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[Housing and Community Affairs Committee on May 16, 2023.]
THE ATTENDANCE TODAY, DURING TODAY'S PRESENTATION, WE WILL ALLOW FOR AN OPPORTUNITY FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS TO ASK AND THEIR STAFF MEMBERS TO ASK QUESTIONS AFTER EACH PRESENTATION IS COMPLETED.AT THIS TIME, WE DO NOT HAVE, UH, PUBLIC, UH, COMMENTS SIGNED UP TODAY.
IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, SPEAK, YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO SIGN UP BELOW.
UM, TODAY WE'LL HEAR A SERIES OF PRESENTATIONS FROM THE CITY OF HOUSTON AND HOUSING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
THEY'LL PRESENT ON PUBLIC SERVICES, A SERIES OF RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING ORDINANCES BETWEEN THE CITY OF HOUSTON, THE WOMEN'S HOME CATHOLIC CHARITIES, AND GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF HOUSTON.
PRESENTED BY OUR DIRECTOR, KEITH BYNUM AND DEPUTY ASSISTANT DIRECTOR MELODY BARR.
WE'LL HEAR FROM PUBLIC FACILITIES A SERIES OF RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING A COUPLE OF, OR ORDINANCE OF THE ALLIANCE AND THE WESLEY COMMUNITY CENTER.
AND A FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE LOAN AGREEMENT BE BETWEEN THE CITY AND EDISON ARTS FOUNDATION.
A RECOMMENDATION REGARDING AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING A FORM AMENDMENT TEMPLATE FOR THE C-D-B-G-R-D-R 17 PROGRAM.
PRESENTED BY OUR DIRECTOR AND DEPUTY ASSISTANT DIRECTOR ANNA MARTINEZ.
WE'LL ALSO HEAR FROM OUR SINGLE FAMILY DIVISION WITH A RECOMMENDATION REGARDING ORDINANCES BETWEEN THE CITY OF HOUSTON, THE HOUSTON AREA CDC, A CARING SAFE PLACE, AND AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING A FOURTH AMENDMENT TO THE HOME REPAIR PROGRAM, PRESENTED BY DIRECTOR AND DEPUTY ASSISTANT DIRECTOR CEDRIC SAIN.
AND LASTLY, WE WILL HEAR FROM COMMENTS FROM OUR DIRECTOR, KEITH BYNUM, DURING THE PRESENTATION, AS MENTIONED BEFORE.
UM, QUESTIONS ARE AVAILABLE AND WE'LL GET TO YOU IN THE QUEUE.
UM, AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO WELCOME OUR DIRECTOR AND DEPUTY ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, MELODY BARR.
ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.
UH, WE HAVE A, UH, UH, NOT AS ROBUST AGENDA AS WE NORMALLY HAVE, BUT WE'RE GONNA GO THROUGH IT, UH, AS QUICKLY AS WE POSSIBLY CAN.
WE WILL START WITH THREE ITEMS, UH, FALLING UNDER OUR PUBLIC SERVICES.
AND DURING THAT PRESENTATION, UH, DEPUTY ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, ME, MELANIE BAR WILL DO THAT PRESENTATION.
UM, WE'RE GONNA START WITH ITEM TWO A.
THE DEPARTMENT IS PRESENTING A FOURTH AND FINAL AMENDMENT TO THE AGREEMENT WITH THE WOMEN'S HOME, PROVIDING UP TO AN ADDITIONAL $125,000 IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT OR CDBG FUNDS FOR THE OPERATION AND ADMINISTRATION.
A PROGRAM SERVING AN ADDITIONAL 100 INDIVIDUALS THAT'S 50 HOMELESS AND 50 LOW TO MODERATE INCOME WOMEN IN THE HOUSTON AREA.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THE COVER SHEET YOU WERE PROVIDED IS NOT THE MOST UP TO DATE.
HOWEVER, THE SLIDES DO REFLECT THOSE CHANGES.
THE PROGRAM SERVICES WILL ASSIST WOMEN PARTICIPANTS INCREASED ABILITY AND ACCESS RESOURCES NEEDED TO SUCCESSFULLY TRANSITION AWAY FROM HOMELESSNESS.
SERVICES INCLUDE CASE COUNSELING, CASE MANAGEMENT WITH WRAPAROUND SUPPORT SERVICES, SUCH AS TRANSPORTATION TO HEALTHCARE APPOINTMENTS, ACCESSING FOOD, HOUSING, STABILITY PLANS, AND CONNECTING WITH COMMUNITY RESOURCES.
THE WOMEN'S HOME HAS BEEN FUNDED WITH PUBLIC SERVICES DOLLARS SINCE 2016 AND HAS HAD VARIOUS AGREEMENTS WITH THE CITY SINCE 2000.
THERE WERE NO FINDINGS IN THE LAST COMPLIANCE MONITORING PERIOD.
THIS AMENDMENT WILL PROVIDE FUNDING THROUGH JULY 31ST, 2024.
AS OF MARCH, 2023, THIS PROGRAM HAS EXCEEDED THEIR GOAL BY 8% SERVING 217 HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS.
UH, TODAY WE HAVE JULIE COMISKEY, CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER, AND BETHANY FIELDS, DIRECTOR OF GRANTS AND DATABASE MANAGEMENT HERE REPRESENTING THE WOMEN'S HOME.
ITEM TWO B, THE DEPARTMENT IS PRESENTING A FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE SUB-RECIPIENT AGREEMENT WITH CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF GALVESTON HOUSTON, PROVIDING UP TO AN ADDITIONAL $25,000 IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT ACT FUNDING, ALSO KNOWN AS C-D-B-G-C-V TO CONTINUE SERVICES RELATED TO THE HOUSTON HARRIS COUNTY EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
FOR THOSE HOUSEHOLDS FACING EVICTION AFFECTED BY COVID-19, THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING IS TO SUPPORT TECHNOLOGY COSTS NEEDED TO IMPROVE THE REPORTING AND TRACKING SYSTEM.
FOR THE EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, THE TECHNOLOGY SYSTEM IS NEEDED TO PROVIDE THE REPORTING.
THE CITY OF HOUSTON SUBMITS TO THE UNITED STATES TREASURY PREVENTION OF DUPLICATION OF BENEFITS, AS WELL AS ASSISTING WITH THE APPLICATION VERIFICATION OF BOTH LANDLORDS AND TENANTS.
CATHOLIC CHARITIES HAS RECEIVED FUNDING THROUGH VARIOUS AGREEMENTS SINCE 2003.
THERE WERE NO FINDINGS IN THEIR LAST COMPLIANCE MONITORING PERIOD.
THIS AMENDMENT WILL EXTEND THE AGREEMENT THROUGH DECEMBER 31ST, 2023, AS OF MAY 15TH, 2023.
THIS PROGRAM HAS PLEDGED OR PROVIDED 77,257 HOUSEHOLDS WITH RENT ASSISTANCE, OF WHICH 39,639 HOUSEHOLDS WERE PROVIDED FUNDING BY THE CITY OF HOUSTON.
SUPPORTED WITH OVER $160 MILLION.
UH, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WAS NOTED.
CAN YOU REPEAT THE FIRST NUMBER? THE FIRST NUMBER OF TOTAL HOUSEHOLDS,
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UM, ASSISTED AND PROVIDED, PROVIDED OR PLEDGED ASSISTANCE WAS 77,257.THAT'S FOR THE ENTIRE PROGRAM BETWEEN HOUSTON HARRIS COUNTY, AND OF WHICH 39,639 HOUSEHOLDS WERE PROVIDED FUNDING BY THE CITY OF HOUSTON.
TODAY, I BELIEVE SHE'S WALKED IN.
WE HAVE LAKEISHA EDGAR, SENIOR DIRECTOR OF HOUSING HERE IN THE AUDIENCE REPRESENTING CATHOLIC CHARITIES, BABY.
ITEM TWO C, THE DEPARTMENT'S PRESENTING AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING A SUB-RECIPIENT AGREEMENT WITH GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF HOUSTON PROVIDING UP TO $200,000 IN HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS FUNDING, COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS HOPWA FOR THE ADMINISTRATION AND OPERATION OF A JOB SERVICES PROGRAM WITH SUPPORT SERVICES TO A MINIMUM OF 150, LOW TO MODERATE INCOME HOUSEHOLDS AFFECTED BY HIV OR AIDS.
THIS PROGRAM INCLUDES EMPLOYMENT AND DIGITAL SKILLS TRAINING, CAREER COACHING WITH MENTORSHIP AND TRANSPORTATION REFERRALS TO OTHER SERVICES SUCH AS CHILDCARE, HEALTH, EDUCATION, NUTRITION, LEGAL, AND HOUSING ARE PROVIDED ONCE IDENTIFIED DURING PROGRAM INTAKE AND NOTED IN EACH HOUSEHOLD'S CAREER PLAN.
A NOTICE OF FUNDING AWARD OR NOFA WAS CONDUCTED LAST SEPTEMBER AND GOODWILL INDUSTRIES WAS ONE OF THE AGENCIES SELECTED.
THIS AGREEMENT WILL PROVIDE FUNDING FROM JULY 1ST, 2023 THROUGH JUNE 30TH, 2024.
GOODWILL HAS RECEIVED HA FUNDING THROUGH THE CITY SINCE 2009 AND HAS NO FINDINGS ON THEIR LAST COMPLIANCE REPORT.
TODAY WE HAVE TANYA MAHI, DIRECTOR OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND LISA CARPENTER, ACCOUNTING MANAGER HERE REPRESENTING GOODWILL INDUSTRIES.
THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
WE DO NOT HAVE ANY QUESTIONS IN THE QUEUE, BUT AT THIS TIME I WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE, UM, VICE CHAIR, UH, ROBINSON FOR JOINING US AND STAFF REPRESENTING COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, EVAN SHABAZZ'S OFFICE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER KNOX'S OFFICE.
COUNCIL MEMBER ALCORN AND VICE MAYOR PRO TEM CASTEX TATUM.
AND I DON'T FEEL ANY KIND OF WAY THAT MY COLLEAGUES ARE NOT SHOWING UP TO MY COMMITTEE MEETINGS.
BUT I JUST, I DON'T FEEL ANY KIND OF WAY.
COUPLE OF COMMENTS IN THE QUEUE, UH, OF COUNCIL MEMBER EVAN SHABAZZ.
AND THANK YOU FOR THAT DETAILED PRESENTATION.
I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION CONCERNING THE, UH, THE JOBS PROGRAM UHHUH FOR GOODWILL FOR THE 150, UH, LOW TO MODERATE INCOME.
THAT'S A WONDERFUL THING, ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE IN THAT PARTICULAR COMMUNITY.
MY QUESTION IS, WHAT TYPES OF JOBS ARE WE TRYING TO TARGET FOR THESE INDIVIDUALS? ARE THESE GONNA BE LOW INCOME, $15 AN HOUR, OR UP TYPES OF JOBS? WELL, WE HAVE THE EXPERTS HERE WHO ARE RUNNING THIS PROGRAM, SO I'D LIKE TO INVITE THEM UP TO TALK ABOUT THEIR PROGRAM.
MY NAME IS TANNY MAJI AND I AM THE SENIOR DIRECTOR FOR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AT GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF HOUSTON, TO YOUR QUESTION.
UM, SO IT ALL DEPENDS ON THE LEVEL OF SKILLS THAT THE INDIVIDUAL HAS.
