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SO MUCH.[CALL TO ORDER]
UH, IS 6 53 AND, UM, THIS IS IN FACT THE JUNE MEETING OF THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION.AND THE PURPOSE OF THE COMMISSION IS TO PRO, UH, UM, IS OF THE BOARD, IS TO ADVISE THE COUNCIL IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO SERVE THE POOR AND THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE WITH AN EMPHASIS ON FEDERALLY FUNDED PROGRAMS. WITH THAT BEING OUR PURPOSE, WE CALL SUPPORT.
[PUBLIC COMMUNICATION: GENERAL]
HAVE OUR, UH, PUBLIC COMMUNICATION GENERAL PERIOD, UH, WHERE WE WILL CALL ON TWO OF OUR CITIZENS THAT HAVE COME FORWARD AND WE WANT TO INVITE THEM TO COME TO THE FRONT AND THE TABLE THERE WE HAVE MS. MONTOYA.UM, THAT IS MS. ALICIA, AND WE WANT TO HEAR FROM HER AND ACADEMIC THANK HER.
WE'RE GONNA HEAR FROM MS. MONICA HALE.
WE APPRECIATE THEIR PRESENCE AND
I'M A RESIDENT OF MISS
I'M AN ELDER AND HAVE GRANDCHILDREN AND GREAT GRANDCHILDREN AT AGE 70.
I RESIDE AT 2008 HASCO STREET AUSTIN.
AND THE REASON I'M HERE, UH, I JUST WANTED TO, YOU KNOW, I WAS REAL EXCITED TO HAVE THE MEETING HERE BECAUSE IT HASN'T BEEN FOR A LONG TIME.
WE, FOR, I'M OLD SCHOOL, WE USED TO COME HERE A LOT TO, HAD A LOT OF PARTICIPATION FOR THE COMMUNITY 'CAUSE IT WAS EASIER TO ACCESS AND THEN TO PUBLIC COMMUNICATION.
I MEAN, UH, SPEAKING, BUT I'M ALSO HERE BECAUSE I HAVE SOME CONCERNS, UM, ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
AND, UH, THERE'S BEEN SO MUCH, UH, OUT THERE THAT'S NOT GETTING THE, THE MESSAGE TO OUR COMMUNITY.
WE'RE NOT ACCESSING IT BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE, UH, THE, THE NEEDS OR THE FUNDS TO, TO GET THESE PROGRAMS, YOU KNOW, COMING INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND, AND UH, GETTING OUR FAMILIES, UH, IN PLACE.
UM, AND WHAT I SEE IS THAT, YEAH, THERE IS AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAT COMES BUILT IN DIFFERENT AREAS OF TOWN, BUT IT'S FOR OUTCOMES THAT ARE, I MEAN, UH, PEOPLE ARE COMING IN FROM DIFFERENT STATES.
AND WHAT ABOUT THE PEOPLE HERE THAT HAVE BEEN IN AND WAITING THIS AND I MEAN, FOR YEARS THEY DON'T ACT WHEN THEY'RE ABLE TO AND THEY COME TO US.
I'M A NEIGHBORHOOD, ALSO A NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, UM, VICE CHAIR FOR EAST NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND THEY CALL ME TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY AVAILABILITY THEY WANT RESOURCING.
AND UNFORTUNATELY, UM, WE'RE VERY LIMITED TO, TO, YOU KNOW, TO DO OUTREACH BETWEEN JUST A SMALL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION THAT BEEN IN EXISTENCE IN BACK IN THE SEVENTIES.
UH, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF STUFF COMING IN GENERAL, UH, UM, A LOT OF, UH, PEOPLE COMING IN AND THAT DISRESPECT TO THE PEOPLE THAT ARE NATIVES 'CAUSE WE ALSO WANT AN OPPORTUNITY, OUR FAMILIES TO BE ABLE TO DEAL ON THESE AFFORDABLE HOUSING INSTEAD OF BEING PUSHED OUT TO WAY DE VALLEY WAY OUT THERE WITH NO VEHICLES AND WAY OF TRANSPORTATION.
THE CHILDREN THAT, THAT OUR SCHOOLS WERE BEING CLOSED ALREADY HERE IN THE AREA.
UH, AND THERE BEEN SO MUCH DEVELOPMENT THAT WE HAVE THIS COMMUNITY, UH, BACK IN THE DAYS IT WAS VERY ACTIVE WITH COMMISSIONERS.
THEY DID OUTREACH TO THE COMMUNITY AND WE WERE ALSO, UH, NOTIFIED FOR WHAT THEY HAD AVAILABLE, LIKE
SO I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT THIS BOARD GETS REALLY ACTIVE ON THAT AND CONTINUE TO REACH OUT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE THEY'RE REALLY, REALLY, UH, INDEED A HOUSING, AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
AND ALSO WORKING WITH THE FEDERAL AGENCIES WHERE THE, UH, FEDERAL INCOME GUIDELINES, THE SOLUTION.
I THINK NEVER, NOBODY TALKS ABOUT THAT, BUT SOME OF THESE FAMILIES DON'T MAKE THE ENOUGH MONEY TO BUY INTO HOMES BECAUSE THEY'RE, THE GUIDELINES ARE HIGH.
SO ANYBODY THAT COMES FROM OUTSIDE WHO WOULD SAY TO AUSTIN, WELL, THEY'VE ALREADY HAD A HOUSE WHEREVER THEY WENT, THEY SOLD IT.
AND THEY'VE COME IN WITH MONEY AND THEY'RE BUYING THE OPPORTUNITY FOR SOMEONE HERE
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ON THE EAST SIDE OR WHEREVER AREAS THEY'RE AT, UM, THAT ARE AUSTIN.THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE FROM GENERATIONS.
THEY FAMILIES FROM GENERATIONS.
I STILL HOLDING DOWN TO EVERYBODY WANTS TO BUY MY HOUSE, BUT I STILL HOLDING DOWN PLACE.
I SAID, WHERE, WHERE ARE YOU GONNA SEND ME? YOU'RE NOT SENDING ME TO POWELL OR TO ADE VALLEY.
AND, UH, I MEAN, I, I LIKE TOITY ALSO AND THESE FAMILIES THAT ARE STILL HERE,
AND UH, YOU MAY SEE ME OUT THERE AND BERTHA, COMMISSIONER BERTHA IS MY DAUGHTER.
SO WE, WE TRY TO REPLACE FAMILIES AND PEOPLE INVOLVED.
I'VE BEEN INVOLVED FOR SO MANY YEARS THAT, AND DIFFERENT ISSUES, NOT ONLY HOUSING, BUT OUR FAMILIES.
UM, CAN YOU ALL CONFIRM, STEPH THAT THE MICROPHONE IS WORKING? I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT OUR CITIZENS ARE BEING HEARD.
SO THE MICROPHONE NOT FOR THE ROOM, IT'S FOR THE RECORDING.
SO, BUT THE FACT THAT IT'S RED MEANS THAT IT IS RECORDED? YES.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE 'CAUSE I WAS WAITING FOR IT TO MAKE SURE THAT, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THIS
MY NAME IS MONICA HALE AND I THINK YOU ALL MAY GET A KICK OUT OF THIS, BUT I THINK I SIGNED THAT FORM BY ACCIDENT.
I THINK
BUT I AM, UM, FROM THE AREA AGENCY ON AGING, I, WE ALSO, THE AGING AND DISABILITY RESOURCE CENTER, UH, WE HAVE QUITE A FEW DEPARTMENTS.
OUR MAIN UMBRELLA IS THE CAPITAL AREA COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS, IF YOU'VE HEARD OF THE CAPITAL AREA COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS.
UM, THIS IS MY FIRST MEETING, UH, PART OF MY DUTIES AT THE, UM, AREA AGENCY ON AGING IS HOUSING NAVIGATOR.
SO I AM ED WITH GOING OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY, ATTENDING MEETINGS, FINDING OUT WHAT THE, UM, AREA IS DOING FOR LOW INCOME HOUSING, TAX, CREDIT HOUSING.
UM, WE GET CALLS FROM, WE SERVE 10 DIFFERENT COUNTIES, BUT TRAVIS WILLIAMSON, ANO, VERN, I'M NOT GONNA NAME ALL OF 'EM, BUT WE GET LOTS OF CALLS SOMETIMES FROM, UM, OUR MAIN FOCUS ARE SENIORS AND PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES.
BUT WE'LL SERVE ANYBODY THAT CALLS US.
SO, UM, WE GET A LOT OF REFERRALS.
WE GIVE OUT A LOT OF RESOURCES FOR, UM, CAREGIVING.
SO I THOUGHT I WOULD JUST COME UP AND KIND OF INTRODUCE MYSELF AND TELL YOU WHERE I'M FROM AND, UH, I'M EXCITED TO HEAR ABOUT WHAT YOU ALL HAVE BEEN DOING.
DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER CITIZENS THAT MAY HAVE ARRIVED? BEGIN, UM, TO SPEAK? UH, THIS IS OUR PUBLIC, UM, COMMUNICATIONS GENERAL AREA AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT ALL, UM, CITIZENS HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO CHAIR.
