* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:01] GOOD [I. Call to Order] EVENING EVERYONE. I LIKE TO CALL TO ORDER THE MONTHLY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION MEETING FOR SEPTEMBER 3RD, 2026 AT 6:05 PM I'LL BE STEPPING IN FOR CHAIR RUBIN THIS EVENING ON A DAY TO ALL FOR ATTENDING. VICTOR, CAN WE PLEASE BEGIN WITH ROLL CALL CHAIR, RUBIN. COMMISSIONER DAVIS. HERE. COMMISSIONER. COMMISSIONER ZAKI. UH, PRESENT. COMMISSIONER LEWIS? PRESENT? COMMISSIONER WALTON. COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ. COMMISSIONER BARTOS. PRESENT. COMMISSIONER JONES? HERE. COMMISSIONER WATTS? HERE. COMMISSIONER JEFFERSON? HERE. COMMISSIONER BACH? HERE. COMMISSIONER GLOBIN? HERE. COMMISSIONER MENDEZ. COMMISSIONER MILLS HERE. WE HAVE A PRE A QUO. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THE FIRST [IV. Approval of the Community Development Commission August 6, 2026 Meeting Minutes] ITEM OF BUSINESS PRESS IS TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM OUR PREVIOUS MEETING FROM THE AUGUST 6TH, 26TH. UM, ARE THERE ANY CORRECTIONS OR AMENDMENTS? THANK YOU. SEEING THAT THERE ARE NONE. UM, LET'S GO AHEAD AND I'LL A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES AS PRESENTED. SO MOVE. I'LL GIVE ENTER DANA A SECOND. SECOND. THANK YOU SO MUCH. UH, UH, MS. MOVED. I SECONDED TO APPROVE THE MINUTES AS PRESENTED. I THERE PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. THOSE WILL ALL SAY NO. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THE MINUTES HAVE BEEN APPROVED. DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC SPEAKERS THAT HAVE JOINED US THIS EVENING? NO, THERE ARE NO PUBLIC SPEAKERS. ALRIGHT, I SKIPPED OVER THAT. YEAH. BUT THANK YOU. NO, WE'RE NONE. ONLINE. PUBLIC SPEAKERS. ALL [V. Community Development Division Reports] RIGHT. LET'S GO TO OUR FIRST BRIEFING ITEM, WHICH IS THE STATUS UPDATE ON THE FY 20 26 27 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN AND ASSOCIATE HEAD BUDGETS PRESENTED BY MS. SHANNON WILLIAMS. UH, GOOD EVENING. UH, THANK YOU CHAIR. UH, GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS. I AM SHANNON WILLIAMS, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT SERVICES AND THE GRANT ADMINISTRATION DIVISION. JUST A BRIEF UPDATE ON REGARDING THE STATUS OF OUR 20 26 27 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN. THAT DOCUMENT WAS SUBMITTED TO HUD ON AUGUST THE 14TH. IT IS DUE TO HUD NO LATER THAN AUGUST 16TH. SO WE DID MAKE THAT DEADLINE AND WE ARE AWAITING FINAL APPROVAL. HUD WILL REVIEW THE DOCUMENT AND RESPOND BACK TO US WITHIN 45 DAYS, WHICH WILL BE JUST IN TIME FOR US TO START OUR FISCAL YEAR, WHICH BEGINS OCTOBER ONE. UM, THE, OF COURSE, JUST A REMINDER THAT THE BUDGETS INCLUDE OUR CDBG GRANT, OUR EMERGENCY EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANT, ESG, THE HOME GRANT AND OUR HOPPER PROGRAM. UM, JUST A COUPLE OF UPDATES. WE WILL BE ASKING THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE, UH, AND THE CITIZEN PARTICIPATION COMMITTEE. WE WOULD LIKE FOR THEM TO MEET THIS MONTH IF POSSIBLE. AND BECAUSE OF SCHEDULING AND OTHER BUDGET UPDATES, UH, WE WOULD REQUEST AT YOUR, WE WOULD REQUEST THE 14TH OR THE 15TH IF POSSIBLE. BUT WE WILL ACCOMMODATE THE COMMISSION SCHEDULE FOR THOSE TWO COMMITTEE