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WELL, GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYBODY.
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I WILL CALL THIS MEETING FOR THE PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSION ON NOVEMBER 1ST TO ORDER AT 2 31 AND ANNOUNCE THAT WE HAVE OCO PRESENT.[PUBLIC COMMUNICATION: GENERAL]
HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? THERE SHOULD BE SOME ONLINE, YES.THERE'S AT LEAST ONE PERSON ONLINE.
ALRIGHT, WE HAVE ONE PERSON ONLINE TO GIVE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
UH, IF YOU CAN STATE YOUR NAME AND, UH, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
I AM A FOOD ACCESS DIRECTOR AT FARM SHARE AUSTIN, A LOCAL NONPROFIT.
UM, I WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT FOOD ACCESS TODAY.
UM, INDIVIDUALS WHO LIVE IN AREAS WITH LIMITED HEALTHY FOOD ACCESS ARE MORE LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE CHRONIC HEALTH PROBLEMS SUCH AS OBESITY, HYPERTENSION, AND OTHER HEALTH CONDITIONS.
LIVING IN AREAS WITH LIMITED ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOODS IS NOT EQUITABLY EXPERIENCED ACROSS POPULATIONS, SPECIFICALLY BLACK AND LATINX COMMUNITIES IN AUSTIN AND PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN LOWER INCOME COMMUNITIES ARE LESS LIKELY TO HAVE PROXIMAL OR AFFORDABLE HEALTHY FOOD RETAIL OPTIONS NEAR THEIR HOMES OR IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS.
WHILE INCREASING HEALTHY FOOD ACCESS BY BUILDING SUPERMARKETS AND GROCERY STORES IN UNDERSERVED AREAS COULD BE A SOLUTION.
THAT PROCESS IS OFTEN DRIVEN BY CORPORATE INTERESTS CAN BE TOO EXPENSIVE FOR CORPORATIONS TO MAKE THE SWITCH AND FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO SHOP AT SPECIFIC STORES AND CAN ALSO INCREASE ACCESS TO UNHEALTHY FOODS.
THEREFORE, IT'S, THERE IS A NEED TO DEVELOP EQUITY-FOCUSED NON-TRADITIONAL FOOD RETAIL INTERVENTIONS AS A WAY TO IMPROVE HEALTHY FOOD ACCESS IN UNDERSERVED SETTINGS.
AT FARM SHARE, OUR MISSION IS TO GROW A HEALTHY, JUST AND EQUITABLE LOCAL FOOD SYSTEM.
BY INCREASING COMMUNITY FOOD ACCESS AND CULTIVATING NEW FARMERS, WE ENVISION A FUTURE OF RESILIENT LOCAL FOOD ECONOMIES THAT ENSURE EQUITABLE ACCESS TO FOOD AND THE RESOURCES NEEDED TO FARM THEM.
WE TEACH ADULTS HOW TO FARM AND SHARE THE BOUNTY OF THE FARM THROUGH OUR FOOD ACCESS PROGRAM.
FRESH FOR LESS, FRESH FOR LESS MOBILE MARKETS.
AND HOME DELIVERY IS A FOOD ACCESS PROGRAM IN 22 ZIP CODES IN THE EASTERN CRESCENT OF AUSTIN AND TRAVIS COUNTY, WE OFFER A WEEKLY RELIABLE SOURCE FOR REDUCED PRICE FRESH SEASONAL PRODUCE, 40% OF WHICH IS GROWN AT OUR FARM.
UH, LOCAL EGGS, HONEY AND GROCERY ITEMS. WE ACCEPT CASH, CREDIT CARD SNAP, AND THE DOUBLE UP FOOD BUCKS, WHICH DOUBLES SNAP.
CUSTOMERS BUYING POWER FOR FRESH PRODUCE, CUSTOMERS CAN SELECT A VARIETY AND THE QUANTITY THAT MEETS THEIR NEEDS.
WE'VE SERVED OVER 26,000 PEOPLE THROUGH 7,600 CUSTOMER TRANSACTIONS WITH EACH CUSTOMER SHOPPING FOR ABOUT THREE OR FOUR INDIVIDUALS IN THEIR HOME.
AND ABOUT 22% OF THOSE CUSTOMERS ARE SNAP AND DOUBLE UP FOOD BUCKS USERS.
THOUGH WE'VE MAINTAINED AND GROWN FRESH FOR LESS OVER THE YEARS, THERE'S A NEED TO ESTABLISH A SUSTAINED YEAR OVER YEAR FUNDING THAT REFLECTS THE INCREASES IN COST OF LIVING AND INFLATION IN AUSTIN.
THIS IS NOTEWORTHY GIVEN THAT SOME NON-TRADITIONAL FOOD RETAIL INTERVENTIONS, INTERVENTIONS CAN HAVE DIFFICULTIES WITH FUNDING AND SUSTAINABILITY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE TIME.
UH, AND EVEN THOUGH WE'RE NOT ABLE TO GIVE REMARKS BACK IN RETURN DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENTS, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, MAKE A RE RECOMMENDATION TO ADD AS A, UH, FUTURE, UM, KIND OF PRESENTATION, THE AUSTIN TRAVIS COUNTY FOOD PLAN.
UM, I KNOW THAT'S IN OPERATION, ENROLLING THAT OUT AND I THINK THAT CAN HELP, UM, GIVE US SOME AWARENESS OF SOME THINGS.
AND WE ARE HEAVILY INVOLVED IN THE FOOD PLANNING PROCESS.
UH, ANY OTHER ADDITIONAL, UM, PUBLIC COMMENTS? NO MORE.
THANK YOU FOR TAKING TIME OUT.
[1. Approve the minutes of the Public Health Commission Meeting on October 4, 2023.]
YOU SO MUCH.COMING UP NEXT IS, UH, THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FOR THE PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSION ON OCTOBER 4TH, 2023.
DO I HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR PLEASE? SO MOVED.
IT'S BEEN SO MOVED BY THE VICE CHAIR.
ANY QUESTIONS TO THE MOTION? QUESTIONS? TO THE MOTION? ANYONE OPPOSING? NO APPOINTMENTS? MOTION PASSES.
[2. Presentation by Housing Authority of Travis County on the organizational structure, programs, and services provided.]
WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY THE HOUSING AUTHORITY OF TRAVIS COUNTY ON THE ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE PROGRAMS AND SERVICES PROVIDED.MR. PATRICK HOWARD, THANK YOU FOR, UH, COMING AND BEING ABLE TO SHARE SOME INFORMATION.
I KNOW WE HAD A PREVIOUS, UH, COUNCIL, UH, A COMMISSIONER, UH, THAT BROUGHT THIS TOPIC UP AT OUR LAST MEETING.
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UM, SO APPRECIATE YOU MAKING TIME OUT TO, UH, TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE CONCERNS.WELL, THANK YOU FOR, UH, INVITING ME, UH, TO BE HERE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF MY ORGANIZATION.
UM, SO WHAT I'LL PROVIDE IS AN OVERVIEW.
I KNOW THEY MAY HAVE A QUESTION, YOU MIGHT HAVE QUESTIONS, SO I'LL, UH, CERTAINLY SORT OF SPEED THROUGH THIS.
I THINK IT LOOKS LIKE IT DISAPPEARED.
SO HOUSING AUTHORITIES ESTABLISHED BY STATE STATUTES, UH, CHAPTER 3 92.
UH, AS A MATTER OF FACT OF THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE HOUSING AUTHORITIES ARE PUBLIC CORPORATION.
SO WE ARE CONSIDERED QUASI-GOVERNMENTAL IN NATURE.
WE OBVIOUSLY RECEIVE MOST OF OUR FUNDING FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT.
WE DO PARTNER WITH THE LIKES OF CITIES, COUNTIES, AND THE LIKE TO RECEIVE ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO DO PROGRAMMING AND EFFORTS.
BUT OUR, THE SUBSIDY ASSOCIATED WITH OUR HOUSING THAT WE MANAGE AND OPERATE TYPICALLY COMES FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT.
UM, SO WE, THIS ORGANIZATION'S BEEN ESTABLISHED FOR NEARLY 50 YEARS.
UH, 1975 IS WHEN WE, UH, CAME INTO EXISTENCE.
SO STARTING NEXT SUMMER, WE'LL BE CELEBRATING, START THE BEGINNING OF YEAR 50 OF OUR EXISTENCE AS AN ORGANIZATION PROVIDING HOUSING TO LOW INCOME FAMILIES, UM, AS DEFINED BY HUD, UM, IN TRAVIS COUNTY.
UH, WE, UM, OKAY, SO LET'S SEE.
WE COULD PROBABLY GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, I THINK OF, HAVE WE GOTTEN THROUGH SOME OF THAT NEXT SLIDE? YEAH.
SO OUR, AGAIN, OUR MISSION IS TO PROVIDE A HOUSING AND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES TO LOW INCOME FAMILIES AS DEFINED BY HUD UM, UH, OF TRAVIS COUNTY.
WE ALSO HAVE, HAVE AN EXTENSION OF OUR MISSION TO LOOK AT HOW WE ADDRESS HOUSING FOR ALL NEEDS TO INCLUDE WORKFORCE HOUSING, AND THAT'S BEEN A MORE RECENT, UH, EFFORT THAT WE'VE UNDERTAKEN.
SO THE HOUSING AUTHORITY AGAIN, UH, PROVIDES HOUSING SUPPORTIVE SERVICES.
WE OWN FIVE DEVELOPMENTS IN TRAVIS COUNTY.
UM, INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, THEY WERE ALL IN TRAVIS COUNTY INITIALLY, AND NOW THEY'RE ALL IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF OUR SENIOR BUILDING NOW IN MANOR DUE TO ANNEXATION, WE ARE BUILDING AN ADDITIONAL BUILDING OUT IN THE CITY OF MENA, ANOTHER SENIOR BUILDING, UH, THAT HOPEFULLY WILL BE, UH, WILL, UM, OPEN, UH, NEXT SUMMER.
UM, THAT OUR FACILITIES CORPORATION IS THE ORGANIZATION, ONE OF OUR SUBSIDIARIES THAT HAS DONE DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY, PRIMARILY WORKFORCE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT, WHICH MEANS FOR OUR PURPOSES, WE'RE CALLING IT AREA INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE ABOVE 60% AREA, AREA MEDIA INCOME, 60% ABOVE AREA MEDIA INCOME AND ABOVE.
UM, AND WE FIND, WE DETER, WE DEEM THAT AS OUR MISSING MIDDLE, NOT SO MUCH AS THE TYPOLOGY, BUT AS AN INCOME TIER THAT DOESN'T REALLY TRADITIONALLY GET SERVED BY THE LOW-INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDIT PROGRAM, OBVIOUSLY, BECAUSE THE AVERAGE NUMBER, THE UNIT, UH, HAVE TO BE AT 60 AMI AND BELOW.
SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE BE BETWEEN, UM, WHAT WE WOULD CONSIDER A MARKET RATE RENTER AND THOSE THAT ARE GETTING, UH, SUBSIDIZED HOUSING THROUGH THE TAX CREDIT PROGRAM.
SO WE ARE HAPPY TO BE PARTICIPATING IN THAT PROCESS OF PROVIDING BOTH WORKFORCE HOUSING.
WE SET ASIDE A PORTION OF THOSE FUNDS, 50% OF THOSE FUNDS, AND WE ACTUALLY SUBSIDIZE TAX CREDIT PROJECTS, UM, BY TRYING BUYING DOWN MORE 30% UNITS, WHICH ARE ALSO SORELY NEEDED IN THIS COMMUNITY.
SO THAT IS WHAT OUR FACILITIES CORPORATION, UH, FACILITATES DOING.
SO AGAIN, THE HOUSING AUTHORITY MANAGES RENTAL ASSISTANCE.
THAT'S DONE THROUGH A HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER PROGRAM PRIMARILY.
WE ALSO HAVE SOME OTHER PROGRAMS THAT, UH, ARE VOUCHER, LIKE IN NATURE.
WE HAVE WHAT'S CALLED THE MAINSTREAM PROGRAM.
WE HAVE THE EMERGENCY HOUSING VOUCHER PROGRAM.
WE HAVE, UM, THE FAMILY UNIFICATION PROGRAM.
THOSE ARE ALL VOUCHER PROGRAMS. WE ADDITIONALLY GET A, AN ALLOCATION OF, UH, CONTINUUM OF CARE FUNDS, AND THAT'S DIRECTED TOWARD PROVIDING PERMANENT AND SUPPORTIVE HOUSING FOR, UH, FORMERLY HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS.
UH, WE HOUSE ABOUT 80 INDIVIDUALS A YEAR, AND WE ALSO TRY TO TRANSITION THEM ULTIMATELY INTO, UH, HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER IF THEY'RE, THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO SO.
BUT WE ARE VERY HAPPY ABOUT THAT.
WE ADDITIONALLY, UH, WE DO, UH, HAVE A, A SMALL AMOUNT OF WHAT WAS CALLED HUD VASH VOUCHERS, WHICH IS SPECIFICALLY EARMARKED FOR
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HOMELESS VETERANS.WE WERE ALL, WE RECEIVED THOSE REFERRALS THROUGH A COORDINATED ASSESSMENT SYSTEM THROUGH, UH, UM, AGENCIES THAT PARTICIPATE IN THAT PROCESS.
ECHO, UH, IS THE ORGANIZATION THAT'S THE INTERMEDIARY AND THEY ASSIST AND FACILITATE THAT PROCESS.
SO WE'VE BEEN ACTIVE PARTICIPANTS IN THAT PROGRAM FOR QUITE A QUITE A WHILE.
WE ALSO HAVE WHAT WAS FORMALLY CALLED PUBLIC HOUSING.
IT'S CALLED ESSENTIALLY MULTIFAMILY AFFORDABLE HOUSING WITH PROJECT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE.
WE HAVE A NUMBER OF UNITS IN THAT THAT WE PROVIDE HOUSING TO, AGAIN, IN AUSTIN AND THE CITY OF MANNAR.
AND I ALSO SPOKE ALREADY ABOUT OUR WORKFORCE HOUSING THAT WE'VE DEVELOPED WITH THROUGH PUBLIC PAR PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS, UM, IN ADDITION TO INCENTIVIZING EXTREMELY LOW INCOME HOUSING, UM, THROUGH OUR SET ASIDE.
SO IN TERMS OF BUDGETS, WE, THIS IS, WE ESSENTIALLY HAVE ABOUT A $17 MILLION BUDGET THAT WE ARE, UM, HA ARE MANAGING CURRENTLY.
THE POTENTIAL OBVIOUSLY CONTINUES TO INCREASE WITH OUR ADDITIONAL PARTNERSHIPS THROUGH OUR FACILITIES CORPORATION.
UH, BUT THAT'S OUR CURRENT BUDGET TO DATE.
SO HERE WE WANNA TALK ABOUT OPPORTUNITIES.
