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AND I OFFICIALLY CALL THIS MEETING[Housing and Community Affairs Committee on April 19, 2022.]
TO ORDER.I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME, UM, MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES THAT ARE JOINING ME IN CHAMBERS AND ONLINE STAFF AND PRESENTERS IN ATTENDANCE.
THIS IS THE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, WHICH IS BEING HELD IN A HYBRID MODE DUE TO, DUE TO THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF THE PUBLIC DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.
THIS MEETING WILL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, BUT RESTRICTION RESTRICTIONS REGARDING MASK, ALLOWABLE ROOM CAPACITY AND SEATING ARRANGEMENTS MAY BE IN PLACE.
THEREFORE, AS THE PRESIDING OFFICER OF THE COMMITTEE, I AM PHYSICALLY PRESENT IN THE CHAMBER IN ACCORDANCE WITH PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5 5 1 0.127 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE APPLICABLE TO A GOVERNMENTAL BODY THAT EXTENDS INTO THREE OR MORE COUNTIES.
ALL OTHER COMMITTEE MEMBERS HAVE THE OPTION TO PARTICIPATE IN PERSON OR VIRTUALLY VIA MICROSOFT TEAMS. I WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE MY VICE CHAIR, DAVE, COUNCIL MEMBER DAVID ROBINSON.
COUNCIL MEMBER TASHA JACKSON THAT'S IN THE CHAMBERS.
STAFF FROM COUNCIL MEMBER SALLY ALCORN'S OFFICE AND PRESENT ONLINE COUNCIL MEMBER AMY PECK.
STAFF FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CAYMAN'S OFFICE.
COUNCIL MEMBER MARY NAN HUFFMAN.
COUNCIL MEMBER CAROLYN EVAN SHABAZZ, STAFF FROM COUNCIL MEMBER LETICIA PLUMMER'S OFFICE, AND I BELIEVE VICE MAYOR PRO TEM MARTHA CASTEX.
TATUM IS JOINING US ONLINE AS WELL.
TODAY WE'LL HEAR FROM A PRESENTATION FROM OUR HOUSING DEPARTMENT, AND THEY'LL PRESENT ON THE FOLLOWING AREAS, PUBLIC SERVICES, MULTI-FAMILY.
AND THEN IN CLOSING, WE'LL HAVE COMMENTS FROM OUR DIRECTOR REGARDING PUBLIC SERVICES.
WE'LL REVIEW A ORDINANCE RECOMMENDATION FOR APPROVAL REGARDING A THIRD CONTRACT AMENDMENT, UH, EXTENSION FOR THE APPROVAL OF HOT WOLF FUNDS FOR PERMANENT HOUSING AND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES WITH MULTI-FAMILY.
WE WILL REVIEW AN ORDINANCE RECOMMENDATION FOR THE APPROVAL OF FIVE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT DISASTER RECOVERY, 17 LOAN TRANSACTIONS FOR LAND ACQUISITION, NEW DEVELOPMENT COST, NEW SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, COMMUNITY FOR HOMELESS AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR YOUNG ADULTS.
AND WE DO HAVE TWO PUBLIC SPEAKERS THAT ARE SCHEDULED.
UM, PAULETTE PRINCE, WHICH WILL BE VIRTUAL.
AND THEN DOUG SMITH, OUR FAVORITE DISTRICT F RESIDENT.
AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO WELCOME OUR DEPUTY ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, MELODY BARR, FOR HER TO PROVIDE HER PRESENTATION.
THE DEPARTMENT IS PRESENTING A THIRD AMENDMENT TO A CONTRACT WITH A CARING SAFE PLACE TO FINANCE THE OPERATION AND ADMINISTRATION FOR TWO COMMUNITY RESIDENTS.
SERVING PERSONS LIVING WITH HIV OR AIDS COMMUNITY RESIDENTS.
NUMBER ONE, WILL SERVE A MINIMUM OF 15 INDIVIDUALS TARGETING INDIVIDUALS WITH A HISTORY OF CHEMICAL AND OR ALCOHOL DEPENDENCY THROUGH PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING UNITS.
COMMUNITY RESIDENCE NUMBER TWO WILL SERVE A MINIMUM OF 30 INDIVIDUALS WITH A HISTORY OF CHEMICAL AND OR ALCOHOL DEPENDENCY THROUGH TRANSITIONAL HOUSING UNITS.
SUPPORT SERVICES PROVIDED AT BOTH LOCATIONS INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CASE MANAGEMENT, SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING, LIFE SKILLS TRAINING AND JOB SEARCH.
THIS FUNDING REQUEST IS FOR UP TO AN ADDITIONAL $948,938 IN HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS, SIMPLY REFERRED TO AS HOPWA FUNDING, AND WILL PROVIDE FUNDING THROUGH MAY 31ST, 2023.
AS OF FEBRUARY, 2022, THE PROGRAM HAS EXPENDED 79% OF THEIR FUNDING AND REACH 75% OF THEIR SERVICE GOAL.
TODAY WE HAVE STANLEY FIELDS, FOUNDER AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR HERE IN THE AUDIENCE.
SHOULD THERE BE ANY QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS IN THE QUEUE.
ITEM TWO B, THE DEPARTMENT IS PRESENTING A THIRD AMENDMENT WITH GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF HOUSTON, PROVIDING UP TO AN ADDITIONAL $175,000 IN HOPWA FUNDS FOR THE OPERATION OF A JOB SERVICES PROGRAM WITH SUPPORTIVE SERVICES TO A MINIMUM OF 125.
LOW TO MODERATE INCOME HOUSEHOLDS AFFECTED BY HIV AND OR AIDS.
THIS PROGRAM INCLUDES, BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO CASE MANAGEMENT, LIFE SKILLS, TRAINING, JOB SEARCH, AND REFERRAL SERVICES.
THESE REFERRAL SERVICES INCLUDE CHILDCARE, HEALTHCARE, EDUCATION, MEALS, AND LEGAL SERVICES.
THIS AMENDMENT WILL PROVIDE FUNDING THROUGH JUNE 30TH, 2023 AS THE FEBRUARY, 2022.
THE PROGRAM HAS EXTENDED 67% OF THEIR FUNDING AND HAS REACHED 67% OF THEIR SOBER SCHOOL ONLINE.
WE SHOULD HAVE ANDREA THOMAS AND CHRISTINA PETRO, UM, MEMBERS OF GOODWILL INDUSTRIES.
THE DEPARTMENT IS PRESENTING A THIRD AMENDMENT TO THE CONTRACT WITH THE WOMEN'S HOME, PROVIDING UP TO AN ADDITIONAL $924,744 AND 71 CENTS.
AND CDBG COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDS FOR THE OPERATION AND ADMINISTRATION OF PROGRAMS SERVING
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APPROXIMATELY 475 HOMELESS WOMEN IN THE HOUSTON AREA.THIS PROGRAM SERVICES WILL ASSIST WOMEN PARTICIPANTS INCREASED STABILITY AND ACCESS RESOURCES NEEDED TO SUCCESSFULLY EXIT HOMELESSNESS SERVICES.
INCLUDE COUNSELING CASE MANAGEMENT WITH WRAPAROUND SERVICES SUCH AS TRANSPORTATION TO HEALTHCARE APPOINTMENTS, ACCESSING FOOD, HOUSING STABILITY PLANS, AND CONNECTING WITH COMMUNITY RESOURCES.
THIS AMENDMENT WILL PROVIDE FUNDING THROUGH MAY 31ST, 2023.
AS OF FEBRUARY, 2022, THE PROGRAM EXPENDED 72% OF THEIR FUNDING AND REACHED 78% OF THEIR SERVICE GOAL.
AND THEN ITEM 2D, THE PROGRAM IS PRESENTING A THIRD AMENDMENT WITH A CONTRACT FOR THE VILLAGE LEARNING CENTER FOR UP TO AN ADDITIONAL $200,000 IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK.
GRANT FUNDS HER VOCATIONAL EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM SERVING A MINIMUM OF 125 SPECIAL NEED PARTICIPANTS AND EXTEND THE CONTRACT TERM THROUGH JULY 31ST, 2023.
THIS PROGRAM PROVIDES EDUCATION AND TRAINING TO INDIVIDUALS WITH INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES.
THE PROGRAM, UM, PROVIDES SERVICES MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, A VARIETY OF SERVICES ARE OFFERED FOR PARTICIPANTS WISHING TO BROADEN THEIR SKILLSET AND VOLUNTEERING COMMUNITY SERVICE, AND IN CASE IN SOME CASES, EMPLOYMENT IN THEIR COMMUNITY.
AS OF FEBRUARY, 2022, THE PROGRAM HAS EXPENDED NEARLY 76% OF THEIR FUNDING AND EXCEEDED THEIR GOAL BY 15%, SERVING 144 OF THE 125 THAT HAD PLANNED FOR.
WE HAVE CHRISTIE CONRAD, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER REPRESENTING THE VILLAGE LEARNING CENTER ON THE VIRTUAL PLATFORM.
THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
NO, UM, QUESTIONS IN THE QUEUE FOR MY COLLEAGUES.
CAN YOU CLARIFY, UM, THE PERCENTAGE OF GOAL MET FOR EACH OF THE THIRD AMENDMENT CONTRACTS? 'CAUSE IT JUST SAYS THEY ACHIEVED 75% OF THEIR GOAL.
