* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [Call to Order] [00:00:10] BUYS THE COUNCIL AND THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO SERVE THE POOR AND THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE, WITH AN EMPHASIS ON FEDERALLY FUNDED PROGRAMS. ALL RIGHT. SO, UM, [Item 1] IN THE PACKET, UM, THE FIRST AGENDA ITEM OF COURSE, IS THAT APPROVES THE MINUTES FROM MAY 13TH. SO IF WE COULD JUST PLEASE TAKE A SECOND TO LOOK THAT OVER, UM, AND THEN EITHER POINT OUT ISSUES OR MAKE A MOTION, IF YOU DON'T FIND ANYTHING. YUP. I DON'T SEE ANYTHING. UM, IF NO ONE ELSE SEES ANYTHING, IF WE CAN GET A LISTEN TO IMPROVE THE MINUTES, WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES. UM, DO WE HAVE A SECOND COMMISSIONER COSTA SECONDS ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. ALL OPPOSED. SAY NAY. EXCELLENT. OKAY. AND JUST TO REMIND EVERYONE, WE DO ONLY HAVE AN HOUR AND A HALF, SO, [Item 2A] UH, WE'RE MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER TWO, UM, COMMUNITY SERVICES, BLOCK GRANT, UH, PRESENTATION, BRIEFING, AND DISCUSSION ON CSBG, UM, ANGELS AND BRUNEAU YES. UH, GOOD AFTERNOON. UM, I WILL KEEP IT BRIEF, BUT UH, I CAN GO OVER THE JUNE REPORT. I CAN'T SEE IT IN FRONT OF ME. IF YOU GUYS CAN SEE PAGE ONE, I THINK WE ARE ON, WAS SCHEDULED TO EXTEND THESE FUNDS BY THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR. IF YOU GO TO PAGE NUMBER TWO, WHAT ITEM ARE WE ON COMMISSIONER? SO WE CAN PULL UP THIS PRESENTATION. HI, THIS IS ANGIE. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YEAH, WE ARE ON ITEM TWO OF THE AGENDA AND IT SHOULD ALSO BE LABELED TOP RIGHT CORNER. YEAH. SO CUTE. ALL RIGHT. SO IF WE CAN MOVE TO PAGE TWO, I RECORDED LAST MONTH AT OUR MEETING. UH, WE CLOSED OUR CENTERS TO THE PUBLIC ON MARCH 17TH AND HAVE BEEN FOCUSED ON DOING EMERGENCY FOOD DELIVERIES AND EMERGENCY RENTAL AND UTILITY ASSISTANCE TO OUR TWO HELPLINES. AND, UM, IF YOU LOOK AT PAGE TWO, THE TOP PART HASN'T REALLY CHANGED SINCE BEFORE THE PANDEMIC. UM, YOU LOOKED AT THE SERVICES DOWN BELOW THOSE THINGS ARE, UH, DIFFERENT. WE DID ABOUT 133 WHEN PAYMENTS ARE IN SEVEN UTILITY PAYMENTS AND 556 ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATIONS. SO WE'VE BEEN VERY BUSY PROVIDING A REMOTE, UH, ASSISTANCE TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER CLIENT. IF YOU CAN GO TO PAGE THREE, UH, WE DID HAVE A COUPLE OF MORE, UH, TRANSITIONS OUT OF POVERTY EVEN DURING THIS PANDEMIC. SO IT JUST SHOWS THE WORK OF OUR SOCIAL WORKERS CONTINUING TO [00:05:01] ENGAGE AND FOLLOW UP WITH THOSE CLIENTS THAT WERE ON THEIR SELF SUFFICIENCY CASE LOAD CASE LOADS BEFORE. UH COVID-19 SO THERE ARE SOME FOLKS OUT THERE STILL MAKING PROGRESS AND WORKING HARD TO, UH, TO, UH, MAKE ENDS MEET. SO PROGRAMMATIC ADMINISTRATIVE UPDATES BELOW, UH, NUMBER ONE, UM, WE HAD OUR FIRST ROUND OF SOCIAL WORKER INTERVIEWS YESTERDAY. WE'LL HAVE A COUPLE MORE ON THURSDAY. WE'RE WORKING HARD TO TRY TO, UM, UH, HIRE THE STAFF FOR THE NEW MONTOPOLIS NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER AT UP TO TODAY. IT'S STILL SCHEDULED TO OPEN IN LATE SUMMER 2020 ITEM NUMBER THREE. UH, THERE IS ONE HERE IS THAT IT SHOULD SAY INMATE, UH, STAFF ASSEMBLED AND DELIVERED 678 EMERGENCY FOOD BAGS THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND COUNTY TO THOSE THAT WERE MOST VULNERABLE, ELDERLY, DISABLED FOLKS WITH NO TRANSPORTATION AND NO FAMILY SUPPORTS TO GET THEM FOOD FOR THEM. UM, IF WE LOOK AT KIND OF THE OVERALL NUMBERS SINCE THIS ALL BEGAN, UM, THROUGH JUNE 8TH, UH, WE'VE ASSISTED THEM ABOUT 3,400 INDIVIDUALS, ALMOST A THOUSAND HOUSEHOLDS, AND PUT TOGETHER IN OUR ROASTER SIDE, I GUESS A NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER, ALMOST 46,000 POUNDS OF FOOD INTO BAGS AND BOXES. SO THEY'RE NOT PRE-PACKAGED WE GET THIS BULK FROM THE CENTRAL TEXAS FOOD BANK AND THEN PUT EVERYTHING TOGETHER AND DO ALL THE LOGISTICS MAPPING AND DELIVERY OUT OF THAT ONE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER. SO I'VE BEEN VERY, VERY BUSY DOING THAT. UM, IN APRIL, UH, WE DID PROVIDE ABOUT 720 HOUSEHOLDS WITH INFORMATION REFERRALS AND ALL RENT AND UTILITY ASSISTANCE. UH, NUMBER FOUR, UM, AS I MENTIONED LAST MONTH, WE RECEIVED, UH, SOME CARES ACT FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT OF 1,477,000. AS YOU SEE HERE, UH, WE JUST HEARD LATE LAST WEEK THAT THEY WERE ACTUALLY, UM, ALLOCATING ANOTHER $20,000 ABOVE THAT. SO CLOSE TO ONE POINT $5 MILLION. WE ARE WORKING RIGHT NOW IN GETTING THAT CONTRACT APPROVED AND GETTING THOSE FUNDS SET UP TO BE ABLE TO, UH, ASSIST FOLKS WITH THE UTILITY ASSISTANCE. UH, AS I MENTIONED LAST MONTH, WE ARE TRYING TO, UH, CREATE A TRAINING COMPONENT TO OUR SELF SUFFICIENCY CASE MANAGEMENT CLIENTS SO THAT THEY ACTUALLY COME THROUGH THE PROGRAM AND LEAVE WITH A TRAINING CERTIFICATE IN A ONE OF A FEW, UM, MIDDLE-SKILL OCCUPATIONS, PHLEBOTOMY, HVAC CDL, UH, MAYBE SOME ACCOUNTING CERTIFICATES AS WELL. WE'RE STILL EXPLORING THOSE OPTIONS. UM, WE DID HAVE KIND OF A SURPRISE THAT THIS CONTRACT NOW GOES THROUGH JULY 31ST OF 2020. WHEREAS BEFORE WE HAD BEEN TOLD IT WAS GOING TO GO THROUGH, UM, 20 I'M SORRY, 20 JULY 31ST, 2021. UH, WE WERE TOLD THAT HE WAS GOING TO GO THROUGH JULY OF 2022. SO IT HAD TO PIVOT A LITTLE BIT AND WE'LL BE PROVIDING A LOT MORE RENT ASSISTANCE, UH, BUT STILL HAVE A SMALLER TRAINING COMPONENT. THAT'S PART OF OUR NEW OPERATIONS. THESE FUNDS ARE GETTING READY TO REVEAL THE CLIENTS WILL ELIGIBLE IT'S, UH, UNDER 200% OF THE FEDERAL POVERTY INCOME GUIDELINES. SO TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA AT THE HOUSEHOLD IS TWO. THAT WOULD BE SOMEONE WHO MAKES AT $34,480 OR LESS HOUSEHOLD. THE ONE ABOUT $25,500 A YEAR OR LESS. SO WE ARE REALLY TARGETING THOSE FOLKS WHO WE USUALLY SEE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS, UM, DURING NORMAL TIMES. SO THAT'S A REALLY GOOD THING. AND NUMBER FIVE, WE CONTINUE TO, UH, ASSIST FOLKS AS WELL WITH AUSTIN ENERGY PLUS ONE PROGRAM. IF YOU GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE, IT'S MORE KIND OF A STANDARD. I KEEP THIS IN HERE JUST TO REMIND YOU GUYS THAT THE MONTOPOLIS RECREATION AND COMMUNITY CENTER IS MAKING PROGRESS, UH, DOVE SPRINGS. I THINK THERE'LL BE A PRESENTATION LATER ON TODAY WHEN AN UPDATE, UH, REGARDING THAT FACILITY, I INCLUDE A NEW SUCCESS STORY FROM ONE OF OUR NURSES WHO JUST, UH, RETIRED AT THE END OF MAY IN, IN HER RETIREMENT LETTER. SHE ALSO SENT ME THIS STORY AND WANTED ME TO SHARE THAT OUT WITH YOU GUYS AND WITH OTHER COMMUNITY PARTNERS. SO I'LL LEAVE THAT TO YOU TO TAKE YOUR TIME AT SOME POINT TO READ IT. IT'S A VERY BEAUTIFUL STORY ABOUT A CLIENT AND THEIR PHYSICAL HEALTH IMPROVEMENTS. AND I GUESS THAT WE CONTINUE TO FOLLOW UP WITH CLIENTS, CONTINUE TO DO THE BEST WE CAN TO OPERATE UNDER THESE DIFFICULT TIMES AND ARE PREPARING TO [00:10:03] REOPEN AT SOME POINT. SO WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO MAKE SURE IT'S POSSIBLE. SO THAT COMPLETES MY A TWO EIGHT PRESENTATION. THANK YOU, ANGEL COMMISSIONERS. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY. UM, IS THAT MEDIA COMMISSIONER? ME HERE? GO AHEAD. YEAH. OH, UH, COMMISSIONER COSTS. I SEE YOUR HAND UP SO THAT YOU, I'M SORRY, GO AHEAD. YEAH. UH, ANGELA ANSWERED THIS QUESTION. I JUST WASN'T SURE IF I COULD HEAR IT ON ITEM FOUR, WHAT ARE THE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE WITH CARES? UH, YEAH, IT'S 200% OF THE FEDERAL POVERTY, UH, AND, UH, UM, CITY OF AUSTIN, TRAVIS COUNTY RESIDENTS. YEAH. AND THOSE ARE THE ONLY REQUIREMENTS THEY NEED TO FULFILL. THERE'S NOTHING AS FAR AS MMM. STATUS UH, NO, THANK YOU. UM, COMMISSIONERS, JUST FOR HOUSEKEEPING, IF YOU WANT, UH, THE LITTLE THREE DOTS, IF YOU CLICK THAT BUTTON THAT SAYS RAISE HAND, THAT MIGHT BE EASIER SINCE I CAN'T SEE EVERYBODY'S PICTURE. AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I DON'T MISS ANYBODY WHO MIGHT HAVE A QUESTION, UM, OR CONFUSE ANYBODY. SO, UM, I HEARD SOMEONE ELSE, UH, WAS A COMMISSIONER SLOAN. SOMEBODY ELSE. I HEARD ANOTHER VOICE SAID THAT THEY MIGHT'VE HAD QUESTIONS. THAT'S COMMISSIONER DELGADO. CAN YOU HEAR, WE CAN HEAR YOU. YEP. SO, UH, UH, I'M HIM. I JUST WANT TO TELL YOU, THANK YOU SO MUCH. I WAS A GREAT UPDATE. UM, I DID WANT TO ASK A QUESTION BECAUSE I, I DID HEAR, YOU MENTIONED THAT, UM, THE COVID-19, UM, FUNDS THAT WERE GIVEN TO APH AUSTIN, PUBLIC HEALTH, I WANT TO KNOW, IS THERE ANY, AND IT REALLY NOT ON ALL YOUR PRESENTATION, BUT MAYBE YOU CAN ANSWER ME AND GUIDE ME TO WHERE I NEED TO GET THIS INFO FROM, BUT A LOT OF THE PUBLIC HAVE BEEN ASKING, WHAT IS APH DOING, UM, TO ASSIST WITH ALL OF THE, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THOSE, UH, CORONA VIRUS, THINGS THAT WE HAVE, LIKE AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE THAT NEED HELP WITH SANITIZER OR, YOU KNOW, JUST ANY TYPE OF, UM, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, WHAT, WHAT ASSISTANCE OR YOU'RE GIVING THE PUBLIC THAT NEED THAT TYPE OF HELP FOR LIKE PPP TO KIND OF KEEP, YOU KNOW, MASK, UH, ARE Y'ALL ASSISTING WITH ANY OF THAT OUT HERE IN THE PUBLIC. I, UH, YES. THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT. I CAN FIND OUT AND GET THAT PERSON TO, UH, TO CONNECT WITH YOU. I CAN DO A WARM HAND OFF THROUGH EMAIL. UM, THAT WOULD BE REALLY GOOD PROVIDING FOOD AND RENT. OKAY. OKAY, GREAT. YEAH, THAT WAS ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAD. THANK