* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:05] IF YOU'RE ONLINE, WILL YOU PLEASE TURN ON YOUR CAMERA? UM, [CALL TO ORDER] TODAY IS TUESDAY, MAY THE 13TH. UH, IT IS SIX THIRTY FOUR. I CALL THE MEETING OF THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION TO ORDER. UM, I WOULD LIKE TO READ THE PURPOSE OF OUR COMMISSION. THE PURPOSE OF THIS 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. SO WE HAVE QUORUM, UH, WELCOME, COMMISSIONER TRICE, COMMISSIONER TISHA ONLINE, COMMISSIONER BREWSTER AND COMMISSIONER ORTIZ. UH, COMM COMMISSIONER, UH, JASO, UH, COMMISSIONER, UH, VICE CHAIR, UH, VICE CHAIR ACHILLES. UH, COMMISSIONER LONGORIA. AND COMMISSIONER MARTINEZ. UH, AND I AM CHAIR, NO, ELIAS. UH, WE WILL BEGIN WITH, OUR FIRST ITEM IS [PUBLIC COMMUNICATION: GENERAL ] PUBLIC GENERAL COMMUNICATION. SO, REMEMBER, UH, PUBLIC COMMUNICATION, THE FIRST 10 SPEAKERS, UH, THAT SIGN UP PRIOR TO THE MEETING BEING CALLED TO ORDER. WE'LL BE ALLOWED THREE MINUTES TO ADDRESS THEIR CONCERNS REGARDING ITEMS THAT ARE NOT POSTED ON THE AGENDA. AND SO I HAVE THE SIGNUP SHEET HERE, AND WE HAVE, UH, BNA KALINGA, UM, AND SHE'S GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT DB 90 ACACIA CLIFFS APARTMENT. UH, SO YOU CAN COME UP, PLEASE. DO I SIT DOWN? YES. YOU WANT ME TO TAKE A SEAT? AND THE MICROPHONE IS ON. TURN THE MIC'S ON FOR YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. WELL, HELLO EVERYONE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. MY NAME IS VNA, LIKE NO, I JUST MENTIONED, AND I HAD TO MAKE A LITTLE NOTE FOR MYSELF. I LEFT ALL OF MY PAPERWORK AT HOME, SO I APOLOGIZE. IT'S BEEN A LONG DAY. I AM HERE, UM, AS ONE OF THE, UH, FIRST THE, UH, A RESIDENT OF ACACIA CLIFFS. UM, I HAPPEN TO BE ONE OF THE REPRESENTATIVES THAT, UM, IS, UH, PART OF THE REP, THE, THE TENANT ASSOCIATION THAT WE JUST CREATED. UM, I WANNA GIVE YOU A LITTLE TIMELINE OF WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH ACACIA CLIFFS. AS YOU MAY KNOW, UH, WE JUST, UH, RECENTLY LEARNED THAT ACACIA CLIFFS IS GOING TO BE DEMOLISHED, UM, UH, BY USING DB 90. UH, THE DEVELOPER THAT HAS PURCHASED THE PROPERTY IS, UM, SOMEONE WHO WE HAVE, UH, ATTEMPTED TO, TO, UH, WORK WITH AND, AND, YOU KNOW, TRY TO, UH, COMMUNICATE AND, UM, DO SOME NEGOTIATIONS. AND IT'S BEEN A LITTLE DIFFICULT, TO SAY THE LEAST. SO, I'M HERE TO REPRESENT ALL OF THE RESIDENTS THERE AT CACIA CLIFFS. UM, I WANNA JUST START WITH LETTING YOU KNOW THAT AT THE BEGINNING OF APRIL IS WHEN WE FOUND OUT ABOUT THE PROPERTY BEING DEMOLISHED. UM, IT IS, UH, BEING, UH, SAID THAT IT'S GOING TO BE ABOUT TWO YEARS BEFORE THAT HAPPENS, BUT IT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO HEAVILY IMPACT THE RESIDENTS THAT CURRENTLY LIVE THERE. UM, I WILL SAY THAT ONE OF THE VERY FIRST THINGS, UH, THAT WE, THAT WE DID WHEN WE FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS, UM, HAPPENING, WE GATHERED ALL OF THE RESIDENTS CAME UP WITH A LIST OF THE THINGS THAT WAS IMPORTANT TO THEM SO THAT WE CAN COME BACK TO, UH, OUR COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, JUST TO GET A VOTE TO EXTEND THE VOTING ON THE YES OR NO, UH, OF THE REZONING. UM, THAT WAS HEARTBREAKING BECAUSE, UH, E EVEN, YOU KNOW, GETTING THAT, UH, EXTENDED WAS, WAS REALLY HARD TO, TO GET, UM, IN PLACE. SO WE HAVE MET WITH A FEW COUNCIL MEMBERS, INCLUDING OUR OWN, WHO, UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE'VE SHARED SOME OF THE IDEAS THAT WE HAVE TO TRY TO KEEP THE AFFORDABILITY THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE AT ACACIA CLIFFS. ONE OF THE BIGGEST ISSUES IS THAT, UM, USING DB 90 IS GOING TO WIPE THE, UH, NATURALLY OCCURRING AFFORDABILITY THAT IT HAS, IT IS DEEPLY AFFORDABLE. UM, UH, AS YOU MAY VERY WELL KNOW, DB 90 HAS A, A SET OF, UH, UM, UH, BENEFITS THAT IT INCLUDES. UM, BUT THOSE BENEFITS DO NOT BEGIN TO HELP THE RESIDENTS THAT, THAT LIVE THERE. UM, THE MOST IMPORTANT, UH, TOPIC THAT I WANNA BRING UP IS THE ONE FOR ONE REPLACEMENT THAT WAS IN THE ORIGINAL LANGUAGE OF THAT DB 90 THAT HAS BEEN REMOVED. UM, THAT IS THE ONE THING THAT RESIDENTS CAN, UH, RELY ON TO NOT BE HOMELESS. SO IF THE, UH, DB 90, UM, INCLUDED ITS ORIGINAL, UH, DRAFT OF, OF HAVING A ONE FOR ONE REPLACEMENT, THEN RESIDENTS WOULD NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT BEING HOMELESS, UH, FROM THAT, YOU KNOW, BEING, UH, TAKEN AWAY. SO, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. IS THAT IT? THANK YOU SO MUCH. YES. UH, FOR COMING. [00:05:01] UM, YOU DID MENTION THAT YOU GOT AN EXTENSION. UM, WHEN WAS THAT FOR, OR, SO THE ORIGINAL VOTING AS I, IF I'M RECALLING THE TIME, UH, LINE RIGHT, IT, IT WAS APRIL 10TH WAS WHEN WE CAME IN TO ASK FOR THE EXTENSION FOR THE VOTE TO YES OR NO, UH, APPROVING THE, THE REZONING. UM, AND THAT WAS EXTENDED TO MAY 22ND. SO WE ARE NOW GOING TO VOTE, UM, YOU KNOW, FOR THAT PROPOSED ZONING ON MAY 22ND. AND WHAT WE'RE URGING IS FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE IN AUSTIN TO, TO VOTE NO, UH, FOR THOSE REZONING UNTIL THE POLICY CAN REALLY BE LOOKED AT AND, UM, CHANGED AND IMPLEMENTED FOR CONSIDERING THE IMPLICATIONS THAT IT HAS ON UNITS THAT ARE CURRENTLY REALLY DEEPLY AFFORDABLE. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. UH, AND THANK YOU YOU FOR BEING WITH US. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PUBLIC COMMUNICATION. AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, YOU CAN ALWAYS EMAIL OUR COMMISSION. OKAY. UH, ANY FOLLOW UP. UH, AND WE HAVE YOUR EMAIL AS WELL. SO IF ANY COMMISSIONER HAS ANY QUESTIONS, WE CAN ALSO EMAIL YOU SOME QUESTIONS AS WELL. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YES. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. HAVE A GREAT DAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. UH, WELCOME COMMISSIONER MENARD AND COMMISSIONER LYRIC. UH, WE HAVE, UH, GONE THROUGH OUR FIRST, UM, OUR FIRST ITEM, PUBLIC COMMUNICATION. WE WILL NOW [APPROVAL OF MINUTES] MOVE ON TO APPROVAL OF MINUTES. SO WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT OUR MINUTES FROM APRIL 8TH, 2025. UH, THEY ARE IN YOUR PACKET, SO IT TAKES SOME TIME TO LOOK AT THEM. UM, AND WE WILL TAKE A VOTE IN JUST A MINUTE. SO WHENEVER YOU'RE READY, I CAN, UM, HAVE A MOTION. OKAY. UM, I MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM APRIL. COMMISSIONER LONGORIA MOTIONS TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM APRIL 8TH, 2025. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I SECOND THAT APPROVAL. COMMISSIONER MENARD AND YES. UH, COMMISSIONER BREWSTER. WE HAVE A SECOND AND A THIRD. WAIT, WHO'S THE SECOND, SECOND? COMMISSIONER MENARD. OKAY. MENARD. HE HAS A SECOND. I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE. YES. SORRY ABOUT THAT. OKAY. SO, UH, SHOW WITH THE RAISE OF HANDS. UM, LET'S VOTE ON APPROVING THE APRIL 8TH, 20, 25 MINUTES. OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. DID YOU GET THAT COUNT? I GOT IT. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. UH, EXCUSE ME. UH, YES, COMMISSIONER JEFF. WHAT I'M SAYING, ONE HAS TO YEAH, COMMISSIONER, YOU HAVE TO ABSTAIN. YES. I, YES. SHE, SHE. SO, YES. I'M JUST MAKING SURE. 'CAUSE SHE, YEAH, SHE HAS TO ABSTAIN. WE, WE TALKED BEFORE. SHE KNOWS. SHE KNOWS WHY. OKAY. SHE . ALL RIGHT. THANK, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. UM, [2. Discussion and possible action on appointing members of the Community Development Commission to the Housing Committee. The committee shall explore in depth policy issues related to affordable housing, community development and other issues as assigned to the committee.] SO ITEM NUMBER TWO IN OUR AGENDA TODAY IS A DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON APPOINTING MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION TO THE HOUSING COMMITTEE. UH, THE COMMITTEE, THE COMMITTEE SHALL EXPLORE IN DEPTH POLICY ISSUES RELATED TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, AND OTHER ISSUES AS ASSIGNED TO THE COMMITTEE. SO, LAST, UH, MEETING, WE, WE TALKED ABOUT WHAT IT, UH, WHAT THE COMMISSION CONSISTS, SORRY, WHAT THE COMMITTEE CONSISTS OF. UM, SO I CAN READ FROM OUR BYLAWS. SO THE COMMITTEE SHALL BE ESTABLISHED, UH, BY AN AFFIRMATIVE VOTE. WE ALREADY DID THAT. UM, SO A COMMITTEE WILL START MEETING ONCE IT'S APPROVED BY THE COUNCIL AUDIT AND FINANCE COMMITTEE. [00:10:01] THE COMMITTEE SHOULD HAVE AT LEAST THREE BOARD MEMBERS APPOINTED BY THE CDC CHAIR. UH, A STAFF MEMBER SHALL BE ASSIGNED TO THE COMMITTEE BY THE DIRECTOR OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, OR NOW THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT. AND THE BOARD CHAIR SHALL APPOINT A BOARD MEMBER AS THE COMMITTEE CHAIR WITH THE MEMBER'S CONSENT. UH, SO THE MEETING RULES FOR THE COMMITTEE FOR THE HOUSING COMMITTEE ARE A MAJORITY OF THE TOTAL NUMBER OF APPOINTED COMMITTEE MEMBERS CONSTITUTES A QUORUM. THE HOUSING COMMITTEE SHALL MEET ON A REGULAR SCHEDULED BASIS, AT LEAST QUARTERLY, AND SHALL MAKE AN ANNUAL REPORT TO THE BOARD. UH, AT THE JANUARY BOARD MEETING, THE COMMITTEE MEETINGS MUST BE POSTED. SO WE HAVE TO FOLLOW THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT FOR THE HOUSING COMMITTEE AS WELL. UH, AT EACH COMMITTEE MEETING, A COMM, A COMMITTEE MEMBER SHALL SIGN IN A SHEET. SO THE SAME WAY WE DO HERE, UH, PROVIDED AND SHALL INDICATE THAT THE MEMBER HAS NO CONFLICT OF INTEREST WITH ANY ITEM, UM, ON THE COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA, OR IDENTIFY EACH AGENDA ITEM ON WHICH THE MEMBER HAS A CONFLICT OF INTEREST. SO, I WANT TO THANK EACH, EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATION AND YOUR SERVICE, UH, FOR YOUR EXPERTISE, FOR YOUR COMMITMENT. UH, THEY ARE ESSENTIAL AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE IMPORTANT WORK OF THIS COMMITTEE. SO, I'M GOING TO START THE NOMINATING PROCESS NOW. SO AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE, UH, TO APPOINT, UH, COMMISSIONER, COMMISSIONER LONGORIA TO THE HOUSING COMMITTEE OF THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION. UH, COMMISSIONER LONGORIA. DO YOU ACCEPT? AND WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK ON THAT APPOINTMENT? SURE. I APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH. UM, I DO ACCEPT THE NOMINATION. UM, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH, UM, THE REST OF THE COMMISSIONERS TO LEARNING MORE HOW WE COULD AFFECT HOUSING POLICY. SO, YEP. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. ED, DO WE TAKE A VOTE INDIVIDUALLY? YOU DO NOT HAVE TO VOTE. OKAY. WE'RE JUST APPOINTED. THIS IS ALL ON THE CHAIR. YEAH. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. SO AT THIS TIME, THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER LAGUARDIA. AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO APPOINT COMMISSIONER TISHA TO THE HOUSING COMMITTEE. COMMISSIONER. TISHA, DO YOU ACCEPT? AND WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK ON THE APPOINTMENT? THAT'S SO FUNNY. COMMISSIONER ORTIZ ON MY FACE. , THAT'S LING. UM, YES. THANK YOU SO MUCH. UH, THAT'S A, THAT'S AN HONORABLE, UM, UH, UH, NOMINATION. I APPRECIATE THAT. SO YES, I WILL ACCEPT YOUR NOMINATION, AND I AS WELL AM LOOKING FORWARD TO SPEAKING ABOUT HOW WE CAN UPLIFT AND ELEVATE THE MIDDLE CLASS, MIDDLE INCOME POPULATION HERE IN AUSTIN IN PROVIDING EQUITABLE HOUSING FOR THEM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER TISHA. AND AT THIS TIME, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO NOMINATE, UH, SORRY, APPOINT, UH, COMMISSIONER BREWSTER. UH, COMMISSIONER BREWSTER. DO YOU ACCEPT, AND WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK ON THAT APPOINTMENT? I DO ACCEPT THE APPOINTMENT. I'M GRATEFUL AND I'M HAPPY TO WORK WITH EVERYONE AND JUST TALK ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS SOMETHING THAT'S NEAR AND DEAR TO ME. I'VE SEEN SO MANY PEOPLE LOSE HOMES, AND I THINK THAT IT'S A, A, A VERY TOUCHY SUBJECT, BUT ONE THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. AND I JUST LOOK FORWARD TO BEING A PART OF A GROUP THAT'S LOOKING INTO THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. AND LASTLY, I WOULD LIKE TO APPOINT MYSELF, COMMISSIONER, NO, ELIAS AS OR CHAIR? NO, ELIAS AS, UM, PART OF THE HOUSING COMMITTEE. AND I ACCEPT . SO YOU, AT FOUR WE HAVE FOUR. YES, WE HAVE FOUR. OKAY. AND THAT'S IT. DID HE APPOINT A CHAIR? WHAT? DOES HE APPOINT APPOINTED CHAIR RIGHT NOW? YES. I HAVE A QUESTION. YES. COMMISSIONER TRICE, DOES IT HAVE, HAVE THE, UH, MINIMUM FOUR OR CAN OTHER INDIVIDUALS JOIN AS WELL FOR THE MINIMUM OR THE MAXIMUM? I CAN'T, I CAN'T HEAR. SO THREE IS ACTUALLY THE MINIMUM, RIGHT? IS THERE A MAXIMUM? THERE IS NO MAXIMUM. OKAY. SO I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE MYSELF IF THAT'S POSSIBLE. UH, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I AM DOING ON THE BACK END, SO I WOULD LOVE TO SUPPORT IT AS WELL. OKAY. SO I, I CAN TAKE THAT AS, UH, VOLUNTEERING AND THEN I CAN MAKE THE, THE MOTION THAT WE, THAT I APPOINT YOU COMMISSIONER DRY TO THE, UH, HOUSING COMMITTEE AS WELL. AND I ASSUME YOU ACCEPT ? YES. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOU GOT THAT, ED? I GOT IT. OKAY. COMMISSIONER TRICE? YES. YOU, YOU'RE [00:15:01] APPOINTING COMMISSIONER TRICE AS WELL? I AM APPOINTING COMMISSIONER TRICE TO THE HOUSING COMMITTEE. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO VOLUNTEER. OKAY. SO AT THIS TIME, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO APPOINT COMMISSIONER LYRIC TO THE HOUSING COMMITTEE. YES. AS LONG AS THEY DIDN'T OVER EIGHT, BUT THEY'RE FINE. YES. ARE WE OKAY. WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT WE DON'T HAVE A-A-C-D-C QUORUM AT THE HOUSING COMMITTEE MEETINGS. OKAY. AND RIGHT NOW WE'RE AT, WHAT ARE WE AT NOW? WE'RE AT, WE'RE AT SIX. AT SIX. OKAY. SO LET'S, UH, LET'S KEEP IT, YOU WANNA KEEP IT BELOW EIGHT? YES. LET'S KEEP IT AT SIX. OKAY. I THINK THAT, THAT, THAT MAKES SENSE THAT THAT'LL WORK JUST FINE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. SO, UH, SO WE HAVE OUR HOUSING COMMITTEE, AND AS OUR BYLAW SAYS, UH, WE SHOULD WAIT, UH, UH, WE CANNOT MEET UNTIL THE, UH, WE ARE APPROVED BY THE COUNCIL AND AUDIT AND FINANCE COMMITTEE. AND I'LL SEND, I'LL SEND THE NUM UH, THE APPOINTEES TO THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE. AND ONCE WE GET, THEY'LL PRESENT IT TO THE, THE CITY AUDIT AND FINANCE COMMITTEE AND, UH, NOT COMMITTEE, BUT CITY AND FINANCE. AND ONCE THAT'S APPROVED MM-HMM . THEN THE HOUSING COMMITTEE CAN MEET. YES. BUT UNTIL THEN, HOUSING COMMITTEE CANNOT MEET. YES, THAT'S CORRECT. ALRIGHT. OKAY. UM, AND AS I SPOKE LAST TIME, UM, FROM WHAT I LEARNED, THE HOUSING COMMITTEE WAS MEETING, UH, AN HOUR BEFORE OUR REGULAR CDC MEETING, IF THAT WORKS WITH EVERYBODY THAT'S BEEN APPOINTED, UM, WE CAN DO IT THAT WAY. IF NOT, WE CAN TAKE THIS TIME WHILE WE'RE WAITING TO BE APPOINTED, UH, TO DISCUSS WHAT THE BEST TIMES TO MEET WOULD BE. ONE MORE THING. CHAIR? YES. YOU NEED TO APPOINT A CHAIR NO, TO THE HOUSING COMMITTEE. SO IT CAN BE ANY OF THE SIX MEMBERS OF THE HOUSING COMMITTEE, BUT YOU DO NEED TO APPOINT A CHAIR, THE COMMITTEE. SO, UM, UH, COMMISSIONER TISHA, WOULD YOU, UH, BE OKAY WITH BEING CHAIR, UH, BEING APPOINTED CHAIR OF THE HOUSING COMMITTEE? UH, I, I, I'M AGAIN HONORED. UH, BUT IF YOU DON'T MIND, I'D LIKE TO DEFER THIS TO COMMISSIONER LONGORIA. UM, I KNOW THAT VERY MUCH HAS WANTED TO BE ACTIVE IN THIS PARTICULAR COMMITTEE, SO, UM, WANTED TO GIVE THAT OPPORTUNITY, IF YOU ARE OPEN TO THAT, NOT TO DISCOUNT THAT HONORABLE GESTURE. THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER LONGORIA, WOULD YOU ACCEPT THE APPOINTMENT TO CHAIR OF THE HOUSING COMMITTEE? I APPRECIATE THAT. YEAH. OH, UM, YEAH. I WILL ACCEPT THE NOMINATION FOR CHAIR OF THE HOUSING COMMITTEE. OKAY. SO I APPOINT, UH, COMMISSIONER LONGORIA TO THE, TO BE CHAIR OF THE HOUSING COMMITTEE. GOT IT. GOOD. THANK, THANK, THANK YOU ALL. MM-HMM . ALL RIGHT. SO, UM, WITH THAT ITEM DONE, UH, WE GO TO OUR NEXT ITEM, WHICH [3. Briefing on Community Initiated Solutions - $5 million solicitation for nonprofit organizations to apply for Project Connect funding to advance economic mobility (Ursula Henderson, Program Manager II, Housing Department).] IS, UH, A BRIEFING ON THE COMMUNITY INITIATED SOLUTIONS. UH, $5 MILLION SOLICITATION FOR NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS WHO APPLY FOR THE PROJECT CONNECT FUNDING TO ADVANCE ECONOMIC MOBILITY. UH, URSULA HENDERSON IS HERE FROM, SHE'S A PROJECT MANAGER FROM THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT. WELCOME. THANK YOU. UH, GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS CHAIR MARCELA HENDERSON WITH THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT. AND I'M EXCITED TO, UM, TO BRIEF EVERYONE, UM, THAT'S MEETING TODAY THAT WE DID. WE RECENTLY, UM, RELEASED A LITTLE CLOSER RELEASE, A $5 MILLION SOLICITATION FOR THE COMMUNITY INITIATED SOLUTIONS. AND SO RIGHT NOW WE ARE IN YEARS THREE TO FIVE, UM, $15.9 MILLION, UH, WAS ALLOTTED, UM, TO CONTINUE, UH, FOR US TO, UM, ASSIST THOSE THAT ARE WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE PROJECT CONNECT CORRIDORS. UM, $10.9 MILLION WAS AWARDED TO CURRENT COMMUNITY INITIATED ORGANIZATIONS. UH, TO CONTINUE THEIR PROJECT WILL LEFT US $5 BILLION THAT WE JUST RELEASED ON APRIL THE EIGHTH. UM, THAT SOLICITATION WILL REMAIN OPEN TO JUNE 13TH, 5:00 PM I BELIEVE I HAVE THE WEBSITE AVAILABLE. SO OUR WEBSITE, IF WE CAN GET IT UP, THE CIS WEBSITE. UM, IT DOES HAVE OUR CURRENT, UM, ORGANIZATIONS, THE CURRENT 13 ORGANIZATIONS, AND THE EIGHT THAT WAS RECENTLY AWARDED, UH, BACK IN 20, UM, 24 TO CONTINUE THEIR PROJECT. UM, I'M COMING HERE TODAY FOR, TO GET YOU GUYS HELP ALSO TO JUST SPREAD THE WORD TO LET, UM, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS KNOW THAT, UH, WE'RE EXCITED, UH, TO CONTINUE THIS, UH, PROGRAM. THE PROJECT. UM, WE ARE WELCOMING ALL, UH, UH, UH, 5 0 1 [00:20:01] C3 ORGANIZATIONS TO APPLY. UM, SO IT'S NOT TOO MUCH I CAN PROVIDE RIGHT NOW 'CAUSE WE ARE IN A NO CONTACT PERIOD UNTIL THE SOLICITATION CLOSES. UM, BUT, UM, I'M ALSO EXCITED TO SAY THAT, UM, UNLIKE THE LAST ROUND OF FUNDS, UM, WE HAVE, UH, ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR THOSE APPLICANTS. UM, WE'RE PROVIDING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE WITH, UM, WITH A VENDOR, MISSION CAPITAL. AND, UM, LET'S SEE HERE. SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY WILL BE ABLE TO ASSIST WITH, UM, IS TO, UM, REVIEW THEIR STATEMENT AND PURPOSE AND JUST, UM, PROVIDE FEEDBACK ON THEIR PROJECT ALIGNMENT WITH THE SOLICITATION GOALS. UH, THEY'RE GONNA SUPPORT THEM WITH REFINING THEIR PROJECT IDEAS, MAKING SURE THAT IT'S CLEAR, UH, SUPPORTING THE ORGANIZATIONS, DEVELOPING THEIR WORK PLAN FOR THEIR APPLICATION, INCLUDING TIMELINES AND DELIVERABLES. AND SO, UM, THE CAPACITY PARTNER WILL NOT, UM, DEVELOP THEIR IDEAS FOR THE APPLICANTS, AND THEY WILL NOT ANSWER ANY OF THE QUESTIONS. SO, UM, WE DO HAVE SIX OF THOSE TRAININGS, UM, AVAILABLE FOR ALL OF THE APPLICANTS, UH, TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF ON THE WEBSITE. THAT'S, UM, ON THE BOARD. UM, YOU CAN, THEY CAN SIGN UP OR THEY CAN ALSO COME TO GET A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION TO ONE OF OUR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE WORKSHOPS. UM, AND SO WE DO HAVE, UH, ONE MORE EVENING, UM, AT 6:00 PM THAT WE'RE OFFERING FOR ANY ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE. AND, UM, JUST HERE TO GIVE THAT UPDATE AND EXCITED THAT WE HAVE THAT ADDITIONAL FUNDING IN, UM, OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. UM, LET'S, LET'S TAKE SOME QUESTIONS FROM OUR COMMISSIONERS, UM, COMMISSIONER ONLINE. UH, COMMISSIONER TISHA, GO AHEAD. THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR ELIS, AND THANK YOU FOR LETTING US KNOW ABOUT THIS WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY. UH, I WILL SAY I'M A LITTLE, UM, SURPRISED BY THAT PARTICULAR NUMBER. AND THE REASON WHY IS I WAS VERY ACTIVE IN A NUMBER OF THE PROJECT CONNECT OUTREACH EVENTS, AND THERE WAS A MUCH MORE SIGNIFICANT FUNDING AMOUNT THAT WAS PRESENTED OR, UM, INFORMED TO ATTENDEES. AND SO I AM JUST A LITTLE PUZZLED. SO IF YOU CAN HELP ME UNDERSTAND WHERE AND HOW IT GOT TO 5 MILLION FROM THE LARGER NUMBER DISCOUNTING THE RECENT FEDERAL CUTS, AS I KNOW THAT HAS IMPACTED PROJECT CONNECT AND THE CAP PROJECTS. SO WHAT I CAN TELL YOU NOW, HOW THE