Jun 13, 2023 Community Development Commission

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AND GOOD

[CALL TO ORDER]

TODAY IS TUESDAY, JUNE THE 13TH.

THIS IS THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION MEETING FOR JUNE.

THE TIME NOW IS 6 31.

WHAT IS THAT? 3 6 33.

THANK YOU.

MY EYES ARE BAD .

AND, UH, WE'LL CALL THE, WE DO HAVE QUORUM.

WE'LL CALL THE COMMISSION TO ORDER.

GOOD EVENING TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES THAT ARE PRESENT HERE ON THE DICE AS, UM, HELLO COM.

COMMISSIONER HAN IS WELCOME.

COMMISSIONER ESCO.

COMMISSIONER TOLIVER, ONE OF OUR VETERANS, AND OF COURSE, COMMISSIONER S MYSELF AND, UM, REMOTELY.

WE DO HAVE, I HAVE COMMISSIONER, WHO DO I HAVE REMOTELY? GUYS, MAKE SURE I KNOW WHO I HAVE.

I HAVE COMMISSIONER WOODS.

THANK YOU.

COMMISSIONER S AND COMMISSIONER.

IS IT QUAT? QUAT.

AM I PRONOUNCING THAT CORRECT? AND COMMISSIONER ORTIZ.

ANY OTHER COMMISSIONERS PRESENT THAT I DIDN'T ACKNOWLEDGE? ALL RIGHT.

GOOD EVENING TO EVERYONE.

THE PURPOSE.

UM, THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT.

WE'RE FINDING ALL THAT.

YEAH.

I'M GONNA DEFER TO COMMISSIONER S WHO'S GOING TO REVIEW THE PURPOSE OF OUR COMMISSION.

I WANTED TO GREET EVERYBODY.

I WAS DOING THE SOUTHERN THING OR GREETING EVERYBODY, AND HE'S ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT WE, UH, DOT OUR EYES AND THROWS OVER OUR PURPOSE.

SO COMMISSIONER S WOULD YOU TAKE OVER ON THAT PART, PLEASE? THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU, CHAIR.

THE PURPOSE OF THE AUSTIN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION IS TO ADVISE THE CITY COUNCIL IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO SERVE THE POOR AND THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE WITH EMPHASIS ON FEDERALLY FUNDED PROGRAMS. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

APPRECIATE YOU ALL BEARING WITH ME AS I GET MY SEA LEGS UNDERNEATH ME FOR, UH, LEADERSHIP AND I, UH, DO SEE OUR PURPOSE.

UM, THAT BEING SAID, WE HAVE ALREADY CALLED THE MEETING TO ORDER, AND, UM, OUR PUBLIC COMMUNICATION,

[PUBLIC COMMUNICATION: GENERAL]

DO WE HAVE ANYONE FOR THAT PIECE SEEING NO RESPONSE TO THAT? WE HAVE.

WE DO.

OKAY.

SORRY.

WE HAVE ONE.

NO PROBLEM.

THANK YOU.

GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS.

THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO YOU TODAY ABOUT COMMUNITY ADVANCEMENT NETWORK.

UM, COMMUNITY ADVANCEMENT NETWORK, WHERE CANNES IS A PARTNERSHIP OF GOVERNMENT, NONPROFIT, PRIVATE, AND FAITH-BASED ORGANIZATIONS THAT LEVERAGE, UH, MUTUAL RESOURCES TO COLLECTIVELY IMPROVE SOCIAL HEALTH, EDUCATIONAL, AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES IN OUR COMMUNITY.

UM, I HAVE A FLYER THAT WAS PASSED OUT THAT DISCUSSES OUR MISSION AND LISTS OUR PARTNERS, WHICH INCLUDE A VARIETY OF ORGANIZATIONS IN GOVERNMENT, EDUCATION, HEALTH AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

AND TOGETHER WE PROMOTE AND SUPPORT THE POWER OF COLLABORATION FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS.

AND HOW DO WE DO THAT? WELL, UM, WE SUPPORT COLLABORATION, COLLABORATIVE ACTION AIMED AT EXPANDING EQUITY AND OPPORTUNITY BY DEVELOPING TOOLS TO INFORM LIKE THE CAN COMMUNITY DASHBOARD.

IN 2022, WE PUBLISHED THE 13TH, UH, VERSION, ANNUAL VERSION OF IT, WHICH TRACKS 18 INDICATORS THAT ASSESS OUR COMMUNITY'S OVERALL HEALTH AND WELLBEING.

AND ME, SORRY, I DIDN'T INTRODUCE MYSELF.

I'M CARLOS SOTO, RESEARCH ANALYST AT COMMUNITY ADVANCEMENT NETWORK, AND I'M, UH, TASKED WITH UPDATING THE DASHBOARD.

UM, I ALSO INCLUDED A SHORT POWERPOINT THAT HAS OUR DASHBOARD WITH

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AND THIS YEAR, UM, DUE TO THE INCREASE, UH, IN THE PAST FIVE YEARS OF THE RATE AND, UH, PEOPLE THAT REPORT POOR MENTAL HEALTH, WE ARE, UM, FOCUSING ON A MENTAL HEALTH INITIATIVE THIS YEAR.

WE ALSO CREATE OPPORTUNITIES TO ENGAGE AND MAKE STRATEGIC CONNECTIONS.

UH, AND ANOTHER IMPORTANT THING THAT WE'RE WORKING ON THIS YEAR IS AT THE BOTTOM LEFT OF THOSE BLUE SQUARES, AND IT'S THE, UM, PUBLICATION OF MULTILINGUAL COMMUNITY RESOURCE GUIDES.

NOT JUST IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH, BUT IN SEVERAL OTHER LANGUAGES THAT HAVE BEEN DETERMINED TO BE OF NEED IN OUR COMMUNITY.

IF YOU'D LIKE FOR ME TO DIVE DEEPER INTO ANY OF THESE TOPICS, I'VE LEFT MY INFORMATION WITH YOUR EXCELLENT COORDINATOR, MR. UH, BLAKE, EDWARD BLAKE.

AND SO, UM, I'D LOVE TO COME BACK SOMETIME.

MAYBE OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, RAUL ALVAREZ, MIGHT JOIN ME.

THANK YOU.

AND HAVE A GREAT AFTERNOON.

OH, WAIT, I HAVE ONE MORE MINUTE.

I THOUGHT I HAD.

OKAY.

SO, UM, UH, THE DASHBOARD REALLY, SO THE, THE COMMUNITY RESOURCE GUIDES ARE ALSO, UM, AN IMPORTANT PART OF IT THAT WE'RE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW IS MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT THAT, BUT, UM, OUR, OUR, UM, CHAIR, VANESSA FUENTES, UH, JUST, UH, ANNOUNCED A FEW WEEKS AGO, UH, THE INITIATIVE.

WE HAD A PRESS CONFERENCE.

AND SO, UM, THAT'S IF YOU ARE ONE OF OUR PARTNERS, UH, OF WHICH SEVERAL AGENCIES IN GOVERNMENT ARE, THEN YOU MIGHT QUALIFY FOR, UM, SPECIAL RATES.

ANYWAY, UH, I DON'T WANT TO, UM, TAKE ANY MORE OF YOUR TIME, UH, AND I'M REALLY GRATEFUL FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.

HAVE A GREAT AFTERNOON.

THANK YOU, CARLOS, FOR THAT.

STAY PUT.

I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION.

