* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [CALL TO ORDER ] [00:00:03] GOOD EVENING, UM, EVERYBODY WATCHING US ONLINE. IT IS 6 31 AND I'M CALLING THIS MEETING OF THE AUSTIN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION TO ORDER. REMEMBER THAT THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION HAS A PURPOSE. THE PURPOSE OF THIS BOARD IS TO ADVISE THE CITY COUNCIL IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF PROGRAMS THAT ARE DESIGNED TO SERVE THE POOR AND THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE WITH AN EMPHASIS ON FEDERALLY FUNDED PROGRAMS. SO, WITH THAT, LET'S GET STARTED, UH, WITH OUR [PUBLIC COMMUNICATION: GENERAL ] PUBLIC COMMENTS. MIGUEL, DO WE HAVE ANYBODY TO SPEAKING? YES, SIR. CHAIR. UM, WE HAVE MS. SUSANNA ALMANZA FROM BODED. THANK YOU. AND REMEMBER THAT PUBLIC COMMENT, UM, IS THE FIRST 10 SPEAKERS THAT SIGN UP PRIOR TO THE MEETING BEING CALLED TO ORDER. UH, YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO ADDRESS CONCERNS REGARDING ITEMS THAT ARE NOT POSTED ON THE AGENDA. WELCOME, MS. ALMANZA, CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE, UM, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION I'M SUAN ALMANZA WITH. AND MY COMMENTS ARE ON THE AUSTIN EQUITY OVERLAY STUDY BY A PD URBAN PLANNING MANAGEMENT, THE A PD URBAN PLANNING MANAGEMENT REPORT ON THE AUSTIN EQUITY OVERLAY STUDY. SIDESTEP. WHAT IS AN OVERLAY AND WHAT IS EQUITY? THE STUDY FAILED TO FOCUS ON AN EQUITY OVERLAY THAT WOULD MITIGATE SPECULATION AND DISPLACEMENT IN AREAS MORE AFFECTED BY IDENTIFICATION. INSTEAD, THE STUDY FOCUS ON SUPPORTING THE GOALS OF HOME. PHASE FOUR OF THEIR FINAL REPORT. STATES CREATE INCLUSIVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR LOW TO MODERATE INCOME AND LEGACY HOMEOWNERS TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF HOME THROUGH INCREASED ACCESS TO CAPITAL, BUT THEY FAIL TO RECOMMEND THE TOOLS TO INCREASE ACCESS TO CAPITAL. RECOMMENDATION NUMBER FOUR, STATES ACTIVATE NON-PROFIT DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR LOW TO MODERATE INCOME LEGACY HOMEOWNERS TO NAVIGATE THE TECHNICALITIES AND IMPLEMENTATION OF HOME. THEY NEVER MENTIONED HOW TO MODERATE, HOW TO LOW TO MODERATE INCOME PEOPLE EXCESS BETWEEN 250,003 TO 350,000 TO BUILD AN ADDITIONAL UNIT A HOME. AS WE STATED, THIS REPORT IS WRITTEN TO PROMOTE HOME THEIR FINAL RECOMMENDATION. STATE CONDUCT AN OUTREACH AND EDUCATION CAMPAIGN ON HOME AS A HOUSING PRODUCTION TOOL TO CLARIFY HOW HOMEOWNERS CAN BENEFIT FROM HOME AS A SOURCE OF INCOME AND MEANS TO RETAIN COMMUNITY TIES. WHERE DOES THE EQUITY OVERLAY FACTOR IN THIS REPORT? WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF AN OVERLAY? THE PURPOSE OF THE OVERLAY DISTRICT IS TO MANAGE GROWTH, PROTECT ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES, OR ENHANCE NEIGHBORHOOD COMPATIBILITY, ALLOWING THE DEVELOPMENT OF COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL DISTRICT VERTICAL MIXED USE BUILDING WITH DENSITY BONUS AT 90 V, WHICH INCLUDES 10 TO MAYBE 12% AFFORDABLE UNITS AT 60 TO 80% MEDIUM FAMILY INCOME IN LATINO AND AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY IN MANIS, WHERE 33% OF THE RESIDENTS LIVE IN POVERTY. AND AT A 30 TO 50% MEDIUM FAMILY INCOME IS DEFINITELY NOT A NEIGHBORHOOD COMPATIBLE. HOW DOES THE CITY OF AUSTIN DEFINE RACIAL EQUITY? THE CITY OF AUSTIN DEFINES RACIAL EQUITY AS A CONDITION WHERE RACE NO LONGER PREDICTS A PERSON'S QUALITY OF LIFE, RECOGNIZING RACE AS A PRIMARY DETERMINANT OF SOCIAL EQUITY. THE CITY'S EQUITY APPROACH INCLUDES A RACIAL FOCUS, RECOGNIZING THAT ACHIEVING EQUITY REQUIRES ADDRESSING RACIAL DISPARITIES AS THE PRIMARY DRIVER OF INEQUITY. AGAIN, THIS REPORT FAILS TO ADDRESS THE NEED FOR AN EQUITY OVERLAY. THE PEOPLE'S PLAN OF 2018 PROVIDED TOOLS FOR INEQUITY OVERLAY. FOR INSTANCE, DEDICATING FUND FOR LOW INCOME HOUSING TRUST FUNDS, STAY AND RIGHT TO RETURN, USE CITY OWNED LAND FOR LOW INCOME HOUSING USING NEIGHBORHOOD CONSERVATION, COMBINING DISTRICT AND HISTORIC DISTRICTS. AN EQUITY OVERLAY SHOULD INCLUDE TOOLS THAT REDUCE OR FREEZE PROPERTY TAXES FOR LOW INCOME RESIDENTS AND SENIORS PRESERVE INCOME RESTRICTIVE UNITS. THE EQUITY OVERLAY SHOULD PRIORITIZE THE PRESERVATION AND REHABILITATION OF EXISTING HOUSING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MS. ALMANZA. THANK YOU. MIGUEL. DO WE HAVE ANY MORE SPEAKERS? UM, [00:05:01] I DO NOT SEE ANY IN THE LOBBY, UM, IN THE LOBBY OR THE ROOM, BUT WE DID HAVE ONE FROM, UH, MS. JOSEPH, BUT, UH, SHE'S NOT HERE AT THIS TIME. NOT HERE. IS SHE NOT ONLINE EITHER? NOT THAT I CAN SEE. CHAIR. OKAY. THANK, THANK YOU. OKAY. WOULD YOU LIKE FOR ME TO GO CHECK? YES, PLEASE. YES, SIR. THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS, UH, FOR YOUR PATIENCE. UH, WE'RE GONNA TAKE A WAIT A TINY TIME, A LITTLE BIT OF TIME AND SEE IF MS. JOSEPH IS HERE TO SPEAK. BE RIGHT. SHE JUST NEED TO CHECK. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WELCOME, MS. JOSEPH. UH, YOU MAY COME UP TO THE MIC. THANK YOU. MR. CHAIR. MEMBERS OF TO SHARE WITH YOU IS ACTUALLY THE BUS STOP SHELTERS. I KNOW THAT YOU'LL BE LOOKING AT YOUR INFRASTRUCTURE RECOMMENDATION LATER, BUT I JUST WANT YOU TO RECOGNIZE THAT ROUTE 1 42, WHICH IS A FLYER, ONLY OPERATES TWO TIMES A DAY. TWO IN THE MORNING, TWO IN THE AFTERNOON, AND THERE'S A BUS STOP SHELTER THERE. SO WHILE THEY'LL TELL YOU THAT THEY HAVE SERVICE GUIDELINES AND STANDARDS, THEY REALLY DO, BUT THEY DON'T COMPLY WITH THOSE ON THE SAME ROAD, IF YOU WILL. IT'S HEATHER WALL, BUT THEN WHEN IT GOES IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION, CLOSER TO TECH RIDGE, IT'S CENTER LINE IN THAT AREA. THERE'S ACTUALLY ON THE PFLUGERVILLE SIDE, WHICH IS STILL CITY OF AUSTIN, IT'S NOT IN THE JURISDICTION OF PFLUGERVILLE YET. THAT IS WHERE PEOPLE CATCH THE BUS, BUT THERE IS NO SHELTER THERE. AND THEN AROUND THE CORNER, ACROSS FROM SARAH'S CREEK, WHICH IS THERE'S A BE SAFE STORAGE IN THE AREA, THERE'S A HUGE HOMELESS ENCAMPMENT THERE. AND UNFORTUNATELY, THEY'VE TAKEN THE BUS STOP SHELTER AWAY. SO PEOPLE SIT ON THE GROUND. I GET IT. THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE HAD IT THERE IN THE FIRST PLACE. IT'S JUST SERVING THE ENCAMPMENT. BUT WHEN YOU CONSIDER HYDE PARK, AND MY COMMENT SAYS THEY ALWAYS ARE, ARE IN THE CONTEXT OF TITLE SIX OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964, WHICH PROHIBITS DISCRIMINATION BASED ON RACE, COLOR, OR NATIONAL ORIGIN. I WANT YOU TO REALIZE RIGHT AT 45TH IN GUADALUPE OR NORTH LAMAR IN THAT AREA, YOU'LL SEE A BUS STOP SHELTER. IF YOU GO DOWN DUVALL, YOU'LL SEE A BUS STOP SHELTER EVERY TWO BLOCKS OR SO WHERE HOMES ARE OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. AND SO I JUST WANT YOU TO RECOGNIZE THAT WHEN YOU GET TO THE ITEM ON YOUR INFRASTRUCTURE, YOU REALLY DO NEED TO BE MORE SPECIFIC. I CAN SPEAK TO IT THEN, BUT YOU NEED SHARED USE PATHS WITH TERRACOTTA SIDEWALKS BECAUSE A SIDEWALK IS NOT A SIDEWALK, AND IT ALSO NEEDS TO ENCOMPASS BUS STOP SHELTERS. UM, AND THEN I HAVE A PICTURE OF A GENTLEMAN WHO OVERDOSED AT NORTH LAMAR. SO EVEN WITH SECURITY CAMERAS, IT'S TOLERATED. AND SO I WOULD JUST ASK YOU TO RECOMMEND, RECOMMEND THAT SECURITY BECAUSE CAPITOL METRO HAS THEIR OWN TRANSIT POLICE NOW, ACTUALLY, MAN, THAT STOP, THEY ARE ON MAIN ROAD BERKMAN AREA, BUT NORTH LAMAR RUNDBERG, I JUST BOARDED THE BUS THERE. UH, IT'S A HAVEN FOR DRUGS, UNFORTUNATELY, RIGHT BY THE MCDONALD'S. UM, AND THEN NEXT TO LITTLE WALNUT CREEK LIBRARY, THEY ACTUALLY HAVE AN ENCAMPMENT THERE, IF YOU WILL. IT'S NEAT, BUT STILL, IT WOULDN'T BE ANY PLACE ELSE IN THE CITY. AND I'LL JUST LASTLY SAY, SINCE I MENTIONED LITTLE WALNUT CREEK LIBRARY, THEY ACTUALLY TOOK THE SERVICES AWAY FROM THE HOMELESS THERE AND PUT IT AT TARA'S. AND AS YOU'VE HEARD ME SAY BEFORE, IT TAKES ABOUT TWO HOURS TO GET DOWNTOWN FROM LAKELINE ON 3 83. SO I WOULD ASK YOU TO INCLUDE THAT IN YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS TOO. THANK YOU, MS. JOSEPH, FOR YOUR COMMENTS. YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU. NO. OKAY. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONERS. UH, MIGUEL, IS THAT, UH, SPEAKERS? THAT'S ALL WE HAVE RIGHT NOW, CHAIR. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT. SO WE [00:10:01] CLOSE THAT ITEM, UM, UH, PUBLIC COMMUNICATION, AND WE GO TO [ APPROVAL OF MINUTES] ITEM NUMBER ONE, WHICH IS OUR APPROVAL OF MINUTES. UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE MINUTES FROM LAST MONTH, FEBRUARY THE 10TH, 2026. THEY ARE IN YOUR PACKET. SO COMMISSIONERS, PLEASE REVIEW THOSE MINUTES, TAKE SOME TIME TO REVIEW THOSE MINUTES AND, UM, MAKE SURE THEY MAKE SENSE. AND IF YOU HAVE ANY AMENDMENTS TO THAT, PLEASE SPEAK UP. I MOTION TO APPROVE COMMISSIONER LONGORIA A MOTIONS TO APPROVE. DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. COMMISSIONER LYRIC SECONDS. OKAY, IF YOU'RE ON CAMERA, PLEASE, IF YOU'RE ONLINE, PLEASE TURN ON YOUR CAMERA SO YOU CAN VOTE. UH, RAISE YOUR HAND OR SAY, AYE, IF YOU APPROVE OF THE MINUTES FROM LAST MEETING, AND IF ALL COUNCIL, UH, COMMISSIONERS WOULD TURN ON THEIR CAMERA FOR VOTING. THANK YOU, MIGUEL. WE GOT THE, THE VOTE COUNT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THAT'S APPROVED. AND BEFORE I GO ON, I WANT TO WELCOME ALL COMMISSIONERS, BUT I ALSO WANT TO WELCOME OUR NEW COMMISSIONER, UH, COMMISSIONER TIFFANY. UH, COMMISSIONER TIFFANY WAS JUST APPOINTED. SHE WENT THROUGH ALL THE TRAININGS AND NOW, UH, SHE'S JOINING US. UH, WELCOME COMMISSIONER TIFFANY. WELCOME. AND I DON'T KNOW, UH, IF I SHARE YOUR, KEEP UP WITH THIS MORE THAN I DO. DO WE HAVE ANY VACANCIES STILL? WE DO. YEAH. AND I WAS, WE DO, AND I WAS ACTUALLY WONDERING WHICH ONE WE JUST, THE, OH, SORRY, I HADN'T LOOKED AT THE, UM, THERE'S, I THINK WE'RE STILL MISSING ONE OR TWO. YES. WE, I BELIEVE, UM, THAT COMMISSIONER MOORE WILL BE THE PUBLIC SECTOR APPOINTEE, AND THEN WE HAVE ONE PRIVATE SECTOR APPOINTEE THAT WE STILL HAVE VACANT AT THIS TIME. PERFECT. THANK YOU, MIGUEL. THANK YOU. AND [2. Staff briefing regarding Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) activities and outcomes. Presentation by Angel Zambrano, Program Manager III, Austin Public Health. ] WITH THAT, WE'LL GO TO ITEM NUMBER TWO, WHICH IS OUR STAFF BRIEFING REGARDING THE COMMUNITY SERVICES BLOCK GRANT, UH, ACTIVITIES AND OUTCOMES, UH, PRESENTATION, AS ALWAYS BY AN SAMANO PROGRAM PROGRAM MANAGER FROM AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH. WELCOME AN ANGEL. WELL, GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. WELCOME, COMMISSIONER TIFFANY. WELCOME. OKAY, UH, YES, WELCOME, COMMISSIONER TIFFANY, I'LL, I'LL PROBABLY TAKE A FEW EXTRA MINUTES TODAY TO KIND OF EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR PROGRAM AND OUR REPORTING HERE, UH, FOR YOUR INFORMATION. UM, OTHERWISE IT'S GONNA BE PRETTY QUICK. WE'RE JUST STARTING OUR REPORTING FOR, UH, CALENDAR YEAR 26 FOR OUR CSPG PROGRAMS. THIS IS THE COMMUNITY SERVICES BLOCK GRANT, 2026 CONTRACT UPDATE, PROGRAMMATIC AND FINANCIAL REPORT. UH, OUR MISSION AT THE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES UNIT IS TO IMPROVE THE LIVES AND HEALTH OF PEOPLE EXPERIENCING POVERTY BY PROVIDING PUBLIC HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES, AND CONNECTING RESIDENTS OF AUSTIN AND TRAVIS COUNTY TO COMMUNITY RESOURCES. WE HAVE SEVEN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS ACROSS THE CITY OF AUSTIN, AND WE ARE UNDER AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH. WE PROVIDE A VARIETY OF SERVICES LIKE BASIC NEEDS. UH, WE DO A LOT OF FOOD TO, UH, ADDRESS FOOD INSECURITY IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CENTRAL TEXAS FOOD BANK. UH, WE HAVE PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES. WE HAVE NURSING SERVICES THAT ARE FREE TO OUR COMMUNITY, A LOT OF HEALTH SCREENINGS, BLOOD PRESSURE, BLOOD SUGAR, CHOLESTEROL. WE DO A LOT OF WARM HANDOFFS [00:15:01] TO PROVIDERS TRYING TO FIND MEDICAL HOMES FOR FOLKS WHO ARE EITHER UNINSURED OR UNDERINSURED. AND IN THE FALL AND THROUGH, UH, THE WINTER, WE, WE HELP OUT WITH THE FLU, UH, SHOTS. WE ALSO HAVE A CASE MANAGEMENT AND EMPLOYMENT SUPPORTS. WE HAVE A SOCIAL WORKER AT EACH OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS THAT PROVIDES, UH, SELF-SUFFICIENCY CASE MANAGEMENT TO CLIENTS WHO ARE ELIGIBLE AND WHO WANT TO REENTER THE WORLD OF WORK, UH, OR EITHER HAVE A JOB ALREADY AND WANT TO ADVOCATE FOR A BETTER PAY, UH, BETTER BENEFITS INSURANCE, THINGS LIKE THAT. UM, WE HAVE A GOAL OF 41 TRANSITIONS OUTTA POVERTY FROM OUR FUNDER, WHICH IS THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS. UM, AND, UH, THAT SELFSUFFICIENCY PROGRAM WORKS TOWARD THAT GOAL EVERY YEAR. UM, LAST YEAR WE SURPASSED THAT GOAL. I BELIEVE WE HAD 49 TRANSITIONS AT THE BOTTOM OF PAGE ONE. WE HAVE OUR EXPENDITURES. LIKE I SAID, WE JUST STARTED THIS NEW YEAR. WE GOT OUR FIRST ALLOTMENT OF FUNDS FROM THE STATE, $382,620. WE TYPICALLY GET ABOUT $1.1 MILLION FOR THE YEAR. AND THAT'LL REFLECT ONCE WE GET THE REST OF THE FUNDING. UH, LATER. THIS, UH, SUMMER, WE'VE EXPANDED ABOUT 101,000 OF THIS, UH, THESE FUNDS FOR 27% OF THE TOTAL FUNDING SO FAR. IF YOU THERE, YOU, THANK YOU. SO, PAGE TWO HAS A LITTLE BIT OF OF DATA THAT WE, UH, TOUCH ON EVERY MONTH. LIKE I SAID, WE JUST STARTED, THIS IS THE JANUARY REPORTS. EVERYTHING'S PRETTY NEW. THE NUMBERS ARE PRETTY LOW, UM, BUT WE'RE DOING REALLY GOOD WORK. UM, IF YOU GO DOWN TO FIVE JJS, OUR FOOD DISTRIBUTION NUMBERS, WE SERVED 8,322 PEOPLE OR OUR FOOD DISTRIBUTION EVENTS, UH, FOR COMMISSIONER TIFFANY, AND REMINDER TO THE REST OF YOU, IT'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT PROGRAMS. WE HAVE, UH, LIKE FRESH FOOD FOR FAMILIES, WHICH IS, UH, MASS DISTRIBUTION EVENTS AT OUR DIFFERENT CENTERS. WE HAVE THE WHOLE PROGRAM, WHICH IS MORE FOR THE ELDERLY. THOSE ARE MORE INDIVIDUALIZED, UH, SHELF STABLE FOODS. AND NOW WE, WE HAVE ADDED, UH, FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES TO THAT TOO, AND PROTEIN WHEN POSSIBLE, LIKE FROZEN MEATS THROUGH OUR, UH, PROGRAMMING WITH, UM, UH, AGENCY RETAIL PICKUP THAT STARTED LAST YEAR. AND WE'RE ABLE TO, UM, TO GET MATCHED UP WITH AN HEB, SOME OTHER GROCER. THEY DONATE A LOT OF THOSE PRODUCTS THAT THEY DON'T, THEY'RE STILL GOOD, BUT THEY KIND OF HAVE TO KIND OF CYCLE THROUGH THINGS PRETTY QUICKLY. WE GET THAT A LOT OF FRUITS, VEGETABLES, A LOT OF TIMES WE GET, YOU KNOW, MEATS, UH, AS WELL, WHICH IS VERY HELPFUL FOR OUR CLIENTS. MILK, EGGS, THINGS LIKE THAT. UH, WE ALSO HAVE, UH, FOOD PANTRIES AT ALL OF OUR CENTERS DROP IN OR BY APPOINTMENT. UH, THOSE NUMBERS CONTRIBUTE TO, TO THIS NUMBER. UM, WE ALSO HAVE A MARKET AT SOME OF THIS CONTACT AT SOME OF THE DIFFERENT CENTERS. TOUGH SPRINGS, UH, IS OUR NEWEST CENTER, AND THEY'VE BEEN PRETTY BUSY WITH MARKET ON THURSDAYS. THEY SERVE ABOUT 220 HOUSEHOLDS, WHICH AFFECTS ABOUT, IF YOU REALLY THINK 600 TO 900 PEOPLE. UM, THAT'S BEEN A VERY SUCCESSFUL EVENT. AND AGAIN, FOR COMMISSIONER TIFFANY, IT'S OUR NEWEST CENTER. IT JUST OPENED UP ABOUT A YEAR AGO. UM, OUR SECOND NEWEST IS MONIS, WHICH OPENED UP RIGHT DURING THE PANDEMIC, I BELIEVE. AND, UM, WE'RE BUSY AT ALL OF THEM EXCEPT SOUTH AUSTIN, WHICH IS CLOSED. SO LOOK AT THE BOTTOM OF PAGE TWO. IT GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF THE PROGRAMMING, THE SERVICES WE OFFER. AND THEN PAGE THREE ON THE TOP, THE SOUTH AUSTIN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER IS STILL CLOSED FOR RENOVATIONS. WE'RE HOPING THAT THEY OPEN, UM, IN MAY OF THIS YEAR. UH, JUST HIGHLIGHT NUMBER THREE FOR THE NEW COMMISSIONER AS WELL. WE HAVE A VERY SMALL RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, UH, BUT IT DOES HELP, UH, THE FAMILIES THAT ARE ABLE TO ACCESS THAT PROGRAM. SO FROM JANUARY THROUGH FEBRUARY, WE WERE ABLE TO HELP, UH, 26 HOUSEHOLDS AVOID EVICTION THROUGH THIS PROGRAM. AND THE AMOUNT SPENT WAS $64,490 IN OUR READERS. UM, SOME OF THOSE FOLKS ARE ALSO REFERRED TO OUR SELF-SUFFICIENCY CASE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, BUT THEY'RE NOT WORKING. SO WE DO KIND OF HAVE A HOLISTIC WRAPAROUND APPROACH TO HELP OUR, OUR CLIENTS WHO ARE IN CRISIS. BUT AGAIN, DEFINITELY NOT ENOUGH FUNDING FOR THE NEED THAT EXISTS IN AUSTIN. UH, NUMBER FIVE ARE, UH, PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING PROGRAM. LIKE I SAID EARLIER, WE DO A LOT OF OUTREACH, BUT WE ALSO HAVE, UM, HUBS AT OUR DIFFERENT CENTERS. USUALLY WE, UM, HAVE THEM DURING OUR FOOD DISTRIBUTIONS OR OTHER EVENTS. UH, LET'S GO DOWN TO NUMBER SEVEN FOR TODAY, OUR SUCCESS STORY. UH, BLACKLAND NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER [00:20:01] HAD A REALLY COOL IDEA TO DO THIS, UH, BLACK HISTORY, HEALTH AND HISTORY, UH, EVENT. IT