Mar 12, 2024 Community Development Commission

COMMUNICATION, UM, PORTION IS AVAILABLE.

WITH AN EMPHASIS ON FEDERALLY FUNDED PROGRAMS. AT THIS TIME, WE CALL, UM, AS I SAID, WE CALL OURSELVES TO ORDER, AND OUR PUBLIC

[PUBLIC COMMUNICATION: GENERAL]

WE DO HAVE MULTIPLE SPEAKERS THIS EVENING.

I WILL CALL THE NAMES OF ALL JUST SO THAT YOU KNOW THE ORDER IN WHICH YOU WILL COME AND, UM, THEN WE WILL PROCEED IN THAT ORDER.

IT DOES LOOK LIKE MS. BARBARA SCOTT, UH, IS OUR FIRST ONE.

TILLY, DALE, TED ROTH.

UM, UM, COMMISSIONER BERTHA, ARE YOU SPEAKING AS WELL? ALL RIGHT.

I'M GONNA HOLD OFF ON THAT ONE IS A POSSIBILITY, BUT WE'LL, WE'LL FIND OUT FOR SURE ON THAT ONE.

WITH THAT BEING SAID, UM, WE WILL PROCEED WITH THOSE.

PLEASE KNOW THAT ALL OF OUR SPEAKERS DURING THIS PHASE ARE ALLOTTED THREE MINUTES TO SHARE THEIR CONCERN OF AN ITEM THAT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA.

AND IF, IN FACT, THERE'S A COMMISSIONER THAT IS INTERESTED IN FURTHER DISCUSSION WITH THAT, WE ASK THAT ALL COMMISSIONERS HOLD THEIR QUESTIONS UNTIL OUR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS THAT WE DO HAVE, UH, WE DO HAVE A FULL SCHEDULE.

WE ARE LOOKING TO MOVE FORWARD, UH, AS BEST WE CAN.

UH, AT THIS POINT, MS. BARBARA SCOTT, YOUR THREE MINUTES, PLEASE COME UP TO THE DAIS SO THAT YOUR THREE MINUTES CAN START.

UH, GOOD EVENING, COMMISSIONERS.

THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK.

I DID NOT FIND AN AGENDA ITEM FOR WHAT I'M GONNA SPEAK ON, BUT, UH, I AM HERE BECAUSE OF THE FIVE YEAR PLANNING FOR THE CDBG, UH, FUNDING, WHICH IS FEDERAL FUNDING.

AND I HAVE BEEN ADVOCATING FOR THE COLONY PARK LAKESIDE COMMUNITY, UH, FOR THE LAST 13 YEARS.

UH, WE ARE IN NEED OF CDBG FUNDING, NOT ONLY FOR THE COLONY PARK MASTER PLAN.

THAT IS HOPEFULLY WE WILL BE SIGNING A CONTRACT WITH THE DEVELOPER, UH, SOON.

UH, WE ARE ALSO IN NEED OF FUNDING FOR THE EXISTING COMMUNITY, THE LAKESIDE COMMUNITY.

AND I, I TRY TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT, UH, WE SAY THE COLONY PARK MASTER PLAN, BUT COLONY PARK IS AN EXISTING COMMUNITY AND HAS BEEN SINCE 1972.

AND, UH, TO MY KNOWLEDGE, WE'VE NEVER RECEIVED ANY CBDG FUNDING.

UH, WE ARE IN NEED OF REPAIRS FOR THE EXISTING HOMES.

UH, WE ARE IN NEED OF, UH, REPAIRS FOR SIDEWALKS.

UM, WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF BUILDING A SWIMMING POOL THAT I JUST FOUND OUT THAT WE STARTED PETITIONING THE CITY FOR IN THE YEAR 2007 OR 2008 WITH MAYOR LEFFINGWELL.

WE'VE GONE THROUGH FOUR MAYORS AND FOUR CITY COUNCILS, AND I WAS JUST INFORMED THAT THAT IS ON, UM, IS BEING DELAYED.

IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN READY FOR SWIM SEASON, BUT MONEY IS A PROBLEM.

AND SO WE WON'T BE SEEING THAT FINISHED OR COMPLETED UNTIL MAYBE AUGUST OF THIS YEAR.

UH, SO WE ARE TALKING OVER 50 YEARS WAITING ON INFRASTRUCTURE.

WE HAVE NOT HAD ANY INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE COLONY PARK OR LAKESIDE AREA, UH, FOR QUITE A WHILE THAT I CAN REMEMBER.

UH, LOYOLA, IF

[00:05:01]

YOU TRAVEL LOYOLA, UH, THE OTHER DAY THERE WAS A FIRE TRUCK HEADED WEST.

HE COULD NOT GET THROUGH BECAUSE OF THE TRAFFIC, SO HE HAD TO GET ON THE EASTBOUND LANE, WHICH IS DANGEROUS.

THERE IS A LOT THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA OF TOWN, WHICH WE CALL THE EASTERN CRESCENT, UH, THE CITY AND TRAVIS COUNTY JUST SIGNED AN ILA FOR PLANNING FOR THIS AREA.

AND SO THIS AREA IS RIGHT FOR CDBG FUNDING.

AND SO I ASK YOU TO CONSIDER COLONY PARK LAKESIDE.

WE STILL NEED FUNDING FOR THE COLONY PARK MASTER PLAN AS WELL.

AND SO WE ASK YOU THAT YOU CONSIDER OUR COMMUNITY AS OTHER COMMUNITIES HAVE BENEFITED AND WE HAVE NOT.

THANK YOU MS. SCOTT FOR THAT.

THE CONCERNS THAT ARE, UM, HIGHLIGHTED ABOUT COLONY PARK, UM, ARE BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION.

UM, MY NAME IS TILLY CLARKDALE.

I WORK AT FOUNDATION COMMUNITIES.

UM, SO THAT'S A LOCAL NONPROFIT THAT, UH, MOSTLY DOES HOUSING.

SO WE'RE A NONPROFIT DEVELOPER, OWNER, PROPERTY MANAGER, AND WE ALSO PROVIDE SUPPORTIVE SERVICES TO ALL OUR COMMUNITIES.

UM, SO WE'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, 25 COMMUNITIES IN AUSTIN.

WE'VE GOT FIVE ON THE WAY.

UH, WE LOVE USING CDBG FUNDS FOR HOUSING.

UM, BUT, UH, WE ALSO DO, UM, WE HAVE TWO COMMUNITY CENTERS THAT WE CALL PROSPER CENTERS.

UM, AND THEY OFFER, UH, UH, FREE SERVICES TO, UH, LOW INCOME CLIENTS.

UH, WE DO TAX RETURNS, WE DO HEALTH INSURANCE ENROLLMENT, AND WE PROVIDE, UH, FINANCIAL EDUCATION, COACHING AND, AND CLASSES.

UM, SO LAST YEAR WE PREPARED LIKE 13,000 TAX RETURNS.

UM, WE ENROLLED ABOUT 4,000 PEOPLE, UH, IN HEALTH INSURANCE.

UM, SO WE'RE, WE, WE'VE GOT THESE TWO PROSPER CENTERS AND WE'VE SORT OF OUTGROWN OUR NORTH PROSPER CENTER.

WE JUST DON'T HAVE ENOUGH PARKING, DON'T HAVE ENOUGH SPACE.

MM-HMM, .

UM, AND WE'RE LOOKING TO FIND A LARGER SPACE, UH, TO PROVIDE THE SERVICE.

AND THERE'S JUST NOT GOOD, A GOOD FUNDING SOURCE.

UM, WE'RE TRYING TO TAP AS MUCH AS WE CAN.

WE'RE LOOKING AT A NEW MARKET TAX CREDITS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

UM, BUT, UH, CDBG FUNDING IS AN INTERESTING FLEXIBLE FEDERAL SOURCE THAT COULD BE USED FOR COMMUNITY SERVICES LIKE THIS.

UM, AND WE JUST, WE REALLY NEED A GAP SOURCE, UM, OF FUNDING.

SO WE'RE JUST, WE'RE, UH, INTERESTED IN PROPOSING THAT, UM, FOR THE FIVE YEAR PLAN.

UM, ONE OTHER EXAMPLE THAT WE'RE WORKING ON, WE'RE PARTNERING WITH ANOTHER LOCAL NONPROFIT NAMED, UH, MARY LEE FOUNDATION.

AND THEY PROVIDE SERVICES TO, UM, INDIVIDUALS WITH SIGNIFICANT DISABILITIES.

AND THEY MANAGE A, UH, IT IS CALLED A DAY REHAB CENTER, WHERE PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER AUSTIN WILL COME FOR THE DAY AND, AND GET SERVICES.

UM, AND THEY'RE LOOKING TO RE REDEVELOP THEIR SPACE.

IT'S, IT'S PRETTY OLD AND IT NEEDS, UM, THEY, THEY NEED SOMETHING NEW.

AND AGAIN, THERE'S JUST CDBG WOULD BE A GOOD SOURCE.

UM, AND THERE'S NOT A LOT OF OTHER FUNDING THAT WE CAN TAP FOR IT.

UM, SO THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

I APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WE APPRECIATE THAT INFORMATION REGARDING THE REQUEST FOR CBG FUNDING, UH, ON BEHALF OF FOUNDATION COMMUNITIES ALONG WITH THE MARY LEE FUND.

IS THAT CORRECT? YES, MA'AM.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

NEXT WE HAVE TED ROTH.

UM, MY SON HAS A, UM, HE HAS A MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY AND HE IS IN A POWER CHAIR.

ANY NEW, NEW FACILITIES TAKE, YOU KNOW, TAKE THIS INTO CONSIDERATION.

AND HE'S CURRENTLY A STUDENT AT UT AUSTIN.

AND WE ALREADY STRUGGLE WITH GETTING AROUND AND ACCESS TO AUSTIN IN GENERAL.

AND SO, UM, I JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT A NEED FOR FULLY ACCESSIBLE HOUSING UNITS, UM, AND WHICH INCLUDES SPACE FOR A LIVE-IN ATTENDANT, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, AND, AND JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE AREA AND INCLUDING THE AREAS AROUND IT AND ALL THE AREAS OF THE COMMUNITY, UM, THAT ARE CONNECT TO ARE ALSO FULLY ACCESSIBLE.

AND THAT INCLUDES CLIP CURBS AND REPAIRED SIDEWALKS, ET CETERA.

SO WE ARE, WE, HE ALREADY STRUGGLES TO GET AROUND MOST OF AUSTIN AS IT IS.

UM, SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT

[00:10:01]

AND THIS IS BASICALLY, UH, REGARDING THE A DA, UM, UM, FACILITIES THAT WE HAVE.

SERVICE, I MEAN, UH, ACCESSIBILITY THAT WE HAVE.

AND DID I UNDERSTAND YOU TO SAY A DA WITH ATTENDANT? YES.

I LIVE, I LIVE IN, HAVE A ROOM FOR A FACILITY FOR LIVE IN ATTENDANCE.

LIVING ATTENDANCE.

THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO MAKE LIVE.

YOU ARE HEARD.

UM, MONTOYA, WE'RE READY FOR THE E-T-L-N-A.

EXCUSE ME.

MY NAME IS ELISA MONTOYA.

I'M FROM EAST TOWN LAKE CITIZENS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.

I'M BORN AND RAISED IN EAST AUSTIN.

I STILL RESIDE THERE AS A HOMEOWNER, UM, OFF HOLLY.

AND, UM, MY WHOLE FAMILY WAS RAISED IN THAT AREA.

AND I STILL HAVE A COUPLE OF FAMILY MEMBERS THAT ARE LANDOWNERS.

AND, UM, THE REASON, UM, I'M NOT PREPARED TO SPEAK TOO MUCH UNDER THE CBG FUNDINGS, BUT THAT IS A VERY IMPORTANT FOR OUR MINORITY FAMILIES BECAUSE THAT'S HOW THEY CAN ACCESS PROGRAMS FOR HOME REPAIRS.

AND, UH, FOR THE LAST, UH, WHAT IS IT, UH, FIVE YEARS, BETWEEN SEVEN TO FIVE YEARS, THE HOME PROGRAMS WERE, WERE UTILIZED IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, AND NOW IT'S, THEY'RE, THEY'RE JUST GOING DOWNHILL.

UH, AND WHEN THE ELDERS AND THE DISABLED FAMILIES AND VETERAN SERVICES, HOME REPAIR PROGRAMS THAT HAVE ALSO GONE DOWN, AND THEY KEEP SAYING THAT THERE'S NO MORE CDBG MONS, I HAD 20 FAMILIES THAT I HELPED OUT IN MY COMMUNITY TO GET HOME REPAIRS.

AND A LOT OF THE, THE REPAIRS THAT WERE DONE WERE DONE HALF, YOU KNOW, WHAT THEY, THEY WERE NOT COMPLETED FROM THESE PROGRAMS. URBAN LEAGUE, MEALS ON WHEELS, VETERAN SERVICES, AND ALL THE FUNDING THAT Y'ALL PROVIDE FOR THESE, UH, AGENCIES.

AND, UM, HABITAT FOR HUMANITY.

A LOT OF OUR MINORITY FAMILIES CANNOT, UH, ACCESS THESE PROGRAMS BE THERE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THEY, UH, THEY RED LINE ON THE, ON THE BANKS THAT THEY DON'T HAVE A GOOD CREDIT OR THINGS LIKE THAT.

YOU KNOW, I, I'M VERY DISAPPOINTED.

I'M VERY DISAPPOINTED BECAUSE I ACCESS IT BECAUSE OF MY HUSBAND DISABILITY.

HE'S A VETERAN.

AND I WAS TOLD I WAS HAD HOME REPAIR THROUGH, THROUGH THE BACK ABOUT FOUR YEARS AGO, THREE TO FOUR YEARS AGO ON THE, UM, VETERAN SERVICES AND, AND MEALS ON WHEELS.

AND MY AIR CONDITION WENT DOWN DURING LAST YEAR.

AND I, I TRIED TO ACCESS IT AND THEY'RE THE ONES THAT PUT THE AIR CONDITION ON, AND THEY SAID THEY DIDN'T HAVE NO INSURANCE ON IT.

AND I HAD TO, I WAS TOUGH, IT WAS TOUGH LUCK FOR ME.

SO I, THAT THERE WAS NO CDBG MONIES.

AND FOR ME TO ACCESS ANOTHER PROGRAM, I TRY TO ASK, UH, CALL OTHER PEOPLES, BUT THEY WERE ALL, THEY WERE EITHER, UH, THEY DIDN'T HAVE NO FUNDING OR THEY HAD, UM, WHAT DO YOU CALL IT? UM, UH, THE PROGRAMS WERE FULL.

THEY HAD A WAITING LIST, A BIG LIST.

AND SO I WAS TURNED OFF BY THAT BECAUSE THOSE MONIES ARE TAXPAYERS MONEY.

IT SHOULD BE ALLOCATED TO SOME OF THE FAMILIES THAT ARE IN NEED IN THE COMMUNITY, IN OUR COMMUNITY, EAST AUSTIN.

MOST OF OUR HOMES THAT THE PEOPLE HAVE STAYED THERE.

'CAUSE WE HAVE NOT LEFT OUR, OUR AREA, UH, HAVE THEIR HOMES ARE REALLY FALLING APART.

WE, YOU KNOW, AND THERE'S NO MONIES FOR US TO FIX IT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE LIVE ON SOCIAL SECURITY AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO I WOULD WISH THAT JOE WOULD MONITOR AND EVALUATE ALL THESE PROGRAMS THAT JOE LEAVING MONEY TO.

ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU SO MUCH MS. MONTOYA.

UM, FROM THE EAST TOWN LAKE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, IT SEEMS THAT THERE ARE UNFULFILLED EXPECTATIONS IN TERMS OF WHAT THEY WERE EXPECTING, AND THERE IS CONCERNS ABOUT THE WARRANTY OF SERVICE.

IS THAT CORRECT? YES.

UM, COMMISSIONER DELGADO IS NOT ABOUT TO BE COMMISSIONER DELGADO.

SHE'S A NEIGHBORHOOD OF REP.

UH, DOES THAT INTERFERE WITH OUR QUORUM? WE'RE GOOD.

UM, IS, IS THE VICE CHAIR THERE? I SEE HIS NAME, THE VICE CHAIR.

I SEE HIM THERE, BUT, UH, NO, NO VISUAL.

HE'S THERE.

WE STILL HAVE QUORUM, SO WE'RE STILL QUO.

YEAH, SHE CAN, SHE CAN.

PERFECT.

AT THIS POINT WE HAVE, UM, COMMUNITY ADVOCATE CITIZEN, UM,

[00:15:01]

BERTHA OL DELGADO.

GOOD EVENING.

SO, POINT OF CLARIFICATION, I AM ALLOWED TO REPRESENT AS A COMMISSIONER OKAY.

AS WELL AS A CITIZEN, UH, OF AUSTIN, TEXAS, BUT ALSO EAST AUSTIN NATIVE.

SO I JUST WANNA KIND OF SPEAK ON THE AGENDA ITEM THAT WE HAVE TODAY, WHICH IS THE CITY OF AUSTIN, FIVE YEAR, UH, CONSOLIDATED PLAN FOR THE COMMUNITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT.

THIS ASSESSMENT.

AND, AND I JUST WANNA SHARE, UM, WITH THE ORGANIZERS AND THE PEOPLE THAT ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR GOING OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AND DOING, UH, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, UH, DOING, UM, YOU KNOW, COMMUNITY INPUT, GETTING THE FEEDBACK AND HOW IMPORTANT IT IS, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THEY GET THE CORRECT INFORMATION.

THE FACT THAT, UH, WE HAVE A, A NOT JUST LARGER PROBLEM HERE IN THE YEAR 2024, UH, THAT FACES A CRISIS OF HOMELESS, BUT ALSO, UH, THE FACT OF THE EAST, THE EASTERN CRESCENT, UH, ALL OF THE EAST CRESCENT FROM DISTRICT ONE TO DISTRICT TWO, TO DISTRICT THREE, UH, WE HAVE MAJOR ISSUES, UH, ON HOUSING.

UM, AND SO I, I KIND OF FEEL LIKE WE'RE KIND OF REINVENTING THE WHEEL WHEN WE DO THESE COMMUNITY, UH, UM, YOU KNOW, ASSESSMENTS, SURVEYS.

BUT I KNOW HOW IMPORTANT IT IS THAT WE STAY, UH, YOU KNOW, IN THE GUIDELINES OF PROTOCOL, UH, FOR EVERY YEAR.

I DO WANT TO STRESS HOW, UM, THE COST OF LIVING HERE IS, IS JUST ROOTING EVERYONE OUT OF THE CITY.

UH, AND BECAUSE OF THE MAJOR DEVELOPMENT OF CAPITAL OF, OF TEXAS, UH, STATE TEXAS COMING IN AND EX DOING THE EXPANSION OF I 35, MULTIPLE BUSINESSES AND HOUSES ARE GONNA BE DISPLACED.

UH, THE MILLION DOLLARS THAT HAVE BEEN, UH, ALLOCATED FOR DISPLACEMENT IN THE, IN THE AREA IN THE EAST AND CRESCENT.

UH, AND ESPECIALLY IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH IS THE EAST TOWN LAKE CITIZENS NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, WHICH IS ADJACENT, UH, TO CESA CHAVEZ AND TO, UM, EDWARD RENDON PARK.

WE ARE MAJORLY BEING HIT.

I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE CITY UNDERSTANDS HOW, UH, THE LOSS OF SO MANY AUSTIN KNIGHTS AND NATIVES HERE, UM, IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS SINCE THE PANDEMIC TOOK PLACE, UH, WE'VE LOST A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF BUILDINGS, HOMES, FAMILIES, GENERATIONS, AND WE'RE ALL BEING PUSHED OUT OF THE CITY.

SO WHEN WE DO AN ASSESSMENT OR A NEED ASSESSMENT OR SURVEY, WHO ARE WE SURVEYING? AND, AND I LOOK AT THAT IN MY PACKET AS A COMMISSIONER TODAY, BUT I DO WANNA SHARE AS A CITIZEN AND A TAXPAYER THAT MAKING SURE THAT YOU ALL ARE DOING GOOD BY GOING TO THE COMMUNITIES AND THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND THE AREAS THAT HAVE BEEN AFFECTED, AND THE PEOPLE THAT REALLY HAVE THE REAL STORIES TO TELL YOU ALL ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE.

I DON'T WANT US TO BE ANOTHER NUMBER, ANOTHER STATISTIC.

AND JUST SO WE COULD GET THE, THE FUNDING AND, AND THE FEDERAL GRANTS.

I KNOW HOW IMPORTANT THAT IS AS A CITY AND AS A COMMISSION AND, AND WE WANT TO PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS TODAY.

BUT AS A PUBLIC, THERE'S A MEETING GOING ON RIGHT AT THIS MOMENT, UH, REGARDING, UH, EAST AUSTIN GENTRIFICATION AND HOUSING.

AND SO, SINCE SO MANY CAN'T BE HERE, I WANNA VOICE HOW IT IS A PRIORITY AND AN EMERGENCY CRISIS.

UM, WITH THAT BEING SAID, UM, WE APPRECIATE, UM, MR. MS. UM, BERTHA DELGADO.

UM, COMMISSIONER, I WASN'T CONCERNED THAT YOU COULD HAVE TWO ROLES.

I DIDN'T WANT TO LOSE QUORUM WHEN YOU WENT TO YOUR OTHER WORLD.

AND SO I KNEW YOU COULD DO BOTH.

I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE BY YOU GOING THERE, WE DIDN'T LOSE QUORUM.

UM, AND IT SOUNDED LIKE WE WERE FINE.

THANK YOU, UM, FOR THAT.

UM, I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY ONE THING, UH, MS. MS. DELGADO FOR THIS PURPOSES, THAT YOUR COMMENT WAS BASED ON OUR PUBLIC HEARING THAT'S COMING UP REGARDING OUR, UM, CONSOLIDATED PLAN.

IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT.

I DID SEND YOU SORT OF A, A DUMMY AGENDA.

UM, UM, MR. ED, I HAVE A QUESTION.

THE AGENDA THAT I'M LOOKING AT DOESN'T SEEM, CAN YOU CONFIRM WHETHER OR NOT THE AGENDA THAT I HAVE IN HAND IS THE RE-SEQUENCED AGENDA? CAN I WEIGH IN ON THAT? THIS IS ELISA.

MY GUESS, PLEASE, PLEASE.

THERE WE GO.

UM, SO WE DO NOT NEED TO RESEQUENCE THE AGENDA, AND IT, YOU, WHAT YOU HAVE IS HOW IT LOOKS AS IT WAS POSTED.

HOWEVER, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GOT THE EMAIL.

[00:20:01]

, THAT'S IN THE ORDER THAT YOU ASKED FOR, SO THAT'S PERFECTLY FINE.

IT'S YOUR, UM, PREROGATIVE TO TAKE THINGS UP OUT OF SEQUENCE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT.

I JUST APPRECIATE THAT ORDER BECAUSE IN MY MIND, IT DIDN'T SEEM TO FOLLOW THE ORDER THAT I HAD IN MIND.

AND SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

AND I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, UM, CITIZEN DELGADO'S INFORMATION, UM, WAS, UM, RECORDED AND, UM, IF SHE WOULD HAVE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY, UM, WHEN THAT TIME COMES.

UH, OKAY.

WITH THAT BEING SAID, UM, WE DO NOT HAVE ANY MORE PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS.

IS THAT CORRECT? UH, I HAVE ANOTHER ONE.

I THINK YOU CALLED MY NAME.

I DID.

SOPHIE, HOW DID I MISS YOU? MY BAD.

THAT IS MY ERROR.

TAYLOR, SHERRY.

SOPHIE, THANK YOU FOR THAT CORRECTION.

I WENT TO MS. MONTES.

PLEASE STEP UP.

THANK YOU FOR THAT CORRECTION.

I'VE BEEN USING THIS BODY ABOUT 66 YEARS.

I HAD TO DECIDE WHETHER WE'RE GOING TO GET UP OR NOT.

I UNDERSTAND.

I'M RIGHT BEHIND YOU.

HI, HOW Y'ALL DOING? GOOD EVENING.

I'M WELL, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME.

I ALLOWED TO SPEAK THIS MORNING, THIS AFTERNOON.

UH, I SAW THIS FLYER ABOUT THE FIVE YEAR PLAN, AND I DISTRIBUTED, UM, STARTING THE 25TH OF FEBRUARY, UH, THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD ON THE BUSES AT DIFFERENT CHURCH FUNCTIONS DURING THE WEEK OF PRAYER, UH, THAT THEY HAD AT, UM, FREEDOM HOME AND, UM, GREATER LOVE, UH, JUST A LOT OF PEOPLE I THOUGHT WOULD BE, UH, I COULDN'T IMAGINE THIS ROOM WAS GONNA BE BIG ENOUGH TO HOLD EVERYBODY .

PEOPLE ARE NOT INTERESTED IN THE FIRE YEAR PLAN.

AND WHAT DOES THAT INCUR? UH, FOUR THINGS THAT I WANTED TO BRING UP.

I AM CURRENTLY SERVING ON THE MUELLER NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION STEERING COMMITTEE, AND CONCERN ABOUT THIS RETHINK I 35, IF THAT HAPPENS, SO MANY PEOPLE EAST OF I 35 WILL LOSE THEIR PROPERTY.

THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO FIGURE OUT HOW YOU GET ACROSS 10 LANES.

AS IT IS.

IT'S KIND OF HARD TO EVEN GO TO THE FOOTBALL GAME, TO BASKETBALL GAME, UM, PARKING ON THE EAST SIDE AND WALKING ACROSS 35.

SO IF YOU HAVE 10 LANES FROM TWO 90 EAST ALL THE WAY TO OLTORF, UM, YOU'RE GONNA NEED A BICYCLE TO GET TO, TO GO UP UNDER TO GET TO THE OTHER SIDE.

AND THEN WHEN IT RAINS, IT'S, IT'S A INSTANT DROWNING OF PEOPLE WHO CHOOSE TO LIVE UNDER THEIR, IN THEIR TENTS BECAUSE IT'S JUST TOO MUCH.

SO, UM, IF THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN IN THIS FIVE YEAR PLAN, IF IT'S NOT TOO LATE TO RETHINK THAT AND HAVE LOOPS THAT LOOPS AROUND THE CITY SO THAT IF WE HAVE ONE ACCIDENT ON THIS 10 LANE THING, EVERYBODY'S LOCKED IN.

THEY GOTTA GET WALK AWAY FROM THEIR CAR.

IF YOU HAVE LOOPS AROUND THE CITY, THEN YOU CAN DISTRIBUTE THE TRAFFIC EVENLY.

I KNOW EVERYBODY'S GOT A HEADACHE FROM THOSE CONSTRUCTION FOR THESE BUS, UM, IMPROVEMENTS.

SO IMAGINE THAT FOR 10 YEARS, BUILDING THIS HIGHWAY, THIS 10 LANES, IT JUST CAN'T WORK.

AND I SPOKE THE LAST TIME DOWN HERE AT CITY COUNCIL WHEN THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT PUTTING TWO TINY HOMES IN THE BACK OF PEOPLE'S HOUSES.

UH, NOT LIFT EVERY VOICE WHERE? NO, IT'S IN THE BACK.

PROBLEM WITH THAT.

IF YOU PUT THE TWO TINY HOMES IN BACK SOMEBODY'S HOUSE, YOU ARE RENTING, THAT MAKES THAT COMMERCIAL, THAT MAKES THE PROPERTY TAXES ON LEFT AND RIGHT AND THE BACK OF YOU GO UP ON PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD THOSE HOUSES FOR GENERATIONS.

