Aug 11, 2021 City Council B Session on 2021-08-11 2:00 PM

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COUNCIL MEMBER CAVEO VARDA.

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COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL.

COUNCIL MEMBER ELAS HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY HERE.

AND MAYOR NURNBERG HERE SIR.

[1. Briefing on the FY 20222026 Consolidated Plan and $27,397,739 FY 2022 Action Plan and Budget for the four federal grant programs funded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) which include the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), HOME Investment Partnerships Program (HOME), Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG), and Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) Program. [Lori Houston, Assistant City Manager; Veronica R. Soto, Director, Neighborhood and Housing Services Department]]

HAVE A QUORUM.

ALRIGHT, UH, TODAY WE HAVE ONE ITEM ON OUR B SESSION AGENDA.

SO LET ME TURN IT RIGHT OVER TO OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, LORI HOUSTON.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

TODAY'S B SESSION ITEM INCLUDES TWO PRESENTATIONS ON, I'M SORRY, TWO, UM, A PRESENTATION ON TWO PLANS THAT ARE REQUIRED BY THE US DEPARTMENT OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND IT'S NECESSARY FOR THE ENTITLEMENT.

COMMUNITIES LIKE SAN ANTONIO COUNCIL IS ASKED TO ADOPT THE HUD ACTION PLAN ANNUALLY FOR THE ACTIVITIES TO BE FUNDED WITH THESE GRANT DOLLARS.

AND EVERY FIVE YEARS COUNCIL IS ASKED TO APPROVE A PLAN DETAILING FUNDING PRIORITIES FOR GRANT ACTIVITIES.

THE CITY IS COMPLETING OUR FIVE YEAR ACTION PLAN CONCURRENTLY WITH THE ACTION PLAN THAT YOU'LL BE PRESENTED TODAY.

AND THIS ITEM WAS MOVED FROM LAST WEEK'S ITEM AUGUST 5TH, UM, COUNCIL AGENDA TO THIS WEEK.

SO WE COULD DO A PRESENTATION, UM, TO CITY COUNCIL IN A B SESSION AND IT'LL BE CONSIDERED BY CITY COUNCIL AT TOMORROW'S A SESSION MEETING.

THE GRANTS ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF LOW AND MODERATE INCOME FAMILIES AND THE FISCAL YEAR 22 HUD ACTION PLAN TOTALS $27.4 MILLION AND THE SERVICES ARE FUNDED BY FOUR GRANTS AND THEY ARE MAJORITY, MAJORITY OF THEM ARE FUNDING OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING BUDGET.

AND SOME OF THE ITEMS IN THE ACTION PLAN ARE ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN HISTORICALLY FUNDED THROUGH THESE DOLLARS.

THE ACTION PLAN INCLUDES ITEMS THAT, UM, REFLECT COMMUNITY INPUT, REFLECTS THE PRIORITIES OF THE HOUSING POLICY FRAMEWORK PLAN THAT WAS ADOPTED BY CITY COUNCIL AND CONSIDERS INPUT FROM THIS CITY COUNCIL IN THE JUNE BUDGET WORK SESSION.

BOTH THE ACTION PLAN AND THE CONSOLIDATED PLAN WILL BE PRESENTED BY VERONICA SOTO, WHO IS OUR DIRECTOR OF NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES.

AND WE ASK THEM IF THEY'RE NOT USING OUR EQUITY ATLAS TO CONSIDER USING THAT SO THAT WE DO DEMONSTRATE SERVICES OR TARGETED TO AREAS WITH HIGHER CONCENTRATIONS OF BOTH PEOPLE OF COLOR AND LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLDS.

GOOD AFTERNOON, VERONICA SOTO WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOUSING SERVICES DEPARTMENT.

UH, I'M GONNA KEEP THE MASK ON JUST TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ALL SAFE.

UM, SO AS UM, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER LORI HOUSTON MENTIONED, THIS ITEM PERTAINS TO OUR HUD ENTITLEMENT GRANTS.

AND BEFORE I BEGIN AND EXPLAIN WHAT THE CONSOLIDATED PLAN IS AND WHAT THE ACTION PLAN IS, I JUST WANT TO REMIND YOU THAT THE ACTIVITIES THAT ARE FUNDED WITH THESE GRANTS AND ADMINISTERED BY THE CITY ARE ROOTED IN EQUITY.

SO LET ME JUST GIVE YOU A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES OF THAT.

FOR THE INTERNAL ACTIVITIES THAT THE DEPARTMENTS DELIVER ON, WE ASK THEM TO PROVIDE EQUITY INFORMATION, INFORMATION WHEN THEY DESCRIBE THE PROGRAM THAT THEY'RE DELIVERING.

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THE SAME WITH OUR EXTERNALLY DELIVERED ACTIVITIES.

WE DO REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR SOME OF THE FUNDING THAT WE'LL TALK ABOUT IN A MOMENT.

AND FOR THAT WE ASK THAT THE RESPONDENTS SHARE WITH US HOW THEY'RE APPLYING EQUITY TO HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS, TO RENTAL DEVELOPMENTS TO THE OPERATIONS.

SO I JUST WANT TO REMIND YOU THAT THESE ACTIVITIES, AGAIN ARE ROOTED IN EQUITY.

SO LET'S MOVE ON TO WHAT THE CONSOLIDATED PLAN IS AND WHAT THE PROCESS FOR DEVELOPING THAT IS.

SO AGAIN, THE CITY AS AN ENTITLEMENT COMMUNITY RECEIVES FOUR GRANTS EVERY YEAR.

AND THE CONSOLIDATED PLAN IS A REQUIREMENT THAT HU IMPOSES SO THAT THE CITY CAN HAVE THE PRIORITIES FOR WHAT IS TO BE FUNDED OVER THOSE FIVE YEARS.

WITH THESE FOUR GRANTS, EACH GRANT HAS ITS OWN REGULATIONS, ITS OWN TARGETED POPULATION IN SOME INSTANCES AND THE LIST OF ACTIVITIES THAT CAN BE FUNDED WITH THEM.

BUT THE WHOLE CONSOLIDATED PLAN IS BOTH DATA AND COMMUNITY INPUT DRIVEN.

SO HUD REQUIRES THAT WE LOOK AT DATA AND COMPILE NEEDS ASSESSMENT FOR HOW WE'RE GONNA UTILIZE THE FUNDING, HOW WE'RE SETTING THE PRIORITIES.

THEY ALSO MANDATE THAT WE HAVE A COMMUNITY INPUT PROCESS FOR THIS.

AND THE COMMUNITY INPUT PROCESS IS NOT JUST THE PUBLIC HEARINGS THAT YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH, BUT IT INCLUDES A LOT OF WORK THAT WE HAVE DONE AS THE CITY AND AS THE DEPARTMENT, AS WE HAVE LISTENED TO THE COMMUNITY WITH THE WORK THAT COMES FROM OUR HOUSING POLICY FRAMEWORK.

AND SO WE LOOK AT THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT, WE LISTEN TO COMMUNITY, WE TAKE ALL THOSE UH, PIECES OF INFORMATION TO SET THE PRIORITIES, AND THEN WE DEVELOP A STRATEGY AND THE GRANTS HELP US PUT THE RESOURCES BEHIND THAT STRATEGY TO ADDRESS THOSE NEEDS TO ADDRESS WHAT THE COMMUNITY TOLD US.

AND SO AGAIN, DATA DRIVEN, COMMUNITY INPUT DRIVEN AND ALL OF THAT CULMINATES IN THE DOCUMENTS IN FRONT OF YOU.

SO THE PRIORITIES FOR THE CONSOLIDATED PLAN ARE GONNA HELP US ADDRESS HOW WE'RE GONNA UTILIZE OVER 111 MILLION IN HUD FUNDING OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.

THAT'S WHY THE DATA AND THE COMMUNITY INPUT IS SO IMPORTANT AND THE ANNUAL ACTION PLAN BUILDS ON THOSE PRIORITIES.

WE HAVE TO ALIGN WHAT WE'RE FUNDING EVERY YEAR TO THOSE PRIORITIES IN THE FIVE YEAR PLAN.

SO THAT'S THE INTERPLAY AND RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE CONSOLIDATED PLAN AND THE ACTION PLAN.

AND WITH REGARDS TO THE CONSOLIDATED PLAN, WE HAVE TO PLAN FOR THOSE $111 MILLION IN THE FOUR GRANTS.

THE GRANTS, OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT, OUR HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM FOCUSED ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING, HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS FOCUSED ON A TARGETED POPULATION.

AND THE EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANT, WHICH IS PRIMARILY DESIGNED TO ADDRESS PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS OR PREVENTING HOMELESSNESS.

AND SO USING THE ALLOCATION FOR FISCAL YEAR 22, WE EXTRAPOLATED OVER FIVE YEARS WHAT WE'RE GONNA RECEIVE IN EVERY GRANT.

AND SO THAT'S THE $111 MILLION THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

AND AGAIN, THE NEXT SLIDE IS GONNA SHOW OUR COMMUNITY INPUT PROCESS.

AND AS, UH, MS. HOUSTON MENTIONED, WE DO RELY ON THE PREVIOUS WORK WE HAVE DONE STARTING WITH THE HOUSING POLICY FRAMEWORK THAT REALLY FOCUSED THE CITY'S WORK ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

ALL THE DATA THAT WAS USED TO DEVELOP THAT DOCUMENT PLUS ALL THE COMMUNITY INPUT THAT WAS PROVIDED AT THAT TIME, IT BUILDS ON OTHER CITY PLANS AND OTHER CITY PROCESSES LIKE THE FOR EVERYONE HOME INITIATIVE.

THAT ONE ALSO USED A LOT OF DATA.

THERE WAS THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT CREATED, SO THAT DATA WAS UTILIZED FOR THE CONSOLIDATED PLAN.

THAT PROCESS HAD A LOT OF PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT STAKEHOLDERS THAT CONTINUED TO MEET AND THAT INPUT IS FOLDED INTO THE CONSOLIDATED PLAN AND INTO THE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE ACTION PLAN.

WE PUT THE ENGAGEMENT CAMPAIGN FOR PARTICULAR INPUT FOR THE CONSOLIDATED PLAN.

YOU CAN SEE THE GRAPHIC THAT WE ASK, WHAT WOULD YOU DO WITH A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS? HOPEFULLY IT'S GOOD MARKETING.

SO THAT PEOPLE SAY, WELL, I WANNA HAVE A SAY IN THIS.

AND WE ASK THEM FOR SPECIFIC INPUT ABOUT WHAT WE COULD FUND WITH THAT FUNDING.

SO YOU SEE THE DATA, THE RESIDENT INPUT, ALL THE SERVICE PROVIDERS AND STAKEHOLDERS WHO HAVE BEEN ENGAGED IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND OTHER WORK IN THE COMMUNITY.

ALL THAT PUBLIC FEEDBACK TO INCLUDE WHAT YOU

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HAVE HEARD, WHAT YOU TOLD YOU YOU HAVE HEARD AS PART OF YOUR GOAL SETTING SESSION TO BE INCLUDED HERE, ALL AT THE ADOPTED PLANS AND THE INITIATIVES UNDERWAY AND WHAT YOU HAVE HEARD, WHAT YOU HAVE TOLD US YOUR CONSTITUENTS ARE SAYING ARE THE PRIORITIES.

ALL OF THAT INFORMS OUR CONSOLIDATED PLAN.

AND SO HERE ARE THE PRIORITIES THAT THE 20 22 20 26 PLAN DRAFT INCLUDE.

THEY MIRROR THE LAST FIVE YEAR PLAN.

NO SURPRISE THAT THE FIRST PRIORITY IS PROVIDING DECENT AND SAFE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

SO THE PRIORITY HAS THE MOST FUNDING ALLOCATED FOR IT.

REMEMBER $111 MILLION, MORE THAN HALF OF IT IS SCHEDULED OR PRIORITIZED TO BE UTILIZED FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

AND THE COLORFUL BOXES IN THE BOTTOM ARE THE TYPE OF PROGRAMS THAT WE CAN FUND.

NOW GOING TO SOME OF THAT DETAIL WHEN WE GET INTO THE ACTION PLAN.

THE SECOND PRIORITY IS FOR SPECIAL NEEDS POPULATIONS.

AND I MENTIONED THERE'S A COUPLE GRANTS THAT DO TARGET THAT.

FOR EXAMPLE, WE DO HAVE A GRANT THAT FOCUSES SOME PEOPLE LIVING WITH H I V AND AIDS.

SO THAT'S A SPECIAL, SPECIAL NEED POPULATION AS ARE THE YOUTH IN OUR COMMUNITY AND FAMILIES FACING EVICTION OR FORECLOSURE.

SO THAT CATEGORY HAS FUNDING AND SERVICES ASSOCIATED AS WELL.

THE THIRD PRIORITY FOCUSES ON PROVIDING HOUSING AND SUPPORT FOR FAMILIES OR INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS OR AT RISK OF BECOMING HOMELESSNESS.

AND THERE IS ONE GRANT, AS I MENTIONED, FOCUSED ON PREVENTING HOMELESSNESS OR HELPING FAMILIES THAT ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.

SO THAT'S THE THIRD PRIORITY.

AND YOU SEE THE ASSOCIATED FUNDING.

THE FOURTH PRIORITY RECOGNIZES THAT THE FUNDING CAN ALSO BE UTILIZED FOR NEIGHBORHOOD REVITALIZATION EFFORTS.

SO THIS HELPS US TO ADDRESS PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS, THE IMPROVEMENT OF FACILITIES THAT SERVE THE PUBLIC, BE THEY CITY OWNED OR NONPROFIT OWNED, AND HELP US REMEDIATE ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS IN NEIGHBORHOODS.

AND THE FINAL PRIORITY IS UNDER OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CATEGORY.

