Mar 11, 2025 Community Development Commission

SO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE FROM COMMISSIONER LONGORIA.

DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.

WE HAVE A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER ACHILLES.

SO EVERYBODY, LET'S TAKE A VOTE IF YOU APPROVE OF THE MINUTES FROM OUR LAST MEETING.

GOOD.

SO THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

ALL RIGHT, LET'S, UH, BEGIN WITH OUR DISCUSSION ITEMS. UM, OH, THIS, WOULD ANYBODY OBJECT TO, UH, MOVING UP OUR ONE, OUR ACTION ITEM, ONE OF OUR ACTION ITEMS THAT'S, UH, TIMELY.

UH, THAT WOULD BE, UH, ACT ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, OUR BUDGET RECOMMENDATION.

NOBODY'S SUPPOSED TO THAT.

SO, UH, LET'S MOVE, UH, ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, BUDGET RECOMMENDATION UP.

[7. Budget recommendation(s) for FY25-26 to Mayor and Council (Vice Chair Elias, Community Development Commission). ]

UH, BEFORE WE DO OUR DISCUSSION ITEMS, UM, YOU, UH, LET ME READ.

IT SAYS, BUDGET RECOMMENDATION FY 20 25 26 TO THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

AND I WILL BE READING IT.

SO LET ME FIND IT IN MY PACKET FIRST.

SO THIS BUDGET RECOMMENDATION IS DUE AT THE END OF MARCH.

SO THIS IS THE ONLY MEETING THAT WE HAVE, UH, IN ORDER TO SUBMIT THIS.

SO IT'S IN YOUR PACKET.

UM, I WILL READ IT AND THEN, UH, WE'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS AND ANY SUGGESTIONS, AND THEN WE'LL TAKE A VOTE.

IT SAYS, UH, THE AUSTIN CITY, THE AUSTIN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION RECEIVED UNPRECEDENTED TESTIMONY FROM THE COMMUNITY SUPPORTING THE EQUITY OVERLAY.

AN EQUITY OVERLAY WOULD ALLOW FOR VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES TO HAVE A VOICE IN THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS IN ORDER TO DECREASE THE PRESSURES FROM GENTRIFICATION AND DISPLACEMENT.

OUR COMMISSION HAS BEEN UPDATED ON THE PROGRESS OF THE ONGOING EQUITY OVERLAY FEASIBILITY STUDY, AND WE ANTICIPATE A REPORT THAT INCLUDES RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL CAN MOVE TO IMPLEMENT.

THEREFORE, THE AUSTIN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION RECOMMENDS THAT THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL PLAN FOR THE BUDGET IMPLICATIONS THAT WILL COME FROM IMPLEMENTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WILL COME FROM THIS, FROM THE STUDY, WE RECOMMEND THAT THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL PROACTIVELY ALLOCATE APPROPRIATE FUNDING TO PROPERLY, PROPERLY PLAN FOR THE ANTICIPATED RECOMMENDATIONS.

SO OUR RECOMMENDATION IS TO PROVIDE APPROPRIATE FUNDING TO IMPLEMENT THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE EQUITY OVERLAY OVERLAY FEASIBILITY STUDY.

SO, DO WE HAVE ANY,

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ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT RECOMMENDATION? COMMISSIONER LONGORIA, WHO WROTE THIS? .

GOTCHA.

UM, THANK YOU FOR WRITING THAT.

UM, UH, EXCUSE ME.

CAN YOU BRING THE MIC CLOSER TO YOUR PLEASE? SURE, SURE, SURE.

UM, SO, UM, UH, I GUESS I, I CAN ANSWER YOUR QUESTION A LITTLE BIT MORE.

UH, SO THE, THE PROCESS FOR WRITING A BUDGET RECOMMENDATION IS LOOKING AT THE, UH, WHAT WE'VE HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY IN THE PAST YEAR.

UM, I KNOW PREVIOUS YEARS WE'VE HEARD A LOT OF, UH, UM, RENTAL ASSISTANCE.

SO LAST YEAR WE DID A, UH, RECOMMENDATION FOR INCREASING RENTAL ASSISTANCE.

THIS YEAR, I FELT LIKE THIS WAS THE TOPIC THAT WE HEARD A LOT FROM THE COMMUNITY.

SO THIS WAS BASED ON THAT.

AWESOME.

I I APPRECIATE LIKE THE INITIATIVE FOR SURE.

ABSOLUTELY.

AND, UM, WELL, CONSIDERING IT'S A BUDGET ITEM, UM, IT'D BE GREAT TO HAVE A, A NUMER A NUMBER, BUT I KNOW THAT'S KIND OF HARD, SO I WE CAN'T, YEAH.

UH, COMMISSIONER ACHILLES.

YES.

SO IT, IT WAS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT AND I THINK IMPOSSIBLE TO PUT A NUMBER TO THIS, UH, GIVEN THAT A, THE RECOMMENDATIONS WILL NOT COME, UH, OR NOT HERE.

AND ALSO THEY'LL, THEY'LL COME AND WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THEY ARE, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, LIKE, I, LIKE IT SAYS HERE, SAYS, UH, PROACTIVELY ALLOCATE, UH, APPROPRIATE FUNDING.

VICE CHAIR OR CHAIR, UM, ELIAS.

SO, AND ALSO FOR MORE TRANSPARENCY, 'CAUSE I, I WANT JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE SHARING AS MUCH INFORMATION AS WE CAN.

UM, SO IT, IT CAME UP IN THE AGENDA MEETING THAT WE, THAT THIS IS THE MEETING WHERE WE CAN MAKE THIS RECOMMENDATION.

WE UNDERSTAND THAT THIS PROCESS SHOULD TAKE LONGER AND INVOLVE MORE INPUT IN THE FUTURE.

UM, BUT WE DIDN'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME TO EVERYONE AND, AND DRAFT SOMETHING BEFORE.

AND SO IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR VOICES WERE STILL HEARD, UM, CHAIR ELIAS, CHAIR ELIAS WAS IN COMMUNICATION WITH A JOINT.

THERE'S A JOINT JOINT INCLUSION COMMITTEE.

THERE'S A, THERE'S SEVERAL COMMISSIONS THAT ARE, THAT ARE, UM, LOOKING AT THINGS.

SO, SO HE WAS IN, IN CONTACT WITH THEM, I EMAILED THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT TO SEE IF THEY HAD A BUDGET NUMBER THAT WE COULD USE.

UM, AND THIS IS THE INFORMATION THAT WAS AVAILABLE AHEAD OF TIME TODAY.

UM, AND SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE RECOMMENDING GOING WITH THIS.

CAN YOU MOVE THE MIC? SO, SORRY.

I, I WAS GONNA ASK YOU TO, YEAH, JUST, SORRY.

DID YOU GUYS HEAR ANOTHER THERE ON? ARE Y'ALL OKAY? ONLINE? OKAY.

SO I JUST WANTED TO, TO SHARE MORE THAT LIKE, THIS, WE REALIZED IT WAS QUICK, LIKE EXTRA MEASURES WERE, WERE ATTEMPTED TO BE TAKEN AND THIS, THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT.

AND IT SEEMED, UM, YEAH, I CONCUR THAT THIS IS WHAT I TAKE NOTES EVERY MEETING AND THIS IS WHAT I'VE TAKEN THE MOST NOTES ON EVER.

COMMISSIONER KELIS, UH, ANY QUESTIONS ONLINE? NO.

SO, UH, JUST, UH, WAIT FOR A MOTION.

UH, WE NEED TO VOTE ON THIS TO PASS IT ON TO THE CITY COUNCIL.

IT'S A RECOMMENDATION.

I I MOTION TO APPROVE THE, THE RECOMMEND THE BUDGET RECOMMENDATION FOR CITY COUNCIL.

SO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE BUDGET RECOMMENDATION FROM, UH, COMMISSIONER MONGOLIA.

AND SECOND, CAN, CAN I GET THAT AGAIN? WHO WAS THAT? JOANNE COMMISSIONER ART.

OH, COMMISSIONER ART SECONDS.

UM, IF YOU APPROVE OF THIS, RAISE YOUR HAND.

I'M MISSING A, MISSING A HAND.

I, WELL, I WAS GONNA ATTAIN JUST FOR A MOMENT BECAUSE I, I REALLY WOULD'VE LIKED THOSE NUMBERS AS WELL, SO I JUST, OKAY.

SO CAN, IS THIS A YES OR NO VOTE.

CAN WE RAISE HANDS AGAIN? I JUST NEED TO ACCOUNT.

DID YOU GET THAT? OKAY.

DISCUSSION ITEMS. UM, WE HAVE ANO, UM, ITEM NUMBER TWO, UPDATES ON THE VOTING OUTCOME FOR PUBLIC SECTOR APPOINTEES FOR THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

SO THAT PASSES.

UM, LET'S GO BACK TO OUR AGENDA AND NOW WE CAN GO TO OUR

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UH, GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS.

GOOD EVENING.

DEMOCRATICALLY SELECTED APPOINTEES FOR THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION.

UH, I'M GOING TO COMBINE, UH, IF IT'S OKAY, ITEM TWO AND FOUR INTO ONE ITEM.

AND ITEM TWO, UH, THERE'S A CORRECTION THAT NEEDS TO BE NOTED.

IT ACTUALLY IS UPDATES ON THE VOTING OUTCOME FOR THE

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SO WE SCRATCH OFF PUBLIC SECTOR APPOINTEES.

UH, CORRECT, YES.

SCRATCH OUT PUBLIC SECTOR.

AND IT WAS FOR THE DEMO DEMOGRAPHIC DEMOCRATICALLY SELECTED.

SELECTED, YEAH.

UH, AND I GUESS BEFORE WE MOVE ON, UH, DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS FOR ITEMS TWO OR FOUR? WE DO NOT.

GO AHEAD, ANGEN.

ALRIGHT, I'LL START WITH ITEM FOUR.

'CAUSE ITEM TWO IS RIGHT AT THE END OF ITEM FOUR.

COMMUNITY SERVICES BLOCK GRANT.

AND THIS IS THE PROGRAMMATIC FINANCIAL REPORT THAT I DO MONTHLY.

THE COMMUNITY SERVICES BLOCK GRANT FUNDS THE DELIVERY OF SERVICES TO LOW INCOME TEXAS RESIDENTS IN ALL 254 COUNTIES FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN.

THE GRANT PROVIDES FUNDING FOR THE DELIVERY OF BASIC NEEDS CASE MANAGEMENT, PREVENTIVE HEALTH, UNEMPLOYMENT SUPPORT SERVICES THROUGH THE CITY'S SEVEN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS.

OUR MISSION IS, UH, THE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES UNIT IMPROVES THE LIVES AND HEALTH OF PEOPLE EXPERIENCING POVERTY BY PROVIDING PUBLIC HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES, AND CONNECTING RESIDENTS OF AUSTIN AND TRAVIS COUNTY TO COMMUNITY RESOURCES.

WE DO THAT THROUGH A VARIETY OF NEEDS, UH, THROUGH A VARIETY OF MEANS, BASIC NEEDS SERVICES, PREVENTIVE HEALTH, WHICH INCLUDES OUR PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING SERVICES, UH, CASE MANAGEMENT, UH, HELPING FOLKS GET BACK INTO THE WORLD OF WORK AND TRANSITION OUT OF POVERTY.

AND THAT INCLUDES EMPLOYMENT SUPPORTS.

AT THE BOTTOM OF PAGE ONE, YOU WILL SEE AN UPDATE ON OUR 2024 CONTRACT BUDGET.

WE GOT AN EXTENSION THROUGH MARCH 31ST FOR THAT BUDGET, AND WE ARE ALMOST FULLY EXPENDED.

UH, WE HAVE ABOUT 91% OF THOSE FUNDS EXPENDED, AND WE WILL EXPEND ALL OF THE REST OF THAT, UH, BEFORE THE END OF THIS MONTH.

AND I'LL MENTION AGAIN, JUST A REMINDER, OUR CSPG GRANT COVERS PERSONNEL COSTS TO BE ABLE TO DELIVER THESE SERVICES.

IF YOU CAN GO TO PAGE TWO, I WON'T GO INTO DETAILS.

I'LL JUST KIND OF POINT OUT A COUPLE OF THESE, UH, DATA POINTS.

OUR TRANSITIONS OUTTA POVERTY, UH, THE STATE SETS A GOAL OF 43 A YEAR.

THAT'S TIED TO OUR CSBG GRANT, UH, FUNDING.

UH, SO FAR THIS YEAR WE'VE ACHIEVED FIVE.

SO, UM, THAT IS GREAT NEWS.

WE'RE ON TRACK TO, UH, MEET THAT.

AND, UH, AS YOU REMEMBER, LAST MONTH, I REPORTED ON JANUARY THROUGH DECEMBER OF LAST YEAR, AND WE ACTUALLY ACHIEVED 43.

WE GOT RIGHT TO THE, UH, THE GOAL NUMBER.

SO THAT WAS GOOD NEWS FOR OUR CLIENTS WHO, UH, WERE ABLE TO FIND EMPLOYMENT AND MAINTAIN IT FOR A PERIOD OF 90 DAYS, UH, AT A LIVING WAGE.

UH, IF YOU LOOK AT, UH, THE TOP FIVE NEEDS, THEY'VE CHANGED FOR THIS YEAR, I, UH, REPORTED ON THE COMMUNITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT LAST SUMMER.

AND, UH, WALER AND NICHOLS CAME AS WELL AND PRESENTED ON THAT.

UM, CNA, THEY DID.

UH, THE TOP FIVE NEEDS, UH, FROM ONE TO FIVE, UH, PER THAT CNA WAS, UH, HOUSING IS THE TOP NEED THAT WAS IDENTIFIED BY COMMUNITY MEMBERS, UH, STAKEHOLDERS, INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL, UM, UH, PARTNERS.

I THINK SOME OF YOU WERE INTERVIEWED FOR THAT AS WELL.

UH, NUMBER TWO IS BASIC NEEDS, WHICH INCLUDES FOOD AND OTHER BASIC NEEDS.

NUMBER THREE, EMPLOYMENT FOUR WAS HEALTH AND FIVE INCOME.

AND OUR, OUR, AT OUR NSU, THE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES UNIT, WE FOCUS ON TRYING TO DO SOMETHING IN EACH ONE OF THESE DOMAINS, UM, SO THAT WE CAN ADDRESS ALL FIVE.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE OUTCOMES, I LIKE TO FOCUS ON, UH, FOUR E THE HOUSEHOLDS WHO AVOIDED EVICTION.

UH, WE'VE HAD 38, UH, HOUSEHOLD TO AVOID EVICTIONS SO FAR THIS, UH, CALENDAR YEAR.

