* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:03] GOOD EVENING, [CALL TO ORDER] EVERYBODY. GOOD EVENING, UH, THIS... UH, GOOD EVENING. IT IS 6:40 PM. UH, WE ARE READY TO START. WE HAVE QUORUM. UM, SO AT 6:40 PM ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER THE 10TH, I CALL THIS, UH, MEETING OF THE CO - UH, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION, UH, TO ORDER. SO WE WILL START, UH, BY CALLING ON PUBLIC, UH, PUBLIC COMMUNICATION. UH, SO THAT, REMEMBER THAT THE FIRST 10 SPEAKERS SIGNED UP PRIOR TO THE MEETING BEING CALLED TO ORDER WILL EACH BE ALLOWED THREE MINUTE ALLOTMENT TO ADDRESS THEIR CONCERNS REGARDING ITEMS THAT ARE NOT POSTED ON THE AGENDA. UH, MIGUEL, DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS? NO ONE AT THIS TIME FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. UM, WE HAVE SOME FOR DIFFERENT ITEMS COMING UP THOUGH. THANK YOU, MIGUEL. SO FOR OUR FIRST MINUTE, [APPROVAL OF MINUTES ] IT, UH, FIRST ITEM, UH, IS THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES. SO WE ARE GOING TO VOTE, UH, FOR, TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE PREVIOUS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION, UM, MEETING, WHICH WAS... SORRY, I GOT THE WRONG ONE. I GOT THE WRONG PACKET. SEPTEMBER 8TH. UH, WHICH IS, UH, YES, UH, SEPTEM- SEPTEMBER 8TH, 2026. UH, WE UNFORTUNATELY DID NOT HAVE QUORUM IN OCTOBER AND WE'RE NOT ABLE TO MEET. SO, UH, THESE ARE THE MINUTES FROM SEPTEMBER 8TH. SO COMMISSIONERS, PLEASE LOOK OVER THOSE. UM, LOOK FOR ANY CORRECTIONS THAT YOU MAY MAKE, AND THEN I'LL BE LOOKING FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE MINUTES. UM, I'LL MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES. SO VICE CHAIR LIRICK, UH, MAKES THE MOTION. DO WE HAVE, HAVE A SECOND? I SECOND. COMMISSIONER AKILES SECONDS THAT. ALL RIGHT. EVERYBODY IN APPROVAL SAY AYE, RAISE YOUR HAND. IF YOU ARE ONLINE, PLEASE TURN ON YOUR VIDEO. ALL RIGHT. ANYBODY OPPOSE OR ABSTAINING? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND, UM, YEAH, IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE WE WERE HERE. UH, I COMPLETELY FORGOT, UH, TO TELL YOU THAT THE PURPOSE OF THE AUSTIN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION IS TO ADVISE THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL ON THE DEVELOPMENT, IMPLEMENTATION AND EVALUATION OF PROGRAMS THAT ARE DESIGNED TO SERVE LOW INCOME RESIDENTS AND THE BROADER COMMUNITY WITH A STRONG FOCUS ON FEDERALLY FUNDED PROGRAMS. UH, AND WITH THAT, I [2. Staff briefing regarding Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) activities and outcomes. Presentation by Ana Montiel, Program Manager, Austin Public Health (APH).] WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER TWO. SO WE HAVE A STAFF BRIEFING REGARDING THE COMMUNITY SER- SERVICES BLOCK GRANT, THE CSBG ACTIVITIES AND OUTCOMES. UH, AND IT WOULD BE A PRESENTATION BY ANA MONTIEL, UH, PROGRAM MANAGER FROM AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH. GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME AT THE MEETING TODAY AND PARTICIPATE. UM, I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS MEETING. MY NAME IS ANA MONTIEL. I AM THE PROGRAM MANAGER FOR THE MONTOPOLIS COMMUNITY CENTER. I OVERSEE THE OPERATIONS ALSO OF NURSING SERVICES THROUGHOUT THE SIX CENTERS IN AUSTIN. I AM CURRENTLY REPRESENTING, UM, ANGEL SAMBRANO. HE'S OUT OF OFFICE AND I'M HERE TO PARTICIPATE AND GIVE YOU GUYS A PROGRAMMATIC AND FINANCIAL REPORT FOR THE CSBG 2026 CONTRACT. UH, BEFORE I BEGIN THIS INFORMATION, I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND READ THE MISSION OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES UNIT. WE AIM TO IMPROVE THE LIVES AND [00:05:01] HEALTH OF PEOPLE EXPERIENCING POVERTY BY PROVIDING PUBLIC HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES AND CONNECTING RESIDENTS OF AUSTIN AND TRAVIS COUNTY TO COMMUNITY RESOURCES. SOME OF THOSE SERVICES ARE BASIC NEEDS, PREVENTIVE HEALTH, CASE MANAGEMENT, AND EMPLOYMENT SUPPORT. I'M NOT SURE IF YOU GUYS HAVE THIS PRESENTATION OR THIS SLIDE. YES. UM, ONE SECOND. WE ARE JUST TRANSITIONING FROM THE HOUSING COMMITTEE TO THE, UH, CDC, UH, FOLDER. GIVE ME ONE SECOND. BUT EVERYONE IN THE ROOM, YOU DO HAVE A COPY OF IT PRINTED, UM, BOTH OF THEM AS WELL. ONE SECOND, PLEASE. SOUNDS GOOD. UM, SO, UM, UM, LOOKING AT THE COMMUNITY SERVICES BLOCK GRANT 2026 CONTRACT FOR FINANCIAL REPORT, AND RIGHT NOW WE ARE AT 78% OF OUR EXPENDITURE. UM, I DID ALSO IN THIS INFORMATION THAT YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN PROVIDED, WE HAVE A STORY. I DO ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO READ A SUCCESS STORY. THIS IS BASICALLY REPRESENTATION OF THE WORK OF OUR STAFF AND IT JUST SPEAKS OF AN INDIVIDUAL MAKING THE DIFFERENCE IN THE COMMUNITY. SO I WOULD REALLY LIKE FOR YOU GUYS TO TAKE, UM, AND READ OVER THAT AT YOUR OWN TIME. SO I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND GO OVER THE INFORMATION BASICALLY ON OUR DATA. WHAT YOU'RE GONNA SEE AT THE FRONT OF YOUR SITES RIGHT NOW IS THE HOUSING ASSISTANCE THROUGH SEPTEMBER 2026. THIS IS BASICALLY ONE OF THE SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE, WHICH IS BASICALLY MAKING SURE THAT CLIENTS AVOID EVICTION. AND RIGHT NOW WE HAVE AN AVERAGE OF $1,867.70 THAT WE PROVIDE, UM, AVERAGE, AGAIN, PAYMENT FOR RENT SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT THEY DON'T GET EVICTED THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS. WE HAVE 141 HOUSEHOLDS WHO WERE AVOIDED EVICTION AT THIS POINT AS OF SEPTEMBER 2026. WE HAVE SERVED 350 INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE AVOIDED EVICTION AND WE RECEIVED WITH OUR RENT AND UTILITY CALL OVER, UM, 501,070 CALLS. UM, AND THAT MEANS BASICALLY OUR STAFF IS THE ONE THAT ARE PIVOTING THAT LINE THROUGHOUT THE, UH, MONDAY MORNINGS, BASICALLY. UM, YOU WILL SEE SOME OF THE DATA BREAKDOWN THROUGHOUT, UH, THIS SLIDE AND YOU'LL SEE THE HOUSEHOLD, BASICALLY THE BREAKDOWN OF THEIR RACE AND ETHNICITY AS WELL AS THE POPULATION. AND THIS IS WHERE WE CURRENTLY STAND ON THE RENTAL UTILITY FUNDING SPENT. SO IT'S OVER 508,000, UM, WHICH IS A PRETTY SMALL NUMBER COMPARING TO WHAT WE COULD BE HELPING WITH. SO I'M GONNA MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE. THANK YOU. SO THIS IS THE INFORMATION FOR OUR BASIC NEEDS ASSISTANT THROUGHOUT SEPTEMBER 2026. THIS IS A PICTURE OF THE MONTOPOLIS GYM, AND I'M SAYING THAT BECAUSE I AM THE MANAGER, SO THIS HAPPENED TO BE ONE OF OUR EVENTS THAT WE PUT TOGETHER. AS OF SEPTEMBER 2026, WE PROVIDED OVER 40,625 SERVICES TO CLIENTS. WE SERVE OVER 9,500 HOUSEHOLDS SERVED. AND YOU CAN SEE AGAIN THE DEMOGRA- DEMOGRAPHIC ON THIS RACE ETHNICITY WHO WE'RE SERVING AT THIS POINT. UM, ON YOUR RIGHT SIDE, YOU'RE GONNA SEE THE TOP 10 ZIP CODES SERVED. SO WHEN I SAY BASIC SERVICES OR BASIC NEEDS ASSISTANCE, IT MEANS, UH, ANYWHERE FROM FOOD ASSISTANCE TO CAR SEATS, UH, FORMULA, AND THE LIST GOES ON AT TIMES WE HAVE HYGIENE ITEMS OR ANYTHING THAT'S PREVENTIVE THAT WE CAN OFFER THE CLIENTS. SO THIS GOES WITH THE BASIC SERVICE. AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE THE TOP 10 ZIP CODES SERVED. UM, IF YOU DO SEE ANY AREAS THAT ARE BLANK, JUST NOTE THAT THIS, UM, DATA INFORMATION DOES NOT REQUIRE BASICALLY THE DATA THAT WE USE IS FROM CENTRAL TEXAS FOOD BANK. AND AT THIS POINT, THEY'RE NOT REQUIRING TO PROVIDE RACE ETHNICITY, SO THAT AVOIDS A BARRIER FOR THE CLIENT WHEN WE NEED TO SERVE THEM IF THEY WANNA BE NOT PROVIDING THAT INFORMATION. ON THE NEXT SLIDE... OOPS. ALL RIGHT. ON OUR NEXT SLIDE, IT'S JUST GOING CRAZY ON ME. THERE. ALL RIGHT. RENTING UTILITY ASSISTANCE BY ZIP CODE, YOU'RE GONNA SEE THE BREAKDOWN ON THE LEFT SIDE WHERE YOU CAN SEE BASICALLY A LOT OF THE MOVEMENT THAT WE'RE SERVING THE CLIENTS THAT ARE IN, IN THEIR NEED OF MAKING SURE THAT THEY DON'T GET EVICTED. AND THEN ON YOUR RIGHT SIDE IS GONNA BE THE BASIC SERVICES, WHICH EXPENDS A LITTLE BIT, UM, BROADER FROM OUR ZIP CODES. THERE... WE, WE HAVE LESS LIMITATIONS AND LESS CRITERIA TO DO THAT. SO AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S EXPENSE A LITTLE BIT. THAT'S BASICALLY THE BREAKDOWN OF THAT. ALL RIGHT. ON THIS SLIDE IS THE EMPLOYMENT SERVICES. AGAIN, I'M JUST GONNA BRAG BECAUSE THIS HAPPENS TO BE MY SOCIAL WORKER AND I'M VERY PROUD OF DANA. UH, THIS, THIS, UM, IS BASICALLY OUR SLIDE PROVIDING SERVICES FOR THE CLIENTS. EMPLOYMENT SERVICES MEANS TRANSITIONING CLIENTS FROM A CERTAIN LEVEL TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE A LIVING WAGE. AND THIS MEANS, YOU KNOW, SUPPORTING THEM THROUGH A, A PERIOD OF TIME TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY GET ANYTHING BETWEEN COACHING FOR EMPLOYMENT OR ACTUALLY APPLICATIONS AND ACTUALLY GETTING TO A STEADY INCOME. WE HAVE GIFT CARDS. UM, SOME OF YOU GUYS ARE FAMILIAR WITH OUR SERVICES ALREADY, BUT WE PROVIDE GIFT CARDS AS WELL AS BUS PASSES AT THIS POINT TO MAKE SURE WE SUPPORT THAT IN ADDITION TO FOOD PANTRIES AS WELL. SO WE HAVE [00:10:01] OUR GOAL, UM, 41. AND AT THIS POINT, I'M VERY HAPPY TO SAY THAT YOU'LL SEE THE PURPLE BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE COMPLETED, UM, THAT GOAL. WE'RE AT 41 AS OF SEPTEMBER 2026, BUT THAT MEANS IN OCTOBER WE'RE GONNA GO OVER THAT, WHICH IS AMAZING FOR OUR, THE, THE, THE EFFORT OF THE CLIENTS AND THE NEED THAT BASICALLY IS THERE, BUT WE HAVE VERY GOOD SOCIAL WORKERS. I'M GONNA SAY THAT OVERALL WE HAVE HELPED, UH, 615, UH, NUMBER OF CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES PROVIDED THROUGHOUT THIS PERIOD. ALL RIGHT. HEALTH SERVICES THROUGH SEPTEMBER 2026. UM, AGAIN, UH, I DO SEE A LOT OF THIS PROGRAMMING, SO I ALWAYS BRAGGING ABOUT THIS ONE. WE HAVE SERVED OVER 212 HEALTH SCREENING EVENTS, AND OUR OVERALL TOTAL FOR NURSING CARE SESSIONS IS MEAN ANY- ANYTHING THAT PROVIDES BLOOD PRESSURE, BASIC SERVICE, REFERRALS, ANYTHING THAT HAS TO DO WITH ACTUAL SERVICES, WE HAVE DONE OVER 1,706, UM, NURSING CARE SESSIONS. UM, DO WANNA LET YOU GUYS KNOW THAT IN SEPTEMBER, WE HAVE FOCUSED ON VACCINE, PARTICULARLY TO SUPPORT THE IMMUNIZATIONS PROGRAM, AND WE ARE ONE OF THE CORE PARTICIPANTS BECAUSE OF THE EXPANSION IN OUR PRESENCE IN THE COMMUNITY. SO I FEEL PRETTY PROUD OF THAT, UM, AND WE WILL BE PRESENTING THAT DATA ON THE NEXT MEETING. I THINK THIS CONCLUDES OUR MEETING, MY PORTION. UM, ANY QUESTIONS WITH THIS PRESENTATION? ANYTHING THAT YOU GUYS - COMMISSIONERS, I'M LOOKING FOR SOME QUESTIONS. UH, COMMISSIONER LONGORIA, GO AHEAD. THANK YOU. I HAVE TWO QUICK QUESTIONS. SURE. UM, DO YOU PROVIDE ANY, LIKE, UH, FLU OR VACCINATIONS? YES. YES? YES. SO, UH, UM, WE STARTED LATE SEPTEMBER AND WE JUST WAIT FOR THE... BASICALLY, WE, WE DEPEND ON THE IMMUNIZATIONS PROGRAM TO SUPPORT WITH THAT, BUT WE STARTED LATE SEPTEMBER, AND THEN WE'VE, WE'VE BEEN COVERING OCTOBER. AND THE NUMBERS, UM, I THINK, I WANNA SAY, UM, PLEASE DON'T RELEASE THIS, BUT IT'S OVER 400, UH, IMMUNIZATIONS OVERALL, UM, JUST FROM OUR GROUP. AND THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE THE OTHER GROUPS OF IMMUNIZATIONS. OKAY. OKAY. UM, AND MY SECOND QUESTION WAS, UM, QUICK, JUST QUICKLY. UM, YOU MENTIONED THE, THE RENTING UTILITY FUNDING. UM, IT SEEMS LIKE OVER THE PAST COUPLE YEARS, I UNDERSTAND THAT AS WE APPROACH THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR, YOU, LIKE, RUN OUT OF FUNDS, RIGHT, OR SOMETHING, YOU KNOW? SO WHAT'S THAT LOOKING LIKE? YOU KNOW, CAN PEOPLE STILL APPLY FOR THESE TYPE OF THINGS? YES. WE'RE STILL VERY ACTIVE AT THIS POINT. UM, IT... WE... AGAIN, THE CRITERIA, WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH A PROCESS, WHICH, YOU KNOW, KINDA TAKES IN DELAYS TIME, BUT RIGHT NOW WE DO HAVE FUNDING. UM, YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NO PROBLEM. I HAD A QUICK QUESTION. UH, JUST BECAUSE, UH, IT'S NOVEMBER, WHAT ARE Y'ALL DOING FOR THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY STUFF? 'CAUSE USUALLY, UM, ANGEL WILL KINDA TELL US WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE COMMUNITY. YES. UH, UH, THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION. SO I DO, UM, ENCOURAGE YOU GUYS TO GO TO THE NEIGHBORHOODS, UH, WEBPAGE THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE. WE HAVE A FEW EVENTS THAT ARE BEING ADVERTISED. I THINK THEY WERE RELEASED, UM, T- TODAY MAYBE. UH, WE HAVE, UH, WE HAVE THREE EVENTS COMING UP, AND I CAN FORWARD THAT INFORMATION AND PROVIDE IT TO YOU SO THAT YOU CAN SEND YOU, UH, THE INFORMATION OUT. BUT WE HAVE, UM, OPENED OUR LINES, BASICALLY, AND THEY CAN, THEY CAN CALL OUR CENTERS AND ALSO SEND THOSE, THE, THAT INFORMATION SO THAT YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND PROVIDE TO CLIENTS IF NEEDED. BUT WE DO HAVE THREE OR FOUR EVENTS THAT ARE GONNA BE MAINLY FOR NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES AND, AND PARTNER WITH OTHER ONES AS WELL. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YES. ALL RIGHT. UH, THANK YOU, COMMISSIONERS. THANK YOU, MS. UH, MONTIEL FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. HAVE A GREAT DAY. ALL RIGHT. UH, SO WE ARE [3. Discussion and presentation of federal regulations regarding CDBG funding and the yearly HUD Funding Cycle including the Annual Action Plan, Needs Assessment, and the Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER). Presentation led by KateLynn Dean, Grants Program Manager, and Julie Smith, Community Engagement Specialist, Austin Housing. ] MOVING FORWARD, UH, WITH A DISCUSSION AND PRESENTATION, UH, UH, FEDERAL REGULATIONS REGARDING CDBG FUNDING AND YEARLY HUD FUNDING CYCLE, INCLUDING THE ANNUAL ACTION PLAN, THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT, THE CONSOLIDATED ANNUAL PERFORMANCE AND EVALUATION REPORT, THE CAPER. UH, THIS PRESENTATION IS LED BY KATIE LYNN DEAN, UH, GRANTS PROGRAM MANAGER, AND JULIE SMITH, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SPECIALIST FROM AUSTIN HOUSING. UH, WELCOME. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. AND GOOD EVENING. SORRY, JUST SETTING MYSELF UP HERE REAL QUICK. ALL RIGHT. GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYBODY. UH, MY NAME IS CAITLIN DEAN. I AM THE GRANTS PROGRAM MANAGER FOR AUSTIN HOUSING, UH, AND JULIE IS ONLINE WITH ME. UH, SHE'S FROM OUR COMMUNICATIONS TEAM. UM, AND WE'RE HERE TODAY TO TALK ABOUT AUSTIN HOUSING, OUR ANNUAL ALLOCATIONS OF FEDERAL FUNDING, AND HOW WE PLAN TO MANAGE REPORTING BACK TO HUD, AND THEN HOW WE CAN COLLABORATE BETWEEN AUSTIN HOUSING AND THE CDC. [00:15:06] UH, SO TO START, UH, WANNA GIVE YOU GUYS THE FULL SCOPE OF WHAT WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR. SO EACH YEAR, THE CITY OF AUSTIN APPLIES FOR APPROXIMATELY 14 MILLION IN ANNUAL GRANT ENTITLEMENTS ACROSS FOUR DIFFERENT GRANT TYPES FOR AUSTIN HOUSING. UH, IT'S REALLY FOCUSED ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND PUBLIC SERVICES. UH, AND THESE GRANTS ARE PART OF A FIVE-YEAR CYCLE THAT I'LL EXPLAIN IN A LITTLE MORE DEPTH, UM, AS WE GO ON. UH, ENTITLEMENT IN THIS CONTEXT JUST MEANS THAT OUR JURISDICTION MEETS THE STATUTORY AND REGULATORY CRITERIA TO RECEIVE FUNDING FROM, UH, A PRESET FORMULA THAT CONGRESS DECIDES ON. UH, THERE'S NO COMPETITIVE SELECTION PROCESS FOR IT. IT'S JUST AUTOMATICALLY HANDED OVER TO US AT SOME POINT. UM, THERE... TO BREAK DOWN FURTHER, THE 14 MILLION, THE FOUR DIFFERENT TYPES OF FUNDING, THERE'S, UM, CDBG, THERE'S APPROXIMATELY 7.2 MILLION EACH YEAR ALLOCATED OVER FIVE YEARS, SO TOTALING JUST OVER 36 MILLION IN THAT FIVE-YEAR SPAN. UH, HOME IS ABOUT 2.5 MILLION ANNUALLY, AND THEN HOPWA IS 2.8 MILLION, AND ESG IS 647,000. UH, SO TO GO INTO A LITTLE MORE DEPTH WITH THAT, THE GOAL WITH THE CDBG MONEY IS REALLY ABOUT PROVIDING DECENT HOUSING AND SUITABLE LIVING ENVIRONMENTS. IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPAND ECONOMICALLY FOR LOW-INCOME FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS. UH, WE BREAK THIS DOWN INTO THREE MAIN CATEGORIES. SO WE OFFER SPECIAL NEEDS ASSISTANCE, HOMEOWNER ASSISTANCE, AND THEN THERE'S SOME INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT, UH, AND I CAN BREAK THOSE DOWN FURTHER IF YOU GUYS HAVE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ABOUT, LIKE, THE AMOUNT THAT GOES INTO EACH OF THOSE AREAS. UH, BUT THEN... AND THAT IS ALSO THE PRIMARY FOCUS FOR THE CDC, IS THE CDBG FUNDING THAT WE RECEIVE, SO ABOUT SEVEN MILLION OF WHAT AUSTIN HOUSING IS LOOKING AT EACH YEAR. UM, BUT FOR CONTEXT, IT'S HELPFUL TO KNOW THE OTHER THREE AS WELL, BECAUSE THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE'RE WORKING WITH, RIGHT? SO, UM, THE HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP GRANT, UH, PROGRAM IS, UH, REALLY ABOUT CREATING AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR LOW-INCOME HOUSEHOLDS. UH, THIS GOES TOWARDS OUR, UH, TBRA PROGRAM, OR TBRA. IT'S TENANT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE. THERE'S A DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. THERE IS A, UM, UH, SOME RENTAL AND HOUSING OWNERSHIP DEVELOPMENT UNDERNEATH OF THAT. AND THEN, UH, UNDER HOPWA, THE HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS, THAT'S REALLY ABOUT BENEFITING LOW-INCOME PERSONS WHO ARE LIVING WITH HIV AND AIDS AND THEIR FAMILIES, SO SUPPORT SERVICES, HOUSING SERVICES, UH, FOR ANYBODY WHO'S LIVING WITH HIV OR AIDS. AND THEN, UH, ESG IS THE EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANT THAT REALLY IS FOCUSED AROUND HOMELESSNESS AND, UH, ANYBODY WHO'S EXPERIENCING A HOUSING CRISIS. SO THE FOUR MAIN PUZZLES, BUT AGAIN, CDBG IS THE MAIN REASON THAT WE'RE HERE WITH YOU GUYS. UM, TO GET INTO THE FIVE-YEAR CYCLE A LITTLE BIT MORE, SO WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE IS HUD, BECAUSE WE HAVE THESE FOUR ENTITLEMENT FUNDING SOURCES, WE ALSO OWE HUD AN EXPLANATION OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO WITH THE MONEY. SO THEY LIKE TO HAVE A FIVE-YEAR PLAN, A STRATEGIC PLAN THAT OUTLINES REALLY WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO ACROSS THOSE FOUR FUNDING TYPES. AND SO THAT'S, UH, WHAT HAPPENS IN THE CONSOLIDATED ACTION PLAN. IT'S A BIG, BIG HAUL. THE LAST ONE THAT WE DID WAS STARTED IN FISCAL YEAR 2024, SO WE'RE CURRENTLY IN THE THIRD YEAR OF THAT, UH, FIVE-YEAR CYCLE. UM, SO THE NEXT ONE WON'T HAPPEN UNTIL NOVEMBER. IT WON'T BE DUE UNTIL NOVEMBER OF 2029, FOR CONTEXT. UM, THE NEXT PIECE OF THAT IS THE ACTION PLAN. SO THIS IS A, A SHORTER, UH, ONE YEAR, YOU CAN THINK OF IT AS A GRANT RENEWAL IN ANOTHER SENSE, UH, FOR THE SAME FUNDING. IT'S, UH, SOMETIMES THE FUNDING FORMULAS CAN CHANGE A LITTLE BIT JUST BASED ON WHAT CONGRESS IS, UH, F - YOU KNOW, HOW THEY, HOW THEY DETERMINE THE FUNDING AND HOW OUR POPULATION CHANGES TOO. UH, SO THAT ACTION PLAN GETS INTO FURTHER DETAIL ABOUT WHAT WE'RE PLANNING ON DOING WITH THE FUNDING FOR THE NEXT FEDERAL FISCAL YEAR. AND THEN, UH, THE CAEPER, OR THE CONSOLIDATED ANNUAL PERFORMANCE AND EVALUATION REPORT, IS BASICALLY A REPORT CARD OF WHAT WE DID IN THE LAST FISCAL YEAR. SO IT'S [00:20:01] WHAT WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF NOW, AND I'LL TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT IN OUR NEXT, UH, CDC MEETING, BECAUSE I'LL BE BACK TO TELL YOU MORE ABOUT IT. OKAY, SO, UM, FOR AUSTIN HOUSING, OUR ROLE REALLY COMES DOWN TO THESE FOUR MAIN THINGS. UM, AS THE CITY, OR AS A CITY THAT MEETS THE ELIGIBIL - EL- ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA, SORRY, FOR ENTITLEMENT AND FORMULA FUNDS, WE ALSO HAVE, UH, THE ADMINISTRATIVE TASK OF COMPLETING THE HUD GRANT APPLICATION, UH, THE CAPER AND THE ACTION PLAN, AND THEN, UH, THE CAPER, SO DOING ANY OF THE COORDINATION BETWEEN DEPARTMENTS TO GET ALL OF THE, UH, REPORTING THAT WE NEED DONE AND THE ACTUAL NUMBERS ON SERVICE DELIVERY AND WHATNOT. UH, WE'RE C - RESPONSIBLE FOR CONDUCTING COMMUNITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT AND PUBLIC HEARINGS, UH, GIVING OPPORTUNITIES FOR FEEDBACK FROM AUSTINITES, AND SO THAT'S ONE OF THE AREAS THAT WE REALLY HOPE TO COLLABORATE WITH YOU GUYS A LITTLE BIT MORE. AND THEN, UH, BECAUSE THERE ARE SEVERAL PROGRAMS THAT OPERATE THROUGH THESE FUNDS, THERE'S ALSO SOME PROGRAM MANAGEMENT HAPPENING BEHIND THE SCENES, SO... UH, THE CDC'S ROLE, A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN OURS, BUT, UM, BECAUSE THIS IS FEDERAL MONEY, THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CDC IS FIRST REALLY OUTLINED IN THE CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS OR THE CFR, AND IT STATES, UH, THAT, UH, ANY JURISDICTION WHO RECEIVES CSBG MONEY, SO NOT CDBG, BUT CSBG THAT, UH, PUBLIC HEALTH OVERSEES, THAT THEY HAVE TO BE OVERSEEN BY A TRIPARTITE BOARD, WHICH IS WHY YOU GUYS ARE HERE. UH, BUT THEN IF YOU KEEP GOING FURTHER DOWN THE LINE, AUSTIN MUNICIPAL CODE AND OUR CITIZEN PARTICIPATION PLAN MANDATES THAT THE CDBG MONEY IS ALSO, UH, ADVOCATED FOR ON BEHALF OF THE CDC. SO, UH, YOUR GUYS' ROLE REALLY COMES BACK TO REPRESENTATION OF LOW AND MODERATE INCOME AUSTINITES, AND THEN ADVICE FOR CITY COUNCIL ON THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING WITH THE FEDERAL FUNDING. OKAY, SO THEN, UM, AS FAR AS THE NEEDED SHIFTS FOR ENGAGEMENT, THIS PIECE WAS SOMETHING I REALLY WANT JULIE TO SPEAK ON IF SHE'S STILL... YEAH, THANK YOU, CAITLIN. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, MA'AM. WONDERFUL. WELL, THANK YOU, CAITLIN, UM, AND GOOD EVENING, COMMISSIONERS. I WISH THAT I COULD BE THERE WITH YOU TONIGHT. I HAD TOTALLY PLANNED TO, UH, AND, AND LIFE JUST LIFE THIS WEEK AND WAS... I'M NEEDED AT HOME, BUT GLAD I HAVE THIS OPTION TO STILL BE A PART OF THE CONVERSATION. UH, AS MANY OF YOU KNOW THAT HAVE BEEN WITH US THROUGH THIS PROCESS FOR THE PAST MANY YEARS, UH, WE'VE REALLY NEEDED SOME SHIFTS IN THE WAY THAT WE DO ENGAGEMENT, UH, DESPITE SOME OF OUR BEST EFFORTS AND, AND IMP - AND, AND, UH, GOALS TO IMPROVE THOSE EFFORTS EACH YEAR, WE CONTINUE TO HAVE DONE PRETTY CHECKBOX ENGA- ENGAGEMENT, UH, DOING WHAT WE NEED TO, TO MEET THE, UH, TO MEET HUD GUIDELINES, UM, BUT WITH LIMITED IMPACT ON, ON, ON OUR DEPARTMENT AND HOW FUNDING ALLOCATIONS ARE MADE. WE'VE HAD A REALLY MISALIGNED CALENDAR, UM, WHICH REALLY HASN'T ALIGNED WITH, UH, OR GIVEN SPACE FOR FEEDBACK TO HAVE THAT IMPACT. UM, WE'VE RUN UP RIGHT UP UNTIL THE END, UM, COLLECTING FEEDBACK AND THEN NEEDING TO MAKE DECISIONS REALLY QUICKLY. SO, UM, THAT'S NEEDED TO BE SHIFTED. AND WE'VE HAD THESE KIND OF UNCLEAR RULES IN TERMS OF, UH, STAFF'S RESPONSIBILITIES AND SPECIFICALLY OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU AS A COMMISSION AND, AND WHERE YOU CAN PLAY A ROLE. SO AT THIS POINT IN TIME, UM, WE REALLY FEEL THAT WE HAVE THE, THE SUPPORT, UH, FROM LEADERSHIP AND THE CAPACITY WITH NEW STAFFING, ESPECIALLY WITH CAITLIN, UM, IN PLACE NOW TO, TO START SHIFTING AWAY FROM THAT. SO ON THE NEXT SLIDE, YOU'LL SEE, UH, YOU KNOW, OUR VISION FOR, FOR WHAT THIS C - THIS WILL, UM, AND CAN LOOK LIKE WITH, WITH YOUR SUPPORT. UM, WE'LL BE SHIFTING TO THOUGHTFUL ENGAGEMENT THAT IS REALLY CONNECTED TO DECISION MAKERS, AND AGAIN, WITH THE SUPPORT OF OUR DIRECTOR TO BE LOOKING AT THIS FEEDBACK, UM, AND MAKING DECISIONS NOT ONLY ABOUT FEDERAL FUNDING, BUT OTHER PARTS OF OUR, UH, OUR DEPARTMENT, UH, WHEN WE HEAR NEEDS THAT MAY NOT BE A- ABLE TO BE ADDRESSED BY FEDERAL FUNDING. UM, WE ARE SHIFTING OUR ENGAGEMENT CALENDAR SO THAT IT DOES ALIGN WITH THE DECISION-MAKING PROCESSES, THAT WE HAVE THE SPACE TO REALLY ANALYZE FEEDBACK AFTER OUR NEEDS ASSESSMENT, UM, AND USE THAT, UH, USE THE INPUT FROM, FROM YOU AND FROM THE COMMUNITY, UM, AND CAITLIN WILL GO OVER THAT IN JUST A MINUTE, UM, AND SETTING SOME CLEAR EXPECTATIONS AND ONGOING COMMUNICATION, UH, WITH YOU AS A COMMISSION. AND THAT REALLY STARTS WITH THIS TONIGHT, UM, AS WE BEGIN [00:25:01] A NEW CYCLE, UM, WITH A NEW ACTION PLAN AND A KEEPER THAT'S ABOUT TO BE RELEASED, UM, AND KICKING OFF A NEEDS ASSESSMENT. UH, SO I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO ONGOING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT, UH, THE WAYS THAT WE CAN WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE LISTENING TO THE COMMUNITY, UM, AND THAT IS GUIDING HOW WE USE THIS FUNDING. AND I THINK WITH THAT, I WILL HAND IT BACK TO CAITLIN TO GO OVER THE UPDATED CALENDAR. THANKS, JULIE. WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE SLIDES. THERE WE GO. OKAY, SO, UH, YOU ALSO HAVE AN ATTACHMENT OF THE CALENDAR THAT WE'VE WORKED OUT, UH, FOR THE NEW FISCAL YEAR, BUT THIS IS A, A SNAPSHOT VERSION OF THAT SAME THING, UH, JUST REORGANIZED A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY SO IT MAKES A CLEANER PRESENTATION. UH, BUT I'M SUCH A VISUAL PERSON, SO I LIKE TO PROVIDE A CALENDAR FOR YOU GUYS TO WALK THROUGH WITH ME. UH, THE BIGGEST THING THAT WE MADE AS AN ADJUSTMENT WAS REALLY WHEN THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT IS STARTING AND STOPPING. SO IN PREVIOUS FISCAL YEARS, THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT, BECAUSE IT IS A PART OF THE ACTION PLAN, IT WAS STARTING WITH THE ACTION PLAN IN MARCH OR APRIL USUALLY, UM, AND IT WAS, IT WAS REALLY NOT GIVING A LOT OF TIME TO INCORPORATE WHAT WE WERE HEARING OR, YOU KNOW, PUT ANYTHING BEHIND THAT STRUCTURALLY, UH, FOR AUSTIN HOUSING. AND SO, UM, I AM STILL PRETTY NEW. I DON'T KNOW ALL THE INS AND OUTS OF HOW THAT, THAT LOOKED HERE BEFORE, BUT, UM, I TRUST THAT, YOU KNOW, IT TAKES A WHILE TO GET THINGS MOVING, UH, LIKE IN ANY LOCAL GOVERNMENT POSITION. SO, UH, WE HAD, UH, MADE THAT SHIFT. AND SO, INSTEAD OF STARTING IN MARCH OR APRIL WITH THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT, WE'RE REALLY GOING TO START THAT MID-NOVEMBER. UM, AND SO YOU'LL HEAR A LITTLE BIT MORE FROM US NEXT MONTH WHEN WE'RE HERE TO PRESENT AGAIN ABOUT THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT SPECIFICALLY, BUT, UH, THAT IS THE BIGGEST SHIFT, IS WE'RE, INSTEAD OF STARTING THE ACTION PLAN AND THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT AT THE SAME TIME, WE'RE KIND OF F - CLEANING UP THE CAPER AND DOING THE CAPER REPORT AND SHIPPING THAT OUT TO HUD, AND ALSO STARTING THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT FOR THE FOLLOWING FISCAL YEAR AT THE SAME TIME. SO IT GETS A LITTLE CONFUSING IN THE MESSAGING BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AND REPORTING ON FISCAL YEAR 25, 26 FOR THE CAPER, AND DOING A NEEDS ASSESSMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 27, 28. SO WE'RE LIKE, IT FEELS LIKE WE'RE SKIPPING A WHOLE YEAR, BUT IT'S, THAT'S THE YEAR THAT WE'RE IN. SO, UM, IT MAKES A LITTLE MORE SENSE WHENEVER YOU THINK ABOUT IT THAT WAY. SO, UH, JUST SO YOU GUYS HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE, I BROKE, I BROKE IT OUT INTO THREE CATEGORIES. THAT TOP ONE IS YOUR CAPER SEASON, IS WHAT I'M CALLING IT, AND THAT REALLY RUNS FROM OCTOBER THROUGH DECEMBER. UH, IT STARTS REALLY WITH THE START OF THE FISCAL YEAR, SO AS SOON AS WE CAN WRAP UP THE PREVIOUS FISCAL YEAR'S DATA, WE START DRAFTING THE CAPER, UM, AND JULIE AND I HAVE ALREADY BEEN WORKING WITH PEOPLE TO GET OUR QUESTIONS, UM, BUILT ONLINE SO THAT PEOPLE CAN PROVIDE THE FEEDBACK, UH, AND WE WILL ACTUALLY HAVE, UH, THE PHYSICAL COPIES OF IT IN FIVE LOCATIONS STARTING THIS FRIDAY, SO PEOPLE CAN ACTUALLY GO VISIT IT, CHECK IT OUT, PROVIDE FEEDBACK. THERE'LL BE AN OPTION FOR IT ONLINE AS WELL. AND WE HAVE THAT INFORMATION FOR YOU GUYS AS WELL SO THAT YOU CAN LOOK AT IT AT YOUR LEISURE. BUT AGAIN, THERE WILL BE A MORE IN-DEPTH EX- EXPLANATION OF THE CAPER AND OUR RESULTS FROM THE LAST FISCAL YEAR IN OUR NEXT, UM, CDC MEETING. THAT NEXT LINE IS, AGAIN, THE COMMUNITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT. SO YOU'LL SEE, INSTEAD OF IT BEING REALLY A MARCH, APRIL SITUATION, WE'RE MAKING IT A LITTLE BIT LONGER, SO REALLY DOUBLING THE TIME THAT WE'RE COLLECTING INFORMATION, BUT WE'RE GONNA GO FROM NOVEMBER 15TH UNTIL FEBRUARY 15TH IS WHAT WE'RE KIND OF CLASSIFYING AS NEEDS ASSESSMENT SEASON. AND HOW THAT'S GONNA LOOK IS, UH, ROUND TABLE OPPORTUNITIES WITH DIFFERENT SERVICE PROVIDERS IN THE COMMUNITY WHO ARE DOING THE WORK FOR, UM, ANYBODY WHO'S LOW INCOME, HOMELESS, Y- YOU NAME IT. UM, AND THEN IF THERE'S SERVICE AGENCIES WHO WOULD LIKE ONE-OFF PRESENTATIONS, WE'RE HAPPY TO DO THAT WITH THEM AS WELL. UM, AND BECAUSE THE COMMUNITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT REQUIRES PUBLIC HEARING, THAT WILL BE PART OF THAT PROCESS AS WELL. SO YOU GUYS WILL HEAR MORE ABOUT THAT AND AS WE GO IN DEPTH WITH THAT TOO. UM, AND THEN THAT LAST CATEGORY IS REALLY ALL OF THE STEPS THAT GO INTO BUILDING THE ACTION PLAN AND GETTING IT READY FOR, UH, REVIEW AND APPROVAL. UH, OUR, OUR BIGGEST GOAL REALLY WITH THAT IS TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU GUYS HAVE A VERSION OF THE ACTION PLAN TO LOOK AT IN JUNE SO THAT YOU CAN PROVIDE RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL. AND THEN IN JULY, BECAUSE CITY COUNCIL DOES NOT MEET IN JUNE AND THEY ONLY HAVE ONE JULY CITY COUNCIL MEETING, UM, WE HAVE TO GET THAT PRETTY MUCH ON THERE. AGENDA, [00:30:01] LIKE, RIGHT AWAY IN THE BEGINNING OF JULY SO THAT THEY CAN APPROVE IT AT THE END OF THE MONTH. UH, SO IT'S KIND OF A CLOSE CALL THERE, BUT PART OF THE REASON FOR THAT IS SO IF THERE'S ANY FINAL CHANGES THAT WE NEED TO MAKE, WE STILL HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO DO THAT BEFORE THE ACTION PLAN IS SUBMITTED TO HUD BY AUGUST 15TH. SO THERE'S SOME HARD STOPS YOU'LL SEE ON THE CALENDAR THAT I PROVIDED FOR YOU GUYS IN THE ATTACHMENTS, AND THOSE ARE US - I THINK THEY'RE ALL HIGHLIGHTED IN RED, SO YOU GUYS KNOW, LIKE, THE HARD STOPS THAT WE HAVE FROM HUD. UM, BUT THEN YOU'LL ALSO SEE MEETING DATES THAT WE'VE PROVIDED, UH, SO YOU CAN EX - YOU KNOW WHEN TO EXPECT TO SEE US, UM, AND WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT REALLY OUR FEDERAL FUNDING AND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO WITH IT. AND THEN I, JULIE, I THINK THIS ONE IS YOU AS WELL. SO WITH ALL THAT BEING SAID, A FEW THINGS THAT YOU, COMMITMENTS FROM US, THINGS THAT YOU CAN EXPECT ARE THESE MONTHLY UPDATES ON WHERE WE ARE IN THE PROCESS. AND THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE PRESENTATIONS, UH, FROM CAITLIN OR MYSELF OR BOTH OF US. UM, AND ON THE MONTHS WHERE THERE'S NOT AS MUCH TO SHARE, WE'LL STILL BE SENDING COMMUNICATION, UH, TO THE COMMISSION THROUGH MIGUEL ABOUT KIND OF WHERE WE ARE AND HOW TO PLUG IN AND WE'LL BE HERE TO, TO KIND OF ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ALONG THE PROCESS. UH, AND WE REALLY WANT TO CREATE MEANINGFUL OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE DIALOGUE, CONTINUED DIALOGUE AND INPUT, UM, AND WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU IN TERMS OF WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE FOR THAT TO LOOK LIKE. AND THERE'S ALSO SOME WAYS THAT YOU CAN, UM, HELP US IN, IN THIS PROCESS. AND I THINK WE SEE THOSE ON THE NEXT SLIDE. SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE REALLY NEED YOUR HELP WITH IT IS IN, IN MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE HEARING, UH, FROM THE COMMUNITY ABOUT WHAT THEIR NEEDS ARE, THAT YOU BRING THAT FEEDBACK TO THESE MEETINGS AND THAT YOU ALSO HELP US SPREAD THE WORD SO THAT PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY CAN BE TAKING OUR SURVEYS, SHOWING UP TO PUBLIC HEARINGS, UM, ARRANGING COMMUNITY MEETINGS IF THAT'S WHAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS. UH, SO WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE THE INFORMATION THAT YOU NEED, UM, TO SEND THAT OUT TO, TO THE PEOPLE IN YOUR COMMUNITIES. UH, THAT LOOKS LIKE FLYERS AND NEWSLETTER BLURBS. UM, AND IF THERE'S THINGS THAT, UH, WE HAVEN'T CREATED THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL, PLEASE LET US KNOW BECAUSE WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE THE INFORMATION THAT YOU NEED, UH, TO, TO BRING IN THE COMMUNITY VOICE, UM, THAT'S SO NEEDED. WE CAN ALSO USE YOUR HELP CONNECTING WITH ORGANIZATIONS. WE HAVE A LONG LIST OF ORGANIZATIONS, UM, THAT WE COMMUNICATE WITH ON A REGULAR BASIS. AND WE KNOW THAT WE STILL DON'T REACH EVERYBODY THAT WE NEED TO. SO WHETHER IT'S YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD GROUP, PLACES OF WORSHIP, SERVICE PROVIDERS, UM, ANY ORGANIZATIONS THAT YOU ARE AFFILIATED WITH THAT MAY NOT BE, UM, RECEIVING OUR COMMUNICATIONS OR MAYBE WE'RE NOT KIND OF ON THEIR RADAR, EVEN IF IT'S HITTING THEIR INBOX, UH, CONNECTING WITH THOSE ORGANIZATIONS WILL BE REALLY HELPFUL. SO WE CAN SEND IN, UH, A LIST OF THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT, THAT WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE INFORMATION FOR, THAT WE AT LEAST THINK THAT WE'RE GETTING AHOLD OF AND WOULD LOVE TO HEAR WHO'S MISSING FROM THAT LIST. OKAY. SO, UM, WHAT'S NEXT FROM US REALLY COMES BACK TO, UH, WE'RE ABOUT TO LAUNCH THE CAPER PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD, SO THAT WILL START NOVEMBER 15TH. IT SAYS NOVEMBER 15TH, IT'S TECHNICALLY A SUNDAY. I'M DROPPING THE BINDERS OFF AT PUBLIC PLACES ON FRIDAY, SO PEOPLE REALLY, IF THEY WANT TO, THEY CAN GET IN THERE ON FRIDAY AND START RE- REPLYING. UM, BUT NOVEMBER 15TH OFFICIALLY, AND THEN IT'LL CLOSE ON DECEMBER 2ND. UH, THERE WILL BE A SURVEY THAT THEY CAN FILL OUT AT THE LINK THAT'S ON THE BOTTOM OF THAT FLYER. UH, YOU GUYS WILL RECEIVE A COPY OF THAT FLYER BOTH DIGITALLY AND I HAVE HARD COPIES OF IT AS WELL IF YOU WOULD LIKE ONE. UM, AND THEN PAST THAT, WE'LL ALSO START THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT. SO, UH, THIS IS WHEN WE'RE REALLY GONNA START, UH, PUSHING EFFORTS TO GATHER FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY ABOUT, UH, WHAT WE'RE PREPARING FOR IN THE 27 - ' 28 FISCAL YEAR. AND SO IT'S, IT'S A LITTLE TRICKY BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT MONEY WE'RE WORKING WITH, BUT, YOU KNOW, HISTORY WILL SHOW, LIKE, WE'VE GOT ABOUT THIS MUCH CONSISTENTLY AND IT WILL, IT SHOULD ALIGN PRETTY SIGNIFICANTLY WITH WHAT'S OUTLINED IN THE CONSOLIDATED ACTION PLAN. SO, UH, THAT IS THE ONE CAVEAT OF STARTING WAY EARLIER IN THIS IS THAT YOU DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT MONEY EXACTLY THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH, BUT WE CAN, WE CAN KIND OF GUESSTIMATE. SO, UM, WE'LL START OUR NEEDS ASSESSMENT AT THE SAME TIME. UH, DECEMBER, WHEN WE MEET AGAIN, WE, UH, I WILL WALK YOU GUYS THROUGH A FURTHER IN-DEPTH PRESENTATION OF THE CAPER AND OUR RESULTS FROM [00:35:01] FISCAL YEAR 25, 26. YOU'LL NOTICE IF YOU GUYS DO, UH, GO AHEAD AND REVIEW THE CAPER THAT WE ARE PUTTING OUT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, IT IS A DRAFT VERSION, VERSION. THERE ARE MULTIPLE SECTIONS THAT ARE NOT COMPLETE THAT HAVE MISSING, UH, FINALIZED DETAILS. AND THAT'S REALLY JUST A TIMING ISSUE THAT HAS TO DO WITH, LIKE, END OF FISCAL YEAR AND HOW QUICKLY WE CAN WRAP UP INFORMATION FROM SOME OF OUR SUB-RECIPIENTS AND GET THAT BACK TO US. SO, UM, THE DRAFT VERSION OF IT IS TRULY A DRAFT , BUT IT'LL GIVE YOU A GOOD IDEA OF, UH, HOW WE PERFORMED LAST YEAR. AND, UH, WE DID GET A LOT OF GOOD NARRATIVE CONTENT FROM THE, UH, DIFFERENT PROGRAM MANAGERS AND THE TEAMS THAT WERE DOING THE WORK. SO, UM, IF YOU TAKE THE TIME TO READ THROUGH IT, YOU'LL, YOU'LL CATCH THAT THERE'S SOME STUFF MISSING, BUT THERE'S, THERE'S SOME GOOD CONTENT IN THERE TOO. UM, AND THEN, YEAH, COME JANUARY, WE'LL START, UH, WE'LL DO ONE OF OUR ROUND TABLES AND SOME PRESENTATIONS WITH SOME OF THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS. THAT'S, AGAIN, PART OF THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT. AND BY THE TIME WE WRAP THAT UP IN FEBRUARY, WE SHOULD HAVE SOME REALLY GOOD FEEDBACK THAT WE CAN BRING TO YOU GUYS ABOUT, UH, WHAT WE'RE PREPARING FOR, FOR 27, 28. AND THAT IS ALL. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, JULIE, AND I CAN ANSWER FOR YOU. THANK YOU, UH, KAITLYNNE. YES. THANK, THANK YOU, JULIE. UM, COMMISSIONERS, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? UH, COMMISSIONER AKILIS, GO AHEAD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS PRESENTATION. I KNOW COMMISSIONER TISHA WILL ALSO PROBABLY HAVE COMMENTS AND BE SO EXCITED. UM, IT'S, WE REALLY APPRECIATE HOW MUCH Y'ALL AND YOUR WHOLE TEAM HAS BEEN REALLY INTERESTED IN BETTER ENGAGING AND CONTINUING TO ITERATE ON HOW WE CAN ALL UNDERSTAND WHAT OUR ROLE IS AND WHAT Y'ALL NEED FROM US AND ALSO HOW WE CAN HELP. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS PRESENTATION AND ALL THIS, ALL THIS WORK. I'M REALLY EXCITED AND I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. THIS WAS SUCH AN EASY BREAKDOWN, UM, VERY CLEAR PRESENTATION OF EVERYTHING. SO I HAVE A COUPLE OF CLARIFICATION QUESTIONS JUST ON OUR ROLE, AND THEN ONE, ONE ASK THAT I JUST ALWAYS PUT OUT THERE. UM, SO THE CDC CAN INDIVIDUALLY, NOT AS THE CDC, BUT INDIVIDUAL PEOPLE CAN BE PART OF PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD THAT'S OPEN RIGHT NOW UNTIL DECEMBER 2ND. WHEN YOU COME BACK, IT'LL BE AFTER PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD, BUT THAT PRESENTATION IN DECEMBER, OUR FEEDBACK IS STILL RIGHT LIKE WHAT IS HAPPENING IN DECEMBER? ARE WE GIVING FEEDBACK? ARE WE APPROVING SOMETHING? AND IF WE DO GIVE FEEDBACK, IS THERE STILL TIME FOR IT TO BE INCORPORATED? AND THEN I HAVE ONE LAST, BUT I'LL STOP THERE. YEAH. UM, SO THE, THE PRESENTATION PIECE OF THE PUZZLE IN DECEMBER, UH, IT'S REALLY JUST TO GIVE YOU GUYS A BETTER IN-DEPTH - OKAY. VERSION OF WHAT WE'RE, WHAT YOU'RE ABLE TO REVIEW ALREADY FROM THE CAPER. UH, AND YOUR FEEDBACK FOR THAT CAN BE, UH, INCLUDED AND INCORPORATED INTO WHAT WE REPORT BACK TO HUD. SO BECAUSE IT'S, THE CAPER IS REALLY JUST LIKE A REPORT CARD OF WHAT WE DID FOR FISCAL YEAR 25, 26, THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT OF LIKE BUILDING IT INTO ANYTHING. OKAY. UM, BUT THE FEEDBACK IS STILL VALUABLE AND WE DO, WE ARE STILL REQUIRED TO SEND THAT BACK TO HUD. SO WHATEVER FEEDBACK WE GET, WHETHER THAT'S AS A CDC OR IF IT'S INDIVIDUALLY, UH, THEY WANNA SEE, THEY WANNA SEE IT. THEY WANNA HEAR IT. SO IT'LL, IT'LL GO IN THE REPORT BACK TO HUD. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND, BUT WE DON'T HAVE TO APPROVE A REPORT? NO, YOU DON'T HAVE TO APPROVE IT. IT JUST, IT JUST HAS TO BE PRESENTED. GREAT. CORRECT. AND MY, SORRY. AND MY LAST, LAST THING IS JUST, UM, BECAUSE I KNOW ESPECIALLY WHEN I WAS, I WOULD LOVE TO SAY IT'S AS A NEW COMMISSIONER, BUT I'VE BEEN HERE FOR THREE AND A HALF YEARS AND IT'S STILL EVERY TIME UM, IT'S REALLY HELPFUL TO GET REMINDED WHEN THE DOCUMENTS COME IN, "WHAT IS THIS AND EXACTLY WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO WITH IT?" AND IF POSSIBLE, IN THE BACKUP PACKET THAT GOES OUT, BECAUSE I'M NOT AS DETAIL-ORIENTED AS I WAS THREE AND A HALF YEARS AGO, BUT I KNOW I WOULD READ THE WHOLE 200-PAGE PAPER AND COME READY AND THEN BE TOLD, "YEAH, THAT WAS AN FYI. THERE WAS NOTHING TO DO WITH IT." AND I'D BE LIKE, "I SPENT AN HOUR AND A HALF READING 200 PAGES LIKE SKIMMING 200 PAGES AND YOU DIDN'T WANT ANYTHING FROM ME." SO I THINK JUST THAT REMINDER, RIGHT, WHEN THE BACKUP GOES OUT FOR FOLKS WHO ARE, WHO ARE MAKING TIME TO DO ALL OF OUR HOMEWORK AND COME WITH QUESTIONS AHEAD OF TIME, JUST WHAT DID, WHAT ARE WE DOING WITH IT? SO THAT WE USE THAT TIME AS EFFECTIVELY FOR YOU AND US AND THE COMMUNITY AS WE CAN. AND I'M PRETTY SURE YOU GUYS ALREADY HAVE THAT, BECAUSE I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT. YEAH. I JUST WANTED TO DOUBLE CHECK ON THAT, THAT IT'S, IT IS STILL HELPFUL EVERY TIME TO GET REMINDED WHAT THE ACTION OR ASK IS, UM, IN, IN THAT, BECAUSE I KNOW YOU TELL US ONCE WE GET HERE, BUT THE PREP TIME, IT'S HELPFUL TO KNOW. RIGHT. UM, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE EXCEPT AGAIN. YEAH. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE [00:40:01] IT. NO, AND JUST TO COMMENT ON THAT TOO, JULIE AND I DID WORK ON, UM, DRAFTING UP SOME, UH, JUST AGENDA DETAILS THAT IT'S REALLY LIKE - I FIGURED. LIKE DETAILING THE SAME, THE, LIKE EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE PREPARING FOR EACH MONTH. UM, IT WILL CHANGE AS LIKE DETAILS COME IN, YOU KNOW? UM, BUT YEAH, WE'VE, WE'VE ALREADY STARTED TO DRAFT THAT SORT OF DETAIL UP BECAUSE YEAH, I GET IT. YOU GUYS HAVE LIVES OUTSIDE OF THIS TOO AND I, I WOULD NOT KNOW WHAT I'M LOOKING AT IF I WASN'T, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY GIVE ME A DOWNLOAD REAL QUICK. SO, UM, YEAH, THAT'S INCREDIBLE. SO GRATEFUL. I'M SO EXCITED. FOR SURE, FOR SURE. I CAN JUMP IN SUPER QUICK. WE'LL HAVE THAT DEFINITELY A REMINDER IN ADVANCE OF THE NEXT MEETING. ALSO, LOOK, BE WATCHING YOUR, YOUR INBOXES ON MONDAY SINCE THE COMMENT PERIOD FOR COOPER STARTS SUNDAY, WE'LL BE SENDING AN EMAIL THAT BELIEVE THAT WILL COME THROUGH MIGUEL, UM, THAT WILL OUTLINE EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE SAID, NOT MAYBE EVERYTHING WE SAID TONIGHT, BUT THE WAYS IN WHICH THAT WE COULD USE YOUR HELP, UM, LINKS DIRECTLY TO THE KEEPER, UM, AND THEN WE'LL MAKE SURE TO SEND THAT OUT AGAIN IN ADVANCE OF THE MEETING. BUT PLEASE WATCH YOUR INBOXES ON MONDAY BECAUSE YOU'LL HAVE THAT THERE AND FLYERS, UH, AS CAITLIN MENTIONED TO SHARE. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. UH, COMMISSIONER ORTIZ, GO AHEAD. HI, YES. UH, SAME THING, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS INFORMATION. I LOVE IT. UM, AS A, AS A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PERSON IN GENERAL, UM, I REALLY LOVE THAT Y'ALL SHIFTED WHEN Y'ALL SAW THE GAPS AND SHIFTED. WITH THE COMMENT HERE BEING SO SHORT, ARE Y'ALL STILL GONNA BE ABLE TO DO ANY SHIFTS, UM, IF Y'ALL SEE Y'ALL AREN'T GETTING THE KIND OF RESPONSES THAT Y'ALL NEED, OR ARE Y'ALL KINDA GONNA JUST SAY, "HEY, HERE'S OUR THREE WEEKS. LET'S JUST RUN WITH WHATEVER WE CAN GET." UM, I, LIKE I SAID, I DO LOVE THE SHIFTS THAT Y'ALL ARE ALREADY MAKING. UM, I JUST WAS CURIOUS ABOUT THAT PIECE JUST BECAUSE OF THERE BEING JUST A, A THREE-WEEK WINDOW. YEAH. UM, SO WITH REGARD TO THE CAPER AND THE 15-DAY PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD, THAT ONE, LIKE, ALL OF THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIODS THAT ARE OUTLINED THAT WE FOLLOW, WE, WE FOLLOW HUD GUIDE- GUIDELINES FOR IT. SO IT'S HUD GUIDANCE FOR CAPER TO ONLY BE THE 15 DAYS. WE CAN DO IT LONGER, AND WE ARE DOING IT TECHNICALLY A LITTLE BIT LONGER WITH A COUPLE DAYS EXTRA. UM, BUT, AND, AND BECAUSE THAT ONE IS REALLY JUST A REPORT CARD, THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT OF, LIKE, INCORPORATING FEEDBACK THAT WE CAN DO WITH THAT ONE IN PARTICULAR. THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT BEING FOUR MONTHS LONG, THAT IS INTENTIONAL. ABSOLUTELY. YES. SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO, TO TAKE IN WHATEVER INFORMATION, UM, AND BUILD THAT INTO WHAT'S, UH, FUNCTIONAL IN THE ACTION PLAN FOR 27, 28. AND THEN THERE WILL BE A 30-DAY PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD FOR THE DRAFT ACTION PLAN, AND THAT WILL REALLY BE THE GO TIME ON GETTING, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENT THAT PEOPLE HAVE FROM... I, I MEAN, WE'RE GONNA GATHER CONTENT FROM THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT, BUT IF THEY SEE THE DRAFT VERSION AND THEY'RE LIKE, "WAIT A MINUTE, I FORGOT ABOUT THIS THING," YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY CAN ADD THAT IN IN THAT 30 DAYS. AND WE'LL PUSH FOR THE, FOR IT AT THAT TIME TOO. OKAY. NO, THAT'S GREAT. THAT'S WHAT, UH - YEAH. THAT WAS PERFECT BECAUSE I WASN'T 100%. UM, BUT LASTLY, JUST BECAUSE MY, MY GROUP HERE NOW IS, YOU KNOW, I, I WORK CAP METRO, SO I ALWAYS TRY TO GET US IN. UH, WE DO HAVE ADVERTISING. THE PLACARDS THAT GO ON THE BUSES ARE A GREAT RESOURCE FOR A LOT OF YOUR, UM, FOR A LOT OF THE FOLKS THAT, UH, COULD REALLY HELP, UM, GIVE INFORMATION. SO PLEASE FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT TO CAP METRO AND, UM, WE HAVE GOVERNMENT RATES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AND, UM, WHEN I WAS THERE, I USED TO GET SOME STUFF FOR FREE, BUT SINCE I MOVED OVER TO OPS, THEY DON'T LET ME TALK TO PEOPLE ANYMORE. UM, BUT THAT'LL HELP WITH YOUR ENGAGEMENT AS WELL, SO, UM - YEAH, THAT'S GREAT. YEAH. THANK YOU. SO THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. AGAIN, THIS WAS A GREAT PRESENTATION. I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. UM, THANK YOU, COMMISSIONERS. DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS BEFORE WE MOVE ON? UH, COMMISSIONER MENARD, GO AHEAD. UM, JUST ASK JUST A LITTLE QUESTION ABOUT PROCESS. SO I SEE YOU'RE GONNA HAVE SOME ROUND TABLE PRESENTATIONS. SO DO YOU HAVE PLANS TO PARTNER WITH ANY COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS? THERE'S SEVERAL MODELS. I THINK WE'VE BEEN TO SOME WHERE YOU, UH, IDENTIFY CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS OR YOU IDENTIFY CERTAIN, UH, CBOS THAT HELP FIND THOSE INDIVIDUALS. SO I WAS JUST WONDERING IF THAT IS SOMETHING Y'ALL ARE CONSIDERING. YES. I THINK JULIE WILL HAVE THE MORE, LIKE, NAIL ON THE HEAD ANSWER FOR THIS THOUGH. SO JULIE, DO YOU WANNA SPEAK ON THAT? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. SO THOSE REALLY ARE TARGETED FOR SERVICE PROVIDERS. SO WE WILL SEND, UM, ON MONDAY, THEY'LL GET A SIMILAR EMAIL THAT YOU ARE GETTING, AND THAT'S OUR LIST OF COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS. WE HAVE ABOUT 500 ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE HAVE, UM, LIKE THE MOST ACCURATE CONTACT INFORMATION WE THINK, UH, WE CAN GET. UM, SO ALL OF THOSE ORGANIZATIONS WILL BE INVITED TO, TO PARTICIPATE IN THOSE. AND SO AGAIN, IF, IF THERE ARE ORGANIZATIONS THAT [00:45:01] YOU WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE, THAT WE'RE REACHING, UM, PLEASE SEND THOSE OUR WAY AND THEY WILL ABSOLUTELY GET AN INVITE. SO IN THE PAST, WE'VE DONE THIS A FEW DIFFERENT WAYS. WE'VE DONE THE ONE-ON-ONES WITH COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS. UM, LAST YEAR WE DID A LITTLE BIT OF, LIKE, KIND OF AN ALL CALL ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO MEET, WE'RE, WE'RE HERE TO MEET. AND, AND THIS YEAR, WE'RE APPROACHING IT IN A, IN A WAY THAT WE HOPE WILL FEEL COLLABORATIVE AND CREATE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ORGANIZATIONS, UM, TO, TO CONNECT AND EVEN LEARN FROM EACH OTHER AS WE LEARN ABOUT THE NEEDS, UM, THAT THEY'RE SEEING. I HOPE THAT ANSWERED THE QUESTION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER MENARD. UH, VICE CHAIR LYRIC, GO AHEAD. HI. YEAH. UM, I JUST WANTED TO ASK, I SAW THE TEXT MY NEEDS, UM, UH, OPTION FOR THE SURVEY ON THE FLYER, AND I DID THAT, AND I THOUGH THAT WAS REALLY CONVENIENT AND HELPFUL. I WAS WONDERING IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN ALSO ADD ONLINE. SO IF SOMEONE'S NOT ABLE TO DO THE SURVEY WITH THEIR COMPUTER OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THEY ALSO HAVE THE OPTION TO JUST SEND IT VIA TEXT, UH, JUST IN CASE. AND THEN ALSO WHEN I DID SCAN IT, THE QR CODE, AND ALSO JUST LOOKED IT UP ON SPEAKAUSTIN. S- SPEAKAUSTIN.ORG, UH, SPEAK UP AUSTIN, UM, IT TAKES ME TO THE PERFORMANCE PAGE FIRST, AND I'VE IMMEDIATELY SCROLLED DOWN THINKING I WAS GONNA FIND THE SURVEY, DIDN'T FIND THE SURVEY, AND THEN HAD TO SCROLL BACK UP TO FIGURE OUT IT WAS ON THE COMMUNITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT, WHICH COULD BE CONFUSING TO SOME PEOPLE, SO I DON'T KNOW. AND I LOOKED AT THE OTHER SURVEYS THAT ARE ON THE OTHER PAGE, AND IT SEEMS LIKE YOU HAVE TO KNOW TO GO ON THE TOP PART OF THE TAB TO GO TO OTHER PLACES, WHICH CAN JUST BE REALLY CONFUSING AND SOME PEOPLE MIGHT GIVE UP REALLY QUICKLY. SO IF THERE'S ANY WAY THAT YOU CAN SHIFT THE COMMUNITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT TO BE FIRST OR LINK IT TO SCROLL DOWN, JUST, OR JUST MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT MORE CLEAR THAT THAT'S WHAT THAT IS, BECAUSE EVEN WHEN I WAS KIND OF, LIKE, AT FIRST ON THERE, I WAS LIKE, "OKAY, SO WHERE IS THE PART WHERE I WOULD CONTRIBUTE MY FEEDBACK?" SO - YEAH. YEAH. NO, TOTALLY APPRECIATE THAT. AND I KNOW, JULIE, YOU'LL HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY TOO. UM, I KNOW FOR SURE THE, THE LINK FOR THE CAPER FEEDBACK, IT'S NOT LIVE YET, WHICH IS WHY YOU DIDN'T FIND IT ON THAT PERFORMANCE PAGE. UH, BUT, AND THEN THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT TAB HAS THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT SURVEY. THEY ARE TWO SEPARATE THINGS, UM, AND THAT'S JUST BECAUSE WE'RE GATHERING SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT FEEDBACK ON, ON THOSE DOCUMENTS. UM, BUT JULIE, I'M SURE YOU HAVE MORE YOU WANNA ADD TO THAT TOO. YEAH, NO, THANK YOU. THAT'S SUPER HELPFUL FEEDBACK. WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF UPDATING ALL OF THOSE SO THAT THAT FRONT PAGE IS MUCH MORE, UM, EXPLANATORY. UH, SO WATCH FOR THAT. YO GUYS ARE GETTING A LITTLE BIT OF A SNEAK PEEK BECAUSE WE OFFICIALLY GO LIVE ON, ON SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. SO BY THAT POINT, AS WE'RE PUSHING THIS OUT, UM, YOU WILL SEE SOME UPDATED, UH, GRAPHICS ON THERE AND DIRECTIONS. THE REASON THAT THE, THE CAPER IS FIRST IS TO SOME DEGREE FOR SOME, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ABIDING BY HUD GUIDELINES, AND SO THAT WHEN PEOPLE GO RIGHT TO THE, THAT SITE DURING THE COMMENT PERIOD, THAT THAT'S THE EASIEST THING TO FIND. UM, SO THAT'S WHY WE'VE SHIFTED THAT TO BE THE PRIMARY PAGE JUST FOR THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS. BUT ONCE WE UPDATE IT AND IT'S EASIER WHEN YOU GO TO THAT FRONT PAGE TO KNOW LIKE, "OH, IF I WANT TO SEE CAPER, I GO HERE. IF I WANNA TAKE THE, THE NEEDLE SYSTEM, I'LL GO HERE." UM, I, I HOPE IT'S A MUCH BETTER EXPERIENCE. AND IF WE MAKE THE UPDATES AND IT'S STILL CONFUSING, PLEASE REACH OUT. PERFECT. YEAH. WE HAVE A, A... MY JOB HAS AN, A HOMELESSNESS ADVISORY COUNCIL, AND SOME OF THEM DO HAVE SOME, UH, LIKE TECH ISSUES AND THINGS LIKE THAT, SO WE TRY TO MAKE IT AS SIMPLE AS POSSIBLE. SO I'M, I'M... WHEN WE... I'M GONNA HAVE A MEETING WHERE WE TRY TO DO THE SURVEY ALL TOGETHER, AND IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT, YOU KNOW, COMES UP, I'LL MAKE SURE TO MENTION IT IN THE NEXT MEETING, SO. AMAZING. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, VICE CHAIR. UH, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM ANY OTHER COMMISSIONERS? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH, UM, KAITLYN AND, UH, JULIE FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. IT'S LIKE, UH, COMMISSIONER KELLY SAID, YEAH, IT'S... EVEN IF WE'VE BEEN HERE FOR A WHILE, WE ALWAYS LEARN SOMETHING, UH, ESPECIALLY ON THOSE CALENDARS, HOW THEY OVERLAP AND HOW WE'RE FOCUSING ON DIFFERENT THINGS. BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION AND LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AGAIN. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. UH, WE ARE [4. Presentation regarding the resources and support provided by the Austin Public Library with a focus on the Central Library branch. Presentation led by Allison Steger, Library Division Manager, Central Library Services, Austin Public Library. ] MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR, UH, IN OUR DISCUSSION ITEMS. UH, THIS IS A PRESENTATION REGARDING THE RESOURCES AND SUPPORT THAT IS PROVIDED BY THE AUSTIN PUBLIC LIBRARY, UH, WITH A FOCUS ON THE CENTRAL LIBRARY BRANCH. UH, THIS PRESENTATION IS LED BY ALISON STIEGER, UH, LIBRARY DIVISION MANAGER AND CENTRAL LIBRARY SERVICES OF AUSTIN PUBLIC LIBRARY. UH, WELCOME. AND, UM, THIS WILL BE ON THE ADDENDUM, UH, THE ONE THAT IS SEPARATE. IT'S THE FIRST PRESENTATION. HI, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING US. MY NAME'S [00:50:01] ALLISON STEEGER. I'M THE DIVISION MANAGER OF THE CENTRAL LIBRARY WITH AUSTIN PUBLIC LIBRARY. AND MY NAME IS GINA. I AM ONE OF THE ADULT SERVICES LIBRARIANS THAT WORKS AT CENTRAL. UM, SO WE WERE ASKED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT... THE ORIGINAL ASK WAS ABOUT CASE MANAGEMENT AT THE LIBRARY, WHICH IS NOT EXACTLY... CAN WE GO TO THE NEXT... OR DO I DO IT? THANK YOU. AND THEN CAN WE GO TO THE NEXT ONE AFTER THAT? THANK YOU. UM, KIND OF NOT EXACTLY WHAT WE DO, BUT WE'VE GOT THIS IN THREE SECTIONS. WE WANNA TALK ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY SERVICE COORDINATORS, SERVICES THAT ARE OFFERED ACROSS THE CITY, AND THEN SERVICES THAT ARE UNIQUE TO CENTRAL. CAN WE GO TO THE NEXT ONE? THANK YOU. SO THE COMMUNITY SERVICE COORDINATORS ARE NOT LICENSED SOCIAL WORKERS, BUT THEY DO FILL SOME SIMILAR ROLES. UM, THESE ARE TWO EMPLOYEES OF THE AUSTIN PUBLIC LIBRARY. WE STARTED OFFERING THIS SERVICE AROUND 2017. UM, CURRENTLY, BOTH OF OUR COMMUNITY SERVICE COORDINATORS, UH, OFFICE OUT OF THE TERRAZAS BRANCH ON, UM, EAST CESAR CHAVEZ. THEY HAVE PREVIOUSLY OFFICED AT BOTH CENTRAL AND LITTLE WALNUT. THEY, THEY DO A MIX OF, LIKE, OPEN HOURS WHERE ANYBODY CAN DROP BY, BUT ALSO THEY WILL MAKE APPOINTMENTS. AND ONE OF THE, UM, DOCUMENTS THAT WE'VE INCLUDED IS THE FLYER THAT WE PUT OUT THAT PEOPLE CAN TELL PEOPLE HOW TO CONTACT THEM. THEIR PRI - THEIR PRIMARY ROLE IS THEY HELP UNHOUSED LIBRARY VISITORS WITH SERVICE NAVIGATION. THEY DO HAVE ACCOUNTS WITH, UM, HMIS. THEY CAN HELP PEOPLE LOOK UP WHAT THEY'VE DONE, ALSO ADD NOTES. THEY ALSO MAKE ENHANCED LIBRARY CARDS, AND I'LL GO INTO WHAT AN ENHANCED LIBRARY CARD IS A LITTLE MORE IN JUST A MINUTE, AT POP-UP RESOURCE CLINICS THAT HAPPEN ALL OVER THE CITY, UM, WHICH IS WHERE A NUMBER OF PROVIDERS WHO WORK WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE UNHOUSED GET TOGETHER AND ALL PROVIDE THOSE KIND OF IN ONE PLACE AT ONE TIME. AND LIBRARY BRANCHES DO SOMETIMES HOST POP-UP RESOURCE CLINICS AS WELL, UM, BECAUSE THEY HAVE... THEY TRY TO MOVE THEM ALL OVER THE CITY SO THEY'RE CONVENIENT FOR DIFFERENT PEOPLE DIFFERENT MONTHS. UM, OKAY, SO THESE ARE SOME OF THE SERVICES WE OFFER CITYWIDE. SO MATERIALS. I FEEL LIKE I CAN'T START WITHOUT TALKING ABOUT THE FACT THAT YOU CAN GET BOOKS AND MOVIES AND MUSIC AND ALL KINDS OF THINGS FOR FREE AT THE LIBRARY. WE HAVE, UM, WE CHECK OUT OVER FIVE MILLION ITEMS A YEAR. UM, WE HAVE REALLY EXPANDED IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS WHO CAN GET A FREE CARD. UM, AT ONE POINT, AUSTIN DID NOT HAVE A RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT, UM, AND THEN WE DID HAVE... WE DO HAVE A RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT FOR LIVING IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN, BUT WE'VE REALLY EXPANDED THAT SO THAT ANY CHILD WHO ATTENDS SCHOOL OR DAYCARE IN TRAVIS COUNTY CAN GET A FREE CARD. UM, WE ALSO HAVE PARTNERSHIPS WITH AISD, MAINER ISD, AND DEL VALLEY ISD, SO THAT YOU CAN GET A CARD AUTOMATICALLY AS PART OF SIGNING UP FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR. AND WE'RE STILL ACTIVELY WORKING ON EXPANDING THAT. WE HAVE WORLD LANGUAGE MATERIALS IN A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT LANGUAGES. UM, ENHANCED LIBRARY CARDS IS SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN OFFERING FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS NOW. IT IS A LIBRARY CARD THAT CAN FUNCTION AS A SECONDARY FORM OF ID. IT WILL HAVE YOUR NAME, IT WILL HAVE YOUR PHOTO. UM, AND WE HAVE PARTNERED LIKE AUSTIN ENERGY WILL ACCEPT IT AS, AGAIN, A SECONDARY FORM OF ID. THEY HAVE BEEN IMMENSELY POPULAR AND WE'VE SEEN A BIG UPTICK. WE'RE OFFERING THOSE AT SIX LOCATIONS RIGHT NOW, I BELIEVE. MIGHT BE NINE. NINE, EXCUSE ME. UM, WE HAVE FREE COMPUTERS, WE HAVE COMPUTER ASSISTANTS, AND WE ASSIST PEOPLE ON COMPUTERS WITH EVERYTHING FROM, "CAN YOU TEACH ME HOW TO RIGHT CLICK? HOW DO I OPEN THIS DOCUMENT THAT'S IN MY EMAIL?" TO MORE ADVANCED THINGS LIKE, "CAN YOU HELP ME FORM OUT MY RESUME?" WE OFFER LOW COST PRINTING. WE HAVE A GREAT NUMBER OF DATABASES FOR RESEARCH, INCLUDING ONES THAT ARE SPECIFICALLY FOR HOMEWORK HELP AND PROFESSIONAL LIBRARIAN STAFF WRITE LIB GUIDES, WHICH ARE, UM, ON OUR WEBSITE, AND THEY ARE GUIDES TO EVERYTHING FROM, "SO I'M NEW TO AUSTIN AND I WANNA LEARN WHAT TO DO HERE TOO. SO I'M THINKING ABOUT STARTING A BUSINESS IN TEXAS TO, UM, INCLUDING GUIDES THAT FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE LOOKING FOR RESOURCES TO TRANSITION OUT OF HOMELESSNESS. UM, IF WE HAVE A LOT OF MULTILINGUAL STAFF, AND IF YOU SPEAK A LANGUAGE THAT SOMEONE ON STAFF DOESN'T SPEAK, WE HAVE ACCESS TO A SERVICE CALLED PROPIO WHERE WE CAN CONTACT TRANSLATORS, UM, INCLUDING VIDEO TRANSLATION SERVICES FOR ASL, WHICH I WOULD SAY IS THE LANGUAGE WE USE THE MOST ON PROPIO, BECAUSE IT'S UNLIKELY WE NEED TO USE IT FOR SPANISH BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MANY SPANISH-SPEAKING STAFF. UM, FREE MEETING ROOMS AND, UH, SHARED LEARNING ROOMS AT... WE HAVE A MEETING ROOM AT EVERY LOCATION, AND WE NOW HAVE SHARED LEARNING ROOMS AT, I BELIEVE, FOUR LOCATIONS, UM, THAT PEOPLE CAN RESERVE FOR FREE IN ORDER TO MEET FOR VARIOUS NEEDS. THAT APPETITE FOR THOSE IS ENDLESS. WE COULD HAVE... CENTRAL HAS 11 SHARED LEARNING ROOMS. I COULD ADD 10 MORE AND STILL NOT MEET DEMAND. UM, PROGRAMMING. WE OFFER SO MUCH PROGRAMMING FOR PEOPLE OF ALL AGES, ALL OF WHICH IS FREE TO ATTEND. I WANTED TO PARTICULARLY, UM, HIGHLIGHT HERE TALK TIME, WHICH A NUMBER OF OUR LOCATIONS HAVE, WHICH IS DESIGNED FOR PEOPLE FOR WHOM ENGLISH IS NOT THEIR FIRST LANGUAGE TO PRACTICE THEIR ENGLISH CONVERSATIONALLY IN A CASUAL SETTING. UM, ALSO SUMMER READING, AND DESIGNED TO HELP KIDS KEEP READING DURING THE SUMMER. UM, S - UH, EVIDENCE SHOWS THAT KIDS WHO DON'T READ OVER THE SUMMER DO NOT START THE NEXT SCHOOL GRADE READING [00:55:01] AT THE SAME LEVEL THEY FINISHED THE YEAR BEFORE. THAT'S WHY S - LIBRARIES DO SUMMER READING, TO HELP KIDS KEEP THOSE SKILLS UP. OUR SEED LIBRARIES WE HAVE AT MULTIPLE LOCATIONS, OUR TOOL LIBRARY THAT WE'RE RESTARTING, BOARD GAMES FOR IN-LIBRARY USE AT MULTIPLE LOCATIONS, FREE MENSTRUAL PRODUCTS IN THE BATHROOMS AT EVERY SINGLE LOCATION, COMMUNITY SERVICE NAVIGATORS, POP-UP RESOURCE CLINICS, AND SOMETIMES DURING AUSTIN'S EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS, WHICH AS WE ALL KNOW ARE GETTING MORE COMMON, THE LIBRARY SERVES AS A WARMING OR COOLING CENTER, INCLUDING OUTSIDE OF TRADITIONAL OPEN HOURS SO THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT ABLE TO BE SAFE INSIDE THEIR HOMES OR PERHAPS DO NOT HAVE A HOME CAN COME IN AND BE SAFE IN INDOOR TEMPERATURES. AND THESE ARE THINGS, AGAIN, THAT ARE AVAILABLE CITYWIDE. OKAY, SO I'M GONNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE, UM, EITHER MORE FOCUSED AT CENTRAL OR ARE UNIQUE TO CENTRAL. IF WE COULD GO TO ONE, THE NEXT ONE. THERE WE GO. UM, A FEW THINGS THAT ARE CENTRAL SPECIFIC. UH, WE HAVE A COURTESY PHONE FOR LOCAL CALLS DOWN ON THE SECOND FLOOR. UM, ANYBODY CAN USE THAT PHONE COMPLETELY FOR FREE. UH, WE ALSO PARTNER, UH, FROM TIME TO TIME WITH THE DOWNTOWN AUSTIN COMMUNITY COURT, WHO WILL COME AND ASSIST, UH, PEOPLE ON SITE WITH ANY NUMBER OF THINGS. UM, THEY HAVE A HUGE NUMBER OF SERVICES THAT I'M SURE Y'ALL ARE FAMILIAR WITH, UH, TO, TO, TO, TO A GOOD DEGREE ALREADY, BUT, UM, DOCUMENT STORAGE, UM, LOOKING UP WARRANTS AND KIND OF GETTING THOSE RESOLVED, THINGS LIKE THAT. UM, AND THEN WE ALSO PROVIDE, UH, REALLY COMMONLY, UM, LOCAL REFERRALS TO SERVICES. UM, A LOT OF THOSE ARE THROUGH THE HANDOUTS THAT Y'ALL HAVE EXAMPLES OF. THERE ARE MORE OF THOSE, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, THE, THESE FIRST ONES ARE KIND OF THE, THE MAIN THINGS WHICH HELP PEOPLE, UM, ACCESS, UM, LAUNDRY, SHOWERS, UM, YEAH, FOOD, DOCUMENT STORAGE, UH, JUST, YOU KNOW, HOW TO GET INVOLVED WITH, UM, AUSTIN HOUSING, THINGS LIKE THAT. UM, SOME OF THE JUST FEATURES OF THE BUILDING, UM, AS ALISON, UH, JUST MENTIONED, THE STUDY ROOMS, WE HAVE MORE OF THOSE AT CENTRAL THAN WE HAVE ANYWHERE ELSE. UM, THEY CAN BE RESERVED IN ADVANCE OR JUST USED ON THE DAY OF WHEN THEY'RE EMPTY. UH, WE ALSO HAVE THE LARGEST NUMBER OF COMPUTERS AVAILABLE. UH, A LOT OF THEM HAVE WEBCAMS AS WELL AS THE LAPTOPS AND THE KIOSKS, WHICH CAN BE USED IN THE LIBRARY, UM, TO HELP ANYBODY THAT HAS PERHAPS AN INTERVIEW OR A MEETING THEY NEED TO MAKE. UM, WE HAVE A BIKE REPAIR STATION OUT FRONT ON 2ND STREET AND BIKE TOOLS THAT ARE AVAILABLE AT THE CHECKOUT DESK. UM, AND WE ALSO HAVE SEVERAL CHARGING STATIONS FOR PEOPLE'S PHONES OR OTHER DEVICES. UM, A LOT OF OUR INFORMATION SERVICES ARE FOCUSED AT CENTRAL. UH, THAT IS LIKE THE TEAM THAT I AM ON. UH, WE PROVIDE REFERENCE AND, UM, ASSISTANCE TO ALL KINDS OF QUESTIONS BY PHONE, EMAIL, AND BY MAIL. UM, WE ALSO DO, UH, ONE-ON-ONE APPOINTMENTS CALLED BOOK A LIBRARIAN. THOSE ARE HALF HOUR APPOINTMENTS THAT SOMEONE CAN FILL OUT A FORM ON OUR WEBSITE. WE WILL CONTACT THEM WITHIN A DAY OR TWO USUALLY AND, UH, BOOK A TIME TO HELP THEM WITH WHATEVER THEIR PROBLEM MIGHT BE. THAT CAN RANGE ALL THE WAY FROM, "I'M A COLLEGE STUDENT WRITING A RESEARCH PAPER FOR THE FIRST TIME," TO, "I JUST GOT A PHONE AND I DON'T KNOW HOW TO USE IT," UM, TO, LIKE, "HOW DO I NAVIGATE, UH, THIS SERVICE OR THAT SERVICE HERE LOCALLY?" UM, IT CAN REALLY... THEY ARE SO BROAD. IT'S ONE OF MY FAVORITE PARTS OF MY JOB. UM, ON THE FIFTH FLOOR OF THE CENTRAL LIBRARY IS WHAT WE CALL THE INNOVATION LAB. THIS IS A, UH, MAKERSPACE AREA THAT, UH, THE COMPUTER LAB IN THAT AREA HAS A LOT OF SOFTWARE THAT IS REALLY QUITE EXPENSIVE FOR SOMEONE TO BUY ON THEIR OWN. SO THINK YOU'RE, LIKE, ADOBE CREATIVE SUITE, UH, RECORDING SOFTWARE, GAME DEVELOPMENT. IF SOMEBODY IS INTERESTED IN PURSUING A, A HOBBY OR A CAREER IN AN AREA LIKE THIS, THEY CAN COME TO THE INNOVATION LAB AND TRY OUT THAT SOFTWARE WITHOUT HAVING TO PAY FOR IT THEMSELVES, UM, AND KIND OF LEARN HOW TO USE IT. UH, THERE ARE SPECIALIZED STAFF THERE AS WELL THAT, LIKE, ARE REALLY KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT ALL OF THOSE. UM, AND THEN SCORE, UH, THE ORGANIZATION, THE CHAPTER HERE THAT DOES, UM, BUSINESS, UH, DEVELOPMENT AND HOW TO START A BUSINESS, ALL KINDS OF CONSULTING AND ASSISTANCE RELATED TO THAT, A LOT OF THEIR IN-PERSON WORKSHOPS HAPPEN AT CENTRAL. UM, AND THEN ALSO, UH, THE LAST SECTION HERE THAT I HAVE IS JUST ENTERTAINMENT. WE WANNA BRING QUALITY OF LIFE TO PEOPLE. WE WANNA, YOU KNOW, HELP PEOPLE ENJOY THEIR CITY. UM, SO CENTRAL HAS THE LARGEST COLLECTION OF THE BOARD GAMES, UH, THE LARGEST COLLECTION OF MOVIES, AS WELL AS COMPUTERS THAT CAN PLAY THEM, SO SOMEONE DOESN'T NEED TO BE ABLE TO GET A CARD NECESSARILY. THEY CAN JUST, LIKE, GET A MOVIE OFF THE SHELF, SIT DOWN AT A COMPUTER, PUT IT IN THE DISK DRIVE, AND ENJOY IT. UM, WE ALSO DO BUILDING TOURS, UM, AND ART TOURS. WE HAVE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT, UM, ART DISPLAY AREAS IN THE LIBRARY, UH, INCLUDING THE ART GALLERY DOWN ON THE SECOND FLOOR, AND, UM, OF COURSE, JUST FREE PROGRAMS FOR ALL AGES PRETTY MUCH EVERY DAY. UM, I ALSO FORGOT WHEN... THANK YOU, JENNIFER, RANU. WHEN I WAS TALKING ABOUT HOW WE'VE REALLY EXPANDED WHO CAN GET A LIBRARY CARD, WE HAVE ALSO MADE IT EASIER FOR PEOPLE WHO DO NOT HAVE A TRADITIONAL ADDRESS TO GET A LIBRARY CARD. UM, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF WAY... LIKE WE WORK WITH, UM, THE SUNRISE [01:00:01] CHURCH AND THEN TRINITY CENTER. UM, THERE'S AT LEAST ONE MORE THAT I'M BLANKING ON THAT, UM, FOLKS CAN GET BASICALLY A LETTER CONFIRMING THAT THAT'S A PLACE THEY RECEIVE MAIL OR RECEIVE SERVICES. AND WE WILL COUNT THAT AS YOUR ADDRESS AND WE WILL GET YOU A LIBRARY CARD THAT DAY SO THAT YOU CAN THEN BEGIN CHECKING OUT MATERIALS. UM, VERY FEW, NO PROGRAM THAT YOU WOULD EVER ATTEND OR USING THE COMPU - THE SPACE AT ALL, RESERVING A MEETING ROOM OR USING, UM, ONE OF OUR COMPUTERS EVER REQUIRES A LIBRARY CARD. IT IS JUST TO EITHER USE A LAPTOP FROM A KIOSK IN THE BUILDING OR TO TAKE SOMETHING OUT OF THE BUILDING AWAY FROM US ARE THE ONLY THINGS THAT REQUIRE CARDS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. UH, COMMISSIONERS, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? UH, VICE