YOU. OKAY. I ALSO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT MY THREE DOTS. OH, NO WORRIES. UM, SO ANIKO, YOU SAID THAT THE, UH, YOU WERE, THEY MOVED THE DEADLINE UP ON USING THE NEW CSBG CARES ACT FUNDS AND YOU WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DO AS MANY OF THE CERTIFICATE PROGRAMS. CAN YOU ELABORATE ON THAT? WAS THAT AN INTERPRETATION BY TDH OR WASHINGTON? AND IS IT POSSIBLE WE'LL WIND UP THAT THEY EXTEND IT BACK OUT THAT'S ONLY NEXT MONTH? NO, I'M SORRY. THERE WERE TWO ERRORS ON MY REPORT. THAT WAS JULY, 2020. SO COMMISSIONER APONTE HAD TOLD US, UH, THROUGH 2022 THAT WE KIND OF WERE PLANNING TO, I THINK SOMEBODY FROM USING THEIR PHONE OR CAN YOU HEAR ME, MR. CHAIR? CAN YOU ASK EVERYBODY TO, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YEAH, THAT WAS IN THE BACKGROUND. UM, UH, SOME, SOMEBODY HAS, UM, SOME NOISE IN THE BACKGROUND. I'M SEEING A LOT OF NOISE FROM THE STAFF SIDE. IF WE COULD GET ALL THE STAFF TO MUTE THEIR PHONES, PLEASE. THANK YOU. A COMMISSIONER POPS. THAT IS, UH, JULY 31ST OF 2021. UH, WE HAD GOT IT. HE HAD HAD A TENTATIVE DATE OF 2022. SO WE'RE KIND OF PLANNING IT PLANNING TWO YEARS OUT WITH NOW WE'RE PLANNING ONE YEAR OUT. SO HOW MANY FEWER CERTIFICATE PROGRAMS WILL THERE BE? UH, THERE PROBABLY, [00:15:01] IT WOULD NOT BE A BIG DIFFERENCE. UM, OUR SOCIAL WORKERS CARRY CASE THOUGH IT'S BETWEEN 10 AND 20, UH, CLIENTS, NOT ALL OF THEM WOULD HAVE, UM, JUST AN INTERNAL SURVEY WE DID WITH STAFF. NOT ALL OF THEM WOULD HAVE BEEN INTERESTED OR COULD HAVE DONE THE TRAINING PROGRAM. SO I'M GUESSING, UM, THAT WE WOULD PROBABLY DO HALF OF WHAT WE THOUGHT WE COULD DO. OKAY. IF WE HAD AN EXTRA YEAR TO EXPAND THESE FUNDS AND THEN WE WILL ALLOCATE MORE FUNDING FOR THE MENTORING UTILITY, UM, WE'LL SEE THE RENT ASSISTANCE, CAUSE WE'RE SEEING A REALLY HIGH DEMAND FOR THAT SERVICE AND WE EXPECT THAT THAT WILL CONTINUE FOR A LONG TIME. UM, COMMISSIONER MANWANI YOU HAVE YOUR HAND UP? THANK YOU. UH, THANK YOU, UH, FOR THE PRESENTATION AND, UH, YOU AND ALL OF YOUR TEAM'S HARD WORK. UH, I'M CURIOUS ABOUT A COUPLE OF DAYS IN THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT IT'S SITES, UH, THE KX AND STUDY ABOUT THE MOST, UH, EFFECTIVE ZIP CODES, UH, WITH RESPECT TO HOSPITALIZATIONS, UM, AND IT DOESN'T LIST. UH, WHAT I KNOW IS SOME OF THE HEAVILY EFFECTIVE AND THERE ARE THOSE ZIP CODES, WHAT YOU'RE GOING BY, OR IS THAT JUST A SOURCE OF BEING CITED, SORT OF IN PASSING? CAN WE JUST CITED IN PASSING, UH, WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN TERMS OF OUR OWN KIND OF INTERNAL INTERNAL DATA? IS THAT THE TOP ZIP CODES THAT WE'VE RECEIVED REQUESTS FROM? UH, THE FOUR ONE FOUR FOUR FIVE THREE TWO THREE, THE OH TWO, THE TWO, FOUR OH FOUR, TWO ONE FOUR FIVE AND FIVE, TWO. UH, OKAY. NO, THAT DOESN'T COINCIDE TOO HEAVILY WITH WHAT'S LISTED IN THE REPORT. SO, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S WORTH AN AMENDMENT LATER OR SOMETHING, BUT IT LOOKS A LITTLE BIT ODD. UM, THE SECOND QUESTION I HAVE AROUND, I GUESS, THE RENTAL ASSISTANCE OR UTILITY ASSISTANCE, CAN YOU WALK ME THROUGH WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE A CLIENT, UH, TO, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS THE PROCESS, UH, TO ATTAIN THAT? AND THEN I GUESS, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS AN EXTENSION OF COMMISSIONER POP'S QUESTION, BUT HOW SOON DO WE EXPECT TO, UM, UH, DISPERSE, I GUESS, EXPAND ALL THE FUNDS, TWO QUESTIONS ONE. OH, HOW SOON DO WE EXPECT TO DO, UH, TO EXPAND ALL THE FUNDS? OKAY. SO I'LL WALK YOU THROUGH THAT. SO, UM, A CLIENT WILL CALL AND WE WILL DO AN INTAKE OVER THE PHONE. UH, WE WILL TRY TO GET BASICALLY WHAT THE CRISIS IS, THEIR SITUATION. WE WILL ASK FOR CERTAIN DOCUMENTS, PAY STUBS, IF THEY HAVE ANY THEY'RE ASKING FOR, UM, IF THEY DON'T HAVE PAY STUBS, WE DO, UM, UM, JUST A SHORT, UH, DIS DECLARATION OF INCOME STATEMENT, UH, WHERE THEY, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY SAY I DON'T HAVE A JOB, OR IF I'M WORKING AND IT'S NOT A JOB WHERE I GET A PAYCHECK, THEY PUT DOWN, I MAKE $200 A WEEK CASH. UM, AND THEN WE PUT THAT IN THEIR FILE. WE, UH, ASKED FOR THE LANDLORD VERIFICATION, UH, THE LEASE. UM, WE ASKED TO TALK TO THE LANDLORD TO VERIFY THAT, UH, THEY DO LIVE THERE AND EXACTLY WHAT THE RENT IS DUE. UH, ONCE WE HAVE ALL THAT DOCUMENTATION IN OUR HANDS, WE CONTINUE AND FINISH UP THE, UH, THE INTAKE AND THE ELIGIBILITY THAT GETS CHECKED BY A PEER REVIEW TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING'S CORRECT. AND THEN WE WORK DIRECTLY WITH THE LANDLORD AND WITH, UM, CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF CENTRAL TEXAS, WHO IS OUR FISCAL AGENT AND ACTUALLY, UH, BASICALLY CUTS THE CHECKS FOR US AND THOSE GET MAILED OUT DIRECTLY TO THE LANDLORD. SO IT'S, IT'S PRETTY SIMPLE. YEAH. THAT'S THE RENT PART. I MEAN, IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU SAID, IT SOUNDS PRETTY SIMPLE. CAN YOU JUST TELL ME ABOUT HOW LONG THAT, THAT TAKES FROM BEGINNING TO END ON AVERAGE, UM, AND THEN FOLLOW UP WITH THE UTILITIES? YEAH, IT REALLY DEPENDS ON THE SITUATION. I MEAN, SOME FOLKS, UH, CAN GET US THAT INFORMATION THROUGH THEIR CELL PHONE. UH, THEY CAN SCAN THEIR DOCUMENTS TO US. OTHER FOLKS CANNOT DO THAT. SO THEY MAILED THEM IN AND THEN IT TAKES A LITTLE BIT LONGER CAUSE WE'RE DOING, YOU KNOW, SNAIL MAIL. UH, SO IT DEPENDS, IT COULD BE FROM A FEW DAYS TO A FEW WEEKS. UH, SOMETIMES WE DON'T GET ALL THE DOCUMENTATION THAT WE ASKED FOR. SO WE HAVE TO KIND OF REACH BACK OUT AND ASK FOR THOSE OTHER PIECES. UH, SO THAT MAY DELAY THE PAYMENT. UM, SO AGAIN, OKAY. OKAY. AND WITH UTILITIES, UM, HOW DOES THAT WORK OR CAN YOU JUST GIVE ME, IS IT ROUGHLY THE SAME PROCESS? YEAH, IT'S ROUGHLY THE SAME PROCESS. IS IT INTEGRATED? [00:20:01] WHAT DO YOU NEED? MEANING IF I SUBMITTED ALL OF MY VERIFICATION TO YOU, INCOME AND ALL THAT, IS THERE OR ARE THERE DIFFERENT STEPS BESIDES ALL THE LANDLORD STUFF? I DON'T THINK SO. OKAY. AND SO IT CAN TAKE WEEKS, UH, IS WHAT I'M HEARING WITH, UM, YOU KNOW, IN YOUR REPORT, YOU ALSO MENTIONED THAT THERE'S BEEN LIKE A 2000% INCREASE IN UNEMPLOYMENT, UH, MONTH OVER MONTH, UM, AT LEAST MARCH TO FEBRUARY. COULD YOU, UM, USE IT? I MEAN, THAT'S PRETTY DIRE, UH, YOU ALL ARE SEEING OF COURSE, SO MANY PEOPLE AS, AS ALL OF US ARE, AND MANY OF US MAY BE, UM, WHAT, WHAT IS A TOP PAIN POINT THAT EVERYONE'S, UH, SORT OF FEELING? WHAT DO YOU THINK IF YOU COULD GIVE EVERYBODY ONE THING, WHAT WOULD IT BE TO HELP THINGS OUT? I THINK THE TOP PAIN POINTS, AS YOU CAN SEE IN THERE, THE SIMPLIFIED ASSESSMENT IS, UH, IT'S RENT ASSISTANCE. I THINK PEOPLE ARE REALLY HAVING A DIFFICULT TIME HAVING TO CHOOSE BETWEEN FOOD AND RENT OR OTHER AND RENT COMPRISES. I MEAN, SO RENT, MEANING THE COST OF RENT IS WHAT I'M HEARING, RIGHT? YES. OKAY. THANKS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. UH, I WON'T BURN TOO MUCH FOR TIME. I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. THE NEXT ONE. OH, YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. ALRIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONER, GO AHEAD. UH, THIS IS COMMISSIONER OR, UM, FOR IF, SINCE THERE WAS A LAG AND SOME OF THAT FUNDING BEING DISBURSED FOR RENT, IS THERE ANY SORT OF WORDING OR CUSHIONING IN THERE FOR LATE FEES? CAUSE I KNOW SOME OF THOSE RENT ASSISTANCE IS GOING STRAIGHT TO LANDMARK LATE FEES. SO IS THERE, UM, ANY CUSHIONING IN THAT? UH, YES. UH, THERE'S TWO THINGS THAT WE DO, BUT SOMETIMES THEY DO KIND OF LANDLORD TENANT MEDIATION WHERE WE ASK THEM TO WAIVE THE FEES. UM, SOMETIMES THEY DO OTHER TIMES THEY DO NOT, AND WE ARE ABLE TO COVER THE FEES AS WELL. SO WE, WE WANT PEOPLE TO ACTUALLY BE IN THE CLEAR, UH, ONCE WE MAKE THOSE PAYMENTS. OKAY. AND I GUESS SINCE WE'RE JUST IN THE STATE OF TEXAS OR JUST FIGHTING THAT FIGHT RIGHT NOW, IS THERE ANY WAY THAT MMM, WE AS A COMMISSION MIGHT BE ABLE TO, UH, WORK AGAINST THOSE? I MEAN, IT'S JUST A SHAME THAT SOME OF THIS FUNDING IS GOING TOWARDS THOSE LATE FEES VERSUS OTHER ASSISTANCE. I DON'T, I DON'T. SO THAT MIGHT BE A QUESTION FOR COUNCIL, MR. CHAIR, IF I COULD BE RECOGNIZED, I'D LIKE I COULD ANSWER THAT. UH, I MIGHT SUGGEST, UH, IF ANYTHING, UH, YOU KNOW, RENT IS A COST. UH, AND SO I MIGHT SUGGEST DIRECT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, WHICH, UH, I KNOW THAT IN THE COVEN SPENDING PLAN COUNCIL HAS INCREASED THE ALLOTMENT FOR IT. UH, AND ALSO KNOWN AS THE RISE FUND. I THINK, UH, THAT, THAT IS A WAY TO BE ABLE TO DISPLACE, UH, COST WHETHER THEY'RE RENTAL COSTS OR ANY COST REALLY FOR THAT MATTER AND ALLOW THE FAMILY OR THE HOUSEHOLD TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS THEMSELVES, UH, AND RAN OF COURSE BEING THE NUMBER ONE NEED IS A HIGH PROBABILITY THAT WOULD DIRECT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE HOUSEHOLDS WOULD ALLOCATE THAT ASSISTANCE DIRECTLY TO RENT. UH, AND THERE WOULD BE A LOW THRESHOLD FOR SORT OF THOSE LONG TURNAROUND TIMES, UM, BECAUSE ALL OF THE LANDLORD COMMUNICATION, WHICH I KNOW WOULD BE SORT OF A MULTIPLIED LEVEL, MULTIPLIED A MULTIPLIER WHEN IT COMES TO INEFFICIENCY, UH, THERE WOULD BE NOT TO MENTION, I THINK IT WOULD BE FAR MORE EFFICACIOUS BECAUSE A LOT OF FOLKS DON'T HAVE FORMAL LEASE CONTRACTS, UH, AS WE DISCUSSED IN THE LAST MEETING, UM, AND ARE MAYBE UNBANKED, UH, OR MAY HAVE STIGMA AROUND APPROACHING THEIR LANDLORD OR MAY HAVE ABUSIVE LANDLORDS OR JUST LANDLORDS, THEY'RE NOT WILLING TO DEAL WITH THAT BUREAUCRACY. SO THAT WOULD BE MY SUGGESTION, UH, COMMISSIONER ALTERRA. OKAY. THANKS. THAT'S HELPFUL INFORMATION. I MIGHT JUST FOLLOW UP WITH YOU ON THAT AFTER THAT, BUT THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. YEAH. THANK YOU. OKAY. COMMISSIONERS, I'M NOT SEEING ANYMORE HANDS. UM, OKAY. UH, ANGEL, I GUESS WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM, UH, WHERE WE GET YOU STARTED. HOLD ON, LET ME GET BACK UP TO THE AGENDA FROM THIS PAGE. UM, IT DOES RAISE PUBLIC HEALTH FACILITY AGENDA ITEM THREE EIGHT. UM, IT'S WHERE WE ARE. [Item 2B] I BELIEVE WE'RE GOING TO BE RIGHT. YEAH. SO, OKAY. YES. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE SIMPLIFIED [00:25:01] COMMUNITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT PLAN FOR CSBG AUTHORIZED BY THE CARES ACT. UM, ANGEL. YEP. I KIND OF QUICKLY GO THROUGH THIS IN 2018. UH, WE PRESENTED THE ACTUAL COMMUNITY SERVICES BLOCK GRANT COMMUNITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT, WHICH WAS ABOUT 120 PAGES LONG. THAT IS GOOD FOR THREE YEARS. AND WITH THIS NEW CARES ACT FUNDS, THE STATE ASKED THAT ALL THE COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCIES IN TEXAS TO QUICKLY DO A SIMPLIFIED NEEDS ASSESSMENT AND SUBMIT THAT TO THE BOARD OR TO, WITH YOU GUYS WITH THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION FOR, UH, UH, APPROVAL. UM, IF YOU LOOK THROUGH IT, UH, WE DID AS MUCH RESEARCH AS WE COULD IN A VERY SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME. UM, IF YOU GO TO PAGE SEVEN OF THAT DOCUMENT, UH, WE HAVE WHAT A NACD PRESENTED LAST YEAR. ONE OF THE SLIDES ON THE UNITED WAY TO ONE ON ONE CALLS AND AS COMMISSIONER MARWAN, HE WAS SAYING, UM, RENT EVEN THROUGH THESE CALLS FOR TWO AND A TWO WEEK PERIOD WAS THE NUMBER ONE, UM, NEED WHEN PEOPLE WERE CALLING TWO, ONE, ONE, ALMOST 2000 CALLS FOR RENT, AND THEN FOOD WAS NUMBER TWO IN RENTAL AND UTILITY ASSISTANCE. NUMBER THREE. SO TO SUMMARIZE ALL OF WHAT WE FOUND OUT AND THEN THE UNITED WAY, TWO, ONE, ONE BETA, UH, WE REVIEWED THAT AND THEN CAME UP WITH THE TOP NEEDS IDENTIFIED IN ORDER. SO WE HAVE HOUSING WITH ARE THE NUMBER ONE, UH, EDUCATION WAS TWO BASIC NEEDS WAS THREE. UM, SO LOOKING AT THAT, UH, WE DIDN'T WANT TO BE USING, WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO USE CARE SACKS FUNDING, UH, TO CLEAN THE RESTAURANT CAPACITY OF PERSONS WHO CAN WORK AND WHILE RECEIVING VOCATIONAL TRAINING, WE ALSO WANT TO BE USING IT FOR ONE TIME, RENT ASSISTANCE AND UTILITY ASSISTANCE FOR HOUSEHOLDS EFFECTED BY THE PANDEMIC. UM, THEY WANT TO BE ABLE TO, UM, TO ALSO ASSIST FOLKS WHO ARE IN OUR SELF SUFFICIENCY CASE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM WITH, UH, GIFT CARDS, UM, TO PAYPAL, BE ABLE TO PAY FOR, UH, UNIFORMS, UH, SOME EQUIPMENT THEY MAY NEED FOR THEIR CERTIFICATION PROGRAMMING, GAS CARDS, UH, CARDS TO POSSIBLY HEB. AND, UH, LIKE, UM, SO I'M JUST KIND OF BRINGING THIS UP TO YOU GUYS SO WE CAN, YOU KNOW, UM, TAKE ACTION AND SUPPORT IT. AND THEN THE NEXT STEP WOULD BE TO GET DIRECTOR HAYDEN AT APH TO ALSO SIGN OFF ON IT AND THEN SUBMIT IT BACK TO THE STATE AS PART OF OUR REQUIREMENT TO BE ABLE TO BEGIN EXTENDING THESE FUNDS. MR. CHAIR, I HAVE A QUESTION, THE DOCUMENT I'M LOOKING AT, UH, THAT I DOWNLOADED IT DOESN'T SEEM TO MATCH WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT ON THE PRESENTATION RIGHT NOW. IS ANYBODY ELSE EXPERIENCING THAT OR IS EVERYONE JUST READING OFF THE PRESENTATION? IT LOOKS THE SAME. OKAY. PAGE SEVEN. IT DOESN'T HAVE THOSE NUMBERS. ANYWAY. I'LL READ OFF THE PRESENTATION. OKAY. INTERESTING. THERE WAS A FINAL UPDATED VERSION THAT WAS SUBMITTED AFTER THE DEADLINE. THAT THAT MIGHT BE THE ONE THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT. YEAH. THIS IS A COPY. I HAVE COMMISSIONER 20. ARE YOU LOOKING AT IT FROM THE WEBSITE? THERE'S TWO DOCUMENTS THAT LOOK SIMILAR. UM, THIS ONE YOU'RE RIGHT. I'M LOOKING AT, I'M LOOKING AT IT FROM THE WEB. THANK YOU. SORRY. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR, IF I COULD COMMENT. SURE. YEAH. I'M SORRY. I WAS GONNA, CAN I EMAIL THAT TO YOU? DO YOU, UH, DO YOU NEED THE COPY? WE'RE ALL LOOKING AT. OH, NO, I'M FINE. I'M I'M ABSOLUTELY FINE. NO PROBLEM. OKAY, GO AHEAD. WELL, WHAT I'M NOTICING IS THAT IT WOULD BE SORT OF ALONG THE LINES OF THIS, THE QUESTIONS THAT BOTH COMMISSIONER TERRELL AND I ASKED, UH, AND I THINK EVEN, UH, COMMISSIONER ACOSTA, UM, AROUND SORT OF WHAT THE PROCESS IS AND HOW LONG IT TAKES, UH, FOR FUNDS TO BE ABLE TO GET TO INDIVIDUALS. AND WHAT I'M SEEING IS THAT THE TOP NEEDS ARE RENT PAYMENT ASSISTANCE, FOOD PANTRIES, YOU KNOW, AS WAS MENTIONED BY ANYA, BASICALLY RENT, UH, THINGS LIKE RENT UTILITIES, UH, BASIC NEEDS, UM, FOOD AND AN EDUCATION, [00:30:01] UH, YOU KNOW, KEEPING EDUCATION IN ITS OWN PARCEL. UH, EVERYTHING ELSE REALLY JUST SEEMS TO BE COST OF LIVING. UH, AND IF THAT'S THE CASE, I THINK, UH, YOU KNOW, IT MAKES SENSE TO ME THAT THE MOST EFFICIENT WAY TO SOLVE FOR COST OF LIVING IS TO DIRECTLY MITIGATE THOSE COSTS OF LIVING. UH, AND, UH, I THINK, YOU KNOW, THERE'S AN EXEMPLARY MODEL THAT'S GOING ON AND CONTINUOUSLY BEING IMPROVED. THAT'S, THAT'S BEING GUIDED TOWARD AND THE AUSTIN, UH, CARES FUND, UM, DISTRIBUTION, WHICH I THINK WE'LL LOOK AT LATER. UH, BUT I WOULD LIKE US TO CONSIDER, UH, PERHAPS, UH, AS A BODY, WE THINK THAT THAT MAY BE THE BEST AND MOST, UH, DIGNIFIED METHOD, FINDING FOLKS WITH SUPPORT, UH, SO THAT THEY CAN MAKE THE DECISIONS THEY NEED FOR THEIR OWN HOUSEHOLDS AND NOT NECESSARILY HAVE TO GO THROUGH SORT OF DEHUMANIZING POTENTIALLY DEMON IS THAT HUMAN HUMANIZING PROCESSES OF, UH, YOU KNOW, ELIGIBILITY. AND, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE THE EFFICIENCY, UH, GIVEN WHERE WE KNOW WE'RE NOW SPENDING ON LATE FEES. THANKS COMMISSIONER. UM, I HAVE A QUESTION AND COMMENT REGARDING CHILD CARE IS CHILDCARE ASSISTANCE WILL BE AS FLORIDA AS FUTURE GO WITH PAYMENT OF TWO TO THREE MONTHS OF CHILDCARE WHILE HOUSEHOLD STABILIZES, ONCE THEY OBTAIN APPOINTMENT CHILDCARE IS EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE. THIS, SO EVEN PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC, PEOPLE WERE SPENDING ALL THEIR MONEY ON CHILDCARE. THEY WERE NEVER IN STABILIZED HOUSEHOLDS. SO I'M QUESTIONING THIS, UH, THE WORDING OF THIS. LIKE WHAT, WHAT DO WE CONSIDER STABILIZE IF THAT MAKES SENSE? UM, AND IF 70% OF THE S SUBSIDIZE CHILDCARE FACILITIES ARE CLOSE, IS THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT OR STATE GOVERNMENT LOOKING INTO THE CHILDCARE FACILITIES THAT ARE STILL OPEN THE MOST FOR PROFIT TO ENCOURAGE THEM, OR GIVE THEM INCENTIVE TO TAKE IN THESE FAMILIES WHO HAVE LOWER INCOMES. THAT'S IT. IF ANYONE CAN ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS OR WANTS TO COMMENT ON THAT, THIS IS DONNA WITH AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH. YOU HEAR ME? YES. THANK YOU. OKAY. YEAH. HI, UM, TEXAS WORKFORCE COMMISSION WAS PROVIDING, UM, 25%, UM, INCENTIVE PAYMENTS FOR CHILDCARE CENTERS. AND I CAN GO BACK AND JUST CONFIRM. UM, CAN'T REMEMBER, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CHANGES FROM THE TIME THAT, UM, THEY WENT FROM PROVIDING ESSENTIAL WORKERS, CHILDCARE AND SUBSIDIZE, UM, FUNDS, UM, TO WHEN THEY ENDED THAT AS OF THE END OF MAY. SO I JUST NEED TO GO BACK AND DOUBLE CHECK AND SEE CURRENTLY, UM, HA WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE ON THEIR END. UM, THERE IS SINCE, UM, OUR, WITH WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS, UM, WE DO HAVE A WAITING LIST FOR CHILDCARE SUBSIDIES, AND SINCE THEY ARE NO LONGER ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR CENTRAL WORKERS, SINCE THAT PROGRAMMING WENT AWAY AT THE STATE LEVEL, THEN, UM, THE CHILDCARE SUBSIDIES, IT CONTINUES TO BE A WAITLIST. WE HAD A WAITLIST PRE COVID AND, UM, IT CONTINUES TO WAIT, WAIT LISTS NOW. SO I'LL HAVE TO FOLLOW BACK UP ON YOUR DIRECT QUESTION, UM, ON ADDITIONAL PAYMENTS THAT THE STATE MIGHT BE PROVIDED TO THE TEXAS WORKFORCE COMMISSION AND WILL BE PROVIDING. AND I'LL TRY TO GET THAT AND SEND THAT OUT TO YOU. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. COMMISSIONERS. ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I DO HAVE A QUESTION. GO AHEAD. JUST FOLLOWING BACK UP ON, UM, COMMISSIONER ONE IS, UM, COMMENT, UH, WHAT DOES THE ACTION ITEM LOOK LIKE FOR US AS A COMMISSION IF WE WANT IT TO, UM, YOU KNOW, AS A CITY, UM, TAKE THE ROUTE THAT YOU WERE YOUR PROPOSED PROPOSAL. MR. CARE, IF I COULD SUGGEST I ACTUALLY, UH, THE ACTION, YOU KNOW, FIRST OF ALL, I WOULD DEFER TO THE CHAIR AS TO WHETHER OR NOT WE COULD EVEN APPROPRIATELY TAKE ACTION WITHIN THAT SCOPE, UH, GIVEN WHAT'S ON OUR AGENDA. UH, AND IF WE WERE TO APPROVE ANYTHING, PERHAPS WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO, UH, SORT OF INCLUDE LANGUAGE IN THE APPROVAL, UH, OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. I DON'T KNOW, BUT I WOULD DEFER TO THE CHAIR. UM, AND THEN IF THE CHAIR DOES AGREE THAT WE MAY BE ABLE TO TAKE ACTION INDEPENDENTLY [00:35:01] WITH A RESOLUTION, THEN I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER. UH, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S POSTED FOR POSSIBLE ACTION. SO I WOULD ASSUME THAT, UM, ANGEL, YOU WOULD LIKE US TO APPROVE THIS, OBVIOUSLY. UM, BUT MAYBE PERHAPS WITH ANY SUGGESTIONS AS WE DID LAST MEETING. MMM. I ALSO, MR. CHAIR MIGHT SUGGEST THAT WE, UH, SAVE THAT FOR, UH, UH, I DON'T, I, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ACTUALLY TO BE TAKEN AROUND THE COVEN SPENDING FRAMEWORK OR IF WE COULD, UH, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO RESOLVE SORT OF WHAT OUR POSITION IS ON THAT. UH, BUT THAT MAY BE A MORE APPROPRIATE PLACE TO PUT THAT. OKAY. I MEAN, IN THE LANGUAGE WAS USED FOR THE CONSOLIDATED PLAN LAST MONTH IS IN THERE TOO ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, MORE FUNDS ALLOCATED TO THE PREVENTION OF HOMELESSNESS AND RENT, UM, RENT, EMERGENCY RENT PAYMENTS, BUT, UH, ANGEL, DID YOU WANT TO COMMENT? I WOULD REALLY, I WOULD JUST SAY THAT I WOULD LOVE FOR YOU GUYS TO BE ABLE TO TAKE ACTION AND APPROVE, UH, THIS SIMPLIFIED NEEDS ASSESSMENT. WE CAN GET, KEEP THE PROCESS MOVING, UH, TOWARD BEING ABLE TO EXTEND THESE FUNDS. MMM. SINCE COMMISSIONER LOUIE, UH, VICE CHAIR, YOU HAD, UM, YOU KNOW, SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT. IS THERE ANY WORDING OR ANY, ANYTHING, YOU KNOW, OR DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU ARE, UM, SATISFIED WITH INFORMATION YOU RECEIVED BACK ON YOUR QUESTION? OR DO YOU STILL HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THE WAY IT'S WORDED? UM, I'M FINE WITH THE WAYS WHERE THEY, I JUST THINK WE NEED TO BE REALISTIC AND THE, THE WORD STABILIZING IS REALLY BOTHERING ME BECAUSE THESE PEOPLE, LIKE THEY'RE STILL WAITING LISTS AND PEOPLE ARE STILL STRUGGLING TO GET CHILDCARE. IT'S NOT A BIG ISSUE, BUT IT'S ONE HAS TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT THE WORDS THAT WE'RE USING ALL THESE, UH, FUNDING GRANTS. YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S HARD FOR US TO TAKE ACTION CHET. UH, NOW IF WE NEED TO DO THAT, UH, I WOULD, I WOULD SAY THAT IF NO ONE HAS ANY FURTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ABOUT THE, THE WAY IT'S WRITTEN, SO WHAT I'M HEARING IS THAT VICE CHAIR, SORRY, MR. CHAIR. NO, GO AHEAD. WHAT I'M HEARING IS THAT VICE CHAIR, UH, LOUIS, AS WELL AS, UH, THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS WHO HAVE SPOKEN, INCLUDING MYSELF, HAVE ALL SORT OF, UH, DISCUSSED, UH, THE NOTION OF THE LACK OF SORT OF IMMEDIACY AROUND ONE STYLE OF INTERVENTION OR ANOTHER, UH, AND, UH, UM, YOU KNOW, THE LENGTH OF TIME IT COULD TAKE FOR THESE THINGS TO TURN AROUND. SO PERHAPS IF ANYTHING, JUST ADDING SOME LANGUAGE IN HERE SOMEWHERE THAT WOULD, UH, JUST, UH, DISCUSS THE CHALLENGES ASSOCIATED WITH, UH, THE LONG TURNAROUND TIMES, UM, OR POTENTIALLY LONG TURNAROUND TIMES AND DISPERSING SUPPORT, UM, AND, OR THE NEED FOR JUST LIQUID, UH, YOU KNOW, LIQUID RELIEF, SORT OF, UH, LIQUID CASH RELIEF, SORT OF, UM, ANYTHING THAT'S SORT OF HONORS THOSE TWO NOTIONS, I THINK, UH, WOULD, WOULD MAKE IT COMPLETE. SURE. A QUESTION. UH, YES, SIR. UH, COMMISSIONER, UM, I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THIS OF LAST TIME, BUT I WAS WONDERING SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE PHONES DISTRIBUTED OR PHONES, COULD THAT SOMEHOW SOMEONE HAD MONEY BE AVERTED TO FOOD. HOW MANY, JUST BESIDES THE HOMELESSNESS THINGS OF THAT SORT, UM, THIS MIGHT BE A QUESTION FOR, UH, ANGEL, BUT I KNOW YOU SAID ANGEL THAT, UM, YOU WROTE IT BROADLY AS POSSIBLE, SO THAT, UH, WHEN IT CAME TIME TO DISPERSE THE FUNDS THAT, UM, THEY COULD BE USED FOR WHATEVER NEEDED TO HAPPEN AND, AND BE A LITTLE MORE FLEXIBLE AND CREATIVE, IS THAT THE CASE HERE? WELL, THAT'S THE CASE AND ALSO IN TALKING WITH THE STATE AS WELL, UH, THEY, UH, THEY GAVE US SOME GUIDANCE IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, RENTING UTILITY ASSISTANCE, UM, GAS CARDS, UH, POSSIBLE TRAINING DOLLARS. UM, YES. SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION YES. OH, COMMISSIONER HERE. SO, UM, YEAH, I THINK, UM, I THINK IF I HEARD RIGHT, THAT I THINK I UNDERSTAND THE EXPEDIENCY WITH WHICH ANGEL IS TRYING TO MOVE. UM, I THINK A, I WAS ACTUALLY WONDERING IF WE MIGHT, I'D BE WILLING TO PUT FORTH, UH, AT LEAST A MOTION TO, TO APPROVE, BUT I THINK IF, IF WHAT I WOULD ASK IS I THOUGHT, UH, SOME, SOME OF THE COMMISSIONER AND TWENTIES INPUT ABOUT, I THINK YOU WERE REFERRING TO SOME SORT OF CASE STUDY OR MODEL, UH, THAT HAS, UH, ADDED, UH, I GUESS, CONSIDERED ADDITIONAL BARRIERS THAT WOULD EVEN MAKE THIS A MORE [00:40:01] EFFICIENT PROCESS. SO CAN, I'M WONDERING IF COMMISSIONER MCCLENNEY CAN CRYSTALLIZE THAT DOWN TO LIKE SOME SIMPLE BULLET POINTS, SO BY, SO THAT WE CAN MOVE TO APPROVE, UH, WITH A SUGGESTION OF THOSE ADDITIONAL, UM, TWEAKS TO THE PROGRAM, UH, OR, OR AN ACTUAL CASE STUDY TO REFER TO, UH, WHEN I'M TALKING, I GUESS, DIRECTLY TO THE COMMISSIONER AND WHAT'S WHINING. CAUSE I THOUGHT THOSE WERE SALIENT POINTS. UH, BUT I ALSO THINK IT'S, IT'S IMPORTANT TO IMPROVE THIS FUNDING AND GET IT OUT THERE. AGREED. AND, YOU KNOW, GIVEN LIMITATIONS OF KARA'S FUNDS, UH, UM, IN PARTICULAR, UH, YOU KNOW, PERHAPS I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT'S THE PLACE WHERE THIS BELONGS. UM, I WOULD LOVE TO COME UP WITH THAT LANGUAGE AROUND, BUT WE, AS A BODY, OUR RESOLVE TO SORT OF SUPPORT AND AS MUCH AS HOW THE CITY IS ABLE TO USE FUNDS AT LARGE, WHEN IT COMES TO COVID RELIEF AND REALLY SOCIAL RELIEF IN GENERAL, HOWEVER, WITHIN THIS REPORT, I DO THINK IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT JUST TO HAVE MAYBE ONE TIME THAT HONORS THE CHALLENGES ASSOCIATED WITH THE TURNAROUND TIME. AND IF WE COULD SORT OF PRE-APPROVE THAT AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WITH WHAT THAT LINE WOULD BE, UM, YOU KNOW, I WOULD BE SATISFIED, BUT, UH, I, I JUST, I WOULD JUST LIKE IT TO BE DOCUMENTED THAT THERE ARE THOSE CHALLENGES ARE THERE, UH, IN, IN THE, YOU KNOW, IN THE CURRENT, UH, YOU KNOW, AS, AS GOOD AS, AND AS IMPORTANT WORK AS WE'RE DOING AND AS HARD OF WORK AS WE'RE DOING, UH, THOSE CHALLENGES ARE THERE. AND I DO THINK, YOU KNOW, UH, IT DOESN'T REQUIRE A CASE STUDY BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, ANGEL JUST TOLD US STUFF, HUH, ANGEL, WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE FOR US TO JUST MAYBE ADD NOTE FROM THE COMMISSION AS OPPOSED TO A RESOLUTION? UH, EVEN IF WE JUST APPROVED IT AS A COMMISSION, YOU KNOW, JUST COMMENTS FROM COMMISSION ON THE, I THINK IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE IF YOU HAVE THE DOCUMENT, YOU SIGNED A DOCUMENT AT SOME POINT, AND THEN I CAN ADD THAT EXTRA NOTE WHEN I SUBMIT IT TO THE STATE, FOR SURE. OKAY. UM, DOES THAT, DOES THAT SOUND RIGHT TO YOU PERMISSION OR MARIJUANA? I MEAN, DOES THAT SOUND LIKE, THAT KIND OF FEELS OF WHATEVER? YEAH, I THINK, I THINK, I THINK IT DOES. UH, I THINK, I THINK THAT WAY IT'S CLEAR THAT IT'S COMING FROM THE COMMISSION AND NOT, UH, NECESSARILY FROM APH. AND, UH, AND SO IT DOESN'T LEARN ANYTHING, EVERYBODY, UH, I THINK, YEAH, I THINK GOALS ARE ACHIEVED THAT WAY. THANKS. SURE. YEAH. IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S SOME CONCERNS FROM COMMISSIONERS. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S GOING TO WHERE IT'S NEEDED THE MOST AND FROM CHILDCARE TO DIRECT PAYMENTS AND, UM, UH, ANGELS OR STAFF TO, WE TAKE A CRACK AT THAT RIGHT NOW, MAYBE, OR COMMISSIONER MT WANTING TO VOLUNTEER, OR SOMEBODY ELSE WOULD VOLUNTEER TO TAKE A CRACK AT IT AND WE MOVE ON OR WOULD YOU LIKE US TO, UH, STAFF TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, DIGEST WHAT WE JUST SAID AND PRESENT THAT BACK TO US? UM, WHAT, WHAT'S THE BEST WAY TO MOVE FORWARD FROM STAFF'S PERSPECTIVE, UM, FROM PAST MEETINGS, WHEN YOU GUYS HAVE DONE THIS, I NOTICED THAT THE COMMISSIONER MARWAN, HE HAS A GOOD GRASP OF LANGUAGE REGARDING THESE THINGS. SO IF HE, IF HE'S WILLING TO GIVE US A FEW SENTENCES, UM, THAT KIND OF PINPOINT WHAT THE CONCERNS ARE, I THINK WE CAN GET IT DONE TONIGHT. OKAY. AND, AND YOU WOULD, UM, I MEAN, AT LEAST THE WAY I'M UNDERSTANDING IS WE COULD JUST GO AHEAD AND APPROVE, UH, CAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S SOME TO, TO APPROVE, UH, WITH, WITH, UH, GO AHEAD AND I'M SORRY, CAN WE, COULD WE, IF WE HAD A MOTION AND WE'LL GO, WENT AHEAD AND APPROVED IT AS IT IS, AND THEN WE COULD PRESENT THE COMMENTS, UM, EITHER AT THE END OF THE MEETING OR, OR THEY COULD BE EMAILED TO YOU. YES. I'M SURE THE COMMISSIONERS MIGHT WANT TO HEAR THEM, UH, TO MAKE SURE THEY ENCAPSULATE THE CONCERNS THAT WE HAD. UH, SO WE COULD DO THAT. UM, UH, BUT IF WE WANT, IN THAT CASE, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION IF THERE IS ONE AND WE COULD, UH, PICK THAT ROUTE. IF THAT'S SOMETHING THE COMMISSION IS OPEN TO, I'D BE OPEN TO THAT. UH, COMMISSIONER DELGADO. DID YOU HAVE A COMMENT? YEAH. I JUST WANT TO, UM, I JUST WANT TO ASK A QUESTION CAUSE WE ARE, WE ARE JUST MAKING A COMMENT. IS THAT, DOES THAT MEAN THAT, UM, DOES THAT MEAN, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE MAKING THAT COMMENT IN WRITING, DOES THAT MEAN THAT THOSE BARRIERS ARE GOING TO BE ADDRESSED WHEN IT GETS TO THE, HOW ARE WE GOING TO KNOW THAT? BECAUSE THE TURNAROUND TIME IS, IS A BIG ISSUE. HOW DO WE KNOW THAT THAT THAT'S GOING TO BE SOMETHING? I MEAN, I KNOW THAT WE'RE GIVING THAT COMMENT AND THAT RECOMMENDATION, BUT MR. CHAIR, IF I MIGHT, UH, RESPOND MR. MONTANA, UH, COMMISSIONER , UH, I DON'T KNOW THAT THE STATE NECESSARILY, MAY EVEN ACT ON IT, BUT I DO THINK IT'S JUST IMPORTANT, UH, TO NOTE IT BECAUSE [00:45:01] IN THE FUTURE, AS THE CITY OF AUSTIN CONTINUES TO MAKE, UH, UH, DECISIONS, UH, AROUND HOW FUNDING WILL BE ALLOCATED, UH, IT WOULD BE ON THE RECORD SOMEWHERE THAT THESE CHALLENGES ARE THERE. SO W WITH THE FUNDS MAY HAVE FLEXIBILITY WITH, UH, WE MAY FOLLOW SUIT, UH, BECAUSE IT'S JUST BEEN DOCUMENTED. OKAY. SO AT THIS POINT, I THINK WE'D BE WAITING FOR A MOTION COMMISSIONER. MAHIR YOU, YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU MIGHT BE WILLING TO MAKE A MOTION. IT JUST WENT OFFLINE. SO I'M GONNA MOVE TO APPROVE THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT, THAT REPORT. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE. WE HAVE A SECOND. WAS THAT COMMISSIONER WOODS. OH, EXCUSE ME, COMMISSIONER, UM, UH, FIDELITY, UH, SECONDS ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED. ALL OPPOSED. SAY NAY. OKAY. AND SO JUST FOR THE RECORD, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO HAVE, UM, QUORUM ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, OR FIVE. SO, AND WHERE THERE ANY ABSTENTIONS? THAT'S WHAT WE FORGOT TO COUNT LAST TIME? I THINK, UM, I DON'T THINK THERE ARE ANY EXTENSIONS GOING ONCE GOING TWICE. OKAY. UH, THE MOTION HAS BEEN APPROVED AND AS WE STATED, UH, WITH THE MINOR CAVEAT THAT COMMISSIONER, MY WANEE IS WORKING ON A COUPLE OF, UM, SENTENCES TO ADD AS A COMMENT FROM THE COMMISSION SO THAT WE DON'T NECESSARILY SLOW DOWN THE PROCESS. UH, BUT THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT THE, UM, THE COMMISSION'S CONCERNS ARE, ARE AT LEAST NOTATED, UH, TO WHAT WE SEND TO THE STATE. SO, UH, THANK YOU, ANGEL. UM, SO MUCH FOR THAT REPORT, UH, AND THE WORK THAT YOU DID TO GET THAT DONE SO QUICKLY, SO WE CAN GET THIS MONEY IN PEOPLE'S HANDS. UM, WITH THAT, I THINK WE CAN MOVE ON TO NEW BUSINESS. UM, WE HAVE 40 MINUTES LEFT [Item 3A] AT SIX 50, UH, ITEM THREE, A PRESENTATION, BRIEFING, AND DISCUSSION ON THE DOVE SPRINGS, PUBLIC HEALTH FACILITY. UH, KIMBERLY MADDIX ASSISTANT DIRECTOR WITH PUBLIC WORKS. HI, THIS IS KIMBERLY MADDOX. I'M AN ASSISTANT DIRECTOR WITH AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH AND, UM, THE PRESENTATION, I CAN'T SEE YOUR MEETING. SO IT WAS THE PRESENTATION UP, PLEASE? YES. OKAY, GREAT. UM, SO WE JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A WE'LL, I'LL BE BRIEF. WE JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A QUICK UPDATE ON THE PROGRESS ON THE FACILITY, AND WE'LL BE CONTINUING TO COME BACK TO YOU AT, UM, VARIOUS INTERVALS TO GIVE YOU UPDATES ON, UH, THIS FACILITY AND AS IT PROGRESSES. UM, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO JUST, THIS IS, UH, THE FACILITY WAS A $16 MILLION PROJECT THAT WAS APPROVED BY THE VOTERS IN 2018. WE ARE PROJECTING A TWO STORY BUILDING WITH THE LOWER LEVEL TO BE ABOUT A 16,000 SQUARE FOOT FOOTPRINT. WE ESTIMATE COMPLETION IN SPRING OF 2023. AND AS OF RIGHT NOW, THE, THE SERVICES PLAN FOR THIS FACILITY WOULD BE A FULL SERVICE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER, UH, A WIC CLINIC, UM, IMMUNIZATIONS, UH, CLINIC SHOTS, PITOCIN, BIG SHOTS, AS WELL AS A HIGH QUALITY CHILDCARE CENTER. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THIS IS JUST AN AERIAL VIEW OF THE, THE BLUE GRAY BOX IN THE ORANGE IS THE PROPOSED SITE. UM, THIS IS, WAS, UH, A REZONING OF DEDICATED PARKLAND TO PLACE THIS SITE HERE. UH, IT IS ADJACENT TO THE DOVE SPRINGS DISTRICT PARK, AS WELL AS THE, UM, REC CENTER, UM, AND IS MEANT TO BE A CAMPUS FEEL. WE HAVE THE SCHOOLS, WE HAVE A LIBRARY, NOT TOO FAR AWAY, THE REC CENTER AS WELL AS THEN THE PUBLIC HEALTH FACILITY WOULD BE THERE AS WELL. UH, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO THE HIGH QUALITY CHILDCARE CENTER, UM, BASED ON REGULATIONS, IT WOULD BE LOCATED ON THE FIRST FLOOR. UM, WE WOULD HAVE THE, UM, LEARNING AREA IN PLAYGROUNDS, UM, ON THE, IN THE OUTSIDE THE DESIGN TEAM THAT HAS BEEN HIRED BY THE CITY, UH, IS FOGGED GLASS AND THEY HAVE A SUBCONSULTANT BRIGHT HORIZON TO, UH, SPECIALIZES IN CHILDCARE CENTER DESIGN. UM, IT WILL BE A CERTIFIED, UM, WE ARE ESTIMATING 70 TO 74 CHILDREN CAPACITY AT THE CENTER, UM, ALL AGES, UH, BIRTH INFANT THROUGH, UM, THREE AND A HALF AND FOUR. UH, THE PUBLIC HEALTH FACILITY WILL HAVE [00:50:01] ACCESS FOR THE CHILDCARE CENTER FOR THE COMMERCIAL KITCHEN, AS WELL AS OTHER CLASSROOMS AND, UH, A COMMUNITY ROOM AND OTHER AMENITIES THAT WILL BE IN THE FACILITY. THE CHILDCARE CENTER WILL ALSO HAVE ACCESS TO THOSE ITEMS TO THEIR NEEDS. UH, WE ARE GOING TO, UH, WORK ON THIS TO BE A CLIMATE RESILIENT FACILITY. UM, AS CITY CODE REQUIRES, WE WILL HAVE AT LEAST A LEAD SILVER CERTIFICATION. UM, USE OF THE LOBBY WILL BE DESIGNATED AS A TEMPORARY COOLING CENTER. UM, WE WILL ALSO DO RIGHT NOW, WE'RE PLANNING TO DO, UM, OUTDOOR SOLAR PANELS THAT WILL HAVE A BATTERY STORAGE COMPONENT TO THEM, SO THAT IF THERE IS A POWER OUTAGE, UH, FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITY CAN COME CHARGE THEIR DEVICES, UM, AND THAT WILL FASHION STORE THE POWER. SO EVEN IF WE HAVE, UM, A LARGE, UH, OUTAGE OR A LONGTERM OUTAGE, THERE SHOULD BE AVAILABILITY OF, UH, TO BE ABLE TO CHARGE DIFFERENT DEVICES. WE ALSO HAVE A BACKUP POWER GENERATOR ON THE SITE, UM, THAT IS REQUIRED SINCE WE ARE GOING TO HAVE IMMUNIZATIONS ON SITE FOR VACCINE STORAGE. UM, AND THEN WE ALSO WILL HAVE A RAINWATER COLLECTION SYSTEM. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO, UH, THE MOST EXCITING THING THAT'S HAPPENED OVER LAP. SORRY, THERE WE GO. SORRY. WE'RE ONE SLIDE BEHIND. OKAY. SO, UH, WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN AN OFFICIAL ADDRESS, UH, WHICH MAKES IT FEEL A LITTLE MORE TANGIBLE. SO THE ADDRESS WILL BE 58, 11 PALO BLANCO LANE. UM, THE DESIGN BUILD FIRM WAS APPROVED BY COUNCIL. UH, THAT IS FOG. GLASS WILL BE THE, THE BUILDER AND THE DESIGNER. UM, WE SHOULD BE COMPLETING OUR, OUR, UH, CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS, UM, WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO. UH, WE ARE PLANNING, UM, THE DESIGN PORTION OF THE PROJECT AS WELL AS ALL THE PERMITTING TO BE COMPLETED BY SPRING OF NEXT YEAR. UH, CONSTRUCTION SHOULD START, UM, THE FOLLOWING FALL OF 2021. AND THEN AGAIN, WE'LL BE ESTIMATING COMPLETION IN SPRING OF 2023. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO WE WANT TO DO A LOT OF COMMUNITY OUTREACH OR THIS, UH, FACILITY AND THIS DESIGN AND PROJECT. UM, WE HELD TWO VERY HIGHLY, UM, ATTENDED, UH, PUBLIC MEETINGS DURING OUR INITIAL PLANNING PHASES OF THE PROJECT. UM, WE'VE HAD GREAT RESPONSE FROM THE COMMUNITY, UM, AND THE NEXT PUBLIC MEETING WILL BE TO INTRODUCE BOB GLASS WITH THEIR DESIGN TEAM TO THE COMMUNITY. UM, AND WE WILL SHARE ALL OF THE FEEDBACK WE HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED FROM THE COMMUNITY WITH THE DESIGN BUILD TEAM, WITH THE CONSULTANT, BUT WE WANT THEM TO HEAR IT FIRSTHAND FROM THE COMMUNITY AS WELL. SO WE WILL BE TRYING TO PLAN A MEETING SOMETIME THIS SUMMER, UM, FOR THAT TO HAPPEN. IT MAY HAVE TO BE VIRTUAL. UM, WE'RE MAKING ARRANGEMENTS FOR THAT, UM, IF THAT'S THE CASE, UM, BUT WE DO WANT THE DESIGN TEAM TO SHEAR FROM THE COMMUNITY DIRECTLY. UM, WE WILL BE CONTINUING TO HAVE COMMUNITY INPUT MEETINGS THROUGHOUT OUR DESIGN PROCESS, WHICH WE'LL GO INTO THE FALL AND EARLY WINTER. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. UH, WE ALSO HAVE CONTINUOUS PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT ON THIS PROJECT, THROUGH OUR WEBSITE, UH, SPEAK UP OFTEN AND, UH, THROUGH OUR SOCIAL MEDIA. UM, AND WE'LL CONTINUE THAT, UM, THROUGHOUT THE DESIGN PHASE OF THE PROJECT, WE'RE ALSO PUTTING TOGETHER A COMMUNITY TASK FORCE, UM, WHICH WILL ALLOW US TO GET CONTINUOUS FEEDBACK, UM, TO SPYGLASS AND TO THE PROJECT TEAM FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN. UH, WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE THAT FIRST MEETING IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS WITH THAT TASK FORCE. UM, IT'S MADE UP OF A MIXTURE WE'VE INVITED, UM, THE DISTRICT TWO REPRESENTATIVE FOR YOUR COMMISSION, THE EARLY CHILDHOOD COUNCIL, AS WELL AS THE PARK BOARD. UM, AND WE'VE ALSO, UH, INVITED, UM, LEADERSHIP FROM VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS IN THE COMMUNITY. UM, AS WELL AS, UH, COMMUNITY LEADERS, UM, THROUGHOUT THE DOVE SPRINGS AREA, WE'VE HAD A GREAT RESPONSE. WE HAVE TENS, UH, FOLKS WHO'VE COMMITTED TO BEING A PART OF THAT TASK FORCE SO FAR. UM, AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO GET THAT STARTED. SO THEY SAID WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE FIRST MEETING OF THE TASK FORCE COMING, UH, LAST WEEK OF JUNE 1ST WEEK OF JULY. AND THEN, UM, FROM THERE PLANNING THE PUBLIC MEETING, UH, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. AND THAT IS A QUICK REVIEW OF THE PROJECT. I'D BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. AND AGAIN, WE DO PLAN TO ASK TO BE ON YOUR AGENDA, UM, THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS TO KEEP YOU UPDATED ON WHERE WE ARE AND TO RECEIVE ANY FEEDBACK YOU MIGHT HAVE ON THE PROJECT. COULD KIMBERLY COMMISSIONERS? HELLO? [00:55:01] YES. COMMISSIONER POP. UM, FROM WHAT I HAVE A QUESTION, SORRY, I DON'T SEE A LOT OF THIS. I HEARD THE ONE, BUT GO AHEAD, COMMISSIONER. YEAH. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. I'M SUPER EXCITED TO SEE THIS ROLLING OUT. I'LL HAVE TO LOOK THROUGH MY EMAILS IF, UM, IF, IF, UH, WE WERE INVITED, THE US AS COMMISSIONERS WERE INVITED TO PARTICIPATE, HAPPY TO SUPPORT, I THINK JUST TWO THINGS. AND I REALIZED THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE IN THE EARLY PHASES AND IT'S JUST THE PRIMARY SORT OF CONSTRUCTION AND DESIGN CONSULTANTS AT THIS POINT. BUT I THINK WHEN THIS WAS, UH, WHEN THIS WAS STILL IN THE IDEA PHASE, I REMEMBER HAD MENTIONED, UM, I'VE MENTIONED TO ANTHILL THAT I THINK IT'D BE GOOD TO SORT OF HAVE, UH, ESPECIALLY IN, IN, UH, IN, IN THE, IN TERMS OF COVID AND THE CONTEXT OF WHERE WE'RE AT INCORPORATING PROGRAMMING, UM, THAT EXPANDS PUBLIC HEALTH, UH, TO ALSO CONSIDER ECONOMIC HEALTH AND WELLBEING AND FINANCIAL HEALTH, AND ALSO TO THE DEGREE POSSIBLE CULTURAL ARTS ACTIVITIES. I KNOW THAT IT'S ADJACENT TO THE, UH, YOU KNOW, I THINK THE PLAN IS TO HAVE IT ADJACENT TO THE, THE RECREATION CENTER. UM, THAT SAID THERE'S STILL A, UH, THERE'S STILL A VERY, VERY LIMITED, YOU KNOW, SORT OF PUBLIC COMMENTS AND GATHERING SPACES AND INSTITUTIONS IN THE DOVE SPRINGS AREA. SO ANYTIME WE CAN HAVE A NEW PUBLIC FACILITY, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THAT PUBLIC FACILITY TO THINK ABOUT HOW IT CAN BE MULTIPURPOSE AND SORT OF HAVING AN EXPENSIVE VIEW ON WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A PUBLIC HEALTH LOCATION, UH, AND ESPECIALLY WITH THE OPPORTUNITY OF HAVING A BRAND NEW SPACE. SO AGAIN, I JUST HOPE THAT THAT'S A PART OF THE PROCESS, YOU KNOW, FINANCIAL WELLNESS, ECONOMIC WELLNESS, AND CULTURAL, UH, WELLNESS, UH, BEING FACTORED INTO THE THINKING, UM, AROUND, UH, THE FACILITY AS, AS IT STARTS TO GET BUILT UP. AND THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. YES. AND I WILL REFUND THAT TO MAKE SURE YOU GET THAT INVITE. UM, AND I, I THANK YOU FOR THAT FEEDBACK AND YES, WE DEFINITELY WANT TO MAKE THIS A COMMUNITY GATHERING POINT. UM, AND, UH, WE, WE DO WANT TO INCORPORATE LARGE, UM, SPACES WHERE THE COMMUNITY CAN, UM, GATHER, UM, I KNOW THEY USE THE LIBRARY AND THE REC CENTER FOR THAT A LOT, BUT YET THOSE ARE LIMITED AS WELL. SO WE WANT TO ADD TO THAT CAPACITY. UM, SO YET THANK YOU FOR THAT COMMISSIONERS. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I HAVE A QUICK ONE AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. MY QUESTION IS, WILL THERE, ARE THERE ANY PLANS FOR A AND WHAT IS IT EVEN PLAUSIBLE SPACE-WISE, UH, FOR THE, UH, CENTER TO BE ABLE TO HOUSE, UH, MAYBE, UH, YES, EITHER A SKILL OF SCALING UP PROGRAM OR, UH, SOMETHING THAT'S, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, EMPLOYMENT, EDUCATION RELATED, PARTICULARLY FOCUSED ON WHAT WOULD BE THE OPPORTUNITY YOUTH, IF YOU WILL, UH, AGED 16 TO 27. UM, YEAH, SO THOSE, THE EXACT PROGRAMMING HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED. SO THERE'S DEFINITELY ROOM FOR DISCUSSION AROUND THAT AND, AND FEEDBACK AND THE, WHAT WOULD BE INCORPORATED IN THAT, UM, IN THAT SPACE. UM, AND I DO KNOW THAT THE, OUR, OUR COMMUNITY YOUTH DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM OR CYB PROGRAM WILL RELOCATE TO ACTUALLY NOW BE LOCATED IN FOUR FOUR, ONCE THIS NEW FACILITY COMES UP, UM, SINCE THEY SERVE FOR FOUR, THAT IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT, UM, CHANGE, BUT YET THERE'S, THERE'S PLENTY OF TIME AND, AND SPACE FOR THOSE KINDS OF THAT KIND OF FEEDBACK OF WHAT PROGRAMMING IS MOST NEEDED IN THE COMMUNITY AND HOW WE CAN BEST MOLD THEM TO BE, UM, TO SOME OF THOSE. DO YOU RECKON THE OPTION OF CO-LOCATION OF PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS THAT AREN'T MAYBE THAT AREN'T PUBLIC ORGANIZATIONS WOULD BE, IS THAT YOU RECKON THAT, THAT, UH, UH, FOR DISCUSSION AS WELL, OR HAVE YOU HEARD IT EXPLICITLY, UH, EXCLUDED? I'M SORRY. I, I, I, YOU CUT UP FROM THE VERY BEGINNING OF TIME. DO YOU RECKON THAT THERE MAY BE THE OPTION OF CO-LOCATING PRIVATE, UH, SERVICE PROVIDERS AS WELL, OR HAS THAT BEEN EXPLICITLY EXCLUDED? UM, IT DEPENDS ON THE SERVICING PROVIDER, THE SERVICE BEING PROVIDED, THERE ARE CERTAIN SERVICES THAT THE CITY IS PRECLUDED FROM PROVIDING, UM, SURE. FOR VARIOUS REASONS. SO, BUT, BUT ABSOLUTELY WE PARTNER ALL THE TIME WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS TO BRING SERVICES INTO, UM, AREAS THAT WE HAVE FACILITIES. SO THAT IS ABSOLUTELY A CONVERSATION WE WOULD, WE WOULD BE WELCOME TO HAVE YET. THANK YOU. THANKS COMMISSIONER. UM, IF THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS, THANKS AGAIN FOR THE PRESENTATION AND LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING YOU BACK. MMM. AND I WANT TO A QUICK HOUSEKEEPING TO STAFF, UH, WE GOT 30 MINUTES LEFT THEN TO, [01:00:01] UH, ITEMS THAT ARE BOTH PRESENTATIONS WITH DISCUSSION. UM, NO ACTION. SO I GUESS WE CAN JUST GO AHEAD. I DIDN'T KNOW IF EITHER ONE OF THEM WAS PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT, LIKE WE NEEDED TO DO IT THIS MONTH. UH, IF NOT, [Item 3B] WE'LL JUST GO AHEAD TO ITEM THREE FEET, UM, PRESENTATION, BRIEFING, AND DISCUSSION ON THE CITY'S ANCHOR FUND AND CLEAR PROGRAM FOR COVID-19 RELIEF. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONERS. UH, I'M GONNA ASK ANGELA SOMERS TO BRING UP MY POWERPOINT FIRST, IF ITEM THREE C NEEDS TO BE PRESENTED THIS MONTH. IF SO, I WILL YIELD MY TIME. AND THIS IS SO NOVIO HOPE, ROB. YES, THIS IS YES. THIS IS SCHOOL MYOPIA. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. OKAY, GO AHEAD AND GO THROUGH MR. CHAIR BY MY BIN. UM, I ALSO, UM, GIVEN THAT THIS ITEM IS A SUBSET OF THE LARGER COVID, UH, FUNDING, UH, NOW KNOWING THAT THAT'S ON THE AGENDA, I WOULD, UH, IF THIS ITEM WERE TO COME FIRST, JUST BECAUSE OF ME, UH, I WOULD RATHER IT ACTUALLY NOT, UM, UH, THOUGH I DEFINITELY HOPE WE COULD SQUEEZE IT ALL IN AND OKAY, WELL LET'S JUST GO AHEAD AND THEN WE COULD JUST HOLD OFF DISCUSSION AND STUFF UNTIL THE NEXT MMM. ITEM IF WE WANT. SO, UM, PLEASE GO AHEAD. UM, MS. ROBIN, OKAY. THANK YOU. I'LL GO I'LL KNOW, VIA HAUTE RAMP, INTERIM DIRECTOR FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT HERE TO GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF THE ECONOMIC RECURRENT REFUNDS THAT ARE, OH BOY, I CAN'T HEAR ANYTHING. YEAH, WE'RE HAVING A LITTLE BIT OF AUDIO ISSUE. UM, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE NOT GIVING THE PRESENTATION. OKAY. OH, RIGHT. UH, SLIDE NUMBER TWO SHOULD SAY SMALL BUSINESS ASSISTANCE. THIS ACTION WAS A TWO PART, UM, APPROVAL BY CITY COUNCIL ON MAY 7TH, 2020 COUNCIL APPROVED ITEM NUMBER 23, ARTICULATING THREE FUNDS, CLEAR CHILDCARE AND ANCHOR SUBSEQUENTLY LAST WEEK, COUNCIL ADDED TO THOSE SAME CATEGORIES OF CLEAR CHILDCARE AND ANCHOR. SO THIS PRESENTATION IS CONSISTENT BETWEEN THE TWO APPROVALS BY COUNCIL. THERE WAS A TOTAL OF 17 POINT $5 MILLION APPROVED FOR SMALL BUSINESS RECOVERY. WE PLAN TO ADMINISTER THAT AS A GRANT PROGRAM, GETTING UP TO $40,000 TO SMALL BUSINESSES. PHASE ONE THAT WAS APPROVED MAY 7TH WAS $10 MILLION. AND THEN LAST THURSDAY COUNCIL APPROVED AN ADDITIONAL 6.5 MILLION. THERE ARE CURRENTLY OVER 40,000 SMALL BUSINESSES HERE IN AUSTIN, BUT FEWER THAN 25 EMPLOYEES. AND THAT IS THE TARGETED POPULATION OF EMPLOYEES, BUSINESSES THAT WE WOULD TARGET. IN ADDITION, THEY ALSO APPROVED A MILLION DOLLARS IN LONGTERM LEASE STABILIZATION, AND WE PLAN TO PROVIDE UP TO $40,000 TO LANDLORDS THAT AGREED TO ENTER INTO FAVORABLE LONGTERM LEASES. WITH COMMERCIAL TENANTS PROVIDED THAT THEY GIVE US COMMUNITY BENEFITS. NEXT SLIDE SLIDE THREE COUNCIL ALSO, UH, APPROVED $5 MILLION IN ASSISTANCE FOR THE CREATIVE SECTOR. FIRST THROUGH AN AUSTIN MUSIC DISASTER FUND FOR MUSICIANS, I WAS ONE POINT $5 MILLION. SECOND COUNCIL APPROVED AN AUSTIN CREATIVE SPACE. THIS ASKS YOUR FUND OF UP TO A MILLION DOLLARS. AND THIS PROVIDES GRANTS TO ORGANIZATIONS AND INDEPENDENT ARTISTS FACING DISPLACEMENT. AND THE GRANT AMOUNTS ARE UP TO $50,000. IN ADDITION, UH, THE CREATIVE SECTOR ASSISTANCE WILL ALSO RECEIVE AN ADDITIONAL, UH, THIS IS AN ERA OF $5 MILLION FOR GRANTS FOR ARTISTS. I'M JUST CATCHING THIS. AND WE ARE STILL IN THE DEVELOPMENT PHASE OF THE CREATIVE SECTOR GRANT PROGRAM. SLIDE FOUR. I CAN'T SEE YOU. SO THAT'S WHY I'M CALLING OUT THE SLIDE COUNSEL OF WHAT IS KNOWN AS THE ANCHOR FUND. AND THE ANCHOR FUND IS FOCUSED ON THE BUSINESS SIDE OF NONPROFITS, NOT SPECIFICALLY AT EACH CHILDCARE VOUCHERS OR EDUCATIONAL VOUCHERS. IT IS SEEN FOR THE ANCHOR PROGRAM THAT NONPROFITS ARE A BUSINESS, UH, COUNCIL APPROVED UP TO, UM, 6.3, $5 MILLION. WE PLAN TO GIVE UP TO $20,000 TO NONPROFIT IN THE SPECIFIC CATEGORIES [01:05:01] THAT ARE ARTICULATED IN THE RESOLUTION COUNSEL, DESIGNATED FUNDS AROUND ORGANIZATIONS THAT FOCUS ON HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, EDUCATION, ARTS, AND CULTURE, AND ENVIRONMENT AND ANIMALS. CURRENTLY, ACCORDING TO OUR STATS, THEY'RE OVER 4,000 NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS AND WE HOPE TO SERVE AT LEAST TWO 700 NONPROFITS. HOPEFULLY NEXT COUNCIL ALSO APPROVED WORKER AND CUSTOMER SAFETY OF TWO POINT $5 MILLION. WE WILL BE PROVIDING GRANTS. UM, UH, THERE WAS $1 MILLION SET ASIDE FOR GRANTS FOR PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT AND MODIFICATION OF BUSINESSES. SO BUSINESSES COULDN'T AFFORD TO PLEXIGLASS THE PROVIDED BARRIER BETWEEN THE CUSTOMER AND THE WORKER. YOU CAN ALSO APPLY FOR A GRANT AND ADDITION STAFF FELT IT WAS CRITICAL THAT WE FOCUS ON MENTAL HEALTH, UH, OF WORKERS GOING BACK. SOME PEOPLE ARE APPREHENSIVE ABOUT GOING BACK