SO WHEN I LOOK AT THIS FLYER, WHAT IS IT THAT YOU WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE FOCUS ON THE MOST, UM, OR WITHIN THE HANDOUT THAT YOU PROVIDED? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

AND AS THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION IS, COVERS A LOT OF BASIS, DEPENDS ON WHAT YOU'RE FOCUSING ON WORKING ON THIS YEAR AND WHAT YOUR FOCUS IS.

I'M SURE WE HAVE SOMETHING THAT OVERLAPS AND SO WE CAN COLLABORATE ON THAT.

I ENCOURAGE YOU TO REACH OUT, UH, IN AN EMAIL AND, UH, OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, UM, CAN, UH, COORDINATE BETTER.

OKAY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I APPRECIATE IT.

WE'RE INTERESTED, AND I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW A LITTLE BIT MORE.

SO WE'LL FOLLOW UP.

I'LL, YES, I'LL REACH OUT TO YOU, MS. THOMPSON.

THANK YOU.

OKAY.

THANK YOU, CARLOS, WITH THE COMMUNITY ADVANCEMENT NETWORK.

WE APPRECIATE YOU, UH, INTRODUCING AND SHARING YOUR INFORMATION.

ARE THERE OTHERS, MR. BLAKE? THAT WAS THE ONLY SPEAKER.

OKAY.

WELL, WITH THAT BEING SAID, I WILL, UM, CLOSE THAT PORTION OF IT.

DO I NEED TO HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE THAT PORTION? OR WE CAN JUST CLOSE AND MOVE ON TO OUR READING OF OUR MI MINUTES? NO, WE, WE CAN JUST MOVE ON TO THE PERFECT.

WITH THAT BEING SAID, OUR MINUTES,

[APPROVAL OF MINUTES]

WHY IS THIS SO THIN? UM, I MISS, I'M MISSING SOME PIECE.

OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU.

MR. EVERETT, WOULD YOU BE SO KIND? I THINK I WALK RIGHT PAST THE BULK OF MY INFORMATION.

I APPRECIATE COMMISSIONER ELLIOTS SHARING.

THANK YOU.

MY APOLOGIES.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

MM-HMM.

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THANK YOU, BABE.

I APPRECIATE YOUR WILLINGNESS TO SHARE.

I, I WAS THINKING WHY IS MINE SO THIN? ALL RIGHT.

OKAY.

UH, WE'RE ON TASK.

I HAVE IT NOW.

MR. EDWARD.

I'M SORRY.

SOMEONE ELSE RAN TO ME.

THANK YOU.

I APOLOGIZE.

OKAY.

WITH THAT, THAT BEING SAID, HERE WE GO.

UM, WE WANT TO, UM, REVIEW THE MINUTES THAT ARE LISTED IN OUR, UM, DOCUMENTATION HERE.

AND I WANT TO WANT YOU ALL TO GIVE A TAKE A MOMENT TO REVIEW IT.

I OFTEN REVIEW IT MYSELF TO SEE, UH, IF THERE ARE ANY ADJUSTMENTS TO THE MINUTES AS WRITTEN.

I'LL GIVE EVERYBODY ABOUT A MINUTE.

OKAY.

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WHAT IS YOUR EDIT? COMMISSIONER ELLIS? UH, IN ITEM ONE, UH, IT SAYS COMMISSIONER ELLIOTS WAS ELECTED CHAIR WITH FIVE OH OH.

I DIDN'T SEE IT.

I MISSED THAT LAST LINE.

MM-HMM.

.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

THAT IS IN FACT A CORRECTION.

ITEM ONE, AS COMMISSIONER ELLIOTT HAS DENOTED AT THE VERY, THE LAST ENTRY DOES SAY THAT HE WAS ELECTED CHAIR AND THAT I ABSTAINED.

AND THAT WAS ACTUALLY, HE WAS BEING VOTED AS VICE CHAIR.

VICE CHAIR.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER AMENDMENTS, CORRECTIONS TO THE MINUTES AS WRITTEN? HEARING NONE.

DO WE HAVE ANY MOTIONS TO ACCEPT THEM WITH THE CORRECTION THAT COMMISSIONER S MADE IN REFERENCE TO ITEM ONE? ANY MOTIONS TO APPROVE THEM? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

COMMISSIONER ELLIOTS MAKES A MOTION TO APPROVE.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.

I SECOND.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

UM, I HEARD HIM A COUPLE PLACES, SO I THINK THERE WAS COMMISSIONER ERT AS WELL AS MAYBE, UH, THAT WAS COMMISSIONER, UH, ORTIZ.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER.

ALL RIGHT.

MOVING

[2. Presentation on the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) (Angel Zambrano, Neighborhood Services Unit, Austin Public Health)]

WE DO HAVE A PRESENTATION OF THE COMMUNITY SERVICES BLOCK GRANT FROM ED HEGEL.

UM, AND HE'S GOING TO, UH, GIVE US SOME INFORMATION FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES UNIT.

EXCUSE ME, CHAIR.

OH, DID, DID WE VOTE TO APPROVE THE MINUTES? OH, I KNOW WE GOT THE FIRST AND SECOND, BUT DID WE GET A THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I APPRECIATE YOU ALL GUIDING ME.

Y'ALL GONNA HAVE TO GUIDE ME ON THIS FOR A LITTLE BIT BEFORE I TOTALLY GET MY SEA LEGS.

BUT, UM, WE DO HAVE A MOTION TO, UH, ACCEPT THEM.

WE DO HAVE A SECOND AND WE DO NEED TO ACCEPT, UM, WE GO THROUGH THE VOTE AND VOTE, UH, WHETHER OR NOT THOSE OF US IN, UH, UH, APPROVE THE MINUTES AS AMENDED.

DO WE HAVE A VOTE? THOSE IN FAVOR? VOTE.

AYE.

RAISE YOUR HAND.

BE PROMINENT.

UM, IT LOOKS LIKE I HAVE SEVEN OF US.

THERE WE GO.

YEAH.

IS THAT CORRECT? AM I MISSING ONE? OKAY.

DOES ANYONE OPPOSE? OKAY.

ARE WE GOOD? THAT IS OKAY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH BACK THERE.

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I APPRECIATE THE, UH, THE GUIDANCE.

NEXT.

WE CAN MOVE ON TO OUR BRIEFINGS.

CAN WE NOT? AND WE ARE WITH MR. SOBRANO.

ALL RIGHT.

WELL, GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS.

AMONG ANO THE, UH, PROGRAM MANAGER FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES UNIT IN AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH.

I SEE A LOT OF NEW FACES, SO I WILL, UH, SLOW DOWN TODAY AND KIND OF READ SOME OF THESE THINGS VERBATIM, UH, FOR ALL THE NEW COMMISSIONERS.

SO I'M HERE TO PRESENT ON THE COMMUNITY SERVICES BLOCK GRANT, PROGRAMMATIC AND FINANCIAL REPORT, UH, FOR YOU WHO ARE NEW.

THE COMMUNITY SERVICES BLOCK GRANT FUNDS THE DELIVERY OF SERVICES TO LOW INCOME TEXAN RESIDENTS IN ALL 254 COUNTIES.

UH, THESE FUNDS SUPPORT A VARIETY OF DIRECT SERVICES IN ADDITION TO HELPING MAINTAIN AT THE, THE CORE ADMINISTRATIVE ELEMENTS OF COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCIES FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN.

THE GRANT PROVIDES FUNDING FOR THE DELIVERY OF BASIC NEEDS, CASE MANAGEMENT,

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OUR MISSION IS THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES UNIT IMPROVES THE LIVES AND HEALTH OF PEOPLE EXPERIENCING POVERTY BY PROVIDING PUBLIC HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES, AND CONNECTING RESIDENTS OF AUSTIN AND TRAVIS COUNTY TO COMMUNITY RESOURCES.