DO YOU HAVE A, IN YOUR NOTES WHAT THEIR INITIAL GOAL WAS? OH, I DO.
THE FIRST ONE, A CARING SAFE PLACE UNDER THEIR SECOND AMENDMENT.
UM, AS OF THE END OF FEBRUARY, THEY SERVED 34 CLIENTS FOR GOODWILL INDUSTRIES.
THEY, UM, SO THEIR SERVICE GOAL, LET ME MAKE SURE I HAVE THIS CORRECT.
SO, SO THEIR SERVICE GOAL IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
UM, THEY ORIGINALLY HAD PLANNED TO SERVE 250 PEOPLE TO ASSESS THEM FOR THE PROGRAM.
THEY ENROLLED IN THE ACTUAL TRAINING PROGRAM.
THEIR GOAL WAS 125, OF WHICH THEY ONLY ENROLLED 61 OVER THE LAST YEAR.
THEY WERE ABLE, THEIR GOAL WAS TO PLACE 25 INDIVIDUALS IN PERMANENT EMPLOYMENT.
THEY PLACED 23 FOR THE WOMEN'S HOME.
THEIR GOAL, UH, WAS TO SERVE 250 INDIVIDUALS UNDER THE PROGRAM.
THEY SERVED 194, UM, 133 OF THOSE CLIENTS WERE TO RECEIVE TRANSPORTATION SERVICES.
AGAIN, THIS IS, UH, RELATED TO COVI ISSUES OF THE CLIENTS RECEIVING CASE MANAGEMENT.
IT WAS A GOAL OF TWO 50 AND 194.
RECEIVED THAT CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES AND FOR THE VILLAGE LEARNING CENTER, UH, LET'S SEE, SECOND AMENDMENT.
THE, THEIR GOAL WAS 125 CLIENTS, AND THEY SERVED 144.
COUNCIL MEMBER JACKSON IN THE QUEUE.
AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR, UM, THE PRESENTATION.
I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT, UM, WHAT A CARING SAFE PLACE.
JUST CURIOUS, HOW ARE THE REFERRALS, YOU KNOW, HOW DO THEY GET THE CLIENTS? IF, IF I COULD, I'D LIKE TO BRING, UM, MR. FIELDS UP TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
A LOT OF OUR REFERRALS COME FROM, UH, COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS IN THE COMMUNITY.
UM, HOUSTON AREA, URBAN LEAD, WE DEAL WITH, UM, HOUSTON ALCOHOL COUNCIL, UH, CAREER AND RECOVERY, SOME OF THE LOCAL HOSPITALS, 12 OAKS HOSPITAL.
UM, SO WE'VE BEEN IN THE COMMUNITY RIGHT AT 22 YEARS, AND A LOT OF OUR REFERRALS EVEN COME OUT OUTSIDE OF OTHER, UH, COUNTIES AND OTHER, OTHER STATES AS WELL.
AND WHAT PERCENTAGE, I MEAN, YOU PROBABLY, WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE CLIENTS THAT YOU REPRESENT COME FROM THE DISTRICT ARE, YOU KNOW, UM, I WOULD SAY ABOUT 45 TO 60%.
BUT WE, BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN AROUND A WHILE, WE GET A LOT OF, UH, REFERRALS
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OUTSIDE OF THE COUNTY AND, AND, AND, AND SURROUNDING, UH, STATES AS WELL.SO, UH, OUR NEXT ITEM WILL BE A MULTI-FAMILY DISCUSSION, WHICH WILL BE, UH, PRESENTED BY DEPUTY ASSISTANT DIRECTOR ANNA MARTINEZ.
I'LL BE PRESENTING FIVE ITEMS THIS MORNING.
UH, DID WANNA SET UP A LITTLE BIT FOR THE FIRST FOUR ITEMS THAT I'LL BE PRESENTING.
UH, ALL FOUR OF THESE HAVE BEEN PREVIOUSLY PRESENTED TO THIS COMMITTEE.
HOWEVER, WE WANTED TO BRING THESE UP AS REFRESHERS AND REPRESENT THEM FOR YOU ALL DUE TO, UM, THE TIMING, OBVIOUSLY, THAT IT'S BEEN FROM THE TIME IT ORIGINALLY CAME TO COMMITTEE AND ALSO DUE TO INCREASES IN BUDGET.
UM, AND, AND GRANT AMOUNT OR LOAN AMOUNT, UH, FOR THESE, UH, PROGRAM HAS SEEN INCREASES FOR SEVERAL REASONS.
UH, HARD COSTS HAVE INCREASED 17.5% FROM 2020 TO 2021.
UH, 2021 COSTS, UH, ARE ESTIMATED TO BE 23% HIGHER THAN PRE PANDEMIC COSTS, WHICH HAS ALL CONTRIBUTED TO THE NEED FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING ON SOME OF THESE TRANSACTIONS.
UH, SOFT COST LINE ITEMS SUCH AS INSURANCE PREMIUMS HAVE ALSO INCREASED, UM, WITH NATURAL DISASTERS BEING A KEY DRIVER THERE.
UM, I WILL NOTE THAT, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THESE DEVELOPERS, UH, WHEN THEY DO COME AND IDENTIFY ADDITIONAL GAPS, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY WORK ON VALUE ENGINEERING, UM, DIVER DIFFERING DEVELOPER COSTS, UH, AND INCREASING LOAN SIZE TO COVER A PORTION OF THESE, UH, INCREASES.
SO IT'S NOT ALL, YOU KNOW, THE CITY COVERING THE COST OF THE GAP.
AND, UH, I'LL GO AHEAD AND JUMP IN THEN TO OUR FIRST ITEM.
ITEM THREE, A LOCKWOOD SOUTH HCD RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING A LOAN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE BUFFALO BAYOU PARTNERSHIP FOR 9,950,000 IN C-D-B-G-D-R 17 FUNDS FOR THE ACQUISITION AND DEVELOPMENT OF LOCKWOOD SOUTH.
AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT LOCATED SOUTH OF BUFFALO BAYOU RENAN STREET IN DISTRICT H.
THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT IS 80 UNITS, UH, CONSISTING OF ONE, TWO, AND THREE BEDROOMS, UH, AND WILL BE RESTRICTED TO HOUSEHOLDS FROM 30 TO 80% A MI.
UH, THIS IS THE FIRST PHASE OF AN 18 ACRE MASTERPLAN COMMUNITY.
THE LOAN AFF AFFORDABILITY PERIOD WILL BE 40 YEARS COMMENCING AT CONSTRUCTION COMPLETION.
THE LOAN IS NON-AMORTIZING THROUGH THE CONSTRUCTION AND AFFORDABILITY PERIOD.
THE PRINCIPAL BALANCE AT COMPLETION WILL ACCRUE AT 1% INTEREST AND WILL BE PAID ANNUALLY FROM AVAILABLE CASH FLOW.
THE TOTAL PROJECT BUDGET FOR THIS IS 29.4 MILLION.
THE TRANSACTION IS ALSO BEING FUNDED IN PART WITH, UH, TAX CREDITS.
UH, YOU'LL SEE A MAP OF THE SITE.
AND THEN NEXT SLIDE IS A SITE AERIAL VIEW.
AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION ON ITEM THREE A.
CAN YOU CLARIFY THE LOCKWOOD SOUTH PROJECT? THIS WAS A 2021 9% PROJECT.
ALRIGHT, MOVING OVER TO ITEM THREE B, CONNECT SOUTH, UH, HCD RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING A LOAN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND MY CONNECT COMMUNITY FOR 11.9 MILLION IN C-D-B-G-D-R 17 FUNDS FOR THE ACQUISITION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE CONNECT SOUTH 77 UNIT, AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT, UH, TO BE LOCATED AT 64 40 HILLCROFT IN DISTRICT J.
NEXT SLIDE, THE DEVELOPER WILL, THE DEVELOPMENT WILL BE A FOUR STORY PODIUM CONSTRUCTION ON A 3.2 ACRE MASTER PLANNED MIXED INCOME SITE IN THE GULF INCOMPLETE COMMUNITY WITH ONE, TWO, AND THREE BEDROOM UNITS AVAILABLE TO HOUSEHOLDS BETWEEN 30 AND 80% A MI.
THE DEVELOPMENT WILL ALSO CONSIST OF APPROXIMATELY 7,000 SQUARE FEET OF RETAIL SPACE.
UH, THE LOAN AFFORDABILITY PERIOD WILL BE 40 YEARS COMMENCING A CONSTRUCTION COMPLETION, UH, LOAN IS NON-AMORTIZING THROUGH THE CONSTRUCTION AND AFFORDABILITY PERIOD.
THE PRINCIPAL BALANCE, UH, AT COMPLETION WILL ACCRUE AT 1% INTEREST, WHICH WILL BE PAID ANNUALLY FROM AVAILABLE CASH FLOW.
UM, AND THAT'S KIND OF STANDARD LANGUAGE THAT YOU'LL SEE ACROSS THE BOARD FOR ALL OF THE TRANSACTIONS.
UH, YOU'LL SEE A RENDERING OF THE SITE.
UH, THE TOTAL PROJECT, UH, BUDGET FOR THIS IS 33.6 MILLION.