MEETINGS. AND THAT'S, UH, THE LAST THING I HAVE. I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO, UH, OUR PARTNER DEPARTMENTS. UH, WE'LL SEE THEM ONLINE TONIGHT. UM, THANK THEM FOR THEIR WORK AND EVERYTHING WITH US GETTING THEIR WORK AND GETTING US, HELPING US MEET THE DEADLINE. HELPING US TO GET OUR DOCUMENT AND BUDGETS APPROVED AND DOCUMENTS SUBMITTED TO HUD ON TIME. I DO SEE STAFF FROM OUR HOUSING AND AT AND COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT DEPARTMENT, WHICH IS THE LARGER DEPARTMENT THAT ADMINISTERS A LOT OF OUR, UH, HUD DOLLARS IDC CODE AND OUR CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. IF I MISSED ANY DEPARTMENT, MAYBE PARK AND REC. BUT JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR WORK SO FAR AND, UM, TAKE A BREATH. THEN WE'LL BE READY FOR CAP COMING UP SOON. SO THAT COMPLETES MY REPORT. THANK YOU CHAIR. LOVELY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT OUR BRIEFINGS TONIGHT? IF NONE, UH, DO YOU GUYS WANNA GO AHEAD AND SCHEDULE THOSE COMMITTEE MEETINGS NOW OR DO YOU WANNA WAIT UNTIL THE END? UNFORTUNATELY, I HAVE LEFT MY PHONE, UM, AT MY DESK AT [00:05:01] THE OFFICE, SO I WILL NOT HAVE A CALENDAR FOR, UH, SCHEDULING. WE'LL HAVE TO DO IT AFTER THIS MEETING BY EMAIL. THAT WORKS FOR BOARD MEETING. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY. MOVING RIGHT ALONG TO OUR NEXT BRIEFING ITEM, WHICH IS A STAFF UPDATE AND OUR VOTE ON THE FY 2026 SEVENTH COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT INFORMATION, THE MEETING CALENDAR, I HOPE EVERYONE HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK IT OVER. MAKE SURE THAT ALL OUR READ, UH, ARE WORKING OUT. WE CAN GET THE MOST ATTENDANCE MINUTES POSSIBLE. YOU CAN HAVE A BOARD. MS, UH, MS. SHANA, THANK YOU CHAIR SHAYNA, TONY PROGRAM AND COMPLIANCE MANAGER. BUDGET MANAGEMENT SERVICES. UM, SO TODAY I'M JUST GONNA BE GOING OVER THE PROPOSED CDC MONTHLY MEETING CALENDAR FOR FFY 20 26, 27. SO I'M JUST GONNA READ OFF THE MONTHLY DATES THAT, UH, WE'VE PROPOSED. SO WE PLAN TO HAVE THE OCTOBER MEETING ON OCTOBER 1ST. NOVEMBER'S MEETING WILL BE NOVEMBER 5TH, FOLLOWED BY THE DECEMBER MEETING ON DECEMBER 3RD, EXCUSE ME, THE JANUARY MEETING ON JANUARY 7TH. FEBRUARY, UH, THE FEBRUARY MEETING ON FEBRUARY 4TH, MARCH 4TH FOR THE MARCH MEETING, FOLLOWED BY APRIL 1ST FOR THE APRIL MEETING, MAY 6TH FOR THE MAY MEETING FOLLOWED BY JUNE 3RD. UM, OF COURSE THERE'S GONNA BE A RECESS IN JULY, AUGUST 5TH FOR THE AUGUST MEETING AND ROUND IT OUT WITH SEPTEMBER 2ND FOR THE SEPTEMBER MEETING. AND WE DID, UH, MAKE NOTE OF ALL OFFICIAL HOLIDAYS, CULTURAL EVENTS AND SCHOOL BREAKS. AND YOU CAN FIND THAT INFORMATION ON THE BACK OF THE CALENDAR THAT'S PROVIDED JUST TO ENSURE THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY CONFLICTS WITH OUR, UH, MEETINGS THAT WE HAVE PROPOSED TO BE SCHEDULED FOR THOSE DATES. SO IN ADDITION TO THE CALENDAR THAT I JUST WENT OVER, I'M GOING TO SHIFT TO THE CITIZEN PARTICIPATION TIMELINE FOR FFY 26 27. SO SINCE WE JUST WENT OVER THOSE MONTHLY DATES, I'M GONNA SPEAK TO THE TO BE DATED ITEMS AS WELL AS THOSE THAT WE KNOW ARE GONNA SPECIFICALLY OCCUR ON SPECIFIC DATES. SO FOR OCTOBER, 2026, WE HAVE A CITIZEN PARTICIPATION MEETING. IT'S NOT YET BEEN SCHEDULED. AND AT THIS TIME THE COMMITTEE'S GONNA MEET