BUT THE FUNNY THING IS, IT'S NOT FUNNY.

YOU, YOU'VE SEEN SO MUCH.

PEOPLE ARE PARKING FREE PARKING ON THE STREETS.

YOUR CONSTRUCTION CREW IS NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO GET TO THE PROPERTY TO BREAK GROUND.

SO THAT PERSON IS GONNA LOSE THEIR PROPERTY TOO, BECAUSE THEY CAN'T START THE CONSTRUCTION.

THEY CAN'T BUILD.

SO, I'M JUST SAYING, IT'S JUST SOME THINGS I'VE HEARD AND I FOUND THEM TO BE TRUE, AND I DON'T COMPREHEND HOW THEY CAN HELP US GROW.

SO THINK I AM AN EDUCATOR.

SO I WROTE THIS SONG.

THIS IS A REVAMP OF MICHAEL JACKSON'S 1979.

WHO'S BAD? OKAY, COME ON.

AND IT SAYS ME COME AND GRAB, COME ON.

ALRIGHT, HAVE COPIES.

BUT YOU GOTTA HEAR THIS BECAUSE IF YOU, YOU KNOW WHAT? I, YOU'VE GOT YOUR COPY, BUT IF YOU FOCUS, YEAH, I'M GONNA HAVE TO LOOK AT MY COPY.

UNFORTUNATELY, I WILL NOT BE ABLE, BUT I WAS SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT BEFORE, BEFORE THE BUZZER JAIL.

CAN SOMEBODY GIMME THEIR THREE MINUTES? I'M TELLING YOU, AUSTIN IS ABOUT EDUCATION.

IF WE EDUCATE PEOPLE, EVERYBODY'S AND, UH, ABLE TO, WHERE WILL I, DO I FILL IT HERE WITH,

[00:25:01]

IN THE BACK.

SEE IT? IT SAYS 99 STRESS RELIEF.

COPING SKILLS.

AND I'M NUMBER 100 IF YOU LET ME SING THIS SONG, BUT YOU KNOW, NO, I WON'T BE ABLE TO LET YOU SING THE SONG.

I JUST WANT YOU TO TELL ME, WHERE DO I FIND THE SONG? THE SONG NOT AVAILABLE HERE.

IT'S ON THE BACK OF YOU SEE? NINE, NINE ON THE VERY BACK.

I SEE IT.

IF YOU FLIP BACK OVER, IT SAYS BECOME A GRAD.

OH, ON THE BACK OF THIS.

BUT ANYWAY, BECOME A GRAD.

BECOME A GRAD.

YOU GRADUATE FROM KINDERGARTEN, YOU GRADUATED FROM SOMETHING, YOU ARE ASPIRING TO BE A LEADER.

AND SO THE NEW LYRICS, UH, WHERE DOES IT START WITH? I'M BAD.

VERSE ONE.

AH, UPGRADE YOUR WEALTH.

GOTTA DO IT NOW.

OH NO, YOU GOTTA DO THE MICHAEL JACKSON AND THE NO, NO, BUT I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT'S WHERE I, THAT'S WHERE I'M FINDING IT.

THAT'S WHERE I FIND IT.

I WON'T BE, I WON'T BE ABLE, NO, I WON'T BE ABLE.

I'LL COME TO THE NEXT MEETING TO GO ANY FURTHER.

ONLY BECAUSE THIS IS IN FACT OUR PUBLIC, UM, COMMUNICATION GENERAL, UM, MS. SOPHIE TITE COMMISSIONER, UM, MS. SOPHIE, I DEFINITELY, UM, AM, UM, THANKFUL FOR YOU.

I HAVE ON HERE THAT YOU ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE I 35 OVERALL VISION AND CONCERNS WITH TRAFFIC AND OVERALL PLANNING CONCERNS.

AND, UH, IS THAT CORRECT? YES.

WE'RE GONNA IN, ARE ALREADY DISPLACED.

RE UH, INVOLVES OUR ATTENDANCE ON WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24TH.

AND IN TERMS OF YOUR, UM, ADDITIONAL ITEM, UH, WE'LL SEE WHAT WE CAN DO ABOUT THAT AT SOME POINT.

BUT AT THIS MOMENT WE ARE IN FACT IN OUR PUBLIC COMMUNICATION WINDOW.

AND THAT DOES RESTRICT US.

WE HAVE IN THE PAST, UH, KIND OF, SORT OF SPILLED OVER, BUT WE ARE, IT'S A NEW DAY AND WE'RE GONNA TRY TO ABIDE BY IT.

IF YOU CAN STICK AROUND, I'M NOT SURE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE FOR YOU, BUT I WILL SAY THAT, UM, YOU'RE WELCOME TO STICK AROUND.

ALRIGHT, COMMISSIONER, MAKE A COMMENT.

THAT'S ALL.

UH, I JUST WANNA MAKE A COMMENT TO MS. SOPHIE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING AND, AND GIVING US THAT, UH, INPUT AS WELL AS COMING WITH YOUR BEAUTIFUL, UH, JOYFUL LOOK.

HAPPY ST.

PATRICK'S DAY.

AND WE HOPE THAT YOU COME BACK NEXT MONTH AND MAYBE YOU CAN START YOUR THREE MINUTES WITH SINGING THAT SONG.

'CAUSE WE NEED SOME JOY AND SOME COLOR IN HERE.

LOVE, AND YOU BROUGHT THAT THIS EVENING.

SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, THANK YOU.

UM, WITH THAT BEING SAID, UM, THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR PUBLIC SPEAKERS.

UH, WE DO, UM, UH, VALUE, UM, YOUR TIME.

AND WE DO, UM, HEAR YOU.

I JUST WANNA LET YOU KNOW, ALTHOUGH WE ARE IN FACT ADHERING TO, UM, THE POLICY IN TERMS OF TIMING, UH, THAT DOES NOT MEAN THAT WE DO NOT HEAR YOU.

WE HEAR YOU THE MOMENT YOU SIGNED UP.

WE HEARD YOU.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT ALL.

WE ARE MOVING, UM, RIGHT AHEAD.

THERE ARE, UM, SOME BRIEFINGS, UH, COMMISSIONERS THAT ARE COMING UP.

AND I'M GOING TO BASICALLY READ, UM, FROM SOME PREPARED NOTES.

I HAVE SHARED SOME OF THOSE NOTES WITH YOU ALL.

AND, UM, WITH THAT BEING SAID, THESE ARE SOME HOUSEKEEPING MANNERS, UH, MATTERS.

UM, THE FIRST ONE, IT

[2. Briefing regarding attendance and conflict of interest sign-in sheets, especially for remote attendees (Chair Thompson).]

ASSISTANT CITY, UH, CLERK.

STEPHANIE HALL RESENT AN EMAIL FROM JUNE 27, UM, FROM LAST YEAR.

AND IN THAT THE REFERENCE WAS ATTENDANCE AND CONFLICT OF INTEREST FORMS. AND I ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO PLEASE SEE HER MESSAGE.

AGAIN, THAT'S DATED JANUARY 24TH.

AND TO FULLY UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS SHE'S SPEAKING, UH, UM, BASICALLY THE HIGHLIGHTS OF HER MESSAGE INCLUDE TO BE CONSIDERED PRESENT FOR, UM, THE MEETING COMMISSIONERS.

ATTENDING THE MEETING IN PERSON ARE REQUIRED TO SIGN THE ATTENDANCE SHEET AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING OR UPON ARRIVAL.

AND FOR THOSE OF US IN PERSON, IT'S AT THE DOOR.

AS SOON AS WE WALK IN, COMMISSIONERS ATTENDING REMOTELY MUST SEND IN THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTATION TO THE LIAISON.

THAT'S, UH, MR. ED BLAKE, BEFORE JOINING THE MEETING, UM, IF IN FACT YOU ARE JOINING AND THIS, UM, UH, YOUR

[00:30:01]

DOCUMENTATION IS BEING FORWARDED AFTER 6:00 PM WE DO ASK THAT YOU PLEASE COPY LISA RODRIGUEZ, UH, WHO WILL BE ABLE, UH, TO MONITOR WHAT'S COMING IN, UH, AFTER 6:00 PM UM, IF AN EMAIL IS SENT, INSTEAD OF, UH, THE PROVIDED FORM, THERE IS EXPLICIT LANGUAGE COMMISSIONERS THAT MUST BE INCLUDED TO BE CONSIDERED PRESENT.

PLEASE REFERENCE THE SECOND PARAGRAPH OF STEPHANIE'S EMAIL DATED, UM, JANUARY 24, UM, FOR EXACT WORD WORDING ON THOSE REQUIREMENTS.

UH, FAILING TO ADHERE TO THOSE, UM, PROCEDURES WILL IMPACT OUR ATTENDANCE, OUR VOTING ELIGIBILITY, AND QUORUM.

ADDITIONAL CONSEQUENCES COULD INCLUDE, UH, FORMAL COMPLAINTS.

SO FOR THAT MATTER, UH, FOR BRIEFING NUMBER TWO, I DO WANNA MAKE SURE, UM, THAT YOU ALL ARE AWARE OF THOSE, UM, ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENTS.

UH, LASTLY, I DO WANNA LET YOU ALL KNOW THAT FOR THE MOST PART, UH, LISA RODRIGUEZ WILL BE, BE, UH, REACHING OUT TO US THE DAY BEFORE, UH, ATTENDANCE, SO THAT WE WILL, UM, KNOW, UM, THAT SHE WILL LET HER KNOW IF YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO ATTEND.

NOW, LAST MONTH WE DID FAIL TO ACHIEVE QUORUM.

UH, THIS IS PROBLEMATIC ON MANY FRONTS.

COMMISSIONERS, AS YOU ALL KNOW, THE FACT THAT WE HAVE THREE VACANCIES EXACERBATES OUR PROBLEM, HENCE VICE CHAIR, UH, WHO IS REMOTE RIGHT NOW.

AND I HAVE RECENTLY SENT EMAILS TO BOTH, UM, COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, VELA AND COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER MADISON URGING THEM TO APPOINT, UM, SOMEONE IMMEDIATELY, UH, THE REMAINING, UH, VACANCY WITH ROSEWOOD OSA BLACKMAN NEIGHBORHOOD VACANCY IS COORDINATED THROUGH THE AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH.

I REQUESTED MONTHLY UPDATES ON SECURING AND AN APPOINTEE, UM, TO REPRESENT SUCH A DYNAMIC AREA OF AUSTIN, WHICH HAS SEEN DRAMATIC CHANGES IN DIVERSITY AND, UH, DEMOGRAPHICS.

IT'S IMPERATIVE THAT CITIZENS IMPACTED BY THE MISSION OF THE CDC HAVE A SEAT AT OUR TABLE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

SO, THAT ADDRESSES OUR BRIEFING OF NUMBER TWO.

BRIEFING OF

[3. Officer elections will be held at the April 9th meeting (Chair Thompson)]

NUMBER THREE IS OUR OFFICER ELECTIONS, WHICH ARE UPCOMING, UH, OFFICE CDC OFFICER ELECTIONS WILL OCCUR NEXT MONTH AT THE BEGINNING OF OUR APRIL MEETING.

PLEASE BE TIMELY.

ALL COMMISSIONERS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR ALL POSITIONS IF YOU'RE INTERESTED.

UM, PLEASE BE READY IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE DUTIES OR PROCESS.

CONTACT OUR LIAISON, MR. ED BLAKE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

AGAIN, CDC ELECTIONS FOR OUR OFFICERS WILL TAKE PLACE IN OUR NEXT MEETING.

PLEASE BE READY.

COMMISSIONERS THAT, UH, ADDRESSES ITEM, UH, BRIEFING NUMBER THREE, BRIEFING NUMBER FOUR.

UM, BRIEFING

[4. Briefing regarding electronic correspondence with commissioners, stated in the recent email notice from Communications & Technology Management (CTM)]

NUMBER FOUR, UM, REGARDS.

UH, ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH THE SIXTH, WE RECEIVED AN EMAIL FROM MICHAEL GOEN OF THE COMMUNICATIONS AND TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT.

THAT'S THE CTM.

AND THEY WERE ADVISING US THAT EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY, MARCH THE 15TH, ALL AUTO FORWARDING RULES IN OUTLOOK ARE GOING TO BE, UM, DELETED.

SO WE HAVE TO ELIMINATE THOSE.

SO IF IN, IN FACT, YOU HAVE YOUR OR CITY OF AUSTIN ACCOUNT BEING DIRECTED, UH, REDIRECTED TO ANY OTHER ACCOUNT THAT IS OUTSIDE OF THE CITY, WE, UH, THAT WILL NO LONGER BE PERMISSIBLE EFFECTIVE FRIDAY, MARCH THE 15TH.

LET ME REITERATE.

THAT MEANS THAT ALL COMMISSIONERS MUST DEVELOP A SYSTEM TO CHECK YOUR CITY EMAIL REGULARLY AND RESPOND ONLY VIA THAT EMAIL ACCOUNT.

ALL CITY BUSINESS IS NOW REQUIRED TO BE SOLELY PROCESSED OR DONE, CONDUCTED

[00:35:01]

VIA OUR CITY EMAIL.

AND IT, YOU LOOK AT HIS MESSAGE, IT SAYS, NO EXCEPTIONS.

I DID SEND HIM A RESPONSE AND IT DID NOT GET AN ANSWER.

SO I GUESS HE FEELS THAT I SHOULD BE ABLE TO READ, WHICH SAYS NO EXCEPTIONS.

AND THAT'S WHAT I TOOK HIS NO RESPONSE AS HE'S COUNTING ON MY ABILITY TO READ.

UM, WITH THAT, THAT I, THAT CONCLUDES THE BRIEFING FOR NUMBER FOUR.

WE ARE NOW MOVING INTO OUR DISCUSSION.

ITEM NUMBER FIVE, CHAIR.

WE NEED TO GO BACK TO NUMBER ONE.

EXCUSE ME, APPROVING THE MINUTES FROM JANUARY 9TH.

MM-HMM, , THANK YOU, .

THANK YOU, ED.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

I NEVER DID LOOK AT THAT.

UM, YES.

COMMISSIONERS, WOULD YOU ALL PLEASE LOOK AT THAT? AND TO SAVE A MOMENT, THERE'S A TYPO ON THE DATE.

UM, IT'S NOT NOVEMBER 14TH.

IT'S DECEMBER 12TH.

THAT YOU'RE APPROVING.

AND THERE'S A, A MISTAKE ON THAT LINE.

SO DECEMBER 12TH, WE'LL FIX IT.

THANKS, LISA.

YOU'LL SEE IT ON YOUR MINUTES WHEN YOU GET TO, OKAY.

THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.

IT SAYS NOVEMBER 14TH, BUT THAT SHOULD BE JAN, I MEAN DECEMBER 12TH, 23.

WE DO NEED TO RIF JUST DO THE, UH, MINUTES, MY APOLOGIES AGAIN.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT, ED.

I, I'M MOVING, UM, RIGHT AHEAD.

I'M DETERMINED FOR THIS.

OH, I'M SO SORRY.

I'M DETERMINED FOR THIS NOT TO BE A FIVE HOUR MEETING AND, UH, I, MY APOLOGIES FOR EVERYONE FOR SKIPPING OVER.

ITEM NUMBER ONE.

UM, AT THIS POINT

[1. Approve the January 9, 2024, Community Development Commission meeting minutes.]

I WANT TO APPROVE THE MEETINGS FROM OUR, OUR JANUARY MEETING AND COMMISSIONERS.

WOULD YOU ALL TAKE A LOOK AT THAT? I LOOKED AT IT EARLIER, I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING.

DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE MINUTES? BUT PLEASE LOOK 'EM OVER.

'CAUSE I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY ERRORS.

I BELIEVE COMMISSIONER LONGORIA RAISED HIS HAND THEN.

YEAH, I MOTION TO ACCEPT THE MINUTES.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, COMMISSIONER.

I'M HAPPY TO SECOND THE MOTION.

WE, WE NEED CAMERAS ON FOR COMMISSIONER DELGADO AND THE VICE CHAIR.

THANK YOU COMMISSIONER LONGORIA FOR MAKING A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE MINUTES.

UM, AS OF THE PREVIOUS MEETING AS, UM, POSTED AND THANK YOU COMMISSIONER DELGADO ESTEBAN DELGADO FOR, UH, A SECOND IN IT.

UH, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE.

AND RAISE YOUR HAND PLEASE SO WE CAN HAVE A VISUAL.

IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S UNANIMOUS.

THANK YOU MR. BLAKE.

MM-HMM, , AM I FREE TO MOVE ON TO NUMBER FIVE? YES, MA'AM.

I WAS HOPING TO GET THE, UM, I WAS HOPING TO GET THE, UM, THE, UM, PUBLIC HEARING UP A LITTLE EARLIER, AND I'M NOT SURE, UH, COMMISSIONER, UM, TOVER, UM, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR SPEAK.

I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT YES, THEY REMOVING US FROM I EMAIL FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN ON THE 15TH OF THIS MONTH.

WHAT IS YOUR QUESTION, SIR? MY QUESTION IS, THEY MESSED ME UP.

I CAN'T GET INTO IT, SO I'M GLAD IT'S GONE.

WELL, IT'S NOT THAT I, I DO WANT TO RESPOND ON THAT.

UM, I, ALTHOUGH I UNDERSTAND THE CHALLENGES OF TECHNOLOGY AND SOMETIMES YOU'RE LIKE, FINE, THAT SO BE IT.

THAT BEING SAID, UM, THE CT M UM, DID NOT TELL US THAT WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO ACCESS OUR EMAIL.

THEY JUST SAID THAT WE WILL NO LONGER BE ABLE TO FORWARD OUR CITY EMAIL TO ADDITIONAL EMAIL ADDRESS, UM, IN ORDER TO MONITOR IT.

UM, AND SO THAT'S WHAT IT IS.

SO YOU DO STILL HAVE IT, COMMISSIONER TOLIVER? NO, NO.

PLEASE DON'T SAY BYE-BYE.

'CAUSE WE NEED YOU TO HAVE IT BECAUSE THAT'S OUR ONLY COMMUNICATION

[00:40:01]

GOING FORWARD.

OH, RIGHT NOW IT'S ALL MESSED UP.

WELL, I'LL LET YOU, UM, MR. UH, BLAKE, THAT IS ITEM FOR YOU TO MAKE SERIOUS NOTE OF.

I GOT IT.

BECAUSE BASED ON CTMS, UM, MESSAGE, UM, MR. TOLER, UH, COMMISSIONER TOLIVER WOULD NOT BE WITHIN OUR COMMUNICATION.

AND THAT IS A, THAT IS NOT ACCEPTABLE.

SO, YES.

SO FOR ALL, ANY OF US THAT HAVE BEEN, UM, UH, FORWARDING OUR CITY EMAIL, EVEN IF YOU WERE REPLYING VIA YOUR CITY EMAIL, THE FACT IS YOU WILL NO LONGER EFFECTIVE FRIDAY, MARCH THE 15TH, NO LONGER BE ABLE TO RECEIVE FORWARDED MESSAGES TO ANY OTHER EMAIL ACCOUNT.

SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE, UM, FROM, UH, IF, IF THAT HAS BEEN THE WAY THAT YOU'VE BEEN STANDING CONTACT, THAT NEEDS TO BE, UM, ADDRESSED IMMEDIATELY.

AND ALL COMMISSIONERS ARE INDEPENDENTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR MAKING SURE THAT THAT IS, UH, REMEDIED FROM THEIR END.

IT IS NOT THE RESPONSIBILITY OF STAFF TO HUNT US DOWN VIA ANY OTHER SOURCE.

WE MUST ALL EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY AND NO LATER THAN FRIDAY, MARCH THE 15TH, BE ACCESSIBLE VIA OUR CITY OF AUSTIN BOARDS AND COMMISSION EMAIL.

AND I WILL SAY, PERIOD , THAT'S A PREGNANT PAUSE ON PURPOSE.

THAT BEING SAID, UM, CHAIR, YES.

IF YOU WANNA MOVE ITEM EIGHT UP, YOU CAN.

I DID WANNA MOVE ITEM EIGHT UP BECAUSE I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE PUBLIC HEARING.

UH, OKAY.

LET ME, UM, UM, WITH THAT, THANK YOU MR. BLAKE.

, I DO TAKE LIBERTY BECAUSE I DO BELIEVE THAT WE MAY HAVE CITIZENS THAT ARE INTERESTED.

UM, I KNOW THAT CITIZEN DELGADO HAS ALREADY SPOKE ON TERMS OF THE PUBLIC HEARING AND, UM, I THINK THAT, THAT, I'M NOT SURE IF MS. UH, MONTOYA ALSO WAS SPEAKING ON, ON BEHALF OF THE PUBLIC HEARING, BUT I DO WANT THE PUBLIC, LET'S GET THE PRESENTATION AND THE PUBLIC HEARING GOING.

SO, EIGHT AND NINE.

EIGHT AND NINE.

SO LET'S MOVE UP EIGHT AND LET'S, AND MOVE UP NINE.

UH, I I WANNA ACCOMMODATE OUR VISITORS.

SO IS, UM, MR. CHRIS YEAH, I KNEW YOU WERE HERE.

IF YOU COULD MOVE UP A LITTLE BIT, I A APPRECIATE YOUR WILLINGNESS TO MOVE UP.

AND I WAS JUST GONNA NOTE THAT I BELIEVE THAT SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE EARLIER WERE KIND OF INTENDED FOR THAT PUBLIC HEARING PIECE I WAS LEAVING.

SO, WHICH I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE KNOWS WE'RE TAKING 'EM DOWN ALL THE SAME, SO, OKAY.

SO, UM, I, UM, I WANT, UM, I GUESS I REALLY DO WANT A SPECIFIC MENTION OF THE ITEMS THAT YES.

YOU KNOW, WERE IN FACT INCLUDED WITH THAT.

UM, I HAVE MS. BARBARA SCOTT, UM, TILLY COX, TED WELL, TED ROTH MAY BE NOT NECESSARILY PART OF THE CBG, BUT IT MAY BE.

AND I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S THERE.

I HAVE, UM, TAYLOR, SHERRY, SOPHIE, UM, MS. MONTOYA FROM THE EAST TOWN LAKE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, AND I HAVE CITIZEN BERTHA RENDON DELGADO, UH, MAKING SURE THAT, UM, THOSE ARE ALL INCLUDED IN YOUR PUBLIC HEARING DOCUMENTATION.

AM I, I SEE A LOT OF HEAD NODDINGS.

I'M GOOD.

WE HAD OUR COMMUNICATE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SPECIALIST, UM, TAKING DOWN NOTES AND WE'RE GONNA OF THE TRANSCRIPTS.

PART, AND SO I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS FOR BEING ON TOP OF IT.

SO LET THE REFLECT, LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT.

IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU UNDERSTAND THAT WE ALL ARE ON THE SAME PAGE WITH THIS.

SO I DON'T WANT TO ENCOUNTER ANYTHING OTHER THAN THIS.

AND I, I KNOW THAT YOU ARE REALLY COMMITTED TO THIS, UM, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

[00:45:01]

YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

THE ONE THING I WOULD SAY IS JUST, UM, FOR REALLY, UH, DOCUMENTATION'S SAKE, IF WE COULD, I'LL GIVE THE PRESENTATION AND IF WE COULD OPEN THE, THE TECHNICAL PUBLIC HEARING, JUST SO WE'VE, YOU KNOW, CHECKED THAT BOX THAT WE NEED TO.

UM, BUT WE GOT THOSE COMMENTS, SO MAYBE IT'LL JUST BE OPEN AND CLOSE .

REALLY APPRECIATE Y'ALL'S TIME.

THAT'S FINE.

I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THEY KNEW THAT, THAT IT WAS YES.

[8. Presentation and discussion on FY 24-29 Consolidated Plan Community Needs Assessment (Housing Department: Chris Duran, Senior Research Analyst; Julie Smith, Community Engagement Specialist; Jamey May, Housing and Community Development Officer. Austin Public Health: Leslie Boyd, Acting Public Health Program Manager II).]

WELL, UM, I'M REALLY EXCITED TO BE HERE TONIGHT.

UM, I APOLOGIZE IN ADVANCE.

I'M COMING OFF OF A SINUS INFECTION.

I'M A LITTLE BIT STRUGGLING HERE TONIGHT, SO YOU'LL HAVE TO BEAR WITH ME.

UH, I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE, BUT, UM, YEAH, I USUALLY START BY SAYING I'M GONNA BE, UM, COMPREHENSIVE BUT BRIEF.

UM, AND TONIGHT I'M GONNA BE A LITTLE LESS BRIEF , JUST 'CAUSE I THINK THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT AGENDA ITEM I'LL PROBABLY COME FORWARD, UH, FOR THE WHOLE YEAR.

SO, UM, I DON'T WANNA RUSH IT TOO MUCH.

UM, SO AS WAS MENTIONED, UM, PREVIOUSLY BY PUBLIC SPEAKERS COMMISSIONER, WE ARE CONDUCTING OUR COMMUNITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT FOR OUR FIVE YEAR CONSOLIDATED PLAN.

UM, SO THIS AGENDA ITEM IS MEANT TO BE A DISCUSSION ON COMMUNITY NEEDS AND SPENDING PRIORITIES FOR THIS UPCOMING FIVE YEAR PLAN.

UM, SO I'M GONNA GO THROUGH THE, UM, PRESENTATION FIRST TO REALLY SET THE CONTEXT FOR THAT DISCUSSION.

UM, SHARE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF SET THE TABLE, SO TO SPEAK.

UM, WE'VE ALSO, THROUGH THIS PROCESS NOW, IN OUR, IN SIX WEEK, SIX WEEK OF THIS PROCESS, WE'VE BEEN, UM, FINDING THERE'S REAL VALUE IN UPDATING, UH, THE PUBLIC AND YOU ALL ON WHAT OUR PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES HAVE LOOKED LIKE THIS PAST FIVE YEARS.

UM, BEFORE WE GET YOUR INPUT ON, UM, THE NEXT FIVE YEARS GOING FORWARD.

AND THERE'S A LOT MORE, UM, CONTEXT I'LL SHARE AS I GO THROUGH THE SLIDES.

BUT JUST TO INTRODUCE MYSELF OR ANYONE IN THE ROOM, MY NAME'S CHRIS DURAN.

UH, I'M OUR SENIOR RESEARCH ANALYST IN THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT OF THE HOUSING DIVISION, OR I'M SORRY, HOUSING DEPARTMENT.

UM, SUPER, UM, GRATEFUL TO BE HERE FOR YOUR WORK.

I ACTUALLY GREW UP HERE IN AUSTIN, SO I HAVE A, A PERSONAL APPRECIATION FOR WHAT YOU DO.

UM, JULIE SMITH'S OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SPECIALIST, SO SHE'S REALLY LIKE AN ACTIVE LISTENER HERE TODAY.

UM, TAKING DOWN ALL OF THE DISCUSSION AND, UH, JAMIE MAYS OUR, UH, COMMUNITY, UH, OR HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT OFFICER, HE'S ABLE TO ANSWER A LOT OF QUESTIONS THAT I AM NOT ABLE TO.

SO I ALWAYS REALLY APPRECIATE HIS PARTICIPATION.

AND I ALSO THINK WE HAVE LESLIE BOYD WITH AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH ON THE LINE, WHO'S ABLE TO ANSWER SOME, UH, QUESTIONS FROM THEIR PERSPECTIVE.

UM, WE WERE POTENTIALLY GONNA HAVE DAVID GRAY ON THE LINE.

IS HE ON THE LINE? I DIDN'T SEE YOU.

SO, GETTING INTO IT, I'M JUST GONNA SET THE TABLE A BIT.

