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[CALL TO ORDER]
I'M GOING TO CALL THE ROLL MIS, UH, CHAIR MAT.DID STAFF CATCH ALL OF THOSE? YES.
GARCIA, MR. GARCIA JUST JOINED? YES, I'M HERE.
[PUBLIC COMMUNICATION: GENERAL]
IS THERE ONE ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK? NOT FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING THAT WE'LL BE HAVING, BUT IN GENERAL ABOUT ANOTHER MATTER THAT'S NOT PART OF THE PUBLIC HEARING.MS. MACIEL, WOULD YOU LIKE TO MARCIEL, WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION COMMUNICATION RIGHT HERE? YES.
I AM A RESIDENT OF THE ALRIDGE 51 APARTMENTS.
UM, I'M HERE JUST TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE OF MY SITUATION AT THESE APARTMENTS AND COMMENTS ON THESE, UH, SO-CALLED RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS. I CALL IT AS SUCH BECAUSE THERE'S NO, THERE'S NO BACKBONE TO WHAT THE CITY OF AUSTIN SAYS ABOUT ASSISTANCE ON RENTALS, ON, ON RENTAL ASSISTANCE.
UM, BUT LET ME GO BACK TO ALRIDGE 51.
OKAY? I DID CONTACT CHERYL CROW, NO, CROW COLE.
AND, UM, AND I DID CONTACT THE ALRIDGE 51 MANAGEMENT, UH, FOR, I GUESS IT'S BEEN LIKE, MAYBE ALMOST A YEAR.
THEY NEVER RESPONDED TO ME, BUT UNTIL I STARTED CALLING, UM, PEOPLE WHO ARE IMPORTANT IN THIS, IN THIS, UH, IN THIS, IN THE CITY, UH, WHO ARE LEADERS, UH, NOW I'M BEGINNING.
I'M GETTING ALL THE ATTENTION THAT I NEED.
ALL OF A SUDDEN, UM, THIS FACILITY LOOKS GREAT FROM THE OUTSIDE.
IT'S WHAT HAPPENS IN THE INSIDE.
MUELLER IS A VERY, UH, VERY TIGHT-KNIT TYPE OF, OF, UH, COMMUNITY.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, YOU GOTTA REALIZE THAT YOU WON'T SEE A LOT OF HOMELESS PEOPLE AROUND THERE.
BUT WHEN IT COMES TO THE GARAGE AND, UM, I, I RECEIVED A REPORT FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, HOW MANY ROBBERIES WE HAVE HAD IN THE PAST YEAR.
THEY'VE BROKEN INTO, INTO, INTO CARS THAT, THAT HAVE, UM, UH, DISABLED PLAQUES.
THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING.
THERE'S NO PROTECTION WHATSOEVER THAT HAPPENS AT THESE FACILITIES, AT MY, THIS FACILITY ESPECIALLY.
BUT I DID GET A RESPONSE, LIKE I SAID, FROM, FROM THE REPRESENTATIVE.
AND, UM, THEY'RE WORKING WITH ME BECAUSE THERE IS BLACK MOLD IN BETWEEN THE WALLS.
AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY WERE GONNA DO, UH, THEY WERE GONNA DO SOME KIND
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OF STUDY ABOUT THE BLACK MOLD.I JUST WANNA BE, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THEY LET ME KNOW ABOUT THAT BLACK MOLD.
UM, BUT THERE'S A, LIKE I SAID, THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT DON'T SPEAK UP BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANNA LOSE THEIR APARTMENTS.
AND, UH, IT'S, IT'S A SCARY SITUATION.
I'M AT THE POINT WHERE I JUST WANNA PROTECT MY HEALTH, AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR ME.
AND, UM, I ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS COMMISSION REALLY WORKS AT WHAT THE NEEDS OF THE RESIDENTS ARE IN THESE HOUSING FACILITIES, BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT OKAY.
AND, AND I HOPE THAT YOU CAN, CAN GO INTO THESE FACILITIES AND ASK THE REAL PEOPLE, NOT THAT, THAT THE MANAGEMENT, BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT GONNA TELL YOU, BUT THE REAL PEOPLE THAT LIVE THERE.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK? NO.
DO YOU HAVE A NEW COMMISSIONER JOINING US? YES.
CAN YOU HEAR ME? UM, MS. MANEL.
UM, I DO WANNA RESPOND TO COMMISSIONER DELGADO.
UH, I'M, I'M NOT SURE IF, IF YOU WERE AWARE THAT OUR, OUR OFFICE DID CONTACT, UH, THE APARTMENT COMPLEX, AND I WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE, UH, TO THAT EMAIL THAT WAS SENT TO ALL THE COMMISSIONERS, UH, REGARDING THIS.
SO, IF, IF I MAY, I WOULD LIKE TO JUST READ A LITTLE BIT FOLLOWING THE MARCH 14TH MEETING STAFF REACH OUT TO D M A TO ADDRESS THE CONCERNS.
LIZ LOGAN, REGIONAL MANAGER EXPRESS CONCERN AND NOTED THE FOLLOWING.
WE HAVE TWO SEPARATE EPISODES OF VEHICLES BEING TAMPERED WITH THE GARAGE, ALTHOUGH, UH, AND THE HANDICAP SPOTS, UH, WE'RE SPECIFICALLY TARGETED, BUT MANY OF THE HANDICAPPED SPOTS ARE ON THE BOTTOM FLOOR OF THE GARAGE.
AND ALTHOUGH WE'RE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR RESIDENTS VEHICLES, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO HELP OUT WITH FOLKS WHO HAVE REACHED OUT TO OUR OFFICE AND STAFF.
ADDITIONALLY, D M A, UH, COMMITTED TO SENDING OUT A REMINDER NOTICE TO ALL RESIDENTS AND DOORS THAT SHOULD, UH, YOU KNOW, ON, ON THEIR DOORS, UH, REGARDING THIS ISSUE.
THE DOORS IN THE GATES AND THE ELEVATORS ARE ALL INSPECTED AND REPAIRED REGULARLY.
UH, MR. WHITMER, UH, REACHED OUT LAST WEEK TO INFORM US THAT THE ELEVATORS ARE NOW ALL WORKING PROPERLY.
WE HAVE YET TO CONFIRM THAT EITHER D M A OR MS. MARCEL HAVE MADE CONTACT WITH EACH OTHER.
UH, WE WILL CONTINUE TO PRESS DMA TO DISCUSS THESE ISSUES WITH THE RESIDENTS.
UM, AND THIS IS BY, UH, JAMIE MAY, HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT OFFICER AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE, UH, CORPORATION HOUSING AND PLANNING DEVELOPMENT.
SO, I JUST WANTED TO RESPOND TO YOU CUZ YOU DID COME TO OUR BOARD OF COMMISSION LAST MONTH AND BROUGHT THESE CONCERNS TO US.
SOME OF THEM DID GET ADDRESSED.
UH, I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING ABOUT THE MOLD AND I'M NOT QUITE SURE.
UM, AND I, I'M GONNA ASK, TURN TO THE DIAS RIGHT NOW.
WHO'S THE COMMISSIONER THAT'S OVER THE MUELLER AIRPORT AREA? I KNOW I'M NOT THE COMMISSIONER, BUT ON THIS DIAS, WHO'S OUR COMMISSIONER THAT'S OVER HER APARTMENT COMPLEX.
DISTRICT ONE I, NO, DISTRICT NINE.
I WAS GONNA SAY I'M NOT FAMILIAR.
YEAH, IF IS, I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE AIRPORT, BUT THAT MAY JUST BE MY IGNORANCE IN TERMS OF THAT.
SO WHAT'S DISTRICT NINE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS THOUGH? THAT'S, THAT'S NINE.
SO WHOEVER, UH, IS IN THAT AREA, WHO'S, WHO'S THAT COMMISSIONER? WE DON'T HAVE A COMMISSIONER IN DISTRICT.
SO IN, BUT IN THAT DEMOGRAPHIC AREA, DISTRICT, NOT A CDC.
IN, IN THAT ZONING AREA ON AIRPORT? YES, SIR.
ONLY, UM, LIKE FIVE COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE REPRESENTED ON THIS SPOT.
AND THE DEMOGRAPHIC AREA OF WHERE MS. MARCEL LIVES, THERE IS A COMMISSIONER THAT OVERSIGHTS THAT AREA.
SO, ON THIS DIAS, WHO IS THAT COMMISSIONER? DOES, DO, DO Y'ALL KNOW YOUR DEMOGRAPHIC AREAS FROM ST.
AND, UM, WHAT'S YOUR CROSS STREET? ST 51ST.
SO WE MIGHT HAVE A VACANCY CUZ WE DO HAVE, WE DO HAVE ABOUT FOUR VACANCIES.
SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE, UM, MS. MARCEL, CUZ YOU ARE A RESIDENT, AND THIS IS YOUR SECOND TIME HERE, THAT WE ARE ADDRESSING THESE CONCERNS TO THE COMMISSIONER THAT OVERSIGHTS YOUR AREA.
SO I GUESS WE CAN TAKE THAT BACK TO, I GUESS, BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, YOU KNOW, NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING STAFF, SOMEBODY TO BE ABLE TO TELL US IF
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HER AREA'S BEING REPRESENTED BY A COMMISSIONER.BUT WE, WE ARE GONNA, CAN I SPY TO SOMETHING YOU SAID? YOU SEE THIS BOB, IT MEANS NOTHING.
IT DOESN'T MEAN A THING BECAUSE WHEN YOU GO INTO THE GARAGE, IT'S OPEN.
IT DOESN'T WORK TO GET INTO THE BUILDING, TO THE FLOORS, YOU HAVE TO USE A FOB.
IT DOESN'T WORK BECAUSE NOW THE DOORS WORK.
AND THE ELEVATOR, WE ONLY HAVE ONE ELEVATOR WORKING.
NOW ALL OF A SUDDEN WE HAVE TWO, WHICH IS A MIRACLE.
THAT'S, THAT'S A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
OKAY? THAT'S A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
I WILL RECOGNIZE WHEN IT IS, WHEN IT IS SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE TO BE ADDRESSED.
AND I, AND I, AND I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THEY TRY TO DO, BUT YOU HAVE TO, YOU HAVE TO THINK AS COMMISSIONERS THAT THESE PEOPLE, THEY, THEY HAVE THEIR HANDS ON ALL THESE LOW INCOME HOUSING FACILITIES, INCLUDING R B J, THE NEW LADY BIRD.
AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT JUST, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY THINK THAT THEY OWN THE BUILDINGS THEMSELVES, BUT I TELL YOU WHAT, THERE'S A LACK OF COMMUNICATION AND RESPECT TO RESIDENTS WHEN IT COMES TO, TO APPROACHING THEM WITH COMPLAINTS OF WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.
BECAUSE THEY LOOK AT THE, THEY LOOK DOWN AT YOU AND THEY DON'T RESPECT YOU AS A PERSON.
BUT I'LL BE DAMNED IF I'M NOT GONNA BE RESPECTED BECAUSE I WORKED ALL MY LIFE AND I AM WHERE I AM RIGHT NOW FOR A REASON.
IT'S NOT BECAUSE I WANTED TO BE THERE.
IT'S WHERE I AM AT THE MOMENT.
SO I, I DEMAND TO BE RESPECTED FROM THESE PEOPLE.
BUT I TELL YOU WHAT, RESIDENTS LIKE ME NEED TO BE RESPECTED.
AND Y'ALL ARE HERE FOR A REASON.
AND I WANNA HOLD Y'ALL ACCOUNTABLE TOO.
I WANNA AUDIT DONE ON, ON THESE, UH, ON THESE PEOPLE ARE DMA.
I DO, I WANNA SEE WHAT THEY DO WITH THEIR MONEY, BECAUSE LET ME TELL YOU WHAT, THEY'RE NOT SPENDING IT ON THEIR, ON THEIR FACILITIES TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE, THAT THEY PROTECT THE RESIDENTS THAT LIVE THERE.
OH, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, HAVE YOU SEEN CODE ENFORCEMENT ON YOUR PROPERTY? NO.
THAT'S GONNA BE THE NEXT, UH, THING THAT I WOULD INFORM YOU TO, UH, NOTIFY, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW THEY ARE WORKING WITH THIS APARTMENT AT ANCHORAGE AND MAINER ROAD, WHERE THESE PEOPLE HAVE HAD BURGLARIES OF THEIR MAILBOXES.
EVERYTHING HAS BEEN DESTROYED AND EVERYTHING.
NOW, CODE ENFORCEMENT WENT IN THERE, WROTE 'EM UP TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY GO BACK AND REPAIR.
SOME OF THE PEOPLE WAS WITHOUT HOT WATER, SOME WAS WITH NO WATER AT ALL.
SO I'M RECOMMENDING THAT Y'ALL, UH, LOOK INTO CODE ENFORCEMENT TO COME IN THERE TO YOU.
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS CALL THE NUMBER AND SAY, I LIVE AT THIS ADDRESS.
AND THEY SEND THE SHAMIS NOW WITH THAT MOLD, THAT BLACK MOLD THAT THEY'RE DISCUSSING THAT'S INSIDE OF THE WALLS, WHICH WHEN THEY WAS BUILDING THAT COMPLEX, THEY DECIDED, BUT THEY DON'T COVER THE ROOF UNTIL IT IS TIME TO PUT THE SHINGLES UP THERE.
AND THAT'S WHY Y'ALL GOT BLACK MOLD IN THE WALL.
I, I APPRECIATE YOU, UH, I APPRECIATE YOU GOING OVER THERE.
I HEARD THAT YOU WENT OVER THERE.
I GOT LIKE A, A SENIOR, BUT I SHOW THEY DIDN'T GIVE ME NO RESPECT, NITA.
BUT SOME OF THE PEOPLE I
THERE'S NOT JUST MEXICAN AMERICANS, THERE'S AFRICAN AMERICANS, THERE'S, THERE'S ANGLOS IN THERE.
IT'S A MIX, YOU KNOW, BUT IT'S A LACK OF RESPECT FOR MAKING SURE THAT, THAT WE'RE SHAPING THOSE IN THOSE FACILITIES.
BUT EVEN WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU DO GET INFORM WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT, GIVE THEM EVERYTHING THAT Y'ALL HAVE THAT'S NOT WORKING.
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THAT NEEDS TO BE FIXED.BECAUSE THIS HERE, MY UNDERSTANDING, THIS HERE WAS A SECURED PREMISES, BUT NOW IT'S NOT.
IT'S, IT'S, THERE'S NOTHING SECURE ABOUT THAT BUILDING.
MY MY DAUGHTER WHO CAME TO VISIT HER TRUCK WAS STOLEN.
YOU KNOW, THERE'VE BEEN A LOT OF STOLEN VEHICLES.
THERE, THERE, THERE'S A LOT THERE.
AND SEE, THAT'S RIGHT AT THE, UH, THAT'S THE ENTRANCE OF COMING OFF OF MAINER ROAD ONTO, UH, TO, UH, BERKMAN ALL THE WAY OUT.
SO BERKMAN, UH, UH, BARBARA JORDAN HITS H HEB RIGHT THERE.
UM, BUT IT'S A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION THAT, THAT I'M LIVING IN.
AND, UH, I JUST HOPE THAT, THAT WE REALLY TAKE, TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT'S HAPPENING OUT, UH, HAPPENING ON THE HOUSING COMMUNITIES, BECAUSE THIS IS WHY WE'RE HERE.
I, I WOULD THINK THAT YOU REALLY, UH, GIVE YOUR INPUT AND, AND PAY ATTENTION TO, TO PEOPLE WHO, WHO REALLY CARE ABOUT THEIR SURROUNDINGS.
AND I KNOW THAT, THAT I HAVE A RIGHT TO SPEAK UP WITH WHAT I BELIEVE IN YOU DO.
I'M THE ONLY ONE THAT TAKES CARE OF ME.
YOU KNOW, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THAT WAS COMMISSIONER TOLLIVER.
UM, MR. BROWN, WELCOME TO THE COMMISSION.
I THINK THIS IS YOUR FIRST MEETING HERE.
WE'RE WE WELCOME YOU TO BE HERE.
I'M EXCITED TO, UM, TO SEE HOW I CAN, UH, LEND, UH, MY LIVED EXPERIENCE AND ALSO, UM, BE ABLE TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT REPRESENTS THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE.
DISTRICT NEXT IT, SO I'M IN, I LIVE IN DISTRICT ONE, BUT, UH, I DON'T, I HAVEN'T BEEN APPOINTED A DISTRICT.
IT SAYS THAT I'M A PUBLIC SECTOR APPOINTEE.
I'M A FOURTH GENERATION AUSTINITE, BORN AND RAISED IN EAST AUSTIN.
SO I'M ALWAYS GONNA REPRESENT MY EAST AUSTIN DISTRICT.
[APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
THE AGENDA IS APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.WE HAVE, I THINK THREE MONTHS WORTH OF MINUTES BEFORE US TONIGHT.
AND THERE WERE SOME ERRORS LAST MONTH.
THAT'S WHY WE HAVE SO MANY THIS MONTH.
AND SO TAKE A GOOD LOOK AND MAKE SURE IF IT SAYS YOU WERE THERE OR YOU WERE THERE, OR YOU DID SOMETHING, YOU DID THAT THING OR YOU DIDN'T DO THAT THING, YOU CAN CALL AND MAKE AN APPOINTMENT SEPTEMBER.
CAN I MAKE A NOTE HERE? CERTAINLY.
UM, I SEE IN OUR, UM, AGENDA FOR TODAY THAT IT INCLUDES THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM THE MARCH 14TH MEETING.
AND I DON'T SEE THOSE MINUTES INCLUDED IN OUR PACKET.
SO I JUST WANTED TO NOTE THAT WE'LL NEED TO COME BACK TO THOSE IN MAY AND NOT WE SHOULD, UM, MAKE A NOTE ON THE MEETING, THE MINUTES OF THIS MEETING THAT WE DIDN'T GET TO THAT, UNLESS I'M JUST MISSING THEM.
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IS THERE A MOTION ON THE DECEMBER MINUTES, MR. THOMPSON? SORRY ABOUT THAT.I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT THE DECEMBER MINUTES AS PROVIDED.
IS THERE A SECOND? AYE SECOND.
IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COMMISSIONER THOMPSON AND SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER TOLIVER TO APPROVE THE DECEMBER MINUTES.
ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS? AYE.
I'M ABSTAINING THE JANUARY MINUTES.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE JANUARY MINUTES CHAIR? OUR COMMISSIONER TOVER APPROVES JANUARY MINUTES.
IS THERE A SECOND? COMMISSIONER THOMPSON? I SECOND AND I SECOND, UM, THAT FOR COMMISS TO OLIVER.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COMMISSIONER TOLLIVER AND SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER THOMPSON TO APPROVE THE JANUARY MINUTES.
ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS? I ABSTAIN NOTED.
AND IT'S BEEN, UH, THERE ARE NO FEBRUARY MINUTES AND IT'S BEEN POINTED OUT, THERE'S AN ISSUE WITH THE MARCH MINUTES NOT BEING IN OUR PACKET.
MARCH MINUTES IS IN WITH DECEMBER AND JANUARY, MARCH.
MAYBE IT'S JUST THE ONLINE VERSION, BUT I HAVE TO MARCH MINUTES IN MINE.
I'M GONNA BE, THEY'RE FARTHER BACK.
IT, IT'S BEHIND THE FIRST PRESENTATION THEREAFTER.
SO THIS IS WHERE IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE.
SO THESE ARE THE DRAFT MINUTES FOR MARCH.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO TELL HIM.
SO DOES SOMEBODY WANNA MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MARCH MINUTES? I'M COMMISSION.
AND IS THERE SECOND COMMISSIONER TK SECOND.
ANY DISCUSSION? IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COMMISSIONER DELGADO AND SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER TOLIVER TO APPROVE THE MARCH MINUTES.
ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS? AYE.
NOTE THAT COMMISSIONER BROWN ABSTAINS.
[2. Appoint a representative and an alternate representative from the Community Development Commission to the Joint Sustainability Committee.]
NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS APPOINT A REPRESENTATIVE AND AN ALTERNATE TO THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION'S, UH, REPRESENTATIVE TO[00:25:01]
THE JOINT SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE.THIS IS SOMETHING THAT COMMISSIONER EO SERVED ON FOR SEVERAL YEARS.
IS THERE SOMEBODY WHO'S INTERESTED IN ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND SUSTAINABILITY IN BUILDINGS? WHO WOULD LIKE TO REPRESENT THAT PERSPECTIVE ON THAT COMMITTEE TOPIC THAT SOMETIMES IS ASSOCIATED WITH LOWER INCOME PEOPLE AND SOMETIMES IS NOT.
WOULD YOU BE INTERESTED IN THAT COMMITTEE TO COMMISSIONER TOLLIVER? UH, TAMMY IS ALMOST UP.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO WITH ME.
WELL, LET'S VISIT ABOUT THAT
UH, UH, I LIKE TO STAY WHERE I'M AT, UH, CHAIR.
THE REASON FOR IT IS THAT, UH, WITH THAT SUB, UH, SUBSTANTIAL MM-HMM.
COMMISSIONER BROWN, YOU WANNA JUMP IN AND JOIN A COMMITTEE? UH, NO.
I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE MOVE THIS TO ANOTHER DATE OR A NEXT MEETING SO I CAN MAYBE DO A LITTLE MORE RESEARCH, BUT NO, NOT AS OF NOW.
WELL, LET'S JUST TABLE THIS UNTIL NEXT MONTH.
[3. CDC annual Officer elections. Current officer terms will expire at the end of April with new terms beginning May 1, 2023. City Code requires that all boards/commissions elect at least a Chair and Vice Chair, but individual bylaws will include any other offices that may also need to be filled.]
ON THE AGENDA IS THE CDC ANNUAL OFFICER ELECTIONS.AND WE NEED TO DO THIS BECAUSE THE TERMS OF THE CURRENT OFFICERS ARE EXPIRING.
THE CURRENT OFFICERS OF THE CHAIR AND THE VICE CHAIR AND THOSE TERMS ARE EXPIRING AND THEY'VE BOTH OF HAVE REACHED THE END OF THEIR TERM LIMITS.
AND ALSO THERE ARE TERMS ON THE COMMISSION.
SO WE REALLY NEED SOME OFFICER ELECTIONS FOR NEW OFFICERS.
THERE ARE SOME PROCEDURES TO ELECTING OFFICERS THAT ARE A LITTLE DIFFERENT FROM OTHER ELECTIONS.
SO I WANTED TO ASK IF THE STAFF CAN EXPLAIN HOW BOARD AND COMMISSION OFFICER ELECTIONS LIKE OURS WORK.
SO THE QUESTION WAS WHETHER ED OR JAMIE OR RUNDOWN ON HOW OFFICER ELECTIONS WORK FOR THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION? WE WOULD, I CAN'T HEAR THEM.
ANGEL SHOULD BE, WHO HAVE WE GOT MR. ZAMBRANO TUNED BACK IN TO WHERE HE CAN HEAR US? YEAH, HE COULDN'T HEAR SO WE'RE WAITING.
HE CAN COMMUNICATE WITH US, BUT HE CAN'T HEAR US NOW.
CAN HEAR WE'VE BEEN, WE'VE HAVING A TECHNICAL DIFFICULTY OVER HERE.
WE WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO FIX THIS FOR LIKE THAT LAST 30 MINUTES AND WE, HE CAN HEAR, HE CAN HEAR US, BUT HE BUT WE CAN'T HEAR HIM.
NO, NO OTHER, OTHER WAY AROUND.
HE CAN'T HEAR US OTHER WAY AROUND.
THE COMMISSIONERS ARE APPOINTED BY THE COUNCIL MEMBERS.
WE DO HAVE A FEW VACANCIES AND WE'RE GETTING NEW COMMISSIONERS DAILY, SO WE DON'T APPOINT THEM BEING THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT.
THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, APPOINT THOSE SEAT, UH, PEOPLE FOR THOSE SEATS.
AND AS FAR AS VOTING FOR THE CHAIR AND THE VICE-CHAIR, IT'S REALLY, UM, ON THE COMMISSION TO, TO VOTE.
AND OF COURSE WE'RE RECORDED, BUT IT'S ON YOU GUYS TO VOTE.
NOMINATE SOMEBODY FOR CHAIR, AND THEN WE VOTE AND THEN NOMINATE SOMEBODY FOR VICE CHAIR AND THEN YOU GUYS VOTE AND WE RECORD IT.
I THINK THAT WAS, THAT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING.
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OUR OFFICER ELECTIONS ARE THAT, UH, EVERYBODY RUNS ONE AT A TIME.WHOEVER'S ELECTED HAS TO GET AT LEAST EIGHT VOTES.
AND SO, PERSON A WOULD, IF PERSON A, B, AND C ALL WANTED TO RUN, THEY WOULDN'T RUN IN ONE RACE.
AND IF PERSON A DIDN'T GET EIGHT VOTES, PERSON B WOULD RUN.
PERSON B DIDN'T GET EIGHT VOTES, PERSON C B WOULD RUN THAT.
THAT'S WHAT I THINK IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT FROM OTHER ELECTIONS.
THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING AS WELL.