WE DO THAT THROUGH, LIKE I SAID, BASIC NEEDS, PREVENTIVE HEALTH.

WE HAVE PUBLIC HEALTH NURSES WHO WORK AT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS.

UH, WE HAVE SOCIAL WORKERS WHO PROVIDE CASE MANAGEMENT AND HELP OUR CLIENT REENTER THE WORLD OF WORK AND SUPPORT AND TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THE WORKPLACE.

THEY ALSO, UM, REFER THEM TO TRAININGS IF NEEDED.

AS YOU CAN SEE AT THE BOTTOM OF PAGE ONE, WE HAVE OUR BUDGET.

WE JUST RECEIVED YESTERDAY, THE REST OF OUR ALLOCATION FOR 2023, I THINK WE'RE GONNA BE CLOSE TO 1.1 MILLION IN CSBG FUNDING.

I WILL CATCH YOU UP ON THAT NEXT TIME.

IF YOU TURN TO PAGE TWO, THERE'S SOME DATA HERE.

I'LL KIND OF FOCUS ON A COUPLE OF THINGS.

UH, SO FAR WE'VE HELD 164 HOUSEHOLD AVOID EVICTION THROUGH OUR RENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

UH, WE PROVIDE THAT WHEN FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE.

UH, WE ALSO HAVE, UM, THE SPRING AND COLLABORATION WITH, UH, A R P HELPED, UH, 317, UH, FOLKS WITH TAX PREPARATION SERVICES THAT ARE FREE OF CHARGE OUT OF THE ROSA AOSA NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER OUT.

I'LL GIVE SOME MORE DETAILS ON THE THIRD PAGE.

UH, A LOT OF OUR SERVICES, UH, TARGET, UH, FOOD INSECURITY, HELPING FOLKS, UH, HAVE HEALTHY FOOD AT HOME.

WE'VE HELPED ALMOST 25,000 PEOPLE AT THEIR FOOD DISTRIBUTION EVENTS, UH, SO FAR THIS YEAR.

UH, PROGRAMMATIC ADMINISTRATIVE UPDATES, NUMBER ONE FOR THE NEW FOLKS.

LIKE I SAID, WE PROVIDE BASIC NEEDS, FOOD HELP, EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE IN COLLABORATION WITH CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF CENTRAL TEXAS.

UH, UTILITY ASSISTANCE THROUGH OUR PLUS ONE PROGRAM, SELF-SUFFICIENCY, CASE MANAGEMENT, BUS PASSES, HEALTH SCREENINGS, AND A LOT OF INFORMATION AND REFERRALS FOR THINGS THAT WE CAN'T DO.

TURN TO THE NEXT PAGE.

I'LL FOCUS ON A COUPLE OF THINGS HERE.

THE REST OF YOU CAN READ ON YOUR OWN.

OUR HOME DELIVERY PROGRAM CONTINUES TO GO STRONG.

I THINK WE'RE ALMOST AT CAPACITY NOW.

UH, IN APRIL, UH, WE SERVED 2,587 HOUSEHOLDS, ALMOST 8,000 INDIVIDUALS, UH, WITH FOOD BOXES DELIVERED TO THEIR HOME IN COLLABORATION WITH THE CENTRAL TEXAS FOOD BANK AND AMAZON.

THAT PROGRAM HAS BEEN REALLY SUCCESSFUL, AND, UH, OUR SUCCESS HAS ALLOWED THE FOOD BANK TO PARTNER WITH AN AGENCY, I THINK, IN PFLUGERVILLE IN ROUND ROCK, AND IT'S BEEN SUCCESSFUL UP THERE TOO.

NUMBER FOUR, THE TAX HELP SERVICES.

THIS TAX SEASON, WE OFFERED, UH, SERVICES AT ROSEWOOD FREE OF CHARGE.

AND, UH, THE STAFF FROM A R P IN COLLABORATION WITH OUR STAFF WERE ABLE TO ASSIST CLIENTS IN FILLING 173 TAX RETURNS WITH A REFUND.

THE REFUND TOTAL EQUALED ABOUT $225,215, UM, FOR THE PAYERS, SPOUSES, INDEPENDENTS.

THAT WAS ABOUT 317 PEOPLE THAT, YOU KNOW, BENEFITED IN A POSITIVE WAY.

UH, TAX PREPARATION SERVICES ARE EXPENSIVE.

UM, SO THIS IS A GREAT BENEFIT.

AND I MENTIONED OUR AUSTIN ENERGY PLUS ONE PROGRAM.

WE CONTINUE TO, TO PROVIDE, UH, UTILITY ASSISTANCE TO HELP PEOPLE KEEP THE LIGHTS ON.

AND, UM, THROUGH OUR COA, FINANCIAL STABILITY FUNDING AND PARTNERSHIP WITH CATHOLIC CHARITIES.

UH, FROM JANUARY THROUGH APRIL, WE'VE ASSISTED 164 PEOPLE AVOID EVICTION WITH A TOTAL OF $127,000 IN RENTAL ASSISTANCE PAYMENTS DIRECTLY TO LANDLORDS.

AND OUR NSU PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING FOR THE NEW FOLKS.

OUR NURSES WERE REALLY NOT WITH US FOR ALMOST THREE YEARS.

THEY CAME BACK IN NOVEMBER AS THEY DEMOBILIZED FROM THE PANDEMIC AND THE MONKEY POX.

SO WE'RE KEEPING OUR FINGERS CROSSED THAT, UH, THERE WILL BE NO MORE, HOPEFULLY NO MORE, UH, MEDICAL EMERGENCIES OR PANDEMICS.

UH, SO THEY'RE BACKED, THEY'RE DOING HOS AT THE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS.

THEY'RE DOING SOME OUTREACH AND EDUCATION.

THEY PROVIDE CHOLESTEROL SCREENINGS, BLOOD SUGAR, BLOOD PRESSURE.

UH, WE'RE, WE'RE STANDING UP OUR, UM, DIABETES CASE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM TO KIND OF HELP FOLKS, UH, KIND OF EMPOWER THEM TO TAKE CARE, TAKE CHARGE OF THEIR HEALTH, BUT ALSO TO, UH, HELP THEM WITH REFERRALS TO, UH, MEDICAL HOMES OR WHATEVER ELSE THEY MAY NEED THAT WE CAN'T PROVIDE.

UH, THE LAST THING THAT'S NOT ON HERE, UH, WE HAD A REALLY GOOD PRE JUNETEENTH EVENT ON FRIDAY AT THE BLACKLAND NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER.

UM, I THOUGHT ABOUT IT AFTER THE FACT IN TERMS OF INVITING YOU GUYS.

UH, BUT NEXT YEAR WE DEFINITELY WILL SEND OUT THE INVITATION.

THERE ARE ALMOST 350 PEOPLE.

UH, REALLY GREAT EVENT.

UM, A SHOUT OUT TO SHAMEIKA HODGE HOLLAND, WHO'S THE MANAGER AT THE BLACKLAND NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER.

UM, I THINK THAT'S IT FOR TODAY.

KIND OF BRIEF, BUT DETAILED.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, LET ME KNOW.

AND IF NOT, UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT.

AND YES, WE DEFINITELY WANNA KNOW ABOUT THE, UM, VARIOUS OPPORTUNITIES

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SO KEEP US POSTED AND AHEAD OF TIME.

WE'LL LOVE TO, UH, AT LEAST HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY.