NUMBERS, UH, BECAME AVAILABLE. I, I CAN'T ANSWER THAT. I CAN, I CAN TELL WITH THAT, I CAN GET BACK WITH YOU. I, I WOULD NEED TO TALK TO NEFERTITI JACKMAN, UM, A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT. BUT I KNOW FOR YEARS, THREE TO FIVE, IT WAS, UM, $15.9 MILLION WAS ALLOCATED FOR, UH, FOR CCIS, THE COMMUNITY INITIATED SOLUTIONS FOUR YEARS, THREE TO FIVE, THREE, UH, THREE THROUGH FIVE. AND SO $10.9 MILLION OF THAT WAS AWARDED TO, UM, EXISTING COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS TO CONTINUE THEIR, UM, THEIR PROJECT. SO WE HAD A APPLICATION OPENING FOR THEM OUT OF THE 13 THAT WE HAVE, EIGHT APPLIED, EIGHT WERE AWARDED. UM, AND THAT WENT TO 10.9 MILLION. SO WE HAVE $5 MILLION REMAINING, WHICH WE PUT OUT FOR PUBLIC SOLICITATION. AND SO FROM MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT I KNOW THAT EVERY THREE YEARS, UH, THE WORKING GROUP OF THE CAC OH, MARLA, YOU WANT? SURE. YEAH. OKAY. UM, UH, GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS. MARLA TODO, I'M A DIVISION MANAGER IN THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT DISPLACEMENT PREVENTION DIVISION. UM, SO YOU ARE CORRECT. SO THERE WAS A BIGGER AMOUNT, AND I'M LOOKING AT THE WEBSITE AND WE CAN DEFINITELY SEND THIS LINK TO EVERYONE SO YOU'RE ALL AWARE AND UNDERSTAND. SO FOR, UH, YEARS THREE TO FIVE FOR THE ANTI DISPLACEMENT FUNDS, THERE WERE, UM, $43 MILLION THAT WERE ALLOCATED FOR LAND ACQUISITION AND PRESERVATION AND REHABILITATION. THERE WERE 14 MILLION THAT WERE, UM, UH, TARGETED FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AND THAT WERE 14 MILLIONS FOR PROGRAMS AND STRATEGIES TO ADDRESS IMMEDIATE NEEDS. SO THOSE ARE THE FUNDS THAT URSULA IS TALKING ABOUT. SO THIS 5 MILLION, IT'S BEEN FOR THE LAST, SO THE, THOSE 14 MILLION THAT WE HAD FOR PROGRAMMING, WHICH IS THE ONES THAT URSULA IS TALKING ABOUT, UM, HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED IN THE LAST, UH, THREE YEARS. AND SO NOW WE ARE AT THE END OF THOSE. SO THIS IS WHAT THIS, SO CURRENT SOLICITATION OF 5 MILLION IS ABOUT. SO IT COMES FROM A LARGER, UH, FUND, UH, OR BUCKET OF 14 MILLION THAT WAS ASSIGNED FOR PROGRAMMING. THERE WAS OTHER, UH, AMOUNTS FOR LAND ACQUISITION, PRESERVATION AND REHAB, AND THEN ANOTHER, UH, BUCKET FOR, UH, AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT. [00:25:01] SO JUST TO GIVE LIKE A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT, IT'S NOT JUST THIS AMOUNT, IT'S JUST WE'RE AT THE END OF THAT THREE TO FIVE YEARS. AND THEN THERE, THERE WILL BE ANOTHER PROCESS TO, UM, UH, HAVE THE COMMUNITY, UH, KIND OF TALKED ABOUT THE PRIORITIES THAT SHOULD BE GIVEN TO THE NEXT THREE YEARS, BUT WE'RE AT THE END, AT THE VERY TAIL END OF THOSE THREE TO THREE TO FIVE YEARS, IF THAT. I HOPE THAT'S HELPFUL. RIGHT. AND IT, IT, IT DOES, IT GIVES A A LITTLE BIT OF CLARITY, AND THANK YOU FOR THE NUMBER. AND I KNOW THAT THE REAL NUMBER THAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT THAT, UM, WAS CLOSER TO 300 MILLION. UM, AND I KNOW THAT THERE ARE CERTAIN AMOUNTS THAT ARE POCKETED AND BUCKETED. UM, BUT THAT'S, THAT WAS A, I'M SURE THAT WAS IDEAL BEFORE DIFFERENT FUNDING CHANGES, BUT WE DON'T, WE DON'T HAVE TO DISCUSS THAT TONIGHT. OH. BUT I'LL SAY YOU'RE CORRECT, AND THAT'S STILL THE PLAN. SO I, I CAN SEND, AND IT'S KIND OF COMPLICATED. SO THERE'S DIFFERENT, UH, BUCKETS OF FUNDS THAT HA ARE ALLOCATED FOR THE DIFFERENT YEARS MM-HMM . AND SO ALL OF THAT IS IN, IN OUR WEBSITE, UNDER FUNDING PROJECT CONNECT, UNDER DISPLACEMENT FUNDS, THERE'S A, THERE'S A BIG GRAPHIC THAT SHOWS YOU YEARS ONE TO TWO, IT'S GONNA BE $65 MILLION YEARS, THREE TO FIVE, IT'S $75 MILLION, YEAR SIX TO EIGHT 60 MILLION, AND YEAR NINE TO 13 IS A HUNDRED MILLION. THAT ADDS UP TO THE 300 THOU, 300 MILLION, NOT 300,000. BUT YES, SO YOU'RE CORRECT. THAT IS STILL THE PLAN. AND SO WE'RE GOING BY THAT IN ALLOCATING FOR THESE SPECIFIC PROGRAMS IN EVERY FISCAL YEAR. YEAH. THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING. YEAH, I APPRECIATE THAT. MM-HMM . UH, BUT TO GET BACK TO THIS SPECIFIC 5 MILLION, THE BUCKET YOU DESCRIBED, THOSE, THOSE THREE PILLARS OF USE, UM, THIS IS JUST FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. YOU'RE LOOKING FOR NONPROFITS. JUST CLARIFYING THAT QUESTION, OR IS IT, OR DOES IT FALL INTO THOSE OTHER CATEGORIES IN TERMS OF DISPLACEMENT OR LAND? UH, SO WITH THE CIS FOR THE CIS FUNDING, UM, IT DOES NOT FALL INTO LAND ACQUISITION OR DEVELOPMENT. IT IS SPECIFICALLY JUST FOR THE COMMUNITY INITIATED SOLUTIONS FOR THE PROGRAM AND FOR THAT. OKAY. AND THEN THIS IS THE FINAL QUESTION. THE, YOU LISTED TH THERE WAS THE EIGHT OUT OF THE 13 THAT, IN MY MIND, I'M REBRANDING THEM AS LEGACY. THESE LEGACY GROUPS YOU'VE BEEN WORKING WITH OVER THE PAST YEARS, ARE THEY AVAILABLE FOR, FOR THIS FUNDING AS WELL AS A CONTINUATION OF THEIR EXISTING FUNDING? OR IS THIS SPECIFICALLY FOR NEW ORGANIZATIONS TO COME IN AND ACTIVATE THE COMMUNITIES? SO TO BE FAIR AND EQUITABLE ACROSS THE BOARD IS OPEN TO EVERYONE. UM, AND SO THE EXISTING ORGANIZATIONS, THEY ARE WELCOME TO APPLY. UM, WE'RE GONNA GO THROUGH THE SAME FORMAT HOW WE REVIEW APPLICANTS, UH, BACK IN 2022. UH, WE HAVE OUR LIST OF COMMUNITY, UH, MEMBERS THAT EX HAVE LIVED EXPERIENCES WHO WERE SELECTED TO BE PART OF THE REVIEW PROCESS. UM, THEY WILL REVIEW, THEY WILL SCORE THOSE APPLICANTS, AND THEN THOSE SCORED APPLICANTS WILL THEN BE REFERRED TO THE WORKING GROUP OF THE CAC, WHO WILL SET THE CRITERIA AND TO, UM, SET THOSE CRITERIA OF THOSE WHO WILL S BE SELECTED BASED ON THEIR NUMBER GRADE. SO YES, UM, IT'S FOR NEW AND IT'S FOR EXISTING. I DO ENCOURAGE, YOU KNOW, UM, NEW, NEW ORGANIZATIONS TO APPLY. AND WHEN I SAY NEW ORGANIZATIONS, IF THEY WERE NEW, UH, FORMULATED ORGANIZATIONS, I, YOU KNOW, OR SMALLER, UM, I, UH, RECOMMEND THEM TO APPLY THE, UM, EXISTING ORGANIZATIONS THEY CAN TOO, WITH THE MIND THAT WE ARE, UM, ON ECONOMIC MOBILITY. AND SO THAT'S JUST ONE OF THE THREE PREFERENCES, UH, PRIORITY POINTS THAT WE HAD THE LAST GO AROUND BECAUSE WE DID FOCUS ON RENTER STABILIZATION, HOME RESILIENCE, UM, AND SO WITH ECONOMIC MOBILITY. AND SO WHAT WE'RE KIND OF LOOKING FOR WITH THIS FUNDING IS TO PROVIDE THOSE, UH, THOSE THAT ARE IMPACTED BY THE BURDENS OF PROJECT CONNECT, UM, TO BE ABLE TO SUSTAIN IN THE YEARS TO COME. AND SO NOT ANYTHING THAT'S GONNA BE SHORT TERM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER, UH, ONLINE, DO WE HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS FROM ANY COMMISSIONERS ONLINE? ALRIGHT, LET'S MOVE ON TO, UH, IN PERSON. UM, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, UH, FOR MARLA OR, UH, URSULA? COMMISSIONER LONGORIA, WHAT, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE DELIVERABLES THAT YOU WERE LIKE REFERRING TO? WHAT ARE SOME OF LIKE THE GOALS OF LIKE THE, SO YOU MENTIONED LIKE ECONOMIC MOBILITY, RIGHT? MM-HMM . BUT LIKE, I MEAN, LIKE, WHAT ELSE? LIKE, SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE FOCUSED ON RIGHT NOW IS THE ECONOMIC MOBILITY. UH, THAT IS OUR PREFERENCE POINT, UM, FOR THEM TO, I MEAN, IT COULD BE MAYBE SOME CLTS OR ANYTHING THAT'S GONNA PROMOTE A, UH, SUSTAINABILITY FOR THOSE, UH, INDIVIDUALS THAT'S IMPACTED BY PROJECT CONNECT ON THE LONG TERM. UM, AND SO, [00:30:01] UM, IT'S, IT'S FOR THE ORGANIZATIONS TO BE INNOVATIVE, TO BE CREATIVE WITH THOSE PROJECTS, TO PRESENT TO THE BOARD AND FOR THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO DECIDE, IS THIS RIGHT HERE? IS THIS GONNA BE, UH, BENEFICIAL FOR THE DEVELOPMENT, UH, YOU KNOW, FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS TO SUSTAIN AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE COMMUNITY. AND SO WE'RE NOT THE, THE HOUSING THE CITY, WE'RE NOT PART OF THE REVIEW PROCESS. AND SO THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE ORGANIZATIONS TO BE CREATIVE AND TO PRESENT SUCH, UH, PROJECTS. TO, TO THE REVIEW PANEL FOR REVIEW. WHAT'S CLT? COMMUNITY LAND TRUST. GOTCHA. ALL RIGHT. UH, QUESTION FROM COMMISSIONER MENARD. UM, DO YOU HAVE DIFFERENT LEVELS OF FUNDING THAT FOLKS CAN APPLY FOR? YES. AND SO THE MINIMUM AMOUNT'S 500,000, THE MAX THAT THEY CAN APPLY FOR IS 2 MILLION. WE ANTICIPATE MAYBE A WARDEN AT AT LEAST THREE ORGANIZATIONS, BUT IT COULD, IT COULD BE VERY WELL WON OR IT COULD BE FIVE, BUT IT'S FROM ANYWHERE FROM 500,000 TO 2 MILLION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER. COMMISSIONER LYRIC, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? NO. OKAY. UH, COMMISSIONER, UH, VICE CHAIR ELISE, SORRY, AND I THINK I'M BEING REALLY SLOW, BUT I'M GONNA ASK FOR, FOR CLARIFICATION. SO, AND I THINK YOU'VE ALREADY SAID THIS, BUT SO THE FUNDS ARE FOR ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE WORKING, SO ECONOMIC MOBILITY AND AVOIDING DISPLACEMENT OR ECONOMIC MOBILITY FOR FOLKS IN THAT SPACE, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THEY END UP BEING DISPLACED OR NOT. I GUESS I'M JUST, SO I MISSED THAT. SORRY. SO THE GOAL IS FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT'S IN THAT SPACE, AND SO WE ARE, IT'S FOR THOSE WHO ARE WITHIN ONE MILE OF THE PROJECT CONNECT LINES AND CORRIDORS, RIGHT? YEAH. AND SO THINGS ARE GETTING EXPENSIVE, RIGHT? YEAH. AND SO WE ARE FINDING WAYS THAT MAYBE IF IT'S GONNA BE AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS TO MAINTAIN IN THAT AREA, OR IF THEY'RE IN A HOME, UM, MAYBE, YOU KNOW, WITH WORK OR BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THEM THE TOOLS TO GET A HIGHER PAYING JOB SO THEY CAN WITHSTAND THOSE BURDENS THAT THEY HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY. SO IT'S JUST TO, OKAY, SO, SO WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND UPSKILLING INITIATIVES ARE ALSO THAT BE ALSO, I WASN'T CLEAR IN THE WORDING WHETHER THAT WAS INCLUDED OR NOT. YES. SO, THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. UM, COMMISSIONER LYRIC, I'M CURIOUS IF, UM, AND THIS IS LIKE AFTER SOMEONE RECEIVES FUNDING, BUT WOULD THEY BE ABLE TO USE THE FUNDING TO FIRST EVALUATE THE, THE COMMUNITY'S NEEDS FIRST INSTEAD OF, LIKE, IF, IF THEY DON'T KNOW EXACTLY, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S A BUILDING INCOME OR WORKING WITH THEIR LANDLORDS OR CREATING MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, LIKE