UM, AS FAR AS GIVING AN OVERVIEW OF WHERE OUR HOUSING, UH, OUR FUNDING COMES FROM IN THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT, UM, I MAY BE COVERING SOME THINGS THAT YOU, UM, THE COMMISSIONERS, ESPECIALLY THE MORE EXPERIENCED ONES KNOW, BUT WE DO WANNA COVER THE BASICS.

WE'VE BEEN GIVING THIS, UH, PRESENTATION TO A LOT OF COMMUNITY GROUPS AND FOLKS ACROSS THE, UH, COMMUNITY.

SO WE DO, UM, LIKE TO MAKE SURE WE COVER THOSE, UH, BASIC FUNDAMENTALS OF WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

SO I'LL GET INTO SOME OF THOSE BASICS THAT YOU ALL MAY ALREADY KNOW A GOOD AMOUNT ABOUT WHEN IT COMES TO THE PLANNING AND REPORTING PROCESS.

UM, I'LL GET INTO HOW WE ARE MAKING DECISIONS FOR THIS FIVE YEAR FUNDING.

UM, I'LL GET INTO SOME FAIR HOUSING TOPICS.

AND THEN, UM, LIKE I REFERENCED EARLIER, WE'LL GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT THE PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES ARE LOOKING LIKE RIGHT NOW FOR THE FEDERALLY FUNDED PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES FOR THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT.

UM, AND THEN WE'LL SHARE WHAT WE'VE DOCUMENTED, UH, WHAT WE'VE HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY IN RECENT YEARS, UM, TO, UH, FOR THE PURPOSES OF SEEING HOW THAT RESONATES WITH YOU, GETTING YOUR INPUT ON, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT ARE WE MISSING, WHAT ARE WE GETTING RIGHT IN OUR WHAT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT INVENTORY.

AND THEN THE MOST IMPORTANT PART WILL BE THE GROUP, UH, INPUT FROM YOU ALL, BOTH, UM, TONIGHT, BUT ALSO, UM, AS A KEY THING.

WE'VE REALLY WANTED TO MAKE IT ACCESSIBLE TO GROUPS, INDIVIDUALS, UM, STAKEHOLDERS.

UH, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT Y'ALL CAN GIVE INPUT OUTSIDE OF THESE MEETINGS AS WELL.

UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE WANTED TO HAVE A DISCUSSION HERE TONIGHT, BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU MIGHT THINK OF SOMETHING TOMORROW, OR THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH TIME WE HAVE AT THESE MEETINGS.

SO WE HAVE A VARIOUS, UM, YOU KNOW, TEXTS SPEAK UP AUSTIN PAGES, UH, DIFFERENT EVENTS HAPPENING, UM, DIFFERENT CONVERSATIONS WE'RE HAVING IN THE COMMUNITY THAT WE'LL LET YOU KNOW ABOUT.

SO, UM, IN THE HOUSING DEPARTMENTS, WE HAVE, UH, LOCAL AND FEDERAL FUNDING STREAMS. UM, WE'RE GONNA ZERO IN ON THOSE HUD INTO ANNUAL ENTITLEMENT GRANTS THAT WE GET ANNUALLY THROUGH A FORMULA BASIS.

UM, BUT ONE THING THAT WE HAVE BEEN HIGHLIGHTING, I THINK JULIE SMITH HAS BEEN DOING A GOOD OF GOOD JOB

[00:50:01]

OF SPEAKING TO THIS, IS THAT WE'RE MAKING AN EFFORT TO TAKING COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT JUST AS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, UH, FOR OUR PROGRAMS AT LARGE, KIND OF BREAKING DOWN THOSE SILOS A LITTLE BIT BETWEEN, OKAY, WE HAVE THIS FUNDING SOURCE, SO WE'RE COMING TO YOU AND WE HAVE THIS FUNDING SOURCE, AND NOW WE'RE COMING TO YOU AND JUST KIND OF, UM, TAKING, TAKING IN, UM, BREAKING, BREAKING DOWN SOME OF THOSE SILOS BETWEEN ALL THE NEEDS ASSESSMENTS AND, UH, DIFFERENT FUNDING STREAMS THAT HAPPEN.

BUT TODAY I WILL BE SPEAKING, UH, UH, PRETTY, PRETTY EXCLUSIVELY TO THE HUD AND ANNUAL ENTITLEMENT GRANTS, WHICH, UH, WE RECEIVE, RECEIVE ON AN ANNUAL BASIS THROUGH THE US DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT.

I KNOW IT'S A BIG FOCUS OF THIS COMMISSION.

UH, IN FISCAL YEAR 2324, WE RECEIVED, UH, ROUGHLY 14 MILLION.

AND I'M JUST GONNA TAKE A SIP OF WATER REAL QUICK.

UM, WE RECEIVED, UH, ROUGHLY 14 MILLION, UM, ACROSS FOUR GRANTS THAT I'LL GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF THE AFFORDABLE, UM, ALL FOR PURPOSES OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, UH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND PUBLIC SERVICES.

UM, SO WHILE THE ALLOCATIONS FOR THOSE FOUR GRANTS DO FLUCTUATE ANNUALLY, SOME GO UP, SOME GO DOWN, OUR NET RECEIPT FOR THOSE FOUR GRANTS HAS BEEN STEADILY, FOR THE MOST PART, GOING UP YEAR OVER YEAR.

FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS.

WE ARE RECEIVING ROUGHLY 13 MILLION, UH, AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS CON PLAN.

NOW WE'RE RECEIVING ROUGHLY 14.

SO, UM, IF YOU THINK OF THE FIVE YEAR PLAN, WE'RE REALLY TALKING ABOUT PLANNING AND EVALUATING PROGRAMS FOR, UM, LIKELY AT LEAST $70 MILLION.

UM, AND I SAY LIKELY BECAUSE AGAIN, WE DON'T KNOW OUR FUTURE ALLOCATIONS, BUT IF THINGS BEGIN TO TRACK THE WAY THEY ARE, PARTICULARLY WITH POPULATION GOING UP, NEED OF COURSE GOING UP, UM, WE ARE, UH, LIKELY PLANNING FOR AT LEAST 70 MILLION AND, UH, POSSIBLY MORE.

UM, SO WHILE WE DO COME, UH, FOR INPUT WITH, FOR OUR ANNUAL ACTION PLANS, THE CONSOLIDATED PLAN YEAR IS A PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT YEAR.

SO THIS IS WHY WE'VE DONE, UH, SO MANY PRESENTATIONS REALLY LEANED IN THIS YEAR.

UM, TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF CLARIFICATION ON THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE CONSOLIDATED PLAN AND THE ACTION PLAN, THE CONSOLIDATED PLAN IS REALLY THAT MASTER FIVE YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN THAT SETS POLICIES, UM, AND REALLY ALLOCATES, UH, THE FEDERAL, UH, STRATEGIC PRIORITIES THAT ALL OF OUR ACTIVITIES MUST FALL UNDER FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.

SO OUR ACTION PLANS, UH, DON'T GET ME WRONG, I MEAN, THEY'RE VERY IMPORTANT.

WE TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION OUR ANNUAL ALLOCATION.

HOW ARE WE GONNA SPEND IT, PARTICULARLY HOW ARE WE PARTNERING IN THE COMMUNITY IN THAT YEAR? OF COURSE, THERE MAY BE, UH, THING, YOU KNOW, BIG THINGS THAT HAPPEN OVER FIVE, FIVE COURSE YEAR, LIKE A PANDEMIC.

SO WE, WE HAVE TO HAVE THAT, THAT, UM, KIND OF, UH, ABILITY TO CHANGE COURSE YEAR OVER YEAR.

BUT ALL OF THE ACTIVITIES MUST FOLD INTO THAT GOVERNING FIVE YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN.

SO HOW ARE FUNDING DECISIONS MADE? A KEY PART IS THIS COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION PROCESS, THE COMMUNITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT.

YOU HEARD FOLKS EARLIER TODAY, WE'VE BEEN HAVING MEETINGS.

I KNOW YOU HAVE THE, THE, WELL, YOU HAVE OUR ORIGINAL LIST.

IT'S ACTUALLY GROWN A LOT.

UM, I, UM, I THINK I'D ACTUALLY, I'M, I'D LIKE TO EMAIL Y'ALL WHAT OUR CURRENT LIST LOOKS LIKE.

WE'RE PRETTY PROUD OF IT.

UM, , IT'S PRETTY COMPREHENSIVE.

UM, BUT WE'RE ENGAGING IN, UH, A COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION, BUT THEN WE'RE ALSO CONDUCTING AN INTERNAL MORE ACADEMIC HOUSING NEED AND MARKET ANALYSIS WITH OUR PLANNING AND POLICY STAFF.

UM, AGAIN, AVAILABLE USE OF FUNDING SOURCES IS KEY.

UM, AND THEN OTHER PLANNING EFFORTS SUCH AS THE AUSTIN STRATEGIC HOUSING BLUE BLUEPRINT CAN COMPLEMENT OUR PLANNING EFFORTS.

A LOT OF JURISDICTIONS THAT RECEIVE THESE FEDERAL FUNDS DON'T HAVE THE, UH, LOCAL RESOURCES THAT WE DO.

SO WE DO HAVE A LOT OF RESOURCES THAT CAN COMPLEMENT OUR PLANNING, WHEREAS, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF JURISDICTIONS THAT RECEIVE CDBG AND THEIR CDBG PLANNING PROCESSES, MAYBE, UH, ONE OF THE ONLY PLANNING PROCESSES THEY GO IN SUCH A, UM, COMPREHENSIVE WAY.

SO WE DO, UH, BENEFIT FROM THINGS LIKE THE, A STRATEGIC HOUSING BLUEPRINT AND OTHER PLANNING DOCUMENTS.

SO, UM, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE CONSOLIDATED PLAN AND THE GRANTS THAT IT GOVERNS, THE, THE FOUR GRANTS ON YOUR SCREEN, UM, ARE THE FUNDING SOURCES, I'LL GET INTO THE PROGRAMS THAT THEY SPECIFICALLY FUND.

UM, I THINK, UH, THAT IT'S FAIR TO SAY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT IS PROBABLY THE MOST WELL KNOWN.

UH, YOU HEAR ABOUT IT, UH, A LOT IN THE COMMUNITY.

IT MAKES UP ABOUT HALF THE FUNDING.

AND AS SOME OF THE SPEAKERS SPOKE TO EARLIER TODAY, IT HAS THE MOST, UM, UH, BROAD ARRAY OF ELIGIBLE USES.

SO YOU'LL SEE IN A FUTURE SLIDE, IT, IT FUNDS A DIVERSE ARRAY OF PROGRAMMING, WHEREAS, UH, FOR EXAMPLE, HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP IS A MUCH MORE LASER FOCUS ON CREATING AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLDS.

UM, SO HOME IS THE ONE GRANT

[00:55:01]

THAT WE'VE, UM, WE'VE RECEIVED THE FUNDS AND WE ADMINISTER THE FUNDS AS THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT, WHEREAS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANTS, CDBG, IT'S ADMINISTERED ON A VERY INTER DEPARTMENTAL BASIS.

WE HAVE, WE PARTNER WITH AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH AS WELL AS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.

AND THEN ON THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN, YOU HAVE HOUSING OPPORTUNITY FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS, UH, THAT RECEIVED A, A LARGE INCREASE IN ALLOCATION THIS PAST YEAR.

UM, AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTERS THAT PROGRAMMING, UH, BENEFITING LOW INCOME PERSONS LIVING WITH HIV AIDS IN THEIR FAMILIES.

AND THEN, UH, FINALLY, EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANT WITH A LASER FOCUS ON, UM, THE HOMELESSNESS CRISIS, UH, THAT'S ADMINISTERED BY HOUSING, OR I'M SORRY, UM, AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH CURRENTLY.

UM, THERE'S, UH, A LOT OF TALK ABOUT THAT GOING TO, UH, BE ADMINISTERED BY HOMELESS STRATEGY OFFICE MOVING FORWARD, UM, HOMELESS STRATEGY OFFICE, UM, OF A NEW DEPARTMENT, UH, THAT WAS FORMERLY THE HOMELESS STRATEGY DIVISION UNDER A PH.

UM, A QUICK NOTE ON OUR FAIR HOUSING DOCUMENTS AND PLANNING AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL.

SO, UM, WE JUST LIKE TO BE COMPREHENSIVE AND, YOU KNOW, SOME STAKEHOLDERS REALLY FOLLOW US CLOSELY.

AND SO SOME, UM, OF YOU MAY BE AWARE THAT ALONG WITH OUR CONSOLIDATED PLAN, WE'VE HISTORICALLY DONE A COMPREHENSIVE, UH, REVISITATION, UH, SO TO SPEAK, OF OUR FAIR HOUSING PLANNING AND, UH, POLICY DOCUMENTS.

UH, FOR EXAMPLE, IN 2019, WE CONDUCTED A ANALYSIS OF IMPEDIMENTS TO FAIR HOUSING CHOICE, UH, THAT WAS CONDUCTED ON A REGIONAL LEVEL WITH OTHER JURISDICTIONS.

UM, AND SO THE ONLY REASON WE'RE NOT ENGAGING IN, SAY, A 2024 ANALYSIS OF IMPEDIMENTS IS BECAUSE THE, UH, BIDEN ADMINISTRATION HAS THIS UNDER A PROPOSED RULE FOR A NEW, UH, MORE AMBITIOUS AND ROBUST, UH, REGIME OF REQUIREMENTS FOR FAIR HOUSING PLANNING.

THAT'S GONNA BE TITLED THE EQUITY PLAN.

UM, WE ACTUALLY, AS THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT, UH, CONTRIBUTED, CONTRIBUTED TO THE PUBLIC, UH, COMMENT PROCESS FOR THE, UH, EQUITY PLAN.

UH, BUT WE'RE WAITING TO GET THE EXACT, UM, REQUIREMENTS FOR THAT AS IT'S GOING TO BE A PRETTY AMBITIOUS, AMBITIOUS PLAN.

A LOT OF, UH, FUNDING AND STAFF CAPACITY.

BUT, UM, TO BE CLEAR, THIS DOESN'T TAKE AWAY FROM ANY, UM, EQUITY FOCUSED LENS AND PLANNING AT THE LOCAL LEVEL OR THE DEPARTMENT RICH WRIT LARGE.

IT'S JUST THE NAME OF THE PLAN, THE EQUITY PLAN, THAT'S GOING TO BE A MORE ROBUST, UM, REGIME.

BUT IN THE MEANTIME, WE ARE SEEKING INPUT AND ACTUALLY SURVEYING ON FAIR HOUSING ISSUES AND EXPERIENCES.

AND, UM, SPEAKING CANDIDLY, UH, IN THESE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE HAVE, UM, A, A FAIR HOUSING ISSUE IS THE FIRST THAT COMES UP IN THESE DISCUSSIONS.

WHETHER WE, YOU KNOW, EXPLICITLY CALL IT FAIR HOUSING OR NOT, IT'S ONE OF THE FIRST, UM, YOU KNOW, THESE LIVED EXPERIENCES ARE THE TOP OF PEOPLE'S MINDS, AND SO THEY DO COME UP NATURALLY.

SO, UM, HERE, I REALLY APPRECIATE JULIE SMITH FOR THROWING THIS SLIDE TOGETHER.

I THINK EIGHT GRADE GIVES A GREAT SNAPSHOT OF OUR CURRENT FEDERAL FUNDING.

UM, YOU'LL HAVE THIS SLIDE DECK, SO IT'S A GOOD REFERENCE, I THINK FOR, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT, UM, OUR FOUR GRANTS AND YOU CAN REALLY SINK YOUR TEETH INTO EXACTLY WHAT THEIR FUNDING UNDER THIS CONSOLIDATED PLAN.

UM, I'LL LET JAMIE RELIEVE ME FROM SPEAKING FOR A LITTLE BIT TO GIVE, UM, AN OVERVIEW FOR, UH, THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT ADMINISTERED PROGRAMS. THANK YOU.

CHRIS, PLEASE, UH, REST YOUR VOICE.

IF YOUR FOURTH WALL IS BLOWN OUT.

, UH, GOOD EVENING.

I'M JAMIE MAY.

I AM THE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT OFFICER WITH THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT.

UM, ON THE SCREEN YOU CAN SEE THAT WE HAVE FIVE, FOUR FUNDING SOURCES.

I'LL COVER THE FIRST TWO, AND THEN I'LL HA PASS IT OVER TO LESLIE BOYD WITH AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH.

UH, THE FIRST COLUMN SHOWS OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDING, OR CDBG.

THAT'S ABOUT $7.4 MILLION, UH, THAT WE RECEIVE ANNUALLY IN THAT, UH, FUNDING SOURCE.

AND WE USE THOSE, THOSE DOLLARS, UH, FOR TWO BROAD AREAS.

FIRST IS OUR HOME REPAIR PROGRAMS, UM, WHICH INCLUDES A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT, UH, PROGRAMS INCLUDING ARCHITECTURAL BARRIER REMOVAL, UH, WHICH IS A LOT OF FUN TO SAY, UH, THAT IS BOTH FOR RENTER AND FOR OWNERSHIP, UH, PROPERTIES.

AND THAT IS REMOVING BARRIERS FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH MOBILITY IMPAIRMENT, UH, FROM APPRECIATING AND ENJOYING THE, THE FULL, UH, SCOPE OF THEIR RESIDENCE.

SO, GRAB BARS AND BATHROOMS, WIDER DOOR FRAMES, UH, RAMPS ON DOORWAYS.

WE ALSO HAVE OUR HOMEOWNER REHABILITATION LOAN PROGRAM, UH, WHICH YOU'LL SEE ON THE THIRD ROW, UH, THAT PROVIDES UP TO, UH, $75,000 FOR, UH, INCOME QUALIFIED HOUSEHOLDS TO MAKE MAJOR REPAIRS ON THEIR HOMES SO THAT THEY CAN REMAIN IN PLACE.

UM, IT IS A, UH, VERY EFFECTIVE ANTI DISPLACEMENT, UH, MEASURE.

AND, UH, WE DO LIKE TO SEE THOSE, UH, THOSE PROJECTS COME ONLINE BECAUSE IT'S EXCITING TO SEE, UH, A HOUSE GET REHABILITATED TO AT SUCH A LEVEL.

UM, AND THAT'S ANYTHING FROM A NEW ROOF TO A FOUNDATION REPAIR TO JUST ADDING IN A NEW WALL

[01:00:01]

UM, ALSO WE HAVE OUR, UH, RENTAL HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, WHICH RECEIVES SOME CDBG FUNDS, HOWEVER, THAT'S PRIMARILY, UH, FUNDED THROUGH OUR LOCAL FUNDING SOURCES.

UH, BUT THAT IS WHAT PROVIDING GAP FINANCING FOR THE, UH, DEVELOPMENT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

UH, AND THEN FINALLY DOWN AT THE BOTTOM, YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE ARE SOME, UH, UH, AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH, UH, PROGRAMS THAT ARE MANAGED, INCLUDING CHILDCARE, YOUTH, MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, AND SENIOR SERVICES, UM, AS WELL AS OUR, UH, FRIENDS AT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WHO MANAGE A FAMILY BUSINESS LOAN PROGRAM.

NOW, IN THE HOME COLUMN, UH, WHICH IS RIGHT NEXT DOOR, YOU CAN SEE IT'S ABOUT $3.6 MILLION ANNUALLY.

UH, TWO MAJOR PROGRAMS ARE FUNDED THROUGH THAT.

AND THEN A THIRD IS FUNDED THROUGH A SETA ASIDE OF THE HOME DOLLARS.

THE FIRST TWO MAJOR PROGRAMS FUNDED BY HOME ARE THE TENANT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE, AND THIS IS A VOUCHER PROGRAM FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE ON THE VERGE OF, OR WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.

THIS IS MANAGED BY OUR FRIENDS AT THE HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN.

AND, UH, WE PROVIDE, UH, UP TO TWO YEARS WORTH OF RENTAL ASSISTANCE, UH, FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH THOSE VOUCHERS.

SECONDLY, WE PROVIDE OUR DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, WHICH PROVIDES UP TO $40,000 IN DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE FOR FIRST TIME INCOME ELIGIBLE HOME BUYERS.

UH, NOW $40,000 IN A MARKET WHERE THE AVERAGE, UH, HOME PRICES AROUND 500,000 MAY NOT BE MUCH.

UH, HOWEVER, WE HAVE TARGETED THAT TO OUR AFFORDABLE UNITS, WHICH ARE MORE PRICED, MORE, UH, CLOSELY TO $250,000.

SO 40,000 OUT OF THAT TWO 50 IS A DECENT, UH, UH, DOWN PAYMENT, UH, FOR A LOAN OF THAT SIZE.

FINALLY, UNDER OUR, UH, IF THE VERY BOTTOM, JUST BEFORE IT GETS CUT OFF, UH, YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE'S A COMMUNITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION, UH, OPERATING EXPENSE GRANTS.

NOW, THE COMMUNITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS ARE CHODOS, UH, THESE ARE COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS THAT MUST MEET, UH, SPECIFIC GUIDELINES BY HUD IN ORDER TO QUALIFY.

UH, WE HAVE FOUR CHODOS IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN.

ONE IS, UH, BLACKLAND NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION, UH, BLACK SHEAR, UH, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, UH, GUADALUPE NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT, AND AHA, WHICH IS, UH, UH, ACCESSIBLE HOUSING AUSTIN.

UH, THOSE FOUR CHODOS ARE CERTIFIED ANNUALLY, AND, UH, WE CAN PROVIDE UP TO $50,000 IN OPERATING, UH, EXPENSE GRANTS PER YEAR.

UH, AND THAT'S TO KEEP THE LIGHTS ON.

UH, THOSE ARE EXTREMELY FLEXIBLE DOLLARS THAT THE CHODO CAN USE TO NOT ONLY PAY STAFF, UH, OR BUY A NEW PRINTER, WHATEVER THEY NEED TO DO IN ORDER TO, UH, ACHIEVE THEIR MISSION.

UM, SO THAT'S THE HOUSING SIDE.

AND NOW I'LL PASS IT OVER TO LESLIE BOYD WITH, UH, SOME COMMENTS ABOUT AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH.

THANK YOU, JAMIE.

UM, I AM LESLIE BOYD.

I'M WITH, UH, AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH, AND I'M GONNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE, UM, THE LAST TWO COLUMNS ON THIS SLIDE.

SO, HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS ARE OUR H PROGRAMS FOR, UM, ELIGIBLE CLIENTS WHO ARE HIV POSITIVE OR HAVE AIDS.

UM, AT THE TOP YOU SEE TENANT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE, UM, AND THEN SHORT-TERM RENTAL MORTGAGE UTILITY ASSISTANCE FOR RENTERS, AND ALSO FOR HOMEOWNERS.

UM, THEN GOING DOWN ON THE SLIDE, WE HAVE SHORT-TERM SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, WHICH CAN INCLUDE HOTEL AND MOTEL STAYS, HOUSING CASE MANAGEMENT, PERMANENT HOUSING PLACEMENT, AND THEN AT THE BOTTOM, THEIR FACILITY BASED HOUSING, WHICH IS FOR ONE OF OUR, UH, SUBRECIPIENTS THAT OWNS THEIR OWN APARTMENT COMPLEX.

AND IN THE FINAL COLUMN, EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANT, THIS IS OUR HOMELESS SERVICES GRANT.

WE FUND RAPID REHOUSING PROGRAMS. WE HAVE A HOMELESS SHELTER OPERATIONS CONTRACT WITH THE SALVATION ARMY FOR THEIR WOMEN AND CHILDREN'S SHELTER.

AND THEN WE ALSO PAY FOR HOMELESS MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM COSTS.

UM, SINCE AT AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH, ALL OF OUR HOMELESS, UM, PROGRAMS ARE REQUIRED TO REPORT CLIENTS IN THAT SYSTEM.

UM, BEING A LITTLE LESS THAN 65% OF THIS YEAR.

THANKS, LESLIE.

SO, UM, GETTING INTO A BIT OF A SNAPSHOT FOR THIS LAST, UM, FISCAL YEAR SPECIFICALLY, WE SERVED A BIT OVER 3000 HOUSEHOLDS IN FY 22, 23 THAT COULD HAVE BEEN INDIVIDUALS OR FAMILIES.

UM, ON YOUR SCREEN ARE THE, UM, INCOME BRACKETS THAT THEY FELL INTO.

UH, THESE LABELS ARE FROM HUD.

THEY LABEL, UM, EXTREMELY LOW INCOME BEING LESS THAN 30% M-F-I-M-F-I BEING MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.

AND THEN WE'VE GOT THE 31 TO 50, THE 51 TO 80.

UM, AND THIS IS FOR YOUR KNOWLEDGE, BUT ALSO, UM, WE'VE BEEN GETTING A LOT OF GOOD INPUT, I THINK FROM DIFFERENT GROUPS, A DIVERSE ARRAY OF INPUT.

IT'S A DEFINITELY A ROBUST DISCUSSION.

AS FAR AS WHAT, WHERE WE WANT TO SEE THESE RATIOS, UM, WE ALWAYS DO HAVE A MAJORITY IN THAT.

UM, A VAST MAJORITY IN THAT LESS THAN 30% MFI,

[01:05:01]

UM, IT'S THOSE HIGHER OR RELATIVELY HIGHER CATEGORIES WHERE YOU SEE SOME FLUCTUATION.

UM, IN THE 51 TO 80 THIS YEAR, YOU ACTUALLY SAW ALMOST A DOUBLING FROM ABOUT 8% TO 16% OF OUR, OUR CLIENTELE BEING THERE.

I WOULD SPECULATE, UH, YOU PROBABLY SEE, UM, YOU KNOW, DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE THERE, THOSE PROGRAMS THAT SERVE THAT HIGHER, UM, THAT HIGHER INCOME BRACKET.

AND SO WE DEFINITELY HAVE BEEN GETTING SOME STRONG INPUT, UM, FROM IN, UH, FROM CERTAIN GROUPS ADVOCATING.

WE WANT TO SEE PERCENTAGES HIGHER IN THE LOWER CATEGORIES.

OTHER GROUPS CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR THIS MORE TIERED APPROACH.

UM, AND SO IT'S DEFINITELY INPUT THAT WE VALUE AND ALSO DISCUSSIONS WE'RE HAVING INTERNALLY, UM, TRYING TO GET THIS TO GO FORWARD.

UM, OTHER NEEDS EXPRESSED TRAINING AND EDUCATION ACCESS TO HIGHER PAYING JOBS.

UH, WE TRACK OUR RACIAL DEMOGRAPHICS AS WELL, UM, THIS PAST YEAR.

UM, WE DO, UH, WE DID SERVE AN OUTSIZED PROPORTION OF OUR POPULATION, UM, OUR, OF OUR CLIENTELE, UH, IDENTIFYING AS BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN BEING AT ROUGHLY 36% RELATIVE TO 8% OF THE POPULATION.

UH, WHERE WE, UH, REALLY UNDERSERVED IN, IN, UH, MINORITY RACIAL COMMUNITIES WOULD BE IN THOSE IDENTIFYING AS ASIAN, RIGHT? SO WE SAW A LITTLE LESS THAN 2%, WHEREAS THE POPULATION OF A, UH, OF ASIAN AMERICAN, AT LEAST PER THE US, UH, CENSUS A CS IN 2022, WAS A LITTLE OVER 8%.

UH, AND IT'S DEFINITELY, UH, A CONVERSATION WE'VE BEEN HAVING ABOUT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IN THAT, UM, IN THAT POPULATION.

AND, UH, WE'LL BE VISITING WITH THE COMMISSION, UH, THEIR COMMISSION AGAIN IN MAY.

