOWN HOMES IN THESE, THE LAND THAT WAS A TOTAL OF 13,000 SQUARE FEET OF DIRT.
SO VERY GOOD EXAMPLE OF HOW WE WERE ABLE TO MAXIMIZE THE LAND TO HELP MORE FAMILIES.
HERE'S A, UH, CURRENT PROJECT THAT WE'RE WORKING ON IS CALLED SCENIC POINT.
IT'S OFF OF LOYOLA AND JOHNNY MORRIS.
GUS GARCIA IS CLOSE TO THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE AREA, WE HAVE 67 LOTS AVAILABLE, OR THAT WE ACQUIRE THERE.
WE ONLY HAVE 11 HOMES AVAILABLE, 11 LOTS STILL AVAILABLE HERE IS A FUTURE PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE IN THE WORKS WE HAVE.
THE FUTURE PROJECT IS MOUNT TOPS.
WE HAVE SIX DUPLEXES THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE BUILDING THAT WILL BE A TOTAL OF 12 HOMES OR 12 FAMILIES THAT WE WILL BE HELPING.
AND THAT IS ON 0.6, NINE ACRES.
ANOTHER EXAMPLE ON SUCH A SMALL, SHORT OF A PIECE OF LAND.
WHAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO OR GOAL HERE IS TO COMPLETE THE ON TOP OF THIS PROJECT OR, UM, AND BY 2023 COMPLETE SIX UNITS AND 12 HOMES, AS I MENTIONED, IT IS ON DISTRICT THREE.
THIS IS A COMMUNITY THAT WE STARTED BACK IN 1990.
THE OTHER FUTURE PROJECT WE HAVE RIGHT THERE IS PERSIMMON WHERE WE'RE GONNA BE BUILDING 26 TOWN HOMES ON 14.65 ACRES.
THE PERCENTAGE PROJECTS IS ON DISTRICT TWO AND WE PLAN TO START BUILDING IN 2024.
THIS COMMUNITY WILL HAVE FIVE ACRES OF UNDEVELOPED GREEN SPACE AND WILL BE CLOSE TO PETS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND THE ONION CREEK BUYOUT 100% OF THE FLOOD PLAINS.
AND NOW I'LL TURN IT OVER TO ROBIN TO EXPLAIN WHAT THE HOME BASE PROGRAM IS ALL ABOUT.
AND THANKS FOR HAVING US HERE.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UM, TO THANK YOU SYLVIA AS WELL.
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BIT ABOUT SOME OF OUR ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS, UM, HOME BASE BEING ONE OF THEM, IF WE COULD GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.SO WHAT IS HOME BASE? UM, SIMPLY PUT HOME BASES, THE CONSULTING ARM OF AUSTIN HABITAT FOR HUMANITY, UH, AS WELL AS A REAL ESTATE BROKERAGE FIRM.
UH, WE ORIGINALLY, UH, WERE INCORPORATED IN 2005 AND JOINED THE AUSTIN HABITAT FOR HUMANITY FAMILY IN 2011.
UH, THE GOAL IS TO ESSENTIALLY BE A ONE STOP SHOP FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING NEEDS, UM, AND, UH, AND TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE DEVELOPERS AS, AS OUR NONPROFIT PARTNERS TO MAINTAIN AND SUSTAIN AFFORDABILITY HERE IN AUSTIN.
UM, SOME OF THE SERVICES THAT WE OFFER, UH, THAT ARE DEMONSTRATED IN A GRAPH ON THE NEXT SLIDE, BUT WE'LL GET THERE IN A SECOND, UM, WOULD BE TO MARKET AND SELL, UH, AFFORDABLE HOMES, UM, ASSIST WITH LONG TERM AFFORDABILITY COMPLIANCE, UM, MONITOR AND ENFORCE COMPLIANCE WITH OUR PRIVATE RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS, UH, WORK ON SOME PRE-DEVELOPMENT CONSULTING WITH REGARDS TO PRICING, UH, PROGRAMS, UM, PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT, UM, ENSURE APPROPRIATE EVALUATIONS FROM THE FAIR VARIOUS CADS THAT ARE IN OUR SERVICE AREA, UH, MANAGE RESALES OF AFFORDABLE UNITS AS WELL AS, UH, MOST IMPORTANTLY, OR MAYBE NOT MOST IMPORTANTLY, BUT EXTREMELY IMPORTANTLY, SOURCE COMPLETE, UH, COMPLIANT MORTGAGE FINANCING FOR THESE HOMES AS WELL.
THIS IS A, UH, KIND OF A VISUAL, AS I WAS SAYING THAT THAT OUTLINES THE SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE.
AND THIS IS A LITTLE PORTFOLIO SNAPSHOT GOING BACK, UM, OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS OF SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN COMPLETED, SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON.
AND ALSO JUST TO MAKE NOTE OF THE PRODUCT TYPE, UM, PIGGYBACKING ON SOME OF WHAT SYLVIA WAS SAYING, UH, YOU KNOW, IN ORDER TO, TO PROVIDE MORE AFFORDABLE HOMES FOR MORE, UH, FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS, WE ARE, UH, WORKING WITH THESE DEVELOPERS, UM, ON DENSITY.
SO SEVERAL OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON ARE CONDOMINIUMS TOWN HOMES, ROW HOMES, AND THE, LIKE WE HAVE ALSO, UM, COMPLETED THE DEVELOPMENT THAT HAD, UH, 61 SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED CONDOS.
AND NOW ONTO THE RESTORE, THE STORE THAT BUILDS HOMES, COMMUNITIES AND HOPE, UH, VERY NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART.
UM, I'VE BEEN WITH HABITAT FOR HUMANITY FOR ALMOST 11 YEARS AND STARTED IN OPERATIONS AT THE RESTORE.
UM, AS MANY OF YOU PROBABLY REMEMBER OR KNOW THE, UH, KAMAL RESTORE THAT WAS LOCATED AT, UH, FOURTH AND KAMAL IN DISTRICT THREE, UH, WAS, UH, OPENED IN 1992 AND IT WAS THE FIRST IN THE NATION IN 2015, WE RELOCATED, UM, THIS STORE AND, UH, COMBINED OUR CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS, UH, IN WITH THE STORE, UM, AND IS NOW SERVING AS THE FLAG FLAGSHIP STORE, UM, ON SOUTH FIRST AND BEN WHITE STILL IN DISTRICT THREE.
SO I JUST MENTIONED THE SOUTH AUSTIN STORE, UM, IN 2018, WE OPENED A STORE IN SAN MARCUS, UH, IN 2021.
UM, THE END OF LAST YEAR WE OPENED, UM, ONE OF OUR RESTORES IN NORTHWEST AUSTIN.
I BELIEVE IT'S IN DISTRICT SIX, UM, IN IT'S LOCATED APPROXIMATELY LAKE CREEK AND 180 3.
AND THEN IN 2020, WE ALSO LAUNCHED OUR ONLINE PRESENCE FOR SHOP RESTORE.COM.
UM, IF YOU COULD ADVANCE TWO SLIDES, I BELIEVE FOR THE NEXT ONE, THANK YOU.
THIS JUST SHOWS THE FUTURE GROWTH OF THE RESTORE.
UM, AT THE END OF LAST YEAR, WE ALSO BROKE GROUND ON OUR RETAIL PROCESSING CENTER, UH, AND THAT'S EXPECTED TO BE OPENED BY THE END OF THIS YEAR, 2022.
AND WE RECENTLY PURCHASED, UH, LAND IN ORDER TO OPEN UP OUR RESTORE NUMBER FOUR IN FLICKERVILLE, WHICH IS PROJECTED TO OPEN AROUND 20, 24.
NOW, IF WE COULD GO BACK ONE SLIDE, I WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THE RESTORE IMPACT.
SO, UM, BIN WHITE, UH, RESTORE, WHICH IS THE FLAGSHIP RESTORE THAT I WAS MENTIONING, UM, IS THE NUMBER ONE GROSSING RESTORE IN THE NATION.
UH, WE EMPLOY AT THAT LOCATION OVER 60 INDIVIDUALS, UH, 17 ADDITIONAL JOBS WERE CREATED, UM, WITH THE OPENING OF THE, UH, LAKE CREEK LOCATION.
UM, THERE'S AROUND A HUNDRED RESTORE COMMUNITY DONATION PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE'VE ESTABLISHED.
AND, UM, WE HAVE DIVERTED OVER FOUR HUN 40, EXCUSE ME, 40 MILLION POUNDS OF REUSABLE MATERIAL SINCE 1992, SOMETHING WE'RE QUITE PROUD OF.
NEXT SLIDE FOR QUESTION AND ANSWER.
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YOU VERY MUCH.ANY QUESTIONS COMMISSIONER TOVER YES.
I WOULD LIKE TO ASK A QUESTION ABOUT CYNIC PARK, WHICH IS OUT THERE BEHIND MY PARK, WHERE THEY'RE WORKING WITH THESE HABITAT HOMES.
I JUST WONDERING WITH THE COST OF BUILDING MATERIAL NOW, IS IT FEASIBLE THAT Y'ALL ABLE ENOUGH TO BUILD THESE HOME AS PRICE OF LAND IS HIGH OUT THERE, SYLVIA OR ROBIN? DO YOU HAVE AN ANSWER? I'LL, I'LL TAKE IT.
THAT IS, UH, DEFINITELY A PROJECT THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON.
AND WITH THE COST OF MATERIAL, YOU ARE CORRECT.
UH, IT DOES COST MORE, BUT BECAUSE WE, WE WERE ABLE TO ACQUIRE THE LAND A WHILE BACK IF THE LAND WAS, WAS ACTUALLY, UH, DONATED TO US.
IF THE LAND WAS DONATED, HOW MANY YEARS AGO WAS IT DONATED TO Y'ALL? I BELIEVE THAT IT WAS ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO.
I CAN GET THE EXACT DATE FOR YOU.
THAT WAS BEFORE I CAME TO WORK AT HABITAT.
SO I'M, I'M GUESSING ON THE, ON THE 10 YEAR.
WELL, IT IS BEEN QUITE A FEW PEOPLE HAVE BEEN AFTER THAT LAND.
THAT'S WHY I WAS ASKING YOU HOW LONG HAVE Y'ALL WAS GIVEN THE LAND, DONATED THE LAND.
ALSO, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT IS THE, UH, I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S SECURITY PROBLEMS OUT THERE.
IT'S DOING CONSTRUCTION AND AFTER CONSTRUCTION ARE, Y'ALL ADDRESSING THAT PROBLEM.
WE ARE, WE HAVE SECURITY CAMERAS POSTED DURING OUR CONSTRUCTION SITE.
ARE THOSE THE CAMERAS THAT SHOW TWO GOING THIS WAY, TWO GOING THAT WAY? AND IT'S SO POWER.
I WOULD HAVE TO GET WITH CONSTRUCTION TO GET AN ANSWER FOR YOU.
AND, UH, I CAN GET BACK WITH YOU ON THAT.
I KNOW OUR CONSTRUCTION TEAM PUT SECURITY CAMERAS TO SECURE OUR EQUIPMENT.
WELL, I'VE BEEN OUT, I'VE BEEN OUT ON THE PROPERTY AND I HAVE SEEN, UH, CAMERAS AND EVERYTHING ELSE OUT THERE, BUT I'M JUST NOT SURE IF THEY'RE SOLAR OR NOT, BUT I CAN GET THAT ANSWER FOR YOU, UH, IS, UH, IS GONNA BE A GATED COMMUNITY OR IS IT GONNA BE OPEN WHERE, UH, YOUNG FOLKS CAN RIDE THROUGH AND KNOCK YOUR MAILBOX OFF YOUR POST OR HOW IT IS NOT A GATED COMMUNITY.
THAT AS YOU JUST ANSWERED THE, UH, QUESTION.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH OTHER QUESTION.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT, MR. DELGADO.
UM, I HAD REQUESTED TO HAVE YOU COME, UH, TO OUR COMMISSION FOR QUITE SOME TIME, SO THANK YOU, GREG ANDERSON.
UH, IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT HOME FOR SENDING YOUR STAFF AND, AND US GETTING THIS PUT ON OUR AGENDA, WE DEFINITELY NEEDED AN UPDATE FROM YOU ALL AS THE HOUSING COMMISSION HERE FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
IT'S VERY IMPORTANT, UH, THAT WE KNOW WHAT EXACTLY IS GOING ON OUT THERE IN THE FIELD.
SO I DO HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS.
UH, WHAT'S YOUR WAITING LIST LOOK LIKE RIGHT NOW? CAUSE THAT WAS ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I DID SUBMIT, AND I, I DIDN'T HEAR THAT IN THE ANSWERS RIGHT NOW.
WHAT DOES THE WAITING LIST LOOK LIKE? HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE ON THE WAITING LIST AND, AND HOW MANY, HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE FOR THEM TO ACTUALLY PURCHASE A HOME? I HEARD YOU SAY THAT PEOPLE HAVE TO VOLUNTEER HOURS, YOU KNOW, UM, TO BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE.
SO CAN YOU GIVE ME JUST A LITTLE SUMMARY OF WHAT'S A TURNAROUND TIME TO BUYING A HOME VOLUNTEERING AND, YOU KNOW, BEING ON THE WAITING LIST? THAT'S THE FIRST QUESTION? DEFINITELY.
WHEN CLIENTS COME INTO HABITAT, AS YOU SAW ON THE PRESENTATION, SOME OF THEM MAY NEED SOME HELP IN BUILDING THEIR CREDIT, ESTABLISHING CREDIT AND WORKING ON MAYBE A BUDGET.
SO FROM THE TIME A CLIENT COMES INTO HABITAT, WE HAVE TO FIRST, UH, DO A COUNSELING SESSION.
SO AFTER THE COUNSELING SESSION, AND IF THEY'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE ALL THE INFORMATION THAT WE NEED AND THEY'RE ABLE TO MOVE THEIR CREDIT UP, THEN WE'RE ABLE TO HELP 'EM TO PUT ON OUR WAITING LIST.
AND OUR WAITING LIST CAN BE ANYWHERE BETWEEN 50 TO A HUNDRED PEOPLE.
AND THE PROCESS TO MOVE FROM THE WAITING LIST TO ACQUIRING A HOME CAN TAKE A YEAR AND A HALF TO TWO YEARS BECAUSE OF THE PROCESS,
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THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WAITING, THE NUMBER OF HOUSES THAT WE'RE ABLE TO BUILD PER YEAR, AND THEN THE CLIENT'S ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO COMPLETE THEIR HOURS.SECOND QUESTION, WHAT DOES A CREDIT SCORE NEED TO BE TO BE ABLE TO QUALIFY FOR ONE OF THESE HOMES? OUR MINIMUM CREDIT SCORE IS SIX 20 FOR CLARIFICATION.
SO WE DO RELY ON THOSE, UH, ON THOSE MORTGAGE LENDERS FOR THEIR GUIDANCE, WITH REGARDS TO THE CREDIT SCORE.
THIRD QUESTION, UM, LOOKING AT THE UNITS THAT HAVE, UM, THAT JUST CURRENTLY WERE BUILT, UH, HERE AT THE MUELLER, UM, ARE THOSE CURRENTLY, I MEAN, ALL OF THE PROJECTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY BEING BUILT THE PAST AND THE FUTURE, SINCE YOU HAVE A WAITING LIST, WHICH YOU DON'T HAVE A NUMBER OF HOW MANY PEOPLE YOU CAN TELL ME THAT ARE WAITING AND HOW LONG THEY'VE BEEN WAITING, UM, THOSE ARE ALREADY OCCUPIED.
SO THOSE ARE NOT FUTURE AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR OTHERS THAT ARE FACING, UM, YOU KNOW, ISSUES WITH TRYING TO BUY A HOME CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW UNDER, YOU KNOW, WITH THE MARKET RATE.
UM, SO I JUST, I, I WANNA A LITTLE BIT OF MORE DATA.
THANK YOU ALL FOR, FOR COMING THIS EVENING AND GIVING US THIS PRESENTATION.
I THINK IT'S VERY HELPFUL FOR ALL THE COMMISSIONERS, UH, TO KNOW EXACTLY WHO HABITAT FOR HUMANITY IS, AND, AND WHAT YOU'RE DOING OUT HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
BUT I, I AM REQUESTING IF I CAN GET SOME MORE DATA IN OUR NEXT, OUR NEXT MEETING THAT WE BRING Y'ALL BACK.
UM, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE, I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE A PACKED AGENDA FOR OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, DECEMBER.
UM, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A LITTLE BIT MORE DATA AS FAR AS, UM, YOU KNOW, UM, THE WAITING LIST, UM, HOW MANY PEOPLE OF COLOR ARE ACTUALLY BUYING HOMES.
UM, I DID NOTICE THAT YOUR MFI IS AT 60 TO 80%, AND THAT IS A CONCERN TO ME WHEN IT COMES TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
UH, A LOT OF, A LOT OF RESIDENTS AND CITIZENS HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY ARE NOT MAKING THAT, UH, MODERN FAMILY INCOME.
UH, SO IF, IF WE CAN JUST GET A LITTLE BIT OF MORE, UH, DETAILS AS FAR AS RACE, UM, ETHICS, UH, ANY TYPE OF, UH, INCOME BASE, I'M LOOKING TO SEE, UH, MORE DATA FROM HABITAT FOR HUMANITY.
SO WE CAN SEE IF YOU ARE NEEDING, UM, YOU KNOW, MORE RESOURCES OR CITY FUNDING.
UH, WE COULD LOOK AT ASSISTING IN THE FUTURE.
UM, BUT I DEFINITELY WANNA SEE SOME MORE DATA THAN THIS PRESENTATION, BUT THANK YOU AGAIN FOR BEING HERE.
AND THANK YOU FOR ASKING FOR THE DATA.
MOST PEOPLE FALL ASLEEP WITH DATA, BUDDY.
I HAD ANOTHER QUESTION, BUT MR. DELGADO HAS ASKED IT ALREADY, AND THAT WAS ABOUT THE DEMOGRAPHIC DATA.
UH, I, I'M ALSO CURIOUS, THERE'S AN ORGANIZATION IN SAN ANTONIO DOING SOME SORT OF HOUSING WORK CALLED HOME BASE.
IS THAT THE SAME ORGANIZATION? NO, THEY ARE UNRELATED.
I'M ACTUALLY NOT FAMILIAR WITH EXACTLY WHO YOU'RE REFERRING TO IN SAN ANTONIO, BUT WE ARE NOT AFFILIATED WITH ANY, UM, IT'S HOME BASED TEXAS IS THE REGISTERED NAME AND I'M NOT, UM, I'M NOT SURE WHO IT IS.
