Aug 12, 2025 Community Development Commission

SO WE HAVE EIGHT VOTES, UH, TO APPROVE THOSE MINUTES.

LET'S GO ON TO OUR NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS, UH, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION.

SO, UH,

[2. Discussion and possible action on the updated gap financing application process, highlight recent rewards, and request two Community Development Commissioners to volunteer to the Housing Investment Review Committee (HIRC) (Chris Duran, Financial Analyst IV and Ellis Morgan, Financial Analyst IV, Austin Housing). ]

UH, SO ITEM NUMBER TWO, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE UPDATED GAP FINANCING APPLICATION PROCESS.

HIGHLIGHT OF RECENT REWARDS AND REQUEST, UH, FOR TWO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSIONERS TO VOLUNTEER TO THE HOUSING INVESTMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE OR THE HERC.

UH, WE HAVE CHRIS DURAN, FINANCIAL ANALYST, AND ELLIS MORGAN FINANCIAL ANALYST AS WELL FROM AUSTIN HOUSING.

WELCOME.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.

THIS IS CHRIS DURAN, AND AS MENTIONED, WE'RE FINANCIAL ANALYSTS IN THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT.

AND TONIGHT WE'LL BE TALKING TO WITH YOU ABOUT THE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE GAP FINANCING PROGRAM, AS WELL AS THE HOUSING INVESTMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE, OR HERC, WHICH IS PART OF THE APPLICATION REVIEW PROCESS OF THE GAP FINANCING PROGRAM.

LET'S SEE HERE.

DO YOU KNOW IF I JUST PUSH THIS? OH, THERE YOU, YOU GO.

THERE YOU GO.

PROCESS AT A HIGH LEVEL, THE, UH, HOUSING INVESTMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE AS MENTIONED, OR THE HERC, WHICH TIES INTO THE REQUEST.

UH, SO JUST TO GIVE A BRIEF HIGH LEVEL, UM, OVERVIEW, THE AGENDA HERE, UH, WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT THE GAP FINANCING APPLICATION

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THE LAST PART OF THE AGENDA.

UH, WE WILL GIVE SOME RECENT EXAMPLES OF RENTAL AND OWNERSHIP PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN COME THROUGH AND BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN THE PROCESS.

FOR FUNDING, UH, WE'LL DO A Q AND A.

AND THEN FINALLY WE WILL END WITH A REQUEST OR NOMINATION OF TWO HERC MEMBERS BY THE CDC.

SO WE WILL START WITH THE, UH, GAP FINANCING APPLICATION PROCESS.

HERE WE GO.

SO, UH, AS MENTIONED, WE'RE HOUSING DEPARTMENT STAFF, UM, AND AS STAFF, WE ADMINISTER PROGRAMS ON BEHALF OF THE AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION.

SO JUST TO GIVE SOME BACKGROUND FOR, FOR NEWER MEMBERS, THE AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION OR A HFC IS A PUBLIC NONPROFIT CORPORATION AND INSTRUMENTALITY OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN WITH A MISSION TO GENERATE AND IMPLEMENT STRATEGY STRATEGIC HOUSING SOLUTIONS FOR THE BENEFIT OF LOW AND MODERATE INCOME RESIDENTS OF AUSTIN AND THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT ASSISTANCE DIVISION, WHICH WE'RE IN ADMINISTERS MULTIPLE PROGRAMS THAT INCLUDE DEVELOPER INCENTIVES, FEE WAIVERS, ISSUANCE OF TAX EXEMPT BONDS, AS WELL AS GAP FINANCING.

AND WITHIN GAP FINANCING, UM, IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT, IT TYPICALLY MEANS THAT IT'S THE FINAL PIECE OF FUNDING NEEDED AFTER OTHER SOURCES HAVE BEEN ASSEMBLED AND, UH, BROUGHT TOGETHER.

SO THE RENTAL AND OWNERSHIP GAP FINANCING PROGRAMS PROVIDE FUNDING THROUGH LOANS TO DEVELOPERS IN EXCHANGE FOR AFFORDABLE RESTRICTIONS ON THE PROPERTY.

AND JUST TO GIVE YOU A, UM, KIND OF AN OVERVIEW OF OUR PROCESS HERE, IT'S BROKEN DOWN INTO FIVE STEPS, STARTS WITH AN APPLICATION DEADLINE AND THE STAFF APPLICATION REVIEW OF ELIGIBILITY AND APPLICATION SCORING.

THE NEXT STEP INVOLVES, UM, STAFF APPLICATION PROCESSING AND UNDER UNDERWRITING AND ANALYSIS, AND, UH, AS WELL AS AN INTERDEPARTMENTAL REVIEW PANEL, FOLLOWED BY THE THIRD STEP, WHICH IS THE HOUSING INVESTMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE MEETING, THE HERC MEETING.

AND THEN THE FIRST THREE STEPS FLOW INTO, UH, THE FOURTH STEP, WHICH IS THE, UH, HOUSING DEPARTMENT LEADERSHIP TEAM MEETING, UH, AND FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS WHICH FLOW TO THE LAST STEP, THE A HFC BOARD MEETING FOR CONSIDERATION AND AWARD.

AND AFTER AWARD, UH, THOSE PROJECTS THAT ARE SUCCESSFUL MOVE FORWARD TO THE LOAN CLOSING PROCESS.

SO JUST TO TALK, TO TALK ABOUT THE, UM, THE HOUSING INVESTMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE.

NOW, THE HERC, THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED A RE RESOLUTION IN 2007, WHICH ESTABLISHED A HOUSING BOND REVIEW COMMITTEE THAT WAS, UH, RETITLED THE HOUSING INVESTMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE IN 2018.

AND, UH, PER THE RESOLUTION, THE HERC IS TO BE COMPRISED OF THREE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AS WELL AS TWO CDC COMMISSIONERS.

UM, AND, UH, THE HERC IS TASKED WITH BIANNUAL REVIEW OF RENTAL AND OWNERSHIP PROJECT APPLICATIONS.

THE HERC DOES NOT RECOMMEND APPLICATIONS FOR FINANCING, BUT RATHER PLAYS AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE APPLICATION REVIEW PROCESS, IDENTIFYING AREAS OF CONCERN OR APPROVAL ASSOCIATED WITH RESPECTIVE DEVELOPMENTS.

AND JUST TO GIVE YOU A KIND OF AN OVERVIEW OF THE RESPONSIBILITIES ON A, SO THE, UM, BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FALLING ITEMS ON A BIANNUAL BASIS.

REVIEW OF APPLICATIONS, ATTENDANCE, UM, ATTENDING A HERC PRE-MEETING WITH STAFF, WHICH WOULD TYPICALLY BE VIRTUAL, COULD BE IN PERSON IF DESIRED.

UH, THEN THE ATTENDANCE TO THE HERC MEETING WITH APPLICANTS AND STAFF, WHICH IS TYPICALLY VIRTUAL.

AND THEN FOLLOWED BY SUBMISSION OF POST HERC MEETING FEEDBACK ON EACH PROJECT TO STAFF.

AND THE, UH, THE FORMAT OF THE MEETING, WHICH YOU'LL SEE SOME SLIDES PRESENTED IN A LITTLE BIT, UH, STAFF PRESENTS AN AN OVERVIEW OF THE DEVELOPMENT.

THE DEVELOPER, UH, THEN GIVES A HIGH LEVEL SUMMARY AS WELL WITH TO INCLUDE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE PROJECT.

AND HERC MEMBERS AND STAFF HAVE THEN HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ASK THE DEVELOPERS, UH, QUESTIONS ABOUT EACH PROJECT.

AND THEN FOLLOWING

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THE MEETING AS MENTIONED, UH, WE REQUEST POST-MEETING FEEDBACK, UH, AT THAT POINT.

AND AT THIS TIME, I'LL GO AHEAD AND TURN IT OVER TO CHRIS.

OKAY, GREAT.

THANK YOU ELLIS.

ALRIGHTY.

SO AT THIS TIME, I'LL GO THROUGH, UM, SOME RECENT, UH, RHODA AND ODA AND BY RHODA THAT'S RENTAL HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE AND OWNERSHIP, HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PROJECT EXAMPLES.

UM, THANK YOU ELLIS.

UM, AND SO THESE ARE EXAMPLES OF, UH, PROJECTS THAT, UM, OUR HERC MEMBERS REVIEW.

UM, AND LIKE ELLIS GAVE AN OVERVIEW ON GIVE FEEDBACK, UM, BOTH, YOU KNOW, MAYBE CONCERNS, HIGHLIGHTS THAT THEY APPRECIATE.

UM, SO IT'S REALLY, UH, AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION OR THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO GIVE THAT INPUT.

UM, SO THIS IS ONE PROJECT THAT, UM, IS CURRENTLY IN THE LOAN CLOSING PROCESS.

SO THOSE FIVE STEPS THAT ELLIS WENT OVER, IT WENT THROUGH THOSE, THAT PROCESS AND RECEIVED AN AWARD, I BELIEVE IN DECEMBER OF 2024.

AND WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS LOAN CLOSING PROCESS.

THAT CAN TAKE SOME TIME.

UM, BUT WE'RE CLOSING IN ON THAT AT THE HERC MEETING.

THIS IS THE SLIDE WE WOULD SEE.

AND, UM, TYPICALLY STAFF WILL GO OVER EVERYTHING IN A LOT OF DETAIL, EVEN THE, UM, FIGURES IN THAT BOX BELOW FOR YOU ALL.

I'LL JUST GO OVER THE BULLET POINTS AND GIVE A HIGH, UH, SUMMARY TO THE FIGURES.

UM, SO GENERATION HOUSING PARTNERS IS AN EXPERIENCED DEVELOPER.

UM, THIS WILL BE, THIS, UH, LOCATION IS JUST EAST OF I 35 AND SOUTH OF TWO 90, UH, NEAR CAMERON ROAD.

UM, AND IT'LL BE A 227 UNIT NEW CONSTRUCTION ON ABOUT TWO ACRES.

UM, IT'S TAKING ADVANTAGE OF 4%, UM, LITECH TAX CREDITS.

LITECH IS LOW IN, UH, INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDIT.

UM, WE CAN COME BACK AND TALK MORE ABOUT THOSE IN THE FUTURE IF DESIRED.

UM, THAT'S A WHOLE PROGRAM THAT WE PARTNER WITH.

UM, AND, UH, THERE'S ALSO, UM, SOMETHING WE LOOK AT AS THE SIZE OF THE BEDROOMS, THE SIZE OF THE SQUARE FOOTAGE.

SO THERE'S A LARGE NUMBER, OR I'M SORRY, THERE'S A LARGE NUMBER OF TWO BEDROOM UNITS.

UM, WE LOOK AT THE BEDROOM COUNTS AND, UM, OVER 50% OF THE HFC UNITS ARE AT OR BELOW 40% MFI.

UM, IT'LL BE A SIX STORY BUILDING WITH TWO FLOORS OF, OF STRUCTURED PARKING.

UM, I SPECIFICALLY, UM, THOUGHT THE COMMISSION WOULD APPRECIATE THIS PROJECT AND THE FACT THAT THERE IS 5,000 SQUARE FOOT OF COMMERCIAL SPACE FOR A NONPROFIT PARTNER.

AND I, UH, CHECKED IN WITH THE DEVELOPER TODAY TO SEE IF THEY HAVE ANY UPDATES ON THAT NONPROFIT PARTNER.

IT WILL BE BOTH, UH, NONPROFIT PROVIDING GENERAL RESIDENT SERVICES, BUT ALSO AN AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAM, UM, PROVIDING FREE UP TO 15 HOURS OF, UM, HOMEWORK ASSISTANCE TUTORING A WEEK FOR STUDENTS FROM ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE, AND HIGH SCHOOL.

UM, SO I PERSONALLY THINK THAT, UM, IT BRINGS A REAL QUALITY TO THE PROJECT AND IT IS WITHIN, UM, A QUARTER MILE OF HIGH FREQUENCY TRANSIT, WHICH IS SOMETHING WE LOOK AT.

UM, I'LL JUST GIVING A QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE FIGURES WE LOOK AT, MFI STANDS FOR MEDIUM FAMILY AND, UH, INCOME.

AND SO IF YOU'RE AT 50% OF THE MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME, THAT'S, UH, THAT QUALIFIES FOR A HFC SUBSIDY.

AND THAT'S, UM, THE, THAT THOSE UNIT COUNTS YOU SEE ARE HOW MANY UNITS WILL BE AT THAT RESTRICTION.

SO, FOR EXAMPLE, THERE WILL BE 30 16 UNITS THAT ARE RESTRICTED FOR THOSE AT 30% MFI AND BELOW, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.

AND, UH, WE DO LOOK AT, UM, THE SCHOOLS IN THE AREA.

WE LOOK AT A LOT OF DETAILS ABOUT THE COMMUNITY, UM, AND, UH, SHARE THAT WITH THE HERC.

AND, UM, THEN THE, UH, IF THIS WERE A HERC MEETING, THE DEVELOPER WOULD HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW AND WE WOULD, UH, BOTH HER AND STAFF COULD ASK QUESTIONS.

UM, WE'LL JUST GET, I'LL, I'LL GO A LITTLE QUICKER WITH THE NEXT TWO.

UM, BUT THIS IS ANOTHER RENTAL, UM, UH, RENTAL AGENT OR WROTE A PROJECT THAT, UM, ACTUALLY HAS CLOSED, UM, THE LOAN IS CLOSED AND I BELIEVE THERE WAS A GROUND BA BREAKING RECENTLY.

UM, THE CASINO GROUP IS THE DEVELOPER.

IT'S, AS YOU CAN SEE IN CENTRAL EAST AUSTIN, JUST SOUTH OF THE RIVER IN THE MONTOPOLIS AREA.

UM, AND A FEW UNIQUE ASPECTS TO THIS PROJECT ARE THAT IT'S, UM, UH, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF PSH UNITS, PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING UNITS THAT WILL, UM, BE ALLOCATED THROUGH THE CONTINUUM OF CARE.

THERE'S ALSO A PARTICULAR, UM, LGBT SUPPORTIVE FOCUS AS WELL AS, UM, IT IS A FOCUS ON SENIOR POPULATION.

UM, THOSE ARE SOME UNIQUE ASPECTS TO THIS, UH, PROJECT.

AND THE LAST, UH, PROJECT IS AN O WE WANTED TO ALSO INCLUDE AN OWNERSHIP.

SO JOHNNY LIMON VILLAGE RECENTLY HAD A GROUNDBREAKING, I THINK I MIGHT HAVE SEEN SOME CDC MEMBERS THERE, FORMER CURRENT CDC MEMBERS AT THE GROUNDBREAKING.

UM, I WANTED TO INCLUDE THIS ONE FOR YOU ALL BECAUSE I THOUGHT YOU WOULD APPRECIATE THAT THERE IS PRIORITY FOR INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES WITH GENERATIONAL TIES TO THE AREA.

UM, SO,

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UM, THAT IS A UNIQUE ASPECT TO THIS PROJECT.

UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, UM, CENTRAL ISH EAST AUSTIN, UM, JUST WEST OF 180 3, UM, ANO OVER 25% OF THE HOMES WILL BE, UM, 60% AND BELOW, UH, MFI, WHICH WE APPRECIATE FOR OWNERSHIP.

YOU OFTEN SEE 80% MFI FOR OWNERSHIP.

AND, UM, ALL OF THE HOMES ARE TWO BEDROOMS, UM, ABOVE AVERAGE SQUARE FOOTAGE.

AND, UM, AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE BOTTOM THERE, UM, AND LIKE I SAID, THERE'S, UM, SOME 60% MFI INCLUSION HERE, UM, AS WELL, WHICH WE LIKE TO SEE, NOT JUST THE 80%.

SO IT'S KIND OF A DEEPER AFFORDABILITY THAN YOU TYPICALLY SEE WITH THE OWNERSHIP.

SO, UM, YEAH, THOSE ARE JUST SOME OVERVIEWS OF RECENT PROJECTS AND WHAT IT'S LIKE BEING A HERC MEMBER.

UM, YOU'LL, THAT WAS REALLY JUST, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, A PRETTY QUICK LOOK.

UM, WE, YOU, YOU GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY DIVE INTO THESE, BUT OF COURSE, JUST ON A BIANNUAL BASIS, SO WE DON'T WANT TO OVERWHELM YOU.

UM, SO FROM HERE WE CAN TAKE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS AND WE WILL MOVE FORWARD TO, UM, REQUESTING TWO HER NOMINATIONS.

BUT, UM, I GUESS WE TALKED ABOUT AND WE WANTED TO BE CLEAR, WE DON'T WANNA PUT ANYONE ON THE SPOT IF YOU ALL NEED TIME TO THINK ABOUT IT, OF COURSE YOU COULD DO THAT AND, UM, YOU KNOW, NOMINATE, UH, OR ACCEPT NOMINATIONS AT SEPTEMBER.

BUT IF ANYONE IS PARTICULARLY EAGER OR READY TO TAKE ON THE TASK, WE OF COURSE, UM, THAT COULD HAPPEN TONIGHT AS WELL.

WE'LL JUST DEFER TO YOU ALL, BUT WE'RE OPEN FOR QUESTIONS.

YEAH, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.

YEAH, LET'S TAKE SOME QUESTIONS.

AND I KNOW THAT I HAVE HEARD FROM SOME COMMISSIONERS THAT ARE INTERESTED OR HAVE LOOKED AT AT THIS, SO WE CAN, UH, TAKE THAT AS WELL.

UH, BUT LET'S START WITH QUESTIONS.

UM, IN PERSON QUESTIONS.

UH, COMMISSIONER MENARD.

YEAH, I JUST HAD A QUICK QUESTION.

SO THIS CAMERON HIGHLIGHT THAT'S ALREADY DONE, RIGHT? UH, NO, IT'S NOT, IT'S, IT'S GONNA BE THE PROCESS.

COMMISSIONER MENARD, CAN YOU TURN YOUR MIC? OH NO, WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING, CLOSING THAT ACTUALLY, I'M SORRY, LET ME ASK AGAIN.

SO THE, THE CAMERON HIGHLINE, SO THAT IS PART, THAT IS IN THIS PROCESS, THAT'S IN PROCESS OF, UM, THE LOAN CLOSING.

IT'LL BE UNDER CONSTRUCTION LIKELY LATER THIS YEAR.

SO THAT'S NOT GONNA COME UP TO HERC ANYMORE.

I JUST, I'M JUST CURIOUS 'CAUSE THIS IS MY NEIGHBORHOOD, SO OH, PERFECT.

IS THIS WHERE THE YEAH, IS THIS WHERE THE OLD BEST PRODUCTS USED TO BE? IT'S JUST AN EMPTY BUILDING RIGHT NOW.

I I'VE BEEN TO THE SITE.

I, I DID NOT SEE ANY BUILDINGS I SAW.

UM, SO I, I CAN'T SPEAK TO WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE, IT WAS LIKE A BEST PRODUCTS.

SO THERE'S, SO THERE'S NOTHING ON THIS, THIS PROPERTY? I'M NOT SURE.

UM, I, I DIDN'T SEE, UM, A STRUCTURE.

THINK IT WAS VACANT LAND.

JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE IT IS.

YEAH, THANK YOU.

ALRIGHT, COMMISSIONERS, DO WE HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS FROM THOSE IN PERSON? ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO TO THOSE, UH, COMMISSIONERS ONLINE.

UM, IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION, PLEASE TURN ON YOUR CAMERA AND, UM, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THOSE ONLINE? NOT FROM ME.

WILL BE, THAT'S JUST ONE COMPONENT WE'LL BE LOOKING AT DEPTH OF AFFORDABILITY MM-HMM .

SO I, I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.

UM, SO YEAH, I'M GLAD THAT YOU INCLUDED THE JOHN LIMO VILLAGE ON HERE.

UM, AND THE KAREN POINT, UH, MENTALIS, UH, UH, SEEING THE, THAT MENTALIS DEVELOPMENT COMING UP IS REALLY GOOD.

UM, AND YEAH, AND ACTUALLY I MET WITH CASINO GROUP AND, YOU KNOW, CAME REALLY LIKED THE STORY OF HOW THEY CAME TO GET THE LAND, GET THE FINANCING FROM BOTH THE COUNTY AND THE CITY AND HOW WE WERE ABLE TO DO THAT.

UM, SO ONE QUESTION WE ALWAYS HAVE IS UHM FI, RIGHT? LIKE HOW, YOU KNOW, I SEE LIKE A LARGE NUMBER OF 60% MFI, 50%, 80% M FFI, UM, AND I'M GLAD TO SEE LIKE CAMERON HIGHLINE THAT WE HAVE SOME 30% MFI.

UM, HOW DOES THAT WORK WHEN YOU'RE, UM, APPROVING THIS FINANCING, UM, WITH DEVELOPERS? LIKE HOW DOES THAT WORK? UH, IS THERE A NEGOTIATION OF HOW MANY 30% MFI UNITS AND ALSO MULTIPLE BEDROOM UNITS, UH, THAT WE'RE GOING TO INCLUDE? I CAN TAKE THAT ONE.

UM, SO THIS PROJECT AS WELL AS, UM, MANY OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE SEE ARE A TAX CREDIT DEVELOPMENT OR, UM, LOW, LOW INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDIT.

UM, AND TYPICALLY THEIR AVERAGE, AVERAGE MFI LEVEL IS 60 WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO MAINTAIN ON THE PROPERTY.

SO THEY'LL HAVE A MIXED INCOME AND WE, WE ADVOCATE FOR AND KIND OF TRY AND, UM, WE REQUEST DEEPER SUBSIDIES.

SO WE, WE, WE KIND OF MESSAGE TO THEM THAT WE, UH, LIKE TO SEE THE DEEPER AFFORDABILITY THIRTIES AND FORTIES IF POSSIBLE.

AND IT IS A COMPETITIVE PROCESS.

UM, SO IN, IN REVIEWING, UH, AN APPLICATION VERSUS ANOTHER, UH, TAX CREDIT APPLICATION

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SO THEY MAY INCREASE OR, UM, UH, INCLUDE MORE, UM, LOWER INCOME UNITS JUST TO MAKE THEIR APPLICATION MORE COMPETITIVE.

SO IT'S JUST PART OF THE PROCESS.

THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION.

AND, UH, FOR THE HOME OWNERSHIP, UM, YEAH, I GUESS IS IT THE SAME PROCESS OF, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO GET THAT, UM, DOWN AND ALSO, UH, IF WE WERE TO HAVE MORE, LET'S SAY 50% MFI, UM, FOR HOME OWNERSHIP, IS THERE, DO YOU, DO THESE APPLICANTS, UH, THAT WANNA BUY ONE OF THESE PROPERTIES? DO THEY HAVE THOSE, UH, RESOURCES FROM THE CITY, LIKE THE, UH, DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE, THINGS LIKE THAT? SO THEY, THEY, THEY WOULD HAVE TO QUALIFY FOR DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE MM-HMM .

BUT THOSE ARE AVAILABLE FOR THOSE WHO QUALIFY.

SO YOU CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF BOTH PROGRAMS. OKAY.

SO THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW.

UM, THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COMMISSIONERS? UH, COMMISSIONER LONGORIA, UM, THANKS FOR THIS PRESENTATION.

UM, SO THIS GAP FINANCING, UH, IT'S A LOAN, RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT.

YEAH, THEY WOULD HAVE TO PAY IT BACK AND I GUESS IT'S THE, THE INCENTIVE IS, UH, TAX EXEMPTION OR HOW DOES IT WORK? OR LIKE, SO, UM, WELL THE, THE INCENTIVE WOULD BE, SO THEY HAVE A GAP, A FUNDING GAP MM-HMM .

SO WE'RE KIND OF FILLING THAT GAP OR THE LAST PIECE OF FUNDING MM-HMM .

AND SO IT, IT, UM, WE'RE ESSENTIALLY HELPING IT GET ACROSS, GET THEIR CAPITAL STACK MM-HMM .

UM, COMPLETED SO THAT THEY CAN, UH, CONTINUE WITH THEIR DEVELOPMENT.

UH, IF THAT, DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? YEAH.

UM, OKAY.

