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SO EXCITED TO SEE YOU ALL HERE IN THE PLANNING AND LAND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE MEETING, UH, ON TODAY, MARCH 29TH AT 2:00 PM IF I COULD PLEASE ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLE.
YES, MADAM CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBER RIDGE PRESENT.
COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN.
COUNCIL MEMBER GRO AND CHAIR GONZALEZ.
AND IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE COUNCILMAN
[1. 21-2480 Approval of the minutes]
WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES, PLEASE.IF I COULD GET SOMEBODY TO APPROVE THE MINUTES.
I MOVE THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.
[Consent Agenda]
WILL MOVE ON.UH, SO THE, UH, APPROVED, MOVING ON TO TWO CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. THEY ARE TWO, UH, RESOLUTIONS OF NO OBJECTION.
UH, ONE, UM, FOR, UH, ONE IN DISTRICT TWO, AND, UH, ANOTHER ONE IN THE E T J NEAR COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO.
SO THOSE I TWO ITEMS, UH, ARE ON CONSENT.
THIS ONE LOOKS LIKE IT'S IN DISTRICT THREE.
UM, CAN I GET A, A ITEM, A MOTION TO APPROVE THE TWO ITEMS ON CONSENT CHAIR? I MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE TWO ITEMS ON CONSENT.
ANY OPPOSED? OKAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THAT CONCLUDES THE ITEMS ON CONSENT.
[4. 21-2471 Briefing on the City’s Strategic Housing Implementation Plan (SHIP) progress including the definition of affordability and next steps]
INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION, AND WE WILL START WITH ITEM NUMBER FOUR, UH, BRIEFING ON THE CITY'S STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S LORI OR VETO.
UM, COUNCILWOMAN AND CHAIRWOMAN, THIS IS LORI HOUSTON.
I'M GONNA ASK VE SOTO TO INTRODUCE THIS ITEM.
I'M ACTUALLY GONNA TURN THE PRESENTATION ITSELF TO OUR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, IAN, BE, BUT YOU HAVE HEARD ABOUT THE STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN BEFORE, AND SO WE THOUGHT IT'D BE VERY APPROPRIATE TO COME AND GIVE YOU AN UPDATE AS WE GET READY, UM, TO CONTINUE TO WORK AND FOCUS ON ONE KEY ASPECT OF IT, WHICH IS THE DEFINITION OF AFFORDABILITY.
IAN, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU.
UH, GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
IAN BENAVIDES, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON OUR STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, WHICH WILL ALSO INCLUDE AN UPDATE ON THE ACTION ITEMS AND THE HOUSING POLICY FRAMEWORK, AND AN UPDATE ON WHERE WE ARE WITH THE DEFINITION OF AFFORDABILITY.
SO, JUST REALLY QUICKLY, I KNOW IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE WE'VE BEEN BACK, UM, TO THIS COMMITTEE, BUT THE STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN IS REALLY FOCUSED ON THREE KEY THINGS.
UH, IT'S TO TRANSLATE THE HOUSING POLICY FRAMEWORK VISION INTO SPECIFIC GOALS AND STRATEGIES.
IT'S TO CREATE A, UH, CROSS SECTOR COMMITMENTS FOR ACCOUNTABILITY THROUGH THE, THE FORMATION OF AN IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.
AND IT REALLY IS ROOTED IN PUTTING THE LIVED EXPERIENCES OF, UH, OUR COMMUNITY AT THE CENTER OF THE WORK AND EXTEND IT INTO LARGE SCALE TRANSFORMATION.
SO, UM, THE STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN IS REALLY BUILDING OFF OF THE GREAT WORK THAT WAS DONE IN THE HOUSING POLICY FRAMEWORK, BUT WE KNOW THAT THERE'S ALWAYS ONGOING INITIATIVES.
UM, HERE ARE A FEW THAT WE'RE COORDINATING WITH THROUGH THIS PROCESS, INCLUDING OPPORTUNITY AT RISK BY O H P, UH, CLIMATE READY THROUGH, UH, OUR SUSTAINABILITY DEPARTMENT.
AND WE KNOW THAT ALL OF THESE INITIATIVES HAVE A LOT OF GREAT WORK THAT WENT INTO THEM, AND MANY OF THEM TOUCH ON HOUSING AND AFFORDABILITY.
SO THROUGH THIS PROCESS, WE'RE COORDINATING WITH EACH OF THESE EFFORTS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PULLING OUT A LOT OF THE GOOD WORK AND COORDINATING THROUGH OUR IMPLEMENTATION PLAN EFFORTS.
SO BEFORE WE GET INTO THE SHIP UPDATE, I DID WANT TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THE HOUSING POLICY FRAMEWORK STATUS UPDATE.
UM, SO WE'VE CATEGORIZED THE ACTION ITEMS AND THE HOUSING POLICY FRAMEWORK INTO FOUR CATEGORIES.
ONE IS COMPLETE AND ONGOING, AND THOSE ARE THE STRATEGIES WITH
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A DEFINITIVE AND ENDPOINT, UM, THAT HAS BEEN REACHED, OR ONES THAT HAVE BEEN REACHED, BUT, UH, REQUIRE, UH, CONTINUOUS, ONGOING IMPROVEMENT.SO, UM, IT MAY NOT BE COMPLETELY ACCURATE TO SAY THAT THEY'RE COMPLETED, UM, BUT WE HAVE MADE A LOT OF STRIDES THERE.
KNOWING THAT WE WILL HAVE TO EVALUATE SOME OF THESE PROGRAMS YEAR OVER YEAR IN PROGRESS ARE STRATEGIES THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON, UH, AT THE DEPARTMENT WITH OUR PARTNERS TO MAKING SURE THAT WE ACCOMPLISH SOME OF THOSE STRATEGIES.
THERE ARE ITEMS THAT ARE DELAYED, UM, AND THE BIGGEST EXAMPLE OF THAT, UH, IS DUE TO COVID SOME THINGS THAT WE HAD BEEN UNDERTAKEN HAD TO BE PUT ON HOLD.
AND THEN THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE JUST HAVE NOT STARTED YET.
UM, AND THAT'S A COMBINATION DUE TO THINGS THAT WE'RE ALREADY WORKING ON IN PROGRESS, UH, THINGS THAT ARE DELAYED, AND THEN THE WORK THAT WE HAD TO DO AS WE TRANSITION FROM COVID AS A DEPARTMENT.
SO FOR THE COMPLETED AND ONGOING ITEMS, UM, I'M GONNA GO THROUGH THESE, UH, PRETTY QUICKLY.
I THINK MOST OF YOU ARE VERY FAMILIAR WITH THEM.
UM, BUT TO FULLY RESOURCE AND DEPARTMENT, WHEN THE HOUSING POLICY FRAMEWORK WAS, UH, ADOPTED, UM, THERE WAS, UH, MANY MORE RESOURCES THAT WERE PLACED INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES DEPARTMENT, INCLUDING THE FORMATION OF OUR HOUSING POLICY DIVISION, UH, WHICH I OVERSEE, UM, WITH VETO.
AND WE ARE WORKING TO COMPLETE, UH, NOT ONLY THESE ITEMS, BUT ALSO THE SUPPORT FOR THE RECONSTITUTED HOUSING COMMISSION TO FUND A ONE-STOP, UH, HOUSING CENTER, INCLUDING AN ONLINE PORTAL.
UM, WE HAVE DONE A LOT OF GREAT WORK THROUGH OUR PANDEMIC RESPONSE TO CREATE A ONE-STOP SHOP, UH, CENTER.
WE DO KNOW THAT WE NEED TO CONTINUALLY IMPROVE ON THAT AND SEE WHAT OTHER SERVICES, UH, AND PROGRAMS THAT WE CAN INCLUDE IN THAT.
AND OUR ONLINE PORTAL WORK IS CURRENTLY UNDERWAY, UH, WITH THE APPROVAL OF, UH, COUNCIL'S APPROVAL OF A RISE CIVIC CONSULTING ONLINE DASHBOARD THAT IS CURRENTLY UNDERWAY, SUBSTANTIALLY INCREASED GENERAL FUND REVENUE FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
UM, WE DID HAVE A MINOR SETBACK WITH COVID, BUT OUR, OUR, UM, TREND PRE COVID WAS TO START ALLOCATING ADDITIONAL RESOURCES FOR MANY OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WE ADMINISTER.
WE HAVE CONDUCTED A COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT OF THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING TRUST, UM, AND THAT HAS BEEN COMPLETED AND A LOT OF THAT WORK IS COMING, UH, ALMOST TO COMPLETION OVER THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS WITH THE RECONSTITUTION OF THE HOUSING TRUST BODIES, UH, PRIORITIZED CITY AND FUNDING AND INCENTIVES FOR HOME OWNERSHIP AVAILABLE TO HOUSEHOLDS UP TO 120% OF AREA MEDIAN INCOME.
UM, AS I PREVIOUSLY STATED, WE, WE'VE DEDICATED A LOT MORE RESOURCES TO HOME OWNERSHIP AND REHAB, UM, PRE COVID, AND WE LOOK TO GET BACK TO THOSE LEVELS AS SOON AS WE CAN.
AND WE ALSO ARE LOOKING TO UTILIZE ANY FUNDING THAT WE CAN IN THAT.
IN THE MEANTIME, UH, INCREASING FOR DOWN DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE, UH, IS THE SAME.
INCREASED FUNDING FOR REHAB, UH, CREATE A FUND TO MITIGATE THE IMPACTS OF DISPLACEMENT.
UM, THIS IS OUR RISK MITIGATION FUND THAT WAS APPROVED BY COUNCIL AND WAS ULTIMATELY THE TEMPLATE THAT WE USED TO LAUNCH EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM REDEFINE THE HOUSING COMMISSION AS A PUBLIC OVERSIGHT BOARD.
UM, SO THAT'S THE RECONSTITUTION OF THE HOUSING COMMISSION.
UH, THAT WAS DONE SHORTLY AFTER THE ADOPTION OF THE HOUSING POLICY FRAMEWORK.
HERE ARE SOME ITEMS THAT ARE IN PROGRESS.
I ALSO PUT AN ASTERISK NEAR SOME OF THEM.
UH, THESE ARE ITEMS THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING THROUGH IN THE STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN PROGRESS.
SO WHILE NOT COMPLETED, A LOT OF THE WORK ON THOSE IS BEING DONE, UH, THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
SO CREATE DEDICATED REVENUE SOURCES FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I'LL TALK ABOUT IN A LITTLE BIT IN A FEW SLIDES.
UM, ONE OF THE MAIN COMPONENTS OF THE HOUSING POLICY FRAMEWORK AND THE SHIP IS TO CREATE A FUNDING PLAN.
AND SO THOSE ARE THINGS WE'RE LOOKING AT WITH OUR CONSULTANT.
UM, REVISE THE CITY CHARTER TO ALLOW BOND REVENUE TO BE USED FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
I KNOW MEMBERS OF THIS COMMITTEE AND COUNCIL ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE CHARTER LANGUAGE, UM, THAT WE WILL BE PUTTING TO THE PUBLIC FOR A VOTE AND INCLUSION AND A FUTURE BOND, HOPEFULLY, UM, PRIORITIZE FUNDING AND INCENTIVES FOR RENT RESTRICTED UNITS AFFORDABLE TO HOUSEHOLDS UP TO 60% A M I WITH A GRADUATED REDUCTION IN FUNDING FROM 60 TO 80% A M I.
SO THROUGH THE STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, WHAT PROGRAMS AND INCENTIVES, UH, THE CITY SHOULD BE OFFERING TO MEET OUR TARGET GOALS, PRIORITIZE NEW FUNDING, UM, FOR RENTAL UNITS AND COMMUNITIES THAT ARE LINKED WITH TRANSPORTATION, JOBS AND CULTURAL A, UH, ASSETS.
UH, THIS IS ANOTHER THING WE'RE LOOKING AT IN OUR STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.
TYING HOUSING TO TRANSPORTATION.
ANOTHER INITIATIVE THAT THE CITY HAS UNDERGONE FUND PROACTIVE OUTREACH AND COUNSELING TO LOW AND MODERATE INCOME HOUSEHOLDS EXPERIENCING HOUSING VULNERABILITY.
A LOT OF THE, THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE THROUGH OUR PANDEMIC RESPONSE HAS BEEN TRYING TO REACH OUT TO HARD TO REACH COMMUNITIES, UH, SPECIFICALLY TO OFFER, UH, SOME OF THE PROGRAMS AND SUPPORT THAT THE CITY IS OFFERING WITH COVID RESPONSE.
BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WILL DEFINITELY BE LOOKING TO BUILD ON IN THE FUTURE, UH, AND POST COVID AS WE HAVE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES, UM, TO BE ABLE TO USE THOSE METHODS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE REACHING OUT TO THOSE VULNERABLE HOUSEHOLDS.
AND THEN DEVELOP AN ANNUAL REPORT TO TRACK AND PUBLICLY REPORT RESULTS OF THE FULL HOUSING SYSTEM.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE HOUSING COMMISSION IS CURRENTLY WORKING ON, AND WE HOPE TO HAVE A, A FINAL DRAFT AVAILABLE FOR, UH, THIS COMMITTEE'S REVIEW AND THE PUBLIC TO REVIEW WITHIN THE NEXT MONTH OR TWO.
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WE DO HAVE SOME ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN DELAYED OR, OR NOT STARTED YET.UH, IMMEDIATELY CREATING AN EXECUTIVE POSITION IN THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, UH, CHIEF HOUSING OFFICER.
UH, THAT POSITION WAS POSTED AND INTERVIEWS WERE CONDUCTED, UM, BUT HAS BEEN DELAYED DUE TO COVID UNDERTAKEN INCLU INCLUSIVE PUBLIC PROCESS TO DETERMINE STANDARDS AND CRITERIA TO ALLOW BY RIGHT ZONING AND REVISING THE U D C.
UH, THAT U D C REVISION PROCESS HAS BEEN PUT ON HOLD, UH, BY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, UH, IMPLEMENT AFFORDABLE HOUSING TAX CREDITS AND APPRAISALS, UM, THROUGH TAX EXEMPTIONS, PRESERVATION DISTRICTS AND
SO WHAT OTHER TOOLS CAN WE USE? THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'LL BE LOOKING AT THROUGH THE STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN OF OTHER TOOLS BEYOND JUST, UM, YOU KNOW, DIRECT GAP FUNDING OR OUR TRADITIONAL TOOLS THAT WE CAN USE TO MEET OUR HOUSING TARGETS.
THE ITEMS THAT WE HAVE NOT STARTED YET, UM, BUT ARE CURRENTLY BEING EXPLORED THROUGH THE STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN IS TO ESTABLISH FINANCIAL LEVERAGE AS A TOP PRIORITY IN THE UTILIZATION OF PUBLIC FUNDS, INCLUDING PRIVATE, NON-PROFIT AND PHILANTHROPIC RESOURCES.
UM, SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE WILL AGAIN, BE LOOKING AT THROUGH THE STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION, UH, PLAN AND OUR, UH, FUNDING PLAN, INCREASE FUNDING FOR SERVICE ENRICH HOUSING, UH, EXEMPT AFFORDABLE HOUSING FROM SAWS, IMPACT FEES, AND REQUIRE PUBLIC AGENCIES TO CONDUCT DISPLACEMENT IMPACT ASSESSMENTS, UH, FOR PUBLIC PROJECTS THAT RECEIVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF FUNDING.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT THAT HAS BEEN BROUGHT UP THROUGH OUR FOUR ONE HOME INITIATIVE, WHICH WILL BE ANOTHER ITEM THAT YOU'LL BE BRIEFED ON TODAY.
UH, AND THEN IMPLEMENT A CITYWIDE PUBLIC EDUCATION OUTREACH CAMPAIGN ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF HOUSING.
AND I THINK THIS WILL TIE IN ACTUALLY VERY CLOSELY, UH, TO FUTURE, UH, BOND PROPOSALS.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVEN'T STARTED YET, BUT WE ARE, UM, YOU KNOW, WORKING AND THINKING THROUGH RIGHT NOW.
SO GETTING BACK TO THE STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, UM, THIS IS THE STRUCTURE OF THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.
JUST TO, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE, UM, THAT I, I BRING BACK THIS, THIS SLIDE SO YOU CAN SEE THE FUNCTION OF IT.
WE HAVE A SHIP COMMITTEE THAT IS PRIMARILY ALL CITY, UH, AGENCIES AND DEPARTMENTS.
UM, A LOT OF, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES AND OTHER DEPARTMENTS THAT WE WORK WITH, WITH HOUSING, UM, HOUSING TRUST, AND SOME OF OUR PARTNERS THAT HELP US ADMINISTER OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROGRAMS. WE HAVE STAKEHOLDER FORUMS, WHICH I PREVIOUSLY PRESENTED TO THIS COMMITTEE, UM, THAT ARE REALLY FOCUSED IN FOUR KEY AREAS.
UH, WE HAVE HOUSING POLICY, WE HAVE REAL ESTATE AND DEVELOPMENT, WE HAVE AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROVIDERS.
UM, AND THE FOURTH ONE IS ESCAPING ME, BUT, UM, I CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE RESEND THAT TO YOU IF YOU WANNA SEE ALL THE MEMBERS THAT ARE PART OF THAT.
AND THEN WE UTILIZE OUR PUBLIC FORUMS, INCLUDING THE HOUSING COMMISSION, THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING TRUST, SAHA, AND THIS COMMITTEE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PROVIDING UPDATES TO THE COMMUNITY ON A REGULAR BASIS.
AND THEN WE WORK THROUGH HOUSING COMMISSION TO FORMALIZE ALL OF THAT WORK AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, WE HAVE THEIR OVERSIGHT BEFORE WE BRING IT TO THIS COMMITTEE.
AND THEN ULTIMATELY, CITY COUNCIL, UH, SAHA AND THE HOUSING TRUST BOARDS.
SO THE SHIP IS, UM, PRIMARILY COMPOSED OF TWO PHASES.
ONE IS OUR SYNTHESIS AND STRATEGY, WHICH IS COMPOSED OF OUR RECALIBRATION OF OUR HOUSING TARGETS, WHICH I PREVIOUSLY PRESENTED.
UH, AND THEN DEFINING OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEFINITION.
AND THAT'S WHAT I'LL BE BRIEFING ON YOU ALL TODAY.