OUR FIRST GOAL IS TO ASSESS THE INDIVIDUAL AND PROVIDE THEM WITH CAREER PATHWAY TRAINING THAT WILL GET THEM INTO A PATHWAY THAT WILL BE ABLE, SO THAT THEY CAN GO INTO A LIVING WAGE JOB.
OUR GOAL IS NOT TO DO, UM, IS TO PROVIDE THAT START, BUT NOT TO FINISH THERE, BUT TO CONTINUE TO GROW THEM INTO THE CAREER THAT WILL BE SUSTAINING FOR THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES.
AND WE TARGET HIGH, HIGH, UM, DEMAND OCCUPATIONS.
IT, UM, MULTI-FAMILY UNIT, APARTMENT LEASING, UM, APARTMENT MAINTENANCE.
WE HAVE APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS THAT WE OFFER OFFER IN BUILDING MAINTENANCE REPAIRER.
WE ALSO HAVE, AS I MENTIONED, A LEFT MANY IT TRAININGS AND EMPLOYERS THAT WE WORK WITH AS WELL.
UM, WE ALSO, HEALTHCARE IS ANOTHER TARGET, UM, INDUSTRY FOR US AND CLEAN ENERGY AS WELL.
LAST MADAM CHAIR, HOW WOULD SOMEONE APPLY FOR THAT? JUST GOING THROUGH, UH, THE GOODWILL INDUSTRY'S WEBSITE OR SOMETHING? THEY CAN DO IT THROUGH OUR WEBSITE OR THEY CAN VISIT ANY OF OUR THREE, UM, UH, CAREER CENTERS.
ONE OF THE HEIGHTS, RIVER OAKS AND MEYERLAND.
WE ALSO, THEY CAN ALSO ACCESS IT AT OUR KIOSK AT ANY OF OUR RETAIL STORES.
AND I WANNA ACKNOWLEDGE MY COLLEAGUE, COUNCIL MEMBER HUFFMAN FOR JOINING US IN CHAMBERS.
MR. MOSS FROM MIKE KNOX'S OFFICE.
UM, AT SOME POINT IN THE NEAR FUTURE,
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CAN YOU GET US, UM, A TOTAL AMOUNT OF FUNDS IN THESE VARIOUS POTS THAT ARE STILL AVAILABLE FOR DISBURSEMENT? FOR EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, WE HAVE $10 MILLION FOR THIS.6 MILLION HAS BEEN DISPERSED AND WE HAVE 4 MILLION THAT HAS TO BE DESIGNATED BY A CERTAIN DATE, IF POSSIBLE.
IN FACT, IN PART OF THE PRESENTATION THAT LATER ON YOU WILL BE ABLE TO SEE, BUT THAT'S USUALLY DR BUT ON ON THE ENTITLEMENT SIDE.
AND, AND I'LL, AND I CAN FOLLOW UP WITH YOU JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT I UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE ASKING.
'CAUSE 'CAUSE IT FLUCTUATES BASED ON WHAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE.
AND SO I THINK, WELL, I WANT TO KNOW HOW MUCH IS THIS AVAILABLE, RIGHT.
SO I CAN, UH, I'LL GET WITH YOU AND FOLLOW UP WITH THAT AND THEN I'LL RESPOND TO SURE.
YOUR OFFICE, YOU CAN SEND IT OUT.
AND I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE COUNCIL MEMBER JACKSON FOR JOINING US IN THE CHAMBERS REPRESENTING DISTRICT B, THE BUSIEST DISTRICT ON THE NORTH SIDE.
COMING UP NEXT, UH, WE HAVE THREE ITEMS WE WANT TO, UH, PRESENT UNDER PUBLIC FACILITIES.
AND THAT WILL BE, UH, PRESENTED BY DEPUTY ASSISTANT DIRECTOR ANNA MARTINEZ.
UH, THE FIRST ITEM I'LL BE PRESENTING WILL BE REGARDING THE ALLIANCE.
UH, SO THE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING A LOAN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE ALLIANCE FOR 1.5 MILLION IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDS.
THIS WILL BE USED FOR THE RENOVATION OF THE ALLIANCE WORKFORCE TRAINING CENTER.
THE FACILITY WILL BE LOCATED IN DISTRICT J AT 64 20 HILLCROFT IN THE GULFTON COMPLETE COMMUNITY.
RENOVATIONS WILL UPGRADE CLASSROOMS, ELEVATORS, HVAC SYSTEM, AND PARKING FOR THE FACILITY.
THESE RENOVATIONS WILL ENHANCE THEIR WORKFORCE TRAINING PROGRAMS, WHICH WILL SERVE LOW TO MODERATE INCOME CLIENTS.
IT'LL ALLOW THEM TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF CLIENTS THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO SERVE ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, UH, BY RIGHT UNDER A THOUSAND CLIENTS PER YEAR.
NEXT SLIDE PROGRAMS WILL INCLUDE, UH, CDL, COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S, LICENSE COURSES, DRIVER'S EDUCATION, ADULT LITERACY, DIGITAL LITERACY, ENTREPRENEURSHIP, CHILDCARE, UH, CERTIFIED NURSING AID EKG AND PHLEBOTOMY TECH, HVAC, AND A BASIC ELECTRONIC HELPER PROGRAM.
THE ALLIANCE SERVES LMI POPULATIONS, WHICH INCLUDE REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS.
THE TOTAL PROJECT BUDGET IS APPROXIMATELY $7 MILLION OF WHICH 1.5 MILLION IS BEING PROVIDED, UH, IN CONGRESSIONAL EARMARKS THROUGH THE COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDS, UH, AS WELL AS BRIDGE FINANCING.
AND IN ATTENDANCE TODAY WE HAVE, UH, DANIEL STOKER, PRESIDENT AND CEO DAVID T, UH, THE COO AS WELL AS SHEILA TURNER, WHO IS A, UH, CONSULTANT FOR THE ALLIANCE.
DO YOU WANT ME TO ROLL THROUGH ALL THREE OF MY PLEASE DO.
UH, NEXT ITEM UP IS THE WESLEY COMMUNITY CENTER.
UH, SO WE ARE RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING A LOAN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND WESLEY COMMUNITY CENTER FOR A $1.25 MILLION, UH, GRANT IN CDBG FUNDS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW WORKFORCE TRAINING FACILITY.
I SHOULD NOTE, YOU, YOU HEARD WORKFORCE TRAINING ON BOTH OF THESE, UH, BOTH OF THESE ITEMS. FIRST TWO ITEMS CAME THROUGH A WORKFORCE TRAINING NOFA THAT THE PUBLIC FACILITIES, UH, TEAM PUT OUT, UH, IN LATE 2022.
UH, SO THIS WILL BE 1.25 MILLION IN CDBG FUNDS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THAT FACILITY, WHICH IS GONNA BE LOCATED IN DISTRICT H IN THE NEAR NORTHSIDE COMPLETE COMMUNITY.
UH, THE NEW FACILITY WILL CONSIST OF CLASSROOM AND OFFICE SPACE, WHICH WILL ALLOW WESLEY TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF CLIENTS SERVED BY PROVIDING VOCATIONAL HEALTHCARE TRAINING, INCLUDING CNA TO LVN LEVEL NURSING PROGRAMS, MEDICAL ASSISTANT PROGRAMS, STERILE, UH, PROCESSING TECHNICIAN AND PHARMACY TECHNICIAN CERTIFICATIONS.
UH, THEY ANTICIPATE BEING ABLE TO SERVE APPROXIMATELY 1200 CLIENTS ANNUALLY IN THIS FACILITY.
THIS FACILITY IS GONNA DOUBLE THE CLASSROOM SPACE AT THE CURRENT WESLEY FACILITY.
IT'S GONNA BE RIGHT DOWN THE STREET.
UH, THE PROJECT BUDGET IS 4.2 MILLION, WHICH INCLUDES 2.9 MILLION IN CAPITAL CAMPAIGN FUNDING.
UH, IN ATTENDANCE TODAY REPRESENTING WESLEY, WE HAVE, UH, ANNA STRONG.
UH, WHO'S THE CFO? WE HAVE SAMANTHA SHERMAN WESLEY, CHIEF PROGRAM OFFICER, UH, BILL JOHNSON, THEIR WESLEY WORKFORCE EXPANSION PROJECT MANAGER, AND CHRISSY SAU, UH, THEIR DIRECTOR, BOARD OF DIRECTORS, VICE CHAIR.
NEXT ITEM, THE EDISON ARTS FOUNDATION.
HCD IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING
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A FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE LOAN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE EDISON ARTS FOUNDATION.THIS IS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE EDISON PERFORMING PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, WHICH WILL BE LOCATED AT 7,100 WEST FUQUA, UH, IN THE FORT BEND COMPLETE COMMUNITY.
UH, THE AMENDMENT WILL EXTEND THE COMPLETION DATE TO MAY OF 2025 AND AMEND THE SCOPE OF WORK TO REFLECT CHANGES IN THE PHASING OF THIS PROJECT.
THIS WILL ALLOW THE EDISON ARTS FOUNDATION TO BE ABLE TO PROCEED WITH, UH, PARTS OF THIS THAT THEY'VE ALREADY FUNDRAISED FOR, WHICH WOULD BE DEMOLITION SITE WORK, AND THE BUILD OUT AT THE AFTER SCHOOL SPACE, AND WILL ALLOW ADDITIONAL TIME FOR EDISON ARTS TO COMPLETE FUNDRAISING FOR THE FINAL PHASE, WHICH WILL INCLUDE THE PERFORMING ARTS SPACE.
UH, THIS IS JUST A FURTHER BREAKOUT OF THOSE, THOSE PHASES THAT WE ANTICIPATE.
SO THE PROJECT WILL BE DONE IN THREE PHASES.
UH, DEMOLITION WILL BE THE FIRST FOLLOWED BY THE MECHANICAL PLUMBING, HVAC, YOU KNOW, FIRE PROTECTIVE SYSTEMS, ROOFING, AND THE BUILD OUT OF AFTERSCHOOL SPACE.
THE FINAL PHASE WILL CONSIST AGAIN OF THAT PERFORMING ARTS SPACE.
ONCE COMPLETE, THE EDISON UH, ARTS FOUNDATION WILL BRING AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS, HEALTHCARE AS WELL AS RETAIL TO THE FORT BEND COMPLETE COMMUNITY.
THE TOTAL PROJECT BUDGET IS 30 MILLION OF WHICH THE CITY'S ORIGINAL LOAN AGREEMENT WILL FUND 5 MILLION.
NO ADDITIONAL FUNDS ARE, ARE COMING THROUGH THIS AMENDMENT, UH, WITH THE REMAINING FUNDING, UH, COMING FROM EDISON ARTS, UH, EQUITY, AS WELL AS THEIR CAPITAL CAMPAIGN AND A BRIDGE LOAN.
UH, IN ATTENDANCE TODAY, WE HAVE CHARITY CARTER, THE FOUNDER AND CEO OF THE, UH, EDISON ARTS FOUNDATION, AS WELL AS ADRIAN HOLLOWAY, WHO IS A CONSULTANT FOR THE EDISON ARTS FOUNDATION.
AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PUBLIC FACILITIES PORTION OF THE PRESENTATION.
WE DO HAVE A QUESTION IN THE QUEUE, UM, FROM VICE MAYOR PRO TIM'S OFFICE.
THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR, AND THANK YOU DEPUTY DIRECTOR MARTINEZ FOR THAT PRESENTATION.