MR. DELGADO, DID I SEE YOU MOVE TOWARDS THE MICROPHONE? YES.
ACTUALLY, I, I WANTED, UM, JUST STAFF, UH, MS. LETICIA BROWN, UM, CUZ SHE DIDN'T SAY HER NAME.
SO
UH, IF YOU ALL DON'T KNOW THAT.
UM, AND THAT'S HELD BY THE AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH, UH, DEPARTMENT, UH, WITH YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION OR CONTACT TEAM.
UH, SO THAT'S HOW, LIKE MYSELF, I'M AN ELECTED, UH, FROM MY COMMUNITY.
AND THEN THERE'S APPOINTEES AND OUR APPOINTEES ARE APPOINTED BY PRIVATE SECTOR OR, UM, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC SECTOR.
AND SO IF YOU ALL WANTED TO ASK HOW I, I HEARD THE CONVERSATIONS CUZ WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, WELL, HOW DO THEY GET REAPPOINTED? WELL, YOU'RE, WHOEVER APPOINTED, YOU KNOW, HAS TO BE NOTIFIED BY THE COMMISSION, NOT BY THE COMMISSIONER, BUT BY THIS BOARD OF COMMISSION, NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING AND AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH, THAT THEY'RE, UM, THAT, YOU KNOW, THEIR APPOINTEE SEAT, UH, CANDIDATE IS ALREADY EXPIRED AND THEY HAVE TO REAPPOINT SOMEONE BY GETTING AN APPLICATION FILLED OUT, SCREENED, ACCEPTED, AND THEN WHEN THEY ARE ACCEPTED, THEN THEY ARE MANDATORY TO ATTEND A CITY TRAINING AND BE SWORN IN UNDER OATH, UM, BEFORE THEY CAN EVEN COME AND SERVE.
SO I NOTICED THAT WHEN I DID, I DID REACH OUT TO THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
OBVIOUSLY I DON'T THINK THEY'RE HERE TODAY TO ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS.
THAT I FEEL THAT OUR COMMISSION, OUR BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, FOR YOU ALL TO KNOW AND UNDERSTAND THE LEGAL AND, AND THE WHOLE STRUCTURE OF, OF HOW YOU'RE ABLE TO SERVE ON THIS BODY.
I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT OUR, OUR OWN STAFF EDUCATE US AND BRING US THE TOOLS, UH, SO WE CAN KNOW AND WE CAN BE ABLE TO ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS TO THE PUBLIC.
CUZ THEY'LL ASK US, WELL, HOW DID YOU GET APPOINTED? WHO APPOINTED YOU? WHEN'S YOUR TURN UP? AND, AND WE NEED TO BE PREPARED TO BE ABLE TO RESPOND TO THOSE QUESTIONS FROM OUR CONSTITUENTS AS COMMISSIONERS OF THIS DIAS.
AND SO, OBVIOUSLY STAFF'S NOT HERE IN OUR LEGAL DEPARTMENT.
I, I COME BACK TO LETICIA BROWN, OUR STAFF, UH, IN OUR SUP YOU, YOU ARE ON A SUPERVISOR'S LEVEL, UM, TO BE ABLE TO EDUCATE THIS BODY OF, YOU KNOW, THEIR TERMS. UM, AND WHAT IS THE WINDOW PERIOD OF THE COMMISSIONERS THAT ARE EXPIRED? UM, HOW LONG ARE THEY GONNA BE ABLE TO SERVE? WHILE WE'RE STILL WAITING FOR A NEW, UM, COMMISSIONER TO COME ON BOARD.
CUZ THAT DOES TAKE A PROCESS WHEN IT COMES TO APPOINTING COMMISSIONERS.
AND SO SINCE I REACHED OUT AND GOT THE INFORMATION, I'M NOT LEGAL AND I'M, I'M JUST HERE TO SHARE IT WITH MY COLLEAGUES BECAUSE I WANT YOU ALL TO KNOW IT'S VERY IMPORTANT.
I'M NOT, I'M VERY DISAPPOINTED IN NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING AND WHOEVER'S IN CHARGE OF THIS BODY AND COMMISSION FOR NOT GIVING THE PROPER TRAINING AND THE TOOLS THAT WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO SERVE AS COMMISSIONERS ON A PROFESSIONAL LEVEL.
UH, WE ALSO HAVEN'T EVEN HAD A, UM, UH, WHAT WE USUALLY HAVE, WHICH IS A RETREAT EVERY YEAR.
UH, THAT'S, WE HAVEN'T HAD ONE IN THREE YEARS.
UM, AND SO THOSE ARE CONCERNS AS, AS A LONGSTANDING COMMISSIONER OF EIGHT, ALMOST EIGHT YEARS HERE, MY TERM WILL BE UP IN THE NEXT TWO YEARS.
AND I WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO SERVE ON THIS COMMISSION AGAIN.
BUT I'VE NOTICED FROM A, A NEW COMMISSIONER TO AN OLD COMMISSIONER THAT I, I AM NOW I SEE THAT YOU, THERE'S NOT ENOUGH TRAINING FOR OUR NEW COMMISSIONERS AND OUR NEW PEOPLE THAT ARE PUBLIC SERVANTS.
AND I THINK THAT THIS, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING, AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH AND THIS CITY OF AUSTIN SHOULD BE TREATING US IN A, IN A DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, A DIFFERENT LEVEL OF TRAINING.
AND, AND, AND WE SHOULD HAVE THAT RESPECT.
AND, AND I FEEL LIKE I'M STILL WAITING FOR THE STAFF TO COME FROM CITY, UH, ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, WHICH I REQUESTED.
UH, IF YOU LOOK AT OUR MINUTES, UH, FOR THEM, FOR SOMEONE TO BE HERE TO BE ABLE TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS.
CUZ OBVIOUSLY YOU ARE NOT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S
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NOT YOUR DEPARTMENT AND YOU REALLY DON'T KNOW.SO, UH, MY TRAINING IS NOT UNTIL TOMORROW.
SO WE DO HAVE, UH, ED RUBEN AND I, WE HAVE TRAINING SCHEDULED FOR TOMORROW WITH THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE.
I HAVE SPOKEN WITH LAW, I'VE SPOKEN WITH THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE.
I'VE BEEN INFORMED THAT ONCE COMMISSIONERS, UH, ARE APPOINTED OR ELECTED THAT THEY GO THROUGH SOME TYPE OF FORMAL TRAINING.
SO I WILL FIND OUT ABOUT THAT, UH, ON TOMORROW AND WE'LL BE BETTER, UH, ABLE TO SERVE YOU GUYS.
AS YOU KNOW THAT THIS WAS RECENTLY TRANSITIONED TO, UM, MY DIVISION AND JUST, JUST HAPPENS THAT THE TRAINING IS NOT UNTIL TOMORROW.
UM, BUT I DO WANNA JUST LET MY COLLEAGUES KNOW THAT COMMISSIONER POP AND COMMISSIONER, UM, UH, WANNI, WHICH IS OUR CHAIR AND OUR VICE-CHAIR, VERY IMPORTANT ROLES OF THIS BODY CUZ THEY RUN THE MEETINGS MM-HMM.
UM, THEY ARE ELIGIBLE TO SERVE UNTIL AUGUST.
UM, AND SO I GOT THAT FROM, FROM LEGAL MYSELF, SO I COULD BE ABLE TO EDUCATE YOU ALL.
SO WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE THAT AMOUNT OF TIME, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, THOSE SEATS ARE FILLED, UM, THAT WE STAY ON TOP OF AUSTIN, PUBLIC HEALTH, NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING, AND THOSE APPOINTINGS, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE POSITIONS ARE FILLED.
AND THAT WE DO HAVE A NEWS CHAIR AND A NEW VICE CHAIR FOR, FOR OUR DI OUR DAS.
UM, COMMISSIONER, LIKE TO MAKE A SUGGESTION, I RECENTLY LEARNED THAT THE CHAIR OF A SMALLER COMMISSION LIKE OURS IS ELIGIBLE TO MAKE MOTIONS.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT NEW KNOWLEDGE AND PLACE INTO NOMINATION.
THE NA UH, OUR COMMISSIONERS, CHERYL THOMPSON FOR CHAIR AND COMMISSIONER ALIAS FOR VICE CHAIR.
AND OF COURSE ANYBODY IS WILLING, UH, ABLE TO MAKE ADDITIONAL NOMINATIONS OR DECLINE OR SUGGEST SOMETHING ELSE.
I WANNA SECOND THAT NOMINATION.
COMMISSIONER TOLLIVER, YOU HAD YOUR HAND UP? YEAH, I HAVE A, UH, IF THE NOMINATION AND THE VOTING IS OVER WITH NO UHUH, I, I DO THINK I, I, UM, ONE OTHER THING IS THAT YOU HAVE TO BE PRESENT TO NOMINATE AND YOU MUST BE PRESENT TO WIN.
AS AN OFFICER OF THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSIONER.
MR. TOLLIVER, DID YOU HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION? UH, VICE PRESIDENT.
I HAVE, UH, I SECOND, UH, COMMISSIONER DELGADO, UH, WITH ALL SHE SAID ABOUT, I THINK WE NEED MORE INFORMATION.
AND, AND, AND, AND IF, IF IT'S TRUE AS YOU SAID, WE CAN YOU, UH, AND, AND SHARE, I MEAN, IT CAN BE IN THE POSITIONS UNTIL AUGUST.
I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THE NOMINATIONS, UM, UNTIL THE NEXT MEETING SO THE STAFF CAN PROVIDE ALL THE INFORMATION THAT WE NEED.
UM, THE STAFF HAVE A COMMENT ON THAT.
I READ THE BYLAWS THIS AFTERNOON AND IT APPEARED TO ME THAT WE HAD TO SEE NEW OFFICERS BY MAY ONE.
SO THEY COULD PRESIDE AT THE MAY MEETING.
I SEE YOU, YOU SEEM TO HAVE A WORD RIGHT AT, RIGHT WAITING FOR US TO, WELL, YES.
I ACTUALLY WAS GOING TO, UM, COMMENT ON COMMISSIONER GARCIAS, UM, RECOMMENDATION THAT WE HOLD OFF BECAUSE I ACTUALLY WAS UNDERSTANDING THAT COMMISSIONER DELGADO WAS SAYING THAT THERE WAS, UM, INFORMATION THAT SAID THAT WE COULD WAIT UNTIL AUGUST.
BUT NOW THAT I'VE HEARD FROM THE CITY, IT SEEMS LIKE THAT SPECIFIC PART IS IN QUESTION BECAUSE YOU RAISED THE MAY 1ST REQUIREMENT.
AM I UNDERSTANDING CORRECTLY? YES.
SO, SO COMMISSIONER GARCIA, IF YOU ARE UNDERSTANDING THAT WHAT COMMISSIONER DELGADO IS SAYING, I AGREE WITH YOU THAT WE COULD WAIT.
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IS A MAY DATE, THEN I WOULD LIKE A LITTLE BIT MORE, UH, EXPLANATION AND PERHAPS COMMISSIONER DELGADO CAN HELP WITH THAT.SO, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, UH, COMMISSIONER GARCIA AND THOMPSON, I'M, I WAS REFERRING TO, THEY ARE ELIGIBLE TO SERVE ON THE BOARD ON THE DAS AS A MEMBER, AS A COMMISSIONER.
THEY DON'T, UH, HAVE TO STILL HOLD THAT SEAT.
UM, BUT THEY STILL HAVE, THEY ARE STILL ELIGIBLE TO SERVE UNTIL THE VACANCIES IS FILLED.
SO YOU HAVE LIKE A KIND OF LIKE A, UM, YOU KNOW, LIKE A PERIOD OF TIME THAT YOU CAN, YOU CAN BE ABLE TO SERVE.
BUT I ALSO, UM, THANK YOU COMMISSIONER GARCIA CUZ THESE THINGS ARE VERY, VERY IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY FOR YOU NEW COMMISSIONERS THAT ARE NEW TO SERVING AS A COMMISSIONER.
IT'S THESE, THESE, UH, QUESTIONS THAT I'VE BEEN BRINGING UP TO STAFF, THIS WILL BE MY THIRD TIME.
UM, IT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT THAT YOU ALL HAVE THOSE TOOLS, UH, IN HAND WITH YOU ALL AND THAT YOU KNOW WHO TO CONTACT IF YOU HAVE THESE TYPE OF QUESTIONS.
UM, NOW I AM CONCERNED THAT WE WEREN'T NOTIFIED IN OUR LAST MEETING, UH, CUZ THIS IS OUR FOURTH COMMISSION MEETING OF THE YEAR.
AND NO ONE HAS MENTIONED TO US THAT PROTOCOL WAS STATING THAT WE NEEDED TO HAVE, UH, NEW, UM, CHAIRS BY MAY 1ST.
UH, CUZ I DO AGREE THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE ARE BRINGING THIS ALL OUT TODAY.
AND SO SOME OF THE COMMISSIONERS ARE NOT PREPARED, UH, TO, UH, MAKE NOMINATIONS OR TO BE ABLE TO ACCEPT NOMINATIONS.
AND I THINK THAT, UM, THE PROTOCOL TIMELINE, A DEADLINE MAY 1ST.
WHY WEREN'T WE NOTIFIED ABOUT THAT? WHY DIDN'T ANYBODY TELL THIS BOARD THAT WE HAD TILL MAY 1ST? THAT'S OUR NEXT MEETING STAFF.
I SENT EMAILS OUT ABOUT, ABOUT THE, UM, UM, EXPIRATION RESPONSE, YOU KNOW, AND, AND TO VOTE FOR OFFICERS TODAY AT THE, THIS MEETING.
I DID SEND EMAILS OUT NOTIFYING EVERYONE ABOUT THAT.
ALL THE COMMISSIONERS SHOULD HAVE GOT AN EMAIL FROM YOU ABOUT THAT.
UM, IF YOU DID NOT APOLOGIZE, BUT I DID SEND THAT OUT TO EVERYONE ALSO.
UM, I'M GONNA CONTACT THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE CUZ THERE IS, UM, TRAIN TRAINING FOR NEW COMMISSIONERS THAT I'LL HAVE SET UP FOR YOU GUYS.
UH, FOR, FOR, I'VE, I'VE BEEN TO TRAINING YOU'VE BEEN TO ALREADY.
SO ARE YOU SAYING, UM, AND YOU'RE NEW, SO
I I APOLOGIZE THAT YOU HAVE TO TAKE ALL THIS.
UH, SO THE DEPARTMENT, UH, OBVIOUSLY KNEW THAT WE HAD TO MAKE A DECISION TODAY AND AN EMAIL THAT WAS SENT OUT TO US, UH, WHICH I, I DIDN'T RECEIVE IT, BUT IT'S OKAY.
UM, ARE YOU SAYING THAT WE DON'T EVEN HAVE AN EXTENSION OR WE CAN'T EVEN REQUEST AN EXTENSION CUZ YOU'RE THERE, YOU'RE HEARING THAT SOME OF THE COMMISSIONERS ARE NOT, UH, COMFORTABLE WITH VOTING FOR THAT TODAY.
WE CAN AT THE NEXT COMMISSIONER'S MEETING, UM, UM, VOTE FOR OFFICERS AT THE NEXT MEETING.
WE CAN, IT, IT IS ON THE AGENDA FOR TODAY AND WE CAN DO IT TODAY.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WAS COMMISSIONER DELGADO, IF YOU MEANT THAT AS A MOTION OR SUGGESTION.
SO WAS THAT A MOTION TO POSTPONE? I, YES.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION.
COMMISSIONER DELGADO WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO POSTPONE DENOMINATION AND VOTING UNTIL OUR NEXT, UH, AGENDA, OUR NEXT MONTH AGENDA.
COMMISSIONER GARCIA SECONDED TO THAT.
IS THAT RIGHT? YEAH, I SECONDED.
SO IT'S BEEN MOVED, UH, NOW WE ARE MISSING A COMMISSIONER
SO, UH, IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COMMISSIONER DELGADO AND SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA THAT WE POSTPONE OFFICER ELECTIONS UNTIL NEXT MONTH.
SO IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THAT? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
OPPOSED? I WAS THAT A, UH, COMMISSIONER WOODS? IS THAT YOUR OPPOSING OR YOU'RE EYEING YOU'RE YES.
SAYING THAT, UH, THAT WAS, I OPPOSE IF ANYONE OR IF THE NOMINEES WOULD RUN TODAY.
I'M NOT SURE IF WE WERE GETTING INTEND OF INFORMATION IN NEXT MONTH.
UM, BUT IF THEY WANNA WAIT TONIGHT, I WOULD AS WELL.
I WANTED TO ASK IF WE CAN OPEN A MEETING AND HOLD THE ELECTIONS IF WE DON'T
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HAVE AN OFFICIAL CHAIR IN PLACE ON THE DIAS.UM, THIS IS JUST SORT OF A ROBERTS RULES OF ORDER ISSUE THAT I'M WORRIED ABOUT THAT IF THE CHAIR'S TERM HAS EXPIRED OH, THEN WHO WILL BE CONDUCTING THE ELECTION VICE? THE, THE VICE CHAIR.
BUT HERS IS THE VICE CHAIR'S TERM VICE EXPIRED TOO? YES.
UH, ALSO, SORRY, I'M CONFUSED.
WILL THE VICE CHAIR STILL BE IN OFFICE? UM, AND, AND I THUS ABLE TO CHAIR THE MEETING.
MY TERM EX EXPIRED AT THE END OF FEBRUARY AND I AM ABLE TO ATTEND, I THINK I CAN REMAIN ON THE COMMISSION FOR 60 DAYS WHILE THE CITY LOOKS FOR SOMEBODY TO FILL THE VACANCY UP TO APRIL 30TH.
CAN, CAN I ADDRESS COMMISSIONER WOOD? COMMISSIONER DELGADO.
UM, THAT IS I THINK A, UH, A PROTOCOL QUESTION TO STAFF, BECAUSE I THINK YOU ARE RIGHT.
I JUST REALIZED THAT TOO, BECAUSE IF THEY BOTH VICE THE CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR'S EXPIRATION DATES.
WERE FEBRUARY, THE END OF FEBRUARY, WERE IN APRIL.
AND EVEN THOUGH THEY CAN STILL STAY IN THEIR POSITION UNTIL AUGUST THE 60 DAYS, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY CAN HOLD THE OFFICER CHAIR POSITION STILL.
SO WE, WE DO HAVE A, A, A QUESTION THAT WE NEED TO ASK STAFF.
UH, I UNDERSTAND THAT BY THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE MOVING TO THE SECOND FLOOR, THEY GOT BEHIND ON GIVING US NOTATIONS ABOUT THIS ELECTION.
STAFF, EVEN THOUGH THIS IS MY LAST TERM.
I LOOK AT THE SITUATION THAT THERE IS THE ELECTION APPOINTED, LIKE ME, I WAS APPOINTED TO THIS COMMISSIONER AND VOTED FOR BY CONLEY PARK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
THAT'S THE WAY MOST OF US GOT ON THIS COMMISSION.
NOW, WITH THE PROCESS OF, UH, ELECTOR ANY NEW OFFICERS, WE CAN'T ELECT NO NEW OFFICERS CHAIR OUR VICE BECAUSE THEY'VE GIVEN US UNTIL APRIL, THE MARCH THE 20, OH THIS MONTH.
OH, NO, THAT'S SOMETHING ELSE.
OH, YOU HAVE TO, UH, FILE 'EM THIS BEFORE THE END OF THIS MONTH.
SO THE STAFF HAVE ANY FURTHER BACKGROUND INFORMATION FOR US? YES.
UH, JAMIE MAE, HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT OFFICER.
UH, FIRST I'D LIKE TO APOLOGIZE FOR THE CONFUSION.
UH, AS UH, STAFF HAS MENTIONED, WE ARE, UH, STILL ADAPTING, GROWING INTO THESE ROLES.
UH, THE CHALLENGE, UH, WE HAVE IS, UH, UH, TAKING IN ALL THE INFORMATION FROM A FIRE HOSE AND, UH, TRYING TO, TRYING TO MANAGE THAT FLOW.
UM, THE, THAT DOES NOT EXCUSE OUR, UH, UH, OUR IGNORANCE IN, UH, THE ELECTION PROCESS, UM, AND THE NEEDS AND THE TIMING.
UM, HOWEVER, UH, WE DO HAVE SOME, SOME OPTIONS.
WE'RE NOT LOCKED INTO ANYTHING.
UM, FIRST TO THE, UH, TO THE QUESTION OF, UH, HOLDING ELECTIONS NEXT MONTH, THAT IS A VIABLE OPTION.
YOU CAN, UH, YOU CAN TABLE THIS OPTION UNTIL NEXT MONTH.
UH, THE CHAIR, THE VICE CHAIR, UH, WOULD, UH, CONTINUE TO HOLD THAT SEAT, UH, UNTIL REPLACED AT THE ELECTION.
UM, SO BASICALLY, UH, UH, CHAIR, UH, ACTING CHAIR POP WOULD, UH, SERVE, UH, OPEN THE, OPEN THE MEETING, HOLD THE ELECTIONS, AND THEN, UH, RESIGN THE GAVEL, UH, TO THE NEW NEWLY ELECTED CHAIR.
UM, IF IN THE EVENT THAT, UH, CHAIR POPS, UH, UM, TERM IS NO LONGER ELIGIBLE TO BE EXTENDED FOR THAT EXTRA 30 DAYS OR EVEN 15 DAYS, REALLY, UM, THEN WE WOULD, UH, WORK WITH THE CLERK'S OFFICE TO IDENTIFY THE NEXT ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUAL TO OPEN THE MEETING.
MORE THAN LIKELY, THAT WOULD BE THE INDIVIDUAL WITH THE, UH, LONGEST TERM, UH,
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WHAT WE WOULD CALL A PROTE, UH, UH, MEMBER.UH, SO EVEN IF YOU DO NOT VOTE TONIGHT, WE CAN VOTE NEXT WEEK, UH, NEXT MONTH TO APPOINT A CHAIR AND A VICE CHAIR.
UH, AND WE CAN WORK THROUGH THOSE PROCESSES.
WE WILL, UH, AT THAT TIME, WE CAN BRING BACK ALL THE INFORMATION THAT YOU'VE REQUESTED, INCLUDING, UH, TERM LIMITS AND, UH, PROCESSES AND INDIVIDUALIZED PROCESS FOR THE CDC AT, UM, UH, ELECTIONS.
UH, SO WE CAN HAVE ALL THAT INFORMATION READY FOR YOU.
AND AGAIN, I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT HAVING IT FOR YOU THIS EVENING.
UH, THIS WAS INFORMATION THAT CAME UP KIND OF, UH, AFTER OUR AGENDA WAS SET, UH, WE REALIZED WE NEEDED TO DO THIS.
SECONDLY, UM, OR THAT BEING SAID, I WOULD, THE REASON WHY, UH, THE CLERK'S OFFICE HAS ASKED TO HAVE THE ELECTIONS IN APRIL IS SO THAT, TO YOUR POINT, SO THAT WE CAN HAVE CHAIRS AND VICE CHAIRS IN PLACE BY MAY 1ST.
UM, THERE'S, UH, IT'S NOT A, UM, IT'S NOT A MAKE OR BREAK TYPE OF SITUATION, BUT IT HELPS TO HAVE, UH, UH, THE ELECTED CHAIR AND THE ELECTED VICE CHAIR, UH, NAMED, UH, FOR THAT FOR THE MONTH OF MAY.
UM, I'M HOPING THAT I ANSWERED SOME OF THE QUESTIONS.
DO THE NOMINEES WANNA RUN? CUZ SINCE WE ONLY HAVE TWO NOMINEES, IT FEELS PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD JUST TO VOTE ON IT TODAY.
I THOUGHT WE ALREADY VOTED TO MOVE THIS.
WE ACTUALLY, YES, THAT WOULD TAKE PRECEDENCE, BUT I THINK THAT THAT'S COMMISSIONER'S, UM, COMMENT ON WHERE WE STAND.
ARE THERE OTHER COMMENTS? MR. THOMPSON? I SEE YOU LOOKING LIKE YOU'RE READY TO SAY SOMETHING.
THANK YOU, CHAIR FOR READING MY FACE.
WHAT HAPPENS IF WE ARE IN ERROR MOVING FORWARD WITH THE POSTPONEMENT? WITH REGARD TO THE ELECTIONS? YES.
UM, IF FOR SOME REASON THERE'S A, UH, UH, WE CANNOT HOLD ELECTIONS IN MAY.
UM, IF FOR SOME REASON THERE, THERE IS A, UH, A COMPLICATION, UM, THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION WILL CONTINUE.
THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION WILL HAVE A CHAIR AND A VICE CHAIR.
UM, WE WILL HOLD THOSE ELECTIONS.
MORE THAN LIKELY IT WILL HAPPEN IN MAY.
UH, AT THE MAY MEETING, IT'S POSSIBLE, ALTHOUGH I, I ONLY RAISED HIS POSSIBILITY IN RESPONSE TO YOUR QUESTION, IT IS POSSIBLE THAT WE MIGHT NEED TO CALL A SPECIAL MEETING, UH, PRIOR TO MAY 1ST, UH, SPECIFICALLY TO ELECT A CHAIR AND A VICE CHAIR.
