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AND CALL TO ORDER THE BOARD[Consent]
OF DIRECTORS MEETING OF THE AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION.UH, FOR THE RECORD, IT'S 1143 AS WE CALL TO GET THE MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION.
UH, MR. PRESIDENT, MAD VICE PRESIDENT AND, UH, BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
I'M THE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT OFFICER WITH THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT.
UH, BEFORE YOU, YOU HAVE 11 ITEMS ON YOUR AGENDA.
UM, I WILL REVIEW ALL OF THEM WITH YOU, UH, BRIEFLY, AND THEN OFFER THEM ON CONSENT.
UH, FIRST IS THE RATIFICATION OF AN OF AN EXPANSION TOOL, A LOAN TO HABITAT FOR HUMANITY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF 12 TOWN HOMES ON MONTOPOLIS TOWN HOMES, UH, LOCATED ON CIRCULAR DE AMISTAD.
THE SECOND IS TO AUTHORIZE AN EXECUTION OF A GROUND LEASE, UH, FOR THE A HFC DROWSY WILLOW NON-PROFIT CORPORATION.
UH, THIS IS A 42 AFFORDABLE OWNERSHIP UNITS ON PLEASANT VALLEY IN THE PLEASANT VALLEY AREA.
UH, NUMBER THREE IS AN EXPANSION OF A, UH, AN EXISTING CONTRACT TO ADD $250,000 FOR, UH, TENANT RELOCATION AND HOUSING LOCATOR SERVICES.
NUMBER FOUR IS TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION APPOINTING JAMES MAY AS A DIRECTOR OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR 31 NONPROFIT CORPORATIONS.
NUMBER FIVE IS THE CREATION OF THE A HFC DROWSY WILLOW NONPROFIT CORPORATION, WHICH WILL BE HOLDING THAT GROUND LEASE, UH, MENTIONED IN ITEM NUMBER TWO.
NUMBER SIX IS, UH, THE AWARD OF 78 LOCAL HOUSING VOUCHERS FOR PECAN GARDENS.
UH, THIS IS A, UH, HOTEL THAT HAS BEEN CONVERTED INTO PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING IN DISTRICT, UH, SIX.
UH, NUMBER SEVEN IS TO AUTHORIZE THE NEGOTIATION AND EXECUTION OF AN AMENDMENT, UH, FOR RIO GRANDE LEGAL AID TO PERFORM OUTREACH SERVICES AND EXTEND, UH, EVICTION REPRESENTATION.
NUMBER EIGHT IS, UH, TO APPROVE THE TENANT BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, UH, CONTRACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 25.
NUMBER NINE IS TO CREATE THE A-H-F-C-C-L-O AT NORTH DOMAIN NONPROFIT CORPORATION TO BE A SINGLE ASSET, SINGLE USE ENTITY, UH, HOLDING THE CIELO APARTMENT COMPLEX.
NUMBER 10 IS, UH, THE CREATION OF THE ANDERSON VILLAGE NONPROFIT CORPORATION.
UH, THAT HOLDS THE ANDERSON VILLAGE, UH, APARTMENT COMPLEX, WHICH IS 24 UNITS, A MULTIFAMILY.
AND THEN THE FINAL, UH, ITEM IS TO, UH, ACTUALLY TRANSFER THAT PROPERTY FROM THE CITY OF AUSTIN TO AUSTIN, UH, TO A HFC ANDERSON VILLAGE NONPROFIT CORPORATION, AS WE HAVE WITH ALL OF OUR OTHER ASSETS.
AND AGAIN, I OFFER THESE ALONG CONSENT MEMBERS.
THESE, UH, 11 ITEMS ARE OFFERED ON CONSENT.
IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF WITH REGARD TO THESE ITEMS? COUNCILOR, UH, BOARD MEMBER VALA, UH, MAYOR, I'M GOING TO NEED TO RECUSE ON ITEM NUMBER, UH, SEVEN.
MY SPOUSE IS AN EMPLOYEE OF TEXAS RIO GRANDE LEGAL AID.
WE'LL MAKE NOTE OF THAT IN THE RECORD THAT, UH, BOARD MEMBER VELA IS RECUSING HIMSELF FROM A VOTE ON A HSC ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, WE HAVE SOME SPEAKERS THAT HAVE SIGNED UP, UH, ON, ON THIS ITEM, SO I'LL TURN TO THE CITY CLERK TO HELP US WITH THE SPEAKERS.