INTO THE WORKPLACE. SO WE, UM, OR ALLOCATING 1.5 AROUND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES. SORRY. SO NOBODY, WE ARE ONE SLIDE BEHIND NUMBER THERE. OH, I'M SORRY. I CAN'T SEE. SO IF I'M GOING TOO FAST, SLOW ME DOWN. UM, SO AGAIN, WORKER SAFETY IS IMPORTANT. PROVIDING PPE AND BUSINESS MODIFICATION GRANTS IS IMPORTANT, UM, EX LIFE AS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. SO NOT ONLY DO WE WANT TO PROVIDE GRANTS TO THE NONPROFITS AND SMALL BUSINESS, BUT WE WANT TO ALSO PROVIDE THEM TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE SO THAT THEY CAN BECOME RESILIENT. THEY CAN DEVELOP CAPACITY AND COBIT COMPLIANCE PLAN. SO IF SOMETHING HAPPENS IN THE FUTURE, UH, THEY WILL BE MORE PREPARED THAN WHAT WE ARE NOW. IF THEY NEED NONPROFIT MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION GUIDANCE, WE WILL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THOSE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. AND THAT WILL BE PART OF THE REQUIREMENT AROUND THE GRANTS THAT ARE RECEIVED. AND SO THESE ARE THE PROGRAMS THAT ARE A PART OF, AGAIN, THE ECONOMIC RECOVERY, UM, SUPPORT FOR SMALL BUSINESSES AND NONPROFITS, AND I'M AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. AND I WENT BACK, IF YOU NEED TO SEND ME A FOLLOW UP EMAIL. THAT'S GREAT TOO. MR. CARE, OF COURSE. I HAVE A QUESTION. MADAM VICE CHAIR, UH, SORRY. I WAS ON MUTE. I APOLOGIZE. UH, SO JUST TO BE CLEAR, THE FIRST 16.5 MILLION IS GOING TO BUSINESSES THAT WE LOOKED AT. YES. UH, AND SO I GUESS THAT WAS LIKE BASICALLY THE FIRST SLIDE. SO 0.5 IS GOING TO BUSINESSES. DO WE KNOW WHAT THE, AND THOSE ARE BUSINESSES OF 25 AND UNDER STAFF, DO WE KNOW WHAT THE, UH, INCOME LEVEL IS OF THOSE BUSINESS OWNERS? DO WE KNOW WHAT THE TARGET INCOME LEVEL IS WITH RESPECT TO MFI OF THOSE BUSINESS OWNERS THAT ARE RECEIVING THESE 16 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS? OKAY. SO WE, THE GUIDELINES SAY THAT YOU CAN HAVE NO MORE THAN 5 MILLION IN REVENUE, BUT ALSO IN OUR SCORING MATRIX, YOU WILL GET POINTS. IF YOU'RE IN A CODE THAT'S, MOTOMOD HOW MANY EMPLOYEES YOU MAY HAVE THAT ARE LOW TO MARK. SO IT'S A MATRIX THAT ARE PULLING IN, UH, FACTORS. ARE YOU A MINORITY OWNED BUSINESS? ARE YOU A WOMAN ON BUSINESS? HAVE YOU RECEIVED PPP BEFORE? BUT AGAIN, WE'RE TRYING TO REACH THOSE BUSINESSES THAT DID NOT HAVE ACCESS TO THE FEDERAL PROGRAM ARE IN LOW, MUCH DISTRACT, MAYBE ON, BY A WOMAN, MAYBE A WOMAN OWNED BUSINESS OR MINORITY OWNED BUSINESS. OKAY. AND W WILL THAT BE TRACKED, UH, WILL, IS THAT INFORMATION BEING TRACKED BY THE, UH, BY ANYBODY, YOU KNOW, BY, UH, WE KNOW WHAT THE RECIPIENTS MFI, UH, NOT MFI WHAT THEIR INCOME WILL BE AT THE END. UH, SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO SEE WHOM THE 16 POINT $5 MILLION WENT TO WITH RESPECT TO INCOME. YOU RESPECT TO THE BUSINESS SIDE OF THE BUSINESS INCOME OR THE EMPLOYEES. OKAY. WITH RESPECT TO THE BUSINESS OWNERS, THE INCOME OF THE BUSINESS OWNER ARE COLLECTING THAT INFORMATION. DO WE KNOW WHAT THEIR INCOME IS? SO THAT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE'LL BE ABLE TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, 80% OF THE FOLKS WHO RECEIVED A SUPPORT FOR THEIR BUSINESSES [01:10:01] WERE AT X PERCENT OF MFI. SO WE CAN COMPARE THAT TO THE OTHER FUNDS THAT WE DISPERSED. YES. AND IF YOU NOW GO TO OUR HEX RECOVERS WEBSITE, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ACTUALLY LAUNCHED A LOAN PROGRAM IN EARLY MAY. AND SO ON THAT DASHBOARD, WE HAVE A DISTRICT BUSINESS TYPE, UH, RACE, ETHNICITY, LOTS OF DATA THAT WE'RE TRACKING. AND WE, THAT WAS ONE OF THE DATA POINTS THAT WE USE TO ACTUALLY DEVELOP THIS PROGRAM, BECAUSE WE HAD ALREADY COLLECTED OVER 1100 INQUIRIES FROM LOCAL BUSINESSES. AND WE WERE ASKING THOSE THINGS TYPE QUESTIONS. OKAY. SO THEIR INCOME IS TRACKED. SO, SO WE DO KNOW BASICALLY WHAT WE'RE GETTING THERE. OKAY. RIGHT. THANK YOU. AND THEN THE OTHER QUESTION IS THAT I JUST SEEM TO ME THAT, UH, OF ALL THE FUNDS THAT ARE, THAT WE'VE LOOKED AT HERE, AND IT ADDS UP PRETTY BIG NUMBER. IT LOOKED LIKE ONLY 5 MILLION. THOSE WERE LANDING INTO THE HANDS OF PEOPLE AND ALL THE REST WERE LANDING INTO THE HANDS OF EITHER BUSINESSES OR CORPORATIONS. IS THAT CORRECT? RIGHT NOW ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT IS IN CHARGE OF ONE COMPONENT OF RECOVERY. THE RISE, WHICH IS ALSO CONSIDERED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS HANDLED BY AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH. SO I CAN SEND A LINK TO ANGELA TO SEND OUT THAT SHOWS THE ENTIRE COVERT SPENDING PLAN SO THAT YOU CAN SEE THE COMPONENTS THAT ACTUALLY WENT INTO THE HANDS OF THE INDIVIDUAL. SO THIS IS ONLY THE ECONOMIC RECOVERY COMPONENT THAT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT IS ACTUALLY ADMINISTERING THE FUNDS FOR. YEAH. THAT, THAT, THAT MAKES SENSE. AND I, THE REASON I'M POINTING IT OUT WAS I THINK ECONOMIC RECOVERY IS, UH, IS SORT OF A GLOBAL THING. AND I THINK THAT'S ALSO PROVEN JUST BY THE NOTION THAT SOME OF THESE FUNDS ARE GOING DIRECTLY TO INDIVIDUALS. UH, AND, UH, THIS IS, YOU KNOW, I, I, TO BE CLEAR, YOUR WORK IS DEEPLY APPRECIATED AND, UH, THIS KIND OF SUPPORT FOR BUSINESSES IT'S ALSO DEEPLY NEEDED. UH, WHAT I'M TRYING TO DO IS JUST GET A, SORT OF A BETTER CONTEXTUAL PERSPECTIVE OF, WITH A LIMITED SET OF FUNDS AND JUST A HEMORRHAGING, UH, AMOUNT OF SUFFERING, YOU KNOW, WHERE THOSE ARE GOING AND HOW OUR PRIORITIES ARE THAT IF WE MAKE THEM ONE WAY, NOW WE CAN SORT OF CONTINUOUSLY BE EVALUATING THEM AND PERHAPS IMPROVING THEM ALONG THE WAY. THANK YOU. RIGHT. SO IF I CAN ADD, UH, VERONICA BERCENIO, WHO IS NOW LEADING THE ECONOMIC RECOVERY FOR THE CITY, WHEN WE WERE DEVELOPING THE SPENDING FRAMEWORK, WE APPROACHED IT AS THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE FIRST PUBLIC AND HELD SECOND. AND THEN WHAT DOES ECONOMIC RECOVERY LOOK LIKE? AND SO WE WERE IN CONVERSATIONS WITH HEALTH ON WHAT THE NEED WAS, UH, HOUSING IN TERMS OF RENTAL ASSISTANCE. AND SO WE TRIED TO PUT TOGETHER THE BEST APPROACH WITH INPUT FROM, UH, PANELS THAT THE CITY HAS ASSEMBLED. AND SO WE DEFINITELY RECOGNIZE THAT PUTTING CASH IN THEIR HANDS, BUT THIS WAS THE, UM, BEST APPROACH, NOT THE BEST APPROACH THAT WE COULD COME UP, NOT TO SAY IT WAS LIKE EVERYTHING, YOU KNOW, THIS IS JUST THE BEST APPROACH THAT WE HAD. DEFINITELY RECOGNIZE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. THANK YOU SO MUCH, COMMISSIONER DELGADO. HI. THANK YOU. AND YES, THAT PRESENTATION WAS VERY, VERY HELPFUL BECAUSE I HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ON, UM, THAT LOAN THAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT. THE CITY WAS OFFERING TO SMALL BUSINESSES, AS YOU KNOW, NOT EVERYONE WAS ABLE TO TAP INTO THAT. AND SO THIS IS REALLY GOOD INFO TO GIVE OUT TO OUR SMALL BUSINESSES THAT ARE, THAT HAVE SHUT DOWN. THEY CAN'T RECOVER. UM, A LOT OF THE SBA LOANS WERE NOT GIVEN TO THEM A LOT OF THOSE CITY OF AUSTIN LOANS. UM, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY CALL IT FAMILY LOAN. I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S TITLED UNDER, BUT I KNOW THAT THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO TAP INTO THAT. AND SO I I'M REALLY INTERESTED IN, IN THE BUSINESS OWNERS, UM, WHEN, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE 5 MILLION IN REVENUE. SO ANYBODY THAT MADE THAT DIDN'T MAKE THAT, UH, ANNUALLY, UM, ARE, ARE QUALIFYING. ARE YOU SAYING THAT IT'S, I MEAN, HOW ARE THOSE SMALL BUSINESSES THAT, YOU KNOW, ARE THAT ARE, DON'T KNOW ALL THIS INFORMATION? HOW ARE THEY, HOW ARE WE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE ACTUALLY THE ONES ACCESSING IT, ESPECIALLY IN THE MINORITY, UM, POPULATION OF BUSINESS OWNERS, LIKE THE MOM AND POP SHOPS, UM, THE ONES THAT, YOU KNOW, HAD BUSINESSES FOR 30 TO 40 YEARS, A LOT OF THOSE ESSENTIAL, UH, RETAIL BUSINESSES AS WELL. UM, HOW DO WE, HOW ARE WE GOING TO BE TRACKING THAT, TO SEE IF THEY WERE EVEN ABLE TO QUALIFY? I MEAN, I KNOW THEY'LL QUALIFY, [01:15:01] BUT HOW ARE WE MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE GETTING THIS INFORMATION SO THEY CAN APPLY AND MEET THOSE DEADLINES AND ACCESS THOSE FUNDS? I MEAN, I HEARD YOU SAY APH IS ADMINISTRATING THAT, BUT IS THERE, I MEAN, I JUST FEEL LIKE GREAT. YEAH, NO GREAT QUESTION. AND WE HAVE, WE HAVE HEARD THAT FROM EVEN WHEN WE DID THE MUSIC GRANT. AND SO WHAT WE HAVE, UM, DONE IN CONSULTATION WITH THE EQUITY OFFICE IS WHAT WE HAVE OUR COMMUNITY CHAMPIONS, THOSE INDIVIDUALS OR ORGANIZATIONS THAT CAN HELP US REACH DEEP INTO COMMUNITY ACROSS THE SPECTRUM. SO WE WILL HAVE A LARGE, UH, PURSE, UH, COMPANY THAT WOULD CUT THE CHECK, BUT THEN WE ARE WORKING WITH COMMUNITY CHAMPIONS TO HELP US GET THE WORD OUT, HELP US, HELP BUSINESSES EVEN GET DOCUMENTATION TOGETHER. DO YOU HAVE COMPUTER ACCESS? DO WE MEET, DO YOU NEED TO COME OVER TO OUR OFFICE? THAT IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO ENLIST OUR COMMUNITY CHAMPIONS TO DO. AND IT'S A DIVERSE GROUP OF COMMUNITY CHAMPIONS. GREAT. SO WHEN IS THAT TAKE PLACE AND HOW ARE WE GONNA, WE GONNA FILTER THAT INFO TO OUR BUSINESS OWNERS. GREAT QUESTION. AND SO, AS PART OF THE CONTRACT WITH THE ADMINISTRATOR, WE'RE DEVELOPING IN CONJUNCTION WITH OUR CORPORATE PIO STAFF, A MARKETING PLAN AND A TIMELINE. SO WE WANT, HYPOTHETICALLY, LET'S JUST SAY, IF WE LAUNCHED TOMORROW BITS, WE WON'T, WE'RE GOING TO GIVE LIKE A WEEK TIME FRAME FOR OUR COMMUNITY CHAMPIONS TO GET THE WORD OUT. WE'RE GOING TO DO PSA. WE'RE DOING, AND THEN VARIOUS LANGUAGES. SO WE'VE ALREADY TAPPED INTO THE CONTRACT. HOW DO WE, WHO DO WE NEED TO TALK TO, TO GET THE LANGUAGE, UH, CONVERTED INTO THE TOP FIVE? AND SO ALREADY DONE THAT INVESTIGATIVE WORK. WE'RE DEFINITELY REACHING OUT TO OUR CHAMPIONS THAT ARE ACROSS THE BOARD. I'M ACTUALLY IN SEARCH FOR ANOTHER ONE THAT CAN HELP IN A, IN A COMMUNITY THAT WE NEED TO TARGET. AND SO OUR GOAL IS DEFINITELY LEGACY BUSINESS. THOSE WHO CALLED US AND HAD THESE STORIES THAT JUST, JUST, THIS HAS GOT TO US THAT, YOU KNOW, I CAN'T GET A CALL BACK FROM SBA AND THAT'S NOT WHAT WE WANT TO HEAR. WE WANT TO TEST THE SYSTEM. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE READY. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE OUR CHAMPIONS UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS, UNDERSTAND WHAT'S NEEDED. THEY CAN BE TALKING TO THOSE BUSINESSES THAT THEY KNOW WHO DID NOT UNDERSTAND THE SBA REGULATION, WHO MAY NOT HAVE A QUALIFIED FOR OUR LOAN. SO WE STILL HAVE ALL OF THAT DATA, ALL OF THOSE CONTEXTS THAT WE WILL BE GETTING THE INFORMATION OUT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND COMMISSIONERS, I THINK WE SHOULD MOVE ON. I DID WANT TO NOTE THAT, UM, UH, MS. HOLT, ROB HAS SAID THAT SHE WOULD, UH, ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS VIA EMAIL IF YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS. SO JUST WANT TO SAY, THANKS AGAIN SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. IT WAS VERY HELPFUL, INFORMATIVE. UM, AND I'LL TURN [Item 3C] IT OVER TO STAFF FOR THREE C PRESENTATION BRIEFING, A BRIEFING DISCUSSION OF THE 2021 TIMELINE FOR FEDERAL PROGRAMS. THANK YOU, CHAIR. I WOULD LIKE TO PICK A MOMENT MORE STUDENT SUBMISSION TO OFFER THE SPACE, TO PROVIDE THE RECOMMENDATION THAT CONDITIONER PUT FORWARD. YOU WANT IT ON THE RECORD? NOT, I MEAN THAT IN THE MINUTES, COMMISSIONER, MY WHINY, IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING. YES, I DO. BUT IT'S NOT IN MY SCREEN ANYMORE. I EMAILED IT TO Y'ALL. I'M SORRY. UM, COULD YOU, COULD YOU READ IT ANDREW OR, SORRY, UH, I'M SORRY. MAYBE I SHOULD READ IT. JUST GIVE ME A SECOND. HEY, UH, THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION WOULD LIKE IT TO BE NOTED THAT THERE ARE SUBSTANTIAL BARRIERS THAT STYMIE THE TURNAROUND TIME OF MANY OF THE INTERVENTIONS THAT ARE SUPPORTING RENTAL ASSISTANCE, UTILITIES, ASSISTANCE, CHILDCARE, AND BASIC NEEDS AS APH REPORTED TO COMMISSIONERS DURING THE MEETING ON SIX, NINE 2020, THESE DELAYS, WHICH CAN LAST WEEKS AND THEN DO RESULT IN BOTH FIDUCIARY INEFFICIENCY. FOR EXAMPLE, LATE FEES FOR LANDLORDS, EXCLUSION OF HOUSEHOLDS WITHOUT FORMALIZED LEASES AND FRAGMENTED APPROVAL SYSTEMS. I E DISTINCT APPROVAL PROCESSES FOR RENT UTILITIES, FOOD BASIC NEEDS AND CHILDCARE. THIS COMMISSION BELIEVES THAT THESE CHALLENGES TO THE SYSTEM SHOULD BE A DULY RECOGNIZED [01:20:01] AND BE IMPROVED PERHAPS BY, WITH PERHAPS WITH MORE EFFICIENT UNIFIED PROCESSES, AS WELL AS PERHAPS MORE FLEXIBLE AND LIQUID FINANCIAL OPTIONS FOR RECIPIENTS AND ASSISTANCE. GOOD JOB. GOOD JOB. WE CAN'T HEAR YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. OH, SORRY. SORRY. YEAH, I JUST SAID, YEAH, THAT WAS GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. UM, AND COMMISSIONER, UH, UH, VICE-CHAIR LOUIE, UH, YOU HAD INITIALLY HAD SOME COMMENTS ON THIS. SO IF OTHER COMMISSIONERS HAVE ANY QUICK THOUGHTS ON THIS, UM, OTHERWISE, UH, WE'LL JUST GO WITH THE WAY IT IS PRESENTED GOING ONCE GOING TWICE. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. UM, IT'S PRETTY INCREDIBLE. YOU DID THAT, UH, SO QUICKLY. UM, BUT, UH, I THINK IT ENCAPSULATES THE POINTS THAT WE WERE TRYING TO MAKE AND THE CONCERNS. SO, UH, YOU'LL BACK TO STAFF FOR ITEM THREE C. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THIS IS ANDREW SUMMER NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING DEVELOPMENT. WANT TO DO A QUICK HOUSEKEEPING CHECK? CAN EVERYONE HEAR ME? YES. ALL RIGHT. THERE WERE SOME ISSUES, AUDIO ISSUES EARLIER. SO PLEASE LET ME KNOW. I HAVE A BACKUP. I ALSO WANT TO CHECK WITH THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE. UM, ARE WE, CAN WE NEED TO STOP AT SEVEN 30? I HAVE A HARD RULE. THERE IS A HARD STOP AT SEVEN 30. ALL RIGHT, YOU'RE READY TO GO. PLEASE. FEEL FREE TO EMAIL ME QUESTIONS, UM, LATER. ALRIGHT, SO STARTING ON OUR SLIDE, THIS PRESENT PATIENT, WE'LL DISCUSS THE CITY OF AUSTIN'S TIMELINES AND PROCESSES FOR DEVELOPING ITS FISCAL YEAR 20 1920 AND FISCAL YEAR 2021 ACTION PLAN, WHICH ARE REQUIRED IN ORDER TO RECEIVE FUNDING FROM US. WE DON'T HAVE TO DEPARTMENT RELEVANT. THIS IS A THANK YOU. SLIDE TWO. THIS IS A TIMELINE OF EVENTS STARTING WITH THE SIGNING OF THE PEARS ACT AND AN EFFORT TO QUICKLY TO RESPOND, TO AND MITIGATE THE NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF COVID-19 THE FISCAL YEAR 2019 CONSOLIDATED PLAN AND FISCAL YEAR 2019 AT 20 ACTION PLAN. AND THEN THE TIMELINE WAS ACCELERATED. WE HELD A SEVEN DAY NEEDS ASSESSMENT PERIOD, AND A NINE DAY PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD TO GATHER FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY ABOUT THAT WAS THE NIMITZ COUNCIL APPROVED THE FISCAL YEAR 2019 THROUGH 24 CONSOLIDATED PLAN AND FISCAL YEAR 2019 THROUGH 20 ACTION. AND CITIZEN PART IS THE PATIENT PLAN AMENDMENTS ON THAT MAY 1ST NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THE SLIDE FEATURES THAT CONSOLIDATE PLAN AND ACTION PLAN, AND THEN THE PRIORITIES FUNDED THROUGH CDBG D THE S AND HALF WAR. AND I REMEMBER FROM OUR MEETING LAST TIME, LET'S SEE NEAT, THERE'S THE ABBREVIATED VERSION OF CORONAVIRUS. AND SO THESE AMENDMENT PRIORITIES FUNDED THROUGH THOSE CV PROGRAMS ARE IN ORDER TO PREVENT, PREPARE FOR, AND RESPOND TO GRONER BARKS. AND THESE PRIORITY PROGRAMS ARE FORMED BY FEEDBACK RECEIVED BY THE COMMUNITY AND THROUGH COLLABORATION WITH THE CITY'S ECONOMIC RECOVERY TEAM, THE PRIORITIES, INCLUDING THE EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE AND HOMELESSNESS ASSISTANCE, SPECIAL NEEDS ASSISTANCE FOR CHILDCARE SERVICES AND SERVICES FUNDED WITH HACK LISTS AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE TO RETAIN THAT CHILDCARE JOBS HELD BY LOW TO MODERATE INCOME PERSON SLIDE FOR ME. SO THAT BRINGS US TO THE FISCAL YEAR 20 2021 ACTION PLAN TIMELINE. WE'LL BE CONDUCTING THE THREE DAY PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD, JUST LIKE WE ALWAYS DO, OR THE FISCAL YEAR 2021 ACTION PLAN. DURING THIS TIME, THERE WILL BE TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS RECEIPT OF A COMMENT ARM THAT DRAFT ACTION PLAN ONE PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THE BEST COMMISSION, THE CDC SCHEDULED FOR MID JULY AND ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULED BEFORE CITY COUNCIL FOR DURAN 30TH COUNCIL WAS EXPECTED TO PROVIDE THEIR FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE ACTUAL PLAN ON JULY 30TH. YOU WILL SUBMIT FINAL PLAN TO HUD ON AUGUST 14TH. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. AND THIS IS JUST A REMINDER OF [01:25:01] THE PRIORITY PROGRAMS THAT ARE FEATURED IN THE FISCAL YEAR 2019 THROUGH 24 ARE OUR DATA PLAN. AND THESE PROGRAMS WERE DEVELOPED IN RESPONSE, THE FEEDBACK RECEIVED DURING THE PLANNING PROCESS OF THE CONSOLIDATORS AND THE TOP PRIORITIES IDENTIFIED BY THE COMMUNITY AT THAT TIME WERE AVAILABILITY OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING SERVICES TO BURNETT HOMELESSNESS, JOB TRAINING AND OR JOB OPPORTUNITIES, MENTAL HEALTH AND COUNSELING SERVICES AND PORTABLE CHILD. SO THAT BRINGS ME TO THE END WITH TWO MINUTES LEFT. UM, THANK YOU, ANGIE. AND AS YOU MENTIONED, UM, COMMISSIONERS, PLEASE JUST SEND YOUR, UM, QUESTIONS DIRECTLY TO STAFF, UM, SO THAT WE CAN GET THOSE ANSWERED AND PERHAPS WE CAN REVIEW, UH, AT THE NEXT MEETING. UM, AND THEN THE LAST [Item 4] ITEM OF COURSE, IS, UM, THE, UH, FEATURE ITEMS FOR NEXT. UH, I DID REALLY WANT TO QUICKLY SAY THAT, UH, I KNOW THAT THE ISSUE ABOUT POLICE FUNDING HAS BEEN, UM, A MAJOR ISSUE NATIONALLY AND FOR THE COUNCIL. SO I THINK MAYBE NEXT TIME WE HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT THE, UM, WHERE SOME OF THOSE FUNDS COULD BE REALLOCATED. CAUSE THERE WERE SOME TALK ABOUT AT LEAST A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS POTENTIALLY. UM, AND WE, YOU KNOW, TO OTHER SOCIAL SERVICES TO ADDRESS THE ACTUAL UNDERLYING ISSUES AND THINGS LIKE HOMELESSNESS AND MENTAL HEALTH AND OTHERS. UM, SO I THINK THAT COULD BE SOMETHING WE COULD TALK ABOUT. UM, AND, UH, COMMISSIONERS, OBVIOUSLY AS ALWAYS PLEASE JUST SEND, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, YOUR THOUGHTS ON WHAT AGENDA ITEMS MIGHT BE RELEVANT FOR A FUTURE MEETING, UH, EITHER DIRECTLY TO STAFF AND YOU CAN INCLUDE MYSELF OR, UH, VICE CHAIR, UM, LOUIE. SO, UM, WE ARE LESS THAN A MINUTE. I DON'T KNOW IF STAFF, YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL HOUSEKEEPING THINGS TO, SO TELL US ABOUT NICK MEETING BEFORE WE WRAP UP. I MOVED TO ADJOURN HERE. OKAY, WELL, YOU HEARD IT HERE. UH WE'RE DURING THIS MEETING, THANKS SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO NEXT MEETING, UH, WHERE WE CAN DISCUSS THESE A REALLY IMPORTANT ISSUE. THANKS AGAIN, AND HAVE A GREAT EVENING. . * 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.