WAS FOR FOUR DAYS. AND LIKE I, LIKE I SAYS THERE, THEY HAD A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF, UH, WORKSHOPS FROM MUSIC TO A PROFESSIONAL, FROM UT COMING DOWN AND TALKING ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF RESEARCH AND HAVING PEOPLE OF COLOR PARTICIPATE IN RESEARCH, UH, TO KIND OF CENTERING OURSELVES IN STRESSFUL TIMES, UM, AND SOME FOOD EVENT AS WELL FOR HEALTHY FOODS THAT KIND OF CELEBRATE, UH, THE CULTURE. UM, SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS REALLY COOL. OVER 90 PEOPLE CAME, UM, UH, MSIKA THERE, WHO'S THE MANAGER. SHE'S REALLY AWESOME. SHE DOES THE, UH, JUNETEENTH EVENT EVERY YEAR, WHICH IS A REAL BIG CELEBRATION FOR THAT NEIGHBORHOOD AND, UH, FOR US IN PUBLIC HEALTH. UM, AND YOU'RE ALL WELCOME TO GO TO THAT. SO WHEN WE, UH, GET CLOSER TO IT, I'LL SEND OUT THE FLYER. AND AGAIN, FOR THE NEW COMMISSIONER ALSO, NUMBER FOUR, WE DO HAVE A SMALL, UM, UTILITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM THROUGH, UH, AUSTIN ENERGY IS THE PLUS ONE PROGRAM, SO WE'RE ABLE TO HELP, UH, SOME FAMILIES WITH THAT. AGAIN, IT'S ONLY LIKE $38,000 A YEAR. WE CAN PAY UP TO $500 IN SOMEBODY'S, UH, BILL IN ARREARS. BUT YOU CAN'T IMAGINE THAT REALLY HELPS A LOT OF FOLKS WHO, WHO DON'T HAVE THE MONEY THAT MONTH FOR WHATEVER CRISIS COMES UP, A CAR REPAIR, THEY MISSED WORK FOR A FEW WEEKS, THEY'RE NOT GETTING HOURS. WHATEVER IT IS, WE CAN STEP IN AND HELP KEEP THE LIGHTS ON, UH, FOR THOSE FOLKS. AND I THINK THAT IS IT FOR MY REPORT THIS MONTH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I THANK YOU. UH, COMMISSIONERS, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONER LYRIC? YEAH. UM, I DON'T KNOW WHY I'VE NEVER ASKED BEFORE, BUT DO ANY OF YOUR COMMUNITY CENTERS ADVERTISE, UM, LIKE THE COORDINATED ASSESSMENT IN DOING THOSE AT ALL? LIKE IF SOMEONE WAS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS IN CAYMAN? UH, I, NO, WE DON'T, BUT OUR CRISIS INTERVENTION TEAM DOES HAVE ACCESS TO HMIS AND SOMETIMES THEY DO COLLABORATE WITH THE HSO OFFICE. OKAY. YEAH. UH, JUST SAYING THAT, 'CAUSE UM, UH, MY, I WORK FOR ECHO AND, UH, OUR COORDINATED ENTRY TEAM MENTIONED THE FACT THAT WE DON'T HAVE AN ADVERTISING BUT BUDGET FOR, UH, COORDINATED ASSESSMENTS AND LETTING PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT THEM. AND IT SEEMS TO BE A GAP WHEN, UM, JUST ASKING PEOPLE WHO'VE EXPERIENCED HOMELESSNESS, HAVE YOU DONE A COORDINATED ASSESSMENT? AND, UM, A LOT SAY NO. AND SO I'M JUST WONDERING IF THERE NEEDS TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE DIGGING AROUND HOW WE CAN GET LOCAL PLACES TO HAVE THAT INFORMATION AND MAYBE SOMEONE COULD ACCESS THAT FROM ADVERTISING. SO JUST WANTED TO ASK REALLY QUICK. NO, THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. I MEAN, WE HAVE EAST AUSTIN ENABLER CENTER ESPECIALLY HAS HAD, UH, PEOPLE COME FROM, UH, I DON'T, I THINK IT'S THE HSO OFFICE DURING SOME OF OUR OTHER EVENTS AND OFFER COORDINATED ASSESSMENTS DURING THOSE, UH, POPUPS. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER LYRIC. DO WE HAVE ANY COMMISSIONERS, UH, ANY QUESTIONS FROM OTHER COMMISSIONERS FOR ? A QUESTION I DO WANT COMMENTARY. THE BLACK JUNETEENTH. GO AHEAD, COMMISSIONER. TISHA. OH, WAS IT DELAYED THERE? OH, SORRY. IT WAS THE, THE VOLUME WAS LOW AND THEN IT GOT, NOW IT'S GOOD. NO WORRIES. I JUST WANTED TO SAY CONGRATS. THE BLACK I, WONDERFUL. I DID ATTEND. SO THEY DID A GREAT JOB GIVING OUT THE COMMUNITY AND , SO I WANTED TO SHOUT OUT FOR THAT. WELL, THANK YOU. I'LL LET THE STAFF KNOW. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. TISHA, ANY MORE COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FOR ANKA? NO. YEAH, I WANT TO ECHO THAT. THE ANCESTRAL KITCHEN SOUNDS VERY, VERY COOL. UM, YOU KNOW, TRADITIONAL COOKING AND HOW, YOU KNOW, WE'RE USUALLY HEALTHIER WHEN WE EAT OUR FOOD THAT WE GREW UP WITH, THAT OUR FAMILIES GROW, BUT WELL SAID. YES. YEP. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, HIL. YEP. THANK YOU HIL. UM, [3. Staff briefing regarding Austin Housing activities and outcomes will be included in Item 5 “Update on the Austin Housing Community Initiated Solutions (CIS) and Anti-Displacement Community Acquisition Program (ADCAP) programs”. Presentation by Nefertitti Jackmon, Community Displacement Prevention Officer, Austin Housing. ] SO COMMISSIONERS, WE'RE MOVING ON TO OUR NEXT ITEM, ITEM NUMBER THREE. THIS IS STAFF BRIEFING REGARDING AUSTIN HOUSING ACTIVITIES AND OUTCOMES. UM, SO IT'LL BE AN UPDATE. OH, SORRY, AM I, AM I CONFUSED? NUMBER FOUR. UM, SO NUMBER THREE HAS BEEN SUBSUMED WITHIN NUMBER FIVE. SO WE'RE JUST GOING STRAIGHT TO FOUR. BUT WE WANTED, WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE FOR EVERYONE THAT THERE NORMALLY IS A STAFF BRIEFING, BUT BECAUSE WE HAVE A DISCUSSION AND A DISCUSSION ITEM, UM, WE'RE MOVING THAT, THAT BRIEFING AS BEING CONTAINED WITHIN NUMBER FIVE INSTEAD TODAY. YES. SO WE'RE GOING ON TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR. SO OUR REGULAR STAFF BRIEFING IS GONNA BE NUMBER FIVE, SO WE CAN HAVE A DISCUSSION WITH THAT. ALL RIGHT. SO ITEM NUMBER [4. Update on the CDC Annual Retreat. Discussion led by Miguel Lopez, Planner I, Austin Housing. ] FOUR, UH, WE HAVE AN UPDATE ON THE [00:25:01] CDC ANNUAL ANNUAL RETREAT. UH, MIGUEL IS GOING TO LEAD THAT DISCUSSION. GO AHEAD, MIGUEL. THANK YOU CHAIR. AND, UH, ALL COMMISSIONERS, IT MAY LOOK LIKE THE SAME PRESENTATION FROM LAST MONTH, BUT THE DATE HAS CHANGED. UM, SO, UH, UNFORTUNATELY, UM, AS WE KNOW, THE FIRST ONE WAS CANCELED DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER. UM, AND THE SECOND ONE I HAD A COUPLE OF, UH, CONFIRMATIONS FALL THROUGH. SO, UM, AFTER CALLING AND MAKING SURE TO CHECK WITH EACH OF THE COMMISSIONERS, UM, WE HAVE A DATE NOW, UM, AND IT IS APRIL 4TH THAT WE WILL BE MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT. UM, AT THE MOMENT WE HAVE THE PDC, UM, BECAUSE IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE ACCESSIBLE, BUT ALSO IT HAS A LITTLE MORE UP TO DATE AV EQUIPMENT. UM, AND AT THAT IS WHERE WE ARE. I KNOW THAT WE HAD A COUPLE OF SUGGESTIONS FOR WHERE TO MEET, AND I APOLOGIZE, THEY JUST WEREN'T ABLE TO COORDINATE ON THAT DATE. UM, BUT WE ARE SET FOR APRIL 4TH. OUR STAFF IS READY. UM, OUR FOOD IS READY, , AND, UH, AND ACCORDING TO OUR COMMISSIONER, UM, ANSWERS, UH, OUR COMMISSION IS READY AS WELL. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU . UH, QUESTIONS FOR, UH, SORRY FOR MIGUEL , UH, YOU SAID PDC, WHAT IS THAT? UM, SO THAT IS THE PERMITTING AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER. IT'S, UH, THE OLD HIGHLAND MALL. OH, PERFECT. OKAY. WE HAD A MEETING THERE, RIGHT? YES, MA'AM. YES. COOL. THANK YOU. MIGUEL. UH, IS THERE, YES, THERE ANYTHING ELSE? I JUST WANTED TO SAY AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PATIENCE COMMISSIONERS. I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR FLEXIBILITY AND BEING ABLE TO ADJUST ON THE FLY THERE. AND I CUT YOU OFF CHAIR. PLEASE FINISH. UH, JUST THAT DO, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE? AND IS THERE ANY NEXT STEPS THAT WE NEED TO TAKE BEFORE TO BE PREPARED FOR THAT? UM, WELL, I STILL HAVE OUR ORDERS FOR FOOD, UM, FROM LAST TIME. UH, AND SO I WILL BE REACHING OUT JUST TO CONFIRM THOSE AS WELL AS WITH OUR NEW COMMISSIONER, COMMISSIONER MOORE. UM, AND JUST TO MAKE SURE, BUT IT WILL, WE'LL SEND OUT AN OUTLOOK CALENDAR, HOLD, UM, WE'LL SEND OUT AN, AN EMAIL ABOUT IT. BUT AGAIN, ANYONE CAN EMAIL ME OR USE MY PHONE NUMBER AND I WILL ANSWER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. BUT I WILL BE SENDING OUT A COMMISSION WIDE EMAIL SOON. THANK YOU SO MUCH. UM, AND JUST FOR, UH, TO ADD ON THAT, UH, AND ESPECIALLY FOR OUR NEW COMMISSIONER, WE'RE HAVING A SPECIAL CALLED MEETING SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A RETREAT AS A COMMISSION, UM, AND WORK ON, UH, PLANNING AND OTHER THINGS. UH, THAT WOULD BE APRIL 4TH. YES, SIR. CHAIR? YES. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY. UH, QUESTION FROM COMMISSIONER MENARD. UH, I'M SORRY TO BE THE DEBBIE DOWNER, BUT, OR JUST A STICKLER, BUT BEFORE YOU, THERE WAS ONE MORE. SO THIS IS FOUR, NUMBER FOUR, I BELIEVE. SO I JUST WANTED THE RECORD TO SHOW WE ATTEMPT AT TRYING TO, TO SCHEDULE THE THREE, AND WE WILL NOT STOP UNTIL WE . THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MEGAN. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER MENARD. UM, IF WE DON'T HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS, WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT ITEM, [5. Update on the Austin Housing Community Initiated Solutions (CIS) and Anti-Displacement Community Acquisition Program (ADCAP) programs. Discussion led by Nefertitti Jackmon, Community Displacement Prevention Officer, Austin Housing. ] WHICH IS ITEM NUMBER FIVE. THIS A, A DISCUSSION ITEM BY THE HOUSING, UM, BY AUSTIN HOUSING, UM, THE AUSTIN HOUSING COMMUNITY INITIATED SOLUTIONS AND THE ANTI DISPLACEMENT COMMUNITY ACQUISITION PROGRAM. THE AD CAP, UH, DIS DISCUSSION IS LED BY NEFERTITI JACKMAN FROM COMMUNITY DISPLACEMENT, OUR COMMUNITY DISPLACEMENT PREVENTION OFFICER FROM AUSTIN HOUSING. WELCOME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UH, I WILL GET STARTED IN A SECOND. UM, SO THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS. I'M HERE THIS EVENING TO UPDATE YOU ON, UH, TWO PROGRAMS, PROVIDE STATUS UPDATES ON TWO PROGRAMS THAT ARE OPERATED, UM, AS A PART OF FUNDING FROM THE $300 MILLION, UH, FROM PROJECT CONNECT ANTI DISPLACEMENT FUNDS. SO I'LL PROVIDE A, A UPDATE ON AD CAP, WHICH STANDS FOR, UH, ANTI DISPLACEMENT COMMUNITY ACQUISITION PROGRAM, AS WELL AS CIS, WHICH IS THE COMMUNITY INITIATED SOLUTIONS PROGRAM. AND ON HERE, THE AD CAP PROGRAM, UM, IS A PROGRAM THAT WAS DESIGNED BY COUNCIL TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR REAL ESTATE PRESERVATION AND ACQUISITION FOR THE CREATION OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING BY SMALL AFFORDABLE HOUSING, UM, DEVELOPERS, PRIMARILY NONPROFIT DEVELOPERS, THOSE WHO ARE WORKING TO, UM, PRESERVE AFFORDABILITY ALONG THE PROJECT CONNECT STATIONS IN LINE. SO IT IS VERY GEOGRAPHIC, UH, GEOGRAPHICALLY SPECIFIC. AND SO, UM, IN AUGUST, HOUSING STAFF CAME TO YOU AND PROVIDED AN UPDATE. [00:30:01] THERE WAS A PAUSE ON THE PROGRAM, AND THERE IS A DESIRE TO REOPEN THE PROGRAM. AND I KNOW, UH, YOU'VE REQUESTED THIS UPDATE BECAUSE YOU'RE WONDERING WHEN ARE WE GONNA UPDATE OR REOPEN THE PROGRAM. UM, SO I'M GONNA GO THROUGH JUST A COUPLE OF SLIDES THAT I HAVE, SHARE WITH YOU SOME OF THE CHALLENGES, AND THEN TALK ABOUT WHERE WE ARE WITH THIS, UH, PROGRAM AS WELL AS, UH, AND I WAS GETTING READY TO PUSH THAT BUTTON. LEMME SEE IF, OKAY. YEAH. AND THEN JUST IN CASE YOU NEED TO TAKE NOTES. OKAY. THANK YOU. UH, SO, UH, THE, OH, THIS IS CIS I'M GONNA GO BACK HERE. I'M SORRY. UH, WHAT I WANTED TO FIRST REFER TO IS THE, I'M SORRY, WE, WE MADE SOME CHANGES TO THIS PRESENTATION, SO I WASN'T EXACTLY SURE. SO I WANTED TO REFER TO THE CREATION, UH, OF THE PROGRAM, WHICH WAS CREATED IN, UH, 2021 TO ALLOCATE ROUGHLY $8 MILLION FOR THE AD CAP PROGRAM. UM, SO TWO MAIN FUNCTIONS, UH, WERE ONE, TO PROTECT HOUSING AND LAND FROM SPECULATION AND GENTRIFYING AREAS AND SUPPORT NONPROFIT COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS. ONE OF THE CHALLENGES THAT MANY SMALL NONPROFIT, UH, ORGANIZATIONS HAVE THAT ARE FOCUSED ON PRESERVING AFFORDABLE UNITS IS THEY DON'T OFTEN HAVE A ACCESS TO CAPITAL TO ACQUIRE PROPER, UH, PROPERTIES RAPIDLY, RIGHT? SO TIMING IS ESSENTIAL IN HAVING ACCESS TO THOSE RESOURCES. AND SO THIS IS ONE OF THE REASONS THIS PROGRAM WAS CREATED. UM, I'M NOT GONNA GO THROUGH ALL OF THE GUIDELINES, BUT I DO WANNA HIGHLIGHT THAT THIS IS FOR CURRENTLY THE WAY THE PROGRAM IS DESIGNED FOR NONPROFIT, UH, 5 0 1 C3 NONPROFIT DEVELOPERS. UM, IT CAN ONLY, THE FUNDS CAN ONLY BE USED WITHIN, UH, THE DISPLACEMENT RISK CENSUS TRACKS. AND THAT'S ALL INFORMATION WE SHARED WITH THOSE WHO ARE APPLYING FOR, UM, FOR THE FUNDING. AND THEN THIS IS A RECAP OF THE INFORMATION THAT WAS BROUGHT TO YOU IN AUGUST BY STAFF. THERE WERE SOME CHALLENGES WITH THE PROGRAM. WE ONLY HAD TWO ORGANIZATIONS WHO HAD TAPPED INTO THE RESOURCES. UM, AND I FEW HOMES, UH, WERE CREATED AND PRESERVED RELATIVE TO OTHER PROGRAMS. SO I DON'T SEE THAT NECESSARILY AS A CHALLENGE, BUT, UM, THAT IS ONE THING THAT WAS IDENTIFIED. AND SO THE PROGRAM WAS PAUSED IN OCTOBER, 2024 TO EVALUATE, AS WELL AS IDENTIFY WHERE ARE SOME OF THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR IMPROVEMENT. AND SO, UH, AND ONE OF SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE FOUND OUT THERE WAS A LACK OF PROGRAM AWARENESS, INCONSISTENT UNDERSTANDING OF THE REQUIREMENTS AND THE INTENT. TIMELINE PRESSURES, WHICH I SPOKE OF ORGANIZATIONS, SMALL ORGANIZATIONS NEED THE WAY THE CITY WORKS. WE GENERALLY REIMBURSE ORGANIZATIONS FOR THEIR EXPENSES. SO UPFRONT MONEY IS NOT PROVIDED, BUT THEY'RE REIMBURSED. AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE NEED TO SEE, HOW CAN WE ADDRESS THOSE TIMELINE PRESSURES? UM, THERE IS ALSO A LACK OF SMALL NONPROFIT CDCS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS HERE IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN. AND, UM, AND SO OTHER CHALLENGES INCLUDED THE LACK OF PROGRAM FLEXIBILITY. THERE WERE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WERE PROVIDED. AND SO WHERE ARE WE TODAY? I'LL JUST JUMP THERE. AND THEN SOME OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS INCLUDED, UH, CITY COUNCIL ACTIONS OR RECOMMENDATIONS WERE TO EXPAND THE APPLICANT ELIGIBILITY. I CROSSED THAT OUT BECAUSE THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN DO INTERNALLY. WE DON'T NEED COUNSEL TO, UH, EXPAND THOSE, UH, APPLICANT ELIGIBILITY. BUT I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT ONE OF THE THINGS WE SHOULD EXAMINE IS HOW DO WE AMEND THE A HFC, WHICH IS AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION, UH, PROCUREMENT POLICY TO BE ABLE TO INCREASE THE ADMINISTRATIVE ADMINISTRATIVE APPROVAL THRESHOLD FOR LAND ACQUISITION. THIS WOULD ADDRESS ONE OF THE CHALLENGES OF TIMELINESS WOULD ALLOW ORGANIZATIONS TO GET, UH, REIMBURSED MORE QUICKLY. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WILL BEGIN TO EXPLORE, AND I'LL TELL YOU WHY I WILL BEGIN TO EXPLORE THAT, IS, UM, WE CAN CONSIDER A PRE-APPROVAL PROCESS OR A LINE OF CREDIT TO ALLOW NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS TO ACQUIRE LAND MORE QUICKLY. SO RIGHT NOW, PREVIOUSLY THIS PROGRAM WAS WITH THE REAL ESTATE DIVISION, AND WE HAVE HAD INTERNAL [00:35:01] CONVERSATIONS, UH, IN THE DEPARTMENT, AND WE'RE GOING TO MOVE THE AD CAP PROGRAM TO THE DISPLACEMENT PREVENTION DIVISION. AND SO, UM, MY TEAM, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH MANAGING THIS PROGRAM. AND AS SUCH, I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE, I NEED TO TAKE MORE TIME TO, NUMBER ONE, INCORPORATE THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WERE PROVIDED, THOSE THAT ARE APPROPRIATE BY, UH, THE TEAM THAT PROVIDED THE ANALYSIS. SO I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE PROPERLY MAKE THOSE CHANGES AND THEN COME BACK TO COMMUNITY-BASED GROUPS AS WELL AS THE CDC AND SAY, THESE WERE THE RECOMMENDATIONS. YOU GUYS KNOW WHAT THE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE, WHERE I WANNA GET TO NEXT, OR THIS IS WHAT WE'RE INCORPORATING. THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. I WOULD LIKE TO COME BACK TO THE CDC, UM, ALSO THE EXISTING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONS. AND THEN THERE IS ALSO A SMALL COHORT THAT JUST COMPLETED THE ANTI DISPLACEMENT COMMUNITY LAND TRUST ACCELERATOR THAT IS, UH, LED BY, UH, BCL, UH, BUSINESS AND COMMUNITY LENDERS OF TEXAS. SO I WANNA TALK TO THEM AND GET FEEDBACK ABOUT THE CHANGES THAT WE MAKE. AND AGAIN, ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE PRIMARY CHANGES I WOULD LIKE TO CONSIDER IS HOW DO WE ADDRESS TIMELINESS? BECAUSE SOMETIMES IT MIGHT TAKE 60, 90 OR LONGER FOR US TO APPROVE, UM, THE APPLICATIONS. AND MOST SMALL NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION CANNOT BE OUT OF HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS FOR THAT LONG PERIOD OF TIME. AND SO I NEED TO DISCUSS WITH, UM, STAFF LEADERSHIP AS TO WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? AND IT COULD BE AN APPROVED LINE OF CREDIT, I AM NOT SURE. BUT THOSE ARE, THAT'S ONE OF THE PRIMARY THINGS THAT I'M THINKING ABOUT, UH, IN TERMS OF MAKING THE CHANGE SO THAT WE CAN RESPOND TO THE TIMELINESS. AND, UM, THE CHALLENGE IS NONPROFIT, AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPERS CANNOT COMPETE WITH MARKET RATE DEVELOPERS WHEN ACQUIRING THESE PROPERTIES. AND SO WE HAVE TO FIND A WAY, HOW DO WE MAKE THIS PROGRAM WORK? AND THEN ALSO, DO WE NEED TO EXPAND ELIGIBILITY FOR OTHER GROUPS? AND WHAT COULD THAT LOOK LIKE? SO RIGHT NOW IT IS ONLY FOR SMALL NONPROFIT, AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPERS. IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ALSO EXPAND ELIGIBILITY TO SMALL DEVELOPERS THAT ARE PRESERVING AFFORDABLE HOUSING? RIGHT. SO WE HAVE A SMALL DEVELOPER TRAINING RIGHT NOW. THOSE PEOPLE IN THAT SMALL DEVELOPER TRAINING, IT'S CALLED THE EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE. HOW DO WE ALIGN THIS PROGRAM TO HELP LAUNCH THEM INTO THE SPACE OF BUILDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND PROVIDING ACCESS TO FINANCIAL RESOURCES. SO WE JUST NEED TO DO A LITTLE MORE ALIGNMENT TO ENSURE THAT OUR PROGRAMS ARE WORKING FOR THE INTENDED AUDIENCES. AND SO, UM, I'LL STOP THERE FOR A SECOND. AND I, I'D LIKE TO TAKE QUESTIONS ON THIS SECTION IF I COULD. FIRST, BECAUSE TO GO INTO THE NEXT SEC SECTION, THERE ARE TWO SEPARATE PROGRAMS AND I DON'T WANNA CAUSE ANY CONFUSION. OKAY. UH, SO THIS, UH, SECTION IS JUST ABOUT THE AD CAP. AND SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON SO FAR, UH, WHAT NEFERTITI HAS PRESENTED ON THAT, UH, COMMISSIONERS COMMISSIONER LYRIC? YEAH. YOU, UH, SAID SMALL A FEW TIMES. WHAT, WHAT DOES THAT ENTAIL? LIKE A SMALL FIVE ONE C3? UH, WELL, I SHOULD, SHOULD NOT HAVE, WELL, I DON'T KNOW. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO DEC DECIDE, RIGHT? UM, AND I WOULD, WE WOULD, WE WERE GOING BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN, AND OFTEN USING THE WORD SMALL AND NONPROFIT INTERCHANGEABLY, BUT IT IS NOT THE SAME. SO RIGHT NOW, THE PROGRAM IS OPEN TO ESTABLISHED 5 0 1 C3, UH, SO NONPROFITS THAT BUILD AFFORDABLE HOUSING. SO THAT'S ONE, THAT'S THE CURRENT CRITERIA. WE ARE WORKING WITH SMALL, WE'RE WORKING, I DON'T KNOW WHY THAT COMES OUT NATURALLY, RIGHT? , WE'RE WORKING WITH NON-PROFIT, AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPERS. THAT'S THE CURRENT CRITERIA WHEN WE SAY SMALL, SMALL COULD REFER TO IN TERMS OF WHAT THEY CAN ACQUIRE THE SIZE OF THE LOTS. UH, THERE, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS, BUT I, I'M THINKING ABOUT IF WE WERE TO EXPAND IT, CAN WE INCLUDE [00:40:01] SMALL DEVELOPERS? AND SMALL DEVELOPERS WOULD BE DEVELOPERS WHO HAVE ONE OR TWO UNITS OR, UH, OR IT COULD BE A HUNDRED OR LESS UNITS. SO WE, WE WE'RE GONNA NEED TO DECIDE WHAT, WHAT IS THAT? AND OUTLINE THAT CRITERIA. MM-HMM . DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? MM-HMM . YEAH. IS THIS EXCLUSIVE TO AUSTIN ONLY DEVELOPERS? THAT'S SOMETHING I GUESS WE WOULD HAVE TO DETERMINE. YES. UM, WE DO NOT CURRENTLY EXCLUDE OTHER NON-PROFIT DEVELOPERS FROM, UH, ACCESSING OTHER FUNDING WE HAVE. BUT FOR THE AD CAP PROGRAM, IT IS, I DON'T THINK IT'S STATED, BUT I THINK THE INTENTION WAS IT'S FOR LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS, AND THAT MAY BE IN THE PROGRAM GUIDELINES, BUT FROM WHAT I'VE READ SO FAR, WHAT I RECALL IT IS NOT. BUT THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING WE MIGHT NEED TO BE MORE SPECIFIC ABOUT IF WE WANNA, UM, RELEGATE THE PROGRAM TO SMALL DEVELOPERS WORKING IN THE AUSTIN AREA. OKAY. AND THEN, AND ONE MORE, UM, THIS IS A SUPER SPECIFIC LIKE PROGRAM. SO I'M JUST CURIOUS WITH LIKE THE WHOLE SMALL NONPROFIT TRYING TO BE LOCAL, IF Y'ALL HAVE DONE OUTREACH OR IF IT'S LIKE, I DON'T KNOW IF THE WORD PROCUREMENT, BUT LIKE, THEY HAVE TO REACH OUT TO YOU. YOU CAN'T REACH OUT TO SPECIFIC DEVELOPERS AND SAY YOU WOULD FIT INTO THIS PROGRAM. NO, UH, ACTUALLY WE NEED TO, BUT I WILL SAY THIS, UM, THAT IS ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT WAS LISTED. WE DIDN'T DO A GOOD JOB, UM, ANNOUNCING OR ADVERTISING THE PROGRAM. SO IT CAN BE BOTH WAYS. OH. OR, SO IT'S NOT A PROCUREMENT, IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN MOST THAN A PROCUREMENT. IT IS A PROGRAM WHERE THEY CAN ACTUALLY APPLY FOR FUNDS. UH, THERE ARE DEFINITELY SOME ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA, BUT ONE OF THE, UM, CHALLENGES OR CRITIQUES THAT WE HAD IS WE DID NOT ANNOUNCE THIS PROGRAM. WE JUST SAID IT'S OPEN. RIGHT. SO WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? AND THIS IS WHY I SAID I WOULD LIKE TO COME BACK TO THE CDC, I WOULD LIKE TO MEET WITH THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONS THAT EXIST AND OTHERS. AND BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THOUGH IT IS A SMALL HANDFUL, THERE ARE LESS THAN REALLY 10 ORGANIZATIONS, UH, THAT ARE CURRENTLY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONS THAT ARE FUNCTIONING TO DEVELOP AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN OUR CITY. YEAH. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER LYRIC. DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COMMISSIONERS ON THE, THIS PART OF THE PRESENTATION ON THE AD CAP? YES. I HAVE A QUESTION. OH, I'M SORRY. SORRY. GO AHEAD, COMMISSIONER OLIVER. OKAY. SO , QUICK QUESTION. SO I KNOW YOU SAID YOU DIDN'T, IT HASN'T BEEN ANNOUNCED. HOWEVER, UM, IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S A BIT MORE, IT CAN BE A BIT OF A PARTNERSHIP WITH THOSE THAT ARE ALREADY DOING SOME HOUSING OR ANTI DISPLACEMENT AND THEN, UH, IN VARIOUS FACETS. SO IS THIS SOMETHING THAT CAN BE PUSHED OUT TO SHARE? UM, I KNOW LIKE BRINGING IT HERE IS ONE THING, BUT LIKE THOSE THAT ARE ALREADY DOING THE WORKOUT IN THE COMMUNITY, JUST TO HELP PUSH IT. YES. SO THE, THE PROGRAM IS ON PAUSE. IT WAS OPENED AND, AND WHAT I WAS SHARING IS WE DID NOT, UM, AND THIS WAS A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO WHEN IT WAS OPEN OR WHEN WE OPENED IT, WE DID NOT DO, UM, HOW DO, WE COULD HAVE DONE A BETTER JOB OF MAKING SURE PEOPLE IN COMMUNITY GROUPS WERE AWARE. SO THAT IS ANOTHER THING THAT I WILL WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A CLEAR, UM, MARKETING ROLLOUT. HOW ARE WE, UH, LETTING ORGANIZATIONS KNOW? AND THEN ALSO COMING BACK TO THIS COMMISSION AND THEN GIVING YOU FLYERS INFORMATION TO SHARE WITH OTHER PEOPLE. YES. SO WE'RE NOT READY TO ANNOUNCE IT YET. I WANNA MAKE SURE WE, UM, IMPLEMENT THE RECOMMENDATIONS. AND THEN I'M GONNA DEFINITELY COME BACK TO THIS GROUP SO THAT YOU ARE AWARE THAT THE PROGRAM IS OPEN AND WE WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO SHARE IT WITH OTHERS. THANK YOU. MM-HMM. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER OLIVER? UH, COMMISSIONER MENARD, YOU HAD A QUESTION? YES. UM, I JUST WONDERED, DO YOU HAVE A TIMELINE FOR WHEN WE MOVING FORWARD AND WHEN YOU MIGHT EXPECT, BECAUSE I'M CONCERNED ABOUT FUNDING FOR 2026. SO, UM, AND YOU'RE CONCERNED FOR FUNDING? I'M, I'M, IT WILL BE, IT'LL BE USED OR BE THE MONEY IS PAUSED. UH, THERE WAS ORIGINALLY $8 MILLION. YES. UH, SOME OF THE FUNDS HAVE BEEN USED. UH, SO THE FUNDING IS NOT GOING [00:45:01] TO BE LOST. I, I, BECAUSE OF THE CONTINUED INTEREST, I MEAN, UNLESS SOMEONE ABOVE ME DECIDES TO CHANGE THAT, I DO NOT KNOW, BUT WE ANTICIPATE THAT THIS PROGRAM WILL CONTINUE. WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SAY, I DON'T HAVE A TIMELINE. I WOULD LIKE TO OFFER TO COME BACK TO THIS COMMISSION EVERY OTHER MONTH UNTIL THE PROGRAM IS OFFICIALLY OPEN. UM, I DON'T THINK IT SHOULD TAKE LONG, BUT LONG IN THE CITY, . I MEAN, SOMETIMES I THINK SOMETHING IS GONNA GO QUICKLY, BUT THEN WE HAVE SNAGS AND I, AND SO IT IS TRANSFERRING TO MY TEAM. IT IS A PRIORITY FOR US, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THERE ARE SO MANY PRIORITIES THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW. AND SO THEN ALSO WHEN WE OPEN THINGS TO ENGAGE WITH COMMUNITY, SOMETIMES IT TAKES TIME FOR MEETINGS JUST TO SET UP A MEETING WITH PEOPLE WHO HAVE ALSO OTHER PRIORITIES. AND SO WE MIGHT THINK WE WANNA MEET BY THE END OF MARCH. WE MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO GET A MEETING WITH COMMUNITY GROUPS UNTIL MAY. AND SO, BUT I'M COMMITTED TO CONTINUE TO COME, UM, TO THIS COMMISSION AND PROVIDE UPDATES EVERY OTHER MONTH UNTIL THE PROGRAM IS OFFICIALLY OPEN. SO WHAT I'M HEARING IS THAT PROSPECTS FOR 2026 DON'T LOOK GOOD FOR REOPEN. NO, I DIDN'T. I WOULD, I WOULD NOT SAY THAT. OKAY. ? NO. ALL RIGHT. I MEAN, IS IS IT A GOAL FOR 2026? UH, I, THE GOAL, MY, MY, THIS IS MY PERSONAL GOAL IS TO HAVE IT OPEN WITHIN THREE MONTHS. WITHIN THREE MONTHS, RIGHT. MONTHS. OKAY. BUT I DON'T WANT YOU TO HOLD ME TO THAT. NO, BECAUSE THAT'S, THAT'S SORT OF HARD, RIGHT? I NEED TO ALIGN MY STAFF. THIS IS SOMETHING I, I NEED TO MAKE SURE I HAVE THE RIGHT STAFF. WE NEED TO GET UP TO SPEED ON THE PROGRAM GUIDELINES. WE ALSO NEED TO WORK WITH OUR MARKETING TEAM. HOW DO WE GET THE WORD OUT? BUT MY GOAL IS WITHIN THREE MONTHS, I DON'T WANNA HAVE TO COME BACK. BUT THIS IS WHY I'M HOLDING MYSELF ACCOUNTABLE TO YOU TO COME BACK AND PROVIDE ONGOING UPDATES. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER MENARD. GOOD MORNING. MORE. GO AHEAD. OKAY. JUST TO CLARIFY, SO YOU HAD MENTIONED THAT THERE WAS AN ACCELERATOR PROGRAM FOR SMALL DEVELOPERS. AND SO THERE'S ALSO AN ACCELERATOR PROGRAM THAT YOU GUYS HAVE FOR THE NONPROFITS. SO SPECIFICALLY NO, WE DO NOT. WELL, SO WE HAVE A PROGRAM FOR, IT'S CALLED EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN DEVELOPING. SO IT'S A SMALL DEVELOPER TRAINING, AND THAT, THAT IS SMALL DEVELOPER TRAINING BASICALLY MEANS YOU HAVE NOT, UH, BUILT, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S FIVE UNITS OR LESS OR WHATEVER, I'M NOT SURE. BUT THE COHORT THAT I WAS REFERRING TO, IT IS ALSO FUNDED BY PROJECT CONNECT. IT IS BEING LED BY BCL BUSINESS AND COMMUNITY LENDERS OF TEXAS AND GUADALUPE NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. THEY ARE TRAINING A COHORT OF NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, UM, IN A LAND TRUST, A COMMUNITY LAND TRUST ACCELERATOR. SO THE GOAL IS TO HAVE MORE ORGANIZATIONS WHO ARE EXPERIENCED AND KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT HOW TO RUN ACL T. AND SO I THINK THAT IS A GROUP THAT WE CAN TAP INTO WHO MIGHT, AND THEY HAVE ALREADY EXPRESSED A NEED AND INTEREST IN TAPPING INTO AD CAP FUNDS TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE CLT HOMES FOR, UM, INTERESTED HOUSEHOLDS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER MENARD. UM, JUST TO CLARIFY, UH, I KNOW THE TIMELINE, UM, IT'S HARD TO COMMIT TO. UM, DOES THAT INCLUDE THE ITEM THAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THAT NEEDS COUNCIL APPROVAL? SO WHAT WOULD IT, WOULD WE HAVE TO WAIT FOR COUNCIL TO TAKE ANYTHING UP? IT MIGHT, THE ONE, AND THAT'S THE ONE THING THAT I HIGHLIGHTED THAT MIGHT, UM, YEAH, THAT'S THE ONE THING THAT WOULD HOLD IT UP. AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY ONE OF THE BIGGEST, THAT WOULD BE THE MOST IMPACTFUL CHANGE TO THE PROGRAM BECAUSE IF WE, IF WE IMPLEMENTED ALL OF THE OTHER PROGRAM CHANGES, MY CONCERN IS THAT THE SAME ORGANIZATIONS THAT TAPPED INTO THE FUNDS IN THE BEGINNING WILL CONTINUE TO, WHICH I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH ONE ORGANIZATION, BUT THAT MEANS WE, WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS NOT WORKING AND WHAT IS NOT WORKING IS THE APPROVAL THRESHOLD FOR SPENDING. RIGHT NOW, I THINK IT'S AT TWO 50. AND SO WE NEED TO SEE, AND THAT'S BEEN MANY, MANY YEARS. AND SO I NEED TO, UM, SPEAK WITH OUR DEPARTMENT LEADERSHIP MM-HMM . AND THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT WILL REQUIRE BOARD ACTION. THE BOARD [00:50:01] BEING CITY COUNCIL AND THE BOARD OF THE AUSTIN HOUSING FOR FINANCE CORPORATION. WHAT SPENDING AUTHORIZATION WILL THEY PROVIDE TO THE DIRECTOR, UM, IN CASES LIKE THIS FOR THIS PROGRAM. OKAY. AND JUST TO CLARIFY ON THAT, UM, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO, I GUESS WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO SOLVE THERE IS THAT, UH, LET'S SAY A CDC WANTS TO ACQUIRE SOME LAND, THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO MAKE AN OFFER ON A PROPERTY, OR THEY WOULD HAVE TO USE THEIR OWN MONEY. IS THAT WHAT WE WERE SAYING? THEY WOULD, THEY WOULD HAVE TO USE THEIR OWN MONEY MM-HMM . RIGHT. AND IF IT TAKES US AND THEN GET REIMBURSED, OR IF WE APPROVE YES. RIGHT? YES. SO THAT, AND THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE LIKE, WELL, DO I TAKE THIS RISK? DO I MAKE THIS OFFER ON THIS PROPERTY IF THEY DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE GONNA APPROVE IT? AND THEN THEY'RE, THEY'RE STUCK WITH THIS MONEY, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY OWE. AND SO IT, IT'S, IT IS A DILEMMA. AND I SPOKE TO A COUPLE OF ORGANIZATIONS TODAY TO MAKE SURE I FULLY UNDERSTAND WHAT ARE THE ONGOING CHALLENGES. AND IT, AND THEY ASSURED ME, IF WE DON'T FIX THAT, SOLVE FOR THE PROGRAM IS GONNA BE THE SAME AS IT IS WITH, WITH THE SMALLER ORGANIZATIONS UNABLE TO TAP INTO ACAP. MM-HMM . AND, UH, CAN YOU TELL US HOW MUCH MONEY THERE IS FOR THE ACAP PROGRAM RIGHT NOW? I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT, BUT, UM, LET ME SEE. I THINK THERE IS, UM, IN THE PREVIOUS, THIS IS THE ONE. UM, SO WE SHOW, OH, OH, IT IS ALL ON HERE. THANK YOU. MIGUEL. , UM, TO DATE, UH, 3.6 MILLION HAS BEEN AWARDED AND 4.4 MILLION REMAINS. OKAY. AND THAT'S, UH, TO QUESTION FROM COMMISSIONER MENARD, THAT THAT FUNDING IS, OR YOUR ANSWER TO COMMISSIONER MENARD, WAS IT THAT FUNDING WILL BE FROZEN? WILL BE THERE? WILL BE FROZEN, AND BE THERE? YES. OKAY. YES, CORRECT. OKAY. SOUNDS GOOD. THANK YOU. UM, YEAH, I MEAN, IT SEEMS LIKE A BIG THING IS YEAH, THAT, UH, GETTING THE CDCS ABLE TO ACQUIRE THIS MONEY, BUT ALSO, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE THAT IT'S, I GUESS THE, THE AMOUNT, THE AMOUNT OF AWARDEES IS EXPANDED. YES. SOMEHOW. UM, I DO THINK THAT IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR THAT, FOR CDCS TO GET THIS MONEY BECAUSE, UH, AND I'M TALKING ABOUT COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONS, , UH, TO GET THIS MONEY BECAUSE OF THE, UH, TRADITIONALLY, ESPECIALLY IN EAST AUSTIN, THE CDCS ARE VERY COMMUNITY LED. UH, THEY ANSWER TO THE COMMUNITY. UH, WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS HERE ABOUT, YOU KNOW, EVEN, UH, DEVELOPERS THAT GET SOME CITY FUNDING OR PUBLIC FUNDING FROM VARIOUS SOURCES DON'T, UH, ALWAYS, UH, STICK TO THE MFI THAT WE NEED, UH, DON'T STICK TO THE AMOUNT OF BEDROOMS THAT WE NEED, YOU KNOW, FOR FAMILY FRIENDLY HOUSING, THINGS LIKE THAT. AND I KNOW THAT CDCS, AGAIN, BEING TIED TO THE COMMUNITY, ARE MORE LIKELY TO KNOW THOSE COMMUNITIES AND KNOW WHAT KIND OF HOUSING, UH, NEEDS TO BE BUILT. CORRECT. YEAH. CORRECT. SO, YEAH, THAT'S MY COMMENT ON THAT. UM, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? COMMISSIONER LYRIC? DOES THIS PROGRAM HAVE REQUIREMENTS AROUND, UH, OH GOSH, I DON'T EVEN KNOW THE WORD. UH, THE, THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT NONPROFITS RECEIVE EVERY YEAR? UH, LIKE JUST INCOME. OKAY. OKAY. JUST WANTED CHECK. YEAH. YEP. AND JUST ONE MORE THOUGHT, UH, QUICK THAT JUST CAME UP. UM, HAVE YOU ALL LOOKED AT, UH, PARTNERING THE ONE, THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE, UH, CAPABLE OF GETTING THIS MONEY, UH, PARTNERING WITH, UM, OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT MAY BE INTERESTED BUT HAVE NOT, DO NOT HAVE THAT CAPACITY? I WILL SHARE WITH YOU, UM, I HAD A CALL WITH GREG SMITH TODAY OVER A RA WHO HAD, THEY'VE BEEN THE SUCCESSFUL APPLICANT ALONG WITH GNDC. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT GREG SAID WITH ME, AND I THOUGHT ABOUT THIS, I WAS THINKING LIKE, WELL, WHAT DOES TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE LOOK LIKE? AND HE SAID, ONE OF THE THINGS HE SAID IS THAT WE, HE SAID THE SAME WAY WE PARTNERED WITH ECUADOR, WHICH THEY DID TO HELP ECUADOR GET FUNDING, HE SAID, WE WOULD BE WILLING TO PARTNER WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS TO HELP THEM, UM, THROUGH THE PROCESS AS WELL. SO WHETHER THE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, IT COULD BE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FROM MY TEAM, OR TECHNICAL OR PARTNERSHIP WITH AN ORGANIZATION WHO HAS ALREADY APPLIED FOR FUNDING. UM, THAT'S, THAT'S ONE ROUTE THAT WE CAN TAKE. AND SO THAT WAS JUST A VERY EARLY CONVERSATION. BUT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF WAYS WE CAN DO THIS. AND THIS IS WHY I WANT, WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ANOTHER CONVERSATION ROUND OF CONVERSATIONS WITH COMMUNITY-BASED GROUPS TO SEE WHAT OTHER IDEAS EXIST TO HELP, UM, THE O OTHER ORGANIZATIONS ACCESS THESE [00:55:01] FUNDS. AND THAT WAS JUST ONE. AND THEN ALSO, UM, LIKE HOW DO I, HOW DO WE PROVIDE STAFF TIME TO HELP ORGANIZATIONS APPLY FOR THE FUNDS? SO, YEAH. YES. MM-HMM . THANK YOU. UH, COMMISSIONER LYRIC. ONE MORE THOUGHT. UM, IT, I, THERE WAS TWO ACRONYMS THAT I DIDN'T KNOW. THE GRDC, AND THEN I THINK I KNOW A RA, IS IT AUSTIN REAL ESTATE ASSOCIATION, AUTHOR REVITALIZATION AUTHORITY. OH, GOTCHA. AND GN GN, UM, GN GUADALUPE NEIGHBORHOOD. YEAH. MM-HMM . THANK YOU. YEAH. YES. AND SORRY, YOU GUYS, WHEN I DO THE ACRONYMS, PLEASE CALL ME OUT OF IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YEAH. OKAY. UH, IF WE DON'T HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS, LET'S GO ON TO THE SECOND PART OF THE PRESENTATION ABOUT THE COMMUNITY INITIATED SOLUTIONS. MM-HMM . UM, CAN I, OKAY. SAME. IT'S THE SAME. IT'S, YEAH, IT'S THE SAME SLIDE, AND I'M JUST GONNA GO BACK AND SO COMMUNITY I HAVE TO SHARE. OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO BOTH OF THESE PROGRAMS, THE, YOU SHOULD BE, OKAY. THERE WE GO. SO WE'RE GONNA GO TO THE SECOND PROGRAM. UH, SO CIS IS COMMUNITY INITIATED SOLUTIONS. IT IS A SOLICITATION. UM, IT WAS A SOLICITATION THAT WE RELEASED, UM, AND WE OPENED THE APPLICATION UP, OR THE NOFA, UM, NOTICE OF FUNDING AVAILABLE TO COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS TO PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS OR WHAT WE CALL COMMUNITY INITIATED SOLUTIONS TO ADDRESS TRANSIT INDUCED DISPLACEMENT. UM, WE HAD A NUMBER OF RESPONSES. UH, WE EVALUATED THOSE RESPONSES AND, UM, AUSTIN HOUSING, OR AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION CANCELED THE NOFA. AND THE GOAL WAS TO CONDUCT A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF THE EXISTING CONTRACTS. WE STILL HAVE 13, UH, COMMUNITY INITIATED SOLUTIONS CONTRACTS. WE WANT TO EXAMINE THEIR CURRENT SCOPES OF WORK, THE DELIVERABLES, AND THE RETURN ON THE INVESTMENT, MAKING SURE WE UNDERSTAND WHAT IS THE IMPACT OF THE WORK THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY, UM, LEADING. SO THE VALUE, THE EVALUATION WILL HELP US TO, TO DETERMINE WHAT OUR GAPS ARE, WHAT OTHER RESOURCES THAT WE NEED, AND HOW CAN WE, UM, REALLY REALIGN OR RE REALLOCATE RESOURCES TO SUPPORT THE ORGANIZATIONAL GOALS TO ADDRESS TRANSIT INDUCED DISPLACEMENT, SPECIFICALLY FOR PROJECT CONNECT. AND SO, UH, WE ALSO WORK WITH CONSULTANTS AND, UM, THE COMMUNITY, THE PROJECT CONNECT COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE, AND THAT WAS ALSO THEIR RECOMMENDATION. THEIR RECOMMENDATION WAS CONSISTENT WITH STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS. AND SO WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE GOING FORWARD AFTER WE DO THAT EVALUATION OF OUR EXISTING PROGRAMS. WE WANNA SEE ARE THERE ANY GAPS, ARE THERE ANY BEST PRACTICES THAT WE ARE MISSING AS A DEPARTMENT THAT RELATES TO HOW DO WE ADDRESS, UH, TRANSIT INDUCED DISPLACEMENT? PERHAPS WE'RE DOING ALL OF THE THINGS RIGHT. PERHAPS WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING ELSE OR SOMETHING MORE. AND SO WE WANNA TAKE THE TIME TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE EVALUATED WHAT WE ARE CURRENTLY DOING BEFORE WE RELEASE FUTURE SOLICITATIONS, SPECIFICALLY TO ADDRESS SORT OF THOSE MORE IMMEDIATE NEEDS OF PEOPLE LIVING ACROSS WHERE THE PLAN PROJECT CONNECT STATIONS AND LINES WILL BE. SO I JUST WANNA, UM, UH, AND THEN THERE WAS A MAYOR THAT WAS PROVIDED TO MAYOR AND COUNCIL, UH, A MEMO AND IT, UH, PROVIDED RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, FOR HOW THE NEXT ROUND OF FUNDING SHOULD BE ALLOCATED. YEAH. SO I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE DISAPPOINTED. UM, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF ORGANIZATIONS APPLIED, UH, FOR THE FUNDING, AND WE RECOGNIZE THIS IS STILL A PRIORITY. SO YES. I'LL, I'LL STOP THERE AND, AND TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. OKAY. UM, [01:00:01] ACTUALLY, CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT HOW THAT DECISION WAS MADE? UM, UM, I KNOW THAT IT WAS MADE RIGHT BEFORE, RIGHT AFTER A LOT OF ORGANIZATIONS HAD APPLIED FOR THE MONEY MM-HMM . AND THEY WERE WAITING ON THE, ON THE ANNOUNCEMENT. AND SO AS THEY WERE WAITING FOR THAT ANNOUNCEMENT, THE EMAIL THAT THEY RECEIVED, RATHER THAN YOU, YOU KNOW, THAN WHAT THEY WERE EXPECTING, IT WAS THAT, UM, YEAH. THAT IT WAS PAUSED OR, OR THAT THE NOFA WAS CANCELED. UH, CAN YOU TELL US HOW THAT DECISION WAS MADE? UM, THE DECISION WAS MADE, UH, FIRST INTERNALLY WITH STAFF, WITH DEPARTMENT LEADERSHIP, WITH MY TEAM, UH, MY TEAM TALKING TO OUR, UH, LEADERSHIP DEPARTMENT, UM, DIRECTOR, DEPUTY DIRECTOR, AND OTHERS. AND, UM, I DUNNO, LET'S SEE. , YEAH, THAT ONE. UM, YEAH, I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE YOU WANT ME TO SAY. YEAH. BUT WE, WE HAD THOSE INTERNAL CONVERSATIONS, IF YOU WILL, LOOKING AT WHAT WAS PROPOSED, AND THEN HEARING THE DELIBERATIONS WITH THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE ABOUT THE APPLICATIONS THAT WERE RECEIVED. UM, AND SO WE THOUGHT IT WAS BEST AT THIS TIME TO PAUSE RATHER THAN GO FORWARD. UM, HOW CAN I SAY THIS? I ALSO LIKE, I GUESS A QUESTION, SORRY, A QUESTION FOR THAT. THAT WOULD BE, WAS THERE ANY DISCUSSION BEFORE THE THE NOFA WAS, UH, PUT OUT BEFORE PE BEFORE OR STARTED APPLYING? NO, NO, NO, NO. OKAY. AND, UM, I GUESS WHAT HAPPENS WITH THOSE APPLICATIONS? WHAT HAPPENS WITH THOSE, UH, ORGANIZATIONS THAT APPLY? SO AT, WE ARE NOT LOOKING, UH, AND SOMETIMES WE HAVE CANCELED SOLICITATIONS, OR NOT FUNDED SOLICITATIONS. I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE. UH, SOMETIMES YOU GET THINGS THAT ARE NOT AS RESPONSIVE AS YOU WOULD LIKE. UH, JUST PRIOR TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, WE ISSUED A SOLICITATION FOR, UH, $750,000. I, UH, OVERSAW THAT IT WAS ROUGHLY $250,000 A YEAR OVER A THREE YEAR PERIOD TO ADDRESS RENTAL ASSISTANCE. UM, AND THE RESPONSE WAS NOT WHAT WE THOUGHT IT WAS GONNA BE. THERE WAS REALLY ONLY ONE, ONLY ONE SUBMISSION THAT WE RECEIVED. AND, UM, AND WE HEARD FROM COMMUNITY GROUPS THAT THIS WAS INSUFFICIENT TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS ABOUT AROUND RENTAL ASSISTANCE, EMERGENCY RENT ASSISTANCE. AND SO AT THAT TIME, WE CHOSE NOT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE SOLICITATION. IT WAS A HARD DECISION. UM, AND I WILL SAY, LOOKING BACK, WE WOULD NOT HAVE KNOWN THIS, BUT LOOKING BACK WITH THAT MONEY BEING AVAILABLE, WE WERE ABLE TO PIVOT WHEN THE PANDEMIC, UM, TOOK PLACE. AND WE WERE ABLE TO SET UP A PROGRAM RATHER RAPIDLY BECAUSE WE ALREADY HAD AN IDEA OF WHAT WE WANTED AND THOSE FUNDS WERE AVAILABLE. AND THEN, SO WE USED THEM TO RESPOND TO THE PANDEMIC AT THAT TIME. SO I'M NOT JUST SAYING THAT BECAUSE WE HAD A GOOD OUTCOME FROM THAT, BUT THERE ARE MANY TIMES WHEN A SOLICITATION MIGHT GO OUT AND FOR WHATEVER REASON, THE RESPONSES THAT ARE RECEIVED ARE NOT QUITE WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR. I WILL SAY THIS, WE, WE, WE RECEIVED A LOT OF THINGS THAT WERE VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE ALREADY HAD. SO WE'RE, WE NEED TO STEP BACK AND THINK, HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE FILLING GAPS AND NOT JUST MULTIPLYING AND SETTING UP DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS DOING THE SAME TYPE OF WORK. IT, IT MIGHT LOOK THE SAME, BUT IT, THERE SHOULD BE SOME NUANCES AND SOME DIFFERENCES TO, UH, ADDRESS POPULATIONS THAT WE MIGHT NOT BE SERVING AND PERHAPS IN A DIFFERENT WAY. AND THAT'S WHAT WE WERE SEEKING TO FIND, UM, UH, SOLICITATIONS THAT REALLY MOVED ECONOMIC MOBILITY, UH, THE NEEDLE ON ECONOMIC MOBILITY. AND WE WERE NOT CERTAIN THAT THAT'S WHAT WE SAW IN THE APPLICATIONS THAT CAME FORWARD. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. UM, COMMISSIONERS, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE CIS COMMISSIONER LYRIC? GO AHEAD. UM, WHO IS ON THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE? UM, I CAN TELL YOU WHO IS ON THE PROJECT CONNECT COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE. ANTI DISPLACEMENT WORKING GROUP. OKAY. SO THE WORKING GROUP IS, UM, SR WHO IS THE CHAIR? UH, CATALINA BARRY. UM, [01:05:02] SUSAN AND I, I MEAN, LIKE, JUST GENERALLY, LIKE WHAT ARE, WHAT ORGANIZATIONS OR KIND OF JUST LIKE, ROLES, JAY BLAZE, CROSSLEY, AND SUSAN SUMMERS. NOW THAT'S ALL I CAN TELL YOU. I DON'T KNOW. WE COULD GO TO THEIR WEBSITE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MIGUEL. UM, I, I DON'T REALLY KNOW ALL OF THOSE DETAILS. I MEAN, I, I PROBABLY READ IT BEFORE, BUT I DON'T KNOW ALL OF THOSE OFF, OFF THE BAT. YEAH. SO IS, ARE THEY, THE ONES THAT ARE GONNA BE, Y'ALL ARE TALKING ABOUT LIKE REALLOCATION AND KIND OF EVALUATING, UM, WHAT'S HAPPENING IS ARE THEY THE ONES THAT ARE HELPING CREATE, LIKE A TOOL OR A METHOD OF EVALUATION? OR IS IT YOUR TEAM THAT'S KIND OF FIGURING THAT OUT? SO WHAT WE DID, UM, WE USED THE SAME PROCESS THAT WE USED WHEN WE ISSUED THE FIRST $20 MILLION ALLOCATION. SO WE, UM, USE A RACIAL EQUITY FRAMEWORK. SO THE GOAL WAS TO PRIORITIZE THE PEOPLE, THE PURPOSES, AND THE PLACES THAT COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAD HELPED US TO CO-CREATE DURING THAT PROCESS WHEN WE DEVELOPED THE RACIAL EQUITY, ANTI DISPLACEMENT, UH, TOOL AND REPORT. SO WITH THAT, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID IS WE PUT OUT A SOLICITATION FOR COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZA ORGANIZATIONS TO TELL US HOW WOULD YOU ADDRESS TRANSIT INDUCED DISPLACEMENT? AND WE USED THAT SAME MODEL, BUT, UM, WE USED, UM, COMMUNITY EVALUATORS. COMMUNITY MEMBERS, NOT A SPECIFIC BODY, UH, WERE CALLED IN PEOPLE SUBMITTED APPLICATIONS. UH, IT WAS AN OPEN APPLICATION. THEY, UH, COMMUNITY MEMBERS EVALUATED THE APPLICATIONS THAT CAME IN FROM COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS. AND THEN THE ONLY THING THAT THE CITY OF AUSTIN STAFF DID WAS TO VERIFY THAT EVERYONE WHO SUBMITTED AN APPLICATION WAS ELIGIBLE TO SUBMIT. SO THAT'S THE ONLY EVALUATION PIECE THAT WE DID. AND THEN, UM, FROM THAT SCORING THAT COMMUNITY GROUPS COMPLETED, THEN WE PROVIDED ALL OF THAT INFORMATION TO THE CAC. AND THEN THEY HELPED US TO MAKE SURE, UH, PRIORITIZED FUNDING DOLLAR AMOUNTS, UH, MAKE SURE WE HAD A ROBUST, UH, NUMBER OF, UH, TENANT BASED SOLUTIONS AND PROGRAMS AS WELL AS HOMEOWNERS. SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THERE WAS BALANCE IN WHAT WAS AWARDED. BUT SO WHAT THEY DID IS SORT, THEY WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT AND ABOUT AND HIGHLIGHT THE WORK THAT WAS COMPLETED BY COMMUNITY MEMBERS, BUT THEY ALSO WEIGHED IN SO THAT WE COULD HAVE A GOOD SELECTION OF, UH, OF SOLUTIONS FOR HOMEOWNERS, FOR TENANTS, AS WELL AS FOR ECONOMIC MOBILITY. SO THERE WERE SEVERAL PLACES WHERE COMMUNITY PEOPLE AND ORGANIZATIONS AND BODIES WEIGHED IN, UM, IN THE PROCESS. SO IF Y'ALL DECIDE THAT OUT OF THE 13 CONTRACTS THAT FIVE NEED TO BE REALLOCATED, IS IT GONNA BE THE SAME PROCESS ON DECIDING WHICH ONES NEED TO BE REALLOCATED OR IS THERE GONNA BE A DIFFERENT PROCESS FOR REALLOCATION OR JUST LIKE COMPLETELY ENDING MM-HMM . PROGRAM? SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DECIDE, UH, WHICH WE HOPE OUR EVALUATION WILL DETERMINE. DOES THE STAFF, ONE OF THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT, UH, DOES THE STAFF NEED TO WEIGH IN A LITTLE MORE? RIGHT? THERE WERE, UH, SOME ORGANIZATIONS WE WERE CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR CAPACITY TO DELIVER. LIKE HAD THEY DONE THIS WORK BEFORE, SOME ORGANIZATIONS HAD NOT, BUT BY US STEPPING BACK AND NOT INVOLVING OURSELVES AT ALL, UM, I THINK THAT WOULD'VE DONE A DISSERVICE ALSO TO THE PUBLIC. SO WE WANTED TO SEE WHAT, AND SO WE WANNA, ARE THERE GAPS? MAYBE WE NEED TO PUT OUT A VERY SPECIFIC SOLICITATION AND SAY, WE NEED THIS. AS OPPOSED TO SAY, TELL US WHAT YOU THINK SHOULD BE DONE. MAYBE WE NEED TO PUT OUT A SOLICITATION. SO MAY WE, WE SORT OF NEED TO WEIGH THAT. AND THEN WHAT DOES THAT EVALUATION PROCESS LOOK LIKE? DOES THE STAFF PARTICIPATE AT ALL OR DO WE CONTINUE, UM, THE WAY THAT WE HAVE DONE IN THE PAST. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER RIC. QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER MENARD? YES. . OKAY. JUST TO CLARIFY, UM, UM, CHAIR ELIAS'S QUESTION TO YOU ABOUT THE APPLICATION AND WHAT HAPPENS TO THEM. SO I'M GUESSING THEY'RE THROWN OUT. THEY ARE THROWN OUT. OKAY. JUST TO CLARIFY, THAT PROCESS IS OVER. YES, OFFICIALLY. OKAY. YES. OKAY, GREAT. AND THEN, UM, [01:10:01] SO UNDER MY UNDERSTANDING ALSO IS THAT THE G THE ISSUE WAS THAT THEY JUST DIDN'T ADDRESS THE NEED THAT YOU GUYS WERE LOOKING FOR. I, AND I DON'T WANNA SAY THERE WERE A LOT OF APPLICATIONS. SOME DID AND SOME DID. LIKE WE NEEDED TO BE, BUT TO, TO HAND PICK ONE OR IT, IT WOULD BE HARD TO SAY, WHY ARE WE PICKING? BECAUSE THEN STAFF WOULD BE WEIGHING IN, RIGHT? AND SO EITHER WE'RE GONNA WEIGH IN OR WE'RE NOT GONNA WEIGH IN. AND WE WERE AT THE POINT WHERE WE FELT WE NEEDED TO WEIGH IN. AND THEN THAT WOULD HAVE DESTROYED THE CREDIBILITY OF THE PROCESS FROM THE BEGINNING WHEN WE SAID THAT WE WOULD NOT WEIGH IN. AND SO, SO I NEED, WE NEED TO GO BACK AND, AND, AND LOOK TO SEE WHAT IS WORKING. AND IT IS ALSO VERY HARD BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A PROJECT, ADDRESSING A PROJECT THAT EVERYONE KNOWS WE HAVEN'T BEEN STARTED BUILDING, RIGHT? BUT WE ALSO KNOW DISPLACEMENT PRESSURES AROUND THOSE AREAS ARE INTENSIFYING, RIGHT? SO SEEING WHAT'S WORKING, HOW DO WE, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE EFFECTIVELY EVALUATE? UM, AND I WILL SAY SOME OF THE RESEARCH THAT WE HAVE READ TO DATE SAYS THE EARLIER YOU START, THE BETTER. AND SOME PEOPLE ARE CRITICIZING THAT, BUT STUDIES AND RESEARCH SHOW WHEN YOU START EARLIER, WE HAVE A BETTER CHANCE OF KEEPING PEOPLE IN THEIR HOMES. BUT YEAH. THANK YOU. OH, QUESTION. OF COURSE. I I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO KNOW IF YOU HAVE A TIMELINE FOR THIS. AGAIN, IS IT YOUR THREE MONTHS ? NO, THAT ONE IS NOT THREE MONTHS. WOW. UM, WE WILL NOT ISSUE ANOTHER SOLICITATION THIS FISCAL YEAR FOR SURE. FOR FY 27. I DO ANTICIPATE THAT WE WILL MAKE FUNDING AVAILABLE FOR PROJECT CONNECT, WHETHER IT'S COMMUNITY INITIATED SOLUTIONS OR ANOTHER PROGRAM TO ADDRESS IMMEDIATE DISPLACEMENT PRESSURES ALONG PROJECT CONNECT. I ANTICIPATE THAT WE WILL BE DOING THAT IN FY 27. YEAH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER MENARD. ALRIGHT. UM, YEAH, SO I MEAN, ONE REASON WHY WE ASK FOR THIS, UH, PRESENTATION IS THAT, THAT WE UNDERSTAND, UM, ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT LIVE ALONG THE, THE PROPOSED PROJECT CONNECT LINES. WE UNDERSTAND THE PRESSURES, WE PRESSURES THAT WERE ALREADY THERE AND HAVE INTENSIFIED, UH, BECAUSE OF PROJECT CONNECT. I MEAN, I'M TALKING ABOUT MENTALIS PERSONALLY. UH, THERE'S ACTUALLY, THERE'S A SONY CASE THIS THURSDAY, TWO BLOCKS ACTUALLY ONE BLOCK AWAY FROM EAST RIVERSIDE WHERE THE PROJECT CONNECT RAIL LINE, UH, WILL GO THROUGH THAT'S WOULD BE PERFECT TO BUILD AFFORDABLE HOUSING, DEEPLY AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR TRANSIT INDEPENDENT RIDERS. AND THAT COULD BE, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT COULD, MONEY COULD BE USED FOR. UM, AND SO I GUESS WHAT I'M SAYING IS THAT, YEAH, THAT FUNDING, I BELIEVE THAT NEEDS TO BE, YOU KNOW, USED, UH, ALLOCATED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. BECAUSE THE MORE WE WAIT, THE MORE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE PRESSURE BUILDS FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE BEING DISPLACED. I AGREE. I AGREE. NOW TO BE CLEAR, THERE ARE STILL REAL ESTATE DOLLARS THAT IS AVAILABLE FOR REAL ESTATE ACQUISITION AND REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT. THE PAUSE WITH THE COMMUNITY INITIATED SOLUTION DOES NOT PAUSE. SO THE $300 MILLION, THERE ARE REALLY THREE PARTS TO HOW THOSE DOLLARS WERE BROKEN UP. AND IT HAS BEEN PROGRAMS TO ADDRESS IMMEDIATE DISPLACEMENT PRESSURES TO DATE, TO DATE. THOSE PROGRAMS HAVE ALL BEEN COMMUNITY INITIATED SOLUTIONS, BUT THERE IS ALSO REAL ESTATE ACQUISITION. UM, AND THEN REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT AND PRESERVATION. SO THE REAL ESTATE DOLLARS ARE AVAILABLE. AND SO THAT WORK IS CONTINUING, CONTINUING. SO IT IS NOT THAT THE REAL ESTATE DOLLARS, UM, THEY'RE STILL MOVING FORWARD. AND IS THAT, UM, THAT'S NOT BASED ON APPLICATION OR COMMUNITY ORG APPLYING FOR THE MONEY? IT'S BASED ON HOUSING? YES. YES. YES. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. UH, IF WE DON'T HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS, THANK YOU SO MUCH NEFERTITI FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. UH, WE'LL MOVE ON, MOVE ON TO [6. Elections of CDC Officers. Discussion led by Chair Noe Elias. ] OUR NEXT ITEM. ITEM NUMBER SIX, UH, ELECTIONS OF CDC OFFICERS. UM, I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER WHAT THE, THE PROCESS IS. UH, WE HAVE A SCRIPT FOR OUR ELECTIONS. I THINK YOU GO FIRST CHAIR FOR THE, [01:15:01] YEAH. OKAY. SORRY, ONE SEC GUYS. SO THIS WAS THE SCRIPT FROM LAST TIME MM-HMM . THAT YOU HAD TO DO IT BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE A CHAIR. SO DON'T READ THAT PART. MM-HMM . UM, BUT THE REST OF THIS I THINK IS CORRECT, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT DOESN'T MATTER IF I DO. YEAH. I WASN'T ION I WAS LINE LAST TIME. SO I THINK YOU JUST DO IT BECAUSE YOU'RE THE CHAIR. OKAY. QUICK QUESTION. IS COMMISSIONER ARNOLD HERE? YES. WE'RE HUNDRED PERCENT. CAN I SAY THAT REAL QUICK? YES. OKAY. SORRY GUYS. TOTAL INTERJECTION. THIS IS NOT ON THE AGENDA. WE HAVE A HUNDRED PERCENT PARTICIPATION. I'VE NEVER SEEN THAT COMMISSION HERE. AND THAT'S WITH AN ADDITIONAL COMMISSIONER JUST ADDED. THIS IS THE MOST COMMISSIONERS WE'VE EVER HAD IN MY ENTIRE THREE YEARS OF BEING ON THE COMMISSION, RIGHT? AND WE WERE ALL HERE. AND Y'ALL DON'T UNDERSTAND THIS IS A REALLY BIG DEAL. WE SHOULD HAVE HAD CUPCAKES. UM, SO CONGRATULATIONS, EVERYBODY. I WANTED TO TAKE A MINUTE AND CELEBRATE A REALLY BEAUTIFUL MOMENT. SO THANK YOU GUYS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS. ABSOLUTELY . THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. SO, UM, I HAVE A SCRIPT, UH, FOR THE ELECTION. SO BOARDS, UM, BOARDS AND COMMISSION SELECT THE CHAIR AND A VICE CHAIR ANNUALLY FOR A TERM OF ONE YEAR, STARTING MAY THE FIRST AND RUNS THROUGH APRIL 30TH. SO, SO MARCH. WELL, FOR THIS ONE. SORRY. SORRY, . I DIDN'T UPGRADE THAT ONE. OKAY. APRIL 1ST. APRIL. OH, SO YES, IT'LL BE APRIL 1ST, SORRY. APRIL 1ST THROUGH MARCH 30TH. IS THAT CORRECT? THANK YOU. UH, SO I WILL, UH, BE CONDUCTING THE ELECTION. SO KEEP IN MIND THAT ALL THE VOTES ARE PUBLIC. THERE'S NO BALLOT SYSTEM FOR ANY ACTION. UH, THERE'S NO REQUIREMENT TO REELECT THE CURRENT OFFICERS, UH, THE RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THE CHAIR. ALSO, THE TWO, UH, OFFICER, UH, OFFICERS ARE CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR. SO THE RESPONSIBILITIES FOR CHAIR INCLUDE LEADING THE BOARD MEETINGS, APPROVING THE DRAFT AGENDAS, APPOINTING MEMBERS TO WORKING GROUPS AND COMMITTEES WITH INPUT FROM OTHER MEMBERS, UH, AND TO COMPLETE THE ANNUAL REVIEW AND REPORT. SO THE PROCESS OF ELECTING OFFICERS IS AS FOLLOWS. I WILL OPEN FOR NOMINATIONS FOR CHAIR. UH, CANDIDATES MAY NOMINATE THEMSELVES IF THEY'D LIKE. UH, EACH CANDIDATE MUST ACCEPT OR DECLINE THE NOMINATION. AND WE'LL HAVE TWO TO THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK ON THEIR QUALIFICATIONS AS IF THEY ACCEPT. AND IT'S OKAY IF THE NOMINATION, UH, IF THE NOMINATOR TALKS ABOUT THE CANDIDATE AS WELL. UH, THEN I WILL CALL FOR A SECOND, UH, FOR EACH NOMINATION IN ORDER IN WHICH THE NOMINATIONS WERE RECEIVED. SO EACH NOMINATION HAS TO BE SECONDED. THEN WE WILL CONDUCT A VOTING, TAKING EACH NOMINATION. IN TURN, I WILL READ THE NAME OF THE COMMISSIONER WHO WAS NOMINATED, THE NAME OF THE COMMISSIONER, WHO MADE THE NOMINATION, AND THE NAME OF THE COMMISSIONER WHO SECONDED THE NOMINATION. WE WOULD THEN HAVE A ROLL CALL VOTE. I WILL CALL EACH COMMISSIONER, AND EACH COMMISSIONER WILL RESPOND WITH A YES OR A NO. ALL COMMISSIONERS MUST BE AS VIS MUST BE VISIBLE ON SCREEN IF THEY ARE VOTING REMOTELY. AFTER WE HAVE ELECTED THE CHAIR, THE CHAIR WILL CONDUCT THE ELECTION FOR VICE CHAIR, UH, AND FOLLOW THE SAME PROCEDURES. JUST EXPLAINED. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? YES. I THINK THAT THAT'S BECAUSE WE DIDN'T TECHNICALLY HAVE A CHAIR FOR THE SCRIPT WE'RE GOING OFF OF. I THINK YOU WILL CONTINUE 'CAUSE YOU'RE STILL THE CHAIR THROUGH THE 30TH. SO I THINK THAT YOU WILL CONTINUE. SO I CAN STILL CONDUCT THE ELECTION. YOU WERE THE CHAIR WHO, NOT THE NEWLY ELECTED. THAT PERSON WILL START AUGUST ON APRIL. APRIL, APRIL, . YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO, SO IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS, UM, WOULD ANY COMMISSIONERS AT THIS AT THIS TIME LIKE TO NOMINATE SOMEONE TO BE THE CHAIR OF THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION? SO PLEASE, UH, RAISE YOUR HAND AND NOMINATE SOMEBODY. UH, COMMISSIONER, UH, BREWSTER. I, WE CAN'T HEAR YOU. GO AHEAD, COMMISSIONER BREWSTER, GO AHEAD. UH, I WANT TO NOMINATE YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY, SO COMMISSIONER BREWSTER, UH, NOMINATES ME. UH, NO, ELIAS, UH, AND I ACCEPT JUDGE A SECOND. I THINK WE GO THROUGH THE, DO WE SECOND WHILE WE GO? NO, UH, WE KEEP NO, UH, DOING NOMINATIONS. UH, SOMEBODY ELSE, UH, HOLD THAT. HOLD THAT. [01:20:01] DO WE HAVE OTHER NOMINATIONS FOR CHAIR? I, OKAY. OKAY. SO IF WE DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS, DO WE HAVE A SECOND FOR THAT CURRENT NOMINATION? WE HAVE A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER MENARD. YES. I SECOND. ALRIGHT. UM, COMMISSIONER BREWSTER, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK OR WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO SPEAK? YOU CAN GO AHEAD. OKAY. THANK YOU. UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR NOMINATION, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SECOND COMMISSIONER MENARD. UM, I'M VERY HAPPY THAT, UM, I'VE BEEN RENOMINATED, UH, TO SERVE AS YOUR CHAIR. UH, IT'S, IT'S A PLEASURE, UH, TO CHAIR THESE, THESE MEETINGS. UM, I THINK THAT, UH, JUST SHOWING THAT WE HAVE EVERY SINGLE COMMISSIONER ON, YOU KNOW, HERE, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT, UH, VICE CHAIR AND I HAVE BEEN REALLY, REALLY WORKING ON IS, YOU KNOW, GETTING PEOPLE ON THE COMMISSION THAT ARE AS COMMITTED AS Y'ALL ARE, WHICH IS, MAKES OUR JOB, MY JOB, OUR JOB VERY, YOU KNOW, A LOT EASIER AND A LOT, YOU KNOW, UM, SIMPLER THAN WE HAD REALLY OTHER TIMES. UM, AND SO, SO, YEAH. SO I'M EXCITED. UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR NOMINATION. ALL RIGHT. SO NOW I WILL CONDUCT A ROLL CALL AND YOU WILL VOTE YES OR NO AS WE GO DOWN, DOWN THE LIST. UH, LET'S START WITH COMMISSIONERS ONLINE. REMEMBER, YOUR CAMERA MUST BE ON IN ORDER TO VOTE. UM, COMMISSIONER OLIVER? YES. YES. OKAY. YES. THANK YOU. . SORRY. COMMISSIONER TISHA. UH, COMMISSIONER ORTIZ? YES. COMMISSIONER MARTINEZ. YES. COMMISSIONER ARNOLD? YES. YES. COMMISSIONER MENO? YES. COMMISSIONER BREWSTER? YES. COMMISSIONER JAEL? YES. COMMISSIONER LONGORIA? YES. COMMISSIONER LYRIC? YES. COMMISSIONER TIFFANY? YES. COMMISSIONER, UH, CHAIR? YES. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER MENARD? YES. THANK YOU SO MUCH. UH, THE VOTE IS COUNTED TWO OFF OR WITH ONE OFF THE DA. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH, UH, FOR YOUR CONFIDENCE. AND YEAH, THAT'S, DO THIS ANOTHER YEAR. AND, UH, NOW WE WILL GO ON TO, UM, OUR ELECTION VICE CHAIR. UH, SO SAME PROCESS. UM, WE WILL TAKE, UH, NOMINATIONS, UH, AND THEN WE, UH, ACCEPT OR NOT. AND THEN WE'LL, UH, HAVE SECONDS ON THOSE. OKAY. DO WE HAVE ANY NOMINATIONS FOR VICE CHAIR COMMISSIONER MENARD? UM, I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE COM. UM, VICE CHAIR, KELI. THANK YOU. I AM GOING TO, NOT YET. CAN I TABLE THE ACCEPTANCE? IF THERE'S SOMEONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO STEP UP? I WOULD ACTUALLY LIKE TO ALLOW SOMEONE ELSE THE OPPORTUNITY. SO, BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH. UM, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE HOW THIS PLAYS OUT. OKAY. PLEASE, PLEASE. OTHER FOLKS, FEEL FREE TO STEP UP. DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS FOR VICE CHAIR? VICE CHAIR? AND REMEMBER, YOU CAN NOMINATE YOURSELF AS WELL. OH, SORRY. UH, COMMISSIONER ORTIZ. I'D LOVE TO NOMINATE, UH, COMMISSIONER ARNOLD. AND IF YOU'RE INTERESTED, UM, I'D LOVE TO NOMINATE YOU. UM, YEAH. , COMMISSIONER ARNOLD . I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE LYRIC. OKAY. COMMISSIONER ARNOLD, UH, YOU'VE BEEN NOMINATED. DO YOU ACCEPT OR NO? FIRST I, I WANNA DO JUST WHAT MR. ON THE TABLE. OKAY. . UM, I, I, I DON'T WANNA ACCEPT, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE THE LYRIC. OKAY. SO WE HAVE A NOMINATION FOR COMMISSIONER LYRIC. COMMISSIONER LYRIC. DO YOU ACCEPT, I'M GONNA BE [01:25:01] REALLY HONEST, Y'ALL. I, UH, I WAS AT THE MASS SHOOTING, UM, IN WEST AUSTIN. AND SO MY MENTAL CAPACITY IS JUST A LITTLE LOW RIGHT NOW. SO I'M HAVING A HARD TIME LIKE THINKING ABOUT ACCEPTING THIS WHEN I'M, I'M JUST TRYING TO LIKE, GET THROUGH MENTALLY AND LIKE, MAYBE I'D BE CAPABLE IN A COUPLE MONTHS, BUT RIGHT NOW I THINK I JUST LIKE, I JUST DON'T WANNA SAY YES AND THEN, AND NOT BE DOING OKAY IN THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS. SO, UM, THAT'S MY ONLY HESITANCY. I WAS, I WAS VERY DOWN BEFORE, BUT, UM, CONSIDERING WHAT HAPPENED, I JUST, I NEED TO MANAGE MY STRESS BEFORE COMMITTING TO SOME LONG-TERM STUFF. SO, YEAH. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER. AND WE'RE SO SORRY, BUT COMMISSIONERS, DO WE HAVE, UH, OTHER NOMINATIONS, UH, OR COMMISSIONERS THAT HAVE BEEN NOMINATED? UH, WOULD YOU LIKE TO ACCEPT I COULD TAG TEAM? IS THAT A THING? NOT OFFICIALLY. I UNDERSTAND. OFFICIALLY THERE'S NO SUCH THING. UM, BUT LIKE I WOULD, I WOULD BE WILLING TO ACCEPT AND THEN DISCONTINUE MY SERVICE IN A FEW MONTHS, IF SO, ONE OPTION. BUT ALSO COMMISSIONER ARNOLD, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO JUST RUN FLAT OUT, THAT ALSO TOTALLY WORKS. BUT I WOULD SAY I, IF, IF IT'S A TIMING ISSUE, 'CAUSE MINE, I JUST LIKE, I'M NOT EVER GONNA RUN FOR CHAIR, SO I WANNA MOVE OUT OF THE WAY. UM, BUT IF, BUT I, I CAN DO THIS FOR A FEW MORE. I WOULD BE WILLING TO ACCEPT THE NOMINATION AND RUN FOR A FEW MORE MONTHS IF FOLKS WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT I WOULDN'T BE TRYING TO REMAIN. BUT ALSO COMMISSIONER ARNOLD WOULD HAPPILY, HAPPILY SUPPORT YOUR VICE CHAIRSHIP . I WILL ACCEPT ONLY IF YOU WILL WALK ME THROUGH HAND BY HAND. UM, I KNOW THAT I HAVEN'T REALLY BEEN ABLE TO SHOW UP IN PERSON AND I, I FEEL LIKE AS A VICE CHAIR, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU ALL DESERVE. UM, I AM A FULL-TIME PARENT AND I, THE LIST GOES ON. ALTHOUGH IF Y'ALL FEEL LIKE MY CAPACITY ALIGNS WITH VICE CHAIR, WHY NOT? I ACCEPT IF YOU WALK ME THROUGH HAND BY HAND. 'CAUSE YOU'RE AMAZING, BOTH OF YOU, THE YOUNG LADIES AND THEN MAYBE I, WHEN LYRIC HAS THE CAPACITY, WE CAN TRANSITION INTO HER BEING A VICE CHAIR. PERFECT. THAT WORKS FOR ME. SOUNDS GOOD. THAT AWESOME. A OUTTA ORDER. SO EXCITING. IT IS. GUYS ARE SO EXCITED. . SO THE, UM, Y'ALL CAN'T HEAR ONLINE, BUT THE IS, THERE'S A LOT OF ENTHUSIASM IN THE AUDIENCE. AND ALSO REMINDER, THIS IS NOT AT ALL A PROCESS, THAT IT IS REALLY HOW THIS WORKS. . SO I'M JUST TO CONFIRM, I THINK THAT WE HAVE ONE ACCEPT NOMINATION. WE HAVE NOMINATION AND ACCEPTANCE. YES. UM, HOLD ON, I LOST IT. WE WILL NEED A SECOND. SORRY, WHAT WAS THAT NOMINATION SECOND. SO COMMISSIONER ARNOLD WAS, UH, NOMINATED BY COMMISSIONER ARTIZ. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I SECOND. COMMISSIONER, COMMISSIONER LYRIC SECONDS THE NOMINATION. UM, COMMISSIONER ARTIZ, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK ON COMMISSIONER ARNOLD OR COMMISSIONER ARNOLD, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK? I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING BUT WONDERFUL THINGS TO SAY ABOUT MS. ARNOLD. UM, COMMISSIONER ARNOLD HAS BEEN VERY ACTIVE SINCE SHE FIRST BEGAN ON THE BOARD AND REALLY HELPS US, UM, THINK BEYOND THE EVERYDAY 'CAUSE SOMETIMES WE GET KIND OF, UM, BOGGED DOWN WITH JUST OUR EVERYDAY LIVES. AND TO HAVE SOMEBODY WHO UM, ALWAYS, ALWAYS HELPS BRING OUT THE BEST IN YOU IS SO AMAZING. AND I THINK THE ARNOLD DOES THAT FOR US IN, IN OUR WORK GROUPS. I ALWAYS FEEL LIKE, UM, I'M KIND OF LIKE, OKAY, COOL, WE'VE GOT THIS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, JUST REALLY FEEL REAL CONFIDENT. I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW AND JUST LIKE, UM, COMMISSIONER KEELEY SAID TO HAVE THIS GROUP, A FULL GROUP IS AMAZING. AND, UM, AS A, AS A SECOND, I THINK THAT, UM, MS. ARNOLD WILL BE A GREAT VICE CHAIR TO KIND OF HELP COMPLIMENT THAT. UM, AND EVEN IF WE'RE STILL KIND OF WORKING THROUGH EVERYBODY'S TIME IS CAPACITY IN THIS ROLE, UM, I DO THINK THAT SHE'D BE A GREAT ASSET, EVEN IF IT'S JUST SHORT TERM, WHATEVER SHE CAN PROVIDE FOR US. UM, I THINK THAT WOULD BE FANTASTIC. AND, AND I HOPE Y'ALL AGREE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YEAH. YEAH. I MEAN, I KNOW WE, THE PROCESS WAS KIND OF, BUT THAT GOES TO SHOW, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALL VOLUNTEERS. WE ALL HAVE CERTAIN CAPACITY AND I LOVE THAT EVERYBODY'S [01:30:01] JUST LOOKING OUT FOR EACH OTHER ON THAT. SO. GREAT. UM, YEAH. SO I'M GONNA DO A ROLL CALL AND THEN YOU, UH, VOTE YES OR NO AS WE GO. COMMISSIONER OLIVER? OH MY GOSH, I DON'T KNOW. ARE WE GONNA SAY ONE, TWO, AND THREE? LIKE WHAT ARE WE DOING HERE? ? OH, WE HAVE ONE NOM, SORRY. WE HAVE ONE NOMINATION, WHICH IS COMMISSIONER ARNOLD, UH, THAT WE'RE VOTING ON. OKAY. SO AND IS IT CONTINGENT? LIKE I, AND I GUESS THIS IS WHERE I HAVE SOME, SO, SO, AND I CLEAR SO HE COULD, IT WOULD BE THE ONE THAT SAID YES, THAT'S CORRECT. SHE'S HANDHELD. AND THEN UNTIL WE GETS READY, UH, YES. SO WE'RE JUST, WE'RE NOT, WE'RE TAKING THAT OFF THE TABLE RIGHT NOW. YES. SO WE'RE JUST VOTING ON, ON APPROVING COMMISSIONER, UH, ARNOLD AS THE VICE CHAIR. OKAY. I SAY YES. COMMISSIONER BREWSTER. YES. COMMISSIONER ORTIZ. YES. COMMISSIONER MARTINEZ. YES. DOES SHE GET TO VOTE HERSELF? YES. COMMISSIONER ARNOLD? YES. COMMISSIONER MENO. AND IF YOU WOULD TURN ON YOUR CAMERA, PLEASE. COMMISSIONER MENARD? YES. MYSELF. UH, CHAIR ELIAS? YES. COMMISSIONER ACHILLES? YES. COMMISSIONER TIFFANY? YES. COMMISSIONER LYRIC? YES. COMM COMMISSIONER LONGORIA. COMMISSIONER JAEL? YES. ALRIGHT. YES, SIR. UM, THAT IS COUNTED WITH 100% AND, UH, ONE COMMISSIONER OFF THE DIOCESE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT. CONGRATULATIONS, COMMISSIONER A OUR YOU VICE CHAIR. AWESOME. THANK YOU SO MUCH TO EVERYBODY, ALL COMMISSIONERS. THANKS YOU ALL SO MUCH. I'M GRATEFUL I WILL SHOW UP FULL TIME AND BEYOND MY CAPACITY FOR MY COMMUNITY. LOVE Y'ALL. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT. UM, SO NOW WE'RE GOING ON TO ITEM NUMBER [7. CDC recommendations for City of Austin budget. Discussion led by Chair Noe Elias. ] SEVEN. WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN BUDGET. SO THE PROCESS WAS THAT WE HAD A, UH, BUDGET WORKING GROUP AND, UH, WE WENT THROUGH DIFFERENT OPTIONS OF RECOMMEND RECOMMENDING, UH, FOR THE, AN ITEM FOR THE BUDGET OR ITEMS FOR THE BUDGET. UM, I WILL START THE DISCUSSION, BUT I WILL ALSO DEFER TO, UM, COMMISSIONER LONGORIA AND COMM AND COMMISSIONER TISHA, UH, IF SHE'S HERE, UM, TO SPEAK ON THAT AS WELL. UM, DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS OR NOT AT THIS TIME? CHAIR. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. UM, COMMISSIONER LONGORIA, ARE YOU ABLE TO READ THE RECOMMENDATION? YEAH, SURE. YES. OKAY. UM, NICE. UH, WELL, THANK YOU. UM, EVERYONE, COMMISSIONERS, I POINT YOUR ATTENTION TO, UM, UM, THE ADDITIONAL ITEM IN YOUR PACKET. IT'S TITLED COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION FOR 2026 TO 2027. UM, WHEREAS THE AUSTIN CDC IS TASKED WITH REVIEWING PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO SERVE THE POOR AND THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE AND PROVIDING RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL. WHEREAS THE CDC HAS DISCUSSED TOPICS WITH AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH, WITH THE AUSTIN HOUSING DEPARTMENT, WITH THE AUSTIN PLANNING DEPARTMENT, ADDITIONAL CITY DEPARTMENTS, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS THAT COORDINATE WITH COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS. AND WHEREAS THROUGHOUT THE, THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THOSE DISCUSSIONS, VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS HAVE EXPRESSED PROGRAM PROGRAMMATIC AND DEPARTMENTAL NEEDS. AND WHEREAS AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH, THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT, AND THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT HAVE PROVIDED BACKUP MATERIALS AND BRIEFINGS THROUGHOUT THE 25 26 CDC REGULARLY CALLED MEETINGS ON THEIR ACTIVITIES, OUTCOMES, AND RECOMMENDATIONS, WHEREAS SEVERAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENTS IDENTIFIED UNMET NEEDS. AND NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE CDC RECOMMENDS ALLOCATION OF FUNDS AND THE USE OF ALL AVAILABLE MEANS TO INCORPORATE THE FOLLOWING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PRIORITIES INTO THE FY 26 2027 BUDGET. UM, I THINK, SO FLIP THE PAGE. I GUESS I JUST WANNA PREFACE BY SAYING THAT, UM, THIS BUDGET DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY BONDS, YOU KNOW, SO YEAH, IT'S JUST, UH, THE BUDGET, UM, OR AS, AS IT WAS, UH, [01:35:01] CREATED LAST YEAR. UM, SOME ITEMS, SOME PROGRAMS WE'VE DECIDED TO, UH, MAINTAIN. HOPEFULLY THEY CONTINUE SOME, CERTAINLY WE'VE ADDED, UM, SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDS. SO UNDER THE AUSTIN CAPITAL DELIVERY SERVICES DEPARTMENT, UH, WE ARE RECOMMENDING, UH, THAT THE PROJECT DELIVERY SUPPORT PROGRAM, THAT THERE OUGHT TO BE A BUDGET ASSESSMENT AND ADDITIONAL DOLLARS FOR MOBILITY INFRASTRUCTURE, PROJECT CONTROL AND REPORTING AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT DEVELOPMENT. UNDER THE AUSTIN HOMELESS STRATEGIES AND OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT, WE ARE RECOMMENDING BUDGET ASSESSMENT AND ADDITIONAL DOLLARS FOR TWO PROGRAMS, THE HOMELESS DIVERSION SERVICES PROGRAMS FOR PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, HOMELESS DIVERSION SERVICES, AND EMERGENCY SHELTER SERVICES. THE OTHER PROGRAM UNDER THIS DEPARTMENT THAT WE ARE RECOMMENDING IS PAY FOR SUCCESS PROGRAMS FOR WRAPAROUND SUPPORT SERVICES AND TIVE SUPPORTIVE HOUSING UNDER THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT. UH, WE ARE RECOMMENDING A BUDGET ASSESSMENT AND ADDITIONAL DOLLARS FOR TWO PROGRAMS, THE DISPLACEMENT PREVENTION PROGRAM FOR HOME REPAIR SERVICES, EVICTION PROTECTION AND RENTAL ASSISTANCE. AND UNDER THE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM, WE ARE RECOMMENDING, UM, ADDITIONAL DOLLARS FOR ACQUISITION AND DEVELOPMENT, DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE, RENTAL HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE, AND COMMUNITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT. UM, UNDER AUSTIN PARKS AND RECREATIONS DEPARTMENT, UM, THERE ARE TWO PROGRAMS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND. A BUDGET ASSESSMENT AND ADDITIONAL DOLLARS FOR BUILDING RENOVATION AND A REPLACEMENT PROGRAM FOR THE RENOVATION. REHABILITATION OF FACILITIES, ACQUISITION OF LAND AND PARK INFRASTRUCTURE, UM, AND UNDER THE INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT, ADDITIONAL DOLLARS FOR PARKLAND IMPROVEMENTS, MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT, PROJECT DESIGN AND PROJECT OVERSIGHT. AND LASTLY, UNDER THE AUSTIN TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, TWO PROGRAMS THAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING A BUDGET ASSESSMENT AND ADDITIONAL DOLLARS COMMUNITY SERVICES PROGRAM, UH, FOR STUDENT TRAVEL SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS, INFRASTRUCTURE, COLLABORATION, AND PROJECT DELIVERY. AND UNDER THE SIDEWALK INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM, ADDITIONAL DOLLARS FOR SIDEWALK DEVELOPMENT, CITY PEDESTRIAN PLAN, AND THE A DA MASTER PLAN DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION. UM, UNDER THESE BULLETED ITEMS, UH, WE HAVE LISTED THE, THE EACH INDIVIDUAL PROGRAM. AND, UM, IN THE FOLLOWING COLUMN, WE CAN SEE THE 2025, 2026 APPROVE BUDGET AMOUNTS. AND THEN IN THE THIRD COLUMN, WE SEE THE 2026, 2027 RECOMMENDED AMOUNTS. UM, IF YOU NOTICE, LIKE I MENTIONED, UM, MOST OF 'EM HAVE ADDITIONAL DOLLARS, UM, JUST IN THE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS, UM, HOPEFULLY TO MAINTAIN AND CONTINUE THESE PROGRAMS. UM, AND THEN THERE'S OUR, UM, A A COUPLE OF PROGRAMS THAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING, UH, ADDITIONAL DOLLARS IN THE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO, TO, UM, THAT WE THOUGHT WOULD BE NECESSARY TO CARRY OUT SOME OF OUR RECOMMENDATIONS. SO, UM, YEAH, PLEASE HAVE A LOOK OVER, UM, THE RECOMMENDATION. HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS IF THERE'S ANY. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER LONGORIA. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MIGUEL, WE HAVE A SPEAKER YOU SAY OR? YES. YES. UM, I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT CHAIR. THAT'S, UM, I MISSED IT. UH, BUT WE HAVE MS. JOSEPH, UH, TO SPEAK AND WE HAVE JUST A LITTLE BIT OF, UM, MEDIA AS WELL. AND I APOLOGIZE, COMMISSIONER RIO. SO MS. JOSEPH WILL SPEAK AND THEN WE'LL GO ON TO A DISCUSSION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MR. CHAIR MEMBERS, I'M ENOVIA JOSEPH, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO INFRASTRUCTURE. YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN NORTH LAMAR, I WANT YOU TO RECOGNIZE THAT IT'S IMPORTANT TO PRIORITIZE. SO I WOULD ASK YOU TO AMEND THE RECOMMENDATION TO PRIORITIZE AND LOOK AT THE HISTORICAL DATA. YOU WILL SEE THIS IS SPECIFICALLY MR. NORTON WAS KILLED. HE WAS HIT ON NORTH LAMORE IN THAT SAME AREA IN, IN 2016, IMAM ISLAM. MOSSAD WAS KILLED JULY 27TH, 2025. AND WHILE COUNCIL WILL PUT A PEDESTRIAN HYBRID BEACON AT THE MOSQUE, IT DOES NOT ADDRESS THE SAFE AREA OR UNSAFE AREA HERE. NEXT SLIDE. I WANT YOU TO RECOGNIZE THAT NORTH LAMAR WAS ACTUALLY RANKED NUMBER ONE AS IT RELATES TO THE $720 MILLION MOBILITY BOND NOVEMBER 8TH, 2016. HOWEVER, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT YOU HAVE TO LITERALLY GET IN A DITCH IN THAT SAME INTERSECTION IN ORDER TO ACCESS THE PEDESTRIAN [01:40:01] BEACON. IT'S, UH, JUST A CROSSING THERE, BUT IT'S NOT A DA COMPLIANT AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT. NEXT SLIDE. THIS IS WHAT TERRACOTTA SIDEWALKS LOOK LIKE, ESSENTIALLY, RED LINING RED SIDEWALKS IS WHAT THIS REMINDS ME OF. I WANT YOU TO RECOGNIZE THAT IT'S PROBABLY IMPORTANT TO INCLUDE SMART ORDINANCE BECAUSE THE S IS FOR SAFE M MIXED INCOME. A IS ACCESSIBLE, R REASONABLY PRICED, AND T IS TRANSIT ORIENTED. THAT'S A METROPOLITAN PARK ON THE LEFT NEXT TO, UH, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER MIKE ROGERS. AND ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE IS THE HKA PROPERTY. YOU'LL SEE IT'S A MID-BLOCK STOP AND THERE IS NO PEDESTRIAN HYBRID BEACON TO CROSS. SO THAT NEEDS TO ACTUALLY BE INCLUDED IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE. I WANT YOU TO RECOGNIZE THAT BACK ON APRIL 10TH, 2025, STAFF SIMPLY SAID THAT THIS AREA WAS ACCESSIBLE. THIS IS NORTH LAMAR WITH THE DRAINAGE AND ABOVE IS BERG STATION WITH THE DRUG OVERDOSES. NEXT SLIDE. WHY DOES IT LOOK SO DIFFERENT IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF TOWN? IF YOU LOOK AT THIS ROUTE 18, YOU'LL SEE PROJECT CONNECT ADVERTISED, BUT IF YOU LOOK ABOVE, YOU'LL SEE 37,500 VEHICLES PER DAY, TRAVERSED NORTH LAMAR BACK IN 2020. ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, YOU'LL SEE TERRACOTTA LINES, LAMAR MIDDLE SCHOOL, ACROSS FROM ALLENDALE, HEV. BUT ABOVE YOU'LL SEE THE PLAIN GRAY SIDEWALK, NORTH LAMAR. THE QUESTION IS, WE ALL PAY TAXES. WHY DOES IT LOOK SO DIFFERENT IN NORTH LAMAR VERSUS THE OTHER PARTS OF TOWN? NEXT SLIDE. IT IS BECAUSE ACCORDING TO THIS AUDIT THAT WAS RELEASED JANUARY, 2026, THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TRANSPORTATION PUBLIC WORKS, USES AN INFORMAL PROCESS. THEY DO NOT RELY ON DATA. AND BASICALLY WHAT WE'RE DOING IS GIVING THEM A BLANK CHECK. I'M FINISHED WITH THE SLIDES. I WANT YOU TO RECOGNIZE THAT IT'S DISCRIMINATORY AND IT VIOLATES TITLE SIX OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL GLADLY ANSWER THEM AT THIS TIME. I WANNA THANK COMMISSIONER LONGORIA. I WASN'T AT YOUR LAST MEETING, BUT I HEARD HIM SAY MY NAME. , THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU, . THANK YOU SO MUCH. I DO LISTEN, , THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOU'RE WELCOME, MS. JOSEPH. YOU'RE WELCOME. UH, COMMISSIONERS, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? GO AHEAD, COMMISSIONER. UM, YEAH, I GUESS, UH, JUST, UH, A COMMENT AND A QUESTION. SO, UM, I I I, I HAVE TAKEN YOUR FEEDBACK. THANKS. AND YEAH, CERTAINLY. AND, UM, WELL, THOUGH I DO AGREE WITH YOU, YOU KNOW, YOUR, YOUR, SOME OF YOUR LAST COMMENTS AS FAR AS LIKE WRITING A BLANK CHECK, I DO THINK THERE OUGHT TO BE LIKE PROJECT REPORTING AND PROJECT CONTROL. UM, WITH THAT BEING SAID, UM, AS FAR AS LIKE COMMUNITY SERVICES PROGRAM, WE'VE ASKED FOR AN ADDITIONAL ONE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS FOR TRAVEL SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS, PROJECT DELIVERY. AS FAR AS LIKE THE SIDEWALK INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, CITY PEDESTRIAN PLAN, A DA MASTER PLAN, WE ARE ASKING FOR AN ADDITIONAL $5 MILLION. AND THAT'S JUST THE TRANSPORTATION OF PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. BUT AS FAR AS LIKE THE CAPITAL DELIVERY SERVICES DEPARTMENT, UM, WELL, WE ARE, WE'RE ASKING FOR AN ADDITIONAL $350,000, UH, FOR THE, THE PROJECT CONTROL AND REPORTING. I KNOW THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE LANGUAGE THAT YOU'VE INCLUDED IN YOUR PRESENTATION IS NOT MADE VERY EXPLICIT HERE. BUT I THINK, UH, UH, AS FAR AS LIKE THE, THE, THE, THE FUNDING, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE ADVOCATING WE'RE RECOMMENDING THIS, AND I THINK IT MIGHT, UH, REQUIRE, UM, PERHAPS A LITTLE BIT MORE, UM, ADVOCATING IN CERTAIN DEPARTMENTS. BUT I DON'T KNOW. I'M UP. YEAH. UH, I GUESS, I GUESS, UM, WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY IS THAT, LIKE, IT MIGHT GET KIND OF TECHNICAL WHEN IT COMES TO ADDING AMENDMENTS. I'M NOT OPPOSED TO IT, BUT I JUST WANNA WANT TO BE RESPECTFUL, EVERYONE, AND THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. I WOULD JUST SAY THAT, UM, AS I SHARED WITH YOU BEFORE, I, I KINDA WANT YOU TO SEE THAT MORE MONEY, AND I APOLOGY FOR PUTTING MORE MONEY, I THINK IT IS NEEDED, BUT I WANT YOU TO RECOGNIZE THAT THE MONEY HAS BEEN ALLOCATED FOR NORTH LAMAR SINCE AT LEAST THE $90 MILLION BOND IN 2010. AND SO ADDING MORE MONEY, IT, IT IS A GOOD THING. YOU DO NEED MORE MONEY, BUT I THINK IT'S THE PRIORITIZATION THAT ACTUALLY NEEDS TO BE THERE AND NOT THE EXCUSE ABOUT DRAINAGE. BECAUSE WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE IS THAT BERNARD ROAD AND NORTH LAR BOTH TXDOT RIGHT AWAY NORTH OF US, 180 3. AND SO THE PRIORITY CONTINUES TO BE SOCCER SAFETY AND THE LIGHT RAIL OR THE COMMUTER RAIL THAT'S ACTUALLY THERE, AS OPPOSED TO LOOKING AT THE DATA. AND SO THAT IS WHY I SAID MAYBE USING THE LANGUAGE FROM THE AUDIT REPORT, UM, BECAUSE THEY'RE ACTUALLY ASKING THEM FOR, [01:45:01] I SAY COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS, THEY USE FINANCIAL TERMS, UH, HOWEVER YOU WANNA WORD IT. THEY HAVE ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THEY'VE NOT DONE, UH, ANALYSIS OR USED THE DATA TO MAKE THE DECISIONS THAT THEY'RE INFORMAL. UM, IN 2023, THERE WAS AN AUDIT SPECIFICALLY ABOUT DATA, AND THEY ACTUALLY ANALYZED 20 OF THE CITY DEPARTMENTS. AND AGAIN, THEY MENTIONED NOT USING THE, THE DATA. AND SO AT SOME POINT WE HAVE TO, I THINK, REQUIRE THAT THEY POST THAT DATA THAT THEY'RE USING. OTHERWISE THEY USE WHAT'S CALLED THE INFORMAL, UH, YOU KNOW, METHODOLOGY. AND THAT DOESN'T TELL THE PUBLIC HOW THEY'RE MAKING THESE DECISIONS. SO I, I DO THINK WE NEED THE INFRASTRUCTURE, BUT I THINK, UM, IF YOU LOOK AT THAT SLIDE WITH NORTH LAMORE AND BURNETT ROAD, YOU HAVE TO SAY SHARED USE MIX, YOU KNOW, A SHARED USE PATHS, UM, YOU HAVE TO SAY TERRACOTTA, YOU HAVE TO BE SPECIFIC ENOUGH FOR THEM TO RECOGNIZE THAT JUST SAYING SIDEWALK IS NOT ENOUGH, BECAUSE THEN THEY USE THEIR SUBJECTIVITY AND THEN THEY PUT THE PLAIN GRAY SIDEWALKS ON NORTH LAMORE. BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE REPORT, AND THEY WILL ACTUALLY GO TO OUR URBAN TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION ON MONDAY, AND THEY'RE ACTUALLY ADOPTING THE BUDGET FROM THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE PUBLIC WORKS. SO I THINK MAYBE YOUR RECOMMENDATION SHOULD GO THERE AS WELL AS A, JUST SO THAT YOU CAN VOICE WHAT YOU, YOU WANNA PRIORITIZE HERE, UM, BECAUSE THEY'RE GONNA ACTUALLY ADOPT IT. AND COUNCIL DOES TEND TO LOOK AT THE URBAN TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION RECOMMENDATIONS. UM, SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WAS HELPFUL OR NOT, BUT I JUST, I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT THE MONEY HAS BEEN ALLOCATED $720 MILLION IN 2016. AND THE OTHER THING TO KNOW IS THAT FOR, UH, TXDOT, THEY HAVE A PEDESTRIAN SAFETY PLAN AND THEY HAVE THE TOP FIVE CRASH SITES IN THE STATE. AND NORTH LAMAR IS NUMBER TWO. AND SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT, AND THE LAST THING I'LL TELL YOU IS THAT KU DID A, UM, DANGEROUS BY DESIGN REPORT IN 2017, AND 75 PEOPLE WERE HIT IN A THREE MILE STRETCH ON NORTH LAMAR, AND STILL THE CITY DIDN'T INVEST THE FUNDS TO MAKE THAT AREA SAFE. DAVID JOHN, MAD DAVID JOHN MADANO WAS KILLED MAY 2ND, 2019, AND IT TOOK OVER A YEAR FOR THEM TO PUT A PEDESTRIAN HYBRID BEACON AT FAIRFIELD STATION. SO I JUST, I THINK WE HAVE TO EMPHASIZE THE HISTORICAL DATA AND WE HAVE TO ACTUALLY ASK THEM TO PRIORITIZE AND REPRIORITIZE THE EXISTING FUNDING, BECAUSE WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO SAY IS, WE'LL WAIT UNTIL THE 2026 BOND. BUT AS YOU KNOW, AND I DON'T MEAN TO BE LONG ABOUT IT, BUT WITH THE BONDS, THEY DON'T EXECUTE IMMEDIATELY. IT TAKES SOME TIME. WE'RE STILL WORKING ON THE BOND FROM 2016, AND THAT JUST PUSHES IT DOWN DOWN THE ROAD. BUT IF YOU GO DOWN BURNETT ROAD TODAY, YOU WILL SEE THE TERRACOTTA SIDEWALKS IN PLACE WITHOUT ANY DEVELOPMENT FOR BROADMOOR, ALL THE WAY TO LOOP ONE WHERE NOBODY IS THERE. AND THE AFFORDABLE UNITS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE A MULTIFAMILY STARTING AT $2,300 FOR ONE AND TWO BEDROOM UNITS. BUT WE, THE TAXPAYERS ARE FUNDING THE MAJORITY OF THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MS. JOSEPH. I KNOW THAT'S A LOT, BUT, AND, AND, AND JUST, JUST TO THAT, UM, I THINK FOR A COMMENT FROM COMMISSIONER LONGORIA, JUST LIKE, WE NEED MORE ADVOCACY, BUT ALSO WE NEED TO, YOU KNOW, THAT ADVOCACY HAS TO BE DOWN SOMEWHERE AND THAT'S, YOU KNOW, AN AMENDMENT PRIORITIZING, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT'S WHAT'S NEEDED HERE. YEAH. UM, AND I THANK YOU. I MEAN, COMMISSIONERS, DO WE HAVE KNOW IT'S A LOT. . YOU'RE WELCOME. DO WE HAVE ANY, UM, ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR AMENDMENTS OR ANYTHING TO OUR, TO OUR BUDGET REC? I, UM, I HAVE, I TRIED TO MAKE SOME LANGUAGE THAT COULD POTENTIALLY REFLECT WHAT WAS PRESENTED, IF Y'ALL WANT. 'CAUSE I, I TRIED TO TELL, I'M ALWAYS, I'M AN OPERATIONALIZING. I'M LIKE, IF WE'RE INTERESTED IN THIS, HOW DO WE WORD IT AND MAKE THIS CLEAN AND EASY TO YOUR POINT? SO I'M HAPPY TO READ THAT IF Y'ALL ARE INTERESTED IN A POTENTIAL GO AHEAD AMENDMENT. SO WHAT I HEARD WAS WE COULD POTENTIALLY DO, UM, JUST COMMA WITH A PRIORITY FOR THE NORTH LAMAR CORRIDOR IN CONSIDERATION OF HIGH NEED COMMUNITIES IN RESPONSE TO CLEAR HIGH RISK DATA TRENDS, IF THAT CAPTURES WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. UM, AND IF THE COMMISSION FELT THAT IT DID, AGAIN, I'M JUST TRYING TO, AND WOULD THAT CLEANLY, WOULD THAT BE AFTER THE BULLET THAT SAYS SIDEWALK INFRASTRUCTURE? YES. YES. OKAY. YEAH. SO YEAH, I WOULD IMAGINE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION COMM, AND THEN JUST INSERT IT THERE WITH A MM-HMM . INTERESTING. UM, WELL, UM, SORRY. UM, I THINK, UM, YEAH, A SUCCINCT AMENDMENT, IT'S APPROPRIATE, I THOUGHT THE MOST APPROPRIATE PLACE FOR THAT WOULD'VE BEEN UNDER PROJECT DELIVERY SUPPORT PROGRAM. UM, [01:50:01] PROBABLY AFTER THE PROJECT CONTROL AND REPORTING. UM, YEAH. UM, I ALSO HEARD SOME AUDIT REPORTS, COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS, CERTAINLY. NO, NO. LAMAR DATA, BUT YEAH. COMMISSIONER, UH, ACHILLES, UH, I KNOW WE SAID YOUR AMENDMENT WOULD GO AFTER SIDEWALK INFRASTRUCTURE, AND I'M HAPPY TO PUT IT WHEREVER. MY UNDERSTANDING WAS YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE SIDEWALK INFRASTRUCTURE. IF I MISUNDERSTOOD, THEN MY APOLOGIES. RIGHT. UM, THEN THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. I WOULD JUST RECOMMEND THAT YOU USE, UH, FATALITIES AND CRASHES AS, UH, LANGUAGE, JUST BECAUSE VISION ZERO, WHEN THE REPORTING WAS DONE FOR THE 10 YEAR REPORT, UH, UM, THEY CLAIM A REDUCTION OF 38%, UM, FOR FATALITIES AND SERIOUS INJURIES. SO I WOULD JUST USE FATALITIES AS A, OR CRASHES, SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES, BECAUSE THAT'S, UH, THE LANGUAGE THAT'S USUALLY USED WITH TRANSPORTATION. MM-HMM . YES. SO, UM, LET'S GO, YEAH, LET'S MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS, UH, UH, MS. COMMISSIONER, SORRY, COMMISSIONER, UH, ACHILLES. WOULD YOU READ YOUR AMENDMENT, UM, AND TELL US WHERE IT WOULD GO, AND THEN WE'LL, UH, VOTE ON IT? SO, AGAIN, I'M HAPPY TO TALK AND MOVE IT , BUT THE WAY I UNDERSTOOD THE CONVERSATION, IT WOULD BE IN THE SIDEWALK INFRASTRUCTURE AND IT WOULD GO AT THE END. AND I'M AGAIN TRYING TO PIVOT AS WE HEAR, WITH A PRIORITY FOR THE NORTH LAMAR CORRIDOR AND CONSIDERATION OF HIGH NEED COMMUNITIES, AND IN RESPONSE TO CLEAR HIGH RISK DATA TRENDS OF FATALITIES AND CRASHES. OKAY. SO WE HAVE AN AMENDMENT, UH, A PROPOSED AMENDMENT FROM COMMISSIONER ES, UH, VICE CHAIR ACHILLES, SORRY. UM, FOR OUR BUDGET RECOMMENDATION, UH, DO WE HAVE A, UH, SECOND ON THAT? YES, SIR. COMMISSIONER LONGORIA SECONDS. OKAY. WE HAVE TO TAKE A VOTE. WERE WE SUPPOSED TO DISCUSS IT TOO? 