THE TRANSACTION IS ALSO BEING FUNDED WITH TAX CREDITS.
CAN I GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD TO THE NEXT ITEM? IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR CAN YOU JUST CLARIFY FOR THE CONNECT SOUTH, THE FIRST DEAL WE DID WITH THEM, THAT WAS FOR LAND ACQUISITION, RIGHT?
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YES, I BELIEVE SO.THE SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDS WE PROVIDED WAS TO ACQUIRE THE LAND.
SO THE 11.9 MILLION IS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE FOR ACQUISITION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE SITE.
UH, ITEM THREE C, UH, MAGNIFICENT HOUSE HCD IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING ON, HOLD ON ONE SECOND.
I, I JUST WANT, I KNOW WE'RE GOING REALLY FAST OVER SOME OF THESE PRESENTATIONS, SO I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A SECOND TO BREATHE.
UH, JUST, UM, WE'RE WHIPPING BY SOME OF THOSE, UH, PROJECTS IN A WAY THAT I WILL TELL YOU I'D LIKE TO UNDERSTAND A LITTLE MORE ABOUT THEM PHYSICALLY AND ABOUT THE DESIGN.
AND THIS WILL NOT BE THE FIRST TIME DIRECTOR THAT I'VE APPEALED TO YOU AND YOUR STAFF TO KNOW WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DESIGN WORK IN AN ONGOING EFFORT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MAINTAIN THE QUALITY AND, UH, HIGH LEVEL OF, UH, HOUSING THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON, BOTH FOR MULTIFAMILY AND SINGLE FAMILY.
SO, UH, NOT THAT I'M EXPECTING YOU TO HAVE THE ANSWERS TO WHO IS THE DESIGN TEAM FOR EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THE PROJECTS, BUT AS THEY LOOK GOOD, I'D LIKE TO SUGGEST THAT WE HAVE A NOTE OF THAT.
AND MAYBE IF YOU COULD AT LEAST LET ME KNOW, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
BUT, UM, ANYTHING YOU CAN SAY ABOUT THAT, I'D LIKE, I'D LIKE TO EMPHASIZE IT.
WE DON'T HAVE, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE THAT INFORMATION WITH US TODAY, BUT WE WILL GET THAT INFORMATION TO YOU AND WE WILL MAKE THAT PART OF OUR PRESENTATION IN THE FUTURE.
AND, AND I GUESS SPECIFICALLY WHAT ARE YOU WANTING TO SEE, YOU KNOW, UM, THE SUPPORTIVE SERVICES ONSITE ACTIVITIES THAT ARE HAPPENING? OR ARE YOU MORE SPECIFICALLY WITH THE ARCHITECT? I THINK THE DIRECTOR AND I PROBABLY CAN GO OVER THAT AT ANOTHER TIME WITH YOU, I THINK TO HAVE THE ARCHITECT'S NAME MAYBE A PLAN, UM, SOME BASIC ELEMENTS SO WE CAN OKAY.
IF THERE'S STANDARD ITEMS THAT YOU ALL WANT INCLUDED IN THE PRESENTATION, WE CAN, AND I CAN OBVIOUSLY TALK TO MY CHAIR ABOUT IT AS WELL.
ARE WE READY TO MOVE FORWARD TO THREE C? YES.
MAGNIFICAT HOUSE, UH, WE'RE RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING A LOAN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND MAGNIFICA HOUSE INC FOR 18.4 MILLION IN C-D-B-G-D-R 17 FUNDS FOR THE ACQUISITION AND DEVELOPMENT OF 149 UNITS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING AT 3,300 CAROLINE IN DISTRICT D.
NEXT SLIDE, UH, 76 OF THOSE UNITS WILL BE RESTRICTED TO HOUSEHOLDS AT OR BELOW 60% A MI.
THE LOAN AFFORDABILITY PERIOD WILL BE 40 YEARS COMMENCING A CONSTRUCTION COMPLETION.
UH, THE LOAN IS NON-AMORTIZING THROUGH THE CONSTRUCTION AND AFFORDABILITY PERIOD.
PRINCIPAL BALANCE AT COMPLETION WILL ACCRUE AT 1% INTEREST, WHICH WILL BE PAID ANNUALLY FROM AVAILABLE CASH FLOW.
PROPOSED SITE IS NEAR PUBLIC TRANSIT, EMPLOYMENT CENTERS AND AMENITIES SUCH AS, UH, THERE'S A BALDWIN PARK.
UH, WITHIN THAT PROXIMITY, THERE'S A GROCERY STORE.
UM, THERE'S HEALTHCARE, THERE'S A COMMUNITY CENTER, THE SHAPE COMMUNITY CENTER, UH, AS WELL AS THE HOUSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY.
UH, NEXT SLIDE WILL BE A MAP OF THE SITE.
AND THEN NEXT SLIDE WILL BE THE SOURCES AND USES OF FUND STATEMENT.
UM, TOTAL PROJECT BUDGET HERE IS 42.8 MILLION.
UH, OTHER FUNDING SOURCES INCLUDE TAX CREDITS AS WELL AS FUNDING FROM HARRIS COUNTY.
NEXT SLIDE, AND WE'LL MOVE FORWARD TO ITEM 3D EL GRANDE.
HCD IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING A LOAN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND HOUSTON.
DMA HOUSING TWO LLC FOR 12 MILLION IN C-D-B-G-D-R 17 FUNDS FOR THE ACQUISITION AND DEVELOPMENT OF 145 UNITS OF SENIOR HOUSING TO BE LOCATED AT 2077 SOUTH GASNER ROAD IN DISTRICT G DEVELOPMENT WILL CONSIST OF ONE AND TWO BEDROOM UNITS FOR SENIORS, UH, BETWEEN 30 AND 60% A MI.
UH, AND WE'LL ALSO INCLUDE 30 MARKET RATE UNITS, UH, ALL UNITS.
UH, ALL UNITS WILL OFFER NINE FOOT CEILINGS, APPLIANCES, WASHER DRYER, HOOKUPS, AND CEILING FANS.
AMENITIES WILL INCLUDE A COMMUNITY ROOM, LIBRARY, GAME ROOM, UH, FITNESS CENTER AND THEATER.
UH, THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN HALF MILE FROM A GROCERY STORE AND OTHER RETAIL.
THE LOAN AFFORD AFFORDABILITY PERIOD WILL BE 40 YEARS COMMENCING AT CONSTRUCTION COMPLETION.
THE LOAN IS NON-AMORTIZING THROUGH THE CONSTRUCTION AND AFFORDABILITY PERIOD.
UH, THE PRINCIPAL BALANCE AT COMPLETION WILL ACCRUE AT 1% INTEREST AND WILL BE PAID ANNUALLY FROM AVAILABLE CASH FLOW.
TOTAL PROJECT BUDGET IS 40.1 MILLION.
OTHER FUNDING SOURCES HERE INCLUDE TAX CREDITS AS WELL AS FUNDING FROM THE T-D-H-C-A NATIONAL HOUSING TRUST
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FUND.UH, NEXT SLIDE WILL BE A STREET VIEW OF THE SITE.
AND THEN NEXT SLIDE WILL BE A MAP OF THE SITE.
AND WE WILL PIVOT OVER TO, HOLD ON.
HOW LONG DOES THE DEVELOPER HAVE TO SECURE THEIR CO THEIR GENERAL CONTRACTOR? UH, BECAUSE IT SAYS TBD, WE'LL, WE'LL GET YOU THAT INFORMATION, BUT I BELIEVE THEY'VE ALREADY SECURED THE CONTRACT.
I JUST DON'T KNOW IF THEY'VE ACTUALLY SIGNED A CONTRACT.
THE HAY CENTER, UH, DEPARTMENT IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING A LOAN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND HARRIS COUNTY HOUSING AUTHORITY FOR $5 MILLION IN C-D-B-G-D-R 17 FUNDS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF 50 UNITS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR YOUTH AGING OUT OF THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM.
UH, THIS WILL BE LOCATED AT 31 31 GULF FREEWAY IN DISTRICT I.
THE CAMPUS WILL PROVIDE HOUSING FOR HOMELESS YOUTH AT OR BELOW 50% A MI, UH, HARRIS COUNTY HOUSING AUTHORITY WILL COORDINATE DEVELOPMENT OF THE HOUSING SITE AND THE HAY CENTER WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PROVIDING THE ONSITE SUPPORT SERVICES TO RESIDENTS.
THE CAMPUS WILL SERVE YOUTH WITH SUPPORT SERVICES INCLUDING LIFE SKILL CLASSES, EDUCATIONAL SERVICES, EMPLOYMENT SERVICES, CASE MANAGEMENT, HOUSING SERVICES, AND MORE.
UH, STANDARD LANGUAGE HERE AS WELL.
UH, YOU KNOW, LOAN AFFORDABILITY PERIOD WILL BE 40 YEARS.
UM, I, I DO BELIEVE THAT'S A CORRECTION FROM WHAT YOU HAVE ON YOUR SLIDE SO THAT IT WILL BE A 40 YEAR AFFORDABILITY PERIOD COMMENCING AT CONSTRUCTION COMPLETION.
UH, THE LOAN IS NON-AMORTIZING THROUGH THE CONSTRUCTION AND AFFORDABILITY PERIOD.