TO FINALIZE THE FY 27 28 COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT MEETINGS, UH, THE SCHEDULE MARKETING AS WELL AS THE LOCATIONS FOR THOSE MEETINGS. IN NOVEMBER, WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE CFO COUNCIL MEMO MEMO ON NOVEMBER 20TH. AND THAT MEMO IS JUST GONNA BE SUBMITTED TO HIGHLIGHT THE CDC D'S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE FY 27 28, UH, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT MEETINGS. AND THAT FEEDBACK WINDOW IS GONNA OPEN THROUGH DECEMBER 4TH FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER. WE PLAN TO HAVE THAT CAPER PUBLIC HEARINGS ON DECEMBER 3RD, AND THE CDC IS GONNA HOLD THE PUBLIC HEARING. UM, AND THAT JUST ALLOWS FOR A 15 DAY DALLAS MORNING NEWS NOTICE. IN ADDITION TO THE C BEING SUBMITTED TO HUD BY DECEMBER 30TH, 2026, WE ALSO PLAN TO HAVE THE FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING SCHEDULED. UM, AND THAT COMMITTEE'S GONNA MEET TO REVIEW THE BUDGET EXTENSION AND REPROGRAMMING REQUESTS. IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A PUBLIC CAMPAIGN LAUNCH. SO WE'RE GONNA BEGIN SOCIAL MEDIA PROMOTION, UH, DISTRIBUTE DIGITAL FLYERS AND OPEN THE FY 27 28 CON PLAN COMMUNITY SURVEY. SO FOR THE WEEK OF DECEMBER 21ST, WE'RE GONNA RUN OUR PUBLIC NOTICE ADS IN LOCAL PRINT MEDIA AHEAD OF OUR JANUARY COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT MEETINGS. NOW FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY, UM, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OUR FIRST, UM, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT MEETING, AND IT'S GONNA BE IN A HYBRID FORMAT, AND SO IT'S GONNA BE HELD AT DALLAS CITY HALL. THE CDC IS GONNA VOTE ON THE FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING RECOMMENDATIONS AS WELL AS THE EXTENSION OF THE PROGRAMMING. THE MEETINGS ARE SCHEDULED TO, TO TAKE PLACE, UM, BETWEEN JANUARY 7TH AND JANUARY 21ST FOR THE REMAINING VIRTUAL AND IN-PERSON COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT MEETINGS. WE'RE ALSO GONNA HAVE THE RYAN WHITE PLANNING COUNCIL CONSULTATION IN WHICH THE CITY STAFF IS GONNA CONSULT WITH BRIAN WHITE PLANNING COUNCIL. IN ADDITION TO THE COC CONSULTATION, WHERE CITY STAFF WILL AGAIN CONSULT WITH THE CONVEN CARE, FOLLOWED BY THE FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING WHERE YOU GUYS WILL RECEIVE A QUARTERLY, UH, REVIEW AND UPDATE OF THE CDBG TIMELY EXPENDITURES OF FUNDS IN FEBRUARY. WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE ANNUAL REPORT ON FEBRUARY 5TH, BUT THE CD C'S GONNA SUBMIT THE FFY 25 26 ANNUAL REPORTS TO C-S-O-C-M-O AND CITY COUNCIL. ON FEBRUARY 28TH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE OUR SURVEY THAT USUALLY ACCOMPANIES OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT MEETINGS IS GONNA ACTUALLY CLOSE. AND SO THE FINAL DAY FOR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION, UH, WILL OCCUR ON THAT DAY AS FAR AS THE SURVEY GOES. MOVING ON TO MARCH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE OUR, UH, COUNCIL MEETING WHERE CITY COUNCIL FORMALLY ADOPTS THE RESOLUTION ON THE FY 25 26 EXTENSIONS ANNUAL PROGRAMMING. [00:10:03] IN APRIL, WE'RE GONNA HOST OUR NATIONAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WEEK, UM, WHERE THE CITY HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHOWCASE THE IMPACT OF OUR LOCAL, UM, HUD GRANTS, COMMUNITY PROJECTS AND SITE TOURS. WE'RE ALSO GONNA HAVE THE CITY COUNCIL BRIEFING. UM, WE'RE GONNA BRIEF CITY COUNCIL ON CMO AND CDC PROPOSED FY 27 28 CON PLAN BUDGET, AND THE COUNCIL'S GONNA BE INVITED TO SUBMIT ANY AMENDMENTS, UM, TO THAT INFORMATION. NEXT WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE FINDINGS COMMITTEE MEETING WHERE AGAIN, YOU'RE GONNA RECEIVE THAT QUARTERLY, UM, UPDATE OF THE CDBG TIME EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS. MOVING ON TO MAY, WE'RE GONNA HAVE COUNCIL AMENDMENTS DISCUSSION AND PRELIMINARY ADOPTION, AND SOME OF THAT ITEM CITY COUNCIL IS JUST GONNA DISCUSS ANY PROPOSED AMENDMENTS THAT THEY RECEIVE AND CONDUCT A STRAW VOTE PRELIMINARY ADOPTION OF FY UH, 27 28 BUDGET, AND THEN CALLS FOR A 30 DAY PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD AND PUBLIC HEARING. OF COURSE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A PUBLIC NOTICE THAT'S GONNA BE PUBLISHED IN THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS FOR 30 DAYS JUST TO RECEIVE ANY TYPE OF COMMENTS FROM OUR PUBLIC, FROM THE PUBLIC. AND THEN IN JUNE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND FINAL ADOPTION IN WHICH CITY COUNCIL'S GONNA CLOSE THE 30 DAY PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD, HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING, AND ADOPT THE FINAL FY 27 28 ONPLAN BUDGET. AGAIN, WE'RE GONNA HAVE ANOTHER FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING WHERE YOU'LL RECEIVE ANOTHER UPDATE, UH, REGARDING THE TIME EXPENDITURES OF FUNDS. WE'RE GONNA HAVE OUR TYPICAL RECESS IN JULY, UM, TO COINCIDE WITH CITY COUNCIL. AND THEN IN AUGUST, WE'RE GONNA HAVE OUR UP PLAN SUBMISSION. AND THAT'S JUST GONNA BE SUBMISSION OF THE FY 26 27 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN. AND THEN ON, UH, IN SEPTEMBER, WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE CITIZEN PARTICIPATION MEETING WHERE THE COMMITTEE IS GONNA CONVENE TO REVIEW THE OUTCOMES AND INITIATE THE NEXT PLAN CYCLE. SO THAT'S GONNA CLOSE OUT, UH, MY REVIEW OF THE CITIZEN PARTICIPATION TIMELINE. SO AGAIN, JUST TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION ALL THOSE ITEMS THAT ARE GONNA MAKE THEIR WAY TO THE AGENDA. AND GO AHEAD AND START CONSIDERING YOUR, UH, DATES FOR EACH OF THOSE COMMITTEE MEETINGS AT THIS TIME AS WELL. SO THAT'S GONNA CONCLUDE MY REPORT AND I WILL GATHER THE REMAINING OF THE TIME BACK TO THE CHAIR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT OVERVIEW. DOES, DO ANY OF THE COMMISSIONERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR ANY DISCUSSION? I CAN'T BELIEVE WE'RE ALREADY PLANNING A YEAR AND A HALF. I KNOW WHERE I'M GONNA BE FOR THE NEXT YEAR. , I HOPE YOU'LL ALL JOIN ME. RIGHT, EXACTLY. WELL, BEING THAT THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO, UM, A MOTION TO APPROVE THE FFY 26 27 CDC MONTHLY LEADING FOUNDER AS PROPOSED. SO MOVED. THANK YOU. MAY I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. SECOND. THANK YOU SO MUCH. MOVE AND SECONDED. AND ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. A AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED? NO. AND OKAY. WELL, IT LOOKS LIKE THE CALENDAR