EVEN THOUGH WHAT WE HAVE BEEN FUNDING IN THE PAST AND PROPOSE TO CONTINUE FUNDING IN THE FUTURE IS A SERVICE TO HELP LOW-INCOME FAMILIES GAIN FINANCIAL LITERACY SKILLS SO THAT THEY CAN THRIVE IN OUR CITY.

SO THESE ARE THE PRIORITIES THAT USED ALL OF THAT COMMUNITY INPUT AND THE DATA THAT WE HAVE UTILIZED.

AND I JUST WANNA NOTE THAT OUR COMMUNITY INPUT SPECIFIC TO THE CONSOLIDATED PLAN STARTED BACK IN APRIL.

WE HAD TWO C COMMUNITY VIRTUAL INPUT SESSIONS IN APRIL, APRIL 23RD AND 27TH.

AND AT THAT UH, TIME, WE TAKE NOTE OF ALL THE COMMENTS THAT ARE PROVIDED AND WE HEAR FROM SOME OF THE FOLKS THAT YOU HEARD, UM, FROM AT THE LAST PUBLIC HEARING.

SO BACK IN APRIL WE ANNOUNCED THIS, WE ANNOUNCED THE TIMELINE AND SCHEDULE THAT WE WERE COMING BEFORE COUNCIL IN EARLY AUGUST AT PUBLICLY POSTED COMMUNITY MEETINGS, CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE MEETINGS AT THE HOUSING COMMISSION.

SO THIS IS INFORMATION THAT HAS BEEN SHARED WITH OUR COMMUNITY ADVOCATES, WITH OUR NONPROFIT HOUSING ADVOCATES, NONPROFIT HOUSING PROVIDERS.

SO THEY HAVE BEEN AWARE OF THE INPUT.

WE ARE GATHERING THE DOCUMENTS THAT HAVE TO BE PREPARED AND WE HAVE SHARED THE TIMELINE IN THOSE FORUMS IN OUR NEWSLETTERS WHEN WE HAVE STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS AROUND EUB EVERY MONTH, FOR EXAMPLE.

AND SO THAT INFORMATION IS OUT THERE BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE KNOW PEOPLE ARE AWARE AND THAT PEOPLE GIVE US INPUT.

AND SO I'LL CONTINUE, UH, WITH THE ACTION PLAN NOW AFTER ADDRESSING THE CONSOLIDATED PLAN.

SO EVERY YEAR WHEN WE PROGRAM THE ACTION PLAN, THIS IS REALLY A BUDGET WE HAVE TO CONSIDER, NOT JUST HOW MUCH HUD IS SETTING ASIDE FOR SAN ANTONIO AS AN ENTITLEMENT COMMUNITY.

IT'S BASED ON A FORMULA, BUT ALSO WHAT PROGRAM INCOME WE ANTICIPATE TO COME TO THE CITY.

AND SO YOU'LL SEE HERE BOTH OUR CURRENT BUDGET WITH THESE GRANTS FISCAL YEAR 2021 AND THEN THE PROPOSED 2022 BUDGET THAT IS COMPOSED OF THE ENTITLEMENT GRANT THAT HAD TOLD US IN THE SPRING WE ARE RECEIVING PLUS THE ANTICIPATED PROGRAM INCOME.

SO WHAT WE HAVE IS MORE FUNDING BECAUSE C DBG IS GETTING ALMOST $2 MILLION IN PROGRAM INCOME AND OUR HOME PROGRAM IS GETTING ALMOST $3 MILLION IN PROGRAM INCOME.

THAT REPRESENTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROGRAM IT TO ACTIVITIES THAT BENEFIT ELIGIBLE COMMUNITIES, ELIGIBLE PARTICIPANTS.

AND THAT REMINDER, THE ELIGIBILITY

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IS THAT THESE PROGRAMS, THESE SERVICES HAVE TO SERVE FAMILIES OR NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE LOW BOND RATE INCOME FAMILIES.

THE HUD DEFINITION REMAINS FAMILY SAT OR BELOW 80% OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME THAT GETS UPDATED EVERY YEAR IN JUNE.

AND JUST SO YOU KNOW, 80% A M I FOR A FAMILY OF FOUR IS NO MORE THAN $59,300 EVERY YEAR.

IT GETS UPDATED.

BUT THAT'S WHO WE'RE SUPPOSED TO SERVE.

SO NOW WE'LL GO INTO THE DETAILS OF THE C D B G PROGRAM AND THE ACTIVITIES.

SO THIS CHART OF COURSE, SINCE WE HAVE TO RELY ON THE CONSOLIDATED PLAN PRIORITIES, IDENTIFIES WHICH PRIORITIES FUNDED WHAT THE ACTIVITY IS, IF IT'S INCLUDED IN OUR HOUSING POLICY FRAMEWORK, AGAIN, WE RELY ON THAT PRIOR WORK AND BUILD UPON IT TO DELIVER ON THAT WORK.

BUT ALSO TO DELIVER THE RESOURCES FOR THE COMMUNITY.

YOU'LL SEE THE CURRENT, UH, FISCAL YEAR BUDGET.

SO YOU CAN COMPARE IT WITH WHAT WE PROPOSED TO UTILIZE STARTING OCTOBER ONE OF THIS YEAR WHEN THE NEW FISCAL YEAR BEGINS.

AND THEN THE LAST COLUMN IS EITHER HOW MANY FAMILIES ARE TO RE RECEIVE A SERVICE OR HOW MANY HOUSING UNITS ARE TO BE DELIVERED.

SO THAT'S WHAT'S SHOWN HERE.

SO I'LL GO THROUGH SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES HERE AND I'LL COMBINE THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING ACTIVITIES.

SO YOU CAN SEE THE THE TOTAL, SINCE THERE'S SOME GRANTS THAT FUND SIMILAR ACTIVITY OR THE SAME ACTIVITY, HOUSING DELIVERY JUST HELPS US PAY FOR STAFFING COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE GRANTS.

EVERY TIME WE USE FEDERAL FUNDING FOR AN OWNER OCCUPIED HOME, WE HAVE TO HAVE AN ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW.

SO HOUSING DELIVERY HELPS TO PAY FOR THE COST OF THAT.

IT'S AROUND $1,200 PER ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW PER HOUSE.

BUT ALSO THE STAFFING THAT IT TAKES TO SUBMIT IT, TRACK IT, MAKE SURE WE HAVE IT ON FILE SO WE CAN DRAW DOWN THE FUNDS.

SO THAT'S WHAT HOUSING DELIVERY IS, THE ADMINISTRATIVE COST, THAT'S WHY THERE'S NO UNIT.

BUT FAIR HOUSING ACTIVITIES WILL IMPACT 400 FAMILIES WITH SERVICES LIKE MAKING SURE IF THERE'S A FAIR HOUSING COMPLAINT, PEOPLE KNOW WHAT THE RESOURCES ARE, MAKING SURE WE DO MEDIATION BETWEEN LANDLORDS AND TENANTS WHEN THERE ARE ISSUES THAT NEED TO BE RESOLVED FOR RENTERS.

ENSURING THAT WE HAVE PUBLIC OUTREACH ABOUT WHAT FAIR HOUSING IS AND THAT BOTH LANDLORDS AND TENANTS ARE AWARE OF THIS FEDERAL REQUIREMENT FOR THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING RENTAL DEVELOPMENT AND THE HOME OWNERSHIP HOUSING DEVELOPMENT, THOSE ARE ACTIVITIES THAT WE RELY ON OUR EXTERNAL PARTNERS TO DELIVER.

SO WHAT THE CITY DOES IS WE RUN A PROCUREMENT PROCESS.

THIS IS GONNA BE HIGH PRO PROFILE PROCUREMENT AND WE PUT AN R F P TOGETHER SO THAT OUR PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPERS BE THEY NON-PROFIT OR FOR-PROFIT, CAN RESPOND AND BUILD THIS AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

AND YOU CAN SEE THE AMOUNTS THERE.

1 MILLION FOR RENTAL, 900,000 FOR SINGLE FAMILY HOME OWNERSHIP.

NOW THE NUMBERS ON THE UNITS ON THIS SLIDE ARE THE MINIMUM NUMBER OF UNITS WE WILL REPORT TO HUD, BUT IN REALITY THESE SUBSIDIES FOR GAP FUND FINANCING DELIVER A LOT MORE UNITS THAN WHAT YOU SEE HERE, ESPECIALLY FOR RENTAL.

BUT THESE ARE THE MINIMUM THAT WILL REPORT TO HUD EVEN THOUGH YOU KNOW THE $1 MILLION RENTAL MIGHT GO FOR THE 33 UNITS IN A 300 UNIT DEVELOPMENT AND ALL 300 UNITS MIGHT END UP BEING AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

SO WE HAVE THAT KIND OF LEVERAGING IN MANY OF OUR PROGRAMS. WE ARE FUNDING OUR OWNER OCCUPIED REHAB PROGRAM WITH C D B G AND THE HOME PROGRAM.

SO YOU SEE THAT LISTED THERE.

THIS ONE REPRESENTS AN INCREASE INCREASE FROM LAST YEAR.

AND SO YOU SEE $5.6 MILLION THERE.

AND THEN SAME WITH THE MINOR REPAIR PROGRAM, WE ARE PROPOSING TO INCREASE THE FUNDING FOR THE MINOR REPAIR PROGRAM SO WE CAN IMPACT MORE FAMILIES.

AGAIN, THIS IS PART OF WHAT WE HEARD AT THE GOAL SETTING SESSION AND PART OF WHAT WE HAVE HEARD FROM COMMUNITY ADVOCATES AS WELL.

WE ARE PROPOSING TO HAVE CODE ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES BE FUNDED OUT OF THIS.

AND MY COLLEAGUES WHO HELP DELIVER FROM OTHER DEPARTMENTS ARE HERE AS WELL TO ADDRESS PARTICULAR QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE ABOUT THE ACTIVITIES THEY DELIVER.

SO I KNOW MIKE SHANNON IS HERE FROM THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT TO TALK ABOUT THE PARTICULAR CODE ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES.

THIS FUNDING ALLOWS FOR TWO POSITIONS TO CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS TO BE FUNDED WITH THE C D B G PROGRAM AND JUST A NODE.

UH, C D B G HAS FUNDED CODE ENFORCEMENT SINCE FISCAL YEAR 2006

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AND THEY ARE TRAINED, THOSE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS ARE TRAINED TO PROVIDE THE RESOURCES TO THE COMMUNITIES AND THE INDIVIDUALS AND THE FAMILIES THAT THEY ENCOUNTER.

THEIR GOAL IS TO PROVIDE THE RESOURCES SO THAT FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS CAN ADDRESS THE VIOLATIONS.

WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO BE OUT OF COMPLIANCE OR BE IN VALUATION.

WE WANT THEM TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE.

AND THE TRAINING THOSE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS GET IS TO TIE THE RESOURCES TO THE COMMUNITY.

SAME WITH THE PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT.

THE C D B G FUNDING ALLOWS FOR STAFF POSITIONS TO BE PAID FOR THAT HELP TO ADMINISTER THE SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAM AND THE EXTENDED HOURS AT COMMUNITY CENTERS.

MOST OF THIS OCCURS DURING THE SUMMER.

AND SO THAT ALLOWS STAFFING FOR THOSE C D B G ELIGIBLE NEIGHBORHOODS FOR THE HOUSING SUPPORTIVE SERVICES.

THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES HELPS US DELIVER ON THAT PUBLIC SERVICE AND SOME OF IT IS THROUGH THEIR STAFFING OR THROUGH THE NONPROFITS THAT PROVIDES SOCIAL SERENITY.

YOU SEE THAT WE SET ASIDE FUNDING FOR THE EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

AND JUST A NOTE, WE DO HAVE A LOT OF FUNDING FOR EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE, BUT ALL THE FEDERAL MONEY THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED THIS YEAR HAS BEEN LIMITED TO RENTAL WITH C D B G FUNDS.

YOU CAN ALSO FUND MORTGAGES.

AND SO THAT'S WHY YOU SEE C D B G FUNDING SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO HAVE RENTAL AND MORTGAGE BE PART OF THAT PROGRAM.

YOU SEE THE FINANCIAL EDUCATION PROGRAM OUT OF C D B G HERE AGAIN, THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES HELPS TO DELIVER ON THAT.

AND FINALLY, WE NEED PEOPLE TO DELIVER ON THESE SERVICES.

SO THERE'S LIMITATIONS ON ADMINISTRATIVE COST, BUT WE ARE USING SOME OF THIS FUNDING FOR SOME OF OUR STAFFING.

SO THAT'S THE ADMINISTRATIVE LINE ITEM.

AND ALL OF THAT TOTALS WHAT YOU SAW IN THE PREVIOUS SLIDE.

THE NEXT PROGRAM IS OUR HOME PROGRAM.

I MENTIONED THAT THIS IS VERY MUCH FOCUSED ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

SO AGAIN, WE'RE GONNA USE THE HOME PROGRAM TO DELIVER OUR OWNER OCCUPIED REHAB PROGRAM.

AND YOU'LL SEE THE DOLLAR AMOUNT THERE.

YOU'LL SEE THAT WE HAVE TWO ITEMS THAT ARE DELIVERED BY OUR EXTERNAL PARTNERS.

AGAIN, THE RENTAL AND HOME OWNERSHIP HOUSING DEVELOPMENT, WHICH WILL BE PROCURED.

WE'LL HAVE AN R F P PROCESS FOR THAT.

WE HAVE OUR HOME BUYER INCENTIVE PROGRAM FUNDED WITH THE HOME PROGRAM, AND THIS IS TO HELP FIRST TIME HOME BUYERS WHO ARE, AGAIN, 80% A M I OR BELOW.