PRINCIPAL BALANCE AT COMPLETION WILL ACCRUE AT 1% INTEREST, WHICH WILL BE PAID ANNUALLY FROM AVAILABLE CASH FLOW.
TOTAL PROJECT BUDGET IS NEXT SLIDE.
UH, TOTAL PROJECT BUDGET IS 23.3 MILLION.
UH, HARRIS COUNTY HOUSING AUTHORITY IS FUNDING 18.3 MILLION FOR THIS TRANSACTION.
THE NEXT SLIDE YOU'LL SEE A MAP OF THE SITE AND THEN FOLLOWED BY, UM, THREE RENDERINGS OF THE, OF THE PROPOSED SITE AND CAMPUS.
AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS IN THE QUEUE.
I'M SURE THERE'D BE FOLLOW UP.
ARE YOU WITH US? SHE WANTS TO KNOW ARE THE 2021, HER QUESTION IS, ARE THE 2021 DEVELOPERS, I'M ASSUMING IS IT 9%? ARE THE 2021 DEVELOPERS ON SCHEDULE OR ARE THEY DELAYED? UH, LEMME, IS THAT A RAY? RAY WANTS TO TAKE THAT QUESTION.
GOOD MORNING, CHAIR COUNCIL MEMBERS.
UM, YEAH, LET ME PROVIDE A QUICK SUMMARY.
SO LAST YEAR IN 2021, UH, THE CITY OR THE, UH, 9% ALLOCATIONS WERE AWARDED TO, I BELIEVE 10 TRANSACTIONS, UM, THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
THE LAST INFORMATION I'VE RECEIVED, OF THOSE 10, ONLY ONE HAS CLOSED THEIR COMMITMENT.
UM, LAST YEAR'S, UH, TAX CREDIT, QAP HAD CERTAIN LIMITATIONS OF HOW MANY CREDITS YOU CAN GET.
UM, AND AS, UM, UH, MS. MARTINEZ STATED EARLIER, THE AMOUNT OF HARD CAUSE THE INCREASE IN HARD CAUSE OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS HAVE BEEN, UH, TRENDING EXTREMELY HIGH.
SO MUCH SO THAT MANY OF THE TRANSACTIONS FROM THE 2021 ROUND ARE NOT ABLE TO CLOSE INTO THEIR FINANCING RIGHT NOW.
SO THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN IN DISCUSSIONS WITH THESE DEVELOPERS AND WE'RE, AND WE'RE WORKING ON PROPOSALS TO TRY TO PROVIDE SOME ASSISTANCE TO THEM.
HOPEFULLY BY NEXT HOUSING COMMITTEE WE'LL BE, I, WE HOPE TO A PREP, UH, PRESENTATION ON SOME FUNDING THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO ALLOCATE, UM, AND, AND RELEASE OUT THERE TO HELP NOT ONLY THESE DEVELOP DEVELOPMENTS AND OTHERS THROUGHOUT THE CITY THAT ARE STRUGGLING RIGHT NOW.
BUT OF THOSE 10 ALLOCATIONS FROM LAST YEAR, I'M AWARE OF ONLY ONE THAT IS CLOSED.
THE FOLLOWING THAT LINE OF THINKING.
UM, JUST TO GET INTO THE DETAIL OF WHAT'S CAUSING THE ESCALATION, I SUPPOSE WE'RE ALL AWARE OF THE SUPPLY CHAIN CHALLENGES AND MATERIAL ESCALATION, THE COSTS.
CAN YOU VERIFY THAT AND MAYBE PUT SOME DETAIL ON IT FOR US? I CAN'T, I CAN TO THE EXTENT THAT I, THAT I, UH, THE, MY LIMITED KNOWLEDGE ON THIS SUBJECT.
BUT YES, THERE'S, THERE'S SEVERAL THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN HAPPENING WITHIN THIS MARKET THAT HAS LED TO THE, YOU KNOW, UH, LARGE
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INCREASE IN COST.ONE IS AVAILABILITY AND SUPPLY OF MATERIALS.
RIGHT NOW THERE'S JUST NOT ENOUGH TO GO AROUND.
SO, YOU KNOW, SUPPLY AND DEMAND, UM, THE MORE, UH, DEMAND THAT'S OUT THERE AND LESS SUPPLY PRICES GO UP.
AND THAT HAS BEEN THE SAME FOR BOTH MATERIALS.
LUMBER HAS BEEN, YOU KNOW, UH, A REPORTED INCREASE AND THEN THEY LEVELED OFF AND NOW IT'S INCREASED AGAIN, LABOR AS WELL.
UM, RIGHT NOW THERE'S A, YOU KNOW, A VAST SHORTAGE OF THE LABOR SUPPLY IN THIS MARKET.
SUBCONTRACTORS ARE, UH, CHARGING A PREMIUM FOR THE MOST PART, NOT BECAUSE THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, ANGRY OR GREEDY, BUT BECAUSE THEY ALSO HAVE HAD, UM, INCREASES WITHIN, AGAIN, THEIR OWN LIABILITY.
GAS PRICES HAVE ALSO TIES STRAIGHT INTO THIS AS WELL.
'CAUSE GAS PRICES TIE STRAIGHT INTO THINGS LIKE CONCRETE AND STONE AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT, YOU KNOW, WITH DELIVERY AND, AND PRODUCT.
AND SO, LEMME ALSO LET ME ADD THAT, UM, TO YOUR POINT ABOUT THE AVAILABILITY OF MATERIALS, THAT THEN OF COURSE SLOWS DOWN THE CONSTRUCTION PROCESS, WHICH ADDS TO MOBILITY COSTS, UM, RETAINING PERSONNEL, KEEPING THE SITE ACTIVE, JUST ACTUALLY WAITING AND THE COST OF DOING BUSINESS IS ESCALATED.
WE'VE SEEN THAT ALL ACROSS THE INDUSTRY SO THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT CHARACTERIZATION AND NOW IMPACTING OUR DEVELOPERS IS A REALLY IMPORTANT FACTOR FOR US.
AND I'M NOT ESPECIALLY SURPRISED TO HEAR THE ONE OF 10.
UM, I'M CURIOUS TO KNOW HOW WE'RE GOING, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU SAY ASSISTANCE, YOU KNOW, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? WE, BECAUSE WE OBVIOUSLY HAVE LIMITED CAPITAL OPPORTUNITIES TO SAVE MONEY.
UM, ARE THERE OTHER, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE WE STILL HAVE TO MAKE, MAKE CERTAIN RATIOS OF, UM, UNITS AND, AND, UH, THE OVERALL PROJECTS.
AND DIRECTOR, IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO NARRATE ABOUT THIS CREATIVE THINKING FOR THE DELIVERY SIDE OF, UM, KEEPING OUR, OUR PRODUCTION UP.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT OTHER, OUR, OUR OTHER SOURCES OF FUNDING AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
UH, PRIMARILY THIS IS SOME, UH, DISASTER RECOVERY DOLLARS.
AND THOSE, AND AS YOU KNOW, WE ARE STILL, UM, GOING BACK AND FORTH WITH THE GLO UNTIL WE CAN GET TO THE POINT WHERE WE CAN, UH, MOVE ALL OUR PROJECTS FORWARD.
BUT UNTIL THEN, WE'RE GONNA SEE IF WE CAN'T PIVOT AND USE OTHER DOLLARS AND FLIP THOSE, FLIP THOSE UH, DOLLARS WHEN, UH, THE GLO FINALLY DOES GIVE US APPROVAL.
I THINK WE'RE GETTING VERY CLOSE ON THOSE DISCUSSIONS WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET THINGS MOVING AGAIN.
UH, RAY HAS DONE AN ADMIRABLE JOB IN PROVIDING THEM WITH AN, UH, A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF INFORMATION, UH, BASED ON WHAT THEY HAVE REQUESTED.
WE HAVE PROVIDED THEM, UH, JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING YOU CAN IMAGINE, UH, TO HELP THEM MAKE THEIR DECISIONS.
AND I BELIEVE WE'RE VERY CLOSE, UH, TO GIVING, UH, GETTING THE, THE REQUESTED INFORMATION, THE REQUESTED INFORMATION THEY'VE ASKED FOR, AND GETTING THE DECISIONS THAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR.
ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD, RAY? YEAH, AND, AND I WILL JUST SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, AS THE DIRECTOR NOTED, WE DO HAVE REMAINING DR 17 FUND SPECIFICALLY IN THE MULTI-FAMILY PROGRAM.
BUT AS WE ARE MOVING ON THIS PROCESS, AND WE KNOCK ON WOOD ON A VERY CLOSE, UM, RESOLUTION WITH THE AGENCY TO CLOSE OUT, UH, THE MQA AUDIT THAT WE'VE BEEN UNDER SINCE NOVEMBER, UH, WE BELIEVE WE'RE VERY CLOSE.
WE, WE PROVIDED ALL THE INFORMATION TO DATE, UH, BUT SUBJECT TO THE CLOSE OF THAT AUDIT AND, UM, SOME CONCESSIONS THAT GLO WILL HAVE TO MAKE ON THEIR SIDE REGARDING OUR CONTRACT, WHICH AGAIN, WE'RE, WE'VE, WE'VE EXPRESSED OUR, OUR WANTS AND NEEDS AT THIS POINT.
