[Housing and Affordability Committee on October 15, 2024. ]
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SERIES OF ITEMS FROM PUBLIC FACILITIES, MULTIFAMILY PLANNING AND GRANT REPORTING COMPLIANCE AND GRANT ADMINISTRATION.
AS OF TODAY, WE HAVE TWO PUBLIC SPEAKERS SIGNED UP AND WE WILL HEAR FROM THEM AFTER THE PRESENTATIONS.
JUST AS A REMINDER, IF THERE ARE ANY PARTICULAR QUESTIONS, PLEASE ALLOW MY STAFF AND THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT 72 HOURS TO TURN THOSE RESPONSES OVER TO THE ENTIRE COMMITTEE.
WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.
DEPUTY DIRECTOR SELLERS, GOOD MORNING.
IT'S UH, IT'S ANOTHER GREAT DAY AND WE'VE GOT A LENGTHY AGENDA.
I THINK WE'RE GONNA HIT ON JUST ABOUT EVERY SINGLE SECTION OF OUR DEPARTMENT.
FIRST UP, WE'RE GONNA HAVE OUR UHHON LIDDELL, DIVISION MANAGER OF REPUBLIC FACILITIES COME UP AND, UH, TALK TO US ABOUT RECENTER.
UM, HOW'S THE DEPARTMENT WILL RECOMMEND COUNCIL APPROVING OF ASSIGNMENT BY THE MID CENTER KNOWN AS THE RE CENTER, TO AN ASSUMPTION BY THE HARRIS CENTER FOR MENTAL HEALTH AND INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENT DISABILITY.
HARRIS CENTER WILL ASSUME ALL OF RE CENTER'S RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS UNDER THE CURRENT EXISTING LOAN WITH THE CITY OF HOUSTON.
THIS ACTION WILL NOT REQUIRE ANY ADDITIONAL CITY FUNDING.
PREVIOUSLY LOANS AGREEMENTS HAVE BEEN APPROVED BY COUNCIL FOR TWO, UM, DIVISIONS WITHIN PUBLIC FACILITIES AND MULTIFAMILY.
THE PUBLIC FACILITIES PROJECT WAS A 62 UNIT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING FACILITY LOCATED AT 38 0 9 MAIN STREET, WHERE COUNCIL APPROVED 4 MILLION TOTAL TURS AFFORDABILITY AND HOUSING FUND FUNDS FOR THIS PROJECT, THE LOAN REQUIRES CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS TO BE PLACED ON THE PROPERTY REGARDING USES AS AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR A PERIOD OF 10 YEARS.
THE SECOND PROPERTY IS THE MULTIFAMILY PROPERTY WHERE COUNCIL APPROVED HOME FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT OF 3 MILLION THAT WERE PAID FOR CONSTRUCTION COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROPERTY AT 1104 ALABAMA STREET.
THE LOAN REQUIRES CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS ON THIS PROPERTY FOR AN AFFORDABILITY HOUSING PERIOD OF 20 YEARS.
THE RE CENTER HAS CURRENTLY AGREED FOR A MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT WHEREIN HARRIS CENTER AGREED TO TAKE OVER THE OPERATIONS OF THE HOMELESS OF THE LESSNESS PROGRAM SERVICES AT BOTH PROPERTIES FULL OF FACILITIES AND MULTIFAMILY.
IN ADDITION TO THE CURRENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN RECENT CENTER AND HARRIS CENTER COUNCIL APPROVED A FUNDING AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND HARRIS CENTER IN THE AMOUNT OF $750,000 TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO HELP HARRIS CENTER CARRY OUT THE OPERATIONS AT THESE FACILITIES.
ADDITIONALLY, THE RECENT CENTER HAS NOW AGREED TO SELL THE PROPERTY TO HARRIS CENTER.
WITH THIS AGREEMENT, HARRIS CENTER WILL ASSUME RECENT'S OBLIGATIONS TO THIS, TO THE CITY PURSUANT TO BOTH LOANS, AND REQUESTED THAT THE CITY CONSENT TO CERTAIN MODIFICATIONS OF THE LOAN THAT ARE IMPOSED ON THE PROPERTY AFTER CLOSING OF THE LOAN.
WITHIN THE PUBLIC FACILITIES UNITS, THE NUMBER OF THE RESTRICTED UNITS WILL BE 13 UNITS OF WHICH 10 UNITS WILL NOT EXCEED 60% OF THE AREA.
MEDIUM INCOME AND THREE UNITS WILL NOT EXCEED 50% OF A MI THE MULTI-FAMILY PROPERTY.
THE NUMBER OF RESTRICTED UNITS WILL BE REDUCED FROM 31 TO 24, PROVIDED THAT ALL 64 UNITS WILL BE RESTRICTED TO PERSONS EARNING 60% OF THE AREA MEDIUM INCOME OR LESS.
IN ADDITION TO THE CURRENT SERVICES THAT RECENT CENTER PROVIDE, HARRIS CENTER WILL PROVIDE ADDITIONAL UNITS MAY BE USED FOR INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES SUFFERING FROM BOTH HOMELESSNESS AND BEHAVIOR HEALTH ISSUES.
AT BOTH PROPERTIES TODAY, WE HAVE KIM MEYER, WHO'S HERE REPRESENTING FOR THE HARRIS CENTER.
THESE TWO ITEMS ARE BEING PRESENTED AT HOUSING COMMITTEE.
THEY WILL GO TO COUNCIL SEPARATELY AS TWO INDIVIDUAL ITEMS BECAUSE THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT PROPERTIES.
CAN YOU GO BACK TO PAGE SLIDE FIVE TERMS AFFORDABLE HOUSING FUNDS.
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OR IS THIS OUT OF THE ALLOCATION? THE ANNUAL ALLOCATION, IT'S A 24 0 9.NO QUESTIONS IN THE QUEUE REGARDING THIS ITEM.
I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE STAFF FROM VICE MAYOR PRO TEM AMY PECK'S, OFFICE COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, JACKSON'S OFFICE FROM DISTRICT B STAFF FROM COUNCIL MEMBER ABBY CAYMAN'S, OFFICE DISTRICT C COUNCIL MEMBER FRED FLICKINGER, DISTRICT E STAFF FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO'S OFFICE, DISTRICT H STAFF FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CAROLYN EVANS SHABAZZ, DISTRICT D STAFF FROM COUNCIL MEMBER LETITIA PLUMMER AT LARGE FOUR AND STAFF FROM COUNCIL MEMBER ANNE HUFFMAN'S, OFFICE DISTRICT G.
I DO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT SLIDE NUMBER NINE.
UM, IT SAYS, NUMBER OF RESTRICTED UNITS WILL BE REDUCED FROM 31 TO 24, PROVIDED THAT ALL 64 UNITS BE RESTRICTED TO PERSONS EARNING 60% A MI OR LESS.
UM, SO THE WAY THIS READS, IF I'M READING IT CORRECTLY, A NUMBER OF RESTRICTED UNITS IS GONNA BE 24, BUT THEN IT SAYS 64 UNITS ARE RESTRICTED.
BUT WHAT AM I MISSING HERE? SO ALL OF THE UNITS ARE RESTRICTED TO 60% A MI, HOWEVER, THE HOME FORMULA WE'RE REDUCING IT DOWN TO WITH THE HOME FORMULA, 'CAUSE IT WAS HOME FUNDED, SAYS WAS THE NUMBER THAT IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN, WHICH WOULD'VE BEEN 24.
SO WE, WE HAVE CERTAIN, UH, MONITORING REQUIREMENTS THAT WE'LL STILL, STILL DO ON THOSE 24 RELATED TO THE HOME FUNDS WE PUT INTO THE DEAL, BUT IN TOTAL, THE, ALL OF THEM WILL STILL BE RESTRICTED.
SO THE 24 ARE, ARE AT WHAT, UH, A MI OR ARE ARE THEY AT A PARTICULAR A MI SO 60% AND BELOW THERE'S 60% UHHUH.
THERE'LL BE SOME AT 50, THE SOME AT 60.
WHAT, WHAT IS THE A MI FOR THIS AREA? WE'LL HAVE TO, WE CAN PULL IT AND SEE.
AS FAR AS THE LOCATION ITSELF, DO WE KNOW WHAT THE RENT WOULD BE FOR THE 60%? A MI? WE CAN GIVE YOU THOSE NUMBERS AS WELL.
AND ALSO WHAT THE GOING RATE FOR THE RENT WOULD BE AND WHAT THE DIFFERENCE IS.
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT THE FULL RATE WOULD BE AND WHAT 60% A MI SURE WE CAN.
SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE MARKET FOR THAT AREA? MARKET, RIGHT? YEAH.
BUT ALL UNITS WILL BE 60% AND BELOW, BUT WE CAN GET THE MARKET AND THE 60 ALSO.
THANK YOU STAFF AND COUNCIL MEMBER EVAN SHABAZZ.
UH, AS, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER FLICKINGER ASKED, MAY I ALSO MAY DISTRICT D ALSO GET THAT INFORMATION? YES, SURE.
WE'LL PASS IT ALONG TO THE CHAIR AND IT COULD BE CIRCULATED.
SO NEXT UP, UH, WE'RE GONNA MOVE, UH, TRANSITION OVER TO OUR MULTIFAMILY TEAM.
WE HAVE DEPUTY ASSISTANT DIRECTOR RYAN BIBBS WITH US TO JOIN US ON THESE NEXT ITEMS. GOOD MORNING CHAIR.
AND THEN THIS IS JUST A NOTE THAT AS, UH, SHARONDA MENTIONED THAT THE FIRST TWO ITEMS WERE PRESENTED TOGETHER, BUT ONE WAS A PUBLIC FACILITIES ITEM.
SO WE CAN MOVE INTO THE NEXT SLIDE.
SO NEXT SLIDE HERE IS SLIDE THREE B AND THREE B IS A MOTION REQUESTING A PUBLIC HEARING TO PROVIDE A RESOLUTION OF NO OBJECTION FOR AN APPLICATION SEEKING 4% HOUSING TAX CREDITS FOR THE PROPERTY, UH, ENCLAVE ON LUTA AT 2324 LUTA ROAD, SPRING, TEXAS 7 7 3 8 8 FOR ZIP CODE NEW CONSTRUCTION SERVING GENERAL POPULATION.
THE NEXT SLIDE IS DESCRIBING, UH, THE PROCESS HERE.
UH, THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING COMMUNITY DEVELOP HOUSING AND HOUSING.
TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING COMMUNITY AFFAIRS ADMINISTERS THE STATE'S HOUSING TAX CREDIT PROGRAM.
AND PER THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, EACH DEVELOPER HAS TO, UH, RECEIVE A RESOLUTION FROM THE GOVERNING BODY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THEIR APPLICATION.
THIS SLIDE IS DEPICTING THE THRESHOLD REVIEW THAT THE, THAT THAT WE'VE DONE FOR THIS PROPERTY, UM, THE ORGANIZATION HAS DONE FOR THIS PROPERTY.