AND THAT'S THROUGH OUR, UH, RENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

WE DON'T GET A LOT OF FUNDS FOR THAT, BUT $775,000 A YEAR.

UM, BUT IT DOES GO A LONG WAY TO HELP SOME HOUSEHOLDS, UH, MAINTAIN THEIR HOUSING.

UH, YOU GO DOWN TO OUR FOOD DISTRIBUTION AGAIN, ADDRESSING, UH, FOOD INSECURITY.

UH, THE PEOPLE SERVED SO FAR THIS YEAR AS 8,108.

THAT'S DONE THROUGH A FOOD PANTRY, MASS FOOD DISTRIBUTIONS, LIKE FRESH FOOD FOR FAMILIES, THE WHOLE PROGRAM FOR THE ELDERLY, UH, MARKET, WHICH IS A FOOD RECOVERY PROGRAM.

AND, UH, SHOP FOR, WHICH IS ANOTHER PROGRAM THROUGH, UM, THE CENTRAL TEXAS FOOD BANK.

A YEAR AGO, YOU SEE, WE HAD, UH, ALMOST TWICE THAT I THINK THAT HAS TO DO WITH SOME OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS BEING CLOSED.

SO WE'RE STILL ABLE TO DO THE SMALLER, LIKE A FOOD PANTRY AND THE, UH, MARKETS, BUT WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO DO THE LARGER DISTRIBUTIONS AT THOSE CENTERS THIS PAST WINTER.

UM, AND LAST SPRING AS WELL, UH, WHEN THE FIRST CENTERS CLOSED, I THINK, UH, LAST SUMMER FALL FOR, UH, MAJOR HVAC RENOVATIONS.

UH, LET'S GO

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DOWN TO THE BOTTOM FOR SOME ADMINISTRATIVE PROGRAMMATIC UPDATES.

TURN TO PAGE THREE.

AGAIN, I JUST TALKED ABOUT NUMBER THREE, THE FINANCIAL STABILITY OF RENT ASSISTANCE FUNDING FROM JANUARY.

THERE'S A TYPO THERE.

IT'S JANUARY THROUGH FEBRUARY, NOT DECEMBER.

WE ASSISTED 160 PEOPLE AND 74 HOUSEHOLDS AVOID EVICTION USING THESE FUNDS.

THERE'S A DISCREPANCY WITH THE NUMBER ON THE PREVIOUS PAGE 'CAUSE THAT SAYS JANUARY.

SOME DATA COMES IN, UH, TWO MONTHS LATE FOR US.

UH, AND THAT WAS ABOUT $218,382 IN, UH, RENT ASSISTANCE PAYMENTS PROCESS THROUGH OUR, UM, RENTING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

UH, THE OTHERS, I'LL FOCUS ON NUMBER FIVE, THE NSC PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING.

YOU KNOW, WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF CLIENTS AT OUR HUBS AND COMMUNITY EVENTS.

UM, IT MENTIONS THERE THAT WE GO TO THE CONSULATE OF MEXICO, GU GARCIA REC CENTER, THE COLIN G**O SENIOR ACTIVITY CENTER, THE BAPTIST COMMUNITY CENTER MISSION, AS WELL AS HAVING HUBS AT OUR ACTUAL, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS AS WELL.

UH, USUALLY DURING OUR FOOD DISTRIBUTIONS SO WE CAN CAPTURE MORE PEOPLE.

THEY PROVIDE FREE BLOOD PRESSURE SCREENINGS, BLOOD SUGAR, CHOLESTEROL SCREENINGS, AND, UH, HELPING PEOPLE, UH, FIND A MEDICAL HOME.

IF THEY DON'T HAVE ONE, ANY INSURANCE QUESTIONS, UH, WE CAN REFER TO OTHER AGENCIES THAT PROVIDE THAT ASSISTANCE IF WE CAN'T AND IF WE CAN PROVIDE IT THAN WE DO.

UH, NUMBER SEVEN ON THIS REPORT IS ACTUALLY DISCUSSION ITEM NUMBER TWO ON THE AGENDA TODAY.

UH, THER DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION ELECTIONS, UH, ELECTIONS WERE HELD ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24TH FOR THE ST.

JOHN COLONY PARK, SOUTH AUSTIN AND EAST AUSTIN SEATS THAT REPRESENT LOW INCOME INDIVIDUALS.

THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT ALL FOUR SEATS WERE FILLED.

THE ELECTIONS WENT, UH, SMOOTH AND AS PLANNED.

UH, THE ST.

JOHN'S, UH, SEAT IS GONNA BE FILLED BY VALERIE MENARD.

COLONY PARK IS EBONY TRICE WILL BE THE NEW COMMISSIONER FOR THAT AREA.

SOUTH AUSTIN, WE HAVE CASSANDRA MEDRANO, AND EAST AUSTIN.

WE HAVE, UH, SONYA MARTINEZ, UH, BEING THE WINNER THERE.

UH, THE CDI JUST WANNA NOTE THAT THE CDC HAS CREATED A WORK GROUP TO CREATE A PROCESS FOR FUTURE CDC ELECTIONS.

SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT PRESENTATION.

I THINK IN APRIL, HOPEFULLY BY MAY, UH, OR JUNE, YOU GUYS WILL HAVE A PROCESS OUTLINED FOR APPROVAL BY THE WHOLE, UH, CDC AND, UH, THAT WILL INCLUDE SOME OF THE NEW COMMISSIONERS.

MIGHT BE ONE OF THEIR FIRST, UH, SIGNIFICANT VOTES ON THIS COMMISSION.

UH, THE JANUARY RESULTS, UH, WERE REPORTED LAST MONTH, BUT I WANNA REMIND FOLKS, UH, FOR DOVE SPRINGS, WE HAVE CINDY JASO, UH, WINNING THAT ELECTION.

NORTH AUSTIN, UH, NIKA, ARNOLD MONTOPOLIS, JOSE ELIAS, AND ROSA ZA BLACKLAND QUA BREWSTER.

UH, THESE FOLKS HAVE BEEN, THEIR NAMES HAVE BEEN SENT TO THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE, AND THEY'RE IN THE PROCESS OF, UH, TRAINING ORIENTATION AND HAVING BEEN FILLED OUT ALL THE PAPERWORK BEFORE THEY CAN, UH, ATTEND THE MEETINGS.

AND I THINK THAT'S THE END OF MY REPORT FOR THIS MONTH.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU ANKA.

UM, SO LET'S, UH, LET'S GO AROUND, LET'S START WITH OUR PEOPLE ONLINE ARE COMMISSIONERS ONLINE.

COMMISSIONER TISHA HAS A QUESTION.

GO AHEAD.

I DO.

JUST, JUST A REAL QUICK ONE, A POINT OF CLARIFICATION.

CAN YOU DESCRIBE WHAT ARE THE, UM, REMIND WHAT THE TRANSITION OUT OF POVERTY ENTAILS? WHAT ARE THOSE PARTICULAR, UM, KEY POINTS THAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR THAT THEN CONSTRUCT OR CONSTITUTE A TRANSITION OUT OF PROPERTY? WHAT ARE THE INDICATORS? UH, YEAH, IT'S CALLED A SELF-SUFFICIENCY CASE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM.

UH, WE HAVE, UH, SOCIAL WORKERS AT EACH OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS.

AND IF A CLIENT IS UNDER 125% OF THE FEDERAL POVERTY INCOME GUIDELINES, WHICH IS PRETTY POOR, I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY 30% OF MFI, WE TRACK IT DIFFERENTLY.

SO I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY THE AMOUNT, BUT IT'S PRETTY LOW INCOME.

WHEN THOSE FOLKS COME AND, UH, ARE ASSESSED AND EXPRESS INTEREST IN BEING IN THIS PROGRAM.

THEY'RE, UH, ENROLLED IN THE SELFSUFFICIENCY CASE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM.

AND THEY HAVE A SOCIAL WORKER WHO WILL WORK WITH THEM IN A VARIETY OF WAYS.

UH, THEY'LL DO LIKE A NEEDS ASSESSMENT.

THEY CAN DO SOME RESUME BUILDING INTERVIEW SKILLS, UH, JOB SEARCH, UH, REFERRALS TO TRAINING PROGRAMS, WHATEVER THOSE MAY BE.

C-N-A-C-D-L.

UM, THE FOOD BANK HAS A CULINARY, UH, CERTIFICATE PROGRAM AS WELL THAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET FOLKS INTO.

UH, THEY MEET WITH THAT SOCIAL WORKER AS NEEDED, MAYBE ONCE OR TWICE A MONTH MORE IF NEEDED.

AND THEN THEY'RE BASICALLY GOING THROUGH THIS,

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YOU KNOW, I WOULD SAY THREE TO SIX MONTH PROCESS WHERE THEY GET ALL THESE, UM, YOU KNOW, ALL THIS ADVICE AND TRAINING AND MENTORING, START APPLYING FOR JOBS.

AND EVENTUALLY WHEN THEY DO HAVE EMPLOYMENT, UM, AND THEY MAINTAIN THAT EMPLOYMENT FOR UP TO THREE MONTHS, THEY CAN BE CONSIDERED, ACCORDING TO THE STATE, A TRANSITION.

SO WE KIND OF STICK WITH THE PERSON AND JUST WORK WITH THEM, UH, THROUGH THAT PERIOD OF TIME IF THEY NEED ASSISTANCE AFTER THAT, WE CAN DEFINITELY KEEP THE CASE OPEN.

A LOT OF FOLKS CHOOSE TO JUST SORT OF SAIL ON THEIR OWN AND, UH, THEY'RE EMPOWERED TO, YOU KNOW, COME BACK TO US IF THEY NEED TO.

BUT THAT'S WHAT THAT PROGRAM ENTAILS FROM, SOME FOLKS COME IN WITH UNDEREMPLOYED, UM, SO THEY WANT TO GET BETTER EMPLOYMENT.

UH, SOME COME UNDEREMPLOYED AND WITH NOT VERY GOOD BENEFITS.

SO THE GOAL IS TO FIND BETTER BENEFITS EITHER IN THE SAME JOB OR FIND OTHER EMPLOYMENT THAT HAS BETTER BENEFITS AND PAY.

SO THAT'S SORT OF THE THREE DIFFERENT TYPES OF FOLKS THAT WE GET.

AN ANGEL.

UM, SO DID I UNDERSTAND THAT, THAT THE, THE TIME PERIOD HAS TO BE THREE MONTHS OF EMPLOYMENT, SO, BUT YOU, YOU WORK WITH THEM BEFOREHAND, RIGHT? SO IT COULD BE ANY, WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM BETWEEN LIKE SIX AND NINE MONTHS, IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

UH, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM, UM, COMMISSIONERS ONLINE, UH, COMMISSIONERS HERE IN PERSON, UH, COMMISSIONER LONGORIA? HOW, HOW, HOW'S IT DETERMINED HOW MUCH MONEY IS GIVEN EACH YEAR FOR RENT ASSISTANCE? NO, I MEAN, LIKE, LIKE THE WHOLE, THE WHOLE PROGRAM, IT'S, UH, IT'S FEDERAL PASS THROUGH FUNDS AND IT HAS BEEN PRETTY MUCH LEVEL FUNDING FOR AS LONG AS I'VE BEEN HERE.

SO IT WOULD REQUIRE AN ACT OF CONGRESS TO, UH, INCREASE THE FUNDING.

SO I THINK THE FUNDING IS AROUND A BILLION DOLLARS FOR THE COUNTRY.

AND AS YOU KNOW, THERE'S OVER A THOUSAND CAAS IN THE NATION.

SO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PASSES IT THROUGH TO THE STATE, AND THE STATE DECIDES HOW AND HOW MUCH EACH COUNTY GETS.

SO DEPENDING ON THE SIZE OF THE COUNTY, YOU KNOW, THE HISTORICAL FUNDING, IT'S PRETTY MUCH LEVEL FUNDING FOR US.

SO EVERY YEAR IT'S A LITTLE OVER A MILLION DOLLARS, GIVE OR TAKE A FEW THOUSAND.

GOOD QUESTION.

YEAH, IT'S SUCH A SMALL AMOUNT, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE YOU, YOU GUYS DO A LOT OF WORK THERE.

AND, UM, PLUS, UM, MY, MY MY OTHER QUESTION WAS, UM, HOW MANY PEOPLE WORK FOR THIS NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICE UNIT? UH, THE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES UNIT IS ABOUT 40 SOMETHING PEOPLE.

AND THE CSPG GRANT FUNDS, UH, 13 POSITIONS.

SO IT'S A, A QUARTER.

WE'RE A THIRD OF THE PERSONNEL BEING FUNDED BY CS PG.

COOL.

QUESTION, DO WE HAVE ANOTHER QUE QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? UM, AN YOU WERE GONNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ON, ON THE, THE RENTAL ASSISTANCE, UH, RIGHT NOW.

AND YOU THOUGHT THAT WAS THE QUESTION FROM COMM COMMISSIONER LAIA.

CAN YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT, UH, YOU MENTIONED THAT THERE WAS A, A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MONEY.

UM, I GUESS JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, THAT'S ALSO BEEN, UH, LEVEL FUNDING FROM THE CITY IS GENERAL FUND DOLLARS.

SO IT'S ALWAYS BEEN AROUND 770 SOMETHING THOUSAND.

THE ONLY BIG CHANGE THAT I REPORTED HERE A FEW YEARS AGO IS THAT CATHOLIC CHARITIES, UH, HAD MOST OF THAT CONTRACT.

SO WE WOULD HAVE A PIECE OF THAT 700 AND SOMETHING THOUSAND CATHOLIC CHARITIES WOULD HAVE THE REST AND WE WOULD REFER FOLKS OVER TO THEM FOR, UM, RENT ASSISTANCE.

AND WE WOULD ONLY PROCESS A CERTAIN AMOUNT IN HOUSE.

ONCE THAT CONTRACT, UH, ENDED, WE DECIDED TO KEEP ALL OF THE FUNDS IN HOUSE 'CAUSE WE COULD DO IT MORE EFFICIENTLY AND JUST, UH, WITHOUT A MIDDLE PERSON, RIGHT, LIKE WE COULD HAVE MORE CONTROL AS TO HOW WE HELP PEOPLE.

AND AGAIN, IT WOULD BE MORE EFFICIENT TO DO IT IN-HOUSE.

AND I GUESS MY REASON FOR THAT QUESTION WAS THAT, UH, THAT COMES FROM THE CITY AND IT CAN BE INCREASED.

UH, CORRECT.

IT'S GENERAL FUND.

IF THE CITY CHOOSES TO INCREASE IT, WE COULD DEFINITELY, WE WOULD DEFINITELY TAKE IT.

YES, DEFINITELY.

ALRIGHT, ANY MORE QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONERS? OKAY.

YEAH, IF WE DON'T HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS, THANK YOU.

AN THANK YOU GUYS.

WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT MONTH.

THANK YOU ALL.

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NUMBER THREE, WHICH IS THE PRESENTATION FOR THE, FROM THE HOUSING AUTHORITY REGARDING UPDATES FOR SANTA RITA COURTS, ROSEWOOD COURTS AND CHALMERS COURTS.

UH, NOW WE'RE GOING ON TO ITEM

[3. Presentation from the Housing Authority regarding updates for Santa Rita Courts, Rosewood Courts, and Chalmers Courts (Ann Gass, Director of Strategic Housing Initiatives, and Sylvia Calderon Chief Operating Officer, Housing Authority City of Austin)]

AND WE HAVE ANN GAS, UH, DIRECTOR OF STRATEGIC HOUSING INITIATIVES.

AND SYLVIA CALON, CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER FROM HOUSING AUTHORITY, HOUSING AUTHORITY, CITY OF AUSTIN.

WELCOME.

GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS, STAFF, GUESTS.

AGAIN, MY NAME IS ANNE GAS.

I'M THE DIRECTOR OF STRATEGIC HOUSING INITIATIVES WITH THE HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN.

UH, WE CALL OURSELVES HAKA, SO YOU'LL HEAR ME REFERRING TO US AS HAKA.

UM, I DO WANNA RECOGNIZE SYLVIA CALLED HER OWN, COULDN'T BE HERE IN PERSON TONIGHT, BUT SHE HAS CALLED IN.

SHE'S HERE ON THE LINE, SO IF WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, SHE CAN, SHE CAN HELP ME ADDRESS THEM.

GREAT, THANK YOU.

BUT I WANT US TO TALK TO YOU TONIGHT ABOUT, UH, THREE PROJECTS THAT WE'VE COM UH, PRESENTED TO THE COMMISSION BEFORE, CHALMERS COURTS, ROSEWOOD COURTS, AND SANTA RITA COURTS.

WE BEGAN THE REDEVELOPMENT OF CHALMERS COURTS MANY YEARS AGO.

I'M HAPPY TO COME BACK AND SAY WE'VE FINISHED THAT REDEVELOPMENT.

IT'S FINISHED, IT'S OCCUPIED.

IT'S A BEAUTIFUL PROPERTIES.

SO IF YOU'RE EVER BETWEEN KOMAL AND CHICON AND THIRD AND FOURTH, GO BY AND CHECK IT OUT.

IT'S, IT'S A BEAUTIFUL PROPERTY.

COMMISSIONER ARNOLD CAME AND VISITED US THERE AS PART OF ANOTHER GROUP A FEW WEEKS AGO.

I HOPE SHE WAS IMPRESSED.

UH, IT WAS, IT WAS A PLEASURE TO HOST HER AND HER, HER GROUP.

SO TODAY I REALLY WANNA FOCUS ON THE WORK WE'RE DOING AT ROSEWOOD COURTS AND THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING AT SANTA RITA COURTS.

JUST IN CASE YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THESE THREE PROJECTS, THESE THREE PROJECTS WERE THE FIRST THREE PROJECTS BUILT PUBLIC HOUSING PROJECTS BUILT ONTO THE US HOUSING ACT OF 1937.

UM, AND THERE ARE THREE OF THEM BECAUSE FORTUNATELY IT WAS A TIME OF SEGREGATION.

SO CHALMERS COURTS WAS, WAS BUILT FOR THE WHITE FAMILIES.

ROSEWOOD COURTS WAS BUILT FOR THE AFRICAN AMERICAN FAMILIES.

SANTA RITA COURT WAS BUILT FOR THE LATINO UH, FAMILIES.

AND SO THANK GOODNESS WE'RE PAST THOSE TIMES.

BUT THESE PROPERTIES ARE NOW 80, MORE THAN 80 YEARS OLD, COMING UP ON 90 YEARS OLD.

AND IT'S, WE KNOW THAT IT WAS TIME TO, TO DO SOME RENOVATIONS.

SO I WILL START WITH, WITH ROSEWOOD COURTS WHEN WE WERE LAST HERE.

THERE WE GO.

WHEN WE WERE LAST HERE, WE WERE JUST ABOUT TO CLOSE ON THE FINANCIAL TRANSACTION.

IT WAS GOING TO REDEVELOP ROSEWOOD COURTS.

I'M HAPPY TO SAY IT IS WELL UNDERWAY.

UM, THIS IS DONE.

I'M GONNA TALK TO YOU ABOUT IT IN, IN, IN THREE SECTIONS.

WE'RE WORKING ON ALL THE SECTIONS AT ONE TIME, BUT I WANNA TALK TO YOU ABOUT IT IN THREE SECTIONS.

SO ON THE SCREEN HERE, YOU CAN SEE I'VE GOT A COUPLE OF SECTIONS, UH, WITH BLUE SQUARES AROUND THEM.

THAT'S THE NEW CONSTRUCTION SECTION.

SO THAT IS WHERE WE TORE DOWN EXISTING BUILDINGS AND ARE BUILDING BRAND NEW CONSTRUCTION.

SO IN THESE BUILDINGS THEMSELVES, WE HAD 124 UNITS AT ROSEWOOD BEFORE WE BEGAN THE REDEVELOPMENT IN JUST THESE BUILDINGS.

HERE WE HAVE 164 UNITS, FOUR STORIES WITH ELEVATORS, UM, IN, IN THREE SEPARATE BUILDINGS.

ALL THE MONITOR AMENITIES, SOLAR ON THE ROOF, UM, REALLY A, A DRAMATIC IMPROVEMENT TO QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THE RESIDENTS WHO CALLED, UH, ROSEWOOD COURTS HOME.

THE SECOND OH, AND I WILL POINT OUT, YOU GOT A LITTLE PICTURE OF THE WORK GOING ON THERE, IF YOU DRIVE BY TODAY, YOU'LL SEE IT LOOKS DIFFERENT ALREADY.

THIS WAS TAKEN A FEW WEEKS AGO AND THEY'RE REALLY MAKING PROGRESS ON GETTING THE IMPROVEMENTS TAKEN CARE OF.

THIS NEXT, UH, SECTION IS THE PRESERVATION RESTORATION SECTION.

THERE IS A DEEP SIGNIFICANT HISTORY TO ROSEWOOD COURT AND PART OF THAT HISTORY IS THE PUBLIC HOUSING THAT EXISTED THERE.

THESE BUILDINGS THAT YOU SEE HERE, THE, THE PROPERTY WAS BUILT IN TWO PHASES.

THESE ARE THE ORIGINAL 1939 BUILDINGS.

UM, WE DID A MANY YEAR PROJECT OF GATHERING COMMUNITY INPUT TO DETERMINE WHAT'S THE BEST WAY TO HONOR AND COMMEMORATE THE HISTORY OF THESE PROPERTIES.

AND PART OF THAT AT ROSEWOOD COURTS WAS THE PRESERVATION AND RESTORATION OF THESE BUILDINGS.

SO WE TOOK OFF THE PITCHED ROOFS, WE REMOVED ALL THE MODERN, MODERN, UH, WINDOWS, DOORS, UM, AND WE ARE RESTORING THEM TO THE 1939 CONDITION UNDER THE, UH, ADVICE OF HISTORIC ARCHITECT.

WHAT YOU SEE HERE, IT'S HARD TO SEE ON THE SCREEN HERE, BUT WE ARE GETTING THE LAST LITTLE BITS OF LEAD BASED PAINT THAT HAD BEEN ENCAPSULATED SAFELY FOR MANY YEARS.

BUT NOW THAT WE'RE OPENING IT UP, WE'RE GETTING ALL THOSE LAST BITS OF LEAD BASED PAINT OUT OF THE PROPERTY.

UM, AND IN SIX MONTHS WE WILL BE ABLE TO, UH, OPEN THESE PROPERTIES UP FOR FOLKS TO MOVE INTO.

THE INSIDES ARE COMPLETELY SCOOPED OUT.

WHEN YOU WALK IN, THEY'LL LOOK EXACTLY LIKE ANY OTHER UNIT OF THE PROPERTY, BUT FROM THE OUTSIDE, IF LBJ WALKED BY, IT WOULD LOOK LIKE WHAT HE SAW IN 1939.

WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE PRESERVATION EFFORTS HERE.

UM, AND THEN THE LAST PORTION OF THIS PROJECT IS FIRST OF ITS KIND FOR HAKA.

LUCKILY WE HAVE A VERY EXPERIENCED PARTNER IN AUSTIN, HABITAT FOR HUMANITY.

WE HAVE A HOME OWNERSHIP PORTION TO THIS SITE.

SO IF YOU AREN'T FAMILIAR WITH ROSEWOOD COURTS, THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT, UH, CHANGE IN TOPOGRAPHY FROM TOP TO BOTTOM, EAST TO WEST.

AND SO THE CIRCLE HERE THAT YOU SEE ON THE EAST SIDE ALONG PAQUITO STREET ACROSS PAQUITO, IS MOSTLY SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.

IT'S A VERY SIGNIFICANT ELEVATION DROP FROM THE REST OF THE PROPERTY.

SO IT SEEMS LIKE A GOOD PLACE TO PUT HOME OWNERSHIP

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UNITS.

SO HERE WE HAVE 12 HOME OWNERSHIP UNITS IN SIX DUPLEX STYLE TOWNHOMES.

SO THOSE ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

NOW IN THE PHOTO, I, I WAS TRYING TO DECIDE WHETHER TO SHOW YOU A PHOTO OF THE RENDERING OF WHAT THEY WILL LOOK LIKE.

I INSTEAD CHOSE TO SUBMIT A PICTURE OF OUR HABITAT.

VOLUNTEERS HARD AT WORK.

THEY'RE ON THE PROPERTY THREE TO FOUR DAYS A WEEK BUILDING THIS, THESE, THESE UNITS, THEY WILL SELL, THE THREE BEDROOMS ARE GONNA GO FOR ABOUT 156,004 BEDROOMS GO FOR 182, WELL BELOW THE MARKET.

UM, THEY'RE AVAILABLE.

THE SWEET SPOT REALLY THERE IS 60 TO 80% OF A MI.

WE HAVE IDENTIFIED SIX FAMILIES ALREADY, FOUR 12 UNITS.

WE'RE WORKING ON IDENTIFYING THE OTHER SIX.

AND THEY ARE, UM, HAKA FAMILIES HAVE FIRST PRIORITY.

SO WE HAVE STAFF WHO ARE WORKING TO OUTREACH TO HAKA FAMILIES AND FORMER HAKA FAMILIES TO MOVE INTO THESE UNITS AT, AT, UM, WHAT WE'RE CALLING PROSPECT HEIGHTS.

SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THIS NEW OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL THOSE FAMILIES.

AND THEN THE LAST THING I WANNA POINT OUT AT ROSEWOOD, I, I MENTIONED THE HISTORY, BUT THE HISTORY OF ROSEWOOD COURTS DIDN'T START WHEN WE BUILT PUBLIC HOUSING ON THIS LAND.

THE HISTORY OF PUBLIC ROSEWOOD COURTS STARTED WELL BEFORE THAT.

UM, WE, IN, IN DOING THE RESEARCH FOR THIS PROJECT, WE WORKED WITH DONNA CARTER AND HISTORIC ARCHITECT HERE IN TOWN.

AND WE HAVE FOUND THAT THIS PROPERTY WAS ONE OF, WITH THE SITE OF ONE OF THE ORIGINAL EMANCIPATION PARKS IN EAST AUSTIN.

AND WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT TO COMMEMORATE THAT THE, THE PROPERTY WAS ACTUALLY OWNED BY A GROUP OF AFRICAN AMERICAN CITIZENS OF AUSTIN AS A GROUP.

AND IT WAS TAKEN FOR THE PUBLIC HOUSING VIA EMINENT DOMAIN.

SO THIS PROJECT REALLY DOES TELL THE STORY OF THE HISTORY OF AUSTIN.

AND SO WE'RE, WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HELP TELL THAT STORY.

WE GOT A HERITAGE PRESERVATION GRANT THROUGH THE CITY TO HELP PROGRAM WHAT WE'RE CALLING A WELCOME CENTER.

WE'RE GONNA COME UP WITH A BETTER NAME FOR NOW.

IT'S CALLED A WELCOME CENTER.

AND THERE'S A, UM, THREE QUARTER OF AN ACRE PARK IN FRONT ATIVE PARK.

AND THOSE TWO PLACES ARE GONNA BE A PLACE TO INVITE THE PUBLIC IN TO TELL THE STORY.

WE'RE WORKING WITH A NONPROFIT HERE FROM AUSTIN CALLED E FOUR YOUTH.

THEY WORK WITH KIDS.

SOME OF YOU'RE NODDING YOUR HEADS.

THEY WORK WITH KIDS TO TEACH TECHNICAL SKILLS TO YOUTH FROM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ALL THE WAY UP THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL.

THEY GIVE THEM TECHNICAL SKILLS THEY CAN USE TO THEN GET JOBS, BUT THEY CREATE VIRTUAL AND AUGMENTED REALITY EXPERIENCES AND TELL STORIES THAT WAY.

SO THEY'VE ALREADY COMPLETED MANY INTERVIEWS WITH FORMER ROSEWOOD RESIDENTS, RESIDENTS VIEWS AUSTIN.

THEY'RE HOPING TO DOUBLE THE NUMBER THEY'VE DONE SO FAR AND BRING THAT ALL INTO A VIRTUAL REALITY, AUGMENTED REALITY PRESENTATION SPACE FOR THIS, FOR THIS WELCOME CENTER.

SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE THAT TAKE SHAPE.

I WOULD EXPECT IT WILL OPEN UP AROUND THE END OF THIS YEAR, BEGINNING OF NEXT YEAR.

I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ROSEWOOD COURTS, IF ANYONE HAS ANY.

I'M HAPPY TO HOLD TO THE END IF YOU WANNA WAIT FOR THAT.

UM, I DO HAVE A QUICK QUESTION.

UM, YOU MENTIONED HOW UH, THERE WAS AN INCREASE IN THE AMOUNT OF UNITS, RIGHT? YES.

CAN YOU REPEAT THAT AGAIN? YEP.

IT WAS 124 UNITS, UHHUH , IT WILL BE 184 RENTAL UNITS.

NICE PLUS 12 HOME OWNERSHIP UNITS FOR A TOTAL OF 1 96, 1 24 TO 1 96.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

AND UH, MY NEXT QUESTION WAS, WELL, WITH THE HOME OWNERSHIP, ARE THEY ALL THREE BEDROOMS? NO, UH, THERE'S ONE FOUR BEDROOM.

SO FRIENDLY FOR FAMILIES.

AND THE REST ARE THREE BEDROOMS? YES.

SO 11 THREE AND ONE FOUR.

