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WILL CALL TO ORDER THE BOARD[Consent]
OF DIRECTORS OF THE AUSTIN HOUSING PUBLIC FACILITY CORPORATION MEETING AT 11:24 AM UH, THERE IS A QUORUM OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS PRESENT.WE ARE MEETING AT CITY HALL IN THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS, WHICH IS LOCATED AT 3 0 1 WEST SECOND STREET, AND THE MEETING IS BEING CONDUCTED, UM, ON, UH, ON APRIL 18TH, 2024.
WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT TO, UH, STAFF.
AND I'M VICE PRESIDENT, UH, BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
I'M THE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT OFFICER FOR THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT.
I'M, UH, HERE TO BRING YOUR, UH, AGENDA FOR THE AUSTIN HOUSING PUBLIC FACILITIES CORPORATION.
UH, MEETING OF TODAY, APRIL 18TH.
UH, YOU HAVE ONE ITEM ON YOUR AGENDA.
IT IS A, UH, UM, PUBLIC HEARING FOR A, UH, UH, ISSUANCE OF PRIVATE ACTIVITY BONDS FOR ESQUELA.
UM, THIS IS, UH, PROPERTY DEVELOPED BY GENERAL, UH, GUADALUPE NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT CENTER.
UM, AND, UH, THIS WILL BE, UH, FOR A $35 MILLION, I BELIEVE, UH, ISSUANCE OF PRIVATE ACTIVITY BONDS.
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND I, I WOULD REQUEST YOU OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING MEMBERS ARE, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF? WITH THAT WITHOUT OBJECTION, WE WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE AGENDA ITEM, AND I WILL TURN TO THE CITY CLERK.
FIRST SPEAKER IS RACHEL STONE.
ARE RACHEL OR SUSIE HERE? I SEE THEM RUNNING IN.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AT THE PODIUM.
I AM THE ASSISTANT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AT GUADALUPE NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.
UM, THANKS TO COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR FOR HEARING MY COMMENTS.
I'M JUST HERE TO SPEAK ON AGENDA ITEM 60, WHICH IS OUR SQUA NEVA PROJECT.
IT'LL BE 114 UNITS OF MULTIFAMILY AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THE MONTOPOLIS NEIGHBORHOOD WITH A FIRST FLOOR PRESCHOOL IN PARTNERSHIP WITH QUALA MONTESSORI DE MONTOPOLIS.
AND WE ARE JUST REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROJECT MOVING FORWARD.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON IT SINCE 2018 AND ARE, UH, EXCITED TO WORK WITH AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION AND THE STATE TO MOVE THE TAX CREDITS FORWARD AND GET SOME AFFORDABLE HOUSING BUILT.
SO, JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I WAS HERE AND CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROJECT AND APPRECIATE ALL THE SUPPORT WE'VE HAD FROM THE CITY.
GOOD MORNING, HONORABLE COUNCIL MEMBERS.
UM, MY NAME IS SUSIE GUS PLYLER, AND I'M A BORN AND RAISED NATIVE AUSTINITE.
I'M HERE TODAY ALSO TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THE PARTNERSHIP PROJECT.
I'VE BEEN A BOARD MEMBER OF ASLA FOR 20 YEARS AND HAVE SEEN MANY OF THE CHANGES THAT HAVE HAD A TREMENDOUS IMPACT ON THAT COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY IN REGARDS TO AFFORDABLE CHILDCARE AND, UH, DISPLACEMENT OF FAMILIES IN THAT COMMUNITY.
UH, THIS PARTNERSHIP WITH GUADALUPE NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ADDRESSES BOTH OF THESE ISSUES.
UH, OUR SCHOOL WILL REMAIN, IF THIS GOES THROUGH, WILL REMAIN WITHOUT DISRUPTION OF CHILDCARE SERVICES DURING THE CONSTRUCTION PHASES OF THIS PROJECT.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE'LL ALSO NOT ONLY GIVE THE SCHOOL A NEW STATE OF THE ART BUILDING, BUT ALSO, UH, PROVIDE HOUSING, AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR, UH, YOUNG FAMILIES AND SENIOR CITIZENS ALL THE WAY UP THE GAMUT.
SO, UM, I'M GRATEFUL FOR YOUR SUPPORT, THE SUPPORT FROM THE PARTNERS, AND, UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
THAT CONCLUDES ALL OF THE SPEAKERS MEMBERS.
THAT CONCLUDES ALL OF THE SPEAKERS, UM, ON THE LOAN AGENDA ITEM, UH, WITHOUT OBJECTION, WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON, UH, THIS ITEM.
YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANNA ADD? JUST ONE POINT OF CLARIFICATION, SIR, PLEASE.
UM, UH, WHEN, UH, MS. STONE SPOKE, SHE UH, MENTIONED ITEM NUMBER 60.
THAT IS A COMPANION ITEM TO THIS.
UH, AGENDA ITEM, UH, THAT IS A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE RESOLUTION OF NO OBJECTION TO BE HEARD LATER.
AND, AND WE WILL TAKE THAT UP, UM, AFTER WE GO BACK TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
UM, WITH THAT BEING SAID, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION, UH, FROM A MEMBER OF THE BOARD WITH REGARD TO THE, THE, SO, UH, BOARD MEMBER ALT RYAN
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ALTER MOVES.ADOPTION IS SECONDED BY A BOARD MEMBER.
VELA, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION WITHOUT OBJECTION? THE ITEM IS ADOPTED.
AND, UH, WITHOUT OBJECTION, WE WILL NOW ADJOURN THE MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE AUSTIN HOUSING PUBLIC FACILITY CORPORATION MEETING AT 11:30 AM AM.