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UNLESS THERE'S OBJECTION, WHAT I'LL DO IS RECESS THE MEETING OF THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL SO WE CAN TAKE UP A HFC, BUT WITHOUT OBJECTION, THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL IS NOW IN RECESS AT 11:11 AM AND I WILL CALL TO ORDER THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING OF THE AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION AND UM, IT IS, IT IS 1111.WHEN WE CALL TO THAT TOGETHER THAT WE HAVE A QUORUM OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, UH, PRESENT.
WE ARE MEETING IN THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS, WHICH ARE LOCATED IN AUSTIN CITY HALL AT 3 0 1 WEST SECOND STREET IN AUSTIN, TEXAS.
IT'S JULY 23RD, 2026, AND I'LL RECOGNIZE STAFF.
GOOD MORNING COUNSEL AND A HFC BOARD MEMBERS.
I AM NICOLE JOCELYN, I'M THE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT OFFICER FOR AUSTIN HOUSING.
HANG ON ONE SECOND, ONE SECOND FOLKS, I KNOW YOU THINK YOU'RE TALKING QUIETLY, BUT WHEN EVERYBODY TALKS QUIETLY IT SOUNDS LOUD, SO PLEASE TAKE YOUR CONVERSATIONS OUTSIDE.
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HERE TO PRESENT THE AGENDA FOR TODAY'S HFC BOARD MEETING.WE HAVE TWO ITEMS OFFERED ON CONSENT.
THE FIRST ITEM IS TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE A FC BOARD MEETING FOR MAY 28TH, 2026.
AND THE SECOND ITEM IS TO AUTHORIZE AFCS ACQUISITION OF THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 4,800 BOM ROAD.
THIS WILL BE AN ACQUISITION FROM THE CITY OF AUSTIN TO A HFC IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $3.95 MILLION UTILIZING 2022 GO BONDS.
AND THAT IS ALL WE HAVE TODAY.
THANK YOU, UM, MEMBERS, LET ME FIRST ASK IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF.
ALRIGHT, IN THAT CASE I'LL GO TO THE CITY CLERK.
UM, FOR SPEAKERS, WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER, ITEM TWO ZENOBIA.
JOSEPH, I THANK YOU MAYOR COUNSEL, I'M ENOVIA JOSEPH SPEAKING IN OPPOSITION TO ITEM TWO.
I WANNA REMIND YOU THAT 4,800 BOMB ROAD, YOU PASSED A RESOLUTION APRIL 13TH, 2023, MAY 13TH, 1999, THE CITY COUNCIL VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO INITIATE CONDEMNATION PROCEEDINGS.
THIS IS A BROWNFIELD SITE AND YOU ARE PUTTING EXCLUSIVELY INDIVIDUALS WHO EARNED 60% AREA MEDIAN INCOME AND BELOW HERE I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND THE REASON IT WAS CONDEMNED IS BECAUSE OF ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM.
YOUR OWN RESOLUTION SPECIFIES THE 1928 PLAN.
I WANT YOU TO REMEMBER SPECIFICALLY, CITY MANAGER SAYS YOU READ A NEWSPAPER THERE, THERE WAS AN ARTICLE IN THE STATESMAN BACK IN MAY OF 2023 THAT QUOTED VELAZQUEZ.
BUT WHEN THIS ITEM CAME BEFORE COUNSEL, HE SAID NOTHING.
SO MAYBE AS A BIRTHDAY PRESENT TO YOUR CONSTITUENTS, YOU CAN PERSUADE THE REST OF COUNCIL NOT TO PUT BLACK AND BROWN PEOPLE IN THIS ENVIRONMENTAL ZONE.
I WANT YOU TO RECOGNIZE THAT YOU ALSO GO ON TO TALK ABOUT THE DISPROPORTIONATELY INDUSTRIAL ZONING FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE MINORITIES IN EAST AUSTIN, BUT YET YOU BELIEVE THAT PRIORITIZING THIS SITE SPECIFICALLY FOR MINORITIES IS WHERE THEY SHOULD GO.
I WANNA REMIND YOU THAT IN 2020 YOUR MINORITY CHAMBERS REPORT SPECIFIED THAT AFRICAN AMERICANS EARNED ABOUT $42,000, HISPANICS ABOUT $50,000.
SO YOU'RE EXCLUDING WHITE PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY GENERALLY EARN 80% AREA MEDIAN INCOME AND ABOVE.
SO MAYOR, IF YOU WANT US TO THINK DIFFERENTLY ABOUT THE DECISIONS THAT YOU MAKE, THEN PLEASE DON'T PUT HISPANICS AND AFRICAN AMERICANS IN AN INDUSTRIAL ZONE.
THAT'S WHAT YOU DID AT THE MARSHALLING YARD.
THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE DOING HERE.
THE CHILDREN WILL EAT THE DIRT.
THERE IS NOTHING IN BACKUP THAT TELLS YOU ABOUT THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND THE WORK THAT THEY DID TO CLEAR OR NOT CLEAR THIS SITE.
SO TO COUNCIL MEMBER VELAZQUEZ, WHAT IS THE UPDATE FROM TCEQ? SURELY YOU CARE ENOUGH ABOUT YOUR PEOPLE NOT TO PUT THE CHILDREN IN THE DIRT THAT'S CONTAMINATED, NOT TO PUT THE PEOPLE WHO LOOK LIKE YOU IN CONTAMINATION.
FIND A PLACE WEST OF LOOP ONE TO PUT SOME BLACK AND BROWN PEOPLE.
I WANNA REMIND YOU OF THE SMART ORDINANCE.
SAFE, MIXED INCOME, ACCESSIBLE, REASONABLY PRICED, TRANSIT ORIENTED.
THIS IS NOT IT, MAYOR, I'M INCENSED THAT YOU WOULD STILL PUT BLACK PEOPLE IN THE INDUSTRIAL ZONE AND THINK THAT THAT'S OKAY.
SPEAKERS, MAYOR MEMBERS, THOSE ARE ALL THE SPEAKERS THAT SIGNED UP TO, UH, SPEAK ON THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR THE
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AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION.UM, WITH THAT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.
MOTIONS MADE BY BOARD MEMBER LANE.
IS THERE A SECOND? SECONDED BY BOARD MEMBER ELLIS.
IS THERE ANYONE? IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? ANYONE WISHING TO BE SHOWN ABSTAINING FROM A VOTE ON EITHER OF THE ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? ANYONE WISHING TO RECUSE THEMSELVES FROM A VOTE ON EITHER OF THE ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? ANYONE WISHING TO BE SHOWN VOTING NO ON ANY EITHER OF THE ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? WITHOUT OBJECTION.
THE CONSENT AGENDA OF THE AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION IS ADOPTED WITH A BOARD MEMBER FUENTES ABSENT MEMBERS, THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION AT THIS REGULAR MEETING ON JULY 23RD.
WITHOUT OBJECTION, WE WILL ADJOURN THE MEETING OF THE AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS AT 11:17 AM.