* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [Call to Order] [00:00:03] WE'LL BEGIN TO ADVISE THE COUNCIL ON THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO SERVE THE POOR IN THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE, WITH AN EMPHASIS ON FEDERALLY FUNDED PROGRAMS. [1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES] WE'LL START WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM JUNE 9TH. PLEASE TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. IF THERE ARE NOT ANY CHANGES TO ONE ENTERTAIN, A MOTION COMMISSIONER TOLERATED TO A CHAIRMAN. I HAVE MOVED THAT WE APPROVED THE MINUTES. IF THERE'S NO CHANGE. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. DOLLIVER. WE DO HAVE A MOTION. WAIT FOR A SECOND WHILE FOLKS, WE HAVE A SECOND AND A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES SAYING NO CHANGES OR HEARING NO CHANGES ALL IN FAVOR. SAY AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED. SAY NAY. OKAY. SO LIKE THE AYES HAVE IT. WE WILL BE MOVING [2A Presentation and discussion on the draft FY 2020-21 Action Plan (NeighborhoodHousing and Community Development staff).] ON TO ITEM NUMBER TWO OLD BUSINESS TO A PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION ON THE DRAFT 2021 ACTION PLAN NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING STAFF. HI, THIS IS REBECCA GLO AND ANGIE. I WANT TO JUST, UM, I'M, I'M COGNIZANT THAT I BELIEVE I AM ON POINT FOR THIS PRESENTATION. SO JUST TRYING TO GET TO THE LIVE FEED REAL FAST I'M IN THE OFFICE AND WE HAD SOME TECHNICAL ISSUES EARLIER AND SO ANGIE JUST POINT ME TO THE RIGHT PLACE. UM, WE ARE LIVE CORRECT. IT SHOULDN'T BE A LIVE STREAM ON THE ATX. YEAH. HOLD ON ONE SECOND. AND REBECCA, I AM SENDING THE PRESENTATION TO YOU AS WELL. HMM. YOUR LINE IF YOU'RE NOT TALKING. OKAY. SO ERIC HAS YOU WANT TO GET STARTED ON JUST AN INTRO? I'VE PRINTED ALL THE MATERIAL AND I WILL BE RIGHT THERE. OKAY. GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS. THIS IS ERIC. THE, UH, HOUSING DEVELOPMENT OFFICER WITH THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT. UM, AND PRESENTATION IS A SUMMARY OF THE FISCAL YEAR 2021, UH, FISCAL YEAR 2022, 2021, UH, ACTION PLAN, WHICH, UH, WE ARE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT AN ACTION PLAN TO HUD, TO BE ABLE TO RECEIVE FUNDING FROM, UH, THE US DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT. NEXT SLIDE. AND MAYBE WE DON'T HAVE THE PRESENTATION UP YET. SO, UH, THE PRESENTATION FOR ITEMS TOO, IF YOU'RE WATCHING THE LIVE FEED, THERE IS A DELAY, THE PRESENTATION IS UP. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. GREAT. UM, SO IF WE CAN GO TO SLIDE NUMBER, UH, NUMBER THREE, ACTUALLY. SO, UH, SLIDE NUMBER THREE SHOWS THE FOUR FEDERAL GRANTS THAT WE RECEIVE FROM THE U S DEPARTMENT FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF VIEW, US DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT. SORRY, MY WORDS ARE, ARE GETTING METALED TODAY. UM, SO THE FOUR GRANTS THAT WE RECEIVE ARE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, BLOCK GRANTS, GRANTS, HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP, HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS, HAPA, AND EMERGENCY [00:05:01] SOLUTIONS GRANT OR ESG. AND, UM, THEY, THEY ARE SHOWN GENERALLY IN THE AMOUNT IN THE, UH, THE, THE SORT OF GENERAL PROPORTION OF FUNDING THAT WE RECEIVE, BUT, BUT NOT EXACT. AND WE'LL GET INTO MORE DETAIL ABOUT THAT. WE CAN GO TO SLIDE NUMBER FOUR. UH, SO THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE BEEN ON THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION FOR A WHILE AND ARE FAMILIAR WITH THIS, BUT JUST AS A QUICK REMINDER, UM, WE GO THROUGH MULTIPLE PROCESSES RELATED, RELATED TO FUNDING FROM HUD. SO, UM, IN GENERAL, THE PROCESS STARTS EVERY FIVE YEARS WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW FIVE-YEAR CONSOLIDATED PLAN. AND THAT BASICALLY, UM, SETS FORTH OUR GENERAL PLANS OF HOW WE ARE GOING TO ALLOCATE FUNDING FROM HUD OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. AND THAT THAT PROCESS WAS ACTUALLY COMPLETED LAST YEAR. SO WE HAVE TO SUBMIT, WE SUBMITTED A CONSOLIDATED PLAN LAST YEAR. UM, AND THEN EACH YEAR AFTER THE CONSOLIDATED PLAN, WE SUBMIT WHAT'S CALLED A ONE YEAR ACTION PLAN. AND SO WE'RE CURRENTLY IN THE SECOND YEAR OF THIS CONSOLIDATED PLANNING PROCESS AND THAT SPECIFIES WHAT WE'RE PLANNING TO SPEND OUR HUD FUNDING ON DURING THAT ONE FISCAL YEAR. AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT TODAY. AND THEN AT THE END OF EACH YEAR, THE CITY OF AUSTIN COMPLETES WHAT'S CALLED A CONSOLIDATED ANNUAL PERFORMANCE AND EVALUATION REPORT CALLED THE CAPER. AND SO THAT BASICALLY INCLUDES ALL OF THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS FROM THAT YEAR. SO IF WE CAN GO TO SLIDE FIVE BRIEFLY, WE'RE GOING TO VERY BRIEFLY, UM, GO OVER THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS FROM FISCAL YEAR 2018, 19 TO SORT OF LET YOU ALL KNOW WHAT WE WERE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH DURING THAT YEAR. SO BASICALLY THIS IS KIND OF A SUMMARY OF WHAT WAS INCLUDED IN THE CAPER THAT WAS SUBMITTED AT THE END OF, UM, LAST, LAST YEAR, UH, GOING ON TO SLIDE SIX, UM, ON SLIDE SIX THAT SHOWS THE INVESTMENT CATEGORIES ON PROGRAMS THAT WERE IN PLACE DURING THE LAST FISCAL YEAR. SO, UM, THOSE CATEGORIES HAVE CHANGED SOMEWHAT FOR THIS UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR BECAUSE, UH, THEY CHANGED DURING THE CONSOLIDATED PLANNING PROCESS. SO, UM, THIS SLIDE LISTS ALL OF THE VARIOUS PROGRAMS THAT WERE FEDERALLY FUNDED, UM, IN 2018, 2019. AND THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS I'LL BE TALKING ABOUT, UM, ON THE NEXT FEW SLIDES ARE BASED ON THESE PARTICULAR PROGRAMS. UH, NEXT SLIDE SLIDE SEVEN. SO IN TERMS OF THE NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS SERVED THROUGH OUR FEDERAL FUNDING, IT INCLUDES, UM, A TOTAL OF 3000 PLUS HOUSEHOLDS THROUGH THOSE HUD FUNDED FUNDED ACTIVITIES THAT ARE LISTED ON SLIDE SIX AND THEN GOING ONTO SLIDE EIGHT. UM, WE'VE ALSO BROKEN DOWN THE DEMOGRAPHICS BY INCOME CATEGORY. SO, UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, UH, A HUGE PROPORTION OF THE HOUSEHOLDS SERVED THROUGH THE FEDERAL FUNDING ARE EXTREMELY LOW INCOME, WHICH IS DEFINED AS, UM, UNDER 30% OF THE MEETING FAMILY INCOME. AND THEN THERE ARE SOME HELPFUL SERVED THAT ARE LOW INCOME AND MODERATE INCOME, OKAY. ONTO SLIDE NINE. WE, UH, WE BROKE DOWN THE HOUSEHOLDS SERVED BY RACE AND ETHNICITY. UM, AND, AND THEN TO MAKE THAT EASIER TO READ, IF YOU'LL GO AHEAD AND GO TO SLIDE 10, UM, WE'VE BROKEN THEM INTO BAR CHARTS. SO ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE, IT SHOWS THE DEMOGRAPHICS FOR THE CITY [00:10:01] OF AUSTIN AS A WHOLE BROKEN DOWN BY RACE AND ETHNICITY. AND ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, UH, IT'S A BREAKDOWN OF HOUSEHOLDS SERVED FUNDED PROGRAMS. SO, UM, SO WE WANTED TO INCLUDE CHARTS SO THAT YOU COULD SEE THE PROPORTION OF, UM, OF HOUSEHOLDS BY RACE AND ETHNICITY IN THE CITY COMPARED WITH THE HOUSEHOLDS THAT WE SERVED. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU CAN SEE IS THAT WE HAVE SERVED A GREATER, UM, A GREATER PROPORTION OF, UM, BLACK HOUSEHOLDS THAN THE HOUSEHOLDS IN AUSTIN, WHICH MAKES SENSE SINCE, UM, THERE IS STILL A DISPROPORTIONATE SHARE OF BLACK HOUSEHOLDS WHO ARE IN POVERTY GOING ON TO SLIDE 11. NOW WE'RE SHIFTING INTO LOOKING AT THE PROPOSED ACTION PLAN FOR FISCAL YEAR 2021, UM, AND ONTO SLIDE 12, UM, ON SLIDE 12, THIS IS A SUMMARY OF THE, OF WHAT IS PROPOSED IN THE FISCAL YEAR 2021 ACTION PLAN AND DETAIL OF, UH, OF WHAT IS PROPOSED ARE IN WHAT'S CALLED OUR FUNDING TABLE, WHICH IS FOLLOWING THIS PRESENTATION. SO THE HIGH LEVEL SUMMARY IS THAT, UM, APPROXIMATELY 1.8 MILLION WOULD BE GOING TO HOMELESS ASSISTANCE. APPROXIMATELY 2.7 MILLION WOULD BE GOING TO SPECIAL NEEDS ASSISTANCE, 3.3 MILLION TO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE, 750,000 TO HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE, 3.2 MILLION HOMEOWNERS ASSISTANCE, APPROXIMATELY HALF MILLION TO RENTER ASSISTANCE AND APPROXIMATELY 1.5 MILLION TO HOME BUYER ASSISTANCE. BUT THE DETAILS FOR THIS, AS I MENTIONED, ARE INCLUDED IN THE FUNDING TABLE THAT IS FOLLOWING THIS PRESENTATION IN YOUR PACKET, I'M GOING ON TO SLIDE 13, THAT PROVIDES INFORMATION ABOUT, UM, WAYS TO WAYS FOR THE PUBLIC TO GET INVOLVED IN PROVIDING INPUT ON THE ACTION PLAN. SO PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO SEND IN COMMENTS BY EMAIL, BY BY MAIL. UM, WE HAVE CREATED A UP AUSTIN WEBSITE SO THAT PEOPLE CAN VIEW THE DRAFT ACTION PLAN AND PROVIDE COMMENTS THAT WAY. AND THEN MOVING ON TO SLIDE 14, UM, THERE WILL ALSO BE A PUBLIC HEARING IN FRONT OF THE CITY COUNCIL ON JULY 30TH, AND THEN WE WILL SUBMIT THE ACTION PLAN TO HUD, UM, BY AUGUST 15TH AND THEN THE FINAL SUBSTANTIVE SLIDE. AND NOW WE'RE BEING TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. YOU MAY HAVE QUESTION PLEASE, ERICA, COULD YOU GO OVER HOW THE BUDGET THIS YEAR DIFFERS FROM THE DRAFT FOR NEXT YEAR, IF IT DOES, BUT THERE ARE SOME CHANGES. SO, UH, AND ANGIE, IF YOU HAVE, IF YOU HAVE THE TABLE SIDE BY SIDE, I, MY ASK YOU TO JUMP IN, UM, IN GENERAL, ONE OF THE BIG DIFFERENCES FROM LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR IS THAT, UM, UM, CDBG FUNDING. WELL, I SAY LAST YEAR, IT'S REALLY KIND