'CAUSE AGAIN, HALF CHANGES, NOW WE CAN DISCUSS IT CHANGES IN ANY WAY, SHAPE, OR FORM. , NOW WE CAN DISCUSS IT. UH, DOES ANYBODY YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON COMMISSIONER ES VICE CHAIR, ACHILLES? ONE MORE MEETING, . ONE MORE MEETING. UH, VICE CHAIR ACHILLES, UH, AMENDMENT COMMISSIONER MENARD. YEAH, I MEAN, I, I UNDERSTAND THE, UM, CONCERN FOR NORTH LAMAR. I'M JUST WONDERING ABOUT, I, YOU KNOW, FOCUSING ON JUST ONE AREA, UM, BECAUSE I'M SURE THERE ARE OTHER CONCERNS IN HIGH RISK AREAS ALL OVER TOWN, SO I'M JUST, I'M JUST WONDERING ABOUT, UM, I KNOW IF WE COULD, INSTEAD OF JUST FOCUSING ON ONE, MAYBE MENTION OTHER AREAS AND THEN SAY, BUT THE REAL FOCUS, THE REAL CONCERN IS REALLY TO ADDRESS THE FATALITIES AND THE TRAFFIC AND, AND THESE, THESE, UM, RISKS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN ADDRESSED BY THE CITY. MM-HMM . SO, AND I KNOW, SORRY TO CUT YOU OFF ANYWAY, SO I GUESS THAT'S MY, JUST MY FIRST THOUGHT WAS RATHER THAN JUST FOCUS ON ONE STREET MM-HMM . WE DON'T WANNA JUST SAY, WE JUST WANT YOU TO LOOK AT THE STREET. WE DEFINITELY WANT THEM TO THE CITY AT LARGE. AND, BUT IT'S LOOKING AT THESE RISKS THAT MS. JOSEPH MENTIONED TO, TO INCLUDING NORTH, I MEAN, MENTIONING NORTH LAMAR, BUT, AND OTHER MAYBE AREAS OF CONCERN, UH, REGARDING, YOU KNOW, THE RISKS TO TRAFFIC INCIDENTS AND CRASHES. YES. UH, YEAH. AND PART OF THE, PART OF THE AMENDMENT DOES HAVE THE PART WHERE IT SAYS, UH, HIGH NEED COMMUNITY. SO IT, UH, ENCOMPASSES THAT AS WELL. OKAY. UH, BUT WE ARE OPEN TO AMENDING IT IF, UH, ANYWAY, IF COMMISSIONER, SORRY, VICE CHAIR ELISE WANTS TO AMEND, UM, YEAH. IT'S HARD TO WORDSMITH IN COMMITTEE. RIGHT. BUT I KNOW, YEAH. I'M HAPPY TO TAKE OUT, I COULD DELETE THE, FOR THE, AND HAVE IT JUST BE WITH A PRIORITY FOR HIGH NEED COMMUNITIES. LIKE TAKE OUT THAT THE WORDS IN BETWEEN, I WOULD READ IT AGAIN IN A SECOND, BUT HAPPY TO, TO WORD HOWEVER FOLKS PREFER. SO YOU COULD SAY PRIORITY FOR HIGH NEED, UM, COMMUNITIES FOR, YOU KNOW, EG NORTH LAMAR, YOU KNOW, IF YOU WANNA DO SOMETHING LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, SO IF WE DID THAT, THEN IT WOULD READ, WOULD THE PRIORITY FOR HIGH NEED COMMUNITIES, EXAMPLE, NORTH LAMAR AND IN EG. NORTH LAMAR, AND IN RESPONSE TO CLEAR HIGH RISK DATA TRENDS OF HIGH FATALITIES AND CRASHES. YES. OTHER PREFERRED WORDS. NOTHING. ANY, ANY OTHER COMMENTS? SO WE TECHNICALLY JUST NEED A SECOND FOR THE AMENDMENT TO THE AMENDMENT. AMENDMENT. OKAY. CAN, CAN WE, BEFORE IT'S AN OFFICIAL AMENDMENT [01:55:01] TO THE AMENDMENT, CAN WE SEE IF THERE'S ANY OTHER WORDS PEOPLE WANNA CHANGE? OF COURSE. IS THAT, NO, IT'S JUST, IT'S ON THE TABLE, SO IT, YEAH. IT DOESN'T NEED A SECOND YET. SO, OKAY. SO THIS, YEAH. THIS AMENDMENT. EVERYBODY OKAY WITH THIS AMENDMENT? OKAY. UH, OR ANY OTHER CHANGES TO THE WORDING? NO. OKAY. THEN THE, THE, SOMEBODY SECOND. COMMISSIONER MENARD'S, AMENDMENT TO THE AMENDMENT SECOND. I'LL SECOND. COMMISSIONER LYRIC SECONDS. UH, THE AMENDMENT TO THE AMENDMENT FROM COMMISSIONER MENARD. PERFECT. OKAY. DO WE NEED A VOTE ON THE AMENDMENT TO THE AMENDMENT? YES. UH, YES. DO WE TAKE THE, WE TAKE THE AMENDMENT TO THE AMENDMENT FIRST, AND THEN WE DO THE FULL, AND THEN WE DO THE FULL AMENDED. A AMEND. YOU'RE GOOD, YOU'RE GOOD. THERE WE GO. OKAY. ACTUALLY, THE AMENDMENT, THE SECOND, I GUESS, SUBSTITUTE, AMEND THE SUBSTITUTE. IS IT A SUBSTITUTE OR THE AMENDED AMENDMENT? LET'S NOT SUBSTITUTE MOTION, SO NEVERMIND. OKAY. YOU'RE OKAY. OKAY. SO, UH, LET'S TAKE A VOTE ON, UH, COMMISSIONER MENARD'S AMENDMENT TO THE FULL AMENDMENT. UH, RAISE YOUR HAND, SAY, AYE, IF YOU AGREE WITH THE AMENDMENT. PERFECT. GOT IT. OKAY. SO NOW WE HAVE, UH, A NEWLY WORDED AMENDMENT, UH, TO OUR BUDGET RECOMMENDATION. AND IT READS, SO THE FULL, LET ME READ THE FULL SENTENCE. SO, UNDER SIDEWALK INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM, BUDGET ASSESSMENT, AND ADDITIONAL DOLLARS FOR SIDEWALK DEVELOPMENT, CITY PEDESTRIAN PLAN, AND A DA MASTER DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION WITH A PRIORITY FOR HIGH NEED COMMUNITIES, EG NORTH LAMAR, AND IN RESPONSE TO CLEAR HIGH RISK DATA TRENDS FOR FATALITIES OF FATALITIES AND CRASHES. OKAY. YEAH. AND THAT HAS BEEN SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER VOIA. SO WE'RE TAKING A VOTE ON THE FULL AMENDMENT NOW. YES, SIR. OKAY. SO LET'S TAKE A VOTE ON THE AMENDMENT TO THE, THAT WAS JUST READ BY, UH, VICE CHAIR ES. UM, EVERYBODY RAISE YOUR HAND OR SAY, AYE, IF YOU'RE ON ONLINE, PLEASE TURN ON YOUR CAMERA TO VOTE. AYE, GOT IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. SO THAT AMENDMENT WILL BE ADDED TO OUR BUDGET RECOMMENDATION, AND NOW WE HAVE OUR FULL BUDGET RECOMMENDATION. UH, WE NEED A MOTION. IS THAT CORRECT? AM I LOST ? YES. UM, UH, MOTION TO ADOPT THE MEMORANDUM, UH, WITH THE AMENDMENT. WITH THE AMENDMENT. OKAY. SO WE NEED A MOTION TO ADOPT THE BUDGET RECOMMENDATION WITH THE AMENDMENT FROM VICE ACHILLES. OKAY. I MOTION TO ACCEPT THE BUDGET RECOMMENDATION WITH THE AMENDMENT. COMMISSIONER LAGUARDIA MAKES THE MOTION. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? DO I'M SECOND. UH, COMMISSIONER BREWSTER SECONDS. OUR, UH, COMMISSIONER LONGORIA'S, UH, MOVEMENT TO ADOPT OUR BUDGET RECOMMENDATION. OKAY. UH, ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE WE TAKE A VOTE? ANY DISCUSSION? OKAY. SO LET'S, UH, TAKE A VOTE. UH, IF YOU'RE ON CAMERA, PLEASE, PLEASE TURN ON YOUR CAMERA. IF YOU'RE ONLINE, UH, RAISE YOUR HAND, SAY, AYE, TO ADOPT THIS BUDGET RECOMMENDATION, IT PASSES. THANK YOU SO MUCH. SO THAT BUDGET RECOMMENDATION PASSES. THANK YOU SO MUCH TO COMMISSIONER LONGORIA, COMMISSIONER TISHA, COMMISSIONER LYRIC FOR WORKING ON THAT BUDGET RECOMMENDATION WORKING GROUP, UH, FOR ALL YOUR WORK. THANK YOU SO MUCH. UH, AND WE [8. Memorandum concerning the City of Austin Equity Overlay. Discussion led by Chair Noe Elias.] WILL MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS A MEMORANDUM CONCERNING THE CITY OF AUSTIN'S EQUITY OVERLAY. SO BASED ON OUR PRESENTATION, LAST MEETING, UM, WHERE WE HAD MANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS, UM, EQUITY OVERLAY, UM, FEASIBILITY REPORT, UM, MAINLY, UH, THE QUESTION OF, UH, WHAT WAS THE, THE SCOPE OF THE WORK, WHAT WAS ASKED OF THIS, UH, OF A PD URBAN, UM, PLANNERS, UH, TO CONDUCT, AND WHAT DID THEY REPORT ON? SO WE AGREED THAT WE SHOULD, UH, SEND A MEMORANDUM TO THE MAYORS, TO THE MAYOR AND THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL, UH, FROM THE AUSTIN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION. SO WE, I WILL READ THAT MEMORANDUM. WE WILL HAVE A DISCUSSION AND WE WILL VOTE, UM, TO APPROVE IT. TO APPROVE, TO SEND IT. UH, SO IT SAYS, UH, TO MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL FROM THE AUSTIN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION, UH, FROM MARCH 10TH, 2026, UH, REGARDING THE COMPLETION OF THE COUNCIL CHARGE REGARDING EQUITY AND ANTI DISPLACEMENT OVERLAY STUDY. DEAR MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, THE AUSTIN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION [02:00:01] APPRECIATES THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THE FINAL PRESENTATION OF THE AUSTIN EQUITY OVERLAY STUDY DELIVERED TO OUR COMMISSION ON FEBRUARY 10TH, 2026. WE RECOGNIZE THE SIGNIFICANT WORK UNDERTAKEN TO ANALYZE THE DISPLACEMENT RISK, COMMUNITY CONCERNS, POTENTIAL ANTI DISPLACEMENT STRATEGIES RELATED TO THE HOME PHASE TWO ORDINANCE. HOWEVER, AFTER CAREFUL REVIEW, THE COMMISSION FINDS THAT THE ORIGINAL COUNCIL CHARGE HAS NOT BEEN FULLY SATISFIED. COUNCIL DIRECTED STAFF TO STUDY THE FEASIBILITY. SO, QUOTE, STUDY THE FEASIBILITY, UH, MERITS AND RISK OF APPLYING AN EQUITY AND ANTI DISPLACEMENT OVERLAY, AND THE IMPACTS THAT SUCH AN OVERLAY COULD HAVE ON AFFORDABILITY, ON DISPLACEMENT AND PROPERTY VALUES WHILE THE PRESENTATION REITERATES DISCHARGE. SO IF YOU SEE THE PROJECT UNDERSTANDING ON PAGE THREE, THE ANALYSIS SEEMS TO HAVE FOCUS ON AN ANALYSIS OF EXISTING POLICIES, DISPLACEMENT RISK, AND PROGRAMMATIC RECOMMENDATIONS TO DISPLACEMENT RISK. WHILE THESE MAY BE VALUABLE ANALYSIS, THEY DO NOT ENCOMPASS THE ORIGINAL DIRECTIVE TO SPECIFICALLY EXPLORE AND OVERLAY TO THE ORDINANCE FOCUSED ON MITIGATING DISPLACEMENT. AT NO POINT DOES THE REPORT ANALYZE THE FEASIBILITY, THE LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS OR IMPLEMENTATION MECHANICS OR FISCAL IMPLICATIONS OR PROPERTY VALUE IMPACTS OF ESTABLISHED A GEOGRAPHIC OF ESTABLISHING A GEOGRAPHIC EQUITY OVERLAY. THE OMISSION IS PARTICULARLY SIGNIFICANT GIVEN THE STUDY'S OWN FINDINGS THAT HOME, THAT HOME PERMITS OR MORE FREQUENT AND LOWER VALUE MARKETS, GENERALLY EAST OF I 35, THAT'S ON PAGE 16 OF THE REPORT, THAT APPROXIMATELY 70% OF HOME PERMITS ARE ON PROPERTIES WITHOUT HOMESTEAD. EXEMPTIONS THAT SHOW DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS MOSTLY CONCENTRATED EAST OF DOWNTOWN IN PRIMARILY ACTIVE DISPLACEMENT RISK. CENSUS TRACKS ALSO PAGE 16, AND THAT DISPLACEMENT RISK TYPOLOGY IDENTIFIES AREAS CLASSIFIED AS VULNERABLE, ACTIVE RISK, AND CHRONIC RISK. PAGE 15, THESE FINDINGS UNDERSCORE THE IMPORTANCE OF EVALUATING TARGETED MITIGATION TOOLS. YET THE REPORT DOES NOT ASSESS WHETHER AN EQUITY OVERLAY COULD SERVE AS SUCH A TOOL, NOR DOES IT EXPLAIN ITS POTENTIAL IMPACT. THE COMMISSION IS CONCERNED THAT WITHOUT COMPLETING THE FEASIBILITY COMPONENT OF THE CHARGE, THE COUNCIL'S DIRECTIVE REMAINS UN UNFULFILLED. THE CITY'S EQUITY COMMITMENTS, RISK APPEARING INCOMPLETE, AND THE COMMUNITY TRUST MAY BE FURTHER ERODED, PARTICULARLY IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS HISTORICALLY AFFECTED BY GENTRIFICATION AND DISPLACEMENT. THIS CONCERN IS PROCEDURAL AS WELL AS SUBSTANTIAL. UH, THE PRESENTATION DOES NOT ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE SCOPE WAS NARROWED, NOR DOES IT EXPLAIN THAT THE OVERLAY FEASIBILITY ANALYSIS WAS NOT UNDERTAKEN, GIVEN THE PUBLIC INTEREST SURROUNDING HOME PHASE TWO. AND ITS IMPACTS TRANSPARENCY REGARDING THE SCOPE AND LIMITATIONS OF ANALYSIS IS ESSENTIAL. ACCORDINGLY, THE CDC FORMALLY RECOMMENDS THAT THE COUNCIL DIRECT THE STAFF TO COMPLETE THE FEASIBILITY MERITS AND THE RISK ANALYSIS OF AN EQUITY ANTI DISPLACEMENT OVERLAY AS ORIGINALLY CHARGED. AT MINIMUM, SUCH ANALYSIS SHOULD INCLUDE LEGAL AUTHORITY AND REGULATORY DESIGN OPTIONS, GEOGRAPHIC TARGETING CRITERIA TIED TO DISPLACEMENT RISK, TYPOLOGY POTENTIAL IMPACTS ON AFFORDABILITY, DISPLACEMENT TRENDS, AND PROPERTY VALUES, ADMINISTRATIVE AND FISCAL IMPLICATIONS AND INTERACTION WITH EXISTING PRESERVATION AND ANTI DISPLACEMENT TOOLS. THE COMMISSION SUPPORTS THE BROADER GOALS OF HOUSING PRODUCTION AND EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT, ENSURING THE COUNCIL'S ORIGINAL DIRECTIVE IS FULLY EXECUTED, STRENGTHENS IMPLEMENTATION. COMPLETING THE FEASIBILITY STUDY WILL ALLOW COUNCIL TO MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS GROUNDED IN BOTH DISPLACEMENT DATA AND CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF AVAILABLE POLICY TOOLS. WE STAND READY TO CONTINUE ADVISING THE COUNCIL ON HOUSING AND ANTI DISPLACEMENT STRATEGIES AND APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP IN ADVANCING EQUITABLE GROWTH FOR AUSTIN, RESPECTIVELY, THE AUSTIN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION. SO THAT'S OUR MEMO. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON IT? AND IN PARTICULAR, ARE THOSE BULLETS THE RIGHT BULLETS? COMMISSIONER LYRIC? UH, I JUST HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THE INTERACTION, THE LAST BULLET. UH, JUST IF IT'S BETTER TO BE SPECIFIC OR IT'S BETTER TO BE BROAD. UM, 'CAUSE INTERACTION JUST SEEMS KIND OF LIKE THAT COULD BE PRETTY MUCH ANYTHING. UM, SO, UH, JUST CURIOUS IF THAT WAS LIKE ON PURPOSE OR IF IT'S BETTER TO LIKE BE NO, IF YOU HAVE RECOMMENDED OTHER WORDING ABSOLUTELY. HERE FOR IT. UH, I MEAN, I, I DON'T, THAT'S NOT MY LIKE, AREA OF EXPERTISE WHEN IT COMES TO LIKE, ALSO NOT MINE, SO PRESERVATION, BUT JUST LIKE YOU GET THIS . YEAH, BUT JUST LIKE IF THERE'S, UH, [02:05:02] I DON'T KNOW, SPECIFIC METHODS, LIKE SURVEYS OR LIKE, UH, FOCUS GROUPS OR LIKE WHATEVER, I THINK IT JUST IS BETTER TO BE MORE SPECIFIC SO THAT IT'S HARDER TO WORK AROUND. SO YES, AND I THINK THAT THAT IS ALSO OF WORKING, UH, COMBINING, WORKING TOGETHER, UH, USING MULTIPLE TOOLS TO, UM, YEAH, FOR THIS CHARGE. UM, SO WE ALREADY HAVE PRESERVATION AND ANTI DISPLACEMENT TOOLS AND USING THOSE AS WELL IN CONJUNCTION. SO IF THERE'S BETTER WORDING FOR THAT HERE, THINKING. YEAH. I WAS GONNA, I WAS GONNA SAY, YEAH, PLEASE, EXPERTS CHIME IN. WE DON'T WANNA PUT THE WRONG BULLETS IN HERE. WE JUST WANTED TO HAVE SOME , SOMETHING THAT EXPLAINS THAT BETTER THAN JUST INTERACTION. I'M SPEAKING ANYWAY. GO AHEAD. GO AHEAD COMMISSIONER MENARD. ALRIGHT. YEAH, I, I'M THINKING POSSIBLY CHAIR MAYBE MEANS OF INTERACTION. I THINK WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO GET AT IS MORE OF A, SOMEHOW THE CITY WILL INTEGRATE, INTEGRATE RATHER THAN INTER LET US, UH, INTEGRATE INSTEAD OF INTERACT, BUT INTEGRATE MAYBE THESE EXISTING PRESERVATION AND DISPLACEMENT TOOLS, INTEGRATION WITH EXISTING PRESERVATION AND ANTI DISPLACEMENT TOOLS. IS THAT, YEAH, WELL, DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? SO OF IT WOULD PROBABLY BE INTEGRATION OF EXISTING, BUT I MEAN, OR, OR GOALS FOR INTEGRATING EXISTING OR METHODS FOR INTEGRATING OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. I, I, YEAH, WE CAN ALL MAKE THAT BETTER. BUT YOU KNOW, I THINK, UH, ALSO JUST, UM, ON, UH, THE FIRST PAGE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE COMMISSION IS CONCERNED THAT WITHOUT COMPLETING ON THE SECOND POINT, THE CITY'S EQUITY COMMITMENTS, RISK APPEARING INCOMPLETE. SO I THINK WE NEED A STRONGER WORD FOR THAT. UM, BECAUSE I THINK IT, I, AND Y'ALL PLEASE HELP ME. I'M JUST THROWING STUFF OUT THERE. THIS MAY NOT BE THE BETTER WORD, BUT FOR ME IT'S DISINGENUOUS. SO I MEAN, THAT MAY BE TOO STRONG FOR SOME FOLKS, BUT THAT I THINK IS MORE THE CONCERN FOR ME. THAT, THAT THIS IS JUST, WAS THIS EFFORT WAS NEVER REALLY, UM MM-HMM . CAN YOU, UH, TELL ME AGAIN WHERE, UH, THE BOTTOM OF, ON THE FIRST PAGE, LAST PARAGRAPH MM-HMM . THE COMMISSION IS CONCERNED. MM-HMM . AND THEN NUMBER TWO, BULLET NUMBER TWO, THE CITY'S EQUITY COMMITMENTS. RISK APPEARING. I THINK IT DISINGENUOUS, BUT MAYBE THERE'S A BETTER WORD, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S MY CONCERN. RATHER THAN JUST BEING INCOMPLETE. MM-HMM . UM, YES. SO ON THOSE TWO, UH, YOU KNOW, YOU OR ANY OTHER COMMISSIONER ARE WELCOME TO MAKE AN AMENDMENT, PROPOSE AN AMENDMENT TO THAT. UH, QUICK, QUICK QUESTION, PROCEDURAL QUESTION. IF THIS IS A DRAFT THAT WAS PRESENTED TO START A DISCUSSION, IS IT AN OFFICIAL AMENDMENT OR IS THIS SOMETHING WE CAN PLAY WITH UNTIL WE OFFICIALLY PROPOSE? SO WAS THIS IN A WORKING GROUP? NO. NO. SO THEN WE CAN EDIT IT AS IS. AS IS. BUT YEAH, IF IT WAS FROM A WORKING GROUP, WE WOULD CONSIDER IT A DOCUMENT, THEN IT WOULD HAVE TO BE AMENDED BEFORE WE GOTCHA. APPROVE IT. BUT SINCE THIS IS A WORKING DOCUMENT, WE CAN KIND OF YES, WE CAN KEEP AN EYE. OKAY. YEAH, IT WAS, IT WAS A DRAFT. SO THIS CONVERSATION DIDN'T START WITH DEAR CITY COUNCIL, RIGHT. . BUT BECAUSE THEN IT WOULD BE A LONG NIGHT , BUT YEAH, THAT'S ALL IT WAS, WAS A DRAFT. YES, MA'AM. OKAY. OKAY. SO, SO WE CAN JUST, WE CAN JUST, OKAY. SO IS EVERYBODY, I GUESS LET'S GO BACK TO THE FIRST ONE. IS EVERYBODY OKAY WITH, UH, I THINK I GOT YOUR WORDING CORRECTLY. THAT SAYS, UH, FOR THE, ON THE BACK PAGE, THE LAST BULLET SAYING METHODS FOR INTEGRATION WITH EXISTING PRESERVATION AND ANTI DISPLACEMENT TOOLS, INTEGRATING, SORRY, UH, METHODS FOR INTEGRATING EXISTING PRESERVATION AND ANTI DISPLACEMENT TOOLS. THERE WE GO. METHODS FOR INTEGRATING EXISTING PRESERVATION AND ANTI DISPLACEMENT TOOLS. I HAVE A DIFFERENT WORDING. UH, LIKE CONTINUOUS MONITORING OF EXISTING PRESERVATION AND ANTI DISPLACEMENT TOOLS. THAT'S WAY, THAT WAY, LIKE, I MEAN, OVER TIME, THIS CAN'T BE SOMETHING THAT THEY JUST SAY, OH, WE LOOKED FOR A SECOND. LIKE YOU, THERE'S, THEY HAVE THAT TRACKED IN OUR, THERE'S A METHOD