THAT'S DOING WORK IN SAN ANTONIO WITH THE SAME NAME.
AND ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONERS, WE'LL CALL UP THE NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS, I THINK ITEM FOUR FE POP.
COULD I ASK A QUESTION REAL QUICK? SURE.
I WAS A LITTLE SLOW ON THE DRAW.
UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
I NOTICED, UM, MENTION OF THE COMMUNITY LAND TRUST IN THE PRESENTATION.
AND I WONDER IF YOU COULD SPEAK TO WHETHER THE 2018 HOUSING BOND HAD ANY EFFECT ON YOUR OPERATIONS AND IF SO, WHAT THAT LOOKED LIKE, OR IF Y'ALL JUST DON'T DON'T DEAL WITH THAT MONEY.
THAT WOULD BE A, A QUESTION THAT WE CAN GET BACK TO YOU FOR THE NEXT MEETING.
AND A, A QUICK ANSWER WOULD BE, WE ARE, WE'RE NOT DOING COMMUNITY LAND TRUST, BUT AS FAR AS WAS IT IN THE TWO, 2018 BOND AND ALL THAT, I, WE CAN GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT.
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR HAVING US.
[4. Presentation and discussion on the housing goals of the South Central Waterfront Vision Plan (Samuel Franco, Chair South Central Waterfront Advisory Board; Kimberly Olivares, Financial Services Department; Housing and Planning Department Staff)]
FOUR, PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION ON THE HOUSING GOALS OF THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT VISION PLAN.WE HAVE SAMUEL FRANCO, WHO'S THE CHAIR OF THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT ADVISORY BOARD.
AND WE ALSO HAVE KIMBERLY OATES.
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RIGHT? GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.ALL RIGHT, GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.
IT'S DIFFERENT TO BE ON THIS SIDE OF THE TABLE.
WHAT DO YOU KNOW? UM, AS COMMISSIONER POP MENTIONED, SO I SERVE ON THE URBAN TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION, BUT I ALSO SERVE ON THE URBAN DESIGN COMMISSION.
AND THROUGH THAT, I AM THE LIAISON TO THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT ADVISORY BOARD.
YOU'LL HEAR A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE MAKEUP OF, UH, THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT ADVISORY BOARD.
ALWAYS HAPPY TO TALK ABOUT THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT.
UM, I'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT I CAN, AND WITH REGARDS TO JUST A QUICK, UH, UH, HOUSEKEEPING QUESTION WITH REGARDS TO KIMBERLY, DOES SHE HAVE A PRESENTATION OR IS JUST AVAILABLE FOR, IS SHE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS OR HOW DO WE WANNA WORK THAT KIMBERLY, NO PRESENTATION FOR ME.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I RESERVE SOME TIME.
UM, MAKE SURE THIS THING WORKS.
HOW DO I ADVANCE THIS THING? PRESS RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU.
SO, UM, TONIGHT, UH, I'M SURE Y'ALL HAVE MANY QUESTIONS, BUT I WANTED TO BASIC GIVE YOU BASIC OVERVIEW.
A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT ADVISORY BOARD IS.
UM, I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED IF YOU DIDN'T.
UM, A LOT OF PEOPLE AREN'T AWARE THAT THERE IS EVEN A SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT AREA THAT HAS BEEN, UM, BEING WORKED ON FOR THE PAST SIX YEARS.
AND AT LEAST THAT'S HOW LONG THE BOARD WAS, HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED, BUT PROBABLY YEARS BEFORE THAT.
UM, AND THEN I'LL LET YOU KNOW WHAT THE ORIGINAL GOAL OR, UM, IMPLEMENTATION ITEMS WERE AND KIND OF WHERE WE'RE AT NOW.
UM, AND THEN AT THAT POINT, OPEN UP FOR QUESTIONS REGARDING, UH, HOUSING.
UM, AND I'LL CAVEAT THIS BY SAYING OUR HOUSING EXPERT FOR THE, FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATER FUND IS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE TABLE HERE.
AND I LEAN TO HER FOR A LOT OF, UM, OF THE INFORMATION FROM THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATER FROM THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT PERSPECTIVE.
SO TO THE EXTENT THAT I CAN BE HELPFUL, HAPPY TO ALL RIGHT.
UM, WHAT IS THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT ADVISORY BOARD? SO AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'RE AN ADVISORY BOARD.
UM, WE DON'T, OUR, OUR, OUR CHARGE IS TO HELP AID COUNCIL OR ADVISE COUNCIL ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT VISION PLAN.
SO WE DON'T PROJECTS DON'T HAVE TO COME TO US.
WE DON'T OVERSEE ANY SORT OF BUILDINGS, NOTHING LIKE THAT.
WE ARE, WE EXIST TO HELP COUNCIL IMPLEMENT THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT VISION PLAN.
UM, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? OH, AND FROM THE LAST POINT, PERFORM ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS IS REQUIRED BY CITY COUNCIL.
SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
THIS THING KEEPS TURNING OFF ON ME, THE POINTER.
UM, SO I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT THE MAKEUP OF THE BOARD IS.
UM, THERE'S NINE COMMISSIONERS, MYSELF, THE DESIGN COMMISSION.
WE HAVE REP WE BASICALLY HAVE REPRESENTATION FROM ALL VARIOUS BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS THAT COULD HELP, UH, MOVE THE PLAN FORWARD.
WE ALSO HAVE, UM, A FEW APPOINTEES THAT COME FROM THE NEIGHBORHOODS, UM, JUST SOUTH OF THE RIVER.
I DON'T REMEMBER THE EXACT NAMES.
UH, I ALWAYS GET, 'EM CONFUSED, BOLD, AND, AND SOUTH RIVER CITIES AND WHITE BOLD AND SOUTH RIVER CITIES.
UM, AND THEN BEFORE THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT ADVISORY BOARD, THERE WAS A SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT, UM, UM, I DON'T, UH, OVERLAY, I DON'T ALWAYS, I NEVER RECALL THE NAME, BUT BASICALLY THERE WAS A GROUP THAT EXISTED BEFORE US TO, UM, UNDERSTAND MAYBE, YOU KNOW, WHAT COULD BE DONE THERE.
SO THERE IS A MEMBER APPOINTED BY BOTH THE MAYOR AND DISTRICT NINE SINCE THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT SITS IN DISTRICT NINE.
UM, THAT HAS IN THEORY EXPERIENCE ON THAT, THAT, UM, OLDER BOARD AND COMMISSION THAT ONCE, YOU KNOW, UH, EXISTED, IT'S GETTING HARDER AND HARDER TO FIND THOSE FOLKS.
SO, UM, THAT, UH, THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY ALWAYS THE CASE ANYMORE.
I, AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE A MEMBER OF THE TRAIL FOUNDATION.
UM, THEN WE HAVE SEVERAL EXOFFICIO MEMBERS, UM, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, FINANCIAL SERVICES, REAL ESTATE SERVICES, AND THE DOWNTOWN AUSTIN ALLIANCE ALL GET EXOFFICIO MEMBERS ON OUR, ON OUR BOARD AND THEIR INPUT.
AND, UM, KNOWLEDGE HAS BEEN VERY, VERY, UH, HELPFUL OVER THE PAST SIX YEARS.
UM, BECAUSE AS YOU COULD IMAGINE, THERE'S ALL SORTS OF THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, COME UP QUESTIONS THAT COME UP, WHETHER IT'S CITY OWN LAND, HOW DO WE DO SOMETHING? UM, DOES THIS MAKE FINANCIAL SENSE? UM, AND OF COURSE, UM, UH, TRANSPORTATION, ALL SORTS OF ISSUES THAT COME UP THAT
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IT'S GREAT TO HAVE THOSE EXO MEMBERS SITTING THERE WITH US.UM, SO THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT TODAY, RIGHT TODAY, IT'S BASICALLY, IF YOU CAN ENVISION IT'S 97 ACRES, UM, IF YOU COULD ENVISION IT'S BOUNDED BY THE RIVER, OF COURSE, ON THE NORTH, IT'S JUST SOUTH OF DOWNTOWN THE RIVER ON THE NORTH, ESSENTIALLY WHAT USED TO BE JOE'S CRAB CHECK.
I THINK IT'S NOW SOME ARCADE PLACE, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
UM, AND THEN, UM, WHAT IS WHAT IT'S, UH, SOUTH FIRST STREET, SO EVERYTHING THAT LITTLE TRIANGLE, UM, AND IT'S NOT EXACTLY THE MOST DEVELOPED, UM, THINGS ARE STARTING TO DEVELOP THERE, BUT IT'S NOT EXACTLY THE MOST DEVELOPED AREA.
UM, THERE'S A LOT OF POTENTIAL THERE.
THERE'S A LOT OF POTENTIAL IN THAT AREA TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
AND THAT IS WHY THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT, UH, VISION PLAN CAME TO BE, UM, JUST TO GIVE YOU SOME, SOME BACKGROUND, THERE WAS, UH, THE INITIAL PLAN THAT, UM, THAT THE COUNCIL ADOPTED WAS FUNDED BY SOME GRANTS FROM, I DON'T REMEMBER WHO NOW OR WHAT, WHAT THE ORGANIZATIONS WERE, BUT THERE WAS, UH, ONE STAFF MEMBER IN PARTICULAR, HIS NAME WAS ALAN HOLT WHO, UM, YOU KNOW, FOR INTENTS AND PURPOSES, HE WAS KIND OF THE ORIGINAL VISIONARY, UM, AND SAID, LOOK, WE COULD PROBABLY DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT HERE.
AND HE, HE, UH, SAW WHAT WAS GOING ON IN OTHER CITIES AND HOW THEY WERE USING HOW THEY WERE RE DEVELOPING AREAS IN A WAY THAT WAS MORE ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY, MORE TRANSIT ORIENTED, MORE, UH, YOU KNOW, BETTER CONNECTED.
UM, INSTEAD, COULD WE DO THAT HERE IN AUSTIN? AND SO HE STARTED WORKING WITH SOME OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE, GOT THE PLAN, OR GOT THE IDEAS TO A PLACE WHERE HE FINALLY WAS ABLE TO GET SOME GRANT MONEY.
AND THEN AFTERWARDS, THE CITY HELPED FUND CITY STARTED FUNDING A LITTLE BIT OF HIS, OF HIS, UH, OF THE WORK.
UM, WHAT SHOULD, WHAT, WHAT IS IN THE VISION? UM, WELL, TO, TO PUT IT REAL, REAL, UH, REAL, UM, KIND OF DUMB IT DOWN, I GUESS, AND I'M, I'M SORRY FOR USING THAT TERM.
I COULDN'T THINK OF SOMETHING ELSE, BUT FOR ALL OF US, IT'S BASICALLY WE WANNA SEE SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
UM, AND THIS PLAN HAS BEEN ADOPTED BY COUNCIL, THE VISION PLAN, THE VISION, THE VISION HAS BEEN ADOPTED BY COUNCIL.
UM, IT'S BASICALLY, WE WANNA SEE SOMETHING DIFFERENT THERE, IF WE WANT TO BUILD SOMETHING THAT, THAT IS, IS BENEFICIAL TO THE COMMUNITY, UM, BENEFICIAL BEING, GIVING BACK, UH, GREEN SPACE TO THE COMMUNITY.
SO THERE'S PROVISIONS FOR PARKS AND OPEN GREEN SPACE TO BE COMMUNITY PARKS AND OPEN GREEN SPACE.
THERE'S PROVISIONS FOR BETTER CONNECTIVITY IN THE AREA.
SO, UM, REALIGNING SOME OF THE STREETS REDOING THE STREETS TO BE MORE IN LINE WITH WHAT WE NOW CONSIDER.
UM, UH, WHAT'S IN, WHAT'S IN OUR AUSTIN TRANSPORTATION, OUR, OUR TRANSPORTATION MANUAL, UM, TO BE MORE PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY AND WHATNOT, UM, AND ALSO AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
THE BIG ONE FOR ME PERSONALLY.
AND I THINK ALSO FOR THIS COMMISSION IS AFFORDABLE.
HOUSING IS HOW CAN WE USE THIS AREA, UM, TO HELP MAKE A DENT IN OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING GOALS? SO, UM, THE, THE PLAN REALLY WORKS AS A DISTRICT, RIGHT? IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S A IT'S 97 ACRES THAT ONLY ONE PARCEL OF THOSE 97 ACRES IS OWNED BY THE CITY ITSELF, WHICH IS ONE TEXAS CENTER JUST ACROSS THE WAY EVERYTHING ELSE IS, UM, OWNED IS PRIVATELY OWNED.
SO IN ORDER FOR THAT PLAN TO, IN ORDER FOR THE VISION, IN ORDER FOR THE VISION TO BE IMPLEMENTED, IT TAKES A LOT OF, UM, MOVING PARTS TO COME TOGETHER.
SO AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S A LOT OF PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN BOTH THE PUBLIC SECTOR AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR, THE CITY, UM, DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY, THE COMMUNITY IN GENERAL, AT LARGE, UM, AND ALL OF US HELPING TO, TO, UH, TO PUT FORWARD THAT VISION.
UM, HOW DO WE DO THIS? SO, AND THI THESE ARE NOT MY, MY BEAUTIFUL PICTURES.
THESE ACTUALLY COME STRAIGHT OUTTA THE VISION PLAN.
UM, THERE'S, IT'S REALLY A THREE-LEGGED STOOL.
SO THERE'S, UM, SOME SORT OF PHYSICAL FRAMEWORK THAT HAS TO BE IMPLEMENTED IN ORDER FOR THIS PLANT TO ORDER FOR THIS VISION TO ACTUALLY BE ATTAINABLE.
AND, YOU KNOW, WHE WHETHER IT'S REALIGNING THE STREETS, OR EVEN AS MUCH AS, YOU KNOW, THE UTILITIES THAT HAVE TO BE UPGRADED TO BE ABLE TO HAVE MORE DENSITY IN THIS AREA, RIGHT.
AS GOOD EXAMPLE, AS RIGHT NOW, OF COURSE, EVERYBODY, UH, TALKS ABOUT THE STATE'S INSIGHT.
WELL, THE STATE'S INSIGHT IS, YOU KNOW, FOR ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES, THREE STORIES OR WHATEVER, AND THEY OBVIOUSLY WANT MORE, UM, AND TO HAVE THAT MANY MORE PEOPLE LIVING AND WORKING IN THOSE BUILDINGS IS GONNA TAKE A LOT MORE UTILITIES.
SO UPGRADES TO INFRASTRUCTURE UPGRADES, TO OUR PARKS AND OPEN GREEN SPACE, ALL OF THIS, UM, UH, IS, YOU KNOW, WITHIN THE BUILT REALM AND ALL OF THIS HAS TO BE, UH, I GUESS FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD BROUGHT UP TO, TO NOW NOWADAYS STANDARDS.
UM, THERE'S A FINANCIAL FRAMEWORK, BASICALLY, HOW DO WE FUND ALL OF THIS? UM, AND WHEN I SAY WE IT'S ALL OF US IN GENERAL, UH, NOT JUST, UM, NOT
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JUST ONE SIDED, IT'S BRINGING TOGETHER THE PUBLIC SECTOR, THE PRIVATE SECTOR, PHIL PHILANTHROPIC DOLLARS, UM, ALL SORTS OF BASICALLY ANYTHING WE CAN THROW AT THIS THING TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THE VISION A REALITY.AND THEN OF COURSE THE OTHER THING IS CITY LEADERSHIP, RIGHT? NONE OF THIS HAPPENS WITHOUT THE CITY, UM, PUTTING IN THE RIGHT TOOLS IN PLACE TO BE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT THE PLAN.
I'M GONNA GO OVER A FEW OF THOSE TOOLS, AND I'LL GIVE YOU A OVERVIEW OF KIND OF WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THOSE TOOLS AS A BOARD.
SO THESE BULLET POINTS, THERE'S A FEW MORE OF THEM IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT VISION PLAN, WHICH WAS ADOPTED BY COUNCIL.
THERE'S A FEW MORE TOWARDS THE END.
I WANTED TO GO OVER THE, THE MOST IMPORTANT ONES AND THE ONES THAT WE'VE EITHER BEEN WORKING ON OR, OR NEED TO WORK ON THE CHECK MARKS ARE THINGS THAT THE CITY HAS ALREADY DONE ADOPT THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT VISION FRAMEWORK.
UM, THAT IS ESSENTIALLY THE DOCUMENT THAT YOU SEE POSTED ONLINE.
SO THE CITY ADOPTED THAT BACK IN 2016, UM, FOR THAT SECOND BULLET POINT IS FORMED THE SOUTH, UH, THE ADVISORY GROUP, WHICH IS THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT ADVISORY BOARD.
UM, SO THAT ONE'S DONE COORDINATE CITY GOVERNMENT TO EFFECTIVELY IMPLEMENT THE PLAN.
SO FOR A WHILE THERE, IT WAS, IT WAS, IT WAS REALLY JUST ALAN HOLT, KIND OF FIGURING, TRYING TO FIGURE THINGS OUT.
AND THE CITY STEPPED IN AND GOT HIM SOME HELP AND THE RESOURCES THAT HE NEEDED.
UM, AND IT STARTED MOVING ALONG A LITTLE FURTHER.
AND NOW, UH, IT IS IN THE, THERE'S ESSENTIALLY ONE, ONE CENTRAL REPOSITORY FOR ALL THINGS, SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT CURRENTLY.
AND THAT'S, UM, UH, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, BUT THEY'RE COORDINATING ALL OF THE DIFFERENT MOVING PARTS.
AND KIMBERLY, PLEASE, IF, IF I'M MISSPEAKING ON ANY OF THIS, LET ME KNOW WITH REGARDS TO CITY.
UM, BUT THEY'RE COORDINATING ALL THE DIFFERENT MOVING PARTS, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT NEED TO COME TOGETHER.
THERE'S AUSTIN TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT, THERE'S EVERY UTILITY THAT RUNS THROUGH THERE, THERE'S HOUSING, UM, HOUSING, HOUSING, AND NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING, WHICH IS WORKING ON VARIOUS CONCEPTS, NOT JUST AFFORDABLE HOUSING, BUT ALSO HOW DO WE ACTUALLY CODIFY THIS THING? HOW DO WE PUT, HOW DO WE MAKE THIS THING A REALITY, RIGHT.
IN CITY CODE, UM, PARKS DEPARTMENT, OBVIOUSLY, BASICALLY, I, YOU KNOW, IF I HAD TO THOUGHT, IF I HAD TO SAY, BASICALLY EVERY DEPARTMENT IN THE CITY IS THAT IS FEEDS INTO THIS IN SOME WAY, SHAPE OR FORM.
