[Housing and Affordability Committee on March 17, 2026.]
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TODAY IS TUESDAY, MARCH 17TH, 2026, AND I OFFICIALLY CALLED THIS MEETING TO ORDER.
I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES IN CHAMBERS, COUNCIL MEMBER RAMIREZ, WE CAN ALWAYS COUNT ON YOU TO BE IN PERSON.
MY FRIEND AND STAFF REPRESENTING COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO'S OFFICE FROM DISTRICT H STAFF REPRESENTING VICE MAYOR PRO TIM PECK'S OFFICE FROM DISTRICT A AND STAFF REPRESENTING COUNCIL MEMBER CAYMAN'S, OFFICE FROM DISTRICT C.
AND I WILL ACKNOWLEDGE COUNCIL MEMBERS OR THEIR REPRESENTATIVES, UM, UPON THEIR ARRIVAL.
UH, TODAY ON OUR AGENDA, WE WILL HEAR FROM THE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, UH, DEPARTMENT RELATED TO PLANNING AND GRANT REPORTING, PUBLIC SERVICES, MULTI-FAMILY, PUBLIC FACILITIES AND FINANCE.
AND OF COURSE, WE WILL CLOSE OUT WITH REMARKS FROM OUR DIRECTOR.
YOU, YOU WERE IN THE, UH, THROES OF YOUR NOTES.
I DIDN'T WANT TO INTERRUPT YOU, BUT THE FLOOR IS YOURS.
THANKS SO MUCH, MADAM AND CHAIRWOMAN.
UH, TODAY IS A FULL AGENDA WITH A LOT GOING ON, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I LIKE ABOUT TODAY'S AGENDA IS YOU GET TO SEE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE FUTURE, ABOUT THE MONIES THAT HAVE COME IN AND WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO WITH THOSE.
SO I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU THE TIME AND EFFORT LOOKING AT THESE.
AND THEY, I'M SURE THERE'LL BE A GREAT MANY QUESTIONS.
WE'LL START WITH AMY CONLEY, WHO IS OUR, HAS A COUPLE OF JOBS BESIDES BEING MY CHIEF OF STAFF.
SHE IS NOW HEADING THE PLANNING AND GRANT REPORTING DEPARTMENT.
AND WE'LL BEGIN TALKING ABOUT THE ANNUAL ACTION PLAN FOR 2026.
UM, AGAIN, THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT PLAN 'CAUSE IT SETS OUT WHAT OUR, WHAT, WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO FOR 2026 AND SENDS US ON TO HUD.
AND, UM, APPRECIATE THE INTRODUCTION, MIKE.
UM, TODAY WE ARE REQUESTING THAT THIS COMMITTEE AND COUNCIL REVIEW AND APPROVE AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING SUBMISSION OF OUR PROGRAM YEAR 2026, ANNUAL ACTION PLAN FOR OUR FORMULA FUND GRANTS.
UM, EVERY YEAR WE RECEIVE FUNDING THROUGH HUD.
YOU MAY HAVE HEARD THESE CALLED ENTITLEMENT GRANTS OR FORMULA FUNDS, BUT THESE ARE THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT, HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PE PERSONS WITH AIDS AND EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANTS.
SO, UH, WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, UM, I DO WANNA MENTION BEFORE WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, THAT, UH, THE PUBLIC NOTICE AND COMMENT PERIOD FOR THESE ALLOCATION OF FUNDS RUNS BETWEEN MARCH 9TH AND APRIL 8TH.
SO WE STILL HAVE PLENTY OF TIME TO RECEIVE AND TAKE COMMENT ABOUT OUR ALLOCATION THAT WE ARE PROPOSING.
THE TOTAL AMOUNT THAT WE ARE ANTICIPATING RECEIVING FROM HUD AT THIS POINT IS 51,000,721 $29,401 AND 18 CENTS.
UH, BUT WE DO NOT YET SAY THAT THREE TIMES.
UH, WE DO NOT YET HAVE OUR ALLOCATION.
UM, AS YOU PROBABLY READ, THE T HUD BILL HAS BEEN, WAS DELAYED PASSING THROUGH CONGRESS.
UH, WE DO ANTICIPATE RECEIVING THAT ALLOCATION IN APRIL OR MAY.
AND IF ANY OF THOSE AMOUNTS ARE INCREASED OR DECREASED FROM WHAT WE ARE ANTICIPATING, WE WILL CHANGE THE BUDGETS, UH, BY THE PERCENTAGE ALLOCATION THAT YOU SEE IN THE TABLES.
UM, SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, WE'RE GONNA SHOW YOU THE SLIDES FOR THE FOUR DIFFERENT GRANTS THAT WE ARE, UM, PUTTING FORWARD IN OUR ANNUAL ACTION PLAN.
AND THESE INCLUDE THE ANTICIPATED ALLOCATION THAT WE'LL RECEIVE.
THE ESTIMATED PROGRAM INCOME IS BAKED INTO THE FINAL NUMBER AND, UH, PROPOSED LINE ITEMS. SO, UH, FIRST UP IS, UM, C DBGS AND ALLOCATION.
AND, UM, UNDER CDBG, WE'LL BE FUNDING PUBLIC SERVICES, WHICH INCLUDES ESSENTIAL SERVICES TO NONPROFITS RELATING TO HOMELESSNESS, SOCIAL SERVICES, SPECIAL NEEDS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, WHICH THIS YEAR WILL BE A PAYMENT FOR EAST END MAKER HUB'S, INTEREST FOR THEIR 1 0 8 LOAN.
UH, ESG MATCH, WHICH IS AN ANNUAL MATCH THAT WE MAKE TO THE ESG PROGRAM.
UH, HOME OWNERSHIP ASSISTANCE, SINGLE FAMILY HOME REPAIR, LEAD-BASED PAINT, WHICH IS A MATCHING FUNDS FOR THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT'S LEAD SAFE PROGRAM, MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING, REHAB, AND PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION.
TOTAL, CDBG ANTICIPATED IS $25,596,500 AND 20 CENTS.
THIS DOES INCLUDE PROGRAM INCOME.
THE ALLOCATIONS WERE VERY SIMILAR TO LAST YEAR'S ALLOCATIONS WITH A SMALL CHANGE, ADDING AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LINE ITEM AND TAKING A LITTLE BIT OF, OF THAT AMOUNT FROM MULTIFAMILY REHAB.
BUT OVERALL, THE ALLOCATIONS ARE ALMOST EXACTLY THE SAME AS PROGRAM YEAR 2025.
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NEXT, GOING TO THE HOME SLIDE, PLEASE.UH, THE HOME ALLOCATION, UM, IS EXACTLY THE SAME AS LAST YEAR.
UH, 55% WILL GO TO OUR MULTIFAMILY ACQUISITION REHAB, NEW CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM DELIVERY, AND 34.5% WILL GO TO SINGLE FAMILY ACQUISITION, REHAB, NEW CONSTRUCTION.
THIS WILL ALSO BE CHOTO AND CHOTO OPERATING.
TOTAL AMOUNT IS $10 MILLION, $54,102 AND 98 CENTS.
AND NEXT IS OUR HOPA PROPOSED ALLOCATION.
IT SAYS HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS GRANT.
UM, THE LINE ITEMS INCLUDE HOUSING INFORMATION SERVICES, WHICH IS COUNSELING TO ASSIST, UM, ON FINDING HOMES, UH, OPERATING COSTS, SUPPORTIVE SERVICES PROJECT OR TENANT BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE, SHORT TERM RENT, MORTGAGE AND UTILITY ASSISTANCE, RESOURCE IDENTIFICATION, GRANTEE ADMINISTRATION, WHICH IS THE CITY ADMINISTRATION OF THAT GRANT AND SPONSOR ADMINISTRATION, WHICH IS THE SUBRECIPIENT ADMINISTRATION.
UH, TOTAL AMOUNT IS $13,000,918 AND 400 $414.
UH, SAME ALLOCATION AS PROGRAM YEAR 2025.
AND NEXT IS, UH, ESG ALLOCATION.
UH, WE ARE PROPOSING HOMELESSNESS MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM, WHICH IS THE DATABASE MANAGED BY OUR C-R-C-C-O-C, UH, EMERGENCY SHELTER, WHICH IS SHELTER OPERATIONS, HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION, RAPID REHOUSING, WHICH IS FUNDING TO TAKE PEOPLE FROM STREET TO HOUSING AND ADMINISTRATION.
UM, ALLOCATION IS EXACTLY THE SAME AS LAST PROGRAM YEAR OF $2 MILLION, 2 MILLION $160,384.
UM, I DO WANNA POINT OUT THAT WE HAVE TWO UPCOMING MEETINGS.
UM, WOULD WE BE VERY EXCITED TO, UH, TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THESE ALLOCATIONS? UH, THE PER THE IN-PERSON MEETING WILL BE TUESDAY, MARCH 31ST AT 6:00 PM AT ALLEY COMMUNITY CENTER.
AND, UM, OUR, OUR HOUSING CHAIR WILL BE THERE TO HOST US, WHICH WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL FOR.
AND THERE WILL BE A VIRTUAL MEETING IF YOU CAN'T MAKE AN IN-PERSON MEETING ON APRIL 7TH FROM THREE TO 5:00 PM AND ACCESS TO THAT TEAMS MEETING WILL BE, UH, ON OUR CITY WEBSITE.
SO THE ANNUAL ACTION PLAN IS ALREADY UPLOADED TO THE CITY'S WEBSITE, AND WE'VE BEEN TAKING COMMENT ON THAT SINCE, UH, MARCH 9TH.
AND SO IF YOU WANNA SEE THE WHOLE ACTION PLAN, IT'S A LARGE DOCUMENT, BUT, UH, VERY DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE SUBMITTING TO HUD.
UM, PLEASE READ IT IF YOU HAVE SOME TIME, AND, UH, WE'D BE VERY EXCITED TO RECEIVE ANY COMMENTS ON THAT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, A VERY GOOD PRESENTATION.
ONE, I'M EXCITED ABOUT WELCOMING HCDD TO THE WEST SIDE ON MARCH 31ST.
THE BEST SIDE, SO I'M GONNA MAKE SURE OUR PEOPLE SHOW UP.
UH, ONE, UM, I KNOW THIS PAST ALLOCATION, WE REALLOCATED CODE ENFORCEMENT DOLLARS, AND I KNOW WE'VE GONE BACK AND FORTH ABOUT CODE ENFORCEMENT WITH OUR ENTITLEMENT FUNDS.
HOW ARE WE ADDRESSING THAT IN ANOTHER WAY THROUGH GENERAL FUNDS? BECAUSE THAT WAS A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF, I THINK WE DID A ALLOCATION OF 800 AND $800,000 THAT ULTIMATELY WENT TO DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE, WHICH WE LOVE.
BUT THEN WE STILL HAVE A NEED FOR CODE ENFORCEMENT THAT HISTORICALLY HAS COME OUT OF THIS ALLOCATION.
HOW IS THAT BEING COVERED MOVING FORWARD? UM, WE DID NOT COVER IT IN THIS BUDGET.
UM, AND, UM, WE HAVE HAD MANY CONVERSATIONS.
I KNOW MIKE HAS HAD MANY CONVERSATIONS WITH DIRECTOR MACHI ABOUT, UM, WHAT THEIR FUNDING NEEDS WERE.
AND THEY HAVE EXPRESSED TO US THAT THEY ARE NOT NEEDING ADDITIONAL FUNDING FROM US.
AND TO, AND THE REASON WHY I I ELEVATE THAT IS BECAUSE WE ARE IN THE, THE, THE MIDST OF THE APARTMENT INSPECTION ORDINANCE, AND WE KNOW THAT THAT'S COMING.
AND I KNOW HDDS INVOLVEMENT IN THAT SCOPE IS LIMITED DEPENDING ON NOT PERCENT TAX CREDITS, RIGHT? MM-HMM
UM, BUT I THINK IT, THE MORE THAT WE CAN RAMP UP THAT AREA BECAUSE OF THE DEMAND OF THAT ORDINANCE THAT'S COMING FORWARD, IT'LL BE HELPFUL.
SO IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT MAY BE A, UM, CUS OR GENERAL FUND ALLOCATION, MAYBE.
MY MEMORY WAS THAT WE WERE GONNA HAVE A, SOME KIND OF MEETING GET COM, UH, DIRECTOR MAKI TO COME VISIT WITH US, UH, EVEN PUBLICLY ON THAT.