AND THEN, UM, SO THE HERC IT MEETS, UM, HOW OFTEN? TWICE A YEAR? TWICE A YEAR? YEAH, TWICE A YEAR.

AND I, I MEAN, UM, AGAIN, THE, THESE DEVELOPMENTS THAT THE CITY IS HELPING FILL THAT GAP IS GREAT.

I, I, I LOVE TO SEE SOME MORE OF THAT.

IS THERE LIKE AN AFFORDABILITY PERIOD OR SOMETHING LIKE WITH THESE PROPERTIES? LIKE, SO THE MFI, LIKE, HOW LONG IS THAT IN PLACE FOR? LIKE 10 YEARS, 15 YEARS, 20 YEARS, OR LIKE, GO AHEAD.

IT'S, UH, UM, SO AT LEAST 40 YEARS FOR RENTAL.

OH, NICE.

BUT WE SEE, UM, SOME APPLICATIONS WILL, UM, COME IN.

I, I THINK THEY'RE TRYING TO BE MORE COMPETITIVE.

THEY'LL COME IN AT HIGHER, MAYBE 45.

WOW.

AND THEN FOR OWNERSHIP, UH, IT'S A MINIMUM OF 99 YEARS.

WOW.

WHICH MY UNDERSTANDING IS, IS EFFECTIVELY MEANT TO BE FOREVER, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE JUST KIND OF RENEWED, IT'S JUST KIND OF A PRACTICE OF 99 YEARS.

UM, IF WE DON'T HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS FROM COMMISSIONERS, UM, LIKE I SAID, WE DO HAVE SOME INTEREST IN THE HERC.

UM, AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE TWO NOMINATIONS.

ED, DO WE HAVE TO MAKE ONE NOMINATION AT, AT A TIME AND THEN VOTE? OR FOR, SORRY, FOR NOMINATIONS? YES.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO, WE DON'T HAVE TO VOTE.

YOU CAN JUST APPOINT HONOR.

COMMISSIONER MADANO? YES.

SO, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE, UH, COMMISSIONER MENARD, UH, TO THE HERC AND COMMISSIONER MENO, UH, COMMISSIONERS.

DO YOU ACCEPT THOSE NOMINATIONS? YES, YES, YES.

YES, YES.

ALRIGHT, SO WE HAVE TWO , TWO COMMISSIONERS ON THE HEART NOW, SO, OH, THEY, THEY WERE READY.

YES, THEY WERE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK Y'ALL VERY MUCH.

OKAY, THANKS.

AND WE'LL BE IN TOUCH WITH THOSE COMMISSIONERS.

SO, UH, WE WILL MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS ITEM NUMBER THREE, WHICH IS THE DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE PROPOSED, UH, 2026 CSBG BUDGET AND COMMUNITY ACTION PLAN.

[3. Discussion and possible action on the proposed 2026 CSBG Budget and Community Action Plan (Jill Smith, Acting Manager, Neighborhood Services Unit, Austin Public Health). ]

UH, WE HAVE JILL SMITH, ACTING MANAGER FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES UNIT OF AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH.

WELCOME, JILL.

THANK YOU .

UM, YEAH, I'M JILL SMITH.

I'M ONE OF THE PROGRAM MANAGERS FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES UNIT, AND I'M HERE TONIGHT, UM, FOR ANGEL ZAMBRANO.

AND OUR FIRST ITEM IS TO GO OVER THE PROPOSED, UM, COMMUNITY ACTION PLAN AND BUDGET FOR 2026.

UM, SO WE DO A, UM, A COMMUNITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT AS PART OF OUR GRANT EVERY THREE YEARS.

UM, WE DID OUR LAST ONE IN 2024.

AND SO THAT COMMUNITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT IS WHAT KIND OF WHAT GIVES US THE DATA AND, UM, LETS US KNOW KIND OF WHAT OUR GOALS SHOULD BE AND, AND DRIVES THE COMMUNITY ACTION PLAN EVERY YEAR.

UM, THE COMPONENTS THAT GO INTO IT ARE THE, WHAT THE TOP FIVE NEEDS WERE OUT OF THE, UM, OUT OF THE,

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UM, COMMUNITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT, UM, POVERTY RATES, THE, UM, PROVISION OF NUTRITIOUS FOODS, OUR CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES, UM, AND ANY GAPS IN SERVICES, UM, AND OUR PERFORMANCE TARGETS IN OUR SERVICE LOCATIONS.

UM, SO THE 2024 COMMUNITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT THAT I MENTIONED HAD, UM, THESE TOP FIVE NEEDS IN, IN THIS ORDER.

UM, HOUSING WAS THE TOP NEED AND THEN BASIC NEEDS, YOU CAN USE THAT CLICKER OH, WHOOPS.

RIGHT THERE.

AND, AND GO TO THE PAGES THAT YOU'RE ON.

UM, SO HOUSING BASIC NEEDS EMPLOYMENT HEALTH AND, UM, INCOME FINANCIAL.

UM, SO THE WAYS THAT WE ADDRESS, LEMME GO THROUGH THAT, UM, THESE NEEDS.

ONE OF 'EM IS PROVISION OF, OF NUTRITIOUS FOODS.

WE HAVE FOOD PANTRY SERVICES, WE HAVE FRESH FOODS FOR FAMILIES, HEALTHY OPTION PROGRAM FOR, FOR THE ELDERLY, WHICH WE CALL HOPE, UM, OUR MOBILE FOOD PANTRIES AND FOOD RECOVERY PROGRAMS. UM, ANOTHER BIG PART OF OUR SERVICES IS OUR CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES HELP, IF I REMEMBER TO GO FORWARD.

UM, SO WE HAVE OUR SELF-SUFFICIENCY CASE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM THAT HELPS CLIENTS ACHIEVE AND MAINTAIN INCOMES OVER 125% OF THE POVERTY LEVEL FOR AT LEAST 90 DAYS.

UM, THAT PROGRAM INCLUDES, UM, DOING AN ASSESSMENT AND SERVICE PLAN, EMPLOYMENT SUPPORTS, UM, AND LINKAGES TO EDUCATION AND TRAINING.

UM, WE HAVE, UH, RENTAL ASSISTANCE AND BUS PASSES TO HELP SUPPORT THOSE CLIENTS, UM, AND HELP THEM WITH BUDGETING AND, AND FINANCIAL COUNSELING.

OUR FUNDER, UM, OUR GRANTOR MEASURES OUR SUCCESS WITH THESE, UM, NATIONAL PERFORMANCE INDICATORS.

AND, UM, SO TO ADDRESS THAT HOUSING GAP THAT I MENTIONED, UM, THAT WAS ONE OF THE NEEDS.

WE PROVIDE EVICTION PREVENTION AND, UM, RENTAL AND UTILITY ASSISTANCE TO ADDRESS BASIC NEEDS GAPS.

WE PROVIDE, UM, ALL THOSE FOOD SERVICES THAT I MENTIONED, FINANCIAL COUNSELING AND COACHING BUS PASSES, AND, UM, REFERRALS TO RESOURCES, UM, FOR THE EMPLOYMENT AND INCOME GAPS.

UM, WE PROVIDE THE, THE CASE MANAGEMENT, UM, WITH EMPLOYMENT SUPPORTS, CAREER COUNSELING AND JOB SEARCHES.

AND TO ADDRESS THE HEALTH GAPS.

WE HAVE HEALTH SERVICES INCLUDING, UM, SCREENING AND ASSESSMENTS, REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES, DIABETES CASE MANAGEMENT, AND WE PROVIDE NUTRITIOUS FOODS TO OUR CLIENTS AND TO ADDRESS THE EDUCATION GAP.

UM, AGAIN, PROVIDE CASE MANAGEMENT AND REFERRALS TO TRAINING PROGRAMS AND REFERRALS AND LINKAGES FOR OUR SERVICE LOCATIONS.

UH, ONE THING I WAS GONNA MENTION IS THAT ONE OF OUR OUTREACH SITES, ONION CREEK, UM, SOCCER COMPLEX WHERE WE DO A MOBILE PANTRY IS, UM, STARTING NEXT MONTH MOVING TO THE DOVE SPRINGS, UM, REC CENTER.

AND, UM, ANOTHER EXPANSION RIGHT NOW IS, UM, THE AGENCY RETAIL PICKUP.

THAT'S A PROGRAM WITH THE CENTRAL TEXAS FOOD BANK.

UM, THEY PROVIDE DIRECT LINKAGES BETWEEN OUR CENTERS OR ALL THEIR PARTNERS, UM, IN SPECIFIC, UM, GROCERY STORES.

AND, UM, SO WE CAN PICK UP FOODS DIRECTLY.

YOU KNOW, THEY'RE SURPLUS FOODS DIRECTLY FROM THOSE STORES EVERY WEEK.

AND HEB HAS JUST MADE A COMMITMENT TO, UM, PROVIDE FOOD FROM ALL OF THEIR DEPARTMENTS.

SO WE CAN NOT ONLY GET FOOD FROM ALL THE DEPARTMENTS, BUT ALSO SOME OTHER HOUSEHOLD ITEMS AND THAT KIND OF THING.

UM, AND SO ALL OF OUR CENTERS ARE GETTING IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING CONNECTED WITH, UM, HEBS TO NOT ONLY HEBS, BUT TO, WITH GROCERY STORES, UM, TO HAVE MORE FOOD TO DISTRIBUTE

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IN ADDITION TO WHAT WE'RE GETTING, UM, CURRENTLY FROM THE FOOD BANK AND OUR OTHER, UM, OUR OTHER FOOD RECOVERY PROGRAMS. AND THEN THERE'S A PROPOSED EXPANSION, UM, FOR ANOTHER CENTER IN THE BERG BREAKER AREA, WHICH WOULD REQUIRE WHICH, YOU KNOW, A BOND.

AND THIS IS OUR FUNDING ALLOCATION.

WE DON'T KNOW THE 2026 ALLOCATION, BUT EXPECT IT TO BE FLAT.

UM, AND, UM, SO OUR BUDGET FUNDS PERSONNEL, OUR, OUR UNIT HAS ABOUT 50 STAFF, SO ONLY 13 OF THEM ARE FUNDED BY THIS, THIS FUNDING CSPG.

SO, UM, WE'VE TWO PROGRAM MANAGERS, SEVEN COMMUNITY WORKERS, AND FOUR SOCIAL WORKERS THAT ARE FUNDED BY BY THIS FUNDING.

AND THEN THE REST OF OUR, OUR UNIT IS FUNDED BY, UM, OTHER FUNDING.

AND, UM, SO THAT'S KIND OF THE OVERVIEW OF THE CAP.

AND I THINK WE NEED, UM, ARE WE GONNA, SO ARE WE GOING TO THE SORRY, TO THE PUBLIC HEARING OR ARE WE TAKING QUESTIONS? UM, I WAS GONNA, SORRY.

I THINK THAT, UM, WE'RE GONNA NEED TO SEND THEM THE CAP.

WHAT YOU'LL SEE ON THE SCREEN IS THE CAP, BUT IT'S HARD TO SEE 'CAUSE IT'S IN EXCEL.

SO I'LL SEND IT OUT TO EVERYBODY SO YOU CAN TAKE A LOOK AT IT.

I DON'T KNOW.

AND IT SHOULD BE IN YOUR PACKET.

I'M NOT SURE IF IT IS, BUT IT SHOULD BE IN YOUR PACKET.

UM, BUT IF NOT, WE'LL MAKE SURE TO GET IT OUT TO EVERYONE.

UM, THERE ARE JUST A COUPLE OF, THE CAP HAS OUR ACTUAL TARGETS FOR NEXT YEAR, SO THEY'RE JUST A FEW THAT I'LL HIGHLIGHT.

UM, SO FOR CASE MANAGEMENT NEXT YEAR, UM, WELL THE, OUR BIG GOAL THAT, THAT TDA THAT, UH, OUR FUNDER SETS IS HOW MANY PEOPLE TRANSITION OUTTA POVERTY, AND THEY SET THAT GOAL, UM, WHICH HAS BEEN 43 FOR THE LAST AS MANY YEARS AS I CAN REMEMBER.

UM, SO THEY'LL SET THAT GOAL.

UM, AND THEN THE REST OF THE TARGETS WE SET.

SO WE EXPECT TO SERVE 150 PEOPLE IN CASE MANAGEMENT.

AND, UM, LET'S SEE, HAVE, I'LL LET YOU, I'M READ ALL OF THEM, BUT, UM, SERVE 700, 700 PEOPLE WITH RENTAL ASSISTANCE TO AVOID EVICTION.

AND, UM, ABOUT 150 PEOPLE WITH UTILITY PAYMENTS, UM, DISTRIBUTE FOOD TO ABOUT 75,000 PEOPLE.

THOSE ARE KIND OF THE HIGHLIGHTS.

YOU ALL CAN LOOK AT THE, THE DETAILS IN THE CAP.

THANK YOU, JILL.

UM, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FROM COMMISSIONERS? COMMISSIONER LONGORIA, UM, THANK YOU, JILL, FOR THE CAP.

AND UM, SO, UM, I UNDERSTAND THAT THROUGH THE CAP AND THROUGH COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, UH, YOU RECEIVED LIKE THE TOP FIVE NEEDS, HOUSING, BASIC NEEDS, EMPLOYMENT, HEALTH, AND OKAY, THAT WAS AUSTIN FEEDBACK, CORRECT? RIGHT.

AND THEN THERE'S NATIONAL INDICATORS TOO.

YOU MENTIONED THE NATIONAL INDICATORS ARE WHAT THE, THEY SET.

YEAH, THEY, YEAH, THAT'S HOW THEY, WHAT THEIR SPECIFIC MEASUREMENTS ARE.

AND YOU KIND OF HAVE TO MAKE 'EM ALIGNED SORT OF, RIGHT.

UM, AND THEN AS FAR AS LIKE THE BUDGET GOES, IT'S JUST TOWARDS THOSE STAFF MEMBERS REALLY.

YEAH, IT'S A VERY, I MEAN, IT'S A SMALL PART OF OUR BUDGET THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE, LIKE, ALL OF OUR RENTAL ASSISTANCE IS SEPARATE, ALL THE UTILITY ASSISTANCE IS SEPARATE, AND MOST OF THE, THE STAFF FUNDING IS SEPARATE, IS FUNDED OTHERWISE.

THE, THE CAP, IT'S IN YOUR PACKET.

I THINK THAT WAS IT.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER.

UM, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? WE HAVE A QUESTION FROM VICE CHAIR.

ACHILLES, GO AHEAD.

GOOD EVENING.

I JUST WANTED TO DOUBLE CHECK, UM, BECAUSE THOSE OF US ONLINE CAN'T SEE AT ALL THE, SO I KNOW YOU KEPT SAYING GO AHEAD AND, AND READ ALONG, BUT WE, WE CAN'T READ IT AT ALL FROM, FROM ONLINE.

AND SO I JUST WANTED TO, TO MAKE A NOTE THAT WE'RE NOT ABLE TO FOLLOW ALONG.

AND IF THERE HAPPENS TO BE ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WHO IS PLANNING TO SPEAK DURING THE HEARING, WHO IS ALSO ONLINE, THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO SEE IT AT ALL.

AND IT'S NOT IN OUR, IT'S NOT POSTED ONLINE AS PART OF THE AGENDA.

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IT'S ITEM EIGHT, IT'S LABELED ITEM EIGHT, BUT IT SHOULD BE, UM, YEAH, SIX.

SO, SORRY.

SO THAT'S BACKUP ITEM.

YEAH, I, I THINK IT WAS LABELED ITEM.

YOU SEE IT, IT'S, IT IS THE EXCEL SPREADSHEET.

JUST THE ONLY ONE IN THERE.

THE ONLY EXCEL IN, IN YOUR PACKET.

SO THAT'S ANTI DISPLACEMENT.

IT, UM, YEAH, I JUST, I DON'T, I'M UNCLEAR AS TO WHETHER IT'S BACKUP ONLINE, THAT'S ALL.

YES, ED, I DON'T SEE IT, I DON'T SEE IT ON THE BACK AGENDA.

I DON'T THINK THE PUBLIC HAS ACCESS TO THAT, SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE IF THERE'S ANYONE ONLINE FOR THE HEARING THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO SEE IT.

AND I'M, I'M JUST NOT FINDING IT IN MY BACKUP.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S POSSIBLE TO GET THAT BEFORE WE'RE REQUIRED TO TAKE ANY ACTIONS TODAY.

NO ONE CAN SEE IT.

WELL, WE CAN'T TAKE ACTION ON SOMETHING.

WE CAN'T, WE, WE CAN'T SEE.

SO, UM, AND DOES THAT INCLUDE THE PUBLIC HEARING AS WELL? SHOULD WE, THAT INCLUDES THE PUBLIC HEARING.

SHOULD, SHOULD WE RESCHEDULE OUR PUBLIC HEARING AND A VOTE ON THIS? THAT THAT WOULD BE, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S POSSIBLE TO ENLARGE IT.

SO WE CAN, I JUST DID WANNA CALL TO ATTENTION THAT YOUR ONLINE FOLKS CAN'T SEE ANYTHING UNLESS YOU FIND A WAY TO MAKE IT BIGGER OR UNLESS YOU CAN TELL US WHICH ITEM IT IS ON THE ONLINE BACKUP.

CAN YOU MAKE IT LARGER ON THE SCREEN? WE, WE CAN'T MAKE IT LARGER ON THE SCREEN EITHER.

DO I NEED A, A VOTE TO RESCHEDULE OR YOU DON'T NEED TO VOTE? YOU CAN JUST RESCHEDULE.

SO, UM, YES.

UM, UNLESS I HAVE ANY COMMENTS FROM COMMISSIONERS, I WOULD FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE TO RESCHEDULE, UH, THE ACTION AND THE PUBLIC HEARING TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, NOT ONLY OUR COMMISSIONERS, BUT ALSO THE PUBLIC HAS, UH, TIME TO LOOK AT THIS, UH, PRESENTATION AS A WHOLE WITH INCLUDING THE, THE SPREADSHEET AS WELL.

ANY QUESTIONS OR ANY COMMENTS FROM COMMISSIONERS? OKAY.

THIS, THAT HAS TO GO TO HUD OR IT'S, CAN IT COME BACK ON THE AGENDA OR DOES IT HAVE TO GO? I MEAN, IT'S GONNA MAKE IT LIGHT.

OH, BUT I'M NEXT ANYWAY, RIGHT? SO, UH, LET'S GO.

ARE WE READY? YEAH.

NEXT, UM, ITEM, WHICH IS, UH, DISCUSSION ITEMS, WHICH IS ITEM NUMBER FIVE, WHICH IS OUR PRESENTATION ON THE CSBG, THE COMMUNITY SERVICES BLOCK GRANT ACTIVITIES AND OUTCOMES.

UH, LET'S GO ON TO OUR

[5. Presentation regarding the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) activities and outcomes (Jill Smith, Acting Manager, Neighborhood Services Unit, Austin Public Health).]

UM, JILL WOULD BE PRESENTING THAT, UH, GO AHEAD, JILL.

UH, DO I ALSO DRIVE THAT OR NO? YEAH.

COULD YOU HELP ME? YEP.

AND, UM, OH, THE LAST ITEM WAS THE, THE CAP THAT WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT THAT IS GOING TO BE ON THE AGENDA NEXT TIME.

UM, SO THIS IS OUR REGULAR MONTHLY REPORT.

UM, THE MISSION OF NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES UNIT IS TO IMPROVE 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.

AND WE DO THAT THROUGH THE PROVISION OF BASIC NEEDS, PREVENTATIVE HEALTH CASE MANAGEMENT, AND EMPLOYMENT SUPPORTS.

UM, FOR OUR TRANSITION OUTTA POVERTY GOAL, WHICH IS 43, WE'RE MAKING GOOD PROGRESS, AND HAD, UM, HAD 17 BY THE END OF, UM, JUNE.

UM, ANOTHER AERIAL HIGHLIGHT IS OUR FOOD DISTRIBUTION NUMBERS.

WE'VE SERVED 43,364 PEOPLE WITH OUR FOOD DISTRIBUTIONS THROUGH JUNE.

UM, AND THEN, LET'S SEE, ON PAGE THREE.

UM, SO WITH OUR RENTAL ASSISTANCE, WE'VE CONTINUED TO HELP PEOPLE AVOID EVICTION.

UM, I, UH, SO WITH OUR SELF-SUFFICIENCY CASE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, WE DID A CLIENT SATISFACTION SURVEY IN JULY.

AND, UM, I'LL GO OVER THAT IN A SECOND AFTER WE, AFTER THIS.

UM,

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AND THERE'S A SUCCESS STORY IN THE BACK THAT I'LL LET YOU READ ON YOUR OWN.

UM, AND THEN CAN YOU PULL UP THE, DO YOU MIND PULLING UP THE, UM, THE SURVEY? IS IT THAT ONE? YES.

UM, SO I THINK WE, UH, A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO WE WENT OVER, UM, THE SURVEY THAT WE DO WITH CLIENTS FOR OUR BASIC NEEDS.

THIS IS SPECIFICALLY WITH THE CLIENTS THAT ARE GETTING OUR CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES.

UM, SO THAT'S A MUCH SMALLER GROUP THAT'S GETTING MORE INTENSIVE SERVICES.

UM, SO IN THIS CALENDAR YEAR, IN 2025, UM, WE SERVED 75 HOUSEHOLDS THROUGH THE END OF JUNE.

UM, IN 17 PEOPLE HAD HAVE TRANSITIONED OUT OF POVERTY.

UM, LET'S SEE.

SO THEN IN JULY, WE SENT OUT, UM, AN EMAILED SURVEY TO 79 CLIENT EMAIL ADDRESSES.

UM, WE HAD 10 PEOPLE RESPOND.

UM, OVERALL THE, THE RESPONSES WERE VERY POSITIVE.

UM, 80% SAID THAT THEY WOULD RECOMMEND US TO A RELATIVE, AND, UM, 80% SAID THAT THEY WERE SATISFIED WITH THE PROGRAM.

UM, THEY THOUGHT THEIR CASE MANAGER WAS HELPFUL IN FINDING THEM SERVICES.

80% DID AND 85% THOUGHT THAT THEY, UM, HAD BECOME MORE SELF-SUFFICIENT.

AND I'LL LET YOU READ THE QUOTES ON YOUR OWN.

ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, JILL.

UH, DO WE HAVE ANY, UH, QUESTIONS FROM COMMISSIONERS? UH, COMMISSIONER MENARD, I'M JUST LOOKING AT RESPONSES TO THE SURVEY.

UM, CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UM, SO THAT'S ALL YOU DID WAS EMAIL FOLKS.

ANY OTHER EFFORT LIKE CALLING THEM TO TRY TO MAKE SURE FOLKS RESPONDED TO THE SURVEY? 'CAUSE IT'S NOT A VERY GOOD RESPONSE.

IT IS NOT.

WE, UH, THE CASE, THE CASE MANAGERS TOLD THEIR CURRENT CLIENTS THAT THEY WOULD BE EXPECTING IT, YOU KNOW, TO EXPECT SOMETHING, UM, FROM US.

AND SO WE WERE ALSO SURVEYING PEOPLE THAT HAD BEEN PAST CLIENTS.

I, I THINK WHAT WE FIGURED OUT FROM BOTH OF THOSE, BECAUSE WE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM WITH, UM, WITH THE EARLIER ONE.

THIS, THE METHOD THAT WE USED HAD BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL BEFORE.

UM, WE'VE USED, UM, AN OASIS OR BLAST FROM ONE OF THE DATABASES WE HAVE TO EMAIL OUT.

AND WE, IT HAD BEEN, IT HAD REALLY WORKED WELL BEFORE, BUT WE, WHAT WE THINK IS HAPPENING IS LIKE, ALL OF US GET SPAM ALL THE TIME AND IT LOOKS REAL.

UM, AND SO I THINK THAT WHAT WE HAD DONE BEFORE THAT WAS SUCCESSFUL ISN'T WORKING ANYMORE BECAUSE PEOPLE JUST GET TOO MUCH SPAM.