CAN'T COMMIT TO EVERYBODY, BUT I KNOW THAT, UM, WE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW ABOUT IT.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING TO, UM, REACH THOSE THAT, UM, NEED OUR SERVICES.

SO COMMISSIONERS, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR HEL? UH, YES, I DO.

YES.

YES.

SPEAK.

UM, I'M HERE, UH, JUST BECAUSE IT'S THE TIMING AND I JUST WANTED TO, I WAS JUST WONDERING, UM, IS THERE, ARE THERE ANY SERVICES THAT ARE GONNA BE APPLICABLE, APPLICABLE FOR RIGHT NOW FOR, UM, WITH OUR TEXAS HEAT, UM, AND ESPECIALLY THE HIGH TEMPERATURES THAT ARE GONNA BE OCCURRING THIS WEEK AND BEING TEXAS PROBABLY THE REST OF THE SUMMER? GREAT QUESTION.

THANKS.

THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION.

AND I WAS AT OUR LEADERSHIP MEETING TODAY, AND THEY DID TALK ABOUT THERE'S SOME, UH, MOBILIZATION FOR, UH, COOLING CENTERS.

I CAN TRY TO FIND MORE INFORMATION TOMORROW MORNING AND SEND IT TO YOU ALL.

BUT THERE ARE DEFINITELY A PLANS TO, UH, PROVIDE THOSE, THAT INFORMATION.

AND, UH, I JUST DON'T KNOW THE DETAILS RIGHT NOW.

I THINK IT'S WITH PART IN THE LIBRARY, BUT DON'T QUOTE ME.

I'LL SEND YOU THAT INFORMATION TOMORROW MORNING.

OKAY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

COMMISSIONER ORTIZ ON THAT.

THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

AS A FOLLOW UP ON THAT, WHAT DID WE DO IN THE, OH, WE'VE, WE HAVE ACTUALLY SERVED OUR CITIZENS IN THE COMMUNITY, UH, IN THE YEARS PREVIOUS.

UH, IS IT, I TAKE IT WE'RE GONNA DO SOMETHING SIMILAR IN TERMS OF THE COOLING CENTERS? IN TERMS OF THE COOLING CENTERS.

YES, DEFINITELY.

OKAY.

VERY GOOD.

MM-HMM.

, THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS, QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSIONERS? WE GOOD? ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU COMMISSIONER ORTIZ ON THAT.

THAT WAS GREAT.

THANK YOU.

MM-HMM.

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THANK YOU, ANGEL.

ALL RIGHT.

WE'RE MOVING ON TO ITEM OUR DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEMS. WE HAVE ITEM NUMBER

[3. Discussion and possible action on the Draft Fiscal Year 2022-2023 Action Plan (Mandy DeMayo and Chris Duran, Housing Department)]

UM, AND IS CHRIS ONLINE? YES.

FROM THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT.

WE ACTUALLY HAVE THAT'S OKAY.

I GOT IT.

WE ACTUALLY HAVE, THIS IS OUR DIRECTOR, ROSIE TRUELOVE.

OH, HI ROSIE.

HI.

HOW ARE YOU GUYS? I'M FINE, THANK YOU.

I'M NEW TO THIS ROLE.

I KNOW.

I'M SO EXCITED TO MEET YOU.

OH, WELL, , I'M NOT NEW TO THIS ROLE, BUT I HAVEN'T BEEN TO, UM, TO ONE OF Y'ALL'S MEETINGS IN A WHILE, SO, OKAY.

WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO BE HERE TODAY.

UM, MANDY DE MAYO IS ACTUALLY GETTING READY TO GO OUTTA TOWN.

SHE'S ACTUALLY GETTING READY TO GO OUT OF THE COUNTRY TOMORROW, AND SO OH, WONDERFUL.

I OFFERED TO COME AND, AND BE HER FOR THE EVENING.

WONDERFUL.

UM, WE HAVE CHRIS DURAN HERE, AND WE ARE HERE TO PRESENT OUR, UH, ACTION PLAN FOR, UM, THE FISCAL YEAR 2324, UH, FOR OUR FEDERAL FUNDING.

AND SO I WANNA INTRODUCE CHRIS DURAN.

HE IS ON THE SCREEN, AND I THINK HE'S GONNA LEAD YOU THROUGH SOME INFORMATION.

AND WE'RE LOOKING FOR, UM, ACTION TONIGHT.

CHRIS, WE CAN'T HEAR YOU.

CHRIS, CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? YES, WE CAN.

COULD HAVE SWORN I HIT THAT UNMUTE, BUT NOW WE'VE DONE IT.

UH, , UH, GOOD TO BE WITH YOU ALL TONIGHT.

I, AS ALWAYS, I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.

UH, AS ROSIE SAID, UM, WE'RE WITH THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT AND WE ARE SEEKING, UH, RECOMMENDED APPROVAL TO CITY COUNCIL FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2324 ACTION PLAN.

UM, WE'VE BEEN BEFORE Y'ALL A LOT THIS YEAR.

I KNOW.

AND IT'S, IT'S KIND OF, IT'S QUITE A PROCESS.

UM, THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT DOES REQUIRE JURISDICTIONS AROUND THE COUNTRY TO GO THROUGH A CERTAIN PROCESS.

UM, AND SO WE, WE TRY TO FOLLOW THAT, BUT ALSO, UM, KIND OF TAILOR THE, THE PROCESS, UH, ACCORDING TO WHAT WORKS BEST FOR, FOR OUR NEEDS, OUR GROUPS, OUR JURISDICTION, OR, AND, UM, SO THAT'S KIND OF WHY WE'VE BEEN BEFORE YOU SO MUCH.

AND THE ONLY THING NEW YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU TODAY IS A SUPPLEMENTAL DOCUMENT THAT I PUT TOGETHER THAT WENT INTO SPENDING, UH, SUMMARIES THAT YOU SEE IN THE PROGRAM, BOTH BY GRANT AND, UM, BY PROGRAMMING WITHIN EACH GRANT.

AND SO I COULD DEFINITELY ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT.

BUT, UH, AS FAR AS PRESENTATIONS, I WOULD, I WOULD KIND OF HIGHLIGHT WE, WE WE'RE NOT GOING INTO TOO MUCH DEPTH TONIGHT AS, UM, YOU KNOW, I KNOW WE TOOK A LOT OF YOUR TIME DURING THE COMMUNITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT AND IN PREVIOUS, UM, MEETINGS, BUT TONIGHT WAS KIND OF A CHANCE

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AND I KNOW WE HAVE A LOT OF NEW COMMISSIONERS, SO I'LL JUST KIND OF HIGHLIGHT THAT.

WE JUST GOT THROUGH A PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD, AND I KNOW THAT THAT MIGHT SEEM A BIT REDUNDANT SINCE WE WERE ALSO TAKING PUBLIC COMMENTS DURING THE COMMUNITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT.

HOWEVER, THE COMMUNITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT, IT'S A BIT MORE, UM, KIND OF PRE-FIRST DRAFT, AND WE'RE TAKING A LOT OF TIME TO PRESENT TO DIFFERENT COMMISSIONS AS WE DID HERE.

UM, THEN WE TAKE ALL THAT INPUT AND CREATE THE FIRST DRAFT, AND THAT'S WHAT'S BEEN AVAILABLE FOR THE PAST 30 TO 31 DAYS, AND THAT ACTUALLY CLOSED THIS PAST FRIDAY.

SO WE'RE REALLY KIND OF GETTING TO THE TAIL END OF THE PROCESS HERE.