PHASE TWO IS OUR FUNDING AND IMPLEMENTATION PLANS.
UM, AND SO THOSE ARE WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW AND HOPE TO HAVE COMPLETED BY THIS SUMMER.
SO AS A PROGRESS UPDATE, UH, RECALIBRATING OUR TARGET GOALS.
THE GOALS ARE RECALIBRATED, BUT THEY'RE PENDING THE DEFINITION OF AFFORD AFFORDABILITY SO THAT WE COULD FINALIZE THAT.
AND THEN TODAY, THE, UM, ITEM THAT I'LL BE BRIEFING YOU ON IS THE DEFINITION OF AFFORDABILITY.
THE HOUSING COMMISSION JUST MET EARLIER THIS MONTH, UH, AND THEY ARE LOOKING TO FINALIZE THEIR RECOMMENDATION FOR THIS COMMITTEE TO REVIEW, UM, AT THE RETREAT, WHICH WILL BE HELD NEXT WEEK.
WE'RE ALSO SIMULTANEOUSLY WORKING ON OUR FUNDING PLAN.
WE HAVE OUR CONSULTANT ECONOMIC AND PLANNING SYSTEM WHO IS CURRENTLY DOING INTERVIEWS WITH OUR HOME OWNERSHIP AND RENTAL DEVELOPERS AND SERVICE PROVIDERS TO LOOK AT HOW OUR NEW RECALIBRATED HOUSING TARGETS CAN BE ACHIEVED AND WHAT THAT COST ASSOCIATED WITH THAT WOULD BE.
AND THEN OUR IMPLEMENTATION PLAN WILL WORK IN CONJUNCTION WITH THAT FUNDING PLAN TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE STRATEGIES AND THE COORDINATION AMONGST ENTITIES TO BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE THAT.
SO, UH, AS A QUICK RECAP ON WHAT I PRESENTED LAST TIME, UM, WE ARE, WE WERE LOOKING AT RECALIBRATING OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING TARGETS, WHICH WE WERE EXCEEDING IN THE ORIGINAL HOUSING POLICY FRAMEWORK.
THEY HAD A 10 YEAR GOAL OF 18,681 UNITS.
UH, WE ARE ON TRACK TO MEET THAT GOAL IN THE NEXT TWO YEARS.
UM, SO WE KNEW THAT WE NEEDED TO SET A NEW TARGET GOAL.
AND SO WE WORKED WITH OUR CONSULTANT TO DEVELOP, UM, A NEW METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING THAT.
UH, WE LOOKED AT THE TOTAL HOUSEHOLDS IN BEXAR COUNTY, WE IDENTIFIED WHICH ONES OF THOSE WERE MOST COST BURDEN, AND THEN WE CREATED AN INDEX THAT TOOK THE MOST COST BURDEN, UM, OF THOSE AFFORDABLE A M I RANGES.
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A SUPPLY AND DEMAND ANALYSIS OF THOSE UNITS TO SEE OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS COST BURDEN AT CERTAIN AIS, IS THEIR HOUSING AVAILABLE TO THEM ANYWHERE IN THE CITY? AND SO THAT WAS ABLE TO GET US A NUMBER OF ABOUT 96,000 HOUSEHOLDS THAT ARE IN THE MOST NEED OR WHAT WE'RE CONSIDERING THE MOST VULNERABLE.NEXT SLIDE, 96,000 IS, UH, IS A VERY, VERY LARGE TARGET.
UM, SO WE WORKED WITH OUR STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN TO SEE IF WE COULD, UM, TACKLE HALF OF THAT OVER 10 YEARS.
THAT WOULD GIVE US APPROXIMATELY 47,000 UNITS, WHICH IS, UH, MUCH MORE, ALMOST THREE TIMES AS MUCH AS OUR ORIGINAL HOUSING POLICY FRAMEWORK GOAL.
UM, BUT WE BELIEVE THIS IS, UH, ACHIEVABLE WITH, UM, NEW FUNDING SOURCES INCLUDING A HOUSING BOND, POTENTIAL HOUSING BOND, AND, UH, MORE STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS AMONGST OUR AGENCIES.
SO TODAY I WANT TO UPDATE THE COMMITTEE ON THE DEFINITION OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING DISCUSSIONS THAT HAVE BEEN TAKING PLACE.
UM, THIS IS A QUOTE DIRECTLY FROM THE HOUSING POLICY FRAMEWORK.
UM, ON PAGE 15, IT SAYS, AFFORDABLE HOUSING MEANS A PLACE TO LIVE THAT IS AFFORDABLE.
SO WHEN THE RENT OR MORTGAGES MADE MONEY IS LEFT OVER FOR BASIC NECESSITIES LIKE FOOD, TRANSPORTATION, HEALTHCARE, AND ALL THAT CONTRIBUTES TO ONE SOCIOECONOMIC MOBILITY AND QUALITY OF LIFE.
UM, THAT IS A, THAT'S A VERY GREAT STATEMENT.
I THINK WE WOULD ALL AGREE WITH THAT.
UM, IT IS A, A, UM, QUALITATIVE STATEMENT.
AND SO WHAT WE WERE LOOKING THROUGH THIS DEFINITION OF AFFORDABILITY IS TO BE ABLE TO CREATE A DEFINITION THAT HELPS INFORM POLICIES SO THAT WHEN WE ALL SAY, UM, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ACROSS THE CITY.
OUR INITIAL FEEDBACK FROM OUR STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN GROUP WAS THAT, UM, THE HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, UM, DEFINITIONS ARE THE MOST COMMONLY USED TERMINOLOGY AMONG HOUSING PRACTI PRACTITIONERS.
UH, AND SO THEY WOULD, THEY ASKED US TO USE THAT HUD MEASURING STICK AS THE INDUSTRY STANDARD.
SO IF THERE'S SOMEWHERE ON THAT STICK THAT IS MORE AFFORDABLE THAN WHAT'S CURRENTLY ALLOWABLE, UM, FOR EXAMPLE, UP TO 80% A M I THAT WE STILL USE THE HUD INDUSTRY STANDARD BECAUSE FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT, THEY NEED THAT COMMON LANGUAGE, UH, TO BE ABLE TO FACTOR IN THEIR OTHER AVAILABLE FUNDING SOURCES THAT THEY USE TO DEVELOP AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
SO DECIDE WHERE ON THAT MEASURING STICK IS AFFORDABLE.
TRANSPORTATION COSTS WERE CRITICAL IN THE DISCUSSIONS THAT WE HAD EARLY ON, AND LABELING AND DEFINITIONS MATTER.
UM, I'LL TALK ABOUT THE DEFINITIONS HERE IN A SECOND.
UM, BUT THE AFFORDABLE, UH, AND WORKFORCE, UM, AND SUPPORTIVE HOUSING DEFINITIONS THAT WERE INCLUDED IN THE FRAMEWORK MAY, UH, CARRY CONNOTATIONS THAT MAY NOT ACCURATELY DESCRIBE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE IN THAT POPULATION GROUP.
SO WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT AFFORDABILITY, UM, THE, THE COMMON, THE TWO COMMON MEASURING STICKS THAT ARE USED ARE THE HUD, WHICH I SPOKE ABOUT PREVIOUSLY, WHICH I THINK EVERYBODY IN THIS COMMITTEE IS, IS VERY FAMILIAR WITH.
THOSE ARE USED FOR OUR FEDERAL PROGRAMS, HOME, C D B G AND LOW-INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDITS.
UH, AND THOSE ARE DEFINED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT USING A STATISTICAL, UM, AREA THAT IS LARGER THAN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO INCLUDES NEW BRAUNFELS AND OTHER SMALL CITIES IN THERE.
UH, THE OTHER, THE OTHER, UH, COMMONLY HELD DATA SOURCE IS THE CENSUS, OR THE AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY, WHICH I'VE ABBREVIATED ON THIS SLIDE, IS A C SS, AND THAT IS SPECIFIC TO THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
SO WHAT WE DID ON THIS SLIDE IS WE PUT BOTH MEASURING STICKS NEXT TO EACH OTHER AND BROKE DOWN THEIR RESPECTIVE A M I BREAKDOWNS 30 50, 60, 80, A HUNDRED AND 120% A M I, SO THAT WE COULD SEE SIDE BY SIDE HOW THEY STACK UP AGAINST EACH OTHER.
AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THE A C S OR CITY OF SAN ANTONIO SPECIFIC LEVELS ARE MUCH LOWER THAN THE HUD LEVELS.
UM, AND SO IF YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE ADJUSTED THOSE, UH, A C S LEVELS TO BE TO THE NEAREST HUD EQUIVALENT BREAK.
UM, AND SO WHAT THAT DOES IS SUPPORTIVE HOUSING STAYS ROUGHLY AT THE SAME AT ZERO TO 30% A M I, BUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY 30 TO 80% A M I NOW SHIFTS DOWN TO 30 TO 60% A M I TO AGAIN, MEET THAT NEED IN SAN ANTONIO.
AND WORKFORCE HOUSING, UM, IS ALSO REDUCED TO 60 TO A HUNDRED PERCENT A M I INSTEAD OF 80 TO ONE 20.
AND SO THIS IS, UM, THIS IS JUST THE HUD MEASURING STICK, AGAIN, WITH THOSE NEW BREAKS AND IS INFORMING WHAT STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS.
SO, UM, AREA MEDIAN INCOME, A C S AND HUD ARE TERMS THAT I THINK, UM, MANY, MANY OF US ARE FAMILIAR WITH.
BUT TO PUT THAT INTO, I THINK A LITTLE BIT MORE PRACTICAL, UH, SENSE YOU, WE, WE WENT AHEAD AND WE PUT THE A C S RENT PER MONTH THE NEXT TO THE HUD RENT PER MONTH.
UM, SO THAT YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THOSE CHARTS SIDE BY SIDE, BUT IN NUMBERS.
AND YOU CAN SEE THAT FOR A C S 80% A M I, WHICH IS WHAT THE HOUSING POLICY FRAMEWORK WAS, WAS LOOKING, SEEKING
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TO ADDRESS FOR HUD, THAT WOULD BE 60% OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME.AND IT'S ABOUT $5 OFF, BUT STILL VERY CLOSE.
AND SO YOU CAN SEE HOW THOSE EQUIVALENCIES, UM, WITH THE REDUC REDUCTION IN A M I CRITERIA HELP TO MEET THAT GOAL ON A LOCAL LEVEL.
UH, ALSO FOR, FOR CONTEXT THAT IT PROVIDES THE CURRENT MARKET, CURRENT MARKET AVERAGE RENT FOR A TWO BEDROOM APARTMENT IN SAN ANTONIO, UM, WHICH WE COLLECTED THROUGH, UH, RENT.COM, WHICH IS $1,576.
FOR HOME OWNERSHIP, WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT WE KEEP 120% A M I FOR HOME OWNERSHIP.
UH, WE'VE HEARD FROM A LOT OF OUR, UM, AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROVIDERS AND, UH, DEVELOPERS THAT THE 120% A M I IS A PRETTY UNIQUE, UM, AND USEFUL THRESHOLD FOR THEM AS THEY DEVELOP AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
UM, THE 120% A M I ALLOWS THEM TO BE ABLE TO QUALIFY RESIDENTS FOR HOME OWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES THAT MAY, UM, YOU KNOW, BE, BE TARGETED A HUNDRED FOR 20, A HUNDRED PERCENT OR 80% A M I.
UM, BUT WE ALL KNOW THAT QUALIFYING FOR A MORTGAGE AND BEING ABLE TO FIND RESIDENTS WHO ARE ELIGIBLE FOR HOUSING AT THOSE LOWER LEVELS IS VERY DIFFICULT.
SO THE 120% GIVES A LOT MORE FLEXIBILITY FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO DELIVER, UH, AND HOUSE INDIVIDUALS.
AND THEN AT THE 120% A M I, UH, RANGE, THERE'S ACTUALLY A VERY LARGE GAP BETWEEN WHAT THE MARKET IS CURRENTLY SUPPORTING, UH, AND THE, THE HOUSE PRICES THAT ARE BUILT AT 120% A M I.
UM, FOR CONTEXT, I PROVIDED THE MARKET AVERAGE SALES PRICE FOR A SINGLE FAMILY HOME AT 311 UH, THOUSAND DOLLARS.
ALSO FOR CONTEXT, THIS IS A, UH, AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPER THAT WE HAVE, UH, WORKED WITH IN THE PAST.
THIS IS CROSS TIMBER HOMES WHO WORKS WITH HABITAT FOR HUMANITY.
UH, THIS IS A THREE BED, UH, TWO BATH HOME THAT THEY'VE BUILT, UM, THAT IS HOUSING IN 120% A M I RESIDENT.
UM, YOU KNOW THAT WE ARE ABLE TO OFFER DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE, UM, BUT MANY INDIVIDUALS BE IT BECAUSE OF CREDIT SCORE, UH, OR OTHER DEBT THAT THEY MAY HAVE OUTSTANDING, UM, YOU KNOW, MAY HAVE 120% INCOME, BUT CAN ONLY QUALIFY FOR A HOUSE THAT'S 170, UH, 170,000.
THE HOUSING COMMISSION ASKED, UH, STAFF TO COLLECT SOME INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY AS WE WERE DISCUSSING THIS ITEM.
SO WE OPENED UP A, UH, QUICK SURVEY WHERE RESIDENTS COULD PROVIDE US WHAT AFFORDABLE HOUSING MEANS TO THEM.
UM, I THINK THEY WANTED SOME CONTEXT AS THEY WERE GOING THROUGH THIS TO KNOW THAT THE, THE COMMUNITY'S INPUT WAS BEING HEARD.
UM, SO WE CREATED A WORD CLOUD, AND THIS, THIS WILL BE UPDATED, UH, SHORTLY, BUT WE ONLY HAD IT OPEN FOR ABOUT A WEEK AND A HALF.
AND THIS IS THE, UH, THESE ARE THE RESPONSES THAT WE RECEIVED.
THE WORDS THAT ARE LARGER ARE THOSE THAT HAPPEN MOST FREQUENTLY AND THE WORDS THAT ARE SMALLER, UM, LESS FREQUENTLY.
SO YOU CAN SEE THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE SOME ITEMS THAT THE COMMUNITY FELT WERE VERY IMPORTANT, INCLUDING PROPERTY TAX REFORM, UH, BEING ABLE TO CONSIDER INCOME, TRANSPORTATION AND LIVING EXPENSES, UM, AND OTHER UTILITIES.
SO TO RECAP, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION CURRENTLY, UM, IS TO KEEP HOME OWNERSHIP AFFORDABLE HOUSING AT 120% AND BELOW OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME AS DEFINED BY HUD TO REDUCE THE WORKFORCE HOUSING DEFINITION FROM 80 TO 120% A M I TO 60 TO 120, UH, TO 60 TO A HUNDRED PERCENT A M I AFFORDABLE HOUSING FROM 30 TO 80% A M I TO 30 TO 60% A M I AND SUPPORTIVE HOUSING TO REMAIN AT ZERO TO 30% A M I.
AND LASTLY, I WILL JUST, UH, RECAP THAT THE HOUSING COMMISSION LOOKS TO FINALIZE A RECOMMENDATION FOR THIS COMMITTEE'S, UM, REVIEW AND CONSIDERATION AT THEIR RETREAT, WHICH IS TAKING PLACE NEXT MONTH.
UM, THEY DID HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL COMMENTS THAT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE, UM, THIS COMMITTEE WAS AWARE OF.
THEY, THEY MENTIONED THAT THERE MAY NEED TO BE SOME NUANCE IN THAT ZERO TO 30% A M I CATEGORY, SPECIFICALLY FROM THE, UH, INTERIM EXEC EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING AUTHORITY WHO SAID THAT THE RESIDENTS THAT THEY SERVE ARE CLOSER TO ZERO TO 15% A M I.
UM, THEY ALSO, UM, WE ARE HONING IN ON THE DEFINITIONS THAT WERE INCLUDED IN THE FRAMEWORK SPECIFICALLY, YOU KNOW, WHAT DO WE MEAN WHEN WE SAY AFFORDABLE OR WORKFORCE, UM, INCLUDING VARIOUS AGENCIES FOR INPUT.
THEY WERE ABLE TO HEAR FROM SAW C P S AND VIA, AND THEN THEY ASKED STAFF.
AND THERE WAS A LOT OF CONSENSUS AROUND THIS TO CREATE A MATRIX THAT REFLECTS THE NEED OF VARIOUS PROGRAMS. SO AFFORDABILITY MIGHT, MIGHT NOT ONLY BE DIFFERENT FROM HOMEOWNER HOME OWNERSHIP AND RENTAL, BUT ALSO BETWEEN REHABILITATION AND NEW CONSTRUCTION FOR HOME OWNERSHIP AND FOR RENTAL UNITS.
AND SO STAFF'S CURRENTLY WORKING ON THAT AND IS WHAT THE HOUSING COMMISSION WILL CONSIDER NEXT WEEK.
UM, SO WITH THAT, I BELIEVE THAT IS MY LAST SLIDE, AND MYSELF AND VETO ARE ABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
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OKAY.UM, AND SO JUST FOR A LITTLE BIT OF CLARITY, UM, FOR THE COMMITTEE, YOU'RE LOOKING FOR FEEDBACK ON THE DEFINITION OF AFFORDABILITY, UM, AND ALSO SOME FEEDBACK ON, UM, THESE, THESE, THIS OTHER, UM, UH, POLICY INITIATIVE ABOUT TARGETING GOALS.
SO THE, UM, WE WANTED TO BRIEF THIS COMMITTEE TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THE HOUSING COMMISSION IS LOOKING TO FINALIZE THEIR RECOMMENDATION ON A DEFINITION OF AFFORDABILITY, WHICH WILL INCLUDE THOSE TARGETING GOALS.
AGAIN, THE, THAT WILL GIVE, UH, STAFF SOME, UH, UH, A STANDARD DEFINITION TO BE ABLE TO USE AS WE DEFINE, UM, WHAT OUR POLICIES WILL BE GOING FORWARD IN SOME OF OUR STRATEGIES, UH, AND WILL ALSO IMPACT WHAT OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING TARGETS ARE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE HITTING THOSE AFFORDABLE HOUSING RANGES.
UM, SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS COMMITTEE WAS AWARE OF THAT.
AND ANY INPUT THAT YOU PROVIDE US, WE'LL MAKE SURE TO BRING TO THE HOUSING COMMISSION NEXT WEEK.