TO GO BACK TO. OKAY. CAN YOU SAY THAT AGAIN? CONSISTENT, CONSISTENT MONITORING WITH, UH, OR CONSISTENT MONITORING OF EXISTING PRESERVATION AND ANTI DISPLACEMENT TOOLS. COMMISSIONER MENARD? YEAH. YES. OKAY. ARE YOU MAKING THAT? YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY, SO WE HAVE THAT EDIT. UH, THE OTHER ONE WAS, UH, PROPOSED EDIT ON NUMBER TWO ON THE FIRST PAGE OF CITY'S EQUITY COMMITMENTS, RISK APPEARING DISINGENUOUS. [02:10:02] DO WE, UH, AGREE WITH THAT WORDING OR WHEN? YES. OKAY. SOUNDS GOOD. OKAY. ANY OTHER, UH, EDITS TO OUR MEMO COMMISSION? UH, SORRY, UH, MIGUEL CHAIR. WE HAVE ONE INTERJECTING FROM STAFF. YEAH, I NEVER TD JACKMAN, UH, AUSTIN HOUSING. I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE CLEAR AS I'M LISTENING. UM, LIKE THE ONGOING MONITORING, IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, UM, THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE EQUITY OVERLAY, UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS WAS WORK THAT WAS COMPLETED BY A CONSULTANT AND OR BASED ON YOUR RECOMMENDATION, IT MIGHT BE CONTINUED WORK. AND IF IT'S A CONSULTANT, IT'S NOT GONNA BE ONGOING. AND SO I'M JUST A LITTLE CON AND I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE, UM, YOU ARE ABLE TO GET TO WHAT YOU WANT. UM, 'CAUSE THERE'S USUALLY, UH, A TIMEFRAME. SO I JUST WANT TO BRING THAT TO YOUR ATTENTION, SO. SURE. SO YEAH, SO I, I THINK I UNDERSTAND THAT, THAT THE, THE PREVIOUS BULLETS SEEMS LIKE A ONE TIME DIRECTIVE. RIGHT. OKAY. GO AHEAD. COMMISSIONER LYRIC. CAN IT JUST BE MAPPING OF EXISTING PRESERVATION AND ANTI-DISPLACEMENT TOOLS? SO IT'S A ONE AND DONE MAPPING. MM-HMM . MAPPING OF, IS THAT MORE, OKAY, COMMISSIONER MENARD, GO AHEAD. SORRY. WELL, THAT WAS KIND OF MY QUESTION BECAUSE WHEN IT SAYS, UM, DIRECT STAFF, SINCE STAFF DIDN'T PUT THIS, THIS REPORT IS, WAS DONE BY CONSULTANTS, I WAS WONDERING IF IT SHOULD BE CONSULTANTS NEED TO, TO FINISH THE JOB OR, SO THAT WAS KIND OF NO. SO WHEN WE DIRECT STAFF, THEN THEY CAN HIRE A CONSULTANT TO DO THE REPORTING. SO THE CURRENT, THE THE, THE CONSULTANTS THAT DID THE REPORT, THEY'RE DONE. SO WE CAN'T HAVE THEM DO MORE WORK. NOT TECHNICALLY, BUT ON THIS, THIS IS A, ESSENTIALLY THIS IS A NEW DIRECTIVE. IS THAT WHAT I'M, THIS IS A NEW DIRECTIVE THAT WE WANT COUNCIL TO, TO TAKE. YES. SO ESSENTIALLY, I MEAN THE CONSULTANTS ARE DONE, THEY PROVIDED THEIR REPORT MM-HMM . AND WHAT YOU ARE SAYING THAT THE BODY IS SAYING BASED ON THE DRAFTED, UM, DOCUMENT, IS THAT THIS DID NOT MEET THE INTENTIONS OF WHAT YOU THOUGHT IT SHOULD BE. AND SO YOU ARE NOW MAKING A RECOMMENDATION TO COUNSEL MM-HMM . THAT YOU WOULD LIKE THEM TO FURTHER DIRECT STAFF TO FOLLOW WHAT WAS IN THE ORIGINAL RESOLUTION. RIGHT. AND THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT YOU'RE SAYING THAT YOU WANT THEM TO HIGHLIGHT. NOW, WHETHER OR NOT STAFF, UH, COULD THEN TAKE THE DIRECTION THAT WE WILL GO BACK TO THAT CONSULTANT, HIRE ANOTHER CONSULTANT OR STAFF COULD DO THE WORK THEMSELVES. I DON'T KNOW MM-HMM . UM, AND THIS IS DIRECTED TO PLANNING, UH, RIGHT NOW. SO I DON'T KNOW, AND CERTAINLY COULDN'T SPEAK AND WE DON'T KNOW WHAT DIRECTION COUNSEL WILL TAKE IN TERMS OF TAKING UP YOUR RECOMMENDATION. YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. YES. UH, VICE CHAIR. YEAH. AND I JUST, I WANTED TO CLARIFY TOO THAT MY, OUR UNDERSTANDING FROM THAT MEETING LAST WAS THAT WASN'T THAT THE CONSULTANTS DISREGARDED THIS, IT'S THAT IT WASN'T IN THE SCOPE THEY WERE ASKED TO TO PERFORM. RIGHT. EXACTLY. YEAH. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. OKAY. SO YEAH, SO I, I AGREE THAT MAPPING, AGAIN, IT'S SOMETHING THAT IS NOT CONTINUOUS THAT CAN BE DONE BY A CONSULTANT THAT'S HIRED, UH, TO DO A ONE TIME REPORT. UH, DOES EVERYBODY AGREE WITH MAPPING, MAPPING OF EXISTING PRESERVATION AND ANTI-DISPLACEMENT TOOLS? I THINK THAT'S FINE. I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THAT WAS WHAT THE INTENT OF THAT BULLET WAS. SO I THINK WE COULD DO MAPPING. AND THEN ADDITIONALLY, THE, THE FIRST, UM, SAYS INTERACTION, UM, WITH THE, WITH EXISTING, UM, PRESERVATION AND ANTI DISPLACEMENT TOOLS. AND THEN WE HAVE MAPPING OF EXISTING PRESERVATION AND ANTI DISPLACEMENT TOOLS. ARE THESE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE WANT THEM TO DO? BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE IF WE, SO, SO, OR DO WE JUST WANNA FORGET ABOUT THE INTERACTION AND JUST KEEP THE MAPPING? SO ESSENTIALLY THE WAY THAT I READ IT IS, UH, IF YOU LOOK AT THE BULLETS, IT SAYS, UH, YOU KNOW, IS THERE LEGAL AND REGULATORY AUTHORITY AND DESIGN? UH, WHAT'S THE GEOGRAPHIC TARGETING [02:15:01] CRITERIA? WHAT ARE THE POTENTIAL IMPACTS? UH, WHAT ARE THE ADMINISTRATIVE AND FISCAL IMPLICATIONS? AND WHAT ARE, WHAT ARE THE EXISTING PRESERVATION AND ANTI DISPLACEMENT TOOLS? OKAY. THAT'S HOW I READ IT. AND IF YOU PUT MAPPING ON THERE, YEAH. IT IDENTIFIES THOSE. OKAY. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? YEP. THANK YOU. THAT MAKES SENSE. MM-HMM . AND JUST AS SOMEONE WHO HELPED WORK ON THAT , I WANNA, YEAH. AND I DO WANNA MAKE SURE THIS IS, 'CAUSE I KNOW THE NUMBER ONE THING WE WANTED TO SAY, MY UNDERSTANDING WAS IS THIS ISN'T WHAT YOU SAID IT WAS GONNA BE. EXACTLY. UM, AND SO IT NEEDS TO BE WHAT YOU SAID IT WAS GONNA BE. I THINK IT'S A LOT OF WORDS THAT SAY THAT. UM, BUT THEN THAT PARTICULAR, THESE PARTICULAR BULLETS, YEAH. IS, IS THIS IF, BECAUSE IF WE DON'T EVEN NEED, LIKE ARE THESE THE RIGHT THINGS THAT ARE AT A MINIMUM? YEAH, BECAUSE I, I, AGAIN, JUST, THIS IS NOT MY SPACE AT ALL. SO PLEASE, LIKE TRIPLE CHECK WHETHER THESE ARE THE KINDS OF THINGS, DOES THIS GET AT EVERYTHING? UM, BECAUSE ALSO, LIKE, HONESTLY, I, I FEEL LIKE IT SAID WHAT WE SAID, IF WE EVEN DON'T DO THE, AT MINIMUM, RIGHT? LIKE WE DIRECT STAFF TO COMPLETE THE FEASIBILITY, MERITS AND RISK ANALYSIS AS IT WAS ORIGINALLY CHARGED COULD ALSO BE . LIKE THAT'S ALL WE NEEDED. UM, SO QUESTION, DO THE BULLETS ADD TO THE STRENGTH OF THE DOCUMENT OR DID THEY TAKE AWAY FROM IT? OKAY, JUST WANNA CHECK. I WOULD, I WOULD, YEAH. I WAS WAITING FOR OTHERS TO COMMENT, BUT I, I WOULD SAY, I WOULD SAY YES, I WOULD SAY THAT, UM, GIVEN THAT THERE WAS A DIRECTIVE AND YOU KNOW, IT WAS NOT CLEARLY SPECIFY TO THE, UM, CONSULTANT THAT WAS HIRED, YOU KNOW, BEING AS SPECIFIC AS WE CAN, ADDING AS MUCH AS WE CAN MAKES IT STRONGER. YEP. OKAY. ANY OTHER, UH, COMMENTS, AMENDMENTS OR EDITS? SORRY? ANY OTHER EDITS TO OUR MEMO? OKAY, SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR A MOTION TO, IS THAT CORRECT? WE'RE LOOKING FOR YES SIR. YES. WE'RE LOOKING FOR A MOTION, UH, TO ADOPT THIS MEMO TO SEND TO THE MAYOR AND THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL. I, I MOTION TO, UM, ACCEPT THIS MEMO. THANK YOU. UH, COMMISSIONER VOIA MOTIONS. WE HAVE A SECOND. COMMISSIONER MENARD SECONDS. ALRIGHT, UH, WITHOUT ANY QUESTIONS, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NOPE. OKAY. LET'S TAKE A VOTE. UH, TURN ON YOUR CAMERA IF YOU'RE ONLINE. UH, WE'RE ADOPTING THIS MEMO, MEMO TO SEND TO CITY COUNCIL AS PART FROM THE AUSTIN CDC. SAY I OR RAISE YOUR HAND. THANK YOU, MIGUEL. ALL RIGHT. UH, SO WE'RE GOING ON TO, UH, WORKING GROUP UPDATES, UM, UH, UPDATE FROM THE CDC STRATEGY WORKING GROUP. UH, THERE'S NO, THERE'S NO UPDATE ON THAT. OKAY. THANK YOU. UPDATE FROM [10. Update from the CDC Housing Committee. Discussion led by Commissioner Longoria. ] THE HOUSING COMMITTEE. COMMISSIONER LONGORIA, DO YOU HAVE AN UPDATE? I'M TRYING TO. OKAY. UM, SO THE HOUSING COMMITTEE OF THE CDC, WE MET, UH, LAST ON TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10TH. OF COURSE, THE COMMITTEE INCLUDES MYSELF, COMMISSIONER LIAS, COMMISSIONER BREWSTER, COMMISSIONER TISHA, COMMISSIONER OLIVER, AND, UH, COMMISSIONER LYRIC. DURING OUR LAST MEETING, WE RECEIVED A BRIEFING, UH, FROM THE CITY OF AUSTIN'S REPEAT OFFENDER PROGRAM AND CODE VIOLATIONS RELATED TO HOUSING, A PRESENTATION BY MATTHEW NORIEGA, UH, FROM AUSTIN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, UH, QUIET, UH, INSIGHTFUL ON SAFETY VIOLATIONS AND UNSANITARY CONDITIONS, ELECTRICAL TRASH, DEBRIS INFESTATION. UM, I HAVE ALSO SOLICITED FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS FROM THE HOUSING COMMITTEE MEMBERS. AND SOME OF THOSE ITEMS INCLUDE SOCIAL PROGRAMS FROM AUSTIN ENERGY AND AUSTIN WATER, INCLUDING PLUMBING REPAIR AND CONTINUED DISCUSSION ON DB 90. OUR NEXT, UM, MEETING IS SCHEDULED FOR MAY TUESDAY, MAY 12TH. AND AS WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING, UH, WITH THE CDC AND THE, THE CITY STAFF AND, UM, POST ALL THE COMMUNITY. SO THANKS. THANK YOU SO MUCH, COMMISSIONER LONGORIA. AND, UM, YEAH, THAT WAS A, A GREAT REPORT ON THE REPEAT OFFENDER, UM, PROGRAM. YEAH. UM, YEAH. DO WE HAVE ANY, ANYTHING ELSE? WE'RE SORRY. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S QUESTIONS. THERE'S NO DISCUSSION ON THIS ONE. UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT REPORT. UH, NOW WE'RE GOING, GOING ON [FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS ] TO FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. SO, UM, DO WE HAVE ANYTHING THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE ON FOR OUR NEXT MEETING? COMMISSIONER LYRIC? UH, I'M, I DON'T KNOW HOW THIS WORKS, UM, BUT ENOVIA JOSEPH'S, UM, PRESENTATION [02:20:01] EARLIER MADE ME A LITTLE CURIOUS ABOUT THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964. UM, AND CAPITAL METRO IS REQUIRED TO ADHERE TO THAT. AND IF THEY DON'T, THAT, UM, THEY'RE, THEY'RE BASICALLY, UH, REQUIRED TO DO LIKE A EVALUATION. IT'S CALLED A, UM, GOSH, LEMME FIND IT. SORRY. UM, IT'S CALLED A TITLE, TITLE ONE V, OR TITLE V ONE EQUITY ANALYSIS OF BUS STOP INFRASTRUCTURE. TITLE SIX. TITLE SIX, SORRY, SORRY. UM, AND SO THEY HAVE TO DO THAT. UM, I'M CURIOUS IF WE'RE ALLOWED TO REQUEST THAT THEY DO AN ANALYSIS AND THEN PRESENT THAT PUBLICLY TO THE CDC. UM, OH, OH, I CAN ANSWER THAT. UM, YES. SO WITH EVERY CHANGE IN EVERY MODIFICATION, THERE IS A TITLE VI, UM, UH, ASSESSMENT DONE. UM, I DON'T KNOW AS FAR, WELL, BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY, IF THERE'S SPECIFIC ONES THAT IN AREAS THAT YOU WANT THEM TO REVIEW, WE CAN ASK PLANNING TO MAKE ANOTHER PRESENTATION. UM, THEY'VE DONE DIFFERENT ONES ON DIFFERENT TOPICS, BUT OUR PLANNING TEAM ARE THE GROUP THAT ACTUALLY DO THE ASSESSMENTS AS WELL AS THE PLANNING ITSELF. SO WE CAN ALWAYS ASK 'EM. WE HAVE A SPECIFIC AREA, EXCUSE ME, MY ALLERGIES, UM, BUT, UH, BUT THEY DO DO AN ASSESSMENT, UH, ON, ON ANY TIME WE'RE MAKING CHANGES ON THE ROUTE, ON THE INFRASTRUCTURE, ET CETERA. UM, BUT, UH, BUT YEAH, WE CAN DEFINITELY ASK THEM, UM, AT ANY TIME, UM, WHAT YOU'D LIKE. THE BEST WAY TO DO IT IS, UM, OF COURSE THROUGH MIGUEL, THROUGH OUR LIAISONS. UH, SINCE I AM, UM, ON THE COMMISSION, IT, I, I PREFER TO GO THROUGH THE OFFICIAL CHANNELS. UM, BUT, UH, AS LONG AS WE'RE SPECIFIC, AS THE INFORMATION WE'D LIKE TO GET, WOULD LIKE THAT, WE'D LIKE THEM TO PRESENT, THEY CAN ADAPT TO THAT. IF WE LEAVE IT TOO BROAD, IT'S JUST TOO MUCH INFORMATION THAT WE WOULD GET, UM, HERE, BUT THEY, THEY'RE ACCUSTOMED TO PRESENTING, UM, DIFFERENT INFORMATION TO THE CITY AND DIFFERENT COMMISSIONS AS WELL AS TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. SO, UM, IF Y'ALL WANTED TO GET TOGETHER AND DECIDE ON WHETHER IT BE THE SPECIFIC AREAS THAT MS. JOSEPH WAS SPEAKING OF TODAY, OR EXPAND ON DIFFERENT AREAS THAT ARE WITHIN YOUR AREA AS WELL AS MS. JOSEPHS, THINGS LIKE THAT, JUST LET US KNOW OR LET MIGUEL KNOW AND HE'LL REACH OUT TO OUR GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS TEAM WHO WILL REACH OUT TO PLANNING WITH THAT REQUEST. AND THEY CAN ALSO TELL YOU, YOU KNOW, LIKE, WHEN WOULD BE A GOOD MONTH TO COME, ESPECIALLY WITH, UM, THE AUGUST SERVICE CHANGES IS WHAT THEY'RE WORKING ON NOW. 'CAUSE THEY HAVE TO PRESENT THEM TO THE BOARD EARLIER. THINGS LIKE THAT. THEY CAN GIVE YOU A BETTER TIMELINE THAN I CAN, UM, AS TO WHEN THEY'D BE AVAILABLE TO HAVE THAT OUT AND GET THAT INFORMATION PULLED, ET CETERA. SO, UM, BUT YES, THAT'S, THEY CAN COME IN AT ANY TIME. YES. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER, OR LEAST. AND YES, SOME OF THAT WAS, YEAH, UH, BEING SPECIFIC ON WHAT WE WANT, IT WOULD BE REALLY, IF YOU'D LIKE TO, YOU KNOW, WORK ON THAT, LIKE BEING MORE SPECIFIC OR WORK WITH, COMMUNICATE WITH MS. JOSEPH ON, YOU KNOW, SOME THINGS I KNOW SHE'S VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHERE AND YEAH, THE LOCATIONS WHERE WE SEE THOSE IMPACTS, WHERE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE SEEING THOSE CONCERNS. SO IF YOU WANT TO DO THAT AND THEN, UH, EMAIL MIGUEL WITH, YOU KNOW, WHAT SPECIFICALLY WHAT WE WANNA SEE, AND THEN HE CAN COMMUNICATE WITH CAPITAL METRO. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMISSIONERS HAVE SOMETHING FOR, UM, FUTURE AGENDA COMMISSIONER LONGORIA? OKAY. SO I JUST THOUGHT ABOUT THIS, BUT, UM, AS WE DO THE ANNUAL BUDGET RECOMMENDATION, IT WOULD BE GREAT IF THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS IN THE CITY HOUSING, HOMELESS STRATEGIES, UM, SERVICES PLANNING AND PUBLIC HEALTH CAN COME TO US WITH THEIR BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS, ANY UNMET NEEDS, ANY PRIORITIES THAT WAY WE CAN JUST LIKE MAKE THAT WOULD MAKE OUR LIFE A LOT EASIER. I KNOW IT WOULD PROBABLY BE LIKE A YEAR FROM NOW, BUT, YOU KNOW. YEAH. BEFORE I FORGET. YES, SIR. UM, AND JUST TO CONFIRM, UM, REAL QUICK, SO, UM, COMMISSIONER LYRIC, UH, IT'S COMPLIANCE WITH CIVIL RIGHTS ACT AND WE'LL, WE'LL GET TOGETHER ON THAT, UM, THROUGH CAP METRO AND THEN COMMISSIONER LONGORIA ANNUAL BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS FROM DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS AS THEY PRESENT THEIR OWN BUDGETS AS THEY'RE COMING FORWARD. MM-HMM . EXCELLENT. WE, WE CAN REACH OUT AND WE CAN SEE EXACTLY WHEN WE CAN GET THAT DONE. GOOD. OKAY. UH, ANY OTHER COMMISSIONERS HAVE ANY FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS? OKAY, UH, COMM, SORRY. UH, NE TD . OKAY. UM, HELLO NE T JACK AND AUSTIN HOUSING. I JUST WANNA, AND I THOUGHT MAYBE I DON'T SAY ANYTHING, MAYBE I SHOULD, BUT I WANNA MAKE SURE MY DESIRE IS TO BE AS RESPONSIVE [02:25:01] TO THIS COMMISSION AS POSSIBLE. MM-HMM . ONE OF THE THINGS DEPARTMENTS CANNOT, CANNOT DO. WE DON'T PROVIDE BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS. YOU CAN INVITE US TO PRESENT, YOU CAN ASK US SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT WE SPENT ON DIFFERENT THINGS, AND THEN, UM, SO I JUST DON'T WANT YOU TO BE DISAPPOINTED IN THE FUTURE WHEN YOU INVITE US. SO IT'S ABOUT HOW YOU PHRASE AND YOU, AND SO I'M NOT TRYING TO GET YOU TO GET GO AROUND IT, BUT I'M, WE WILL NEVER COME, NO CITY DEPARTMENT WILL COME AND SAY, THIS IS WHAT WE NEED. WE CAN SAY, WE SPENT THIS MUCH ON THIS PROGRAM, DA, DA, DA, DA, THINGS LIKE THAT. MM-HMM . SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE KNOW AS WE MOVE IT TO THE NEXT YEAR. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND I GUESS I CAN ADD TO THAT, COMMISSIONER LONGORIA, THERE ARE ADVOCACY GROUPS, THERE ARE DIFFERENT GROUPS THAT LOOK AT BUDGET YEARLY AND WORK ON THOSE. AND, AND THEY'RE USUALLY PEOPLE THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, FOCUS ON TRANSPORTATION AND FOCUS ON HOUSING, SOME FOCUS ON, UM, YOU KNOW, HEALTH, THINGS LIKE THAT. AND MAYBE THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING, UH, THAT WE CAN LOOK AT AS WELL, IF YOU WOULD CONSIDER THAT. BUT IF YOU WOULD LIKE, WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT AND THEN COME UP WITH SOMETHING. SURE. THAT MAKES SENSE. YEAH. UM, YEAH, WE CAN TALK ABOUT HAVING ORGANIZATIONS COME AND GIVE BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS MM-HMM . BUT AS FAR AS LIKE CERTAIN DEPARTMENTS, IF WE CAN FRAME IT AS PERHAPS LIKE PRIORITIES OR LIKE UNMET NEEDS, UM, THAT'D BE GREAT. THANK YOU. OKAY. UM, COMMISSIONERS, IF WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING, WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. UH, AGAIN, MAKE SURE THAT IF YOU DO THINK OF SOMETHING, EMAIL MIGUEL, OR IF YOU PROPOSE SOMETHING NOW, JUST EMAIL MIGUEL AND START, YOU KNOW, COMMUNICATING WITH HIM TO CLARIFY WHAT WE WANT, WHO, YOU KNOW, BEING SPECIFIC AND WHO DO WE WANT TO SEE, UH, SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A GOOD PRESENTATION IN OUR NEXT MEETING. UM, AND IF YOU DIDN'T BRING SOMETHING UP BUT YOU WOULD LIKE TO AGAIN ALSO EMAIL MIGUEL AND, UM, COMMUNICATE WITH HIM IF THERE IS NOTHING ELSE, UM, IT IS 8:58 PM AND I CALL THIS, UH, MEETING OF THE AUSTIN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION ADJOURNED. THANK YOU SO MUCH, COMMISSIONERS. HAVE A GREAT NIGHT. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.