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OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION MEETING.IT IS 6 37, AND THIS MEETING IS OFFICIALLY STARTING.
UH, I WILL START BY READING THE PURPOSE, UM, OF THIS COMMISSION.
SO, THE PURPOSE OF THIS COMMISSION IS TO ADVISE THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO SERVE THE POOR AND THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE WITH AN EMPHASIS ON FEDERALLY FUNDED PROGRAMS. SO, I'D LIKE TO WELCOME EVERYBODY THAT'S IN PERSON, COMMISSIONERS ONLINE AS WELL, AND THE PUBLIC.
[PUBLIC COMMUNICATION: GENERAL]
ITEM IS, UH, PUBLIC COMMUNICATION.SO IN GENERAL PUBLIC COMMUNICATION.
THE FIRST 10 SPEAKERS THAT SIGN UP PRIOR TO THE MEETING, UH, BEFORE THE MEETING IS CALLED TO ORDER.
WILL EACH BE ALLOWED THREE MINUTES TO ADDRESS THEIR CONCERNS REGARDING ITEMS THAT ARE NOT POSTED ON THE AGENDA.
UH, MIGUEL, DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS SIGNED UP? YES, SIR.
CHAIR, WE HAVE LISA GACHE RODRIGUEZ.
AND CAN YOU TELL HER TO PUSH SIX? UM, AND LISA, IF YOU CAN PUSH STAR SIX BEFORE SPEAKING.
I AM LISA RODRIGUEZ, AND I AM THE PRECURSOR TO LORENA, THE ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE CDC, UH, ADMIN SUPPORT.
THAT IS, UM, I JUST, I WANTED TO CHECK IN AND WELCOME THE NEW COMMISSIONERS BECAUSE I KNOW THIS IS ALWAYS KIND OF A FRAUGHT TIME WHEN PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO GET TO KNOW, UH, THE PROTOCOLS AND WHAT'S HAPPENING AND, UH, WHAT'S EXPECTED AND ALL OF THAT GOOD STUFF.
SO, UM, I WANTED TO JUST CUT TO THE CHASE AND GIVE A COUPLE OF HEADS UP THAT I KNOW ARE IMPORTANT AND SOMETIMES GO UNSAID.
ONE IS TO PLEASE, UH, RESPOND TO YOUR CALENDAR INVITES THAT ARE SENT BY YOUR ADMIN.
THIS IS CRITICAL AND CRUCIAL IN ORDER TO ESTABLISH QUORUM IN ADVANCE SO THAT PEOPLE KNOW, UH, IF THEY NEED TO COME TO CITY HALL OR
UM, AND IF YOU CANNOT ACCESS YOUR EMAIL, PLEASE CONTACT CTM UH, 9 7 4 4 3 5 7.
YOU DO NEED TO CHECK YOUR STUDY EMAIL AND RESPOND TO THOSE CALENDAR INVITES.
VERY IMPORTANT, UM, IN SUPPORT OF YOUR ADMIN WHO SUPPORTS YOU.
UM, I ALSO AM NOTICING THAT THE, UH, ATTEMPT TO HAVE A RETREAT HASN'T HAPPENED YET.
AND I WANNA BE SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE AWARE THAT THE AGENDAS, UM, BY LAW HAVE TO BE POSTED FOR THREE FULL DAYS, UH, BEFORE THE MEETING.
AND IN THE CASE OF A, OF, OF A RETREAT, WHICH SOMETIMES HAPPENS ON A SATURDAY, THAT WOULD NEED TO BE, UH, BY THE TUESDAY BEFORE YOU NEED TO HAVE THAT.
HOWEVER, UH, SOMETIMES THE AGENDA IS NOT FINALIZED IN TIME FOR THE ADMIN TO GET IT UP AND POSTED, UM, IN ORDER FOR YOU GUYS TO CONDUCT BUSINESS.
SO, UH, JUST BE MINDFUL, YOU GUYS, AS COMMISSIONERS SHOULD BE SUPER MINDFUL, IN MY OPINION, OF THOSE DEADLINES THAT ARE DRIVEN BY TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT LAWS, AND WE DON'T HAVE CONTROL OVER THAT AS ADMINS.
UM, IF INDEED THE FINAL AGENDA OR IS NOT FINALIZED BY, UH, BY THE LIAISON AND LEADERSHIP, IT, IT SHOULD GO UP THE CHAIN, IN MY OPINION.
UM, SOMEBODY NEEDS TO BE NOTIFIED UP THE CHAIN IF THE AGENDA IS NOT FINALIZED TIMELY.
UM, IT IS, YEAH, THAT IS THE BULK OF WHAT I HAD TO SAY.
I HOPE THAT YOU GUYS, UM, KNOW HOW IMPORTANT YOU ARE TO OUR DEPARTMENT.
SOMETIMES I FEEL THERE'S A, UM, AN ATTITUDE OF YOU GUYS BEING EXTRA, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE EXTRA, EXTRA WORK, EXTRA EFFORT THAT IS WAY OUTSIDE OF THE NORMAL DAY-TO-DAY BUSINESS THAT MUST BE CONDUCTED.
SO I HOPE THAT THAT IS NOT, AND THAT YOU GUYS THANK YOU.
UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH ALL FOR SHARING YOUR, YOUR INPUT AND YOUR EXPERIENCE.
UM, YES, COMMISSIONERS, UH, PLEASE CHECK YOUR EMAILS.
UM, AND MIGUEL, WOULD YOU SHARE THAT PHONE NUMBER WITH COMMISSIONERS? BECAUSE I BELIEVE THERE'S STILL SOME NEW COMMISSIONERS THAT ARE NOT ABLE TO SHARE
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THEIR EMAIL THEIR TO CHECK THEIR EMAIL.CHAIR, I WILL, UH, PROVIDE THE CTM PHONE NUMBER.
UH, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS FOR GENERAL COMMUNICATION? YES, SIR.
CHAIR, WE HAVE XABIA JOSEPH IN PERSON.
WELCOME, MS. JOSEPH, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
MR. CHAIR MEMBERS, I'M ZIA JOSEPH, I JUST WANTED TO RESPOND TO THE PRESENTATION YOU RECEIVED ON SEPTEMBER 9TH, 2025 FROM CAPITAL METRO AS IT RELATES TO THE TRANSIT PLAN 2035.
I WANTED TO REMIND YOU THAT ON JUNE 10TH, 2025, YOU SAW THIS PARTICULAR SLIDE.
I WANT YOU TO REMEMBER THAT THE FREQUENT NETWORK WAS CREATED IN 2016 SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL, WHICH IS TO THE LEFT.
I WANT YOU TO SEE THAT THE GRAY MAP IS WHAT IS NORTHEAST NORTH OF US, 180 3.
YOU'LL SEE THAT IT IS DISCONNECTED, IT'S INFREQUENT, UNRELIABLE, DISCONNECTED.
I WANNA THANK COMMISSIONER ACHILLES FOR ASKING THEM SPECIFICALLY ABOUT ROUTE 3 92, THE BREAKER AREA IN THE AREA IN RUNDBERG NORTH LAMAR.
IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, YOU'LL SEE THIS IS THE HEB RUNDBERG.
THERE ONCE WAS ABOUT TWO BENCHES ON THIS SIDE BY THE STORE.
IT'S A LITTLE DIFFICULT TO SEE THE INSET, BUT THERE WERE TWO FLAT BENCHES AS WELL.
IF YOU GO THERE, THERE'S ONLY ONE.
SO RATHER THAN IMPROVING AND INCREASING THE AMENITIES, THEY'VE REDUCED IT WHEN THEY DID THE SIDEWALKS.
IF YOU LOOK HOWEVER, AT THE GOLF COURSE, WHICH IS THE HANCOCK PICTURE UPRIGHT, YOU'LL SEE THAT THEY HAVE AN EXTRA BENCH THERE, AND THERE ARE FEWER PEOPLE THAT RIDE THE BUS, BUT IT SERVES THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN.
HERE, YOU'LL SEE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN NORTHEAST AUSTIN AND THE REST OF THE CITY.
IF YOU LOOK TO THE LEFT, YOU PROBABLY CAN'T SEE THE PERSON CIRCLED.
THAT'S A PERSON STANDING THERE IN THE DARK AT GUS GARCIA RECREATION CENTER.
AND THAT, I WANT YOU TO RECOGNIZE THAT THE CITY DOES HAVE MONEY FOR LIGHTING.
I WANT YOU TO RECOGNIZE AS WELL THAT TERRACOTTA SIDEWALKS, WHICH ARE THE ONES THAT LOOK RED FROM A DISTANCE, BASICALLY WHERE YOU SEE RED, YOU'LL RECOGNIZE THAT THAT'S EQUIVALENT TO RED LINING.
THIS, HOWEVER, IS SOUTHEAST AUSTIN.
IT, IT'S PART OF THE SHENANIGANS AS IT RELATES TO PROJECT CONNECT.
YOU WILL NOT SEE TERRACOTTA MULTIMODAL SIDEWALKS NORTHEAST OF US, 180 3.
I BELIEVE THAT THE CON CON CONTRACTOR ACTUALLY GETS HIS RETURN ON INVESTMENT BY PUTTING THE PLANE PAVEMENT, BECAUSE THERE'S A KUT STORY THAT ACTUALLY SAYS THESE GREEN STRIPINGS THAT YOU SEE ACTUALLY TELL THE PEOPLE WHO ARE ON BIKES, THAT THEY'RE MERGING WITH THE TRAFFIC.
TERRACOTTA SIDEWALKS COST MORE MONEY.
THIS IS SOUTH FIRST AND STANE.
SO YOU HAVE TO ASK YOURSELF WHY IS THE INFRASTRUCTURE SO DIFFERENT? THESE ARE THE ONLY SLIDES I HAVE.
SO I'LL JUST TALK YOU THROUGH THE DIFFERENT ROUTES.
IF YOU GO BACK TO THE FIRST SLIDE, YOU'LL SEE THE ROUTE NUMBERS 3 92, YOU WERE TOLD IS GOING TO ACTUALLY IMPROVE AND GO TO BROADMOOR 3 92 WAS A BUS THAT ACTUALLY SERVED EAST WEST CONNECTIVITY TO GREAT HILLS.
WE DON'T WANNA GO TO BROADMOOR, WE DON'T GO TO THE, UH, KRAMER STATION TODAY.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, THE TRICKERY WAS THAT THE BUS ACTUALLY STOPPED, UH, AT KRAMER, AND YOU HAD TO WAIT AN EXTRA 25 MINUTES AT THIS TIME.
AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL GO AHEAD AND ANSWER THEM, AND WE'LL ELABORATE WHEN YOU GET TO YOUR ACTION ITEM.
BUT I APPRECIATE THE MEMBERS THAT ACTUALLY BROUGHT THAT UP.
ALWAYS GREAT TO HEAR, UM, UH, COMMUNITY INPUT ON THE ITEMS THAT WE BRING TO OUR COMMISSION.
UM, AND THANK YOU COMMISSIONER KEES FOR BRINGING THOSE ISSUES UP WHEN WE DO HAVE FOR PRESENTERS.
UM, SO NOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT ITEM.
UH, IS THAT WAS OUR LAST SPEAKER, RIGHT? OKAY.
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ITEM IS OUR APPROVAL OF MINUTES, UH, FROM SEPTEMBER 9TH, 2025.SO PLEASE, COMMISSIONERS, LOOK AT YOUR PACKET, UH, AND REVIEW THOSE MINUTES.
AND, UM, I'LL BE LOOKING FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE MINUTES.
WHEN YOU'RE READY, I MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES.
WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER LONGORIA TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM SEPTEMBER 9TH, 2025.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND ON THAT? I SECOND, SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER MARTINEZ.
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APPROVE OF THESE MINUTES.UH, RAISE YOUR HAND, SAY, I REMEMBER, IF YOU'RE ONLINE, PLEASE TURN YOUR CAMERA ON SO THAT YOU CAN VOTE.
AND COMMISSIONER LYRIC, IF YOU CAN TURN ON YOUR CAMERA SO THAT WE CAN SEE YOUR VOTE.
I AM TRYING TO GET HOME FROM WORK RIGHT NOW.
[2. Presentation regarding the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) activities and outcomes (Jill Smith, Program Manager I, Austin Public Health).]
TO OUR NEXT, UH, TO OUR DISCUSSION ITEMS. ITEM NUMBER TWO, UH, WHICH IS OUR MONTHLY PRESENTATION OF OUR CSBG COMMUNITY SERVICES BLOCK GRANT, UH, WITH ACTIVITIES AND OUTCOMES.UH, WE HAVE JILL SMITH, OUR PROGRAM MANAGER FROM AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH.
I AM ONE OF THE PROGRAM MANAGERS WITH NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES AND I'M HERE FOR ANGEL ZAMBRANO THIS EVENING.
UM, TO GO OVER, UM, THE HIGHLIGHTS OF OUR PROGRAM FOR THE LAST MONTH, THE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES UNIT IMPROVES THE LIVES AND HEALTH OF PEOPLE EXPERIENCING POVERTY BY PROVIDING PUBLIC HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES, AND CONNECTING RESIDENTS OF AUSTIN AND TRAVIS COUNTY TO COMMUNITY RESOURCES.
WE DO THAT THROUGH THE PROVISION OF BASIC NEEDS, PREVENTATIVE HEALTH, CASE MANAGEMENT, AND EMPLOYMENT SUPPORTS.
UM, SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF OUR SERVICES.
TO DATE THIS, UH, CALENDAR YEAR, WE'VE, UM, GOTTEN ABOUT HALFWAY TO OUR GOAL OF TRADI TRANSITIONING, UH, CLIENTS OUT OF POVERTY.
UM, WE HAVE, UH, HELPED 457 PEOPLE AVOID EVICTION, UM, PROVIDED UTILITY ASSISTANCE FOR 151 PEOPLE AND FOOD DISTRIBUTIONS TO 55,722 PEOPLE.
UM, AS OF THE END OF AUGUST, UM, A FEW OTHER KIND OF PROGRAMMATIC HIGHLIGHTS, UM, FOR OUR RENTAL ASSISTANCE.
WE, UM, THROUGH JANUARY THROUGH SEPTEMBER HAD SPENT $603,305.
UM, ANOTHER, UH, HIGHLIGHT THAT ON HILL WANTED ME TO MENTION WAS, UH, IN JULY, OUR MAJOR FUNDER, THE, UM, T-D-H-C-A, THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS, DID A MONITORING VISIT.
THEY WERE LOOKING AT OUR, UM, FINANCES, ADMIN RECORDS, AND A NUMBER OF CLIENT RECORDS FOR DIFFERENT TYPES OF SERVICES AND FOUND, THEY HAD NO FINDINGS IDENTIFIED, AND THEY WERE REALLY COMPLIMENTARY OF OUR SERVICES AND EVERYTHING THAT THEY SAW.
OUR NURSES ARE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF FLU SEASON, FLU VACCINATION SEASON, UM, AND HAVE BEEN DOING REALLY WELL TO USE ALL OF THE, THE, UH, VACCINATIONS THAT WE'VE HAD.
UM, THEY STARTED IN MID-SEPTEMBER, AND WE HAVE FLU CLINICS SCHEDULED THROUGH, UM, UP TO THE BEGINNING OF NOVEMBER.
BUT WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO HAVE USED ALL OF OUR ALLOTMENT, UM, IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.
WE'RE PRETTY CLOSE, SO WE'VE BEEN GETTING 'EM OUT THERE.
AND THEY, WE WERE ALLOTTED, UM, 300 REGULAR DOSE AND A HUNDRED, UM, HIGH DOSE, WHICH ARE MORE FOR, TYPICALLY MORE FOR SENIORS, UM, THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE LAST YEAR.
AND SO WE'VE BEEN GETTING THOSE OUT, WHICH HAS BEEN VERY NICE.
UM, AND WE INCLUDED A SUCCESS STORY ABOUT, UM, A NURSE THAT WAS ABLE TO REALLY SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT, UM, A CLIENT THAT'S, UM, BEEN STRUGGLING WITH DIABETES MANAGEMENT.
UM, AND THEN WE HAVE SOME MORE, YOU KNOW, THE MORE DETAILED STATISTICS THAT WE PROVIDE YOU.
UM, AND I THINK THOSE ARE KIND OF THE MAJOR HIGHLIGHTS.
ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, JILL.
UH, NOW WE WILL TAKE SOME QUESTIONS FROM COMMISSIONERS.
UH, LET'S START WITH COMMISSIONERS ONLINE.
UH, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, UM, FOR JILL ON THE CSBG PRESENTATION.
UH, COMMISSIONER TISHA, GO AHEAD.
SEE, IS IT PING? CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU.
THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
SO I JUST HAVE A QUICK QUESTION ABOUT TRENDS, UH, BECAUSE SOME OF THE THINGS I'VE SEEN ONLINE HAS SHOWN THE NEED COMING FROM ATYPICAL POPULATIONS.
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OUR INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE IN, UM, THE ARMED SERVICES, THAT THERE'S BEEN A GREAT UPTICK OF REQUESTS, ESPECIALLY IN FOOD PANTRIES, MAYBE IN SOME OTHER AREAS.AND I'M WONDERING IF YOU ALL HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SEE ANY ATYPICAL, UH, DEMAND FOR SERVICES FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS AS OF LATE FOR, UM, LIKE SPECIFICALLY FOR PEOPLE THAT HAVE, HAVE SERVED IN THE MILITARY OR FOR ANY SPECIAL POPULATIONS? I WAS USING THAT AS AN EXAMPLE.
