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          [Call to Order]
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           HERE. 
          COUNCIL, COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO, COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE PRESENT AND CHAIRWOMAN ROCHA GARCIA HERE. 
          WE HAVE A QUORUM. 
          THANK YOU EVERYONE, UH, FOR COMING TO OUR PLANNING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE MEETING, UH, FOR OUR VISITORS. 
          WE DO HAVE A FEW THAT ARE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. 
          WE HAVE, UH, AN ITEM FOR APPROVAL OF MINUTES, BUT WE DON'T HAVE THE MINUTES, SO WE'LL JUST MOVE THOSE TO THE NEXT MEETING. 
          THANK YOU 
          [Public Comment]
AGAIN. 
          UH, WE'LL START OFF WITH, UM, ITEM NUMBER ONE, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO START OFF WITH PUBLIC COMMENT FIRST AND THERE'S THREE FOLKS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. 
          AND THE FIRST ONE IS REBECCA FLORES, WHO WILL BE SPEAKING ON AGENDA ITEM AGENDA NUMBER FIVE. 
          WE'LL TAKE THOSE UP AT THE BEGINNING AND THEN WE'LL GO ON TO MORINGGA LINDO, FOLLOWED BY CAROL ARO. 
          SO, UH, MS. FLORES, THE, THE FLORE IS YOURS. 
          YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES THERE. 
          YES. 
          UP. 
          WHERE IS THAT? THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND GOOD MORNING. 
          CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND STAFF AM SPEAKING ABOUT THE FEE WAIVERS AND, UH, BECAUSE THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, I'M BEGINNING TO HEAR MORE AND MORE ABOUT. 
          I KNOW THESE FEE WAIVERS COME FROM THE CITY AND FROM SAWS. 
          I DON'T KNOW FROM WHICH OTHER AGENCIES WHERE FEES ARE WAIVED SO THAT BUILDINGS CAN BE BUILT FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          SO THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT'S A LOT OF MONEY THAT'S COMING OUT OF OUR POCKETS. 
          THE WAY I UNDERSTAND IT IS THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF HOUSING TAX CREDITS, THE COMPETITIVE, WHICH IS 9%, AND THE NON-COMPETITIVE, WHICH IS 4%. 
          THE 9% HOUSING TAX CREDITS PROJECTS DO NOT NEED TO BE THE PRIORITY FOR FEE WAIVERS. 
          PROJECTS THAT RECEIVE THE 4% HOUSING TAX CREDIT NEED THE FEE WAIVER ASSISTANCE. 
          IT IS A RED FLAG FOR ME WHEN BIG DEVELOPERS, SUCH AS N R P CLAIM THAT THE 9% TAX CREDIT DEALS NEED C CITY FEE WAIVERS AND ALSO FUNDING FROM THE 2022 PROPOSED FUNDING. 
          THAT SHOULD BE A RED FLAG FOR YOU TOO. 
          NOW IS THE TIME FOR THE CITY TO POINT TO THE NEED AND GOALS SET BY THE STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN. 
          THE SHIP, AS WE CALL IT, THE SHIP, COMES OUT OF THE HOUSING POLICY FRAMEWORK OF 2018. 
          THAT'S ALREADY THREE YEARS GONE BY, AND WE STILL HAVEN'T DONE TOO MUCH ON THIS FRAMEWORK TODAY. 
          WE CONTINUE TO SEE THIS CITY IN THE MIDST OF A HOUSING CRISIS THIS SATURDAY, THE HOUSELESS WILL BE MARCHING IN THE STREETS OF SAN ANTONIO, CLAMORING FOR YOUR ATTENTION, CLAMORING FOR THE ATTENTION TO THOSE WHO ARE MARGINALIZED IN THIS CITY. 
          AND I THINK AS WE GET INTO OUR VERY COMFORTABLE LIVES, WE FORGET THAT THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE LIVING IN THE VERY MARGINS OF SOCIETY AND THEY NEED OUR ATTENTION. 
          THEY NEED OUR CITY TAX DOLLARS TO TAKE, GIVE THEM HOUSING THAT THEY CAN LIVE IN. 
          RENTAL UNITS THAT ARE BEING DEVELOPED WITH OUR TAX DOLLARS ARE SHUTTING OUT THOSE SAME FAMILIES IN THE GREATEST NEED FOR HOUSING. 
          THE CITY SHOULD BEGIN TO REQUIRE UNITS DEVELOPED AND FINANCED BY TAXPAYERS, BY US TAXPAYERS, FOR FAMILIES EARNING LESS THAN $25,000 A YEAR, THAT DEVELOPERS WHO ARE FOCUSED ON BUILDING THESE UNITS BE THE ONES THAT ARE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE THE MAXIMUM IN CITY FEE WAIVERS. 
          THE CITY SHOULD ALSO MAKE THIS A PRIORITY FOR FUNDING FROM THE 2022 BOND PROGRAMS. THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MS. FLORES. 
          MARING GALINDO, FOLLOWED BY CAROL LARO. 
          HMM. 
          MY NAME'S MAUREEN GALINDO. 
          UM, I FIRST WANNA SAY THAT I HAVE VERY LITTLE RESPECT FOR THE COLONIAL SYSTEMS THAT THIS REPRESENTS. 
          UM, EVER SINCE I MOVED BACK TO SAN ANTONIO AND TO SOAP WORKS AND TOWN CENTER APARTMENTS AND WATCHED OVER A YEAR AND A HALF, 380 OF MY NEIGHBORS LOSE THEIR HOMES DRAMATICALLY. 
          I MEAN, I SAW PEOPLE HAVE STROKES AFTER LEAVING, GETTING THEIR RENT INCREASES OR EVICTION NOTICES FROM THE RENT INCREASES. 
          UM, I RECOGNIZED WHAT THE HISTORY OF SAN ANTONIO ACTUALLY IS, WHAT THE SAN PEDRO CREEK WAS BUILT FOR. 
          IF YOU GO THERE, THAT WATERFALL, WHAT THE STARS IS ACTUALLY THE CONSTELLATIONS OF THE NIGHT IN 1718 
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THAT THE SPANISH CAME HERE, HAD PLANNED FOR YEARS TO COME HERE TO THE LAND OF SPIRIT WATERS, WHERE THERE WAS WATER READILY AVAILABLE, PRIME RESOURCE, PRIME LANDS, AND SAID, HEY, WE HAVE THIS PIECE OF PAPER THAT SAYS THIS IS OURS NOW, THIS DOESN'T BELONG TO YOU ANYMORE. 
          AND MOVED THE PEOPLE DISPLACED, THE PEOPLE THAT WERE LIVING HERE. 
          I WATCHED THAT HAPPEN TO MY NEIGHBORS. 
          ALL OF THE WORKING CLASS PEOPLE OF DOWNTOWN SAN ANTONIO. 
          THAT CREEK IS GONNA RUN TWO MILES DOWN TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT, UM, THE SPEAKER BEFORE ME, REBECCA FLORES LIVES IN, ALL OF HER NEIGHBORS ARE GETTING HARASSED BY DEVELOPERS TO MOVE OUT MORE DISPLACEMENT, MORE COLONIAL FEATURES, RIGHT? LIKE ALL OF THESE PIECES OF PAPER THAT WE SAY, HEY, THIS IS OURS NOW. 
          HEY, THIS COSTS THIS NOW. 
          HEY, OUR BUDGET SAYS THAT YOU GET THIS MUCH IN TAX CREDITS. 
          I LOOKED AT THE BUDGET OF LAST YEAR, MARIA, BE ABEL ACTUALLY HAD ME OVER GO THROUGH EVERY SINGLE PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE FOR HOUSING THAT IS PART OF THE BUDGET. 
          WHAT'S IN THERE IS A TOTAL GUESS. 
          IT'S AN ECONOMIC GUESS OF WHAT THIS LAND IS GOING TO BE WORTH 20 AND 30 YEARS FROM NOW. 
          IT DOESN'T EVEN MAKE SENSE FOR RIGHT NOW. 
          WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ECONOMY IS GONNA BE LIKE IN 20, 30 YEARS. 
          THERE'S JUST A BUNCH OF PEOPLE DICTATING WHAT THIS LAND IS VAL VALUED RIGHT NOW, HOW MUCH THEY SHOULD GIVE TO THE DEVELOPERS SO THAT WE HAVE SO MUCH HYPOTHETICALLY IN TAX REVENUE IN 20 AND 30 YEARS. 
          IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE FOR RIGHT NOW. 
          AND WHAT HAPPENS, I WAS ON A CALL LAST WEEK, STORY AFTER STORY AFTER STORY OF PEOPLE IN CHARGE OF SAN ANTONIO HAVING THESE ONE-ON-ONE RELATIONSHIPS, RELATIONSHIPS, FRIENDSHIPS. 
          I'M NOT EVEN JUST TALKING ABOUT HAVING MEETINGS WITH FRIENDSHIPS WITH DEVELOPERS WHO THEY'RE HANDING OUR LAND AWAY TO. 
          WHAT DOES THIS SOUND LIKE THE COLONIZATION OF SAN ANTONIO 300 YEARS AGO? IT'S THE SAME THING. 
          GO DOWN TO THE MISSIONS, READ THE STORIES. 
          WE HIDE IT. 
          WE HIDE THE DISPLACEMENT. 
          THAT CAN'T HAPPEN ANYMORE. 
          IT IS ECONOMICALLY NOT OKAY. 
          IT'S NOT OKAY TO DISPLACE PEOPLE. 
          IT COSTS MONEY. 
          WE DON'T HAVE THAT ANYWHERE IN THE BUDGET, AT LEAST THE BUDGET THAT I SAW LAST YEAR. 
          NOWHERE IN THE BUDGET DID IT ACCOUNT FOR ANTI DISPLACEMENT. 
          I'VE BEEN FOLLOWING THE MAYOR'S HOUSING POLICY TASK FORCE. 
          I WAS AT THE FIRST MEETING AND ALL OF THE COMMUNITY MEETINGS AFTER THAT AND HAVE BEEN A HEAVY PART OF THE RISK MITIGATION POLICY THAT BECAME EAB WAS HIGHLY APPROPRIATED, BROUGHT TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. 
          AND NOW OUR ENTIRE COUNTRY IS ABOUT TO HAVE A, UM, EVICTION FALLOUT BECAUSE OF THE PROGRAM HERE IN SAN ANTONIO BEING CONSULTED TO AS IF IT WAS OKAY. 
          NO, WE WERE ALWAYS SAYING THAT PROGRAM WAS NO GOOD. 
          BUT MY POINT IS THAT MAYOR'S HOUSING POLICY TASK FORCE WAS SUPPLY AND ANTI DISPLACEMENT. 
          N H S D AND ITS LEADERSHIP DOES NOT FOCUS ON THE ANTI-DISPLACEMENT. 
          THEY HAVE NO SPACE FOR COMMUNITY. 
          I MYSELF HAVE BEEN TRAINED IN SOCIOLOGY AND COMMUNITY PSYCHOLOGY. 
          I'M CURRENTLY TRAINING IN MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPY AND SEXOLOGY. 
          I HAVE A LOT TO SAY AND A LOT OF KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE SCIENCE OF POWER DYNAMICS AND WHAT IT DOES TO THE HUMAN PSYCHE. 
          WHEN YOU CONSOLIDATE POWER, SUCH HAS BEEN HAPPENING SINCE THE COLONIZATION OF THIS LAND. 
          WHEN YOU CONSOLIDATE PER POWER AT A SINGLE PERSON OR AT A SINGLE ENTITY, IT GETS DYSFUNCTIONAL SCIENTIFICALLY. 
          THERE IS NO WAY TO CONSOLIDATE POWER AND IT NOT GET DYSFUNCTIONAL. 
          AND FOR PEOPLE TO NOT BE HEARD, THAT POWER HAS TO COME FROM SOMEWHERE. 
          THAT POWER COMES FROM THE PEOPLE BELOW IT. 
          I HEARD THAT THE CHO HAS BEEN CHOSEN. 
          IT IS NOTHING WHAT THE MAYOR'S HOUSING POLICY TASK FORCE RECOMMENDED. 
          IT'S SOMEBODY THAT IS GOING TO REPORT TO AN ENTITY, A CONSOLIDATED OF POWER ENTITY THAT DOES NOT GET THE INFORMATION TO CITY COUNCIL. 
          I HAVE WATCHED ALL OF THE ANTI DISPLACEMENT STUFF OVER THE PAST COUPLE YEARS HAPPEN IN THE BACKGROUND AND NONE OF CITY COUNCIL KNOWS BECAUSE IT DOESN'T GET PAST N H S D LEADERSHIP. 
          IT FUNNELS THROUGH THERE AND WEAKENED PIECES OF DATA GETS TO Y'ALL. 
          JUST WANNA SEE SOME ACCOUNTABILITY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU MS. GALINDO. 
          CAROL ARO. 
          HI. 
          UM, SO I'M THINKING THIS IS WHAT I'VE BEEN ASKING Y'ALL OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN. 
          I KNOW MARIO'S NEW, UM, TERRY'S NEW, UM, AND OTHER CITY COUNCIL PERSONS. 
          I THINK YOUR SISTER WAS ALREADY HERE, SO YOU'RE NOT KIND OF NEW. 
          SO JOHN, COURAGE, YOU'VE BEEN HERE. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, SORRY, I'M TRYING NOT TO CRY. 
          OKAY. 
          I'M THINKING I KEEP ASKING THE CITY COUNCIL, PLEASE HELP. 
          PLEASE HELP THE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE BEING EVICTED, THAT ARE CONSTANTLY BEING EVICTED. 
          EVERY SINGLE DAY PEOPLE ARE FALLING INTO HOUSELESSNESS. 
          I KEEP ASKING CITY COUNCIL TO 
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LOOK AT THE SOLUTIONS THAT ARE BEFORE YOU. 
          YOU HAVE 200% SOLUTIONS ALL AROUND YOU IN THIS CITY THAT YOU CAN RESOLVE HOUSELESSNESS IN A HEARTBEAT. 
          AND I'LL BE WELCOME TO ENTERTAIN THOSE SOLUTIONS TO Y'ALL. 
          BUT I THINK I'M STARTING TO REALIZE THAT WHAT MAY BE HOLDING THE CITY COUNCIL BACK IS FEAR. 
          OBVIOUSLY NOT A COUPLE OF PEOPLE RIGHT, THAT ARE STILL GOING OUT THERE AND TALKING, BUT MAYBE WHAT'S HOLDING BACK THE CITY COUNCIL IS YOUR FEAR. 
          BECAUSE I NOTICED IN MY OWN PERSONAL LIFE WHEN I EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF MY HUSBAND IN 2016, WHEN I FOUND HIM, I DIDN'T WANNA DEAL WITH HIS DEATH. 
          I DIDN'T WANNA DEAL WITH BEING LONELY. 
          I DIDN'T WANNA DEAL WITH THE FACT THAT I WAS GONNA BE HOMELESS THE REST OF MY LIFE, CHRONICALLY HOMELESS TEMPORARILY REHOUSED. 
          AND I DIDN'T WANNA HEAR THE NAME CAROL ANN ANYMORE. 
          I DIDN'T WANNA FACE THE FEAR OF WHAT THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN TO, WHAT'S GONNA BE HAPPENING TO ME AFTER HIS DEATH. 
          SO I CHANGED MY NAME TO MOLLY WRIGHT. 
          SO I'VE BEEN MOLLY, I'VE BEEN JUST MOLLY, I'VE BEEN MOLLY WRIGHT IN THE PUBLIC BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANNA FACE THAT FEAR. 
          BUT TODAY IT STOPS. 
          I'M GONNA FACE MY FEAR AND I'M GONNA BE WHO I WAS BORN TO BE AND I'M GONNA DEAL AND COPE WITH THAT LOSS THAT I THOUGHT THAT I DEALT AND COPED WITH, BUT I DIDN'T. 
          AND I ASK ALL OF YOU TO PLEASE COME FORWARD AND HELP THE HOUSE'S COMMUNITY PLEASE AND HELP THE PEOPLE THAT ARE BEING, BEING EVICTED, THAT ARE THIS CLOSE TO BEING HOUSELESS. 
          WE NEED TO REVISIT. 
          I CAME AS I CAME TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND I ASKED Y'ALL TO PLEASE VOTE FOR A THING. 
          I THINK IT WAS CALLED RIGHT TO CURE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, WHERE IT GAVE A EVICTED RENTERS, IT GAVE THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO TIME TO PAY OFF LANDLORD'S ARREARS. 
          IT, IT EN IT ENCOURAGED THE LANDLORDS TO ACCEPT THE CITY ASSISTANCE. 
          THIS ORDINANCE WAS LIKE THE BEST THING THAT COULD HAVE HELPED RENTERS, AT LEAST FOR 30 TO 60 DAYS, I THINK IT WAS. 
          BUT BACK THEN, Y'ALL SHUT IT DOWN. 
          SO IF YOU CAN PLEASE, PLEASE BRING IT BACK. 
          WE DON'T HAVE THE C D C DECLARATION, WE DON'T HAVE ANY PROTECTIONS. 
          THE PEOPLE DON'T HAVE ANY HELP AT ALL. 
          BUT PLEASE FACE YOUR FEAR, COME FORWARD AND HELP THE EVICT, THE PEOPLE THAT ARE BEING HOUSELESS, THAT ARE BECOMING HOMELESS. 
          AND THANK YOU REBECCA FLORES FOR, UM, PUTTING IN THAT THE MARCH. 
          I SENT Y'ALL AN EMAIL RECENTLY AND I'M COMING OPEN ABOUT WHO I AM AND STUFF. 
          AND I'M ASKING, PLEASE BE PRESENT. 
          MAKE A STAND SHOW UP TO THE MARCH THIS SATURDAY AT 9:00 AM BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW ANY OTHER NEED THAT IS MORE PRESSING THAN WHAT WE'RE FACING IN OUR HOUSING CRISIS. 
          PRE C DURING C O V I POST COVID. 
          THANK YOU MS. THANK YOU MS. AGUILA. 
          SO ONE MORE THING. 
          YOUR ABSENCE CITY COUNCIL ABSENCE WILL SPEAK VOLUMES IF YOU DON'T SHOW UP TO TAKE A STAND. 
          'CAUSE IF YOU CANNOT STAND FOR THE HOUSE'S COMMUNITY, I DON'T SEE WHO YOU CAN STAND UP FOR. 
          THANK YOU, UH, TO OUR SPEAKERS TODAY FOR SIGNING UP FOR PUBLIC 
          [1. Briefing and possible action on SA Tomorrow Comprehensive Plan Implementation [Roderick Sanchez, Assistant City Manager; Bridgett White, Director, Planning]]
COMMENT. 
          WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER ONE, WHICH IS A BRIEFING AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE ESSAY TOMORROW, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IMPLEMENTATION AND WILL BE PRESENTED BY BRIDGET WHITE. 
          UH, MS. BRIDGET, THE FLOOR'S. 
          YOURS, UH, GOOD MORNING COMMITTEE MEMBERS AT THE BUDGET WORK SESSION. 
          TWO WEEKS AGO, I PROVIDED AN OVERVIEW OF THE DEPARTMENT WORK PLAN, WHICH TOUCHED ON IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ESSAY TOMORROW COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. 
          THE PRESENTATION THIS MORNING WILL FOCUS ON IMPLEMENTATION A AND AS REQUESTED BY CHAIR ROJA GARCIA, HOW WE ARE INTEGRATING E EQUITY INTO OUR IMPLEMENTATION EFFORTS. 
          THIS PRESENTATION WILL BE THE FIRST OF THREE ON IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ESSAY. 
          TOMORROW PLANS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY THE OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY ON THE SUSTAINABILITY PLAN AND THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT ON THE MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION PLAN IN UPCOMING MONTHS. 
          AS A MATTER OF BACKGROUND, OUR CITYWIDE LONG RANGE POLICY DOCUMENT, THE COMP, THE ESSAY TOMORROW COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WAS ADOPTED IN AUGUST OF 2016. 
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THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN INCLUDES GOALS AND POLICIES THAT SET THE DIRECTION OF HOW OUR COMMUNITY WILL RESPOND TO PROJECTIVE GROWTH BY ADDRESSING CHALLENGES RELATED TO THE NINE PLAN ELEMENTS SHOWN ON THE SLIDE. 
          AS YOU CAN SEE, THE WIDE RANGING PLAN ELEMENTS, MANY CITY DEPARTMENTS AND EXTERNAL A AGENCIES HAVE A ROLE IN IMPLEMENTING THE SA TOMORROW COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THROUGH DIFFERENT PROGRAMS, POLICIES AND INITIATIVES. 
          THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT ITSELF HAS MULTIPLE INITIATIVES TO SERVE THE IM TO IMPLEMENT THE SA TOMORROW COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. 
          CURRENTLY, THESE INCLUDE THE DEVELOPMENT OF AREA SPECIFIC PLANS, UPDATING THE CITY'S REGIONAL GROWTH POLICIES, DRAFTING DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS AS PART OF THE FIVE-YEAR U D C AMENDMENT PROCESS, AND AN ESSAY TOMORROW RELATED COMPREHENSIVE ZONING PROGRAM. 
          THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ALSO OUTLINES A SET OF BUILDING BLOCKS THAT GUIDE AND HELP PRIORITIZE PLANNING, DESIGN AND INVESTMENT MOVING FORWARD. 
          AS NOTED ON THIS SLIDE, THE BUILDING BLOCKS ARE COMMUNITY AREAS, REGIONAL CENTERS, URBAN CENTERS, AND CORRIDORS. 
          THESE BUILDING BLOCKS SERVE AS THE BASIS FOR THE DEPARTMENT'S SUBAR PLANNING AND CORRIDOR PLANNING PROGRAMS, WHICH ARE OUR PRIMARY IMPLEMENTATION ACTIVITIES RELATED TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, THE 30 SUBAR, THE 30 SA TOMORROW SUB AREA PLANS INCLUDE 13 REGIONAL CENTERS THAT ARE EXISTING ECONOMIC ACTIVITY CENTERS AND 17 COMMUNITY AREAS MADE UP OF SMALLER COMMUNITY SCALE URBAN CENTERS AND SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          THE SUB AREA PLANNING EFFORTS FORMULATE DETAILED RECOMMENDATIONS RELATED TO LAND USE, FOCUS AREAS AND CORRIDORS, MOBILITY, PUBLIC SPACE AND HOUSING THAT ALIGN WITH THE CITY'S OVERARCHING VISION AND HELP IMPLEMENT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. 
          WE WORK CLOSELY WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS WHEN DEVELOPING THE PLANNED FRAMEWORK RECOMMENDATIONS SUCH AS NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES, TRANSPORTATION, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AS WELL AS PARTNER AGENCIES SUCH AS VIA AND SARAH. 
          THIS COLLABORATION DURING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PLANS ENSURES BUY-IN AND UNDERSTANDING RELATED TO POLICY IMPLEMENTATION. 
          THE PLANS ARE BEING COMPLETED IN FIVE PHASES WITH SIX PLANS PER PHASE, ENSURING A CONSISTENT AND COHESIVE FUTURE LAND USE MAP FOR THE ENTIRE CITY WHEN COMPLETE. 
          AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DOES NOT HAVE TODAY. 