MADAM CHAIR, UH, IF I MAY, I DO SEE THE REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE EDISON ARTS FOUNDATION, MS. CHARITY CARD, IF YOU WANNA STEP FORWARD AND JUST SHARE INFORMATION ABOUT, UM, THE CENTER.
WE'RE VERY EXCITED THAT IT IS IN FORT BEND, HOUSTON AND IN DISTRICT K.
I'D LIKE TO KNOW, JUST SHARE INFORMATION AND ALSO IF YOU'LL ELABORATE ON YOUR CAPITAL CAMPAIGN.
I'M CHARITY CARTER EDISON ARTS FOUNDATION.
WE'RE SO EXCITED TO BE HERE, AND THANK YOU FOR HAVING US ON YOUR AGENDA.
UM, THE EDISON CULTURAL ARTS CENTER HAS BEEN A PROJECT, AS YOU KNOW, IN THE MAKING FOR A LONG TIME, AND WE HAVE MADE SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS ON THIS REVITALIZATION PROJECT, UM, WITH PARTNERS LIKE LEGACY HEALTHCARE, BRINGING QUALITY HEALTHCARE PROGRAMMING THAT SERVICES A CLINIC AND OUR AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAM.
UM, WE HAVE, UH, THE AMNI GROUP AND DR.
ADRIAN HOLLOWAY HERE WHO IS CHAMPIONING OUR FUNDRAISING EFFORTS.
WE HAVE RAISED OVER 16 AND A QUARTER MILLION, UM, WITH A LITTLE BIT MORE TO GO.
AND WE HAVE ACQUIRED FUNDING FROM, UH, CDBG AND, UH, EARMARK CONGRESSIONAL, UH, PROJECT FUNDING FROM CONGRESSMAN AL GREEN, UM, AS WELL AS FORT BEND COUNTY, ANOTHER LEADERSHIP OF, UH, GRADY PRESAGE, OUR COMMISSIONER.
AND SO WE'VE HAD, UM, HOUSTON ENDOWMENT, GEORGE FOUNDATION, UM, BROWN FOUNDATION AND SEVERAL OTHERS, UM, TO CHAMPION THIS PROJECT AND BRING FUNDING, UM, MUCH NEEDED JOBS, SERVICES, LIKE I SAID, QUALITY HEALTHCARE AFTER SCHOOL.
WE'RE REALLY EXCITED AND LOOKING FORWARD TO STARTING OUR CONSTRUCTION AND MOVING OUR CHILDREN INTO, UH, QUALITY PROGRAMMING AND SERVICES TO BRING TO DISTRICT K.
SO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
AND THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING, UM, TODAY.
AND ONE CLARIFYING POINT, UM, DEPUTY ASSISTANT DIRECTOR ON THE, UM, BACKUP.
WELL, MY QUESTION'S FOR THE, UM, DEPUTY ASSISTANT OH, COUNCILMAN JOHN, CAN YOU CLARIFY THE, UM, AMOUNT THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY APPROPRIATED TIED TO THE ACQUISITION AMOUNT OF THE 1.6? WE SEE 5 MILLION, AND THEN IT SAYS 1.6.
CAN YOU CLARIFY THAT FROM THE RECORD PLEASE? I BELIEVE, SORRY.
I, I BELIEVE IT WAS RIGHT UNDER 2 MILLION THAT WAS USED FOR THE ACQUISITION OF THE FACILITY.
SO THOSE FUNDS HAVE ALREADY BEEN, UH, REIMBURSED TO THE EDISON ARTS FOUNDATION.
THE BALANCE WILL GO INTO PHASE ONE AND PHASE TWO, UM, KIND OF SPLIT EVENLY, UH, NOT EXACT, BUT ABOUT 1.5 GOING INTO PHASE TWO, AND THEN THE ADDITIONAL 1.5 GOING TO THE ACTUAL PERFORMING ARTS SPACE.
THANK YOU MUCH, COUNCIL MEMBER JACKSON.
AND THANK YOU ALL FOR THE, UM, PRESENTATION.
UM, I'M ACTUALLY, I GOT AN INVITATION TO COME TO A FUNDRAISER.
YOU GUYS ARE HOSTING, UM, YOU HAVING THIS WEEKEND, UM, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE, UM, THE, THE, UM, THE BAND PRESIDENT OR THE BAND, UM, YEAH.
PRESIDENT OF CARVER HIGH SCHOOL WILL BE THERE YES.
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THEN, UM, I HAVE A DR.ANN LUNDY, AND SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.
IT'S TEXAS AND, YOU KNOW, FANCY DRESSES AND SO DOES FORWARD, I MEAN, I CAN SAY A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT.
CAN YOU SAY, SO THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING YOU, I DIDN'T GET INVITATION, SO YES, SO SHARE.
SO YES, WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT, UM,
UM, WE USUALLY HAVE OUR ANNUAL TUTU'S IN TEXAS FUNDRAISING GALA.
AND, UM, WE HAVEN'T HAD IT SINCE COVID, AND SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
WE ARE HONORING THREE, UH, WONDERFUL, UM, HOUSTON NATIVE, UM, ARTIST, DR.
UM, SHE'S THE FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN FEMALE TO, UH, CONDUCT THE HOUSTON SYMPHONY AS WELL.
AS YOU MAY KNOW, WHEN, WHEN BEYONCE CAME AND SANG FOR THE SUPER BOWL, SHE LED THAT ORCHESTRA.
SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT HER.
UM, AND WE HAVE KENDRICK SAMPSON.
UM, HE IS AN ACTOR, HE'S RIGHT OUTTA MISSOURI CITY.
UM, HE'S DONE SO MUCH PROMO FOR THIS EVENT.
UH, BUT WE'RE EXCITED TO HONOR HIM JUST AS AN, AN ARTS ADVOCATE AND A CHANGE AGENT.
AND THEN WE'RE ALSO HONORING, UM, WE RASHONDA JONES UBA.
UM, AS A TONY AWARD WINNER, UM, FOR HER EXCELLENCE IN ARTS, EDUCATION AND THEATER FROM ALDEEN INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT.
AND, YOU KNOW, SHE GOT A TONY AWARD FOR THE COLOR PURPLE.
SO WE'RE EXCITED JUST TO HONOR, THERE'S SO MUCH GREAT ARTS ADVOCATES AND, UH, ARTISTS THAT HAVE COME OUT OF HOUSTON.
AND SO WE'RE THANKFUL, UM, TO JUST PARTNER WITH THEM AND HONOR THEM.
AND SO THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO TALK ABOUT THAT.
AND CONGRATULATIONS, UM, DISTRICT A AND THE CITY OF HOUSTON.
UM, THIS IS GONNA BE A GOOD PROJECT.
UH, I'LL MOVE ON TO THE MULTIFAMILY ITEM THAT WE HAVE HERE.
ITEM FOUR A, UH, HCD IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING A FORM AMENDMENT TEMPLATE TO THE MULTIFAMILY LOAN AGREEMENTS FUNDED BY DR.
THIS FORM WILL BE EXECUTED BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE BORROWERS AND OWNERS OF THE MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENTS, UH, WHICH ARE OUTLINED, I BELIEVE YOU GUYS SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED AN EXHIBIT, UM, WHICH IS, UH, IT'S ATTACHED TO THE COVER SHEET.
THERE'S A TOTAL OF 21 PROJECTS THAT ARE BEING, UH, IMPACTED BY THIS AT THIS POINT.
IS THERE ANY WAY THAT THAT CAN BE ENLARGED? IT'S WAS DIFFICULT FOR ME TO READ THAT FINE PRINT.
SO, AS A FOLLOW UP, CAN YOU SEND THAT? WE CAN DO THAT, OR WE CAN SEND IT ELECTRONICALLY SO THAT YOU CAN, YEAH, BECAUSE THE PDF D IT WAS ALREADY FORMATTED AND I COULDN'T ENLARGE IT, SO IT WAS DIFFICULT FOR ME TO READ.
AND SO IF YOU, YOU CAN UNP DF IT POSSIBLY I MADE MYSELF A NOTE.
UH, SO THE AMENDMENT WILL CORRECT A DISCREPANCY WITHIN THE CURRENT FORM TEMPLATE AND ALIGN THE DR 17 LOAN AGREEMENT PROVISIONS REGARDING THE DATE INTEREST LOANS SHALL BEGIN TO ACCRUE.
17 LOANS REQUIRE INTEREST ACCRUAL, UH, FOLLOWING THE CONSTRUCTION PERIOD, WHICH IS REFERENCED IN THE NOTE.
AND FOLLOWING PROJECT COMPLETION, APPROVAL OF THIS AMENDMENT WILL ENSURE CONSISTENCY IN THE TERM TERMS OF THE LOAN AGREEMENT.
UH, IT'LL ALIGN THE NOTE, THE DEED OF TRUST AND THE LOAN AGREEMENT.
SO THE AMENDMENT WILL ALIGN THE CONTRACTS TO DEFINE IN EACH OF THESE DIFFERENT DOCUMENTS TO DEFINE FULL CLOSEOUT AS ALL ITEMS OF OUR CLOSING CHECKLIST BEING SATISFIED, MEANING RETAINAGE IS OUT, UH, YOU KNOW, COMPLIANCE HAS ALREADY, UH, COMPLETED THEIR REVIEW.
UH, CERTIFICATE OF OCU OF OCCUPANCY HAS BEEN OBTAINED FOR THE PROJECTS.
SO IT'LL ALIGN IT ACROSS THE BOARD.
AND ONCE YOU SEND THAT UPDATED DOCUMENT, AND JUST A NOTE TO COUNCIL MEMBERS AND STAFF REPRESENTING OFFICES, THIS IS AN IMPORTANT, UH, PIECE OF INFORMATION TO KEEP IN FRONT OF YOU AS WE WRAP UP THIS DR.
UM, AND SO, UM, THIS ALLOWS YOU TO SEE THE PROJECTS IN QUEUE THAT TIMELINE, EVERYTHING ATTACHED TO IT.
SO WE, WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH OUR SIX MONTH EXTENSION.
DOES THAT ALIGN WITH THE SIX MONTH EXTENSION? UH, IT SHOULD, BUT THIS, THIS KIND OF RUNS SEPARATELY FROM THAT.
I DON'T THINK IT'LL BE IMPACTED.
IT'LL, IT'LL IMPACT THESE SPECIFIC PROJECTS AND THE APPROVAL OF THIS WILL ACTUALLY ALLOW US TO JUST BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH ADDING THIS IN AS KIND OF AN ADDENDUM TO THE CONTRACT.
LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING THAT UPDATED.
I, I HAVE NO QUESTIONS IN THE QUEUE REGARDING THIS ITEM.
UH, NEXT ITEM, WE HAVE TWO ITEMS WE'RE GONNA PRESENT, UH, FROM SINGLE FAMILY.
WE'VE PULLED ITEM A FROM YOUR PACKAGE, AND WE WILL PRESENT TWO OTHER ITEMS WILL BE PRESENTED, UH, BY DEPUTY ASSISTANT DIRECTOR CEDRIC SAIN.
GOOD MORNING, MADAM CHAIRWOMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE.
