[Housing and Affordability Committee on November 19, 2024.]
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ONE FOR BEING PRESENT ON TODAY.
AND, UH, UH, FOR MANY OF YOU, I AM, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIE DAVIS.
I'M THE CO-CHAIR OF THE HOUSING AFFORDABLE COMMITTEE IN THE ABSENCE OF OUR CHAIR, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER TIFFANY THOMAS.
I WANNA WELCOME EVERYBODY HERE THIS MORNING.
AND, UH, WE ARE GOING TO LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, ALL OF THE STAFF IS RECOGNIZED THAT ARE HERE WITH US THIS MORNING.
UH, WE HAVE, UM, STAFF FROM DISTRICT C ABBY ER'S OFFICE.
WE HAVE A STAFF MEMBER FROM DISTRICT D, UH, UH, COUNCILMAN AL'S OFFICE, AND ALSO WE HAVE A STAFFER FROM, UH, OUR MAYOR PRO TEM, MARK, THE TATUM'S OFFICE, AND, UH, ALSO FROM DISTRICT F SO FAR.
UH, WE HAVE STAFFERS REPRESENTED, UH, AS THE GROUND RULES FOR THE COMMITTEE.
AND, UH, OH, JUST RECOGNIZED COUNCIL MEMBER JUNIOR RAMIREZ FROM, UH, AT LARGE.
I WANT TO WELCOME HIM THIS MORNING AS WELL.
UH, THE GROUND RULES FOR THE COMMITTEE, UM, QUESTIONS WILL BE RECEIVED AFTER EACH, UH, PRESENTATION THROUGHOUT THE MEETING.
IF A COUNCIL OFFICE, UH, REQUEST INFORMATION, UH, MY OFFICE, ALONG WITH, UH, HCDD WILL FACILITATE A RESPONSE TO THE COMMITTEE AND YOUR INDIVIDUAL OFFICES.
UH, SO PLEASE ALLOW A SEVEN TWO HOUR TURNAROUND FOR YOUR REQUESTS.
SO, UH, AND AS WE ARE SO GRATEFUL, OUR MAYOR PRO TIM, UH, HAS JOINED US, UH, MARTHA TATUM, AND WE'RE SO HAPPY TO HAVE ALL OF YOU THAT ARE GATHERED HERE WITH US TODAY.
TODAY WE ARE GOING TO HEAR FROM, UM, THE HOUSING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT PRESENT.
UH, WE ARE GOING TO HEAR FROM OUR FRIEND, UH, THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR, UH, DEREK SELLERS IN THE ABSENCE OF, UH, OUR DIRECTOR, MIKE NICHOLS.
SO WE ARE GOING TO, UH, UH, HEAR FROM THEM AND WE'LL START IN OUR PRESENTATION.
IT'S ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO BE HERE WITH Y'ALL.
TALK ABOUT WHAT WE'RE ABOUT TO BRING TO CITY COUNCIL AND HAVE THAT DISCUSSION WITH YOU, BUT ALSO TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE THINGS WE CURRENTLY HAVE GOING ON.
UH, FOR OUR FIRST AGENDA ITEM RELATED TO PUBLIC FACILITIES, I HAVE DEPUTY ASSISTANT DIRECTOR RYAN BIBBS, THAT WILL DO THE PRESENTATION ON THIS ITEM.
GOOD MORNING CO-CHAIR COUNCIL MEMBERS AND, UH, STAFF MEMBERS.
THIS ITEM IS AUTHORIZING AN AMENDMENT TO THE LEASE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF HOUSTON AND THE COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS.
WE'LL BE MODIFYING THE AGREEMENT TO ALLOW THE COALITION TO CONTINUE OPERATIONS AT THE NAVIGATION CENTER LOCATED AT 29 0 3 JENSEN, AND ACCORDING TO THE, THEIR SCOPE OF SERVICES.
THE CITY APPROVED THE LEASE AGREEMENT WITH THE COALITION TO LEASE THE CITY OWNED PROPERTY FACILITY.
THIS CURRENT LEASE, THAT LEASE EXPIRED IN DEC, EXPIRES IN DECEMBER, 2024.
THE TERMS OF THE LEASE WILL BE EXTENDED FOR THREE YEARS TO DECEMBER, 2027.
AFTER THE EXTENSION, WE WILL MODIFY THE TERMS OF THE LEASE TO CONFORM.
WHAT WE WANT TO REQUEST IS TO MODIFY THE LEASE TO CONFORM TO THE REQUIREMENTS STATED IN THE LEASE AND REQUIREMENTS OF THE CURRENT STREAM OF OPERATIONAL FUNDING PROVIDED TO THE NAVIGATION CENTER BY THE CITY VIA SEPARATE AGREEMENT.
THE COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS SERVES AS THE LEAD ADMINISTRATIVE PLANNING AND COORDINATION AGENCY OF THE WAY HOME ON THE REGIONAL HOMELESS RESPONSE SYSTEM.
THIS SLIDE IS JUST THE, JUST TO DISPLAY THE INVESTMENT FROM THE CITY, WHICH INCLUDES FUNDING FOR REHABILITATION AND RECONSTRUCTION OF THE NAVIGATION CENTER.
AND WHILE YOU'RE JUST REVIEWING THOSE, UH, THOSE NUMBERS THERE, THAT, THAT THE CITY HAS INVESTED, I JUST WANTED TO ALSO MENTION THAT THIS PROPERTY HAS A HUNDRED BEDS.
UM, AND THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN A KEY COMPONENT FOR, UM, UH, LAW ENFORCEMENT DROP OFFS AND ENCAMPMENT DECOMMISSIONING.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS, UM, FROM ANY, THE ONES IN THE QUEUE? ALRIGHT.
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FROM OUR SINGLE FAMILY.FOR, SO FOR THE AGENDA ITEM THREE ITEMS, WE'RE GONNA HAVE CEDRIC SAIN, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR SINGLE FAMILY.
UM, VICE CHAIR MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE.
I'M PRESENTING ITEMS THREE A THROUGH THREE C ON BEHALF OF THE HOUSING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
ITEM A-H-C-D-D RECOMMENDS COUNCIL APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING A SECOND AMENDMENT TO THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT FOR THE CHOTO SINGLE FAMILY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM BETWEEN THE CITY OF HOUSTON, A CARING SAFE PLACE, UH, THIS IS IN DISTRICT B.
THIS AMENDMENT WILL REDUCE THE CONTRACT AMOUNT TO $3.1 MILLION AND AMEND THE COST PROJECTIONS ON THE AGREEMENT.
IT WILL REDUCE THE NUMBER OF HOMES FROM 13 TO 11 AFTER GUIDANCE FROM HUD AND COST PROHIBITIVE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE TWO ADDITIONAL UNITS.
THIS AMENDMENT WILL ALSO PROVIDE AN UPDATE TO THE PROVISIONS FOR THE TIME OF PERFORMANCE GRANTED BY THE DIRECTOR.
THE DEFINITIONS, CHOTO PROCEEDS, RECAPTURE REQUIREMENTS, AFFORDABILITY PERIODS, SALES CONTRACTS, AND IT WILL ALSO REPLACE AND UPDATE THE HOME BUYER STATEMENT.
NOTE, THE HOME BUYER DEED OF TRUST, AND THAT WOULD BE NO ADDITIONAL FUNDS ADDED TO THIS ITEM.
ITEM B-H-C-D-D RECOMMENDS COUNCIL APPROVE OF AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING A FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE DEVELOPER AGREEMENT FOR THE CHOTO SINGLE FAMILY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM BETWEEN THE CITY OF HOUSTON, ART OF HOUSTON, UH, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.
THIS AMENDMENT WILL PROVIDE UPDATE UPDATED PROVISIONS TO THE TIME OF PERFORMANCE GRANTED BY THE DIRECTOR TO DEFINITIONS, CHOTO PROCEEDS, RECAPTURE REQUIREMENTS, AFFORDABILITY PERIODS, AND THE SALES CONTRACTS.
IT WILL ALSO UPDATE AND REPLACE THE HOME BUYER STATEMENTS, THE HOME BUYER NOTE, THE HOME BUYER DEED OF TRUST, AND THERE IS NO ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR THIS ITEM.
ITEM C-H-C-D-D RECOMMENDS COUNCIL APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE OF AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF HOUSTON AND THE TEXAS GENERAL LAND OFFICE USING UPTOWN TUR SERIES 21 AFFORDABLE HOME FUNDS TO REIMBURSE THE GLO FOR THE PURCHASE OF 12.22 ACRES OF LAND KNOWN AS STELLAR LINK IN THE AMOUNT OF $13,970,000, 500, $540 AND 11 CENTS.
JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BACKGROUND, UH, FOR THIS ITEM, THIS AMENDMENT IS TWOFOLD.
THE REIMBURSEMENT TO THE GLO WILL ALLOW THE TIME OF PERFORMANCE AND REMOVE THE DR 17 RESTRICTIONS FOR THIS PROPERTY.
IT WILL CREATE A BETTER TIMELINE FOR DEVELOPMENT AND, AND NOT ALLOW FOR THIS PROJECT TO BE RUSHED.
IT WILL ALSO ALLOW FOR UP TO 120% A MI BUYERS TO BE, UH, IN THIS DEVELOPMENT.
SECONDLY, THE REIMBURSEMENT TO THE GLO WILL ALLOW FOR THE CREATION OF A HOME BUYER DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, WHICH WILL BE KNOWN AS HA 2.0 TO ASSIST HOME BUYERS IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON WITH THE CURRENT HIGH INTEREST RATES THAT ARE IN THE MARKET, ALONG WITH THE INCREASED COST OF THE HOUSING STOCK.
THIS ACTION WILL AID IN THE CLOSEOUT OF THE HARVEY SINGLE FAMILY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.
THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION
BEFORE WE, BEFORE WE RECOGNIZE THOSE IN THE QUEUE, WE WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER FRED FLICKINGER FROM DISTRICT, UH, E IS PRESENT WITH US.
ALSO, THE STAFF, UH, MEMBER FROM, UH, TASHA JACKSON'S OFFICE IS HERE, CHIEF OF STAFF STAFFERS HERE, AND ALSO WE HAVE DISTRICT, UH, I STAFF FROM, UH, COUNCILMAN JOAQUIN MARTINEZ'S OFFICE AND ALSO, UM, LETITIA PLUMMER'S OFFICE, UH, COUNCILMAN BY LARGE FORD.
UH, WE WANNA RECOGNIZE NOW, UH, OUR MAYOR PRO TIM INCU.
I DID WANT TO, UM, TALK ABOUT THE STELLAR LINK REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENT, UM, TO THE GLO.
UH, FIRST LET ME SAY THANK YOU TO THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT MM-HMM
BECAUSE THIS PROJECT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT, UM, NOT ONLY TO DISTRICT A, BUT TO THE CITY.
UM, WHAT WE ARE DOING WILL ALLOW US TO MOVE FORWARD WITH BUILDING SOME SINGLE FAMILY HOMES IN AN AREA THAT IS PRIME FOR PEOPLE TO LIVE IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON.
UM, CLOSE TO THE MEDICAL CENTER.
SO PEOPLE THAT, UM, WORK IN THE MEDICAL CENTER OR WORK DOWNTOWN OR
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WORK AND MAY NEED TO RIDE THE BUS OR HAVE EASY ACCESS TO OUR FREEWAYS, UM, TO A REALLY GOOD QUALITY OF LIFE, UM, WITH EASE OF TRANSPORTATION, WILL BE ABLE TO LIVE IN A PLACE, UH, THAT THEY CAN ACTUALLY AFFORD TO PAY FOR.UM, THERE IS A PORTION OF LAND RIGHT NEXT TO THIS WHERE THEY ARE BUILDING, UM, TOWN HOMES, UM, STARTING AT $400,000.
AND FOR MOST HOUSTONIANS, UM, THAT PRICE RANGE IS NOT AFFORDABLE.
UM, SO THANK YOU FOR, UM, HEARING, UH, THE CRIES OF HOUSTONIANS WHO WANT TO LIVE IN THE CITY, AND YES, MAAM, WORK IN THE CITY.
UM, THAT IS WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING AS A CITY, AS THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT, UM, AS ELECTED LEADERS, IS MAKING SURE OUR VALUE PROPOSITION FOR CITIES IS THAT PEOPLE CAN LIVE, WORK, AND ENJOY A GOOD QUALITY OF LIFE IN, IN OUR CITY.
AND I THINK THIS GETS US ON THE RIGHT PATH, UM, AND REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO, UM, SEEING THIS PROJECT MOVE FORWARD.
ALSO WANNA RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER RAMIREZ IN THE QUEUE.
SO A FEW QUESTIONS REGARDING, UM, A CARING SAFE PLACE.
I NOTICE, AND THIS WOULD BE SLIDE 10, REDUCING THE, UH, MAXIMUM BY MORE THAN $500,000.
UH, WHAT WOULD BE THE REASON FOR THAT? SO THERE ARE TWO HOMES.
UM, SO AFTER WE GOT GUIDANCE FROM HOOD, UM, TO AMEND THIS AGREEMENT, UM, ITEMS, WELL, HOME NUMBER 12 AND 13 WOULD REQUIRE DAVID BACON AS WELL AS INCREASED COST.
UM, WITH THESE HOMES BEING BUILT FOR ABOUT $277,000 CURRENTLY, UM, THIS WILL ALSO REQUIRE US TO EXTEND THE CONTRACT TO MEET THE OBLIGATIONS OF THOSE REQUIREMENTS.
SO THAT'S WHY WE ARE REDUCING, UH, TO GET THIS CONTRACT COMPLETED.
SO HUD WOULD NOT APPROVE IT AT THE, UH, AMOUNT THAT WAS, UH, SET.
SO WE WOULD HAVE, YES, WE WOULD HAVE TO ADD ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO THIS AGREEMENT IN ORDER TO MEET THOSE REQUIREMENTS FOR DAVID BACON.
AND AT THIS TIME WE WERE LOOKING AT TO CLOSE OUT THIS CONTRACT AND IF THERE ARE ADDITIONAL HOMES THAT COME THROUGH, UM, WOULD BE UNDER ANOTHER, UH, CONTRACT FOR THIS DEVELOPER.
LET ME ASK YOU ABOUT HEART OF HOUSTON.
AND AGAIN, WE'RE EXTENDING THE AMOUNT OF TIME ON THIS ONE.
CAN YOU, UH, TELL US WHY? SO IT IS ALLOWING FOR THE DIRECTOR TO, UM, EXTEND THIS AGREEMENT.
WE ARE LOOKING AT, UH, THIS AGREEMENT TO EXPIRE IN DECEMBER.
SO THIS WILL ALLOW FOR THE COMPLETION OF THE 11 HOMES TO BE BUILT UNDER THIS, UH, AGREEMENT.
AND ALSO WITH REGARD TO HEART OF HOUSTON, THERE ARE CHANGES TO THE RECAPTURE REQUIREMENTS AND AFFORDABILITY PERIOD.
CAN YOU, CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT? SO WE ARE ALIGNING IT WHERE ALL OF THE CHODOS HAVE THE SAME REQUIREMENTS ACROSS THE BOARD.
SO THERE'S A 15 YEAR AFFORDABILITY PERIOD FOR ANYTHING OVER $40,000 FOR THESE PROJECTS, WHICH IN THIS CURRENT MARKET, UH, THAT'S THE, UH, THE, THE COMPLIANCE PERIOD THAT WE ARE PUTTING ON ALL OF, UM, THE BUYERS ACROSS THE BOARD.