OF THIS FISCAL YEAR, UM, WAS USED FOR THE PURCHASE OF A, UH, A HOTEL THAT WILL BE USED AS PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING OR RAPID REHOUSING FOR PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND, UM, MOVING INTO NEXT YEAR THAT CDBG FUNDING WILL BE USED BY THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT FOR CAPACITY BUILDING FOR, UM, FOR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. SO THAT IS REALLY THE LARGEST TO CHANGE FROM THIS FISCAL YEAR TO NEXT YEAR, FULL YEAR CAPACITY BUILDING FOR [00:15:03] WHAT YOU SAID, UH, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, WHAT DOES THAT ENTAIL? SO THAT IS, IS LIKELY GOING TO BE SOME SORT OF JOB TRAINING, UH, OPPORTUNITY. IT MAY ALSO INVOLVE TRAINING RELATED TO, UM, PREPARATIONS FOR COVID, ESPECIALLY THIS FISCAL YEAR AND ANGIE TO HAVE MORE DETAILS THAT YOU CAN FILL IN, FILL IN ON THAT. OKAY. YES. AND JUST FOR REFERENCE, I'M GETTING THERE RIGHT NOW, I'M SCROLLING VERY RAPIDLY THROUGH THIS LARGE ACTION PLAN, UM, COMMISSIONER, UH, POP A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT THAT PROGRAM IS LISTED IN THE DRAFT ACTION PLAN. UM, I WANT TO GIVE YOU A SPECIFIC PAGE ON PAGE 50, BUT, UM, THE PURPOSE OF THE PROGRAM IS A SUPPORT WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT TRAINING TO UPSKILL OR RE SKILL FURLOUGHED OR PREVIOUSLY FURLOUGHED WORKERS TO ENSURE A SAFE LEARNING, WORKING, AND OPERATING ENVIRONMENT. AND THIS WOULD BE CARRIED OUT BY THE CITY OR BY THE CONTRACTOR. IT WOULD BE BY A CONTRACTOR. AND DO YOU HAVE EXAMPLES OF THE TYPES OF ORGANIZATIONS THAT PROVIDE THAT KIND OF TRAINING? ONE EXAMPLE WOULD BE WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS? UM, ANGIE, DO YOU KNOW OF OTHER EXAMPLES? WELL, RIGHT NOW, UM, THAT'S WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT IS, UH, I GUESS SORT OF CONTRACTING LISTS OF RECIPIENT, UH, WITH WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS, UM, TO PROVIDE, CARRY FORWARD THAT PROGRAM. BUT, UH, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, COMMISSIONER POP, THE CITY WOULD STILL ADMINISTER IT. IT WOULD BE, UM, ADMINISTERED BY THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. MR. CHAIR. I DON'T HAVE OTHER QUESTIONS. OKAY. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. IS ANYONE ELSE? I DON'T SEE ANY HANDS, ALTHOUGH I CAN'T SEE EVERYBODY'S VIDEO AT THE SAME TIME RIGHT NOW, BUT SCROLLING THROUGH, UH, COMMISSIONER MOTWANI AND THEN COMMISSIONER MAHIA. OKAY. NO, NO COMMISSIONER HERE. COMMISSIONER MT. WANTED, DID YOU HAVE YOUR HAND UP COMMISSIONER? MY WHINY. CAN YOU HEAR ME? DID YOU HAVE YOUR HAND UP? OKAY. WE CAN'T HEAR YOU UP THERE. I SEE YOU TRYING TO MUTE, DO YOU KNOW, SIGN LANGUAGE? WELL, I GUESS WE'LL, WE'LL GIVE YOU A SHOT TO COME ON. IF YOU CAN. UH, IN THE MEANTIME, UH, LET'S LOOKING FOR ANYONE ELSE WHO MIGHT HAVE A QUESTION ON THE ACTION PLAN. OKAY. WELL, IF NOT, THEN I THINK WE WILL TAKE CARE OF MY BACK. OH, THERE YOU ARE. OKAY, GO AHEAD. UM, SO I, YEAH, I, I JUST HAD A QUICK FOLLOW UP ON THAT, ON THAT SAME QUESTION, WHICH, UH, WAS THAT AS I WAS LOOKING THROUGH THAT PRESENTATION, UH, OR RATHER WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, THE CAPACITY BUILDING FOR NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS IN, IN THE PRESENTATION ON SLIDE 12, UM, IT SAYS THAT IT'S FOCUSED ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING. UM, AND THEN WE TALKED ABOUT WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND SUPPORT FOR SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT. DOES THAT PAGE 50, HAVE IT BROKEN UP INTO HOW THOSE $3 MILLION ARE GOING TO BE SPENT? UM, I'M GETTING THERE. IS IT POSSIBLE TO GO BACK TO SLIDE 12? AND ACTUALLY I THINK I POINT PEOPLE TO THE WHAT'S CALLED THE FUNDING TABLE THAT FOLLOWS THE PRESENTATION, WHICH IS MAYBE WHERE ANGIE IS POINTING. [00:20:02] UM, SO IN THE FUNDING TABLE UNDER, UM, OTHER COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE. SO IT'S, UH, IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE PDF, IT'S THE PDF PAGE 26, UM, THAT TALKS ABOUT OTHER COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SYSTEMS. SO IT INCLUDES 158,000 FOR CHOSE ANY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION OPERATING GRANTS, UM, APPROXIMATELY 2 MILLION FOR NONPROFIT CAPACITY BUILDING FOR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, UM, AND TO A LITTLE OVER A MILLION FOR FAM THE FAMILY BUSINESS LOAN PROGRAM. DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? YES. THAT, YEAH, THAT MY QUESTION. OKAY. AND, UM, AND MR. CHAIR, IF I COULD CONTINUE WITH ANOTHER QUESTION WHILE I'M HERE, I'M GONNA ASSUME A SILENCE AS A YES. AND, UM, ASK ABOUT JUST IN GENERAL OF ALL THE PROGRAMS THAT WE'RE SEEING. UH, DO WE HAVE ANY IDEA, UM, OR, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT WE INTERMITTENTLY GET STATUS REPORTS ON SORT OF THE PROGRESS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROGRAMS, BOTH IN AS MUCH OF A, AS ACHIEVEMENT OF GOALS IS CONCERNED, BUT THEN ALSO, UH, IN AS MUCH AS JUST PROGRAM UTILIZATION IS CONCERNED AND, UH, WHETHER OR NOT, YOU KNOW, UH, WE REACHED MAXIMUM PARTICIPATION AND EXHAUSTED ALL THE FUNDS THAT MIGHT'VE BEEN PROVISIONED OR ALLOCATED. DO WE, CAN WE GET, IS THERE ANY KIND OF, UM, SORT OF HIGH LEVEL VIEW THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO SEE, UM, FROM THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR AND HOW THAT PROGRESS HAS BEEN GOING, UM, TO BE ABLE TO PERHAPS MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS ON WHAT WE THINK MAY OUGHTA BE DISCONTINUED, FOR EXAMPLE, I KNOW THAT THERE WERE, YOU KNOW, CERTAIN HOME REPAIR PROGRAMS THAT WEREN'T ABLE TO HAVE BEEN UTILIZED TO THE MAX, UM, BECAUSE OF CERTAIN BOTTLENECK FACTORS, UH, AND YOU KNOW, OTHER VARIETAL, EXAMPLES OF THE SAME KIND OF THING. DO WE HAVE ANY, UM, DO WE HAVE ANY METRICS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT OR ANYTHING THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO REFER TO? I'M NOT AWARE THAT WE HAVE ANYTHING WE CAN PULL UP IMMEDIATELY. UM, I, I DO KNOW THAT OBVIOUSLY WITH THE COVERT PANDEMIC, IT HAS BEEN MORE DIFFICULT TO COMPLETE INTERIOR HOME REPAIRS. AND SO MANY OF OUR HOME REPAIR PARTNERS ARE TRYING TO COMPLETE, UM, EXTERIOR REPAIRS THAT THEY CAN COMPLETE SAFELY. UM, SO I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYTHING THAT WE HAVE ACCESS TO IMMEDIATELY. YEAH. AND THAT'S OKAY. UM, COULD YOU JUST SPEAK TO ANY OF THE PROGRAMS THAT, I MEAN, OF COURSE YOU ALL ARE MORE FAMILIAR WITH THEM, ANY OF THE PROGRAMS THAT DIDN'T EXHAUST OR DON'T APPEAR TO BE ON PACE TO EXHAUST, UM, AT LEAST, UH, YOU KNOW, 80% OF THEIR PROVISIONS FUNDING IS DO ANY OF THOSE STAND OUT TO YOU THAT YOU BE ABLE TO, TO LIST FOR US OR TO, TO POINT OUT TO US, TO PERHAPS, YOU KNOW, UM, TO TAKE A LOOK AT, SO ERICA, THIS IS REBECCA. I CAN SPEAK TO THIS AT A HIGH LEVEL. AND I AGREE THAT WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE NOT JUST HOME REPAIR BY THE WAY, JUST TO BE CLEAR, BUT YEAH, I WOULD FORGIVE ME, REBECCA FOR INTERRUPTING. OH, NO, NO, NO, NO. THAT'S OKAY. UM, I THINK WHAT WOULD BE HELPFUL IS IF WE PREPARE AND, UM, ROUTE A, THE LATEST PRODUCTION REPORT, WHICH CAN DEFINITELY GET TO A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THE GRANULAR DETAIL THAT YOU'RE ASKING, BUT AT A HIGH LEVEL, WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS IT TRULY IS IN THE HOME REPAIR PROGRAMS. AND I KNOW THAT OBVIOUSLY IS INTUITIVE. UM, AND SO IT'S THE, UM, ARCHITECTURAL BURIAL REMOVAL PROGRAM AND THE HOME REPAIR LOAN PROGRAM WHERE DUE TO THE PANDEMIC, OUR STAFF HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO, UH, GO INTO THE ACTUAL, UM, HOUSING, UH, STRUCTURES AND WORK DIRECTLY WITH CLIENTS. SO WE ARE DEFINITELY SEEING A LAG AND THE PRODUCTION AROUND THOSE PROGRAMS, SPECIFICALLY CDBG FUNDED PROGRAMS. THE OTHER PROGRAM THAT I WOULD [00:25:01] SAY FALLS OUTSIDE OF THE ACTION PLAN DETAILS, BUT IT IS WORTH NOTING IS OUR FINANCIAL EMPOWERMENT PROGRAM, WHICH IS SPECIFICALLY OUR HOUSING SMARTS, UM, CLASSES WHERE MANY OF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE PROGRAM WHERE WE OFFER UP CLASSES SO THAT WE CAN EDUCATE FIRST TIME HOME BUYERS. AND WE HAVE TYPICALLY DONE THAT IN PERSON AND THEY HAVE BEEN HELD IN OUR OFFICE. WE ARE LOOKING ACTUALLY AT STRUCTURING A CONTRACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 21 THAT WILL MOVE THOSE CLASSES TO AN ONLINE PLATFORM, WORKING WITH A COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PARTNER THAT IS ALREADY POSITIONED SUCCESSFULLY TO DEPLOY THOSE CLASSES, UM, THUS BENEFITING THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CONTRACTOR, AS WELL AS KEEPING THAT, THAT PROGRAM INTACT. ALTHOUGH THAT IS A LOCALLY FUNDED PROGRAM, WE RECOGNIZE THAT IT IS A DIRECT PIPELINE INTO OUR DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. AND SO HAS AN INDIRECT, BUT, BUT VERY KEEN EFFECT ON OUR FEDERAL PROGRAMMING RELATED TO DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE. THOSE ARE TRULY THE, THE SIGNIFICANT, THE OTHER ONE THAT WE ARE HEARING FROM CONTRACTORS IS OUR GO REPAIR COURSE. THAT NETWORK IS INCREDIBLY SOPHISTICATED. SO WE WILL BE WORKING TO ENSURE THAT THERE IS A MARKETING FRAMEWORK AND TACKED AROUND OUR GO REPAIR PROGRAM. BUT, UM, AS YOU HAVE ALREADY NOTED, UH, THE HOME REPAIR PROGRAMS DEFINITELY ARE, ARE