AND WITH THE HOME PROGRAM, WE CAN UTILIZE SOME OF THIS TO HELP OUR NONPROFITS ALSO HAVE OPERATING EXPENSES COVERED.

SO WE ARE SETTING ASIDE THE MAXIMUM, NO MORE THAN 5% OF THE GRANT FOR THE CHOTO OPERATING EXPENSE HAD CALLS OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING NONPROFITS COMMUNITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS.

SO WE HAVE THAT AS A SEPARATE LINE ITEM.

THEN WE ALSO TAP INTO ADMINISTRATIVE, UH, RESOURCES FOR THIS TO PAY FOR SOME OF THE STAFFING IN OUR DEPARTMENT.

AND AS A REMINDER, CURRENTLY OUR STAFF IS 79 FTES.

MORE THAN HALF OF THEM ARE PAID THROUGH THE GRANTS.

SO JUST SO YOU KNOW WHERE THE ADMIN GOES TO.

THIS SLIDE HAS THE COMBINATION OF THE HOME AND C D B G GRANTS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING ACTIVITIES.

WHEN I GET TO PRESENT TO YOU OUR BUDGET FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR, I'LL TALK ABOUT THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING BUDGET.

AND SO THIS GETS FOLDED INTO THAT.

WE'RE COMING, WE'RE COMING AHEAD OF THAT WHOLE PROCESS BECAUSE WE HAVE, AS, UH, MS. HOUSTON MENTIONED, A REQUIREMENT FROM HUD TO SUBMIT OUR PLANS BY AUGUST 16TH.

AND SO WE HAVE TO APPROVE THIS TO BE ABLE TO TAP INTO THE FUNDING.

AND ALL OF THAT IS OF COURSE, AHEAD OF WHEN YOU ADOPT THE FULL BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR.

BUT HERE YOU SEE OUR OWNER OCCUPIED REHAB PROGRAM.

AGAIN, THIS REPRESENTS AN INCREASE FROM OUR CURRENT YEAR TO HAVE 7.6 MILLION OUT OF THE GRANTS FUND.

THAT PROGRAM.

YOU SEE OUR GAP FINANCING FOR RENTAL DEVELOPMENT AS WELL.

$4 MILLION FOR THAT.

YOU SEE OUR HOME OWNERSHIP GAP FINANCING FOR, UH, THE COMMUNITY AT 3.4.

YOU SEE OUR MINOR REPAIR PROGRAM.

ONCE AGAIN, THIS IS AN INCREASE FROM, UH, CURRENT YEAR COORDINATED HOUSING SUPPORT IS ESSENTIALLY A STAFF POSITION IN OUR HOUSING POLICY TEAM, BUT ONE THAT WORKS WITH A LOT OF THE DATA THAT WE NEED.

FOR EXAMPLE, THE DATA FOR THE CONSOLIDATED PLAN U C R EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM THAT IS PART OF THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING BUDGET.

AND THEN OF COURSE OUR HOME BUYER INCENTIVE PROGRAM, WHICH IS A DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE.

SO ALL OF THIS

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FUNDING IS GONNA BE PART OF THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR.

WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE EASIER TO SHOW IT IN ONE SLIDE.

COMBINING BOTH GRANT PROGRAMS. THE LAST SET OF GRANTS ARE DELIVERED BY OUR DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES AND THEY HAVE THE SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES THAT SERVE THE SPECIAL NEEDS POPULATION IDENTIFIED PEOPLE LIVING WITH H I V AND AIDS, AND YOU CAN SEE ALL THE BUDGET AMOUNTS FOR THAT.

AND AGAIN, SOME SERVICES DELIVERED BY NONPROFITS IN OUR COMMUNITY, SOME BY D H S DIRECTLY.

AND THEN THE LAST GRANT IS OUR EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANT, WHICH IS FOCUSED ON PROVIDING SERVICES TO PEOPLE AT RISK OF BECOMING HOMELESS OR FAMILIES OR INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.

AND AGAIN, D H S HELPS US TO DELIVER ON THESE ACTIVITIES.

SO I MENTIONED THAT OUR PROCESS FOR THE CONSOLIDATED PLAN STARTED WITH COMMUNITY INPUT SESSIONS VIRTUAL BACK IN APRIL, BUT RECENTLY WE DID HAVE THE ANNOUNCEMENT PUBLICATION IN THE NEWSPAPER EARLY IN JUNE THAT WE WOULD HAVE THIS HEARING, WELL, THE HEARING SCHEDULED FOR LAST WEEK, THE TIMELINE, ADDITIONAL PUBLIC HEARINGS FOR INPUT.

AND THAT'S WHEN WE ALSO PUT THE PROPOSED ACTIVITIES AND THE FUNDING AMOUNTS AVAILABLE.

SO THE COMMUNITY INPUT SESSIONS HELPED US DEVELOP THE BUDGET.

ONCE WE HAD THE BUDGET, WE WENT AHEAD AND POSTED IT.

WE HAD THAT FIRST PUBLIC HEARING BACK ON JUNE 16TH.

WE TWEAKED THE NUMBERS AS WE HEARD MORE INPUT AS WE HEARD THE GOAL SETTING, UM, DESIRES THAT YOU HAD HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY.

SO WE REVISED THAT.

AND BY THE VIRTUAL, THE THIRD, EXCUSE ME, THE THIRD COMMUNITY INPUT MEETING THAT WAS HELD VIRTUALLY MID-JULY, WE HAD THAT REVISED BUDGET, ESPECIALLY FOR THE ACTION PLAN.

AND THEN YOU HEARD THE COMMENTS, THERE ARE SEVEN COMMENTATORS AT THE PUBLIC HEARING LAST WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 4TH.

NOW HERE WE ARE AT A B SESSION SO WE CAN ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

AND TOMORROW IS WHEN WE HOPE THIS GETS TO BE ADOPTED SO THAT BOTH PLANS CAN BE SUBMITTED TO HUD AND WE CAN UTILIZE THE FUNDING COME OCTOBER.

ONE.

AGAIN, THERE'S A STATUTORY REQUIREMENT TO SUBMIT THESE PLANS 45 DAYS BEFORE THE START OF THE FISCAL YEAR.

SO FOR US, THAT TURNS INTO AUGUST 16TH.

AND JUST TO RECAP ALL OF THIS WORK, THE RECOMMENDATIONS, THE PRIORITIES, THE FUNDING AMOUNTS, REST ON THE FOUNDATION OF THE HOUSING POLICY FRAMEWORK AND ALL OF THE COMMUNITY INPUT AND THE DATA GATHERED THROUGH THERE, IT BUILDS ON THAT PUBLIC INPUT FOR ALL THE OTHER INITIATIVES THAT HAVE COME OUT OF THAT HOUSING POLICY FRAMEWORK, THE ANTI DISPLACEMENT WORK, OUR ONGOING STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, THE WORK THAT D H S HAS DONE, CREATING THEIR HOMELESS STRATEGIC PLAN AS WELL.

WE LISTENED TO WHAT YOU HAD TO SAY AT THE GOAL SETTING SESSION.

WE HEARD ABOUT THE NEED TO INCREASE OWNER-OCCUPIED REHAB THAT'S CAPTURED IN THE ACTION PLAN.

WE HEARD ABOUT THE NEED TO INCREASE MINOR REPAIR FUNDING THAT'S CAPTURED IN THE ACTION PLAN.

WE ALSO HEARD ABOUT THE NEED TO INCREASE THE UNDERWENT ROOF PROGRAM FUNDING.

AND SO A FOOTNOTE ON THAT, WE CANNOT UTILIZE HER GRANT FUNDING FOR THE UNDER ONE ROOF PROGRAM.

I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT FOR THE OWNER OCCUPIED REHAB PROGRAM AND MINOR REPAIR PROGRAMS, IF THE SCOPE OF WORK CALLS FOR A ROOF REPLACEMENT FOR A HOUSE, WE'RE REHABBING.

WE PUT THE SAME ENERGY EFFICIENT ROOF ON THOSE MINOR REPAIR AND OWNER OCCUPIED HOUSES AS WE DO FOR THE UNDER REPAIR PROGRAM.

AND THAT'S ON TOP OF WHAT WE DELIVER FOR UNDER ONE ROOF.

AND THIS YEAR WE COMPLETED 285 ROOFS FOR THE UNDER ONE ROOF PROGRAM.

AND AGAIN, WE HAVE FUNDED OUT OF THESE GRANTS HISTORICALLY, BOTH THE PARKS AND REC SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAM, THE COMMUNITY CENTER EXTENDED HOURS, AND THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, CODE ENFORCEMENT POSITIONS.

AND SO THAT CONCLUDES THE PRESENTATION.

MY PEERS AND I ARE READY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, UH, VETO FOR THE PRESENTATION.

UH, VERY THOROUGH.

UH, THIS IS AN ITEM LISTED FOR OUR ACTION TOMORROW IN THE A SESSION AGENDA.

SO, UH, LET'S GET RIGHT TO COUNCIL DISCUSSION SO WE CAN HAVE THAT QUEUED UP PROPERLY FOR TOMORROW.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

UH, THANK YOU VETO FOR THE VERY THOROUGH PRESENTATION.

I APPRECIATE IT.

I THINK THAT WE NEEDED SOME ADDITIONAL TIME SO THAT WE COULD DO IT

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JUSTICE.

AND I KNOW THAT YOU HAD BRIEFED US ALL INDIVIDUALLY, BUT THERE'S UM, ALWAYS QUESTIONS THAT, THAT COME UP AND AS WE HEAR FROM OUR CONSTITUENTS, SO THANK YOU, UM, AND COLLEAGUES, THANK YOU AND YOUR SUPPORT FOR THE DELAY UNTIL THIS WEEK.

I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS A LITTLE FURTHER.

UH, THE PLANNING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE DOESN'T MEET UNTIL THE LAST WEEK OF AUGUST.

SO JUST TO, TO EMPHASIZE THE, THE REASON THAT WE BROUGHT IT TO B SESSION AND THANK YOU ERIC FOR THAT, UH, IS SO THAT WE CAN HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ASK SOME ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS AND STILL MAKE THE DEADLINE OF AUGUST THE 16TH.

SO THANK YOU VERO AND TEAM FOR THAT.

UM, THANK YOU ALSO FOR THE SURVEY EXTENSION.

I SAW THAT IT WAS EXTENDED, UM, LAST WEEK.

CAN WE START OFF THERE? DID YOU RECEIVE ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK? HOW MUCH ADDIT ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK DID THAT TAKE? UH, DID YOU PUT THAT INTO CONSIDERATION IN ANY OF THIS PRESENTATION? YES.

GREAT QUESTION.

SO AFTER THE ITEM WAS MOVED TO B B SESSION AND TOMORROW'S, UH, A SESSION AGENDA, WE DID EXTEND THE COMMENT PERIOD.

UM, WHEN I WALKED OUT OF THE OFFICE THIS AFTERNOON, WE HAD RECEIVED THREE ADDITIONAL COMMENT COMMENTS AND EN ROUTE WE RECEIVED, UH, AN ADDITIONAL ONE.

SO THERE HAVE BEEN ADDITIONAL COMMENTS.

AND JUST SO YOU KNOW, THERE'S A SECTION IN OUR CONSOLIDATED PLAN THAT'S THE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION SECTION.

SO ALL THE COMMENTS ARE SUBMITTED TO HUD AS WELL, VERBATIM WHO SAID WHAT, WHAT DID THEY SAY? SO, UM, IT'S ABOUT SEVEN PAGES WORTH OF COMMENTS THAT WE'RE GONNA INCLUDE AND THEY GET SUBMITTED TO HUD AS WELL.

THANK YOU, VERA.

AND THEN WAS THIS FRAMEWORK, IT WAS PRESENTED TO THE HOUSING COMMISSION BACK IN APRIL, WAS IT PRESENTED AGAIN OR WAS ANY, UH, FEEDBACK GIVEN TO THEM, UH, FROM OUR CONSTITUENTS AT THAT POINT? YES.

SO IN APRIL WHEN WE HAD THE FIRST, UH, COMMUNITY VIRTUAL INPUT SESSIONS, WE PRESENTED WITH THE CONSOLIDATED PLAN, UH, IS WHAT THE ACTION PLAN IS.

AT THAT POINT, WE KNEW HOW MUCH WAS GONNA BE ALLOCATED AND SO WE WALKED THEM THROUGH THE TIMELINE.

THEY DID PROVIDE FEEDBACK, BUT TO BE HONEST, EVERY HOUSING COMMISSION MEETING IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR FEEDBACK.

AND SO WE DID INCORPORATE WHAT THEY TOLD US, WHAT THE PUBLIC HAD THOSE, UM, PUBLIC HEARING, PUBLIC COMMENT SESSIONS SHARED AS WELL.

SO THAT WAS FOLDED INTO WHAT'S BEEN PRESENTED IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY AND VERO BETWEEN THE TIME LAST WEEK AND, AND TODAY.

WHAT I UNDERSTAND IS THAT THIS IS A FRAMEWORK, IT'S A FIVE-YEAR PLAN, BUT WE STILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CHANGE AS WE GO ALONG.

I MEAN, NOT, NOT ENTIRELY GO IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION, BUT WE DO STILL HAVE TIME AVAILABLE TO ADJUST AS WE SEE FIT.

SO, UM, THE ACTION PLAN, OUR, OUR NORMAL PROCESS IS THAT WE HAVE WHAT WE CALL A REPROGRAMMING AROUND THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR.

SO NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY, BUT MIDWAY THROUGH THE YEAR, WE TEND TO DO IT AFTER JANUARY, UM, IS WHEN WE HAVE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY.

'CAUSE WE MIGHT GET PROGRAM FUNDS, MORE PROGRAM INCOME.