THE MAJOR THING IN THIS AGREEMENT IS THAT WE'RE CHANGING THE NOTE TO BE ABLE TO CAPTURE ALL OF THE FUNDS THAT ARE PUT INTO THE PROJECT FOR THE HOME BUYER.
WHAT, WHAT DID THE AGREEMENT SAY PRIOR TO THIS CHANGE THAT THAT IS NOT CONSISTENT WITH, UH, THE OTHER CHODO? WELL, SO THE ORIGINAL AGREEMENT WITH A CARING SAFE PLACE REQUIRED A 20 YEAR AFFORDABILITY PERIOD.
AND THEN ALL OF THOSE WERE AMENDED TO FOLLOW THE HOOD REQUIREMENTS, WHICH IS THE 5, 10, 15 YEAR REQUIREMENTS FOR AFFORDABILITY PERIODS UNDER HOME.
AND, AND WHY DO WE WANT IT TO BE A, A, A LESS AMOUNT OF AFFORDABILITY TIME? SO THE 15 YEAR AFFORDABILITY PERIOD, THERE ARE COSTS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH MONITORING THOSE PROJECTS FOR THE ENTIRE TIME.
THE ADDITIONAL FIVE YEARS WILL HAVE TO BE PICKED UP, UM, FROM THE DEPARTMENT OR FROM THE CITY TO MONITOR FOR THE ADDITIONAL FIVE YEARS.
AND WITH REGARD TO STELLA LINK, UH, OUR UNDERSTANDING IS THIS MONEY'S COMING OUT OF, UH, FROM THE UPTOWN TOURS.
IS THAT RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT.
DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH, UH, MONEY IS LEFT, UH, THAT THE UP UPTOWN TOURS HAS THEIR, THEIR BOND MONEY? UH, THAT'S NOT ALLOCATED AT THIS POINT.
AND, UH, I CAN GO BACK IN QUEUE OR, YES, YES.
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BEFORE WE, UM, UH, LET ME, BEFORE I RECOGNIZE, UH, MAYOR PRO TEMP TATUM, LET ME JUST SAY IN REGARDS TO THE, UH, DISTRICT K, UH, PROJECT, UM, I'M, I WANT TO THANK, UH, HOUSING AGAIN FOR TAKING THE STEP IN THIS.UH, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I FEEL IS, SHOULD HAVE BEEN WELL NEEDED IF VERY NEEDFUL.
AND, UH, I DO AGREE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER PREMIER, MAYOR PRO TEMP TATUM IN THE PURSUIT OF THIS OBJECTIVE.
I'M, I'M GRATEFUL THAT YOU GUYS STEPPED UP TO DO THIS, UH, IN THE CONCERNS BECAUSE THIS COMMUNITY WAS CERTAINLY ADVANCING FORWARD AND IT NEEDS MORE, UH, OF THIS TO BE DONE IN THAT PARTICULAR DISTRICT.
AND SO I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE, THE, THE ROLE THAT YOU PLAYED IN IT.
RECOGNIZE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, MAYOR PRO TE THANK YOU.
UM, VICE CHAIR, I WANTED TO KNOW, UM, WE SAID THAT WE'RE GONNA CREATE OUR TIMELINE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROPERTY.
DO WE HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT THAT TIMELINE LOOKS LIKE? I KNOW ONCE WE GET THE PAYMENT BACK TO GLO MM-HMM
BUT DO WE HAVE ANY ESTIMATED TIMELINE FOR, UH, MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS? SO IT'LL BE VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE HAD ORIGINALLY, UH, DONE, UM, ON THE PREVIOUS NOFA THAT WE ONLY HAD TWO PROPOSALS COME IN ON.
UM, IT WILL BE SIMILAR TO THAT, UM, BUT IT WILL ALLOW, YOU KNOW, 30 TO 60 DAYS OF GETTING, UH, PROPOSALS IN FOR, UM, THAT PROPERTY BE, UH, TO BE DEVELOPED.
SO WE'RE GONNA AIM FOR THE END OF JANUARY TO TRY TO GET THAT NEXT NOFA OUT ON THIS PROPERTY THAT WILL BE ADJUSTED TO FIT THE NEW FUNDING SOURCE, WHICH IS GONNA GIVE US MORE FLEXIBILITY.
SO, I, I MISSED THAT LAST PART YOU SAID.
SO THE NEW FUNDING SOURCE BEING TURS BOND IS GONNA GIVE US ADDITIONAL FLEXIBILITY BEYOND WHAT THE FEDERAL FUNDS GAVE US.
UH, SO WE'LL MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO THE NOFA THAT WE RELEASED LA UH, EARLIER THIS YEAR IN MAY.
SO WE CAN MAKE THOSE ADJUSTMENTS, BUT WE'LL TRY TO GET IT OUT BY THE END OF JANUARY.
UM, AND THEN FROM THERE IT'S ABOUT A 90 DAY TO 120 DAY TO SELECTION.
UM, THAT WOULD INCLUDE THE POSTING TIME, THE REVIEW OF THE PROPOSALS, AND THEN MOVING TOWARDS HOPEFULLY A RECOMMENDATION TO MOVE FORWARD.
AND WHEN WILL THIS ITEM COME TO OUR COUNCIL AGENDA? WE'RE SHOOTING FOR THE 11TH TO HAVE THE PAYBACK ON THE STELLA LINK, THIS ITEM THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING TODAY TO TRY TO HELP ON THE AGENDA FOR THE 11TH.
UH, WE WANNA RECOGNIZE, UH, THE STAFFER FROM, UH, DISTRICT G COUNCIL MEMBER HUFFMAN'S OFFICE HAS JOINED IN WITH US ON TODAY.
I WANNA RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER RAMIREZ.
UM, ON HEART OF HOUSTON, REDUCING THE AFFORDABILITY PERIOD FROM 15 TO 10 SO THAT THE CITY DOESN'T HAVE TO PICK UP.
SO THERE ARE REQUIREMENTS IN HOME BASED ON THE AMOUNT OF SUBSIDY THAT'S PROVIDED TO THE HOME BUYER THAT IT BREAKS DOWN.
UM, UP TO $40,000 IS A 10 YEAR BEYOND $40,000 AS A 15 YEAR AFFORDABILITY PERIOD.
SO IT'S BASED ON THE SUBSIDY THAT'S PROVIDED TO THE HOME BUYER.
BUT YOU MENTIONED THAT, THAT THE LONGER AFFORDABILITY PERIOD REQUIRES THE CITY TO PICK UP THE COST OF MONITORING AFFORDABILITY.
WHAT, WHAT IS THE COST FOR THE CITY TO DO THAT? MONITOR THE AFFORDABILITY FOR A LONGER PERIOD? SO IT WOULD REQUIRE STAFF, UM, AS WELL AS, AS TIME AS Y'ALL KNOW, THAT, UH, WE DON'T RECEIVE VERY MUCH CDPG FUNDS, UH, TO DO THIS TYPE OF, UH, ACTIVITY.
MOST OF THE DOLLARS THAT WE PROVIDE, UH, BETWEEN HOME AND CDBG GOES INTO THE STICKS AND BRICKS.
HAVE, HAVE Y'ALL TRIED TO FIGURE OUT HOW MUCH IT WOULD COST TO, TO HAVE THE AFFORDABILITY PERIOD BE LONGER AND HAVE THE CITY MONITOR THAT? UH, I CAN GET THAT FOR YOU.
WE'RE WE'RE, UH, SETTING THE PRICE NOT TO EXCEED 120 A MI, UH, IS THERE ANY PARTICULAR REASON IT'S NOT LOWER, LIKE FOR INSTANCE, A HUNDRED A MI OR 80 A MI, IT'S GONNA BE BASED ON THE PROPOSALS THAT COME IN, UH, FOR IT.
UM, UNDER THE UPTOWN TURS AGREEMENT, IT GOES UP TO 120% A MI MM-HMM
WE WILL SCORE, IT WILL SCORE BETTER IF THEY CAN GET TO LOWER, UH, A MI LEVELS.
THE ONE 20 IS THE CAP THAT WE WANT TO SET AS A THRESHOLD AND WE'RE HOPING TO GET PROPOSALS IN THAT WOULD BE TARGETED MORE TOWARDS HUNDREDS.
BUT WE'RE ALSO RECOGNIZING IN THIS MARKET THE COST TO CONSTRUCT THAT THESE ARE BUILDERS THAT ARE LOOKING TO MAKE A PROFIT AS WELL, THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THE DEVELOPMENT'S GONNA BE ENTICING FOR BUILDERS TO COME IN.
THIS WAS SOME OF THE CONCERN WITH IT BEING FEDERALLY FUNDED AND 51%
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OF THE UNITS HAVING TO BE FOR 80% A MI FAMILIES, IT WAS GONNA BE DIFFICULT FOR A BUILDER TO SPEND THE TIME AND EFFORT TO COMPLY WITH FEDERAL REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS AND STILL BE ABLE TO MAKE A PROFIT AND STILL BE ABLE TO GUARANTEE THAT THOSE UNITS WOULD BE SOLD TO THOSE A MI PERCENTAGES.UM, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HOPING THIS FLEXIBILITY IS GONNA PROVIDE US.
BUT ULTIMATELY IT'S, AS CEDRIC WAS SAYING, IT'S GONNA COME IN ON THOSE PROPOSALS AND WE'LL BE LOOKING TO SCORE HIGHER IF YOU CAN GIVE US LOWER A MI BEHIND IT, BUT IT'S STILL GOTTA BE ABLE TO MATH OUT ON PAPER.
UM, LET ME ADD SOMETHING, BUT WE ALSO WILL HAVE THE DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO COUPLE WITH THAT A MI THAT'S CORRECT.
SO THE UPSIDE ON OUR TYPICAL DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM THROUGH OUR CDBG PROGRAMS, 80% A MI AND BELOW FAMILIES, UM, AS CEDRIC POINTED OUT IN THIS, WHEN WE MAKE THIS REPAYMENT TO THE GLO, THOSE FUNDS ARE THEN GOING TO COME BACK TO US UNDER A SEPARATE DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
AND A PORTION OF THAT MONEY'S GONNA ALSO ALLOW US TO GO UP TO 120% A MI AS WELL, A SMALLER PORTION.
SO THERE'S GONNA BE MORE FUNDING THERE TO OFFER SOMETHING LIKE THAT ON THE BACKEND FOR SOME OF THESE FAMILIES, ESPECIALLY IF THEY'RE AT 90 OR A HUNDRED PERCENT WHERE WE CAN'T COVER THAT CURRENTLY IN OUR DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, THAT WILL NOW BE AVAILABLE.
NOW, UH, YOU ALSO MENTIONED REMOVING THE GLO RESTRICTIONS.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN, UM, WHAT RESTRICTIONS ARE BEING REMOVED AND WHY? SO THIS WOULD MEAN THAT THE GL O'S NO LONGER INVOLVED IN THIS PROPERTY.
WE ARE, UH, CLOSING OUT THE SINGLE FAMILY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.
THIS IS A COMPONENT TO REPAY THE GLO FOR WHAT WE, UH, ACQUIRED IT FOR.
AND SO UPON THAT, UH, THERE'S NO LONGER ANY FEDERAL TIE TO THE PROPERTY THAT IN A SENSE THAT'S THE RESTRICTIONS.
I THINK THEY, THEY PUT SOMETHING IN PLACE.
SO IT WAS A REQUIREMENT THAT THIS PROPERTY BE DEVELOPED BEFORE 2027.
SO THAT RESTRICTION WILL BE REMOVED.
WE ARE, WE ARE READY NOW TO, UM, IF THERE'S ANY OTHER, NO OTHER QUESTIONS.
WE ARE READY FOR THE, UH, PUBLIC SERVICES.
SO UP NEXT WE HAVE MELODY BARR JOINING US FOR THE PUBLIC SERVICES AGENDA.
SO TODAY I'M PRESENTING THE LAST ITEM RESULTING FROM THE NOFA, THE NOTICE OF FUNDING AVAILABILITY THAT WAS RELEASED IN MAY OF 2024 FOR THE CHILDCARE AND OUT OF SCHOOL TIME PROGRAMMING.
THIS ITEM WILL HAVE A 12 MONTH TERM WITH A ONE YEAR RENEWAL OPTION.
ITEM FOUR, THE DEPARTMENT IS PRESENTING AN ORDINANCE WITH CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF GALVESTON HOUSTON, PROVIDING UP TO $100,000 IN CDBG FUNDS FOR THE ADMINISTRATION AND OPERATION OF AN OUT-OF-SCHOOL TIME PROGRAM SERVING LOW TO MODERATE INCOME FAMILIES.
THIS PROGRAM WILL SERVE 30 UNIQUE HOUSEHOLDS WITH SCHOOL-AGED CHILDREN UP TO 18 YEARS OF AGE AND LIVING IN THE ALE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT.
THIS PROGRAM WILL OPERATE TWO DAYS A WEEK FOR TWO HOURS EACH DAY AFTER SCHOOL, DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR, DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS.
THIS PROGRAM OPERATES A THREE WEEK FULL DAY PROGRAM.
THE AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAM WILL INCORPORATE HOMEWORK ASSISTANCE, CULTURAL LESSONS, AND SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING ACTIVITIES.
THE THREE WEEK SUMMER PROGRAM FOCUSES ON LANGUAGE ALONG WITH SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL, AND CULTURAL SUPPORT.
THIS PROGRAM WILL ALSO CREATE POSITIVE PARTNERSHIPS WITH PARENTS AND INTEGRATE THEM INTO THEIR CHILDREN'S SCHOOL AND COMMUNITIES THROUGH FACILITATING A PARENT ORIENTATIONS AND COORDINATING PARENT TEACHER CONFERENCES.
THE TERM OF THIS AGREEMENT BEGINS JANUARY 1ST, 2025, AND IT RUNS THROUGH DECEMBER 31ST, 2025.
CATHOLIC CHARITIES HAS RECEIVED FUNDING FROM THE CITY OF HOUSTON SINCE 2003 ON VARIOUS AGREEMENTS AND HAS NO FINDINGS TODAY.
FOR CATHOLIC CHARITIES, WE HAVE MARGARET AYOTTE, THE REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT DI, UM, DIRECTOR STEPHANIE ALVAREZ, THE REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT EDUCATION PROGRAM SUPERVISOR, BETSY BALLARD, THE COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR, AND AM SALA PROGRAM COORDINATOR.
AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
UH, RECOGNIZE, UH, MAYOR PRO TATUM.
I JUST WANTED TO, UM, REITERATE THE IMPORTANCE OF AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS. UM, AS A MOTHER OF A YOUNG SON, UH, YES.
THAT WAS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT, UM, ELEMENTS OF RAISING A A SON, WAS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD QUALITY AFTERSCHOOL CARE.
UM, AFTERSCHOOL TIME IS THE MOST VULNERABLE TIME FOR MOST CHILDREN, UH, AS A CITY.
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY, UM, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE ARE INCLUDING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT AFTERSCHOOL CARE FOR, UH, YOUNG PEOPLE.
UH, IT IS THE TIME WHEN YOUNG PEOPLE ARE THE MOST
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UNSUPERVISED, UH, IN, IN OUR CITY.SO, UM, CONGRATULATIONS TO CATHOLIC CHARITIES FOR, UM, STEPPING UP AND DOING THIS WORK.
