* 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. [Housing and Affordability Committee on September 15, 2026.] [00:00:29] GOOD MORNING. UH, WE ARE IN THE HOUSING AFFORDABILITY COMMITTEE MEETING FOR SEPTEMBER 15TH, 2026 AT 10:00 AM IT'S APPROXIMATELY 10:00 AM I'M GOING TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER AND WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME ALL OF THE COUNCIL MEMBER THAT ARE PRESENT. WELCOME, COUNCIL MEMBER RAMIREZ, MAYOR PRO TEM, UH, MARTHA TATUM, VICE MAYOR PRO TEM, UH, AMY PECK. AND THEN WE HAVE SEVERAL REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE OFFICE OF TWILA, COUNCIL MEMBER CARTER, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER LINAS, AND ALSO COUNCIL MEMBER ALCORN AND COUNCIL MEMBER POLLARD, AND SOME REPRESENTATIVES FROM COUNCIL MEMBER JACKSON AND COUNCIL MEMBER PANZELLA. AND WE SHALL, UH, TODAY WE'RE GOING TO BE HEARING FROM THE HOW COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, UH, PRESENT, UH, COMPLIANCE AND GRANT AND GRANT ADMINISTRATION, PRESENTED BY DEPUTY DIRECTOR KENISHA LONDON. AND, UH, FOLLOWING THAT WILL BE THE PLANNING AND GRANT REPORTING REPRESENTED BY ASSISTANT DIRECTOR AMY CONNOLLY. OPERATIONS PRESENTED BY DIVISION MANAGER ROXANNE LAWSON, SINGLE FAMILY, PRESENTED BY ASSISTANT DIRECTOR CEDRIC LAANE, MULTI-FAMILY, PRESENTED BY DEPUTY ASSISTANT DIRECTOR RYAN BIBBS. DIRECTORS COMMENTS FROM OUR DIRECTOR, BROTHER MIKE NICHOLS. AND THEN AT THAT POINT, WE WILL, AFTER WE HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC, UM, COMMENTS IF THERE'LL BE ANY. GOOD MORNING GUYS. WELCOME. GOOD MORNING VICE CHAIRMAN DAVIS. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. UM, JUST TO KIND OF START THINGS OFF, YOU'LL GET A CHANCE TO SEE THE FULL GAMUT OF WHAT HOUSING DEPARTMENT DOES TODAY. UM, IT'S INTERESTING AS YOU LOOK THROUGH THE LIST OF ITEMS, IT'S A, IT, IT GIVES YOU A SENSE OF THE BREADTH OF THIS DEPARTMENT. AND AS YOU WALK THROUGH THIS, I WANT YOU TO KEEP IN MIND THE GOAL THAT WE ALL HAVE IS TO BRING GREATER AFFORDABILITY, PARTICULARLY IN HOUSING TO THE CITY OF HOUSTON. AND THAT'S REALLY BEEN THE GOAL FROM DAY ONE. UM, HOW WE DO IT IS A COMPLEX, UH, IS COMPLEX BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE DOLLARS COME IN, AND THE RULES ARE VERY COMPLEX AND GET TO SEE THAT IN ACTION TODAY. SO WE'LL START OUT WITH, UH, DEPUTY DIRECTOR LONDON, APPRECIATE HER SERVICE AND, UM, EXCELLENT WORK IN THE COMPLIANCE AREA. ALL RIGHT. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. THE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDS COUNCIL'S APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE SEVENTH AMENDMENT TO THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT DISASTER RECOVERY HARVEY SUB-RECIPIENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF HOUSTON AND THE TEXAS GENERAL LAND OFFICE. THE GLO PROPOSES TO AMEND THE SUB-RECIPIENT AGREEMENT TO REFLECT THE FOLLOWING CHANGES. FIRST, UM, IT'S GONNA REVISE THE HOME BUYER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM ROUND 2.0, PERFORMANCE STATEMENT TO REFLECT THE REALLOCATION OF 670,000 OF UNSPENT FUNDS FROM PROJECT DELIVERY BUDGET, THE PROJECT DELIVERY BUDGET LINE ITEM TO THE PROGRAM BUDGET LINE ITEM. IN ADDITION TO THAT, IT IS GONNA REVISE CONTRACTUAL LANGUAGE IN THE GENERAL AFFIRMATIONS AND SPECIAL CONDITIONS SECTIONS OF THE AGREEMENT. THIS REALLOCATION WILL SUPPORT THE EFFICIENT USE OF AVAILABLE GRANT FUNDS AND EXPEND THE CITY'S CAPACITY TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO ELIGIBLE HOUSEHOLDS IMPACTED BY HURRICANE HARVEY. UM, THERE WILL BE NO ADDITIONAL FUNDS WITH THIS ACTION. UM, I WOULD LIKE TO NOTE THAT WITH THE ADDITIONAL 670,000, WE EXPECT TO ASSIST APPROXIMATELY SIX TO SEVEN HOMEOWNERS THAT ARE ALREADY IN OUR PIPELINE. THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. ALRIGHT. UH, I DON'T SEE ANYONE IN THE QUEUE. UM, MY, MY ONLY COMMENT IS, AGAIN, IT'S A GOOD JOB WITH THE WHOLE TEAM AS WE LOOK FOR ANY DOLLARS THAT ARE UNSPENT TO MOVE THEM QUICKLY THROUGH THE PROCESS. AND THAT'S A BIG PART OF WHAT HAS DONE HERE. SIX OR SEVEN HOMEOWNERS DOESN'T SEEM LIKE A LOT, BUT IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A LOT. CONSIDERING IF WE WEREN'T CAREFUL, MAKING [00:05:01] SURE WE ARE, ARE MISSING ANY OF THESE DOLLARS WOULD BE A LOSS TO THE CITY. SO THANK YOU TO THIS TEAM FOR MOVING FORWARD TO MAKE SURE NO DOLLARS ARE MISSED. VERY GOOD. VERY GOOD. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOOD. THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS. SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM PLANNING AND GRANT REPORTING. ASSISTANT DIRECTOR AMY CONNOLLY. MORNING. GOOD MORNING. RED BUTTON. YES. THE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN AMENDMENT TO THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF THE HOUSTON HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION AND APPROVING THE FORM OF THE AMENDMENT. THIS AMENDMENT CHANGES HOW THE HCD DIRECTOR INTERACTS WITH THE HOUSTON HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION PRIOR TO THIS AMENDMENT. THE HHFC BOARD CONSISTED OF 12 MEMBERS, 11 MEMBERS, INCLUDING THE CHAIR WERE APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR, AND ONE C IS RESERVED FOR THE HCD DIRECTOR. AFTER THE AMENDMENT, THE HHFC WILL CONSIST OF 11 MEMBERS EACH APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR, INCLUDING THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD. THE HCD DIRECTOR OR THEIR DESIGNEE SHALL BECOME A NON-VOTING EX-OFFICIO BOARD MEMBER. THE DESIGNEE OF THE HCD DIRECTOR MUST BE AN HCD EMPLOYEE, BUT WOULD NOT BE REQUIRED TO RESIDE WITHIN THE HOUSTON CITY LIMITS. UNLIKE OTHER HHFC MEMBERS, UH, WE HAVE CONSULTED WITH THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT, WITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, AND OF COURSE, THE HOUSTON HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION. AND THESE AMENDMENTS ARE, UH, NEEDED TO MAINTAIN TRANSPARENCY AND COORDINATION BETWEEN HCD AND THE HHFC TO ADVISE ON THE USE OF FEDERAL FUNDING FOR HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS TO ASSIST IN ENSURING COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE CITY, STATE, AND FEDERAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST REQUIREMENTS, AND PRESERVE THE CONTINUED STRONG WORKING RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HCD AND THE HHFC. ON JUNE 24TH, THE HHFC BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVED THIS RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION. NOTE, THIS IS ONLY THE THIRD AMENDMENT EVER, UH, TO THE HHFC ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION, UM, WHICH WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1979. THERE ARE NO CITY OR HHFC FUNDS IMPACTED BY THIS DECISION. JUST A QUESTION FOR CLARITY. THE, AS I WAS IN THE BRIEFING THAT WE WERE DOING, I WAS JUST KIND OF CONCERNED. SO WE'RE MOVING FROM 12 TO 11, CORRECT? RIGHT. OKAY. SO WAS THERE A PARTICULAR REQUEST OF THAT? WAS IT, DID IT COME FROM THE BOARD OR, UM, NO, THE REQUEST ACTUALLY CAME FROM HCD. OKAY. WE WERE, WE WERE, UM, WANTING TO HAVE MORE FLEXIBILITY IN HD'S UH, INTERACTIONS WITH THE HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION. OKAY. AND ORIGINALLY WE WERE PROPOSING TO, UM, JUST ALLOW AN, AN, UH, UH, A STUDY STAFF MEMBER TO SERVE ON THE BOARD IN PLACE OF THE DIRECTOR. BUT AFTER CONSULTATION WITH CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND WITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, YOU KNOW, WE DECIDED THAT, UH, THE BEST WAY TO GO WOULD BE TO BE VERY CONSISTENT WITH ALL THE OTHER BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AND LOCAL CORPORATIONS AND NOT HAVE, UH, A DIRECTOR FROM THE CITY OR AN APPOINTEE BE A VOTING MEMBER ON THAT BOARD. SO THIS IS TO CREATE CONSISTENCY ACROSS ALL THE OTHER LOCAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONS THAT WE HAVE. MM-HMM . AND TO ALSO ENSURE THAT THERE'S NO CONFLICT OF INTEREST, BECAUSE AS YOU MIGHT GUESS, THERE ARE TIMES IN WHICH HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND THE HHFC ARE BOTH PARTNERS IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND WE HAVE SEPARATE LEGAL INTERESTS. SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT THE HCD DIRECTOR NOT BE A VOTING MEMBER OF THE HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION AND ALSO REPRESENTING THE CITY AND ITS OWN LEGAL INTERESTS IN SIGNIFICANT INSTANCES. OKAY. SO, SO PRIMARILY THE, THE CON THE CONCERN WAS THAT THE DIRECTOR CORRECT. NOT BE A VOTING. RIGHT. IT'S, IT'S PRIMARILY A, YOU DON'T WANNA HAVE A VOTING MEM MEMBERSHIP, UM, JUST TO MAINTAIN THE CORPORATE VEIL BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION. OKAY. ALRIGHT. WE HAVE COUNCILMAN RAMIREZ IN . THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. THANK YOU FOR THAT EXPLANATION, AMY. I APPRECIATE THE, UH, EFFORT TO, UM, AVOID ANY POTENTIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST. AND