SO WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE HOMELESS POPULATION, THIS JUST TO ROUGH ESTIMATE, I THINK THAT NUMBER CONTINUES TO INCREASE RATHER THAN DECREASE, UNFORTUNATELY, BUT WE, IT'S ESTIMATED, I THINK, THROUGH HOUSING WORKS THAT WE HAVE ABOUT 4,000, NEARLY 5,000 HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS OR INDIVIDUALS WHO DO NOT HAVE A HOME PERMANENT LOCATION.
UM, THIS IS JUST SOME STATISTICS.
I THINK THE, I'M PREACHING TO THE CHOIR HERE, BUT WE UNDERSTAND THAT HOMELESSNESS AND CHRONIC DISEASE, THERE IS A NEXUS OF THE, BETWEEN THE TWO AND OBVIOUSLY THROUGH THE PROVISION OF FUNDING TO DO, UM, HOUSING, PARTICULARLY PERMANENT AND SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, WE SEE THAT ABILITY TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE NEEDS THAT WE ARE EXPERIENCING THAT WE FIND WHEN WE DEAL WITH HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS.
SO THE, WE EMPLOY A HOUSING FIRST MODEL, THIS ENTIRE REGION DOES, WHICH MEANS, UH, INDIVIDUALS AREN'T REQUIRED TO ACCEPT THE SUPPORTIVE SERVICES THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE HOUSING, UH, SUBSIDY.
UM, BUT WE DO KNOW THAT MANY OF THEM FACE, UH, ISSUES RELATED TO, UH, CHRONIC DISEASES AND, UM, SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND THE LIKE.
UM, SO WE UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, MASLOW AND OTHERS HAVE FIGURED THAT OUT, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT H HIERARCHY OF NEEDS, BUT WE UNDERSTAND THAT STABLE HOUSING AFFECTS YOUR, YOUR MENTAL HEALTH, YOUR PUBLIC HEALTH, AND YOUR PHYSICAL HEALTH.
UH, WE UNDERSTAND THAT THAT ISSUES THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT A LITTLE WHILE AGO WITH FOOD INSECURITY HAS AN IMPACT ON THE INDIVIDUAL STABILITY.
UM, WE UNDERSTAND ABOUT, WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE ABILITY TO FIGHT OFF DISEASES AFFECTS YOUR STABILITY, UM, AND ALL THOSE THINGS CONTRIBUTE TO INSTABILITY AND HOUSING AT THE CENTER OF IT REALLY HELPS TO BALANCE THAT.
AND WE BELIEVE WE TRULY AND HONESTLY BELIEVE THAT IS THE CASE.
SO WE FEEL LIKE THAT IS OUR ROLE AS AN ORGANIZATION.
SO OUR GOAL IS TO ALWAYS HAVE SAFE SANITARY HOUSING.
WE HAVE STANDARDS THAT WE HAVE TO ADHERE TO AS IT RELATES TO HOUSING.
UM, PARTICULARLY, UH, OF NOTE IS WHEN AN INDIVIDUAL HAS A HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER INDIVIDUAL, WE HAVE AN INSPECTOR THAT GOES OUT TO THAT UNIT, IS EITHER A HOUSE OR AN APARTMENT.
UM, IT'S EXPECTED, INSPECTED FOR, TO MEET THE STANDARDS.
UM, THOSE STANDARDS ARE, IF THEY'RE NOT MET, THEY'RE ISSUED INDIVIDUALS NOT ISSUED A VOUCHER FOR THAT UNIT.
AND THEY WERE, UH, ENCOURAGED TO FIND OTHER LOCATIONS FOR HOUSING.
IF THERE ARE EVER ISSUES THAT AFFECT THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF AN INDIVIDUAL, THAT INDIVIDUAL HAS THE ABILITY TO CONTACT US TO DO A SPECIAL INSPECTION IN ORDER TO ALLOW THE LANDLORD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ABATE THAT ISSUE.
UH, AND OTHERWISE THEY ARE INDIVIDUALS ARE MOVING ON, THEY WILL BE MOVED TO OTHER LOCATIONS.
SO THIS IS, THIS IS THE REQUIREMENT AND THIS IS JUST THE STATE, THIS IS THE BASELINE, AND THIS IS HOW WE GO ABOUT ENSURING THAT UNITS THAT ARE OCCUPIED ARE, ARE, UH, SAFE AND SECURE, UM, AND SANITARY.
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UNFORTUNATELY, UM, PARTICULARLY AS IT RELATES TO, UH, UNITS THAT AREN'T, UH, TAX CREDIT UNITS, TYPICALLY THOSE THAT ARE OLDER.AND THAT'S A LOT OF TIMES WHAT WE FIND RELATED TO SOME OF THE UNITS THAT ARE WHERE WE HAVE LANDLORDS PARTICIPATING, THAT THERE'S ISSUES RELATED TO MOLE AND SOME OTHER DETERIORATION.
UM, AND WE, SO WE ARE IN A, IN A STRONG MODE OF REALLY TRYING TO RECRUIT LANDLORDS, GOOD LANDLORDS IN ALL PARTS OF THE CITY TO ENCOURAGE, ENCOURAGE HOUSING CHOICE AND TO ENSURE BETTER, UH, SAFER, MORE SANITARY HOUSING VERSUS, UH, THE DEFAULT OF, YOU KNOW, ACCEPTING, UH, SUBSTANDARD HOUSING.
SO WE'RE LOCATED ACROSS FROM NOW ACC HIGHLAND.
UM, THE AREA HAS, HAS EXPERIENCED A LOT OF GENTRIFICATION.
UM, SO THERE'S NOT A LOT OF WHOLE AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY, BUT WE ARE LOCATED ACROSS FROM ACC HIGHLAND, AND I'M HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.
UH, I DID FIND OF INTEREST, THE, THE WORKFORCE HOUSING, WE ALWAYS HEAR A LOT ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND NOT MUCH SPECIFICALLY ABOUT WORKFORCE HOUSING.
AND, UH, AS, AS I SAY THIS, I'M LEANING OVER TO SLIDE 11 THAT YOU HAVE, WHICH IS, AS WE'RE HAVING A GROWTH, THE COST OF INCREASING IS OCCURRING.
UH, IT'S INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT I WOULD KIND OF CONSIDER A LOW BUDGET WITH THE UNHOUSED EFFORT.
UM, IS THERE A DESIRE OR INTENT TO INCREASE MORE WORKFORCE HOUSING, UH, ABILITY, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT SLIDE 11 IN THE, THE, THE HEALTH IMPACTS.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WITH US BEING A PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSION, THAT'S GOOD INFORMATION TO KNOW AS WE'RE REALLY FOCUSING AGAIN ON NUMBER 11, WHERE CAN WE BE ADVOCATES, UH, AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO CITY COUNCIL AND THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT, UH, WHEN IT COMES TO THOSE ASPECTS OF HOUSING.
BUT HOW ARE COLLABORATIONS OCCURRING WITH THE DIFFERENT AGENCIES THAT THIS COMMISSION IS WORKING WITH FROM THE PUBLIC HEALTH ASPECT THAT YOU HAVE HIGHLIGHTED HERE ON SLIDE 11? SO I'LL TELL YOU THE PRIMARILY OUR, UH, UH, INVOL OUR INVOLVEMENT OR COLLABORATION WITH ENTITIES THAT YOU ALL ENGAGE WITH, PRIMARILY CENTERED AROUND OUR HOMELESS POPULATION, UM, FOR THE MOST PART BECAUSE THEY TEND TO BE THOSE THAT ARE, UM, SUFFERING FROM FOOD INSECURITIES AND OTHER THINGS AS RELATES TO, UH, THEIR HEALTH.
UM, AND SO THIS IS WHAT WE FIND, UH, ALSO OBVIOUSLY ISSUES RELATED TO SUBSTANCE ABUSE, UM, UH, JUST AND MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES IS WHAT WE ARE, WHAT WE FIND OFTENTIMES WITH A MAJORITY OF, I WOULD SAY QUITE A NUMBER OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE, WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED HOMELESSNESS.
WE ARE, WE DO WORK WITH AN ORGANIZATION THAT PROVIDES, UM, SUPPORTIVE SERVICES, UH, ACTIVITIES AND ACTIVITIES, UH, FOR OUR GENERAL POPULATION.
UM, WE WORK WITH BIG AUSTIN, THEY'RE OUR CURRENT PROVIDER, UH, THAT DELIVERS SERVICES FOR THE ORGANIZATION TO OUR HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER RESIDENTS.
UM, IN ADDITION TO THOSE THAT ARE LIVING IN ONE OF OUR DEVELOPMENTS, UM, THEIR PRIMARY FOCUS HAS BEEN MORE, UM, INITIALLY ENTREPRENEURSHIP, BUT THEY HAVE BEEN EXPANDING THE FOCUS TO LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, OVERALL HEALTH OF THE FAMILY AND HOW WE, HOW EARLY INTERVENTION HELPS WITH STABLE, CREATING STA MORE STABLE COMMUNITIES AND HONESTLY LEADS TO BETTER OUTCOMES IN TERMS OF EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT AND, AND OTHER THINGS ASSOCIATED WITH LOW INCOME POPULATIONS THAT WE TEND TO FIND.
SO, UM, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT'S BEEN PRIMARILY OUR EXPERIENCE IS OBVIOUSLY DEALING WITH AGENCIES THAT CAN PROVIDE, UH, A LOT OF THE BASIC NECESSITIES RELATED TO JUST BASIC LIVING.
UM, AND, AND THOSE ARE GENERALLY WITH THE FOLKS THAT ARE FORMERLY HOMELESS.
ANY QUESTIONS FROM, UH, THE COMMISSIONERS? YES.
FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION TODAY.
UM, I, I WONDERED AND MAY THERE MAY BE SOMETHING YOU COULD POINT ME TO ON, ON THE WEBSITE OR REPORT, BUT I WONDERED HOW YOU THINK ABOUT SORT OF THE OVERALL COMMUNITY NEED.
CERTAINLY THE HOMELESS IS DEFINED BY THAT NUMBER 46 56.
THAT'S, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THERE AND STUNNINGLY CHALLENGING.
THERE'S ANOTHER POPULATION, LIKE YOU SAID, IT'S THE WORKING, UM, GREATER THAN 60%, UM, AMI, WHATEVER I THINK IT'S CALLED.
I'M SORRY IF I DON'T KNOW THE TERM RIGHT.
BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, I JUST WONDERED, I WAS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT LIKE HOW BIG IS THE PROBLEM AND DO WE HAVE,
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HOW MANY PEOPLE NEED TO BE SERVED AND HOW MANY ARE SERVED, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.I'M JUST TRYING TO GAUGE A LITTLE BIT HOW BIG THE, THE BUBBLES ARE.
UM, THOSE THINGS, THAT'S A FAIR QUESTION.
SO HOUSING WORKS, AUSTIN IS WHO WE PRIMARILY RELY ON AND WHAT MOST ENTITIES DO FOR DATA RELATED TO, TO HOUSING NEEDS.
THEY DO A STUDY EACH YEAR, UM, FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN AND THEN TRAVIS COUNTY OUTSIDE OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
AND WE'VE BEEN RELYING ON THEM TO HELP US SORT OF DIRECT AND STEER THE, STEER US AS RELATES TO THE EXTENT THAT WE CAN, OBVIOUSLY WITH DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY IN AREAS WHERE THERE'S THE GREATEST NEED, UM, THAT NUMBER CONTINUES TO CHANGE.
THEY DO IT BASED ON, UM, 80 TO 120 OF AREA MEDIA INCOME, 60 TO 80 OF AREA MEETING INCOME.
AND SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, I THINK THE NUMBER IS ABOUT 20,000 THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IN THAT RANGE OF 60 TO 120% AMI, WHICH FOR THE PURPOSES OF OUR AGENCY'S PROGRAM, WE SEE THAT AS WHAT WE CONSIDER TO BE THE MISSING MIDDLE OR WORKFORCE HOUSING.
WHEREAS SOME ORGANIZA, SOME ENTITIES OR EVEN COMMUNITIES MAY LOOK AT 80 TO 120 OF AREA MEDIA INCOME AS BEING WORKFORCE.
BUT THAT DEPENDS ON THE COST OF LIVING, OF COURSE.
AND, UH, SO AN INDIVIDUAL, AN INDIVIDUAL, UH, SO AREA MEDIA INCOME, 60% OF AREA MEDIA INCOME FOR ONE PERSON RIGHT NOW, I THINK IT'S $49,080.
SO ANYONE MAKING ABOVE THAT IN ONE SINGLE INDIVIDUAL DOES NOT QUALIFY FOR A TAX CREDIT DEVELOPMENT UNLESS THEY'RE DOING WHAT THEY CALL INCOME AVERAGING, WHICH MEANS THE AVERAGE UNIT HAS TO BE AT 80, WHICH MEANS SOME WILL BE LOWER AND SOME WILL BE HIGHER.
BUT TYPICALLY THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN.
SO LET'S SAY IN GENERAL YOU'RE LOOKING FOR, FOR A HOUSING, YOU DON'T WANT TO BE INCOME BURDEN, RENT BURDEN.
SO, BUT THE TYPICAL SUBSIDIZED DEVELOP APARTMENT DOESN'T SUIT YOUR NEEDS.
AND SO THAT'S WHY WE FEEL VERY STRONGLY ABOUT THE IDEA OF DOING WORKFORCE HOUSING BECAUSE THERE IS THOSE INDIVIDUALS, ONE PROMOTION WILL GET PUT YOU OUT OF, OUT OF THE RUNNING FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
SO THE INCENTIVE TO DO BETTER MAY NOT BE THERE IN MANY IN SOME CASES BECAUSE THAT, BECAUSE OF THE ISSUES LIKE THAT.
DO YOU HAVE A FOLLOW UP? YEAH, JUST A FOLLOW UP.
BUT, SO I'VE GOT, I THINK 20,000 WAS A NUMBER THAT COULD BE OUT THERE, CORRECT? MM-HMM.
AND, UM, I WAS JUST TRYING TO THINK OF, I'M TRYING TO SCOPE THE PROBLEM JUST JUST SO I UNDERSTAND IT.
SO, BUT 20,000, SEE IF I'M THINKING ABOUT THIS, RIGHT? IF IT'S, IF IT WAS SAY FOUR PEOPLE FOR PER FAMILY, WOULD THAT MEAN WE NEED 5,000 ADDITIONAL SORT OF UNITS SUBSIDIZED, SOMETHING LIKE THIS? IS THAT HOW YOU THINK ABOUT IT? AND WHERE I'M GOING WAS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT LIKE HOW MANY DO WE CURRENTLY HAVE IN THOSE FIVE BUILDINGS THAT YOU DESCRIBED? NOT THAT THAT'S, THAT'S THE FIXED, AND THEN YOU'VE GOT RENT ASSISTANCE.