AND WE HAVE MOVED THIS PRO PROJECT FORWARD BASED
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ON THE SCHOOLS MET STANDARDS, GREAT SCHOOLS, UH, NOT LOCATED IN A HUNDRED PERCENT FLOOD PLAIN, AND THE POVERTY RATE IS BELOW 25%.AGAIN, HERE, THIS IS WHERE, UH, WE ARE ASKING FOR A RESOLUTION OF NO OBJECTION.
THIS PROPERTY IS ALSO LOCATED IN THE, UH, ETJ AND IS CLOSEST TO, UM, COUNCIL DISTRICT B.
HERE WE ARE JUST RE REINSTATING THAT THIS PROPERTY NEEDS A RESOLUTION OF NO OBJECTION TO MOVE FORWARD.
THEY'LL RECEIVE A RESOLUTION, WE'RE ASKING TO RECEIVE A RESOLUTION FROM THIS BODY.
THEY'LL ALSO HAVE TO GET A RESOLUTION FROM, UH, THEIR, THE, THE COUNTY ALSO TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS PROJECT.
NO QUESTIONS IN THE QUEUE FOR THIS.
SO, JUST CURIOUS, I KNOW THIS, THIS IS NOT IN THE CITY, THIS IS IN THE ETJ, UM, BUT UNDER THE LAW, THIS HAS TO COME BEFORE US.
IS THERE ANY FORMULA THAT WE USE TO DETERMINE HOW MANY PROJECTS TO SUPPORT IN THE ETJ? HOW MANY TO SUPPORT WITHIN THE CITY? NO, THERE'S NOT A FORMULA AS FAR AS GETTING TO A NUMBER TO SUPPORT.
THERE'S NOT, IT'S MORE ABOUT DO THEY MEET OUR PREFERENCES OR STANDARDS, AS RYAN OUTLINED IN AN EARLIER SLIDE ABOUT THE PROJECT ITSELF MM-HMM
AND, AND, UH, DO YOU HAVE ANY THOUGHTS ON WHETHER THIS PROJECT WILL SUPPORT MOSTLY FOLKS WHO LIVE IN THE ETJ OR FOLKS WHO LIVE IN THE CITY? UH, IT, I MEAN PRIMARILY THE ETJ JUST BECAUSE OF ITS LOCATION, ALTHOUGH IT'S NOT THAT FAR OFF 45.
UM, AND IT'S NOT ALL THAT FAR OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS, BUT IT IS OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS.
I'M JUST, I'M JUST THINKING, ARE WE ENCOURAGING FOLKS TO MOVE OUT OF THE CITY AND IN INTO THE ETJ AS WE, THE, THE MORE OF THESE PROJECTS WE SUPPORT IN THE ETJ, I THINK WE'RE ENCOURAGING AFFORDABLE HOME DEVELOPMENT AND THAT MANY PEOPLE THAT MIGHT BE LIVING SPECI, UH, ESPECIALLY IN THIS TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT, MAY BE WORKING HERE IN THE CITY ITSELF.
AND SO IF THAT ALLOWS THEM TO COME IN AND WORK WITHIN THE CITY, UH, CONTRIBUTE TO WHAT WE HAVE GOING ON HERE, AND THAT'S A POSITIVE THING FOR US.
COUNCIL MEMBER FLICKINGER, TO QUALIFY FOR THE 4% TAX CREDIT, DO THEY HAVE TO HAVE REDUCED RENTS AT THIS PROJECT IS GOING TO HAVE 358 UNITS AND ALL OF THEM WILL BE 60% A MI AND BELOW.
SO YOU'LL HAVE ONE BEDROOMS, TWO BEDROOMS, THREE BEDROOMS, AND FOUR BEDROOMS, ALL THAT 60% A MI AND BELOW.
ARE YOU YOU ABLE TO GET INTO THE FIGURES, WHAT THE RENTS ARE FOR THAT AS WELL? I CAN.
AND WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM, BUT I ASSUME THAT THE DISTRICT COUNCIL MEMBER THAT'S CLOSEST TO THIS ITEM IS IN SUPPORT OF THIS AND HAS BEEN BRIEFED ON THIS? CORRECT.
SO, I, I THINK IT WOULD ALSO BE PRUDENT, UM, TO, UM, DISCUSS WITH THE DISTRICT MEMBER THAT'S CLOSEST TO THIS AREA BECAUSE THERE'S SERIES OF MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE HAPPENING, UM, THAT DISTRICT B HAS BEEN, UM, UH, LEADING ON.
UH, NEXT UP WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO PLANNING AND GRANT REPORTING.
WE HAVE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR ANGELA SIMON JOINING US TO PRESENT THESE ITEMS. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE.
STARTING WITH THE FIRST ITEM, WHICH IS A FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE FISCAL YEAR 2022 COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING GRANT AGREEMENT FOR BISSONET THE BINET SOCIAL SERVICES HUB.
WE WILL BE SEEKING COUNSEL APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE SUBMITTING THIS FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE GRANT AGREEMENT.
UM, WE RECEIVED THIS, UH, AWARD TO THE CITY FOR THIS PROJECT AS A RESULT OF THE CONSOLIDATED APPROPRIATIONS ACT IN 2022.
UM, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS FROM HUD, WE MUST SUBMIT AN AMENDMENT WHEN THE SCOPE OR BUDGET OF A PROJECT CHANGES.
AND SO THE ORIGINAL SCOPE OF WORK FOR THIS PROJECT INTENDED TO PURCHASE AND REHABILITATE A BUILDING IN THE AILEY WESTWOOD AREA NEAR THE BINET STREET CORRIDOR FOR THE DELIVERY OF SERVICES TO MITIGATE AND REDUCE
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HUMAN AND SEXUAL TRAFFICKING.AND UNFORTUNATELY, THE CITY WAS UNABLE TO FILL THE FUNDING GAP TO FULLY COMPLETE THE PROJECT.
SO TO ENSURE THAT WE CAN, UH, YOU KNOW, THE RESIDENTS CAN BENEFIT FROM THIS FUNDING, WE WILL BE USING THE GRANT FOR SERVICES, UM, TARGETED IN THAT AREA.
AND SO WE HAVE CHANGED THE SCOPE OF WORK FROM ACQUISITION AND SITE PREPARATION, PRE AND PRE-DEVELOPMENT TO PROGRAMMING AND SERVICES.
AND THESE, UH, FUNDS ARE REQUIRED TO BE OBLIGATED BY SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2025, WHICH, YOU KNOW, NECESSITATES WHY WE NEED TO MAKE A DECISION AND MOVE THIS FORWARD AT THIS TIME.
AND ONCE WE, UM, HAVE, UH, WE WILL BE TAKING THIS TO, UH, COUNSEL TO GET THIS APPROVED.
AND THEN FURTHER WHEN THESE AGREEMENTS COME OUT WITH THE PROVIDERS OF SERVICES, THOSE WILL ALSO COME BACK TO COUNSEL.
I'M GONNA, IF, IF I MAY PAUSE YOU HERE.
'CAUSE I KNOW WE HAVE A SERIES OF, UM, UH, ADDITIONAL, UH, CPF UH, PROJECTS THAT YOU NEED TO HAVE SOME DETAILS ON.
BUT JUST TO PROVIDE SOME BACKGROUND, UH, TO MY COLLEAGUES AND TO THE, UM, TO STAFF MEMBERS.
SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR A LONG TIME IN THE COMMUNITY.
UH, YOU'RE RIGHT, WE WERE INITIALLY LOOKING AT A BRICK AND MORTAR TO HAVE SOME TYPE OF FRONT FACING SPACE.
UM, AND WE'VE CONVENED A LOT OF COMMUNITY GROUPS, UH, THAT WANT TO HELP ERADICATE THIS.
ONCE THE FEDERAL EARMARK IS OVER, THEN WHAT IS OUR PLAN? 'CAUSE WE WOULD'VE ESTABLISHED, NOW THOSE FUNDS WILL BE A PART OF SOME, AN AGENCY'S BUDGET.
THE SERVICES WOULD'VE BEEN PROVIDED.
AND THEN ARE WE GOING TO HAVE TO GO BACK TO CONGRESSMAN AL GREEN, WHICH I'M SURE WE CAN DO THAT BECAUSE I BELIEVE THIS IS HIS, THIS IS HIS EARMARK.
TO CON CONTINUATION WOULD, WOULD REQUIRE THAT AT THIS POINT.
I THINK THE HOPE HAD BEEN THAT, AS YOU SAID, THIS BRICK AND MORTAR LOCATION COULD HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED.
AND THEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FIGURING OUT HOW TO FUND SERVICES WITHIN SURE.
UM, BUT WE DO HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN WHEN USE THESE.
SO WE HAVEN'T HAD A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY TO COME UP WITH A, FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, A LONG RANGE PLAN.
UM, OUR DEPARTMENT, UM, IS TAKING THESE ITEMS FORWARD AND, AND MANAGING THESE, THESE ON BEHALF OF OTHERS WHO MADE THE ORIGINAL PROPOSALS.
SO THERE MAY NEED TO BE FURTHER DISCUSSION THAT INCLUDES HOW THIS IS GOING TO CONTINUE.
UM, AND THEN PREVIOUSLY THERE WERE ARPA DOLLARS ATTACHED TO THIS ITEM.
ARE THEY NO LONGER INCLUDED WITH THIS? UM, THE ARPA DOLLARS ARE, ARE NOT GONNA MOVE FORWARD BECAUSE THEY, YOU KNOW, WE HAD NOT FINALIZED THIS, SO, UH, THE BUILDING PURCHASE AND SO ON.
SO THAT HAD, HAD BEEN KIND OF REALLOCATED.
ALRIGHT, I WILL GO ON TO THE SECOND ITEM, WHICH IS THE EXECUTION OF THE GRANT AGREEMENT FOR THE CHOICE NEIGHBORHOODS, UH, PLANNING GRANT FOR THE NEAR NORTH SIDE TON AREA.
UM, WE WILL BE TAKING THIS ITEM, UM, FORWARD SO THAT WE CAN GET THE GRANT AGREEMENT EXECUTED AS OCCURRED WITH THE RECENT CHOICE NEIGHBORHOOD IMPLEMENTATION GRANT.
THIS APPLICATION WAS SUBMITTED BY HHA, UM, WITHOUT HAVING, UH, MOVED THROUGH OUR COUNCIL PROCESS FOR THE APPLY AND ACCEPT ACTION.
AND SO AS A RESULT, WE ARE REMEDIATING THIS BY BRINGING IT TO COUNCIL NOW TO ENSURE THAT, UM, WE HAVE APPROVAL TO MOVE FORWARD AND EXECUTING THE ASSOCIATED GRANT AGREEMENT AND RELATED DOCUMENTS BY THE MAYOR OR HIS DESIGNEE.
AND AS WITH THAT PRIOR, UH, GRANT, YOU KNOW, HHA IS THE HOUSTON HOUSING AUTHORITY IS THE LEAD APPLICANT AND THE CITY OF HOUSTON IS THE COA APPLICANT.
THIS IS A $500,000 CHOICE NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING GRANT.
IT WAS APPROVED AND AWARDED BY HUD JUST THIS PAST SEPTEMBER 10TH.
AND I WILL MAKE A NOTE OF A CHANGE IN THE PERFORMANCE PERIOD.
