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ROOM CAPACITY AND SEATING MAY BE IN PLACE.THEREFORE, THE PRESIDING OFFICER OF THE HCA COMMITTEE, I AM PHYSICALLY IN CHAMBERS, BUT IN ACCORDANCE TO THE 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. GOOD AFTERNOON, AGAIN, LIKE TECH ACKNOWLEDGE AND CHAMBERS.
WELCOME, LONG TIME, UM, SINCE YOU'VE BEEN IN CHAMBERS WITH US.
GLAD IT'S NOT CONFLICTING WITH HGAC.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER TASHA JACKSON IN CHAMBERS, THE CHIEF OF STAFF FOR COUNCIL MEMBER MIKE KNOX.
AND I BELIEVE VIRTUALLY WE HAVE, UH, VICE CHAIR DAVID ROBINSON.
AND THEN WE HAVE STAFF FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CARLOS CIRO'S, OFFICE STAFF FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CAYMAN'S OFFICE, AND I BELIEVE THAT'S IT.
AND WE'LL ACKNOWLEDGE THOSE THAT COME AT A LATER DATE.
TODAY ON OUR AGENDA, WE WILL HEAR SEVERAL PRESENTATIONS FROM THE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
UM, THEY WILL PRESENT ON THE FOLLOWING ITEMS, COMPLIANCE AND GRANTS ADMINISTRATION, PUBLIC SERVICES, AFFORDABLE HOME DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM, PUBLIC FACILITIES.
AND LASTLY, WE WILL CONCLUDE WITH OUR DIRECTOR'S COMMENTS.
BEFORE WE GET STARTED, I WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE OUR VICE MAYOR PRO TEM MARTHA CASTEX TATUM.
UH, THANK Y'ALL FOR HAVING US TODAY, UM, AND ALLOWING US TO PRESENT ON ITEMS THAT, UH, WE'LL BE BRINGING FORTH TO, UH, CITY COUNCIL IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE.
AND TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME OF THE PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS THAT Y'ALL HAVE ALREADY APPROVED.
FIRST UP ON OUR AGENDA, WE HAVE AN ITEM FOR COMPLIANCE AT GRANT ADMINISTRATION.
KENISHA LONDON, OUR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OVER THAT TEAM WILL BE PRESENTING THIS ITEM.
UH, THE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING A SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENT TO THE CURRENT HOPWA CV BUDGET IN THE 2019 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN.
UH, THIS WOULD TRANSFER $202,834 AND 73 CENTS FROM MULTIPLE ACTIVITIES TO THE SHORT TERM RENT, MORTGAGE, AND UTILITIES ACTIVITY.
IN ACCORDANCE WITH HUD'S CITIZEN PARTICIPATION PLAN REGULATIONS, THE CITY IS REQUIRED TO AMEND COMPONENTS OF ITS CONSOLIDATED PLAN AND ACTUAL AND ACTION PLAN, UM, FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS, INCLUDING WHEN A RELOCATION OF FUNDS INCREASES OR DECREASES THE BUDGET OF AN ACTIVITY BY MORE THAN 25%, OR WHEN AN ACTIVITY IS ADDED OR DELETED TO THE PLANS.
ON MARCH 27TH, 2020, THE CARES ACT WAS AUTHORIZED A SPECIAL ALLOCATION OF C-D-B-G-C-V, HOPWA, CV E-S-G-C-V, TO STATES AND LOCAL JURISDICTIONS TO PREVENT, PREPARE FOR, AND RESPOND TO THE CORONAVIRUS.
THE FORMAT AND INFORMATION PRESENTED IN THE AMENDED 2019 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN ARE BASED ON FEDERAL GUIDANCE AND REQUIREMENTS.
THIS NEXT PAGE SHOWS THE BREAKDOWN OF THE LINE ITEMS, WHERE THE FUNDS ARE COMING FROM, AND WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO.
THERE WILL BE 65,000 THAT WILL, EXCUSE ME, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, LINDA.
THE, UH, SLIDES ARE NOT CATCHING UP WITH YOUR CONTENT YET.
AND SO LET'S GIVE OUR COLLEAGUES ON THE BACK OF A HOUSE A CHANCE TO GET UP SO THE, THE, THE VIEWING PUBLIC CAN FOLLOW ALONG.
HOLD ON ONE SECOND, BUT WE'LL CONTINUE AND THEN WE'LL JUST SHOW THE SLIDES AT THE END AFTER DIRECTOR'S COMMENTS.
SO THE BREAKDOWN IS THERE'S ABOUT $65,860 AND 93 CENTS THAT'S BEING TAKEN FROM THE SUPPORTIVE SERVICES LINE ITEM AND ACTIVITY $107,112 AND 97 CENTS COMING FROM PROJECT OR TENANT BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE.
AND $29,860 AND 83 CENTS COMING FROM SPONSOR ADMINISTRATION.
THAT TOTALS $202,834 AND 73 CENTS, WHICH WILL BE TRANSFERRED FROM THOSE THREE ACTIVITIES,
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TWO SHORT TERM RENT, MORTGAGE, AND UTILITIES SUBSIDIES.THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS IN THE QUEUE.
AND JUST A REMINDER TO COLLEAGUES, UM, UM, QUESTIONS WILL BE RECEIVED AFTER EACH PRESENTATION.
ALRIGHT, SO FOR AGENDA ITEM THREE, THERE ARE FOUR ITEMS. IT'S UNDER OUR PUBLIC SERVICES TEAM.
THAT TEAM CURRENTLY IS IN AUSTIN TO ATTEND A HOMELESSNESS CONFERENCE.
SO I'M GONNA BE PRESENTING ALL FOUR OF THE ITEMS. MELODY BARR IS STILL GONNA TRY TO ATTEND ONLINE IN CASE THERE ARE QUESTIONS THAT COME UP ABOUT ANY OF THE FOUR ITEMS. SO FOR AGENDA ITEM THREE A, THE DEPARTMENT IS PRESENTING A THIRD AMENDMENT WITH CAPITAL IDEA HOUSTON TO EXTEND AND PROVIDE UP TO AN ADDITIONAL 200,000 IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDS FOR THE OPERATION OF A WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM SERVING 125 LOW TO MODERATE INCOME PARTICIPANTS.
THE COVER SHEET YOU'VE BEEN PROVIDED TODAY IN THE BACKUP HAD AN EARLIER ITERATION.
IT INCORRECTLY LIST THE NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS AT 150.
THIS PROGRAM INCLUDES EDUCATION AND TRAINING SPECIFIC TO INDEMAND PROFESSIONAL FIELDS, CAREERS IN INDIVIDUALIZED CASE MANAGEMENT, SUPPORT GROUPS, TRANSPORTATION AND CHILDCARE ASSISTANCE.
INDEMAND PROFESSIONS INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO.
REGISTERED NURSE SUR SURGICAL TECHNICIAN, DIAGNOSTIC MEDICAL SONOGRAPHY, AND SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT.
AND TODAY WE HAVE ANNIKA GORHAM OPERATIONS MANAGER HERE IN THE AUDIENCE.
SHOULD THERE BE ANY QUESTIONS? ANNIKA, JUST ONE QUESTION I THINK WILL BE IMPORTANT FOR THE PUBLIC.
UH, MS. ANNA, IS IT CORRECT, WOULD YOU COME TO THE PODIUM PLEASE? HOW DO Y'ALL, GOOD AFTERNOON.
AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK, UM, WITH CAPITAL IDEA.
CAN YOU JUST SHARE, UM, FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND MY COLLEAGUES, THE IMPACT OF THE FUNDING FOR CAPITAL IDEA AND THE WORK THAT Y'ALL HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO? SURE.
UM, THANKS TO THE SUPPORT FROM THE CITY OF HOUSTON FOR OVER 12 YEARS, WE'VE, UM, WALKED NEARLY 1000 PARTICIPANTS ALONG THEIR TRAINING JOURNEY TO TRAIN IN HIGH GROWTH, HIGH DEMAND CAREERS.
WHEN FOLKS ENROLL IN OUR PROGRAM, THEY'RE EARNING AN AVERAGE HOURLY WAGE OF 7 25, WHICH IS MINIMUM WAGE.
OUR GRADUATES WAGE IS MORE THAN TRIPLE TO OVER $25 AN HOUR BECAUSE WE TRAIN IN MIDDLE SKILLS CAREERS.
SO WE OFFER OPPORTUNITIES FOR FOLKS TO EARN UP TO AN ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE.
WE COVER TUITION, BOOKS, FEES, ALL EDUCATIONAL EXPENSES, AND PAIR EVERYONE WITH A CAREER NAVIGATOR WHO PROVIDES HOLISTIC WRAPAROUND SUPPORT SERVICES FROM ENROLLMENT TO GRADUATION FOLLOWING GRADUATION.
THEY WORK WITH OUR EMPLOYMENT SPECIALISTS UNTIL THEY'RE PLACED.
UM, WE HAVE AN 89% PLACEMENT RATE FOR OUR GRADUATES WITHIN A SIX MONTH PERIOD.
WE ARE ONE OF THE ONLY MODELS OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS THAT TAKE PEOPLE FROM POVERTY TO THE MIDDLE CLASS BECAUSE WE SPECIFICALLY TRAIN IN CAREERS THAT OFFER A LIVING WAGE.
SOUNDS LIKE YOU'VE DONE THIS BEFORE,
UH, BUT I THINK THAT WHAT YOU'RE ABLE TO DO WHEN COLORING IN THE LINES, REALLY LIFTS WHAT WE'RE ABLE TO SEE IN TERMS OF CONTENT.
'CAUSE WE'RE JUST LOOKING AT NUMBERS, BUT WHAT YOUR CONTRIBUTION DOES IS REALLY SHOW THE DEEP IMPACT AND HOW IT'S CONTRIBUTING TO OUR ECONOMIC FABRIC IN THE CITY.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK COUNCIL MEMBER ALCORN'S IN THE QUEUE FOR COMING.
I REMEMBER MANY YEARS AGO WE DID A BUDGET AMENDMENT AND GOT SOME GENERAL FUND MONEY TO CA CAPITAL IDEA.
AND THAT WAS FUN, RIGHT? AND IT'S JUST SUCH A GREAT PROGRAM AND IT, IT, IT IT'S A LOT OF HEALTHCARE, RIGHT? YEAH.
WE TELL ME ABOUT THE DIFFERENT PROFESSIONS.
WE DO PRIMARILY TRADE IN HEALTHCARE, BUT WITH THAT BUDGET AMENDMENT OF GENERAL FUNDS, THAT'S ACTUALLY WHEN WE STARTED TO, UM, OFFER OPPORTUNITIES IN SPECIALTY CONSTRUCTION TRADES.
SO HEALTHCARE CAREERS CAN TAKE UP TO FOUR YEARS TO BECOME A REGISTERED NURSE OR A RESPIRATORY THERAPIST.
HOWEVER, SOME PEOPLE DON'T HAVE THE, THE TIME COMMITMENT FOR FOUR YEARS OR ARE ABLE TO TRAIN AT A FULL-TIME BASIS, WHICH IS REQUIRED BY HOUSTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOR THOSE ALLIED HEALTHCARE CAREERS.