AND THEN ON THE LAST, ON DEMOGRAPHICS, UM, POPULATION RELATED TO, UH, ETHNICITY, UM, THOSE IDENTIFYING AS HISPANIC OR LA UM, LATINO, LATINX, UM, WAS, UH, ACTUALLY QUITE ON PAR THIS YEAR WITH THE POPULATION OF AUSTIN.

LOOKS LIKE WE SERVED A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN THAT POPULATION OF AUSTIN WHEN IT COMES TO HISPANIC LATINO.

SO, UH, TRANSITIONING, UM, TOWARD OUR DISCUSSION, UH, WE SHARE THIS TO AGAIN, UH, I THINK JULIE SMITH SMITH PUT IT WELL TO ME THE OTHER DAY, THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS REALLY WHAT OUR COMMS TEAM OR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TEAM HAS DOCUMENTED.

UM, AND WE WANNA SHARE IT WITH YOU ALL BECAUSE SAY, WE'RE NOT, WE DON'T DO THIS COMMUNITIES ASSESSMENT.

THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE.

SO WHAT, WHAT ARE WE MISSING? WHAT RESONATES WITH Y'ALL? UM, I'LL COME BACK TO A, A FUTURE SLIDE IS GONNA HAVE THAT TABLE ON THE LEFT, WHICH HAS OUR 2019 SURVEY.

UM, WE ASKED FOLKS TO IDENTIFY THE TOP FIVE NEEDS IN THEIR AREA.

AND SO WE'RE DOING THAT.

AGAIN, SAME QUESTIONS IN 2024, SO WE CAN COMPARE.

UM, AND THEN ON THE RIGHT ARE THE FEEDBACK THEMES THAT WE'VE, UM, DOCUMENTED IN RECENT YEARS.

I THINK JULIE AND HER TEAM HAVE BEEN DOING A GOOD JOB OF, YOU KNOW, WE GET SO MUCH INPUT, BUT REALLY AGGREGATING IT ALL DOWN TO, UM, THOSE KEY FEEDBACK THEMES AND, UH, IDENTIFYING SOME OF THE TOP, UH, THE TOP FA VARIABLES ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE THEMES.

SO IT'S A TOP THING WE ARE DOCUMENTING THAT WE HEAR FROM FOLKS ARE REALLY JUST, I NEED IMMEDIATE HELP.

SO, UH, THEY DON'T HAVE TIME TO WAIT.

AND, UM, TOP THINGS WE HEAR ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH FINDING HOUSING, RENTAL ASSISTANCE, MORTGAGE ASSISTANCE, EMERGENCY REPAIRS, EVICTION RESPONSE, AND LEGAL SERVICES.

OTHER TOP NEEDS THAT WE, UH, DOCUMENT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH UTILITIES, TRANSPORTATION, FOOD, AND EMPLOYMENT.

AND THEN WE ALSO DOCUMENT A LOT OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THAT TELLS US, YOU KNOW, MAYBE, UM, MAYBE FOLKS AREN'T IN AN IMMEDIATE CRISIS, BUT THEY DEFINITELY ARE EXPRESSING, NEEDING HELP, MAINTAINING STABILITY.

UH, PERHAPS THEY MAY BE A, A PAYCHECK AWAY OR A CRISIS AWAY FROM REALLY LOSING THAT STABILITY AND BEING MORE IN THAT FIRST CATEGORY.

UM, TOP NEEDS WE ARE IDENTIFYING AND MAINTAIN, NEEDING TO MAINTAIN STABILITY, OUR HOME REPAIR, UH, RENTAL PROPERTY MAINTENANCE AND UPKEEP, AS WELL AS PRESERVATION OF AFFORDABLE UNITS.

OTHER NEEDS, UH, IDENTIFIED CHILDCARE, STEADY INCOME.

UM, I WILL JUST NOTE IN THIS 2024 COMMUNITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT, UM, I THINK, UH, CHILDCARE HAS BEEN A BIG, A BIG THEME.

WE GET A LOT OF NODS.

UM, IT'S, I BELIEVE OUR SURVEY IS SHOWING, UH, CHILDCARE IS JUST REALLY COMING IN STRONG AS ONE OF THOSE TOP EXPRESS NEEDS.

AND OUR DATA SHOWS THAT AS FAR AS OUR PROGRAMMING, UM, YOU KNOW, I, I PRESENT ON THE CAPER A FEW MONTHS AGO, RIGHT? OUR, THE CAPER, I MEAN, IT'S OUR TOP PROGRAM THAT EXCEEDED OUR GOALS WAS WE'RE A CHILDCARE ASSOCIATED PROGRAM.

SO IT JUST, AGAIN, KIND OF POINTS TO THE EXTREME NEED FOR AFFORDABLE CHILDCARE.

I WANT THE OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD WEALTH AND LONG-TERM STABILITY.

SO, UM, WHATEVER THAT LOOKS LIKE FOR FOLKS, UM, THAT'S OFTEN EXPRESSED AS AFFORDABLE HOME OWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE.

SO, UH, WE TALKED ABOUT OUR DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE EARLIER.

YOU KNOW, WHEN WE DOCUMENT THAT FROM FOLKS, WE KIND OF VALIDATES, UH, CONTINUING THAT PROGRAM.

[01:10:01]

I WOULD SAY THIS FEEDBACK THEME HAS ALMOST BEEN A THEME OF THIS COMMUNITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT.

I NEED A MORE ACCESSIBLE PROCESS.

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HEARING LOUD AND CLEAR IN 2024 AS WE HAVE THESE MEETINGS.

SO, WHERE DO I GO FOR HELP? WHAT SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE TO ME? WHO CAN I TALK TO? UM, OTHER NEEDS EXPRESSED CROSS DEPARTMENTAL INFORMATION AND APPLICATION PROCESSES.

I, I THINK THAT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A FANCY WAY OF JUST SAYING, YOU KNOW, FOLKS DON'T WANNA BE PASSED AROUND FROM ONE DEPARTMENT TO THE OTHER.

AND WE HAVE SO MANY ENTITIES, RIGHT? WE'VE GOT HAKA, THE COUNTY ECHO, ET CETERA.

SO, UM, WE NEED TO MAKE A, MAKE A MORE OF A STREAMLINED AND ACCESSIBLE PROCESS.

AND WE'RE DEFINITELY HEARING THAT, UM, LOUD AND CLEAR, THIS NEEDS ASSESSMENT.

AND FINALLY, I DON'T TRUST THE CITY IS A KEY THEME THAT WE'VE HEARD IN RECENT YEARS.

UM, I KNOW OUR COMMS TEAM, UH, HEARS THAT A LOT, AND WE FIGURE IT'S BEST TO BE TRANSPARENT ABOUT THAT, RECOGNIZE IT, AND, UM, AND WORK TO REBUILD THAT TRUST.

UM, SPECIFICALLY TRANSPARENCY IN HOW DECISIONS ARE MADE ABOUT HOUSING PROGRAMS IS NEEDED.

AND THEN AGAIN, COLLABORATIONS ACROSS DEPARTMENTS, UM, YOU KNOW, NOT, UH, KIND OF SENDING FOLKS FROM ONE DEPARTMENT TO ANOTHER.

UM, INCREASE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN DIFFERENT ENTITIES IN THE CITY IS DEFINITELY NEEDED.

SO I THINK THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT SLIDES IN THE DECK, JUST 'CAUSE IT REALLY HIGHLIGHTS ALL OF THE KEY WAYS THAT OUT OUTSIDE OF THIS MEETING.

UM, YOU, THE, THE, THE COMMISSION AS A WHOLE, UM, THE, UH, FOLKS WITH LIVED EXPERIENCES THAT YOU'RE REPRESENTING AND SERVING IN THE COMMUNITY CAN TAKE PART IN THIS PROCESS.

UM, UH, ALL OF THESE, UH, ALL OF THESE WAYS ON THE SCREEN ARE GREAT.

WE'RE REALLY HIGHLIGHTING SPEAK OF AUSTIN.ORG/MY COMMUNITY DEEDS.

'CAUSE THAT'S WHERE WE'VE GOT OUR SURVEYS AND WHERE FOLKS CAN, UM, IT'S KIND OF OUR ONE STOP SHOP FOR INFORMATION, UM, AND TO SUBMIT COMMENTS.

BUT WE ALSO DO TRY TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THINGS LIKE THE DIGITAL DIVIDE.

SO WE HAVE PAPER SURVEYS AT PUBLIC LIBRARIES AS WELL AS THE OPPOR OPPORTUNITY TO CALL.

UM, AND, UH, THEN THERE'S, OR WRITE A LETTER.

MY, I'VE BEEN EXCITED THAT YOU CAN TEXT MY COMMUNITY TO 7 3 2 2 4.

YOU'LL GET A PROMPT AND YOU CAN JUST, UH, GIVE INPUT STRAIGHT FROM YOUR PHONE THERE.

OUR VERY FIRST, UM, COMMENT THAT WE GOT IN THIS PRO PROCESS WAS ACTUALLY THROUGH A TEXT.

SO I THINK IT JUST INDICATES, I MEAN, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE REALLY GOING.

PEOPLE ARE JUST ON THEIR PHONES, RIGHT? UM, SO THERE'S THAT.

UM, WE HAVE THE, THE, WE HAD THE PUBLIC, UH, HEARING OPPORTUNITY TONIGHT.

WE DID A AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL.

I JUST REALLY WANT TO THANK EVERYONE WHO CAME OUT TONIGHT.

WE WERE, UM, EXCITED TO GET THAT VOLUME OF COMMENTERS.

UM, WE DID NOT GET ANY AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL, WHICH WAS DISAPPOINTING, BUT I THINK IT DOES POINT TO JUST THIS TIME BEING BETTER FOR PEOPLE.

I THINK IT'S PROBABLY, UM, NOT VERY FEASIBLE TO MAKE IT OUT TO AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL, BUT WE CONTINUE TO BE OPEN TO YOUR HELP IN, I'VE GOING FORWARD IN, UH, PUBLICIZING THESE PUBLIC HEARINGS, UH, AS WE, WE, UM, YOU KNOW, WE CAN ALWAYS IMPROVE THERE.

UM, AND THEN FINALLY, UM, UH, THE FINAL NOTE HERE, WE NEED TO IMPROVE ON.

WE RECOGNIZE WE NEED TO IMPROVE ON, AND WE WANT TO MAKE PROGRESS AND ACCESSING FOLKS WITH THOSE LIVED EXPERIENCES, RIGHT? SO COMMISSIONS ARE GREAT.

WE'RE WORKING, WE'RE MEETING WITH NONPROFIT LEADERSHIP.

IT'S, THAT'S ALL REALLY HELPFUL.

BUT, UM, IT KIND OF, MAKING EFFORTS TO REACH THE FOLKS ON THE GROUND WITH THE LIVED EXPERIENCES IS AN EFFORT WE'RE MAKING.

AND SO WE'VE BEEN, UM, ASKING SOME OF THE NONPROFITS WE WORK WITH, IF WE CAN HOST A CONVERSATION WITH SOME OF THEIR CLIENTELE, SOMETHING OF A FOCUS GROUP.

AND WE'VE BEEN, UM, PROMOTING JULIE SMITH'S, JULIE SMITH'S EMAIL ADDRESS AS THAT, WHICH PEOPLE CAN REACH OUT TO.

UM, AND, UM, WHERE WE'D BE, UH, EAGER TO COME OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY AND HOST A CONVERSATION.

UM, AND, UH, I MEAN, UH, SO HERE OUR OFFICIAL COMMUNITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT PERIOD IS THROUGH MARCH 15, BUT WE'RE DEFINITELY STILL TAKING INPUT AFTER THAT, RIGHT? WE'VE DECIDED WE'RE GONNA KEEP THE SURVEY OPEN, UM, AND THAT WE CAN REALLY MOVE TO A MORE, YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THE SIX WEEK PERIOD.

UM, WE DO HAVE THE SIX WEEK PERIOD SO THAT WE CAN REALLY, UH, DOUBLE DOWN IN OUR ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS.

BUT, UM, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA HAVE ANOTHER PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD COMING UP IN MAY, UM, WE ARE KEEPING THE SURVEY OPEN.

WE'RE, UM, CONTINUING TO, UH, RECEIVE FEEDBACK.

SO IT'S NOT A HARD CUTOFF.

WHAT I WILL SAY IS THAT, UM, FEEDBACK THAT WE GET BY MARCH 15, WE CAN TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION FOR OUR FIRST DRAFT, UM, WHICH WE DO NEED TO PUBLISH, UM, IN MAY.

SO, UM, THE MAY WILL BE THE PUBLISHING, IT'S A HUD REQUIREMENT TO PUBLISH A FIRST DRAFT FOR 30 DAYS.

SO WE HAVE TO DO THAT.

UM, AND THE ONLY REASON YOU MIGHT'VE SEEN ME ROLL MY EYES RIGHT NOW IS BECAUSE WE ARE DELAYED IN GETTING OUR HUD ALLOCATIONS THIS YEAR DUE TO DELAYS

[01:15:01]

AT THE CONGRESSIONAL LEVEL.

IT'S REALLY, IT'S A, IT'S A, IT'S FRUSTRATING BECAUSE, UM, AT THIS TIME LAST YEAR, WE HAD OUR FUNDING FIGURES FOR THE NEXT YEAR.

WE CAN INCORPORATE THAT INTO THE FIRST DRAFT, ET CETERA.

WE DON'T HAVE THOSE NUMBERS.

SO, UM, WE'RE FIGURING, UH, OUT HOW TO MOVE FORWARD.

AND WE'LL KEEP YOU POSTED ON, UH, THAT DEVELOPMENT.

WE'RE THINKING MAYBE FOR THE FIRST DRAFT, SOMETHING WE'LL NEED TO DO IS, UH, UTILIZE, UM, CURRENT FUNDING FIGURES PLUS 5%, AND THEN, UM, FUND IN THE PROPORTIONS, WHICH WE WILL, ONCE WE HAVE OUR FINAL NUMBERS.

THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO DO IN THE FIRST DRAFT.

BUT, UH, WE'LL KEEP YOU POSTED ON THAT BEING THAT WE WILL COME, UH, IN JUNE TO SOLICIT YOUR RECOMMENDATION FOR THE FINAL DRAFT OF THE CONSOLIDATED PLAN TO CITY COUNCIL.

WHO WILL THEN, UM, IDEALLY, UH, AND EXPECTEDLY PASS THE CONSOLIDATED PLAN RESOLUTION IN JULY.

AND WE'LL SUBMIT IN, UM, AUGUST.

SO I WANT TO TRANSITION INTO Q AND A AND DISCUSSION.

UM, THIS IS MY INFORMATION.

I ENCOURAGE Y'ALL TO REACH OUT DIRECTLY TO ME FOR ANY QUESTIONS OR REQUESTS FOR FOLLOW UP.

UM, I MEAN, I'M HERE MOST MONTHS, BUT I CAN ALWAYS COME BACK ON, ON ANOTHER TOPIC.

AND, UM, OF COURSE, UH, BEING RESPECTFUL TO THE OTHER AGENDA ITEMS THAT WE NEED AS WELL.

UM, AND, UH, I, I, I PUT A LINK THERE TO THE CURRENT CONSOLIDATED PLAN TO GIVE A BIT OF CONTEXT.

AND AS I TRANSITION INTO Q AND A AND DISCUSSION, I'LL LEAVE THIS ON THE, THIS SLIDE UP.

I THINK IT GENERATES SOME GOOD DISCUSSION.

UM, THESE QUESTIONS, THE FEEDBACK THEMES, AS WELL AS, UH, THE 2019 SURVEY.

UM, BUT YEAH, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, UH, LISTENING TO THE HALF HOURS, , AND, UH, YEAH, ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU.

THANK YOU CHRIS, UM, FOR YOUR PRESENTATION, UM, COMMISSIONERS, I WILL DO A QUICK ROUND ROBIN ASKING IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, UM, FOR CHRIS.

AND THEN IF NOT, WE WILL MOVE, UM, TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.

MANY OF THE SPEAKERS HAVE ALREADY SPOKEN.

IF THERE HAVE BEEN OTHERS THAT HAVE JOINED US SINCE THEN, WE'LL DO, WE'LL TAKE THOSE IN.

SO, ROUND ROBIN, UM, COMMISSIONER, UH, DELGADO ON THE DS.

ANY QUESTIONS? CAN WE MOVE FORWARD WITH NO QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS? I DID HAVE, I MEAN, I WANT SAY THE DISCUSSION, BUT DO YOU WANNA GO TO CITIZEN COMMUNICATION? I, I NEED, I NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PUBLIC CAN GET THERE, GET THERE.

IS, IS THERE A QUESTION? YOU DON'T, YOU DON'T HAVE A QUESTION FOR CHRIS ON HIS PRESENTATION SPECIFIC? UM, ACTUALLY I DO.

COME ON WITH YOUR QUESTION.

AND IF YOU COULD, UM, I'LL SHARE THIS WITH YOU ALL A LITTLE BIT LATER AS PART OF WHAT WE'RE GONNA BE MOVING TO.

AND IF WE COULD BE SUCCINCT IN OUR QUESTIONING COMMISSIONERS, UH, TO BE RESPECTFUL, EVERYBODY'S GONNA GET AN OPPORTUNITY.

COMMISSIONER DELGADO, YOU GET TO START US OFF.

UH, YES.

SO CHRIS, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR THE GREAT PRESENTATION.

IT WAS REALLY GOOD AND GOOD INFORMATION.

YOU'RE DOING GREAT.

I DID HAVE, UM, SO DID WE REFLECT IN OUR LAST, UM, COMMUNITY? UM, I, I DON'T SEE THAT IN HERE.

DO YOU KNOW IT, DO WE HAVE A COPY OF THAT FROM THE, FROM LAST YEAR? OR ARE THESE IN NUMBERS FROM LAST YEAR? UM, THE NUMBERS, WHICH, WHICH NUMBERS SPECIFICALLY? UM, WELL, I WAS LOOKING FOR, UM, HOME BUYER ASSISTANCE.

'CAUSE I SEE THE FIVE YEAR GOAL AND, AND THE OUTCOMES FOR THE FOUR YEARS FROM NOW UNTIL FOUR YEARS.

BUT WHAT WAS LAST YEAR'S? OKAY, WELL, THE, THE, UH, DATA AND THE PRESENTATION YOU HAVE IS FOR LAST FISCAL YEAR.

SO THAT'S THE ONE THAT WE'RE REFLECTING ON, CORRECT? YEAH.

AND FOR THE FUTURE, CORRECT.

IN WHAT WE'RE ALLOCATING.

UM, SO THE DATA IS FOR FISCAL YEAR 22, 23, AND THEN WE'RE TAKING INPUT FOR THE FUTURE, BUT WE DON'T HAVE THE FUTURE ALLOCATIONS YET.

SO, UM, THIS CHART RIGHT HERE, THE FIVE YEAR GOAL PLAN, UM, THESE NUMBERS REFLECTING ON HERE WHERE IT SAYS HOME BUYER ASSISTANCE, UM, 24 HOUSEHOLDS SERVED 116, THE FUNDS EXPENDED, THAT WAS FROM, I'M PRETTY SURE LAST YEAR.

THAT'LL BE, UM, LAST YEAR.

AND THEN IF IT'S THE FIVE YEAR, IT'S THE LAST FIVE YEARS.

SO DO THE LAST ACTION PLAN AND LAST CON PLAN.

DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? YEAH.

CLARIFICATION.

AND THEN THE DATA FOR THE HOME BUYERS, UM, THAT'S THROUGH NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING, CORRECT? LIKE IF WE WANT, RIGHT.

IF WE WANNA KNOW EXACTLY WHO WAS SERVED, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S SHOWING THE NUMBERS OF HOW MUCH WAS SERVED, BUT IT DOESN'T SHOW MM-HMM.

EXACTLY LIKE A DETAILED WHERE WE GET THAT FROM.

I, I CAN FOLLOW UP WITH, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, ANY

[01:20:02]

FURTHER DETAIL.

YEAH, I CAN DO THAT.

WELL, HOUSING CAN DO THAT.

I'LL FOLLOW UP WITH YOU AN EMAIL MAYBE ON THE SPECIFICS.

THAT WAS THE ONLY QUESTION I HAD.

I WAS REALLY SPECIFICALLY ON THE HOME BUYERS HOME BUYERS PROGRAM.

THANK YOU COMMISSIONER DELGADO ON REPRESENTING THE HOME BUYERS AND THE REQUEST FOR THAT.

AND WE WILL LOOK FORWARD TO CHRIS, YOU AND YOUR TEAM GETTING THAT INFORMATION, NOT ONLY TO COMMISSIONER DELGADO, BUT TO OTHERS AS WELL.

COMMISSIONER ACHILLES, YOU HAVE A SPECIFIC QUESTION? MM-HMM, JUST TWO QUICK.

UM, SO YOU'LL SEND THAT UPDATED LIST, UM, IN THE NEXT COUPLE THERE TWO, YEAH.

AND, UM, THE LIST OF THE GROUPS WE'VE MET WITH.

AND THEN JUST CURIOUS IF YOUR SUMMARY OF, AND I'M PROBABLY SUPPOSED TO KNOW THIS, IS THERE A LITTLE BIT LONGER VERSION THAT CAN BE READ WHEN YOU DO YOUR FINAL COMMUNITY NEEDS? WAS THIS IT OR AT THE END OF THAT, LIKE WHAT IS THE, THE FINAL COMMUNITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT LOOK LIKE? UM, SO LONGER, LIKE, UM, MORE INFORMATION? YEAH.

WELL, SO INTERESTINGLY, ONE THING WE DID DO THIS YEAR IS WE PUT A LOT, I'M SURE I SHOULD HAVE SAID THIS, I PUT A LOT OF INFORMATION INTO AN APPENDIX IN THIS PRESENTATION, UH, BECAUSE WE WANTED TO SAVE LESS TIME OF ME TALKING AND GET MORE INTO DISCUSSION AND INPUT FROM Y'ALL.

BUT I COULD ABSOLUTELY COME BACK ON MORE INFORMATION IN THE FUTURE FOR SURE.

IN THE COMING MONTHS.

UM, BUT WE MADE A, AN EFFORT TO YEAH.

TO GET MORE INTO DISCUSSION THIS YEAR.

NO, THAT'S RIGHT.

I WAS JUST GONNA SAY, IF THERE IS LIKE A LONGER SUMMARY THAT COULD BE THAT YOU GUYS ARE USING THAT CAN BE SHARED PUBLICLY, I WOULD LOVE TO READ IT.

THAT'S THE ONLY REQUEST.

AND IS THAT A SUMMARY OF WHAT WE'RE HEARING IN THIS ENGAGEMENT PROCESS? YES.

OH, JUST IF THERE IS ONE AT THE END THAT'S A LITTLE BIT LONGER, WE'D LOVE TO READ IT.

THAT'S ALL.

WE WILL HAVE A THOROUGH, UM, IT CAN BE SHARED COMPILATION OF EVERYTHING WE'VE HEARD BY THEME AND THEN HOW WE USED IT AND HOW PERHAPS WE HAVEN'T USED IT.

ONE, ONE KEY THING I WANT TO SHARE IS JUST THAT THIS YEAR I HAVE JULIE, OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SPECIALIST, WHO'S NOT A FINANCE PERSON.

SHE IS A COMMUNITY PERSON AND SHE'S GONNA BE PRODUCING A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT INVENTORY FROM THIS PROCESS.

SO, ALRIGHT.

UM, SO, UM, COMMISSIONER KING ASKED FOR A LIST.

UM, CHRIS, WHAT LIST IS THAT SPECIFIC JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ALL ARE BOTH ON THE SAME PAGE YEAH.

OF THE COMMUNITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT MEETINGS THAT WE'VE HAD THIS A LIST OF THE COMMUNITY, UM, ASSESSMENT NEEDS MEETINGS.

AND SHE ALSO ASK FOR A BREAKDOWN AT THE END OF ALL OF THE COMMUNITY COMMENTS AND THE CATEGORIES OF THEM.

IS THAT CORRECT? AND JULIE'S GONNA HELP WITH THAT.

UH, TOLIVER, ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE FOR MR. DURAN AND HIS TEAM? EXCUSE ME.

I HAVE A QUESTION.

WHEN DID, UH, HAVE YOU BEEN OUT IN CONY PARK IN LAKESIDE WITH THIS INFORMATION? SO I KNOW NEFERTITI SHARED SOME INFORMATION RECENTLY, UM, WITH A COLONY PARK GROUP, I BELIEVE TO SPEAK UP AUSTIN PAGE AND TALKED A BIT ABOUT THE, UH, THE CDBG, UH, PROCESS.

SO, UH, SO, SO NEFERTITI WAS, I WASN'T PERSONALLY THERE.

WELL, UH, THE REASON I'M ASKING IS THAT I LIVE OUT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF ED BLUESTEIN.

, NOBODY IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT THIS.

SO I KNOW IT HAVEN'T BEEN NOBODY OUT THERE.

AND THAT IS, COMMISSIONER TOLIVER IS INQUIRING ABOUT THE COLONY LOOP AREA, UH, WHICH WE KNOW THAT OUR VETERANS, UM, ARE, UM, DEFINITELY THAT'S A AREA WHERE WE HAVE IN, WITHIN THE CITY OF AUSTIN.

A LOT OF OUR VETERANS WERE ACTUALLY ENCOURAGED TO BUY HOMES IN THAT AREA.

AND, UM, COMMISSIONER TOLIVER, I DO BELIEVE, UM, IS I DO BELIEVE I KNOW, KNOWS WHAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT.

I DO BELIEVE THAT THAT IS AN AREA THAT MAY HAVE, UM, BEEN OVERLOOKED.

AND WE ARE LOOKING TO RIGHT THAT SHIP IN TERMS OF ADDRESSING THE COLONY LOOP LAKESIDE AREA.

SO IF THAT CAN BE SOMETHING THAT WE POINT OUT, I KNOW THAT, UM, JUST AS YOU MENTIONED, UM, MS. NEFERTITI JACKMAN DID, UH, CONNECT ME WITH SOME, UH, COMMUNITY LEADERS IN THAT AREA.

SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT COMMISSIONER TOLIVER CONCERN IS IN FACT ECHOED, UM, IN CO-SIGNED BY ME.

SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO THIS WORK HERE.

, UH, COMM, UM, MS. JACKMAN, YOU TOOK THE DICE.

IS THERE A REASON? YES.

UH, I JUST, I HEAR THE COLONY PARK RESIDENTS IN THE BACK AND WHAT WE, THEY WANNA MAKE SURE WE SAY COLONY PARK COLONY.

WHAT DID I, COLONY PARK COLONY.

UM, THE MEETING THAT I WAS AT WAS REGARDING THE NEW DEVELOPMENT, NOT NECESSARILY

[01:25:02]

AND THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.

BUT LIKE YOU SAID, I WAS ABLE TO CONNECT YOU MM-HMM.

, UM, MR. TOVER, YOU REACHED OUT TO HIM WITH SOME COLONY PARK RESIDENTS.

AND SO THAT IS SOMETHING WE WILL WORK ON IN THE FUTURE, UH, MAKING SURE THAT, UM, AND I THINK THIS COULD BE A GOOD STARTING POINT, IDENTIFYING THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE REPRESENTED BY THIS BODY, THIS COMMISSION, AND GOING DIRECTLY TO THOSE GROUPS.

AND THANK YOU MS. JACKMAN FOR THAT CORRECTION WITH THE COLONY PARK.

THANK YOU ALL .

UH, BUT YES, I DO, UM, UH, CO-SIGN ON THE COLONY PARK CONCERNS, SO THANK YOU.