SO OUR PLAN NEXT YEAR IS TO USE THE SAME, YOU KNOW, ELECTRONIC METHODS, BUT BE TELLING PEOPLE AS THEY'RE COMING INTO OUR CENTERS FOR FOOD, LIKE, HERE'S THE QR CODE AND HAVE 'EM DO IT THEN AND DO, DO IT A LOT MORE IN PERSON.

MM-HMM.

OF, YOU KNOW, WE CAN STILL COLLECT IT ELECTRONICALLY, BUT HAVE A LOT MORE OF AN IN PERSON TOUCH SO THAT THEY KNOW IT'S REAL.

SO WE JUST DIDN'T EXPECT THAT.

'CAUSE IT HAD WORKED WELL BEFORE AND WE'RE GOING, HOW COME THIS WORKED BEFORE? AND IT'S NOT NOW, BUT WE WILL, WE'LL WORK ON THAT NEXT YEAR AND, AND MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S A MORE OF A HUMAN TOUCH AND TELLING PEOPLE WHAT IT IS.

DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? UH, COMMISSIONER BREWSTER, GO AHEAD.

SO THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE HAVING US MEASURE THREE CONSISTENT MONTHS.

SO MY QUESTION IS ABOUT THE 17 INDIVIDUALS THAT, UM, TRANSITIONED OUT OF POVERTY IN THE THREE MONTHS.

SO HAD THEY BEEN A PART OF, OF THE PROGRAM USING SERVICES BEFORE OR WAS IT JUST LIKE A THREE MONTHS AND START HERE AND, 'CAUSE I MEAN, WE'RE SPEAKING OF SOMETHING THAT COULD TAKE GENERATIONS.

SO WHAT DO YOU, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE TO Y'ALL, SOMEONE TRANSITIONING OUT OF POVERTY COMPLETELY? THE METRIC THAT, UM, THAT OUR GRANTOR USES AT THE T-D-H-C-A, UM, IS THAT THEY GET OVER 125% OF POVERTY FOR THREE MONTHS.

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SO AFTER THE THIRD MONTH, I MEAN, IT IS ONLY MEASURED FOR THAT THREE MONTHS.

AND AFTER THE THIRD MONTH, THERE'S A CHANCE THAT THEY GO BACK INTO POVERTY.

IS THERE ANY FOLLOW UP AFTER THAT? UM, THEY CAN CONTINUE IN CASE MANAGEMENT.

USUALLY THOSE ARE PEOPLE THAT HAVE, I MEAN, HAVE A VERY, YOU KNOW, HAVE A STEADY EMPLOYMENT.

YOU KNOW, THEY WERE HAVING TROUBLE WITH EMPLOYMENT BEFORE AND NOW THEY'VE HAD A STEADY JOB BECAUSE IT'S CONSECUTIVE MONTHS, SO IT'S NOT SPOTTY.

UM, BUT, SO WE DO ALSO HAVE CLIENTS SOMETIMES IF THEY, IF THEY LOSE THEIR JOB, THEY CAN COME BACK INTO THE PROGRAM, BUT TYPICALLY THEY'RE, THEY'RE STABLE FOR THEN.

WELL, THANK YOU.

UH, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COMMISSIONERS? YEAH, SO, UM, SO YES, I WAS LOOKING, I WAS LOOKING AT THE GOALS AND, AND HAD A SIMILAR QUESTION OR JUST WANTED TO FOLLOW UP ON COMMISSIONER BREWSTER'S.

UH, QUESTION ABOUT, ABOUT THAT.

DO YOU KEEP, UH, DATA ON THAT? LIKE ANYBODY THAT HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS TRANSITIONED OUT OF POVERTY AND THEN CAME BACK FOR, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE OF MONTHS LATER, A YEAR LATER, SOMETHING LIKE THAT? UM, WE, YEAH, WE COULD TRACK, UM, PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN RE YOU KNOW, IN THE PROGRAM MORE THAN ONCE.

IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE'VE REPORTED ON, SO.

YEAH, I WAS JUST WONDERING IF THERE'S LIKE CERTAIN PERIODS OF TIME WHEN PEOPLE COME BACK OR, YOU KNOW, BUT IF, UH, YEAH, I GUESS YOU DON'T HAVE IT AS A REPORT, BUT YOU DO HAVE THAT DATA.

WE HAVE A, I MEAN, YEAH, WE WOULD HAVE, WE WOULD HAVE THE INFORMATION IN OUR DATABASE THAT SOMEONE HAD BEEN IN A CLIENT MORE THAN ONCE.

ALRIGHT, COMMISSIONERS, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO, UH, COMMISSIONER LONGORIA, GO AHEAD.

SO I MEAN, I UNDERSTAND LIKE HOUSING IS A MAJOR, THE NUMBER ONE NEED, RIGHT? UM, WELL I DO SEE RENTAL PAYMENTS AND UTILITY ASSISTANCE, BUT DO SO, UM, THE CASE MANAGERS HELP PEOPLE, UM, APPLY FOR LIKE LOW INCOME HOUSING AND THOSE TYPE OF THINGS? YES.

GREAT.

BECAUSE I KNOW SOME OF THOSE THINGS ARE KIND OF LIKE HARD TO NAVIGATE.

YEAH, YEAH.

THAT'S DEFINITELY A PART OF, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE LICENSED SOCIAL WORKERS, SO THEY'RE DEFINITELY HELPING PEOPLE APPLY FOR MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

AND THEN ALSO THE CLIENTS THAT ARE IN THE CASE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM ARE, UM, ELIGIBLE FOR A MORE RENTAL ASSISTANCE THAN, UM, THAN OTHER THAN JUST THE GENERAL PUBLIC.

NICE.

JUST TO HELP THEM GET ON, GET ON THEIR FEET.

UM, YEAH, I SEE FOOD STAMPS AND, UM, COUPLE OTHER THINGS.

SO YEAH.

AND, AND JOB, EMPLOYMENT, PROCURING EMPLOYMENT AND STUFF LIKE THAT, RIGHT? OH YEAH.

THAT'S THE MAIN FOCUS OF THE PROGRAMS. OKAY.

THANK YOU COMMISSIONER.

UM, THANK YOU JILL.

UH, I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR REPORT.

NEXT ITEM, ITEM NUMBER SIX ON YOUR AGENDA, A PRESENTATION ON UPDATES REGARDING ADDING PAID PARKING ON EAST OF I INTERSTATE 35 SOUTH OF THIRD STREET AND HOW THAT WILL AFFECT, UH, SANCHEZ ELEMENTARY AND MARTIN MIDDLE SCHOOL.

SO WE'RE MOVING ON TO OUR

[6. Presentation on updates regarding adding paid parking east of Interstate 35, and south of 3rd street and how that will have effects on Sanchez Elementary and Martin Middle school (AISD) Curtis Rogers, Project Coordinator and Ryan Royal, Program Manager III Transportation and Public Works).]

UH, WE HAVE CURTIS ROGERS PROJECT COORDINATOR AND RYAN ROYAL PROJECT MANAGER, TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC WORKS.

OH, OH, WE ONLY HAVE .

RYAN ROYAL IS ACTUALLY NEXT DOOR.

HE IS JUST FINISHING UP THE PLANNING COMMISSION.

THE PARKING TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

HERE? YES, THERE YOU GO.

OKAY, SO WE HAVE CURTIS, THANK YOU.

YEAH, RYAN MIGHT BE COMING THROUGH THE DOOR, SO WE'LL SEE.

OKAY, WELCOME.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.

YEAH, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR MY TIME.

I'LL ROLL THROUGH THE SLIDES FIRST, THEN WE CAN GO TO QUESTIONS.

FEEL FREE TO STOP AT ANY POINT IF YOU THINK THERE'S A POINT OF CLARITY THAT NEEDS TO BE MADE ON ANY OF THE SLIDES.

UM, MY NAME IS CURTIS ROGERS.

I'VE BEEN WITH THE TRANSPORTATION PUBLIC WORKS FOR A LITTLE OVER TWO YEARS AND WORKING WITH THIS AREA.

I'VE ALSO BEEN A RESIDENT OF THIS AREA FOR A WHILE, SO I TAKE A LOT OF PRIDE IN THE WORK WE DO HERE AND I WANNA SEE IT THRIVE.

UM, LET'S SEE.

QUICK AGENDA.

WE'RE GONNA GO THROUGH SOME OF THE BACKGROUND TALK ABOUT WHAT IS A, A, A PARKING AND TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT DISTRICT, A LITTLE BIT ON THE CURB MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS OR THE TOOLS THAT WE HAVE.

SOME OF THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, WE'VE DONE FEEDBACK, ADJUSTMENTS TO OUR PLANS.

AND THEN THE PHASE ONE PARKING CHANGES, WHICH WE'RE CALLING IT A VERY LIMITED ROLLOUT, THE TIMELINE AND THEN FUTURE STEPS.

SO JUST SOME BACKGROUND ON THE PTMD, I'LL USE THAT ACRONYM A LOT.

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DISTRICT, THE EES OS IN PTMD WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2015.

AND WHAT HAPPENS IS FROM ALL THE PARKING REVENUES THAT WE TAKE IN THIS AREA, THINK OF LIKE E SIXTH PRIMARILY AND THAT AREA WITH ALL THE PAID PARKING AROUND THERE, WE TAKE ALL THE REVENUE FROM THAT, TAKE OUT OUR EXPENSES.

AND SO THEN WE HAVE OUR NET REVENUE, BASICALLY 51% OF THAT NET REVENUE STAYS WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

SO WE CAN CONTRIBUTE THAT TOWARDS MOBILITY PROGRAMS. SIDEWALKS ARE KIND OF OUR BEST EXAMPLE 'CAUSE WE KNOW AUSTIN, AT LEAST A LOT OF THE OLD NEIGHBORHOODS DON'T HAVE SIDEWALKS WHEN THEY SHOULD.

AND SO THAT'S SORT OF THE EASIEST ONE WE CAN DO IS OUR FAVORITE EXAMPLE TO GIVE.

BUT THAT'S WHAT WE USUALLY REFER TO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT, UM, 51% OF THE REVENUE GOING BACK TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE AREA IS BORDERED BY I 35, LADYBIRD, LAKE CONE AND EAST 11TH STREET.

SO THE BACKGROUND AND THE PARKING CHALLENGE THAT WE HAVE HERE, THE CHALLENGE IS REALLY THIS ZONE.

IT HAS A LOT OF PRESSURE FROM DOWNTOWN AND PRESSURE FROM EAST SIXTH STREET.

SO THE TERM, USUALLY GIVEN A SPILLOVER, YOU HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE VISITING THESE AREAS WHERE THEY'RE RAINY STREET, THEY MIGHT BE CONSTRUCTION WORKERS, THEY MIGHT BE GOING OUT, WHATEVER IT IS, THEY WILL JUST SORT OF SPILL OVER INTO THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND THAT PUT, PUTS PRESSURE ON THE NEIGHBORHOODS.

SO WHAT HAPPENS IS WE GET A LOT OF REQUESTS FROM NEIGHBORS THAT THEY WANT, YOU KNOW, RULES TO BE MADE ON THEIR STREET AND THEN THE NEXT, AND IF WE PUT IT ON THAT STREET, THEN IT GOES TO THE NEXT STREET AND THE NEXT STREET AFTER THAT.

SO WE'RE SORT OF CHASING THIS PROBLEM SOMETIMES AND WHEN THAT HAPPENS, IT JUST SORT OF IS UH, SOMETHING WE WANNA GET AHEAD OF.

AND FOR THE MOST PART, WE REALLY JUST WANT TO HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

SO WE CREATED A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO TALK TO RESIDENTS AND BUSINESS TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO WITH THE AREA.

THERE WE GO.

AND SO OUR CURB MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS, WE ALSO CONSIDER THEM ENCOURAGEMENT, CURB MANAGEMENT TOOLS.

YOU LIKE ALREADY KNOW THIS, BUT I'M JUST GONNA RUN THROUGH IT.

SO EVERYONE'S FAMILIAR.

PAID PARKING, EVERYONE'S FAMILIAR WITH THAT.

UM, WE USE IT AS A TOOL TO ENCOURAGE TURNOVER, MAKE SURE NO ONE'S JUST, YOU KNOW, WAREHOUSING A CAR TOO LONG IN THE SAME PLACE WHEN THERE'S A LOT OF DEMAND FOR IT.

I'M GONNA SKIP TO THE LAST ONE, WHICH IS RESIDENTIAL PERMIT PARKING.

THIS IS WHAT, YOU KNOW WHEN YOU GO TO A NEIGHBORHOOD AND YOU SEE THE RED SIGNS THAT SAY ONLY RESIDENTS CAN PARK HERE.

AND THEN THE MIDDLE IS HYBRID, WHICH IS A COMBINATION OF THOSE TWO.

IF YOU'VE BEEN AROUND THE SOUTH CONGRESS AREA, YOU'VE SEEN THIS WHERE YOU CAN PAY TO PARK THERE DURING THE DAY AND IN THE EVENING IT SWITCHES OVER TO RESIDENT ONLY THEN A GREAT SUCCESS THERE.

AND SOME OF THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WE'VE DONE STARTING IN DECEMBER OF LAST YEAR, WE HAD A COMMUNITY MEETING AT SANCHEZ ELEMENTARY.

WE'VE SINCE THEN A PRESENTATION FOR THE E CESAR CHAVEZ CONTACT TEAM IN APRIL.

WE ACTUALLY DISTRIBUTED FLYERS DOOR TO DOOR TO ALL THE PEOPLE THAT MIGHT BE IMPACTED BY THIS.

AND THEN THAT SAME MONTH WE HAD A PRESENTATION AT CHRISTCHURCH, WHICH IS WITHIN THE ZONE THAT WE SEE THE CHANGES.

AND SO WE GOT A LOT OF FEEDBACK.

UM, A LOT OF TIMES, YOU KNOW, PARKING IS VERY SENSITIVE SUBJECT FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE, SO WE WANTED TO BE VERY, YOU KNOW, CAREFUL ABOUT HOW WE GO ABOUT THIS.

WE GOT A LOT OF FEEDBACK, A LOT OF GREAT FEEDBACK.

SO WE COULD TAKE THIS AND MAKE ADJUSTMENTS FOR IT.

UM, WHAT WE HEARD IS BASICALLY RESIDENTS LIKE THEIR RPP IF THEY HAVE IT ON THEIR STREET.

UM, WE DID HEAR A LOT OF FROM RESIDENTS WHO ARE SORT OF IN THESE SPECIFIC SPOTS NEAR SALTILLO, WHICH HAS LIKE THE SCOOT IN AND COSMIC AND PLACES LIKE THAT.

UM, SOME OF THE UPDATES BASED ON THE FEEDBACK IS WE WANTED TO ADD PAY TO PARK AND HYBRID NEAR SOME OF THOSE VERY ACTIVE SPACE ACTIVE AREAS.

WE HAD A ONE HYBRID OPPORTUNITY ON HOLLY STREET.

WE WANTED TO LIMIT THE EXPANSION AND OBSERVE HOW IT'S GONNA GO.

SO WE WANNA KNOW, MARTIN MIDDLE SCHOOL WAS ONE OF THE ONES THAT WAS TALKED ABOUT.

WE ARE NOT EXPANDING ANYWHERE CLOSE TO MARTIN MIDDLE SCHOOL.

I'LL SHOW YOU ON THE MAP COMING UP.

JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I MENTIONED THAT.

AND SANCHEZ IS SORT OF OUR FIRST POINT THAT WE ARE GONNA BE WORKING WITH THEM A LITTLE MORE CLOSELY.

BUT MARTIN, WE WILL NOT BE GETTING CLOSE TO.

SO JUST TO, I'LL BOUNCE BACK AND FORTH IN THESE MAPS A LITTLE BIT.

AND ON THE DIGITAL SCREEN YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO SEE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE MAGENTA AND THE RED A LITTLE BIT MORE.

HOPEFULLY IT CAME OUT ON THE PRINT.

UM, THE MAGENTA THERE IS PAY TO PARK AND THEN YOU SEE RPPA RESIDENTIAL PERMIT.

PARKING IS A LITTLE MORE PROMINENT IN THE AREA AND THERE'S ONE SPACE THAT'S TWO HOUR PARKING OUTSIDE OF THE FOOD FESTIVAL TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF THE CURRENT CONDITIONS.

SO THIS IS WHERE WE'RE FEELING THE PRESSURE FROM SORT OF THE NORTH SIDE AND THEN ON THE OTHER SIDE, 35.

SO THIS IS WHAT WE'RE CALLING THE LIMITED ROLLOUT.

UM, IT'S VERY MUCH SCALED BACK FROM WHAT WE HAD BEFORE.

I'LL JUST BOUNCE BACK FOR A SECOND.

SEE, OH, CAN I GO BACK? MAYBE NOT.

UM, IT'S A VERY LIMITED CHANGE.

YOU'LL SEE THERE ARE A FEW ORANGE SPACES, WHICH ARE THE HYBRID AND THEN A FEW OF THE PE TO PARKS WHICH ARE PRIMARILY NEAR THE I 35, UM, ENTRANCE ON EC CHAVEZ AS WELL AS NEAR THE HISTORIC SCOOT IN WHICH THERE'S JUST A COUPLE CURVES THERE OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO CHANGE THAT TO BETA

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PARK.

AND THE TIMELINE GOING FORWARD.

LIKE I MENTIONED, SOME OF THESE I MENTIONED BEFORE, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT OVER THE MONTHS, SO THE LAST NINE MONTHS OR SO, UM, THIS MONTH OBVIOUSLY WE'RE HERE NEXT MONTH WE'LL BE DISTRIBUTING FLYERS TO THE AREAS THAT WE'LL LIKELY SEE CHANGES AND WE HOPE TO ADD NEW SIGNAGE FOR OCTOBER, 2025 FOR ANY RESIDENTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE IMPACTED BY THIS.

UM, WHEN YOU GET PERMITS FOR YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD IN OCTOBER, THOSE ALSO GO INTO NEXT YEAR.

SO THEY WON'T HAVE TO BUY PERMITS FOR JUST THREE OR TWO OR THREE MONTHS FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR.

UM, THOSE PERMITS.

ONE OF THE NICE THING ABOUT THE HYBRID PROGRAM COMPARED TO THE TRADITIONAL RPP PROGRAM, WE'RE CURRENTLY GOING THROUGH CHANGES AND WE WANTED TO INCENTIVIZE THAT BECAUSE THEY WILL STILL BE ALLOWING PAY TO PARK IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD DURING THE DAY.

THOSE NEIGHBORS WILL RECEIVE TWO FREE RESIDENTIAL PERMITS.

SO THE FIRST TWO OF YOUR SIX YOU CAN PURCHASE WILL BE FREE FOR THOSE THAT ARE PARTICIPATING IN THE HYBRID PROGRAM.

AND THE FUTURE STEPS, ONCE WE HAVE, UH, PAID PARKING OR HYBRID ESTABLISHED AROUND THE TERRA UH, BRANCH LIBRARY, WE WANT TO OPEN UP SOME OF THOSE SPOTS TO POTENTIALLY PUBLIC PARKING SPACES.

THIS HAS BEEN A BIG ASK FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE, WHETHER IT'S PEOPLE WORKING DOWNTOWN, PEOPLE WORKING NEARBY, OR VISITING LOCAL PLACES.

WE WANNA, WE WANNA TALK TO THE LIBRARIES AND SEE IF, UH, WE CAN WORK WITH THEM TO OPEN UP THOSE SPACES WHILE STILL KEEPING SOME SPACES FOR, UH, THE LIBRARY.

WE ALSO ARE GONNA EXPLORE THE AFFORDABLE PARKING PROGRAM, WHICH COULD POTENTIALLY OPEN UP NIGHT SPACES THAT IS OFTEN POPULAR WITH SERVICE WORKERS.

UM, WE'VE SEEN IN OTHER AREAS BARTENDERS, UM, JUST DIFFERENT SERVICE WORKERS WORKING LATE AT NIGHT.

UM, IT COULD BE ADVANTAGEOUS FOR SOME OF THOSE IF THEY'RE WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE OF THIS AREA.

UM, WE WILL EVALUATE AND STUDY THE PHASE ONE CHANGES.

WE'LL LOOK FOR RESIDENT LED EXPANSION FEEDBACK FOR THE HYBRID RPP.

WE HOPE TO WORK WITH SANCHEZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TO ASSIST THE PARENTS.

WE ARE CURRENTLY NOT GOING TO BE CHANGING ANY CURBS AROUND SANCHEZ.

SHOULD WE BE ADDING ANY PAID PARKING AROUND THERE? WE WANT TO PAIR THAT WITH AN ANSWER FOR THE PARENTS WHO ALREADY VOICED SOME FRUSTRATION THAT THEY HAVE STRUGGLED.

THEY STRUGGLE TO, UH, GO IF THEY WANNA GO TO LUNCH OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

WE HOPE THAT ADDING PAID PARKING AROUND THERE WILL ACTUALLY HELP THE CURRENT CONDITION.

UM, IF YOU DON'T KNOW ALREADY THE, AT THE MOMENT WE HAVE SOME STRICT RPP IN THE AREA AND THEN THE AREA GETS VERY BUSY MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

SO WE HOPE THAT ADDING SOME PAID PARKING THERE AND THEN PAIRING THAT WITH A POTENTIAL PROMOTION WITH PARENTS COULD ACTUALLY HELP THEM A LOT.

AND THEN WE WANNA, I, UH, IDEALLY FIND SOME BLOCKS THAT CAN SUPPORT RETAIL PAID PARKING IF WE THINK THAT IS THE APPROPRIATE CHANGE.

AND I'M READY FOR ANY QUESTIONS.

HAPPY TO GO BACK TO ANY MAPS IF YOU'D LIKE AS WELL OR IF YOU CAN TELL ME WHICH WHATEVER MAP YOU'RE LOOKING AT, I'M HAPPY TO LOOK TO IT.

UM, YEAH, LET'S START WITH QUESTIONS.

UH, ANYBODY ONLINE HAVE A QUESTION? UH, UH, COMMISSIONER ORTIZ, GO AHEAD.

UM, IN THE TRADITIONAL PAID PARKING, UM, THAT'S CURRENTLY IMPLEMENTED, THESE HAVE GONE UP, UM, WHEN, UM, WHEN THEY RECEIVE A PARKING TICKET DURING THE, UM, DURING PHASE ONE DURING THE STUDY AND, AND SEEING HOW IT WORKS, WILL FINES BE IMPLEMENTED DURING THIS TIME PERIOD AS PEOPLE ARE TRYING, AS Y'ALL ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WORKS BEST FOR THE DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS? IT'S A VERY LIMITED ROLLOUT, SO IT WON'T BE TOO MANY SPACES.

AND THOSE WHO NEED TO FIND OPEN CURB, TYPICALLY THEY CAN GO TO THE NEXT BLOCK OVER.

UH, WHAT WE TRADITIONALLY DO IS TWO WEEKS OF, OF WARNING CITATIONS.

MAYBE IT'S FOR PEOPLE WHO NORMALLY PARK THERE, THEY MIGHT PARK THERE AND NOT EVEN SEE THE SIGNS THE FIRST TIME.

SO THAT'S, WE, WE DON'T WANNA SURPRISE ANYONE WITH A CITATION.

UM, SO WE TYPICALLY WORK WITH THE OFFICERS TO MAKE SURE WE DO A COUPLE WEEKS OF WARNINGS.

OH, PERFECT.

WITH THE RESIDENTS THAT HAVE PARKING AVAILABLE ON THE ROAD.

COMMISSIONER ORTIZ, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COMMISSIONERS, UM, ONLINE OR IN PERSON? I HAVE A QUESTION.

UH, YES, GO AHEAD.

COMMISSIONER LYRIC.

YEAH, I'M JUST CURIOUS IF THERE'S BEEN, TALK ABOUT HAVING AN ACTUAL LIKE REAL TIME AVAILABILITY APP FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE COMING INTO AUSTIN AND WANNA PARK SO THAT THEY'RE NOT PARKING IN THE LONG PLACE AND ALSO KNOW WHEN THERE'S AVAILABILITY.

WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING AT THE MOMENT.

IT'S JUST VERY HARD TO DO FOR STREET PARKING GARAGES HAVE A BETTER CAPABILITY OF DOING SOMETHING LIKE THAT FOR STREET PARKING.