AND THEN IN, IN THE REST OF THE PROPERTY, ARE THEY ALSO, UM, LIKE SEVERAL ROOM BEDROOMS? WE HAVE 1, 2, 3, AND FOUR BEDROOM UNITS.

1, 2, 3.

I'M, YEAH, I DON'T HAVE THE BREAKDOWN OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT IF I COULD, I COULD CERTAINLY SEND IT TO YOU IF YOU'RE UNDERSTOOD.

MORE THAN HALF OF THE UNITS ARE TWO, THREE AND FOUR BEDROOMS. SO FAMILY SIZE UNITS.

ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE PROJECT WE HAVE THESE TWO STORY BARRACK STYLE, UH, BUILDINGS.

WE'RE PLACING ONE FOR ONE, ALL THE UNITS THAT WERE THERE BEFORE AND THEN WE'RE ADDING AN ADDITIONAL 60 UNITS.

AND THE LAST THING I WANNA SAY IS THAT THE WAIT LIST AT ROSEWOOD WILL BE OPENING IN LESS THAN 60 DAYS.

AND WHEN WE SPOKE TO THE COMMISSION SEVERAL YEARS AGO, WE HAD REQUESTS FROM THE COMMISSIONERS TO, FOR US TO LET THEM KNOW WHEN THAT WAIT LIST WAS OPENING.

SO, UM, IF IT'S OKAY WITH YOU, I WILL PASS THAT INFORMATION THROUGH, UH, MR. BLAKE HERE TO PASS ON TO YOU ALL.

'CAUSE WE ARE GETTING CLOSE TO WHEN THAT WILL OPEN.

SO WE'LL TRY AND GIVE YOU A COUPLE WEEKS NOTICE BEFORE THE WAITING LIST ACTUALLY OPENS AT ROSEWOOD.

BUT IT'S A REALLY EXCITING OPPORTUNITY.

AND THE LAST THING I WANNA SAY IS, THE FIRST PEOPLE WHO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME BACK WERE THE ROSEWOOD RESIDENTS WHO LIVED THERE BEFORE MM-HMM .

SO THEY'LL BE THE FIRST ONES TO TAKE THE SPOTS AND THEN WE'LL GO TO THE WAIT LIST AFTER THAT.

UM, OKAY.

CAN ARE WE GOING, DO I SEE ONLINE QUESTION? YEAH.

UH, ARE YOU GONNA DO AN, UH, KEEP WORKING? YEAH.

WE HAVE SANTA RITA COURTS.

CAN YOU QUESTION, WAIT, UH, COMMISSIONER OR, YEAH.

SO THE LAST, THE LAST OF THESE THREE PROJECTS, UM, IS SANTA RITA COURTS.

AND YOU CAN SEE IN THE PHOTO HERE, THIS IS, THIS IS A LOT LIKE WHAT ROSEWOOD LOOKED LIKE BEFORE WE TOOK OFF THE PITCH ROOFS AND TOOK OUT ALL THE, THE WINDOWS AND DOORS.

NO CENTRAL AIR CONDITIONING.

EVERYONE'S WORKING WITH A WINDOW UNIT.

UM, THESE UNITS ARE, ARE IN, IN DIRE NEED OF, OF MODERNIZATION.

UM, AND THEN

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THESE WERE BUILT 15 TO 20 YEARS LATER IN THE FIFTIES.

SO WHILE STILL OFFICIALLY HISTORIC, THERE'RE LESS SO .

UM, THE, THE BUNGALOW UNITS HERE ARE ACTUALLY ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES WITH NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE, UM, AS THE FIRST PUBLIC HOUSING TO OPEN END OF THE 1937 HOUSING ACT, JUST SANTA RITA.

SO IT, IT, IT, IT IS VERY IMPORTANT, UH, TO THE HISTORY OF AUSTIN IN THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES.

SO WE HAD TO THINK A LOT ABOUT WHAT TO DO WITH THESE BUILDINGS.

SO WE HAVE DEVELOPED A PLAN THAT WE'RE WORKING ON IN TWO PHASES TO REDEVELOP THE PROJECT.

SO HERE IS, HERE'S THE SITE PLAN THAT WE'RE WORKING ON.

I'LL WALK THROUGH IT A LITTLE BIT.

SO WE ARE LOOKING AT DOING THIS, AS I SAID, IN TWO PHASES.

THE FIRST PHASE IS ACTUALLY REALLY WELL UNDERWAY.

WE WERE LUCKY TO GET WITH THE CITY SUPPORT RECENTLY.

UM, WE FOUND THAT WE HAVE SCORED, UM, IN THE WINNING POSITION TO GET 9% LOW INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDITS FOR THIS WESTERN SIDE OF SANTA RITA.

SO YOU CAN SEE IT'S THE, UH, THE SECTION MARKED HERE WITH THE BLUE BOX.

SO IT WILL BE 96 UNITS OF, AGAIN, IT'S 1, 2, 3, AND FOUR BEDROOM HOMES.

IT'S 97 UNITS TODAY.

SO ON JUST THE WEST SIDE WE'RE PUTTING 96 UNITS.

THE OTHER REALLY EXCITING DEVELOPMENT AT SANTA RITA WEST.

AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT RESIDENTS ASK FOR.

WE ALWAYS START BY ASKING THE RESIDENTS WHAT THEY WANT, RIGHT? THAT WAS THE FIRST THING WE DID WAS HAVE A MEETING WITH THE RESIDENTS.

WE'VE HAD QUITE A FEW AND SOMEONE ASKED FOR, BOY, IT'D BE NICE TO HAVE DAYCARE.

AND I REMEMBER WRITING IT DOWN AND GOING, THERE'S NO WAY WE CAN EVER DO DAYCARE.

BUT LO AND BEHOLD, WE ARE PUTTING A HIGH QUALITY PRE-K AT SANTA RITA WEST.

UM, IT, WE WERE HELPED ALONG BY THE TAX DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING COMMUNITY AFFAIRS, MAKING IT A SCORING ITEM.

SO IT HELPED US TO, TO GET ACROSS THE FINISH LINE.

THE HOUSING AUTHORITY ALREADY HAS A PARTNERSHIP WITH MAINSPRING SCHOOLS.

THEY OPERATE A HIGH QUALITY PRE-K AND DAYCARE OUT OF OUR MEADOWBROOK APARTMENT SITE.

UM, SO WE'RE GONNA TAKE THAT SAME MODEL AND PUT IT AT SANTA RITA.

THE, THE SANTA RITA AND HAKA FAMILIES WILL HAVE A PRIORITY AND THEN IT WILL FILL IN FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD AROUND.

WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO BRING HIGH QUALITY PRE-K TO THIS PROPERTY.

SO THE, THE PLAN HERE IS FAIRLY SET IN STONE.

ONCE WE SUBMIT THAT TAX CREDIT APPLICATION, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING.

SO WE'VE GOT 96 UNITS IN A PRE-K, THE SECOND PHASE, WE ARE NOT PUTTING OUT ANY APPLICATIONS YET.

WE HOPE THAT IT WILL RUN ALMOST IN THE SAME TIMELINE AS THE OTHER, THE OTHER PHASE, UM, WE HOPE TO DO ABOUT 96 UNITS HERE.

I SAY ABOUT, 'CAUSE WE HAVEN'T HAD THE ARCHITECTS DRAW THE PLANS YET, BUT THAT WILL MEAN ANOTHER, UM, NEW CONSTRUCTION BUILDING SIMILAR TO THE ONE IN PHASE ONE.

AND THEN OUR PLAN IS TO PRESERVE AND RENOVATE ALL OF THOSE BUNGALOW, THOSE HISTORIC BUNGALOWS.

UM, WE HOPE TO BE ABLE TO USE NOW STATE AND FEDERAL LOW-INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDITS, HISTORIC LOW-INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDITS TO HELP OFFSET THE COST.

IT IS CONSIDERABLE COST TO PRESERVE AND RESTORE THOSE UNITS, BUT, UM, BUT WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO, TO ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL PROPERTY.

UM, I WANNA SHOW YOU JUST A COUPLE OF THESE ARE HOT OFF THE PRESS RENDERINGS OF WHAT, WHAT THE NEW PROPERTY WILL LOOK LIKE.

WE'RE, WE'RE REALLY PROUD AND EXCITED TO, TO SHOW IT OFF.

NOT MANY FOLKS HAVE SEEN THIS YET.

UM, WE'LL CONTINUE TO OFFER THE SERVICES THAT WE'VE OFFERED, UH, COMMUNITIES AND SCHOOLS OPERATES AT, UH, SANTA RITA COURTS.

WE'LL BRING THEM BACK LOT CLASSES WITH GOODWILL AND UM, AND OF COURSE THIS NEW HIGH QUALITY PRE-K.

SO, UM, REALLY EXCITED TO BRING THAT TO THE RESIDENTS.

GOT A COPY OF ONE OF THE COURTYARDS.

AND THEN, UM, I'LL LEAVE YOU WITH, WITH A RENDERING OF THIS, THIS PRESCHOOL BUILDING THAT WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO BRING TO SANTA RITA COURTS.

AND I GUESS, LET ME JUST REALLY QUICK SHOW YOU, 'CAUSE I, PEOPLE TEND TO BE INTERESTED IN THIS.

WHAT'S OUR, WHAT'S OUR TIMELINE LOOK LIKE? SO RIGHT NOW WE'VE GOT 97 FAMILIES AT SANTA RITA COURTS.

WE HAVE ALREADY BEEN TALKING TO THEM ABOUT RELOCATION.

UM, THAT WILL START SOMETIME IN THE THIRD QUARTER OF 2025 IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE FINISHING IN THE FIRST QUARTER ISH OF 2026.

UM, THAT WE HAVE A RESIDENT PROTECTION TEAM, THAT WE HAVE STAFF AT THE HOUSING AUTHORITY.

WE ALSO WORK WITH A CONTRACTOR, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT THE RESIDENTS HAVE ALL THEIR NEEDS MET DURING THE RELOCATION PROCESS.

MOVING IS HARD UNDER THE BEST OF CIRCUMSTANCES.

SO ALL THEIR MOVING EXPENSES, COST OF TRANSFER, CABLE SECURITY DEPOSITS, ALL THAT IS COVERED.

UM, AND THEN AGAIN, WE HAVE THIS RELOCATION TEAM TO TALK TO THEM ABOUT WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO YOU, WHERE DO YOU WANNA BE NEAR YOUR DOCTOR, DO YOU OR DOES YOUR MOTHER LIVE CLOSE BY? IS THERE A SCHOOL, YOUR CHILDREN'S SCHOOL? SO TRY AND TAKE ALL THAT INTO CONSIDERATION.

WE HELP THESE FAMILIES FIND ALTERNATIVE HOUSING AND THEN AGAIN, THEY HAVE THE FIRST RIGHT TO RETURN.

SO WE START CONSTRUCTION IN THE MIDDLE OF 2026 AND HAVE FIRST UNITS AVAILABLE AT THE END OF 27.

THAT'S WHAT I HAVE FOR YOU ALL TODAY.

I AM HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

UH, LET'S START WITH COMMISSIONER TISHA.

SHE HAD A QUESTION FROM EARLIER AND THEN, UH, WE'LL KEEP GOING.

BUT FOR TODAY, UM, I'M CURIOUS ABOUT THE WAIT LIST BEING DONE.

GO AHEAD.

THANK, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR.

SO THE FIRST QUESTION, IF YOU GO BACK TO ROSEWOOD, UM, AND IT'S, I PROMISE THIS IS NOT A LOT.

USUALLY I HAVE A LIST I DO NOT.

UM,

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SO HOW, HOW IS THE WAIT LIST? I, I KNOW THAT YOU SAID YOU'LL START RELEASING, BUT IS THIS BY LOTTERY OR IS THIS BY FIRST, YOU KNOW, SORT OF FIVE VOTE FIRST AND FIRST OUT? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

SO, UM, AGAIN, THE FIRST PEOPLE TO COME BACK WILL BE THE RELOCATED RESIDENCE.

THAT'S FIRST RIGHT TO RETURN.

SECOND WILL BE, WE HAD AN EXISTING WAITING LIST AT ROSEWOOD COURTS WHEN WE TORE THE PROPERTY DOWN SO THAT THOSE FOLKS WERE ON THAT OLD WAITING LIST.

WE'RE ACTUALLY WORKING THROUGH A PROCESS NOW WHERE WE DO, WHERE WE, WHERE WE PURGED THAT WAITING LIST.

WE'RE SENDING LETTERS OUT TO ALL THE FAMILIES SAYING YOU WERE ON THE WAITING LIST.

YOU MAY HAVE SIGNED UP SEVEN YEARS AGO.

DO YOU WANNA REMAIN ON THE LIST? THEY LET US KNOW THEY WANNA REMAIN OR THEY'LL LET US KNOW THAT THEY DON'T.

SO WE WILL SUB SEND THAT LIST TO THE, THE COMPANY THAT'S MANAGING THE PROPERTY FOR US.

SO THAT'S, THAT'S THE FIRST TWO GROUPS TO GET FIRST GET FIRST UH, OP OPPORTUNITY TO OCCUPY.

FROM THERE, WE OPEN UP THE WAIT LIST.

I THINK COMMISSIONER, WHAT YOU MAY BE THINKING OF IS THE SECTION EIGHT HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER WAITING LIST.

WE DON'T DO A LOTTERY LIKE THAT AT ROSEWOOD.

WE WILL BE A FIRST COME FIRST SERVE.

SO THE WAIT, WHAT THE, THE WAITING LIST WILL OPEN AT A CERTAIN DATE AND TIME AND THEN IT WILL BE JUST AS THE APPLICATIONS COME IN, THEY'LL BE PUT ON THE WAITING LIST.

GREAT.

SO QUICK FOLLOW UP ABOUT THE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE BEING CONTACTED.

WHAT IS THE LEAD TIME THAT THOSE INDIVIDUALS HAVE TO PROVIDE A RESPONSE THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO REMAIN ON THE WAIT LIST, UM, VERSUS BEING MOVED ON TO THE NEXT PERSON? SURE.

THEY GET 15 DAYS.

AND THE CURRENT AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE ON THE WAIT LIST NOW, OOH, I DON'T KNOW, BUT I CAN GET THAT NUMBER FOR YOU.

THE ONES, THE ONES THAT WERE ON THE WAIT LIST FROM WHEN WE REDEVELOPED THE PROPERTY.

SURE, THAT'D BE GREAT JUST TO SORT OF GAUGE SOME NUMBERS OF WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE.

OF COURSE.

AND THEN, UM, BECAUSE SANTA CLARA IS NOT GOING TO HAVE MIXED USE WHERE YOU'RE HAVING RENTAL PLUS HOME OWNERSHIP, RIGHT? CORRECT.

IT'S CORRECT.

IT'S STRICTLY ROSEWOOD.