SO WHEN THEY FINALIZE THEIR RECOMMENDATION FOR YOU ALL TO CONSIDER, UM, THEY HAVE, THEY HAVE RECEIVED YOUR INPUT PRIOR TO THAT.
'CAUSE I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION HERE AND SOME OF IT HAS BEEN PENDING FOR A WHILE.
UM, AND I JUST WONDER, YOU KNOW, UM, IF YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I THINK MOST OF THIS HAS BEEN DONE IN A POST PANDEMIC, UH, UM, ENVIRONMENT.
I MEAN, AM I, IS THAT, IS THAT, IS THAT A FAIR STATEMENT OR, UM, OR, YOU KNOW, SO MUCH WAS, SEEMS LIKE, GOT DELAYED ON HOLD BECAUSE OF COVID.
SO DID WE MAKE RECOMMENDATION OR DID YOU MAKE ADJUSTMENTS BASED ON, UM, THE CURRENT SITUATION? YEAH, THAT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION.
SO WE STARTED THE WORK, UH, PRE PANDEMIC, SPECIFICALLY THE RECALIBRATION.
UM, SO WE ARE USING THE BEST AVAILABLE DATA THAT WE COULD COLLECT.
UM, CENSUS DATA IS, IS QUITE DELAYED.
SO, YOU KNOW, THE DATA THAT WE HAVE AS THE DATA WE HAVE UNTIL WE GET AN UPDATE, WHICH, YOU KNOW, WON'T BE FOR A WHILE AND PROBABLY WON'T REFLECT COVID IMPACTS FOR MAYBE EVEN TWO YEARS.
UM, BUT WE ARE USING THE BEST DATA AVAILABLE IN OUR STRATEGIES AND OUR GOALS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON THROUGH OUR IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.
UM, IT REFLECTING THE CURRENT SITUATION POST COVID IS ONE OF THE MAIN PRIORITIES OF THAT GROUP.
SO, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, YES, UH, MOST OF THIS WORK HAS, HAS STARTED PRE COVID, BUT WE ARE TRYING TO TAKE IN INTO CONSIDERATION AS MUCH, UM, COVID UH, RESPONSE AS POSSIBLE.
AND I THINK A GREAT EXAMPLE OF THAT IS, UM, LILA POWELL IS, IS PART OF OUR, OUR SHIP COMMITTEE, AND I KNOW SHE WORKED WITH COUNCILWOMAN ANDREW SULLIVAN ON THEIR, UH, RESPONSE GROUP.
AND SO A LOT OF THE, UH, ITEMS THAT, THAT WERE INCLUDED IN SOME OF THAT WORK ARE BEING DISCUSSED IN OUR IMPLEMENTATION STR STRATEGIES.
SO I GUESS JUST HAS WORKFORCE HOUSING, SO I, I MEAN, ALL THIS TIME I'VE ALWAYS BEEN UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT WORKFORCE HOUSING WAS LOWER THAN AFFORDABLE HOUSING PER LIKE HUD UM, LIKE DEFINITION.
SO I GUESS THAT'S NOT THE CASE, UH, ACCORDING TO WHAT YOU HAVE HERE.
AND I, I HAVEN'T SEEN THAT FROM HUD COUNCILWOMAN, BUT I CAN LOOK INTO THAT.
I DO KNOW THAT IN THE HOUSING POLICY FRAMEWORK, UH, WORKFORCE HOUSING IS THEIR HIGHEST TIER BEFORE MARKET RATE.
WELL, I, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I THINK EVEN JUST LIKE, I ALWAYS HAD THE IMPRESSION THAT IT WAS THE OPPOSITE.
SO I MEAN, I, I THINK THAT'S, THIS IS AN IMPORTANT EXERCISE, IF NOTHING ELSE JUST FOR THAT, BECAUSE THEN IN SPEAKING TO THE COMMUNITY, PERHAPS I HAVE MISSPOKEN, UH, ALL THIS TIME, UM, UH, NOT UNDERSTANDING EXACTLY, UM, WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, UH, IN, IN LIKE IN THAT FRAMEWORK, IN THAT, UM, WITH THE MILESTONES.
AND I GUESS I'M ALSO, THE REASON WHY I'M, I'M A LITTLE BIT HESITANT TO, TO GIVE TOO MUCH FEEDBACK IS I FEEL LIKE WHAT, WHAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING, LIKE ON THE GROUND TALKING TO PEOPLE IS THAT MATERIALS HAVE INCREASED A LOT.
AND SO THEN WHAT DOES THAT DO TO THE COST OF THE PRODUCT? I MEAN, ISN'T THAT GONNA PUSH EVERYTHING UP, UH, EVEN MORE INTO ACCOUNT AT ALL? AND I, I'M, I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER WHERE I, I SAW THIS INFORMATION.
PERHAPS SOMEBODY ELSE KNOWS IT, IT WAS JUST REPORTED A FEW DAYS AGO THAT MATERIAL COSTS ARE UP LIKE 20 OR 30%.
YEAH, THAT, THAT'S GREAT FEEDBACK.
COUNCILWOMAN, THE, UM, GOING BACK TO YOUR FIRST POINT ABOUT DEFINITIONS, I THINK THAT WAS ACTUALLY A BIG TALKING POINT, UH, WITH THE HOUSING COMMISSION IS NOT JUST WORKFORCE, BUT ALSO AFFORDABLE, AFFORDABLE, UM, YOU KNOW, AFFORDABLE COULD BE RELATIVE TO YOUR INCOME EARNED.
UH, AND WORKFORCE COULD IMPLY THAT OTHER SEGMENTS OF THE POPULATION MAY NOT BE WORKING WHEN IN FACT, YOU KNOW, EVERY, MOST PEOPLE WORK.
SO I THINK THAT THAT WAS PART OF THEIR CONVERSATION.
UH, AND THEN, UH, AS FAR AS MATERIALS, YES, THEIR MATERIAL COSTS HAVE GONE UP,
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SPECIFICALLY LUMBER.UH, OUR CONSULTANT IS DOING INTERVIEWS RIGHT NOW, UH, ON THE FUNDING PLAN WITH MANY OF OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPERS HERE LOCALLY.
AND SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT OUR FUNDING PLAN AC, UH, ACCURATELY CAPTURES WHAT THAT COST WOULD BE.
UM, SO MAYBE PRE COVID OR PRE, UH, LUMBER PRICES, THE GAP THAT WAS NEEDED THAT WE WOULD PROJECT OUT WOULD'VE BEEN SMALLER, BUT WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE REFLECT THAT ACCURATELY GOING FORWARD.
SO I, I GUESS, UM, YOU, I, I, I, UH, I, I JUST FEEL LIKE THINGS ARE SO FLUID AND THEN, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, LIKE I FEEL LIKE WE'RE GONNA GET A BIG INFLUENCE, INFLUX OF FUNDING FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THAT CAN BE USED FOR HOUSING.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, PERHAPS WE WOULD HAVE A, A LARGER AMOUNT TO DEAL WITH, BUT THAT HAS TO BE SPENT IN A SHORTER AMOUNT OF TIME.
SO MIGHT THAT ENCOURAGE JUST DIFFERENT INVESTMENTS AS WELL.
UM, I, I'M NOT, I'M NOT TRYING TO, TO BE, UM, IN CON OR VAGUE.
I, I JUST FEEL LIKE THERE'S A LOT OF, UM, DIFFERENT PARAMETERS THAT WE'RE HAVING TO DEAL WITH GIVEN THE ENVIRONMENT.
AND BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES THINGS JUST TAKE LONG, UM, YOU KNOW, PERHAPS WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH ACCURATE INFORMATION TO LIKE REALLY GIVE QUALITY FEEDBACK.
BUT LET ME JUST TELL YOU THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, SO, SO THAT I CAN, UH, YOU KNOW, WE CAN MOVE THE CONVERSATION ALONG.
UM, YOU KNOW, I, I'M, UM, I THINK, YOU KNOW, ALMOST IN TERMS OF THE DEFINITION, UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK AS LONG AS IT'S POSTED SOMEWHERE AND EVERYBODY'S USING THE SAME LANGUAGE, THAT'S REALLY THE MOST IMPORTANT PART, UM, UH, THAT, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY'S CONSISTENT.
I, I THOUGHT I SAW SOMETHING HERE OF, YOU KNOW, UM, CHANGING IT TO 25% OF, OF PEOPLE'S INCOMES.
AND I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD DO THAT EITHER.
I THINK 30% HAS BEEN THE AMOUNT FOR A LONG TIME AND PROBABLY DOESN'T NEED TO BE ADJUSTED.
UM, THE OTHER THING I I, I, I FEEL LIKE SHOULD BE DISCUSSED SOMEWHERE, AND I HAVEN'T SEEN IT, UM, IS THAT WE KNOW THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN IT COMES TO THE HOME OWNERSHIP, UM, YOU KNOW, AND I'LL JUST, I'LL, I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE.
UM, MANY, SOME YEARS AGO, UM, I WAS STOPPED BY A CONSTITUENT ON THE STREET AND HE STOPPED ME.
AND HE SAID THAT HE, UM, WAS, UM, SOMEBODY, HE HAD BEEN LIVING IN A HOME.
HE HAD BEEN PAYING RENT FOR A LONG TIME, AND THE PERSON WHO WAS, UM, AND IT, SOMEBODY ELSE BOUGHT IT AND THEY WANTED HIM TO SIGN A LONG-TERM LEASE, AND HE DIDN'T WANNA SIGN A LONG-TERM LEASE 'CAUSE HE HAD NEVER SIGNED A LEASE.
UM, SO, UH, I SENT HIM TO THE FIELD OFFICE TO TALK TO, UM, ONE OF MY, UH, UM, COUNCIL AIDE AND, AND THEY WERE, HE WAS REFERRED TO HAVEN FOR HABITAT FOR HUMANITY.
AND HABITAT FOR HUMANITY WAS ABLE TO, UH, REALLY GET HIM INTO A HOME, UM, BECAUSE HE DID HAVE A HISTORY OF HAVING PAID RENT.
AND SO I DON'T SEE LIKE ANYTHING THAT'S TRANSITIONING PEOPLE FROM RENTAL INCOME TO HOME OWNERSHIP.
LIKE WE TALK VERY SPECIFICALLY ABOUT RENTAL INCOME AND THEN VERY SPECIFICALLY ABOUT HOME OWNERSHIP, BUT NO REAL TRANSITION FROM HOW ONE GETS THERE TO THE OTHER.
SO HOPEFULLY WE DID, UM, THERE'S SOMETHING IN THERE ABOUT THAT.
UH, AND, UM, AND, AND PERHAPS I'LL LET YOU ANSWER THAT QUESTION NEXT.
UM, SO, SO TWO POINTS TO YOUR FIRST POINT.
UM, YES, I THINK THERE WE WILL MOST LIKELY SEE SOME FUNDING THAT COMES IN ONE-TIME FUNDING, UH, THAT COULD BE USED FOR HOUSING.
I DON'T THINK WE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THAT IS YET.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WILL LOOK TO FACTOR IN WHEN WE, WHEN WE GET IT.
UM, THE OTHER THING ABOUT THIS IMPLEMENTATION PLAN IS WE'LL PROBABLY REVIEW IT FOR PROGRESS EVERY FEW YEARS AND MAKE ADJUSTMENTS.
UH, WE KNOW THAT HOUSING TARGETS FLUCTUATE AND WE KNOW THAT OUR FUNDING AND RESOURCES FLUCTUATE.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE'LL LOOK TO MAKE THOSE ADJUSTMENTS, UH, AS FREQUENTLY AS POSSIBLE.
AND THEN IN, IN TERMS OF TRANSITIONING FROM RENT OF THE HOME OWNERSHIP, UH, COUNCILMAN, THAT'S NOT, ACTUALLY NOT SOMETHING THAT WE'VE ADDRESSED DIRECTLY, ALTHOUGH I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA.
WE HAVE, UH, LOOKED AT TRANSITIONAL, UH, HOUSING FROM HOMELESSNESS TO RENTAL.
UM, SO I THINK THAT'S ANOTHER IMPORTANT KEY PIECE THAT WE NEED TO FACTOR IN THROUGH THIS ANALYSIS.
SO WE'LL MAKE SURE TO TRY AND INCORPORATE THAT AND, AND MAYBE EVEN INCLUDE SPECIFIC STRATEGIES THAT CAN HELP, YOU KNOW, MAKE MORE OF THOSE OPPORTUNITIES HAPPEN.
'CAUSE I MEAN, WE KNOW THAT THAT'S NOT UNCOMMON, UH, THAT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE, OBVIOUSLY THE IDEAL IS HOME OWNERSHIP.
SO, UH, I'LL LOOK FORWARD TO THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS AS WELL.
SO LET, LET ME TURN IT OVER TO SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES.
UM, IC, COUNCIL MEMBER VINNO, UH, THANK YOU CHAIR.
THANK YOU, IAN, FOR THE PRESENTATION.
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SEE THAT THE HOUSING COMMISSION, UH, TAKE UP THE DEFINITION OF AFFORDABILITY AS IT CONNECTS TO THE NEED OF, UH, UH, FOUR HOUSING BELOW 30% A M I AND POSSIBLY 15% A M I I BELIEVE THE PRESENTATION SHOWED US THAT THERE ARE ABOUT 40,000 HOUSEHOLDS AT ABOUT 15% A M I.AND THE STEP FROM THE HOUSING POLICY FRAMEWORK REPORT THAT STICKS OUT TO ME IS BY 2030, UH, THERE COULD BE AS MANY AS 200,000 COST BURDEN HOUSEHOLDS, OF WHICH 147,000 WOULD BE RENTER HOUSEHOLDS.
UH, IN MY EXPERIENCE, OUR DEVELOPER PARTNERS ARE VERY UPFRONT WITH US ON WHAT AFFORDABILITY WILL PENCIL AND SO ON.
UM, AS THEY'RE LOOKING AT RESOLUTIONS OF SUPPORT, OR NO OBJECTION, WE NEED TO, TO BE UPFRONT WITH POTENTIAL PARTNERS ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY'S TRUE HOUSING NEEDS AND WORK TO CARVE OUT AFFORDABILITY AT THE SUPPORTIVE LEV LEVEL.
SO WHO IS WORKING ON THE VULNERABILITY INDEX THAT WAS MENTIONED, AND IS THERE A DRAFT FOR REVIEW? SO, UH, THE VULNERABILITY INDEX THAT WAS A PART OF OUR RECALIBRATION, UH, IS COMPLETED.
UM, AND WE, I, WE PRESENTED IT TO THIS COMMITTEE LAST TIME, BUT I CAN MAKE SURE TO GET, UH, A COPY OF THAT ALTOGETHER AND, AND SEND IT TO YOUR OFFICE, COUNCILMAN.
AND SO THE WAY THE INDEX WORKS IS, I, I THINK I DESCRIBED A LITTLE BIT EARLIER, BUT IT'S LOOKING AT THOSE, UH, AFFORDABLE A M I RANGES AND LOOKING AT, UM, SUPPLY AND DEMAND OF THOSE SPECIFIC, UH, TARGETS.
AND THEN WE ALSO LAYERED IN VULNERABILITY INDEXES.
SO WE LOOKED BY CENSUS TRACK AND REGIONAL CENTER TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL, UH, ABOUT WHAT ARE THE MOST VULNERABILITIES OR WHAT ARE THE, THE HIGHEST VULNERABILITIES IN CERTAIN AREAS.
UH, FOR EXAMPLE, IF THERE IS, UH, HIGH CONCENTRATION OF, OF VETERANS, UH, IN AN AREA THAT MAY INDICATE TO THE CITY THAT, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO HAVE SPECIFICALLY FOR THAT.
UM, SO WE TRY TO LAYER IN THOSE VULNERABILITIES TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT MORE DIRECTION ON THOSE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TARGETS.
BUT I CAN SHARE THAT WITH YOUR OFFICE.
UM, WHAT ABOUT, UH, SINCE THE PANDEMIC AND THE DISBURSEMENT OF THE REALLY FUNDS HAS, HAS THE, THE SHIP TAKEN A POSITION ON THE PURCHASE OF HOTELS TO BE TURNED INTO PERMANENT AFFORDABLE HOUSING? I KNOW THAT THERE ARE EXISTING MODELS IN OTHER CITIES TO STUDY.
SO THAT, THAT ACTUALLY TIES BACK TO WHAT I SAID EARLIER ABOUT, UH, COUNCILWOMAN ANDREW SULLIVAN'S GROUP, UM, THAT THEY WORKED ON, UH, ON, ON HOUSING ISSUES, POST PANDEMIC.
UM, SO THAT WAS A SUGGESTION FROM THERE.
AND I BELIEVE IT'S ALSO IN THE HOMELESSNESS STRATEGIC PLAN.
SO THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE BEING DISCUSSED.
AND A STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN ITEMS, DO WE HAVE A TIMELINE? WELL, WE'RE HOPING THAT THE STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, UH, GETS FINALIZED THIS SUMMER.
AND SO AS A RESULT OF THAT, WE'LL HAVE IMPLEMENTATION PLANS THAT WILL HAVE RESPONSIBLE AGENCIES, UH, FUNDING REQUIRED AND TIMELINES FOR IMPLEMENTATION YEAR ONE, YEAR TWO, YEAR THREE, ET CETERA.
UM, AND SO I THINK IT'S, IT'S, DEPENDING ON THE RESOURCES THAT ARE AVAILABLE, WE COULD, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY HAVE ONE SOONER THAN LATER.
THERE MAY BE PARALLEL EFFORTS GOING ON RIGHT NOW THAT I MIGHT NOT BE, UM, FAMILIAR WITH, AND I DON'T KNOW, VETO, UM, OR LORI WANNA MENTION THOSE.
THERE MAY BE AN EFFORT PARALLEL TO THIS THAT MAY BE HAPPENING FOR, FOR HOTELS.
THAT IS SOMETHING DEFINITELY WE'RE LOOKING AT.
WE'RE LOOKING AT THE FEDERAL FUNDING THAT'S COMING DOWN TO SEE WHAT IT CAN BE USED FOR.
AND WE ARE CURRENTLY ANALYZING OUR OPTIONS.
AND SO WHEN THAT'S AVAILABLE, COUNCILMAN, WE WILL PRESENT THAT TO YOU.