KEEPING IN MIND THE CITY'S INTEREST MIGHT SOMETIME NOT BE ALIGNED WITH, UH, HFCS INTEREST. UM, IS THERE ANY OTHER NUANCE, UH, ANY OTHER ISSUES THAT HAVE COME UP THAT HAVE CAUSED SOME CONCERN, UH, THAT GO INTO MAKING THIS? NOT AT ALL. NOT AT ALL. THIS ISN'T, THIS ISN'T, UH, A SITUATION WHERE WE FOUND SOMETHING, OR IT WAS JUST, ONCE WE LOOKED INTO CHANGING THE NATURE OF THE APPOINTMENT, UM, WE DISCOVERED THAT WE WANTED TO BE ALIGNED WITH, YOU KNOW, CITY [00:10:01] REGULATION, CITY ETHICS RULES, AND WE NEEDED TO MAKE THIS CHANGE, UM, INSTEAD. AND SO WE'RE BEHIND IT. WE THINK THAT IT'S ACTUALLY BETTER FOR THE CITY AS A WHOLE. AND, UM, THERE WAS NO SITUATION THAT WE SAID, AHA, UM, THIS WILL RESOLVE. MM-HMM . AND, AND DO YOU FEEL LIKE, UM, YOUR DEPARTMENT HAS A, STILL HAS A GOOD WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH, UH, HHFC? EXCELLENT. WE MEET WITH THEM AT LEAST ONCE A MONTH. UM, WE ARE IN CONSTANT CONTACT WITH THEM. OUR STAFF IS IN CONSTANT CONTACT WITH THE HFC, UM, AND WE FEEL LIKE THIS IS GOING TO BE THE BEST WAY TO CONTINUE THAT VERY POSITIVE RELATIONSHIP. OKAY. GREAT. COUNCILMAN RAMIREZ. WHEN, WHEN ALL OF US LOOK AT THE, UH, COMPLETE ENVIRONMENT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING, UM, ONE OF THE WAYS I THINK ABOUT IT IS OUR MONTHLY MEETING. UM, THAT WHERE WE HAVE THE HOUSTON HOUSING ALLIANCE, THE HOUSING AUTHORITY, THE CITY OF HOUSTON, THE HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION LEADERSHIP, UM, THE COUNTY HOUSING DEPARTMENT, THE COUNTY HCD, AND OUR TEAM. AM I MISSING ANYBODY? THE COUNTY AGENCY, THE CA COUNTY AGENCY, AND THE COUNTY HOUSING AUTHORITY. YEP. AND, AND WE MEET MONTHLY AND REALLY JUST TO TALK THROUGH STATEWIDE ISSUES, TALK THROUGH ANY ISSUES THAT WE HAVE TOGETHER. UM, IT'S, IT'S TRYING TO MAKE SURE ALL OF THAT WORKS WELL, UM, AND MAKING SURE THAT WE KNOW WHAT EACH OTHER ARE DOING. SO THERE'S NOT ANY KIND OF MAJOR ISSUES. AND ALSO THERE ARE TIMES THAT WE CAN REALLY SUPPORT EACH OTHER ON DEVELOPMENT. UM, AND THE BIGGEST THING IS TO THINK ABOUT NEW WAYS TO FIND, UM, OPPORTUNITIES FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING. UH, BOTH SINGLE FAMILY MULTIFAMILY. SO I WOULD SAY THIS RELATIONSHIP IS GOOD. WE THINK THAT THE HH, THE HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION CAN EVEN DO MORE, UH, GOING FORWARD. UM, I THINK THE BOARD TODAY IS, UH, SUPERIOR TO THE PAST BOARDS AND THEY'LL BE LOOKING FOR MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO HELP DEVELOP AFFORDABLE HOUSING. WELL, GLAD TO HEAR THAT, UM, THAT YOU HAVE A CLOSE WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH HHFC. 'CAUSE I'M THINKING BACK TO, UM, A DEAL THAT WAS DONE SEVERAL YEARS AGO INVOLVING THE HEB MM-HMM . THAT WAS NOT, UH, NOT A HOUSING DEAL REALLY. AND OF COURSE THAT WAS BEFORE, UH, YOU GUYS WERE ON THE SCENE. UH, BUT, UH, HOPEFULLY SOMETHING LIKE THAT WON'T, WON'T, YOU KNOW, UM, HAPPEN. NOT THAT IT WAS A BAD DEAL, BUT, YOU KNOW, NOT, NOT REALLY HH C'S MISSION. AND SO WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT. UM, YOU KNOW, AS WE THINK THROUGH THAT, I, I WANT TO MAKE A SIDE, SIDE COMMENT AND, AND REALLY THANK AMY AND HER TEAM FOR THE GREAT WORK THAT THEY'VE DONE WITH THE, UH, MIDTOWN REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY AND THE TOURS THERE, UM, UNDER THEIR NEW LEADERSHIP TEAM WITH THEIR NEW BOARD, UM, THAT HCD IS PLAYING A SIGNIFICANT ROLE, UH, MOVING FORWARD IN THEIR AFFORDABLE HOUSING ISSUES. I KNOW YOU'VE LOOKED AT OTHER T UH, MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE THIS KIND OF WORKING RELATIONSHIP. UM, AND THE BIGGEST PART, UM, IS THAT WE HAVE A GOOD RELATIONSHIP AND AN ONGOING POSITIVE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT LED BY QUIN TILLS AND BELL. UM, SHE AND I, AGAIN, SPEAK REGULARLY ABOUT ANY TIME THERE ARE ISSUES THAT ARE ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND TURS. AND I THINK IT'S, AGAIN, SOMETHING THAT'S FAR SUPERIOR THAN IN THE PAST. UM, AND A MUCH GREATER TRANSPARENCY AND A MUCH BETTER COLLABORATION THAN IN THE PAST. WELL, I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT. AND I THANK, UH, THANK AMY AND HER TEAM. THEY'RE REALLY DOING A REMARKABLE JOB. I GOT A CHANCE TO SEE THEIR REPORT THAT THEY DID FOR THE MIDTOWN REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, AND IT'S QUITE IMPRESSIVE. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. I THINK WE'VE BEEN, UH, WE CERTAINLY FOCUSING, UH, I UNDERSTAND. I JUST WANT TO GET CLARITY ON IT. WE HAVE NO REASON TO, TO INVOLVE ANY OTHER ISSUES, BUT I MEAN, THIS IS A HOUSING MATTER, SO, BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR EXPLANATION. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. THERE'S NO OTHER, NO ONE IN THE QUEUE. ALL RIGHT. WE ARE NOW GOING TO OPERATIONS PRESENTED BY DIVISION MANAGER ROXANNE, MS. ROXANNE LAWSON. WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE ROXANNE LAWSON HERE TO REPORT ON THIS ISSUE. UH, ROXANNE, OF COURSE, IS A, UH, HAS MANY, MANY TALENTS AND MANY OF YOU AROUND THIS, UH, AROUND THIS POINT. YEAH. SEASON WORK, WORKED WITH HER AND WORKED WITH HER OVER THE YEARS. UM, WHEN, UM, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT BROUGHT IN A COUNCIL LIAISON, I TALKED TO THE YOUNG WOMAN. I SAID, THE FIRST PERSON YOU NEED TO SPEND TIME WITH IS ROXANNE LAWSUIT. YEAH. SHE'S A, THIS IS, THIS IS ONE OF THE OP OPPORTUNITY ROXANNE HAS THAT YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT. THAT'S HER SIDE JOB, WHICH IS TAKING CARE OF US IN [00:15:01] OUR BUILDING. SERIOUSLY. ALL SHUCKS. I'M NOT JUST RIGHT. 'CAUSE SHE'S A ROXANNE IS A R STAR. AMEN. HI. THANKS Y'ALL. WHY ANYMORE, I'M SORRY. UM, HCD RECOMMENDS AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING A FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE PARKING AGREEMENT BETWEEN WILLIAM MARSH RICE UNIVERSITY AND THE CITY OF HOUSTON TO REDUCE THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE PARKING LOT LOCATED AT 2109 TRAVIS. THAT IS USED BY HD'S STAFF AND GUESTS. NO ADDITIONAL FUNDING IS REQUIRED AS PART OF THIS AMENDMENT ON MAY 3RD, 2019. BY ORDINANCE 20 19 2 81, CITY COUNCIL APPROVED AND HCD ENTERED INTO A 10 YEAR PARKING AGREEMENT WITH RICE FOR PARKING AT 2109 TRAVIS NINE 14 GRAY AND NINE 18 GRAY. THAT PROVIDED APPROXIMATELY 144 PARKING SPOTS. MM-HMM . THE TERM OF THE PARKING AGREEMENT IS DUE TO EXPIRE IN MAY OF 2029 AND WILL NOT BE ALTERED BY THIS AMENDMENT. THE LANDLORD RICE SEEKS TO DECREASE THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THAT PORTION OF THE PARKING LOT LEASED TO HCD DUE TO A PENDING SALE OF THAT PORTION OF THE LOT TO A THIRD PARTY. MM-HMM . THE CITY, WE SHARE A BLOCK WITH ENTERPRISE, UH, RENTAL CAR. SO THEY NEED MORE SPACE AS A RESULT OF THE CITY'S AVAILABLE PARKING SPOTS. AS A RESULT, THE CITY'S AVAILABLE PARKING SPOTS WILL BE REDUCED BY 37 SPOTS LOCATED ON THE GRAY SIDE OF THE LOT. MM-HMM . THE ANNUAL RENT PAID BY THE CITY WILL BE REDUCED BY A PRORATED AMOUNT TO REFLECT THE REMAINING 107 PARKING SPACES. MODIFICATIONS TO THE REDUCED PREMISES WILL BE PAID BY THE LANDLORD AND WILL INCLUDE FENCING ALONG THE NORTHERN BOUNDARY OF THE PRO PREMISES AND EGRESS ONTO MAIN STREET FROM THE PREMISES, A LOCKABLE PEDESTRIAN GATE AND ELECTRICAL REROUTING OF THE PARKING LOT LIGHTS. OKAY. THAT COMPLETES MY PRESENTATION. ALRIGHT. WE RECOGNIZE MAYOR PRO TIM TATUM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT EXPLANATION ON THAT. UM, DO WE ANTICIPATE ANY, UM, IMPACT ON THE HD'S OPERATIONS OR ARE WE UTILIZING ALL THOSE PARKING SPACES NOW? DO WE FIND THAT THEY, IS THIS GOING TO MAKE AN IMPACT ON THE PEOPLE THAT NEED THOSE SPACES? IT SHOULD NOT. WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO UTILIZE ALL 144 EXCEPT FOR A FEW OCCASIONS. SO WE ARE ALSO REDUCING THE NUMBER OF FLEET, NUMBER OF VEHICLES IN OUR FLEET, AND THAT'S GONNA GO DOWN BY 10, WHICH ALSO USES THAT PARKING LOT. SO THOSE SPACES WILL BE FREE UP BECAUSE WE WON'T HAVE THAT IS CORRECT. VEHICLES PARKED THERE? THAT IS CORRECT. OKAY. SO THE EMPLOYEES AND PEOPLE COMING IN AND OUT WILL HAVE SPACES TO PARK? YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. YES, MA'AM. ALRIGHT, BEFORE WE GO TO THE NEXT Q SPEAKER, UH, ALSO WANT TO INDICATE WE HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MARTINEZ'S OFFICE. COUNCILMAN RAMIREZ. COUNCILMAN RAMIREZ. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. UM, SO YOU, YOU MENTIONED REDUCING THE NUMBER OF FLEET VEHICLES ASSIGNED. UH, IS THAT RELATED TO THIS? UH, NO, IT ACTUALLY IS NOT. NO. OKAY. ALRIGHT. IT SOUNDS LIKE FROM THE DETAIL THAT UH, IT WILL ACTUALLY BE A SAFER, UH, LOT AFTER THE MODIFICATIONS ARE MADE, WHICH ARE GONNA BE PAID BY THE LANDLORD. THAT IS CORRECT. OKAY. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU. JUST A SHOUT OUT TO STEVEN WOODS WHO WORKED WITH ROXANNE LAWSON. UM, STEVEN WORKS FOR THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT AND IS A EXCELLENT NEGOTIATOR. UM, THE ORIGINAL LEASE ON THIS WASN'T MY FAVORITE LOOKING LEASE. YES. MM-HMM. DIDN'T GIVE US A LOT OF, DIDN'T GIVE US A LOT OF BARGAINING POWER AND THE FACT THAT WE CAME UP WITH THIS DEAL IS ABOUT AS GOOD AS WE COULD. AND I GIVE HE AND ROXANNE A LOT OF CREDIT FOR GOOD. GOOD. GOOD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. WE ARE NEXT. IS, UH, SINGLE FAMILY PRESENTED BY, UH, DIRECTOR CEDRIC SAIN. MORNING. GOOD MORNING. UM, GOOD MORNING, VICE CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. I'M PRESENTING ITEMS FIVE A AND FIVE B ON BEHALF OF THE HOUSING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. THESE TWO ITEMS ARE LINKED TOGETHER. UH, ITEM A HCD RECOMMENDS COUNCIL APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING A PURCHASE AND SELL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF HOUSTON AND WILLOW BEND. UH, LINK LP, WHO IS THE DEVELOPER [00:20:01] FOR WHICH THE CITY AGREES TO CONVEY TO THE DEVELOPER 12.22 ACRES OF LAND LOCATED AT TEN THREE OH ONE STELLA LINK ROAD. AND TWO, A FORGIVABLE LOAN AGREEMENT, WHICH WILL BE FORGIVEN UPON EXPIRATION OF THE TERM OF THE LAND USE RESTRICTION AGREEMENT, UM, OF THE AMOUNT IN $13,839,150 FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF AFFORDABLE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. AND THIS IS IN DISTRICT K. ITEM BHCD RECOMMENDS COUNCIL APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING A CONSTRUCTION LOAN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF HOUSTON AND WILLOW BEND LINK LP PROVIDING A CONSTRUCTION LOAN IN THE AMOUNT OF $3.5 MILLION FROM UPTOWN TURS SERIES 2021, AFFORDABLE HOME FUNDS TO FINANCE THE CONSTRUCTION OF INFRASTRUCTURE ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT BRAISE PARK AT TEN THREE OH ONE STELLA LINK ROAD. AND THIS IS ALSO IN DISTRICT K. UH, TO GIVE A LITTLE BACKGROUND OF THIS PROJECT, IT IS A 144 MIXED INCOME DEVELOPMENT AND IS A TRUE TESTAMENT TO PUBLIC AND PRIVATE INVESTMENT AND THE STELLA LINK, WILLOW BEND AREA THAT WILL CREATE A NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE FAMILIES CAN GROW AND THRIVE. THE DEVELOPMENT WILL INCLUDE A WALKABLE NEIGHBORHOOD DESIGN WITH GREEN SPACES, INCLUDING NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS, TRAILS, A DOG PARK, AND CONVENIENT ACCESS TO SCHOOLS AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION. FAMILIES WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CHOOSE FROM TWO, THREE, AND FOUR BEDROOM HOMES PROVIDING OPTIONS OF A VARIETY OF HOUSEHOLD SIZE AND NEEDS. 89 OF THE 144 UNITS WILL BE AVAILABLE TO HOUSEHOLDS EARNING UP TO 120% AVERAGE MEDIAN AREA MEDIAN INCOME. THESE HOMES WILL BE PRICED FROM APPROXIMATELY $210,000 TO $300,000. ADDITIONAL 55 HOMES WILL BE DEVELOPED AT A MARKET RATE PRICE RANGING FROM APPROXIMATELY $290,000 TO $385,000. THE NEIGHBORHOOD WILL BE DEVELOPED IN MULTIPLE PHASES WITH CONSTRUCTION TO, WITH CONSTRUCTION EXPECTED TO BEGIN LATER THIS YEAR OR IN THE FIRST QUARTER AFTER THE LOAN IS CLOSED. WE ARE PLEASED TO HAVE OUR BUILDER PARTNER, CITY CHOICE HOMES GENTLEMEN, UM, HERE TO JOIN US THIS MORNING. WE ARE APPRECIATE THEIR PARTNERSHIP COMMITMENT TO BRINGING THIS DEVELOPMENT TO THE COMMUNITY. THIS NEIGHBORHOOD WILL BE A COMPLIMENT TO THE EXISTING DEVELOPMENT BY CITY CHOICE HOMES, WHICH IS NEXT DOOR, CREATING A COHESIVE COMMUNITY OF BUILT, OF CREATING A COHESIVE COMMUNITY AND BUILDING TO CONTINUE INVESTING IN THE STELLAR LINK WILLOW BEING AREA. THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. WE HAVE, UH, UM, MAYOR TEMP TATUM IN THE QUEUE. IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME COMING. AMEN. YES, MA'AM. I KNOW THAT, UM, EVERYONE HAS BEEN WORKING FEVERISHLY ON THIS PROJECT. UM, THIS IS GOING TO BE, UH, ONE OF THE FIRST SINGLE FAMILY DEVELOPMENTS IN OVER PROBABLY EIGHT YEARS IN DISTRICT A. UM, SO WE WERE PUSHING HARD FOR THIS ONE. UM, COLLEAGUES YOU MAY REMEMBER, UM, WHEN THE NEW ADMINISTRATION CAME IN, THIS WAS ONE OF THE PROPERTIES THAT WE WERE, UM, LOOKING TO HAVE TO SELL BACK TO THE GLO. UM, AND MAYOR WHITMEYER, UM, HAD A CONVERSATION WITH THE GLO. UH, WE ALL DISCUSSED THIS BECAUSE THIS SINGLE FAMILY HOME DEVELOPMENT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT TO THE CITY OF HOUSTON. UM, WE WANTED TO GET MORE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES ON THE GROUND. UM, WE TALK A LOT ABOUT MULTIFAMILY HOUSING, BUT WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO DIVERSIFY OUR OFFERINGS TO HOUSTONIANS. UM, SO WE ARE EXTREMELY PROUD OF THIS PROJECT. UM, BIG SHOUT OUT TO, UM, CITY CHOICE. UH, I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO RIDE BY AND LOOK AT THE DEVELOPMENT THAT THEY ARE CURRENTLY BUILDING AT THE CORNER OF, UH, STELLA LINK AND WILLOW BEND. IT'S ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL TO KNOW THAT THIS WILL BE RIGHT NEXT DOOR, UM, TO COMPLIMENT. UM, THAT AREA IS EXTRAORDINARY. AND I WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR, UM, LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION. I MEAN, THIS IS DOWN THE STREET FROM THE MEDICAL CENTER. IT'S IN A GREAT PART OF TOWN. UH, I THINK THAT WE WILL NOT HAVE ANY PROBLEMS, UM, SELLING THESE PROPERTIES AND MAKING SURE HOUSTONIANS HAVE GREAT PLACES TO LIVE IN OUR CITY. SO KUDOS TO ALL OF, UM, THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT. I KNOW THAT IT WAS AN UPHILL LIFT TO [00:25:01] FIND THE RIGHT DEVELOPER, TO FIND THE RIGHT COMBINATION OF NUMBER OF HOMES AND JUST ALL THE THINGS THAT GO INTO MAKING A DEVELOPMENT ACTUALLY WORK IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON. SO, UM, I'M SUPER PROUD OF IT. I HOPE THAT WE CELEBRATE EVERY STEP OF THE WAY, UM, BECAUSE THIS WAS A BIG PROJECT AND I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THESE FAMILIES MOVE INTO THIS AREA AND WELCOME THEM TO DISTRICT A. THANK YOU. VERY GOOD. UM, COUNCIL MEMBER I RAMIREZ. THANK. THANK YOU MR. CHAIR. UM, THANK YOU FOR THE INFORMATION. UH, CEDRIC, UH, CURIOUS ABOUT THE AFFORDABILITY. UH, THE PRESENTATION SAYS IT'S SUBJECT TO LURA, UH, AFFORDABILITY GUIDELINES. CAN YOU SPEAK TO THAT A LITTLE BIT? YES, SIR. SO IT'S GONNA BE A LAND USE RESTRICTION AGREEMENT THAT WILL CARRY WITH THE LAND UNTIL THE FINAL HOME IS ACTUALLY SOLD. AND WHAT'S, WHAT'S THE PERIOD OF AFFORDABILITY IF THERE IS ONE? SO, CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW, IT'S GONNA BE PASSED ON TO EACH OF THE HOMEOWNERS, UM, AS THEY PURCHASE THE HOMES, WHICH WILL BE A FIVE YEAR AFFORDABILITY PERIOD. SO, SO, UH, THEY CAN'T SELL, UH, FOR FIVE YEARS, OTHERWISE THEY LOSE THE, UH, THE CORRECT THE BENEFIT. OKAY. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. VERY GOOD. AND, AND BROTHER RECTOR. GO AHEAD. COUNCILMAN DAVIS. WHAT, WHAT I LIKE ABOUT THIS PROJECT, A LOT OF THINGS I LIKE ABOUT THIS PROJECT. UM, ONE IS THAT, UH, IT'S IN TOWN. WE'RE DEVELOPING IN TOWN TWO, IT'S A MIXED MIXED DEVELOPMENT AND THE, THERE'S MARKET AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING. RIGHT. BUT ONE OF THE THINGS I LIKE BEST ABOUT IS YOU CAN CLEARLY SEE THE PUBLIC BENEFIT MM-HMM . YEAH. THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF THE CITY, SPENDING SOME 11 OR $12 MILLION, 13, UH, $13 MILLION ON THE LAND. UM, WE USED, UH, UPTOWN BOND MONEY TO BUY THIS BACK FROM, FROM THE, FROM THE GLO GROUP ENTITY. MM-HMM . UM, AND YOU CAN SEE THE PUBLIC BENEFIT RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU AND MEASURE, UM, WHICH I LIKE A LOT. UH, SECONDLY, UM, BECAUSE WE HAVE A GOOD PARTNER HERE AND A PARTNER, HE REALLY HAS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD, NOT JUST THE SMALLER NEIGHBORHOOD MM-HMM . THE WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD IS KEPT, IS, IS BUILT UP, KEPT WELL. UM, IT REALLY IS GONNA BE A VERY MEANINGFUL OPPORTUNITY FOR HOUSTONIANS TO HAVE GREAT HOUSING. I AGREE. IN A GREAT LOCATION FOR A LOWER PRICE. IT'S A RARE OPPORTUNITY OTHER THAN THE OPPORTUNITIES WE'VE HAD WITH THE DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS. THIS IS A REALLY, ANOTHER, JUST A RARE OPPORTUNITY, ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE 120% AND BELOW. MM-HMM . AS YOU KNOW, WE MOSTLY ARE FOCUSED ON 80% AND BELOW A MI AND THERE'S A, A HUGE NEED FOR PEOPLE IN THE A HUNDRED TWENTIES PERCENT AND BELOW A MI WHO WANT TO LIVE IN THE CITY, WHO DON'T WANT TO LIVE AN HOUR FROM HOUSTON AND SPEND THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS A MONTH COMMUTING. YEAH. I, I I JUST WANTED TO ADD TO THE POINT THAT, UH, MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING, AS WE KNOW IS GOOD AND WE'VE DONE, WE SEE A LOT OF PROGRESS IN THAT. BUT THE SINGLE FAMILY, I THINK THE CITY WOULD BE REALLY BE BOOSTED 'CAUSE IN COMPETITION FOR MOST SUBURBS, BUT I THINK THIS IS A REAL BIG BOOST TO THE CITY, UM, BY HAVING A SINGLE FAMILY, UM, COMPLEX IS, IS THIS, IT LOOKS VERY, VERY, IF YOU, IF YOU'D LIKE, WE'RE HAPPY TO INVITE THE DEVELOPER UP IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR ARE THEY ANY, JUST ONE