WE'RE, AND WE'RE GONNA BRING IT TO A SPECIAL CALL, BUT I KNOW, YES, MA'AM.
IF WE'RE PUTTING A DEMAND ON DEPARTMENTS TO MEET, UM, YOU KNOW, TIMELINES AND GET OUT TO OUR HIGH RISK PROPERTIES FUNDING FOR CODE ENFORCEMENT'S, KEY TO THAT A LOT.
WHAT CAME UP WAS AROUND PREVENTATIVE ME MEASURES.
AND SO I, I THINK THAT JUST REINFORCES OUR COMMITMENT TO QUALITY HOUSING.
JUST MAKING SURE THAT OUR EXISTING STOCK.
SO I'M SURE ALONG THE WAY WE WILL FIGURE THAT OUT, BUT I JUST, I KNOW THAT IT'S NOT IN THIS ALLOCATION AND I KNOW IT OFTEN COMES UP ABOUT CODE ENFORCEMENT, SO I APPRECIATE THAT.
THIS IS FOR THE ENTIRE REGION, CORRECT? CORRECT.
WE HAVE A, I BELIEVE IT'S A FIVE COUNTY REGION NINE COUNTY REGION NINE COUNTY.
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RIGHT.AND IT WOULDN'T BE RIGHT IF COUNCIL MEMBER RAMIREZ WAS NOT IN THE QUEUE, SO I'M GONNA YIELD TO MY COLLEAGUE, COUNCIL MEMBER.
THANK YOU, DIRECTOR CONNOLLY, FOR THE PRESENTATION AND FOR ALL THAT Y'ALL DO.
UM, I KNOW YOU SAID THAT THE, THE BREAKDOWN WAS, UH, LARGELY AS IT WAS LAST YEAR, BUT I DO NOTICE THAT THE, UH, ADMINISTRATIVE, UH, COSTS ARE HIGHER FOR THE CDBG ALLOCATION.
CAN YOU SORT OF EXPLAIN WHY THAT IS? UH, I BELIEVE THAT THE 20% IS THE SAME AS LAST YEAR.
SO PERCENTAGE WISE, IT'S THE SAME.
UM, IF THERE'S ANY INCREASE, IT'S PROBABLY DUE TO PROGRAM INCOME CALCULATING INTO, BECAUSE WE, WE TOOK LAST YEAR'S ALLOCATION AND MOVED THAT FORWARD ASSUMING THAT THE FUNDING LEVELS WOULD BE EXACTLY THE SAME, BUT THERE WAS A SLIGHT INCREASE IN PROGRAM INCOME IN CDBG.
SO THAT'S PROBABLY WHY YOU'RE SEEING THE AMOUNT.
BUT I THINK THE 20% IS EXACTLY THE SAME AS LAST YEAR IN TERMS OF, AND DO THE GUIDELINES ALLOW FOR, UH, MORE TO BE SPENT ON ADMINISTRATION? DO NOT 20% IS THE LIMIT FOR CDBG IN TERMS OF PROGRAM, BUT RELATIVE TO THE OTHER OF THE OTHER PROGRAMS THAT YOU'VE, YOU'VE PRESENTED YEAH, LOCATION, THEY'RE ALL, WE'VE ALL MAXIMIZED THE AMOUNT OF PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION THAT WE'RE ALLOWED TO TAKE.
UM, IN, IN ANY OF WHAT YOU'VE PRESENTED ARE, ARE Y'ALL USING THE LAND TRUST MODEL AT ALL TO, TO PUT FOLKS INTO HOUSING? UM, LET ME SEE.
UMG IN, IN ANY, ANYTHING THAT WAS PROVIDED.
I, YEAH, I, I THINK WHETHER CDBG HOME, WHAT HAVE YOU, UM, WELL, I BELIEVE THAT OUR HOME PROGRAM, UM, WOULD BE ELIGIBLE, BUT I'M NOT SURE WE'RE ABLE TO PUT, I, I THINK WE'RE USING OUR HOME MONEY FOR OUR CHODOS.
SO UNLESS THE CLT IS A REGISTERED CHODO, UH, THEY WOULDN'T BE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE FUNDING FROM HOME.
SO THAT, THAT WOULD BE THE LIMITATION.
WE ARE OBVIOUSLY VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THE LAND TRUST, UM, AND PROBABLY ONE OF THE BEST WAYS THEY CAN USE IT, AND THEY DO USE IT, IS TO MAKE SURE THE FOLKS WHO ARE GOING THROUGH THAT GET THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS. THAT'S REALLY HOW THEY BEST DO THAT.
AGAIN, YOU KNOW, THE LAND TRUSTS ARE VERY INTERESTING BECAUSE AS WE LOOK AT DIFFERENT ENTITIES, AND I'M TRYING TO GET MY ARMS AROUND, AND I THINK WE'LL SEE THAT WHEN WE DO THE HOUSING STRATEGY A LITTLE MORE.
THE LAND TRUST IS, IS REALLY GREAT FOR PEOPLE EVEN UNDER THE 60% A MI, BECAUSE THAT'S A GOOD, GOOD WAY FOR THEM TO WORK THROUGH THAT.
BUT AGAIN, THE, THE USE OF THE DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE IS GREAT.
UM, OUR DEPARTMENT HAS SPENT A LOT OF TIME REALLY FOCUSING ON A MI 80 AND 60% BELOW, AND THEN THE, UM, MY UNDERSTANDING OF THE LAND BANK THERE, LOOKING AT IT, UH, LARGER INCOMES 120% AND BELOW.
AND SO THAT'S KIND OF HOW THIS IS DIVIDED UP.
UM, BUT AGAIN, THE BEST USE OF OUR FUNDS WITH THE LAND TRUST IS THE, UM, DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE.
AND THEN TO EVERY, ALSO I WANNA ACKNOWLEDGE IN THE STAFF, UH, VICE CHAIR COUNCIL MEMBER DAVIS IS HERE, STAFF REPRESENTING AT LARGE, TWO STAFF REPRESENTING AT LARGE FOR, AND COUNCIL MEMBER MARTINEZ DISTRICT.
UH, AND THEN, SO, UH, FOR EVERYONE ATTENDING, I THINK IT'LL BE IMPORTANT TO EXTRACT THE, OR INCLUDE THE LINK OF THE ANNUAL PLAN IF YOUR, IF YOUR CONSTITUENTS ARE UNABLE TO ATTEND.
SO THEY CAN INCLUDE THEIR PUBLIC COMMENT IN WRITTEN FORM, WHICH IS REALLY HELPFUL FOR THE DEPARTMENT.
UM, UH, AND ALSO AS WE SEND THIS UP ONCE THIS GETS TO COUNCIL.
SO DEFINITELY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL, FROM CONSTITUENTS, FROM OTHER DIRECTORS AS THEY LOOK TO THIS PLAN.
UH, WE WANT TO BE RESPONSIVE TO THE COMMUNITY.
OKAY, UP NEXT WE HAVE PUBLIC SERVICES.
SO ITEM THREE A, THE DEPARTMENT IS PRESENTING A SECOND AMENDMENT TO THE SUB-RECIPIENT AGREEMENT WITH AVENUE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS AVENUE CDC, PROVIDING UP TO AN ADDITIONAL $125,000 IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDS FOR THE CONTINUED ADMINISTRATION OPERATION OF A HOUSING EDUCATION AND COUNSELING PROGRAM.
THIS AMENDMENT WILL ALSO EXTEND THE TIME OF PERFORMANCE IN THE AGREEMENT TO DECEMBER 31ST, 2026.
THIS PROGRAM WILL SERVE AN ADDITIONAL 340 LOW TO MODERATE INCOME HOUSEHOLDS.
NOW, IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THROUGH THE INITIAL AGREEMENT AND THE FIRST AMENDMENT, UM, THE PROGRAM WAS ABLE TO SERVE 709 CLIENTS.
504 OF THOSE WERE IN HOME BUYER EDUCATION CLASSES, 126
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WERE IN PRE-PURCHASE COUNSELING, 50 AND POST-PURCHASE COUNSELING OR THE POST, THE POST-PURCHASE PROGRAM.AND THEN 29 WERE SERVED IN THE FORECLOSURE INTERVENTION COUNSELING.
AND SOMETHING THAT WAS NOTED TO US BY AVENUE CDC IS THAT THE CLIENTS ARE FACING AN AFFORDABILITY GAP OF APPROXIMATELY $98,300 BETWEEN WHAT THEY CAN AFFORD AND THE SALES MARKET PRICES.
SO AVENUE, AVENUE CDC REMAINS COMMITTED TO EQUIPPING CLIENTS WITH THE KNOWLEDGE OF VARIOUS DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS THAT CAN BETTER LEVERAGE AND SECURE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
AS OF JANUARY OF 2026, AVENUE CDC HAS EXPENDED APPROXIMATELY 85% OF THEIR ALLOCATED FUNDING AND SERVE 90% OF THEIR OVERALL CLIENT GOAL.
AVENUE CDC HAS RECEIVED FUNDING THROUGH NUMEROUS CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS WITH THE CITY SINCE 2000.
NO FINDINGS OR CONCERNS ARE REPORTED DURING THEIR LAST MONITORING PERIOD.
UM, ONE OTHER NUMBER THAT I WANTED TO CALL OUT WAS THAT THROUGH OUR PROGRAM, THE BENEFICIARY OUTCOMES, WE, UM, THEY WERE ABLE TO SERVE 199 CLIENTS WITH NEW HOME OWNERSHIP AND THEN 79 CLIENTS OR HOUSEHOLDS WITH POSITIVE RESOLUTIONS FROM FORECLOSURES.
SO TODAY WE HAVE MARY LAWLER, PRESIDENT, AND, UM, CEO HERE, NICOLE, CASHIER, CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER, AND KIATA CARTER, THE CHIEF PROGRAMS OFFICER HERE IN THE AUDIENCE.
SHOULD THERE BE ANY QUESTIONS? AND THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION, NO QUESTIONS IN THE QUEUE.
THANK YOU AVENUE FOR WHAT YOU DO.
I JUST WANNA SPEAK TO, TO PARTICULARLY MARY LAUTER.
SHE IS A REAL GIFT TO OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, SHE'S IN THE FIGHT EVERYWHERE WHEN IT COMES TO MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE HAVE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
SHE TAKES SOME OF THE TOUGHEST PROJECTS ON.
UM, AND WE'RE REALLY APPRECIATIVE OF HER ATTITUDE AND HER WINNER AND HER COMMITMENT TO, AND, AND I'LL SAY IT'S TO PEOPLE, BUT IT'S ALSO TO THE TOUGHEST PROJECTS FINANCIALLY.
SO WE'RE INDEBTED TO HER IN HER ORGANIZATION.
ALRIGHT, UP NEXT MULTIFAMILY, MR. RYAN D. GOOD MORNING.
GOOD MORNING CHAIR, CO-CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, STAFF.
THIS FIRST ITEM, WE ARE REQUESTING A MOTION TO ESTABLISH A DATE FOR A PUBLIC HEARING TO PROVIDE A RESOLUTION OF NO OBJECTION FOR TWO APPLICANTS SEEKING A 4% HOUSING TAX CREDIT FOR TWO PROPERTIES LOCATED IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON.
BOTH PROPERTIES WILL BOTH BE REHABS RE RENOVATION.
THE FIRST ONE IS STERLINGS SHIRE APARTMENTS LOCATED AT 1,902 STERLINGS SHIRE STREET, LOCATED IN COUNCIL DISTRICT B FOUR FAMILIES 200 UNITS, ONE BEDROOMS, TWO BEDROOMS, THREE BEDROOMS, ALL AT 60% A MI BUILT IN 1971.
THE SECOND PROPERTY IS MARIPOSA AT REED ROAD, LOCATED AT 28 89 REED ROAD AND CASTLE DISTRICT D FOUR SENIORS 180 UNITS, ONE BEDROOM, TWO BEDROOM, 30% A MI, 50% A MI, SIXTIES AND EIGHTIES BUILT IN 2008.
TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING COMMUNITY AFFAIRS ADMINISTERS THE STATE'S HOUSING TAX CREDIT TAX CREDIT PROGRAM PER THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 2306.
THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE JURISDICTION WHERE THE PROJECT IS LOCATED MUST HOLD A HEARING BEFORE THE DEVELOPER CAN SUBMIT AN APPLICATION FOR A NON-COMPETITIVE 4% TAX CREDIT.