AND OUR LAST STOP, ON OUR TIMELINE IS, UM, TO, UH, SEEK ANY FINAL INPUT OR ANY FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE COMMISSION.

AND THEN TO ALSO, UH, SEEK RECOMMENDED APPROVAL, UH, TO CITY COUNCIL, BEING THAT WE KIND OF ARE WORKING WITHIN A TIMELINE, UM, WITHIN WHICH, WE'LL, EXCUSE ME.

UM, WE'LL GET THE DOCUMENT INTO THE PROCESS, UM, OF GOING TO DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS, LAW CITY COUNCIL AGENDAS, UM, AND IT KIND OF ROOTS THROUGH, UH, DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS THROUGH JULY, UM, WITH THE GOAL OF, OR THE SET DATE OF BEING, UM, BEFORE CITY COUNCIL, UH, ON THEIR JULY 20TH MEETING.

SO, UM, YEAH, TO SUMMARIZE WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR, AGAIN, LOVE TO TAKE INPUT, LOVE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS, AND WE ARE SOLICITING, UH, APPROVAL OF THE DOCUMENT, WHICH WILL SECURE THE, UM, ROUGHLY 14 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDING, UM, IN THIS FINAL YEAR OF THE FIVE-YEAR CONSOLIDATED PLAN.

AND IF I MIGHT ADD ON THAT, UH, AS, AS CHRIS JUST MENTIONED, WE ARE IN THE FINAL YEAR OF A FIVE-YEAR FUNDING CYCLE WITH HUD.

AND SO AS WE'RE THINKING ABOUT THINGS THIS YEAR, WE'RE KIND OF IN THE LAST YEAR OF THE LAST TIME WE DID A FIVE YEAR PLAN, RIGHT? AND THEN GOING INTO NEXT YEAR, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE, UH, THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO A REALLY DEEP DIVE IN ENGAGEMENT AND TALKING WITH FOLKS, UM, TO REALLY LAY OUT WHAT WE THINK MIGHT BE CHANGE PRIORITIES, UM, FROM WHERE WE WERE FIVE YEARS AGO.

AND SO IT'S EVERY FIVE YEARS, IT'S A CYCLICAL THING WHERE WE COME AND WE, WE TAKE A DEEPER DIVE AND WE REALLY CHANGE THINGS UP.

AND THIS CON PLAN, THIS FIFTH YEAR ACTION PLAN OF THE CON PLAN WAS A, A DIVERSION FROM WHAT WE HAD BEFORE THAT.

AND SO EACH CYCLE KIND OF CHANGES.

SO AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE YEAR, UM, AND YOU GUYS HAVE SUGGESTIONS AND THOUGHTS, AND, YOU KNOW, WE'LL, WE'LL SURELY BE OPEN TO HEARING THEM AND TO INCORPORATING THEM INTO OUR, UM, OUR ENGAGEMENT NEXT YEAR FOR OUR CONSOLIDATED PLAN.

THANK YOU, CHRIS, AS ALWAYS.

AND THANK YOU, DIRECTOR AND STATE PUT, UH, COMMISSIONERS, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, CONCERNS? YES.

COMMISSIONER ERHART.

YEAH.

I'M CURIOUS WHAT THE SECOND ITEM OF THE CB B G IS THE ARCHITECTURAL BARRIER REMOVAL? YES.

I'M PULLING THAT UP RIGHT NOW.

C D B G ARCHITECTURE BIT.

ROSIE, DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO THIS OR WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO GO AHEAD AND I'M, I'M, I'M HAPPY TO, I'M HAPPY TO LET YOU SPEAK TO IT AS WELL.

IT'S UP TO YOU.

I'LL LET YOU SPEAK TO IT.

I THINK YOU ARE, UH, YOU'LL, YOU'LL, YOU'RE A BIT MORE KNOWLEDGEABLE THAN ME ON THAT.

SO, AND WE ALSO HAVE LETICIA BROWN, WHO IS, IS OVER THE ARCHITECTURAL BARRIER REMOVAL PROGRAM.

IT'S ONE OF THE PROGRAMS WHERE WE GO IN AND, AND HELP MAKE, UM, PEOPLE'S HOMES, UH, IN THIS CASE, UM, MORE ACCESSIBLE AND, AND ALLOW FOLKS IF THEY NEED, UH, ACCOMMODATIONS FOR MAYBE A WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE BATHROOM OR, OR STRUCTURAL CHANGES IN THEIR HOUSEHOLDS.

UM, THAT'S THE PROGRAM THAT WE USE FOR THAT.

SO IT'S, UH, AN INDIVIDUAL HOME REPAIR PROGRAM FOR ACCESSIBILITY.

OKAY.

GREAT.

AND SO I IMAGINE IT'S JUST LIKE MUCH SMALLER AMOUNTS AND A LOT MORE, UM, PEOPLE IMPACTED, IS THAT CORRECT? YES.

DO WE KNOW, LETICIA, DO YOU KNOW OFF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD WHAT THE PER HOUSEHOLD AMOUNT IS OR ED UP TO 20,000.

UP TO 20,000? MM-HMM.

, THAT'S SMART PEOPLE WITH US.

YOU DON'T EVEN NEED ME HERE.

GREAT.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER.

OTHERS? QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? UM, I HAVE ONE JUST AS A NEW COMMISSIONER.

YES.

COMMISSIONER ORTIZ.

IS THERE A SPECIFIC ITEM THAT MAY HAVE CHANGED DRASTICALLY FROM, UM, LAST YEAR? I KNOW WE HAVE THE FIVE YEAR, AS YOU MENTIONED, UM, THAT WILL BE COMING UP NEXT YEAR.

BUT, UM, JUST WONDERED IF IT WAS SOMETHING I SHOULD HAVE A PARTICULAR LOOK AT.

UM, I DON'T THINK SO.

UM, TO MY, CHRIS, I WOULDN'T CATEGORIZE ANYTHING THAT WE HAVE HERE AS BEING ANYTHING DRASTIC.

I MEAN, GENERALLY SPEAKING, THE MAIN PRIORITIES ARE OUTLINED IN THE CONSOLIDATED PLAN.

AND THEN ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, WE LOOK AT HOW WE TAKE

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AND, AND FUNDAMENTALLY, THERE HASN'T BEEN A LOT OF CHANGE TO THE PRIORITIES THAT WE HAVE WITHIN THAT WE FUND WITHIN THE, THE CONSOLIDATED PLAN OR THE ACTION PLAN OVER TIME.

UM, YOU SEE A LOT OF CONSISTENCY IN THE PROGRAMS THAT WE'RE FUNDING AND IN THE SERVICES THAT WE'RE PRO WE'RE PROVIDING HERE.

THANK YOU.

YEAH, I WOULD JUST, OH, WELL, I WAS JUST GOING TO CHIME IN AND JUST SAY, THE ONE THING I WOULD HIGHLIGHT IS SOMETHING THAT'S, I MEAN, UH, TECHNICALLY OUT OF OUR CONTROL, WHICH IS JUST THE ALLOCATIONS THAT DID COME DOWN FROM HUD MM-HMM.

, THERE WAS A PRETTY DRAMATIC INCREASE, UH, YEAR OVER YEAR IN THE HAWA, UH, FUNDING THAT WE GOT.

UH, WHEREAS THERE WAS, UH, A BIT OF A DECREASE, WHICH FOLLOWED A DECREASE LAST YEAR OF C D B G.

SO O ON PAR, IF YOU LOOK YEAR OVER YEAR, WE TEND TO GET ROUGHLY AROUND THE SAME AMOUNT.