I KNOW, UM, IF COUNCIL MEMBER THOMAS WAS HERE, SHE WOULD SAY, UH, IN THE WEST SIDE, WHICH SHE CONSIDERS THE BEST SIDE
UH, BUT WE, WE DEFINITELY WANT TO, UM, HAVE THESE TYPES OF AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE CITY, UH, MAKING SURE THAT OUR STUDENTS HAVE SOMEWHERE TO GO SO PARENTS CAN WORK AND PARENTS CAN, UM, LEAD PRODUCTIVE LIVES.
AND THE BEST EMPLOYEES ARE THE ONES THAT ARE CONFIDENT IN KNOWING THAT THEIR CHILDREN ARE SAFE.
AND WE ALSO RECOGNIZE COUNCILMAN RAMIREZ.
UH, THANK YOU MR. CHAIR AND THANK YOU MELODY, AND THANK ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATIONS AND YOUR WORK ON THIS MELODY.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALWAYS, UH, INTERESTED IN IMPROVING PERFORMANCE DATA ON THESE PUBLIC SERVICE CONTRACTS.
AND IN THAT REGARD, WE HAD SUGGESTED, UH, A WHILE AGO, UH, TAKING ADVANTAGE OF SOME OF THE RESOURCES OFFERED BY UNITED WAY.
IT'S THE COACHING AND THE, UH, FREE, UH, DATA REPORTING, UH, THAT THEY HAVE.
UH, WHAT'S THE STATUS OF THAT? SO ON DECEMBER 9TH, WE HAVE AN ALL, UM, SUB-RECIPIENT STAFF MEETING SCHEDULED AT THE GEORGIA R BROWN.
SO ALL OF THE PUBLIC SERVICES, UM, SUBRECIPIENTS WILL BE IN ATTENDANCE.
WE, THIS IS PART OF OUR REQUIREMENTS FOR OUR CONTRACTS, AND AS PART OF ONE OF THE BREAKOUT SESSIONS, ACTUALLY IT'S TWO BREAKOUT SESSIONS.
WE HAVE UNITED WAY COMING TO PRESENT SOME DATA, UM, INFORMATION ON HOW THEY CAN USE THE CURRENT DATA THEY HAVE, UM, THAT, THAT ALL SUBRECIPIENTS CURRENTLY HAVE, AND THEN HOW THEY CAN IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF THAT DATA AND HOW THEY CAN IMPROVE THE PRESENTATION OF THAT INFORMATION.
SO, AS YOU KNOW, AND, AND MANY OF YOU DO KNOW THIS, UM, COLLECTING DATA IS ONE THING, AND WE HAVE INFORMATION.
WE GET MONTHLY PROGRAM PERFORMANCE REPORTS FROM ALL OF OUR AGENCIES.
HOWEVER, ONCE THE CONTRACT IS OVER, THERE IS NO OBLIGATION FOR THOSE AGENCIES TO PRESENT TO THE, TO OUR DEPARTMENT, NOR DO WE HAVE THE CAPACITY TO MONITOR AND MAKE THEM PRESENT INFORMATION.
BUT THE AGENCIES ARE CONSISTENTLY, UM, GATHERING INFORMATION.
AND SO IF THEY DON'T HAVE THE FUNDING FOR AN INDIVIDUAL DATA ANALYSIS PERSON, THERE'S OTHER WAYS THAT THEY CAN DO THIS UNITED WAY.
SO THANK YOU TO YOUR OFFICE FOR GIVING US THAT CONNECTION.
HAS, UM, IS SUPER EXCITED AND THEY'VE AGREED TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH US AND TO, UM, LEVERAGE THEIR PROGRAMS WITH OUR NONPROFITS.
AND SO WE WILL SEE HOW THAT GOES.
WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE ABOUT 85, UH, NONPROFITS IN ATTENDANCE.
BUT I'M WONDERING, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THESE GRANTEES COME BACK FOR ADDITIONAL CONTRACTS IN THE FUTURE MM-HMM
AND, UH, EVEN THOUGH IT MAY BE OUTSIDE THE CONTRACTUAL REQUIREMENTS, UH, PERHAPS THEY COULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR, PUT THEM IN A BETTER POSITION TO GET FUTURE CONTRACTS, YOU KNOW, IF THEY'RE GONNA WANT WORK WITH THE CITY, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, SO JUST SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT.
BUT THANK YOU FOR THAT AND I HOPE THAT GOES WELL.
COUNCIL MEMBER MES AND TO OUR MAYOR PRO TEM, LET ME ALSO SAY ON THE RECORD, YOU KNOW, I, FOR MANY YEARS AS A PASTOR IN THE CITY, WE HAD, UH, AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS, WHICH IS SO BENEFICIAL TO OUR COMMUNITY.
UH, ONE WHO BENEFITED BY IT AND LED AND TURNED THE LIFE OF A LOT OF KIDS AROUND.
SO THIS OUT SCHOOL TIME PROGRAM, I THINK IS EXCELLENT.
I WANT TO COMMEND, UH, YOU FOR, UH, CERTAINLY TAKING THIS ON AND I'M SURE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER THOMAS, IF SHE WAS HERE AS I AS MAYOR PRO TEMP SAY, SHE WOULD'VE CERTAINLY WOULD BE, UH, HAPPY TO HEAR AND TO KNOW THAT THIS IS GOING FORWARD.
THIS IS MUCH NEEDED AND IT SHOULD BE DONE, UH, CITYWIDE.
I'D LOVE TO SEE THAT HAPPEN MORE.
I REMEMBER THE YEARS WHEN MANY OF US AS PASTOR MINISTER LEADERS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS FUNDED TO US.
AND IT REALLY, UH, CHANGES THE COMMUNITY IN MANY WAYS, PUBLIC SAFETY WISE, EDUCATIONAL WISE, AND OTHER, OTHER ENTITIES.
ALRIGHT, SO FOR OUR NEXT ITEMS FOR AGENDA ITEM FIVE, COMPLIANCE AND GRANT ADMINISTRATION, WE'RE GONNA HAVE DEPUTY DIRECTOR KENISHA LONDON JOIN US FOR THESE ITEMS. MORNING.
YOU, UH, THE CITY OF HOUSTON'S HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDS AN ORDINANCE APPROVING, UH, A 10TH AMENDMENT TO THE HURRICANE I COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, UH, GRANT DISASTER PROGRAM, RENTAL HOUSING PROJECTS, ROUND TWO SUB-RECIPIENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF HOUSTON AND THE TEXAS GENERAL LAND OFFICE.
THE SUB-RECIPIENT AGREEMENT ALLOWS THE CITY TO CARRY OUT MULTI-FAMILY ACTIVITIES THAT BENEFIT, UM, LOW TO MODERATE INCOME FAMILIES WITHIN THE, UH, THE CITY OF HOUSTON.
THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT EXTENDS TO THE CITY'S C-D-B-G-D TWO AMENDMENT TERM FROM SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2024 TO AUGUST 31ST, 2025 AND UPDATES CONTRACTUAL LANGUAGE.
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EXTENSION WILL ACCOMMODATE THE COMPLETION AND CLOSEOUT OF THE ST.ELIZABETH, UH, PROJECT, WHICH IS AN 85 UNIT MULTI-FAMILY, UH, RENTAL HOUSING COMPLEX IN THE LYONS AVENUE CORRIDOR IN HOUSTON'S FIFTH WARD.
THERE ARE NO CHANGES TO FUNDING WITH THIS ACTION.
THE NEXT ITEM IS AN ORDINANCE APPROVING THE THIRD AMENDMENT TO THE CDBG, UH, DR. HARVEY SUBRECIPIENT GRANT AGREEMENT BETWEEN, UH, THE CITY OF HOUSTON AND THE TEXAS GENERAL LAND OFFICE.
THE GLO PROPOSES TO AMEND THE SUBRECIPIENT AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY AND THE FOLLOWING WAYS.
FIRST, THEY PLAN TO REDUCE, UH, THE FUNDING BY 27.9 MILLION FOR A TOTAL NOT TO EXCEED $625,629,416 AND 92 CENTS.
IT ALSO REVISES CONTRACTUAL LANGUAGE EXTENDS THE TERM OF THE AGREEMENT FROM FEBRUARY 28TH, 2025 TO FEBRUARY 28TH, 2027.
AND IT REVISES THE PERFORMANCE STATEMENT FOR OUR SINGLE FAMILY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM TO REFLECT THAT ALL PROJECT ACTIVITIES AND REDUCES, UH, THE BUDGET BY 27.9 MILLION IN GRANT FUNDS.
THIS SUB-RECIPIENT AGREEMENT ALLOWS THE CITY TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE WITH FUNDS APPROPRIATED UNDER THE CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS ACT OF 2018 AND THE SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR DISASTER RELIEF REQUIREMENT ACT OF 2017.
UH, WITH THESE FUNDS, THE CITY HAS DONE A MANY DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, UM, HOMEOWNER REPAIR, UH, UH, ECONOMIC, UH, REVITALIZATION PROGRAMS, BUT ULTIMATELY IT WAS TO HELP, UH, THE CITY OF HOUSTON RECOVER FROM THE DAMAGE CAUSED BY HURRICANE HARVEY.
AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
WE RECOGNIZE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MAYOR PRO TEM TATUM, CAN YOU, UM, EXPLAIN TO ME WHAT THE REDUCTION IS ABOUT AND WHY WE ARE DOING THE REDUCTION? OKAY.
UM, AND SO, AS YOU KNOW, THERE WAS, UM, UNDER THE SINGLE FAMILY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM, THERE WERE THREE PROPERTIES.
THERE WAS HARDY YARDS THAT LINK IT AND CITYSCAPE GOT IT.
AND SO FOR THE 27.9 MILLION, IT COVERS THE AMOUNT FOR THE CITYSCAPE PROPERTY AND THE STELLA LINK PROPERTY.
WE RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER RAMIREZ.
DID I HAVE THAT THE NEXT ITEM? ANY OTHERS? MULTIFAMILY? YES.
SO FOR AGENDA ITEM SIX RELATED TO MULTIFAMILY, WE'RE GONNA HAVE RYAN BIBBS, DEPUTY ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, REJOIN US FOR THIS ITEMS. MORNING.
WE WANTED TO GO OVER A FEW SLIDES, DISCUSSED OUR 2025, UH, TAX CREDIT, UM, PROCESS.
THIS FIRST SLIDE HERE IS GONNA DESCRIBE DEADLINES THAT WE ARE, ARE, THAT WE HAVE, UH, COMING UPON US HERE IN THE NEAR, NEAR FUTURE.
DECEMBER 7TH WILL BE, UH, WHEN A CD RELEASES THEIR APPLICATIONS FOR RESOLUTIONS.
UH, JANUARY THE NINTH WILL BE WHEN THE, UH, PRE-APPLICATION ARE DUE TO T-D-H-C-A JANUARY THE 10TH WILL BE WHEN THE APPLICATIONS FOR RESOLUTIONS ARE DUE TO HCD.
AND THEN ON JANUARY THE 28TH, OR AND FEBRUARY THE FOURTH, UH, ONE OF THOSE DAYS, WE'RE GONNA, UH, SELECT THE DAY TO DO OUR PRESENTATION TO THE HOUSING COMMITTEE, BRING FORTH OUR RECOMMENDATIONS.
AND THEN ON FEBRUARY THE 12TH, WE'LL HAVE, UH, RESOLUTIONS PRESENTED TO CITY COUNCIL.
AFTER THE 12TH, THERE'LL BE TWO MORE COUNCIL DATES IF NEEDED, THAT IF WE NEED TO MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS OR IF THERE'S ANYTHING MORE INFORMATION THAT COMES INTO PLAY THAT'LL MAKE ANY CHANGES TO OUR, OUR RECOMMENDATIONS.
SO WE'LL HAVE THE FEBRUARY THE 19TH AND FE FEBRUARY THE 26TH, AVAILABLE FOR MORE COUNCIL DATES BEFORE WE GET TO FEBRUARY THE 28TH, WHICH IS WHEN THE APPLICATIONS ARE DUE TO T-D-A-C-A FROM THE DEVELOPERS.
SO, JUST A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT TO THIS.
UH, THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING COMMUNITY AFFAIRS ISSUES WHAT'S CALLED A QUALIFIED ACTION ALLOCATION PLAN RELATED TO AWARDING 9% TAX CREDITS, ALONG WITH THEIR REQUIREMENTS OF WHAT IT TAKES TO GET A 9% OR BE CONSIDERED AS PART OF A VERY COMPETITIVE PROCESS.
THEY ALSO OUTLINE DEADLINES FOR SUBMISSION OF ITEMS TO THEM, UH, FROM THE DEVELOPERS THAT ARE LOOKING TO PUT FORTH AN APPLICATION.
UM, SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE DATES THAT WE HAVE ON THE SCREEN, OUR ROLE IN THIS PROCESS, OR THE CITY'S ROLE IN THIS PROCESS, IS TO DO RESOLUTIONS THAT WOULD THEN BE ADDED TO THE APPLICATION FOR THAT DEVELOPMENT.
UM, THAT GETS SUBMITTED TO T-D-H-C-A.
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TO ADJUST THEM.SO AS WE LOOK AT THE PRE-APPLICATION JANUARY 9TH, THAT'S A, THAT'S A-T-D-H-C-A DEADLINE.
THE FEBRUARY 28TH DEADLINE IS, IS PRESCRIBED BY T-D-H-C-A.
UH, THE CITY HAS NO LATITUDE TO ADJUST THOSE DATES.
WE JUST TRY TO DO OUR BEST TO WORK WITH Y'ALL OKAY.
AND WORK WITH THE DATES THAT WE'RE GIVEN TO BE ABLE TO MOVE THESE THROUGH.
IT'S A LITTLE FRANTIC AT TIMES.
UM, WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE COMMUNICATING WITH YOU ALONG THE WAY, UM, AND TRYING TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE.
UM, OVER THE NEXT COUPLE SLIDES, RYAN IS GONNA OUTLINE WHAT OUR PRIORITIES ARE FOR THIS YEAR.
IT'S A DOCUMENT THAT SETS ASIDE, WE POST IT ON OUR WEBSITE AND MAKE IT AVAILABLE.
SO THESE DEVELOPERS, AS THEY'RE PUTTING FORTH THEIR APPLICATIONS TO US FOR RESOLUTIONS MM-HMM
THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO LOOK AT AND EVALUATE FOR.
SO THAT'S MAYBE A LITTLE CONTEXT THAT'LL HELP AS WE GO THROUGH THIS.
UM, WHEN YOU, IN INITIALLY, YOU INDICATED DECEMBER 7TH ON THE SHEET SAYS THE THIRD.
YEAH, IT'S DECEMBER THE THIRD.
UH, WE WILL BE NEXT SLIDE DISCUSSES OUR THRESHOLD ITEMS, UH, WHICH WE'LL BE.
UM, UH, FIRST ONE WILL BE THE, UH, NOT, NOT LO LOCATED WITHIN A FLOODWAY OR FLOODPLAIN.
UH, NEXT THRESHOLD ITEM WE'LL BE LOOKING FOR IS NOT TO BE LOCATED IN AREAS GREATER THAN 25% POVERTY, UNLESS IT'S LOCATED IN A COMPLETE COMMUNITIES OR TURS.
NEXT ITEM, UH, NOT ZONED TO A SCHOOL WITH A FAILING GRADE BY THE, UH, TEXAS EDUCATIONAL AGENCY WITHIN THE MOST RECENT RE RE REPORTING YEAR.
BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD, UH, I WANT TO RECOGNIZE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER RAMIREZ WAS IN THE QUEUE.
YOU WANT TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE THAT AFTER THE PRESENTATION? YEAH.
THIS SLIDE IS JUST, UH, DISPLAYING THAT ON THE 4% TAX CREDIT RESOLUTIONS WE WOULD LIKE TO, FOR THE DEVELOPERS, THEY HAVE THE BOND RESERVATIONS IN HAND BEFORE WE REVIEW AND GO THROUGH THE PROCESS.
NEXT SLIDE ARE OUR PRIORITY ITEMS. UH, REHABILITATION, RECONSTRUCTION, LOW POVERTY IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.
UH, COMPLETE COMMUNITIES, TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENTS.
NEXT SLIDE IS OUR SCORING CRITERIA, 22 POINTS MAX.
BUT WE'LL BE LOOKING FOR COMPLETE COMMUNITIES OR TOURS.
LOCATION, IF IT'S, UM, CLOSE TO MASS TRANSIT, LOW POVERTY, UH, BUILDING RESILIENCY FEATURES, UH, UNDERGROUND DETENTION, PODIUM STYLE BUILDING, THINGS OF THAT NATURE ON ONSITE MATERIAL RECYCLING, UM, EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS ON SITE, OR SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'LL BE LOOKING FOR IN OUR SCORING CRITERIA.
THIS IS OUR SLIDE THAT DISPLAYS OUR EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION POLICY.
HERE IS OUR, OUR WAY OF, OF TRYING TO, UH, LEVEL, LEVEL THE PLAYING FIELD AND NOT HAVE SO MANY, UM, PROJECTS COME INTO ONE OR TWO COUNCIL DISTRICTS AND TRY TO SPREAD AND DISPERSE THESE PROJECTS THROUGH A NUMBER OF COUNCIL DISTRICTS.
SO OUR FIRST BULLET HERE IS WE, FOR THE FIRST COUNCIL DISTRICTS, A, B, D, HI, J, AND K WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR TWO ENDORSEMENTS.
AND THE NEXT BULLET HERE, C, E, F, AND G WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR THREE.
NEXT SLIDE HERE IS OUR EQUITABLE.
THIS IS PART OF OUR EQUITABLE, EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION POLICY.
IF FROM THE PREVIOUS SLIDE, IF THERE ARE A NUMBER OF DEALS THAT EXCEEDS THE CAP FROM THE PREVIOUS DISTRICTS THAT THAT WAS JUST DISCUSSED, THEN THIS WILL BE OUR, UH, WAY THAT, THAT WE'LL DETERMINE AND PRIORITIZE, UH, DEALS THAT'LL, THAT'LL MOVE FORWARD WITHIN THAT COUNCIL DISTRICT.
SO IF THERE'S A COUNCIL DISTRICT THAT WERE, THAT IS ONLY ONLY GEARED FOR TWO, AND THERE THERE ARE THREE PROJECTS THAT ARE ELIGIBLE, THIS WILL BE A WAY THAT WE'LL PRIORITIZE WHICH TO MOVE FORWARD.
AND HERE IS LAST PART OF OUR EQUITABLE, EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION POLICY.
BY SAYING THAT HERE, WE'RE JUST SAYING THAT ITEMS THAT ARE SPECIALIZED, PROJECTS
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THAT ARE SPECIALIZED, SUCH AS, UH, HOMELESSNESS, WELL SUCH AS TRANSITIONAL HOUSING, PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING OR REHABS WILL NOT GO TOWARDS THE CAP.SO THESE WOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED TOWARDS THE CAP OF THE EQUITABLE POLICY THAT WAS MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY.
WE HAVE OUR SPECIAL TARGETING POLICY, UH, PROJECTS WHEN I GO TOWARDS THE CAP.
THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
UM, AND, UH, BROTHER DIRECTORS? YES.
FIRST WE WANT TO REC RECOGNIZE COUNCILMAN RAMIREZ.
UH, THERE'S A COUPLE AREAS I'D LIKE TO COVER HERE.
ONE IS ON YOUR SCORING CRITERIA, AND THIS IS FOR BOTH 4% AND 9% TAX CREDIT PROJECTS.
IS THAT RIGHT? THAT, THAT IS CORRECT.
MAXIMUM OF, WHAT'D YOU SAY? 22 POINTS.
UH, THE CATEGORY WHERE A PROJECT CAN GET THE MOST POINTS IS BUILDING RESILIENCY AND SUSTAINABILITY FEATURES.
THEY CAN GET ONE TO SIX POINTS.
WHAT, WHAT OTHER, UH, FEATURES FALL UNDER THIS RESILIENCY AND SUSTAINABILITY CATEGORY? I CAN GET YOU THE DETENTION.
YEAH, I COULD GET YOU THE, THE LIST, BUT IT'S, IT'S ITEMS SUCH AS, UM, ENERGY EFFICIENT WINDOWS, UM, UNDERGROUND DETENTION, PODIUM STYLE BUILDING, UH, WITH PROJECTS THAT ARE BUILT ON A PODIUM STYLE DESIGN.
WELL WOULDN'T MEET THOSE KIND OF, UH, RESILIENCY FEATURES THAT WE'RE, THAT WE'RE, THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.
WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT THE ADDITION OF GENERATORS.
WE'VE KNOWN THROUGH THE WEATHER EVENTS OF THIS YEAR, HOW MUCH OF A DIFFERENCE THAT MAKES.
AND SO IF YOU ARE INCLUDING A GENERATOR AS PART OF YOUR DEVELOPMENT, THAT ALSO WILL RECEIVE EXTRA SCORING.
SO ARE WE LOOKING AT GENERATORS REGARDLESS OF THE, THE, UH, TYPE OF, UH, CLIENTS IN REGARDLESS WHETHER IT'S SENIORS OR JUST YES, REGARDLESS.
NO, I ASK BECAUSE SOMETIMES THESE FEATURES END UP DRIVING UP COSTS SUBSTANTIALLY AND, AND MAKING A PROJECT NOT AS AFFORDABLE AS IT MIGHT OTHERWISE BE.
WE RECOGNIZE THAT AND HAVE MET RECENTLY WITH, UM, SOME DEVELOPERS THAT EXPRESS SOME CONCERNS.
WE'VE ASKED FOR SOME FEEDBACK FROM THEM TO SEE IF THERE'S A BETTER WAY TO STREAMLINE SOME WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR WHILE NOT BEING OVERLY COST BURDENSOME.
AND SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR THAT FEEDBACK TO COME BACK.
THERE'S SOME COMMITMENTS MADE THAT BILL PROVIDES SOME RECOMMENDATIONS ON THAT.
I THINK IT'S SMART TO DO THAT, AND THANK YOU FOR TAKING, TAKING THAT MEETING.
UM, WITH REGARD TO THE EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION POLICY, I CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND THAT WE DON'T WANT TO GROUP ALL OF THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS IN ONE OR TWO, UH, OR A FEW DISTRICTS.
UM, BUT I'M, I'M WONDERING WHETHER THIS POLICY D HAS THE EFFECT OF, UM, REDUCING THE AMOUNT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING WE HAVE IN THIS CITY.
SO I WAS LOOKING AT THIS THIS MORNING LAST YEAR.
THERE WERE EIGHT AWARDS FOR 16.9 MILLION IN REGION SIX.
WHAT WE'VE FOUND SINCE IT'S BEEN IN, IN PLACE SINCE 2019, IS WE'RE STILL GETTING DEVELOPMENTS HERE IN THE CITY.
THEY'RE NOT BEING PUSHED OUT INTO GREATER HARRIS COUNTY OR EVEN THE SUBURBS.
UM, SO WE, WE ARE SEEING ALSO THAT THE DEVELOPMENTS ARE BEING FOUND THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
WE DO THE REVIEW ON THESE COUNCIL DISTRICTS EVERY YEAR, UM, AS PART OF DEVELOPMENT OF THIS POLICY TO ENSURE WE HAVE THE RIGHT DISTRICTS IN THERE.
AND WE SAW SOME FLUCTUATION THIS YEAR IN THOSE COUNCIL DISTRICTS THAT WOULD RECEIVE TWO VERSUS THREE.
UM, SO, UH, RIGHT NOW, AS WE LOOK AT IT, WE EVALUATE THIS EVERY YEAR, BUT AS WE LOOK AT IT FOR COMING UP THIS YEAR, WE BELIEVE IT SHOULD, UH, STAY AS IT'S, UH, BEEN LAID OUT THE LAST FEW YEARS.
AND, AND YOU MENTIONED YOU, YOU'RE ABLE TO TELL THAT WE'RE NOT PUSHING PROJECTS OUT INTO THE COUNTY THAT MIGHT OTHERWISE BE IN THE CITY.
HOW, HOW WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO TELL THAT? BECAUSE THE REGION AS A WHOLE, SO THE, THE, THE WAY T-D-H-C-A AWARDS, ITS TAX CREDITS.
THEY LOOK AT A, WHAT THEY CALL REGION SIX, WHICH IS THE CITY AND THE BROADER AREA.
AND SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE AWARDS WITHIN THAT, THEY'RE ALL COMING IN HARRIS COUNTY LAST YEAR AS THE BROADER LOOK WITHIN THE CITY, UH, LARGELY DIRECTLY WITHIN THE CITY.
IT'S NOT AS IF THEY'RE GOING EVEN INTO FORT BEND COUNTY OR MONTGOMERY COUNTY EVEN.
UH, THEY'RE ALL COMING INTO HARRIS COUNTY.
RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER FLICKINGER.
UH, I'VE HEARD SEVERAL EXPLANATIONS ON EXACTLY HOW THE CALCULATION ON THE 9% TAX CREDIT WORKS.
ARE YOU ABLE TO CLARIFY THAT FOR ME? IT'S 9% OF WHAT, SO WE'RE ACTUALLY GONNA TACKLE THIS.
UH, HOPEFULLY WE, WE'VE MADE A REQUEST IN TO T-D-H-C-A TO COME IN AND DO A PRESENTATION FOR Y'ALL ON THE 9%,
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4% TAX CREDITS.UH, THEY, THEY OPERATE THIS BASED ON STATE LAW.
AND WE'D LIKE FOR Y'ALL TO, JUST LIKE WE DID WITH HFCS AND PFCS IN, UH, AUGUST, I BELIEVE WE'D LIKE FOR THEM TO COME IN AND PRESENT TO Y'ALL.
WE'D LIKE TO AIM FOR THE JANUARY HOUSING COMMITTEE BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA REWRITE IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS RESOLUTION PROCESS.
UM, SO I THINK THAT THAT'S GONNA BE A, UH, A, A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE IT BE RELEVANT TO WHAT WE'RE DOING IN THE MOMENT, BUT ALSO TO PROVIDE YOU EVERY BIT OF FEEDBACK THAT YOU WOULD WANT TO KNOW ABOUT 9% TAX CREDITS.
WHAT IS YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE CALCULATION? SO THEY, THEY, THEY IN A SENSE GET EQUITY THROUGH PRIVATE FUNDERS AND, AND, UH, RETURN THE PRIVATE FUNDERS RECEIVE AN ANNUAL TAX CREDIT AGAINST THE AMOUNT THAT THEY'RE PUTTING INTO IT.
SO IS IT 9% OF THE TOTAL COST? IS IT 9% A YEAR FOR 10 YEARS, RIGHT.
NINE PER, THEY'RE LOOKING AT AN ANNUAL LOOK AT IT FOR 10 YEARS.
SO IT'S 9% A YEAR FOR 10 YEARS IN A YES.
IN A, IN A SENSE IT IS, BUT IT'S, WE'D HAVE TO GET A LITTLE BIT DEEPER INTO IT.
UM, WE'VE GOT AREAS THAT YOU'RE EXCLUDING FROM HAVING THE LOW INCOME HOUSING.
DO WE HAVE A MAP OF WHAT IS AVAILABLE FOR THE AREAS OR WHAT HAS BEEN EXCLUDED? THERE'S NOTHING.
NO DISTRICTS ARE EXCLUDED, UN UNDERSTOOD, RIGHT? THAT AREAS ARE CORRECT.
NOT LOCATED IN AREAS WITH GREATER THAN 25% POVERTY.
SO, SO WE CAN MAP FOR YOU WHAT THOSE CENSUS TRACKS ARE THAT ARE 25% POVERTY AND THE CENSUS TRACKS THAT ALSO ARE CONSIDERED CRASS UNDER THE QAP, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE OUR COMPLETE COMMUNITIES AND ALSO OUR TS.
WE CAN PROVIDE THAT MAP TO YOU.
UM, ALSO ON THE SCORING CRITERIA, WE'VE GOT THE CATEGORIES.
CAN WE GET THE INDIVIDUAL METRICS SIMILAR TO THE PREVIOUS QUESTION ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY? YEAH.
WE'LL GIVE YOU THE, THE FULL BREAKDOWN OF THE INDIVIDUAL ITEMS. OKAY.
WE HAVE IN OUR APPLICATION, BUT WE CAN PROVIDE THAT TO YOU.
THE QUESTION BEFORE I GET TO, UH, MAYOR, THE, THE 9% THAT'S A STATE, STATE REGULATED? YES.
THE FEDERAL, UH, DEFINES HOW MUCH IS PROVIDED TO THE STATE TO BE ALLOCATED.
AND THEN THE STATE COMES UP WITH, DEVELOPS THE SYSTEM FOR DOING THAT ALLOCATION.
RECOGNIZE, UH, MAYOR PRO TATUM.
UH, A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO WE HAD A GRAPH THAT SHOWED US THE NUMBER OF, UM, PROJECTS IN EACH DISTRICT.
UM, BEFORE WE START TALKING ABOUT THE NEXT ROUND OF TAX CREDIT APARTMENTS, I'D LIKE TO SEE THE GRAPH BECAUSE SURE.
WE'VE MADE A CONCENTRATED EFFORT NOT TO CREATE, UH, CONCENTRATIONS OF POVERTY THROUGHOUT CERTAIN DISTRICTS.
AND I'D LIKE TO SEE WHERE WE ARE NOW WITH THE DISTRIBUTION ACROSS THE ENTIRE CITY BEFORE WE START HAVING THESE CONVERSATIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT IF WE ARE STILL SHOWING LACK IN CERTAIN DISTRICTS, THAT WE PRIORITIZE THOSE AS OPPOSED TO THE DISTRICTS THAT, UM, CONSISTENTLY HAVE GOTTEN THE MOST NUMBER OF, OF THESE TAX CREDIT DEPARTMENTS.
WE ALREADY HAVE THAT DEVELOPED.
WE'LL GIVE THAT TO YOU SHORTLY.
I DON'T, WE, WE HAVE AVAILABLE, WE'LL GET IT SENT OVER TO YOU PROBABLY TODAY.
AND THEN MY OTHER QUESTION BEFORE WE GO TO DIRECTOR'S COMMENTS IS, IS THERE, UM, ANY UPDATE ON THE HOME FUNDING FOR 2024 9% TAX CREDIT? UM, HAS THAT ALREADY BEEN DECIDED? WE, UM, WE ARE FINISHING UP OUR SCORING THIS WEEK.
SO WE'RE FINISHING UP OUR SCORING TODAY AND WE WILL KNOW MORE NEXT WEEK ON WHAT'S GONNA, WHO'S GONNA BE AWARDED.