THE INFRASTRUCTURE IT WOULD TAKE WITH CAMERAS ON EACH BLOCK WOULD CERTAINLY BE A BURDEN TO IMPLEMENT.

UM, I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU HAD A DIFFERENT IDEA BEYOND LIKE A CAMERA IDEA.

YEAH, I MEAN, AND THIS IS PART OF MY SECOND QUESTION, WAS WORKING IN REAL TIME

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UM, HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT ABOUT LIKE SEEING IF THERE'S ANY COMMUNITY GAIN FROM THEM ALLOWING FOR PEOPLE TO PARK IN THEIR AREA? LIKE IF THEY WANTED TO GIVE AWAY LIKE THEIR SPOT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? IS THERE A WAY TO, IS I DO UNDERSTAND KIND OF LIKE PEOPLE BEING UPSET ABOUT PEOPLE PARKING IN FRONT OF THEIR HOME, BUT IF THEY WANTED TO AND IF THEY GOT SOME GAIN FROM THAT, IS THERE A WAY TO COLLABORATE AND POTENTIALLY EVEN LIKE THEY CAN PUT, IF THERE WAS AN APP THAT ALLOWED THEM TO REPORT, OH, I HAVE FREE SPACES AVAILABLE.

BUT THEN THEY ALSO GIVE SOME KIND OF INCENTIVE FROM DOING THAT.

LIKE, I DON'T KNOW, DISCOUNT FROM A COFFEE SHOP DOWN THE STREET OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

JUST SO THERE'S MORE OF JUST LIKE A COMMUNITY BASED LIKE HEY, YES, I'M ALLOWING YOU TO DO THIS AND ALSO, YOU KNOW.

SO MAYBE THAT COULD BE MORE OF A REAL TIME.

IT'S, IT'S, YEAH, IT'S AN INTERESTING IDEA.

ALL THE EXAMPLES OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE TRIED TO DO THIS IN A MARKETPLACE HAVE NOT WORKED OUT FOR DIFFERENT REASONS.

SOME PEOPLE HAVE TRIED TO WORK ON APPS AND IT, SOMETIMES IT CAN COME ACROSS AS TRYING TO SELL THE CURB SPACE IF YOU'RE OFFERING THAT INFORMATION UP, IF THE CURB SPACE IS AVAILABLE AND THEN SOMEONE ELSE PARKS THERE AND THEN YOU ASK THEM NOT TO MOVE.

SO IT GETS A LITTLE COMPLICATED WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE PUBLIC CURB SPACE.

I LIKE THE IDEA.

UM, WE JUST DON'T, IT WOULD BE DEFINITELY, UH, A TASK TO IMPLEMENT SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

UM, WE CAN RUN, WE CAN RUN SOME REPORTING TO UNDERSTAND HISTORICALLY WHICH CURBS WE THINK ARE BUSIER THAN OTHER CURBS.

AND THAT HELPS US UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, WHERE THE DEMAND MIGHT BE HIGHER.

BUT WE HAVE A HARD TIME SORT OF FORECASTING AND SORT OF BROADCASTING THAT.

UM, ONE OTHER THING, ONE OF THE REASONS I MENTIONED THAT GARAGES ARE SORT OF A BETTER FEATURE FOR THAT BECAUSE YOU CAN'T SEE THE AVAILABILITY, WHEREAS ON THE STREET, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE BETTER EYES, UH, ON THE STREET TO UNDERSTAND WHERE THE AVAILABILITY IS.

AND IN A LOT OF THESE AREAS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T REALLY NEED TO PROMOTE FOR PEOPLE TO PARK THERE 'CAUSE THE STREET SPOTS ARE THE MOST DESIRABLE SPOTS TO PARK.

SO PEOPLE ARE DEFINITELY GONNA TAKE THEM IF THEY CAN.

FOR SURE.

AND I'M, I'M CURIOUS IF WHEN THERE'S FUTURE EVENTS THAT WE ALL HAVE TALKED ABOUT, FOCUSING IN MORE ON SHUTTLES AND PARKING HUBS SO THAT PEOPLE LIKE ARE KIND OF DRIFTING AWAY FROM LIKE PARKING ON RESIDENTIAL PARKING, BUT TRYING TO GET THEM TO STAY IN A CERTAIN AREA SO THAT THEN THEY DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT, WELL WELL LET'S TRY TO PARK THIS RESIDENCE.

WE CAN ACTUALLY JUST GO TO THIS PARKING, UM, LIKE WHERE WE KNOW WE'RE GONNA GET A SHUTTLE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

SO KIND OF LIKE GETTING SOME OF THAT STRESS OFF OF THE RESIDENCE AND, AND TAKING ON MORE OF LIKE WE CAN HELP PEOPLE GET TO WHERE THEY'RE TRYING TO GET TO.

IT'S AN INTERESTING IDEA AND IF THERE WAS ANY FEEDBACK FROM EITHER THIS COMMISSION OR THE COUNCIL OFFICE WHERE WE KNEW THAT THERE WERE CONSISTENTLY PEOPLE WHO NEEDED SHUTTLE RIDES, THAT'S SOMETHING WE COULD LOOK AT.

WE DO HAVE FUNDING, LIKE I MENTIONED FROM THE PTMD WHERE WE GET 51% OF THE REVENUE.

THE NET REVENUE COMING IN A SHUTTLE IS SOMETHING WE COULD LOOK AT.

NOW THEY ARE VERY EXPENSIVE.

SO IT WAS SOMETHING MAYBE WHO KNOWS IF DRIVERLESS TECHNOLOGY SHUTTLES COULD ACTUALLY CREATE A SOLUTION FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS IN THE FUTURE.

BUT IF WE COULD WORK WITH GROUPS TO SEE SOME KIND OF A CONSISTENT NEED WHERE A SHUTTLE WOULD ANSWER THAT CALL, THAT WOULD BE REALLY INTERESTING AND WE DEFINITELY WOULD LIKE TO EXPLORE SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

YEAH, THIS IS DEFINITELY MY AREA WHERE I, I GET REALLY CURIOUS 'CAUSE I'VE LIVED IN AUSTIN FOR 12 YEARS, BUT AS A YOUNG PERSON, JUST SEEING PEOPLE STAY IN LIKE THE HOSTELS OR, OR NOT HOSTILES, THE HOTELS, THEY'RE ON LIKE FIFTH, SIXTH, SEVENTH STREET AND I'M TRYING TO EITHER RENT A CAR OR TRY TO GET TRANSPORTATION TO GET THE ACL MM-HMM .

OR SO BY SOUTHWEST, LIKE THAT'S WHEN A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE TRYING TO ACCESS PARKING.

AND I'VE SEEN JUST THE HASSLE, ASTHMA AND STRESS OF TRYING TO GET BACK AND FORTH.

SO I THINK THE SHUTTLE AND FOCUSING IN ON PLACES WHERE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE STAYING, UM, FOR EVENTS AND THAT KIND OF THING, LIKE IT STREET WAS VERY POPULAR FOR THE LIKE AIRBNB HOTEL STUFF.

SO, UM, YEAH, I DON'T HAVE LIKE SPECIFIC IDEAS, BUT I DO KNOW THERE ARE SOME AREAS WHERE PEOPLE TEND TO TRY TO FIND PARKING.

AND ACL DOES A GREAT JOB AS FAR AS TRANSPORTATION GOES, ONE OF THE GOOD THINGS THAT ACL DOES IS SAYING THAT WE ACTUALLY DON'T HAVE ANY PARKING, SO PLEASE FIND ANOTHER WAY.

AND SO THE FACT THAT THEY DO SUPPORT SHUTTLES FOR FEATURES LIKE THAT, W WE HAVE DEFINITELY BENEFITED FROM THE FACT THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE VISITING AUSTIN HAVE SWITCHED OVER TO RIDE SERVICES, AND THAT ALLOWS THEM TO NOT HAVE TO LEARN HOW TO DRIVE IN A NEW CITY.

UM, OBVIOUSLY YOU'RE GONNA HAVE SOME PEOPLE COMING IN FROM HOUSTON AND, AND DALLAS AND PLACES LIKE THAT AND BRINGING IN THEIR CARS.

UM, WE DO OUR BEST TO MAKE SURE OUR SIGNAGE IS CLEAR AS POSSIBLE.

AND THE NEIGHBORS DEFINITELY APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT WITH THE HYBRID RPP, WE STRESS THE NO PARKING AT THE TOP OF THE SIGN.

AND, YOU KNOW, AND THEN IF, MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE READING THROUGH THE WHOLE SIGN, YOU UNDERSTAND THAT YOU CAN PAY TO PARK DURING THE DAY.

MICHELLE, THANK YOU.

COMMISSIONER LYRIC.

UH, WE HAVE A QUESTION FROM COMMISSIONER MENARD.

GO AHEAD.

OUTREACH, OBVIOUSLY, UM, BUT DO YOU HAVE ANY FIGURES, LIKE HOW MANY PEOPLE ATTENDED THESE EVENTS? WHAT ARE YOUR TOTAL REACH WAS, UM, OF FOLKS WHO RECEIVED HOW MANY RESIDENTS? AND DO YOU HAVE ANY DEMOGRAPHICS ON WHO, UM, ATTENDED THESE, THESE OUTREACH EFFORTS? I, I MEAN, I, I WAS THERE PERSONALLY, SO I CAN GIVE YOU JUST ROUGH ESTIMATES FROM WHAT I SAW.

SO I, I SEE THAT THERE WAS A

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I BELIEVE WE HAD ABOUT 12 TO 15 AT THE CHRISTCHURCH EVENT.

WE HAD, UM, THE NORMAL E CESAR CHAVEZ CONTACT TEAM, I BELIEVE HAS ABOUT EIGHT PEOPLE CONSISTENTLY ATTENDING AND A COUPLE PEOPLE FROM THE PUBLIC.

AND THEN, UM, I'M TRYING TO THINK OF ONE BEFORE THAT.

OH, THE ONE, THE FIRST ONE WE HAD WAS AT, UH, SANCHEZ ELEMENTARY.

AND THAT ONE WE HAD PEOPLE COMING IN AND OUT THAT WAS MORE OF AN OPEN HOUSE DESIGN.

AND WE PROBABLY HAD ABOUT 20, 25 PEOPLE COME IN AND OUT THROUGHOUT THAT WHOLE EVENT WE DID, JUST TO MENTION, WE DID, UH, DROP OFF THE LETTERS THOUGH AT ALL THE HOMES TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE WAS AWARE.

SO, BUT YOU DON'T, DON'T HAVE THAT RECORDED OR ANYTHING.

NO.

YOU DIDN'T RECORD ANY OF THAT.

SO I GUESS WHAT I HAVE IS NOW IT'S SO MUCH OF A QUESTION, BUT I JUST A COMMENT ON, ON, ON THIS.

AND, UM, I GUESS AS SOMEONE WHO'S LIVED IN AUSTIN, UM, SINCE 1982, UM, I'VE JUST SEEN THIS CITY CHANGE SO MUCH.

AND MY CONCERN IS SO MUCH ABOUT AFFORDABILITY AND IT'S A NICKEL AND DIME AFFORDABILITY THAT I'M SEEING THAT, THAT I DON'T THINK IT'S CONSIDERED.

UM, SO I, I DON'T LIVE IN EAST AUSTIN, BUT I GO TO EAST AUSTIN, I WORK IN EAST AUSTIN.

AND SO FOR ME, I MEAN TO, TO SAY THAT THIS IS GOING TO STOP PEOPLE PARKING THERE, WE KNOW THAT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN, BUT IT IS GOING TO MAKE IT MORE, MORE EXPENSIVE.

AND FOR FOLKS, IT IS GONNA BE A BIT, A LITTLE BIT MORE TREPIDACIOUS FOR EVEN RESIDENTS WHO MAY NOT KNOW IF IT'S THEIR TERMINATE.

SO I, I'M JUST SEEING THIS GOING COMPLETELY AGAINST AFFORDABILITY, AND THAT IS A CONCERN FOR ME BECAUSE I, I DON'T, YEAH, YEAH, YOU'RE NOT GONNA STOP PEOPLE FROM PARKING THERE, BUT YOU'RE GONNA MAKE IT MORE EXPENSIVE.

AND SO ACCESSIBILITY, AND THIS IS AS A RESIDENT, BECAUSE I THINK THAT WE LOOK A LOT AT MAKING THINGS OR, OR, OR DEALING WITH TOURISM AND WE FORGET THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE EVERY DAY AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE JUST GETTING NICKEL AND D ALL THE TIME, SO DOWNTOWN, AND I'VE HEARD PEOPLE SAY THAT IS NOT REALLY FOR RESIDENTS ANYMORE, IT'S ONLY FOR TOURISTS.

SO I NOW I'M SEEING THIS STARTING TO GO INTO NEIGHBORHOODS, AND SO THAT IS A CONCERN.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S BEEN ADDRESSED AT THE CITY.

I DON'T KNOW IF, UM, THIS IS A DONE DEAL OR SOMETHING THAT MAYBE WE CAN COMMENT ON BECAUSE I, I, I DON'T SEE THAT THERE WAS A, A HUGE RESPONSE FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT I DO SEE THAT IT'S GONNA AFFECT EVERYBODY.

IT'S NOT JUST GONNA AFFECT FOLKS WHO LIVE IN EAST AUSTINSON MM-HMM .

UM, IT'S GONNA AFFECT TOURISTS, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S PART OF BAR PART AND BARGAIN OF, UH, COMING TO AUSTIN , YOU'RE GONNA SPEND SOME MONEY.

BUT I GUESS THAT'S WHAT I WANNA SEE IS THERE'S, THERE'S MORE CONSIDERATION FOR PEOPLE WHO LIVE AND WORK HERE EVERY DAY.

AND ALSO THE FOLKS WHO HAVE, HAVE SERVICE JOBS, AS WE'VE SAID, OR DON'T HAVE THE FUNDING OR DON'T HAVE PHONES WITH APPS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

I HATE THAT PART OF GOING DOWNTOWN, UM, IS 'CAUSE I DON'T LIKE TO USE APPS.

MY PHONE'S OLD AND THAT'S JUST ME AND EVERY, MOST FOLKS JUST DEAL WITH IT.

BUT I GUESS THAT'S MY CONCERN IS THAT WE'RE, WE'RE DOING SOMETHING AGAIN HERE THAT IS ANTI AFFORDABILITY AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT AS BEING A MAJOR ISSUE FOR AUSTIN.

SO, YEAH, ONE THING I WANTED TO MENTION IS, THAT'S MY COMMENT.

THANKS .

WITH THE SURVEY, YOU KNOW, THE SURVEY WAS TO PROMOTE THE MEETING THAT WE HAD, BUT ALSO INCLUDE A SURVEY LINK AND, UH, THE FLYER INCLUDED A SURVEY LINK, I SHOULD SAY.

AND SO WE DID GET A LOT OF FEEDBACK FROM THAT, AND WE TOOK THAT, AND THAT'S WHERE WE ACTUALLY MADE A LOT OF ADJUSTMENTS TO THE MAP.

SO ONE BLOCK I WANNA MENTION IS, UM, I BELIEVE IT'S THE 1200 BLOCK OF HOLLY STREET IS INCLUDED ON THERE.

AND, BUT, BUT THE NEXT BLOCK OVER WE DID NOT INCLUDE, AND THAT WAS, WE GOT VERY SPECIFIC FEEDBACK FROM THAT SURVEY FROM ONE BLOCK SAYING, WE NEED THIS LIKE YESTERDAY AND ONE BLOCK SAYING, NO, WE DON'T WANT THIS AT ALL.

SO THAT'S WHERE WE REALLY TOOK IT FROM AND I UNDERSTAND THE AFFORDABILITY, AND THAT'S WHERE I THINK HAVING THE TWO RESIDENTIAL PASSES, UM, THAT ARE PER HOUSEHOLD AS A PART OF THE HYBRID PROGRAM, GIVEN THAT IT'S HELPING THE COMPARE TO THE EXISTING PROGRAM.

UM, I KNOW THIS AREA DOES HAVE A LOT OF AIRBNBS IN IT AS WELL.

AND SO WE WANT, ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE THINGS WE LOOK AT IS THIS COULD BE A DISADVANTAGE FOR THOSE AND, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THEY WOULD HAVE TO COORDINATE MORE WITH, UH, THE VEHICLES THAT WOULD BE COMING IN.

SO WE DID TAKE A LOT OF, UH, FEEDBACK FROM THE SURVEYS AND THAT WE PROBABLY GATHERED MORE FROM THAT THAN WE DID FROM THE ACTUAL MEETING.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER.

UM, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? UH, COMMISSIONER LONGORIA, GO AHEAD.

DO LOVE THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN FIX SIDEWALKS, MAKE IT ACCESSIBLE FOR PEOPLE WITH WHEELCHAIRS, BICYCLES, UM, AUDITORY IMPAIRMENTS, VISUAL IMPAIRMENTS, AND I THINK THE SHUTTLE IDEA IS A GREAT IDEA AND WE CAN KIND OF GO INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT LATER.

WELL, THANK YOU FOR COMING.

UH, IT'S A GREAT PRESENTATION.

I'M GONNA TRY TO BE LIKE BRIEF AND CONCISE AND HOPEFULLY LIKE WE CAN DISCUSS, UM, I THINK THE 51% MOBILITY IMPROVEMENTS IS GREAT.

UM, I

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UM, YOU ADDRESSED THE PARKING CHALLENGES.

UM, I DID THINK ABOUT THIS.

UM, YOU KNOW, IF YOU IMPLEMENT PAID PARKING, THEY'RE JUST GONNA BLOCK, OH, THEY'RE GONNA PARK ONE BLOCK OVER.

UM, ALSO, UM, WELL, LET'S SEE.

I CERTAINLY WAS CONCERNED, UM, ABOUT THIS PAID PARKING.

I THOUGHT THAT IT WAS GONNA BE IMPLEMENTED LIKE ON ALL OF THE EAST SIDE.

THAT'S WHAT KIND OF CAUSED MY CONCERN AND MY ALARM, ESPECIALLY AT SANCHEZ AND AT MARTIN AS SOMEONE WHO USED TO WORK AT MARTIN DRIVE DOWN THE STREET THERE EVERY DAY, UH, PARK ON THE STREET.

UM, NOT ONLY THAT, BUT, UM, YEAH, I, I BECAME KIND OF FAMILIAR WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

UM, I DO UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S SATURATED, UH, WITH, WITH CARS AND ALSO WITH TRASH, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE, UH, PEOPLE TOSSED THEIR TRASH THERE.

A LOT OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE PARKING, THERE ARE CONSTRUCTION WORKERS.

THEY'RE WORKING ON RAINY, THEY'RE WORKING ON I 35, UM, LOW INCOME WORKERS.

UM, AND ALSO THE PARENTS AT SANCHEZ.

UM, THE SOCIAL SERVICE WORKERS, THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT GO SERVICE MARTIN AND SANCHEZ.

THAT WAS MY CONCERN.

UM, I FREQUENT THE FOOD FOREST AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST KIND OF MY LITTLE HOOD.

UM, AS FAR AS MARTIN MIDDLE SCHOOL, OUR NEIGHBOR, LORI RENTERIA AND PI RENTERIA, UM, I MEAN, THEY'RE LITERALLY OUR NEIGHBOR.

THEY HOST AN ANNUAL DI DEZA AND, UM, MORE THAN 30 PEOPLE ATTEND EACH YEAR, INCLUDING LLOYD DOGGETT AND GREG CASALE.

AND, UM, UM, THEY HOST AN ANNUAL HALLOWEEN HAUNTED HOUSE WITH HUNDREDS OF GUESTS EACH YEAR.

AND AS FAR AS LIKE, AFFORDABILITY AND AS FAR AS LIKE, COMMUNITY GOES, GOES, LIKE, WE DON'T WANT TO PUT THAT LIKE, AT RISK OR AT JEOPARDY.

UM, SO JUST KIND OF TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA, I SEE COSMIC, I HEAR RAINY STREET, LIKE I HEAR OF ALL, ALL THESE BUSINESSES.

IT SEEMS LIKE PERHAPS THEY SHOULD KIND OF LIKE PICK UP THE TAB OR THE DIME OR, UH, BE INVOLVED IN LIKE THE CREATIVE SOLUTION PROCESS OF, OF THIS, YOU KNOW, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE PARKING WHEN THEY'RE CREATING THIS NEW BUSINESS, BUT I MEAN, CERTAINLY THEY'RE, THEY'RE PART OF THE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE CREATING, HELPING CREATE PART OF THE ISSUE.

UM, WELL, UM, AS FAR AS, UH, UH, THE, I'M, I'M GLAD THAT YOU CAME TO ENGAGE WITH US BECAUSE THE MORE PEOPLE THAT WE ENGAGE THIS ISSUE IN, LIKE WE CREATE LIKE THESE CREATIVE SOLUTIONS AS FAR AS LIKE LONG TERM, UM, WE UNDERSTAND THAT THEY'RE GONNA EXPAND I 35, ALL THESE CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES, THEY'RE GONNA COME IN.

PERHAPS IT MIGHT BE A GOOD IDEA TO ENGAGE THOSE PEOPLE TO CREATE LIKE A SHUTTLE SERVICE FOR THEM.

AND, UM, SO THOSE ARE KIND OF LIKE THE ISSUES.

I ALSO SAW THAT TRANSPORTATION PUBLIC WORKS RECENTLY PUBLICIZED ON THEIR FACEBOOK THAT ALONG, UH, STEVEN AT BOSTON HIGH SCHOOL THROUGH MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, THAT WAS GONNA BE SECTIONED OFF FOR STUDENTS ONLY.

YOU KNOW, SO THERE'S WAYS, BUT WE JUST KIND OF LIKE GOTTA ENGAGE MORE PEOPLE TO KIND OF COME UP WITH LIKE THE BEST SOLUTION.

INTERESTING, INTERESTING, INTERESTING.

YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? CAN YOU, UH, GIVE YOU ONE NOTE ON THAT ONE? SURE.

UM, THAT'S A UNIQUE STREET THAT A ISD ACTUALLY OWNS.

MM.

SO THAT'S THE STEVEN, IF AUSTIN DRIVE IS OWNED BY A ISD, AND SO THEY CAN KIND OF MAKE THEIR RULES, WE PARTNER WITH THEM MM-HMM .

SO WE CAN IMPLEMENT SOME OF OUR TOOLS TO HELP THEM WITH PAID PARKING AND THEY CAN DO A REVENUE SHARE.

BUT THAT'S A VERY, VERY UNIQUE ROAD.

UM, YEAH, I MEAN, I COULD ONLY IMAGINE THAT THE EAST SIDE'S GONNA CONTINUE TO DEVELOP.

YOU MENTIONED THE AIRBNBS, WHICH I DON'T KNOW, I MEAN, THEY'RE CAPITALISTIC, THEY'RE KIND OF EXPLOITATIVE.

I MEAN, THEY PROVIDE A SERVICE, IT'S GREAT.

LIKE THEY'RE ABOUT TO RENOVATE MARTIN, UH, THE SOCCER FIELD, CHICANO PARK, IT'S FREQUENTED BY A LOT OF PEOPLE.

I MEAN, IT'S KIND OF A MIRROR OF WHAT WE SEE ON THE WEST SIDE, BUT ON THE EAST SIDE.

AND, UM, AGAIN, WE JUST WANNA MAINTAIN IT AFFORDABLE AND INACCESSIBLE TO LIKE THE RESIDENTS OF AUSTIN AND ALSO, I MEAN, LOW INCOME PEOPLE.

SO YEAH, JUST THANK YOU FOR THIS.

I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU.

I'M, I'M GONNA HOPE TO CONTINUE TO ENGAGE WITH THIS.

UM, AND THEN AS FAR AS LIKE THE TIMELINE GOES, UM, THIS, THIS, THIS IS GONNA BE IMPLEMENTED.

IS THIS SET IN STONE? THIS WILL BE THE

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PROPOSED, THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE PLANNED.

UM, THIS IS FROM TAKING ALL THE FEEDBACK THAT WE HAVE WITH ALL THE RESIDENT COMMUNICATIONS.

