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I WILL NOW[Consent]
CALL TO ORDER THE MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION, AND I'LL RECOGNIZE STAFF.GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR CITY COUNCIL.
I'M THE TREASURER OF THE AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE.
FOLKS, IF YOU'RE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS AND YOUR LAST NAME IS NOT DEO, YOU SHOULDN'T BE TALKING.
MANDY DEMAYO TREASURER AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION.
YOU HAVE TWO ITEMS ON TODAY'S AGENDA.
THE FIRST ITEM IS AUTHORIZING A HFC TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE ACQUISITION OF A 64 UNIT APARTMENT COMPLEX IN NORTH AUSTIN, D FOUR KNOWN AS CIELO AT NORTH DOMAIN.
UM, THIS AUTHORIZES US TO, UM, INVEST $1.625 MILLION IN PARTNERSHIP WITH AFFORDABLE CENTRAL TEXAS IN THIS ACQUISITION.
THE SECOND ITEM IS A CONTRACT FOR CONSULTING SERVICES WITH GUIDEHOUSE INC.
UM, AND THIS CONTRACT IS $447,780, AND THE CONTRACT IS TO ASSIST, UH, STAFF WITH UNDERWRITING PROGRAM GUIDELINES, UNDERWRITING GUIDELINES, UM, RELATED TO OUR HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS. I OFFER THESE ON CONSENT.
MEMBERS, WHAT I'M GONNA DO, BECAUSE THERE'S AN AMENDMENT BEING PROPOSED ON ITEM NUMBER TWO, IS I'M GONNA TAKE THEM UP SEPARATELY.
UM, ALTHOUGH, UH, WE, WE WILL BE ABLE TO MOVE THROUGH THEM PRETTY QUICKLY.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? UH, MS. MAY.
IN THAT CASE, LET'S TAKE UP, UH, A HFC ONE MEMBERS.
I HAVE FILED THE DOCUMENTS TO RECUSE MYSELF ON THIS ITEM.
UM, I WILL NOT BE VOTING ON THIS ITEM AND RECUSE MYSELF.
PRIOR TO MY BEING MAYOR, I INVESTED MONEY WITH THE AUSTIN HOUSING CONSERVANCY, WHICH IS ONE OF THE PARTIES THAT'S INVOLVED IN THIS, UH, UH, DEAL.
SO I WILL NOT BE VOTING ON THAT.
UM, LET ME ENTERTAIN, BUT I, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER, I MEAN, BOARD MEMBER RYAN ALTER SECOND BY A BOARD MEMBER CADRY, TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER ONE.
IS THERE ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER ONE? NO, MA'AM.
THERE'S NO ONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ALRIGHT, WITHOUT OBJECTION.
THAT'LL TAKE US TO, WITH, WITH, WITH THE MAYOR RECUSING HIMSELF FROM A VOTE ON ITEM NUMBER ONE.
UH, ITEM NUMBER TWO, UH, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION AND THEN WE WILL CONSIDER AN AMENDMENT MOTIONS MADE BY, UH, BOARD MEMBER AL RYAN ALTER TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER TWO.
IT'S SECONDED BY BOARD MEMBER VELA.
UH, THE CHAIR WILL NOW RECOGNIZE BOARD MEMBER ALTER FOR A PROPOSED MOTION TO AMEND.
I HAVE A MOTION FOR DIRECTION THAT I'LL SPEAK TO IF I GET A SECOND.
IS THERE A SECOND? A SECOND ABOUT, UH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED.
AND JUST REAL BRIEFLY, THIS IS ADDING DIRECTION THAT AS WE LOOK AT THESE GUIDELINES TO OUR ROTA PROGRAM FOR THEM TO CONSIDER, UH, EVICTION PREVENTION POLICIES, DATA, UH, COLLECTION AND SHARING, UH, AS WELL AS LOOKING AT OUR FEES TO, UH, POTENTIALLY HAVE THOSE WRAPPED IN WHEN WE'RE CALCULATING RENT SO THAT, UH, WE DON'T HAVE, YOU KNOW, THIS EXPLOSION OF FEES OUTSIDE OF OUR, UH, MFI RENTS, AS WELL AS JUST LOOKING AT HOW WE MIGHT SOLICIT PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING PROJECTS, LOOKING AT THE CAPITAL AND THE SERVICES TOGETHER INSTEAD OF KIND OF THE ISSUE WE FOUND OURSELVES WITH SOME OF OUR FUTURE PROJECTS.
AND WITH THAT, I MOVE ADOPTION OF MOTION NUMBER ONE.
BOARD MEMBER RYAN ALTER MOVES ADOPTION OF MOTION NUMBER.