UM, LAST, I, I JUST WANT TO COMMEND THE COMMUNITY STAFF AND THE SHIP TEAM, ESPECIALLY RICH AND PETE, FOR THEIR WORK ON THE SOURCE OF INCOME DISCRIMINATION ORDINANCE.
UH, I WAS HOPEFUL WE COULD, UH, KEEP IT, UH, MOVING FORWARD THIS WEEK, AND WE'LL BE SUPPORTIVE WHENEVER IT DOES COME TO COUNCIL.
UM, I WANTED TO GO BACK TO ONE OF THE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE ZERO TO 15% OF A M I.
UM, HOW MANY HOUSEHOLDS WAS THAT? SO I, I BELIEVE, UH, COUNCILMAN TREVINO WAS TALKING ABOUT A PRESENTATION THAT WE GAVE TO THE HOUSING COMMISSION.
UH, THEY HAD ASKED US WHERE IN THE BREAKDOWN, LIKE, HOW MANY PEOPLE DOES THAT MAKE UP? UM, AND SO IT WAS ABOUT 45,000 OF THE ENTIRE CITY FALL INTO THAT CATEGORY.
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I THINK YOU MAY BE ON MUTE.UM, I, UH, I WAS SO OF THAT, HOW MANY DOES SAHA PROVIDE FOR? THAT IS A VERY GOOD QUESTION THAT I DON'T HAVE THE ANSWER FOR RIGHT NOW, BUT I CAN FIND OUT HOW MANY OF THEIR RESIDENTS, UM, IN THAT INCOME CATEGORY THEY CURRENTLY HAVE, AND I CAN GET BACK WITH YOU.
AND THEN, UM, LET ME SEE, I'M LOOKING AT SLIDE NUMBER 19.
I THINK, WELL, A COUPLE THINGS.
LET ME GO BACK TO, UM, LET ME START WITH SLIDE NUMBER 23 WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE BULLET.
POINT NUMBER FOUR INCLUDE VARIOUS AGENCIES FOR INPUT, INCLUDING UTILITIES AND TRANSIT.
ONE OF THE THINGS YOU ALSO MENTIONED WAS, UM, WE WANT TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION, UM, LOOKING AT TRANSPORTATION, ET CETERA.
I THINK WHAT WE ALSO HAVE TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION AS A BASIC NECESSITY TOO NOW IS, UM, DIGITAL OR BROADBAND, UM, ACCESS INTO SPECIFICALLY THE AREAS ARE WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT, UH, ANY SORT OF TAX INCREMENT FINANCING OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
BECAUSE I SEE THAT AS A UTILITY THAT, THAT WE CAN SEE POST OR I GUESS POST THE SHUTDOWN.
'CAUSE I, WE'RE NOT OVER THE PANDEMIC YET.
SO I WOULD SAY JUST POST THE, THE SHUTDOWN OF THE COMMUNITY THAT I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE TO SEE HOW THAT WORKS INTO ALL OF THIS.
SO WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT UTILITIES THAT WE INCLUDE, UM, THAT AS A UTILITY OR TO LOOK, THINK OF IT AS THE CONCEPT OF A, OF A UTILITY.
SO I THINK THAT DIGITAL OR BROAD BROADBAND, UM, CONVERSATION, I DO NEED SOME MORE, UM, CLARIFICATION OF SLIDE NUMBER 19 AND, UM, KEEPING THE FAMILY SIZE OF FOUR AND OUR AFFORDABLE HOME PRICES AT 120% A M I AND OUR, WHAT I'M LOOKING AT THE SLIDE AND OUR CURRENT MARKET AVERAGE SELL PRICE IS 311,000.
AND SO IF I'M LOOKING AT THE CURRENT MARKET AVERAGE 311,000, THAT'S FAMILY SIZE OF EIGHT AT 120% A M I.
SO PLEASE WALK ME THROUGH THIS AGAIN, OF WHY THE 243 AT 120% AM I RIGHT? AND I APOLOGIZE THAT IT'S KIND OF CONFUSING.
UM, SO WE WANTED TO EXPLAIN, UH, OR TO VISUALLY SHOW, SHOW THE, THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WHAT, UH, AFFORDABILITY TABLE LOOKS LIKE, AND I KNOW YOU'RE VERY FAMILIAR WITH THIS SITTING ON THE P F C IN TERMS OF A M I AND HOUSEHOLD SIZE.
UM, SO CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW, 120% A M I IS STANDARD.
UH, THE EXAMPLE WE HAD OF, OF, UM, OF CROSS TIMBER HOMES, UH, HABITAT FOR HUMANITY IS A PROGRAM THAT SERVES UP TO 120% A M I.
SO WE WANTED TO SHOW, AND OF COURSE THAT'S INCOME.
WE WANTED TO SHOW WHAT, ON AVERAGE, SOMEBODY WHO MAKES 120% A M I.
AND WE HAD TO MAKE A LOT OF ASSUMPTIONS, RIGHT? EVERYBODY HAS A DIFFERENT CREDIT SCORE.
UH, THERE'S DIFFERENT INTEREST RATES, THINGS CHANGE, UH, WHAT THAT WOULD MEAN IN TERMS OF A SALES PRICE.
AND SO THE MAXIMUM SALES PRICE BASED ON THEIR INCOME AND THEIR HOUSEHOLD SIZE IS WHAT'S ON THIS TABLE.
UM, FAMILY SIZE OF FOUR IS PRETTY STANDARD, SO THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT IT.
AND 120% ALL THE WAY ON THE RIGHT.
SO A FAMILY OF FOUR 120% A M I, THAT'S A, YOU KNOW, THE HIGH END OF WHAT, WHAT THE HOUSING COST WOULD BE.
OF COURSE IT COULD BE LOWER THAN THAT AS I SHOWED WITH CROSS TIMBER.
UM, BUT THEY MAY PUT SOMEBODY IN THERE WHO IS 120% A M I.
AND THEN FOR REFERENCE, WE WANTED TO PUT JUST THE CURRENT SALES, UM, MARKET AVERAGE, AND I BELIEVE THAT IS FOR A THREE BEDROOM, TWO BATH, UH, WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS IS, UH, 311,000.
SO HIGHER, MUCH HIGHER, UM, THAN, THAN WHAT 120% A M I FOR A FAMILY OF FOUR WOULD BE.
SO WE WANTED TO PUT THAT IN THERE FOR CONTEXT, BUT THAT'S WHAT THIS TABLE WAS SUPPOSED TO SHOW.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR, FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.
UM, AND AS WE'RE LOOKING AT THE, UM, I GUESS THE TRANSLATION OF THE MEASURING STICK, I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY WHAT TO CALL IT, UH, RIGHT NOW, OR THE NEW TRANSLATION OF A M I THAT WE WILL BE USING.
IS THIS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS THE NEW DEFINITION THAT WE WILL BE USING FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING, CORRECT? THAT THAT'S CORRECT, COUNCILWOMAN.
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AND IF YOU GO TO, UM, SLIDE 22, UH, IF YOU WANNA PULL IT UP, THE, THE RECOMMENDATION FOR THE DEFINITION IS REALLY DOING TWO THINGS.IT IS LOOKING AT, UH, WHERE ON THE, UM, SCALE AS DEFINED BY THE HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, UH, DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT THAT OUR, UM, SERVICE PROVIDERS AND DEVELOPERS ARE VERY FAMILIAR WITH AND THEY USE FOR THEIR FUNDING SOURCES AND THAT HOME, C D B G AND LITECH TO NAME A FEW WHERE ON THAT FOR THEM SO THAT THEY UNDERSTAND AND THEY CAN FIT IT WITHIN THEIR PROCESS, DOES IT FIT? AND SO THAT'S THE ADJUSTMENT THAT WE'RE MAKING BASED ON THE CENSUS DATA THAT'S SPECIFIC TO CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
AND THEN, UM, ONE OTHER THING THAT I THINK THAT YOU ALL CAN TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN LOOKING AT ALL OF THIS TO PROVIDE YOU ALL, UH, WITH SOME FEEDBACK, ONE, AND I'M, I'M HAPPY WITH THAT.
I THINK THAT'LL WORK, UH, WHAT YOU ALL HAVE PRESENTED HERE.
UM, ONE THING I DO, I WOULD LIKE YOU ALL TO CONTINUE TO LOOK AT AND TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION IS, UM, WHEN WE'RE TRYING TO DO, UH, PROJECTS OR AFFORDABILITY PROJECTS, ET CETERA, IN, UM, AREAS THAT STILL DO NOT HAVE SAWS, INFRASTRUCTURE BUILD OUTS, AND WHAT KIND OF AN IMPACT THAT HAS TO COST OF BUILDING, UM, A BUILDING, THE, THE COMMUNITY OF BUILDING OUT THE, THE HOUSES, BECAUSE, UM, I, I'LL SAY IT BECAUSE I WANT TO, UH, JUST THAT, YOU KNOW, IN THE SOUTHERN SECTOR, SOUTH OF FOUR 10, WE HAVE A LOT OF AREA THAT IS WANTING TO BUILD OUT SOME SINGLE FAMILY, SOME AFFORDABLE HOUSING, BUT WE KNOW WE HAVE NO SAW INFRASTRUCTURE THERE.
AND WHEN WE ALSO HAVE THE CONVERSATION ABOUT EQUITY, THIS IS MANY OF THE AREA, THIS IS A LOT OF THE AREA THAT ACTUALLY LIVES LESS FROM LESS THAN A MILE TO A MILE AWAY FROM THE DO RIOS SEWER TREATMENT PLANT.
AND THEY STILL DO NOT HAVE SAWS, SEWER LINES IN THEIR AREA.
AND SO AS A MATTER OF EQUITY, IAN, VERO, EV, EVERYONE HERE, AS WE'RE HAVING THE CONVERSATION WITH OUR PARTNERS AND UTILITY CONVERSATIONS, LIKE WITH SAS, THAT WE CONTIN WE HAVE THIS CONVERSATION THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AND SEE WHERE THIS BUILD OUT CAN FOR THE SAS INFRASTRUCTURE.
I KNOW IT DOESN'T HAPPEN HERE, UM, AT COUNCIL, WE DO HAVE TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION WITH OUR SAS BOARD, UH, TRUSTEES, ET CETERA, TO PUT THINGS IN IN PLAY.
BUT I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE THE CONVERSATION WHEN WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS AND WE'RE PUTTING ALL OF THIS INTO CONVERSATION AS WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING ON OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, UM, IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.
SO I WANTED TO BE SURE TO SHARE THAT.
AND I, I THANK YOU FOR THE WORD CLOUD AS WELL.
I THINK THE GIANT ONE OF PROPERTY TAX REFORM SPEAKS TO EVERYONE, UM, IN THE AREA.
AND I'M HOPING THAT WE CAN SEE SOME PROGRESS AT THE STATE LEVEL AND THAT WE DO OUR PART WHERE WE NEED TO, AT THE STATE LEVEL TO MAKE THOSE CHANGES, UM, THAT WILL PROTECT ALSO LEGACY HOMEOWNERS AND OTHER HOMEOWNERS FROM, UH, BEING APPRAISED OUT OF, OF THEIR, THEIR HOMES.
UM, SO I THINK THOSE ARE THE, THE POINTS I JUST SOME FEEDBACK FROM ME.
COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN.
COUNCILWOMAN, I THINK YOU'RE ON MUTE.
SHE'S, UH, SUGGESTING WE COME BACK.
SHE'S HAVING A LITTLE BIT OF TROUBLE WITH HER AUDIO.
UM, BUT I DIDN'T, AND I DON'T KNOW, JOHN, YOU WANNA OKAY, GO AHEAD, JOHN, SO THAT, UH, WE CAN, UH, WE'LL GET BACK TO JADA.
UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK WORDS MATTER, AND I, I APPRECIATE ON SLIDE 13, THE DEFINITION THAT WE HAVE LISTED FOR WHAT AFFORDABLE IS.
TOO MANY TIMES I'VE HAD COMPLAINTS OR COMMENTS FROM PEOPLE IN, IN MY PART OF TOWN SAYING, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WANT AFFORDABLE HOUSING OUT HERE.
UH, BECAUSE TO THEM, AFFORDABLE HOUSING MEANT LESS THAN MARKET RATE, WHICH MEANS, UH, THAT PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE, UH, AREN'T EARNING THE SAME OR HAVE THE SAME RESOURCES, ET CETERA.
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LIKE THIS DEFINITION.AFFORDABLE HOUSING MEANS A PLACE TO LIVE THAT'S AFFORDABLE SO THAT WHEN THE RENT OR MORTGAGE IS MADE, UH, MONEY IS LEFT OVER FOR BASIC NECESSITIES, FOOD, TRANSPORTATION, HEALTHCARE, AND ALL.
IT CONTRIBUTES TO ONE SOCIOECONOMIC MOBILITY AND QUALITY OF LIFE.
UM, SO I, I JUST WANTED TO REITERATE THAT.
I, I JUST THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT DEFINITION THAT WE, UH, PASS ON TO EVERY MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY ABOUT WHAT WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'RE ABOUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
UM, I KNOW THAT WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UM, HELPING PEOPLE STAY IN THE HOMES THEY'RE AT.
AND SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, UH, YOU KNOW, MAKING IMPROVEMENTS, UH, ALLOWING PEOPLE TO STAY, BECAUSE I THINK THE, THE BEST SOLUTION FOR, UH, PEOPLE IS TO BE ABLE TO STAY WHERE THEY ARE AS LONG AS IT'S SAFE AND, UH, THAT, YOU KNOW, IT, IT MEETS THEIR NEEDS.
UH, YEAH, I THINK THE UNDER ONE ROOF PROGRAM HAS BEEN GREAT.
I KNOW THAT BOTH SAWS AND C P S CONTRIBUTE TO THIS, BUT ONE OF THE PROBLEMS I SEE, AND I'M BRINGING IT UP NOW BECAUSE I THINK A MAJOR PART OF WHAT WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT IS HOW DO, HOW CAN WE KEEP PEOPLE IN THEIR HOMES AND USE MONEY THAT WE MAY BE ABLE GET TO TARGET TOWARDS, UH, HOMES IS, IS TO DO HOME IMPROVEMENTS, TO KEEP PEOPLE IN SAFE HOMES.
UH, BUT RIGHT NOW, WHENEVER WE'RE DOING ANYTHING TO A HOME, WE NEED TO BUILD IT UP TO THE, THE CURRENT STANDARDS FOR A BRAND NEW HOME BEING BUILT.
I THINK THAT'S VERY UNREASONABLE FOR TRYING TO IMPROVE THE STANDARDS OF A HOME THAT'S 50 OR 60 YEARS OLD.
ON THE OTHER HAND, WE DON'T WANT TO TEAR 'EM DOWN BECAUSE THEY'RE ABOUT THE MOST AFFORDABLE HOUSES THAT WE HAVE.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US LOOK AT RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THE HOUSING COMMISSION CAN COME UP WITH, TAKING IN INPUT FROM BUILDERS, DEVELOPERS, HOME IMPROVEMENT COMPANIES, THINGS OF THAT NATURE TO DETERMINE WHAT CAN WE DO TO HELP MAINTAIN A SAFE HOME FOR PEOPLE WITHOUT HAVING TO BUILD EVERY, UH, MAKE EVERY IMPROVEMENT UP TO THE STANDARDS OF A BRAND NEW HOME TODAY.
BECAUSE THAT ALMOST MAKES IT IMPOSSIBLE TO FINANCE HELPING PEOPLE STAY IN MANY OF THE HOMES THEY'RE AT.
UH, AND YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU SHOWED THAT THERE'S LIKE 90,000 PEOPLE IN THE CITY THAT ARE, ARE FACED WITH CHALLENGES, UH, WITH THE FINANCES TO STAY, UH, IN A HOME OR MOVE INTO ANOTHER HOME, YOU KNOW? AND, AND WE'RE ONLY TARGETING ABOUT HALF OF THAT MANY, UH, FOR WHATEVER PROGRAMS MIGHT DEVELOP.
UH, AND I THINK THE MOST IMPORTANT RESOURCE WE CAN DO IS LET PEOPLE STAY IN THEIR HOMES THAT THEY'RE IN, IF WE CAN HELP THEM UPDATE THEM ENOUGH TO KEEP 'EM SAFE, UH, AND, YOU KNOW, KEEP THEM AND, YOU KNOW, WITH A, A REASONABLE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THEMSELVES.
SO I DON'T SEE US REALLY ADDRESS THAT FROM THE PROBLEM OF, UH, HOW CAN WE DO THAT, UH, FINANCIALLY REASONABLY? IN OTHER WORDS, WE'RE GONNA SPEND A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS TO UPGRADE EVERY HOUSE THAT NEEDS TO BE UPGRADED, THAT'S IMPRACTICAL.
UM, BUT IF WE COULD DO IT AT A THIRD OF THAT COST AND ALLOW PEOPLE TO STAY WITH A ROOF, WITH SOME FOUNDATION REPAIR, WITH REPAINTING, WITH, UM, YOU KNOW, INSTEAD OF TEARING OUT ALL THE ELECTRICAL WIRE, YOU KNOW, FINDING OTHER MECHANISMS TO KEEP IT SAFE, BUT ALLOW PEOPLE TO STAY THERE.
AND WE'RE, WE'RE REALLY NOT ADDRESSING THAT.
IT'S PROBABLY ONE OF THE GREATEST NEEDS WE HAVE.
WE'RE NEVER GONNA BUILD OUR WAY OUT OF THIS HOUSING CRISIS.
SO WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO HELP PEOPLE STAY WHERE THEY ARE SAFE AND SOUND.
SO I'D LIKE TO SEE THIS WHOLE EFFORT LOOK AT THAT MORE AND COME UP WITH SOME SOLUTIONS.
COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN, OR ARE YOU, UM, BACK? I HOPE SO.
WE HAVE ALL KINDS OF GREAT TECHNO TECHNOLOGY DIFFERENCES OVER HERE, SO THANKS FOR WORKING WITH ME.
UM, AND TO COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO'S POINT, UM, THERE IS A HOUSING BOOK THAT WE PUT TOGETHER COMING OUT OF THE COVID, UH, WORKING GROUPS.
AND SO I'M NOT SURE IF LELA, UM, STILL HAS THE ACTUAL HANDBOOK, BUT I THINK THAT IT'S A GOOD RESOURCE TO GIVE TO THIS COMMITTEE SO THAT THEY CAN SEE.