AND SO WE'LL BE DOING MORE RESIDENT ENGAGEMENT BEFORE IT GOES IN AND WE OBVIOUSLY COULD RECEIVE DIFFERENT FEEDBACK, BUT WE'VE RECEIVED A LOT FROM THIS SPECIFIC, THESE SPECIFIC AREAS WE PLAN ON IMPLEMENTING.

WELL YEAH, THE MAPS ARE GREAT.

UM, IT'S NOT A LOT OF MAJOR CHANGES.

UM, BUT UM, YEAH, AND THIS WILL ALSO INTRODUCE HYBRID TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

WE HAD A LOT OF FEEDBACK FROM PEOPLE SAYING, I DON'T REALLY GET IT.

WE UNDERSTAND IT'S KIND OF A NEW CONCEPT, BUT WE SUSPECT THAT ONCE WE IMPLEMENT IT, IF UH, IF A BLOCK IF FEELS LIKE IT'S SOMETHING THEY WANT, THEY'LL BE ABLE TO KIND OF SEE HOW PEOPLE ARE REACTING TO IT.

THANK YOU COMMISSIONER LAGUARDIA.

UM, YEAH, I WANTED, I WANTED TO HIT THOSE POINTS, BUT I THINK, UH, COMMISSIONER MENARD AND LAGUARDIA HIT THEM VERY WELL.

UM, MY QUESTION WAS ABOUT OUTREACH, AND I THINK YOU ANSWERED RIGHT NOW THAT YOU'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO DO OUTREACH, UH, AND YES, MY CONCERN IS THE OUTREACH.

UH, WHENEVER WE GET A PRESENTATION HERE, WE ALWAYS TRY TO FOCUS ON, YOU KNOW, WHERE ARE YOU LACKING ON WHO YOU'RE REACHING, WHO'S ANSWERING THE SURVEYS AND ALL OF THAT.

BECAUSE YES, IN THIS AREA, UM, YES, WE GET A LOT OF TOURISM, WE GET A LOT OF AIRBNBS, BUT WE ALSO HAVE THE CONSTRUCTION WORKERS, LIKE THEY WERE MENTIONED, THAT PARK THERE TO GO ACROSS SITE 35 AND, UH, WORK IN THOSE CONSTRUCTION SITES.

THE FAMILIES THAT COME TO, UH, EVENTS AND TO, YOU KNOW, TO SCHOOL TO BE WITH THEIR STUDENTS AT, UH, SANCHEZ.

UM, AND THE CULTURAL THINGS, UH, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT BE AN OFFICIAL EVENT OR, UH, AS WE KNOW GROWING UP IN EAST AUSTIN IS THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE A FAMILY GATHERING.

YOU GET, YOU KNOW, 20, 30 PEOPLE COME TO YOUR FAMILY GATHERING AND, YOU KNOW, HOW IS THAT GOING TO AFFECT THAT? AND THAT OUTREACH DEFINITELY LOOKS DIFFERENT IF YOU WANT TO REACH, YOU KNOW, OUR, THE PEOPLE WE SERVE, WHICH ARE, YOU KNOW, LOW INCOME WORKING CLASS FAMILIES, IT'S A LOT DIFFERENT THAN JUST, YOU KNOW, HAVING A SURVEY, HAVING A QR CODE, UH, TO BE ABLE TO REACH THOSE FAMILIES THAT IT TAKES A LOT MORE.

UH, AND I WOULD LIKE FOR Y'ALL TO, TO DO THAT, TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE REACHING THOSE FAMILIES THAT ARE STILL LIVING IN EAST AUSTIN THAT ARE, UH, THAT THEY KNOW WHAT'S COMING AND THEY ALSO HAVE A VOICE AND YOU KNOW, WHAT THEY WANT IN THEIR COMMUNITY.

UH, AGAIN, UH, YOU KNOW, WHEN I HAVE A FAMILY GATHERING, WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, 10 CARS PARKED IN, IN FRONT OF OUR HOUSE AND, YOU KNOW, HOW'S THAT GOING TO LOOK IF YOU ONLY HAVE TWO PERMITS, UH, FOR YOUR FAMILY MEMBERS TO PARK? THINGS LIKE THAT.

ONE THING I'LL ALSO MENTION IS, UM, GOING BACK TO THAT ONE BLOCK ON HOLLY STREET, UM, WITH THE TRADITIONAL RPP PROGRAM, WE REQUIRE, THEY DO A SURVEY SO WE CAN CONFIRM THAT THERE ARE ACTUALLY PARKING CHALLENGES THAT ARE OCCURRING WITH FOR THE HOURS THAT THEY WANNA RESTRICT IT.

A SURVEY IS COST PROHIBITIVE FOR SOME PEOPLE, SO WE WILL BE ABLE TO GET PAST THAT SURVEY FOR THIS FOR A BLOCK LIKE HOLLY STREET THAT HAS REQUESTED IN THIS IN THE PAST.

BUT THE SURVEY'S BEEN COST PROHIBITIVE FOR THEM.

SO A LOT OF THESE BLOCKS HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR SOMETHING, BUT THEN ONCE THEY HAVE THROUGH THE SURVEY, THEY MIGHT STRUGGLE TO FIND ENOUGH NEIGHBORS THAT WANT TO PAY FOR THAT SURVEY.

SO THIS IS SORT OF THIS CHANCE TO IMPLEMENT SOMETHING WHERE WE CAN COME IN AND HELP THEM WITH THAT AND AVOID THE SURVEY.

YEAH, AND IT ALSO DEPENDS WHO'S ASKING FOR IT.

SO MAKE HAVING THAT OUTREACH REACH EVERYBODY THAT LIVES IN THAT AREA.

UH, AND ONE THING THAT I FORGOT TO MENTION IS ALSO, UH, YOU KNOW, SPANISH AND OTHER LANGUAGES THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT ARE SPOKEN IN, IN THESE AREAS BY THE CONSTRUCTION WORKERS, THE SERVICE EMPLOYEES, PEOPLE THAT USE, UH, THESE AREAS AS PARKING.

UM, 'CAUSE I KNOW THAT A LOT OF TIME CHANGES COME TO OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND, UM, SOMETIMES WE DON'T SEE THE FLYER, WE DON'T SEE THE SURVEY, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN WE'RE LIKE, OH, WHAT HAPPENED HERE, , YOU KNOW.

THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO WE WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO MAKE THAT EFFORT TO REACH AS MANY PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY THE UNDERSERVED, UH, PEOPLE.

OUR FLYERS WERE ALL FRONT AND BACK ENGLISH AND SPANISH.

SO WE DEFINITELY MADE THAT EFFORT.

THAT ARE CLOSEST TO I 35 ARE FEELING IT THE MOST THAT COULD CHANGE.

COMMISSIONERS.

DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER MARTINEZ, GO AHEAD.

I HAVE A QUESTION OF CONCERN.

SO I'M, I'M LOOKING AT THIS MAP AND UM, SO MY QUESTION IS, SO FROM I 35, YOU KNOW, IT, IT'S GOT THE PAID PARKING AND IT LOOKS LIKE IT WENT ANOTHER BLOCK AND ANOTHER BLOCK.

HOW LIKELY IS IT TO GO ANOTHER BLOCK? YOU KNOW, AND THEN THEY NEED MORE PAID PARKING, IT'S GONNA GO ANOTHER BLOCK.

UM, 'CAUSE A FEW MORE BLOCKS DOWN, YOU GET INTO MY NEIGHBORHOOD , YOU KNOW, AND LIKE YOU SAID, YOU KNOW, WE, WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, BIG EVENTS, UM, YOU KNOW, MY FAMILY ALONE, YOU KNOW, IT TAKES UP THE WHOLE, YOU KNOW, THE PARKING SPACE AND, AND YOU KNOW, BLOCKS OF PARKING.

SO THAT'S WHAT MY CONCERN IS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA NEED MORE PAID PARKING.

IT'S GONNA, YOU KNOW, GO MORE BLOCKS, YOU KNOW, INTO THE EAST SIDE.

UM, SO HOW LIKELY IS THAT TO, TO TO HAPPEN? WE'VE, WE GOT VERY CLEAR FEEDBACK FROM EACH BLOCK.

I MEAN, THAT WAS ONE OF THE NICEST THINGS ABOUT THE SURVEY WAS WE GOT VERY, VERY FEW TIMES DID ONE BLOCK DISAGREE.

AND THE BLOCKS

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YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST, WE DON'T REALLY KNOW WHERE IT'S GOING TO GO IN THE, THE FUTURE.

PEOPLE DO HAVE A LIMIT FOR HOW FAR THEY'RE WILLING TO WALK AND, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU LIVE, BUT IT MIGHT BE A LITTLE TOO FAR FROM SOME OF THESE ATTRACTIONS WHERE PEOPLE ARE NOT WILLING TO WALK.

UM, BUT SORT OF REACHING THAT AND FIGURING OUT WHERE THAT IS, WE WERE IMPACTED BY A FEW THINGS.

UM, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WE HAD FIVE OR SIX CRANES ON RAINY STREET ALL AT THE SAME TIME.

AND THAT IS FINALLY SCALING DOWN.

UM, I KNOW THE MAC LOST THEIR PARKING LOT, THAT ACTUALLY WAS A SERVICE TO A LOT OF THE SERVICE WORKERS.

SO A FEW THINGS HAPPENED AT THE SAME TIME AND WE ARE SORT OF TRYING TO WATCH AND SEE HOW IS THE NEIGHBORHOOD REACTING TO THE CHANGES AS THESE PROJECTS CONCLUDE AND AS MAYBE THE MAC PARKING LOT OPENS UP.

AGAIN, I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN, BUT, UM, THE I 35 CONSTRUCTION IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE WATCHING AS WELL.

UM, SO THINGS ARE CHANGING, BUT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, WE REALLY WANT TO BE RESIDENT FEEDBACK LED AND THAT WILL HELP ALLOW US TO NOT PUSH THIS ON ANYONE IDEALLY AND REALLY KIND OF WAIT FOR THE FEEDBACK TO COME TO US.

UM, THANK YOU CURTIS, UH, FOR YOUR PRESENTATION AND, UM, YEAH, WE'LL BE, UH, HOPING TO, YOU KNOW, HEAR BACK FROM Y'ALL IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE THAT Y'ALL NEED TO COMMENT.

GREAT.

WE ALSO, UM, IF YOU SHARE WITH ANYONE, WE HAVE A DEDICATED EMAIL ADDRESS TO EAST AUSTIN PARKING@AUSTINTEXAS.GOV THAT PEOPLE CAN SHARE.

UM, AND THAT'S FOR RESIDENTS OR ANYONE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ALRIGHT, COMMISSIONERS, WE ARE MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, DISCUSSION AND UPDATE ON THE HOUSING INVESTMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE.

ITEM SEVEN, SORRY, WAS, WAS, WAS, I NOTICED WAS COMPLETED WITH ITEM.

YEAH, I JUST NOTICED THAT.

EIGHT, UH, DISCUSSION AND UPDATE ON THE ANTI DISPLACEMENT COMMUNITY ACQUISITION PROGRAM, THE AD CAP PROGRAM.

YEAH, ITEM TWO.

SO WE'RE GONNA SKIP, WE'LL SKIP SEVEN AND MOVE ON TO EIGHT.

SO WE ARE GOING TO ITEM NUMBER

[8. Discussion and update on Anti-Displacement Community Acquisition Program (Chase Bryan Planner II, Austin Housing). ]

UH, CHASE BRYAN, UH, FROM AUSTIN HOUSING IS GOING TO PRESENT.

WELCOME CHASE.

HI.

UM, CAN Y'ALL HEAR ME ONLINE? OKAY.

I CAN'T SEE ANYBODY, BUT, OKAY.

UM, AND ED, UM, CASEY SMITH IS IN THE ATTENDEES ONLINE, UH, AND MIGHT BE, UM, ABLE TO ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS AT THE END.

JUST FYI.

I WANT TO ELEVATE HER.

I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT WORKS.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

OKAY, GREAT.

SO, UM, HI EVERYBODY.

MY NAME IS CHASE BRYAN, I'M A PLANNER IN THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT.

I WORK IN THE POLICY AND DATA ANALYTICS TEAM, AND I'M ALSO EXCITED TO BE A STAFF MEMBER ON THE UPCOMING HOUSING COMMITTEE.

SO, UM, IT'S VERY NICE TO MEET Y'ALL AND TO BE HERE.

AND, UM, SO YES, WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT THE ANTI-DISPLACEMENT COMMUNITY ACQUISITION PROGRAM AND A STAFF REVIEW AND SOME RECOMMENDATIONS THAT CAME FROM THAT.

UH, THIS A BIT OF A NEWER THING FOR US IN POLICY AND DATA ANALYTICS AND THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT IS DOING A PROGRAM REVIEW OF A RELATIVELY NEW, UH, FUNDING PROGRAM FOR ANTI DISPLACEMENT AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

UM, SO, UH, I WILL, UH, GO INTO THOSE DETAILS.

LOOKS LIKE I'VE GOT A CLICKER.

I'M GONNA SEE IF THIS WORKS.

UH, I WILL BE GOING OVER SOME BACKGROUND ON THE AD CAP PROGRAM.

SO YEAH, I KNOW IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A WEIRD NAME, BUT AD CAP, ANTI DISPLACEMENT COMMUNITY ACQUISITION PROGRAM.

WE'LL TALK ABOUT SOME, UH, BACKGROUND AND OVERVIEW OF IT.

WE'LL TALK ABOUT SOME FINDINGS FROM THE STAFF REPORT.

WE WILL DISCUSS SOME OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS THAT COME FROM THAT STAFF REPORT AND THEN SOME IMPLEMENTATION OPTIONS AND NEXT STEPS.

SO STARTING WITH THE BACKGROUND, THE ACAP PROGRAM ORIGINATES FROM COMMUNITY ADVOCACY FOR RAPID ACQUISITION FUNDS THAT WOULD GO TO NONPROFIT 5 0 1 C3 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS.

UM, THAT WAS ADVOCACY IN 2020.

AND, UH, THE CALL WAS TO ALLOCATE THAT FROM THE $300 MILLION IN PROJECT CONNECT ANTI DISPLACEMENT FUNDING THAT VOTERS APPROVED AD CAP, UH, HOUSING STAFF WENT TO WORK AND CREATED THE ACAP PROGRAM IN LATE 2021, DECEMBER, 2021 AFTER DIRECTION FROM COUNCIL RESOLUTION.

THAT NUMBER, THAT 20 21 0 2, 0 4 0 6 2 AND ACAP WAS GIVEN $8 MILLION FROM THAT 300 MILLION.

AND THERE WERE TWO MAIN FUNCTIONS OF THE ACAP PROGRAM.

THE FIRST BEING TO PROTECT HOUSING AND LAND FROM SPECULATION IN GENTRIFYING AREAS ALONG PROJECT TO CONNECT BRASS AND RAIL.

AND THE SECOND IS TO SUPPORT NON-PROFIT COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS AND THEIR CAPACITY.

ALSO SAVE THEM TO THE END TOO.

AND OH, BY THE WAY, UH, FEEL FREE TO POP ANY QUESTIONS WHILE I'M PRESENTING, BUT WE CAN

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SO THERE'LL BE PLENTY OF TIME FOR THAT, I HOPE.

NOW I'LL GO INTO A BIT OF AN OVERVIEW ON THE AD CAP PROGRAM GUIDELINES THEMSELVES.

AND WHAT THE PROGRAM IS, IT IS A ZERO INTEREST FORGIVABLE OR A NON FORGIVABLE LOAN PROGRAM.

SO THAT'S UP TO A HFC AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION DISCRETION, WHETHER IT'S FORGIVABLE OR NON FORGIVABLE.

AND THIS, THIS MONEY IS FOR REAL PROPERTY ACQUISITION.

SO, UH, BUYING REAL ESTATE AND IT'S AVAILABLE, ITS APPLICATIONS ARE OPEN ON A ROLLING BASIS, AND IT'S DESIGNED TO HAVE RELATIVELY QUICK AWARD TIMELINES.

IT'S AVAILABLE ONLY TO NON-PROFIT 5 0 1 C3 DEVELOPERS AT THE MOMENT, AND IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE USED ON SITES NO LARGER THAN ONE ACRE, JUST SMALL SITES, UM, SMALL SITES DEFINED IN THE PROGRAM AS ONE ACRE OR LESS, I'LL SAY.

'CAUSE THAT CAN BE SOMEWHAT, UH, SUBJECTIVE.

NEXT, UH, IT CAN ONLY BE USED WITHIN A DISPLACEMENT RISK CENSUS TRACT AND WITHIN ONE MILE OF A PROJECT CONNECT BUS OR RAIL LINE.

SO BOTH OF THOSE THINGS NEED TO BE TRUE.

AND THEN IT HAS SOME INCOME RESTRICTION REQUIREMENTS, UH, FOR RENTAL UNITS.

UM, BUT AT LEAST HALF OF THE HOUSING UNITS MUST BE AFFORDABLE TO HOUSEHOLDS EARNING 50% MFI FOR RENTAL OR 80% MFI FOR OWNERSHIP.

AND THE AFFORDABILITY PERIODS ARE 40 YEARS FOR RENTAL AND 99 YEARS FOR OWNERSHIP.

THIS IS A MAP THAT SHOWS WHERE THE AD CAP AWARDS HAVE GONE TO DATE, UH, BETWEEN 2022 AND 2024.

AND, UH, THE PROGRAM WAS PAUSED IN OCTOBER, 2024 FOR THIS REVIEW.

NOW WE CAN SEE THIS MAP SHOWS THAT A RA AUSTIN REVITALIZATION AUTHORITY, GNDC, GUADALUPE NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND EAD HAVE BEEN AWARDED.

UM, A RA HAS USED ACAP FUNDING ON SOME TWO SITES UP THERE, KIND OF NORTH OF THE HIGHLAND NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, ONE IN THE NORTH OF WINDSOR PARK.

AND THEN, UH, TWO IN COLONY PARK, UH, A THIRD IN PARTNERSHIP WITH ECU DADD IN COLONY PARK.

AND THEN GNDC HAS USED AD CAP TO PURCHASE A PROPERTY IN THE, THE ON TOP OF THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.

OKAY, NOW, UH, THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION ON THIS SLIDE, I APOLOGIZE, BUT IT'S JUST A TABLE OF THOSE AWARDS, AND SO IT LISTS EACH PROJECT, UH, THE OWNERS AND PARTNERS THAT WERE AWARDED THERE, THE AFFORDABLE, UH, INCOME RESTRICTIONS, THE AWARD AMOUNT, HOW MUCH THEY WERE GIVEN, UM, THE LOT SIZE THAT THEY ACQUIRED AND THE YEAR THEY ACQUIRED IT.

SO THE OLDEST ARE AT THE TOP, THE, THE NEWEST ARE AT THE BOTTOM, AND THERE ARE PERHAPS A FEW POINTS THAT WE CAN JUST PULL OUT FROM THIS JUMBLE OF INFORMATION ON A BIG TABLE FROM OF YOU.

UM, THE TOP GREEN WE MIGHT HIGHLIGHT THAT IS, UH, OF THE $8 MILLION ORIGINALLY ALLOCATED, 3.6 MILLION HAS BEEN AWARDED SO FAR AND 4.4 MILLION REMAINS.

UH, YOU MIGHT NOTICE THAT, UH, AUSTIN REVITALIZATION AUTHORITY HAS RECEIVED THE MAJORITY OF THE AWARDS BY FAR.

UM, BUT IN 2024, WE SAW ECU A PARTICIPATE AND GNDC PARTICIPATE AS WELL.

SO, UH, A LITTLE BIT MORE DIVERSITY IN APPLICANTS.

AND THEN THE LOT SIZE, YOU'LL REMEMBER I MENTIONED THAT THE LIMIT IS, UH, ONE ACRE.

UM, IT HA THE ACQUISITION HAS TO BE LESS THAN ONE ACRE IN SIZE.

SO WE SEE THE APPLICANTS SO FAR, THE AWARDEES SO FAR COMING IN WELL BELOW THAT.

UM, AND THEN ONE OTHER THING MAYBE TO POINT OUT IS THAT, UH, THE MAJORITY OF THESE, I BELIEVE ARE FOURPLEX, UM, UH, COMMUNITIES.

SO IF THAT GIVES YOU A SENSE OF LIKE THE TYPO, THE TYPOLOGY THAT SEEMS TO BE GRAVITATING TOWARDS HERE.

SO SOME CAUSES FOR THE PROGRAM REVIEW WERE, UH, THAT THERE HAVE BEEN RELATIVELY FEW AWARDS TO JUST A FEW ORGANIZATIONS.

AND, UH, ALSO JUST FEW, RELATIVELY FEW HOMES HAVE BEEN CREATED AND PRESERVED THROUGH AD CAP RELATIVE TO OTHER, UH, FUNDING PROGRAMS. AND SO THE, UH, AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION AND HOUSING DEPARTMENT PAUSED IT IN OCTOBER, 2024 FOR THIS, UH, REVIEW AND EVALUATION.

AND, UM, THERE'S A, THE, THESE TWO TABLES BELOW, JUST GIVE A FEW MORE HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW, UM, FIGURES AND METRICS FOR THE PROGRAM.

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UM, YOU KNOW, ON THE POSITIVE SIDE, I THINK WE SEE THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, OF THE 25, UH, UNITS, HOUSING UNITS, UH, HOMES THAT THIS PROGRAM HAS PRESERVED OR PROPOSED TO CREATE, UM, 21 OF THEM ARE WHAT YOU MIGHT CONSIDER A FAMILY SIZE THAT IS AT LEAST TWO BEDROOMS OR MORE.

UM, SO THAT'S GOOD.

UM, NOT JUST PRODUCING A BUNCH OF EFFICIENCY UNITS.

AND THEN THE FUNDING PER UNIT, UH, YOU CAN SEE IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT THERE, ABOUT $110,000 PER UNIT AND FUNDING IS, UH, ROUGHLY IN LINE WITH SOME OF OUR OTHER PROGRAMMING.

SO, UH, THAT'S POSITIVE AS WELL.

IN AUSTIN IS PERHAPS RELATIVELY SMALL AND MANY NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THE FINANCIAL RESOURCES, TECHNICAL EXPERTISE AND STAFF TO NAVIGATE THE COMPLEX PROCESSES OF, OF AFFORD OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT.

SO WE'LL TALK A BIT ABOUT A BIT ABOUT THE EVALUATION PROCESS NOW.

AND THIS BEGAN, UH, WITH REVIEWING THE INTENT AND VISION BEHIND AD CAP.

UH, WE REVIEWED DOCUMENTATION ON THE PROGRAM, UH, INTERVIEWED A NUMBER OF STAKEHOLDERS, AND THAT WAS PARTICULARLY HELPFUL.

WE, UH, ALSO REVIEWED THE FUNDING AWARDS THAT HAVE GONE OUT, REVIEWED PROGRAM PERFORMANCE BY KEY METRICS, SOME OF WHICH I'VE SHOWED IN PREVIOUS SLIDES, AND THEN COMPARED WITH SOME SIMILAR FUNDING PROGRAMS IN OTHER CITIES.

SO SOME OF THE STAKEHOLDERS WE INTERVIEWED INCLUDED SMALL NONPROFIT DEVELOPERS IN AUSTIN WHO MIGHT USE THE FUNDS.

AND, UM, SO WE INTERVIEWED FOLKS FROM A RA WHO USE THE MAJORITY OF THE FUNDS SO FAR, UH, GNDC AS WELL.

AND THEN BLACKLAND, CDC, UH, AN EXAMPLE OF AN ORGANIZATION WE MIGHT, UH, EXPECT TO BE INTERESTED IN FUNDS LIKE AD CAP.

WE ALSO INTERVIEWED A NUMBER OF CITY OF AUSTIN STAFF, INCLUDING HOUSING DEPARTMENT AND A HFC FOLKS, FOLKS FROM THE EQUITY OFFICE AND LAW DEPARTMENT AS WELL.

UH, THE LAW DEPARTMENT'S PRETTY CLOSELY INVOLVED WITH CREATING THE LOAN DOCUMENTS FOR THESE, UM, AD CAP AWARDS.

AND WE ALSO SPOKE TO SOMEONE FROM THE SEATTLE EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE.