AND SO WE DO A REPROGRAMMING ACTION AT THAT TIME.

AND EVERY YEAR WE HAVE HAD TO DO THAT.

UM, THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS WE'VE EVEN HAD TWO OPPORTUNITIES TO REPROGRAM THE FUNDS.

AND SO IT GIVES US THE CHANCE TO TWEAK, UM, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE DIDN'T GET AS MANY TAKERS FOR AN R F P, PERHAPS, UM, THIS PROGRAM NEEDS TO BE DELIVERED IN A DIFFERENT WAY.

SO IT GIVES US THAT OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO.

AND WE WAIT UNTIL JANUARY BECAUSE PART OF THE HUD REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE, THAT WE SUBMIT, UM, HAS A VERY LONG NAME CONSOLIDATED PERFORMANCE PLAN A CAPER.

AND SO WE SUBMIT THAT IN DECEMBER, UM, AFTER THE FISCAL YEAR CLOSES.

SO THAT ALLOWS US TO CLEAN UP THE GRANTS, SEE IF THERE WAS ANY MONEY LEFT OVER.

SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, IT'S A COUPLE DOLLARS, A HUNDRED DOLLARS IN ONE GRANT OR ANOTHER, AND SO THAT MONEY GETS REPROGRAMMED.

SO THAT'S THE ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITY TO TWEAK THE ACTION PLAN AND TO SAY, WELL NOW WE NEED TO FUND THIS INSTEAD OF THAT, OR WE NEED TO DELIVER SOMETHING DIFFERENTLY.

UM, AND AS I SAID, AT LEAST ONCE DURING THE FISCAL YEAR, WE HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY.

BUT OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS, WE'VE DONE AT LEAST TWO MAJOR REPROGRAMMING, UM, EVERY YEAR.

GREAT.

THANK YOU VERO.

AND, UM, AND YES, VERY CREATIVE MARKETING CAMPAIGN.

I GOT THAT ON MY EMAIL.

AND WHAT WOULD YOU DO WITH A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS, I THINK WAS KIND OF THE, HEY, YOU KNOW, UM, HELP US BUILD THIS.

UM, YOU TALKED ABOUT, UM, HOW MUCH PARTICIPATION WE HAD BEF UH, RIGHT NOW BETWEEN THE LAST FEW DAYS, BUT CAN YOU GIMME A BALLPARK OF HOW MANY PEOPLE TOTAL SENT IN COMMENTS THAT YOU RECEIVED INPUT FROM? SURE.

UM, I KNOW PATTY WAS COUNTING THE COMMENTS.

DO YOU REMEMBER 35? 35? NO, FIVE IN THE LAST FEW DAYS.

OH, BUT YOU'RE ASKING THE WHOLE PROCESS RIGHT? SINCE APRIL OR WHEN WE OPENED UP.

UM, IT'S SEVEN PAGES WORTH OF INPUT.

APRIL 23RD, 10 ATTENDEES AND MANY OF THEM HAD COMMENTS.

I KNOW WE HAD, UM,

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21 ON THE 27TH.

WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY COMMENTS AT THE JUNE 16TH.

UH, BUT THE VIRTUAL PUBLIC HEARING, WE HAD 14 ATTENDEES.

UM, LAST THURSDAY.

UM, WEDNESDAY WAS FOUR ADDITIONAL COMMENTS.

AND AS I MENTIONED, WE HAD THREE COMMENTS AS WE DROVE HERE, BUT THERE WAS AN ADDITIONAL COMMENT SUBMITTED.

SO FOR ME, THAT'S OVER 50 COMMENTS OR SO.

SURE.

AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, UM, PUBLIC SE SESSIONS THAT WERE POSTED.

WHAT ABOUT EMAILS? BECAUSE WHEN I CLICKED ON THE LINK ABOUT WHAT WOULD YOU DO WITH A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS, IT'S SUBMITS IT TO AN EMAIL, HOW MANY EMAILS DID WE RECEIVE? SO FOR THE EMAILS, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S BEEN AT LEAST A DOZEN, UM, A DOZEN AND A HALF EMAILS OR SO.

BUT WE, WE HAVE VERBATIM THE, THE WORDS OF THE INDIVIDUALS, AND AGAIN, IT'S SEVEN PAGES WORTH OF COMMENTS AND EMAILS.

UM, I KNOW WE RECEIVED THREE EMAILS, UM, SINCE THE FOURTH, BUT ALL THE OTHER COMMENTS ARE NOTED IF IT WAS SOMETHING SHARED AT THE INPUT SESSION OR IF IT WAS AN EMAILED COMMENT AS WELL.

HOW DO WE DOCUMENT THE FEEDBACK THAT'S GIVEN AT THE HOUSING COMMISSION AS A PART OF THE COMMENTARY PERIOD? DO WE SUBMIT MINUTES? WE DO.

WE HAVE, UH, THE MEETING MINUTES FOR PLANNING AND LAND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, THAT'S WHAT IT WAS CALLED BEFORE THE, SOMETIMES WE WOULD REPORT TO THE CULTURE AND NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES COMMITTEE.

SO THOSE MINUTES AND THEN THE HOUSING COMMISSION MINUTES AS WELL.

AND SO ALL OF THE MINUTES ARE PART OF HER PUBLIC INPUT PROCESS IN THE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION SECTION.

DO WE GET A DEMOGRAPHIC BREAKDOWN OF WHO'S SUBMITTING THOSE COMMENTS? WE DON'T, BECAUSE WE DON'T ASK INDIVIDUALS HOW OLD THEY ARE.

WE, WE DON'T ASK AT THE, ESPECIALLY THE COMMUNITY INPUT MEETINGS.

UM, WE HAVE DEMOGRAPHIC INFO WE GATHERED WHEN WE DID THE SURVEY OF THE EAP CLIENTS, BUT WE, WE DON'T ASK THOSE KIND OF QUESTIONS AT THE INPUT SETTINGS OR AT THE PUBLIC HEARINGS.

IS IT THAT WE DON'T ASK BECAUSE WE'RE NOT REQUIRED TO FEDERALLY OR JUST BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE MEANS OF COLLECTING THE INFORMATION? IT IS BECAUSE IT'S NOT A REQUIREMENT FOR THE PUBLIC COMMENT.

HOWEVER, IN OUR PERFORMANCE REPORT, WE DO HAVE TO HAVE THE DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION.

AND SO WHO WE SERVE, UH, WE HAVE THAT AND THAT IS REQUIRED.

SO WE DO SAY IF IT'S, UM, WOMEN, IF IT'S CHILDREN, THEIR RACE AND ETHNICITY.

AND SO FOR THOSE SERVICES, JUST ON PERFORMANCE, WE DO PROVIDE THE DEMOGRAPHIC.

BUT FOR THE PUBLIC COMMENT, WE DO NOT ASK AND IT'S NOT REQUIRED.

I I, I, I'M REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THAT PART BECAUSE I THOUGHT THAT WE HAD MORE COMMENTS AND I WANTED TO SEE WHERE THEY WERE COMING FROM, WHO WAS GIVING THE INPUT.

I UNDERSTAND THE FOLKS THAT ARE ON THE HOUSING COMMISSION, BUT I JUST WANTED TO, TO, I GUESS SEE WHERE, WHERE WE'RE GETTING OUR COMMENTS FROM AND HOW MUCH IT, UH, YOU KNOW, THE, IT, IT REALLY MATTERS TO HEAR FROM THE FOLKS WHO ARE MOST USING THIS, RIGHT? BECAUSE WE, WE ARE TRACKING THAT EVENTUALLY.

BUT ALSO I'D LOVE TO HEAR COMMENTS DIRECTLY FROM THEM.

UM, BUT WE CAN, WE CAN FIGURE THAT OUT FOR NEXT TIME OR SEE IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE WE, WE HAVE TO APPROVE THIS BY THE 16TH.

UM, BUT I DO THINK THAT WE'RE LOSING OUT ON AN OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR MOST VULNERABLE RESIDENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT ENGAGEMENT PROCESS.

UM, UH, THERE'S NOTHING UNDER PRIORITY IN THE C D B G AREA.

THERE'S NOTHING IN PRIORITY I ITEM NUMBER THREE, WHICH IS HOMELESSNESS, IT'S ALL UNDER THE, UM, E S G.

WAS THAT FOR A REASON? AND THEN ALSO IT SAYS THAT IT'S BUDGETED 7 MILLION.

UM, DOES THAT MEAN THAT RIGHT NOW WE HAVE, UH, BY THE END OF NEXT FISCAL YEAR, I THINK IT'S APPROACHING 3 MILLION AND THEN WE COULD STILL ADJUST AS NEEDED.

CAN YOU MAYBE TELL ME A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT HOW YOU DECIDED TO FOCUS THE HOMELESSNESS RESOURCES? SURE.

UH, C D B G DOES HAVE SOME, UM, HOUSING SUPPORTIVE SERVICES.

IT'S A SMALL LINE ITEM, UH, 400,000.

SO THAT'S BACK ON SLIDE FIVE.

AND SO WE DO USE C D B G FOR SOME OF THAT.

IT FITS INTO OUR PUBLIC SERVICE CATEGORY.

AND THE GRANT, UM, JUST LIKE IT LIMITS THAT NO MORE THAN 20% NEEDS TO BE USED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, IT LIMITS THAT NO MORE THAN 15% CAN BE PUBLIC SERVICE.

MIKE SHANNON, UH, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR.

SO COMBINED WITH OUR EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE, THAT IS RIGHT AT 15%.

UH, BUT WE DO USE C D B G FOR SOME HOMELESS SERVICES.

UM, BUT AGAIN, IT'S PUBLIC SERVICE.

I JUST WANTED TO UNDERSTAND HOW, HOW THAT'S DECIDED.

AND THEN FINALLY, UM, THE HISTORY OF THE CODE OFFICERS.

UM, YOU MENTIONED SINCE 2006 THERE'S BEEN SOME CODE OFFICERS THAT WERE ALLOCATED AT, AT THAT TIME.

WAS THERE A REASON THAT THEY WERE BUDGETED IN THIS AREA? JUST HELP ME UNDERSTAND THE, FROM A HISTORICAL CONTEXT.

WOW.

UM,

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I WASN'T HERE IN 2006.

UM, I THINK ERIC WALSH MIGHT'VE BEEN THE ONLY ONE.

UH, THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN.

UH, SO I, I WASN'T HERE IN 2006 AS WELL, BUT, UH, CODE ENFORCEMENT IS DIRECTLY RELATED UNDER THE C D B G CATEGORIES OF ATTEMPTING TO SLOW DOWN, UM, DETERIORATION OF CERTAIN NEIGHBORHOODS.

SO IT'S, THERE'S A, THERE'S A LONG CATEGORY IN THE C D B G, UM, UH, PRIORITIES AND CODE ENFORCEMENT IS IN THERE.

SO WHILE I WASN'T HERE AT THAT TIME IN OH SIX, I THINK THAT WAS THE REASON.

AND IT CONTINUES TO BE THE REASON WHY WE PUT SOME RESOURCES THERE TO KIND OF HELP NEIGHBORHOODS, UH, STAY IN COMPLIANCE WITH CODE SO THEY STAY, YOU KNOW, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST THEY DON'T DETERIORATE AS FAST.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, MIKE.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA, WE'RE NOW TO COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

I REALLY APPRECIATE THE QUESTIONS, UH, FROM MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBER.

I THINK SHE ASKED SOME VERY GOOD ONES.

UH, I KNOW THAT WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THIS A WEEK AGO AND WE DECIDED TO GO AHEAD AND DELAY THIS, IT WAS BECAUSE, UH, MANY OF US AS COUNCIL MEMBERS WANTED TO HAVE A, A MORE THOROUGH OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT ALL OF THIS TO SPEAK WITH YOU TO OTHER PEOPLE IN YOUR DEPARTMENT.

AND IT WAS, I THINK MOST IMPORTANTLY, TO GET MORE PUBLIC INPUT.

WE DID GET SOME, UH, YOU'VE JUST NOTED THAT.

BUT I'D LIKE TO, UH, PUT UP FOR CONSIDERATION THAT SINCE THIS IS AN, AN ANNUAL EVENT, THAT WE RENEW THESE ANNUALLY, THAT WE HAVE TO REPORT ANNUALLY, THAT MAYBE WE TRY AND, UH, INITIATE THE BEGINNING OF THAT PROCESS EARLIER SO THAT, FOR EXAMPLE, WE COULD HAVE THIS DISCUSSION IN JUNE RATHER THAN AUGUST.

AND THAT WAY IF THERE IS A NEED FOR CONTINUATION, WE HAVE MORE TIME FOR THAT CONTINUATION.

AND I, I SAY THAT BECAUSE WHEN, WHEN WE GET BACK INTO SESSION WITHOUT WORKING AT ALL DURING JULY, UH, WE GIVE OURSELVES WHAT, 15 DAYS TO MAKE A DECISION.

UH, AND IS IT POSSIBLE THAT YOU COULD BE PREPARED TO MAKE THIS KIND OF A PRESENTATION BEFORE WE CONCLUDE OUR BUSINESSES IN JUNE? WOULD THAT BE TOO DIFFICULT OF A BARRIER FOR YOU TO OVERCOME? I THINK WE CAN BRING A PRELIMINARY BUDGET IN JUNE.

UM, WE CERTAINLY KNOW HOW MUCH IS GONNA BE IN THE GRANTS.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE FOLD INTO THE BUDGET IS WHAT WE HEAR AT THE GOAL SETTING SESSION.

SO AS LONG AS WE BALANCE THOSE THINGS, WE, IT WON'T BE THE FINAL BECAUSE OF THE GOAL SETTING INPUT THAT GETS FOLDED IN.

BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY BRING A DRAFT BUDGET, UH, BY JUNE SO THAT THE WHOLE BUDGET IS OUT THERE EARLIER.