UM, AND WITH THEIR ACCEPTANCE OF THOSE, WE'LL BE ABLE TO PUSH FORWARD TO REALLOCATE THE REMAINING SOURCE OF THE FUNDING AND TO HELP TRANSACTIONS AND GET TO THE, THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING WE SO DESPERATELY NEED WITHIN THE CITY.
RAY, ARE YOU AWARE IF ANY OF THE 21 PROJECT 9% DEALS IF THEY'VE APPLIED FOR THE 22 ADDITIONAL TAX CREDITS? SO, UM, SO YES.
BACK IN NOVEMBER I REPRESENTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL THAT, UM, OR THIS COMMITTEE THAT A PORTION OF THE 2022 CREDITS WERE GONNA BE ALLOCATED TO OLD DEALS.
THOSE SPECIFICALLY WERE ONLY AVAILABLE FOR 2019 AND 2020 TRANSACTIONS.
I AM NOT AWARE THEY'RE ALSO AVAILABLE FOR 2021.
THAT'S KIND OF WHY THESE NINE TRANSACTIONS ARE KIND OF STUCK RIGHT NOW, I BELIEVE.
YEAH, THEY WERE ONLY AVAILABLE FOR 19 AND 2020, NOT 21.
AND SO, AND THEN IN, IN 2022, THE RESOLUTIONS OF SUPPORT YOU JUST PASSED IN FEBRUARY, THE STATE AGENCY ACTUALLY INCREASED THE AMOUNT OF CREDITS THAT THEY'RE AVAILABLE SO THAT, TO HELP THEM WITH THESE ADDITIONAL COSTS.
BUT LIKE I SAID, THESE 21 DEALS ARE JUST KIND OF STUCK IN THE MUD RIGHT NOW, NOW, UM, SO TO SPEAK, DIRECTOR.
UH, WE'LL MOVE ON AND GIVE YOU A-C-D-B-G-D-R 17 UPDATE, UH, FROM ASSISTANT DIRECTOR AND CFO UH, TAMIKA JONES.
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I DO WANNA PROVIDE YOU WITH A SHORT UPDATE THIS MORNING.UM, JUST A STATUS CHECK ON OUR BENCHMARKS.
THERE ARE A COUPLE OF AREAS I DO WANNA POINT OUT.
SOME OF THEM HAVE NOT MOVED SIGNIFICANTLY AND THEN OTHERS HAVE JUST BASED ON SOME OF THE CONTRACT AMENDMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED BY THE GLO.
SO AS WE LOOK AT OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM, THAT ONE, UM, THAT BENCHMARK IS UP 17% FROM 16% JUST A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO AT OUR LAST HOUSING AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS MEETING.
UH, AS WELL AS HOPE IS UP A PERCENT AS WELL AS HOME BUYERS AND MULTIFAMILY.
AND THE MORE SIGNIFICANT ITEM I DID WANNA MENTION IS PUBLIC SERVICES.
AS YOU, UM, RECALL, WE DID HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THE GLO, UH, WHERE CONTRACT AMENDMENTS HAD NOT BEEN APPROVED.
THOSE CONTRACT AMENDMENTS HAVE BEEN APPROVED BY THE GLO AND SUBSEQUENTLY WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO SUBMIT REIMBURSEMENTS, UH, AND HAVE HAD A JOB FROM 54% ABOUT TWO AND A HALF WEEKS AGO TO NOW 63% OF THEIR BENCHMARK.
SOME OF THE PROGRAMS ARE ACTIVELY WORKING, UM, TO GET THE SPENDING DONE NEEDED TO SUBMIT THE REIMBURSEMENTS.
AND THEN A SMALL, UM, JUST CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN UPDATE AS THE DIRECTOR MENTIONED COMING INTO OFFICE PERMANENTLY.
A LOT OF THE ITEMS THAT WE'RE IN PROCESS ARE HOPED TO BE FINALIZED SOON ONCE HE IS, UM, FINISHED REVIEWING OUR ORGANIZATIONAL CHART AS WELL AS LOOKING AT OUR FISCAL YEAR BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR AS WE PREPARE WITH THE CITY'S BUDGET CYCLE.
AND THEN I DO WANNA PROVIDE JUST A HIGH LEVEL OF THE ACTIVITY SINCE LAST MONTH.
YOU CAN SEE OUR HOME BUYER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AND THE APPLICANT SERVED FOR BOTH FISCAL YEAR 21 AND THEN 22, I BELIEVE WE DISCUSSED THE DECREASE IN NUMBER OF HOMEOWNERS ASSISTED LAST MONTH, SINGLE FAMILY HOME REPAIR, NEXT SLIDE, AND THEN OUR NEW HOME DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM AS WELL.
NEXT SLIDE JUST GIVES YOU A HIGHLIGHT OF PROJECTS THAT ARE BOTH UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND COMPLETED HERE WITHIN OUR FISCAL YEAR.
AND THEN OUR LAST SLIDE IS JUST A TOTAL COUNT REFRESHED WITH THE NUMBER OF PERSONS SERVED, UH, THROUGH OUR PUBLIC SERVICES PROGRAMS. AND THEN THE LAST, BUT NOT LEAST, WITH THREE MONTHS LEFT OF OUR FISCAL YEAR, YOU CAN SEE THAT WE HAVE EXPENDED JUST UNDER $300 MILLION, UH, WITHIN THE LAST YEAR.
THAT HAS OF COURSE BEEN SLOWED DOWN A LITTLE BIT BY SOME OF THE DELAYS WITH THE GLO, UH, FOR OUR DR 17 PROGRAM.
BUT NOW WITH THOSE APPROVALS COMING IN, I DO EXPECT THAT OUR SPENDING WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE AS WE CONTINUE TO SUBMIT MORE FOR REIMBURSEMENTS.
THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? YES, MA'AM.
CAN YOU GO BACK TO PAGE 53 OR SLIDE IS THE CORRECTIVE PLAN? YES.
SO JUST CAN YOU CLARIFY THE IN PROGRESS AND THE TIMELINE? IS IT SAFE TO ASSUME THAT THIS IS ALIGNING WITH THE FISCAL YEAR FOR 23? Y'ALL ARE ALIGNING A LOT, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THE RESULTS AND THEN THE, UM, RECOMMENDATIONS WE SHOULD SEE BY NEXT FISCAL YEAR IS THAT YES, CHAIR AND I WILL LET DIRECTOR BYNUM COMMENT.
SO, SO WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH, WE, UH, I'VE LOOKED AT THE REORGANIZATION OF THE DEPARTMENT FROM TOP TO BOTTOM, LEFT TO RIGHT, AND WE ARE VERY CLOSE TO MAKING THE PRESENTATION, UH, TO THE ADMINISTRATION.
AND ONCE WE'VE MADE THAT PRESENTATION TO THE ADMINISTRATION, UH, THEN WE WILL BE HAPPY TO COME TO YOU.
I CAN, I AM PRETTY SURE WE WILL BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU THAT UPDATE, UH, IN THE, UH, NEXT HOUSING COMMITTEE MEETING.
UH, WE ARE VERY CLOSE TO, UH, BEING ABLE TO PRESENT THAT TO THE ADMINISTRATION, HOPEFULLY NEXT WEEK.
AND UH, UH, I THINK WE WILL HAVE SOME POSITIVE RESULTS FROM THAT.
AND THEN IF WE COULD JUST FLIP FORWARD AGAIN THROUGH THOSE CHARTS, I THINK IT MADE SENSE.
I THINK WE'RE THAT ONE TRACKING PRETTY CLOSE.
THAT ONE AGAIN, TRACKING CLOSE, BUT AGAIN, WITH THE COVID FACTORS, THIS ONE, UM, I THINK IT JUST WARRANTS A LITTLE FURTHER DISCUSSION.
WHAT'S GOING ON HERE? OUR NEW HOME FAMILY? A NEW HOME? YEAH, I WAS GONNA SAY NEW HOME FAMILY DEVELOPMENT, BUT NEW HOME DEVELOPMENT IS PART OF OUR LARGE TRACK PROGRAM, WHAT WE'RE CALLING LARGE TRACK, WHERE WE HAVE SEVERAL TRANSACTIONS THAT WERE JUST APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL.
IF YOU RECALL, THE HARDY YARDS TRANSACTION, AND I BELIEVE THERE ARE A COUPLE OF THEM THAT ARE IN THE PIPELINE NOW WHERE WE'RE ACTUALLY LOOKING AT THE NUMBER OF TRANSACTIONS THAT ARE CLOSING AS WE'RE MOVING CLOSER TO BRINGING THOSE COMPLETE, I DON'T WANNA SAY COMPLETE COMMUNITIES,
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I CAN SAY THAT 'CAUSE THAT'S A TERM, BUT LARGER COMMUNITIES, UM, TO HOUSTON.SO ONE OF THE TRACKS, UH, IF YOU RECALL, WE HAD THE STONE LINK TRACK THAT WE BROUGHT, UH, LAST MONTH AS WELL AS, UH, THE TRACK THAT'S ON 2 88 AT ORUM.
SO THOSE TRACKS ARE PART OF OUR LARGE TRACK DEVELOPMENT.