BUT BECAUSE IT'S A FORMULA GRANT WITH PROPORTIONAL ALLOCATIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, UM, IT KIND OF GOES UP AND DOWN.

AND SO CDBG WAS A BIT DOWN, HOPWA WAS A BIT UP.

E S G WAS PRETTY MUCH CONSTANT.

AND I IDEALLY LEAVE HOME WENT A LITTLE BIT UP AS WELL.

UM, BUT I WOULDN'T CATEGORIZE ANY, UM, AS DRASTIC EITHER.

UM, YEAH.

AND, AND HOPA OF COURSE IS HOUSING OPPORTUNITY FOR OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE WITH AIDS IN, AND ESG IS OUR EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANT.

BOTH OF THOSE GRANTS ARE DEPLOYED THROUGH OUR PARTNERS AT AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH.

UM, BUT AS THE, THE PRIMARY DEPARTMENT WHO, UH, THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT IS THE PRIMARY DEPARTMENT THAT INTERACTS WITH HUD.

SO IT KIND OF FUNNELS THROUGH US AND THEN OVER TO OUR PARTNERS AT AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH.

YEAH, THE LA THE LAST THING I WOULD SAY IS JUST THAT, AND ROSIE REALLY ALREADY SAID THIS, BUT I, I'LL BE EXCITED FOR THIS COMING YEAR TO BE A PART OF THAT PROCESS AND TO, FOR YOU ALL TO BE A PART OF THE PROCESS.

CUZ IF WE DO SEE ANY, ANY BIGGER CHANGES, IT WOULD BE FROM, YOU KNOW, NEXT THIS YEAR TO NEXT YEAR BECAUSE OF THE CHANGE OF THAT FIVE YEAR CONSOLIDATED PLAN.

SO THANK YOU BOTH SO MUCH.

YEAH, OF COURSE.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU COMMISSIONER ORTIZ FOR A GREAT QUESTION.

AND THANK YOU, UM, DIRECTOR ROSIE FOR DIRECTING OUR, UM, OUR ATTENTION TO THOSE OF US WHO ARE NEW, UM, TO THE COMMISSION.

UH, THE HAWA IS THE HOUSING, AND IT'S ON OUR LAST, THE BACK PAGE OF OUR, OF OUR, UH, HANDOUT AND, UH, THE HOUSING OPPORTUNITY FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS.

AND THEN SHE ALSO REFERENCED THE E S G, WHICH IS OUR EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANT.

CHRIS, WE DEFINITELY APPRECIATE YOUR, UM, UM, PRESENCE EACH MEETING.

I DO THINK THAT WHAT COMMISSIONER RAISED, UH, COMMISSIONER ORTIZ RAISED IN TERMS OF CONCERN WITH ANY DELTAS IN TERMS OF, UM, UH, FUNDING, ET CETERA.

I DON'T KNOW IF 5% IS, UM, REASONABLE OR, OR WHATEVER, BUT I, I WOULD LOVE FOR US TO CONSIDER SOME PERCENTAGE THAT IS A, UM, A BASELINE FOR YOU TO REPORT TO US SPECIFICALLY TO DRAW OUR ATTENTION TO ANY, UH, CHANGES THAT ARE, UH, GREATER THAN OR LESS, GREATER THAN 5% DELTA, A DELTA OF 5%, OR A DELTA OF 10%.

I, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, BUT I DO THINK THAT IT WOULD PROBABLY BE GOOD JUST BECAUSE WE WANT TO HELP AND WE WANT TO BE EFFECTIVE.

BUT I CAN SPEAK FOR MYSELF AND SAY THAT WITHOUT A LOT OF GUIDANCE IN TERMS OF WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT SPECIFICALLY.

YOU ALL ARE THE EXPERTS, THIS IS YOUR AREA OF EXPERTISE.

YEAH.

AND I WOULD DEFINITELY, UM, WELCOME, UM, SOME TYPE OF GUIDANCE SO THAT WE CAN PARTNER WITH YOU AND KIND OF SORT OF SEE WHAT IT IS WE'RE REALLY SUPPOSED TO BE PAYING ATTENTION TO.

IS THAT OKAY? YEAH.

SO ONE THING I WOULD MENTION, AND, AND CHRIS TALKED ABOUT THIS A LITTLE BIT, UM, THESE ARE CONSIDERED FORMULA GRANTS FROM THE HOUSE, YOU KNOW, THE US HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.

AND SO THEY, UM, THEY TELL US EVERY YEAR BASED ON FORMULAS THAT I WOULD HAVE TO STUDY TO UNDERSTAND, UM, HOW THE MONEY'S GONNA FLOW TO THE DIFFERENT JURISDICTIONS, RIGHT? SO SOME YEARS WE MAY GET 5 MILLION, AND THEN THE NEXT YEAR WE MIGHT GET FOUR AND A HALF MILLION IN THIS PROGRAM.

AND IT, SO IT KIND OF ALWAYS GOES UP AND DOWN JUST A LITTLE BIT.

A LOT OF THIS IS TIED TO THINGS LIKE CENSUS.

UH, THAT'S WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT WE GET COMPLETE COUNTS WHEN WE GO THROUGH OUR CENSUS PROCESSES.

UM, WE DON'T HAVE ANY CONTROL OVER THE AMOUNT THAT HUD GIVES US.

UH, WE GET TOLD THAT.

SO WHAT WE DO THEN, AS YOU SEE LITTLE FLUCTUATIONS YEAR OVER YEAR, WE KIND OF APPLY THAT BROADLY ACROSS ALL OF THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THAT ARE FUNDED.

UM, SO GENERALLY SPEAKING, UM, IF, YOU KNOW, IF EVERYTHING WENT UP 2% IN ONE FOR ONE OF OUR, OUR GRANT CATEGORIES, THEN WE WOULD INCREASE ALL OF THE PROGRAMS BY 2% OR DECREASE THEM ALL BY 2%.

WE DON'T, UM, GENERALLY MAKE THOSE, THOSE JUDGEMENTS AND

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SO THAT IS ONE THING THAT YOU CAN CONSIDER PRETTY CONSISTENTLY.

WE JUST APPLY THE FLUCTUATIONS EVENLY ACROSS ALL OF THE PROGRAM DOLLARS.

UM, AND AGAIN, WE DON'T HAVE, UM, SAY IN HOW MUCH WE'RE GETTING FROM HUD.

WE SAY THANK YOU AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO HELPING THE COMMUNITY WITH IT.

UM, WHEN, WHEN WE DO HAVE A SAY AS WHEN WE'RE GOING INTO THE PLANNING CYCLES, UM, FOR FUTURE YEARS.

SO WHEN WE GO INTO THE CON PLAN NEXT YEAR, IF YOU WANNA JUST LOOK AT THE CDBG PAGE, WHICH IS THE FIRST PAGE OF THE PACKET THAT CHRIS PUT TOGETHER FOR YOU.

UM, IT TALKS ABOUT, LET'S SAY, PICK A PROGRAM.

LIKE, WE'LL TALK ABOUT ARCHITECTURAL BARRIER REMOVAL SINCE WE HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THAT WE MIGHT CHOOSE WHETHER OR NOT THAT'S A PROGRAM WE WANNA CONTINUE TO FUND.

DO WE WANNA SEE US DOING MORE? HAVE WE HEARD THAT THAT'S A BIGGER ISSUE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND WE WANNA BE ABLE TO HELP MORE, UH, MORE FOLKS IN THIS ARENA? AND SO WE MIGHT SEE THAT AS A HIGHER PRIORITY, AND THEN WE MIGHT ASSIGN A HIGHER WEIGHT THAN 20% OF OUR CG FUNDING TO THAT.