I WONDER HOW MANY PEOPLE GET RENT ASSISTANCE AND, AND WHATEVER THOSE ADD UP TO, HOW MUCH DOES THAT DIFFER FROM KIND OF WHAT THE NEED IS? SO, DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? SO ONLY THING ON THAT ONE, UH, VICE CHAIR IS WE, WE CAN'T GET OVERLY FOCUSED INTO THE HOUSING ASPECT BECAUSE WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE FOCUSED ON, ON PUBLIC HEALTH.
BUT JUST, JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND.
SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HOUSEHOLDS.
I MEAN, THE DATA COULD BE, UH, WE COULD BREAK DOWN THE DATA EVEN FURTHER AND I'D BE INTERESTED IN PROVIDING THAT TO YOU ALL JUST AS A MATTER OF COURSE.
BUT, UH, TYPICALLY WHEN THEY REFERRED TO WHEN THEY REFER TO THE NUMBER, THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT HOUSEHOLDS ACTUALLY.
SO, UM, YES, YOU MAY BE TALKING ABOUT ANYWHERE FROM ONE TO MAYBE SIX IN TERMS OF HOUSEHOLD, BUT WHEN YOU, WHEN MOST OF THE TIMES WHEN YOU HEAR STATISTICS ABOUT, UH, COST OF LIVING, THEY'RE USUALLY BASING IT ON BASING IT ON A FAMILY OF FOUR.
SO THE AVERAGE IS TYPICALLY A FAMILY OF FOUR.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT, WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU HEAR NUMBERS, OFTENTIMES.
UM, YOU HAVE A QUESTION, GO AHEAD.
I'M JUST CURIOUS, UM, ANY INTERSECTIONALITY WITH WHAT YOU DO IN THE HOUSING SPACE WITH PUBLIC HEALTH AND HAVING CHWS OR COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS ACCESSIBLE TO THE FAMILIES THAT ARE IN YOUR, IN YOUR BUILDINGS, BUT THEN ALSO JUST INTERESTED IN YOUR PROGRAM AS A WHOLE? YEAH, I WOULD SAY THERE'S DEFINITELY AN OPPORTUNITY TO INCREASE THAT OPPOR INCREASE THAT THAT NEXUS OR AT LEAST THAT, THAT RELATIONSHIP.
I THINK THAT WE DO RE RELY ON OUR, UH, PARTNERS TO SORT OF HELP US CONNECT RESIDENTS WITH THOSE RESOURCES.
AND THAT'S WHAT BIG AUSTIN'S BEEN HELPING US TO DO.
WE, OUR CASEWORKERS DO HAVE INFORMATION ABOUT PRODUCTS AND SERVICES, OR I SHOULD SAY SERVICES IN GENERAL TO HELP THEM GENERALLY, BUT THAT THERE COULD ALWAYS BE MORE WORK TO DONE TOWARD THAT END TO HELP CONNECT EVEN BETTER.
WE DO HAVE A SPECIFIC INDIVIDUAL IN THE ORGAN WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION WHO FOCUSES ON THE HOMELESS INITIATIVES, AND, AND
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SHE REALLY, SHE SPENDS HER SPECIFIC ROLE IS TO CONNECT A NUMBER RESOURCES.SO SHE HAS, THERE'S MORE, MORE OF A FOCUS IN THAT, IN THAT VEIN, BUT I THINK THAT THERE'S QUITE A BIT OF OPPORTUNITY FOR THAT TO BE EXPANDED.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? UM, UM, I, OH, GO AHEAD.
I JUST HAD A QUESTION ON SLIDE 13.
YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT LIKE THE HELP THE SANITARY AND THE SAFENESS OF THE PLACE THAT ARE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, BUT YOU'RE SAYING THAT THERE'S AN ISSUE WHERE A LOT OF LIKE OLDER BUILDINGS ARE BEING USED UP FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND THAT'S LIKE A COMMON ISSUE RIGHT NOW, IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? YEAH, SO LET'S JUST THINK ABOUT IT.
I MEAN, IF YOU'RE, YOU'RE A LANDLORD AND YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO RENT, BUT RENT'S BEING THERE, RENT'S BEING, UH, WHAT THEY ARE IN THE AREA.
IF YOU ARE ELECTING TO RENT TO A, A LOW INCOME FAMILY, THERE IS A, YOUR INCOME'S GONNA BE CAPPED THE POTENTIAL BECAUSE THERE ARE STANDARDS RELATED TO WHAT AN INDIVIDUAL CAN CHARGE FOR UNITS BASED ON THE HUD REGULATIONS.
SO IF YOU'RE ELECTING TO RENT TO A LOW INCOME PERSON, YOU'RE EITHER, YOU HAVE A PASSION FOR, FOR LOW INCOME POPULATIONS, OR GENERALLY SPEAKING, YOUR UNITS MAY BE, UH, OLDER, UM, WHEREBY YOU HAVEN'T MADE THE INVESTMENT ENOUGH TO DEMAND HIGHER MONEY, HIGHER AMOUNTS OF RENT.
THAT BEING SAID, IN SOME CASES, YOU WILL FIND MORE OFTEN THAN NOT, OR I SHOULD SAY MORE OFTEN THAN IN A TYPICAL SITUATION WITH A MARKET RATE UNIT, YOU MAY FIND SITUATIONS THAT MAY BE LESS THAN DESIRABLE.
AND ARE THERE LIKE, CURRENT STRATEGIES TO LIKE, PREVENT THAT FROM HAPPENING OR WAYS TO LIKE
SO, BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE THOSE ARE NOT TWO GREAT OPTIONS FOR GETTING HOUSING FOR, RIGHT.
SO OUR, SO OUR HOPE IS THAT THE MORE LANDLORDS WE HAVE, THE, THE BETTER CHANCES THEY ARE THAT WE WON'T HAVE SITUATIONS WHERE FO FOLKS ARE, UH, FORCED TO LOOK AT CONDITIONS THAT MAY BE ACCEPTABLE BASED ON OUR, OUR STANDARDS, BUT MAY STILL BE SUBPAR AS IT RELATES TO HOW YOU WOULD VIEW THE IDEAL HOUSING SITUATION.
SO FOR US, EXPANDING THE CHOICE FOR INDIVIDUALS HELPS TO MITIGATE SOME OF THAT.
WE DO HAVE STANDARDS, THOSE STANDARDS ARE ADHERE TOO.
I THINK THAT THEY'RE AT A SUITABLE LEVEL AS FAR AS THAT PARK'S CONCERNED.
BUT FOR US, I THINK THE OP, THE I IDEA AND OPPORTUNITY TO EXPAND HOUSING CHOICE IS SOMETHING THAT WE ALWAYS WORK ON BECAUSE WE WANT TO HAVE THE ABILITY FOR INDIVIDUALS TO SEEK OUT THE BEST OPPORTUNITY POSSIBLE.
SO NEW UNITS OF HOUSING ARE ALWAYS DESIRABLE IN, IN CASES, UM, WHERE THERE'S THAT OPPORTUNITY EXISTS.
SO WE DO TRY TO ENCOURAGE FOLKS TO DO THOSE THINGS, BUT UNDERSTAND THAT ACCEPTING, UH, CONDITIONS IN UNITS THAT ARE VERY OLD WILL LIKELY CAUSE THERE TO BE LIKELY PROBLEMS IN SOME CASES, WHICH HAVE TO GET MITIGATED.
BUT AGAIN, I THINK HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO NOT TO AVOID THOSE SITUATIONS ARE WHAT WE WOULD HOPE TO ACHIEVE.
ANY OTHER ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? I DO, I HAVE A COUPLE, I HAVE, UH, ABOUT THREE QUESTIONS.
ONE, UH, WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THIS ORGANIZATION AND HAKA? UM, THAT'S AN EASY QUESTION.
SO OUR, OUR, WE ARE, UH, THE HOUSING AUTHORITY OF TRAVIS COUNTY.
SO OUR JURISDICTION GOES OUT OUTSIDE OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN, BUT ALL THE BALANCE OF TRAVIS COUNTY, ALTHOUGH AS IT RELATES TO THE PROGRAM OF THE HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER PROGRAM, WE, THERE IS OVERLAP.
SO THE ORGANIZATIONS HAVE AN AGREEMENT TO WORK IN BOTH OF THE JU BOTH JURISDICTIONS.
SO WE ARE ESSENTIALLY THE SAME AS HACO.
OUR PRIMARY FOCUS IS TRAVIS COUNTY AND NOT THE CITY OF AUSTIN PER SE.
ALTHOUGH I, AS I MENTIONED AT THE BEGINNING PRESENTATION, OUR PROPERTIES WITH THE EXCEPTION OF OUR ONE SENIOR BUILDING IN THE CITY OF MAINOR ARE IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
BUT THAT'S BECAUSE OF ANNEXATION.
THEY ORIGINALLY WERE IN THE, IN THE COUNTY.
UM, SO, BUT OTHER THAN LIKE THE VOUCHER, FOR EXAMPLE, WE'RE GONNA TALK, I WOULD LIKE TO ACTUALLY BE FOCUSED, FOR EXAMPLE, ON THE SECTION EIGHT VOUCHER, WHICH IS THE HOUSING VOUCHER.
IT PRETTY MUCH THE PROCESS OF PROCEDURE AND THE RULES AND REGULATIONS WILL FALL PRETTY MUCH THE SAME, CORRECT? YES.
SO THEN, UM, WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT, UM, I SEE ONE OF THE FOCUSES THAT YOU ALSO WERE TALKING ABOUT WAS FINDING LANDLORDS AND WELL, I FEEL THAT THERE'S A, A STIGMA ABOUT SECTION EIGHT AND HOUSING.
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SUGGESTION WOULD BE MAYBE START A CAMPAIGN TO BE ABLE TO RECRUIT, UM, LANDLORDS AND FOR THEM TO UNDERSTAND ABOUT THE PROCESS OF WHEN CLIENTS ARE RECEIVING THIS PROGRAM, THEY ALSO HAVE RULES TO FOLLOW.FOR EXAMPLE, THERE CAN BE HOLES IN THE WALLS.
YOU CAN'T BE SMOKING IN THE HOUSE, RIGHT? SO YOU HAVE A LOT OF CLIENTS THAT BEEN, HAVE BEEN HOLDING ONTO THEIR VOUCHER FOR AT LEAST 20, 25, 30 YEARS.
I'M SURE YOU'VE SEEN SOME OF THE CLIENTS LIKE THIS.
AND SO THERE'S A RESPONSIBILITY ON BOTH SIDES, RIGHT? THE PEOPLE THAT NEED THE HOUSING WILL TAKE CARE OF THE UNIT AND WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, KEEPING THE UNIT CONDITIONED.
THEY HAVE AN INSPECTION EVERY YEAR THAT THE INSPECTOR COMES IN, MAKE SURE THAT THE INSPECTION IS DUE GOOD FOR RECERTIFICATION, AND THEN IF IT'S ANYTHING THAT THE LANDLORD HAS TO PUT IN OR THE TENANT IT NEEDS TO FIX.
SO OF COURSE THE RESPONSIBILITIES ARE DIVIDED, RIGHT? SO THEY COME TO AN AGREEMENT.
SO I THINK I'VE BEEN ABLE TO SELL THE PROGRAM, THE SECTION EIGHT PROGRAM TO DIFFERENT LANDLORDS BY EXPLAINING TO THEM HOW IT ALL WORKS.
THE PERK OF IT, OF COURSE, IS YOU WILL HAVE SOMEBODY THERE THAT EVERY MONTH WILL HAVE THE RENT PAID.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE, YOU KNOW, DEPENDING ON WHERE THEY FALL, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE TO ONLY PAY 300 OUT OF 1500, RIGHT? UM, I'VE BEEN ABLE TO SELL THIS FOR SOME OF MY CLIENTS.
I'VE BEEN ABLE TO ACTUALLY EVEN SELL IT TO MYSELF.
SO WHEN I'M TALKING TO YOU, I'M NOT ONLY SPEAKING AS AAPH COUNSELOR, UH, COMMISSIONER, I'M ALSO TALKING TO YOU AS A CLIENT AND I'M GONNA JUST SHARE WITH YOU A LITTLE BIT OF THE STIGMAS THAT THERE IS.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF STIGMA ABOUT PEOPLE ON SECTION EIGHT AND MAYBE A CAMPAIGN THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO RECRUIT, ESPECIALLY WHEN THERE IS BEING PROVIDED TAX-EXEMPT BUILDINGS FOR QUOTE UNQUOTE AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAT THEY CAN GO AHEAD AND ACCEPT VOUCHERS FOR SECTION EIGHT.
BUT THEN HERE YOU COME, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT HOMELESS, THERE'S SO MANY BARRIERS.
FIRST OF ALL, CREDIT, SOME OF OUR, OUR HOMELESS POPULATION HAVE NOT HAD CREDIT.
SOME OF OUR HOMELESS POPULATION HAVEN'T HAD A RENTAL HISTORY FOR OVER 10 YEARS.
THIRD INCOME, THEY HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO GET INCOME BECAUSE OF COURSE THEY'RE UNHOUSED AND THEY'RE ALL OVER THE PLACE.
SO I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH A LOT OF MY CLIENTS WITH ON THESE BARRIERS, AND RECENTLY WE HAVE, I BRING THIS, UM, AND I, AND, AND, UM, HOLD ON.
I WANNA, SO THE BARRIERS THAT WE HAVE BEEN NOTICING HAVE BEEN USED AND BECAUSE OF THIS, ONE OF THE AGENDAS THAT WAS BROUGHT UP TO OUR, TO OUR ATTENTION ON OUR LAST MEETING WAS MENTAL HEALTH.
AND THIS IS ONE OF THE REASONS THAT I WAS A, I WAS ASKING FOR HOUSING TO BE PRESENT TO BE ABLE TO TELL US, RIGHT? IF YOU GUYS ARE PROVIDING 50 VOUCHERS, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, OUT OF THOSE 50 VOUCHERS WHO ARE REALLY BEING IMPACTED, WHO ARE REALLY BEING SERVED, YOU HAVE CASE MANAGERS ALL OVER THE PLACE LIKE SUNRISE, YOU GOT ECHO THAT ARE, ARE ABLE TO HAVE, TO HAVE THE FUNDING FOR THE MONTHLY RENT OR THE DEPOSIT AND THE APPLICATION FEE.
BUT I FEEL THAT, UM, SOME OF THAT MONEY IS BEING MISUSED BECAUSE EVEN AS A PRIVATE TENANT THAT I, I WOULD GO APPLY FOR OTHER APARTMENTS, I WOULD HAVE TO PAY 20, 25, 50 APPLICATION FEES.
BUT FOR THEM TO TURN DOWN ALL OF THESE CLIENTS THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH, THAT ARE UNHOUSED, THAT ARE ON DRUGS, THAT ARE LITERALLY WAITING EVERY DAY AT SUNRISE TO BE ABLE TO BE SEEN AND, UM, AND SCREENED FOR HOUSING.
DO YOU, I DON'T KNOW IF, IF, IF, IF AS A WHOLE THAT YOU GUYS HAVE SAT DOWN AND THINK ABOUT THIS.
DO YOU, WE BRING A CLIENT TO AN APARTMENT COMPLEX.