SO THAT THERE'S ONE GROUP THAT HAS BEEN HELPING US OUT.
AND THAT'S THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
THEY'VE BEEN DOING A GREAT JOB AT IT.
UM, AND THEN INITIATE THE, UH, DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.
SO THIS ONE IS AMONGST SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN PUSHING FOR AS A BOARD ARE, UH, THE GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE FOR THIS ENTIRE THING, WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE IF ONCE, ONCE WE HAVE, UH, A PLAN THAT, THAT CAN, THAT IS CODIFIED, HOW DO YOU MAKE SURE THAT THING IS, IS, IS BEING IMPLEMENTED PROPERLY? AND SO ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE, UM, UH, IDEAS THAT CAME UP ORIGINALLY AND, AND COUNCIL DID ADOPT ALMOST COMPLETELY, UM, IS THAT THERE WOULD BE THE CREATION OF AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.
AND ORIGINALLY IT WAS JUST A SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.
BUT BACK, UH, TWO YEARS AGO, I BELIEVE IS WHEN THEY WERE CREATED, THE COUNCIL CREATED THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION THAT HAS A LOT MORE, THEY HAVE A LOT MORE PROJECTS IN THEIR PURVIEW.
UM, THAT GROUP IS DOING SOME AMAZING WORK.
UM, BUT RIGHT NOW THEY'RE KIND OF AT A STANDSTILL BECAUSE THE ENTIRE WE'RE WE'RE AT A STANDSTILL WITH, WITH WHERE THIS PROJECT IS AT, BUT THAT WOULD ESSENTIALLY, YOU KNOW, AT SOME POINT, IF, IF THINGS MOVE FORWARD, THE WAY THE PLAN OUTLINES, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION WOULD KIND OF BE THE QUARTERBACK TO MAKE SURE THAT AS, AS PROJECTS START COMING ONLINE AND WANT TO REDEVELOP IN THIS AREA, THAT THEY START REDEVELOPING WITHIN THE VISION FRAMEWORK OF THE PLAN WITHIN THE REGULATING PLAN.
AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, WHEN WE DO FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT FUNDING SOURCE LOOKS LIKE, HOW WE DISPERSE THOSE FUNDS AND WIN, UM, AND THAT THAT'S NOT IN EXACTLY TRUE BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS MADE POTENTIALLY, UH, THERE'S, THERE'S MULTIPLE FUNDING SOURCES THAT, THAT THE BOARD HAS LOOKED AT, UM, OR AT LEAST AT LEAST THAT BEEN IN THE PLAN.
ONE OF THEM IS A TOURS, BUT THERE'S ALSO ONCE AGAIN, PHILANTHROPIC DOLLARS THERE'S CITY FUNDS POTENTIALLY, UM, ALL SORTS OF DIFFERENT THINGS.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, THEY WOULD POTENTIALLY, THEY WOULD BE THE QUARTERBACK TO, TO HELP, UM, FUNNELS OR USHER, ALL THAT, ALL THAT STUFF THROUGH.
THAT'S NOT, THAT'S NOT SET IN STONE YET.
THAT WOULD BE THE BOARD'S PREFERENCE.
THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE SUGGESTED TO BOTH, UM, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND CITY COUNCIL, BUT THAT HAS YET TO BE IMPLEMENTED.
SO I JUST WANTED TO CAVEAT THAT STATEMENT WITH THAT IS THAT THAT WAS THAT'S THE VISION OF THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT BOARD ADVISORY BOARD, BUT IT HAS YET TO BE ACTUALLY IMPLEMENTED BY COUNCIL AND WE'LL LEAVE IT TO COUNCIL TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT AND HOW THEY BEST SEE FIT TO GOVERN THAT AREA.
SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE STILL GOTTA LOOK AT, UM, SO ESTABLISHING POTENTIALLY A PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, UH, INITIALLY THERE WAS, YOU KNOW, THERE, THERE, THE NEED FOR A PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT WOULD SERVE A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT PURPOSES.
ONE OF THEM POTENTIALLY BEING TWO
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FOR, FOR ANOTHER FUNDING SOURCE, DEPENDING ON, ON HOW MUCH ON, ON WHAT IT COULD ACTUALLY FUND.THE OTHER THING WOULD BE, UM, OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE.
UM, BUT WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN THERE JUST YET.
THERE'S OTHER, THERE'S, THERE'S BIGGER FISH TO FRY IN THIS ENTIRE THING RIGHT NOW.
UM, MOST OF THE PROPERTIES THAT ARE REDEVELOPING, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, ALL OF, I, I WANT TO SAY ALL OF THE PROPERTIES THAT HAVE, THAT HAVE REDEVELOPED HAVE BOUGHT INTO OR AGREED TO, TO BE, UH, IN THE DOWNTOWN AUSTIN ALLIANCE PIT.
SO THEY ARE, UM, CURRENTLY, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THEIR FUNDS GO INTO THE, INTO THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT AREA, BUT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE IN THE FUTURE, I'M NOT SURE.
AND THAT'S, UH, THERE'S KIND OF LOWER, LOWER PRIORITY FOR THE BOARD AT UP TO THIS POINT.
UM, NONE OF THAT IS IMPORTANT UNLESS WE ACTUALLY CAN BUILD THE THINGS.
AND SO WITH, WE CAN'T BUILD IT UNLESS WE HAVE A FUNDING SOURCE AND SOME SORT OF, SOME SORT OF, UH, REGULATING PLAN TO TELL US WHAT WE'RE BUILDING THAT MOVES ME ON TO THE NEXT POINT, UM, THE EVALUATING THE FEASIBILITY OF A TAX INCREMENT FINANCING.
UM, AND I'M JUST, I'M PUTTING, I'M NOT, THERE'S NOT CHECK MARKS NEXT TO THESE BOXES ONLY BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT COMPLETED YET.
DOESN'T MEAN THEY'RE NOT BEING WORKED ON, UM, KIMBERLY LAVAS.
I KNOW HER, HER, HER TEAM HAS BEEN WORKING ON, UM, THE TERROR FEASIBILITY PROCESS OR, YEAH, THE TERRA FEASIBILITY PROCESS.
THERE'S BEEN MULTIPLE DISCUSSIONS ON COUNCIL AS FAR AS WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE COUNCIL DID BACK IN DECEMBER ESTABLISHED A TERROR FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT FOR THE GEOGRAPHIC AREA THAT IS THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT, BUT THEY SET THE CAPTURE RATE AT ZERO.
SO CURRENTLY THERE'S NO FUNDS IN THIS, IN THAT, IN THAT, UM, TERRACE.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, THAT, UH, KIMBERLY AND HER TEAM ARE LOOKING AT IS, IS, YOU KNOW, WHAT THAT CAPTURE RATE WOULD BE IF WE DO MOVE FORWARD WITH AND THE OTHER.
AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER, GO INTO MORE DETAIL ON, ON ANY OF THIS STUFF LATER ON.
UH, THE OTHER BIG THING THAT WE'VE BEEN PUSHING FOR, AND THAT I SPOKE AT COUNCIL TWO WEEKS AGO ON, IS A REGULATING PLAN.
SO LET ME, LET ME JUST, UM, GOING BACK TO THE, THE TERMINOLOGY THAT, THAT PEOPLE THROW OUT THERE, THE, THE DOCUMENT THAT YOU SEE IN ONLINE, UM, ON, ON THE WEBSITE FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT, UH, AND THE DOCUMENT THAT IS, THAT IS, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY USES LIKE TO, THEY CALL THE PLAN IS REALLY, IT'S ALMOST A MISNOMER.
UM, IT'S MORE OF A VISION FRAMEWORK.
IT'S, IT'S WHAT COULD WE DO THERE? RIGHT.
BUT NOTHING IN THAT, IN THAT DOCUMENT IS ACTUALLY SET ANYWHERE IN CITY CODE.
SO IT'S A, IT'S A KIND OF A MISNOMER TO CALL IT A PLAN.
SO WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IS, WE, WE KNOW THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES OF WHAT WE WANT TO SEE THERE AS FAR, UH, AS FAR AS WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE A MORE DENSE AREA.
AND WHEN I SAY WE, I SAY THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT ADVISORY BOARD AND THE MEMBERS OF IT, BECAUSE THAT'S, WE'RE THE STEWARDS OF THE PLAN.
UM, WE WANNA SEE MORE DENSITY THERE.
UH, WE WANNA SEE AFFORDABLE HOUSING IMPLEMENTED WITH THAT DENSITY.
UM, WE LIKE TO SEE PARKS AND OPEN GREEN SPACE.
WE LIKE TO SEE BETTER CON BETTER TRANSIT OR BETTER TRANSPORTATION, CONNECTIONS, MOBILITY, CONNECTIONS, AND ALL OF THE, ALL OF THE LITANY OF COMMUNITY BENEFITS THAT ARE, THAT ARE PUT FORWARD IN THAT PLAN.
BUT THAT PLAN HAS NOT ACTUALLY CODIFIED ANYWHERE IN CITY CODE.
SO THE THING THAT WOULD ACTUALLY DO THAT IS THE REGULATING PLAN AND CITY STAFF HAS BEEN WORKING, UM, FOR THE PAST, YOU KNOW, FOR MANY MONTHS NOW ON A REGULATING PLAN, UM, THEY WERE, THERE WAS DISCUSSION, UH, AT THE COUNCIL WORK SESSION TODAY REGARDING THAT REGULATING PLAN.
I WAS HEARING, I WAS TELLING COMMISSIONER POP, UH, BEFORE THE MEETING THAT I WAS TRYING TO LISTEN TO THAT AND MAKE THIS PRESENTATION AT THE SAME TIME.
SO I GOTTA GO BACK AND LISTEN TO IT.
BUT I DID HEAR A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT PIQUE MY PIQUE, MY, MY ATTENTION.
UM, BUT LONG STORY SHORT, WE DON'T HAVE A REGULATING PLAN YET.
AND SO WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS AREA, UM, WILL ULTIMATELY LOOK LIKE AND BETTER, BETTER SAID, WE DON'T KNOW HOW WE'RE GONNA GET THERE BECAUSE THE REGULATING PLAN WOULD INCLUDE THINGS LIKE HOW WE, HOW WE MOVE FORWARD WITH AFFORDABLE HOUSING, UM, OR AT LEAST IN MY MIND, IT SHOULD, IT SHOULD.
AND TO MY KNOWLEDGE, UM, AT LEAST FROM THE AGENDA THAT I RECEIVED YESTERDAY OR THE DRAFT AGENDA, WE SHOULD GET A PRESENTATION FROM STAFF AT MONDAY'S MEETING WITH, UM, UM, THE, THE, UH, REGULATING PLAN ON THERE.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT'S GONNA LOOK LIKE, MAN.
I REALLY, REALLY HOPE THAT IT IS AN ACTUAL PLAN.
LIKE HERE'S THE DOCUMENT, GIVE US COMMENTS AND NOT JUST A BULLETED VERSION OF WHAT'S IN THERE, CUZ THAT'S WHAT WE'VE GOTTEN IN THE PAST.
WE HAVE GOTTEN SOME UPDATES FROM STAFF.
UM, WE'VE GOTTEN SOME BULLETS OF, WELL, THIS IS WHERE WE'RE THINKING WE'RE GOING, BUT NOTHING THAT WE CAN REALLY WEIGH IN ON NOTHING THAT WE CAN ADVISE COUNCIL ON.
UM, SO WE'RE HOPING WE GET THAT ON MONDAY.
UM, AND THEN OF COURSE, ALL OF THAT, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THIS COMES TOGETHER TO REFINE THE AFFORDABLE
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HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY.UM, THERE'S A 20% AFFORDABLE HOUSING GOAL.
I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT THE MFI LEVELS WERE SET AT.
I'LL HAVE TO LOOK THAT UP, BUT IT'S IN THE, THE VISION FRAMEWORK.
UM, THERE IS A 20% AFFORDABLE HOUSING GOAL.
THERE'S A LOT OF, THERE'S A LOT OF, UM, A LOT OF, UH, UNKNOWNS OF HOW WE'RE GONNA REACH THAT 20% AFFORDABLE HOUSING GOAL.
UM, I WILL STOP RIGHT THERE AND I'M SURE THERE'LL BE SOME QUESTIONS.
UH, AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
COMMISSIONER TOVER I GOT A QUESTION IN YOUR OPENING STATEMENT.
I SAW A SIGN UP HERE THAT SAYS THERE MIGHT NOT BE NO AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THIS WATERFRONT.
YOU, YOU SAW A SIGN WHERE ON THE, ON THE PRESENTATION.
OH, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT WAS THERE.
UM, I'M NOT, I, I DIDN'T PUT THAT IN THE PRESENTATION, BUT PLEASE I'M HAPPY TO, TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION.
UH, LET ME REPHRASE IT THEN SINCE I'VE BEEN KNOWING ABOUT THIS WATERFRONT, THE BIGGEST POINT THAT I WOULD SAY THIS WATERFRONT, Y'ALL RUNNING INTO PROBLEMS, JUST LIKE WE ARE RUNNING INTO 208 ACRES IN CONWAY PARK.
WE HAVE A DEVELOPER, BUT WHERE'S THE FUNDING.
I KEEP ASKING ECONOMICAL DEVELOPMENT.
WHEN ARE, Y'ALL GONNA RELEASE THE FUND FOR THE 208 ACRES.
SO ARE Y'ALL SITTING BACK THROWING IT THIS WAY, THROWING IT THAT WAY, BUT YOU REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT'S OUT THERE.
THEY CAN SIT BACK IN MEETINGS AND SAY, NO, THIS WOULD BE ALL RIGHT, BUT THEN SOMEBODY ELSE COME ALONG AND SAY, NO, THAT AIN'T RIGHT.
I'M JUST, I'VE BEEN IN THIS PLAN A LONG TIME.
AND I DON'T THINK
AND WE'VE BEEN MESSING WITH THAT THING FOR EIGHT YEARS.
AND I LOOK AT WATERFRONT MIGHT JUMP OFF AND TAKE OFF RUNNING OR TAKE OFF SWIMMING MORE QUICKER THAN 208 ACRES IN CONLAND PARK.
IT'S JUST MY STATEMENT AND QUESTION HERE.
I, I CAN SPEAK TO THE COLONY PARK QUESTION.
UM, COMMISSIONER I'M KIMAR, I'M DEPUTY CFO FOR THIS CITY.
THAT'S ALSO NOT ONLY WORKING ON SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT, BUT ALSO ON COLONY PARK.
AND I'M VERY EXCITED THAT WE WILL BE IN THE COMING MONTHS.
WE WILL BE BRINGING THE, UH, THE FINANCING PLAN, UM, AND IN MORE DETAILS FOR, FOR COLONY PARK.
UM, THAT IS A, A VERY EXCITING PROJECT.
UM, AND I'M, I'M EXTREMELY PROUD TO BE PART OF THAT, THAT TEAM.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO BRINGING THAT FORWARD TO, TO, UM, COUNCIL AND THE COMMUNITY HERE IN THE COMING MONTHS.
UM, AND THEN IF WITH REGARD TO SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT ON, ON FUNDING THERE, IF THERE'S, IF THERE'S ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS YOU HAVE, UM, WITH REGARD TO THAT, I CAN ACTUALLY ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS AS WELL.
WELL, LET'S START WITH COLONY PARK.
I THINK THAT COMMISSIONER TOVER HAS A FOLLOW UP QUESTION.
YOU JUST SAY IT THAT IT PROBABLY YOU'LL BE INTRODUCING THIS TO CITY COUNCIL IN ABOUT THREE MONTHS.
UM, HERE IN, JUST IN THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS IS OUR, IS OUR, OUR, OUR CURRENT PLAN.
OUR CURRENT PLAN PLANS, THE CURRENT, OUR CURRENT PLAN IS IN THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS.
SO IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS IT MIGHT RUN INTO ANOTHER FOUR MONTHS I'VE BEEN WITH THIS ERA EVER SINCE 2016.
I, I ABSOLUTELY UNDERSTAND IT HAS BEEN A, A SLOW GOING PROCESS, BUT WE HAVE, UM, UH, BEEN ABLE TO ACHIEVE SOME VERY SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS, UM, THIS PAST SUMMER.
AND SO WE WILL HAVE, UH, THE PLAN, UM, THIS, THIS FALL, WE ALSO HAVE COUNSEL DIRECTION TO COME BACK, UM, TO SPECIFICALLY THIS FALL.
SO, UM, WE'RE, WE'RE READY TO DO SO.
DID YOU HAVE A FOLLOW UP QUESTION ON THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT?
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OKAY.UH, I FEEL LIKE IT'S NOT GOING TO BE NO MF 20, NO MF 40, NO MF 60 OR 80.
WHAT Y'ALL WILL BUILD DOWN THERE IS FOR PEOPLE THAT LIVES DOWNTOWN WORK DOWNTOWN, THAT THEY CAN WALK OR DRIVE.
AND THAT'S WHY I SAID IT'S NOT GONNA BE NO AFFORDABLE HOUSING DOWN THERE.
THERE'S THERE'S CERTAINLY A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO WORK DOWNTOWN WHO ARE LOW INCOME PEOPLE, UH, COMMISSIONER, I DON'T, I, I, I FEEL THAT IT'S NOT GONNA BE NO AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
CAUSE RIGHT NOW A TWO BEDROOM APARTMENT IS $1,400 A MONTH.
SO IF I DECIDE TO SELL MY HOUSE AND MOVE DOWN INTO ONE OF THEM CONDOS, I'LL PROBABLY BE PAYING 2,800.
I I'M I'M I'M UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT THERE'S WELL, I'M ASSUMING THERE'S A LOT OF, THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF COMMENTS IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
SO IF Y'ALL DON'T MIND, I'M GONNA HEAR EVERYBODY OUT.
AND THEN I'LL CUZ I, I THINK I FEEL THE SAME WAY AS A LOT OF Y'ALL.
SO I WANT TO HEAR EVERYBODY OUT AND THEN HAPPY TO, TO GO OVER AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AT LEAST FROM THE BOARD'S PERSPECTIVE.
SO I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FRANCO FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
SO BEFORE WE TALK ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING, QUICK QUESTION, UM, IS THE VISION PLAN LIKE THE DOMAIN? HOW HAS THERE ALREADY BEEN A VISION PLAN? ACTUALLY LIKE AN ARCHITECT HAS COME OUT AND ACTUALLY SAID, THIS IS WHAT IT'S GONNA LOOK LIKE IN THE FUTURE.