AND SO WE PARTNER WITH HCC AND OTHER LOCAL TRAINING PARTNERS TO OFFER OPPORTUNITIES LIKE WELDING, HVAC, OSHA SAFETY 30, WHERE FOLKS ARE ABLE TO TRAIN IN A SHORTER TIME PERIOD, BUT STILL EARN THAT LIVING WAGE.
MY QUESTION IS ACTUALLY FOR THE, UM, AMENDMENT THAT WE TALKED ABOUT, UM, PRIOR TO THIS ITEM.
UM, HAVE THE PROGRAMS BEEN IDENTIFIED FOR THE SHORT TERM RENT, MORTGAGE, AND UTILITY SUBSIDIES, OR WILL THAT TAKE PLACE AFTER, UM, THE AMENDMENT? IF MEL, IF MELODY BARR IS ONLINE AND I CAN'T SEE THE QUEUE THAT SHE MIGHT BE ABLE TO ANSWER THAT, BUT IF WE DON'T
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HAVE THE, IF SHE'S NOT, WE CAN GET THAT TO YOU SHORTLY.NO OTHER QUESTIONS IN THE QUEUE REGARDING THE FIRST OR THE SECOND ITEM.
SO FOR THE NEXT THREE ITEMS, I'D LIKE TO NOTE THIS PAST SPRING THERE WAS A TRI-PARTY REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST, ALSO KNOWN AS AN REI, CONDUCTED BY THE COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS HARRIS COUNTY AND THE CITY.
UH, THROUGH THAT PROCESS, AGENCIES WERE SELECTED TO RECEIVE FUNDING TO OPERATE PROGRAMMING AS PART OF THE COMMUNITY-WIDE COVID HOUSING PROGRAM.
PHASE TWO ARE COMMONLY KNOWN AS CHIP 2.0.
SO FOR AGENDA ITEM THREE B, THE DEPARTMENT IS PRESENTING A SUB-RECIPIENT AGREEMENT WITH WEST HOUSTON ASSISTANCE MINISTRIES TO PROVIDE UP TO 251,000 IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT CARES ACT, OR C-D-B-G-C-V FUNDS TO SERVE A MINIMUM OF 56 UNDUPLICATED HOUSEHOLDS.
IMPACT IMPACTED BY COVID-19 WITH RAPID REHOUSING CASE MANAGEMENT AND NAVIGATION SERVICES.
THE AVERAGE COST OF THIS PROGRAM IS ABOUT $4,482 AND 12 CENTS PER PERSON, OR $373 AND 51 CENTS PER MONTH PER PERSON.
THIS IS WEST HOUSTON ASSISTANCE, MINISTRY'S FIRST AGREEMENT WITH OUR PUBLIC SERVICES, UH, TEAM AND WITH THE CITY ON THAT ACTIVITY.
AND TODAY WE HAVE LISA, I, I PUT HER, I'M GONNA MESS THIS UP.
IIA, DIRECTOR OF CLIENT SERVICES AND NI GAVION, SENIOR, SENIOR CASE MANAGER.
I'M SORRY IF I MESSED UP YOUR NAME.
THANK YOU FOR COMING FROM THE WEST SIDE ALL THE WAY DOWNTOWN.
AND, UM, SINCE THIS IS, UH, POSSIBLY THE FIRST, FIRST SUB AGREEMENT WITH WHAM IN THE CITY, CAN YOU JUST SPEAK MORE TO SHARE WITH THE PUBLIC THE WORK THAT THE WEST HOUSTON'S ASSISTANCE MINISTRY IS DOING AND HOW, UM, THIS PARTNERSHIP WILL ALLOW Y'ALL TO ADDRESS, UM, HOUSING HOMELESSNESS, RAPID REHOUSING, ALL OF THAT? YES.
SO THIS WILL BE A HUGE IMPACT FOR THE WEST CHASE, UM, AREA.
UM, WE HAVE HAD A GROWING NEED OF FAMILIES NEEDING TO OBTAIN SAFE AND SECURE HOUSING.
WE DO WRAPAROUND SERVICES HOLISTICALLY REALLY WELL.
UM, SO NOT ONLY DO WE PROVIDE COMPREHENSIVE CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES, WE ALSO ENSURE THAT CLIENTS GET FOOD, MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, MEDICAL SERVICES, WHATEVER SERVICE A CLIENT NEEDS TO BE SELF-SUFFICIENT, WE PROVIDE THAT SERVICE.
SO WHEN A CLIENT COMES TO US IN CRISIS, WE TAKE THEM FROM CRISIS TO STABILITY TO SELF-SUFFICIENCY.
SO ANY SERVICE THAT THEY NEED, UM, WE'RE ABLE TO OBTAIN.
WE HAVE A GOOD, UM, UM, RAPPORT IN THE COMMUNITY.
WE NETWORK WITH OUR APARTMENT MANAGERS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE HELPING CLIENTS AVOID EVICTION.
WE ADVOCATE FOR THEM IN THE COURT PROCESS.
SO EVERYTHING THAT THEY NEED, WE'RE ABLE TO OBTAIN TO KEEP THEM IN HOUSING.
I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS ITEM COMING BEFORE COUNCIL.
NO OTHER QUESTIONS IN THE QUEUE REGARDING THIS ITEM? ALRIGHT, FOR AGENDA ITEM THREE C, THE DEPARTMENT IS PRESENTING A SUB-RECIPIENT AGREEMENT WITH CAREER AND RECOVERY RESOURCES TO PROVIDE UP TO $1,038,759 IN C-D-B-G-C-V FUNDS TO SERVE A MINIMUM OF 200 HOUSEHOLDS IMPACTED BY COVID-19 WITH RAPID REHOUSING CASE MANAGEMENT AND NAVIGATION SERVICES.
THE AVERAGE COST OF THIS PROGRAM IS $5,193 AND 80 CENTS PER PERSON, OR $432 81 CENTS PER MONTH PER, PER PER PERSON UNDER THE CHIP.
CAN, CAN YOU READ THAT ONE MORE TIME? I WASN'T FOLLOWING, I'M SORRY.
SO, $5,193 AND 80 CENTS PER PERSON, OR $432 81 CENTS PER MONTH PER PERSON UNDER CHIP.
PHASE ONE CAREER AND RECOVERY SURPASSED THEIR GOAL OF SERVING 75 HOUSEHOLDS BY SERVING A TOTAL OF 81 HOUSEHOLDS.
THERE ARE CURRENTLY NO OPEN FINDINGS, UH, FOR THIS AGENCY TODAY.
WE HAVE KELLY YOUNG, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER HERE IN THE AUDIENCE.
UM, AND VISITING WITH US, WE HAVE A COUN A QUESTION IN THE QUEUE FROM, UM, CHIEF OF STAFF FROM COUNCIL MEMBER KNOX.
UM, JUST A QUICK QUESTION, AND I GUESS THIS WOULD ALSO GO WITH THE OTHER FOLKS.
HOW DOES SOMEONE FIND Y'ALL, IF I'M HAVING, IF I'M HAVING DIFFICULTY HOUSING, ARE Y'ALL CONNECTED? IF SOMEONE CALLS 2 1 1, THEY CAN SAY, OH, WELL HERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO REACH OUT TO THESE FOLKS.
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GIMME A SHORT, I KNOW THE, THE PREVIOUS SPEAKER SAID, WE WORK WITH THE APARTMENT COMPLEXES AND, AND WORK WITH, UM, THEIR TENANTS IF THEY'RE HAVING ISSUES.HOW DO Y'ALL REACH OUT OR HOW DOES SOMEBODY FIND Y'ALL AT THIS? SURE.
ACTUALLY I THINK IT'S A REALLY GOOD QUESTION 'CAUSE I'M NOT SURE VERY MANY PEOPLE KNOW HOW IT WORKS.
UM, SO I APPRECIATE THE, THE OPPORTUNITY.
SO MOST OF US ARE PART OF THE CONTINUUM OF CARE THROUGH THE COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS.
SO THERE'S A HUNDRED AGENCIES THAT WORK TOGETHER.
AND PART OF THAT IS OBVIOUSLY, SO SOMEBODY GOES TO SEARCH AND NEEDS HOUSING OR NEEDS SOMETHING ELSE AND IT'S NOT SOMETHING THEY CAN SERVE OR, OR THEIR CAPACITY IS FULL, THEN THEY WOULD SEND IT BACK TO THE COALITION.
THEY GO ONTO A WAITING LIST AND THEN THEY OPEN UP THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO COME TO US OR SOMEBODY ELSE.
SO IT'S ALL COORDINATED THROUGH HOW MANY BEDS YOU HAVE IN INVENTORY, AND THEN BASED ON THE VULNERABILITY OF THE INDIVIDUAL, AND THEN GET PLACED ON A LIST.
AND THEN ANY OF US WHO HAVE THOSE OPEN PROGRAMS, THAT PERSON HAS AUTOMATICALLY MOVED TO OUR LIST, THEN WE NAVIGATE THEM INTO AN APARTMENT, AND THEN WE CASE MANAGE 'EM FROM THERE.
SO IF THEY CALLED 2 1 1 PERFECT EXAMPLE, 2 1 1 THE CALL, THEY, WHAT THEY SHOULD REQUEST
UM, BUT THEY CERTAINLY COULD JUST WALK THROUGH OUR DOOR AND WE WOULD HELP MAKE SURE THAT THEY CONNECTED CORRECTLY TO THE FIRST STEP OF THAT PROCESS.
THIS FUNDING, IT SAYS, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE IMPACTED BY COVID-19, BUT I MEAN, THEY DON'T HAVE TO LIKE PROVE THEY WERE, I MEAN, HOW, AND THAT MIGHT BE A REALLY BASIC QUESTION ABOUT THIS FUNDING, BUT HOW DO YOU KNOW SOMEBODY IS SUFFERING? BECAUSE, IS IT, DOES IT, DO YOU HAVE TO SHOW A DIRECT IMPACT FROM COVID TO 19? LIKE YOU LOST YOUR JOB DURING THE PANDEMIC OR, OR IT'S JUST ANYBODY THAT REALLY NEEDS THE HELP? NO, I THINK THE, THE, THE GENERAL SUPPOSITION TO BEGIN WITH IS THAT ANYBODY WHO IS CURRENTLY HOMELESS OR PAST HOMELESS OR IN LOW INCOME, THAT THE, THE EFFECT OF COVID ON ON THAT POPULATION CERTAINLY WAS HIGHER THAN OTHERS.
AND THEN, AND, AND SO WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO APPROVE FOR IT, BUT SURE.
DID THAT HELP? THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS IN THE QUEUE REGARDING THIS ITEM.
SO FOR ITEM 3D, THE DEPARTMENT IS PRESENTING AN AGREEMENT WITH LESS WESLEY COMMUNITY CENTER, PROVIDING UP TO 341,000 AND CDBG CV FUNDS TO PROVIDE DIVERSION SERVICES TO A MINIMUM OF 100 HOUSEHOLDS.