HAS BEEN APPROVED AND I'LL SEE YOU GUYS HERE ONCE A MONTH IN A MONTH NEXT YEAR. MOVING ALONG TO OUR CHAIR REPORT, OUR DEAR CHAIR CHAIR RUBEN, IS OUT DOING SOMETHING LOVELY TONIGHT. IAL UM, I'LL COMBINE MY CHAIR REPORT, MY VICE CHAIR REPORT FIRST FOR TONIGHT. JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US. I'M SO EXCITED THAT WE'RE KEEPING UP ANOTHER YEAR TOGETHER. IT'S, IT'S INCREDIBLE TO SEE THE OVERVIEW OF THE CALENDAR IN MAKING, BECAUSE IT TAKES EVERY ONE OF US, ALL OF OUR INPUT AND EVERYTHING, UM, ALL OF OUR EFFORTS ALONG WITH THE STAFF AND ALL EVERYONE WHO COMES TOGETHER TO MAKE IT HAPPEN. AND IT'S JUST SUCH A BEAUTIFUL OVERSIGHT AND AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT OUR NEXT YEAR'S GONNA LOOK LIKE. SO I'M VERY, VERY EXCITED. I WANNA GO AHEAD AND PUSH FOR MORE ATTENDANCE TO OUR MEETINGS. UH, COMMISSIONER GLOBIN WAS JOKING THAT, UM, HE MISSES THE FOOD. SO I JUST WANNA ENTICE EVERYONE THAT WE HAVE GREAT FOOD IN COMPANY. IT REALLY IS NICE TO HAVE THE MEETINGS IN PERSON. UM, DO I HAVE ANY OTHER PUBLIC SPEAKERS THAT HAVE JOINED US AT THIS TIME? VICTOR, ANYBODY ONLINE? NO, THERE ARE NO PUBLIC SPEAKERS. LOVELY. [X. Announcement] I'D LIKE TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THE PI COMMITTEE. DO YOU WANT TO CONSIDER THAT NOW OR YOU WANT TO DO IT AFTER? YEAH. YEAH. THANK YOU. UM, CHAIR, I'D LIKE TO REVISIT THAT, UM, UH, THAT MEETING FOR THE PUBLIC, UM, PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS. OH, YES, PLEASE DO. WHAT DOES, UH, WHAT DOES TUESDAY THE 15TH LOOK LIKE? EVERY MORNING? I MAYBE, UH, FIVE O'CLOCK. [00:15:01] SO FOR THAT TIME WORK. I'M SORRY, WHAT, WHAT IS THIS, UH, MEETING FOR, PLEASE? IT'S FOR THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT, UH, COMMITTEE MEETING FOR SEPTEMBER. SO ON SEPTEMBER 15TH AT FIVE OR FIVE 30. WHAT WORKS? FIVE 30. THAT'S GOOD. SO IT WORKS FOR YOU. COMMISSIONER LEWIS, DOES THAT WORK FOR YOU? OKAY. UM, SO I COULD SEND A POLL IF YOU MIGHT. LET'S SEE. COMMISSIONER SUKI, DOES THE 15TH WORK FOR YOU? YES. OH, YES, OF COURSE. COMMISSIONER BOB, DOES THE 15TH WORK FOR YOU FOR MEETING THE, WITH THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS COMMITTEE? YOU'RE ON MUTE IF YOU'RE SPEAKING ON MUTE. YES, I BELIEVE IT DOES. THAT'S FINE. THANK YOU. OKAY. AND COMMISSIONER JEFFERSON, DOES THE 15TH WORK FOR YOU? YES. AND AT FIVE 30 OR AT 5 5 30, DOES THAT WORK? FIVE 30. FIVE 30, OKAY. WE COUNT FOR TRAFFIC. YEAH. AND, AND LOOKS, WE WOULD HAVE A QUORUM SO WE COULD SCHEDULE A PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS COMMITTEE MEETING ON TUESDAY THE 15TH AT FIVE 30. THANK YOU. WELCOME. WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH. ARE THERE ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? I JUST WANNA DRAW ATTENTION TO THE TWO LINKS THAT WERE PROVIDED FOR THE UPCOMING EVENTS ON THE THIRD AND THE 22ND. UM, THEY'RE BOTH M SORRY, THIRD, EVERYBODY SUPPOSED TO SPEAK FOR INTENDANCE, BUT THERE ARE NO FURTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS OR WHATNOT. UM, I'LL, I, A MOTION TO ADJOURN. SO MOVED. SO MOVED. THANK YOU SO MUCH. UH, SEPTEMBER 3RD, 2026 MEETING WHERE CDC HAS COMPLETED AT SIX 12. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER BARTOS. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.