BEFORE WE GO TO DIRECT'S COMMENT, UH, COUNCILMAN RAMIREZ.
UH, JUST ONE OTHER TOPIC I WANTED TO FOLLOW UP ON.
SO, DOES HOUS, DOES HOUSING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT LOOK AT, UH, UH, THESE TAX CREDIT DEALS PROPOSALS IN THE ETJ AS WELL? YES.
WE'RE REQUIRED BY STATE LAW TO ALSO OFFER RESOLUTIONS, UM, TO CONSIDER RESOLUTIONS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE COUNTY.
UM, THE, THE PROJECTS IN THE, IN THE ETJ AS OPPOSED TO THE CITY CONCERN ME A LITTLE BIT IN THAT, UM, IF WE ENCOURAGE POPULATE FOLKS TO MOVE OUT OF HOUSTON, REDUCING OUR POPULATION, UH, THAT HAS IMPLICATIONS PERHAPS FOR OUR TAX RATE CAP, UM, AND OUR TAX BASE.
I'M WONDERING WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE
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TO, UH, EXPRESS A LITTLE BIT OF A PREFERENCE FOR, FOR PROJECTS IN THE CITY, ADDING ADDITIONAL SCORING IF THEY'RE IN THE CITY? UM, THE WAY I SEE IT, PROJECTS THAT LOCATE IN THE CITY INCREASE OUR TAX BASE AND ALSO OUR POPULATION, BOTH OF WHICH ARE, ARE GOOD THINGS.I THINK IN, IN THE, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE TAX RATE CAP, HAVE Y'ALL GIVEN ANY CONSIDERATION TO THAT? WE HAVE TO THINK THROUGH HOW THAT WOULD LOGISTICALLY WORK OUT.
UM, BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT SUBJECT TO THE RESTRICTIONS ON COUNCIL DISTRICTS LIKE WE HAVE, UH, THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE POLICY.
UM, AND WE ARE HOLDING THEM TO THE, THE ONES LOCATED IN ETJ ALL WILL HAVE TO FOLLOW OUR REQUIREMENTS AND ALSO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE COUNTY.
UM, WE, UH, BASED ON THE DISCUSSION LAST WEEK, WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT THAT COUNTY REQUIREMENT AS WELL JUST TO SEE HOW WE LINE UP.
UH, BUT IT MAY BE, I HAVE TO THINK THROUGH HOW DO YOU, IF, IF THEY MEET THE MINIMUM, UH, PRI UH, THRESHOLD ITEMS, THEY SCORE HIGH ENOUGH ON THE PRIORITIES THAT THEY WOULD BE RECOMMENDED TO MOVE FORWARD.
UH, HOW TO, HOW WOULD WE DISCOUNT THEM IN A WAY THAT WOULD DRIVE OR PROVIDE ADDITIONAL CREDIT TO OTHERS THAT WERE WITHIN THE CITY? I, I THINK WE'D HAVE TO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT HOW TO LOGISTICALLY MAKE IT WORK.
YOU KNOW, I THINK WE WANT MORE PEOPLE LIVING IN HOUSTON.
I THINK THAT'S GONNA HELP SPREAD THE TAX BURDEN MORE EVENLY, UM, AND GENERATE MORE REVENUE.
I'LL RECOGNIZE, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER MAYOR PRO TIM TATUM.
UM, I WAS JUST WONDERING, DOES HOUSING HAVE AN UPDATE ON THE DEMOLITION OF THE SPRING VILLAGE APARTMENT COMPLEX THAT WE COULD SHARE WITH THE DISTRICT K COMMUNITY? I'LL GET ONE FOR YOU.
UH, I KNOW WE'RE MOVING TOWARDS, UH, NTP THIS AFTERNOON, I BELIEVE ON THAT.
I'LL GET, WE'LL GET ONE FOR YOU.
COUNCIL MEMBER FLICKINGER? YES.
DID I HEAR YOU CORRECTLY THAT THE PROJECTS IN THE ETJ DO NOT COUNT TOWARDS THE COUNCIL DISTRICT'S TOTAL? CORRECT.
THEY'RE NOT LOCATED IN A COUNCIL DISTRICT.
SO YOU COULD HAVE A HALF DOZEN ACROSS THE STREET IN ADDITION TO THE THREE THAT YOU'RE ALLOWING.
'CAUSE THEY'RE NOT IN THE CITY IN A COUNCIL DISTRICT.
OTHERS, UH, WE AT, UH, UP TO THE DIRECTOR'S COMMENTS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
SO FOR THE FIRST PART OF THE DIRECTOR'S COMMENTS, WE'RE GONNA PRESENT AN ITEM THAT, UH, DIDN'T QUITE, UH, MEET THE TIMING ON GETTING THIS, UH, IN FOR OUR PRC.
SO, UM, MELODY BARR'S GONNA JOIN US TO PRESENT THAT ITEM ON WESLEY COMMUNITY CENTER.
SO WESLEY COMMUNITY CENTER WAS BROUGHT TO, UM, THIS BODY A COUPLE MONTHS AGO, AND THEN IT WAS POOLED BECAUSE WE WEREN'T PREPARED TO PRESENT AT THAT TIME.
HOWEVER, THIS, UM, ITEM IS, UM, BEING PREPARED TO BE PRESENTED AT CITY COUNCIL IN DECEMBER.
THERE IS AN ITEM THIS WEEK FOR WESLEY.
UM, THE DEPARTMENT IS WANTING TO PRESENT AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING A FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE SUBRECIPIENT AGREEMENT WITH WESLEY COMMUNITY CENTER, PROVIDING UP TO AN ADDITIONAL $250,000 IN CDBG FUNDS FOR THE OPERATION AND ADMINISTRATION OF AN EMPLOYMENT SERVICES PROGRAM, ASSISTING AN ADDITIONAL 225 LOW TO MODERATE INCOME INDIVIDUALS IN THE HOUSTON AREA.
THE GOAL OF THE PROGRAM IS TO HELP PARTICIPANTS INCREASE THEIR STABILITY AND OBTAIN RESOURCES THEY NEED TO SUCCESSFULLY GAIN AND MAINTAIN EMPLOYMENT.
THE EMPLOYMENT SERVICES INCLUDE, UH, EMPLOYABILITY AND SELF AND SOFT SKILL CLASSES, SUCH AS RESUME WRITING, INTERVIEWING PROFESSIONAL, UM, CONDUCT, AS WELL AS FINANCIAL EDUCATION, WHICH INCLUDES BASIC BUDGETING, SAVINGS, AND CREDIT BUILDING, AND AS WELL AS ASSISTANCE ENROLLING IN HEALTHCARE FOCUS VOCATIONAL TRAINING COURSES SUCH AS, UH, CNA, CERTIFIED NURSE ASSISTANT PATIENT CARE TECHNICIAN, MEDICAL BILLING, AND A LIKE THIS AGREEMENT STARTED NOVEMBER 1ST, 2023.
AND WITH THIS AMENDMENT, WE WILL END NOVEMBER 30TH, 2025.
AS OF OCTOBER 31ST, 2024, WESLEY HAS SURPASSED ITS ANNUAL CLIENT GOALS, SERVING 259 UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS AND EXPENDING NEARLY ALL OF THEIR CURRENT FUNDING.
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FUNDING THROUGH THE CITY FOR VARIOUS AGREEMENTS SINCE 2022 AND HAS NO, AND HAD NO FINDINGS ON THEIR LAST COMPLIANCE AND MONITORING.TODAY, I BELIEVE WE HAVE A AMY CORIN, THE PRESIDENT, CEO, AND SAM SHERMAN, THE CHIEF PROGRAM OFFICER HERE REPRESENTING WESLEY.
THAT CONCLUDES THIS PRESENTATION.
SO FOR THE NEXT PART OF THE UH, PRESENTATION ROOM, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TAMIKA JONES, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR AND CFO JOIN US TO GO THROUGH IT.
THE, I DO WANNA START OFF BY JUST PRESENTING, UM, WHERE OUR BENCHMARKS ARE ACCORDING ON THE, ON THE FOLLOWING SLIDES YOU'LL SEE, UH, WHERE OUR CONTRACT IS.
AND AGAIN, GIVING THE COMMITTEE AN UPDATE OF WHERE WE ARE ON CLOSEOUT ACTIVITIES.
WE ARE, UM, DEFINITELY PROGRESSING WELL, WE JUMPED AHEAD QUITE A COUPLE OF SLIDES.
ARE WE ABLE TO GO BACK? THANK YOU.
UM, BUT I DO WANT TO JUST BRING THE COMMITTEE AWARE.
THIS IS WHERE WE WERE AS OF AMENDMENT TWO.
UH, DEPUTY DIRECTOR DID PRESENT AN ORDINANCE WHERE WE ARE RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF, UM, AMENDMENT THREE.
SO IF WE DO FLIP TO THE NEXT SLIDE, I JUST WANNA HIGHLIGHT WHAT THAT DOES FOR THOSE APPLICABLE BUDGETS.
UH, AND WHAT YOU'LL SEE HERE IS THAT IS THE $27.9 MILLION REDUCTION, UM, FOR THE SINGLE FAMILY PROGRAM.
AND SO THE BENCHMARKS HAVE NOT BEEN MODIFIED BECAUSE AGAIN, THIS IS AMENDMENT THREE, IT HASN'T BEEN APPROVED YET.
SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR BENCHMARKS FOR THE END OF THE YEAR, YOU'LL SEE A NUMBER OF THEM HAVE NOT YET BEEN ADJUSTED.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THE COMMITTEE IS AWARE THAT THERE'S LOTS OF AMENDMENTS.
AS WE GET CLOSE TO CLOSE OUT, YOU'LL SEE A NUMBER OF AMENDMENTS, YOU'LL SEE A NUMBER OF BUDGET REALLOCATION REQUESTS.
THIS IS A NORMAL COURSE OF ACTIVITY.
YOU'RE GONNA SEE A LOT OF THINGS MOVING AROUND.
THIS IS NORMAL AND IT IS ESSENTIAL FOR US TO BE ABLE TO CLOSE OUT SOME OF OUR PROGRAMS. SO IF THINGS DON'T MAKE SENSE, PLEASE ASK QUESTIONS AND WE'LL DO THE BEST WE CAN TO TRY TO CONNECT THE DOTS.
UH, BUT JUST KNOW IT'S GONNA BE LOTS OF MOVING TARGETS.
LET'S GET TO WHERE WE ARE ON OUR BENCHMARK STATUS.
NEXT AND LAST SLIDE FOR ME, I DO WANNA HIGHLIGHT, THERE ARE A COUPLE OF AREAS YOU SEE IN GREEN, BUT AGAIN, WE ARE CLOSING OUT A NUMBER OF PROGRAMS, UM, TOWARDS THE END OF THE YEAR.
AND SO WHAT YOU'LL SEE, WHILE IT MAY LOOK LIKE OUR PROGRAMS ARE NOT GOING TO MEET THE BENCHMARKS, WE ARE CLOSING A LOT OF THEM OUT.
AND SO THERE IS GOING TO BE A LITTLE RISK, OR NOT MUCH RISK, I SHOULD SAY, UM, WITH THE GLO TAKING OVER THOSE PROGRAMS. 'CAUSE THEY ARE GOING TO BE IN CLOSEOUT PHASE.
AND SO A LOT OF 'EM ARE GOING TO BE MOVING DOLLARS AROUND REALLOCATING BUDGETS, UH, TAKING DOLLARS FROM ONE PROGRAM, MOVING THEM TO ANOTHER, JUST TO BE ABLE TO TIMELY CLOSE THEM OUT.
BUT WE ARE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
THE LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL IS GETTING BRIGHTER AS THE DAYS GO ALONG.
I AM VERY EXCITED ABOUT WHERE WE ARE PROGRESS WISE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
DO YOU HAVE ANY, ANY OTHER FOLLOW UP COMMENTS? UH, DEPUTY DIRECTOR, UH, WE PROVIDED TO NO FOLLOW UP COMMENTS ON WHAT WE JUST DISCUSSED.
WE PROVIDED SOME INFORMATION ON SOME RECENT HIGHLIGHTS AND THINGS GOING ON, UPDATES ON PROJECTS, UM, THAT WE HAVE GOING ON.
UM, I CAN GO THROUGH THEM OR, UM, WE CAN, WE CAN MOVE ON AND LET Y'ALL LOOK THROUGH.
IT'S HOWEVER YOU WANT TO HANDLE IT.
WELL, AT THIS POINT I THINK WE, WE COULD, WE COULD MOVE ON.
UM, IF THERE'S ANY OTHER, WE HAVE SOME, YEAH.
'CAUSE WE DO HAVE SOME THAT ARE PUBLIC SPEAKERS.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE PRESENT? AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION TODAY AND TO ALL OF THE INFORMATION PROVIDED.
UM, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY THAT HAS HAD A CHANCE TO SIGN IN, WE WANTED TO SPEAK IN PUBLIC.
ALRIGHT, LET'S START WITH, UH, PASTOR HARVEY CLEMONS.
HOW ARE YOU GUYS DOING THIS MORNING? UM, MY NAME IS HARVEY KILLMAN JR.
AND I SERVE AS PRESIDENT OF THE, UH, PLEASANT HILL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION, WHICH IS THE OWNER OF PLEASANT
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HILL VILLAGE, 165 UNITS OF SENIOR HOUSING.I'VE BEEN ASKED TO COME HERE, UH, THIS MORNING AND MAKE A PRESENTATION BY VICE CHAIR, UH, WILLIE DAVIS.
LET ME BEGIN MY COMMENTS BY FIRST OF ALL SAYING TO YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER, THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR COMING OUT ON THE, I THINK IT WAS THURSDAY, 11 THURSDAY, NOVEMBER THE 11TH.
UH, ALONG WITH A DELEGATION FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE.
WE ARE MOST APPRECIATIVE ABOUT YOUR, UH, HASTY RESPONSE TO THE EVENTS THAT HAD BEEN REPORTED TO YOU HERE ON, UH, I THINK IT WAS 11TH, UM MM-HMM
NOVEMBER THE, THE SEVENTH OR EIGHTH I THINK IT WAS.
FIRST OF ALL, IF YOU WILL ALLOW ME BY TALKING ABOUT WHERE THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN SINCE.
ON 2019, UH, PLEASANT HILL RECEIVED A $3 MILLION GRANT FROM THE CITY OF HOUSTON, UH, TO DO IMPROVEMENTS TO THAT 165 UNITS OF HOUSING.
THAT GRANT OF $3 MILLION WAS UNDERSTOOD BY THE ADMINISTRATION THAT IT WAS NOT ENOUGH TO DO ALL OF THE RENOVATIONS THAT WAS NEEDED TO HAVE BEEN DONE AT THE TIME.
IT WAS ONLY TO DEAL WITH LIFE SAFETY ISSUES.
UH, AND AS IF YOU WILL A BANDAID UNTIL ADDITIONAL FUNDING WOULD TAKE PLACE, THAT $3 MILLION IF YOU DIVIDED OVER 165 UNITS REPRESENT LESS THAN $20,000 A DOOR ON A PROPERTY THAT WAS 25 YEARS OLD, WHICH COULD HAVE EASILY HAVE HAD $60,000 A DOOR OF RENOVATIONS.
SO THE IDEA WAS TO TAKE THIS $3 MILLION AND DEAL WITH THOSE IMMEDIATE ISSUES AND CONCERNS.