THEY SIGN, THEY PROVIDE THE DEPOSIT, THEY RUN THEIR CREDIT, THEY DENY THEM, THEY PUT 'EM BACK ON THE STREETS.
THAT DOES SO MUCH FOR THEIR MENTAL HEALTH AND THEIR, THEM GOING BACK TO DRUG USE, BECAUSE NOW, ESPECIALLY WITH THE WEATHER CHANGING, THERE'S SO MANY STORIES ABOUT PEOPLE HAVING TO DO METH, DO EVERYTHING THEY HAVE TO DO TO STAY AT WORK.
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I, I KNOW YOU SAID YOU HAD THREE QUESTIONS AND, AND FOR THE SAKE OF TIME, I, UM, IF YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND ASK THOSE TWO QUESTIONS.WELL, THE THREE QUESTIONS WERE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HAKA AND THEM.
THE SECOND ONE ABOUT WHAT ARE THEY DOING FOR CAMPAIGN TO BE ABLE TO FIND MORE LANDLORDS MORE, OF COURSE, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE STAYING IN THESE CA CASES WITH LOW QUALITY THAT THEY ARE NOT FIXED BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE NOWHERE TO GO BECAUSE OF THE GAP.
AND THE THIRD ONE WAS, WHAT ARE WE DOING FOR BARRIERS? SO THOSE ARE MY THREE QUESTIONS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SOME ACCOUNTABILITY FOR, UM, HOUSING, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH AND HOMELESSNESS.
SO YOUR SECOND QUESTION, UM, HAD TO DO WITH LANDLORD RECRUITMENT.
AND SO WE ARE SQUARELY FOCUSED ON LANDLORD RECRUITMENT.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON IS, UM, GOING OUT AND, UM, MEETING WITH THE LOCAL CHAMBERS TO TALK ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO EXPAND THE SUPPLY OF LANDLORDS.
SO I'LL SAY ANY INPUT THAT WE CAN GET WILL BE WELCOME AND HELPFUL BECAUSE, UH, IT IS, IT IS BY FAR A CHALLENGE AS IT RELATES TO GETTING, YOU KNOW, MORE LANDLORDS IN PARTICULAR AREAS OF THE COMMUNITY THAT TRADITIONALLY WE DON'T SEE A LOT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING OR, YOU KNOW, THOSE THAT ARE WILLING TO RENT TO LOW INCOME FAMILIES.
SO, UH, I CERTAINLY WELCOME MORE INPUT AS IT RELATES TO THAT.
BUT WE HAVE BEEN, WE'VE BEEN, UH, WE, WE ARE WORKING ON A, A MORE ROBUST PLAN AS WE SPEAK.
UM, IN, IN THE COMING YEAR, WE'RE GONNA BE DOING SOME PUBLIC SPEAKING AS IT RELATES TO THAT.
UM, WE HAVE PUT THE INFORMATION ON OUR WEBSITE, WE'VE ENGAGED WITH THE APARTMENT, UH, THE AUSTIN APARTMENT ASSOCIATION AND PARTICIPATING IN SOME OF THEIR ACTIVITIES.
SO WE ARE WORKING, WE ARE WORKING TOWARD THAT END.
BUT AGAIN, I THINK IT'S, AS YOU SUGGESTED, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S NEVER ENOUGH.
SO WE JUST, WE WILL CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO, TO SPREAD THE WORD AND TO MAKE THAT RECRUITMENT EFFORT, UH, A LITTLE, UH, MORE ROBUST.
SO, UH, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING CURRENTLY.
AND AS IT RELATES TO THE ISSUE THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
SO AS AN ORGANIZATION, WE'VE TRIED TO LOWER OUR BARRIERS AND WE HAVE, UM, AS, BUT AS YOU SUGGESTED, THERE ARE BARRIERS TO BARRIERS TO HOUSING THAT FOLKS ARE EXPERIENCING, PARTICULARLY THE HOMELESS POPULATION, AND PARTICULARLY 'CAUSE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU IDENTIFIED.
I MEAN, UH, CRIMINAL BACKGROUND, THE LOOK BACK PERIOD, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
AT SOME POINT WE WERE PARTICIPATING IN A REENTRY ROUNDTABLE THAT WAS LOOKING AT HOW WE AS A COMMUNITY TRIED TO LOBBY THE APARTMENTS, UH, ASSOCIATION AND OTHERS TO LOWER THOSE BARRIERS.
AGAIN, OUR STRATEGY HAS PRIMARILY BEEN LET'S FIND MORE LANDLORDS THAT ARE INTERESTED IN NOT HAVING THOSE KINDS OF BARRIERS.
SO THAT'S BEEN OUR, OUR APPROACH PRIMARILY TO DOING SUCH.
THERE'S NOT A LOT YOU CAN DO ABOUT THAT PER SE, IN ONE SENSE, UM, AS A MANDATE.
BUT OUR HOPE IS THAT AS WE, UH, THE COMMUNITY HAVE MORE OF THESE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE NEED FOR SUCH THAT WE'LL SEE SOME OF THOSE ISSUES GO AWAY.
UM, AND WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SAY IS, UH, IN EFFORT OF COLLABORATION HERE, SOME ASPECTS OF WHERE THE AGENCIES CAN HELP IN PUSHING OUT INFORMATION REGARDING SECTION EIGHT, WHAT IT IS, AND ALSO, UH, SIGNUPS FOR LANDLORD POTENTIALITIES, UM, ESPECIALLY SINCE YOU ARE AN AGENCY OVER TRAVIS COUNTY, UH, I THINK THAT COULD POTENTIALLY BE SOMETHING THAT THE DIFFERENT AGENCIES HERE COULD BE ABLE TO BE OF SUPPORTIVE.
W UH, ALSO, WHEN I'M LOOKING AT SLIDE SEVEN TO SLIDE EIGHT, UH, MORE OR LESS SLIDE SEVEN FIRST, UM, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE NOT ALREADY INVOLVED WITH THE PUBLIC SUPPORTIVE HOUSING COLLABORATIONS AND DISCUSSIONS THAT ARE GOING ON WITH AUSTIN ECHO WHAT THE CITY OF VASA IS DOING, THEN HOW DO YOU GET EMBEDDED INTO THAT PROCESS? UM, RIGHT.
UM, AND THEN ALSO, UH, FOR SLIDE EIGHT, YOU KNOW, WHERE POTENTIALLY COULD, UM, THIS ASPECT MORE VIEWED AS SOCIAL DETERMINANT OF HEALTH THAT IMPACTS PRIMARY IN, IN, IN BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, RIGHT? UM, WHERE COULD THIS EFFORT OF FUNDING OF A SOCIAL DETERMINANT ASPECT POTENTIALLY BE, UH, A FUNDING AREA WITHIN THE HEALTH EQUITY, HEALTH EQUITY PLAN OR SOME SUB, UH, POTENTIAL GRANTS THROUGH APH OR MAYBE EVEN THE COUNTY.
UM, 'CAUSE AT LEAST FROM WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, IT DIDN'T SOUND AS IF THOSE ARE MAYBE SOME AVENUES THAT YOU HAVE, UH, EMBEDDED OR HAVE DISCUSSIONS
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ON.AND IF NOT, I THINK THAT COULD BE A GREAT WAY OF LOOKING AT THIS FROM A PUBLIC HEALTH PERSPECTIVE, MORE OF A SOCIAL DETERMINANT SUPPORT AREA, UM, AND THEN CREATING AND BRINGING IN THE WRAPAROUND SUPPORT OF THE COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS, THE NAVIGATORS, BECAUSE NOW YOU'RE HAVING THESE INTENTIONAL CONTRACTS, UH, YOU'RE HAVING THESE INTENTIONAL, UH, FACILITIES, UM, THAT, THAT YOU'RE HAVING MORE SO THAN JUST HAVING TO IDENTIFY LANDLORDS AND HAVING THESE INDIVIDUAL, UH, CONNECTIVITIES OF THE LANDLORDS WORKING WITH PEOPLE.
AND THEN YOU'RE KIND OF LEFT OUT THE LOOP.
WELL, I WILL SAY THAT WE, WE DO OBVIOUSLY PARTICIPATE WITH ECHO.
I THINK THAT AS BEEN MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY, I THINK THERE'S DEFINITELY OPPORTUNITIES FOR GREATER COLLABORATION, AND I APPRECIATE THAT BEING BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION.
AND JUST BY VIRTUE OF COMING HERE TODAY, I THINK JUST THE THOUGHT ABOUT HOW WE EXPAND ON THAT IS, IS, IS, IS AN OPPORTUNITY.
NO, I APPRECIATE YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
YOU GOT ONE MORE REMARK? I JUST HAD ONE QUICK FOLLOW UP QUESTION.
SO YOU MENTIONED THAT SOME FOLKS IN YOUR PROGRAM ARE ONE RAISE AWAY FROM NOT BEING ABLE TO HAVE, BE HOUSED ANY LONGER, AND THAT IS SET BY HUD, CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.
AND SO IF ALL, IF THE LIKE PRIMARY FOLLOW UP QUESTION, PRIMARY FUNDING IS COMING FROM HUD AND AS CHAIR WALLACE JUST MENTIONED, AS OPPORTUNITIES TO EXPAND INTO DIFFERENT FUNDING SPACES, WOULD YOUR FUNDING BE AT RISK IF THERE ARE POLICIES AND MAYBE ORDINANCES PUT IN PLACE FROM A LOCAL AND COUNTY LEVEL THAT INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE A $52,000 SALARY OPPORTUNITY TO IMPROVE THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE ARE NO LONGER NOW CONCERNED OF HOUSING CONCERNS? LIKE IS THAT A FEDERAL MANDATE THAT CANNOT BE ALTERED WHATSOEVER, OR IS THAT SPECIFICALLY DIRECTED TOWARDS FUNDING? IT IS A FEDERAL MANDATE.
SO E EVERY YEAR THE, UM, HUD PUBLISHES, UM, INCOME DATA, THE, THE, THE HOUSING TAX CREDIT PROGRAM GOT CREATED IN 1986, AND IT'S, IT'S SET AT 60% OF AREA MEDIA INCOME.
BUT TO, TO YOUR POINT, OUR WORKFORCE HOUSING INITIATIVE REALLY IS WHAT WE'VE SOUGHT TO ADDRESS THAT NEED BECAUSE IT NOW GIVES US THE ABILITY TO FOCUS AT FOR INCOMES AT 60 TO 120 AMI, WHICH IS NOT NECESSARILY THAT WHICH IS BEING COVERED BY THE, THE TAX CREDIT PROGRAM, WHICH IS BY FAR THE GREATEST, UH, RESOURCE OR SOURCE OF FUNDS FOR, FOR, YOU KNOW, RENTAL HOUSING DEVELOPMENT.
BUT, BUT THAT IS OUR GOAL AS AN ORGANIZATION TO ADDRESS THAT NEED.
AND, AND WE'VE USED, WE'VE BEEN USING THIS VEHICLE TO DO SUCH.
NOW THERE'S SOME CRITICISM WITH RESPECT TO THE PROGRAM, AS YOU ALL MAY KNOW ABOUT WHAT THAT MEANS IN A LEVEL OF PUBLIC BENEFIT, BUT WE FEEL REALLY, WE FEEL STRONGLY THAT IT, IT IS MEETING A NEED AND, AND I THINK IT'S CRITICALLY IMPORTANT.
ANY LAST REMARKS? IF NONE, I APPRECIATE YOU COMING OUT.
AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO FINDING WAYS TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT AND ASSIST YOU AREAS OF NEED.
[3. Discuss updated 2024 meeting schedule dates.]
WE HAVE DISCUSSION ON THE UPDATED 2024 MEETING SCHEDULED DATES.UH, AS YOU ALL KNOW, LAST TIME WE LOOKED AT THE DATES, IT'S PRETTY MUCH CONSISTENT WITH, UH, THE FIRST WEDNESDAY OF EVERY MONTH, UH, EXCEPT FOR THOSE THAT MAY OVERLAP ON SOME TYPE OF HOLIDAY.
UM, AND THERE WERE SOME INCONSISTENCIES ON THE DATE MATCHING UP WITH THAT.
UM, BUT I BELIEVE ALL THOSE HAVE BEEN CHANGED AND CORRECTED.
ALRIGHT, WITH THAT BEING THE CASE, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVED.
IT'S BEEN SO MOVED BY THE VICE CHAIR.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECONDED AND SECONDED.
ANY QUESTIONS TO THE MOTION? QUESTIONS? TO THE MOTION? YES.
I JUST WANT TO CONFIRM THAT JANUARY 3RD WORKS FOR ALL OF US.
THE FIRST IS OBVIOUSLY A HOLIDAY, THAT'S A MONDAY, AND THEN TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY WE WOULD MEET.
UH, JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WORKS FOR EVERYBODY.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY CONCERNS WITH, UH, JANUARY 3RD RIGHT AFTER TO EAT AND HAVE FUN AND SLEEP AND PROBABLY CAN'T GET UP?
UM, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR HAND.
MOTION PASSES ON TO DISCUSS THE
[4. Discuss the Commission's process for adding items to the agenda.]
COMMISSIONS PROCESS FOR ADDING, UH, ITEMS TO THE AGENDA.UM, WE TALKED PREVIOUSLY REGARDING ADDING ITEMS TO THE AGENDA.
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GOAL AND THE EFFORT WAS, UM, TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT THE PROPOSED AGENDA TOPICS AS YOU SEE IN YOUR HANDBOOK AFTER THE MINUTES.UM, AND THAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO THAT AS A CONSENSUS, ADD ANY, UH, TOPICS AS A CONSENSUS, ANY RECOMMENDATIONS A SECOND, IT WOULD GET ADDED AND THEN WE JUST, UH, REVISE THE RACK AND STACK, UH, PRIORITY BASED UPON THAT.
AND THEN I CAN'T RECALL WHAT, WHAT WOULD WE SAY THE TIMEFRAME WAS, UH, POST-MEETING, IF THERE IS A TOPIC OR A SUBJECT THAT COMES UP, UM, TO BE ADDED TO THE LIST.
I BELIEVE THAT IT'S, UM, TWO WEEKS.
DO WE HAVE A WRITEUP ON THIS? BECAUSE WE NEED THIS TO BE, UH, UM, ACTUALLY APPROVED.
UM, SO THEN IT GOES INTO THE HANDBOOK FOR ANY NEW COMMISSIONERS COMING ON BOARD.
UM, I DO THINK THAT WE DID HAVE WRITTEN IT UP ALREADY.
BUT I WILL LOOK THAT UP AND BRING IT.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY TWEAKS, CHANGES OR, UH, OR RECOMMENDED MODIFICATIONS TO THAT PROCESS AND HOPE THAT NEXT MEETING WE'LL HAVE THAT IN WRITING TO BE ABLE TO REVIEW AND APPROVE AND MAKE THAT OFFICIAL SO THAT IT GOES IN AS PART OF THE PROCESS? YES.