HAVE WE ALREADY GOTTEN THERE? I'M NOT SURE.
CUZ COMMISSIONER POP IS MORE, UM, INVOLVED IN THIS THAN WE ARE.
I MEAN THERE'S A LOT OF PRETTY PICTURES ONLINE IN THAT, IN THAT BOOK, IN THE, IN, IN THE DOCUMENT ONLINE, BUT THE IMPORTANT NUTS AND BOLTS OF IT IS THAT THAT'S A VISION FRAMEWORK.
UM, THERE WERE ARCHITECTURAL RENDERINGS THAT SAID, LOOK AT ALL THE PRETTY BUILDINGS, BUT THERE'S NOTHING SET IN STONE AS FAR AS WHAT, WHAT GETS BUILT.
IN OTHER WORDS, WE DON'T KNOW HOW HIGH THESE BUILDINGS ARE GONNA GO.
WE KNOW THAT IF YOU WERE BUILT, IF YOU WERE TO BUILD TO WHAT YOUR ENTITLEMENTS TODAY, WE KNOW WHAT THAT HEIGHT IS, RIGHT? IT'S IN EACH INDIVIDUAL PUT AND WHATEVER THE OVERLAY SAYS, BUT WE DON'T.
BUT AS FAR AS THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT PLAN ITSELF, WHICH I WANT A CAVEAT, THERE IS NO REGULATING PLAN FOR THIS YET THE REGULATING PLAN IS WHAT WILL DICTATE, WHAT CAN BE BUILT, HOW HIGH AND WHERE, UM, JUST LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE, ON YOU ANYWHERE FOR SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, YOU CAN ONLY, YOU HAVE SO MUCH, YOU CAN ONLY BUILD SO HIGH.
YOU CAN ONLY BUILD SO WIDE KIND OF A THING.
IMAGINE THAT, BUT FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT AREA THAT DOESN'T EXIST YET.
WHAT YOU SEE ONLINE IS THE VISION FRAMEWORK.
AND I, LIKE I SAID, IT'S A MISNOMER.
THAT THING HAS THE WORD PLAN IN IT, BUT IT'S REALLY NOT A PLAN.
THE IMPORTANT PART TO REMEMBER IS THAT ALL WE'RE PUSHING FOR, UM, AND ALL THAT PLAN PUSHES FOR IS MORE DENSITY, HIGHER BUILDINGS, CUZ RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A NEWSPAPER PLANT AND WE HAVE, UM, AN OLD TECH.OFFICE BUILDING AND WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, THINGS THAT ARE NOT AT THEIR HIGHEST AND BEST USE.
AND WE KNOW THAT IN ORDER TO MAXIMIZE FOR THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY, INCLUDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING, WE NEED HIGHEST AND BEST USE.
SO MY SECOND QUESTION, UM, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THE RAIL IS GONNA BE COMING, UM, WHERE RIVERSIDE, UH, COMING THROUGH, I THINK IT'S, IS IT RED RIVER? UM, WHERE THE AUSTIN ROWING, UM, THE AUSTIN ROWING PLACES IS WHERE THE, THE RAILS GONNA GO THROUGH.
SO HAS, HAVE YOU ALREADY GOTTEN TO THE POINT WHERE YOU'VE DONE AN ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY AND HOW THIS IS GOING TO HOW'S THIS GONNA IMPACT? MY CONCERN IS SINCE TALL BUILDINGS IN FRONT OF THE WATER SCARES ME ONLY BECAUSE WE LIVE ON THE EAST PART OF 35, UM, NEAR THE WATER.
AND SO EVEN THOUGH I KNOW THAT THIS IS IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA ON THE, I GUESS EAST RIVERSIDE CORRIDOR, I'M NOT SURE WHERE ALL OF THIS, HOW FAR THIS IS ALL GOING, CUZ AMERICAN STATE'S BEEN.
AND THEN YOU TALKED ABOUT JOE'S CRAB SHACK, CORRECT? WELL, THAT'S LIKE A HUGE PIECE RIGHT THERE.
I'M I'M, I'M KIND OF TRYING TO ENVISION HOW THE RAIL'S GONNA GO, WHERE WE'RE GONNA HAVE NOW A
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TRAIN GOING THROUGH RIVERSIDE CROSSING 35 AND THEN, I MEAN ALL OF THE ENCROACHMENT HAVE, HAVE, Y'ALL ALREADY GOTTEN TO THAT POINT WHERE Y'ALL STARTED TALKING ABOUT ALL OF THE AREA THAT'S GONNA BE IMPACTED BY THIS LARGE SKILL HIGH DENSITY.I, I, I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW MANY BUILDINGS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE.
AND SO THAT, THAT I HAVE A QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT ON THE WATERFRONT.
UM, I GUESS FIRST OF ALL, I JUST WANNA REMIND EVERYBODY, WE ARE AN ADVISORY BOARD TO COUNCIL TO HELP THEM IMPLEMENT THE VISION PLAN.
WE DON'T, YEAH, WE DON'T OVERSEE PROJECTS.
WE DON'T, UH, YOU KNOW, WE, THERE'S VERY LIMITED THINGS THAT WE CAN DO AND IT'S IMPLEMENTATION ADVISING COUNCIL ON IMPLEMENTATION OF THE VISION PLAN.
SO SOME OF THE THINGS YOU TALKED ABOUT UNFORTUNATELY ARE NOT WITHIN OUR PURVIEW.
UM, I WILL SAY THOUGH THAT WE DO HAVE A COMMISSIONER FROM THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION WHO SITS ON OUR BOARD OR SITS ON OUR COMMISSION.
I'M A, I'M ASSUMING, AND I CAN'T SPEAK FOR COUNCIL, BUT I'M ASSUMING FOR THAT VERY REASON TO HELP US UNDERSTAND AS A WHOLE THOSE NUANCES AND WHAT AS WE ADVISE COUNCIL, TAKE THOSE MOVE, TAKE THOSE IMPORTANT TOPICS INTO, INTO, INTO CONSIDERATION.
WE ALSO HAVE, YOU KNOW, AFFORDABLE HOUSING EXPERT.
UM, WE HAVE PEOPLE OR A NON AN EX-OFFICIAL MEMBER FROM AT D UH, WE DON'T UNFORTUNATELY HAVE ANYBODY FROM PROJECT CONNECT, UH, AND THEY HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO COME PRESENT TO US FOR LOGISTICAL REASONS.
THIS IS, THIS AREA IS BASICALLY THE CONFLUENCE OF EVERY MAJOR TRANSIT OPPORTUNITY IN THAT WE WILL HAVE IN THE CITY, WHETHER IT'S, UM, HIGH CAPACITY BUS LINES ALMOST.
I THINK IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, EVERY RAIL LINE EXCEPT FOR THE RED LINE WILL GO THROUGH THERE.
SO BLUE, BOTH BLUE, GOLD AND ORANGE WILL ALL RUN THROUGH THERE.
UM, AND THAT, THAT WE HAVE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION.
AND IF ANYTHING, I THINK WE HAVE, WE HAVE THAT IS, THAT IS, UM, EMPOWERED US MORE TO SAY, WE NEED MORE, WE NEED SOMETHING BETTER THERE, RIGHT? IF WE'RE GONNA TRANSIT DOESN'T WORK, UNLESS YOU HAVE RIDERSHIP.
AND IF, IF, IF WE KEEP THAT THE SAME, WE DON'T HAVE AS MANY WRITERS.
SO WE ARE, WE'RE BASICALLY MISSING OUT ON A HUGE OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR MASS TRANSIT SYSTEM.
IF WE DON'T DENSIFY THAT IF WE DON'T DENSELY BUILD THAT AREA, AS FAR AS THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS, ONCE AGAIN, I'M NOT AN ENVIRONMENTAL EXPERT.
I DON'T PERTAIN, I DON'T, UH, PURPORT TO, TO BE.
UM, BUT WE HAVE THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION NERD THAT SITS ON OUR BOARD AND, UM, I WOULD GO A STEP FURTHER, UM, TO SAY THAT WITHIN THE REGULATING PLAN, IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE WILL BE SOME SORT OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS, RIGHT? I DON'T, I CAN'T SAY THAT FOR CERTAIN YET.
I KNOW IN THE DRAFT PLAN THAT WE SAW MANY, MANY YEARS AGO, LIKE FOUR YEARS AGO, THERE WAS I THINK A SECTION OUTLINED FOR ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE NOW.
UM, BUT AS FAR AS ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES NEPA PROCESS, THAT'S A WHOLE DIFFERENT THING THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW.
UM, AND WITH REGARDS TO BUILD, UH, DEVELOPERS BUILDING AND THEIR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES, I COULDN'T SPEAK TO THAT.
UM, I WOULD HOPE THAT THAT'S IN THE REGULATING PLAN, EXCEPT THAT WOULDN'T WITH ALL THE FEDERAL MONEY COMING IN FOR PROJECT CONNECT.
WOULDN'T THAT TRIGGER SOME ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT, CORRECT? FROM THE NEPA PROCESS FOR THE LIGHT RAIL.
BUT THAT'S A SEPARATE PROCESS FROM THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT.
OF COURSE, SOME OF THE AREA IMPACT THAT IS WITHIN THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT, NO DOUBT, BUT THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT DOESN'T NEED TO HAVE ITS OWN ENVIRONMENT, ITS OWN, UM, RECORD OF DECISION FROM THE, FROM, FROM LIKE IF THE EPA, IF THE TRAIN STATION WAS GONNA INTERFERE WITH THE BATS, WOULDN'T THAT I WOULD IMAGINE MY EXPERIENCE WHEN I USED TO BE IN, IN, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE OR BUILDING INFRASTRUCTURE SPECIFICALLY.
YES, THERE ARE THINGS LIKE THAT TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT, BUT THAT'S FOR PROJECT CONNECT AND THAT HAS, WHILE THERE PROJECT CONNECT GOES THROUGH THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT, THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT ITSELF, UM, OR AT LEAST OUR BOARD DOESN'T HAVE TO PERFORM AN ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY.
MAYBE THE DEVELOPERS HAVE TO, AND CERTAINLY PROJECT CONNECT WOULD HAVE TO, BUT IT WOULDN'T BE SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD LOOK AT.
BUT I DO, I DO, I, I WOULD SAY THAT I, I HOPE IN THE DRAFT PLAN THAT WE GET ON, ON WEDNESDAY, THESE CONSIDERATIONS ARE PUT IN THERE, RIGHT.
BECAUSE THAT IS BECAUSE, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE NO MONEY, UH, TO PRODUCE THE, THE PROJECT.
SO YEAH, LATER ON, YOU'RE GONNA WANT, UM, TO FIGURE OUT, WELL, WHERE DO WE GET THESE DOLLARS FROM? OR THEY'RE GONNA COME THROUGH, YOU KNOW, X, Y, AND Z.
AND SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE ADVISORY BOARD OVERSEES THAT A PART OF THESE MOVING PIECES THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, CERTAIN COMPONENTS OF, OF THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THIS AREA IS CONSIDERED, UM, ENVIRONMENTAL BEING ONE, UH, TRANSIT, BEING ANOTHER WITH PROJECT CONNECT, UH, THE ENTIRE INFRASTRUCTURE'S
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GONNA CHANGE AND EVERYONE'S COMING ON MY SIDE OF 35.AND SO ANYTHING Y'ALL DO ON YOUR SIDE AFFECTS MY SIDE.
AND SO CORRECTION OUR SIDE OF 35, I LIVE ON THE EAST SIDE AS WELL.
I, I DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU LIVE, BUT OKAY.
UM, AGAIN, IT, IT, IT AFFECTS US, YOU KNOW, THE DISTRICT, UH, DISTRICT THREE.
SO I KNOW THIS IS IN DISTRICT NINE.
UM, BUT DISTRICT THREE, I BELIEVE, UM, NOT JUST RESIDENTS, BUT PEOPLE THAT ARE INVOLVED IN, IN CITY POLICY AND GOVERNMENT AND COMMISSIONERS LIKE MYSELF AND YOU, UH, WE NEED TO ALL KNOW EXACTLY, UM, WHAT THOSE FUTURE PLANS ARE, CUZ EVERYONE'S GONNA BE DIRECTLY IMPACTED SOME WAY SOMEHOW.
AND IF IN A GOOD WAY OR BAD WAY, WHATEVER WAY IT MAY BE, BUT WE HAVE TO KNOW EXACTLY WHERE WE'RE AT ON THE PROJECT AND WHERE IS THIS MONEY GONNA BE COMING FROM, ESPECIALLY IF IT COMES FROM TAX DOLLARS.
I, I AGREE WITH WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
I JUST WANNA CLARIFY THIS IS, I WOULDN'T NECESSARILY CLASSIFY THIS AS A PROJECT PER SE, RIGHT? THIS IS A VISION PLAN.
THE PROJECTS ARE INDIVIDUAL TO EACH INDIVIDUAL PARCEL.
WE HA THAT'S, THAT'S NOT OUR THING.
UM, LIKE I MENTIONED IN MY PRESENTATION, THERE'S I THINK 34 DIFFERENT PROPERTIES IN THOSE 97 ACRES AND ONLY ONE OF 'EM IS OWNED BY THE CITY.
UM, SO WHEN WE SAY PROJECT, THE ONLY PROJECT THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT REALLY IS HOW TO IMPLEMENT THE PLAN, RIGHT? WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT BUILDING ANYTHING OR AT LEAST NOT THE ACTUAL REDEVELOPMENT OF IT BECAUSE THAT'S, THAT'S ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS WITH EACH INDIVIDUAL PARCEL OWNER.
THE CITY CAN HELP SPUR THAT, RIGHT? AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE.
BUT THEY, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE REGULATING PLAN AND SAYING, YOU HAVE, YOU CAN BUILD TO THIS HEIGHT.
AND ONCE YOU BUILD TO THIS HEIGHT, IF YOU WANT ANYMORE, YOU HAVE TO GIVE US X, Y, AND Z.
THAT'S WHERE THE CITY, THAT'S WHAT THE CITY CAN WEIGH IN ON, BUT WHAT GETS BUILT THERE.
AND THIS IS AN IMPORTANT DISTINCTION BECAUSE I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT THIS WHEN I GO INTO THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING ASPECT OF THINGS.
UM, THE OTHER THING I WANT TO, TO, TO MENTION IS THAT I AGREE.
I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT ALL OF US WEIGH IN ON THIS THAT WE GET TO, WE GET TO, UH, TELL IT'S OUR CITY, IT'S OUR COMMUNITY, RIGHT.
UM, AND WE SHOULD BE, WE SHOULD GIVE OUR PROVIDER OUR INPUT TO CITY COUNCIL.
WE SHOULD PROVIDE OUR INPUT TO THE, THE PEOPLE THAT ARE CREATING A REGULATING PLAN.
WELL, SO LONG, NOT JUST THAT, UH, SOMEWHAT, BUT, BUT WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO SHAPE OUR CITY THE WAY THAT THAT WE'D LIKE.
AND I THINK THAT WHEN IT COMES TO THE HOUSING COMPONENT, UM, I, I, I WOULD'VE WISHED IT WAS MORE THAN 20%, BUT I KNOW THAT OUR CHAIR AND OUR COMMISSIONER POP HAS BEEN ON TOP OF THIS ISSUE FROM, FOR A WHILE NOW.
AND SO, WHATEVER THEY'RE GONNA GIVE US, I MEAN, WE'RE GONNA TAKE WHAT WE CAN GET, BUT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE ARE UNITS FOR, UH, TWO BEDROOMS, UH, THREE BEDROOMS THAT THEY'RE NOT EFFICIENCIES, THAT THEY'RE NOT MICRO UNITS, THAT THEY'RE NOT ONE BEDROOMS AND THAT IF WE CAN WORK SOME TYPE OF NEGOTIATION DEAL, IF IT IS A CITY OWNED PROPERTY, THEN WE'RE LOOKING AT LOOKING AT SOME MFIS, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE BIT LOWER, UH, THAN 80%.
UM, 60% TO ME IS A LITTLE STILL TOO HIGH, BUT 40 TO 60 IS FINE.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE DO GET, UH, WE GET, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT WE DESERVE.
I AGREE WITH YOU ONCE AGAIN, I JUST WANNA WANNA REITERATE, WE NEED TO SEE A DRAFT FOR THE REGULATING PLAN IN ORDER TO KNOW WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
WELL, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE FRUSTRATED, BUT I'VE BEEN VERY FRUSTRATED CUZ WE HAVE NOT SEEN A DRAFT FOR THE REGULATING PLAN AND WE CAN'T, WE, WE CAN'T KNOW WHAT WE CAN GET UNTIL WE SEE UNTIL WE ACTUALLY KNOW WHAT THAT REGULATING PLAN LOOKS LIKE.
SO I WOULD ASK THAT EVERY COMMISSIONER HERE, IF YOU CARE ABOUT THIS PROCESS AND YOU CARE ABOUT THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, WHICH I'M SURE Y'ALL DO WRITE YOUR COUNCIL MEMBER, CALL, CALL THEM UP AND SAY, HEY, WHERE'S THE REGULATING PLAN.
UM, AGAIN, I WANNA SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE AND FOR PROVIDING THE INFORMATION THAT YOU'RE DOING.
UM, I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
ONE YOU'VE JUST KIND OF DID THE SEGUE, I THINK INTO, WHEN WILL YOU BE COMING BACK? ARE WE YOU'RE GONNA BE COMING BACK ONCE WE HAVE REGULATING PLAN BECAUSE IT SEEMS TO ME THAT RIGHT NOW THERE'S SO MANY PIES IN THE SKY THAT WE REALLY DON'T RE THERE REALLY DOESN'T EVEN MAKE ANY SENSE FOR ME TO COMMENT OR ASK QUESTIONS BECAUSE EVERYTHING IS SO MOVING PIECES RIGHT NOW.
SO WHEN I UNDERSTAND YOU DON'T HAVE THE PLAN, BUT ONCE YOU DO HAVE THE PLAN, WHAT IS, WHAT IS YOUR PLAN TO COME BACK AND PRESENT TO US ONCE YOU DO HAVE THE REGULATING PLAN? UM, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
I'M NOT TRYING TO BE SARCASTIC.
I HAVE NO PLAN ON COMING BACK, DALE.
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THIS IS, YOU KNOW, THIS IS, UH, THIS NO, WELL, IT'S BEEN FRUSTRATING.OTHER THINGS ARE FRUSTRATING, BUT UM, UM, STAFF WILL COME BACK TO YOU AT SOME POINT.
I'M, I'M HOPING, I DON'T KNOW.