UH, COMMISSIONERS, UM, THAT ARE REMOTE, UM, LAGUARDIA, LET'S SAY YOU, HI.

UH, THANK YOU.

UM, CHRIS, WELL DONE.

UM, I DID HAVE A QUESTION, UM, ABOUT HOW MANY SURVEYS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED OR, YEAH.

I BELIEVE WE HAVE THAT INFORMATION WITH JULIE.

WE CURRENTLY HAVE 297 SURVEYS SUBMITTED, UH, THROUGH SPEAK UP AUSTIN.

WE'LL BE CALLING LIBRARIES NEXT WEEK TO SEE HOW MANY PAPER SURVEYS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED AND PICKING THOSE UP AS WELL.

GREAT.

THANK YOU FOR THAT.

IT'S JUST LIKE, NOT ENOUGH.

I, I AGREE.

NOT ENOUGH.

I THINK, UH, THE AMOUNT OF TIME IS FAIR, UH, 90 DAYS OR THREE MONTHS, BUT VERSUS HAVING LIKE A, MAYBE A MINIMUM TIME, UH, REQUIREMENT, MAYBE IT SHOULD BE LIKE A MINIMUM LIKE ENGAGEMENT REQUIREMENT, MAYBE LIKE 10% OF THE COMMUNITY OR 5% OF THE COMMUNITY OR SOMETHING.

NOT A LOT.

NOT ENOUGH PEOPLE ARE VOICING WHAT THEY NEED.

UM, AND COULD I, COULD I JUST FOLLOW UP WITH SOME CONTEXT THERE FOR Y'ALL'S INFORMATION SO YOU CAN HELP US? MM-HMM.

LAST.

WE ARE HAVING LIKE AN OPPOSITE ISSUE AND SUCCESS THIS TIME, LAST TIME, REALLY GREAT SURVEY RESPONSE OVER 2000.

SO WE'RE STRUGGLING WITH OUR SURVEY RESPONSES, BUT THEN WITH THE COMMENTS ABOUT 20 COMMENTS LAST TIME, WHEREAS THIS TIME WE'VE GOT ABOUT 240, SO I'M NOT SURE WHERE, WHY , UM, BECAUSE IT'S INTERESTING WE'RE GETTING THOSE, THOSE, THOSE QUALITATIVE COMMENTS.

AND WE'RE HAVING A TROUBLE MORE WITH THE QUANTITATIVE SURVEY.

I JUST SHARED THAT WITH YOU AS WE PARTNER WITH Y'ALL IN TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO REACH FOLKS.

AGAIN, THANKS FOR THAT.

JUST SOME SUGGESTIONS.

OF OUR, OUR NEEDS ASSESSMENT TO WHERE WE'RE SPENDING THE MONEY, UH, BECAUSE THE MONEY OUGHT TO BE SPENT WHERE, LIKE THE, WHERE THE NEEDS ARE AND, UH, NOT TO LIKE WHERE, WHERE WE WANT THE MONEY TO GO.

UH, MY, MY SECOND THING THAT I WANTED TO DISCUSS A LITTLE BIT WAS, UM, UNDER LIKE THE PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES, I THINK UNDER THE, UM, UH, DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

I UNDERSTAND.

LIKE, THAT WAS ONLY FUNDED BY ONE PROGRAM.

I THINK THE HOME PROGRAM, OR MAYBE IT WAS THE C-B-D-C-D-B-G, YEAH.

BUT HER HOME, YEAH.

PERHAPS MAYBE, UM, HAVING ANOTHER FUNDING SOURCE FOR THAT PROGRAM.

UM, I, I'VE PERSONALLY TRIED TO USE THAT AVENUE AND IT'S JUST LIKE, EXHAUSTED OR, YOU KNOW, UM, I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE IF MAYBE IF THE AMOUNT WAS INCREASED BY 50% TO 60,000, IT MIGHT HELP A LOT MORE PEOPLE OR SOMETHING.

I DON'T KNOW.

JUST AN IDEA.

UM, SO, UH, OKAY.

ONTO THE NEXT THING, UH, MORE ACCESSIBILITY.

YOU KNOW, YOU MENTIONED YOUR LITTLE PIE GRAPH.

I, I DID NOTICE THAT.

UH, WELL, I, I DO WANNA SAY, UM, I UNDERSTAND THE, THE HOME FUNDING AND, UH, THE EMERGENCY SERVICE, UH, THE HOMELESSNESS CRISIS ONE.

I THINK THOSE ARE MANAGED BY A TH, RIGHT? AND, UM, YES, JUST, JUST PERHAPS HAVING, UM, THAT DEPARTMENT WELL, WELL FUNDED, WELL STAFFED ALSO PEOPLE THAT LIKE, SPEAK SPANISH.

AND I THINK THAT'S A MAJOR BARRIER FOR ACCESS.

UM, YEAH.

AND THEN, AND THEN LASTLY, UM, I JUST WANNA ADVOCATE FOR MS. SCOTT AND WHAT SHE HAD TO SAY AS FAR AS LIKE COLONY PARK AND THEIR MASTER PLAN.

UM, I CAN'T THINK OF A BETTER WAY OF SPENDING MONEY THAN INFRASTRUCTURE AND ROADS AND SIDEWALKS AND THAT POOL.

LIKE, LET'S GET IT DONE.

AND, UM, I, I REALLY APPRECIATE ALSO WHAT MR. ROTH HAD TO SAY AS FAR AS LIKE A DA ACCESSIBILITY.

THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT.

I THINK THAT'S LIKE VERY IMPORTANT.

AND THEN, UM, UH, MS. MONTOYA ALSO BROUGHT UP A VERY GOOD POINT AS FAR AS LIKE MONITORING AND EVALUATING LIKE THE PARTNERS THAT RECEIVED SOME OF THOSE FUNDING.

YOU KNOW, UM, IT, IT'S A GOOD POINT.

AND, UM, I GUESS, I GUESS THE, THE LAST THING I'LL SAY IS THAT WE, WE ULTIMATELY, WE NEED TO COMPARE THE RESULTS

[01:30:01]

YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? LIKE, I, I, I, I, I STRUGGLE WITH THAT ALSO.

LIKE, ULTIMATELY I FEEL LIKE THE MONEY NEEDS TO GO TO WHAT THE, THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT HAD TO SAY VERSUS WHAT I THINK LIKE THE MONEY SHOULD GO TO.

AND JUST KIND OF BE MINDFUL OF THAT.

COMMISSIONER LONGORIA.

ESPECIALLY ONLINE SURVEY FATIGUE.

UM, UM, UH, COMMISSIONERS, I AM LOOKING FOR QUESTIONS.

COMMISSIONER LONGORIA, I DEFINITELY UNDERSTAND YOUR PASSION AND THAT'S COOL.

UM, DID RECOGNIZE THE POINT THAT HE'S SPEAKING OF THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR PERHAPS A, UH, A QUANTITY, UM, VERSUS A PERIOD OF TIME.

IF WE GET A CERTAIN NUMBER, UM, THEN WE KNOW WE HAVE MET OUR BAR.

NOT JUST HAS THE WINDOW BEEN OPEN AND CLOSED, UM, BUT HOW MANY HAVE GONE COME THROUGH? SO I DEFINITELY UNDERSTAND THAT.

UM, THAT'S THE ONE THAT I, I WILL HIGHLIGHT.

AND THEN DEFINITELY THE VARIOUS, UM, OTHER PUBLIC SPEAKERS THAT HE, UM, MENTIONED.

UH, DEFINITELY ECHO THAT.

UH, COMMISSIONER, WHO ELSE? I HAVE COMMISSIONER GARCIA, HOW ABOUT YOU? ANY QUESTIONS FOR CHRIS? I'M LOOKING FOR QUESTIONS.

COMMISSIONERS.

CLARIFICATION.

COMMISSIONER GARCIA? NO.

YOU GOOD? ALRIGHT, COMMISSIONER WOODS.

UH, HI.

I WANTED TO THANK OUR SPEAKERS.

UM, I HAVE, UM, SORT OF AN OBSERVATION AND A QUESTION, UH, WHICH IS, I THINK WE'VE RUN INTO SURVEY FATIGUE.

UM, YEAH.

AND SO, UM, I DID RECOMMEND SOME REAL BRAINSTORMING ON THAT.

UH, AND ONE POSSIBILITY WOULD BE PAPER SURVEYS, BUT IN PLACES BESIDES LIBRARIES LIKE THE AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH CENTERS, REC CENTERS, UM, PLACES, UM, LIKE THAT, ANYWHERE THE CITY HAS A PRESENCE.

UM, BEYOND THAT, I DON'T HAVE A LOT OF OFFER, BUT I DO LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING YOUR IDEAS ABOUT WAYS TO REACH OUT MORE COMPREHENSIVELY CITYWIDE.

UM, THANK YOU.

COMMISSIONER ORTIZ? MM-HMM.

UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

UH, COMMISSIONER WOODS.

I'M LOOKING FOR QUESTIONS.

COMMISSIONER ORTIZ, THAT WAS MY MISTAKE.

I'M, I DON'T HAVE MY GLASSES AND I APOLOGIZE.

THAT'S OKAY.

I THOUGHT THAT MIGHT BE ME, BUT I WAITED ANYWAY.

NO, NO, YOU, YOU WERE RIGHT.

'CAUSE I WASN'T CALLING YOUR NAME.

UM, ACTUALLY, UM, SEVERAL OF Y'ALL HAVE ALREADY, UH, SEVERAL OTHER COMMISSIONERS HAVE ALREADY ASKED FOR THINGS I WAS THINKING OF.

SO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.

I'LL AWAIT THE RESPONSES THAT Y'ALL SENT FOR, FOR THE QUESTIONS ALREADY SUBMITTED.

ESTEBAN , COMMISSIONER DELGADO.

UM, WHO ELSE DO I HAVE BELIEVE DEL COMMISSIONER DELGADO.

ESTEBAN.

COMMISSIONER, UH, VICE CHAIR S YES.

UH, SO LET ME, SO I WAS THINKING ABOUT THE, THE SURVEYS THAT WERE ONLINE.

UM, IS THERE ANY LOCATION INFORMATION TO SEE WHERE THEY'RE COMING FROM? I KNOW THAT, UH, YOU, THAT WE WANT, LIKE, REPRESENTATION IN ALL AREAS OF TOWN.

IS THERE THAT KIND OF INFORMATION ON THIS ONLINE SERVICE? WE DID ASK FOR DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION.

UM, SO WE CAN PULL, FOR THOSE OF YOU, FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS, WE CAN PULL ZIP CODE, UM, YEAH, ZIP CODE IS WHAT WE'D ASKED FOR AND THE DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION.

SO I, I DON'T HAVE THOSE NUMBERS RIGHT NOW, BUT WE CAN PULL THEM FOR SURE.

AND WE CAN WE'LL INCLUDE THOSE IN THE, IN THE SUMMARY.

AND I THINK SOME OF OUR PARTNERS WHO HAVE PUT UP FLYERS, UM, THERE'S A POSSIBILITY THAT IF THEY WANT THE SPECIFIC QR CODE DATA MM-HMM.

TO THEIR SPECIFIC FLYER THAT WE CAN, WE'LL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT AS WELL.

I WOULD LIKE TO OPEN IT UP FOR OUR PUBLIC, UM, HEARING.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT.

VICE CHAIR IAS.

UH, COMMISSIONER ESTEBAN, COMING BACK TO YOU.

CIRCLING BACK FOR A QUESTION.

HEARING NONE.

UH, AT THIS TIME,

[9. Public Hearing on the FY 24-29 Consolidated Plan]

[01:35:01]

WE HAVE ALREADY HEARD FROM, UM, AT LEAST SIX INDIVIDUALS.

SIX INDIVIDUALS.

UM, AT THE TOP OF THE HOUR, WE HEARD FROM MS. SCOTT, UH, CLARKSDALE ROTH, UM, TAYLOR, SOPHIE MONTEZ, I MEAN MONTOYA, MONTOYA, AND, UM, RENDO, UH, DELGADO.

UM, I DO BELIEVE WE HAVE ONE THAT HAS JOINED US SINCE ANYONE PUBLIC HEARING.

PUBLIC HEARING, WHO HAS NOT SPOKEN PUBLIC HEARING.

I, I, MS. SCOTT, I SEE YOUR HAND.

I DON'T WANT TO, ARE YOU SPEAKING ON WHAT YOU SPOKE ON EARLIER? THANK MY HAND.

NO, I WAS ASKING QUESTIONS FOR THE COMMISSIONERS.

I WAS ASKING FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING.

UM, AND I AM GOT TO DEFER TO CHRIS.

I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT WHAT ED JUST TOLD ME, WHICH IS, I'LL LET YOU SAY IT.

UM, THEY, THEY CAN SPEAK AGAIN IF THEY WANT, IF THEY WANT IN THE PUBLIC HEARING.

AND IT'S LIKE THEY HAD THEIR GENERAL COMMENT TIME AND NOW THEY, AND THEN NOW THEY CAN SPEAK AGAIN FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING.

THOSE WHO ARE IN FAVOR, IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN SPEAKING, PLEASE STEP TO THE DAAS RIGHT NOW.

PLEASE.

AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN THOSE STEP IN LINE AND JUST STAND IN LINE AND BE READY.

MARK THE TIME, PLEASE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, MS. MONTOYA, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR SPEAK.

WE'RE IN THE PUBLIC HEARING NOW.

PLEASE UNMUTE.

UM, I HAD A QUESTION FOR THIS.

UH, THE OUTREACH, UH, THE AREA BACK IN THE DAYS WHEN WE DID OUTREACH WITH HOUSING AND OTHER PROGRAMS, THEY USED TO UTILIZE THE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS.

AND, UH, WE'D NO LONGER GET ANY, ANY INPUT FROM THAT.

AND THAT'S HOW WE WOULD GET THE, THE, ALL THE PROGRAMS INVOLVED IN OUR COMMUNITY.

AND THE OUTREACH WAS DONE GREAT AT THAT POINT, BUT WE WE'RE, WE'RE LACKING A LOT OF, UM, THE SURVEYS IN OUR, IN OUR COMMUNITY.

UH, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT WE DON'T HAVE COM, UM, COMPUTERS, YOU KNOW, OR WE'RE, WE DO HAVE 'EM, BUT THE, WE ARE NOT KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT 'EM, YOU KNOW, HOW TO ACCESS THE SURVEYS ON THE COMPUTER.

SO OUTREACH TO ME IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE KNOW THAT WE CAN, UM, BE PART OF THE, THE, THE QUESTIONS, UH, THE THE NEED ASSESSMENTS AND ALL THAT, THAT'S VERY CRITICAL FOR ARIA.

THAT'S WHY A LOT OF OUR FAMILIES DON'T KNOW, UNDERSTAND WHERE, WHERE THIS FUNDING IS COMING FROM AND HOW THEY CAN UTILIZE IT.

, WE HAVE HAD IN THE PAST SO MUCH OUT, YOU KNOW, OUTREACH BECAUSE COMMUNITY LEADERS WOULD HELP OUT AT THAT TIME.

AND I WAS ONE OF THEM.

SO THAT'S WHY I'M, I'M ADDRESSING THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT Y'ALL REACH OUT TO US BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF HOMELESS OUT THERE, A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WANNA BUY HOMES, AND A LOT OF OUR FAMILIES AND GENERATIONS WANNA COME BACK TO OUR COMMUNITY.

AND, AND, YOU KNOW, AND THEY, IT'S NOT AFFORDABLE FOR THEM.

AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S REAL, REAL IMPORTANT THAT YOU HAVE GIVE US OPPORTUNITY.

AND ALSO, ANOTHER ONE, CITY OF AUSTIN USED TO ALWAYS OUTREACH TO US IN OUR COMMUNITY ABOUT WEATHERIZATION PROGRAMS. UH, THEY WOULD DO WINDOWS AND CERTAIN REPAIRS AND ALL THAT WOULD ADD TO THE FUNDING THAT WAS AVAILABLE FOR HOME REPAIR IF YOU NEEDED A LOT OF REPAIRS IN YOUR HOME.

SO I, YOU KNOW, REACHING OUT AND, AND COLLABORATING WITH OTHER AGENCIES IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE A LOT OF US CAN'T AFFORD TO, AND A LOT OF US ARE ELDERS.

AND LIKE, ME, MYSELF, I'M AN ELDER.

I'M 70 YEARS OLD.

SO I'VE SEEN THE PROGRAMS COME AND GO .

SO, UH, AND OUR COMMUNITY HAS CHANGED SO MUCH WE WANNA BRING BACK AND, UH, PRESERVE OUR COMMUNITY AND THAT THE ONLY WAY THAT WE CAN GET OUR HOMES REPAIRED BY THESE KIND OF PROGRAMS AND, AND OUTREACHING TO US, YOU KNOW, WE CAN, THAT WE CAN ACCESS IT.

SO THAT'S WHAT MY QUESTIONS AND, YOU KNOW, AND CONCERNS I'VE HAD.

AND, UH, THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK AGAIN, .

I'M NOT USED TO DOING THIS.

YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN IN SUCH A LONG TIME.

I THOUGHT I HAD RETIRED FROM ALL THIS.

TO ME IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE OF THE FAMILIES AND GENERATIONS TO COME.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, RON, THAT MS. MONTOYA, AND, AND WE DON'T EVER WANT YOU TO BE TIRED OF SPEAKING UP,

[01:40:01]

UM, AND EVERYTHING.

NO, WE'RE ONLY LETTING THEM GIVE THEIR THREE, THREE MINUTES AND WE'LL, WE'LL DEAL WITH ALL THAT AFTERWARDS.

UHHUH, UH, COME ON, MS. SCOTT, YOU'RE NEXT ON.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.

UM, AND LISTENING TO, UM, WHAT THEY'VE PRESENTED HERE, WHEN YOU AND I, I TOOK THE SURVEY, THE SURVEY IS SKEWED TOWARD HOUSING.

THERE'S NOTHING ON THAT SURVEY ABOUT INFRASTRUCTURE.

IT'S ONLY ABOUT HOUSING.

AND SO THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE GONNA GET IS ANSWERS ON HOUSING.

IT IS NOT ABOUT INFRASTRUCTURE.

IT'S NOT ABOUT SIDEWALKS, OPEN SPACES, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, UTILITIES CONSTRUCTIONS AND CBDG FUNDING IS SUPPOSED TO BE USED FOR ALL OF THAT.

SO YOU'RE NOT GONNA GET ANY ANSWERS BECAUSE THE SURVEY WAS NOT WRITTEN IN SUCH A MANNER TO GET THE ANSWERS ON THOSE ITEMS, WHICH IS, UH, ALONG WITH HOUSING REPAIR IS A NEED IN THE COLONY PARK, LAKESIDE AREA.

OUR COMMUNITY NEEDS EVERYTHING.

UM, ALSO WHEN YOU SAY, UH, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A QR CODE, UH, YOU ELIMINATE A LARGE GROUP OF PEOPLE WHEN YOU ONLY TALK ABOUT WHAT'S ONLINE, A LOT OF OLDER PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO DO SURVEYS.

UM, IN OUR AREA, WE HAD TO HAVE CAPITAL METRO COME OUT WITH BUSES DURING COVID BECAUSE OF, UH, THE LACK OF, UH, INTERNET SIGNALS.

SO THAT'S AN ELIMINATION.

I PERSONALLY DON'T DO QR CODES.

THE LAST TIME I DID A QR CODE, MY CREDIT CARD COMPANY CALLED ME TO ASK ME IF I WAS APPLYING FOR A DATING SITE.

AND I ASSURED THEM I WAS NOT.

SO, I, I WILL NOT, I WILL NOT SCAN A QR CODE.

UH, SO THINGS LIKE THAT ARE, ARE, ARE LITTLE THINGS THAT YOU NEED TO KNOW.

UM, YOU KNOW, BOOTS ON THE GROUND, EVERYBODY HAS A RING DOORBELL KNOCKING ON DOORS USED TO WORK.

SOMETIMES IT DOESN'T WORK ANYMORE.

BUT YOU CAN PUT FLYERS ON THE DOORS.

YOU CAN PUT DOOR KNOCKERS ON THE DOORS.

THAT IS HOW YOU'RE GONNA REACH PEOPLE.

BECAUSE I'M SICK OF SURVEYS.

I'M JUST COMPLETELY SICK OF TAKING A SURVEY.

THERE'S A SURVEY FOR EVERY, ALMOST EVERY CITY OF AUSTIN DEPARTMENT AS SOMETIME OR THE OTHER.

UH, AND THE OTHER THING IS THAT THE DEPARTMENTS CHANGE CHANGE NAMES SO MUCH.

WE CAN'T KEEP UP WITH WHO WORKS FOR WHO OR WHOM.

BUT, UH, THAT'S, THE SURVEYS ARE SKEWED AND YOU NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB OF MAKING SURE THAT EVERYTHING THAT, THAT, THAT THE CBDG FUNDING REPRESENTS IS ON THAT SURVEY.

NOT JUST HOUSING, BECAUSE WE NEED MORE THAN JUST HOUSING.

IT'S BEEN OUT THERE SINCE 1972 MM-HMM.

WITH NOTHING.

WE HAVE NO GROCERY STORE, NO MEDICAL FACILITIES.

UH, WE DON'T EVEN HAVE A LIBRARY EAST OF 180 3.

SO WE ARE IN NEED OF EVERYTHING, NOT JUST HOUSING.

AND WE, WE HAVE ROOFTOPS.

SOME OF THEM MAY BE FALLING DOWN BECAUSE WHEN YOU TRY TO APPLY FOR THESE DIFFERENT BENEFITS, YOU ALMOST NEED A PHD.

I THINK SO.

THANK, THANK YOU MS. SCOTT.

WE HAVE YOU NOW, UM, NEXT CITIZEN REGARDING THE, UM, PUBLIC HEARINGS.

COME ON, HAVE A SEAT.

GAVE HIMSELF A HEAD.

START THIS TIME STANDING UP.

MS. SOPHIE, SPEAKING OF THAT PHD.

UM, MY NAME IS SHERRY TAYLOR.

I GO BY SOPHIE.

UM, SHORT FOR SOPHISTICATED.

ANYWAY, I WROTE A SONG CALLED BECOME A GRAD, AND IT IS IN YOUR HANDS.

I PASSED THESE OUT EARLIER.

CAPITAL IDEA FREE TUTORS HELP AT YOUR NEW CAREERS, TEXTBOOKS AND TUITION AND FEES.

AND, UH, I, I REALLY BELIEVE IN THAT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, YOU SAY YOU NEED HOME, UH, BUYING HOMES AND YOU NEED INFRASTRUCTURE.

IT SEEMS LIKE THE ONLY PEOPLE ON THE PANEL THAT ARE MAKING ALL THESE SURVEYS ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE COLLEGE TRAINED AND THEIR LIVED EXPERIENCE IS PROBABLY MINIMAL TO BEING OUTSIDE.

SO I'M TRYING TO GET EVERYBODY TO BECOME A GRAD.

SO, MICHAEL JACKSON'S BACK 1979.

TAKE OUT YOUR INFORMATION.

LIKE EVERYBODY GETS A GOOD EPISCOPAL, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY'S GOT THE, THE LYRICS.

AND I'LL SING IT BEFORE WE RUN OUTTA TIME.

ALRIGHT, HERE WE GO.

YOU WANT MUTE? I, I, I, I SANG THIS, BY THE WAY, FOR THE, UH, THE COMMISSION THAT MEETS THE CAP METRO AND SOME OTHER PLACES.

YOU READY? I GOT YOU.

[01:45:01]

ALWAYS.

THAT'S MY CHOREOGRAPHY.

STAY POSITIVE ABOUT EXPENSES SAVED.

HEY, YOUR COMMUNITY INFLUENCE GROWS FAST WHEN YOU TAKE THE STEPS TO BECOME A GRAD.

IF THE CLASS DOES NOTHING FOR YOU OR THE TEACHER IS THE BOY, GET ADVISED ON ANY WEEKDAY ABOUT PATH YOU CAN EXPLORE, BECOME A GRAD.

CHILDCARE AND BUS FAIR FEES ARE WAIVE FOR YOU.

BE ENLIGHTENED.

WATCH INFLUENCE.

GROW FAST WHEN YOU TAKE THE STEPS TO BECOME A GRAD.

HOW ABOUT THAT? ALRIGHT, AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION.

LET'S GO WITH VERSE THREE.

AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION.

HERE WE GO.

IT IS NOT A BAD IDEA TO ENROLL FOR CLASS.

ANYONE ELSE? HELLO, MS. JOSEPH.

AND YOU CAN BET TIME WILL TRAVEL FAST.

HEY, IN TWO SHORT YEARS YOU'LL BE CERTIFIED.

BUT WHETHER YOU SINK OR SWIM, WELL, AT LEAST YOU TRIED.

HEY, DIDN'T SAY THERE'S NOTHING TO IT.

DIDN'T PROMISE YOU THE MOON.

BUT IF YOU'LL AT LEAST GET STARTED, YOU COULD BECOME A GRAD SOON.

THEIR FEES ARE WAIT FOR YOU.

BE ENLIGHTENED.

WATCH AND FLU AND SCROLL FAST WHEN YOU TAKE THE STEPS TO BECOME A GRAD.

WOO.

NOW WHATEVER EDUCATION YOU GOT FROM KINDERGARTEN TO WHEREVER YOU DROPPED OUTTA SCHOOL OR YOU BECAME A PHD, IF IT AIN'T WORKING FOR YOU ANYMORE, GO BACK TO SCHOOL.

THANK YOU, MS. WE HAVE YOU.

HOW YOU DOING, MADAM CHAIR? WELL, THANK YOU.

DO YOU NEED HER TO SIGN IN? SHE CAN SPEAK.

OH, SOMEONE'S GLASSES, JUST SO YOU KNOW.

OH, OKAY.

THAT'S FINE.

YOU GO AHEAD AND SPEAK.

THEY'LL DEAL WITH THAT.

DON'T LET IT AWAY YOUR TIME.

YES, MA'AM.

THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR MEMBERS, ANOVIA.

JOSEPH, MY COMMENTS ARE SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO ITEM.

UH, WELL, ACTUALLY IT'S PAGE 18 WHERE IT SAYS, I DON'T TRUST THE CITY.

OH.

AND SO I'LL JUST GO AHEAD AND SAY ON PAGE THREE, YOU HAVE PROJECT CONNECT, AND I JUST WANT YOU TO RECOGNIZE THAT ON PAGE 14, IT ALSO SPECIFIES TRANSPORTATION EDUCATION OR ACTUALLY TALKS ABOUT FOOD IN THAT AREA AND JOBS.

AND I JUST WANT YOU TO RECOGNIZE THAT IN COLONY PARK, THE BUS RUNS 7:00 AM TO 9:00 PM ONCE AN HOUR.

AND SO WE REALLY WANNA DO SOMETHING ABOUT COLONY PARK AND THE ROUTE CENTER AND THE BLACK NEIGHBORHOODS.

THEN WE NEED TO INCLUDE THAT IN THE BUDGET.

AND I WOULD ASK YOU SPECIFICALLY TO ASK CAPITOL METRO HOW MUCH IT WILL COST, UH, TO ACTUALLY RUN THE SERVICE EVERY 30 MINUTES OR AT LEAST 15 MINUTE HEADWAY LIKE IT IS IN THE WHITE NEIGHBORHOODS.

SPECIFICALLY.

I'LL GIVE YOU ROUTE 30, WALSH CHARLTON AS AN EXAMPLE.

WALSH CHARLTON SERVES 22 STUDENTS THAT ARE IN ESS ISD.