THE HOUSING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT THRESHOLD REVIEW RECOMMENDS A RESOLUTION OF NO OBJECTION FOR BOTH PROPERTIES, WHICH WILL PRESERVE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, NO FUNDING FROM THE CITY.
THERE'S A THREE STEP PROCESS HERE.
UH, THE FIRST PROCESS, FIRST STEP IS MOTION TO REQUEST A HEARING, WHICH WILL BE ON APRIL 1ST.
SECOND STEP WILL BE THE HEARING, WHICH WILL BE APRIL 8TH, AND THEN THE RESOLUTION WILL BE APRIL 15TH.
UH, WE HAVE CASEY BUMP HERE AND DONALD LEY WITH BON CARRINGTON.
IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE DEVELOPER ON AMERI POST THE DEAL.
WE KNOW THAT THOSE ARE TOUGH PROJECTS TO DO, DEALING WITH PEOPLE, MOVING PEOPLE OUT, ALL OF THOSE THINGS.
UM, BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT, AND I'M SURE DISTRICTS B AND D HAVE FOLKS WATCHING
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ON HTV AND I'M GONNA JUST ASSUME THAT THE OWNER'S REP, THEY'RE IN CONVERSATION WITH THE COUNCIL OFFICES YES.SO THAT THEY CAN CHAMPION THESE PROJECTS AND BE IN PARTNERSHIP, UH, CORRECT TO COMMUNICATE ACCURATELY ABOUT THIS PROCESS.
UM, BECAUSE REHABS HAS BEEN SOMETHING THAT WE'VE ADVOCATED FOR, FOR A VERY LONG TIME.
AND SO WHILE WE LOVE A NEW CONSTRUCTION AND LOVE A 9%, BUT REHABS KEEP OUR PEOPLE HOUSED, SO I APPRECIATE THAT.
NEXT, UH, NEXT TWO ITEMS THAT KIND OF GO HAND IN HAND CHAIR.
UH, THIS NEXT ITEM HERE, WE ARE HERE TO REQUEST A MOTION TO ESTABLISH A DATE FOR A PUBLIC HEARING TO PROVIDE A RESOLUTION OF NO OBJECTION FOR ONE APPLICANT SEEKING A 4% TAX CREDIT LOCATED IN THE EXTRA TERRE TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION IN ETJ.
THIS PROJECT IS A REHABILITATION PROJECT.
THIS PROJECT IS MARIPOSA AT ELLA, LOCATED AT 16 3 5 4 ELLA BOULEVARD, LOCATED IN THE ETJ, CLOSEST TO DISTRICT B.
IT'S 182 UNITS, ONE BEDROOM, TWO BEDROOMS, 30% A MI, 50% A MI 60% FOR SENIORS.
AGAIN, THIS IS SOME OF THE SAME INFORMATION ON PREVIOUS DEALS, BUT TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE JURISDICTION WHERE THE PROJECT IS LOCATED MUST BE HOLD HELD IN THE HEARING BEFORE THE DEVELOPER CAN SUBMIT AN APPLICATION FOR A NON-COMPETITIVE 4% TAX CREDIT TO MOVE FORWARD.
AGAIN, THIS IS A THREE STEP PROCESS.
UH, APRIL 1ST, APRIL 8TH AND APRIL 15TH, NO FUNDING FROM THE CITY DEVELOPERS HERE.
IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT, ON THAT ITEM AS WELL.
AND HERE WE'RE JUST, WE'RE JUST RECOMMENDING THAT, UH, UH, THAT WE MOVE FORWARD TO RECOMMENDING A RESOLUTION OF NO, OF NO OBJECTION FOR THIS PROJECT, AS IT WILL PRESERVE AFFORDABLE HOUSING AS WELL.
OKAY, I'M GONNA MOVE ON TO THE GUIDELINES HERE.
UH, THIS NEXT ITEM, WE'RE RECOMMENDING COUNCIL APPROVAL FOR ADOPTING 2024, UH, DICHO AND HURRICANE BARREL D 24 MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING PROGRAM GUIDELINES.
THE CITY WAS SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED BY DERECHO AND HURRICANE BARREL INTENSE WINDS, FLOODING, POWER OUTAGES, BOTH WEATHER EVENTS RESULTED IN EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO HOMES, INFRASTRUCTURE AND BUSINESSES.
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES APPROVED A MAJOR DISASTER DECLARATIONS FOLLOWING THE STORMS OF DIRETO AND BARROW MULTI-FAMILY PROGRAM BUDGET FOR THE COMMUNITY BLOCK GRANT DISASTER RECOVERY 2024 FUNDING IS APPROXIMATELY $50 MILLION.
THE DR 24 MULTIFAMILY PROGRAM WILL INVEST IN PROJECTS SUCH AS NEW CONSTRUCTION, RENOVATION, REHABS, FAMILY, SENIORS.
THE FOCUS WILL BE TO PROVIDE PROJECTS THAT HAS AFFORDABLE RENTAL TO LOW INCOME RENTERS AND TO ADDRESS THE UNMET AFFORDABLE RENTAL HOUSING NEED.
I WAS GONNA GO ONTO THE GUIDELINES FOR PUBLIC.
NEXT ITEM IS, UH, DR 24 DIRETO AND BARREL POWER GENERATION GUIDELINES FOR ALL DISTRICTS HOUSING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT RECOMMENDS COUNCIL APPROVAL FOR AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE 2024 DIRETO AND HURRICANE BARREL RECOVERY POWER GENERATION RESILIENCE PROGRAM GUIDELINES FOR RESILIENT MEASURES TO MITIGATE THE IMPACT OF FUTURE POWER OUTAGES.
SUCH MEASURES WILL INCORPORATE THE INSTALLATION OF EMERGENCY POWER AND THE EVENT OF FUTURE DISASTERS.
DERECHO WINDSTORM IN MAY, 2024 IN THE HURRICANE BARREL, JULY 20, 24.
BOTH WERE CATASTROPHIC WEATHER EVENTS RESULTING IN EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO HOMES, INFRASTRUCTURE, AND BUSINESSES BOTH HAD A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT THROUGHOUT MUCH OF TEXAS, ESPECIALLY HOUSTON.
THE PROGRAM BUDGET IS APPROXIMATELY 101 MILLION FUNDED WITH COMMUNITY BLOCK GRANT DISASTER RECOVERY, 2024 FUNDS TO SUPPORT LONG-TERM RECOVERY EFFORTS.
NEXT SLIDE PROGRAM ACTIVITIES WILL INCLUDE PROTECTION OF CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE FOR
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DRINKING WATER WASTEWATER, ENSURE CAPACITY FOR FIRE AND POLICE STATIONS ENSURE THE AVAILABILITY OF MULTI-SERVICE CENTERS AND OR LIBRARIES TO SERVE AS COOLING AND HEATING CENTERS.OTHER CALLS MAY INCLUDE ENGINEERING AND DESIGN SERVICES, INSTALLATION OF NATURAL GAS GENERATORS, CONNECTION SLASH SWITCH SWITCHING MECHANISMS FOR GENERATORS.
THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
SO WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE IN TERMS OF GUIDELINES FOR YURI THEN? THIS, SO WHAT YURI WITH THE 50 MILLION I THINK WE DID, AND THIS IS PROBABLY A DEREK QUE, UH, TWO GENERATORS IN B AND THEN ONE IN J.
AND THEN I HAVE ONE FROM A CIP COMING FROM FISCAL 25.
SO THEN THESE GUIDELINES ARE THE SAME AS THE GUIDELINES APPROVED FOR WINTER YEAR URI WHEN WE PRESENTED POWER GENERATION GUIDELINES.
ARE THESE THE SAME? THESE ARE, THESE ARE, THESE ARE SPECIFICALLY FOR, UH, THE DR 24 FUNDING THAT'S GONNA BE ALLOCATED FOR MULTIFAMILY USE.
SO IT'S, IT'S GONNA BE MULTI-FAMILY USE, THE FIRST SET OF GUIDELINES.
THEN THE SECOND SET WOULD BE FOR, IT'S COMING OUT OF OUR PUBLIC FACILITIES DIVISION.
SO THAT'S THE GENERATOR PIECE THAT WE'RE GOT IT.
WE GOT A LOT OF STUFF, STUFF GOING ON OVER HERE.
CHAIR IN, IN, UH, HOLD ON ONE SECOND.
THANK, THANK YOU FOR THAT INFORMATION.
Y'ALL, Y'ALL CERTAINLY DO HAVE A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON.
THE MULTIFAMILY PROGRAM GUIDELINES.
UM, ON ON THE SLIDES, THE, THE ACTUAL GUIDELINES ARE NOT LISTED.
CAN YOU SEND US A LINK OR SEND THE GUIDELINES TO US? YES.
THEY, UH, THEY'RE, THEY'RE, UM, THEY'RE ON OUR, UH, WEBSITE AND I CAN GET YOU THE, THE WEBSITE OF WHERE THEY'RE, THEY'RE LOCATED FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
SO WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE THERE.
AND, UH, I, I NOTICED THE SLIDE SAYS 50 MILLION.
UH, IS THERE A BREAKDOWN ON HOW MUCH GOES TO, UH, DEVELOPMENT OF NEW, UH, A MULTIFAMILY, UH, VERSUS, UH, RENOVATION AND PRESERVATION, UH, ET CETERA? THOSE, THOSE BIG BUCKETS? DO I HAVE IT ALLOCATED SEPARATE? I'M A, THE PLAN IS TO, UM, THE PLAN IS TO ISSUE OUT A NOFA AND I'M GOING TO INCLUDE, UH, UH, DEVELOPERS THAT, THAT WANNA PARTNER US TO DO REHAB AND NEW CONSTRUCTION.
THAT THERE'S NO, THERE'S NO CATEGORY BROKEN OUT TO SEPARATE THE TWO.
AND ON THE POWER GENERATION GUIDELINES, UH, SAME, SAME REQUEST, CAN YOU SEND US THE GUIDELINES OR A LINK TO, TO WHERE WE CAN FIND THEM? YES.
UM, AND, AND ON THIS, UH, POWER GENERATION, WILL THAT BE ADMINISTERED BY HCD OR WILL OEM PLAY A ROLE IN THAT, OR HOW, HOW WORK? YES.
OM IS PLAYING A HUGE ROLE, ACTUALLY.
OOEM, UH, OEM, UH, FIRE DEPARTMENT, UM, POLICE DEPARTMENT, PUBLIC WORKS, GSD ARE ALL COLLABORATING AND THEY'VE ALL, UH, COLLABORATED ON, ON SITES.
UH, THE, THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT IS GONNA WORK WITH THEM TO, TO FUND, UM, THE HARD COST ON THOSE SITES.
AND AGAIN, UH, THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY GOING TO THAT, MORE THAN A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS.
UH, AND, AND, UH, IF, IF IT'S AVAILABLE, UH, A BREAKDOWN AS WELL ON, ON YOUR BULLET POINTS, UH, YOU KNOW, ARE THEY GOING TO, UH, YOU KNOW, WATER WASTEWATER SURE.
VERSUS MULTI-SERVICE, UH, ET CETERA, EACH CERTAIN NO, THAT'S A GREAT POINT.
WE CAN GET THAT, THAT BREAKOUT FOR YOU.
UH, NO OTHER QUESTIONS, BUT JUST ONE, IF YOU HAVE TO GET THIS BACK TO US LATER, THAT'S TOTALLY FINE.
SO I KNOW WE HAVE QUITE A FEW NOFA THAT ARE POSSIBLY COMING ON THE STREET.
RIGHT? SO WE HAVE OUR 2026 HUD ALLOCATION.
WE HAVE A MULTIFAMILY ALLOCATION COMING OUT OF THAT SINGLE FAMILY COMING OUT OF THAT.
WE HAVE DR 24 COMING OUT OF THIS.
AND SO IT, AND, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, MRS. BARR JUST TALKED ABOUT THE AFFORDABILITY GAP.
UM, SO WHEN DEVELOPERS ARE APPLYING, BECAUSE IT'LL BE VERY COMPETITIVE MM-HMM
UM, WILL THEY BE ABLE TO GO AFTER HOME AND DR.
24? UH, IT'S GONNA BE A SEPARATE NOTE.
UH, NO FOR, SO THE DR 24 WILL BE ONE, RIGHT.