STRUGGLING TO MAKE PRODUCTION. AND WE HAVE BEEN, UM, WE HAVE BEEN TOLD, SOME ARE CONCERNED THAT THOSE DOLLARS WILL BE REDIRECTED. UH, I CAN SAY THAT THERE IS NOT AN INTERNAL DIALOGUE RIGHT NOW AROUND THE GO REPAIR PROGRAM TO DO THAT, BUT RATHER HOW DO WE ENSURE THAT THOSE PROGRAMS ARE DIRECTLY, UH, CONTINUING TO BE BENEFICIAL IN THAT AREA? AGAIN, HAPPY TO DROP DOWN A PRODUCTION REPORT. THAT MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT MORE GRANULAR FOR YOUR REVIEW. YEAH, THAT'S FANTASTIC. AND SO WHEN IT COMES TO THE REPAIR PROGRAMS IN PARTICULAR, I THINK THE ARCHITECTURAL BARRIER, THE BARRIER REMOVAL, THE, YOU KNOW, THE GO HOME REPAIR PROGRAM, AS WELL AS THE FINANCIAL EMPOWERMENT PROGRAMS, THOSE ARE ALL PROGRAMS THAT I RECALL SORT OF MISSING THEIR PRODUCTION, UM, THEIR, THEIR PRODUCTION POINTS, IF YOU WILL, UH, OR THEIR, YOU KNOW, UH, ANTICIPATED DELIVERABLES. I, YOU KNOW, WELL, BEFORE THE COVID CRISIS, I THINK, YOU KNOW, EARLY ON MAYBE EVEN QUARTER ONE OR QUARTER TWO, UM, OR THAT MIGHT HAVE A TREND OF KIND OF DOING THIS BECAUSE OF BOTTLENECKS OR RECRUITING CHALLENGES, OR JUST BECAUSE OF PERHAPS GENERAL AND FEASIBILITY, UM, EEG. THERE AREN'T ENOUGH PEOPLE, UM, WHO HAVE ENOUGH INCOME TO BE ABLE TO BUY HOMES, UH, AT THE VALUE THAT THEY'RE AT IN AUSTIN. AND THEREFORE IT'S NOT NECESSARILY FEASIBLE FOR FOLKS TO NECESSARILY PARTICIPATE IN A, YOU KNOW, HOME BUYERS PROGRAM OR FINANCIAL, OR, UH, OR A DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM BECAUSE THE REST OF IT, YOU KNOW, JUST REALLY DOESN'T ADD UP. UM, AND, AND SO, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT, I'M NOT MAKING THAT, UH, THE I'M NOT MAKING THAT, UM, IT'S NOT SORT OF AN INDICTMENT, BUT RATHER JUST AN IMPLICATION, UH, AND THE, THE, WHERE I'M HEADED WITH THAT IS THAT OBVIOUSLY FOR THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR, THOSE DOLLARS WOULDN'T BE REALLOCATED AND PERHAPS STAY WHERE THEY ARE, UM, TO FIT WITH THE FRAMERS INTENT. BUT IN AS MUCH AS THE ACTION PLAN FOR THE FOLLOWING FISCAL YEAR IS CONCERNED. I'M WONDERING IF YOU KNOW, IT, IT DOES SEEM PRETTY CLEAR, I THINK TO MOST OF US THAT FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT SIX MONTHS, IF NOT THE NEXT YEAR, LIFE IS GOING TO BE PRETTY DIFFERENT AND THE SORT OF THINGS THAT WOULD BE PREVENTING, YOU KNOW, CLASSES FROM THRIVING AND PREVENTING INTERNAL HOME REPAIRS FROM HAPPENING IN A LOT OF THAT INTERACTION, IT SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF THOSE BARRIERS ARE IMPROBABLE. IT'S IMPROBABLE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO DISAPPEAR PRETTY QUICKLY OR ENFORCE SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF THE FISCAL YEAR. IS THERE ANY AVENUE THAT COUPLED WITH THE NOTION THAT, YOU KNOW, IT SEEMS THAT PERHAPS FAMILY BUSINESS LOAN PROGRAMS OR HOME PURCHASING PROGRAMS OR HOMEOWNER REPAIR PROGRAMS MIGHT BE THOUGH STILL HELPING A SEGMENT OF THE POPULATION THAT'S MODERATE INCOME, BUT MIGHT BE NOT NECESSARILY GOING TO WHERE THE GUSHING AND THE HEMORRHAGING IS, UM, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, UH, LOW-INCOME AND EXTREMELY LOW INCOME. AND THOSE ON THE MODERATE INCOME SIDE WHO ARE NOW BEING MULCHED INTO THE LOW INCOME WORLD, IS THERE, UM, ANY AVENUE FOR PERHAPS PLANNING OR MAKING A RECOMMENDATION, UM, SUCH THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, RESOURCES, AT LEAST FOR THE FOLLOWING FISCAL ARE DIRECTED TO WHERE WE KNOW THAT THERE'LL SORT OF BE IMMEDIATELY EXHAUSTED AND IMMEDIATELY USED BY THOSE WHO ARE ON THE FRONT LINES, MEANING THE LOWEST INCOME FOLKS OF THE, BOTH THE HEALTH AND ECONOMIC CRISIS THAT WE'RE FACING. [00:30:01] OH, I APOLOGIZE. THIS IS REBECCA GLO ONCE AGAIN. UM, AND I FAILED TO IDENTIFY, UM, MY TITLE WITH THE DEPARTMENT, IT DEPUTY AND, UH, WITH NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. SO I APOLOGIZE ABOUT THAT. I ACTUALLY APPRECIATE THAT QUESTION. OUR TEAM HAS HAD A RECENT CONVERSATION AROUND ENSURING THAT THESE DOLLARS ARE NOT, UM, ARE, ARE ACTUALLY IDENTIFIED EXACTLY AS YOU JUST INDICATED TO ENSURE THAT THEY ARE SERVING, UH, INDIVIDUALS IN NEED. AND SO REPROGRAMMING A FUND SPECIFICALLY IN SOME OF THESE AREAS WHERE WE HAVE SEEN TO YOUR POINT, EVEN PRIOR TO COVID, UM, THESE WILL BE REDIRECTED. THE DOLLARS WILL BE REPROGRAMMED AND REDIRECTED TO OUR HOMELESSNESS SERVICES. AND, UH, I WANT TO DIRECT YOU. AND I DON'T KNOW IF, UH, THERE IS AN EASY WAY TO PUT THIS UP. UM, I WANT TO DIRECT YOU TO PAGE 83. SO, UH, ANGIE, IF YOU CAN PROVIDE THAT SUMMARY, IS THERE ANY WAY AT ALL TO, TO PUT THAT UP OR SPECIFICALLY TO IDENTIFY THE LANGUAGE AROUND THE REPROGRAMMING OF FUNDS? SURE. SO WHAT REBECCA WAS REFERRING TO, UH, DANIEL, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE ABLE TO FOLLOW IF YOU CAN. GREAT. UM, IS ITEM TWO C DANIEL'S A DRAFT ACTION PLAN. COMMISSIONER'S REBECCA IS REFERRING TO THE LAST PAGE OF THE ACTION PLAN. OH, I APOLOGIZE. DANIEL, YOU DON'T HAVE THAT. UH, WE DIDN'T PUT THAT UP AS, AS PART OF THE PRESENTATION. SO COMMISSIONERS, UM, OF THE DRAFT ACTION PLAN, PAGE 83 IS THE REPROGRAMMING TABLE THAT REBECCA IS REFERRING TO. AND THAT LOOKS LIKE IT'S PAGE 113. OKAY. THERE YOU GO. RIGHT. AND SO WHEN I LOOK AT THAT PAGE, UM, IT SEEMS TO SHOW, YOU KNOW, ABOUT A 2.7 MILLION, UM, MOVING FROM HOUSING TO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. AND WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT LINE ITEM, IT LOOKED LIKE CAPACITY BUILDING FOR ORGANIZATIONS, OR AT LEAST A LION'S SHARE OF THAT. W W WAS THAT, DOES THAT SOUND ABOUT RIGHT TO YOU? ACTUALLY, WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS GET YOU MORE, THE COMMISSION, MORE INFORMATION ON THE REPROGRAMMING OF THOSE DOLLARS. THE BULK OF THE REPROGRAMMING WILL BE ON THE CITY SIDE AND IT WILL BE UNDER HOMELESSNESS SERVICES. UM, IT DOES SAY HOUSING. AND SO, UM, I'D LIKE TO A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAILED FOR THIS GROUP ON THE REPROGRAMMING OF FUNDS AND SPECIFICALLY WHAT ACTIVITIES THAT THOSE WOULD BE GOING TO, BUT THOSE, THOSE SPECIFICALLY, AND UNLESS THERE'S SOMETHING IN YOUR PACKET, ANGIE, THAT YOU CAN DIRECT THEM TO. I HAVE A, A LOT OF INFORMATION ON MY TABLE AND I WANT TO UTILIZE THIS TIME WISELY. SO, UM, BUT, BUT THE BULK OF THE DOLLARS WILL BE GOING TO THOSE MOST VULNERABLE. UM, AND WE CAN PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION UNLESS ANGIE, YOU HAVE SOMETHING THAT COULD BE HELPFUL VISUALLY BE ANYTHING VISUALLY HELPFUL. UNFORTUNATELY, THE ACTION PLAN DOESN'T GET TO THAT LEVEL OF DETAIL, SO IT DON'T HAVE THAT READILY AVAILABLE. UM, AND SO WHAT WOULD YOUR GUIDANCE BE REBECCA, IF WE WOULD BE WAITING ON THAT INFORMATION IN AS MUCH AS OUR, AS COMMISSIONER SORT OF, I GUESS, OBLIGATION TO SUGGEST ANY KIND OF RECOMMENDATIONS AROUND THIS ACTION PLAN TODAY, UH, IF WE MIGHT BE WAITING FOR THAT INFORMATION AS PENDING, WOULD YOU SAY THE BEST AVENUE FOR US TO DO THAT WOULD BE THERE TO DO SO THROUGH CARE OR THROUGH ONE OF THE COMMUNITY FEEDBACK FORUMS, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT ARE UPCOMING AS WELL AS YOU KNOW, AT THE END OF THE MONTH WITH COUNCIL. I ABSOLUTELY THINK THAT IF YOUR DIRECTION TO THE STAFF, AS WELL AS ADVICE TO COUNCIL TODAY IS TO LOOK AT ANY REPROGRAMMING OF DOLLARS TO SERVE PARTICULAR ACTIVITIES SUCH AS HOMELESSNESS AND OR THE POPULATIONS MOST VULNERABLE, UM, TO COVID HOWEVER YOU WOULD WANT TO DIRECT THOSE DOLLARS. WE CAN ENSURE THAT WHEN WE BRING THIS FORWARD, BASED ON THE ADVICE BY OUR COMMISSION, THAT WE HIGHLIGHT NOT ONLY WHAT YOU HAD ADVISED TO COUNSEL, BUT HOW WE ADDRESSED IT, AS, YOU KNOW, WE WILL BE GOING TO COUNCIL ON JULY 30TH WITH THE RECOMMENDATION, AND WE ARE HAPPY TO NOTE ANY CHANGES AND OR RESPONSE THAT THIS COMMISSION HAS PUT FORWARD AND HOW WE ADDRESS THAT ACKNOWLEDGED, THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. GOOD MISSIONARY TALL OF HER. YES, SIR. COMMISSIONER, GO AHEAD. I LIKE TO, UM, UH, PIGGYBACK ON A SITUATION WITH THE, UH, REDIRECTIONS OF THE FUNDING FOR DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE. THAT PROGRAM WAS A HELPFUL PROGRAM FOR LOW [00:35:01] INCOME PEOPLE, AND IT'S KINDA SAD THAT, UH, CITY COUNCIL AND, UM, EVERYONE ELSE WOULD LIKE TO REDIRECT THE FUNDS. UH, I THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE A TERRIBLE THING IF THEY REDIRECT THE FUNDS TO, UH, HOMELESS, UH, GROUPS. UH, ONE THING I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, FIND OUT, UH, THESE HOMELESS GROUPS ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO SURVIVE WITH THE HELP FROM, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING AND THE CITY OF AUSTIN, THAT THEY CONTINUE TO BE ABLE TO GET OUT AND WORK, TO BE ABLE TO, UH, KEEP THEM FUNDS FROM, UH, NOT, UH, LETTING THEM GO DOWN COMMISSIONER. THIS IS REBECCA. I WANT TO JUST RESPOND TO THAT. I APPRECIATE THAT COMMENT. I DO WANT TO SAY THAT THE DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE DOLLARS ARE, ARE DEFINITELY, UM, YOU KNOW, IN OUR PIPELINE OF PRODUCTION, WE'RE ACTUALLY DOING A GOOD JOB OF DEPLOYING THOSE DOLLARS. UM, WE RECOGNIZE WE HAVE A LOT OF DEVELOPMENTS COMING ONLINE WHERE THE DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE PAIRED WITH A NUMBER OF, UH, LARGER DEVELOPMENTS COMING ONLINE WILL BE IMPORTANT OPPORTUNITIES, UM, FOR HOME OWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE GOING TO BE IN NEED OF THOSE DOLLARS. AND SO, UH, THAT