WE DID RECEIVE THE, THE ACTUAL GRANT AGREEMENT, UM, YESTERDAY, AND IT WILL BE FROM SEPTEMBER 10TH THROUGH MARCH 31ST AS OPPOSED TO, UM, MARCH 10TH.
I KNOW COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO IS NOT HERE, BUT I KNOW HE'S, UH, INCREDIBLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
FOR THE CITY TO RECEIVE TWO, UM, CHOICE HUD GRANT PLANNING GRANTS, UM, IS IS SOMETHING TO BE NOTED, UH, AND THEN HOPEFULLY MOVING FORWARD, AND I BELIEVE LISC IS A PART OF THIS PROJECT AS WELL.
UH, AND THEY'VE, UM, MENTIONED THEIR SUPPORT OF IT.
SO I I'M SURE THAT HE WILL BE ELATED ONCE THIS COMES BEFORE THE BODY AND WE'LL SHARE WITH OUR COLLEAGUES.
AND ON THE HEELS OF HAVING THE PRIOR PLANNING GRANT FOR CUNY HOMES AND RECEIVING AN IMPLEMENTATION GRANT, THERE'S EVERY HOPE THAT,
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UH, A SUCCESSFUL, UH, PLANNING PROCESS FOR THIS GRANT COULD LEAD TO ANOTHER IMPLEMENTATION GRANT.SO THAT IS INDEED A GREAT THING FOR THE CITY.
UM, SO AGAIN, WE'RE, WE'RE SEEKING EXECUTION OF THE GRANT AGREEMENT AND WE ARE GONNA BE MOVING THIS FORWARD.
THIS PLAN WILL BE FOR THE NEAR NORTH SIDE IRVINGTON VILLAGE CHOICE NEIGHBORHOOD AREA.
WE WILL BE WORKING COLLABORATIVE COLLABORATIVELY WITH HHA AND OTHER PARTNERS, UH, LOOKING AT DATA, GETTING COMMUNITY INPUT, AND REALLY COMING UP WITH A, A VIABLE PLAN FOR THAT AREA.
UM, WE ALSO WILL HAVE SOME OVERSIGHT OF THE PROCESS AS THE CO-APPLICANT.
AND THIS, UH, AS A REMINDER, UM, IS A REIMBURSEMENT GRANT AND THE FUNDING WILL BE MANAGED BY THE LEAD APPLICANT, THE HOUSTON HOUSING AUTHORITY.
THERE WILL BE NO DIRECT FUNDING AVAILABLE FOR THE CITY OF HOUSTON.
WE, AND SO WE WILL BE MOVING THIS ONE FORWARD ONTO THE, ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? NOPE.
WE HAVE, UH, UH, THREE COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING AWARDS THAT WERE RECEIVED FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2024 COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING CYCLE, UM, FOR 2 MILLION, TOTALING $2,423,300.
AND THIS IS THROUGH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE UNDER HUD.
THE FIRST AWARD IS FOR $1 MILLION FOR THE RENOVATION OF THE CITY OF HOUSTON METROPOLITAN MULTI-SERVICE CENTER FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES.
THIS PROJECT WILL RENOVATE THE MULTI-SERVICE CENTER TO INCLUDE, UM, UH, TO, TO INCLUDE THE AGING RESTROOM, SHOWER AND LOCKER ROOM AREA, AND THE, TO IMPROVE FUNCTIONALITY, ADDRESS PLUMBING ISSUES, UPGRADE FIXTURES AND FINISHES, AND TO UPDATE ACCESSIBILITY STANDARDS CRITICAL TO SERVING THAT CUSTOMER BASE.
SO WE HAVE 850,000 THAT WE'LL BE GOING INTO TO, UH, CONSTRUCTION, RENOVATION AND REHAB ACTIVITIES AND 150,000 IN ADMINISTRATION.
AND THIS IS DISTRICT C, CORRECT? SORRY, I HAVE MY NOTES.
I HAVE, BUT WEST GRAY, I HAVE DISTRICT, THIS IS WE GRAY.
I'M SORRY, I DON'T HAVE IT HERE.
YEAH, I, I'M SURPRISED COUNCIL MEMBER CAMAN IS NOT LISTENING AND SCREAMING OVER THE, UH, OVER THE INTERNET ABOUT THIS, BUT I KNOW SHE'S INCREDIBLY, LIKE SHE'S BEEN, I DON'T KNOW WHY I DON'T HAVE TIME TALKING ABOUT THE RENOVATION OF THE WEST GRAY MULTIPURPOSE FOR A VERY LONG TIME.
AND SO THIS IS GOING TO, THIS IS SIGNIFICANT FUNDING, UM, TO REHAB.
I THINK IT'S LIKE THE LARGEST PUBLIC FACILITY FOR, UH, THOSE WITH, UH, SPECIAL NEEDS DISABILITIES, UM, AND AT, AT THIS CITY.
SO, UH, YEAH, MY, I'M SURE SHE'S GONNA JUMP THROUGH THE PHONE OR A MICROPHONE SHORTLY.
THESE WERE CONSOLIDATED INTO ONE ITEM.
ALRIGHT, LET, LET'S, UH, I'LL MOVE ON THEN TO THE, UM, SECOND AWARD.
THIS, UH, THIS PROJECT IS FOR THE MASON PARK COMMUNITY CENTER IMPROVEMENT PROJECT, AND THIS PROJECT WILL REVITALIZE THE MASON PARK COMMUNITY CENTER, UM, LOCATED IN AN HISPANIC LOW AND MODERN INCOME COMMUNITY.
THE IMPROVEMENTS WILL LOOK AGAIN AT OUTDATED AND DETERIORATING BUILDING ENVELOPE AND INTERIOR IMPROVEMENTS TO RESTROOM AREAS, OFFICE AND LOBBY AREAS WITHIN THE CENTER.
AND WE HAVE A BUDGET OF, UH, TOTALING 850,000, OF WHICH 722,500 IN CONSTRUCTION, RENOVATION AND REHAB.
AND 127,500 IN ADMINISTRATION.
WELL, IF I HAVE TO, I SHOUT OUT COUNCIL MEMBER KAMAN.
I'M GONNA SHOUT OUT COUNCIL MEMBER MAR UH, MARTINEZ.
I KNOW THAT HE'S BEEN TALKING ABOUT MASON PARK FOREVER.
ARE YOU IN THE QUEUE TO SPEAK? GO AHEAD AND, UM, SPEAK ON HIS BEHALF PLEASE.
ON BEHALF OF COUNCIL MEMBER MARTINEZ AND THE WHOLE COMMUNITY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR PRIORITIZING MEETS IN PARK.
WE'VE HEARD A LOT OF, UM, GOOD WORK FROM THE COMMUNITY AND WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO SEE THIS GO FORTH.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO IMPLEMENTING ONCE WE GET THROUGH THE I APPLICATION PROCESS.
OUR THIRD AWARD THEN IS FIVE IS FOR $573,300 FOR THE RASMUS PARK HERITAGE HOUSE.
UM, DURING THE REDEVELOPMENT OF RASMUS PARK, NAMED FOR WALTER J RASMUS SENIOR, A CIVIL RIGHTS AREA LEADER AND HISTORIC MEETING HOUSE ON THE SITE WAS ELIMINATED.
THIS PROJECT WILL FUND THE, THE RECREATION OR AND CONSTRUCTION OF A HERITAGE HOME IN THE SPIRIT OF THE ORIGINAL MEETING HOUSE.
THE NEW HERITAGE, UH, ERASMUS HERITAGE HOUSE WILL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC ON A RESERVATION BASIS FOR NEIGHBORHOOD FUNCTIONS.
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CONSTRUCTION IN THIS HISTORIC PARK WILL REPRESENT AFRICAN AMERICANS DIVERSITY, CULTURAL IMPORTANCE, AND GIVE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE COMMUNITY AND PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL LANDMARK FOR CULTURAL PRIDE.THE RASMUS PARK HERITAGE HOUSE WILL HAVE ADDITIONAL NON-COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING OF $500,000 FOR A TOTAL PROJECT COST OF $1,073,300 AND FOUR OF THE COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING.
$487,305 WILL BE IN CONSTRUCTION, RENOVATION AND REHAB, PLUS THE 500,000 IN ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR A TOTAL OF 987,305 IN CONSTRUCTION, RENOVATION AND REHAB.
AND THEN WE HAVE 85,995 IN ADMINISTRATION.
UM, THE, AND ONCE WE, UH, SIGN THE, THE GRANT, THE DATES, WE SIGN THE GRANT AGREEMENTS FOR EACH OF THESE GRANTS, WE'LL INITIATE THEIR PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE AND BUDGET PERIOD.
AND THESE GRANTS AWARDS MUST BE SPENT BY AUGUST 31ST, 2032.
UM, THIS IS A PROCEDURAL ITEM, UM, TO RECEIVE THE FUNDS.
AND SO THE, THE GRANT AGREEMENTS AND OTHER AGREEMENTS THAT WILL BE EXECUTED AFTERWARDS, I'M SORRY, NOT THE GRANT AGREEMENTS.
AFTER THE GRANT AGREEMENTS, ANY AGREEMENTS THAT ARE EXECUTED WITH PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS OR CONTRACTS WILL COME BACK TO CITY COUNCIL.
AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
AND, UM, BEFORE WE MOVE TO THE NEXT ITEM, I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT RASMUS PARK IS, UH, IN DISTRICT F AND, UM, I KIND OF SORT OF USURPED THE PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION ON FEDERAL EARMARKS AND WENT DIRECTLY TO MY CONGRESSWOMAN CONGRESSWOMAN LIZZIE FLETCHER AND SAID, HEY, I GOT SOMETHING FOR YOU.
I'M SO HAPPY THAT SHE AGREED AND UNDERSTOOD THE IMPORTANCE OF, UH, SUPPORTING THIS COMMUNITY AND INVESTING IN THE, IN THIS COMMUNITY, UM, AMPLIFYING THIS HISTORY.
UH, PINEY POINT, THE ORIGINAL PINEY POINT, IT'S A FREEDMAN'S TOWN.
AND SO WALTER RASMUS IS MORE THAN A CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER.
UM, THERE WERE ONCE FIVE FREEDMAN TOWNS IN THAT PART OF HOUSTON.
AND NOW WHAT REMAINS CLOSE TO 120 WOOD FRAME HOMES, UM, IT'S A CONSERVATION DISTRICT AND IT'S NESTLED RIGHT THERE AND FONDER IN RICHMOND JEANETTA THAT AREA.
AND SO AS WE CONTINUE TO PRESERVE OUR HISTORY AND TALK ABOUT HISTORY, UM, THIS FACILITY THAT, UH, THE FRIENDS OF RASMUS THAT ARE HERE TODAY OF THE PARK, UM, WILL PROBABLY SPEAK ON PUBLIC COMMENTS.
BUT THIS FACILITY IS GOING TO REALLY OPEN UP, UH, THE CONNECT THE COMMUNITY, UH, THOSE WHO ARE CURRENTLY THERE AND THOSE WHO WOULD LOVE TO RETURN BACK AND, AND REALLY TALK ABOUT THEIR HISTORY AND CULTURE.