ANY, ANY KIND OF SPECIAL POPULATION, ANYTHING THAT MIGHT BE ATYPICAL TO THE NORM THAT YOU ARE SEEING IN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS? UM, FOR ME, I'M, I'M ALWAYS CURIOUS ABOUT CORRELATIONS OF SITUATIONS THAT ARE HAPPENING CURRENT AT EVENTS, AND HOW IT'S AFFECTING LOCAL, UM, NEEDS AND LOCAL DEMAND.
SO I'M JUST WONDERING IF YOU HAVE SEEN ANY TYPE OF ATYPICAL TRENDS FOR, FOR REQUESTS THAT ARE HAPPENING AT NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS? WE'RE SEEING, I MEAN, WE'RE DEFINITELY SEEING AN UPTICK IN PEOPLE NEEDING FOOD.
UM, AND LUCKILY WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO SOURCE A LOT OF FOOD THIS YEAR, SO WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO PROVIDE A LOT, A LOT OF FOOD AT ALL OF OUR CENTERS, WHICH IS NICE.
UM, THEY'RE IN, THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, WE CAN GET THE MOST FOOD OUT IN MASS DISTRIBUTIONS.
AND SO, UM, FOR THOSE WE REALLY TRY TO COLLECT AS LITTLE AS INFORMATION AS WE, YOU KNOW, WE CAN, BECAUSE THAT SLOWS THINGS DOWN AND IT ALSO DISCOURAGES PEOPLE FROM COMING.
SO WE COLLECT THE INFORMATION WE NEED FOR THE FOOD BANK, BUT WE'RE NOT COLLECTING A LOT OF DATA ON THOSE MASS DISTRIBUTIONS BECAUSE, UM, WE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WOULDN'T COME, WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO GET UP TO GET THE FOOD OUT.
UM, SO WE COLLECT MORE, MORE DATA ON RENT AND UTILITY CLIENTS BECAUSE WE'RE ASKING A LOT OF INFORMATION IN THEIR INCOME.
AND WE DO ASK, YOU KNOW, ABOUT RACE ETHNICITY, WE GET THEIR INCOME, YOU KNOW, SOME CERTAIN SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES LIKE DISABILITY AND MILITARY STATUS.
UM, SO WE DO HAVE SOME DATA AND STATISTICS ON THAT.
I CAN'T SAY THAT WE'RE SEEING A PARTICULAR TREND.
UM, BUT IT WOULD ALSO BE HARD TO SAY BECAUSE WE HAVE SUCH LIMITED FUNDS THAT, YOU KNOW, SUSSING OUT WHAT THE DATA MEANS OF THE, THE VERY FEW PEOPLE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO SERVE OUT OF THE NEED.
I'M NOT SURE HOW USEFUL THAT INFORMATION WOULD BE, OTHER THAN SOME PEOPLE ARE BETTER AT, AT ACCESSING THE RESOURCES THAN OTHERS.
BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S SO HARD TO SAY.
I, I THINK, AND THIS IS ANOTHER JUST QUICK FOLLOW UP QUESTION, JUST OUT OF, UM, CLARIFICATION, THE TRANSITION OUT OF POVERTY.
UH, CAN YOU CLARIFY OR REMIND, I SHOULD SAY, 'CAUSE, AND HEATHER MIGHT HAVE SAID THIS A LONG TIME AGO, BUT OF COURSE WITH TIME, UM, THINGS DON'T ALWAYS STICK.
WHAT ARE THE MARKERS OF THAT IN TERMS OF HOW YOU ALL IDENTIFY SOMEONE HAS TRANSITIONED OUT OF POVERTY? THAT YOU CAN DOCUMENT IT ON THIS PARTICULAR FORM HERE MM-HMM
THAT IS COMPLETELY DETERMINED BY, UM, BY THAT FEDERAL GRANT THAT BY THE COMMUNITY SERVICES BLOCK, UM, GRANT OF, THEY DETERMINE WHAT MEANS, WHAT IT MEANS.
AND IN THIS CASE, IT'S GETTING ABOVE THE 125% OF POVERTY FOR THREE MONTHS OF THREE CONSECUTIVE MONTHS.
SO IT'S, IT'S ABSOLUTELY THEIR DEFINITION AND STAYING THERE, OR IS IT JUST FOR THREE MONTHS? THEY'VE DONE THAT FOR THE THREE MONTHS AND THEN, OKAY.
WE, YEAH, WE, THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN OUR CASE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, AND SO WE'RE MM-HMM.
HELPING THEM GET TO THOSE JOBS AND THEN, UM, DOCUMENTING THEIR INCOME AND GIVING THEM INCENTIVES AND SUPPORT TO STAY IN THE PROGRAM AND HELP MAINTAIN, UM, THAT GROWTH.
UH, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THOSE COMMISSIONERS, ONLINE COMMISSIONERS HERE IN PERSON? DO WE HAVE QUESTIONS FOR JILL AND THE CSBG PRESENTATION? UM, I ACTUALLY, I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE AUSTIN ENERGY PLUS ONE PROGRAM.
UM, WHAT, UH, WHO CAN ACCESS THOSE, THAT PROGRAM.
AND, UM, I'M THINKING ABOUT ESPECIALLY, UM, YOU KNOW, UM, WHAT KIND OF DOCUMENTATION DO THEY NEED TO PRESENT, UM, IN ORDER TO ACCESS THAT PROGRAM? UM, IT IS ANY AUSTIN ENERGY CUSTOMER, UM, AND THEY HAVE TO BE UNDER 200% OF POVERTY.
SO IT'S THE SAME ELIGIBILITY PROCESS AS OUR OTHER, AS OUR RENT.
THEY PROVIDE, UM, THEIR PAY STUBS AND AUSTIN ENERGY BILL AND AN ID.
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BEEN ANY CASES WHERE THEY DON'T HAVE, UH, PAY STUBS THAT THEY WOULD NEED TO PROVE, UH, SOME WAY THAT THEY LOST THEIR JOB? YEAH, WE HAVE ALL KINDS OF WAYS TO, TO HELP PEOPLE GET THE DOCUMENTATION THEY NEED IF IT'S NOT READILY AVAILABLE, AVAILABLE AND, AND SELF DECLARE AND THE, YOU KNOW, IN, UM, KIND OF A LAST RESORT OR IF THEY DON'T HAVE ANY INCOME, SO MM-HMMYEAH, NOT BEING ABLE TO GET PAY STUBS ISN'T USUALLY AN ISSUE.
ANY QUESTIONS FROM OTHER COMMISSIONERS? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU JILL, FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
UM, WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT MONTH,
[3. Presentation on CDC purpose (Nefertitti Jackmon, Community Displacement Prevention Officer, Austin Housing). ]
ON TO OUR NEXT DISCUSSION ITEM, ITEM NUMBER THREE.UM, THIS PRESENTATION IS, UM, ON CDC PURPOSE, AND YOU HAVE THAT IN YOUR, UH, BACKUP, UH, BY NEFERTITI JACKMAN, COMMUNITY DISPLACEMENT PREVENTION OFFICER FOR AUSTIN HOUSING.
UM, COMMISSIONERS, GOOD EVENING.
I'M NEFERTITI JACKMAN, AND THIS IS PART OF THE INFORMATION THAT, UM, THIS CAN BE A LONGER DISCUSSION INFORMATION THAT WE DID WANT TO SHARE DURING OUR RETREAT.
UM, BUT, UH, WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE AND IF THERE ARE ANY ASPECTS OF IT THAT YOU'D LIKE TO GO INTO DEEPER, THERE ARE SEVERAL COMPONENTS THAT WE CAN FOLLOW UP ON.
AND I, I WILL HIGHLIGHT THOSE WHEN I GO THROUGH THE PRESENTATION.
SO WHAT I WILL SHARE WITH YOU, UH, FOCUSING ON THE BYLAWS PRIMARILY WILL, UM, INFORM IS REALLY INFORMING THIS PRESENTATION.
I WILL OUTLINE THE PURPOSE AND DUTIES, OUTLINE SOME OF THE MEMBERSHIP, UH, REQUIREMENTS OR, UM, WAYS COMMISSIONERS BECOME MEMBERS OF THE CDC, WHICH SORT OF IDENTIFIES THE STAKEHOLDERS AND WHO MIGHT BE THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT WE MIGHT INFORM ABOUT THE WORK THAT IS, UH, TAKING PLACE, UM, AT THE COMMISSION EACH MONTH.
AND THEN ALSO HIGHLIGHT WHAT THE BYLAWS SAY REGARDING COMMITTEES AND WORKING GROUPS.
AND THEN TALK ABOUT THE ROLES AND THE WAYS THAT, UM, YOU AS COMMISSIONERS HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO INFLUENCE, UH, POLICY AND PROGRAMS FOR THE PURPOSES OUTLINED IN, UM, IN THE COMMISSION AT, AS PART OF YOUR CDC MISSION.
SO, UM, I'M GONNA START WITH THAT.
IT REALLY, IT OUTLINES AND CHAIR ELIAS, UH, READ, UM, THIS SECTION, YOUR PURPOSE AND DUTIES AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING.
AND SO IT BASICALLY STATES, AND THIS IS, UH, TAKEN FROM YOUR BYLAWS, THE PURPOSE OF THE BOARD IS TO ADVISE THE COUNCIL, AND THIS IS CITY COUNCIL IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF PROGRAMS, WHICH ARE DESIGNED TO SERVE THE POOR AND THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE WITH AN EMPHASIS, OH, I'M SORRY, I FORGOT TO S
UM, UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO DESIGNED TO SERVE THE POOR AND THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE WITH AN EMPHASIS ON FEDERALLY FUNDED PROGRAMS. SO ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE TRUE, RIGHT? YOU'RE ADVISING COUNCIL.
UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE DEVELOPMENT OF AND IMPLEMENTATION OF PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO SERVE THE POOR AND THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE WITH AN EMPHASIS ON FEDERALLY FUNDED PROGRAMS. THOSE ARE PRIMARILY PROGRAMS THAT, UM, AND I'LL GO TO THE SPECIFIC SOURCES ON ONE OF THE SLIDES THAT ARE MANAGED EITHER BY AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH, AND THAT IS ONE REASON THAT AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH PROVIDES THE, UH, MONTHLY REPORTS AS WELL AS AUSTIN HOUSING DEPARTMENTS.
SO THOSE ARE, UH, THE MAJORITY OF THE FEDERALLY FUNDED PROGRAMS, UM, THAT THIS COMMISSION SUPPORTS AND PROVIDES RECOMMENDATIONS AND ADVICE TO COUNCIL.
IN ADDITION, THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION SERVES AS A TRIPARTITE BOARD REQUIRED BY SECTION 6 76 B OF THE COMMUNITY SERVICES BLOCK GRANT.
AND THEN MEMBERSHIP ALSO INFLUENCES, UM, OR SORT OF OUTLINES WILL OUTLINE HOW AND WHAT, UM, THE CDC IS ABLE TO INFLUENCE AND ADVISE.
SO THE BOARD IS COMPOSED OF 15 MEMBERS, WHICH ARE APPOINTED BY CITY COUNCIL TO MEET THE TRIPARTITE BOARD REQUIREMENT AGAIN, UM, SPECIFIED IN THIS SECTION OF THE COMMUNITY SERVICES BLOCK GRANT, UH, AS FOLLOWS.
AND FIRST IT SAYS, EIGHT MEMBERS SHALL BE DEMOCRATICALLY SELECTED BY ORGANIZATIONS REPRESENTING RESIDENTS FROM EACH OF THE EIGHT GEOGRAPHIC AREAS OF TRAVIS COUNTY TO REPRESENT LOW INCOME
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POPULATIONS ELIGIBLE TO BE SERVED UNDER THE COMMUNITY SERVICES BLOCK GRANT IN EACH AREA.MANY OF YOU WERE ELECTED THROUGH THAT DEMOCRATIC PROCESS THAT WE WENT THROUGH THIS PAST, UM, MAY I BELIEVE IT WAS MAY OR SO, OR RIGHT BEFORE MAY.
SO THIS IS, AND SO THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE, THE CONSTITUENTS, UH, BY WHICH YOU WANT TO KEEP INFORMED AND HAVE ONGOING DIALOGUE, WHETHER IT BE FORMALLY OR INFORMALLY.
SEVEN MEMBERS SHALL BE NOMINATED BY A COUNCIL COMMITTEE OR COUNCIL COMMITTEES AND APPOINTED BY CITY COUNCIL OF THE SEVEN BOARD MEMBERS NOMINATED BY A COUNCIL COMMITTEE OR COUNCIL COMMITTEES AND APPOINTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL.
FIVE SHALL BE ELECTED PUBLIC OFFICIALS OR THEIR REPRESENTATIVES.
AND TWO MUST BE MEMBERS CHOSEN TO REPRESENT MAJOR GROUPS AND INTERESTS IN THE COMMUNITY.
SERVED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, BUSINESS, INDUSTRY, LABOR, RELIGIOUS LAW ENFORCEMENT, OR EDUCATION STAKEHOLDERS.
AND THEN, UM, IT ALSO SAYS THAT A LIST OF THE ORGANIZATIONS AUTHORIZED TO DEMOCRATICALLY SELECT MEMBERS OF THE BOARD SHALL BE KEPT CURRENT, INCLUDING ORGANIZATION MEMBERS.
AND THEIR MOST RECENT CONTACT INFORMATION BOARD MEMBERS SHALL BE FURNISHED.
YOU HAVE, UM, WITH THE CURRENT ORGANIZATION AND MEMBERSHIP LIST UPON REQUEST.
SO, UM, AND THAT'S, AND THEN FINALLY IT SAYS, AN INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBER MAY NOT ACT IN AN OFFICIAL CAPACITY EXCEPT THROUGH THE ACTION OF THE BOARD.
SO THE ACTIONS IN YOUR OFFICIAL CAPACITY IS WHEN YOU ARE PROVIDING RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, THROUGH THIS BOARD.
UM, IT IS NOT ADVISABLE, AND THIS HAS HAPPENED MANY TIME BOARD MEMBERS WILL USE THEIR POSITION ENTITLED, UM, TO ADVOCATE ON BEHALF OF INDIVIDUALS AND OR THEMSELVES.
AND SO THAT WOULD BE AGAINST YOUR BYLAWS BECAUSE THEY ARE ACTING IN THEIR OWN CAPACITY, BUT THEY WILL USE THEIR TITLE AS A WAY TO GAIN ACCESS TO GOODS AND SERVICES, AND THAT WOULD BE IN VIOLATION.
SO OF YOUR BYLAWS, AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK IS ALSO VERY IMPORTANT, THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION SHALL BE TRAINED IN THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES.
THE STAFF LIAISON SHALL ARRANGE FOR ANNUAL TRAINING OF THE COMMISSION MEMBERS TO BE CONDUCTED BY STATE AND OR FEDERAL AUTHORITIES AND OR THEIR, AND OR THEIR SUBAGENTS.
AND SO THE CITY OF AUSTIN STAFF WOULD BE, UH, A SUBAGENT IN THIS CASE.
THE TRAINING SHALL BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE GUIDANCE ISSUED IN INFORMATION MEMORANDUM NUMBER 82 BY THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT DIVISION OF THE FEDERAL DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES.
SO THIS IS WHERE INFORMATION AND THE IDEA FOR THE ANNUAL RETREAT HAS COME FROM.
THIS IS WHERE I THINK, UM, COMMISSIONER ACHILLES, THIS IS WHY SHE HAS WANTED VICE CHAIR ACHILLES HAS WANTED THIS, UM, INFORMATION TO HELP UNDERSTAND WHAT LEVERS, UH, DOES THE CDC DO, THE MEMBERS HAVE TO PULL TO INFLUENCE RECOMMENDATIONS.
I WILL SAY I DID TRY TO GET INFORMATION ABOUT THIS MEMORANDUM NUMBER 82, AND NOBODY SEEMS TO KNOW.
SO
BUT I WILL CONTINUE TO RESEARCH THAT.
UM, OH, THAT WAS, OH, OKAY, GOOD.
AND THEN FINALLY IT SPEAKS OF THE COMMITTEES AND WORK GROUPS.
AND THIS IS SPECIFICALLY THE HOUSING COMMITTEE.
UH, THIS IS THE ONLY COMMITTEE THAT ACCORDING TO YOUR BYLAWS, YOU MUST HAVE ANYTHING ELSE WOULD BE EXTRA AND BEYOND.
SO THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING COMMITTEE, THE HOUSING COMMITTEE, AND THE COMMITTEE SHALL EXPLORE IN-DEPTH POLICY ISSUES RELATED TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, AND OTHER ISSUES AS ASSIGNED TO THE COMMITTEE.
NOW, YOU CAN ALWAYS AMEND YOUR BYLAWS, RIGHT, BUT YOU WOULD AMEND YOUR BYLAWS AND THEN THEY WOULD HAVE TO BE APPROVED BY LAW, ET CETERA.
SO RIGHT NOW, ACCORDING TO YOUR BYLAWS, UH, THIS IS THE ONLY STANDING COMMITTEE WHICH, UH, WILL MEET OR MUST MEET, UH, MINIMALLY OF QUARTERLY.
AND SO WE ARE WORKING ON, THAT SORT OF FELL AWAY DURING COVD.