ED, CAN YOU HEAR ME, ED? YES I CAN.
UM, THIS, UM, MY LAPTOP IS RECORDING EVERYTHING THAT WE NEED AND I DON'T WANT YOU TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT THINGS NOT RECORDING BECAUSE I'M CHECKING CHECKING IT HERE AND IT'S FINE.
I WAS USING MY CELL PHONE JUST IN CASE.
I WAS GONNA MAKE SURE WE GOT THIS RECORDING.
ALRIGHT, WE ARE THIS, I DO THINK WE HAVE ONE MORE, UH,
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SPEAKER FROM OUR COMMUNITY.JOSEPH IS HERE TO SPEAK AGAINST TIME WEEKEND.
THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR JOSEPH, MY FIRST COMMENT IS ABOUT THE LOCATION.
I'M NOT SURE WHY YOU MOVED THE MEETING HERE.
I JUST WANT YOU TO RECOGNIZE THAT IT IS NOT CONVENIENT FOR PEOPLE WHO RIDE TRANSIT.
WANT TO UNDERSTAND IF YOU'RE TRAVELING FROM NORTH OF US, 180 3, YOU HAVE TO TAKE AT LEAST THREE BUSES AND IF YOU MISS THE TRANSFER TO GET TO THIS SIDE OF TOWN IS ANOTHER 15, 20 MINUTES OR SO.
BUT I DO APPRECIATE YOU TAKING MY COMMENTS.
CAPITAL METRO HAS A BOARD MEETING TOMORROW, JUNE 11TH, 2024.
THAT IS THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE LEANDER PICKUP SERVICE AT 1230.
THEY THEN HAVE THEIR OPERATIONS COMMITTEE MEETING AT ABOUT 10 O'CLOCK OR SO.
IT'S WHEN THEY HAVE A FINANCE MEETING.
WHAT I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND IS THAT MY COMMENTS, AS THEY ALWAYS ARE IN THE CONTEXT OF TITLE SIX OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964, WHICH PROHIBITS DISCRIMINATION BASED ON RACE, COLOR, NATIONAL ORIGIN, AND THE LEANDER PICKUP SERVICE HAS BEEN TWEAKED AT LEAST FIVE TIMES.
HOWEVER, WHEN CAPITAL METRO, THE LORD LEANDER IS GETTING THE PICKUP SERVICE, THEY DID NOT CHARGE THEM FOR THAT SERVICE.
AND SO IT'S DISCRIMINATORY BECAUSE WHEN YOU CALL, IF YOU'RE IN NORTHEAST AUSTIN FOR THAT SERVICE, YOU'RE ON HOLD FROM FIVE TO 60 MINUTES.
BUT THE ON-TIME PERFORMANCE IS MEASURED BY THE TIME THEY PICK UP UNTIL THE TIME THEY GET YOU TO YOUR DESTINATION.
BUT IT IS BRANDED AS THOUGH IT'S UBER.
AND IT'S NOT UBER BECAUSE YOU'RE WAITING 60 MINUTES PLUS THE TIME IT TAKES FOR YOU TO GET FROM YOUR DESTINATION.
SO I JUST WANT YOU TO RECOGNIZE THAT THE FOUR PEOPLE THAT THIS COMMISSIONER IS SUPPOSED TO SERVE NEEDS TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE PROACTIVE AS IT RELATES TO THE TRANSPORTATION.
I KNOW YOU'LL HAVE ON YOUR AGENDA THE PUBLIC HEARINGS LATER, BUT I DO WANT YOU TO RECOGNIZE THAT I'VE SAID THIS A WO I EVEN WENT BACK AND LISTENED TO MY OWN TESTIMONY BEFORE THIS COMMISSION BEFORE YOU WERE THERE.
AND I JUST WANT YOU TO RECOGNIZE THAT IT'S JUST CYCLICAL.
AND BASICALLY WHAT HAPPENS IS THAT THE INFORMATION IS GIVEN TO THIS COMMISSION.
THE STAFF CONTINUES TO DO THEIR UNILATERAL DECISIONS AND THEN NOTHING CHANGES.
AND I WANT YOU TO BE AWARE, AND I SAID IT BEFORE, THE PEOPLE AT COMMUNITY FIRST VILLAGE WHO ARE HOMELESS ARE WAITING 60 MINUTES PLUS 60 MORE TWO HOURS FOR THE BUS IN WHEELCHAIRS.
AND THE REASON IS BECAUSE THE ROUTE IS 60 MINUTE HEADWAY, WHICH MEANS IT RUNS ONCE AN HOUR AND IF A DRIVER HAPPENS TO CANCEL OR IF THERE'S NOT ANY TYPE OF PERSON TO PICK 'EM UP LIKE A SUPERVISOR, THEN THEY'RE SITTING THERE TWO HOURS.
AND I WANT YOU TO RECOGNIZE JUST HOW HOT IT'S BEEN LIKE THIS.
SO IF YOU'RE WAITING FOR THE ONCE AN HOUR BUS, YOU'RE PROBABLY GETTING THERE A FEW MINUTES EARLY.
SO THEN WE SIT ABOUT 15 MINUTES AND WE REALIZE IT'S NOT COMING.
AND SO IT'S AN EQUITABLE, AND THAT'S ROUTE 2 37, WHICH IS INTERLINE WITH ROUTE 3 39, WHICH GOES OVER TO CRAIG WOOD BLACKS.
AND IT ALSO SERVES THE AREA WHERE COLONY PARK IS.
AND SO I WOULD JUST LASTLY SAY AS IT RELATES TO COLONY PARKS, SPECIFICALLY, THAT BUS 2 33 HAS BEEN 60 MINUTES FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
AND IF YOU NEED A POINT OF REFERENCE, IT'S NOVEMBER 3RD, 2017, WHICH IS THE AUSTIN CHRONICLE.
AND YOU WILL SEE WHERE CAPITAL METRO ACTUALLY ACKNOWLEDGED THAT EVERY PLAN HAS CERTAIN CASUALTIES.
IN THIS CASE, THE CASUALTIES ARE THE AFRICAN AMERICANS.
AND ON JUNE 10TH, 2020, THEY ACTUALLY PASSED THE RESOLUTION.
AND I BELIEVE THE RESOLUTION NUMBER WAS A ONE DASH 2 0 2 DASH 2 2 9 7.
AND THAT IS ACTUALLY THE RESOLUTION THAT ACTUALLY MAINTAINS THIS DISCRIMINATORY SYSTEM.
BUT IT IS CALLED EQUITABLE 'CAUSE IT UNDERGIRDS PROJECT CONNECT.
AND AS A POINT OF REFERENCE FOR THE CITY, I JUST WANT YOU TO RECOGNIZE THAT ON APRIL 11TH, 2019, THAT'S WHEN THEY PASSED THE ALSO STRATEGIC MOBILITY PLAN AND IS UNDERGIRDED BY CONNECTIONS 2025, WHICH WAS REBRANDED CAB REMA JUNE 3RD, 2018.
SO THE SYSTEM IS DISCRIMINATORY.
THE PLANS WORK TOGETHER AND IF YOU NEED A POINT OF REFERENCE FOR THAT, THERE'S A MAP.
AND I DID SEND THE INFORMATION TO, UM, MR. BLAKE, SO IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IT IN YOUR MAILBOX, I WOULD JUST ASK YOU TO CHECK IT.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I I ANSWER THEM AT THIS TIME.
I CAN FILL IT IF YOU WANT ME TO AT EASTON AT CAT METRO ORG.
IF YOU NEED TO CONTACT TOMORROW.
IF WE DID AFFORD ALL OF THE CITIZENS AND ADDITIONAL HOUR AND 15 TO UH, 15 SECOND.
UM, BECAUSE INITIALLY A TIMER RESOLVED, WE WANTED TO BE
AND SO EVERYONE, THE FOUR MINUTES
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ALRIGHT.[APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
WE HAVE THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES, UM, IS OUR NEXT ITEM, UM, FISHER ISSUES WE, YOU BELIEVE WE HAVE NOT ALREADY DONE SO THEY CAN KEEP AT THE TENANTS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN OUR PACKET FROM OUR MAIN MEETING.AND IF THERE ANY THINGS THAT JUMPS OUT.
ALL RIGHT, ANY, UH, CHANGES IN THOUGHT WE ARE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD AND ACCEPT? UM, UM, CAN I HEAR A MOTION REGARDING THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES? COUNCIL CHAIR,
COMMISSIONER COBERG HAS MADE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM LAST MONTH.
UH, CO-CHAIR ALIAS HAS ALSO, UM, UH, SECONDED THAT MOTIONS.
UM, AS WE GET READY TO GO FOR OUR BRIEFINGS, WE DO HAVE A BRIEFING FROM THE, UM, HOUSING STAFF REGARDING OUR ANNUAL INTERNAL REVIEW AND UM, I WILL INVITE THEM TO COME UP TO THE
I DO RECALL I DIDN'T, UM, WE HAD THE MOTION.