CAN WE REPEAT IT? SO I COULD JUST ASK YOU WHAT THE PROCESS IS, BUT I THINK WE'VE SAID YOU BRING IT TO THE COMMITTEE DURING MAYBE A TIME DURING OUR EACH MEETING TO SAY, ORDER NEW ITEMS. YES.
AND THEN AFTER THAT, THE FOLLOWING TWO WEEKS MM-HMM.
UM, I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO START WORKING ON TOPICS IF NOT GOING INTO, UM, DECEMBER.
UM, SO WE, WE CAN TALK IN FLESH OUT WHICH ONES IS WE'RE IN AGREEMENT WITH AS THE TOP PRIORITIES.
UM, AND THEN FROM THERE WE CAN JUST DO A PRIORITY LIST AMONGST OURSELVES, SEND IT IN TO THE STAFF, AND THEY CAN CONSOLIDATE IT AND RACK AND STACK IT BASED OFF EVERYBODY'S INDIVIDUAL CHOICES.
UM, BUT, AND THAT IS, IS THAT WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO RIGHT NOW, FOR INSTANCE, TO THIS LIST AND THIS PART OF IT? RIGHT.
AND IF SOMEBODY SUBMITS A NEW IDEA IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS, THAT'LL JUST FALL TO THE NEXT MEETING WHEN WE WOULD ADD THAT AS CORRECT YET TO BE DETERMINED OR YET TO BE PRIORITIZED.
SO, YEAH, SO THAT WAY THERE'S NO INDIVIDUAL DECISIONS BEING MADE ON BEHALF OF THE COMMISSION, OUTSIDE OF COMMISSION MEETINGS.
SO THAT, AS YOU CAN SEE, UH, THE LAST AGENDA ITEM, UH, ON THE MINUTES IS FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. SO THAT WOULD BE THE TIME WHERE WE'D COME AND WE'D SAY, ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE PROPOSED THAT THE NEXT TOPIC WE'RE GONNA FOCUS ON IS GONNA BE THIS.
AND THEN WE CAN MAKE A CONSENSUS WHETHER THAT'S STILL THE FOCUS OR DID SOMETHING COME UP THAT NEEDS TO TAKE PRIORITY PLUS, HEY, THESE ARE NEW THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN RECOMMENDED BY A COMMISSIONER.
ARE WE ALL IN CONSENSUS AS IT MAKES SENSE? DOES IT FIT OR NO? THAT THAT'S NOT REALLY WITHIN OUR PURVIEW? YES.
I'M GLAD YOU ADDED THAT LAST PART,
I'M GLAD YOU ADDED THAT LAST PART ABOUT IT BEING WITHIN YOUR PURVIEW.
I'M, I'M VERY CONSCIENTIOUS OF OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE SUPPORT THE COMMISSION IN MEETING ITS PURPOSE.
AND SO TO, FOR THE STAFF TO HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THE AGENDA TOPICS RELATE TO THE DELIVERABLES THAT THE PUBLIC HEALTH COMMITTEE IS LOOKING FOR THIS COMMISSION TO BRING FORWARD.
SO IF YOU, WHEN BRINGING THINGS UP, PLEASE KEEP THAT IN MIND AND PERHAPS IF THERE'S, UH, A CONVERSATION ABOUT THE STRATEGY TO CREATE A FRAMEWORK AND THEN PLUG IN TOPICS IN THAT, IN THAT MANNER.
UM, I DO HAVE SOMETHING I WANTED TO SAY.
UM, I THINK RIGHT NOW WE, WE KIND OF HAVE A LIST.
I THINK IT PROBABLY WOULDN'T HURT, UM, IF WE MAYBE HAD US LIKE A CALENDAR, IT WOULD BE NICE IF WE HAD LIKE A, UH, A CALENDAR AND, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE THINK THEY'RE ALL IMPORTANT, BUT SOMETIMES DURING SPECIFIC TIMES OF YEAR, UM, IT WOULD BE A BETTER TIME THAN OTHERS TO DISCUSS THOSE.
JUST KIND OF GIVEN A LOT OF, UH, THINGS, ESPECIALLY IF IT'S LIKE AN AWARENESS MONTH OR SOMETHING SPECIAL, OR IF WE'RE DEALING WITH A COUNCIL CYCLE.
UM, IF WE COULD POSSIBLY, UM, GET THIS LIKE IN A CALENDAR AND THEN THAT WAY WE'VE KINDA HAD THAT SET OUT AND KIND OF PLANNED OUT FOR THE YEAR.
AND THEN WHEN YOU'RE CALLING FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS, WE CAN MAKE CHANGES, UM, AS NEEDED OR, OR AS
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WE MAY WANT.BUT I THINK LIKE IT ALSO HELPS US FOR PLANNING PURPOSES, UM, ESPECIALLY WITH LIKE SCHEDULING PEOPLE, UM, AND GIVING THEM ENOUGH TIME, UM, TO, TO BE PREPARED, UH, TO PRESENT TO US.
IT'S A TECHNIQUE WE USE IN ANOTHER COMMISSION, AND I THINK IT MIGHT BE REALLY HELPFUL HERE.
I DON'T DISAGREE, UH, WITH THAT, I THINK GETTING THAT RACK AND STACK OF KIND OF THE AREAS OF PRIORITY AMONGST US AS A, AS A GROUP COULD THEN HELP LEAD INTO THAT.
SO WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE GOING IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE OR PRIORITY, UH, FOR, FOR THE COMMISSION.
UM, MOST OF THESE, IF I'M LOOKING AT THIS LIST, ARE STILL PRESENTATIONS.
UM, SO I THINK WE CAN JUST KIND OF RACK AND STACK THAT AS FAR AS PRIORITY OR PRESENTATIONS.
UH, MY PERSONAL RECOMMENDATION ON PRESENTATIONS IF WE'RE GETTING INTO TOPICS NOW, WOULD BE THE CHA CHIP AND THE 2022 COMMUNITY HEALTH ASSESSMENT.
THAT WOULD JUST BE MY RECOMMENDATION.
UM, BECAUSE THAT GIVES US THE ACTUALS OF WHAT THE STATE IS, OF THE COMMUNITY WHERE, AND SO FORTH, AS WELL AS WHERE THERE ARE RESOURCES AND THERE'S NOT RESOURCES, UM, FOR A TOPIC.
UM, THAT, THAT I WOULD RECOMMEND AND DEFINITELY GONNA OPEN IT UP FOR ANYBODY ELSE TO, TO PROPOSE THEIRS WOULD BE THE LAST ONE.
WE'RE COMING UP TO INCLEMENT WEATHER, AND I KNOW THAT HAS BEEN A YEAR OVER YEAR ONGOING CONCERN AND ISSUE AND HOW CAN WE, STUFF LIKE LOOKING AT, UH, HOW ARE, UH, COLD WEATHER CENTERS ACTIVATED, HOW'S THE NOTIFICATION PROCESS GOING OUT, YOU KNOW, UH, WHO'S ON CALL? THOSE TYPES OF THINGS WITH, WITH THE, UH, THE HOLIDAYS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER.
UM, TO ME THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE, UH, UH, SOMETHING OF, OF POTENTIAL INTEREST.
SO THOSE WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATIONS.
I DON'T KNOW IF, UM, I'M OPENING UP THE FLOOR TO ANYBODY ELSE THAT MAY HAVE SOMETHING.
UM, ONE IS THAT, DON'T DISAGREE WITH WHAT YOU JUST SAID AT ALL, BUT THE, THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH INTEGRAL HEALTH PRESENTATION SEEMS LIKE A CORNERSTONE ALSO, SINCE EVERYTHING WE TALK ABOUT RELATES TO NO, THAT'S NOT PROBABLY FAIR.
BUT, YOU KNOW, MANY THINGS RELATE TO BEHAVIORAL HEALTH FROM HOMELESSNESS TO JAILS TO, TO THE WHOLE SPECTRUM OF, OF THAT.
I, I, THAT'S PROBABLY, I'M OVER GENERALIZING, BUT, BUT ANYWAY, THAT, THAT'S OUT THERE.
THE OTHER THING THAT, UM, I WAS JUST GONNA MENTION AS WE THINK ABOUT IT, WAS TRYING TO CROSSWALK WHAT WE'RE ASKED TO DO.
AND I'M ALL OF A SUDDEN LOOKING AT THE, THE NEXT TO LAST OR SO PAGE AND, UM, IN TAB SEVEN, WHICH IS THE, THE, ALL OF THE NOW THEREFORES OF THE, OR ALL OF THE WAREHOUSES OF THE ACTUAL RESOLUTION.
AND YOU GET TO THE, TO THE NOW, THEREFORE, AND IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE SEVEN THINGS I THINK WE'RE ASKED TO DO.
AND I WONDERED IF, UM, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF TIMES IN MEETINGS I'M IN WITH ORGANIZATIONS THAT I'M INVOLVED WITH, THERE'S A MOMENT AT THE BEGINNING WHERE WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, CONNECT TO PURPOSE OR LOOKING, ASKING WHAT, WHAT ARE WE HERE AND WHY ARE WE HERE? AND REMINDING OURSELVES EVERY TIME A MEETING WHAT, WHAT THAT IS.
I'M NOT SURE THIS IS THE KNOWING, THIS IS THE LIST THAT'S IN THE, THE, THE, THE, THE RESOLUTION.
SO THIS WOULD BE THE LIST THAT WOULD BE OUR, OUR DEFINITIVE REFERENCE POINT.
BUT I'M JUST WONDERING HOW WE, IF IF THERE'S A, AN OVERARCHING, YOU KNOW, UM, THEME THAT WE SHOULD BE WONDERING ABOUT, WHICH IS TO SAY THESE SEVEN THINGS AND MAPPING THEM TO THESE KINDS OF, UM, YOU KNOW, PROGRAMS TO WONDER IF WE'RE CHECKING THE BOXES ON ALL OF THOSE AS WE PROGRESS THROUGH A YEAR.
AND, AND THE CONCLUSION OF ALL THAT IS THAT WE NEED FIVE HOUR MEETINGS EVERY WEEK.
BUT, BUT HAVING SAID THAT, UM, IT PROBABLY IS NOT POSSIBLE, BUT THERE IS A, A LARGE VOLUME OF THINGS THAT WE SHOULD BE WORKING ON, I THINK.
SO, YOU KNOW, YEAH, I THINK THE CALENDAR WOULD HELP WITH THAT.
UM, I THINK THAT WHEN WE DO THAT CALENDAR, IT NEEDS TO PROBABLY HAVE SOMETHING ON THE SIDE, HOW I'M ENVISIONING THIS AS A DOCUMENT.
MAYBE AN EXCEL SPREAD IS DEFINITELY ENVISIONING, YOU KNOW, WITH THESE TOPICS, KIND OF LIKE ON THE SIDE, LIKE WHAT BOX IT FITS INTO.
LIKE IS THIS REALLY WITHIN THE PURVIEW OF WHAT WE CAN AND CAN'T DO? AND I THINK THAT'LL DEFINITELY KEEP US ON TOPIC.
UM, IF MAYBE, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE'RE MAPPING OUT OUR CALENDAR TOPICS AND THEN KIND OF CHECKING OFF LIKE WHAT APPROPRIATE, UM, YOU KNOW, AREAS THEY FALL INTO.
SO LET'S DO THIS, LET'S PICK ONE TO TWO TOPICS THAT WE'LL START FOCUSING ON.
AND THEN IF, UM, THE TEAM CAN SEND OUT THIS ONE THROUGH SEVEN AS THE, UH, NORTH STAR, ALONG WITH THE REMAINING LIST OF THE AGENDA ITEMS, UH, TO THE COMMISSION, SO THAT WAY EVERYBODY CAN DO THEIR OWN INDIVIDUAL RACK AND STACK BASED OFF OF THE NORTH STAR.
UM, AND THEN, UH, THAT SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET US AT LEAST IT DOESN'T SLOW US DOWN, UM, FROM STARTING ANY, UH, WHAT WE HAVE A CONSENSUS OF.
UH, DEFINITELY IT MA IT MATCHES OUR INTENT.
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WE CAN GET STARTED NEXT MONTH, BUT THEN IT ALSO GIVES US TILL NEXT MONTH TO DO THE RACK AND STACK EVERYTHING ELSE AND TAKE A LOOK AT IT AND, UH, DISCUSS AND APPROVE IT AS WELL.AND THEN FROM THAT RACK AND STACK OF TOPICS, THEN FLESH IT OUT TO A CALENDAR SCHEDULE, ANY, ANY DISAGREEMENT WITH, WITH THAT KIND OF PROPOSAL THERE.
ARE YOU SAYING THAT IT WOULD TAKE US TILL NEXT MONTH FOR US TO CHOOSE THE MOST IMPORTANT TOPICS AND THEN PRETTY MUCH WORK ON THEM IN DECEMBER? NO, NO, NO.
WE'LL PICK, WE'LL PICK AT LEAST ONE OR TWO CRUCIAL TOPICS RIGHT TODAY AND WE'LL START THAT NEXT MONTH.
BUT THE RACK AND STACK OF ALL THE OTHER ONES, WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL FLESH THAT OUT.
UM, WE'LL VOTE ON IT NEXT MONTH.
SO YOU WOULD HAVE BETWEEN NOW IN TWO WEEKS TO SEND IN YOUR RACK AND STACK OF THE REMAINING AGENDA ITEMS, UM, THAT WE HAVEN'T MADE A DETERMINATION ON TODAY TO START NEXT MONTH.
I'M GONNA PROBABLY RECOMMEND THAT MAYBE WE GET SOME KIND OF TEMPLATE FROM THAT, UM, FROM OUR, UH, SUPPORT OFFICE BECAUSE I DO KIND OF SEEK SOME CONFUSED LOOKS, SOME PEOPLE'S FACES,
AND SO MAYBE IF WE ALREADY HAVE A TEMPLATE OUT FOR THAT, IT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL, UM, WITH HELPING PEOPLE KIND OF GO THROUGH AND MAKE THAT DECISION.
I CAN PROBABLY SEND OVER SOMETHING, UH, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL, BUT I THINK THAT'S BETTER THAN PROBABLY HAVING THAT WORDED OUT IN EMAIL OR PEOPLE VISUALIZING MM-HMM,
YOU'RE GONNA SAY SOMETHING JUST TO OFFER FOR THE THANK YOU CHAIR, UH, JUST TO OFFER FOR THE COMMISSIONERS, UH, CONSIDERATION AS YOU'RE CREATING THE RACK AND STACK TO THE CO-CHAIRS, UH, POINT, THERE'S WORK THAT COULD BE DONE OUTSIDE OF THE MEETINGS.
AND SO IF YOU WANTED TO START FORMING WORKING GROUPS, WE CAN GIVE YOU INFORMATION ABOUT THAT PROCESS.
UM, I KNOW THE AFRICAN AMERICAN RESOURCE ADVISORY COMMISSION, FOR EXAMPLE, HAS A MENTAL HEALTH GROUP AND THEY WORK SPECIFICALLY ON THOSE ISSUES OF MENTAL HEALTH, UH, IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY.