AND WE ARE, UH, REESTABLISHING THAT WITH COMMISSIONER, UM, LONGORIA SERVING AS THE CHAIR OF THE HOUSING COMMITTEE OF THE CDC.
SO, WHAT ARE YOUR ROLES AND HOW ARE YOU ABLE TO, UH, USE THAT TO INFLUENCE
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POLICY THAT HELPS TO ALLE, UH, ALLEVIATE, UM, POVERTY OR THE POOR, UH, AND INFLUENCE PROGRAMS, UM, IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN? SO, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS BY IS MAKING REGULAR UPDATES TO COUNCIL.YOU CAN, IF YOU WERE, IF YOU WERE OR WERE NOT APPOINTED BY A COUNCIL MEMBER, YOU CAN MEET WITH THEM, BE IT FORMALLY OR INFORMALLY, UH, EMAIL OR IN PERSON.
IF YOU ARE APPOINTED BY A COUNCIL MEMBER OR IF YOU'RE A REPRESENTATIVE OF THAT PERSON'S DISTRICT, YOU CAN DO THAT.
AND I WILL SHARE, YOU CAN ALSO DO THAT AS A COLLECTIVE AS LONG AS YOU DO NOT HAVE A WALKING QUORUM.
RIGHT? UM, YOU CAN ALSO, THE OTHER WAY YOU ADVISE COUNSEL IS THROUGH THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT COME FROM THIS COMMITTEE AFTER YOUR MEETINGS.
UM, SO RECOMMENDATIONS, UM, ARE ANOTHER WAY THAT YOU ARE INFLUENCING COUNCIL TO REALLY DEVELOP, UM, INFLUENCE THE DEVELOPMENT AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF PROGRAMS THAT ARE DESIGNED TO SERVE THE POOR.
THERE IS ALSO THE OPPORTUNITY, OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE COMMUNITY, OOPS,
UH, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO WERE, UH, ELECTED DEMOCRATICALLY BY VARIOUS NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS, YOU CAN REACH OUT.
THAT CAN BE YOUR STARTING POINT OF CONTACT.
THAT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THE END.
YOU COULD ALSO DO IT THROUGH CHURCH GROUPS OR OTHER AFFILIATIONS THAT YOU HAVE TO SHARE INFORMATION THAT IS COMING FROM THIS BODY, BE IT BRIEFINGS OR OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS.
AND THEN ALSO GET INPUT FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS ABOUT WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN TERMS OF THEIR PRIORITIES.
SO AGAIN, YOU DO NOT HAVE TO DO ANY OF THIS, OR YOU CAN DO ALL OF IT, BUT YOU DO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO INFLUENCE SOME OF THESE, UM, DECISIONS AND PROGRAMS, UM, THAT WE PRESENT TO YOU EACH MONTH.
UM, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS I THINK COULD BE HELPFUL IS REALLY UNDERSTANDING, UM, WHERE THE SPHERE OF CONCERN IS IN UNDERSTANDING THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE, UH, YOUR SPHERE OF CONCERN, WHICH IS ELIMINATING POVERTY OR ADDRESSING POVERTY OR THOSE WHO ARE LIVING IN POVERTY.
BUT THEN ALSO KNOWING WHAT CAN YOU INFLUENCE, WHAT DO YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO INFLUENCE? BECAUSE IT'S VERY WIDE, IT IS VERY BROAD AND YOU CAN ADDRESS EVERYTHING, BUT WILL YOU BE IMPACTFUL? AND HOW DO YOU GET THE VOICE, UH, OR THE EAR OF COUNCIL AND OTHER, UH, LEADERS IN THE CITY TO RESPOND IN MEANINGFUL WAYS TO THE RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, THAT YOU BRING FORWARD.
UM, SO UNDERSTANDING, UM, YOUR SPHERE OF CONCERN, WHICH IS THE POOR IN GENERAL, AND THEN YOUR SPHERE OF INFLUENCE, WHICH MAKING THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS TO COUNCIL AND IN YOUR SPHERE OF CONTROL.
AND THE SPHERE OF CONTROL IS PRIMARILY WHAT YOU PUT FORWARD ON YOUR AGENDA FROM MONTH TO MONTH, UM, AT THE CDC MEETING.
SO, UM, THIS IS WHAT I HAVE OUTLINED ON THE NEXT SLIDE, REALLY, IS, UM, 'CAUSE WE CAN, AND WE HAVE HAD, IF WE LOOK THROUGH THE AGENDAS THROUGH THE YEARS, WE HAVE, UM, HAD PEOPLE PRESENT RELATED TO CLIMATE JUSTICE ON, UH, HOMELESSNESS, UM, UH, TRANSPORTATION NEEDS, UM, FREE FOOD AND ALL OF THESE THINGS, HOUSING AND PLANNING.
WE CAN CONTINUE TO DO THAT AND WE SEEK TO BE RESPONSIVE TO THE REQUESTS THAT YOU BRING FORWARD.
BUT, UM, IT'S GONNA BE UP TO YOU IN TERMS OF HOW YOU'D LIKE TO, UH, HOW THOSE THINGS CAN BE IMPACTFUL AS YOU MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO COUNCIL.
AND SO THE, UH, THE GOAL IS TO HAVE THAT RELATIONSHIP AND BUILD THE RELATIONSHIP WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS SO THAT YOU ARE RECEIVING FEEDBACK, UH, FROM THEM AND YOU'RE PROVIDING THEM, UH, REGULAR UPDATES.
CITY STAFF THAT YOU HAVE THE MOST INFLUENCE OVER ARE THE TWO BODIES THAT PROVIDE SUPPORT TO THIS, UM, COMMISSION.
AGAIN, THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE CAN'T HAVE OTHER GROUPS PRESENT, BUT LIKE YOU HAVE SEEN, I I CAN'T MAKE OTHER DEPARTMENTS COME TO THIS GROUP, BUT WE, AND WHEN I SAY WE, WE ARE HERE, AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT, UH, ON A
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REGULAR BASIS, AND WE SUPPORT THIS GROUP AND WE PROVIDE ONGOING UPDATES, UH, TO THE GROUP.UM, AND THEN THERE'S ALSO CITY COUNCIL THAT IS WHERE YOU HAVE ALSO HAVE INFLUENCE IN TERMS OF MAKING YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS AND THEN, AND NOT RESOLUTIONS.
AND THAT'S JUST A SMALL POINT, BUT I KNOW, I JUST WANNA CLARIFY.
UM, 'CAUSE SOMETIMES IT HAS BEEN CONFUSING FOR COMMISSIONERS.
WE PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS AND THEN THE RESOLUTIONS COME FROM COUNCIL AND, AND YOUR SPHERE OF INFLUENCE IS PRIMARILY OVER WHEN THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT FEDERALLY FUNDED PROGRAMS. IT'S A COMMUNITY SERVICES BLOCK, GRANTS THAT AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH, UH, PROVIDES UPDATES ON AS WELL AS HUD ENTITLEMENT GRANTS AND COMPETITIVE GRANTS, PRIMARILY CDBG, HOME, HOPWA, ESG.
AND THAT'S WHEN WE COME, UM, AND BRING INFORMATION AROUND THE ACTION PLAN, SEEKING YOUR FEEDBACK ON THAT, THE CAPER AND THE ACTION PLAN CAPER.
AND THERE'S ONE MORE CONSOLIDATED, CONSOLIDATED PLAN.
SO, UM, YOU ARE ALSO INFLUENCING, UM, HOW OUR ALLOTMENT OF FEDERAL FUNDING, SO AGAIN, THE IMPACT, IT COULD BE BROAD OR IT CAN BE VERY FOCUSED, BUT THE PURPOSE IS TO ADVISE A COUNCIL IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO SERVE THE POOR.
NOW, THAT ALSO MEANS YOU CAN GIVE US FEEDBACK, ONGOING FEEDBACK IN TERMS OF WHAT WE'RE DOING, HOW WE'RE DOING, AND WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE, UM, WITH, UM, THE THINGS, THE PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE DESIGNED TO ADDRESS THESE PRIMARY CONCERNS.
UH, IN ADDITION TO THAT WORK, YOU HAVE ALSO BEEN TASKED BY OTHER PEOPLE AND OR YOURSELVES TO HAVE VARIOUS WORKING GROUPS FROM TIME TO TIME.
UM, THERE HAVE ALSO BEEN REQUESTS FROM THE COMMISSIONS OF THE JOINT INCLUSIONS COMMITTEE WHEN THEY GO THROUGH THE ANNUAL BUDGET PROCESS TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO COUNCIL ABOUT, UM, VARIOUS, UM, BUDGET PRIORITIES.
YOU HAVEN'T BEEN ASKED BY AUSTIN HOUSING TO SERVE OR, AND APPOINT A MEMBER ON THE HOUSING INVESTMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE.
YOU HAVE ALSO BEEN ASKED TO, UM, HAVE A MEMBER ON THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT ADVISORY BOARD.
RIGHT? AND SO THESE ARE IN ADDITION TO WHAT IS REQUIRED.
AND THEN I ALSO WENT OVER, UH, THE, THE ITEMS RELATED TO HUD AND PRO PROVIDING INPUT AND, UM, ON THAT, THOSE VARIOUS PLANS.
AND AT THAT TIME, THAT'S BASICALLY IT.
THERE'S, THERE'S SO MUCH MORE.
UH, BUT THAT I WANTED TO JUST START WITH THAT INFORMATION AND I WELCOME YOUR QUESTION SO WE CAN HIGHLIGHT WHAT OTHER THINGS YOU WOULD LIKE US TO, UH, ADDRESS, COME TO YOU AND ADDRESS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
UM, YEAH, LET'S GO, UH, TO QUESTIONS FROM COMMISSIONERS IN PERSON.
UH, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR NEFERTITI, UH, JACKMAN ON HER PRESENTATION? UM, YEAH, LET'S START WITH COMMISSIONERS.
UM, WELL, I MEAN, UM, CONSIDERING THE PURPOSE, HOW WE, UM, HELP LIKE THE POOR AND FEDERALLY FUNDED PROGRAMS, AND THEN ALSO GIVEN THAT PUBLIC HEALTH KIND OF GIVES AN, UH, MONTHLY SUMMARY OF THEIR FUNDING, HOW THEY'RE SPENDING IT.
I MEAN, HOW REALISTIC WOULD IT BE TO HAVE, UM, THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT COME AND PRESENT MONTHLY ON ON SOMETHING LIKE THAT? WE COULD DO THAT.
I MEAN, WELL, I, I, I THINK AMAZING.
BUT I WILL SAY THIS, THIS IS, THIS IS THE CHALLENGE WITH US.
I WILL SAY THIS, I THINK, UM, I WOULD WANT TO WORK WITH OUR TEAM AND OUR STAFF, AND THEN ALSO YOU PROBABLY THROUGH YOUR HOUSING POLICY GROUP TO IDENTIFY PRIORITY AREAS BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MANY DIFFERENT AREAS AROUND HOUSING AND SO MANY DIFFERENT PROGRAMS. SO I WOULD WANNA KNOW, UH, LIKE HOW, HOW CAN WE BRING RELEVANT INFORMATION TO YOU GUYS AND NOT OVERWHELM? UH, ABSOLUTELY.
NO, NO, YOU'RE, YOU'RE TOTALLY, YOU'RE TOTALLY RIGHT.
UM, AGAIN, WITH EMPHASIS ON, WELL, FEDERALLY FUNDED AND THE POOR, I THINK HOMELESSNESS AND, UM, UM, SOME PROGRAMS TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT SOME OF THE, BUT WE COULD TALK ABOUT IT MORE.
BUT, UM, SPEC, ESPECIALLY LIKE THE TIMELINE, YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY I THINK, I HOPE WHEN WE MEET AS FAR AS LIKE THE HOUSING COMMITTEE, WE CAN SPEAK ABOUT LIKE, TIME,
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THE TIMELINE AND STUFF.COMMISSIONER LONGORIA, DO WE HAVE QUESTIONS FROM OTHER COMMISSIONERS IN PERSON? YES.
UM, I DON'T, I DON'T REALLY HAVE A QUESTION OR MAYBE I DO MORE OF A COMMENT, BUT I JUST WANNA SAY, UM, FIRST THANK YOU.
'CAUSE THIS WAS A GREAT PRESENTATION.
I AM NEW TO THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION.
SO I'VE JUST BEEN KIND OF SITTING BACK AND TAKING IT ALL IN.
UM, THERE'S A WHOLE LOT THAT, YOU KNOW, I WANNA SAY, BUT, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHAT I CAN SAY, WHAT I CAN'T SAY OR, UM, SO, SO THIS IS A GOOD START FOR ME.
AND, AND SO I SAW ON HERE THAT YOU SAID THAT WE'LL HAVE TRAINING.
IS THAT LIKE WHAT THE, UM, THE SATURDAY THING THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE, UM, IS THAT WHERE OUR TRAINING COMES IN OR IS IT THAT IT COULD BE.
SO I NEED TO, I WOULD LIKE TO DIVE INTO THAT A LITTLE MORE BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW, NUMBER ONE, SOMEONE TOLD ME THAT THIS IS REALLY OLD AND THEY DON'T KNOW WHERE THIS INFORMATION CAME FROM, RIGHT? BUT HERE, BECAUSE THAT DEPARTMENT THAT THEY REFERENCED IT, UH, THERE'S, IT'S OUT OF ALIGNMENT.
SO SOMETHING IS OFF, BUT I, OR, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THEY MEAN THE TRAINING THAT THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE, WHICH WHEN THEY SAY, AND THAT STATEMENT SPECIFICALLY SAYS IN DEPTH ON, UH, I THINK CDBG, THE CLERK TRAINING DOES NOT PROVIDE THAT.
RIGHT? SO THEN I NEED TO FIND OUT WHO IS THE EXPERT IN OUR DEPARTMENT WHO COULD PROVIDE THAT IN-DEPTH TRAINING FOR YOU, AND OR DO WE NEED TO LOOK OUTSIDE OF OUR DEPARTMENT TO IDENTIFY SOMEONE TO PROVIDE THAT FOR YOU? YEAH.
THAT WOULD BE, THAT WOULD BE GOOD.
SO, YEAH, I JUST, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THIS.
I'M GONNA GO AND READ OVER THIS AGAIN, AND THANK YOU.
AND, AND I, UM, WHAT HE SAID ABOUT HAVING THE HOUSING HERE MONTHLY REPORT YEAH.
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER MARTINEZ.
WHEN WE HAD THE RETREAT LAST TIME, LAST YEAR, I THINK IT WAS, AND HAL GAVE A REALLY GOOD HISTORICAL OVERVIEW OF THE CCB G.
AND THAT WAS REALLY, REALLY HELPFUL BECAUSE AS SOMEBODY WHO DIDN'T GROW UP IN THE US I HAD NO HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE OF THAT AT ALL.
I, HE ALSO PROVIDED THAT, UM, THIS YEAR AS WELL.
AND SO I WANTED TO FIND OUT IF WE WANTED TO START THERE, BUT I WAS TOLD WE WERE OKAY.
WE HAD THAT PRESENTATION, SO WE WANTED SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
BUT I THINK BOTH, UH, THAT INFORMATION, THAT HISTORICAL CONTEXT IS USEFUL SO THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHAT, WHAT WAS THE ORIGIN OF THAT, AND YEAH.
AND THERE'S NEW PEOPLE ON THE COMMISSION MM-HMM
SO PERHAPS COMMISSIONER ACHILLES, VICE CHAIR, ACHILLES, MAYBE THAT, UH, PRESENTATION THAT HA PROVIDES CAN BE PART OF AN ONBOARDING SO THAT COMMISSIONERS CAN HAVE THAT EVERY YEAR OR, OR NEW COMMISSIONERS COULD GET THAT.
AND I DID ALSO ASK, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S POSSIBLE FOR HIM TO RECORD IT SO HE DOESN'T HAVE TO DO IT, DO IT, AND THEY COULD DO IT ON THEIR OWN TIME, BUT YEAH, WE WEREN'T SAYING YOU, THE INFORMATION WASN'T HELPFUL, BUT JUST THAT WHEN YOU ONLY HAVE SIX HOURS IN PERSON, THAT MAYBE A RECORDING OR PRE-WORK OR POST-WORK WOULD BE, SO YES.
JUST DIDN'T KNOW IF PRIORITIZING DURING A STRATEGY SESSION WHEN THERE MIGHT BE ANOTHER WAY TO DO IT.
UM, THAT PRESENTATION WAS GREAT, UH, WHEN WE HAD IT LAST TIME.
AND YES, I THINK IT SHOULD BE PART OF THE ONBOARDING PROCESS FOR, UH, EVERY TIME WE GET NEW COMMISSIONERS.
UM, BUT YEAH, BECAUSE OF TIME WE THOUGHT THAT IT WOULD BE BETTER IF WE COULD GET IT A DIFFERENT WAY.
UH, WE LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING THAT, UM, ONBOARDING PROCESS SO THAT NEW COMMISSIONERS CAN LEARN, LEARN THE HISTORY, BECAUSE YOU KNOW, IT'S A VERY INTERESTING, IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF, UH, OUR HISTORY AND ESPECIALLY THE WORD ON PO WAR ON POVERTY.
UM, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COMMISSIONERS ONLINE? COMMISSIONER ORTIZ, GO AHEAD.
HOPEFULLY MS. JACKMAN, YOU CAN ASSIST US WITH THIS ADMINISTRATION.
OUR ADMINISTRATORS HAVE BEEN TRYING TO CONNECT ME WITH THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT BOARD.