UM, WE DID HAVE IT AVAILABLE AFTER JUNE 2ND.

SO THE, THE BUDGET HAS BEEN AVAILABLE, AND AS I MENTIONED, IT WAS TWEAKED AND A LOT OF IT WAS TWEAKING THE, WHAT WE HEARD AT THE GOAL SETTING TO INCREASE THE OWNER OCCUPIED AND MINOR REPAIR.

BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY START .

YEAH, I THINK THAT KIND OF A PRESENTATION OF THE COUNCIL THAT EARLY WOULD GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO ANSWER MORE OF OUR QUESTIONS.

OF COURSE, IT'S, THIS IS MORE OR LESS AN EXTRAORDINARY YEAR BECAUSE WE HAD AN ELECTION AND PEOPLE DIDN'T TAKE OFFICE UNTIL A LITTLE BIT LATER.

NEXT YEAR WE WON'T HAVE THAT, BUT THEN A YEAR LATER WE MAY.

SO I THINK TRYING TO MOVE THIS UP A LITTLE BIT EARLIER IN THE CALENDAR FOR THE COUNCIL CONSIDERATION, AND SO THAT WE CAN HEAR AGAIN FROM THE PUBLIC IF THEY FEEL LIKE THEY'VE GOTTEN ENOUGH INPUT AND IF NOT, THEN DURING JULY, ALONG WITH YOUR BUDGET ISSUES, YOU COULD HAVE ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING AND, AND MAYBE INVITE MORE PARTICIPATION IF THE NEEDS THERE.

COUNCILMAN? YES, SIR.

UH, JUST, YOU KNOW, I, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT SUGGESTION AND, AND YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M, I'M WONDERING, I THINK WE COULD PROBABLY ROLL THAT INTO WHAT WE'VE STARTED DOING THIS YEAR, WHICH IS THAT TRIAL BUDGET.

IT'S NOT THE EXACT, IT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT WE STILL NEED TO GO THROUGH A PROCESS, BUT, UM, THIS YEAR WAS ONLY THE SECOND YEAR WE DID A TRIAL BUDGET, AND IT'S AN EARLY GAUGE, BUT IT WOULD ALIGN A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT VETO TALKED ABOUT, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

AND, AND WE'LL, AND WE'LL DO THAT AS PART OF NEXT YEAR'S, UH, TRIAL BUDGET.

THAT WAY YOU'RE SEEING, UH, ALL OF THAT AT THE SAME TIME.

UM, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT SUGGESTION.

SO THAT, WE'LL, WE'LL CERTAINLY DO THAT.

UH, A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS I HAD, I BELIEVE IT MIGHT'VE BEEN SLIDE FIVE WHEN YOU TALKED ABOUT, UH, SINGLE FAMILY HOME REHAB, REHABILITATION AND MINOR REPAIR.

AND YOU HAD IN THERE THE, THE NUMBERS.

COULD YOU BRING THAT BACK UP IF YOU CAN HAVE THE SLIDE UP AGAIN? YES.

UM, WAS THIS THE, THE SLIDE OR THE YEAH, RIGHT HERE, UH, YOU HAVE, UH, WELL, LET ME SEE.

OH, WAS IT THE COMBINED ONE? YEAH, IT WAS THE COMBINED ONE.

SAW WHERE THERE WERE APPROXIMATELY, UH, $5.6 MILLION AVAILABLE FOR SINGLE FAMILY REHAB.

UH, I THINK I

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THAT WAS PROBABLY, UH, YEAH, THAT TOP LINE THERE.

AND THEN, UH, 70, UH, EXCUSE ME, 2.5 MILLION, UH, WAS AVAILABLE FOR, UH, MINOR REPAIR.

AND YOU HAD LISTED, UH, ABOUT 57 HOUSES FOR SINGLE FAMILY.

BUT NOW I SEE HERE, YEAH, THIS IS THE COMBINED 57 COMBINED.

THE C D B G UNITS.

RIGHT.

THE HOME PROGRAM ADDS A FEW MORE.

SO WHEN WE COMBINE THE 75 C D B G RIGHT, AND HOME, WE GET 72 UNITS.

RIGHT.

UM, THAT'S HIGHER THAN THIS CURRENT YEAR.

THIS CURRENT YEAR, OUR GOAL IS 65 UNITS.

UM, OKAY.

SO 72 IS MUCH HIGHER.

AND WHEN YOU SEE HOPEFULLY THE, THE, UM, GENERAL FUND, WHICH OF COURSE WILL BE IN THE CITY MANAGER'S PROPOSED BUDGET, RIGHT? YOU'LL SEE ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR SOME OF THESE PROGRAMS AS WELL.

SO I, I SEE WHEN YOU PUT THOSE NUMBERS OUT THERE LIKE THAT, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ABOUT SEVEN AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS FOR 72 UNITS.

SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SOMEWHERE NEAR A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS TO PREPARE A SINGLE FAMILY HOME FOR REHAB OR RECONSTRUCTION.

AND THEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT FOR MINOR REPAIR, ABOUT $30,000 PER UNIT.

SO IF WE WANTED TO DO 720 HOMES FOR SINGLE FAMILY RECONSTRUCTION, WE'D BE TALKING ABOUT $72 MILLION, ABOUT 10 TIMES AS MUCH, RIGHT? IF WE WERE INVESTING ABOUT A HUNDRED THOUSAND, YES.

THAT'S, THAT'S LESS THAN A THOUSAND HOMES.

WE'D BE SPENDING, YOU KNOW, 75 TO MAYBE, UH, A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS TO REPAIR JUST A THOUSAND HOMES.

AND THEN WHEN WE LOOK AT $30,000 ON AVERAGE FOR MINE REPAIRS, IF YOU'RE DOING A THOUSAND HOMES THERE, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT $30 MILLION THERE, OR $5,000, 5,000 HOMES, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT $150 MILLION TO BRING THOSE UP TO, LET'S SAY, LIVABLE STANDARDS.

HOW MANY HOMES DO WE KNOW IN THIS CITY HAVE THOSE KINDS OF NEEDS? I'VE ASKED YOU THIS BEFORE, HAVE YOU GOT THOSE NUMBERS TOGETHER? SO WE'RE STILL WORKING ON THAT.

WHAT WE HAVE IS THE NEED BASED ON THE RECALIBRATED NUMBERS THAT ARE PART OF OUR STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.

AND SO I'VE ASKED TO CALL OUT THE NUMBERS THAT SHOW HOW MANY HOUSES ARE NOT UP TO STANDARDS.

UM, WHAT WE KNOW IS THE NEED IS 96,000 UNITS IN THE COMMUNITY, BUT THAT'S NOT BROKEN OUT WITH HOW MANY ARE JUST THE ONES THAT NEED THE REPAIR.

WE DO HAVE OUR OPPORTUNITY AT RISK STUDY BY THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION THAT ALSO HAS THE NUMBERS OF WHAT OUR OLDER HOUSING STOCK IS.

AND THEY DO HAVE, I DON'T RECALL THE, THE NUMBER, AND I DIDN'T BRING THAT REPORT WITH ME, BUT THEY DO HAVE AN ESTIMATE OF HOW MANY OF THOSE OLDER HOMES ARE IN NEED OF REPAIRS AS WELL.

THERE'S A CORRELATION, THE OLDER THE HOME, THE MORE REPAIRS THEY MIGHT NEED.

AND SO, UM, I WILL GET YOU THE NUMBER.

WE, WE HAVE THAT 96,000 BIG NUMBER, BUT IT INCLUDES FAMILIES THAT ARE COST BURDENED.

IT INCLUDES THE OLDER HOMES THAT NEED REHAB.

SO I I'M, WE'RE STILL WORKING ON THAT AND ARE GETTING IT TO YOU, SIR.

IS IT, IS IT FAIR TO, TO GUESSTIMATE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TENS OF THOUSANDS OF HOMES THAT YES.

NEED THIS KIND OF REPAIR WORK? SOME MAJOR, SOME MINOR? IT, IT IS FAIR TO SAY THAT, SIR.

LOT OF MONEY, A LOT OF RESOURCES TO HELP.

AND AND I JUST BRING THAT UP FOR DISCUSSION BECAUSE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THIS COUNCIL TO RECOGNIZE THE, THE, UH, CHALLENGES THAT WE FACE WITH TRYING TO HELP TENS OF THOUSANDS OF FAMILIES STAY IN HOMES THAT ARE ADEQUATE, SAFE HEALTH FOR THEM TO LIVE IN.

UH, BECAUSE CERTAINLY IF WE DIDN'T, WHERE WOULD THEY GO? 'CAUSE WE DON'T HAVE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF VACANCIES EITHER IN THIS CITY.

SO, I MEAN, IT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE TO SAY WE NEED TO HELP PEOPLE STAY WHERE THEY ARE.

THE MOST AFFORDABLE HOMES MOST PEOPLE LIVE IN TODAY ARE THE ONES THAT THEY ARE LIVING IN BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN LIVING THERE.

THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO AFFORD TO LIVE THERE IN MOST CASES, OR IN MANY CASES.

BUT IF THEY CAN'T REMAIN THERE BECAUSE THE HOME ISN'T SAFE OR HEALTHY OR, OR GOING TO STAY STANDING UP, THEN OBVIOUSLY, UH, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO GO SOMEWHERE ELSE.

AND IF THERE'S NOWHERE ELSE TO GO, WE NEED TO HELP THEM STAY WHERE THEY CAN.

AND THAT'S MY POINT.

AND, AND IT'S GONNA COST A

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SO I JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT UP IN THIS DISCUSSION BECAUSE C B D G AND THE FEDERAL DOLLARS HELP WITH VERY, VERY SMALL PORTIONS OF THIS.

NOW, POSSIBLY THE NEW INFRASTRUCTURE BILL THAT'S BEING MOVED THROUGH, UH, WASHINGTON TODAY COULD ADD A LOT TO OUR ABILITY TO MEET THOSE NEEDS.

BUT I THINK THIS COMMUNITY IS GOING TO DECIDE, DOES IT WANT TO STEP UP AND HELP MEET THE NEEDS OF TENS OF THOUSANDS OF FAMILIES TO REMAIN IN THEIR HOMES AND, AND HELP IN MANY WAYS.

SO ANYWAY, I JUST WANTED TO CHECK THOSE FIGURES WITH YOU, AND I REALLY THINK YOU NEED TO PRESENT TO US, UH, A MORE REASONABLE ESTIMATE OF, OF WHAT THOSE HOMES ARE, UH, AS WE MOVE FORWARD ON THESE ISSUES REGARDING HOUSING.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE.

COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, VERAN, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION.

UM, I, I, I LIKE THE WAY CITY STAFF PRESENTED IT.

UH, YOU KNOW, I'M READY TO APPROVE IT AS IT IS, BUT I JUST DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS.

UM, THE ONE THING THAT I WANTED TO ASK IS, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT OUR CODE OFFICERS ARE FEDERALLY FUNDED THROUGH THIS GRANT POSITION.

I THINK IT SPEAKS, IT COMMUNICATES THAT THE WORK THAT CODE DOES IS NOT JUST A CITY SERVICE, BUT IT'S SOMETHING NATIONALLY THAT THE, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PAYS ATTENTION TO.

SO I, I'M GLAD THAT TWO OF THOSE CO CODE ENFORCEMENT POSITIONS ARE FUNDED THERE.

IF BY SOME MIRACLE, MAYBE ONE DAY WE CAN GET MORE, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

BUT I THINK MY QUESTION IS FOR, UM, UH, MIKE SHANNON, IF YOU CAN COME UP, UM, SO IS THERE A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN, UH, C D B G GRANT FUNDED, UH, CODE OFFICERS AND THE GENERAL LEAVE, GENERAL FUNDED CODE POSITIONS? IN, IN GENERAL? NO.

UH, THEY'RE TASKED WITH, UH, GOING OUT PROACTIVELY, UH, LOOKING FOR CODE VIOLATIONS AND REACTIVE.

UH, THESE ARE CODE OFFICER POSITIONS, NOT OUR DANGEROUS PREMISE OFFICERS THAT FOCUS MORE ON THE, UH, LARGE STRUCTURAL VACANT HOMES THAT ARE DETERIORATED.

UH, BUT THEY DO GO OUT AND THEY RESPOND TO CALLS OF ALL DIFFERENT TYPES, WHETHER IT BE HIGH WEEDS, TALL GRASS, JUNK VEHICLES, ET CETERA.

AND THEY ALSO PROACTIVELY LOOK AND THEY'RE VERY PROACTIVE IN THOSE AREAS.

OKAY, GREAT.

AND WE CURRENTLY HAVE A VACANCY THROUGH OUR GRANT FUNDED POSITION IN DISTRICT THREE BECAUSE OF A RECENT PROMOTION.

SO MY QUESTION IS, CAN YOU LET ME KNOW WHERE WE ARE CURRENTLY IN FILLING THAT SLOT? YEAH, ACTUALLY WE JUST COMPLETED INTERVIEWS FOR THOSE LAST WEEK.

SO WE WOULD BE READY TO MOVE FORWARD, UH, WITH THIS ELECTION.

WE DO HAVE ENOUGH QUALIFIED CANDIDATES TO FILL THAT AND A COUPLE OTHER VACANCIES.

AND THOSE ARE JUST THE NORMAL VACANCY PROCESS.

IF SOMEONE GETS PROMOTED OR SOMEONE LEAVES THE CITY.

UH, BUT WE NEED TO QUICKLY GET A PERSON IN THERE BECAUSE, UH, IT'S CRITICAL TO HAVE THEM.

AND MY NEXT QUESTIONS ARE FOR, UH, VERA.