SO IN REGARDS TO THAT MIXED USE WHERE THERE'S HOME OWNERSHIP, I KNOW THERE'S 12 UNITS AND YOU SAID 60 TO 80% M FFI, RIGHT? MM-HMM .

THAT'S RIGHT.

UM, SO THAT I, THAT THAT CONTINUES TO CONCERN ME.

I BROUGHT THIS UP BEFORE, UM, WITH MANDY IN TERMS OF LOOKING AT THAT PARTICULAR PERCENTAGE, THAT THAT IS SUCH A LIMITING AMOUNT, UM, ESPECIALLY IF YOU LOOK AT 1, 2, 3, 4 PERSON HOUSEHOLDS BECAUSE DO YOU HAVE A BREAKDOWN OF ONE UNIVERSE, TWO, THREE, OR, BECAUSE YOU SAID IT'S 1, 2, 3 BEDROOMS, RIGHT? THE HOME OWNERSHIP UNITS ARE, WE HAVE 11 THREE BEDROOMS AND ONE FOUR BEDROOM, 11 THREE BEDROOMS AND ONE FOUR BEDROOM.

SINGLE ONE OF THEM IS UNDER 45%.

A TOTAL OF 12 UNITS.

SO IT'S PRIMARILY FOUR FAMILIES.

YES, ABSOLUTELY.

AND WILL, WILL INDIVIDUALS BE ABLE TO STILL APPLY FOR THAT OR IS IT BEING MORE LIMITED TO, UM, THE FAMILY MEMBERS, LIKE THE MULTI PERSON HOUSEHOLD? YOU KNOW, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.

I DON'T WANNA ANSWER.

I I I, I HAVE AN ASSUMPTION BUT I DON'T WANNA ANSWER OUT OF TURN.

LET ME GET BACK UNLESS SYLVIA WANTS TO CHIME IN AS SHE KNOWS.

LET ME, LET ME GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT.

I'VE GOT A COUPLE NOTES WHAT I NEED TO GET BACK TO YOU ON.

OKAY? YEP.

OKAY, NO WORRIES.

NO WORRIES.

I WAS JUST TRYING TO, BECAUSE I'M LOOKING AT THE, THE SALARY RANGE FOR THAT BETWEEN 60 TO 80% ACCORDING TO THE MOST RECENT MFI NUMBERS.

WE'RE LOOKING AT 70,000 TO 93,000 IN TERMS OF SALARY FOR A FOUR PERSON HOUSEHOLD.

AND THEN EVEN IF IT'S AN EIGHT PERSON HOUSEHOLD, WE'RE LOOKING AT 92,000 TO A HUNDRED TWENTY THREE, TWENTY 3000 AS THE RANGE.

AND MY CONCERN IS THE FAMILIES THAT GREATLY, GREATLY NEED THOSE TYPES OF UNITS ARE NOWHERE NEAR THE MINIMUM OF 60%.

AND SO I'VE GONE OVER THIS BEFORE WITH MAYBE WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR ESSENTIAL PROFESSIONAL WORKERS HERE IN THE CITY.

AND JUST TO QUICKLY REITERATE, AND I'M HOPING THIS CAN BE PRESENTED BACK, MAYBE THERE'S ENOUGH TIME TO MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS.

BUT AGAIN, SANITATION WORKERS, 35,000 IS THE AVERAGE.

THAT'S LESS THAN 50% FOR A FAMILY THAT THEY, THEY ARE IN THE LESS THAN 20% RANGE ENTRY LEVEL TEACHERS, 48,000 TO 53,000.

THAT'S LESS THAN 60% OF A FIVE IF THEY ARE A FAMILY, IT'S LESS THAN 30% RANGE CITY EMPLOYEES, 48,000 TO 54,000.

AGAIN, LESS THAN 60% FAMILY THEY CALL, THEY FALL WITHIN THE LESS THAN 45% RANGE.

SO WHO ARE WE TALKING TO WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THE, THE INDIVIDUALS THAT FALL WITHIN THE RANGE? YOU ARE LOOKING FOR HOME OWNERSHIP YET AGAIN.

THERE IS ANOTHER NEW SPACE BEING BUILT THAT IS CREATING AN IMMEDIATE BARRIER FOR ESSENTIAL PROFESSIONALS HERE IN THE CITY.

AND I HAVEN'T EVEN DESCRIBED SOCIAL WORKERS, UTILITY WORKERS, OUR BUS DRIVERS, OUR EMERGENCY SERVICE PERSONNEL, THEY ALL FALL UNDER 60%.

ALL OF THEM MAYBE EXCEPT THE ENTRY FIREFIGHTER, WHICH IS LIKE AT AROUND 65%.

IF THEY HAVE A FAMILY, EVERY

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THEY WON'T COME NEAR BEING ABLE TO QUALIFY FOR HOME OWNERSHIP AT THE NEW ROSEWOOD.

SO I JUST WANT THAT IN CONSIDERATION AND I'LL CONTINUE TO, TO REINFORCE TO, UM, REMIND WHEN WE LOOK AT THESE MFI RANGES, WHO IS IT AFFECTING? WHO IS IT QUALIFYING? IT DOESN'T EVEN QUALIFY OUR ESSENTIAL PROFESSIONAL STAFF AND EMPLOYEES IN THE CITY.

SO THAT MEANS THAT I HAVE OTHER QUESTIONS MOVING FORWARD ABOUT SANTA, UM, SANTA RITA.

SO THE RELOCATION COMPONENT, UH, DOES THAT ALSO INCLUDE MOVING BACK? YES.

OR IS THAT ONLY MOVING OUT? NOPE, THAT'S MOVING BACK AS WELL.

SO THEY'LL GET VOUCHERS TO MOVE BACK, UM, SORT OF FOR FUTURE USE? NO, WHEN IT'S TIME TO MOVE BACK, WE WILL ACTUALLY CONTACT THEM AND SAY, MS. SMITH, IF YOU, YOU HAVE THE UNITS OF SANTA RITA ALREADY, YOU'RE ABLE TO MOVE BACK IF YOU WANT TO.

IF THEY SAY NO, THEY CAN STAY WHERE THEY ARE.

IF THEY SAY YES, WE SAY THE MOVERS CAN BE THERE ON SATURDAY THE FIFTH, WE'LL PACK YOU UP, WE'LL MOVE YOU.

THAT'S GREAT.

UM, AND THEN THIS IS JUST A A A GENERAL QUESTION.

CAN THE COMMISSION, CAN THE CDC EVER HAVE A TOUR? I KNOW NOW THAT WE HAVE THE NEW INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE BEEN ELECTED ONTO THE COMMISSION, IS IT POSSIBLE FOR US TO DO A TOUR, UM, SOMETIME MID-CONSTRUCTION, OBVIOUSLY IT SAFE, UH, JUST SO WE HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT'S COMING AND WE SEE SORT OF WHAT'S BEING BUILT WITHIN THESE COMMUNITIES.

WE WOULD LOVE TO GIVE YOU A TOUR.

JUST, JUST LAST WEEK.

I, I WALKED THE SITE FOR TWO HOURS WITH A TOUR GROUP.

I WOULD BE, I WOULD BE THRILLED TO GIVE YOU A TOUR.

UM, I THINK MR. BLAKE CAN, CAN GET YOU MY CONTACT INFORMATION.

I WAS JUST ABOUT TO CHIME IN.

I'LL WORK WITH, UM, MY DIRECTOR AND AND NEFERTITI AND SEE IF, SEE IF WE CAN GET A TOUR FOR EVERYONE.

SO I LOVE THAT.

THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH.

OBVIOUSLY THIS IS A CONVENIENT TIME FOR EVERYONE.

ABSOLUTELY.

AND THEN, AND THEN THIS IS JUST A POINT OF, OF UNDERSTANDING IS THERE IS, UM, YOU KNOW, I I'M VERY MUCH FOR GROWTH AND PLEASE DON'T , PLEASE DON'T CREATE A MISPERCEPTION THAT I'M NOT ABOUT GROWTH.

I'M VERY MUCH ABOUT GROWTH AS LONG AS THERE IS THE, OBVIOUSLY THE EQUITABLE CONSIDERATION.

BUT THERE'S A GREAT DOCUMENTARY, A PBS DOCUMENTARY CALLED RAISING LIBERTY SQUARE, WHERE IT WAS A PRO, THE PROJECT'S IN MIAMI AND THEY HAVE A SIMILAR SITUATION WHERE THERE WAS RELOCATION, THERE WAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO MOVE BACK THE BILL, THE CONSTRUCTION COMPLETED.

HOWEVER, THE NEW UNITS WERE NOT AT STANDARD.

IF NOT, THEY WERE FAR BELOW THE STANDARD THAN WHAT THEY HAD EVEN WITH PROJECT UNITS.

AND I, I'M CONCERNED WHEN IT COMES TO NEW CONSTRUCTION IN TERMS OF THE DURABILITY IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT EXISTS WHEN WE GO FROM HOUSING THAT HAS EXISTED FOR DECADES TO NEW HOUSING WITH OUR CURRENT TYPE OF MATERIALS.

SO I JUST ASK THAT THAT CAN BE A POINT OF UNDERSTANDING QUITE POSSIBLY MAYBE A TEAM BUILDER, YOU ALL WATCH THIS DOCUMENTARY OR HIGHLIGHTS RAISING LIBERTY SQUARE TO GET INSPIRATION OF BUILDING OUT THESE NEW PROJECT UNITS HERE IN AUSTIN.

SO I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT.

SO I THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

UM, BUT PLEASE TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THAT MFI BECAUSE I DID ASK MANDY IF YOU ALL HAVE INFLUENCE AND MAKE AN ADJUSTMENTS AND I REALLY HOPE THAT THAT INFLUENCE CAN STILL EXIST IN THIS CASE.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE, SIR.

THANK YOU COMMISSIONER TISHA.

UH, DO WE HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS ONLINE? OKAY, LET'S GO TO ISHA.

EVERYTHING I WAS GONNA ASK.

SO THANK YOU .

UH, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, UH, FOR OUR COMMISSIONERS IN PERSON ALL COMMISSIONER REON DELGADO, ANOTHER COMMISSIONER WHO'S JOINED US SEVERAL TIMES AT OUR PROPERTY AS WELL.

YES, YES.

THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE.

I AM, I'M GLAD THAT I'M ABLE TO, TO SEE YOU ALL BEFORE I LEAVE.

SO, YEAH.

UM, SO WITH ROSEWOOD, I, I HAD WROTE DOWN A COUPLE OF THINGS.

UM, ON THE RETURN FOR RESIDENCE IS, IS THE PEOPLE THAT ARE GONNA BE RELOCATED AND THIS IS FOR SANTA RITA TOO.

WELL THE PEOPLE AT ROSEWOOD ALREADY RELOCATED, RIGHT? ARE THEY ALREADY FOR SURE CONTRACTED TO COME BACK? HAVE THEY SIGNED THEIR LEASE? HAVE THEY ALREADY STARTED THEIR PAPERWORK? HOW DO WE ASSURE THAT THOSE RESIDENTS, UM, WHICH WERE HOW MANY YOU SAID? UM, THERE WAS THE HUNDRED 124 BEFORE THE REDEVELOPMENT.

WE RELOCATED JUST LESS THAN THAT 'CAUSE SOME FOLKS HAVE MOVED OUT.

SOME FOLKS HAVE ALREADY TOLD US THEY DON'T WANNA RETURN.

SO DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY DO YOU HAVE FOR SURE THAT ARE RETURNING? THEY WON'T ALL RETURN.

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SO, AND WE DO, WE HAVEN'T SIGNED LEASES YET.

SO, SO WHERE WE ARE NOW, SO WE WILL BE MOVING FOLKS BACK IN, UH, BETWEEN AUGUST AND DECEMBER IS KIND OF AS UNITS ROLL ONLINE.

UM, AND THE WAY THAT THE, THE PROGRAM WORKS IS THEIR PAPERWORK AGES OUT AFTER 120 DAYS.

SO IF I WERE TO COLLECT THEIR INFORMATION TODAY ON MARCH 11TH, IT IS, IT, IT'S AGED OUT BY JULY 11TH.

SO WE DON'T START WORKING ON ANY OF THE CERTIFICATION, ON ANY OF THE PAPERWORK LEASES, ANY OF THAT SORT OF THING UNTIL WE'RE CLOSER TO THE ACTUAL MOVE IN DATE.

BUT WE HAVE OUR REGISTER PROTECTION TEAM STAYS IN REGULAR CONTACT WITH ALL THOSE FAMILIES.

UM, AS A MATTER OF FACT, WE'VE BEEN, WE'VE BEEN HOLDING QUARTERLY MEETINGS, ONE ONLINE, ONE IN PERSON.

OUR NEXT ONE IS ACTUALLY THIS THURSDAY.

SO EVERYONE'S GONNA BE MEETING AT SELENA.

YOU MAY KNOW SELENA'S RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM ROSEWOOD.

THEY'LL BE MEETING THERE, HAVING LUNCH, GETTING AN UPDATE ON EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON.

AND THEN EACH FAMILY WILL BE INDIVIDUALLY CONTACTED AND GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO EITHER SAY, YES, I WANNA COME BACK, I'M GONNA EXERCISE THAT.

AND THEN WE START WORKING WITH THEM ON THE PAPERWORK OR I KNOW I'VE DECIDED TO STAY WHERE I AM AND THEY, THEY WILL SIGN A FORM SAYING I'M GOOD WHERE I AM, I RELINQUISH MY RIGHT TO RETURN.

UM, SO WE DON'T HAVE UM, UM, A CONCRETE NUMBER OF HOW MANY OF THOSE RESIDENTS FROM THE 1 24, RIGHT? NOT YET.

WE CAN REPORT BACK ON THAT, BUT WE DON'T HAVE IT NOW.

WE WANNA MONITOR THAT ONLY BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I'VE WATCHED CHALMERS PROJECTS AND I SAW THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE DIDN'T RETURN FOR SEVERAL REASONS.

SO WHEN YOU HAVE THEM RETURN AND YOU SAY PAPERWORK BECAUSE YOU HAVE CHANGED SOME GUIDELINES AND A, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A WHOLE NOTHER DIFFERENT COMPLEX NOW IT'S NOT THE SAME, THE EXACT SAME.

NOW Y'ALL HAVE DIFFERENT GUIDELINES AND STIPULATIONS.

UM, ARE THOSE GONNA AFFECT THEM AS BARRIERS TO COME BACK? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

SO IF, BECAUSE THE, I'M TRYING TO THINK, I'M, I'M TRYING TO THINK TO MAKE SURE I ANSWER YOUR QUESTION CORRECTLY.