UH, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ACCEPTING THE MINUTES, UH, INDICATE BY SAYING RAISE YOUR HAND AND SAY A, A THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[2. Briefing on the CDC Annual Internal Review (Housing Staff)]
ON.WE ARE AT OUR BRIEFING FOR THE CDC ANNUAL INTERNAL REVIEW
THAT'S ANOTHER SPEAK THAT HERE INSTEAD MEETING.
OH YES, I'LL BE, WE DO HAVE TO PUT THE ANNUAL
UM, CHAIR, YOU AND I SPOKE ABOUT THIS AND WE WORKED ON IT LAST YEAR.
SO BASICALLY IT SAME, SO THAT SAME FORM.
UM, AND YOU HAVE TO THE END OF JULY OKAY.
JULY 30TH OF THE DAY THAT YOU HAVE.
SO, BUT I'LL FOLLOW UP WITH YOU AND MAKE SURE WE GET, YOU CAN, IF YOU WANT TO CREATE A WORKING GROUP WITH THE, THE CAC MEMBERS TO HELP YOU WITH IT OR ASSIST AND, AND WITH THE WORK REVIEW IN THE REPORT, THAT'S LEADING UP TO ME.
UM, AND I'LL FOLLOW UP WITH THAT'S ABOUT ITSELF.
CAN I ADD ONE THING? YES, PLEASE.
I, THE, I HAVE ALWAYS THOUGHT OF THE ANNUAL REPORT AS A SUMMARY OF ALL THE MINUTES.
SO IF YOU GO BACK TO THE MINUTES BY ONE AND GRAB THE ACTIONS, THE WORKING GROUPS AND THE FEW OTHER THINGS THAT ARE IN THE TEMPLATE, IT'S, THAT'S ALL IT REALLY IS.
SO A WORKING GROUP MAY OR MAY NOT BE HELPFUL.
IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT DATA LABOR HAS, UNLESS THERE'S SOMETHING THAT YOU WANTED TO ADD THAT'S NOT IN THE MINUTES, BUT THERE'S THAT.
THANK YOU MS. RODRIGUEZ ON THAT.
NO, I WAS, UM, LAST, LAST YEAR I DID IT WITH THE HELP OF MR. BLAKE AND IT, UM, IT WASN'T SOMETHING THAT, UH, REQUIRED ADDITIONAL INPUT.
UM, HE HAD A
UM, AND WHAT THAT MEANS, UM, COMMISSIONERS, IS WE BASICALLY SUMMARIZE WHAT ALL OF OUR MEETINGS AND DECISIONS AND ACTIONS THAT WERE TAKING OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR AND IT'S JUST, UH, CONVINCED INTO A SUMMARY.
SO, UM, I JUST WANNA LET YOU ALL KNOW THAT THAT'S AN ACCOUNTABILITY ITEM ON PRESS AS THE COMMISSIONER ASK ME AS CHAIR FOR ME TO, UH, ENSURE THAT WE GET THOSE, UM, REPORTS IN TO THE CITY.
ALRIGHT, THANK WE DO SEND THAT OUT TO COMMISSION.
[3. Presentation and discussion of input heard during the 2024 Community Needs Assessment (Julie Smith, Community Engagement Specialist, Housing Department)]
MOVING ON TO, WE HAVE SOME DISCUSSION ITEMS. WE DO HAVE THE SMITH, THE STUDENT SMITH FROM OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, UM, WITH[00:20:01]
THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT AND SHE'S STILL, AND TALK ABOUT, UM, THE INPUT THAT WE RECEIVED FROM OUR 2024, UH, FOR YOU NEEDS US.AND, AND IT'S ALSO CONDITIONERS IF IN OUR PACKET.
I HAVE A PICTURE COPY OF THE ERS CAN REVIEW TONIGHT.
WE'RE EXCITED TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WE'VE HEARD OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS DURING THE CONSOLIDATED AND NEEDS ASSESSMENT.
SO, SO I'D LIKE TO ALWAYS BEGIN WITH SETTING A PURPOSE AND INTENTION.
UM, WE'VE BEEN GATHERING WITH GROUPS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY FOR THE LAST FEW MONTHS TO REALLY UNDERSTAND THE NEEDS THAT ARE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
WE GATHER, AGAIN TO REVIEW ALL THAT, THAT WE GATHER PROCESS THAT IT NEEDS AND HOW WE'RE USING IT, UM, HOW WE SHOULD BE DOING.
SO I WILL QUICKLY, BRIEFLY BUT UM, EFFICIENTLY GO THROUGH THE APPROACH THAT WE TOOK FOR
I'LL TALK THROUGH WHAT WE LEARNED IN OUR CONSULTATIONS WITH MEMBERS, WHAT WE LEARNED THROUGH THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT SURVEY.
UM, AND AN IMPACT THAT INVOICES ARE ALREADY HAVING, UM, WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE AN IMPACT ON WHAT WE DO.
SO KNOWING THAT HUB REQUIRED US TO DO CERTAIN THINGS ON OUR, WE RECEIVE OUR FEDERAL FUNDING, UM, WE EMBARK ON OUR COMMUNITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT EACH YEAR AND SOME OF THOSE ACTIONS CAN DO A LITTLE BIT CHECKBOXY CHANGE DO IN ORDER TO APPLY FOR THAT FUNDING AND THEN TO GET THAT FUNDING.
SOMETHING THAT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT TO US THIS YEAR, UM, I DON'T, THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME WE HEARD TO SAY THIS, IS THAT WE REALLY, UM, AS WE CONSULTED WITH THE COMMUNITY, HAD MEANINGFUL DIALOGUE THAT HAD A BROADER RANGE OF IMPACT THAN JUST THE, JUST THE CONSOLIDATED PLAN.
UM, AND THAT, THAT WAS FOLLOWED WAS REALLY INTENTIONAL FOLLOW UP.
SO THIS ONE FIRST SAID IT'S NOT FOLLOW UP.
UM, AND IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO REMEMBER THAT THIS NEEDS ASSESSMENT, UM, IS A TIME FOR US TO REALLY PAUSE, TO BUILD THAT DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE COMMUNITY GUIDE, HOW WE MAKE DECISIONS TO HUMANIZE OUR WORK AND REALLY HELP US REFINE HOW WE DO, HOW WE ENGAGE.
SO NOT ONLY HOW DO WE WANNA SPEND THIS FUNDING AS THE COMMUNITY OF THAT.
AND SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE SPECTRUM OF ENGAGEMENT THAT THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION PARTICIPATION, UM, GUIDE US WITH THIS.
UM, THIS PROCESS FALLS PRIMARILY IN THAT CONSULT RANGE.
IF YOU'RE HAVEN SEEN THIS, UM, THE SPECTRUM BEFORE, WE, YOU FROM INFORM ON ONE SIDE ALL THE WAY OVER TO EMPOWER FOR THE COMMUNITY'S HELPING US MAKE DECISIONS.
THIS IS A PROCESS THAT FALLS REALLY IN THE CONSULTING CATEGORY, LISTENING TO THE COMMUNITY.
UM, WE FOUND THAT THERE'S A GOOD AMOUNT OF INFORMATION THAT WE GET DURING THIS PROCESS AS WELL.
UM, SO A LOT OF INFORMING AS WELL AND HOPEFULLY MOVING US INTO A SAFE WORLD WHERE WE'RE INVOLVING THE HUMAN END OF DECISIONS.
UM, BUT AGAIN, PRIMARILY IN THAT CONSULTING CATEGORY.
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CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY? BUT WE'RE NOT HEARING THE MICROPHONE THAT'S IN THE ROOM WITH THEM.DID YOU, UM, COMMISSIONER ORTIZ, DID YOU TRY LOGGING OFF AND COMING BACK IN? I NOTICED YOU WERE ALSO I DID NOT,
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BUT I CAN DEFINITELY TRY IT.IT WOULD A WHI I MEAN THAT'S LIKE THE GO-TO FIRST THING TO TRY.
IT WAS WORKING FINE BEFORE, RIGHT? YEAH.
OH, I WONDER IF IT'S MY LAPTOP ACTING UP.
'CAUSE IT SHOULD BE ABLE TO CONNECT UP IN THE ROOM WHERE THEY ARE.
YEAH, LET ME LOG OFF AND BACK ON AND SEE IF IT, IF IT HELPS.
CAN YOU HEAR US NOW? LISA? SHE, I THINK SHE'S, YES, I CAN HEAR YOU.
UM, COULD YOU HEAR ME THAT WHOLE TIME? YES.
UM, SO THEY'RE BOTH LOGGING OFF AND LOGGING BACK IN AND I APOLOGIZE FOR THE INTERRUPTION.
MISS JULIE ZOOM SIX MINUTES AND 18 SECONDS LAST MINUTE.
UH, SO POLICY AND PROCESS INNOVATION.
THINKING OUTSIDE OF THE BOX, HOW DO WE SOLVE THESE COMPLEX PROBLEMS WITH INNOVATIVE WAYS? UM, AND WE HEAR THEIR WORD LEVERAGE A LOT IN THESE CONVERSATIONS.