          WE'VE COMPLETED AND ADOPTED FIVE REGIONAL CENTER PLANS, AND WE ARE IN THE FINAL STAGES OF DRAFTING FOUR ADDITIONAL REGIONAL CENTER PLANS AND THREE COMMUNITY AREA PLANS. 
          ONCE DRAFTED, EACH PLAN IS MADE AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC REVIEW AND COMMENT REVISED AS NEEDED BY THE PLAN'S PROJECT MANAGER, AND THEN TAKEN THROUGH THE ADOPTION PROCESS. 
          THAT INCLUDES BRIEFINGS AND PUBLIC HEARINGS WITH PLANNING COMMISSION AND CITY COUNCIL. 
          AS FAR AS EQUITY IN OUR PLANNING EFFORTS, EQUITY IS ONE OF THE FIVE CROSS-CUTTING THEMES THAT WERE IDENTIFIED IN THE ESSAY TOMORROW SUSTAINABILITY PLAN AND INCORPORATED INTO THE GOALS, POLICIES, AND STRATEGIES OF THE S H M R COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. 
          THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT WORKS CLOSELY WITH THE OFFICE OF EQUITY AND IS COMMITTED TO EQUITY THROUGHOUT THE PLANNING PROCESSES, PUBLIC OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS AND IMPLEMENTATION ACTIVITIES. 
          THE RIGHT OF THE SLIDE SHOWS THE POLICY GUIDE PREPARED BY THE AMERICAN PLANNING ASSOCIATION CALLED PLANNING FOR EQUITY, WHICH HELPS US UNDERSTAND THE NATURE OF INEQUITIES AND EXPLICIT WAYS OF REMOVING BARRIERS AND POLICIES AND REGULATIONS THAT PERPE PERPETUATE INEQUITY. 
          THE APAS PLANNING FOR EQUITY POLICY GUIDE COVERS A VARIETY OF POLICY RELATED TOPICS SUCH AS GENTRIFICATION, ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, EMPOWERMENT, EDUCATION, ENERGY RESOURCE CONSUMPTION, HEALTH EQUITY, HERITAGE PRESERVATION, HOUSING, MOBILITY AND TRANSPORTATION, AS WELL AS PUBLIC SPACES IN PLACES. 
          AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT OVERLAP IN THE POLICY AREAS ADDRESSED IN THE APAS GUIDE, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ELEMENTS AND THE SUB AREA PLAN FRAMEWORK. 
          AND SO AS A CROSS-CUTTING THEME, EQUITY SERVED AS THE LENS THROUGH WHICH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN RECOMMENDATIONS WERE EVALUATED, AND WE CONTINUE TO APPLY AN EQUITY LENS WHEN IMPLEMENTING THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THROUGH OUR SUB AREA AND CORRIDOR PLANNING, AS WELL AS THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT'S OTHER PROGRAMS. THIS ALSO MEANS ACKNOWLEDGING THE PAST POLICIES, THE PLANNERS, MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS, AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAVE ENACTED THAT NEGATIVELY AFFECTED SOME COMMUNITIES WHILE BENEFITING OTHERS. 
          THESE POLICIES ACCUMULATE OVER TIME IMPACTING OUR CURRENT LAND USE PATTERNS. 
          OUR CURRENT INEQUITIES DID NOT HAPPEN BY ACCIDENT. 
          WHILE IT'S ILLEGAL TO DISCRIMINATE ON THE BASIS OF RACE TODAY, WE STILL SEE THE LEGACY OF PAST POLICIES IN CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. 
          TWO PAST LAND POLICIES THAT CONTINUE TO HAVE LONG LASTING EFFECTS 
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IN SAN ANTONIO ARE REDLINING FROM THE 1930S AND FORTIES AND THE URBAN RENEWAL FROM THE 1950S THROUGH EIGHTIES. 
          THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S PRACTICE OF REDLINING LED TO SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION IN MORTGAGE LENDING AND BUSINESS INVESTMENTS IN NEIGHBORHOODS WITH PREDOMINANTLY MINORITY AND IMMIGRANT POPULATIONS. 
          A FEW DECADES AFTER REDLINING, MANY OF THOSE SAME AREAS DEEMED HAZARDOUS WERE THEN DESIGNATED AS SLUMS AND SLATED FOR URBAN RENEWAL PROJECTS. 
          THE HIGHWAYS ON EITHER SIDE OF DOWNTOWN AND THE HEMISPHERE DEVELOPMENT WERE PREVIOUSLY NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WERE DEMOLISHED THROUGH URBAN RENEWAL. 
          THE PLANNERS OF THE DAY WERE TAKING ON URBAN RENEWAL PROJECTS IN THE NAME OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND LARGER PUBLIC BENEFITS, BUT THIS OFTEN CAME AT THE EXPENSE OF LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES AND COMMUNITIES OF COLOR. 
          WE MUST TAKE THIS HISTORY INTO ACCOUNT AS WE PLAN FOR TOMORROW. 
          THE FIRST MAP ON THE LEFT IS A DIGITIZED VERSION OF THE REDLINING MAP WE JUST SAW IN THE PREVIOUS SLIDE. 
          THE MAP IN THE CENTER FROM THE EQUITY ATLAS CREATED BY THE OFFICE OF EQUITY SHOWS THE CURRENT CONCENTRATIONS OF LOW INCOME RESIDENTS AND PEOPLE OF COLOR BY CENSUS TRACTED. 
          AS YOU CAN SEE, THE PATTERNS ARE VERY SIMILAR. 
          THE MAP ON THE RIGHT REPLICATES THE ANALYSIS OF THE OFFICE OF EQUITY CONDUCTED FOR THE EQUITY MATRIX. 
          HOWEVER, INSTEAD OF USING CENSUS TRACTS AS THE GEOGRAPHY, WE ARE USING THE SA TOMORROW SUB AREAS. 
          THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT USES THIS TYPE OF DEMOGRAPHIC DATA AND EQUITY ANALYSIS TO BETTER UNDERSTAND EACH PLANNING AREA AND BASED ON THE DATE OF TWO SUB AREAS, THE WEST SIDE AND EAST SIDE COMMUNITY AREAS, THEY BOTH HAVE HIGH LEVELS OF PEOPLE OF COLOR AND HAVE A LOW MEDIAN INCOME, GIVING THEM THE HIGHEST COMBINED EQUITY SCORE OF 10. 
          THOSE TWO ALSO HAVE A COMBINED POPULATION OF OVER 140,000 OR ROUGHLY 10% OF THE CITY'S POP OVERALL POPULATION. 
          THESE TWO AREAS WERE INCLUDED IN THE FIRST TWO PHASES OF THE SUB AREA PLANNING S. 
          HERE'S THE SA TOMORROW SUB AREAS EQUITY SCORES MAP ALONG WITH THE ACTUAL DATA RELATED TO THE TWO COMPONENTS OF THE EQUITY SCORE, POPULATION OF COLOR AND MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME. 
          18 OF THE 30 SUB AREAS HAVE A COMBINED EQUITY SCORE OF SEVEN OR GREATER, AND THESE AREAS ENCOMPASS OVER 50% OF THE CITY'S TOTAL POPULATION. 
          SO PRIOR TO THE SA TOMORROW SUB AREA PLANNING PROCESS, NEIGHBORHOOD AND COMMUNITY PLANNING EFFORTS DID NOT OCCUR CONSISTENTLY ACROSS THE CITY. 
          SOME AREAS WERE THE SUBJECT OF MULTIPLE PLANS WHILE OTHERS WERE OMITTED ENTIRELY. 
          AND THAT'S SHOWN ON THE MAP ON THE LEFT. 
          THE SA TOMORROW SUB AREA PLANNING PROCESS IS INTENDED TO ENSURE A MORE EFFICIENT, COORDINATED AND EQUITABLE STRUCTURE FOR PLANNING ACROSS THE ENTIRE CITY. 
          THE 13 REGIONAL CENTERS ARE SHOWN IN SHADES OF BLUE, AND THE 17 COMMUNITY AREAS ARE SHOWN IN SHADES OF ORANGE OR YELLOW ON THE MAP ON THE RIGHT. 
          WHILE THE PLANNING PROCESS WILL BE SIMILAR ACROSS ALL PLAN AREAS AND PLAN TYPES, THE PROCESS WILL ALSO BE TAILORED TO EACH AREA INDIVIDUALLY. 
          WE ACTIVELY ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY TO DETERMINE THE AREA'S SPECIFIC ASSETS, CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES TO DEVELOP THE COMMUNITY'S VISION AND GOALS, AND TO PRIORITIZE POLICIES AND IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES. 
          PUBLIC OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS ARE ALSO CUSTOMIZED TO THE NEEDS OF THE PLAN AREA'S, RESIDENTS AND WORKFORCE. 
          COVID OF COURSE, DISRUPTED THE DEPARTMENT'S IN-PERSON PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS, DELAYING COMPLETION OF OUR CURRENT PROJECTS. 
          IN RESPONSE TO THE DEPARTMENT TURNED TO VIRTUAL ENGAGEMENT, INCLUDING VIRTUAL PLANNING TEAM MEETINGS, COMMUNITY MEETINGS, STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS, AND DIGITAL WORKSHOPS. 
          AND WE ALSO EXPANDED OUR ONLINE RESOURCES SUCH AS PRERECORDED, BILINGUAL PRESENTATIONS AND MATERIALS, DIGITAL DRAFT CONTENT, AND ONLINE COMMENT SUBMISSIONS THROUGH THE PROJECT WEBSITES. 
          WHILE MANY PEOPLE HAVE GROWN MORE COMFORTABLE AND ACCUSTOMED TO ONLINE DIGITAL ENGAGEMENT, WE DO NOT RELY ON EMAIL AND SOCIAL MEDIA ALONE. 
          TO INFORM THE COMMUNITY OF ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR COMMUNITY MEETINGS, WE MAIL BILINGUAL POSTCARDS TO EVERY MAILING ADDRESS IN THE PLAN AREA, THEREBY REACHING NOT ONLY PROPERTY OWNERS BUT EVERY RESIDENT AND BUSINESS IN THE AREA. 
          THESE MAILINGS INFORM RESIDENTS OF VIRTUAL MEETINGS, BUT ALSO DIRECT THEM TO ADDITIONAL RESOURCES AND PROVIDE CONTACT INFORMATION FOR THE PROJECT MANAGER AND SPANISH SPEAKING STAFF. 
          GOING FORWARD, WE'LL CONTINUE TO TO INCORPORATE VIRTUAL ENGAGEMENT TOOLS AS APPROPRIATE TO SUPPLEMENT OUR IN-PERSON ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS, WHILE ALSO LOOKING FORWARD TO NEW AND CREATIVE WAYS TO ENGAGE THE PUBLIC SO THEY CAN HAVE INPUT INTO THE PLANNING PROCESS. 
          SO AS MENTIONED EARLIER, THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT HAS MULTIPLE PROJECTS THAT SERVE TO IMPLEMENT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IN ADDITION TO THE SUB AREA PLANS. 
          ANOTHER ONGOING PROJECT IS PHASE ONE OF THE BENDERA ROAD CORRIDOR FROM LOOP 1604 TO FOUR 10. 
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THIS WILL RESULT IN THE FIRST ESSAY TOMORROW QUARTER PLAN, ONE OF THE BUILDING BLOCKS SHOWN ON SLIDE FIVE. 
          SOME KEY CORRIDOR PLAN ELEMENTS INCLUDE LAND USE AND DESIGN, MULTI-MODAL MOBILITY IMPROVEMENTS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND AN IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY. 
          ONCE THE CITY HAS ADOPTED THIS CORRIDOR PLAN, WE'LL WORK WITH TXDOT TO ENSURE COORDINATION WITH THE PLAN AND SUPPORT THEIR WORK MOVING FORWARD IN THE COMPLETION OF THEIR ROADWAY DESIGNS. 
          AS PART OF THE FISCAL 2022 BUDGET, THE DEPARTMENT RECEIVED FUNDS FOR PHASE TWO OF THIS CORRIDOR FROM LOOP FOUR 10 TO COLLIBRA ROAD, AND AS WELL AS WELL AS THE GOLDHEAD ROAD REVITALIZATION PLAN, WHICH WAS IDENTIFIED AS A PRIORITY IN THE BROOKS AREA REGIONAL CENTER PLAN THAT WAS ADOPTED IN MAY OF 2019. 
          AS THE SUB AREA PLANNING PROCESS MOVES FORWARD, WE ANTICIPATE ANTICIPATE ADDITIONAL ROADWAY CORRIDORS BEING IDENTIFIED FOR FUTURE CORRIDOR AND REVITALIZATION PLANNING EFFORTS ALONG WITH PLANNING IN THE CITY. 
          WE'LL ALSO CONTINUE FOCUSING ON GROWTH MANAGEMENT WITHIN OUR E T J. 
          THE REGIONAL PLANNING WORK PLAN INCLUDES FINALIZING OUR ANNEXATION GROWTH POLICY, WHICH WILL IDENTIFY A PLANNING STRATEGY FOR GROWTH WITHIN THE E T J, ALONG WITH HOW WE COORDINATE WITH NEIGHBORING CITIES REQUESTING MUNICIPAL BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENTS AND E T J RELEASES. 
          UM, ONCE SUCH COORDINATION WAS WITH THE CITY OF CONVERSE, WE HAVE AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WHEREBY WE ADJUST OUR BOUNDARIES AND ALSO RELEASE OUR E T J FOR THEM TO ANNEX THOSE AREAS AND PROVIDE SERVICES TO THOSE CURRENTLY IN THE COUNTY. 
          WE'LL ALSO BEGIN TO DEVELOP A LONG RANGE PLANNING FRAMEWORK FOR THE CITY'S E T J. 
          AND THIS PROJECT WILL INCLUDE DEVELOPING DATA AND METHODOLOGIES TO GUIDE THE PLANNING PROCESS FOR SPECIFIC SUB AREAS IN THE E T J, UTILIZING THE BUILDING BLOCKS AND THEN DEFINING THOSE AREAS THROUGH STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT AND ANALYSIS. 
          IN REGARDS TO THE FIVE YEAR U D C AMENDMENT PROCESS, THE DEPARTMENT IS WORKING WITH OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS, EXTERNAL AGENCIES, AND COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS TO DRAFT NEW MIXED USE ZONING DISTRICTS AND DEVELOPMENT PLACE TYPES THAT SUPPORT THE LAND USE CATEGORIES THAT WERE ADOPTED IN 2018. 
          THE PROPOSED ZONING DISTRICTS AND PLACE TYPES WILL HELP ALIGN THE DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE SECTIONS OF THE SUBAR PLANS. 
          AND ALONG WITH THE SUB AREA PLANNING PROCESS, THE DEPARTMENT IS THE LEADING A CITY INITIATED REZONING PROGRAM THAT IDENTIFIES AREAS WHERE EXISTING ZONING DOES NOT ALIGN WITH THE ADOPTED SUB AREA PLAN. 
          THIS REZONING PROGRAM IS INTENDED TO ENCOURAGE DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS THAT ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE VISION AND GOALS OF THE ADOPTED SUB AREA PLAN WITHOUT PUTTING THE ONUS OF REZONING ON THE PROPERTY OWNER OR SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          THE REZONING PROGRAM TAKES SPECIAL CARE TO RESEARCH AREAS, MEET WITH PROPERTY OWNERS, UNDERSTAND EXISTING USES AND HISTORICAL CONTEXT, AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ALIGN WITH THE ADOPTED PLANS AND BEST SERVE THE COMMUNITIES. 
          WE DID, UH, COUNCIL APPROVED SEVERAL REZONINGS IN DECEMBER OF 2019 IN THE BROOKS AREA, AND SO WE'LL BE BRINGING FORWARD MORE OF MORE OF THOSE AREAS AS PLANS ARE ADOPTED AND AS THE U D C AMENDMENT PROCESS IS COMPLETED. 
          AND FINALLY, CITY DEPARTMENTS, ALONG WITH MANY PARTNER AGENCIES, PLAY A ROLE IN IMPLEMENTING AND SUPPORTING THE GOALS, POLICIES, STRATEGIES, AND RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          FOR INSTANCE, THE NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES DEPARTMENT STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN THAT WE'LL BE BRIEFED ON TODAY IS BEING DEVELOPED TO ACTUALIZE THOSE STRATEGIES PRESENTED IN THE HOUSING POLICY FRAMEWORK. 
          ADOPTED IN 2018, HOUSING, AS YOU RECALL, IS ONE OF THE NINE PLAN ELEMENTS IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. 
          THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS ESSAY. 
          READY TO WORK IS A TRAINING AND EDUCATION IN INITIATIVE TO ASSIST SAN ANTONIO RESIDENTS IMPACTED BY THE C OVID 19 PANDEMIC AND THE OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY'S SA CLIMATE READY IS SAN ANTONIO'S PLAN TO MEET THE PRESENT AND FUTURE CHALLENGES THAT COME WITH A CHANGING CLIMATE. 
          AND SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO PARTNER AND ENGAGE WITH THEM AND MANY OTHERS AS WE IMPLEMENT THE SA TOMORROW PLAN. 
          THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION CHAIR. 
          I, ALONG WITH STAFF FROM PLANNING AND THE OFFICE OF EQUITY CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THE COMMITTEE MAY HAVE. 
          THANK YOU, BRIDGET. 
          WE APPRECIATE YOUR PRESENTATION. 
          I'LL START OFF WITH, UM, UH, TWO QUICK QUESTIONS. 
          FIRST, YOU IDENTIFIED, UH, REDLINING FOR INSTANCE, AS ONE OF THE POLICIES THAT WE ACKNOWLEDGE CREATED, UM, INEQUITIES. 
          WHAT OTHER, UH, POLICIES DO YOU SEE MIGHT HAVE CREATED INEQUITIES AND HOW ARE WE MAKING SURE THAT THEY DON'T GET REPEATED? WELL, IN TERMS OF LAND USE, BECAUSE I WANT TO FIRST STATE THAT ALL THE SUB AREA PLANS ARE LAND USE RELATED AND HAVE A BASIS FOR LAND USE. 
          SO LOOKING AT HOW REDLINING SPECIFICALLY HAS AFFECTED OUR LAND USE POLICIES, UM, UM, UH, I MENTIONED THE, UH, DOWNTOWN. 
          SO WHERE WE PLACE OUR ROADS, OUR ROAD NETWORK IS ONE, HOW WE'VE PLANNED IN THE PAST, UM, HOW WE ARE VERY CAR-CENTRIC. 
          SO LOOKING, WORKING WITH THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT TO ADDRESS MORE, UH, MODES OF TRANSPORTATION AND LOOKING AT WHERE WE PLACE OUR USE USES, ESPECIALLY TO SUPPORT THOSE WHO MAY, 
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UM, USE TRANSIT. 
          SO THOSE WERE JUST A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES. 
          THANK YOU, BRIDGETTE. 
          AND THEN ALSO, CAN YOU JUST, UM, HELP ME UNDERSTAND WHEN YOU BEGAN THE PROCESS OF ORGANIZING THE ENTIRE CITY INTO REGIONAL AND COMMUNITY AREAS, HOW DID YOU ALL START, UM, WITH, WITH THAT PROCESS AND WHO WAS INVOLVED AND HOW DID YOU ALL BREAK IT UP INTO PHASES? OKAY, I WILL, I I, CAN YOU CHANGE TO SLIDE SIX PLEASE? I GUESS I COULD JUST GO BACK. 
          SO WHEN WE STARTED THE PROCESS AFTER THE PLANS WERE, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WAS, WAS ADOPTED. 
          OH, THERE YOU GO. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, WE IDENTIFIED THE 13 REGIONAL CENTERS. 
          SO THOSE ARE, UM, EMPLOYMENT CENTERS. 
          YOU CAN'T JUST PLAN FOR 13 AREAS OF THE CITY. 
          AND SO IN ORDER TO HAVE A REASONABLE NUMBER OF AREAS TO DEVELOP SUB AREA PLANS FOR, WE DIVIDED THE REST OF THE CITY INTO 17 AREAS. 
          SO AN EVEN 30. 
          WHEN WE LOOKED AT, UM, IDENTIFYING THOSE 17 AREAS, WE LOOKED, UM, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT NEIGHBORHOODS WERE NOT SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED. 
          SO WHAT WE TRY TO DO IS TO KEEP NEIGHBORHOODS WHOLE, ESPECIALLY NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE THEY MAY HAVE AN, AN IDENTIFIED BOUNDARY IN SOME INSTANCES, HOWEVER, FOR EXAMPLE, UM, FOR DOWNTOWN WEST OF CHERRY STREET IS ACTUALLY IN DOWNTOWN AS OPPOSED TO IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          IN THOSE INSTANCES, WE MET WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS TO DETERMINE AND UNDERSTAND, GIVEN THE ACTIVITIES AND THE USE OF THAT PARTICULAR AREA, DOES IT MAKE MORE SENSE TO BE IN THIS PARTICULAR SUB AREA? AND THEY SAID YES. 
          AND SO ONCE WE CREATED THE MAP AND IDENTIFIED THE 30 AREAS, WE ACTUALLY TOOK THAT OUT TO THE COMMUNITY IN LATE 2016 AND EARLY 17 TO GET BUY-IN IN TERMS OF THE BOUNDARIES. 
          BECAUSE WHAT WE DIDN'T WANT TO DO WAS TO CREATE THE BOUNDARIES AND THEN THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS KEEP CHANGING THE BOUNDARIES. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          UM, COUNCILMAN COURAGE, GO RIGHT AHEAD WITH YOUR QUESTIONS AND IF ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES ON CHIME AND JUST LET YOU KNOW. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I HAD A QUESTION KIND OF ALONG THE LINES OF WHAT YOU HAD ASKED. 
          WHEN WAS THE ORIGINAL PLAN ADOPTED BY CITY COUNCIL, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN? AUGUST OF 2016. 
          SO IT'S BEEN FIVE YEARS, OVER FIVE YEARS. 
          UH, HOW MUCH OF THE, OF THE PLAN HAS BEEN IMPLEMENTED? SO WHEN WE LOOK AT IMPLEMENTATION FOR US FOR THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, WE ARE IMPLEMENTING THE PLAN THROUGH CREATION OF THE SUB AREA PLANS. 
          SO ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT CITY OF SAN ANTONIO IS THAT WE DO NOT HAVE A FUTURE LAND USE MAP FOR THE ENTIRE CITY. 
          SO IF SOMEONE WERE TO ASK THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT OR EVEN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, WHAT WILL THE CITY LOOK LIKE A NUMBER OF YEARS FROM NOW? WHAT'S THE VISION? WE CAN'T PRODUCE THAT. 
          AND SO THESE SUB AREAS ARE MEANT TO, SUBAR PLANS ARE MEANT TO IMPLEMENT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN BY DEVELOPING A LAND USE FRAMEWORK MOVING FORWARD. 
          AND WE'RE DOING THAT BY 30 AREAS, WHICH MAKES SENSE. 
          UM, INITIALLY WHAT WE HEARD, AND BASICALLY WHAT OCCURRED WAS OF 350 PLUS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS THAT EXIST, MAYBE 40 OR 50 HAD PLANS, MAYBE A QUARTER OF THOSE WERE UPDATED. 
          AND THEN WHAT WE ALSO FOUND WAS YOU COULD HAVE NEIGHBORING PLANS LITERALLY RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET. 