WHAT DID WE DO WITH THE $3 MILLION? WE DID SOME GENERAL REPAIRS SITE WORK, INCLUDING LANDSCAPING AND IRRIGATION, CARPENTRY WORK ON THE STUCCO AND PAINTING OF THE EXTERIOR, A NEW ROOF IN OVER THE ENTIRE BUILDING, PLUMBING AND MECHANICAL REPLACEMENT OF THE COOLING TOWER ACCESS CONTROLS.
SO THAT WE HAD ACCESS PANELS IN BECAUSE WE WERE GETTING A LOT OF PEOPLE WALKING IN OFF OF THE STREET THAT WAS CAUSING SOME, UH, SAFETY CONCERNS.
AND, AND THE BACK BALCONY, UH, REPAIR OF THE REPORT OF ALL OF WHAT WE DID WAS $3.2 MILLION.
UM, BUT THE CITY ONLY GAVE US THREE.
WE STILL HAVE A BILL FOR $200,000 LEFT ON, ON THAT REPAIR SINCE 20.
THAT WORK WAS DONE AND COMPLETED IN 2020.
OUR COMMITMENT WAS, IS THAT WE WOULD GO AND TRY TO FIND ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO COME BACK AND DO THE NECESSARY REPAIRS THAT THE 3 MILLION WOULD NOT COVER.
SINCE 2020 TO DATE, WE HAVE WENT OUT AND GOTTEN 300, I MEAN $3.7 MILLION WORTH OF FUNDING FROM A PRIVATE SOURCE.
UH, THAT 3.7 MILLION, ACTUALLY IT'S $3.8 MILLION FROM A PRIVATE SOURCE.
THAT THREE, WE TOOK 3 MILLION OF THAT AND DID A RESTRUCTURING, A DEBT PAID OFF THE MORTGAGE ON IT SO THAT WE COULD GET A LOWER INTEREST RATE TO HELP US TO BEST BETTER SERVE, UM, THE DEBT AND TO MAINTAIN THE PROPERTY.
UH, OF THE THREE POINT OF THE 3.8 MILLION, THREE, UH, 3 MILLION OF IT WAS TO PAY OFF AM AMATEUR BANK AND TO PAY TO, TO REFINANCE IT SO THAT WE WOULD'VE A LOWER INTEREST RATE.
WE MADE A CASH INFUSION TO THE PROPERTY TO THE TUNE OF $231,000.
IN OTHER WORDS, WE PUT $231,000 INTO THE PROPERTY TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, BACK DEBT WAS COVERED TO TAKE CARE OF GENERAL OPERATIONS OF THE PROPERTY BECAUSE THE PROPERTY WAS NOT AND IS NOT CASH FLOWING.
IN ADDITION TO THE $231,000 OF CASH THAT WE PUT INTO THE PROPERTY, IS THAT WE SPEND OVER $480,000 ON, ON TRANSACTIONAL FEES.
IN OTHER WORDS, TRANSACTIONAL FEES TO DO A 4% BOND DEAL.
WE APPLIED FOR, UM, UM, 4% BOND DEAL.
WE'VE GOT BOND RESERVATION, UH, AND WE HAVE LOW NUMBERS IN THE, UM, BOND
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RESERVATION.WE THINK THAT WE WILL BE REACHED BY JANUARY, OR AT LEAST THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2025.
SO IN OTHER WORDS, WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY IS BETWEEN THE TIME THAT WE GOT THE $3 MILLION FROM THE CITY MM-HMM
AND THE, AND TO DATE IS THAT WE'VE PUT OVER $3.8 MILLION IN ADDITION TO, UH, MONEY THAT THE CITY, THAT WAS NOT PUBLIC MONEY, THAT'S PRIVATE MONEY FROM A PRIVATE SOURCE.
UH, TO PUT THE PROPERTY WHERE IT IS TODAY.
NOW, SPEAKING TO THE EVENTS THAT TAKING PLACE ON, UH, NOVEMBER THE SEVENTH, LET'S TALK ABOUT THOSE EVENTS.
IT'S A THREE MINUTES, IF I MAY.
PASTOR, WE HAVE A, OF COURSE A THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT, BUT DUE TO THE FACT THAT ME REQUESTING YOUR PRESENCE, UM, BECAUSE IT'S NECESSARY TO ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES AND YOU'RE DOING THAT, SO, BUT WE CERTAINLY WANT TO GET TO THE OTHERS.
SO CAN YOU JUST KIND OF PUT A SPEED, WRAP IT UP A LITTLE BIT MORE QUICKER SO THAT WAY SOME OF THOSE IN THE QUEUE MAY HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR YOU.
ON NOVEMBER THE SEVENTH AT APPROXIMATELY 8:12 PM OUR HOUSEKEEPING PERSONNEL AT THE PROPERTY NOTIFIED THE MANAGEMENT COMPANY, UM, MAN, A MANAGER THAT THERE WAS A WATER LEAK, UH, IN THE HALLWAYS.
SHE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THE SOURCE WAS.
ALL SHE KNEW IS THAT WHEN SHE WAS COMING IN TO DO HOUSEKEEPING, THERE WAS A LEAK ON THE FLOOR.
SHE CONTACTED MA, THE MANAGER.
THE MANAGER THEN MADE SEVERAL CALLS TO PLUMBING SERVICES, UH, TO TRY TO GET THEM TO COME OUT.
THE PLUMBERS THAT ARE PART OF OUR TEAM, UM, THAT REGULAR, REGULAR PLUMBING FOR US, THEY WERE NOT AVAILABLE.
SO WE END UP CALLING ROTOR ROOTER.
ROTOR ROOTER CAME OUT AT APPROXIMATELY 9:20 PM AND UPON THEIR ARRIVAL, THEY BEGAN TO LOOK FOR THE SOURCE OF THE WATER.
AS IT TURNED OUT, IT WAS A SEWER BACK UP IN ONE OF THE, UH, MAINTENANCE ROOMS. UPON FINDING IT, THEY BEGAN IMMEDIATELY TO START TRYING TO DO, UM, TO CLEAR OUT THE PLUMBING LINE, BUT THEY STOPPED.
AND THE REASON WHY THEY STOPPED IS THEY STOPPED BECAUSE THEY SAID, WE WILL NOT DO THE REMEDIATION IF WE ARE NOT GOING TO GET WATER REMOVAL, IF WE'RE NOT GONNA GET THE FULL CONTRACT TO COME BACK AND DO THE FULL REMEDIATION.
THEY LEFT AND APPROXIMATELY NINE 50, THEY DIDN'T LEAVE IMMEDIATELY.
APPROXIMATELY NINE 50, OUR MANAGER PROPERTY MANAGER ARRIVED ON THE SCENE.
WHEN SHE ARRIVED ON THE SCENE, SHE TALKED TO THE PEOPLE AT, UH, TO THE PEOPLE AT ROTTER ROOTER.
THEY BEGAN TO, TO DO AS I JUST INDICATED, AND THEN APPROXIMATELY 12:30 AM AS THE WATER WAS BEGINNING TO BUILD, WE REALIZED THAT SOME OF THE WATER WAS MOVING OUT OF THE HALLWAYS AND BEGINNING TO MOVE FURTHER, FURTHER DOWN.
OUR MAN, OUR PLUMBER CAME UP, PLUMBER THAT WE HAVE ON CONTRACT.
WHEN THEY CAME IN, THEY, UH, BEGAN REMOVING THE WATER.
THEY UNSTOP THE PLUMBING LINE AND THAT'S THE UNSTOP, THE PLUMBING LINE, AND BEGAN TO REMOVE THE WATER.
AND THEY ARE HAVE BEEN THERE EVER SINCE, UH, MAINTAINING, UH, AND DURING THE REMEDIATION, OKAY.
AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THERE WERE FOUR UNITS THAT WERE AFFECTED WHERE PEOPLE WERE LIVING IN FOUR UNITS.
WE IMMEDIATELY STARTED THE PROTOCOL FOR RELOCATION OF THOSE FOUR UNITS AS WE BEGIN, AND THOSE UNITS WAS 1 11, 1 17, 1 13, AND ONE 20.
AS WE BEGIN THE REMEDIATION AND REMOVAL OF THE WATER FOR THOSE UNITS AND BEGIN THE PROTOCOL, WE COULD NOT RELOCATE THOSE INDIVIDUALS UNTIL WE CALLED THE HOUSING AUTHORITY BECAUSE THEY WERE RECEIVING HOUSING SUBSID SUB UH, SUBSIDY.
IN ORDER TO LET, YEAH, LET ME, LET ME PAUSE RIGHT HERE.
UH, PASTOR, LET ME, UH, IDENTIFY THOSE THAT IN THE QUEUE.
SO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU'VE COVERED MAY BE, UH, THERE ARE CONCERN I RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER FLICKINGER.
YOU SAID YOU'VE GOT ANOTHER $3.8 MILLION THAT YOU USED TO REFINANCE.
WE, WHEN WE FINISHED WITH, WE, WHEN WE GOT $3 MILLION
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HOUSING, THE COMMUNITY AND HOUSING DE DEPARTMENT AND THE MAYOR KNEW THAT THAT $3 MILLION WAS NOT GOING TO BE ENOUGH TO FIX ALL OF THE PROBLEMS THAT EXISTED.IT WAS NOT INTENDED TO BE, AS I SAID, IT WAS LESS THAN $20,000 A DOOR.
IT WAS DEALING WITH THE IMMEDIATE LIFE SAFETY ISSUES, A ROOF, THE COOL, THE CHILLING TOWER, UH, THE FLOORS, UH, MOVING.
BUT YOU SAID YOU GOT ANOTHER 3.8 MILLION.
AND THEN WE WENT OUT IN A PRIVATE FUND FROM PRIVATE SOURCE AND GOT ANOTHER $3.8 MILLION AND THAT YOU SAID 3 MILLION OF THAT WAS USED TO REFINANCE? 3 MILLION OF THAT REFINANCE.
WE, THE ORIGINAL MORTGAGE WAS WITH AM BANK.
WE PAID THAT MORTGAGE OFF SO THAT WE WOULD GET A LOWER INTEREST RATE AND, AND, UM, AND PUT, YOU KNOW, TO HELP BETTER BE ABLE TO MEET THAT SERVICE.
SO YOU PAID OFF THE ORIGINAL MORTGAGE.
SO THERE, AT THAT POINT IN TIME IT WAS MORTGAGE FREE, IS THAT CORRECT? NO, WE NOW PAY BACK THE PRIVATE SOURCE THAT GAVE US THE, UH, LOAN TO GO TAKE AM ENERGY OUT.
SO, BUT THE INTEREST RATES WERE BETTER THAN AMGEN.
SO INSTEAD OF PAYING AM ENERGY BANK, YOU, YOU PAID THE PRIVATE SOURCE BACK.
AND BY THE WAY, I THANK AMGE BECAUSE WE WERE PAYING IT OFF.
I THANK AMGE TOOK A $500,000, UH, HAIRCUT.
RECOGNIZE, UH, COUNCILMAN RAMIREZ.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, PASTOR CLS.
LAST WEEK AT PUBLIC COMMENT, UH, THERE WERE A NUMBER OF FOLKS WHO SPOKE OUT AGAINST, UH, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY SAW AT THAT COMPLEX.
DID YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO VIEW THEIR COMMENTS? YES, SIR, I DID.
AND, UM, CAN YOU ADDRESS THEM SPECIFICALLY? I KNOW YOU'RE GIVING SORT OF A SEQUENTIAL HISTORY OF, OF THE PROJECT, BUT CAN YOU ADDRESS THEIR SPECIFIC COMPLAINTS? IN, IN OUR MIND, THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT EVENTS.
ONE WAS THE SEWER BACKUP THAT OCCURRED ON 11 SEVEN.
THE WHOLE FIRST FLOOR OF THAT PROPERTY, OF THIS PROPERTY HAS HAD REOCCURRING SEWER BACKUPS.
WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS CAUSING IT.
ALL WE KNEW IS OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS IS THAT WHENEVER THERE WAS A A, A LOT OF RAIN, RAIN FOR TWO OR THREE, FOUR DAYS IS, IS THAT SOMEHOW WE WOULD END UP WITH A SEWER BACKUP.
THAT SEWER BACKUP, WHICH WAS TAKING PLACE ON THE FIRST FLOOR, BUT NOT THE WHOLE FIRST FLOOR, IT WAS TAKING PLACE ON THE FIRST FLOOR AROUND UNITS 1 1 17 OR 1 0 5 TO 1 1 17 SOMEWHERE.
LOOK, UNITS THAT WAS FLOODED FROM ONE WHERE 1 0 5, 1 0 5 TO ONE 17, BECAUSE THOSE UNITS WERE REOCCURRING, YOU KNOW, EVERY EIGHT MONTHS OR SO, WE WOULD REPAIR THOSE UNITS, MAKE 'EM READY, AND WE WOULD LEASE UP AND THEN WE WOULD HAVE A SEWER BACKUP UP AGAIN.
WE FINALLY DECIDED TAKE THOSE UNITS COMPLETELY OFFLINE.
WE TOOK ALL OF THOSE UNITS OFFLINE IN THE AREAS THAT WERE, THAT IN THE INDUSTRY THAT WOULD BE KNOWN AS DOWN UNITS.
THOSE UNITS WERE DOWN, WHICH MEANT THAT WE WERE NOT GONNA, WE ARE NOT GONNA LEASE THOSE UNITS ANYMORE UNTIL WE CAN GET THE SUMP, THE, THE SEWER PROBLEM FIXED.
WE KNEW THAT WE WERE APPLYING FOR 4% TAX CREDIT, A BOND DEAL, AND WE KNEW THAT WE WERE GONNA BE RENOVATING THE ENTIRE PROPERTY IN THE MATTER OF MONTHS.
SO LET'S TAKE THESE UNITS DOWN AND LEAVE THEM DOWN ON THE PICTURES THAT YOU ARE REFERRING TO, MR. COUNCIL MEMBER IS THAT YOU MIGHT NOTICE THAT ALL OF THOSE UNITS WERE VACANT.
IT SHOWED SOME MOLD IN THOSE UNITS, BUT THOSE WERE VACANT UNITS.
THE REASON WHY THEY WERE VACANT IS BECAUSE WE HAD TAKEN THEM OFFLINE.
ONE WAS AN EVENT WHERE YOU SAW MOLD.
ANOTHER ONE WAS AN EVENT WHERE WE WERE DOING, WE HAD A SEWER LEAK AND WE WERE DOING WHAT WE NEEDED TO DO TO DEAL WITH THAT SEWER LEAK AT THE MOMENT.
AND AT THE TIME, THE LADY IN 1 1 20, AS I SAID, WE STARTED THE, UM, RE RELOCATION PROTOCOL, WHICH MEANT THAT WE CONTACTED ALL OF THE UNITS THAT WAS BEGINNING TO HAVE WATER SEEP INTO
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THEIR UNITS.THE LADY IN ONE 20 CAME TO GET HER MOTHER, AND WHEN SHE CAME TO GET HER MOTHER, SHE SAW THE WATER IN THE HALLWAYS AND SHE ALSO SAW THAT THE UNIT DOORS WERE OPEN.
AND THE REASON WHY THE UNIT DOORS, ALL THOSE UNIT DOORS WERE OPEN IS BECAUSE THEY WERE DOING COMPLETE REMEDIATION IN, IN EVERY UNIT, WHETHER IT WAS AFFECTED OR WHETHER IT WAS OCCUPIED OR NOT.