UH, HOWEVER, I WOULD NOT PUT THAT AS THE FIRST OPTION, ONLY BECAUSE CALENDARING IS IMPOSSIBLE.
I JUST REALLY WANTED TO KNOW WHAT, WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT IF AFTER TOMORROW WE DISCOVER THAT, WHAT WE'RE DISCUSSING TODAY, CUZ WE'VE HAD THAT EXPERIENCE MM-HMM.
SO I, WE'VE HAD QUITE A NUMBER OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE TO SPEAK.
SO I'M GONNA BRING THAT FORWARD FOR A VOTE.
IT WAS MOVED IN, MOVED BY COMMISSIONER DELGADO AND SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA THAT WE POSTPONE THE ELECTIONS.
ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS? THE EYES HAVE IT.
SO WE WILL TAKE THIS BACK UP IN MAY.
[4. CSBG Monthly Reporting (Angel Zambrano) ]
ON THE AGENDA IS C S B G MONTHLY REPORTING AN SANO.SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN HEAR US, BUT WE CAN'T HEAR YOU.
I'VE BEEN HAVING TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES AND, UH, FOLKS SAID I'VE BEEN SOMEWHAT HELPFUL, BUT IT'S STILL NOT PERFECT.
I'M ON THE PHONE AT MY OFFICE, SO I WILL DO IT AS BEST I CAN TO GIVE
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YOU THE REPORT.UM, CAN YOU HEAR ME WELL ENOUGH THOUGH THROUGH THE PHONE? YES.
SO I'LL WAIT FOR THE, UM, I CAN'T SEE THE PRESENTATION.
IS THAT UP ON YOUR SCREEN? UH, THE BACKUP 2022 CONTRACT REPORT.
MORGAN, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
THIS IS THE COMMUNITY SERVICES BLOCK GRANT, 2022 CONTRACT, PROGRAMMATIC AND FINANCIAL REPORT.
WE'LL START WITH REMINDING ALL THE COMMISSIONERS THAT THE COMMUNITY SERVICES BLOCK GRANT POINTS OF DELIVERY OF SERVICES TO LOW INCOME TEXANS IN ALL 254 COUNTIES.
WE ARE JUST A SMALL PART OF THAT HERE IN AUSTIN.
OUR MISSION IS THE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES UNIT IMPROVED THE LIVES AND HEALTH OF PEOPLE EXPERIENCING POVERTY BY PROVIDING PUBLIC HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES, AND CONNECTING RESIDENTS OF AUSTIN AND TRAVIS COUNTY TO COMMUNITY RESOURCES.
WE EXIST TO A VARIETY OF MEANS BASIC NEEDS SERVICES, PREVENTIVE HEALTH TO OUR PUBLIC HEALTH, NURSING SERVICES, CASE MANAGEMENT WITH OUR SOCIAL WORKERS, HELPING REENTER THE WORLD OF WORK, BE SUCCESSFUL, AND EMPLOYMENT SUPPORTS.
THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE SHOWS THAT WE'RE ALMOST FULLY EXPENDED OUR 2022 CONTRACT.
WE WILL CLOSE THIS CONTRACT OUT, UH, THIS MONTH AND BEGIN USING OUR FUNDING FOR 2023 NEXT MONTH.
LET'S KIND OF SUMMARIZE TO SOME OF OUR SERVICES FOR LAST YEAR.
I KNOW, UH, WE HAVEN'T, UH, MET OFFICIALLY IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS, BUT WE WERE ABLE TO TRANSITION 39TH, UH, INDIVIDUALS OUT OF POVERTY PROPERTY TO OUR SOCIAL SELF SUFFICIENCY CASE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM.
THAT'S A 91%, UM, SUCCESS RATE.
SO WE'RE VERY HAPPY WITH THAT.
AND IT'S BEEN VERY DIFFICULT DURING THE PANDEMIC, UH, FOR STAFF AND CLIENTS TO, UM, TO BE SUCCESSFUL OUT THERE IN THE WORLD OF WORK.
IF YOU GO DOWN TO SOME OF OUR, UM, OUTCOMES, WE WERE ABLE TO HELP A WHOLE LOT OF PEOPLE AVOID EVICTION 1062.
UH, TO BE EXACT, OUR TARGET WAS 400 LAST YEAR.
WE RECEIVED SOME EXTRA FUNDING THROUGH THE E R A, UH, PROGRAM, UH, EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, AND WE WERE ABLE TO, UH, TO SURPASS THE GOAL OF 400 WE'RE ALSO CONTINUED TO DO A LOT OF FOOD DISTRIBUTIONS ADDRESSING FOOD INSECURITY HERE IN AUSTIN.
AS YOU CAN SEE THE NUMBERS THERE, ALMOST 34,000 PEOPLE, UH, RECEIVED AT, UH, THAT SERVICE AND PEPPER PUT IN THROUGH THIS, UH, REPORT.
WE HAVE A LOT OF FOLKS WHO RECEIVED SOME IMMUNIZATIONS FROM OUR PUBLIC HEALTH NURSES.
AGAIN, THEY WERE, UM, REASSIGNED FOR ALMOST THREE YEARS.
THEY JUST CAME BACK TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES UNIT AT THE END OF NOVEMBER, UH, 22.
AND THEY ARE WORKING HARD TO, TO, UH, START THEIR, UH, PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING SERVICES AGAIN AT THE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE, THIS REMINDS YOU OF WHAT WE DO.
WE REOPENED TO THE PUBLIC ALMOST A YEAR AGO WHEN WE HAD BEEN CLOSED FOR ALMOST TWO YEARS IN DOING ALL VIRTUAL DRIVE UP IN CURBSIDE.
THE FE GROUP FOR FAMILIES PROGRAM CONTINUES TO BE A STRONG COMPONENT OF OUR, UH, FOOD AND SECURITY AND OUR HOME DELIVERY PROGRAM.
I HAVE SOME REALLY GOOD NEWS WITH HOME DELIVERY.
UM, WE WILL BE ABLE TO EXPAND THAT PROGRAM, AND I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT IN THE, UH, 2023, UH, REPORT COMING UP.
BUT AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, UH, WE SERVE A LOT OF FOLKS WHO DO A LOT OF HOME DELIVERIES IN PARTNERSHIP WITH, UH, AMAZON AND THE CENTRAL TEXAS FOOD BANK.
WE ALSO DO OUR UTILITY ASSISTANCE TO OUR AUSTIN ENERGY PLUS ONE PROGRAM.
UH, WE'RE STARTING TO EXPEND OUR QUARTER THREE FUNDING AS WE SPEAK.
STILL A LOT OF LEAVE THERE TRYING TO HELP PEOPLE KEEP THEIR LIGHTS ON.
AND NUMBER FIVE, PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING.
UH, THEY PROVIDE, UH, FREE SERVICES, UH, BLOOD PRESSURE A1C TESTING, BLOOD SUGAR READINGS, CHOLESTEROL TESTING, PREGNANCY TESTS, AND JUST GENERAL HEALTH INFORMATION AND REFERRALS, UH, TO OUR CLIENTS.
I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT IN THE 2023 REPORT WITH SOME, UH, MORE DETAILS.
ALL RIGHT, IF YOU GUYS CAN GO TO THE, UH, 2023 CONTRACTS.
SO WE WILL BEGIN, BEGIN EXTENDING.
UM, THE FIRST FUNDING THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THE STATE WAS $284,000
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AND HUNDRED 62.UH, WE ARE HOPING TO RECEIVE A LITTLE BIT OVER A MILLION DOLLARS OVER THIS, UM, CALENDAR YEAR.
WE ALREADY HAVE TWO TRANSITIONS, UM, IN OUR MANAGEMENT PROGRAM FROM THE, UH, ST.
JOHN'S, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER.
UH, IF YOU GO DOWN HERE LOOKING AT NUMBER FOUR E HOUSEHOLD TOTAL EVICTION, UH, WE WERE ABLE TO HELP 15, UM, HOUSEHOLDS AVOID EVICTION IN THE LAST, UM, MONTH OR SO.
WE, WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING MORE FUNDING, UH, TO HELP US CONTINUE TO DO THAT, DOING THAT SERVICE AND HELP PEOPLE STAY HOUSED.
UM, FOOD DISTRIBUTION PROGRAM FIVE JK THIS YEAR.
SO FAR, ALMOST 14,000 PEOPLE HAVE SERVED THROUGH OUR FRESH FOODS.
OUR HOME PROGRAM, OUR SHOP FOR EMERGENCY CLOTHING ASSISTANCE, TRANSPORTATION.
WHAT PASSES? UM, UTILITY PAYMENTS.
COUPLE OF, UH, HIGHLIGHTS ON THIS PAGE FROM DELIVERY PROGRAM.
EXCUSE ME, SIR, I'M HAVING A HARD TIME HEARING YOU.
IT, I THINK YOUR HAND IS OVER THE PHONE.
I'M HAVING A HARD TIME HEARING YOU.
WELL, I HAVE, I DON'T, DOES IT WORK WITHOUT MY HAND? CUZ I HAVE THE OTHER SPEAKER AS WELL.
IT'S JUST, I'M TRYING TO IS IT BETTER NOW? THAT SOUNDS A LOT BETTER.
SO MAYBE THE OTHER SPEAKER ISN'T WORKING.
THE HOME DELIVERY PROGRAM IN MARCH, 2000 198, HOUSEHOLD TOTAL OF 6,500 INDIVIDUALS HAD FOOD BOXES DELIVERED TO THEIR DOORSTEP.
AND THE BRIGHT SPOT RIGHT NOW IS THAT WE'RE WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE CENTRAL TEXAS FOOD BANK ON SUPPLEMENTING THE FOOD BOXES WITH FRESH NON-REFRIGERATED PRODUCE.
SO PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ASKING ABOUT THIS, WHETHER IT'S OTHER AGENCIES OR CLIENTS, OUR STAFF, IF THAT WAS EVER GONNA BE A POSSIBILITY.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE FOOD BANK AND HOPEFULLY WE WILL BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
IT WOULD BE A 10 POUND, UH, BAG OF, UM, FRESH NON-REFRIGERATED PRODUCE LIKE POTATOES, CARROTS, ONIONS, CABBAGE, EGGPLANTS, OR APPLES.
I THINK IT'S A GREAT ADDITION TO OUR SELF SHELF STABLE FOODS, WHICH IS MORE STAPLES AND CANNED GOODS.
THAT'S SOME MORE TO COME ON THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON A LOT OF LOGISTICS AND IT'S COMPLICATED.
UH, NUMBER FIVE IS THE OTHER HIGHLIGHT.
UM, IT'S NOT ON THIS REPORT, UH, BUT OUR NURSES HAVE BEEN REALLY BUSY STANDING UP, UH, HUBS AS THEY'RE CALLED.
AND THEY HOST FREE HEALTH SCREENINGS AT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS, UH, AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK WHERE, UH, THEY PROVIDE ALL THESE SERVICES, UH, FREE OF CHARGE TO OUR CLIENTS.
UM, THEY'VE ONLY BEEN BACK A COUPLE OF MONTHS.
THEY'RE ALSO STARTING UP, UH, CASE MANAGEMENT, DIABETES CASE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM.
SO WE WILL BE ABLE TO WORK WITH FOLKS AND FOLLOW 'EM ON A LONGER TERM BASIS INSTEAD OF THE WORKING WITH THEM.
ONCE DOING A WARM HAND OFF TO A DIFFERENT AGENCY, WE WILL ACTUALLY HAVE THE CAPACITY TO PROVIDE CASE MANAGEMENT, UH, FOR FOLKS WHO ARE, ARE DEALING AND STRUGGLING WITH DIABETES.
SO HOPEFULLY THERE'LL BE A LOT MORE GOOD INFORMATION TO COME IN THE FUTURE ON THAT PROGRAM.
AND THAT IS THE END OF MY, UH, MY REPORT.
AGAIN, I APOLOGIZE FOR THE, UH, TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES, UM, AND ME KIND OF RUSHING THROUGH IT CUZ KIND OF THREW ME OFF A LITTLE BIT.
ARE THERE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT MR. SOPRANO'S PRESENTATION? MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM.
I WAS A LITTLE SLOW ON THE TRIGGER.
UH, ANHILL, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
UM, I, MAYBE I'M MISSING AGAIN IN THE PACKET, BUT I DIDN'T SEE YOUR FIRST REPORT IN OUR PACKET.
WOULD LOVE TO GET THAT FROM YOU, UH, IF, WHEN YOU AND STAFF HAVE A CHANCE.
AND THEN I HAD TWO QUESTIONS FOR YOU.
UM, I'LL TRY TO MAKE THEM BRIEF.
ONE IS, WITH THE COVID SNAP BENEFITS AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL EXPIRING, ARE WE SEEING, UM, ARE YOU SEEING YET THE LEVEL OF INTEREST IN THE, THE FRESH FOOD AND, UM, OTHER FOOD SECURITY PROGRAMS INCREASING WITH FOLKS ROLLING OFF OF SNAP AND OR NOT BEING ELIGIBLE ANYMORE? AND THEN TWO, CAN WE GET A LINK TO THE CALENDAR FOR THE HUBS WHERE THE NURSES ARE DOING THEIR POPUPS? OH, FOR SURE.
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER FOR YOUR COMPLIMENTS.
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BE ANECDOTAL, UH, RIGHT NOW I COULD GET SOME DATA FOR YOU, BUT I THINK WE ARE SEEING AN INCREASE, UH, IN FOOD INSECURITY FOR SURE.UH, AS YOU CAN TELL, OUR HOME DELIVERY PROGRAM HAS GROWN IMMENSELY OVER THE LAST, UH, YEAR, YEAR AND A HALF.
I THINK WE STARTED OUT WITH 10 DELIVERIES A DAY.
WE'RE UP TO 600 A MONTH, UM, OUT OF ROSEWOOD.
SO YES, THERE IS MORE, UM, MORE DEMAND FOR, FOR FOOD, ESPECIALLY FRESH PRODUCE AND, UM, MORE OF THE PERISHABLE GOODS.
BUT DEFINITELY THERE IS A DEMAND.
AND NUMBER TWO, I WILL DEFINITELY EMAIL ALL OF THE COMMISSIONERS THROUGH THE BC EMAIL ARE, UH, FLYER.
WE UPDATE IT MONTHLY AND IT'LL TELL YOU EXACTLY WHERE THE HUBS ARE AND WHAT THE NURSES ARE DOING.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, COMMISSIONER.
I KNOW I'M NEW TO THE COMMISSION, BUT I WAS JUST CURIOUS, UM, HOW LONG IS THIS GRANT FOR OR IN, UH, DO WE NEED TO REAPPLY? AND HOW OFTEN IS THAT? DOES THAT TAKE PLACE IF THERE IS A NEED? YES.
COMMISSIONER BROWN AND, UH, NICE TO MEET YOU.
I DON'T THINK I'VE SEEN YOU BEFORE.
THIS GRANT HAS BEEN COMING TO THE CITY OF AUSTIN, I BELIEVE SINCE 1974.
UM, THERE IS NO APPLICATION PROCESS.
IT JUST, UH, KEEPS COMING EVERY YEAR THROUGH THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS.
UM, IT STARTED A LONG TIME AGO AND UM, I HOPE THAT WE CONTINUE TO RECEIVE IT.
UM, DEPENDS ON THE PRESIDENT AND THE CONGRESS AND WHAT THEY WANNA DO WITH THE FUNDING, BUT IT'S BEEN PRETTY CONSISTENT SINCE 1974.
UM, I DID HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS.
SO, UM, HOUSEHOLD HOUSEHOLDS WHO AVOIDED EVICTION TARGET 400 ACHIEVE 15.
SO IS THAT YOUR TARGETING 400 RESIDENTS AND THEN YOU ONLY ASSISTED OR HELP NOT GET EVICTED 15? THAT'S AN ONGOING MEASURE FOR THIS YEAR.
WE WERE JUST CLOSING OUT, WE EXTENDED OUR 2022, UM, FUNDING.
SO THAT IS JUST THE NUMBERS FROM THIS PAST MONTH.
SO THAT NUMBER WILL CONTINUE TO BE ADDED TO BY THE END OF THE YEAR.
WE SHOULD HAVE 400 AT LEAST IF WE GET ADDITIONAL FUNDING, WE MIGHT ALSO BE ABLE TO HELP A LOT MORE THAN THAT.
UM, CAN YOU, CAN YOU GIVE ME ANY INFORMATION TO HOW UM, THESE PEOPLE ARE RECEIVING RENTAL ASSISTANCE? ARE YOU ALL, UM, ALLOWING, LIKE CALLING, HAVING THEM CALL IN, THEY DO LIKE AN ASSESSMENT OVER THE PHONE.
ARE YOU JUST TARGETING YOUR CASE MANAGEMENT, UM, CLIENTS? COULD YOU KIND OF EXPLAIN TO THE BOARD OF HOW YOU ARE WHEN IT COMES TO THE RENTAL ASSISTANCE? I JUST WANNA SEE, UH, YES, WHERE THAT INFORMATION IS.
OR OR HOW THEY'RE EVEN GETTING ASSISTANCE.
YEAH, THAT INFORMATION IS ON THE WEBSITE FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES UNIT.
UH, AN A P H UH, PEOPLE CAN ALSO CALL IN.
A LOT OF PEOPLE DO JUST KNOW THAT WE, WE OFFER THIS SERVICE.
IF WE DON'T HAVE ANY FUNDING, WE REFER TO OTHER AGENCIES THAT ARE OFFERING RENTAL ASSISTANCE AT THE TIME.
UH, IT'S UP TO THE INDIVIDUAL HOW THEY WANT TO DO IT.
WE'RE VERY FLEXIBLE WITH COVID.
WE'RE ABLE TO DO A LOT OF IT VIRTUALLY OR ONLINE OR ON THE PHONE.
BUT PEOPLE CAN COME IN, THEY CAN DROP OFF THEIR PAPERWORK, THEY CAN DO IT ONLINE.
UM, THEY CAN SEND THINGS ONLINE OR SCAN THINGS FOR US.
THEY CAN GO TO A DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER IF THEY CAN'T GET TO THE ONE THAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY WORKING, UH, WITH.
SO THAT A VARIETY OF, OF WAYS THAT PEOPLE CAN ACCESS, UH, THE APPLICATION AND GET THROUGH THE SCREENING PROCESS.
SO DID YOU SEE ELIGIBILITY? THE TERMINATION? OKAY.
UM, THANK YOU FOR THAT CUZ I, MY CONSTITUENTS HAVE BEEN ASKING, ASKING AND I, I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU ALL ARE, YOU KNOW, DOING, UM, YOU KNOW, PR ABOUT THIS.
UM, YOU KNOW, I DON'T, I DON'T SEE SIGNS OR, YOU KNOW, I DON'T, I DON'T SEE ANYTHING SEEING RENTAL ASSISTANCE, UH, WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING, UM, RECS, I MEAN, UM, CENTERS.
SO THAT'S WHY I'M, I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW DO PEOPLE GONNA KNOW THAT YOUR, YOUR CENTERS ARE PROVIDING THIS SERVICE.
BUT YOU JUST SAID THEY HAVE TO GET ONLINE.
UH, THEY HAVE TO GET ONTO THE WEBSITE TO SEE RIGHT.
AND THEN THEY'LL BE ABLE TO WALK THEM THROUGH OF HOW THEY CAN, UH, QUALIFY OR BE ELIGIBLE, CORRECT.
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EXACTLY.ANOTHER THING IS, HOW MUCH MONEY DO WE HAVE FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE RIGHT NOW? ARE YOU ABLE TO PROVIDE THOSE NUMBERS? UH, AND YOU, I JUST MENTIONED, YOU JUST MENTIONED THAT THERE'S ALSO AN EXTENSION.
DO WE HAVE THOSE NUMBERS? RIGHT NOW WE DON'T HAVE RENTAL ASSISTANCE.
UM, WE JUST RAN OUT AT THE END OF MARCH.
SO WE'RE WAITING FOR A CONTRACT TO GO THROUGH, UH, WITH, UM, CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF CENTRAL TEXAS, WHO IS OUR FISCAL AGENT.
AND WE WILL BE GETTING MORE FUNDING IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
WE'RE ALSO WORKING WITH HOUSING AND PLANNING AND THEY MIGHT HAVE MORE EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE FUNDS THROUGH THE AMERICAN RESCUE ACT PLAN OR ARPA.
UM, SO WHEN THOSE FUNDS COME IN, WE'LL BE ABLE TO, UM, KEEP HELPING PEOPLE.
SO CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW, RIGHT NOW WE ARE OUT.
WE DON'T, WE'RE OUT OF FUNDING FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE.
OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU ANKI.
[5. Presentation on the Equitable Transit-Oriented Development (ETOD) planning process (Shanisha Johnson and Lucy Hall, HPD Staff) ]
OUR AGENDA IS A PRESENTATION ON THE EQUITABLE TRANSIT.WE HAVE TWO STAFF HERE, SHISHA JOHNSON AND LUCY HALL.
I'LL WAIT FOR THE PRESENTATION.
I'M A SENIOR PLANNER IN THE INCLUSIVE PLANNING DIVISION, UM, AT THE HOUSING AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT OF, OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
AND I HAVE MY COLLEAGUE, LUCY HALL HERE, WHO WILL BE TAKING NOTES, UM, AND RECORDING ANY COMMENTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS MADE.
SO I'M PRESENTING THE EQUITABLE TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT, UH, POLICY PLAN PRESENTATION.
UM, AND I'LL TALK MORE ABOUT WHAT EQUITABLE TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT IS.
SO TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ON EQUITABLE TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT, UM, ALSO KNOWN AS E T O D, IF YOU'VE HEARD THAT ACRONYM BEING USED.
SO EQUITABLE TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT IS RELATED TO THE VOTER APPROVED INVESTMENT AND PROJECT CONNECT.
UM, THE EQUITABLE TRANSIT TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT POLICY PLAN PROVIDES A COMPREHENSIVE, UM, FRAMEWORK OR GUIDE, UM, FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT AROUND PROJECT CONNECT STATION AREAS.
UM, THIS, UH, GUIDE POLICY PLAN HELPS THE AUSTIN COMMUNITY ENSURE THAT THE RESULTS OF PROJECT CONNECT SUPPORT RESIDENTS OF ALL INCOMES AND BACKGROUNDS, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN DISPROPORTIONATELY BURDENED BY, UM, OUR CITY'S PAST, UM, TRANSPORTATION AND LAND USE DECISIONS.
SO WHAT IS E T O D AND HOW IS IT DIFFERENT FROM OUR PAST WORK? SO TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENTS ARE, UM, COMPACT AND DENSE, UM, CONNECTED, COMPACT AND DENSE COMMUNITIES, UM, WHERE APPROPRIATE, UM, AND HELP, HELP EMBRACE MULTIMODAL METHODS OF TRANSPORTATION.
UM, IS MIXED TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENTS ARE MIXED USE AND INCLUDE HOUSING, JOBS, UM, DAILY SERVICES AND, UM, SHOPPING AND OF COURSE ENTERTAINMENT.
UM, WHAT WE HAVE DISCOVERED IS THAT, UH, CURRENT TODS ARE RELIANT ON THE MARKET TO OFFER COMMUNITY BENEFITS, AND THAT HAS RESULTED IN INEQUITABLE ACCESS TO, UH, COMMUNITY BENEFITS AS WELL.
UM, OUR PAST OR CODIFIED TODS HAVE OFTEN RESULTED IN DISPLACEMENT, UM, AND REDUCTION IN THE BLACK, INDIGENOUS AND, UM, COMMUNITIES OF COLOR AS WELL AS, UM, YOU KNOW, TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENTS ARE, ARE MEANT TO ENCOURAGE, UM, EASY ACCESSIBILITY TO TRANSIT AND HOUSING AND DAILY NEEDS.
BUT WE HAVE FOUND THAT IN FACT, UM, PARTICIPANTS IN IN THESE AREAS, UM, ARE, ARE NOT USING TRANSIT MORE OFTEN.
SO EQUITABLE TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT OR E T O D BUILDS ON THE POSITIVE PRACTICES OF TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENTS, BUT INTRODUCES EQUITY
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TO ENSURE THAT EVERYONE HAS ACCESS TO NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR ECONOMIC, UH, AND UPWARD MOBILITY.UM, THAT, THAT E T O D IN PROJECT CONNECT CAN BRING.
SO HOW DID THIS WORK BEGIN? UM, I MENTIONED THAT THE VOTERS, UH, OVERWHELMINGLY APPROVED PROJECT CONNECT, UM, OUR, OUR INVEST TAX PAYERS INVESTMENT IN THE PROJECT CONNECT SYSTEM PLAN AS WELL.
UM, VOTERS APPROVED 300 MILLION IN ANTI DISPLACEMENT FUNDING, UM, WITH, WITH THIS, UH, WITH THE VOTER APPROVED INVESTMENT.
UM, ALSO THE CITY CREATED A JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT UM, THAT WAS AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF AUSTIN, CAP CAPITAL METRO, AND, UM, AUSTIN TRANSIT PARTNERSHIP.