'CAUSE I'M WAS TAKING THE PLACE OF ONE OF OUR COMMISSIONERS WHO, UM, IS NO LONGER SERVING.
AND FOR MONTHS WE HAVE GOTTEN NO RESPONSE.
I JUST WANTED TO CONTACT THEM AND TRY TO ATTEND SOME OF THE MEETINGS AND WAS HOPING MAYBE YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO HELP OUR ADMINISTRATORS
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CONNECT ME TO THEM.I DID SEE YOUR EMAIL AND, UM, DO YOU RECALL, I, I WILL FOLLOW UP AND I THINK THEY HAVE ALL YOUR INFORMATION.
I WILL RECONNECT YOU WITH THEM.
AND THAT'S ANOTHER DEPARTMENT, AND I DON'T KNOW WHEN THE LAST TIME, SOMETIMES THEY JUST DON'T MEET FOR MM-HMM
BUT I WILL RECONNECT YOU WITH THEM.
SO IF YOU WERE APPOINTED TO THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT ADVISORY BOARD OR THE HOUSING INVESTMENT, UH, REVIEW COMMITTEE, PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU'RE GETTING THAT INFORMATION.
AND IF NOT, PLEASE UH, EMAIL OUR STAFF SO THAT THEY CAN GET THAT TO YOU.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COMMISSIONERS ONLINE? COMMISSIONER, TISHA, GO AHEAD.
UM, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION EFFORT.
I'M A BIG, BIG FAN OF HAVING, UM, THIS KIND OF, KIND OF CONTENT CONTEXTUAL INFORMATION.
SO THE FIRST QUESTION I HAVE IS IN REGARDS TO THE RECOMMENDATIONS, UM, IS THERE A WAY TO RECEIVE, I GUESS, RECOMMENDATION RESULTS? UH, FOR INSTANCE, THE LAST ONE ON THE AD CAP THAT WE HAD IN OUR LAST MEETING, IF WE HAVE THE OUTCOME FROM THAT COUNCIL MEETING ON THAT PARTICULAR AGENDA ITEM, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT CAN BE STANDING ON OUR CDC AGENDAS WHENEVER WE PROVIDE OR PRESENT A RECOMMENDATION ON A PARTICULAR COUNCIL MOTION, THAT WE CAN THEN HAVE AN UPDATE AS TO WHAT OCCURRED FROM THAT PARTICULAR AGENDA ITEM IN THE COUNCIL.
FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, IT WAS A RECOMMENDATION TO STAFF, RIGHT? AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE IT IS AS A RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL.
UM, THE ONLY THING IS STAFF HEARS YOU, AND I'M NOT SAYING IT WAS LOST.
SO THERE IT, SO THERE IT DID NOT, DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO THAT? I, I CAN TELL IF YOU WERE GONNA SPEAK TO THAT OR NOT.
IT JUST, UH, ALMOST EXACTLY WHAT YOU WERE SAYING IS THAT YES, IT WAS A RECOMMENDATION TO STAFF, ALTHOUGH IT WAS, IT FORWARDED TO CITY COUNCIL AS WELL.
IT DOES NOT GO TO CITY COUNCIL.
IF YOU MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO COUNSEL, THEN WE WILL UPLOAD IT THROUGH THE PROCESSES.
I WILL SHARE, I RECEIVED AN UPDATE TODAY.
THE CHALLENGE IS STAFF RESOURCES.
UM, THAT'S, THAT'S AN ONGOING CHALLENGE WITH, WE DON'T REALLY HAVE, UH, STAFF TO OPERATE THE PROGRAM.
AND SO, UM, THAT IS THE UPDATE THAT I'VE RECEIVED.
AND I WELL, THAT'S A GREAT EX GO AHEAD.
UM, I, I LOVE THAT IDEA FROM COMMISSIONER LETTISHA IS THAT SOMETIMES WE WILL MAKE A RECOMMENDATION ON A SPECIFIC CITY COUNCIL ITEM AND WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE FOLLOW UP FROM STAFF ON, ON THAT.
THANK YOU, UM, FOR SYNTHESIZING THAT.
AND THEN THE SECOND ITEM IS, I REALLY LIKE THE IDEA OF THE HOUSING PRESENTATION.
AS YOU CAN TELL, THE, THE TREND
SO I'M WONDERING IF THERE IS SOME TYPE OF WAY, 'CAUSE THERE'S MANY THINGS THAT OVERLAP BETWEEN PUBLIC HEALTH AFFECTED ISSUES AND HOUSING AFFECTED ISSUES, BUT IT SEEMS SILOED.
SO IF THERE'S ANY TYPE OF WAY OR A CONSIDERATION OF HOW, UM, WE CAN SHAPE SOME CORRELATION, UH, OUTCOMES, UH, FOR US TO HAVE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT, MAYBE THAT'S A WHOLE OTHER
I'M JUST, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE AT LEAST PUT THAT OUT THERE BECAUSE ESPECIALLY IF WE'RE BRINGING, NOW WE'RE HAVING PUBLIC HEALTH AND HOUSING, THAT IT ALMOST SEEMS AS IF THEY'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO STAY SILOED WHEN THEY'RE, THE ISSUES, UM, AFFECT BOTH CATEGORIES, UM, SIMULTANEOUSLY MANY TIMES.
SO IT'S JUST SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT TO CONSIDER.
UH, BUT I, I DON'T KNOW, THERE'S MAYBE THERE'S FURTHER CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THAT NEFERTITI, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I THINK WOULD BE VERY BENEFICIAL AND HELPFUL TO OUR DIALOGUE AND DISCUSSIONS HERE.
UH, WHEN WE'RE LOOKING, ESPECIALLY AT HOW DO WE HELP, UH, MEMBERS IN POVERTY, THOSE OF THE POOR, ESPECIALLY OF OUR PURPOSE, RIGHT? HOW DO WE ANALYZE THE INFORMATION THAT WE'RE RECEIVING SO WE CAN IDENTIFY THE TRENDS OR SOMETHING THAT A HUNDRED PERCENT MIGHT BE OCCURRING.
I'M GONNA, I IT NEED SOME TIME TO THINK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT AND NO WORRIES.
AND IF YOU DON'T HEAR FROM ME, PLEASE,
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UH, THE CHAIR WILL KEEP ME HONEST.THE CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR WILL YES.
BUT THAT FIRST JENNA ITEM IN TERMS OF RECOMMENDATION RESULTS WOULD BE VERY, VERY HELPFUL FOR US TO KNOW WHAT TYPE OF PROGRESS OR MOVEMENT IS TAKING PLACE.
WHETHER IT IS RECOMMENDATION TO STAFF OR RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL, BUT AT LEAST HAVING SOME LOOP BACK, UH, IS, IS EXTREMELY VERY, VERY HELPFUL.
NO, I JUST WANTED, I ALSO WANNA SAY THANK YOU.
UM, I KNOW THIS WAS REALLY HELPFUL.
I KNOW WE HAD A HOPE TO DO IT POTENTIALLY IN THE RETREAT, BUT THIS, I REALLY LOVE THAT EVERYBODY WAS HERE FOR THIS.
I'LL PROBABLY, I'M, I'M A DIGESTER, SO I'M GONNA GO BACK, TAKE NOTES, LOOK AT THE PRESENTATION AGAIN.
TRY TO INCORPORATE IT INTO THE ONBOARDING MANUAL.
SO I DON'T HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS TODAY, BUT REALLY APPRECIATE THE INFORMATION AND GUYS, THE ONBOARDING MANUAL ANY, ANY DAY NOW I'M GONNA DIGEST THIS AND WE'LL GET IT OUT TOO.
CAN I SHARE SOMETHING? GO AHEAD.
SOMEONE SENT ME A TIKTOK VIDEO.
I'M NOT REALLY BIG ON A LOT OF SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS, BUT THEY KNOW I LOVE THIS AUTHOR.
UM, NATALIE BAZI, AND SHE WROTE QUEEN SUGAR, IF ANYONE IS, I LOVE QUEEN SUGAR, BUT SHE WROTE TWO OTHER BOOKS AND THEY ALL HAVE TO DO WITH LAND, BUT THEY SENT ME HER, UH, TIKTOK VIDEO FROM TODAY AND IT SAID THE END.
SO, BUT SHE SAID, I SAID THIS WAS GONNA BE FINISHED TWO YEARS AGO, BUT IT'S REALLY THE END NOW.
THAT'S
UH, DO WE HAVE OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THOSE COMMISSIONERS ONLINE OR IN PERSON IF WE HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS? OKAY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
UH, AGAIN, IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS AND YOU THINK ABOUT THEM LATER, YOU CAN ALWAYS EMAIL THEM, UM, TO US OR TO STAFF.
ALL RIGHT, COMMISSIONERS, UH, WE'RE MOVING ON TO OUR DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEMS. UH, WE ARE ON ITEM NUMBER FOUR, A DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE CDC PLANNING RETREAT, AN APPOINTMENT OF A, A WORKING GROUP TO LEAD PLANNING AND STRATEGY.
SO I WANNA START THIS, UH, ITEM OFF BY SAYING THAT, UH, AS YOU SAW IN OUR, IN OUR PRESENTATION, UM, THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT COMMISSION.
UM, OUR MISSION IS TO SERVE THE POOR.
UM, OUR MISSION IS TO, UH, MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO CITY COUNCIL.
I'M SO SORRY BECAUSE I DON'T WANNA BE DISTRACTING TO YOU.
UH, WE DO HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT AND I FEEL LIKE I'M INTERRUPTING AND I'M SORRY, BUT IT WAS ON THE PREVIOUS AGENDA ITEM, ITEM NUMBER THREE.
AND THEY JUST PUT IT IN ONE, ONE BOX FOR BOTH PUBLIC CO.
AND, UH, WHO DO, WHO DO WE HAVE CHAIR? WE HAVE UM, ZIA JOSEPH ON THE CDC PURPOSE ITEM.
UM, MS. JOSEPH, YOU CAN COME UP, UM, FOR, THIS IS FOR ITEM NUMBER THREE, THE PRESENTATION ON THE CDC PURPOSE.
MEMBERS, UM, ZIA, JOSEPH, JOSEPH, AND I APPRECIATE YOU GOING BACK.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE COMMENTS AS RELEASED TO ARTICLE EIGHT, WHICH IS IN YOUR BYLAWS, SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO HOUSING AND YOUR COMMITTEES.
I HAVE SHOWN YOU THIS SLIDE BEFORE IN 2024.
I JUST WANNA REMIND YOU THAT WHEN STAFF COMES BEFORE YOU WITH PRESENTATION, THIS IS 80 TO 120% AREA MEDIAN INCOME OVER AT CRESTVIEW STATION.
THAT DOES NOT SERVE THE PEOPLE THAT THIS COMMISSION IS REPRESENTING.
SO IT ELIMINATES ANY ACCESS FOR THE POOR, WHERE THE TRANSPORTATION WILL BE MOST FREQUENT IN THE CRESTVIEW AREA.
THIS WAS THE DATA THAT I PROVIDED FOR YOU.
YOU'LL REMEMBER MANDY DE MAYO CAME BEFORE YOU AND SHARED THAT IT WOULD BE 80% TO 120% AREA MEDIAN INCOME.
REMEMBER, AFRICAN AMERICANS EARN APPROXIMATELY $42,000 AND HISPANICS EARN ABOUT $50,000, 70% AREA MEDIAN INCOME OR 80% AREA MEDIAN INCOME, EXCUSE ME, IS APPROXIMATELY $70,000.
SO THESE ARE EXCLUSIONARY PRACTICES THAT CONTINUE TO DATE.
I'VE SHOWN YOU THIS BEFORE, IT'S TINY PRINT, BUT I JUST WANT YOU TO SEE DECEMBER 15TH, 2020,
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TRAVIS COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S COURT ACTUALLY PUT THE BUS STOP DISTANCE TO HOUSING AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THEIR BACKUP MATERIALS FOR ME.SO THE LOW INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDITS, IT'S APPROXIMATELY ONE TO FIVE MILE WALK AND THAT JUST CANNOT BE OKAY.
AND THIS COMMISSION AS WELL AS TRAVIS COUNTY, THE CITY OF AUSTIN AND THE HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN CONTINUE TO MOVE INDIVIDUALS WHO NEED TRANSIT THE MOST SILOED OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE WITH NO ACCESS TO TRANSPORTATION AS IT RELATES TO SAFETY.
YOU CAN SEE, AND I'VE SHOWN YOU THIS SLIDE BEFORE, THAT THIS PARTICULAR WALNUT CREEK, THIS PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT IS NOT EVEN A DA COMPLIANT ACROSS THE STREET.
IS IT A METROPOLITAN PARK, WALNUT CREEK METROPOLITAN PARK.
IT'S A MID-BLOCK STOP AND IT'S NOT A SAFE ROUTE TO SCHOOL DESPITE THE $47.5 MILLION THAT THEY'VE RECEIVED.
SO WHAT I'M ASKING THIS COMMISSION TO RECOGNIZE IS THAT IT IS NOT EN ENOUGH TO SIMPLY LISTEN TO THE STAFF, GIVE YOU UNILATERAL DECISIONS IN THEIR PRESENTATIONS.
I WOULD ASK YOU TO RESPECTFULLY TO PUSH BACK AND TO ASK FOR A SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENT SPECIFICALLY AS IT RELATES TO THE ADDITIONAL MONIES THAT WERE THERE FOR, UH, LAST FISCAL YEAR WHEN MANDY DEO CAME BEFORE YOU.
AND THE QUESTION IS WHY THIS COMMISSION DID NOT WEIGH IN ON THAT DECISION.
AND THIS IS A FIVE YEAR PLAN, APPROXIMATELY $70 MILLION OF THE FEDERAL FUNDING THAT YOU'RE GOING TO RECEIVE.
SO I WOULD ASK YOU TO REVISIT THAT ISSUE AND TO RECOGNIZE, AS THE COMMISSIONER POINTED OUT EARLIER, THESE ARE SILOED.
THIS IS SOCIAL DETERMINANT, UH, TO HEALTH SPECIFICALLY.
YOU CAN'T GET THERE SAFELY, YOU CAN'T GET TO THE SCHOOL AND YOU ARE TAKING YOUR LIFE IN YOUR OWN HANDS.
I'LL CLOSE BY TELLING YOU ON JULY 27TH, 2015, 2025, IMAM ISLAM MOSSAD WAS KILLED IN THIS AREA.
TIME IS UP RIGHT ACROSS AND UH, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL GO AND ANSWER THEM AT THIS TIME.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL GO GLADLY ANSWER THEM.
UH, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. JOSEPH? COMMISSIONERS? CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE COMMISSIONER LAGUARDIA? I'M SORRY, GO AHEAD.
UM, CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE FIRST SLIDE? PLEASE? CAN MAYBE GO THROUGH THAT INFORMATION A LITTLE BIT SLOWER.
SO THE CITY OF AUSTIN ON JUNE 6TH, 2023 ACTUALLY APPROVED PROJECT CONNECT THE EXTENSION.
SO THEY REDUCED IT AND THIS IS THE FARTHEST IT WOULD GO.
SO PHASE ONE ACTUALLY, UH, EXCUSE ME, WE'LL STOP AT HYDE PARK, WHICH WAS DEVELOPED EXCLUSIVELY FOR WHITE PEOPLE, APPROXIMATELY 1889 TO 1924 BY COLONEL MONROE SHEE.
IF THAT GETS BUILT AND THE RAIL TERMINATES THERE AND THEN YELLOW JACKET IS WHERE IT WOULD STOP IN SOUTHEAST AUSTIN, IT WOULD ONLY GO AS FAR AS CRESTVIEW STATION IN THE NEXT PHASE OF FUNDING.
AND THIS IS WHERE THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS WOULD BE.
AND WHEN IT WAS PRESENTED, IT WAS LOW TO MODERATE INCOME, BUT 80% TO 120% AREA MEDIAN INCOME IS EXCLUSIONARY.
I WOULD ASK YOU TO GET AN OVERLAY OF THE RAIL LINE SPECIFICALLY SO THAT YOU COULD SEE THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT A HIGHLAND MALL, THAT AREA WHERE THE METRO RAIL IS, IT'S ALSO 80% AREA MEDIAN INCOME.
AND THAT'S THE HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN'S PROPERTY.
THIS PROPERTY IS SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE THE HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN PURCHASED THIS MIDTOWN COMMONS AREA RIGHT HERE.
AND SO THE CITY, IT'S RYAN DRIVE 69 0 9.
IF YOU GO THERE TODAY, IT'S JUST WAREHOUSES.
BUT YOU'LL SEE THE TERRACOTTA SIDEWALKS RIGHT ACROSS FROM THE WALGREENS.
AND WHAT I'M TRYING TO GET YOU TO UNDERSTAND IS THAT LOW INCOME RIDERS ARE BEING EXCLUDED AND IT JUST GOES THROUGH THE PROCESS AS THOUGH IT'S OKAY.
BUT THESE ARE EXCLUSIONARY PRACTICES THAT ACTUALLY VIOLATE THE FAIR HOUSING ACT IN 1968.
AND OF COURSE TITLE VI OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964, WHICH PROHIBITS DISCRIMINATION BASED ON RACE, COLOR, AND NATIONAL ORIGIN.
SO I JUST WOULD GET YOU TO LOOK AT THE INCOME LEVEL AND THE CITY OF AUSTIN STAFF ACTUALLY DID A STUDY, UM, THROUGH THE MINORITY CHAMBERS IN 2020.