IF I COME AFTER THAT, BUT THEN I GET THAT, CAN I GO GET THAT AND THEN COME GET THIS? UM, DEREK IS LIKE, NO
WE WANNA KEEP THE FUNDING SEPARATE.
BUT ONCE THE BID HITS THE STREET TO BE ABLE TO COMPETE AND SUBMIT A PROJECT FOR THAT.
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AND THEN ONCE THAT CLOSES, ANYONE CAN APPLY TO ANY, AND THEN DR 24 OPENS AGAIN.CAN I COMPETE FOR THAT? CAN I CAPITAL STACK ALL THE BIDS, IS WHAT I'M ASKING.
WE DON'T WANNA, WE DON'T WANT, DEREK IS LIKE, INCLUDE ALL SEPARATE.
DEREK IS LIKE, IT'S SUCH A, IT'S SUCH A GOOD QUESTION, MADAM CHAIRWOMAN.
IT'S A, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE BEEN MORE IMPRESSED WITH AS I LEARN ABOUT THIS IS HOW EFFICIENT THESE MULTI-FAMILY DOLLARS ARE.
AND THE REASON IT'S SO EFFICIENT IS A DEVELOPER GETS IN HERE AND THEY TRY TO DEVELOP A PROJECT, AND THERE IS A GAP, AND WE'RE ABLE TO FILL THAT GAP.
AND BY FILLING THAT GAP, WE GET ADDITIONAL AFFORDABLE UNITS.
MORE THAN THE GA MORE THAN THE DOLLARS WOULD BUY ON AN OPEN MARKET.
AND THAT'S REALLY THE BEAUTY IN THIS SITUATION, IS THAT THESE FUNDS CAN FILL THE GAP AND FORCE THAT DEVELOPER INTO MORE AFFORDABLE UNITS THAN IF THEY, WE WERE JUST ON THERE BUYING THEM UNIT BY UNIT.
AND SO WHEN I CAME IN, I WAS, I WAS ALWAYS IRRITATED ABOUT THE COST OF THESE UNITS.
BUT THE REALITY IS THAT THE WAY WE DO IT, WE'RE GETTING MORE THAN OUR FAIR SHARE OF THE DOLLARS.
I THINK IT'S BETTER THAN WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST WHEN YOU WERE TRYING TO SAY, OKAY, LET'S BUILD ONE UNIT WITH JUST CITY MONEY.
AND IT'S, IT'S BOTH EXPENSIVE AND YOU DON'T GET THAT EXTRA, UM, LAND GAP WITH THAT.
I, NO, I APPRECIATE THIS AND I APPRECIATE THOSE WHO CHOOSE TO DO BUSINESS WITH US TO ADVANCE OUR HOUSING GOALS WITH MULTIFAMILY.
AND THEN AS THIS PROGRESSES, IF Y'ALL CAN JUST KEEP IN FRONT OF US, TO YOUR POINT, DIRECTOR, THE GAP MM-HMM
SO IT'S ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO EDUCATE ON HOW EXPENSIVE IT IS MM-HMM
AND HOW, AND ALTHOUGH A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS IS A LOT OF MONEY TO THOSE OF US WHO AIN'T GOT IT
AND, UM, UM, SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE KEEP THESE DOLLARS IN FRONT OF, UH, THESE OPPORTUNITIES SO WE CAN STAY COMPETITIVE AND KEEP AFFORDABILITY, UM, UM, IN, IN FRONT OF US.
SO IF YOU CAN KEEP THAT INFORMATION SO WE CAN KEEP REALIZE THAT THERE IS A GAP IN ORDER TO GET THIS DONE, AND THESE DOLLARS ARE EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN PRESERVE AFFORDABILITY TO BE REALLY, REALLY HELPFUL.
COUNCIL MEMBER MARTINEZ IS IN CHAMBERS, AND THEN STAFF FROM CA, UM, AT LARGE THREE AS WELL.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AND STAFF FROM MAYOR PRO TEM.
TATUM OFFICE IS WITH US AS WELL IN CHAMBERS.
NEXT UP THE MONEY LADY OR THE LACK OF SOMETIMES.
T UH, TJ HAS A, ONE OF HER, UM, TOP PEOPLE.
BEVERLY, UM, MCFARLAND, MCFARLAND, EXCUSE ME, HAS A BIG OLD SIGN ON HER WINDOW THAT SAYS WE AIN'T GOT NO MONEY.
UM, SO I, I DEEPLY APPRECIATE TJ'S WORK.
SHE IS, UH, OFTEN THE, UH, LEAST POPULAR PERSON WHEN YOU THINK THE MONEY PERSON SHOULD BE THE MOST POPULAR.
SHE'S SOMETIME THE LEAST POPULAR, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE VERY INDEBTED TO HER FOR HER SERVICE.
SO I HAVE A COUPLE OF ITEMS. UH, FIRST LET'S GO THROUGH OUR SUBSTANTIAL, UH, PROPOSED SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENT TO OUR FISCAL YEAR 26 TS APPROPRIATION.
I WAS JUST HERE A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO ASKING FOR COUNCIL APPROVAL FOR THE APPROPRIATION, AND NOW I'M REQUESTING COUNCIL APPROVAL TO AMEND THAT APPROPRIATION.
UH, WE ARE REQUESTING COUNCIL APPROVAL TO REAPPROPRIATE $5 MILLION FROM OUR DISASTER RECOVERY PROGRAM AND HOMELESSNESS CATEGORIES TO THE MULTIFAMILY AND PUBLIC FACILITIES ACTIVITIES CATEGORY FOR ANY DIRECT PROGRAM ACTIVITIES, SPECIFIC CONTRACTS WILL BE BROUGHT TO CITY COUNCIL FOR ALLOCATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH LOCAL PROCUREMENT RULES.
SO IF WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, I WILL EXPLAIN ON OUR DISASTER RECOVERY PROGRAM, WE ORIGINALLY HAD $7 MILLION APPROPRIATED.
WE ARE PROPOSING THAT WE DECREASE THAT AMOUNT BY $3 MILLION, LEAVING $4 MILLION IN THAT CATEGORY.
IN OUR HOMELESSNESS CATEGORY, WE ORIGINALLY HAD $2.7 MILLION APPROPRIATED.
WE ARE REQUESTING TO REDUCE THAT BY 2 MILLION, LEAVING 700,000 IN THAT CATEGORY.
AND THEN THE MULTIFAMILY AND PUBLIC FACILITIES ACTIVITY CATEGORY, WE ORIGINALLY HAD $100,000.
WE ARE REQUESTING THE $5 MILLION DECREASE FROM THE OTHER TWO CATEGORIES TO INCREASE IN THIS CATEGORY REMAINING IN THE CATEGORY NOW 5.1 MILLION TO BE USED FOR MULTIFAMILY AND PUBLIC FACILITY ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO REHABILITATION, NEW CONSTRUCTION, MAINTENANCE, UTILITIES, AND ACTIVITY DELIVERY COST.
SO JUST TO PROVIDE SOME ADDITIONAL CONTEXT, WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR IS, UM, TO HAVE THESE FUNDS READILY AVAILABLE
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FOR USE FOR THE PURPOSES AS, AS DESCRIBED.UM, INCLUDING THE PUBLIC FACILITIES THAT HELP TO PROVIDE HOMELESS HOUSING FOR OUR MOST VULNERABLE POPULATIONS.
UH, WE'VE WORKED WITH LEGAL, ORIGINALLY WE HAD THE FUNDS APPROPRIATED IN OUR HOMELESS CATEGORY, BUT AFTER WORKING WITH LEGAL TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD IT APPROPRIATED, UH, SPECIFICALLY FOR ITS INTENDED PURPOSE, WE NEEDED, WE REALIZED WE NEEDED TO MAKE AN AMENDMENT TO HOW WE HAD THE FUNDS, UH, CLASSIFIED AND APPROPRIATED.
WE DO NOT INTEND TO USE THESE FUNDS ALL AT ONE TIME.
WE, WE DON'T NEED $5 MILLION TOMORROW.
WHAT WE ARE REQUESTING, WE REALIZE THAT OVER THE NEXT NUMBER OF YEARS, WHETHER THAT'S FIVE YEARS OR SEVEN YEARS, WE NEED TO HAVE FUNDS READILY AVAILABLE TO US IN THE EVENT SOMETHING HAPPENS.
AND WE NEED TO HAVE FUNDS READILY AVAILABLE FOR THAT PURPOSE.
UM, SPECIFIC CONTRACTS WILL BE BROUGHT BACK TO CITY COUNCIL.
WE'LL WORK WITH GSD AND SPD AS WE NORMALLY DO.
UM, BUT WE, WE NOW KNOW THE PROCESS TO MAKE AN AMENDMENT AND TO HAVE FUNDS PRE-POSITIONED IN A CERTAIN CATEGORY FOR AN INTENDED PURPOSE DOES TAKE TIME.
SO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS AT LEAST DO THAT ADMINISTRATIVE PART FIRST AND THEN LET THE PROCUREMENT RULES APPLY TO WHAT COMES NEXT.
UM, AND ANY FUNDS THAT ARE NOT USED ARE GONNA COME BACK TO YOU FOR REAPPROPRIATION.
SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THAT HAPPENS AS WELL.
CAN YOU WALK ME BACK TO, SO I'M TRACKING, THIS IS NOT 24 0 9, THIS IS 20, THIS IS FUND 24, THIS IS 24 4 9.
THIS IS, THIS IS SPECIFICALLY FUND 24 0 9.
SO OUT OF OUR 24 9, WHICH IS NORMALLY LIKE 17 MILLION OR SO, RIGHT? CORRECT.
SO THEN WE'RE GONNA SAY WE'RE GONNA TAKE THIS 5 MILLION OUT OF THE, OUT OF OUR 17, WE HAVE ALL THESE CATEGORIES.
WE'RE GONNA TAKE THIS FIVE AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO PUT THIS IN THE NEW FUND THAT WAS CREATED.
IT'S JUST IN THE MULTIFAMILY PUBLIC FACILITIES.
SO LINE ITEM, SO THIS IS NOT THE NEW ONE.
THE NEW ONE IS COMPLETELY SEPARATE.
SEPARATE, NOT EVEN, NOT EVEN TALKING ABOUT THE NEW FUND.
SO WE'RE 24 0 9 AND THEN WE HAVE NEW CATEGORY.
THIS ALLOWS FLEXIBILITY FOR US THEN TO DO REPAIRS, ASSIST WITH THE SERVICE PROVIDERS THAT ARE HELPING US WITH HOMELESSNESS WITH X, Y, Z.
SO THEN WITH THE FUND, SO IF WE'RE GOING TO BACK OUT THE, THE FUNDING FOR HOUSING SUBSIDY, WHERE DO WE COVER THAT GAP? SO IF YOU GO BACK TO THAT SLIDE AND THE ALLOCATION THREE, SLIDE 37.
RIGHT? SO IF WE GO TO HOMELESSNESS AT 22.7, RIGHT.
WE'RE GONNA DECREASE 2 MILLION, WE'RE GONNA HAVE 700,000.
AND THAT'S EFFORTS LEADING TO PERMANENT HOMES FOR HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES.
THEN WHAT'S, HOW DO WE, IS IT SO, SO THAT WOULD, WHILE IT WOULD STILL BE COVERED IN, WITHIN SOME OF THE MULTIFAMILY AND PUBLIC FACILITY, BECAUSE IT WOULD REALLY APPLY TO SOME OF THE PUBLIC FACILITY BECAUSE IT'S ALL EFFORTS THAT ARE RELATING HERE BECAUSE IT'S HOMELESS HOUSING.
SO IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT A CAPITAL EXPENSE.
AND SO AS WE WORKED WITH LEGAL AND REALLY WORKED THROUGH, WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? IT'S REALLY ABOUT PROVIDING THOSE SERVICES WITHIN A PUBLIC FACILITY.
AND SO WHEN YOU START TALKING STRICTLY SERVICES, THEN WE MOVE INTO OUR NEW FUND.
AND SO TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP EVERYTHING YES.
WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT BECAUSECAUSE, I DIDN'T GET IT AT FIRST.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE ON, YOU CAN SEE BY THE LIGHT BULB, STEPHEN WOODS AND I SPENT A LOT OF TIME TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP EVERYTHING CLEAN.
AND THAT THE FUND 24 0 9 IS, THE EFFORT IS STILL HAPPENING.