IF THEIR INCOME HAS INCREASED SUCH THEY ARE NO LONGER ELIGIBLE FOR THE PROGRAM, MEANING THEY MAKE MORE THAN 80% OF THE AREA MEDIA INCOME, THEY WOULDN'T BE ELIGIBLE TO RETURN BECAUSE THEY DON'T MEET THE TAX CREDIT GUIDELINES, THE GUIDELINES OF THE TAX CREDIT PROGRAM.

OTHER THAN THAT THEY STILL MEET THOSE INCOME REQUIREMENTS.

THEY'RE GUARANTEED THE RIGHT TO RETURN.

SO LIKE NOT INCOME, I'M MORE CONCERNED ABOUT, UM, MORE LIKE IF THEY DON'T MAKE THE 30% OR THE 40%, THE, THE MFIS THAT YOU, YOU'VE ALL PLACED ON THE NEW UNITS.

LET'S SAY THEY, YOU KNOW, ONE OF 'EM LOST YOUR JOB AND SEC AND SECTION EIGHT IS PULLING THEM THROUGH BY COVERING THEIR RENT.

I'M TALKING ABOUT SECTION EIGHT RECIPIENTS.

I'M TALKING ABOUT PUBLIC ASSISTANCE.

'CAUSE YOU HAVE PUBLIC HOUSING AND YOU HAVE SECTION EIGHT VOUCHERS.

AND SO THESE COMPLEXES USED TO HAVE CERTAIN AMOUNT OF PERCENTAGE WERE FOR PUBLIC HOUSING AND THEN SOME OF 'EM WERE FOR SECTION EIGHT.

AND THEN WE DID WHERE SOME OF 'EM WERE FOR HOMELESS VOUCHERS AND THEN WE DID SOME THAT WERE MARKET RATE.

AND SO THAT'S WHERE THE MFI OF 80 PER, THEY CAN'T GO OVER 80.

RIGHT? YOU THINK CHAL PERCENT, RIGHT PERCENT.

SO I'M LOOKING AT THE SAME MODEL.

'CAUSE WE WENT THROUGH THIS WITH CHALMER.

SO YOU ARE THE SAME AGENCIES, THE SAME MODEL? THE DIFFERENCES IS THE UNITS ARE DIFFERENT.

THE LANDSCAPE AND THE WHOLE SITE PLAN IS DIFFERENT, BUT IT'S THE SAME MODEL.

I THINK I UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTION.

SO THE GOOD NEWS IS THE 124 FAMILIES THAT WERE THERE BEFORE WE RELOCATED THEM WILL BE COMING BACK WITH THE SAME SECTION EIGHT SUBSIDY.

THAT'S WHAT I WANNA KNOW.

SO YEAH, SO WHATEVER THEIR INCOME IS, THEY'LL BE PAYING 30% OF IT.

IF THEY GOT A JOB, THEIR RENTAL WILL GO UP.

IF THEY LOST A JOB, THEIR RENTAL WILL GO DOWN.

SO THAT, SO FOR THOSE FAMILIES THAT WERE FORMER, IT WAS FORMER PUBLIC HOUSING AND THEN IT BECAME PROJECT BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE, THEN THEY RELOCATED, THEY'RE COMING BACK TO THE SAME PROJECT BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE AND THEY'LL BE PAYING 30% OF THEIR ADJUSTED INCOME AND RENT.

SO THE ONES THAT YOU DID RELOCATE ARE, DID YOU ALL DO A WRAPAROUND SERVICE ON THOSE RELOCATING FOLKS? ABSOLUTELY.

SO LIKE THEY DIDN'T GO GET THEMSELVES IN ANOTHER LEASE AND GET LOCKED IN AND THEN THEY HAVE A BROKEN LEASE AND THEY CAN'T COME BACK ABSOLUTELY.

YEAH, WE'RE MONITORING ALL THE LEASE RENEWALS AND, AND WHEN A LE A LEASE RENEW SUCH THAT THEY MIGHT BE MOVING BACK BEFORE OUR RESIDENT PROTECTION TEAM GOES IN AND SAYS, HEY MANAGER, CAN WE DO A FIVE MONTH LEASE? AND THE THE FOLKS WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH HAVE BEEN VERY UNDERSTANDING OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES.

IN SANTA RITA, I HAVE UM, THE SAME THING ON THE RIGHT TO RETURN, YOU KNOW, THEM BEING RELOCATED, SAME THING.

WRAPAROUND

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SERVICES.

ABSOLUTELY.

THEM SAYING, YOU KNOW, HAVING THE FIRST OPPORTUNITY TO COME BACK AND THEN ON THE PARKING LOT, I'M, I WAS KIND OF LOOKING AT YOUR PLAN.

AND, UM, I WAS A LITTLE CONFUSED.

'CAUSE THE PARKING LOT IS ALL, THERE IS NO REALLY REAL DESIGNATED PARKING LOT.

EVERYONE PARKS ON THE OUTSIDE ON, YOU KNOW, SECOND PERALES SANTA RITA.

SO ARE WE GETTING A PARKING LOT JUST DESIGNATED? WE ARE.

SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE SITE PLAN, UM, THERE ON, THERE'S THE, THE TWO NEW CONSTRUCTION BUILDINGS KIND OF IN THE MIDDLE, ALL THAT AROUND IT IS PARKING.

THAT'S ALL PARKING.

SO WE ARE, WE ARE INCREASING THE NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES, UM, BETWEEN THE ONSITE PARKING AND THE STREET PARKING.

WE'RE WELL OVER ONE PARKING SPOT PER UNIT.

SO WE'RE NOT DOING UNDERGROUND PARKING OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, RIGHT? NO, NO.

SO PEOPLE ARE STILL GONNA BE ABLE TO PARK DIAGON LIKE THIS, LIKE THE WAY THEY PARK.

OH, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT ON PET ALICE IN SECOND? YEAH.

SO BECAUSE WE WE'RE HAVING ISSUE WITH ALL THAT GOING ON RIGHT NOW, I GLAD TO BRING THAT, PUT BIKE LANES AND WE'RE JUST LIKE THIS NARROW YEP.

AND WE'RE ALL LIKE SQUISHED.

SO I'M KIND OF FIGURE OUT LIKE WHAT THE PLAN.

NO, I APPRECIATE THAT.

SO EVERY SINGLE MEETING THAT I HAVE GONE TO, I THINK WITHOUT EXCEPTION, HAKA, RESIDENTS, NEIGHBORHOOD, EVERYBODY HAS SAID, CAN WE GET RID OF THAT BACKEND DIAGONAL PARKING? SO WE'RE ALREADY HAVING MEETINGS WITH SOME OF THE CITY DEPARTMENTS, TRANSPORTATION PARTICULARLY TO, TO ASK THAT WE CHANGE BACK TO PARALLEL PARKING RATHER THAN THE BACKEND PARKING.

NOBODY LIKES THAT IN PARALLEL PARKING AT THIS LOCATION, THERE'S TOO MUCH TRAFFIC AND AS YOU SAID, IT NARROWS THE STREET TOO MUCH.

SO WE'RE GONNA DO OUR BEST TO GET RID OF THAT.

AND THEN THE DUMPSTERS, THE BIG DUMPSTERS THAT Y'ALL HAVE MM-HMM .

ON EAST SECOND STREET.

THAT ARE JUST, THOSE ARE GONNA BE RELOCATED TOO.

UM, YOU CAN SEE IT'S HARD TO SEE, BUT AT THE VERY, VERY TOP OF THE SITE PLAN IN THE PARKING LOT, THERE ARE TWO LITTLE WHITE BOXES RIGHT THERE.

THOSE ARE THE TWO DUMPSTER LOCATIONS.

SO YOU'RE BRINGING 'EM IN.

SO THEY NO LONGER WILL BE IN THE STREET.

I THINK, UH, YEAH, WE'RE JUST LIKE, UH, OUR COMMISSIONER STATED, YOU KNOW, WE'RE WE REALLY THE MFI THING, IT'S AN ISSUE AND I KNOW IT'S A FEDERAL THING AND MAYBE THE CDC CAN START WORKING ON, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO SEE IF WE COULD GET THE MFI CHANGE HERE ON A FEDERAL LEVEL.

UM, BECAUSE SHE IS RIGHT.

YOU KNOW, THIS IS, UM, A LOT OF WORKING CLASS PEOPLE ARE STILL UNDER THE, YOU KNOW, THE POVERTY GUIDELINE, YOU KNOW, AND THIS IS A POVERTY UNIT.

SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, IN POVERTY THAT ARE, THEY'RE ABLE TO STILL STAY IN THESE UNITS AND COME BACK.

AND SO WE'LL JUST BE MONITORING THAT AS WE GO FORWARD.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.

COMMISSIONER DELGADO, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS SIDE? NO.

UM, I DO HAVE SOME THINGS.

UM, SO COMMISSIONER DELGADO MENTIONED CHALMERS, UM, AND HOW SOME OF THEM WERE MARKET RATE AT CHALMERS.

THAT'S NOT THE CASE AT SANTA RITA OR NO.

WELL AT, AT SANTA RITA? WE DON'T KNOW YET.

I DON'T WANNA, I, WE HAVEN'T, THAT SECOND PHASE IS STILL, IS STILL IN THE WORKS, SO I DON'T WANNA SAY FOR SURE.

NO.

UM, WE HAVE PUT A HANDFUL OF MARKET AT A, AT SOME OF OUR PROPERTIES FOR EXACTLY THE REASON THAT COMMISSIONER DELGADO BROUGHT UP.

WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO GUARANTEE THE RIGHT TO RETURN.

SO IF THERE WERE A FAMILY WHO GOT A RAISE, GOT A NEW JOB, AND DIDN'T MEET THAT 80% LIMIT, IF WE HAVE A COUPLE OF MARKET UNITS, WE CAN BRING THEM BACK.

WE CAN ALSO TAKE THE HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHERS FROM THE MARKET UNIT.

SO A LOT OF OUR, OUR UNITS AT CHALMERS, OUR MARKET UNITS AT CHALMERS ACTUALLY HAVE HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER FAMILIES IN THEM.

GOT IT.

AND, UM, I GUESS ON THAT, UH, DO YOU HAVE ANY LESSONS THAT WERE LEARNED IN CHALMERS, UH, WITH THE RELOCATION, GETTING PEOPLE BACK, THINGS THAT YOU'RE DOING DIFFERENTLY? OH MY GOSH, SO MANY .

THAT'S, THAT'S A WHOLE NOTHER, THAT'S A WHOLE NOTHER PRESENTATION.

OUTREACH WITH THE FAMILIES TO BRING THEM TOGETHER.

UM, LET ME SEE.

AND, AND MY, MY STAFF MEMBER, TIFFANY MIDDLETON IS SO, SPEAKS SO ELOQUENTLY ON THIS, I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN DO IT JUSTICE, BUT, UM, WE WERE, WE WERE LUCKY TO HAVE, UM, A, UM, UH, A PROFESSOR FROM CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY, DR. MARK JOSEPH COME, AND HE WROTE A, HE'S FROM THE NATIONAL INITIATIVE FOR MIXED INCOME COMMUNITIES, AND HE ACTUALLY DID A WORKSHOP WITH OUR RESIDENT AT CHALMERS, RESIDENTS AT CHALMERS TO TALK ABOUT, IT WAS A VISIONING WORKSHOPS, TALK ABOUT WHAT A NEW COMMUNITY COULD BE LIKE.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE LEARNED FROM THAT, AND HAVE APPLIED AT ROSEWOOD AND NOW ARE APPLYING AT SANTA RITA, IS THAT BRINGING THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER AND, AND REALLY STRENGTHENING THE COMMUNITY BEFORE THEY RELOCATE.

AND THEN WHEN THEY'RE ENVISIONING THIS NEW PROPERTY, REAPS BENEFITS AT CHAL MARKS, WE HAD A MORE THAN 80% RETURN RATE.

UM, AND WE PUT A LOT OF THAT TO THE FACT THAT WE DID THIS STRONG

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UM, THE OTHER THING THOUGH, WE ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT RESIDENTS COMING BACK WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING.

AND WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED IS THAT RESIDENT CHOICE AND RESIDENT EMPOWERMENT IS ACTUALLY MORE IMPORTANT.

IF WE'D LOVE THEM TO COME BACK, WE WANT EVERYBODY TO COME BACK.

BUT WHEN MOST OF THESE FOLKS MOVED INTO CHALMERS, THEY DIDN'T SAY, I WANNA LIVE AT CHALMERS.

THEY PUT THEIR NAMES ON A VERY, VERY LONG LIST.

AND ONE DAY THEY'D A PHONE GOT A PHONE CALL AND SAID, I HAVE A UNIT AVAILABLE AT CHALMERS.

AND IF THEY SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT, BOY, I'D REALLY RATHER LIVE NORTH, OR, BOY, MY MOM IS SOUTH, CAN I GO HERE? WHO WOULD SAY, SURE, YOUR NAME'S GOING TO THE BOTTOM OF THE LIST.

AND SO PEOPLE ENDED UP AT CHALMERS BECAUSE THEY NEEDED THE HOUSING.

SO WITH, WITH RELOCATION AND THEM GETTING A VOUCHER AND BEING ABLE TO MOVE NORTH OR SOUTH OR EAST, OR BY THEIR DOCTOR, THEIR MOM OR THEIR CHURCH, THEY HAD CHOICE THEY DIDN'T HAVE BEFORE.

SO SOMETIMES MOVING BACK ISN'T THE BEST THING.

THAT WAS SOMETHING WE KIND OF HAD TO WRAP OUR HEADS AROUND, BUT, UM, BUT YEAH, IF, IF, IF YOU EVER WANT TO SPEAK MORE DEEPLY ABOUT THE RESIDENT EXPERIENCE WITH RELOCATION, I WOULD, I WOULD BE HAPPY TO BRING, UM, IF, IF IT'S OKAY WITH COMMISSION TO BRING MY, MY, UM, COWORKER TIFFANY MIDDLETON.

SHE'S A LICENSED SOCIAL WORKER AND SHE'S OUR FULL-TIME STAFF MEMBER WHO WORKS WITH THE RELOCATED RESIDENTS TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE EVERYTHING THAT THEY NEED.

I HOPE I ANSWERED YOUR QUESTION.

YEAH, YEAH.

UM, LAST THING, UM, AS FAR AS THE MFI, UM, COMPLETELY AGREE WITH MY COMMISSIONERS HERE THAT, UM, YEAH, 60 TO 80, 80% M FFI DOES NOT COVER, OR THAT'S WAY TOO HIGH FOR OUR WORKING FAMILIES.

UM, ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD WANT SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE OR LIVED OR GREW UP IN THESE PLACES TO ACTUALLY OWN A HOME.

UM, RIGHT THERE.

UM, DEFINITELY TOO HIGH.

YOU SAID THAT YOU WERE WORKING WITH HABITAT, UH, ON THOSE, UH, IS HABIT, DOES HABITAT, UM, SET THE MFI FOR THOSE, OR? WELL, SO I, THEY, HMM.