          DIFFERENT LAND USES DIFFERENT ZONING, AND SO THEY'RE CREATED, UM, INCONSISTENCIES, A LACK OF UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT WENT WHERE. 
          UM, SO FOR THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, THE PRIMARY PRIMARILY WAY THAT WE, PRIMARY WAY THAT WE IMPLEMENT THE COMP PLAN IS THROUGH DEVELOPMENT OF THE SUB AREA PLANS TO CREATE A LAND USE MAP. 
          I UNDERSTAND THAT. 
          HOW MUCH HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED, HOW MANY OF THE SUB AREA PLANS HAVE BEEN APPROVED BY THE COMMUNITY AND HAVE COME TO COUNCIL FOR THEIR APPROVAL? OUT OF ALL 30 OF THESE AFTER FIVE YEARS, SO WE STARTED IN 2017, CITY COUNCIL WAS ADOPTED STARTING FROM THE NORTHWEST, UM, U T SS A MEDICAL CENTER, MIDTOWN, DOWNTOWN BROOKS. 
          AND SO THOSE ARE THE FIVE REGIONAL CENTERS, WHICH WERE PHASE ONE. 
          UH, THE PHASE ONE WEST SIDE WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON, ON THAT NOW. 
          AND THEN WE'VE ALREADY STARTED THE PHASE TWO PLANS, WHICH INCLUDE, UH, 30 I 35, 4 10, WORKING WAY OVER TO THE WEST, 1 51, 16 0 4, UM, TEXAS A AND M, PORT SAN ANTONIO, THE EAST SIDE, AND THE SOUTHEAST. 
          SO WE WILL, WE ANTICIPATE BRINGING THE PHASE TWO PLANS TO COUNCIL BETWEEN NOW AND SUMMER OF NEXT YEAR. 
          AND HOW MUCH MORE WOULD YOU HAVE TO DO BEYOND THAT, WHAT YOU'VE JUST TALKED ABOUT? HOW MUCH MORE IS THERE TO DO? SO EACH PHASE IS SIX PLANS. 
          SO PHASES ONE AND TWO WOULD BE 12. 
          UM, WE ANTICIPATE KICKING OFF PHASE THREE IN JANU IN EARLY IN SPRING OF NEXT YEAR. 
          SO THAT'D BE, UM, 18. 
          SO WE'D 
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SAY ROUGHLY 40% IS DONE 60% TO GO. 
          YES, SIR. 
          AND THAT'S AFTER FIVE YEARS? YES. 
          UH, AND IN THE INTERIM, IF THERE IS REQUESTS FOR DEVELOPMENT, UH, OR REQUESTS FOR ZONING CHANGES, UH, WHETHER IT'S AN INDIVIDUAL WHO OWNS A PIECE OF PROPERTY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OR WHETHER IT'S A LARGE TRACT OF LAND, WHAT GUIDELINES DO WE HAVE IN PLACE AS PART OF OUR GROWTH PLAN THAT WE CAN USE, UH, BASED ON 40% BEING APPROVED AND 60% STILL UP IN THE AIR? SO I WILL, I'LL ACTUALLY ADDRESS THE 40 AND 60. 
          UM, THE REASON, THERE'S A REASON WHY WE'RE ONLY AT 40%, AND WHEN WE WENT INTO THIS, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE RECOGNIZED VERY EARLY ON THAT IT TAKES A LOT OF ENGAGEMENT TO DEVELOP THESE PLANS BECAUSE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT LAND USE, WHICH THEN IMPACTS ZONING, WHICH IMPACTS PEOPLE'S PROPERTY. 
          SO AS THE PLANS ARE ADOPTED, IF SOMEONE COMES IN AND GOES THROUGH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT, THEY USE OR FOLLOW, UM, THE, THE PLAN THAT'S CURRENTLY ADOPTED. 
          SO THEY WOULD COME IN THROUGH D S D AND THEY LOOK AT THE PLAN THAT'S ADOPTED AS OF THAT MOMENT IN TIME. 
          AND SO WHATEVER IS THERE, THAT'S WHAT THEY USE. 
          ONCE A SUB AREA PLAN IS ADOPTED, THAT'S THE PLAN THAT THEY WOULD USE. 
          UM, IF THERE'S NOT A PLAN, THEN THEY WILL LOOK AT, UM, THE AREA, THE TRENDS, THE USES AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT. 
          MIKE CAN GO INTO MORE DETAIL ON THAT. 
          NOW, I KNOW THAT WE HAD THE PANDEMIC, WHICH REALLY PUT BACK A LOT OF, A LOT OF ACTIONS THAT YOU WANTED TO TAKE. 
          WHAT IS YOUR EXPECTATION FOR THE COMPLETION OF THIS PLAN? THE IMPLEMENTATION OF, OF ALL 30 OF THESE, UH, REGIONAL AND COMMUNITY AREA PLANS, UH, BASED ON, LET'S SAY A MORE NORMAL ACTIVITY LEVEL FOR THE CITY. 
          AND SO THE PACE AT WHICH WE'RE GOING, I MENTIONED WE'LL HAVE THE PHASE TWO BY NEXT YEAR, SO THAT'S 2022. 
          WE'RE FINDING APPROXIMATELY 24 MONTHS TO COMPLETE SIX, SIX PLANS. 
          UM, AND SO PHASE THREE, ABOUT 2024, PHASE 4, 20 26 IN PLA IN PHASE FIVE OF 2028, EACH OF THE SUMMARY OF PLANS DOES HAVE IMPLEMENT AN IMPLEMENTATION SECTION. 
          AND I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T MENTION THAT. 
          UM, THERE IS AN IMPLEMENTATION, UM, ELEMENT YOU COULD SAY, UM, IN EACH OF THE DOCUMENTS. 
          AND SO AFTER THE PLAN IS ADOPTED, PLANNING DEPARTMENT WILL TAKE BASICALLY LIST OUT ALL OF THOSE, RE THOSE IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES AND RECOMMENDATIONS, IDENTIFY WITH THE HELP OF OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES, UM, DEPARTMENTS, UH, WHO MAY BE IMPACTED OR HAVE A ROLE, UM, WHAT ARE THEIR INITIATIVES ARE ONGOING, UM, WHAT MAY BE POSSIBLE FUNDING SOURCES OR EVEN JUST SAY FUNDING SOMETHING COULD BE IDENTIFIED IN THE FUTURE. 
          AND SO WE SEND THAT BACK OUT AND SAY, AS WE THE AND THE PROJECT MANAGER JUST PROVIDE AN, UM, MONITOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF EACH PLAN, WE REACH OUT TO THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS TO SEE HOW THINGS ARE GOING. 
          THESE PLANS ARE 10 YEAR PLANS, SO THEY FEED INTO THE OVERARCHING COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, WHICH GOES OUT TO 2040. 
          SO THAT'S HOW WE MONITOR. 
          UM, AND THEN OF COURSE AS ONCE THE PLANS HAVE TO BE UPDATED AGAIN, I'M SURE THE LAND USE MAY HAVE CHANGED PENDING UPON ANY REQUESTS THAT MAY HAVE GONE THROUGH D S D. 
          SO WE'LL UPDATE ACCORDINGLY. 
          OKAY. 
          THE LAST THING I WANT TO ASK YOU IS, COULD YOU BRING UP SLIDE 17 I THINK IT WAS, AND IT WAS SHOWING A COMPARISON, UH, OF LAND USE? OH, WRONG SIDE, SORRY, AS AN EXAMPLE. 
          THAT ONE. 
          THAT ONE, YEAH, I BELIEVE THAT WAS IT. 
          OH, NOW, UM, YOU HAVE IN THE BOTTOM SQUARE, UH, IDENTIFIED AREAS THAT I, I GUESS ARE EITHER UNDEVELOPED OR COULD BE DEVELOPED OR HAVE A CERTAIN TYPE OF ZONING TO THEM. 
          NO, ACTUALLY THE, THE MAP ON THE LOWER LEFT, WELL, LET ME START WITH THE MAP ON THE RIGHT. 
          THE MAP ON THE RIGHT IS RIGHT IS THE FUTURE IS THE ADOPTED LAND USE MAP IN THE BROOKS AREA. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THIS IS THE FUTURE LAND USE THAT WAS ADOPTED BY COUNCIL IN MAY OF 2019 WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE REZONING PROCESS. 
          WHAT WE GO IN AND DO IS THAT WE IDENTIFY THE ZONING ON THE GROUND THAT CURRENT, THAT DOES NOT ALIGN WITH THAT FUTURE LAND USE. 
          SO THE AREAS IN BLACK ARE THOSE AREAS THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK TO REZONE OVER TIME. 
          OKAY. 
          SO FOR EXAMPLE, IN SOME AREAS YOU MAY HAVE, UM, A RESIDENTIAL, BUT THE ZONING MAY BE MULTI-FAMILY. 
          SO THAT CREATES SOME SORT OF INSTABILITY FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          SO WE IN SOME INSTANCES MAY DOWN ZONE THAT PARTICULAR AREA. 
          SO WHEN WE GO THROUGH OUR REZONING, THAT'S WHY THERE'S A LOT OF RESEARCH THAT GOES IN, WE WORK WITH THE COUNCIL OFFICE IN, UM, IDENTIFYING KIND OF THE HISTORY, UM, THE, THE TREND, THE USES OVER TIME, AND THEN ALIGNING THE 
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ZONING WITH THE ADOPTED LAND USE. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THAT WOULD LEAD TO DEVELOPMENT IN THAT AREA ACCORDING TO THE NEW ZONING THAT FITS THE NEEDS. 
          RIGHT? IN SOME CASES, IT MAY NOT NEED TO NEED TO DEVELOP. 
          IN SOME CASES IT MAY LEAD TO JUST STABILIZING THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE IF THERE'S A CONCERN THAT THERE COULD BE CHANGE, WE ARE IN A SENSE SAYING, NO, THESE RESIDENTIAL USES OR THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, JUST LEAVE IT THE WAY IT IS. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN. 
          COURAGE. 
          COUNCILMAN BEVEL. 
          AND I JUST WANNA REMIND, I, I DUNNO IF THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE IS KEEPING TIME, BUT WE'VE BEEN A LITTLE OVER ON SEVERAL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GO AHEAD. 
          COUNCILMAN BEVO. 
          UM, I DON'T IF THIS HERE OR NOT, SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DISPLACEMENT AND GENTRIFICATION, UH, I SAW THAT IN ATLANTA, THE CITY COUNCIL PASSED A RESOLUTION, UH, CALLING ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT BODIES TO ESTABLISH A TAX PROGRAM FOR A LONG TIME, RESIDENTS OF LOSING THEIR HOMES TO TAX BURDEN AS, AS A CITY NEIGHBORHOOD, NEIGHBORHOODS RAPIDLY GENTRIFIED. 
          SO I'M JUST WONDERING WHO COULD WE CHARGE HERE AT THE CITY WITH LOOKING INTO THIS?  NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES IS OVERSEES THE HOUSING ELEMENT, SO TO SPEAK, OF THE CONFERENCE OF PLAN. 
          UM, AND SO WE WORK VERY CLOSELY TOGETHER. 
          AND, AND I'LL SAY TOO, THAT WHEN YOU LOOK IN OUR SUB AREA PLANS AS IT RELATES TO HOUSING, WE DO TALK ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING, BUT WE ALWAYS REFER BACK TO THE WORK THAT NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES IS DOING. 
          UM, SO THAT WE'RE ALIGNING IN WHATEVER AFFORDABLE HOUSING NEEDS OR RECOMMENDATIONS OR INITIATIVES, THEY WILL, WILL LEAVE THAT CHARGE, RIGHT? SO THEY WOULD BE THE BEST DEPARTMENT TO RESPOND TO THAT, TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT, I GUESS EXPLORING CITY COUNCIL, CREATING A FUND TO SUPPORT PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN AREAS WHERE THE PROPERTY VALUES ARE, ARE INCREASING RAPIDLY. 
          AND THEY'RE LEGACY HOMEOWNERS WHO'VE BEEN THERE FOR A LONG TIME AND WHO ARE, YOU KNOW, POSSIBLY, YOU KNOW, VULNERABLE TO BEING TAXED OUTTA THEIR HOMES. 
          THAT'S, THAT'S OKAY. 
          GREAT. 
          LET'S GET A MEETING ON THE CALENDAR THEN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN REVO? UH, COUNCILWOMAN VRAN WAS NEXT. 
          GO AHEAD. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU FOR THIS PRESENTATION. 
          SO LET'S TALK REGIONAL CENTERS. 
          CAN WE GET SLIDE NUMBER SIX UP? UH, I AM, YOUR WORK WITH BROOKS HAS BEEN JUST PHENOMENAL WHAT WE'RE DOING THERE, HOW WE'RE BEING THOUGHTFUL, UH, BRING, I WAS AT A TOWN HALL ON, UM, I CAN'T EVEN REMEMBER THE DAY THIS WEEK. 
          I THINK IT WAS TUESDAY. 
          UM, AND THE INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY ON WHAT'S GOING ON THERE. 
          SO I SEE HOW THIS WORKS, BUT I SEE HOW IT TAKES TIME AND IT NEEDS COMMUNITY INPUT. 
          THE ONE THING I WANT, WHEN WE LOOK AT THE REGIONAL CENTERS AND WE LOOK AT THE REGIONAL CENTERS IN THE SOUTHERN SECTOR, SPECIFICALLY BROOKS, TEXAS A AND M AND PORT SAN PORT SAN ANTONIO MM-HMM. 
          , THESE, THESE AREN'T JUST REGIONAL CENTERS FOR OUR CITY. 
          THEY HAVE NOW, I FEEL, BECOME A REGIONAL CENTER FOR THAT SOUTH TEXAS PORTION. 
          AND I DON'T KNOW IF AS YOU MOVE FORWARD, WE CAN DO A DESIGNATION. 
          SO WHEN WE TAKE IT TO THE STATE, WE LET THEM KNOW THAT THIS DOESN'T JUST IMPACT BEXAR COUNTY, BUT IT, IT IMPACTS THE SURROUNDING COUNTIES BECAUSE PEOPLE SOUTH, UH, IN TEXAS ARE COMING TO THESE THREE AREAS FOR JOBS, FOR, FOR ENTERTAINMENT, FOR EDUCATION. 
          SO I THINK AS WE, WE MOVE FORWARD, WE NEED TO, I'M NOT SAYING YOU NEED TO GIVE THEM A DIFFERENT TITLE, BUT JUST KIND OF HIGHLIGHT THAT PORTION BECAUSE WE ARE SERVING OTHER COUNTIES SOUTH OF BEXAR COUNTY THAT ARE MAKING THOSE TRIPS. 
          UM, SO RAISE THE STATUS, SO TO SPEAK. 
          YES, YES. 
          UM, BECAUSE I WOULD LOVE TO TO THEN HAVE US GO TO THE STATE AND ADVOCATE FOR MORE DOLLARS, UH, FOR THESE, UM, REGIONAL CENTERS. 
          AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO SEE IF WE CAN IDENTIFY POSSIBLE, UM, REGIONAL CENTERS WITHIN THE CITY THAT MAY HAVE A GLOBAL OR STATE IMPACT, WHERE WE CAN ALSO KIND OF GIVE THEM A DESIGNATION, WHETHER THEY HAVE A BUSINESS OR, UH, THEY'RE DOING WORK THAT IMPACTS, UH, UH, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE THAT IN SAN ANTONIO, AND I'M THINKING TEXAS BIOMED, UM, S W R I THAT MAY BE PART OF A REGIONAL CENTER THAT DO THAT ALSO. 
          BUT IN TERMS OF PROXIMITY, DEFINITELY THE SOUTHERN SECTOR AND, AND COUNCILMAN, I THINK THOSE WOULD PROBABLY FALL TOO UNDER KIND OF THAT URBAN CENTER AS CATEGORY WHERE WE IDENTIFY THOSE NODES OF ACTIVITY. 
          SO MM-HMM. 
          . 
          GREAT. 
          AND THEN THE OTHER, UM, ON, AND YOU DON'T NEED TO PULL UP THIS SLIDE, BUT ON SLIDE 10, WHEN YOU, WHEN 
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YOU BREAK DOWN THE EQUITY PLANNING, IF YOU COULD BREAK IT DOWN BY DISTRICTS AND BORDERING DISTRICTS, UM, THAT IT IMPACTS. 
          SO WE CAN SEE, UM, WHICH, BECAUSE U T S A I THINK COVERS AT LEAST TWO DISTRICTS, PORT, THINGS LIKE THAT, IF WE CAN JUST GET A BREAKDOWN FOR THAT SO WE CAN SEE THAT. 
          SO, UM, BY COUNCIL DISTRICT. 
          YES. 
          OKAY. 
          AND I, I WOULD SAY, I KNOW I, I KIND OF THOUGHT COUNCIL DISTRICTS WOULD COME UP. 
          WE CAN DEFINITELY DO THAT AND HAVE THAT MAP. 
          UM, ONE OF THE THINGS I I WANT TO MENTION IS WE DELIBERATELY DO NOT HAVE THESE AREAS BY COUNCIL DISTRICT. 
          AND THAT'S BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HEARD WAS TAKE THE POLITICS OUT OF IT, COUNCIL DISTRICTS COULD CHANGE WITH THE CENSUS. 
          SO WE ALSO, SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT ONE, NOT ONLY DID WE HAVE A REASON, A A REASONABLE NUMBER OF OF AREAS TO LOOK AT, BUT WE KIND OF TOOK THAT PIECE OUT OF IT. 
          AND, AND JUST REAL QUICK, I KNOW, AND I, I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT AS WE ARE LOOKING AT CENSUS AND REDRAWING, I THINK WE NEED TO NOW IDENTIFY WHERE THE BORDERLANDS ARE BECAUSE ESPECIALLY LIKE THREE, FOUR, AND FIVE, WE SHARE A LOT OF THE, THE SAME. 
          AND WHAT I DON'T WANNA SEE IS THAT EVERYTHING IS LIKE IN ONE AREA VERSUS THE OTHER ONE DISTRICT OR THE OTHER. 
          UH, AS WE, AS WE START, UH, LOOKING AT, AT CUTTING REDISTRICTING, YEAH, WE CAN WORK WITH OFFICE OF EQUITY TO KIND OF SEE WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE, ESPECIALLY ONCE THE NEW DISTRICTS ARE CREATED MM-HMM. 
          , UM, AND GO FROM THERE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THAT'S, THAT'S ALL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN NAN. 
          COUNCILMAN CASTILLO. 
          THANK YOU CHAIR. 
          AND THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          I REALLY APPRECIATE THE SLIDE ON REDLINING AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE GROUND OURSELVES IN HISTORY TO ENSURE THAT WE DON'T SEE THE PERPETUATION OF REDLINING AND ECONOMIC INEQUALITY UNDER THE GUISE OF PROGRESS. 
          AND THAT'S WHY I HAVE BEEN VERY CRITICAL OF THE C D G E G FUNDED CODE OFFICER BECAUSE IT IS A TOOL OF SLUM CLEARANCE. 
          UM, SO, UM, AGAIN, I APPRECIATE IT. 
          UM, CAN YOU TELL ME A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT LIKE PHASE ONE FOR THE WEST SIDE PLAN AND WHAT THAT ENTAILS? AND SO EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE REGIONAL CENTER PLANS AND COMMUNITY PLANS, THEY ALL FOLLOW THE SAME PLAN FRAMEWORK. 
          THE REASON THEY'RE CALLED REGIONAL CENTER PLANS, COMMUNITY PLANS THAT WE IDENTIFIED THOSE 13 AREAS. 
          'CAUSE THEY WERE BASED ON EMPLOYMENT, UM, HAVING ABOUT 15,000 JOBS. 
          SO UNLIKE OTHER CITIES WHERE YOU HAVE DOWNTOWN, EVERYTHING ELSE THE SUBURB, WE ACTUALLY HAD 13 BECAUSE WE JUST DEVELOPED THAT WAY. 
          SO THE WEST SIDE WAS, UM, AND, AND REALLY COUN COUNCILMAN GONZALEZ REALLY PUSHED FOR THE WEST SIDE IN PARTICULAR TO BE PART OF AN EARLIER PHASE ONE BECAUSE OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT HAS TRANSPIRED OVER THE YEARS WITH THE AREA. 
          UM, AND SO THE WEST SIDE STARTED IN 29, UH, 2017 WITH THE PHASE, UM, ONE PLANS. 
          AND WHAT WE HAVE FOUND IS THAT ONE OF THE REASONS WHY IT TAKES A WHILE TO DO THE PLANT IS EDUCATION AND, UM, REALLY GETTING THE COMMUNITY ENGAGED. 
          SO OUR PROJECT MANAGER IN, IN ORDER TO ENGAGE THE COMMITTEE, WHAT WE'VE DONE IS HAD ADDITIONAL, UM, FORMS OF ENGAGEMENT. 
          SO THE PLAN SAFE MOBILITY, WE HAVE A PLANNING TEAM, THEY MEET, THEN WE TAKE THAT OUT TO THE COMMUNITY. 
          WHAT WE DID WAS SOMETHING A LITTLE DIFFERENT. 
          WE HAD ADDITIONAL, UM, MEETINGS JUST ON ENGAGED, UH, JUST ON MOBILITY OR PARTICULAR TOPIC TO HELP THE COMMUNITY UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT IS. 
          UM, AND SO WITH COVID OF COURSE WE HAD TO, UH, PAUSE THE PROCESS. 
          UM, THE PROJECT MANAGER I KNOW HAS MET WITH THE COUNCIL OFFICE AND WE'LL BE RESTARTING KIND OF THE WEST SIDE. 
          UM, ONE OF THE TOPICS THAT WAS BROUGHT UP TO LAST YEAR, I BELIEVE WAS HAVEN FOR HOPE. 
          SO THERE WERE SPECIFIC THINGS THAT THEY WANTED TO TALK ABOUT. 
          SO WE ADDED THAT TO THE PROCESS. 
          SO THAT EXTENDED THE TIME A LITTLE BIT. 
          YEAH. 
          UM, WITH THE WEST SIDE, I WILL SAY, AND ACTUALLY HAVE A COPY OF IT WITH ME, WHAT WAS UNIQUE IS THAT WE DEVELOPED THESE STRATEGIC AREA STUDIES FOR THE WEST SIDE. 
          UM, AND WHAT IT IS, AND WHAT I'LL SAY TOO IS ONE OF THE GOALS OF THE SUB AREA PLANS IS TO IDENTIFY IMPROVEMENTS FOR FUTURE BOND AND FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES. 
          AND SO WHILE WE HAD C O V I D BECAUSE THE, UH, COUNCILMAN GONZALEZ HAD REQUESTED FUNDS, UM, FOR SPECIFIC AREAS IN THE WEST SIDE THAT HAPPEN TO BE IN THE WEST SIDE BOUNDARY, WE USE THAT TO IDENTIFY KIND OF COMMUNITY HUBS. 
          AND SO THESE STUDIES AND THESE KIND OF DETAILED ANALYSIS AND, UM, URBAN DESIGN STUDIES WILL BE FOLDED INTO THE WEST SIDE COMMUNITY AREA PLAN AS A WAY TO SHOW THESE ARE OUR VISION AND GOALS, THESE ARE THE PLAN FRAMEWORK, UM, RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          AND NOW LOOK AT SOMETHING THAT'S A BIT MORE DETAILED THAT HELPS, UM, EXPLAIN THE CONNECTIVITY OR THOSE PRINCIPLES OF PLANNING. 