THE EFFORT IS, THE EFFORT IS STILL HAPPENING.
NOTHING, NOTHING IS INTERRUPTED.
ALL OF THIS IS NOTHING IS INTERRUPTING AT, NOTHING IS INTERRUPTED AT ALL.
IT IS PURELY WHERE IS IT? WHERE DOES IT, WHERE DID, WHERE DOES THE EXPENDITURE MOST LIVE? CORRECT.
SO THE EXAMPLE THAT I'D LIKE TO GIVE IS, UM, WHEN WE, WHEN THE CITY OPENED UP THE NAVIGATION CENTER, IT HAD A PROBLEM WITH ITS ROOF.
THAT HAS BEEN A COUPLE OF YEARS.
WE HAVE YET TO FIX THE PROBLEM WITH THE ROOF.
AND IT'S A BIG LEAK AND THERE JUST WASN'T MONEY FOR IT.
THIS WOULD ALLOW US TO DO THINGS YEP.
WE DON'T HAVE A, WE DON'T HAVE ANY, WE'VE GOT MONEY FOR THAT, SO THAT'S NOT COMING OUTTA THAT.
BUT WE DON'T HAVE A PLAN YET FOR HOW TO USE THIS.
THIS IS JUST A BETTER PLACE TO PUT THE MONEY.
AGAIN, WE MAY BE COMING BACK TO YOU TO REALLOCATE IT.
AND EVERY, AND THIS IS ALSO KEY, EVERY PROJECT WILL GET COUNCIL APPROVED.
SO, BUT THIS IS THE FLEXIBILITY.
WE'RE REMOVE, WE ARE GETTING AHEAD OF A THING TRYING, TRYING TO ADMINISTRATIVELY SO WE'LL PREPARED FOR THE MOMENT.
THAT'S EXACTLY NOT IN PANIC AND RUSHING THE COUNCIL AND DOING IT.
IF OUR OPERATOR AT HARMONY HOUSE, UH, OF HARMONY HOUSE, THAT NAVIGATION CALLS ME ONE MORE TIME AND TALKS ABOUT IT ALL IN THE ROOF.
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WE'RE, THESE ARE THINGS WE WANT TO DO AS WE MOVE FORWARD.WITH THESE NUMBER OF PROJECTS.
UM, ON THE EFFORT LEADING TO PERMANENT HOMES FOR HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES, THAT IS WHAT WE'RE ALL DOING.
AND WE HAVE A MULTIFACETED PROGRAM YEP.
TO GET THAT DONE, NOT JUST FOUR 19 YEP.
BUT ALSO WITH OUR PARTNERS AT THE COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS TO DO THAT.
SO I THINK OVER TIME YOU'LL SEE, IN FACT OVER THE NEXT MONTH, YOU'LL SEE THAT PROGRAM MORE CLEARLY DELINEATE.
SO, SO IF I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY, IT SOUNDS LIKE THE $2 MILLION IN THE HOMELESS BUCKET REALLY IS STILL GOING TO HELP THE HOMELESS.
IT'S JUST NOT GOING TO HOUSING PER SE.
AND ON THE DISASTER RECOVERY, UH, 3 MILLION, UH, IN PROGRAM COSTS THAT WERE, UH, FOUND TO BE NOT ELIGIBLE BY, BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, I, I PRESUME DO, DO WE KNOW WHAT, WHAT THOSE PROGRAM COSTS WERE AND WERE THEY COVERED BY OTHER FUNDS SOMEWHERE? SO THOSE COSTS, THOSE COSTS DO STILL EXIST.
SO WE WILL HAVE TO PLAN FOR THOSE IN FUTURE YEARS.
WHAT WE'VE DONE IS PRIORITIZE THE NEED FOR THESE SERVICES AT THIS MOMENT.
AND SO AS WE CLOSE OUT SOME OF OUR HARVEY GRANTS, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO WORK SPECIFICALLY THE HARVEY GRANT.
AND AS WE WORK TO CLOSE OUT SOME OF OUR OTHER DISASTER GRANTS, EITHER WE HAVE RECEIVED AN EXTENSION, SO THE NEED TO COVER THOSE DISALLOWED COSTS MAY NOT BE AS HIGH OF A PRIORITY AT THIS MOMENT.
UM, OR WE'RE CONTINUING TO WORK WITH OUR GRANTOR TO EITHER HAVE THOSE COSTS BE REEVALUATED SO THAT WAY WE CAN CONTINUE TO WORK THROUGH THEM TO SEE IF WE CAN RECOVER THOSE.
UH, BUT, BUT IF THEIR COSTS, SO WE'VE ALREADY, UH, WE, WE'VE ALREADY INCURRED PURCHASED THE GOODS OR INCURRED, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT THAT DEBT IF YOU WILL.
MAYBE DEBT'S NOT, NOT THE RIGHT WORD.
SO, SO WE HAVE TO PULL FUNDING FROM ELSEWHERE RIGHT.
IF, IF, IF I'M READING THE, THE SLIDE CORRECTLY.
UM, AND I'M JUST CURIOUS, IS THERE, UH, ANY SORT OF, UH, LINE ITEM ACCOUNTING WHERE WE CAN SEE WHERE ALL THE TURS DOLLARS GO AND HOW, HOW THEY GET USED AND WHERE THEY END UP IN, IN OUR HOUSING PROGRAM? ABSOLUTELY.
IF, IF YOUR OFFICE WOULD LIKE TO REACH OUT TO, UM, OUR OFFICE, MY TEAM TRACKS THIS IN A METICULOUS LEVEL OF DETAIL.
AND SO WE CAN SHOW YOU BACK FROM WHEN WE STARTED RECEIVING THE TOURS INCREMENT, AND YOU CAN SEE ALL OF THE PROGRAM AREAS BY YEAR, BY CATEGORY, AND WE CAN PUT THAT ON OUR NOTES TO FOLLOW UP AND MAKE SURE WE GET THAT TO THE COMMITTEE SO IT'S NOT ISOLATED.
JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I, I'M JUST KIND OF GET ALL OF THIS IN MY MINDSET ON THE $2 MILLION, IT'S STILL WITHIN THE GENERAL, UM, ALLOCATION, RIGHT? THAT IS CORRECT.
THE HIGHER DOLLAR, 2 MILLION OF US BEING REMOVED FOR JUST EARMARKED FOR THE LEADING TO PERMANENT HOMES AND HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS.
I WOULD, I WOULD SAY IT IS BEING REALIGNED TO A CATEGORY THAT BEST, THAT BETTER SUITS THE, THE NATURE OF THE EXPENDITURE.
AND SO IT'S STILL MOVING TO, IN AN EFFORT TO ASSIST INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE GOING TO PERMANENT HOMES OKAY.
AND ASSISTING INDIVIDUALS WITH OUR HOMELESS HOUSING.
IT'S JUST THROUGH A PUBLIC FACILITY.
SO IT'S STILL ASSISTING INDIVIDUALS GOT IT.
THAT ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
IT'S JUST THE NATURE OF THE EXPENDITURE IS THROUGH A PUBLIC FACILITY.
SO WHEN WE LOOK AT TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR TURS DOLLARS ARE USED CONSISTENTLY WITH THE STATUTE, THE EXPENDITURE MORE CLOSELY ALIGNS WITH HOW WE USE THE DEFINITION OF PUBLIC FACILITY DOLLARS VERSUS THE EXPENDITURE OF HOW WE'RE USING IT WITH THE HOMELESSNESS DOLLARS.
BUT ULTIMATELY THEY ARE SERVING THE SAME POPUL THE SAME, YEAH, THE SAME POPULATION, THE SAME OF OUR CITIZENS.
IT IS A LITTLE, IT IT IS, IT IS VERY CONFUSING.
WE STRUGGLED WITH THE WORDING AND HOW TO BE ABLE TO ARTICULATE THIS, UM, FOR SEVERAL WEEKS.
UH, AND MINE SPECIFICALLY TO THE FI A LITTLE BIT OVER $5 MILLION NOW IN MULTIFAMILY.
SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S ALREADY A PROJECT IN QUEUE, THE NAVIGATION CENTER.
DO Y'ALL HAVE OTHER PROJECTS? 'CAUSE I KNOW WE HAVE, WE DON'T LACK PROJECTS TO HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, FACILITIES THAT WE NEED TO MAINTAIN.
MY, MY MEMORY IS THE NAVIGATION CENTER'S IN A DIFFERENT CATEGORY.
UM, DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT, WHERE IT WAS? HOW WE CDG REGULAR CDG.
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BG IS GONNA PAY FOR THE NAVIGATION CENTER.SO WE DO NOT HAVE A EXACT, WE DON'T HAVE A PROJECT IN THIS AMOUNT RIGHT NOW.
SO YOU HAVEN'T ALLOCATED OR HAVE ANY AN IDEA OF WHERE THESE DOLLARS ARE GONNA BE.
UH, 'CAUSE IT ALSO SAYS NEW CONSTRUCTION.
SO IS, YOU KNOW, ANY IDEA, I KNOW Y'ALL ARE SAVVY THIS JUST IN CASE, BUT I KNOW WE DON'T LACK PROJECTS.
I DON'T SEE ANY, I I DON'T HAVE ANY NEW CONSTRUCTION IN, I THINK WHEN THE LAWYERS WROTE THIS, THEY WANTED IT AS BROAD AS POSSIBLE.
BUT AGAIN, EVERYTHING COMES BACK TO COUNSEL, BUT RIGHT.
I DON'T KNOW ANY NEW CONSTRUCTION THAT WOULD BE PART OF THIS.
AND SO TYPICALLY WHAT WILL HAPPEN IS THE PROGRAM AREA TEAMS WILL PUT TOGETHER THEIR NOVAS, NOVAS ALSO FLOW THROUGH FINANCE AS WELL.
AND THERE WILL, I WILL SAY MAYBE SEVEN OUT OF 10 TIMES I'M LOOKING BACK AT RYAN AND TEAM WILL COME BACK AND SAY, TJ, I AM AT $9.8 MILLION.
DO YOU HAVE AN EXTRA $200,000 OR SOMETHING? DO YOU HAVE AN EXTRA ONE POINT? I THINK JUANITA CAME BACK.
DO YOU HAVE AN EXTRA 1.1 OR SOMETHING OF DOLLARS THAT ARE FLEXIBLE THAT I COULD USE AS GAP FUNDING FOR, UH, A MYRIAD OF REASONS.
UH, YOU KNOW, JUST TO BE ABLE TO FILL IN THIS WOULD ALLOW US THE FLEXIBILITY TO PLUG IN THOSE DOLLARS TO EASILY FILL IT AND MAKE OUR NOFA S UH, A NICE ROUND NUMBER.
SO THIS ALLOWS US LOTS OF FLEXIBILITY TO DO THAT.
I APPRECIATE, APPRECIATE THAT.
NO OTHER QUESTIONS IN THE QUEUE.
WE WILL COVER THE DR 17 UPDATE.
WE ARE, THIS IS JUST A CONTRACT UPDATE YOU CAN SEE WE ARE WORKING THROUGH.
BUT IF YOU FLIP TO THE NEXT SLIDE, WORKING THROUGH, UM, THIS IS AS OF YESTERDAY, I WANTED TO JUST PROVIDE THE COMMITTEE JUST A SNAPSHOT OF WHERE WE ARE.
WE ARE, UM, BUSY WORKING WITH THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE.
WE HOPE TO RECEIVE CLOSEOUT LETTERS FOR OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM, OUR HOPE PROGRAM, AS WELL AS OUR SINGLE FAMILY NEW HOME DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM, UM, HERE IN THE IMMEDIATE FUTURE.
UH, BUT FOR OUR H FOR OUR HBA 2.0, WHICH IS OUR HOME BUYERS 2.0 PROGRAM, WE HAVE HAD CONSIDERABLE PROGRESS OVER THE LAST MONTH.
I DO WANNA MAKE THE COMMITTEE AWARE, SINCE LAST MONTH, WE HAVE SUBMITTED OVER $1.1 MILLION IN REIMBURSEMENT REQUESTS.
SO THAT PROGRAM IS, IS MOVING LIKE HOTCAKES.
UM, AND WE HAVE RECEIVED JUST UNDER A MILLION DOLLARS IN APPROVALS FROM THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE.
SO YOU CAN SEE, UM, VERY POPULAR PROGRAM.