SECOND. SURE. CAN YOU SAY JUST A FEW WORDS? LEAST AT LEAST. WE'LL, EVERYBODY WILL KNOW HIS FACE, SO IF THERE'S EVER A PROBLEM, WE'RE GONNA COME BACK. YEAH. WELCOME. THANK YOU. SURE. GOOD MORNING COUNSEL. MY NAME IS JONATHAN BERG, PRESIDENT OF CITY CHOICE HOMES. GOT IT. AND, UH, WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROJECT. YOU KNOW, WE'RE DEVELOPING THE PROJECT NEXT DOOR, WHICH IS 169, UM, UNITS. AND THIS PROJECT, WE REALLY IS SOMETHING THAT THE CITY NEEDS. UM, YEAH. AND IT WILL BRING AFFORDABILITY, CONVENIENCE TO EVERYBODY WHO BUYS IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. UM, JUST TIME, LIFESTYLE AND GIVE THEM THE AMENITIES THAT THE MARKET RATE FOLKS NEXT DOOR ARE GETTING. GOOD, GOOD, GOOD. UH, WE RECOGNIZE, UM, MALE PRO TEMP TATUM, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. UM, I KNOW WE HAD A CHANCE TO MEET, UM, EARLIER THIS YEAR AND KIND OF TALK ABOUT THIS PROJECT. UM, WHAT'S THE, WHAT'S THE TIMEFRAME FOR THE COMPLETION OF THE ADJACENT, UM, PROJECTS? HOW, HOW, HOW FAR ALONG ARE YOU ON, ON THOSE? UM, WE, WE THINK THAT'LL PROBABLY BE ABOUT ANOTHER TWO YEARS UNTIL THAT PROJECT IS SOLD OUT. SOLD OUT. YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE BUILDING ABOUT 15 SPECS AT A TIME IN THERE AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE SELLING THREE TO FOUR UNITS A MONTH, JUST DEPENDING ON THE [00:30:01] MARKET. OKAY. AND HOW, HOW, HOW MANY HAVE YOU SOLD IN THAT PROPERTY SINCE YOU STARTED BUILDING THOSE? I NEED TO GO BACK AND LOOK. UM, APPROXIMATELY, I'M GONNA SAY AROUND 30, BUT I COULD BE, I COULD BE OFF. I DON'T HAVE THAT NUMBER TODAY. OKAY. SO SIMULTANEOUSLY YOU'LL START BUILDING, UM, THIS PROPERTY. YEAH, I MEAN, ONCE WE CLOSE ON THIS, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S GOING THROUGH THE PERMIT PROCESS AND THE UTILITIES AND ALL THAT. AND THAT'S GONNA BE REALLY QUICK WATCH . WE'RE EXCITED TO SEE THAT. UM, SO, YOU KNOW, WE STILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE PLATTING PROCESS. WE'VE GOTTA GO THROUGH THE, YOU KNOW, DESIGN PHASE WITH UTIL, YOU KNOW, CIVIL, UM, I WOULD ESTIMATE THAT THE, THOSE LOTS WOULD BE DELIVERED APPROXIMATELY, GIVE OR TAKE A YEAR FROM NOW. UM, YOU KNOW, SO THEN, YOU KNOW, OUR PROJECT SHOULD BE QUITE A BIT FURTHER NEXT DOOR. SO, YOU KNOW, WE COME ONLINE 18 MONTHS, GIVE OR TAKE FROM NOW WITH THE FIRST MODEL AND SO FORTH OUT AT THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. SOUNDS GOOD. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE TODAY, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE WORK THAT YOU'LL DO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UH, ONE OTHER QUESTION. YES, WE HAVE, UH, FROM COUNCIL COUNCILMAN SALINAS OFFICE REPRESENTATIVE. HEY, HOW Y'ALL DOING? I THINK IT'S INCREDIBLE THAT 89 AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS ARE BEING BUILT AT THIS PROPERTY. I THINK THAT'S ABOUT 61% OF THE TOTAL UNITS THAT ARE BEING, UH, FORMED HERE. UM, I DID HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS ACROSS THE TWO, THREE, AND FOUR BEDROOM COUNTS. UH, SO I WANTED TO ASK, WITH ABOUT 61% OF THESE UNITS, UH, BEING SET ASIDE FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING, ARE, ARE THESE PRETTY EVENLY DISTRIBUTED ACROSS EACH OF THESE CATEGORIES? ARE, CAN, CAN WE KIND OF CONFIDENTLY SAY ABOUT A LITTLE BIT LESS THAN HALF OF THE 95 FOR THE THREE BEDROOMS AND A LITTLE BIT, UH, MORE THAN HALF FOR THE COUNT, FOR THE FOUR, UH, FOR THE FOUR BEDROOMS, UH, PRETTY CONSISTENT ACROSS THE BOARD THERE. AS FAR AS THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE UNITS, YES. SO MAJORITY OF THE UNITS ARE GONNA BE THREE BEDROOM, TWO BATH. UM, WITH, WITH THE NEXT ONE COMING IN LINE WILL BE THE FOUR BEDROOM, UH, TWO BATH. UH, THERE ARE A FEW UNITS THAT ARE SET ASIDE FOR THE TWO BEDROOM. UM, AS YOU CAN LOOK AT THE, UH, UNIT COUNT HERE, THERE'S ONLY NINE RIGHT. TWO BEDROOMS. SO WE LOOK TO TRY TO GET A GOOD BALANCE AND MIXTURE, UH, WHICH WE KNOW MOST SINGLE FAMILY HOMES ARE THREE, TWO. GOTCHA. THANK YOU. 'CAUSE I WAS WONDERING, I WAS LIKE, ARE THEY CONCENTRATED AMONGST LIKE, IN JUST ONE SPOT AMONGST THE 95 OR IT'S SPREAD OUT? YEAH. GOTCHA. YEAH, IT'S SPREAD OUT. GOOD TO KNOW. GOOD TO KNOW. THANK YOU. ABSOLUTELY. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER RAMEZ. THANK YOU MR. CHAIR. AND UH, MIKE, IF WE COULD, WE COULD HAVE THE GENTLEMAN BACK TIME. YES, MR. I'M GLAD YOU'RE HERE. YES. THANK, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. I APPRECIATE THE INFORMATION. SO YOU MENTIONED THE PRO UH, PROJECT NEXT DOOR. CAN YOU, CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THE PROJECT NEXT DOOR? SURE. PROJECT NEXT DOOR IS 169 UNITS AND THREE BEDROOM, THREE AND A HALF BATH PRODUCT. FOR THE MOST PART. THERE IS SOME THREE BEDROOM, TWO AND A HALF BATH PRODUCT. OUR SMALLEST, UH, UNIT IS CURRENTLY A LITTLE OVER 1500 SQUARE FEET. UM, AND IS SELLING FOR ABOUT $350,000. UHHUH, ARE, ARE ALL OF THOSE NEXT DOOR, UH, MARKET RATE? YES. ALRIGHT. AND, UM, THIS INVOLVES A CONSTRUCTION LOAN, THREE AND A HALF MILLION, IS THAT RIGHT? THE, YES. AND, AND THAT'S A FORGIVABLE, FORGIVABLE LOAN, IS THAT RIGHT? CORRECT. FOR AND THAT'S FOR INFRASTRUCTURE, IF I UNDERSTAND IT CORRECTLY? CORRECT, YES. UM, DOES THE INFRASTRUCTURE COVER THIS AFFORDABLE HOUSING, UH, PROJECT AS WELL AS THE PROJECT NEXT DOOR? NO. NO. NOT, THEY'RE TWO SEPARATE PROJECTS. THEY HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH EACH OTHER. ALRIGHT. AND SO THE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR, FOR THE PROJECT NEXT DOOR IS FINANCED DIFFERENTLY? 100%. OKAY. ALRIGHT. AND, AND I'M JUST CURIOUS, I DON'T RECALL WHAT THE PROPERTY, WHAT WAS ON THE PROPERTY BEFORE. UH, NO, IT'S NEVER BEEN DEVELOPED. NEVER BEEN DEVELOPED. OKAY. ALRIGHT. OKAY. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. THANK YOU FOR, UH, SHARING AND, UH, SOUNDS EXCITING TO ME. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. SURE. ALRIGHT, SO NOW WE ARE READY FOR OUR MULTI-FAMILY PRESENTATION BY DIRECTOR RYAN BIBBS. GOOD MORNING MY FRIEND. AND AS YOU GO THROUGH THESE PROJECTS AND WE LOOKED AT EVEN THE LAST PROJECT, AGAIN, THIS IS THIS PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP THAT THE CITY OF HOUSTON DOES SO WELL. UM, AND IT'S REALLY A MATTER OF HOW YOU LEVERAGE LIMITED HOUSING FUNDS [00:35:01] AND WE WILL KEEP DOING THAT. UM, AND I THINK IT'S, IT'S REALLY A GOOD, UH, A REALLY A GOOD WAY OF MAKING SURE WE DO THE MOST FOR OUR DOLLARS. THANK YOU, DIRECTOR. GOOD MORNING. CO-CHAIR MAYOR PRO TEM, UH, VICE MAYOR, PRO TEM, AND COUNCIL MEMBERS AND CHIEF OF STAFF. UH, FIRST ITEM HERE IS SIX A. I WANTED TO JUST, UM, DO A PREAMBLE THIS, THE FIRST TWO DEALS HERE ARE PROJECTS COMING OUT OF OUR, UM, UH, CDBG DR 24, UH, NO FOR FUNDING. SO WE'RE PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT IT. THIS ITEM IS AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING $2.4 MILLION OF CDBG DR 24 FUNDS FOR A LOAN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF HOUSTON AND BRITAIN'S PLACE 2023 LP AND AFFILIATE OF VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA NATIONAL SERVICES FOR THE ACQUISITION AND REHABILITATION OF THE PROJECT. LOCATED AT 37 30 LYONS AVENUE, HOUSTON, TEXAS 7 7 0 20. NEXT SLIDE. BRITAIN'S PLACE OF RESIDENCE FOR FAMILIES WAS ORIGINALLY DEVELOPED IN 2002. VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA NATIONAL SERVICES WILL BE THE NEW DEVELOPER, NEW OWNER, NEW GUARANTOR, AND A NEW MANAGER. NEXT SLIDE. BRITAIN'S PLACE IS A 48 UNITS, IS 48 UNITS CONSISTING OF STUDIOS, ONES, TWOS, AND THREE BEDROOM UNITS. THE PROJECT WILL CONSIST OF A FULL, UH, COMPREHENSIVE REHAB, INCLUDING, UH, GENERATORS. AND I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF GO THROUGH SOME OF THE THINGS THAT'S GONNA BE REHABBED HERE. UH, UH, REMOVING CABINETRY, UH, REPLACING APPLIANCES, PLUMBING FIXTURES, FLOORING DOORS AND WINDOWS. UH, ALSO REPLACING HVAC AND ALSO, UH, PAVING, NEW PAVING SIDEWALKS. AND OF COURSE, THE, UH, THE GENERATOR THAT WE HAD MENTIONED EARLIER. THIS IS JUST A PICTURE OF THE PROPERTY AS IT CURRENTLY SITS. NOW, NEXT SLIDE. AND THIS IS THE SOURCES AND USES. UH, YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE CITY'S INVESTING IN DR 24 FUNDS THERE FOR $2.4 MILLION. YOU CAN SEE THE HARD COST AT ABOUT $4 MILLION, WHICH IS A VERY SUBSTANTIAL PER DOOR. IT'S CLOSE TO A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS PER DOOR, WHICH IS A VERY DEEP SUBSTANTIAL, UH, REHAB. SO WE'RE, WE'RE PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT. NEXT SLIDE. UH, SO THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION ON THE FIRST PROJECT. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. I DON'T SEE, THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS AND NO ONE IN THE QUEUE. UH, APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALRIGHT, NEXT ITEM HERE, SIX B. THIS IS THE ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING A LOAN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF HOUSTON AND PLEASANT HILL VILLAGE. 