WE LEVERAGE FUNDS, UM, AND REALLY TOGETHER
THEY CAN HEAR SOMETHING WENT RIGHT.
PETE, DO YOU KNOW WHERE SHE LIVES? THANK YOU.
I THINK THAT'S WHEN I CAN, THERE WE HOPEFULLY OUR NEW OUR, OUR OUR CITY COUNCIL DIGS WON'T BE UNDER INSTRUCTION.
SO THEIR GOVERNMENT PARTNERS, UM, PROBABLY LESS ABOUT NEEDS AND MORE ABOUT KIND OF THE EXPERIENCES THAT WE'RE ALL HAVING, UM, ABOUT GROWTH CHALLENGES, LAND ACQUISITION, THAT NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING, UM, INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE RESOURCES THAT OFTEN, UM, COLLABORATE ACROSS THE REGION TO REALLY TALK ABOUT THESE PROBLEMS. AGAIN, GREAT CONVERSATIONS WITH THE DEPARTMENTS ABOUT HOW WE CAN BE COLLABORATED AND OUR SILOS.
A LOT OF QUESTIONS THERE ABOUT THE USE OF FUNDING AND SOME OF THE PROGRAMS FOR OTHER DEPARTMENTS.
WE WERE ALL VERY MUCH WANTING THIS, UH, BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE FULL SAFETY SERVICES THAT ARE AVAILABLE ACROSS THE CITY.
UH, SO WE DON'T UNDERSTAND KIND THE COMMUNITY GOING, UH, A LOT OF INTERSECTION WITH POVERTY NEEDS.
WE TALKED ABOUT, UM, MANY OF THESE DEPARTMENTS TRAINING, UM, THEIR STAFF READ THEIR STAFF OF MATERIALS.
SO WHEN THEY OUT THE COMMUNITY AND HEARING PUBLIC HOUSING NEEDS THAT THEY AT THEIR FINGERTIPS, UM, HAVE RESOURCES THAT THEY CAN PROVIDE.
THEN, UH, KIND OF SHEER CHALLENGES AND, AND CALLS FOR, FOR MORE EQUITY AND ACCESS.
SO WE LOOK AT THE, THE SURVEY RESPONSES.
UM, RIGHT HERE YOU'LL SEE ON THE, ON THE LEFT IS CURRENT.
SO UP THROUGH LAST WEEK, UM, PERCENTAGES ARE, UH, THE PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE THAT PUT THAT IN THEIR FIVE.
SO NOT NECESSARILY THE RANKED ONE THROUGH FIVE, BUT THE PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE THAT LISTED THESE NEEDS IN THEIR TOP FIVE IN THE RIGHT IS WHAT WE FOUND FIVE YEARS AGO.
UM, SO YOU'LL SEE BY AND LARGE PRIMARILY THE SAME RANKING.
ONE OF THE BIG THINGS TO NOTE THAT CAME UP IN WHAT THEIR HEART CONSULTATIONS AND IN THE SURVEY IS THAT THE CHILDCARE, THE NEED FOR CHILDCARE
WE ALSO RECEIVED ALMOST 400 COMMENTS IN OUR SURVEY.
AND SO WE PUSHED THROUGH ALL THOSE COMMENTS AND CATEGORIZED THEM, UM, SO THAT WE CAN UNDERSTAND THE NEED THROUGH THESE HUMAN EXPERIENCES.
SOME OF THESE SHOULD LOOK FAMILIAR TO YOU.
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WE BROUGHT THESE TO THE COMMUNITY TO SAY, UM, HERE'S WHAT WE UNDERSTAND.THE TWO ONES THAT ARE CIRCLED UP THERE, TWO NEW CATEGORIES THAT CAME UP THROUGH OUR CONSULTATIONS.
UM, SO A LOT OF FEAR AND INK ABOUT HOW DO WE PROVIDE, HOW DO WE FOCUS ON OUR LONG TERM MOST VULNERABLE, BUT ALL INCOME BE A PLACE THAT IS FOR EVERYONE.
SO A LOT OF THINGS FALL INTO THAT, COORDINATE THAT CATEGORY AND THIS NEW CATEGORY OF NEIGHBORHOODS.
SO AS FOR INFRASTRUCTURE, WE'LL, WHICH YOU'LL SEE REFLECTED ON SOME OF OUR FUNDING CHANGES.
SO IN YOUR OWN IN THE REPORT, UM, YOU'LL SEE EACH OF THE CATEGORIES BY, UM, EACH OF THE NEEDS ABOUT CATEGORIES.
AND SO OUR STAFF IS ALREADY GOING THROUGH THESE TO REALLY FILL OUT BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE PROGRAMS AND FUNDING OF THOSE NEEDS.
SO WE CAN GO BACK WITH THAT MORE IN DEPTH INFORMATION SOON.
SO WE REFLECT ON THESE, IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT WE HAVE CLARITY.
THERE'S CLARITY THAT COMES WITH A NEEDS ASSESSMENT LIKE THIS.
UM, AND WHAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME IN THIS PROCESS IS THAT EVEN IN WHAT WE FOUND IN OUR SURVEY THAT SHOWS US THAT, THAT THE PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE ARE STILL IN NEED, EVEN IF THE NEEDS SEEM OBVIOUS THAT PEOPLE'S EXPERIENCE WITH THEM ARE NOT SO IMPACTED
HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE STOPPING AND REALLY UNDERSTANDING, UH, THE COMPLEXITY IN THESE ISSUES AS WE MAKE, UM, IMPROVEMENTS IN OUR PROCESSES AND OUR PROGRAMS. SO THE IMPACT OF YOUR FEEDBACK FROM IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE ALREADY IN PROCESS THAT ENHANCED EVALUATION DATA AND REPORTING.
WE HAVE BRAND NEW POLICY AND DATA ANALYTICS TEAM GET YOU YEARS OF, OF, OF THIS NEED BEING EXPRESSED.
AND SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO COME BACK, UM, AS SOON AS LATER THIS YEAR WITH IMPROVEMENT YEAR AFTER YEAR WITH THE DATA, ESPECIALLY BY LOT OF THE COMMISSIONS.
UM, THE, THE, THE MESSAGING WE PUT AROUND OUR FEDERAL FUNDING WILL EXPAND THAT SO THAT WE CAN UNDERSTAND ALL OF OUR, OUR FUNDING SOURCES THAT'S ALREADY IN PROCESS.
SO EXPANDING THAT, WE'RE SHIFTING TOWARD ONGOING NEEDS ASSESSMENTS SO THAT WE'RE NOT ASSESSING ALL OF THE COMMUNITY NEEDS IN SIX WEEKS, UM, EVERY YEAR.
AND THEN AGAIN, EVERY FIVE YEARS WITH THIS AN INTENSITY, UM, WHERE I'M ADVOCATING FOR, FOR PAID ENGAGEMENT, UM, OR COMMUNITY LED ENGAGEMENT, UH, WILL REQUIRE ADDITIONAL FUNDING CAPACITY.
UM, SO THAT WE CAN REALLY EXPLORE PATHWAYS TO BETTER PROGRAM ACCESSIBILITY.
WE ALREADY HAVE PROGRAMS THAT WE'RE PILOTING
WE'LL CONTINUE TO INVESTIGATE WHERE WE HAVE FUNDING GAPS AND HOW WE SUPPORT THE, THE NEEDS OF OUR MOST, MOST VULNERABLE COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
THAT'S AN ONGOING, THAT'S FINE.
WHAT WAS, THAT'S, UM, SO WHEN IT COMES TO THE FINANCIAL IMPACT OF THE FEEDBACK, WE SEE SHIFTS IN FEDERAL FUNDING, AGAIN, CONSIDERATION OF LOCAL DOLLARS, WHICH, WHICH WE'LL CONTINUE TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND THIS HELPS, UH, MAKE DECISIONS AND WE HAVE REDUCED FUNDING.
SO YOU'LL SEE, SO THIS IS THE FUNDING CHART WE SHARED AS WE MET WITH ALL OF THESE GROUPS ABOUT ALL THE WAYS THAT THE FEDERAL DOLLARS, UM, GUIDE OUR PROGRAMS. THE RED CIRCLES INDICATE WHERE YOU'LL SEE CHANGES.
SO ARCHITECTURAL BARRIER REMOVAL AND TENANT RIGHT WILL NO LONGER BE
WE'RE ABLE TO MOVE THAT FUNDING INTO, UM, MORE FUNDING AND INFRASTRUCTURE, WHICH
UM, WE'VE ALSO SEEN A DECREASE IN OUR ALLOTMENT FOR HOME.
AND THAT WILL BE AN EVENLY DISTRIBUTED BETWEEN TENANT BASE RENTAL ASSISTANCE AND DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE.
UM, AND QUESTION WE BE IN THE ROOM AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANNA ADD ANYTHING TO THAT.
AND, UM, MAYO AND OUR DIRECTOR OF THE CONFLICT DEPARTMENT, HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
JULIE, THAT WAS JUST A GREAT OVERVIEW OF WHAT WE'VE HEARD AND WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THAT INFORMATION, WHICH IS ALL WRAPPED INTO A VERY
SO HAPPY TO CONCERN ANY SPECIFIC WESTERN.