AND THAT'S WHERE I GOT THE $42,000 AND THE $50,000, UH, ESTIMATE FROM, AND THE INCOME INCOME LEVELS HAVEN'T REALLY CHANGED.
UM, UM, I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR INPUT AND YOUR TESTIMONY AND UM, WELL, UM, WE ARE GOING TO START THE HOUSING COMMITTEE HERE PRETTY SOON.
I'D LIKE TO INVITE YOU BACK FOR THAT.
AND WE'RE CERTAINLY LOOKING INTO HOW THE CITY, UH, PRIORITIZES AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND FOR WHO AND AT WHAT AREA, MEDIUM FAMILY INCOME.
SO PLEASE COME BACK TO THE HOUSING COMMITTEE FOR THAT, THAT WAY WE CAN FOCUS ON THAT FOR
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THE HOUSING.AND I THINK EVERYONE ON THIS COMMISSION OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS AND MONTHS, UM, THANKS TO YOU, WE HAVE SEEN THE INEQUITIES WHEN IT COMES TO TRANSPORTATION, NOT ONLY IN LIKE FREQUENCY, BUT ALSO LIKE THE AMENITIES PROVIDED WITH THE BENCHES AND THE SHELTERS.
AND UM, WELL I HOPE THAT BEFORE THIS MEETING IS OVER, UH, WE CAN CONVENE SOME SORT OF LIKE WORKING GROUP, ESPECIALLY FOCUSED ON LIKE TRANSPORTATION INEQUITIES OR INEQUALITIES AND LOOKING AT THAT.
SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THAT.
AND IF I COULD, MR. CHAIR, I WOULD JUST RECOMMEND WHEN YOU HAVE THIS COMMITTEE THAT YOU ACTUALLY INCLUDE HEALTH THAT WAS MENTIONED EARLIER BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S MISSING IS THAT CAPITAL METRO ELIMINATED ACCESS TO ST.
AND SO THAT WAS ROUTE TWO 40 RUTLAND.
AND THEN IF YOU THINKING OF HOUSING, YOU HAVE TO GO TO SPARROW RUTLAND, WHICH IS 171 UNIT DEVELOPMENT 101 OF THOSE UNITS HAVE VOUCHERS AND THEN THEY CREATED THE PICKUP ZONE AND SAID, OH, THIS IS ONE OF OUR HIGHEST RIDERSHIP AREAS.
WELL, NO WONDER THEY HAD 20.3 BOARDINGS AN HOUR.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE DATA AND YOU GO BACK TO 2017, YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE WERE 20.3 BOARDINGS AN HOUR AT THIS LOW INCOME AFFORDABLE AREA, AND SLAUGHTER LANE WAS HALF THAT.
SO OUR THREE 18, WHICH IS 2 38, THE NUMBERS JUST CHANGED, BUT IT WAS HALF THE RIDERS AT TWICE THE COST.
AND THEN THEY CHANGED THE SERVICE GUIDELINES AND STANDARDS TO MEET THE LOWER INCOME OR THE LOWER RIDERSHIP LEVELS.
SO IT'S A BUNCH OF MOVING PIECES, BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE DATA, YOU'LL SEE IT WAS 12 TO 15 RIDERS AN HOUR, AND THEN IT WAS REDUCED TO 10 TO 12 BECAUSE THE ROUTES WERE CREATED LESS THAN THE SERVICE GUIDELINES AND STANDARDS REQUIREMENT WAS.
AND THEN THEY SOLD TO THE PUBLIC THAT THEY WANTED TO INCREASE THE RIDERSHIP TO THE PRE PANDEMIC LEVELS.
WELL, YOU CAN'T INCREASE IT TO PRE PANDEMIC LEVELS IF YOU'VE REDUCED THE AMOUNT OF WRITERS PER HOUR.
THEY CIRCUMVENT TITLE SIX OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT.
I SAY THEY SAY ONE THING, DO ANOTHER AND DOCUMENT WHAT IS SAID TO FOOL THE FEDS.
BUT THE LAST THING I WILL TELL YOU, BECAUSE I KNOW MR. CHAIR IS IN THE EAST UH, RIVERSIDE AREA, IS YOU HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE UPROOTED REPORT.
AND I KNOW YOU GOT A BRIEFING AT YOUR SEPTEMBER 9TH, 2025 MEETING ON THAT AS WELL.
BUT YOU HAVE TO GO BACK TO THAT REPORT INTO THE OCTOBER 17TH, 2020.
UH, IT WAS 2017 OR SO, UH, NINE.
I HAVE TO LOOK AT THE DATE, BUT YOU HAVE TO GO BACK TO SEE WHEN, AND I THINK IT'S 2019 TO BE HONEST WITH YOU.
WHEN COUNCIL APPROVED 1,308 UNITS TO BE REZONED ON EAST RIVERSIDE, AND IT WAS HEATHER WAY, THE LAW PROFESSOR WHO WAS ONE OF THE AUTHORS OF THAT UPROOTED STUDY, LESS THAN A WEEK LATER ON THE 23RD OF OCTOBER, SHE SAID IT DIDN'T HAVE TO BE THAT WAY.
SO SHE TOLD THE CITY WHAT TO DO TO ACTUALLY STOP THIS GENTRIFICATION.
AND THEN THEY DID THE OPPOSITE.
AND SO THEY DISPLACED THE PEOPLE FIRST AND RESPECTFULLY TO NEFERTITI.
IT WAS ONLY AFTER THEY DISPLACED THE PEOPLE THAT THEY CREATED THE ANTI DISPLACEMENT OFFICE.
SO YOU HAVE TO WONDER, DID THEY REALLY WANNA SAVE THOSE AFFORDABLE UNITS? AND SO NOW IT BECOMES THE NO, YOU KNOW, THE, THE NATURALLY OCCURRING AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS AND YOU HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE HISTORY TO ACTUALLY LOOK AT IT.
I'LL ASK YOU TO GO BACK TO PLAZA SALTILLO AS WELL, AND THEN YOU'LL RECOGNIZE THE HISTORY THERE WHERE THEY DIDN'T EVEN WANNA PUT SIX FAMILY UNITS.
AND SO IT, IT'S A LOT OF MOVING PIECES, BUT YOU ALSO HAVE TO LOOK AT THE SCHOOLS TOO.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE ZONING AND YOU LOOK AT THE HOUSING AND THE LACK OF TRANSPORTATION, YOU THEN HAVE TO ASK YOURSELF WHEN IT COMES TO A ISD, DID THEY SPEAK UP WHEN THE CITY WAS ZONING AND REZONING FOR JUST ONE AND TWO BEDROOM UNITS? FAMILIES CAN'T LIVE IN THOSE SMALL UNITS.
SO IT'S NO WONDER THAT THEY'RE CONSOLIDATING SCHOOLS.
NOW I APPRECIATE YOU BEING LETTING ME BE LONG-WINDED, BUT I JUST WANT YOU TO THE COMMITTEE TO RECOGNIZE YOU CAN'T REALLY LOOK AT HOUSING IN A SILO AND TRANSPORTATION IN ANOTHER SILO.
YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT IT COLLECTIVELY BECAUSE IF YOU CAN'T GET TO THE DOCTOR, YOU CAN'T GET TO WORK IT.
IT'S ALL SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH.
AND SO I WOULD JUST ASK YOU TO HAVE SOMEONE FROM EACH OF THOSE DIFFERENT GROUPS TO JOIN AND COLLABORATIVELY, YOU KNOW, DO YOUR DISCUSSIONS TOGETHER TO MAKE MORE INFORMED DECISIONS.
THAT'S, UH, VERY INSIGHTFUL AND YES, UH, AGAIN, THAT GOES BACK TO WHAT COMMISSIONER TISHA WAS SAYING, THAT WE CANNOT HAVE THAT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR COMMENT.
UH, MS. JOSEPH, YOU'RE WELCOME.
UH, DO WE, AND I HAVE TO THANK THE COMMISSIONER 'CAUSE HE SAW ME TWICE IN THE LAST TWO MONTHS OR SO.
I KNOW THIS IS A LITTLE OFF, BUT AT BERG AND INVITED ME BACK.
SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU.
SO THAT'S WHAT MADE ME GO BACK AND LOOK AT YOUR, UH, PREVIOUS MEETING.
YES, PLEASE LOOK FOR OUR ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE HOUSING COMMITTEE MEETINGS AND PLEASE JOIN US FOR THOSE AS WELL.
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UM, YOU COME WITH LIKE SO MUCH INFORMATION, IT CAN KIND OF BE OVERWHELMING SOMETIMES AND WE NEED TO BE LIKE VERY STRATEGIC ABOUT LIKE HOW WE PRESENT THIS INFORMATION AND WHERE, AND THAT WAY WE CAN PUT FORWARD LIKE SOME SOLID LIKE ACTIONABLE RECOMMENDATIONS.AND AND I APPRECIATE THAT COMMISSIONER.
UM, SO I WOULD JUST SAY TO SIMPLIFY IT, I WOULD GO WITH TIME AND MONEY.
THAT'S HOW I GOT THE REPUBLICAN SENATORS TO KILL THE DOWNTOWN TUNNEL BILL.
I SHOWED 'EM CAPITAL METRO SYSTEM MAP.
IT HAS THE TIMES ON THERE AND I WOULD JUST HIGHLIGHT THE 60 MINUTE ROUTES.
THEY HAPPEN TO BE IN THE BLACK NEIGHBORHOODS COLONY PARK, THE COMMUNITY FIRST VILLAGE HIGHLIGHT THOSE 60 MINUTES.
AND MOST PEOPLE KNOW THAT 60 MINUTES IS A WHOLE LOT LONGER THAN 10 OR SIX TO UT.
SO YOU START WITH THE TIMES AND YOU SAY, WELL GOSH, WHY ARE THEY WAITING 60 MINUTES? AND THEN WHEN CAPITAL METRO CUTS ONE OF THOSE ROUTES, LIKE 2 37 ONCE AN HOUR BUS, IT'S TWO HOURS IN THE WHEELCHAIR.
BUT YET, AND I MY FLYER'S SITTING THERE, BUT LIKE WITH ACL ON THE BUS, IT WAS FREE ON SATURDAY TO GO TO THE AUSTIN FC SOCCER GAME.
BUT THERE'S NO FREEBIE FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ARE TRYING TO GET TO WORK EACH DAY.
SO YOU JUST HAVE TO START, YOU CAN SIMPLIFY IT BY LOOKING AT THE TIME.
AND THEN YOU CAN ASK ABOUT THE MONEY, HOW MUCH MONEY IS BEING INVESTED IN EACH OF THESE ROUTES ARE GEOGRAPHICALLY HOW MUCH MONEY HAS BEEN INVESTED BECAUSE I'LL JUST CLOSE ON THIS AND TELL YOU, YES, THEY MAY HAVE COLLECTED 8,000 SURVEYS, BUT PREVIOUSLY IN 20 16, 20 17, THEY COLLECTED 5,000.
BUT THOSE WERE TARGETED TOWARDS PEOPLE WHO WERE 25 TO 35, MADE A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, HAD ACCESS TO TWO VEHICLES, AND THEN THE ROUTES CHANGED FOR THESE WHITE MILLENNIALS.
AND AFTER THE FACT, THEY THEN WENT TO NORTH LAMORE TRANSIT CENTER AND TO THE SOUTH CONGRESS TRANSIT CENTER AND BALANCED IT OUT.
SO YOU DO HAVE TO LOOK AT WHO THEY'RE SERVING AND TO ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE PAYING TAXES IN THE AREAS WHERE THERE IS NO BUS ARE NOT BEING SURVEYED.
YOU'RE NOT SURVEYING HARRIS BRANCH IN PALMER AND THE 425 ACRE DEVELOPMENT AND YOU HAVE TO GO BACK TO NORTH CORRIDOR LOCALLY PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE STUDY.
I KNOW IT'S A LOT OF INFORMATION, BUT THAT IS WHERE YOU WILL FIND THAT THEIR OWN STUDY SAID THAT IN 20 35, 50 8% OF THE JOB GROWTH WOULD BE IN THE NORTH CORRIDOR.
AND SO YOU HAVE TO ASK YOURSELF THEN WHY DON'T WE HAVE ACCESS BETWEEN SAMSUNG AND APPLE THREE HEBS, ALL THE TECH JOBS IN DELL TOO.
SO IF YOU WANNA SIMPLIFY IT, PALMER LANE AND FREQUENCY, AND IF THEY SAY WE DON'T HAVE MONEY FOR NEW BUSES, THEY CAN USE THE CUTAWAY VEHICLES, THOSE LITTLE PICKUP VEHICLES, AND PEOPLE WILL GET ON HAPPILY TO GET FROM MANOR ALL THE WAY TO LEANDER, BLACK AND WHITE AND EVERYBODY IN BETWEEN.
THAT WOULD BE THE BEST THING THAT YOU COULD DO.
AND THEN PEOPLE COULD ACTUALLY GET TO WORK AND BECOME SELF-SUFFICIENT BECAUSE STICKING THEM OUT THERE OFF OF AIRPORT COMMERCE OFF EAST RIVERSIDE, THEY'LL NEVER BECOME, YOU KNOW, SELF-SUFFICIENT BECAUSE THERE'S NOTHING THERE.
BUT ON PARMER LANE, EVERYTHING IS THERE.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH AND THANK YOU FOR THAT COMMENT AND I'LL TRY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. KEEP IT SIMPLE.
ALRIGHT, SO, UH, IF WE DON'T HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS, LET'S UH, GO ON TO, OH, SORRY.
COMMISSIONER LYRIC, YOU HAVE A QUESTION? GO AHEAD.
JUST THAT I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF REALLY GOOD CONTEXT IN THIS, UM, THIS MEETING TODAY.
AND I THINK, UM, FOR ANY OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS OR UM, UM, COMMISSION MEMBERS THAT WANNA ATTEND THE, UM, TRANSIT FORWARD EVENT TOMORROW AT THE OTHER ONE'S FOUNDATION, THEY'RE DOING A LUNCHEON.
UM, AND CHRIS BAKER FROM THE OTHER ONES FOUNDATION, UM, THE CAPITAL METRO CHIEF OFFICER IS GONNA BE THERE.
UM, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OR VICE PRESIDENT OF ECHO IS GONNA BE THERE AS WELL.
AND THEY'RE DOING A LUNCHEON ABOUT, UM, IMPROVING TRANSIT WHEN IT COMES TO PEOPLE WHO ARE UNHOUSED.
SO I JUST THINK THAT, UM, I WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT THERE, UM, IN THIS SPACE I'LL BE ATTENDING AS WELL.
'CAUSE CAPITAL METRO STUFF IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME.
AND BASED ON THE LAST MEETING THAT WE HAD THE PRESENTATION ABOUT THE ROUTES CHANGING, UM, I THINK THERE'S DEFINITELY SOME IMPROVEMENTS THAT NEED TO BE MADE.
UM, AND SO I'M CURIOUS WHAT THEY'RE GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT TOMORROW.
UM, AND WOULD LOVE TO FOCUS ON THAT IN THE TEAM RETREAT AS WELL.
UH, COMMISSIONER ORTIZ, YOU HAVE A QUESTION? SURE.
WELL, ACTUALLY IT'S NOT EVEN A QUESTION.
UM, OVERALL THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS, UM, AS MS UH, JOSEPH STATED THAT, UH, THERE'S A LOT OF MOVING PARTS, A LOT OF INFORMATION.
THE ONE THING I JUST, I ALWAYS WANNA MENTION WHEN IT COMES TO AUSTIN AS THE CITY, TRAVIS COUNTY AND THEN OUR NEIGHBORING TOWNS, THEY'RE ALL INTERLOCAL AGREEMENTS.
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THEY'RE ALL AGREEMENTS THAT ARE SEPARATE FROM THE TRANSPORTATION THAT WE PROVIDE THE CITY OF AUSTIN.SO FOR MAINOR, LEANDER, EVERYTHING, THEY ALL HAVE THEIR PIECES.
SO JUST TO KEEP THAT IN MIND WHEN Y'ALL ARE REVIEWING SOME OF THE DATA AND INFORMATION, JUST BECAUSE IT, SOMETHING HAPPENS IN AUSTIN, THE CITY OF MAINOR MAY NOT AGREE.
UM, THIS, THAT'S SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT WE HAVE WITH KYLE AND SOME OF OUR SOUTHERN, UH, CITIES THAT DON'T WANNA PARTNER WITH US.
SO JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND WHEN YOU REVIEW THAT, ESPECIALLY AS WE GO FURTHER OUT OF OUR, UM, CITY LIMITS.
UM, UH, A AS YOU GET SOME OF THIS INFORMATION AND 'CAUSE JUST LIKE MR. UH, JOSEPH STATED, THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS HAPPENING.
UM, AND THAT'LL ALSO HELP, UM, TO UNDERSTAND SOME OF, UH, THE OUTSIDE PIECES.
I THINK SHE IS, UH, Y'ALL MENTIONED SHE MADE A LOT OF GREAT POINTS.
UM, BUT WE JUST WANNA ALSO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, WE TAKE THE AREA ALSO INTO CONSIDERATION AND SOMETIMES, UM, HAVING THE EXTRA VOICES, UM, FROM, FROM US, UM, AS A COMMISSIONER, NOT AS A CAP MEMBER, A CAP METRO EMPLOYEE, BUT JUST AS A COMMISSION TO BE ABLE TO SAY TO THOSE OTHER CITIES, HEY, WE COULD HELP YOUR, YOUR, UM, CITIZENS THAT WORK HERE AND, AND DO THINGS HERE IN THE CITY, GET TO THEIR WORK EASIER AND THINGS LIKE THAT, UM, CAN BE REALLY IMPORTANT.