IF THEY'RE NOT SURE WHAT THE COMMUNITY NEEDS, CAN THEY USE THE FUNDING TO EVALUATE AND THEN OFFER SERVICES? OR DOES IT HAVE TO BE THAT THEY, IN THE MISSION, THEY ALREADY KNOW WHAT THEY WANT TO DO? SO ESSENTIALLY THEIR PROJECT, THAT COULD BE A LEVEL OF THEIR PROGRAM. THEY MAY SAY, YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO IN YEAR ONE, BECAUSE THEY WILL IDENTIFY HOW MANY TERMS THEY WANT. WE'RE GONNA FIRST IDENTIFY, THIS IS OUR PROJECT, OUR PLAN, WE'RE GONNA FIRST IDENTIFY WHATEVER THAT MAY BE. AND THEN THIS YEAR OR THE NEXT YEAR, WE'RE GONNA EXECUTE BASED ON, YOU KNOW, THE INFORMATION THAT WE'VE PROVIDED. AND SO, SINCE, UM, SINCE WE'RE IN A NO, UH, A NO CONTACT PERIOD, I DON'T WANNA GET TOO DEEP INTO THE QUESTIONS, YOU KNOW, TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS. UM, THAT RIGHT THERE, AND THAT'S WHY I HIGHLY ENCOURAGE IF SOMEONE IS APPLYING TO COME TO ONE OF OUR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE CLASSES AND TO SIGN UP WITH MISSION CAPITAL, UM, TO GET SOME OF THAT CLARIFICATION AND ASSISTANCE WITH ANSWERING THOSE QUESTIONS. OKAY. THANK, ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. UM, YEAH. THANK YOU. UH, GREAT, UH, PRESENTATION. I, SO ONE, ONE THING THAT I WAS, YEAH, I WAS THINKING ABOUT THIS WHOLE TIME IS, YOU KNOW, ORGAN, WE HAVE THE, AS COMMISSIONER TEACHES SAID, THE LEGACY ORGANIZATIONS, RIGHT? MM-HMM . AND THEN WE MAY AS, AS COMMISSIONERS, YOU KNOW, REACH OUT TO OTHER ORGANIZATIONS IN OUR COMMUNITY, UM, AS FAR AS THE SESSIONS AND ALL OF THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, HOW WOULD THAT LOOK LIKE IF LIKE AN ORGANIZATION, A SMALL ORGANIZATION, WANTED TO, LIKE, REACH OUT TO YOU? UH, CAN YOU LIKE, GIVE US THE STEPS AND ALSO, I GUESS, UH, TELL US AGAIN ALL THE, THE SESSIONS THAT ARE AVAILABLE THINGS. SO WHAT I CAN DO ON, CAN YOU GO BACK TO THAT WEBSITE FOR ME, PLEASE? YOU DON'T MIND, LIKE, GET FOR A SECOND TO HELP NAVIGATE HERE. ALL RIGHT. SO WHAT WILL HAPPEN? SO WE HAVE HOW TO APPLY AND JUST, I'M SO SORRY TO INTERRUPT JUST FOR ONE SECOND. AT LEAST FOR MYSELF ONLINE, WE'RE NOT GETTING THE SCREEN SHARE, SO WE'RE NOT SEEING WHAT YOU WERE SEEING. OKAY. [00:35:07] SO, AT OUR WEBSITE, WE HAVE OUR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE RIGHT HERE. AND, UH, LET US KNOW THE DATES. UM, LET'S SEE HERE. WELL, LEMME, I'LL TAKE THAT BACK. HERE WE GO. SO WHERE IT SAYS FUNDING AVAILABLE, UM, TIME AVAILABILITY, TIMELINE, IT LISTS ALL OF THE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, UM, DATES THAT WORKSHOPS THAT WE HAVE, SORRY. AND ANYONE CAN JOIN DURING THAT, DURING THAT TIME. RIGHT NOW, IF THEY CHOOSE TO JUST, UM, IF THEY CHOOSE, IF THEY ALREADY HAVE THEIR PROPOSAL, THEY'RE FAMILIAR WITH IT, AND THEY JUST WANNA GET SOME ONE-ON-ONE WITH OUR CAPACITY PARTNER RIGHT HERE, IT'LL SAY, UM, AT THE BOTTOM TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, THEY CAN BOOK A TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE SESSION WITH MISSION CAPITAL AND THEY CAN GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS WITH THEM. AND SO THAT'S AVAILABLE FOR ALL THE APPLICANTS. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S GREAT. UH, SO YEAH, SO THAT'S, I GUESS ONE THING FOR, FOR US AS COMMISSIONERS IS, UH, GETTING THAT INFORMATION OUT TO OUR, UH, COMMUNITIES, ALL THE, ALL THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT WORK IN OUR COMMUNITIES MAKE SURE THAT THEY KNOW ABOUT THIS. THAT THERE'S, UH, ASSISTANCE TO APPLY FOR THIS IF THEY'VE NEVER APPLIED BEFORE. UM, YEAH. COMMISSIONER LAGUARDIA, ONE LAST QUESTION. IS IT TOO INTRUSIVE TO ASK WHO RECEIVED THE FUNDING ALREADY? CAN YOU SEND US THAT INFORMATION? OF COURSE I CAN. AND IT'S ALSO, WELL, HE TOOK IT DOWN. UM, BUT IT, IT, WHO HAS THE FUNDING ALREADY? IT'S AVAILABLE ON THAT SAME WEBSITE. MM-HMM . IF YOU GO TO THE CURRENT, UM, ORGANIZATIONS AND ALSO WHO WAS AWARDED THE SECOND ROUND, THAT INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE. AND, UH, THAT KIND OF WAS A SEGUE TO THE LAST COMMENT THAT I DID WANNA MAKE, IS THAT, YOU KNOW, THOSE ORGANIZATIONS ARE DOING A GREAT JOB AND AT ANY TIME, YOU KNOW, WHENEVER YOU KNOW, THE, UH, MEETING, OF COURSE IF WE HAVE, UM, NOTICE THEY WILL BE, IF YOU WANNA SELECT ONE OR TWO, UH, BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO BRING ANY OF THOSE ORGANIZATIONS, UH, TO THIS SETTING TO, FOR THEM TO PRESENT ON WHAT THEY'RE DOING, THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING. SOUNDS GREAT. YEAH. I, I, I'LL WANNA ADD THAT WE'LL SEND AN EMAIL WITH ALL THE DETAILED INFORMATION. LIKE URSULA SAID, IN THIS WEBSITE, WE HAVE PREVIOUS, UH, AWARDEES AND THEIR WORK. WE ALSO HAVE A DASHBOARD THAT, UH, OUR, UH, TEAM CREATED THAT SHOWS ALL THE SPENDING RELATED TO THE ANTI DISPLACEMENT FUNDS. YOU CAN SEE WHICH ORGANIZATION, HOW MANY FUNDS HAVE BEEN AWARDED FOR THE PROGRAMMING, AND ALSO FOR THE REAL ESTATE. SO FOR THE ACQUISITION, UH, AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF HOUSING, WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT WE SHARE, WE SEND AN EMAIL, A DETAILED EMAIL WITH ALL THE INFORMATION SO YOU CAN BASICALLY USE THAT AND, AND KIND OF, UH, HELP US SHARE THE WORD. YEAH. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. UM, YEAH, WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING THAT EMAIL AND AGAIN, UH, SHARE IT WITH OUR COMMUNITIES. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, MOVING [4. Presentation regarding the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) activities and outcomes (Angel Zambrano, Manager, Neighborhood Services Unit, Austin Public Health). ] ON TO OUR NEXT ITEM IS OUR PRESENTATION FROM HIL ANO AND REGARDING THE COMMUNITY SERVICES BLOCK GRANT, CSBG ACTIVITIES AND OUTCOMES. AND HE'S FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES UNIT OF AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH. WELCOME, ANHILL. ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. IT'S GOOD TO SEE ALL THE FACES, ESPECIALLY THE NEW FACES TODAY, SINCE THERE'S SOME NEWLY ELECTED FOLKS HERE. SO LET ME GET STARTED. UH, THIS IS THE PRESENTATION ON THE COMMUNITY SERVICES BLOCK GRANT, CSPG. UH, THERE IS A ERROR ON THE FIRST PAGE TO DATE. I THINK YOU HAVE APRIL 13TH, IT'S MAY 13TH. JUST A TYPO THERE. OTHERWISE, EVERYTHING ELSE IS CORRECT. I'LL START FOR THE NEW PEOPLE STILL. JUST KIND OF, UH, SUMMARIZING WHAT WE ARE, UH, AND WHAT THE COMMUNITY SERVICES BLOCK GRANT FUNDS. SO IT FUNDS DELIVERY OF SERVICES TO LOW INCOME TEXANS IN ALL 254 COUNTIES. THERE ARE OVER 1000 COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY WHO PROVIDE SIMILAR SERVICES TO OURS. UM, THEN BASICALLY EVERY COUNTY IN THE UNITED STATES, UH, FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN, THE GRANT PROVIDES FUNDING FOR DELIVERY OF BASIC NEEDS, CASE MANAGEMENT, PREVENTIVE HEALTH, EMPLOYMENT SUPPORT SERVICES THROUGH OUR SEVEN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS. OUR MISSION IS 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. UM, VARIETY OF MEANS. WE HAVE BASIC NEEDS, A LOT OF FOOD DISTRIBUTIONS AT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS TO, UH, FIGHT FOOD INSECURITY. WE DO SOME INFORMATION AND REFERRAL TO OTHER [00:40:01] AGENCIES WHEN WE CAN'T HELP FOLKS AT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS, NOTARY SERVICES, TRANSPORTATION, ET CETERA. WE HAVE PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES THROUGH OUR PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING, UH, PROGRAM. OUR NURSES, UH, ATTEND A LOT OF COMMUNITY EVENTS. THEY ALSO HAVE HUBS AT THE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS. UH, WE HAVE A CASE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM OR SOCIAL WORKERS AT EACH CENTER. HELP FOLKS GET BACK INTO THE WORLD OF WORK IF THEY'RE ALREADY WORKING, MAYBE UNDEREMPLOYED OR WANTING TO WORK FOR A, YOU KNOW, INCREASED WAGE, BENEFITS, THINGS LIKE THAT. WE, UH, HELP AS MUCH AS WE CAN. UH, WE HAVE, UM, A REALLY GREAT GROUP OF FOLKS, UH, SOCIAL WORKERS, COMMUNITY WORKERS, NURSES, PROGRAM MANAGERS, AND, UM, COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS AS WELL. IF YOU LOOK AT THE BOTTOM OF PAGE ONE, IT'S OUR, UH, KIND OF BUDGET CONTRACT INFORMATION. SOME OF YOU MIGHT NOTICE WE JUST KIND OF SWITCHED TO THE 2025 CONTRACT. WE HAD SOME 20, 24 FUNDS THAT WE ASKED TO, UM, FOR AN EXTENSION TO SPEND THEM, WHICH I SEE AS A GOOD THING 'CAUSE WE'RE NOT STARTING TO USE OUR 25 MONEY TILL UNTIL NOW. UM, WE'VE RECEIVED ABOUT HALF OF THIS TOTAL FUNDS SO FAR THIS YEAR FROM THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS. IF YOU GO TO PAGE TWO, OUR TRANSITION GOAL FROM THE STATE IS 43 TRANSITIONS OUTTA POVERTY. THESE ARE THE FOLKS THAT ARE IN OUR SELF-SUFFICIENCY CASE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM AND WORKING TO, UH, HAVE A LIVING WAGE, MAINTAIN THAT EMPLOYMENT FOR THREE MONTHS, AND THEN THEY COUNT AS THE TRANSITION. WE'VE HAD FIVE, UH, SO FAR THIS YEAR. WE'RE WORKING ON SIX IN APRIL, SO I THINK WE'RE UP TO 11. UH, LET'S SEE. LET'S FOCUS ON A COUPLE OF, UH, OUTCOME DATA HERE. FOUR E HOUSEHOLD TO AVOIDED EVICTION. UH, THROUGH MARCH, WE'VE HELPED, UH, 254 HOUSEHOLDS AVOID EVICTION THROUGH OUR, UH, RENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. UH, GO DOWN TO OUR FOOD DISTRIBUTIONS. WE ALMOST 23,385 FOLKS WERE SERVED, UM, THROUGH THAT PROGRAM. THESE ARE, UH, UNDUPLICATED PEOPLE. WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE DUPLICATED TO, YOU KNOW, COME, BUT IT'S NOT THEIR FIRST TIME. LET'S GO TO BOTTOM OF PAGE TWO. UM, NUMBER ONE, NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES. LET'S GO TO PAGE THREE. WE'VE HAD THREE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS WHO HAVE BEEN, UM, CLOSED DUE TO MAJOR HVAC RENOVATIONS. SOME OTHER ISSUES WERE FOUND, SO THEY'VE BEEN TAKING CARE OF THOSE AS WELL. THAT WOULD BE SOUTH AUSTIN BLACKLAND AND ROSEWOOD. THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT, UH, WE'RE ON TRACK TO OPEN, UH, SOUTH AUSTIN ON JULY 2ND, BLACK LAND ON JUNE 9TH AND ROSE OSA ON JUNE 2ND. SO I THINK THE COMMUNITY'S LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. RIGHT NOW. WE'VE BEEN SERVING PEOPLE AT OTHER NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS, UH, BUT WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING THOSE CENTERS FULLY OPERATIONAL. AGAIN, AS LONG AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE CENTERS, BLACKLAND IS GETTING READY TO DO THEIR PRE JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION. SO I'LL SEND, UH, AN EMAIL OUT TO ED SO YOU GUYS CAN SPREAD THAT TO THE COMMUNITY. THAT'LL BE ON JUNE 13TH. THAT'S A FRIDAY, FRIDAY, JUNE 13TH. UM, THE GREAT EVENT, IF ANY OF YOU HAVE THE TIME TO GO, PLEASE DO SO. THERE'S A LOT OF, UH, PARTNERS, VENDORS, YOU KNOW, WHO COME. THERE'S FOOD, THERE'S MUSIC, UH, THERE'S HISTORY. UM, IT'S REALLY WONDERFUL. UH, NUMBER TWO, OUR FOOD HEALTH SERVICES. AGAIN, WE COLLABORATE WITH THE CENTRAL TEXAS FOOD BANK, UM, TO OFFER DISTRIBUTION EVENTS, UH, PROVIDE SHELF-STABLE GOODS, FOODS, VEGETABLES, AND OTHER FRESH FOODS TO LOW INCOME FAMILIES. UH, SOMETHING HERE THAT I DID NOT ADD IS THAT, UH, TWO OF OUR ENABLERS CENTERS APPLIED FOR, UM, FOR A GRANT WITH A FOOD BANK. AND WE'RE SELECTED TO RECEIVE ONE, UH, INDUSTRIAL FREEZER AND REFRIGERATOR, UH, WITH THE ONES THAT HAVE GLASS AND ARE MORE, UH, JUST MORE AMENABLE TO PEOPLE FEELING LIKE THEY'RE SHOPPING AT HEB INSTEAD OF JUST GETTING A BAG OF FOOD. AND THAT'S THE CENTRAL TEXAS FOOD BANKS, UM, KIND OF PUSH TO HAVE A CLIENT CHOICE MODEL IMPLEMENTED WITH ALL THEIR, UM, PARTNERS. AND THAT WAS MONTOPOLIS WAS ONE OF THE RECIPIENTS. AND, UH, EAST AUSTIN, I CAN SEND A PICTURE OF THAT TOO THROUGH. SO THAT'S NICE FOR YOU GUYS TO SEE SORT OF WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. AND NOT JUST IN WORDS AND NUMBERS. WE'RE STILL SEEING A LOT OF, UH, DEMAND. OUR FOOD PANTRY SERVICES ARE GOING UP, UH, GREATLY. UM, AND HOPEFULLY THESE, THESE, UH, REFRIGERATORS AND FREEZERS WILL HELP US MAINTAIN MORE FOOD ON THIS ON SITE, UH, TO HELP OUR CLIENTS. NUMBER THREE, FINANCIAL STABILITY. UH, RENTAL ASSISTANCE FUNDING. JANUARY THROUGH APRIL, WE [00:45:01] ASSISTED 130 HOUSEHOLDS, UH, ABOUT 351 MILLION, UH, THOUSAND DOLLARS. UH, WERE USED FOR THAT TO HELP PEOPLE AVOID EVICTION. UH, WE DO HAVE AN AUSTIN ENERGY PLUS ONE PROGRAM. IT'S SMALL, MAYBE LIKE 36,000 A YEAR. UH, BUT WE CAN SPEND UP TO $500 PER HOUSEHOLD TO HELP THEM KEEP THE LIGHTS ON, UM, IN CASE THEY GET BEHIND ON THEIR BILL DUE TO A CRISIS OR SOME MEDICAL ISSUE. SO WE'RE REALLY, UH, LUCKY TO HAVE THAT. AND, UH, THE PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING SERVICE, AS I MENTIONED THAT EARLIER. BUT AGAIN, FOR THE NEW FOLKS, WE PRO EVERY SERVICE IS FREE. UH, FREE HEALTH SCREENINGS, BLOOD PRESSURE, BLOOD SUGAR, CHOLESTEROL, UH, HEALTH EDUCATION. WE DO, UH, PREGNANCY TESTS AND GENERAL INFORMATION RESOURCES. OUR NURSES ALSO HELP PEOPLE GET, UH, MEDICAL HOME AND JUST ADDRESS WHATEVER ISSUES THEY HAVE AND, UH, NEED, UM, HELP WITH. WE DO GO TO THE MEXICAN CONSULATE EVERY MONTH, GU GARCIA, X CENTER, CON GUERRERO, AND THE BAPTIST COMMUNITY CENTER MISSION, AS WELL AS OTHER SEASONAL EVENTS LIKE HOPE FEST, HARVEST FEST, DEPENDING ON THE NEED. AND SIX, I ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THAT EARLIER WITH THE TRANSITIONS OUT OF POVERTY. UM, THE OTHER BACKUP THAT I SEND, THE IN YOUR, UH, PAPERWORK IS JUST FOR YOU TO LOOK AT ON YOUR OWN TIME, KIND OF A HEAT MAP. AND IT KIND OF SHOWS THE AREA THAT WE COVER, UM, IN TERMS OF THE SERVICES WE, WE, UH, GIVE. UM, I DID HAVE A QUESTION FROM THE CHAIR, VICE CHAIR BEFORE THE MEETING, SO I'LL JUST KIND OF, UH, SUMMARIZE FOR EVERYONE. UH, THE CSBG BILL WAS INTRODUCED IN THE US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. UH, SO IT WAS A BIPARTISAN LEGISLATION TO REAUTHORIZE THE CSBG GRANT, UH, BY REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN GLENN THOMPSON FROM PENNSYLVANIA, AND CONGRESSWOMAN SUZANNE BONAMICHI FROM OREGON IN IT RE AUTHORIZES THE GRANT FOR SEVEN YEARS IF IT PASSES. UH, SO WE'RE HOPEFUL SINCE IT'S BIPARTISAN THERE HOPEFULLY WILL BE MORE SUPPORT ACROSS THE LINES. UH, SO FOR NOW WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE GOOD. YOU KNOW, WE'RE FULLY STAFFED. UH, 13 OF OUR POSITIONS ARE FUNDED BY THIS GRANT, SO I'LL KEEP YOU GUYS UPDATED ON THAT REGARDING THE CSPG REAUTHORIZATION. THAT'S THE END OF MY REPORT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH, ANGELA. UM, YEAH, SO GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THINKING ABOUT OUR NEW, UH, COMMISSIONERS AND GIVING THEM THAT, THAT BACKGROUND. UM, YEAH. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? UM, LET'S START WITH COMMISSIONER TISHA . HI THERE. GOOD EVENING. AND I AGREE AND I'M SO THANKFUL AND HOW THAT YOU RESPONDED TO THE INQUIRY PRESENTED, PRESENTED BY OUR CHAIR. UH, AND BECAUSE THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WAS CURIOUS ABOUT IS, UH, HOW THE CURRENT LEGISLATION, THE CURRENT ENVIRONMENT IS AFFECTING, UM, THESE BLOCK GRANTS. SO THANK YOU FOR CONFIRMING AND CLARIFYING THAT. UM, I HAVE A SMALL QUESTION. I WOULD SAY, UH, IN REGARDS TO THE WEATHER RIGHT NOW. I KNOW COOLING CENTERS HAVE BEEN ACTIVATED FOR THIS WEEK. UM, AND I KNOW YOU'RE NOT A PART OF THE HOMELESS STRATEGY TEAM. I'M NOT ASKING OR HOMELESS AT HSO, UM, I'M INQUIRING ABOUT RESOURCES FOR NEIGHBORS IN TERMS OF FANS. I KNOW THAT'S HAPPENED IN THE PAST, JUST LIKE DURING COLDER TEMPERATURES, SOMETIMES THERE'S BEEN SPACE HEATERS AVAILABLE. SO I'M WONDERING IF THAT IS ON THE DOCKET FOR FANS OR COOLING DEVICES TO BE DISTRIBUTED FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS. UH, THAT'S A GOOD, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. UH, WE DO PARTNER WITH, UH, FAMILY ELDER CARE FOR FANS, SO THAT'S JUST GETTING STARTED. UH, BUT WE WILL BE DOING THAT THIS YEAR AS WELL. AND I'LL WONDERFUL. GIVE YOU INFORMATION TOO ON IT WHEN WE HAVE THE FLYER. THANK YOU. PLEASE, PLEASE. AND THEN, THIS ISN'T A QUESTION, BUT MORE SO OF JUST, UH, A PERSONAL, UM, WISH FOR THE PRESENTATIONS. YOU ACTUALLY STATED IT AND IT WAS SAYING INSTEAD OF JUST HAVING NUMBERS AND REPORTS, I'M ALL ABOUT, UM, QUANTITATIVE. IT'S GREAT TO HAVE STATISTICAL BENCHMARKS FOR US TO USE, BUT I'M TRULY INTERESTED IN QUALITATIVE, OBVIOUSLY QUALITY OF LIFE. MM-HMM . ANECDOTES AND STORIES. SO IF YOU CAN START OR AT LEAST GATHER INFORMATION FROM THESE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS AND THEN CURATE TO PROVIDE US MAYBE AN ANECDOTE OF HOW THERE WAS AN IMPROVEMENT OF QUALITY OF LIFE EXPERIENCE FROM RECIPIENTS OF THESE SERVICES, I THINK THAT WOULD BE EXTREMELY HELPFUL AND EXTREMELY BENEFICIAL. SO THAT'S ONE. BUT THEN THE OTHER ITEM IS DETERMINING HOW AND WHERE YOU ALL ARE FILLING IN THE GAPS FOR PEOPLE. NOW, I KNOW WE HAVE THESE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES, BUT IF THERE'S ANECDOTAL INFORMATION BEING HEARD OR BEING DISCUSSED, [00:50:01] THAT'S WHAT I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR ABOUT. UM, BECAUSE YOU STARTED TO GET TO, TO, TO, UH, THE BOTTOM, UM, YOU KNOW, WE WERE LOOKING AT, UM, RENTAL ASSISTANCE AND ALL THESE DIFFERENT COMPONENTS THAT'S FILLING IN THESE GAPS. BUT ARE THERE OTHER THINGS, WRAPAROUND SERVICES CORRELATED TO THAT, THAT WOULD BE ESSENTIAL AND HELPFUL? AND WHEN YOU STARTED TALKING ABOUT THE FOOD BANK INCREASE, IF THERE ARE CONNECTIONS TO THAT, GRANTED THE CURRENT ENVIRONMENT WE'RE IN MM-HMM . UM, IF YOU CAN SPEAK TO THOSE TYPES OF CORRELATIONS, WOULD BE HELPFUL TO GIVE A BETTER COMPREHENSIVE OUTLOOK OF THE TRUE NEED THAT IS HAPPENING HERE IN AUSTIN, I THINK WOULD BE VERY, VERY, VERY HELPFUL. AND I'LL JUST SPEAK FOR THAT FOR MYSELF PERSONALLY. AND THEN THE LAST TINY NOTE, AND I SWEAR I'M, I SWEAR I'M DONE, CHAIR, IS, UM, THE, UM, LACK OF, OR BEING INFORMED OF DUPLICATION OF SERVICES BECAUSE I'M SEEING, UH, AND I'M HEARING MANY PEOPLE THAT ARE IN OBVIOUSLY IMMEDIATE SUDDEN NEED OF HARDSHIP RESOURCES. SO RENTAL RESOURCES EVEN FOR CAR MOVING, UM, OUTFITTED IF THEY'RE MOVED INTO ANY KIND OF SHELTER OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. AND A, A THOUGHT THAT ALWAYS COMES TO THE BACK OF MY MIND THAT I WOULD HOPE YOU COULD HELP TO QUOTE, UM, ANSWER OR RESOLVE IS I WONDER HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE GETTING RENTAL ASCENT ASSISTANCE THAT HAVE CONSISTENTLY BEEN GETTING RENTAL ASSISTANCE THAT THEN TAKES AWAY FROM THE PURPOSE OF SELF-SUFFICIENCY AND TRANSFORMS IT INTO CODEPENDENCY OR LEARNED INCOMPETENCE AS COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS ARE, UM, TAUGHT. UH, AND THAT CONCERNS ME BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF A NEED FOR THAT RIGHT NOW MM-HMM . AND WONDERING HOW WE CAN EXPAND THAT SUPPORT, UM, IN THOSE SPACES. NOT TO, NOT TO REMOVE THE RUG FROM UNDERNEATH, BUT TO FIGURE OUT WAYS TO INNOVATIVELY EXPAND AND STRETCH THE RESOURCES WE CURRENTLY HAVE. MM-HMM . SO THOSE ARE THOSE THREE CATEGORIES. UM, BUT THE BIGGEST THING IS TO BRING SORT OF THAT COMPREHENSIVE OUTLOOK OF HOW THE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS ARE FILLING IN THE GAPS, FILLING IN THE NEEDS. THAT'S NOT JUST STATISTICAL BENCHMARK QUANTITATIVE INFORMATION. THANKS. INHALE. UH, YOU'RE WELCOME. UH, YOU'RE WELCOME. DEFINITELY I CAN DO SOME OF THOSE THINGS. UM, I'D LOVE TO DO THAT. 'CAUSE I MEAN, THE STORIES DO MATTER JUST AS MUCH AS THE NUMBERS AND A LOT OF TIMES YOU GET FOCUSED ON NUMBERS AND DATA DRIVEN APPROACHES. IT'S A LOT OF LINGO AND LANGUAGE THAT MAKES SENSE. BUT BEHIND THAT IS PEOPLE, AND THERE ARE A LOT OF STORIES. SO I CAN SHARE THAT KIND OF SUCCESS STORIES FROM OUR NURSING PROGRAM, FROM OUR SELF-SUFFICIENCY CASE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, PEOPLE TRANSITIONING. WHAT DID THAT LOOK LIKE IN REAL LIFE AS OPPOSED TO LIKE, JUST GIVING YOU THE NUMBER FIVE. UM, YEAH, I'LL DEFINITELY MAKE THAT PART OF THIS REPORT. YEAH. THANK YOU. THAT, THAT MAKES, THAT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE. DEFINITELY. YOU KNOW, GIVING US THOSE, UH, THOSE STORIES TO MAKE THIS, YOU KNOW, MAKE THIS PRESENTATION. MM-HMM . DOCUMENT MORE BY RENT. RIGHT. YEAH, THAT'D BE GREAT. UM, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE, UH, COMMISSIONER BREWSTER? I'M GONNA HOLD IT, I'M GONNA HOLD IT. OKAY. COMMISSIONER LYRIC. OKAY. I'M GONNA KIND OF KEEP IT SHORT IF I CAN. UM, SO FOR THE TRANSITION OUT OF POVERTY GOAL, WHO DECIDES THOSE REQUIREMENTS FOR THAT? UH, THE STATE, THE STATE, THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS. SO THE THREE MONTHS. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY REQUIRED OF YOU. OKAY. OKAY. UM, I WAS CURIOUS IF THE, UM, THE TARGET VERSUS ENROLLED, UM, IF WE WERE ABLE TO SEE THE DEMOGRAPHIC AND AGE OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS. LIKE I'M, I'M VERY CURIOUS ABOUT THE, THE INDIVIDUALS WHO JUST DEMONSTRATED IMPROVED PHYSICAL HEALTH AND WELLBEING. UM, YEAH. UH, YEAH, THAT'S FOR OUR NURSING PROGRAM OR DIABETES CASE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM. SO WE COULD, WE COULD GET THAT. OKAY. SO THE KIND OF DEMOGRAPHICS, WHO IS IN THAT PROGRAM AND WHO IMPROVED MM-HMM . YEAH, I'M CURIOUS. I MEAN, I'M ASSUMING THAT'S AN OLDER POPULATION USUALLY, OR, UH, USUALLY UNFORTUNATELY WE'RE SEEING YOUNGER, YOUNGER FOLKS WITH DIABETES AND, UH, PRE-DIABETES, BUT, GOTCHA. YEAH, I CAN DO THAT. OKAY. UM, AND THEN I WAS CURIOUS IF, FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS, DO Y'ALL, UM, LIKE RELY MAJORITY ON CENTRAL TEXAS FOOD BANK FOR FOOD DISTRIBUTION? OR ARE THERE OTHER RESOURCES THAT Y'ALL HAVE? UH, WE RELY ON THE CENTRAL TEXAS FOOD BANK, BUT THEY PARTNER WITH OTHER, LIKE AMAZON, HEB, WHOLE FOODS, WHEATSVILLE. SO IT'S NOT JUST THEIR FOOD. THERE'S FOOD RECOVERY PROGRAMS WITHIN THEIR, UH, FRAMEWORK IS WHEN Y'ALL DECIDED TO, UM, CHANGE THE, LIKE THE, THE INSIDE OF YOUR PANTRY TO LOOK A [00:55:01] LITTLE BIT MORE LIKE A STORE. WAS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU GOT FEEDBACK FROM CLIENTS ABOUT THAT? OR, OR WHERE DID THAT DECISION COME FROM? I THINK THAT CAME FROM THE CENTRAL TEXAS FOOD BANK NEEDS ASSESSMENT. WHEN THEY GO OUT AND TALK TO PEOPLE AT FOCUS GROUPS, I MADE THE NO-BRAINER ANYWAYS. YOU KNOW, IT'S A MORE DIGNIFIED, I MEAN, YOU DON'T FEEL LIKE YOU'RE GOING THROUGH SOME DARK CLOSET SOMEWHERE IN A NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER. YEAH. YOU'RE WALKING IN. IT'S ALL RIGHT THERE. I'LL SEND YOU THE PICTURE. SO IT'S, IT MAKES, NO, IT MAKES SENSE. BUT I THINK IT CAME FROM CONVERSATIONS WITH THE COMMUNITY. DO THEY ALL GET ONE OR IS IT ONLY ONE? NO, JUST TWO CENTERS. OH, OH TWO, IS THAT THE TWO NEWER ONES? UH, NO. EAST AUSTIN'S BEEN AROUND SINCE THE SEVENTIES, I BELIEVE. AND OPUS IS THE NEWER ONE TO 20. 2020. GOTCHA. SO IT, THEY ONLY HAD LIMITED FUNDING, I THINK LIKE 12 PARTNERS GOT THEM. MM-HMM . AND THEY HAVE 22 COUNTIES AND 120 SOMETHING PARTNERS. DON'T QUOTE ME, BUT THEY HAVE A LOT OF PARTNERS. GOTCHA. BUT WE DO HAVE THAT TYPE OF FREEZERS AT OTHER CENTERS FROM OUR OWN FUNDING. SO WE'RE TRYING TO DO THE BEST WE CAN WITH WHAT WE HAVE. GOTCHA. OKAY. THANK YOU. YOU ARE WELCOME. ALRIGHT. UM, COMMISSIONER MENARD HAS A QUESTION. GO AHEAD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU CHAIR. SO I WAS JUST LOOKING AT, UM, THE IMMUNIZATIONS AND I SEE THERE'S A BIG BLANK SPACE THERE. SO I'M JUST WONDERING IF WE ARE STILL OFFERING ANY KIND OF VACCINATIONS. YES. AND SO WHAT, WHAT ARE WE OFFERING? AND I HAVE A SPECIFIC INTEREST IN, UH, MEASLES IF WE'RE, YOU JUST CONSIDER THE OUTBREAK IN WEST TEXAS RIGHT. TO SEE IF THERE'S BEEN ANY PLANNING OR PREPARATION FOR THAT. YES. THAT'S A REALLY GOOD QUESTION. IT USUALLY COMES FROM NEWBIES 'CAUSE THEY SEE THIS AND GO, HEY, THERE'S NOTHING THERE. THE PUBLIC HEALTH NURSES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES UNIT ONLY DO FLU UNLESS THERE'S AN EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND THERE'S A NEED ELSEWHERE. THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO BE PULLED TO DO THAT, WHICH FOR COVID, THEY WERE PULLED TO DO THAT. UH, FOR MEASLES, THEY HAVEN'T BEEN PULLED TO DO IT. UM, AGAIN, NOT MY AREA THAT'S A PA EPIDEMIOLOGY. I THINK CINDY JASO, COMMISSIONER JASO WAS IN THAT WORLD. SO WE DO HAVE A RESPONSE. UH, THERE IS, UM, OFFICIAL RESPONSE FROM A PH AND I THINK THE DIRECTOR AND DR. WALKS IS BRIEFED TO CITY SEVERAL TIMES ALREADY. UM, SO THAT DATA'S OUTSIDE OF MY SPACE, BUT WE ARE ACTIVELY TRACKING THE MEASLES CASES AND JUST KEEPING THE PLAN IN CASE IT INCREASES IN AUSTIN, WHO GETS ASSIGNED TO THAT COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS, NURSES, CALL CENTER FOLKS. IT'S PRETTY, UH, PRETTY ROBUST BEHIND THE SCENES. GOOD QUESTION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GOOD TO KNOW. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER MENARD, DO WE HAVE OTHER QUESTIONS ON, UH, FOR ? I MEAN, DO YOU WANT ME TO OH, GO AHEAD. SORRY. GO AHEAD. UH, COMMISSIONER, COMMISSIONER. SO I RETIRED FROM AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH LAST YEAR. I'M A REGISTERED NURSE AND I WORKED IN THE INFECTIOUS DISEASE AND EPIDEMIOLOGY DIVISION, WHICH IS THE EXACT GROUP THAT DOES ALL THE INVESTIGATION OF THESE DISEASES. AND SO EVEN BEFORE I LEFT, IT'LL BE A YEAR JULY 1ST, UM, WE HAD ALREADY BEEN PLANNING AT THE STATE LEVEL BECAUSE IT'S NOT AS SIMPLE AS JUST GIVING A VACCINE. WE HAVE TO PLAN AND PREPARE IF SOMEBODY NEEDS IMMUNOGLOBULIN, LIKE MEASLES IS DETRIMENTAL TO PREGNANT WOMEN, TO NEWBORNS. AND SO EVEN BEFORE I LEFT, WE WERE ALREADY WORKING ON GETTING CONTRACTS WITH AN AGENCY THAT WE COULD SEND PEOPLE TO, TO GET THE IMMUNE GLOBULIN RIGHT. BECAUSE IT'S NOT AS SIMPLE AS, I MEAN, THE STATE SAID, OH, YOU CAN JUST HAVE YOUR PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE GO INTO THE HOME AND DO IT. YEAH, I DON'T THINK SO. IT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN. SO IT'S, THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF GOING ON BEHIND THE SCENES THAT THE PUBLIC IS NOT AWARE OF. BUT I CAN ASSURE YOU THEY ARE HOT ON IT. 'CAUSE I STILL TALK TO THOSE PEOPLE AND THEY ARE HARD AT IT. SO YES, THERE ARE PLANS. IT'S ALL WRITTEN OUT. THEY KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THEY'RE DOING. AND THIS IS OLD HAT. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE DO ALL THE TIME. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YEAH. AND UH, LIKE HIL SAID, UH, THERE HAVE BEEN UPDATES, PUBLIC UPDATES ON, ON THIS. SO, UM, CHECK OUT THE AUSTIN WEBSITE. UM, GO AHEAD. OKAY. YEAH, JUST GO TO THE CITY OF AUSTIN WEBSITE. IT SHOULD, THERE SHOULD BE SOME INFORMATION THERE. JUST GOOGLE IT TOO. AND DR. WS HAS BEEN HERE AT CITY HALL, I THINK SEVERAL TIMES. AND ON SOCIAL MEDIA. SOCIAL LOT ON SOCIAL MEDIA. YEAH. YES. THANK YOU. UH, DO WE HAVE OTHER QUESTIONS? UH, COMMISSIONER LONGORIA? YEAH. UM, YEAH, AGAIN, I, I WANNA ADDRESS THE, I THE EMAIL BLAKE SENT US, MR. BLAKE, THE PROPOSED FEDERAL CUTS AND BUDGETS. YOU KIND OF LIKE ADDRESS THAT AT THE BEGINNING. SO, UM, YOU'RE SAYING THAT THAT IS NOT IN JEOPARDY AT THE MOMENT OR IT'S UH, YES, AT THE MOMENT. AT THE MOMENT. RIGHT. SO THAT THE LEGISLATION WAS INTRODUCED BY A BIPARTISAN BY DUO, YOU KNOW, THE REPUBLICAN, THE DEMOCRAT, PORTLAND AND PENNSYLVANIA. SO [01:00:01] IT'S OFFICIALLY IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND NOW IT'S JUST GOTTA MAKE ITS WAY THROUGH TO BE REAUTHORIZED FOR SEVEN YEARS, WHICH IS A GOOD SIGN IF IT DOES PASS THE WAY IT IS, IS LEVEL FUNDING AND, UM, SEVEN YEARS. SO THAT, THAT REALLY GUARANTEES US A PEACE OF MIND. CAN, CAN YOU, WHEN WOULD THIS BE DECIDED EXACTLY LIKE HOW SOON? IT ALL DEPENDS. GOTCHA. I MEAN, IT COULD BE BE BY THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR, OCTOBER, BUT THEY KEEP MOVING, EXTENDING, AND JUST KIND OF PROLONGING. I UNDERSTAND THAT THROUGHOUT THE HISTORY OF THE CSBG, IT'S KIND OF BEEN IN JEOPARDY OF THE CON THE THE, THE FUNDING'S GETTING CUT OR REMOVED. CORRECT. LIKE FOR THE NEW COMMISSIONERS, IT'S, IT'S A GOOD KIND OF SEGUE. WE HAD A RETREAT ABOUT A YEAR AGO, RIGHT. AND I HAD A PRESENTATION ON THE HISTORY OF CSBG AND UH, YES, EVERY PRESIDENT SINCE THE BEGINNING OF CSPG HAS PRETTY MUCH THREATENED TO CUT IT, UH, EITHER TO ZERO, UH, OR BY HALF AND PRIVATIZED THE OTHER HALF. THERE'S A LOT OF, IT'S, IT'S ALWAYS BEEN THREATENED, BUT IT'S ALWAYS PASSED OR BEEN REAUTHORIZED SINCE THE SEVENTIES. AGAIN, I JUST, I JUST WANNA, YOU KNOW, DRAW ATTENTION TO THIS INFORMATION THAT MR. BLAKE SHARED WITH US. THIS, UH, LETTER PROVIDES PRESIDENT TRUMP'S RECOMMENDATIONS ON DISCRETIONARY FUNDING LEVELS AND THEN ALSO CUTS TO WOKE PROGRAMS AND CSBG IS LISTED UNDER SOME OF THOSE PROGRAMS. I, AGAIN, I'M REALLY ALARM, I'M, I'M REALLY QUITE WORRIED. I, I, I WANT THIS PROGRAM TO CONTINUE TO EXIST. UM, IT'S NOT A LOT OF MONEY. IT'S, IT'S LESS THAN $1.2 MILLION ANNUALLY. IT NEEDS TO CONTINUE TO EXIST. LIKE, IT DOESN'T MATTER WHERE THE FUNDING COMES FROM, BUT LIKE BEFORE THE FUNDING IS CUT, LIKE, UM, UM, I, I, YEAH, I WOULD LIKE IF THE FUNDING IS CUT FEDERALLY OR FROM THE STATE, LIKE THE, THE CITY NEEDS TO STEP UP WITH THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY. THAT WAY WE CAN CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THESE SERVICES. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT COMMISSIONER. YEAH, THANK YOU. IF I CAN I JUST QUICKLY JUMP IN FOR A MOMENT, HEREM? SORRY. YES, GO AHEAD. COMMISSIONER TISHA. AND, AND, AND THAT PARTICULAR DOCUMENT, THAT PIECE, A LOT OF THOSE ARE EXECUTIVE ORDERS, WHICH YOU CAN TRANSLATE INTO EXECUTIVE PRESIDENTIAL WISHES. UM, THE ONLY WAY IT BECOMES LAW IS OBVIOUSLY IF IT GOES THROUGH BOTH THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE. SO WHAT ANGEL WAS PRESENTING BEFORE THIS NEW BIPARTISAN CONSIDERATION FOR RE-UPPING OR RE UM, REINSTITUTING THE CURRENT FUNDING. 