PROGRAM IS VERY MUCH INTACT AND, UH, OPERATING, UH, WITH ITS PRODUCTION OPERATING IN A HEALTHY THING. OKAY. BUT I STILL LOOK AT IT THAT WITH THE BIGGER DEVELOPMENT THAT IS COMING DOWN, THE PIPELINE, SOME OF THOSE BIG DEVELOPMENT IS NOT GOING TO BE SUITABLE FOR MODERATE OR LOW INCOME FAMILIES. UNDERSTOOD. YEAH, NO, I, I DON'T DISAGREE WITH YOU AT ALL. IN WHICH CASE WE, WE WILL HAVE TO GET FAR MORE CREATIVE WITH OUR, UM, RENTAL HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE, UH, TO ENSURE THAT DOLLARS THAT ARE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE UNITS THAT NEED TO BE DEEPLY SUBSIDIZED ARE INTACT AND CONTINUE TO BE PRIORITIZED. BUT I DO NOT DISAGREE WITH YOU AT ALL. THE REASON I'M BRINGING THIS UP IS BECAUSE I LOOKED AT SOME OF THE, UH, DEVELOPMENT THAT, UH, WE WAS INVOLVED WITH LAST YEAR AND IT COMES OUT THAT SOME OF THEIR PROJECTS WAS RESOLD AND SOME OF THE PROJECTS WAS NOT A MODERATE INCOME FOR LOW INCOME FAMILIES. AND THIS IS THE REASON I'M SPEAKING UP FOR LOW INCOME FAMILIES. UNDERSTOOD. OKAY. THANKS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. DOLLIVER COMMISSIONER POP. YES. SO I'M TRYING TO GET A HANDLE ON THIS REPROGRAMMING AND I'M HEARING THAT, UH, WE'RE TAKING MONEY OUT. UH, WE, WE HAD ALLOCATED MONEY TO BUY A HOTEL FOR HOUSING, THE HOMELESS AND THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY WITH THIS YEAR, THE ALLOCATED FOR A NONPROFIT THAT DOES WORKFORCE TRAINING. AND SO I, I WANT TO KNOW IF THAT'S, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT WE CAN'T DO THAT UNLESS WE PUT THAT UNDER THE PUBLIC SERVICES TAB, THAT'S 15% AND THERE'S NEVER EVER ANY, ANY ROOM IN THERE. SO I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE'RE KEEPING WITHIN THAT CAP. AND THEN IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE DOING SOMETHING SIMILAR WITH THE LINE THAT, UM, REPROGRAMS FROM HOUSING TO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE TAKING THAT OUT OF HARD SERVICES THAT FIX PEOPLE'S HOUSES AND PUTTING IT TO HOMELESS SERVICES, WHICH ARE SHOWS LIKE SOCIAL WORKERS AND THINGS THAT PEOPLE THAT HELP PEOPLE FIND HOUSING. BUT THAT GOES BACK UNDER THAT PUBLIC SERVICES CAP IS THAT ACTUALLY HOUSING PEOPLE IS THAT BUILDING A HOUSE SO THAT A HOMELESS PERSON HAS A PLACE TO LIVE, OR THAT'S A SOFT SERVICE. UH, IT IS NOT SOFT SERVICE. THIS WOULD BE, UM, PROVIDING SIMILAR DOLLARS, LIKE WHAT WE HAVE SEEN WITH, UM, TRANSACTIONS AND THE HOTEL MOTEL CONVERSION STRATEGY, WHERE WE ARE PROVIDING DOLLARS THAT WILL LEAD TO PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AND ACTUAL HOUSING UNITS FOR, UH, INDIVIDUALS IN NEED. SO THIS WOULD BE UTILIZING DOLLARS LIKE WHAT WE HAVE DONE WITH, UM, ROADWAY, UM, AND NOT NECESSARILY THROUGH [00:40:01] SOCIAL SERVICES CONTRACTS, SO ACTUAL, UM, AND IN A WAY THAT ALLOWS FOR, UH, CAPITAL DOLLARS THAT CAN ACTUALLY PRODUCE HOUSING. BUT THIS SAYS IT'S GOING FROM HOUSING TO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. SO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, MEANING THAT IT IS ON THE CITY'S SIDE. AND I AM, UH, THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, UH, THE FACILITIES, HOMELESSNESS SERVICES, I'M LOOKING AT THE FUNDING TABLE AND THAT, THAT, THAT DOES NOT RESIDE NECESSARILY IN HOUSING, BUT IT ACTUALLY WILL BE DEPLOYED IN ORDER TO PRODUCE HOUSING. AND I'M GOING TO CHECK IN WITH MY STAFF RIGHT NOW AND, AND JUST BE SURE THAT THE WORK THAT'S BEING DONE WITH OUR FINANCE TEAM AND POPULATING THE FUNDING TABLE. I WANT TO KEEP ME AN HONEST BROKER AND MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS, THAT IS ACCURATE IN TERMS OF WHERE HOMELESSNESS SERVICES RESIDES. AND WE ARE TAKING MONEY. IS THIS WHEN WE SAY HOMELESS SERVICES, THAT THAT SOUNDS LIKE TEMPORARY KIND OF SERVICES, LIKE GET SOMEBODY A MEAL, NOT IT'S SOMEBODY GETS A HOUSE. SO TO BE CLEAR, THE REPROGRAMMING OF FUNDS HAS TO DO WITH THE FUNDING THAT HAS BEEN CARRYING FORWARD. AND SO THOSE DOLLARS THAT ARE BEING CARING FOR WHAT I WANT TO BE REALLY, I WANT TO BE SURE THAT EVERYONE ON THIS CALL OR IN THE MEETING KNOWS THAT THESE DOLLARS ARE NOT IMPACTING THE BUDGET SO MUCH FOR FISCAL YEAR 21, BUT RATHER THE CARRY FORWARD DOLLARS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN SPENT OR BEING REPROGRAMMED FOR HOMELESSNESS SERVICES. SO AGAIN, THOSE DOLLARS WILL PRODUCE ACTUAL UNITS, UM, AND NOT NECESSARILY FOR ADDITIONAL SOCIAL SERVICES. NOT THAT THAT IS NOT AN IMPORTANT, UM, ROLE THAT PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING PLAYS AND IS IN NEED OF, BUT IN, IN, IN OUR FUNDING ENVIRONMENT, THE FUNDING WILL BE PRODUCING A HOUSING UNIT. OKAY. AND IT'S COMING OUT OF HOUSING THAT THAT'S HOUSING WHERE WE'RE REPAIRING PEOPLE'S HOUSES. UH, YES. SO SOME OF THESE DOLLARS ARE, UM, AS, AS WAS NOTED PREVIOUSLY IN THE MEETING, SOME OF THESE DOLLARS HAVE NOT NECESSARILY BEEN DEPLOYED IN SOME OF OUR HOME REPAIR DOLLARS. AND SO IT'S CDBG THAT HAS BEEN, UH, AGGRIGATED AND CAN BE BETTER SERVED IN OTHER AREAS. BUT AGAIN, THE, THE PROGRAM BUDGETS FOR FISCAL YEAR 21 IN THOSE, UH, IN THOSE PROGRAMS ARE INTACT. IT'S REALLY THE CARRY FORWARD DOLLARS THAT WERE NOT SPENT AS BEING REDIRECTED. SO IT THIS A WHILE AGO, BUT I'VE HEARD COMPLAINTS IN THE COMMUNITY ABOUT, UH, THE EMERGENCY REPAIR PROGRAM, SWITCHING FROM REPLACING AN ENTIRE ROOF TO JUST PATCHING A PORTION OF A ROOF. UM, I'M SURE THERE ARE VERY LOW INCOME HOMEOWNERS WHO ARE STRUGGLING TO HANG ON TO THEIR HOUSES AND FACE THE, ALL THE RISKS OF COVID LIKE OTHER PEOPLE DO AND THAT HAVING A DECENT PLACE TO LIVE IS IMPORTANT TO THEM. AND IF WE CAN KEEP FUNDING, I THINK, I THINK HOUSING, THE HOMELESS IS VERY IMPORTANT AND SO IS KEEPING PEOPLE WHO'VE MANAGED TO HANG ONTO THEIR HOUSE IMPORTANT. AND IT MIGHT BE THAT IT WOULD BE BETTER TO DO THE WHOLE ROOF THAN TO PATCH THE ROOF. OR I'VE HEARD COMPLAINTS THAT THE BARRIER REMOVAL PROGRAM OFTEN MAKES, UM, PRETTY SIMPLE MODIFICATIONS, LIKE SHOWER CHAIRS, AS OPPOSED TO WIDENING DOORS, UM, WHICH IS A LOT MORE EXPENSIVE RAMPS ARE HUGELY EXPENSIVE AND THAT'S AN OUTDOOR ACTIVITY AND WE SHOULD BE CONCENTRATING MORE ON RAMPS SO THAT PEOPLE CAN GET IN AND OUT OF THEIR HOUSES. SO THOSE WERE SOME IMPORTANT COMMENTS. UM, AND SO I DEFINITELY WANT TO LEARN AND UNDERSTAND MORE ABOUT ANY OF THE, THE WAYS IN WHICH WE CAN ADDRESS ANY, UH, INFORMATION COMING TO YOU. I DON'T DISAGREE WITH YOUR COMMENTS AT ALL. AND SO, YOU KNOW, IN THE FISCAL YEAR 21, 20 2021 PLAN, YOU'LL NOTE UNDER THE HOMEOWNER ASSISTANCE THAT THOSE HOME REPAIR BUDGETS ARE INTACT. BUT IF THERE IS TO YOUR, TO YOUR COMMENTS, IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT WE NEED TO DO TO BETTER ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF THE INDIVIDUALS THERE, WE WOULD BE ABSOLUTELY WANTING TO UNDERSTAND THAT MORE. AND I DON'T, I DON'T DISAGREE WITH ANYTHING THAT YOU'VE SAID, [00:45:02] CHAIR, YES, SORRY. COMMISSIONER, COMMISSIONER DELGADO. UM, IF I CAN JUST MAKE SURE THAT I AM, UH, PRESENT ON THE ROLL CALL PLEASE. UH, MS. SUMMERS, I HAD TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES, UH, GETTING ON. UM, SO I KINDA CAME IN WHEN Y'ALL WERE ALREADY CONVERSATING. AND SO I, I MISSED THE FIRST PORTION OF HIS CONVERSATION, BUT IT JUST SITTING HERE LISTENING TO IT, IT SEEMS THAT THERE'S SOME RELOCATION FUNDS THAT ARE GOING TO BE RELOCATED. CORRECT. UH, SO THIS IS REBECCA GLO. UM, SO THE, THE HOME REPAIR DOLLARS FOR THE BUDGET ARE INTACT. WE W I WANT TO BE SURE AND STRESS THAT WE RECOGNIZE THESE PROGRAMS ARE IMPORTANT. THERE HAVE BEEN SOME DOLLARS THAT HAVE BEEN UNEXPENDED AND WHERE WE HAD SOME CDBG, WE HAVE ALLOCATED THAT TO HOMELESSNESS SERVICES, UM, RECOGNIZING, HOWEVER, IT WAS IMPORTANT TO KEEP THE BUDGET FOR THE HOME REPAIR DOLLARS, ALSO INTACT AND WHOLE FOR FISCAL YEAR 21. SO ARE YOU SAYING THAT YOU'VE ALREADY DONE THAT ALREADY? UM, ARE YOU SAYING THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE ALL LOOKING TO DO FOR THE PHYSICAL UPCOMING PHYSICAL YEAR? CAUSE YOU SAID THAT THERE'S, UM, UNEXPENDED FUNDS THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN THE YEAR 20, 19, 2020. I MEAN, UH, AND HOW MUCH ARE THOSE FUNDS THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT? UH, IT IS ROUGHLY 2.6 MILLION. AND, UH, IT IS, IS IT A PART OF THE COMMISSIONER? IT'S A PART OF THE PROPOSED ACTION PLAN. OKAY. AND SO A PART OF THE PROPOSED ACTION PLAN, YOU ARE WANTING TO TAKE AWAY MONEY FROM THE HOME REPAIR PROGRAM, WHICH HAS HOW MUCH, UH, SO I, I CAN CERTAINLY GET A BREAKDOWN OF WHERE THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANTS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED. UM, TOTAL IT IS IN VARIOUS AREAS, UH, ROUGHLY 2.6, WHICH WOULD BE, UM, ALLOCATED TO HOMELESSNESS SERVICES. IT IS NOT, I WANT TO BE, I WANT TO BE SURE THAT I MAKE THIS POINT. IT IS NOT, UM, OUR LOCAL FUNDS. SO THE GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND FUNDS, UM, ARE NOT A PART OF THAT. THIS IS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANTS. YEAH. SO THAT, THAT, THAT'S WHAT REALLY KIND OF CONCERNS ME BECAUSE THIS HAS NEVER BEEN DONE BEFORE. AND WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT REMOVING MONEY FROM A CERTAIN PROGRAM, THAT'S BEEN IN PLACE FOR DECADES, AS WE KNOW, THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S, WHAT YOUR PROGRAM HAS ALWAYS OFFERED, UH, FROM THE BEGINNING. UM, I WANT TO KNOW THAT BREAKDOWN, AND I KNOW I WANT TO KNOW