I'M PRESENTING ITEMS FIVE B AND FIVE C ON BEHALF OF THE HOUSING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
ITEM FIVE B, UH, HCDD RECOMMENDS COUNCIL APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF HOUSTON
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AND A CARING SAFE PLACE TO PROVIDE UP TO $1.4 MILLION IN HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP FUNDS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF FOUR SINGLE FAMILY HOMES IN THE CITY GAS SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD.UH, TO PROVIDE A LITTLE BACKGROUND FOR THIS, UH, PROJECT, UH, UNDER HOME, IT'S UNDER THE CHOTO PROGRAM WHERE NONPROFITS, UH, ACT AS DEVELOPERS OR BUILDERS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
THERE ARE CURRENTLY THREE, THREE BEDROOM, TWO BATH HOMES NEAR IN COMPLETION WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK, WHICH SIX HOMES, UH, INCLUDING THREE TO BE FOUR BEDROOMS AND THREE TO BE THREE BEDROOMS TO BE BUILT UNDER THE CURRENT CONTRACT WITH A CARING SAFE PLACE UNDER ORDINANCE 2020 DASH 10 74.
AND A REMAINDER TO BE COMPLETED, UM, OF THOSE SIX HOMES BY THE END OF THE YEAR.
UM, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, JACKSON, WE DO HAVE A RIBBON CUTTING THAT'S SCHEDULED FOR MAY 25TH FOR THIS ITEM, UH, FOR THE FIRST THREE HOMES.
UM, A CARING SAFE PLACE, UM, WILL BUILD ONE ADDITIONAL HOME, UM, ON THE SUBDIVISION OF THE LOTS ON ANGUS STREET, AND THREE ADDITIONAL HOMES, UH, ON ANGUS WITH LOTS PROVIDED FROM THE HOUSTON LAND BANK PORTFOLIO, CHANGING THE FACE OF THIS STREET TO 10 NEW HOMES AND PROVIDING A MUCH NEEDED AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNDER THE MAYOR'S HOUSING INITIATIVE.
UH, A CARING SAFE PLACE HAS PROVIDED HOUSING AND PUBLIC SERVICES FOR THE CITY OVER THE PAST 30 YEARS WITHOUT ANY FINDINGS.
AND THAT'S, WELL, CAN I JUST MAKE A POINT ABOUT THAT ITEM? IT'S A GOOD EXAMPLE OF HOW IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE LAND BANK, UM, UH, AND THE USE OF THE LAND BANK, HOW WE SEE, UH, HOME DEVELOPMENT.
SO I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT TO Y'ALL, THAT THAT'S A TOOL THAT WE HAVE WITHIN, UM, THE, THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT TO ENCOURAGE DEVELOPMENT ON THESE LOTS.
COUNCIL MEMBER JACKSON'S IN THE Q4 QUESTION.
AND SO YOU SAID, YOU SAID YOU GUYS ARE WORKING WITH NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS? THAT'S CORRECT.
AND WHAT, WHAT ARE THE, WHO ARE THE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS? THE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS UNDER THE CHO PROGRAM IS A CARING, SAFE PLACE.
NO, I, I MEAN, CHANGE HAPPENS.
I KNOW THAT THEY'RE SET UP IN, LIKE, IN THIRD WARD, I WAS HOPING THAT WE ACTUALLY WORK WITH A NONPROFIT THAT'S FROM DISTRICT B.
'CAUSE WE GOT QUITE A FEW, YOU KNOW, NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS IN DISTRICT B THAT'S, YOU KNOW, EAGER TO BE A PART OF THIS AFFORDABLE HOUSING, UM, UM, INITIATIVE THAT THE MAYOR HAS PUT FORWARD.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, I WOULD LOVE TO SIT DOWN AND, AND, AND, AND IN FACT, I THINK I REFERRED A FEW FOLKS FROM DISTRICT B, UM, DEVELOPERS THAT ARE, THAT HAVE THEIR OWN LAND AND WOULD LIKE TO, UM, BUILD SOME AFFORDABLE HOUSING ON IT AS WELL.
SO I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SEE MORE DISTRICT B UM, NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS PARTICIPATING IN THESE INITIATIVES.
AND, AND WE LOOK FORWARD FOR DOING THAT.
HOWEVER, THIS IS ON OUR CHOTO PROGRAMS DIFFERENT, SO THERE'RE, UH, THE ONLY TWO CERTIFIED CHODO PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY.
SO WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF LOOKING FOR ADDITIONAL INDIVIDUALS WHO CAN, UH, QUALIFY TO BE IN THE CHOTO AT CHODO.
AND I'M LOVE TO WORK WITH YOU GUYS ON THAT.
YOU KNOW, SEE WHO CAN QUALIFIED AND AGENCIES CAN, YOU KNOW, DO WORK ALL ACROSS THE CITY.
I KNOW, I'M NOT SAYING, I'M NOT SAYING CODE, I'M UNDERST SAYING THE ZIP, ZIP CODE.
I'M NOT SAYING THAT THEY CAN'T, BUT I'M JUST, I WOULD JUST, YOU KNOW, LIKE TO SEE MORE OF BE PEOPLE.
THERE ARE, THERE ARE SIX HOMES CURRENTLY THAT WILL BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF THIS MONTH.
UH, THAT'S UNDER, UM, A CARING SAFE PLACE AS WELL AS A CHANGE HAPPENS IN THIS AREA.
AND COUNCIL MEMBER JACKSON DOES RAISE A, A GOOD POINT AND I THINK WILL BE HELPFUL.
THE CHOTO PROCESS, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THAT ARM WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT.
UM, FOR NONPROFITS THAT ARE INTERESTED IN GETTING INTO DEVELOPMENT, UM, THERE'S THAT APPLICATION PROCESS, THERE'S ALL OF THAT.
IF YOU CAN SEND, UM, SOME PUBLIC FACING INFORMATION TO, UH, ABOUT THAT.
SO WE CAN PUT IN NEWSLETTERS AND TALK CLEARLY ABOUT THAT.
UM, AND SPEAK INTELLIGENTLY LY SO WE CAN DIRECT FOLKS TO START APPLYING IF THEY'RE INTERESTED, IF THEY MEET THOSE RE UH, REQUIREMENTS.
I THINK THAT'LL BE HELPFUL TOO.
UH, ON TO ITEM FIVE, C-A-T-D-D RECOMMENDS COUNSEL APPROVAL FOR AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING A FOURTH AMENDMENT TO THE HOME REPAIR PROGRAM, MASTER CONTRACT AGREEMENT, TRI-PARTY AGREEMENT AND RELATED DOCUMENTS AUTHORIZING A DIRECTOR BY WRITTEN APPROVAL TO INCREASE THE MAXIMUM TPA AMOUNT FROM TWO 50 TO 300, 300,000 DUE TO UNFORESEEN CONDITIONS, UH, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF CONSERVATION DISTRICTS, HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS, AND DEEP RESTRICTIONS.
THIS WILL AFFECT ALL COUNCIL DISTRICTS.
UM, OUR CURRENT PARTNERS ARE DSW HOMES, HABITAT FOR HUMANITY, JW TURNER CONSTRUCTION, MAYBERRY HOMES, PMG CONSTRUCTION REBUILD TOGETHER HOUSTON AND SLS COE.
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THERE ARE HOMEOWNERS WAITING FOR HOME REPAIR, UM, THAT REQUIRE ELEVATION UNDER CHAPTER 19 UNDER THE FLOODPLAIN ORDINANCE.BUT THERE ARE HOAS AND DEED RESTRICTIONS, UM, REQUIRING NEIGHBORHOOD HARMONY.
UM, WE ANTICIPATE TO SEE MORE HOMES ENTERING INTO OUR HOME REPAIR PROGRAM IN THE FUTURE THAT WILL REQUIRE THESE REQUIREMENTS.
COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, EVAN SHABAZZ.
AND AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR SUCH A, A WONDERFUL PRESENTATION.
MY QUESTION IS, IN REFERENCE TO SENIOR CITIZENS FUNDING FOR PROJECTS, MANY OF OUR SENIORS LIVE IN SUBSTANTIALLY OLDER HOMES.
DOES THIS AMOUNT HELP THEM WITH FOUNDATION REPAIRS AND ROOF REPAIRS? THAT'S WHAT, AS OUR OFFICE RECEIVED MOST OF OUR CALLS FOR SUPPORT.
SO THERE'S AN ASSESSMENT THAT'S DONE ON EACH HOME, AND IT WILL DETERMINE IF IT'S, UM, A SUBSTANTIAL REHAB OR IF THERE, IF IT'S A RECONSTRUCTION THAT'S REQUIRED.
GENERALLY, WHEN YOU HAVE SEVERAL SYSTEMS IN A HOME WHERE A FOUNDATION, ELECTRICAL OR PLUMBING THAT IS DAMAGED, THOSE HOMES GENERALLY TURN INTO A RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT.
AND JUST SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO, UM, MR. LISSE AND HIS TEAM.
WE HAD A, A, A RESIDENT IDENTIFIED, UH, TO THAT VERY POINT, UH, ELECTRICAL DAMAGE TO THE PLUMBING.
UH, A $6,000 FIX, IT TURNED INTO A RECONSTRUCTION AND THEY MOVED EXPEDITIOUSLY TO GET THAT APPLICATION TO THE RESIDENTS.
I WANNA APPRECIATE THAT WORK, UH, AND THIS, AND WHY THIS FUNDING IS SO CRITICAL.
SO, BUT I, I WANNA, UH, JUST INQUIRE A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT, UM, SOME OF THE, UM, CHALLENGES WITH THE DEED RESTRICTIONS AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD HARMONY.
SO LIKE, WHAT ARE THE TRENDS THAT Y'ALL ARE SEEING? IS IT JUST ABOUT THE ELEVATION OR IS IT ABOUT THE, THE DESIGN, ONCE YOU COMPLETE THE PROJECT, IT'S ABOUT THE DESIGN.
SO, AS YOU GUYS HAVE SEEN IN THE DISASTER RECOVERY PROGRAM, UH, SOME OF THE REQUIREMENTS THAT WERE PUT IN FROM THE STATE DID NOT ALLOW FOR GARAGES AND DID NOT, UH, ALLOW FOR NEIGHBORHOOD HARMONY.
SO NOW YOU HAVE AN IDENTIFICATION OF EVERY HOME THAT HAS PARTICIPATED IN DISASTER RECOVERY PROGRAM.
AS YOU RIDE DOWN EVERY SINGLE STREET, YOU KNOW THAT THAT IS A LOW TO MODERATE INCOME FAMILY.
THIS PROGRAM, THE WAY WE HAVE REVAMPED IT IS THAT IT'S GONNA GO TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTER.
SO WE HAVE, UM, ARCHITECT FIRMS THAT ARE COMING ON BOARD, UM, AS WELL AS IN-HOUSE ARCHITECTS THAT LOOK AT THE ACTUAL NEIGHBORHOOD DESIGNS, UM, ACROSS EVERY SINGLE NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO IF THE NEIGHBORHOOD SAYS THAT THERE ARE ONE CAR GARAGES, WE ARE GOING BACK WITH THE HARMONY OF ONE CAR GARAGES.
UH, I WANT TO THANK, UH, YOU CEDRIC AS WELL AS THE DIRECTOR FOR, FOR THIS PROGRAM.
I THINK WHAT YOU JUST SAID IS A MOUTHFUL TO ME AND TO THE COMMUNITY OF ARCHITECTS THAT I'VE REPRESENTED, UH, DOWN ON THIS COMMITTEE, UH, ON THIS CITY COUNCIL.