I, I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT THE PROCESS IS AS FAR AS WHAT BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS THEY'VE OUTLINED TO, TO GO BEFORE FOR THE REGULATING PLAN.
WELL WITH THAT, UM, IF YOU DON'T MIND, IF THAT'S FINE, THANK YOU.
SO THEN MY, MY QUESTION THEN IS WHAT IS YOUR REAL PURPOSE TODAY THEN IF YOU DON'T REALLY HAVE THE REGULATING PLAN, I, I UNDERSTAND YOU DON'T GET IT.
I UNDERSTAND, BUT WHAT, WHAT, WHAT IS IT THAT CUZ IT TALKS ABOUT HERE, THE HOUSING GOALS AND I DON'T KNOW IF I'VE HEARD THE HOUSING GOALS THAT WE DIDN'T LET YOU FINISH, BUT WHAT ARE THE, WHAT ARE THE HOUSING GOALS? THAT WOULD BE ONE QUESTION.
AND UM, AND I GUESS THAT WOULD BE MY, MY PRIMARY QUESTION IS JUST REALLY KIND OF ALMOST RHETORICAL.
WHAT, WHAT WHAT'S, WHY ARE YOU HERE? GOTCHA.
THE CHAIR AND I INVITED CHAIR FRANCO FROM THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT ADVISORY BOARD TO COME TONIGHT TO HELP BUILD UP ATTENTION.
SO MORE OF THE PUBLIC AND CERTAINLY US.
OH, YOU'RE HERE TO, TO SPREAD THE WORD YEAH'S I MEAN, OKAY, WELL THAT'S, I'M HERE TO SATISFY THE, THE REQUEST OF, OF ANOTHER CHAIR.
I JUST, BUT HONESTLY I WAS LIKE, HECK YEAH, GO.
I WANNA TALK ABOUT THIS, RIGHT? NO, NO.
AND THAT WAS, I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY WHAT, AND THAT'S THAT IS HELPFUL.
YOU'RE HERE TO PRETTY MUCH START LETTING YOU KNOW, THE PUBLIC KNOW WHERE WE ARE, THAT WE ARE WAITING FOR THE, THE, AND BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THIS, UM, REGULATING PLAN.
AND THEN ONCE THE REGULATING PLAN HITS THE HITS THE GROUND, WE ALL CAN ACTUALLY HAVE SOMETHING TO CHEW INTO AND TO FIGURE OUT WHAT, WHAT WE LIKE, WHAT WE DON'T LIKE.
AND WE'D BE ABLE TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE CONCERNS CORRECT.
I JUST DIDN'T KNOW WHAT I WAS.
I RAMBLE SOMETIMES DON'T RAMBLE.
I JUST COULDN FIGURE OUT, YOU KEPT SAYING YOU DON'T HAVE WHAT IT, IT, WHAT WE NEEDED YEAH.
AND I WAS LIKE, OKAY, JUST COME BACK WHEN YOU HAVE IT.
SO IF, AND IF I COULD ASK, WELL, THANK YOU.
IF I COULD JUST, UM, FOR ME, WHAT'S SUPER IMPORTANT, YOU KNOW, I'VE ASKED MYSELF WHY I'M STILL ON THIS BOARD AND COMMISSION SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE I'M LIKE, MAN, WE AIN'T GETTING NOWHERE.
YOU KNOW, I'M LIKE, IT'S BEEN SIX YEARS.
UM, BUT HONESTLY IT'S BECAUSE I WANT TO SEE THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING GOALS MET.
AND SO, UM, THAT BEING SAID, MR. TOVER I, I, I TOLD YOU, I I'D KIND OF ADDRESS AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
UM, THERE'S A 20% GOAL, 20% OF WHATEVER HOUSING GETS BUILT THERE.
RIGHT? 20% OF ALL UNITS, WE DON'T KNOW.
IT IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER.
WE DON'T, WE DON'T KNOW HOW MANY UNITS ARE GONNA GET BUILT THERE.
WHY? BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT SOMEONE WANTS TO BUILD AND THAT'S NOT IN THE PLAN.
THAT'S NOWHERE IN THE VISION PLAN.
AND THAT WON'T BE IN THE REGULATING PLAN EITHER.
RIGHT? SO AS AN EXAMPLE, IF THE STATE'S INSIGHT SAID, I WANNA BUILD A MILLION SQUARE FEET OF OFFICE SPACE AND THAT'S ALL THEY WANTED TO BUILD.
THEY, THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO DO THAT.
OF COURSE THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE PU PROCESS LIKE THEY'RE DOING, BUT THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO DO THAT.
AND IF EVERY PARCEL IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT SAID, LOOK, THE MARKET DOESN'T WANT HOUSING HERE.
THE MARKET WANTS COMMERCIAL OFFICE SPACE.
WE HAVE NO CONTROL OVER THAT WHATSOEVER.
NOW CAN WE INCENTIVIZE THAT? CAN WE SEE, CAN, CAN WE, CAN WE BE COGNIZANT OF THAT AND INCENTIVIZE THAT THROUGH THE REGULATING PLAN? WE MOST CERTAINLY CAN, BUT WE DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S IN THE REGULATING PLAN YET, CUZ WE HAVEN'T SEEN IT.
UM, THE OTHER THING, ONE TEXAS CENTER, RIGHT IN THE VISION FRAMEWORK PLAN, THAT'S ON, THAT'S ON THE, UH, ON THE INTERWEBS.
UM, THAT PARCEL IS, IS ALWAYS BEEN ENVISIONED.
I DON'T WANNA USE THE WORD SLATED CUZ I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S ACTUALLY SET SOMEWHERE IN CITY CODE OR YOU KNOW, UH, COUNCIL ACTUALLY SAID YES TO IT, BUT IT'S ALWAYS BEEN IN THE VISION TO BE SOME SORT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO BE HOUSING, TO BE HOUSING.
AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE START PUSHING THE CITY, UM, TO TELL US WHAT THEY'RE GONNA DO WITH ONE TEXAS CENTER.
THE CITY LOOK, THEY ARE WORKING THEIR THEY'RE THEY'RE, THEY'RE WORKING VERY, VERY HARD.
ALL STAFF IS NO DOUBT, BUT IT, WE NEED TO KNOW WE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S THE, THE, THE DEVELOPMENT PRESSURES ARE HAPPENING.
THINGS ARE HAPPENING AND WE NEED TO KNOW HOW WE'RE GONNA START ADDRESSING ALL THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU JUST HAD.
YOU KNOW, HOW ARE WE GONNA GET TO OUR 20% OF 20% AFFORDABLE HOUSING GOAL? IT'S THROUGH THE REGULATING PLAN AND THROUGH THE CITY PONYING UP SOME, SOME STUFF AS WELL, WHETHER THAT'S LANDER DOLLARS, THAT'S UP TO THE CITY.
BUT WE NEED TO TALK TO THE CITY AND SAY, HEY, ENOUGH OF NOT FIGURING THIS OUT, BUT YOU, I SAY WE, I MEAN, ALL OF US, THAT'S WHY I'M HERE.
Y I'LL WRITE YOUR COUNCIL MEMBERS, UM, AND COMMISSIONER TOVER TO,
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I, I, I WANNA, I'M HAPPY TO GO INTO MORE DETAIL ABOUT IT, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT OUR BOARD HAS LOOKED AT, UM, AND I PERSONALLY AM PUSHING FOR, I CAN'T SPEAK, I CAN'T SAY THIS IS THE ENTIRE BOARD'S AGENDA BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T TAKEN AN ACTION ON THIS, BUT ONE OF THE FUNDING SOURCES THAT COULD BE USED TO, UM, HELP BUILD INFRASTRUCTURE OR THE RE THEN THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS AND INCLUDING INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT IS A THING CALLED A TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE OR A TUR.YOU'VE PROBABLY SEEN SOME ARTICLES IN THE PAPER ABOUT IT AND WHATNOT.
UM, AND THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF, A LOT OF, I WOULD SAY, UH, MISCHARACTERIZATION OR MISINFORMATION ABOUT THAT.
UM, IT'S NOT JUST CAUSE IT HAS THE WORD TAX IN THERE.
IT'S NOT LIKE A NEW TAX THAT THEY'RE PUTTING ON ANYBODY.
UM, IT'S SUPER IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT THE ONLY DOLLARS THAT COME FROM THAT TAX THAT GET PUT INTO THAT TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE ARE FROM THE PROPERTY OWNER THEMSELVES, RIGHT.
AS THEY BUILD AND THE PROPERTY GETS MORE EXPENSIVE OR MORE, UH, VALUABLE THAT TAX, THAT TAX VALUE NATURALLY GOES UP.
AND UM, DO YOU MIND PUTTING UP THAT, THAT SLIDE ONE MORE TIME? GO TO, LET ME GO TO THE VERY LAST SLIDE.
I BROUGHT THIS FOR A REASON AND KIM KIMBERLY, PLEASE CORRECT ME AT ANY MOMENT HERE IF I'M EVER WRONG.
UM, THAT'S WHY I BROUGHT KIMBERLY.
SO THIS IS, THIS IS THE, YOU KNOW, THE LAYMAN'S WAY OF LOOKING AT A TERRACE, THE BLUE STUFF, RIGHT THERE IS WHAT THE TAX VALUE IS RIGHT NOW.
SIMPLE AS THAT, THE, THE KIND OF, UH, I DON'T KNOW, ORANGE-ISH STUFF IN THE MIDDLE THERE MM-HMM
THINGS NATURALLY GO UP IN COST.
SOME REDEVELOPMENT WILL HAPPEN THERE.
SO REGARDLESS IF WE DO NOTHING AT ALL, AT SOME POINT THAT GOES UP, RIGHT, THE YELLOW PORTION IS EVERYTHING ABOVE THAT.
NOW WHAT A TOURIST DOES, A TERRORS CAPTURES THAT EVERYTHING ABOVE THE BLUE.
AND THAT'S WHY WHEN I SAID EARLIER THAT THE CITY HAD CREATED A SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT TERRA, BUT IT SET THAT CAPTURE RATE ZERO IT'S BECAUSE RIGHT NOW THEY'RE NOT CAPTURING ANY OF THAT ABOVE IN THAT INCREMENT.
AND THAT'S WHAT KIMBERLY'S TRYING TO FIGURE OUT RIGHT NOW.
THAT'S WHAT SHE'S, YOU KNOW, PUTTING IN FRONT IN FRONT OF CITY COUNCIL ON HOW BEST TO DO THAT.
BUT THIS ISN'T ACTUALLY A TAX THAT GOES TO YOUR POCKET OR SOMEBODY ELSE'S.
THIS IS A TAX THAT IS THAT BECAUSE OF THE INCREMENT IN THE VALUE OF THE PROPERTY THAT THE DEVELOPER BUILT OR SOMEBODY BUILT, THEY BUILT SOMETHING NEW IT'S NATURALLY GONE UP IN, IN, IN VALUE THAT INCREMENT THEY'RE TAXING A PORTION OF THAT INCREMENT, JUST A PORTION.
THEY'RE NOT EVEN TAXING ALL OF IT, A PORTION OF THAT INCREMENT.
ONCE AGAIN, THAT'S SOMETHING KIMBERLY'S TRYING TO FIGURE OUT.
SO FOR THE PEOPLE THAT ARE SAYING THAT THIS IS AN ADDITIONAL TAX, OR THIS IS COMING OUT OF THE TAX OUT OF THE, THE GENERAL FUND, THAT IS ABSOLUTELY NOT TRUE WHATSOEVER.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, KIMBERLY GAVE US A VERY GOOD PRESENTATION ON THE NUMBERS THEY ARE USING AND WHY THEY'RE USING THEM.
UM, THAT IF WE, IF WE STAY WITHIN A CERTAIN RANGE, THERE IS NO TOUCH.
THERE'S NO TOUCHING THE GENERAL FUND WHATSOEVER.
IN OTHER WORDS, IF, IF WE DON'T, IF WE DON'T TAKE ANY OF THAT, UH, PINKISH PORTION THERE IN THE MIDDLE, RIGHT.
IF WE START DIPPING INTO THAT, THEN THAT MEANS WE'RE DIPPING INTO THE GENERAL FUND, THEORETICALLY.
BUT IF WE ONLY DIP INTO THE, THE PORTION THAT IS IN THAT YELLOW, THAT IS HAPPENING BECAUSE SOME DEVELOPER WENT AND BUILT SOMETHING NICER, THEN WE'RE NOT TAP TAPPING INTO ANY GENERAL, ANY, ANY ADDITIONAL TAX OR RATHER GENERAL FUND AT ALL.
CUZ THAT WOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED UNLESS THE DEVELOPER WOULDN'T WOULDN'T HAVE BUILT THERE.
SO THAT'S WHY I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF MISINFORMATION.
MISCHARACTERIZATION IS WHAT THIS IS.
SO WHAT THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER IS TRYING TO DO IS FIGURE OUT WHAT THE YELLOW PART IS.
I CAN'T SPEAK FOR HER, BUT I I'LL LET KIMBERLY YOU'RE ON THE LINE.
I I'LL LET YOU ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
UM, AND JUST TO CLEVER I'M DEPUTY CFO, I, I APPRECIATE THE, UH, THE PROMOTION, BUT THOUGHT YOU ALSO BELD.
SO
SO THAT BLUE SECTION, UM, WHEN THE TOUR, OR WHEN THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATER S WAS ESTABLISHED AT THE END OF 2021, UH, THAT BASELINE VALUE FOR THE AREA WAS APPROXIMATELY 825 MILLION.
SO ANY VALUE GROWTH THAT OCCURS BEYOND THAT IS CONSIDERED THE INCREMENT.
UH, AND SO AS A RESULT, UM, IT, AND LIKE YOU SAID, THERE'S THAT PINK SECTION IS MORE THE ORGANIC GROWTH WHILE THE YELLOW IS THE, BUT FOR, SO IT'S THE GROWTH THAT OCCURS BECAUSE OF THE INVESTMENTS THAT WOULD BE MADE IN THE AREA.
THAT'S GENERALLY HOW TERMS WORK.
SO IT'S DEDICATING AN INCREMENT, NOT EVEN TI THE ENTIRE INCREMENT NECESSARILY THE COUNCIL WOULD SET A PERCENTAGE AND IT WOULD DEDICATE THAT PERCENTAGE REVENUE TOWARDS, UM, TUR, UH, SPECIFIC PROJECTS, UH, IN TERMS OF WHAT THOSE NUMBERS ARE FOR THE PINK AND YELLOW GOING FORWARD, WE'VE
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DONE SOME ANALYSIS.UM, OUR, OUR FIRST ROUND OF ANALYSIS WAS BASED ON THE, UH, GROWTH POTENTIAL AS NOTED WITHIN THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT VISION PLAN.
UM, SO IT'S IN THE PLAN, IT SPEAKS TO A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF AROUND A LITTLE OVER 8 MILLION SQUARE FEET OF POTENTIAL GROWTH.
AND THAT'S THE SQUARE FOOTAGE IS EVERYTHING FROM RESIDENTIAL TO COMMERCIAL, UH, TO OFFICE.
AND, UM, THEN WE'RE ABLE TO TAKE THAT THE VALUE THAT WOULD COME FROM THAT, AND WE'RE ABLE TO DO THE CALCULATIONS OF WHAT REVENUE WOULD BE AVAILABLE.
AND THE TERMS WE RECENTLY DID A, A QUICK UPDATE TO THAT BASED ON CURRENT MARKET, UM, AS WELL AS WITH SOME, AN, AN OPTION OF INCREASING THE DEVELOPMENT, UM, CAPABILITY WITHIN THE AREA BEYOND WHAT WAS NECESSARILY IN THE VISION PLAN.
SO, UM, COUNCIL ASKED US TO LOOK AT WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE FOR A, I GUESS, A CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT TYPE OF ZONING, WHICH IS EIGHT TO ONE AR FLORIDA AREA RATIO.
AND PLEASE DON'T ASK ME TO EXPLAIN WHAT ALL THE EIGHT TO ONE F AR REALLY MEANS.
THAT'S SOMETHING OUR HOUSING AND PLANNING FOLKS WOULD BE ABLE TO DO MUCH BETTER, BUT, UM, BY, WITH THE EIGHT TO ONE FRR, IT DOES GIVE YOU, UM, GREATER GROWTH POTENTIAL.
AND, UM, UM, THEREFORE THE, THE PROPERTY TAX REVENUE THAT WOULD BE EXPECTED TO BE GENERATED IN THE AREA GROWS ACCORDINGLY.
SO WE PROVIDED THOSE SCENARIOS TO COUNCIL.
UM, BUT THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT, THERE WAS LIKE, UM, COMMISSIONER FRANCO NOTED.
THERE'S SIGNIFICANT DISCUSSION TODAY IN TERMS OF, UM, WHAT, WHAT SHOULD THAT REGULATING PLAN LOOK LIKE? UM, WHAT KIND OF, UH, DENSITY AND, UM, HEIGHTS AND THE SORT, UM, AND AGAIN, THAT'S SOMETHING OUR HOUSING AND PLANNING FOLKS ARE BETTER ABLE TO SPEAK TO, BUT ONCE THAT IS DETERMINED, THAT'S WHEN WE CAN DO A MORE COMPREHENSIVE, UM, UPDATE TO ALL THE FINANCES AROUND, UM, AROUND THE, THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT.
AND, AND, AND CONTINUE THIS CONVERSATION IF I CAN JUST THANK YOU, KIMBERLY, IF I CAN JUST ADD ONE THING, THE REASON THIS IS SO IMPORTANT TO ME, THIS TOURIST CONCEPT IS SO IMPORTANT TO ME IS BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW WE NEED HOUSING.
WE ALL KNOW WE'RE SEARCHING FOR WAYS TO FUND HOUSING.
THERE'S A BOND, THERE'S A BOND, UM, COMING UP IN THIS NOVEMBER ELECTION FOR MORE HOUSING DOLLARS.
HOW CAN WE GET MORE? THIS IS POTENTIALLY A WAY I DON'T WANT TO SAY THIS IS THE WAY CUZ WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THOSE NUMBERS LOOK LIKE, BUT IN STATE LAW AND THAT'S THIS ONE RIGHT HERE, THIS, UH, IT WON'T ADVANCE, BUT IN STATE LAW, UNDER THE TUR SECTION, UM, TUR DOLLARS, YOU CAN USE TUR DOLLARS.
YOU CAN ONLY USE TUR DOLLARS FOR PROJECTS WITHIN, WITHIN THE ZONE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ONE THING, AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
SO IF THERE'S EXTRA MONEY IN THERE AND THE CITY, WHICH I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S GONNA BE, THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S, WHAT KIMBERLY'S TRYING TO FIGURE OUT.