AND WE ARE CONTINUING TO SEE THE SUCCESS THERE WITH THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE.
THEY'VE BEEN A GREAT PARTNER OF OURS.
THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
I REMEMBER WHEN THIS SLIDE WOULD HAVE READ PARENTHESES ALL OVER IT.
IT WOULD HAVE RED LOTS AND LOTS OF RED OVER IT.
WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE END OF THAT.
CHAMPAGNE ON ME WHEN WE DO IT.
I I MAY I HAVE A COUPLE OF ROUND I THAT RIGHT MYSELF.
AND AGAIN, I DO AGREE WITH TJ.
THE G O'S BEEN, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY ARE STRICT AND THEY ARE AS WORRIED ABOUT HUD AS ANYBODY, MAYBE MORE, MORE SO.
UM, BUT OVERALL THEY'VE BEEN VERY, VERY, HAVE WORKED VERY WELL WITH US.
IN FACT, WE HAD A LITTLE SNAFU LAST WEEK WHERE THE, THEY SENT SOMETHING TO MAYOR FOR AN IMMEDIATE MEETING AND THEY JUST MISSED SOME EMAILS FROM US AND THEY SAID, OH, WE MADE A MISTAKE.
IT WAS LOVELY TO HAVE PEOPLE, UM, COMMENT BUT COULD AGAIN, GOOD PROJECTS.
UM, SLIDE 41 IS A, UH, ABOUT FOUR 19 EMANCIPATION.
AND JUST A QUICK UPDATE ON THAT.
UH, FOUR 19 PROJECT CONTINUES TO ADVANCE WITH STRONG MOMENTUM, VERY STRONG.
UH, THIS INITIATIVE IS CRITICAL COMPONENT OF THE BROADER HOUSTON HARRIS COUNTY HOMELESS RESPONSE STRATEGY.
UH, THIS FACILITY WILL COMPLEMENT EXISTING INVESTMENTS IN OUTREACH, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, SHELTER, PERMANENT HOUSING BY SERVING AS A CENTRALIZED ACCESS POINT FOR INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
THE WAY I THINK OF IT IN MYSELF AS TRIAGE TREATMENT AND TRANSFORMATION WITH 222 BEDS THAT COULD GROW UP TO, UH, NEARLY 320, THE FACILITY DESIGNED TO PROVIDE EASY ENTRY AND COORDINATED CARE, OFFERING SPACE FOR TRIAGE TREATMENT AND TRANSITION ALONG WITH CLEAR PATHWAYS TO HOUSING AND LONG-TERM STABILITY.
UH, WE ANTICIPATE PREVENT PRESENTING THE SELECTED 5 0 1 C3 NONPROFIT TO CITY COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL IN MID OR LATE APRIL, ALONG WITH THE PUBLIC SERVICE PROGRAMS GUIDELINES IN THE, UH, DR 24.
'CAUSE THEY HAVE TO GO TOGETHER.
AS YOU REMEMBER THAT, UH, $30 MILLION WILL BE ALLOCATED OVER A THREE YEAR PERIOD FOR, FOR, UH, FOUR 19 EMANCIPATION.
UM, WE'RE STILL WORKING ON A, ON A OPENING DATE.
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NO LATER THAN MID-JUNE.UH, OBVIOUSLY WE'D LIKE TO GET IT OPEN EARLIER.
UM, IN CONVERSATIONS WITH THE MAYOR RECENTLY, HE SAID, MIKE, IT'S NOT LIKE OLD TIMES.
IF YOU NEED TO SPEED UP SOMETHING, TELL ME.
AND WE DID THANKS TO JOSH SANDERS AND HIS TEAM, THE DR 24 PROGRAM WAS APPROVED BY HUD MUCH FASTER THAN WE THOUGHT.
AND THAT SENDS A GOOD SIGNAL TO US THAT THEY'RE WILLING TO WORK WITH US ON THIS PROJECT.
UM, WE'RE LITERALLY OVER THERE EVERY DAY WITH, UH, PARTNERS.
AND THE BIG NEWS WILL BE WHEN WE ANNOUNCE THE, UH, THE OPERATOR, UM, WE EXPECT TO HAVE THAT AS A PART OF THE, PART OF A, UH, THE PUBLICATION PROCESS HAS TO BE 30 DAYS BEFORE WE GET TO COUNCIL.
SO YOU'LL SEE THAT IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE.
AGAIN, VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT ANNOUNCEMENT AND IT WILL COME WITHIN DAYS.
UM, DIRECTOR ON THIS BEFORE YOU MOVE FORWARD.
SO THERE WAS A A, A BID FOR OPERATOR FOR FOUR 19.
WE HAD REALLY GREAT COMPETITION.
AND WE WILL GIVE YOU, IN FACT, I WILL BE, BE ABLE TO TELL YOU THAT IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS SURE.
AND THEN JUST AS AN ASIDE, I KNOW, UM, I'M EXCITED FOR FOUR 19 AND I KNOW, UH, THERE'S SOME OTHERS WHO ARE AS WELL AND OTHERS THAT MAY NOT BE.
BUT I THINK IN ORDER, WHAT I'M REALLY INTERESTED IN IS BECAUSE WE ARE INVESTING DEEPLY IN SERVICES ON SITE, THE TIMELINE FOR WHEN WE CAN MOVE THEM THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE CONTINUUM.
AND SO IS THERE CONVERSATION ABOUT IF WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO LEVERAGE SPECIAL POPULATION VOUCHERS, UH, ONCE THEY MEET, LIKE, YOU KNOW, AFTER 18 MONTHS, 20 MONTHS AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOTTEN THEM TO A CERTAIN, UH, POINT WHERE THEY HAVE CASE MANAGEMENT AND CONSISTENCY.
UM, OR DO WE HAVE INRE AGREEMENTS IN PLACE WHILE WE ARE WORKING THROUGH THIS? IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO US AGAIN TO GET THEM PLACED OUT OF THAT.
WE'RE IN ONGOING, DISCUSS DISCUSSIONS WITH THE COALITION BECAUSE THAT'S THE, THE $70 MILLION THAT THEY GET FROM HUD IN THIS CONTINU OF CARE, MOST OF THAT GOES TO PERMANENT HOUSING.
WE HAVE, WE'RE CONTINUING, UH, CONVERSATIONS WITH PHILANTHROPY 'CAUSE IT'S SOME MAJOR PHILANTHROPISTS WHO WANT TO ADD TO THAT.
THAT SHOULD BE AN ANNOUNCEMENT IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE.
UM, AND THEN WE WILL CONTINUE TO, TO MAKE SURE WE DO THAT.
ONE OF THE THINGS I WISH TO JOSH SANDERS, AS WE HAVE THESE VISITORS FROM HUD COMING, I THINK COULD
YOU NEED 'EM, JUST THE FAIR SHARE.
BECAUSE THE, MY UNDERSTANDING, AND I, I APOLOGIZE, DON'T HAVE THE DETAIL, IS THAT THOSE, THE DECISIONS ON HOW THEY'RE DELIVERED, HOW MANY ARE DELIVERED ARE BASED ON VERY OLD CENSUS COMMUNITIES.
AND, AND AGAIN, HOUSTON AND PHOENIX, YOU KNOW, ARE TWO CITIES THAT HAVE GROWN DRAMATICALLY IN THE LAST 30 OR 40 YEARS AND DON'T HAVE THE, THEIR FAIR SHARE.
SO WE'RE VERY INTERESTED IN THAT.
JAMIE BRYANT AND I TALK ABOUT THIS ALL THE TIME.
WE WILL HAVE SOME AGREEMENTS ON THAT.
BECAUSE THAT'S AN IMPORTANT PART, THIS PROCESS.
I THINK THE ONLY WAY FOR US TO REALLY SEE THE, THE LONG-TERM SUCCESS.
'CAUSE I KNOW THERE AND THERE IS INTEREST AND I KNOW ON THE WEST SIDE I'VE EXPRESSED INTEREST OF HAVING A FACILITY ON THE WEST TO ADDRESS OUR GROWING POPULATION IN NEED.
BUT IN ORDER FOR IT TO ALL MAKE SENSE AND TELL A COMPLETE STORY, WE NEED THOSE VOUCHERS.
TO MOVE THROUGH THE CONTINUUM.
AND SO I DON'T WANT IT TO BE WHERE WE OPENED IT AND WE WERE EXCITED AND THEN FIVE YEARS LATER IT'S THE SAME POPULATION OF 230, 300 FOLKS THAT WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO MOVE.
AND THEN WE'VE JUST, WE'RE JUST HOUSING PEOPLE WITH TREATMENT VERSUS GETTING THEM THROUGH TO THE NAVIGATION CENTER, THEN TO A PSH, THEN TO KNOW STABLE LIFE.
AND SO I THINK, UM, IF YOU CAN KEEP US ABREAST OF THAT, THAT WOULD BE IMPORTANT.
'CAUSE I THINK THAT'S THE, THE REAL FEATHER IN ITS HAT.
I'M ALSO EXCITED ABOUT THIS AS WELL.
UM, YOU KNOW, AND I APPRECIATE ALL THE LEGWORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE EVEN CURRENTLY AS WE'RE WAITING FOR THE FACILITY TO OPEN UP.
I DEFINITELY WANNA GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO SATTERWHITE AND TERRY WHO'VE BEEN OUT IN THE COMMUNITY CONSISTENTLY DAY IN, DAY OUT.
UM, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THERE WERE CONCERNS FROM THE COMMUNITY.
UH, AND THERE STILL ARE SOME CONCERNS I WOULD SAY.
UH, BUT TO SPEAK TO THAT, IN THE HOMELESS STRATEGY, ONCE, ONCE WE GET THE KEY TO THE DOOR, UH, THERE'S AN OPERATOR.
UM, AT WHAT POINT DO YOU SEE COMMUNITY BEING ABLE TO GO OUT AND DOING THE SITE VISIT AS WELL? 'CAUSE THAT WAS PART OF THE CONVERSATION AS WELL, DIRECTOR.
UM, I'D LIKE TO COME BACK TO YOU ON THAT.
I'M TRYING TO THINK WHAT, IS IT BETTER WHEN IT'S OPEN OR, OR BEFORE IT'S OPEN, UH, WITH THE OPERATOR.
BUT I THINK THE NEXT STEP, THE NEXT STEP IS THE COMMUNITY SHOULD BE ABLE TO MEET WITH THE OPERATOR.
AND I THINK THAT WILL GIVE YOU A REALLY JUST TREMENDOUS,
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TREMENDOUS COMFORT BECAUSE, UM, THE OPERATOR THAT WAS CHOSEN, REALLY BOTH OPERATORS THAT APPLIED, HAD GREAT EXPERIENCE WITH PEOPLE WITH MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, UM, AND SUBSTANCE ISSUES AND LONG-TERM HOMELESSNESS ISSUES.UM, AS WE SEE THIS FACILITY, AND, AND THIS IS VERY UNSCIENTIFIC, I EXPECT CHAIRWOMAN MORE THAN A THOUSAND PEOPLE WOULD GET THROUGH THAT FACILITY IN A YEAR.
AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS HOW THEY WOULD BE TRIAGED.
AGAIN, THE, THE ENTITY THAT'S CHOSEN HAS AN EXPERTISE IN ASSESSMENT.
AND WHAT WE'VE SEEN IS IF YOU HAVE THAT, AND AGAIN, WE'VE HAD GREAT, UM, EXPERTISE IN HOUSING ASSESSMENT.
THIS IS MENTAL HEALTH AND OTHER ASSESSMENTS.
SO A NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO WILL COME THROUGH THERE WILL BE VERY SHORT TERM PEOPLE WHO'VE NOT BEEN ON THE STREET VERY LONG AND NEED JUST SOME ADVICE AND HELP FAMILY REUNIFICATION ALL SORT OF ISSUES.
SMALL DOLLARS THAT WILL MOVE QUICKLY.
ANOTHER GROUP WILL NEED MORE SIGNIFICANT PSYCHIATRIC CARE.
SOME IS SIGNIFICANT AS HARRIS COUNTY PSYCHIATRIC CENTER AND DUN CENTER, SOME LESS.
SO IS 61 60 SOUTH, UH, UM, SIX ON SIX 10.
AND THAT WILL BE HOW THEY MOVE FORWARD.
AND UH, AND THEN SOME WILL BE THERE FOR A WHILE, WHICH WE'LL NEED TRAINING, ADDITIONAL TREATMENT.