THE WHOLE PREMISE SINCE HARVEY DESCENDED UPON US WAS THAT WE, AS A PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION WOULD ATTEMPT TO ASSIST THE CITY OF HOUSTON WITH BUILDING BACK NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE CHARACTER THAT THEY HAVE WITH THE COMPLETE COMMUNITIES PROGRAM, TO DO IT AFFORDABLY, TO DO IT WITH SUSTAINABLE MATERIALS, TO DO IT ACCESSIBLY SO THAT ELDERS AND THOSE WITH DISABILITIES WOULD HAVE ACCESS.
THIS IS ABOUT BEING CONSISTENT IN A COMMUNITY.
THIS IS ABOUT JUSTICE AND FAIRNESS FOR HOMEOWNERS TO GET THE FULL VALUE OF WHAT THEY HAD LOST IN A DISASTER, A FEDERALLY DECLARED DISASTER.
AND THE DEPARTMENT THAT STANDS WITH YOU HAVE DONE AN INCREDIBLE JOB TO BEAR WITH THE TURBULENCE, THE WINDS THAT HAVE BLOWN AFTER THE STORM.
AND, UH, I'M DEEPLY GRATEFUL FOR THAT.
AND I THINK WE'VE GOT A LOT OF WORK AHEAD, AS YOU GENTLEMEN KNOW, NOT TO MENTION, TO BUILD SOME OF THESE PROGRAMS TO ELEVATE DESIGN IN OUR COMMUNITIES.
BUT THIS IS EXACTLY THE PREMISE OF HOW, UH, PROFESSIONALS, THE CITY, UM, AND EVERYONE WHO'S BORN WITH THE PROCESS.
UH, SO AGAIN, VERY, VERY GRATEFUL.
THAT CONCLUDES QUESTIONS FOR THIS ITEM.
UH, NOW WE MOVE INTO, UH, DIRECTOR'S COMMENTS.
SO AS ALWAYS, WE DO A PRODUCTION, UH, PRESENTATION, UH, ON OUR UPDATES AND WHERE WE ARE.
THAT IS HANDLED BY ASSISTANT DIRECTOR AND CFO TAMIKA JONES.
I DO JUST HAVE A SHORT BUT VERY GOOD NEWS UPDATE FOR THE COMMITTEE THIS MORNING.
SO IF WE COULD MOVE TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
UM, JUST TO MAKE SURE LEVEL SETTING FOR EVERYONE.
THIS IS JUST A HIGHLIGHT OF OUR DR 17 GRANT WITH ALL OF THE REDUCTIONS
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FROM THE GLO.I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE, UM, THAT THIS INFORMATION IS, UM, BROUGHT FORWARD EVERY MONTH, SO THAT WAY YOU CAN KNOW WHERE WE STAND RELATED TO OUR HARVEY GRANT AND THE APPLICABLE REDUCTIONS WITH EACH PROGRAM.
THE NEXT SLIDE IS AN UPDATE FROM, IF YOU REMEMBER, UM, THE GOOD NEWS ITEM THAT WE RECEIVED WHILE I WAS ON VACATION AND DIRECTOR BYNUM AGREED THAT HE WOULD LET ME GO ON VACATION MORE OFTEN SINCE WE SEEM TO GET GOOD NEWS WHEN THAT HAPPENS.
I DON'T KNOW IF HE SAID THAT
UM, AND SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, THE GLO DID AGREE TO THE REVISED BENCHMARKS AND COORDINATION WITH OUR DEPARTMENT.
AND SO WHAT YOU SEE IS AS OF MAY 11TH, WHERE WE STAND RELATED TO EACH OF THOSE REVISED BENCHMARKS FOR JUNE 30TH, WHICH IS, UM, LOOKS LIKE NOW JUST FIVE OR SIX WEEKS AWAY.
SO YOU SEE ALL BUT THREE PROGRAMS ARE SUCCESSFUL OR HAVE SUCCESSFULLY, UH, EXCEEDED THEIR BENCHMARKS.
A COUPLE OF ITEMS TO NOTE, OUR BUYOUT PROGRAM IS JUST, AND AGAIN, THIS IS ALMOST A WEEK OLD NOW, UH, IS JUST SHY OF THEIR BENCHMARK BY ABOUT $200,000.
WE DO EXPECT MORE DRAWS WILL GO IN PRIOR TO JUNE 30TH.
UM, SO HOPEFULLY THAT ONE WILL BE EXCEEDED.
UM, OUR PLANNING IS, UM, ALSO JUST OVER A MILLION DOLLARS AWAY FROM THEIR BENCHMARK.
HOWEVER, DUE TO THE STRUCTURE OF THE PLANNING AREA, WE SUBMITTED A NUMBER OF $0 DRAWS THAT ARE PROVABLE THAT ONCE THE PROJECTS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED, WE CAN GO AHEAD AND SUBMIT THOSE.
SO WE, THOSE WE RECEIVE NOTIFICATION THE PROJECT HAS BEEN COMPLETED.
SO WE FULLY EXPECT THAT, UH, PLANNING WILL BE A LOT CLOSER IF NOT EXCEEDING ITS BENCHMARK.
AND THEN THE LAST PROGRAM IS SMALL RENTALS.
SOME OF THOSE DEALS HAVE BEGUN CLOSING, SO WE ARE SUBMITTING THOSE DRAWS AS WELL.
UM, THERE IS A CAVEAT IN OUR CONTRACT OR A CLAUSE THAT SAYS, UM, IF WE ARE WITHIN A MILLION DOLLARS OF THE STATED BENCHMARK, THEN THE GLO WILL NOT TERMINATE THAT PROGRAM.
AND SO WANTED TO BRING THAT TO YOUR ATTENTION.
BUT VERY GOOD NEWS AND OUTSTANDING WORK BY OUR PROGRAM AREA TEAMS AS WELL AS THE FINANCE TEAM AND BEING ABLE TO GET A LOT OF THOSE DRAWS, UH, SUBMITTED.
AND YOU CAN SEE BY SOME OF THE PROGRAM AREAS, SOME OF THOSE HAVE PRETTY HIGH, UM, EXCEEDED THEIR BENCHMARKS BY PRETTY HIGH AMOUNTS.
AND TO SPEAK TO, UM, THE SIX MONTH EXTENSION AND WITH THE NEW ADJUSTMENT OF, OF BENCHMARKS, UM, AND WHAT'S PENDING, WHAT DO YOU ANTICIPATE OR WHAT TRENDS ARE YOU SEEING IN TERMS OF APPROVAL? 30 DAYS, 60 DAYS, DEPENDING ON WHAT THE LINE ITEM IS? IT, IT REALLY DOES DEPEND ON THE LINE ITEM, AND IT ALSO DEPENDS ON THE NATURE OF THE EXPENSE.
AND SO WE HAVE A LOT OF OUR PERSONNEL CALL DRAWS THAT WE'RE SEEING, UH, THE REVIEW PROCESS TAKE AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME.
UM, BUT WE ARE HOPEFUL THAT WE ARE SOMEWHAT CLOSER WITH EVERY ITERATION OF THOSE PERSONNEL CAUSE DRAWS.
WE GET CLOSER AND CLOSER TO ANSWERING ALL THE GLO, UM, CONSTANT INQUIRIES OF, YOU KNOW, THINGS THAT THEY SEE AS DISCREPANCIES THAT WE CLARIFY AND THEN HOPEFULLY GET 'EM APPROVED.
AND ONCE THOSE APPROVED, THEN WE SUBMIT SUBSEQUENT ONES.
UM, BUT ALL OTHERS, WE DO SEE, YOU KNOW, POSITIVE TRENDS.
WE ARE WORKING TO REMEDIATE ANY COMMONLY IDENTIFIED RFIS, UM, AS MUCH AS WE CAN.
UM, JUST TRYING TO GET THINGS SUBMITTED AS ACCURATELY AND COMPLETELY THE FIRST TIME AROUND, BUT SURE.
AND SPECIFICALLY THE SMALL RENTAL AND PLANNING.
AND I KNOW THAT YES, THOSE ARE LANGUAGE DIFFERENTLY, BUT IN TERMS OF, UH, SUBMISSIONS AND RESPONSE, YES.
YOU'RE CONFIDENT WE'RE ON TRACK TOO.
I, I BELIEVE THAT WE ARE ON TRACK THERE.
UM, I CAN TELL YOU, ESPECIALLY FOR PLANNING, UH, BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE CONTRACT READS YEAH.
WE CAN'T SUBMIT DRAWS UNTIL THE CONTRACT IS COMPLETED.
UM, SO AN AGREEMENT IN WORKING WITH THE GLO IS, HEY, CAN WE SUBMIT INTERIM AND SUBMIT THEM AS $0? SO THAT WAY IF THERE ARE RFIS ISSUES, WE CAN RESOLVE THEM THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS AND THEN THEY BECOME APPROVABLE.
AND ONCE THAT'S DONE, THEN WE CAN FULLY SUBMIT IT FOR THE COST AND THEN THE REVIEW PROCESS WILL TAKE YEP.
THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS IN THAT.
AND THEN, AND THEN ON THE EXTENDED TIMELINE MM-HMM
THE REVISED BENCHMARKS, UM, DO EXTEND OUT TO THE SIX MONTH EXTENSION FOR THE BUYOUT PROGRAM FOR THE ECONOMIC DEVELOP, NOT ECONOMIC, NOT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, EXCUSE ME, TO THE BUYOUT PROGRAM, TO THE MULTIFAMILY PROGRAM, TO THE SINGLE FAMILY NEW HOME DEVELOPMENT AND THE SMALL RENTAL PROGRAM, I BELIEVE HAD THE SIX MONTH EXTENSION.
ALL OTHER PROGRAMS DID NOT GET AN EXTENSION ON TIME AND WILL BE EXPIRING AUGUST THE 2024.
AND AGAIN, BUYOUT MULTIFAMILY, SINGLE FAMILY AND SMALL RENTAL HAVE BEEN EXTENDED THROUGH THE END OF FEBRUARY, 2025.
CAN YOU REPEAT THAT? THOSE LINE ITEMS? JUST THOSE FOUR? CORRECT.
I WAS TRYING TO KEEP IT FROM MEMORY.
MULTI-FAMILY, SINGLE FAMILY, SINGLE FAMILY, SMALL RENTAL, SMALL RENTAL.
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YES.THOSE ARE THE FOUR THAT RECEIVED A SIX MONTH EXTENSION THROUGH FEBRUARY 28TH, 2025.
AND OUR BENCHMARKS FOR THOSE PROGRAMS DO EXTEND OUT THAT FAR.
ALL OTHER PROGRAMS, WILL THAT CONTRACT, UH, EXPIRES AUGUST OF 2024.
I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT MY MEMORY WAS ACCURATE.
JUST AS A BRIEF SUMMARY OF PROJECTS COMPLETED, UM, TO DATE, BOTH IN CURRENT PROJECTS UNDER CONSTRUCTION, AS WELL AS COMPLETED FOR MULTIFAMILY AND FOR PUBLIC SERVICES.
THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS, YOUR UPDATE.
AND WE WILL NOW GO THROUGH OUR MONTHLY UPDATE FOR PROJECTS AND OUR PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS.
IF YOU GO TO NEXT SLIDE, AS ALWAYS, WE ARE STILL CONDUCTING OUR VIRTUAL COMMUNITY OFFICE HOURS EVERY WEDNESDAY FROM ONE TO FOUR.
WE HAVE OUR VIRTUAL COMMUNITY, UH, OFFICE HOURS.