AND, UH, EACH ONE OF THOSE, UH, SHOULD THEY MOVE FORWARD, EACH ONE OF THOSE WILL BE BRINGING ROUGHLY 240, UH, PERFECT.
WE'LL DO ROUGHLY 240 UNITS TO EACH ONE OF THOSE PROPERTIES.
UH, IN ADDITION TO THAT, AS WE LOOK AT OUR SCATTERED SITE NEW HOME DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM, WE RECENTLY BROUGHT TO CITY COUNCIL AN UPDATE TO OUR GUIDELINES OF WHAT SOME NEEDED CHANGES THERE.
WE ALSO BROUGHT FORTH, UH, ADDING ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO OUR MASTER CONTRACTOR AGREEMENTS TO DO MORE OF THIS.
UH, WE HAVE FOUR HOMES OUT FOR BID RIGHT NOW.
THEY'VE ALREADY GONE THROUGH PERMITTING AND WE EXPECT THIS PACE TO REALLY START KICKING UP AF SINCE WE'VE GOT PLANS THAT ARE PERMITTED NOW, WE'RE ADDING NEW PLANS.
UH, ONE OF 'EM, UH, ONE OF THE HOMES SPECIFICALLY IS THROUGH THE, UH, THE ARCHITECT PROGRAM THAT WE'VE HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS WITH YOU ABOUT.
UM, SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT WHERE THIS IS HEADING AND WE EXPECT A, A GREAT INCREASE OVER THE COMING MONTHS.
YOU KNOW, I'M INTERESTED IN THAT ONE, WHICH IS WHY I COULDN'T, COULDN'T LET IT PASS WITHOUT SOME EXPLANATION THAT FLATLINED.
UH, 10 MONTH IS IT, OR 3 6 9 MONTH, UH, ZERO PRODUCED HOUSES IS A CONCERN TO ME ANYWAY.
SO WHAT DO WE THINK FOR THE BALANCE OF THE FISCAL YEAR? IS IT GONNA STAY FLAT OR ARE WE GONNA GET SOME NO, IT'S, IT'S GONNA GO UP.
WE EXPECT NTPS TO FOLLOW THIS, UH, THIS BID PROCESS THAT WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW, I THINK WITHIN FIVE DAYS OF SELECTION OF THE CONTRACTOR, NTPS ARE EXPECTED.
SO WE SHOULD BE STARTING CONSTRUCTION IN MAY.
AND, UH, FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH, I KNOW, UH, WE'VE BEEN IN DISCUSSION WITH, UM, OUR ADMINISTRATION AS WELL AS THE LOCAL CHAPTER OF THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS ABOUT THE PROGRAM THAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO.
AND, UH, DIRECTOR, JUST LET'S STAY ON THIS, UH, AND KEEP THE HEAT ON THERE AND HOPEFULLY AS WE RAMP UP, WE'RE GONNA ALSO SEE THAT, UM, INCREASED QUALITY OF, OF HOUSING UNITS THAT WE'RE ALL HOPING TO SEE SOON.
CAN WE TURN ON HIS MICROPHONE? THANK YOU.
UH, YES, WE DEFINITELY WILL KEEP THE HEAT ON THAT.
AND BECAUSE YOU'RE KEEPING THE HEAT ON ME, UH, WE WILL MAKE SURE, WE WILL CONTINUE TO, UH, PUSH THOSE FORWARD.
AND IN, UH, MY PRESENTATION A LITTLE BIT LATER, YOU'LL SEE SOME, UH, PHOTOS OF SOME OF THE HOMES THAT WE'RE PUTTING ON THE GROUND AND YOU'LL BE QUITE PLEASED WITH THE, THE QUALITY OF THOSE HOMES.
OH, AND YOU KNOW, I LIKE PHOTOGRAPHS
AND IF YOU WOULD GO BACK TO, UH, THE, UH, SLIDE 55, EXCUSE ME, ON OUR, UH, HOME BUYER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
JUST A LITTLE CONTENT ON THAT.
UH, BECAUSE OF THE, THE CURRENT MARKET CONDITIONS, UH, WE ARE FINDING THAT IT IS, UH, HOMEOWNERS ARE, POTENTIAL HOMEOWNERS ARE FINDING IT VERY DIFFICULT TO FIND, UH, HOMES.
UH, SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE OFFERING A $30,000, UH, UH, UH, ASSISTANCE.
WE ARE IN, UH, SERIOUS DISCUSSION ABOUT INCREASING THAT IN HOPE, UH, IN HOPES OF GIVING THEM A BETTER ADVANTAGE OF FINDING, UH, A NEW HOME.
SO THE, THE CURRENT MARKET IS, UH, IN, IN SOME RESPECTS IS, UH, VERY GOOD, BUT IN SOME RESPECTS FOR THE POTENTIAL HOME BUYER, THEY'RE FINDING IT VERY DIFFICULT TO FIND HOMES AND INVENTORY.
THE INVENTORY IS JUST NOT OUT THERE RIGHT NOW.
AND FRONT PAGE OF THE HOUSTON CHRONICLE, I THINK TODAY AND YESTERDAY, CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THAT.
SO IT'S A APPROPRIATE RECOGNITION ON OUR PART TO, UH, INCENTIVIZE THAT AND QUESTION WHAT WE MIGHT BE DOING FOR ASSISTANCE.
SO EXCELLENT REACTIVE, UH, RESPONSE.
IT'S VERY DIFFICULT WHEN THE AVERAGE HOME PRICE IS NOW $400,000.
THAT'S, YEAH, THAT'S THE NEW NUMBER.
UH, TO MOVE FORWARD ON, UH, ON MY PRE PART OF THE PRESENTATION, YOU CAN SEE IF YOU MOVE TO THE NEXT SLIDE, WE'RE GONNA DO A, A LOT OF HIGHLIGHTS, UH, WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE ARE STILL CONTINUING TO DO OUR VIRTUAL COMMUNITY OFFICE HOURS.
THAT'S EVERY WEDNESDAY FROM ONE TO FOUR.
UH, SO THE INFORMATION IS ON THE SCREEN.
YOU CAN CALL IN AND, UH, GET ALL YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED.
UH, EARLIER THIS MONTH WE PRESENTED, WE HAD OUR SPRING 20 AND 22, UH, 2022 COMMUNITY MEETINGS, UH, WHICH WERE, UH, ALL VIRTUAL.
THE SPRING MEETING, THE FIRST ONE WAS THURSDAY, MARCH 31ST, AND THEN THE SECOND ONE WAS WEDNESDAY, APRIL THE SIXTH.
AND THEY WERE BOTH VERY SUCCESSFUL.
THE MONTH OF APRIL IS FAIR HOUSING MONTH.
AND, UH, SO WE'RE TRYING TO GET EVERYONE PREPARED WITH
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FAIR HOUSING.UH, THE SECRETARY OF HUD UH, INDICATES THAT BECAUSE IT IS NOT ONLY FAIR HOUSING, IT IS ALSO MOVING CLOSER TO HURRICANE SEASON.
SO EVERYONE SHOULD BECOME, UH, MORE PREPARED.
THIS IS THE TIME TO START GETTING PREPARED AS OPPOSED TO WAITING TILL ONE IS IN THE, IN THE GULF.
YOU WILL SEE THAT, UH, I PARTICIPATED IN A VIRTUAL MEETING WITH THE HOUSTON, UH, ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS.
UH, THAT WAS, UH, DONE ON APRIL THE 11TH.
UH, WE HAD A RIBBON CUTTING LAST WEEK, UH, HARTWOOD AT, UH, WEST LOW YORK, UH, 79 25 WEST LOW YORK IN DISTRICT A.
IT WAS A, A, IT'S A BEAUTIFUL PROJECT.
AND THE BUILDER ON THAT ONE WAS BLAZER CONSTRUCTION.
AND THEY HAVE, I BELIEVE THIS IS THEIR THIRD, UH, PROJECT THAT THEY'VE DONE WITH THE DEPARTMENT.
AND WE'RE QUITE PLEASED, UH, TO SEE, UH, UH, THE OUTCOME OF THE WORK THAT THEY DO.
AND IF YOU JUST FLIP THROUGH THOSE SLIDES, NEXT SLIDE.
AND THEN YOU GO TO THIS NEXT SLIDE.
THIS SLIDE IS, UH, FOR NEW HOPE HOUSING.
AND NEW HOPE HOUSING, UH, IS, UH, 55 20 AVENUE J IN DISTRICT H.
IT'S 83% COMPLETE AS OF APRIL, UH, A HUNDRED UNITS, UH, 51 OF THOSE UNITS WILL BE RESTRICTED, UH, TO TOTAL COST OF JUST UNDER, UH, 35 MILLION WITH OUR INVESTMENT OF JUST UNDER 12.5 MILLION.
AND THEN IF TO GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, YOU WILL SEE, UH, PHOTOS OF THOSE PROPERTIES CONTINUE TO FLIP.
THE CITADEL IS 35, 4 IS 33 45 ELGIN IN DISTRICT D.
THIS, THIS PROJECT IS 23% COMPLETE.
IT IS 74 UNITS, WHICH 67 OF THOSE UNITS WILL BE RESTRICTED.
THE TOTAL PROJECT IS A LITTLE BIT OVER 25 MILLION WITH OUR INVESTMENT OF BEING, UH, 10.25 MILLION.