THE DIVERSION PROGRAM IS A SHORT TERM INTERVENTION, TYPICALLY NO MORE THAN THREE MONTHS OF SERVICES DETERMINED ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS, WHICH IS SOLELY BASED ON THE NEEDS OF THE CLIENT.
THE GOAL OF DIVERSION IS TO HELP THE PERSON OR HOUSEHOLD FIND SAFE ALTERNATIVE HOUSING IMMEDIATELY, RATHER THAN ENTERING SHELTER OR EXPERIENCING UNSHELTERED HOMELESSNESS.
THIS IS WESLEY COMMUNITY CENTER'S FIRST AGREEMENT WITH OUR PUBLIC SERVICES, UM, PROGRAM.
AVERAGE COST OF THIS PROGRAM IS $3,410 PER PERSON, OR $284 AND 17 CENTS PER MONTH PER PERSON.
TODAY WE HAVE AMY CORRIN PRESIDENT, CEO, WITH US VIRTUALLY.
SO SHE SHOULD BE ONLINE OR NOT SINCE WE'RE HAVING, OR NOT, OR NOT, SINCE WE'RE HAVING TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES.
HTV, JUST FOR THOSE THAT ARE, UM, I GUESS IN THE CHAMBERS THEY'LL RECORD AND THEY'LL POST AT A LATER DATE.
SO WE'LL MOVE ON FROM THIS ITEM.
I DON'T SEE ANY, UH, QUESTIONS IN THE QUEUE FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS.
AND WE'LL JUST, LET ME JUST ASK THIS.
SO WHEN Y'ALL SELECTED THIS, UH, SELECTED WESLEY COMMUNITY CENTER, UM, FOR SUB AGREEMENTS, SINCE THIS IS THEIR FIRST ONE, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT Y'ALL LOOKED AT TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS WAS AN AGENCY THAT HAD HUMAN CAPACITY, BACKGROUND CAPACITY, FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT IN ORDER TO ACTUALLY LIFT THIS PROJECT? SURE.
SO EVERY ENTITY THAT WE AWARD UNDER OUR PUBLIC SERVICES PROGRAM HAS TO GO THROUGH OUR NOTICE OF FUNDING AVAILABILITY PROCESS.
WE POST THOSE PUBLICLY AND, UH, REQUEST FOR, UH, DIFFERENT SUBRECIPIENTS TO ENTER IN PROPOSALS.
AND IT'S USUALLY BASED ON THE PRIORITY OF ACTIVITIES WE'RE TRYING TO UNDERTAKE.
UH, THE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND CAPACITY OF THIS IS ALWAYS A PIECE OF THIS ASSESSMENT.
WE WANT SEE AS MUCH INFORMATION AS POSSIBLE AROUND WHAT THEIR CURRENT FUNDING SOURCES ARE, HOW THEY UTILIZE THEM, WHAT THEIR STAFFING IS, UH, WHAT THEIR HISTORY IS OF DOING THIS WORK, AND HOW MANY PEOPLE THEY'VE, UH, THEY'VE HELPED ALONG THE WAY.
UH, SO THERE'S A, A MYRIAD OF INFORMATION THAT WE REQUEST AND THEN EVALUATE AGAINST EACH OTHER AND SCORE AS WE LOOK TO SEE HOW MUCH WE'RE GONNA AWARD IN OUR FUNDING.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMIND THE PUBLIC THAT THERE'S A PROCESS AND, UH, THESE AGENCIES, UM, GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS.
THEY'RE VALIDATED THROUGH METRICS, UM, AND THEN BASED ON THE PRIORITIES IN THE CITY, UM, THEIR CAPACITY.
SO THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT.
WE CAN MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM.
SO FOR AGENDA ITEM FOUR, LEMME GET THAT.
WE'RE GONNA DO OUR AFFORDABLE HOME DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.
WE HAVE DIVISION MANAGER OLIVIA BUSH THAT WILL BE PRESENTING ON THAT ITEM.
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HI, GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYBODY.SO I'M PRESENTING, UM, THE HARVEY SINGLE FAMILY DEVELOPMENT GUIDELINES.
UM, THIS IS A GUIDELINE REVISION.
THE GUIDELINES WERE APPROVED, UM, BY THE GLO ON AUGUST 9TH.
UM, THE MAJOR RE REVISIONS TO THE GUIDELINES ARE WE UPDATED THE MAXIMUM ON THE NOFO, WHICH WAS, UM, PREVIOUSLY $2 MILLION PER PROJECT.
WE INCREASED THAT TO $4 MILLION PER PROJECT.
UM, WE ALSO, GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYBODY.
SO I'M PRI UM, THE HARVEY SINGLE FAMILY DEVELOPMENT GUIDELINES.
UM, THIS IS THE GUIDELINE REVISION.
THE GUIDELINES WERE APPROVED, UM, BY THE GLO ON AUGUST 9TH.
CAN YOU MAJOR SHARE GUIDELINES ARE WE UPDATED THE MAXIMUM ON THE NOVA, WHICH WAS, UM, PREVIOUSLY $2 MILLION PER PROJECT.
WE INCREASED IT TO $4 MILLION PER E PER PROJECT.
E, UM, WE HARVEY SINGLE FAMILY DEVELOPMENT.
OKAY,
YOU, YOU, YOU KNOW, WHILE WE WERE DOING THAT, I WANTED TO TELL YOU, YOUR HAIR IS BEAUTIFUL.
IT, IT LOOKS REALLY GOOD ON CAMERA AND IN PERSON.
SO SOME, SOME DAYS YOU GOTTA, YOU KNOW, DO SOME THINGS DIFFERENTLY.
I APPRECIATE IT THAT WE GOT OVER THAT HUMP
IN ADDITION, WE UPDATED THE, UH, AFFORDABILITY CHART THAT'S SET BY HUD EVERY YEAR FOR A MI LEVELS.
UM, WE ALSO STRENGTHEN THE LANGUAGE WITHIN THE GUIDELINES FOR THE TIEBACK TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, AFFORDABLE HOME BUYERS THAT ARE ASSISTED THROUGH THE PROGRAM, IT'S CLEARLY ILLUSTRATED THEIR REQUIREMENT THAT THEY WERE ACTUALLY IMPACTED OR DIRECTLY IMPACTED BY THE STORM.
UM, THE, UM, WE SET THE AFFORDABILITY LIMITS FOR THE HOUSES AS THEY BE PRICED FOR EACH AFFORDABLE HOME BUYER AT 2 66, 2 64.
UM, THAT IS ALSO SET BY HUD ON AN ANNUAL BASIS BASED ON INCOME AND HOUSING, UM, COMPS THROUGHOUT THE HOUSTON AREA.
THAT ENDS MY PRESENTATION AND I'M OPEN FOR ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL.
UM, UH, VICE MAYOR, MARTHA CASSICK TATUM.
SO THE 2 64 SALES PRICE WITH THAT ALSO, UM, BE THE SALES PRICE FOR THE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES IN THE LARGE TRACK PROGRAM.
UM, THAT'S ONLY FOR THE DR UM, DR SEVEN 17.
SO WOULD THAT BE LIKE STELLA LINK? YES, MA'AM.
SO THE MOST THAT THEY COULD SELL THE HOUSE FOR 2 64, VERY MUCH FOR THE AFFORDABLE UNITS, THE MARK FOR THE UNITS, WE ARE OFFERING A 1 35 SUBSIDY.
WOULD THAT FIVE ALSO, UM, BE THE SALES PRICE FOR THE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES IN THE LARGE TRACK PROGRAM? UM, THAT'S ONLY FOR THE DR UM, DR SEVEN.
SO, SO WOULD THAT BE LIKE STELLA LINK? YES, MA'AM.
SO THE MOST THAT THEY COULD SELL THE HOUSE WAS 2 64.
THIS IS FOR Y'ALL IN THE BACK A FOUR YEAR.
WE'RE OFFERING A ONE 30
HAS THIS EVER HAPPENED BEFORE? IT'S JUST FOR ME.
FIRST OFF, FIRST OFF, MERCURY.
SO YES, IT DOES IMPACT THE STELLA LINK, UM, DEVELOPMENT.
AND, UM, SO THE AFFORDABLE HOMES, MAX PRICE WOULD BE TWO 60 4K.
THE MARKET RATE HOMES WILL BE BASED ON COMPS, BUT THEY MAX OUT ON, 'CAUSE WE WE'RE PROVIDING THE 1 35 SUBSIDY.
SO WE'RE HOPING THE DEVELOPERS STAY WITHIN THAT.
SO WE'RE ASKING DEVELOPERS TO BUILD A THREE, SAY FOR INSTANCE, A $300,000 HOME, THAT'D BE DISCOUNTED TO THE 1 64, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
AND CAN YOU ADD SOME MORE CONTEXT FROM TO THE, UM, UPDATE FROM 2 MILLION TO 4 MILLION THAT WAS APPROVED BY GLO, THE 40 MILLION? UM, YOU SAID 2 MILLION TO 4 MILLION.
SO, SO WHAT WE WERE, EACH NOFA AMOUNT, WE MAXED OUT AT 20 MILLION PER PROJECT.
WE INCREASED THAT TO 40 MILLION PER PROJECT.
THAT JUST GAVE US A LITTLE BIT MORE FLEXIBILITY AND FREEDOM IF WE NEEDED TO PUT MORE INVESTMENT IN A PROJECT TO MAKE SURE WE CAN GET THE DEVELOPER TO BUILD AT AN AFFORDABLE LEVEL.
SO DOES THIS MEAN THAT ONCE THE NOFA GOES THROUGH AND THOSE PROJECTS ARE PRIORITIZED, THAT WE WILL ASSUME MORE PROJECTS OR WE'LL JUST MAKE DEEPER INVESTMENT IN THE PROJECTS THAT ALIGN WITH OUR PRIORITIES? OR BOTH? WELL, IT'S, WE'VE ALREADY KIND OF, WE'VE ALREADY KIND OF EXHAUSTED OUR BUDGET, RIGHT? WITH THE THREE PROJECTS WE HAVE.
SO THIS WAS A, WE PUT THE GUIDELINE REVISION IN AND THEN WE, WE, UM, COMMITTED OURSELVES TO THREE
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SITES.AND SO WE'VE, WE'VE ALREADY HIT OUR FUNDING OR SPENDING AVAILABILITY.
THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS IN THE QUEUE REGARDING THIS ITEM.
SORRY ABOUT THAT TECHNICAL DIFFICULTY.
FOR AGENDA ITEM FIVE, UH, FOR THE PUBLIC FACILITIES TEAM, WE HAVE ANA MARTINEZ, DEPUTY ASSISTANT DIRECTOR TO PRESENTS.
ITEM FIVE A IS FOR HART WORKFORCE TRAINING CENTER.
UH, THE DEPARTMENT IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING A FORGIVABLE LOAN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, INSPIRING COMMUNITIES.
DBA, UH, THE HEART PROGRAM FOR 790,000 IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDS, UH, FUNDING WILL BE USED FOR THE REHAB OF THEIR WORKFORCE TRAINING CENTER, LOCATED AT 7 0 7 LEHMAN IN DISTRICT C.