AND SOME OF IT DOES ADDRESS COUNCILMAN KURT'S COMMENTS AS WELL ABOUT, UM, REHABBING AND NOT JUST RE OR BUILDING.
AND SO I THINK THAT IT'S A GOOD HANDBOOK TO SHOW WHERE WE CAN GROW, UM, AND WHERE WE CAN GO WHEN WE ARE LOOKING AT ALL OF THE DIFFERENCES
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THAT OUR FAMILIES ARE FACING WITHIN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.AND WITH THAT BEING SAID, BEFORE COVID HIT, WE WERE IN A CONVERSATION OF DEMOLITION OVER DECONSTRUCTION.
AND WHEN COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ BROUGHT UP THE FACT THAT MATERIALS ARE GOING UP, HAVE WE EXPLORED OR HAVE WE REVISITED THE CONVERSATION OF THE OPPOSITE OVER, OVER DECONSTRUCTION, OVER DEMOLITION? BECAUSE THAT IS ONE THING THAT I THINK CAN KIND OF HELP US SALVAGE MATERIALS, UM, AND HAVE THOSE MATERIALS READY AND AVAILABLE THAN HAVING TO BUY NEW MATERIALS.
BUT I HAVEN'T SEEN THAT AS A CONVERSATION AS OF YET.
COUNCILMAN, I DON'T KNOW THE STATUS OF THAT.
UM, SO I CAN GET YOU, UM, I CAN GET YOU AN UPDATE.
I'LL, I'LL COORDINATE WITH O H P AND GIVE YOU A STATUS OF WHERE THAT THAT PROGRAM IS.
I WILL SAY THAT WE ARE COORDINATING VERY CLOSELY WITH THEM ON THEIR OPPORTUNITY AT RISK STUDY THAT WAS DONE.
AND THIS KIND OF TIES INTO WHAT COUNCILMAN COURAGE, UH, WAS SAYING IS THE, THE MOST AFFORDABLE HOUSE IS THE HOUSE THAT YOU'RE CURRENTLY IN.
AND SO THEY HAVE A LOT OF REALLY GREAT STRATEGIES ON HOW WE CAN NOT ONLY PRESERVE OUR HISTORIC HOUSING STOCK, BUT ALSO CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
SO THAT IS A VERY BIG FOCUS OF THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING.
UH, AND THAT'LL REFLECT ITSELF IN OUR, OUR TARGET GOALS BY PROGRAM, UH, AND OUR, AND OUR FUNDING OF PROGRAMS. AND THEN ALSO WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT, UM, THE DIFFERENCES OF UTILITIES, DIGITAL INCLUSION, UM, TRANSPORTATION.
ALSO, WE NEED TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE ACCESS TO MEDICAL CARE AND WHERE WE ARE BUILDING AFFORDABLE UNITS WHEN IT COMES TO ACCESSING MEDICAL CARE.
BECAUSE IF WE'RE PUTTING UP AFFORDABLE UNITS, BUT THEN THERE'S NO MEDICAL SERVICES TO SPEAK TO THE NEEDS OF THOSE FAMILIES, WE'RE STILL NOT TACKLING THE ISSUE OF EQUITY AND AFFORDABILITY.
AND SO I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT AS AN ADDED COMPONENT.
SO THOSE ARE JUST, UM, SOME OF THE ADDITIONAL THINGS THAT I THINK WOULD HELP US AS A COMMITTEE.
AND THEN ALSO LOOKING AT THOSE ADDITIONAL ITEMS TO ADD TO, UH, THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING CONVERSATION AND SEE HOW WE CAN GO FORWARD.
THOSE ARE ALL OF MY COMMENTS, MADAM CHAIR.
UH, COUNCILMAN VERAN, DID YOU WANNA, UH, TRY AND BACK IN? YEAH, I JUST, I, I JUST NEEDED TO MAKE A COMMENT.
UM, AND I GET AND RESPECTFULLY DISAGREE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE WHEN IT COMES TO, UH, WHEN WE'RE DOING THE REHAB AND THE OWNER OCCUPIED REHAB.
UM, BECAUSE, AND MAYBE I, I TOOK THIS, I AM MISINTERPRETING IT, BUT I THINK IF WE AS A CITY ARE GOING TO BE INVESTING DOLLARS FOR REHAB AND OWNER OCCUPIED REHAB, I THINK WE NEED TO DO IT ONE OF COURSE TO OUR STANDARDS.
AND I THINK WE ALL AGREE TO THAT, TO CITY, UH, CITY STANDARDS.
BUT I ALSO DON'T WANT TO FEEL LIKE, I ALSO DON'T WANT TO MAKE OUR RESIDENTS WHO ARE COMING TO THE CITY FOR HELP, JUST THAT LITTLE BIT OF HELP THAT THEY NEED WITH EITHER ELECTRICITY OR FOUNDATION OR WHATEVER TO FEEL LIKE THEY ARE LESS THAN AND NOT WORTHY OF THE QUALITY PRODUCTS THAT THEY NEED IN THE OWNER, IN THE REHAB OF THEIR, THEIR HOUSE.
BECAUSE WE KNOW IF WE DO IT RIGHT, JUST LIKE WE TELL EVERYONE AND WE TELL OURSELVES PUBLIC WORKS, WHEN WE DO IT RIGHT THE FIRST TIME, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE IT STANDING AT A STANDARD FOR YEARS AND YEARS TO COME.
SO I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT, UM, AND MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP THAT MOVING FORWARD.
UM, AND SO THANK YOU FOR THE BRIEFING, IAN.
I HOPE IT GIVES YOU SOME FEEDBACK AND, UH, WE JUST WOULD LIKE TO, UM, THINK ALSO SORT OF JUST MOVE IT ALONG.
I MEAN, I KNOW THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S BEEN QUITE A DELAY FOR A LOT OF REASONS, BUT AT SOME POINT I THINK WE'VE ALL OVERCOME, UM, OUR ABILITY TO MEET AND GET FEEDBACK.
UM, SO LET'S JUST GET MOVING, UH, ON THAT.
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ON TO ITEM NUMBER FIVE, BRIEFING AND UPDATE, UH, FOR EVERYONE HOME INITIATIVE AND ANTI DISPLACEMENT AGENDA.SO LORI VETO, I'M GONNA ALLOW VETO TO INTRODUCE THIS ITEM AS WELL.
UM, FOR THIS ONE, I ACTUALLY GET TO GIVE THE PRESENTATION ON THE FOR EVERYONE HOME INITIATIVE AND OUR ANTI DISPLACEMENT AGENDA.
SO IF WE CAN HAVE THE SLIDESHOW AND MOVE ON TO THE SECOND SLIDE THAT HAS A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ABOUT WHAT WE ARE DOING.
SO WE HAVE BRIEFED THE FOR EVERYONE HOME INITIATIVE TO YOU BEFORE.
AND SO JUST A REMINDER THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE BECOME OUR ANTI DISPLACEMENT AND IN INCLUSIVE GROWTH
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INITIATIVE.IT IS SOMETHING THAT IS INFORMED BY COMMUNITY BECAUSE WE TAKE A LOT OF TIME TO LISTEN TO PEOPLE WITH LIVED EXPERIENCE AS A PART OF THIS WORK.
UM, NOT ONLY DO WE COME TO THIS COUNCIL COMMITTEE, BUT WE HAVE, UM, MADE A LOT OF EFFORT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR ENGAGEMENT WITH COMMUNITY IMPACTED BY ANTI BY DISPLACEMENT PRESSURES, UM, ACTUALLY ARE ONES THAT ARE MEANINGFULLY ENGAGED.
AND SO I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT ONE.
UM, WE DO WANT PARTNERS JUST AS IN THE STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN BECAUSE THE CITY'S NOT THE ONLY ENTITY THAT CAN IMPACT THIS.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO HIT THAT COORDINATED HOUSING SYSTEM IDEA AND GOAL IN THE HOUSING POLICY FRAMEWORK.
SO WE HAVE NOT JUST OUR DEPARTMENT, BUT DEVELOPMENT SERVICES INVOLVED, UH, HOUSING TRUST, UH, SAHA.
AND OF COURSE THIS IS BEING COORDINATED WITH THE STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN PROCESS THAT YOU HEARD ABOUT.
THERE IS ALSO A RACIAL EQUITY LENS APPLIED TO THIS WORK, WHICH IS IMPORTANT FOR GROUNDED SOLUTIONS NETWORK.
AND IN THIS WORK WHERE WE HAD TO BE SELECTED BY GROUNDED SOLUTIONS NETWORK THAT GOT A GRANT FROM THE FORD FOUNDATION FOR IT.
WE'RE NOT THE ONLY CITY THAT IS DOING THIS WORK.
UH, WINSTON-SALEM, INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANAPOLIS, CAN'T SAY THAT.
UH, AND US GOT SELECTED, UH, AS THE INITIAL COHORT TO DO THIS WORK.
AND THERE ARE FOUR DELIVERABLES THAT ARE GONNA BE A PART OF THIS.
UM, WE HAD ALREADY BRIEFED YOU ON THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT THAT WAS COMPLETED.
WE'RE CURRENTLY GONNA TALK ABOUT THE ANTI DISPLACEMENT AND INCLUSIVE GROWTH AGENDA.
SO THESE ARE THE ACTUAL, UM, STRATEGIES THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THAT AGENDA.
AND THEN AFTER THE DRAFT OF THE STRATEGIES IS FINALIZED, THERE'S GONNA BE TWO THAT GET SELECTED FOR IMPLEMENTATION PLANS.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT I'LL BE, UH, TALKING ABOUT.
AND IF WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, I JUST WANNA ONCE AGAIN TIE THIS BACK TO THE WORK THAT THE MAYOR'S HOUSING POLICY TASK FORCE HAD DONE THERE IN THAT REPORT.
UM, DISPLACEMENT PRESSURES WERE SOMETHING THAT WAS RECOGNIZED AS PART OF THE REASON WE HAVE OUR RISK MITIGATION FUND THAT HAS NOW EVOLVED INTO OUR EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
AND THE ANTI DISPLACEMENT WORK IS CLEARLY ENUNCIATED IN THAT REPORT.
UM, MOST OF THIS FALLS UNDER ACTION ITEM FOUR OUT OF THE FIVE MAIN ACTIONS, WHICH IS TO PROTECT AND PROMOTE NEIGHBORHOODS.
BUT SOME OF THE ITEMS, UM, CROSS OVER INTO OTHER OF THE AGENDA ITEMS. AND SPECIFICALLY THERE'S COORDINATION THAT IS CALLED FOR, FOR SOME OF THE STRATEGIES.
SO ACTION ITEM ONE IS TOUCHED UPON AND THEN, UM, VERY RELEVANT TO THE CONVERSATION WE JUST HAD ABOUT THE STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN PLAN.
IT TOUCHES ON ACTION ITEM FOUR, AND SPECIFICALLY IT FOCUSES ON REHAB AND PRESERVATION.
AND SO SOME OF THE QUESTIONS YOU HAD PREVIOUSLY ARE GONNA FIT RIGHT INTO SOME OF WHAT WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT BECAUSE THIS ANTI DISPLACEMENT AGENDA STRATEGIES DO COVER, UM, THE, THE AREAS THAT I'VE COVERED, UM, THAT ARE IN THE MAYOR'S HOUSING POLICY TASK FORCE.
LET'S GO ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
AND AGAIN, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T DO THESE KINDS OF, UM, REPORTS AND, AND WORKS AND ENGAGEMENT IN A VACUUM.
AND ONE OF THE BIG THINGS WE'RE DOING IS MAKING SURE THAT THE DRAFT STRATEGIES THAT WE HAVE FOR EVERYONE HOME ARE BEING INCORPORATED INTO THE LARGER HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN THAT YOU JUST HEARD IAN
AND SO FOR ANTI DISPLACEMENT, THE WHO, WHAT, AND HOW ARE IN THE, FOR EVERYONE HOME, BUT A LOT OF THEM FIT INTO A LARGER IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.
AND AGAIN, THE TWO DETAILED IMPLEMENTATION PLANS ARE ONES THAT WE HOPE TO BE FULLY, UH, ADOPTED AND, UM, INCLUDED IN THE FINAL STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.
SO WE'RE NOT DOING THEM IN A VACUUM, WE'RE MAKING SURE THEY'RE COORDINATED.
AND SO THE NEXT SLIDE GIVES US, UH, WHO THE TEAM GUIDING THE ANTI DISPLACEMENT WORK IS.
AND AGAIN, TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A COORDINATED EFFORT GOING FORWARD.
SO NOT JUST OUR DEPARTMENT, BUT D S D, NOT JUST THE CITY, BUT THE SANTA ANTONIO HOUSING TRUST, SAHA, OUR PARTNERS, BUT ALSO LOCAL GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE A SENSE OF THE COMMUNITY ISSUES, UM, AND THE DISPLACEMENT PRESSURES THAT DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS ARE FACING.
AND SO YOU SEE HERE WHO THE LEADERSHIP TEAM FOR THE ANTI DISPLACEMENT WORK IS, AGAIN, TRYING TO MAKE SURE DIFFERENT AGENCIES, DIFFERENT LEVEL OF ORGANIZATIONS ARE TALKING, AND THAT WE ARE INFORMED, UM, FROM THE GROUND UP WITH HOUSING ADVOCATES TO INSTITUTIONAL STAKEHOLDERS
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IN THIS WORK, AND THAT WE INFORM THE WORK AS WELL.SO IN TERMS OF THE TIMELINE, THE NEXT SLIDE SHOWS THAT THIS IS ONE OF THOSE PROJECTS THAT DID GET IMPACTED BY, UH, THE PANDEMIC BECAUSE WE DID HAVE SOME DELAYS.
THE WORK DID START BACK IN JUNE OF 2019.
WE COMPLETED THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT, UH, IN 2019.
AND THEN OUT OF THAT NEEDS ASSESSMENT, THE POLICY IDEA STARTED IN 2020.
UM, A BIG DELAY FOR US WAS THE TRADITIONAL PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT WE WERE GONNA DO BACK IN MARCH OF 2020.
DESPITE THAT, WE WERE STILL ABLE TO HAVE, UH, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND MEANINGFUL ENGAGEMENT WITH THE COMMUNITY.
AND NOW WE HAVE THE DRAFT AND, AND THOSE ARE THE POLICIES OR THE STRATEGIES RATHER THAT I'M GONNA SHARE WITH YOU.
THESE ARE, UM, GOING TO BE SHARED WIDELY WITH THE PUBLIC TO CONTINUE TO GATHER FEEDBACK, TO GET FEEDBACK ABOUT WHICH ONES ARE THE TWO THAT SHOULD RISE TO THE TOP FOR THAT IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.
AND THEN AFTER WE GET, UM, THAT FEEDBACK FROM YOU AND OTHERS IN THE COMMUNITY, WE'LL DEVELOP THOSE DETAILED IMPLEMENTATION PLANS AND FINALIZE THE AGENDA ITSELF.
THE NEXT SLIDE, UM, TALKS BRIEFLY ABOUT THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT.
AGAIN, ONE OF THE DELIVERABLES COMPLETED THAT WE HAD BRIEFED YOU ABOUT, ABOUT, UM, PREVIOUSLY ALSO PRESENTED TO THE HOUSING COMMISSION RIGHT BEFORE, UH, WE HAD TO STOP IN, UH, IN-PERSON MEETINGS.
BUT THAT DOCUMENT REALLY TOOK A LOT OF DATA FROM ALL THE ENTITIES THAT I MENTIONED AND LOOKED AT, UM, OUR HISTORY OF REDLINING, WHERE CURRENT, UM, PROPERTY TAX PRESSURES WERE DRIVING SOME OF THE, THOSE DISPLACEMENT, UH, PRESSURES.
AND SO THAT REPORT IS DONE AND IT'S AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBPAGE.
AND THEN AGAIN, THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IN THE NEXT SLIDE STILL HAPPENED.
UM, IT DIDN'T HAPPEN IN THE WAY WE HAD ENVISIONED 'CAUSE WE COULDN'T DO FACE-TO-FACE, BUT WE STILL WERE ABLE TO GATHER SAFELY WITH SOME FOLKS.
WE DID A LOT OF SURVEYING AS WELL.
AND ALL OF THIS WAS TRYING TO GET A LOT OF FOLKS WITH LIVED EXPERIENCE TO HELP US UNDERSTAND WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS AND HELP US, UM, REALLY LEARN AND MAKE SURE THE VOICES OF OF THOSE FACING PLACEMENT PRESSURES WERE CAPTURED.
SO WE DID DO A LOT OF INTERVIEWS, SURVEYS, STILL DID A FEW FOCUS GROUPS, AND SO THAT WORK, UM, WE HAD TO RETHINK IT, BUT WE STILL MANAGED TO GET THAT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WITH REGARDS TO THE ACTUAL AGENDA.
THE NEXT SLIDE HAS THE FIVE MAIN CATEGORIES OF NEEDS THAT CAME UP THROUGH ALL OF THAT ENGAGEMENT THROUGH THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT ANALYSIS AND IN CONSULT CONSULTATION WITH THAT TEAM.
AND THE CATEGORIES, UM, FALL INTO THESE FIVE AREAS.
SO FIRST, EVICTIONS ARE A BIG ISSUE, AND REDUCING THE FREQUENCY OF EVICTIONS IS ONE WAY IN WHICH WE CAN HAVE DISPLACEMENT, UM, NOT BE SUCH A BIG ISSUE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
SECOND, PRESERVING EXISTING AFFORDABLE HOUSING STOCK, INCLUDING MOBILE HOME COMMUNITIES CAME UP, CAME UP IN YOUR CONVERSATIONS PREVIOUSLY AND HOW TO ENSURE WE HAVE OUR EXISTING AFFORDABLE HOUSING, UH, REMAIN AFFORDABLE AND OF COURSE REMAIN VIABLE AND USABLE, PREVENTING THE, UH, DISAPPEARANCE OF MOBILE HOME PARK.
SO ANOTHER AREA THAT CAME UP, UM, FOR HOME OWNERSHIP, AND AGAIN, YOU TALKED ABOUT IT PREVIOUSLY AS WELL, HOW TO STABILIZE THAT HOME OWNERSHIP AND WHAT STRATEGIES WE CAN, UM, PUT IN PLACE SO THAT THAT ALSO IS NOT SOMETHING, UM, OR THAT AREA IS NOT SOMETHING WHERE HOMEOWNERS ARE FACING DISPLACEMENT PRESSURES.