BUT IF YOU MISS THAT PIECE, UM, WE COULD BE TALKING TO THE WRONG PEOPLE.
ALRIGHT, UM, WE'RE DONE WITH QUESTIONS.
[4. Discussion and possible action on the CDC Planning Retreat and appointment of working group to lead planning and strategy (Chair Elias).]
ITEM NUMBER FOUR, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE CDC PLANNING RETREAT.UH, AN APPOINTMENT OF WORKING GROUPS TO LEAD PLANNING AND STRATEGY.
SO, AS I WAS, UH, STATING EARLIER THIS, OUR COMMISSION IS A VERY IMPORTANT COMMISSION AS, UH, UCR MISSION IS TO SERVE THE POOR.
UM, OUR COMMISSIONERS ARE VOLUNTEERS, AND I AM EXTREMELY HAPPY THAT, UH, OUR COMMISSIONERS ARE VERY COMMITTED.
UM, THERE'S AN ENERGY HERE THAT, YOU KNOW, BRINGING DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES FROM DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES.
UM, AND THEN OUR, OUR COMMUNITY AS WELL.
OUR PUBLIC, UH, COMMENTS ALWAYS ARE VERY INSIGHTFUL, VERY, UH, IMPORTANT TO US.
UM, AND OUR COMMISSION, OUR COMMUNITY TAKES THE TIME TO SHOW UP, UH, AND COMMENT.
UM, AND THEN AGAIN, UH, AS, UH, NEFERTITI POINTED OUT, UH, A LOT OF US THAT ARE ELECTED, UH, WE GO BACK TO OUR COMMUNITY, SHARE THIS INFORMATION, GET INPUT FROM, UM, FROM OUR COMMUNITY, BRING IT BACK HERE.
UM, SO, UH, WHAT I WANNA SAY, UH, TO THIS IS THAT WE HAD, UH, AS, AS YOU KNOW, WE HAD, UH, PLANNED A RETREAT.
UM, ACTUALLY WE HAD TWO PLANS FOR A RETREAT.
WE HAD ONE ON AUGUST 23RD, UM, THAT WAS, UH, UH, THAT WAS CANCELED DUE TO NOT POSTING THE AGENDA ON TIME, UH, MISSING THAT DEADLINE.
UH, WE WENT BACK TO THE COMMISSIONERS ASKED, UH, UH, FOR YOU FOR YOUR INPUT FOR ANOTHER DATE, UM, FOR SEPTEMBER 27TH.
AND, UH, WE HAD THAT AS WELL, UM, WHERE WE DID NOT POST THE AGENDA ON TIME.
UM, AND, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO APOLOGIZE TO COMMISSIONERS.
I KNOW THAT IT'S, UH, HARD TO CLEAR YOUR SCHEDULES, CLEAR YOUR, UH, FIND THAT SATURDAY, THAT TIME ON SATURDAY TO MEET.
UM, AND SO, YEAH, SO WHAT I WANT TO DO NOW IS, UM, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO OPEN IT TO COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS, UH, AND THEN WE'LL TALK ABOUT HOW WE'RE MOVING FORWARD.
SO, UH, COMMISSIONERS, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT OUR RETREAT AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE CAN DO NEXT OR WHAT WE CAN, UH, DO MOVING FORWARD, UM, I WILL TAKE THOSE.
YEAH, SO, UH, THERE'S A, UH, I WAS SURPRISED WHEN THE SECOND ONE DIDN'T, DIDN'T, DIDN'T HAPPEN.
AND I WAS AT A CC WALKING AROUND
SO MY CONCERN IS THAT, UM, THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT, UM, PROCESS FOR US.
UM, I'M CONCERNED THAT THIS HAPPENED TWICE.
UM, I WANT TO KNOW HOW MOVING FORWARD WE CAN GUARANTEE THIS IS NOT GONNA HAPPEN AGAIN.
UM, BECAUSE IT'S, UH, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THIS WAS NOT POSTED.
THIS SHOULD BE BUSINESS AS USUAL.
AND OBVIOUSLY WE'VE HAD RETREATS IN THE PAST, SO I I WILL, OF COURSE WE WANNA PLAN AND DEFINITELY WANT TO PLAN ANOTHER ONE, BUT I REALLY WANT SOME REASSURANCES THAT THIS IS NOT GONNA HAPPEN AGAIN.
YEAH, GO, GO AHEAD, NEFERTITI.
UM, I WANT TO SAY THAT I SINCERELY APOLOGIZE.
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BECAUSE IF I WILL SAY THERE'S BEEN A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT HAVE HAP THAT HAVE HAPPENED AND, UM, THE LAST TWO AGENDAS WERE NOT POSTED ON TIME.THERE WERE SOME CHANGES THAT WERE MADE, UM, TO, UH, FROM THE CLERK'S OFFICE IN TERMS OF UNDERSTANDING WHEN THOSE AGENDAS WERE POSTED.
HOWEVER, BECAUSE THERE WERE NO CHANGES FROM AUGUST TO SEPTEMBER, THERE'S NO REASON WHY WE SHOULD NOT HAVE POSTED THOSE AGENDAS ON TIME.
I DO WANT TO SAY THOUGH, UM, THAT WE HAVE NOT HAD A RETREAT IN A NUMBER OF YEARS.
UM, THE LAST ONE THAT WAS A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, IT, YOU DIDN'T MAKE QUORUM.
SO THERE WAS, WE COULD NOT HAVE AN OFFICIAL RETREAT, AND WE DID DROP THE BALL THIS TIME IN AUGUST AND IN SEPTEMBER, BUT ON BOTH TIMES WE ALSO DID NOT MAKE QUORUM.
SO THERE WAS A STAFF FAILURE AND I TAKE FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THAT.
BUT EVEN IN THE EVENT THAT WE HAD POSTED ON TIME, WE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO HOLD A RETREAT BECAUSE WE STILL DID NOT HAVE QUORUM.
AND SO THAT DOES CONTINUE TO BE A CHALLENGE AS WELL.
AND SO THE LAST RETREAT, AND, AND I'M SAYING IT IN QUOTES, IT WAS LIKE, UM, UH, AND IT WAS FACILITATED BY, UM, UH, CORTEZ CONSULTING.
IT WAS SORT OF LIKE, UH, WE'RE HERE SO WE'RE GOING TO JUST DO SOME ACTIVITIES.
BUT IT WASN'T THE MEETING THAT WE, THE STAFF HAD PLANNED FOR.
SO I WILL SAY IT IS ALSO VERY DISAPPOINTING ON STAFF, UM, TO GET MENUS AND EVERYTHING AND AGENDAS TOGETHER.
BUT, UH, AND WE HAVE MADE SOME CHANGES AND I HOPE YOU SEE THEM AND FEEL THEM TONIGHT.
UM, AND I THINK EVERYBODY WORKS REALLY HARD.
AND SO, UM, YEAH, THAT'S, YEAH, THAT'S THE, AND SO I APPRECIATE ALL OF THE STAFF WHO HAVE WORKED ON THIS IN THE PAST, BUT IT, IT, IT WAS, UM, SOME STAFF MAYBE HAD TOO MANY OTHER PRIORITIES.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING SOME NEW THINGS.
UM, AND I THINK, AND THEN ALSO WORKING ON ADOPTING SOME INTERNAL POLICIES SO THAT WE ARE CLEAR WHEN THINGS NEED TO GET POSTED.
AND I WILL SAY THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE HAS A VERY CLEAR, HAS VERY CLEAR GUIDANCE IN TERMS OF WHEN THE DEADLINES ARE.
SO WE'VE HAD EVERYONE PRINT THOSE OUT SO THAT THERE IS NO, THERE'S NO REASON WHY WE SHOULD MISS THE DATES.
AND SO, UM, YEAH, I TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THAT.
UH, NEFERTITI, DO WE HAVE ANOTHER, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? UH, COMMISSIONERS, ONLINE COMMISSIONERS, UH, GO AHEAD, COMMISSIONER.
SO NEFERTITI, CAN YOU QUICKLY CLARIFY WHEN YOU MEAN QUORUM? UH, BECAUSE I, I KNOW THERE'S, IT'S ACTUALLY, LET ME STOP, I'LL LET YOU ANSWER THAT AND THEN IF I NEED A FOLLOW UP CLARIFICATION THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
UM, AND THE REASON WHY I ASK THIS QUESTION, MAYBE I SHOULD PREFACE IT WITH THIS, IS WHEN YOU SAY THAT QUORUM WASN'T MEANT, BUT WE HAVE RSVPS THAT THERE'S AN ANTICIPATORY QUORUM AND THEN IT DOESN'T HAPPEN BECAUSE PEOPLE DON'T SHOW UP WHEN THEY SAID THEY WERE GOING TO SHOW UP.
IF THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO IN REGARDS TO QUORUM OR IF MEANING QUORUM IS JUST DAY OF APPEARANCES.
UH, IN BOTH, BUT PRIMARILY DAY OF.
SO THE ONE THAT WE DID, UH, A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, THAT WAS DAY OF, WE DID NOT MEET QUORUM.
UM, THE LAST ONE IN AUGUST, I THINK, UM, BY THE, THE DAY OF, OR THE DAY BEFORE, WE DID NOT HAVE QUORUM.
AND COMMISSIONER STATED, CERTAIN COMMISSIONERS STATED THEY WOULD NOT BE PRESENT.
SO WE KNEW THE DAY BEFORE WE STILL DIDN'T EVEN HAVE QUORUM.
AND IT'S NOT BASED ON THOSE WHO SAID THEY WOULD COME, BUT THOSE WHO CLEARLY COMMUNICATED WITH STAFF THAT THEY WOULD NOT BE PRESENT.
AND THEN JUST A REALLY QUICK SECOND QUESTION.
A LONG TIME AGO I'D ASK ABOUT SANTA SANTA, UM, READ ACCORDS TO SEE IF WE COULD HAVE A TOUR AS A COMMISSION.
MAYBE THIS IS MORE OF A, OF A HOUSING COMMITTEE THING, UM, IN THE FUTURE.
UM, COMMISSIONER LONGORIA LOOKING AT YOU, BUT WONDERING IF, UH, THAT IS STILL A COMPONENT OR A CONSIDERATION.
I'D RATHER NOT, UH, MAKE ANY MAJOR ADJUSTMENTS TO THE AGENDA.
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FINE AS IT IS, BUT IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS BROUGHT UP A WHILE BACK WHEN WE WERE FIRST EXPLORING THIS, UH, RETREAT, UH, WAS TO DO A TOUR AT LEAST AT ONE OF THE HOUSING SITES THAT OF COURSE WE ARE.AND, UH, YOU KNOW, UM, COMMITTED TO LEARNING MORE ABOUT AS THE CDC.
WELL, I WILL DEFINITELY HAVE TO EXPLORE THAT.
UM, AND THE, THE CHALLENGE IS ALWAYS THE QUORUM, RIGHT? AND SO IF WE POST A MEETING, BUT YOU'RE NOT IN THAT MEETING LOCATION, I NEED TO GET SOME GUIDANCE.
UM, OR UNLESS SOMEONE HAS ANOTHER SUGGESTION, OR WE CAN DO IT IN GROUPS OF TWO.
UM, WILL YOU CHECK WITH, UH, WITH THE CLERK ABOUT THAT? I BELIEVE THAT THERE'S A WAY TO, UH, MAKE IT A PUBLIC EVENT.
SO I HAVE SANTA READ THE COURTS.
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER TISHA.
UH, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I GUESS I'LL MAKE IT COMMISSIONER LONGORIA, GO AHEAD.
ALRIGHT, WELL, I MEAN, I GUESS, YEAH, I, I GUESS I WANNA, I JUST CAN'T HOLD MY TONGUE ON THIS ONE.
I WAS ALSO VERY DISAPPOINTED BY THE TECHNICAL ERROR.
AND I MEAN, ONCE IS FINE, BUT AGAIN, TWO TIMES ON THE SAME ERROR, IT STARTS RAISING QUESTIONS ABOUT LIKE, THE PROFICIENCY OR THE CAPACITY OF LIKE THE DEPARTMENT.
LIKE, COME ON, YOU KNOW, SO, UM, AS FAR AS LIKE RSVPING AND LIKE MEETING QUO AND STUFF, IF, IF IT'S A MATTER OF LIKE PUTTING IN MY SANDWICH ORDER, JUST GET ME WHICHEVER SANDWICH, IT DOESN'T MATTER WHICH SANDWICH I GET, JUST, I MEAN, I'LL BE THERE.
UM, I, YOU KNOW, TO BE TOTALLY HONEST, PERSONALLY, MORALE WAS KIND OF LOW AFTER THE SECOND TIME AROUND, BUT I CARE ABOUT THIS, YOU KNOW, SO, UM, AT SOME POINT I WAS JUST LIKE, OKAY, WELL I GUESS WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NEVER GONNA HAVE A RETREAT, BUT I HOPE THAT WE STILL DO AND I'LL STILL SEE IT THROUGH.
SO THAT'S JUST KIND OF HOW I FEEL ABOUT IT.
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER LAGUARDIA.
UM, AND YEAH, JUST TO ADD TO THAT COMMENT IS, UM, THIS RETREAT IS VERY IMPORTANT.
UM, SOMETHING LIKE WE SAID EARLIER IS, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT TIME TO COME TOGETHER AND THINK ABOUT STRATEGY, THINK ABOUT, UH, ALL LEVERS, EVERYTHING THAT WE, UH, AS A COMMISSION CAN DO.
UM, AND SO IF, YOU KNOW, TO ME THE QUORUM PART IS SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD WORK ON AS, YOU KNOW, IN A TIMELY MANNER WHERE EVEN I AS CHAIR CAN REACH OUT TO SOME PEOPLE THAT, YOU KNOW, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE, THEY UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS.
AND, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY THEY CAN SHOW UP, UM, UH, AT LEAST UPDATING, UH, UH, VICE CHAIR AND I ON WHERE WE ARE ON, ON QUORUM, UH, WITH, IN A TIMELY MANNER.
SO MAYBE WE CAN DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT AS WELL.
AND IF WE, IF, IF YOU'D LIKE, IF WE STILL WANT TO DO THIS, I WOULD SAY IF WE CAN IDENTIFY DATES, PREFERABLY IN 2026, IN THE FIRST PART OF 2026, WE CAN IDENTIFY DATES AND, AND I CAN WORK WITH STAFF, UM, TO SEND OUT A DOODLE POLL.
WE WILL GET EVERYTHING EARLY AND WE WILL MAKE IT HAPPEN.
AND IF IT'S OUR FAULT, I WILL
'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT I FELT LIKE DOING THE LAST, IT WAS, WE HAD A LOT OF MEETINGS INTERNALLY AS WELL.
IT WAS NOT, IT, IT WAS VERY PAINFUL FOR ME AS WELL.
SO, COMMISSIONER JOSO, GO AHEAD.
SO THERE'S NO WAY TO DO IT THIS YEAR.
I MEAN, IT'S JUST SORT OF FRUSTRATING.
YOU KNOW, I DON'T HAVE THE CAPACITY TO DO IT FROM NOW.
WE'RE, WE'RE ALMOST LIKE IN NOVEMBER, NOVEMBER, DECEMBER.
AND SO FOR ME TO PROMISE, AND I'M PROMISING THAT IT WILL HAPPEN FOR ME TO PROMISE IT FOR NOVEMBER, DECEMBER, SO CAN WE AT LEAST GET SOMETHING ON THE BOOKS FOR JANUARY? AND I SAY THAT AS A PERSON WHO PLANS AHEAD, I'VE ALREADY GOT TRAVEL PLANS FOR NEXT YEAR, I'M GONNA BE GONE A LOT.
AND THIS IS IMPORTANT TO ME TOO, BUT THE LONGER WE KEEP PUTTING IT OFF, THE LESS LIKELY IT'S EVER GONNA HAPPEN.
I MEAN, WE NEED TO GET SOMETHING ON THE BOOKS AND WE NEED TO STICK TO IT, PERIOD.
SO, YEAH, IF I CAN SPEAK ON THAT, UM, YEAH, I, I DON'T FEEL LIKE I CAN ASK COMMISSIONERS AGAIN TO CLEAR THEIR SCHEDULE TO, YOU KNOW, UH, SET ANOTHER DATE.
YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT LIKE COMMISSIONER LAGUARDIA SAID, YOU KNOW, EVERY TIME WE DO THIS, THE MORALE GOES A LITTLE BIT LOWER.
UM, ONE THING THAT, THAT WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT IS THAT WE DID HAVE AN AGENDA FOR THE RETREAT.
AND ACTUALLY PART OF THAT AGENDA WAS THE PRESENTATION THAT NEFERTITI JUST, UM, UH, DID PART OF THAT AGENDA WAS ALSO THE,
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OR, OR AT LEAST AN ASK FROM ANKIEL TO SHARE THAT PRESENTATION THAT HE HAS.AND THEN, UM, AS FAR AS THE, THE, THE MEAT OF THAT, UH, THAT RETREAT WAS ACTUALLY LOOKING AT, UH, STRATEGY AND THEN THE CONTENT OF THE, OF THE COMMISSION.