ON PAGE THREE OF YOUR PUBLIC MEETINGS OF THE SIDESHOW, DID ANY OF THESE GROUPS BRING UP THE REMOVAL OF OUR GRANT FUNDING FOR CODE OFFICERS? IT, IT CAME UP ONLY AT THE PUBLIC HEARING.

THERE WERE A COUPLE FOLKS AT THE HOUSING COMMISSION THAT HAD RAISED THAT ISSUE.

AND THE, UM, SOME OF THE ANTI DISPLACEMENT WORK IN THE, FOR EVERYONE HOME ALSO HAD SOME CONCERNS, UM, ABOUT CODE ENFORCEMENT.

UM, THERE IS A STRATEGY AROUND THAT IN THE ANTI DISPLACEMENT AGENDA, WHICH IS, UH, FOR EVERYONE HOMEWORK.

AND SO, I MEAN, WE'RE WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH B S D, THEY'RE ACTUALLY PART OF THE STAKEHOLDER GROUP FOR THE ANTI DISPLACEMENT WORK.

AND SO WE'RE FINDING WAYS TO TURN THAT, TO MAKE IT VERY MUCH SERVICE ORIENTED AND TO MAKE IT MORE PROACTIVE.

MATTER OF FACT, UM, THEY GET ALL THE CODE ENFORCEMENT, MANAGE SUPERVISORS GET TRAINING FOR ALL OUR REHAB PROGRAMS. WE STARTED THAT A FEW YEARS AGO AND WE'RE WORKING ON AN EVEN CLOSER RELATIONSHIP SO THAT WE ARE MORE PROACTIVE INSTEAD OF REACTIVE AND HELP PEOPLE AHEAD OF THE GRANT AVAILABILITY AS WELL.

SO THEY KNOW THAT THEY CAN GET HELP.

SO THIS WASN'T, WE WANT LESS CODE OFFICERS, THIS WAS MORE WE, WE ARE, WE'RE UNHAPPY WITH THE WAY CODE'S RESPONDING.

AND IT WAS ABOUT RESOURCES FOR THE FAMILIES WHO NEED TO FIX UP THEIR HOMES.

UM, BECAUSE THIS IS A, THE CODE OFFICERS ARE NEEDED AND A PRIORITY.

AND I THINK IF WE CAN KEEP THIS AS A FEDERAL FUNDED, UH, PROGRAM, IT WOULD HELP US WITH THE GENERAL FUNDS IN, IN DOING MORE PROJECTS THAT AREN'T AS CONFINED BY OUR HUD GRANTS.

BECAUSE WHAT YOU'RE TELLING ME IS IF WE, WE CAN'T DO UNDER ONE ROOF, UH, WITH, WITH A

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HUD UH, PROGRAM.

CORRECT.

SO IF WE HAD A SPECIALIZED, UH, KIND OF PROJECT WE WANTED TO WORK SPECIFICALLY IN THE SOUTHERN SECTOR IN ONE OF OUR DISTRICTS, IT WOULD HAVE TO MEET THE HUD CRITERIA TO DO THAT, CORRECT? YES, MA'AM.

YOU'RE CORRECT ABOUT THAT.

ALRIGHT.

UH, AND I, I, I WOULD JUST, I THINK WE CAN, YOU KNOW, WE'RE WITH THE CONCERNS OF THE, THE PEOPLE REGARDING THE CODE OFFICER, I THINK THERE'S A WAY WE CAN DO THAT WHILE, WHILE WE KEEP OUR C B G DOLLARS GRANT FUNDED C B D G, UM, CODE POSITIONS.

AND SO I WOULD LIKE THIS AS IT STANDS TO GO THROUGH TOMORROW.

AND HOPEFULLY THAT HAPPENS, UM, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THERE ARE OTHER AGENCIES OUT THERE THAT PROVIDE GRANT FUNDING AND OPPORTUNITIES TO HELP WITH REHAB THAT WE CAN MAYBE WORK WITH INSTEAD OF USING OUR C B G DOLLARS.

SO THAT'S, THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAVE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, UH, FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.

COUNCIL MEMBER VIA GRIND, COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ.

HELLO.

MY QUESTION, OR MY SERIES OF QUESTIONS IS, UH, SURROUNDING PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT.

UM, SO WHAT I HEARD, MY UNDERSTANDING IS FROM APRIL TO PRESENT, UM, THERE WERE ABOUT A LITTLE OVER 50 RESPONSES YES.

JUST SPECIFIC TO THE CONSOLIDATED PLAN THAT WE HAVE LOGGED IN AS THE COMMUNITY INPUT FOR THE CONSOLIDATED PLAN.

BUT THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF OTHER PUBLIC INPUT AT THE HOUSING COMMISSION, AT THE COUNCIL COMMITTEES.

UH, I MENTIONED THE, THE GOAL SETTING SESSION, UM, STAKEHOLDER FORUMS THAT WE HOLD ON DIFFERENT ISSUES WHEN PEOPLE RAISE THE FACT, YOU KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE, WE MEET ONCE A MONTH WITH STAKEHOLDERS FOR EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE.

AND SO THEY VOICED THE NEED FOR, WE SHOULD CONTINUE TO FUND EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE.

UM, THANK YOU.

SO WE'VE HAD, THEY DID THE MATH RIGHT NOW, 21 COMMENTS, 47 ATTENDEES THAT WERE SPECIFIC TO THE CONSOLIDATED PLAN SESSIONS WE HAVE HOSTED.

BUT AGAIN, UH, WE DID TAKE THE BROADER INPUT FROM THE EHA STAKEHOLDER GROUPS IF THEY BRING UP FUNDING NEEDS FOR EHA AT THE HOUSING COMMISSION MEETINGS, IF THEY BRING UP THE FACT THAT WE NEED MORE OWNER OCCUPIED REHAB AS WELL.

SO THOSE GET FOLDED, UM, AS WAS MENTIONED IN THE MINI MEETING MINUTES AND THOSE OTHER SESSIONS.

AND I JUST WANNA EMPHASIZE WHAT VEDO SOTA MENTIONED.

YOU KNOW, WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF UPDATING OUR STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.

WE HAVE NUMEROUS STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS.

DURING THOSE MEETINGS.

WE'RE GETTING INPUT.

AND THE STRATEGIC HOUSING FRAMEWORK PLAN THAT WAS ADOPTED BY THIS COUNCIL, THAT WAS BUILT ON A LOT OF PUBLIC INPUT.

AND SO THIS PLAN LARGELY BUILDS OFF OF THAT AND THAT HAD THOUSANDS OF PUBLIC INPUT OPPORTUNITIES WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THAT.

SO WE'RE BUILDING OFF EXISTING INPUT OPPORTUNITIES.

AND THEN WHEN VERA SAYS WE HAD 21 COMMENTS, THAT WAS JUST WHEN WE HAD ONE MEETING ABOUT THAT ONE SPECIFIC CONSOLIDATED ACTION PLAN.

A NUMBER OF FOLKS, BUT THE SURVEY WAS SPECIFIC TO A CONSOLIDATED PLAN THAT WAS OVER 400 RESPONSES.

AND, UM, SO I GUESS YOU WOULD SAY THAT THE GOALS FOR PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT HAVE BEEN MET.

CAN YOU ASK THE QUESTION, WOULD YOU SAY THAT ANY GOALS THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED BY YOUR DEPARTMENT IN REGARDS TO THIS PLAN, THOSE GOALS HAVE BEEN MET? SO THE, THE GOALS WE SET FOR THE FUNDING PRIORITIES, YES, WE, WE ARE MEETING THOSE.

BUT AGAIN, UM, I MEAN THI THIS DOCUMENT, THIS IS A HOUSING POLICY FRAMEWORK, HAS SPECIFIC MENTIONS ABOUT THE USE OF THESE GRANT DOLLARS, HOW IT SHOULD BE USED FOR DEVELOPING THAT AFFORDABLE HOUSING, HOW IT SHOULD BE FOR RENTAL AS WELL AS HOME OWNERSHIP.

AND SO WE DO TRACK WHERE WE'RE AT ON, ON THIS DOCUMENT AS WELL.

UH, WE HAVE A PIPELINE, THE HOUSING COMMISSION IS, HAS A COMMITTEE THAT HAS THAT DASHBOARD.

AND SO THIS, THIS IS A 10 YEAR DOCUMENT.

WE'RE IN YEAR THREE, UH, GOING INTO YEAR FOUR.

SO WE'RE TRACKING HOW WE'RE DOING AND I'LL, I'LL BE HAPPY TO SHARE THAT.

I THINK I PULLED THAT INTO MY BUDGET PRESENTATION.

I THINK I SHOULD RESTATE THE QUESTION.

UM, I GUESS AS IT RELATES TO THIS PLAN AND SOLICITING FEEDBACK, ARE THERE GOALS FOR HOW MUCH FEEDBACK YOU GET FROM DIFFERENT PARTS OF TOWN, DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDER GOALS? AS FAR AS NUMBERS FOR THAT? YES.

SO THERE ARE NO SPECIFIC GOALS HAD SETS 'CAUSE THEY DID LET EVERY COMMUNITY DETERMINE THE BEST WAY TO GATHER THE COMMUNITY FEEDBACK.

BESIDES THESE COMMENTS, WE DID GET A SURVEY THAT GOT OVER 400 RESPONSES SPECIFIC TO THIS.

AND SO WE HAVE TO MENTION, UM, HOW MANY INDIVIDUALS RESPONDED TO THAT.

THE LAST SURVEY WE DID FOR THE CONSOLIDATED PLAN ALSO HAD

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SO WE, IN THE ESSAY SPEAKUP SURVEY, WE HAD 600 RESPONSES MM-HMM.

AND SO I DO WANNA STRESS IT WAS COMPREHENSIVE.

WE MET OUR REQUIREMENTS BY HEAD FOR PUBLIC INPUT, BUT WE HAD SEVERAL INPUTS PROVIDING US THAT INPUT.

AND SO WE DID MEET OUR GOALS AND THE FACT THAT IT WAS VERY COMPREHENSIVE AND WE HAD SPECIFIC MEETINGS RELATED TO THE ACTION PLAN, BUT THEN EVERY PLAN OR EVERY MEETING THAT WE HAD REGARDING HOUSING, WE TOOK THAT INPUT AND THAT INCLUDED MEETINGS WITH DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDERS, COMBINED PUBLIC MEETINGS WHERE EVERYONE WAS WELCOME.

AND WE HAD SEVERAL OUTREACH SESSIONS WITH OUR NONPROFITS AS WELL.

AND THIS, THIS NEXT QUESTION ISN'T NECESSARILY FOR ME, BUT MORE SO FOR THE DISTRICT, FOR THE COMMUNITY.

UM, WHENEVER SOMEONE SUBMITS A SURVEY OR SOMEBODY SUBMITS A COMMENT OR SENDS AN EMAIL, WHO DOES THAT GO TO? OR WHAT HAPPENS WITH IT? WHAT DOES THAT PROCESS LOOK LIKE OF IMPLEMENTATION OF PUBLIC, UH, FEEDBACK? WELL, UM, FOR THIS PROCESS, OF COURSE ALL THE COMMENTS GET INCORPORATED INTO THE CONSOLIDATED PLAN AND THEY GET SUBMITTED TO HUD AS PART OF THAT DOCUMENT.

IT'S OUR PUBLIC, UH, INPUT SESSION AS WELL.

AND SO IT, IT ACTUALLY IS A SECTION OF THE PLAN.

WE'RE SUPPOSED TO GET BACK TO PEOPLE IF WE HAVE THEIR NAME AND CONTACT INFO AND LET 'EM KNOW HOW THEIR INPUT WAS INCORPORATED INTO THE PLAN.

SO THERE'S THAT FEEDBACK LOOP.

SO THAT'S FOR THE HUD CONSOLIDATED PLAN, THE ACTION PLAN.

AND SO WE HAVE THAT AND WE LET PEOPLE KNOW, UM, IN PERSON EMAILS IF WE HAVE THEM.

SO WE TRY AND CONTACT THEM FOR OTHER PROCESSES.

IT'S AT COMMUNITY MEETINGS WHERE WE SAY THIS INPUT WAS CONSIDERED AND RESPONDED TO, THIS IS HOW IT WAS INCORPORATED.

BUT AGAIN, ALL THE COMMENTS VERBATIM THAT WERE EMAILED TO GET SUBMITTED TO HUD.

AND WE HAVE THAT OBLIGATION TO RESPOND AND TELL THEM WE RECEIVED YOUR INPUT AND THIS IS HOW IT WAS INCORPORATED INTO THE DOCUMENT AND HOW IT SHAPED THE ACTUAL DOCUMENT.

THANK YOU FOR THAT.

UM, I ALSO JUST WANNA KNOW, GENERALLY IT'S JUST MY CURIOSITY.

WHAT'S BEEN THE LARGEST CRITIQUE OF THE PLAN AND HOW HAS THAT BEEN ADDRESSED? UM, GOSH, THAT'S A HARD QUESTION TO ANSWER BECAUSE THERE ARE MANY CRITIQUES AND MOSTLY IT, IT, IT JUST REFLECTS THE NEED IN OUR COMMUNITY.

SO THERE'LL BE FOLKS WHO ARGUE WE SHOULD FOCUS MORE ON THE REHAB PORTION.

I THINK YOU HEARD THAT AT THE PUBLIC HEARING.

THERE'LL BE SOME FOLKS THAT SAY PERHAPS WE'RE, YOU KNOW, PUTTING TOO MUCH INTO THE FINANCING CATEGORY.

SO I HEAR ALL SIDES.

AND SO THERE ARE CRITIQUES, BUT A LOT OF IT IS WHERE THOSE INDIVIDUALS FEEL THE RESOURCES SHOULD GO, BUT IT JUST REFLECTS THE NEED IN THE COMMUNITY.