AND THE OBJECT IS, AS YOU SAY, HOW DO WE GET THEM INTO THAT PERMANENT HOUSING WITH, AGAIN, HOUSING, WITH SUB, WITH UM, SERVICES, WRAPAROUND SERVICES AND HOW FAST WE DO THAT IS REALLY THE SUCCESS.
UM, AND I'LL SAY THE SAME THING WITH THE NAVIGATION CENTER.
IT HAS SLOWED DOWN DRAMATICALLY.
WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT AND WE HAVE TO GET SOME DOLLARS SPEEDING THAT UP.
I FEEL GOOD ABOUT THAT COMING IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS.
WE'VE, YOU KNOW, WE HADN'T HAD IT IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS, BUT I FEEL BETTER ABOUT IT IN THE NEXT SIX MONTHS ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, OBVIOUSLY THOSE NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS WERE VERY PAINFUL TO ME PERSONALLY.
UM, AND THAT'S WHAT IT SHOULD BE.
'CAUSE THEY WERE ASKING HARD QUESTIONS.
UM, AND WHAT WE PROMISED THE NEIGHBORS IS THEIR LIFE WILL BE SAFER AND THERE'LL BE LESS, UM, DISTURBANCES THAN THERE ARE TODAY.
UM, WE'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, THE BIG NEWS IS WE, WE HAD THE HOT TEAM IN THE FACILITY YESTERDAY.
UH, THEY'LL BE MOVING INTO THAT.
I THINK WITH EIGHT OR 10 OFFICERS THEY'LL BE IN THAT FACILITY, WHICH WILL MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE TO THAT COMMUNITY.
UM, WE RECOGNIZE THE COMMUNITY NEEDS ADDITIONAL, UH, LAW ENFORCEMENT.
AND THAT'S WHY AGAIN, CHIEF SATELLITE'S BEEN SUCH A GREAT PARTNER.
AND AGAIN, I WANT TO KEEP SAYING SUCCESS.
MADAM CHAIRWOMAN SUCCESS IS GETTING PEOPLE INTO PERMANENT HOUSING.
RIGHT? BECAUSE JUST MOVING PEOPLE TO A DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOOD IS DEADLY AND WE CANNOT DO THAT.
I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT AS YOU AND I THINK MAYBE BEFORE Y'ALL START OPERATING, UH, THE FACILITY WOULD PROBABLY BE BEST.
SO THAT WAY THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY WHERE, UH, THEY'RE ABLE TO HAVE THIS, THIS MORE IN DEPTH CONVERSATION OF THE CONTINUUM SERVICES.
UH, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE RESPITE SITE AT SIX 10, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE NAVIGATION CENTER, WHERE THAT, UH, FOUR 19 IS, IS THAT FIRST STEP TO TRY AND GET THEM INTO PERMANENT HOUSING ULTIMATELY, BUT HAVING THAT VERY HONEST, TRANSPARENT CONVERSATION WITH COMMUNITY AND THEN TO HAVE THE HOT TEAM THERE, I THINK IT, IT'D BE A HUGE, UH, UH, HELP AS WELL.
SO, UM, JUST IF YOU CAN KEEP US POSTED, WE'D LOVE TO PARTNER WITH YOU.
I KNOW CUSTOMER CASTILLO'S OFFICE, UM, HAS ALSO BEEN, UH, VERY INVOLVED IN THE, IN THE CONVERSATIONS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND SO IF WE COULD HOST SOMETHING, UH, ALONGSIDE THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT, IT'D BE GREAT.
WE'LL VERY MUCH NEED TO DO THAT.
AND AGAIN, IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE.
UM, THE OTHER, THE OTHER ADDITION IS, UM, WE STILL HAVE, I DON'T CALL 'EM DREAMERS, BUT WE STILL HAVE GREAT, UM, ANTICIPATION FOR OTHER PROJECTS.
ONE OF THE THINGS IS WE KNOW, UH, ABOUT 10,000 INDIVIDUALS ARE RELEASED FROM PRISON EVERY YEAR INTO HOUSTON ALONE IN THE HOUSTON HARRIS COUNTY ARC COUNTIES.
ABOUT A QUARTER OF THE POPULATION RELEASED OVERALL FROM, UM, THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS IN, IN THE STATE.
UH, THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE WHAT HAPPENS IN HARRIS COUNTY.
SO THIS IDEA OF WHAT HAPPENS WITH REENTRY IS A BIG ISSUE.
WE'RE WORKING CLOSELY WITH THEM.
WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT POTENTIAL DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE GRANTS TO WORK ON THAT.
THAT'S GONNA BE A BIG ISSUE AND A, AND A VERY SUCCESS.
THE OTHER IS RESPITE HEALTHCARE.
WE HAVE A COUPLE OF GRANTS BEING PROPOSED ON RESPITE HEALTHCARE, WHICH WILL HELP PEOPLE COMING OUT OF THE HOSPITAL WHO ARE HOME, WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS THAT DOESN'T, THAT DON'T HAVE THIS RETURN, RETURN, RETURN TO THE HOSPITAL.
KEEP US POSTED ON THE, ON THE, UH, REENTRY BECAUSE AS YOU ALL KNOW, UM, GREYHOUND HAS A CONTRACT WITH TDCJ AND THEY'RE LANDING RIGHT IN MIDDLE OF MAGNOLIA PARK.
UM, AND SO WE REALLY WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, UH, MY
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TEAM, MY OFFICE, IS INVOLVED IN THOSE CONVERSATIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO GET THOSE FOLKS INTO THE, THE RIGHT SPACES THAT THEY NEED TO, UM, ONCE, UH, SERVING THEIR TIME AS WELL AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A REENTRY, UH, PROCESS THAT IS, UH, WORTHY OF, OF BEING A COMMUNITY RESIDENT AGAIN AS WELL.IT'S NOT MY FAVORITE THING TO GET BEAT UP, BUT IT'S VERY EDUCATIONAL FOR ME.
WE HAD A MEETING WITH THE EAST SIDE MANAGEMENT DISTRICT, UH, FOCUSED ON THAT ISSUE AND IT'S, AGAIN, IT'S A GREAT EDUCATION FOR ME AND IT HELPS ME GET MY ATTENTION TO THE RIGHT PLACE.
DIRECTOR BUILDS CHARACTER
UM, BROTHER RECTOR, THANK YOU FOR THANK YOU, SIR.
AND I DON'T THINK IT'S GONNA BE A HUGE CHALLENGE TO GET A THOUSAND, UH, THROUGH THERE.
AND WE CALCULATE THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING OUT OF DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND MAY ADD THE VETERANS POPULATION THAT WE OFTEN TALK ABOUT THAT IS A GREAT NUMBER OF HOMELESS.
WE, WE ACTUALLY THINK THE VETERAN POPULATION WOULD BE WELL SERVED YEAH.
BY THIS AS, YOU KNOW, UM, WE HAVE DOLLARS FOR VETERANS TO MOVE THEM INTO PERMANENT HOUSING.
AND THE ONES THAT ARE ON THE STREETS, THE ONES THAT HAD THE MOST SEVERE PSYCHIATRIC OR SU SUBSTANCE ISSUES.
AND SO WE THINK THIS WILL BE A MAJOR YEAH.
WAY TO GET THEM TO THAT H TO GET THAT LAST GROUP INTO HOUSING.
AND THEN, OF COURSE, WITH DR. JONES, WE JUST RECENTLY DID THE TOWN HALL MEETING AND SO MANY GROUPS THAT WERE ATTENDANCE AND WE GET THAT CALL ALL THE TIME IN OUR PARTICIPATION WITH VETERANS.
UM, ONE OTHER THING I WANTED TO ASK IS ON THE, ON THE PARTNERS PROCESS, 'CAUSE YOU MAY KNOW I GET QUITE A BIT, YOU'VE ADDRESSED THE MINISTRY ADVISEMENT GROUP.
WE GET A LOT OF FAITH LEADERS WHO ARE ASKING QUESTIONS AND PEOPLE IN THE FAITH COMMUNITY ABOUT THE SUPPORT, UM, PROCESS, UH, HOW THAT WORKS IN TERMS OF THEM PARTICIPATING IN GETTING INVOLVED.
SO HOW DO THAT, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT DO THEY NEED TO DO IN ORDER TO GET INFORMATION IN TERMS OF HOW THEY GET INTO THAT, THAT PROCESS? EXCUSE ME.
ADVICE, SHERRY, YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT VOLUNTEER BY COMPETING IN A BID TO HELP TO PARTICIPATE AS AN OPERATOR TO DO BUSINESS OR TO VOLUNTEER AND SUPPLEMENT SERVICE? BOTH.
UM, WELL, AGAIN, THE OPERATOR WILL BE CHOSEN.
THEY WILL NEED PARTNERS AND THEY WILL PROBABLY BRING THOSE PARTNERS ON.
UM, YOU KNOW, THE BIGGEST PARTNER IS GOING TO BE HARRIS HEALTH.
UM, AND, AND THEY HOPEFULLY WILL PROVIDE THESE HEALTHCARE SERVICES AND, BUT AGAIN, NONPROFITS WILL BE VERY VALUABLE.
THE OTHER ISSUE IS, AND I THINK WE'VE SEEN THIS A LOT, IS, UH, PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY WANT TO SAY, WE HAVE A NEIGHBOR OR A FRIEND, SOMEBODY SLEEPING ON THE STREET.
WHAT DO YOU DO TO HELP THEM? UH, WE WILL HAVE A PROCESS FOR THAT, FOR THOSE PEOPLE TO BE, HAVE A ENTRY INTO FOUR 19.
UM, WHEN YOU GO VISIT 4 19, 1 OF THE ROOMS YOU'LL SEE IS A, IS A ROOM WITH, UH, PROBABLY 20 OR 30 DESK.
AND OUR VISION IS THAT NONPROFIT SERVICE PROVIDERS WILL BE RIGHT THERE MM-HMM
UM, THEY'LL BE THERE TO LITERALLY PICK AND CHOOSE CANDIDATES FOR THEIR PROGRAMS. AND SO IF YOU'RE SOMEBODY WHO, IF, UH, IF OPEN DOOR MISSION THAT REQUIRES YOU TO HAVE A, A SOBRIETY FOR TWO YEARS, IF YOU SEE A PERSON THAT FITS THAT GROUP, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE SOMEBODY RIGHT THERE BEING ABLE TO BRING THAT PERSON IN.
UH, YESTERDAY WE GOT A CALL FROM A, ONE OF THE MINISTERS GROUP WHO SAID HE HAD, HE WAS WORKING WITH A NUMBER OF PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS WHO NEED JOBS.
AND WE HAVE THAT READY TO GO YEAH.
SO WE THINK FOUR 19 WILL BE A BETTER AND MORE EFFICIENT WAY SURE.
TO WORK WITH ALL OF THE ENTITIES YEAH.
THAT PROVIDE SERVICES TO HOMELESSNESS.
IT IS A LARGE GROUP, BUT THE REASON WE NEEDED FOUR 19 IS WE NEEDED A FACILITY THAT WOULD TAKE ANYBODY AT ANY TIME.
AND MADAM CHAIR SAY THAT I SAY THAT BECAUSE WE, WE WON'T BE ANY PEOPLE WITH, UM, WHO, WHO ARE SEX OFFENDERS.
SO THERE'S NOT QUITE ANYBODY IN ANYTHING, BUT SURE.
AND TO VICE, UH, VICE CHAIR AND I, I DON'T WANNA SPEAK FOR HIM, BUT I, I, I DO THINK IT MAY BE ADVANTAGEOUS FOR US SIMILAR HOW WE DO BEFORE OUR PRE-BID.
WE HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH DEVELOPERS SO WE CAN UNDERSTAND BARRIERS TO COMPETE AND WHY THEY DON'T APPLY FOR OUR FUNDS.
I THINK FOR, UH, THE FAITH COMMUNITY THAT HAVE AN OPERATION THAT HAVE A CERTAIN THRESHOLD, RIGHT.
IT MAY BE HELPFUL, UM, FOR THERE TO BE SOME TYPE OF LEARNING OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM IF THEY HAVE NEVER SUBMITTED TO DO BUSINESS WITH THE CITY IN THIS WAY.