UH, SO WHAT IS THE CONTENT? WHAT, WHAT, UH, LIKE NEFERTITI, UH, DID IN HER PRESENTATION, C-S-V-G-C-D-V-G, ACTION PLAN, CAPER, YOU KNOW, ALL THE, THE THINGS THAT WE SEE ON A REGULAR BASIS.
AND THEN THE STRATEGY WOULD BE HOW DO WE HAVE INFLUENCE THERE? UH, AND SO WHAT, UM, I BELIEVE THAT MOVING FORWARD WOULD PROBABLY MAKE THE MOST SENSE IS IF WE CAN CREATE A WORKING GROUP OR MAYBE EVEN TWO WORKING GROUPS.
ONE, FOCUS ON THE CONTENT, ONE FOCUS ON THE STRATEGY, AND, UH, LOOKING AT THAT AND THEN, UH, WORKING WITH THOSE TWO WORKING GROUPS, UH, TO DO ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE PLAN TO DO AT THE RETREAT.
UM, DOES ANYBODY HAVE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THAT? UM, WELL, UM, I MEAN, I JUST WANNA ADDRESS, UM, NEFERTITI THAT, UM, UM, THAT I LOVE YOU VERY MUCH AND I HOLD NO RESENTMENT AGAINST YOU OR ANY OF THE STAFF.
I WANNA WORK TOGETHER WITH THE STAFF.
I THINK IT'S A MATTER OF BUILDING TRUST AND A RELATIONSHIP WITH, WITH EACH OTHER.
AND, UM, I MEAN, REALISTICALLY SPEAKING, YEAH, I DON'T THINK IT'S GONNA HAPPEN THIS YEAR TO BE TOTALLY HONEST.
I MEAN, YEAH, I THINK JANUARY, FEBRUARY, OR SOMETIME NEXT YEAR.
LIKE, AND, UM, AS FAR, I MEAN, I'M HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN THIS, UM, WORKING GROUP ON STRATEGY OR, OR WHAT, YEAH.
SO, UM, SO MORE, A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THAT IS, YOU KNOW, JUST THINKING ABOUT LIKE, COMMISSIONER TEACHER'S POINT ON, UH, YOU KNOW, THE HEALTH HOUSING AND ALSO OUR, UM, UH, MS. JOSEPH'S, UH, UH, COMMENT ON THAT, YOU KNOW, NOT THINGS NOT BEING SILOED.
UH, I BELIEVE THAT A WORKING GROUP ON CONTENT AND STRATEGY WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT WE CAN LOOK AT ALL THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS WE CAN LOOK AT, UH, AT THAT.
AND THEN WHERE WE HAVE THAT INFLUENCE.
BECAUSE AS WE TALKED ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, OFTENTIMES WE GET A REPORT, UH, THAT OR SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA BE SUBMITTED TO HUD AND WE LOOK AT IT AND SAY, OKAY, WHY ARE WE LOOKING AT THIS, UH, A A MI THAT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, FOR, UH, THE PEOPLE THAT WE'RE SERVING? YOU KNOW, HOW CAN WE HAVE THAT INFLUENCE BEFORE THAT IS PUT TOGETHER? HOW, HOW DO WE, UH, HAVE THAT INFLUENCE BEFORE THAT MONEY IS ALLOCATED? UH, HOW DO WE, UH, DO THAT? AND SO I THINK, I BELIEVE THAT THROUGH WORKING GROUPS, UM, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN, WE CAN DO, UH, VICE HERE.
YOU HAVE A, UM, SO THE, I'VE GOTTEN TO REFLECT ON THIS A LOT AND AGREE.
I DO THINK THAT A WORKING GROUP CAN GIVE US A LOT OF ABILITY TO GO AHEAD AND START THINKING AND, AND MAKE SURE THAT WE MOVE FORWARD BECAUSE THERE ISN'T A QUORUM ISSUE WITH A WORKING GROUP.
UM, I, I DO WANNA SAY I HAVE HEARD ALL OF THE INTEREST FROM COMMISSIONERS TODAY.
AND SO I AM ALSO GONNA THROW OUT THERE THAT JUST BECAUSE WE HAVE A WORKING GROUP DOESN'T MEAN WE CAN'T HAVE, SORRY, DOESN'T MEAN WE CAN'T HAVE A FULL GROUP CONVERSATION, A PUBLIC MEETING RETREAT IN THE FUTURE, RIGHT? SO IF A WORKING GROUP STARTS IN THIS NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER IS HELPING THINK THROUGH THINGS AND FRAME THINGS AND GET IT PREPARED FOR WHATEVER MIGHT BE NEXT THAT WE WANNA DO AS A GROUP, THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE.
UM, BUT I DO THINK THAT THERE WAS CONCERN ABOUT WAITING AND POTENTIALLY MISSING THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO AHEAD AND START.
'CAUSE WE WANTED TO, TO STRATEGIZE AND GET DEEP IN SOME LEVER SINCE THIS SUMMER.
AND SO I, SO I, I WOULD RECOMMEND GETTING STARTED THAT WAY.
BUT, BUT I JUST WANTED TO THROW OUT THERE THOUGH THAT JUST BECAUSE WE GO THAT ROUTE DOESN'T MEAN EVERYONE ELSE CAN'T GET PULLED IN AND WE CAN'T HAVE A GROUP DISCUSSION.
AND HONESTLY, WE ALSO CAN SET ASIDE 30 MINUTES IN ONE OF THESE MEETINGS IF THERE'S A SPECIFIC THING FOLKS WANNA TALK ABOUT.
UM, SO THERE'S LOTS OF THINGS ON THE TABLE, AND IT JUST MAY RE BE REALLY HELPFUL IF THAT WORKING GROUP LIKE THINKS ABOUT THESE THINGS AND HELPS START FRAMING IT AND KICK IT, KICK IT OFF TOO.
YEAH, UH, TOTALLY AGREE THAT, YOU KNOW, I, I WAS TALKING ABOUT THE WORKING GROUP, BUT DEFINITELY, UH, I THINK COMING TOGETHER, UH, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE ALREADY HAVE A GROUP THAT HAS BEEN LOOKING AT THIS THEN COMING TOGETHER, UH, WHETHER IT BE A RETREAT OR ANY, SOME, OR, UH, ONE OF THESE MEETINGS WHERE WE HAVE THOSE DISCUSSIONS WITH, YOU KNOW, ALREADY SOME KNOWLEDGE ON, ON THE PROGRAMS, SOME ARE THINKING
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ON THE STRATEGY ALREADY, YOU KNOW, THAT WE CAN SHARE AND DISCUSS.SO, UM, YEAH, I WOULD REALLY WOULD LOVE TO SEE BOTH ACTUALLY.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM COMMISSIONERS? YES.
UH, COMMISSIONER TISHA, GO AHEAD.
JUST REALLY QUICKLY, I JUST WANNA PUT THAT OUT THERE.
IF WE COULD HAVE MAYBE AN END RESULT GOAL FOR THE RETREAT.
YES, WE ARE GATHERING A LOT OF INFORMATION.
WE ARE ABSORBING A LOT OF INFORMATION, DIGESTING INFORMATION.
BUT IF WE COULD HAVE AN OUTCOME FROM THE RETREAT, BE A FRAMEWORK OF THINKING, UH, IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, THAT MS. JOSEPH ECHOED WHAT I WAS PRESENTING BEFORE IN TERMS OF THE CORRELATION THAT EXISTS NOT EXISTING IN SILOS.
SO IF WE COULD HAVE SOME TYPE OF FRAMEWORK THAT WE, AS A CDC WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT CERTAIN TOPICS, RECOGNIZE, OH, OKAY, THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE HAVE THESE DIFFERENT IMPACTS, OR THIS PARTICULAR CHALLENGE INFLUENCES THE LIVED EXPERIENCE OF THE INDIVIDUALS THAT WE ARE IN, IN A WAY RESPONSIBLE FOR AMPLIFYING THEIR VOICE.
SO I JUST SAY THAT TO SAY IN TERMS OF WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AHEAD AT THIS AGENDA AND NEXT YEAR, THAT THERE IS AN END GOAL TO HAVE A FRAMEWORK OF THINKING, UM, FOR, FOR US AS COMMISSIONERS ON THE CDC.
AND, UM, YEAH, I THINK USUALLY A WORKING GROUP HAS, UH, SOMETHING LIKE THAT WHERE WE HAVE AN END GOAL FOR, FOR THAT.
AND IT COULD BE, AGAIN, ONCE WE KICK THAT OFF AND THEN, UH, PLANNED THAT RETREAT, IT COULD BE LIKE A CULMINATING PRESENTATION OR CULMINATING DISCUSSION ON, ON THAT.
UH, COMMISSIONER MENARD, GO AHEAD.
UM, I JUST WANNA SAY AGAIN, UM, I'M DISAPPOINTED THAT, UM, BECAUSE WE LOST TWO OPPORTUNITIES TO HAVE A RETREAT, I WOULD EXPECT THAT THAT WOULD'VE BEEN A PRIORITY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE COULD GET THIS DONE.
UM, SO NOW IT'S NOT, WE'RE WE'RE HAVING TO WAIT TILL NEXT YEAR.
I DON'T WANT US TO, TO STOP OUR MOMENTUM.
I DON'T WANT US TO DEPEND ON A RETREAT SINCE IT'S, UM, A MOVING TARGET.
WE, I AGREE AND I SUPPORT HAVING WORKING GROUPS.
WE NEED TO CONTINUE OUR WORK AND CONTINUE AND REALLY START OUR WORKING DISCUSSION
SO DO YOU NEED A MOTION? UH, YES.
UM, I CAN, I CAN PUT SOMETHING FORWARD.
UM, I MEAN, I COULD MAKE A MOTION.
SO, UH, LET ME SEE IF THERE'S ANY MORE DISCUSSION AND THEN WE CAN, WE CAN GO AHEAD.
I, I WAS GONNA SUGGEST THE SAME THING.
UM, I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE PLANNING AND OR STRATEGY.
I'M VERY INTERESTED IN THE STRATEGY WORKING GROUP.
I'M, I'M HAPPY TO MAKE A MOTION TO START A STRATEGY WORKING GROUP, BUT YEAH.
UH, CAN, CAN YOU MAYBE, UM, TELL US A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT THE PLANNING GROUP, WORKING GROUP WOULD BE? AND YOU KNOW, LIKE JUST, OKAY, SO I'M GONNA SECOND YOUR MOTION.
'CAUSE THEN YOU HAVE A DISCUSSION AFTER YOU MAKE THE MOTION.
SO, UH, COMMISSIONER, UH, VICE CHAIR, DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK ON THAT? WELL, AND ALSO CLARIFY.
SO THE TWO WE HAVE ON THE TABLE RIGHT NOW ARE WHAT? I'M LOST
SO BECAUSE THERE'S, 'CAUSE THERE'S A THIRD POSSIBLE, THERE WAS A, THERE WERE TWO WE HAD THOUGHT ABOUT MAYBE PROPOSING TO Y'ALL, BUT I THINK WE HAVE, THEY'RE A DIFFERENT TWO RIGHT NOW THAN WHAT, THAN, SO I'M, I WANNA CLARIFY.
SO THE STRATEGY PLANNING MM-HMM
WHAT'S THE SECOND ONE WE'RE THINKING ABOUT? THE CONTENT.
SO WE ALSO, SO WE HAD ALSO TALKED ABOUT THE FACT THAT IT, AND THIS, THIS COULD BE SUBSEQUENT OR CONCURRENT TO, TO STRATEGY CONVERSATIONS, BUT ONE THING WE DO RIGHT, IS THERE'S LOTS OF ACTIVITY HERE IN OUR MEETINGS AROUND CSBG, RIGHT? SO THERE'S, THERE'S THE CAPER, THERE'S THE ACTION PLAN.
SO MUCH OF, OF MS. JACKMAN'S, UM, PRESENTATION TODAY WAS ABOUT THAT PARTICULAR BODY OF WORK.
AND I THINK THAT THOSE THINGS ARE, THEY'RE OBVIOUSLY VERY IMPORTANT AND VERY COMPLEX, AND IT'S HARD TO BE FULLY PREPARED TO DIGEST THEM HERE IN THESE MEETINGS.
AND BECAUSE OF THE CADENCE OF THINGS, WHICH WE'RE, WE CAN WORK ON PREPPING THINGS BETTER SO THAT WE'RE ABLE TO USE THIS TIME AND BE MEANINGFUL.
BUT IT MIGHT ALSO BE HELPFUL TO HAVE A WORK GROUP THAT LOOKS AT THAT, SO THAT AS A COMMISSION, WE'RE ABLE TO RELY ON THE DEEP WORK THAT THEY'VE DONE FIRST, UM, TO HELP MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT GETTING TO CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE THERE'S AN ACTION PLAN AND WE'RE LIKE, WAIT, WHAT IS THIS? AND WE'RE GIVING YOU FEEDBACK TODAY, BUT IT DOESN'T MATTER ANYMORE.
RIGHT? LIKE, MAKING SURE THAT THAT'S MEANINGFUL WORK.
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POSSIBILITY, BUT AGAIN, THAT COULD BE CONCURRENT OR SUBSEQUENT.I WOULD RECOMMEND JUST STICKING TO MAYBE TWO WORKING GROUPS.
I LIKE THE CONTENT WORKING GROUP.
AND AS FAR AS LIKE FEDERAL FUNDS GO, I UNDERSTAND THE CSBG AND THE CDBG, THE PUBLIC, THE PUBLIC HEALTH, AND THEN THE HOUSING ONE.
SO, I MEAN, I THINK THAT'S A SIMPLE WAY OF LIKE, FRAMING IT.
AND, UM, YEAH, I WOULD, I MEAN, W WHAT AGAIN, I, I THINK WE SHOULD MAYBE DO TWO WORKING GROUPS, ONE ON CONTENT AND ONE ON STRATEGY.
SO AS FAR AS, SO WHAT I'M UNDERSTANDING IS LIKE THE CONTENT, UM, WORKING GROUP WOULD BE C-S-B-G-C-D-B-G, YOU KNOW, INCLUDING THE ACTION PLAN AND, AND ALL OF THAT.
AND THEN THE STRATEGY WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, HOW TO INFLUENCE.
OH, VICE CHAIR, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING? NO.
SO WE HAVE, UM, SHOULD WE DO ONE AT A TIME? ONE WORKING GROUP PROPOSE ONE GROUP, YES, PLEASE.
SO WE HAVE A PROPOSAL TO, OR TO CREATE A WORKING GROUP ON, ON CONTENT OF THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION LOOKING AT C-S-B-G-C-D-B-G, UH, THE ACTION PLAN, UM, ALL THE THINGS THAT WERE LAID OUT BY IN NEFERTITI'S PRESENTATION.
UM, DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO CREATE THAT WORKING GROUP? YEAH, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO CREATE A WORKING GROUP ON CONTENT, A CONTENT WORKING GROUP, SUB WORKING GROUP.
NO, THAT NAME'S GONNA BE A MESS.
I'M JUST GONNA SAY IT LIKE, WE'RE NOT GONNA KNOW WHAT THAT TALKS ABOUT AND THE PUBLIC'S NOT GONNA BE CLEAR.
SO I WOULD SAY MAYBE, UM, THE FEDERAL FUNDING, LIKE OUR ROLE IN FEDERAL FUNDING GRANTS OR SOMETHING ELSE, BUT I WOULD JUST, I WOULD RECOMMEND WE MAKE IT A LITTLE MORE TRANSPARENT.
UM, IN THAT CASE, I, I MAKE A MOTION TO CREATE A WORKING GROUP ON FEDERAL FUNDING CONTENT, FEDERAL FUNDING GRANTS CONTENT.
COMMISSIONER LONGORIA? DO WE HAVE A SECOND? UH, I WILL, BUT I JUST, I SECOND COMMISSIONER THESE SECONDS.
UH, SO NOW DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON, ON THIS, UH, MOTION TO CREATE A WORKING GROUP ON FEDERAL FUNDING GRANTS? I HAVE A QUESTION.
COMMISSIONER MENARD, AND I'M TRYING TO FIND THE NAME, BUT, UH, SO I'M ON THE HERC, CAN WE YES.
WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE HERC, WHICH LOOKS AT FEDERAL FUNDING AND THE HERC? UM, SORRY, RIGHT.
SO IT WOULD BE, PART OF, IT WOULD BE PART OF THE, THE WORKING GROUP CAN LOOK AT THE HERC, THIS WORKING, THIS PROPOSED WORKING GROUP CAN LOOK AT THE HERC.
IS THAT, WAS THAT YOUR QUESTION? I'M JUST WONDERING WHAT THE DIFFERENCE IS THAT NOT REDUNDANT? IT SOUNDS, SEEMS REDUNDANT TO ME.
SORRY, I, I UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTION.
UH, SO THE HARC, UH, LOOKS AT THE APPLICATIONS, UH, FOR FUNDING, UM, WHICH FUNDING FOR DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS YES.
AND IT COULD BE, UM, FOR RENTAL HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE OR OWNERSHIP, BUT IT IS GENERALLY, I THINK IT'S GENERALLY RENTAL HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE.
AND THAT IS SOME FEDERAL FUNDING.
BUT IT IS VERY SPECIFIC TO A DEVELOPMENT, UH, PROPOSALS THAT HAVE COME IN THE HER COMMITTEE.