2023 LP, UH, WHICH IS AN AFFILIATE OF VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA NATIONAL SERVICES FOR THE ACQUISITION AND DEVELOPMENT OF AN EXISTING PROPERTY. PLEASANT HILL VILLAGE, LOCATED AT 38 14 LINES AVENUE, HOUSTON, TEXAS. UH, THE CI CITY IS INVESTING $6 MILLION. UH, IT'S A COMBINATION OF DR FUNDS AND HOMELESS HOUSING BONDS. NEXT SLIDE. THIS PROJECT WAS OPENED IN 1998 AND THE PROPERTY IS, UH, SERVING SENIORS, UH, VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA NATIONAL SERVICE WILL BE THE NEW DEVELOPER, OWNER, GUARANTOR, UH, AND MANAGER. NEXT SLIDE. THIS CONSTRUCTION WILL CONSIST OF A COMPREHENSIVE REHAB AS WELL OF 165 UNITS, WHICH WILL ALSO INCLUDE INSTALLING A GENERATOR TO MAINTAIN POWER DURING OUTAGES. NEXT SLIDE. UH, THIS IS JUST A SLIDE JUST DESCRIBING THE, UH, THE PROPERTY AND THE DEVELOPER WILL BE SURE TO TAILOR, UH, SUPPORT SERVICES TO THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY. NEXT SLIDE. AND THIS IS A PICTURE OF THE PROPERTY AS IT CURRENTLY SITS. AND THE NEXT SLIDE WILL BE YOUR SOURCES AND USES. UM, AGAIN, DESCRIBING HOW MUCH THE CITY'S INVESTING, UM, AGAIN, HARD COST PER DOOR IS VERY SUBSTANTIAL, SO WE'RE, WE'RE PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROPERTY. THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION ON THIS, THIS PROJECT. ALRIGHT, VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. AGAIN, AS YOU LOOK AT THE SOURCES AND USES, YOU SEE A LEVERAGE THAT THE CITY PUTS IN $2.7 MILLION AND OF A TOTAL SOURCES OF 41 MILLION. AND THAT'S A EXCEPTIONAL LEVERAGE AND WE CONTINUE TO DO THAT. UM, WHAT'S THE MAGIC IN THAT IS WE'RE THE GAP THAT THEY NEEDED TO ACTUALLY DO THE PROJECT. AND SO WE GET A LOT MORE THAN OUR PERCENTAGE BECAUSE WE ARE THAT GAP. RIGHT. QUESTION, UH, TO, UH, ON THE PLEASANT HILL WITH, WITH THIS, WERE WE ABLE TO IDENTIFY SOME OF THE CORRECTED ITEMS THAT NEEDED TO BE IN THE FACILITY, UM, THAT WE HAD A YEAR AGO IN TERMS OF ALL OF YEAH. ALL OF THAT. THAT'S WHY WE'RE SO EXCITED. ALL OF THOSE ITEMS [00:40:01] ARE GONNA BE CORRECTED AND NOT JUST A REPAIR. IT'S GONNA BE A MAJOR, UH, RENOVATION. GOT IT. IT'S GONNA BE FANTASTIC. YEAH, GOOD DEAL. VERY GOOD. BECAUSE THOSE RESIDENTS THAT REALLY NEEDED CORRECT. AND PARTICULARLY IN THAT COMMUNITY, UM, OF COURSE I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH IT. THAT'S WHEN IT FIRST GOT STARTED AND SO, UH, I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. NO PROBLEM. AND THIS IS A SENIOR COMMUNITY, CORRECT? CORRECT, YES. MOST OF THE SENIORS WE HAVE, UH, REPRESENTATIVE DEBORAH WELCHER WITH THE VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA. IF, IF YOU GUYS CARE TO, JUST CHAT WITH HER AND LET HER INTRO INTRODUCE HERSELF. IF, IF THAT'S OKAY. UH, OR DID YOU WANT TO KEEP MOVING? WELL, WE HAVE, WE HAVE SOMEONE IN THE QUEUE FROM OKAY. COUNCILMAN SALINAS'S OFFICE, DID YOU WANT TO ADDRESS THIS ITEM? GO AHEAD. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. OH, THANK YOU. UM, I JUST HAD A QUICK QUESTION ABOUT, UH, THE RENOVATIONS THEMSELVES. WILL THIS INCLUDE ANY DISRUPTIONS TO THE LIVING SITUATIONS OF THE TENANT OR WILL THIS BE A SITUATION WHERE Y'ALL GO VACANT UNITS FIRST AND THEN Y'ALL TRANSITION OVER? LIKE HOW WOULD THAT WORK? LOGISTICALLY? THAT'S, THAT'S CORRECT. I COULD LET DEBORAH SPEAK A LITTLE MORE TO IT, BUT, UH, THERE ARE SOME UNITS THAT ARE, THAT ARE VACANT NOW. SO IT, IT WILL BE A PHASE SCENARIO AS THEY MOVE, UH, AS THEY, AS THE VACANT UNITS THAT ARE VACANT NOW, THEY'LL WORK ON THOSE AND THEN THEY'LL MOVE TENANTS BACK INTO THOSE NEW UNITS AND THEY'LL PHASE IT THROUGH THAT IN THAT, THAT FORM OF FASHION. THANK YOU. WOULD SHE LIKE TO COME UP? WOULD SHE LIKE TO COME UP AND ADDRESS THAT? THANK YOU. WELCOME. GIVE US YOUR NAME. SURE. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS DEBORAH WELCH, UM, W-E-L-C-H-E-L. AND I'M THE VICE PRESIDENT OF REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT IN TEXAS FOR VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA NATIONAL SERVICES. AND WE WERE OFFERED THIS OPPORTUNITY TO PARTNER ON THESE TWO TRANSACTIONS. AND ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS WE DID WAS FIND OUT ABOUT YOUR GRANT FUNDS AND PUT IN AN APPLICATION FOR THAT. AND THIS ALLOWED US TO GO FROM WHEN IT WAS GONNA CLOSE PREVIOUSLY, WHICH WAS EARLIER THIS YEAR. THEY WERE GONNA DO ABOUT $40,000 A UNIT IN RENOVATION. WE HAVE IDENTIFIED $95,000 A UNIT IN RENOVATION ON BOTH PROPERTIES. OKAY. SO, UM, WE ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT WHAT THIS OPPORTUNITY WILL BRING. VERY GOOD RESIDENT. THE, UM, CURRENTLY THE, UM, BOTH PROPERTIES ARE, UM, WELL, UM, PLEASANT HILL SENIOR, UH, PLEASANT HILL VILLAGE IS ABOUT 50% OCCUPIED. MM-HMM . SO WE WILL BE STARTING ON THOSE UNITS FIRST AND, UM, WE WILL WORK ON THOSE. AND THEN WE WILL MOVE THE RESIDENTS IN, IN, IT'S CALLED A ROLLING REHAB. SO YOU MOVE THE RESIDENTS AT AROUND AS YOU, UM, AS YOU DO THE REHAB. VERY GOOD. SO WE HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE, UM, PACKAGE AND THEN THERE'S A VERY SIGNIFICANT URA, UM, UNIFORM RELOCATION ACT. THE STAFF FOR THE CITY OF HOUSTON ARE VERY, VERY, UM, COMMITTED TO MAKING SURE THAT THE RESIDENTS ARE TAKEN CARE OF. GOOD. GOOD. WELL THAT'S GOOD TO HEAR BECAUSE THOSE RESIDENTS THAT'S IN PLEASANT HILL VILLAGES, CERTAINLY. YES. UM, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY REALLY NEED THAT. YES. AND MOST ALL OF THESE SENIORS, I KNOW THE FACILITY VERY WELL. AND, UM, SO I THINK THIS IS A GREAT, UM, UH, MOVE FOR THOSE RESIDENTS THAT LIVE IN THOSE PARTICULAR, WELL WE, WE APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THIS AND APPRECIATE WHAT, UM, THE CITY IS WILLING TO DO ALSO. SO THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH AND THANK YOU FOR STEPPING UP. YES. APPRECIATE IT. DID ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? QUESTIONS? I SEE THERE'S NONE. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY. SO THIS NEXT NEXT ITEM IS ITEM SIX C AND SIX D. THE HOUSING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDS COUNSEL APPROVE A RESOLUTION OF NO OBJECTION FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF HAYES STREET APARTMENTS, LOCATED AT 1400 1500 HAYES STREET, LOCATED IN DISTRICT H SERVING FAMILIES. THE PROJECT WILL BE, UH, A NEW CONSTRUCTION OF 110 UNITS. UH, THE DEVELOPER IS AMTEC, UM, AND AMANDA BARBIER IS HERE WITH US TODAY, ONE OF THE ENGINEERS REPRESENTING THE, THE DEVELOPMENT. IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS FROM AN ENGINEERING STANDPOINT, THIS WILL BE A, UH, THIS WILL BE NO FUNDING FROM THE CITY. AND THIS IS A, JUST WANT TO REMIND HORSES YOU, THIS IS A THREE STEP PROCESS. UH, FIRST, UH, PROCESS. FIRST PHASE IS REQUESTING [00:45:01] A MOTION FOR A HEARING, WHICH WILL BE ON 10. ONE SECOND STAGE IS, UH, MOTION TO HOLD THE PUBLIC HEARING ON 10 14 AND A RESOLUTION OF NO OBJECTION ON 10 21. OKAY. THAT CONCLUDES MY, CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION ON THAT ITEM. NEXT ITEM SIX E. THIS ITEM IS CONNECT HILLCROFT, WHICH IS A NEW CONSTRUCTION OF 90 UNITS FOR SENIORS. UH, THIS PROJECT RECEIVED A RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT LAST YEAR, UH, FROM THE CITY OF HOUSTON. SINCE THEN, THE APPLICANT AMENDED THEIR TAX CREDIT APPLICATION TO CHANGE THE OWNERSHIP STRUCTURE AND WILL UH, CO-PARTNER WITH HARRIS COUNTY HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION. SO, UH, THE APPLICANT, UH, WILL NEED A, UH, WHAT'S WHAT THEY CALL A CONTINUUM RESOLUTION JUST TO MAKE SURE THE MUNICIPALITY'S STILL OKAY WITH THE PROJECT MOVING FORWARD. SO THE APPLICANT IS AMENDING THEIR OWNERSHIP STRUCTURE AND THE STATE AGENCY, UH, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING COMMUNITY AFFAIRS REQUEST A RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT CONFIRMING CONTINUED LOCAL SUPPORT. UH, THERE'S NO FUNDING FROM THE CITY. OKAY. AND EMILY LIN WITH BRENT SURE IS WITH US TODAY. IF THERE'S ANY VERY GOOD, QUICK QUESTIONS. ALRIGHT, THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THERE ARE NONE IN THE QUEUE. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU BROTHER SAM. THANKS. ALL RIGHT. AS RYAN SAYS, DUN, I WANT TO AGAIN SHOUT OUT TO DEREK SELLERS WHO OVERSEES BOTH MULTIFAMILY AND, UH, SINGLE FAMILY. AND AGAIN, HE IS THE, UH, DRIVING FORCE BEHIND A LOT OF THE SUCCESS THAT WE HAVE. WE APPRECIATE DEREK SELLERS WORK. SPEAKING OF ANOTHER SUPERSTAR, TAMIKA JONES WILL BRING US UP TO DATE ON DR. 17. GOOD MORNING REIMBURSEMENT UPDATE ON THAT. ALWAYS, ALWAYS SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN WORKING AT FROM YEARS ON. OKAY. YEP. GOOD MORNING COMMITTEE. GOOD MORNING. UM, I WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE YOU WITH AN UPDATE FROM THE AUGUST HOUSING COMMITTEE. UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, WE ARE GETTING VERY CLOSE TO CLOSING OUT OUR HARVEY GRANT. UM, NEXT MONTH WE HOPE TO HAVE SOME OF THOSE CLOSE OUT LETTERS. UH, BACK FROM THE GLO. WE'VE SUPPLIED A LOT OF DIFFERENT, UH, THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTS TO BE ABLE TO CLOSE OUT THOSE. SO I'M HOPING TO PROVIDE THE COMMITTEE, UM, AS SOON AS WE GET THE OFFICIAL CLOSE OUT OF WHICH PROGRAMS WE ARE COMPLETELY DONE WITH. UM, AND JUST MOVING INTO THE LAST, UH, THE LAST SET OF CLOSEOUT PAPERWORK. SO I HOPE TO PROVIDE THE COMMITTEE WITH THAT NEXT MONTH. OKAY. BUT FOR THIS MONTH, WHAT I DO JUST WANNA HIGHLIGHT FOR YOU, UM, SINCE LAST MONTH, WE HAVE SUBMITTED JUST UNDER 5.9 MILLION OF ADDITIONAL DRAW REQUESTS TO THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE. AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'RE STILL BLOWING AND GOING TO TRY TO GET THOSE LAST FEW DRAW REQUESTS IN. AND THEN WE'VE HAD ABOUT 2.9 MILLION IN APPROVALS AND DOLLARS RETURNED TO THE CITY SINCE LAST MONTH, UM, RELATED TO OUR HARVEY GRANT. AND I ALSO WANNA NOTE FOR OUR HOME BUYERS 2.0 PROGRAM, WE HAD SOME PRETTY STRETCHED OUT, UH, PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS. WE'VE PREVIOUSLY TALKED ABOUT THOSE BENCHMARKS. UM, AS OF SEPTEMBER 11TH, WE WERE JUST UNDER, UH, MEETING THE PERFORMANCE BENCHMARK FOR DECEMBER 31ST. SO THIS IS ACTUALLY GREAT NEWS THAT WE'VE MET THE BENCHMARK THIS EARLY. UM, AND AS YOU SAW, WE ARE RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF REALLOCATING SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDS THAT WOULD HAVE GONE UNUSED. WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF REALLOCATING THOSE TO THE HOME BUYER'S ASSISTANCE 2.0 PROGRAM. SO AS ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS CLOSE AND THERE ARE EXCESS FUNDS REMAINING, WE ARE HOPING TO ALSO GET THOSE REALLOCATED TO BE ABLE TO HELP ADDITIONAL HOMEOWNERS. BUT WE WON'T KNOW THAT UNTIL WE HAVE THE OFFICIAL CLOSEOUT FROM THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE. OKAY. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION FOR DR 17. UM, AS WE GET GOING FOR DR 21 AND DR 24, WHAT WE WILL DO IS PROVIDE YOU WITH AN UPDATE, I HOPE TO START DOING THAT NEXT MONTH ONCE WE GO OVER IT WITH CHAIR THOMAS, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THE FORMAT AND STRUCTURE OF OUR UPDATES, UM, ARE AT LEAST CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WE'VE PRESENTED FOR DR 17. SO THAT WAY THE COMMITTEE CAN GET AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHERE WE ARE WITH OUR DR 21 GRANT AS WELL AS OUR DR 24. OKAY. THANK YOU. OBVIOUSLY, DR. 17 WAS A, UM, LOT, A LOT OF PTSD FROM THAT EXPERIENCE, BUT, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT THIS DEPARTMENT IS WE HAVE LEARNED FROM THAT WE'RE CLOSING THOSE ISSUES UP. UH, WE WOULD NEVER HAVE THOSE ISSUES LIKE THAT AGAIN IN DR 21 AND 24. IT'S, IT IS BEEN A TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCE, BUT IT'S BEEN GOOD BECAUSE WE'VE LEARNED A LOT ABOUT HOW TO MAKE SURE THAT WE SPEND EVERY DOLLAR CAREFULLY. OKAY. VERY GOOD. IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS, THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. NO QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU TJ. ALRIGHT. T BAR, [00:50:02] MR. BAR, IS IT MEL? MELANIE. MELANIE. I'M SORRY. MR. BAR. THANK YOU. MELANIE . MORNING. GOOD MORNING. UM, YESTERDAY WE PRESENTED SEVERAL ITEMS AT THE QUALITY OF LIFE AND WE WERE GONNA TAKE THIS MOMENT JUST TO BRIEF THIS COMMITTEE ON THOSE ITEMS. IF YOU COULD GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. AND SO WE PRESENTED SEARCH HOMELESS SERVICES, UM, WITH OUR, AN AMENDMENT TO THE EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANT FUNDS, WHICH IS THE RUSH FUNDS, THE ESG FUNDS AND THE CDBG FUNDS. I, I'M NOT SURE HOW MUCH INFORMATION YOU WANT ME TO GO INTO THIS, UM, OR IF THERE ARE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS, HOW WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO HANDLE THE BRIEFING? JUST, JUST GO, JUST JUST GO THROUGH THE SLIDES THAT YOU HAVE, AS YOU KNOW. OKAY. SO FOR SEARCH, THIS IS THE SECOND AMENDMENT TO THE SUB-RECIPIENT AGREEMENT. AND THIS IS ONLY EXTENDING THE, THE AGREEMENT TERM UNTIL APRIL 30TH, 2027. THERE'S NO FUNDING TO BE ADDED. UM, AND THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM DOES HOUSE ABOUT 48 INDIVIDUALS A YEAR OR ANNUALLY. NEXT SLIDE. WE CAN, WE CAN GO TO THE ITEM TWO B, WHICH IS ON THE, THERE WE GO. THE BEACON. SO THE BEACON, THIS IS ALSO A FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE SUBRECIPIENT FOR THE BEACON. THIS IS ADDING FUNDING AT $485,000. THIS IS AN ADDITIONAL 12 MONTHS OF SERVICES. AND THIS PROGRAM IS SPECIFICALLY FOR DIVERSION AND RAPID RESOLUTION. SO THIS IS TAKING PEOPLE THAT ARE ON THE STREET, OFF THE STREET, UM, AND TRYING TO RESOLVE THEIR SITUATION IN A FASTER WAY. THIS IS TYPICALLY USED FOR INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE NEWLY HOMELESS AND THESE SERVICES ARE APPROXIMATELY THREE MONTHS. UM, ACTUALLY THEY'RE LIMITED TO THREE MONTHS UNDER THE CDBG GUIDELINES. AND SO THIS GIVES THEM WRAPAROUND SERVICES AND THEN SOME FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE. IF WE GO TO TWO C, THIS PARTICULAR, UH, AMENDMENT IS FOR TIME ONLY. WE ARE MODIFYING, I'M SORRY, THIS IS FOR BUDGET ONLY. THIS IS THE BUDGET LINE ITEMS. SO WHEN WE BRING AN ITEM TO CITY COUNCIL AND CITY COUNCIL APPROVES THAT ITEM, THEY ARE APPROVING THE BUDGET WITHIN THE AGREEMENT. AND SO WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE IS WE'RE ADDING SOME POSITIONS, UM, AND WE'RE MOVING SOME LINE ITEMS AROUND. SO THIS IS NOT ADDING ADDITIONAL FUNDING. WE ORIGINALLY WENT TO CITY COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL FOR A 24 MONTH BUDGET AT $7.4 MILLION IN HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM, AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN, WHICH IS HOME A RP AND THE N STREET HOMELESS FUND, WHICH IS 2012 FUNDS. UM, THIS CONTINUES TO SERVE UP TO OR APPROXIMATELY 150 HOUSEHOLDS. I WILL SAY THAT THIS AGENCY HAS SURPASSED THAT GOAL AND WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THEM. THIS IS A NEW PROGRAM. SO OPH OTHER PERMANENT HOUSING IS A HOUSING ASSISTANCE CATEGORY THAT PROVIDES ONGOING RENTAL ASSISTANCE, RENTAL SUPPORT TO, TO FORMERLY HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES WITHOUT REQUIRING A QUALIFYING DISABILITY OR INTENSIVE SUPPORT SERVICES. THE NEXT ITEM, UM, IS, IS ITEM 2D AND TWO E, WHICH IS A TWO AGREEMENTS WITH THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS. T-D-H-C-A-I, UM, WENT TO PRESENT THEM TOGETHER BECAUSE THEY ARE VERY SIMILAR. AND SO THIS IS THE, THIS IS PART OF A THREE STEP PROCESS. THIS IS THE SECOND PART. UM, SEVERAL MONTHS AGO WE CAME BEFORE CITY COUNCIL ASKED FOR APPROVAL FOR OUR DEPARTMENT TO APPLY TO T-D-H-C-A FOR HHSP FUNDS, WHICH IS HOMELESS HOUSING SERVICES PROGRAM FUNDS. AND WE ARE NOW, WE NOW HAVE THE CONTRACT FROM T-D-H-C-A. SO WE ARE ASKING FOR CITY COUNCIL'S APPROVAL TO ENTER THAT CONTRACT. SO THAT CONTRACT IS, UM, IS TWO DIFFERENT CONTRACTS. IT'S THE HHSP GENERAL SETASIDE FUNDS, WHICH IS $1.2 MILLION. AND THEN THE YOUTH SETASIDE FUNDS, WHICH IS $409,258 FOR A COMBINED TOTAL OF $1,689,313. UM, SO JUST AS A REMINDER, THE GENERAL SET ASIDE CAN BE USED FOR ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES THAT INCLUDE CONSTRUCTION DEVELOPMENT OR ACQUISITION OF HOUSING FOR PERSONS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, REHABILITATION OF STRUCTURE, SERVING PERSONS EXPERIENCING UNIT AT RISK OF HOMELESSNESS, DIRECT SERVICES AND CASE MANAGEMENT, EMERGENCY SHELTER OPTIONS, AND OTHER HOMELESS RELATED ACTIVITIES APPROVED BY T-D-H-C-A. SO IN OTHER WORDS, THERE IS A LOT OF FLEXIBILITY WITH THESE GRANTS. UM, [00:55:01] AND THEN THE, BOTH, BOTH PERFORMANCE PERIODS ARE FROM SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2026 THROUGH AUGUST 31ST, 2027. AND THE YOUTH SET ASIDE IS VERY SIMILAR. HOWEVER, IT IS TARGETED TO PREVENT AND ELIMINATE HOMELESSNESS AMONG YOUTH HEAD OF HOUSEHOLDS. AND THAT IS FOR INDIVIDUALS 18 TO 24 YEARS OF AGE. UM, THOSE ARE THE HEAD OF HOUSEHOLDS. AND THOSE ACTIVITIES INCLUDE ESSENTIAL SERVICES, STREET OUTREACH, TRANSITIONAL LIVING, DIRECT SERVICES AND CASE MANAGEMENT AND OTHER HOMELESS RELATED ACTIVITIES APPROVED BY T-D-H-C-A. AND THEN THE LAST ITEM, WHICH IS TWO F, IS EXCESS CARE OF COASTAL TEXAS. AND THIS IS A FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE SUB-RECIPIENT AGREEMENT PROVIDING AN ADDITIONAL $1,276,825 IN HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS, UM, FUNDING, WHICH IS, WE CALL IT HOPWA FUNDING BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE, WE USE OUR ACRONYMS ALL THE TIME. AND THIS IS TO PROVIDE HOUSING ASSISTANCE AND SUPPORT SERVICES TO A MINIMUM OF 149 VERY LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLDS LIVING WITH OR AFFECTED BY HIV AIDS. NOW THE SERVICES THAT ARE INCLUDED, UM, WILL BE TENANT BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE, SHORT TERM RENT, MORTGAGE UTILITY ASSISTANCE, AND PERMANENT HOUSING PLACEMENT SUPPORT SERVICES WILL INCLUDE CASE MANAGEMENT, NUTRITIONAL ASSISTANCE, MEDICAL TRANSPORTATION, AND OTHER SERVICES DESIGNED TO PROMOTE HOUSING STABILITY, IMPROVE ACCESS TO CARE, AND REINFORCE OPPORTUNITIES TOWARDS INDEPENDENT LIVING. NOW I WILL SAY THAT ACCESS CARE, UM, SO THAT WE'RE EXTREMELY TRANSPARENT, IS LOCATED IN GALVESTON, TEXAS AND PRIMARILY SERVES THE SOUTHEAST PORTION OF THE HOPWA ELIGIBLE METROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREA. SO THE CITY OF HOUSTON HAS A NINE COUNTY REGION AND WE PROVIDE SERVICES IN ALL NINE COUNTIES. THOSE COUNTIES ARE AUSTIN, BRAZORIA, CHAMBERS, FORT BEND, GALVESTON, HARRIS, LIBERTY, MONTGOMERY, AND WALLER. AND THAT WOULD CONCLUDE MY PRESENTATION OF THE BRIEFING. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. VERY GOOD. UH, SO FAR WE DON'T HAVE ANYONE IN THE QUEUE. UH, OVERALL, IF YOU TAKE A STEP BACK AND LOOK AT THE PRESENTATION, MELODY JUST GAVE YOU, UH, THERE ARE TWO THINGS THAT I SEE. ONE IS MAKING SURE THAT WHERE WE HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO USE HIGHLY SPECIFIC FEDERAL DOLLARS, LIKE THE HOPPER DOLLARS, LIKE THE YOUTH DOLLARS, WE'RE ABLE TO USE THOSE AS EFFECTIVELY AND EFFICIENTLY AS POSSIBLE. YEAH. AND THE SECOND IS TRYING SOME DIFFERENT ITEMS LIKE THE OTHERS PERMANENT HOUSING, OPH MM-HMM . WHICH IS, UM, HISTORICALLY HOUSTON HAS LOOKED AT HOUSING FOR HOMELESSNESS AND SAID, WE'RE GONNA TAKE THE MOST PEOPLE WHO HAVE THE GREATEST CHRONICITY, THE GREATEST DISABILITY AND PUT 'EM, PUT THEM IN PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING. THAT'S, UH, LONGER TERM HOUSING WITH SUBSIDY WITH A LOT OF SERVICES. AND IT'S, THAT DOESN'T FIT EVERYBODY. AND THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE WHO ARE JUST INTO HOMELESSNESS JUST IN THE FIRST MONTHS OF HOMELESSNESS WHO CAN START MOVING MUCH QUICKER TO SUSTAINABILITY. MM-HMM . SO WE'RE TRYING TO SET UP PROGRAMS THAT FIT THE PERSON TO THE PROGRAM INSTEAD OF THE PROGRAM TO THE PERSON. AND YOU'LL SEE THAT MORE COMING FORWARD AS WE, UH, ARE ABLE TO USE, UM, THE NON-FEDERAL FUNDS ON THAT. SO AGAIN, WATCH HOW WE DO THAT. THIS OTHER, OTHER PERMANENT HOUSING IS A VERY INTERESTING ONE TO WATCH AND TO SEE THE SUCCESS OF THAT. AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL MOVE PEOPLE'S MORE QUICKLY INTO FULL SUSTAINABILITY. UH, I'LL ALSO JUST ADD THAT, UM, YESTERDAY A QUALITY OF LIFE. WE GOT SEVERAL QUESTIONS AROUND OUTCOMES AROUND DATA. AND SO MY TEAM IS, UM, PREPARING SOME INFORMATION THAT WE ARE GONNA PRESENT TO OR SEND TO QUALITY OF LIFE. BUT I WILL ALSO SEND THAT INFORMATION, UM, TO YOU VICE CHAIR. I'LL SEND THAT TO THIS, UM, COMMITTEE AS WELL SO THAT EVERYBODY HAS THAT INFORMATION. TRANSPARENCY IS ALWAYS KEY AND I'M ALWAYS HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS WHETHER YOU THINK ABOUT 'EM IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT LIKE I DO, AND JUST SEND ME AN EMAIL AND I'LL GET TO YOU THE NEXT DAY, UH, OR WHENEVER. 'CAUSE I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE'RE ABLE TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS THAT, UM, THIS COMMITTEE HAS. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GREAT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. I DON'T SEE ANYONE IN THE QUEUE, UH, FOR ANY QUESTIONS, SO WE APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I HAVE A FEW ADDITIONAL COMMENTS IF IT'S OKAY WITH THE CHAIRMAN. GO RIGHT AHEAD. ALRIGHT. GO TO THE FIRST SLIDE ON DIRECTOR UPDATES. THERE YOU'RE, YEAH. UM, WE'RE EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE THE LAUNCH OF THE APPLICATION STATUS DASHBOARD, A NEW RESOURCE THAT MAKES IT EASIER FOR RESIDENTS WHO APPLY FOR DR 24 ASSISTANCE AS [01:00:01] A RESULT OF THE MAY, 2024 DIRE AND HURRICANE BARREL TO CONVENIENTLY CHECK ON THEIR APPLICATION STATUS. UH, RESIDENTS CAN CHECK THEIR APPLICATION PROGRESS THROUGH THE DASHBOARD WITH A UNIQUE APPLICATION ID PROVIDED BY OUR STAFF WHEN THEY SUBMIT, SUBMITTED THEIR APPLICATION. ACCESS TO THE DASHBOARD IS AVAILABLE AT THE B-I-T-L-Y LINK, SHOWN ON THE SLIDE, UH, DR 24, SO YOU'LL KNOW HAS BEEN OPEN. UM, AS OF AUGUST 24, UH, 572 APPLICATIONS WERE ISSUED TO HOMEOWNERS IN THE LAST THREE WEEKS. 74 HAVE BEEN RECEIVED WITH 36 IN REVIEW AND 14 WITHDRAWN. UM, ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING THINGS THAT I'VE ATTENDED THE CITY OF HOUSTON WAS THE DISASTER. HOUSTON DISASTER RECOVERY EXPO. UM, WE'RE STILL CELEBRATING THAT SUCCESS. UH, THE EXPO MARK, THE OFFICIAL IN-PERSON LAUNCH OF DR 24, SINGLE FAMILY HOME REPAIR PROGRAM, THAT'S A $50 MILLION PRO FIVE ZERO MILLION DOLLARS PROGRAM DESIGNED TO ASSIST ELIGIBLE HOMEOWNERS WHOSE HOMES WERE DAMAGED IN THE MAY 24TH, UH, DERECHO AND HURRICANE BARROW. THERE WERE 400 ATTENDEES, UH, MORE THAN 30 RESOURCE PARTNERS, UH, CITY, COUNTY, UH, NONPROFITS, AND A HUNDRED D 24 APPLICATIONS WERE DISTRIBUTED. UH, THE DR DISASTER RECOVERY EXPO WAS ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL OUTREACH EVENTS I'VE EVER SEEN. UM, PEOPLE ARE IN NEED OF THIS HELP. THEY WANT THIS SUPPORT. THEY WERE VERY POSITIVE, SURPRISINGLY PATIENT. 'CAUSE SOME OF THESE FOLKS HAVE BEEN UNDER DURESS FOR THESE TWO YEARS. UM, SOME PEOPLE HAD ARRIVED AS EARLY AS 5:00 AM. UH, TOGETHER WE CONNECTED RESIDENTS WITH ALL SORT OF RESOURCES, INFORMATION, AND SUPPORT TO HELP THEM SUPPORT THE NEXT STEP OF RECOVERY BEYOND WHAT THE CITY CAN OFFER. SPECIAL THANK YOU TO GENEROUS SPONSORS AND PARTNERS WHO HELP MAKE THIS EVENT POSSIBLE. KROGER, HEB, CENTER POINT, FROST BANK, HOME GENIE, FOUR RENOVATE BALLOONS, HOUSTON AND THE HOUSTON TOOL BANK, WHICH THEY WERE GIVING AWAY TOOLS FOR PEOPLE WHO STAYED AND LISTEN, IT WAS QUITE, QUITE EXCITING. UH, AGAIN, UM, I I, I WAS AMAZED AT THE TURNOUT. UH, GREAT PARTICIPATION, GOOD, GOOD PEOPLE, PATIENT WANTING SOLID INFORMATION AND A REALLY TERRIFIC WORK BY THE TEAM ON A EARLY HOT SATURDAY MORNING. NEXT SLIDE. UH, BEFORE WE GET TO RUSH RUSHMORE, I WANT TO JUST GIVE TWO OTHER FACTS OUT. UM, D 21, THAT'S A $40 MILLION, UH, PROGRAM. UH, THERE ARE OVER 1200 APPLICANTS HAVE COME IN OVER 10 MONTHS. UH, A HUNDRED AND UH, 30 HAVE WITHDRAWN. 187 WITH DENIED, BUT 115 HAVE BEEN APPROVED. FIVE ARE IN THE PERMITTING PENDING CONSTRUCTION, START 23 IN CONTRACTS AND PROPERTY SURVEYS AND WE HAVE 87 DAMAGE ASSESSMENTS GOING ON. THAT'S WHERE, THAT'S A VERY DIFFICULT ASSESSMENT WHERE YOU'RE TURN FINDING IF CAN WE DO THE PROJECT FOR UNDER A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS OR IS IT A PROJECT THAT WILL COST MORE THAN 50% OF THE VALUE OF THE HOME, WHICH MEANS IT HAS TO BE A COMPLETE RECONSTRUCTION. UM, AGAIN, EXCITING PROJECT. PEOPLE ARE WAITING FOR IT. THERE'S A HUGE DEMAND AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO GO FORWARD. UH, HA 2.0, THAT'S A DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANT HAD OVER 708 APPLICANTS. UM, THIS WE'VE RECEIVED APPROVAL TO, TO ADD APPROXIMATELY 2.5 MILLION TO THE 18 MILLION WE HAD. AND THAT 2.5 MILLION WILL SERVE 21 ADDITIONAL FAMILIES. 17 HOME BUYERS ARE CURRENTLY PENDING APPROVAL, SO THAT WILL MOVE THEIR PURCHASE PRICE AND THEY'LL BE ABLE TO BUY A HOME WHICH WILL PROVIDE GENERATIONAL WEALTH AND A NEW HOME FOR THESE INDIVIDUALS. LAST IS OUR PICTURE OF RUSHMORE. I DON'T REM KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER. THAT WAS A VERY INTERESTING DISCUSSION WE HAD. UH, THAT'S AT HIGHWAY SIX SOUTH AS USUAL, UH, OUTSIDE OF DISTRICT G. UM, WE'RE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THE RIBBON CUTTING ON RUSHMORE WILL BE NOVEMBER 10TH. UH, THE NEW FAMILY HOME DEVELOPMENT FEATURES 101 UNITS AND REPRESENTS A $3 MILLION INVESTMENT IN HCD HOME FUNDS. THE NEXT SLIDE IS BOULEVARD 61. UM, IT'S ANOTHER MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT FEATURING 90 UNITS, A $4 MILLION INVESTMENT HCD HOME FUNDS. IT'S LOCATED IN DISTRICT J. [01:05:01] UH, THE DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED TO CELEBRATE ITS RIBBON CUTTING AT THE END OF OCTOBER, SO IT'S VERY NEAR. LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING EVERYBODY THERE FOR THOSE TWO. AND THE NEXT SLIDE IS JUST OUR STAY IN THE LOOP. I LOVE THIS NEW LOGO. UH, WE WANT YOU TO STAY IN THE LOOP WITH HCD. YOU CAN SCAN THE QR CODE ON THE SLIDE OR VISIT WW HOUSTON TX.GOV/HOUSING AND SUBSCRIBE TO OUR EMAIL LIST. I'M VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE EMAILS THAT ARE GOING OUT. I HOPE YOU WILL SEND THIS TO YOUR CONSTITUENTS AND LET THEM BE IN THE LOOP FOR HCD. THAT'S THE END OF MY DIRECTOR'S COMMENTS. THANK YOU, BROTHER, DIRECTOR. I APPRECIATE IT. BEFORE WE GO TO THE QUESTION IN THE QUEUE, LET ME, UM, CONGRATULATE YOU AND, UH, YOUR DEPARTMENT ON THE DISASTER RECOVERY EX EXPO. AND IT WAS GREAT TO HEAR, UM, THE POSITIVE SIDE TO THOSE THINGS BECAUSE IN MY, UM, KIND OF EVERY QUARTERLY TOWN HALL, THIS LAST ONE WE DID, WE PUT THE EMPHASIS ON CRIME AND DISASTER RELIEF. WE MADE SURE THAT MOST OF OUR COMMUNITIES, SO WE TRY TO COVER THAT, YOU KNOW, AND CERTAINLY IN WHERE WE ARE AT THIS POINT. SO, UH, WE ALWAYS HAVE PRETTY GOOD TURNOUT, BUT THAT ISSUE AROUND, UH, DISASTER AND RECOVERY IS SO IMPORTANT. I I, I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS BECAUSE IT WAS ON A SATURDAY OR OTHERWISE, BUT AGAIN, IT WAS A VERY IMPRESSIVE GROUP. YEAH. YEAH. I, I WAS, WHEN I WALKED IN THAT MORNING, I WAS, MY MOUTH DROPPED. YEAH. AND AGAIN, THANKS FOR MY TEAM FOR REALLY GETTING THE WORD OUT. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU FOR YOU DOING IT TOO. 'CAUSE A LOT OF IT CAME THROUGH THE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THEIR STAFF. YES, THANK YOU. AND, AND WE CERTAINLY PUT A LOT OF EMPHASIS ON IT. WE'VE ALWAYS HAD RED CROSS AND SALVATION, ALL THOSE PEOPLE AT OUR TOWN HALLS BECAUSE IT'S A NECESSITY THAT THE COMMUNITY HAVE ENGAGEMENT, BUT MORE SO THAT THEY HAVE INFORMATION. AND THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND I THINK THESE NONPROFITS ARE GREATLY APPRECIATE BEING PART OF YOUR TOWN HALL. UH, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE OUTREACH AND WE DO, WE DO BETTER THAN MOST. YES. YES. THANK YOU BROTHER LEY. SO WE DO HAVE OUR ONE IN THE QUEUE FROM REPRESENTATIVE. YES. FROM CHAIR'S OFFICE. SUMMERS. THANK YOU DIRECTOR. AND THANK YOU TO THE ENTIRE, UM, HOUSING DEPARTMENT STAFF FOR THE MYRIAD OF PRESENTATIONS WE'VE RECEIVED THIS MORNING. . UM, AGAIN TO ECHO, UH, VICE CHAIR DAVIS, UH, JUST ABOUT THE TURNOUT FOR THAT EVENT. YEAH, I KNOW COUNCIL MEMBER THOMAS AND CHAIR THOMAS, UM, IS ALWAYS REITERATING HOW MUCH NEED THERE IS AND, AND YOUR DEPARTMENT DOES A GREAT JOB AS WELL. MM-HMM . UM, OF REITERATING JUST THE NEED FOR THESE, UM, FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR, FOR HOMEOWNERS. AND SO I KNOW THAT, UM, THIS COMMITTEE AND OUR OFFICE IS VERY EXCITED TO HEAR, UH, THE INCREMENTAL UPDATES AS THEY COME. UM, FOR THE DASHBOARD, WE'LL BE SURE TO SEND THAT OUT TO COUNCIL OFFICES SO THEY CAN CIRCULATE THAT IN THEIR NEWSLETTERS, PUBLICATIONS. UM, THAT'S A GREAT RESOURCE FOR APPLICANTS TO HAVE ACCESS TO. UM, I WILL SPEAK FOR, YOU KNOW, MYSELF, UH, WHEN IT COMES TO, YOU KNOW, DASHBOARDS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE, OR CALLING A NUMBER AND YOU'RE LEFT WITH DEALING WITH LIKE A ROBO, UM, AI BOT ON THE END. UM, WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO GET ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, UM, IF THERE'S ANY TROUBLESHOOTING THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN, IT CAN BE A LITTLE BIT FRUSTRATING. SO IS THERE, YOU KNOW, A POINT OF CONTACT THAT, UM, APPLICANTS WOULD BE ABLE TO SPEAK TO? SHOULD THEY HAVE ANY, UM, PRESSING CONCERNS OR ARE UNABLE TO FUNCTION, UM, THE USE OF THE FUNCTION WITH THE DASHBOARD? ABSOLUTELY. HOMEOWNERS CAN AL ALWAYS CALL 8 3 2 3 9 4 6 2 0 0. OKAY. WONDERFUL. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YES, THANK YOU. THANK YOU LAMBDA. AND I CERTAINLY WANT TO, UH, LIFT THE FACT THAT OUR CHAIR IN HER ABSENCE, WHO HAS CERTAINLY BEEN ACTIVE IN, INVOLVED IN THE EXPOS AND IN IN HER COMMUNITY AS WELL AND IN OTHER AREAS OF THAT DISASTER. SO THANK YOU LAMBDA, FOR REMINDING. BUT, UH, WE CERTAINLY, UH, THINK IT'S EXCITING TO HAVE THAT EXPO. AND AS YOU TALK ABOUT THE DASHBOARD, UM, I DO WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THE NEW, UH, HEAD OF HITS. UM, I THINK, UM, WE, WE'VE GONE TO HIM ABOUT SOME ISSUES THAT WE HAVE OUR URGE COUNSEL TO CONTINUE TO INVEST IN SYSTEMS. UM, WE'RE BEHIND AND WE DO A LOT BY HAND THAT WE THINK WE CAN DO MORE EFFICIENTLY. AND, AND IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT SAVING DOLLARS, IT'S ABOUT GETTING INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC. AND THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF THAT. WE JUST, WE WANT TO DO BETTER WITH THAT. AND I KNOW Y'ALL HEAR IT ALL THE TIME WHEN WE DON'T, CAN'T GET BACK TO PEOPLE. IT'S VERY FRUSTRATING. I HEAR IT AND YOU HEAR IT. WE WE'RE JUST COMMITTED [01:10:01] TO DO IT, BUT IT DOES REQUIRE SYSTEMS TO DO THAT. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU BROTHER DIRECTOR. AND WE APPRECIATE, UH, ALL OF THE PRESENTATIONS COMING FROM OUR, THE H DEPARTMENT. UH, WE DO HAVE ONE SPEAKER, UH, AND THAT IS BROTHER DOUG SMITH. WE COME. BROTHER DOUG, GOOD MORNING TO YOU. GOOD MORNING. IN JUST LISTENING TO MIKE'S PRESENTATION, UH, EARLIER HE TALKED ABOUT LEVERAGING THE DEPARTMENT FUNDS, AND IF YOU LOOKED AT THE TWO MULTIFAMILY PROJECTS THAT HE PRESENTED, THE CITY FUNDS ARE ONLY ABOUT 10% OF THE ENTIRE DEVELOPMENT. THAT'S REALLY THE WAY TO GET SOMETHING DONE RIGHT. IN A BIG WAY, SO, RIGHT. I WAS IMPRESSED WITH THAT. UH, I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. UH, IN TALKING ABOUT THE, UH, NEW DEVELOPMENT, THE SINGLE FAMILY DEVELOPMENT ON STELLA LINK, I THOUGHT I HEARD THE COMMENT MADE THAT THOSE THAT HAD THE INCOME RESTRICTED UNITS HAD A FIVE YEAR RESTRICTION ON SELLING MM-HMM . I'M NOT SURE IF I HEARD THAT CORRECTLY, BUT MY QUESTION WAS, IF THERE IS THAT RESTRICTION, DOES THE INCOME RESTRICTION CONTINUE WITH THAT, UH, AFTER THE FIVE YEARS? HOPEFULLY IT DOES, BECAUSE IF IT DOESN'T, IT WON'T GAIN YOU VERY MUCH. SO, UH, THAT'S JUST A QUESTION THAT SOMEBODY CAN FOLLOW UP WITH, UH, IF THEY WOULD. OKAY. THEN IN TAMIKA'S PRESENTATION, THERE WAS A $45 MILLION REFUND OF THE DR 17 FUNDS, I GUESS THEY WERE MM-HMM . AND I THINK 12 OF IT WAS THE $12 MILLION THAT WAS USED. UH, THE CITY, UH, USED MONEY TO, UH, DO THE STELLAR LINK TO BUY THE LAND. WHAT WAS THE BALANCE? BECAUSE THERE'S STILL A LOT OF MONEY THAT HAD TO BE REFUNDED, AND IS THERE ANY POSSIBILITY OF GETTING THAT BACK? OKAY. UH, THAT WAS MY QUESTION ON THAT. OKAY. AND THEN FINALLY, UM, IN THE, UH, VOLUNTEER OF AMERICA PROJECTS, AT LEAST ONE OF THEM, I DIDN'T CATCH IT IN THE SECOND ONE, BUT THERE WAS A $4 MILLION DEVELOPER FEE, WHICH WAS 10% OF THE ENTIRE PROJECT. HOW IS THAT CALCULATED? IT JUST SEEMS IF FOR A NONPROFIT, IT SEEMED SUBSTANTIAL, AND MAYBE THAT'S THE WAY YOU DO IT WITH PROJECTS LIKE THAT, BUT IT JUST POPPED OUT AS A QUESTION IN MY MIND. AND THAT'S ALL I HAD. OKAY. VERY GOOD. UH, DO WE WANT TO, I SAW MISS DE SHE WANTED, DO YOU WANTED TO ANSWER? I I CAN ANSWER YOU THE QUESTION, SIR. COME FORWARD. YES. COME TO THE MIC. COME UP THAT WAY ALL OF US CAN HEAR. YES MA'AM. SURE. PLEASURE MEETING YOU. HI, NICE TO MEET YOU. DOUG SMITH. HI, DOUG. I'M DEBORAH WELCH. SO IN THE CALCULATION, THAT IS ACTUALLY A MATHEMATICAL CALCULATION BASED ON THE, UM, ON WHAT THE ENTIRE BUDGET IS. MM-HMM . IT'S, UM, THE IRS IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING ALLOWS YOU TO TAKE 15% OF YOUR ELIGIBLE BASIS. AN ELIGIBLE BASIS ARE THINGS LIKE, UM, CONSTRUCTION COST, CONSTRUCTION INTEREST, AND YOUR SOFT COST. AND THEN THEY CALCULATE A DOLLAR AMOUNT THAT THEY ALLOW. IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, IT'S 15, UM, IT WOULD'VE BEEN 15%, BUT WE'RE ACTUALLY AT 10%. YEAH. AND, UM, THAT FEE IS SPLIT. WE GET 50% OF THAT FEE. THE HOUSING AUTHORITY GETS 25% OF THAT FEE. AND, UM, PLEASANT HILL CDC GETS 25% OF THAT FEE'S. JUST A QUESTION. OH, OKAY. NO, THAT'S INTERESTING. AND JUST THE WHOLE 4 MILLION SEEM LIKE A VERY LARGE AMOUNT. OH, NO. AND IT DOESN'T ALL GO TO YOU. THAT'S WHAT YOU JUST NO, AND THE OTHER THING, SIR, IS IF WE GET TO THE END OF THE DAY AND WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY, THEN WE'LL DEFER A PORTION OF THAT FEE. AND SO WE, THAT FEE IS THERE, BUT WE MAY NOT, I THINK WE'RE DEFERRING, UM, I DON'T HAVE THE NUMBERS IN FRONT OF ME, BUT I THINK WE'RE DEFERRING A MILLION DOLLARS, WHICH IS ABOUT 30% OF THAT FEE. GREAT. THANK YOU. SO VERY GOOD. YEAH, THANKS. I GET IN THE WEEDS, SO PLEASE FORGIVE ME. I GET REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS, . THANKS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DOUG. YOU SURE? SURE. APPRECIATE IT. OKAY. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU BOTH. ALL RIGHT. SINCE THERE ARE NONE OTHER, UH, JUST WANT TO SAY THAT IT WAS GOOD TO PRESENT THE DAY IN THE ABSENCE OF OUR CHAIR, AND I WANT TO THANK BOTH, UH, CHAIRMAN THOMAS'S STAFF AND OUR STAFF FOR PARTICIPATING IN GETTING THIS INFORMATION OUT. UM, BEFORE WE ADJOURN, I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT OUR NEXT HOUSING AFFORDABILITY COMMITTEE MEETING WILL BE OCTOBER 26TH, UH, 20TH, I'M SORRY, 20TH AT 10:00 AM. UH, THE DISTRICT F OFFICE WILL BE SENDING OUT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. UM, AND SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE GET IT. AND ALSO THOSE OF US WHO PARTICIPATE, UH, THOSE WHO ARE PART [01:15:01] OF THE MINISTRY ADVISORY, WE HAVE COMMITTEE PEOPLE WHO SIGN UP FOR AFFORDABILITY COMMITTEE. SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO HAVE ADDITIONAL PEOPLE TO BE HERE, TO BE PRESENT, UH, WHEN ALL THIS GOOD INFORMATION GOES OUT. SO IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE, IF THERE ARE NO OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS. * 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.