AND THEN FINALLY, THE LAST SET OF RECOMMENDATIONS OR, OR STRATEGIES IN THIS INSTANCE, UM, ARE ABOUT ENSURING THAT NEW INVESTMENTS AND NEW DEVELOPMENTS DON'T CREATE THAT DISPLACEMENT PRESSURE AS WELL.
AND SO THE CATEGORIES OF STRATEGIES FALL INTO THESE FIVE MAIN BUCKETS.
AND THERE'S OVER 30 STRATEGIES.
SO I'M NOT GONNA GO OVER EACH OF THEM, BUT I'M GONNA HIGHLIGHT A FEW.
SO LET'S GO TO THE FIRST SET OF STRATEGIES AROUND EVICTIONS.
UM, SO OF COURSE OUR EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM IS ONE OF THE BIG THINGS HELPING THERE.
UM, BUT I WANNA HIGHLIGHT ITEM ONE C, AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT, UH, FALLS IN LINE WITH WHAT YOU'VE BEEN DOING WITH THE SOURCE OF INCOME DISCRIMINATION IDEA, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT IF WE DO PROVIDE PUBLIC BENEFITS TO LANDLORDS, THEN PERHAPS WE SHOULD HAVE HIGHER STANDARDS FOR TENANTS RIGHTS FROM THOSE LANDLORDS.
UM, THEY'RE GETTING A PUBLIC BENEFIT SO THAT WE CAN HAVE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
PERHAPS WE SHOULD HAVE THAT STANDARD BE HIGHER FOR THOSE RECEIVING
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THE PUBLIC BENEFIT.AND THEN YOU CAN SEE ADDITIONAL, UM, STRATEGIES THAT ARE IN LINE WITH THIS IDEA OF HOW DO WE REDUCE THE FREQUENCY OF EVICTIONS IN OUR, OUR COMMUNITY.
AS WE KNOW THIS IS A DRIVER FOR DISPLACEMENT.
SO THIS IS ONE OF THE SETS OF RECOMMENDATIONS HERE.
THEN WE'LL GO ON TO, UH, SECOND SET OF RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ARE IN THE BUCKET THAT HELPS TO PRESERVE, UH, AFFORDABLE HOUSING STOCK.
AND THERE'S A LOT IN THIS, UM, SET OF RECOMMENDATIONS AS WELL.
UM, SO MANY THAT I HAVE TWO SLIDES HERE.
AND FOR THIS ONE, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'LL HIGHLIGHT IS ACTION TWO D, WHICH SPEAKS TO THE AFFORDABILITY PERIOD FOR INVESTMENTS.
AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HAS COME UP IN CONVERSATIONS, UM, WITH CITY COUNCIL, WHERE, UM, HOW DO WE KEEP AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AFFORDABLE FOR A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME? AND SO THIS IS ANOTHER WAY IN WHICH WE CAN DO THAT.
UM, AND IF WE PRESERVE AN EXISTING AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNIT, UM, HOW DO WE MAKE THAT AFFORDABLE FOR THE LONGER TERM? SO THIS IS ONE OF THE SET OF STRATEGIES THAT WE CAN DO THAT FALLS INTO THIS BUCKET.
THE NEXT SLIDE ALSO IS ABOUT PRESERVING AFFORDABLE HOUSING STOCK.
AND IN THIS ONE, THE ONE I WANNA HIGHLIGHT IS ITEM ACTION TWO H, WHICH SPECIFICALLY SPEAKS TO WHAT YOU JUST MENTIONED.
HOW DO WE HAVE, UM, AN INCREASED NUMBER OF HOME REPAIRS AND REHAB LOAN OR GRANT PROGRAMS FOR LANDLORDS TO KEEP RENTS AFFORDABLE? WE HAVE A LOT OF GRADE OWNER OCCUPIED PROGRAMS, BUT WE KNOW THAT RENTAL UNITS ALSO NEED TO, UH, BE REHABBED AND THAT WE NEED TO MAINTAIN SOME OF THOSE, UM, NATURALLY OCCURRING AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS, AFFORDABLE AS WELL.
SO THAT'S ANOTHER STRATEGY TO KEEP OUR EXISTING AFFORDABLE HOUSING STOCK.
AND THEN I'LL GO ON TO THE NEXT SET OF RECOMMENDATIONS.
AND THIS ONE IS AROUND MOBILE HOME PARKS AS WELL.
AND THE ONE I WANNA HIGHLIGHT IN THIS SET OF, UH, STRATEGIES IS ITEM THREE E.
UM, THERE IS A MOVEMENT NATIONALLY TO TRY AND HAVE OWNERSHIP OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND FOR MOBILE HOME COMMUNITIES, THAT'S ALSO THE CASE.
SO ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT IS IDENTIFIED HERE IN ACTION THREE E IS THAT THERE COULD BE A PILOT TO CONVERT AN EXISTING HOUSING, A MOBILE HOME, UH, COMMUNITY INTO TENANT OWNERSHIP.
AND THAT'S ONE OF THE WAYS IN WHICH THE DISPLACEMENT PRESSURES THAT MOBILE HOME COMMUNITIES FACE CAN BE MITIGATED.
UM, AND YOU HAVE THAT OWNERSHIP POSSIBILITY AS WELL.
IT'S A DIFFERENT MODEL, UH, BUT SOME CITIES HAVE EMBARKED ON ON THIS APPROACH AS WELL.
THE NEXT SET OF RECOMMENDATIONS ARE IN THE NEXT SLIDE, AND THIS IS, UH, TO THE STABILIZING HOME OWNERSHIP ISSUES.
AND WHAT I WANNA HIGHLIGHT IN THIS PARTICULAR, UH, SET OF RECOMMENDATIONS, AND AGAIN, THERE'S QUITE A FEW ON THIS ONE, UH, AS WELL, UH, BUT I WANNA HIGHLIGHT ITEM FOUR F.
AND SO FOUR F, UM, IS ABOUT THE FUNDING NEEDED TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE NECESSARY MAINTENANCE, REPAIRS AND RENOVATIONS TO PROPERTY.
UM, I THINK YOU ALL HAVE MENTIONED THAT IN THE PREVIOUS CONVERSATION, AND WE KNOW THE NEED IS THERE.
AND SO HOW DO WE DO THIS SO THAT PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO KEEP THEIR HOME, KEEP IT AT A QUALITY WHERE IT DOESN'T FALL INTO A POSSIBLE CODE VIOLATION.
WE KNOW THAT HOMES THAT START TO NOT BE MAINTAINED CAN BECOME, UM, HOMES THAT GET CODE VIOLATIONS.
A CODE VIOLATION IF IT'S NOT TAKEN CARE OF, COULD MEAN THAT A HOME BECOMES UNINHABITABLE.
SO WE END UP LOSING, UM, HOUSING BECAUSE WE FAILED TO DO MAINTENANCE REPAIRS OR RENOVATIONS TO PROPERTY.
SO THESE SET OF RECOMMENDATIONS ALL FOCUS ON THE HOME OWNERSHIP.
UH, A LOT OF VARIETY HERE AS YOU CAN READ, BUT I WANTED TO HONE IN ON THAT ONE.
UH, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT MAKING SURE THE EXISTING AFFORDABLE HOUSING STOCK THAT, UH, PEOPLE OWN ALREADY IS SOMETHING THAT IS VIABLE FOR A LONGER TERM IS IMPORTANT.
AND SOMETIMES WE DO NEED TO MAKE THOSE INVESTMENTS FOR MAINTENANCE, REPAIRS AND RENOVATIONS AS WAS DISCUSSED PREVIOUSLY.
AND SO WE WILL GO TO THE NEXT SET OF RECOMMENDATIONS.
UM, AND THESE ARE THE ONES THAT FOCUS ON THE FACT THAT SOMETIMES INVESTMENTS AND DEVELOPMENT CAN CREATE SOME, UM, DISPLACEMENT
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PRESSURES, SO ARE PERCEIVED TO CREATE DISPLACEMENT PRESSURES.AND SO WHAT I WANNA HIGHLIGHT HERE IS ITEM FIVE B, WHICH HAS COME UP IN CONVERSATIONS WHEN WE HAVE PRESENTED, UM, TAX CREDIT DEVELOPMENT, UM, PROPOSALS, FOR EXAMPLE.
AND THIS IS ABOUT THE IDEA THAT IF WE ARE REPLACING, UM, UNITS, UM, BECAUSE WE NEED TO DEMOLISH SOMETHING OR WE NEED TO UPGRADE, UH, EXISTING AFFORDABLE SUBSIDIZED HOUSING UNITS, THEN WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO HAVE STANDARD TO REPLACE THOSE, THOSE UNITS AT THE SAME RENT LEVEL.
THAT HAS BEEN A CONCERN THAT HAS COME UP WHEN THERE HAVE BEEN SOME REDEVELOPMENT IDEAS.
AND SO THAT'S A STRATEGY THAT COULD HELP ENSURE THAT INVESTMENT IN, IN THIS KIND OF, UM, DEVELOPMENT OR REDEVELOPMENT IS ALSO ONE THAT DOESN'T INADVERTENTLY CAUSE THIS DISPLACEMENT PRESSURE AS WELL.
SO, UM, AGAIN, THERE'S OVER 30 RECOMMENDATIONS HERE.
WE'LL GO ON TO THE NEXT SET OF RECOMMENDATIONS HERE.
AND THE ONE I WANNA HIGHLIGHT HERE IS FIVE G, WHICH IS A LAND BANKING PROGRAM.
UM, AND HERE IT'S ABOUT BEING PROACTIVE IN TERMS OF BUYING VACANT LAND THAT YOU CAN, UM, TARGET FOR IN AREAS WHERE THE DISPLACEMENT COULD BE HIGH.
AND THEN IN THE FUTURE YOU USE THAT LAND TO DEVELOP HOUSING THAT'S AFFORDABLE FOR, UH, LONGER TERM.
AND SO IN AREAS THAT ARE BECOMING UNAFFORDABLE, YOU ENSURE YOU HAVE AVAILABLE LAND TO, AT A FUTURE DATE DEVELOP AFFORDABLE HOUSING AS WELL.
AND SO ALL OF THESE ARE PART OF THIS, ENSURING INVESTMENTS AND DEVELOPMENTS DON'T CREATE DISPLACEMENT PRESSURE IN THE FUTURE.
SO AGAIN, THERE'S OVER 30 STRATEGIES IN THE DRAFT AGENDA.
AND SO THESE ARE NOW BEING PRESENTED TO YOU, PRESENTED TO VARIOUS COMMUNITY GROUPS.
THERE'S A SERIES OF, UH, PUBLIC MEETINGS WE'RE GONNA HOST AS WELL.
AND SO I WANNA WORK, UM, MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE THAT HAS THE TIMELINE.
WE WILL HAVE THE LINK, UH, BEFORE THE END OF THE DAY TO DAY TO A WEBPAGE THAT GROUNDED SOLUTIONS NETWORK WITH OUR, UM, CONSULTANT AND GUIDING US IN THE WORK HAS PUT TOGETHER.
WE ARE, UH, AT A CRITICAL POINT TO GET PUBLIC INPUT, UH, NOT JUST THIS MONTH, BUT ALSO NEXT MONTH BECAUSE WE WANNA MAKE SURE THE STRATEGIES ARE THE RIGHT ONES, THAT THE REPORT GETS FINALIZED, AND THAT WE IDENTIFY THOSE TWO HIGHEST PRIORITY ITEMS SO THAT WE CAN CREATE THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.
AND SO THE NEXT SLIDE HAS SOME OF THE MEETINGS THAT WE ARE HOSTING AND HOW PEOPLE CAN PROVIDE US, UH, SOME OF THIS FEEDBACK.
THESE SESSIONS ARE VIRTUAL, UH, WE'RE USING SOON FOR THEM.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE FOUR SESSIONS IN APRIL.
YOU SEE THE DATES IN FRONT OF YOU IN THIS SLIDE.
AND THIS IS ALSO FOR THE PUBLIC IF YOU WANNA PROVIDE FEEDBACK AND, AND, UM, LEND YOUR VOICE TO TO THIS EFFORT.
THE SESSIONS ARE IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH, AND AT DIFFERENT TIMES OF THE DAY, WE EVEN HAVE SATURDAY AND SUNDAY SESSIONS.
AS YOU CAN SEE, UM, WE HAVE AN EMAIL THAT GROUNDED SOLUTIONS HAVE.
UM, AND WE ARE ALSO GONNA MAKE SURE WE, UM, DO THESE IN FACEBOOK LIVE SO PEOPLE CAN VIEW THEM, UH, IN THAT MANNER AS WELL.
AND SO THERE WAS A LOT, UM, THAT REALLY IS THE END OF, OF THE SLIDE, BUT THERE WAS A LOT IN THE DRAFT STRATEGIES AND, UM, I'M AVAILABLE TO ANSWER QUESTION ALONG WITH IAN AND SARAH WAMSLEY.
SARAH WAMSLEY AND OUR TEAM HAS BEEN LEADING, UM, A LOT OF THE WORK IN THE FOR EVERYONE HOME INITIATIVE.
SO THAT CONCLUDES THE PRESENTATION, AND WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
UM, I THINK JUST COUNCILMAN S RAISED, SO I'LL TURN IT OVER TO HIM.
UM, THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION.
I, I, I DO HAVE, UH, LOTS OF QUESTIONS.
UH, UH, WHAT IS THE PLAN FOR IMPLEMENTATION, UH, FOR EVERYONE, HOME GOALS AND POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS? SO AGAIN, THE TWO, UM, POLICIES THAT ARE SELECTED FOR IMPLEMENTATION PLANS ARE ONES THAT WOULD HAVE A DETAILED IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, AND WE WOULD MOVE FORWARD RIGHT AWAY.
UM, THE REST OF THE STRATEGIES THAT END UP IN THE FINAL DOCUMENT ARE GONNA BE INTEGRATED INTO THE STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.
AND ULTIMATELY THE FINAL REPORT IS GONNA BE, UM, PART OF WHAT OUR HOUSING COMMISSION HELPS TO MAKE SURE GOES FORWARD.
OBVIOUSLY, WE CAN'T DO OVER 30 THINGS ALL AT THE SAME TIME, SO SOME KIND OF PRIORITY, UH, WE'LL HAVE TO COME IN AND THAT'S WHERE THE FIRST TWO IMPLEMENTATION ACTIONS COME IN AS WELL.
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UM, BUT AS A COMPLETED DOCUMENT, WE'LL MAKE SURE, UM, MANY OF THESE END UP IN THE STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, AND WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT THE HOUSING COMMISSION, UH, JUST LIKE WITH THE HOUSING POLICY FRAMEWORK, BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THE WORK RAN FROM, UM, HAVE OVERSIGHT AND CONTINUE TO GIVE US GUIDANCE AND HELP US PRIORITIZE THE MOVE MOVING, MOVING FORWARD.AND THE, AND THE ENGAGEMENT, UH, THAT WAS ACHIEVED IN SHAPING THE F UM, FOR EVERYONE HOME, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS.
WILL THAT BE CONTINUED THROUGHOUT THE IMPLEMENTATION? THE ENGAGEMENT WILL CONTINUE, BUT IT'LL COME MOSTLY WITH THE HOUSING COMMISSION, AND IT ALSO DEPENDS ON WHICH STRATEGY WE'RE WORKING ON.
UM, EVERY STRATEGY HAS, UM, DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDERS THAT NEED TO BE ENGAGED IN, IN SOME OVERLAP.
UM, BUT SOME FOLKS MAY NEED A DIFFERENT KIND OF ENGAGEMENT.
LIKE IF WE'RE WORKING WITH A MOBILE HOME COMMUNITY, OBVIOUSLY THAT PART OF THE, THE FOLKS THAT WE HAVE TO INVOLVE, WHEREAS WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR REHAB, THAT'S, UM, A DIFFERENT, UH, COMMUNITY THAT ARE THE PRIMARY STAKEHOLDERS, PRIMARY BENEFICIARIES, BUT ALL OF IT WOULD BE GUIDED BY THE HOUSING COMMISSION, WHICH CONTINUES TO HAVE ITS CHARGE AS A, A WAY TO GET PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND PUBLIC INPUT.
UM, THE, YOU, WE, SO WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, UH, UH, PROPERTY TAXES AND, UH, THIS IS MORE OF A REQUEST BECAUSE, UH, YOU KNOW, THE, WHEN, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT PROPERTY TAXES AND PROPERTY VALUATIONS, UM, IN, IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, YOU, WE ARE ACTUALLY SORT OF TAKING A, A, A COMPONENT OF THE, THE, UH, THE PROCESS THAT'S APPRAISED, RIGHT? SO IN, IN THE APPRAISAL PROCESS, THERE IS RESIDENTIAL THAT IS APPRAISED, AND THEN THERE'S COMMERCIAL THAT'S APPRAISED.
AND, UM, I THINK IT'S CRITICAL THAT, THAT THIS COMMITTEE KNOW, OR, AND THEY CAN, THEY, THEY SHOULD DO THEIR OWN RESEARCH.
BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, IN CONCERT WITH WORKING WITH THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT AND OTHER INFORMATION THAT'S OUT THERE, UH, IT IS, IT IS, UH, KNOWN THAT THE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES ARE, ARE PAY USUALLY A LOT MORE IN TERMS OF, OF THE APPRAISED VALUE VERSUS COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES.
AND SO WHERE COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES TYPICALLY PAY 60 CENTS ON THE DOLLAR, UH, BECAUSE THEY'RE MORE EQUIPPED TO CHALLENGE APPRAISED VALUES, IT ENDS UP PUTTING PRESSURE ON RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES.
AND SO I THINK IT'S INCUMBENT ON THIS GROUP AS THEY'RE BRINGING UP PROPERTY TAXES AND PROPERTY APPRAISALS TO, TO MENTION THAT, UH, THIS, THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT DRIVES PRESSURES INTO RISING PROPERTY TAXES, UH, SIMPLY BECAUSE AS COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES ARE PAYING LESS AND LESS OF, OF WHAT THEY'RE APPRAISED AT, BECAUSE THEY'RE ABLE TO CHALLENGE THOSE, UH, UH, WITH, WITH, UH, ATTORNEYS AND, AND SO FORTH, UH, IT JUST PUTS PRESSURE ON RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY.
