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LET'S GO AHEAD AND CONVENE THE AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION MEETING.UM, HERE TODAY ON OCTOBER 27TH, 2022, WE HAVE A QUORUM OF THE DIRECTORS PRESENT.
WE ARE IN THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS HERE AT CITY HALL.
UH, WE'RE CONVENING FOR THE, FOR THE PURPOSE THIS MORNING OF, OF CALLING FOR SPEAKERS.
UH, I THINK WE HAD ONE SIGN UP.
WHAT WOULD YOU CALL THAT SPEAKER? WE HAVE ONE REMOTE AND WE DO HAVE A COUPLE IN PERSON, I BELIEVE.
WE'LL CALL THOSE TWO HERE IN JUST A SECOND.
THE FIRST REMOTE SPEAKER, TRACY FINE FOR ITEM TWO.
I'M A SENIOR DIRECTOR OF HOUSING AT NATIONAL CHURCH RESIDENCES.
I AM WORKING ON ARBS AT CREEKSIDE AND I'M AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS AND REALLY APPRECIATE AFCS SUPPORT FOR THE RENOVATION AND PRESERVATION OF THIS PROJECT.
I'M AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS IF NEEDED.
LET ME SWITCH TO IN PERSON REAL QUICK.
BRIAN COOK, FOLLOWED BY GN LTRO.
BRIAN COOK, ARE YOU HERE? GNE LTL.
FOLLOWED BY GNE WILL BE JOYCE MCGEE.
THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR YOUR PATIENCE.
UM, HELLO, MY NAME IS JEANNIE TTRA.
I HAVE LIVED AT ARBOR'S AT CREEKSIDE SINCE 2015, AND I AM A MEMBER OF THE ARBOR'S RESIDENCE ASSOCIATION.
I SUPPORT THE BONDS BECAUSE ARBOR'S WAS BUILT 20 YEARS AGO AND HAS NOT BEEN MAINTAINED.
IT'S SUBSTANDARD HOUSING AND NO MONEY HAS BEEN INVESTED IN IT EXCEPT FOR WHAT THE CITY HAS DONE SINCE THEY TOOK OVER.
THESE BONDS ARE REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE THE COMPLEX NEEDS A MAJOR OVERHAUL IN INVESTMENT.
MANY OF US ARE LIVING WITH AIR CONDITIONING AND ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS, ELEVATORS THAT ARE CONSTANTLY GOING OUT AND SERIOUS SECURITY ISSUES.
THE ROOF FLEET LIKE SIVS, AND THERE'S MOLD EVERYWHERE.
WE'RE SENIORS WHO'VE WORKED HARD ALL OUR LIVES AND NOW WHEN WE SHOULD BE REAPING THE REWARDS WE'RE LEFT, WHICH IS SCRAPED BY AND LIVING CONDITIONS THAT NO ONE SHOULD HAVE TO ENDURE.
I'M REALLY THANKFUL FOR ALL THE INVESTMENTS THE CITY HAS MADE, MADE SO FAR, BUT THE BONDS ARE REALLY NEEDED SO THAT WE CAN STOP PATCHING AND START ACTUALLY REPAIRING THINGS AND MAKING ARBS INTO A HAPPY HOME AGAIN.
HELLO, MY NAME IS JOYCE MCKEE.
I'M A MEMBER OF THE ARBS RESIDENT ASSOCIATION.
I FEEL IN SUPPORT THE PASSION OF THE BOND FOR REHAB AND THE IMPROVEMENT OF OUR COMPLEX THE UNITS, REPAIRS, SECURITY ELEVATORS, LIGHTING, INTERIOR DOORS, FLOORING, AND MAKE UNITS MORE HEALTHY TO LIVE IN, MAKE OUR LIVES MORE COMFORTABLE.
GOD BLESS AND HAVE A BLESSED DAY.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO TELL Y'ALL, THANK YOU FOR COMING DOWN TODAY.