          YEAH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, YES, HAVING PARTICIPATED IN THE WEST SIDE PLANNING MEETING PRIOR TO BEING, HAVING PARTICIPATED IN THE WEST SIDE PLANNING MEETINGS PRIOR TO BEING ELECTED, UM, 
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I DEFINITELY SEE WHY IT WOULD TAKE FIVE YEARS IF NOT LONGER. 
          UM, FOR THE WEST SIDE PLAN, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THINGS SLOW DOWN FOR REASONS THAT YOU'VE ALREADY IDENTIFIED. 
          UM, IT MOVES VERY FAST AND WE'VE HAD FOLKS ON THIS COMMITTEE ASK FOR CHEAT SHEETS. 
          SO IF, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE ELECTED OFFICIALS ASKING FOR THAT, WE CAN IMAGINE OUR COMMUNITY WHEN WE'RE BEING PRESENTED, THE BUCKETS OF LAND USE AND ZONING AND HOW QUICKLY IT'S MOVING. 
          UM, AND AGAIN, RIGHT, WE KNOW HOW THESE THINGS IMPACT DEVELOPMENT, COMPATIBILITY AND POTENTIALLY INCREASE VALUES. 
          UM, AND A THING, UH, UH, AN ISSUE THAT WAS RAISED IN THE WEST SIDE PLANNING MEETINGS WAS THE FACT THAT THERE ARE BLANKETS OF AREAS THAT ARE MISS ZONED AS MULTIFAMILY WITH, UM, BROAD RESIDENTIAL AREAS. 
          AND WHAT COMMUNITY HAD BROUGHT FORWARD AND HAD ASKED OUR PLANNER WAS WILL THIS IN? HOW DO THESE OVERLAP? RIGHT? HOW DOES THE WEST SIDE PLANNING PLAN, UH, OVERLAP WITH, WITH THE POTENTIAL LARGE AREA REZONING? AND WE WERE TOLD COMMUNITY WAS TOLD THEY DON'T OVERLAP, AND NOW HERE WE ARE. 
          RIGHT? I REPRESENT DISTRICT FIVE AND I'M BEING TOLD, HOLD ON, THEY, THEY DO OVERLAP. 
          SO FOR CLARIFICATION FOR DISTRICT FIVE RESIDENTS, UM, DOES THE WEST SIDE PLANNING, UM, PLAN OVERLAP WITH A POTENTIAL LARGE AREA REZONING? UM, THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, WE WON'T CONDUCT ANY LARGE AREA REZONINGS UNTIL A PLAN IS ADOPTED. 
          IF THERE IS A REQUEST BY COUNCIL, UM, TO REZONE, I KNOW THERE HAVE BEEN A FEW FRESNO, DISTRICT ONE AND DISTRICT FIVE, THOSE GO THROUGH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , SO THOSE WOULD BE OUTSIDE OF THE SUB AREA PLANNING PROCESS. 
          SO IF A REQUEST WAS MADE OR IF SOMETHING IS ONGOING, THOSE WOULD GO THROUGH, THROUGH MIKE AND HIS TEAM. 
          WE OF COURSE WORK WITH THEM BECAUSE WE'RE LOOKING AT THE FUTURE LAND USE AND THEY WOULD BE DOING, UM, LAND USE OR THEY WOULD BE DOING REZONING THAT TIES TO WHAT MAY EXIST ON THE GROUND NOW. 
          OR IN SOME CASES, I KNOW WITH WEST SIDE THERE IS AN AREA WHERE THERE'S NO PLAN AT ALL. 
          UM, AND WE'VE ACTUALLY MAPPED THAT. 
          SO WE DO WORK TOGETHER. 
          BUT THE REZONING REQUESTED NOW WOULD BE PRIOR TO A PLAN THAT'S ADOPTED. 
          YES. 
          DO WE KNOW IF MISS ZONING IMPACTS VALUE AND UH, PAID PROPERTY TAXES? I'M SORRY, COUNCIL, I'M SORRY. 
          DO, DO WE KNOW IF MISS ZONING IMPACTS MARKET VALUE AND PROPERTY TAXES?  BASED ON ANNOUNCE THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAS A SERVICES? YES, THEY'RE DOING ANNOUNCE ON THAT AS WELL. 
          THANK YOU, CHAIR. 
          THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN CASTILLO. 
          THANK YOU BRIDGET, FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          AND UM, WELL I'LL, I'LL HAVE SOME FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS. 
          I'LL, I'LL EMAIL TO YOUR STAFF AT IT. 
          I DIDN'T GET TO, UH, BUT WE ARE MOVING ON 
          [2. Briefing and possible action on the Emergency Housing Assistance Program (EHAP) and Eviction Prevention Update. [Lori Houston, Assistant City Manager; Verónica R. Soto, Director, Neighborhood and Housing Services]]
NOW TO ITEM NUMBER TWO, WHICH IS A BRIEFING AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AND EVICTION PREVENTION UPDATE, WHICH WILL BE PRESENTED BY VERONICA SOTO. 
          VERONICA, THE FLOOR IS YOURS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          JUST WAITING FOR THE PRESENTATION TO LOAD UP. 
          IN THE MEANTIME, I'LL START TALKING, UM, A LITTLE BIT. 
          UM, GOOD MORNING. 
          UM, VERONICA SOTO WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOUSING SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND THE ITEM I'M GONNA SPEAK ABOUT IS GIVING YOU AN UPDATE ON OUR EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, AS WELL AS TO UPDATE YOU ON OUR EFFORTS TO MITIGATE EVICTION. 
          AND WE START REPORTING ON OUR EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FIRST. 
          SO THIS PROGRAM HAS A RECAP WAS CREATED BACK IN APRIL OF 2020, AND IT WAS A DIRECT RESPONSE TO COVID AS WE REALIZED THAT PEOPLE WHO WERE NOT ABLE TO WORK AS BUSINESSES SHUT DOWN WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO PAY THEIR RENT OR MORTGAGES. 
          SO THE ELIGIBILITY FOR THIS PROGRAM IS THAT IT HAS TO BE A CITY OF SAN ANTONIO OR BEAR COUNTY RESIDENT, AND WE STILL HAVE THE COVID HARDSHIP, EVEN THOUGH THAT HAS EXPANDED BEFORE WITH THE IMMEDIATE C HARDSHIP. 
          NOW WITH LOOSER, UH, GUIDELINE FROM THE LATEST FEDERAL PROGRAMS, UH, COVID IMPACT IS MAGNITUDE IS EXPANDED. 
          WE ARE LIMITING ELIGIBILITY ON INCOME BASED ON FAMILIES, UM, AT OR BELOW 80% OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME AND THE ASSISTANCE PROVIDED THROUGH THIS PROGRAM IS TO HELP WITH RENTAL MORTGAGE UTILITY. 
          UM, AND THEN OF COURSE WE ALSO ADDED AN ENHANCEMENT TO HAVE FAMILIES BE ENROLLED IN BENEFITS THAT CAN HELP THEM WITH LONGER TERM STABILITY. 
          ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID IN THE PROGRAM IS HAVE THIS PUBLIC FACING DASHBOARD. 
          AND THE DATA HERE IS AS OF SEPTEMBER 20TH. 
          AND WITH THIS DASHBOARD, WHICH CHANGES EVERY DAY, YOU CAN SEE HOW MANY INDIVIDUALS HAVE BEEN ASSISTING, HOW MANY HOUSEHOLDS HAVE BEEN HELPED, HOW MUCH MONEY HAS BEEN EXPENDED, AND ALSO HOW MUCH FUNDING HAS BEEN EXPENDED BY THE CATEGORY. 
          SO NO SURPRISE THAT MOST OF THE FUNDING, MOST OF 
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THE DIRECT ASSISTANCE IS OF COURSE FOR RENT OR MORTGAGE HELP, BUT YOU CAN ALSO SEE THE BREAKDOWN FOR C P S FOR SAWS FOR INTERNET SERVICE AS WELL. 
          ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS WE HAVE ON THE DASHBOARD BESIDES THIS GRAPH IS WE BREAK DOWN THE TOTAL PEOPLE ASSISTED SINCE WE GET THE NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS, HOW MUCH PER PERSON IS PROVIDED. 
          SO THAT'S THE NUMBER THERE. 
          AND THEN THE AVERAGE OF, UM, ASSISTANCE PER HOUSEHOLD. 
          AND WHAT WE DO, UM, IS ALSO TRACK HOW MUCH HAS BEEN PROVIDED THROUGH THE STATE PROGRAM. 
          SO EARLIER IN THIS CALENDAR YEAR, THE TEXAS RENT RELIEF PROGRAM WAS LAUNCHED, AND THIS IS HOW MANY INDIVIDUALS HAVE BEEN ASSISTED THROUGH THE TEXAS RENT RELIEF PROGRAM AS WELL. 
          AND THIS IS SERVING ALL OF BEAR COUNTY. 
          UH, AND YOU CAN SEE THE 11,000 FAMILIES, UM, HAVE BEEN, OR HOUSEHOLDS HAVE BEEN ASSISTED WITH OVER 67 MILLION UH, DOLLARS. 
          AND SO WE TRACK THIS AND REPORT IT TO YOU WITH REGARDS TO OUR PROGRAM, THESE ARE THE CURRENT ALLOWANCES. 
          IN OTHER WORDS, WHAT WE PROVIDE IN TERMS OF HELP. 
          SO I MENTIONED RENT OR MORTGAGE ASSISTANCE, THE UTILITY BILLS AND INTERNET. 
          AND WE DO STAGGER IT BASED ON INCOMES WITH LOWER INCOME FAMILIES. 
          THAT IS FAMILIES AT OR BELOW 50% OF OUR AREA. 
          MEDIAN INCOME BEING ABLE TO RECEIVE MANY MORE MONTHS OF ASSISTANCE. 
          I DO HAVE TO SAY THAT THE STATE PROGRAM IS MORE GENEROUS IN TERMS OF TIME. 
          THEY HAVE 12 MONTHS AS THE STANDARD AND CAN EVEN PROVIDE UP TO 15 MONTHS. 
          SO THAT'S WHY YOU'LL SEE THE DIFFERENCE IN THE AVERAGE ASSISTANCE. 
          THE STATE RIGHT NOW IS AVERAGING OVER 5,700 PER HOUSEHOLD, WHEREAS OUR PROGRAM IS AVERAGING JUST UNDER 3000 PER HOUSEHOLD. 
          AND I THINK IT IS BECAUSE OF THAT, UM, MONTHLY, UH, LIMITATION THAT THOSE NUMBERS REFLECT. 
          ONE OF THE THINGS IN OUR DASHBOARD IS A LOT OF DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION, INCLUDING BY COUNCIL DISTRICT, HOW MANY INDIVIDUALS HAVE BEEN ASSISTED. 
          AND WE OF COURSE ALSO HAVE THE COUNTY BECAUSE WE HAVE A PARTNERSHIP ENTERED INTO EARLIER THIS CALENDAR YEAR AS WELL, WHERE WE ADMINISTER THE PROGRAM FOR THE COUNTY. 
          THEY PROVIDE ADDITIONAL FUNDING AND SO WE SERVE THE COUNTY. 
          AND SO WE HAVE THESE NUMBERS THAT SHOW NOT JUST THE HOUSEHOLDS, BUT THE, UH, A M I, THE AVERAGE A M I, THE AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD SIDE SIZE AND THE, UH, APPROVED AMOUNTS. 
          SO IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THE, THE WEBSITE, UH, WITH THE DASHBOARD, THE DATA IS THERE. 
          YOU CAN BREAK OUT BY COUNCIL DISTRICT, ALL THE INFORMATION. 
          YOU CAN EVEN DO, YOU KNOW, FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST HOW MANY INDIVIDUALS GOT ASSISTED IN THIS COUNCIL DISTRICT. 
          SO IT'S A VERY NEAT PROGRAM. 
          UM, OR A FEATURE OF OUR ONLINE APPLICATION. 
          THE PROGRAM CONTINUES TO HAVE FUNDING ASSISTANCE. 
          WE CONTINUE TO DO IN-PERSON INTAKE. 
          UM, I HAVE TO SAY, YOUR OFFICES HAVE KEPT US VERY BUSY. 
          THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          AS YOU HAVE HOSTED A NUMBER OF INTAKE EVENTS, UM, AND ANYTIME YOU REACH OUT TO OUR OFFICE, WE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL STAFF TO GO OUT THERE AS WELL AS OUR CONTRACTOR WHO IS IN CHARGE OF OUTREACH AND INTAKE, THE HEALTH COLLABORATIVE. 
          SO ANYTIME YOU HAVE AN EVENT, YOU YOU WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S IN-PERSON INTAKE AVAILABLE, PLEASE REACH OUT TO US. 
          WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE STAFF THERE TO HELP YOU. 
          WE HAVE WORKED MANY WEEKEND EVENTS, WE HAVE WORKED MANY EVENING EVENTS AND SO OUR STAFF WITH THE APPROPRIATE, UM, PROTECTIVE PROTOCOLS WILL BE HAPPY TO GO OUT THERE. 
          SO WE CONTINUE TO HAVE FUNDING, WE CONTINUE TO PROCESS APPLICATIONS. 
          THE PROGRAM NOW TOTALS $189.8 MILLION. 
          PHASE FOUR IS WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW IN TERMS OF THE FUNDING. 
          AND THIS NUMBER DOES INCLUDE THE ACTION YOU TOOK LAST WEEK TO ACCEPT ADDITIONAL MORTGAGE ASSISTANCE MONEY FROM THE STATE. 
          I WENT TOO FAR. 
          UM, SO IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN THE DETAILED BREAKDOWN OF OUR FUNDING SOURCES, THIS IS THE SLIDE THAT SHOWS THAT IT SHOWS, UH, IN APRIL HOW WE STARTED WITH JUST AROUND $25 MILLION IN THE FUNDING SOURCES THAT WE UTILIZED. 
          COMBINATION OF LOCAL AND FEDERAL RESOURCES. 
          PHASE TWO UTILIZED A LOT OF THE CARES ACT FUNDING PHASE THREE. 
          UM, AGAIN, THAT WAS AROUND THE START OF THE FISCAL YEAR FOR THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR, HOW WE AGAIN UTILIZED UM, CORONAVIRUS RELIEF FUNDS, LOCAL MONEY. 
          UM, AND THAT'S WHEN WE STARTED THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COUNTY. 
          SO THIS IS WHERE SOME OF THE COUNTY MONEY STARTS TO COME INTO PLAY. 
          AND THEN PHASE FOUR IS WHEN WE STARTED UTILIZING AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS CALENDAR YEAR, SOME OF THE US TREASURY FUNDING, THE EMERGENCY RENTAL 
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ASSISTANCE MONEY. 
          AND YOU CAN SEE THOSE TWO LARGE ALLOCATIONS THIS YEAR. 
          SO WE CONTINUE TO HAVE E R A OR THE EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE FUNDING AND NOW WE HAVE THAT ADDITIONAL MORTGAGE ASSISTANCE FUNDING FROM THE STATE. 
          NOW THAT HAS GONE LIVE, I DID NOT CHECK TO SEE IF WE HAD TAKEN OFF THE, UH, TICKER ON OUR WEBPAGE PAGE THAT HAD WARNED PEOPLE WE DIDN'T HAVE MORTGAGE FUNDING. 
          UM, WE WE'RE SUPPOSED TO TAKE CARE OF THAT THIS WEEK. 
          BUT WE HAVE ACTIVATED THE APPLICATIONS. 
          THERE'S BEEN A FEW CLIENTS THAT WE HAVE REACHED OUT TO. 
          WE HAVE USED THE LIST OF BENEFIT NAVIGATORS. 
          SO A LOT OF THOSE FOLKS WHO NEEDED MORTGAGE ASSISTANCE THAT WE COULDN'T HELP THE BENEFIT FINANCIAL COUNSELORS WORK WITH THEM TO SEE IF THEY COULD GET, GET A LOAN MODIFICATION SO THEY COULD GET RELIEF THAT WAY. 
          AND FOR THE FAMILIES THAT WE WERE NOT ABLE TO HELP WITH LOAN MODIFICATION, THOSE ARE THE ONES WE'RE REACHING BACK OUT TO. 
          SO OUR PLAN IS, UM, STARTING THIS WEEK, WE'RE REACHING OUT TO THEM TO SAY IF YOU STILL NEED ASSISTANCE, AND IT'S THE FOLKS WHO WERE NOT ABLE TO GET RELIEF THROUGH A LOAN MODIFICATION THROUGH THE BENEFIT NAVIGATORS AND THE FINANCIAL COUNSELORS THAT WE'RE TARGETING. 
          AND SO THOSE ARE THE FOLKS WE'RE REACHING BACK OUT TO, TO SEE IF THEY WOULD LIKE AND IF THEY STILL NEED ASSISTANCE, IF THEY WOULD LIKE ASSISTANCE SO WE CAN, UH, REACTIVATE THEIR APPLICATION SO THAT MONEY AND ALL OF THE REST OF THE MONEY THAT IS PART OF THE NEW FISCAL YEAR IS GONNA BE AVAILABLE. 
          UM, BUT THE FUNDING THIS CHART STARTING OCTOBER ONE IS GONNA GET UPDATED TO REFLECT THE FUNDING. 
          UH, THAT WAS PART OF THE, UH, FISCAL YEAR 22 BUDGET AS WELL. 
          SO HERE'S THE BREAKDOWN. 
          WE DO UTILIZE JUST UNDER 10% FOR ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS. 
          SO YOU CAN SEE HOW A LOT OF THE FUNDING DIRECTLY BENEFITS OUR, OUR NEIGHBORS AND GOES TO KEEP PEOPLE HOUSED, TAKE CARE OF THE UTILITY BILLS. 
          AND HANDING GLOVE WITH THIS PROGRAM IS OUR EVICTION INTERVENTION PROGRAM. 
          NOW, THIS PORTION OF THE PROGRAM IS WHAT LAUNCHED IN JULY. 
          WE OPENED OUR FINANCIAL AND HOUSING RECOVERY CENTER, UM, JULY ONE. 
          AND PART OF WHAT WE DID WAS CREATE OUR EVICTION INTERVENTION TEAM THAT HAS BEEN DOING, UH, YEOMAN'S WORK AT THE COURTS EVERY DAY. 
          UH, A LOT OF INTAKE EVENTS AS WELL TO PREVENT AND MITIGATE EVICTION. 
          AND THEY HAVE, UH, A PRESENCE, UH, WITH THE PARTNERSHIP AT THE JUSTICE OF THE PEACE COURTS. 
          THOSE ARE THE COURTS THAT HEAR EVICTION HEARINGS WHERE THEY'RE VERY MUCH INTEGRATED AND PART OF THE OFFICE OF THE JP COURT. 
          AND, UM, THEY'RE THE BUSIEST, UM, INTAKE WINDOW AT THE JP COURTS ON A ANY GIVEN DAY. 
          SO THEY'RE THERE AT THE COURT, THEY PARTICIPATE IN HEARINGS. 
          THEY CAN TAKE APPLICATIONS AT THE COURT. 
          THEY CAN TELL LANDLORDS, THEY CAN TELL TENANTS, IF YOU HAVEN'T APPLIED, HERE'S THE PROGRAM. 
          AND AGAIN, THEY DO A LOT OF PROACTIVE OUTREACH AS WELL, BECAUSE AS FILINGS ARE MADE, WE GET THE LIST DIRECTLY FROM THE COUNTY. 
          UM, AND THEY DO PROACTIVE OUTREACH LETTERS, MAILINGS CALLS TO THE LANDLORDS, TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS, PROPERTY MANAGERS, AND TO THE TENANTS TO LET 'EM KNOW BEFORE THEY HAVE A HEARING, HERE'S THE PROGRAM APPLY. 
          AND THIS IS ONE WAY TO AVOID EVICTION. 
          SO IF WE KNOW AN EVICTION HAS BEEN FILED, WE TRY AND HELP THEM. 
          AND WE HELP PEOPLE WITH BOTH OUR PROGRAM, THE EHAP PROGRAM, AS WELL AS THE STATE PROGRAM. 
          AND SO ELIGIBILITY IS COUNTYWIDE, AND WE HAVE ALL OF THEM THERE WITH ACCESS TO OUR OTHER RESOURCE, WHICH IS THE LEGAL ASSISTANCE, OUR RIGHT TO COUNCIL PROGRAM AS WELL. 
          AND IF WE NEED TO MAKE REFERRALS FOR LEGAL AID ISSUES, WE DO THAT AS WELL. 
          SO, VERY PROUD OF THIS TEAM THAT HAS BEEN WORKING TO GET THESE KINDS OF RESULTS. 
          SO WHAT WE DO IS WE HAVE THE OUTCOMES. 
          ONCE THERE IS A HEARING, AGAIN, EVERY TIME THERE IS AN EVICTION HEARING SCHEDULED, THERE ARE FOUR, UH, JUSTICE OF THE PEACE COURTS. 
          BUT THE, UH, PRECINCT ONE HAS TWO COURTS. 
          WE TRACK HOW THE CASES ARE HANDLED, IF THERE WAS A RESET, IN OTHER WORDS, POSTPONEMENTS, SO THAT PEOPLE HAVE A CHANCE TO APPLY TO OUR PROGRAM OR TO ENSURE WE PROCESS AN APPLICATION. 
          CASES ARE DISMISSED. 
          UM, AND THEN JUDGMENTS THAT ARE DEFAULT JUDGMENTS. 
          NOW, UNFORTUNATELY, WE HAVE TOO MANY OF THESE, AND THAT'S BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE NOT SHOWING UP TO COURT. 
          AND SO THAT IN ESSENCE BECOMES THE EVICTION, UH, 'CAUSE PEOPLE FAIL TO SHOW UP, UM, TO COURT. 
          AND THEN WE, WE HAVE A FEW CASES THAT GO FOR JURY AND THE JUDGMENTS FOR, FOR THE PLAINTIFFS AS WELL. 
          AND SO WE TRACK THIS AND WE'RE REPORTING IT OUT, BUT WE WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK THESE EVICTION OUTCOMES AS AT THE COURT. 
          WE, OF COURSE, LOOK AT THE FILINGS. 
          I KNOW THIS GRAPH IS A LITTLE BIT BUSY, AND THAT'S BECAUSE 
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EVEN LAST YEAR WAS NOT A NORMAL YEAR. 
          UM, SO WE REALLY HAVE TO LOOK AT 2019 TO GET WHAT THE TREND LINE WAS FOR EVICTION FILINGS IN OUR COUNTY. 
          AND SO THAT'S THE DATA YOU SEE IN BLUE, AND YOU CAN TELL THAT THE LINE, UM, SEE IT'S MORE REDDISH. 
          UM, WELL, IT'S PURPLE. 
          UM, YOU CAN SEE THAT OUR FILINGS ARE WAY BELOW WHAT WOULD BE, QUOTE UNQUOTE IN A NORMAL YEAR. 
          UM, SO LAST YEAR OUR EVICTION FILINGS WERE VERY LOW. 
          I THINK THE EVICTION MORATORIUM THAT WAS IN PLACE, UM, HELPED WITH THAT. 
          WE KNOW NOW THAT THE EVICTION MORATORIUM IS NO LONGER A PROTECTION THAT IS AVAILABLE. 
          SO WE'RE TRACKING THESE NUMBERS EVERY WEEK TO SEE IF WE SEE AN UPTICK. 