WHAT PROGRAM YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IT, YOU KNOW, TO BE SPECIFIC BECAUSE, UM, LIKE COMMISSIONER POP SAID, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GETTING, UM, YOU KNOW, REALLY NOT EVEN THE GOOD REPAIRS FOR THE HOMES HERE, ESPECIALLY IN MY AREA IN EAST AUSTIN, THESE HOMES ARE, YOU KNOW, 60 YEARS OLD AND FALLING APART. AND THESE ELDERS AND, YOU KNOW, GENERATIONS THAT WANT TO TAKE OVER THESE HOMES ARE HAVING TO, UM, THE ELDERS ARE QUALIFYING. THERE'S ABOUT A, YOU KNOW, HUGE WAITING LIST WITH MEALS ON WHEELS, URBAN LEAGUE, YOU KNOW, HABITAT FOR HUMANITY, ALL THESE PROGRAMS. AND WE'RE GETTING A REALLY, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NOT ENOUGH MONEY FOR ALL THESE HOUSES. THEY SAY, AND THEY'RE GIVING US SOME SHITTY WORK AND WE'RE NOT GETTING THE FULL WORK THAT THESE HOUSES NEED, LIKE LITTLE PATCH UPS AND LITTLE REPAIRS, MINOR REPAIRS INSTEAD OF HAVING FULL REPAIRS. SO THAT IS THIS SOMETHING THAT IS BEING CHANGED BECAUSE OF WHY IS THIS A CITY, THE CITY OF AUSTIN, UH, ARE THEY'RE THE ONES THAT ARE PROPOSING THIS. I MEAN, WHAT, WHERE DID THIS IDEA COME FROM TO START CHANGING THINGS, TO HOME, TO THE HOMELESS, UH, UM, PORTION OF, OF WHAT CRISIS THAT WE'RE FACING. I DON'T GET WHERE THIS ALL CAME FROM. SO A FEW THINGS I JUST WANT TO MAKE KNOWN. UM, SO THE REPROGRAMMING OF FUNDS THAT ARE CARRYING FORWARD IS NOT NECESSARILY SOMETHING THAT WE'VE NOT DONE PRIOR. WE TYPICALLY LOOK AT WHERE WE HAVE CARRY FORWARD DOLLARS THAT ARE NOT BEING DEPLOYED IN THE MOST TIMELY WAY. AND WE'VE RECOGNIZED THERE'S A LOT OF COMPETING NEEDS ACROSS ALL OF OUR PROGRAMMATIC ENVIRONMENTS. AND SO WE DO PERIODICALLY LOOK AT WHERE WE HAVE CARRY FORWARD DOLLARS, AND THEN WE LOOK AT AREAS WHERE THEY CAN BE EFFECTIVELY DEPLOYED. SO I JUST WANT TO BE SURE [00:50:01] AND STATE THAT THIS IS, THIS IS NOT UNCOMMON. AND WE TYPICALLY WILL USE THE ACTION PLAN AND THE BUDGET PROCESS TO DO THAT. UM, AGAIN, WHERE WE HAVE COMPETING, UH, NEEDS PROGRAMMATICALLY IN A VERY FINITE ENVIRONMENT FROM A BUDGET STANDPOINT, UM, THE HOMELESSNESS AREA IS ONE THAT IS, AS YOU ALL KNOW, AND CERTAINLY THOSE WHO ON THIS, THIS PARTICULAR BODY IS ALSO ONE OF PRIORITY. AND SO WHERE WE CAN IDENTIFY FUNDING THAT WILL LEAD TO ACTUAL UNITS FOR PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING. UM, THIS, THIS ADDRESSES THIS COMMISSION AND ALSO COUNCIL AND COMMUNITY PRIORITIES AROUND THE CREATION OF NEW HOUSING FOR INDIVIDUALS, UM, IN NEED OF PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING. SO I JUST WANTED TO BRING, ARE YOU SAYING THAT THIS IDEA CAME OUT OF A AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE, ARE YOU SAYING THAT, THAT YOU ALL TOOK THE ASSESSMENTS AND DID ALL YOUR SERVING AND YOU LOOKED AT THE BUDGET AND YOU ALL ARE FEELING THAT THIS IS WHERE MONIES NEED TO BE ALLOCATED TO. I JUST WANTED TO KNOW WHERE IT'S COMING OUT OF. IS IT A DIRECTION FROM THE CITY OR THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE? IS THIS YOUR DIRECTION? BECAUSE I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IT. OKAY. AND I'LL TELL YOU WHY THE PROBLEM IS, IS THAT, UH, WE HAVE SEVERAL BONDS, SEVERAL, ALL TYPES OF FUNDINGS IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN THAT IS ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS. OKAY. AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, THERE'S SO MANY OF US AT OUR HOME AS I'M HOMELESS. YOU KNOW, I LIVE WITH MY PARENTS AND I LIVE ON THE COUCH AND BY LAW I'M DECLARED HOMELESS. WE'RE AN OVERPACK HOUSE. SO THERE'S A DIFFERENT, THERE'S A LOT OF KINDS OF HOMELESSNESS OUT HERE. OKAY. SO I GET A LITTLE CONCERNED WHEN YOU, NOW YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT MOVING 2.6, A MILLION DOLLARS OUT OF CBDG FUNDS THAT IT'S ALLOCATED FOR, TO SUSTAIN HOUSING FOR ELDERS, LONG TIME RESIDENTS HOUSING. THIS IS ANOTHER, THIS IS A PORTION OF HOUSING. I UNDERSTAND WE'RE IN A CRISIS OF HOMELESSNESS. I GET IT. THERE'S TENTS DOWN THE STREET FROM MY HOUSE. WE'RE ALL HOMELESS. I GET IT. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON. AND, AND WANTING TO ALL OF A SUDDEN MOVED TWO POINT $6 MILLION TO THAT HOMELESS INITIATIVE, WHOEVER, WHATEVER YOU ARE DOING. I DON'T, I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT CONCEPT WHEN THERE'S MONEY THERE TO OUR HOME REPAIRS, THERE'S ALMOST 2000 PEOPLE ON WAITING LISTS FOR HOME REPAIRS. SO WHERE'S THAT MONEY WHERE THEIR HOME REPAIRS AND NOT JUST IN MY AREA, BUT I WOULD ASSUME IN EVERY DISTRICT AND EVERY AREA, THEY NEED HOME REPAIRS FOR PEOPLE'S HOMES, ESPECIALLY ONES THAT HAVE LOST THEIR JOBS AND THAT ARE ON FIXED INCOMES. AND THAT ARE, ARE TAKING UNEMPLOYMENT RIGHT NOW. AND THEY'RE HAVING AC UNITS ARE BREAKING DOWN. FLOORS ARE BREAKING DOWN. ROOFS ARE CAVING IN, WHERE IS THEIR MONEY AT? WHY ARE WE MOVING FEDERAL DOLLARS THAT BELONG TO THEM? I DON'T, I DON'T, I DON'T AGREE WITH THIS. SO I'M, I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA AGREE WITH, UH, WITH COMMISSIONER TOLERBER AND COMMISSIONER POP THAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY YOU DON'T WANT TO REMOVE HOME REPAIR MONEY WHEN THESE HOMES NEED IT, ESPECIALLY WE'RE WE'RE, THIS IS CDC, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION IS FOR THEM FOR, OKAY. I UNDERSTAND THERE'S HOMELESS CRISIS, BUT WE'RE ALSO FOR THE POOR FOR THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THESE HOMES THAT NEED REPAIRS AND THEY'RE POOR, BUT THEY'RE NOT HOMELESS, BUT THEY'RE POOR. SO THERE'S, THERE'S A BIG CONCERN HERE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UH, AND CHAIRMAN, THIS IS REBECCA GLO. ONCE AGAIN, I RECOGNIZE THE COMMENTS. UM, AND SO WE ACKNOWLEDGED THEM A COUPLE OF JUST CLARIFYING STATEMENTS. I WANT TO BE SURE THAT THE COMMISSION KNOWS THAT THIS IS A, A FAIRLY, UH, REGULAR EVALUATION THAT WE WILL DO DURING THE ACTION PLAN PROCESS TO ENSURE THAT WE LEAVE NO DOLLARS ON THE TABLE NOT BEING DEPLOYED AND IMPORTANT AREAS. UM, AND I JUST, I WANT TO GO AHEAD AND, UH, AND THE RECOGNITION AND SENSITIVITY OF TIME, UM, ALLOW FOLKS TO ABSOLUTELY CONTINUE TO ASK STAFF QUESTIONS ALONG THE WAY, NOT ONLY IN THIS MEETING, BUT, UM, WE'RE HAPPY TO BRING FORWARD FUTURE ACTION ITEMS TO CONTINUE TO EDUCATE FOLKS ON, ON WHAT THESE REPROGRAMMED DOLLARS WILL PRODUCE. UM, THANK YOU, REBECCA. I DO, I DO WANT TO SAY THAT, UM, JUST A QUICK TIME CHECK, WE ARE IN THE FINAL 30 MINUTE PORTION, AND WE DO HAVE A COUPLE MORE THINGS TO COVER. UM, I UNDERSTAND THERE'S NOT, UM, UH, NECESSARILY GOING TO BE A PUBLIC HEARING BECAUSE THERE NO ONE SIGNED UP. UM, BUT WE ARE POSTED FOR POSSIBLE ACTION ON THIS. [00:55:01] UM, AND SO IF THERE AREN'T ANY MORE IMMEDIATE QUESTIONS, WE COULD PROBABLY JUST MOVE ON TO THAT PART OF THIS DISCUSSION. SO, UM, AND IF YOU DON'T RAISE YOUR HAND AND YOUR VIDEO, YOU CAN ALSO USE THE RAISE HAND FEATURE. UM, GO AHEAD. ASK THE QUESTION. YES, SIR. I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, THE HOUSING, UH, UM, UM, MODERATOR TO, UH, GIVE ME A COMPLETE PACKAGE OF, UH, THIS PROJECT IS FINISHED TAKE ON. I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A COMPLETE PACKAGE SO I CAN SIT IN IT BECAUSE AS OF RIGHT NOW, IF WE WENT TO A VOTE, I WOULD NOT GO FOR IT. YES. UH, COMMISSIONER SULLEN. OKAY. COMMISSIONER'S LOAN. UM, I HAD A QUESTION, UM, I THINK TO CLARIFY A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT'S GOING ON. SO TO ME, UM, BUDGET CYCLES, OUR OPPORTUNITY IS TO PROJECT THE PRIORITIES OF SPENDING THAT WE HAVE, AND THEY'RE OUR BEST ESTIMATES. UM, UM, RECOGNIZING THAT IN THIS PREVIOUS BUDGET CYCLE, UM, THE PROJECTION FOR REHABILITATION OF HOUSING WAS NOT ACCURATE TO WHAT PLAYED OUT IN REALITY, AND THAT THERE WAS PROBABLY A DEFECTIVE DEPLOYMENT, UM, IN THAT SOMEWHERE, SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD CONTINUE TO INVESTIGATE AS A COMMISSION, UM, THAT BEING THE CASE IN HINDSIGHT, KNOWING NOW THAT THAT MONEY DID NOT GET SPENT, AND IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE, THERE WAS NEED, BUT THE MONEY DIDN'T GET DISTRIBUTED IN THE WAY THAT WE ANTICIPATED BEING DISTRIBUTED SINCE THERE IS CARRY FORWARD MONEY NOW, PERIOD. UM, AND THAT, UM, EFFECTIVE DEPLOYMENT HASN'T BEEN RESOLVED. WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHY, UM, THE REHABILITATION OF HOUSING HASN'T BEEN HAPPENING IN THE IDEAL WAY THAT COMMISSIONERS HAVE EXPRESSED A DESIRE FOR IT TO HAPPEN. WHAT WOULD HAPPEN TO THAT CARRY FORWARD MONEY? WHAT ARE THE OPTIONS? IS THERE A LIMITATION OF HOW IT CAN BE USED? IS THERE A POINT AT WHICH IT'S OFF THE TABLE? IS IT JUST LIMITED TO, UM, THE CD BG PROGRAMMING, UM, AS IT CONTINUES ON IN THE 2021 CYCLE, I JUST WANT TO BE REALLY SURE OF THE IMPLICATION OF KEEPING IT IN THE SAME, UM, BUCKET OF REHABILITATING HOUSING. IF THAT CAN'T BE RAMPED UP AND ESCALATED TO SPEND THAT MONEY QUICKLY ENOUGH, DOES SOMETHING HAVE BAD HAPPENED? DO WE LOSE OUT ON THAT FUNDING SOMEHOW? I APPRECIATE THAT QUESTION. I WANT TO STRESS THAT THIS IS REBECCA GLO. I WANT TO STRESS THAT THE HOME REPAIR FIRST, I WANT TO STRESS THAT THE HOME REPAIR BUDGETS ARE NOT BEING DECREASED IN THIS FISCAL YEAR TO YOUR QUESTION, RELATED TO THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANTS THAT HAD BEEN ALLOCATED TO HOME REPAIR ACTIVITIES THAT ARE, UH, BEING PROPOSED FOR REPROGRAMMING, UM, THAT REPROGRAMMING WILL BE PUT FORWARD OVER TO OUR HOTEL MOTEL CONVERSION STRATEGY TO