IS THERE A SECOND? SECONDED BY MEMBER, UH, VELA, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE APPARENTLY STAFF HAS DISCUSSION? YEAH, MAY I INTERJECT? I HAVEN'T SEEN, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE ARE CHANGES TO THE MOTION THAT I RECEIVED.
I THINK IT WAS POSTED ON THE MESSAGE BOARD YESTERDAY.
UM, WE HAD SPOKEN WITH YOUR STAFF.
WE HAD SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THE WORDING OF THE INTRODUCTORY LANGUAGE ABOUT INCORPORATING THIS, UH, THESE VERY SPECIFIC ITEMS IN THE SCOPE OF WORK, BECAUSE THE SCOPE OF WORK IS, UM, ALREADY FINALIZED.
MANY OF THESE THINGS, I, I WANNA BE CLEAR, MANY OF THESE THINGS ARE WORK THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY UNDERTAKING AND WILL UNDERTAKE IN CONCERT WITH THE GUIDE HOUSE WORK, BUT MAY IN FACT BE OUTSIDE THE LETTER OF THE SCOPE OF WORK.
AND ONE OF THE ITEMS, DATA COLLECTION AND SHARING IS KIND OF A THIRD COMPANION PIECE, A THIRD PHASE, UM, OF OUR CONTEMPLATED CONSULTING WORK WITH GUIDEHOUSE.
SO AGAIN, NOT IN THE SCOPE OF WORK.
IF THERE, WE ARE HAPPY TO TAKE DIRECTION.
THESE ARE ALL ITEMS THAT WE, UH, CERTAINLY SUPPORT AND ARE CURRENTLY UNDERTAKING.
GA, I, I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THAT.
UM, I'M HAPPY TO STRIKE IN THE CONSULTING SCOPE OF WORK
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OR IF I CAN AMEND MY AMENDMENT.I HATE TO DO THAT ON THE FLY HERE, BUT, UM, I, I HATE FOR YOU TO DO THAT ON THE FLY.
UM, IF WE COULD JUST, UM, STRIKE THE SCOPE OF WORK LANGUAGE AND, UH, DIRECT THE CITY MANAGER, UM, TO CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING AS PART OF THE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS. ALRIGHT, WELL, I APOLOGIZE.
APOLOGIES FOR THE WORDSMITHING ON THE FLY.
I AM GOING TO MOVE TO AMEND MY, WELL, HANG ON.
HANG, HANG ON, HANG ON, HANG ON.
UM, UM, I WANNA GET THE LANGUAGE BEFORE WE TAKE A MOTION.
THE CITY MAN, THE LANGUAGE, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, AND MR. MAYO MAKE SURE WE GET THIS RIGHT, IT WOULD READ THE CITY MANAGERS DIRECTED TO CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING AS THRESHOLD REQUIREMENTS YEP.
WE NEED TO, YEAH, THAT'S FINE.
UM, MEMBERS, WE, WE, WE REALLY SHOULDN'T DO THIS
UM, COUNCIL MEMBER RYAN ALTER MOVES TO AMEND HIS AMENDMENT SO THAT IT READS IN THE SECOND PARAGRAPH.
THE CITY MANAGER IS DIRECTED, UH, TO CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING AS THRESHOLD REQUIREMENTS AND THEN GOES FORWARD.
I'LL SECOND THE MOTION, UH, TO AMEND.
IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO THE MOTION TO AMEND THE AMENDMENT? YES, MAYOR PRO.
TIM, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE PIECE THAT MR. MAYO SAID TO BE SURE TO ELIMINATE WAS ALSO ELIMINATED IN WHAT YOU WERE WELL, SHE THINKS, I BELIEVE SO.
THE SCOPE OF WORK, RIGHT? THAT WAS THE MAIN CONCERN.
THE KEY WAS TAKING OUT THE SCOPE OF WORK ESTIMATE, CORRECT.
IS THERE ANY OBJECTION? WITHOUT OBJECTION? THE MOTION TO AMEND THE AMENDMENT IS ADOPTED.
THAT'LL TAKE US BACK TO THE MOTION TO AMEND.
IS THERE OBJECTION TO THE MOTION TO AMEND AS AMENDED BEING NO OBJECTION.
THE MOTION TO AMEND IS ADOPTED.
THAT WILL TAKE US BACK TO ITEM NUMBER TWO AS AMENDED.
THE MOTION IS TO ADOPT IT AS AMENDED.
IS THERE ANY OBJECTION WITHOUT OBJECTION? ITEM NUMBER TWO IS ADOPTED AS AMENDED.
UM, MEMBERS, THOSE ARE ALL THE MATTERS TO COME BEFORE THE AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
WITHOUT OBJECTION, WE WILL ADJOURN THE MEETING OF A HFC BOARD OF DIRECTORS AT 2:12 PM.