          AND I CAN TELL YOU WE HAVE NOT SEEN A DRAMATIC UPTICK. 
          THERE'S BEEN, UM, OTHER WEEKS WHERE WE'VE HAD MORE FILINGS THAN WE HAD JUST THIS WEEK. 
          BUT WE WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK THESE, UH, GOING FORWARD AND EVERY WEEK HOW MANY EAP APPLICATIONS COME IN, HOW MANY EVICTION FILINGS ARE MADE. 
          UH, AND JUST AS A REMINDER, WE DID APPLY TO THE HUD EVICTION PROTECTION GRANT PROGRAMS SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON EVICTION INTERVENTION AND MAINTAIN OUR RIGHT TO COUNCIL, EXPAND OUR RIGHT TO COUNCIL PROGRAM. 
          AND WE ARE EAGERLY AWAITING THE OUTCOME OF THAT APPLICATION. 
          WE THINK WE SUBMITTED A VERY STRONG APPLICATION THAT'S GONNA BE VERY COMPETITIVE, AND WE HOPE TO HEAR, UH, IN EARLY OCTOBER THAT WE WERE SUCCESSFUL IN RECEIVING THIS GRANT. 
          AND THAT CONCLUDES THIS PRESENTATION. 
          I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, VERO. 
          I'LL START, UH, BY TURNING OVER TO COUNCILMAN CUR TO, HAS THE FIRST QUESTION. 
          GO AHEAD, COUNCIL. 
          MCIR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND I'LL TRY AND STAY IN THE TIME. 
          THIS TIME. 
          I, I WASN'T PAYING ATTENTION TO THE BUZZER. 
          SORRY. 
          UH, VERO, LOOKING AT THE, THE EVICTION, UH, PROCESS, WHEN, UH, PEOPLE RECEIVE A LETTER TO VACATE FROM, UH, THE PROPERTY OWNER, DO WE HAVE ANY IDEA THAT THAT'S BEEN PUT IN PLACE? ARE WE NOTIFIED AT THAT POINT IN TIME? NO. 
          UM, THE NOTICE TO VACATE IS THE BEGINNING OF THE PROCESS. 
          IT'S NOT A FORMAL FILING. 
          SO IT'S NOT THE EVICTION PROCESS. 
          IT'S A HEADS UP. 
          I'M ABOUT TO FILE, UH, A FORMAL EVICTION. 
          BUT A NOTICE TO VACATE IS NOT SAYING YOU HAVE TO MOVE. 
          UH, IT'S JUST GIVING A WARNING AND IT DOESN'T TRIGGER ANYTHING FROM YOUR DEPARTMENT. 
          IT, IT DOES NOT. 
          RIGHT. 
          UM, 'CAUSE I NOTICED, UH, ONE OF THE SLIDES THAT WERE LIKE, THE LARGEST NUMBER OF PEOPLE, UH, IN THE SLIDE ON APPEARING AT THE COURT WERE THE ONES THAT WERE JUST, UH, GRANTED TO THE PROPERTY OWNER BECAUSE THE, UH, THE RENTER DIDN'T SHOW UP. 
          THAT'S CORRECT. 
          AND I, I UNDERSTAND A LOT OF PEOPLE, AS SOON AS THEY GET THAT, UH, NOTICE TO VACATE, THEY JUST MOVE OUT NOT RECOGNIZING THAT THEY HAVE ANY OTHER ACTIONS THEY CAN TAKE. 
          RIGHT. 
          WELL, ONE OF THE THINGS WE DO AT THE NOTICE TO VACATE STAGE, AT LEAST IN THE CITY LIMITS, IS WE DO REQUIRE THE NOTICE OF TENANTS RIGHTS. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND SO THE NOTICE OF TENANTS RIGHTS, UM, TELLS INDIVIDUALS THAT RECEIVE THAT NOTICE TO MAKE IT THAT FIRST STEP, WHAT THEIR RIGHTS ARE, AND WE CAN GET ADDITIONAL RESOURCES. 
          SO WE HAVE NOT JUST OUR CONTACT INFORMATION AT THE COURTS, BUT ALSO OUR, UH, LEGAL AID PROVIDER AS WELL. 
          AND SO THEY CAN GET ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND FIND OUT WHAT RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE. 
          UM, BUT HOW DO WE KNOW THAT'S BEING GIVEN? SO WE, WE HAVE A PROCESS IN THAT, UM, NOTICE OF TENANTS RIGHTS, UH, ORDINANCE FOR REPORTING IF IT'S NOT DONE. 
          SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE STARTED DOING WITH OUR EVICTION TEAM IS ASKING PEOPLE IF THEY DID INDEED RECEIVE THAT. 
          UH, IT'S REALLY HARD TO TRACK BECAUSE SOMEONE ISSUING A NOTICE TO VA VACATE DOES NOT HAVE TO REPORT IT ANYWHERE. 
          SO THERE'S NO DATA ON HOW MANY ARE FILED. 
          BUT IF AN EVICTION IS FILED, THEN OUR STAFF DOES ASK, WHEN YOU GOT YOUR NOTICE TO VACATE, DID YOU RECEIVE THE NOTICE OF TENANT'S RIGHTS? AND WHAT IS THE PERCENTAGE THAT YOU'RE FINDING HAVE SAID THEY HAVE RECEIVED IT OR HAVE NOT? UM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE NUMBER I'M GONNA ASK SARAH TO ANSWER THAT. 
          COUNCILMAN COURAGE. 
          THE NUMBER IS ABOUT 25%. 
          BUT I WILL CAVEAT THAT, THAT, UM, WE CAN ONLY CALL A SAMPLE OF THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE FILINGS AGAINST THEM, BECAUSE WHEN THE LANDLORD GOES TO COURT TO ISSUE THE FILING, THEY'RE THE ONES RESPONSIBLE FOR PUTTING IN THE TENANT'S PHONE NUMBER. 
          SO IF WE DON'T HAVE THAT PHONE NUMBER, WE CAN'T ACTUALLY MAKE A PHONE CALL TO THE TENANT. 
          SO WE PUT A BLURB IN THEIR MAILER PACKET THAT EVERYONE RECEIVES WITH INFORMATION ABOUT IT. 
          SOMETIMES THEY CALL US BACK AND WE CAN ASK. 
          BUT, UM, WE'RE HEARING ABOUT 25% NOW, IS THAT 25% ARE REPORTING THEY DID NOT RECEIVE THE LE THE RENTAL 
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RIGHTS, OR 25% THEY DID, THEY'RE REPORTING THAT THEY DID RECEIVE. 
          SO THAT MEANS 75% MAY NOT HAVE RECEIVED THEM. 
          UH, THEY COULD BE THE CASE. 
          ANOTHER CAVEAT TOO IS THAT THE NOTICE OF TENANT'S RIGHTS APPLIES ONLY IN SITUATIONS WHERE THE EVICTION IS FOR NON-PAYMENT OF RENT. 
          RIGHT. 
          SO IF THERE IS A NOTICE TO VACATE THAT IS SERVED FOR SOMETHING LIKE A LEASE VIOLATION, UH, IT IS NOT A REQUIREMENT TO INCLUDE THE NOTICE OF TENANT'S RIGHTS. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, BUT WHAT I'M GETTING AT IS, YOU KNOW, WHEN 4,000 PEOPLE ARE, ARE, UM, JUST FOUND, UH, OR HAVE TO MOVE OUT BECAUSE, UH, THEY GET A DEFAULT JUDGMENT AGAINST THEM, UH, I WOULD PRESUME THAT A LOT OF THEM DIDN'T TAKE ANY ACTION AND JUST MOVED OUT. 
          AND IF YOU'RE SAYING ONLY THAT'S CORRECT, YOU CAN ONLY IDENTIFY 25% OF THE PEOPLE WHO YOU'VE TALKED TO WHO SAID THEY DID GET THAT LETTER. 
          THAT HELPS ME, UH, BELIEVE THAT MAYBE MANY THOUSANDS NEVER GOT THE LETTER, NEVER REALIZED THEY HAD AN ALTERNATIVE, AND WE NEVER HAD A CHANCE TO SERVE THEM AND HELP THEM. 
          I WANNA CLARIFY SOMETHING SURE. 
          THAT SARAH MENTIONED. 
          SO WE GET THE LIST OF THOSE FILINGS THAT FILING DOES NOT TELL US HOW OR WHY THEY WERE EVICTED. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND SO, SO WHEN WE GET THE LIST FOR THOSE FILINGS, THAT FILING DOES NOT TELL US HOW THAT INDIVIDUAL WAS EVICTED OR WHY. 
          AND SO WHEN SARAH'S STAFF IS CALLING TO ASK THEM IF YOU GOT THE LETTER, UM, SOME OF THEM COULD HAVE BEEN EVICTED FOR, UM, CRIMINAL REASONS OR FOR ANY OTHER REASON. 
          AND NO, GRANTED, I UNDERSTAND THAT. 
          AND SO SHE'S NOT A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THOSE SURE. 
          THAT ARE SHE'S CALLING ARE NOT BEING EVICTED FOR NON-PAYMENT OF RENT. 
          NO, I, I CAN UNDERSTAND THAT. 
          AND WE CAN'T GET THAT INFORMATION. 
          AND I WISH WE COULD, BUT THEY DO NOT PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION TO US. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND WHY IS IT THAT WE CAN'T GET THAT INFORMATION? SORRY. 
          UH, COUNCILMAN THE COUNTY DOES NOT COLLECT THE REASON FOR THE FILING AT THE TIME, UM, THAT THEY GET IT. 
          SO THE INFORMATION THAT WE GET FROM THE COUNTY IS QUITE LITERALLY CONTACT INFORMATION FOR BOTH PARTIES, UH, WHERE IN THE PRECINCT IT IS, UM, AND SOMETIMES HOW MUCH IS OWED. 
          AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE GET. 
          BUT IN CASE OF A DEFAULT JUDGMENT, ISN'T THERE A REASON FOR THE DEFAULT JUDGMENT BECAUSE THEY WERE BEING THAT'S CLEAR ACCUSED OF VIOLATING THEIR RENT OR SOMETHING AS OPPOSED TO, UH, NOT PAYING THEIR RENT? YEAH. 
          SO, BUT IT'S A DIFFERENT PHASE IN THE PROCESS. 
          YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          SO WE'RE USING THE FILING DATA. 
          DEFAULT IS A JUDGMENT. 
          SO THAT WOULD HAPPEN AT THE TIME OF A HEARING AFTER A JUDGE HAS SEEN THEM. 
          I GUESS JUST MY POINT IS, I'D LIKE TO KNOW THAT, THAT THE PROPERTY OWNERS ARE REALLY DOING THEIR RESPONSE OF THEIR DUE DILIGENCE IN THIS PROCESS, UH, SINCE SO MANY PEOPLE HAD A DEFAULT JUDGMENT. 
          AND SO, UM, JUST VERY QUICKLY, ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE DOING IS CONTINUING OUR EDUCATION AND OUTREACH FOR THE LANDLORDS AS WELL. 
          WE HAD, UH, A VERY HIGHLY ATTENDED EVENT, UH, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH SABRE AND THE, UH, DEPARTMENT ASSOCIATION. 
          UH, I THINK WE HAD OVER 400 PARTICIPANTS WE'RE GONNA DO A FOLLOW UP, BUT WE WERE VERY SPECIFIC, UM, IN PARTICULAR ABOUT MAKING SURE THEY ARE TRAINED ABOUT WHAT IS REQUIRED OF THEM. 
          UM, AND SO OUR OUT OUTREACH AND TRAINING FOR THE LANDLORD TO ENSURE THEY'RE IN COMPLIANCE AND THEY DON'T WANNA BE OUT OF COMPLIANCE, BUT THEY NEED THE INFORMATION, UH, CONTINUES. 
          AND WE ARE CONTINUING TO WORK WITH THE DEPARTMENT ASSOCIATION. 
          THE, IT'S A SMALL GROUP THAT COVERS, UH, SMALL RENTAL PROPERTIES. 
          I FORGOT, UM, THE NAME NRI OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 
          UM, SO THEY'RE THE ONES THAT WE ARE MAKING SURE THEY'RE AWARE. 
          UH, AND MOST PEOPLE, I MEAN, THEY DO WANT TO COMPLY. 
          THEY JUST NEED THE INFORMATION. 
          THEY NEED TO KNOW WHAT THEY NEED TO DO. 
          UM, AND WE FIND THAT ONCE THEY KNOW THEY'RE, THEY'RE FOLLOWING IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          D S D COUNCILMAN, YOU BROUGHT UP A GOOD POINT ABOUT TRYING TO GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THOSE WHO ARE TRULY EVICTED FOR NON-PAYMENT OF RENT. 
          HOW MANY ARE RECEIVING THE NOTICE ATTENDANCE RIGHTS? SARAH? COULD WE DO A SAMPLE CALL OF THOSE AFTER THE EVICTION IS PROCESSED TO CONFIRM HOW MANY WHO ARE EVICTED FOR NON-PAYMENT OF RENT ARE INDEED RECEIVING, UM, THAT NOTICE ATTENDANCE RIGHTS? SO WE HAVE A BETTER GAUGE OF THE PERCENTAGE? YEAH. 
          I THINK WE'RE HAPPY TO DO THOSE CALLS. 
          WE'VE BEEN STARTING TO RECEIVE SOME JUDGMENT DATA FROM THE COUNTY, WHICH WE CAN UTILIZE TO DO THAT. 
          I WILL SAY THAT WHEN THE TEAM MAKES CONTACTS WITH TENANTS, UM, AS YOU CAN UNDERSTAND, EVICTION IS A VERY TRAUMATIC AND CONFUSING PROCESS. 
          AND SO SOMETIMES THEY DON'T REMEMBER THE FORMS THAT THEY'VE SEEN. 
          AND QUITE FRANKLY, THAT WAS ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS THAT WE, UM, PUT THE NOTICE OF TENANT'S RIGHTS OUT THERE WAS SO THAT THEY WOULD HAVE SOMETHING 
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IN FRIENDLY AND ACCESSIBLE LANGUAGE THAT DID NOT LOOK LIKE THEY NEEDED TO LEAVE. 
          SO SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO KIND OF COACH PEOPLE THROUGH, YOU KNOW, WAS IT A DOCUMENT THAT LOOKED LIKE THIS? DID IT SAY LANGUAGE LIKE THIS? AND THEY DON'T REMEMBER IT FIRST AND IT COMES BACK. 
          BUT WE'LL, UM, ABSOLUTELY CALL AND REACH OUT AND SEE WHAT INFORMATION WE CAN GET. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN. 
          COURAGE. 
          COUNCILMAN CASTILLO. 
          THANK YOU, CHAIR. 
          UM, SO RIGHT NOW WE KNOW THAT DISCONNECTIONS ARE GOING TO START OCCURRING. 
          I KNOW SAS HAS COME UP WITH A PLAN TO ENSURE THAT WE MITIGATE THAT IS THE CITY WORKING WITH C P S TO IMPLEMENT A SIM SIMILAR PLAN. 
          SO, UM, WE ARE HAVING CONVERSATIONS, UM, AS WELL TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE AWARE OF OUR PROGRAMS. WE CONTINUE TO LET SA AND C P S KNOW THAT IF PEOPLE NEED RENTAL AND UTILITY ASSISTANCE, THEY CAN APPLY TO OUR PROGRAM. 
          UM, SO YES, WE CONTINUE THOSE CONVERSATIONS. 
          UM, AND, AND THE OUTREACH THAT WE DO. 
          WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT IF WE'RE INVITED TO AN INTAKE EVENT, THAT WE REACH OUT TO THEM AND HAVE THEM PRESENT AS WELL. 
          AND DO WE KNOW IF, UM, SO I, I KNOW THERE'S BEEN A DISPUTE ABOUT THE NUMBER OF EVICTION FILINGS THAT WE WERE SEEING, UM, BUT WE CHECKED IN WITH OUR CONSTABLE AND THEY, YOU KNOW, YEAH. 
          SHARED WITH OUR OFFICE THAT SINCE 2019 WE'VE SEEN OVER 28,415 EVICTIONS. 
          UM, SO I THINK, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT WE DO DO BETTER. 
          UM, I KNOW WE HAVE NOT SEEN THAT SPIKE YET, BUT, UM, SOME FOLKS HAVE CITED THAT IT'S BECAUSE THERE'S A BACKLOG. 
          UM, SO ENSURING THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'D BE IDEAL IF EACH COUNCIL MEMBER CAN HAVE A HOUSING NAVIGATOR IN THEIR OFFICE TO WALK OUR CONSTITUENTS THROUGH THAT APPLICATION PROCESS. 
          UM, MIKE HAS BEEN A GREAT HELP FOR THE DISTRICT FIVE OFFICE, AND I THINK EACH COUNCIL MEMBER SHOULD HAVE ONE ASSIGNED TO THEM UNTIL WE, UH, ARE ALL OUT OF EAP FUNDS TO ENSURE THAT THOSE FUNDS ARE ONE RIGHT, ACCESSIBLE, AND TWO, THAT WE HAVE SOMEONE THERE WALKING THEM ALONG THE WAY. 
          UM, SO THANK YOU TO YOUR OFFICE FOR ASSISTING WITH US IN THAT, UM, AND ENSURING THAT THERE'S ASSISTANCE FOR COMMUNITY TO COMPLETE THAT APPLICATION. 
          IT'S VERY IMPORTANT. 
          UM, BUT I ALSO WANNA ASK, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, HEARING MOLLY AND HER EXPERIENCE AND BRINGING UP THAT, YOU KNOW, THESE THINGS ARE VERY TRAUMATIC, AN EVICTION ON ONE'S RECORD, WE'RE IN THE MIDST OF A HOUSING CRISIS. 
          WE'RE HERE BEFORE COVID. 
          UH, WE KNOW THAT EVICTION FILINGS ON ONE'S RECORD IMPACT ONE'S ABILITY TO FIND SAFE AND AFFORDABLE QUALITY HOUSING. 
          SO ARE WE, DO WE HAVE ANY FORESIGHT ON HELPING FOLKS, YOU KNOW, REMEDY THAT EVICTION ON THEIR RECORD AS WE MOVE FORWARD? IS THERE LIKE ANY CONVERSATION AROUND THAT? YES. 
          UM, SO COUPLE THINGS. 
          UH, WE REACHED OUT TO THE, UH, O C A, I FORGOT WHAT, THE OFFICE OF COURT ADMINISTRATION, WHICH IS THE OFFICE THAT PROVIDES GUIDANCE AT THE STATE LEVEL FOR HOW ALL COURTS ARE RUN IN THE STATE, INCLUDING THE JP COURTS IN EVICTION. 
          AND WE ASKED, UM, I SENT THIS LETTER, UH, ASKING THAT THE PROTECTION OF, UM, ESSENTIALLY SEALING AN EVICTION SO IT DOESN'T HAVE THAT LONG-TERM IMPACT ON, UH, INDIVIDUALS. 
          IT'S KIND OF LIKE A BAD CREDIT REPORT. 
          IT FOLLOWS YOU FOR A SET PERIOD OF TIME, UM, THAT, THAT COULD BE SEALED SIMILAR TO HOW WE DO IT WITH OUR TEXAS PROGRAM, UH, AT THE STATE. 
          IT'S CALLED THE, UH, EVICTION DIVERSION PROGRAM. 
          MM-HMM. 
          . 
          AND SO I ASKED FOR THAT. 
          UM, AND SO WE SENT IT TO, TO THE STATE. 
          WE GOT A REPLY THAT THEY THINK THE SUPREME COURT OF TEXAS, WHICH IS THE, THE BODY THAT SETS ALL THE RULES, UH, BEYOND THE O C A, THE OFFICE OF COURT ADMINISTRATION NEEDED TO WEIGH IN. 
          SO WE'VE HAD FOLLOW-UP CONVERSATIONS, BUT THIS IS SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY THEY, THEY LOOK INTO IT AND FIGURE OUT HOW IT COULD WORK, BUT IT'D BE PROTECTIONS. 
          WE ASKED FOR THIS FOR THE WHOLE STATE. 
          UM, SO WE SAID, YOU'RE DOING IT NOW. 
          DO IT FOR EVERYONE. 
          SO THAT EVICTION IS NOT A BAD MARK FOR MANY YEARS FOR INDIVIDUALS IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          UH, SO AS LONG AS THEY GET ANY KIND OF RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, BE IT FROM US, THE COUNTY, ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE STATE, WE WANT THAT, UH, RECORD SEALED. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, COUNCILMAN CASTILLO. 
          COUNCILWOMAN . 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, I'M GLAD I CAME BACK AT THAT MOMENT. 
          UH, 'CAUSE I WANT TO DISCUSS THAT ALSO. 
          I, I, YOU SHOULD BE VERY PROUD OF YOUR STAFF'S WORK. 
          THEY'RE DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB. 
          YOU WORK BEHIND THE SCENES LOOKING FOR GRANTS, LOOKING FOR MONIES TO HELP THIS PROCESS. 
          THE ONE THING I WANT TO BE THOUGHTFUL IS, IS WE'VE TASKED YOU WITH THIS, HELPING THEM. 
          I COME FROM THE SOUTH SIDE. 
          I'VE LIVED ON THE SOUTH SIDE. 
          I HAVE MANY FAMILY MEMBERS. 
          UH, I'M FAMILIAR THROUGH THEM. 
          I'M FAMILIAR WITH THIS PROCESS. 
          AND I THINK WHEN WE HAVE 
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CONVERSATIONS, WE NEED TO ASK THE QUESTION. 
          BUT THIS ISN'T NECESSARILY THE QUESTIONS YOU GUYS NEED TO ASK. 
          WE MAY NEED TO GET STAKEHOLDERS TO HELP, IS WHY ARE, WHY ARE THEY HOUSELESS? WHAT GOT THEM TO THIS BRINK OF EVICTION? AND HOW MANY TIMES HAVE THEY REACHED OUT FOR CITY SERVICES IF, IF, BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC I HAVE. 
          AND IF I LOOK AT PRECINCT ONE, IT'S, IT'S OVER 2000, UH, CASES. 
          HOW MANY ARE THERE FOR THE FIRST TIME? BECAUSE THEY NEED TO, BECAUSE OF THIS PANDEMIC, BECAUSE THEY LOST THEIR JOB, BECAUSE THEY, THEY GOT SICK. 
          BUT I AM FULLY AWARE THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE WHERE THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME. 
          AND, UH, TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THE FACT THAT WE HAD A MORATORIUM. 
          AND IT IS, I, I THINK WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY ALSO TO HELP THOSE INDIVIDUALS MAKE CHANGES SO THAT THEY DON'T GET HERE AGAIN. 
          BUT WE'RE GONNA NEED STAKEHOLDERS INPUTS TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM. 
          UM, ESPECIALLY WHERE IT COMES TO THOSE THAT ARE IN, UH, RELATIONSHIPS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. 
          BECAUSE SOMETIMES THE REASON THEY GET EVICTED IS BECAUSE THEY HAD A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INCIDENT. 
          AND I'LL HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE COUNTY ABOUT TRYING TO GET THAT INFORMATION. 
          BUT I KNOW WHEN WE LOOK AT THOSE DEFAULT JUDGEMENTS OR THOSE JUDGEMENTS WHERE THEY DID GET EVICTED, THAT IS THE CASE. 