AND THAT WAS BECAUSE THAT PROGRAM HAS A LOT OF OVERLAP WITH, UH, THE GOAL OF SUPPORTING NONPROFIT, UH, CAPACITY BUILDING IN THE CITY OF SEATTLE.

AND, UH, WE ALSO SPOKE TO SOMEONE FROM TEXAS COMMUNITY CAPITAL, WHO HAD A LOT OF EXPERIENCE EARLY ON IN THE AD CAP PROGRAM AND ALSO BROUGHT THAT, UM, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, FINANCIAL INSTITUTION PERSPECTIVE.

OKAY, SO WE'LL JUMP INTO SOME OF THE FINDINGS FROM THE REPORT NOW.

UM, THE STAFF REPORT FOUND A FEW THINGS.

UM, HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW WOULD, UH, BE THAT THERE SEEMED TO BE A GENERAL, UM, SOMEWHAT LACK OF AWARENESS OF THE PROGRAM.

INTERVIEWS WITH STAKEHOLDERS WHO WERE INVOLVED WITH THE CRAFTING OF THE GUIDELINES INDICATE THAT THE PROGRAM IS NOT WELL KNOWN WITHIN THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT OR IN THE COMMUNITY.

UM, NONPROFIT DEVELOPERS EXPRESSED THAT THEY DON'T REALLY SEE THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT EMBRACING THE PROGRAM TO A SIGNIFICANT DEGREE OR REALLY ADVERTISING IT EITHER.

UM, INDEED THERE HAD BEEN NO GENERAL PUBLICIZATION OF THE FUND SINCE THEY WERE ESTABLISHED.

ONLY MORE LIMITED INFORMATION SHARING IN SMALLER ROUND TABLE MEETINGS WITH COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS, UM, AN INCONSISTENT UNDERSTANDING OF AD CAP REQUIREMENTS AND INTENT.

UM, SO AD CAP'S UNDERWRITING REQUIREMENTS WERE INTERPRETED, INTERPRETED A LITTLE INCONSISTENTLY EARLY ON, WHICH LED TO SOME CONFUSION AMONG APPLICANTS, UM, CONFUSION OVER WHETHER THE PROGRAM FUNCTIONED AS A GAP FINANCING PROGRAM OR OFFERED FULL REIMBURSEMENT FOR ACQUISITION COSTS, FURTHER COMPLICATED EARLY APPLICATIONS.

AND THEN SOME NONPROFIT DEVELOPERS, PARTICULARLY THOSE ACQUIRING PROPERTIES WITHOUT DEBT, ALSO QUESTIONED THE NECESSITY OF A DEBT COVERAGE RATIO.

UM, AND SO THEY ANTICIPATED A PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD FUNDING PROCESS, BUT, YOU KNOW, FOUND THEMSELVES LIKE TRYING TO GET CREATIVE WITH MATH.

UM, ADDITIONALLY, THE, UH, THE LANGUAGE AND THE GUIDELINES AND THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT COMMUNICATION REGARDING THE PROGRAM HAS BEEN A BIT VAGUE AT TIMES, UH, REGARDING WHETHER THE FUNDS ARE JUST FOR PROPERTY ACQUISITION OR CAN ALSO BE USED FOR OTHER DEVELOPMENT COSTS.

NOW, UH, TIMELINE PRESSURES BULLET THREE THERE.

UH, THE ADD CAP GUIDELINES SPECIFY, UM, RELATIVELY TIGHT DEADLINES FOR LOAN APPROVALS THAT ARE 25 BUSINESS DAYS FOR LOANS THAT ARE UNDER $250,000 AND 50 BUSINESS DAYS FOR LOANS REQUIRING COUNCIL APPROVAL.

UM, SOME INTERVIEWEES CRITICIZE THESE DEADLINES FOR BEING UNNECESSARILY COMPLEX AND INFLEXIBLE WITH SUGGESTIONS THAT A UNIVERSAL DEADLINE OF 30 CALENDAR DAYS AFTER A HFC ADMINISTRATIVE, UH, OR BOARD APPROVAL WOULD SIMPLIFY THE PROCESS AND ALIGN EXPECTATIONS.

UM, NEXT, UH, THE, UH, LACK OF NONPROFIT DEVELOPERS IN AUSTIN.

UM, THE ECOSYSTEM OF, OF, OF NONPROFIT HOUSING PROVIDERS

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UM, HISTORICALLY, THE CITY HAS NOT INVESTED IN MANY CAPACITY BUILDING INITIATIVES FOR NONPROFIT DEVELOPERS EITHER, AND THAT LEAVES, UH, MANY, MANY SMALLER ORGANIZATIONS WITHOUT THE TOOLS TO FULLY ENGAGE WITH PROGRAMS LIKE ACAP.

UM, MAYBE ONE EXCEPTION TO THIS IS THE, UM, RECENT SMALL DEVELOPER TRAINING AND, UH, RECENTLY BEGUN EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE, WHICH IS KIND OF THE SECOND ITERATION OF THE SMALL DEVELOPER TRAINING.

UM, SO WE'RE EXCITED TO SEE THAT, AND THAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.

UM, OKAY, NEXT, SECOND TO LAST BULLET THERE, UH, LOW, THERE'S A LOW SPENDING THRESHOLD FOR A HFC ADMINISTRATIVE APPROVAL.

UM, SOUNDS A LITTLE WONKY THERE, BUT BASICALLY ANY, UH, LOAN, UH, THAT EXCEEDS $250,000 REQUIRES THE A HFC BOARD THAT IS CITY COUNCIL, UH, TO APPROVE IT, UH, WHICH INTRODUCES ADDITIONAL DELAYS AND THE DISBURSEMENT PROCESS.

AND, UM, SCHEDULING ITEMS FOR BOARD REVIEW CAN BE CHALLENGING AND THAT IT JUST EXTENDS TIMELINES, UH, AND, UM, SLOWS THE PROGRAM'S ABILITY TO RESPOND QUICKLY TO DISPLACEMENT RISKS.

UM, AND THEN LASTLY ON HERE, THE LACK OF PROGRAM FLEXIBILITY, UM, JUST KIND OF SPEAKS TO THE, UH, UH, VERY VALID, UH, GEOGRAPHIC AND APPLICANT ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA.

UM, AND, UM, THEY ARE, UH, RIGID FOR A REASON, YOU KNOW, DISPLACEMENT RISK, CENSUS TRACT, UM, AND WITHIN A MILE OF PROJECT CONNECT.

UM, BUT WE FOUND THROUGH, UH, INTERVIEWS THAT THERE MAY BE SOME ADDITIONAL CASES THAT SERVE THE PURPOSE OF ANTI DISPLACEMENT AND COMMUNITY ORIENTED DEVELOPER CAPACITY, UH, BUT COULD WARRANT, UH, EXPANDING ELIGIBILITY, UH, TO SOME DEGREE.

OH, OKEY DOKE.

HERE WE GO.

OKAY, NOW ON TO RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE STAFF REPORT.

HOW AM I DOING ON TIME? OKAY.

UM, SO THE RECOMMENDATIONS, UM, WERE, UH, THE FIRST ONE WAS TO, UH, REALLY, AND, SORRY, I'LL UH, SAY THIS.

UH, THIS SLIDE IS ON HOUSING DEPARTMENT AND A HFC ACTIONS, AND THEN THERE ARE A FEW OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS THAT RE REQUIRE CITY COUNCIL ACTION.

SO, UM, JUST TWO PAGES HERE.

SO THE FIRST ONE ON IN TERMS OF HOUSING ACTIONS WOULD BE TO, UH, CLARIFY THE PROGRAM GUIDELINES.

I MEAN, UH, THAT'S A PRETTY, UH, THAT CLEAR, STRAIGHTFORWARD ONE.

UH, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE REFINED TO REMOVE AMBIGUITY, MAKE IT EASIER FOR APPLICANTS TO NAVIGATE THE PROCESS.

AND SOME RELATIVELY SIMPLE CHANGES WOULD CLARIFY THE ELIGIBILITY, UNDERWRITING CRITERIA AND WHAT THE PROGRAM REQUIRES.

UM, SO NUMBER TWO, ADJUST THE APPLICATION INTAKE SCHEDULE.

UH, ALIGNING THE APPLICATION PROCESS WITH COUNCIL MEETINGS COULD IMPROVE CONSISTENCY AND PREDICTABILITY.

UH, NUMBER THREE IS, UH, IMPROVING AWARENESS AMONG THE SMALL DEVELOPER, UH, COMMUNITY AND, UH, INTEGRATING THE, UH, THE PROGRAM INTO THE EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE TRAINING, THAT'S EDI TRAINING.

AND, UM, YEAH, JUST, UH, THE INFORMATION SHOULD BE CLEAR AND EASY TO FIND ON OUR WEBSITE, THINGS LIKE THAT.

JUST, UH, UH, ANY IMPROVEMENTS TO INCREASE THE AWARENESS AND ACCESSIBILITY OF INFORMATION.

UM, NUMBER FOUR, EXPANDING THE SITE SIZE ELIGIBILITY IS, UH, SOMETHING TO CONSIDER FOR MULTIFAMILY PRESERVATION.

UM, UH, I WOULD SAY THIS IS NOT A, THIS IS ONE OF THE WEAKER RECOMMENDATIONS, BUT, UH, AT LEAST TO LOOK MORE INTO, UH, EXPANDING THE SITE SIZE ELIGIBILITY, IT COULD BE HELPFUL IN CERTAIN LIMITED CASES WHERE THERE'S A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO PRESERVE A MULTIFAMILY COMMUNITY ON SITES SLIGHTLY LARGER THAN AN ACRE.

UM, AND THAT COULD JUST OF COURSE, HELP PRESERVE MORE HOMES, UH, WITH, UH, WITHIN THE LIMITED AMOUNT OF FUNDING THAT REMAINS AVAILABLE IN THE ACAP POOL, OF COURSE.

UM, BUT THAT NEEDS MORE RESEARCH.

AND, UH, UH, OKAY.

NUMBER FIVE, UH, REPORTING OUTCOMES.

THIS IS ANOTHER, UH, RELATIVELY SIMPLE ONE, UH, REPORTING OUTCOMES ON THE PROJECT CONNECT ANTI DISPLACEMENT FUNDING DASHBOARD.

UM, YOU'RE ABLE TO FOLLOW THAT LINK THERE.

THERE'S JUST A, A DASHBOARD THAT TRACKS PROJECT CONNECT, UH, ANTI DISPLACEMENT FUNDING, AND ACAP IS CURRENTLY MISSING FROM THERE.

UM, AND, UH, LASTLY ON THE HOUSING ACTIONS WOULD BE TO ENHANCE THE, UH, CAPACITY TO MANAGE THE PROGRAM.

SO, UM, THAT KIND OF ENCOMPASSES A FEW POINTS.

THE, THE CURRENT TEAM IS, IS STRONG ON PROGRAM MANAGEMENT, BUT AD CAP WOULD BENEFIT FROM ADDITIONAL EXPERTISE AND UNDERWRITING AND LOAN

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DOCUMENT PREPARA PREPARATION.

UH, AD CAP WOULD ALSO BENEFIT FROM CONTINUING TO CREATE, UH, STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES AND TRANSITIONING TO AN ONLINE, UH, APPLICATION.

AND THERE THESE ARE MEASURES TO HELP WITH CAPACITY AND STREAMLINE, UH, MANAGEMENT OF THE PROGRAM.

UH, WE'LL MOVE ON TO CITY COUNCIL ACTIONS.

THAT, UH, THE FIRST ONE THERE IS TO EXPERIMENT WITH EXPANDING THE APPLICANT ELIGIBILITY TO INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE COMPLETED THE EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE TRAINING, UH, FORMERLY THE SMALL DEVELOPER TRAINING.

AND THAT COULD HELP INCREASE THE VARIETY OF COMMUNITY ORIENTED DEVELOPERS THAT APPLY FOR THE PROGRAM.

WE NOTICED THERE'S NOT BEEN A HUGE VARIETY OF APPLICANTS.

UM, SO THAT, UH, BEING THE THOUGHT THERE, UH, THERE WOULD BE FURTHER DETAILS TO WORK OUT REGARDING HOW THE ELIGIBILITY WOULD WORK IN PRACTICE.

IF WE DO TAKE THIS ACTION, UM, FOR EXAMPLE, AN A GRADUATE FROM THE EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE, UM, DOES THAT ELIGIBILITY FOLLOW THEM TO ANY ORGANIZATION THAT THEY END UP AFTER, WHETHER THAT'S A LARGE FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATION OR SMALL NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION.

UM, IS THERE A TIME LIMIT TO IT, ET CETERA? UM, OKAY.

OOPS, I, I SKIPPED ONE.

I APOLOGIZE.

UM, THIS, UH, AND THE NUMBER TWO THERE WOULD BE TO AMEND THE A HFC PROCUREMENT POLICY TO INCREASE THE ADMINISTRATIVE APPROVAL THRESHOLD.

THAT $250,000, UH, THRESHOLD, UM, THAT THAT THRESHOLD WAS ESTABLISHED IN AROUND 2019 AND IS, IS RELATIVELY LOW, UM, ESPECIALLY FOR REAL ESTATE, UH, ACQUISITIONS.

UH, OTHER CITIES SUCH AS PORTLAND, OREGON AND SEATTLE, WASHINGTON HAVE MUCH HIGHER THRESHOLDS.

UM, AND AT THE VERY LEAST, IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO INCREASE THAT THRESHOLD PROPORTIONALLY TO THE RATE OF INFLATION SINCE 2019.

COMING INTO THE HOME STRETCH HERE, UH, ON IMPLEMENTATION AND NEXT STEPS, SUGGESTIONS AS SUCH.

UM, SO THESE ARE DIVIDED INTO SOME SHORTER TERM CHANGES, REFLECTING THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS, AND THEN SOME LONGER TERM CHANGES OR LESSONS LEARNED REFLECTING THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS? UM, THE, UH, I MEAN, OVERALL, I THINK THE MOST EFFECTIVE STEPS SEEM TO BE CLARIFYING THE PROGRAM, JUST PROVIDING CLARITY ON THE PROGRAM ITSELF AND MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE ACTUALLY KNOW ABOUT IT.

UM, SO, UH, YEAH, WITH THAT SAID, UM, UPDATING THE PROGRAM GUIDELINES, UH, RELATIVELY SHORTER TERM, UH, WEBSITE IMPROVEMENTS AS WELL.

UM, THE EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE TRAINING, WE MENTIONED THE SITE SIZE ELIGIBILITY AND THE, UH, THE INTAKE SCHEDULE ADJUSTMENT TO ALIGN WITH CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS.

UM, THOSE LONGER TERM CHANGES AND LESSONS LEARNED MIGHT INCLUDE, UH, INCREASING THE ADMINISTRATIVE CAPACITY, LIKE, UH, INCLUDING MORE UNDERWRITING EXPERTISE AND, UM, APPLICATION REVIEW.

AND, UH, ALSO ANY TWEAKS TO FUNDING ELIGIBILITY FOR APPLICANTS, UM, ALSO THE ADMINISTRATIVE APPROVAL THRESHOLD THAT WE JUST MENTIONED.

NOW WITH THAT, UM, THANKS FOR FOLLOWING ALONG THOSE, UH, THAT WAS THE PRESENTATION AND I'M OPEN TO ANY DISCUSSION AND QUESTIONS.

WE HAVE A VARIETY OF HOUSING FOLKS.

WELL, A FEW OF THEM LEFT, BUT, UM, YEAH, WE'VE GOT A VARIETY OF HOUSING FOLKS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

I'M AVAILABLE.

WE ALSO HAVE CASEY SMITH ONLINE, UM, AND YEAH, I'D LOVE TO OPEN IT UP.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU CHASE.

UM, COMMISSIONERS, LET'S OPEN THAT UP FOR QUESTIONS.

UH, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FROM COMMISSIONERS IN PERSON? ANY QUESTIONS FROM COMMISSIONERS ONLINE? UH, COMMISSIONER LONGORIA, GO AHEAD.

LOT SIZES ONE ACRE OR LESS, I THINK OF LIKE A, LIKE A HOUSE, LIKE A HOME, A HOMEOWNER, UM, THE, THE 5 0 1 C3 NONPROFIT DEVELOPER STATUS.

IF THERE'S NO QUESTIONS, I MEAN, I WOULD LIKE TO LIKE OPEN IT UP FOR DISCUSSION, IF THAT'S OKAY.

YES, GO AHEAD.

UM, WELL, UM, SO AS THE NAME IMPLIES ANTI DISPLACEMENT, UM, I ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS MONEY IS COMING FROM PROJECT CONNECT.

THAT'S CORRECT.

$8 MILLION.

UM, SO I SEE A COUPLE THINGS OR RECOMMENDATIONS.

UM, $8 MILLION IS NOT A LOT OF MONEY, BUT IT'S, IT'S OKAY.

AND THEN PROTECTING HOUSING AND LAND FROM SPECULATION FROM GENTRIFYING AREAS.

I THINK THE EAST SIDE AND ALL OF THE PROJECT CONNECT THAT'S SUBJECT TO DISPLACEMENT AND OR GENTRIFICATION.

UM, WHEN I THINK OF NONPROFIT COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS, SMALL ONES, I MEAN, I REALLY CAN'T THINK OF MANY OR MUCH, LIKE, I JUST THINK OF LIKE INDIVIDUALS WHO OWN HOMES IN THAT AREA.

AND THEN ALSO I SEE HERE, LIKE THE SMALL

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YOU KNOW, THAT'S A, THAT'S A BARRIER FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE.

I MEAN, YOU'RE JUST A SMALL HOMEOWNER, BUT, UM, I DO LIKE THE IDEA OF THE EDI TRAINING, UM, MAYBE THAT WAY YOU CAN TRAIN 'EM A INDIVIDUAL HOMEOWNER TO BECOME A NONPROFIT, AND THEN THAT WAY THEY CAN USE THIS FUNDS, THESE FUNDS, THAT WAY THEY CAN BUILD ONE OR TWO OR THREE AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS ON THEIR PLOT OF PROPERTY.

AND, UM, I MEAN, THAT WAY THEY COULD USE THE MONEY FROM THAT TO LIKE PAY THEIR TAXES, YOU KNOW, THEIR INCREASED TAXES.

I MEAN, THAT'S KIND OF THE WAY THAT I SEE IT, UM, HERE.

AND I MEAN, I SEE A, A, A GREAT OPPORTUNITY.

YEAH, I SEE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY.

BUT YEAH, UM, I HAD NO IDEA ABOUT THIS.

UM, CERTAINLY, UM, I WOULD LOVE TO SHARE THIS WITH MORE COMMUNITY MEMBERS, UH, SMALL, SMALL HOMEOWNERS, UM, HELP TRAIN THEM TO KIND OF GET, TAKE THE STEPS TO WHO, WHERE THEY CAN, UM, APPLY AND BE, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, THEY COULD QUALIFY FOR THIS FUNDING.

UM, YEAH, AND, UH, THE, IN TERMS OF TIMELINE, UM, THE PROGRAM IS ON PAUSE STILL WHILE, UM, THE STAFF REPORT, UH, OCCURRED.

AND WHILE LEADERSHIP IS, UH, DISCUSSING AND, AND STRATEGIZING JUST IN GENERAL AND ON THIS PROGRAM, UM, SO THERE'S STILL, UM, IN TERMS OF WHEN IT WOULD, UH, OPEN UP AGAIN, UM, SOMETIME IN FISCAL YEAR 2026 WOULD BE THE EXPECTATION.

UM, SO YEAH, FISCAL YEAR STARTING IN, UH, ON OCTOBER 1ST, SO AFTER THAT, UM, TO THE, UM, UM, AND YEAH, BECAUSE THAT EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE TRAINING IS GOING ON RIGHT NOW, UH, I BELIEVE THAT GOES UNTIL APRIL, UM, OF NEXT YEAR.

AND SO, UH, THAT WILL BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO, YEAH, MAKE SURE FOLKS ARE, AS THEY'RE GOING THROUGH TRAINING ON LITERALLY HOW TO DO THIS, UM, KNOW ABOUT THAT RESOURCE.

UM, AND YEAH, ON THE, UH, $8 MILLION, NOT A LOT.

UM, IT, UH, THE PROGRAM, UH, CAN RECEIVE MORE FUNDING, UH, FROM, UH, UH, AS, AS IT'S ALLOCATED IN THE FUTURE.

I UNDERSTAND, I GUESS THE, UH, THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND THERE'S JUST A PROCESS FOR ALLOCATING FUNDS ON, ON A REGULAR BASIS.

SO, YOU KNOW, IT, PART OF THE PROGRAM REVIEW PURPOSE WAS JUST SAYING, IS THIS SOMETHING THAT'S WORTH SPENDING MONEY ON? UM, AND, UM, YEAH, GOING FORWARD, IF, UH, UH, YEAH, IF IT LOOKS, UH, IF LEADERSHIP ARRIVES AT THAT, IF COMMUNITY ARRIVES AT THAT DECISION, THEN UM, YEAH, IT CAN RECEIVE MORE MONEY.

THANK YOU COMMISSIONER LAGUARDIA.

DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ANYTHING, UM, TO ADD TO THAT? UM, I WILL ADD THAT, YEAH.

UM, I HAD THAT QUESTION OF THE PLAN TO, TO REOPEN.

UH, YEAH, ONE CONCERN IS THAT, THAT IT'S, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S SOUNDS LIKE ANTI DISPLACEMENT FUNDING AND, YOU KNOW, BEING PAUSED FOR ALMOST A YEAR NOW, YOU KNOW, UM, NOT GIVING THAT OPPORTUNITY AS, AS WE, AS WE KNOW, UH, LIVING, WORKING IN THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE GENTRIFYING, THAT ARE SEEING DISPLACEMENT.

YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF CHANGE IN ONE YEAR.

UH, AND SO JUST THE FACT THAT THERE MAY BE SOME ORGANIZATION THAT WANTS TO APPLY FOR FUNDING RIGHT NOW, BUT IT'S NOT, NOT OPEN, HASN'T BEEN OPEN FOR ALMOST A YEAR.

UH, THAT'S, THAT'S CONCERNING.

UM, SO YEAH, SO I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE IT, UH, OPEN BACK UP SO THAT, SO THAT, UH, ORGANIZATION HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY.

AND ON THAT, UH, YES, WITH THE, WITH THE, UM, EDI AND WITH THE, YOU KNOW, THE FACT THAT THERE ARE, YOU KNOW, SMALL DEVELOPERS BUT PROBABLY DON'T KNOW ABOUT THIS PROGRAM AND ARE NOT TAKING ADVANTAGE, UM, YOU KNOW, WOULD YOU LIKE, I WOULD THINK THAT MAYBE SOME OF THAT MONEY CAN BE ALLOCATED JUST FOR SMALL DEVELOPERS, WHETHER THEY BE THE, THE ONES THAT GO THROUGH THE EDI OR SOME THAT PARTNER WITH OTHER, UH, I THINK I SAW THE, THE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN, UM, WHAT'S IT, ADA AND A RA, RIGHT? THAT'S RIGHT.

SO SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES THAT, THAT COULD BE ENCOURAGED TO BE ABLE TO, UH, UH, BUILD THAT CAPACITY WITH SMALLER DEVELOPERS MM-HMM .

AND MAYBE SET SOME OF THIS FUNDING, UM, TO THE SIDE TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE DEVELOPERS ARE GETTING THAT MONEY.

AS WHAT YOU SAID TO REOPEN AS APPLICATIONS, UH, IS THAT A SET LIKE OCTOBER, BEGINNING OF OCTOBER OR SOMETIME IN THE, IN THAT FISCAL YEAR? YEAH.

BRINGING MORE PEOPLE INTO THE, THE FOLD AND, UH, PARTICIPATING IN YEAH, JUST, YEAH, AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT IN GENERAL IN AUSTIN, BUT ALSO USING THIS PROGRAM MM-HMM .

AND IS THAT, UM, AS FAR

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UH, AT SOMETIME IN THE FISCAL YEAR.

IS WHAT, UH, I'VE BEEN TOLD MM-HMM .