AGAIN, PRODUCE PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING UNITS. SO WE ARE UTILIZING THE ACTION PLAN PROCESS TO, UH, TO DETAIL THAT, UM, WITH RESPECT TO YOUR QUESTION RELATED TO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, BLOCK GRANTS, MAINTAINING A PRIORITIZATION IN, UM, HOME REPAIR, UH, I, I, I DO WANT TO BE TRANSPARENT THAT THE REPROGRAMMING OF DOLLARS IN THIS FUNDING TABLE WOULD TAKE THEM OUT OF HOME REPAIR. HOWEVER, RECOGNIZE THAT THE, THE DOLLARS THAT ARE IN GO REPAIR WITH THE GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND FUNDS REMAIN AND THE OTHER BUDGETS AND HOME REPAIR ARE NOT DECREASING FOR NEXT FISCAL YEAR. SO I, I WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE THAT WE DO WITH THIS COMMISSION, A DETAILED PRESENTATION ON OUR HOME REPAIR PROGRAM TO INCLUDE OUR MARKETING STRATEGY AND HAVE OUR PROGRAM STAFF MEMBERS WITH YOU ALL NEXT MONTH, SO THAT WE CAN PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF ALL OF OUR HOME REPAIR PROGRAMS AT A HOLISTIC LEVEL, ALL OF THE MARKETING, ALL OF THE FUNDING AVAILABILITY AND MORE OF A COMPREHENSIVE AND UNIFIED PRESENTATION TO YOU. SO YOU CAN SEE A LOT OF THE WORK THAT'S BEING DONE IN THAT AREA. [01:00:05] THANK YOU, REBECCA. UM, SARAH. YES. UH, COMMISSIONER DELGADO. UM, REBECCA. SO AGAIN, UM, WHEN YOU DO BRING ON THAT PRESENTATION, CAUSE AGAIN, I'M VERY FAMILIAR. I MEAN, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE HOME REPAIR PROGRAMS IN OUR COMMUNITIES FOR DECADES. AND SO I, FIRST OF ALL, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THEY ARE AWARE AND THEN THEY HAVE BEEN NOTIFYING THAT YOU ALL ARE TRYING TO REMOVE FUNDING, UH, FROM THEIR, UM, FROM THEIR BUDGET AREA. UM, SO THAT'S ONE QUESTION I, UH, I HAVE TO ASK ANOTHER QUESTION IS, UM, HOW IS THIS GOING TO, UH, BE ABLE TO, HOW, HOW IS THIS GOING TO HELP THE HOME REPAIRS THAT NEED FUNDING? UM, AND THEY HAVE TO WAIT FOR MORE FUNDING TO COME, OR THE FUNDING THAT'S GOING TO BE PROVIDED TO THEM. UH, NEXT PHYSICAL YEAR IS NOT ENOUGH FUNDING. I I'M, I'M STILL NOT, I ONE, I'M NOT GOING TO APPROVE THIS, SO YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET MY SUPPORT OR MY BOAT. YOU'RE ACTUALLY, YOU'RE GOING TO GET AN OPPOSITION. UM, BECAUSE BESIDES THE COMMISSIONER, UH, I AM A NEIGHBORHOOD PRESIDENT OF MY NEIGHBORHOOD THAT HOUSES 5,000 RESIDENTS, HOMES, NOT, UH, UNITS HOMES, AND 5,000, A BIG PERCENTAGE OF THEM HAVE BEEN ON WAITING LIST TO GET HOME REPAIRS. WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH STAFF, WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY. AND SO I NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COMMUNITY KNOWS WHAT YOU ARE DOING. AND I NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE RE THE MO UH, THE REMODEL BUSINESSES THAT ARE LOCAL, THAT HAVE BEEN DOING HOME REPAIRS IN OUR AREA, YOUR CONTRACTORS, YOUR VENDORS, PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING. AND I NEED TO KNOW WHEN THIS IS GOING TO COUNCIL TO, BECAUSE I AM IN TOTAL OPPOSITION OF THIS. I UNDERSTAND WE HAVE A HOMELESS ISSUE. I AM HOMELESS. SO I'M GOING TO SPEAK AS A HOMELESS RECIPIENT, BUT YOU'RE NOW TALKING ABOUT SOME REALLY, I MEAN, HIGH DOLLAR MONEY WHEN THE CITY OF AUSTIN HAS AN OBLIGATION. AND THAT OBLIGATION FOR THAT HOMELESS NESS HAS BEEN SOMETHING ON THE TABLE FOR QUITE SOME TIME. AND FOR THEM TO COME TAKE OUR MONEY AWAY, TO PUT MONEY INTO THAT WHEN THEY CAN FIND OTHER DIFFERENT FUNDS AND RESOURCES FOR THAT, IT REALLY BOTHERS ME. THANK YOU. UM, THANKS COMMISSIONER. I THINK, UH, ACCORDING TO THE PRESENTATION, UM, THE COUNCIL IS GOING TO TAKE THIS UP AND HAVE THEIR OWN PUBLIC HEARING ON THE 30TH OF JULY. UM, AND SO YOU CAN HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK DIRECTLY TO THEM. AND OF COURSE THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD GOES THROUGH, UM, THE, UH, 30TH. SO, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD ALWAYS ADD ADDITIONAL COMMENTS THROUGH THOSE CHANNELS. UM, IF, [2C Discussion and possible action on the draft FY 2020-21 Action Plan.] IF IT'S OKAY. I THINK WE SHOULD MOVE TO THE NEXT ITEM RELATED. SO, UM, MR. CHAIR, YES. IS IT, ARE WE UP TO THE POINT WHERE WE MAKE A RECOMMENDATION? UH, BASICALLY YES. YEAH. I WAS GOING TO MOVE ON TO THAT ITEM. YES, ABSOLUTELY. UM, SO I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE APPROVAL WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET A PRESENTATION ON THE HOME REPAIR PROGRAMS, THE MARKETING EFFORTS. AND I MAKE THIS RECOMMENDATION BECAUSE WE HAVE FALLEN BEHIND IN GETTING THE FUNDING SPENT. THERE'S A LOT OF SYNERGY ON HOUSING, THE HOMELESS. AND SO IF WE PUT A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY TOWARDS THAT, I THINK WE'LL GET A GOOD RETURN. AND THEN WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE HOME REPAIR PROGRAMS DON'T FALL BEHIND AGAIN NEXT YEAR AND FIND OURSELVES IN THE SAME POSITION, COMMISSIONER CARE. THIS IS ANGIE. THANK YOU TO COMMISSIONER POP. UH, BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD WITH TAKING ANY ACTION, CAN WE DO A REALLY QUICK ROLL CALL CHAIR TO SEE WHO'S ON THE PHONE? THAT'S A GOOD, GOOD POINT. OKAY. UM, UM, IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE MYSELF COMMISSIONER MAHIA COMMISSIONER MT. WHINY, UH, COMMISSIONER DELGADO, COMMISSIONER ACOSTA, COMMISSIONER SLOAN, COMMISSIONER WOODS, COMMISSIONER POP, COMMISSIONER, OTERO COMMISSIONER, UH, TALL OVER, UH, I BELIEVE IS THE R FIVE, FOUR 10, IF THAT'S COMMISSIONER OLIVER A TALL EVER. AND, AND IT LOOKS LIKE COMMISSIONER YOUNG IS ON AS WELL. OKAY. SO IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE 11 COMMISSIONERS BY MY ACCOUNT. [01:05:02] THANK YOU, PLEASE PROCEED. OKAY, EXCELLENT. SO, UH, SO WE DO HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR. UM, THE MOTION IS, IS ESSENTIALLY TO ACCEPT THIS WITH THE CAVEAT THAT WE'RE GONNA A PRESENTATION AT THE, AT THE NEXT MEETING. SO IF YOU HEARD, UH, COMMISSIONER POP'S MOTION, UH, WE WILL NEED A SECOND IN ORDER TO TAKE A VOTE ON THAT. MR. CHAIR COMMISSIONER, THE POINT OF IF, IF WE WERE TO HAVE DISCUSSION WITH THAT, UH, WOULD THAT, UH, FOLLOW A SECOND OR WOULD THAT PRECEDE A SECOND? I THINK WE NEED A MOTION TO HAVE A DISCUSSION BEFORE WE TAKE, UH, A SECOND BEFORE TO TAKE, BEFORE WE HAVE A DISCUSSION, IS THAT CORRECT? ROBERT'S RULES OR AN ORDER ESTABLISHED IF WE WERE TO HAVE DISCUSSION ON COMMISSIONER, POP'S A MOTION. WOULD THAT HAPPEN BEFORE THE SECOND OR AFTER SECOND BEFORE? OKAY. OKAY. UH, SO IF I MADE COMMISSION, UH, CHAIR, UH, CHAIRMAN JOE, PLEASE, UH, WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M HEARING? UM, WELL, FIRST OF ALL, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT, I JUST WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A CLARIFICATION, I THINK, UM, TO MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS. AND WHAT I'M HEARING IS THAT, YOU KNOW, IN THIS FISCAL YEAR, UM, WE WERE NOT ABLE TO SPEND, AND THIS IS WHAT WE HEARD IN MULTIPLE MEETINGS. WE WEREN'T ABLE TO SPEND CERTAIN DOLLARS AND ACHIEVE CERTAIN MILESTONES, UH, IN CERTAIN PROGRAMS FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS. I REMEMBER EARLY ON, THERE WERE SOME BOTTLENECKS WITH CONTRACTORS OR LOGISTICAL ISSUES THAT WERE OUTREACH ISSUES, AND THOSE WERE ALL UNDERSTANDABLE. UM, AND NOW COVID HIT, AND OF COURSE THAT PREVENTED US FROM BEING ABLE TO SPEND THOSE DOLLARS. SO I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND, UH, WHERE WE'RE GOING WITH MAKING SURE THAT WE CARRY THOSE DOLLARS OVER, UH, INTO AN AREA THAT, UH, THAT WOULD BE THAT YOU GOT YOUR DRINKS STILL EFFECTIVE FOR US. UM, I THINK SOMEBODY MIGHT NEED PUT IT IN THE FRIDGE, UH, EVERYONE THAT IS ON THE PHONE OR ON THE LINE, PLEASE MUTE YOUR LINE CHAIRMAN. YOU MIGHT WANT TO MUTE. AH, BRILLIANT. AND, UH, AND SO, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S NUMBER ONE. I DON'T SEE THIS AS ANYONE TAKING AWAY FUNDS FROM THOSE PROGRAMS. UH, I SEE IT AS, HEY, YOU KNOW, THOSE FUNDS WEREN'T ABLE TO BE SPENT, UM, FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS. AND, UH, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THEM WERE PRACTICAL, WHAT I, UM, YOU KNOW, WOULD LIKE TO DO. UM, AND SO I, I DO RELATE TO COMMISSIONER POP'S RECOMMENDATION OF ACCEPTING IT, AND THEN GETTING MORE DETAILS LATER, I MIGHT LIKE TO COUNTER PROPOSE, UH, MOVING TO RECOMMEND, UH, THAT THIS ACTION PLAN PRIORITIES BE ALTERED, UM, SUCH THAT THEY ARE REFLECTED, UH, REFLECTIVE OF, UM, OF, OF WELL ALTERED IN SUCH A WAY SUCH THAT PROGRAMS THAT HISTORICALLY HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO HIT THEIR MILESTONES OR EXHAUST THEIR DOLLAR AMOUNTS OR, OR RATHER TO HAVE FULL DOLLAR AMOUNTS DEPLOYED, UM, BE DEPRIORITIZED, UH, IN THE FOLLOWING FISCAL YEAR. UH, AND BECAUSE THE NEEDS ARE CHANGING SO DRAMATICALLY RIGHT NOW, UM, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT ANY PROGRAMS THAT WE'RE, YOU KNOW, IF WE DEFINE UNDERPERFORMING, UM, AS DURING THE PERIOD OF OCTOBER ONE, 2019 UNTIL FEBRUARY 28, 2020, WHICH IS PRETTY COVID, WHICH UNTIL THOSE TIME PERIODS WHERE EITHER WE'RE BELOW EITHER 75% OF THEIR GOAL ACHIEVEMENT OR DOLLAR DEPLOYMENT AT THOSE PROGRAMS BE DEPRIORITIZED AND THIS ACTION PLAN, BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S A VERY LOW PROBABILITY THAT THE BARRIERS THAT WERE, UH, CAUSING THOSE PROGRAMS TO NOT BE SUCCESSFUL. I THINK THERE'S A VERY LOW PROBABILITY