AND MANY OF THE DESCENDANTS OF OF, OF MR. RASMUS ARE STILL THERE, UM, AND ACTIVE THROUGHOUT THIS CITY.
SO I AM ELATED THAT THIS MADE IT THROUGH, EVEN THOUGH I TOOK SOME, UH, UH, I HAD TO TUSSLE WITH THE PAST ADMINISTRATION ABOUT USURPING THAT PROCESS.
AND SO, UH, EXCITED TO SEE THIS COME BEFORE THE BODY TODAY.
IF THERE ARE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS, THANK YOU.
NO QUESTIONS IN THE QUEUE ABOUT THESE ITEMS. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
ALRIGHT, UP NEXT WE HAVE COMPLIANCE AND GRANT ADMINISTRATION.
AND JOINING US IS DEPUTY DIRECTOR KENISHA LONDON.
UM, THE CITY OF HOUSTON'S HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT IS RECOMMENDING AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING AND APPROVING THE SIXTH AMENDMENT TO OUR, UM, CDBG DISASTER RECOVERY 2016 FLOOD, UM, AGREEMENT WITH THE TEXAS GENERAL LAND OFFICE.
UM, CITY COUNCIL ORIGINALLY, UH, APPROVED, UH, DISAGREE, UM, UNDER ORDINANCE, UH, 2019 DASH 1 0 9.
THE GLO IS NOW PROPOSING TO EXTEND THE CITY C-D-B-G-D-R 2016 AGREEMENT TO EXTEND THE TERM FROM NOVEMBER 30TH, 2024 TO JULY 31ST, 2025.
THE EXTENSION WILL ALLOW MORE TIME FOR THE DEMOLITION AND TO CLOSE OUT THE, UH, MITIGATION PROJECTS CURRENTLY IN PROCESS.
THERE ARE NO CHANGES TO THE FUNDING, UM, FOR THIS AGREEMENT.
THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
SO UP NEXT WE'RE GONNA HAVE PUBLIC SERVICES, UH, MELODIES, A LITTLE UNDER THE WEATHER.
SO WE HAVE JARED BRIGGS, THE DIVISION MANAGER IN PUBLIC SERVICES.
JOIN US FOR THESE ITEMS. GOOD MORNING.
UH, TODAY I WILL BE PRESENTING ITEM SIX A THROUGH D.
ALL ITEMS TODAY ARE A RESULT OF A NOFA THAT WAS RELEASED IN MAY OF 2024 FOR CHILDCARE AND OUT OF SCHOOL TIME PROGRAMMING.
UH, THIS NOFA WAS SEEKING SERVICES THAT COULD SERVE CHILDREN FROM MERE MONTHS OLD TO 18 YEARS OF AGE.
THERE WERE 19 APPLICANTS THAT TOOK PART IN THE SCORING PROCESS.
OF THOSE 19, THE TOP FIVE HIGHEST SCORED APPLICATIONS WERE SELECTED FOR FUNDING.
TODAY WE ARE PRESENTING FOUR OF THOSE SELECTED.
THE LAST ONE WILL BE PRESENTED AT A LATER DATE.
ALL ITEMS WILL BE USING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDS REFERRED TO AS CDBG.
THESE FOUR ITEMS PRESENTED WILL HAVE
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A 12 MONTH TERM WITH A TARGET START DATE OF NOVEMBER 1ST, 2024 THROUGH OCTOBER 31ST, 2025 WITH A ONE YEAR RENEWAL OPTION.SO ITEM SIX A, THE DEPARTMENT IS PRESENTING AN ORDINANCE WITH CHILDCARE COUNSEL OF GREATER HOUSTON INCORPORATED, PROVIDING UP TO $100,000 IN CDBG FUNDS FOR THE ADMINISTRATION AND OPERATIONS OF AN INFANT AND EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM, SERVING LOW TO MODERATE INCOME FAMILIES.
THIS PROGRAM WILL BE OPERATING OUT OF THE WEST END CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER LOCATED IN THE HOUSTON HEIGHTS AREA.
THIS PROGRAM WILL EXPAND CURRENTLY, SORRY, WILL EXPAND CURRENT CAPACITY AND SERVE AN ADDITIONAL 20 UNDUPLICATED CHILDREN AGED ZERO MONTHS TO FIVE YEARS OF AGE, UH, AND PROVIDE SUPPORT SERVICES TO THEIR FAMILIES.
ADDITIONALLY, THIS PROGRAM COLLABORATES AND PROVIDES SERVICES TO THE CHILDREN OF HOMELESS YOUTH PARENTS.
PROGRAMMING INCLUDES AGE APPROPRIATE CURRICULUM FOCUSED ON PROVIDING DEVELOPMENTAL OPPORTUNITIES, LANGUAGE ASSISTANCE FOR NON-ENGLISH SPEAKING CHILDREN, AS WELL AS A BREAKFAST, LUNCH, AND AFTERNOON SNACKS.
THE SERVICES AVAILABLE TO FAMILIES INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO REFERRALS, TO SUPPORT SERVICES AND RESOURCES TO MAINTAIN HOUSING STABILITY, PARENTING SESSIONS, AND ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES.
CHILDCARE COUNCIL HAS RECEIVED FUNDING FROM THE CITY OF HOUSTON SINCE 1994 AND HAS NO FINDINGS.
UH, TODAY IN THE AUDIENCE WE HAVE MYRTLE SKILLER, CEO, AND REBECCA CUBO INFORMATION COORDINATOR IN THE AUDIENCE WITH US.
ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON.
UH, THE DEPARTMENT IS PRESENTING AN ORDINANCE WITH WESLEY COMMUNITY CENTER, INCORPORATED, UH, PROVIDING UP TO $125,000 IN CDBG FUNDS FOR THE ADMINISTRATION AND OPERATION OF AN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION AND OUT-OF-SCHOOL TIME PROGRAM FOR LOW TO MODERATE INCOME FAMILIES.
THIS PROGRAM WILL BE OPERATING OUT OF THE WESLEY DAY SCHOOL AND CURT'S EDUCATION RECREATION CENTER, UH, LOCATED IN THE NEAR NORTH SIDE.
THE PROGRAM WILL SERVE A MINIMUM OF 21 UNDUPLICATED CHILDREN WITH 10 BEING SERVICED THROUGH THE EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION PROGRAM FOR INFANTS TO, UM, I'M SORRY, FOUR INFANTS TO FOUR YEARS OF AGE WITH EVIDENCE-BASED CURRICULUM.
11 SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN FROM KINDERGARTEN THROUGH AGE 12 WILL BE PROVIDED SERVICES THROUGH THE OUT-OF-SCHOOL TIME PROGRAM.
THIS PROGRAM OPERATES AFTER SCHOOL AND DURING THE SUMMER, PROVIDING ACADEMIC SUPPORTS, HEALTHY LIFESTYLES, SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL LEARNING AND ENRICHMENT ACTIVITIES SUCH AS MUSIC, DANCE, ART, TO NAME A FEW.
IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT BOTH PROGRAMS PROVIDE WRAPAROUND SERVICES FOR PARENTS NEEDING ASSISTANCE THROUGH OTHER PROGRAMS THAT WESLEY OFFERS, SUCH AS FOOD, HOUSING ASSISTANCE, EMPLOYMENT SERVICES, FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, AND MORE.
WESLEY HAS RECEIVED FUNDING SINCE THE CITY OF HOUSTON, I'M SORRY, FROM THE CITY OF HOUSTON SINCE 2022 AND HAS NO FINDINGS.
UH, TODAY WE HAVE AMY CORRIN, PRESIDENT AND CEO, UH, IN THE AUDIENCE WE HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT COUNCIL MEMBER.
ARE YOU ABOUT THIS ITEM? ARE YOU ON THIS ITEM? YEAH.
ARE THERE CURRENTLY OTHER PROGRAMS THAT OFFER SIMILAR SERVICES? I MEAN, ANYTHING ELSE? WE FUND, WE HAVE PREVIOUSLY FUNDED CHILDCARE COUNCIL, UH, TO OPERATE SIMILAR AS AN ADMINISTRATOR, UH, TO SUPPORT SIMILAR SERVICES.
AND SO WE ARE BRINGING THESE PROJECTS IN-HOUSE, UH, TO MANAGE THEM DIRECTLY.
AND THAT WAS WHY WE RAN THE NOFA.
UM, WE DO HAVE, WESLEY IS ONE OF THE, UM, AGENCIES THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY FUNDED THROUGH OUR, UH, CHILDCARE PROGRAM, UH, THAT WAS ADMINISTERED BY CHILDCARE COUNSEL.
ITEM SIX C, UH, THE DEPARTMENT IS PRESENTING AN ORDINANCE WITH SEARCH HOMELESS SERVICES, PROVIDING UP TO $100,000 IN CDBG FUNDS FOR THE ADMINISTRATION AND OPERATION OF AN EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM FOR LOW TO MODERATE INCOME FAMILIES.
UH, THIS PROGRAM WILL BE OPERATING OUT OF SEARCHES, FHE FAMILY HOUSE OF TINY TREASURES, LOCATED IN HOUSTON'S THIRD WARD.
THIS PROGRAM WILL SERVE A MINIMUM OF 20 UNDUPLICATED CHILDREN, AGES 21 MONTHS TO FIVE YEARS OF AGE, AND PROVIDES SUPPORT SERVICES TO THEIR FAMILIES.
PROGRAMMING INCLUDES DEVELOPMENTAL ASSESSMENTS ON A BIANNUAL BASIS, INDIVIDUAL LEARNING PLANS FOR CHILDREN IDENTIFIED TO HAVE DEVELOPMENTAL DELAYS AND OR MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, AS WELL AS BREAKFAST, LUNCH, AND AFTERNOON SNACKS.
SERVICES AVAILABLE TO THE FAMILIES INCLUDE, BUT AREN'T LIMITED TO CASE MANAGEMENT, COUNSELING, TRANSPORTATION, AND PARENTING CLASSES DESIGNED TO REDUCE BARRIERS AND INCREASE HOUSEHOLD FINANCIAL STABILITY.
SEARCH HAS RECEIVED FUNDING FROM THE CITY OF HOUSTON SINCE 1996 AND HAS NO FINDINGS.
TODAY WE HAVE ALEXIS LOVING PRESIDENT AND CEO IN THE AUDIENCE WITH US.
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QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT, MOVING ON.ITEM SIX D UH, THE DEPARTMENT IS PRESENTING AN ORDINANCE WITH CHINESE COMMUNITY CENTER INCORPORATED, PROVIDING UP TO $140,000 IN CDBG FUNDS FOR THE ADMINISTRATION AND OPERATION OF AN EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT AND OUT-OF-SCHOOL TIME YOUTH ENRICHMENT PROGRAM FOR LOW TO MODERATE INCOME FAMILIES.
THIS PROGRAM WILL BE OPERATING OUT OF THE CHINESE COMMUNITY CENTER LOCATED IN HOUSTON'S WEST END.