          SO THESE ARE THE THINGS I WANT TO KIND OF, UM, LOOK AT IT AS WE MOVE FORWARD. 
          BUT I THINK YOU GUYS ARE DOING A GREAT JOB. 
          I THINK CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR FUNDING. 
          UH, MY OFFICE, OF COURSE, IS THE COUNCIL OFFICE IS HERE TO HELP IN, IN ADDRESSING SOME OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND SOME OF OUR PROPERTIES. 
          UM, AND I KNOW WHEN I ASK MY PROPERTIES ABOUT EVICTIONS, THEY, UM, THEY ARE VERY FORTHRIGHT OF HOW MANY THEY EVICTED AND WHAT WERE THE REASONS WHY. 
          SO I'LL BE ASKING THAT, UH, THOSE QUESTIONS OF SOME OF MY PROPERTIES IF Y'ALL NEED ANY HELP. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILWOMAN VIAGRA. 
          COUNCILMAN BRAVO. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, I'M LOOKING AT, UH, PAGE SIX FOR THE EAP ASSISTANCE BY CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT. 
          AND I SEE THAT DISTRICT ONE HAD MORE HOUSEHOLDS THAT TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THIS PROGRAM THAN DISTRICT NINE, AND I WOULD'VE EXPECTED THAT. 
          UH, BUT DISTRICT ONE ALSO HAD MORE HOUSEHOLDS THAT TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THIS PROGRAM THAN DISTRICTS FOUR AND FIVE, AND I WOULD NOT HAVE EXPECTED THAT. 
          AND SO I'M WONDERING IF WHAT, WHAT YOUR THOUGHTS ARE ON ANY DISPARITIES? LIKE, ARE, ARE THERE, DO YOU THINK THE DIGITAL DIVIDE MIGHT HAVE SOME PLAY A ROLE HERE IN PEOPLE'S ACCESS TO INFORMATION ABOUT THIS? SURE. 
          UM, ONE THAT'S A A VERY GOOD QUESTION, THANK YOU FOR, FOR ASKING US. 
          UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE NOTICE IN DISTRICT FIVE, UM, IS THAT WE DO HAVE A LOT OF, UM, SUBSIDIZED HOUSING, AND THERE ARE ADDITIONAL PROTECTIONS IN THAT SUBSIDIZED HOUSING. 
          AND SO SOMEONE IN DISTRICT FIVE WHO IS IN SUBSIDIZED HOUSING MAY NOT NEED, UH, E H BECAUSE THE ADDITIONAL PROTECTIONS ARE IN PLAY. 
          AND SO THEY ARE BEING, UM, IF THEY ARE IN A SITUATION WHERE THEY NEED HELP, THE OTHER PROTECTIONS ARE THE ONES THAT ARE KICKING IN. 
          AND SO THAT'S PART OF IT. 
          UM, PART OF IT, AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT EXPLAINS THE DISTRICT FOUR, UM, IS SOME OF THE, THE RENTS ARE LOWER AS WELL. 
          AND SO IT COULD BE THAT WE'VE ASSISTED, UM, SIMILAR NUMBERS OF FOLKS, BUT BECAUSE THE RENT PAYMENTS ARE LOWER IN ONE AREA VERSUS ANOTHER AREA THAT ACCOUNTS FOR SOME OF THE DISCREPANCY, WE KNOW DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE CITY DO CHARGE DIFFERENT RENTS. 
          AND SO THAT, THAT EXPLAINS A LITTLE BIT OF IT, IT DOESN'T EXPLAIN EVERYTHING. 
          UH, BUT IN DISTRICT FIVE, WE WERE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT WHY WE WERE NOT GETTING THE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS. 
          WE TOOK A DEEP DIVE INTO THAT. 
          AND A LOT OF THE EXPLANATION WAS BECAUSE THERE ARE OTHER PROTECTIONS FOR CURRENTLY SUBSIDIZED HOUSING IN IN DISTRICT FIVE, THAT ACCOUNT FOR THAT DIFFERENCE. 
          UM, GOT IT. 
          BUT WE, WE MADE SURE, WE DID A LOT OF OUTREACH, UH, TO ADDRESS THE DIGITAL DIVIDE WITH OUR PARTNERS, WITH OUR GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATIONS. 
          AND WE CONTINUE TO BE COGNIZANT OF THAT AS A BARRIER. 
          GREAT. 
          I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT YOU WERE PROACTIVE ABOUT THAT. 
          UH, SO WHAT MORE CAN OUR COUNCIL OFFICES DO TO SUPPORT THIS WORK AND TO HELP GET THE, GET THE WORD OUT AND, YOU KNOW, BRING PEOPLE, UH, WHO DO NEED THIS ASSISTANCE TO YOU? SO ONE THING THAT, UH, IS ALREADY GOING ON, AND AGAIN, I'M VERY THANKFUL FOR THE PARTNERSHIP WITH ALL OF YOUR OFFICES, IS WHEN YOU HAVE ACTIVITIES OR EVENTS, MAKE SURE YOU DO ASK US TO BE THERE SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO DO OUTREACH AND INTAKE. 
          WE HAVE DOCUMENTS, UM, 
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AND, UH, SOCIAL MEDIA KIND OF FLYERS, UH, AND INFORMATION THAT YOU CAN PUSH OUT THROUGH YOUR OFFICES TO MAKE SURE THAT'S THERE. 
          IF YOU HAVE MEETINGS WITH, UH, LANDLORDS OR PROPERTY OWNERS, SHARING THE INFORMATION WITH THEM AS WELL. 
          UM, AND SO I'LL MAKE SURE YOUR OFFICE, I, I BELIEVE YOUR OFFICE SHOULD HAVE ALL, ALL THAT, BUT WITH THE START OF THE NEW FISCAL YEAR, WE'LL, UH, CONTINUE TO PUSH IT OUT. 
          UM, WE'RE HAPPY TO GO TO YOUR MEETINGS AND HAVE PEOPLE HELP INDIVIDUALS. 
          THANKS A LOT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN REVO. 
          UH, THANK YOU AGAIN, VERO AND TEAM FOR ALL YOU'RE DOING WITH THE EHA PROGRAM. 
          I APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORTS. 
          WE'LL MOVE ON 
          [3. Briefing and possible action on the City’s Strategic Housing Implementation Plan (SHIP) progress and next steps. [Lori Houston, Assistant City Manager; Verónica R. Soto, Director, Neighborhood and Housing Services]]
TO ITEM NUMBER THREE, WHICH IS A BRIEFING AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE CITY'S STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, PROGRESS, AND NEXT STEPS. 
          AND THAT'LL ALSO BE, OH, IT'S GONNA BE PRESENTED BY IAN BEEZ. 
          SO IAN, THE FLOOR IS YOURS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, GOOD MORNING COUNCIL MEMBERS, IAN BENAVIDES, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR WITH NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES, UM, AS THE POWERPOINT LOADS. 
          JUST AS WAY AS A BACKGROUND, UH, WE PRESENTED LAST MONTH ON OUR STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, SPECIFICALLY ON HOW WE WERE IDENTIFYING THE NEED, UM, AND OUR STRATEGY AND SETTING OUR TARGET GOALS. 
          SO FOR THIS MEETING, UM, WE'LL GO OVER A LITTLE BIT MORE RECAP THAT NEED REALLY QUICKLY GO OVER OUR STRATEGY, UM, FOR SETTING OUR NEW TARGET GOALS FOR THE NEXT 10 YEARS. 
          UH, AND THEN TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES THAT ARE BEING FINALIZED SO THAT WE CAN, UH, FINALIZE OUR DRAFT DOCUMENT FOR, UM, COMMENT. 
          SO BY WAY OF BACKGROUND, UH, THE STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN IS BUILDING OFF OF ALL THE GREAT WORK THAT WAS DONE THROUGH THE MAYOR'S HOUSING POLICY FRAMEWORK. 
          OF COURSE, THIS FRAMEWORK WAS ADOPTED BY COUNCIL IN SEPTEMBER OF 2018, AND IT DID A COUPLE OF THINGS. 
          UM, ONE, AS I SPOKE TO EARLIER, IT SET A HOUSING PRODUCTION AND PRESERVATION GOAL OF, UH, 18, A LITTLE 18 AND A HALF THOUSAND UNITS. 
          UM, AND IT ALSO HAD IDENTIFIED SOME KEY STRATEGIES AND FIVE KEY ACTION AREAS THAT I'M SURE YOU'RE VERY FAMILIAR WITH. 
          BUT THOSE ARE TO DEVELOP A COORDINATED HOUSING SYSTEM, INCREASE CITY INVESTMENT IN HOUSING WITH A 10 YEAR FUNDING PLAN, INCREASE AFFORDABLE HOUSING PRODUCTION, REHABILITATION AND PRESERVATION, PROTECT AND PROMOTE NEIGHBORHOODS, AND ENSURE ACCOUNTABILITY TO THE PUBLIC. 
          WHEN WE BEGAN TRACKING THE HOUSING POLICY FRAMEWORK PROGRESS, UH, WE QUICKLY REALIZED THAT WE WERE ON TRACK TO SURPASS OUR GOAL OF THAT 18 AND A HALF THOUSAND UNITS WITHIN THE FIRST, FIRST FIVE YEARS. 
          SO WE WANTED TO TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT HOW WE COULD RECALIBRATE THOSE, GO THOSE GOALS TO ADDRESS THE NEED IN SAN ANTONIO AND BE A LITTLE BIT MORE AMBITIOUS WITH THE FIVE KEY ACTION ITEMS. UM, MANY OF THOSE WE HAVE ALREADY, UH, UNDERGONE AND WE PRESENTED TO THE, TO THE COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON THOSE POLICY THAT WE HAVE ALREADY, UM, FINALIZED. 
          THOSE ARE IN PROGRESS AND THOSE ARE ON HALT. 
          UM, SO WE TOOK THOSE THAT HAVE NOT BEEN FINISHED, WE CARRIED THEM FORWARD THROUGH THE STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, AND THEN WE LOOKED TO OUR PARTNER PLANS, UM, WHETHER IT'S SA TOMORROW, UM, THE HOMELESS STRATEGIC PLAN, UH, THE SUSTAINABILITY PLAN, OPPORTUNITY AT RISK BY O H P, AND WE TRIED TO ALIGN ALL OF THOSE SPECIFIC PLANS AND THOSE STRATEGIES THAT RELATED TO HOUSING TOGETHER IN ONE DOCUMENT SO THAT WE COULD BE STRATEGIC AS WE GO FORWARD IN ACCOMPLISHING THESE NEW TENURE GOALS. 
          SO THIS WAS THE SLIDE THAT I PRESENTED LAST TIME AT THIS COUNCIL COMMITTEE. 
          UM, THIS WAS HOW WE IDENTIFIED THE COMMUNITY NEED. 
          AGAIN, WE STARTED VERY LARGE FROM THE TOTAL HOUSEHOLDS WITHIN SAN ANTONIO AND BEXAR COUNTY. 
          AND THEN WE LOOKED AT THOSE THAT WERE COST BURDEN, OR THOSE ARE PAYING MORE THAN 30% OF THEIR INCOME. 
          THAT GAVE US ROUGHLY ABOUT 170,000 OF THE TOTAL 500,000 UNITS. 
          AND THEN WE LOOKED AT THOSE CATEGORIES WITHIN THOSE COST BURDEN HOUSEHOLDS THAT WERE AFFORDABLE, SO UP TO 80% A M I FOR RENTAL AND UP TO 120 20% A M I FOR HOME OWNERSHIP. 
          AND THOSE REALLY GAVE US, THOSE ARE THE AFFORDABLE HOUSEHOLD RANGES THAT ARE COST BURDEN. 
          AND THEN WE DID A SUPPLY DEMAND ANALYSIS. 
          SO OF THOSE PEOPLE THAT ARE COST BURDEN, HOW MANY UNITS ARE AVAILABLE TO THOSE HOUSEHOLDS WITHIN THE COUNTY? AND THAT DISPARITY GAVE US OUR NEW MOST VULNERABLE HOUSEHOLDS THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO ADDRESS. 
          AND THAT COMES OUT TO ABOUT 95,000. 
          SO BREAKING DOWN THAT 95,000 HOUSEHOLDS. 
          UM, WE DO HAVE A CHART HERE WHERE YOU CAN SEE THOSE 95 HOUSEHOLDS BROKEN DOWN BY A M I, YOU M I YOU CAN SEE THAT A VERY LARGE PERCENTAGE OF THEM, ALMOST 50% OVERALL OR BELOW 30% OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME, ABOUT 75% OF THEM ARE UNDER 50% OF THE MEDIAN INCOME. 
          SO THIS TELLS US RIGHT AWAY THAT THE NEED WITHIN THE CITY IS AT THOSE LOWER A M I RANGES WHEN WE LOOK AT 'EM SEPARATED OUT BY HOMEOWNER AND RENTER. 
          IF YOU LOOK AT HOME OWNERSHIP, YOU CAN STILL SEE THE VAST MAJORITY, ABOUT 40% ARE BELOW 30% OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME, AND ALMOST 60%, A LITTLE OVER 60% OR 50% AND BELOW OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME FOR RENTAL, A LITTLE OVER 50% ARE OF THAT NEED IS IDENTIFIED AT 30% A M I AND ABOUT 75% OF THAT, UH, REFLECTING THAT OVER 95,000 TARGET, UM, IS BELOW 50% OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME. 
          SO AS WE SPOKE ABOUT LAST TIME, THERE'S REALLY TWO WAYS THAT YOU CAN ADDRESS COST BURDEN UNDER THESE MOST VULNERABLE HOUSEHOLDS WITHIN SAN ANTONIO. 
          ONE IS TO INCREASE HOUSEHOLD WAGES OR SUBSIDIZE INCOMES. 
          YOU CAN DO THAT THROUGH A COUPLE OF 
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METHODS, WHICH I'LL TALK ABOUT IN A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL ON FUTURE SLIDES. 
          UM, BUT YOU CAN DO THAT THROUGH JOB TRAINING TO INCREASE THE HOUSEHOLD'S INCOME, OR YOU CAN PROVIDE THEM SOMETHING LIKE A VOUCHER OR ASSISTANCE THAT THAT MAKES, UH, HOUSING MORE AFFORDABLE TO THAT HOUSEHOLD, SUBSIDIZING THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE INCOME THEY MAKE AND THE RENT COST. 
          THE SECOND, I THINK, IS SOMETHING THAT OUR DEPARTMENT'S MUCH MORE FAMILIAR WITH, AND THAT IS TO PRODUCE AND PRESERVE MORE INCOME RESTRICTED UNITS. 
          HOWEVER, WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, WE WANTED TO LOOK AT ADDRESSING THIS NEED HOLISTICALLY. 
          WE KNOW THAT THE CO THE BURDEN CAN'T BE ON ONE SECTOR OR THE OTHER. 
          UM, THEY ALL PLAY A ROLE IN BEING ABLE TO ADDRESS HOUSING NEEDS FOR OUR COMMUNITY. 
          SO WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE WHO, THE WHAT AND THE HOW FOR THESE TWO CATEGORIES. 
          SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT INCREASING HOUSEHOLD WAGES OR SUBSIDIZING INCOMES, WE'RE LOOKING PRIMARILY AT PUBLIC ASSISTANCE. 
          AND THAT CAN BE DONE THROUGH HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHERS, UM, OR VOUCHERS THAT ARE SPECIFICALLY TARGETED LIKE HOPWA OR VASH VOUCHERS AND OTHER FEDERAL PROGRAMS, UM, THAT HELP, UH, HELP HOUSEHOLDS BE ABLE TO ACCESS ADDITIONAL BENEFITS AT THE LOCAL, STATE, OR FEDERAL LEVEL. 
          UM, AND THAT'S A LOT OF THE WORK THAT OUR HOUSING NAVIGATORS ARE DOING RIGHT NOW THROUGH D H SS AND N H S D IS CONNECTING 'EM TO THESE PROGRAMS THAT ARE AVAILABLE. 
          COULD BE SOMETHING LIKE SNAP, UM, THAT ALLOWS THEM TO ACCESS FUNDING FOR THEIR FOOD, UM, WHICH ALLOWS 'EM TO SPEND MORE OF THEIR INCOME ON THEIR HOUSING. 
          WE ALSO KNOW THAT WITH JOB TRAINING, THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT WORK CURRENTLY BEING DONE THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY, UM, THROUGH OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. 
          BUT WE'VE ALSO, AS A CITY LAUNCHED OUR AMBITIOUS SA READY TO WORK PROGRAM, UM, THAT IS GONNA BE OVERSEEN BY SA READY TO WORK. 
          AND THAT IS A, A VERY AMBITIOUS GOAL TO, UM, JOB TRAIN MANY PEOPLE WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          AND WE KNOW THAT INCREASING INCOMES IS SOMETHING THAT CAN ALSO HELP MAKE HOUSING MORE ACCESSIBLE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT PRODUCING AND PRESERVING MORE INCOME RESTRICTED UNITS. 
          UM, AGAIN, THIS IS A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT OUR DEPARTMENT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE FAMILIAR WITH, AND I'M SURE COUNSEL YOU'RE VERY FAMILIAR WITH, WHETHER IT'S THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING TRUST AND THEM BEING ABLE TO ENTER INTO PARTNERSHIP OR ISSUE TAX EXEMPTIONS FOR THE PRODUCTION OR REHABILITATION OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING HUD GRANTS LIKE HOME AND C D B G THAT HELP FILL THE GAP, UM, WITH MULTIFAMILY PRODUCTION OR PRESERVATION OR, UH, SINGLE FAMILY OWNER OCCUPIED REHAB. 
          UH, AND THEN OTHER, OTHER SOURCES OF FUNDING. 
          AND THOSE COULD BE AT THE STATE LEVEL, UM, WHERE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HOUSING TAX CREDITS THAT ARE ADMINISTERED BY T D H C A. 
          ANOTHER THING THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, AS A POTENTIAL, UH, AVENUE TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS IS A LOCAL HOUSING VOUCHER PROGRAM. 
          UH, AND THIS HAS BEEN DONE, UH, IN OTHER PLACES, BUT IT WOULD ESSENTIALLY BE THAT SAME, UM, STRATEGY OF TRYING TO SUBSIDIZE A HOUSEHOLD'S INCOME TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD UNITS THAT ARE CURRENTLY OUT THERE RIGHT NOW, MUCH SHORTER TERM TURNAROUND AND CAN PROVIDE IMMEDIATE RELIEF. 
          AND THEN WHEN WE LOOK AT CONSTRUCTION, UM, WE ARE VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE PROJECTS THAT WE SUBSIDIZE. 
          HOWEVER, ON THE PRIVATE, UH, IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR, THERE ARE DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE NATURALLY CURRENTLY AFFORDABLE. 
          UM, THERE ARE SOME OF OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPERS BUILD HOUSING THAT MAYBE DOESN'T COME TO US FOR SUBSIDY THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO DO EITHER THROUGH PRIVATE LOANS OR DONATIONS. 
          UM, SO WE DON'T NECESSARILY SEE THOSE OR TRACK THOSE BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT RECEIVING AN INCENTIVE, BUT WE KNOW THEY'RE OUT THERE. 
          WE ALSO KNOW THAT NATURALLY ACCORDING, UH, OCCURRING AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS BUILT THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY, UM, THEY'RE NOT RENT RESTRICTED, BUT THEY ARE PROVIDING HOUSING AT THOSE AFFORD SAME AFFORDABLE HOUSING LEVELS. 
          AND THOSE CAN EITHER BE NEW HOUSING ON CERTAIN PARTS OF TOWN WHERE THAT MAY, THAT RENT MAY BE APP APPROPRIATE, OR AS NEW HOUSING PRODUCT COMES ON THE MARKET, OLDER HOUSING PRODUCT ADJUST ITSELF, UM, ITS PRICE TO BE AT THAT AFFORDABLE HOUSING LEVEL. 
          SO FOR THE STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLANS APPROACH, WE REALLY LOOKED AT THESE FOUR SECTORS TO BE ABLE TO MEET THIS 95,000 HOUSEHOLD NEED WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. 
          UM, WE LOOKED AT THE PRIVATE SECTOR TO PROVIDE A PORTION OF THAT, OUR 25,898 UNITS, WHICH ROUGHLY COMES OUT TO A LITTLE OVER 25 AND THOUSAND, I'M SORRY, 2 2500 UNITS A YEAR FOR PUBLIC ASSISTANCE. 
          17,210 HOUSEHOLDS. 
          UM, THAT'D BE ABOUT 17, A LITTLE OVER 1700, UH, HOUSEHOLDS A YEAR RECEIVING PUBLIC ASSISTANCE. 
          AGAIN, THOSE COULD BE VOUCHERS. 
          UH, THERE ARE ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS THAT ARE PROVIDED THROUGH OUR HOUSING NAVIGATORS. 
          AND THEN FOR JOB TRAINING, UH, 23,798, UM, THIS IS JUST BREAKING OUT THAT 95,000 INTO HOW WE CAN TACKLE IT. 
          UM, I WILL TELL YOU THAT THE JOB TRAINING PROGRAM DOES HAVE A MORE AMBITIOUS GOAL THAN THIS, BUT WE KNOW THAT THEY COULD MEET THIS SCHOOL TO MEET THAT NEED, WHICH COMES ABOUT TO, TO ABOUT 2300, A LITTLE OVER 2300 HOUSEHOLDS PER YEAR. 
          AND THAT LEAVES US WITH OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING TARGET OF A LITTLE OVER 28,000 UNITS. 
          UM, AND THAT WOULD BE ABOUT 2,800 UNITS A YEAR. 
          NOW, WHEN WE LOOK AT THAT 28,000 UNITS FOR OUR NEW 10 YEAR TARGET, AND YOU COMPARE IT TO THE 18,000 UNITS THAT WE HAD BEFORE, 10,000 UNITS MORE MAY NOT SEEM LIKE A LARGE INCREASE, BUT WE REALLY NEED TO BE CAREFUL OF AND LOOKING AT IS WHERE THAT NEED IS BEING IDENTIFIED. 
          UM, YOU'LL SEE THAT THE SHIFT FROM THESE TARGETS, OUR OLD TARGETS VERY MUCH FOCUS ON THAT LESS THAN 30 AND LESS THAN 50% 
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A M I. 
          AND THEY ALSO FOCUS PRETTY HEAVILY ON REHABILITATION. 
          UM, AND WE KNOW THAT THAT, THAT THE COST FOR THOSE INTERVENTIONS IS A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN ADDRESSING AIS AT HIGHER LEVELS. 
          UM, SO WE WANTED TO, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS, UH, PART OF THE CONVERSATION AS WE MOVE FORWARD, TRYING TO BE MORE TARGETED WITH THOSE GOALS AS WE GO FORWARD. 
          UM, WITH THE STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, ONE OF THE KEY THINGS THAT WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE DO IS TRACK THESE TARGETS. 
          UM, ONE OF THE KEY PILLARS IN THE HOUSING POLICY FRAMEWORK WAS ACCOUNTABILITY TO THE PUBLIC. 
          AND FOR US, THAT MEANS ESTABLISHING A DASHBOARD, WE'LL BE ABLE TO TRACK THESE METRICS OVER TIME. 
          WE'LL BE ABLE TO PRESENT MONTHLY TO UPDATE TO OUR, UH, HOUSING COMMISSION. 