THAT WE WILL OVERCOME THOSE BARRIERS DURING THIS NEW FISCAL YEAR WITH COVID ON THE HORIZON AND THE DAUNTING ECONOMIC CRISIS IN PLACE. AND I WOULD SUGGEST THAT THOSE PROGRAMS BE DEPRIORITIZED BECAUSE THERE'S A, THERE'S A LOW CHANCE THAT ANY, EVEN IN A PERFECT WORLD WHERE WE HAVE ALL THE FUNDING, THERE'S A LOW CHANCE THAT WE WOULD GET THE CONTRACTORS TO DO THAT WORK, UM, UH, AND BE ABLE TO JUST SOLVE THE LOGISTICAL BARRIERS. AND I WOULD SUGGEST THAT ANY PROGRAMS THAT, YOU KNOW, DIDN'T ACHIEVE 75% OF A PRORATED GOAL OR DOLLAR DEPLOYMENT RATE BY FEBRUARY 28TH, 2020, UH, BD PRIORITIZED, AND THAT THOSE ALLOCATIONS IN THE UPCOMING ACTION PLAN BE FOCUSED MORE ON ASSISTING, UH, THOSE WHO ARE, UH, UNDER 30% OF MFI. UM, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, [01:10:01] WHETHER THAT MEANS CREATION OF MORE AFFORDABLE UNITS OR, UM, UH, FOR DECLINED FUNDS, UH, LIKE THE RENT FUND, UH, THAT, YOU KNOW, JUST HELP FOLKS PAY THEIR RENT. UM, I, I THINK THAT THOSE ARE IMMEDIATELY ACTIONABLE, UH, TYPES OF CAUSES THAT THE DOLLAR DEPLOYMENTS CAN CERTAINLY BE, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, EXTINGUISHED AND, UH, THAT APPLIED TO A NEED UH THAT'S THAT, UH, APPLIES TO A GROWING SECTOR OF THE POPULATION THAT'S SUFFERING. I CAN HELP CRISIS. UM, DO YOU FEEL THAT THAT'S A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT, OR DO YOU WANT TO RESPOND, ASK THE STAFF IF THAT'S POSSIBLE? AND THERE ARE CERTAIN THRESHOLDS THAT IF WE EXCEED THEM WHERE WE HAVE A MAJOR REPROGRAMMING, AND SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PERCENTAGE IS FIT, UH, YES. THANK YOU. THIS IS, UH, REBECCA GLO. I WANT TO JUST STRESS A COUPLE OF THINGS. ONE, UM, I'M HEARING A LOT OF DIFFERENT COMMENTS AND WANT TO JUST STRESS. WE ARE NOT CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW DECREASING THE, IN OUR HOME REPAIR PROGRAMS TOO. I THINK IT IS WORTH NOTING THAT THE AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW DEPLOYS SOME OF THE DOLLARS FOR THE PROGRAMS. AND THESE ARE THE AREAS WHERE IT IS BEING PROPOSED TO REPROGRAM THE FUNDS. SO OUR SUBURB, OUR SUBRECIPIENTS CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW WILL NOT REALIZE, FOR EXAMPLE, IN OUR GO REPAIR PROGRAM, THEY WILL NOT REALIZE A DECREASE. I WOULD REQUEST THAT ANY CONVERSATION RELATED TO DECREASING DOLLARS OUT OF THESE AREAS GO THROUGH A ROUND OF STAKEHOLDER, UM, DISCUSSIONS, AND THAT WE HAVE MORE TIME TO WORK WITH OUR SUB-RECIPIENTS BEFORE ANY, UH, ACTION LIKE THIS IS BEING PROPOSED. I DO RECOGNIZE THAT THE PANDEMIC IS HAVING AN IMPACT ON SOME OF OUR SUBRECIPIENTS ABILITY TO DEPLOY. UH, IT IS, IT IS NOT, I DO NOT WANT TO SEND A SIGNAL WITH THE, UM, COMMISSION'S DISCUSSION TODAY, NOR ACTION THAT WE ARE DEFUNDING OR DEEP PRIORITIZING THIS ACTIVITY, BECAUSE WE RECOGNIZE IT IS IMPORTANT. SO I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, DECOUPLE ANY KIND OF ACTION THAT WOULD SEND THAT SIGNAL AND RATHER WORK WITH THIS COMMISSION OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, SO THAT WE CAN GET TO WAY BETTER PLACE TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION GOING FORWARD. UM, AS A REMINDER, THE ACTION PLAN IS OUR APPLICATION TO HUD FOR FEDERAL DOLLARS. WE HAVE A LOT OF FUNDING THAT IS LOCAL FLOWING THROUGH, UH, THE COMMUNITY FOR OUR HOME REPAIR DOLLARS. SO IT WOULD BE MY PREFERENCE THAT WE DECOUPLE ANY KIND OF DE PRIORITIZATION, UH, UM, DEFUNDING OR REDIRECTION, UM, OF THE FISCAL YEAR 21 BUDGET AND WORK WITH THIS COMMISSION GOING FORWARD TO, TO MAKE, UM, TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS RELATED TO THIS PROGRAMMATIC AREA OUTSIDE OF THE ACTION PLAN DISCUSSION CHAIR. I DID THAT TO HER. I DIDN'T HAVE TO MAKE THE COMMENT TO A MEET AND THEN TO GO REALLY QUICK ON ME, I DO UNDERSTAND THAT YOU'RE SUPPORTING COMMISSIONER'S POP. AND I DO UNDERSTAND THAT YOU ALL ARE GONNA SUPPORT THIS ACTION ITEM MOVING FORWARD. UM, I, I JUST WANT YOU ALL TO UNDERSTAND THAT AS YOU KNOW, COMMISSIONER POP OVER AND OVER AND OVER THESE CONVERSATIONS, THESE DISCUSSIONS, THE PHYSICAL PLANT ACTION PLANS, ALL THIS BUDGET, MONEY, MONEY, NOT BEING ALLOCATED, NOT BEING IT'S THE SAME CONVERSATION, THE SAME PROCESS. AND YOU'RE THE OLDEST COMMISSIONER ON THIS COMMISSION. SO, YOU KNOW HOW THE GAME IS. I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT THE FACT THAT STAKEHOLDERS, EVERYONE DOES NOT, DID NOT KNOW ABOUT THIS. ALL OF A SUDDEN CHANGE. I DON'T LIKE THAT. IT JUST GOT TO OUR AGENDA WITHOUT A PRESENTATION BEING FULL WORD WITHOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, MEALS ON WHEELS AND ALL OF THE PEOPLE I NEED TO SEE DATA. I NEED TO SEE INFORMATION, AND I UNDERSTAND WE'RE IN A PANDEMIC, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE SOME DRAMATIC CHANGES, BUT AGAIN, WE ARE HAVING ISSUES ON HOW THESE DOLLARS ARE BEING SPENT ON A LOCAL LEVEL, TOO. ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY GET ALLOCATED TO A PRIVATE OR A NONPROFIT, WHATEVER PROGRAMS [01:15:01] ARE OUT THERE, THERE IS NO TRACKING SYSTEM OF HOW EXACTLY ARE ARE THEY, ARE THEY REALLY BEING UTILIZED THE WAY WE'RE ADVOCATING FOR THEM ON THIS COMMISSION? AND SO I'M A LITTLE UNCOMFORTABLE ABOUT THIS. I UNDERSTAND THAT WE NEED TO PULL MONIES, YOU KNOW, JUST LIKE WE PULLED MONEY FROM APD. YOU KNOW, THEY DIDN'T NEED ALL THAT MONEY. THEY WEREN'T DOING THEIR JOB, BUT YOU GOT TO UNDERSTAND AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE Y'ALL HAVE DROPPED THE BALL A LOT. AND WE HAD TALKED ABOUT THIS LAST YEAR THAT WE WERE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH DOING THINGS THE RIGHT WAY. AND AGAIN, I FEEL THAT THIS AGENDA ITEM IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT. THERE'S A DISCUSSION ON JULY 30TH THAT GIVES ME NOT EVEN 10 DAYS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ALL UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON HERE. CAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TWO POINT $6 MILLION HERE. SO I'M JUST, I I'M VERY UNCOMFORTABLE ABOUT HOW WE DON'T EVEN HAVE THE DATA INFORMATION. NOBODY KNOWS ANYTHING. AND I HAVE WHEAT THOUSAND PEOPLE WAITING FOR HOME REPAIRS AND THE CITY OF AUSTIN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER DELGADO. UM, I THINK YOUR POINT IS WELL TAKEN AND, UH, OR, YOU KNOW, WE, WE, WE HEAR WHAT YOU'RE, UH, COMMISSIONER THE COMMISSIONER YOUNG. HEY, I HAVE A DISTASTE OF MY, MY HAND HAS BEEN RAISED LAST MEETING. I KNOW I RAISED MY HAND LIKE THIS TO SAY SOMETHING AND I CONTINUED TO GET SKIPPED OVER. I'M SORRY. I'LL TELL YOU THIS REAL QUICK BECAUSE WE SHOW IT ON TIME. MR. MONOTONIC, COMMISSIONER HORNY. I THINK WE DID ASK FOR THAT LIST BEFORE THAT YOU WERE SPEAKING OF EARLIER. UM, AND I THINK IT'S AROUND, UH, OCTOBER, NOVEMBER WHEN WE ASKED FOR THAT LIST TO MS. LEE. UM, IF THAT MONEY IS LEFT OVER, PEOPLE, DO PEOPLE HAVE TO REAPPLY FOR THAT MONEY? AND IF SO, WHY? CAUSE I ASKED ABOUT THIS LAST, OVER THE OTHER MONEY, THE NEW GRANT MONEY THAT WE GOT, THAT WE RAN OUT OF IT, YOU SAID THERE'S NEW MONEY. SO WE HAVE TO, UM, START THE WHOLE PROCESS OVER. SO WILL THEY HAVE TO RESTART THIS MONEY OVER FOR THE REPAIRS? UM, THIS IS A COLLEAGUE, UM, UH, WHO, WHO WERE, ARE YOU PEOPLE WHO COMMISSIONER YOUNG, BUT ARE YOU ASKING, UH, WHETHER PEOPLE WHO ARE SEEKING HOME REPAIRS HAVE TO REAPPLY? YES. UM, HMM. UH, HMM. GENERALLY NOT THAT I'M AWARE OF. SO, SO NO, JUST BECAUSE THERE WOULD BE ADDITIONAL FUNDING DOESN'T MEAN THAT PEOPLE WOULD NEED TO REAPPLY. UM, THEY WOULD LIKELY ALREADY BE IN CONTACT WITH ONE OF THE, UH, AGENCIES THAT PROVIDING HOME REPAIR SERVICES AND WOULD LIKELY BE ON THE LIST FOR THAT HOME REPAIR AGENCY. DOES THAT ANSWER THE ONES ON THE LIST SHOULD BE GETTING REPAIRS DONE EVENTUALLY ASSUMING THAT THE AGENCY HAS THE CAPACITY TO DO THE WORK, WHICH IS, WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY CHALLENGING RIGHT NOW. SO IS THAT THE SHORTAGE OF THE BUILDERS AND WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH QUALIFIED BUILDERS TO BUILD IT BECAUSE TO ME, IF YOU MOVE IN THAT MONEY AWAY FROM THE, UM, FROM THE REPAIRS, AND NOW YOU'RE SAYING THAT IT'S A POSSIBILITY THAT THE PEOPLE ON THE LIST MAY NOT GET REPAIRS ON BASED ON THE, UH, THE BUILDERS, THERE'S AN ISSUE CAUSE THEY, THE, IT SHOULD BE MONEY. UH, YES SIR. THIS IS REBECCA GLO. SO WE WOULD NOT BE PROPOSING ANYTHING THAT WOULD REQUIRE ANY APPLICANT REAPPLY. AND I JUST WANT TO STRESS THAT, UH, THE, THE INDIVIDUAL CONTRACTORS THAT MOVE FORWARD, THE FUNDS FOR THE GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND FUNDED HOME REPAIR PROGRAM ARE NOT SEEING A DECREASE IN THEIR FUNDING. SO I WANT TO JUST STRESS. THERE IS NOT A, I'M NOT SAYING THE DEFUNDING. I'M NOT SAYING THAT I'M SAYING IF THEY RUN OUT OF MONEY, THE MONEY THAT WAS THERE PREVIOUSLY, YOU MOVED SOMEWHERE ELSE. SO THAT MONEY COULD HAVE BEEN LEFT TO, TO HELP THOSE PEOPLE GET THEIR REPAIRS COMPLETED. BUT BECAUSE YOU MOVE THAT MONEY, THEN THERE'S A SMALL, THE SAME POT OF MONEY, BUT IT'S STILL MORE PEOPLE BECAUSE YOU GOT MORE PEOPLE APPLY FOR SOMEBODY WHO'S COMING OUT SHORT. YES, SIR. I APPRECIATE THAT. I THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION. SO THE DOLLARS THAT WE ARE, UM, PROPOSING [01:20:01] ARE DOLLARS THAT WE'RE NOT ABLE TO BE DEPLOYED, UH, BY CONTRACT. AND SO THE, THESE ARE NOT DOLLARS THAT WOULD IMPACT APPLICANTS. UM, BUT I UNDERSTAND YOUR POINT IN THAT THE DOLLARS WOULD BE DECREASED FROM HOME