UM, SO WE SET A SALES PRICE AND, AND I ACTUALLY, I WAS ABLE TO LISTEN TO SOME OF, FROM HABITAT, GIVE THIS ANSWER THE OTHER DAY.

I DUNNO IF I'LL DO IT JUSTICE, BUT, UM, THE, THE SALES PRICE IS, IS BASED ON WHAT IT COSTS, WHAT IT COSTS THEM TO BUILD MM-HMM .

UM, AND, AND THEN ONCE WE, AND WITH, WITH ALL THE, ALL THE SUPPORT WITH THE VOLUNTEER LABOR, ALL THAT.

SO THE FACT THAT WE'RE ABLE TO SELL THEM FOR, WHAT DID I SAY, 1 54, I THINK, YEAH.

THE FACT THAT WE'RE ABLE TO SELL THEM AT MM-HMM .

1 56 AND 180 2, I MEAN, JUST THAT IS UNHEARD OF IN AUSTIN.

UM, BUT EVEN WITH THAT, UM, THE REASON WE GET THAT 60 TO 80% OF MFI IS BECAUSE THAT'S THE INCOME THAT IT TAKES TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD A MORTGAGE ON THIS KIND OF, ON THIS KIND OF SALES PRICE.

UM, SO IT'S NOT THAT WE ONLY WANT PEOPLE WHO MAKE 60%, IT'S THAT YOU NEED TO MAKE 60% TO AFFORD $156,000 HOMES.

THAT'S KIND OF WHERE THEY'VE, WHERE THEY'VE DONE THE MATH.

I DO WANNA POINT OUT THAT PART OF THE, THE SERVICES THAT BOTH HAKA, HOME OWNERSHIP GROUP AND HABITAT PROVIDE IS WHEN FOLKS COME IN AND SAY, I'D REALLY LIKE TO GET ON ONE OF THESE HOMES.

THEY GO THROUGH A PROCESS TO CHECK, YOU KNOW, CREDIT AND INCOME AND ALL THE THINGS THAT ANYBODY WOULD NEED TO APPLY FOR A LOAN.

AND THEY'LL, YOU KNOW, YOUR CREDIT SCORE IS GREAT, YOUR INCOME ISN'T ENOUGH, SO LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT WE CAN DO.

YOU KNOW, IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PROMOTION AT WORK? IF YOU TOOK THIS CLASS, COULD YOU GET SOME MORE SKILLS? SO THEY WORK WITH THEM TO TRY AND MAKE THEM ELIGIBLE TO MEET THE CRITERIA TO BUY THE HOME.

SO MOST FOLKS DON'T COME IN ELIGIBLE TO BUY ON THE FIRST GO ROUND.

IT'S A MONTHS LONG PROCESS OF US WORKING TO GET THEM TO THE PLACE WHERE THEY'RE ABLE TO QUALIFY FOR THE HOME.

AND DOES THAT INCLUDE LIKE, UM, DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE? YES.

THINGS LIKE THAT? YES.

HABITAT, UM, GENERALLY WORKS WITH THE CITY'S DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

UM, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? WE'RE GOOD.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION, FOR YOUR QUESTION.

APPRECIATE IT.

ALL RIGHT, COMMISSIONERS, LET'S, UM, GO ON

[5. Updates on the potential implications of the proposed federal spending cuts to local programs and services (Mandy DeMayo, Interim Director Housing Department). ]

TO ITEM NUMBER FIVE.

WE HAVE UPDATES ON THE POTENTIAL IMPLICATIONS OF THE PROPOSED FEDERAL SPENDING CUTS TO LOCAL PROGRAMS AND SERVICES.

UH, DIRECTOR DE MAYO IS, UH, GOING TO PRESENT ON THAT.

FEBRUARY OUTLINING, UM, SOME THINGS THAT WE WERE SEEING, UH, AND THAT EVERYBODY'S BEEN SEEING IN THE NEWS MEDIA, UM, ABOUT SPENDING CUTS AND STAFF CUTS.

GOOD EVENING, ALL.

MANDY DE MAYO, I'M THE INTERIM DIRECTOR OF THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT.

I DO NOT HAVE A FORMAL PRESENTATION, UM, BUT I DO WANNA KEEP YOU ALL, UH, POSTED ON WHAT WE'RE LEARNING ABOUT, UM, POTENTIAL FEDERAL SPENDING CUTS AND STAFF CUTS AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL.

UM, OF COURSE, YOU ALL, AS THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION, YOU OVERSEE AND PROVIDE GUIDANCE ON OUR FEDERAL FUNDING, WHICH IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WORK.

UM, WE DO HERE IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN.

WE SENT A MEMO TO MARIN COUNCIL THE END OF

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THE THING THAT, UH, PARTICULARLY STRUCK US WAS NEWS THAT FOR THE US DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, HUD THAT PROVIDES, UM, A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF OUR FUNDING, UM, WAS GOING TO EXPERIENCE 50% STAFF CUTS.

AND THAT IN ONE PARTICULAR DIVISION AT HUD, WHICH IS CALLED THE COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT, OR CPD, UH, THEY WERE PLANNING AN 84% STAFF CUT.

SO FOR CPD, UH, ACROSS THE COUNTRY, THERE WERE NEARLY A THOUSAND EMPLOYEES.

AND THE ARTICULATED GOAL WAS TO GET THOSE EMPLOYEES DOWN TO 150 EMPLOYEES.

THE REASON WE WERE TUNED INTO CPD STAFF CUTS AND THE, THERE HASN'T BEEN SPECIFIC CORRELATION OR MENTION OF FUNDING CUTS PER SE.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT STAFF CUTS RIGHT NOW, BUT CPD IS WHERE, UM, THE BULK OF OUR HUD FUNDING LIES.

SO WE COME HERE AND TALK FREQUENTLY ABOUT CDBG COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT, HOME FUNDING, HOPWA, WHICH IS HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS AND ESG EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANT.

ALL FOUR OF THOSE BLOCK GRANTS COME UNDER CPD, AS DOES OUR CONTINUUM OF CARE FUNDING FOR PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.

TO GIVE YOU ALL A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT, UM, THIS YEAR OUR, THIS FISCAL YEAR, OUR FOUR BLOCK GRANTS, CDBG HOME, HOPPO, ESG, UH, REPRESENT ABOUT FOUR $14 MILLION THAT COMES TO THE CITY OF AUSTIN.

AND WE, UH, PROVIDE A RANGE OF PROGRAMS AND SERVICES AND CONTRACT WITH A VARIETY OF ORGANIZATIONS.

UM, THAT INCLUDES FOR CDBG HOME REPAIR IS A MINOR HOME REPAIR WHERE WE CONTRACT WITH NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.

WE ALSO, THROUGH AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH, HAVE, UH, OVER A MILLION DOLLARS IN WHAT WE CALL PUBLIC SERVICES THROUGH CDBG.

THAT INCLUDES MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, SENIOR SERVICES, UM, AND YOUTH SERVICES.

THAT'S ALL THROUGH CDBG.

WE HAVE THROUGH HOME, THERE WAS A MENTION OF HABITAT FOR HUMANITY AND OUR DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, HO THROUGH THE HOME PROGRAM WE PROVIDE.

LAST YEAR WAS CLOSE TO 30 DPAS DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE FOR LOW AND MODERATE INCOME HOUSEHOLDS.

WE ALSO DO TENANT, TENANT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE FOR PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.

UM, UH, HOPWA PROVIDES FUNDING TO A FOUR COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATION THAT SERVE PEOPLE WITH HIV AIDS AND ESG PROVIDES, UH, FUNDING FOR SHELTER OPERATIONS FOR PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.

SO THESE ARE CRUCIAL, CRUCIAL FOUNDATIONAL PROGRAMS. UM, WE HAVE GRANT AGREEMENTS WITH HUD THAT WERE ASSIGNED IN THE FALL, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR, FOR THAT $14 MILLION IN JANUARY OF THIS YEAR.

THE $14 MILLION FOR OUR COC, OUR CONTINUUM OF CARE ORGANIZATIONS WAS ANNOUNCED, BUT WE DON'T HAVE SIGNED GRANT AGREEMENTS YET FOR THOSE, WE ARE KEENLY WATCHING WHAT IS, UH, HAPPENING, UH, AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL AS WELL AS AT THE LOCAL LEVEL.

WE, WE REPORT UP THROUGH THE SAN ANTONIO FIELD OFFICE.

UM, THERE ARE PARTNERS IN EVERYTHING THAT WE DO.

UM, AND, AND WE ARE CERTAINLY WATCHING WHEN STAFF CUTS COULD TAKE PLACE AND THEN WHAT THAT WOULD MEAN FOR ACTUAL PROGRAMS. UM, I WISH I HAD MORE CONCRETE INFORMATION TO PROVIDE YOU ALL, LIKE, WE EXPECT BY THIS DATE THIS WILL HAPPEN.

WE REALLY DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION.

WE'RE GETTING A LOT OF INFORMATION FROM THE MEDIA, JUST LIKE YOU ALL ARE.

UM, AND WE'RE TRYING TO ADJUST ACCORDINGLY.

UH, RIGHT NOW OUR OPERATIONS ARE BUSINESS AS USUAL.

WE HAVE A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON IN THE COMMUNITY.

WE'RE NOT STOPPING.

UM, AND SO WE'RE CONTINUING TO OPERATE OUR PROGRAMS AND SERVICES, UM, UNTIL WE ARE NOTIFIED OTHERWISE BY HUD.

UM, THAT'S PRIMARILY THE UPDATE ON FEDERAL FUNDING.

I, I WILL SAY, ALTHOUGH I KNOW THIS COMMISSION IS, IS TUNED INTO, UM, OUR, OUR HUD FUNDING.

THE, THE CITY DOES RECEIVE, UM, A VARIETY OF

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OTHER FEDERAL FUNDS FROM A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT SOURCES, UM, AS DO MOST CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

UM, AND SO WE'RE KIND OF ALL IN THIS TOGETHER, UM, LOOKING AT WHAT, UM, FUNDING IMPLICATIONS COULD BE, WHETHER IT'S THE FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION OR HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, OR THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, OR IN OUR CASE HUD, I AM HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS AND I, I'M NOT SURE THAT I HAVE ANY ANSWERS.

UM, BUT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU ALL KNEW EXACTLY WHAT WE DID.

WE'RE HAPPY TO FORWARD.

UM, AND WE MIGHT HAVE FORWARDED THE MEMO THAT WENT TO MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

UM, IF NOT, WE WILL KEEP YOU POSTED.

WE ARE TRYING TO KEEP OUR MAYOR AND COUNCIL ABREAST OF WHAT IS GOING ON, UM, AS WE GET INFORMATION.

AND YEAH, I FEEL LIKE WE'RE ALL IN THE SAME PLACE WHERE WE'RE JUST HEARING NEWS AND TRYING TO REACT OR KEEP GOING.

WE ARE HEARING NEWS, REACTING AND ALSO TRYING TO STAY CALM AND JUST DO THE WORK THAT WE DO IN THE COMMUNITY.

DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, UH, FROM ANY OF THE COMMISSIONERS? YEAH, JUST A QUICK QUESTION.

GOT A LITTLE SHOUT OUT EARLIER THERE, .

I PROMISE.

I HEARD THAT.

I HEARD THAT AND I, I MADE A NOTE 'CAUSE I, I HAVE SOME, UM, I HAVE SOME THINGS TO WE'LL GET ON A FUTURE AGENDA.

AWESOME.

WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT.

THAT SOUNDS PROMISING.

, UM, JUST A QUICK QUESTION ABOUT THESE AGREEMENTS.

WHAT IS THE TERM LENGTH? BECAUSE I KNOW YOU SAID THIS WAS LAST YEAR WHEN YOU RECENTLY SIGNED AN AGREEMENT, SO I'M JUST CURIOUS WHAT THE TERM LENGTH THAT ASSURES FUNDING IS COMING THROUGH.

SO OUR GRANT AGREEMENTS ARE FOR ONE YEAR.

WE ARE CURRENTLY IN, IN A FISCAL YEAR IN WHICH WE HAVE SECURED GRANT AGREEMENTS FOR THOSE FOUR DIFFERENT PROGRAMS, CDBG, HOME HOP BOY, ESG, UM, FOR APPROXIMATELY $14 MILLION.

WE ARE IN THE PROCESS, AND I THINK IT'S GONNA BE AT THE NEXT, UH, CDC MEETING WHERE WE'LL TALK ABOUT, UM, THE ACTION PLAN, WHICH IS OUR PLANNING PROCESS FOR NEXT FISCAL YEAR.

WE ARE, AGAIN, BUSINESS AS USUAL.

THIS IS THE TIME OF YEAR WHEN WE WOULD BE DOING THE ACTION PLAN PLANNING.

UH, AND WE ARE, UH, TAKING ALL OF THE STEPS THAT WE NORMALLY WOULD.

WE'RE MEETING WITH A VARIETY OF BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AND COMMUNITY GROUPS.

UM, AND WE'RE PLANNING OUT OUR FUNDING FOR NEXT FISCAL YEAR.

UM, AND WE'RE GONNA TAKE IT FROM THERE.

BUT THAT, THAT IS, WE ONLY HAVE, WE HAVE ONE YEAR OF FUNDING SECURED, WHICH IS TYPICAL.

WE TYPICALLY GO YEAR TO YEAR.

COMMISSIONER TISHA, DO WE HAVE ANOTHER OTHER QUESTIONS ONLINE? ANY QUESTIONS FROM OUR COMMISSIONERS IN PERSON? OKAY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

OUR APRIL, WHAT WAS THE DATE FOR OUR NEXT, UH, NEXT MEETING.

UH, LET'S MOVE ON TO, UH,

[6. Discussion of the Nominations Process for the Community Development Commission officers (Vice Chair Elias, Community Development Commission)]

ITEM NUMBER SIX.

UH, SO THIS IS A DISCUSSION OF THE NOMINATION PROCESS FOR THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION OFFICERS.

SO I WILL GO TO OUR BYLAWS, UH, TO PRESENT ON THAT.

SO OUR ARTICLE FOUR OF OUR CDC BYLAWS SAYS, UM, A, THE OFFICERS OF THE BOARD SHALL CONSIST OF A CHAIR AND A VICE CHAIR.

OFFICERS SHALL BE ELECTED ANNUALLY BY A MAJORITY VOTE OF THE BOARD AT THE FIRST REGULAR MEETING AFTER APRIL 1ST.

SO THAT WILL BE OUR NEXT CDC MEETING.

IN THE EVENT OF A CURRENT OFFICER BECOMES INELIGIBLE TO SERVE AS AN OFFICER, THE BOARD MAY HOLD AN EMERGENCY ELECTION AS NEEDED.