NEXT SLIDE, FUNDING WILL BE USED FOR THE INSTALLATION OF A NEW HVAC SYSTEM, UH, NEW ELECTRICAL ROOFING SECURITY SYSTEM AND BUILD OUT OF A TRAINING CENTER.
THIS WILL ALLOW HEART TO EXPAND THEIR PROGRAMS AND JOB OPPORTUNITIES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES.
UH, HEART WAS FOUNDED IN 20, UH, 2006 AND PROVIDES COMMUNITY-BASED VOCATIONAL TRAINING, LIFE SKILLS, JOB READINESS, HANDS-ON AND ON THE JOB TRAINING TO ADULTS IN THE CITY WITH INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES.
THE TOTAL PROJECT BUDGET FOR THIS IS 2.3 MILLION.
UH, AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE IN ATTENDANCE VIRTUALLY, UH, MS. JANE BACHE, WHO IS THEIR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.
MS. JANE, ARE YOU WITH US? STAR SIX TO UNMUTE MS. JANE.
SO WHILE WE FIND LOCATE MS. JANE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER CAYMAN IS IN THE, UH, Q4 COMMENT.
CAN Y'ALL HEAR ME? YES, MA'AM.
UM, I WAS GONNA FOLLOW IF JANE WAS SPEAKING, UM, NOT ONLY TO THANK JANE, BUT TO THANK, UM, THE DEPARTMENT FOR THIS ITEM, UM, THAT, YOU KNOW, NOT ONLY BENEFITS THE DISTRICT, BUT THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY AND ESPECIALLY FOR THE DISABILITY COMMUNITY.
SO, UH, REALLY, REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THIS ITEM.
IT'S NOT OFTEN ON THESE ITEMS YOU SEE A BOARD CONTRIBUTION.
THAT THEY'RE COMMITTED TO THIS WORK AND SO THAT THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR GOVERNANCE, THEY BELIEVE IN THIS PROGRAM SO MUCH THAT THE BOARD IS CONTRIBUTING.
UM, I APPRECIATE THEM FOR PUTTING THEIR MONEY WITH THEIR MISSION AS WELL.
NO QUESTIONS IN THE YOU REGARDING, THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THAT OUT.
I JUST THANK YOU FOR POINTING THAT OUT, SHARON.
AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU ALL, WE, MY TEAM HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT THE HEART FACILITY, UH, A FEW MONTHS BACK AND REALLY, REALLY TOUCHING AND INSPIRING WHAT THEY'RE DOING OUT THERE.
SO I'M SURE JANE AND HER TEAM WOULD WELCOME YOU ALL.
ITEM FIVE B, UH, URBAN PARTNERSHIP, CDC, UH, WE'RE RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING A FORGIVABLE LOAN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND UP CDC FOR APPROXIMATELY $1 MILLION IN CDBG GRANT FUNDS FOR THE BUILD OUT OF A COMMERCIAL KITCHEN AND CONSTRUCTION OF AN AQUAPONIC GREENHOUSE AT THE EAST END MAKER HUB AT 65 0 1 NAVIGATION IN DISTRICT H.
NEXT SLIDE, UH, FUNDS WILL BE USED FOR THE BUILD OUT OF A KITCHEN AND COMMISSARY TRAINING FACILITIES AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF RAISED BEDS AND HIGH TUNNEL GREENHOUSE IN ADDITION TO MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, PLUMBING, UH, VENTILATION, UH, FOR THOSE SPACES.
THE RENOVATION PROJECT WILL CREATE SPACE FOR TRAINING AND JOB OPPORTUNITIES FOR LMI INDIVIDUALS, INCLUDING K THROUGH 12 STUDENTS, UH, OFFERING EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, AGRICULTURE AND CUL CULINARY TRAINING, UH, HYDROPONIC CREDENTIAL TRAINING AND CERTIFICATIONS IN AQUACULTURE.
CAN WE JUST DEFINE HYDROPONIC MICRO-CREDENTIALING FOR THOSE OF US THAT MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW? SO I WOULD HAVE TO DEFER, DEFER THAT TO MR. PATRICK ZEL, WHO IS HERE IN THE AUDIENCE.
UM, AND ACTUALLY HE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT HIM TO COME NOW OR FOR YOU CAN COMPLETE YOUR COMMENTS AND THEN WE'LL BRING UP THE REPRESENTATIVE.
UH, THERE WILL BE A CORRECTION HERE.
UH, THIS, THE TOTAL PROJECT BUDGET, WE GOT AN UPDATE.
UM, SO WE'LL MAKE SURE TO PROVIDE THOSE UPDATES PRIOR TO THIS COMING TO COUNCIL.
UH, REMAINING FUNDS ARE GONNA BE COMING FROM IN KIND CONTRIBUTIONS.
AND THEN WE HAVE, UH, PATRICK ZEL, THE CEO HERE IN THE AUDIENCE.
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HI, I'M PATRICK ZEL, THE PRESIDENT OF UP CDC.AND, UH, YOU MAY KNOW WE'RE THE DEVELOPER OF THE EAST END MAKER HUB.
AND SO THIS IS AN ADDITION ON THE MAKER HUB CAMPUS.
SO THE CERTIFICATION IS A NATIONAL CERTIFICATION THAT'S, UH, PROVIDED BY A HYDROPONICS ASSOCIATION.
SO CAN YOU TELL THOSE OF US WHO MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW IT'S NOT ME, IT'S IT'S OTHER PEOPLE.
UM, WHAT AHY HYDROPONIC MICROCREDENTIALING PROGRAM TRAINING IS, IT'S A CER WELL, I DON'T KNOW THE SPECIFICS OF THE TRAINING.
WELL, JUST FOR THE GENERAL, BUT I KNOW FROM OUR MM-HMM
IT'S A, IT'S A CERTIFICATION THAT'S PROVIDED BY A NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR HYDROPONICS.
AND SO THEY GO THROUGH THIS HY DO YOU KNOW WHAT HYDRO WHAT'S HYDROPONICS? HYDROPONICS IS? WELL, SO IF, IF YOU'VE SEEN AHY HYDROPONIC SYSTEM, THE BOTTOM TANK HAS FISH IN IT.
AND SO THE FISH EAT THEIR FOOD, THEY DEPOSIT THEIR WASTE, AND IT CREATES NUTRI NUTRIENTS FOR THE ROOTS.
AND THEN THE PLANTS ABOVE HAVE THE ROOTS GOING DOWN IN THERE.
AND IT'S A, UH, C UH, A C KIND OF A CLOSED SYSTEM SO THAT IT CONTINUOUSLY CREATES NUTRIENTS AND GROWS PLANTS.
SO, UTILIZING, UH, THE WATER TANK BELOW, I JUST WANT TO GIVE Y'ALL AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT THE INNOVATION THE CITY IS
I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS IN THE QUEUE, UM, REGARDING THIS I ITEM.
UM, THE MAKER HUB IS FANTASTIC.
AND THIS WOULD BE A PHENOMENAL, UH, ADDITION AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS COMING TO COUNCIL.
DID YOU WANT, DID YOU HAVE A STATEMENT YOU WANTED TO MAKE? NO, I WOULD JUST SAY THAT, UH, FOR THE FOOD SERVICE INDUSTRY, THE DEMAND HAS REALLY GONE UP AND THERE'S A GREAT SHORTAGE.
AND SO WE FIND, ESPECIALLY IN KITCHEN WORKERS FOR FOOD PREP AND OTHER THINGS THAT MOST OF THOSE JOBS ARE NOW ABOVE, ABOVE THE LOUISVILLE WAGE FOR HARRIS COUNTY.
AND SO, UH, WE THINK THAT THROUGH OUR PROGRAMS, 'CAUSE WE DO EXISTING APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS AT DEPARTMENT OF LABOR SERVICES, THAT INITIAL TRAINEE CAN GO THROUGH 300 HOURS OF TRAINING, AND THEN THEY CAN BE, UH, PLACED IN ONE OF OUR PARTNERS LIKE, UM, WHOLE FOODS, LTPO, PAPPAS, AND OTHER RESTAURANTS.
OR THEY CAN STAY FOR 650 HOURS AND CONTINUE TO LEARN TO BECOME AN ENTREPRENEUR IN THE FOOD BUSINESS, WHETHER IT'S THE FOOD TRUCK OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO WE THINK IT'S GREATER TO WORK ON, AND THEN WE CAN INTEGRATE HEALTHY FOODS THROUGH GROWING OUR GREENHOUSE AND OTHER LOCALLY GROWN FOODS AND HAVE A PRODUCTION SYSTEM.
BUT FOR US, UH, A KEY ISSUE IS THAT IT'S A SELF-SUSTAINING PROGRAM.
SO WE WON'T BE COMING EVERY YEAR FOR PROGRAMMING DOLLARS FOR THIS.
WE BUILT IN, UH, SYSTEMS FOR COMMERCIAL KITCHEN AND SOME CATERING AND OTHER THINGS SO THAT PEOPLE GET REAL HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE AND, UH, THE FACILITY, UH, PAYS ITS, PAYS ITS WAY.
LOOK FORWARD TO LEARNING MORE AND SEEING THIS ITEM BEFORE COUNCIL.
WELL, MR. SELLER IS OUR DIRECTOR BACK.
ARE YOU GONNA STAY IN THE HOT SEAT WITH THIS? I, I THINK I'M GONNA STICK AROUND FOR A FEW MINUTES.
ALRIGHT, SO WE'RE GONNA KICK OFF OUR DIRECTOR'S COMMENTS SECTION, UH, AS WE NORMALLY DO, WE HAVE OUR, UH, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR AND CFO TAMIKA JONES, WHO'S GONNA TAKE US THROUGH SOME GRANT UPDATES FOR DR 17 AND SOME PRODUCTION REVIEWS.
SORRY, MY SLIDES GOT A LITTLE BIT OUT OF ORDER.
I WAS TAKING SOME NOTES, SO IF YOU COULD MOVE TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO START OFF WITH IS JUST A SUMMARY OF WHERE WE STAND FOR THE DR 17 HARVEY GRANT RELATED TO OUR, UH, DECEMBER 31ST, 2022 BENCHMARKS.
WHAT YOU CAN SEE HERE ARE THE BENCHMARKS BY PROGRAM, THE PERCENTAGE MET FOR EACH PROGRAM, ALONG WITH THE NUMBER OF DRIVE REQUESTS THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED COMPARED WITH THE NUMBER OF DRIVE REQUESTS THAT HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED.
IF YOU REMEMBER IN LAST MONTH'S MEETING, I THINK IT WAS COUNCIL MEMBER ROBINSON WANTED TO SEE, UH, THE NUMBERS OF WHAT WE HAD SUBMITTED VERSUS WHAT HAD BEEN APPROVED BY THE GLO.
AND I DO WANNA MAKE NOTE, UM, OVER THE LAST COUPLE MONTHS, OUR FINANCE TEAM HAS HELD OFF ON SUBMISSIONS.