THEY LIVE OUTSIDE THE SERVICE AREA, AND THEY GET THE BUS FROM 5:00 AM TO 11:30 PM AND SO RESPECTFULLY, I WOULD SAY THAT THAT BUS ROUTE NEEDS TO BE ELIMINATED AS IT WAS RECOMMENDED NOVEMBER 16TH, 2016 AT THE CAPITOL METRO BOARD MEETING.

I JUST WANT YOU TO RECOGNIZE AS WELL, THAT WHILE WE SIT HERE AND TALK ABOUT FAIR HOUSING, WHICH IS ON PAGE NINE OF YOUR PACKET, I JUST WANT YOU TO RECOGNIZE THAT IT IS REALLY A FARCE.

UM, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND IS NO MATTER HOW MUCH INPUT WE GIVE, UH, FOR SOME REASON THE DENSITY CONTINUES TO BE IN NORTHEAST AUSTIN, SOUTHEAST AUSTIN.

AND SPECIFICALLY, I'LL TELL YOU THAT THERE ARE 1,194 APARTMENT UNITS ON YEAGER AND, UH, TECH RIDGE BOULEVARD, AND THERE'S NO SHELTER.

SO WHEN I TELL YOU THAT THE SYSTEM IS DISCRIMINATORY, AND IT VIOLATES TITLE VI OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964, WHICH PROHIBITS DISCRIMINATION BASED ON RACE, COLOR, AND NATIONAL ORIGIN, I'LL GIVE YOU JUST SPECIFICALLY ON FEBRUARY 24TH, 2024.

THAT'S WHEN MCAL RAIL STATION OPENED.

IT WAS $60 MILLION, BUT YET 0.9 MILES FROM THERE AT METRIC AND BREAKER.

YOU HAVE SILVER BENCHES THAT ARE FLAT.

AND SO ALL THROUGHOUT THAT AREA ON BREAKER IN, UH, NORTH LAMAR, YOU HAVE PEOPLE CROSSING IN, UH, OVER 39,000 VEHICLES, UH, PER DAY IN THAT AREA.

AND YOU HAVE NO SHELTERS IN THE AREA.

SO WHAT I WANT YOU TO RECOGNIZE IS THAT, UH, IMAGINE AUSTIN ACTUALLY HAS BUS SHELTERS IN IT.

AND SO I THINK THIS COMMISSION WOULD DO WELL TO INCLUDE THAT AS WELL IN YOUR BUDGET RECOMMENDATION.

AND I JUST, UH, AM REALLY FLOORED BY THE RAIL.

I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT IN YOUR MAILBOXES, YOU DO HAVE A PICTURE OF THE DARK AREA THAT WE HAVE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND SPECIFICALLY HYDE PARK.

[01:50:01]

YOU WILL SEE OVER AT 30TH STREET, 45TH STREET, 51ST STREET, THAT THERE ARE SHELTERS THERE IN, IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ACROSS FROM COPPERFIELD ELEMENTARY.

YOU CAN'T EVEN SEE THE BLACK MAN THAT'S STANDING THERE IN THE DARK WITH HIS BICYCLE.

THAT'S HOW DARK IT IS.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL GLADLY ANSWER THEM AT THIS TIME, AND THANK YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH MS. JOSEPH.

WE HAVE YOU DOWN, UH, AS SPEAKING, UH, ON YOUR ISSUE.

ANY OTHERS? ALL RIGHT.

FOR OUR PUBLIC HEARING, UH, SPECIFICALLY DESIGNATED FOR, UM, OUR CONSOLIDATED PLAN COMMUNITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT, UH, IF I UNDERSTAND THE PUBLIC HEARING PORTION, IF I HEAR NO OTHERS STEPPING UP FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING, THAT IS NOW CLOSED.

AM I CORRECT IN, UH, CLOSING THAT LIAISON? YES, THAT'S CORRECT.

THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED.

WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO DO? YES, I WOULD, I MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE HERE.

OH, YOU HAVE THE MOTION.

BY ALL MEANS.

I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING MOTION HAS BEEN MADE FROM COMMISSIONER, UM, BERTHA DELGADO.

UM, I SECOND YOU SECOND.

COMMISSIONER LONGORIA HAS SECONDED THE MOTION TO CLEAR TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

UM, THANK YOU FOR THAT.

UM, I DO KNOW, UM, I DO HAVE, UM, I, I KNOW I'M, I'M ITCHING TO SHARE WITH YOU ALL SOME PARAMETERS, UH, COMMISSIONER DEL, UH, UH, BUT I DO WANT TO, UM, RECOGNIZE MYSELF AS CHAIR AND TO SAY THAT, UM, UH, MR. DURAN, UM, CLEARLY THE WORDS THAT WE'VE HEARD FROM THE CITIZENS REGARDING THE FACT THAT THE SURVEYS ARE SKEWED IN ONE WAY OR THE OTHER, VERSUS HAVING A VERY, VERY CLEAR OPENING SO THAT IF YOU HAVE A CONCERN THAT DOES, IS NOT REPRESENTED, YOU KNOW, AND THEN PERHAPS EVEN SHARE WITH CITIZENS POSSIBLES.

YOU ALL KNOW WHAT THOSE FUNDS CAN BE USED FOR AS CITIZENS ARE, I CAN'T, I DON'T EXPECT OUR CITIZENS TO KNOW ALL OF THE ITEMS THAT THEY COULD BE DONE WITH.

SO, UM, I, HE, UM, AND SO I DO WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT.

LET ME RECOGNIZE, UM, OUR LIAISON, MR. BLAKE.

I WAS JUST GONNA SAY WE HAD A FIRST AND SECOND AND WE NEEDED TO VOTE TO CLOSE.

OH, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

CAN I HEAR A VOTE, TO CLOSE THE, WE, WE, WE NEED CAMERAS ON.

THERE WE GO.

UH, CAMERA'S ON.

UM, VICE CHAIR AND, UH, COMMISSIONER ESTEBAN DELGADO.

WE DIDN'T HAVE HIM EARLIER.

I WASN'T SURE.

COMMISSIONER ESTEBAN, ARE YOU WITH, WITH US? DO WE HAVE I AM.

I'M HERE ON THE APP AND I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO TURN MY CAMERA ON.

IT CAN BE CHALLENGING SOMETIMES THAT TECHNOLOGY.

I KNOW.

I NEED YOU AT THIS POINT.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8.

YEAH, WE, WE HAVE TO HAVE HIM AND WE'LL, I, LIKE I CLICKED THE AUDIO ONLY MODE AND I'M HAVING TROUBLE GETTING BACK TO THE MAIN MENU.

DOES ANYONE KNOW HOW I MIGHT DO THAT? THAT I I DO NOT.

WE DO HAVE THOSE THAT ARE LOOKING RIGHT NOW TO CHECK THOSE OF YOU ALL WHO ARE ON, UH, WHO ARE REMOTE.

CAN YOU LEND ASSISTANCE WITH THAT? I WOULD S THIS IS LISA RODRIGUEZ.

I WOULD SUGGEST, UM, THAT WE TAKE A BRIEF PAUSE, LET HIM CLOSE OUT AND GO BACK TO THE, JUST CALL IN AGAIN A NEW TIME.

YOU KNOW, I, COOL.

I CAN, I CAN DO THAT.

SAY, AYE, AND, OR RAISE YOUR HAND SO WE CAN VISIBLY SEE IT.

SO WE'RE GONNA TAKE A PAUSE.

AND WHILE THAT HAPPENS, WE'RE, WE'RE IN PAUSE.

UH, YEAH, LET'S GO AHEAD AND TAKE A, A FIVE MINUTE RECESS WHILE THAT HAPPENS.

THANK YOU, DOUG.

AND WE HAD A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER LONGORIA, AND WE ARE NOW READY TO TAKE THAT VOTE.

YES, WE ARE.

WITH THAT BEING SAID, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? UM, IN CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING,

[01:55:01]

COMMISSIONER DELGADO.

ESTEBAN, THANK YOU.

I DO BELIEVE THAT'S EVERYONE.

DID YOU RECORD THAT MR. BLAKE? WE GOT IT RECORDED.

THANK YOU ALL.

UM, UH, YOU GUYS FOR COMING FOR THE VOTE? ALRIGHT.

UH, PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED WITH THAT.

UM, I WAS, I WILL YIELD TO MY COLLEAGUES VERY, VERY BRIEFLY.

WE WILL BE GOING INTO A DISCUSSION ITEM REGARDING OUR SPEAKING TIME.

AND SO, UM, RIGHT NOW WE ARE UNDER THE OLD RULES BECAUSE I, I CAN'T GET MY NEW RULES ON THE TABLE.

SO LET'S GO FORWARD WITH, UM, WITH THE, UH, QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.

COMMISSIONERS, COMMISSIONER DELGADO, YOU GET THE FLOOR? OF COURSE.

START.

CHAIR, I JUST WANT TO ADDRESS THAT SINCE WE DO HAVE TWO COMMISSIONER DELGADO'S NOW ON THE DAAS.

YOU CAN REFER TO ME AS COMMISSIONER BERTHA .

THANK YOU DEAR.

I'LL, I'LL STILL CALL YOU DELGADO.

SO, MR. COMMISSIONER DELGADO IS SIVAN DELGADO.

YOU CAN GET YOUR OFFICIAL DELGADO NAME.

I'M COMMISSIONER BERTHA.

YOU GET RED REDONE DELGADO.

WE GOTTA GET YOUR RESPECT.

UH, YES.

UH, FIRST OF ALL, I, I JUST REALLY WANT TO ADDRESS, UM, OUR CITIZENS THAT ARE HERE TODAY.

I KNOW THAT WE WERE VERY LIMITED ON, ON TALKING WITH YOU ALL EARLIER, BUT I WANNA THANK YOU BECAUSE, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT TO BE HERE.

, UH, ESPECIALLY DURING, UH, DINNERTIME.

ESPECIALLY TIME, A TIME RIGHT NOW DURING SOUTH BY WHICH THE TRAFFIC IS CRAZY.

AND CONGESTED.

AND JUST YOU TAKING THE TIME, UH, TO COME AND SIT HERE AND GIVE YOUR CONCERNS TO THIS COMMISSION, UH, SPEAKS VOLUMES TO ME, UH, AS, AS A COMMISSIONER, UH, BECAUSE WE DON'T GET A LOT OF YOU ALL COMING.

UH, WE, WE DO, UH, WANNA JUST ACKNOWLEDGE EACH OF YOU.

UM, I DO WANNA ADDRESS MY, UM, CONSTITUENT FROM DISTRICT THREE.

UH, MS. ALICIA MONTOYA.

SHE'S NOT JUST THE PRESIDENT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, BUT SHE'S ALSO MY MOTHER.

MAKING SURE THAT YOU DEVELOP A BUDGET IN THE MILLIONS OR THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS YOU ALL HAVE IN YOUR BUDGET FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TO HIRE PEOPLE TO GO OUT TO DOORS AND KNOCK OR LEAVE FLYERS, POST THE FLYERS OUT TO STORES, RESTAURANTS, NOT JUST LIBRARIES.

AND, AND I'M VERY, VERY GRATEFUL THAT SHE TOOK THE TIME OUT OF HER BUSY SCHEDULE, UH, TO COME AND SPEAK, UH, FOR HUNDREDS, UH, OF, AND THOUSANDS OF, OF PEOPLE THAT, THAT SUFFER FROM NOT JUST, UM, POVERTY AND HOMELESSNESS AND ELDERLY, BUT PEOPLE THAT ARE, ARE REALLY, UH, HAVING AN IMPACT IN, IN OUR DISTRICT.

UH, DISTRICT THREE, DISTRICT ONE, UH, CONSTITUENTS ARE HERE, UH, FROM THE CONLEY, UH, LOOP AND PARK AREA.

UH, THEY'RE, THEY'RE IN A, THEY'RE IN A DESERT AREA OUT THERE.

DEL VALLEY ONCE SUFFERED THAT.

AND SO WE AS COMMISSIONERS, UH, THAT SERVE IN THE, THE DEMOGRAPHIC AREA THAT YOU ALL LIVE IN, IT IS OUR OATH AND OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO SERVE YOU ALL AND TO HEAR, UH, YOUR CONCERNS AND, AND, AND YOUR NEEDS.

AND SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU ALL.

I WANTED TO JUST TAKE A MOMENT BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD AND, AND I ADDRESS THE, UM, OUR STAFF HERE REGARDING THAT.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

UM, ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO BRING UP ON THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, CHRIS, AND TO YOUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TEAM, IS WHAT THE CONCERNS WERE BROUGHT UP TODAY, RIGHT? YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT TWO DEMOGRAPHIC AREAS THAT HAVE BEEN UNDERREPRESENTED BY THEIR COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, THAT ARE, UH, UNDER, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY UNDER RESOURCES.

UH, THEY DON'T HAVE THE TOOLS AND THE NECESSITIES THAT THEY NEED.

UM, AS WELL AS IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY AS A CITY BODY, AS A GOVERNMENT BODY TO ADDRESS THOSE THINGS AND TO MAKE, UH, MAKE A CHANGE.

UM, WE AS BOARD, UH, COMMISSIONERS ARE ONLY LIMITED IN WHAT WE CAN DO, UH, TO SERVE THE PUBLIC.

AND SO I WANT US TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HOLD YOU ALL ACCOUNTABLE, UH, THAT THEIR VOICES ARE HEARD TODAY LOUD AND CLEAR AS WE REITERATE THAT MY, MY COLLEAGUES ARE GREAT AT THAT.

THAT'S WHY THEY'RE HERE.

THAT'S WHY THEY'RE APPOINTED, THAT'S WHY THEY'RE NEIGHBORHOODS ELECTED, THESE INDIVIDUALS RIGHT TO BE THOSE VOICES.

BUT WE WANT TO SEE, SEE THEIR VOICES REALLY IMPACT WHAT YOUR WORK YOU'RE DOING.

THE SURVEY OF IT BEING A HARD COPY GOING DOOR TO DOOR IS NECESSARY.

SO IF THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT DIVISION WANTS TO WORK ON HOW TO GET MORE SURVEYS IN, LIKE ONE OF OUR COMMISSIONERS STATED EARLIER, THAT'S NOT ENOUGH.

HE'S RIGHT.

WE, YOU ALL NEED TO FIGURE OUT A FUNDING SOURCE TO PAY BLOCK WALKERS TO PLAY CANVASSERS.

PEOPLE ARE NOT GONNA DO IT FOR FREE.

AS YOU SEE, OUR ELDERS THAT ARE IN THEIR SEVENTIES DID IT FOR FREE.

THOSE TIMES ARE OVER WITH.

WE DON'T WORK FOR FREE.

OUR, OUR TIME IS VALUABLE.

[02:00:01]

PEOPLE DON'T ALWAYS GO TO LIBRARIES.

PEOPLE DON'T ALWAYS GO TO RECREATION CENTERS.

SO YOU NEED TO TARGET THE AREAS THAT ARE, THAT ARE NOT, HAVEN'T BEEN TARGETED.

UH, THAT'S A BIG, BIG THING.

AS WE SEE THE TIMELINE FROM MAY THE SEVENTH TO JUNE THE FIFTH, YOU HAVE A 90 DAY QUARTER HERE THAT YOU HAVE TO GET THIS INPUT AND ALL THIS STUFF GOING FOR YOU ALL TO DO A GOOD JOB.

AND I KNOW YOU'RE GONNA DO A JOB, A GOOD JOB.

CHRIS HAS DONE GREAT LEADERSHIP IN THIS, IN THIS DEPARTMENT.

WE NEED YOU TO HEAR WHAT THE INPUT AND IMPLEMENT IT IN YOUR WORK BECAUSE THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT IS FOR THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY.

AND WHAT WE HEAR TODAY IS WE HEARD ONE OF OUR CONSTITUENTS FROM DISTRICT ONE STATE, THAT SURVEY IS TOO COMPLICATED.

THAT SURVEY DOESN'T EVEN MEET THE NEEDS OF WHAT THEY'RE NEEDING.

SO IF THE SURVEY IS NOT DESIGNED FOR, TO MEET THE NEEDS, THEN THE SURVEY IS, IS IS OBVIOUSLY DONE WRONG AND WE NEED TO FIX IT.

AND SO I THINK YOU HAVE A LOT OF TIME RIGHT NOW THAT YOU CAN GO BACK TO THE BOARD AND FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN DO BETTER.

BECAUSE TODAY YOU HEARD THAT WE'RE NOT, THAT THIS SURVEY AND THIS COMMUNITY, UM, FLYER AND ALL THIS STUFF IS OUT THERE IS NOT BEING, IS NOT BEING HEARD TODAY.

I FOUND OUT BESIDES MY COMMISSION IF I WASN'T ON THIS COMMISSION, THAT YOU WERE COMING FROM AN ORGANIZATION CALLED YATA YA.

BASTA IS A NONPROFIT THAT WE ALL WORK WITH.

THEY POSTED CITIZENS COME TO CDC TODAY TO SPEAK ON THIS FIVE YEAR PLAN.

THAT WAS THE ONLY OUTREACH COMPONENT THAT I SAW OUT THERE, WHICH I, AND I'M A SOCIAL MEDIA JUNKIE.

OKAY? SO I'M ON SOCIAL MEDIA, YOU KNOW, TIKTOK, INSTAGRAM, SNAPCHAT, FACEBOOK, AND I DON'T SEE THIS PLAN BEING A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT DISCUSSION IN THE PUBLIC.

SO AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK.

MY INPUT TODAY IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO BETTER.

COMMISSIONER WOODS, COMMISSIONER LONGORIA, COMMISSIONER ELIAS, COMMISSIONER ESTEBAN DELGADO HEARING.

THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR THAT.

UM, THERE ARE VARIOUS COMMENTS.

I WILL MAKE SURE THAT YOU ALL PLEASE TAKE THOSE UNDER, UH, ADVISEMENT.

WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO BEAT YOU UP OVER THE HEAD WITH THEM.

WE DON'T WANNA DO THAT.

AND I KNOW THAT YOU'RE SO READY TO, UH, MAKE THOSE CHANGES SO THAT WE CAN IN FACT ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY THAT THIS APPLIES TO.

I DO BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF GREAT INTENTIONS.

I REALLY DO BELIEVE IN THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART, THERE ARE A LOT OF GREAT INTENTIONS Y'ALL ARE TRYING.

BUT IF WE'RE TRYING AND STILL MISSING THE MARK, WE STILL HAVE WORK TO DO.

AND I JUST WANNA SAY LET'S, LET'S KEEP OUR EYE OPEN FOR WORK TO DO.

IF WE HAVE WORK TO DO, WE NEED TO GET TO IT.

ROLL UP OUR SLEEVES, WE CAN DO IT.

I'M HAPPY TO HELP.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THOSE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND FOR THE CITIZENS THAT HAVE COME OUT, UH, THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR TAKING YOUR TIME.

YOU'RE WELCOME TO STAY.

WE'RE ALMOST FINISHED.

UM, BUT, UH, I DEFINITELY WANNA EXPRESS ECHO WHAT COMMISSIONER RONE DELGADO BLESS YOU MENTIONED, WHICH IS A HEARTFELT THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND WILLINGNESS TO COME FORWARD.

BLESS YOU.

PROCEED WITH NUMBER SEVEN.

WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE'LL MOVE ON.

I KNOW THAT ON ANGEL IS, UM, WAITING PATIENTLY AND WE HAVE TWO MORE BRIEFINGS THAT ARE GONNA GO RATHER QUICKLY.

UH, I WILL

[5. Discussion and approval of a designated speaking time duration for CDC board members (Chair Thompson, Housing Department Staff)]

GOING BACK TO THE DISCUSSION AND THE, UH, ACTION ITEMS. THE JANUARY MEETING COMMISSIONERS WAS EXCESSIVELY LONG.

UM, I DON'T, I HOPE I DON'T NEED TO REMIND YOU OF THAT BECAUSE IT DEFINITELY STOOD OUT IN MY MIND FOR THE LAST TWO MONTHS.

I HAVE IDENTIFIED AREAS TO BETTER MANAGE THE FLOW OF OUR MEETINGS GOING FORWARD.

UH, FIRST, UM, MOVING FORWARD, THE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMISSION, UH, COMMUNICATION, UM, IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE CALL TO ORDER IS, UM, GOING FORWARD WILL NOT BE A TIME FOR DISCUSSION.

AGAIN.

I KNOW THAT WAS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THIS TODAY BECAUSE I KIND OF WAS, UM, KEEPING A LID ON IT.

BUT, UH, JUST MAKE SURE THAT ALL

[02:05:01]

GOING FORWARD, COMMISSIONERS THAT GENERAL PUBLIC COMMISSION, UH, IMMEDIATE, UH, COMMUNICATION TIME, IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING CALL TO ORDER IS NOT GONNA BE A TIME FOR DISCUSSION.

THAT IS A TIME FOR OUR CITIZENS, UM, TO, UH, TAKE THREE MINUTES TO COMMUNICATE THEIR CONCERNS REGARDING ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA.

UM, WE ARE TO LISTEN ONLY LISTEN AND ONLY QUESTION FOR CLARITY.

UM, UM, UM, IF NECESSARY, UH, IF THERE IS A DESIRE FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION, UH, A COMMISSIONER CAN MAKE A REQUEST DURING OUR FUTURE AGENDA ITEM SECTION, UM, FOR THE MATTER TO BE ADDED AS A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM.

UM, IF TWO COMMISSIONERS AGREE, STAFF WILL INVITE THE APPLICABLE CITY DEPARTMENT OR, UH, OR PRESENT, UH, ANY, UH, REPRESENTATIVES THAT NEED TO COME FORWARD OR EVEN ASK THE CITIZEN THAT BROUGHT THE, UM, ITEM TO CONCERN, UM, IF NEEDED, THEY WILL BE INVITED BACK.

BUT AGAIN, DURING THAT PUBLIC COMMUNICATION, RIGHT AFTER THE CALL TO ORDER, WE WILL ABIDE BY THE, UH, RULES AND LET THAT BE A PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THREE MINUTES ONLY ON ITEMS THAT ARE NOT ON THE AGENDA.

SECONDLY, THIS IS THE PART THAT I REALLY WANT ALL COMMISSIONERS TO HEAR.

I WAS HOPING THAT YOU ALL WOULD RECEIVE THIS IN WRITING BEFORE NOW, BUT I'LL SAY IT SLOWLY TO ALLOW ALL COMMISSIONERS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK AND ASK QUESTIONS OF THE PER UH, PRESENTERS.

DURING THE DISCUSSION ITEMS SECTION OF OUR AGENDA, I PROPOSE WE ADOPT A ROUND ROBIN MEETING FORMAT AS FOLLOWS.

AND THIS IS TO KEEP US FROM BEING HERE TO 10, UH, O'CLOCK.

UM, AND SO HERE WE GO.

EACH COMMISSIONER CAN ASK THEIR QUESTIONS AND RECEIVE THE ANSWERS WITHIN FIVE MINUTES.

AND AS YOU NOTICE TONIGHT, MOST OF THE, UM, PRESENTERS, UH, WERE PRETTY MUCH ALMOST FINISHED BEFORE THEIR FIVE MINUTE, I MEAN, THEIR THREE MINUTES CAME, UM, DUE.

SO BEFORE MOVING TO THE NEXT COMMISSIONER, UH, WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT EACH COMMISSIONER HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THEIR QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.

UM, DURING THAT FIVE MINUTES, ANY UNUSED TIME WILL BE FORFEITED.

NEXT, A COMMISSIONER CAN REQUEST A ONE MINUTE GRACE.

SO IF A COMMISSIONER IS IN THE MIDDLE OF ASKING SOMETHING AND GETTING ANSWERS AND THEY FEEL THEY NEED AN ADDITIONAL MINUTE, ALL THEY HAVE TO DO IS ASK FOR THEIR ONE MINUTE GRACE PERIOD.

AND THAT WILL BE GIVEN WITH NO PROBLEM.

OTHER COMMISSIONERS CAN YIELD THEIR FULL FIVE MINUTE TIMES.

SO IF, UH, AS COMMISSIONERS, IF WE FEEL THAT ONE OF OUR COLLEAGUES IS ON A ROLL AND WE WANT TO YIELD OUR ENTIRE FIVE MINUTE BLOCK, WE CAN DO THAT.

THAT ALLOWS STAFF TO KEEP TRACK AND, UH, WE CAN JUST GIVE OUR TIME.

UM, AGAIN, ANY UNUSED TIME WILL BE FORFEITED COMMISSIONERS.

UM, AND NO SOLICITING.

I CAN'T ASK YOU.

COMMISSIONER ORTIZ, CAN I HAVE YOUR TIME? I, I CAN'T SOLICIT ANY TIME.

UM, BUT IF COMMISSIONER ORTIZ WANTS TO SAY I YIELD, SHE YIELDS HER TIME TO ME, SHE CAN DO SO.

UH, IF THERE IS A DESIRE FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION, AFTER ALL HAVE SPOKEN, A COMMISSIONER CAN MOVE THAT WE CONTINUE THE DISCUSSION IF APPROVED.

COMMISSIONERS WILL BE GIVEN AN ADDITIONAL THREE MINUTES FOR FOLLOW UP ROUND OF QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS.

SO IN REALITY, COMMISSIONERS, THERE'LL BE ABOUT NINE MINUTES THAT EACH OF US COULD HAVE, IF WE ALL AGREE.

SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT YOU REALIZE, I FEEL THAT THIS IS VERY GENEROUS, BUT IT ALL ALSO RESPECTS US AS VOLUNTEERS AND OUR TIME AND THE STAFF'S TIME.

I APPRECIATE THEM.

UH, DISCUSSION WILL END, AFTER ALL, HAVE BEEN GIVEN AN EQUAL CHANCE TO PARTICIPATE.

I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE ALL HAVE A CHANCE.

I DON'T WANT ANYONE TO PASS BECAUSE THEY FEEL THAT WE'RE SHORT ON TIME.

I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE HAS AN EQUAL CHANCE TO PARTICIPATE.

UM, UM, WE WILL THANK THE, UM, PRESENTERS AND THEY'LL BE DISMISSED IF A COMMISSIONER FEELS FURTHER DISCUSSION IS WARRANTED.

THEN WE'LL DO THE FUTURE AGENDA ITEM SECTION.

[02:10:01]

AND THIS, UH, THEY CAN ASK TO ADD THAT TO THE AGENDA.

UM, THAT IS AN ITEM, UM, THAT I PROPOSE.

AND I WOULD, I ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO, UM, MOVE TO DISCUSSION WITH THAT.

UM, DOES ANYONE, CAN I GET A MOTION TO MOVE TO DISCUSSION IN A SECOND? REAL QUICK MOTION TO DISCUSS? OKAY.

UM, I SECOND LONGORIA, UM, MOTION TO DISCUSS, UM, RENDON DELGADO.

SECOND, IT, WE HAVE ED.

I JUST HAD A REAL QUICK, UM, YOU SAID ITEM SEVEN AND THAT'S ITEM FIVE ON THE AGENDA.

OH, IS IT FIVE? I JUST WANT THAT, YEAH.

REAL QUICK.

OH, IS IT FIVE? OKAY.

YEAH, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I HAVE, I HAD MOVED THINGS AROUND IN MY OWN MIND.

I APOLOGIZE.

THAT IS ITEM FIVE.

SO YES, ITEM FIVE.

WE ARE IN FACT, UM, THE DESIGNATED, UH, SPEAKING TIME DURATION.

'CAUSE I DON'T WANNA LIMIT, I DON'T CALL 'EM LIMITS ON PURPOSE.

SO WE HAVE A DISCUSSION.

UM, ANYONE WANNA TAKE ALL, UH, ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE ITEM? I SEE, UM, I SEE TWO.