AND, AND BECAUSE WE ARE ADOPTING THIS MODEL AND LOOKING AT OTHER FRONT DOORS THROUGHOUT THE CITY, IF THEY ARE PREPARED FOR THE NEXT TIME OR TO INTERFACE WITH THE PRIME
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IN A PARTICULAR WAY, THEN, YOU KNOW, THEY CAN HAVE THEIR NEGOTIATIONS.BUT IF THERE'S SOME TYPE OF WAY WHERE WE CAN, UM, DO SOME LEVEL SETTING WITH THEM, THAT MAY BE HELPFUL.
IS THAT OKAY? THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT.
AND, AND MAY I ADD THAT PROCESS, WHICH IS WHAT'S BEING ASKED ABOUT TOO FROM A CONTRACT PERSPECTIVE.
BUT YOU ARE RIGHT, MADAM CHAIR, THE MAJORITY OF THESE FAITH LEADERS ARE COMING.
THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT THE VOLUNTEER PROCESS.
LARGE OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT CAN WE DO? HOW CAN WE BE INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS? WHO DO WE NEED TO TALK TO? AND, YOU KNOW, WE MEET AS YOU KNOW, BROTHER DIRECTOR AND YOU CAME AND ADDRESSED US.
WE MEET ONCE A MONTH AND WE GET THOSE QUESTIONS ASKED ALL THE TIME, YOU KNOW, SO, AND THEN OF COURSE, UH, DIRECTOR SATTERWHITE HAS BEEN ADDRESSED US AS WELL, SO, YOU KNOW, THAT WE'LL PUT IT ON OUR LIST TO FOLLOW UP WITH THE DEPARTMENT TO JUST GIVE ADDITIONAL GUIDANCE AS HIS TEAM WORKS THROUGH HOW DO WE MAKE THAT CONNECTION? SURE.
COUNCILMAN DAVIS, AND I HADN'T THOUGHT ABOUT IT THIS WAY, BUT, UM, THE, UM, FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION IS REALLY WANTING TO WORK MORE CLOSELY WITH THE FAITH-BASED COMMUNITY.
AND MAYBE WE WILL NEED TO MAKE SURE WE GET YOU IN TOUCH AND YOU KNOW HOW TO DO THAT.
'CAUSE THAT'S A GOOD, THAT'S A MAJOR ISSUE.
AND I, AND I, AND I APPRECIATE THAT.
VERY QUICKLY, DIRECTORS SEEMS LIKE YOU'VE BEEN TEASING THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THIS OPERATOR FOREVER.
SO, UH, I'M ANXIOUS TO HEAR WHO, WHO IT IS, BUT, UH, I THINK I APPRECIATE ALL THE EFFORTS Y'ALL ARE PUTTING INTO THIS.
UM, AND LOOK FORWARD TO THIS FACILITY COMING ONLINE.
I THINK IT HAS A POTENTIAL TO HELP A LOT OF PEOPLE AND REALLY MAKE A, A DENT IN OUR, UH, HOMELESSNESS ISSUES.
I WILL SAY, UH, RECENTLY I'VE, I'VE RECEIVED MORE COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE MIDTOWN AREA, AND SO I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH DIRECTOR SATTERWHITE, UH, A FEW DAYS AGO, AND HE SAID THAT, THAT THOSE FOLKS, THERE WOULD BE ONE OF THE POPULATIONS WE WOULD MOST TRY TO GET INTO, UH, THE FACILITY WHEN IT OPENED.
AND I OBVIOUSLY SEE IT FROM JUST MY, I LIVE.
YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH THERE EVERY DAY.
AND THERE ARE SOME ISSUES THERE.
AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO, TO LOOK AT THAT.
I, THERE MUST BE SOME CHANGES, SOMETHING CHANGED IN MIDTOWN IN WHICH WE DON'T, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS YET.
SOMETHING ABOUT THE SERVICES THAT HAVE PROVIDED THERE CHANGED, AND I JUST HAVE TO FIND THAT OUT.
AND, AND WE SPOKE ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT AS WELL, SO I'VE GOT A THEORY, BUT I'LL, I'LL KEEP IT TO MYSELF, BUT THANK Y'ALL.
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE? WE DO HAVE TWO PUBLIC SPEAKERS SIGNED UP.
I, OH, I DO HAVE, OH, OH, I'M SORRY.
I THINK WE INTERRUPTED YOUR WHOLE PRESENTATION.
THIS, THAT WAS VERY IMPORTANT.
I, I BROUGHT AMY CONLEY UP UNPREPARED.
AMY, WILL YOU JUST GIVE THEM, GIVE THE GROUP, UH, THE COMMITTEE A UPDATE ON THE HOUSING STRATEGIES, JUST WHERE WE ARE AND WHAT THEY CAN EXPECT? YES, ABSOLUTELY.
UM, SO WE ARE IN ABOUT MONTH FOUR OF OUR HOUSING AFFORDABILITY STRATEGY.
THIS IS A JOINT CITY COUNTY HOUSING AFFORDABILITY STRATEGY THAT IS FUNDED ENTIRELY BY OUR PHILANTHROPIC PARTNERS.
UM, AND, UM, WE ARE, WE'VE HAD, UH, TWO MEETINGS.
THEY'VE BEEN, UH, OUR CONSULTANTS, HRNA HAVE BEEN HERE TWICE.
UM, THEY'VE DONE AND COMPLETED THE HOUSING NEEDS ASSESSMENT, UH, AND THE ECOSYSTEM, UH, ASSESSMENT.
AND, UM, NOW THEY'RE DEVELOPING, UH, BACK AT THEIR OFFICES, UM, YOU KNOW, STRATEGIES THAT WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT.
UH, WE HAVE ALSO LAUNCHED, UM, AND MANY OF THE FOLKS ON THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY RECEIVED EMAILS ABOUT SERVING ON A WORKING GROUP.
AND THE WORKING GROUPS, UM, ARE, ARE STARTING TO, UH, MEET THAT, WE BELIEVE THEY'LL BE MEETING IN APRIL, PROBABLY MID TO LATE APRIL.
UM, AND THEN THE, THE STRATEGY WILL CONTINUE, UH, DEVELOPMENT, UM, OVER THE SUMMER WITH THE IDEA THAT WE SHOULD BE HAVING A DRAFT AROUND OCTOBER OF, UH, NEXT YEAR, THIS YEAR, SORRY, THIS YEAR.
SO, UM, WE'RE, WE'RE GETTING CLOSE.
WE'RE JUST WORKING REALLY HARD ON IT.
UM, AGAIN, WE BELIEVE THAT THIS IS PROBABLY THE FIRST HOUSING COUNTY, CITY HOUSING STRATEGY IN THE UNITED STATES, WHICH IS PRETTY EXCITING THAT WE'VE GOT SUCH GREAT PARTNERS AT THE COUNTY THAT WE CAN WORK TOGETHER ON THIS.
UH, REAL QUICKLY, UM, I, I'M GONNA AGAIN ANNOUNCE THE SPRING 2026 MEETING WITH OUR TERRIFIC COUNCIL MEMBER, TIFFANY THOMAS BEING THERE.
UH, THOSE ARE GREAT MEETINGS AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU THERE.
UM, THIS IS JUST A LUNCH AND LAUREN, LAUREN RECAP, PARTNERING FOR RECOVERY WITH THE HISTORIC BOYNTON CHAPEL METHODIST CHURCH.
AGAIN, GREAT GROUP THERE WITH, UH, COUNCILWOMAN THERE.
UH, JUST A QUICK UPDATE ON PROGRAM PROCESS WITH THE
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DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM 2.0 AND DR 21.UM, AGAIN, WE'RE MOVING, WE HAVE A LOT OF APPLICATIONS.
WE ARE MOVING QUICKLY TO MAKE SURE THAT MONEY IS DISTRIBUTED.
I WISH THAT, UH, IT WAS EASIER FOR PEOPLE TO, UH, TO GET THIS, BUT IT'S, IT, IT DOES, AT LEAST IT REQUIRES A, A APPLICATION BEFORE YOU START DOING ANYTHING AGAIN.
UH, TOTAL AWARDED UNDER THE $2.07 MILLION AT THIS POINT.
DIRECTOR, AS A FOLLOW UP, CAN YOU PROVIDE LANGUAGE AROUND THE INACTIVE, THE 306, JUST SO IN, JUST IN CASE THERE NEEDS TO BE, UH, COMMUNICATION AS WE PROMOTE THIS PROGRAM TO MAKE SURE THAT RESIDENTS HAVE EVERYTHING THEY NEED, SO THAT IF THEY'RE NOT, IF THEY'RE SUBMITTING AN, YOU KNOW, INCOMPLETE APPLICATIONS OR WHATNOT, BUT IF THERE'S SOMETHING PARTICULAR AROUND THE INACTIVE ONES, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
QUE I, I DO NOT KNOW THAT ANSWER.
UM, AGAIN, UPCOMING TRAININGS.
AGAIN, VERY IMPORTANT TRAININGS FOR REALTORS AND LENDERS ON THE 20TH AND APPLICANTS ON THE 13TH.
UH, AGAIN, WE REALLY WANT PEOPLE INVOLVED IN LISTENING CLOSELY.
UM, THE 360 ROAD TO OWNERSHIP PROGRAM.
UM, WE HAVE A, UH, ASSISTANCE HOURS ON, UH, MARCH 19TH IS THE NEXT ONE FROM SIX TO SEVEN 30.
UH, AGAIN, WE THINK THOSE, THOSE ARE VERY IMPORTANT.
UM, JUST A PICTURE OF HCD IN THE COMMUNITY, UM, WITH OUR PARTNERS OUT, UH, WHEREVER THEIR MEETINGS.
WE WANT TO HAVE A TABLE THERE.
THANK YOU FOR THE INVITATIONS FROM THE VARIOUS CITY COUNCIL PEOPLE.
THIS IS, THIS IS THE GENTLEWOMAN'S FAVORITE PART.
JUST UPDATES ON THE RUSHMORE ON, ON HIGHWAY SIX.
WE ARE MOVING QUICKLY ON THAT AND WE HOPE IT MOVES EVEN MORE QUICKLY ON BOULEVARD.
UH, ESTIMATED COMPLETION IS OCTOBER 26TH.
CAN'T GET DONE QUICKLY ENOUGH.
UH, NEW HOPE HOUSING AVENUE C PROJECT.
UH, AGAIN, 95% COMPLETED AND WE HAVE A RIBBON CUTTING ON MAY 28TH.
HOPEFULLY THE NEW HOPE PEOPLE HAVE INVITED EVERYBODY TO THAT.
UH, LAST IS OUR SLIDE THAT HOPEFULLY YOU WILL SEND TO YOUR CONSTITUENTS ABOUT STAYING INFORMED.
AND DO WE HAVE SOMETHING THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO HAND OUT ON THE SPRING MEETING? YOU HAVE THAT? YES.
SO YOU'LL GET SOME FLYER FLYERS BEFORE YOU LEAVE.
PLEASE TELL YOUR CONSTITUENTS TO COME.
WE REALLY DO LISTEN AND THEY, IT'S A VERY VALUABLE MEETING AND NOW WILL GIVE THIS BACK.
UM, GREAT MEETING, GREAT INFORMATION.
UH, MY TEAM HAS BEEN TAKING NOTES.
WE'LL GET WITH YOUR TEAM AND MAKE SURE THAT ANY OF THE REQUESTS THAT YOU'VE MADE OF THE DEPARTMENT, THAT WE WILL TURN THAT AROUND, UM, AND SHARE OUTWARDLY WITH THE COMMITTEE.
BEFORE WE DO THAT, WE DO HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT.
YEAH, I WAS JUST TRYING TO GET US UP OUTTA HERE.
UH, MEMBERS AND STAFF, I SIGNED UP TO BE ABLE TO FIELD ANY QUESTIONS ON THESE BEAUTIFUL PRESERVATION AND REHAB DEALS.
MARIOSA AT L ROAD AND MARIOSA AT REED ROAD.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO, WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT REHABS.
HEARING NONE, I'LL NOT GET IN THE WAY OF YOU AND LUNCH.
WE APPRECIATE YOU AND DOMINIC MAZO.
I'M OFFENDED HE DIDN'T SHOW UP.
LIKE TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT OUR NEXT HOUSING, UH, COMMITTEE MEETING WILL BE APRIL 1ST AT 10:00 AM AND THE DISTRICT OF OFFICE WILL BE SENDING OUR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
AND, UH, WITH THAT, THANK YOU SO MUCH.