CHAIR? FIRST OFF, I WANNA THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING TODAY. UM, I WAS THE ONE THAT REQUESTED FOR YOU ALL TO COME. UM, I DO SOCIAL MEDIA FOR MY MAIN JOB AND SAW A REALLY CONCERNING VIDEO OF SOMEONE EXPERIENCING, UM, WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO BE AT THE CENTRAL LIBRARY FROM THE PERSPECTIVE THAT PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS SHOULDN'T BE THERE AND THAT THEY ARE A DANGER TO THE ENVIRONMENT. AND IT GOT, UH, I THINK ALMOST LIKE 500,000 PEOPLE TO VIEW THAT VIDEO. FAIRLY CERTAIN YOU KNOW WHICH ONE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. YEAH. UM, AND TO SEE THAT AS SOMEONE WHO, UM, I LIVED IN THE SALVATION ARMY AT 16 YEARS OLD AND THE ONLY PLACE THAT WE GO, WE COULD GO TO DURING THE DAYTIME WAS THE LIBRARY. BACK THEN THAT WAS, I MEAN, I, THAT WAS IN 2014, SO I THINK IT WAS THE JOHN FALK, FALK LIBRARY. UM - YEAH, THE JOHN HENRY FALK ON 8TH AND GUADALUPE. YEAH. AND SO THAT WAS MY HOME AND LIBRARIES HAVE ALWAYS BEEN MY HOME AS A KID. UM, I W - I, I WAS HOMELESS UNTIL I WAS 18. SO AT THE AGE OF NINE, I WAS GROWING UP IN LIBRARIES AND THAT WAS MY SAFE SPACE. UM, AND SO WHEN THE JOHN FALK LIBRARY CLOSED, UM, I WAS REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THAT THEY WERE GONNA BE UPDATING IT AND MAKING SOMETHING DIFFERENT AND BETTER. AND THEN TO SEE WHAT IT KIND OF CAME INTO, IT WAS VERY OBVIOUS THAT SOMEONE LIKE ME PROBABLY DIDN'T WOULDN'T FIT IN OR WOULD STICK OUT MORE OF A SORE THUMB IN A SPACE LIKE THAT. UM, AND, UM, I'VE SEEN COMMUNITY MEMBERS COMPLAIN MORE AND MORE ABOUT SEEING PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS IN THE DOWNTOWN CENTRAL LIBRARY, BUT THE ONE THAT I USED TO GO TO WAS ALMOST PRIMARILY LIKE PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. LIKE NO ONE ELSE WENT THERE OTHER THAN PEOPLE WHO WERE COMING FROM THE SALVATION ARMY AND THE ARCH. UM, SO NOW WHEN I'M SEEING PEOPLE COMPLAIN ABOUT IT, IT'S KIND OF LIKE, WELL, LIBRARIES ARE LISTED AS A COOLING CENTER. UM, AND IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT COMMUNITY MEMBERS DON'T REALLY REALIZE THAT AND SEE THAT AS LIKE A, WELL, WHY SHOULD WE HAVE TO BE AROUND THEM? UM, ESPECIALLY IN A PLACE THAT HAS BEEN INVESTED SO MUCH MONEY INTO, UM, I, I AM A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED THAT WE AS A COMMUNITY ARE HIGHLIGHTING PEOPLE MORE BECAUSE OF THEIR CIRCUMSTANCES AND NOT AS A, MAKING THIS ESTABLISHMENT AN ACCEPTING AND OPEN PLACE FOR EVERYONE TO BE. UM, AND I'VE HAD A COUPLE QUESTIONS AROUND, UM, IF THE PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, UM, ARE ACTIVELY SUPPORTED ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS OR ARE YOU SEEING THAT USUALLY MOST OF THE TIME WHEN THEY'RE RECEIVING RESOURCES, IT'S WHEN OUTSIDE ORGS ARE COMING IN TO HELP THEM, LIKE, UM, UH, DOWNTOWN AUSTIN ALLIANCE, BECAUSE YOU SAID, UM, UH, THE TWO PEOPLE THAT OFFER SOCIAL SERVICES IN SOME WAY, THEY'RE AT TARASAS CURRENTLY. MM-HMM. SO ON A DAY TO DAY BASIS, WHAT ARE PEOPLE AT CENTRAL LIBRARY, THE PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, WHAT DO THEY GET ON A DAILY BASIS IF THERE ARE NO NONPROFITS WHO ARE THERE, LIKE IN HOUSE? SO, UM, I, THERE ARE QUITE A FEW PEOPLE WHO I ASSUME ARE UNHOUSED EVERY DAY. OBVIOUSLY WE KNOW THAT ABOUT SOME OF OUR LIBRARY USERS BECAUSE THEY ARE REGULARS, THEY ARE THERE FREQUENTLY, THEY TALK TO US, BUT MOST OF THE PEOPLE WHO COME INTO THE LIBRARY INTERACT WHETHER THEY ARE UNHOUSED OR NOT, VERY LITTLE, FRANKLY, WITH STAFF AND NOT NECESSARILY IN A WAY THAT WOULD GIVE US A TON OF, AND AS I'M SURE EVERYBODY HERE KNOWS, YOU CANNOT NECESSARILY TELL BY LOOKING AT SOMEONE WHAT THEIR LIFE CIRCUMSTANCES ARE. UM, SO WE DO HAVE A LOT OF REGULARS WHO AREN'T REALLY LOOKING FOR SERVICES. THEY ARE LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO WATCH A MOVIE ON THE COMPUTER AND A PLACE TO SEE THEIR FRIENDS AND A PLACE TO BE INDOORS, UM, WHICH WE ARE VERY HAPPY TO PROVIDE. UM, WE DO GET FOLKS WHO ARE ASKING, "WHERE CAN I GET FOOD TODAY? WHERE CAN I ACCESS THIS TODAY?" LIKE SHOWERS, LAW, THAT'S WHY THE, THE QUARTER SHEET THAT LISTS LIKE SHOWERS, LAUNDRY, FOOD IS, THOSE ARE THE, THE MOST COMMON QUESTIONS WE GET. UM, BUT WE DON'T HAVE A TON OF FOLKS COMING IN TO CENTRAL, IT IS TRUE TO PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES IN THE BUILDING. UM, I DON'T ACTUALLY THINK HAS THAT VERY OFTEN EITHER. UM, WE DID, WE, UM, WHEN THE WOMAN SPOKE ABOUT, UM, AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH DOING IMMUNIZATIONS, WE HOSTED A FLU CLINIC, UH, LAST WEEK AND THEY GAVE OUT EVERY SINGLE DOSE THEY HAD. I GOT THE SECOND TO LAST ONE. UM, SO, UH, THAT WAS REALLY GREAT. AND I KNOW THAT THAT WAS REALLY POPULAR WITH, I BELIEVE, I, I THINK A NUMBER OF THE PEOPLE WHO ACCESSED IT WERE UNHOUSED, CAN'T BE SURE. UM, BUT THERE AREN'T, IT IS TRUE, THERE ARE NOT A TON OF DIRECT [01:05:01] SERVICES HAPPENING IN THE BUILDING. GOTCHA. UM, AND THEN F- FOR THE FUTURE OF, OF LISTING LIBRARIES AS COOLING CENTERS, ARE THERE THINGS THAT YOU THINK WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR LIBRARIES TO HAVE IN THE FUTURE WHEN IT COMES TO RESOURCES AND HELP AND SUPPORT THAT YOU DON'T CURRENTLY HAVE OR JUST DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO? UM, BECAUSE I, I, SEEING THE WORK HAPPEN IN THE COMMUNITY, WE DO HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT NONPROFIT PARTNERS, AND I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT IF YOU NEEDED IT, YOU HAD IT AND IT WOULDN'T HAVE TO BE SUCH A HARD LIFT TO FIND IT WHEN YOU HAVE SOMEONE RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU. THE ONLY THING I CAN THINK OF, I WORKED, UM, THE WARMING CENTER WHEN WE WERE A WARMING CENTER DURING THE COLD FREEZE THAT HAPPENED, WAS THAT JANUARY, FEBRUARY THIS, THIS YEAR'S. THE ONE WE GET EVERY YEAR STARTS TO RUN TOGETHER. UM, AND OUR FOOD BUDGET FOR THAT IS SMALL. UM, I WOULD, I COULD PROVIDE COFFEE AND HOT CHOCOLATE. I COULD NOT REALLY PROVIDE FOOD, UM, WHICH THERE ISN'T A BUDGET FOR THAT. AND WE HAD OVER 100 PEOPLE. UM, SO THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN A FAIRLY SIGNIFICANT OUTLAY TO DO THAT. UM, AND ACTUALLY JUST TOTALLY BY CHANCE, ONE OF THE DAYS WE WERE OPEN, A GROUP THAT NORMALLY DISTRIBUTES FOOD IN, UM, DOWNTOWN JUST ON THEIR OWN KNEW THAT A BUNCH OF FOLKS WERE AT THE LIBRARY AND SAID, "CAN WE COME IN AND DISTRIBUTE?" AND I SAID, YES, AND THAT WAS GREAT. UM, THAT WASN'T PLANNED. UM, WE DO CONTINUE TO HAVE A BUDGET FOR, LIKE I SAID, LIKE COFFEE, WATER, BUT WE DON'T HAVE A, WE, THAT IS NOT A THING WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO, UM, DURING THOSE WARMING COOLING. AND MOST OF OUR COOLING CENTER HOURS ARE ALREADY DURING OPEN HOURS BECAUSE THE HOTTEST PART OF THE DAY, WE'RE ALREADY OPEN. SO WE AREN'T REALLY PROVIDING A DIFFERENT SERVICE DURING COOLING CENTER FOR THE MOST OF THE TIME. WARMING CENTER IS MORE LIKELY TO BE EITHER EARLY IN THE MORNING WHEN WE WOULDN'T HAVE ALREADY BEEN OPEN OR A DAY WE ARE OTHERWISE CLOSED FOR ROAD SAFETY, WHICH WAS THE CASE WITH THIS YEAR'S STORM. GOTCHA. WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH. I, I JUST WANTED TO HAVE Y'ALL HERE BECAUSE I, I FEEL LIKE THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT'S ACCESSIBLE AND, UM, AND WHAT PEOPLE DON'T HAVE VERSUS DO HAVE WHEN IT COMES TO EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT IT. UM, AND I, I'D JUST LOVE TO SEE THAT OUR LIBRARIES ARE NOT JUST SEEN AS THOSE SPACES AREN'T MEANT TO, TO BE FOR EVERYONE AND ONLY FOR CERTAIN PEOPLE. LIBRARIANS TAKE VERY, VERY SERIOUSLY THAT THE LIBRARY, THE PUBLIC LIBRARY IS FOR ALL, THAT EVERYONE IS WELCOME INSIDE. WE DO OBVIOUSLY HAVE BEHAVIORAL POLICIES THAT WE NEED PEOPLE TO FOLLOW. UM, AND SO WE DO SOMETIMES HAVE TO ASK PEOPLE TO LEAVE. UM, BUT WE ARE REALLY COMMITTED TO FINDING A WAY FOR EVERYONE WHO WANTS TO BE IN THE LIBRARY TO BE IN THE LIBRARY SAFELY. THAT'S REALLY, I THINK THAT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT TO US. YEAH. AWESOME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. UH, COMMISSIONERS, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? UH, COMMISSIONER GAMBOA? YEAH, THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR PRESENTING AND, UH, FOR ALL Y'ALL DO FOR, TO PROVIDE A, A REALLY CRUCIAL THIRD SPACE, UM, FOR OUR NEIGHBORS. UH, WITH, YOU KNOW, PROP B AND, AND THE PLANNING FOR WHAT'S GONNA BE THE MOST EASTMOST - UH-HUH. BRANCH NOW, I'M KINDA CURIOUS, UM, IF SOME OF THESE SERVICES WILL BE IN MIND, ESPECIALLY THE, THE LEARNING CENTERS, THE SHARED LEARNING CENTERS. OH, SHARED LEARNING ROOMS? YEAH. SO, UM, INITIALLY WHEN CENTRAL WAS BUILT, CENTRAL WAS THE ONLY LOCATION THAT HAD SHARED LEARNING ROOMS, AND NOW SEVERAL LOCATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN REMODELED HAVE HAD THEM ADDED IN. SO I, I DON'T, WE DON'T KNOW, WE DON'T, NOT JUST I DON'T KNOW, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE COLONY PARK LIBRARY WILL LOOK LIKE, BUT I FEEL REALLY CONFIDENT IT WILL HAVE SOME KIND OF SHARED LEARNING ROOM SPACE BECAUSE WE'VE ADDED THOSE INTO TERRAZAS, CARVER, AND RUIZ, UM, DURING THEIR RENOVATIONS. UM, SO I, I CAN, I CAN FEEL PRETTY CONFIDENT THAT IT WILL HAVE THOSE, EVEN THOUGH, AGAIN, WE DON'T HAVE A PLAN YET. GREAT. BUT THOSE ARE REALLY POPULAR. THERE'S JUST NOT LIKE A SM - SO ALL OF OUR, OUR SHARED LEARNING ROOMS FIT BETWEEN FOUR AND 10 PEOPLE, AND IT'S JUST A PRIVATE PLACE TO MEET. THEY'RE ALL HOOKED UP WITH, UM, LIKE, SO YOU COULD HOOK YOUR PHONE OR YOUR LAPTOP IN AND PROJECT ON THE SCREEN IF YOU WERE DOING A CALL WITH SOMEONE OR WANTING TO SHOW YOUR SCREEN TO EVERYONE. THEY ALL ACTUALLY HAVE A WHITEBOARD. YOU WOULDN'T BELIEVE HOW MUCH... THE WHITEBOARD IS THE MOST VALUABLE TECHNOLOGY IN THAT ROOM. I AM ERASING BEAUTIFUL MIND STYLE EQUATIONS EVERY WEEK. UM, PEOPLE REALLY, THAT IS A, THAT IS A TECHNOLOGY THAT IS STILL VERY IN DEMAND. YEAH, THANK YOU. I'LL DEFINITELY, DEFINITELY, UH, I'LL REACH OUT TO Y'ALL BECAUSE I WANNA HEAR MORE ABOUT THE OTHER SERVICE. LIKE I HAD NO IDEA ABOUT THE BOOK LIKE LIBRARIAN SERVICE. OH YEAH, SUCH A GREAT SERVICE. SOUNDS AMAZING, YEAH. SO THANK YOU. UH, YES, UH, VICE CHAIR, GO AHEAD. SORRY. UH, DO, DO Y'ALL HAVE, UM, A FORGIVENESS PROGRAM FOR PEOPLE WHO, UM, DON'T RETURN BOOKS AT ALL? THERE IS, UM, IT'S ONLY FOR CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES, LIKE IF YOU'RE, THEY [01:10:01] WERE STOLEN OR YOU WERE IN THE HOSPITAL OR YOU WAS A FIRE, WE NO LONGER HAVE LATE FEES. UM, BUT IF THE BOOK DOES NOT COME BACK OR THE MATERIAL DOES NOT COME BACK AT ALL, WE DO CHARGE FOR THAT. UM, AND AGAIN, IF YOU WERE ABLE TO SHOW US THAT LIKE THERE WAS DAMAGE AT MY HOUSE OR THEY WERE STOLEN OUT OF MY CAR, WE WOULD, WE WOULD FORGIVE THAT, BUT WE DO, WE DO STILL CHARGE FOR ITEMS THAT DON'T COME BACK AT ALL. UM, BUT EVEN IF YOU ARE SO LATE, LIKE AFTER 28 DAYS OVERDUE, WE KIND OF ASSUME IT'S NOT COMING BACK AND THE CHARGE GETS ADDED TO YOUR ACCOUNT, BRING IT BACK, CHARGE GETS ERASED. WHAT IT, DOES IT STAY ON FOREVER? IT DOES. YEAH. GOTCHA. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONERS, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU SO - I WAS JUST SAYING A CHANGE IN THAT WOULD HAVE TO, THAT'S LIKE, THAT'S PART OF THE FEE SCHEDULE, SO THAT WOULD HAVE TO COME FROM COUNCIL. THAT'S NOT ACTUALLY A LIBRARY DECISION ABOUT, ABOUT THINGS BEING PERMANENT OR WHAT GETS CHARGED FOR. YES, COMMISSIONER LONGORIA, GO AHEAD. CAN YOU TELL ME A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE ENHANCED LIBRARY CARD? LIKE WHAT INFORMATION COMES INCLUDED? I THINK IT'S A PHOTO. I'VE GOT MINE RIGHT HERE. OKAY. HAPPY TO PASS IT AROUND IF PEOPLE WANNA SEE IT. SO IT'S GOT MY PHOTO, IT HAS, UH, AN EXPIRATION DATE, MY BIRTHDATE, AND MY ADDRESS AT HOME AS WELL AS MY LIBRARY CARD NUMBER. UM, I CAN USE THIS. UH, I BELIEVE ACC ALSO ACCEPTS IT. UM, HERE, IF YOU WANNA PASS AROUND MY CARD, EVERYBODY CAN - WOW. SEE A REALLY UNFLATTERING PICTURE OF ME, BUT IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S AN ID CARD, SO I FEEL LIKE WE'RE IN KEEPING WITH - SO IT COMES WITH AN ADDRESS? OH, IT HA - YES, IT HAS MY HOUSE ADDRESS. SO, UM, PEOPLE, THESE HAVE BEEN, THE DEMAND FOR THESE HAS BEEN VERY, VERY HIGH. CENTRAL IS STILL NOT THE HIGHEST DEMAND LOCATION FOR IT. I BELIEVE IT IS STILL ST. JOHN AND LITTLE WALNUT, WHICH IS THE TWO BRANCHES THAT WE STARTED THE PROGRAM AT. IT'S TECHNICALLY STILL A PILOT. WE DON'T DO IT AT EVERY LOCATION, UM, BUT WE ALSO DO IT AS PART OF OUR OUTREACH SERVICES. AND OUR TWO COMMUNITY SERVICE COORDINATORS, UM, CAN DO IT AT THE POPUP RESOURCE CLINICS. AND IT'S REALLY POPULAR THERE AS WELL. IS IT FREE? MM-HMM. YES. AMAZING. IF YOU ARE ELIGIBLE FOR A FREE LIBRARY CARD, THAT IS FREE TO HAVE. YOU CAN COME BY ANY LOCATION THAT OFFERS THEM. AND AGAIN, I BELIEVE THERE ARE NINE AND GET YOUR OWN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. UM, YEAH, THERE'S SO MANY SERVICES. UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH, UH, VICE CHAIR, FOR, UH, REQUESTING THIS PRESENTATION. UH, IT'S REALLY, UM, INFORMATIVE. I ACTUALLY LEARNED ALSO, UH, I TOOK MY HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS, UH, FROM, I TEACH AT EAST SIDE HIGH SCHOOL, SO I TOOK THEM TO THE CENTRAL LIBRARY AND THEY CAN SUBMIT THEIR COLLEGE ESSAYS - YEAH. FOR REVIEW TO, UH, THROUGH, UM, YEAH, UH, THROUGH THE LIBRARY. YEAH, WE ARE AN INCREDIBLY POPULAR FIELD TRIP DESTINATION AT CENTRAL AS WELL, WHICH IS ALWAYS GREAT. SO A LOT OF KIDS CAN LEARN LIBRARY SKILLS BECAUSE SOME, WE GET A LOT OF FIELD TRIPS FROM SMALLER SCHOOLS THAT MAY NOT HAVE, LIKE, PRIVATE OR CHARTER SCHOOLS THAT MAY NOT HAVE A LIBRARY AT THEIR SCHOOL, BUT ALSO LARGER SCHOOLS JUST TO SEE WHAT OTHER KIND OF OPTIONS ARE OUT THERE. DEFINITELY. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. THANK Y'ALL SO MUCH. THANK YOU. UM, AND I JUST WANTED, UH, CHAIR REALLY QUICKLY. YES. SO, UM, IN THAT, THE ADDENDUM, IT DOES HAVE ALL OF THE FLYERS THAT, THAT THEY, UM, WERE DISCUSSING WITH THE FREE SHOWERS, THE LAUNDRY SERVICES, UM, BUT THEY'RE ALSO AVAILABLE IN THE DIGITAL PACKET THAT WE HAD, AND SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SHARE THAT WITH YOUR, UM, NETWORKS OR ANYTHING, THEY'RE AVAILABLE AND WE CAN ALWAYS GET YOU ANYTHING ELSE AS WELL. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MIGUEL. UH, YES, UH, COMMISSIONERS, PLEASE, UH, SHARE ALL THAT INFORMATION. YOU KNOW, ANYTHING WE LEARNED HERE, IT'S ALWAYS, UH, WE'RE ALWAYS HAPPY TO, TO LEARN NEW THINGS, SHARE THEM WITH YOUR COMMUNITY AS MUCH AS YOU CAN. UM, SO NOW WE'RE MOVING ON TO DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEMS. WE ARE MOVING [5. Discussion and action to approve the recommendation provided by the Election Working Group regarding the Community Development Commission (CDC) election process. Discussion led by Chair Noe Elias.] ON TO ITEM NUMBER FIVE, WHICH IS A DISCUSSION AND ACTION, UH, TO APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATION PROVIDED BY THE ELECTION WORKING GROUP REGARDING THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION ELECTION PROCESS. UH, SO I WILL START OFF BY READING THIS, UH, RECOMMENDATION. AGAIN, THIS RECOMMENDATION WAS PUT TOGETHER BY THE ELECTION WORKING GROUP. UM, AND IT CAME FROM OUR, OUR MOST RECENT ELECTION, UM, WHERE, UM, WE CHANGED A FEW OF THE BYLAWS, UH, ESPECIALLY THE, THE PART WHERE, UM, A NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZATION, UH, HAS TO LEAD THE ELECTIONS. UM, AND SO NOW AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH, UH, COORDINATES THE ELECTIONS. UH, AND SO WE HAD, UH, WE HAD A, A GOOD DISCUSSION AFTER THAT, THAT FIRST ELECTION LED BY AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH. UH, WE SAW SOME THINGS THAT NEEDED TO IMPROVE. AND SO AS WE'RE COMING CLOSER TO THE NEXT ELECTION, THE NEXT ELECTION FOR OUR CDC, UM, MEMBERS, UH, WE WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT THIS RECOMMENDATION. AND JUST FOR THE PUBLIC, UH, THE CDC IS MADE UP OF, UH, FIVE, SORRY, 15, UH, COMMISSIONERS. EIGHT OF US ARE ELECTED BY OUR COMMUNITY. WE REPRESENT GEOGRAPHIC [01:15:01] AREAS, UH, THROUGHOUT, UH, THE EASTERN CRESCENT OF AUSTIN. AND, UM, SO THIS RECOMMENDATION, AGAIN, IS, UH, TO IMPROVE THE ELECTION PROCESS, SO I WILL READ IT, AND THEN, UH, WE'LL MOVE ON FROM THERE, UH, MOVE FORWARD FROM THERE. SO THIS RECOMMENDATION, UH, ON THE CDC ELECTION PROCESS, UH, BEGINS, "WHEREAS THE AUSTIN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION CONSISTS OF EIGHT MEMBERS DE-DEMOCRATICALLY SELECTED TO REPRESENT RESIDENTS FROM EACH OF THE EIGHT GEOGRAPHIC AREAS OF TRAVIS COUNTY IN ORDER TO REPRESENT LOW INCOME POPULATIONS ELIGIBLE TO BE SERVED UNDER THE COMMUNITY SERVICES BLOCK GRANT, THE CSBG, WHEREAS BOARD MEMBERS SERVE FOR A TERM OF FOUR YEARS BEGINNING MARCH THE 1ST OF THE YEAR OF THEIR APPOINTMENT, WHEREAS THE EIGHT DEMOCRATICALLY SELECTED MEMBERS SHALL SERVE AN INITIAL TWO-YEAR TERM WITH AN ADDITIONAL MAXIMUM OF A, OF TWO CONSECUTIVE FOUR-YEAR TERMS. WHEREAS A TRANSPARENT, ACCESSIBLE, AND WELL-COMMUNICATED ELECTION PROCESS IS ESSENTIAL TO ENSURING MEANING, MEANINGFUL PARTICIPATION BY LOW-INCOME RESIDENTS AND INDIVIDUALS WITH LIVED EXPERIENCE. WHEREAS COMMUNITY MEMBERS, UH, HAVE EXPRESSED THAT CURRENT ELECTION NOTIFICATIONS DID NOT PROVIDE ADEQUATE TIME FOR OUTREACH, FOR PLANNING OR PARTICIPATION, WHEREAS COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE ALSO NOTED CONFUSION REGARDING THE STEPS REQUIRED TO VOTE OR TO BECOME A CANDIDATE, INDICATING A NEED FOR CLEAR INSTRUCTIONS AND EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS. WHEREAS THE GREATER ENGAGEMENT BETWEEN THE CURRENT CDC MEMBERS, CANDIDATES, AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS WOULD INCREASE TRUST, STRENGTHEN RELATIONSHIPS, AND IMPROVE CIVIC PARTICIPATION. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE AUSTIN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION ADVISES AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH TO WIDELY ADVERTISE THE CDC ELECTION AND THE ELECTION PROCESS AT LEAST ONE MONTH IN ADVANCE USING MULTIPLE REMINDERS AND MULTIPLE COMMUNICATION PLATFORMS TO REACH AS MANY COMMUNITY MEMBERS AS POSSIBLE. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE COMMISSION ADVISES AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH TO PROVIDE TRAINING AND EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS ON THE ELECTION PROCESS, THE HISTORY AND THE PURPOSE OF THE COMMISSION, ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF COMMISSIONERS, AND HOW COMMUNITY MEMBERS CAN PARTICIPATE. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE COMMISSION ADVISES AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH TO STRENGTHEN COMMUNICATION AND OUTREACH REGARDING DEADLINES, ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS, AND STEP-BY-STEP VOTING INSTRUCTIONS TO PREVENT CONFUSION AND INCREASE ACCESSIBILITY. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE COMMISSION ADVISES AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PROSPECTIVE CANDIDATES TO LEARN ABOUT THE CDC ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES PRIOR TO THE ELECTION CYCLE. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE COMMISSION ADVISES INCREASING MO - COMMUNITY FACING INFORMATION THAT HIGHLIGHTS CDC'S FOCUS ON LOW INCOME POPULATIONS AND PEOPLE WITH LIVED EXPERIENCE, ENSURING THAT THESE COMMUNITIES KNOW THAT ELECTION IS INTENDED FOR THEM. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE COMMISSION ADVICE IS PROVIDING CLEAR, ACCESSIBLE INSTRUCTIONS BOTH IN WRITING AND THROUGH OPTIONAL TRAINING ON HOW TO CAST A VOTE, HOW TO SUBMIT A CANDIDATE, CANDIDATE INFORMATION, AND HOW COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS CAN PROPERLY CONDUCT THEIR ELECTIONS. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE COMMISSION ADVICE IS CREATING INTENTIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR CANDIDATES AND CURRENT CDC MEMBERS TO CONNECT THROUGH THE ELECTION CYCLE, TO SHARE EXPECTATIONS, BUILD RELATIONSHIPS, AND STRENGTHEN COMMUNITY TRUST AND ENGAGEMENT. SO THAT IS THE RECOMMENDATION THAT IS, UH, BROUGHT FORTH TO THIS, UH, COMMISSION BY THE ELECTIONS, UH, WORKING GROUP. SO I'M LOOKING FOR A MOTION, UH, TO APPROVE THIS RECOMMENDATION AND WE CAN BEGIN OUR DISCUSSION. ALL MOTION TO APPROVE. COMMISSIONER LONGORIA, UH, MOTIONS TO APPROVE. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? COMMISSIONER MENARD? OKAY. UH, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR ANY, UH, DISCUSSION? I DO HAVE A QUESTION. COMMISSIONER LONGORIA. SO, UM, YOU MENTIONED HOW AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ELECTION, RIGHT? THAT IS CORRECT. BUT SOMETHING ABOUT A COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION, HOW, HOW, HOW DO THOSE WORK IN CONJUNCTION WITH AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH OR? THE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION, UH, WILL, UH, CONDUCT THE ELECTION SO THEY WILL, UM, SORRY. UH, SO THEY WILL, UH, COUNT THE VOTES, UH, PUT TOGETHER THE MEETING, UM, UH, IN CONJUNCTION WITH AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH. GOTCHA. YES. OKAY. AND I'M CURIOUS HOW THAT, LIKE, UH, COMMUNITY ORG IS SELECTED. UH, WE HAVE, UH, WITH THE CHANGE IN THE BYLAWS, UH... GO AHEAD, MIGUEL. SORRY. [01:20:01] UM, SO I HAD TO DO A LITTLE BIT OF RESEARCH FOR THIS. YES. UH, IT WAS, I BELIEVE, UH, CEMENTED IN A 2021 CITY COUNCIL, UH, RECOMMENDATION. UH, THEY LAID OUT EIGHT DIFFERENT, UH, COMMUNITIES. THEY SAID WHO WOULD BE REPRESENTING OF THEM, UM, AND THEY ARE GEOGRAPHICALLY SELECTED, UH, BASED ON CENSUS INFORMATION. OKAY. OKAY. GOTCHA. OKAY. YEAH, STILL. SO, SO I SEE GEOGRAPHICALLY THE DIFFERENT AREAS, BUT THEN WHICH PARTICULAR ORGANIZATION REPRESENT - THEY WERE NAMED, UH, BY THE CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION THAT MIGUEL JUST, UH, IN 2021. I CAN DISTRIBUTE IT AND LET ME SEE IF I CAN PULL IT UP RIGHT NOW, COMMISSIONER. GOTCHA. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. AND I WILL ALSO ADD THAT PER, UH, THE CHANGE IN THE BYLAWS, UH, AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH, UH, SORRY. THE, THE ORGANIZATION DOES NOT HAVE, I GUESS, THE, THE RIGHT ANYMORE TO PUT FORTH THE CANDIDATES. THEY JUST, UH, HELP IN ORGANIZING THE ELECTION. GOTCHA. OKAY. YES. GREAT. THANK YOU. UH, WHEREAS BEFORE, UH, UH, THE NOMINATIONS WERE MADE THROUGH THE ORGANIZATION. YES. UH, COMMISSIONER MILLARD. SO WHO'S MAKING THE NOMINATIONS NOW? THE, UH, CENTRAL HEALTH? UH, CENTRAL HEALTH IS, UH, PUTTING TOGETHER THE ELECTIONS. SO, UH, CANDIDATES WILL NOMINATE THEMSELVES OR A COMMUNITY, UH, SOMEBODY ELSE IN THE COMMUNITY CAN NOMINATE CANDIDATES, BUT THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH A PROCESS AND, UH, THAT'S PART OF OUR RESOLUTION ABOUT HAVING THAT PART OF THE EDUCATION BECAUSE OF THAT CHANGE. UM, HAVING THAT POSTED, UH, MAYBE SOME, UH, YOU KNOW, A PROCESS OF EDUCATION WHERE, UH, PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY KNOW THAT THEY CAN NOMINATE THEMSELVES. SO I GUESS MY QUESTION IS WHAT PROMPTED THIS? I MEAN, I, I'M THINKING THAT THESE C - THESE COMMU - SO YOU WANTED JUST TO GET A WIDER REACH, I GUESS, OF CANDIDATES? THAT IS CORRECT. OKAY. UH, BECAUSE OF THE CHANGES IN THE BYLAWS, AGAIN, UH, BEFORE IT WAS, UH, A COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION. UH, USUALLY A NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, UH, PUT TOGETHER A MEETING, UH, TO, UM, AND, AND I GUESS THE OUTREACH WAS LIMITED TO WHATEVER THE ORGANIZATION, UH, WHATEVER THEIR OUTREACH WAS. MM-HMM. YOU BRING UP A VERY GOOD POINT. YOU KNOW, I JUST, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO DISTINGUISH THAT THESE GEOGRAPHIC REGIONS, THEY'RE DIFFERENT FROM THE CITY COUNCIL DISTRICTS, CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT. OKAY. YEAH. OKAY. OKAY. UM, QUESTIONS? UH, COMMISSIONER MILLARD, GO AHEAD. UM, I, I, I'M JUST CURIOUS, UH, FOR THE FOLKS HERE, UM, WHO, HOW MANY OF US WERE ELECTED? OKAY. SO THE THREE OF US. SO, SO THE CHANGE FROM AN ONLINE? UH, COMMISSIONER BREWSTER, COMMISSIONER MARTINEZ. SO, SO I GUESS I WAS A PRODUCT OF A RECOMMENDATION FROM AN ORGANIZATION. YES, YOU WERE. AND SO NOW MOVING FORWARD, UM, I'M JUST WONDERING HOW WE'RE GONNA GET CANDIDATES. I THINK IT WAS HARD ENOUGH TO GET CANDIDATES AND MAYBE, UM, I GUESS THIS IS GONNA COME DOWN TO CENTRAL HEALTH DOING ITS JOB OF REALLY - AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH. I MEAN, I'M SORRY, AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH. YES, MA'AM. UM, DOING ITS OUTREACH, BUT YEAH, I'M JUST, I'M JUST WONDERING ABOUT THAT. I THINK - YES. SO THE, THE, JUST TO CLARIFY, THE CHANGE IN, UH, THE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION'S, UH, ROLE IN THIS PROCESS HAS ALREADY BEEN MADE BY THE CHANGE IN THE BYLAWS. UH, WE ARE, THIS RECOMMENDATION IS JUST ASKING THAT SINCE, LIKE, TO YOUR POINT, SINCE AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH IS IN CHARGE OF THE ELECTIONS, UH - YEAH. THEY NEED TO DO MORE OUTREACH, BRING IN MORE CANDIDATES, BRING IN, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST PUT ALL THAT INFORMATION OUT THERE. BUT WE CAN AS- AS WELL. WE CAN ALSO, YOU KNOW - YES. ORGANIZATIONS CAN ALWAYS - AMBASSADORS FOR... UH, COMMISSIONERS CAN ALWAYS, UM, DO AS WELL. YES, THAT IS CORRECT. OKAY, COMMISSIONERS, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? UH, AND I WILL SAY THAT WE DO HAVE SOME VACANCIES THAT, UH, WILL BE, UH, VOTED ON. UM, SO AS, UH, WHEN WE, UH, WITH THIS RECOMMENDATION, WE WILL, UH, BE GIVING SOME, UH, GUIDANCE TO AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH AS THEY, UH, MOVE TO FILL THOSE VACANCIES. ALL RIGHT. IF WE DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, UH, ANY MORE QUESTIONS OR, UH, DISCUSSION, UH, EVERYBODY THAT APPROVES OF THIS, UH, RECOMMENDATION, UH, ON THE CDC ELECTION PROCESS, SAY AYE. AYE. OKAY. ANYBODY, UH, ABSTAINING OR, OR NAY? ABSTAIN? MIGUEL? THE MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU SO MUCH, COMMISSIONERS. WE WILL MOVE ON TO [6. Discussion and action providing a recommendation for existing multifamily rezoning cases that have not received final action from City Council. Discussion led by Chair Noe Elias.] OUR ITEM NUMBER SIX, UH, DISCUSSION AND ACTION PROVIDING A RECOMMENDATION FOR EXISTING MULTIFAMILY REZONING CASES THAT HAVE NOT RECEIVED [01:25:01] FINAL ACTION FROM THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL. UH, I WILL LEAD THE DISCUSSION. UH, MIGUEL, I HAVE A QUESTION. UM, I WANTED TO CLARIFY, UM, THE COUNCIL RESOLUTION. SHOULD I DO THAT BEFORE OR AFTER SPEAKERS? UM, I, I BELIEVE THAT IT SHOULD BE AFTER, BECAUSE THE SPEAKERS WILL GO FIRST BEFORE OUR DISCUSSION. YES, THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. UH, AND WITH THAT, UH, DO WE HAVE SPEAKERS? DO WE HAVE AN ORDER OF SPEAKERS? YES, CHAIR. UM, WE HAVE MS. SHOSHANA KRIEGER, UH, MR. JOHN CERVANTES, AND MS. LAUREN MATRA. IS THAT RIGHT? CLOSE ENOUGH. UH, UM, FROM BOSTA AS WELL AS THE POP TENANTS ASSOCIATION. UM, AND SINCE WE DO HAVE, UH, ALL THREE HERE, WE'RE GONNA RUN THE THREE-MINUTE TIMER, AND AS WE'RE GOING, UM, SO IT'LL BE A TOTAL OF NINE MINUTES, BUT WE WILL COUNT IT AS WELL. SOUNDS GOOD. IS THAT ALL THE SPEAKERS WE HAVE? UM, YES, THOSE ARE ALL THREE THAT WE HAVE SIGNED UP - OKAY, THANK YOU. FOR THIS ITEM. THANK YOU. OKAY. WE'RE GONNA TRY TO BE QUICK BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S LATE. UM, HELLO, EVERYONE. UH, MY NAME IS SHOSHANA KRIEGER. I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF FOSTA. UM, WE SUPPORT TENANTS IN AUSTIN. UM, WE'VE HAD THE GREAT PRIVILEGE OF SUPPORTING, UH, TENANTS AT, UH, POLARIS ON THE PARK AND THEIR TENANTS ASSOCIATION. THERE ARE SOME OF THE MEMBERS HERE TODAY. UM, IT'S A 242 UNIT, UH, PROPERTY IN SOUTH AUSTIN. UM, AND IT'S BEING PROPOSED TO BE REZONED, AND WE HAVE SOME, UM, DRAFT RECOMMENDATIONS, WHICH IF Y'ALL, UH, WOULD BE INTERESTED IN ADOPTING, UH, WE WOULD BE VERY APPRECIATIVE. UM, THE MAIN GIST OF IT IS TO ASK FOR A PAUSE ON THIS CASE AND THAT THIS CASE SHOULD NOT MOVE FORWARD UNTIL A LARGER STAKEHOLDER PROCESS, WHICH IS EXAMINING MULTIFAMILY REZONINGS IN AUSTIN HAS COMPLETED TO ALLOW TENANTS TO BE ABLE TO FULLY PARTICIPATE IN THAT PROCESS, UM, UNTIL THE OWNER NEGOTIATES IN GOOD FAITH WITH TENANTS AND AGREES TO ONE FOR ONE REPLACEMENT OF HOUSING, AND UNTIL THE OWNER MEETS WITH TENANTS ABOUT IMMEDIATE CONCERNS ON THE PROPERTY AND TAKES ACTIONS TO ADDRESS THOSE. UM, BOTH JOHN AND LAUREN ARE GONNA TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT, UH, POLARIS ITSELF. I WANTED TO JUST USE MY TIME TO QUICKLY TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE LARGER LANDSCAPE OF REZONINGS IN AUSTIN, BECAUSE FASTA HAS BEEN DIGGING INTO WHAT HAS HAPPENED AT PROPERTIES WHICH HAVE BEEN REZONED SINCE 2015. UM, IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE OUR PLANNING DEPARTMENT OR HOUSING DEPARTMENT, UM, HAS THIS DATA, SO WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO PIECE IT TOGETHER. UM, SO ONE BIG TAKEAWAY, WHICH IS JUST ON THIS FIRST SLIDE, IS THAT IT'S IN THE LAST, UH, 10, 12 YEARS, UM, 8.4% OF NATURALLY OCCURRING AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS HAVE BEEN REZONED. SO THAT'S AN ALARMINGLY HIGH NUMBER, AND THAT'S USING THE DEFINITION AND DATA COMING FROM THE RECENT NOAA MEMO, WHICH THE CITY PASSED. UM, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. UM, WHEN WE LOOK AT WHAT'S HAPPENED TO THOSE PROPERTIES, THERE WERE 34 PRO - UH, PROFIT MOTIVATED PROPERTIES WHICH WERE REZONED DURING THAT TIME, AND ONLY ONE HAS BEEN REDEVELOPED IN THAT TIME, AND TWO SIT VACANT... WELL, NOT VACANT, DEMOLISHED. UM, SO WHEN WE ACTUALLY DO THE NUMBERS, THERE HAS BEEN A NET LOSS OF UNITS OF APARTMENTS IN AUSTIN, WHICH BELIES THIS IDEA THAT REZONING LEADS IMMEDIATELY, UH, TO NEW HOUSING UNITS. IF WE LOOK AT THE NOAA DEFINITIONS OF AFFORDABILITY, WE SEE THAT THAT LOSS IS EVEN GREATER, AND WE HAVE LOST 376 UNITS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING. NEXT SLIDE. UM, BUT WHAT'S HAPPENING TO THE OTHER PROPERTIES? WELL, WHEN WE LOOK AT, UM, THE OTHER, UH, PROPERTIES OF THOSE 34 PROPERTIES, WE HAVE - 15 SECONDS. SEEN... OH, NO. UH, WE HAVE SEEN THAT, UH, TWO-THIRDS OF THEM HAVE HAD A, UH, STAGGERING DOUBLE, UM, INCREASE IN CODE VIOLATIONS AFTER REZONING. SO IT'S, UH, SOMETHING THAT WE REALLY NEED TO DIG INTO DEEPER, UM, AS WE TALK ABOUT THE 418 PROCESS MOVING FORWARD AND THAT STAKEHOLDER PROCESS. THERE ARE SOME SLIDES ON THAT. PASS TO JOHN. NO, IT'S GOOD. GOOD AFTERNOON, GOOD EVENING, UH, COMMISSIONERS. UH, MY NAME IS JOHN CERVANTES. I'M A TENANT ORGANIZER WITH BOSTA, UH, AND I WORK FIRSTHAND WITH THE PEOPLE OF POLARIS, BETTER KNOWN AS POP. UH, JUST OVER A YEAR AGO, BOSTA SUPPORTED POLARIS TENANTS, UH, TO FORM THEIR TENANTS ASSOCIATION, BETTER KNOWN AS POP. UM, IN THAT SAME MONTH, [01:30:01] UM, IN NOVEMBER, A PETITION WAS CREATED AND, UH, WAS ABLE TO GET ON THE GROUND AND DOOR KNOCK, UM, TO GET SIGNATURES FOR THAT PETITION. WE GOT 112 SIGNATURES FROM NOVEMBER TO DECEMBER WHEN WE DELIVERED IT. UH, AND THAT PETITION WAS PRIMARILY FOCUSED ON GAINING INTEREST AND, UM, GAINING SOME KIND OF, UH, AH, LOST FOR WORDS, BUT SEEING THE S - ASKING WHAT KIND OF PROTECTIONS TENANTS, UH, WOULD WANT FOR THEMSELVES IF REZONING WAS TO GO THROUGH. UM, AS I MENTIONED, WE GOT 112, UH, SIGNATURES AND DELIVERED THAT, UM, TO THE LOBBYIST IN DECEMBER. UM, FAST FORWARD TO APRIL, WE WERE TOLD THAT WE WOULD HAVE A RESPONSE TO THAT PETITION. UM, AND IT WASN'T UNTIL SEPTEMBER WHEN WE RECEIVED THAT RESPONSE. UH, SINCE SEPTEMBER, THE LOBBYIST HAS BEEN FULL THROTTLE, RUSHING THROUGH THE REZONING PROCESS, WHICH HAS BEEN MAKING IT HARD FOR US TO, UH, GET ALL OF OUR DUCKS IN A ROW. UM, I SAY THIS KNOWING THAT IT'S BEEN COMMUNICATED THAT THIS, THE REDEVELOPMENT HAS SAID THAT IT WON'T BE FOR ANOTHER FIVE TO 10 YEARS. SO WE'RE CURIOUS ON WHAT IS THE RUSH TO, UH, GET THROUGH THIS REZONING PROCESS SO FAST, KNOWING AS WELL THAT THERE IS 418, UH, POLICIES AND BEING, UH, DEVELOPED WITH THE INTENTION TO HAVE TENANTS AT THESE, UH, STAKEHOLDER PROCESSES. ONE MINUTE, 30 SECONDS. AWESOME, THANK YOU. UM, SO I ALSO JUST WANNA LIKE REITERATE ON THAT, UM, WITH THE AMOUNT OF PRESSURE THAT IS BEING PUT ON THE REZONING TO GO THROUGH, IT LEAVES US NO TIME TO FOCUS ON THINGS ON THE GROUND AT THE PROPERTY, LIKE SECURITY ISSUES, UM, THINGS OF THAT NATURE. UM, MOVING FORWARD, UH, JUST WANT A NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. CAN WE GO TO THIS SLIDE BY CHANCE? UM, I WANNA TALK ABOUT SOME CURRENT INDICATIONS OF PROPERTY DISINVESTMENT ON THE LEFT COMING UP HERE SOON. IT'S GONNA LOOK LIKE THIS. YEAH. YEAH. OKAY, AWESOME. ON THE LEFT, YOU'LL SEE THERE'S SOME CARS THERE. THOSE CARS ALL, IF YOU LOOK CLOSELY, HAVE, UH, POP TIRES. 20 PLUS CARS WERE VANDALIZED AT POLARIS. SO WHEN WE SEE DISINVESTMENT, WE SEE THAT, UH, SECURITY IS A HUGE, UH, DISINVESTMENT WHEN IT COMES TO REZONING BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT THERE'S GONNA BE DEMOLISHED. ON THE RIGHT, YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE'S A GATE, UH, THAT IS NOT BEING FIXED. IT'S BEEN, UH, VIOLATED, I MEAN, REPORTED TO CODE. UM, THE RE - THE RECOMMENDATION TO REPAIR THAT CODE VIOLATION WAS RIP OUT THE GATE, UH, VERSUS REPLACE THE GATE TO PROVIDE BETTER, MORE ADEQUATE SECURITY. THERE'S ALSO SOME LIGHTING ISSUES ON THE PROPERTY AND SOME, UH, DECAY IN THE STRUCTURE ITSELF ALSO DISPLAYED IF YOU WANNA LOOK OVER THAT. UH, ON THIS SLIDE HERE, IF YOU COULD GO TO THIS ONE. AWESOME, THANK YOU SO MUCH. UH, UH, WE JUST WANTED TO GO THROUGH THE BULLETS HERE. THE LOBBYISTS, UM, HAD STATED ONCE OR TWICE THAT IT WAS, THEIR PRIMARY FOCUS WAS TO FOCUS ON THE REZONING, NOT THE SECURITY ISSUES OR ANY OTHER ISSUES THAT ARE ON THE GROUND, WHICH IS EXTREMELY FRUSTRATING WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO TALK TO SOMEBODY IN POSITION OF POWER. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHTY. GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY. MY NAME IS LAUREN MATRANGA. UH, I'M A MEMBER OF THE PEOPLE OF POLARIS TENANTS ASSOCIATION. REALLY GREAT TO BE HERE TONIGHT. UM, SO IF YOU GUYS DON'T MIND MOVING TO THE NEXT SLIDE FOR ME. UM, SO IN OUR PETITION, WE ASKED FOR A NUMBER OF BENEFITS AND PROTECTIONS FOR THE TENANTS THAT HAVE BEEN COMMONLY PROVIDED BY OTHER, UH, CASES THAT BOSTON HAS WORKED ON, OTHER REDEVELOPMENT CASES. AND, UM, WE, WE ASK FOR THESE TO BE WRITTEN DOWN INTO A RESTRICTIVE COVENANT. SO, UM, WE'VE, WE'VE HEARD FROM THE LOBBYISTS THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL THINGS THAT THE OWNER IS AGREEING TO, BUT WE'RE NOT SEEING THOSE THINGS ACTUALLY REFLECTED IN THE RESTRICTIVE COVENANT. SO ESSENTIALLY THERE'S NO, NO TEETH. UM, I JUST WANNA DIRECT YOU GUYS TO A COUPLE THINGS THAT ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO US. SO WE'LL START OUT WITH ONE FOR ONE, WHICH YOU CAN SEE IN THAT FIRST SECTION. SO, UM, IF YOU, IF YOU DON'T MIND MOVING TO THE NEXT SLIDE REAL QUICK FOR ME. SO WE HAVE A, A, A GRAPHIC HERE. SO WHAT OUR RENT CURRENTLY FOR A TWO BEDROOM, ONE AND A HALF BATHROOM IS $1,049 PER MONTH. SO THAT'S 39% MFI. WHAT'S REQUIRED BY 418 CURRENTLY WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, ROUGHLY 60% MFI, THAT'S 1,815. UM, AND THEN, OR, OR 50%, YOU CAN SEE IT. AND WHAT THEY'RE OFFERING US IN THE RESTRICTIVE COVENANT IS $2,100. THAT WOULD DOUBLE OUR RENT. AND I'M TELLING FOLKS IN OUR COMMUNITY, THEY DON'T, A LOT OF FOLKS USE FOOD BANKS. A LOT OF FOLKS ARE WORKING CLASS. LIKE WE COULDN'T AFFORD THIS. SO IN TERMS OF AFFORDABILITY, THIS MEANS NOTHING, YOU KNOW, UH, ONE FOR ONE MEANS NOTHING IF IT'S NOT AFFORDABLE TO THE COMMUNITY. UM, SO IF YOU'D GO BACK AGAIN TO THE PREVIOUS SLIDE, THANK YOU. SO ANOTHER THING, UM, YOU COULD SEE ON THERE IS THE ABILITY FOR TENANTS TO BREAK THEIR LEASE DURING THE, THE DEMOLITION PERIOD. SO WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR IS FOR THAT TO, UM, TO, TO BE ABLE TO HAPPEN 100 DAYS PRIOR TO DEMOLITION, WHICH IS WHEN THE MOVE OUT NOTICE WOULD BE SENT. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE NOT, A TIMELINE THEY'RE NOT WILLING TO AGREE TO. UM, ANOTHER ONE THAT YOU CAN SEE ON HERE IS GOOD CAUSE LEASE RENEWAL. SO THIS ONE WAS, WE WERE REALLY EXCITED TO SEE GOOD CAUSE LEASE RENEWAL ON THE RESTRICTIVE [01:35:01] COVENANT, BUT THEN WHEN WE LOOKED INTO IT, THE GOOD CAUSE LEASE RENEWAL DOESN'T APPLY AFTER THE LEASE ENDS. SO THEN WHEN THE LEASE WOULD RENEW, THERE'S NO GOOD CAUSE THERE'S NO AGREEMENT TO DO GOOD CAUSE LEASE RENEWAL. SO THERE'S NO, UM, IT'S NOT EFFECTIVE. UM, AND THEN IF YOU'D GO TWO SLIDES, UM, TO THE NEXT, LIKE TWO SLIDES. SO THE LAST THING I JUST WANNA BRING YOUR ATTENTION TO IS, UM, THE FACT THAT... SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE WANT IN WRITING IS JUST A, A, A CODIFICATION THAT THEY WILL RESPECT, UM, THE, THE RIGHT AGAINST RETALIATION FOR TENANTS, WHICH IS TEXAS LAW. AND IN THE RESTRICTIVE COVENANT, THEY SAY THAT THEY, THEY WILL RESPECT THE RIGHT AGAINST RETALIATION UNTIL REDEVELOPMENT COMMENCES. SO THERE'S NOT EVEN A COMMITMENT TO FOLLOW TEXAS STATE LAW. SO, UM, I JUST WANNA REITERATE WHAT JOHN HAD SAID. THERE'S, THERE, THERE'S NO PLANS TO, TO RE- REDEVELOP FOR THE NEXT FIVE TO 10 YEARS. OH, SORRY ABOUT THAT. THAT OKAY. THAT'S ON ME. NO, IT'S OKAY. AND Y'ALL CAN ASK QUESTIONS, UH, IF YOU'D LIKE. SO, UH, THEY MIGHT ASK YOU TO COME IF YOU'D LIKE TO STAY HERE. YES. UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH. IS, DOES THAT CONCLUDE OUR SPEAKERS? UH, YES. THOSE ARE ALL THE, UM, SPEAKERS, BUT, UH, I ALSO WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE HAVE RISK, MR. ROBERT ANDERSON, UM, ONLINE. HE'S A PROGRAM MANAGER TOO WITH AUSTIN HOUSING IN CASE YOU HAVE ANY TECHNICAL QUESTIONS. AND AGAIN, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR OUR SPEAKERS, THEY ARE AVAILABLE AS WELL. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MIGUEL. SO, UH, BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD, I JUST WANT TO, UH, I S - I BELIEVE I SPOKE A LITTLE BIT ON THIS, UM, MAYBE TWO MEETINGS AGO, BUT, UH, THIS, UH, WE ARE HEARING THIS CASE, UH, PER, UH, CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION 20260423-039, UH, WHICH WAS APRIL 23RD OF THIS YEAR. UM, IF YOU REMEMBER, UH, COMMISSIONERS, WE HEARD A LOT ABOUT ESPECIALLY, UH, THE ACACIA CLIFFS, UH, REDEVELOPMENT. UM, WE BROUGHT IT MANY TIMES, HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS, HAD A RECOMMENDATION. UH, THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL DISCUSSED, UH, NATURALLY OCCURRING AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND WHAT HAPPENS, UH, WHEN WE, UH, REDEVELOP THOSE, UH, KINDS OF PROPERTIES. UM, AND THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL AGAIN ON APRIL 23RD, 2026, UM, PUT, UH, FORTH THIS AND VOTED AND APPROVED THIS RESOLUTION, UH, WHERE, JUST TO MAKE THIS SHORT, UH, SAYS THAT, UH, THE CITY, UH, CITY MANAGER IS DIRECTED TO PROVIDE A MONTHLY AND TIMELY REPORT OF ALL REZONING APPLICATIONS RECEIVED FOR PROPERTIES WITH EXISTING MULTIFAMILY TO THE, UH, COMMISSION, WHICH IS OUR COMMISSION, UH, TO ENABLE THE COMMISSION MEMBERS TO REVIEW, TO DISCUSS, AND PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE CITY COUNCIL. SO, UH, WE ARE GETTING THIS, UH, THIS CASE, UH, SO THAT, AGAIN, SO THAT WE CAN REVIEW, DISCUSS, AND PROVIDE, UH, A RECOMMENDATION. UH, SO I WANNA THANK, UH, VASTA, I WANNA THANK, UH, THE TENANTS ASSOCIATION, UH, FOR BRINGING ALL THIS, THIS INFORMATION. UM, AND, UH, AS MIGUEL SAID, YES, UH, THERE WAS MORE, UH, IN YOUR PACKET THAT WAS NOT, UH, PRESENTED IN THE TIME ALLOTTED. SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONERS, YOU CAN ALWAYS, UH, BRING BACK, UH, ANY OF THE SPEAKERS AND ASK THEM THOSE QUESTIONS DIRECTLY. UH, SO I WANTED TO START WITH A QUESTION ON, UM, DENSITY BONUS. I KNOW YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT CODE SECTION 418, UM, AND JUST TO CLARIFY WITH COMMISSIONERS, UH, CODE SECTION 418, UM, HAS A LOT OF THE, THE THINGS THAT THE, UH, TENANTS ASSOCIATION IS ASKING FOR, THE ONE-TO-ONE REPLACEMENT, UH, THE FINANCIAL, UH, HELP, UH, THE, A LOT OF THINGS THAT YOU CAN SEE IN YOUR PACKET AGAIN. UH, SO MY QUESTION WAS, UM, IS THE DEVELOPER PROPOSING TO USE A DENSITY BONUS PROGRAM? AND IF SO, WHICH ONE? AND, UM, DOES THAT INCLUDE SECTION 418? UH, UH - DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO IT? OR YOU WANNA DO IT? MS. UH, KRIEGER? MS. KRIEGER. UH, YES, IF, IF, IF YOU ALL WANNA COME AND SAY, UH - BUT LAUREN KNOWS IT TOO. UM, SO THEY'RE USING THE CITYWIDE DENSITY BONUS AND, UH, 418-32 WOULD APPLY. UM, BUT WE HAVE, UH, THERE'S SOME LIST OF WHAT ARE THE CURRENT 41832 PROTECTIONS AND THEN WHAT'S MISSING. SO ONE OF THE BIG THINGS MISSING IS, UH, TRUE MEANINGFUL ONE-TO-ONE REPLACEMENT. UM, BUT THERE ARE ALSO A LOT OF PROBLEMS WHERE THEY DON'T HAVE, UH, GIVE, UH, TIMELINES OF WHEN BENEFITS NEED TO BE GIVEN. SO IT SAYS, LIKE, YOU, UH, NEED TO LET TENANTS BREAK YOUR LEASE, THEIR LEASES, BUT IT DOESN'T SAY WHEN. SO IS THAT ONE DAY BEFORE OR IS THAT 180 DAYS WHEN EVERYONE GETS THE NOTICE? SO THERE'S A LOT OF CLARIFYING LANGUAGE, UH, WHICH COULD BE - AND CAN YOU TELL ME WHICH, UH, DENSITY BONUS PROGRAM THEY, UH, PLAN TO USE? IT'S DBC30. DBC30. OKAY. SEE, I TOLD YOU. OKAY. AND, UH, THAT GIVES, ALLOWS THEM, USUALLY THE NUMBER IS THE, THE HEIGHT. IS THAT, IS THAT HOW [01:40:01] IT IS? 30? IT GOES TO THE DEVELOPER. THE LOBBYISTS ARE HERE. IT'S, WHAT'S THE HEIGHT? NO, IT'S 30 FEET AB- ABOVE- ABOVE. WHAT IT COULD BE. SO IT'S 90 FEET TOTAL, RIGHT? 'CAUSE IT'S 60 FEET AS OF RIGHT? 60? YEAH. YES. OKAY. UM, OKAY. SO, SO 30 ABOVE, UH, THE 60, WHICH IS 90 FEET. SO IT WOULD BE A 90... OKAY. UM, HOW MANY - AND IT WAS ORIGINALLY DB90 AND THEN IT SWITCHED. YES, YES. THAT'S WHAT I WAS TRYING TO, UH, THINK ABOUT. UM, AND, UH, HOW MANY, UH, UH, UNITS HAVE BEEN PROPOSED FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT? 1,009, I BELIEVE, IF I'M - 4,008. 