SO YEAH, IT'S A, UH, YEAH, AS A STAFF MEMBER WHO WORKED ON, UH, THE PROGRAM REVIEW AND REPORT, UM, UH, IT'S, UH, DEFINITELY PASSED OFF TO LEADERSHIP DISCUSSION AT THE MOMENT MM-HMM .

UM, AND SO YEAH, THAT'S THE, UH, THE, UH, RESPONSE I'VE BEEN GIVEN MM-HMM .

AND IS, UH, ANY OF THESE RECOMMENDATIONS, IS IT DEPENDENT ON ANY OF THESE RECOMMENDATIONS BEING IMPLEMENTED? OR IS IT, UH, UH, WHAT IS THE YEAH, AS FAR AS HOW WOULD THAT BE DECIDED, I GUESS? UM, AS FAR AS, UH, OH, SORRY.

UH, THE QUESTION WAS, UM, IS WILL IT BE REOPENED BASED ON BEING ABLE TO IMPLEMENT SOME OF THESE RECOMMENDATIONS? UH, SOME TO MAKE THOSE CHANGES FIRST BEFORE IT'S REOPENED? UM, I WOULD SAY, UH, PROBABLY AT THE, AT THE VERY LEAST, UM, UH, UPDATING THE GUIDELINES TO SOME EXTENT MM-HMM .

UM, BUT BY NO MEANS DO, UH, ALL OF THESE RECOMMENDATIONS NEED TO BE TRUE IN ORDER FOR IT TO REOPEN.

UM, YEAH, JUST, YEAH, SOME OF 'EM ARE VERY MUCH THINGS TO CONSIDER, SO, YEAH.

AND, AND I, YEAH, AGAIN, UM, MY VIEW WOULD BE THAT, YOU KNOW, IT SHOULD REOPEN AND YES, YOU KNOW, IMPLEMENT THESE, BUT, YOU KNOW, STILL GIVE OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY THAT WANTS THE FUNDING NOW TO BE ABLE TO APPLY FOR IT.

UH, OKAY.

DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? UH, COMMISSIONER MARTINEZ, UM, JUST REAL QUICK COMMENT, AND I'M SORRY IF I MISSED IT, BUT WHY ARE THOSE FUNDS NOT AVAILABLE NOW OR, OR, UH, BASICALLY DUE TO CONCERNS ON, UH, THE PROGRAM PERFORMANCE UP, UP TO, UH, THAT POINT LAST YEAR, UM, THE FACT THAT IT, UH, HAD NOT, UH, HAD ONLY GONE TO A FEW ORGANIZATIONS, UH, THAT THERE HAD BEEN RELATIVELY FEW AWARDS OVER THE, UM, TIME THAT HAD BEEN OPEN AND THAT, UM, IT HADN'T, UH, RESULTED IN CREATING OR PRESERVING, UH, UH, MORE THAN 25 HOMES, UH, IN THOSE TWO YEARS.

UM, SO YEAH, THOSE REASONS.

AND, UM, I SUPPOSE, UM, WHILE, UH, A PROGRAM UNDERGOES REVIEW, UH, IN THAT CASE, UM, THAT WAS JUST THE BEST PRACTICE OR A, A DECISION, A CAREFUL DECISION THAT WAS MADE.

UM, YEAH, I DON'T KNOW IF I, IF, AM I, I'M MISSING ANYTHING.

YOU DIDN'T.

OKAY, GREAT.

AND THEN, SO WERE THERE, UM, APPLICANTS APPLICATIONS THAT, UM, GOT PUT ON HOLD, UM, WHEN THE, WHEN THE FUND STOPPED, OR NOT STOPPED, BUT WILL THOSE, UM, APPLICATIONS STILL BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION, OR DO THEY HAVE TO REAPPLY, OR HOW WILL THAT WORK? UH, I, I DON'T, UM, I WOULD HAVE TO CHECK WITH THE PROGRAM MANAGER, BUT I DO, I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT ANY APPLICATIONS WERE SUBMITTED AND THEN, UM, SORT OF JUST PUT ON HOLD.

UH, I, I BELIEVE THAT, UM, YEAH, THE MOST RECENT ONE, UM, YOU KNOW, I, IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN IN, UH, IN PROCESS WHEN THE PROGRAM REVIEW STARTED, BUT, UH, THAT IT WAS FINISHED OUT.

SO, UH, YEAH, I DON'T BELIEVE THERE WAS ANYBODY LEFT IN LIMBO IN, IN PURGATORY THERE.

DEPUTY TD JACKMAN, COMMUNITY DISPLACEMENT PROVISION OFFICER.

GOOD.

I'D JUST LIKE TO ADD, CHASE HAS IT EXACTLY CORRECT.

UM, THE, THE DESIRE IS TO JUST TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE MORE ORGANIZATIONS, NONPROFIT, UH, DEVELOPERS PARTICIPATING IN THE PROGRAM.

SO THAT'S WHY THE PAUSE, WE WANNA GIVE MORE PARTICIPANTS BEYOND A RA, WE'RE GLAD THAT A RA IS TAKING ADVANTAGE OF IT, BUT WE WANNA UNDERSTAND HOW CAN WE ENHANCE IT SO THAT MORE ORGANIZATIONS CAN, UH, PARTICIPATE.

AND, UM, ACTUALLY BASED OFF OF YOUR QUESTION, I WOULD LIKE TO ADD, UH, THIS PART, IF, UM, WHEN IT WAS OPEN, WERE THERE ANY APPLICANTS THAT WERE, THAT DID NOT QUALIFY OR ANYTHING BECAUSE OF LACK OF CAPACITY? OR DO YOU THINK THEY JUST, JUST DIDN'T APPLY AT ALL? UM, I KNOW ONE, OH, SORRY, THAT, UH, DID NOT GET A MORE DUE TO LACK OF CAPACITY OR, UH, LIKE THEY WOULD'VE APPLIED, BUT THEY DIDN'T BECAUSE, UM, EITHER ONE, WHETHER THEY WERE, UH, THEY DIDN'T QUALIFY BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE CAPACITY, OR MAYBE, WELL, I GUESS YOU WOULDN'T KNOWN IF THEY DIDN'T.

HARD TO SAY , BUT, UH, I KNOW, YEAH, BLACK LAND CDC WAS ONE, I BELIEVE THAT WAS MAYBE EVEN INVOLVED IN, UH, SOME OF THE ORIGINAL ADVOCACY, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN.

UM, AND SO, UH, PERHAPS WOULD FALL INTO THAT CATEGORY.

UM, AND, UM, YEAH, I DON'T KNOW IF NEVER TD, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE BIT MORE, YEAH.

THE ORGANIZATIONS, UM, I DID, I WASN'T AWARE THAT BLACK LAND, BUT ALL OF THE ORGANIZATIONS FOR THE MOST PART, UH, WHO APPLIED FOR THE FUNDING, RECEIVED THE FUNDING.

SO THAT IS NOT THE CHALLENGE.

WE ARE WONDERING WHY ARE WE GETTING SO FEW, RIGHT? SO WE ARE NOT, UH, SEEING PEOPLE REALLY TURNED AWAY, BUT IT'S LIKE, OKAY, WE SHOULD HAVE MORE APPLICATIONS

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COMING IN.

LIKE, WE THOUGHT, UH, WE WOULD SPEND THE $8 MILLION THAT FIRST YEAR, BUT THOSE DOLLARS DID NOT GET OUT THE DOOR.

AND YOU ARE RIGHT, RIGHT.

PROPERTY VALUES ARE RIGHT.

WE'RE, WE'RE MISSING, UH, RIPE OPPORTUNITIES TO GET LAND WHILE IT WAS LOWER, BUT IT IS NOT BEING ACCESS ACCESSED.

SO WE WANNA KNOW WHAT DO, WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO TO MAKE SURE, AND I WILL SAY, TO BE VERY HONEST, ONE OF THE CHALLENGES IS WE DO HAVE A VERY SMALL, UH, PERCENTAGE OF NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN WHO ARE WORKING IN THE SPACE OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT.

AND SO CHASE ALSO MENTIONED THE EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.

THIS IS ANOTHER REASON WHY, UH, THESE WERE ALSO LISTED AS PART OF OUR INITIAL ANTI DISPLACEMENT STRATEGIES.

WE NEED TO EXPAND THE NUMBER OF NON-PROFIT, AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPERS IN AUSTIN.

IT, IT, IT'S SMALL FOR A CITY OUR SIZE.

OUT TO THE LAND ACQUISITION.

AND CAN YOU TELL US MORE ABOUT THE EDI? UM, SURE.

UH, WHO, UM, I GUESS WHO DO YOU, WHO HAVE YOU REACHED OUT TO WHO'S TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF THIS? AND I GUESS WHO, WHO WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE IN, UH, TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS? WELL, WE SEPARATE FROM THE EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE, WE HAVE, UM, WE HAVE THE BLACK LANDS, WE HAVE, UM, THE, THE EXISTING CDCS THAT WE HAVE, AND THERE'S, UH, ROUGHLY NINE, LIKE BLACK LAND IS ONE, UH, BLACK SHEAR IS ANOTHER.

UM, I THINK CLARKSVILLE, I THINK THERE'S ONE IN CLARKSVILLE, BUT IT'S ROUGHLY A RA IS ANOTHER, BUT IT IS ABOUT NINE.

AND SO THAT'S A VERY SMALL NUMBER.

MOST OF THOSE ORGANIZATIONS MIGHT HAVE ONE OR TWO STAFF, G AND G AND DC IS PROBABLY THE STRONGEST, THE LARGEST WITH THE MOST CAPACITY.

THEY'VE ACCESSED OUR FUNDS IN THE DEPARTMENT MANY TIMES.

BUT, UH, WE ARE WORKING, I WILL SAY THIS, UH, I WANNA GO BACK.

WE ALSO HAVE ANOTHER PROGRAM THROUGH PROJECT CONNECT.

IT'S THE COMMUNITY LAND TRUST ACCELERATOR, UM, THAT IS BEING, UM, THAT PROGRAM IS BEING LED BY, UM, BCL BUSINESS AND COMMUNITY LENDERS OF TEXAS.

THEY ARE WORKING WITH GNDC, AND THEY, UM, HAVE A COHORT WHERE THEY ARE WORKING WITH SMALLER COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, UM, ORGANIZATIONS AS WELL AS NONPROFITS.

AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE WORKING TO BUILD A CAPACITY OF ANOTHER COHORT OF, UH, NONPROFIT AFFORDABLE HOUSING, UH, DEVELOPERS.

SO THAT, AND NONPROFITS, IT IS BOTH, UH, TO EXPAND THE CLT COMMUNITY LAND TRUST MODEL IN AUSTIN.

SO WE WE'RE WORKING ON THIS FROM A NUMBER OF FRONTS REGARDING THE EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE.

IT JUST STARTED, UM, LAST MONTH IN JULY.

UH, IT JUST STARTED, AND I PARTICIPATED IN THE FIRST TWO DAYS OF TRAINING.

IT WAS EXCELLENT.

UH, WE CERTAINLY HOPE THAT WHEN PARTICIPANTS FINISH THAT PROGRAM, THAT THEY WILL, UM, ACCESS THE FUNDING.

BUT I WILL BE VERY CLEAR, THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE IN THE EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE ARE, ARE NOT 5 0 1 C THREES.

THESE ARE INDIVIDUALS.

SO THIS IS WHY CHASE MENTIONED, UH, WE MIGHT THEN CONSIDER CHANGING THE PROGRAM GUIDELINES, BECAUSE CURRENTLY IT IS NOT OPEN TO INDIVIDUALS.

THE FUNDING IS NOT OPEN FOR ACQUISITION.

IT'S ONLY OPEN TO 5 0 1 C THREES AND THAT, AND THERE IS A REASON OR RATIONALE FOR THAT.

BUT, UM, IT WILL BE UP TO, UM, COUNCIL LEADERSHIP OR ANY RECOMMENDATIONS FROM HERE TO DETERMINE IF WE EXPAND THAT ELIGIBILITY AND MAKE THE AD CAP OPEN TO INDIVIDUALS WHO WANT TO WORK IN THE SPACE OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AND THEN HAVE ACCESS TO THOSE DOLLARS.

YEAH, DEFINITELY.

I CAN, YEAH, I CAN SEE THAT, YOU KNOW, BRINGING IN MORE, UH, PARTICIPANTS, BUT ALSO, LIKE YOU SAID, BEING A NONPROFIT.

I THINK THAT WAS THE REASON FOR ADDING THAT TO THE, TO THE, UH, CRITERIA AS WELL.

UH, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR POINTS OF DISCUSSION? NO, I MEAN, YEAH, I JUST THINK THAT, UM, THE NONPROFIT STATUS IS A BIG BARRIER FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF, I MEAN, I WOULDN'T KNOW HOW TO NAVIGATE IT A YEAR OR TWO AGO.

LIKE, I MEAN, YEAH, I'M A GRADUATE STUDENT, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? LIKE YOU HAVE TO BE, YEAH.

UM, YEAH.

UH, AGAIN, COMING UP WITH CREATIVE SOLUTIONS, I THINK MAYBE REACHING

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YOU NAILED IT.

LIKE, I MEAN, THESE SMALL NONPROFIT, UM, HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS, I MEAN, UM, WITH, WITH THE SIZE OF THE AWARD, IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO PURCHASE A PLOT OF LAND IN AUSTIN.

LIKE, EVEN IF THEY WANTED TO, LIKE, AND, UM, AGAIN, PERHAPS PARTNERING WITH, UH, A LANDOWNER AND THEN HAVING THEM MAYBE DEVELOP AND THEN PAYING THEIR PROPERTY TAXES, WHICH KEEP GOING UP, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW.

SO, YEAH, I DON'T KNOW.

SO, YEAH.

I MEAN, THIS IS GREAT.

THIS IS COOL.

I'M GLAD IT EXISTS, BUT YEAH, I COULD USE A LITTLE BIT, UM, STREAMLINING AND MAKING IT MORE ACCESSIBLE AND MORE AWARENESS AND MM-HMM .

THANK YOU, CHASE.

ABSOLUTELY.

UM, I'M GLAD THE, UH, THE HEAD OF ANTI DISPLACEMENT AND IT SOUND LIKE HOUSING DEPARTMENT'S HERE TOO, 'CAUSE , UH, THANK YOU FOR, UH, ANSWERING THOSE QUESTIONS.

UM, UH, MY EMAIL IS AVAILABLE ON THE SLIDES THERE, SO IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER, UH, FEEDBACK, UH, ON THE PROGRAM, UM, PLEASE FEEL FREE.

UH, AND, UH, YEAH, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, NEFERTITI.

THANK YOU, UH, COMMISSIONERS FOR YOUR QUESTIONS, YOUR DISCUSSIONS.

UM, AND WE ARE MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER NINE, CHAIR REALLY QUICK.

UM, WE'RE GONNA CIRCLE BACK TO ITEM THREE

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AND FOUR.

UM, THE ISSUE WAS WITH THE CAP WAS THAT IT WAS IN A 77 PAGE EXCEL SPREADSHEET.

WE MANAGED TO GET IT DOWN TO 16 PAGES AND PDF IT MM-HMM .

SO NOW HOPEFULLY YOU CAN SEE IT ON SCREEN.

SO DID YOU GUYS COME THE, THE PUB THERE IT IS RIGHT NOW, SO, MM-HMM .

SO JILL, SO DO YOU WANT TO CHECK THE CHAIR? YEAH, YEAH.

SO CHAIR, IF, IF THAT'S OKAY, CAN WE MOVE BACK TO ITEM THREE AND THEN DO THE PUBLIC HEARING ITEM FOUR? YES.

CAN WE, UH, YEAH, WE CAN WE GO THROUGH IT QUICKLY AND THEN , UH, DO OUR PUBLIC, UH, PUBLIC HEARING ON THAT? YES.

THANKS, CHAIR.

UM, SO THIS IS BACK TO THE COMMUNITY ACTION PLAN THAT I WENT OVER.

I WENT OVER THE HIGHLIGHTS, BUT LET ME JUST GO THROUGH THE SLIDES AND THEN, UM, IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT WE, ANYBODY WANTS TO MAKE BIGGER OR ASK ME, IS THAT VISIBLE TO PEOPLE? CAN EVERYONE SEE THAT ONLINE? SO THEY, UM, THE WAY IT'S SET UP IS, UM, IT HAS OUR OUTCOMES AND THEN THE, THE, SO, UH, WHAT WE EXPECT IT TO HAPPEN.

AND THEN THE SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE, UM, THAT GO WITH THOSE OUTCOMES, UM, IT HAS EVERY POSSIBILITY LISTED.

THOSE AREN'T ALL THINGS THAT WE DO.

SO IT JUST HAS THE THINGS, NUMBERS FOR THE THINGS THAT WE ACTUALLY DO.

UM, AND THEY'RE SET UP BY, UM, THAT ONE'S THE EMPLOYMENT INDICATORS.

UM, SO IT SHOWS OUR NUMBERS OF HOW MANY PEOPLE WE EXPECT TO HELP GET A JOB UNDER A LIVING WAGE, KEEP THAT JOB FOR 90 DAYS, GET A JOB OVER A LIVING WAGE, KEEP IT FOR 90 DAYS.

UM, AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE A DIFFERENT COHORT OF PEOPLE THAT COME IN WITH ALREADY, UM, UNDEREMPLOYED, UM, EXPECTING TO GET BETTER EMPLOYMENT.

UM, SO WE HAVE METRICS FOR EACH OF THOSE.

CAN I INTERRUPT FOR A LITTLE MM-HMM .

IS THERE ANY WAY TO, UH, LIKE A CURSOR OR SOMETHING THAT CAN SHOW US WHERE WE ARE SO THAT I KNOW 'CAUSE IT'S PRETTY SMALL AND PEOPLE ARE HAVING TROUBLE SEEING IT.

I MEAN, A POINTER OR A CURSOR POINTER MM-HMM .

AS, AS JILL GOES THROUGH THEM.

JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE FOLLOWING WHERE, WHERE, WHERE ARE YOU RIGHT NOW, JILL? I WAS JUST KIND OF EXPLAINING, UM, SORT OF THE GENERAL LAYOUT OF WHAT, HOW THAT'S LAID OUT AND WHAT, WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT.

I WASN'T REALLY GOING THROUGH THE INDIVIDUAL ITEMS. OKAY.

BUT I CAN THAT, THAT, THAT MIGHT HELP.

THEIR INCOME FOR OVER 90 DAYS.

IF YOU CAN GO THROUGH.

SO, SO ONE OF THE, UM, SO ONE OF OUR MAIN METRICS IS THE NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED ADULTS THAT WE WILL, THAT WILL OBTAIN EMPLOYMENT UP TO A LIVING WAGE.

SO THAT TARGET IS 15 PEOPLE.

UM, AND THEN OF THOSE, WE'LL, WE WILL KEEP, UM, EMPLOYED IN, IN WORKING WITH US FOR AT LEAST 90 DAYS.

UM, THAT TARGET IS FIVE, UM, PEOPLE WHO GET A JOB OVER LIVING WAGE.

15 IS THE TARGET.

UM, THE PEOPLE WE KEEP WORKING WITH AND GET, UM,

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THAT TARGET IS FIVE.

THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT, UM, COME IN ALREADY EMPLOYED WHO ARE WORKING TOWARD CAREER ADVANCEMENT, UM, TO INCREASE THEIR BENEFITS OR, UM, SALARY OR HOURS, THAT'S, THAT TARGET IS 10.

UM, AND THEN THE OTHER ONES UNDER THAT ARE SUBCATEGORIES.

IT'S KIND OF CONFUSING.

UM, BUT THERE'S SUBCATEGORIES OF THE SAME THING.

SO ONE IS INCREASING YOUR WAGES.

THAT TARGET IS 10, ONE OF 'EM IS INCREASING HOURS.

THAT TARGET IS 10, AND ONE OF 'EM IS, UM, INCREASING YOUR BENEFITS RELATED TO EMPLOYMENT.

THAT'S FOUR.

AND THEN THE BOTTOM ONE IS THE PEOPLE WHO TRANSITION OUT OF POVERTY, AND THAT'S THAT 43 THAT WE DON'T, WE DON'T SET THAT T-D-H-C-A SETS.

UM, AND THEN SOME OF THE SERVICES THAT WE HAVE, UH, UM, THAT SUPPORT THOSE OUTCOMES ARE, WE HELP PEOPLE WITH JOB READINESS TRAINING.

THAT TARGETS FIVE, UM, JOB COACHING, WHICH IS THE TARGETS 20 JOB SEARCH, COACHING TARGET'S, 20 RESUME DEVELOPMENT.

IT'S THE TARGET IS 10 INTERVIEW SKILLS TRAINING.

THE TARGET IS FIVE.

JOB REFERRALS.

TARGET IS 20.

POST-EMPLOYMENT COACHING TARGET IS 15.

AND THEN PROVIDING PEOPLE WITH EMPLOYMENT SUPPLIES.

THE TARGET IS THREE.

SO THAT'S KIND OF OUR BIG CASE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM.

SO THAT'S KIND OF THE, THE, UM, THE ONE THAT WE SORT OF GO TO THE MOST DETAIL IN.

UM, I DID, I DON'T HAVE PRINTOUTS OF ALL OF THEM, UM, IS, I CAN'T EVEN SEE WHAT THIS IS.

THAT IS EDUCATION.

THAT'S NOT ONE THAT WE REALLY, THE ONLY, UM, THE, THE ONLY INDICATOR FOR THIS IS THE RECEIVING A PROFESSIONAL, UM, LIKE CERTIFICATE.

SO WE HAVE A LOT OF CLIENTS THAT ARE GETTING, UM, LIKE A CDL OR I MEAN A, A COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE OR, UM, YOU KNOW, A CNA OR, OR THAT KIND OF CERTIFICATE PROGRAM.

SO THAT IS WHERE WE MEASURE THIS.

THE TARGETS FIVE, AND THE WAY WE CAPTURE IT WITH THE SERVICES IS THEY, WE SENT THEM TO TECHNOLOGY CLASSES, SO THAT TARGETS FIVE.

UM, AND THEN, UM, THIS ONE IS INCOME AND ASSET BUILDING.

SO, UM, FOR ALL THE PEOPLE IN OUR CASE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, WE HELP THEM WITH THEIR, UM, WITH THEIR FINANCE AND BUDGETING.

UM, SO IMPROVING THEIR, THEIR FINANCIAL WELLBEING.

THE TARGET IS 10.

UM, WE, SO THE SERVICES FOR THAT ARE FINANCIAL COACHING, AND THE TARGET IS 30.

UM, WE'VE, UM, WE'RE HELPING PEOPLE WITH GET SNAP BENEFITS, UM, AS A COMMUNITY PARTNER WITH THE, UM, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES.

UM, THAT'S A LITTLE BIT NEW TO US.

SO WE ARE, OUR, OUR TARGET FOR THAT IS 50.

UM, WE DO TAX PREP.

WE HAD A TAX PREP SERVICE DURING TAX SEASON.

UM, WE DIDN'T HAVE IT THIS YEAR BECAUSE OF BUILDING CLOSURES, BUT NORMALLY WE DO.

SO THE TARGET FOR THAT IS 350.

UM, HOUSING, THIS IS PRETTY MUCH OUR RENTAL ASSISTANCE.

AND, UM, THE, THE GOAL THAT WE'RE GOING FOR IS TO HELP PEOPLE AVOID EVICTION.

AND THAT'S, THE TARGET IS 700.

THERE'S ACTUALLY A TYPO ON HERE BECAUSE THE RENT PAYMENT IS THE SERVICE THAT GOES WITH THAT.

AND IT SHOULD MATCH, IT SHOULD BE 700.

UM, AND THEN WE HAVE SOME OTHER, UM, SOME OTHER SUPPORTS THAT, THAT GO ALONG WITH, YOU KNOW, AS WE'RE HELPING PEOPLE WITH THEIR RENTAL ASSISTANCE.

WE ALSO HELP HELP 'EM WITH EVICTION COUNSELING, LANDLORD TENANT MEDIATION, AND LANDLORD TENANT RIGHTS.

UM, SO THE EVICTION COUNSELING TARGET IS 10, AND THEN THE LANDLORD TENANT RIGHTS ARE 40.