THIS PROGRAM WILL SERVE A MINIMUM OF 250 UNDUPLICATED CHILDREN WITH 30 BEING SERVICED THROUGH THE EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM FOR CHILDREN 18 MONTHS TO FIVE YEARS OF AGE WITH EVIDENCE-BASED CURRICULUM, PROVIDING EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION AND SOCIAL EMOTIONAL ENRICHMENT OPPORTUNITIES THAT PROVIDE DEVELOPMENTAL EDUCATION.
220 CHILDREN, AGED SCHOOL AGED CHILDREN FROM KINDERGARTEN THROUGH 12TH GRADE WILL BE PROVIDED SERVICES THROUGH THE OUT OF SCHOOL TIME PROGRAM.
THIS PROGRAM OPERATES AFTER SCHOOL DURING THE FALL AND SPRING SEMESTERS AND ALL DAY DURING THE SUMMER, PROVIDING A DAY CAMP.
THE PROGRAM PROVIDES A VARIETY OF OPTIONS.
SOME INCLUDE TARGETED TUTORING, ENGLISH LITERACY, STEM ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING FIELD TRIPS, COLLEGE AND CAREER PLANNING OPPORTUNITIES, ASSISTING STUDENTS THAT HAVE DROPPED OUT OF SCHOOL TO RETURN, UH, HOMEWORK ASSISTANCE, UH, TRANSPORTATIONS, AND OTHER SIMILAR SERVICES.
IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THIS PROGRAM WILL BE PROVIDING OVER $1 MILLION IN LEVERAGING CHINESE COMMUNITY CENTER, HAS RECEIVED FUNDING FROM THE CITY OF HOUSTON SINCE 2003 AND HAS NO FINDINGS.
AND TODAY WE HAVE LISA, TWO YOUTH PROGRAM MANAGER AND JOHN STEWART, SENIOR GRANT MANAGER IN THE AUDIENCE WITH US.
THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
SHOUT OUT TO THE CHINESE COMMUNITY CENTER.
WE DO AMAZING WORK ON THE WEST SIDE.
SO UP NEXT WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO THE DIRECTOR'S COMMENTS.
PRESENT, UH, PART OF THE PRESENTATION UP FIRST, UH, TAMIKA JONES, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR AND CFO IS GONNA JOIN US, UH, FOR OUR TRADITIONAL C-D-B-G-D-R 17 UPDATE.
I WAS WONDERING WHY THE AGENDA WAS A LITTLE BIT OUT OF ORDER.
THAT'S WHAT I GET FOR HAVING, UH, BAD ALLERGIES THIS MORNING.
I WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE EVERYONE AS, UH, DEPUTY DIRECTOR NOTED, WE ARE GETTING TO THE END OF OUR HARVEY GRANT.
AND SO YOU'LL START SEEING A LOT OF EXTENSIONS COMING.
AND THIS IS TO REALLY START TIDYING UP SOME OF THE PAPERWORK AND BEGIN SOME OF THE CLOSEOUT PROCESSES.
AND SO WHAT YOU'LL SEE HERE ON THIS SLIDE IS, UH, WE ARE IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE GLO JUST TO BE ABLE TO EXTEND OUT SOME OF OUR PROGRAMS TO BE ABLE TO FINALIZE SOME OF, UH, THE CLOSEOUT ACTIVITIES.
AND SO, AS YOU KNOW, OUR PUBLIC SERVICES PROGRAM HAS CLOSED AND WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF CLOSING OUT HOME BUYER'S ASSISTANCE, PLANNING AND HOPE AS WE INDICATED LAST MONTH.
AND THEN WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF DISCUSSING REVISIONS AND EXTENSIONS TO OUR CLOSEOUT FOR THE, THE LAST FIVE PROGRAMS. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.
IT LOOKS LIKE, UH, ADMIN WILL GO UNTIL THE END.
THAT LOOKS LIKE, UH, WE WILL BE EXTENDING OUT FROM FEBRUARY, 2025, WHICH WHERE WE WERE INITIALLY TO, SOME OF THEM WILL LIKELY GO INTO OCTOBER OR SO JUST BECAUSE OF SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES THAT HAVE TO BE, BE PERFORMED.
SO THE, THE TUNNEL, THE LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL IS GETTING A LITTLE FURTHER AWAY, BUT WE ARE STILL PROGRESSING ON OUR ACTIVITIES.
STILL THE STILL SHINING BRIGHT, BUT JUST A LITTLE FURTHER AWAY THERE.
GLO IS, IS BEING COMING A VERY, UH, AND HAS BEEN A VERY GOOD PARTNER OF OURS.
AS YOU WILL SEE ON THE NEXT SLIDE.
IF WE, UM, MOVE OVER, WHAT I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT IS THIS IS OUR PROGRESS TOWARDS OUR DECEMBER 31ST BENCHMARKS.
WHAT I REALLY WANT TO POINT OUT IS THE NUMBER OF APPROVED REQUESTS.
SO IF YOU LOOK OVER, WE HAVE OVER $562 MILLION OF APPROVED REQUESTS, WHICH IS SIGNIFICANT, UH, COMPARED TO OUR OVERALL BUDGET OF 653.
SO WHEN YOU START LOOKING, WE'RE WITHIN THAT LAST A HUNDRED MILLION OR SO.
UM, AGAIN, WITHIN THE LAST YEAR OF THE GRANT, REALLY EXCITED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, CLOSING THE PROGRAM OUT AND BEING ABLE TO, TO GET IN THOSE LAST REIMBURSEMENTS AND GET THOSE IN.
AND YOU CAN SEE, OF COURSE, UH, WHERE WE ARE WITH OUR BENCHMARKS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, OF COURSE, EXCEEDING THEIR BENCHMARK HERE, UM, ALONG WITH THE, SORRY, I CAN'T SEE IT ON MY SCREEN.
OH, PUBLIC SERVICES, WHICH IS CLOSED.
AND THEN YELLOW PLANNING AS WE ARE MOVING TOWARDS THE END AND HOME BUYERS MOVING TOWARDS THE END.
ALL THE OTHERS WE ARE PROGRESSING WITH AND LOOKING AT VARIOUS BUDGET ADJUSTMENTS.
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I THINK TWO MONTHS AGO, I THINK IT WAS THE AUGUST 26TH MEETING, THERE WAS JUST INTIMATION AROUND CONVERSATIONS OF POSSIBLE INCREASING OUR DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE ONCE WE PASS THAT REALLOCATION OF THE ADDITIONAL FUNDS.LIKE IS ARE, WHEN DO WE ANTICIPATE HAVING MAYBE A MORE FIRM DECISION ON THAT? YEAH, SO WE ARE HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE TEXAS GENERAL LAND OFFICE.
IT'S VERY LIKELY THAT'S GONNA BE THE CASE.
UH, WE, THERE ARE A COUPLE THINGS ON THE, UH, SINGLE FAMILY LARGE TRACK ISSUES THAT WE NEED TO RESOLVE ALONG THE WAY.
UM, AND THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO DO AN AMENDMENT TO THEIR ACTION PLAN WITH HUD IN ORDER TO MAKE THAT FUNDING AVAILABLE TO LARGE TRACK.
SO THE, THE, FOR ONE OF THE REPAYMENTS ON THE LARGE TRACK, THAT WILL BE WHAT'S UTILIZED TO FUND THE DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
AND SO THAT'S WHY WE HAVE TO MAKE THAT PAYMENT.
IT'LL COME BACK TO US, BUT THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH THEIR ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESS TO MAKE THOSE FUNDS AVAILABLE.
UM, WE'RE GONNA TRY TO DO OUR BEST TO EXPEDITE THAT, BUT IN REALITIES IT'LL PROBABLY BE SECOND QUARTER OF NEXT YEAR SURE.
BEFORE WE CAN LAUNCH SOMETHING.
AND THAT'S KIND OF BEING AMBITIOUS.
AND ONE THING WE DID DECIDE INTERNALLY FOR, UM, THE COM NOT ONLY THE COMMITTEE, BUT FOR EVERYONE'S TRANSPARENCY PURPOSES, IS TO SEGREGATE THAT ON A DIFFERENT LINE ITEM MM-HMM
SO THAT EVERYONE CAN BE AWARE OF WHAT THE ORIGINAL HOME BUYERS ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, WHICH WAS OUR ORIGINAL DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE.
AND THEN WE JUST PLAYED AROUND WITH HOME BUYERS 2.0.
WE HAVEN'T COME UP WITH A OFFICIAL NAME, BUT JUST TOYING AROUND WITH SOMETHING IN DRAFT SO THAT WAY WE CAN ALL SEE WHERE WE'RE PROGRESSING WITH THAT PARTICULAR PROGRAM, THAT WHAT THAT BUDGET WAS AND HOW WE'RE PROGRESSING ON SPEND RELATED TO THAT BUDGET.
AND JUST AS A, UM, A, A COURTESY REQUEST, SINCE WE DO DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE IN MULTIPLE WAYS, TERMS C-D-B-G-D, LIKE ALL OF THIS, IF THERE'S AN AGGRESSIVE PUSH WITH OUR STAKEHOLDERS TO GET THIS ON THE STREET SO THAT, UH, MORTGAGE LENDERS, EVERYONE KNOWS THAT THERE'S FUNDS AVAILABLE AND WHAT THE DATE IS AND THE TIME AND ALL OF THAT, BECAUSE WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IF SOMEONE'S PURCHASING THEIR FIRST HOME, THAT THEY'RE COMPLETING THE APPLICATION TO THE T AND IT'S NOT KICKED BACK.
LIKE WHATEVER FAQ CAN ATTACH TO THIS FUNDING LINE, UM, TIMELINES, ALL OF THAT, WHAT THEY NEED TO KNOW, THAT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL.
SO WE CAN GET THESE DOLLARS ON THE STREET AND GET PEOPLE IN THESE HOMES SO THEY CAN START BUILDING SOME EQUITY.
BECAUSE IF WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE, WE WANT MAKE SURE, WANNA MAKE SURE PEOPLE ARE SUCCESSFUL IN ACCESSING IT AND NOT COMING BACK SAYING, THE MONEY'S ALWAYS GONE WHEN I APPLY OR I DIDN'T KNOW.
WE WANT TO, WE WANT TO DO THAT.
SO IF WE CAN JUST MAKE SURE WITH YOUR MARKETING TEAM THAT THEY GET THAT ON THE STREET AGGRESSIVELY.
ONE ONCE THAT'S A, A FIRM AGREEMENT WITH GLO.
AND WE WILL BE, WE'RE GONNA BE DOING UPDATES TO OUR GUIDELINES ASSOCIATED WITH IT.
IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE WE'VE HAD THIS, AND AS EVERYBODY KNOWS, THE COST OF HOUSING IS GREATLY INCREASED.
SO WE'RE GONNA DO SOME ADJUSTMENTS INCLUDING INCREASING WHAT THE SUBSIDY CAN BE OR WILL BE.
UM, SO YOU'LL BE SEEING THOSE GUIDELINES COME FORTH AS WELL AS WE'RE LEADING UP AND HAVING THAT CONVERSATION WITH Y'ALL, BUT ALSO DOING SOME OF THAT PUBLIC CAMPAIGN AROUND THE PROGRAM.
ANY QUESTIONS? VERY SMALL UPDATE.