UM, OR THERE COULD BE THINGS THAT FALL OFF OR THERE COULD BE THINGS THAT COME ON PRETTY TRADITIONALLY.

WE'VE USED OUR, OUR HUD DOLLARS, ASIDE FROM THE ONES THAT ARE VERY SPECIFIC TOWARDS E S G, WHICH IS, UM, HELP FOR HOUSING PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND HALA HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOP FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS.

UM, WE GENERAL, GENERALLY SPEAKING, HAVE USED THEM PREDOMINANTLY AROUND HOUSING, RIGHT? NOT EVERY COMMUNITY DOES THAT.

OTHER COMMUNITIES WILL USE THEM FOR INFRASTRUCTURE, RIGHT? THEY COULD USE THEM FOR SIDEWALKS, THEY COULD USE THEM FOR A WHOLE HOST OF THINGS.

UM, AND SO AS WE GO INTO THE NEXT FUNDING CYCLE, UM, AGAIN, THE CON PLAN NEXT YEAR, I THINK WE'LL WANNA HAVE CONVERSATIONS EARLY TO SEE IF WE WANT TO, OR HOW WE MIGHT CHOOSE TO, TO THINK ABOUT THINGS DIFFERENTLY.

WE ARE A VERY FORTUNATE COMMUNITY TO HAVE ROBUST FUNDING SOURCES FOR HOUSING THROUGH THINGS LIKE OUR GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS THAT THE VOTERS HAVE APPROVED, UM, MOST RECENTLY LAST YEAR WITH 350 MILLION.

UM, AND SO IT MIGHT MAKE SENSE TO THINK ABOUT SOME OF OUR, OUR, UH, ENTITLEMENT DOLLARS IN A DIFFERENT WAY THAN WE HAVE IN THE PAST.

WE MIGHT DECIDE IT'S STILL THE MOST IMPORTANT THING, AND THAT'S WHERE WE WANNA CONTINUE TO POINT THE DOLLARS.

UH, BUT THOSE ARE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'LL HAVE OVER THE NEXT YEAR.

THANK YOU DIRECTOR.

ROSIE, DO YOU KNOW WHEN THAT WOULD BE, UH, IDEAL FOR US TO KIND OF, SORT OF TENTATIVELY EXPECT THAT ON OUR CALENDAR? UM, CHRIS, OUR CON PLAN WILL BE DUE NEXT AUGUST, RIGHT? JUST LIKE OUR ACTION PLAN IS DUE THIS AUGUST.

AND SO I WOULD IMAGINE WE INTERNALLY, AND HE CAN'T SEE ME LOOKING AT HIM, BUT I, YOU CAN FEEL ME LOOKING AT YOU, RIGHT, CHRIS? UM, I THINK WE WOULD PROBABLY BE STARTING TO TALK ABOUT OUR ENGAGEMENT AND OUR PLAN FOR THE CON PLAN PROBABLY THIS FALL.

ONCE WE GET THROUGH THIS ACTION PLAN AND GET THIS SUBMITTED TO HUD AND APPROVED BY HUD, THEN WE'RE GONNA PRETTY IMMEDIATELY TURN OUR ATTENTION TOWARDS H WANTING TO GO BACK AND DO SOME REALLY DEEP, MEANINGFUL ENGAGEMENT WITH THE COMMUNITY ABOUT OUR PRIORITIES, UM, SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE GO THROUGH OUR ACTION PLAN AND CON PLAN PROCESS AND DO ALL OF THE PILES OF PAPERWORK ASSOCIATED WITH THIS, UM, THAT WE'RE, WE HAVE PLENTY OF TIME TO DO IT.

SO WE'LL BE TALKING INTERNALLY IN THE FALL, UM, WHICH MEANS THAT WE'LL PROBABLY BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE, UM, LATER IN THE FALL.

OKAY.

VERY GOOD.

SO THEN I'M GONNA, HE'S NODDING, SO I'M ASSUMING HE'S OKAY WITH ME SAYING THAT.

ALL RIGHT.

I'M, I'M, I'M GONNA PUT THAT BALL IN YOUR COURT AND EXPECT THAT YOU ALL GET BACK WITH US IN A TIMELY MANNER JUST BECAUSE OUR CALENDARS, UH, AND AGENDAS SOMETIMES CAN GET CROWDED, AND I DON'T WANT IT TO GET SO CROWDED THAT WE, YOU KNOW, KNOCK IT OFF, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE.

OH, ABSOLUTELY.

AND WE, YOU KNOW, WE REALLY VALUE THE PERSPECTIVE THAT WE GET FROM THE CDC.

WE ALWAYS HAVE.

AND SO WE WILL, WE WILL BE COMING TO YOU EARLY AND OFTEN TO TALK ABOUT THESE THINGS.

THANK YOU.

AND WE'LL WANNA GET YOUR PERSPEC YOUR IDEAS AND WHERE WE CAN GO TO ENGAGE WITH FOLKS AND MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE TALKING TO THE RIGHT PEOPLE AND WE'RE HITTING ALL OF THE DIFFERENT AREAS THAT WE NEED TO HIT.

SO, YOU KNOW, WE SEE IT AS A PARTNERSHIP AND VALUE IT.

OKAY.

VERY GOOD.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND THEN AS A COMMISSION, THEN, THAT'S GONNA BE SOMETHING THAT EACH OF US NEED TO PUT ON OUR OWN CALENDAR TO KNOW THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO BE READY FOR AND TO BE PREPARED.

UM, SO WHEN YOU COME TO US, WE HAVE OUR OWN QUESTIONS READY? OKAY.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS FROM THE COMMISSION? ALL RIGHT.

HEARING NONE, I WANT TO THANK MR. CHRIS AND DIRECTOR ROSIE.

SO WE WOULD OFFICIALLY LIKE TO HAVE, UH, OH, YOU'RE VOTING ON IT A VOTE.

DID I? BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I NEED.

TAKE IT TO COUNCIL.

I HEARD YOU SAY THAT WHEN YOU FIRST CAME IN.

THANK YOU.

I DO REMEMBER YOU SAID THAT YOU WANTED TO GET THAT VOTE ON THAT TONIGHT AS IT IS.

MM-HMM.

COMMISSIONERS, HOW WE FEEL ABOUT THAT.

ARE WE READY TO MAKE A MOTION? UM, DO YOU WANNA LOOK IT OVER A LITTLE BIT? UM, FOR, I'LL GIVE EVERYONE ABOUT AT LEAST A 62ND REALLY HARD LOOK AT

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IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSIONERS? OKAY.

UH, OKAY.

HOLD, HOLD.

.

HOLD ON.

COMMISSIONER TOVER, I DO HAVE A QUESTION AND I ACTUALLY CONFERRED WITH, UH, COMMISSIONER ELLIOTT, JUST BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANNA HOLD US UP IN, IF, IF HE COULD HELP ME UNDERSTAND IT QUICKER.

JUST VERY QUICKLY, I NOTICED THAT, UM, COMMISSIONER ERHART HAD TALKED ABOUT THE, UH, ARCHITECTURAL BARRIER REMOVAL, AND WE TALKED ABOUT IT FOR OWNERS, BUT I ALSO NOTICED THAT WE HAVE THE ARCHITECTURAL BARRIER REMOVERS FOR RENTERS MM-HMM.

.

AND I JUST, I GUESS IN MY MIND, I JUST, I GUESS I WANT TO GET A CLARIFICATION.