          UM, THEY ARE CHARGED WITH OVERSEEING THE HOUSING POLICY FRAMEWORK. 
          SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THESE MONTHLY UPDATES AND THEN QUARTERLY UPDATES, UM, TO THIS BODY, THE PLANNING AND LAND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE. 
          AND WITH THESE UPDATES, WE'LL BE ABLE TO SEE WHAT TRAJECTORY WE ARE IN TERMS OF MEETING THOSE GOALS, AND WHERE WE MAY TO MEET MAY NEED TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS TO BE ABLE TO MEET THEM. 
          UM, WE DO KNOW THIS IS A LIVING DOCUMENT. 
          UM, SETTING GOALS IS, IS THE FIRST STEP, UH, IMPLEMENTATION AND ACHIEVING THEM AS THE SECOND. 
          UH, AND WE MAY, MAY NEED TO READJUST ALONG THE LINE. 
          WE MAY NEED TO SHIFT RESOURCES, BUT SETTING THE GOAL AND BEGINNING TO TRACK IS THE FIRST STEP IN THAT PROGRESS. 
          SO WHO AND WHAT WILL BE TRACKED EXACTLY, UM, FOR PUBLIC ASSISTANCE, JOB TRAINING, AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR? I TALKED A LITTLE ABOUT THESE EARLIER, AND THEIR TARGETS FOR PUBLIC ASSISTANCE WE'RE REALLY GONNA BE WORKING VERY CLOSELY, UM, WITH THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING AUTHORITY, D H SS, UM, TO LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS THAT ARE PROVIDED VOUCHERS ANNUALLY. 
          UM, AND THOSE ARE USUALLY DONE, UM, BASED ON VOUCHERS THAT BECOME AVAILABLE. 
          THE CITY DOESN'T NECESSARILY RECEIVE A LOT OF NEW VOUCHERS, BUT INDIVIDUALS WHO MAY EARN INCOME AND NO LONGER QUALIFY FOR VOUCHERS, THOSE VOUCHERS BECOME AVAILABLE, OR INDIVIDUALS WHO MAY HAVE PASSED ON THOSE VOUCHERS ALSO BECOME AVAILABLE. 
          SO AS THOSE NEW VOUCHERS, UH, BECOME AVAILABLE, WE WANNA BE ABLE TO TRACK THEM. 
          AND THEN, UH, AS I SPOKE TO EARLIER, OUR HOUSING BENEFITS NAVIGATORS, UM, THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY THAT ARE AVAILABLE IF YOU, UM, CALL 3 1 1, UM, THAT ARE REFERENCED, UM, EITHER AT OUR COURTS TEAM OR BY EAP APPLICANTS TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS OTHER MORE HOLISTIC RESOURCES TO ADDRESS THEIR NEEDS. 
          TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SNAP, BUT THERE'S DEFINITELY OTHER PROGRAMS OUT THERE, WHETHER IT'S OTHER FEDERAL ASSISTANCE OR TAX ASSISTANCE THAT COULD MAKE A VERY BIG IMPACT ON THOSE FAMILIES, HOUSEHOLDS INCOME. 
          AND IAN, I WANTED TO ADD, UM, ON AVERAGE ABOUT 1200 VOUCHERS BECOME AVAILABLE, UM, ANNUALLY THROUGH SA HA'S PROCESS. 
          AND SO IF YOU LOOK AT THAT 1200 TIMES 10, THAT'S 12,000 THAT WE CAN HELP SUBSIDIZE THEIR INCOME OR SUBSIDIZE THEIR RENT SO THEY CAN AFFORD THAT UNIT. 
          YES, THAT'S CORRECT. 
          AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE FEEL WITH ALL OF THESE TARGETS, THEY, THEY ARE ACHIEVABLE, UM, WITH THE PACE OF THAT VOUCHER, UM, TURNOVER YEAR OVER YEAR, PLUS THE BENEFITS NAVIGATORS WITH THE, WHICH THE CITY JUST, UH, FUNDED AND EXPANDED THIS YEAR, UM, WE FEEL THAT WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO MEET THAT AT LEAST A MINIMUM OF THAT 17,000. 
          AND AS WE TRACK THAT, WE'LL BE ABLE TO, TO MEASURE THAT GOING FORWARD FOR JOB TRAINING, UM, 23,000 HOUSEHOLDS, YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD BE, UM, DATA THAT IS GONNA BE COLLECTED BY E D D AND THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO'S READY TO WORK PROGRAM. 
          SO WE SHOULD HAVE, UH, PRETTY READY ACCESS TO THAT. 
          WE KNOW THERE ARE PROGRAMS OUT THERE ALREADY, AND AS THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO RAMPS UP FOR THE READY TO WORK PROGRAM, WE'LL BE ABLE TO TRACK THOSE METRICS AS WELL AND PRESENT THOSE. 
          AND THEN FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING, THOSE ARE WHAT, UH, UH, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND OUR PARTNERS TYPICALLY TRACK. 
          UM, SO WE KNOW WHEN WE GIVE INCENTIVES TO A DEVELOPMENT, UM, YOU KNOW, HOW MANY UNITS THE DEVELOPMENT HAS, WHAT THOSE AMIS ARE. 
          SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO TRACK THAT. 
          AND THAT THAT'S US WORKING VERY CLOSELY, UM, WITH THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING AUTHORITY, THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING TRUST AND BEXAR COUNTY, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE MOVING THE NEEDLE WHEN IT COMES TO PRODUCTION AND PRESERVATION OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          AND THEN FOR THE PRIVATE SECTOR, IT'S A LITTLE BIT HARDER TO TRACK, BUT WE DO KNOW THAT WE ARE WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH OUR REMOVING BARRIERS COMMITTEE TO LOOK AT U D C AMENDMENTS THAT WOULD MAKE THE DEVELOPMENT OF ALL, ALL HOUSING, BUT SPECIFICALLY AFFORDABLE HOUSING, UH, MUCH EASIER. 
          UM, SO WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO TRACK THOSE U D C AMENDMENTS TO REMOVE THOSE BARRIERS AND ALLOW FOR THE PRODUCTION OF MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND MORE HOUSING IN GENERAL, UH, IN THE OPEN MARKET. 
          SO WHEN WE GO TO THE GOALS, I'M GONNA BREAK THEM DOWN A LITTLE BIT BY A M I AND BY CATEGORY BETWEEN PRODUCTION AND PRESERVATION. 
          IF WE LOOK AT HOMEOWNER PRODUCTION AND PRESERVATION, WE HAVE AN OVERALL GOAL OF ALMOST 13,000 UNITS. 
          YOU CAN SEE THAT FOR PRESERVATION, WE HAVE A VERY HIGH NUMBER, UH, OF TARGET GOALS, ALMOST CLOSE TO 6,000 AT THAT ZERO TO 30% A M I AND A LITTLE OVER, UH, 3,400 AT THAT 30 TO 50% A M I. 
          SO AGAIN, HEAVY PRESERVATION TARGETS AT THAT LOWER A M I LEVEL. 
          UM, AT THE LOWER A M I LEVEL, YOU'RE TYPICALLY GONNA SEE MORE OWNER-OCCUPIED REHAB, UH, AND MORE OWNER AND MORE MINOR REPAIR, UM, THAN YOU WOULD SEE SOMETHING LIKE, UH, MINOR REPAIR AND UNDER ONE ROOF, MAYBE AT THE HIGHER A M I, WHERE THE NEED FOR 
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REHAB ON THOSE UNITS MAY NOT BE AS GREAT. 
          UM, SO WE DO KNOW THOSE ARE SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENTS INTO THOSE HOMES. 
          FOR PRODUCTION. 
          UM, FOR SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, WE'RE LOOKING AT 80 TO A HUNDRED PERCENT A M I AND A HUNDRED TO 120% A M I. 
          AND WE SPLIT THOSE TARGETS TO ABOUT 13, UH, 1300 UNITS OVER THOSE 10 YEARS. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          OH, SORRY, I HAVE THE SLIDES. 
          , UM, FOR RENTAL PRODUCTION AND PRESERVATION, WE HAVE A TARGET OF OVER A LITTLE OVER 15,000 UNITS. 
          AND AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE, UM, HEAVY, HEAVY PRODUCTION TARGETS FOR THOSE ZERO TO 30% A M I, UH, AND THE 30 TO 50% A M I. 
          UM, WE DID STOP AT 60% A M I FOR TRACKING AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          UM, THAT WAS PART OF THE DEFINITION OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT WITH THE HOUSING COMMISSION THAT WILL BE INCLUDING IN THE STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN. 
          UH, IMPORTANT NOTE HERE IS THAT 60 TO 80% A M I, UH, IS NEEDED, ESPECIALLY IN A LOT OF THESE DEVELOPMENTS THAT DO INCOME AVERAGING, SO THAT WE CAN GET SOME OF THOSE ZERO TO 30% AMIS AND 30 TO 50% MIS. 
          SO WE WILL TRACK THOSE AS THEY COME THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENTS. 
          THEY JUST WON'T GO TOWARDS THESE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TARGET GOALS. 
          UH, BUT IT IS A VERY IMPORTANT TOOL, UH, AND PART OF BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE HOUSING ACROSS THE, UH, AFFORDABLE HOUSING SPECTRUM FOR PRESERVATION. 
          WE DO GO UP TO THAT 80% A M I, WE DO KNOW THAT EXISTING AFFORDABLE HOUSING, UM, THAT MAY BE COMING UP ON COVENANT EXPIRATION DOES INCLUDE UNITS UP TO 80% A M I. 
          SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PRES, UH, PRESERVING THOSE EXISTING AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS. 
          AND THEN YOU'LL SEE AN ASTERISK, UM, UP, UP AT THE TOP NEAR THE ZERO TO 30% A M I PRODUCTION TARGET. 
          UM, AND THAT'S, THAT'S, UM, A THOUSAND UNITS THAT WE'RE GONNA LOOK TO TO BUILD A PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS. 
          UM, SO THIS IS A, IS A PRETTY AMBITIOUS TARGET. 
          PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING IS, IS UNIQUE, UH, IN THAT THE FINANCING FOR THAT IS A LITTLE BIT MORE EXPENSIVE. 
          THE DESIGN IS A LITTLE BIT MORE UNIQUE, AND THE ONSITE SERVICES AND THE, UH, FUNDING FOR THOSE ONSITE SERVICES, UM, IS ALSO UNIQUE AND DIFFERENT THAN SAY, A LITECH DEVELOPMENT. 
          SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH D H SS, SARAH, UM, AND OUR PARTNERS ON TO BE ABLE TO CREATE A STRATEGY TO ADDRESS THOSE. 
          SO WHEN WE MOVE INTO THE IMPLEMENTATION PLANS, UM, WE TALKED ABOUT THE FIVE KEY AREAS THAT WERE INCLUDED IN THE HOUSING POLICY FRAMEWORK. 
          UM, WE HAVE CREATED FOUR STAKEHOLDER FORUMS WITHIN THE SHIP THAT HAVE WORKED FOR MONTHS SIX, SIX TO SEVEN MONTHS ON CRAFTING STRATEGIES, UM, FILLING OUT TEMPLATES TO BEING ABLE TO ADDRESS, UM, STRATEGIES FOR THESE KEY FIVE FOCUS AREAS. 
          AND AGAIN, THOSE ARE TO DEVELOP A COORDINATED HOUSING SYSTEM, INCREASE CITY INVESTMENT IN HOUSING, INCREASE AFFORDABLE HOUSING PRODUCTION, REHABILITATION AND PRESERVATION, PROTECT, AND TO PROMOTE NEIGHBORHOODS AND ENSURE ACCOUNTABILITY TO THE PUBLIC. 
          AND SO WHEN WE WERE CRAFTING THESE IMPLEMENTATION PLANS, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE FOLLOWING THAT HOUSING POLICY FRAMEWORK. 
          WE CONTINUED TO OR ORGANIZE OUR IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES UNDER THOSE KEY AREAS. 
          UM, ALTOGETHER YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE, UH, ABOUT 36 STRATEGIES. 
          SO WE HAVE EXPANDED THE NUMBER OF STRATEGIES THAT WERE INCLUDED IN THE ORIGINAL HOUSING POLICY FRAMEWORK, AND WE'VE ALSO BUILT ON A LOT OF THOSE ONGOING EFFORTS. 
          I SPOKE TO A COUPLE OF THOSE PLANS THAT ARE UNDERWAY AND WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PULLED AND WE TIED THOSE STRATEGIES, UH, INTO THE PLAN. 
          I'M NOT GONNA GO THROUGH EVERY, UM, STRATEGY 'CAUSE THAT WOULD TAKE A VERY LONG TIME. 
          BUT, UM, AFTER THIS COUNCIL MEETING, UM, WE WILL BE ABLE TO PRESENT A DRAFT, UM, TO THIS COUNCIL COMMITTEE AND HOUSING COMMISSION SO THAT YOU CAN GO THROUGH EACH STRATEGY, UM, AND BE ABLE TO, UH, COMMENT ON THEM SO THAT WE CAN MAKE EDITS PRIOR TO US GOING TO THE PUBLIC SO THAT THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK. 
          BEFORE I GO INTO THE STRATEGY, I JUST WANNA PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT OF DETAIL. 
          UM, EACH PLAN WILL HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION THAN THIS. 
          WE'VE KIND OF CONDENSED THEM A LITTLE BIT FOR THE SLIDE, BUT THEY WILL HAVE A EQUITY KEY FOCUS AREA THAT'S THAT, UM, KIND OF SYMBOL THAT LOOKS LIKE A CLOVER. 
          UM, WE HAD FOUR KEY EQUITY PRINCIPLES THAT WE SPOKE TO THIS COMMISSION, UH, COMMITTEE LAST TIME. 
          UM, WE WILL IDENTIFY WHICH KEY EQUITY PRINCIPLES, THE STRATEGY ADDRESSES. 
          IN THE MIDDLE YOU'LL SEE A BAR CHART. 
          IT'S GOT THREE BAR CHARTS, AND THAT'S TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF THE COMPLEXITY OF THE STRATEGY. 
          SO SOME STRATEGIES MAY TAKE A LOT OF FUNDING, SOME STRATEGIES MAY TAKE A LOT OF TIME TO BE ABLE TO BE ABLE TO, UH, GET THEM TO THEIR END GOAL. 
          SO WE WANTED TO GIVE AN IDEA OF BASICALLY BETWEEN COST COMPLEXITY, UM, TO GIVE AN INDICATOR OF OF HOW MUCH AND HOW MUCH, UH, COST IS ALSO A VERY IMPORTANT FACTOR OF HOW HARD THE STRATEGY WILL BE TO ACCOMPLISH. 
          UH, IT'S NOT TO DETER US, IT'S JUST TO BE VERY REALISTIC ABOUT COMING INTO THE STRATEGY, UH, AND WHAT, WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO ADDRESS IT. 
          AND THE LAST ONE IS TIME, BECAUSE I THINK THAT IS A VERY CRITICAL COMPONENT OF ANY STRATEGY, IS TO BE ABLE TO SAY, IS THIS A SHORT-TERM, MEDIUM TERM, OR LONG-TERM GOAL, UM, THAT WE CAN ADDRESS. 
          SO THE FIRST ONE I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT IS FROM DEVELOP AND COORDINATED, UH, HOUSING SYSTEM. 
          AND THE EXAMPLE PLAN THAT I WILL USE IS TO UPDATE THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE TO REMOVE BARRIERS TO HOUSING PRODUCTION AND PRESERVATION. 
          AND THE GOAL FOR THIS IS REALLY TO STREAMLINE THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PROCESS AND MAKE SURE THAT IT'S HOLISTIC AND 
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OVERALL REALLY INCREASES THE AMOUNT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          A VERY SIMPLE GOAL, IT'S VERY COMPLICATED TO DO. 
          UM, HOWEVER, I AM, YOU KNOW, DELIGHTED TO SAY THAT THE REMOVING BARRIERS GROUP, UM, HAD MET PRIOR TO, UH, THE COVID PANDEMIC, UM, AND HAD DONE A LOT OF REALLY GOOD WORK AS IT RELATES TO ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS. 
          UM, AND THEY'VE BEEN ABLE BEEN ABLE TO CREATE A WORK PLAN OVER THE NEXT, UH, SEVERAL YEARS FOR THEM TO CREATE A, UM, ADDRESS, A BUNCH OF OTHER, UM, COMPONENTS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT. 
          SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED FOR THE WORK THAT THEY'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO DO, UM, AND TO BE ABLE TO CARRY THAT FORWARD. 
          THEY WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE LINKING TO ALL OF THE OTHER PLANS. 
          I MENTIONED SOME OF THEM EARLIER, BUT ONE THAT I DID NOT MENTION, UH, WAS THE VIA TRANSPORTATION PLAN, WHICH WE KNOW IS CRITICAL FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          EACH PLAN WILL HAVE, UH, A BOX LIKE IS ON THE LEFT. 
          IT'LL, IT WILL IDENTIFY THE ASSOCIATED PLANS THAT SOME OF THE INFORMATION IS COMING FROM OR WHERE THAT IS ROOTED FROM. 
          IT'LL IDENTIFY FUNDING SOURCES IF SOME ARE NEEDED. 
          IT'LL HAVE A LEAD PARTNER. 
          SO FOR THIS ONE TO BE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, PLANNING AND NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES, AND THEN A TARGET, A M I, SO WE CAN, WE CAN ALIGN THOSE STRATEGIES WITH THE NEED WITHIN THE COMMUNITY THAT WAS IDENTIFIED IN THE RECALIBRATION. 
          ONE THAT I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT FOR INCREASED CITY INVESTMENT AND HOUSING, UM, IS TO ESTABLISH A LAND BANKING PROGRAM TO ACQUIRE MORE LAND FOR FUTURE AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT. 
          THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING TRUST ON. 
          AND SO YOU CAN SEE THEY'RE LISTED AS A LEAD PARTNER. 
          UH, IT'S SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN MENTIONED IN FOR EVERYONE HOME AND SA TOMORROW. 
          UM, THERE'S A, THERE'S A VARIETY OF FUNDING SOURCES THAT WE COULD USE, INCLUDING THE BOND OR SOME OF OUR HUD FUNDING. 
          UH, AND OUR TARGET, A M I LEVEL, YOU CAN SEE IS LISTED THERE TOO. 
          AND SO THE GOAL IS REALLY TO PRESERVE, UH, MORE LAND FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING INTO THE FUTURE AS LAND PRICES CONTINUE TO INCREASE. 
          UM, AND THEY AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPERS ARE AT, UH, ARE HAVING TO COMPETE WITH THE OPEN MARKET FOR, UH, INCREASED AFFORDABLE HOUSING PRODUCTION, REHABILITATION AND PRESERVATION. 
          THE ONE I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT IS THE A THOUSAND UNITS OF PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING THAT I TALKED ABOUT EARLIER. 
          I MENTIONED THE PARTNERS WOULD DEFINITELY NEED TO INCLUDE BEXAR COUNTY, D H SS, UH, AND SARAH, WHO IS OUR CONTINUUM OF CARE AND HOW WE ADDRESS THAT. 
          UM, WE'RE LOOKING TO ADD THOSE THOUSAND UNITS AS THE RESULT OF, UH, AN ANALYSIS THAT WAS ACTUALLY DONE BY, UH, LISC, UM, OUR LISC HERE LOCALLY SAN ANTONIO OFFICE. 
          UM, AND SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE FOR THE NEED IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          AND SO THIS IS ANOTHER STRATEGY THAT I THINK IS VERY CRITICAL AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH A POTENTIAL HOUSING BOND OR, UM, PRIORITIZING, UM, FUNDING FOR THE FUTURE FOR PROTECTING AND PROMOTING NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          WE'RE LOOKING AT A SYSTEM-WIDE EVICTION AND FORECLOSURE PREVENTION. 
          UM, WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT EVICTION EARLIER TODAY. 
          THERE'S DEFINITELY A LOT OF IMPROVEMENTS THAT CAN BE MADE IN THE SYSTEM AS A WHOLE, NOT ALL OF WHICH WE NECESSARILY HAVE CONTROL OVER. 
          SO WE WILL HAVE TO LEAN VERY HEAVILY ON OUR PARTNERS, UH, WORKING WITH BEXAR COUNTY. 
          UM, SOME OF IT COMES DOWN TO LITTLE THINGS LIKE DATA AND REPORTING THAT WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER. 
          YOU KNOW, HOW CAN WE IMPROVE OUR DATA AND REPORTING? HOW CAN WE MORE TRANSPARENT, UM, WITH REPORTING THE DATA FROM EVICTIONS. 
          UM, AND SO THIS, THIS COMES OUT OF A COUPLE OF THINGS. 
          THE HOUSING POLICY FRAMEWORK DID TOUCH ON IT, BUT FOR EVERYONE HOME, WHICH IS OUR ANTI DISPLACEMENT INITIATIVE, VERY HEAVILY FOCUSED ON EVICTION, UH, PREVENTION AND FORECLOSURE. 
          AND SO WE WOULD, WE WOULD LOOK TO THIS GOAL TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF EVICTIONS, FORECLOSURES, AND INCREASE AWARENESS OF RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES THROUGH PROACTIVE EDUCATION. 
          UM, COORDINATED OUTREACH AND INCREASED PROTECTIONS WHERE POSSIBLE FOR ENSURE ACCOUNTABILITY TO THE PUBLIC. 
          UM, WE, I, I CHOSE THIS ONE TO HIGHLIGHT, APPLY THE COMMUNITY, UH, PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PRINCIPLES WHEN CREATING AND IMPLEMENTING NEW CITY POLICY. 
          WE DO HAVE A PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PRINCIPLES THAT WAS ADOPTED BY THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE HIGHLIGHT THIS AND WE ACTUALIZE THIS. 
          UH, WHEN WE GO FORWARD WITH ALL OF THESE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN STRATEGIES. 
          UH, THIS WAS SOME WORK THAT CAME OUT OF ALL THE, UH, PUBLIC INPUT THROUGH THE HOUSING POLICY FRAMEWORK AS WELL AS FOR EVERYONE HOME TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THOSE THAT ARE MOST IMPACTED BY POLICY AT THE TABLE WHEN WE CRAFT IT. 
          WE'LL WORK CLOSELY WITH OUR G P A DEPARTMENT, UM, AND ANY OTHER PARTNERS THAT ARE INVOLVED IN A STRATEGY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HIT EACH OF THOSE PRINCIPLES WHEN WE GO FORWARD WITH ANY POLICY. 
          AND SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE CREATE A TRULY PARTICIPATORY AND INCLUSIVE PROCESS THAT IS FOCUSED ON MARGINALIZED AND OVERLOOK COMMUNITIES. 
          SO THAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF SOME OF THE STRATEGIES THAT WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE SHIP AND HOW SOME OF THEM WILL BE LAID OUT. 
          UM, THIS IS THE APPROVAL PROCESS THAT I THINK YOU'VE SEEN BEFORE, BUT WE'VE HAD OUR, OUR SHIP CO-CHAIRS, WHICH ARE TWO FROM EACH OF OUR FORUMS. SO WE HAVE TOTAL OF, UM, SIX OF THOSE, UM, I'M SORRY, EIGHT OF THOSE. 
          AND WHAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO THROUGH THEM IS TO REALLY REFINE OUR MESSAGING, LOOK VERY CLOSELY AT SOME OF THOSE IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES AND HOW WE'VE LAID OUT THE PLAN. 