'CAUSE RIGHT NOW WE'RE IN OUR FISCAL YEAR THROUGH 2025. SO THIS IS EXTENDING IT BEYOND 2025. THERE ISN'T JEOPARDY IN THE IMMEDIATE TIME SPACE BECAUSE THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN BUDGETED. IT'S THE CONTINUATION FORWARD. SO I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS A LOT OF CONCERN OF THE EXECUTIVE ORDERS AND A NUMBER OF THESE EXECUTIVE ORDERS ARE, ARE JUST ORDERS, NOT NECESSARILY LAW. UM, AND THEY NEED TO BE, THEY NEED TO BE APPROVED BY OUR LEGISLATIVE STATE, UM, FOR THOSE THINGS TO ACTUALLY GO THROUGH AND HAPPEN. SO I JUST WANTED TO QUICKLY MENTION THAT FOR ANYONE ELSE THAT MIGHT BE THINKING THAT AS WELL. I'M NO LAWYER, BUT THAT'S WHAT I'VE HEARD FROM LEGALESE, LEGALIZE ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR SITUATION WITH A NUMBER OF THESE EXECUTIVE ORDERS, INCLUDING THESE FUNDING CUTS THAT HAVE BEEN PRESENTED AND THE DOCUMENT THAT'S BEEN GOING AROUND. ALL RIGHT? YES. THANK YOU. UH, COMMISSIONER TISHA. AND, UM, YES, I AGREE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT, BUT UM, ALSO LOOK AT WHAT, UM, HIL HAS PRESENTED THAT THERE IS A PROPOSAL FOR, UH, CONTINUATION. YEAH. UH, QUESTION COMMISSIONER RIC. UM, SO I, I REALLY DO APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATIONS, BUT I'M ALSO A, AN ON THE GROUND GIRL. LIKE I WANNA KNOW HOW I CAN HELP THE CURRENT WORK, UM, IN WHATEVER CAPACITY. SO I'M CURIOUS IF THERE'S SPECIFIC WAYS THAT I, AS A INDIVIDUAL AND COMMISSIONER CAN HELP YOUR WORK. AND I, I KNOW THE JUNE EVENT, LIKE I'D LOVE TO ATTEND THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT ARE THERE OPPORTUNITIES TO PARTNER OR DEVELOP, UM, YOU KNOW, A NEW THING, LIKE A ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF, YOU KNOW, COMMUNITY RESIDENTS WHO, YOU KNOW, CAN GIVE FEEDBACK OR, UM, CREATING A PIPELINE, PIPELINE FOR TRAUMA-INFORMED JOBS THAT ARE AVAILABLE IN AUSTIN FOR PEOPLE WHO, YOU KNOW, COME FROM CERTAIN BACKGROUNDS, LIKE WHATEVER IT IS. ARE THERE IDEAS THAT Y'ALL HAVE OR CAN BRING TO THIS COMMISSION FOR US TO GET INVOLVED IN THE WORK MORE DEEPLY? UH, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. I MEAN, I ALWAYS JUST ENCOURAGE YOU TO, YOU GO BACK TO YOUR COMMUNITIES AND LET THEM KNOW ABOUT OUR SERVICES. YOU SPECIFICALLY COULD VOLUNTEER, YOU KNOW, AT SOME OF OUR EVENTS. I MEAN, YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH A PROCESS, BUT YOU COULD VOLUNTEER JUNETEENTH OR SOME OF OUR MARKET FRESH FOOD FOR FAMILY EVENTS. UM, OTHER THAN THAT, THROUGH THIS COMMISSION, KIND OF GIVE US A VOICE WHEN, UH, BUDGETS ARE UP FOR DISCUSSION. YOU KNOW, ON THE OTHER SIDE HERE. UM, ANYTHING HELPS JUST TO KEEP US ON THE RADAR. THAT'D BE THE BIGGEST THING YOU CAN DO. WE HAVE OUR OWN COMMUNITY NEEDS ASSESSMENTS. WE HAVE OUR OWN, [01:05:01] UM, THOSE SYSTEMS ARE SORT OF IN PLACE ALREADY. I DON'T WANNA DUPLICATE THAT, BUT I THINK JUST BEING ADVOCATES WITH COUNCIL AND KEEP US ON THE RADAR IS THE BIGGEST THING YOU GUYS COULD DO HERE. AND LET THE COMMUNITY KNOW THAT WE EXIST. 'CAUSE I MEAN, WE DO GET A LOT OF FOLKS, BUT WE WANNA HELP AS MANY AS POSSIBLE. AND, UM, YOUR SUPPORT WOULD BE VERY VALUABLE. YEAH, THANK YOU. AND, AND HIL IS VERY GOOD AT SENDING US, UH, EMAILS WITH, UH, INFORMATION OF EVENTS AND MAKE SURE YOU GET IT. IF YOU DON'T GET IT, YOU CAN, UH, CONTACT ED, UM, AND SHARE IT WITH YOUR COMMUNITY AS WELL. I THINK I'LL DO THAT THIS MONTH. I'LL SEND OUT AGAIN, THE NSU FLYER, THE NURSING FOR JUNE WHEN IT COMES OUT, JUST SO YOU GUYS ALL, ESPECIALLY THE NEW FOLKS, JUST KIND OF GET THESE, UH, RESOURCES IN YOUR EMAIL. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. UM, IF WE DON'T HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS, UH, WE'LL CLOSE THIS ITEM OUT. UM, AND WE WILL GO TO OUR WORKING GROUPS, [5. Briefing from the Working Group on Elections and Onboarding (Vice Chair Achilles). ] UH, A BRIEFING ON THE WORKING GROUP ON ELECTIONS AND ONBOARDING. UM, VICE CHAIR, ACHILLES. THANK YOU. CAN Y'ALL, AM I CLOSE ENOUGH WITHOUT LEANING OVER? OKAY, GREAT. , UM, THAT WAS AWKWARD BEFORE. UM, QUICK, SO ON THE APPOINTED PART OF THE ELECTIONS AND ONBOARDING, IT'S STILL PENDING, UM, ON THE ONBOARDING PART OF THE WORKING GROUP. UM, WANTED TO SAY, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU SO MUCH TO ALL THE NEW COMMISSIONERS FOR JOINING US. WE ARE SO VERY, VERY EXCITED TO HAVE THE, THE NEW ENERGY, THE NEW, UM, THE NEW EXPERTISE. AND WE ARE VERY MUCH WANTING TO HELP MAKE THIS AS SMOOTH FOR Y'ALL AS POSSIBLE. WE KNOW THAT YOU ARE ALREADY HERE AND THUS IT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL FOR YOU TO ALREADY HAVE AN ONBOARDING MANUAL. UM, SO WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE AND GRACE. WE ARE ALSO ALL VOLUNTEERS AND ARE BUILDING IT AS YOU COME . AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO SORT THROUGH WHAT ALL IT LOOKS LIKE AND MAKE SURE WE CAN HAVE THE DOCUMENTATION AND SUPPORTS TO HELP MAKE US ALL AS EFFECTIVE AS POSSIBLE. UM, SO I DO WANNA SAY WE ARE STILL IN THE PROCESS, BUT YOU SHOULD HAVE ALL GOTTEN AN EMAIL VIA ED FROM THE CHAIR AND ME. IF YOU'RE NEWER THAN THAT, WE'LL RESEND IT. SO I'LL DOUBLE CHECK. I'M REALIZING SOME OF Y'ALL MIGHT NOT HAVE GOTTEN IT. UM, SO JUST MAKING SURE YOU, YOU KNOW, WE'RE HERE AND WE'RE WORKING ON THIS. WE HAVE SEVERAL COMPONENTS THAT WE CAN SHARE SHORTLY THAT WILL HELP PREPARE YOU THE WHOLE DOCUMENT WITH ALL THE THINGS THAT WE REALLY WANT TO HAVE COMPILED FOR NEW COHORTS GOING FORWARD. IT WILL NOT BE, WILL NOT LIKELY BE READY ALL AT ONCE BECAUSE THEN WE NEED TO WAIT TO INFORM YOU OF WHAT WE DO HAVE. SO PENDING VERY SOON, SOME INITIAL, UM, TRAINING RESOURCES AND, UM, BACKGROUND RESOURCES. I DO WANNA SAY FOR THAT THOUGH, WE NEED YOUR HELP ALREADY IN BUILDING OUT THE ONBOARDING MANUAL. THE FIRST THING IS I DO NEED YOUR BIOS, SO IF YOU HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT, I'VE STILL GOT OVER HALF, UM, OF THE FOLKS OUTSTANDING 'CAUSE IT'S A REALLY HARD HABIT TO GET, AT LEAST IT WAS FOR ME TO CHECK THE EMAIL. UM, SO IF YOU'LL DOUBLE CHECK YOUR EMAIL AND SHOOT ME YOUR BIO, UM, THAT'LL BE REALLY HELPFUL. UM, SO WE WILL BE GETTING ALL THAT TO Y'ALL. I KNOW WE'VE COMPILED CELL PHONE NUMBERS SO WE CAN ALL BE IN CONTACT ACCORDING TO QUORUM, NOT BREAKING ANY WALKING FORUM RULES OR ANY OTHER SUCH THING. I JUST MEAN FOR LIKE NUDGES SOMETIMES LET YOU KNOW YOU HAVE AN EMAIL. SO I'LL, IN AN ACCURATE RESPONSIBLE WAY, WE CAN NUDGE YOU SO YOU CAN GO CHECK OUT YOUR EMAIL IF, IF WE'RE MISSING SOMETHING. UM, I JUST ALSO WANTED TO SAY WITH, BUT IN THE MEANTIME, IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, PLEASE GO AHEAD AND REACH OUT. YOU'RE, YOU CAN EMAIL THE CHAIR, YOU CAN EMAIL ME. YOU CAN ALWAYS EMAIL ED AND HE'LL HELP DISTRIBUTE IT IF YOU'RE CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT YOU ARE AND AREN'T ALLOWED TO DO IN TERMS OF QUESTIONS. UM, BUT AGAIN, IF YOU'RE JUST REACHING OUT TO, TO THE TWO OF US, WE WON'T BE BREAKING ANY QUORUMS. AND ALSO AS YOU ASK QUESTIONS, IT REALLY HELPS 'CAUSE THEN WE KNOW WHAT TO PUT IN THE ONBOARDING MANUAL. 'CAUSE IF THERE'S A QUESTION YOU'RE ASKING WE HADN'T THOUGHT TO ANSWER, WE CAN INCLUDE THAT. THE OTHER THING I WANNA SAY IS, UM, I'VE BEEN ALSO LISTENING AS WE TALK TODAY, AND SO I, I APPRECIATE, UM, COMMISSIONER LYRIC AND OTHER THINGS THAT I'M HEARING. LIKE, I'M HEARING LIKE WE ALL REALLY WANNA KNOW WHAT ARE THE BEST WAYS WE CAN BE EFFECTIVE. AND SO WE ARE WORKING ON HELPING TO CODIFY THE LEVERS THAT CAN BE THE MOST EFFECTIVE PATHS FOR US TO COMMUNICATE WITH, UM, WITH CITY STAFF COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND THEN ALSO WITH OUR COMMUNITY. SO THOSE ARE ALL THINGS THAT WE, WE KNOW ARE IMPORTANT AND WE'RE WORKING ON. AND IF ANYONE ALREADY HAS THINGS YOU WANT US TO INCLUDE IN THERE, FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT TO ME AND I WILL INCORPORATE IT. AND I THINK I COVERED EVERYTHING. YEAH, THANK Y'ALL SO MUCH. ALRIGHT. AND, UM, I'LL GIVE A BRIEF, UM, I GUESS, UH, OVERVIEW ON [01:10:01] THE ELECTIONS PART. UH, WE DO HAVE OUR LAST, UH, COMMISSIONER SEATED THAT WAS ELECTED. SO WE WILL, UM, UH, HAVE THAT CONVERSATION. WE'RE HAVING THAT CONVERSATION AS A WORKING GROUP AND WE WILL REACH OUT TO YOU, UM, IF YOU WERE ELECTED BY YOUR COMMUNITY, UH, AND, YOU KNOW, PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER AS FAR AS, UH, RECOMMENDATION OF THE PROCESS, ANY CONCERNS WITH THE PROCESS, ANYTHING LIKE THAT. UH, SO WE'LL BE REACHING OUT TO YOU. SO AGAIN, CHECK YOUR EMAIL, UM, AND, YOU KNOW, GET BACK TO US AS YOU CAN. YEAH. THANK YOU SO MUCH. UM, YEAH, SO, UH, LET ME, UH, CLOSE THAT ITEM OUT. UM, THE BRIEFING ON THE WORKING GROUP ON ELECTIONS AND ONBOARDING. THANK YOU. UH, VICE CHAIR. AND NOW [FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS ] WE'RE ON TO FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS ON THE FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. UH, I WANNA THANK ED AND THE STAFF THAT, UH, THEY'RE COMPILING ALL OF OUR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS IN A SPREADSHEET AS YOU, AS WE PROPOSE THEM. UH, REMEMBER THAT YOU CAN BRING THEM UP HERE. YOU CAN ALSO EMAIL US OR EMAIL, UH, EMAIL ED. UH, IF YOU WOULD LIKE ANYTHING ON THE AGENDA. WHAT WE DO ASK IS THAT YOU INCLUDE A PURPOSE OF THE REQUEST SO THAT, UM, THE STAFF CAN HAVE AS MUCH INFORMATION ON THAT AS POSSIBLE, UH, ESPECIALLY IF THERE'S ANY ACTION THAT'S GONNA BE TAKEN OR THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE, UH, ANY KEY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE, UH, FOR THE PRESENTERS THAT YOU WOULD, UH, THAT YOU ARE REQUESTING. SO AS MUCH INFORMATION AS WE CAN GET ON THAT AGENDA ITEM SO THAT WHEN WE HAVE OUR AGENDA SETTING MEETINGS, UH, WE HAVE ALL THAT INFORMATION. AND IF YOU PROPOSE SOMETHING AND YOU DON'T HAVE ALL THAT INFORMATION, ED WILL REACH OUT TO YOU. SO AGAIN, CHECK OUT YOUR EMAIL. UM, ED WILL REACH OUT TO YOU AND FOLLOW UP WITH THOSE QUESTIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE UNDERSTAND, UH, YOUR, YOUR ASK, UH, FOR YOUR FUTURE, FOR YOUR AGENDA ITEM. UM, YEAH, SO JUST CHECK YOUR EMAIL AND, UM, MAKE SURE THAT, THAT YOU GET THOSE QUESTIONS FROM ED UHANSWERED SO WE CAN PUT 'EM ON THE AGENDA. AND IF YOUR ITEM, UH, HASN'T COME UP, LET US KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AND UH, WE CAN CHECK THE SPREADSHEET AS WELL. UM, ANYTHING ELSE, ED, THAT YOU WOULD, THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE, MAKE THE PROCESS MORE, UH, FLOW BETTER IF, UM, THERE'S A COUPLE OF NEW COMMISSIONERS? YES, IF YOU HAVE PROBLEMS WITH YOUR EMAIL, LET ME KNOW AND I'LL GET WITH THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE AND WE'LL GET THAT STRAIGHTENED OUT SO YOU CAN GET INTO YOUR, YOUR COMMISSIONER EMAIL, SO, ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, SO NOW, UM, IF YOU HAVE ANY FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE, UM, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. COMMISSIONER ISHA . I JUST A QUESTION ABOUT THE CENTER. RITA COURTS, UH, A TOUR THAT CAME UP PREVIOUSLY IN, UM, A COMMISSION MEETING, SO WONDERING IF THERE'S THOUGHTS ABOUT THAT MOVING FORWARD OR IF WE'RE GOING TO EMBED THAT INTO A PART OF A RETREAT? THAT'S A QUESTION MORE THAN YES. AN AGENDA ITEM. YES. SO ED, CAN YOU LOOK INTO THAT? Y YES, I ACTUALLY, WE HAVE ALREADY, SO. OKAY. BUT I'LL FOLLOW UP. I'LL FOLLOW UP AND LET, AND LET Y'ALL KNOW. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU ED. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM THAT YOU WOULD LIKE US, UH, TO PUT ON THE, ON OUR LIST ON OUR SPREADSHEET? UH, COMMISSIONER LYRIC? I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS. YES, GO AHEAD. UM, UH, IN THE LAST MEETING, I, I HAD ASKED ABOUT THE BUDGET FOR THIS COMMISSION. I WASN'T SURE, UM, IF WE COULD TALK ABOUT THAT, IF THERE IS ONE OR NOT. UM, AND THEN ALSO IF WE WANTED TO REQUEST A PRESENTATION FROM LIKE A LOCAL ORG, WOULD THAT BE YES. THAT, THAT WOULD BE A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM? I'M SUPER CURIOUS ABOUT A TX FREE FRIDGE. UM, THEY'RE NOT FUNDED FEDERALLY OR LOCALLY BY, UM, ANY FUNDING, BUT THEY'RE, THEY'RE DOING REALLY WELL IN THE COMMUNITY, SO I'D LOVE TO JUST BRING THAT TO OUR SPACE. OKAY. SAY, SAY AGAIN. A TX FREE FRIDGES. YEAH. OKAY. SO A PRESENTATION FROM A TX FREE FRIDGES. UM, AND IF SO, ED WILL PUT IT ON THE LIST AND IF HE HAS ANY QUESTIONS, HE'LL FOLLOW UP WITH YOU AND, UM, YOU CAN ANSWER THOSE AND HE'LL REACH OUT AS WELL. GO AHEAD. I ACTUALLY HAVE ONE, YES. I I I'M PART OF THE HOUSING COALITION. YES. AND, UH, ON THE MEETING THIS MORNING, THEY DO WANT TO COME TO CDC AND TALK ABOUT HOME REPAIR AND, UM, DO A PRESENTATION AS FAR AS SOME BEFORE AND AFTER PICTURES AND HOW IMPORTANT HOME REPAIR IS IN THE COMMUNITY. SO, UM, THEY ARE REALLY, UH, WILLING AND READY TO COME PRESENT TO THE, TO THE COMMISSION. SO, BUT I, I NEED A COMMISSIONER TO YES. SUPPORT THAT. I'LL , I COMMISSIONER, COMMISSIONER T SUPPORT THAT I NOMINATE, I PRO CLAIMS WHATEVER, WHATEVER NEEDS [01:15:01] TO BE SAID. YES, PLEA AND PLEASE. AND AUSTIN ENERGY ALSO HAS AN OUTREACH PROGRAM FOR HOME REPAIR, HOME IMPROVEMENT. SO IF WE CAN, UM, TACK THEM INTO THAT CONVERSATION, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S POSSIBLE FOR COMPREHENSIVE, JUST WANNA PUT THAT OUT THERE. I WAS ACTUALLY ON A CALL WITH THEM THIS MORNING AS WELL AND PERFECT. YEAH, THEY, THEY WOULD LIKE TO COME AND SPEAK AS WELL, BUT I KNOW THE HOUSING COALITION WANTS TO COME TO SPEAK FIRST, SO. AWESOME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER NATISHA? MM-HMM . OKAY. UM, I KNOW FOR OUR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS, I DO HAVE THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT, UM, BOARD. UM, SO ON, AT THE NEXT MEETING WE WILL BE, UH, APPOINTING SOMEBODY TO THE, TO THE BOARD OF THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT. MM-HMM . UM, LET ME PULL UP MY INFORMATION. SORRY. SO THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT INITIATIVE, IT'S UH, IT PROMOTES A DIVISION INSTEAD OF RECOMMENDATIONS AND TOOLS AND PROGRAMS TO GUIDE THE REDEVELOPMENT IN THE AREA JUST SOUTH OF DOWNTOWN ALONG LADY BIRD LAKE, UH, OVER THE NEXT 20 YEARS. UH, AND THE GOAL IS TO ENSURE THAT AS THE AREA IS INEVITABLY CHANGING, EVERY INCREMENT OF CHANGE WILL CONTRIBUTE TO MAKING A NEW DISTRICT THAT ESTE ESTABLISHES A LIVELY, SAFE AND ATTRACTIVE PEDESTRIAN ENVIRONMENT, EXPANDS OPEN SPACES, CREATES GREAT PUBLIC PLACES, ENHANCES CONNECTIONS TO AND ALONG THE WATERFRONT, AND INCLUDES NEW AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS. SO THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT, UH, ENCOMPASSES 118 ACRES. UH, COM IS COMPRISED OF 56 PARCELS AND IT'S DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM DOWNTOWN. SO OUR, SORRY. SO OUR COMMISSION, UM, WE WILL HAVE A COMMISSIONER, UH, REPRESENT OUR COMMISSION, COMMISSION THERE. AND SO IF YOU ARE INTERESTED, PLEASE REACH OUT. UH, I WILL BE APPOINTING SOMEBODY TO THAT BOARD ON, ON THE JUNE, UM, MEETING OF THE CDC. SO WE HAVE THOSE. ANYTHING ELSE? UH, COMMISSIONER LONGORIA. I KNOW THIS ITEM IS, UH, FOR A FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. YES. BUT, UM, I'M REALLY EMPATHETIC TO THE PLIGHT OF THE ACAIA CLIFFS RESIDENCE. I KNOW WE HAVE THE PUBLIC SECTOR, I MEAN THE PUBLIC COMMENT, I DON'T KNOW IF I'M SPEAKING OUT OF TERM, IF I SHOULD HAVE SPOKEN THEN. UM, I KNOW LAST MEETING THEY BROUGHT IT TO OUR ATTENTION THIS TIME AROUND, THIS RESIDENT REALLY CAME WITH A SOLID POLICY RECOMMENDATION AS FAR AS LIKE ONE FOR ONE REPLACEMENT. YEAH. UM, IS THERE ANYTHING WE CAN DO NOW BEFORE THE VOTE ON MAY 22ND? SO BEFORE THE VOTE YES, WE WOULD NOW BE MEETING, UH, ON, UM, I THINK SOMETHING THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED AS FAR AS HAVING AN INFLUENCE AS A COMMISSION IS, YOU KNOW, SHOWING UP EVEN THOUGH THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S, UH, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING EXTRA TO DO, BUT SHOWING UP TO CITY COUNCIL OR SPEAKING WITH YOUR COUNCIL MEMBER, ESPECIALLY IF YOU WERE, UH, APPOINTED BY A COUNCIL MEMBER, YOU CAN SPEAK WITH THEM. UM, AS FAR AS AS LONG, AS LONG AS IT'S NOT EIGHT OF YOU. SORRY, AS LONG AS IT'S NOT EIGHT OF YOU. WE DON'T WANT AN ACCIDENTAL QUORUM. YES. UM, SO INDIVIDUALLY YOU CAN REACH OUT TO YOUR COUNCIL MEMBER OR OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS? UH, AS FAR AS THE POLICY, YES. THAT, UH, ACTUALLY THAT WOULD BE GREAT FOR THE HOUSING COMMITTEE. UH, SOMETHING THAT WE CAN LOOK AT. UH, WE CAN ASK, UH, THE RESIDENT TO COME BACK AND, AND, YOU KNOW, PRESENT TO US AND, UM, WE CAN ALSO START LOOKING AT THAT DB 90 POLICY AS WELL. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, DO WE HAVE ANYTHING ELSE FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS? NO. ALL RIGHT. QUESTION? YES. UH, VICE CHAIR, WE KEEP TALKING ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY. IS THIS AN APPROPRIATE PLACE? SHOULD WE PUT THE RETREAT CONCEPT AS A AGENDA ITEM OR NOT? OKAY, SO THE, THE AGENDA ITEM WOULD BE PLANNING THE RETREAT OR SETTING DATES OR WHAT WOULD IT BE? OR CAN WE JUST DO THAT ALL VIA EMAIL? I'M JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE MOVE FORWARD WITH IT. SO ED'S LOOKING OKAY. ASKING, UH, WE WE'RE STILL WORKING ON, WE WE'RE WORKING WITH PDC TO, UM, FIND OUT FOR AVAILABILITY FOR OUR RETREAT. WE CAME UP WITH FOUR DATES. UM, WE'RE WAITING ON THEM TO RESPOND AND FOR ALSO OUR, UM, UM, OUR FACILITATOR TO MAKE SURE SHE'S AVAILABLE. UM, SOME OF YOU WOULD, AT THE LAST RETREAT, REMEMBER THE, UH, FACILITATOR, SHE WAS REALLY GOOD. WE WANT HER BACK. THERE WAS NO RETREAT. YEP, THAT'S RIGHT. THAT'S RIGHT. IT WAS [01:20:01] JUST, UH, CONCERNED CITIZENS SPEAKING ABOUT, AND THE FACILITATOR DID NOT SPEAKING ABOUT HOUSING. THAT'S RIGHT. YES. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER ACHILLES. THERE WAS NO RETREAT, BUT, UM, SO WE HAVE FOUR DATES PINNED DOWN RIGHT NOW. MM-HMM. ONCE WE GET A RESPONSE BACK FROM HER AND PDC AND THEN WE'LL, WE'LL SEND OUT THOSE DATES. OKAY. UM, THAT WE HAVE. SO, OKAY. SO THE QUESTION IS WE'LL DO THIS THROUGH EMAIL, UH, YEAH, IT'LL BE, YEAH, IT'LL BE DONE. OKAY. UM, THROUGH EMAIL AND THEN ONCE WE GET THE DATES LOCKED DOWN, THEN WE'LL PUT THAT ON THE ACTUAL AGENDA AND VOTE ON IT AND THEN WE'LL MOVE FORWARD. SO, OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. I HAVE A COURT QUESTION. UH, YES. UH, COMMISSIONER MARTINEZ. SO, UM, I, OF COURSE I'M NEW AND, AND I'M NOT SURE WHAT THIS RETREAT THAT Y'ALL ARE SPEAKING OF, DOES THAT INCLUDE US OR WHAT IS THAT RETREAT? EVERYBODY? YES. IT'S A RETREAT FOR ALL COMMISSIONERS. UM, ESSENTIALLY KIND OF LIKE AN ONBOARDING, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, GOING THROUGH THE HISTORY, THE, YOU KNOW, OUR, EVERYTHING THAT, THAT WE, WELL NOT EVERYTHING, BUT THINGS THAT WE NEED TO KNOW. AND, UM, IT IS CONSIDERED A MEETING, SO WE HAVE TO RIGHT, RIGHT. UH, UH, DO FOLLOW THE OPEN MEETING ACT. IT DOES INCLUDE EVERY, ALL, ALL THE COMMISSIONERS. WE WANT EVERYONE ALL TO SHOW UP IF, IF POSSIBLE. UM, WE DO CREATE A BINDER FOR EVERYBODY. WE DO HAVE SPEAKERS, UM, UM, IN THE, AT THE LAST RETREAT THAT WE ACTUALLY DIDN'T HAVE A RETREAT, BUT CONCERNED CITIZENS GOT TOGETHER. WE HAD, WE SERVED, WE HAD BREAKFAST AND LUNCH AND, AND IT, IT WAS AN EVENT. I, I ENJOYED IT. LIKE A DAY RETREAT OR, HMM. IT'S LIKE A DAY RETREAT OR IT'S A, IT'S A SATURDAY. IT'LL START LIKE A SATURDAY MORNING, LIKE A HALF DAY. YEAH. OKAY. KIND, KIND OF A HALF DAY MM-HMM . BUT, UM, I ENCOURAGE ALL THE COMMISSIONERS THAT IF YOU CAN MAKE IT TO MAKE IT OKAY. AND, AND FOR CONTEXT, WHEN WE FIRST STARTED REALLY TALKING ABOUT IT, IT'S 'CAUSE IT'S REALLY HARD. LIKE WE'VE GOT SO MUCH WORK THAT WE REALLY NEED TO DO HERE IN OUR MEETINGS THAT THERE'S SOME PLANNING THINGS, RIGHT. THERE'S SOME REALLY, LIKE WHAT, HOW, WHAT'S THE BEST, MOST EFFECTIVE WAY FOR US TO USE OUR TIME AND TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY AS A COMMISSION. IT CAN BE HARD TO DO THAT HERE ONCE A MONTH AND WE REALLY NEED TO GET THROUGH THE VOTE ON THIS AND MAKE SURE THAT THIS BUDGET AND THERE'S THE PUBLIC HEARING. SO TO GIVE SPACE FOR US TO, I CANNOT FIGURE OUT HOW TO TURN THAT OFF. UM, TO GIVE US SPACE TO, TO PLAN FOR THE NEXT YEAR ABOUT WHAT WOULD BE THE, HOW CAN WE MAKE SURE WE'RE BEING TRULY EFFECTIVE. WE'D LIKE SOME OUTSIDE TIME TOGETHER. UM, BUT THAT'S, SO IT'S, THE WORD RETREAT IS FUN. IT IS NOT, NOT GOING ANYWHERE . AND IT'S, IT'S REALLY JUST ABOUT TAKING THAT TIME OUTSIDE OF THE, LIKE WE HAVE TO PASS THESE THINGS TO REALLY DO SOME PLANNING AND SOME THINKING, SOME DEEPER THINKING ABOUT THE GOALS. ALRIGHT. YEAH. THANK YOU. VICE CHAIR. UH, JUST, JUST WANNA, UH, QUESTION. COMMISSIONER MENARD JUST ASKING, IS ONBOARDING THE NEW WORD FOR ORIENTATION? YES. YES. ALL RIGHT. UM, IF WE DON'T HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS OR ANY MORE FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS, IT IS SEVEN FIFTY SEVEN. I CALL THIS MEETING OF THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION ADJOURNED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GOODNIGHT Y'ALL. . THANK YOU. GOODNIGHT EVERYONE. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.