SO, SO DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION FOR A PRIORITY TOPIC? UM, OTHER THAN INCLEMENT WEATHER? UH, I SEE CHALK CHIP ON THERE AND, UM, I DON'T KNOW HOW FAR I CAN GO WITH THIS BECAUSE OF MY RELATIONSHIP, BUT THERE IS AN HIV NEEDS ASSESSMENT AND I THINK, UM, THERE'S AN HIV PLANNING COUNCIL, UM, COMMITTEE BOARDS AND COMMISSION THAT YOU GUYS SHOULD PROBABLY BE AWARE OF.
AND, UM, DECEMBER 1ST IS ISRAEL AIDS DAY, SO THEY SHOULD PROBABLY, UM, SOMETIME BETWEEN DECEMBER OR WHENEVER YOU HAVE THE SHIP PERSON COME, YOU PROBABLY WANNA HAVE SOMEONE COME FROM OVER THERE JUST SO YOU CAN KIND OF KNOW AND SEE THE WORK IT IS THAT THEY DO.
SO WOULD YOU PROBABLY CONSIDER THAT MAYBE RIGHT NOW MORE OF A PRESENTATION THAN A PARTICULAR TOPIC TO START, UM, FOCUSING IN ON? UM, I WOULD SAY GIVEN THAT WORLD AIDS IS COMING UP, IT, IT MIGHT BE A GOOD IDEA TO DO IT, UM, IN DECEMBER, BUT IF NOT, UM, I DEFINITELY THINK EMERGENCY, UM, OPERATIONS AS FAR AS COLD WEATHER CONCERNED IS A MAJOR, UH, IS A, IS A REALLY IMPORTANT TOPIC.
UM, JUST FROM A REFERENCE, UM, CHA CHIP IS ON YOUR AGENDA FOR NEXT MONTH.
SO IT IS ON OUR, UH, PRESENTATION FOR NEXT MONTH CHILD CHIP.
SO CAN YOU JUST PASS ALONG THAT NOTE THAT THAT'S GONNA BE AN AREA OR A TOPIC OF CONVERSATION? THE HIV ASPECT FROM, UH, ONE OF THE COMMISSIONERS.
ALRIGHT, SO IT SOUNDS LIKE EVERYBODY'S IN AGREEMENT FOR INCLEMENT WEATHER, SO, UH, AGENCIES THAT, THAT WOULD INVOLVE WOULD BE AWESOME.
PUBLIC, WELL, PRETTY MUCH ALMOST ALL Y'ALL, RIGHT? UH, SO WHAT, WHAT QUESTIONS OR INFORMATION FROM THE COMMISSION, UH, WOULD YOU ALL LIKE TO RECEIVE FROM THE AGENCIES REGARDING THIS PARTICULAR TOPIC? CHAIR, VICE CHAIR, UH, YOU KNOW, UM, LIKE ALL THESE, IT'S GREAT TO HAVE PERSPECTIVE.
SO IT'S FIRST AND FOREMOST THE SCOPE OF THE PROBLEM, YOU KNOW, UM, HOW WE'VE TAKEN CARE OF THESE ISSUES IN THE PAST.
MOSTLY JUST AS, AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, JUST SORT OF TRYING TO UNDERSTAND, LIKE GIVE US THE BIG PICTURE AND, UM, A LOT OF TIMES I, I'M LOST IN THE DETAIL BEFORE I CAN UNDERSTAND LIKE, WHAT IS THE BIG PICTURE WE'RE TRYING TO SERVE 10,000 PEOPLE, 50,000, 5,000, 130, WHAT PARTS OF THE LOCATION, WHAT'S THE GEOGRAPHICS OF IT? AND JUST KIND OF ALL THAT SORT OF INTRODUCTORY STUFF, WHICH WE DON'T HAVE ACCESS PROBABLY TO THE STUFF THE CITY FOLKS HAVE AND THE COUNTY FOLKS HAVE THAT WOULD BE, THEY KNOW, YOU KNOW, ALL THAT, SOME OF YOU.
AND, AND SO HELPING US UNDERSTAND THAT, I'M GONNA COME BACK TO THAT POINT IN A SECOND, BUT MAKING SURE WE HAVE A GOOD OVERVIEW.
UM, BEFORE WE DIVE IN, IT'D BE HELPFUL.
I'M SORRY IF IT'S AT LEAST, I THOUGHT YOU HAD YOUR HAND RAISED UP.
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I HAVE A QUESTION.WHO'S ON THE LIST? IT'S APH AND WHO, IT'S PRETTY MUCH, IT'S GONNA BE ALL THE AGENCIES, CENTRAL HEALTH, UH, UH, DR.
WA, UM, APH AND, UH, TEXAS HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION.
I'M GONNA SAY, DON'T FORGET AUSTIN ENERGY, THAT'S A HUGE, UM, I KNOW THAT THAT IS, UM, YOU DON'T TRADITIONALLY THINK OF THEM AS A PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY, BUT FOR THIS TYPE OF EMERGENCY RESPONSE, THEY ARE REALLY IMPORTANT AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO PROBABLY HAVE THEM IN THE CONVERSATION SO PEOPLE CAN, TO DIFFERENTIATE WHAT GOES TO APH AND WHAT IS IN THE PURVIEW OF AUSTIN ENERGY.
UH, 'CAUSE PEOPLE DO GET CONFUSED, UM, IN EMERGENCY SITUATIONS.
THEY WORK TOGETHER OF WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT, ESPECIALLY GIVEN LIKE THE LAST, THE SNOWSTORM AND, AND EVERYTHING.
DIRECTOR STEWART, SO JUST FOR CLARITY, THE OFFICE OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS WHO COORDINATES ALL OF THE PARTICIPATING AGENCIES AND INCLEMENT, WHETHER RESPONDS.
SO IS IT SUFFICIENT TO THE COMMISSIONERS THAT WE WOULD HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE FROM HESSAM COME AND SPEAK TO THE OVERALL PLAN? AND THEN IF THERE'S QUESTIONS ABOUT SPECIFIC AGENCY ROLES, WE CAN FOCUS ON THAT AFTERWARDS? THAT'S THE FIRST PART OF MY QUESTION.
AND THEN THE, THE SECOND PART IS PROBABLY THE, DO YOU WANT A SEPARATE PRESENTATION FOR COLD WEATHER RESPONSE FOR EX UH, PERSONS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS? JUST, OR EVERYTHING TOGETHER? 'CAUSE IF YOU WANT THOSE TWO THINGS, IT WOULD BE SSO AND APH RUNNING POINT.
RIGHT? KIND OF WHAT'S THE DIFFERENTIATING FACTOR BETWEEN, UH, COLD AND HEAT WEATHER BETWEEN COLD AND HEAT? YEAH, I, I WOULD THINK THAT TEMPERATURE, I MEAN, YEAH, THAT, BUT I MEAN, I WOULD THINK THE ACTIVATION, THE NOTIFICATIONS, ALL THAT PROCESSES, THOSE WOULD ALL BE RELATIVELY THE SAME VERSUS THE ACTUAL ITEMS THAT ARE HANDED OUT.
UH, SO HE, SOME HOMELAND SECURITY AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT WOULD PROBABLY BE THE, THE BEST REPRESENTATIVE OF THOSE ACTIVITIES FOR THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.
YEAH, BECAUSE I, I MEAN, IT WOULD JUST BE MY RECOMMENDATION FIRST, THE, WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE FROM AN ACTIVATION, AN INFORMATION, UH, A COORDINATION STANDPOINT, AND THEN DWINDLE DOWN FROM THERE DOWN TO WHAT IS ACTUALLY BEING PROVIDED AND HOW IT'S BEING PROVIDED AND HOW IT'S BEING FUNDED FOR CAPACITY.
ANY, ANY OPPOSITION ON THAT? NO, BUT I THINK THAT THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO COVER IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR OTHER SHELTERS, FOR EXAMPLE, DE VALLEY NEEDS ONE AND THERE IS A BUS ROUTE.
SO I THINK, UM, I AGREE WITH YOU IN THE SENSE THAT WE NEED TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT ARE THOSE POINTS THAT GET ACTIVATED, BUT ALSO IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE OTHER AGENCIES WHILE THERE IS, UM, AN OPPORTUNITY FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, MENTAL HEALTH, AND EVEN ADDITIONAL RESOURCES WHILE THE UNHOUSED OR EVEN THE HOUSE THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE COMING IN FOR WHATEVER REASON FOR US, OTHER AGENCIES BE ABLE TO PROVIDE RESOURCES BECAUSE WHEN THEY LEAVE THE SHELTER, 'CAUSE A LOT OF SHELTERS ARE JUST FOR THE DAY OR THE NIGHT THAT WHEN THEY'RE LEAVING AT LEAST THEY CAN GO MAYBE SOMEWHERE TO GET A HOT MEAL OR THEY NEED TO GO BUY GROCERIES AFTER THE REFRIGERATOR WENT DOWN, ELECTRICITY WENT DOWN.
UM, JUST TO BE, HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY THAT NOT ONLY HAVE THESE SHELTERS IN PLACE KNOW THE PROCESS AND THEN THE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES FOR OTHER AGENCIES TO COME IN AND BE ABLE TO FILL THOSE GAPS.
AND I THINK THAT WOULD BE PART OF THAT SECOND PART, ONCE WE KNOW WHERE THEY'RE AT AND THINGS ARE ACTIVATED AND PEOPLE ARE INFORMED WHAT ARE ACTUALLY, WHAT SURFACES ARE ACTUALLY BEING PROVIDED AND THEN HOW TO BE ABLE TO INCREASE THAT BANDWIDTH.
PI HAD HER HAND, OH, GO AHEAD, PILAR.
UH, YEAH, I REALLY LIKE THE IDEA OF PROVIDING THE SPEAKERS, YOUR, THOSE COMMENTS IN ADVANCE, THOSE QUESTIONS SO THAT THEY CAN, UM, BE PREPARED BECAUSE THEY DO, THEY CAN PROVIDE ANSWERS ON, YOU KNOW, WHETHER THERE IS A DELL VALLEY SHELTER AND, UM, THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ASPECT AS WELL.
SO, UM, I I THINK THAT'S GREAT THAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR A LIST OF QUESTIONS TO ADDRESS DURING THE PRESENTATION.
AND I HONESTLY WANNA MAKE SURE WE KEEP OUR QUESTIONS FOR THE SAKE OF OUR TIME AND FOR EFFICIENCY THAT WE KEEP OUR QUESTIONS IN LINE WITH THE SEVEN AREAS THAT FIT US.
QUESTIONS IN ADVANCE, COULD YOU WEEDED OUT AND PRIORITIZE THE ONES THAT FALL INTO, UH, THE PUR OUR PURVIEW? ABSOLUTELY.
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QUESTIONS? GO AHEAD.SO ARE WE COLLECTING OUR QUESTIONS AHEAD OF TIME TO WHO, LIKE HOW WE'RE GONNA PROPOSE THEM AS THE COMMISSION? YES.
SO, SO WE'RE GATHERING THEM RIGHT NOW AND THEN YOU'LL STILL HAVE THE TWO WEEKS.
YOU'LL STILL HAVE THE TWO WEEKS TO SEND, SEND 'EM IN.
AND THEN WHEN I HAVE THE, THE FOLLOW UP MEETING OVER THE AGENDA REVIEW BEFORE IT GETS SUBMITTED, WE'LL MOST LIKELY GO OVER THOSE QUESTIONS AND KIND OF FIGURE OUT WHICH ONES KIND OF COINCIDE WITH EACH OTHER AND THEN WHICH ONES PROBABLY DON'T NECESSARILY ALIGN WITH THE SEVEN, UH, THINGS ON THE RESOLUTION.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE ADDING A QUESTION IN REGARDS TO THEIR MITIGATION PLANS AND WHAT BARRIERS THEY'RE CURRENTLY HITTING, UM, SO THAT WE CAN POTENTIALLY PLAN FOR WITH THEM, NOT FOR THEM, WITH THEM, UM, AND WHAT POLICIES THEY HAVE IN PLACE.
WHETHER IT'S LIKE SOME SORT OF COMMUNICATION LIKE COMMISSIONER LUJAN MENTIONED, OR IS IT THERE'S, THERE IS A, A, A BARRIER OF COMPLETION ONCE THEY DO LEAVE OR YEAH.
JUST HAVING SOME MORE UNDERSTANDING OF LIKE THEIR FRAMEWORK AND WHERE THEIR GAPS ARE SO THAT WE CAN MAYBE MAKE SOME SUGGESTIONS.
CAN WE SUGGEST THAT YOU WRITE YOUR SPECIFIC QUESTIONS OUT AND EMAIL 'EM TO US SO THAT WE ARE CLEAR AS WE GATHER THEM, THAT WE HAVE YOUR SPECIFIC IDEA AND INTENT OF YOUR MESSAGING SO THAT WE CAN, UM, PUT THEM TOGETHER FOR YOU? OKAY.
IT, I THINK THAT COVERED
UM, I WAS GONNA ASK LIKE HOW DO WE FORM THE QUESTIONS? MM-HMM.
YOU KNOW, UM, I'LL JUST MAKE THE GENERAL COMMENT THAT, UM, I MEAN THIS MAY BE THIS JUST THE PROCESS THAT HAS TO BE, IT WOULD BE HARD TO COME UP WITH THE BEST QUESTIONS NECESSARILY IN THE NEXT FIVE MINUTES AND THEN MAYBE OVER THE NEXT WEEK OR TWO HAVE SOME TIME TO THINK ABOUT IT.
IT'D BE NICE TO HAVE 30 MINUTES OR AN HOUR TO TALK ABOUT WHATEVER THIS TOPIC IS THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, WHETHER MITIGATION AND ALL THIS SO WE CAN REALLY MAKE SURE WE'RE ASKING THE QUESTIONS.
WHAT, I'M NOT SAYING IT TAKE AN HOUR, BUT I'M JUST SAYING RIGHT.
YOU KNOW, IT'S HARD ON THE COMMISSION TO HAVE THE TIME TO EVEN LIKE THE HOUSING TODAY MM-HMM.
WHAT ARE THE QUESTIONS WE'RE REALLY INTERESTED IN AND, AND WHAT'S THE SCOPE OF IT? AND THEY COME AND GIVE US A PRESENTATION AND THEN IT'S OVER AND, AND IT'S, IT'S JUST, IT'S ALL, UM, KIND OF MOVES QUICKLY AND, AND, UM, I'M JUST MAKING THE POINT I GUESS THAT REFLECTING ON WHAT THE RIGHT BEST QUESTIONS WOULD BE, WELL THAT'S WHY WE HAVE IS A CONCERN, YOU KNOW, AND WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE STILL FLUSHING THINGS OUT AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THIS ITERATIVE PROCESS.
ONE IS WHAT IS ACTUALLY HOT TOP OF MIND? GET IT OUT.