SHE TOOK THE PICTURES, SHE BROUGHT 'EM DOWN TO YOU, AND THE EVENT WAS REALLY TAKEN OUTTA CONTEXT TO MAKE IT LOOK LIKE PEOPLE WERE LIVING IN PROPERTIES IN APARTMENTS THAT WAS, UH, FILLED WITH MOLD.
LET ME, LET ME, DO YOU FINISH, I HAD ONE MORE QUESTION.
GO RIGHT AHEAD, BUT I CAN GO BACK IN THE QUEUE.
NO, I, I'M JUST, IT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE IT MAY BE THAT THE CONSTRUCTION CONSTRUCTION WAS SHODDY TO BEGIN WITH.
WERE, WERE YOU INVOLVED IN THE INITIAL DEVELOPMENT OF THAT PROPERTY? I, IT WAS MY DREAM, MY VISION, AND IT WAS ALL A PART OF, UH, IN 19 AND 96, UH, IT WAS THE GLORY OF FIFTH WARD.
IT WAS THE FIRST MULTIFAMILY, UH, HOUSING THAT HAD BEEN IN FIFTH WARD IN OVER 48 YEARS.
AND SO, UH, THE, UH, THE BUILDING OF THAT AND THE WORK OF THAT, I THINK HAS HELD UP WELL FOR A PROPERTY THAT IS 27 YEARS OLD, IF THERE IS SOME.
UM, AND WE HAD THE SEWER LINE SCOPE.
WE THINK THAT WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH THE SEWER LINE, THAT THERE MAY BE SOME CRACKING, AS YOU KNOW, IN GULF COAST REGION WITH THE TYPE OF SAW WE HAVE IS THAT, UH, OUR SAW IS MOVING BECAUSE WE HAVE GUMBO THAT GETS HARD.
FOUNDATIONS MOVE, AND WHEN FOUNDATIONS MOVE, IT PUTS STRESS ON SEWER LINES.
SOMETIMES SEWER LINES BREAK SOME, AND WHEN THEY BREAK, YOU HAVE EXTRA INFILTRATION AND EXFILTRATION.
UH, THANK YOU, UH, PASTOR CLEMENT, LET ME, WE GONNA HAVE TO MOVE ON 'CAUSE WE'VE GOT FOUR OTHER PERSONS IN THE, IN THE, UM, PUBLIC SPEAKING LINEUP.
UM, AND WHAT WE, WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS WE, WE WOULD ASK, I WOULD ASK, BECAUSE I DO HAVE SOME, UM, FURTHER QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE DOLLARS THAT YOU GOT INITIALLY AND, AND WHAT WAS USED OF THAT DOLLAR VERSUS THE ADDITIONAL 3.8 THAT YOU RECEIVED.
BUT WE, WE, WE WILL, UM, UM, WE'LL FURTHER WE'LL GET BACK INTO THAT AT A, AT A LATER TIME IN REGARDS TO IT.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR, UH, WHAT YOU PRESENTED, UH, 'CAUSE I ASKED YOU TO COME TO MAKE, MAKE THE PRESENTATION CONCERNING THOSE ISSUES BECAUSE IT'S NECESSARY THAT WE ADDRESS IT.
UH, THERE ARE SOME OTHER FACTORS ALONG WITH THAT ARE MY DEEPEST CONCERNS.
AND, UH, AND WE WILL, WE WILL, WE WILL THROUGH THE HOUSING, UH, AND AFFORDABLE COMMITTEE THAT WE WOULD HOPEFUL THAT YOU WOULD AGREE TO COME BACK.
COME BACK WHAT? WHERE? TO TO THE COMMITTEE.
AND DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHEN WELL, NO, I'LL GET WITH THE CHAIR AND THEN WE WILL DECIDE AS TO WHEN THAT IS.
WE, WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE, BECAUSE IT'S A CONCERN OF, OF ALL OF US CONCERNING THE MAYOR.
WELL, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE COUNCIL CLEARLY UNDERSTAND THE FACTS AND VIEW THE FACTS IN THE CONTEXT OF WHAT OCCURRED.
UH, I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU HAVE OTHERS, BUT IF YOU'LL ALLOW ME THIS ONE FINAL COMMENT, I THINK IT WOULD BE WISDOM TO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS PROJECT SHOULD BE VIEWED AS THE CANARY IN THE COAL MINE.
THERE ARE 9% TAX CREDIT DEALS THAT WAS FUNDED OVER 25 YEARS AGO, UH, BE, ARE BECOMING TIRED.
THE EQUITY PARTNER MOVES OUT AFTER 15 YEARS.
IT SOLELY BECOMES THE DEVELOPER OR THE NONPROFIT DEVELOPER TO TRY TO PUT CASH IN IT AND TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY OPERATE IT.
OPERATING THESE PROPERTIES RENTS A CAP, WHICH MEAN YOU CAN'T CHARGE ANY OTHER RENT OTHER THAN WHAT IS ALLOWED THE INSURANCE.
COST OF MATERIALS AND LABOR HAS DOUBLED.
AND UNLESS THERE IS ASSISTANCE FROM SOMETHING OTHER THAN PRIVATE SOURCES, THERE IS GOING TO BE A NUMBER OF PROPERTIES THAT ARE GOING TO BE SUFFERING FROM LACK OF FUNDING.
NOW, AM I, DO YOU ASKED ME TO COME HERE? WE DID.
ARE YOU, I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU GOT A PUBLIC, UH, SESSION THAT STARTS AT ONE.
NOW, ARE YOU ASKING ME TO COME TO THAT AS
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WELL? WELL, I MEAN, THAT WOULD BE UP TO YOU THAT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU DECIDE TO STAY AT THE PUBLIC SESSION, I WOULD RECOMMEND IT WOULD BE WHEN THE MAYOR'S HERE AND THE OTHER COUNCILMAN WAS HERE.SIR, THEY MAY HAVE SOME FURTHER QUESTIONS FOR YOU.
THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PATIENCE.
UM, MR. UH, JOE BALLARD, I THINK IS THE NEXT SPEAKER.
AND LET ME JUST REMIND AND I, WE HAVE A THREE MINUTE LIMIT AND I DON'T WANT TO, UH, HAVE THE PREFERENCE, BUT WE CERTAINLY WANT TO KEEP TO THE TIME, UH, THAT THE ALLOTTED WITHIN, UH, IN RESPONSE TO, UH, THIS, UM, ISSUE AROUND, UH, THE HOUSING.
HOW Y'ALL DOING THIS MORNING? WONDERFUL.
IF YOU DON'T WANT A SEAT, YOU CAN UNDERSTAND.
WE DON'T, WE DON'T IN THE FIFTH WARD.
WE DON'T, WE DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM, UH, WITH REDEVELOPMENT AND, AND WHATNOT.
IT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR, FOR YEARS.
UH, HE DROPPED THE BALL LONG TIME AGO.
I HAVE PEOPLE COMPLAIN TO ME ALL THE TIME AND THEY'RE SCARED TO SAY SOMETHING BECAUSE A LOT OF 'EM DON'T HAVE ANYWHERE TO GO.
YOU KNOW, UH, A LOT OF 'EM BEEN CONVICTED AND CAN'T GET HOUSING NOWHERE ELSE.
AND, UH, IT, IT STILL DON'T COME TO THE, TO THE, TO THE FACT THAT WHERE THAT PLACE LOOKED LIKE IT.
LOOK, YOU KNOW, I CAN'T REMEMBER, UH, IF IT WAS 94 OR 95 WHEN THE SHELL OIL AND GAS CAME OUT AND GAVE MR. CLEMONS THAT BIG DONATION, IT PROBABLY WENT TO ALL THE OTHER PEOPLE THAT I DON'T KNOW.
BUT HOW DID THOSE, THOSE APARTMENTS GET BUILT? IT SHOULDN'T BE, IT SHOULDN'T BE THE TAXPAYER'S MONEY TO TAKE CARE OF THAT, THAT BUSINESS, EVEN THOUGH IF, IF HE WENT THROUGH MILLIONS AND MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, THAT'S MISMANAGEMENT SOMEWHERE.
SO THE TAXPAYER SHOULDN'T HAVE TO HAVE TO FOOT THE BILL FOR, UH, SOME LANDSCAPING.
UH, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN GET VOLUNTEERS TO DO LANDSCAPING.
UH, OTHER LITTLE ISSUES, IF I, I WENT THROUGH THE WHOLE FACILITY.
I'VE TALKED TO A LOT OF PEOPLE.
I'VE BEEN IN FIFTH WARD ALL MY LIFE.
NOT SAYING HE, HE DIDN'T DO A, A GOOD JOB EARLY ON IN LIFE, UH, OF, OF THE, THE PROPERTIES OR WHATEVER.
IT'S 20, 25, 27, 28 YEARS LATER.
AND THAT PLACE SHOULDN'T LOOK LIKE IT.
LOOK, YOU KNOW, SO I'M GONNA KNOW WHERE, WHERE THE MONEY GO, WHICH IS REALLY NONE OF MY BUSINESS, BUT I DO WANNA KNOW WHERE THE MONEY WENT.
BUT WHAT HE DOING IS, AND WHY HE WANT THE CITY AND THE TAXPAYERS MY TAX DOLLARS TO CONTINUE TO, TO FUND A, A PROJECT LIKE THAT WITH ALL THAT MOLD, THAT MOLD AIN'T JUST GROW IN, IN NO WEEK.
THAT'S IF, IF THAT STUFF THAT THICK RIGHT THERE, YOU CAN BEST BELIEVE IT'S UP, UP IN THE WALL IN THE AIR CONDITION BENCH.
BY HAVING THAT WATER WHERE IT'S COMING FROM, ALL THAT DO IS FEED IT.
SO THAT WHOLE ENTIRE BUILDING NEED TO BE GUTTED, RE GUTTED OR WHATEVER.
BUT WE DON'T NEED TO GIVE NO MORE MONEY, NO MORE TAX DOLLARS FOR THAT FACILITY.
THEY DONE HAD MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
SO HOW MANY MORE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ALL TAX MONEY THAT YOU NEED TO GIVE TO THEM, THAT'S THEIR PROBLEM.
MISMANAGEMENT OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE.
THERE'S NONE IN THE QUEUE WHERE WE WILL CERTAINLY ADDRESS THAT ISSUE.
UM, NEXT PERSON, UH, THE PUBLIC.
I JUST WANT TO, UM, CAUTION THE COMMITTEE REGARDING HARVEY CLEMONS AND, UM, WHAT HIS ROLE IS IN THE COMMUNITY.
MR. CLEMONS OR REVEREND CLEMONS HAS SET ON TURS 18 SINCE THE INCEPTION IN 1996.
FIFTH WARD REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY AND THE FIFTH WARD REDEVELOPMENT, SORRY, FIFTH WARD.
UM, CRC, HE HAS BEEN IN A POSITION OF AUTHORITY TO DETERMINE WHICH ORGANIZATIONS IN WHICH FEDERALLY FUNDED PROPERTIES IN FIFTH WARD RECEIVED TOURIST
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FUNDING AS WELL AS HE OWNS PROPERTY IN FIFTH WARD THAT HAS BEEN RECEIVING FEDERAL FUNDING.SO HE'S BEEN IN A POSITION OF INFLUENCE WITH ALL OF THESE FEDERAL PROGRAMS SINCE 1996.
SO YOU CAN'T TELL ME THAT IF A PERSON HAS BEEN DOING THIS FOR OVER 30 YEARS, YOU WILL HAVE FIGURED OUT WHAT TO PRIORITIZE AND YOU ALSO PLAN FOR UPGRADES.
I ARGUE THAT MR. CLEMENTS HAS JUST BEEN MISMANAGING THE FUNDING.
ALSO, HE FAILED TO TELL YOU THAT THAT PROPERTY WAS BUILT ON A BROWNFIELD.
IT IS WELL DOCUMENTED THAT IT'S ON CONTAMINATED SOIL THAT HAS AN UNDERGROUND CONTAMINATED GROUND PLUME THAT'S MOVING AROUND.
SO WHO KNOWS IF ALL OF THIS IS CONNECTED TO WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH.
SO WHAT WE SAW AND WHAT YOU ALL SAW WITH THE PICTURES, YOU SAW PICTURES OF MOLD, BLACK MOLD FROM THE CEILING ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR.
THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN OVERNIGHT.
SO CLEARLY, OUR MOST VULNERABLE RESIDENTS, THE MOST FRAGILE RESIDENTS IN FIFTH WARD, THOSE THAT ARE ON FIXED INCOMES HAVE BEEN BREATHING MOLD THAT TRAVELS THROUGH THE HVAC DUCTS.
SO MOVING ONE IMPACTED, UH, RESIDENT TO ANOTHER LOCATION WITHIN THE SAME FACILITY IS, IS STILL EXPOSING THEM TO MOLD UNTIL YOU RELOCATE THEM OFF THE PREMISES AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE QUALITY AIR.
YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THEM.
AND I HAVE ASKED OVER THE YEARS FOR THERE TO BE SOME SORT OF INSPECTION TO THAT FACILITY BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN IN THAT FACILITY BEFORE AND YOU, YOU WERE IN THERE, YOU OPENED THE DOOR, YOU SMELL THE MOLD STENCH THAT WAS COMING WHEN YOU WENT, WALKED THROUGH MM-HMM
SO TO HAVE PEOPLE, AGAIN, OUR MOST FRAGILE RESIDENTS EXPOSED TO THIS MOLD, HE'S NOT DOING WHAT HE'S TELLING YOU THAT HE'S DOING.
AND IF YOU ALL CONSIDER GIVING HIM ANY MORE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OR AUTHORIZING HIM TO HAVE MORE FUNDING TO MISMANAGE, THAT'S, THAT'S POOR DERELICTION OF YOUR DUTY.
THE FATHER AND I DON'T ADDRESS THAT AS WELL.
UH, RECOGNIZE COUNCILMAN RAMIREZ.
THANK YOU MA'AM FOR BEING HERE.
UH, I WOULD NOTE THAT THERE ARE A COUPLE OF OPENINGS ON THAT TOURS BOARD.
AND SO IF YOU KNOW OF ANYONE WHO MIGHT BE GOOD IN THAT POSITION WITH, UH, SOME FINANCIAL KNOWLEDGE, PREFERABLY, UH, I WOULD SUGGEST YOU GO AHEAD AND SUBMIT THEIR NAMES TO THE MAYOR'S, MAYOR'S OFFICE.
THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP OVER THE YEARS.
'CAUSE I'M THE PRESIDENT OF ONE OF OUR CIVIC CLUBS IN THE FIFTH WARD.
WE HAVE BEEN TRYING FOR YEARS TO GET INDIVIDUALS ON THE TOURIST BOARD OF TOUR 18.
UNFORTUNATELY IT IS, THERE ARE SEVERAL PEOPLE ON THE BOARD THAT HAVE BEEN ON THE BOARD FOR DECADES.
SO THERE IS A BARRIER FOR INDIVIDUALS TO GET EVEN THE COUNCIL MEMBER, SHE'S NOT HERE.
COUNCIL MEMBER JACKSON ATTEMPTED TO NOMINATE SOMEONE AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO GET THAT PERSON APPROVED BY THE MAYOR.
WELL, LET ME TELL YOU, THOSE, THOSE APPOINTMENTS HAVE TO BE APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL.
SO THEY COME BEFORE US EVENTUALLY WHEN, WHEN THE TERMS ARE UP, EITHER FOR REAPPOINTMENT OR FOR, FOR NEW APPOINTMENTS.