UM, I DO WANNA ECHO MRS. UM, THE S UM, COMMENT.
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YOU SO MUCH FOR PROVIDING THAT INFORMATION TO, UM, COMMISSIONER, DO YOU ALL HAVE, UM, AROUND THE ROOM, WE KNOW OUR ROUNDANYONE HAS QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS OR THAT THEY MAY HAVE HEARD FROM OTHER CONSTITUENTS, ET CETERA, AND WE MOVED FROM BYE FIVE AT THE THREE MINUTE.
I'M NOT GONNA STEAL YOU PRIVATE, BUT SAY SOMETHING.
SO WHO WANTS TO BEGIN? THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
UM, I, UH, I GUESS TWO COMMENTS THAT THE QUESTION, THE FIRST IS KIND OF THINKING BACK TO, UH, THE LANGUAGE THAT WE'RE USING THINK AROUND, UH,
ONE THING THAT CAME UP FOR ME IS INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE TAKEN THE SURVEY EXPRESS AROUND CHANGING AUSTIN.
IT SEEMED LIKE THERE WAS ALSO THIS THEME AROUND WANTING AN AUSTIN RECOVERY ONE.
AND I, I WONDER IF WHAT COMES UP TO MIND FOR ME THERE IS, ARE WE REALLY THINKING ALSO FOR EVERYONE OR IS THAT MORE TEAM MORE DIRECTLY STATING THAT WE ARE TRYING TO, UM, HELP THOSE THAT ARE POST HISTORICALLY AND SYSTEMICALLY FORCED RIGHT.
UM, TO DEAL WITH THE BARRIERS, RIGHT? THAT ARE, THAT ARE IN THE CITY.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE, WE'RE SAYING WHAT WE NEED WHEN WE TALK ABOUT WHO NEEDS THE MOST ASSISTANCE OR WHO WANTS AUSTIN TO BE FOR THEM BECAUSE THEY THINK SOMETIMES WHEN EVERYONE OF ALL CAN GET REALLY CONVOLUTED AND TAKES US AWAY FROM OUR MISSION, ESPECIALLY THE, UM, SO I WILL, I WILL SAY THIS, MAYBE WE CAN HELP AND
AND SO THAT THEME FOR THE NEED TO PROTECT THOSE WHO ARE MOST VULNERABLE AND CONSIDER THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE WHO ARE MAKING IN THAT MIDDLE INCOME RANGE, PERHAPS.
I MEAN, WHAT I'M HEARING 2D DEFINITELY, I I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THOSE TWO CATEGORIES BE, WOULD HELP US UNDERSTAND WHO'S REALLY ASKING FOR THAT SUPPORT.
UM, I ALSO SAW THAT, DON'T KNOW IF WE WERE ABLE TO DIG INTO IT, BUT I THINK DEMOGRAPHIC'S REALLY IMPORTANT AND I JUST WANTED TO MAYBE HEAR A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THOSE THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GET CAPTURED IN THE SURVEY.
WE GOT AN ACCURATE REPRESENTATION OF THOSE THAT ARE SEEKING AND LEADING CITY SERVICES.
UM, AND THEN THE LAST QUESTION I HAD WAS, IF YOU COULD DIVE A LITTLE BIT MORE INTO, UM, WHAT'S NOT GOING BE FUNDED IN TERMS OF, UM, MATERIAL ASSISTANCE OR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR HOUSING AND WENT THROUGH THE C MONEY AND WHERE THAT SURE.
I'LL ASK YOU YOUR FIRST QUESTION FIRST.
I GRABBED THE, UH, RACIAL DEMOGRAPHICS AND INCOME FOR THIS, THE, THOSE WHO FILLED OUT THE ONLINE SURVEY.
UM, ONE OF THE CHALLENGES HERE IS WE ASKED FOR HOUSEHOLD INCOME, BUT WE DIDN'T ASK FOR SIZE.
SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT HARD TO TELL LIKE WHERE THESE FOLKS FALL WITHIN MEETING FAMILY INCOME.
IT ALSO LOOKS LIKE A LOT OF OUR SERVICE PROVIDERS PROBABLY TOOK THE SURVEY BECAUSE THE INCOME, BUT THERE'S A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN, UM, THAN THOSE WHO ARE DIRECTLY IMPACTED.
SO I WOULD SAY OPPORTUNITY FOR
JUST, JUST THE PEOPLE WHO ARE PROVID THEIR SERVICES.
UM, AND I'LL LET AMANDA YOU ANSWER THAT.
UM, I WAS, UH, A A COUPLE OF THINGS YOU HAD MENTIONED, UH, BEING MORE SPECIFIC ABOUT WHO, WHAT THE, WHO WE HEARD FROM AND THEN WHO WE'RE SERVING, KIND OF SEPARATING THOSE THINGS OUT.
I DO JUST WANNA REITERATE THAT WHO WE SERVE WITH OUR FEDERAL FUNDS, REALLY WITH ALL OF OUR DOLLARS ARE LOW AND MODERATE INCOME FOLKS WITH A PRIORITY ON FOLKS AT OR BELOW 50% MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.
IF YOU LOOK AT ALL OF OUR SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE, SOME OF OUR HOME OWNERSHIP PROGRAMS, WE DO SERVE FOLKS BETWEEN 60 AND 80% MEDIA INCOME.
BUT WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU KNEW THAT.
AND THEN REGARDING SOME OF THE CHANGES, JULIE, IF YOU CAN GET THAT CHEAT SHEET, I THINK IT WAS THE LAST, UM, WE AS STAFF, BASED ON WHAT WE HEARD, DID A DEEP DIVE IN HOW WE HISTORICALLY HAVE BEEN FUNDING USING OUR FEDERAL FUNDS.
UM, JULIE MENTIONED, UH, TENANTS RIGHT ASSISTANCE, WHICH WAS A LONG-TERM CONTRACT WITH AN ORGANIZATION CALLED AUSTIN TENANTS COUNCIL.
IT, UM, ULTIMATELY MERGED WITH TEXAS RARE GRANDE LEGAL AID.
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DETERMINED THAT THE FEDERAL FUNDING THAT WE USED, WHICH WAS CBBG, WAS NOT, UM, THE APPROPRIATE SOURCE FOR A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT REASONS.WE'RE JUST SWITCHING IT TO LOCAL FUNDING.
WE'RE NOT GETTING RID OF THE PROGRAM.
WE THINK IT'S AN IMPORTANT PROGRAM.
UH, IT'S LANDLORD TENANT COUNSELING AND WE REALLY ARE COMMITTED TO EVICTION PREVENTION, KEEPING FOLKS IN THEIR APARTMENTS, ALL OF THOSE THINGS.
SO LOCAL FUNDING TRANSITIONING THAT JULIE MENTIONS UP AT HOME, OUR HISTORIC FUNDING FOR HOME DECREASE THIS YEAR.
WE JUST GOT OUR ALLOCATIONS FROM HUD.
IT'S AN ALGORITHM THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DOES AND THEY SAY, CONGRATULATIONS.
HERE'S YOUR CDBG, HERE'S YOUR HOME.
HOME WENT DOWN, NOT INSIGNIFICANT.
IT WAS A LITTLE BIT SURPRISING.
HAWA WENT UP AND ESG WAS PRETTY STEADY.
UM, SO WE RECOGNIZED THAT THE HOME FUNDING WENT DOWN.
AS A RESULT, WE'RE TAKING OUR TWO MAJOR HOME FUNDED PROGRAMS, WHICH ARE DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE FOR, UM, LOW TO MODERATE INCOME HOME BUYERS AND TENANT BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE, WHICH IS FOCUSED ON PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
IT'S ALMOST EVENLY DIVIDED OR REDUCING THOSE, BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT HOW WE POTENTIALLY COULD SUPPLEMENT, UM, BOTH OUR IMPORTANT PROGRAMS POTENTIALLY SUPPLEMENT WITH, UM, LOCAL FUNDS.
SO THOSE ARE THOSE TWO PROGRAMS WE HEARD LOUD AND CLEAR FROM THE COMMUNITY.
WE'VE ALSO HEARD FROM OUR CITY COUNCIL ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF CHILDCARE.
UM, I DO WANT, WITH RESPECT TO CHILDCARE, KEEP IN MIND THAT WE ARE LIMITED.
WE'RE LIMITED TO 15% OR MORE THAN 15% OF OUR CDBG ALLOCATION CAN BE SPENT ON WHAT'S CALLED PUBLIC SERVICES.
SO WE DO CHILDCARE, MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES AND SENIOR SERVICES, ALL OF WHICH ARE IMPORTANT.
BUT WHAT WE DID, BECAUSE WE TOOK, UM, UH, TENANT'S RIGHTS AND TRANSFERRED IT OVER TO LOCAL FUNDING, WE TOOK THAT BUMP, WHICH WAS ABOUT $300,000 A YEAR WORKING WITH US IN PUBLIC HEALTH.