UM, CAP, CAP METRO SECURED F T A FUNDING TO STUDY THE 98 STATIONS IN THE PROJECT, UH, CONNECT SYSTEM PLAN.
AND, UM, THE, SOME OF THOSE STUDY, UH, FEATURES WERE, UH, EXISTING POPULATION DEMOGRAPHICS, UM, DISPLACEMENT RISK JOBS AND BUSINESSES, UM, THE URBAN FABRIC AND, AND, UM, CURRENT MOBILITY AND ACCESS.
UM, WE ALSO, UH, OR KEPT METRO AND THE CITY OF AUSTIN AS A PARTNER, COLLECTED DATA THROUGH COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, UM, IN VARIOUS, THROUGH VARIOUS PLATFORMS. IN 2021, THE CITY, UM, APPROVED A RESOLUTION TO DEVELOP AN E T O D POLICY PLAN, UM, THAT EXPLORED TOOLS, UM, AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR EQUITABLE OUTCOMES.
UM, AND THIS MIRROR KIND OF MIRRORED THIS RESOLUTION, MIRRORED WHAT THE VOTERS APPROVED AS FAR AS ANTI-DISPLACEMENT STRATEGIES, UH, CREATION AND PRESERVATION OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING, UM, AND CREATION OF MARKET RATE HOUSING, AS WELL AS EMBRACING THAT COMPACT AND CONNECTED TRANSIT SUPPORTIVE, UM, COMMUNITY.
SO WHAT IS IN THE E T O D POLICY PLAN? NEXT SLIDE.
SO, OUR PLAN STARTS WITH OUR OVERARCHING E T O D PROJECT GOALS THAT ADDRESS SAFE AND ACCESSIBLE TRANSPORTATION, CLOSING THE, UH, RACIAL HEALTH AND WEALTH GAP, PRESERVING AND INCREASING HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES, EXPANDING ACCESS TO HIGH QUALITY JOBS AND CAREER OPPORTUNITIES TO EMBRACE THAT UPWARD MOBILITY, UH, SUPPORTING HEALTHY NEIGHBORHOODS THAT MEET DAILY NEEDS.
THINKING ABOUT, UM, WHAT, WHAT AN HOUSEHOLD'S DAILY NEEDS ARE AND ENSURING THAT, UM, BUSINESSES THAT PROVIDE THOSE NEEDS ARE, ARE EASILY ACCESSIBLE AS WELL AS EXPANDING AUSTIN'S DIVERSE CULTURAL HERITAGE AND SMALL BIPO OWNED IN LEGACY BUSINESSES.
SO IN THE MAJOR COMPONENTS OF THE E T O D POLICY PLAN ARE STATION AREA, TYPOLOGIES STATION AREA PLANNING, PRIORITIZATION, OUR POLICY TOOLKIT, AS WELL AS A WORK PLAN OR NEXT STEPS FOR OUR PLAN IMPLEMENTATION.
SO FOR THE FIRST MAJOR COMPONENT OF THE E T O D POLICY PLAN ARE OUR TYPOLOGIES, AND THIS IS A WAY TO, TO CATEGORIZE THE EXISTING CONDITIONS, UM, WITHIN THE STATION AREAS, ACROSS THE PROJECT CONNECT SYSTEM PLAN.
AND THE INDICATORS, UM, FOR THOSE STATION AREA TYPES WERE, UM, A MEASURE OF THE EXISTING POPULATION WITHIN A HALF MILE BUFFER OR A HALF MILE RADIUS OR RING OF A STATION AREA, AS WELL AS, UM, A CURRENT LEVEL OF, UM, DISPLACEMENT RISK.
AND THE THIRD INDICATOR BEING, UH, CHANGE IN POPULATION AND JOB GROWTH OVER THE LAST DECADE.
SO THESE THREE INDICATORS LED US TO EIGHT DIFFERENT TYPES, STATIONARY TYPES WHERE WE THINK ABOUT THE EXISTING CONDITIONS, UM, AND, AND PUT AND PUT PEOPLE OVER OVER PLACE.
THE NEXT MAJOR COMPONENT IS OUR E T O D PLANNING PRIORITIZATION.
SO WE HAVE OUR TYPOLOGIES, AND THAT'S UNDERSTANDING THE EXISTING CONDITIONS, BUT WE BUILD
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ON THOSE, THOSE TYPOLOGIES TO UNDERSTAND, UM, WHAT TRANSIT SUPPORTIVE USES.UM, YOU KNOW, THINKING ABOUT ZONING, UM, ARE CURRENTLY IN A STATION AREA.
ALSO, UM, THE PRESENCE OF, UM, PUBLICLY OWNED LAND.
AT FIRST WE HAD JUST CLASSIFIED CITY AND CAP METRO OWNED LAND, KNOWING THAT WE, THOSE ARE THE PARTNERS, UM, OF THE JOINT POWERS, UH, AGREEMENT.
UM, COUNCIL MEMBERS, WELL EX UPON ACCEPTANCE OF THE E T O D POLICY PLAN ON MARCH 9TH, COUNCIL MEMBER VELA ASKED US TO PRIORITIZE, UM, STATION AREA PLANNING FOR LIGHT RAIL STATION AREAS AS WELL AS, UM, MAYOR PRO TIM ELLIS, UM, ASKED THE CITY TO, UM, RERUN THE PRIORITIZATION TO INCLUDE MORE PUBLICLY OWNED LAND THAN JUST THOSE OF THE CITY IN CAP METRO.
AND WE ARE CURRENTLY RUNNING THAT PRIORITIZATION, UM, RIGHT NOW.
UH, THE THIRD, UM, COMPONENT OF OUR PLANNING PRIORITIZATION IS THE PRESENCE OF UNDERUTILIZED LAND.
THAT IS A RACE, RACE RATIO OF, UH, LAND TO IMPROVEMENT VALUES.
SO LAND, UM, COMPARED TO WHAT, UH, BUILDINGS OR STRUCTURES, UH, SIT ON THAT LAND.
AND, UH, WITH THESE, WITH THIS ANALYSIS, WE'VE COME UP WITH, UM, OUR YEAR ONE STATIONS, WHICH WE PRE-SELECTED BASED ON ONGOING PLANNING PROCESSES.
UM, OUR HIGH PRIORITY STATIONS, MEDIUM PRIORITY STATIONS, AND LOW PRIORITY STATIONS.
SO THE NEXT MAJOR COMPONENT OF THE E T O D POLICY PLAN IS OUR, OUR POLICY TOOLS.
UM, AND THIS IS REALLY A MENU OF OPTIONS.
ALL TOOLS DO NOT NECESSARILY APPLY IT.
EACH STATION AREA, WE THINK ABOUT THE EXISTING CONDITIONS, THE TYPOLOGY, UM, AND, AND, UM, WHAT, WHAT'S MISSING FROM, FROM A STATIONARY AS FAR AS HOUSING, UM, OR ACCESS TO DAILY NEEDS OR, UH, PROGRAMMING THAT, THAT WILL HELP INCREASE ECONOMIC MOBILITY FOR HOUSEHOLDS.
OUR TOOL CATEGORIES, UM, WE HAVE RANGE, WE HAVE FIVE.
AND SO WE'RE THINKING ABOUT SMALL BUSINESS AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, HOUSING AFFORDABILITY, MOBILITY AND TRANSIT, LAND USE AND URBAN DESIGN, AS WELL AS REAL ESTATE AND FINANCE STRATEGIES.
SO WE HAVE FIVE MAJOR TOOL CATEGORIES, BUT, UM, A TOTAL OF 46 TOOLS ALTOGETHER IN EACH OF THOSE TOOLS IDENTIFIES WHO WOULD IMPLEMENT THAT TOOL, UM, AS WELL AS PARTNERS OR, OR SUPPORT FOR, FOR TOOL IMPLEMENTATION, A TIMELINE FOR THAT, FOR THE TOOLS IMPLEMENTATION, UM, WHICH OF THE SIX E T O D GOALS ARE ADDRESSED WITH THE TOOL.
A DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE TOOL, UM, AS WELL AS EXISTING EXAMPLES BOTH LOCALLY AND NATIONALLY.
UM, ALSO IMPLEMENTATION CHALLENGES OR CONSIDERATIONS FOR EQUITY, UM, AS WELL AS, UH, SAMPLE SUCCESS METRICS CAUSE.
SO THINKING ABOUT HOW WE WILL MEASURE THIS SUCCESS OF THE TOOL IMPLEMENTATION.
SO I MENTIONED THAT THERE ARE 46 TOOLS IN THE POLICY TOOLKIT.
AND SO, UM, WHAT I DID WAS REVIEW, UM, THE C'S MISSION STATEMENT AND 2021 ANNUAL REPORT, UM, AND THEN PULLED OUT SOME TOOLS THAT I, I THINK ARE RELEVANT TO THE C'S MISSION, UM, STATEMENT.
AND SO, UM, FOR SMALL BUSINESS AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, UM, I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT OUR SMALL BUSINESS ASSISTANCE FUND.
THIS FUND IS IN ADDITION TO, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, SMALL BUSINESS ASSISTANCE BASED ON CONSTRUCTION INTERRUPTION, BUT REALLY, UM, A PROGRAM THAT THAT HELPS EXPAND THE CAPACITY OF BUSINESSES, AFFORDABLE GROUND FLOOR LEASE SPACE, UM, FOR LOCAL BUSINESSES AND NONPROFITS, UM, AS WELL AS SOME WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS. UM, THINKING ABOUT, UM, INDUSTRY SPECIFIC JOB TRAINING AND HIRING, UM, AS WELL AS, UH, AN APP APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM FOR TRANSIT LINE CONSTRUCTION, THINKING ABOUT WAYS TO PROVIDE TRAINING TO INCREASE, UM, ONE'S, UH, ECONOMIC MOBILITY.
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SET OF TOOLS THAT I THOUGHT WAS RELEVANT TO THE C'S, UM, MISSION, UM, ARE SOME OF OUR HOUSING AFFORDABILITY TOOLS.AND, UM, SO I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT, UH, OUR COMMUNITY LAND TRUST AND KNOW THOSE SHARED EQUITY HOME OWNERSHIP MODELS.
UM, WE'RE REALLY THINKING ABOUT, UM, COMMUNITY OWNERSHIP OF PROPERTY AND, UM, THAT BEING A WAY TO, TO, UH, SUPPORT HOME OWNERSHIP AND OF, AND, AND, AND THAT WAY, UM, CREATE HOUSING STABILITY FOR OUR HOUSEHOLD.
UM, AN EXPANSION OF OUR HOME REPAIR PROGRAMS, OUR EMERGENCY DIRECT RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, UH, SUPPORTING TENANTS RIGHTS TO COUNCIL, AS WELL AS AN EXPANSION OF OUR EXISTING PREFERENCE POLICY.
UM, SOME TOOLS SAID I, UM, SELECTED TO HIGHLIGHT FROM THE LANE USE AND URBAN DESIGN.
SO, UH, FOR E T O D AND A CONSIDERING EQUITY WITHIN THIS TYPE OF LONG RANGE PLANNING.
UM, WE'RE THINKING ABOUT HOW TO CENTER COMMUNITY VOICES IN THE, UM, STATION AREA VISION PLANNING PROCESS.
AND SO, UM, I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT OUR EQUITY SCORE SCORECARD FOR E T O D PROJECTS.
THIS IS REALLY AN EVALUATION, UH, DOCUMENT, UM, USED BY COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO EVALUATE PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS THAT WOULD LIKE TO JOIN E T O D, UM, STATION AREAS.
ALSO INVESTING IN THE PUBLIC REALM.
AND WE'RE REALLY THINKING ABOUT COMMUNITY BENEFITS IN A WAY TO, UH, CENTER THE NEEDS, UM, FOR COMMUNITY GATHERING AND, UH, CIVIC SPACES IN A STATION AREA, AS WELL AS ENGAGING COMMUNITY VOICES IN, IN THE DESIGN OF, OF THESE SPACES.
AND SO I WANTED TO ALSO HIGHLIGHT JUST A FEW TOOLS FROM THE MOBILITY, FROM OUR MOBILITY AND REALLY TRANSIT, UM, RELATED, UM, TOOLKIT CATEGORY.
AND THAT, UM, ONE OF THEM WAS THE UNIVERSAL BASIC MOBILITY PILOT, UM, WHEN WE'RE REALLY THINKING ABOUT A PILOT PROGRAM, UM, AND KNOWING THAT THERE ARE SOME EXISTING PROGRAMS, UM, THAT REALLY FACTOR IN, UM, A HOUSEHOLD'S INCOME, UM, INTO, UM, HOW MUCH AN HOUSE A HOUSEHOLD CAN AFFORD ON TRANSPORTATION COSTS.
AND THEN, UM, BEING ABLE TO SUBSIDIZE, UM, THOSE COSTS DEPENDENT UPON, UM, A HOUSEHOLD'S INCOME OR AN INDIVIDUAL'S INCOME, UH, COMMUNITY CAR PROGRAM SIMILAR TO SOME OF THE CAR PROGRAMS THAT WE HAD IN THE CITY, UM, WHERE, YOU KNOW, WE ARE PROVIDING, NOT WE PER SE, BUT WE ARE WORKING WITH, UH, CAR SHARE PROGRAMS TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO, UM, HOUSEHOLDS THAT, UM, DO NOT OWN A CAR, BUT STILL HAVE CERTAIN TRIPS THAT THEY, THEY NEED TO ACCESS A VEHICLE.
UM, SO EMBRACING, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT DIFFERENT WAYS OF, OF ENHANCING TRANSIT ACCESS AS WELL AS EQUITABLE STATION AREA STRATEGY, UH, ACCESS STRATEGY.
SO REALLY THINKING ABOUT ACCESSIBILITY WHEN ACC ACCESSING, PHYSICALLY ACCESSING, UH, STATION AREAS AND MAKING SURE THAT, UM, PERSONS OF OF ALL DIFFERENT AVI ABILITIES ARE ABLE TO ACCESS, UM, STATION AREAS EASILY.
SO, UM, NOW WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS, UH, COUNCIL'S ACCEPTANCE, WHICH I, UM, ALLUDED TO EARLIER IN PRESENTATION, AS WELL AS OUR, THE NEXT STEPS FOR OUR TEAM.
SO COUNCIL ACCEPTED THE E T O D POLICY PLAN BY RESOLUTION, UH, WITH AMENDMENTS, UM, AND THIS DIRECTED CITY STAFF TO INCORPORATE E T O D POLIC POLICY TOOLS FOR 11 STATION AREAS IN THE NORTHEAST AUSTIN DISTRICT PLANNING PROCESS, UM, TO INITIATE AMENDMENTS TO THE IMAGINE AUSTIN COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO ADOPT ELEMENTS OF THE E T O D POLICY PLAN TO INITIATE AMENDMENTS TO, UM, OUR LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, UM, TO BEGIN THE WORK OF THE E T O D OVERLAY, UH, ZONING OVERLAY FOR E T O D STATION AREAS, AS WELL AS TO, UH, BEGIN THE WORK TO DEVELOP AN EQUITY SCORECARD.
UM, ONE OF THE, UM, MAIN AMENDMENTS, UH, FOR THE RESOLUTION WAS TO PRESENT AN E T O D IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.
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THIS JUST, UM, KIND OF, UM, EXTENDS FROM OUR, OUR WORK PLAN AND NEXT STEPS, UM, TO OUTLINE, UH, TOOL PRIORITY TOOL IMPLEMENTATION PRIORITIES, UM, TARGETED OUTCOMES, UM, A TIMELINE FOR TOOL IMPLEMENTATION, WHICH WE'VE ALREADY KIND OF LISTED IN.UM, OUR, OUR TOOL, INDIVIDUAL TOOL FEATURES, UM, IDENTIFYING FUNDING SOURCES AND OTHER RESOURCES FOR TOOL IMPLEMENTATION, UM, AS WELL AS SPECIFIC, UM, NUMERIC PERFORMANCE MEASURE TO ASSESS TOOL IMPLEMENTATION, UH, SUCCESS.
AND SO COUNSEL WAS ASKED THE CITY STAFF TO RETURN WITH AN UPDATE ON, UM, THE PROGRESS OF THIS IMPLEMENTATION PLAN AT THE END OF MAY, UM, AND TO PROVIDE A, UH, FINALIZED IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, UM, MID-SEPTEMBER NEXT SLIDE.
SO TO PROVIDE A LITTLE MORE INSIGHT ON HOW WE'LL BE IMPLEMENTING THE E T O D POLICY PLAN.
UM, WE ARE WORKING FROM A SYSTEMWIDE APPROACH THAT WE THINK WILL, UM, YOU KNOW, REALLY HELP US, UM, INITIATE AND, AND IMPLEMENT THE, THE AND SUPPORT E T O D SYSTEMWIDE AS WELL AS THE GEOGRAPHIC APPROACH.
SO, SYSTEMWIDE, UM, AS A REMINDER, ARE THE IMAGINE AUSTIN AMENDMENTS, LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE AMENDMENTS, UM, AND GEOGRAPHICALLY E T O D STATION AREA PLANNING AND SPECIFIC TOOLS THAT ARE THE CONTEXT SENSITIVE TO THE EXISTING CONDITIONS IN A STATION AREA.
UM, AS FAR AS SYSTEM, THE SYSTEM-WIDE APPROACH, EACH OF THOSE, UM, PROPOSED, UH, AMENDMENTS WILL GO THROUGH A IT THROUGH AN ITERATIVE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESS, AS WELL AS THE, UH, REQUIRED AND STANDARD PUBLIC HEARING PROCESS THROUGH COUNSEL IN THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
SO THIS JUST PROVIDES A LITTLE MORE DETAIL.
THIS SLIDE PROVIDES A LITTLE MORE DETAIL INTO EACH OF OUR NEXT STEPS, UM, AND, AND OUTLINES, UM, KIND OF GIVES A SEASON OF, OF COMPLETION FOR EACH OF OUR, UM, NEXT STEPS.
AND I'VE KIND OF REVIEWED THAT, SO I WON'T, UM, READ THOSE OUT IN DETAIL.
SO WE WOULD LIKE YOU TO INVITE YOU TO GET INVOLVED.
WE HAVE BEGUN STATION AREA VISION PLANNING FOR THE NORTH LAMAR AND SOUTH CONGRESS TRANSIT CENTER, UM, AND HAVE INCORPORATED FEEDBACK THROUGH, UM, PHASE ONE OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
UH, WE'VE PUT PHASE TWO OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT FOR THESE STATION AREAS ON PAUSE SO THAT THE COMMUNITY CAN DIGEST, UM, THE PUBLICIZED LIGHT RAIL, UH, INITIAL SEGMENT OPTIONS.
UM, AND WE WILL PICK BACK UP ON COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT FOR PHASE TWO IN LATE SUMMER, EARLY FALL.
YOU CAN VISIT THE E T OD PROJECT CONNECT WEBSITE, UM, AT HTTPS, UM, COWELL FOUR SLASH PROJECT CONNECT.COM/PROJECT/ETOD.
UM, THAT IS THE CAPITAL METRO ETO OD WEBSITE, UM, THAT, THAT ALSO HOUSES THE, THE CITY'S, UM, E T O D WORK.
UM, YOU CAN ALSO SEND THE, UM, HOUSING AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT, UM, WHERE THE E T O D TEAM IS, WORKS UNDER, UM, A DIRECT MESSAGE@ETODAUSTINTEXAS.GOV.
NEXT SLIDE, WHICH I THINK IS THE LAST SLIDE.
AND NOW WE'LL OPEN UP FOR QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.
COMMISSIONERS, ARE THERE QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER BROWN? YEAH, I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION.
UM, WHAT, UM, IF ANY, HAVE THERE BEEN ANY DISCUSSION ON HOW CITIZENS OR COMMUNITY MEMBERS WILL BE ABLE TO APPLY FOR, UM, ANY OF THE FUNDS, THE SMALL BUSINESS FUNDS FOR, UH, RELIEF? IF THEY'RE, IF THEY ARE IMPACTED? UM, WHAT WILL BE THE METHOD OR IS THERE A PROGRAM OR SYSTEM ALREADY BUILT OR DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT? COULD YOU INFORM ME ABOUT THAT? SO, SO WHAT WE HAVE PRO PRO, OH MY GOODNESS, WHAT WE HAVE PROPOSED WITH THE E T O D POLICY PLAN AND THE POLICY TOOLKITS ARE SUPER HIGH LEVEL.
UM, RIGHT NOW THROUGH WITH WORKING THROUGH OUR IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, WE'RE HAVING THOSE TARGETED TALKS WITH, UM, WITH PARTNERS WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR, UH, PROGRAMS LIKE, UM,
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SMALL BUSINESS RELOCATION, UM, AND, UM, SMALL BUSINESS ASSISTANCE FUNDING.UM, SO BECAUSE THE TOOLS ARE STILL REALLY HIGH LEVEL AND WE HAVEN'T IDENTIFIED THAT FUNDING AND THOSE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES, UM, WE DON'T YET HAVE THE, THE, THE FINAL DETAILS OF THOSE PROGRAMS. BUT WE'LL BE, UM, SHARING AND COMMUNICATING WITH THE PUBLIC, UM, AS WE DEVELOP AND, AND FINE TUNE THOSE TOOLS.
SO THE, THE SECOND PART IS THE, UM, THE SECOND ROUND OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
UM, WHAT EXACTLY ARE THEY ENGAGING AND ASKING THE COMMUNITY TO GIVE FEEDBACK ON? BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE THIS IS ALREADY DECIDED.
WELL, SO, AND, AND THIS IS IN REFERENCE TO JUST THE TWO, THE, THE FIRST TWO STATION AREAS THAT WE'RE PLANNING FOR.
UM, AND, UM, IN PHASE ONE WE ASK THE COMMUNITY ABOUT THE PLACES THAT THEY CELEBRATE, UM, WHAT THEY FEEL LIKE IS MISSING AS FAR AS, UM, TYPES OF SERVICES, UM, AND, AND CIVIC SPACES, UM, WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE AS FAR AS LIKE INFRASTRUCTURAL IMPROVEMENTS, UM, QUESTIONS LIKE THAT, REALLY TRYING TO, UM, UNDERSTAND, UM, A COMMUNITY MEMBER'S EXPERIENCE IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD AND, AND THEN HOW WE CAN IMPROVE UPON THOSE EXPERIENCES WITH PROGRAMMING AND, AND, UM, PROVIDING OR, OR INCENTIVIZING SERVICES THAT MEET DAILY NEEDS.
COMMISSIONER ALIAS ANSWER YOUR QUESTION.
UH, SO AS FAR AS FUNDING GOES, UM, CAN YOU TELL US MORE ABOUT THE SOURCES, CUZ IT'S, IS IT MORE THAN JUST THE 300 MILLION LIKE ANTI DISPLACEMENT FUND? IS IT, UH, CITY FUNDING, BOND HOUSING BONDS, UH, IS SAID ALL OF THAT.
SO WE, FOR POLICY TOOLS, WE HAVE NOT YET IDENTIFIED FUNDING WE WILL NOT BE USING.
SO THE 300 MILLION ANTI DISPLACEMENT FUNDING, THE, THE DISPLACEMENT PREVENTION GROUP AND THE REAL ESTATE HPDS REAL OR HOUSING AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT'S REAL ESTATE TEAM, UM, THEY'RE REALLY WORKING WITH THE 300 MILLION, UM, ANTI-DISPLACEMENT FUNDING.
SO THE FUNDING THAT I MENTIONED THAT WE NEED TO IDENTIFY FOR POLICY TOOLS WILL COME THROUGH OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS AND PARTNER, UM, ORGANIZATIONS IN IDENTIFYING FUNDING IN THAT WAY OR THOSE TYPES OF FUNDS, NOT NECESSARILY ANTI DISPLACEMENT FUNDING.
MR. DELGADO, OH, SORRY, GO AHEAD, COMMISSIONER ALIAS.
AND AS FAR AS ANYTHING THAT'S, UM, ANY OF THE 300 MILLION ANTI DISPLACEMENT FUNDS THAT ARE BEING USED AROUND STATIONS, UM, ARE THEY REQUIRED TO USE THIS GUIDE OR THIS EAD, UM, RECOMMENDATIONS OR TOOLS? SO THE, THE 300 MILLION ANTI-DISPLACEMENT FUNDING, UM, THE PROJECT CONNECTS COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE COMMITTEE, UM, IS THE ONE WHO ADVISES, UM, THE PARTNERSHIP ON, ON, UH, BUDGET PRIORITIES AND FUNDING PRIORITIES.
UM, NOW THE, THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE IS, UM, VERY MINDFUL OF, OF MAKING SURE THAT THE ANTI ANTI-DISPLACEMENT FUNDING IS SPENT IN AND AROUND, UH, THE PROJECT CONNECT SYSTEM PLAN.
DO YOU MIND IF I ADD, UM, CHAIR PAUL TO THAT SPEAKING? I'M SORRY, THIS ISTI JACKMAN, UH, I'M ALSO ON THE CALL.
I WILL SAY, UM, SO MANY OF THE PRIORITIES AROUND HOUSING THAT ARE LISTED, UM, IN THE EAD POLICY PLAN THAT SHE PRESENTED TONIGHT, UM, I ONLY SAW ONE ITEM THAT WE ARE NOT CURRENTLY FUNDING DIRECTLY WITH ANTI-DISPLACEMENT FUNDS.