UH, WE HAD, UH, UH, TAKE YOUR SON AND DAUGHTER TO WORK, UH, DAY.
SO THE, UH, NEXT SLIDE, YOU WILL SEE THAT, THAT QUITE A FEW OF THE STAFF BROUGHT THEIR, UH, SONS AND DAUGHTERS TO WORK.
SO THEY HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT THEIR, WHAT THEIR PARENTS DO.
AND IT WAS A QUITE ENJOYABLE DAY FOR THEM.
SO GO THROUGH ALL OF THOSE SLIDES.
FOR OUR NEW HOME DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM, THIS IS IN DISTRICT B.
THIS IS ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE HOMES THAT IS COMING ONLINE.
AND YOU CAN SEE THE EXTERIOR AS WELL AS THE INTERIOR WORK THAT IS BEING DONE, UH, UH, ON THAT HOME.
THIS IS THE CHOTO PROPERTIES THAT ARE ALSO IN DISTRICT B.
YOU CAN SEE THE, THE LOOK AND THE STYLE OF THOSE HOMES AS WELL.
UH, AGAIN, ANOTHER HOME ON SEXTON STREET, UH, BY CARING SAFE PLACE.
UH, AND THE, THE BUILDER ON THE, ON THOSE HOMES WERE, UH, MAYBERRY.
AND WE HAVE HAD A, A GREAT SUCCESS.
UH, HE HAS BEEN A GREAT PARTNER WITH THE, WITH THE DEPARTMENT AND BUILDS, UH, AN IN CREDIBLE HOME.
NEXT SLIDE, THE SMALL RENTAL PROGRAM.
SO HERE'S WHERE THE SMALL RENTAL PROGRAM IS UP AND NOW RUNNING.
AND YOU WILL SEE WHAT THE, THE SMALL RENTAL PROGRAMS LOOK, LOOK LIKE.
SO YOU'LL SEE THESE ARE IN DISTRICT D.
YOU'LL SEE, UH, THOSE UNDER, UNDER SMALL RENTAL THAT ARE NOW UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
THEY'RE MOVING TO THE VERTICAL LEVEL.
UH, ALSO IN DISTRICT B, YOU'LL SEE THESE TOWN HOMES, UH, THAT ARE BEING BUILT.
CAN I JUST MAKE A POINT? IT'S A COUNCIL MEMBER, JACKSON, SHE CAN'T COMPLAIN ABOUT NOTHING 'CAUSE SHE GOT EVERYTHING.
SEE? SO I DON'T WANT TO HEAR ANOTHER, NOTHING.
SEE, I DON'T WANT TO HEAR ANOTHER, NOTHING.
THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF GOING ON IN DISTRICT.
SHE GOT A LOT OF STUFF GOING ON.
AIN'T NOBODY COMING TO THE WEST.
SHE, THERE'S MORE STUFF, STUFF GOING ON IN BE THAN ANY OTHER DISTRICT.
UH,
THIS IS IN DISTRICT D, UH, ON MLK.
UH, AGAIN, UH, IF YOU LOOK AT THE QUALITY AND THE STYLE OF THESE HOMES, UH, THIS IS, UH, UH, VERY NICE CONSTRUCTION.
HERE'S AN UPDATE ON OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH, UH, THE HOUSTON HOUSING AUTHORITY.
UH, THEY ARE NOW AT 37, UH, PERCENT COMPLETE.
THEY ARE NOW, YOU CAN ACTUALLY NOW SEE, UH, UH, THE, THE FACILITY COMING TO FRUITION.
AND IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, YOU WILL SEE WHAT THAT BUILDING IS STARTING TO LOOK LIKE.
IT, UH, SITS RIGHT ON MEMORIAL.
UH, JUST AS YOU'RE COMING INTO DOWNTOWN, IT IS GOING TO BE A VERY BEAUTIFUL, UH, PROJECT.
UH, THIS WILL BE FOR, UH, PRIMARILY FOR SENIORS.
UH, TIMINOS PLACE ON WEST ON GRAY.
UH, THAT PROJECT IS NOW AT 73%
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COMPLETE, UH, 94 UNITS.UH, AND YOU WILL SEE WHAT THAT PROJECT LOOKS LIKE.
AGAIN, IF YOU'RE DRIVING DOWN 45, YOU CAN'T MISS IT BECAUSE IT IS VERY COLORFUL.
UH, THE CITADEL, THIS IS 33 45 ELGIN.
AND ON THURSDAY, WE WILL BE DOING A RIBBON CUTTING.
UH, FOR CITADEL, THIS PROJECT IS NOW 92% COMPLETE, UH, A TOTAL OF 74 UNITS ON THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT.
AND ON THE NEXT SLIDE, YOU SEE WHAT THAT PROJECT LOOKS LIKE.
UH, AGAIN, A VERY BEAUTIFUL PROJECT THAT'S BEING BUILT.
UH, SUNRISE LOFTS ON MCKINNEY, UH, 99% COMPLETE.
SO I WOULD ANTICIPATE THAT WE WILL BE DOING, UH, RIBBON CUTTING FOR THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT COMING UP SOON.
YOU WILL SEE WHAT THAT PROJECT LOOKS LIKE.
AGAIN, ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL PROJECT.
YOU CAN SEE WHAT THE INTERIOR OF THE PROJECT LOOKS LIKE.
THAT'S THE INTERIOR OF THE COMMON AREA.
AND ON THE NEXT SLIDE, YOU SEE WHAT THE COMMON AREA ON THE OUTSIDE LOOKS LIKE.
AN UPDATE ON NEW HOPE HOUSING SAVOY.
THIS PROJECT IS 95% COMPLETE 120 UNITS.
IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, YOU'LL GET A VISION OF WHAT THAT IS.
UH, EVERYONE IS FAMILIAR WITH NEW HOPE HOUSING, YOU KNOW, THE QUALITY OF WORK THAT THEY DO.
AN UPDATE WITH HERITAGE SENIOR RESIDENTS IS IN DISTRICT C ON MO.
UH, THIS PROJECT IS 99% COMPLETE.
UH, AND WE SHOULD BE GETTING VERY CLOSE TO DOING RIBBON CUTTING ON THAT ONE AS WELL.
SO YOU SEE WHAT THAT FACILITY LOOKS LIKE.
UH, THE NEXT SLIDE WILL GIVE YOU THE INTERIOR, UH, UH, LOOK AT THE LOBBY AND THE LOUNGES THAT ARE IN THAT FACILITY.
YOU GET TO SEE SOME OF THE EXTERIOR AS WELL AS WHAT AN, UH, UNIT, WHAT THE LOOK OF AN INTERIOR UNIT LOOKS LIKE.
AND OUR NEXT SLIDE, UH, AN UPDATE ON BE BETHUNE EMPOWERMENT CENTER.
UH, THIS IS A PUBLIC FACILITY REHAB.
UH, THIS PROJECT IS AT A POINT WHERE WE'RE JUST ABOUT READY TO DO, UH, RIBBON CUTTING ON PHASE ONE.
AND WE'RE GONNA DO A GROUNDBREAKING ON PHASE TWO.
UH, THAT SHOULD BE HAPPENING SOMETIME MID TO LATE JUNE.
UH, BUT THIS PROJECT WILL, UH, IS ALSO IN ACRE HOME AND WILL BE A VERY, UH, ANCHORING, UH, UH, UNIT TO, UH, THAT COMMUNITY THAT WILL BE ABLE TO DO JOB CREATION AND, AND, AND GIVE AN INCUBATOR, UH, CONCEPT FOR BUSINESSES IN THAT COMMUNITY.
IN DISTRICT B,
UH, THAT IS, UH, THE PRESENTATION THAT THE DEPARTMENT HAS FOR, FOR, UH, THIS COMMITTEE, FOR THIS, UH, THIS MONTH.
UH, AS YOU CAN, AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'RE MAKING SOME GOOD PROGRESS, UH, IN THE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE GLO AND WHAT WE'RE WE'RE DOING IN TERMS OF, OF WRAPPING UP DR.
BUT WE ARE, WE HAVE A LOT OF OTHER ITEMS THAT ARE ON OUR PLATE, AND WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH ALL OF THOSE THINGS AS WELL.
SO JUST AS WE BRING THIS TO AN END, UH, WE HAVE ONE OTHER PRESENTATION THAT WILL COME IN.
UH, WE HAVE ONE OF THE PARTNERS WHO HAVE, UH, BEEN A, UH, A GREAT PARTNER WITH US FOR A NUMBER OF NUMBER OF YEARS, AND THEY'RE HERE TO DO A PRESENTATION TO, AND THAT IS WITH NHP.
UH, SO WE WILL, UH, LIKE TO INVITE THEM UP SO THEY CAN DO A PRESENTATION FOR, FOR THIS BODY AND GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON WHERE THEY ARE.
AND IF I CAN JUST BRING TO EVERYONE'S REMEMBRANCE, WE, UM, AGREED ONCE THE ITEM NHP CAME BEFORE COUNCIL, UH, THEY'RE DOING SOME, A PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING DEAL THAT WAS APPROVED.
AND ONE OF THE AGREEMENTS WAS THAT THEY WOULD COME BACK TO COUNCIL AND TALK TO ABOUT US, TALK TO US ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY'VE IMPLEMENTED.
UM, AND SO I WANNA THANK YOU FOR KEEPING THAT AGREEMENT AND YOUR WILLINGNESS TO COME BEFORE AND TO CONTINUE THAT TRANSPARENT CONVERSATION SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO MAKE SURE OUR MOST VULNERABLE REMAIN HOUSED AND STABILIZED.
MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL AND STAFF.
WE APPRECIATE HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY THIS MORNING TO, TO PRESENT TO YOU.
UM, I'LL TRY TO BE BRIEF, UH, QUICKLY GO THROUGH SORT OF WHO WE ARE AND THEN TALK ABOUT SPECIFICALLY, UH, WHAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON HERE IN HOUSTON AND GIVE A STATUS, UM, ON SOME OF THE PROJECTS.
AND AS YOU REFER TO, UM, IN PARTICULAR WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT LAST AUGUST WHEN WE CAME OUT HERE AND, UM, TALKED TO YOU ABOUT CLEM MANOR SPECIFICALLY.
UM, AS MY NAME IS ERIC PRICE, I AM THE PRESIDENT OF THE NHP FOUNDATION.
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TO THE FIRST SLIDE.I'M THE PRESIDENT OF NHP FOUNDATION.
WE ARE A NONPROFIT DEVELOPMENT COMPANY.
UH, WE ARE LOCATED IN WASHINGTON.
WE HAVE OFFICES IN WASHINGTON, UH, NEW YORK, AND THEN SMALL OFFICES NOW HERE IN HOUSTON, AS WELL AS IN CHICAGO.
UM, WE ONLY DEVELOP AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
IT SAYS NHP FOUNDATION, BUT WE ARE AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPER.
UH, WE CURRENTLY HAVE OWN AND OPERATE 54 PROPERTIES, UH, IN 16 DIFFERENT STATES.
UH, AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, THAT'S 9,100 UNITS THAT WE CURRENTLY OWN.
AND THAT SERVICES ABOUT 27,000 RESIDENTS.
UM, OF OUR PORTFOLIO, 92% OF OUR PORTFOLIO IS AFFORDABLE.
UM, AND OF THE 92%, ABOUT 65% OF THAT IS VERY LOW INCOME.
SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT INCOMES AT 30 TO 50% OF, OF VERY IMMEDIATE INCOME FOR THOSE.