SO UP NEXT IS SOMETHING WE JUST WANT TO, UH, INFORM Y'ALL ABOUT AS PART OF THE DISASTER RECOVERY FUNDING RELATED TO HURRICANE URI OR NOT HURRICANE WINTER FREEZE URI, UH, A PORTION OF THE MONEY MUST BE SET ASIDE FOR MITIGATION EFFORTS.
AND SO WHAT WE'RE BRINGING IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY IS HOW WE INTEND TO, UH, UTILIZE THAT PORTION.
UH, THE DEPARTMENT WILL BE ENTERING INTO A LETTER OF AGREEMENT WITH THE GENERAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT TO PROVIDE 6 MILLION 125,000 IN DISASTER RECOVERY.
2021 FUNDS FOR THE INSTALLATION OF GENERATORS AND RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEMS AT THREE MULTI-SERVICE CENTERS.
UM, THE GOAL IS TO ENSURE CONTINUOUS OPERATIONS OF THE FACILITIES IN THE EVENT OF SEVERE WEATHER, UH, EMERGENCIES OR POWER OUTAGES.
UM, SO THAT THEY CAN BE USED AS SHELTERS OR DISTRIBUTION POINTS FOR THE COMMUNITIES THAT THEY'RE LOCATED IN.
UM, TO ASSIST, UH, THE SCOPE OF WORK WILL INCLUDE NATIONAL, UH, NATURAL GAS GENERATORS, BATTERY BACKUP SYSTEMS, AND AUTOMATIC TRANSFER SWITCHES.
UM, GSD WILL BE DOING THE WORK INVOLVED WITH DETERMINING THE BEST MEANS OR METHODS FOR THESE THREE LOCATIONS.
ON THIS SLIDE, WHAT YOU'LL SEE IS THE THREE CHOSEN, UH, LOCATIONS.
THE NORTHEAST, NORTHEAST MULTI-SERVICE CENTER, ACRES, HOME MULTI-SERVICE CENTER, AND THEN THE SOUTHWEST MULTI-SERVICE CENTER.
WHEN DETERMINING SITES, WE HAVE TO OVERLAY FIRST WHAT THE, UH, HUD REQUIREMENTS ARE.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT LOW TO MODERATE INCOME AREAS AND ENSURING THAT THEY'RE NOT IN A FLOODPLAIN.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE WORK CLOSELY WITH GSD, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND A RA TO LOOK AT, UH, COOLING AND HEATING CENTERS, HOW THEY WERE BEING USED, THE FOOT TRAFFIC ASSOCIATED WITH IT, AND THE NEEDS FOR THOSE COMMUNITIES.
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AND THEN FINALLY, UH, GSD, AS I MENTIONED, WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF THESE PROJECTS.SO ANY, TO USE THE FUNDING, THEY WILL BE BRINGING THAT FORWARD, UH, TO CITY COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL.
I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT WE ARE GETTING GENERATORS AND, UM, THE MULTI-SERVICE TWO, TWO MULTI SERVICE BECAUSE DISTRICT BE GETS WHAT EVERYTHING WE HAVE, WE HAVE A TOTAL 11 FOUR TO FIVE MULTI-SERVICE CENTERS IN, UM, IN DISTRICT B.
AND TO HAVE THE RECENT STORMS NOT TO HAVE THEM OPERATING BECAUSE OF WE DIDN'T HAVE GENERATORS, WAS KIND OF SURE.
SO I'M EXCITED TO KNOW THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TWO, ACTUALLY THREE BECAUSE, UM, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, CIP PALMER DURING THE BUDGET, SHE, YEAH, SHE DID A BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR CASHMERE GARDEN.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS.
DISTRICT D DISTRICT RESIDENTS, APPRECIATE YOU AS WELL.
GOOD MORNING AND THANK YOU FOR THE REPORT.
MY QUESTION IS IN REFERENCE TO THE SELECTION PROCESS FOR THOSE THREE FACILITIES, THE DISTRICT D COMMUNITY HAS BEEN STRUGGLING WITH, UH, THE LACK OF SUPPORT AT THE THIRD WARD MULTIPURPOSE CENTER.
UM, WE WOULD LIKE TO FIGURE OUT HOW IN FACT WE COULD PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROJECT AS THE THIRD WARD.
MULTIPURPOSE CENTER IS A SIGNIFICANT LOCATION FOR THAT COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY FOR OUR SENIOR COMMUNITY.
I THINK WHERE THE OPPORTUNITY MAY COME IS THAT, UM, AS GSD MOVES THROUGH THIS PROCESS OF OFFICIALLY COSTING OUT WHAT THIS INSTALLATION IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE, IF THERE'S ADDITIONAL FUNDING LEFT OVER, WE ABSOLUTELY WILL BE MOVING ALONG TO SELECT ANOTHER LOCATION.
WE HAVE TO UTILIZE THIS MONEY FOR MITIGATION PURPOSES AND WE MUST MEET HUD'S CAP ON THAT, UH, MINIMUM THRESHOLD ON THAT.
SO I THINK THAT THERE COULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADD ANOTHER SITE, UH, TO THIS LIST MOVING FORWARD.
WE WOULD BE EXCITED IF YOU COULD ADD THIRD WARD MULTI.
AND, AND LET ME JUST SAY THIS 'CAUSE I'M, UH, PARTICULARLY ATTACHED TO THIS DR.
21 FUNDS, IF THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT MADE A RECOMMENDATION TO REALLOCATE FOR ADDITIONAL GENERATORS, THERE WILL BE NO SMOKE IN THIS HORSESHOE.
UH, BECAUSE I THINK ONCE IT'S ALLOWABLE, RIGHT? AND THEN WITH THE CONDITIONS OF WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR CITY, UH, TORNADO, UH, JUST A CATEGORY ONE HAD US ON OUR KNEES, IT REALLY JUST EXPOSED EXTREME VULNERABILITIES.
DISTRICT B, THE EAST SIDE, YOU KNOW, AILEY, IF WE HAVE ONE THROUGH A, UH, THROUGH THE CIP, SO WE'RE RECEIVING A GENERATOR AND SO WE'RE DOING IT MULTIPLE WAYS, BUT IF IT'S NOT FOR THIS TYPE OF FUNDING AND WE'RE LIMITED ON THE GENERAL FUND SIDE, THEN WE WOULDN'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO IT.
AND SO, UH, I THINK, YOU KNOW, IT JUST, IT'S, IT'S ADVANTAGEOUS FOR US TO LOOK AT HOW WE CAN FILL IN THE GAPS WITH THESE DOLLARS THAT ARE ALLOWABLE FOR GENERATORS IN THE DISTRICT D IN NEAR NORTH SIDE.
LIKE ALL OF THESE AREAS, LET'S JUST GET THAT DONE.
UM, SO WE DON'T HAVE TO SAY, WELL, WE DIDN'T HAVE A GENERATOR.
LIKE, LET WE HAVE THE DOLLARS, LET'S JUST GO AHEAD AND DO THAT AND, AND GET IT DONE.
COUNCIL MEMBER FLICKINGER, HOW MANY OF THE MULTI-SERVICE CENTERS HAVE GAS GENERATORS IN THE CITY? I'M NOT SURE WE CAN GET WITH GSD AND GET YOU A NUMBER.
I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW IF THE NUMBER IS.
I MEAN, AND WE'RE PUTTING THREE IN DISTRICT B NOW, RIGHT? WELL WE'RE, I THOUGHT CASHMERE ALSO WITH THIS FUNDING.
SO I MEAN, IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE A VERY EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION.
UH, WE'VE LOOKED AT THE, THE LOCATIONS OF THE SITES AND THE TWO IN DISTRICT B WE'RE LOOKING AT ARE EIGHT MILES APART.
ONE OF 'EM IS WEST OF, UH, 45.
UH, THEY'RE THE ONE IS EAST OF 59, SO THEY'RE NOT IN EVEN IN THE SAME NEIGHBORHOODS TOGETHER DESPITE BEING IN THE SAME COUNCIL DISTRICT.
SO, UH, JUST LOOKING AT THE MATH HERE, 6.12 5,000,004 THREE, UH, CAN WE ASSUME THAT EACH ONE COSTS ABOUT 2 MILLION TO, UH, INSTALL? I THINK IT, AND THAT'S WHERE WE WERE GETTING TO THIS CONVERSATION EARLIER.
MULTIPLE SYSTEMS THEY'RE LOOKING AT HERE.
UH, BUT THEY NEED TO GET A DESIGN CONTRACTOR IN PLACE.
THIS LETTER OF AGREEMENTS, WHAT'S GONNA ALLOW THEM TO DO THAT, TO START DESIGNING THIS AND COSTING THIS OUT.
AND SO IF THERE'S FUNDING LEFT OVER AS THERE MAY BE, THEN WE CAN START LOOKING AT OTHER OPPORTUNITIES WE FOUND, SAY, ON THE MULTIFAMILY SIDE, ON THESE GENERATORS FOR THESE LARGE LOCATIONS, THEY CAN COME IN FROM 750,000 TO A MILLION AND A QUARTER, UH, JUST, JUST TO BALLPARK SOME OF THESE THINGS.
BUT WE WON'T KNOW UNTIL THAT DESIGN CONTRACT'S IN PLACE AND WE START GETTING SOME COST ESTIMATES.
AND DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA, UH, HOW MANY MULTI-SERVICE CENTERS WE HAVE WITHOUT, UH, BACKUP POWER GENER GENERATION? THIS WAS THE, THE WE'LL LOOK INTO THAT.
WE'RE GONNA, UH, ASK GSD IF THEY HAVE SOME DATA ON THAT.
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YOU MADAM CHAIR QUESTION.UM, THIS, THIS IS COMING FROM THE GENERAL SERVICE DEPARTMENT, RIGHT? UH, FOR THE COMMUNITY BLOCK GRANT DOLLARS, UH, IT'S COMING THROUGH HUD HOUSING DEPARTMENT.
SO IN REGARDS TO SET ASIDE BASED UPON THE COMMUNITIES, LIKE IN THIRD WARD WHERE WE ARE NEEDING IT AS WELL, WHERE IS THERE A POSSIBILITY OF THE COMBINATION BETWEEN THE, THE, UH, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT HOUSING, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT OFFICE, AND SOME OF THE TERRORIST DOLLARS FOR THOSE PARTICULAR AREAS TO ASK FOR, UH, THE ASSISTANCE FROM THEM TO INPUT INTO THIS PROJECT? SINCE WE KNOW THERE ARE OTHER FACILITIES WHO NEED THIS, AND I THINK, UM, THE CHAIR HAS PRETTY MUCH KIND OF THROWN OUT THERE, THE ADDITIONAL ASK OF MONIES.
AND, UH, I, WE KNOW OUR TOURS HAS, THEY'VE DONE, THEY DO WELL IN CONSIDERING, BUT BASED UPON THE CONDITIONS OF THE STORMS AND THE NUMBER STORMS WE HAVING, UH, I DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW, MAYBE YOU COULD HELP ME TO UNDERSTAND WHAT PROCESS WE NEED TO GO ABOUT.
AND AND SO THIS ALLOCATION, DR 21 IS 50 MILLION.