SO THERE IS AN ALIGNMENT, CERTAINLY IN ALIGNMENT WITH HOW WE ARE USING THE FUNDS THAT, UM, THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE E O POLICY, UH, PLANS.
UH, SO I JUST WANNA HIGHLIGHT THAT AND I AM, I WAS ALREADY LOOKING AT THAT, THAT, UH, FIFTH ONE, WHICH
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UH, WAS INVESTMENTS IN CO-OPS AND COMMUNITY LAND TRUST, WHICH WE ARE CURRENTLY HAVING CONVERSATIONS, UH, WITH E D D, UH, REGARDING OTHER TOOLS AND HOUSING OPTIONS AROUND, UH, RELATED TO PROJECT CONNECT AND WITHIN THAT ONE MILE, UM, LINER STATION.SO THE FUNDS ARE BEING USED IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE E O P POLICY PLAN RIGHT NOW, SPECIFICALLY TO HOUSING.
I CAN'T NECESSARILY SPEAK TO THE OTHER, UH, CATEGORIES.
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER LEAH, YOU OUR REPRESENTATIVE ON THAT ADVISORY COMMITTEE, DO YOU HAVE SOME INSIGHTS OR QUESTIONS RELATED TO THAT? YES, AND I THINK MS. JACKMAN ANSWERED THAT.
THAT'S THE REASON WHY I WAS ASKING THE QUESTION.
MR. DELGADO, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
UM, I THINK YOU WENT OVER A LOT, UH, LOT OF STUFF TO PROCESS AND JUST THIS LITTLE TIME THAT WE HAVE TO A ASK YOU QUESTIONS.
SO, UM, I'M VERY, VERY CONCERNED, UM, CUZ I, I SEE, I SEE THE GOALS.
UM, I ALSO SEE, UH, THE FACT THAT I GUESS COUNSEL DID APPROVE THE ED E T O D POLICY TOOLS FOR 11 STATION AREAS AND ALL IN NORTHEAST AUSTIN, WHICH I AM EAST AUSTIN CONSIDERED CENTRAL OFFICE CESA CHAVEZ.
SO DISTRICT THREE, UH, ALIGNING WITH DISTRICT ONE, UM, EAST OF 35, M L K DOWN, I, WHERE'S OUR STATION? UH, FIRST OF ALL, I, I, I DIDN'T HEAR ANYTHING ABOUT MY AREA HAVING ANY TYPE OF, UH, ANY OF THESE STATIONS.
SO I, I WANNA ASK THAT QUESTION FIRST BEFORE I MOVE ON TO MY SECOND QUESTION.
DID I MISS SOMETHING? DID Y'ALL COME TO US BEFORE? AND YOU I AM GONNA GET A STATION IN DISTRICT THREE.
IN DISTRICT ONE, OR WE'RE NOT GONNA GET A STATION.
UM, SO I WOULD NEED TO LOOK AT, UM, OUR E T O D PRIOR PRIORITY TOOL, BUT, UM, TO FIND THE SPECIFIC STATION.
BUT THERE ARE DEFINITELY STATION AREAS IN YOUR DISTRICT.
AND WHAT I PRESENTED WAS OUR YEAR ONE STATION AREA PLANNING.
BUT THAT DOES NOT ENCOMPASS, UM, OUR, OUR NEXT PRIORITY STA OUR, THE NEXT STATIONS THAT WE WILL PLAN FOR OR, OR STATIONS BEYOND YEAR TWO OR YEAR THREE.
UM, SO WHAT, WHAT ARE HIGHLIGHTED WERE THE NEXT STATION AREAS THAT WE'RE PLANNING FOR.
THAT DOES NOT MEAN THAT, UM, OTHER STATION AREAS WILL NOT BE PLANNED FOR IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
BECAUSE WHEN YOU SAY THE NEAR FU FUTURE, THAT, THAT CONCERNS ME.
CUZ MY AREA'S BEEN GENTRIFIED FOR 10 YEARS AND WE'VE DEALT WITH DISPLACEMENT.
WE'RE DEALING WITH THE DEMOLISHING OF OUR HOMES, THE LOSS OF OUR FAMILIES, THE LOSS OF OUR CHILDREN.
IF YOU'RE A NATIVE OF EAST AUSTINSON, THEN YOU UNDERSTAND THE TRAUMA AS WELL AS THE IMPACT, UH, THAT WE HAVE SUFFERED.
AND MY, MY PEOPLE, MY CONSTITUENTS STILL SUFFERED TODAY.
UM, AND SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THIS BEAUTIFUL SHINY TRANSIT, YOU KNOW, PLAN THAT THE VOTERS VOTED IN, UM, WHAT DID YOU SAY? 2020? UM, I, I LOOKED AT THE TIMELINE.
Y'ALL DID A LITTLE BIT OF WORK.
I DON'T SEE A TIMELINE OF WORK THAT YOU ALL DID.
UM, WE'RE IN 2023, WE STILL HAVEN'T BROKE GROUND.
WE'RE RUNNING OUTTA MONEY, ALL KINDS OF STUFF GOING ON OVER THERE AT PROJECT CONNECT.
BUT WHEN YOU COME TO THIS BOARD AND YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE, YOU'RE GIVING YOUR GOALS AND YOU'RE GIVING ALL THIS INFORMATION, I, I DON'T SEE MY DISTRICT, UH, OR EVEN THE AREA THAT'S BEEN TRAUMATIZED, GROUND ZERO EAST AUSTIN EVEN, UM, EVEN BEING MENTIONED OR TALKED ABOUT.
SO I JUST WANNA JUST GIVE YOU MY FEEDBACK AS A COMMISSIONER, AS A RESIDENT.
UH, I LIVE OFF OF CESA CHAVEZ.
UM, WE DO HAVE CORRIDORS AND WE DO HAVE AREAS THAT WE'RE GONNA BE DIRECTLY BEING IMPACTED AND ENCROACHED FROM SEVENTH STREET AIRPORT, EAST RIVERSIDE, MONKS, UH, UH, WE'RE STILL HERE.
THE BROWN AND, AND BLACK PEOPLE ARE STILL HERE.
AND I, I, I HEAR WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT HELP TO CLOSE RACIAL HEALTH AND WEALTH GAPS AS ONE OF THE GOALS, BUT I DON'T HEAR, WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO, TO HELP THAT? BECAUSE RIGHT NOW EVERYBODY'S BEING EVICTED AND DISPLACED.
UH, THE NATIVES OF EAST AUSTIN, THE RESIDENTS, THE, THE, THE HOMEGROWN PEOPLE OF HERE, THAT'S WHO I REPRESENT.
UM, WE HAVE A LOT OF OTHER REPRESENTATIVES
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THAT HELP PEOPLE THAT ADVOCATE FOR THE PEOPLE THAT DON'T LIVE HERE, THAT MOVED HERE.BUT WHAT ABOUT US? UM, SO JUST MAKE SURE THAT COMMISSIONER DELGADO'S BEING NOTED WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT PRESERVE AND INCREASED HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND ALL OF THAT STUFF, IT, IT DOESN'T MEAN NOTHING TO US.
ALL OF THIS TO ME IS JUST LITTLE NICE WORDS THAT YOU ALL ARE COMPLYING, THIS IS YOUR JOB.
UM, BUT WE'RE BEING AFFECTED AND WE'RE BEING VERY, VERY, VERY HURT AND DAMAGED RIGHT NOW, UH, HERE IN OUR CITY IN THE YEAR 2023.
SO I DO WANNA BE INVOLVED, UH, LIKE COMMISSIONER, UM, THOMS, UM, I'M SORRY, UH, IS IT BROWN? BROWN, BROWN HAD STATED, UH, ON THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PART.
CAUSE I DON'T SEE THAT, I DON'T SEE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, UH, GOING ON IN, IN MY NEIGHBORHOODS, IN MY SCHOOLS AND MY COMMUNITY.
AND, AND I WANT PROJECT CONNECT TO DO BETTER BECAUSE WE'RE NOT GONNA ALL BE HERE SERVING COUNTLESS VOLUNTEER HOURS TO ADVOCATE FOR OUR PEOPLE.
AND THEN YOU ALL THAT ARE BEING PAID, THIS IS YOUR JOB.
YOU'RE NOT OUT OUT THERE REALLY ENGAGING WITH THE POOR AND THE WORKING CLASS, THE DISABLED AND THE ELDERS, CUZ THAT'S WHAT THIS COMMISSION'S ABOUT.
THANK YOU, UM, FOR YOUR COMMENTS AND FEEDBACK, COMMISSIONER DELGADO? UM, I WOULD BE HAPPY TO SHARE OUR E T O D PRIORITY TOOL THAT, UM, HIGHLIGHTS, UM, OUR STATION AREAS THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT CONNECT SYSTEM PLAN.
UM, AS WELL AS WE CAN, UM, SHARE A SUMMARY OF OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE'VE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH THROUGH MULTIPLE PLATFORMS, UM, OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS.
UM, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO BE IN CONTACT WITH AS WE, UM, STATION AREA PLAN AND, AND, UM, AND THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
UM, I DID WANNA SHARE ONE MORE COMMENT.
I AM A FOURTH GENERATION EAST AUSTIN.
CUZ I'M GLAD THEY GAVE YOU A JOB CUZ WE NEED TO BE WORKING IN THOSE DEPARTMENTS.
UM, WHAT PERCENTAGE IS PLANNED THAT WILL BE LOWER INCOME PEOPLE IN THE STATION AREAS? SO ONE OF, ONE OF OUR POLICY TOOLS IS ABOUT, UM, ESTABLISHING HIGH AFFORDABILITY GOALS, UM, FOR E T O D STATION AREAS.
AND SO, UM, THAT IS A TOOL THAT WE, WE IS SUPER HIGH LEVEL RIGHT NOW, BUT WE ARE FINE TUNING, ESPECIALLY WITH OUR IMPLEMENTATION PLAN THAT IS TO RETURN TO COUNCIL.
SO, UM, WE HAVE NOT ESTABLISHED THOSE GOALS YET, BUT, UM, WE ARE USING THE LEVERAGE WE HAVE, UM, IN ESTABLISHING OUR E T O D STATION AREAS TO, UM, TO, TO WORK THOSE INCENTIVES AND, AND ESTABLISH HIGHER AFFORDABILITY GOALS THAN, THAN MAY HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND WITH PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.
SO, UH, TO SUMMARIZE, WE DON'T HAVE THOSE NUMBERS YET, BUT WE, WE ARE WORKING ON, UM, GATHERING THOSE MEASURES.
SO EVERY DAY THIS SITUATION GETS WORSE.
WE, WE DON'T HAVE THE TOOLS, WE DON'T HAVE THE MONEY FOR THE TOOLS.
SEEMS LIKE SOMETHING'S MISSING HERE.
I WOULDN'T SAY THAT WE DO NOT HAVE MONEY FOR THE TOOLS, BUT WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS, IS IDENTIFY A STREAM OF FUNDING.
SO IT'S ABOUT IDENTIFYING, UM, FUNDING FOR THE TOOLS, NOT, NOT NECESSARILY THAT WE DO NOT HAVE FUNDING FOR THE TOOLS.
YOU MENTIONED SOME FORMS OF ASSISTANCE LIKE, UH, HOME REPAIR, I THINK YOU MENTIONED RENT SUBSIDIES.
WHAT'S THE DURATION OF THOSE TOOLS? IF WE SPEND MONEY ON, UM, REPAIRS OF THE HOUSE, HOW LONG WILL THAT LAST? HOW LONG WILL THAT KEEP SOMEBODY IN THEIR HOME? IISHA, DO YOU WANT JAMIE OR I TO SPEAK, OR EVEN LETICIA TO SPEAK ON THAT? I I IF SOMEONE FROM FROM REAL ESTATE OR WHO WORKS WITH OUR HOUSING PROGRAMS WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO SURE.
I'LL JUST MENTION, OH, GO AHEAD.
JUST BRIEFLY, I'LL JUST BRIEFLY SPEAK ON THE RENTAL PORTION FOR TENANTS AND THEN I'LL DEFER TO JAMIE.
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UH, THIS IS NE FOR TD JACKMAN, UM, HOUSING AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT.UH, RIGHT NOW WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF, OF FINALIZING CONTRACTS FOR A VARIETY OF PRIMARILY TENANT STABILIZATION PROGRAMS, AS WELL AS SOME HOMEOWNER STRATEGIES THAT WERE IDENTIFIED BY COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS.
KEEPING IN MIND THAT WHAT SSHA IS PRIMARILY WHAT SHE IS OUTLINING IS FOR PROJECT CONNECT.
IT IS VERY, WELL, NOT ONLY, BUT WHAT IT IS SPECIFIC TO PROJECT CONNECT.
AND SO WE ARE REALLY LOOKING AT, AND I'M REFERRING TO TRANSIT INDUCED DISPLACEMENT, WHICH WHAT, WHICH, THAT'S WHAT'S CALLED OUT IN THE PROJECT CONNECT CONTRACT WITH THE VOTERS.
SO THE INVESTMENTS THAT WILL BE, UM, TO SUPPORT TENANTS AND HOMEOWNERS.
RIGHT NOW, MOST OF THOSE CONTRACTS ARE FOR THREE YEARS.
UH, THAT'S THE CURRENT TERM THAT WE HAVE FOR THOSE INVESTMENTS TO BE MADE.
AND THEN WITH THE OTHER BUDGET ALLOCATIONS, WHICH WE WILL BE BRINGING TO COUNCIL FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS, SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THE DOLLARS IN THREE YEAR INCREMENTS.
UM, BUT THE INVESTMENTS WILL BE MADE THROUGHOUT THE 10 TO 13 YEARS OF PROJECT CONNECT.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHEN THE FUNDING WILL BE AVAILABLE.
BUT I, I WILL DEFER TO JAMIE TO REALLY SPEAK TO THE HOMEOWNER PROGRAMS, BUT THAT'S ESSENTIALLY THE SAME FOR THE PROJECT CONNECT DOLLARS TO PREVENT DISPLACEMENT.
NOW DEEDEE, UH, JAMIE MAY, HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT OFFICER WITH THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT.
UM, AND WE HAVE MULTIPLE PROGRAMS, UH, TO SERVE HOMEOWNERS, UH, EXISTING HOMEOWNERS AND TO HELP HOMEOWNERS OR TO HELP, UM, PURCHASERS, UH, SECURE, UH, AFFORDABLE HOME OWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES.
EACH OF THOSE PROGRAMS CARRY DIFFERENT, UH, AFFORDABILITY PERIODS.
UH, FOR EXAMPLE, OUR, UM, A OWNERSHIP UNIT DEVELOPED THROUGH OUR OWNERSHIP HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM MUST REMAIN AFFORDABLE FOR AT LEAST 40 YEARS, UH, IN SOME CIRCUMSTANCES THAT WOULD BE AFFORDABLE FOR 99 YEARS.
UH, AND WHEN A PROPERTY HAS A RESTRICTIVE COVENANT ON IT SUCH AS THAT, UH, WE WORK WITH OUR FRIENDS AT, UH, TRAVIS COUNTY OR TRAVIS CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT, UH, TO ENSURE THAT THE, THE PROPERTY TAXES DO NOT, UH, ESCALATE FASTER THAN THE VALUATION THAT HAS BEEN APPLIED TO THE HOUSE.
EACH OF THOSE HOUSES IN OUR OWNERSHIP, UH, PORTFOLIO, UH, INCLUDING THOSE THAT ARE SOLD TO OUR COMMUNITY LAND TRUST, UH, HAVE A LIMITED EQUITY.
UH, SO IT'S A, IT'S BASICALLY GOVERNED, UH, YOU'VE GOT A GOVERNOR ON YOUR EQUITY, SO YOU CAN ONLY IMPROVE, UH, I BELIEVE TWO TO TWO AND A HALF PERCENT PER ANNUM.
AND THAT'S HOW WE ENSURE THAT THE RESALE PRICE IS, UH, LOW ENOUGH TO ENSURE TO, UH, PROVIDE FOR AF LONG-TERM AFFORDABILITY, UH, FOR EXISTING HOMEOWNERS WHO, UH, NEED REPAIRS, HOME OWNERSHIP REPAIRS.
OH, WE HAVE MULTIPLE PROGRAMS AND EACH OF THOSE PROGRAMS CARRY, UH, VARYING LEVELS OF AFFORDABILITY.
UM, AND I'LL UH, TURN IT OVER TO LETICIA TO SPEAK ABOUT EACH OF THOSE INDIVIDUAL PROGRAMS. I'LL JUST NOTE THAT THEY DO CARRY, UM, SOME OF THOSE PROGRAMS CARRY LIENS, SOME ARE GRANTS.
UM, BUT, UH, DO YOU CARRY LONG-TERM AFFORDABILITY RESTRICTIONS WITH EACH OF OUR HOME REPAIR PROGRAMS? THE ONLY PROGRAM THAT IS A LOAN AND CARRY A LIEN UP TO 10 YEARS IS THE HOME REPAIR LOAN PROGRAM THAT GOES UP TO $75,000.
THEN WE HAVE OUR PLUMBING PROGRAM.
UH, WE HAVE, UM, ARCHITECTURAL BARRIER REMOVAL PROGRAM.
THOSE ARE GRANT PROGRAMS, PRIVATE, LATERAL, MINOR HOME REPAIR.
THOSE ARE, UH, NON-FEDERAL FUNDS AND FUNDS FROM AUSTIN WATER.
AND THE HOME REPAIR LOAN PROGRAM IS FUNDED WITH COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDING.
AND IF I COULD ALSO JUST ADD FINALLY THAT, UM, WHEN A HOMEOWNER RECEIVES ASSISTANCE, EITHER THROUGH THE MINOR HOME REPAIR GO REPAIR OR HOME UH, REHABILITATION PROGRAM, UM, IT ISN'T TO ENSURE THAT THEY CAN STAY AND ENJOY THOSE HO THE, THAT UNIT FOR THE LONG TERM.
UM, ONCE THE GRANT, UH, RUNS OUT IN TERMS OF THE, UH, THE TIME PERIOD, UH, THAT IS REQUIRED, OR ONCE THE LOAN IS REPAID OR, UH, FORGIVEN OR, UH, UH, DISPOSED OF IN SOME WAY, UH, THE HOMEOWNER DOES NOT NEED TO SELL.
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THEY, UH, THEY RECEIVE THE BENEFIT OF THAT REPAIR AND THEORETICALLY THEY CAN STAY IN THAT UNIT UNTIL THEY'RE READY TO SELL.UH, THE ONLY, UH, RESTRICTION THAT WE WOULD HAVE IS THAT IF THEY SELL IN THAT TIME PERIOD, WE WOULD WANT TO EITHER RECOUP, RECOUP OUR FUNDS OR ENSURE THAT IT IS SOLD TO A, TO AN AFFORDABLE HOUSEHOLD.
THESE ARE EXISTING PROGRAMS? YES, MA'AM.
SO ARE YOU PROPOSING TO RESTRICT THEM TO THE E T O D AREAS? NO, MA'AM.
UH, WHAT WE, WE HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS AROUND, UH, MARKETING, UH, HOWEVER, UH, WE WOULD CONTINUE TO USE THESE PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
SO CAN I ASK WHY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE EXISTING PROGRAMS? UM, I MEAN, ARE YOU, YOU ALL JUST SAY STATING THAT YOU ARE WORKING WITH PROJECT CONNECT, UH, TO BE ABLE TO ENSURE THAT, THAT THE RESIDENTS HAVE THIS BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING WE'VE HAD, UH, IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FOR DECADES.
UM, SO MAY I ASK PROJECT CONNECT, IS THERE A REASON WHY, I MEAN, ARE ARE Y'ALL ENHANCING THESE PROGRAMS AROUND THE, THE AREAS THAT ARE GONNA BE AFFECTED? I MEAN, WHAT, WHAT, I DON'T UNDERSTAND.
SO YES, YOU ALL DON'T HAVE THE MONEY, BUT Y'ALL GONNA USE OUR MONEY AND OUR EXISTING PROGRAMMING.
IF I CAN JUST POINT OUT THAT SHISHA NEITE AND, UM, LUCY, OUR, UH, CITY OF AUSTIN EMPLOYEES, UH, THEY, THEY, THEY WORK IN THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT NEAR TD WORKS IN THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT.
JUST TO, JUST TO CLARIFY THAT, RIGHT, I THINK THAT THE CLARIFICATION IS OUR OWN TAX DOLLARS ARE OWN FEDERAL FUNDS.
ARE, ARE THESE PROGRAMS ALREADY EXIST IN THE CITY? SO THESE, UM, INDIVIDUALS YOU JUST MENTIONED, YEAH, THEY ARE CITY EMPLOYEES.
SO THEY'RE, YOU ARE GIVING AWAY OUR PROGRAMS FOR, UM, FOR PROJECT CONNECT.
PROJECT CONNECT DOESN'T HAVE THEIR OWN MONEY, CAN'T GET THEIR OWN MONEY, UH, TO BE ABLE TO ASSIST WITH HOU THESE HOUSING ISSUES.
I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW HOME REPAIRS IS GONNA SUSTAIN PEOPLE.
I MEAN, PEOPLE ARE, THERE'S NOBODY EVEN LIVING IN THE HOMES ANYMORE.
SO WHAT POPULATION ARE WE TALKING ABOUT AGAIN? CAN I, UM, COMMISSIONER DELGADO, THIS IS NEFERTITI, UM, JACKMAN SPEAKING.
UM, SO I WANNA SEE IF I CAN CLARIFY FOR YOU.
SO THE PROGRAMS THAT MANY OF OUR PROGRAMS, I'M JUST GONNA BE VERY HONEST, AND THE, THE PROGRAMS THAT THIS COMMISSION GENERALLY, WE PROVIDE REPORTS AND UPDATES TO THIS BODY ARE, ARE PROGRAMS THAT ARE AVAILABLE CITYWIDE YEAR AFTER YEAR.
SO THAT IS TRUE WHAT SHISHA, UH, SPOKE ABOUT ARE RECOMMENDED PROGRAMS AND TOOLS.
SO THEY'RE GIVING US GUIDANCE, WHAT THEY'RE DOING THROUGH THEIR WORK.
THEY'RE GIVING THE HOUSING AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT GUIDANCE ON ADDITIONAL STEPS AND PROGRAMS THAT WE CAN USE TO REALLY PROTECT, FURTHER PROTECT, IF YOU WILL.
AND I, WE KNOW THIS IS WITH CHALLENGES, THE RESIDENTS ALONG THOSE PROJECT CONNECT STATION AND LINES.
SO THEN WHAT WE WILL DO AS A STAFF WILL LOOK AT THESE RECOMMENDATIONS AND SEE WHAT FUNDING WE HAVE AVAILABLE, WHICH DOES INCLUDE THE 300 MILLION, ESPECIALLY, I WANNA FOCUS ON THINGS THAT ARE HOUSING RELATED AND THEN WHAT WE CAN DO IF WE BELIEVE THE RECOMMENDATIONS WHICH WE DO, RIGHT? SO WE'RE WORKING TOGETHER.
AND SO WE WILL TAKE THE 300 MILLION FROM THE HOUSING, UH, DEPARTMENT, AND WE WILL DO TARGETED, IF YOU WILL, TARGETED INVESTMENTS AND, UM, THAT ARE SPECIFIC TO THESE AREAS WHERE RESIDENTS WILL BE OR MAY BE IMPACTED AS A RESULT OF PROJECT CONNECT.
AND SO THIS IS A $300 MILLION THAT THE VOTERS APPROVE, WHICH IS SEPARATE FROM THE CD BG FUNDING THAT THIS COMMISSION GENERALLY, UM, OVERSEES.
SO YOU, SO WHAT YOU REALLY HAVE IS YOU HAVE THE REGULAR FUNDS THAT WE HAVE THAT ARE OPEN TO EVERYBODY THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
THEN PLUS THERE ARE THE DOLLARS FROM PROJECT CONNECT WILL, WHICH WILL BE LIMITED TO A GEOGRAPHIC FOCUS ALIGN ALONG THE PROJECT CONNECT LINES OR STATIONS.
SO YEAH, CUZ I JUST, AGAIN, I MEAN YOU'RE, IT'S JUST A LITTLE CONFUSING, ESPECIALLY TO THE PEOPLE THAT DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT THESE ARE EXISTING PROGRAMS
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THAT OUR CITIZENS CAN APPLY FOR WITHOUT BEING IMPACTED BY PROJECT CONNECT.I, I NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ALL CLARIFY THAT AND, AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE'RE HAVING THAT CONVERSATION WITH C B D G FUNDS TALKING ABOUT THE DISPLACEMENT OF WHAT PROJECT CONNECT IS BRINGING.
BECAUSE THE ENTIRE CORRIDOR OF RIVERSIDE WHERE YOU ARE GONNA PUT A TRAIN AT LIGHT RAIL, ALL OF MY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN DISPLACED AND THERE'S A SMALL PORTION THAT ARE HANGING ON THERE.