BECAUSE EVEN FROM HERE, WE DON'T WANNA DELAY THE TEAM REACHING OUT, SCHEDULING, GETTING THEM ON THE BOOKS AND BEING ABLE TO SAY, WE AT LEAST KNOW AT THIS MOMENT IN TIME THEY'RE GONNA BE LOOKING AND ASKING ABOUT THIS.
SO THEY CAN THEN START CREATING THOSE PRESENTATIONS AND THEN HAVE SUBSEQUENT QUESTIONS THAT COME UP AND SAY, THESE ARE SOME OTHER ADDITIONAL AREAS OF INTEREST.
I WAS THINKING, UM, I WANTED TO SAY THIS EARLIER THAT, YOU KNOW, I'D BE INTERESTED IN ANY KINDS OF BOOKS OR OTHER KINDS OF REFERENCES OR KNOWLEDGE OR SOMETHING A WEBSITE WOULD HAVE FROM, FROM THE STAFF OF EXPERIENCED PEOPLE WHO LIVE AND BREATHE THIS ALL THE TIME ON WHAT YOU THINK THAT WOULD BE GOOD FOR COMMISSIONERS TO READ.
AND THIS APPLIES TO EVERY SINGLE TOPIC WE TALK ABOUT.
AGAIN, I'M, I'M CONSTANTLY WONDERING WHAT I SHOULD KNOW AND WHAT I NEED TO KNOW.
YOU GUYS HAVE DEEP DOMAIN KNOWLEDGE ON WHAT WE DO HAVE AND KNOW, AND, UM, I THINK, YOU KNOW, PART OF THE COMMISSIONER'S ROLE THIS FIRST YEAR IS TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE DON'T KNOW.
WE DON'T KNOW, AND TO LEARN MORE.
AND YOU HAVE A LOT OF DEPTH OF KNOWLEDGE, BUT THOSE OF US WHO HAVE BEEN LESS MM-HMM.
SO I'M LOOKING FOR, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT BOOKS ON INCLEMENT WEATHER AND, AND, AND, AND THESE PROCESSES, WHO'S WRITING ABOUT THAT AND WHO CAN, WHO CAN TELL US ABOUT THAT OR TEACH US WHAT WE SHOULD ASK AND, AND THEN, UM, HELP US, YOU KNOW, BE BETTER CONSUMERS OF WHAT WE HEAR NEXT MONTH, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
IF WE OURSELVES HAVE RECOMMENDATIONS, CAN WE, WE CAN'T SEND THAT DIRECTLY TO EACH OTHER, CAN WE? WE HAVE TO SEND IT TO YEAH.
UH, BECAUSE THE HOMELAND SECURITY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICE DID HAVE AN AB DIRECTION REVIEW FROM THE PAST, UH, STORM BACK IN FEBRUARY AND THERE'S A LAUNDRY LIST OF ACTION ITEMS THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO TAKE CARE OF.
SO THAT COULD BE A DEFINITELY A GOOD EXACTLY.
AND I BELIEVE THEY'LL BE, BE PRESENTING TO COUNSEL SOON NEXT MONTH, I BELIEVE.
TO YOUR POINT, COMMISSIONER CROOKHAM THERE, THE AUDITOR ALSO DID A REPORT ON, UH, THE CITY'S INCLEMENT WEATHER RESPONSE.
SO IT HAS THE AUDITOR'S FINDINGS AND THE MANAGEMENT RESPONSES TO DATE.
AND SO WE CAN SEND THAT TO YOU FOR REVIEW AND THOSE TWO DOCUMENTS SHOULD HELP INFORM THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT WANT TO ASK.
JUST, SO THERE IS THE CITY OF AUSTIN, HOMELAND SECURITY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICE, BUT THERE'S ALSO THE TRAVIS COUNTY OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
DO WE WANT THEM BOTH HERE NEXT WEEK TO SPEAK BOTH
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ON AUSTIN AND TRAVIS COUNTY? THAT WOULD BE PREFERRED JUST TO BE GIVEN THE GEOGRAPHICAL FOOTPRINT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE COLLABORATING ON NEXT MONTH? MM-HMM.YEAH, SO KIND OF GOING BACK TO THE SCOPE OF THIS SUMMARY, IT JUST SAYS, INCLEMENT WEATHER HERE FOR NEXT MONTH, DO WE WANT COLD WEATHER? DO WE WANT ALL WEATHER? AND THAT'S WHY I WAS ASKING WHAT IS THE DIFFERENTIATING FACTOR BETWEEN RIGHT NOW ON THE HORIZON IS COLD WEATHER? SO I THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE THE PERTINENT THING.
THAT WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION, THE PERTINENT THING WE'RE FOCUSING ON.
BUT ALSO, I DON'T WANT TO DELAY A CONVERSATION ON HEAT IF THERE IS A 75% RELATIVE CROSSOVER.
UM, AND SO THAT'S WHY I WAS ASKING THAT QUESTION.
HOW MUCH DOES, HOW MUCH OF A DIFFERENTIATION IS THERE? BECAUSE IF MAJORITY OF THE ACTIVATION MESSAGING CONTACTS, POINT OF CONTACTS AND SO FORTH ARE THE SAME, THEN I'D RATHER GO AHEAD AND KNOCK THAT STUFF OUT BECAUSE WE'RE ALREADY GONNA TALK ABOUT IT.
AND THEN WE CAN ALWAYS COME BACK TO THE SUMMER STUFF, UH, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE BIT LATER.
SO WE'LL FIGURE THAT OUT NEXT MONTH WHEN WE'RE TALKING TO THEM, PROBABLY WHEN WE GET THE OVERVIEW, THE OVERLAY OF HOW EVERYTHING IS OPERATING AND SO FORTH.
SO I WOULD PROBABLY JUST SAY IN, IN A SENSE RIGHT NOW, INCLEMENT WEATHER, PRIORITY OF FOCUS IS WINTER AND WHERE, UH, CERTAIN ASPECTS OF SUMMER SUPPORT, UH, COINCIDE.
UM, ANY ADDITIONAL THOUGHTS, REMARKS? ALL RIGHT.
YOU WANNA SAY SOMETHING? OH, OKAY.
UM, SO DO I HAVE A MOTION THAT, UH, NEXT MONTH'S TOPIC WILL BE INCLEMENT WEATHER WITH A FOCUS ON WINTER, UM, FROM THE AGENCIES, UH, WITH THE TWO INVITES.
UM, AND THAT WE WILL ALSO, WELL IT'S ALREADY ON THE AGENDA, A PRESENTATION FROM CHILD CHIP.
DO I HAVE A MOTION, UH, FOR THAT? FOR THAT? SO MOVED.
SO YEAH, THERE'S NO ACTION FOR IT.
IT'S JUST DISCUSSION AND YOU'RE DECIDED.
DIDN'T THEY SAY YOU LIKE DOING THAT? I LIKE DOING IT, YOU KNOW.
UM, AND THEN WE'LL FLESH OUT AND HOPEFULLY HAVE SOMETHING TO YOU ALL, UH, HOPEFULLY BY A WEEK FROM NOW ON THE PROCESS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AGENDA ITEMS ALONG WITH THOSE SEVEN, UH, POINTS FROM THE RESOLUTION AS THE NORTH STAR.
[5. Discuss the list of offsite requirements for Boards and Commission meetings.]
ON TO DISCUSSION.FOR THE LIST OF OFFSITE REQUIREMENTS FOR BOARD AND COMMISSION MEETINGS, UH, YOU SHOULD SEE THIS DOCUMENT, UH, IN THE PACKET THAT HAS A LIST OF REQUIREMENTS FOR, UH, SITES AS WELL AS, UM, INTEREST OF THINGS TO BE, BE ABLE TO HAVE ON SITE.
THE GOAL HERE IS TO GET A CONSENSUS ON, ON THIS LIST.
SO THEN THAT WAY WE HAVE IT APPROVED IT, AGAIN, IT IS A PART OF THE COMMISSION PROCESS OF IF ANY COMMISSIONER HAPPENS TO WANT TO DO SOMETHING OFFSITE, THEY KNOW THEY HAVE TO GO TO THIS LIST AND BASICALLY CHECK OFF ALL THE, ALL THE AREAS THAT ARE PRETTY, PRETTY MUCH CRITICAL SLASH MANDATORY TO ENHANCING SLASH UH, PREFERRED.
RIGHT? UM, AND THEN FROM THERE, UH, WOULD ENGAGE WITH THE TEAM TO BE ABLE TO THEN COORDINATE A DATE THAT WORKS OFF OF THE APPROVED CALENDAR LIST AS WELL AS THE, THE, THE FACILITY THAT IS BEING RECOMMENDED.
SO THIS WOULD JUST BE BASICALLY, HEY, HERE YOU GO.
YOU NEED TO FIND A PLACE THAT MATCHES UP TO THIS.
AND THEN WE HAVE TO THEN FIND A TIME ON THE CALENDAR THAT THAT FACILITY IS AVAILABLE THAT SUPPORTS THE TIME AND THE DATE ON THE CALENDAR.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? YOU COULD HAVE A QUESTION.
ALRIGHT, QUESTIONS TO THE MOTION? YES, SIR.
I'M HOPING THAT YEAR TWO I'LL BE, UH, UM, I'M LOOKING AT THE PAGE IN THE BOTTOM SAYS, TRAVIS COUNTY INTEREST FOR POSSIBLE ALTERNATE MEETING SITE INCLUDE, I DON'T GET WHAT THIS IS EVEN TALKING ABOUT.
ARE WE SAYING IF WE'RE GONNA MEET IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN, WE'VE GOT ONE THING AND OUTSIDE WE'VE GOTTA DO SOMETHING ELSE, WHICH INCLUDES PROVIDING MEALS.
SO I, I'M ONLY GONNA MENTION IT, UM, FROM THE PERSPECTIVE THAT WAS GIVEN WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS INITIALLY, WAS THAT IF YOU DO DECIDE TO HAVE A MEETING OFFSITE, THERE WOULD BE A REQUEST, RIGHT? THE VOLUME GO OUT OR IT DIDN'T JUST GET QUIET.
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I WAS TRYING NOT TO BE RIGHT ON THE MIC.BUT ANYWAY, UM, I THINK, CAN YOU STILL HEAR, CAN YOU HEAR ME? UM, JUST WEA UH, COMMISSIONER KELLOGG.
I'M GONNA SEND A MESSAGE OVER TO DANIELLA.
I DON'T, CAN YOU HEAR ME? CAN WE CAN HEAR.
CAN YOU HEAR ME? CAN YOU HEAR ME? NO.
HEAR SOMEONE ME CAN HEAR MOST OF Y'ALL.
UM, YEAH, THAT'S REALLY INTERESTING.
OKAY, SO BASICALLY WAS, I THINK WE'RE GONNA HEAR YOU NOW.
THERE WAS, THERE WAS CONVERSATION ABOUT MEETING OFFSITE, UM, TO, AND TO ALLOW THE COMMUNITY TO BE AVAILABLE.
NO, THEY'RE TALKING, I THINK THEY'RE TALKING.
LET ME, UH, SHOOT A MESSAGE OVER TO THEM.
YOU KNOW WHAT, YOU KNOW WHAT SHE'S GONNA YOU'RE RIGHT.
IF THAT'S THE CASE, THEN WE GONNA LET GOD SPEAK
UM, WAS THAT IF WE DID HAVE A MEETING OFFSITE, THAT THE ENTRANCE WOULD BE TO HAVE, UM, FACILITIES THAT WOULD ACCOMMODATE THESE ADDITIONAL, UM, THINGS TO INCLUDE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT.
AND SO THERE WAS FURTHER DISCUSSION AND I THINK WE, WE HAD A FOLLOW UP.
UM, WE HAD, THEY'RE TRYING TO FIGURE IT OUT.
THEY'RE TRYING TO FIGURE IT OUT.
YEAH, NO ONE CAN HEAR YOU FROM THIS SIDE.
CAN YOU ALL HEAR US NOW? YES, WE CAN NOW.
CAN, CAN YOU HEAR, CAN YOU HEAR ME? CAN YOU HEAR JUANITA? IS IT IS GREEN? BARELY.
CAN YOU HEAR ME FROM THIS MIC? OKAY, MIC THREE IS DEAD.
UM, SO BASICALLY THE CONVERSATION, UM, STEMMED FROM HAVING THE MEETING AT AN ALTERNATE LOCATION THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR THE COMMUNITY TO BE INVOLVED OR, OR TO COME TO THE MEETING OUTSIDE OF YOUR NORMAL HOURS.
AND SO THOSE WERE SOME, UM, POINTS THAT WERE MENTIONED, UM, ON BEHALF OF THE TRAVIS COUNTY STAFF THAT WAS REPRESENTATIVE HERE.
UM, AND SO WE DO HAVE, WE HAD FURTHER CONVERSATION ABOUT THE INTENT OF THE MEETING.
IF YOU'RE JUST HOLDING YOUR REGULAR, UM, COMMISSION MEETING WHERE YOU'RE DOING BUSINESS AS AS NORMAL, UM, THOSE ITEMS WE DID NOT BELIEVE WOULD FIT INTO THE PURVIEW OF HOW YOU FUNCTION BECAUSE WE DON'T PROVIDE DAY SERVICES OR BABY CARE OR FOOD DURING YOUR NORMAL COMMISSION MEETINGS.
BUT THOSE WERE INTERESTS THAT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU SAW.
UM, THAT CAME FROM TRA TRAVIS COUNTY STAFF.
SO THAT'S NOT WHAT, SO YOU ASKED FOR MOTION, WE'RE GETTING READY TO APPROACH SOMETHING AND ARE WE SAYING WE ACCEPT THESE, THAT TRAVIS COUNTY STAFF WOULD LIKE THESE THINGS OR NO? SO, UH, SO MOTION IS TO MAKE SURE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS ACTUALLY GONNA BE DISCUSSED.
SO WE DON'T START TALKING ABOUT IT.
NOBODY WANTS TO MOTION IT, RIGHT? SO THAT'S THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF MOTIONING HAVING A SECOND TO SAY, WE ARE, WE DO WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS.
AND THEN THAT, THAT'S WHY, WHY WE DO KEEP WITH THIS IS JUST A DISCUSSION, RIGHT? AND SO THAT'S WHY WE SAY QUESTIONS TO THE MOTION, RIGHT? UM, AND THEN THE SECOND WOULD BE LIKE IF YOU WANTED TO HAVE ANY CHANGES.
SO EVEN THOUGH THIS IS PART OF DISCUSSION, RIGHT? AND NOT MAKING ANY ACTIONS YET, UM, IT'S, IT'S BASICALLY WHAT CHANGES AND STUFF DO YOU WANT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE HAPPEN, RIGHT? SO WOULD I GIVE YOU AN AMENDMENT TO SAY WE WOULD WANNA DELETE EVERYTHING THAT STARTS AFTER TRAVIS COUNTY 'CAUSE WE'RE NOT INTERESTED IN DOING SOMETHING THAT REQUIRES US TO PROVIDE MEALS OR AGAIN, I'M JUST UN I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THE PURPOSE OF THE, OF THE, OF THAT THOSE FIVE ITEMS ARE OR DON'T MISS.