AND WHAT'S ALLOWABLE IN THAT? IT'S, UM, UH, GENERATORS, RIGHT? SO THAT'S WHY I WAS ENCOURAGING THEM THAT THE DEPARTMENT CAN ALWAYS COME BACK TO US WITH THE RECOMMENDATION TO REALLOCATE SOME OF THAT 50 FOR ADDITIONAL GENERATORS.
BUT WITH HUD STANDARDS AND CERTAIN, UH, INCOME DEMOGRAPHICS, IT HAS TO FIT IN ORDER FOR THOSE FEDERAL FUNDS FOR, IN ORDER FOR IT TO BE APPROVED.
AND SO, YES, I THINK THAT'S WHAT, UH, DEPUTY DIRECTOR, UM, IS IN INTIMATING THAT ONCE THEY GET WITH GSD, THEY'LL HAVE AN IDEA OF WHERE THEY NEED TO MOVE FORWARD.
'CAUSE ALL OF THESE BUILDINGS ARE DIFFERENT.
SO THEY HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, THE ARCHITECT, THE ENGINEERING, ALL OF IT'S DIFFERENT.
THEIR CAPACITIES MAY BE DIFFERENT.
SO IT'S NOT A BLANKET A BLANKET DEAL, BUT I, I DO BELIEVE THAT THE DEPARTMENT, UM, IS ENERGIZED AROUND GETTING THIS DONE AND GENERAL SERVICES IS AS WELL.
SO, UM, SO YEAH, I THINK BEFORE WE GO TOTS THE MONEY'S RIGHT HERE.
IT WOULD JUST BE A MATTER IF THE DEPARTMENT COMES BACK TO US AND SAYS, WITH NOW WE HAVE MORE INFORMATION, GSD SAYS, WE CAN DO THE FOLLOWING.
WE WOULD HAVE, THEY WOULD DO AN AMENDMENT TO THIS ITEM, COME BACK TO US AND SAY, WE'RE GONNA ADD TWO ADDITIONAL DEALS.
BUT I THINK WHEN WE LOOK AT BARRELL AND DERECHO AND HOW WE WERE DOWN, TO ME, THIS IS THE, WE SHOULD GET IT DONE.
JUST GO AHEAD AND KNOCK IT OUT AND GET IT IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS.
WE HAVE 11 DISTRICTS AND FOR THOSE THAT DON'T HAVE, UH, GENERATORS OR KNOW, WE SHOULD AT LEAST HAVE ONE IN EACH, UH, COMMUNITY.
UH, SO, UH, I I THINK THEY WILL COME BACK TO US FAIRLY SOON.
UH, IS THERE AN ESTIMATED TIMELINE FOR THE BEGINNING OF THESE THREE PROJECTS SUCH THAT YOU WOULD HAVE AN ESTIMATING OF REMAINING FUNDS? SO, UH, THE, MAYBE SHARONDA, DO YOU KNOW HOW LONG THE DESIGN CONTRACT, UM, DESIGN IS GONNA TAKE A YEAR? SO WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF DOING THE RFP FOR DESIGN RIGHT NOW.
I'M SORRY, I COULDN'T HEAR YOU.
SO DESIGN IS GONNA TAKE A YEAR.
THEY'RE DOING THE RFP FOR THE DESIGN CONTRACTORS RIGHT NOW.
SO IT'LL TAKE A YEAR FOR DESIGN TO BE COMPLETED AT THAT POINT IN TIME.
WE WOULD HAVE THAT COST ESTIMATE ON THESE THREE AND THAT WOULD ALSO GIVE US AN IDEA, IS THERE ENOUGH FUNDING THERE ALSO TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A FOURTH OR MORE.
UH, BUT THAT'LL GIVE US MORE INFORMATION.
SO WE'RE TARGETING 2025, EARLY 26.
LET ME, BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO THIS ITEM.
SO IF WE'RE GOING OUT FOR THE RFP FOR DESIGN AND WE'RE WAITING ON THAT TO INFORM US IF WE HAVE ADDITIONAL MONEY, WHY COULDN'T WE JUST REALLOCATE ADDITIONAL DOLLARS ON THE FRONT END AND INCLUDE TWO MORE TO SAY WE HAVE FIVE AND DO THE RFP FOR THE ESTIMATE FOR FIVE? I THINK SOME OF IT'S GOING TO BE AROUND JUST HAVING A GENERAL IDEA OF HOW MUCH ARE WE REALLOCATING.
AM I REALLOCATING 4 MILLION? AM I REALLOCATING A MILLION? UH, I, I REALLY DON'T KNOW.
AND AT THE SAME TIME, WE'RE GONNA BE KICKING OFF OUR HOME REPAIR PROGRAM SURE.
RIGHT? I EXPECT SOME SORT OF, BY THEN WE'LL HAVE THE DEMAND LEVEL OR REQUEST LEVEL AND HAVE MORE INFORMATION ON THAT SIDE AS WELL.
UM, SO FINANCIALLY ALLOW US TIME TO MAKE A BETTER DECISIONS.
SO THE RFP FOR DESIGN WON'T DELAY.
IF Y'ALL COME BACK WITH TWO ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS, THEY WILL BE INCLUDED IN THAT.
THEY WON'T, IT WON'T BE A SEPARATE PROCESS WHERE NOW THEY'RE FISCAL 27? I DON'T THINK SO.
BUT WE'LL, WE'LL KEEP THAT IN MIND.
YEAH, THAT'S REALLY WHAT MY QUESTION IS.
SO THAT ONCE THE RFPS ON THE STREET AND NOW YOU HAVE AN ESTIMATE OF WHERE THE DOLLARS MM-HMM
REALLY LIE, UH, THAT IT WON'T DELAY A DISTRICT DA DISTRICT E.
IF THEY CAN GET IN THAT PROCESS, THAT'S WHAT'S HELPFUL.
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SO, COMING UP, UH, AS WE OFTEN DO IN THIS MEETING, WE JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU SOME HIGHLIGHTS OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE DEPARTMENTS.WE HAVE OUR COMMUNITY OFFICE HOURS AS USUAL, EVERY WEDNESDAY FROM ONE O'CLOCK TO FOUR O'CLOCK.
UH, WE WELCOME THE PUBLIC TO GIVE US CALLS, ASK ABOUT OUR PROGRAMS, THEIR PROJECTS, OR JUST GENERAL INQUIRIES ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN OUR WORLD.
UH, WE WANNA HIGHLIGHT THAT WE HAD JUST HAD THE GRAND OPENING FOR LOCKWOOD SOUTH APARTMENTS, UH, LOCATED IN DISTRICT H ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER THE FIFTH.
UM, THERE'S GOING TO BE A SERIES OF PICTURES RELATED TO IT, JUST SOME HIGHLIGHTS.
WE PUT IN $9,950,000 IN, UH, C-D-B-G-D-R 17 FUNDS TOWARDS THIS NEARLY $30 MILLION DEVELOPMENT.
THERE'S 80 UNITS AND OF THE 80 72 ARE RESTRICTED TO FAMILIES, 30 TO 80% A MI.
WE DID THIS IN CONJUNCTION WITH BUFFALO BAYOU PARTNERSHIP AND BRINSHORE DEVELOPMENT FOR THE NEXT SET OF PICTURES THAT WE'RE GONNA HIGHLIGHT.
AND AS WE MENTIONED, I BELIEVE IN LAST MONTH'S HOUSING COMMITTEE, WE JUST RECENTLY LAUNCHED OUR MULTI, OUR HOME MULTIFAMILY NOFA OR NOTICE OF FUNDING AVAILABILITY, UH, TO FIND PROJECTS AND ALLOCATE UP TO $20 MILLION IN HOME FUNDS.
UH, IT ALL, IT LAUNCHED IN MID-SEPTEMBER.
WE DID A, UH, PRE-APPLICATION CONFERENCE, UH, WITH THOSE INTERESTED ON SEPTEMBER THE 26TH TO OUTLINE THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE NOFA AND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.
THAT NOFA IS OPEN UNTIL FRIDAY, THIS FRIDAY, OCTOBER THE 18TH AT THREE O'CLOCK.
SO IF YOU'RE INTERESTED, PLEASE GET YOUR APPLICATIONS IN ANYTHING AFTER THREE O'CLOCK CANNOT BE CONSIDERED.
ONE OF THE ITEMS WE'RE HIGHLIGHTING IS ONE OF THE KEY EXCHANGES WE JUST RECENTLY DID IN DISTRICT D FOR THE SINGLE FAMILY HOME REPAIR PROGRAM.
SO WE'LL JUST GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT SOME OF THESE HOMES LOOK LIKE.
AND, UH, D SAY EVERYTHING, UH,
THIS WILL BE THE NEXT ONE WE'RE HIGHLIGHTING BY CHANGE HAPPEN.
THIS IS ONE OF OUR NEW HOME DEVELOPMENTS THAT HAPPENS AS PART OF OUR CHODO PROGRAM.
UM, SO WE'RE, UH, SHOWING YOU ONE OF THE HOMES DEVELOPED IN STUDY GUEST.
AND THEN WE ALSO ARE, UH, IN OUR CHOTO PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTING HEART OF HOUSTON, CDC.
UM, THIS IS IN DISTRICT D, THIS TIME IN THE THIRD WARD, FLIPPING BACK TO MULTIFAMILY, SOME PROJECT PROGRESS.
WE HAVE OST LOFTS THAT RIGHT NOW IS SITTING AT 90% COMPLETE.
UM, THE, UH, WE PUT IN 19 MILLION, UH, JUST OVER 19 MILLION TOWARDS THIS $43.7 MILLION DEVELOPMENT.
130 UNITS, 109 ARE RESTRICTED.
I, UH, THIS IS IN TEJANO CENTER FOR COMMUNITY CONCERNS IN CONJUNCTION WITH DWR DEVELOPMENTS.
SO, AND YOU'RE GONNA SEE THIS AS A THEME COMING UP AS A LOT OF THESE DEVELOPMENTS ARE COMING UP TO THE END.
UM, AS, UH, OUR, OUR CFO WAS POINTING OUT, WRAPPING UP THIS DR.
SO A LOT OF THESE ARE NEARLY FINISHED.
UH, THEN WE HAVE ROSEMARY'S PLACE APARTMENTS IN DISTRICT D AT 3,300.
UM, ALL 149 UNITS ARE AFFORDABLE TO FAMILIES.
LESS THAN 80% A MI, UM, 18.6 MILLION TOWARDS THE $42.8 MILLION DEVELOPMENT.
AND IT'S DONE IN CONJUNCTION WITH MAGNIFICA HOUSE.
THEN WE HAVE CONNECT SOUTH AND DISTRICT J.
THIS WAS DONE WITH MY CONNECT COMMUNITY AND BRINSHORE DEVELOPMENTS.
70 OF THE 77 UNITS ARE, UH, FOR FAMILIES, 80% A MI OR 30 TO 80% A MI.
I THINK THIS WAS CONNECT SOUTH WAS A 9% 2020 DEAL.
COVID DID A NUMBER ON A LOT OF THINGS.
UH, RICHMOND SENIOR VILLAGE ALSO IN DISTRICT J.
THIS ONE IS BASICALLY COMPLETE.