AND THEY'RE GONNA INCREASE THEIR SUPPORT OF CHILDCARE.
ALSO WANTED TO LET YOU ALL KNOW THAT OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT IS TAKING ALL OF OUR CHILDCARE PROGRAMS TO FOCUS.
THEY'RE BEING A LITTLE BIT REFOCUSED ON, UM, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND CHILDCARE.
TWO THINGS THAT GO HAND IN HAND.
AND THEN INFRASTRUCTURE, THIS IS AN ONGOING NEED IN LOW INCOME NEIGHBORHOODS ARE FOCUSED IMMEDIATELY WILL BE ON COLONY PARK, UM, THE, THE, UH, REDEVELOPMENT THAT IS OCCURRING AND FALLEN IN PARK.
SO INFRASTRUCTURE, REALLY WE'RE TALKING ROADS, UM, UH, SIDEWALKS, ALL OF THOSE THINGS THAT AS PART OF THE COLON, UM, PARK, UH, PLAN, WHICH WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT KICKING OFF, BUT IT'LL ALL BE FOCUSED IN LOW, MODERATE INCOME AREAS, UM, THAT ARE UNDERGOING SOME SORT OF CITY INVESTMENT OR PLANNING PROCESS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT LOT.
UM, SO JUST A COUPLE THINGS ON THIS SENATE, IT'S ALSO KIND OF THE PAPER TO THEY TRY TO EACH OTHER BECAUSE THIS IS INFORMING THAT AND VICE VERSA.
JUST THE STATE FOR THE RECORD, I CAN GET SOME CITIZEN FEEDBACK.
I HAVE ALREADY HAD A CONVERSATION WITH JULIE ABOUT IT.
TWO OF THE THINGS THAT REALLY ROSE TO THE TOP, OR WAS IT, DOES THE EQUITY OFFICE PARTICIPATE? AND YOU SHOWED US HOW THEY, THAT THEY ARE ONE OF YOU, YOU SHOWED THAT IN THE SLIDES.
AND THEN JUST THE OTHER, AND I KNOW IT DIDN'T COME UP IN THE COMMUNICATION, BUT I'M JUST SAYING THAT A SYSTEM DID BRING UP, UM, CLIMATE CHANGE RESILIENCE AS, AND ME, BECAUSE THAT'S GONNA AFFECT A LOT OF THESE AREAS.
SO JUST PUTTING THOSE THINGS ON THE RECORD, BUT OWN COMMENTS ARE, AND I KNOW I'M, WE'RE STILL TALKING AND I'M LEARNING HOW TO FIND THE BEST WAYS TO, TO LEARN ABOUT THE PLAN.
I STRUGGLED TO FIND CLEAR WAYS TO SHARE PAPER WITH THE PUBLIC, TO GET THE PUBLIC TO COME TODAY.
UM, I THINK THAT THIS, THIS IS WHAT I NEEDED, BUT LIKE THE NEW ONE, UM, LIKE THIS IS REALLY HELPFUL TO UNDERSTAND BECAUSE IT'S A, IT'S A LOT OF PAGES AND I AM SUPPOSED TO READ IT, BUT LIKE THE PUBLIC ISN'T NECESSARILY SO HELPING IT BE CLEAR.
SO BOOK WOULD KNOW WHAT THEY'RE COMMENTING ON.
AND I THINK THAT THE CITIZEN CAN A FAVORITE, BUT THESE SLIDES ARE VERY EASY TO DIGEST.
AND SO LIKE THAT KIND OF EASY TO DIGEST, DIGEST AS THE MAD TOO.
I KNOW THE FEDERAL, I KNOW THE PLANET ITSELF HAS TO BE WHAT THE FEDS ARE ASKING FOR.
LIKE, I'M NOT SAYING THAT I JUST A WAY FOR ME TO TALK WHEN I'M ON LINKEDIN.
I CAN'T BE LIKE, HERE'S THE REPORT, PLEASE READ IT AND THEN COME COMMENT.
UM, SO SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT HELPS SHOW.
AND THEN, AND I KNOW THERE'S THE SUMMARY, BUT IT'S NOT REALLY A SUMMARY LIKE THIS, RIGHT? LIKE THIS IS REALLY HELPFUL TO UNDERSTAND.
AND THEN, AND THEN JUST A VERY, VERY CLEAR, VERY,
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VERY SHORT SUMMARY OF WHAT CHANGED AND WHY.UM, AND THEN ALSO LIKE AS IT RELATES TO THE CITIZEN ENGAGEMENT, RIGHT? SO LIKE YOU JUST WENT THROUGH A GREAT PRESENTATION OF HOW YOU HEARD, YOU ADDED, YOU CHANGED.
AND SO JUST, JUST A REALLY, REALLY LIKE ONE PAGER.
'CAUSE I CAN GET A ONE PAGER TO FOLKS AND THEN ASK THEM TO COME BACK AND, AND TALK TO US ABOUT IT.
UM, THAT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL.
I KNOW THIS IS MAYBE A QUESTION FOR FIVE YEARS FROM NOW AND WE GO AGAIN.
I DON'T KNOW, BUT JUST THAT WAS WHERE I WAS AT THIS WEEK.
SO I THINK I'M A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED IN, IN OUR COMMUNITY PEOPLE I THINK IT, IT'S, IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY AS COMMISSIONERS, UM, TO GIVE OUT THE INFORMATION, ENCOURAGE OUR CITIZENS TO COME.
IT'S ALSO VERY DIFFICULT AND CHALLENGING THAT I JUST STATED RIGHT NOW.
HOW HARD IT'S TO GET SOMEBODY TO UNDERSTAND THAT 300 PAGES OF, OF INFORMATION'S HARD TO DIGEST.
AND YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE RESIDENTS ASKED ME, MAYBE GET PAID, HOW DO WE PUT ALL THIS RESEARCH, YOU KNOW, AND BE ABLE TO, UM, CONTAIN IT ALL AND THEN FIGURE OUT A WAY TO, TO SIMULATE IT TO THE COMMUNITY.
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THOUSANDS OF
SO THE PRESSURES ON US, YOU KNOW, AS
AND SO I THINK THE OUTREACH IS FAIRLY POORLY IN
UM, I THINK THAT CITY HAS A RESPONSIBILITY, UH, TO DO THEIR JOB.
AND THEIR JOB IS TO FIGURE OUT A WAY, UH, TO OUTREACH AND TO FIND IT, UH, YOU KNOW, A WAY THAT IS EQUITABLE.
IT'S SERVING AT ALL, UM, LEVELS OF NOT JUST, UH,
NOT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE IN POVERTY GUIDELINES RIGHT NOW.
UM, AND I THINK THAT WE'RE NOT, WE'RE UNDERREPRESENTED, UH, FROM THE CITY.
UM, AND SO THE BOARD AND THE COMMISSION HAS DONE THE BEST THEY CAN DO BY HOLDING YOU ALL ACCOUNTABLE OF YOUR ACTIONS AND YOUR WORK, BRINGING YOU ALL BACK.
YOU KNOW, I'M VERY GRATEFUL THAT OUR CHAIR HAS DID WAS
UM, THAT'S POOR BOARD IN MY, SO I'M NOT HAPPY TODAY BECAUSE THIS IS WITH A FIVE YEAR PLAN.
UH, AND PEOPLE DIDN'T UNDERSTAND IT.
UM, AND THEN WHEN YOU TELL US RIGHT NOW THAT THE WHOLE BUYER SYSTEM PROGRAM IS BEING, YOU KNOW, TAKEN AWAY, MONEYS ARE NOT
NOBODY CAN BUY A HOUSE BY THEMSELVES.
BUT YOU KNOW, IT GAVE AN OP, THERE WAS AT LEAST AN OPPORTUNITY THERE FOR THEM.
AND NOW THE OPPORTUNITY IS NOT THERE.
MEAN I UNDERSTAND WE HAVE A CHILDCARE CRISIS, WE HAVE A HOUSING CRISIS, YOU KNOW, AND WE'RE NOT IN A CHILDCARE BUSINESS.
WE'RE IN THE HOUSING BUSINESS.
SO TO TAKE 300,000 AWAY FROM TWO ONE PROGRAM, ANOTHER 300,000 AWAY FROM ANOTHER PROGRAM FORWARD INTO UH, I THINK Y'ALL SAID CHILDCARE AND SOMETHING OUT.
I MEAN I FOUND, YOU KNOW, US NOT EVEN KNOWING THAT YOU'RE GONNA DO THAT, I DON'T EVEN REMEMBER HEARING YOU SAY ARE GONNA TAKE HOME FIRE TO THE
SO, SO US NOT KNOWING THAT AND JUST BEING TOLD BACK THE DATA WE HAVE
AND THEN IT SAYS THAT THE HOME ASSISTANCE IS GOING TO BE, I GUESS GIVING MONEY TO SHORT TERM RENTAL MORTGAGE AND UTILITIES.
IF I CAN GET AN EXPLANATION ON THAT.