UM, BUT WE'RE PUTTING RESOURCES INTO ALL THE BUCKETS OF ALL THE NEED THAT WE HAVE HEARD.

UM, AND NOT JUST PUTTING EVERYTHING INTO GAP FINANCING OR EVERYTHING INTO REHAB, BUT THERE ARE CRITIQUES ABOUT, YOU KNOW, MORE FOR THIS, LESS FOR THAT.

UM, AND OF COURSE WE ALWAYS GET THE PUBLIC INPUT PROCESS GETS CRITIQUED, UM, ALL THE TIME.

UM, 'CAUSE AS WELL AS WE THINK WE'RE DOING, THERE'S ALWAYS SOMEONE WHO SAYS, BUT I DIDN'T GET AN INVITE OR I DIDN'T GET AN EMAIL.

UM, SO THAT DOES HAPPEN.

SO WE DO GET CRITIQUES ON THAT END SOMETIMES ABSOLUTELY.

UM, THAT'LL BE MY LAST QUESTION FOR NOW.

I GUESS I JUST WANT TO REITERATE, UM, COUNCILMAN COURAGES POINT OF FOR NEXT YEAR, POTENTIALLY MOVING IT EARLIER, I DO STRUGGLE WITH THE FACT THAT WHEN WE WERE SUPPOSED TO HAVE PUBLIC HEARING, VERY FEW PEOPLE, UH, FEEL LIKE THEY WERE INFORMED, AND WE HAD VERY ABYSMAL TURNOUT FOR THAT, AND WE DIDN'T MAKE VERY MUCH EFFORT TO, UH, RESCHEDULE IT FEELS LIKE, OR TO TRY TO GET MORE ANOTHER HEARING, UH, IN ITS PLACE.

UM, SO THAT'S A STRUGGLE OF MINE.

BUT, UM, THAT'LL BE MY LAST QUESTION FOR NOW.

COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ.

ERIC, DID YOU WANNA RESPOND TO ANY OF THE QUESTIONS? Y YEAH, I'LL JUST, I'LL JUST ADD, YOU KNOW, KIND OF GOING OFF OF, UH, COUNCILMAN KURT'S SUGGESTION.

YOU KNOW, UH, PART OF WHAT THE COUNCIL TALKED ABOUT AT THE GOAL SETTING SESSION IN JUNE WAS, UM, REFORMATTING OUR BUDGET SURVEY.

UM, I, I ALSO WANTED TO REMIND THE COUNCIL THAT, UM, THIS IS A, THIS IS KIND OF A FEDERAL PROCESS, AND, AND I THINK WHAT I'M, WHAT MY TAKEAWAY FROM THIS SESSION IS THAT, UM, ADHERING TO THE FEDERAL STANDARDS, WE SHOULD BRING IT BACK INTO HOW WE'RE DOING OTHER THINGS.

UH, AND THAT INCLUDES PARTICIPATION, PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.

WE HAVE AN ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTIVE ON PUBLIC PARTICIPATION THAT OUTLINES, UH, THE, THE REQUIREMENTS TO TAKE DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION.

RIGHT NOW, EVERY SURVEY WE DO, WHETHER IT'S THE ROOSEVELT AVENUE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT OR THE BUDGET SURVEY ON OUR ESSAY SPEAK UP WEBSITE, WE PRODUCE A REPORT WITH ALL THE STATS AND ALL THE DATA AND ALL THE RESPONSES.

SO I THINK,

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I THINK THE TAKEAWAY FOR ME HERE IS THAT THE C D B G AND HOME PROCESS, OF COURSE, ADHERING TO THE FEDERAL STANDARDS, UH, BUILD THAT BACK INTO, UH, OR CLOSER ALIGNED WITH, UH, WHAT WE'RE DOING, EVERYTHING ELSE.

AND WE'LL WORK TO DO THAT NEXT YEAR.

GREAT.

THANKS ERIC.

UM, COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY.

THANK YOU, SIR.

AND THANK YOU FOR THAT, ERIC.

I, I TOTALLY AGREE WITH THAT.

UH, I JUST WANTED TO, UH, PIGGYBACK A LITTLE BIT ON WHAT THE SCOPE OF THIS PROGRAM IS, UH, IN RELATION TO REBUILDING REPAIRS, THAT KIND OF THING.

AND, AND I THINK I ASKED THOSE QUESTIONS DURING OUR GOAL SETTING, UH, SESSION ALSO IS WHAT'S THE SCOPE OF THIS? YOU KNOW, HOW MANY ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? AND I KNOW YOU'RE WORKING ON THAT AS YOU, UH, TOLD COUNCILMAN COURAGE, AND I APPRECIATE THAT BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT, US ALLOCATING THESE FEDERAL FUNDS, I THINK THAT'S GREAT FOR, YOU KNOW, THESE PROGRAMS. UM, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO DIPPING IN OUR GENERAL FUND, THAT'S WHERE I'M GONNA BE PUTTING MY CONCERNS AGAINST THAT.

AND I HEARD THE WORD ARPA OUT THERE ALSO ON, UM, MAYBE DIPPING INTO THOSE FUNDS COMING UP WHENEVER THEY BECOME AVAILABLE AND, UH, TO BE USED.

AND THERE AGAIN, I, I VOICED MY CONCERNS ON THAT BECAUSE, UH, I'M LOOKING AT INFRASTRUCTURE AND ERIC, WE'VE HAD THIS DISCUSSION SEVERAL TIMES ABOUT OUR CRUMBLING INFRASTRUCTURE OUT THERE.

AGAIN, UH, PARTICULARLY OUR STREETS, 400 MILES OF F STREETS, AND THAT'S NOT EVEN COUNTING THE DS AND CS THAT ARE IN POOR CONDITION ALSO, BUT THERE'S A TOTAL PRICE TAG OUT THERE OF $3 BILLION IN INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS HERE IN THIS COMMUNITY.

AND WHEN WE START LOOKING AT THE MONEY THAT SHOULD, IN MY VIEW, SHOULD BE GOING TO THOSE AREAS AND APPLYING 'EM TO OTHER AREAS HERE IN TOWN, I, I GET REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THAT, ABOUT OUR NEIGHBORS IN SAN ANTONIO SAYING, HEY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE PAYING ALL THIS IN THROUGH PROPERTY TAXES AND SALES TAXES AND THROUGH C P SS AND SAWS GETTING THAT REVENUE AS WELL.

UM, AND THEY'RE NOT SEEING ANYTHING IN WHAT THEY BELIEVE THAT THEY SHOULD BE GETTING, UH, WITH THE RETURN ON INVESTMENT ON LIVING IN THIS CITY.

THAT'S, THAT'S VERY CONCERNING TO ME.

SO, UH, I'M JUST REITERATING WHAT I SAID AT THE POLICY, UH, WORKING GROUP BEFORE WE STARTED THE BUDGET THAT, UH, I'LL CONTINUE TO LOOK AT THAT AND MAKE COMMENTS ON THAT AS WE GO.

SO, UM, YEAH, I APPRECIATE THAT.

AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE SCOPING OF THOSE DOLLARS AND WHERE THAT'S GONNA BE GOING AND YOU KNOW, WHAT THE END GAME IS FOR THAT.

COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

THANKS VERO, FOR THE PRESENTATION RIGHT NOW.

HOW MUCH FUNDING DO WE HAVE IN THE MORTGAGE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR WHICH PROGRAMS, MA, TO OFFER MORTGAGE ASSISTANCE TO FOLKS BEHIND CURRENT BUDGET? UM, WE HAD SOME FUNDING THIS YEAR, BUT WE CUT BACK 'CAUSE WE SHIFTED A LOT OF FUNDING TO THE EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

THIS IS ALL THE DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE YOU'RE ASKING ABOUT? YES.

FOR MORTGAGE, IN PARTICULAR.

MORTGAGE.

SO CURRENTLY IN OUR BUDGET, WE HAVE $450,000 FOR THAT.

AND SO THE BUDGET, UH, OUT OF GRANTS IS AN INCREASE FOR THAT.

AND AGAIN, UM, OVER THE LAST 15 MONTHS, WE DIVERTED A LOT OF OUR FUNDING TO THE EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE PROGRAMS THAT DIVERTED FUNDING FOR THAT.

SO IF A HOMEOWNER'S BEHIND ON THEIR MORTGAGE RIGHT NOW, THERE'S FUNDS AVAILABLE TO THEM TO APPLY AND RECEIVE.

ARE YOU, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE EAP PROGRAM, THE EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM? YES.

FOR MORTGAGE.

SO WE ARE OUT OF FUNDS, UH, FOR THE EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE FOR PROGRAM ON THE MORTGAGE SIDE.

WE JUST HEARD THIS WEEK FROM THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS THAT WE DID SO WELL WITH THE GRANT.

WE GOT THAT THEY'RE CONSIDERING US FOR AN ADDITIONAL HALF A MILLION DOLLARS.

UM, SO I HOPE WE GET THAT GRANT SOON.

UM, THAT'LL BE ADDITIONAL, BUT WE STILL HAVE RENTAL.

WE DO NOT HAVE MORTGAGE FUNDS RIGHT NOW FOR EAP.

THAT IS SOMETHING THAT COULD, UH, BE UTILIZED CITYWIDE AS, AS LONG AS THE RESIDENTS WHO BENEFIT FROM THAT FUNDING SUBSIDY ARE 80% A M I OR BELOW.

AND WHEN WE LOOK AT THE PROGRAM, LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, THE AFFORDABLE RENTAL HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CITYWIDE, THOSE ARE FUTURE AND NEW BUILDS.

THOSE ARE NEW PROJECTS FOR, UH, THAT'S GAP FINANCING.

UM, SO THAT IS CITYWIDE, AGAIN, ROOTED IN EQUITY.

SO WE'RE ASKING ABOUT AFFORDABILITY IF IT'S HELPING, UM, LOWER INCOME FAMILIES, IF IT'S HELPING PEOPLE OF COLOR.

BUT

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AND OF COURSE, WE TEND TO GO WITH DEEPER AFFORDABILITY AS WELL FOR RENTAL.

WE'RE TRYING TO CAPTURE FAMILIES AT OR BELOW 60% A A M I IN THOSE GAP FUNDING CATEGORIES.

CAN SOME, OR IF NOT ALL OF THOSE FUNDS BE ALLOCATED REALLOCATED TOWARDS MORTGAGE ASSISTANCE GIVEN THAT WE DO HAVE A HOUSING BOND COMING UP? SHOULDN'T WE BE MEETING THE IMMEDIATE NEEDS OF FOLKS BEHIND ON THEIR MORTGAGES? IT, IT WOULD BE UP TO THE POLICY MAKING BODY TO MAKE THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS.

UM, FOR, FOR THAT PROCESS.

I MEAN, I'M, I'M GETTING A LITTLE AHEAD, BUT I DON'T BELIEVE, YOU KNOW, IF THAT HAPPENS, THE SCHEDULE IS 2022, BUT THE FUNDING WOULDN'T BECOME AVAILABLE UNTIL OCTOBER 1ST, 2022.

SO THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY A, A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TIME FROM TODAY, BUT IT IS POSSIBLE TO REALLOCATE THOSE FUNDS.

SO IT WOULD BE, LOOKING AT IT, IT PROBABLY WOULDN'T IMPACT THE 2022 BUDGET, BUT IT COULD IMPACT THE 2023 BUDGET.

UM, MY NEXT QUESTIONS ARE FOR MICHAEL SHANNON.

GIVEN THE TWO CODE COMPLIANCE OFFICERS THAT ARE FUNDED THROUGH THE HUD PROGRAM, CAN YOU TELL US WHICH DISTRICTS THOSE TWO OFFICERS FUNCTION IN? CURRENTLY WE HAVE, UH, ONE IN DISTRICT FIVE, YOUR DISTRICT, OF COURSE, AND ONE IN DISTRICT THREE.

AND FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS, UM, HAS DISTRICT FIVE HAD A CODE COMPLIANCE OFFICER FUNDED THROUGH THE C B C D B G FUNDS? YES.

CAN YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE CRITERIA THAT, UH, THE CODE COMPLIANCE, UH, NEEDS TO FIT UNDER IN ORDER TO BE FUNDED THROUGH C D G B FUNDS? SURE.

SO, UH, IN GENERAL, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE GIVEN SOME CRITERIA THROUGH THE C D B G, UH, GRANT FUNDED PROGRAM.

THROUGH THE CODE ENFORCEMENT.

UH, THERE ARE, UH, A HIGH LEVEL OF NEED, LOW TO MODERATE, MODERATE INCOME, UH, IS ONE OF THE CRITERIA, UH, HIGH LEVEL OF NEED IN TERMS OF CODE VIOLATIONS PRESENT.

UH, A FEW YEARS AGO, WE USED TO HAVE A THIRD CODE OFFICER, UH, THAT WAS IN DISTRICT TWO.

UH, IT DOES GO INTO SOME OLDER HOUSING STOCK AREAS.

THAT'S GENERALLY ONE OF THE CRITERIA.

UH, BUT IT'S GENERALLY WHERE THERE'S, UH, MORE HOUS, MORE CODE VIOLATIONS, UH, IDENTIFIED TO HELP THEM, UH, GET INTO COMPLIANCE.

THE LAST COUPLE OF FISCAL YEAR BUDGETS, UH, DESCRIBED THE FUNDING AS TARGETED CODE COMPLIANCE.

CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHY IT'S TARGETED? WELL, I THINK THE TERM TARGETED IS WE, WE TAKE THOSE OFFICERS AND WE PUT THEM IN AN AREA.

IT IS NOT INTENDED TO BE A, UH, A REAL NEGATIVE TERM.

IT'S REALLY JUST THIS IS THE AREA THAT WE PUT THEM IN.