THE DEVELOPER ON THIS ONE IS CHANGE HAPPENS C, D, C AND YOU.
IT'S NOT A WHOLE LOT YOU CAN SEE ON THE RENDERINGS ON, ON THE PHOTOS ON THIS ONE.
BUT YOU DO SEE CONSTRUCTION IS HAPPENING.
AND THE NEXT ONE YOU'LL SEE AN UPDATE ON TIMUS PLACE, WHICH IS 1703.
UH, GRAY IN DISTRICT D, 10% OF IT IS COMPLETE.
UM, UH, NINE, ALL 94 WILL BE RESTRICTED.
THE TOTAL PROJECT IS JUST UNDER 33 MILLION WITH OUR INVESTMENT AT 12.5 MILLION.
AND THAT IS, UH, UH, DEVELOPER IS TIMINOS, CDC, AND YOU WILL SEE THIS IS REPLACEMENT HOUSING.
UH, YOU WILL SEE THAT, UH, IS NOT LOCATED.
IT IS LOCATED NOT VERY FAR FROM OUR, OUR OFFICE SPACE.
UH, OUR HOME BUYER'S CHOICE PROGRAM IS CLOSING.
UH, AND YOU WILL NOW SEE SOME PHOTOS OF HOUSES THAT WERE, WHERE THERE WAS A KEY EXCHANGE.
THIS WAS THE HOME BUYER'S CHOICE PROGRAM ON ION STREET IN ACRE, HOME DISTRICT B.
AND COUNCIL MEMBER, IF YOU LOOK AT THAT HOUSE, GO BACK, GO BACK TO THE ONE SLIDE.
THAT HOUSE BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL HOME.
SO YOU CAN SEE THE QUALITY OF THE HOMES THAT WE'RE BUILDING AND, AND THAT WE'RE ALLOWING INDIVIDUALS TO PARTICIPATE IN.
AND THEY HAVE BRAND NEW DRAINS.
PARDON? THEY HAVE BRAND NEW DRAINS.
DO THE NEXT SLIDE AND LOOK AT THAT HOME.
THIS IS ALSO AN ACRE HOME IN DISTRICT B.
AND AGAIN, YOU HAVE ANOTHER, UH, VERY HAPPY HOMEOWNER WHO WAS ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN OUR HOME BUYER'S CHOICE, UH, PROGRAM.
SO THE DEPARTMENT IS, UH, CONTINUING TO MOVE FORWARD.
UH, THINGS ARE, UH, PROGRESSING.
I, AS I STATED EARLIER, I BELIEVE WE'RE GETTING CLOSER TO, UH, UH, UH, UM, AMENABLE RELATIONSHIP WITH, UH, THE GLO IN RESOLVING OUR OUTSTANDING ISSUES.
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UH, SO THAT'S, UH, EXACTLY WHAT WE INTEND TO DO.WE ARE, UH, DOING OUR VERY BEST TO PROVIDE THEM WITH ALL THE INFORMATION THAT THEY REQUIRE AND THEY SEEK.
AND, UH, I, I BELIEVE WE ARE GETTING THERE.
AND SHOULD, BY THE TIME WE COME BACK NEXT MONTH, HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, I'M SAYING HOPEFULLY, UH, WE SHOULD HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL GREAT NEWS FOR YOU ON, ON HOW WE ARE MOVING PROJECTS FORWARD.
DIRECTOR, BEFORE WE MOVE TO PUBLIC COMMENTS, A QUESTION, NOT NECESSARILY ABOUT YOUR PRESENTATION, BUT WAS THERE ANY FEEDBACK OR ANY MEANINGFUL COMMENTS THAT CAME FROM, UH, THE PUBLIC COMMENT PORTION FOR THAT, UH, HUD 2022 ACTION PLAN? YOU KNOW, DURING THAT, THAT OPEN TIME BEFORE THAT WAS SUBMITTED, I THINK IT WAS DUE LIKE APRIL 11TH, AND THERE WAS A PUBLIC COMMENT PORTION, OR THERE WAS A SERIES OF, UH, I'M SORRY, DEREK, I'LL BRING, I'LL BRING DEREK, UH, SOS BACK UP.
HE WAS, UH, SPEARHEADING THE, THE COMMENTS IN TERMS OF, OF THAT THAT WILL, UH, THAT COMMENT PERIOD.
UH, SO DURING OUR PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD, IT'S, UH, COMMENTS IN RESPONSE TO OUR DRAFT PLAN, THE ITEMS WE PRESENT.
UM, THERE'S A LOT, UH, PEOPLE RECOGNIZING THE IMPORTANCE OF THE FUNDS AND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH WITH 'EM.
AND A LOT OF IT IS, I NEED SOME OF THAT IN MY AREA OF THE CITY.
AND WHAT IT HELPS US RECOGNIZE THAT WE ALL KNOW, BUT BRINGS TO THE FOREFRONT IS OUR RESOURCES ARE LIMITED AND THE NEED IS GREAT.
UM, WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE SUMMARIZE THE COMMENTS AND WE'RE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT 'EM TO HUD AS PART OF THE, UH, THE PLAN SUBMISSION.
UM, IF IT TAKES A LITTLE BIT TO KIND OF GET ALL THAT TOGETHER ACROSS ALL THE MEDIUMS THAT WE UTILIZE.
BUT WE'LL, IF YOU WANT A COPY OF THAT OR IF YOU WANT US TO POINT THAT OUT TO YOU IN THE PLAN BECAUSE IT ULTIMATELY COMES IN FRONT OF Y'ALL TO VOTE ON.
UH, BEFORE WE TAKE IT, UH, WE'LL MAKE SURE TO HIGHLIGHT THAT FOR YOU.
THAT YEAH, THAT'D BE HELPFUL FOR SURE.
AND ONE OF THE BIGGEST COMMENTS THAT, UH, AS ALWAYS, WE'RE APPROACHING OUR FIFTH YEAR, UH, ANNIVERSARY OF HARVEY AND IT IS STILL, WE STILL HAVE A NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NOT YET BEEN SERVED.
UH, AND IT, IT IS, UH, A LITTLE HEARTBREAKING TO BE AT THE FIFTH YEAR AND STILL NOT BEING ABLE TO SERVE EVERYONE THAT IS NEEDED.
EVEN IF WE HAD HAD ALL THE FUNDING IN THE WORLD, WE STILL, UH, WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SERVE ALL OF THE INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE IMPACT.
UH, WE ALSO HAD A NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS WHO MAY COMMENT ABOUT, UM, NOT NEEDING ASSISTANCE FROM THE FREEZE.
SO, UH, WE HAVE THOSE FUNDING, THOSE FUNDS ARE, ARE COMING.
WE ARE NOT QUITE SURE WHEN THOSE FUNDS FROM HUD WILL BE ARRIVING, BUT WE HAVE BEEN AWARDED SOME FUNDING TO DEAL WITH INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE IMPACTED BY THE FEBRUARY FREEZE OF LAST YEAR.
WE HAVE NO QUESTIONS FOR YOU AT THIS TIME.
UM, NEXT WE HAVE TWO PUBLIC SPEAKERS, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER.
PAULETTE PRINCE THAT'S JOINING US VIRTUALLY.
IS SHE ON PAULETTE STAR? SIX? HELLO? HELLO.
HI, UH, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT ON THE HOMELESSNESS.
I AM PAULETTE PRINCE CITIZEN OF THE SIX FOR SIX, FOUR YEARS.
I IN
AND SPEAKING OF THE CITY, MAIN STREET, NO WAY, SIDE AND
SINCE COVID-19, I WOULD LIKE TO RAISE CONCERN ABOUT THE PROBLEM OF HOMELESSNESS, WHICH IS SPILL OVER ANY THE COMMUNITY, NOT JUST THE STREET FARM ANYMORE.
OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT IS WORKING HARD TO PROTECT PEOPLE.
LESSNESS CITY PROGRAM SUCH AS THE
SO HOMELESSNESS DIDN'T JUST END WHEN IT WAS LONG BEFORE THAT COVID JUST REVEALED JUST
THE COMMUNITY NEEDS TO, THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT IS IN THE COMMUNITY PROBLEM.
THE, THE COMMUNITY MUST DEAL WITH
MS. PAULETTE, WE'RE HAVING A HARD TIME.
WE'RE HAVING A HARD TIME HEARING YOU.
WE'RE HA IS, I THINK YOUR PHONE IS BREAKING UP.
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ARE YOU ONE OF MY STUDENTS? YES, I KNEW THAT NAME THAT MATTER.WELL, WE'RE HAVING A HARD TIME HEARING YOU.
YOUR COUNCIL MEMBER IS HERE IN CHAMBERS.
UM, AND I THINK WHAT MIGHT BE HELPFUL IF YOU CAN SEND YOUR COMMENTS IN WRITTEN FORM, UM, TO THE COMMITTEE AND WE CAN GET THAT, THOSE RESPONSES OUT.
'CAUSE WE WANT TO HEAR EXACTLY WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY, UM, UM, PARTICULARLY AROUND HOMELESSNESS.
BUT WE ALSO WANNA RESPOND AND, AND EXPLAIN WHAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING AND HOW WE HAVE BEEN INVESTING AROUND HOMELESSNESS.