REPAIR OPPORTUNITIES AND, AND CERTAINLY WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE, UM, YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT. UM, COMMISSIONERS. WE HAVE ONLY FIVE MINUTES LEFT. UH, I DID WANT TO SAY THAT IT IS DIFFICULT TO SEE EVERYONE. SO I CAN'T ALWAYS SEE WHEN SOMEBODY HAS THEIR HAND RAISED. UH, BUT I DO SEE COMMISSIONER MAHIR YOU HAVE A COMMENT. YEAH. I DON'T WANT TO RUN COUNTER TO THAT ANYBODY'S BUT I'M CURIOUS, UH, THE, WITH THE NEW, WITH THE REALLOCATION, IS THERE ENOUGH MONEY TO MEET THE HOUSING REPAIR NEEDS OF THE PEOPLE CURRENTLY ON THE LIST? I'M NOT, I'M JUST, THIS IS JUST WILD THINKING THAT THERE IS A, THERE IT IS TROUBLING THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT IT WAS A BET THAT THE, THE, THE THING THAT UNSPENT DOLLARS, BECAUSE OF THE INABILITY TO GET THE REPAIRS CONTRACTED, I KNOW IT'S A SUPER COMPLEX PROCESS, BUT IF THERE IS GOING TO BE MONEY TAKEN AWAY, I WONDER IF AT LEAST THE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THE QUEUE NOW, IS THERE ENOUGH MONEY TO SATISFY THEM? WOULD WE WANT TO THINK ABOUT A MORATORIUM? SO AT LEAST THOSE PEOPLE GET TAKEN CARE OF, AND WE CAN SORT OF DRILL DOWN ON ACCOUNTABILITY ON THOSE PEOPLE GETTING TAKEN CARE OF. I DON'T KNOW IF THIS RUNS COUNTER TO ANYONE, WHAT ANYONE ELSE IS SAYING, BUT I ALSO CAN APPRECIATE THE, UH, THE FACT THAT IF WE DON'T, WE MIGHT MESS AROUND AND MISS FEDERAL MONEY. IF WE DON'T APPROVE STUFF, YOU KNOW, ALL THE INTERNAL, YOU KNOW, UH, DIVERSITY OF OPINION ASIDE THAT I WOULD HATE IT, I'D HATE US TO MESS AROUND AND HAVE A PERFECT, BE THE ENEMY OF GOOD HERE. SO I APPRECIATE THAT. AND I WOULD JUST, I, I AM LISTENING AND I AM TAKING IT, AND THIS IS REBECCA ALL OF THE COMMENTS, AND I WOULD JUST VALUE BRINGING FORWARD A HOME REPAIR, UH, PRESENTATION THAT I BELIEVE WILL TRULY ANSWER A NUMBER OF THE QUESTION, UM, OF THIS COMMISSION AND PROVIDE EXCELLENT DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT HOW WE ARE MEETING HOME REPAIR NEEDS THROUGH OUR CONTRACTORS, POSSIBLY EVEN BRINGING OUR CONTRACTORS TO THE TABLE DURING THAT PRESENTATION. BECAUSE SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU'RE ASKING, I KNOW CAN BE VERY HELPFUL TO HEAR FROM THE ACTUAL CONTRACTORS WHO ARE DELIVERING THESE SERVICES. UM, AND THE THROUGH RESPECT, THE TIME THAT WE HAVE LEFT, I'M CURIOUS, UH, STAFF, UH, REBECCA, WHAT'S THE BEST WHITE FOR COMMISSIONERS WHO CLEARLY STILL HAVE SOME COMMENTS TO GIVE THEIR FEEDBACK EITHER TO YOU. I KNOW WE CAN ALL INDIVIDUALLY REACH OUT AND GIVE OUR PUBLIC FEEDBACK, BUT WHAT ABOUT, UH, IN TERMS OF, UH, AN ACTION FROM THE COMMISSION? HOW CAN WE EITHER HAVE A DRAFT? I DON'T FEEL LIKE THERE'S, THERE MAY NOT BE ENOUGH CONGRUENCE OF OPINION HERE TO PUT A RECOMMENDATION THAT WE COULD PASS BY THE COMMISSION. SO I'M WONDERING WHAT'S THE NEXT STEP OR NEXT BEST THING THAT WE CAN DO TO SPEAK AS A COMMISSION ON THIS ISSUE TO HELP PUSH THIS FORWARD. SO THANK YOU WITH THE VERY FEW MINUTES THAT WE HAVE LEFT. I, I'M VERY HOPEFUL THAT WE CAN IN GET A, AN ACTION, UM, FROM THE, THE COMMISSION THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO STAFF IN ADDITION, AND DIRECT TO ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION, UH, PLEASE DON'T HESITATE TO REACH OUT TO MYSELF AND ERICA LEAK, UM, TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL COMMENTS SO THAT WE CAN ROUND OUT WHAT A FUTURE ACTION ITEM WOULD LOOK LIKE TO PRESENT TO THE COMMISSION. I'M CONFIDENT THAT WE CAN GET, UH, INFORMATION TO THE COMMISSION THAT CAN ANSWER A NUMBER OF THESE QUESTIONS IN A BROADER HOME REPAIR CONTEXT WITH OUR SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS AT THE TABLE. BUT I AM VERY HOPEFUL TO GET THE COMMISSION'S ACTION ON THIS ITEM TODAY PRIOR TO MOVING TO COUNCIL. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR, I'D LIKE TO, I'D LIKE TO SECOND, UH, COMMISSIONER POP'S MOTION, UM, UH, TO APPROVE AND ADD THE CAVEAT THAT AS A COMMISSION, WE ARE, UH, DISAPPOINTED WITH WHAT APPEARS TO BE A REACTIVE THOUGH, VERY NECESSARY, UH, CARRY FORWARD OF FUNDS. AND THAT WE WOULD JUST LIKE TO BE MORE PROACTIVE ABOUT THAT, UH, IN THE FUTURE, SUCH THAT CARRY OVER, UH, CARRY FORWARD FUNDS, UH, MIGHT MORE ACCURATELY REFLECT WHAT WE FEEL THE COMMUNITY PRIORITIES ARE, BUT WE UNDERSTAND THAT RIGHT NOW WE ARE AT RISK OF LOSING THOSE FEDERAL FUNDS, AND WE DON'T WANT TO DO THAT. UH, AND SO YOU KNOW THAT AS COMMISSIONERS, WE ALL AGREE. WE DON'T WANT TO GIVE MONEY BACK TO THE FENCE JUST BECAUSE WE COULDN'T SPEND IT BECAUSE IT'S TOTALLY SO LIKE THE SECOND COMMISSIONER POP'S, UH, UM, MOTION WITH THAT COUNTY OFF. [01:25:01] THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER, ABOUT MONEY. I SEE SOME HEAD SHAKING, UH, OUR, OUR NODDING, EXCUSE ME, UH, COMMISSIONER POP. DOES THAT SATISFY YOUR SATISFIES WITH THAT CAVEAT? OKAY, EXCELLENT. SO WE DO HAVE A MOTION ON THE TABLE ORIGINALLY FROM COMMISSIONER POP, UH, WHO ACCEPTED, UH, THE, UH, THE UPDATE, WHAT YOU JUST HEARD FROM COMMISSIONER MOTWANI, UH, TO, UH, TO, TO RECOMMEND, UH, MOVE FORWARD THE RECOMMENDATION WITH THE COP WITH A CAVEAT. SO, UH, ALL IN FAVOR OF, OF THAT MOTION, SAY, AYE. AYE. AYE, AYE. NOW AGAIN, I CAN'T SEE EVERYONE AND I CERTAINLY CAN'T HEAR EVERYONE, SO I'M GOING TO TRY TO COUNT. OKAY. SO COMMISSIONER YOUNG COMMISSIONER, SLOAN COMMISSIONER OF COASTAL COMMISSIONER AND MY WHINY AND OUR POP, UM, MYSELF HAS MAKES FIVE. UM, OH, THAT'S SIX. UM, I, I COUNTED SIX. UH, I DON'T SEE COMMISSIONER WOODS. I CAN'T SEE HER PHYSICALLY, SO I'M NOT SURE WHAT HIS HAND IS UP. OKAY. HER HAND IS UP. OKAY. IT WAS ALSO A YAY. I WOULD SAY WHO IS THAT ONE MORE? YEAH, I COUNT EIGHT. UM, REBECCA, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE KEEPING YOUR OWN SEPARATE COUNT, BUT CHAIR, I COUNT NINE. OKAY. SO NINE AND SO NINE IN FAVOR, ALL OPPOSED. SAY NAY MARRIED, MAN. I HEAR TWO NAYS. I BELIEVE COMMISSIONER DELGADO AND COMMISSIONER OLIVER. IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN PERMISSION TO CALL IT, DOESN'T IT. OKAY. RIGHT. SO I THINK WE NEEDED EIGHT TO PASS IF I'M NOT, IF I'M CORRECT. THAT MEANS THE MOTION PASSES. OKAY. THANK YOU WITH THE CAVEAT. AND I'M SURE STAFF YOU'LL PUT THAT TOGETHER AND SEND THAT AROUND TO US. SO WE UNDERSTAND GERMAN GERMAN. YEAH. UH, YES, SIR. COMMISSIONER TOLERBER. I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST AGAIN, INFORMATION PACKAGE ON THE, UM, BONDING, UH, OF WHAT, UH, THEY'RE TRYING TO TAKE BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL. I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A PACKAGE OF EVERYTHING THAT WAS DISCUSSED IN THE MEETING TODAY SENT TO ME BY UNITED STATES POSTAL OFFICE SERVICE, PLEASE. YES, WE WILL DO SO. EXCELLENT. WELL, THANK YOU, UH, COMMISSIONERS, UH, TOO BAD WEEK. COULDN'T GET TO MORE OF OUR ITEMS. THE OTHER ITEM THAT WAS ON WAS OF COURSE THOUGH, UH, POLICE BUDGETING ISSUE, UH, I'M HOPING THAT THERE'S NOTHING TIMELY THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN BETWEEN NOW AND AUGUST THAT WE DON'T GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS THAT. UH, UM, AND THEN COMMISSIONER OTERO ALSO HAD AN ITEM THAT SHE WANTED TO BRING FORWARD. UH, I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE ON THE FEATURE AGENDA ITEMS THAT WE CAN NOT PUT THAT ON THE AGENDA. IT HAS TO BE PUT FORTH FROM THE DIOCESE. SO PLEASE GO AHEAD AND I WILL, I WILL LOG THAT FOR THE RECORD. OKAY. OH, OKAY. SO WE HAVE TO ANNOUNCE IT AS A FUTURE ITEM HERE IN THIS MEETING. THAT IS CORRECT. OKAY. UM, COMMISSIONER [5. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS] OTERO, DID YOU WANT TO MAKE A QUICK STATEMENT ABOUT THAT ITEM THAT YOU WANTED IN THE WILL FOR THE RECORD? I WAS JUST CONCERNED WITH, OH, I LIKE PAT METRO TO MAKE A PRESENTATION TO CDC ON, UM, THEIR ANTI-DISPLACEMENT EFFORTS FOR PROJECT CONNECT AND HOW THEY'RE UTILIZING THE INNOVATION OFFICES, STABILIZATION TOOL AND WORKING WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS ON, UM, A ROBUST PROCESS PLAN FOR ADDRESSING UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER, UM, STAFF WE'LL NOTE THAT AND WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT'S ON THE, UH, NEXT NEXT AGENDA FOR AUGUST. THANK YOU. SO, UH, WITH THAT, OF COURSE, ALONG WITH THE POLICE, UH, ACTION ON POLICE AND BUDGETING ITEM FOR AUGUST, UM, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE STAFF BEFORE WE ADJOURN MISSED EVERYTHING, ALL OF THE ITEMS THAT WERE HERE THAT WE DID NOT GET TO TODAY, WE CAN CERTAINLY DISCUSS FOR, UH, FUTURE ITEMS. UM, AND OTHER THAN THAT, IF THERE'S ANY OTHER STAFF MEMBER ONLINE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SAY SOME LAST WORDS, BUT I KNOW AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH JUST WANTED TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO [01:30:02] REPORT FOR THIS MONTH, SINCE I HAD NO TIME TO PRESENT AND LOOKING FORWARD TO PRESENTING NEXT MONTH. THANK YOU, ANGEL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR BEING ON COMMISSIONERS. THANKS AGAIN. AND ALWAYS REMEMBER TO REACH OUT TO MYSELF OR STAFF ABOUT AN EXCEEDING AND HOPEFULLY YOU'LL BE GETTING ALL THE INFORMATION YOU REQUESTED FROM STAFF. SO UNTIL THEN, UM, ENJOY YOUR WEEK AND WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT TIME. UM, THE MEETING IS OFFICIALLY ADJOURNED. . * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. 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