UM, UTILITY PAYMENTS, THE TARGET'S 150.

HEALTH OUTCOMES? UM, THESE ARE MOSTLY DONE BY OUR NURSES.

SO OUR GOAL FOR IMPROVING PHYSICAL WELLBEING IS 30.

UM, OH, IMPROVING THE ROLE OF INDIVIDUALS.

UM, THE ROLE OF, WHAT DOES IT SAY? SORRY.

THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS WHO IMPROVE

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UM, THAT'S REALLY THE POINT IS FOR THEM TO, THEY GET A FREE CAR SEAT, BUT ALSO TO EDUCATE THEM ABOUT HOW IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE DONE CORRECTLY.

SO WE DO SURVEYS AND IF THEY IMPROVE, WE, THAT'S, UM, A MEASURE WE COUNT.

SO THAT MEASURES 50.

UM, AND THEN A NUMBER OF SENIORS WHO MAINTAIN INDEPENDENT LIVING SITUATIONS, UH, I BELIEVE THAT SAYS 608.

UM, AND THEN THE SERVICES THAT, THAT LEAD TO SOME OF THOSE GOALS ARE FOR IMMUNIZATIONS.

UM, WE'LL DO ABOUT, WE'LL DO, UM, OUR TARGET IS 300 THIS YEAR, OR I'M SORRY, NEXT YEAR FOR 2026.

NURSING CARE SESSION, 600 HEALTH INSURANCE OPTIONS, COUNSELING 200.

UM, IT'S SH FOR SOME REASON IT'S SHOWING BETTER OVER HERE.

I THINK IT'S JUST THAT SCREEN.

YEAH, YOU SEE IT.

AND THEN FOR REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES, COACHING SESSIONS, 25 CONTRACEPTIVES, FIVE STI PREVENTION COUNSELING SESSIONS.

FIVE.

AND LET'S SEE THIS ONE, UH, COULD YOU GO, OH, OH, THIS IS THE BOTTOM OF THE SAME THING? YEAH.

AND THEN, SO FOR FOOD DISTRIBUTION, 75,000, UM, AND THE FAMILY MENTORING SESSIONS, THAT'S WHAT I WAS REFERRING.

THAT'S WHERE WE COUNT, UH, THE CAR SEAT DISTRIBUTION.

SO THAT'S 200.

UM, ALRIGHT.

AND THAT ONE IS JUST ACTUALLY JUST COUNTING YOUR, UH, YOUR BOARD MEMBERSHIP.

SO THANK YOU FOR HELPING US MEET THE, THE GOAL OF 15.

UH, OKAY.

AND THEN THAT, THAT MEASURE, THAT SEVEN, A MEASURE COUNT JUST COUNTS WHO WE COUNTED.

IT'S JUST A WAY TO COUNT WHO YOU COUNT, UM, WHO, WHO GOT AN OUTCOME AT ONCE.

UM, SO THAT ONE IS 1500.

SO WHAT IS THIS? UM, AND THEN THE SERVICES THAT GET US TO THAT, THAT AREN'T, WEREN'T ALREADY MENTIONED ARE CASE MANAGEMENT 150 PEOPLE.

UM, ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATIONS, WHICH IS WHAT WE DO TO, TO DETERMINE THAT PEOPLE ARE ELIGIBILITY, ELIGIBLE FOR CASE MANAGEMENT.

UM, RENT AND UTILITY ASSISTANCE, THAT'S A THOUSAND REFERRALS, TWO 50 TRANSPORTATION SERVICES, 20.

THAT REALLY ONLY COUNTS THE, UM, BUS PASSES THAT WE'RE GIVING TO OUR CASE MANAGEMENT CLIENTS.

WE GIVE A LOT MORE BUS PASSES OUT, UM, JUST TO THE PUBLIC.

UM, AND THEN EMERGENCY CLOTHING ASSISTANCE, A THOUSAND PEOPLE.

WHAT? OH, AND THAT'S, THESE ARE JUST KIND OF, SORT OF ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS.

UM, WE HAVE ONE ROMA IMPLEMENTER, WHICH IS ME.

UH, WHAT ARE THOSE? OH, THESE ARE, THESE, UH, REFLECT, UM, THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF PARTNERS WE HAVE.

AND THAT'S IN, UM, THE, THAT SPREADSHEET ON THE BACK THAT NAMES ALL OF 'EM.

SO THAT'S JUST KIND OF AN ESTIMATE OF SORT OF THE BREAKDOWN OF, OF WHAT WE HAVE.

SO WE HAVE LIKE 25 PARTNERS FOR FAITH-BASED, 10 LOCAL GOVERNMENT, THREE STATE GOVERNMENT, UM, FOR-PROFIT BUSINESSES, SOME COLLABORATIONS, THREE SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO, UM, POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION TRAINING FOR FINANCIAL BANKING INSTITUTES, TWO HEALTH SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS, TWO STATEWIDE ASSOCIATIONS, ONE.

SO THAT'S JUST SORT OF THE TYPICAL BREAKDOWN OF WHAT WE HAD.

AND THEN THOSE ARE A LIST OF KIND OF OUR CURRENT PARTNERS.

UM, THAT IS PRETTY CONSI.

I MEAN, THOSE ARE KIND OF THE CONSISTENT ONES, UM, THAT WE'VE PROBABLY TALKED TO YOU ABOUT OVER THE YEARS.

I THINK THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT.

IT TURNED INTO 77 PAGES BECAUSE OF THAT .

THANK YOU JILL, UM,

[02:15:01]

FOR THAT PRESENTATION.

AND I WILL NOW OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING, UH, ITEM NUMBER FOUR, UH, TO RECEIVE COMMENTS, UH, ON THE PROPOSED 2026 CSBG BUDGET AND COMMUNITY ACTION PLAN.

SO THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN.

DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENT OR COMMISSIONER LONGORIA? THANKS, JOE.

THANKS STAFF FOR LIKE FIXING THIS.

UM, SO BACK TO THE, UM, BACK TO THE, WE DON'T HAVE TO SHOW IT, BUT, UM, ACTUALLY I SAW THE OUTCOMES AND THE SERVICES, AND THEN I SAW FNMP, PERFORMANCE INDICATOR, FN, FEDERAL, NATIONAL, UH, YEAH.

FEDERAL.

NO.

FAMILY, NO.

F THE F IS FOR FAMILY, UH, FAMILY NATIONAL PERFORMANCE INDICATORS.

AND THERE WERE SEVEN DIFFERENT CATEGORIES, CORRECT? I THINK THERE WAS UP TO SEVEN, OR AT LEAST I'M BASING IT OFF.

I I THINK I SAW SEVEN.

I'M ALSO KIND OF GOING OFF OF SOME OF THE ONES THAT YOU SHARED.

UH, CASE MANAGEMENT, HOUSING, BASIC NEEDS, EMPLOYMENT, HEALTH EDUCATION.

I MEAN, THEY HAVE IT BROKEN DOWN INTO EMPLOYMENT, HOUSING, HEALTH EDUCATION, UM, THE CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, WHICH WAS THE BOARD STUFF.

UM, BUT I MEAN, LIKE ONE OF 'EM THAT THEY COUNT IS THE COUNTING YOUR OUTCOME COUNT.

SO, SO, UM, I SAW THAT AS FAR AS LIKE PUBLIC COMMENT.

AND, UM, AGAIN, I, I'D LOVE TO MAKE THIS MORE ACCESSIBLE TO PEOPLE.

UM, IT SEEMS LIKE PERHAPS THIS WAS A TEMPLATE.

THIS WAS A TEMPLATE.

IT IS, RIGHT? THEY, IT'S GIVEN TO US LIKE THAT.

WE JUST FILL IT.

FILL IT, YEAH.

OO ONLY, ONLY THE, THE BOXES THAT ARE POPULATED ARE THE SERVICES THAT YOU PROVIDE AND THE ESTIMATES, RIGHT? AND RIGHT.

IT, IT'D BE EASIER FOR IF NEXT TIME MAYBE JUST INCLUDE THE ONES THAT THE SERVICES THAT YOU DO PROVIDE, YOU KNOW? YEAH.

I THINK THAT THAT, I MEAN, THAT WAS, THAT'S KIND OF THE IDEA WITH THE, THE, UH, POWERPOINT AND THE PRESENTATION IS TO HONE IT DOWN.

UM, YEAH, I THINK NORMALLY IDEALLY YOU WOULD HAVE THIS AVAILABLE TO YOU IN FRONT OF YOU, AND WE WOULDN'T NEED TO GO THROUGH LINE BY LINE .

UM, OKAY.

WELL, UM, THERE'S A COUPLE OF NUMBERS THAT THAT STUCK OUT TO ME.

I MEAN, THE FIRST ONE WAS A REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH, UM, I THINK 25, UM, CLASSES OR SOMETHING.

I MEAN, THAT'S MENIAL.

AND THEN ALSO LIKE FIVE STI CONTRACEPTIVES, LIKE, I MEAN, COME ON.

LIKE, I MEAN, I WISH THERE WAS A LOT MORE .

UM, ALSO, UM, I, I'VE SPOKEN THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS TO ANKE ABOUT THIS, AND I MEAN, HE'S KIND OF JUSTIFIED IT, UH, THE FOOD INSECURITY, YOU KNOW, SINCE COVID.

AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK THIS BEING LIKE A GOVERNMENT, MUNICIPAL, FEDERALLY FUNDED ORGANIZATION WITH CASEWORKERS AND ALL OF THAT, LIKE, IT SHOULD BE ABLE TO MANAGE A LOT MORE LIKE ROBUST SERVICES LIKE CASE MANAGEMENT.

AND LIKE YOU DO DO THAT.

HOWEVER, I, I'VE SEEN IT TRANSITION A LOT TO LIKE FOOD DISTRIBUTION SITES, YOU KNOW, 75,000.

I MEAN, THAT, THAT NUMBER IS WOW.

LIKE, I MEAN, IT'S SHOCKING.

IT, IT'S, IT'S, IT, IT, I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A NEED.

UH, BUT, YOU KNOW, I DO UNDERSTAND THAT A LOT OF, THERE'S A LOT OF COMMUNITY PARTNERS THAT DO THAT OTHER PLACES.

AND AGAIN, WHAT I WAS, I WAS TELLING AN ANGEL IS THAT MY HOPE IS THAT FOR, FOR THE EMPLOYEES OF THESE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES UNITS, THAT THEY, THEY COULD SPEND MORE TIME DOING LIKE, UH, RENT, UH, UH, UM, YOU KNOW, HOUSING APPLICATIONS AND CASE MANAGEMENT AND SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT MORE LIKE, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING, MORE LIKE THAT REQUIRES A LITTLE BIT MORE LIKE TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE VERSUS LIKE FOOD DISTRIBUTION, YOU KNOW? 'CAUSE THAT COULD HAPPEN LIKE AT A SCHOOL OR LIKE ELSEWHERE.

BUT, UM, ANYWAYS, I LOVE THIS PROGRAM.

I REALLY TRUST .

AND I MEAN, WE WILL CONTINUE TO.

UM, HE, HE REPORTS TO US MONTHLY AND, UM, YEAH.

SO I MEAN, I'VE, HE'S EARNED MY TRUST AND, UM, I MEAN, WELL, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND HIS STEAD, AND I HOPE HE'S OKAY.

BUT , YEAH.

QUESTION AND THEN, THEN A COMMENT.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER.

UH, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS FOR OUR PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS ITEM? OKAY.

UH, WE HAVE ONE COMMENT FROM VICE CHAIR ACHILLES.

GO AHEAD.

I, ONE MAYBE

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SO I ACTUALLY NOTICED THE SAME THING THAT COMMISSIONER LONGORIA DID OF THE REALLY SMALL NUMBERS.

AND SO MY INITIAL ON, ON THE REPRODUCTIVE SERVICES, THE STIS, AND A COUPLE OTHER PLACES.

AND SO MY INITIAL THOUGHT WAS, UM, DOES IT MAKE SENSE TO OFFER MULTIPLE SERVICES TO JUST FIVE PEOPLE IF YOU'RE NOT DOING MORE? BUT I WAS CURIOUS BECAUSE YOU MADE A COMMENT ON THE TRANSPORTATION ABOUT YOU GIVE MORE THAN 20, IT'S JUST FOR THIS PARTICULAR GRANT, YOU'RE COUNTING 20.

SO THAT'S A SERVICE YOU'RE DOING ANYWAY.

THERE ARE MORE NUMBERS BEING PROVIDED, BUT FOR THIS PARTICULAR GRANT, IT'S 20.

SO I WAS CURIOUS, CAN YOU CLARIFY, IS, ARE THE REPRODUCTIVE SERVICES ALSO IN THAT CATEGORY OF YOU'RE OFFERING THOSE SERVICES TO A LOT MORE PEOPLE, BUT ONLY FIVE ARE GETTING IT THROUGH THIS GRANT? OR ARE THERE REALLY ONLY FIVE PEOPLE GETTING THAT SERVICE PERIOD? UM, DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? YEAH.

IT, IT DOES.

IT'S, IT'S AVAILABLE TO EVERYBODY, BUT IT'S NOT A FOCUS OF, OF OUR NURSES PROGRAM.

WE HAVE AN S THE, THIS AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH HAS AN STI HAS AN STI CLINIC.

SO THAT IS THEIR SOLE FOCUS.

UM, WE'RE AVAILABLE TO DO, YOU KNOW, BLOOD PRESSURE CHECKS, DIABETES, UH, DO WE DO A LOT OF DIABETES, CASE MANAGEMENT AND EDUCATION, UM, AND DO A LOT OF EDUCATION.

SO IT IS AVAILABLE, BUT IT'S NOT A FOCUS.

AND SO THAT'S WHY THE TARGET OF WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO WITH THAT IS LOW.

UM, JUST BECAUSE THAT'S, THAT'S COVERED BETTER IN OTHER DEPARTMENTS.

IT'S IN OTHER UNITS IN, WITHIN AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH.

IT'S, IT'S, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S AVAILABLE, BUT IT'S NOT A FOCUS FOR US.

THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING.

UM, AND JUST MY ONE OTHER COMMENT WAS THAT IF IT ACTUALLY MATTERS, 15 BOARD MEMBERS, WE HAVEN'T HAD 15 FOR SURE.

LIKE, I KNOW IT'S BEEN AT LEAST THREE YEARS SINCE WE'VE BEEN FULLY STAFFED.

UM, SO JUST WANTED TO NOTE THAT IT'S, IT'S BEEN A POINT FOR US.

WE WOULD LOVE TO BE FULLY STAFFED.

AND BY STAFF, I DON'T MEAN PAID STAFF, I MEAN COMMISSIONERS.

UM, SO I, I ASSUME THAT YOU'RE REPORTING JUST ON THE NUMBER OF POSSIBLE OPENINGS AND NOT THE ACTUAL FILLED POSITIONS.

'CAUSE I KNOW WE HAVEN'T HAD 15 IN A LONG TIME.

OH, RIGHT.

WHAT WE REPORT ON, WE'RE, THEY, THEY ASK US VERY SPECIFICALLY, WHO'S IN NEED.

WE REPORT WHO IS ACTUALLY IN THEM, AND WHEN THEY STARTED AND ENDED AND ALL THAT STUFF.

THAT'S JUST THE TARGET.

WE'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE 15.

THAT'S NO, THAT'S FAIR.

IT'S, IT'S OUR TARGET TOO.

IT'S JUST NOT HAPPENING.

UM, ANYBODY ELSE FOR OUR PUBLIC HEARING? UH, ANY COMMENTS? THANK YOU.

UM, YEAH, I WOULD LIKE TO JUST ADD THAT.

UM, WELL ACTUALLY, I WANT TO APOLOGIZE TO COMMISSIONERS AND TO THE PUBLIC, UH, FOR, YOU KNOW, BRINGING THIS ITEM TWICE AND HAVING TO GO THROUGH THAT.

UM, AND YEAH, NOT HAVING IT READY FOR, UH, FOR VIEWING AND REVIEWING, UM, BEFOREHAND.

BUT, UM, THANK YOU FOR GETTING US THROUGH THIS.

UM, IF WE DON'T HAVE ANY MORE COMMENTS, I WILL NOW CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS ITEM.

YEAH, WE NEED TO VOTE.

WE'RE GOOD.

WE, WE NEED A VOTE TO APPROVE THE CAP.

OH, SORRY.

UH, YES.

SORRY.

BEFORE, SO BEFORE WE CLOSE THE HEARING, I FORGOT THE ACTION ITEM EARLIER.

WHAT ELSE? IT'S THE CAP AND BUDGET.

AND, AND, AND THE BUDGET.

THE CAP AND THE BUDGET.

SORRY.

UM, YEAH.

SO WE WILL NEED, UH, I'M LOOKING FOR A MOTION TO, UM, APPROVE THIS, UH, THE CAP AND THE BUDGET, THE CSBC BUDGET.

UM, WE REVIEWED IT.

WE HAD A PRESENTATION FROM JILL.

SO I'M LOOKING, UH, COMMISSIONER BREWSTER.

I DIDN'T HAVE A QUESTION.

I'M SORRY.

SO I'M LOOKING FOR A MOTION TO, TO APPROVE THE, THE BUDGET AND FOR, AND THE COMMUNITY ACTION PLAN.

I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CSBG BUDGET AND COMMUNITY ACTION PLAN.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? COMMISSIONER BREWSTER SECOND.

I SECOND.

ALRIGHT, SO LET'S TAKE A VOTE.

UH, IF YOU'RE ONLINE, PLEASE, UH, TURN ON YOUR CAMERA SO YOU'LL BE ABLE TO VOTE.

YES, I APPROVE.

DO WE HAVE ANYBODY ABSTAINING OR VOTING? NO.

ABSTAINING.

UH, COMMISSIONER MENARD.

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THANK YOU, COMMISSIONERS.

UM, SO THIS, WE'RE DONE WITH ITEM NUMBER THREE AND THE PUBLIC HEARING HAS BEEN CLOSED AS WELL.

SO LET'S GO ON TO ITEM NUMBER

[9. Briefing from the Elections and Onboarding work group (Vice Chair Achilles). ]

NINE.

WE HAVE AN UPDATE ON ELECTIONS AND ONBOARDING WORK FROM VICE CHAIR, ACHILLES.

GO AHEAD, VICE CHAIR.

GOOD EVENING.

LETTING Y'ALL KNOW WE'RE FINALIZING THE LAST DETAILS WITH STAFF.

WE STILL HAVE SOME PENDING QUESTIONS THAT I NEED SOME HELP FIGURING OUT, AND WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO HOPEFULLY ROLLING THAT OUT IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE RETREAT.

UM, AND WE WILL GO ON TO ITEM NUMBER

[10. Update on the Community Development Committee planning meeting/retreat (Chair Elias). ]

10, WHICH IS JUST A BRIEF, UH, UPDATE ON OUR RETREAT, UM, WHICH IS ON AUGUST 23RD, UH, SATURDAY, AUGUST 23RD.

THIRD, WE HAVE OUR RETREAT.

UH, SO IT WILL BE FOR ALL COMMISSIONERS.

WE WILL HAVE, UM, A CHANCE TO GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER, UH, LOOK AT OUR GOALS, RESPONSIBILITIES, UH, OUR PRIORITIES AS THE COMMISSION, AND LOOK TO SOME NEXT STEPS, UH, AS WE GO THROUGH THIS.

SO, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ITEMS ON ENGAGING THE CITY ON WHAT OUR INFLUENCE IS AS A COMMISSION.

UH, WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE RESOLUTIONS THAT COME OUT OF THE COMMISSION AND HOW WE, UH, CAN ENGAGE COUNCIL, UH, TO HAVE, UH, IN EFFECT ON THOSE THINGS.

UH, AND ALSO TALK ABOUT STANDING ITEMS THAT WE SEE AS A COMMISSION AS WELL.

SO WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT ALL THOSE THINGS.

I KNOW THAT A LOT OF TIMES WE JOIN THE COMMISSION AND WE LEARN, WE'RE LEARNING AS WE GO.

SO IT'S A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO, UH, BE ABLE TO SEE WHAT OUR COMMISSION IS, UH, FOR LIKE, AND YOU KNOW, HOW WE CAN HAVE THAT INFLUENCE, UH, IN OUR CITY BECAUSE, UH, A LOT OF US ARE HERE FOR THAT, RIGHT? UH, TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

TO MAKE CHANGE.

UH, SO ED, CAN YOU GIVE US THE YEAH.

JUST THE DETAILS AND TIME, LOCATION AND ALL OF THAT.

UM, I, I'LL SEND AN EMAIL.

WITH ALL OF THAT INFORMATION IN IT.

UM, I KNOW ALL OF IT, BUT LET ME SEND AN EMAIL AND THEN WE'RE GONNA ALSO SEND THE MENU FOR, UH, FOOD AND, UM, TO ORDER LUNCH AND SO FORTH, SO ON.

SO, OKAY.

I'LL SEND AN EMAIL TO, SO COMMISSIONERS, MAKE SURE THAT YOU CHECK YOUR EMAIL.

UH, ED WILL SEND THAT OUT.

SO AS, SO WHAT I HAVE IS SATURDAY, AUGUST 23RD FROM NINE TO 3:00 PM UM, ARE WE AT THE PERMITTING? YEAH.

PPDC.

SO PERMITTING DEVELOPMENT PER, UH, PERMITTING AND DEVELOPMENT.

UH, YEAH.

UM, AND SO ED WILL ALSO SEND OUT A MENU FROM YOU TOLD ME EARLIER.

I'M GONNA HOLD OFF ON .

ON, ON THE MENU TOO.

'CAUSE THAT MIGHT CHANGE.

THAT MIGHT CHANGE.

SO EDWARD, SEND OUT A MENU FOR OUR LUNCH.

UH, THERE, UH, IT IS A, AN OPEN MEETING, SO WE WILL NEED QUORUM.

UH, WE WILL ALSO, UM, WILL WE HAVE PUBLIC SPEAKERS? IF PEOPLE, WE, WE, WE, IT'LL BE JUST, JUST LIKE A REGULAR MEETING.

JUST A REGULAR, A REGULAR MEETING.

YOU CAN HAVE, UH, 10 PUBLIC SPEAKERS.

WE HAVE TO POST IT.

UM, YES.

AND EVERYTHING JUST LIKE WE DO OUR NORMAL MEETINGS, SO.

SOUNDS GOOD.

SO YEAH, COMMISSIONERS, MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THAT ON YOUR CALENDAR.

AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, JUST REACH OUT TO MYSELF OR ED, UM, OR NEFERTITI.

UH, ANYTHING ELSE FROM STAFF? OH, WE HAVE A QUESTION FROM COMMISSIONER ACHILLES.

GO AHEAD.

JUST REAL QUICK, 'CAUSE I KNOW WE'RE SUPPOSED TO CHECK OUR EMAIL EVERY SINGLE DAY, MAYBE MULTIPLE TIMES A DAY, BUT I ALSO KNOW WE DON'T, DO YOU HAVE A TARGET DATE FOR WHEN WE SHOULD LOOK FOR THAT EMAIL? JUST, JUST AS A REMINDER FOR ALL OF US OF WHEN TO MAKE SURE WE CHECK OUR EMAIL BY ED.

I'LL, WE'LL TEXT YOU, , I'LL TEXT YOU AND SAY CHECK YOUR EMAIL.

NO, I, I, I DON'T, I'LL CHECK IT.

IT'S FINE.

I WAS JUST TRYING TO SEE IF YOU COULD HELP US NARROW THAT DOWN IF YOU WERE EXPECTING BY THE END OF THE WEEK OR WHAT.

I, I JUST DIDN'T KNOW.

THAT'S FINE.

END THE WEEK.

WE'LL JUST CHECK BY, UH, BY THE END OF THE WEEK.

THIS WEEK.

SO BY FRIDAY, BY FRIDAY YOU SHOULD HAVE AN EMAIL FOR ME.

SO YEAH, CHECK, CHECK YOUR EMAIL.

NO WORRIES.

SO YES, COMMISSIONERS, CHECK YOUR EMAIL BY THE END OF THE WEEK.

UM, YES, BECAUSE IT'S ABOUT A WEEK AND A HALF AWAY.

UM, I KNOW.