SO, SO IF I'M READING THIS CORRECTLY, IT'S SAYING THAT THERE'S, IT'S AN ALTERNATE MEETING.
IT IS NOT OUR BOARD AND COMMISSION TIME THAT WE ARE DOING IN THIS SPACE AND PLACE RIGHT NOW.
THIS IS AN ALTERNATE, ALTERNATE EXPERIENCE THAT WOULD BE HAPPENING SPECIFICALLY FOR THE COMMUNITY.
SPECIFICALLY FOR THE COMMUNITY, NOT FOR US TO MEET, IS TO DO OUR BUSINESS AS USUAL.
SO THEN ULTIMATELY WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS THIS IS TO SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY AND NOT TO SUPPORT US.
AND I THINK IF WE'RE SAYING WE'RE WE'RE A PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSION THAT WILL NOT BE SUPPORTING THE COMMUNITY THAT HAS AN EVENT TO CREATE LIKE FOR THEM IS SOMETHING WE SHOULD LOOK INTO.
WAL, I MEAN, SORRY,
I WAS GONNA ADD A LITTLE MORE CONTEXT.
I THINK THE CONVERSATION WAS CENTERED AROUND MAKING SURE THAT WE HAD MORE COMMUNITY
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INVOLVEMENT BECAUSE THE COMMISSION WAS CREATED TO REPRESENT THE INTERESTS OF THE COMMUNITY.AND THEN THAT CONVERSATION SPURRED OFF INTO IS THE TIME OF DAY CONVENIENT? IS THE LOCATION CONVENIENT? AND IF WE TRULY WANT COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT, THESE CONSIDERATIONS THAT WERE BROUGHT FORTH BY OUR COUNTY STAFF ARE SOMETHING TO, TO TAKE NOTE OF.
LIKE AFTER WORK, PROBABLY SOME FOOD, MAYBE SOME CHILDCARE IF WE, IF WE'RE GOING ALL THE WAY TO THE WALL WITH MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE ACCESSIBLE TO COMMUNITY.
SO JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT CONTEXT.
AND I THINK, I THINK, I DON'T MIND THOSE CONSIDERATIONS.
I'M JUST KIND OF WONDERING, DO WE HAVE A BUDGET? WHERE IS THAT, WHERE WOULD THAT COME FROM? BECAUSE I, IT'S NOT UNHEARD OF FOR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS TO DO THIS.
UH, SO YOU GUYS ARE CORRECT ON THAT.
I JUST, DO WE HAVE BUDGET FOR, THIS IS MY THING.
SO THEY WOULD PROBABLY HAVE TO GET ONE PROPOSED AND IT WOULD HAVE TO GET APPROVED.
BUT JUST FOR CLARITY, AGAIN, I, I WAS ASKED TO MAKE THE MOTION.
I THOUGHT I WAS MAKING A MOTION ON REQUIREMENTS THAT MUST BE MET TO CONSIDER POTENTIAL SITES FOR OFFSITE MEETINGS.
AND THAT WOULD BE ONE THROUGH SEVEN.
AND, AND I GUESS I'M, SHAME ON ME.
I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT WE WERE ALSO TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING ELSE, WHICH THIS SAYS TRAVIS COUNTY INTEREST FOR POSSIBLE ALTERNATE MEETING SITE.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S NOT SAYING A DIFFERENT TIME OF DAY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
'CAUSE IT SAYS UP HERE IT HAS TO BE THE SAME TIME OF DAY.
SO I'M, I'M JUST CONFUSED BY WHAT THIS IS.
WE WERE TALKING ABOUT HAVING AN ALTERNATE SITE MEETING AND WE SAID THAT ALTERNATE SITE MEETING WOULD HAVE TO HAVE THE SAME TIME OF DAY RECORDING EQUIPMENT, ADA LANGUAGE ONE THROUGH EIGHT THERE.
AND SO I'M JUST CONFUSED BY WHAT THE REST OF THIS IS AS IT RELATES TO WHAT IS IT REQUIRED TO HAVE AN ULTRASOUND MEETING.
IF WE HAVE ANOTHER MEETING, IT'S A COMMUNITY FOCUSED MEETING WHERE WE WANT TO HAVE AN OPEN CONVERSATION OR SOMETHING ELSE THAT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT A COMMISSION MEETING THEN THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
I DIDN'T THINK IN THIS MOTION.
SAME, SAME TIME OF DAY AS MEANING ONE MONTH.
IT CAN'T BE AT TWO NEXT MONTH, IT CAN'T BE AT FIVE NEXT MONTH, IT CAN BE AT EIGHT.
SO MAKING SURE THAT THE, THE DAY AND THE TIMES STAY CONSISTENT.
BUT WHAT OTHER COMMISSIONS HAVE DONE IS ROTATE THE LOCATIONS IN COMMUNITY TO KIND OF GET THAT, THAT ENGAGEMENT.
BUT TO NOT MAKE IT TOTALLY CRAZY AND FOR THE PUBLIC TO GET LOST DATE AND TIME SHOULD BE CONSISTENT BUT NOT NECESSARILY LOCATION.
I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO CONVEY WITH THIS LIST TOO.
AND THE PROVISION OF ALL THE THINGS UNDER TRAVIS COUNTY IS TO ALLOW FOR EQUITY.
AND SO HOW ABOUT WE JUST CHANGE ONE TO SAY STAY CONSISTENT VERSUS THE SAME.
YES, THAT FREES UP THAT KIND OF TERMINOLOGY CONFUSION POTENTIALLY.
UM, AND THEN, UM, I DON'T NECESSARILY KNOW IF, IF MAYBE I WANT JUST LIMIT IT TO ALTERNATE MEETING BECAUSE THERE MIGHT BE A MOMENT WHERE WE MIGHT NEED TO HAVE A COMMUNITY INTEREST EVENT OR SOMETHING.
UM, THOSE ARE THOSE OTHER TYPES OF MEETINGS.
IT'S NOT A TRADITIONAL, YOU KNOW, MEETING THAT WE'RE HAVING.
SO I THINK THINK THAT LANGUAGE KIND OF NEEDS TO BE IN THERE, THAT IT'S NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT ALTERNATE MEANING CONSIDERATIONS.
IT'S ALSO, YOU KNOW, TALKING ABOUT, UH, ESPECIALLY THAT THOSE EQUITY THINGS AT THE BOTTOM, UM, ANY TYPE OF COMMUNITY INTEREST TYPE OF EVENT AS WELL.
THE CONSIDERATIONS NEED TO, TO GO THERE TOO, ESPECIALLY FOR A COMMUNITY INTEREST EVENT.
SO, AND THEN WHERE IT SAYS THE FIRST LINE, THE FOLLOWING REQUIREMENTS MUST BE MET TO CONSIDER POTENTIAL SITES FOR OFFSITE MEETINGS.
AND THEN INSTEAD OF TRAVIS COUNTY INTEREST FOR POSSIBLE ALTERNATE MEETING SITES, WHAT ABOUT A TERMINOLOGIST MORE OF, UM, UH, COMMUNITY RESOURCES TO COORDINATE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? IT'S, IT IS, THAT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE, THESE ARE THINGS TO CONSIDER THAT ARE OF COMMUNITY FOCUS.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? I, I DON'T, I'M STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT DOES THAT PROVIDE CHILDCARE FOR ATTENDEES OR FOR THE STAFF OR, I'M JUST NOT SURE WHAT, HOW THIS RELATES.
WE CAN, I THINK WE NEED TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT THIS IS FOR ATTENDEES, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN.
SO IF WE COULD PROBABLY, UM, CLEAN UP THE LANGUAGE THERE.
I THINK, UH, IT WOULD BE MORE CLEAR WHAT IT IS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT EQUITY.
SO WHEN WE DO HAVE AN OFFSITE MEETING, IF ONE THROUGH EIGHT ARE ACHIEVED, THEN THINGS THAT WE'D WANNA ALSO BOLT ONTO THAT WOULD BE THOSE ITEMS ONE THROUGH FIVE.
JUST TO CLARIFY, I AM THE ONE WHO INITIALLY BROUGHT THIS SUBJECT UP AND IT'S DEFINITELY MORPHED INTO SOMETHING ELSE.
THIS WAS NEVER INTENDED TO BE OTHER MEETINGS.
MY INTENTION WAS TO IDENTIFY ANOTHER PLACE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT WOULD BE A, BE MORE ACCESSIBLE TO THE COMMUNITY FOR US TO HOLD OUR BOARD AND COMMISSION MEETING.
THIS ONE WE WOULD MEET GOT IT.
THIS WAS NOT FOR OTHER MEETINGS.
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I DO LIKE THE IDEA THAT WE HAVE CRITERIA FOR OTHER MEETINGS.BUT MY INTENTION OF BRINGING THIS UP AND IF IT'S CHANGED, THAT'S COOL.
BUT IT WAS JUST TO HOLD THIS MEETING ELSEWHERE.
SO ONE THROUGH EIGHT IS PRIMARILY ADDRESSING YOUR INITIAL PROPOSAL.
I BELIEVE THAT'S WHAT THEY SAID THE CLERK'S OFFICE REQUIRES.
SO THOSE ARE LEGALLY LEGAL REQUIREMENTS.
CAN I EXTEND THAT COMMENT JUST TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, WE MIGHT DECIDE TO GO MEET IN, IN THE, IN THE MAINOR HIGH SCHOOL SOMETIME BECAUSE THAT MAYBE COULD MEET ALL EIGHT OF THOSE AND WE WOULD SAY THAT'S GREAT, LET'S DO THAT.
THAT PEOPLE WANNA COME FROM MAINOR IN THE, THAT SECTION OF THE, THE, OF THE, YOU KNOW, THE CITY OR THE COUNTY, WHATEVER.
AND, AND IF IT, IF I, IF WE'RE ALSO DECIDING WE SHOULD PROVIDE FOOD, CHILDCARE AND AFTER HOURS AND ALL THIS OTHER STUFF, THAT'S GREAT TOO.
BUT I GUESS I HADN'T THOUGHT OF IT AS IS NOT WHAT WAS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, UM, NECESSARILY EITHER.
SO FOR FOR THE SAKE OF TIME, 'CAUSE WE'RE ALMOST AT OUR, AT OUR TIME.
SO JUST FOR CLARITY, BECAUSE YOU'RE THE ORIGINAL PROPOSAL FOR THIS ONE THROUGH EIGHT FOR ALTERNATE SITES, FOR OUR OFFICIAL MEETINGS, AND THIS IS WHAT HAS BEEN STIPULATED HAS TO BE PROVIDED, THAT IS EQUAL TO WHAT WE'RE CURRENTLY GETTING RIGHT NOW, UH, MEETING HERE.
AND SO I THINK THAT MATCHES, AND THEN I THINK JUST CHANGING THE VERBIAGE FOR THIS TRAVIS COUNTY INTEREST TO SOMETHING WHERE IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S JUST MORE OF A COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION TYPE OF A MEETING, UH, MORE OF A COMMUNITY, IT'S INTENDED TO BE A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT MEETING, THESE ARE OTHER THINGS THAT NEED TO BE, UH, INCLUDED, WOULD, WOULD, WOULD THAT MEET THE MODIFICATION OF YOUR ORIGINAL PROPOSAL THAT MEETS IT? AND I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY REASON TO EXCLUDE THESE FIVE ADDITIONAL ITEMS MM-HMM.
ACHIEVE THOSE RESULTS AS WELL.
ANYBODY ELSE HAS ANY ADDITIONAL MODIFICATIONS OR CHANGES? I, YEAH, I THINK IT'S MORE LIKE EQUITABLE CONSIDERATIONS FOR ALL MEETINGS.
I THINK IT'S LIKE A, YEAH, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
I THINK THAT'S, IT'LL BE PERFECT THEN.
AND LET ME BE CLEAR, SINCE I WAS ASKING, THAT SOUNDS FANTASTIC.
I JUST WASN'T CLEAR IN MY BRAIN WHAT THAT ALL MEANT.
I THINK THAT THESE FIVE ARE GREAT AND I THINK THAT IF WE ARE ABLE TO ACHIEVE THESE IN SOME CAPACITY, WE COULD MODEL IT FOR OTHER BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, OTHER MEETINGS THAT ARE GOING ON ACROSS THE COMMUNITY, PROVIDE CHILDCARE, PROVIDE MILLS.
IT'S, I THINK IF WE CAN BE THE MODEL THAT EQUITY MORE POWER TO US.
THEY ALREADY DO THAT
ANY, ANY LAST REMARKS ON THIS? THERE BEING NONE.
CAN Y'ALL, UH, MAKE THE MODIFICATIONS, REVISIONS AND WE HOPEFULLY CAN, UH, MOTION AND APPROVE AT THE NEXT MEETING? ALL RIGHT.
UH, WITH THAT BEING SAID, UH, WE ALREADY HAVE, UH, FOR ITEM SIX,
[6. Discuss and approve a revised and proposed list of topics for future meetings and to determine their priority.]
WE ALREADY MADE THE DISCUSSION OF HOW THOSE TOPICS WILL COME OUT.UM, SO YOU SHOULD BE RECEIVING AN EMAIL HOPEFULLY IN A WEEK FROM NOW BY A WEEK FROM NOW WITH THE REMAINDER OF THE LIST OF AGENDA ITEMS, WHAT THE NORTH STAR OF MAKING DECISIONS ARE, WITH SOME FURTHER GUIDANCE AND CLARITY OF WHAT NEEDS TO BE PROVIDED BACK TO THE TEAM.
SO NEXT MONTH WE CAN HOPEFULLY BE ABLE TO APPROVE WHAT THE CONSENSUS WAS ON ORDER OF PRIOR, UH, ORDER OF PRIORITY WITH THAT.
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ANY FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS NEED TO BE ADDED TO THE LIST FROM ANYBODY.I WOULD LIKE TO ADD, UM, FOOD ACCESS, FOOD INSECURITIES.
UM, AND THEN MAYBE, AND I'M NOT SURE HOW WE WOULD DO THIS, BUT RELATING IT BACK TO OUR, OUR SEVEN, UH, AREAS OF FOCUS, HOW WE ARE GOING TO MAYBE START CREATING OUR WORKING GROUPS OR, UH, DELVING INTO THE TOPICS THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY START DOING SOME TRANSFORMATION WORK.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT SHOULD BE A AGENDA TOPIC, IF THAT'S A INTERNAL CONVERSATION, YOU THINK THAT BE A DISCUSSION ITEM? JUST IF YOU WANT TO CREATE A DISCUSSION.
SO WE'LL, WE'LL MAKE IT A DISCUSSION ITEM.
ANY, ANY, ANYBODY ELSE? ANYTHING ELSE THERE BEING NONE.
I CALL THIS MEETING ADJOURNED AT FOUR O'CLOCK.