SO HOME REPAIRS IS NOT GONNA HELP THOSE PEOPLE IN THOSE APARTMENTS.
HOME REPAIRS NOT GONNA HELP THOSE PEOPLE IN THOSE HOMES OVER THERE.
MOST OF THOSE PEOPLE ARE GONE.
SO WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE AREAS, I I GET VERY, I GET VERY PASSIONATE BECAUSE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE AREAS THAT ARE LOW INCOME AND, AND ARE WORKING CLASS FAMILIES, AND THOSE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN DISPLACED ALREADY.
SO THESE PROGRAMS DON'T HELP US SECURE OR SUSTAIN, I JUST WANT US TO BE REAL AND CLEAR.
I'M NOT HERE TO VOLUNTEER TO TALK ABOUT BACK AND FORTH OF WHAT THE SHINY CARD LOOKS LIKE.
LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.
MY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN DISPLACED AND WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT THE AREAS THAT ARE BEING AFFECTED TO THE POOR AND THE PEOPLE OF COLOR.
YEAH, THANK FOR THE PRESENTATION.
I THINK MOST OF US REALIZE YOU AREN'T SINGULARLY RESPONSIBLE FOR GENTRIFICATION.
UM, I AM CURIOUS IF YOU, IF YOUR DEPARTMENT IS FOCUSED ON COMPATIBILITY, IT'S PRETTY HARD, UH, FOR ME TO IMAGINE EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT WITH THE CURRENT ZONING RESTRICTIONS ALONG FORENSIC LINES.
SO ONE OF THE POLICY TOOLS THAT WE'VE PROPOSED IS AN E T O D OVERLAY, AND THAT'S GONNA GET US THE TRANSIT SUPPORTIVE ONCE APPROVED.
AND ONCE WE GO THROUGH ITERATIVE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND THE PUBLIC HEARING PROCESS FOR APPROVAL, UM, THAT THAT OVERLAY, UM, UM, OVERT STATION AREAS WILL GET US THE TRANSIT SUPPORTIVE, UH, DENSITY, UH, WELL, WE HOPE THAT WILL GET US THE TRANSIT SUPPORTIVE DENSITY THAT WE NEED.
UM, AND WAS, AND STILL WORKING ON THE HIERARCHY OF, OF OF E T O D OVERLAY TO EXISTING, UH, ZONING.
UM, AND SO I DON'T WANNA MISSPEAK ON THAT, UM, OR, OR SPEAKING THAT THE E T O D OVERLAY WILL SUPERSEDE ALL OTHER ZONING.
UM, BUT WE ARE WORKING ON, ON CRAFTING SOMETHING THAT, THAT IS IMPACTFUL BY WAY OF, UH, TRANSIT SUPPORTIVENESS.
YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I WANNA SEE.
CAUSE IT, IT SEEMS LIKE THERE IS, UM, GOOD DENSITY ALONG THE LINES, BUT YEAH, IT'S JUST SUPERS SEATED RIGHT NOW.
MR. WOODS, MR. WOODS, COMMISSIONER WOODS.
UM, SOMETHING THAT, UH, I, I'M CURIOUS TO KNOW TO WHAT EXTENT WE'RE PRIORITIZING, PRESERVING AND APPROVING EXISTING HOUSING STOCK ON THESE CORRIDORS.
UM, ONE OF THE PHENOMENON THAT, UH, WE SEE IS, UM, EXISTING HOUSING STOCK BEING TORN DOWN AND REPLACED WITH, UH, LUXURY CONDOS WITH A LITTLE BIT OF AFFORDABILITY.
UM, I'M THINKING ABOUT AFFORDABILITY UNLOCKED THAT PROGRAM, WHICH HAS A MINUSCULE, UM, PERCENTAGE OF THE HOUSING BEING AFFORDABLE AND OFTEN WITHOUT A REALLY PERSUASIVE ENFORCEMENT MECHANISM SO THAT WE KNOW FOR SURE THAT MANAGEMENT IS KEEPING THAT HOUSING AFFORDABLE.
UM, TO WHAT EXTENT IS THE CITY GOING TO TRY AND PRESERVE EXISTING, SAY THE SMALLER APARTMENT BUILDINGS THAT ARE CURRENTLY EXISTING ALONG SOME OF THESE CORRIDORS? UM, IN WHICH THE E OT OVERLAY IS LESS OF A, AND THE ZONING IS LESS OF A PROBLEM BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY EXISTING MULTI-FAMILY ZONING.
UM, MY CONCERN I THINK IS THAT, UM, THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY WILL SEE AN EAU OVERLAY AND SWOOP IN PRETTY SWIFTLY TO BRING US MORE LUXURY CONDOS.
UM, AND I'M CURIOUS TO KNOW WHAT POWER DOES THE CITY HAVE TO, UM, TO CURTAIL THAT? I THINK I CAN SPEAK TO THE, THE REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS.
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UM, AS PART OF THE 300 MILLION, UM, THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE, UH, HAS ELECTED TO, UH, DEDICATE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF THAT TOWARD, UH, REAL ESTATE ACQUISITIONS.UH, THE GUIDELINES AROUND THOSE ACQUISITIONS ARE THAT THEY MUST BE WITHIN ONE MILE OF A PROJECT CONNECT LINE AND, UH, THAT IT MUST BE AN EXISTING PROPERTY.
SO WE CANNOT USE ANY OF THAT 300 MILLION, UH, FOR LAND BANKING, UM, FOR BUYING VACANT PARCELS.
UH, WE USE THAT FUNDS TO PURCHASE THE SMALLER DEVELOPMENTS.
UM, AND WE HAVE PURCHASED, UH, THREE DEVELOPMENTS SO FAR THIS YEAR, UH, WITH THOSE FUNDS WE'RE, UH, CURRENTLY, UH, NEGOTIATING SEVERAL OTHER DEALS, UH, TO USE THOSE DOLLARS.
UM, ONCE WE'VE ACQUIRED A PROPERTY, WE, UH, PUT A RESTRICTIVE COVENANT ON IT TO ENSURE THAT IT IS LONG TERM, IT, THE AFFORDABILITY IS FOR A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME.
UM, AS THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY, WE CAN ENFORCE THAT MUCH STRONGER, UH, AND WE HAVE, UH, THE ABILITY TO NOT ONLY, UH, HOLD THAT AFFORDABILITY, BUT EVEN TO DEEPEN IT.
UM, SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT GO ALONG WITH THAT IS WE DON'T, WE DO NOT WANT TO DISPLACE ANY INDIVIDUAL.
SO IF THERE'S A PROPERTY, UH, WHERE WE HAVE, UH, MULTIPLE TENANTS AND ALL OF THE TENANTS ARE ABOVE 80%, WE'RE GONNA LET THEM STAY THERE UNTIL IS TI UNTIL THEY WANT TO GRADUATE OUT.
AND THEN WE HOLD THOSE, UH, THOSE UNITS AFFORDABLE AT, UH, DEEPER LEVELS OF AFFORDABILITY.
UM, WE HAVE LIMITED RESOURCES AND WE ARE ONLY ONE PLAYER IN THE, IN THE REAL ESTATE MARKET.
SO FOR EVERY PROPERTY THAT WE ACQUIRE, WE ARE INDIRECT COMPETITION WITH OTHER AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPERS, MARKET RATE DEVELOPERS, COMMERCIAL DEVELOPERS, EVERYONE ELSE.
UM, SO THE REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS THAT WE DO, UH, ACHIEVE ARE, UH, HARD FOUGHT AND, UH, OFTEN, UM, ONLY BECAUSE OF THE INTEREST OF THE SELLER, UH, TO ENSURE THAT THESE PROPERTIES ARE HELD FOR, UH, AS AFFORDABLE FOR A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME.
UH, AGAIN, WE ARE, WE ARE IN DIRECT COMPETITION WITH SO MANY OTHER FORCES THAT THERE WILL BE SOME LOSSES, THERE WILL BE SOME PROPERTIES THAT, UH, WE CANNOT, UH, UH, ACQUIRE SIMPLY BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE TIME.
WE DON'T HAVE, UH, STAFF, WE DON'T HAVE RESOURCES, WE DON'T HAVE SOMETHING WE'RE, WE'RE FOCUSING ON THE PROPERTY ACROSS THE STREET.
UM, AND WHILE THAT IS, UH, REGRETTABLE, WE CAN ONLY DO WHAT WE CAN DO COMMISSIONERS MORE.
COMMISSIONER, UM, KIND OF A FOLLOW UP ON THAT IS, UM, I'M A LITTLE SKEPTICAL LOOKING AT THE MAP AND I REALIZE THAT Y'ALL WEREN'T NECESSARILY THE PEOPLE WHO DREW THE MAP, BUT, UM, I'M CURIOUS TO KNOW WHAT FOCUS WAS MADE ON CONNECTING PEOPLE TO LOCATIONS OF JOBS THAT AREN'T DOWNTOWN.
UM, BECAUSE A PRETTY QUICK GLANCE AT THE MAP MAKES IT APPEAR THAT APPARENTLY EVERYONE WORKS DOWNTOWN JUST TO SEE THIS MAP
UM, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT IS IN A FUTURE MAP THAT WE WILL SEE SOMETIME DOWN THE LINE? IS THAT SOMETHING THAT COULD BE ADDED IN AS WE DEVELOP THIS? WHICH MAP ARE YOU REFERRING TO? MIGHT ASK COMMISSIONER WOODS? UM, THE MAP SHOWING THE LOCATION OF THE STATIONS AND THE LINES.
THE PROJECT CONNECT SYSTEM PLAN, YES.
UM, I, UH, I KNOW THIS IS, UH, ALL VERY PRELIMINARY, UM, BUT IT DOES SEEM LIKE, UM, FOR INSTANCE, THERE ARE EMPLOYERS ON THE SOUTHEASTERN SIDE, UM, AND THAT AREA IS, IS NOTABLY BLANK.
UM, THE AIRPORT WAS THE FIRST THING THAT CAME TO MY MIND JUST BECAUSE IT IS A HUGE EMPLOYER.
UM, BUT IS THAT SOMETHING THAT'S COMING IN THE FUTURE? SO, UM, I CAN SAY WITH JUST, JUST PARTNER TALKS, UM, AND DISCUSSIONS AND PLANNING DISCUSSIONS WITH CAP METRO, THAT KEY DESTINATIONS, UM, IMAGINE AUSTIN, UH, ACTIVITY QUARTERS AND JOB CENTERS WERE CONSIDERED, UM, WITH, WITH, UH, MAPPING THE SYSTEM, UM, THE SYSTEM LINES.
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WE, WE ARE THE, THE E T O D TEAM AND QUITE HONESTLY, I'VE ONLY BEEN WITH THE HOUSING AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT FOR A LITTLE LESS THAN A YEAR.SO, UM, AND THIS PLANNING PROCESS, UM, HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR A FEW YEARS.
SO I AM UNFORTUNATELY ABLE TO GIVE YOU ALL THE SPECIFICS, UM, THE DATA SURROUNDING, UM, THE LOCATION OF THE, THE, UH, TRANSIT LINES.
BUT DO KNOW THAT, UM, OUR IMAGINE AUSTIN ACTIVITY QUARTERS AND JOB CENTERS WERE FACTORED INTO, UM, THAT SYSTEM PLAN.
IS THAT PERHAPS SO YOU CAN SEND ON AS FEEDBACK, YOU KNOW, ABSOLUTELY.
AND ONE KIND OF SPECIFIC THING, IT LOOKS LIKE THE AIRPORT IS COVERED IN THAT ORIGINAL MAP THAT WE HAVE IN THE PACKET.
COMMISSIONERS MORE QUESTIONS? YES, COMMISSIONER LELIA.
UM, IT'S PROBABLY MORE OF A STATEMENT, BUT I WANT TO, UM, ECHO COMMISSIONER WOODS'S CONCERN ABOUT THE EAD OVERLAY.
UM, I REMEMBER READING WHEN, WHEN THE EAD WAS, UH, AT THE CITY COUNCIL, UM, SOMEBODY BROUGHT UP
AND AS WE CAN SEE, UH, AS COMMANDER DELGADO NOTED, EAST RIVERSIDE, UM, YOU KNOW, FROM PLEASANT VALLEY METROPOLIS, ALL THAT AREA, UM, IS GOING TO MOST LIKELY SEE THE SAME THING.
AND THAT'S A VERY BIG CONCERN FOR OUR COMMUNITIES.
THERE AREN'T ANY MORE QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM.
[6. Briefing on upcoming spending priorities for federal housing and community development grants as part of the Community Needs Assessment for the FY 23-24 Action Plan (Housing & Planning Dept., James May and Chris Duran and Austin Public Health, Julia Herrera, Laura LaFuente, and Neil Hackett) ]
THE NEXT ONE.IT'S A BRIEFING ON UPCOMING SPENDING PRIORITIES FOR THE FEDERAL HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANTS AS PART OF THE COMMUNITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT FOR THE FY 2324 ACTION PLAN.
YOU WILL NOT SEE THAT IN THE PACKET BECAUSE THE ACTION PLAN IS LIKE 270 PAGES, SO WE DIDN'T PRINT IT.
SO, BUT, BUT, BUT WE CAN GET IT TO YOU UNDER THE LINK TO GET TO THE ACTION PLAN.
SO TELL US ABOUT THE ACTION PLAN.
I BELIEVE CHRIS, UH, CAN YOU ALL HEAR ME? THERE YOU GO.
AND DO WE HAVE THE PRESENTATION READY TO PULL UP AS WELL? UM, WHILE I WAIT FOR THAT TO COME UP, I'LL INTRODUCE MYSELF.
I AM WITH THE CITY OF AUSTIN'S HOUSING DEPARTMENT, AND I'VE BEEN BEFORE YOU ALL, UH, BEFORE.
UM, I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME THIS EVENING.
I KNOW IT'S GETTING LATE, SO WE'LL GET STRAIGHT INTO THE PRESENTATION HERE ONCE IT'S UP.
I THINK WE'RE LOOKING AT ONE OF THE BACKUP DOCUMENTS RIGHT NOW.
LIKE I SAID, MY NAME'S CHRIS DURAN WITH THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT, UM, AND IN CASE, UH, IN CASE THERE'S ANY CONFUSION, UH, I KNOW IT'S, IT'S BEEN CONFUSING INTERNALLY AS WE WORK THROUGH THIS PROCESS, BUT HOUSING AND PLANNING ARE CURRENTLY GOING THROUGH A PROCESS OF BEING SEPARATED OUT, UM, BY THE DECISION OF THE INTERIM, UH, CITY MANAGER.
AND SO THAT'S WHY YOU'RE SEEING HOUSING DEPARTMENT ON THIS SCREEN RATHER THAN H P D, BUT IT'S A PROCESS THAT WE'RE WORKING THROUGH, UH, THROUGH THE REST OF THIS FISCAL YEAR.
SO WE, YOU MAY HEAR THE TERMS USED INTERCHANGEABLY.
I JUST WANTED TO OFFER THAT CLARIFICATION.
UM, I, I'LL GO AHEAD AND, UH, TAKE US TO THE, UM, AGENDA SLIDE.
SO WE'VE BEEN BEFORE YOU, UH, WE'VE BEEN BEFORE YOU FOR THIS PURPOSE BEFORE, UH, THIS IS MY FIRST TIME, UH, AS I'M RELATIVELY NEW WITH THE DEPARTMENT.
UM, I'M FULFILLING THEIR PREVIOUS ROLE, IF THAT HELPS GIVEN A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT.
UM, BUT WE'RE GONNA GO THROUGH THE SOME FEDERAL ENTITLEMENT GRANTS THAT OUR DEPARTMENT DOES RECEIVE THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND EXPLAIN
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A LITTLE BIT OF THE PLANNING AND REPORTING PROCESS THAT WE EXECUTE.WE'LL GO THROUGH SOME OF THE PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES THAT THOSE GRANTS FUND.
WE'VE, UH, I'VE HEARD A LOT OF TALK THIS EVENING ABOUT SOME OF THOSE PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES, SO IT'LL BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, GET AN OVERVIEW OF THAT AND ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS PERHAPS.
UM, WE'RE GONNA LOOK BACK TO THE FISCAL YEAR BEFORE, UH, TAKE A REVIEW OF THAT, GIVE AN UPDATE ON, UH, ACTUALLY THE TOPIC.
I WAS HERE LAST, UH, LAST TIME I WAS HERE.
I REMEMBER YOU ALL, UH, WERE VERY GRACIOUS WITH YOUR TIME.
UH, WE CAME BEFORE YOU A LOT FOR THE HOME, A R P PROCESS AND, UM, WE HAVE SUCCESSFULLY SECURED THAT 11.4 MILLION GRANT FOR THE CITY THAT WAS WITH YOUR HELP.
UM, I KNOW THERE WAS A LOT OF PROCESS TO GO THROUGH SECURING THAT FEDERAL FUNDS, PUBLIC HEARINGS THAT YOU'LL HIT TO HOLD, ET CETERA.
SO WE APPRECIATE YOUR HELP THERE, AND I'LL GIVE AN UPDATE ON THAT.
AND THEN TO CLOSE IT OUT, THE MOST IMPORTANT PART AND WHY WE'RE REALLY HERE TO SHARE ABOUT THE COMMUNITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT THAT WE'RE HOLDING FOR THE ACTION PLAN THAT WE HOLD ANNUALLY.
UM, A PUBLIC COMMENT SCHEDULE THAT'S COMING UP SOON FOR THE FIRST DRAFT OF THE ACTION PLAN, AND ALSO TO GET GROUP FEEDBACK BOTH NOW IN THIS, UH, MEETING, BUT ALSO, UM, WE WILL GO OVER A LOT.
SO, UH, I WANT TO STRESS THAT I'M VERY MUCH GONNA BE AVAILABLE OUTSIDE OF THIS MEETING.
THAT'S A PRIORITY FOR ME TO BE ABLE TO BE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS FOLLOW UP AND FURTHER FEEDBACK OUTSIDE THIS, UH, MEETING.
AND I'M ALSO GONNA SHARE ABOUT HOW YOUR, UH, YOUR COMMUNITIES CAN, UM, GET FEEDBACK INTO US DIGITALLY OR IN PERSON AS WELL.
SO LIKE I SAID, WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE FEDERAL ENTITLEMENT GRANTS.
UH, AND MY APOLOGIES IF I'M EXPLAINING ANYTHING THAT, UM, SOME OF YOU MAY ALREADY KNOW.
I KNOW THERE ARE SOME NEW COMMISSIONERS, SO I DO WANNA MAKE SURE TO HIT A LOT OF THE, YOU KNOW, UH, HIGH LEVEL BASIC, UH, IMPORTANT POINTS.
SO, THE US US DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT REFER TO IT AS HUD THEY, UH, DICTATE THIS FIVE YEAR, UM, UH, SCHEDULE THAT WE OPERATE UNDER.
UM, IN ORDER TO SECURE A NUMBER OF GRANTS THAT I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT ON THE NEXT SLIDE, WE OPERATE UNDER A FIVE YEAR CONSOLIDATED PLAN.
UH, THAT'S KIND OF OUR MASTER STRATEGIC PLAN, UH, THAT REALLY GOVERNS, UH, ALL THAT OUR DEPARTMENT DOES WITH THESE FUNDS.
IT'S REALLY THAT KIND OF TOP, UH, TIER GOVERNING DOCUMENT.
BELOW THE CONSOLIDATED PLAN, WHICH WE UPDATE EVERY FIVE YEARS, ARE THE ANNUAL ACTION PLANS.
AND THOSE GET A LITTLE MORE INTO THE NITTY OR THE, THE DETAILS, THE SUMMARIES, THE POLICIES OF EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE GONNA BE DOING THAT YEAR, SETTING ANNUAL GOALS.
AND THAT ALL FOLDS INTO THE FIVE YEAR CONSOLIDATED PLAN.
AND THEN I WILL MENTION, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE THIS CAN BE A LOT OF INFORMATION, UH, WE DO PUBLISH AN ANNUAL PAPER.
THAT'S AN EASY, EASIER WAY OF SAYING CONSOLIDATED ANNUAL PERFORMANCE AND EVALUATION REPORT.
UH, WE PUBLISH THAT ANNUALLY AND THAT DOCUMENTS EVERYTHING WE'VE DONE WITH THESE FEDERAL FUNDS.
UH, WE INCLUDE, UH, NARRATIVES ABOUT, UM, KIND OF WHAT WE SAW, WHY WE HIT OUR GOALS, WHY WE EXCEEDED OUR GOALS, DIDN'T, UM, AND ALSO, UM, JUST CAPTURES, UM, ANY DATA THAT IS FEDERALLY REQUIRED.
SO THAT'S ALWAYS AVAILABLE AT THE CITY BOSTON'S WEBSITE.
UH, AND, UM, BUT BRINGING IT BACK TO THE ACTION PLAN, WE ARE IN YEAR FIVE OF THESE, THIS PROCESS.
AND I STRESS THAT JUST BECAUSE, UM, AS WE COME THROUGH THIS YEAR TO EDUCATE ABOUT THE ACTION PLAN AND ALSO SOLICIT FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY ON THE ACTION PLAN AND, UH, SPENDING PRIORITIES, ET CETERA, IN THAT ACTION PLAN.
I DO WANNA STRESS THAT NEXT YEAR WHEN WE COME THROUGH THE COMMUNITY, UH, AND COME TO THE MEETINGS, WE'RE GONNA NOT ONLY BE SOLICITING INPUT FOR THE FIRST YEAR ACTION PLAN, BUT ALSO THE FIVE YEAR CONSOLIDATED PLAN.
AND SO, UH, THAT'LL BE A PARTICULARLY MEANINGFUL YEAR.
AND SO I'M GRATEFUL TO BE ABLE TO GET THIS YEAR UNDER MY BELT.
SO WHEN WE COME THROUGH NEXT YEAR, UM, WE'LL BE REALLY, UM, I, I, I THINK IT'LL BE A, A GOOD OPPORTUNITY, ESPECIALLY FOR THIS COMMISSION TO, UH, GET INPUT INTO THAT, UM, STRATEGIC PLAN LOOKING FORWARD LONG TERM.
SO THESE ARE THE FOUR GRANTS I'VE BEEN REFERRING TO.
THE TOP TWO GRANTS YOU SEE ON YOUR SCREEN, COMMU, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT, AND HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS.
THOSE ARE RECEIVED BY OUR AGENCY'S LEAD AGENCY FOR THIS ACTION PLAN.
AND WE ADMINISTER THE PROGRAMS AS WELL.
UM, UH, WE MAY WORK WITH A VARIETY OF WHAT WE REFER TO AS SUB-RECIPIENTS, CONTRACT WITH THEM, WITH THE BOTTOM TWO GRANTS, HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR
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PERSONS WITH AIDS, HOPA, AND EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANTS.WE RECEIVE THOSE, GRANT THOSE FUNDS AS THE LEAD AGENCY AND FUNNEL THEM THROUGH TO, UM, OUR FRIENDS AT AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH.
UH, WE'RE, UM, THAT THEY WERE GRACIOUS ENOUGH FOR THEIR TIME TO JOIN US THIS EVENING AS WELL.
UM, AND THEY'LL BE SPEAKING TO SOME OF THOSE PROGRAMS. UM, I DO WANT TO ADD A CO CAVEAT TO, UH, THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT.
THERE IS A, UM, PUBLIC SERVICES PORTION THAT WE ALSO FUNNEL THROUGH TO, UH, AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH.
SO THAT'S, IT'S VERY MUCH A INTERDEPARTMENTAL EXECUTION.
ALRIGHTY, I THINK I'LL PASS IT OVER TO JAMIE MAY TO GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF THE PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES THAT THE GRANTS ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE FUND.
UH, SO ALL OF OUR FUNDING GOES INTO VARIOUS PROGRAMS, AND WE'VE DIVIDED ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS INTO SEVEN BUCKETS, IF YOU WILL.
UH, SEVEN LARGE CATEGORIES, AND WE'LL GO THROUGH EACH OF THESE CATEGORIES INDIVIDUALLY.
LET'S START WITH HOMELESSNESS ASSISTANCE.
SO OUR HOMELESSNESS ASSISTANCE PRIMARILY FUNDED THROUGH OUR EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANT, UH, INCLUDES RAPID REHOUSING, UH, TENANT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE, OR T B R A AND OUR OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE ARCH AND OTHER BRIDGE SHELTERS.
OUR SPECIAL NEEDS ASSISTANCE MANAGED THROUGH OUR FRIENDS AT AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH INCLUDES THE HOPA PROGRAMS, UH, FUNDED THROUGH HOPA, UH, OUR CHILDCARE SERVICES, SENIOR SERVICES, AND OTHER MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES.
NEXT, WE ALSO HAVE OUR RENTER ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS. UH, AGAIN, TENANT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE.
THIS IS A VOUCHER ESSENTIALLY, UH, FOR THAT THE TENANT RECEIVES.
UH, THIS IS, WE ALSO HAVE OUR ARCHITECTURAL BARRIER REMOVAL.
WE'RE IN A RENTER WHO NEEDS A RAMP OR GRAB BARS OR SOME OTHER, UH, UM, IN, UH, SOME OTHER, UH, ADDITION TO THEIR HOUSE, TO THEIR HOME, UH, SO THAT THEY CAN ENJOY ALL ASPECTS OF THEIR, OF THEIR RENTAL PROPERTY.