WHAT WE WERE DOING IS TRYING TO DO A LOT OF CLEANUP RECONCILIATION JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE RESUMED, WHICH WE HAVE RESUMED EARLIER THIS WEEK, UH, WHEN WE RESUMED SUBMITTING DRAW REQUESTS, THAT WE WOULD BE DOING SO WITH A CLEAN SLATE.
AND THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO REDUCE SOME OF THE CLOSEOUT ACTIVITIES THAT SOME OF THESE PROGRAMS ARE GOING TO BE MOVING INTO CLOSEOUT.
SO WE, WE STARTED, TOOK SOME TIME TO DO SOME CLEANUP, UH, AND SOME PRE-CLOSE OUT WORK.
SO WE, THAT THAT SUBMISSION NUMBER WILL GO UP NEXT MONTH.
I DO WANNA GIVE THE COMMITTEE ONE MORE UPDATE AND I REALIZE
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THERE IS, UH, ONE ITEM THAT HAS BEEN LEFT OFF.SO LAST MONTH WHAT WE MENTIONED IS THE GLO REDUCTION IN BUDGET FOR THE DR 17 GRANT.
UM, IF YOU REMEMBER, WE HAD NOT YET HEARD OR RECEIVED A, A FINAL AMOUNT ON THE AMOUNT OF ADMIN DOLLARS THAT WOULD BE REDUCED.
WE DID RECEIVE A WORD FROM GLO, THEY WOULD NOT BE REDUCING OUR ADMIN DOLLARS.
SO THE, THE BUDGET OF 15 MILLION WOULD REMAIN.
SO IF YOU WOULD BE SO KIND AS TO JUST ADD ORIGINAL BUDGET OF $15 MILLION GLO PROPOSED BUDGET OF $15 MILLION.
AND WHAT THAT WILL DO IS THAT WILL TAKE THE TOTAL BUDGET FROM 6 79 1 57 TO 694,000,157 $590.
AND SO AS IT STANDS TODAY, THE GLO HAS GIVEN US NOTICE THAT THEY WILL BE REDUCING OUR DR 17 GRANT BY JUST UNDER 141 MILLION, WHICH THEY HAVE ALSO STATED THAT THEY WOULD BE USING THOSE FUNDS TO PUT INTO THEIR, UH, HOMEOWNER MANAGED, UM, PROGRAM, HOMEOWNER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
AND SO WITH THAT, NOW THAT WE HAVE THE FINAL AMOUNT AND WE KNOW, UM, WE HAVE MORE INFORMATION REGARDING OUR ADMINISTRATION, OUR FUNDS, WHEN WE GO BACK TO SLIDE 44 AND WE LOOK AT HOW WE'RE TRACKING WITH OUR BENCHMARK WITHOUT AN EXTENSION AND WITH THE UP CLEAN SLATE WITH OUR SUBMITTED DOLLARS, WHAT WE KNOW IS TO PRE-APPROVED.
FOR ME JUST LOOKING AT THIS, WE ARE TRACKING AT 60%, 40%, 50%, 90%, IS IT THE DEPARTMENT'S PERSPECTIVE THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO MEET OUR BENCHMARKS BY THE EXPIRATION DATE OF THE FUNDS, BY THE EXPIRATION DATE OF THE FUNDS.
UM, WILL BE DEPENDING ON PROJECT, THE ACTUAL PROJECTS AND THE PROGRESS OF THOSE PROJECTS, WILL WE MEET OUR, OUR DECEMBER 31ST BENCHMARK? CHANCES ARE WE WILL NOT.
UM, AND THAT IS A RESULT OF A NUMBER OF THINGS, A NUMBER OF INCIDENTS THAT WE'VE TOLD YOU ABOUT OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS WITH THE GLO DELAYING APPROVAL FOR SIX TO NINE MONTHS ON OUR MULTI-FAMILY PROJECTS.
UM, ON OUR SMALL RENTAL PROJECTS.
JUST IF YOU LOOK AT EVEN OUR PUBLIC SERVICES, THEIR BUDGET WAS ORIGINALLY 60 MILLION.
GLO IS TAKING BACK 40 MILLION OF THAT.
AND SO TAKING AWAY A PERCENTAGE WISE, WHILE THEY MAY MEET THE BENCHMARK, WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED WHAT THOSE REVISED NUMBERS ARE.
AND SO FROM THE GLOS PERSPECTIVE, WE ARE COMMITTED TO A TOTAL BENCHMARK OF 498 MILLION.
WE HAVE NOT BEEN GIVEN REVISED BENCHMARKS YET.
AND SO I DO WANT TO CAUTION THE COMMITTEE BECAUSE THE COMMENTARY WILL BE THAT THE CITY STILL CONTINUES TO NOT MEET ITS BENCHMARKS DESPITE THE REDUCTION IN FUNDING.
BUT AGAIN, WHEN YOU PUT PROGRAMMATIC SPENDING ON HOLD AND WHEN YOU WITHHOLD APPROVAL, THAT DOESN'T ALLOW US TO SPEND THE MONEY.
AND IF WE CAN'T SPEND THE MONEY, THEN WE CANNOT REQUEST REIMBURSEMENT OF THE FUNDS.
AND REMEMBER, OUR BENCHMARKS ARE BASED ON REIMBURSEMENT OF THE FUNDS.
SO IF YOU'RE WITHHOLDING APPROVAL, WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO MEET THE BENCHMARKS.
UH, VICE MAYOR PRO TEM, MY QUESTION IS, DOES THE CITY OF HOUSTON HOUSING, ANYONE IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON HOUSING DEPARTMENT HAVE ANY INPUT OR ACCESS TO, UH, THE GLOS HOMEOWNER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM? IS THERE ANY COMMUNICATION? AND THE PROBLEM THAT I'M HAVING IS SOME OF THE GLO HOMES THAT ARE BEING BUILT IN OUR COMMUNITIES ARE NOT, UM, MEETING THE DE RESTRICTION REQUIREMENTS.
UM, WE'VE HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS WITH LEGAL, AND LEGAL HAS, UM, SAID THAT OUR, OUR DE RESTRICTIONS NEEDED TO BE UPDATED.
UM, WE'VE TALKED TO SOME OTHER ATTORNEYS THAT HAVE SAID, YOU KNOW, EVEN THOUGH THE DE RESTRICTIONS MAY NOT BE SO SPECIFIC, IF ALL OF THE OTHER HOMES ARE ON SLABS, THEN WHY BUILD A HOME ON A PIER AND BEAM GLO? UM, SO WE ARE TRYING TO GET IN CONTACT WITH SOMEBODY IN THE GLO HOME OWNERSHIP PROGRAM THAT CAN ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS AND STOP PUTTING THOSE LITTLE BITTY HOUSES, TWO BEDROOM, ONE BATH HOMES IN COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE THREE BEDROOMS, TWO BATH.
I'VE HAD RESIDENTS CALLING SAYING I HAD A FOUR BEDROOM HOME AND THE GLO IS WANTING TO BAIL ME A TWO BEDROOM, ONE BATH HOME ON STILTS.
UM, AND WHAT I WOULD ASK YOU AND YOUR OFFICE IS DIRECT THE QUESTIONS TO THE TOP, AND THAT IS GOING TO BE MARK HAVENS AS WELL AS HEATHER LA THOSE ARE THE INDIVIDUALS THAT WE WORK WITH.
THOSE ARE SOME OF THE SAME CONCERNS AND CALLS THAT WE GET EVERY DAY.
AND IT WAS OUR FEAR THAT WHEN THE GLO RUNS THE PROGRAM FOR THE CITY OF HOUSTON, THEY'RE GOING TO GIVE THE RESIDENTS WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO GIVE THE RESIDENTS AND THE RESIDENTS DON'T HAVE A SAY.
AND IF YOU REMEMBER, WE STARTED INVESTING LOCAL FUNDS TO BE ABLE TO MAKE HOMEOWNERS
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WHOLE AGAIN.AND SO WHEREAS THE GUIDELINES MAY STATE BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN YOUR HOME, YOU MAY ONLY GET AND QUALIFY FOR A TWO BEDROOM, ONE BATH.
WE TOOK LOCAL FUNDS AND SAID, WE DON'T BELIEVE THAT'S RIGHT.
WE ARE GOING TO, AS A CITY, INVEST FUNDS AND MAKE YOU WHOLE AND GIVE YOU WHAT YOU HAD.
AGAIN, UNFORTUNATELY, WHEN THE C WHEN THE STATE TAKES OVER THE PROGRAM, WE NO LONGER HAVE THAT LUXURY TO SAY, WE'RE GONNA MAKE YOU WHOLE AGAIN.
BECAUSE THE CITY, I MEAN THE STATE IS RUNNING THE PROGRAM AND THEY'RE RUNNING THE PROGRAM HOW THEY FEEL IT SHOULD BE RUN.
NOW DEREK HAS, HE RUNS THE, THE HOMEOWNER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
SO HE MAY BE ABLE TO SHED MORE LIGHT, BUT YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
UM, IF THE GL O'S GONNA DO THE BARE MINIMUM TO MEET THE HUD REQUIREMENTS, AND THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE GONNA GET FROM THOSE HOMES ARE THE BARE MINIMUM.
AND IT, AS TJ RIGHTFULLY POINTED OUT, THAT WAS OUR CONCERN.
WE ACTUALLY DID GIVE THEM A MILLION DOLLARS TO ASSIST ALMOST 2 MILLION, ALMOST TWO, YEAH.
ALMOST 2 MILLION TO ASSIST THEM TO ADD THAT EXTRA BEDROOM FOR HOMES THAT WERE ALREADY APPROVED THROUGH THE, THROUGH THE PROCESS.
WHO'S CHECKING TO SEE IF THEY'RE ADDING THOSE EXTRA BEDROOMS? UH, BECAUSE WE'VE GOT HOUSES THAT THEY DON'T WANNA PUT THE BRICK ON AND THEY'RE PUTTING ON STILTS AND JUST NOT WITH THE SAME CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS.
BUT REMEMBER, SO HOW DO WE DETERMINE THAT THOSE APPLICATIONS, MAJORITY OF THOSE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES THAT THEY'RE TAKING CREDIT FOR, WERE ALREADY INITIATED, PERMITTED, AND FUNDED.
THOSE TURS DOLLARS WERE ALREADY ATTACHED TO GIVE THEM THOSE THREE, THAT THIRD BEDROOM, THEY'VE ASSUMED THE CITY'S WORK.
AND THEN, SO I THINK THEY'VE ONLY DONE MAYBE A COUPLE 120 30 HOMES.
SO YOU MIGHT BE SEEING THE NEW HOMES YEAH.
THAT WERE NOT PERMIT, THAT WERE NOT THE CITY INITIATED HOMES 'CAUSE WE ADDED THE THIRD BEDROOM.
I FEEL LIKE THERE NEEDS TO BE A LAWSUIT SOMEWHERE.
AND I MEAN, IT, IT, IT HAS BECOME RIDICULOUS AT THIS POINT, UM, FOR PEOPLE WITH A FOUR BEDROOM HOUSE TO GET A TWO BEDROOM HOUSE AND THEY'RE TAKING 140 MILLION MORE AWAY FROM US SO THEY CAN CONTINUE THAT TYPE OF ACTIVITY.