I JUST, I THINK THE TIMING FOR THE ARBOR'S AT CREEKSIDE RESIDENCE IS PRETTY SERENDIPITOUS AS WE HAVE AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA TODAY THAT TALKS ABOUT RESIDENTS ORGANIZING.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL REMEMBER, ONE OF THE FIRST CALLS I GOT WHEN I TOOK OFFICE WAS FROM THE RESIDENTS AT PRIMROSE AND THEY TOLD ME TO COME TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION MEETING AND THEY HAD SOME THINGS THEY, THEY WANTED TO SHOW ME AND SOME THINGS THEY WANTED TO TELL ME.
AND SO JUST SORT OF FAST FORWARD FOUR YEARS, I'M REALLY, I'M REALLY VERY PROUD TO SEE THAT THE TIME AND THE EFFORT THAT A GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO DESCRIBE THEMSELVES AS SENIORS ON FIXED INCOMES, BUT WHO WOULD NOT ACCEPT LESS THAN WHAT THEY DESERVE.
I REMEMBER THAT VERY DISTINCTLY AND IT MADE ME VERY PROUD TO BE IN THE ROOM.
I REALLY, REALLY AM JUST GRATEFUL THAT WE HAVE ARRIVED AT THIS PLACE AND I WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU FOR YOUR FIERCE ADVOCACY FOR YOURSELVES AND FOR YOUR NEIGHBORS.
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THANK YOU, MR. PENA.UH, GOOD MORNING TO EVERYBODY.
UH, THE EVICTIONS, UH, WORK WITH THE, UH, COMMUNITY ON THAT BECAUSE THERE'S TOO MANY, UH, EVICTIONS GOING ON.
UH, NUMBER 23, UH, UH, APPROVE AN ORDINANCE, A AMEND, UH, CITY CODE FOUR 14 RELATED TO NOTICES OF PROPOSED, UH, EVICTION.
UH, NUMBER 31 AUTHORIZED THE EXEC EXECUTION, UH, WITH SUNRISE CHURCH, WHO PROVIDE, UH, STREET OUTREACH SERVICES.
I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE SPEAKING AT THE RIGHT TIME.
OH, I WANNA GIVE YOU A CHANCE.
COMMENTS ON THE AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION AGENDA RIGHT NOW, WHICH JUST HAS TWO ITEMS. I'LL CALL YOU IN JUST A MOMENT TO SPEAK ON THE AGENDA.
WHYT, DO I JUST DON'T WANT IT TO BE LOST.
DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS THAT ARE SIGNED UP? THE AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION? THE TWO ITEMS ON THE AGENDA ARE TO, TO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING.
ANYBODY ELSE SIGN UP TO SPEAK? I HAVE A DEBBIE KAISER AND THAT'S THE LAST ONE.
AND THEN WE'LL SEE IF WE CAN CLOSE OUT THIS MEETING.
I'M THE FOUNDER AND CEO OF IMAGINE ART, AND I JUST WANNA THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SUPPORT FOR THE LIVE MAKE APARTMENT PROJECT AND I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT I'M HERE TODAY IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT PROJECT.
ANYONE ELSE SIGN UP TO SPEAK? THAT'S ALL WE HAD REGISTERED.
IS ANYBODY ELSE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THE, UH, AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION AGENDA ITEMS? HEARING NONE.
I THINK STAFF, WE JUST CLOSED THOSE, UH, PUBLIC HEARINGS AND THEN THAT'S THE ONLY ITEMS WE HAVE FOR ACTION TODAY.
IS THAT CORRECT? MANDY DE MAYO AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION.
YOU HAVE THREE ITEMS ON YOUR AGENDA.
ONE IS APPROVING THE MEETING MINUTES FOR THE SEPTEMBER 29TH BOARD MEETING AND THEN THE TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS, WHICH YOU CAN CLOSE OUT.
AND I'M HAPPY TO LAY OUT THOSE TWO ITEMS FOR YOUR APPROVAL.
UH, THE CONSENT AGENDA CONSISTS OF ALL THREE ITEMS WE'VE HAD THE HEARING, SO WE WOULD BE CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR TODAY AND WE WOULD BE APPROVING THE MINUTES.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA? UH, BEAR PRO TE MAKE THE DIRECTOR ALTAR MAKES THE MOTION.