UM, WE REALLY DON'T HAVE ANY CHOICE TODAY BUT TO, YOU KNOW, HEAR YOU AND GIVE OUR CONCERNS AND RECOMMENDATIONS AND, UM, IT GETS APPROVED TO DATE HAS TO, BUT I JUST FEEL THAT,
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UM, YOU KNOW, THIS ASSESSMENT AND THAT WAY IT WAS DONE THIS TIME AROUND WASN'T, DIDN'T BE MY SATISFACTION AS A COMMISSIONER.UM, ALSO ON THE LIST THAT YOU GAVE, THAT THE GROUPS THAT PARTICIPATED, UM, IT ALSO, I DIDN'T SEE ANY NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, ANY CONTACT ME.
UM, I I DIDN'T SEE ANY, UM, ANYTHING THAT, THAT I, I THOUGHT WOULD'VE, WOULD'VE BEEN BENEFICIAL, UM, FOR THE PEOPLE OF COLOR AND THE PEOPLE THAT ARE, THAT ARE CURRENTLY BEING DISPLACED.
UM, AND SO YEAH, THAT, THAT'S MY, MY COMMENTS TODAY.
AND CLARIFY ONE THING 'CAUSE I DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO WALK AWAY THINKING WE'RE CUTTING OUR DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
WE'RE NOT, WE ANTICIPATE THAT WE'LL SERVE THE SAME NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE HISTORICALLY BY LEVERAGING ADDITIONAL LOCAL RESOURCES.
SO THE WHAT WE ANTICIPATED LEVEL FUNDING IS THAT 3.6 MILLION IN HOME DOLLARS.
WE FOUND OUT LESS THAN A MONTH AGO, WE GOT OUR ALLOCATION.
WE'RE NEVER QUITE SURE WHEN WE'RE GONNA GET THE ALLOCATION.
IT'S A LITTLE OVER $3 MILLION.
SO WE HAD TO SCALE DOWN OUR FEDERAL FUNDING FOR THOSE PROGRAMS ACCORDINGLY.
BUT OUR DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM IS NOT GOING AWAY.
WE SERVE ABOUT 30 PEOPLE IN YEAR.
WE'RE GONNA SEE HOW WE CAN ACTUALLY INCREASE THAT NUMBER OF FOLKS.
'CAUSE WE ARE VERY COMMITTED TO GETTING LOAN PEOPLE INTO HOME MEMBERSHIP.
SO I DID JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THE TENANT RIGHT'S NOT GOING TO BE EITHER JUST SHIFTING, SHIFTING FUNDING, SHIFTING FUNDING.
IT HELPS US, HELPS ME ADVOCATE FOR MORE RESOURCES.
I HELPS YOU NEED MORE RESOURCES TO DO BETTER JOB AND YOUR SAME TIME.
WHAT ELSE WAS NEXT ON QUESTION
AND THAT'S NOT A GOOD IDEA BECAUSE I'M GETTING CALLS TWO, THREE TIMES A DAY.
I HAVE A CLIENT THAT WOULD LIKE TO BUY YOU A HOUSE.
I SELL MY HOUSE WHERE I'M GOING.
BUT THE POINT THAT I'M TRYING TO MAKE IS HOW COME THERE'S NO AFFORDABLE HOUSING ANYMORE? I CAN REMEMBER AFFORDABLE HOUSING FROM 19 50, 19 60, 19 70, 19 80, 19 9.
THAT'S TELLING YOU HOW OLD I'VE BEEN HERE ON THIS EARTH AND I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHY IS UH, NO FUNDING FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
NOW I SEE YOU DRIVING DOWN THE STREET EVERY DAY.
YOU GOT THESE WHITE COATS, TAKE THAT MONEY AND PUT IT ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
YOU SEE THESE BIG OLD SIGNS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD.
SOME OF THE PEOPLE DON'T USE THOSE WALKWAYS.
THEY WERE PRETTY UH, JAYWALK IN A MINUTE.
I HAD TWO GUYS JAYWALK IN FRONT OF ME ON MY WAY OVER HERE AND I HAD TO STOP.
HOPEFULLY THE GUY IN THE BACK OF IT UNDERSTOOD TO STOP.
BUT THE POINT I'M GETTING AT, WHY IS IT THERE'S NO
SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US, UH, THE HOUSING FINANCE LOOK INTO WHERE THEY CAN GET SOME MORE MONEY FOR ALL THE PROGRAMS THAT SHE GOT UP THERE.
ESPECIALLY THAT'S MY RESIDE SINGLE FAMILY HOUSE.
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NOW NO APARTMENTS BECAUSE I GOT BY SIX OF 'EM.IN OTHER WORDS, I GO TO MY HOUSE AND GOT CARS TRYING TO COME OUT IN FRONT OF ME.
WE ALL THESE APARTMENTS 'CAUSE PEOPLE DON'T CARE.
UM, ANYONE ELSE? WHO, ANYBODY ELSE? IT'S STILL, YEAH, SO YEAH, SO I'M GONNA ECHO THE THINGS THAT
AND YOU CAN SEE IT BY THE RESPONSE RESPONSE COMMISSIONER, ACTUALLY I THINK YOU SHOWED THAT
SO THAT MEANS THAT VERY LOW INCOME PEOPLE DID NOT HAVE ANY.
AND THEN WE CAN SEE ABOUT COMMUNICATION TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT THIS PROGRAM.
IT'S AVAILABLE OUT THERE BUILDING HOUSING THAT'S AFFORDABLE TO
UM, SO YEAH, SO AGAIN, MEDICAL THAT, YEAH, IT'S DISAPPOINTING THAT WE DIDN'T DO A GOOD JOB THAT SOMEBODY ELSE SAID, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO WAIT FIVE YEARS DO THIS AGAIN.
ANYONE ELSE?
IS THERE ANY, LIKE ANYTHING IN THE PLANE SO THAT IT'S FAVORED LIKE THE ASSISTANCE IS FAVORED TOWARDS RESIDENTS THAT HAVE BEEN HERE FOR ESTABLISHED AMOUNT OF TIME FOR PEOPLE THAT HAVE BORN IT THE CITY BALTIMORE, DO YOU HAVE A
BUT WE PILOTED IT ON OUR COMMUNITY LAND TRUST HOMES.
AND THE IDEA IS TO, UM, IT HAS TO BE GROUNDED IN DATA.
SO WE USE UT'S UPROOTED REPORT THAT SHOWED GENTRIFYING AREAS.
YOU HAD TO BE ABLE TO TIE BACK TO AN AREA THAT WAS EXPERIENCING DISPLACEMENT AND GENTRIFICATION.
UM, WE'VE USED IT ON A SMALL SAMPLE 'CAUSE IT REALLY IS JUST OUR COMMUNITY LAND TRUST AND WE HAVEN'T DONE THE EVALUATION YET, BUT IT HAS, WE'VE NOTICED, UM, AN INCREASE IN FOLKS WITH HISTORICAL TIES TO AREAS THAT ARE EXPERIENCING DISPLACEMENT AND GENTRIFICATION.
BUT WE CAN'T PRECLUDE PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT FROM HERE FROM ACCESSING SUPPORT.
ALRIGHT, UM, ANYONE ELSE REGARD WHO I WANNA DO THE LAST ITEM MR. JUST MENTIONED IN REFERENCE TO ORIGINAL QUARTER.
SO JUST TO BE CLEAR, THAT ANSWER IS NO, WE ARE NOT, UM, WE DO NOT HAVE A PROGRAM THAT IS HERE SPECIFICALLY FOR INDIVIDUALS THAT CAN DEMONSTRATE, UH, CONNECTIONS WITH THE COMMUNITY
OTHER THAN THE VERY LIMITED, RIGHT? GENERALLY SPEAKING, THAT IS NOT WHAT'S NOT PRIORITY.
I JUST WANTED TO BE CLEAR WITH ALL THE, WITH ALL THE CONVERSATION AND THIS WAS LIKE, LET ME BE CLEAR ON THAT.
UH, AND THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION.
UM, I DO SAY THAT I DO BELIEVE IN MY PART, I DO BELIEVE THAT THE INTENT WAS FOUND AND THAT THE INTENT, THE EFFORT THAT YOU ALL PUT FORTH, UM, WAS, IS ROOTED IN THE DESIRE TO GET FEEDBACK.
HOWEVER, ALMOST A YEAR AGO, OR IT MAY, AND DON'T QUOTE ME ON THE TIME, BUT
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PREVIOUSLY INDICATED THAT THE PLAN THAT WE WERE SEEING WAS NOT GOING, WE DID NOT, WE WEREN'T CONFIDENT THAT IT WAS GOING TO REACH THE INDIVIDUALS THAT IT NEEDED TO REACH.I REMEMBER THAT SAYING THAT THE SPEAK OF AUSTIN REALLY MEANS THAT YOU NEED TO HAVE A COMPUTER AND KEYBOARD.
IT'S REALLY KEYBOARD AUSTIN NOT SPEAK UP AUSTIN.
AND SO WHEN WE, UM, MOVING FORWARD, YOU KNOW, IT IS ABOUT TRYING TO DO BETTER.