AND THIS COMMITTEE, THIS WORKING GROUP WOULD BE, UH, JUST COMMISSIONERS FROM THE CDC LOOKING AT THOSE PROGRAMS AND THEN COMING BACK AND PRESENTING TO US, WHETHER IT BE HERE IN A, UM, GENERAL MEETING OR IF WE SCHEDULE THAT RETREAT, UH, REPORTING ON THAT.
DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, UH, ABOUT THIS, UH, PROPOSAL TO CREATE A CONTENT, A WORKING GROUP ON FEDERAL FUNDING? OKAY.
SO WE, UH, HAVE A MOTION, WE HAVE A SECOND.
UM, IF WE DON'T HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS, UH, LET'S TAKE A VOTE TO CREATE THIS WORKING GROUP.
UH, IF YOU'RE ONLINE, PLEASE TURN ON YOUR CAMERA SO YOU'RE, SO YOU CAN VOTE.
ARE WE CURRENTLY VOTING? YES, WE ARE VOTING.
AND, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, COMMISSIONER TISHA, YOU, YOU DO NOT
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HAVE YOUR HAND UP, CORRECT? OH, PERFECT.I HAD IT UP AND THEN I PUT IT BACK DOWN, BUT IT'S UP NOW.
AND JUST TO CLARIFY, UM, WE NEED MEMBERS FOR OUR WORKING GROUP, UM, UH, WE'LL TAKE YEAH.
IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN JOINING THIS WORKING GROUP, UM, WE HAVE COMMISSIONER LONGORIA.
THAT'S, UH, COMMISSIONER BREWSTER.
ANY COMMISSIONER MENARD? OKAY.
SO WE HAVE FOUR, UH, FOUR COMMERS JOINING THIS, UH, THIS WORKING GROUP.
ARE WE OPEN TO FOLKS WHO AREN'T HERE? UH, YE HOW CAN WE GET FOLKS THAT ARE NOT HERE? I CAN CONTACT THEM.
UM, BUT WE HAVE, WE CAN DO UP TO SEVEN ON THAT.
JUST, UM, TO PREVENT THE QUORUM.
SO, UH, WE'LL REACH OUT TO THE, UH, MEMBERS THAT ARE NOT HERE IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO JOIN THIS WORKING GROUP, BUT SO FAR WE HAVE, UH, FOUR COMMISSIONERS.
AND THEN, SO THE OTHER PART WOULD BE, UH, A WORKING GROUP ON STRATEGY, UM, AS FAR AS, UM, UH, THAT INFLUENCE, UM, YOU KNOW, THINKING ABOUT, UM, THE, THE FEDERAL FUNDING AND ALL THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS AND, YOU KNOW, HOW DOES THE, OUR COMMISSION, UM, INFLUENCE THOSE? SO, UH, THINKING ABOUT A STRATEGY, UH, DOES ANYBODY HAVE QUESTIONS OR WANT TO MAKE A MOTION TO CREATE THAT, UH, WORKING GROUP? I MOTION TO CREATE THE STRATEGY WORKING GROUP.
COMMISSIONER TISHA? UH, SECOND.
COMMISSIONER TISHA, DO YOU WANT TO GIVE IT A NAME OR JUST STRATEGY? WORKING GROUP STRATEGY'S FINE WITH ME.
SO, COMMISSIONER TISHA HAS, UH, MADE A MOTION TO CREATE A STRATEGY, UH, WORKING GROUP, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER LONGORIA.
DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON, ON THIS, UM, PROPOSAL? OKAY.
UH, SINCE WE DON'T, LET'S TAKE A VOTE.
SO IF YOU'RE ONLINE, UH, PLEASE TURN ON YOUR CAMERAS AND, UM, RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU WOULD APPROVE OF CREATING THIS WORKING GROUP.
SO, UH, YEAH, SO WE HAVE BOTH OF OUR WORKING GROUPS, UH, SORRY, UH, THIS STRATEGY WORKING GROUP, UH, I'LL TAKE, UM, UH, VOLUNTEERS, COMMISSIONERS, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO JOIN THIS WORKING GROUP.
WE HAVE COMMISSIONER ORTIZ, COMMISSIONER TISHA, COMMISSIONER LONGORIA, AND MYSELF.
IF THERE'S I COMMISSIONER BREWSTER? YES.
OH, AND, AND VICE CHAIR AS WELL.
SO WE HAVE FIVE COMMISSIONERS IN THIS, UH, WORKING GROUP.
AND THEN, UH, MIGUEL, WOULD YOU, I GUESS EMAIL US TOGETHER SO THAT WE CAN, UH, PLAN OUR MEETINGS AND YES.
NOT EVERYONE TOGETHER, OF COURSE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, UM, FOR THIS DISCUSSION AND OUR PLANNING, OUR RETREAT AND GETTING THIS WORK DONE.
UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH, UH, COMMISSIONERS FOR YOUR INPUT AND YOUR WILLINGNESS TO, UM, GET TOGETHER AND, AND WORK ON THESE ISSUES.
UM, AND THEN AS FAR AS PLANNING A RETREAT, UM, NEFERTITI WILL THINK ABOUT SOME DATES FOR THE NEW YEAR AND THEN WE CAN, UH, MO GO FROM THERE.
AND I'LL BE SENDING OUT A DOODLE POLL TO GET THE OPTIMAL TIME FOR EVERYBODY.
ALRIGHT, SO THAT CLOSES OUT THAT ITEM ITEM NUMBER FOUR.
[5. Discussion and possible action to approve the Community Development Commission 2026 Meeting Schedule (Miguel Lopez, Planner I, Austin Housing).]
NUMBER FIVE, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION 2026 MEETING SCHEDULE.UH, AND MIGUEL'S GONNA PRESENT ON THAT THANK YOU CHAIR.
SO IF EVERYONE CAN TURN, UH, TO THIS SECOND PAGE ON THERE, UM, IT HAS ALL THE NECESSARY INFORMATION EXCEPT FOR ONE SMALL THING, WHICH IS THE TIME.
UH, SO THIS IS, AND, UM, LONA, IF IF, IF I GET ANYTHING WRONG, PLEASE LET ME KNOW
UM, BUT IT HAS ALL THE NECESSARY INFORMATION.
THEY HAVE ALREADY REQUESTED IT.
IT IS IN THIS, UH, BOARDS AND COMMISSION ROOM, WHICH WE ARE IN TODAY.
AND IT WILL BE FROM SIX 30 TO 9:30 PM ON THE SECOND TUESDAY OF EVERY MONTH WITH EACH DATE
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LISTED RIGHT THERE.UM, THERE ARE NOT AS MANY PROBLEMS AS THIS YEAR BECAUSE OF THE WAY THAT VETERANS DAY AND, AND A COUPLE OF OTHER HOLIDAYS WORK, SO IT'S PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD.
UM, AND IF THERE'S ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.
UM, THE INFORMATION THAT WASN'T INCLUDED IS THINGS LIKE FOOD WAS NOT GOING TO BE OFFERED TODAY, UM, OR THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO, UM, SIX 30 TO 9:30 PM SECOND TUESDAY OF THE MONTH WITH THE FOLLOWING DATES THERE.
SO THE FEBRUARY DATE DOESN'T LOOK CORRECT.
FEBRUARY 19TH IS A THURSDAY IF YOU LOOK AT THE CALENDAR.
SO LET ME CHECK RIGHT NOW FOR THAT.
THIS IS STRAIGHT FROM THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE.
SO I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY GREAT CATCH ON THAT.
UM, SO I WILL, UH, I WILL GO AHEAD AND SEND ANOTHER ONE, BUT IT IS NOT, MARCH 19TH IS MARCH, UM, SORRY, FEBRUARY 10TH, NOT FEBRUARY 19TH.
UM, I APOLOGIZE AND I CAN SEND THAT OUT.
BUT THOSE, THAT IS THE ONLY CORRECTION THAT I CAN SEE AT THE MOMENT.
ALRIGHT, SO, SO YEAH, MAKE SURE YOU MAKE THAT, UH, CHANGE THAT AMENDMENT.
IT'S, UH, THE 10TH, NOT THE 19TH.
UM, AND HAVE, DID YOU CONSIDER, I KNOW YOU MENTIONED VETERAN'S DAY, DID YOU CONSIDER ANYTHING ELSE OTHER HOLIDAYS OR, I THINK USUALLY WE HAD PROBLEMS WITH LIKE ELECTION DAYS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, I JUST RECEIVED THIS THIS WEEK AND IT IS, AS FAR AS I KNOW, THERE WERE NO PROBLEMS BECAUSE OF THE WAY THAT THE SWITCH WAS.
UM, SINCE IT FELL ON IT THIS YEAR, IT DIDN'T FALL ON THE NEXT YEAR.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT OUR, UH, MEETING SCHEDULE FOR 2026? QUICK QUESTION.
IS IT STILL HYBRID OR IS THIS ALL IN PERSON? HYBRID IS AVAILABLE AND, UM, THE MEETING WILL BE RECORDED ON A TXN FOR ANY COMMISSIONERS THAT ARE NO, UH, THAT ARE NOT ABLE TO MAKE IT.
AND THEN JUST ANOTHER, UH, QUICK AND ESPECIALLY WHAT WAS MENTIONED ABOUT IF THERE'S ANY CONFLICT AT NIGHT, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANY LARGE EVENTS HAPPENING, UM, DURING THE TIME.
I DON'T, IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THERE'S ANY CONFLICT STOPPED BY OR ANYTHING IN TERMS OF THE, UM, WELCOMING CEREMONIES FOR, UM, OUR NEWLY NATURAL NATURALIZED FOLKS.
BUT I WAS JUST WONDERING IF IT, ANYWAYS THAT, I DIDN'T KNOW IF THAT WOULD BE ANY CONSIDERATIONS, BUT JULY 14TH IS BASTILLE DAY JUST SAYING
UM, I, I WOULD VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THAT AND I WILL CHECK ON, UM, EACH OF THESE WITH THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE THIS MONTH.
UM, I HAVE MY TRAINING SO I'LL MAKE SURE TO ASK THEM.
UM, BUT A COUPLE OF OUR COMMISSIONERS DID SEE THEY HAD A CELEBRATION OUTSIDE TODAY, SO, YOU KNOW, IT WON'T, IT MIGHT NOT, UM, CHANGE IT, BUT IT MIGHT BE ABLE TO SHARE THE SPACE MM-HMM
AND, AND ON THAT I WOULD, YOU KNOW, ADVISE THAT IF YOU, EVEN IF WE CAN'T CHANGE, WE WON'T CHANGE THE DATE THAT IF THERE IS A LARGE EVENT, UH, MAYBE GIVE US A HEADS UP BECAUSE, UH, WE'VE HAD TIMES WHEN PARKING TRAFFIC, YOU KNOW, THINGS LIKE THAT MAKE US, UM, LATE.
I WILL MAKE SURE TO CROSSCHECK ALL OF THEM.
ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? NO.
SO THIS, UH, SOMEBODY WANNA MAKE A MOTION, UM, TO APPROVE THIS MEETING SCHEDULE? YEAH, I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS MEETING SCHEDULE.
UH, DO WE HAVE TO NOTE THAT S AMENDED? YES.
UH, MOTION WITH THE AMENDED DATE OF FEBRUARY 10TH INSTEAD OF FEBRUARY 19TH.
I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS WITH THE AMENDMENT ON FEBRUARY 10TH.
OH, COMMISSIONER, ARE YOU
ALL RIGHT, UM, LET'S TAKE A VOTE.
UH, IF WE DON'T HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS.
UH, IF YOU'RE ONLINE, PLEASE TURN ON YOUR CAMERA, RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU APPROVE OF OUR MEETING SCHEDULE FOR 2026.
AND, UH, COMMISSIONER MADANO, IF YOU CAN TURN ON YOUR, UH, CAMERA PLEASE.
UM, THE MOTION STILL PASSES WITH ONE, UM, AWAY FROM THE DAIS AT THE MOMENT.
UM, THAT'S OUR ITEM NUMBER FIVE.
SO THAT'S, UH, CLOSING THAT OUT.
[FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS]
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FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. UM, AND PLEASE REMEMBER THAT WHEN, IF YOU HAVE ANY ITEMS FOR, FOR FUTURE AGENDAS, UH, MAKE SURE THAT YOU GET WITH, UH, MIGUEL AND THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU WANT TO HEAR FROM THESE PRESENTERS SO THAT WE CAN BE MORE SUCCINCT AND, UM, THEIR PRESENTATION CAN BE, UM, SOMETHING THAT WE, THAT YOU'RE ASKED FOR THE, SO PLEASE, UH, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY, UH, FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS FOR FUTURE MEETINGS? NO AGENDA ITEMS, BUT JUST A, A CLARIFICATION QUESTION AHEAD.UH, AND I'M JUST WONDERING IF YOU ARE IN TEMPORARILY POSITION FOR MR. BLAKE OR IF HE'S ON VACATION, BUT I DID NOTICE THE ABSENCE AND I, AND EXCUSE ME IF YOU'VE ALREADY ADDRESSED IT, BUT, UM, IT DOES NOT RESONATE.
NO, I WAS, IF YOUR PRESENCE HERE
YES, I WAS, I WAS TRYING TO, TO DO IT REAL SMOOTH AND, AND NOT DRAW ANY ATTENTION.
UM, BUT NO, UH, I WILL BE, UH, RUNNING AS A LIAISON FOR THE 2026.
UM, ED AND I ARE WORKING TOGETHER AS WE ARE, UM, MOVING FORWARD IN TRAINING, UH, UNTIL I'M FULLY TRAINED UP.
BUT, UH, HE'S ACTUALLY OUT AT THE MOMENT AND THAT'S JUST WHY HE'S NOT HERE TONIGHT.
WE, WE DID GET A
DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? UH, SORRY.
ANY FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE? UH, COMMISSIONER MENARD? YEAH, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE, THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS FROM LAST MEETING THAT WERE NOT, DID NOT HAPPEN HERE.
LIKE A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE CITY REGARDING THE LOGO, EXCUSE ME, REGARDING THE LOGO.
IS THAT JUST 'CAUSE YOU HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE REQUESTS CONTINUED TO THE NEXT MEETING SINCE WE DIDN'T GET THAT TODAY? YES.
UH, WE HAVE, UH, AGENDA SETTING MEETINGS.
WE HAVE, UH, ALL THESE, UM, ALL THE ITEMS THAT YOU, UH, PUT, THAT YOU PUT FORTH, UH, FORWARD, UH, WE HAVE THOSE AND WE, UM, GO DOWN THE LIST AND AS WE ARE ABLE TO, UM, TO GET SOMEBODY TO COME AND PRESENT, WE ADD THOSE TO THE AGENDA.
UH, IF THERE IS, UH, AN ITEM THAT YOU'VE NOTICED THAT WE HAVEN'T, UH, UH, BEEN ABLE TO PUT ON THE AGENDA, PLEASE REMIND US.
AND ALSO, UM, SO WE CAN, YOU KNOW, MAKE A STRONGER EFFORT TO GET SOMEBODY TO COME PRESENT.
UH, AND THERE ALSO MAY BE SOME ITEMS WHERE, UH, WE, THE COMMISSIONER THAT HAS PROPOSED THIS ITEM HAS NOT CLARIFIED EXACTLY WHAT, UH, THEY WANT TO SEE IN THIS PRESENTATION.
SO PLEASE, IF YOU, UH, GET AN, AN EMAIL, UM, PLEASE, UH, YOU KNOW, CLARIFY YOUR ITEMS SO THAT WE CAN KNOW, UH, WHO UH, WE WANT TO PRESENT AND, UH, WHAT WE WANT, WHAT YOU WANT THEM TO PRESENT ON.
UH, YOU HAVE SOMETHING ELSE, MIGUEL? YES, SIR.
UM, CHAIR, WE ARE WORKING ON A, UM, A FORM AND, AND EVERYTHING TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE IS ABLE TO PROVIDE WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE, WHO, UM, TO BE ABLE TO SPECIFY AS WELL AS WHEN.
AND YOU WILL EMAIL THAT OUT WHEN SOMEBODY PROPOSES AN ITEM? UM, YES.
WELL, IT'LL ACTUALLY, IT HAS TO GO THROUGH, UM, A FEW ROUNDS OF APPROVAL TO MAKE SURE THAT IT, IT'S THERE AND THEN THEY WILL BE ABLE TO ACCESS IT AT ANY TIME AND BE ABLE TO SEND US BOTH, UM, REQUESTS IN MEETING AND OUTSIDE.
YEAH, SO, SO ONCE THAT, THAT FORM IS READY AGAIN, YOU CAN, UH, FILL IT OUT AFTER YOU PROPOSE AN ITEM HERE OR YOU CAN, UH, DO IT OUTSIDE OF THE MEETING AS WELL.
WE GOT AN EMAIL ABOUT THAT TODAY.
WE'RE TRYING TO MOVE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
YEAH, YOU ARE THE APPROVAL, THAT'S THE APPROVAL PROCESS.
I, SORRY, I WASN'T GONNA I WASN'T GONNA PUT YOU, I WASN'T GONNA ALL RIGHT, BUT YOU JUST IT TODAY.
I THOUGHT IT HAD GONE OUT TO EVERYBODY.
I WAS LIKE, WAIT, I THOUGHT WE'RE USING IT.
SO YEAH, AGAIN, ONCE APPROVED.
UM, ANY OTHER FEATURE AGENDA ITEMS? UH, SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE, UM, AT OUR COMMISSION? IF NOT, UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THANK YOU EVERYBODY FOR JOINING OUR MEETING OF THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION.
UM, IT IS 8 31 AND THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.