LET ME START WITH, UM, VICE CHAIR AND THEN I'LL COME TO YOU.

LONGORIA, VICE CHAIR S SORRY.

UH, YOU COULD GO WITH, UH, MR. LAGUARDIA.

COMMISSIONER.

COMMISSIONER LAGUARDIA, WE YIELD TO YOU FIRST.

UM, I, I THINK THIS IS A GREAT PROPOSAL THOUGH.

LIKE, IN THE FIRST ROUND OF, OF, OF QUESTIONING, I WOULD INCLUDE THE LANGUAGE, LIKE QUESTIONS AND LIKE DISCUSSION QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSION.

THAT'S A, THAT'S A QUESTION AND COMMENT.

QUESTION AND COMMENT.

THAT'S A, A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT AND WE WILL ACCEPT THAT.

OH, IT'S OVER HERE.

SO, UM, UM, I'M GOING TO, UH, ADOPT, UH, CHANGE THAT TO ASK THEIR QUESTIONS.

UM, MAKE COMMENTS AND RECEIVE ANSWERS WITHIN THE FIVE MINUTES.

WOULD THAT, UH, BE THE FRIENDLY AMENDMENT THAT YOU'RE SUGGESTING? YES.

WE'LL BE VOTING WHEN WE VOTE THAT WE'LL BE PART OF IT.

SO, COMMISSIONER, ALIAS, SO JUST TO BE CLEAR, IF DURING DISCUSSION, IF IT, IF OUR DISCUSSION WARRANTS A FOLLOW UP QUESTION, IT HAS TO BE WITHIN THOSE FIVE MINUTES.

WE'RE, WE'RE, UM, THAT'S CORRECT.

IT'LL BE QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, AND ANSWERS WITHIN THAT FIVE MINUTES.

UM, AND THEN COMMISSIONERS WOULD HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR AN ADDITIONAL ONE MINUTE, JUST, JUST BY ASKING FOR IT.

SO IN, IN REALITY, WE'RE LOOKING AT SIX MINUTES, AND THEN IF NEED BE, WE'LL COME BACK FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF THREE MINUTES.

DOES THAT ANSWER? IS THAT FAIR? YES.

UHHUH, COMMISSIONER RENDON, MADAM CHAIR DELGADO.

SO I, I LIKE THE PROPOSAL.

UH, KEEPS ME IN LINE TOO.

ME TOO.

ME.

UH, BUT LET ME ASK A QUESTION.

WHO'S GONNA TAKE TIME FOR, OKAY.

SO OUR STAFF WILL BE IN CHARGE OF, UH, CONDUCTING ALL OF THAT.

THE STAFF WILL, UM, WE WILL BE LOOKING TO THEM AND THEY'RE GIVING ME THE THUMBS UP AND IT'LL BE THEIR RESPONSIBILITY, UM, TO MARK US WHEN WE START SPEAKING.

OTHER COMMISSIONERS HEARING NO OTHER COMMENT.

THEN, UM, DO I HEAR, I CALL THE QUESTION, UH, IN TERMS OF HAVING THE VOTE WITH OUR FRIENDLY AMENDMENT THAT COMMISSIONER LONGORIA ADDED, WHICH WOULD BE TO NOT ONLY ASK QUESTIONS, MAKE OUR COMMENTS, AND RECEIVE ANY ANSWERS WE SOLE SOLICIT FROM THE PRESENTERS WITHIN THAT INITIAL FIVE MINUTES.

UM, DO I HEAR A MOTION TO CLOSE? SURE.

LONG AS IT'S ONE OF OUR FIRST ITEMS I WOULD, 'CAUSE I REALLY WANTED THIS TO BE OUR FIRST ITEM TODAY, AND I KEPT, IT GOT SO BUMPED DOWN, BUT, UM, YES.

I'M SORRY.

GO AHEAD.

CAN I, MAY I ASK A QUESTION? SURE.

UM, IF WE WERE TO HAVE SOME TIME TO THINK ABOUT THIS AND TABLE IT AND VOTE IN OUR NEXT MEETING, UM, WOULD WE AUTOMATICALLY FALL UNDER THOSE RULES AFTER WE VOTE ON IT? I, I, I WILL ENTERTAIN, I DEFINITELY ENTERTAIN THE MOTION.

I HEAR THE, DO I HEAR YOUR MOTION TO SAY THAT WE, EVERYONE TAKE A MOMENT TO THINK ABOUT THIS AND THEN WE VOTE, WE ACTUALLY DO THE VOTING NEXT TIME? IS THAT WHAT I HEAR YOU BE SAYING? YES.

THAT'S ONE OF OUR FIRST ITEMS. YES.

I, I CAN REWORD THAT OR OKAY.

HOWEVER YOU WANT.

BUT THAT WAS MY QUESTION.

[02:15:01]

UM, I'M OPEN TO THAT.

SO, OKAY.

I, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO, UH, TABLE THIS UNTIL NEXT MEETING SO WE CAN HAVE SOME TIME TO THINK ABOUT IT.

I'M JUST THINKING OF, UH, ANY, ANY REPERCUSSIONS, ANYTHING THAT MAY, UH, THAT WE MAY NOT BE THINKING ABOUT NOW.

FAIR ENOUGH, FAIR ENOUGH.

AND THAT WE VOTE ON IT AS ONE OF OUR FIRST ITEMS IN OUR NEXT MEETING, OUR APRIL MEETING.

AND IT WAS MY EXPECTATION THAT THIS WOULD BE SHARED, UM, WITH US ALL PRIOR TO THIS SO THAT WE ALL COULD THINK ABOUT IT.

SO THAT DEFINITELY GIVES US A WHOLE MONTH FOR IT TO BE SHARED AND WE ALL THINK ABOUT IT.

UM, AGAIN, THIS IS ALL IN THE, UM, UNDER THE AUSPICES OF TRYING TO MANAGE OUR TIME AND EFFECTIVENESS BECAUSE RESEARCH SHOWS AFTER TWO HOURS, UM, MOST INDIVIDUALS ARE NOT PAYING ATTENTION.

SO I SECOND THE MOTION.

SECOND, THE MOTION TO TABLE IT.

CAN WE VOTE ON THAT? I RAISE YOUR HAND.

LET ME SEE YOU.

IF YOU, THANK YOU SO MUCH, LAGUARDIA.

YOU VOTING TO, HOW YOU DOING COMMISSIONER LAGUARDIA? UM, I'D RATHER VOTE ON IT NOW.

LIKE I VOTED AGAINST THIS RIGHT NOW.

OH, OKAY.

ABSTAINING IS ABSTAINING.

SO WE HAVE THE MAJORITY, UM, THAT ARE SAYING, WELL, IT LOOKS LIKE SEVEN ARE SAYING THEY WISH TO VOTE ON IT TODAY.

I MEAN, OR TO TABLE IT.

SORRY TO TABLE IT.

MY BAD.

AND ONE IS ASKING TO RESERVE TRUTH.

HE SAID NO, HE SAYS NO, HE'S NOT VOTING RIGHT NOW.

UM, CAN I GET SOME GUIDANCE WITH THAT STAFF? UM, OTHER THAN RECORDING IT? IT SEEMS LIKE THE, THE MORTAR, THE MAJORITY RULES.

TO, TO TABLE IT.

YOU DON'T NEED TO VOTE.

YOU CAN JUST, THE CHAIR CAN JUST TABLE IT.

TO NEXT TIME.

THIS REQUIRES, ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT SUPPORT.

JUST TO BE CLEAR.

DO SO DO WE NEED TO, UH, RECORD THE VOTE? THAT WAS MY QUESTION.

UM, I DON'T KNOW.

SINCE IT SEEMS AS IF, UM, BASED ON OUR BYLAWS, THAT TO TABLE SOMETHING THAT IS NOT REQUIRED OF VOTE.

SO IF THAT'S THE CASE, IF TO, IF WE WANNA TABLE IT AND THE MAJORITY WANNA TABLE IT, I'M OKAY WITH THAT.

SO WE'LL TABLE IT BASED ON MY, UM, UM, AUTHORITY.

AND WITH THAT BEING SAID, UH, NO, WE DO NOT NEED TO RECORD THE VOTE.

SO WE WILL.

WE WILL MAKE THAT BE A HIGH AGENDA ITEM THOUGH NEXT MONTH, NO EXCEPTIONS.

THE, UH, THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS FOR ENTERTAINING THAT.

UM, AND THE LAST ITEM, WELL, NO, IT'S NOT THE LAST ITEM.

NUMBER SIX,

[6. Discussion and approval regarding setting a date for a Special Called Meeting on Saturday, April 27th or Saturday, May 4, 2024 (Chair Thompson)]

SPECIAL CALL MEETINGS.

SO I DO WANNA EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION.

CAN I HAVE ATTENTION IN THE, IN THE ROOM.

UM, I DO WANNA EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION TO LETICIA BROWN AND THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT TEAM, UM, UH, AS WELL AS, UH, NEFERTITI JACKMAN FOR FACILITATING OUR FREQUENTLY REQUESTED RETREAT AND TO COMPLY WITH THE TOMA, UH, RULES, ET CETERA.

THIS WILL BE A SPECIAL CALL MEETING.

THE SELECTED DATE IS SATURDAY.

COMMISSIONERS HEAR ME WELL, SATURDAY, MAY THE FOURTH FROM 10:00 AM TO 3:00 PM AGAIN, THAT'S SATURDAY, MAY THE FOURTH FROM 10:00 AM TO 3:00 PM ALL WILL NEED TO BE IN ATTENDANCE.

UM, UH, WE DO WANT YOU TO CONSULT YOUR CALENDARS FOR AVAILABILITY ON MAY 4TH.

AND, UH, THE ALTERNATIVE DATE, SHOULD THERE BE ANY MAJOR ISSUES WITH MAY THE FOURTH WILL BE APRIL THE 27TH.

AGAIN, I WAS HOPING THAT YOU ALL WOULD SEE THIS INFORMATION, UM, BY NOW, SO THAT YOU WOULD AT LEAST KNOW THAT THOSE WOULD BE THE TWO DATES THAT STAFF HAS BEEN DILIGENTLY WORKING TO SECURE FACILITIES AND ET CETERA.

ADDITIONAL DETAILS REGARDING THE AGENDA WILL BE DISCUSSED NEXT MONTH.

SO YOU ALL WILL HAVE A OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, CONTRIBUTE, UM, TO THE AGENDA.

WITH THAT BEING SAID, UM, COMMISSIONERS, ED, I'M GONNA ASK YOU THIS.

I WANNA FIND OUT IF THEY'RE IN A POSITION TO VOTE ON IT NOW OR SHOULD I TABLE THIS AS WELL SINCE THEY DIDN'T, THEY'RE

[02:20:01]

NOT AWARE OF IT.

WE HAVE QUORUM, SO IF YOU WANNA VOTE ON IT.

YOU CAN VOTE.

COMMISSIONERS.

CAN WE LET, CAN CAN I HEAR A MOTION TO AT LEAST, UM, VOTE ON THE SATURDAY MAY 4TH.

SATURDAY MAY 4TH.

IT'S THE FIRST SATURDAY IN MAY.

IT'S BEFORE MOTHER'S DAY.

IT DOESN'T CON CONFLICT WITH THAT WEEKEND.

THE FIRST SATURDAY IN MAY, WOULD YOU COMMISSIONERS BE AVAILABLE FOR A MUCH NEEDED RETREAT THAT WE'VE BEEN ASKING FOR? CAN I HAVE A MOTION? I'M NOT MAKING THE MOTION.

I SEE TWO MOTIONS.

I HAVE VICE CHAIR MAKING THE MOTION AND I HAVE ESTEBAN COMMISSIONER ESTEBAN DELGADO, UH, SECONDING THE MOTION.

UM, CAN WE TAKE A VOTE? UH, COMMISSIONERS ON SATURDAY, MAY 4TH TO ATTEND IN PERSON.

IN PERSON.

THIS IS NOT A REMOTE EVENT IN PERSON.

IT'LL BE, UM, IT'S GONNA BE OVER AT THE PUC.

WHERE'S IT GONNA BE? YEAH, THE PPD PERMITTING, PERMITING DEVELOPMENT.

WHAT, WHAT'S THE ADDRESS? PERMITTING DEVELOPMENT.

SO IT'S THE PDC BUILDING.

WE, WE'LL, WE'LL GIVE YOU ALL, ALL OUR ADDRESS.

BUT IT'S HERE IN HERE IN THE CITY? YES.

HERE IN THE CITY, YES.

UHHUH.

UM, WE'RE READY FOR THAT VOTE.

UM, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ATTENDING IN PERSON ON SATURDAY, MAY THE FOURTH FROM 10:00 AM TO 3:00 PM THEY'RE GONNA FEED US LITTLE LIGHT LUNCH.

COMMISSIONER ESTEBAN, WHAT'S YOUR STATUS? I HAVE SEVEN IN FAVOR.

COMMISSIONER ES? UH, NOT, I MEAN, 'CAUSE COMMISSIONER, I'M SORRY.

COMMISSIONER LONGORIA.

MY, MY MISTAKE.

COMMISSIONER ESTEBAN.

COMMISSIONER ES UH, LONGORIA YOUR VOTE IS WHAT? I JUST, I JUST DON'T KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT IT YET.

THE, I MEAN, THE, IT'S A RETREAT, RIGHT? I JUST DUNNO ENOUGH ABOUT IT.

UM, I'LL BE THERE.

THAT INFORMATION WITH ED AND LISA.

YEAH, LET'S BE THERE.

LET'S BE THERE.

UM, DO YOU WANNA EXPLAIN? YEAH, I'LL EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT.

UM, BUT, SO LET ME FINISH THE VOTE.

IT LOOKS LIKE WE ALL ARE IN FAVOR OF BEING THERE.

UM, AND I HOPE THAT COMMISSIONERS THAT ARE NOT PRESENT.

UH, SO WE HAVE UNI UNANIMOUS VOTE.

ALL OF US ARE IN FAVOR OF BEING THERE FOR THE MAY 4TH.

UM, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS, BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I'M ASKING ALL OF US TO PARTICIPATE IN.

UH, COMMISSIONER LONGORIA, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, UM, THERE HAS BEEN AN ONGOING REQUESTS FOR US TO GET TOGETHER AND TO KIND OF REVIEW OUR BYLAWS, KIND OF, SORT OF REVIEW WHAT IT IS.

WE DO GET A LITTLE UNDERSTANDING FROM THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT, OF WHICH WE KIND OF WORK HAND IN HAND WITH WHAT THEY, THEIR OBJECTIVES AND MISSION IS.

AND, AND WE AS A CDC, UM, IT'LL, IT'LL BEHOOVE US TO KNOW A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT, UM, HOW WE CAN IMPACT THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE CITY GOVERNMENT TO REPRESENT THOSE THAT WE ARE MOST CONCERNED ABOUT, SO THAT WE CAN UPHOLD OUR MISSION IN MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT THOSE WHO ARE IN FACT, POOR IN OUR COMMUNITY AND ARE IMPACTED BY FEDERALLY FUNDED PROGRAMS. SO WE JUST WANNA GET TOGETHER AND KIND OF REVIEW THAT.

'CAUSE WE DON'T REALLY GET A CHANCE TO DO THAT IN OUR MEETINGS.

I SEE, UM, NEFERTITI JACKMAN COMING TO THE DAIS AND SHE'S GONNA BE READY TO, UM, EXPOUND ON THAT.

YES, THAT WAS EXACTLY CORRECT.

UH, CHAIR THOMPSON, UM, WHAT WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT WE DO, UH, LETICIA AND I ARE WORKING CLOSELY TOGETHER, UH, ALONG WITH THE CHAIR.

WE WILL CONSULT OTHER TEAM MEMBERS BEFORE AN AGENDA IS FINALIZED.

UM, UH, I DON'T REALLY WANT TO REITERATE WHAT YOU SAID BECAUSE I THINK SHE HIT IT RIGHT ON THE NOSE.

AND I THINK, UH, WITH, UH, BARBARA SCOTT, WHO WAS HERE THIS EVENING, UNDERSTANDING THE VARIOUS USES OF THE CDBG DOLLARS, THAT IT IS BEYOND JUST SOME OF THE INITIAL HOUSING ITEMS THAT YOU GUYS CAN PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS TO MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE WERE REALLY FOCUSED ON, REALLY THE PURPOSE OF YOUR WORK, PREPARING COMMISSIONERS TO MAKE EFFECTIVE RECOMMENDATIONS TO MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

AND WE WILL, UH, CIRCULATE AN AGENDA.

MY HOPE IS BY, WE COULD PROBABLY DO IT WITHIN THE NEXT THREE WEEKS OR SO, JUST IF YOU GUYS GIVE US A FEW WEEKS, WE'LL GET THAT CIRCULATED.

AND IF WE ARE MISSING SOMETHING, OR IF THERE'S SOMETHING OF IMPORTANT IMPORTANCE TO YOU, PLEASE SHARE

[02:25:01]

AND, UM, AND THEN LETICIA AND I WILL TAKE IT BACK.

AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE APPROPRIATE FACILITATORS.

WE ARE GONNA REMOVE OURSELVES FROM THE PROCESS.

UM, SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE RIGHT PEOPLE FACILITATING THAT RETREAT FOR YOU OR MEETING FOR YOU, IF YOU WILL.

VERY GOOD.

I SEE COMMISSIONER, UH, I'M, I'M GONNA RECOGNIZE MYSELF AND SAY, UH, IN REFERENCE TO THE AGENDA IN MY MIND, UM, MS. JACKMAN, I'M LOOKING TO HAVE A, UH, SOLID DRAFT AVAILABLE FOR THE COMMISSIONERS NEXT, UM, MEETING SO THAT THEY CAN, UM, APPROVE THE DRAFT AGENDA.

AND SO, UM, I'M LOOKING AT APRIL 9TH IF, IF THAT YEAH, THAT'S POSSIBLE.

UH, BUT WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS MAKE SURE YOU GUYS SEE SOMETHING BEFORE THAT SO THAT WHEN YOU COME TO YOUR MEETING, YOU'RE ABLE TO VOTE AND APPROVE.

THAT'S, THAT'LL WORK FOR ME.

, UH, COMMISSIONER DELGADO, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING I I JUST WANTED TO JUST ADD ON AND, AND JUST SO OTHER COMMISSIONERS WOULD KNOW, UH, PRIOR TO PANDEMIC, UM, THE CITY RETREATS WAS ALWAYS A GREAT WAY, UH, TO GATHER, UH, WITH ONE ANOTHER OUTSIDE THE DAAS OUTSIDE OF THE CHAMBER.

WELL, I CALL THIS THE CHAMBERS.

UM, AND TO ACTUALLY, UH, NOT JUST LEARN WHAT OUR, OUR DUTIES ARE AND WHAT WE'RE, WHAT WE'RE HERE TO REPRESENT, BUT ALSO TO GET TO KNOW ONE ANOTHER, ONE ANOTHER.

UM, IT WAS, IT'S AN ICEBREAKER, RIGHT? AND IT'S SO, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S STEWARD FOR US TO BE ABLE TO LEARN HOW TO BE IN A CIRCLE AND ALSO COMMUNICATE.

'CAUSE SOME OF US ARE NEW, SOME OF US ARE OLD TO THE DIETS, AND THEN SOME OF US, UH, HAVE NEVER SERVED ON A DIET BEFORE.

SO THIS IS A WAY FOR THE CITY TO NOT JUST SHOW THEIR APPRECIATION BY GIVING US A FREE MEAL, , BUT ALSO PROVIDING THE SPACE, UH, THAT'S GONNA GIVE US, UH, SOME REALLY GOOD ENERGY TO GET REJUVENATED AND GET BACK TO OUR WORK.

AND I JUST WANTED TO GIVE THAT INPUT TO OUR NEW COMMISSIONERS AND TO OUR, OUR MADAM CHAIR AND TO OUR STAFF.

ABSOLUTELY OUTSTANDING.

UM, BERTHA RENDON DELGADO, WE APPRECIATE, WE APPRECIATE THAT BECAUSE AS OUR, ONE OF OUR VETERANS, UH, WE DO TAKE LEADERSHIP FROM, UM, COMMISSIONER RENDON DE DELGADO.

UH, ALL RIGHT.

UM, VERY GOOD.

SO WE ARE DONE WITH THAT.

UM, THAT IS OUR SPECIAL CALL MEETING.

NOW WE ARE MOVING, UH, UH, MOVING ON TO DISCUSSION ITEMS, DEALING WITH OUR BUDGET.

UM, CHAIR REALLY QUICK.

DID, DID WE GO OVER ITEM NUMBER THREE ABOUT THE, UM, ELECTIONS NEXT? UH, I DID MENTION THAT THE, I THOUGHT I DID MENTION, I'M REMEMBER YOU MENTIONING IT, BUT, BUT I'LL MENTION IT AGAIN.

I JUST WANTED IT TO BE CLEAR.

I'LL MENTION OH, NO, I'LL BE HAPPY TO MENTION THAT AGAIN.

LET, LEMME FIND THAT, UH, CDC OFFICER ELECTIONS WILL OCCUR NEXT MONTH AT THE BEGINNING OF THE APRIL MEETING.

ALL COMMISSIONERS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR ALL POSITIONS.

IF YOU'RE INTERESTED, PLEASE BE READY IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE DUTIES OR PROCESS, CONTACT OUR LIAISON, MR. ED BLAKE.

THAT WAS IN ONE OF MY BRIEFINGS.

NO DISCUSSION.

THAT'S JUST A PERIOD.

ON TO, UM, ITEM NUMBER SEVEN ON OUR AGENDA.

MOVING

[7. Discussion regarding City of Austin 2024 – 2025 budget and potentially forming a working group to make recommendations to Council. Information on the budget can be found at: www.austintexas.gov/budget (Chair Thompson).]

THIS ONE REGARDS OUR BUDGET.

THE BUDGET THAT'S BEEN DISCUSSED.

UM, I KNOW THAT, UH, MS. UM, JOSEPH MENTIONED IT IN HER CITIZEN, UM, PUBLIC COMMENT THAT, UM, COMMISSIONERS ON THIS IS A, BACK IN JANUARY, ON MONDAY, JANUARY 29TH, ASSISTANT CITY CLERK STEPHANIE HALL, SENT AN EMAIL TO ALL COMMISSIONERS REGARDING THE FISCAL YEAR 25 BUDGET, PROCESS, AND CALENDAR MEMO.

UH, AS PER THAT MEMO, MARCH 31ST WAS THE DEADLINE FOR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONERS TO SUBMIT THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS.

HOWEVER, DUE TO OUR CANCELED FEBRUARY MEETING, WE WEREN'T ABLE TO DESIGNATE A WORKING GROUP TO PRESENT RECOMMENDATIONS TO BE VOTED ON AND APPROVED TODAY.

THEREFORE, I HAVE, UM, CONFIRMED THAT WE CAN IN FACT, SUBMIT OUR RECOMMENDATIONS IN APRIL.

THE BOARD, UM, WILL REVIEW, UH, UH, WELL, UH, YOU ALL DID RECEIVE AN EMAIL ON THE EIGHTH FROM ED THAT WAS TITLED

[02:30:01]

FY 24 5 YEAR FINANCIAL FORECAST.

THAT ALONG WITH THE EMAIL THAT YOU RECEIVED FROM STEPHANIE HALL ON MONDAY, JANUARY 29TH, UM, WILL PROVIDE THE INFORMATION FOR OUR BUDGET.

AND I WOULD, I'M ASKING THAT A WORKING GROUP OF, I WOULD LOVE FOR IT BE TO BE ABOUT FIVE COMMISSIONERS, BUT TO REVIEW THE PROPOSED BUDGET, MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT SUPPORT THE PRIORITIES OR THE CDC, UM, AND PRESENT THEM FOR OUR NEXT MONTH'S MEETING.

UM, MR. BLAKE CAN ALSO PROVIDE PAST RECOMMENDATIONS AS REFERENCE, SO IT'S NOT LIKE YOU'RE HAVING TO COME UP WITH SOMETHING COLD.

CAN I ASK IF FOR ANY VOLUNTEERS THAT MIGHT BE, UH, WILLING TO, UH, STEP UP AND WORK ON THE BUDGET? JUST LOOKING AT THE BUDGET AND SEEING IF WE NEED TO MAKE ANY RECOMMENDATIONS? VICE CHAIR, WHAT DO YOU, WHAT SAY YOU, YOU READY TO STEP UP WITH THAT? OKAY, COMMISSIONER, PLEASE.

I SEE VICE CHAIR, COMMISSIONER ES COMMISSIONER BERTHA DELGADO.

WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO DO THAT? BECAUSE I KNOW YOU'RE REALLY INVOLVED WITH THE COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW A LOT.

COMMISSIONER WOODS ORTIZ.

AND COMMISSIONER BERTHA, UM, RENDON DELGADO IS, UM, GONNA BE SUPPORTING THAT.

UH, ANY OTHER COMMISSIONERS? ALL RIGHT.

JUST CALLING YOUR NAME JUST IN CASE.

ESTEBAN DELGADO IF YOU WANT.

THIS REAL STRAIGHTFORWARD BUDGET RECOMMENDATION WORKING GROUP.

SO RIGHT NOW I DO HAVE THREE COMMISSIONERS.

AGAIN, THAT IS VICE CHAIR ALIAS, COMMISSIONER ES ACHILLES, AND COMMISSIONER, UH, RENDON DELGADO, UH, WILL TAKE THE LEAD WITH THAT AND WILL GET US BACK.

YES, I'M HAPPY TO SERVE HER ON THE WORKING GROUP.

FABULOUS.

YOU WERE ONE I WAS LOOKING FOR.

OKAY, PERFECT.

EXCELLENT.

SO WE HAVE, UH, COMMISSIONER ESTEBAN DELGADO AS WELL.

SO WE HAVE FOUR.

WE JUST NEED A NAME FOR THE GROUP.

YOU JUST, UH, BUDGET, BUDGET RECOMMENDATION WORKING GROUP THAT WORKS FOR ME.

AND, UM, AND THEN, UH, ED, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE WITH THEM JUST KIND OF, SORT OF SHELLS OF WHAT TEMPLATES HAVE BEEN IN THE PAST, CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.

FABULOUS.

WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE ON.

AND WE'RE ALMOST FINISHED.

UM, WE ARE, YEAH.

WE'RE BASICALLY, UM, BECAUSE WE FINISHED WITH THAT, UM, WE'RE NOW OUR

[10. Presentation and discussion on the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) for February and March 2024 (Angel Zambrano, Manager, Neighborhood Services Unit, Austin Public Health)]

ITEM 10.

WITH OUR UNHA UPHELD.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WAITING TILL THE END OF THE NIGHT.

YOU ARE YOU, YOU'RE SUCH A G.

WELL GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

GOOD EVENING.

I'LL BE BRIEF, BUT I DO HAVE TO GO OVER, UH, FEBRUARY.

AND MARCH.

FEBRUARY 13TH, 2024 PACKET.

SO WE'LL START WITH FEBRUARY.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S IN THE PACKET THERE.

IT'S ON THE BACK OF OUR, OUR PACKET.

MM-HMM, .

COMMUNITY SERVICES BLOCK GRANT.

PROGRAMMATIC AND FINANCIAL REPORT FOR FEBRUARY 13TH.

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

WE RECEIVE THOSE FUNDS HERE IN AUSTIN AS WELL, TRAVIS COUNTY.

AND WE PROVIDE A VARIETY OF SERVICES, BASIC NEEDS, PREVENTIVE HEALTH, CASE MANAGEMENT, AND EMPLOYMENT SUPPORTS AND OTHER SERVICES THAT YOU'RE AWARE OF.