I LOOKED AT MY CALENDAR TO SEE IF THERE WAS A RIBBON CUTTING ON THIS THING, AND I HAVEN'T SEEN IT, SO I DON'T KNOW IF THERE IS OR IS, BUT WE'LL GET YOU THE INFORMATION ON THAT.
UM, TOTAL RESTRICTED UNITS IS A HUNDRED OUT OF 125.
WE PUT IN 15 AND A HALF MILLION OF THE $35.8 MILLION DEVELOPMENT.
AND THIS WAS DONE WITH BROWNSTONE.
UM, WE HAVE SUMMIT AT RENAISSANCE PARK AND GREENSPOINT AND DISTRICT B.
UM, IT SAYS 166 OUT OF 325 UNITS ARE RESTRICTED FROM 30 TO 60.
ACTUALLY, ALL OF THEM WILL BE INCOME RESTRICTED.
THAT'S JUST DENOTING THE UNITS THAT WE HAVE IN THIS DEAL.
UM, I JUST WANNA NOTE THE, THE NUMBER ASSOCIATED WITH US IS INCORRECT.
IT'S INCLUDING, I THINK, MORE THAN JUST OUR, UH, DR 17 ALLOCATION.
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CREDITS AND OTHER.AND SO I, I'M GONNA CHECK ON THAT THAT NUMBER IS SUBSTANTIALLY LOW, UH, LOWER THAN WHAT'S SHOWN HERE AS FAR AS OUR DIRECT INVESTMENT INTO ITS.
UM, BUT THIS ONE IS AT 80%, 87% COMPLETE.
UH, HOUSTON AREA WOMEN'S CENTER DISTRICT D 83% COMPLETES.
UH, WE PUT IN HOME ARP FUNDING, FUNDING INTO THIS ONE, UH, 15.8 MILLION OUT OF THE $33 MILLION DEVELOPMENTS.
WE ACTUALLY WERE OUT THERE IN AUGUST AND WALKED THE SITES.
VERY EXCITED THAT THIS ONE MAY BE OPENING UP, I THINK BY THE END OF THE YEAR.
UM, SO IT'S, IT'S REALLY COMING ALONG.
AND THEN FINALLY, UH, THE HAY CENTER.
40 OF THE 50 UNITS ARE RESTRICTED.
UH, WE'VE GOT $5 MILLION IN THIS.
UH, HARRIS COUNTY ALSO HAS FUNDING IN THIS DEVELOPMENT.
AND I BELIEVE IT'S FOR, UH, YOUTH AGING OUT OF FOSTER CARE IS THEIR PRIMARY, UH, WHO THEY'RE TRYING TO SUPPORT THERE.
SO THAT'S A WRAP ON OUR PRESENTATION.
ANY QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING BEFORE WE NO, NO QUESTIONS, NO COMMENTS IN THE QUEUE.
WE DO HAVE TWO PUBLIC SPEAKERS SIGNED UP.
ONE LAST THING, I JUST GOT A NOTE ON IT.
SO, UM, AS PART OF OUR, UM, DEVELOPMENT OF OUR ACTION PLAN AND CONSOLIDATED PLAN PROCESS, UH, WE HOLD PUBLIC HEARINGS TO LET, UH, EVERYONE KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING AND AS TO SOLICIT FEEDBACK, ESPECIALLY IN THE FALL.
UH, THE FIRST ONE'S A VIRTUAL ONE THAT'S GONNA BE FROM ON NOVEMBER THE SEVENTH FROM 11 TO ONE.
AND WE'LL POST INFORMATION ON ACCESS TO THAT ON OUR WEBSITE.
OUR SECOND IN-PERSON HEARING WILL BE NOVEMBER THE 13TH IN CASHMERE GARDENS AT THE MULTI-SERVICE CENTER THERE.
AND IT'S GONNA BE FROM SIX TO EIGHT.
AND ONCE AGAIN, WE'LL PUT MORE INFORMATION OUT ON OUR WEBSITE, MAKE SURE WE SHARE THAT INFORMATION WITH Y'ALL.
UH, WHEN I LOOKED AT THE AGENDA, I THOUGHT I HAD TO COME HERE TO, UH, ADVOCATE FOR BACKUP POWER FOR THE ALE COMMUNITY CENTER, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'VE ALREADY TAKEN CARE OF THAT.
IN, UH, WILL IT BE SIMILAR TO WHAT, UH, IS BEING PROPOSED FOR THESE OTHER OURS? UH, THE GENERATOR FOR THE A NC WAS IN THE FISCAL 25 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT BUDGET.
SO THEY'RE CURRENTLY IN DESIGN FOR OUR GENERATOR.
HOW MUCH, HOW MUCH? $1.2 MILLION.
ANY, UH, UH, RENEWABLE ENERGY? THEY TALKED ABOUT RENEWABLE ENERGY IN THIS PROPOSAL.
ANY RENEWABLE ENERGY IN, I CAN GET INFORMATION ON THAT.
I CAN FOLLOW UP ON THAT ITEM, BUT I DON'T KNOW THOSE DETAILS OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
BECAUSE IF YOU DID HAVE RENEWABLE ENERGY, BARBARA QUATRO WOULD BE ECSTATIC.
I KNOW IT WITH THE NEW CONSTRUCTION.
AND THEN I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION.
UH, LAST MONTH I ASKED THIS QUESTION AND I WOULD LIKE A RESPONSE AS TO WHY THE MULTIFAMILY CONSTRUCTION, UH, FOR THE HOUSING AUTHORITY IS ROUGHLY NOT COMPLETELY BUT CLOSE TO TWICE WHAT THE PRIVATE SECTOR DOES, UH, IN THEIR MULTIFAMILY CONSTRUCTION.
IF YOU LOOK AT, AT BOTH OF THOSE, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHAT THE, OR LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THE REASON FOR THAT IS AND TO FOLLOW UP, UH, IS, AND THE UNITS THAT THEY'RE BUILDING ARE SOMEWHERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF OVER $300,000.
AND IF THAT'S THE, IF THAT'S THE CASE, THEN WOULD THAT MONEY NOT BE BETTER SPENT FOR SINGLE FAMILY HOMES AND GIVING HOMEOWNERS THE PRIDE OF OWNERSHIP, UH, THAT THEY DON'T HAVE IN AN APARTMENT COMPLEX.
BUT IF YOU COULD GET BACK TO ME WITH AN ANALYSIS OF WHY IT'S SO EXPENSIVE FOR THE HOUSING AUTHOR OR FOR THE HUD HCD TO, UH, DO, UH, MULTIFAMILY COMPARED TO PRIVATE SECTOR, I'D APPRECIATE IT.
NEXT SPEAKER IS CLEVELAND WESLEY.
DURING PUBLIC COMMENT, YOU GOT, UH, DOUG, HOLD ON.
MR. WES WESLEY, COME BACK PLEASE.
COUNCILMAN RAMIREZ HAS QUESTIONS FOR YOU.
JUST, UH, CLARIFICATION WHEN YOU SAY, UH, HOUSING AUTHORITY, I, I IS, I MISS IS TWICE.
DO, DO YOU MEAN THEY PRODUCE TWICE THE NUMBER OF UNITS THAT THE PRIVATE SECTOR DOES OR THE COST OF EACH UNIT PRODUCED BY THE HOUSING AUTHORITY IS TWICE WHAT? THE PRIVATE SECTOR, FIRST OF ALL, I MISSPOKE.
AND THE ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION IS, UH, IF YOU LOOK AT THE COST PER UNIT, UH, COMPARED TO PRIVATE SECTOR, UH, COST
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PER UNIT, IT'S NOT QUITE 50%.UH, OR EXCUSE ME, DOUBLE, UH, WHAT THE PRIVATE SECTOR DOES.
UH, SO, AND I'M SURE, WELL, I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THERE'S AN EXPLANATION, BUT I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHY.
UH, NO, THAT, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
DIRECTOR NICHOLS HAS, HAS, UH, MENTIONED THAT, UH, MORE THAN, MORE THAN A FEW TIMES IN CONVERSATIONS OH, REALLY? OH, THAT I'VE HAD WITH HIM.
AND RYAN BIBBS IS IN THE BACK OVER MULTIFAMILY AND I'M SURE THAT HE, AFTER THE MEETING, THAT HE WILL BE ABLE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT, UH, THE, THE INCREASE OF PRICES OF THE MARKET, SUPPLIES CHAIN, ALL OF THAT.
UH, WE'VE SEEN, UM, FROM 2020 TO NOW THE COST OF THE UNITS MOVE.
THAT'S WHY MANY OF THESE DEVELOPMENTS THAT WE ARE AT 94% CELEBRATING GETTING CLOSE FOR RIBBON CUTTING, MANY OF THEM HAD TO COME BACK TO THIS BODY AND THEN ALSO TO T-D-C-H-A FOR ADDITIONAL TAX CREDITS BECAUSE THE MARKET HAS SHIFTED SO MUCH THAN THE ORIGINAL ITEM.
BUT RYAN BIBBS IS RIGHT BACK THERE WITH MULTIFAMILY.
I'M SURE HE'LL BE ABLE TO GET WITH YOU.
WELL, AND TO THAT POINT, YEAH, COSTS MAYBE HAVE GONE UP, UH, BUT THEY'VE ALSO GONE UP FOR THE PRIVATE SECTOR.
UM, SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET YOU, WE'LL GET YOU WHAT YOU NEED.
UH, I'M HERE REPRESENTING, UH, PLANET POINT COMMUNITY AND I'M REALLY EXCITED.
I WANT TO THANK YOU, UH, MS. THOMAS FOR THE WORK YOU'VE DONE AND EVERYTHING FOR THE WORK AND EFFORT THAT'S BEEN PUT IN TO FINALLY GET SOMETHING DONE OUT IN THE PINEY POINT COMMUNITY.
UH, AS I SAID, MY, I'M A REPRESENTATIVE OF A FAMILY.
MY MOTHER MOVED OUT THERE IN 1927 WITH AN UNCLE WHO WAS BORN IN 1898.
AND, UH, THIS, UH, WAS A NEGLECTED COMMUNITY.
WE'RE FINALLY GETTING SOMETHING THERE.
AND YES, BE REPRESENTATIVE AND I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
UH, BEFORE WE ADJOIN, JUST WANNA REMIND MR. VICE CHAIR, CAN YOU TURN ON YOUR MIC FOR HTV, PLEASE? THANK YOU, SIR.
UH, BEFORE WE ADJOIN, I JUST WANNA REMIND EVERYONE OUR NEXT MEETING, HCA MEETING WILL BE NOVEMBER 19TH, UH, 2024.
THE DISTRICT F OFFICE WILL BE SENDING OUT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
NO, THE, UH, PRE, UH, AT LARGE TWO.
YOU CHAIRING THAT MEETING? I'M GONE.
SO AT LARGE, TWO BE SENDING OUT THE INFORMATION.
THAT'S, UH, SO WE'LL, WE'LL BE PREPARED AT, AT LARGE TWO.
WE'LL BE SENDING OUT THE INFORMATION ANY ADDITIONAL.
SO WE WANT TO THANK EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY.
IF NOTHING ELSE, THIS MEETING IS ADJO.