ALL OF THE DOLLARS, ALL OF THE DOLLARS THAT ARE BEING TAKEN FROM US, UH, WHETHER IT IS IN OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM OR EVEN PUBLIC SERVICES PROGRAMS, ARE NOW BEING TAKEN AWAY FROM THOSE PROGRAMS, THOSE ELIGIBLE BUSINESSES, THOSE UM, CITIZENS THAT NEED ASSISTANCE AND BEING PUT IN THOSE ACTIVITIES FOR THEIR HOMEOWNER AND MANAGED PROGRAM.
HAS THERE BEEN A CONVERSATION WHERE THE CITY CAN STILL PUT THAT MONEY IN TO MAKE THE PEOPLE HOLD EVEN THOUGH THEY CONTROL THE PROGRAM? THE, TO MY KNOWLEDGE, THEY HAVE NOT REQUESTED ADDITIONAL FUNDING FROM US IN ORDER TO CONTINUE THAT ACTIVITY.
SO WHEN THEY DID TAKE OVER THE FUNDS, UM, AS CHAIR THOMAS MENTIONED, THERE WERE A NUMBER OF HOMES AND APPLICANTS WHERE WE HAD ALREADY DONE ALL OF THE PRE-WORK AND SAID, WE WILL BUILD YOU THESE HOMES.
WE WILL, WE WILL MAKE YOU WHOLE.
THE GLO SAID, WE'RE TERMINATING YOUR PROGRAM, EVERYONE AT THIS STAGE.
AND, UM, AFTER YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND KEEP EVERYONE ELSE, WE ARE GOING TO TAKE.
AND WE SAID, WELL, WE HAD ALREADY COMMITTED TO MAKING THESE FAMILIES WHOLE.
THEY SAID, OKAY, WELL YOU CAN GIVE US THOSE FUNDS AND WE WILL MAKE THOSE APPLICANTS.
I FEEL LIKE THE NUMBER IS ABOUT 54 APPLICANTS, UM, THAT THEY SAID, HEY, YOU HAVE ALREADY DONE ALL OF THE PRE-WORK AND SO WE'LL TAKE YOUR MONEY TO MAKE THOSE APPLICANTS WHOLE, EVERYBODY ELSE IS GONNA GET WHAT THEY GET, WHICH IS THE BARE MINIMUM.
AND SO WHAT YOU MAY BE SEEING IS EVERYONE OUTSIDE OF THAT POPULATION THAT WE HAD SET ASIDE FUNDS AND ACTUALLY FRONTED THE MONEY TO THE GLO FOR THOSE HOMEOWNERS TO BE MADE WHOLE.
WE DO HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER CAYMAN IN THE QUEUE AND THEN VICE CHAIR TO FOLLOW ALL VERY GOOD DISCUSSION AND IMPORTANT TO REMIND ESTONIANS ABOUT THE PROCESS AND THAT THIS WORK IS NOT OVER.
UH, AND THEN THE CHALLENGES, AND JUST AS AN ASIDE, WE'VE HAD A SERIES OF NEIGHBORHOODS OUTTA DISTRICT D THAT COME AND THEY'RE ASKING FOR NEIGHBORHOOD PROTECTIONS.
THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, FUSSING ABOUT CERTAIN DEVELOPMENTS.
AND SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS HAPPENING ALL THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND THE GLO IS NOT, IS MAKING THIS WORSE.
AND THEN WHEN YOU JUST LOOK AT HOME VALUE, NO ONE REASONABLY IS PURCHASING A TWO BEDROOM, ONE BEDROOM, ONE BATHROOM HOME IN THIS CITY.
RIGHT? SO WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT CREATING WEALTH AND COMMUNITY WEALTH, THEY ARE LITERALLY IMPACTING COMMUNITY WEALTH AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT HAPPENING AT A LO LOCAL LEVEL.
SO THAT'S MY SOAPBOX COUNCIL MEMBER CAYMAN.
ONE, DO WE HAVE A NUMBER IN TERMS OF, UM, ARE WE TRACKING, FOR EXAMPLE, THE NUMBER OF, UH, PROJECTS IN QUEUE OF RESIDENTS NEEDS FOR THIS PROGRAM THAT WAS HANDED OVER TO THE GLO? AND WHAT DO WE HAVE INFORMATION ON WHERE THE STATUS OF THOSE IS? FOR EXAMPLE, TO VICE MAYOR, PRO TEMS POINT, UM, WE'RE FIVE YEARS OUT AND PEOPLE STILL DON'T HAVE HOMES AND THEY'RE NOW HAVING TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THIS ALL OVER AGAIN BECAUSE THE HOMES AREN'T BEING, UM, BUILT TO WHAT THEIR NEEDS ARE TO MAKE THEM WHOLE AGAIN.
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SO MY QUESTION IS, DO WE HAVE ANY ACCESS TO INFORMATION TO TRACK WHERE THE GLO IS IN TERMS OF MOVING FORWARD ON THESE HOMES? SO AT THE TIME THAT THEY TOOK OVER OUR PROGRAM, WE TRANSFERRED OVER ALL OF THE INFORMATION WE HAD ON EVERY APPLICANT IN OUR SYSTEM.THEY WERE AT DIFFERENT STAGES OF THE, OF THE PROCESS.
WE TRANSFERRED ALL THAT INFORMATION OVER TO THEM.
WE ASSISTED IN ENSURING WE DIVERTED HOMEOWNERS THAT MADE PHONE CALLS THAT WERE CURIOUS ABOUT THEIR STATUS, ABOUT GOING OVER TO THE GLO AND WHAT THAT MEANT AND THE CONTACT INFORMATION AROUND THAT AS WELL.
AS FAR AS WHO THEY'VE SPECIFICALLY ASSISTED, WE DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO THAT INFORMATION NOW.
THEY HAVE TO DO A, A QUARTERLY PERFORMANCE REPORT THAT'S POSTED ON THEIR WEBSITE THAT TALKS ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE DOING IN THAT ACTIVITY AND GIVES YOU SOME HIGH LEVEL NUMBERS AROUND SPENDING THE NUMBER OF APPLICANTS SERVED AND SUCH LIKE THAT.
THEY ALSO DO THAT KIND OF WORK AGAINST US AND HARRIS COUNTY AND ALL OF THEIR OTHER SUB-RECIPIENTS THAT THEY MAY HAVE, BUT IT DOESN'T GET DOWN TO THE ADDRESS LEVEL OR THE HOMEOWNER NAME, UH, THAT THEY'VE ASSISTED.
SO WE DON'T HAVE A WAY OF KNOWING IF THEY SAY WE'VE SERVED, I DON'T KNOW, SAY A THOUSAND DIFFERENT FAMILIES, WE DON'T KNOW WHO THOSE THOUSAND FAMILIES ARE, MUCH LESS TO BE ABLE TO COMPARE IT AGAINST HOW THEY WERE POTENTIALLY IN OUR PIPELINE PRIOR TO US TRANSFERRING IT OVER AND AND CHAIR.
THAT'S A CONCERN OF MINE THAT WE DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW MANY, YOU KNOW, DISTRICT RESIDENTS, FOR EXAMPLE, IN MY DISTRICT THAT HAVE HAD REPETITIVE FLOODING, UM, ARE STILL IN THE PROCESS AND I HAVE NO WAY TO, YOU KNOW, FIND OUT ABOUT THAT.
MY OTHER QUESTION WAS WHETHER OR NOT THE, UM, DID WE TRANSFER OVER ALL OF THE HOMEOWNER REIMBURSEMENTS THAT LAST SEGMENT OF RESIDENTS THAT AREN'T GOING THROUGH A REBUILD, BUT JUST REBER REIMBURSEMENT? DID GLO GET THOSE? SO WE, WE DID A TWO STEP, UH, PROCESS.
ONE IS JUST REIMBURSEMENT ONLY.
WE WORKED WITH Y'ALL TO PUT OUT INFORMATION.
THERE WAS A DEADLINE, I THINK OF DECEMBER, 2021.
I THINK WE ONLY HAVE IN OUR Q TOTAL LESS THAN 20 PEOPLE AND THEY'VE GOTTA BE MAJORITY OF REIMBURSEMENT ONLY WHERE WE STAND IN THIS PROCESS.
THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE THOUGH THAT ARE IN THIS DUAL PATHWAY, MEANING THEY'RE GETTING REHAB OR REPAIR FROM THE GLO AND THEY'RE ALSO GETTING SOME SORT OF REIMBURSEMENT FROM, FROM US.
WE HAVE TO COORDINATE WITH THEM ON THE TIMING OF THE RELEASE OF THAT REIMBURSEMENT BECAUSE THE GLL WANTS TO ENSURE THAT THEY CONTINUE IN THEIR OWN PROCESS TO GET THE REPAIRS COMPLETED.
VICE CHAIR, VICE CHAIR ROBINSON.
FIRST OF ALL, I WANTED TO THANK MS. JONES AND, AND DEREK FOR YOUR PURSUING THIS INFORMATION.
I APPRECIATE YOUR RESPONDING TO MY, UM, QUESTION FROM LAST MONTH.
I GUESS WHAT I THINK A NUMBER OF MY DISTRICT COUNCIL MEMBER COLLEAGUES ARE SAYING IS, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON IN THESE DISTRICTS? AND MY QUESTION IS AN AS A AT LARGE QUESTION, NAMELY, DO WE, DEREK, YOU JUST SAID WE CAN'T, WE CAN'T GET THE ADDRESS.
SO I WANNA SEE A MAP, YOU KNOW, TO THE VICE MAYOR, PRO TEMS POINT ABOUT A LAWSUIT.
UM, YOU KNOW, THIS IS, THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT WILL SERVE TO THE DEGRADATION OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE CITY OF HOUSTON.
I MEAN, THERE'S, THERE'S, THERE'S THE LAWSUIT, THERE IS THE, YOU KNOW, FRONT PAGE HOUSTON CHRONICLE STORY ABOUT THE ABUSE TO OUR CITY THAT IS COMING AT THE HAND OF THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE.
I MEAN, THIS IS ABSOLUTELY, UH, PATHETIC AND HORRIBLE FOR TALK ABOUT A BAIT AND SWITCH.
WE HAVE GOT, UM, A HORRIBLE PROBLEM RIGHT HERE.
AND DEREK AND MS. JONES, IF THERE'S ANY WAY FOR US TO ESTABLISH THIS OR AS YOU SAID, FOR US TO GO RIGHT TO THE TOP, I'D LOVE TO KNOW YOUR ADVICE FOR WHAT WE SHOULD DO.
I'M JUST ASKING DERRICK TO CONFIRM.
UM, SO WE, AND WE APPRECIATE THE SAME LEVEL OF CONCERN FROM, FROM THE COMMITTEE AND COUNCIL MEMBERS KNOW THAT US IN HOUSING HAVE ALSO SHARED THIS CONCERN.