BUT IF THERE IS THE, IF THERE IS EXTRA MONEY IN THERE, UM, WE COULD USE THOSE DOLLARS FOR NOT JUST AFFORDABLE HOUSING HERE, BUT FOR ANYWHERE IN THE CITY.
AND SO I THINK IT, IT BEHOOVES ALL OF US, EVERYBODY IN THIS COMMUNITY FOR OUR STAFF, FOR THE BOARD, FOR ALL OF US TO PUSH, TO DO THE MOST, THE MOST ROBUST ANALYSIS ON HOW WE CAN TAP AND SCRATCH IT.
EVERY ONE OF THOSE DOLLARS, CUZ IF NOT, WE'RE DOING AN UNJUST WE'RE, WE'RE JUST BEING COMPLETELY UNJUST TO OUR COMMUNITY.
YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S GONNA, PEOPLE ARE GONNA BUILD THERE.
PEOPLE WANT TO LET'S MAKE THE MOST OF WHAT GETS BUILT THERE FOR THE BETTERMENT OF THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.
SO WHAT POINT OF CLARIFICATION, UM, THE CHEF RECO IS, IS CORRECT ABOUT BEING ABLE TO USE DOLLAR FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING OUTSIDE OF THE ZONE.
UM, THAT BEING SAID THERE HAS TO BE A, AN ESTABLISHED BENEFIT.
SO BY INVESTING THOSE DOLLARS ELSEWHERE IN THE CITY, UM, THAT IT PROVIDES A BENEFIT TO THE ZONE.
UM, SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO WORK THROUGH IF THAT'S COUNCIL'S WILL TO, UM, SET ASIDE DOLLARS FOR REPORTABLE HOUSE USES OUTSIDE OF THE ZONE.
UM, ALSO IS, UM, WHEN, UM, CHAIR FRANCO WAS TALKING OF ABOUT THE STATE LAW, SO TEXAS TAX COACH THREE 11 HAS THE SECTION THAT SPEAKS SPECIFICALLY TO DETER OR TO TAXING HIM AND FINANCING.
UM, SO WE HAVE TO FOLLOW THERE'S SPECIFIC RULES THAT WE HAVE TO FOLLOW IN TERMS OF STATE LAW, BUT WE ALSO HAVE A CITY, UM, TIF POLICY THAT SPEAKS TO REQUIREMENTS AROUND AFFORDABLE HOUSING, UM, AND A VARIETY OF OTHER ASPECTS.
UM, SO IT'S, IT'S NOT LIKE, UM, WHEN YOU SET UP A TERMS, IT'S NOT JUST A LET'S SPEND IT, HOW WE WOULD ON ANYTHING.
UM, THERE'S THERE ARE SOME RULES AROUND THAT THAT WE HAVE TO FOLLOW ACCORDING TO STATE LAW AND OUR, AND OUR OWN INTERNAL FINANCIAL POLICY.
SO I UNDERSTAND WE HAVE TO FOLLOW WITHIN THE STATE, UH, REGULATIONS, ET CETERA, WITH THE TERMS. I'M FINE WITH THAT, BUT I DO WANT TO ASK ONE LITTLE CLARIFICATION BASED ON WHAT I UNDERSTAND YOU TO BE SAYING, MS. KIMBERLY.
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UM, IF THE TERMS, IF THERE ARE ADDITIONAL FUNDS THAT ARE AVAILABLE, DID I UNDERSTAND YOU CORRECTLY TO SAY THAT YOU BELIEVE THAT THERE MAY BE LIMITS TO, UM, THAT IT HAS TO BE TO THE BENEFIT OF THE ZONE OF WHICH THE JUROR CAME FROM THAT? THAT'S CORRECT.SO THAT'S, UM, I MEAN, COUNCIL CAN MAKE A DECISION ON HOW TO ALLOCATE AND WHEN YOU'RE ESTABLISHED THE ZONE OR JUROR MM-HMM
UM, BUT THERE, IT, IT HAS TO THE, THE PROJECTS THEMSELF ACT TO BENEFIT THE ZONE.
AND IF YOU'RE PUTTING IT TOWARDS AFFORDABLE HOUSING, UM, NUMBER ONE, IT NEEDS TO BE, UM, JUST A CASH SUPPORT.
WE CAN'T ISSUE DEBT ASSOCIATED WITH AFFORDABLE HOUSING PERMITS.
IT'S A WHOLE OTHER, UM, SET OF STATE LAWS THAT, THAT COME INTO EFFECT THERE.
SO, UM, BUT SO WITH AFFORDABLE HOUSING, UM, LIKE WE KNOWED, YES, YOU CAN USE IT TOWARDS AFFORDABLE HOUSING OUTSIDE OF THE ZONE, BUT IT STILL HAS TO BENEFIT THE ZONE.
THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT YOU TO SAY.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU, I HAVE CLARIFICATION ON THAT.
SO THE, UM, THERE ARE TWO THINGS, ONE, IT SOUNDS TO ME THAT WE ARE, HAVE BEEN, OR POTENTIALLY WILL BE LEAVING MONEY ON THE TABLE IF WE DON'T MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS.
AND SO MY, AND I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S REALLY WHAT I'M UNDERSTANDING.
UH, I, I BELIEVE THAT IT IS BECAUSE WHAT I REALLY WANT TO KNOW IS WHO BENEFITS WITH IT BEING ZERO AND BEING CA AT ZERO, WHO, WHO IS BENEFITING FROM THAT? WHY WOULD WE HAVE A JUROR THAT IS CA AT ZERO? SO THERE'S TWO FACTORS THAT PLAY HERE.
UM, NUMBER ONE, BY ESTABLISHING THE TOURISM IN GENERAL, YOU'RE ABLE TO ESTABLISH THAT BASE VALUE MM-HMM
SO THE, THE INCREMENT IS IT STARTS TO GROW IMMEDIATELY.
MM-HMM
SO THAT INCREMENT IS ALREADY GROWING, RIGHT.
UM, SO BY ESTABLISHING THEN, IN TERMS OF WHY DID THEY ESTABLISH 0%? ONE OF THE BIG FACTORS WAS THEY, WE DON'T HAVE, UM, A CLEAR, THIS IS EXACTLY HOW WE WANNA ALLOCATE THESE DOLLARS.
SO, UM, WHEN YOU PLAY CREDIT CHARTERS, YOU HAVE TO ALSO HAVE A PROJECT, UM, AND FINANCING PLAN RIGHT NOW, THERE'S JUST A VERY HIGH LEVEL PRELIMINARY PLAN THAT WAS USED, BUT THERE'S STILL A LOT OF WORK THAT HAS TO GO INTO WHAT THAT FINAL PLAN IS.
AND THAT'S WHERE YOU'VE SEEN A LOT OF CONVERSATION WITH COUNCIL ABOUT WHAT IS THE BEST USE OF THOSE FUNDS ALSO IN RELATIONSHIP TO A REGULATING PLAN? WHAT, WHAT IS THE BEST MIX OF, OF, OF TOOLS FOR US TO ACHIEVE THAT VISION? AND UNTIL THEY'RE ABLE TO REACH THAT, THAT, UM, THAT DECISION POINT, THEY'RE LEAVING THE INCREMENT AT 0%, UM, BECAUSE OTHERWISE YOU YOU'RE, YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO PUT THOSE FUNDS TO UNTIL THEY HAVE THAT FINAL PROJECT OF FINANCING PLAN.
SO WHAT'S GONNA DRIVE THAT, UM, 0%, IS IT RETRO? ONE QUESTION I HAVE IS ONE, IS IT RETROACTIVE, UH, IN TERMS OF BEING APPLIED TO THE GROWTH AND THE INCREMENTS, AND THEN THE OTHER THING, AND THEN THAT'S MY FINAL.
MY SECOND PART IS THAT WHAT'S GONNA DRIVE IT.
IT SOUNDS LIKE WE DON'T KNOW THE CART IS BEFORE THE HORSE OR WHATEVER, BECAUSE WE'RE SAYING, WELL, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE GONNA, THE PERCENT IS GONNA BE, BUT WE DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT WE'RE GONNA USE IT FOR.
SO WOULDN'T, WE WANNA KNOW WHAT WE'RE GONNA USE IT FOR TO THEN TO BE ABLE TO DETERMINE AND TO BACK INTO THAT PERCENT.
AND THOSE ARE JUST TWO QUESTIONS.
IS IT RETROACTIVE IN THAT LAST, THANK YOU THAT TWO.
SO IN TERMS OF THE RETROACTIVE, SO ONCE YOU ESTABLI THE TERMS, YOU'VE SET THAT BASELINE AND THAT BASELINE STAYS CONSISTENT FOR THE LIFE OF THE TURS.
SO, UM, ONCE COUNCIL, IF, IF THEY DO MOVE FORWARD, ESTABLISH AN INCREMENT, IT, WHEN WHATEVER YEAR THEY ESTABLISH THAT INCREMENT, UM, COLLECTION OF THOSE DOLLARS WOULD START AT THAT POINT.
SO IF IN 2023, THEY DO SET AN INCREMENT, THEN IT'LL APPLY TO SAY THE VALUE IS RISEN FROM 825 MILLION TO 925 MILLION MM-HMM
UM, SINCE 2021, THEN THE PERCENTAGE INCREMENT WOULD STILL APPLY TO THAT, UM, FULL HUNDRED MILLION IN, IN GROWTH.
UM, AND THEN IT JUST, IT CONTINUES YEAR OVER YEAR, OVER YEAR.
UM, YEAH, SO, AND IT, THE ANSWER TO THE ASPECT OF, UM, OF SETTING AN INCREMENT VERSUS THE, THE PROJECT PLAN, UM, THAT'S A COMPLICATED SITUATION.
THERE'S, THERE'S JUST A LOT OF CONVERSATION AND, UM, AND, AND OPINIONS AND DESIRES.
UM, SO IT'S, IT'S, IT'S COMPLICATED.
I APPRECIATE YOU SHARING AND BEING CANDID WITH ME ON THAT, SHARON.
UM, I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS FOR YOU.
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THAT TEXAS ONE CENTER WAS A PART OF THE, OF THE WATERFRONT OVERLAY.I THOUGHT THAT THE, THE PARCEL IS IN, WITHIN THE DISTRICT.
SO HA THERE'S NO, THERE HASN'T BEEN NO DISCUSSION OF, I, I, I THOUGHT I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT THEY WERE GONNA BE SELLING THE BUILDING AND THE BUILDING WAS GOING FOR SALE, UH, AND THE NEXT COUPLE YEARS, AND I THOUGHT WE WERE ALREADY ALMOST THERE.
AND I THOUGHT THAT DISCUSSION OF WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN TO THAT DEVELOPMENT WAS ALREADY BEING TALKED ABOUT THROUGH, THROUGH YOU ALL.
SO I DON'T KNOW ABOUT SALE PERHAPS TO AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPER, THAT THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSION, VERY CONSISTENT DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT PROPERTY BEING AFFORDABLE HOUSING, BUT OWNED BY A CITY STILL.
I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY THE OWNERSHIP PART OF IT, BUT, BUT THERE IT'S BEEN THOUGHT OF FROM THE SOUTH CENTER WATERFRONT PERSPECTIVE THAT THAT WOULD BE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
THEN SOMEWHERE ALONG THE WAY, SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, THE SOUTH CENTER WATERFRONT BOARD LEARNED THAT OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY STAFF WERE LOOKING AT AS, AT THAT AS OFFICE SPACE, BECAUSE THE CITY HAS KIND OF A SHORTAGE OF OFFICE SPACE.
THEY HAVE SOME EMPLOYEES THAT ARE WORKING IN RIDICULOUS CONDITIONS AND THE CITY'S LOSING MONEY, NOT OWNING SOME OF ITS OFFICE SPACE.
IT'S NOW RENTING A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF OFFICE SPACE.
SO FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE, THERE'S A DESIRE TO MAKE WHAT WE DO HAVE THAT HAS BEEN OFFICE SPACE, KEEP WORKING AS OFFICE SPACE.
SO THAT'S A, A MAJOR THREAT TO THE AFFORDABLE COMPONENT OF THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT.
WELL, YEAH, CAUSE THE WHOLE HR WAS MOVED OUT OF THERE AND, AND THEY WERE GIVEN A NEW BUILDING.
AND SO I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT, THAT WE WERE STARTING TO START REMOVING CITY, UM, STAFF FROM THERE AND THAT THAT WAS GONNA BE FOR SALE.
AND THAT WE WERE GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT.
I THOUGHT WE WERE, I GUESS, ALREADY TALKING ABOUT AFFORDABILITY AND, AND WHAT'S GONNA BE THERE, BUT I GUESS THAT KIND OF GOT PULLED TO A HALT FOR A MINUTE UNTIL THEY CAN FIGURE OUT WHAT THEY'RE GONNA DO WITH THE BUILDING.
I JUST WANTED CLARIFICATION ON THAT, CUZ I KNEW THAT, UM, IT WAS A CONVERSATION WE HAD BEFORE.
ANOTHER THING I WANTED TO ASK IS, UH, FRANCO.
UM, HE SAID ABOUT THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING BOND, THAT'S COMING UP IN OUR GENERAL ELECTION NOW.
UM, WOULD THAT COME TO OUR BOARD AS FAR AS ALLOCATIONS THROUGH THE AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION OR, OR WOULD THAT COME THROUGH CDC AND THE FUTURE OR ARE WE STILL WORKING ON TO THE EXTENT, LIKE OUR OTHER BONDS THAT THEY COME, WE KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON, BUT LIKE WE'RE NOT BROUGHT SPECIFIC PROJECTS.
SO ANY MORE BONDS FOLLOW THE SAME ROUTE.
I JUST DIDN'T KNOW IF WE WERE GONNA BE ALLOCATING ANY MONIES TOWARDS, UM, ANY TYPE OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS THAT, THAT ARE IN THE MAKING RIGHT NOW AND THAT ARE NEEDING MONEY.
WELL, UM, I, THE, THE NEW BOND MONEY COULD BE USED TO SUPPORT AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
THE, THE HARD THING IS I SEE IT IS IF WE DON'T THE ONLY PLACES WHERE WE KNOW WE CAN DEVELOP OR WHERE WE OWN THE LAND.
AND IF WE DON'T GET SOME LAND SET ASIDE OR WE DON'T HAVE THE DEVELOPERS PARTICIPATING IN THE REGULATING PLAN, THEN THEY DON'T, THEY DON'T TRIGGER THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING REQUIREMENTS.
WE CAN PUT IN THE REGULATING PLAN.
LIKE WE'VE PUT IN SOME OF OUR ZONING CATEGORIES THAT THERE'S AN INCENTIVE AND IT'S LIKE A FEE IN LIEU.
LIKE A FEE IN LIE OR, OR THE ONSITE UNITS.
BUT WE, WE JUST NOT, WE KEEP NOT GETTING THE REGULATING PLAN DONE.
AND JUST TO MUDDY THE WATERS A LITTLE MORE ON THE ONE TEXAS CENTER THING.
SO THERE'S THE ONE TEXAS CENTER BUILDING AND THEN THERE'S THE SURFACE PARKING LOT.
UM, AND WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GONNA GO WHERE INITIALLY OR ORIGINALLY WE WERE, WE WERE UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT, OR WE, WE UNDERSTOOD THAT THE SURFACE PARKING LOT ITSELF WOULD BE DEDICATED.
AT LEAST THAT PORTION WOULD BE DEDICATED TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
LIKE COMMISSIONER POP MENTIONED A FEW MONTHS AGO, WE GOT AN UPDATE WHICH WAS, THERE'S NO UPDATE CUZ WE MIGHT BE GOING A DIFFERENT DIRECTION.
SO ONCE AGAIN, THINGS TO PUSH FOR, PUSH THIS, ASK, START ASKING QUESTIONS FROM THE CITY.
IF WE'RE GONNA GET THAT, WE'RE GONNA GET THAT LAND FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING OR NOT.
WELL COMMISSIONER, IF YOU COULD HANG ON THE, THE DEPUTY FINANCIAL OFFICER HAS HER HAND UP.
SO TO ANSWER, TO SPEAK TO THE ONE TEXAS CENTER, UM, PROPERTY.
SO IN MY ROLE, ONE, ONE OF THE OTHER HATS I WEAR IS SERVING OUR ON OUR STRATEGIC FACILITIES GOVERNANCE TEAM, WHICH IS LEADING THE, UM, THE WORK AROUND
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THE FUTURE OF ONE TEXAS CENTER.UM, ONE THING THAT WE'VE ABSOLUTELY COMMITTED TO IS THAT, UM, THERE WILL BE AFFORDABLE HOUSING ON THAT PROPERTY.
UM, THERE WE ARE A HUNDRED PERCENT COMMITTED TO THAT.
WHAT SPECIFICALLY HAPPENS WITH THE ONE TEXAS CENTER BUILDING ITSELF, UM, THAT IS STILL UP IN THE AIR.
WE HAVE, UM, WE HAD DIRECTION, UH, WE WERE, HAD ALREADY BEEN WORKING ON GATHERING SOME MORE UPDATED INFORMATION ON FROM DEPARTMENTS ABOUT, UM, HOW MUCH SPACE THEY'RE UTILIZING IN THE POST OR THE SEMI POST COVID WORLD.
UM, SINCE TELEWORKING REMOTE WORKING IS SO MUCH MORE COMMON.
UM, AND WE ORIGINALLY WERE FOCUSING ON THOSE DEPARTMENTS THAT HAVE LEASES.
UM, UM, ONE OF THE COMMISSIONERS SPOKE TOO, THE, THE, JUST THE IT'S IT'S A, THE BLACK HOLE OF, UM, THAT YOU PAY INTO WHEN YOU'RE LEASING OFFICE SPACE AS OPPOSED TO UTILIZING OWN SPACE.
SO WE, THE, THE SPACE THAT HRD ACTUALLY IS IN RIGHT NOW THAT WHEN THEY WERE, THEY USED TO BE ONE TEXAS CENTER, THEY MOVED INTO LEASE SPACE, BUT EVENTUALLY THAT LEASE WILL END AND WE RECEIVED DIRECT DIRECTION FROM COUNCIL TO, UM, DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO GET OUT OF LEASE SPACE.
UM, SO WE, BASED ON THE SURVEY DATA WE'VE BEEN GETTING FROM THOSE INITIAL DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE IN LEASE SPACE.
WE KNOW THAT WE CAN ADDRESS THEIR OFFICE SPACE NEEDS WITH CITY OWN BUILDINGS.
