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I WILL NOW CALL TO ORDER THE MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION.IT IS OCTOBER 5TH, 2020 3, 10 39 IN THE MORNING.
WE ARE MEETING IN THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS, LOCATED IN AUSTIN CITY HALL AT 3 0 1 WEST SECOND STREET.
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STAFF, IF YOU DON'T MIND, PLEASE WALK US THROUGH THE AGENDA.MY, UH, MADAM VICE PRESIDENT BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
I'M THE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT OFFICER WITH THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT ON YOUR A H F C BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING AGENDA, YOU HAVE TWO ITEMS. FIRST IS THE APPROVAL OF THE MEETING MINUTES FROM AUGUST 31ST, AND THE SECOND IS THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE FORMATION OF A H F C PLEASANT VALLEY NONPROFIT CORPORATION.
THIS IS AN INSTRUMENTALITY OF THE AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION TO OWN AND OPERATE THE PLEASANT VALLEY 96 UNIT MULTI-FAMILY RENTAL DEVELOPMENT.
UH, THIS WAS RECENTLY ISSUED AS AN R F Q AND AWARDED AND WE, UH, WILL BE PURSUING CONSTRUCTION RELATIVELY SOON.
UM, THIS WOULD ALSO AUTHORIZE A GROUND LEASE FOR THAT PROPERTY, AND I'D OFFER BOTH OF THESE ITEMS ON, UH, CONSENT MEMBERS.
YOU'VE HEARD THE CONSENT AGENDA'S BEEN READ.
I'LL TURN TO THE CITY CLERK AND ASK IF THERE'S ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
YES, WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER ON ITEM TWO, ENOVIA JOSEPH.
UH, MAYOR, COUNCIL DIRECTORS, I'M ENOVIA JOSEPH, AND SPECIFICALLY MY COMMENTS ARE RELATED TO THE FAIR HOUSING ACT OF 1968.
THIS PROJECT DOES NOT AFFIRMATIVELY FURTHER FAIR HOUSING.
IT'S SPECIFICALLY A 60% AREA MEDIAN INCOME AND BELOW.
AND I WANT YOU TO RECOGNIZE THAT YOU STILL HAVE A SMART POLICY AND THE M STANDS FOR MIXED INCOME.
AND I WOULD ASK YOU TO RECOGNIZE THAT LOW INCOME INDIVIDUALS DESERVE MORE THAN A ONE STORY BUILDING.
THIS IS FIVE FLOORS, FIVE STORIES WITH AN ELEVATOR.
AND SO IT MAY GIVE THE DEVELOPER A GOOD RETURN ON INVESTMENT, BUT THIS, THIS IS NOT GOING TO IMPROVE THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE.
MY QUESTION SPECIFICALLY, IS IT AS IT RELATES TO NON-PROFIT CORPORATION WITH NO MEMBERS, I WANTED TO KNOW WHEN DOES MANDY DE MAYO ACTUALLY DECIDE WHEN TO FORM THESE NONPROFITS? HOW DOES THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IF THERE ARE NO MEMBERS? AND I WOULD ASK YOU TO BE TRANSPARENT.
I WANT YOU TO RECOGNIZE THAT THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY IS WITHIN THE MENDEZ MIDDLE SCHOOL AREA, AND MENDEZ HAS HABITUALLY FAILED TO MEET STATE STANDARDS.
AND SO CONCENTRATING MORE POVERTY IN THIS AREA IS NOT GOING TO HELP THE STUDENTS THERE.
IT'S 87% HISPANIC, 9.3% BLACK ACCORDING TO THE TEXAS ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE REPORT.
IT'S 0.7 MILES AWAY FROM THIS DEVELOPMENT.
THAT SCHOOL IS RUN BY MIKE MILES THIRD FUTURE SCHOOLS, WHICH IS THE ONE WHO TOOK OVER THE HOUSTON I S D UH, SCHOOL DISTRICT.
I WANT YOU TO RECOGNIZE AS WELL THAT IT IS A, A BIT DISINGENUOUS AS FERRELL IS MENTIONED IN THE BACKUP MATERIALS.
UH, BUT THAT WAS 51 PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING UNITS, AND THEN IT SWITCHED TO 101 OUT OF 171.
I WOULD JUST SAY TO THE PUBLIC, IF YOU'RE FRUSTRATED WITH THESE OPAQUE DECISIONS, THE TEXAS COMPTROLLER CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION DIVISION EMAIL ADDRESS IS CID@CPA.TEXAS.GOV, AND THEY WILL INVESTIGATE ANY OF THE TAXPAYER ISSUES THAT ARE AFFILIATED WITH THESE NON-PROFITS.
AND SO I WAS JUST ASKING YOU TO DO THE RIGHT THING.
THIS 96 UNIT, UM, IS, THANK YOU.
NOT GOING TO IMPROVE THE FALL.
THAT CONCLUDES ALL THE SPEAKERS MEMBERS.
THERE'S NO ONE ELSE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
LET ME ASK, IS THERE ANY ITEM THAT, UH, A MEMBER WOULD LIKE TO PULL? WELL, WE, YOU CAN PULL THE MINUTES IF YOU WANT, BUT WE'LL, UH, ANYTHING ELSE TO BE PULLED? ANYONE WISHING TO ABSTAIN FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA IS READ ANYONE WISHING TO BE SHOWN RECUSING THEMSELVES FROM A VOTE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA IS READ.
COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY WILL BE SHOWN VOTING NO ON ITEM NUMBER TWO.
UM, I THOUGHT YOU PROBABLY HOPE THE MINUTES WERE OKAY.
UM, MEMBERS, ANYONE ELSE BEING WISHING TO BE SHOWN VOTING? NO.
UM, IS THERE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE CONSENT AGENDA AS READ MAYOR PRO KIM? SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER VELA.
UH, WITH THAT, IS THERE ANY MORE DISCUSSION? ANY OBJECTION TO THE ADOPTION OF THE CONSENT AGENDA? WITHOUT OBJECTION.
THE CONSENT AGENDA IS ADOPTED WITH, UH, BOARD MEMBER, UH, KELLY VOTING NO ON ITEM NUMBER TWO AND BOARD MEMBERS HARPER, MADISON, AND POOL BEING OFF THE DAIS.
THERE BEING NO OTHER BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE THE AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
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OBJECTION, WE WILL.