UH, WE ALSO HAVE OUR TENANTS RIGHTS ASSISTANCE WHEREIN, UH, AU AUSTIN TENANTS COUNCIL, OR, UH, TEXAS RIO GRANDE LEGAL AID, UH, REPRESENTS TENANTS IN THEIR NEGOTIATIONS AND CONVERSATIONS WITH PROPERTY MANAGERS SPECIFICALLY AROUND LEASE VIOLATIONS OR, UH, UM, POTENTIAL EVICTIONS.
NEXT, OUR HOMEOWNER ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS IS PRIMARILY OUR, OUR, UH, REHAB PROGRAMS, OUR HOME REPAIR PROGRAMS. THESE INCLUDE ARCHITECTURAL BARRIER REMOVAL FOR OWNERSHIP, OUR MINOR HOME REPAIR OWNERSHIP, REHAB, UH, HOMEOWNER REHAB LOAN PROGRAM, AND OUR GO REPAIR PROGRAM.
WE DO LIKE TO LEVERAGE EACH OF THESE PROGRAMS AGAINST EACH OTHER.
SO IN ONE HOUSEHOLD, UH, WHERE A, UH, IF THERE IS AN INDIVIDUAL WHO NEEDS, UH, ARCHITECTURAL BARRIERS REMOVED, UM, BUT ALSO HAS, UH, ISSUES WITH, LET'S SAY THEIR ROOF, UH, WE CAN USE, UH, THE MINOR HOME REPAIR TO DO A $5,000, UH, REPAIR.
SO THAT WOULD BE LIKE DOORFRAMES, UH, THE, UH, GO REPAIR PROGRAM TO DO UP TO $20,000.
SO THAT WOULD BE MAYBE, UH, FIXING SOME WALLS, SOME CRACKS IN THE WALLS, UH, REPAIRING SOME OF THE ROOF, UH, OR TO COMPLETELY REPLACE THE ROOF AND MAYBE DO SO REPAIR ON THE FOUNDATION.
THAT WOULD BE OUR REHAB, UH, LOAN PROGRAM.
AND ALL OF THOSE PROJECTS COULD BE ACCOMPLISHED ON ONE HOME USING, UH, EACH OF THESE FUNDING SOURCES.
NEXT, FOR OUR HOME BUYER ASSISTANCE, PRIMARILY, THIS IS, UH, FOCUSED ON OUR DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM WHERE WE CAN PROVIDE UP TO $40,000 IN DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE FOR HOME BUYERS IN THE AUSTIN AREA.
NEXT, OUR HOUSING DEVELOPER ASSISTANCE, WHERE WE PROVIDE GAP FINANCING FOR HOUSING DEVELOPMENT, UH, BOTH RENTAL AND OWNERSHIP DEVELOPMENT.
UH, THE RENTAL DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE, UH, LIMITS THE RENT FOR, UH, ASSISTED PROPERTIES AT 50% OF THE MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.
THE OWNERSHIP, UH, DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE LIMITS THE PURCHASE OF, UH, THOSE UNITS TO 80% OF THE MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.
WE ALSO HAVE DEVELOPER INCENTIVE BASED PROGRAMS THAT WE LIKE TO LEVERAGE AGAINST OUR GAP FINANCING.
SO IF A DEVELOPER, UH, REQUESTS FUNDING FOR THEIR RENTAL DEVELOPMENT, WE WOULD ENSURE THAT THEY ARE, UH, A SMART HOUSING CERTIFIED PROPERTY THAT THEY ARE USING AFFORDABILITY UNLOCKED AND ANY OTHER DENSITY PROGRAMS THAT THEY HAVE ACCESS TO BASED ON THEIR LOCATION.
FINALLY, OUR CATCHALL BUCKET IS OTHER COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS. UH, THESE ARE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT IN THAT THEY PROVIDE DIRECT, UH, FUNDING FOR BOTH SMALL, UH, UM, FAMILY BUSINESSES THROUGH OUR FAMILY BUSINESS LOAN PROGRAM, AND EXTREMELY FLEXIBLE CAPITAL FOR OUR COMMUNITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS.
UH, THESE OPERATING EXPENSE GRANTS ARE ANNUALIZED AND THEY GO TO EACH OF OUR, UH, OR THREE OF OUR FOUR, UH, CHODOS, UH, AND THEY CAN PAY FOR ANYTHING FROM RENT TO STAFF TO,
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UM, BUYING A NEW PRINTER OR JUST BUYING NEW PENS IN PAPER NEXT, AND I THINK I'LL PASS IT BACK TO CHRIS.LOOKING BACK TO FISCAL YEAR 21.
AND SO, AND JUST TO BE CLEAR, RIGHT NOW WE'RE OPERATING IN OUR FISCAL YEAR 2223.
SO I KNOW SAME 21 THAT FIT TO ME 2021 FEELS LIKE A WHILE AGO.
BUT THIS IS, UM, LOOKING BACK TO OCTOBER, 2021 TO SEPTEMBER, 2022, OUR MOST PREVIOUS FISCAL YEAR, UH, WE SERVED A LITTLE, OR, UM, WELL OVER, UH, A BIT OVER 2,600 PEOPLE, 2 6 66.
UM, I WILL CITE WHAT I KNOW JAMIE CITED A LOT IN OUR PRESENTATIONS THAT THAT IS, UH, LOW FOR US, AND THIS IS THE LAST YEAR THAT WE CAN, UH, UH, POINT TO COVID AS, UM, BEING A BIT OF A CHALLENGE, BOTH ON THE RESTRICTION SIDE, WHETHER IT'S STAFF OR PERHAPS ON THE DEMAND SIDE, PEOPLE BEING LESS INTERESTED IN HAVING PEOPLE INTO THEIR HOMES, ET CETERA.
BUT, UM, WITHOUT ANY CHANGES
OUR ENTITLEMENT GRANTS TYPICALLY, UH, THEY, THEY DID LAST YEAR, UM, TOTAL A BIT OVER 16 MILLION AND 200,000, AND THEY TYPICALLY REMAIN, UH, I WAS ACTUALLY LOOKING AT THE HISTORY TODAY.
THE TOTAL WE RECEIVE THERE REMAINS PRETTY CONSTANT.
MAYBE ONE WILL GO DOWN, ANOTHER WILL GO UP, BUT THAT IS TYPICALLY WHAT WE'RE RECEIVING YEAR OVER YEAR.
AND THEN THERE MAY BE UNIQUE, UH, FUNDING THAT COMES THROUGH.
FOR EXAMPLE, THE CARES ACT WAS UNIQUE PANDEMIC RELATED FUNDING.
THIS YEAR, THERE'S GOING TO BE UNIQUE RELATED, UH, UNIQUE FUNDING RELATED TO THE GRANT I'VE REFERRED TO THAT I'LL TALK ABOUT ON A FUTURE SLIDE UNDER THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN.
SO, UM, UNIQUE LEGISLATION MIGHT COME THROUGH IN SUPPLEMENT OUR PROGRAMS, BUT WE'VE ALWAYS GOT THOSE, UM, THOSE CONSTANT ENTITLEMENT GRANTS, UH, THAT WE OPERATE.
WE TRACK OUR, WE TRACK PRETTY METICULOUS DEMOGRAPHIC DATA ON THE CLIENTELE THAT WE SERVE.
SO WE, I WANTED TO, UH, TO COVER, UH, RACE.
UH, WE, UH, WE DO SERVE A, UH, SUBSTANTIALLY OUTSIZED POPULATION, THE BLACK AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY THAT TICKED UP ABOUT FOUR PERCENTAGE POINTS YEAR OVER YEAR, UH, THIS YEAR.
UM, AND I, I, WE, WE HAVE TO, UH, FOR HUD WE HAVE TO DEFINE THIS, UH, THE WAY THAT CENSUS DEFINES IT.
SO I KNOW IT CAN BE A LITTLE, UM, A LITTLE UNINTUITIVE TO PEOPLE.
BUT IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, UH, THIS IS WHERE WE, WE'VE TRACKED, UH, OUR CLIENTELE SERVED BY ETHNICITY.
THIS IS A REALLY LARGE JUMP YEAR OVER YEAR.
UM, I'M STILL NEW, SO I'M, UH, KIND OF EXPLORING THE REASONS, UH, BEHIND THE DATA TRENDS.
BUT, UM, WE DID SEE A, A REALLY STRONG JUMP IN, UM, A YEAR OVER YEAR, UH, IN THE CLIENTELE THAT WE SERVED, IDENTIFIED AS HISPANIC OR, UH, LATINX.
AND, UH, JUST UNDER A MAJORITY OF OUR CLIENTELE IDENTIFIED AS THAT NEXT SLIDE.
AND LASTLY, ON THE DEMOGRAPHIC DATA, UM, WE SERVE CLIENTELE A HUNDRED PERCENT, IF NOT 99.9% OF OUR CLIENTELE ARE, UH, UH, 80% MFI, MEDIUM FAMILY INCOME OR BELOW.
AND THE VAST MAJORITY ARE GONNA BE, UH, 50% OR BELOW MEDIUM FAMILY INCOME WITH THE EVEN SUBSTANTIAL MAJORITY BEING UNDER 30% AS YOU SEE THERE, UM, AS JAMIE JUST WENT THROUGH OUR PROGRAMS, YOU DID SEE THERE'S, THERE'S A BIT OF BREADTH THERE FOR THE DIFFERENT INCOME LEVELS THAT MIGHT TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OUR PROGRAMS. UH, ALL, ALL THE WAY FROM HOMELESS ASSISTANCE, ASSISTANCE OVER TO DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE.
SO THAT'S WHY YOU DO SEE THAT, UH, THAT BREATH THERE.
BUT, UH, THE FOCUS IS, UH, IS ON THOSE, THOSE LOWER CATEGORIES AND THAT THE VOLUME OF OUR CLIENTELE IS, IS, UH, MAJORITY THERE.
I'M GONNA PASS IT BACK TO JAMIE, UM, TO SPEAK A LITTLE BIT TO, UH, GOALS AND OUTCOMES THIS PAST FISCAL YEAR.
SO, UH, UH, AS YOU CAN SEE ON THIS SLIDE, UH, THIS KIND OF GOES, GOES THROUGH SOME OF OUR PROGRAMS FROM THE LAST YEAR, THE GOAL AND THE, UH, ACTUAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
UH, IN THIS TOP LINE, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE PROGRAMS MANAGED BY AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH, UH, THE CHILDCARE SERVICES, MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, AND SENIOR SERVICES, SENIOR SERVICES, UH, DRAMATICALLY EXCEEDED ITS GOAL BY ALMOST A HUNDRED, UH, HOUSEHOLDS SERVED.
UH, HOWEVER, THE OTHER, UH, THE OTHER TWO, UH, PROGRAMS FELL SHY.
UH, THEY WERE NOT NEARLY AS, UH, SHY AS, UH, SOME OF OUR OTHER PROGRAMS. UM, SO WE DO BELIEVE THAT, UH, THOSE
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NUMBERS WILL BOUNCE BACK IN THIS NEXT FISCAL YEAR.UH, ONE AREA WHERE WE, UH, WANT TO FOCUS, UM, OR WHERE THERE IS A CONCERN, UH, IS FOR HOMELESSNESS ASSISTANCE.
AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S ABOUT 400, UH, UM, INDIVIDUALS SHORT OF ITS GOAL.
UM, PRIMARILY WE CAN, UH, POINT TO, TO THE LACK OF AVAILABLE SPACE, UH, WHETHER IT'S A PERMANENT HOUSING OR, UH, BRIDGE SHELTER.
WE KNOW THAT WE NEED MORE BEDS, UM, AND, UH, IT JUST TAKES TIME TO BUILD.
SIMILARLY, UH, FOR OUR DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE, UH, ARCHITECTURAL BARRIER REMOVAL, AND OUR MINOR HOME REPAIR, AS WELL AS OUR, UH, REHAB LOAN PROGRAM, THESE PROGRAMS WERE, UH, DEFINITELY IMPACTED BY THE SOCIAL DISTANCING THAT WAS REQUIRED DURING, UH, THE PANDEMIC.
UH, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, IF YOU HAVE, UH, A PROBLEM WITH YOUR HOME, IT WOULD PROBABLY BE DIFFICULT TO INVITE A CONSTRUCTION CREW TO COME IN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PANDEMIC TO HELP REPAIR YOUR ROOF OR, OR, UH, FIX YOUR WALLS.
UH, SO AGAIN, WE DO HOPE THAT THESE NU THESE NUMBERS BOUNCE BACK IN THIS NEW FIXED SCHOOL YEAR, AND WHEN WE DO NOT HAVE THE, THE SOCIAL DISTANCING RESTRICTIONS THAT WE HAD.
I WILL ALSO POINT OUT THAT UNDER THE RENTAL HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE AND THE OWNERSHIP HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE, WE EXCEEDED THOSE GOALS, AND WE CAN POINT TO THE FACT THAT EVEN DURING THE EPIDEMIC, UH, CONSTRUCTION DID NOT STOP.
UH, SO WE WERE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO BUILD, UH, RENTAL HOUSING AND OWNERSHIP HOUSING, UH, EVEN OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS.
AND THEN FINALLY, THE, UH, EXTRA 12 MILLION THAT WE GOT FOR THE, UH, FOR THE CARES ACT.
UH, THIS WAS, UH, THE TWO OF THE PROGRAMS THAT UTILIZED THOSE FUNDS, UH, SUPPLEMENTED EXISTING PROGRAMS. SO, AS YOU CAN SEE, UH, THE CDBG CV OR, UH, UH, CV CHILDCARE SERVICES SUPPLEMENTED THE, UH, THE SHORTFALL AND THE, UH, STANDARD, UH, CHILDCARE SERVICES PROGRAM.
HOWEVER, ON RAPID REHOUSING, AGAIN, WE FELL, UH, CONSIDERABLY SHORT, UH, OF THE GOAL, PRIMARILY, AGAIN, DUE TO, UH, LACK OF, UH, AVAILABLE UNITS.
UM, AS RENT PRICES INCREASED, PROPERTY MANAGERS WERE LESS INCENTIVIZED, UH, TO, UH, TO COOPERATE OR COORDINATE WITH ECHO WHO, UH, PROVIDES THE RAPID REHOUSING, UH, LANDLORD OUTREACH.
UM, WE DO HOPE THAT THOSE NUMBERS, UH, COME BACK AND THAT, UH, AS WE CONTINUE TO BUILD, UH, DEVELOPMENTS AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS THROUGHOUT THE CITY, UH, THAT THE, UH, CONSTRAINTS ON OUR INVENTORY DO CLEAR UP.
NEXT, I THINK I'LL PASS IT TO PUBLIC HEALTH.
MY NAME IS LAE, UH, WITH AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH.
UH, NEIL HACKETT WAS NOT ABLE TO CONTINUE TO JOIN US.
UM, SO I, I'LL BE PROVIDING THE, UM, UPDATE ON EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANT SPENDING.
UM, IF YOU COULD PLEASE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
UM, SO I THINK WE'VE PROVIDED SOME OF THE NUMBERS IN TERMS OF PERFORMANCE, BUT WE DID WANNA GIVE YOU KIND OF A BREAKDOWN OF HOW THAT EMERGENCY SOLUTION GRANT FUNDING HAS SPENT AND HAS BEEN SPENT.
UM, AND THIS IS THE ANNUAL ALLOCATION.
UM, SO PRIMARILY THE CATEGORIES THAT WE TYPICALLY USE THAT FUNDING FOR ARE FOR SHELTER AND FOR RAPID REHOUSING.
UM, THERE'S SOME SMALL AMOUNT OF FUNDING THERE FOR THE HOMELESS MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM AND ALSO SOME ADMINISTRATIVE COST, UM, ARE BUILT INTO THIS PARTICULAR, UM, GRANT, IF YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
UH, AND FOR THE NEXT SLIDE, THIS IS SPECIFICALLY THE EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS COVID GRANT FUNDING.
UM, A BIG PORTION OF THAT, AS WE MENTIONED THE PREVIOUS SIDE WAS RAPID REHOUSING, BUT WE ALSO USED, UH, SOME OF THAT FUNDING ALSO FOR A SHELTER.
UM, SO THIS IS WHERE WE CURRENTLY ARE WITH THAT FUNDING.
UM, AND WE ANTICIPATE THIS FUNDING IS SCHEDULED TO END SEPTEMBER 30TH OF THIS YEAR.
AND ALL OF THAT FUNDING, IF NOT ALL COMPLETELY SPENT, IS PROBABLY ON THE VERGE OF BEING COMPLETELY SPENT.
AND WITH THAT, I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO JU AVERA TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THE HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS BUNYA.
HELLO? YES, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
UM, SO I FIRST WANTED TO START ON THE YELLOW BOX, UH, TO DESCRIBE WHAT IS HAWA.
SO THE HAPO GRANT STANDS FOR HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS.
IT IS THE ONLY FEDERAL PROGRAM THAT IS DEDICATED TO THE HOUSING NEEDS OF PEOPLE LIVING WITH H, HIV, AND AIDS.
UNDER THIS PROGRAM, HU AWARDS GRANTS TO LOCAL COMMUNITY STATES AND NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY FOR, UM, DIFFERENT PROJECTS THAT BENEFIT LOW INCOME PEOPLE LIVING WITH H, HIV, AND AIDS IN THE BLUE BOX.
UM, I WANTED TO KIND OF GIVE A LIST OF
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LAST YEAR WHAT THE SERVICE CATEGORIES THAT WERE OFFERED, MEANING, UM, THE KIND OF SERVICES THAT WERE OFFERED TO DIFFERENT CLIENTS THAT DID QUALIFY FORUM, AND I THINK IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO MENTION THAT AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH CONTRACTS OUT TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THESE SERVICES.
SO FOR, UM, FISCAL YEAR 21, 22, WE HAD TWO CONTRACTORS, AND THESE ARE OUR PROJECT TRANSITIONS AND BY HEALTH HERE BASED IN AUSTIN.
SO, I ALSO WANTED TO GO OVER THE FUNDING CATEGORY SINCE THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT, UM, ONES THAT CAN BE PUT INTO USE UNDER THE HAPO GRANT.
THE FIRST ONE IS THE HOTEL MO MOTEL ASSISTANCE.
THIS, UH, PROVIDES FUNDING FOR TEMPORARY TRANSITIONAL EMERGENCY HOUSING.
SO IT HELPS, IT HELPS WITH KEEPING VULNERABLE CLIENTS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS OUT OF THE STREET, AND IT HELPS THEM TRANSITION INTO PERMANENT HOUSING.
NEXT WE HAVE, UM, HOUSING CA, HOUSING CASE MANAGEMENT, AND THIS PROVIDES FUNDING FOR, UM, ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS TO RECEIVE ASSISTANCE TOWARDS SECURING THAT STABLE LONG-TERM AND PERMANENT HOUSING.
AND IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT CLIENTS THAT RECEIVE THIS ASSISTANCE, ASSISTANCE IN THE FORM OF CASE MANAGEMENT, IT KIND OF HELPS TO FULFILL THE NEED FOR STABLE AND SECURE THAT PERMANENT HOUSING.
UM, THE NEXT ONE, PERMANENT HOUSING PROGRAM.
THIS PROVIDES FUNDING, UH, TO SUPPORT INDEPENDENT LIVING, UM, OF ITS CLIENTS THROUGH HELPING ESTABLISH A NEW RESIDENCE WHERE, UM, ONGOING OCCUPANCY IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE.
AND SOME ELIGIBLE COSTS UNDER THE SERVICE CATEGORY DO INCLUDE, UM, SECURITY DEPOSIT, FIRST ONE'S RENT, APPLIC, AND APPLICATION FEES.
UM, ANOTHER THING TO NOTE ABOUT THIS PERMANENT HOUSING PROGRAM IS THAT IT COMPLIMENTS OTHER FORMS OF, UM,
THE LAST ONE ON THE LIST IS, UM, STORM U.
SO SHORT TERM RENTAL MORTGAGE AND UTILITIES.
THIS ONE PROVIDES UP TO 21 WEEKS OF HOUSING ASSISTANCE TO PREVENT HOMELESSNESS OF RENTERS OR HOMEOWNERS.
UH, HERE WE HAVE TENANT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE, OR TERA FOR SHORT.
UM, THIS IS DIFFERENT THAN STORM U JUST BECAUSE IT IS ONGOING IN YEAR ROUND WITH RENT CALCULATIONS DEFINED BY, UH, REGULATION AND BASED ON HOUSEHOLD INCOME, RENT, STANDARD RENT REASONABLENESS, AND UTILITY ALLOWANCES.
THE NEXT CATEGORY IS FACILITY-BASED HOUSING.
THIS ONE, IT SUPPORTS HOUSING FACILITIES LIKE, UM, PROJECT TRANSITIONS COMPLEX ROOSEVELT GARDEN.
UM, THIS IS A COMPLEX WHERE IT IS A TRANSITIONAL HOUSING PROGRAM THAT ALLOWS CLIENTS TO HAVE A PERSONALIZED PLAN TO HELP CLIENTS ATTAIN THE SKILLS AND RESOURCES NEEDED TO LIVE INDEPENDENTLY AND SUCCESSFULLY UNDER, UH, WHILE LIVING WITH HIV AIDS.
UM, THE LAST ONE IS MASTER LEASING.
SO THIS IS WHEN AN ORGANIZATION LEASES INDIVIDUAL UNITS, BLOCKS OF UNITS, OR ENTIRE STRUCTURES FROM A PRIVATE OWNER.
THIS SPECIFICALLY HELPS, UM, ACCESS CLIENT ACCESS HOUSING FOR CLIENTS WHO MAY NOT QUALIFY DUE TO, UM, CREDIT HISTORY OR RENTAL HISTORY.
UM, UNDER THESE LITTLE BOXES, IT IS IMPORTANT TO KIND OF NOTE FIRST THAT, UM, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FY 2122.
THIS CONTRACT WAS EXTENDED UP TO MAY 31ST, 2023.
SO THE DATA THAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE COINCIDES SPECIFICALLY WITH THE ORIGINAL FISCAL YEAR THAT HUD OR THAT HARWELL OPERATES UNDER, WHICH IS OCTOBER 21 TO 22.
UM, SO BECAUSE OF THIS, YOU CAN SEE THAT OUT OF THE SEVEN, UM, HOUSING CATEGORIES, FOUR DID NOT REACH THE GOAL.
THIS INCLUDES HOUSING CASE MANAGEMENT, PERMANENT HOUSING PLACEMENT, TERA, AND FACILITY BASED HOUSING.
SO AGAIN, THIS IS MOSTLY JUST DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE CONTRACTS WERE EXTENDED.
SO THE FUNDING HASN'T BEEN SPENT DOWN YET.
UM, AND SOME HOUSING CATEGORIES THAT SERVICE CATEGORIES THAT WERE MET WERE HOTEL MOTEL ASSISTANCE, STORM U, AND MASTER LEASING.
AND NEXT SLIDE, UM, AGAIN FOR THIS IS FOR THE COVID FUNDING.
SO SAME, UM, OREO AS LAST YEAR.
UM, THESE CV FUNDS WERE ACTUALLY TRANSFERRED, UM, FROM ONE AGENCY TO ANOTHER BECAUSE OF DEMAND.
SO BECAUSE WE DID THIS, UM, IN THE LATE IN THE GRANT YEAR, WE WERE ABLE TO EXTEND THAT CONTRACT.
SO THOSE FUNDS WILL ALSO BE UTILIZED IN A TIMELY MANNER.
THAT'S ALSO WHY THE GOAL HAS NOT BEEN REACHED YET.
WE'RE STILL IN THE PROCESS OF SPENDING IT.
AND I THINK THAT'S IT FOR HAWA, RIGHT? UH,
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LOUDAND AS CHRISTIAN MENTIONED, UM, THESE ARE KIND OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE DOLLARS.
UM, SO YOU'LL SEE KIND OF THE SPECIAL NEEDS CATEGORIES, UH, THAT WE'LL TALK ABOUT AND DO A LITTLE BIT DEEPER DIVE.
UM, IF YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
SO, BY FAR THE LARGEST AMOUNT OF FUNDING, UM, THROUGH THIS DBG SPECIAL NEEDS IS FOR CHILDCARE.
UM, SIMILAR TO KIND OF WHAT LIYA MENTIONED, AND I FAIL TO MENTION E S G, UH, WE DO CONTRACT THOSE SERVICES OUT.
SO THE CHILDCARE SERVICES ARE CONTRACTED OUT TO THREE ORGANIZATIONS, UH, TO CHILD INC.
TO PROVIDE THE EARLY HEADSTART SERVICES, UM, AUSTIN, I S D, TO PROVIDE THE TEAM PARENT CHILDCARE, AND THEN Y W C A TO PROVIDE, UH, CHILDCARE VOUCHERS.
UM, CAN GO ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
UH, SO FOR FISCAL TWENTY ONE, TWENTY TWO, A HUNDRED FORTY FOUR CHILDREN WERE SERVED ACROSS ALL THREE PROGRAMS. UM, I KNOW WE TALKED EARLIER A LITTLE BIT ABOUT LIKE MAYBE WE DIDN'T MEET OUR GOAL.