AND WE ACTUALLY ATTEMPTED SEVERAL WEEKS AGO A-T-P-I-A REQUEST TEXAS PUBLIC INFORMATION ACT REQUEST REQUESTING THE ADDRESSES, REQUESTING A MAT REQUESTING THIS.
UM, I DON'T WANNA MISSPEAK, BUT I AM, I'M KENISHA WALKED OUT, BUT I AM ALMOST CERTAIN THE RESULT OF THAT TPIA REQUEST WAS A REQUEST TO HAVE THAT INFORMATION BLOCKED FROM BEING PROVIDED TO US.
BLOCKED BY WHOM? SO I WANNA GO BACK TO, UM, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT AND I, I WANNA GO BACK.
I HAVE A QUESTION, UM, REGARDING PAGE 44, BUT I BELIEVE A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, THE MAYOR, YOU KNOW, UH, UH, SAID SOMETHING VERY SIMILAR TO ASKING IF SOMEONE IS HOME AT HUD BECAUSE WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, UH, HOUSING, UH, FAIR HOUSING RIGHTS, WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT VIOLATION OF PROPERTY, I MEAN IT'S JUST, THERE'S A WHOLE LOT THAT COULD HAPPEN HERE.
AND SO, UM, HOPEFULLY THE LIGHTS ARE
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ON BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AGAIN, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND IMPACTS TO COMMUNITY AND JUST, UM, IMPACTING OUR, OUR CITY'S RESIDENTIAL FABRIC.UH, BUT MY QUESTION IS PARTICULARLY FOR, UH, ON PAGE 44.
AND SO WHEN I AM, WHEN I'M SPEAKING ABOUT THE BENCHMARKS, I'M INTERPRET INTERPRETING, CHOOSING TO INTERPRET THAT AS SUBMITTED, WHICH MEANS WE HAVE INITIATED THE WORK TO BE REIMBURSED.
SO BASED ON THE ACTIVITY WE HAVE IN THE DEPARTMENT, SEPARATE OF LABOR MARKET, ALL OF THAT CONSTRUCTION COSTS BASED ON THESE BENCHMARKS, TO ME IT LOOKS LIKE THE ACTIVITY WILL GET US TO, UH, BENCHMARKS BECAUSE WE WOULD HAVE SUBMITTED FOR REIMBURSEMENT.
NOW WHAT THEY DO ON THEIR END CORRECT, IS OUT OF OUR HANDS.
BUT IN TERMS OF PROGRESS, WE ARE ON TRACK IN TERMS OF SUBMITTING THE WORK BECAUSE WE HAVE TO INITIATE THE WORK, YOU KNOW, UM, START, GO UNDER CONTRACT WITH THESE ORGANIZATIONS, UH, WITH CONTRACTORS IN ORDER TO THEN BE REIMBURSED.
SO BASED ON THAT IDEOLOGY, IS THE DEPARTMENT CONFIDENT WE WILL BE ABLE TO MEET THE TIMELINE OF FUNDING FOR MOST OF OUR PROGRAMS? YES.
UM, AND SO THAT, THAT YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
NUMBER ONE, WE HAVE TO SPEND THE FUNDS FIRST.
AND SO IN THE CASES FOR MOST OF OUR, OUR PROGRAMS, THE FUNDS AND THE AMOUNT OF FUNDS THAT WE'RE ABLE TO SPEND MAY BE THERE.
WE ARE NOW COMING BACK FROM A SIX TO NINE MONTH TO DELAY WHERE WE COULDN'T SPEND THE FUNDS.
AND SO WHEN YOU CANNOT SPEND THE FUNDS, BECAUSE THE APPROVAL, WHICH IS OUR WORK GUARANTEED TO GET REIMBURSED, WAS WITHHELD FOR SIX TO NINE MONTHS, THEN WE COULDN'T SPEND THE FUNDS TO THEREBY GET REIMBURSED.
THANK YOU FOR, FOR THOSE COMMENTS.
AND I JUST WANT TO BRING OUR ATTENTION TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND JUST TO REMIND COLLEAGUES THAT THERE WAS AN ITEM PASSED SHORTLY AFTER THE CLAWBACK AND THERE WAS A GRANT ITEM TO REALLY SUPPLEMENT THIS WORK.
SO YOU MIGHT SEE 36% HERE, BUT THERE'S ACTIVITY HAPPENING BECAUSE THAT GRANT WAS, WE APPROVED FOR THAT GRANT, THOSE DOLLARS TO BE ACCEPTED.
SO WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO SEE MORE ACTIVITY WITH THIS COMING SOON, RIGHT? YES.
IN FACT, ONE, ONE OF THE POSITIVES OF THE FINANCE TEAM TAKING A STEP BACK AND NOT SUBMITTING THAT, ALLOWED THE PROGRAM TEAMS TO SUBMIT MORE APPLICATIONS FOR APPROVAL.
SO WHEN YOU HAVE THE SAME GROUP OF PEOPLE WORKING TO SUBMIT APPLICATIONS FOR APPROVAL AND TO GIVE FINANCE THE NEEDED DOCUMENTATION TO SUBMIT FOR REIMBURSEMENT, YOU HAVE, YOU HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE JUST STRETCHED THIN.
SO WHEN WE SAY WE'RE GONNA CUT IT OFF SO THAT WE CAN GET OUR HOUSE CLEAN HERE, THAT ALLOW THEM TO FOCUS ON GETTING A HIGHER NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS APPROVED, WHICH ULTIMATELY HELPS MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN MAXIMIZE THE DOLLARS THAT ARE SPENT, UM, BEFORE THE CLAWBACK.
I APPRECIATE ALL OF THIS DISCUSSION.
UM, CAN WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE WHERE THERE'S SOME GOOD NEWS? YES, YES.
SO OUR, IF YOU FLIP TO THE NEXT SLIDE, YOU'LL JUST SEE, UM, OUR HOME BUYER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AND WE'VE, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE CHALLENGES WITH OUR HOME BUYER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AND WE DO HAVE SOMETHING IN THE WORKS HERE.
IT CAN GIVE US, UM, AN UPDATE ON IT WHERE WE ARE REQUESTING TO INCREASE THIS AMOUNT TO $50,000 BECAUSE $30,000 JUST IS NOT SUFFICIENT ANYMORE.
SO WE ARE LOOKING ACROSS ALL OF OUR HOME BUYER PROGRAMS TO MAKE THAT CHANGE.
SO WE KNOW THAT THE HOME BUYER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM WITH THE DR FUNDS WILL BE COMING TO AN END BASED ON THE ACTIONS OF THE GLOO, BUT EVEN IN OUR REGULAR PROGRAMS, STILL MAKING THAT INCREASE, ESPECIALLY IN THE HOUSING MARKET WE'RE IN WITH INTEREST RATES OVER 6% HOUSE COSTS CLIMBING AND MANY OF THESE PEOPLE WERE ALREADY ON THE EDGE OF BEING ABLE TO AFFORD GETTING INTO THE HOMES AS WELL.
SO, UH, 50 MAY NOT BE THE END ALL BE ALL, BUT IT'S, IT'S A START.
NEXT SLIDE JUST GIVES YOU AN UPDATE ON OUR SINGLE FAMILY HOME REPAIR PROGRAM.
AND THEN NEXT SLIDE JUST TALKS ABOUT OUR PROJECTS THAT ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND THEN THOSE THAT ARE COMPLETED THIS FISCAL YEAR FOR BOTH THE MULTIFAMILY AREA AS WELL AS THE PUBLIC FACILITIES AREA.
I WILL LEAVE DEREK TO SHARE WITH YOU THE REST OF THE GOOD NEWS.
AS ALWAYS, WE WANNA REMIND YOU THAT THE UH, DEPARTMENT DOES HOLD VIRTUAL COMMUNITY OFFICE HOURS EVERY WEDNESDAY FROM ONE O'CLOCK TO FOUR O'CLOCK.
WE HAVE REPRESENTATIVES FROM A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT PROGRAMS WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT.
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, CONCERNS, DROP IN, COME TALK WITH US AND WE'LL SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO HELP YOU OUT.
SO WE UH, WE RECENTLY RELEASED OUR PUBLIC SERVICES HOPWA PRE-APP, UH, NOFA, UH, LOOKING FOR NEW ENTITIES OR CURRENT ENTITIES TO APPLY.
UH, THE NOFA IS OPEN UNTIL OCTOBER THE 11TH.
UH, WE'RE SEEKING NON-PROFITS TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, ADMIN SUPPORT SERVICES AND OPERATING EXPENSES FOR HOUSING PROJECTS, BENEFITING LOW INCOME PERSONS WITH HIV AND AIDS.
SO OUR SECTION THREE PROGRAM ON OUR BIG CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS AND ACROSS A LOT OF FEDERALLY FUNDED PROJECTS, SECTION THREE, UH, REQUIREMENTS APPLY.
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THIS IS A GREAT WAY FOR LOCAL AND LOW INCOME PEOPLE AND BUSINESSES TO WORK ON PROJECTS THAT WE FUND WITH FEDERAL FUNDS.SO IF YOU'RE NOT A PART OF THIS PROGRAM, YOU OWN A BUSINESS OR YOU'RE A LOW INCOME WORKER, AND WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE CONSTRUCTION TRADES EARLIER, THIS IS A GREAT WAY TO TO TO GET SOME OF THAT FUNDING AND WORK ON SOME OF THESE PROJECTS.
WE OFFER TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE QUITE OFTEN AROUND THIS.
WE HAVE A GREAT SECTION ON OUR WEBSITE AROUND THIS TO CONTACT THE TEAM AND GET MORE INFORMATION AROUND IT.
UH, ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT CITY COUNCIL PASSED WAS OUR MARKET VALUE ANA ANALYSIS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UH, STUDY WE RECENTLY HELD, HELD A STAKEHOLDER GROUP WITH THE ENTITY THAT'S LEADING THAT STUDY AND A LOT OF MEMBERS FROM THE COMMUNITY.
UM, IT IS FUNDED WITH OUR DISASTER RECOVERY 17 FUNDS AND IT'S GONNA PROVIDE ANALYSIS AND TOOLS TO INFORM FUTURE POLICY AND EC AND DEVELOPMENT DECISION MAKING.
AND SO WE'LL BE SHARING MORE ABOUT THAT AS WE COME TO A CONCLUSION AROUND IT AND HOW IT MAY HELP YOUR DISTRICTS.
SO AS FUN AS THIS COMMITTEE IS, WE ALSO HAVE FUN IN OTHER WAYS.
UH, WE COMPETE, UH, IN THE HOUSE OF HOOPS COMPETITION WITH OTHER CITY ENTITIES.
I WON'T TELL YOU THE SCORES, JUST KNOW THAT IT'S ALL ABOUT GOING OUT AND DID HOUSTON WIN? THAT'S THE POINT.
DID WE WIN? I MEAN, EVERYBODY'S A WINNER, RIGHT? OH, OKAY.
ALRIGHT, WELL, LAST WEEK WE SAID GOODBYE TO ONE OF OUR, UH, EXECUTIVE TEAM MEMBERS, RAY MILLER.
HE WAS WITH US FOR FIVE YEARS.