UM, BUT MOVING FORWARD, I THINK, YOU KNOW, HAVING, UM, SIGNIFICANT, UH, FORMS OF THE COMMUNITY IN THE COMMUNITIES, UH, IN THE AREAS, THE, THE, THE DOCTOR'S OFFICES IN THOSE, THE CLINICS IN THOSE AREAS, UM, WE, WE COULD DEFINITELY DO A BETTER JOB.
UM, AND THE FACT THAT THE FACT THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE INDIVIDUALS ON THE SURVEY SEEM TO BE TECH SAVVY OF SOME SORT AND OR HAVE THE RESOURCES TO ACTUALLY, UH, BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE SURVEY, UM, PRETTY MUCH PROVES OUT WHAT WE WERE ACTUALLY REJECTING.
SO IT DOESN'T MAKE PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, OH I, THAT WAS NO, LIKE I KIND OF BECOME EXPECTED THAT.
AND SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, AS WE MOVE FORWARD THAT THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT LISTENS TO THE COMMISSION.
WE, WE ARE CONNECTED TO THE, IF, IF WE'RE GONNA BE TRUTHFUL ABOUT IT AND NOT REALLY JUST DO THE CHECK THE BOXES, THEN LISTEN TO US.
UH, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE FIVE YEARS, BUT I, I WILL SAY MOVING ON, UM, I SHIFTING BECAUSE MY TIME IS UP IS THE ONE PAGER THAT WAS TALKING ABOUT.
UM, I DO LIKE THE INFOGRAPHICS.
WE'RE GETTING CLOSER TO WHAT I WAS, UH, TALKING ABOUT ALMOST, UM, A YEAR AGO LOOKING FOR INFOGRAPHICS.
SOMETHING THAT CAN BE CONSUMED, UM, PRETTY MUCH ON A ONE PAGE, YOU KNOW, UM, SOMETHING THAT CAN REALLY TELL 'EM, WE CAN GET EVEN MORE CREATIVE AND DO LITTLE, UM, SHORT CLIP VIDEO ANIMATIONS OR SOMETHING.
UM, INDIVIDUALS ARE REALLY QUICK.
YOU KNOW WHAT, WHATEVER IT IS, WE'RE GONNA GET THE MESSAGE OUT.
WE HAVE TO GET THE MESSAGE OUT IN A FORM IN WHICH THE PEOPLE ARE GONNA CONSUME AND SO THAT WE CAN GET THE FEEDBACK.
UM, BUT I DO, UM, WANT SAY I REALLY DO ACKNOWLEDGE EFFORT AND YOU ALL KNOW THAT I DO
UM, AND THE LAST THING I SAID, WE DO THE INFOMERCIAL, BUT THE INFOGRAPHIC, THE IDEA OF WHY, YOU KNOW, LIKE YOU SAID US, YOU'RE TELLING US WHY.
BUT IT WOULD BE REALLY GOOD FOR, UM, AVERAGE CITIZEN TO BE ABLE TO KNOW WHY FUNDING IS, YOU KNOW, THAT OH, WE GOT LESS MONEY FROM THE GOVERNMENT.
I MEAN THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT OTHERWISE WE ARE LEFT TO SPECULATE AND ONCE WE START SPECULATING AS TO WHAT HAPPENED TO THE MONEY AND WHY IT SHIFTED, THAT'S, THAT'S THE SOURCE OF A LOT OF, UM, ANG TO THE COMMUNITY AND DISTRUST.
ALRIGHT, UM, WITH THAT, UM, WE ARE
UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND WE WILL MOVE FORWARD TO WE HAVE TWO ONE INSTEAD BE WITH THE CONSOLIDATED PLAN.
THAT'S THE FIVE YEAR PLAN OF WHICH YOU KIND OF SORT OF INTRODUCED TO US TO THANK YOU.
AND UM, WE ARE GOING TO HEAR FROM ANY CITIZENS IN REFERENCE TO THAT ITEM MATTER.
UH, WISH TO EXPRESS ANY, HAVE ANY, UM, OH, I HAVE ONE WHERE, ALRIGHT, WHAT'S THE CERTIFICATE?
THANK YOU MR. THAT FOR YOUR, UM, PATIENCE
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WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE.SO, UH, WE WILL HAVE THE THREE MINUTES, UM, TO SHARE WITH US ABOUT THE UM, FIVE YEAR CONSOLIDATED PLAN, UM, THAT WILL BE BEING SUBMITTED TO THE UH, I TO START.
THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR MEMBERS.
MY COMMENTS ARE SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE PROCESS.
I JUST WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND SPECIFICALLY THAT CHANGING THE MEETING TO HERE IN YOUR BACKUP MATERIAL, YOU ACTUALLY HAVE THE CITY OF AUSTIN BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AS WHAT WAS ADVERTISED.
SO PART OF IT IS A POSTING ISSUE, UH, FOR ME, BUT I WOULD JUST SAY THAT YOU'RE JUST CHECKING THE BOX TONIGHT.
AND ONE OF THE REASONS IS BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT THE MAY 30TH ITEMS ON COUNCIL'S AGENDA FOR THE ACTUAL, THE THE PUBLIC HEARING, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THERE ARE TWO DOCUMENTS ON ITEM 1 34 AND 1 35.
THAT WAS TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS FOR HUD.
AND THEN ANOTHER DOCUMENT WHICH SAYS THE SAME THING IS POSTED AS ITEM 1 21, ITEM 1 35 HAS A SECOND DOCUMENT IS POSTED AS 1 22.
NEITHER ONE OF THOSE ITEMS, HOWEVER, LINKED TO THE DOCUMENTS THAT ARE IN YOUR BACKUP TONIGHT.
SO TO COMMISSIONER ACHILLES' POINT AS IT RELATES TO WHAT THE PUBLIC WAS ACTUALLY COMMENTING ON, I SIGNED UP, BUT I DIDN'T MAKE ANY COMMENTS ON THE RECORD.
I JUST HAD MY NAME WRITTEN INTO THE RECORD THAT I REGISTERED BECAUSE THERE WAS NOTHING IN BACKUP, THERE WAS NO LINK.
AND SO IT'S PROBLEMATIC BECAUSE MR. DURAN HEARD THOSE SAME COMMENTS FROM ME WHEN I TESTIFIED BEFORE THE COMMISSION HERE AND NOTHING CHANGED.
THERE WAS NOTHING AS RELATED TO EITHER MY COMMENTS OR ANYONE ELSE.
AND SO I JUST FIND IT REALLY PROBLEMATIC BECAUSE I HAVE TESTIFIED ON THE FIVE YEAR PLAN IN THE PAST IN THE ANNUAL UPDATE.
I GET IT, IT'S A STRATEGIC PLAN AND ALL OF THAT.
BUT MANDY DE MAYO IS THE ONE WHO SAID, WELL WE'LL WAIT.
AND THE STAFF SAYS, WE'LL WAIT UNTIL WE GET THE FIVE YEAR PLAN BECAUSE WE'RE ALMOST THERE.
SO THE QUESTION BECOMES WHEN DO YOU ACTUALLY PUT THE COMMENTS THAT THE PUBLIC ACTUALLY MAKES THESE SUMMARIES AND THE COMMENTS THAT ARE ON SPEAK OF AUSTIN, THAT'S ONLY PART OF THE COMMENT.
AND THEN THE OTHER THING THAT'S PROBLEMATIC IS I SEE THE SPOT ON PAGE 23 OF 28 IN THE BOARD PACKET FROM THE FIRST PRESENTATION YOU RECEIVED FOR K-A-Z-I-I GET IT WITH THE SPOT, BUT K-A-Z-I-I SAID BEFORE FIVE DAYS A WEEK, THEY ACTUALLY SPEAK TO THE PUBLIC.
THEY HAVE NONPROFITS, IT DOESN'T COST ANY MONEY, BUT THERE WAS NO OUTREACH.
SO I'M NOT SURE WHEN THAT SPOT RAN.
I IMAGINE IT RAN, I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH IT COSTS.
I DO KNOW THEY HAVE A $600,000 CONTRACT WITH THE CITY FOR THESE COUNCIL MEETINGS.
SO WHEN THEY WANNA REACH BLACK PEOPLE, THEY KNOW HOW TO REACH.
WHEN THEY HAD THE PROJECT CONNECT PROPAGANDA GOING, IT PLAYED ABOUT 550 TIMES WHEN I WAS AWAKEN COUNTY.
AND SO IT IS DISTURBING TO BE HERE AND HAVE STAFF READ CHECKLISTS AND TELL YOU WHAT YOUR PRIORITIES ARE.
AND IT'S EVEN MORE DISTURBING TO HEAR ABOUT THIS CHILDCARE BECAUSE IT WAS OCTOBER 25TH, 2022 WHEN TAMARA ATKINSON FROM WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS TOLD COMMISSIONER'S COURT, TRAVIS COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S COURT, THAT THEY RECEIVED $54 MILLION OF AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT FUNDING.
SO I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND, THEY DIDN'T EVEN HAVE A MILLION OR 2 MILLION TO MOVE FROM 65 0 5 AIRPORT BOULEVARD AND NOW THEY