UM, WE ALSO, IN ADDITION TO BUILDING THE PROPERTIES, WE THINK IS VERY IMPORTANT TO ALSO HAVE RESIDENT SERVICES.
UH, MOST OF OUR RESIDENTS LIVE IN THESE PROPERTIES FOR MANY YEARS.
IN FACT, THEY LIVE THERE AND THEIR FAMILIES LIVE THERE AS WELL.
SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO MAKE SURE WE CREATE A PLACE.
WE'RE NOT JUST BUILDING BUILDINGS, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO US WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THE BUILDINGS ARE BUILT.
AND SO WE PUT A LOT OF EFFORT, AND WE HAVE, RIGHT NOW, OUT OF OUR 54 PROPERTIES, WE PROVIDE RESIDENT SERVICES AT ABOUT 30 OF THOSE.
AND THEN THERE ARE OTHER PROPERTIES WHERE WE HAVE OTHER, UH, UM, OTHER GROUPS WHO PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES FOR THOSE PARTICULAR PROPERTIES.
ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT BEFORE I GET TO AN UPDATE ON THE PROJECTS IS WE'RE VERY BIG AND, AND REALLY PUT A LOT OF EFFORT TOWARDS PARTNERSHIPS.
UM, OVER THE LAST EIGHT YEARS, WE'VE HAD ABOUT 23 PARTNERSHIPS.
THOSE PARTNERSHIPS ARE WITH TENANT ORGANIZATIONS.
WE'VE HAD EIGHT PARTNERSHIPS DIRECTLY WITH TENANTS.
UM, WE'VE HAD EIGHT, ANOTHER EIGHT THAT HAVE BEEN WITH, UM, MINORITY OWNED DEVELOPERS, SMALL DEVELOPERS.
AND THEN WE HAVE ABOUT SIX THAT HAVE BEEN WITH VARIOUS HOUSING AUTHORITIES ACROSS THE, THE COUNTRY.
AND I JUST WANNA RAISE THAT BECAUSE, UM, TO US THAT IS THE WAY TO CREATE EQUITY FOR PEOPLE TO, THEY'RE, THEY'RE BOTH PARTNERS WITH US TECHNICALLY, IN TERMS OF ALL THE INFORMATION AND WORKING ON THE DEALS WITH US.
BUT THEY ALSO SHARE IN THE DEVELOPER FEE WITH US.
UM, AND OUR GOAL THERE REALLY IS TO SET THEM UP FOR SUCCESS AFTER THE PARTNERSHIP.
AND CAN YOU, UM, BUMP UP THE MWB THAT NUMBER THAT YOU MENTIONED IN TERMS OF YOUR, UM, MINORITY DEVELOPERS? WE HAVE, WE HAVE EIGHT DIFFERENT ONES THAT WE WORKED WITH OVER THAT PERIOD OF TIME.
UM, SO IN THE CITY, UH, OF, OF HOUSTON RIGHT NOW WE HAVE FIVE AFFORDABLE PROPERTIES THERE, TOTALING 850 UNITS.
AND I, THOSE ARE DIVIDED BETWEEN PRESERVATION PROPERTIES AS WELL AS NEW CONSTRUCTION.
UM, I WANNA START OFF REALLY WITH CLEM MANOR.
UM, MANY OF YOU KNOW THAT WE HAVE, UH, 284 UNITS IN THAT PROPERTY.
IT'S A HUNDRED PERCENT AFFORDABLE.
THIS WAS A 9% LITECH DEAL THAT WAS APPROVED, UM, BY THE COUNCIL.
UM, WHEN WE CAME HERE LAST YEAR, CLEM MANOR HAD BEEN GOING THROUGH A NUMBER OF ISSUES THAT WERE REALLY RELATED TO THE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANY AND FOLLOW UP WITH THE RESIDENTS.
THERE HAD BEEN SEWAGE ISSUES OVER THAT PERIOD OF TIME.
THERE HAVE BEEN ISSUES REGARDING PEST CONTROL AND REALLY ISSUES, I THINK REGARDING JUST THE COMMUNICATION WITH THE RESIDENTS AND FOLLOW UP WITH THE RESIDENTS.
UM, SINCE THAT PERIOD OF TIME, WE HAVE, UM, WE REMOVED THE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANY, BROUGHT IN A NEW COMPANY, UM, AND REALLY WANTED TO THOROUGHLY GO THROUGH REALLY ESTABLISHING, REESTABLISHING THAT RELATIONSHIP WITH THE RESIDENTS AND MAKING SURE THAT WE WERE BEING, UM, UH, RESPONSIVE.
UM, SO WE'VE IMPROVED THAT COMMUNICATION.
WE'VE HELD A NUMBER OF TOWN HALL MEETINGS WITH THEM.
UH, WE'VE CREATED WAYS IN WHICH THEY CAN REPORT ISSUES TO US QUICKER, UM, SO THAT WE CAN RESPOND, UM, IN A MUCH MORE EFFICIENT MANNER.
WE'VE ALSO DONE SOME THINGS THAT PREVIOUSLY, UM, SOME OF THE REPAIRS AND THINGS THAT NEEDED TO BE DONE WAS WHEN WE GOT A CALL OR WHEN WE FOUND OUT ABOUT IT, WE DECIDED WE NEEDED TO BE MUCH MORE PROACTIVE ABOUT THINGS.
SO, FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAD HAD SOME SEWAGE BACKUP PROBLEMS OUT THERE.
WE, UM, DID SOME MAJOR REPAIRS, UM, FOLLOWING DURING THAT PERIOD OF TIME LAST YEAR.
UM, AND WE ALSO JETTED ALL THE LINES.
WE PUT CAMERAS IN IT, AND INSTEAD OF WAITING FOR A PROBLEM TO ARISE ON A QUARTERLY BASIS, NOW WE GO AHEAD AND WE JET, UM, ALL THE SEWER LINES, UM, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER OR NOT WE THINK THERE COULD BE A PROBLEM AT, AT THE SITE.
UM, WE ALSO, IN TERMS OF PEST CONTROL, GENERALLY A TENANT, A RESIDENT AT ANY TIME CAN, CAN MAKE US AWARE, BUT SOMETIMES THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN.
SO NOW WE ARE JUST ON A QUARTERLY BASIS, WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND DO A FULL TREATMENT OF THE PROPERTY, UM, AS WELL.
UM, WE'VE ALSO TALKED A LOT WITH THE RESIDENTS AND WITH HPD ABOUT SECURITY, AND SO WE CONTINUE TO MAKE THAT AN ISSUE AT, AT THE PROPERTY.
BUT I WOULD JUST SAY THAT I, I THINK, UM, AND THEN FINALLY I WOULD JUST, THE LAST POINT I'LL MAKE ABOUT CLEM IS THE COUNCIL ACTUALLY PASSED LEGISLATION.
AND PART OF THAT LEGISLATION WAS THAT WE HAVE AN INSPECTION DONE, AN INDEPENDENT INSPECTION, WE WOULD PAY FOR IT, BUT IT WOULD BE THE CITY'S INSPECTION.
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WE DID DO THAT.UM, THERE WERE VERY MINOR THINGS FOUND IN THE NEAR TERM.
UM, THE SEWAGE LINE WAS ONE WHICH WE WERE ALREADY WORKING ON.
UM, AND THEN THERE WERE, UM, SOME LONGER TERM ISSUES, WHICH WE'VE ALL, ALL, IN FACT, WE JUST WENT AHEAD AND, AND COMPLETED THOSE ISSUES AS WELL.
SO, UM, AND, AND THE LAST NOTE ON THAT, I WOULD JUST SAY THAT THERE'S BEEN A BIG PUSH.
WE ALWAYS HAD A BIG PUSH ON RESIDENT SERVICES.
SO WE'RE DOING A LOT OF THINGS.
WE HAVE AF AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS. WE HAVE OUT AT, AT CLEM MANOR RIGHT NOW.
WE HAVE A SENIORS MONTH AT CLEM.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE, UH, A CVS MOBILE THAT COMES EVERY SIX TO EIGHT WEEKS THAT DOES A HEALTH ASSESSMENT FOR THE RESIDENTS.
UM, REALLY FOCUS ON, YOU KNOW, THE HEALTH OF THE HEALTH OF OUR RESIDENTS, AS WELL AS FOCUS ON THE, THE YOUTH AND WHAT KIND OF PROGRAMS WE CAN PROVIDE TO HELP THEM, ASSIST THEM GOING FORWARD.
UM, MOVING ON TO OTHER PROJECTS, UH, PEPPER TREE MANNER BEFORE YOU, BEFORE YOU GO, WE DO HAVE A T UM, A QUESTION IN THE QUEUE.
AND I JUST WANT TO ADD, YOU KNOW, AS CHAIR OF THE, UH, COMMITTEE, I, IT'S, UH, RARE THAT I, UM, T TAKE A POSITION AGAINST A HOUSING ITEM.
VERY RARE, BECAUSE I BELIEVE DEEPLY IN THE STAFF AND THE WORK THAT THEY DO IN THE CITY.
UM, BUT I, BUT YOU KNOW, THIS WORK IS DIFFICULT AND WE HAVE TO BE DELIBERATE.
AND I THINK OFTENTIMES, YOU KNOW, THE TENSION THAT COMES FROM SOME AGENDA ITEMS FORCES US TO FORESEE.
SO THIS IS REALLY REFRESHING TO, TO HEAR, UM, OF THE LONG-TERM COMMITMENT.
AND THEN IT WASN'T JUST FOR GETTING THE ITEM PASSED.
UM, I APPRECIATE THE INSPECTION AND I KNOW OUR VICE MAYOR, UM, UM, UM, AUTHORED SOME, SOME RECOMMENDATIONS WHERE THAT WERE ADOPTED IN, IN THAT ORDINANCE.
UM, BUT I, YOU'VE, YOU'VE PRETTY MUCH ADDRESSED SOME OF THE, THE QUESTIONS I'VE HAD IN TERMS OF THE SHORT TERM AND THE LONG TERM GOALS.
I KNOW AT THE TIME THERE WAS A DRAINAGE ISSUE.
BUT THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS OVERNIGHT.
AND, AND YOUR COMMITMENT HAS DONE THROUGH THAT.
SO FROM, UM, SOME OF THE INSPECTION REPAIRS, IN TERMS OF HABITABILITY, HAVE THOSE NUMBERS DECREASED OR WHAT HAVE YOU SEEN IN TERMS OF 3 1 1 REPORTS ON THE PROPERTY? THE ONLY, THE ONLY, UM, ON THE SHORT TERM, AS I TOLD YOU, WAS WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE SEWAGE REPAIRS.
THE, THE LINES OUTSIDE IT ACTUALLY BUCKLED AND THEY BUCKLED BASICALLY BECAUSE THEY WERE GETTING STOPPED UP BECAUSE OF A LOT OF STUFF THAT WAS PUT SORT OF IN THE SYSTEM.
SO WE'VE ACTUALLY HAD A, A GREAT COMMUNICATION WITH THE RESIDENTS ABOUT THAT.
AND WE WENT AND WE ACTUALLY TOOK PICTURES OF IT SO WE COULD SHOW PEOPLE WHAT, WHAT IT WAS THAT WAS CAUSING THESE KINDS OF BACKUPS.
SO THAT'S BEEN COMPLETELY REPLACED.
SO THAT WAS THE, THE BIGGEST ONE.