HE WALKED IN THE DOOR WITHIN WEEKS OF HARVEY AND WE THREW SO MUCH AT HIM AND HE TOOK IT ALL ON EVERY SINGLE BIT OF IT.
UH, HE WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL IN HIS TIME HERE.
HE HELPED THE DEPARTMENT TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
THE RESULTS OF HIS WORK IS GONNA PROVIDE A LOT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING, A LOT OF PUBLIC SERVICES FOR THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE FOR DECADES TO COME.
HE AND HIS TEAM SHOULD BE CELEBRATED FOR THE WORK THEY'VE DONE OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS.
WE KNOW WE'LL BE RUNNING INTO HIM, BUT, UH, WE JUST WANNA KNOW, HI, THAT, UH, HE WAS REMARKABLE AT HIS JOB AND IT'S, UH, SO LONG TO LET Y'ALL KNOW ABOUT THAT FAREWELL RAY MILLER.
AND UM, UH, JUST A NOTE, HE WOULD REALLY LISTEN TO COUNCIL MEMBERS WHEN WE WOULD GET READY FOR 9% TAX CREDIT TIME AND WE WOULD TALK ABOUT PRIORITIES OF REHABS, PRIORITIES OF PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
AND WE'RE LIKE, RAY, WE DON'T WANNA SEE ANOTHER, YOU GOTTA GIVE US SOMETHING ELSE.
AND HE CAME BACK TO COUNCIL AND MET WITH EVERY COUNCIL MEMBER TO SAY, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE PLANNING THIS, THESE ARE OUR PRIORITIES, YOU KNOW, HOW DO YOU FEEL? AND THIS IS WHAT WE PLAN ON PRESENTING TO THE CITY.
AND, UH, REALLY ENCOURAGING DEVELOPERS TO LOOK AT REHABILITATION IN DISTRICTS, PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, NOT JUST NEW CONSTRUCTION AS A WAY TO GENERATE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
I KNOW HE'S GETTING PAID A WHOLE LOT OF MONEY WHEREVER HE'S GOING.
UM, BUT WE APPRECIATE HIS CONTRIBUTION TO THE CITY AND HIS TEAM AS WELL.
SO WE'RE GONNA HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT Y'ALL ALREADY HAVE APPROVED UP.
IT'S ABOUT 85% COMPLETE AS OF SEPTEMBER.
UM, WE'VE PUT THREE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS INTO THIS OF, UH, E-S-G-C-V FUNDS.
UH, THIS IS DONE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS.
UM, SO IN THE NEXT SLIDE WE'LL SHOW YOU A RENDERING JUST AS A REMINDER OF WHAT'S, UH, WHERE WE'RE GONNA LAND.
AND THEN THE NEXT TWO SLIDES WILL KIND OF SHOW YOU RIGHT NOW SOME WORK THAT'S HAPPENING ON THE EXTERIOR OF THE BUILDING, AND THEN SOME WORK ON THE INTERIOR OF THE BUILDING.
UM, THANK YOU FOR SHOWING THIS, BUT I ALSO WANNA, UM, HIGHLIGHT THAT IT IS IN DISTRICT B, NOT DISTRICT D.
CAN YOU GET IN THE QUEUE AND YOU JUST GETS ON THE MIC.
UH, UP NEXT, UH, SOMETHING THAT, UH, ISN'T ALWAYS HIGHLIGHTED, BUT WE WORK IN CONJUNCTION WITH HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS TO FUND A VARIETY OF INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS, ESPECIALLY OUT OF OUR DISASTER RECOVERY 2015 FUNDING.
AND THE DIRECT ALLOCATION OF MIT FUNDING THAT WE RECEIVED FROM HUD.
ONE OF THOSE PROJECTS IS THIS NEW AND NEW ONES ROAD DRAINAGE PROJECT.
UM, WE PUT OVER NEARLY, NEARLY $11.8 MILLION INTO THIS HARRIS COUNTY ALSO PUT IN 800,000.
UM, WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF, UH, SHOTS OF THE UPDATES THAT WE'VE DONE HERE FOR DISTRICT A.
AND THEN WE HAVE BETHUNE EMPOWERMENT CENTER, 85 PERC PERCENT COMPLETE AS OF SEPTEMBER.
WE'VE PUT $4 MILLION IN CDBG FUNDING INTO THIS WITH OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH HOUSTON, UH, WITH HPDI.
AND SO WE HAVE JUST A SHOT OF THE EXTERIOR RIGHT NOW AS WE ARE LOOKING TO DO SOME UPDATES THERE IN RENOVATIONS.
900 WINSTON AND DISTRICT H, 99% COMPLETE AS OF JULY.
SO THAT SHOULD BE COMING ONLINE REALLY QUICKLY.
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INTO THIS.102 OF THOSE ARE GONNA BE FOR AM, UH, 30 TO 80% A MI, INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES.
LIGHT RAIL LOFTS IN DISTRICT C IS 95% COMPLETES.
UH, THERE ARE 56 UNITS, ALL OF THEM RESTRICTED.
WE HAVE A COMBINATION OF HOME FUNDS AND CDBG FUNDS INTO THIS ONE.
UM, THE NEXT ONE YOU CAN SEE THAT IT IS ON THE BRINK OF BEING COMPLETED AS WELL.
TIMINOS PLACE IN DISTRICT D 42, 40 2% COMPLETE AS OF SEPTEMBER.
UH, 94 UNITS, ALL OF THEM ARE FOR, ARE RESTRICTED FOR 30 TO 80% A MI.
WE'VE GOT 12 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS IN THIS THROUGH HOME BOND.
OUR AND OUR D 17 FUNDS RIGHT DOWN THE ROAD FROM THE OFFICE.
UH, SUNRISE LOFTS AND DISTRICT I 63% COMPLETE.
UM, 80, 89 UNITS, 87 OF THEM RESTRICTED.
UH, WE'VE GOT JUST OVER A MILLION DOLLARS, MILLION AND A HALF DOLLARS IN HOME IN THIS ON A $28 MILLION PROJECT.
AND THE DEVELOPER'S TEJANO CENTER, SO WE HAVE THE CITADEL AND DISTRICT D 51% COMPLETES, UM, 74 TOTAL UNITS, 67 OF THEM RESTRICTED.
UH, WE'VE GOT $10.25 MILLION IN DISASTER RECOVERY, 17 FUNDING UNITS.
AND WE'RE WORKING WITH CHANGE HAPPENS CDC ON THIS PROJECT.
NEW HOPE HOUSING SAVOY DISTRICT J.
THERE'S A TOTAL OF 120 RESTRICTED UNITS.
WE HAVE $13.2 MILLION ON THIS PROJECT, AND SO IT'S COMING ALONG.
HERITAGE SENIOR RESIDENTS IN DISTRICT C IS 75% COMPLETE.
94 OF THOSE ARE RESTRICTED FOR, UH, PERSONS, 30 TO 80% A MI AND WE HAVE $14.35 MILLION IN DISASTER RECOVERY.
17 FUNDINGS IN THIS REGENCY LOSS IN DISTRICT D, 90% COMPLETE IN SEPTEMBER, 2022.
SO THAT FINISH LINE IS GETTING CLOSER.
120 TOTAL UNITS, 102 RESTRICTED.
UH, WE'VE PUT PUT $14 MILLION INTO THIS $35 MILLION PROJECT.
SO ONE LAST THING I WANNA NOTE.
UH, LAST MONTH WE DID A PRESENTATION ON THE ACTION PLAN FOR DISASTER RECOVERY.
THAT WAS THE FREEZE THAT HAPPENED IN 2021.
UM, IN ORDER TO COMPLETE THAT FA THAT PLAN, WE HAVE TO UTILIZE FEMA DATA THAT TALKS ABOUT THE IMPACTS TO PERSONS.
THEY JUST ENACTED A NEW PROCESS AT THE SAME TIME THEY WERE RELEASING THIS FEDERAL REGISTER, SO THEY WEREN'T QUITE READY TO PASS THAT DATA ALONG.
SO WE HAD TO SEEK AN EXTENSION ON IT.
SO WE HAD ORIGINALLY INTENDED TO BE AT CITY COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL OF THE ACTION PLAN EARLIER THIS MONTH.
UH, BUT NOW THAT WE HAVE THE DATA, WE WILL CONTINUE TO, UH, FINALIZE THE PLAN AND IT'LL BE COMING BEFORE YOU AS SOON AS WE CAN GET IT THERE SO THAT WE CAN START GETTING THAT MONEY IN THE DOOR.
SO JUST WANTED TO MAKE YOU AWARE OF IT.
YEAH, I WAS, I HAD THAT ON MY SHORT LIST OF QUESTIONS 'CAUSE I KNOW WE HAD DISCUSSED IT LAST MONTH.
UM, BUT JUST AS AN ASIDE TO BRING ATTENTION TO THE NAVIGATION CENTER, MARK EICHENBAUM, UM, HOSTED TWO DELEGATIONS AND I'M SURE MEMBERS OF YOUR TEAM AS WELL, UH, TO LOOK AT THE WORK WE WERE DOING AROUND HOMELESSNESS.
AND THEY VISITED THE NAVIGATION CENTER.
SO I BELIEVE THERE WAS A TEAM FROM LOS ANGELES AND THEN AURORA, DENVER, AND COLORADO.
AND SO THEY WERE, UM, JUST OVERWHELMED WITH THE AMOUNT OF EFFORT, THE DEPARTMENT, UM, AND MARK AND THE ADMINISTRATION AND EVERYONE ELSE THAT'S BEEN SUPPORTING HOMELESSNESS, WHAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH.
SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE KNEW THAT OTHER CITIES ARE LOOKING AT US AS A MODEL.
THANK OH, COUNCIL MEMBER ALCORN.
WHILE WE, I ATTENDED TRIB, UH, THE TEXAS TRIBUNE FEST IN AUSTIN THIS PAST WEEKEND.
AND THE GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA WAS ONE OF THE SPEAKERS AND THE MODERATOR, AND I FORGET HER NAME, BUT SHE'S SOMEBODY FAMOUS, BROUGHT UP HOUSTON AND HAVE YOU LOOKED AT HOUSTON? THEY'VE REDUCED HOMELESSNESS BY 63% PACKED AUDIENCE.
IT WAS A BIG DEAL AND HE WAS WELL FAMILIAR WITH WHAT WAS GOING ON AND KUDOS TO MARKET EVERYBODY.
FANTASTIC WORK ACROSS THE BOARD.
NO OTHER QUESTIONS IN THE QUEUE.
MADAM CHAIR, I THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ANOTHER WELL RUN MEETING AND LOTS OF INFORMATION FROM OUR TEAM WITH THE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS GROUP.
UM, THIS WILL CONCLUDE THE MEETING FOR TODAY.
I WANNA ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO TUNE IN NEXT MONTH.
UM, AND MADAM CHAIR, IF YOU CAN REMIND ME THE DATE, I DON'T HAVE IT IN FRONT OF ME.
IT'LL BE POSTED AND, UH, SHARED WITH ALL OF THOSE THAT ARE INTERESTED.
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YOUR TIME.IT'S GONNA BE ANOTHER GOOD ONE.