I THINK I UNDERSTAND WHY IT IS THAT MAY BE THE RENTER THAT SOLICITED OR, OR, OR REQUESTED SERVICE, BUT WHY DOES THAT BE CATEGORIZED? DON'T YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY? YEAH.

FOR, FOR ABR ARCHITECTURAL BARRIER REMOVAL OWNER, WE'RE WORKING DIRECTLY WITH, UM, HOUSEHOLDS, RIGHT? UM, SINGLE FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS FOR ARCHITECTURAL BARRIER REMOVAL RENTER.

UH, TYPICALLY IT'S MORE OF A MULTIFAMILY ENVIRONMENT, AND WE WOULD BE WORKING WITH THE, ON BEHALF OF, UH, A TENANT, WE WOULD BE WORKING WITH THE LANDLORD TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE LANDLORD PROPERTY.

AND THEN WHENEVER YOU'RE WORKING WITH THE LANDLORD, WHY DOESN'T IT COME TO BE A OWNER? BECAUSE IT'S BEING OCCUPIED BY THE PERSON WHO IS, OR REQUESTING THE ASSISTANCE FOR.

AH, THANK YOU.

THAT MAKES SENSE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

IT'S THE OCCUPANT.

OKAY.

VERY GOOD.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT.

I APPRECIATE THAT CLARIFICATION.

SURE.

ALL RIGHT.

I KNOW THAT COMMISSIONER TOR IS READY TO VOTE.

UM, ARE, ARE WE, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? ALL RIGHT.

MADAM CHAIR, COMMISSIONER MICHAEL TOVER, I MOVE TO MAKE THE MOTION THAT WE VOTE YES ON THIS PROPOSAL.

SO YOU WOULD BE SUPPORTING THE DRAFT AS PRESENTED BY STAFF? YES.

THANK YOU.

COMMISSIONER TOLLIVER.

COMMISSIONER TOLLIVER HAS MADE A MOTION THAT WE, UH, ADOPT THE, UM, DRAFT THAT IS PRESENTED BY STAFF.

DO I HAVE WE HAVE A SECOND ON THAT? WE HAVE A SECOND ON THAT.

I SECOND.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, .

I WAS THAT YOU COMMISSIONER? UH, ORTIZ? YES, MA'AM.

OKAY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I, I HEARD YOU AND THEN BEFORE I COULD SEE IT, YOU WERE ALREADY GONE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

SO WE'VE HAD A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER TOLIVER, UH, TO ACCEPT THE, UM, PROPOSAL AS PRESENTED BY STAFF.

AND, UH, WE HAVE A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER ORTIZ, AND AT THIS POINT, WE'RE READY TO TAKE A VOTE.

COMMISSIONERS THOSE IN FAVOR? CAN WE SAY A, OR RAISE OUR HAND AND SHOW? ALL RIGHT.

LOOKS UNANIMOUS.

THOSE IN OPPOSE.

I SEE NONE.

AND SO UNANIMOUS.

AND SO, UH, DIRECTOR ROSIE AND MR. CHRIS, UH, YOUR, UM, PRESENTATION AND PROPOSAL HAS BEEN ACCEPTED GREAT.

AND APPROVED BY THE CDC.

THANK YOU GUYS VERY MUCH.

I KNOW YOU ARE DELIGHTED, .

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU.

WE WILL HAVE YOU BACK WITH MORE INFORMATION AND MORE DETAILS.

WE APPRECIATE IT.

ABSOLUTELY.

TALK TO YOU LATER.

THANKS.

HAVE A GOOD DAY.

MOVING ON.

LET ME GET MY, WHERE AM I NOW? ALL RIGHT.

WE ARE STILL UNDER DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEMS. WE ARE NOW

[4. Appoint an alternate to the South Central Waterfont Advisory Board (SCWAB)]

THAT IS THE ONE THAT, UM, COMMISSIONER POPE WAS DOING, AND COMMISSIONER WOODS DID VOLUNTEER FOR THAT.

AND I THINK AT THE TIME, UM, THERE WAS A, I, DID I PUT YOU OFF AND SAY WE WANTED TO SEE IF WE COULD HAVE SOMEBODY ELSE,

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UM, YEAH, I WAS ON A DIFFERENT ADVISORY.

OKAY.

COMMISSIONER.

I'M, UH, PART OF THE H I R C.

AND SO NOW THAT WE HAVE SOME NEW MEMBERS AT THE END, MAKES LOT SENSE IF, IF ANYONE ELSE WANTS TO PICK THAT UP.

OKAY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT.

DO WE HAVE ANY VOLUNTEERS FOR, UM, OUR SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT? YOU KNOW, YES.

WE CAN SPEAK TO WHAT THAT IS.

UM, THANK YOU.

I WAS GONNA ASK THE SAME.

OKAY.

NO, FAIR.

FAIR ENOUGH.

UM, I AM GOING TO SEE IF WE CAN HAVE OUR STAFF DIRECTOR, ROSIE IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO GIVE US A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAILS.

I JUST KNOW THAT, UH, COMMISSIONER POP USED TO DO IT, AND SHE DID A FANTASTIC JOB.

AND SO I DO DEFER TO YOU TO GIVE US A LITTLE BIT MORE CLARITY.

THANK YOU.

OH, OH, OF COURSE.

AND SO THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT ADVISORY BOARD IS A BOARD THAT WAS CREATED, UM, TO HELP GUIDE AND ADVISE STAFF ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT VISION PLAN.

SO THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT AREA IS GENERALLY SPEAKING RIGHT ACROSS THE RIVER, UM, IN THAT AREA.

RIGHT.

YOU KNOW, KIND OF JUST OPPOSITE DOWNTOWN, UM, SOUTH OF, OF LADY BIRD LAKE AMERICAN STATESMAN.

YEAH.

AUSTIN AMERICAN STATESMAN'S KIND OF ON ONE END, AND IT GOES KIND OF TO SOUTH FIRST.

UM, I DON'T HAVE THE MAP WITH ME AND I DON'T HAVE THE MATERIALS WITH ME, SO DON'T HOLD ME TO THE EXACT BOUNDARIES.

UM, BUT THIS COMMISSION'S BEEN AROUND SINCE WE WERE INITIALLY DEVELOPING THE VISION PLAN.

THE VISION PLAN WAS ADOPTED BY COUNCIL IN, I WANNA SAY, 2015.

UH, AND SO NOW WE'RE SOLIDLY IN THE IMPLEMENTATION STAGE OF THAT.

WE'RE WORKING ON, UM, THE STAFF FROM THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT IS WORKING ON A REGULATING PLAN TO HELP, UM, WORK ON SOME LAND USE REGULATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH I THAT WILL HELP TO INCENTIVIZE THE, THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THE AREA IN KEEPING WITH THE VISION PLAN.

UM, THERE ARE SEVERAL PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT, UH, REZONINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING MOST RECENTLY.

THE BIGGEST ONE WAS THE AUSTIN AMERICAN STATESMAN SITE OVER THERE.

AND SO THIS, THE, THE CDC HAS A, A, A REP THAT SITS ON THAT BOARD.

AND SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR SOMEONE FROM THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION THAT WOULD COME AND ATTEND THOSE MEETINGS, UM, SOLIDLY TO HELP.

UH, THERE IS A, A, AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMPONENT OF THE VISION PLAN.

UM, THERE'S A GOAL IN THERE FOR ANY OF THE HOUSING THAT REDEVELOPS TO BE, I BELIEVE IT'S 20%, UH, INCOME RESTRICTED.