THEY STAY WITHIN THEIR BOUNDARY BECAUSE THROUGH THE C D B G CRITERIA AND THE ONES THAT I JUST DESCRIBED, UH, WE PUT THEM IN THAT IDENTIFIED OR TARGETED AREA.

UM, IT'S REALLY NOT INTENDED TO BE, UM, LIKE I SAID, A NEGATIVE, BUT IT JUST MEANS THAT THEY KIND OF GOTTA STAY WITHIN THOSE CENSUS TRACKS IDENTIFIED THROUGH THAT CRITERIA I JUST MENTIONED.

YEAH.

WITHIN DISTRICT FIVE, WHICH CENSUS TRACKS AND ZIP CODES HAVE IT BEEN IDENTIFIED? UH, I'D HAVE TO PULL THAT OUT.

I COULD GET THAT CERTAINLY FOR YOU QUICKLY.

UM, IF YOU GIMME A FEW MINUTES, I CAN GET THAT FOR YOU.

YEAH.

'CAUSE WHEN WE LISTEN TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN PARTICULAR 7 8 2 0 7, THE MOST ECONOMICALLY POOR ZIP CODE IN THE CITY, WE HEAR STORIES ABOUT PRACTICES OF CODE COMPLIANCE, RIGHT.

UM, THAT ARE GETTING ISSUED CODE COMPLIANCE VIOLATIONS THAT ARE LEADING TO NOTICES TO VACATE AND THE EVENTUAL DEMOLITION OF THEIR HOME.

AND WHEN WE LOOK AT THE DATA THROUGH THE BUILDING AND STANDARDS BOARD AND DEMOLITIONS ISSUED BY THE CITY, NOT INITIATED BY A PROPERTY OWNER, THEY'RE DRASTICALLY INCREASING WITHIN DISTRICT FIVE, WITHIN THE 7 8 2 0 7.

RIGHT NOW, WE'RE SEEING THAT THOSE DEMOLITIONS ARE MAKING THEIR WAY TOWARDS OCCUPIED STRUCTURES.

SO THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN HOUSES AND THEY'RE GETTING ISSUED CODE COMPLIANCE CITATIONS, FOR EXAMPLE.

IT STARTS WITH THE GRASS BEING TOO TALL, WHICH IS $300 FINE, A $300 FINE FOR RESIDENTS WITHIN 7 8 2 0 7 $300 IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PAYING RENT, GOING TO THE DOCTOR, KEEPING YOUR LIGHTS ON, KEEPING YOUR WATER ON.

AND WE KNOW THAT IF YOU DON'T HAVE YOUR WATER OR YOUR LIGHT ON, THAT'S A CODE COMPLIANCE VIOLATION.

RIGHT? YES.

IF YOU DON'T HAVE UTILITIES, THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT IS A CODE VIOLATION.

IS NEVER TO KICK ANYBODY, UH, OUT OF THEIR HOME.

AND IF BOTH YOUR WATER AND LID ARE OFF, WHAT'S THE NEXT STEP WITH CODE COMPLIANCE? UH, WE WOULD IDENTIFY THAT AS A NOTICE OF VIOLATION.

UH, WE WOULD LOOK FOR SOME ASSISTANCE IN ANY OF THE CITY PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE TO TRY TO GET THEM, UH, SOME ASSISTANCE TO GET THAT ON.

UH, BUT IF THEY CAN'T GET IT ON OVER A PERIOD OF TIME, UH, IT WOULD LOOK TOWARDS, UH, EITHER A NOTICE TO VACATE AND TRY TO GET THEM INTO A SAFE ENVIRONMENT, MEANING A, A STRUCTURE, A HOUSING THAT HAS PROPERTY UTILITIES, UH, OF COURSE, WATER AND ELECTRICITY ARE DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE SAFETY OF THE STRUCTURE.

SO WE WANT PEOPLE TO BE SAFE.

SO WE WORK, I THINK MEL, UH, MEL'S GROUP AND VETO'S GROUP, WE HAVE, UH, KIND OF SOCIAL WORKERS THAT HELP CONNECT THEM TO SAFE HOUSING WHILE WE FIGURE OUT HOW DO WE GET THEM INTO, UH, A STRUCTURE OR GET THE UTILITIES BACK ON.

UH, BUT THAT'S THE GENERAL PROCESS RIGHT THERE.

BUT THE GOAL IS, I, I SHOULD REITERATE, AND I THINK WE, WE, WE'VE SHARED THIS BEFORE, OUR GOAL

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NOTICE THE VACATE IS REALLY A LAST RESORT.

WE DON'T DO A LOT OF THEM BECAUSE THE GOAL IS TO CORRECT A VIOLATION.

UH, BUT A SAFE, UH, A SAFE HOME WHERE SOMEONE'S LIVING IS, IS KEY.

SO, UH, AGAIN, UM, THAT'S THE NORMAL PROCESS THAT WE GO THROUGH.

BECAUSE WHEN WE LOOK AT THE HEAT MAP OF CITY INITIATED, UH, DEMOLITIONS, RIGHT.

IT OVERLAPS WITH THE CODE COMPLIANCE VIOLATIONS.

AND THIS ALSO OVERLAPS WITH THE, THE LACK OF VACCINATIONS WITHIN THE ZIP CODES.

SO RIGHT.

WE'RE, WE'RE LAGGING AND PRIORITIZING FUNDING FOR HOMEOWNER REHAB PROGRAMS, THE UNDER ONE ROOF PROGRAM.

I'M, I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT IT IS PRIORITIZED WITHIN THIS BUDGET.

HOWEVER, IF CODE COMPLIANCE OFFICERS FUNDED THROUGH THE CG C D V G FUNDS ARE, YOU KNOW, RESULTING IN NOTICES TO VACATE AND DEMOLITIONS, I THINK WE NEED TO RECALIBRATE THAT.

UM, AND IF THERE'S A DISTRICT THAT WOULD LIKE A CODE CONFINED OFFICER AND WE CAN RECALIBRATE TO OFFER THAT OFFICER TO THEM, UM, I, I THINK CAN WE REALIGN WHERE THAT OFFICER'S AT? BECAUSE IF IT'S CAUSING DISPLACEMENT, RIGHT.

UM, THAT'S A HUGE ISSUE.

SURE.

UH, WELL, TWO, I'LL, I'LL JUST MAKE TWO COMMENTS.

WE DO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT OTHER AREAS MM-HMM.

THAT MIGHT FIT THE CRITERIA, UH, AND MOVE THEM AROUND, WHETHER IT'S WITHIN DISTRICT FIVE OR OTHERS THAT HAVE, UH, SIMILAR CRITERIA AREAS.

SO WE, WE HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY AND WE'D BE WILLING TO DO THAT.

ABSOLUTELY.

UM, I THINK THAT'S THE GOAL OF PUTTING IT WHERE IT'S MOST NEEDED AND WANTED.

OF COURSE.

UH, LEMME JUST REITERATE AGAIN, THESE TWO OFFICERS, THESE ARE GENERAL CODE OFFICER POSITIONS.

THESE ARE NOT CODE OFFICERS THAT WORK ON, UH, CASES THAT GO TO THE BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD.

THE BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD OFFICERS ARE DANGEROUS PREMISE OFFICERS.

SO, UM, I COULD WALK YOU THROUGH THAT A LITTLE BIT, BUT AGAIN, GENERAL CODE OFFICERS WILL WORK MORE ON, UH, THE, I I UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS OF, OF OKAY.

THE BUILDING SCIENCE BOARD.

SO THANK YOU.

UM, SO CLEARLY, RIGHT, THAT THERE'S A PATTERN AND THERE'S AN ISSUE, IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY THAT THERE'S ROOM TO SWAP IT OUT WITH SOMETHING THAT PROVIDES RESOURCES TO COMMUNITY RATHER THAN PENALIZING THEM FOR NOT HAVING RESOURCES? UM, AGAIN, UM, IF IT'S REALIGNING AND ENSURING THAT THEY'RE MEETING THE NEEDS OF THE FAR WEST SIDE OF THE DISTRICT OR FAR SOUTH SIDE, BECAUSE THERE IS INCONSISTENCY THAT I'M HEARING FROM MY CONSTITUENTS THAT THE ONES THAT LIVE IN THE FAR WEST SIDE AND THE FAR SOUTH SIDE ARE CALLING CODE COMPLIANCE, AND THEY PAY THEIR TAXES AND DESERVE TO HAVE THEIR NEEDS MET AS WELL.

BUT WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS THAT THERE'S A TARGETED ENFORCEMENT WITHIN OUR MOST ECONOMICALLY POOR AREA THAT'S RESULTING IN THIS PATTERN.

UM, SO IF THERE'S OPPORTUNITY TO RECALIBRATE THAT, I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO ENSURE THAT WE MITIGATE THE DISPLACEMENT OF OUR MOST ECONOMICALLY POOR RESIDENTS.

NO FURTHER COMMENTS.

ERIC, DID YOU WANT TO RESPOND TO ANYTHING? I, I'LL JUST, UM, ADD THAT AND I, UH, THE COUNCILWOMAN MENTIONED, UH, THIS ISSUE TO ME ON FRIDAY.

UM, AND, UM, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, UM, UM, IT'S KNOWN THAT, UH, WE'RE NOT TARGETING ANYWHERE, ANYWHERE IN THE CITY.

UH, THE CITY DOES NOT TARGET PROPERTY OWNERS.

UM, WE DO REACT TO CALLS FOR SERVICE.

UM, WE, UH, TRY OUR BEST TO WORK WITH NEIGHBORS AND CONNECT THEM WITH SERVICES.

UM, BUT TO COUNCILWOMAN CASTILLO'S POINT, UM, THERE'S A BALANCE THAT HAS TO BE MET IN TERMS OF COMMUNITY EDUCATION OPPORTUNITY TO HELP, UH, MAYBE OTHER RESOURCES, LIKE A TOOL SHED, VOLUNTEER EFFORTS.

BUT ALL THOSE THINGS HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER.

IT'S NOT ALL ENFORCEMENT OR NO ENFORCEMENT.

IT'S GOTTA, IT'S GOTTA WORK TOGETHER.

AND, UM, YOU KNOW, COUNCILWOMAN, UH, FRANKLY, I THINK PART OF WHAT, WHAT YOU'LL HEAR AS WE GO THROUGH THE ADOPT THE PROPOSED BUDGET PROCESS, IT WAS THE CONVERSATION WE HAD ABOUT HOW CODE COMPLIANCE CAN, UM, TAKE THAT PROACTIVE AND BE A LITTLE BIT MORE PROACTIVE.

OBVIOUSLY, WE HAVE TO BE REACTIVE TO CALLS FOR SERVICE, BUT WE DON'T WANT THEM, WE DON'T WANT, UH, INDIVIDUALS OR OUR CITIZENS THINKING THAT A, A CITY VEHICLE OR SOMEBODY IN A CITY SHIRT IS TARGETING THEM IN ANY BAD WAY.

UM, BUT IT IS A BALANCE AND, AND WE'RE CERTAINLY COMMITTED TO WORKING WITH YOU ON, ON ANY COUNCIL MEMBERS OR ANY NEIGHBORHOOD TO HELP MITIGATE THAT.

UM, IT IS A BALANCE AND, AND WE'RE COMMITTED TO THAT.

THANK YOU, ERIC.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO, I JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT DUE TO THE HUD REGULATIONS, IT IS TARGETED TO QUOTE UNQUOTE BLIGHTED AREAS.

SO IN ORDER FOR IT TO APPLY, UH, UNDER THE HUD PROGRAM, IT, IT IS TARGETED AND IT'S THE LANGUAGE USED IN IN HUD.

PREY ON, ON NEIGHBORS OR OTHERS, UH, PERHAPS EVEN THOSE IN THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY THAT WANT ACTION AND ARE USING 3 1 1 IN A WAY THAT WOULD TARGET THEIR NEIGHBORS.

AND, AND, AND JUST A, A PORTION OF THIS CONVERSATION WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE, MIKE, UH, YOU AND I, IS, UH, NOT NECESSARILY THE ENFORCEMENT PART OF THIS, BUT, UH, THE USE OF CODE ENFORCEMENT BY, UH, FOLKS TO

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NOT NECESSARILY, UH, IN TERMS OF HOW WE'RE ENFORCING, BUT, UH, THE USE OF 3 1 1 BY THOSE WHO WOULD CALL IN FOR ENFORCEMENT, UH, LOOKING INTO OUR DATA, SEEING IF THERE ARE ACTORS LIKE THAT OUT THERE.

WE HAVE HEARD STORIES BEFORE.

UH, WE HAVEN'T REALLY SEEN ANY DATA YET, BUT, UH, I THINK WE SHOULD BE ON ALERT, UH, FOR THAT TYPE OF BEHAVIOR.

GREAT.

UM, THAT IS EVERYONE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ.

THIS IS GONNA BE, IT'S GONNA BE BRIEF, UM, BUT I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO, UH, BACK COUNCILMAN CASTILLO UP ON, UM, IN HER POINTS, AND I ALSO WANT TO, I DON'T WANNA USE THE WORD CALL IT OUT, BUT CALL IT OUT A LITTLE BIT, IS THAT, UH, COUNCILMAN CASTILLO IS VERY EDUCATED, SPECIFICALLY AS IT RELATES TO HOUSING AND AS IT RELATES TO THESE PROCESSES AND WHATNOT.

AND I'VE SEEN THIS AS A BYSTANDER, IS THAT IT FEELS AS THOUGH CITY STAFF AND OTHER ELECTEDS ARE CONSTANTLY TELLING HER THAT SHE SHOULD CONTINUE TO DO, HER ON SOMETHING OR SHARE, SHARE MORE INFORMATION, INFORMATION THAT SHE'LL PRESENT.

AND SO I JUST WANT US TO, UM, I JUST WANT US TO CHECK OURSELVES ON THAT.