WE'LL GO TO OUR REMOTE SPEAKERS FIRST.
WE HAVE HEATHER EKE, UH, SIGNED UP FOR ITEM NUMBER NINE.
I'M SORRY, I MISSED THAT ONE ON THE, I DIDN'T GET THE FORM.
HEATHER EBERLY, PLEASE GO AHEAD.
UM, PERHAPS HEATHER CAN JOIN US AT A LATER TIME.
IN PERSON, WE HAVE MONICA GUZMAN SPEAKING ON ITEM NINE, FOLLOWED BY JENNY GRAYSON SPEAKING ON ITEM 10 AND CHRIS PAGE SPEAK ON ITEM 10 AS WELL.
PLEASE MAKE YOUR WAY TO THE FRONT.
IF YOUR NAME'S BEEN CALLED, PLEASE, UH, COME DOWN AS QUICKLY AS YOU CAN.
UM, CLERK, WOULD YOU LIKE TO READ A COUPLE MORE NAMES, PLEASE? THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM.
UH, THEY, UH, I WILL TRY OUR REMOTE SPEAKER ONE MORE TIME.
DO WE HAVE THE IN-PERSON, FOLKS? MS. GUZMAN, DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK? I SEE THERE WE HAVE THREE PEOPLE SIGNED UP FOR IN-PERSON.
I'LL CALL THEIR NAMES ONE MORE TIME.
MONICA GUZMAN, JENNY GRAYSON AND CHRIS PAGE.
UM, TO BE HONEST, I REALLY HADN'T PLANNED TO SPEAK.
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A BRIEF STATEMENT.UH, I AM HERE IN PERSONAL CAPACITY ON THIS ISSUE, UH, DISTRICT FOUR RESIDENT, AND I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH A APARTMENT OWNER THAT'S NEAR THIS PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT.
WE WERE TALKING YESTERDAY AND HE WAS SPEAKING ABOUT CONCERNS ABOUT SAFETY.
WHILE YES, THERE IS A NEED FOR, YOU KNOW, AFFORDABLE, YOU KNOW, APARTMENTS, AFFORDABLE LIVING LOCATIONS, THAT SPECIFIC AREA HAS OPEN DRUG ACTIVITY, SEX WORKERS.
THERE WAS A RECENT SHOOTING ABOUT TWO BLOCKS AWAY.
SO THERE'S CONCERN ABOUT THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THE FUTURE RESIDENTS.
ME PERSONALLY, I'M ALWAYS A BIG SUPPORTER OF INCOME RESTRICTED HOUSING.
WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH, BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO BALANCE THAT OUT WITH MAKING SURE PEOPLE ARE SAFE WHEN THEY LIVE THERE.
PLEASE CALL THE NEXT NAME, JENNY GRAYSON AND CHRIS PAGE.
IF YOUR NAME'S BEEN CALLED, PLEASE COME FORWARD.
ANY OTHER NAMES? HEATHER EBERLY.
HELLO? AM I, CAN YOU GUYS HEAR ME? YES.
THOSE ARE ALL THE SPEAKERS FOR HFC MAYOR.
THAT CONCLUDES ALL OF THE SPEAKERS BEFORE THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ON A HFC ITEMS, UH, ONE THROUGH 11.
UH, AT THIS TIME I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS READ MOTION IS MADE BY BOARD MEMBER RYAN ALTER.
IT IS SECONDED BY BOARD MEMBER CADRE.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION WITH REGARD TO THESE ITEMS? I HAVE.
I'M GOING TO, THE RECORD WILL REFLECT WHEN WE'VE, UH, PASSED THIS WITHOUT OBJECTION.
THAT THAT BOARD MEMBER VELA RECUSES HIMSELF FROM ITEM NUMBER SEVEN.
IS THERE ANYONE WISHING TO BE SHOWN VOTING NO ON ANY OF THESE ITEMS? NOT TODAY, SIR.
OH, I'M PROVING YOUR THESIS FROM I UNDERSTANDING.
UM,
ITEMS ONE THROUGH 11 IS ADOPTED WITH, UH, BOARD MEMBER VELA SHOWN RECUSING ON ITEM NUMBERS HIMSELF ON ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, UM, MEMBERS WITHOUT OBJECTION, UH, WE WILL ADJOURN THE MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION AT 11:51 AM.