AND SO I, I WOULD SUGGEST YOU LET US ALL KNOW ABOUT GOOD CANDIDATES OUT THERE WHO, WHO MIGHT DO A GOOD JOB ON THAT TERM, SEND THEM TO SEND 'EM TO EACH OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, ESPECIALLY COUNCIL MEMBER DAVIS AND MYSELF AND, AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE.
I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION ONLY OUR COUNCIL MEMBER AND THE MAYOR, WELL, ACTUALLY, THAT THE MAYOR WAS THE ONLY PERSON THAT COULD APPROVE AN APPOINTMENT.
COUNCIL HAS TO VOTE ON THOSE AND APPROVE THEM.
WELL, WE CAN CERTAINLY TRY THAT AGAIN, BUT AGAIN, WE'VE DONE IT BEFORE.
I'M KEEPING MY FINGERS CROSSED.
IT PERHAPS MAYOR WHITMEYER UNDERSTANDS THAT WE'VE HAD PROBLEMS GETTING PEOPLE ON THE BOARD AND MAYBE WILL WORK WITH US.
I I KNOW THE MAYOR'S OFFICE IS WATCHING.
EVEN THOUGH THE MAYOR'S NOT PRESENT, THEY MONITOR THESE HEARINGS AND SO THEY, THEY LISTENED TO WHAT YOU'VE SAID, SO, OKAY.
THANK YOU MS. HUBBARD FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
LET ME JUST SAY TO YOU, UH, AS COUNCILMAN RAMIREZ HAS SAID, THERE ARE THOSE OF US WHO ARE PRESENTLY HERE THAT WERE NOT HERE PREVIOUSLY.
SO ANY APPOINTMENTS OR NAMES BEING PRESENTED, THEN THOSE ARE COMING TO SEVERAL NEW COUNCILMEN.
THERE ARE SOME WHO ARE STILL HERE, BUT THERE ARE THOSE OF US THAT ARE NEWER HERE.
AND SOME OF THESE CONDITIONS AND ISSUES ARE SOMETHING THAT'S
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BECOME MADE AWARE TO US.SO LET ME JUST SAY, UH, FOR THE RECORD THAT WHEN THIS WAS BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION, MY ATTENTION ON LAST WEEK, IT WAS OUR INTENT TO GO OUT AND TO SEE WHAT THE PROBLEM IS.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'VE DONE AND WE WERE FURTHER LOOKING INTO IT.
THIS IS ALL FOR THE RECORD AND AS IT IS BEEN STATED, BECAUSE WE WANNA MAKE SURE, AND AS I STATED IN COUNCIL BEFORE, I HAVE A MOTHER THAT LIVED IN SENIOR CITIZEN HOUSING, AND I AM NOT ONE FOR SEEING ANYONE BEING MISTREATED IN REGARDS TO HOW THEIR LIVING STANDARDS ARE.
THIS IS THE FIRST OF WHAT IS GOING TO COME IN TERMS OF INSPECTION.
AND I APPRECIATE YOUR CONCERN FROM A COMMUNITY ADVOCATE AND APPRECIATE YOUR CONCERN AS A TAXPAYER, UH, AS ALL OF US ARE.
THANK YOU FOR COMING ON TODAY.
AS A CONCERNED NEIGHBOR AND COMMUNITY ACTIVIST, I'M COMPELLED TO ADDRESS SEVERAL, UH, CRITICAL ISSUES FACING OUR COMMUNITY, PARTICULARLY CONCERNING AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND THE TREATMENT OF OUR MOST VULNERABLE RESIDENTS.
HARVEY CLEMENTS, CHAIRMAN AND DIRECTOR OF HABITAT OF HUMANITY ENDOWMENT IS ALSO THE OWNER AND FOUNDER OF BRITAIN'S PLACE AND PLEASANT HILL, UM, PROPERTIES THAT HE PERSONALLY DEVELOPED.
IN ADDITION, HE SERVES AS THE PASTOR FOR MAJORITY OF THE RESIDENTS LIVING THERE.
UNFORTUNATELY, MANY OF THESE RESIDENTS HAVE SHARED DISTURBING REPORTS, INCLUDING PHOTOS OF MOLD AND ROACH INFESTATION RAISES SERIOUS CONCERNS ABOUT THE LIVING CONDITIONS THEY ENDURE.
THE RECENT BANDAID FUNDING ALLOCATED TO THE ADDRESS TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN INSUFFICIENT AND MISMANAGED GIVEN THE ONGOING PROBLEMS WITH THE QUALITY OF HOUSING.
IT IS AN OBVIOUS AND TROUBLING OBSERVATION THAT THE RESOURCES INTENDED TO SUPPORT THE RESIDENTS HAVE NOT BEEN EFFECTIVELY PUT TO USE, LEAVING MANY IN UNSAFE AND UNHEALTHY CONDITIONS.
MEANWHILE, WHILE WE ARE HERE, WHILE MEANWHILE, WHILE WE HEAR A GREAT DEAL ABOUT GRANT NUMBERS AND FUNDING ALLOCATIONS, WHO IS ACTUALLY LISTENING TO THE RESIDENTS, THE VOICES OF THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE PROPERTIES ARE CRUCIAL.
YET COMPLAINTS SEEM TO GO UNHEARD.
THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS AND CONCERNS FROM RESIDENTS IS JUST AS IMPORTANT AS FINANCIAL FIGURES, UM, BEING DISCUSSED.
WE NEED TO ENSURE THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY ARE GENUINELY ADDRESSED AND THAT THE VOICES OF THE MOST AFFECTED BY THE VOICES OF THOSE MOST AFFECTED BY THESE DECISIONS ARE GIVEN THE ATTENTION AND ACTION THAT THEY DESERVE.
I'M SIMPLY CALLING FOR ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY IN HOW RESOURCES ARE ALLOCATED AND FOR MORE INCLUSIVE APPROACH TO, UH, DECISION MAKING.
IT'S VITAL THAT WE MOVE BEYOND NUMBERS AND TRULY PRIORITIZE THE WELLBEING AND THE DIGNITY OF OUR COMMUNITY, OF OUR RESIDENTS.
SO WHEN I'M HERE, I'M NOT HERE SPEAKING AS I'M HERE SAYING THAT I'VE BEEN LIVING ON THE SAME STREET SINCE BIRTH.
MY STREET IS TWO STREETS BEHIND LIONS AVENUE.
WE HAVE BEEN UNDER THE SAME INFLUENCE SINCE I WAS BORN.
NONE OF THE RESOURCES, IF I GO TO ONE MORE COMMUNITY MEETING AND I TELL THEM I'M FROM FIFTH WARD, AND THEY SAY, YOU ALL HAVE THE RESOURCES WE DO, WE LOOK AMAZING ON PAPER.
AND THAT IN ALL ACTUALITY, WE LOOK, WE ARE DIS WE, IT'S DISGUSTING.
SO THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING CAN BE PROVEN.
WHEN OUR CLAYTON HOME RESIDENCE WAS DISPLACED, THEY DIDN'T HAVE AN OPTION TO STAY HERE.
SO THE CLAYTON HOMES RESIDENCE WAS DISPLACED WITH THIS I 45 EXPANSION.
WHAT I'M SAYING IS, REVEREND CLEMMENS, I'M NOT PAINTING HIM AS A MONSTER.
I'M PAINTING HIM AS A COMMUNITY LEADER THAT HAS INFLUENCE THAT HAS NOT USED IT PROPERLY.
IF SO, THERE WILL BE PEOPLE HERE DOING TESTIMONIES OF HOW GREAT HIS WORK ETHIC IS OR HIS TEAM IS.
WHEN IT COMES TO THE TERRORIST BOARD, THAT IS A CULT.
NOBODY GETS IN THAT TERRORIST BOARD IF HE DOESN'T WANT YOU IN.
SO WHEN SHE SAYS, COUNCIL MEMBER, PUT SOMEBODY A, UM, APPOINTMENT, NO, IT WAS ME THAT I WAS DENIED.
I DO NOT HAVE TO RECEIVE EVERY, UM, PLACE THAT PEOPLE WANT ME IN.
BUT WHAT I'M SAYING IS FOR YEARS, FOR DECADES, WE HAVE BEEN UNDER THE SAME RULING.
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HIS WRONGS AND RIGHT HIS WRONGS.AND HE CAN DO IT BY LISTENING TO DIFFERENT PEOPLE AND MAYBE PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY LIVE IN THE COMMUNITY, PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY WORK IN THE COMMUNITY.
I USED TO WORK AT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
I LEFT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND BECAME A NAVIGATOR.
AND I NOW, UM, HAVE MY OWN NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION.
I DO NOT HAVE POLITICAL FUNDING, POLITICAL BACKING OR NONE OF THAT.
REVEREND CLEMENCE IS POLITICALLY BACKED, HOWEVER HE IS.
I, WE, OUR NONPROFIT HAS RECEIVED CITY SERVICE FUNDS THIS YEAR.
BUT WHEN WE, THAT IS FOR ME TO DO MY JOB, TO CONTINUE TO NAVIGATE AND FIND OUT WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THE RESIDENTS AND WHAT ARE THEIR CONCERNS.
WHEN I HAVE RESIDENTS THAT LIVE IN THE SENIOR LIVING THE DAY THAT THE REPORTERS WERE THERE AND TELLS ME, I SLEPT HERE LAST NIGHT AND THERE'S MOLD IN THE CLOSET, MOLD ON THEIR SHOES, MOLD.
THIS IS NOT A YESTERDAY THING.
THIS HAS BEEN IGNORED FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
LET ME, LET ME SAY KENDRICK, UM, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR COMING.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS TO OUR ATTENTION AS YOU DID ON LAST WEEK.
AND I WANT TO ASSURE YOU AND OTHERS THAT WE WILL GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS MATTER.
THE DEEP CONCERNS OF ALL OF US IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE RESIDENTS THAT'S LIVING IN THAT FACILITY AS PART OF THE CITY OF HOUSTON, NACAS CREDIT AVAILABILITY, THAT IS OUR JOB AND RESPONSIBLE AS COUNCIL TO ASSURE THAT THOSE PEOPLE ARE TREATED FAIRLY.
THERE ARE SOME ADDITIONAL ISSUES THAT WE ARE DEEPLY CONCERNED ABOUT.
THE MAYOR'S CONCERNED ABOUT IT.
I WANNA GO ON THE RECORD SAYING IT AND WE WILL HANDLE IT.
SO THIS WON'T BE THE LAST OF THE DISCUSSION IN REGARDING AROUND THIS ISSUE AND THE, AND THE, AND THE LIFE AND THE LIVING STANDARDS THAT THESE PEOPLE ENDURE.
SO I I THANK YOU FOR THAT, BUT I DON'T WANT YOU TO SUMMARIZE MY CONCERNS WITH JUST THE SENIOR LIVING.
THIS IS THE DISTRICT B, FIFTH WARD AND DISTRICT B IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING CONCERNS.
EVERY TIME A RESIDENT HAS TO CHOOSE, WHETHER THEY, THEY DON'T EVEN HAVE A CHOICE WHETHER THEY'RE GONNA STAY IN THEIR SAFETY NET, THEIR SAFETY NET IS FIFTH WARD, THEIR SAFETY NET IS ACRES HOME.
EVERYBODY IS MOVING OUT AND MOVING TO BOL AND MOVING TO A TACA BECAUSE THE TA CASITA NOW HAS AFFORD HOUSING.
WELL, THE ISSUE, WHERE IS THE HOUSING THE ISSUE, THE ISSUE IS NOT JUST AROUND SENIOR HOUSING.
THE ISSUE IS BROUGHT TO US, PARTICULARLY IN THIS CASE.
YOU WITH ME? BUT, BUT I'M JUST SPEAKING FROM THE STANDPOINT OF THE ISSUE THAT WAS BROUGHT FORTH YES.
THE FACILITY THAT WE WENT OUT AND VIEWED, WHICH WAS BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION, BUT THE CONCERN OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING, IT'S ALL OVER.
WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT ALL OF THAT.
SO AS, AS I, AS I SAY, AS MUCH AS I LEARNED GOING FORWARD, UH, WE WILL DEFINITELY DO ALL OF, UH, OUR BEST TO ADDRESS IT AND UH, AND BECAUSE WE WANT TO PUT A BANDAID ON IT, LEMME PUT IT THAT WAY.
OUR LAST SPEAKER, UH, DOUG SMITH.
CAN'T BELIEVE WE'RE STILL TALKING ABOUT FUNDING FOR HURRICANE IKE TODAY.
BUT REGARDING THE, UH, 9% TAX CREDITS, UH, THAT'S A VERY TIGHT TIMELINE, BUT THERE'S ONE ITEM ON THE TIMELINE THAT IS UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT, AND THAT IS THE START OF THE PROCESS.
I THINK THEY'RE DOING IT STARTING DECEMBER 2ND.
UH, CAN THAT BE MOVED? I MEAN, RIGHT NOW IT CAN'T BE MOVED UP THIS YEAR BECAUSE WE'RE ALMOST THERE.
BUT IN THE FUTURE, CAN THAT BE STARTED EARLIER OR IS THAT PRESCRIBED ALSO BY THE WHOLE PROCESS? BECAUSE FOR EXAMPLE, DISTRICT A, DISTRICT F UH, IS ALLOWED FIVE PROJECT OR THREE PROJECTS I SHOULD SAY.
AND IT'S A BIG JOB, UH, IF PEOPLE COME TO US TO EVALUATE THOSE PROJECTS.
UH, AND THE MORE TIME WE HAVE, THE BETTER OFF WE ARE.
AND UH, THEN FINALLY, THE OTHER THING, THE LAST TWO YEARS, TWO MEETINGS THAT I'VE BEEN HERE, UH, I'VE TALKED ABOUT TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHY IT COST ALMOST DOUBLE TO HAVE THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT, UH, DO MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING COMPARED TO WHAT A PRIVATE DEVELOPER DOES.
I SPOKE TO SOMEBODY FROM THE HOUSING AUTHORITY AND ALSO A DEVELOPER OUT IN THE LOBBY AFTER THE LAST MEETING.
AND THERE ARE GOOD REASONS FOR THAT.
UH, DAVIS BACON BEING ONE OF THEM.
BUT I ASKED TIFFANY, UH, TO SEE IF MAYBE THERE COULD BE A PRESENTATION
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BY THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT ABOUT THE MANY THINGS THAT GO INTO USING GOVERNMENT FUNDS TO BUILD, UH, APARTMENT BUILDINGS.IT CERTAINLY WOULD BE, UH, USEFUL TO ME AND I THINK PROBABLY IT SHOULD BE USEFUL TO ALL THE REST OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS TO UNDERSTAND THAT PROCESS.
SO IF YOU COULD WORK WITH HER TO SEE IF THAT COULD BE DONE, I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN HEARING THAT PRESENTATION.
DOUG, THANK THANK YOU FOR COMING TODAY.
WELL LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, BEFORE WE AJO, I WANNA REMIND EVERYONE THAT OUR NEXT HOUSING AND AFFORDABLE COMMITTEE MEETING WILL BE HELD DECEMBER 17TH.
THE DISTRICT F OFFICE WILL BE SENDING OUT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
UH, THANK YOU AGAIN TO EVERYONE FOR BEING HERE TODAY.
IF THERE ARE NO OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS, THIS MEETING IS ADJOINED.