AND THEN YOU, AS WE ALSO TALK ABOUT DOING THINGS LIKE LAND BANKS AND AND SO FORTH, WE GOTTA BE COGNIZANT THAT FOR EVERY TIME, EVERY EVERYTHING THAT YOU, THAT YOU, UH, PULL OUT OF THE, UH, THE TAX ROLL, UH, IT PUTS PRESSURE ON THE REST OF RESIDENTIAL.
SO I THINK THIS NEEDS TO BECOME A BIG TOPIC AND A POSITION MUST BE TAKEN, UH, FOR, FOR HOUSING IN GENERAL THAT IS, IS SEPARATE AND APART FROM COMMERCIAL PROPERTY OWNERS, THAT THAT REALLY HELPS TO, TO, UH, MAKE THE CASE AT THE STATE LEGISLATURE OF, OF HOW, UH, WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT, UH, PROPERTY TAX REFORM.
UH, YOU KNOW, THAT'S PROBABLY THE, THE, THE, THE, THE, THE BIGGEST SOURCE SPOT IN, IN TERMS OF VALUATION IS HOW COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES ON AVERAGE HAVE MORE LAWSUITS, UH, THAN THAN ANY OTHER, UH, UH, PROPERTY TAX, UH, OR PROPERTY APPRAISAL REVIEW.
AND SO I, I THINK THAT IT WOULD REALLY BE, UH, HELPFUL TO, TO HAVE THAT, UH, BE A PART OF THE CONVERSATION AND, AND THE MANDATE OR, OR THE, THE, THE WORK OF, OF THIS GROUP.
UH, WE ALSO, UH, MENTIONED THAT, UH, WANNA REDUCE FORMAL EVICTIONS AND INFORMAL EV EVICTIONS.
AND SO, UH, MANY BRIEFED A A SIGH OF RELIEF THIS MORNING AS THE EVICTION MORATORIUM WAS EXTENDED, BUT WE KNOW THAT IT'LL EVENTUALLY END.
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AND WE KNOW THAT THERE ISN'T A ONE SIZE FITS ALL APPROACH TO THIS ISSUE.AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE SUCCESSFUL, UH, IMPLEMENTATION OF STRATEGIES LIKE OUR RIGHT TO COUNSEL PROGRAM, WHICH SAVES NINE OUTTA 10 FAMILIES FROM AN EVICTION.
AS A CITY, WE CAN SAVE EVEN MORE FAMILIES FROM A FORMAL EVICTION BY MAKING RIGHT TO COUNSEL AND GUARANTEED RIGHT TO TENANTS.
I WOULD APPRECIATE, UH, THE TEAM'S FEEDBACK AND SUPPORT ON GROWING RIGHT TO COUNSEL.
I'M GLAD, UH, INFORMAL EVICTIONS ARE SPECIFICALLY LISTED.
THIS ISSUE IS, IS HOW, HOW DO WE TRACK THIS DA DATA ACCURATELY? I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, UH, THE TEAM TAKE A DEEP DIVE INTO THE MILWAUKEE AREA RENTER STUDY, UH, LOOK AT INFORMAL EVIC EVICTION TRACKING SPECIFICALLY AND PROVIDE A RECOMMENDATION FOR TRACKING OUR INFORMAL EVIC EVICTIONS, UH, IN THE DELIVERABLES.
WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT PROTECTION, UH, PROTECT HOMEOWNERS, UH, OF THE RISING EXPENSES.
YOU KNOW, THE MOST AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS, IS THE HOUSING THAT ALREADY EXISTS.
THAT IS TRUE IF YOU'RE A HOMEOWNER, AS I MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE, UH, HOMEOWNERS, UH, DO HAVE MORE PROTECTIONS THAN RENTERS.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE, THERE ARE RENTERS WHO ARE RENTING HOUSES.
UM, AND WE NEED TO, UM, YOU KNOW, REALLY TAKE A, A LOOK AT WHAT I JUST SAID EARLIER ABOUT THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
UM, BUT I ALSO WANT US TO EXPAND THE, THE UNDER ONE ROOF PROGRAM, UH, TO, TO BE AVAILABLE TO, TO HOUSING THAT, UH, RENTAL HOUSING THAT, THAT CAN HELP WITH WITH THAT AS WELL.
UM, I ALSO APPRECIATE THE SHOTGUN HOME PILOT, UH, AS, AS DIRECT INTERVENTIONS TO THAT SAVE HOMES, UH, UNDER ONE ROOF HAS, HAS EVEN CONNECTED HOMEOWNERS IN, IN PROPERTY TAX ARREARS TO PAYMENT PROGRAMS WHICH PREVENTED DISPLACEMENT AND ALLOWED MUCH NEEDED REPAIRS.
UH, TODAY I SPOKE WITH, UH, WITH D S D TO WORK WITH N H S D TO, TO HELP EVALUATE HOW YOU DETERMINE WHO, WHO CAN GET A ROOF OR WHO DOESN'T, YOU KNOW, ALL, SOMETIMES WE, WE KNOW THAT WE'RE SAYING, WE SAY THAT THERE, THE HOUSE MIGHT NEED A FOUNDATION REPAIR, THEREFORE THEY DON'T QUALIFY FOR A ROOF.
AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, THAT I DISAGREE WITH THAT.
UM, I SEE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR IMPROVEMENT, WHICH, YOU KNOW, IN LAYERING ALL THESE PROGRAMS, UH, AND IN REQUIRING, REQUIRING BETTER, UH, DATA SHARING.
UH, FOR EXAMPLE, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SENIOR HOMEOWNERS WHO USE SAWS AND C P SS ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS AUTOMATICALLY CONNECTED TO THE UNDER ONE ROOF PROGRAM AND OTHER, UH, PROGRAMS THAT THAT CAN HELP THEM.
UH, YOU ALSO TALKED ABOUT PRESERVING EXISTING AFFORDABLE AND LOW-COST RENTAL HOUSING.
UH, YOU KNOW, THIS, THESE PROGRAMS CAN EVEN BE HELPFUL AS IT RELATES TO PRESERVATIONS OF LOW COST HOUSING.
UH, LIKE I SAID, YOU KNOW, PLEASE, LET'S, LET'S LOOK AT, UH, ALLOWING, UH, THE MOM AND POP LANDLORDS TO HAVE ACCESS TO THE UNDER ONE ROOF PROGRAM.
UH, THIS CAN HELP, UH, KEEP UP THEIR, THEIR PROPERTY WITHOUT RAISING THE RENT.
UM, AND, UH, AND IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A VERY, UH, IMPORTANT ASPECT OF, OF HOW ALSO THE VALUATIONS ARE DONE BECAUSE IT'S MAINTENANCE.
UM, SO THIS WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL, ESPECIALLY IN OUR MOST VULNERABLE CENSUS TRACKS.
AND LAST, UH, WHAT INPUT WILL THIS TEAM HAVE ON THE POTENTIAL HOUSING BOND? WELL, UM, SO, SO THE POTENTIAL HOUSING BOND STILL HAS ITS OWN, UM, PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT TO BE SPELLED OUT.
AND I THINK THE CITY COUNCIL IS GONNA BE THE DRIVER FOR THAT.
UM, AND SO BY THAT TIME, THIS WORK WILL BE WRAPPED UP, UM, AND THE HOUSING COMMISSION PROBABLY BE WHO GETS MORE ENGAGED WITH, UM, THE HOUSING BOND, UH, ITSELF, BUT IT'LL BE COUNCIL WHO SELECTS, UM, THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PROCESS FOR NOT JUST THIS ONE, BUT ALL THE OTHER POTENTIAL BOND PROJECTS AS WELL.
AND COUNCILMAN, WE'LL DO A BETTER JOB OF, UM, EXPLAINING THAT WE, RIGHT NOW IN THE PROCESS OF DESIGNING THAT, UM, ENGAGEMENT.
SO AS YOU KNOW, IN THE 2017, WE HAD SEPARATE COMMITTEES FOR EACH OF THOSE PROPOSITIONS.
I IMAGINE WE'LL DO SOMETHING SIMILAR AND WE'LL DO BRIEFINGS TO CITY COUNCIL AND THE HOUSING COMMISSION, BUT WE'LL GET SOMETHING IN MORE DETAIL AND SHARE IT WITH YOU ALL.
THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO WORKED ON THIS AND, UH, IT REALLY SEEMS LIKE WE'RE JUST GETTING STARTED.
AND BY THE WAY, AGAIN, I, I WANNA BE A RESOURCE, UH, ESPECIALLY ON THE ON, ON THE PROPERTY VALUATIONS AND PROPERTY TAXES AS I KNOW BOTH, UH, ESTE AND MICHAEL, UH, MESQUITA, WHO I KNOW WANT TO BE VERY HELPFUL IN, IN HELPING TO OUTLINE THOSE DIFFERENCES THAT I, THAT I MENTIONED EARLIER.
UM, SO ATO, THANK YOU FOR THESE RECOMMENDATIONS AND THE, THE TEAM THAT WAS TOGETHER TO PUT FORWARD SOME OF THESE RECOMMENDATIONS HERE.
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UM, QUESTION THAT I HAVE MOSTLY, MOST IS THE DEFINITIONS TO SOME OF THE, THE, UM, THE ITEMS IN HERE, MEANING, UH, FOR EXAMPLE, SLIDE NUMBER 12, ACTION TWO F REDUCE RISING PROPERTY TAXES FOR QUOTE UNQUOTE GOOD ACTING LANDLORDS.WHAT IS THE DEFINITION OF A GOOD ACTING LANDLORD? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
I WAS ASKING MY STAFF TEAM EXACTLY THE SAME QUESTION,
UM, AND SO THERE'S STILL A LOT OF DEFINITION AND, AND NUANCE IN THE REPORT ITSELF, AND SO WE HAVEN'T DEFINED, UM, GOOD ACTING HERE.
UM, BUT IT DOES HINT AT, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN SEE THE, THE HISTORY OF EVICTION OR CODE VIOLATIONS, THAT THEY'RE BEING GOOD LANDLORDS.
UM, BUT YOU CAN ALSO SAY, WHAT DOES GOOD MEAN, RIGHT? DEFINE IT.
UM, AND SO THIS IS ABOUT NOT HAVING, UH, EVICTIONS BE THE FIRST COURSE OF ACTION WHEN PEOPLE FALL BEHIND OR RENT.
AND ALSO, UH, IF THERE ARE ISSUES THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED, MAINTENANCE ISSUES, THAT THOSE ARE ADDRESSED.
UM, AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S A REALLY GOOD QUESTION.
UM, YOU KNOW, SO, YOU KNOW, VETO, I THINK THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE THE MAIN POINTS THAT I HAVE THROUGHOUT THIS, THIS WHOLE THING OF RECOMMENDATIONS.
SO, UM, ANOTHER EXAMPLE ON TWO B WHERE IT SAYS, HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS INTEND TO SIGNIFICANTLY RAISE RENT, WHO DEFINES WHAT SIGNIFICANTLY IS MM-HMM.
AND THEN, UM, UNDER, UH, YOU KNOW, UNDER, I DO HAVE A QUESTION ON ACTION TWO E FOR THE PRIORITIZED PARTNERSHIPS, INCLUDING SAHA, WAS THAT, WAS THAT, AND WITH THE HOUSING FOR 30% A M I OR LESS? WAS THAT, UM, TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION WITH OUR DEFINITION OF AFFORDABILITY HOUSING WITH OUR NEW DEFINITION AND THE POSSIBLE ZERO TO 15%, NUMBER ONE? AND NUMBER TWO WAS THIS RECOMMENDATION BROUGHT FORTH BEFORE OR AFTER, UH, THE FREEZE THAT WE HAD IN FEBRUARY.
SO AHEAD, I CAN SPEAK OF, OH, I, SORRY, I WAS GONNA JUMP IN HERE.
SO THE ZERO TO 15% CONVERSATION, UM, HAPPENED AFTER THIS PARTICULAR STRATEGY WAS DEVELOPED.
UM, BUT, UH, SAHA HAS BEEN WORKING WITH US ON BOTH OF THESE INITIATIVES.
SO THERE WILL BE COORDINATION, AND I THINK WHAT BETO SAID ABOUT THIS IS A, THIS IS A DRAFT AGENDA ITEM, AND SOME OF THESE WERE GENERATED FROM OUR COMMUNITY DISCUSSION.
WE WOULD NEED TO FLUSH A LOT OF THESE OUT, UM, BEFORE WE CREATE AN IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR THEM.
SO THE QUESTIONS YOU'RE ASKING ARE VERY GOOD AND QUESTIONS THAT WE WOULD HAVE IF WE WERE TO EVER, UH, DEVELOP AN IMPLEMENTATION PLAN AND BRING IT BACK TO THIS COMMITTEE OR COUNCIL FOR ACTION.
SO, UM, YES, VERY GOOD QUESTION.
AND THEN, UM, OF COURSE, SOME OF THE ITEMS HERE, I THINK, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY WOULD ALSO BE A PART OF THE U D C AND IF THE INTENTION WOULD BE FOR THE CITY TO TAKE OVER SOME THINGS THAT MAYBE ARE NOT, ARE IN, IN DILAPIDATED AND NOT IN GOOD SHAPE THAT THE CITY WOULD HAVE TO TAKE OVER.
AND JUST, UM, OTHER CLARIFYING QUESTIONS OF, OF THE ON SLIDE NUMBER 15, ACTION FIVE, A CEASE PUBLIC SUPPORT.
WHAT DOES PUBLIC SUPPORT MEAN? IS THAT CEASING PUTTING IN, YOU KNOW, SIDEWALKS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? WHAT DOES THAT DEFINITION LOOK LIKE? UM, THOSE ARE JUST ALL OF THE, THE, THOSE ARE JUST SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE AND, UM, TO MY COLLEAGUE'S POINT A COUNCIL MEMBER, TREVINO, UH, YOU KNOW, I, I KNOW WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT LAND BANKING AND LAND TRUST FOR A VERY LONG TIME, AND I THINK THAT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.
IT'S A, IT'S A TOOL, BUT WE ALSO WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IT IS, UM, WE ARE GOING TO DO WELL BY EVERYONE IF WE ARE GOING TO BE DOING LAND TRUST OR LAND BANKING, UM, AND NOT HAVE, UH, YOU KNOW, UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT.
I THINK IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S A START AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING MORE OF IT AS YOU FLESH IT ALL OUT.
COUNCIL MEMBER VIE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE.
COUNCILMAN, I BELIEVE YOU'RE ON ON MUTE
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STILL ON MUTE, STILL ON MUTE? NO, I THINK YOU HAVE A, A PROBLEM WITH YOUR AUDIO.UM, JOHN, SO, UM, YOU WANNA, I'LL GIVE YOU A MINUTE OR TWO, SEE IF YOU CAN FIGURE IT OUT.
WE'RE ABOUT TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ONE, SO, UM, NO.
WELL, WE'RE, HE IS GONNA CALL IN, SO, OKAY.
SORRY ABOUT THAT, JOHN, WE'RE, WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM AND THEN JOHN, JUST HOLD YOUR QUESTIONS AND WE CAN STILL ANSWER THEM IN THE NEXT ITEM.
[6. 21-2478 Briefing of the Nabors Tract proposed petition initiated TIRZ located at 11625 Old Corpus Christi Highway in southeast San Antonio in Council District 3.]
MOVE ALONG TO THIS OTHER, UH, TO ITEM NUMBER FIVE OR FOUR OR WHATEVER.IT'S, UM, AND, UH, THIS IS NEIGHBORS TRACK PROPOSAL PETITION INITIATED TURS, AND I THINK THIS IS ALSO VERO.
YES, IT'S VERO SOTA AND MOST LIKELY IAN BENAVIDEZ WILL PRESENT.
AND SO LET'S JUST TURN IT OVER TO IAN.
UM, IAN VIEZ, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES.
I'M GONNA BE PRESENTING THE ITEM ON THE NEIGHBORS TRACK.
PROPOSED PETITION IN INITIATED TSS.
SO BEFORE WE GET STARTED, UM, JUST DO A QUICK BACKGROUND ON TAX EQUIPMENT FINANCING.
UH, THIS IS GOVERNED BY CHAPTER THREE 11 OF THE TEXAS TAX CODE, AND IT IS AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TOOL USED TO SPUR DEVELOPMENT OR REDEVELOPMENT OF BLIGHTED OR UNDERPERFORMING AREAS THAT WOULD OTHERWISE REMAIN STAGNANT.
UH, THAT'S LANGUAGE FROM THE, THE TEXAS TAX CODE.
AND THE MECHANISMS BY WHICH THIS WORKS IS YOU HAVE DESIGNATED AREAS, UM, WHICH IS A TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE, ORTS, A PORTION OF THE COLLECTED TAXES ARE CONTRIBUTED TO A T FUND, AND THEN THE BASE YEAR OF THAT TSS IS DESIGNATED.
AND ALL THE TS FUND REVENUE GENERATED AFTER AFTERWARDS IS THE INCREMENT PORTION THAT'S CAPTURED AND THEN REINVESTED INTO THOSE DISTRICTS OR THOSE ZONES.
AND, AND THE, UH, THE GRAPHIC ON THE RIGHT SIDE, UH, IT'S KIND OF VISUALIZATION OF THAT.
SO YOU HAVE YOUR BASE HERE, THEN YOU HAVE THE INCREMENT COLLECTED AFTER THAT.
AND THAT INCREASE IS THE REVENUE THAT IS ELIGIBLE TO BE USED, UM, FOR ELIGIBLE, UH, TOURISM EXPENDITURES, WHICH IS, UH, PRIMARILY INFRASTRUCTURE.
SO THERE ARE TWO, UH, DIFFERENT WAYS TO, UM, CREATE A TOURS.
SO WE HAVE CI, CITY INITIATED TURS, AND THOSE ARE WHEN STAFF WORKS WITH COUNCIL TO SELECT AND APPROVE A BOUNDARY.
UM, VARIOUS PROJECTS WITHIN THAT BOUNDARY ARE ELIGIBLE FOR REIMBURSEMENT, UH, WITHIN THE BOUNDARY IF THEY, THEY MEET THE STATUTE AND THE FUNDING IS AVAILABLE.
UH, AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS AGAIN, ELIGIBLE CITYWIDE.
UM, WE, WE DID, UM, A, A COLLECTION OF T FUNDING FROM A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT TS TO USE TOWARDS OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING FUND PREVIOUSLY.
UH, SO THAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF THAT.