AND THAT INCLUDES ONE TAXI CENTER AND TOWN LAKE CENTER WHERE AUSTIN ENERGY USED TO BE HOUSED, BUT WE WERE ALSO ACTIVELY COLLECTING DATA FROM ALL THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE FULL NEED.
UM, AND THAT'S IN RESPONSE TO A MORE RECENT COUNCIL RESOLUTION FROM, UH, COUNCIL, ER, UM, SO WE ARE MAKING GREAT PROGRESS ON THAT, UM, TO BE ABLE TO, TO DETERMINE IF DO WE REDEVELOP, DO WE REBUILD ONE TEXAS CENTER? DO WE RENOVATE ONE TEXAS CENTER OR DO WE MOVE TO A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT SPACE ALTOGETHER? SO ALL OF THOSE OPTIONS ARE ON THE TABLE, BUT WE'RE, WE WANT IT TO BE A VERY DATA DRIVEN, UM, EXERCISE.
BUT AGAIN, I WANNA STRESS THAT WE HAVE A HUNDRED PERCENT COMMITTED TO THERE BEING AFFORDABLE HOUSING ON THAT SITE, THAT SURFACE PARKING LOT, UM, CAN BE PARCELED OUT AND REZONE FOR HOUSING PURPOSES.
UM, SO THAT'S WHAT I CAN TELL YOU ON OTC.
UM, JUST QUICK QUESTION, I THOUGHT THAT THE LEASING BUILDING WHERE HR OD CUZ I'M A FORMER EMPLOYEE OF R O D AND WE MOVED L L LRC TO THE BEN WHITE FACILITY.
I THOUGHT WE OWNED THAT BUILDING.
ARE YOU SAYING THAT WE LEASE IT? SO WE DID ALL THE RENOVATIONS FOR THAT BUILDING.
DIDN'T THE CITY DO THE RENOVATIONS FOR THAT BUILDING.
THAT'S VERY COMMON TO, FOR A TENANT TO DO.
UM, THAT'S CALLED TENANT IMPROVEMENTS.
UM, BUT, UH, WE DO THAT IS LEASE SPACE.
SO ARE YOU SAYING THAT THE ENTIRELY SPACE OF A I P P UM, AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH, UH, CUZ MY DAUGHTER WORKS THERE, UM, H R O D VETERAN SERVICES, ALL OF THAT SPACE IS LEASE AND WE DO NOT OWN IT AND THEY'RE ALL GONNA BE RELOCATED, UH, THAT IT IS ALL LEASE SPACE.
UM, WE DO NOT OWN IT, UM, IN TERMS OF HOW RELOCATION WILL BE HANDLED.
THAT IS THAT'S WHAT IS BEING WORKED ON NOW.
NO, THAT'S THAT'S UH, I THINK THAT SAID EVERYTHING SET MY PEACE.
UH, I THINK THIS IS THE, THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THAT WE HEAR ABOUT THE, UH, CENTRAL, UH, WATERFRONT, UH, COMMISSIONER POP IS GIVING US UPDATES, UH, EVERY, EVERY MEETING, BUT I WILL LIKE, UH, ALL THIS IS NEW INFORMATION FOR ME.
UH, AND I'M LIKE, I KNOW YOU ARE SAMUEL.
YOU'RE TELLING THAT IT'S NOT YOUR PLAN TO COME BACK HERE, BUT I WILL LIKE YOU OR SOMEONE ELSE TO COME BACK OR PROBABLY, UH, COMMISSIONER BOB TO GIVE US A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS, UH, ABOUT THE, UM, REGULATING PLAN ONCE IT'S DONE OR IT'S NOT, UH, BECAUSE I THINK AS, UM, SOME COMMISSIONERS ALREADY, ALREADY, UH, SAID IT'S HARD TO HAVE DEVELOPMENT, UM, UH, I MEAN, UH, AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THAT AREA, BUT WITH THE PLAN YOU'RE PUSHING, UH, TO GO THROUGH AND THE, UH, TURS THE TUR PLAN, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT PROBABLY A LOT OF THE CITIZENS AND I MEAN, A LOT OF THE AUSTIN THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT, WELL, YEAH, THE DOWNTOWN AREA IS GROWING UP A LOT, BUT WHAT IS THAT BRINGING US TO US? I MEAN, WHAT IS, I MEAN, THE CITY IS BRINGING ALL THIS TECH, UH, COMPANIES AND EVERYTHING, UH, THIS HUGE BUILDINGS, BUT WHAT IS FOR US.
AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT INFORMATION THAT WE NEED TO SHARE WITH THE COMMUNITY IS
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LIKE, ARE THOSE KIND OF MONEY GOING TO, YEAH, WE HAVE ALL THESE BUILDINGS, BUT IN SOME KIND OF WAY, WE'RE GETTING THE MONEY TO PUT THE MONEY ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN A DIFFERENT AREA OF THE CITY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.AND I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE AN UPDATE ON THAT INFORMATION, UH, LEAST MORE THAN ONCE PER YEAR ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING SO WE CAN GIVE, YEAH, THIS, WE HAVE THIS HUGE BUILDINGS HERE THAT WE CANNOT PAY FOR THEM, BUT THEY'RE GIVING US SOME EXTRA MONEY COMMISSIONERS, ANOTHER PROJECTS, ERICA LEE HAS HER HAND UP.
SO I'D LIKE, I'M GONNA CALL ON HER ERICA LEE, UH, GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS LEAK, UH, I'M DEVELOPMENT OFFICER IN THE HOUSING AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND THE REGULATING PLAN DEVELOPMENT IS IN, UH, MY GROUP'S WORK.
UM, WE WILL ABSOLUTELY COME BACK TO THE CDC WITH AN UPDATE, UM, REGARDING THE REGULATING PLAN.
COUNCIL MAY PROVIDE ADDITIONAL DIRECTION ABOUT IT ON THURSDAY.
THERE'S AN ITEM ON THEIR AGENDA, UH, WHERE THEY MAY BE PROVIDING DIRECTION.
SO THAT MAY, UH, POTENTIALLY CHANGE, YOU KNOW, CHANGE SOME THINGS WE'RE NOT SURE.
BUT WE WILL ABSOLUTELY COME BACK TO THIS COMMISSION AND PROVIDE YOU ALL WITH AN UPDATE.
UM, AND THANK YOU ALL FOR THE GREAT QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSION REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
IF I CAN JUST SAY I'M HAPPY TO COME BACK ANYTIME.
UM, BUT YOU KNOW, I'LL LIKE WHILE I'LL USE THE REGULATING PLAN AS AN EXAMPLE, I'M HERE TO GIVE Y'ALL AN UPDATE GENERALLY AND KIND OF THE BACKSTORY AND THE HISTORY.
BUT NORMALLY I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO, I CAN'T SAY I, I CAN'T SPEAK FOR THE ENTIRE BOARD.
SO IF THE BOARD TAKES ACTION ON SOMETHING, I'M ALWAYS HAPPY, I'M HAPPY TO GIVE Y'ALL AN UPDATE.
UM, IN A MORE, YOU KNOW, UH, UH, MAYBE JUST A SECOND ITERATION OF IT BECAUSE KAREN I'M SURE HAS GIVEN YOU ALL UPDATES AND I'M ALWAYS HAPPY TO GIVE YOU MY PERSONAL OPINION, BUT I'LL TELL YOU IT'S MY PERSONAL OPINION, BUT JUST KNOW THAT THAT, YOU KNOW, I, I I'M HERE.
I CAN'T SPEAK FOR THE ENTIRE BOARD, UM, BOARD MEMBERS, MORE QUESTIONS, VICE CHAIR.
THIS IS, UM, COMMISSIONER MOWAN.
COMMISSIONER MOWAN I'LL MAKE MY FACE AVAILABLE.
IS IT STILL A BLACK BOX? THERE YOU GO.
UH, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE BACKGROUND THERE, BUT I ASSURE YOU I'M NOT YET.
UH, IT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE, OKAY, THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT IS THE, IS THE ZONE THAT WE'RE FAMILIAR WITH.
UM, AND, UH, THEN THERE WAS A VISION, UM, AND THAT VISION WAS REALLY JUST THAT IT WAS A VISION, UH, OF HOW IT COULD BE POTENTIALLY DEVELOPED, UH, IN A WAY THAT WOULD BRING OF COURSE, ECONOMIC INVESTMENT NEEDED ECONOMIC INVESTMENT AND THEN POTENTIALLY MUCH NEEDED HOUSING AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
AND THEN, UM, BUT THAT WAS JUST SIMPLY A VISION AND THAT VISION HA YOU KNOW, MAYBE INCLUDED THE NOTION OF 20% AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
AND I THINK A LOT OF IT'S GOT ATTACHED TO THAT VISION FOR A LOT OF ASPIRATIONAL REASONS.
UM, AND HOWEVER, IT STILL HASN'T BEEN QUANTIFIED INTO A PLAN.
AND SO IN THAT AREA, BASICALLY THERE ARE A BUNCH OF PROPERTIES THAT ARE PRIVATELY OWNED AND THEY ARE SUBJECT TO THE STANDARD RULES OF DEVELOPMENT.
THEY ALWAYS HAVE BEEN SUBJECT TO.
SO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NOT REALLY MUCH MORE DIFFERENT THEY CAN DO AS FAR AS DEVELOPMENT.
SO THE IDEA IS WE CAN'T TELL THEM, WE CAN'T TELL THEM, HEY, YOU HAVE TO DO AFFORDABLE UNITS, BUT WHAT WE CAN DO IS SAY, OKAY, WE'RE GONNA CHANGE THE RULES OF DEVELOPMENT.
AND NOW YOU CAN DEVELOP THINGS.
THAT'LL MAKE YOU MORE MONEY, TALLER, WIDER, DIFFERENT TYPES OF USES.
AND YOU CAN ONLY, YOU CAN DO THOSE THINGS IF YOU CREATE MORE AFFORDABLE UNITS.
UM, AND OTHER POTENTIAL COMMUNITY BENEFITS.
AND IT SEEMS LIKE THE CONFIGURATION OF HOW WE, WE MAY PUT ALL THAT TOGETHER.
THOSE RULES WOULD SORT OF COME OUT IN A PROPOSED PLAN, BUT THAT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO DO, UH, BECAUSE IT'S MAYBE HARD TO MAKE ALL THOSE ECONOMIC WORK OUT.
UM, IN THAT WHOLE DISTRICT, THERE IS ONE PARCEL THAT'S NOT PRIVATELY OWNED AND IT'S THE ONE TEXAS CENTER.
AND SO THAT PLAYS INTO THINGS.
AND THEN IT ALSO SOUNDS LIKE THERE IS A TUR WHICH WOULD TAKE
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ECONOMIC GAIN FROM, FROM THAT UNIQUE INVESTMENT ZONE.AND ALSO ENSURE THAT THAT ECONOMIC GAIN IS PERHAPS DISTRIBUTED EQUITABLY AROUND, UH, THE CITY WHERE IT MIGHT BE NEEDED SO THAT ALL ARE PARTICIPATING IN THAT GAIN.
SI, DOES THAT SOUND ABOUT RIGHT? OR IS THERE ANYTHING I SAID MAYBE INCORRECT, HEAVILY INCORRECT.
ARE YOU, ARE YOU ASKING ME, UH, COMMISSION ABOUT MONEY? YEAH.
I'M ASKING YOU SOMETHING WELL OR ANYONE REALLY WHO WANTS TO COME IN? THAT, THAT SOUNDS PRETTY ACCURATE WITH THE EXCEPTION THAT, UH, KIMBERLY OVA CLARIFIED TODAY, THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE A BENEFIT TO IF WE USE MONEY OUTSIDE OF THE DISTRICT FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING NEEDS TO SHOW A BENEFIT TO THE DISTRICT THAT'S NEWS TO ME.
I MORE QUESTIONS ON, I GUARANTEE YOU THAT MUCH.
SO, SO, SO, SO THAT BEING SAID, I THINK, UH, SO THEN THE BOARD THAT YOU SERVE AS CHAIR ON SOME, WELL, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND THAT VICE CHAIR POP ALSO SERVES ON, UH, IS THE BOARD THAT REALLY IS JUST LOOKING TO STEWARD THE PLAN.
AND Y'ALL ARE WAITING FOR A PLAN.
IT'S A COMPLICATED THING TO DO.
UM, YOU'RE WAITING FOR A PLAN AND WHILE WE'RE WAITING FOR A PLAN WHAT'S HAPPENING IS THAT PEOPLE WHO OWN PROPERTY, PARTICULARLY LIKE WHAT WHAT'S CALLED THE STATESMAN PUT, THAT'S AN EXAMPLE, BUT PEOPLE WHO OWN PROPERTY ARE SUBMITTING INDIVIDUAL LIKE EXCEPTION APPLICATIONS, IF YOU WILL, FOR HOW, OKAY.
WELL, LISTEN, THERE'S NO PLAN YET.
UM, SO MAYBE WE CAN HAVE A SPECIFIC, SPECIAL, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, PLAN OR A PUT, UH, JUST FOR OUR DEVELOPMENT, UH, AND GET THAT IN.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT I THINK IS SORT OF THE WATERSHED MOMENT RIGHT NOW, UM, IS THERE'S A PARTICULAR PROJECT.
THAT'S BRINGING A LOT OF COMMUNITY CONCERN AROUND.
IF WE DON'T HAVE A PLAN THAT WE'RE GONNA KEEP GETTING THESE INDIVIDUAL PLUG APPLICATIONS, THAT'S GOING TO POTENTIALLY JEOPARDIZE THAT VISION.
DOES THAT SOUND ABOUT RIGHT TO YOU? THAT IS ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.
RIGHT NOW THERE'S NO OTHER MECHANISM FOR THEM TO, TO IM TO IMPLEMENT THE PLAN EXCEPT GO THROUGH A PLUG APPLICATION YOU ALL AS, YEAH.
AND SO WITH Y'ALL AS STEWARDS, YOU KNOW, AND IT SEEMS IT, SO THANKS AGAIN FOR COMING TO THE BOARD BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, NO ONE'S HOLDING YOU ALL TO A FIRE PER SE ABOUT PROJECTS OR THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT, UM, IT, WE JUST APPRECIATE YOU COMING TO GET FEEDBACK.
AND, AND THE FEEDBACK THAT I WOULD OFFER IS THAT, YOU KNOW, UH, CONCENTRATE, CONCENTRATING LOW INCOME OR CONCENTRATING AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN, IN ONE AREA, UM, OR EXPORTING POVERTY, IF YOU WILL, OR CONCENTRATING POVERTY, IF WE WANT TO CALL IT POVERTY, UM, IS BAD.
UM, AND IT'S NOT, IT'S JUST NOT A GOOD TREND AND IT BEING, AND I THINK ALSO I WOULD JUST POINT TO, I THINK AL ALMOST EVERY, UH, UH, PRETTY SOUND EVIDENCE BASE THAT I'M FAMILIAR WITH, UH, DISCUSSES, YOU KNOW, MIXED INCOME AND HIGH DIVERSITY LIVING ENVIRONMENTS IS VERY KEY TO ECONOMIC MOBILITY AND SORT OF SEGREGATED INCOMES, UH, AND STRATIFIED, UH, SORT OF SOCIAL CLASSES AS NOT PROMOTING ECONOMIC MOBILITY AND SPECIFICALLY COMING FROM THAT STUDY THAT CITED AUSTIN AS, UH, THE MOST ECONOMIC SEGREGATED OR AMONG THE MOST ECONOMICALLY SEGREGATED CITIES IN, IN THE COUNTRY OR, UM, THAT, THAT STUDY UNIQUELY POINTED OUT THAT IT'S, IT'S THE LACK OF INCOME, DIVERSITY WITHIN PARTICULAR, UH, CONCENTRATED AREAS OR LIKE ZONES, UH, AND NEIGHBORHOODS THAT, THAT CAN RESULT IN THAT SAME KIND OF ECONOMIC SEGREGATION, IF YOU WILL.
SO THAT WOULD BE THE FEEDBACK, UH, THAT I WOULD OFFER, UH, AND THAT I'M OFFERING RIGHT NOW.
UM, AND, UH, I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE AND, AND, AND SIMPLIFYING IT FOR US.
MY NEXT, UH, THOUGHT CHAIR IS THAT I THINK I HEARD, UH, COMMISSIONER CONOVER TALKING ABOUT SELLING, UH, AND, UH, UM, IF SOMEONE COULD JUST CHECK ON HIM AND MAKE SURE HE IS DOING ALL RIGHT, UH, I, I WOULD, I WOULD HATE FOR HIM TO, TO SELL HIS PLACE AND GO MOVE INTO A TWO BEDROOM OF A CONDO SOMEWHERE.
RAMANI, LIKE I SAID, I'M HAPPY TO COME BACK AT AT ANY TIME, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE BEING HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE, UM, THE MORE PLATFORMS I CAN START DISSEMINATING THIS INFORMATION ON WE, AS A BOARD CAN START DISSEMINATING THIS INFORMATION ON AND THE PUBLIC CAN GET MORE ENGAGED AND UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON THERE.
I THINK THEY'LL, IT'LL PUT MORE PRESSURE ON EACH AND EVERY INDIVIDUAL COUNCIL MEMBER TO SAY, WE GOTTA DO SOMETHING THERE, OR, YOU KNOW WHAT, LET'S NOT DO ANYTHING THERE FINE BY ME, BUT I WANT TO FINISH MY JOB MORE IMPORTANTLY, THOUGH, I WANT TO GET 20% AFFORDABLE HOUSING THERE.
UM, SO TWO THINGS, ONE, IF THE 20 PER IF, IF MY CHANCE, THE ONE TEXAS CENTER SURFACE PARKING LOT CAN BE, UM, PARCELED AND AID INTO THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, WOULD IT LIKELY POSSIBLY REACH THE 20%? I, I, YEAH, THAT'S
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A QUESTION.WHEN YOU SAY, YOU MEAN ONE TEXAS CENTER, OR DO YOU MEAN THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATER FRONT? THE, THE SURFACE PARKING, BECAUSE IT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE THE, THE BUILDING MAY NOT THE BUILDING MAY NOT, MAY DOESN'T SEEM TO BE ANY LONGER ON THE TABLE, BUT THE SURFACE PARKING IS LAND THAT WE OWN.
THERE WAS A, THERE WAS A, A STUDY DONE ONE TIME, OR, YOU KNOW, THERE, THERE WAS SOME INFORMATION THAT WAS PRESENTED TO US, UM, OF WHAT COULD BE BUILT THERE.