UM, DEEP FINANCIAL INVESTMENT, DEEP THOUGHTFUL METHODS AROUND, UM, WRAPAROUND SERVICES, CASE MANAGEMENT, AND GETTING PEOPLE GETTING OUR UNHOUSED HOUSTONIANS, UM, UM, STABLE.
SO PLE, I, I INTERRUPTED YOUR TIME, BUT PLEASE CONTINUE YOUR THOUGHT.
I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT IT'S HARD TO HEAR YOU.
UM, IT'S JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE THE RE THE RESIDENTS AND COMMUNITIES MUST DEAL WITH INCREASED CRIME, DRUG DEALING, PING STOLEN GOODS, AND TO ADD HOMELESS MEMBERS OF OUR SOCIETY, OR FINDING VACANT LOTS IN THE AREA THAT ARE WOODED WITH HIGH GRASS AND ABANDONED VEHICLES, SETTING A REFUGE THERE BEGGING FOR FOOD AND MONEY JUST TO SUSTAIN LIFE.
MOST RESIDENTS, PARTICULARLY OLDER, ARE AFRAID WHEN HOMELESS PEOPLE COME AROUND.
THE MOST SIGNIFICANT, UH, RESIDENTS ARE THE MOST REASON, THE MOST SIGNIFICANT REASON THE RESIDENTS REACT AS THEY DO IS BECAUSE THEY DO NOT KNOW HOW TO HELP THE HOMELESS IN MOST NEIGHBORHOODS.
THERE ARE NO SHELTERS AND VERY FEW FOOD PANTRIES.
AND I HATE TO SEE CHILDREN IN THAT NUMBER ON THE STREET CORNERS, ALONG WITH, UH, THE OLDER ADULTS SEEKING, UH, REFUGE AND FOOD.
I SURE THAT ADDITIONAL FUNDING FROM THE GOVERNMENT WILL CERTAINLY HELP.
AND I BE, AS YOU CONSIDER THAT THE HOMELESS MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN HAVE RIGHTS AS EVERY OTHER PERSON.
ALL PEOPLE IN OUR SOCIETY SHOULD HAVE ACCESS TO FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN RIGHTS.
AND THE HOMELESS SHOULD BE TREATED AS EQUAL TO THE PEOPLE THAT CAN AFFORD TO LIVE, HAVE FOOD TO EAT IN AFFORDABLE HEALTHCARE.
AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND EFFORTS TOWARDS THIS PROBLEM.
YOUR COUNCIL MEMBERS IN THE QUEUE, SHE WOULD LIKE TO RESPOND.
COUNCIL MEMBER JACKSON, THANK YOU.
AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR, UM, COMMENT.
UM, I COULDN'T HEAR IF, UM, THE CHAIR SAID WE COULDN'T HEAR YOUR, UM, STATEMENT, BUT I LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING A WRITTEN STATEMENT, UM, AND REVIEWING IT IN DEPTH.
UM, BUT THEN ALSO I WANNA ENCOURAGE YOU TO, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST REACH OUT TO MY OFFICE AND PARTICIPATE IN SOME OF THE COMMITTEES THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD COMMUNITY COMMITTEES THAT WE'VE SET UP.
UM, SO THAT COMMUNITY CAN ENGAGE AND HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS TO WHERE WE'RE CREATING PLANS COLLECTIVELY AND MOVING THEM TOGETHER.
AND SO, UM, PLEASE REACH OUT TO MY OFFICE AT 8 3 2 3 9 3 3 0 0 9 OR SIGN UP FOR THE NEWSLETTER.
UM, AND, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN TEXT YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS TO SIGN TO THIS PHONE NUMBER AND WE CAN GET YOU SIGNED UP FOR THE NEWSLETTER.
THAT WAY YOU'LL KNOW EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE, UM, DOING WITHIN THE DISTRICT AND YOU, YOUR VOICE, A PART OF THE PROCESS.
AND SO WE'D LOVE FOR YOU TO PARTICIPATE.
AND I JUST WANT TO PERSONALLY PLUG, SHE'S ONE OF MY STUDENTS, SO YOU KNOW, SHE'S GONNA BE GOOD.
AND I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW, GET, I ALREADY KNOW, I ALREADY KNOW.
SO SHE GETS AN EDGE OF THE DAY.
WE NEED YOU AT THE TABLE BECAUSE WE KNOW, YOU KNOW, WE NEED A LOT OF FOLKS THAT'S ACTIVELY INVOLVED.
I DID REACH OUT, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, JACKSON.
MY PHONE NUMBER IS (832) 837-3284.
THAT'S MY PERSONAL PHONE NUMBER.
NOBODY ELSE WRITE THAT NUMBER DOWN.
AND, AND COUNSEL AND, AND CHAIR, IF I COULD ADD SURE.
THE, THE NAVIGATION CENTER IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
SO, UH, HOPEFULLY UPON COMPLETION THAT WILL ALSO HELP ADDRESS SOME OF HER CONCERNS, UH, ABOUT, UH, SERVICES AND, AND UH, PROVIDING, UH, THE NEEDED SERVICES FOR THE MANY HOMELESS THAT ARE FLOATING AROUND OUR CITY.
UM, LAST BUT DEFINITELY NOT LEAST, ONE OF MY FAVORITE DISTRICT F RESIDENTS.
DOUG, WE'RE READY WHEN YOU ARE.
DOUG, OR JUST HIT THE MICROPHONE
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ICON REALLY LOUD.IT SAID, UH, ONLY YOU COULD UNMUTE.
UM, LAST MONTH THE DIRECTOR GAVE ME THE 2020 ANNUAL REPORT.
I ACTUALLY THREE QUESTIONS REGARDING IT.
FIRST OF ALL, IS THERE A MORE RECENT REPORT BECAUSE THIS ONE IS NOW, UH, ALMOST TWO YEARS OLD.
AND SECONDLY, AT THE BOTTOM OF THE FINANCIALS ON PAGE 32, IT SAYS THAT YOU REPORT ANNUALLY TO THE CITY OF HOUSTON CONTROLLER AS PART OF THE CITY BUDGET PROCESS.
AND YOU ALSO REPORT TO, UH, THE, TO HUD REGARDING THE CONSOLIDATED ANNUAL PERFORMANCE AND EVALUATION REPORT.
ARE THOSE REPORTS AVAILABLE ONLINE? AND THEN, IN REGARDS TO THE INFORMATION THAT IS IN THE REPORT, UH, SUMMARIZED INFORMATION HERE, UM, YOU LOOKING AT DR TWO, WHICH WAS IKE FUNDS, UH, AT THE END OF 2020, YOU STILL HAD 29% OF YOUR BEGINNING BALANCE, UM, UH, AVAILABLE.
AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE DR 15, WHICH WAS FLOODING FUNDS, YOU HAVE 92% THAT HAS NOT BEEN SPENT.
16, UH, WHICH IS HARVEY FUNDS 93%.
WHY ARE YOU CARRYING THESE HUGE BALANCES WHEN THERE'S SO MUCH NEED FOR THIS MONEY THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY? AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE.
SO I, I BELIEVE WHAT YOU, YOU, YOU, AS YOU STATED, THAT IS A REPORT THAT WAS FROM 2020.
UH, SO WE DO NEED TO TALK ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE HAVE NOT DONE A, A NEW REPORT AND SOME OF THE NUMBERS YOU'RE LOOKING AT ARE JUST STALE NUMBERS AND THEY HAVE THEN YOU NEED TO, UH, GET THEM UPDATED AND SOME OF THOSE UPDATED NUMBERS ARE PROVIDED IN THE REPORTS THAT WE DO HERE EVERY MONTH.
SO IF YOU WOULD GIMME A CALL, WE CAN DISCUSS THOSE ISSUES, UH, UH, AND POINT OUT EACH ONE OF THOSE DEFICIENCIES THAT YOU HAVE.
BUT THE NUMBERS THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT ARE PRIMARILY ARE VERY STALE AND, UH, THE NUMBERS ARE, WE'VE DONE MUCH BETTER THAN WHAT THAT REPORT IS SHOWING.
UH, HOW DO I CALL YOU OR JUST CALL THE DEPARTMENT OR YES SIR.
I GOT AN EMAIL AND I WON'T ASK ANYTHING ABOUT TOURS THIS MONTH BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND THAT IS IN ABOUT READY TO BE RESOLVED.
SO I APPRECIATE YOUR ASSISTANCE.
THAT CONCLUDES OUR QUESTIONS AND OUR REPORT TODAY FOR OUR MEETING.
AND WE WILL FOLLOW UP WITH THE OFFICE ON OUR, UM, REQUEST IF THERE ARE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, PARTICULARLY ABOUT THE MULTIFAMILY PROJECTS THAT CAME UP.
AND SO BEFORE I ADJOIN, I WOULD LIKE TO HAND IT OVER TO MY VICE CHAIR.
AND, UH, THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE TODAY AND FOR PAYING ATTENTION.
WE, UH, WILL RECONVENE THIS MEETING ON MAY THE 17TH, 2022.
AGAIN, THAT'S A TUESDAY AT 10:00 AM WANT TO THANK THE DEPARTMENT FOR ALL THE WORK, ALL THE PREPARATION, THE GREAT WORK THAT'S GOING ON, AND, UH, WANNA WISH EVERYONE A HAPPY EASTER SEASON.