AND THE REIMBURSEMENT IS, UH, ALL THE FUNDING IS BASED ON A REIMBURSEMENT BASIS.
SO, UH, ONCE THE PROJECT IS, IS APPROVED, UM, THEY SUBMIT INVOICES AND THEN THE TAX INCREMENT FINANCING UNIT REVIEWS THOSE INVOICES FOR ELIGIBLE EXPENSES AND THEN PAYS OUT THAT REIMBURSEMENT.
UH, WE CAN ALSO DO A PETITION INITIATED TERRA, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT TODAY, WHERE A DEVELOPERS SUBMIT THE TIF FUNDING APPLICATION AND THEIR APPLICATION FEE.
UH, THIS IS TYPICALLY FOR ONE PROJECT, A HOUSING DEVELOPMENT OR A SUBDIVISION, AND THEN THAT IS, UH, REIMBURSED AND USUALLY SUBMITTED BY THE SUBDIVISION DEVELOPER.
AND THE REIMBURSEMENT IS BASED ON ELIGIBLE PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE OVER A SET TERM PERIOD.
SO WE DO HAVE A PROCESS INTERNALLY BY WHICH WE REVIEW APPLICATIONS.
SO THE DEVELOPER WILL SUBMIT THEIR TIF FUNDING, APPLICATION APPLICATION FEE.
OUR FINANCE AND MANAGEMENT DIVISION WILL ANALYZE THE FINANCIAL PROJECTIONS THAT DEVELOPER HAS SUBMITTED, AND THEN WE'LL USE THAT INFORMATION AS WE MEET INTERNALLY WITH OUR TIF GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE.
UH, AND THIS TIF GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2014, UH, A HIGH LEVEL DECISION MAKING BODY, UM, THAT WAS A RESULT OF A 2013 AUDIT OF THE T PROGRAM.
UM, AND THAT AUDIT PLAN WAS APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL.
FROM THERE, WE GO TO A COUNCIL COMMITTEE, UH, IN THIS CASE IT'LL BE OUR PLANNING AND LAND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, WHICH WE'RE CURRENTLY AT, AND THEN ULTIMATELY THE CITY COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL.
AND THEN THAT T BOARD WILL MEET TO APPROVE THEIR DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, FINANCE PLAN, AND PROJECT PLAN.
SO, SOME BACKGROUND ON THE CURRENT REQUEST BEING, UH, BROUGHT FORTH TO YOU TODAY, THE NEIGHBORS TRACK.
UM, IN FEBRUARY, 2021, BITTER BLUE DEVELOPMENT SUBMITTED AN APPLICATION FOR THE CRE CREATION OF A PETITION INITIATED TS.
UH, THE LOCATION OF THIS PARTICULAR PARCEL OF LAND IS 1 1 6 2 5 OLD CORPUS CHRISTI HIGHWAY IN SOUTHEAST SAN ANTONIO, LOCATED IN COUNCIL DISTRICT THREE, AND THERE'S A MAP, SO YOU CAN VISUALIZE AND SEE SOME OF THOSE CROSS STREETS
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OFF 37.SO SOME DETAILS ON THE NEIGHBORS TRACK PROPOSAL.
IT IS 120 ACRES, OR PROPOSED TO BE 120 ACRES OF SINGLE FAMILY, UM, DEVELOPMENT WITH TWO CAR GARAGES, AND THAT'D BE 637 LOTS.
15 ACRES OF MULTI-FAMILY, WHICH WILL BE 340 UNITS, EIGHT ACRES OF NEIGHBORHOOD RETAIL, 50 ACRES OF INDUSTRIAL, WHICH IS PROJECTED TO INCLUDE A DATA CENTER AND 18 ACRES OF OPEN SPACE AND DRAINAGE.
AND THE MAP ON THE RIGHT KIND OF GIVES YOU A, A VISUAL EXAMPLE OF HOW THAT DEVELOPMENT IS TO BE LAID OUT.
THE SINGLE FAMILY HOME PRICES RANGE, UM, FROM 177 TO 200,000.
THAT'S ABOUT 75 HOMES ARE 12% OF THE OVERALL SINGLE FAMILY PROJECT FROM 200 AND 240,000.
THAT'S ABOUT 319 HOMES, OR 50% OF THE OVERALL PROJECT.
AND THERE ARE 243 HOMES PROJECTED TO BE OVER 240,000, WHICH IS ABOUT 38% OF THE PROJECT.
THE TOTAL DEVELOPMENT COST IS ESTIMATED TO BE APPROXIMATELY $25.9 MILLION, AND THE PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE REIMBURSEMENT REQUEST BEING MADE IS FOR $18.8 MILLION.
SO HERE'S A, A BREAKDOWN OF THE SUBMITTED REIMBURSEMENT SCHEDULE.
UM, ALL OF THESE WILL NEED TO BE REVIEWED FOR ELIGIBILITY.
UM, THE, THE TEXAS TAX CODE ALLOWS FOR ELIGIBLE EXPENSES, SO THESE WILL BE REVIEWED.
UM, BUT THE TOLL DEVELOPMENT COST, AGAIN, IS 25.9, AND THEIR INFRASTRUCTURE REIMBURSEMENT REQUEST IS FOR 18.8.
UM, AND THEY, ONE OF THE MAIN CONSIDERATIONS FOR THIS PROJECT IS WE WERE TALKING ABOUT UTILITIES EARLIER.
FOR HOUSING DEVELOPMENT, THERE IS A REQUIRED SEWER EXTENSION THAT NEEDS TO BE MADE TO PROVIDE SERVICE ACROSS 37.
UH, AND THIS SEWER WOULD ALSO SUPPORT A PROPOSED, UH, PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN THE AREA.
SO STAFF IS RECOMMENDING A 25 YEAR TERM WITH THE CITY PARTICIPATING AT 85%.
UH, AGAIN, THE TIMELINE THAT WE'VE GONE THROUGH AND, AND ARE PROJECTED TO GO FORWARD WITH, UM, WE MET EARLIER THIS MONTH AND WE'RE MEETING WITH THIS COUNCIL COMMITTEE TODAY.
UM, IF WE MOVE FORWARD, WE WOULD NEGOTIATE AND DRAFT THE AGREEMENT IN MARCH, UH, IN APRIL, AND THEN APRIL AND MAY WE WOULD GO TO COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION.
AND THEN AFTER THAT, IF, UH, APPROVED BY COUNCIL, WE WOULD, UM, CONVENE THE BOARD TO ESTABLISH THET.
SO THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
UH, I'M AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
LET ME TURN THIS OVER TO COUNCILWOMAN, UM,
UH, WE ALSO HAVE, UH, CAROLINE HERE WITH BROWN AND ORTIZ WHO'S REPRESENTING THE DEVELOPER, IF YOU HAVE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS FOR THEM.
THANK YOU, ANNE, FOR THE PRESENTATION.
UH, YES, COLLEAGUES, I HAVE BEEN, UM, KEPT UP TO DATE OF WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE IN THIS AREA.
UM, ON SLIDE NUMBER FIVE, YOU SEE THIS, UM, WHAT IS HAPPENING IN, AROUND THIS AREA.
IT'S NEAR US HIGHWAY 180 1, WHICH GOES ALL THE WAY OUT TOWARDS, UM, FLORESVILLE, AND THERE'S A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT THAT'S HAPPENING OUT OVER THERE.
THIS TRACKED ANOTHER COUPLE OF ITEMS THAT ARE, UM, AT ISSUE IN THIS AREA IS WE DO NOT, OR THEY, THEY CANNOT GET ACCESS OFF OF IH 37.
CAROLINE, YOU DO NOT HAVE DIRECT ACCESS OFF OF I 37 INTO THE NEIGHBOR'S TRACKS.
AND SO SOME OF THE, UM, SO IT IS GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE SOME IMPROVEMENT ON THE, UM, THE ACCESS ROADS ARE BUILDING OUT THOSE ROADS ON THE SIDE AS WELL AS, UM, AND THIS IS AN AREA THAT HASN'T, HAS BEEN IN NEED OF HELP SPECIFICALLY IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE, AND IT'S GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE HELP WITH ALL OF THESE HOUSING UNITS HERE.
AND ON TOP OF THAT, JUST FOR MY COLLEAGUES, UH, INFORMATION ON THE OTHER SIDE OF DONNA, THERE IS A FIRE, UH, STATION THAT WE PUT OUT THERE NOT TOO LONG AGO.
SO WE DO HAVE THAT IN THE AREA, BUT, UM, WE HAVE BEEN IN CONVERSATION.
I THINK THIS IS A GREAT, UH, COMBINATION.
AND SO CHAIR, I MOVE TO APPROVE.
CAN WE GET A SECOND? OKAY, THANK YOU.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THIS ITEM.
UM, WHAT SCHOOL DISTRICT IS THIS? HI, MADAM CHAIR.
UH, THIS IS EAST CENTRAL I S D EAST CENTRAL.
UM, AND, UH, AND SO THIS IS STILL IN THE CITY.
I MEAN, I GUESS IT'S, UH, YES, MA'AM.
UM, AND, UM, AND SO THAT'S VERY EXCITING.
UM, ESPECIALLY IF THEY PUT A SCHOOL AND,
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AND THE IDEA IS TO PUT THE SCHOOL THERE IN THAT SAME TRACK? NO, UH, MADAM CHAIR, ACTUALLY EAST CENTRAL ALREADY HAS A PARCEL TO OUR EAST THAT THEY HAVE OWNED FOR, FOR SOME TIME NOW.AND, UM, BY BRINGING THE SEWER ACROSS 37, IT, IT'LL OPEN UP SEWER OPTIONS FOR, FOR OUR PROPERTY, BUT ALSO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO MOVE THAT SEWER EAST, UM, TO ALLOW FOR ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT LIKE A SCHOOL.
SO THEY DON'T CURRENTLY HAVE A SCHOOL PLANNED IN THE NEAR FUTURE, I ASSUME WITH THE, THE 637 HOMES THAT WE, WE PLAN ON BUILDING, IT WILL OPEN UP, UM, FOR, FOR AN ADDITIONAL SCHOOL IN THIS AREA? YEAH, I THINK IT'S, UM, I KNOW IT'S A, A PARENT, IT'S LOVELY IF YOU HAVE YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL RIGHT CLOSE BY, UH, THAT YOU CAN JUST WALK TO.
UM, AND IT SEEMS LIKE THAT WOULD MAKE SENSE, BUT, UM, UH, IT'S A VERY EXCITING PROJECT.
AND, AND SO, UM, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT, UH, THE COUNCILWOMAN MENTIONED, UM, THE ACCESS TO 37, BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE ARE DOING TODAY.
THIS WOULD JUST BE FOR ROAD IMPROVEMENTS AND SAWS INFRASTRUCTURE.
UM, PERHAPS THAT'S MORE OF LIKE A, UM, UH, A, UH, M P O FUNDED PROJECT.
IS THAT, IS THAT CORRECT? YES, THAT IS CORRECT.
THIS, BY ALLOWING THIS TOUR, UH, TO BE CREATED, WE WILL BE, UH, IMPROVING THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF CERTAIN ROADWAYS AND ADDING SEWER, UM, YOU KNOW, PAYING FOR IT UPFRONT AND THEN GETTING REIMBURSED AS DEVELOPMENT CONTINUES IN TAX INCREMENT, UH, INCREASES.
UM, IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE A COUNCILMAN COURAGE.
IF YOU COULD JUST, UM, ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS ITEM, AND THEN AS SOON AS WE FINISH THIS, I'LL TURN IT BACK TO YOU FOR THE OTHER ONE.
BUT I DON'T KNOW IF YOUR QUESTIONS WERE IN REFERENCE TO THE TOURS.
UM, YEAH, I, I, I HEARD, OR I SAW WHERE YOU WERE SAYING YOU WERE RECOMMENDING 85%, AND I WASN'T SURE, BUT I, I THINK WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS THEY WERE ASKING FOR 18.8, WHICH WAS 72% OF THE COST, BUT YOU'RE ONLY RECOMMENDING FINANCING 85% OF WHAT THEY'RE ASKING.
IS THAT CORRECT? NO, COUNCILMAN, I, I, I APOLOGIZE.
UM, THE, THE, THERE ARE DIFFERENT ENTITIES THAT PARTICIPATE IN THE CREATION OF A TOURIST.
SO YOU TYPICALLY HAVE, UH, THE CITY COUNTY, UM, AS THE, AS THE TWO LARGEST, UH, SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
UM, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO WOULD BE THE PARTICIPATING ENTITY AT 85% OF THAT INCREMENT THAT'S GENERATED.
UH, AND THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO USE THE REMAINING PERCENTAGES FOR ANY MAINTENANCE OR OPERATIONS THAT WE NEED TO DO.
UM, AND SO THAT, THAT'S GONNA BE OUR RECOMMENDATION SO THAT WE'RE ABLE TO SERVICE THE TOURS AND PROVIDE, UH, ANY SUPPORT THAT'S NEEDED FOR THE PROJECT.
I'D LOVE TO SEE MORE DEVELOPMENT ON THE SOUTH SIDE.
UM, ANYBODY, UH, COUNCILMAN TINO? THANK YOU, CHAIR.
UH, YEAH, JUST QUICK QUESTION REGARDING, ARE THERE ANY RESIDENTS CURRENTLY LIVING ON THIS SITE? UH, ANY, ANY, ANYBODY THAT MIGHT BE IMPACTED BY THIS? I BELIEVE IT'S A VACANT PIECE OF LAND, BUT CAROLINE, DO YOU WANNA CLARIFY? HI, YES.
UH, COUNCILMAN, THIS TRACT WAS ACTUALLY BROUGHT INTO THE CITY IN 2016 AND HAS BEEN PRIMARILY AGRICULTURAL.
UH, WE ACTUALLY COMPLETED THE REZONING TO THIS MIXED USE WITH SINGLE FAMILY MULTIFAMILY COMMERCIAL, UH, I THINK IN APRIL OF LAST YEAR.
SO, UH, NO, THERE, THERE'S NO ONE LIVING ON THE TRACK RIGHT NOW.
SO WE DO HAVE A MOTION, UM, SORRY, WE DO HAVE ONE OTHER PERSON WITH A QUESTION, COUNCILWOMAN GRA, UH, JUST QUICKLY CHAIR, UM, JUST TO TALK ABOUT THIS TOO.
THEY HAVE BEEN IN CONVERSATION WITH RAL, I S D, OBVIOUSLY, AND THEY ARE, UM, THEY HAVE BEEN KEPT UP TO DATE ON THIS AS WELL.
UM, WELL, WE HAVE A MOTION, UH, AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THIS ITEM.
CONGRATULATIONS, COUNCILWOMAN.
UM, AND, UH, WE'LL TURN THIS BACK OVER TO, UH, COUNCILMAN, UM, COURAGE.
DID YOU WANNA GIVE US SOME FEEDBACK ON THE PREVIOUS ITEMS SINCE YOU'VE GOT, UH, ACCESS NOW? YES, I APPRECIATE THAT.
UH, I GUESS MY, MY, UH, OBSERVATION WAS, UH, THAT, THAT IT'S A GREAT PROGRAM.
I, UH, OR, UH, A PROCESS I THINK LAYING OUT ALL 30
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OF THOSE, UH, POTENTIAL AREAS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH RELATED TO HOUSING ARE ALL VERY SIGNIFICANT.UM, IN LOOKING AT THEM, IT APPEARED TO ME THAT MORE THAN HALF OF THEM HAD A FAIRLY SIGNIFICANT FINANCIAL COST TO THEM.
MAYBE THEY ALL DO, BUT OBVIOUSLY AS YOU LOOKED THEM OVER, UH, I COULD SEE AT LEAST HALF OF THEM HAVE A, A PRETTY, UH, STRONG FINANCIAL COST TO PUT 'EM IN PLACE.
AND IT WAS REMINDING ME OF SOMETHING WE SAW A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, WHICH WAS, UM, THE CLIMATE ACTION AND ADAPTATION PLAN.
AND WHEN THAT CAME OUT, WE SAW IN THAT PLAN A LOT, LITTLE DOLLAR SIGNS IF ANYBODY REMEMBERS.
AND THERE WAS $1 SIGN OR $2 SIGNS OR $3 SIGNS NEXT TO A LOT OF THE DIFFERENT RECOMMENDATIONS IN THAT PLAN.
BUT ONE OF THE BIGGEST CONCERNS WE HAD WAS, WELL, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? HOW MUCH IS THIS GONNA COST? AND TO A CERTAIN EXTENT, RIGHT NOW, I KNOW THAT WE ARE TRYING TO GET THE PUBLIC TO SUPPORT ALLOWING THE CITY TO BE MORE INVOLVED IN HOUSING.
AND, UH, THAT'S PART OF THE ISSUE THAT'S GONNA BE ON, ON PROP A.
AND THEN IF IT'S APPROVED, THEN WE'RE GONNA BE LOOKING AT TRYING TO IMPLEMENT MANY OF THESE PLANS AND MAYBE OTHERS.
I THINK IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT WHEN THIS GOES TO COUNCIL, THAT THERE BE SOME RECKONING OF WHAT ARE POTENTIAL COSTS TO IMPLEMENT THESE THINGS.
BECAUSE IF WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT APPROVING HOUSING AS A CITY FUNCTION, AND WE'RE GOING TO MAYBE PUT THIS ON A BALLOT IN 2022, I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT ARE WE SAYING SOME OF THE COSTS ARE GONNA BE NOW, AND THEN IF WE'RE GOING TO ADD EVEN MORE LIKE A MASSIVE BOND ISSUE TO ACTUALLY PROVIDE DIRECT FUNDING FOR BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION AND PARTNERSHIP WITH OTHER AGENCIES, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE THE COSTS THAT ARE GONNA BE POSSIBLY ACCUMULATED? SO I'D REALLY LIKE TO SEE THAT, TO UNDERSTAND HOW BIG WE NEED TO CONSIDER, UH, A BOND ISSUE TO BE ON THIS SUBJECT IN THE LONG TERM.
SO, UH, THAT'S, THAT'S MY COMMENT.
WELL THANK YOU VERY MUCH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE AND, UM, YOU GOT THAT FEEDBACK ON THE PREVIOUS ITEM.
SO THAT TOOK US THROUGH, UH, ALL OF THE ITEMS ON OUR AGENDA FOR TODAY.
THANK YOU, UH, Y'ALL SO MUCH FOR OUR PARTICIPATING AND WE ARE ADJOURNED.