AND THERE'S A SMALL RENDERING OR QUICK RENDERING IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT DIVISION PLAN.
UM, LONG STORY SHORT, IT'S BASICALLY A STICK FRAME BUILDING LIKE FIVE STORIES, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
UM, SO IT WASN'T A LOT OF HOUSING THERE.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE EXACT NUMBER WAS, BUT THE TOTAL NUMBER OF THAT, THAT MAGIC NUMBER WE'VE ALL BEEN PUSHING FOR IS ABOUT ROUGHLY ABOUT 500 UNITS.
AND THAT'S ONLY BASED ON SOME RANDOM VISION, RIGHT? LIKE MM-HMM,
IT'S WE COULD GO MORE AND THEN WE GET 20% MORE OF THAT.
UM, SO LET'S JUST, IF WE USE THE NUMBER OF 500, THAT IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, THE ONE TEXAS CENTER SURFACE PARKING LOT DID NOT, UM, HAVE 500 UNITS IN IT, BUT GOING BACK TO MY STATEMENT EARLIER OF, OF, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GONNA GET BUILT THERE.
THIS IS NOT ME TALKING FOR THE BOARD, BUT I AM OF THE OPINION.
I AGREE WITH COMMISSIONER MOTWANI THAT WE SHOULD NOT CONCENTRATE ALL OF THE AFFORD ALL OF THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN ONE SPECIFIC LOCATION, BUT WE SHOULD VIEW ONE TEXAS CENTER AS MORE OF AN EMERGENCY SLASH SPILL SPILLOVER SOURCE OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
SO LET'S TRY TO GET THE MAXIMUM, LET'S TRY TO GET THAT 20% IN THE DIFFERENT DEVELOPMENTS THAT MAY HAPPEN IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT.
BUT IF WE'RE, IF WE, IF WE CAN SEE THAT WE'RE NOT REACHING IT, LET'S PUT SOME IN, IN, IN, IN ONE TEXAS CENTER, YOU KNOW, BUT LET'S NOT MAKE THAT OUR ONLY PLAN.
AND, AND I APPRECIATE YOU KIND OF, UM, UM, KIND OF DOING THAT OVERLAY ON IT, BECAUSE WHAT I WAS WONDERING WAS GOING ON WITH WHAT, UH, COMMISSIONER MAW WAS TALKING ABOUT WAS THAT IF IN FACT, THE SURFACE AREA COULD BE PARCELED OFF, THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO MEET THIS, UM, PHANTOM 20% OF 20% OF NOTHING THAT WE DON'T EVEN KNOW YET.
THEN I WOULD BE REALLY CONCERNED BECAUSE I COULD SEE THEM EASILY MAKING THAT BE THE 20%.
BUT THE FACT THAT YOU COME BACK AND SAY THAT YOU DON'T BELIEVE THAT THERE IS ACTUALLY ENOUGH THERE, THAT HELPS BECAUSE IT'S GONNA FORCE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO BE DISPERSED THROUGHOUT THE, THE, THE AREA.
UM, AND SO THAT'S ONE THING I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF, SORT OF, UM, KIND OF, YOU KNOW, GET SOME CLARITY ON IT.
AND IT SEEMS THAT YOU'RE AFFIRMING THAT.
AND THEN IF IN FACT THERE'S A TUR, DOES THE TUR APPLY TO CITY HOME PROPERTY? OH, I'D HAVE TO TALK TO KIMBERLY ABOUT THAT.
I DON'T BELIEVE IT DOES, BUT CUZ IT'S IT'S, IT'S NOT ON THE TAX ROLES.
NONE, NO PUBLIC, NO CITY OWN PROPERTIES ON THE TAX ROLES.
I WAS JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF WE COULD, COULD MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
NO, BECAUSE, UM, CITY OWN PROPERTIES ARE TAX OR, UM, TAX EXEMPT, A TAX EXEMPT.
SO IT DOES NOT APPLY THOSE PROPERTIES.
IF I COULD JUST TAG ONE THING ON, IT'S NOT A QUESTION THAT NEEDS A RESPONSE, IT'S JUST A QUICK COMMENT.
UH, UH, CARRYING ONTO WHAT, UH, COMMISSIONER THOMPSON WAS SHARING.
I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO CAUTION THAT, YOU KNOW, ONE BIT OF MY FEEDBACK IS, IS TO, UH, AND I'M NOT SORT OF DIRECTLY DEFYING WHAT YOU WERE SAYING SOME WELL, I'M SEEING IT SORT OF IN A CURRENT CURRENT WAY TO WHAT YOU WERE SAYING, UH, WHICH IS THAT, YOU KNOW, I, I DO WANT TO CAUTION AGAINST SAFETY VALVES FOR, UH, YOU KNOW, HOUSING THAT MAY RESULT IN, YOU KNOW, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, EITHER ALL CONCENTRATED IN ONE PROPERTY ONLY BECAUSE IT WAS THE SAFETY VALVE AND FROM SORT OF EASY TO DO THAT, UM, OR, UM, SORT OF EXPORTING, UH, THE, THE, THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING BY MEANS OF FEES OR, UH, USING MAYBE, UH, YOU KNOW, OTHER MECHANISMS POTENTIALLY THE TERMS THOUGH.
I DON'T WANT TO INDICT THE TERMS NECESSARILY, BUT, BUT USING OTHER MECHANISMS, UH, AS A SAFETY VALVE, UH, FOR NOT NECESSARILY PUTTING INTEGRATED UNITS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING ONTO THAT VERY, UH, VALUABLE PROPERTY.
AND I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE, UM, THE VARIOUS EXEMPTIONS THAT ARE BEING PUT FORTH WHILE EVERYONE IS WAITING FOR THIS, UH, REGULATORY PLAN.
I DO BELIEVE THAT THAT'S STRATEGIC AND I, I REALLY DO FEEL THAT, UM, MORE NEEDS TO BE DONE.
AND IF, IF THAT MEANS I NEED TO PAY A LITTLE BIT MORE ATTENTION.
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THANK YOU.BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, WHAT ARE YOU HERE? YOU'RE BRINGING ATTENTION TO IT.
YOU'VE ACCOMPLISHED THAT WITH ME.
UM, AND SO I'LL HAVE TO PAY ATTENTION TO THAT BECAUSE I DO THINK THAT THAT'S STRATEGIC AND THAT AS LONG AS THE CITY, UM, DRAGS ITS FEET, FOR WHATEVER REASONS, I'M NOT SAYING THAT, YOU KNOW, BUT I DO FEEL THAT OTHERS ARE BENEFITING, UM, FROM THIS AND WILL BE THE ONES WHO WILL, UM, HAVE THE EXEMPTIONS FOR DEBATE TO BE GRANDFATHERED AND NOT HAVE TO PLAY BY THE RULES THAT ARE FINALLY DETERMINED TO BE, UM, IN PLAY, BUT THEY HAVE ALREADY FILED THEIR EXEMPTION AND THERE WERE NO RULES.
THEY, THEY CAN'T SAY THAT THEY, THEY CAN'T SAY THAT THEY WEREN'T DOING ANYTHING CUZ THERE AREN'T ANY RULES.
UH, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ADD THAT, UH, UH, COMMISSIONER THOMPSON, UH, TOTALLY AGREED.
AND I DON'T THINK IT'S NECESSARILY, UH, ON, ON THE DEVELOPER SIDE, LIKE, UH, A DIABOLICAL NEFARIOUS INTENT OR ANYTHING, I THINK, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES TIMELINES AND WANTING TO JUST BUILD THINGS BASED ON THE ECONOMIC VARIABLES YOU HAVE IN YOUR HAND AND KNOW IS, IS IMPORTANT.
AND I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF VALUE IN WHAT YOU'RE SAYING ABOUT HOW DANGEROUS IT COULD BE FOR THAT TO BE A SLIPPERY SLOPE.
UM, AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE CURRENT PROJECT THOUGH, YOU KNOW, THAT'S NOT WHERE WE'RE HERE TO DISCUSS, DOES BRING SUBSTANTIAL COMMUNITY BENEFITS, JUST MAYBE NOT IN THE WAY OF, UH, UH, PROPOSED AFFORDABLE HOUSING, BUT ALL THAT SAID, UH, WHEN YOU, UH, WERE SUGGESTING, YOU KNOW, THAT WE'RE, YOU'RE GLAD THIS IS ON OUR RADAR AND THAT WE CAN DO MORE.
I DO WANNA SAY THAT YOU HAVE, UH, ALREADY DONE SOMETHING VERY, UH, SIGNIFICANT.
AND THAT WAS THAT YOU SUPPORTED, UH, AND VOTED FOR, UH, CHAIR POPS, UH, RECOMMENDATION, UH, UH, AUTHORED RECOMMENDATION, WHICH I BELIEVE MOST OF THE BOARD, UH, WHO WAS IN ATTENDANCE VOTED, UH, UNANIMOUSLY, UH, TO SUPPORT THAT RECOMMENDATION THAT, UH, THE CITY REALLY, UH, UH, TAKE NOTE AND DOUBLE DOWN ON ENSURING THAT AFFORDABLE HOUSING WOULD BE INTEGRATED VERY INTENTIONALLY AND WITH THE ASPIRATIONAL 20% GOAL ON THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT.
AND IT RECOGNIZED THE RISK OF THESE INDIVIDUAL, UH, APPLICATIONS, IF YOU WILL, OR THE PODS, IT RECOGNIZED THE RISK OF THOSE.
SO WHAT YOU JUST SAID WAS MEMORIALIZED IN THE RECOMMENDATION THAT, UH, THAT YOU VOTED FOR.
AND SO YOU'VE ALREADY DONE A GREAT DEAL OF A, UH, FOR IT.
AND I THINK, UH, JUST THE ANALYSIS THAT YOU'RE SHARING TODAY IS FURTHERING US EVEN, EVEN THAT MUCH MORE.
LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE ASKED A LOT OF QUESTIONS AND IT'S TIME TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM.
UH, THANK YOU SO WELL FOR COMING OVER THIS EVENING.
THANKS FOR HAVING ME APPRECIATE Y'ALL'S UH, Y'ALL'S TIME.
[WORKING GROUP/COMMITTEE UPDATES]
IS AN UPDATE ON THE SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE.COMMISSIONER FALU IS NOT WITH US, SO THERE'S NO UPDATE.
SO NO UPDATE ON ITEM SIX, ITEM SEVEN, UPDATE FROM THE HOUSING INVESTMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE, COMMISSIONER GARRETT.
UM, WE DON'T HAVE OUR NEXT MEETING UNTIL I BELIEVE NEXT MONTH AND ITEM EIGHT, UPDATE FROM THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT ADVISORY BOARD.
I THINK WE'VE HIT OUR QUOTA ON SOUTH CENTRAL FOR TONIGHT.
[FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS]
TEACHER AGENDA ITEMS I WANTED, UM, CAN I, SORRY, COMMISSIONER GARRETT, CAN I SPEAK? SURE.UM, CAN I GET AN UPDATE? I'D LIKE IF THE OP SUSTAINABILITY WOULD BE ABLE TO PROVIDE A PRESENTATION ON THE STATE OF THE FOOD REPORT THAT CAME OUT RECENTLY, UM, AND, UM, I'LL CHECK WITH, I'M MOST INTERESTED IF THE COMMITTEE AROUND THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING BOND, THAT'S GONNA BE ON THE BALLOT.
IF THEY CAN JUST PRESENT, I ACTS CITY LEGAL, IF THAT'S LEGAL, UM, AND I'LL FOLLOW BACK UP WITH, UM, YOU AND THE CHAIR.
UM, AND THEN I HAD, IF THE, SOMEONE FROM THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE WOULD BE INTERESTED IN PROVIDING A PRESENTATION JUST ON, UM, THE 20, 22 23 BUDGET THAT WAS PASSED BY COUNCIL, LIKE THE UPDATES, UM, ANY SHIFT OF MOVEMENT PRIORITIES, THAT SORT OF
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DEAL.AND STAFF MAKE NOTE OF THOSE ITEMS. YEP.
AND ALSO I THINK, UH, FOR FUTURE ITEMS, WE NEED MORE THAN ONE.
WE NEED TWO LIKE COMMISSIONERS SAYING YES.
THAT THEY WANNA HEAR ON THOSE TOPICS.
SO IF THERE'S, UH, SECONDS ON THOSE, THAT'D BE GREAT.
I, I, I SECOND, THOSE, THIS IS, UH, COMMISSIONER MO 20.
COMMISSIONER THOMPSON ALSO AND COMMISSIONER THOMPSON.
UM, COULD WE HAVE, AND AGAIN, THIS AND THE, FROM THE STAFF, I KNOW THAT THE ST JOHN'S AREA USED TO HAVE LIKE A BACK TO SCHOOL, UM, EVENT THAT WAS DONE THROUGH, I DUNNO IF IT WAS THROUGH PARKS AND REC OR WHATEVER.
UM, I WAS CONCERNED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S NOT, I HAVEN'T HEARD MUCH ABOUT IT AND I DIDN'T KNOW IF IT WAS ABOUT TO FALL OFF THE WAIST OFF OF OUR RADAR, OR IF THERE'S ANYBODY COULD GET BACK TO US ON THAT.
UM, IF I CAN GET SOMEBODY ELSE TO SAY THEY WERE INTERESTED IN THAT THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
ARE YOU REFERRING TO THE HOPE FEST? IS THAT IT MIGHT BE THE HOPE FEST.
WAS IT OVER AT ST JOHN'S OR ST JOHN'S AREA? COMMISSIONER GARRETT.
YEAH, I THINK IT'S RUN BY AUSTIN VOICES.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF PARKS AND REX WAS INVOLVED WITH IT OR, OR IF THERE WAS, I JUST, WASN'T SURE IT'S BEEN A WHILE.
AND I, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT AS WE RETURNED BACK TO QUOTE UNQUOTE NORMAL PREVIOUSLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING, UM, THAT, THAT CONTINUES FOR THAT AREA.
SO IS THAT SOMETHING YOU WANNA PUT ON THE AGENDA FOR NEXT OR SOON OR? WELL, I JUST, IF, IF A STAFF COULD COME GIVE, GIVE US A REPORT ON IT MORE, I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF I'M ASKING THE RIGHT THING.
SO IS THIS SOMETHING YOU WERE GONNA DO MORE RESEARCH ON BEFORE ASKING TO PUT IT ON THE AGENDA OR SOMETHING YOU'D LIKE TO GET ON THE AGENDA? I WOULD LIKE FOR THEM, I WOULD LIKE FOR, UM, STAFF TO GIVE US MORE, GIVE ME, AND IT DOESN'T EVEN HAVE TO BE ON THE AGENDA.
THEY COULD JUST SEND IT TO ME.
UM, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, UM, THEY COULD JUST SEND TO ME DIRECTLY.
IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE ON THE AGENDA.
WE CAN ASK, WE CAN ASK AROUND.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, THAT, THAT DIS THAT AREA DOESN'T LOSE WHAT THEY'VE ALREADY HAD BECAUSE SO MUCH IS GOING ON AND WE CAN TAKE OUR EYE OFF THE BALL.
AND IT'S IMPORTANT THAT SINCE I REPRESENT THAT AREA, THAT I'M, I'M INTENTIONAL, THAT I CONTINUE TO SAY NO, NO, WE HAVE TO KEEP, WE DON'T WANNA LOSE WHAT WE HAVEN'T BEEN USING BECAUSE OF OUR CURRENT, UM, OR PAST COVID SITUATION.
ANYTHING ELSE? I'VE GOT A COUPLE, UH, CHAIR POP, IF I MAY.
COMMISSIONER WAN AND THIS IS, THIS IS COMMISSIONER WAN AND, UH, ONE OF THEM IS, UH, CARRYOVER FROM ONE WE WERE HOPING TO PLAN FOR THIS MONTH.
COMMISSIONER GARCIA HAD REQUESTED A DISCUSSION ON, UM, THE IMPLICATIONS OF ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, UH, UH, THROUGH THE LENS OF, UH, HOUSING DEVELOPMENT.
AND SO WE WERE WORKING TO GET THE PANEL TOGETHER FOR THAT, UH, AND HOPING TO GET THAT ON NEXT MONTH'S AGENDA.
UM, AND THE, OF COURSE THERE WERE SPEAKERS EARLIER TODAY, UH, AND IT SEEMED LIKE THEY WANTED TO DO A PRESENTATION.
AND SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE TO NOTE THAT AS WELL, UM, OR AT LEAST REACHING OUT TO THEM, UH, FOR THAT, UH, DOC, UH, I BELIEVE, UH, DR.
AL UH, UH, PROFESSOR AL, UH, WHO HAD PRESENTED AS WELL AS WHO HAD SPOKEN AS WELL AS TWO OTHER SPEAKERS.
I SECOND THAT ONE, UH, ALSO, I DON'T KNOW.
UM, I DON'T HAVE MY NOTES WITH ME RIGHT NOW, BUT, UH, HOW AND PLANNING THEY WERE PUTTING, UM, THEY WERE GOING TO GIVE US FROM JULY.
THEY GAVE US THIS PRESENTATION ABOUT THE NONPROFITS, UH, ORGANIZATIONS THAT WERE, THEY WERE, UM, AND THE 8 MILLION PROJECT.
I DON'T HAVE MY NOTES WITH ME, BUT THEY TOLD US THAT THEY WERE GIVING US THE DATA FOR ALL THE NONPROFITS THAT APPLIED FOR THE PROGRAM AND HOW THEY DECIDED WHAT NONPROFIT THEY'RE GOING TO OR
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OTHER, UH, WERE GOING TO DESIGN THE MONEY TO THAT RELATES TO PROJECT CONNECT UHHUH, THE 8 MILLION EXTRA THAT THEY WERE GIVEN TO THE PROJECT THAT I DON'T REMEMBER THE NAME RIGHT NOW, BUT THE PROJECT THAT THEY WERE GIVEN TO THE NONPROFIT TO STUDY AND GIVE, UH, UH, IMPLEMENT PLANS.SO CAN WE SEE IF COMMISSIONER ALIAS CAN INCLUDE THAT IN HIS REPORT? I BELIEVE THEY WERE CALLED LIKE COMMUNITY INITIATED PROJECTS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
WELL, THERE SEEMS TO BE NO FURTHER BUSINESS.
SO IS THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? SECOND I SECOND.
ANY OPPOSED?
YOU ALL ARE SO DAYS UP BEND DOWN TO COME LIKE ON A CON, YOU GOT MOST REMEMBER SOME DON'T TURN.
NOTHING IS TOO MUCH TO, AND THERE THE, THE, THE.