THE PEST CONTROL TREATMENT WAS ALSO A VERY BIG ONE.
NOT JUST TO DO IT FOR X NUMBER OF UNITS, BUT ACTUALLY GO INTO EVERY SINGLE UNIT AND DO THAT.
SO WE'VE DONE THAT ON THE LONG TERM.
UM, WE HAD SOME REPAIRS TO THE SOFFIT AND FASCIA OF THE BUILDINGS, AND WE'VE ALREADY STARTED ON THE, I THINK WE'VE COMPLETED THE SOFFIT AND THE FASCIAS AS WELL.
SO THOSE, THOSE WERE MORE, THAT WAS SORT OF THE LONG TERM THINGS.
VICE MAYOR PRO TEM KASIK TATUM.
AND THANK YOU MR. PRICE FOR THE PRESENTATION SO FAR.
UM, I SPEAK ON BEHALF OF VICE MAYOR PRO TEM, UM, MARTHA CASTEX TATUM, AND, UM, WHO WORKED ON THE AGREEMENT YES.
AND SHE APPRECIATES THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE, UM, THUS FAR, THE INSPECTIONS, UM, THE ENGAGEMENT WITH THE RESIDENTS AND ALSO, UM, FOR YOU COMING BACK WITH THIS REPORT.
MS. UM, COUNCIL MEMBER JACKSON.
AND I TOO WANNA JUST THANK YOU FOR COMING IN AND, UM, KEEPING US UP TO DATE ON, UM, THE PROGRESS THAT WE ARE MAKING.
UM, AS YOU KNOW, CLEM MANOR IS SOMETHING THAT I'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
I WAS PART OF THE INITIAL, UM, REHAB OF CLEM CLEM MANOR, UM, THAT CAME, THAT WAS THE DOLLARS THAT WAS USED FROM DR $2 TO, UM, GET IT UP TO, UP TO PAR.
AND SO SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT I HAD WAS THE SECURITY, UM, OF COURSE, THE, THE DRAINAGE.
UM, AND SO I'M HAPPY TO KNOW THAT WE'RE MOVING FORWARD, BUT WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN THE FUTURE, UM, I KNOW THAT YOU'RE, YOU'RE TALKING ENGAGING THE CONSTITUENTS.
UM, THE RESIDENTS, THE TENANTS, JUST, YOU KNOW, HOW CAN WE GET POSSIBLY A SURVEY JUST TO, SO WE CAN KNOW WHAT THEY'RE SAYING? OKAY.
BECAUSE I MEAN, YOU'RE ENGAGING THEM, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW SURE.
YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT THEIR FEEDBACK IS.
AND SO, I MEAN, DOWN THE LINE, MAYBE A, A TENANT SURVEY, WE CAN DO THAT AND THEN SHARE THOSE RESPONSES.
UM, PEPPERTREE IS, UH, PEPPERTREE MANOR, WHICH IS ANOTHER PROJECT, UM, THAT WE OWN IN, IN HOUSTON.
THIS IS AN ALL SENIOR PROJECT.
IT'S A HUNDRED PERCENT AFFORDABLE.
UM, NO REALLY FURTHER UPDATE ON THAT.
THAT PROJECT REALLY CAME THROUGH US THROUGH PNC BANK.
UM, THEY HAD HAD PROBLEMS AND, AND WE WORKED WITH THEM.
AND THERE HAVE BEEN A COUPLE OF TIMES NATIONWIDE THAT THEY HAVE BROUGHT US IN TO, UH, TAKE OVER AND LOOK AT PROJECTS.
UM, UNDER NEW CONSTRUCTION, WE HAVE THREE PROJECTS RIGHT NOW, UH, THAT ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
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ROSEMARY'S PLACE, UH, WHICH WHICH WE TALKED ABOUT ALSO LAST SUMMER.AND YOU, AND THANK, I WANNA THANK THE, THE COUNCIL FOR APPROVING THAT AND ALLOWING US TO MOVE FORWARD.
THAT IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION NOW.
UH, IT'S 149 APARTMENTS, AND THIS IS GONNA BE SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, UH, FOR THE HOMELESS.
AND SO WE'RE PARTNERING WITH MAGNIFICAT, UM, ON THAT TO PROVIDE THOSE PARTICULAR SERVICES.
WE'VE ACTUALLY BUILT AN OFFICE FOR THEM INSIDE THE PROJECT SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THOSE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED.
UM, AND WE'RE, WE'RE TARGETING, UH, CONSTRUCTION COMPLETE FOR THAT.
UM, UH, EARLY NEXT YEAR, PROBABLY EARLY SPRING, NEXT YEAR.
UH, TIMINOS PLACE, UH, WHICH DIRECTED BYNUM, UH, SHOWED I THINK A PICTURE OF EARLIER.
THIS IS 95 PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING UNITS.
UM, THIS PROJECT WILL BE COMPLETE, UH, PROBABLY AROUND JULY OF THIS YEAR.
IT'S WELL UNDERWAY IN TERMS OF ITS CONSTRUCTION.
UH, OUR PARTNER IN THIS PROJECT IS TIMINOS, CDC, AND THEY WILL BE PROVIDING THE SUPPORTIVE SERVICES FOR THIS PROJECT.
THE LAST ONE, UH, IS THE CITADEL.
UH, THIS IS 74 AFFORDABLE APARTMENTS, UH, FOR SENIORS.
UH, THEY WILL BE AFFORDABLE FOR, UH, SENIORS WITH INCOMES BETWEEN 30 AND 80% OF THE A MI.
THIS IS A PARTNERSHIP WITH CHANGE HAPPENS, AND, UM, AS IT WAS STATED BY DIRECTOR BYNUM, WE ARE ACTUALLY HAVING A RIBBON CUTTING ON THURSDAY FOR THIS PROJECT, UM, WHICH HAS JUST BEEN RECENTLY COMPLETED.
UH, AND THANK YOU FOR THE WONDERFUL WORK YOU ARE DOING IN ALL OF OUR COMMUNITIES.
MY QUESTION, SIR, IS IN REFERENCE TO THE SCATTER SITE HOUSING, UH, THAT YOU MENTIONED ON THE FIRST SLIDE.
UM, MY IN INTEREST IS WHERE THESE WOULD BE PLACED IN ALL THOSE COMMUNITIES THAT WILL BE RECEIVING THIS HOUSING.
WILL THEY BE ABLE TO RECEIVE THAT HOUSING? THE, IN OTHER WORDS, IS THIS A LOW INCOME PROJECT THAT WILL BE GOING INTO AN EXISTING, UH, COMMUNITY? WHAT, UM, WE DON'T HAVE A SCATTERED SITE HOUSING A PROJECT HERE.
WE DON'T HAVE SCATTERED SITE HERE.
THEY DON'T DO SCATTERED, THEY'RE NOT DOING A SCATTERED SITE HERE.
THEY, THEY OFFER SCATTERED SITE HOUSING.
WE'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING HERE.
THAT'S, UM, SO I'LL JUST WRAP IT UP.
JUST, JUST IN CONCLUSION, I WANTED TO BE BRIEF AND ALSO GIVE YOU TIME FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
UM, WE ARE A NONPROFIT, UH, ENTITY, AND WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR REALLY WAYS TO, UH, FORWARD OUR MISSION.
UH, AND THAT'S TO CREATE, UH, HOUSING THAT'S MORE SUSTAINABLE.
UM, THAT'S TO REALLY WORK WITH THE RESIDENTS AND, AND MAKE A PLACE FOR THEM TO LIVE.
AND SO WE WE'RE CONSTANTLY WORKING WITH PARTNERS TO DO THAT.
I REALLY WANT TO GIVE A SPECIAL THANKS, UH, TO DIRECTOR BYNUM AND, AND HIS OFFICE.
I MEAN, ONE OF THE REASONS THAT WE ARE HERE, UH, IN HOUSTON, UH, IT'S REALLY TWO REASONS WHY YOU GO TO ANY MARKET.
ONE IS, IS THERE THE PUBLIC WILL TO DO HOUSING? AND YOU HAVE IT HERE IN HOUSTON.
UM, AND YOU'VE SHOWN THAT, UM, AND WE'VE SEEN THAT.
AND, AND, AND TWO IS THE ABILITY TO EXECUTE, UH, WITH THE CITY AND THE CITY STAFF.
AND, UM, WE HAVE A GREAT STAFF HERE.
O OTHERWISE WE WOULDN'T BE HERE TALKING ABOUT ALL OF THESE TODAY AS WELL AS I THINK THE, THE ONES THAT WE SAW EARLIER TODAY.
SO I WANNA THANK THE COUNCIL, UM, AND FOR YOUR SUPPORT, UM, FOR HOLDING US TO THE FIRE.
AND WE WANNA HOLD, KEEP THINGS TO OUR, OUR STANDARD AS WELL.
AND, UH, I WANT TO THANK AGAIN, UH, DIRECTOR BYNUM AND HIS FOLKS FOR REALLY HELPING US EXECUTE AND PUSH THESE THINGS FORWARD.
SO WITH THAT, I TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.
WE, YOU KNOW, FORTUNATELY WE DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS IN THE QUEUE FOR YOU.
UM, BUT, BUT I THINK THAT GOES TO, UM, YOUR INTENTION AND EFFORT OF FOLLOWING THROUGH ON THE AGREEMENT.
AND, UM, AS I WAS MENTIONING TO, UH, STEPHANIE EARLIER ON, ON, ON THE TEAM, I SAID, YOU KNOW, THESE THINGS AT COUNCIL EVERY WEEK, IT STARTS NEW, RIGHT? AND SO, SO MANY TIMES THINGS PASS AND WE SAY THINGS IN THE HORSESHOE AND THEN WE MOVE ON TO THE NEXT THING.
BUT I'M GRATEFUL, UM, THAT WE'RE STILL HAVING THIS CONVERSATION AND WE HAVEN'T FORGOTTEN.
AND THAT, UM, OUR, UM, EXPECTATIONS ALSO MEET YOUR STANDARDS.
AND SO, UM, WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR TOO MUCH.
UM, AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, REGARDLESS IF RESIDENTS ARE IN THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS AND THOSE UNITS BY CHOICE OR CIRCUMSTANCE, THEY DESERVE ALL OF THE AMENITIES THEY DESERVE.
AND IT, I'M, AGAIN, I'M REFRESHED, UM, TO SEE THIS.
AND SO I WANT TO THANK THE VICE MAYOR, PRO TEM FOR, UM, UH, LEADING THAT CHARGE.
PLEASE SEND MY, UH, UH, REGARDS TO HER.
UM, AND THEN FOR THE COUNCIL MEMBERS ALSO STAYING ENGAGED WITH THIS PROCESS.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TRAVELING, UH, DOWN TO, TO PRESENT TO US.
MR. VICE CHAIR, MADAM CHAIR, IF THERE ARE NO OTHER
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QUESTIONS, I DO WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE, UH, THOSE PARTICIPATING IN THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROGRAM, AND, UH, FOR TODAY'S TODAY'S SESSION.MADAM CHAIR, I WANNA THANK YOU.
I WANNA REMIND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC VIEWING AND HERE WITH US IN CHAMBER THAT THE NEXT MEETING OF THE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS COMMITTEE WILL TAKE PLACE ON JUNE 20TH, AGAIN AT 10:00 AM IN CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS IN HOUSTON, TEXAS.
AND WITH THAT MADAM CHAIR, WE ARE ADJOURNED.