DIRECTOR ELLIS SECONDS THAT, UH, MOTION ANY DISCUSSION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU NEED TO LAY OUT FOR THE RECORD BEFORE WE TAKE A VOTE? UH, NO.
I JUST WANT TO PROFUSELY THANK THE RESIDENTS OF ARB AT CREEKSIDE WHO HAVE EXHIBITED ENORMOUS PATIENCE AND GRACE AS WE HAVE WORKED THROUGH, UH, GETTING THIS PROJECT TO FRUITION.
WE'RE REALLY EXCITED, UM, ABOUT THE RENOVATIONS THAT ARE GONNA TAKE PLACE AND THE IMPROVEMENTS IN THE COMMUNITY, AND I AM CONFIDENT THAT IT IS GOING TO BE A SHOWCASE COMMUNITY FOR SENIOR HOUSING IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
WE'RE THRILLED TO BE PARTNERING WITH, UH, NCR, WHICH IS A NATIONAL NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT FOCUSES ON SENIOR HOUSING.
UH, I THINK IT'S JUST GONNA BE A GREAT PARTNERSHIP, UM, AND GOOD THINGS TO COME.
SO THANK YOU TO THE RESIDENTS.
UH, THANK YOU TO BAA, UM, FOR REALLY, UH, WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE RESIDENTS AND WITH US AS WE GO THROUGH THIS.
ALL THREE ITEMS HAVE BEEN MOVED IN.
AND I, I REALLY WANT TO THANK THE STAFF FOR THE, THE DEVELOPMENT THERE ON TILLERY STREET.
UH, WE HAVE WORKED ON THIS ISSUE FOR YEARS.
EVEN WHEN I WAS ON THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION, WE HAD DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY AND IT HAD SET THERE VACANT FOR TOO MANY YEARS.
UH, SO I WANT TO THANK THE STAFF FOR BRINGING IT AND FINALLY GETTING THIS DONE.
AND I DIDN'T MEAN TO EXCLUDE LIVE MAKE HOUSING.
THAT WAS A SOLICITATION, UH, THAT A H F C PUT OUT A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.
WE ARE EXCITED THAT THAT IS COMING TO FRUITION.
THAT'S GONNA BE 66 UNITS OF HOUSING, UM, INCLUDING HOUSING FOR ARTISTS.
SO THANK, THANK YOU AS DIRECTOR KELLY.
UM, PLEASE LET THE RECORD REFLECT I WILL BE VOTING NO ON ITEM THREE ON A A H FFC AGENDA.
ANYTHING ELSE BEFORE WE VOTE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? LET'S TAKE A VOTE.
THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
THOSE OPPOSED? IT'S UNANIMOUS DIRECTORS WITH THE NOTATION MADE AND WITH COUNCIL AND WITH DIRECTOR BELLA OF THE DA.
UH, THAT YES, COUNCIL BARBARA, I'M SORRY I MISSED THE EARLIER OPPORTUNITY TO DO THIS, BUT I ALSO WANTED TO THANK, UM, ALL OF THOSE, OUR STAFF AND YOU KNOW, THE MANY RESIDENTS THROUGH THE YEARS, UM, OF PRIMROSE WHO HAVE ADVOCATED FOR A BETTER SOLUTION THERE FOR THEIR FAMILIES.
UM, BEFORE WHEN WE WERE THE AT LARGE COUNCIL, I ALSO WORKED WITH, WITH, UM, RENTERS IN THAT
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FACILITY.IT WAS SO LONG OVERDUE AND I JUST APPRECIATE, UM, SO VERY MUCH THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO HAVE CONTINUED TO ADVOCATE FOR THEMSELVES AND THEIR NEIGHBORS.
OKAY WITH THAT THEN AT, UH, 10 54, THIS MEETING ALSO HAS FINANCE CORPORATION IS ADJOURN.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION, MA'AM.
SORRY, I DIDN'T MEAN, LET ME GO AHEAD AND I DIDN'T MEAN TO INTERVIEW.
WHICH MEETING DO YOU WANNA SPEAK IN, IN THE COUNTS MEETING? OKAY.
UH, WITH THAT MEETING ADJOURNED, LET'S GO.