UH, SO THE TERMS OF OFFICERS WILL BE FOR ONE YEAR, BEGINNING MAY 1ST, AND ENDING THE FOLLOWING YEAR ON APRIL 30TH.

AN OFFICER MAY CONTINUE TO SERVE UNTIL A SUCCESSOR IS ELECTED.

A PERSON MAY NOT SERVE AS AN OFFICER IN A DESIGNATED POSITION OR OF A BOARD FOR MORE THAN FOUR CONSECUTIVE ONE YEAR TERMS. A PERSON WHO HAS SERVED AS AN OFFICER IN A DESIGNATED POSITION OF A BOARD FOR FOUR CONSECUTIVE TERMS IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR REELECTION TO THAT DESIGNATED OFFICE UNTIL THE EXPIRATION OF TWO YEARS AFTER THE LAST DATE OF THE PERSON'S SERVICE IN THAT OFFICE.

THE BOARD MAY OVERRIDE THE TERM LIMIT PROVISIONS FOR AN OFFICER BY AN AFFIRMATIVE VOTE OF TWO THIRDS OF THE AUTHORIZED BOARD MEMBERS, AND A MEMBER MAY NOT HOLD MORE THAN ONE OFFICE AT A TIME.

SO WITH THAT, UM, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE OUR PROCESS, OUR NOMINATION PROCESS ON

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OUR, IN OUR APRIL MEETING, SORRY.

UH, IN OUR APRIL MEETING, WE'LL HAVE NOMINATIONS FOR, UM, FOR OFFICERS.

UM, SO THAT'S HOW THE NOMINATING PROCESS WORKS.

UM, AM I MISSING ANYTHING, ED? NO, IT'S APRIL 8TH.

APRIL 8TH.

YES.

SO OUR APRIL 8TH MEETING, WE'LL, WE'LL HAVE NOMINATIONS AND VOTING FOR OUR OFFICERS.

AND REAL QUICK, YES.

UM, WE DID TYPE UP A SOMETHING FOR YOU TO READ AND I'M, I'M GONNA, ONCE I FINALIZE IT, YES.

I'LL FORWARD IT TO ALL OF THE COMMISSIONERS SO THEY CAN SEE IT, BUT IT KIND OF, KIND OF WALKS YOU THROUGH IT.

UM, I THINK I TALKED TO YOU ABOUT IT YES, YES.

BEFORE, AND I'LL SEND THAT OUT TO EVERYBODY.

I JUST NEED TO FINALIZE IT.

THERE WAS ONE MORE PIECE OF IT THAT I NEED TO MAKE SURE I WAS CERTAIN ON, BUT MM-HMM.

AND I'LL SEND THAT OUT TO EVERYBODY.

OKAY, THAT'S GREAT.

IT'LL BE VERY HELPFUL.

THANK YOU, ED.

OKAY, SO THAT'S, UM, ITEM NUMBER SIX, UH, DENOMINATION PROCESS FOR THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION AND OFFICERS.

AGAIN, APRIL 8TH, WE'LL HAVE OUR ELECTIONS FOR OFFICERS.

AND OUR LAST ITEM,

[8. Discussion and action on establishing a Housing Committee for the Community Development Commission (Vice Chair Elias, Community Development Commission).]

ITEM NUMBER EIGHT.

IT IS A DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEM, UH, ESTABLISHING THE HOUSING COMMITTEE FOR THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION.

AND AGAIN, UM, I WILL GO BACK TO OUR BYLAWS, WHICH, UM, ARTICLE NUMBER EIGHT A SAYS, THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING COMMITTEE, A HOUSING COMMITTEE.

THE COMMITTEE SHALL EXPLORE IN-DEPTH POLICY ISSUES RELATED TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING, C COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, AND OTHER ISSUES AS ASSIGNED TO THE COMMITTEE.

SO, UH, WE ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE A HOUSING COMMITTEE, SO WE HAVE TO TAKE A VOTE TO ESTABLISH THIS COMMITTEE.

AND THEN EIGHT B, SORRY, UH, SORRY.

EIGHT C UH, SAYS THE BOARD CHAIR SHALL APPOINT, UH, A BOARD MEMBER AS COMMITTEE CHAIR WITH THE MEMBER'S CONSENT.

EIGHT D SAYS, UM, SORRY, I'M GETTING LOST.

UM, SORRY, I, I MISSED ONE.

UH, SO WE, WE SHOULD HAVE AT LEAST THREE MEMBERS OF THIS COMMITTEE.

UM, I KNOW SOME OF YOU HAVE EXPRESSED INTEREST.

UM, AND, UH, SO WE'LL TAKE A VOTE TO ESTABLISH THIS COMMITTEE.

AND IF IT'S OKAY WITH EVERYONE, UH, THE APPOINTMENT OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS, I BELIEVE SHOULD BE LEFT, UM, FOR NEXT TIME BECAUSE WE WILL, UH, HAVE OUR OFFICER ELECTIONS AND WE WILL HAVE, UH, NEW SEATED, UH, COMMISSIONERS, IF, DOES EVERYBODY AGREE WITH THAT? YEAH.

SO WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A VOTE.

UH, TODAY, I'M JUST ESTABLISHING THE HOUSING COMMITTEE FOR THE CDC.

SO, DOES ANYBODY, UM, WANT TO MAKE A MOTION TO, WAIT, HOLD ON.

I HAVE A QUESTION.

YES, YES.

GO AHEAD.

SO, I, I MAY HAVE MISUNDERSTOOD.

UM, ACCORDING TO THE BYLAWS, YES.

UM, WE HAVE TO HAVE A HOUSING COMMITTEE.

YES.

SO WE'RE GONNA VOTE TO HAVE A HOUSING C TO ESTABLISH IT.

TO ESTABLISH IT MM-HMM .

BECAUSE IT DIDN'T EXIST BEFORE.

IT DID NOT.

YEAH, WE, WELL, WHAT, WHAT HAPPENED DURING COVID? UM, OF COURSE EVERYBODY WAS REMOTE.

SO THE, THE HOUSING COMMITTEE JUST KIND OF STOPPED MEETING AND AFTER THAT IT JUST KIND OF DISSOLVED.

AND, BUT WE DO NEED TO BRING IT BACK.

AND YES, IT IS, IT IS PART OF THE CDC TO HAVE THE HOUSING COMMITTEE.

SO, BUT THAT, THAT WAS THE REASON WHY IT KIND OF WENT AWAY.

AND, UH, ONE MORE CLARIFICATION QUESTION.

SO A MINIMUM OF THREE MEMBERS, RIGHT? YES.

AND, BUT IT COULD BE MORE THAN THREE.

IT COULD BE MORE THAN THREE.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

WELL, IN THAT CASE, I MOTION TO ESTABLISH A HOUSING COMMITTEE.

UH, THANK YOU COMMISSIONER LONGORIA.

UM, I'LL SECOND SECOND BY COMMISSIONER TISHA.

UH, IF YOU ARE, IF YOU APPROVE OF, UH, HAVING A HOUSING, OF ESTABLISHING A HOUSING COMMITTEE FOR THE CDC, RAISE YOUR HAND.

THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS.

UM, SO WE HAVE OUR HOUSING COMMITTEE, AND LIKE I SAID, UH, AFTER OUR OFFICER ELECTIONS AND AFTER OUR NEW, UH, COMMISSIONERS ARE SEATED, UH, WE CAN, UH, MAKE THOSE APPOINTMENTS, UH, TO THE COMMITTEE.

UM, ARE YOU ADJOURNED? CAN I SAY SOMETHING? YEAH.

FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS THAT WOULD, UM, THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN OUR UPCOMING MEETINGS? YES.

SO CAN I DO A FUTURE AGENDA FIRST? OKAY.

UH, SO, UH, COMMISSIONERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY

[FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS]

I HAD ORIGINALLY ASKED FOR CAP METRO, BUT I JUST WANTED TO EXPAND UPON THAT.

FOR POINT OF CLARIFICATION, IT'S THE CAP METRO EXPANSION PLAN.

UM, I WOULD, THAT'S, THAT WOULD BE WONDERFUL IF WE COULD HEAR A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT THAT EXPANSION PLAN, UM, OR EXPANSION LOOKS LIKE WITH THE RAPID LINES

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THAT ARE COMING ONLINE, THAT ARE CURRENTLY ONLINE, AS WELL AS THOSE THAT ARE PLANNING TO BE ONLINE AND HOW THAT WILL SERVE THE, UM, EXTERNAL COMMUNITIES OF AUSTIN, UH, THAT ESPECIALLY REACH OUR, UH, WORKING CLASS MARGINALIZED GROUPS.

AND THEN I SORRY, GO AHEAD.

SORRY.

I WAS GONNA SAY THAT'S ACTUALLY A TP IS ON OH PORTION.

UM, AND MR. BLAKE, IF YOU'D LIKE, I CAN CONNECT YOU WITH A COUPLE OF FOLKS.

THAT, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER.

THANKS.

AWESOME.

WELL, THANK YOU.

COMMISSIONER ORTIZ, , .

UM, AND THEN I HAVE ONE OTHER QUESTION, UH, OR A REQUEST THAT WE BRING ON A FUTURE AGENDA AND POTENTIALLY HAVING THIS AS A, UM, REOCCURRING ITEM IS ECHO IS COMING OUT WITH A NEW REPORT, THEIR RECENT REPORT ON UNHOUSED MORTALITY.

AND, UH, THAT WOULD BE GREAT TO HEAR.

THEY ARE HAVING AN OPEN SESSION, A PUBLIC SESSION ON APRIL 2ND.

SO IF THEY COULD, UH, THEN NOT ONLY BRING THE REPORT DATA, BUT ALSO FEEDBACK FROM THAT PUBLIC CONVERSATION, PUBLIC DISCUSSION THAT HAPPENED ON APRIL 2ND, THAT WOULD BE REALLY GREAT.

AND SO, UM, THAT'S FROM ECHO, THE, OF COURSE ENDING COMMUNITY HOMELESSNESS COALITION HERE IN AUSTIN.

BUT THE PERSON SPECIFICALLY THAT IS GOING TO BE LEADING THAT OPEN FORUM IS ON DANICA PRAYER.

SO IF YOU NEEDED A SPECIFIC NAME TO CONNECT WITH AT ECHO, IT'D BE GREAT IF SHE COULD COMMISSIONER TISHA, CAN YOU EMAIL ME THAT, THAT INFORMATION? THANK, THANK YOU.

AND ACTUALLY ON THAT NOTE, UH, IF YOU HAVE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE THESE PRESENTERS TO COVER, CAN YOU EMAIL THEM TO ED AS WELL? THANK YOU.

DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS? COMMISSIONERS, COMMISSIONER LONGORIA? ALRIGHT, WELL, UM, I MEAN, IT'S BEEN SET BEFORE, BUT I INSIST OF GETTING UPDATES AS FAR AS LIKE THE, THE EQUITY OVERLAY STUDY, UM, ENGAGING WITH THOSE PEOPLE AND INVITING THE COMMUNITY TO ENGAGE WITH THEM.

AND, UM, I WANTED TO BRING TO OUR ATTENTION, UM, THEY'RE GONNA IMPLEMENT, I, I HEAR THAT THEY'RE GONNA IMPLEMENT PAID PARKING ON THE EAST SIDE, UH, EAST OF I 35, SOUTH OF THIRD STREET, ALL THE WAY TO KOMAL SOUTH, UH, LIKE TO, TO THE RIVER.

SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I JUST KIND OF WANT TO GIVE, UM, THE COMMUNITY AN OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE AND EXPRESS THEIR CONCERNS OR COMING UP WITH CREATIVE SOLUTIONS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT THEY WANNA SEE.

AND AGAIN, UM, JUST, UM, I KNOW IT'S GONNA AFFECT SANCHEZ ELEMENTARY, IT MAY AFFECT MARTIN MIDDLE SCHOOL AND, UM, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO, YOU KNOW, JUST KIND OF WANNA BE AWARE OF THAT.

AND JUST TO CLARIFY, THAT WAS, UH, AN ITEM THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE? SURE.

UM, I MEAN, YEAH.

YEAH, I THINK IT'S, YEAH, IT MAY BE IMPORTANT.

I THINK WE'RE PROBABLY THE RIGHT COMMISSION TO TALK ABOUT THAT.

AND THE SAME THING, IF YOU HAVE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE FOR THE, THE PRESENTERS TO COVER, UH, SEND THEM OVER TO ED AND YOU CAN SEND THOSE OVER.

ANYBODY ELSE? ANY OTHER COMMISSIONER? HAVE SOMETHING FOR OUR FUTURE AGENDA? ALL RIGHT.

UH, BEFORE WE ADJOURN, UM, I WANT TO GIVE THE FLOOR TO COMMISSIONER DELGADO.

UH, GO AHEAD.

THANK YOU, CHAIR.

UM, I JUST WANTED TO WISH YOU ALL FAREWELL.

UH, FIRST OF ALL, I WANNA THANK, UH, THE STAFF, UH, FOR PUTTING UP WITH ME ALL THESE YEARS.

UM, I WANNA THANK YOU ALL, UM, FOR JUST CONTINUING TO DO THE WORK.

AND I KNOW THAT WE CAN REALLY BE HARD ON Y'ALL AT TIMES, BUT IT'S ALL OUT OF LOVE.

UM, AND, UH, JUST WANNA THANK ALL THE COMMISSIONERS THAT KNOW ME OR DON'T KNOW ME.

UM, THANK YOU ALL FOR ALSO PUTTING UP WITH ME AND LISTENING TO A LOT OF MY DEBATES AS WELL AS, YOU KNOW, UM, ARGUMENTS.

UM, BUT I, I KNOW YOU ARE GONNA DO A GREAT JOB.

UM, AND I KNOW YOU'RE GONNA DO VERY WELL BY REPRESENTING YOUR COMMUNITY AND ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE ARE VOLUNTEERS AND WE DO THE BEST THAT WE CAN.

AND SO JUST KEEP YOUR HEAD UP AND, UH, KEEP IT GOING.

AND I WISH YOU ALL WELL.

THANK YOU COMMISSIONER, UH, DELGADO, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR SERVICE.

COMMISSIONER DELGADO, UH, THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS STANDING UP FOR YOUR COMMUNITY AND ALL THE NEEDS AND, UH, YOU KNOW, JUST BEING ON THIS COMMISSION, WE'VE LEARNED SO MUCH THAT, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO BRING UP IN THESE CASES, RIGHT? UH, WE NEED TO ASK THOSE QUESTIONS.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND MY STARTS IN APRIL.

SO YOUR REPLACEMENT STARTS IN APRIL? YES.

ALRIGHT, THAT'S MY LAST MEETING.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

UH, IF WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE, IT IS 7 57 AND I EARLY .