1,008. I'M SORRY. YEAH. 1,008. OKAY. OKAY. UM, AND, UH, AS FAR AS CODE SECTION 418, UH, PER YOUR PRESENTATION, AND I, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S A SLIDE WE SAW OR NOT, BUT, UH, UH, THE CITY COUNCIL, I KNOW THEY PROPOSED OR, OR THEY WERE WORKING ON CHANGING THE, UH, DENSITY BONUS PROGRAMS, UPDATING ALL OF THIS. UH, UH, HAVE THEY, HAS THIS DBC30, DOES IT, IT INCLUDES THE PREVIOUS, UH, SECTION 418? IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE TELLING ME? WELL, IT SHOULD, IF THEY REVISE 418 - UH-HUH. THAT SHOULD APPLY TO IT. MM-HMM. UM, BUT IT OBVIOUSLY WOULD BE THERE A, A LOT OF WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN THE INVESTIGATION IN THE 41832 UPDATE PROCESS IS WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THIS INVESTMENT OF DO WE NEED A HEIGHTENED CODE ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM, RIGHT? LIKE REALLY DIGGING IN AND THAT WILL INFORM THE ADVOCACY OF POLARIS TENANTS. UM, AND THEN THERE'S ALSO AN ISSUE, THERE'S A SLIDE WHICH WE DIDN'T GET TO AT ALL - UH-HUH. ABOUT THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN A RESTRICTIVE COVENANT - YES. AND 41832, BECAUSE TENANTS DON'T ACTUALLY HAVE A RIGHT TO ENFORCE 41832. SO IF THE LANDLORD DOESN'T DO IT - UH-HUH. IT'S, "HEY, CITY, CAN YOU DO IT?" AND WE KNOW HOW THAT GOES. SO HAVING IT BOTH IN THE RESTRICTIVE COVENANT AND IN 41832 - UH-HUH. IS REALLY MEANINGFUL FOR TENANTS. OKAY. AND I- IS CITY COUNCIL WORKING ON 41832 CURRENTLY? YEAH. SO THEY JUST STARTED A STAKEHOLDER PROCESS. THE FIRST MEETING, UM, ON THAT WAS A FEW WEEKS AGO WHEN WE'VE BEEN ASKED TO CONVENE TENANTS TO PARTICIPATE, BUT WE CAN'T DO THAT BECAUSE WE'VE SPENT, I DON'T KNOW, YOU'VE SAID PROBABLY FIVE OUT OF THE LAST 10 WORKING DAYS FOR THESE. FOR SURE. YEAH. UH, LAST WEEK I WAS AT POLARIS EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK, SO YEAH. YEAH. SO IT'S LIKE WE CAN'T, WE WANNA BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE AND THE MOST IMPORTANT PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE ARE THE TENANTS AND WE CAN'T DO THAT AT THE SAME TIME. MM-HMM. SO, YEAH, SO ESSEN- ESSENTIALLY THEY'RE WORKING ON SOMETHING THAT WOULD AFFECT Y'ALL, BUT, OR AFFECT THE TENANTS AND YOU CAN'T PARTICIPATE IN THE PROCESS BECAUSE - BUT ARE SAY "YEAH, THEY SHOULD PARTICIPATE." MM-HMM. OKAY. BUT CAN'T. GOT IT. OKAY. UM, COMMISSIONERS, I'LL HAND IT OVER TO ANYBODY THAT HAS OTHER QUESTIONS. VICE CHAIR, GO AHEAD. UM, OUT OF THE, UH, I, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE THIS INFORMATION, BUT IT, ARE ANY OF THE TENANTS RECEIVING GOVERNMENTAL, LIKE GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE, LIKE SECTION EIGHT HOUSING, ANYTHING LIKE THAT? WE, UM, DON'T THINK THERE'S A, THE, WE HAVE SECTION EIGHT VOUCHER DATA FROM ABOUT A YEAR AGO AND THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY SECTION EIGHT VOUCHERS. ONE OF THE ASKS AND THE THINGS WE'VE GOTTEN IN PREVIOUS RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS IS A, A COMMITMENT TO ACCEPT SECTION EIGHT VOUCHERS. SO THAT IS SOMETHING WHICH THE TENANTS ASSOCIATION WOULD LIKE TO SEE, BUT IS NOT IN THERE. GOTCHA. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, COMMISSIONERS, ANY, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I DO. HI. I'VE BEEN - YES, COMMISSIONER TISHA. I'VE BEEN PRESENT. GO AHEAD. I'VE BEEN PRESENT, BUT I'VE BEEN STAYING QUIET. UH, BUT I HAVE TO SPEAK UP ON THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE. SO I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE CODE ITEMS THAT I'M SEEING AS A PART OF THIS PRESENTATION. I'LL JUST FOCUS ON THAT ONE QUESTION BECAUSE THERE'S MANY THINGS I WOULD LOVE TO TALK ABOUT HERE. BUT, UM, THESE VIOLATIONS, WHAT REALLY STOOD OUT TO ME WHEN YOU SAID THAT YOU FOUND TWO THIRDS OF THE APARTMENTS HAD THEIR NUMBER OF CODE COMPLAINTS MORE THAN DOUBLE AFTER THEY WERE REZONED. SO I'M CURIOUS ABOUT THE, IF THERE'S ANY CODE ORDINANCE DIFFERENCES. I'M LOOKING TO SEE THE CORRELATION THAT MIGHT EXIST OF WHY OR PURPOSE, INTENTIONAL PURPOSE OF, UM, THEM REZONING IT THAT MAY GIVE CLEARANCE FOR THEM NOT HAVING TO RESPONSIBLY CARE FOR THESE APARTMENTS. YEAH. SO WE, WE'VE JUST STARTED TO DIG INTO THIS AS AN ISSUE AND WE'VE ALSO BEEN CANVASSING SOME OF THE PROPERTIES AND TENANTS HAVE ALSO SHARED THAT THEY'VE SEEN DISINVESTMENT. UM, OUR WORKING THEORY, UM, IS RIGHT, IF YOU KNOW YOU'RE GONNA DEMO A PROPERTY, WHY ARE YOU GONNA, UH, PUT, UH, INVEST INTO IT? UM, WE HAVE HEARD ACTUALLY FROM SOME POLARIS TENANTS WORD [01:45:01] ON THE STREET, UM, FROM THE MAINTENANCE TEAM IS THEY'VE BEEN INSTRUCTED NOT TO GET NEW APPLIANCES. UM, I THINK THERE WAS LIKE A, AN OVEN DOOR WHICH COULDN'T BE REPLACED. THEY HAD TO FIND AN OVEN DOOR IN SOME OTHER UNITS TO SWITCH IT TO BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T AUTHORIZED TO GET, UM, A NEW ONE. AND IT ACTUALLY, THE 418 STAKEHOLDER PROCESS WE WERE AT A FEW WEEKS AGO, ONE OF THE DEVELOPERS SAID, UM, INVESTING IN, UM, IN OLDER BUILDINGS IS LIKE LIGHTING MONEY ON FIRE. SO I THINK THAT THAT'S LIKE, SINCE THEY KNOW THE LONG GAME IS TO DEMO IT, WHY PUT MONEY INTO IT, RIGHT? AND THESE ARE CLASSY APARTMENTS, WHICH A LOT OF THEM HAVE REALLY GOOD BONES. LIKE THIS IS A 1966 PROPERTY, WHICH IS ACTUALLY PROBABLY HAS BETTER CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL THAN A LOT OF NEW CONSTRUCTION TODAY. UM, SO WE'RE ACTUALLY ACTIVELY DESTROYING OUR HOUSING STOCK AND WE'RE NOT CURRENTLY GETTING THE BENEFIT OF, UH, OF NEW UNITS. SO JUST A QUICK QUESTION OF FOLLOW UP. HAVE THERE BEEN ANY, UH, LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS, UH, BECAUSE NOW WHENEVER THERE IS PROLONGED, UM, NEGLECT OF HAVING ANY KIND OF REPAIRS, THEN IT BECOMES A PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE, PERSONAL HEALTH ISSUE, UM, THAT WONDERING IF YOU ALL HAVE BEEN INFORMING TENANTS OF SOME OF THEIR LEGAL RIGHTS OR IF YOU ALL HAVE BEEN UNIONIZING ABOUT LEGAL RIGHTS. UH, YOU KNOW, IN THE NEWS, THERE'S BEEN MULTIPLE SITUATIONS WHERE THIS HAS HAPPENED ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND, UM, TENANTS HAVE COME TOGETHER AND HAVE BEEN VICTORIOUS. SO I'M JUST CURIOUS OF HOW YOU ALL ARE LEVERAGING, IF AT ALL, IF, AND EVEN IF, IF YOU DON'T WANNA PUT ON RECORD. SO, YOU KNOW, I HEAR THE LOBBYISTS ARE THERE, THEY DON'T NEED TO KNOW, BUT I'M JUST CURIOUS, ARE YOU TAKING SORT OF THOSE TYPES OF STEPS, UM, BECAUSE THERE ARE, THERE ARE P- PENALTIES AND PUNITIVE DAMAGES THAT CAN COME ABOUT FOR CONSISTENT NEGLECT IN THIS SPACE. YEAH. LAUREN, DO YOU WANNA TALK A LITTLE BIT? I KNOW YOU WERE DOING A LOT OF WORK WITH YOUR NEIGHBORS OVER THE SUMMER WITH WRITTEN REPAIR REQUESTS. YEAH, YEAH. WE, WE ACTUALLY, WE DID A WHOLE WRITTEN REPAIR REQUEST CAMPAIGN WHERE WE KNOCKED ON FOLKS' DOOR AND JUST ASKED WHETHER THEY WERE HAVING ANY, YOU KNOW, NUMBER OF, OF, OF VERY COMMON CODE VIOLATIONS. AND THERE WERE A COUPLE, UH, WE, WE, WE SENT IN WRITTEN REPAIR REQUESTS TO THE OFFICE, SO THEY HAD THAT DOCUMENT. WE ALSO, YOU KNOW, HAVE A COPY OF THAT. SO WE HAVE A WHOLE LIST OF FOLKS WHO HAD A LOT OF COMPLAINTS. WE, WE HEARD A LOT ABOUT ROACHES WAS, WAS A BIG ONE. UM, THERE WERE A COUPLE FOLKS WHO WE ESCALATED THEN TO A CODE VIOLATION. I HAD A NEIGHBOR WHOSE BATHROOM SINK FLOODED EVERY MORNING AND HE WOULD TAKE THIS INFO TO THE OFFICE AND NOTHING WOULD HAPPEN. AND WE WERE ABLE TO ESCALATE HIS TO A CODE VIOLATION AND, AND GET THAT FIXED. UM, AND WE'VE ALSO HAD A NUMBER OF EVENTS WHERE WE'VE LIKE DISTRIBUTED INFORMATION AND TALKED TO FOLKS ABOUT HOW THEY CAN ADDRESS THESE ISSUES OR CALL CODE, THINGS OF THAT NATURE. SO YEAH, WE'VE, WE'VE BEEN TRYING OUR BEST TO SPREAD THE WORD TO OUR NEIGHBORS. AND YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S INTERESTING TOO. I'LL JUST ADD, I'VE LIVED AT THIS APARTMENT FOR 10 YEARS. UM, AND LIKE FOLKS WHO LIVE AT POLARIS, LIKE WE REALLY GENUINELY LIKE LIVING THERE. AND IN THE PAST, WE SAW PROBLEMS WITH APPLIANCES, FOR EXAMPLE, OR THINGS LIKE THINGS WOULD GET FIXED VERY QUICKLY. AND IN THE PAST, YOU KNOW, SEVERAL MONTHS AFTER WE'VE HEARD ABOUT, UH, REZONING AND KIND OF STARTED TO, TO GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS, WE'VE HEARD FROM A LOT OF NEIGHBORS WHAT SHOSHANA SAID THAT LIKE OUR, OUR, OUR MAINTENANCE IS SAYING THAT THEY'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, AUTHORIZED TO GET NEW APPLIANCES LIKE THEY USED TO. I, ONE TIME OUR DISHWASHER BROKE, THEY FIXED IT LIKE THE NEXT DAY. THIS WAS SEVERAL YEARS AGO OR THEY, THEY BROUGHT IN A NEW ONE. YEAH, NOW I HAVE A NEIGHBOR WHOSE, WHOSE FRIDGE IS BROKEN AND OVEN DOOR IS BROKEN AND IT'S TAKING WEEKS FOR THEM TO TRY TO FIND ONES FROM OTHER APARTMENTS AND THINGS OF THIS NATURE. SO WE ARE SEEING, YOU KNOW, UH, FROM, FROM, FROM THE FOLKS THAT I'VE BEEN TALKING TO, AND I'VE KNOCKED ON EVERY SINGLE DOOR OF, OF THESE APARTMENTS MANY TIMES, WE ARE SEEING DISINVESTMENT THAT WE HAD NOT SEEN IN THE PAST BECAUSE IT'S BEEN A REALLY, REALLY GREAT PLACE TO LIVE AND, AND, YOU KNOW, SO IT'S BEEN, THIS HAS HARD FOR A LOT OF FOLKS. BUT YEAH, TO, TO, TO, YOU KNOW, ALL THAT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON IT AS A COMMUNITY. WE CONTINUE TO, WE, WE PLAN TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT. THANK YOU. THANKS. THANK YOU SO MUCH, UH, COMMISSIONER TISHA FOR YOUR QUESTION. UH, COMMISSIONERS, DO WE HAVE OTHER QUESTIONS? UH, GO AHEAD, COMMISSIONER ACHILLES. MAYBE MORE OF A RHETORICAL. UM, SO I'LL TRY TO MAKE IT FAST BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE TIME FOR THOSE. BUT SO I GUESS I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT COUNCIL HAS INDICATED AND MADE MOVEMENT TOWARDS LIKE UNDERSTANDING HOW IMPORTANT THIS IS. THEY'VE PUT IN, IN MOVEMENT A PROCESS. WE KNOW THAT MAINTAINING AND PROVIDING ADDITIONAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS A KEY PRIORITY FOR THE CITY, AND WE KNOW THAT LOSING, LIKE, GETTING NEW ONES IS HARDER THAN KEEPING ONES THAT WE HAVE. [01:50:01] AND IT'S REALLY COSTLY A LOT OF TIME. LIKE, AND I AM NOT THE BIGGEST HOUSING EXPERT ON THIS COMMISSION, BUT I JUST, I GUESS I'M SURPRISED, UNLESS THIS PROCESS TO COMPLETE THE 418 TENANT PROCESS WOULD TAKE A YEAR, TWO YEARS. LIKE I GUESS I'M, I'M SURPRISED WHY THEY WOULDN'T EXPEDITE THAT AND COUNCIL WOULDN'T WANT TO HOLD ONTO THIS BECAUSE IT'S SO HARD TO MAKE MOVEMENT IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND IT'S SO IMPORTANT AND FOLKS ARE SO AGAINST FOLKS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. BUT IF YOU CAN'T AFFORD TO LIVE SOMEWHERE, THEN WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO? LIKE IT, IT FEELS LIKE ALL OF THE PRIORITIES ARE SORT OF CONVERGING AND THAT MAYBE THE BEST THING WOULD BE TO EXPEDITE A PROCESS THAT YOU'VE ALREADY INDICATED AS A PRIORITY AND NOT CONTINUE DOWN THIS ROAD PRIOR TO FINISHING. SO I KNOW THAT'S WHAT Y'ALL ARE ASKING FOR. I GUESS I'M JUST CONFUSED WHY THAT ISN'T SORT OF LIKE THE OBVIOUS STEP. THAT'S ALL. WE ARE TOO. YEAH, THANK YOU. AND I GUESS, I GUESS THE QUESTION IS, UH, AND YEAH, IF Y'ALL KNOW HOW, HOW THAT GOES, Y'ALL CAN ANSWER THAT. IT'S, UH, YOU KNOW, WHY, WHY IS A CASE LIKE THIS MOVING FORWARD WHEN, IS THAT KIND OF WHAT YOU'RE THINKING? WHY IS A CASE LIKE THIS MOVING FORWARD WHEN, UH, WELL, FIRST THE PRIORITIES THAT, UH, UH, COMMISSIONER AKILES WAS TALKING ABOUT, BUT ALSO THE FACT THAT THERE'S, UH, UH, CURRENTLY THEY'RE WORKING ON SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO THE TENANTS, RIGHT? UH, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. DO Y'ALL WANNA SPEAK ON THAT? YEAH. YEAH. I WANNA SPEAK ON THAT A LITTLE BIT AS A TENANT ORGANIZER AND AS A, A TENANT HIMSELF. I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF DISCONNECTION BETWEEN THE PEOPLE THAT ARE MAKE THESE DECISIONS FOR US AND THESE, AND THESE HIGHER COUNCILS AND COMMISSIONS EVEN SOMETIMES. UH, THERE'S A DISCONNECT BETWEEN THE TENANT EXPERIENCE OR THE APARTMENT LIVING EXPERIENCE TO WHERE A HOMEOWNER, PROPERTY OWNER EXPERIENCE. UM, SO THE UNDERSTANDING OF, WELL, WHY CAN'T THEY JUST COME TO THESE, TO THESE STAKEHOLDER PROCESSES? WE INVITED THEM. THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT ARE IN THE WAY ON THE DAY-TO-DAY BASIS AS A WORKING CLASS TENANT IN AUSTIN, TEXAS, TRYING TO MAKE RENT, TRYING TO BE SORT OF, YOU KNOW, MAKE ENDS MEET, UM, THAT JUST DON'T COME WITH BEING SOMEBODY IN THESE POSITIONS TO MAKE THESE DECISIONS FOR THE PERSON THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO INVOLVE. BUT THAT'S, THAT'S MY TAKE. THERE MAY BE SOME MORE DOWN THE TABLE. YEAH. I, I THINK I JUST ADD TO THAT POINT TOO. UM, ONE OF THE THINGS WE, WE DIDN'T GET THE CHANCE TO TALK ABOUT IS THAT THE OWNER OF OUR PROPERTY HAS, UH, TIME AND TIME AGAIN REFUSED TO MEET WITH TENANTS. UM, WE ACTUALLY DON'T KNOW WHO THE OWNER IS AND WE'RE NOT BEING TOLD EVEN, YOU KNOW, DESPITE ASKING THIS SEVERAL TIMES. SO THAT'S, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE'D LOVE TO DISCUSS WITH THE OWNER, KIND OF EXPLAIN WHAT'S GOING ON ON THE GROUND, THE PEOPLE WHO ARE PAYING HIM RENT, YOU KNOW, FOLKS LIKE, YOU KNOW, US WHO'VE BEEN HERE FOR YEARS. UM, BUT THAT'S NOT A RIGHT THAT WE'RE AFFORDED AND THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT THE OWNER'S INTERESTED IN DOING. SO LIKE I THINK LIKE JOHN SAID, THERE'S A VERY BIG DISCONNECT. AND I THINK IN OUR CASE PARTICULARLY, IT, IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE THERE'S ANY INTEREST EITHER IN SPEAKING TO US AND KIND OF WORKING TOGETHER TO GET THESE, YOU KNOW, THESE THINGS WORKED OUT. SO YEAH. YEAH. AND JUST ONE OTHER THING WHICH WE'VE SAID BEFORE, WHICH IS THEY'RE SAYING IT'S NOT GONNA BE FIVE TO 10 YEARS UNTIL THERE'S THE REDEVELOPMENT. SO I THINK THAT THAT IS NOT HOLDING UP ANYTHING. AND WHAT WE HAVE, ARE STARTING TO UNCOVER WITH WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN IN FIVE TO 10 YEARS IS DISINVESTMENT, RIGHT? SO IT'S KIND OF LIKE WE CAN PAUSE, UM, TO YOUR POINT AND SAY, "HEY, LET'S LET THE REST OF THE PROCESS PLAY OUT AND THEN LET'S, LET'S DO THIS THE RIGHT WAY BECAUSE I THINK WE ALL CAN AGREE WE DO NEED MORE HOUSING IN AUSTIN, UM, BUT WE ALSO WANNA MAKE SURE THAT TENANTS LIVING IN EXISTING HOUSING ARE ALSO PROTECTED." MM-HMM. THANK YOU. UM, OKAY, COMMISSIONERS, UH, ONE MORE QUESTION FROM COMMISSIONER MENARD. GO AHEAD. I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS OBVIOUS TO EVERYONE ELSE. WHERE IS THIS LOCATED? YEAH. I'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR AN ADDRESS. I HAVEN'T SEEN ONE. NO, NO. IT'S, UM, IT'S, UH, 1720 WOODWARD STREET. IT'S, UH, I WANNA, UH, FOR THE SECURITY ISSUES THERE, I LIKE TO SAY IT'S INCONVENIENTLY PLACED BETWEEN HIGHWAY 71 AND I-35. SO THESE MAJOR PLACES TO... AND YOU CUT THROUGH AND NOW YOU'RE IN A TOTAL, YOU'RE, YOU'RE HEADED TO OKLAHOMA VERSUS TO LOUISIANA. SO IT'S IN A REALLY INCONVENIENT PLACE FOR THEM TO START NEGLECTING SECURITY CONCERNS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. UH, SO COMMISSIONERS, UM, AGAIN, PART OF THIS, UH, COUNCIL RESOLUTION IS DEFINITELY THE DISCUSSION, UM, UH, REVIEW DISCUSSION, BUT ALSO TO PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS. UH, SO I WOULD LIKE TO PUT FORTH A, A RECOMMENDATION. UM - CHAIR, REALLY QUICKLY. YES. I SINCERELY APOLOGIZE. GO AHEAD, MIGUEL. UH, ROBERT ANDERSON JUST WANTED TO, TO PULL A COMMENT ON HERE. IF, UH, I CAN ASK HIM TO COME OFF OF, UH, CAMERA JUST SO HE CAN PROVIDE - YES. YES, SIR. [01:55:01] GO AHEAD. IT'S ON MUTE. GOOD EVENING, COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME IS ROBERT ANDERSON. I'M A PROGRAM MANAGER WITH AUSTIN HOUSING. I APOLOGIZE. I'M NOT ABLE TO BE THERE, UH, IN PERSON THIS EVENING. I, UH, BECAME ILL LAST WEEK, AND SO I'M TRYING TO AVOID GETTING OTHERS SICK. UH, I DID WANT TO MAKE MYSELF AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY TECHNICAL QUESTIONS RELATING TO THE CHAPTER 418 REDEVELOPMENT REQUIREMENTS. I KNOW THAT THERE HAVE BEEN SOME, UH, MISUNDERSTANDINGS PERHAPS, UM, BETWEEN, UH, THE, UH, TENANT GROUPS AS WELL AS THE, UH, DEVELOPER REPRESENTATIVE REGARDING WHAT THE REQUIREMENTS ARE, AS WELL AS HOW THIS WOULD, UH, DOVETAIL WITH THE STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT PROCESS. UH, SO I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, AND I KNOW THAT THE, UH, DEVELOPER REPRESENTATIVE IS THERE AS WELL, UH, TO C - PROVIDE FOR SOME OF THEIR INFORMATION, UH, ON THE DEVELOPMENT. UM, SO PLEASE, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME, I CAN ANSWER THOSE. UM, COMMISSIONERS, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, UH, ANY TECHNICAL QUESTIONS ON 418 - 1432 OR ANY OF THE, UH, CHANGES, UH, THE STAKEHOLDER, UH, MEETINGS THAT ARE GOING ON? UH, YES, GO AHEAD, COMMISSIONER MENARD. UH, I'M JUST, JUST WONDERING HOW THE CITY IS RESPONDING TO THESE CONCERNS FROM THE TENANTS. WELL, IT'S, IT'S DIFFICULT TO SPEAK TO THIS INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE THE, THERE IS A STRICT ORDER OF PROCESS. AND SO, UM, WHAT I DO IS I WORK IN HOUSING WITH THE DENSITY BONUS PROGRAMS, AND THE APPLICANT IS CURRENTLY WORKING THROUGH THE REZONING PROCESS, WHICH IS REQUIRED TO PRECEDE AN APPLICATION TO OUR GROUP. SO WE HAVE NOT SEEN A PARTICULAR APPLICATION TO HOUSING FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT, BUT I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE PARTICULAR CONCERNS RELATING TO THE REDEVELOPMENT REQUIREMENTS. SO AT LEAST, I SUPPOSE, LET ME, LET ME SPEAK TO AT LEAST WHAT I'VE HEARD THIS EVENING, AND ALSO, UH, THESE ISSUES CAME UP A, A FEW WEEKS AGO AT ONE OF THE STAKEHOLDER, UH, MEETINGS THAT HAS BEEN A PART OF THE STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT PROCESS TO THE 418 UPDATES. SO CHAPTER 418 REQUIRES REPLACEMENT, UH, OF UNITS THAT ARE CURRENTLY RENTING FOR, UH, 70% OF THE MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME. SO WE SAW THAT AT LEAST REFERENCED IN, UH, ONE OF THE SLIDES, ALTHOUGH I BELIEVE IT WAS PRESENTED THAT THE DEVELOPER WAS PROPOSING TO MAKE, UH, UNITS AVAILABLE IN THE NEW DEVELOPMENT AT 70% MFI, AND THAT WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED. THE, THE 70% MFI REQUIREMENT IS TO IDENTIFY THOSE, UH, INDIVIDUAL UNITS THAT WOULD CONSTITUTE THE UNIVERSE OF, UH, THOSE UNITS THAT WOULD BE POTENTIALLY REQUIRED TO BE REPLACED IN THE NEW DEVELOPMENT. THE PROGRAM, THE DBC, UH, 30, UH, DENSITY BONUS PROGRAM, UH, WOULD REQUIRE THE NEW DEVELOPMENT TO PROVIDE AT A BASE LEVEL, 10% OF THE NEW UNITS AT 50% MFI. AND THEN THE REPLACEMENT REQUIREMENTS OF CHAPTER 418 WOULD REQUIRE, IF NECESSARY, IF ADDITIONAL UNITS ARE REQUIRED ABOVE THAT 10%, TO PROVIDE UP TO 20% OF THE NEW DEVELOPMENT, NEW DEVELOPMENTS UNITS, AND THOSE ADDITIONAL 10% UNITS WOULD BE REQUIRED AT AT LEAST 60% MFI. UH, I HEARD QUESTIONS EARLIER RELATING TO THE TIMING OF RELOCATION BENEFITS. THAT IS A TOPIC THAT IS, UM, BEING DISCUSSED WITHIN THE STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT PROCESS. THE CURRENT, UH, REQUIREMENTS AND, AND APPLICATION OF CODE BY STAFF WOULD REQUIRE THAT THOSE, UH, PAYMENTS BE MADE AT THE TIMING OF THE DEVELOPMENT NOTICE, WHICH OCCURS, UH, SIMULTANEOUS TO THE DEMOLITION PERMIT NOTICE, WHICH IS 121 DAYS AT LEAST PRIOR TO RECEIVING A DEMOLITION PERMIT. SO I BELIEVE THAT IS AT LEAST CONSISTENT WITH THE ASK OF THE, UM, THE TENANT'S RIGHTS ORGANIZATION FOR 100, UH, DAYS. UM, AND THEN I HEARD, UH, ALSO, UH, UH, AN ASK OR A COMMITMENT TO, UH, FOR TENANTS TO BE ABLE TO BREAK THE LEASE TERMS. THAT IS ALSO A TRIGGER POINT THAT WOULD COME WITH THE DEVELOPMENT NOTICE, THAT 120-DAY MARK, AT LEAST ACCORDING TO HOW STAFF IS, UH, ENFORCING CODE CURRENTLY. OKAY. SO, UH, [02:00:01] THESE THINGS THAT, THAT YOU SAID ABOUT, UH, YEAH, THE BREAK IN THE LEASE AND THE TIMELINE, THE TIME FOR THAT, UH, YOU'RE SAYING THAT THIS IS CURRENT, UH, WITH THE DBC30? YEAH. AND I, I THINK THE PART OF THE STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT PROCESS, AND, AND I'M NOT, UH, WITH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, SO I'M NOT LEADING THAT PROCESS, BUT I HAVE BEEN IN, IN CONSULTATION WITH STAFF IN THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT. AND PART OF THE, WHAT WE'RE HOPING TO DO IN THIS PROCESS TOO IS TO CLARIFY THOSE INSTANCES WHERE CODE NEEDS TO SPELL THAT OUT EXPLICITLY VERSUS WHERE CAN WE, UH, MAKE ADMINISTRATIVE, UH, GUIDANCE ON THAT, THAT, THAT DOESN'T NEED TO BE SPECIFIED IN CODE. SO YES, IT IS NOT CURRENTLY SPECIFIED IN CODE, BUT THAT IS OUR CURRENT, UH, PRACTICE FOR ENFORCING THAT PROVISION OF CODE. OKAY. GOT IT. UM, SO, UH, SO YEAH, SO JUST THINKING ABOUT, ABOUT THE, YEAH, THE STAKEHOLDER PROCESS TO, UH, ESSENTIALLY CODIFY ALL OF THAT. UM, UM, I GUESS I HAVE A QUESTION FOR, FOR THE TENANTS OR THE, THE TENANTS ORG. UM, I GUESS, LET ME SEE. I GUESS, UH, HOW, HOW DO WE SEE THAT, I GUESS, UH, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT IS, UH, LIKE, UH, UH, ROBERT JUST SAID ABOUT, UH, SOMETHING THAT'S BEING PRACTICED, UM, IN SOME INSTANCES, RIGHT? AND THEN SOMETHING THAT, UH, WE ARE KIND OF WAITING FOR THIS PROCESS, UH, TO, FOR IT TO BE CODIFIED. YEAH. NO, THANK, THANK YOU. SO I THINK THAT, UM, THE, ON THE TIMING, UM, I DO UNDERSTAND THAT STAFF VERY RECENTLY, UH, JUST RELEASED SOME GUIDELINES, BUT IT'S NOT IN 418 ITSELF. AND AT LEAST THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE DEVELOPER, AT LEAST WHAT THEY PUT IN THE RESTRICTIVE COVENANT, TIED THE BREAKING OF THE LEASE TO FILING OF THE SITE PLAN APPLICATION, WHICH IS KIND OF, I MEAN, THAT DOESN'T TELL TENANTS WHEN THEY'RE GETTING IT. THEY CAN DECIDE TO FILE THE SITE PLAN AFTER ALL TENANTS LEAVE, RIGHT? SO THERE'S A LOT OF, UH, DIFFERENT INFORMATION GOING. WE NEVER SAID, UM, ANYTHING RELATED TO, UM, WHEN RELOCATION BENEFITS, UH, WERE BEING PAID, UH, BEING PAID. SO I DON'T KNOW WHERE MR. ANDERSON GOT THAT. UM, I ALSO DO WANNA CLARIFY FOR W- WE, THE SLIDE WHICH LAUREN PRESENTED WAS NOT SAYING THAT, UH, UH, 418 REQUIRES UNITS TO BE AT 70%. IF YOU LOOK AT THAT SLIDE CAREFULLY, YOU'LL SEE THAT EXACTLY WHAT YOU SAID, WHICH IS 10% OF THE UNITS WOULD BE AT 50%, 10% WOULD BE AT 60%, AND THAT 70% NUMBER WAS THE NUMBER THE DEVELOPER SAID THEY WOULD COMMIT TO IN THE RESTRICTIVE COVENANT. UM, SO WE DIDN'T MISUNDERSTAND THAT, BUT I DEFINITELY INVITE YOU, MR. ANDERSON, TO, UH, REACH OUT TO US AND HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH US, UM, ABOUT THIS PROCESS. AND IF WE'RE MISUNDERSTANDING, WE WOULD LOVE THE SUPPORT OF THE CITY, UM, IN THIS PROCESS. NO, AND, AND PLEASE UNDERSTAND, I, I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE MISUNDERSTANDING IS EXACTLY. I'M, I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT THE DEVELOPER WOULD BE REQUIRED TO COMPLY WITH CODE REQUIREMENTS. SO IF THEY ARE OFFERING SOMETHING LESS THAN WHAT CODE IS, I, I WANT THE COMMUNITY TO BE REASSURED THAT THEY WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO DO THAT. THEY WOULD IN FACT BE REQUIRED TO DO WHAT CODE IS, WHICH IS, AS YOU SAID, 50% INITIALLY, UH, FOR THE 10% UNITS AND THEN THE ADDITIONAL 10% OF UNITS AT 60% MFI. AND THE REMAINDER AT 70 BECAUSE THAT DOESN'T GET US TO 242 WITH THE WAY 418 IS CURRENTLY WRITTEN. WELL, RIGHT. THAT'S, THAT'S A SEPARATE ARGUMENT, I THINK. I, SO I, I THINK THE, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST FOR WHAT CODE REQUIREMENT IS RIGHT NOW, IT WOULD BE, IT WOULD BE JUST TW - UP TO 20% OF THE, OF THE NEW DEVELOPMENT. THERE, THERE IS NOT A ONE-TO-ONE REPLACEMENT REQUIREMENT. SO IF THERE IS AN ASK TO DO MORE THAN WHAT CODE REQUIRES, THAT IS, YEAH, THAT IS A SEPARATE CONVERSATION AND WOULD HAVE TO BE STIPULATED IN A, IN AN INDIVIDUAL COMMITMENT BY THE DEVELOPER WITH THE COMMUNITY. THE CITY WOULD NOT BE A PARTY TO THAT RESTRICTION. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. UM, COMMISSIONERS, DO WE HAVE ANY, UH, ANY MORE QUESTIONS OR WE CAN MOVE FORWARD TO, UH, IF WE WANNA PUT FORTH A RECOMMENDATION? SURE. I'LL GO. JUST, UH, YEAH, JUST THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS TO OUR ATTENTION. UM, OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS, UM, YEAH, WE'VE BEEN CHEWING AND FIGHTING, YOU KNOW, WITH ACACIA CLIFFS, UH, DV 90, TRYING TO WRAP OUR HEADS AROUND, UM, THESE LEVERS, THESE LEVERS. UM, YOU GUYS MAKE A REALLY STRONG ARGUMENT. UM, YOU KNOW, UM, I'M IN FAVOR OF, UH, UH, CDC PUTTING FORTH A RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL. UM, YOU HAVE AT LEAST ONE PROPONENT FOR THE ONE FOR ONE REPLACEMENT IN VANESSA [02:05:01] FUENTES. UM, I DON'T KNOW THE LIKELIHOOD OF THAT HAPPENING. UM, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE SPOKEN A LOT ABOUT THE PERCENTAGE OF UNITS AND, UH, WHAT AFFORDABILITY RATE, UH, BUT WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE TO OFFER AS FAR AS THE DISINVESTMENT AND THE TIMELINES, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S REALLY HELPFUL IN HELPING US CRAFT A REALLY, UM, UM, HOPEFULLY EFFECTIVE RECOMMENDATION. SO, UM, AGAIN, WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA, UM, I HOPE TO SPEND A LOT MORE TIME, YOU KNOW, LOOKING THROUGH THIS. YOU KNOW, IT, IT'LL GET KINDA TECHNICAL. OUR RECOMMENDATION HAS TO LOOK DIF - A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY, BUT, UH, UH, VERY GLADLY CERTAINLY TAKE THIS INTO ACCOUNT. I'VE NEVER HEARD OF THE 418 TENANT PRO- PROTECTIONS BEFORE, SO THAT'S SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, I'LL, I'LL, I'LL LOOK INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. UM, YES, COMMISSIONERS, UH, WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS? UH, GO AHEAD. WHAT WOULD BE OUR TIMELINE FOR COMING BACK WITH A RECOMMENDATION? UH, WE HAVE THIS ITEM AS A ACTION ITEM, SO WE CAN PUT FORTH THE RECOMMENDATION TODAY AND VOTE ON IT. OKAY. AND IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE GOING TO PLANNING COMMISSION DECEMBER. EXACTLY. I'M SORRY, IS IT GOING TO DECEMBER? DECEMBER. DECEMBER. MM-HMM. YEP. UM, YEAH. ALL RIGHT, UH, COMMISSIONERS, SO I WOULD LIKE TO PUT FORTH A RECOMMENDATION THAT THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION, UH, RECOMMENDS THAT THIS ZONING CASE OF THE POLARIS AT THE PARK, UH, DOES NOT MOVE FORWARD, UM, WITH ANY FUTURE ACTION, UH, UNTIL, UH, THESE DEMANDS ARE MET, UH, WHICH, UH, DEFINITELY IS THE, THE STAKEHOLDERS MEETING AND ANY CHANGES, UH, TO THE 41832 ARE MADE. UH, AGAIN, SEEING THAT THIS, UH, IS SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO REALLY AFFECT THIS CASE, UH, UH, AFFECT THESE TENANTS, UM, AND ALSO THAT ANY NEGOTIATION IS DONE IN GOOD FAITH, UH, WITH, UH, BETWEEN THE TENANTS AND THE OWNER. UM, AND THEN ALSO THAT, UH, ANY, ANY PROPERTY, UH... LET ME SEE. UH, ANY, ANY SAFETY CONCERNS, ANY PROPERTY, UH, MAINTENANCE, ANYTHING THAT NEEDS TO, UH, BE DONE IN THE MEANTIME WILL BE DONE, UH, IN ORDER TO, UH, YOU KNOW, KEEP THIS, THESE APARTMENTS, UH, LIVABLE FOR THE TENANTS AS THEY, UH, WAIT, UH, WHAT HAPPENS WITH THIS CASE. SO, UH, THAT'S MY RECOMMENDATION. UM, I'M LOOKING FOR SOMEBODY TO, UM, TO SECOND THAT. I'LL SECOND THAT. THANK YOU. OKAY. UH, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? UH, ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD TO THIS RECOMMENDATION THAT WE CAN VOTE ON? THE FOUR... WILL WE SUBMIT EXACTLY THIS OR ARE WE GONNA REFORMAT IT? UH, WE SHOULD, UH, WE WILL NOT SUBMIT THIS EXACT, UH, BUT I WILL, UH, DRAFT IT AND MIGUEL AND I CAN WORK ON IT BASED ON, UH, ESSENTIALLY WHAT I JUST PUT FORWARD. GOTCHA. OKAY. YES. ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS, UH, COMMISSIONER MENARD, GO AHEAD. YEAH, AND I JUST HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THESE CODE, THESE VIOLATIONS AND THE, UM, ISSUES THAT TENANTS ARE FACING RIGHT NOW. UM, WHAT MECHANISM DO WE, WOULD WE NEED TO INCLUDE MAYBE DIRECTING, UH, CODE, UM, TO BE SENT TO, OR TO INSPECT OR INSPECTORS BE SENT TO THE COMPLEX? HOW CAN WE... I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THESE ISSUES, THESE LIVING CONDITION ISSUES GET ADDRESSED AND THEY'RE JUST NOT WORDS, YOU KNOW, IN A, IN A MOTION. SO IS THERE... YES. UH, QUESTION TO THE, UH, TENANTS ASSOCIATION IS, UM, I KNOW THAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT, YEAH, THE, THE MAINTENANCE AND THINGS THAT YOU, THEY HAVE NOT BEEN ADDRESSED, E- ESPECIALLY AS QUICK AS THEY USED TO BE. UH, HAVE YOU, HAVE YOU OR DO YOU PLAN TO TAKE ANY OTHER ACTION THAT... I THINK SOMEBODY MAY HAVE ASKED THAT QUESTION ALREADY, UH, BUT, UH, FROM, FROM CITY, FROM ANY, YOU KNOW, UH, TO MOVE THOSE FORWARD IF YOU FEEL LIKE THEY ARE, YOU KNOW, VERY CONCERNING. UM, YEAH. I, I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SUBMITTED A NUMBER OF CODE COMPLAINTS AND, AND SO HAVE SOME NEIGHBORS, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW UP ON THOSE. AND, UM, WE, WE'VE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF TROUBLE TALKING TO THE OFFICE. THEY'VE BEEN A BIT NON-RESPONSIVE TO US LATELY, BUT WE'LL CONTINUE TO TRY TO SUBMIT THOSE VIA, YOU KNOW, THROUGH OUR OFFICE, THROUGH CITY, THROUGH WHATEVER MEANS WE'LL MAKE OUR APARTMENT, YOU KNOW, CONTINUE TO MAKE OUR APARTMENT LIVABLE FOR RESIDENTS AS ALL OF THIS IS GOING ON. SO YES, WE DEFINITELY WILL, WE'LL, WE'LL STAY ON IT. OKAY. YEAH, AND CODE WAS OUT THERE TODAY. THEY WERE OUT THERE TODAY, YEAH. OKAY. THEY, THEY WERE, YES. SO, UH, YEAH, TO THAT THIRD POINT THAT I SAID, UM, UH, [02:10:01] THE, THAT THE OWNERS, UH, MUST MEET THE, THE CONCERNS, SAFETY CONCERNS, MAINTENANCE CONCERNS. UH, I WOULD ALSO ADD THAT ALSO THE CITY ADDRESS ANY OF THESE CONCERNS WHEN THE, UH, TENANTS ASSOCIATION, UM, YOU KNOW, REACHES OUT TO THEM, UH, FILES ANY COMPLAINTS, UH, IN A TIMELY MANNER AND, UH, YEAH. SO THAT'S WHAT I WOULD ADD. COMMISSIONER MENARD? YEAH, I'M JUST WONDERING, SO WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT THIS REQUEST ZONING CHANGE BE POSTPONED OR... YES. OKAY. SO COULD WE SAY THAT NOT CONSIDERED UNTIL THESE LIVING CON- CON- CONCERN, LIVING CONDITION CONCERNS HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED? SO UNTIL THEY ADDRESS THESE CONDITIONS THAT, THAT'S ANOTHER, YOU KNOW, IT WILL, IT'LL BE PO- POSTPONED FOR, FOR THE CONSIDERATION, BUT ALSO UNTIL THE LIVING CONDITION CON - UM, COMPLAINTS HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED OR BETTER WORDS TO THAT EFFECT, BUT YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? YES. YES, LET ME, LET ME JOT THAT DOWN. AND, UM, I GUESS SOMEBODY, A REPRESENTATIVE FROM BASTA IS, UH, HAS PLANNING COMMISSION, I KNOW THEY POSTPONED IT ONCE, UH, ARE THEY WILLING TO POSTPONE IT AGAIN OR, OR THE, THE- THEY SEEM NOT INCLINED TO DO SO. OKAY. AND, UH, YEAH, SO OUR RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE TO CITY COUNCIL. YEAH, BUT YOU CAN DO IT TO THEM TOO. YES. I GOT IT. IT DOESN'T HURT. SO, OKAY. SO, OUR RECOMMENDATION, UH, WE CAN ADDRESS IT TO, UH, PLANNING COMMISSION AND CITY COUNCIL. UH, SAME THING, UH, AS COMMISSIONER MENARD SAID, UH, POSTPONEMENT. SO, UM, WHAT I WOULD SAY IS, UH, TAKING THE PART THAT SAYS THIS CASE WOULD NOT MOVE FORWARD, UH, AND REPLACING THAT WITH POSTPONEMENT. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? DOES THAT ADDRESS YOUR JUST - YEAH, JUST, JUST WANTED TO HAVE A, A CAVEAT THAT IT'S NOT GONNA BE CONSIDERED, UM, UNTIL... OKAY, JUST GO BACK. SO YOUR RECOMMENDATION IS THAT THIS BE POSTPONED BECAUSE? UH, BECAUSE THE, THE THREE POINTS THAT I, UH, THAT I MADE. ONE IS THAT, UH, THE STAKEHOLDERS, UH, MEETING THAT'S HOPEFULLY GOING TO LEAD TO CHANGES TO 41832 THAT WILL BENEFIT, UH, THE TENANTS IN THIS CASE, UH, CREATE, UH, HAVE MORE TENANT PROTECTIONS, RIGHT? UH, WHEN THE, AND SO THAT IS DONE, BECAUSE THAT'S IN THE PROCESS. UH, THE OTHER ONE IS THAT THE OWNER, UM, IS NOT NEGOTIATING WITH, IN GOOD FAITH WITH THE TENANT. AND THEN THE THIRD ONE IS THAT THERE'S SAFETY CONCERNS AND, UH, PROPERTY MAINTENANCE THAT'S NOT BEING ADDRESSED. SO IF WE COULD JUST REFER, BECAUSE THAT'S KIND OF, I THINK WE'RE ON THE SAME PATH THERE, UM, TO MAYBE SAY, UM, UNTIL THEY'RE SA - THOSE SAFETY CO - TO BE POST- POSTPONED UNTIL, I MEAN, NOT BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT BEING ADDRESSED, BUT DO YOU HAVE, I'M TRYING TO GET THERE NOW, SORRY. SO WHEN THE CHAIR FIRST AR- ARTICULATED IT, MY UNDERSTANDING WAS THAT THE, THE RECOMMENDATION IS THAT THIS DECISION DOES NOT MOVE FORWARD UNTIL THE FOLLOWING DEMANDS ARE MET AND THEY WERE STAKEHOLDER MEETING, COMPLETION OF 418 PROCESS, GOOD FAITH NEGOTIATION BETWEEN TENANTS AND OWNER AND THE SAFETY CONCERNS. SO ARE, ARE ADDRESSED. SO YEAH, SO IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT ALL FOUR OF THOSE WERE THE MAIN TOPICS WE'RE LOOKING AT AND THAT WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT NOTHING MOVE FORWARD UNTIL ALL FOUR HAVE BEEN MET. AND I DID WANNA CLARIFY - SO - GO AHEAD. PLEASE GO AHEAD. GO AHEAD. JUST FOR, FOR US. SO WE, IF, IF WE VOTE IN FAVOR OF THIS, WHAT WE'RE DOING IS AGREEING THAT THOSE ARE, THAT'S THE SCOPE OF WHAT WE'RE INTERESTED IN AND THAT WE AUTHORIZE THE ACTUAL FINAL WORDING TO BE COMPLETED BY THE CHAIR AND MIGUEL ON OUR BEHALF. THAT IS CORRECT. WE, BECAUSE WE WON'T SEE THE RECOMMENDATION AGAIN UNTIL IT'S ALREADY BEEN SENT. MM-HMM. BUT THEN THE FINAL RECOMMENDATION WILL BE ENTERED INTO THE PUBLIC RECORD AT OUR NEXT MEETING. CORRECT. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR NOTES. UM, YES, SO COMMISSIONERS, SO I, UH, HAVE A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER LONGORIA. OKAY. UH, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR POINTS OF DISCUSSION? UH, VICE CHAIR? I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT IT FEELS AS THOUGH NOT JUST REACTING TO THIS SITUATION, BUT IN GENERAL, THAT THERE SEEMS TO BE, UM, THE FEEDBACK OF PEOPLE WHO ARE STAYING IN THESE HOMES IS NOT BEING KIND OF CONSIDERED IN A WAY OF LIKE THEY HAVE AUTHORITY OVER THEIR HOMES. AND SO I, I'D LIKE TO RAISE THIS AS AN ISSUE THAT WE SHOULD NAVIGATE AS POTENTIAL ACTION IN THE FUTURE OF GIVING MORE RIGHTS AND AUTHORITY TO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE LIVING AT THESE PLACES, UM, LIKE TENANTS COUNCILS AND TENANTS ASSOCIATIONS, UM, TO ENSURE THAT WHEN THESE SITUATIONS CONTINUE [02:15:01] TO, TO HAPPEN, THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO SPEAK ON THESE ISSUES AND HAVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF RIGHTS WHEN IT COMES TO THESE THINGS. UM, I KNOW THAT DOESN'T GO INTO THIS RECOMMENDATION, BUT I, I, I CAN ALSO SPEAK ABOUT IT IN THE ACTION ITEM OR THE FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS - YES. PIECE, UM, BECAUSE I DON'T WANT THIS TO JUST BE US REACTING TO THIS CASE AND THEN WE CONTINUE TO SAY IN THE FUTURE, YOU KNOW, Y - PEOPLE ARE COMING TO US AND TALKING ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE EXPERIENCING, BUT THEN THEY JUST STILL HAVE NO POWER AT THE END OF THE DAY. SO... EXACTLY. YEAH. YES. AND, AND YEAH, THAT WAS, THAT CAME TO MIND. YEAH, THAT'S DEFINITELY COULD BE, UH, SOMETHING TAKEN UP BY THE HOUSING COMMITTEE OR THAT COULD BE SOMETHING THAT COMES TO THE WHOLE CDC FOR SURE OR, OR, OR BOTH IN THAT, IN THAT ORDER. UM, AND YEAH, AND, AND, UH, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I WANTED TO ADD ON THIS IS THAT, YEAH, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, UH, I'VE WORKED ON, ON CASES, UM, WITH, UH, THE ARROW APARTMENTS ON VERY CLOSE TO THERE. UH, ACACIA CLIFFS, OF COURSE, ORGANIZING WITH TENANTS IN BOTH OF THOSE. UH, ACTUALLY, I TAUGHT AT LINDER ELEMENTARY FOR 13 YEARS, WHICH IS DOWN, DOWN THE ROAD, SO I KNOW THAT NEIGHBORHOOD VERY WELL. AND SO, SO YEAH, SO WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS AND THIS COMMISSION FOR, FOR A LONG TIME ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HOPING THAT, LIKE, OUR DENSITY BONUS UPDATES, YOU KNOW, MEET THESE THINGS, YOU KNOW, UH, MEET THESE, UM, STANDARDS WHERE TENANTS ARE PROTECTED, WHERE WE'RE NOT JUST SEEING THESE, UH, UH, PROFIT-DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT AS, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA CREATE, JUST CREATE MORE HOUSING, ANY TYPE OF HOUSING. WE WANT THAT HOUSING, UH, FIRST OF ALL, NOT TO LOSE HOUSING AS, AS WE SEE IN THIS REPORT HERE, WE ARE LOSING, UH, DEEPLY AFFORDABLE HOUSING, BUT ALSO TO CREATE MORE HOUSING THAT'S DEEPLY AFFORDABLE, FAMILY HOUSING, THINGS LIKE THAT. SO, UM, SO YEAH, SO I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE DEFINITELY NEED TO WORK ON, AND I KNOW THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE, WE'VE BEEN TALKING A LOT ABOUT IT AND AT THE HOUSING COMMISSION, WE CAN PUT SOMETHING FORTH, UM, SO LIKE THAT FOR SURE. UM, YEAH, SO AGAIN, I'M LOOKING FOR ANY QUESTIONS OR WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THE VOTE. OKAY, SO COMMISSIONERS, UH, WE, UH, HAVE THIS, UH, RECOMMENDATION, UH, BEFORE US. UH, RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU APPROVE, UH, THAT THIS, UH, RECOMMENDATION GO TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THE CITY COUNCIL. SO RAISE YOUR HAND OR SAY AYE. IF YOU'RE ON, ONLINE, PLEASE, UH, TURN ON YOUR CAMERA. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? ANYONE ABSTAINING? AND ALL THOSE ABSTAINING. THE MOTION PASSES. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR CENTERS FOR EVERYTHING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, COMMISSIONERS, THANK YOU SO MUCH, UH, FOR THAT DISCUSSION. UM, WE WILL MOVE, BE MOVING FORWARD. UH, UH, WE'RE MOVING [7. Discussion and action appointing the two Community Development Commission (CDC) members to serve on the Housing Investment Review Committee (HIRC). Discussion led by Chris Duran, Financial Analyst IV, Austing Housing. ] FORWARD TO NUMBER, ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, WHICH IS A DISCUSSION AND ACTION APPOINTING TWO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION MEMBERS TO SERVE ON THE HOUSING INVESTMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE, THE HERC. UH, THIS DISCUSSION IS LED BY CHRIS DURAN, FINANCIAL ANALYST, UH, WITH AUSTIN HOUSING. GO AHEAD, CHRIS. OKAY. HI, MY NAME'S CHRIS DURAN. I'M A FINANCIAL ANALYST WITH AUSTIN HOUSING. I'M ALSO HERE WITH MY COLLEAGUE, ELLIS MORGAN. UM, I ASK IN ADVANCE FOR SOME GRACE. DON'T USUALLY GIVE PRESENTATIONS THIS LATE, UH, BUT I KNOW, UH, YOU ALL ARE PROBABLY TIRED AS WELL, AND I APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE HERE AS WELL. DOING A STOPWATCH TO KEEP MYSELF ON TIME HERE. UM, SO WE ARE HERE TO, UM, SOLIC - OR TO DISCUSS, UM, A BIT ABOUT THE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE GAP FINANCING PROGRAM AND SPECIFICALLY THE HOUSING INVESTMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE, UM, WHICH WE CALL THE HERC, UH, WHICH COMMISSIONER, UH, MENARD, UH, CURRENTLY SERVES ON. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE ON THAT. AND, UH, WE ULTIMATELY WILL BE, UH, SOLICITING A, UH, A NEW HERC MEMBER TODAY. SO NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO REALLY QUICKLY, WE'LL GIVE A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF THE GAP FINANCING PROCESS. UM, IT'S A LOT THAT I'M GONNA SUMMARIZE REALLY QUICKLY, SO I JUST REALLY DO WANNA EMPHASIZE, LIKE, PLEASE DO, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, REACH OUT TO MIGUEL IF YOU'D LIKE TO BE IN TOUCH WITH ME TO EVER, UH, LEARN AT A DEEPER LEVEL OR I CAN ALWAYS COME BACK. UM, I'LL GET INTO THE HOUSING INVESTMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE. WE'LL DO A, UH, OVERVIEW OF RECENT FUNDING AWAR - AFFORDABLE HOUSING FUNDING AWARDS THAT WE MADE AND, UH, GET INTO SOME Q&A, AND WE HOPE TO, UH, GET A NOMINATION FOR A HERC MEMBER AND SOMETHING NEW WE'RE DOING, UM, ONE TO TWO ALTERNATES. UM, SO NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. ALL RIGHT, SO, UM, FROM A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW, NEXT SLIDE. [02:20:01] THANK YOU. UM, THE AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION, UM, AHFC IS WHO WE TECHNICALLY OPERATE ON BEHALF OF. IT'S A NONPROFIT ARM ON BEHALF OF THE CITY WITH A MISSION TO GENERATE AND IMPLIC - IMPLEMENT STRATEGIC HOUSING SOLUTIONS FOR THE BENEFIT OF LOW AND MODERATE INCOME RESIDENTS IN AUSTIN. WE SPECIFICALLY EXECUTE THE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. UM, SO YOU SAW OUR CALLER, COLLEAGUE ROBERT EARLIER. UM, HE'S WITH DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVES. WE ARE SPECIFICALLY WITH GAP FINANCING. WE, UM, ISSUE FUNDING FOR BOTH OWNERSHIP AND RENTAL HOUSING, UH, AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT. UM, THIS INVESTMENT THROUGH, UM, VERY SOFT, UM, OR VERY LOW COST LOANS TO DEVELOPERS, UM, IN EXCHANGE FOR AFFORDABILITY RESTRICTIONS ON PROPERTIES IS HOW WE ACHIEVE RESTRICTED, UH, AFFORDABLE UNITS IN THE CITY. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. UM, SO, UM, WE, WE'RE A- ACTUALLY AT THE FRONT OF THE, UH, UH, PROCESS RIGHT NOW. WE'RE, WE'RE AT THE BEGINNING OF A FUNDING ROUND. UM, WE'RE, WHERE WE ARE, UM, REVIEWING APPLICATIONS. UH, WE'RE GOING THROUGH ELIGIBILITY, APPLICATION SCORING. UM, SOON WE'LL BE DOING A, A DEEPER LEVEL OF UNDERWRITING AND ANALYSIS OF THESE PROJECTS. UM, IT'LL GO TO AN INTERDEPARTMENTAL REVIEW PANEL, WHICH IS STAFF. AND THEN IT'LL GO TO THE HOUSING INVESTMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE, UM, THE HERC. AND I'M REALLY PROUD OF THIS PART OF THE PROCESS, UM, ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW, BEING A NATIVE AUSTIN, I, I DO LIVE HERE WITH, YOU KNOW, FOUR GENERATIONS OF FAMILY ON BOTH SIDES. I LOVE THAT THE PUBLIC DOES HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONTRIBUTE DIRECTLY TO THE PROCESS IN THIS WAY. SO BY CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION, UM, LIKE COMMISSIONER MENARD DOES, BY CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION, THE HERC IS TO CONSIST OF TWO CDC COMMISSIONERS AND THEN THREE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AT LARGE. UM, SO WE RECENTLY HAD ONE, UH, COMMISSIONER ROLL, A ROLL OFF OF THE HERC FROM THE CDC, AND SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR A REPLACEMENT THERE. UM, AND THEN, UH, YEAH, I'LL GET INTO THE DETAILS OF THE HERC, BUT, UM, FROM THERE IT DOES, UH, THE HERC GIVES INPUT AND THEN, UM, DECISIONS ARE MADE BY HOUSING DEPARTMENT LEADERSHIP AS W - AND W - UH, ULTIMATELY GOES TO THE HFC BOARD THAT, THAT'S CITY COUNCIL. THEY JUST, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY REMOVE THEIR CITY COUNCIL HATS AND PUT ON THEIR HFC BOARD HATS TO AWARD THESE, UH, THESE LOANS. UH, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. UM, SO THE HOUSING INVESTMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE, UH, NEXT SLIDE, UM, IS, UH, LIKE I SAID, AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL, UM, ESTABLISHED BY, UM, RESOLUTION THAT, UM, IT, IT, PARTICULARLY TO USE KEY FUNDING SOURCES THAT, UM, THE HERC NEEDED TO GIVE INPUT. AND IF THERE WERE JUST TWO THINGS THAT I COULD LEAVE Y'ALL WITH TODAY, I WAS TELLING ELLIS, I JUST WANNA, UH, STRESS, UM, EVERYONE HERE IS VERY WELL QUALIFIED AND ELIGIBLE TO BE ON THE HERC. I FEEL LIKE SOMETIMES I, I, I WATCH THE MEETINGS, YOU KNOW, AND I HEAR MAYBE SOME OF Y'ALL QUESTION IF YOU'RE QUALIFIED OR NOT, YOU'RE ALL VERY WELL QUALIFIED, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE IT, THIS IS REALLY THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE. I MEAN, YOUR LIVED EXPERIENCE, YOUR MEMBER, YOUR EXPERIENCE AS MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, THAT IS WHAT MAKES YOU, UM, A GREAT CANDIDATE AND, UH, WOULD BE A GREAT ADDITION TO THE HERC. AND THE SECOND THING I WOULD, UM, JUST STRESS IS THAT WE'RE VERY, UM, AWARE OR WE'VE BECOME MORE AWARE TOO IN KIND OF CONSULTING WITH MIGUEL AND OTHERS THAT THIS IS ALREADY A LOT OF COMMITMENT FOR Y'ALL BEING CDC MEMBERS. SO WE'RE DEFINITELY WANTING TO EXPRESS WE'RE WILLING TO WORK WITH HERC MEMBERS TO REALLY TRY TO MAKE THIS A DOABLE COMMITMENT FOR YOU ALL AND KIND OF MINIMIZE, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST WORK WITH Y'ALL TO MAKE IT, TO MAKE IT A REASONABLE COMMITMENT WITH EVERYTHING ELSE THAT YOU'RE, UM, YOU'RE COMMITTED TO AS WELL. UM, BUT, UM, THE PRESENT DAY HERC IS TASKED WITH, UM, A BIANNUAL REVIEW OF RODA AND OTA PROJECT APPLICATIONS, UM, RHODA BEING RENTAL HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE AND THE OTHER BEING OWNERSHIP. UM, BUT HERC DOES NOT RECOMMEND APPLICATIONS FOR FINANCING, BUT RATHER PLAYS A REALLY IMPORTANT ROLE IN, UM, THE APPLICATION REVIEW PROCESS. AND I MEAN, REALLY, I, I SEE Y'ALL AS, YOU KNOW, ACROSS THE CITY, Y'ALL ARE THE ONES ON THE GROUND THAT ARE ABLE TO GIVE THAT, UM, KIND OF MORE LIVE, AUTHENTIC INPUT THAT WE AS STAFF JUST DON'T ALWAYS HAVE THE CAPACITY TO DO. UM, IDENTIFYING AREAS OF CONCERN, UM, YOU KNOW, I JUST ALWAYS APPRECIATE WHEN HERC MEMBERS, YOU KNOW, BRING UP SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, I JUST, YOU KNOW, WOULDN'T HAVE COME TO MIND FOR ME. UM, AND, UM, ALSO JUST, UM, EXPRESSING, YOU KNOW, APPROVAL ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT THEY LIKES, THAT THEY LIKE TO SEE IN CERTAIN, UM, DEVELOPMENTS. UH, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO, UM, I WANNA PASS IT TO, TO ELLIS, WHO'S GONNA GO OVER, I THINK, SOME OF OUR, UM, FUNDING ROUND, UH, DECISIONS. UM, SO I'LL JUST QU - REALLY QUICKLY, UM, SAY, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD COVER ALL OF THIS IN YOUR ORIENTATION, BUT ESSENTIALLY IT'S TWICE A YEAR. IT'S A PRE-MEETING WHERE WE WANNA MAKE SURE YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE, MAKE [02:25:01] SURE YOU'RE FEELING COMFORTABLE WITH THE CONTENT. AND THEN WHAT, WHAT, WHAT I THINK IS ONE OF THE COOLEST PARTS OF BEING A HERC MEMBER IS YOU ACTUALLY DO GET TO, UM, ATTEND THE, UH, FUNDING AROUND HERC MEETING AND, UH, DIRECT QUESTIONS DIRECTLY TO THE DEVELOPERS, UM, EXPRESSING MAYBE, UM, WHAT YOU'D LIKE TO SEE. I MEAN, UH, WE KNOW COMMISSIONER MERNARD IS A VERY, VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT GREEN ENERGY AND SOLAR, ET CETERA. SO, UM, IT'S A, IT'S A COOL WAY TO EXPRESS, UH, INPUT AND, UM, YOU KNOW, REALLY ASK QUESTIONS DIRECTLY TO THESE DEVELOPERS WHO ARE IMPACTING YOUR COMMUNITIES. SO I'LL PASS IT TO ELLIS, WHO'S GONNA GIVE SOME OVERVIEW OF SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE'VE RECENTLY AWARDED AND KINDA KINDA, UH, SHOWS, UH, WHAT YOU'D BE GIVING INPUT ON. THANK YOU, CHRIS. YEAH. UM, YEAH, UH, SO, UM, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME, ELLIS MORGAN, FINANCIAL ANALYST FOUR WITH AUSTIN HOUSING. AND, UH, YEAH, I'LL GIVE A QUICK OVERVIEW OF OUR, UH, MOST RECENT FUNDING ROUND THAT, UM, CONCLUDED. UM, SO NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. YEAH, SO THIS IS JUST KIND OF A, A SNAPSHOT. UM, UH, WE HAD, UH, RECENTLY IN OCTOBER AT THE, UM, AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION BOARD MEETING, UH, SIX PROJECTS WERE APPROVED. ALL OF THESE WERE RENTAL. WE TYPICALLY SEE KIND OF A MIX OF SOME OWNERSHIP, UH, MIXED IN WITH RENTAL PROJECTS. UM, SO, UH, A LITTLE OVER 26 MILLION, UM, WAS APPROVED, UH, OR AWARDED. UH, WE HAD, WE STILL HAVE ONE APPLICATION THAT'S PENDING THAT HAPPENS OCCASIONALLY. UM, AND THIS IS ALSO OUR, WHAT WE CALL OUR, AS CHRIS MENTIONED BEFORE, UM, A BIANNUAL, UH, APPLICATION PROCESS. SO THIS, THIS WAS OUR 9% APPLICATION ROUND, IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH 9% TAX CREDIT DEVELOPMENTS. UH, AND WE ALSO HAVE, UH, OUR 4% ROUND. SO THIS ROUND, WE SAW A LOT MORE, UH, 9% TAX CREDIT DEVELOPMENTS. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. AND, UH, WE'LL JUST, UH, GIVE YOU A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THREE OF THE PROJECTS THAT RECEIVED AN AWARD. UH, THE FIRST ONE HERE IS AUSTIN ART VILLAGE, UH, AT BLACKLAND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, UM, AND WITH THEIR CONSULTANT ATTAINABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT. UH, SO BLACKLAND WAS THE, UH, DEVELOPER, AND THIS WAS A NINE UNIT NEW CONSTRUCTION PROJECT IN THE HISTORIC BLACKLAND NEIGHBORHOOD OFF OF, UH, EAST 22ND STREET. AND ALL OF THESE UNITS, UH, WERE DEEPLY AFFORDABLE AT 30% MEDIUM FAMILY INCOME. UM, THEY'RE ALSO A NONPROFIT DEVELOPER AND CERTIFIED CHODO, OR COMMUNITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION. SO, UH, THIS PROJECT WAS AWARDED A LITTLE, A LITTLE OVER A MILLION IN, UH, HOME CHODO FUNDS, SO FEDERAL FUNDING WAS USED. WE HAVE VARIOUS SOURCES, UM, THAT WE USED. AND, UH, SEE, THEY OWNED THE PROPERTY. UM, THEY, THEY ALSO HAD OTHER F - UH, FUNDING, UH, INCLUDING THEIR CAPITAL STACK. I'LL JUST KEEP KIND OF MOVING QUICKLY. THEY HAD A, A 99-YEAR AFFORDABILITY PERIOD AS WELL. AND WE, THIS IS THE SLIDE WE USE IN OUR HERC MEETING TO KIND OF GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF THE PROJECTS IN THE, IN THE MEETING. THE BOTTOM IS JUST A DATA TABLE. UH, BRIEFLY GO THROUGH THAT. SO THE, THE TOP, SO YOU CAN SEE THE, UH, THE AFFORDABILITY LEVELS AT THE TOP, UH, IS, UM, THE, UH, THE BEDROOM COUNT. YOU CAN SEE THEY'RE ALL ONE BEDROOM UNITS, 400 SQUARE FOOT ON AVERAGE. AND, UH, THEY REQUESTED A MILLION DOLLARS, WHICH CAME TO 112,000 SUBSIDY PER UNIT, $282 SUBSIDY PER SQUARE FOOT. THOSE ARE SOME OF THE METRICS WE, WE LOOK AT. AND I'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE TO THE NEXT, UH, NEXT SLIDE. NEXT PROJECT IS, UH, ROWANVALE AND, UM, OSDA IS THE DEVELOPER. 64 UNIT NEW CONSTRUCTION, UH, IN, UM, TRAVIS HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, 36 UNITS. UM, AND THIS WAS A, UH, 9% LIHTC DEVELOPMENT AND THAT HAD RECEIVED AN AWARD OF TAX CREDITS. SO THIS PROPERTY, UM, PROJECT VERY CENTRALLY LOCATED IN A, IN A HIGH OPPORTUNITY AREA. AND, UM, SO YOU CAN SEE THERE, THIS ONE HAS KIND OF A MORE VARYING, UH, MIX OF AFFORDABILITY LEVELS AND BEDROOM TYPES FROM EFFICIENCY TO, TO THREE BEDROOM ON AVERAGE, UH, A LITTLE LESS THAN 800 SQUARE FEET. AND THEY WERE AWARDED ABOUT 4.3 MILLION DOLLARS. AND, UH, WE'LL GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. AND THEN THE LAST ONE HERE IS SPRING TERRACE AND FOUNDATION COMMUNITIES IS THE DEVELOPER. UM, AND THIS, THIS PROJECT WAS PREVIOUSLY AWARDED TWO MILLION DOLLARS AND IT WAS A, IT IS A, UH, REHAB OF 141 UNIT, UM, SINGLE ROOM OCCUPANCY, UH, SLASH PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, UH, DEVELOPMENT. AND, UM, AND IS AHFC OWNED AND OPERATED BY FOUNDATION COMMUNITIES. AND IT'S LOCATED, [02:30:01] UM, UH, NEAR 7100 BLOCK OF, UH, I-35. UH, THIS WAS NOT A TAX CREDIT DEVELOPMENT. UM, IT DID, IT, IT, UH, IT DOES HAVE A VERY LOW SUBSIDY PER UNIT OF 51,000. UM, AND SO THIS, BECAUSE IT'S HFC OWNED, WILL, UM, UH, HAVE AFFORDABILITY AND PERPETUITY, SO PERENNIAL AFFORDABILITY BECAUSE OF THAT OWNERSHIP. AND, UH, LET'S SEE. YEAH, THEY AWARDED, UH, 5.2 MILLION. AND WE'LL GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. SO THAT, THAT COMPLETES OUR PRESENTATION. SO, UH, THIS TIME WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND THEN FOLLOWING THE Q&A PORTION, WE'LL, UM, OUR REQUEST TO NOMINATE, UH, ONE HERC MEMBER AND, UM, ONE OR TWO ALTERNATES WOULD BE GREAT. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. UH, YES, COMMISSIONERS, UH, BE THINKING ABOUT IF YOU, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN SERVING ON THE HERC. UH, BUT FIRST LET'S GO WITH SOME QUESTIONS. UH, COMMISSIONERS, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER LONGORIA? UM, I HAVE A QUESTION. I'M JUST CURIOUS, UM, I GUESS JUST HOW MEANINGFUL THE INPUT OF THE HERC IS, UM, WHETHER AFTER HAVING LOOKED AT THE PRESENTATION, THERE IS AN ABSOLUTE, LIKE, ABSOLUTELY NOT, WE DON'T WANNA INVEST IN THIS. HAS THAT EVER HAPPENED BEFORE? YEAH. YES, IT HAS. UM, AND I THINK, I THINK THE HERC'S INPUT IS VERY VALUABLE AND IT... SO WE ALSO, UM, PUT TOGETHER, UM, OUR ANALYSIS AND A REPORT AND THE HERC FEEDBACK IS INCLUDED AS WELL AS A RATING FOR DEVELOPMENT. AND SO, UM, IT'S DEFINITELY, UH, WE TAKE IT INTO CONSIDERATION AND IT, UM... I SEE, WHAT ELSE CAN WE ADD? WELL, I WOULD SAY OUR, OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM THAT MAKES THE FUNDING RECOMMENDATION DECISIONS, THEY SEE, LIKE, THE HERC SCORES, AND IF THE HERC SCORE IS VERY LOW, I DO THINK THAT THAT STANDS OUT. MM-HMM. AND I THINK THAT THEY WOULD, AT VERY LEAST, WANT TO TAKE THAT INTO THEIR DECISION OR BE LIKE, "WHAT CAN WE DO TO IMPROVE THE APPLICATION?" 'CAUSE THAT'S A, THAT'S SOMETHING ELSE THAT WE CAN, YOU KNOW, WORK WITH THE DEVELOPERS TO ADDRESS CONCERNS. MM-HMM. YEAH. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER MENARD. UM, I JUST WANTED TO GET SOME FEEDBACK TO Y'ALL ABOUT THE EXPERIENCE OF WORKING FOR HERC. AND SO I, I DEFINITELY RECOMMEND IT TOO, IF ANYONE'S REALLY INTERESTED, BECAUSE I THINK THE MOST REWARDING PART OF IT IS WHEN YOU ACTUALLY SEE THESE PROPERTIES AND YOU, WE GET TO DELVE MORE, MORE DEEPLY INTO, UM, WHAT, WHAT CLIENT, WHO'S, WHO'S BEING SERVED WITH THESE, UM, PROJECTS AND ARE THEY TRULY AFFORDABLE AND, AND, YOU KNOW, UM, AND I DO ASK ABOUT, UH, GREEN ENERGY SOLAR, BUT I ALSO AM VERY CONCERNED ABOUT AFFORDABILITY. AND, UM, I THINK WITH THE RENTALS, IT'S A LITTLE EASIER BECAUSE THERE'S, IT'S THE, THE, THE CALCULATION IS STILL AN ISSUE SOMETIMES BECAUSE WE HAVE THIS, FOR RENTALS, IT'S 30 AND, AND WE CAN GO LOWER, WE CAN GET MORE DEEPLY, BUT FOR HOME OWNERSHIP, THAT IS STILL A CHALLENGE, I THINK. UM, SO, UM, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN CONTINUE TO WORK ON, UH, BECAUSE IT'S STILL AT, I THINK, SET AT 80%. YEAH. SO, UM, I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT, YOU KNOW, GET LOWER. AND I THINK THIS BOARD, THIS, THIS BODY HAS INVESTIGATED THIS CALCULATION OF, YOU KNOW, IS IT A HUD RECOMMENDATION, IS IT A HUD REQUIREMENT, OR IS IT JUST A GUIDELINE? AND SO MY UNDERSTANDING IS IT'S JUST A GUIDELINE, SO IF THERE'S ANY KIND OF WAY TO, TO LOOK AT THAT, BUT, UM, IN THE FUTURE FOR THESE HOUSING PROJECTS, UH, HOME OWNERSHIP OR OWNERSHIP PROJECTS. BUT, BUT GENERALLY I'D SAY IT, I RECOMMEND ANYONE WHO'S INTERESTED, IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S BEEN A VERY REWARDING PROCESS. AND THERE'S STILL A LEARNING CURVE FOR ME, BUT STILL THESE GUYS ARE VERY EASY TO WORK WITH. FOR, FOR US TOO. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER MENARD. AND, AND YEAH, WITH THAT, WE'RE LOOKING FOR SOMEBODY, ONE COMMISSIONER TO BE ABLE TO JOIN. OH, SORRY. UH, VICE CHAIR, GO AHEAD. YEAH, I JUST, UM, Y'ALL HAD SIX PROJECTS ON THERE, AND I WAS CURIOUS WHAT THE TIME EXPECTATION IS FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS. UM, JUST, IT DOES SOUND LIKE A LOT. I MEAN, SO WE, IT'S THE FOUR MEETINGS A YEAR, AND THOSE, THOSE MEETINGS ARE PRETTY LONG, RIGHT? SO, UM, THOSE MEETINGS CAN BE ANYWHERE FROM AN HOUR AND A HALF TO THREE HOURS. AND THEN OUTSIDE OF THAT, THE REVIEW, I MEAN, IT'S REALLY HOW DEEP YOU WANT TO GO AND THE CAPACITY THAT YOU HAVE, BUT WE'RE DEFINITELY, YOU KNOW, THE, THE REASON THOSE MEETINGS ARE SO LONG IS BECAUSE WE WANNA, YOU KNOW, TRY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AND TRY TO HELP YOU. BUT FROM THERE, YOU KNOW, WE UNDERSTAND Y'ALL ARE VOLUNTEERS AND WE'RE ASKING A LOT OF Y'ALL. SO IT'S REALLY, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHATEVER REVIEW YOU'RE ABLE TO DO OUTSIDE OF THAT IS, IS, YOU KNOW, APPRECIATED, BUT THERE'S NO, LIKE, REQUIREMENTS. WOULD YOU ADD ANYTHING? NO. AND, AND DO WE MENTION THE, [02:35:01] SO TWO MEETINGS WOULD BE IN PERSON AND TWO WOULD BE VIRTUAL? MAYBE YOU MENTIONED THAT. OH YEAH. SO THAT HELPS A LITTLE TOO ON THE VIRTUAL. YEAH. WE TRY AND PROVIDE LUNCH IN PERSON. OH, YEAH. YEAH. YEAH. I MEAN, I LOVE FREE LUNCH AND FREE FOOD. I, I DID WANT TO ASK IF Y'ALL CAN HA - LIKE, IS IT POSSIBLE TO ADVOCATE FOR STIPENDS FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS IN THE FUTURE? IF YOU DON'T ALREADY, IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT, I MEAN, I'M 28 YEARS OLD AND I, I DO GET TO DO THIS FOR MY JOB, BUT IT'S ALSO A TIME COMMITMENT THAT, LIKE, IF THERE WAS COMPENSATION, IT WOULD REALLY HELP ME A LOT, UM, SO THAT I CAN PUT THE TIME AND EFFORT THAT I NEED TO OUTSIDE OF MY REGULAR JOB IF THEY TELL ME, "HEY, YOU'RE ALREADY DOING A LOT. WE CAN'T HAVE YOU FLEX MORE TIME." YOU KNOW? SO IF YOU DON'T ALREADY OFFER STIPENDS, I WOULD LOVE FOR Y'ALL TO JUST, LIKE, CHECK IN AND ASK, BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING THAT I WOULD LOVE TO DO, BUT I'M ALSO LIKE, "AH, IT'S ANOTHER THING." AND I JUST, I, I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN COMMIT UNLESS I, LIKE, HAVE THAT EXTRA, YEAH, THING. SO. OKAY. WE CAN DEFINITELY TAKE THAT BACK. I, I, I, THAT HAD NEVER OCCURRED TO ME, AND I THINK THAT'S A REALLY GREAT IDEA. SO YEAH, WE'LL DEFINITELY TAKE THAT BACK. AND, AND FRANKLY, YOU KNOW, IT'S, I THINK THAT COULD BE MAYBE, UM, WELL RECEIVED RIGHT NOW BECAUSE WE'RE LOOKING AT WAYS TO, TO MAKE THE HERC MORE VIBRANT AND RETAIN. AND SO THAT'S GREAT INPUT. SO, UM, YEAH. I WAS GONNA SAY, AND I WONDER IF, AS AN ALTERNATE, MAYBE YOUR TIME COMMITMENT WOULD BE LESS. UM, THAT'S, I DON'T THINK WE'VE KIND OF, UM, FULLY DISCUSSED WHAT THE ROLE OF AN ALTERNATE BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T REALLY HAD ANY YET, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, SO THERE'S POTENTIAL THERE, I WOULD SAY. YEAH. IDEALLY AN ALTERNATE WOULD JUST BE ONE FUN - LIKE TWO MEETINGS A YEAR INSTEAD OF FOUR. SO THAT'S, YOU KNOW, YEAH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, VICE CHAIR. UM, COMMISSIONERS, UH, I DON'T SEE ANY MORE QUESTIONS. SO YEAH, I'M LOOKING FOR A VOLUNTEER TO JOIN COMMISSIONER MENARD ON, ON THE HERC, UM, IN THOSE FOUR MEETINGS A YEAR. UH, COMMISSIONER NAGORIA? YEAH. NO, I'M, I'M VERY INTERESTED. UM, YEAH, NO, I THINK IT'S PRETTY FA- FASCINATING, UM, THAT OUR TAXPAYER DOLLARS GO TO, YOU KNOW, THESE TYPE OF INVESTMENTS, UH, THE OWNERSHIP STRUCTURE, ALL THE LITTLE FINANCIAL TOOLS AND LEVERS. I MEAN, I WOULD BE HAPPY TO. GREAT. AWESOME. GREAT. OKAY. UH, MIGUEL, DO WE NEED TO TAKE A VOTE OR? I BELIEVE THAT WE DO, UH, BECAUSE IT, I... WELL, WELL, LET ME TRIPLE CHECK. BUT, UM - I GET TO A POINT, RIGHT? I THINK THE CHAIR APPOINTS. OKAY. YEAH. OH, THAT'S RIGHT. YOU, I BELIEVE THAT YOU ARE CORRECT, COMMISSIONER. WAS THERE ANYONE ELSE INTERESTED? ANYBODY ELSE INTERESTED OR ALSO INTERESTED IN BEING AN ALTERNATE? UH, COMMISSIONER GAMBOA? I, I'D BE INTERESTED IN SERVING AS AN ALTERNATE, LIKE YOU WERE MENTIONING, YEAH. GREAT. ORBIT TO BE AWARE OF WHAT THE. AWESOME. ALL RIGHT. GREAT. SO, UM, I GUESS I APPOINT, UH, COMMISSIONER LONGORIA TO THE HEART TO JOIN, UH, COMMISSIONER MENARD AND COMMISSIONER GAMBOA AS AN ALTERNATE. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. THANK Y'ALL SO MUCH. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANKS. HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. ALL RIGHT. UH, LET'S GO ONTO, UH, ITEM NUMBER EIGHT. APPROVE [8. Approve the 2027 Annual Meeting Calendar of the Community Development Commission (CDC). Discussion led by Miguel Lopez, Planner I, Austin Housing. ] THE 2027 ANNUAL MEETING CALENDAR AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISS - FOR THE C- COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION. UH, MIGUEL, GO AHEAD. ALL RIGHT. I KNOW THIS IS ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, AND IT, Y'ALL BE HAPPY. IT'S, IT'S ONLY A 15 MINUTE PRESENTATION. I'M JOKING. I'M JOKING. THIS WILL BE THIS WILL BE EASY. UM, UH, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. ALSO, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR DOING EVERYTHING TONIGHT, MAN. NO, HEY, I WOULD, IT WAS CRAZY. THANK YOU. YOU KILLED IT. UM, OKAY. SO SAME AS LAST YEAR. UM, IT'LL BE THE SECOND TUESDAY. I, I KNOW, COMMISSIONER HASSO, LAST TIME YOU FOUND A, A, A TYPO. I DON'T THINK YOU'LL FIND ONE THIS YEAR. UH, BUT IT'LL BE THE SECOND TUESDAY HERE IN THIS ROOM. AND IT'LL BE, AGAIN, FROM 6:30 TO HOPEFULLY NOT 9:30. UH, BUT, UH, WE ARE, WE ARE IN A GOOD POSITION FOR THIS. AND IF EVERYONE, UH, STILL IS OKAY WITH THIS TIMEFRAME, IT'LL BE AGAIN JANUARY 12TH, FEBRUARY 9TH, MARCH 9TH, APRIL 13TH, MAY 11TH, JUNE 8TH, JULY 13TH, AUGUST 10TH, SEPTEMBER 14TH, OCTOBER 12TH, NOVEMBER 9TH, AND DECEMBER 14TH. AND IF Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE LET ME KNOW. ALL RIGHT. COMMISSIONERS, ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT OUR, UH, [02:40:01] MEETING DATES FOR 2027? CAN'T LEAVE IT UP. I'M SO SORRY. ANY TYPOS? NO. CAN WE SAY IT AGAIN? NO, HE, UH, HE'S PULLING UP. I DID FIND A TYPO. I HATE THAT I HAD TO SAY THIS. WE ARE NO LONGER THE HOUSING, UH, DEPARTMENT. WE ARE AUSTIN HOUSING. I, I APOLOGIZE. I WILL CORRECT THAT. ALL RIGHT. COMMISSIONERS, AND WE ARE VOTING ON THIS, CORRECT, MIGUEL? YES, SIR. WE WILL NEED A, A - SECOND. MOTION, A SECOND, AND THEN - COMMISSIONERS, I'M LOOKING FOR A MOTION, MOTION TO, UH, APPROVE OUR MEETING SCHEDULE FOR 2027, OUR MEETING CALENDAR. UH - I MOVE TO APPROVE OUR MEETING CALENDAR FOR 2027. THANK YOU. AND WITH THE CHANGE OF HOUSING DEPARTMENT TO AUSTIN HOUSING. OH, YES. YES. ALL RIGHT. SO WE HAVE A, UH, MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER ORTIZ. UH - SECOND. SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER LONGORIA. ANY QUESTIONS? ANY CONCERNS? UH, COMMISSIONER MENARD? JUST MAKING SURE THERE'S NO HOLIDAYS Y'ALL CHECK NO HOLIDAY COMPANY. YEAH. LOOKS GOOD TO ME. ALL RIGHT. UH, SO COMMISSIONERS, UH, IF YOU APPROVE OF THIS, UH, MEETING CALENDAR FOR 2027, RAISE YOUR HAND OR SAY AYE. IF YOU'RE ON THE, UH, CAMERA, TURN ON YOUR CAMERA AND VOTE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. AND ALL THOSE OPPOSED? AND ALL THOSE ABSTAINING. THE MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU SO MUCH, COMMISSIONERS. UH, AND WE DO NOT HAVE ANY WORKING GROUP UPDATES. UH, I AM ASKING [FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS ] FOR ANY FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. AND REMEMBER, IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANY AT THIS TIME, YOU CAN ALSO ALWAYS, UH, UH, EMAIL MIGUEL AND WE WILL DISCUSS THOSE AT OUR AGENDA SETTING MEETING WITH, UH, THE VICE CHAIR AND I. UH, SO ANY FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS THAT YOU HAVE ON... AND, UH, VICE CHAIR, GO AHEAD. OKAY. I HAVE TWO. ONE WAS FOR THE TOPIC THAT I MENTIONED EARLIER AROUND, UM, I'D LIKE TO REQUEST FUTURE DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ITEM ON TENANTS' COUNCILS AND TENANTS ASSOCIATIONS REGARDING MULTI-FAMILY REZONING CASES, UM, AND HOW TENANTS CAN, UM, BE ENGAGED AND PROTECTED WHILE ORGANIZING. THANK YOU. AND THEN ONE OTHER ONE IS THAT, UH, HOUSING WORKS HAS AN ANNUAL SCORECARD THAT THEY DO. AND I HAVEN'T SEEN ONE FOR 2026, BUT THE ONE IN 2025 HIGHLIGHTED OVERALL THE MFI LEVELS AND, LIKE, IT HAS A MASSIVE AMOUNT OF TRACKING WHEN IT COMES TO, LIKE, AFFORDABILITY AND HOUSING IN AUSTIN. SO I'D LOVE TO RECEIVE A, LIKE, PRESENTATION FROM HOUSINGWORKS AROUND, UM, THAT. YEAH. SCORECARD. THE SCORECARD. ANNUAL SCORECARD, SPECIFICALLY 2025, BUT THE NEW ONE, IF POSSIBLE. IF POSSIBLE. YEAH. YES, MA'AM. THE LAST ONE WAS... I BELIEVE THE LATEST ONE IS 2024. OH, 2024. 2026 IS NOT OUT. THE LATEST ONE IS 2024 AT THIS MOMENT, AND, UH, ONCE 2026 IS OUT, I CAN SHARE IT WITH YOU. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. UH, COMMISSIONERS, ANY OTHER FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS FOR CONSIDERATION? NO. OKAY. AND, UH, IF YOU HAVE ANY, LIKE I SAID, IF YOU HAVE ANY, UH, THAT COME UP, UH, JUST EMAIL MIGUEL, WE'LL DISCUSS THEM. AND ALSO, IF YOU PROPOSED ANY, UH, AND YOU WANNA ADD MORE, UH, INFORMATION TO IT, UH, EMAIL MIGUEL. AND IF, UH, HE NEEDS SOME MORE INFORMATION, HE WILL EMAIL YOU. UH, MAKE SURE YOU RESPOND TO THAT. OKAY. UH, MIGUEL, ANYTHING ELSE FROM YOU? UM, NO. UH, JUST, I HAVE SOME, UH, SOME OTHER ONES FROM BEFORE, INCLUDING THE PEAKERS, UH, AS WELL AS THE WATERSHED PRESENTATION. SO I JUST WANTED TO REITERATE THAT ON RECORD. AND YES, UH, COMMISSIONERS, UH, WHEN WE HAVE OUR AGENDA MEET - SETTING MEETINGS, WE DO, UH, DISCUSS ANYTHING THAT HAS BEEN PROPOSED IN OTHER MEETINGS. AND UNFORTUNATELY, YEAH, WE DON'T WANNA BE HERE PAST 9:30, SO WE CAN'T ADD EVERYTHING ON THE, ON THE AGENDA. SO, BUT IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING THAT YOU'VE PROPOSED ALREADY AND YOU WANNA FOLLOW UP ON IT, PLEASE, UH, CHECK WITH MIGUEL AS WELL. HE HAS SOME, HE HAS A LIST OF THEM. OKAY. UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH, COMMISSIONERS. THANK YOU, EVERYBODY. UH, IT IS 9:25 AND I ADJOURN THIS MEETING OF THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION. HAVE A GOOD 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.