THINK WHAT WE'VE FOUND AFTER THE PANDEMIC IS CHILDCARE HAS GOTTEN INCREASINGLY WHEN DIFFICULT TO FIND, BUT ALSO MORE EXPENSIVE.
SO THAT MAY BE AN ISSUE THAT WE MAY HAVE TO NEGOTIATE KIND OF A LOWER TARGET WITH THE FUNDING THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE BECAUSE WE KNOW IT IS MORE EXPENSIVE AND IT IS HARDER TO FIND CHILDCARE AFTER THE PANDEMIC.
BUT HERE'S A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UM, SOME OF THE EXPANSION OF SERVICES OF OUR CH EARLY, UH, EARLY HEADSTART PROGRAM.
WE'RE JUST A COMPARISON OF THOSE A I S D TEAM PARENTS THAT END UP COMPLETING HIGH SCHOOL, YOU KNOW, COMPARED TO THOSE WHO DON'T HAVE THE SUPPORT SERVICES.
UM, HOW MANY COMPLETES? AND THEN ALSO, UM, OPTIONS FOR LIKE THE Y W C A WORKING WITH AFGHAN REFUGEES IN ORDER TO PROVIDE CHILDCARE SERVICES.
YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
AND THEN SPECIFICALLY THE C D G COVID, UH, FUNDING THAT WE HAD AVAILABLE.
THIS WAS SPECIFICALLY CHILDCARE FOR ESSENTIAL WORKERS.
SINCE YOU RECALL, THERE ARE SOME WORKERS DURING COVID THAT HANNAH OF HAD TO GO TO WORK.
AND I THINK WE FOUND OURSELVES, WHETHER IT WAS SOMEONE WHO WORKED AT HTB OR A BUS DRIVER, THESE WERE INDIVIDUALS THAT HAD TO WORK AND NEEDED TO FIND CHILDCARE.
AND SOMETIMES THIS MEANT OVERNIGHT, THIS MEANT WEEKENDS.
SO THIS FUNDING WAS SPECIFICALLY FOR THESE ESSENTIAL WORKERS DURING THIS TIME.
UH, SO DURING 21, 22, UH, 260 CLIENTS WERE SERVED.
UM, AND WE CAN JUST SAY THAT WE'VE EXPANDED THE DEFINITION OF ESSENTIAL WORKER TO INCLUDE ANY, UH, WORKER ESSENTIAL WORKER WHOSE EMPLOYMENT WAS NEGATIVELY IMPACTED BY THE PANDEMIC.
AND NOW THEY'RE ENGAGED IN EITHER JOB SEARCH OR TRAINING.
THIS ALSO INCLUDED, UM, CHILDCARE WORKER AND EDUCATION INDUSTRIES, CUZ WE KNOW THAT THEY WERE HARD HIT BY THE PANDEMIC AS WELL.
AND IF WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
AND THEN, UH, WE HAVE SERVICES WITH INTEGRAL CARE, AND THESE ARE SPECIFICALLY FOR YOUTH TO PROVIDE INTENSIVE WRAPAROUND, UM, SERVICES AND INCREASE THEIR PARTICIPATION IN EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES.
SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PARENTAL SUPPORT ENRICHMENT SERVICES, UH, TREATMENTS TO LINK TO OTHERS ASSESSMENTS INCLUDING MEDICAID MANAGEMENT, NURSING, SUBSTANCE ABUSE, ANOTHER CYCLE SOCIAL TRAINING.
SO FOR, UH, 21, 22, OVER 142 UNDER 140 CLIENTS WERE SERVED.
UH, WE HAD NEW SUMMER ENRICHMENT CAMPS, AND THEN, UM, ADDITIONAL CARE COORDINATION ON SCHOOL CAMPUSES, UM, AS SCHOOLS WERE RESUMING KIND OF IN-PERSON CONTACT.
I THINK THERE'S ONE MORE SLIDE OR TWO MORE SLIDES.
UH, THEN FAMILY ELDER CARE, UM, THEY'RE SPECIFICALLY DOING SOME WORK WITH OUR SENIORS.
UM, SO THIS IS SERVING INDIVIDUALS 55 YEARS OF AGE OF OLDER WHO HAVE LOW INCOME AND LIVE WITHIN AUSTIN FULL PURPOSE JURISDICTION.
UM, SO ANYTHING FROM CASE MANAGEMENT, BILL, PEER SERVICES, HOUSING, STABILIZATION, STABILIZATION SERVICES, WERE PART OF WHAT THIS PROGRAM PROVIDED LAST YEAR.
AND IF WE CAN GET ON THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
AND FOR 21, 22, THIS IS ONE OF OUR OVER PERFORMERS.
THEY WERE ABLE TO SERVE OVER 270 CLIENTS WITH THE FUNDING PROVIDED, BUT THEY ALSO HAD SOME SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING FROM THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING COMMUNITY AFFAIRS IN ORDER TO THEIR, TO INCREASE THEIR CAPACITY IN STAFFING SERVICES.
UM, SO WE FOUND, AS YOU CAN SEE THERE, 95% OF THE FINANCIAL AND HOUSING STABILITY CLIENTS REPORTED THAT THEIR HOUSING WAS EITHER STABLE OR IMPROVED, THAT THEIR BASIC NEEDS WERE BEING MET.
AND I THINK THAT'S ALL WE HAVE RELATED TO C D P G.
I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO CHRIS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, UM, LAURA AND, UH, JU I REALLY APPRECIATE, APPRECIATE IT.
SO I'M GONNA JUMP INTO HOME A R P OR
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HOME ARP.UM, AS WE, WE DO WANT TO MOVE ON TO, UH, TO YOUR QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSIONS AND SOME OF THE COMMUNITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT DETAILS.
BUT BEING THAT WE, UH, YOU, YOUR COMMISSION WAS A PART OF SECURING THIS, I WANTED TO GIVE THE GOOD NEWS THAT WE DID SECURE, UM, AN $11.4 MILLION GRANT TO TAKE A STEP BACK FOR SOME OF OUR NEWER COMMISSIONERS.
I'LL HIGHLIGHT, I'LL GIVE SOME OF THE CONTEXT HERE.
UM, UNDER THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN, UH, THERE WAS $5 BILLION APPROPRIATED CONTRAST CON, UH, BY CONGRESS, UM, TO HUD TWO WITH THE HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, EXCUSE ME.
AND, UM, THE CATEGORIES YOU SEE ON YOUR SCREEN HERE ARE, UH, HA THE, THE ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES.
SO A LOT OF, UH, A LOT OF THINGS THAT CAN SUPPLEMENT OUR PROGRAMS. UH, IF WE COULD GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
THIS IS WHAT THE FUNDING, UM, LOOKS LIKE.
WE'VE GOT SUPPORTIVE SERVICES, ACQUISITION AND DEVELOPMENT OF NON CONGREGATE SHELTER.
I BELIEVE COMMISSIONER SLOAN, YOU'RE PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN THAT SPACE DEVELOPMENT, AFFORDABLE RENTAL HOUSING AND ADMINISTRATION, AND PLANNING THAT ADMINISTRATION AND PLANNING.
UM, IT'S SUCH A PARTICULAR NUMBER BECAUSE, UM, IT IS CAPPED AT A CERTAIN BY REGULATION.
UM, I CAN'T REMEMBER THE PERCENTAGE RIGHT NOW.
SOMETHING LIKE 15 OR 20% IS CAPPED, UH, FOR ADMIN AND PLANNING.
UM, SO THAT'S THE TOTAL AND THE, I I WANTED PARTICULARLY, UM, BRING THE NEXT SLIDE.
IT'S A LITTLE TRICKY WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE THE POWER.
UM, THE PREFERENCES AND PRIORITIZATIONS, UH, PART OF PART OF THIS IS SOMEWHAT UNIQUE FOR THIS GRANT.
UM, AND SO WE'RE AT, WE'RE EDUCATING OUR, UH, SHARING WITH OUR PARTNERS ABOUT THIS.
SO FOR NON CONGREGATE SHELTER, THERE IS A, UM, PREFERENCE OF, OF PRIDE AS ONE WOULD THINK THAT THERE WOULD BE FOR HOUSEHOLDS, EITHER SINGLE OR MULTI-MEMBER HOUSEHOLDS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
UM, WHAT'S UNIQUE ABOUT SOME OF THE OTHER CATEGORIES IS THAT NOT ONLY ARE THERE, SO FOR THE NEXT ONE, RENTAL HOUSING UNITS CREATED THEIR NON CONGREGATE SHELTER CONVERSION.
UH, NOT ONLY IS THERE AN ELIGIBILITY PREFERENCE FOR THESE FUNDS REFERRED TO BE A BEST BENEFICIARY OF THESE FUNDS FOR INDIVIDUALS AND HOUSEHOLDS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, THERE'S ALSO A PRIORITIZATION INCLUDED FOR, UH, INDIVIDUALS OR HOUSEHOLDS EXPERIENCING, UM, FLEEING OR ATTEMPTING TO FLEE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, ASSAULT, STALKING, OR HUMAN TRAFFICKING.
AND WE SEE THOSE PRIORITIZATIONS LISTED ON THE NEXT SLIDE.
UM, AND IF WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, THE NEXT CATEGORY, UH, IN DEVELOPMENT OF AFFORDABLE RENTAL HOUSING, UH, WE ALSO HAVE A, A, A PRIORITIZATION NOT JUST FOR, UM, INDIVIDUALS IN HOUSEHOLDS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, BUT ALSO THOSE CATEGORIES RELATED TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND THESE OTHER CATEGORIES, UH, THAT I JUST READ.
UM, AND SO WE, UH, HAVE UPDATED OUR PARTNERS PARTICULARLY, UM, SUCH AS SAFE ALLIANCE, UM, MAKING SURE THEY'RE AWARE OF THIS UNIQUE, UH, THE, THE UNIQUE ASPECT TO THIS, THIS, UH, FUNDING OPPORTUNITY THAT'LL BE COMING THROUGH, UH, THE COMMUNITY.
SO, UM, GETTING INTO THE ACTION PLAN.
THIS IS WHAT, AND I, I THINK THIS SLIDE IS A LOT
UM, BUT WE DO LIKE TO GIVE A OVERVIEW OF WHAT OUR COMMUNITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT LOOKS LIKE.
UM, AND THIS IS AN ANNUAL THING TOO.
SO THIS IS WHAT WE'LL BE COMING THROUGH NEXT YEAR, BUT DOING NOT JUST FOR THE ACTION PLAN, BUT FOR THE CONSOLIDATED PLAN.
UM, BUT THIS YEAR, IN EARLY MARCH, OUR, OUR COMMUNITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT BEGAN.
WE'VE BEEN MEETING WITH THESE GROUPS.
YOU HAVE THIS POWERPOINT, AND ESPECIALLY AS I EXECUTE THIS PROCESS OR OVERSEE THE EXECUTION OF THIS PROCESS WITH MANY OTHER PARTNERS FOR THE FIRST TIME, I'M VERY KEEN TO GET INPUT ON ANY GROUPS THAT ARE MISSING FROM OUR LIST THAT WE CAN INCLUDE THIS TIME, UH, NEXT TIME AROUND.
UM, I'M VERY MUCH OPEN TO THAT INPUT.
AS YOU SEE, WE HELD A, UH, PUBLIC HEARING, UH, AT CITY COUNCIL, AND WE'RE ALSO HOLDING ONE AT, UH,
BUT, UH, AT THIS AGENDA, UH, ON THIS AGENDA TONIGHT, I, I DO KNOW THAT, UM, ONE OF OUR, I I, WE HAD SOME CONTACTS THAT WANTED TO SPEAK.
I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'LL, THEY'LL STILL BE ON THIS LATE, BUT, UM, THAT'S WHAT THAT NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS, UH, THAT YOU SEE A PUBLIC HEARING OPPORTUNITY FOR FOLKS TO COMMENT, UM, ON THE, UH, ACTION PLAN.
UH, BUT IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE THAT, UH, SO THE COMMUNITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT IS JUST THE FIRST OPPORTUNITY BOTH FOR THIS COMMISSION, FOR CITY COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC AT LARGE TO GET INPUT INTO THE ACTION PLAN.
UM, THAT'S JUST THE INPUT, OR NOT JUST, BUT THAT'S INPUT INTO THE CRAFTING OF THE ACTION PLAN.
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UH, AFTER, UH, THAT COMMU THAT, UM, PERIOD CLOSES THIS SATURDAY, WE'LL GO TO WORK, UH, CREATING A FIRST DRAFT, AND THAT'LL BE PUBLISHED ON MAY 2ND.AND AS YOU SEE ON YOUR SCREEN FROM MAY 2ND TO JUNE 9TH, UH, WILL BE A PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD ON THE FIRST DRAFT.
SO, UH, WE KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS, UH, COMMUNITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT PERIOD IS, IS COMING TO A, A CLOSE HERE PRETTY QUICKLY.
UM, AND SO WE WANNA HIGHLIGHT THAT THERE IS, UH, THAT ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS, UM, ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING AGENDA ITEM AT YOUR MAY 9TH, UH, MEETING AS WELL AS, UH, PUBLIC HEARINGS AT CITY COUNCIL.
AND THEN AFTER THE, UM, PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD CLOSES, WE WILL, UM, ALSO BE HAVING, UH, FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS FROM YOU ALL, UH, AND FROM CITY COUNCIL.
SO I GIVE THIS A SLIDE ALL BY ITSELF BECAUSE I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.
PUBLIC INPUT.COM/HOUSING NEEDS.
I KNOW I'VE BEEN SPEAKING TO HOW WE WANT INPUT, NOT JUST FROM YOU ALL, BUT FROM YOUR COMMUNITIES.
UM, AND I KNOW, YOU KNOW, DIGITAL ACCESS CAN BE A CHALLENGE.
SO THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THOSE LIVE PUBLIC HEARINGS.
WE, WE TRY TO COME OUT TO THE MEETINGS.
BUT, UM, FOR THOSE WITH DIGITAL ACCESS, WE REALLY ENCOURAGE, UM, BOTH YOU, ALL YOUR CLIENTELE, YOUR COMMUNITIES TO GO TO GO TO PUBLIC INPUT.COM/HOUSING NEEDS.
THAT'S WHERE WE'RE RECEIVING DIGITAL COMMENTS ALL THROUGHOUT THIS PERIOD.
UM, AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN TOUGH TO GET PUBLIC INPUT AND I THINK THAT, UM, IT, IT IS MEANINGFUL, IT DOES MAKE IT INTO THESE DOCUMENTS.
UM, THESE ARE FEDERAL DOCUMENTS, THESE ARE REVIEWED BY STAFF.
AND SO WE DO REALLY APPRECIATE INPUT THERE, ESPECIALLY AS WE COME TO A CLOSE HERE IN THAT NEXT FEW DAYS.
UM, AND, AND I'VE, AS I'VE DONE EXECUTED A LOT OF THESE MEETINGS, I'VE, I'VE REALIZED IT'S HELPFUL TO MAYBE GIVE SOME EXAMPLES OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT KIND OF INPUT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.
AND, AND REALLY WE DON'T WANT TO LABEL THAT IT'S REALLY WHATEVER, WHAT, WHATEVER A GROUP'S MISSION, UH, ENTAILS AND WHATEVER, WHATEVER THE, THE, THE GROUP WANTS TO GIVE.
BUT I'LL JUST GIVE SOME EXAMPLES.
UM, WE RECENTLY MET WITH ECHO'S, UH, LEADERSHIP COUNCIL AND, UM, LAST YEAR THEY HAD REALLY STRESSED THAT WE NEEDED TO LOOK AT THE POSSIBILITY OF EXPANDING SOME OF OUR PROGRAMS OUTSIDE OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN'S FULL PURPOSE JURISDICTION.
UM, AS YOU ALL ARE CERTAINLY AWARE, THERE'S JUST BEEN A LOT OF FOLKS THAT ARE OUT OF AUSTIN AND, UM, THE AUSTIN AUSTIN'S, E T J AUSTIN'S EXTRA T UH, IS AN AREA WHERE WE'VE BEEN, UH, DOING RESEARCH, LOOKING AT THE REGULATION WE CAN OFFER, UM, SOME PROGRAMS IN THAT AREA.
AND, AND IT'S, IT'S TURNING OUT, GONNA BE ABLE TO MOVE ON THAT.
UM, I'LL QUICKLY NAME SOME OTHER EXAMPLE.
THIS WOULDN'T REALLY COME TO US IF WE DIDN'T HAVE THE PEOPLE ON THE GROUND GIVING US THE INPUT.
UH, HELD THIS MEETING AND PRESENTATION WITH THE HISPANIC LATINO QUALITY OF LIFE ADVISORY COMMISSION.
THE, THESE WERE ALL LISTED FOR US AND WE'RE HAVING, SHE PUT TO US ARE, DO YOUR PROGRAMS. SO THE SPEAKER IS CUTTING OUT QUITE A BIT.
SO I, I THINK WE SHOULD SKIP THIS SECTION.
WE'VE, WE SAW THE LIST OF THE DIFFERENT PLACES THAT WE'RE TAKING THIS.
UM, CAN WE MOVE ON TO WHAT'S NEXT? I'M SORRY, I, I'M NOT SURE WHAT'S GOING ON.
ARE THERE, CAN ANYONE HEAR ME? I THINK MY COMPUTER'S FREEZING OR SOMETHING.
[7. Conduct a public hearing to receive input on community needs related to housing, homelessness, and community development as part of the Community Needs Assessment for the FY 23-24 Action Plan. ]
IS STAFF, WHAT'S NEXT? ARE I THINK WE SHOULD START THE PUBLIC HEARING? I APPARENTLY WE HAVE SPEAKERS WHO ARE WAITING ONLINE.NO SPEAKERS ONLINE AND I DON'T SEE, ARE THERE ANY SPEAKERS? I THINK THEY ALL GOT OFF.
IS THERE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING THERE? SECOND? AYE SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION WE HAVE ABOUT THE REPORTS THAT WE'VE HEARD? COMMISSIONER DELGADO, UH, FIRST OF ALL, UM, CHAIR, I DON'T KNOW WHO DECIDED TO PUT THREE BRIEFINGS THIS EVENING ON OUR AGENDA THAT ARE VERY, VERY IMPORTANT TO US.
UM, SO IT, I I CAN ASK, I I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S STAFF THAT DOES OUR AGENDA.
WHO DOES THAT FIRST? LET ME ASK THAT QUESTION.
WHO, WHO SETS OUR AGENDA? I, I DO, BUT I WORK WITH, WELL, BESIDES YOU CUZ YOU'RE NEW
WE HAVE AN AGENDA ME MEETING TWO WEEKS BEFORE THIS MEETING.
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SO, SO IF I CAN JUST GIVE MY ADVICE, I MEAN MY FEEDBACK TO OUR, OUR STAFF, UM, CUZ YOU ARE NEW AND OUR CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR PUTTING THREE BRIEFINGS AT THE LATE EVENING, UH, ESPECIALLY THE ASSESSMENT NEEDS ASSESSMENT, WHICH IS A VITAL PIECE OF INFORMATION.AND THEN US NOT EVEN HAVE THE BACKUP BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T PRINT IT BECAUSE IT WAS SO LONG.
I FIND IT VERY UNFAIR TO US TO PROCESS ALL OF THIS AT 9:00 PM IN THE EVENING.
I, I, I ASK THAT WE DO NOT DO THIS AGAIN WHERE WE HAVE THREE BRIEFING DISCUSSIONS AT THE END OF THE EVENING.
I, I, I DIDN'T THINK THAT WAS FAIR TO US CHAIR.
AND SO I WANNA VOICE THAT TO YOU ALL BECAUSE EVERYTHING THAT WAS JUST MENTIONED TO ME, LITERALLY ONLY LITTLE BIT OF IT REGISTERED CUZ I'M VERY TIRED.
WE'VE ALL BEEN HERE SINCE SIX OR SIX 30, THE MEETING STARTED.
AND IT, AND THIS IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.
AND SO I DON'T EVEN HAVE MY BACKUP, I DON'T EVEN HAVE MY PRESENTATION.
UM, AND SO I, I DON'T THINK THAT'S FAIR TO US COMMISSIONERS, UM, TO BE TALKING ABOUT THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT OF, OF WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AND WHICH IS IMPORTANT.
Y'ALL COVERED A LOT SO I'M SURE AT 9:00 PM STAFF WILL ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS YOU WANNA SEND.
YOU'RE RIGHT, THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT INFORMATION.
IT'S KIND OF THE BREAD AND BUTTER OF WHAT THE THAT'S RIGHT.
DEPARTMENT DOES AND WHAT WE DO AS WELL.
WELL, I WANTED TO MAKE A SUGGESTION IF WE CAN BRING THEM BACK, UH, AFTER WE CAN REVIEW THE ENTIRE ASSESSMENT IN THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS, UH, AND TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE QUESTIONS THAT WE DO HAVE.
CUZ THERE'S SOME MAJOR DISCUSSION ON THIS.
YEAH, I, I THINK THIS COMES BEFORE US FOR A VOTE AND BEFORE THEN, WE SHOULD TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE TIME TO SUBMIT ANY QUESTIONS.
[8. Update from the Austin Transit Partnership (ATP) Community Advisory Committee (Commissioner Elias) ]
EIGHT IS AN UPDATE FROM THE COMMITTEE ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR THE AUSTIN TRANSIT PARTNERSHIP, COMMISSIONER ELIS.UM, SO THE LAST MEETING WAS, UH, BASICALLY J UM, INTRODUCING THE NEW C E O FOR CAP METRO AND AN UPDATE ON THE RAPID UM, LINES.
UH, THE NEXT MEETING WILL BE THIS THURSDAY.
AND THAT ONE, IF YOU'RE INTERESTED, IT WILL BE PRESENTING OF THE SCALE DOWN, UH, LIGHT RAIL OPTIONS THAT WERE PRESENTED A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.
SO IF YOU HAVE, UM, ANY, UM, OPINIONS ON THAT.
SO, UH, MAKE SURE YOU ATTEND OR, OR, UH, WATCH IT ONLINE.
[9. Update from the Housing Investment Review Committee (HIRC) (Commissioners Garrett) ]
ITEM NINE IS AN UPDATE FROM THE HUK, THE HOUSING INVESTMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE.IT'S LISTED FOR COMMISSIONER GARRETT, WHO'S NO LONGER A MEMBER OF THIS OR WHAT THIS SO COMMISSION.
SO DO WE HAVE ANYBODY WITH A REPORT FROM HER? I, I CAN TELL YOU WHAT HAPPENED.
THE, UH, UH, HOUSING INVESTMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE, UH, MET, UM, I BELIEVE IT WAS TWO WEEKS AGO.
UH, WE, UH, REVIEWED, UH, 16 APPLICATIONS, UM, FOR BOTH RENTAL AND FOR OWNERSHIP.
UM, SEVERAL OF THE APPLICATIONS, UH, WERE, UM, REFUND, UH, OR, UH, RETURN CUSTOMERS AS WE SAY.
UH, DUE TO XC DUE TO A, UM, UH, UM, GROWING EXPENSES, UH, FOR CONSTRUCTION.
UH, WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OF DEVELOPMENTS THAT NEEDED TO COME BACK AND, UH, UH, GET ADDITIONAL CAPITAL.
UH, WE ALSO HAD SEVERAL PROPERTIES THAT ARE A HFC OR AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION PARTNERSHIPS, UM, THAT, UH, WILL PROVIDE EXTREMELY DEEP AFFORDABILITY, UH, AND, UH, ARE CURRENTLY, UH, LOOKING TO CLOSE WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS.
UM, WE HAVE, IN TERMS OF THE FUNDS THAT WE HAVE TO DEPLOY, WE HAVE, UH, UH, THE FIRST TRANCHE OF OUR 2022 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, UH, WHICH AMOUNTS TO ABOUT 45 MILLION.
UH, WE ALSO HAVE PRO SOME PROJECT CONNECT FUNDS THAT WE ARE, UH, LOOKING TO DEPLOY, AS WELL AS SEVERAL, UH, UM, HOUSING TRUST FUND, GEOGRAPHICALLY RESTRICTED, UH, BUCKETS OF FUNDING.
UH, IN TOTAL WE HAVE 86 MILLION, UH, TO SPEND THROUGH THIS FISCAL YEAR.
UH, IN THIS QUARTER OF, UH, APPLICATIONS, WE RECEIVED, UH, REQUESTS FOR OVER 110 MILLION.
UM, AND WE STILL HAVE ANOTHER QUARTER TO GO.
SO WE HAVE, WE ARE OPERATING, UH, UNDER SCARCITY, UH, AND WE CANNOT FUND EVERYBODY.
UM, SO WE'RE JUST TRYING TO, UH, TRIAGE THE SITUATION, UH, FUND THOSE PROJECTS THAT, UH,
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NEED IT IMMEDIATELY.AND THOSE THAT DON'T NEED IT IMMEDIATELY OR CAN, CAN WAIT A LITTLE WHILE.
UH, WE TRY TO GET THEM TO WAIT.
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