BOTTOM OF THE FIRST PAGE, WE'RE IN FEBRUARY, WE'RE CLOSING OUT, UH, CALENDAR YEAR 23 WITH OUR BUDGET.

AS I MENTIONED, WE WERE, UH, HAD SOME PERSONAL SAVINGS, UH, THAT CARRIED US INTO 2024.

BUT WE WILL BE 100%, UH, EXPENDING THOSE FUNDS BY THE END OF THIS MONTH.

AND WE'LL START EXPENDING OUR 2024 BSPG FEDERAL FUNDS.

IF YOU TURN THE PAGE, THIS KIND OF WRAPS UP 2023.

LIKE I SAID, WE ACHIEVED 26 TRANSITIONS OUT OF POVERTY.

OUR GOAL WAS 43.

I REFERENCED THAT IN JANUARY.

I DIDN'T THINK WE WERE GONNA GET TO THAT, UM, 43 THIS YEAR.

UM, 149% SUCCESS RATE ON THAT.

UH, BUT WE'RE WORKING HARD, UH, IN 2024 TO BE ABLE TO GET THERE.

I HAVE A REPORT IN APRIL.

WE'VE, BEFORE THEY GOTTEN, I THINK SIX THIS YEAR.

ALRIGHT, IF YOU GO NOW, FOCUS JUST ON A COUPLE OF, UM, OF OUR OUTCOMES THAT ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO OUR WORK HOUSEHOLDS.

AVOIDING EVICTION OR TARGET.

LAST YEAR WITH THE COMMUNITY ACTION PLAN WAS 400, HELPING 400 HOUSEHOLDS AVOID EVICTION.

WE ACTUALLY GOT THE 595,

[02:35:02]

UH, GO DOWN TO UTILITY PAYMENTS.

WE DID 193, UM, UTILITY PAYMENTS LAST YEAR, HELPING PEOPLE KEEP THE LIGHTS ON.

UM, CHAIR HAD ASKED ME TO ADD MAYBE A YEAR AGO, SO YOU GUYS CAN SEE FOR SOME OF THESE DATA POINTS.

WHAT IT WAS A YEAR AGO, A YEAR AGO WAS 298.

BUT I THINK WE'RE PAYING A LITTLE BIT LESS PER PAYMENT ON AVERAGE.

SO THE MONEY WENT A LITTLE FURTHER BECAUSE THE FUNDING WE RECEIVED WAS EXACTLY THE SAME.

IT'S A VERY SMALL AMOUNT.

IT'S LIKE $37,000 THAT AUSTIN ENERGY GIVES US FOR THIS SMALL PROGRAM.

BUT AGAIN, IT HELPS THOSE 193 FAMILIES KEEP THE LIGHTS ON.

UH, IMMUNIZATIONS THIS YEAR, UH, 355 PEOPLE RECEIVED THOSE AT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS.

THAT'S THROUGH OUR PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING PROGRAM, MOSTLY FLU, UH, A YEAR AGO, 216, WHICH SHOWS THE FACT THAT THEY'RE FULLY INTEGRATED BACK IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS.

WE HAD THAT THING CALLED A PANDEMIC AND THEY WERE REASSIGNED FOR THREE YEARS.

UH, AND THEN I'LL 0.1 MORE OUT TO FIVE JJ.

OUR SERVICE FOOD DISTRIBUTION, 78,300 PEOPLE WERE SERVED LAST YEAR COMPARED TO A YEAR BEFORE THAT 33,000.

SO AGAIN, IT KIND OF SPEAKS TO THE DEMAND AND NEED IN THE COMMUNITY.

AND THEN OUR CLOTHING CLOSET, SOMETHING KIND OF NEW THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING AND BUILDING OUT ALMOST 1600 PEOPLE.

SERVED IN 2023.

ONLY 321 AND 22.

IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT PAGE, UM, I'LL JUMP TO NUMBER FOUR AGAIN.

OUR HOME DELIVERY PROGRAM IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE FOOD BANK, UH, GOING STRONG SINCE JUNE OF 2022, WE'VE SERVED, WE'VE DONE OVER 50,000 DELIVERIES WITH THE PARTNERSHIP OF AMAZON AND, UH, THE FOOD BANK.

IN DECEMBER, WE ASSISTED 2300 HOUSEHOLDS RECEIVE THESE, UH, FOOD, UH, SHELF TABLE FOODS DELIVERED TO THEIR HOME.

NUMBER FIVE, THE COMMUNITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT.

SO WE HAVE TO DO OUR OWN COMMUNITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT JUST FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES UNIT IN AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH, SEPARATE FROM THE OTHER COMMUNITY NEEDS ASSESSMENTS YOU HEAR ABOUT, THAT'S IN PROGRESS.

KELLY NICHOLS WAS HERE A COUPLE MONTHS AGO, UH, TALKING TO YOU GUYS ABOUT AND GIVING YOU THE OVERVIEW.

I THINK WE JUST WRAPPING UP THE KEY INFORMANT INTERVIEWS.

SHE MIGHT HAVE REACHED OUT TO MOST OF YOU OR ALL OF YOU, AND HOPEFULLY SOME OF YOU REACHED BACK TO HER AND WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE, UM, FEEDBACK.

UM, I'LL JUMP AHEAD TO THE, UH, ITEM NUMBER 10, THE DOVE SPRINGS NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS UPDATE.

I PROMISED TO DO THAT LAST MONTH.

, SO IT'S ON SCHEDULED TO BE COMPLETED IN SUMMER OF 24.

A BRAND NEW NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER.

IT WILL HAVE A FOOD PANTRY, A WIC SERVICES, IMMUNIZATION PROGRAM, AND A HIGH QUALITY CHILDCARE CENTER.

SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE THAT, UH, FINALLY BUILT OUT.

WE'LL BEGIN HIRING FOR STAFF LATER THIS SPRING.

AND THEN THERE WAS SOME PICTURES I INCLUDED.

I THINK SOME OF YOU ASKED, WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE? IT WON'T BE THE CHILDREN AND THE PICTURES.

IT WILL BE THERE , IT'LL BE OTHER KIDS.

BUT, UH, AND I HOPE THAT ONCE IT'S BUILT OUT, I'LL JUST DO A KIND OF FORMAL INVITATION TO YOU GUYS TO COME DROP BY AND, AND, AND CHECK OUT THE NEW CENTER.

SO THAT WRAPS UP 2023.

JUST THE HIGHLIGHTS.

ANY QUESTIONS ON 2023? I RECOGNIZE MYSELF REAL QUICK.

WHAT IS HIGH QUALITY CHILDCARE? I KNOW SOMEBODY ASKED ME THAT AS OPPOSED TO LIKE, WELL, YOU CAN'T SAY LOW QUALITY.

THERE'S NOT GONNA BE LOW QUALITY.

HIGH QUALITY MEANS, I THINK IT'S THE, UM, THE INFRASTRUCTURE, ALL THE AMENITIES THAT ARE GONNA BE THERE FOR THE KIDS.

THERE'S A KITCHEN, UH, THERE'S A HIGH QUALITY STAFF, YOU KNOW, OKAY.

BUT THAT'S, THAT CAME FROM PARD LANGUAGE.

SO IT'S NOT MY LANGUAGE THAT HAS AN EXPECTATION ASSOCIATED WITH IT.

SO YEAH.

JUST VERSUS SAYING CHILDCARE, BUT EXACTLY.

IF WE SAY IT HIGH QUALITY, THEN WE EXPECT HIGH QUALITY.

EXACTLY.

CHAIR.

BUT YOU'RE NOT THE FIRST ONE WHO BROUGHT THAT UP.

THEY'RE LIKE, WHY ARE THEY SAYING HIGH QUALITY IS SUPPOSED TO JUST, YOU PUT, PUT IT OUT THERE.

IT DOES.

DIFFERENT ASSESSMENTS TO AT LEAST TANGENTIALLY INFORM THE WORK OF THE OTHER? UM, I CAN TALK TO CHRIS ABOUT THAT.

THANK YOU FOR THAT.

ALRIGHT, MOVING ON TO, UH, THE MARCH REPORT THIS MONTH.

SO AGAIN, WITH THIS ONE, WE'RE STARTING THE NEW YEAR.

THE NUMBERS WILL BE SMALLER, OBVIOUSLY AS WE BUILD UP AND, UH, PROVIDE SERVICES.

I WON'T GO OVER THE FIRST PART OF THE MISSION STATEMENT AGAIN.

UM, OUR NEW CONTRACT, WE RECEIVED $382,594.

THE WAY THE STATE DOES THAT IS THESE ARE PASS THROUGH FUNDING

[02:40:01]

FROM THE FEDS.

THE STATE GET THE AND ONE ALLOCATION AT A TIME.

SO WE'RE HOPING TO GET WHAT WE GOT LAST YEAR, ABOUT 1.1 MILLION TO, UM, TO HELP US PAY FOR PERSONNEL.

WE HAVE NOT EXPANDED ANY OF IT, WHICH IS, UH, GOOD.

YOU GO TO PAGE TWO.

OUR GOAL AGAIN THIS YEAR FROM THE STATE IS 43 TRANSITIONS.

THAT IS THE CLIENTS THAT ARE WORKING WITH THE SELF-SUFFICIENCY, CASE MANAGEMENT, SOCIAL WORKERS AT ALL OF OUR CENTERS TO GET BACK IN THE WORLD OF WORK.

UM, WE HELP WITH INTERVIEWING SKILLS, RESUME BUILDING, INTERVIEW, UH, PRACTICE, ET CETERA.

UH, FOUR E UH, HOW ALSO TO AVOIDED EVICTION.

ACCORDING TO OUR CAP THAT I PRESENTED ON LAST FALL, OUR TARGET IS 800.

THIS TIME AROUND.

UM, WE'RE, WE'RE EXPECTING A LITTLE BIT MORE FUNDING AS WELL.

UH, WE HAVE PRETTY EFFICIENT SYSTEMS NOW AND WE'RE HOPING TO HELP 800 ALSO TO AVOID EVICTION THIS YEAR WITH OUR FUNDS.

AND THEN, UH, GO DOWN TO SERVICE THREE OH, THE TAX PREPARATION PROGRAM THAT'S IN PROGRESS.

WE PROVIDE FREE TAX HELP AT ROSA OSA IN COLLABORATION WITH THE, UH, A A RP FOLKS.

UM, THE SMALL PROGRAM, I KNOW FOUNDATION COMMUNITIES WAS HERE EARLIER AND THEY TALKED ABOUT THEIR, THEY HAVE A PRETTY ROBUST PROGRAM AND WE REFER PEOPLE TO THEM AS WELL WHEN WE CANNOT HELP AT OUR CENTER.

UM, FOOD DISTRIBUTION.

SO FAR THIS YEAR, THE FIVE JJ SERVICE, 17,485, AGAIN A YEAR AGO, 9,200.

THERE WERE EVEN MORE ON TRACK TO SERVE A LOT MORE PEOPLE THIS YEAR.

IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT PAGE, UH, NUMBER THREE IS NO LONGER VALID.

SO I WANTED TO GIVE AN UPDATE.

THE PROGRAM ENDED LAST WEEK ON MARCH 8TH.

THAT OLD GOVERNMENT DELIVERED 1.8 BILLION FREE COVID TESTS OVER THE LIFE OF THAT PROGRAM.

SO, AND LET'S SEE, GO TO NUMBER FOUR.

THE HOME DELIVERY PROGRAM.

UM, IN JANUARY, 2100 HOUSEHOLDS WERE SERVED, UH, NUMBER FIVE DAY COMMUNITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT.

UH, IN TERMS OF SURVEYS, UM, I'LL HAVE THE NUMBERS MORE OFFICIAL FOR NEXT MONTH, BUT WE'VE RECEIVED ABOUT 600 SURVEYS BACK, BOTH ENGLISH AND SPANISH, UM, FROM THE ACTUAL CLIENTS THAT WE SERVED THE PREVIOUS YEAR.

SO THAT'S REALLY GOOD.

A LOT OF PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, ONCE THEY RECEIVE A SERVICE OR THEY MIGHT NOT BE ENGAGED TO ANSWER, BUT WE'RE TRYING REALLY HARD TO GET AS MANY RESPONSES AS POSSIBLE.

UM, ALL OF THE NICK IS ALSO DOING INTERVIEWS AT OUR FOOD DISTRIBUTION EVENTS, UH, OUR, UH, PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING EVENTS, UH, TO GET PEOPLE IN PERSON AND ON PAPER.

UH, NUMBER SIX, EOA FINANCIAL STABILITY FUNDING.

LAST YEAR FROM JANUARY THROUGH DECEMBER, WE ASSISTED 600 PEOPLE, UH, WITH, UH, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF CENTRAL TEXAS.

AND THEY RECEIVED DIFFERENT FUNDING FROM THE CITY AND WE WERE ABLE TO REFER PEOPLE TO, TO THAT PROGRAM.

UH, WE STARTED OUR OWN RENT PROGRAM AT THE END OF, UH, FEBRUARY.

SO THAT'S GOING WELL.

I, I'LL HAVE MORE DATA NEXT MONTH.

JUST AGAIN, UM, AUSTIN ENERGY, THE PLUS ONE PROGRAM WE'RE IN QUARTER TWO.

WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO HELP SOME FOLKS THERE TOO, SO THAT'S GREAT.

UM, WE WILL HAVE, AND I'LL SAY MORE NEXT MONTH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE SOME NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER CLOSURES.

'CAUSE UH, THERE'S SOME BIG PROJECTS, UH, RENOVATION PROJECTS FOR HVAC THAT ARE PRETTY NECESSARY.

THESE CENTERS WERE BUILT IN THE SEVENTIES AND THEY'VE NEVER BEEN, UH, UPDATED IN OF THE HVAC.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I SPENT A LOT OF TIME ON IN DIFFERENT PART, DIFFERENT SEASONS, GETTING CALLS, THE HEAT'S OUT.

AIR CONDITIONING IS NOT WORKING, WHAT DO WE DO? SO WE'RE HAPPY THAT THIS IS HAPPENING AND WE HAVE A PLAN TO SEND STAFF TO OTHER CENTERS TO BE ABLE TO ASSIST THERE.

AND WE'RE HOPING TO STILL HAVE AT LEAST ONE FOOD DISTRIBUTION IN THE PARKING LOT AT THE CENTERS THAT ARE CLOSING.

UH, SO THAT WE STILL HAVE A PRESENCE AND, UH, AND ARE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO ASSIST PEOPLE RIGHT THERE IN THE COMMUNITY.

OTHERWISE THEY'LL, THEY'LL BE GOING TO THE OTHER NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER, BUT MORE TO COME ON THAT.

UM, IT'LL BE ROSEWOOD OSA, WHO'S GONNA HAVE THE HVAC RENOVATOR, SOUTH AUSTIN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER AND, UH, BLACKLAND.

AND I THINK THAT IS IT FOR MARCH.

ANY QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? UM, SO YEAH, I HAD A FOLLOW UP QUESTION.

I THINK I HAD ASKED MAYBE CHRIS THIS LAST TIME, BUT IT WAS KIND OF RELEVANT FOR BOTH OF YOU ON NUMBER FIVE, THE COMMUNITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT.

I KNOW YOU BOTH HAVE TO DO MM-HMM, FOR YOUR PROCESS IS DIFFERENT, BUT JUST DOUBLE CHECKING.

ARE Y'ALL ABLE TO CROSS SHARE? IS THERE ANY ROOM FOR WHAT YOU'RE LEARNING FROM THE TWO

[02:45:01]

'CAUSE OURS KIND OF, OUR FOCUS IS ON THE FIVE AS YOU, IT'S KIND OF, IT'S WRITTEN IN HERE.

LIKE IF YOU GO BACK TO YOUR REPORT AS, UH, PAGE TWO, WHERE IT'S GOT THE TARGETS, YOU SEE THE TOP FIVE NEEDS LISTED THERE NEAR THE TOP OF THE PAGE UNDER THE MISSION.

BUT IT'S HOUSING, HEALTH, EMPLOYMENT, BASIC NEEDS AND EDUCATION.

BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE FOCUS ON THROUGH THE, THROUGH OUR CSBG FUNDING.

SO IT'S MORE TARGETED IN GENERAL TO THOSE FIVE.

AND EVERY THREE YEARS WE DO THE CNA AND THEN THEY FALL OUT IN THE WAY THE COMMUNITY SEES WHAT THE, THEY TRIAGE, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF THEIR RESPONSES.

SO YEAH, IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO, YEAH, I MEAN TOTALLY GET THAT, BUT ESPECIALLY IF ONE OF YOU HAS A STRONGER ANSWER IN A DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOOD TOO.

RECOGNIZES COMMISSIONER RE DELGADO.

IT JUST MIGHT BE HELPFUL TO JUST CROSS REFERENCE FOR SURE.

WE HAVEN'T DONE THAT BEFORE, SO IT'S A GOOD IDEA.

THANK YOU FOR THE RECOMMENDATION, COMMISSIONER.

UH, RECOGNIZE THE CHAIR.

HI, UH, AN ANGEL.

YOU ARE WELCOME.

YOU KNOW, YOU LOOKING YOUNGER, , I DUNNO WHAT YOU'RE DOING, BUT GOOD JOB.

UH, JUST WANTED TO, I I WANTED TO, YEAH.

I'M GLAD THAT YOU BROUGHT UP THE CLOSURE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS.

'CAUSE I PASSED BY, UM, ROSEWOOD AND I SAW THAT IT WAS BARRICADED AND I WAS LIKE, ANHE DID NOT TELL US.

AND BUT AGAIN, WE DID HAVE A NOT QUO LAST MONTH.

SO THIS, YOU PUT A, YOU WOULD'VE GIVEN US THE HEADS UP.

SO I STARTED FREAKING OUT 'CAUSE I WAS LIKE, OH MY GOD IS OUR STANDARD CLOSING.

SO, UM, CAN YOU GIMME A DATE OF WHEN THAT RENOVATION WOULD BE DONE AND WHEN IT WOULD REOPEN FOR BLACKLAND AND ROSEWOOD? JUST, UH, YES.

SO WE CAN BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE THAT TO THE COMMUNITY WHEN WE WE START GETTING THE CALLS.

UH, SURE.

UH, LET'S SEE HERE.

AGAIN, TENTATIVE WITH, UH, SUPPLY CHAIN AND ALL THAT OTHER STUFF.

RIGHT NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, FOR ROSEWOOD, THEY WOULD BE MOVING OUT IN SEPTEMBER AND MOVING BACK IN IN MAY.

IS IT CLOSED NOW? IT'S CLOSED NOW THOUGH.

THEY HAD, THAT'S THE, THE COMMUNITY CARE SIDE.

THEY'RE DOING SOME RENOVATIONS OR YOU KNOW HOW THAT TYPES TWO, IT HAS THE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER ON ONE SIDE.

OH.

AND THE CLINIC ON, LIKE, IT USED TO BE A CLINIC WAY BACK.

THEY CLOSED IT DOWN.

THEY'RE RENOVATING THAT ON THEIR OWN, LIKE THE COMMUNITY CARE FOLKS OR CENTRAL HEALTH.

AND OUR CENTER'S STILL OPEN.

WE'RE STILL OPERATIONAL, DOING ALL OUR SERVICES.

SO HOW DO WE GET INTO THE CENTER SINCE IT'S KIND OF BARRICADED ON A, ON UH, WEBER AVAIL.

YOU CAN STILL GO IN AND PARK IN THE FIRST PARKING LOT.

COULD WE GET SOME SIGNAGE? SOMETHING? SURE.

BECAUSE I'M TELLING YOU, WHEN YOU PASS BY THERE, IT LOOKS CLOSED, IT LOOKS BARRICADED AND IT LOOKS LIKE THE WHOLE THING IS CLOSED.

I LITERALLY THOUGHT THAT Y'ALL WERE CLOSING DOWN.

IT LOOKS OH, FOR SURE.

WE CAN DO THAT FOR YOU.

IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S, IT DOESN'T EVEN LOOK LIKE IT'S OPERABLE.

SO IF THE PART IS OPEN STILL, YEAH, IT'S OPEN UNTIL SEPTEMBER.

IF WE CAN GET SOME AWESOME PUBLIC SIGNAGE DIRECTING PEOPLE TO THAT SIDE TO SHOW AT LEAST A PORTION OF IT'S OPEN.

ANOTHER THING, UM, FOR A WHOLE YEAR, WHERE WOULD THE RECIPIENTS GO? UH, WE HAVE EAST AUSTIN, WE HAVE BLACKLAND, UH, THAT ARE CLOSED BY, YOU KNOW, SO THE, SO WE'RE, ARE WE GONNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE SERVING THE SAME DEMOGRAPHIC PEOPLE? OH YEAH.

IN THAT AREA.

TO, TO OUR SISTER CENTERS.

DEFINITELY.

THEY'RE, BECAUSE GETTING ON TOP OF THAT, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE REPRESENTATIVE IN THAT AREA RIGHT NOW.

THAT'S, THAT'S, SO I FEEL LIKE SINCE I'M THE EAST AUSTIN REP OF OH TWO MM-HMM.

EVEN THOUGH MY BOUNDARIES CUT RIGHT THERE WHERE ROSEWOOD IS, IT'S LIKE A FINE LINE.

IT'S LIKE ACROSS THE STREET'S.

MINE AND THE OTHER SIDE ISN'T.

I WANNA BE ABLE TO, TO HELP WITH THAT.

OH, FOR SURE.

WE'LL, WE'LL LET YOU KNOW TOO.

I DON'T WANT THE PE CONSTITUENTS TO FEEL THAT THEY DON'T HAVE ANYWHERE TO, TO GO.

OH YEAH.

SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT AS PRIOR TO CLOSURE, THAT WE NEED TO START, UH, YOU KNOW, COMMUNICATING TO THE COMMUNITY.

EVEN THE RECIPIENTS THERE THAT HEY, WE'RE GONNA DETOUR YOU TO BLACK.

UH, WELL, BLACK LAND'S GONNA BE, BUT IT'S GONNA BE, THEY'RE GONNA BE STAGGERED.

NOT COMPLETELY, BUT THEY'RE TRYING TO MAKE IT.

AND THEN ALSO THE EAST AMOUNT OF ALL THREE BEING ENCLOSED AT ONCE.

THE QUESTION I, MY SECOND QUESTION WAS IN THE EAST AUSTIN NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH IS WHERE MY AREA IS MORE, UM, IS THAT, WHAT ARE THE HOURS? 'CAUSE THEY LOOK CLOSED ALL THE TIME.

OH, THEY'RE, THEY'RE, I KNOW THAT THEY'RE MOVING, BUT LIKE, CAN I, CAN YOU, I KNOW THE DOORS EIGHT TO FIVE ARE LOCKED.

EIGHT TO OH SEVEN, 30 TO FIVE AND EIGHT TO NOON ON FRIDAYS.

EIGHT TO NOON ON FRIDAYS.

ON FRIDAY.

WE USED TO ALWAYS BE ABLE TO USE THE RESOURCE ROOM.

SO FRIDAYS IS HALF A DAY.

IF WE ALSO CAN GET SOME, UH, SOME TYPE OF SIGNAGE.

I KNOW I'VE BEEN BY THERE 'CAUSE I WANTED TO MAYBE TALK ABOUT USING THE COMMUNITY ROOM.

'CAUSE

[02:50:01]

BACK IN THE DAY.

UM, IF WE CAN GET SOME SIGNAGE AND DIRECTION OF LIKE, HEY, THIS CENTER'S OPEN AT THIS TIME BECAUSE THERE'S NO SURE THE DOORS ARE LOCKED.

THEY'RE LOCKED AND NOBODY CAN GET IN UNLESS YOU'RE GOING TO THE CLINIC SIDE.

SO I'M TALKING MORE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER SIDE WHERE IT'S THE SAME DOORS.

OH YEAH.

LIKE WHEN YOU WALK IN.

SO THEY'RE ALWAYS UNLOCKED FROM SEVEN 30 TO FIVE.

EAST AUSTIN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER.

I'M PRETTY CONFIDENT PEOPLE KNOW.

YOU CAN SEE THE, THE NUMBERS.

AND WE'RE ALSO WORKING WITH PIO O OKAY.

TO GET THE BLAST OUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

BUT ISN'T, THERE'S SOME DOORS ON THE RIGHT WHERE THE CENTER, WHERE THE COMMUNITY CENTER IS, WHERE THEY DO LIKE THE, UH, FOOD DISTRIBUTION.

THERE'S, YEAH.

BUT THOSE DOORS, THERE'S TWO DOORS.

THAT'S THE FOOD PANTRY BECAUSE YOU CAN'T GO IN THROUGH THOSE DOORS.

SO CAN WE MAKE A SIGN THAT SAYS YOU CAN'T GO IN? BECAUSE SEE WHAT I THINK PEOPLE THINK BECAUSE IT'S A COMBINED CLINIC.

AND NEIGHBORHOOD, THE DOORS ARE SEPARATE.

SO KIND OF A SIGN WITH THINK SOMETIMES THEY GO THIS WAY AND IT'S LOCKED AND THEY GET TURNED AWAY.

WE CAN DO THAT FOR SURE.

IF, IF YOU CAN.

YEAH, WE CAN DO THAT.

THANK YOU COMMISSIONER.

THOSE, THOSE ARE GREAT THINGS FOR THE COM.

REPRESENT THE COMMUNITY.

UH, COMMISSIONER, UM, COMMISSIONER .

YOU'RE GOOD.

UH, ANYONE ON THE, UH, REMOTE? I SEE COMMISSIONER ORTIZ SAYING NO, SHE'S GOOD.

CONGRESS? UH, LONGORIA LOOKS PRETTY GOOD.

COMMISSIONER WOODS, YOU'RE PRETTY GOOD.

YOU LOOKING GOOD? OKAY.

VICE CHAIR AND COMMISSIONER ESTEBAN DELGADO, IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS, IF NOT, WE'RE GONNA THANK ON ANGEL AS ALWAYS.

THANK YOU ON ANGEL.

UH, AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU STICKING AROUND FOR, TO CLOSE US OUT TODAY.

UM, THERE WERE SEVERAL OTHER HOT BUTTONS THAT KEPT BUMPING YOU.

SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I SEE, UH, LETICIA IN, UH, TIME NOW, COMMISSIONERS.

UH OH.

OH, RIGHT.

OH, UH, I WAS ABOUT TO CLOSE OUT.

DO WE HAVE ANY? THANK YOU, HIL.

FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS? ANY ITEMS THAT WERE DISCUSSED EARLIER THAT WE WANT TO CIRCLE BACK TO THAT AREN'T AUTOMATICALLY ON THE, HAVE ALREADY BEEN DESIGNATED AS COMING BACK? ANYTHING? COMMISSIONERS? OKAY.

ANY

[FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS]

HEARING NONE.

I'LL MOVE ON.

UM, TO OUR ADJOURNMENT TIME NOW IS, UM, WELL, BEFORE I DO THAT, I DO WANNA THANK EVERYONE FOR BEING HERE AND PARTICIPATING.

THIS WAS A VERY FULL AGENDA, UM, BUT WE DID GET THROUGH IT PRETTY MUCH IN THREE HOURS.

IT WAS A VERY, VERY FULL AGENDA AND WE HOPE THAT MOVING FORWARD, UH, SOME OF THE PROPOSALS THAT WE HAVE FOR CONSIDERATION, UH, WILL HELP WITH THE MANAGEMENT AND THE FLOW OF OUR, UM, UH, MEETINGS.

WITH THAT BEING SAID, IF I HEAR NO OTHER CONCERNS, TIME NOW IS 9 43.

I CALLED THIS MEETING ADJOURNED.