          UM, WE'VE WORKED WITH OUR STAKEHOLDER FORUMS, WHICH ARE THE LARGER BODIES TO GET INPUT ON EACH IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY UP TO THIS POINT. 
          AND THEN OUR PUBLIC FORUMS, WHICH INCLUDE THE HOUSING COMMISSION, SAN ANTONIO HOUSING TRUST, SAHA, AND THIS COUNCIL COMMITTEE, WE JUST TOOK THIS TO HOUSING COMMISSION YESTERDAY. 
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UM, THEY APPROVED OUR APPROACH TO BEING ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN. 
          UM, SO WE WANTED TO BRING IT TO YOU. 
          AND THEN AFTER THIS MEETING, WE WILL BE ABLE TO RELEASE THE DRAFT FOR YOUR COMMENT ALONG WITH OUR SHIP, UM, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, STAKEHOLDERS, UM, SO THAT WE CAN GET FINAL COMMENT BEFORE WE POST FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          AND I'LL GO OVER A LITTLE BIT WHAT THAT WILL LOOK LIKE. 
          AND THEN ULTIMATELY, THIS, THIS DOCUMENT, UM, IS TO BE APPROVED AND ADOPTED, NOT JUST BY THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, BUT ALSO BY THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING TRUST, BEX COUNTY AND SAHA, SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A TRULY COORDINATED APPROACH TO TRYING TO SOLVE OUR HOUSING CRISIS. 
          SO HERE, WE'RE HERE IN SEPTEMBER AND WE'RE LOOKING VERY CLOSELY AT OUR PRODUCTION AND PRESERVATION TARGETS, WHICH WHAT WE PRESENTED TODAY. 
          UM, WE DID GO TO THE HOUSING COMMISSION YESTERDAY AND WE'VE, UH, WORKED ON OUR PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT FOR THE NEXT MONTH. 
          UM, NEXT MONTH WE'LL BE ABLE TO COME BACK TO YOU AFTER YOU'VE RECEIVED A DRAFT, UM, TO LOOK ONE MORE TIME THROUGH THE ENTIRE DOCUMENT AND THOSE DRAFT STRATEGIES. 
          AND WE'LL BE, BEGIN OUR PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, WHICH WILL INCLUDE THREE PUBLIC MEETINGS AS WELL AS THE DOCUMENT POSTED ONLINE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          IN NOVEMBER. 
          WE WILL RETURN TO THIS BODY, UM, FOR FINAL APPROVAL OF THE DOCUMENT SO THAT WE CAN GO FORWARD, UM, AFTER CLOSING OUR PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT. 
          AND THEN WE WILL START APPROACHING THE BOARDS IN THE, IN THE BODIES OF ALL THE OTHER, UH, ENTITIES INCLUDING CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, CITY COUNCIL, SAN ANTONIO HOUSING TRUST, UM, SAHA AND BEXAR COUNTY. 
          AND SO THAT SHOULD TAKE US ROUGHLY TO THAT NOVEMBER, DECEMBER TIMEFRAME, DEPENDING ON WHEN WE CAN GET ON THOSE, UH, AGENDAS. 
          SO THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. 
          I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE. 
          THANK YOU, IAN. 
          WE APPRECIATE, UM, ALL OF THE, THE HARD WORK THAT YOU ALL ARE PUTTING INTO THIS, THAT THIS REMINDS ME ALSO FOR THE BENEFIT OF MY COLLEAGUES, UM, PLAN TO HAVE ANOTHER PLANNING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT MEETING ADDED TO OUR CALENDAR REALLY SOON. 
          UM, WE HAVE TO PROBABLY HELP WITH THE SELECTION OF THE HOUSING TRUST, UH, MEMBER. 
          SO JUST F Y I JUST, IN CASE YOU SEE ANOTHER ONE POP UP, WE REALLY WILL NEED IT. 
          SO, UM, HEADS UP ON THAT, IAN, REALLY QUICK. 
          DO YOU, ON SLIDE THREE, YOU HAD A LIST OF, UH, PROJECTS THAT ARE, UM, FUTURE PROJECTS, BUT I THINK WE HAD ALSO ASKED FOR A LIST OF PREVIOUS PROJECTS. 
          CAN WE SEE THAT? OR, OR CAN YOU JUST FOLLOW UP WITH US AND LET US KNOW? UM, SO WE CAN SEE HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE? UH, OH, ABSOLUTELY. 
          I APOLOGIZE. 
          I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT. 
          THAT'S OKAY. 
          I HADN'T BEEN SENT YET. 
          BUT YES, WE DO HAVE THE PIPELINE OF PROJECTS, UM, THAT WE'VE PREVIOUSLY DONE. 
          WE'VE TRACKED THOSE AND WE WILL SEND THAT TO COMMITTEE. 
          WONDERFUL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND THEN I AM GOING TO ASK, UH, MY COLLEAGUES AND IT LOOKS LIKE COUNCILMAN VRAN, GO RIGHT AHEAD WITH YOUR QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, IAN. 
          UH, AND I'M HAVING REUBEN REACH OUT 'CAUSE I, I HAVE SOME IDEAS ABOUT THE STRATEGIES, BUT, UM, UH, BUT THEY'RE DISTRICT THREE SPECIFIC, SO I'M NOT SURE THAT MY COMMITTEE WANTS TO HEAR ALL OF THEM. 
          AND I ONLY HAVE THREE MINUTES. 
          SO I LIKE THE INCREASE HOUSEHOLD. 
          SO WHEN YOU, I LIKE THAT YOU, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THIS AND WE LOOK AT THE COST BURDEN, IT, WE DO HAVE TO INCREASE HOUSEHOLD WAGES AS WE GO INTO PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          I THINK ONE THING WE HAVE TO CONSIDER IS I HAVE, UM, TEACHER'S AIDES AND IN MY SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND THERE'S, THERE'S SIX OF 'EM IN THE SOUTHERN SECTOR THAT ARE MAKING $11 AN HOUR, 1150 AN HOUR. 
          AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE WORKING, BUT THEY'RE SITTING AT THAT, THAT A M I. 
          SO AS WE LOOK AT THAT AND WE LOOK AT HELPING PEOPLE THAT WE ARE ADDRESSING WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND HOW THEY'RE GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE I WANT TO SEE THEIR WAGES INCREASE OF COURSE, BUT THAT TAKES WORK WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. 
          SO I THINK, UM, THAT, THAT NEEDS TO BE UNDER. 
          UNDERSTOOD. 
          AND DO YOU TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION, UM, WHEN, WHEN YOU LOOK AT A HOUSEHOLD, IF THEY HAVE A PARENT LIVING WITH THEM THAT THEY'RE SUPPORTING? WE LOOK AT HOUSEHOLD SIZE. 
          YEAH. 
          SO THAT WOULD INCLUDE ANY MEMBER OF THE FAMILY. 
          OKAY. 
          BECAUSE I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE COMMUNICATING WHEN THEY START THIS PROCESS THAT THEY'RE INCLUDING EVERYBODY IN THE FAMILY THAT IS LIVING IN THAT HOUSEHOLD. 
          'CAUSE I KNOW SOMETIMES THEY DON'T ALWAYS INCLUDE THAT BROTHER THAT SPENDS 60% OF THE TIME ON THE SOFA AT THE HOUSE. 
          SO I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE COMMUNICATE THAT CLEARLY, UH, WHEN THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT THEIR HOUSEHOLD. 
          UM, SO I, I LOOK FORWARD TO KIND OF MEETING, I THINK THE STRATEGIES ARE, UH, UH, REALLY GOOD. 
          I JUST WOULD LIKE TO SEE AS WE, AS WE TAKE IT OUT TO THE PUBLIC, THAT WE, WE LOOK AT, UH, WHERE, UH, DISTRICT THREE SPECIFICALLY CAN BE, UM, CAN GET ENGAGED. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILWOMAN VRAN. 
          DO ANY OF MY OTHER COLLEAGUES HAVE QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? COUNCILMAN? COURAGE. 
          THANK YOU, CHAIR. 
          UH, I DO HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS, BUT I WANNA START OFF SAYING THAT I AM VERY POSITIVELY IMPRESSED BY WHAT YOU'VE PRESENTED HERE TODAY. 
          AND I SAY THAT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I'VE TALKED TO YOU MANY TIMES 
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ABOUT A LOT OF THESE ISSUES AND I, I REALLY FEEL LIKE YOU'VE PUT TOGETHER A GREAT PLAN. 
          I THINK THE, THE FINAL PARTS OF THIS THOUGH HAVE TO BE THE DETAILS. 
          AND SPECIFICALLY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT COST DETAILS, UH, BECAUSE I'M SURE THIS IS GONNA BE A FRAMEWORK THAT WE'RE GONNA TAKE TO THE PUBLIC WHEN WE ASK THEM TO APPROVE A $250 MILLION BOND PROJECT. 
          AND WHAT I'VE ASKED ALL ALONG IS, WHAT ARE GONNA BE THE DETAILS WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO SHOW THE PUBLIC WHAT THE NEED IS AND REALLY BREAK THAT NEED DOWN TO WHERE PEOPLE LOOK AT AND SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, THAT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE. 
          WE DO HAVE IN OUR COMMUNITY THOSE GREAT NEEDS. 
          AND THEN THE PLAN TO ADDRESS THOSE NEEDS. 
          AND AGAIN, THE DETAILS, HOW DO WE ADDRESS THEM STEP BY STEP, PART BY PART, BIT BY BIT. 
          SO THAT'S WHAT I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO HEAR MORE OF THE ACTUAL BREAKDOWN OF THOSE, THOSE NEEDS EVEN GREATER, BUT PARTICULARLY WHAT THOSE COSTS ARE GONNA BE, BECAUSE THE PUBLICS ARE GONNA HAVE TO BUY THAT. 
          THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO BELIEVE THE BENEFIT OF SPENDING $250 MILLION IS GOING TO SOLVE THOSE NEEDS THAT OUR COMMUNITY HAVE OR COME CLOSE TO THEM. 
          UH, BUT I DO HAVE A, A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. 
          WHEN, UH, WE WERE LOOKING AT 95,000 FAMILIES, UH, AND THEN WE'RE LOOKING AT, UM, HOMEOWNER, HOMEOWNERS, OR RENTS. 
          UM, DO WE REALLY HAVE ENOUGH HOUSING UNITS TO PROPERLY HOUSE THESE 95,000 FAMILIES? UH, IF FOR EXAMPLE, WE REDUCED RENTS OR WE SUBSIDIZED RENTS, OR DO WE NEED TO BUILD MORE TO MEET THESE GOALS? SO THE, THE ANALYSIS THAT WE UNDERTOOK LOOKED AT INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE CURRENTLY HOUSED. 
          UM, SO THEY ARE IN A HOUSING UNIT. 
          THEY ARE, THEY ARE COST BURDEN. 
          SO YOU COULD ADDRESS THAT COST BURDEN AGAIN, THROUGH THOSE TWO WAYS. 
          YOU COULD INCREASE THEIR WAGES TO MAKE THAT HOUSING MORE AFFORDABLE TO THEM, OR THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO FIND SOMEWHERE TO LIVE. 
          UM, THIS 95,000 WAS THAT SUPPLY DEMAND ANALYSIS. 
          SO THERE ARE NO UNITS NECESSARILY RIGHT NOW THAT ARE BUILT FOR THEM. 
          SO IF YOU INCREASE THEIR WAGES, THEN IT IS, IF YOU DON'T, THEN YOU NEED TO BUILD THEM A UNIT THAT IS AFFORDABLE TO 'EM. 
          SO YOU'RE REALLY TALKING ABOUT PROBABLY THE UNDER 50% A M I OR THE UNDER 30% A M I THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, THERE'S JUST LESS HOUSING AFFORDABLE FOR THEM UNLESS IT GETS BUILT AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND AS YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE SOME OF THE MOST DIFFICULT UNITS TO FINANCE AND BUILD. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND I WANNA ADD THAT THAT GETS, IT'S REALLY SPECIFIC TO RENTAL AS WELL. 
          YEAH. 
          UM, WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT HOME OWNERSHIP, THAT'S WHERE YOU NEED TO HAVE ANOTHER INTERVENTION WHERE MINOR REPAIR AND OWNER OCCUPIED REHAB. 
          YEAH, I WOULD AGREE. 
          I'LL, I'LL DEFER ANY MORE QUESTIONS IN CASE ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE SOME. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN BRAVO. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I THINK, IAN, MAYBE I'LL START WITH COMMENTS SO I DON'T RUN OUTTA TIME. 
          UM, AND THEN I'LL PUT, THROW MY QUESTIONS AT YOU AT THE END. 
          UM, I SEE, UH, FOR YOUR FULL LIST OF STRATEGY, STRATEGY NUMBER EIGHT, EXPLORE OPTIONS TO REDUCE TAX BURDEN FOR SINGLE FAMILY HOMEOWNERS. 
          UM, I THINK SOME OF THE INITIATIVES THAT I WAS TRYING TO PROMOTE, UH, INCLUDING PROACTIVE EFFORTS TO, UH, CONTRACT WITH ENTITIES TO GO OUT AND KNOCK DOORS, GO INTO THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND GET PEOPLE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE THEIR HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION TO ASSIST PEOPLE, UH, PEOPLE WHO HAVE THEIR HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION IN, IN PROTESTING THEIR, THEIR PROPERTY VALUATIONS. 
          I THINK THAT WOULD FIT IN THERE. 
          AND I HOPE WITH THE CHAIR'S PERMISSION THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION HERE IN THE FUTURE. 
          IN ADDITION TO THE ATLANTA MODEL THAT I BROUGHT UP EARLIER WHERE THE CITY COUNCIL, UH, CREATED A FUND TO ASSIST PEOPLE IN AREAS WHERE THEY WERE VERY VULNERABLE. 
          UM, SO I'M, I'M HOPING THAT WE CAN HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS IN HERE. 
          UM, THEN I SEE NUMBER 19, STRATEGY NUMBER 19, INCREASED NUMBER OF, OF ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS THROUGH SYSTEM WIDE APPROACH. 
          I DON'T THINK THAT SYSTEM WIDE APPROACH IS ENOUGH. 
          I THINK WE NEED TO PROVIDE INCENTIVES. 
          AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU INCLUDE THAT IN SYSTEM WIDE APPROACH. 
          MAYBE YOU DO. 
          OKAY, THAT'S GREAT. 
          'CAUSE I SEE SOME NODDING. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, I JUST THINK ABOUT HOW WE OFFER SO MANY INCENTIVES TO DEVELOPERS TO BUILD MORE HOUSING. 
          WHAT ABOUT THE AVERAGE HOMEOWNER TO BE ABLE TO BUILD AN A D U IN THEIR BACKYARD? AND SO I'M JUST, I'M HOPING, AND, AND REALLY QUICKLY, I'LL JUST SAY, UH, NOT TO TAKE YOUR TIME, BUT, UM, VERONICA WILL ACTUALLY BE PRESENTING ON THE FEE WAIVER PROGRAM, WHICH WILL HAVE A TIE TO A D. 
          SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AS WELL. 
          GLAD TO HEAR IT. 
          UM, THEN I SEE ESTABLISHED RESIDENT OWNED COMMUNITY MOBILE HOME PARKS. 
          UH, I, I LOVE THAT CONCEPT BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT ASSISTING SOMEBODY WITH RENT TODAY. 
          IT'S IF YOU CAN OWN SOMETHING AND BE MAKING PAYMENTS ON IT, THAT CAN HELP, UH, WITH THE INCREASING GENERATIONAL WEALTH. 
          UH, RECENTLY OUR OFFICE WAS ASKED TO VISIT, UH, SOME TOWN HOMES OR SOME CONDOS, AND I GOT THERE 
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AND IT WAS AN OLD APARTMENT COMPLEX. 
          AND IT TURNS OUT EVERYBODY ACTUALLY OWNS THEIR OWN INDIVIDUAL APARTMENT, AND IT WAS CONVERTED AT SOME POINT. 
          AND I'M JUST WONDERING IF THERE'S ANY STRATEGIES, IF YOU GUYS HAVE SEEN ANYTHING WHERE, YOU KNOW, WHERE IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE TO GO IN AND BUY, UH, A APART EXISTING APARTMENT COMPLEXES AND THEN, UH, WORKING MAYBE WITH FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OR FEDERAL FUNDS, AND THEN FIRST TIME HOME BUYER'S ASSISTANCE TO BE ABLE TO FIND FUND SUPPORT FOR, UM, THE DOWN PAYMENT AND THEN THE, MAYBE THE PAYMENT ASSISTANCE WOULD BE GOING TOWARDS PAYING OFF THEIR MORTGAGE AS OPPOSED TO JUST RENTAL ASSISTANCE AND HELP THEM ESTABLISH SOME KIND OF GENERATIONAL WEALTH AND, AND GET AHEAD. 
          YES, THAT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING WE LOOKED AT. 
          AND IT'S VERY CLOSE, CLOSELY ALIGNED WITH WHAT YOU TALKED ABOUT THE, THE MOBILE HOME PARK CONVERSION. 
          IT'S A, IT'S A APARTMENT TO CONDO CONVERSION, UM, AND IT HAS BEEN DONE THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. 
          IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AS A POSSIBLE, YEAH, I WOULD, I WOULD DEFINITELY LIKE TO SEE THAT. 
          AND THEN I JUST WANTED TO ASK IF YOU COULD EXPAND ON, UH, UH, HOW WE'VE COORDINATED WITH BEXAR COUNTY ON GAP FUNDING. 
          YEAH, SO WE'VE BEEN HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH BEXAR COUNTY. 
          UM, THEY DO HAVE TOOLS, UM, THEY DO GET FEDERAL FUNDING THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO USE. 
          THEY DO HAVE A, A, UH, PUBLIC FACILITIES CORPORATION THAT THEY CAN USE ALSO TO DO, UM, DEALS. 
          AND THEN THEY ALSO WILL BE, BE RECEIVING, UM, SOME FEDERAL RELIEF FUNDS THAT THEY'RE GONNA LOOK TO STRATEGIZE, UM, TO ADDRESS HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS. 
          UM, SO WE'RE COORDINATING WITH THEM ON WHEN THEY MAKE THAT INVESTMENT THAT THEY'RE WORKING WITH THE CITY, WHETHER THEY NEED US TO BE A PARTNER OR WE CAN TRACK THOSE UNITS THAT ARE BEING DEVELOPED THROUGH THEM. 
          SO WE'RE TRYING TO, TO BE ALIGNED WITH THE FUNDING THAT THEY HAVE AND THE STRATEGIES THAT THEY'RE GONNA BE TAKING. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND I'M GLAD I TIMED THAT WELL TO GET  TO LET YOU RUN AFTER THE CLOCK. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN REVO. 
          COUNCILWOMAN CASTILLO. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          CHAIR. 
          UH, SAME THING. 
          I'M GONNA JUST RUN THROUGH SO THAT WAY MY TIME DOESN'T GET FILIBUSTER. 
          UM, I, I'M PLEASED TO SEE THAT THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING AUTHORITY HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS, UM, AS A PARTNER. 
          UM, BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT, LIKE WITH THE DETAILS THAT WE ENSURE WITH THE UPCOMING BOND THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT INVESTING IN AND PARTNERING WITH THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING AUTHORITY, UH, THEY DO OWN A, UM, A WEALTH OF VACANT LAND WHERE WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY AS A CITY TO PARTNER WITH SAHA AND LEAD IN THE NATION BY CREATING PERMANENTLY AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO HELP MEET THAT NEED. 
          UM, BUT IT TAKES ENSURING THAT WE'RE PRIORITIZING THE ZERO TO 30% A M I AND ENSURING THAT WE ARE INVESTING IN SAHA. 
          WE HAVE THE ASSET, WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY IN SAN ANTONIO AND IN DISTRICT FIVE IN PARTICULAR, BECAUSE WE HAVE ROUGHLY 32% OF THE CITY'S, UH, PUBLIC HOUSING UNITS. 
          SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE PRESERVE AND INVEST IN THOSE. 
          UM, AND I WOULD LIKE TO, WOULD HAVE LIKED TO HAVE SEEN THAT, YOU KNOW, IN ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT IT IS ADVOCATING AT THE STATE LEVEL TO ENSURE THAT, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC HOUSING IS RECEIVING ITS FAIR SHARE OF INVESTMENT. 
          UM, I THINK IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE LANDLORD ACCOUNTABILITY. 
          I THINK LOOKING AT MOBILE HOME PARKS IS IMPORTANT, BUT THERE'S ONE IN DISTRICT FIVE THAT IS JUST IN REALLY BAD CONDITION. 
          AND IF CODE COMPLIANCE GOES OUT THERE, IT FALLS ON THE TENANT, THE VIOLATION RATHER THAN THE LANDLORD. 
          UM, SO I THINK IN ENSURING THAT WE'RE INTEGRATING THAT INTO THE WORKS IS VERY IMPORTANT. 
          UH, I'M PLEASED TO SEE THAT. 
          UM, WHAT IS IT, PROTECT AND PROMOTE NEIGHBORHOOD ITEM 24, ESTABLISH A DEMOLITION PREVENTION AND MITIGATION PROGRAM. 
          UH, I'D LIKE TO THANK CITY STAFF FOR WORKING WITH OUR DISTRICT FIVE OFFICE DURING THE PAST BUDGET TO ENSURE THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN HOPEFULLY SEE, UM, BUILD UPON MOVING FORWARD. 
          UM, IT'S GOING TO BE KEY TO ENSURING THAT WE LEAD AS A NATION AND MITIGATING COMMUNITY DISPLACEMENT. 
          UM, I WANNA ENSURE THAT WE RECOGNIZE THAT, YOU KNOW, GENTRIFICATION, AND I KNOW I'M PREACHING TO THE CHOIR HERE, RIGHT? BUT IT'S NOT A PHENOMENON THAT HAPPENS ON ITS OWN, RIGHT? WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MITIGATE THIS BY ENSURING THAT WE IMPLEMENTING THIS FULL LIST OF STRATEGIES. 
          AND WHAT I WANNA CAUTION IS THAT I WANNA ENSURE THAT IT'S NOT LIKE, YOU KNOW, A RECOMMENDATION THAT WE GET PRESENTED, WE VOTE ON IT, AND THEN WE DON'T SEE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF IT. 
          UH, SO ULTIMATELY, RIGHT, IT'S UP TO THE BODY AND THE ELECTED OFFICIALS TO PUSH THAT FORWARD. 
          SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE COMMITMENT FROM MY COLLEAGUES TO ENSURE THAT WE PUSH FORWARD THESE DISPLACEMENT MITIGATION TOOLS, UM, AND MOVING FORWARD TO ON POLICIES AND LIKE THE SHIP TO HAVE MORE FOLKS WHO HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY DISPLACEMENT, BY EVICTION. 
          UM, AND JUST THE VARIETY OF WHAT DISPLACEMENT LOOKS LIKE FOR PEOPLE IN SHAPING THESE POLICIES. 
          UM, I, I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO HAVE A WIDE RANGE OF STAKEHOLDERS. 
          UM, BUT WE DO NEED THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY DISPLACEMENT TO HELP US SHAPE THIS POLICY AND PUSH IT FORWARD. 
          UM, SO A, AGAIN, MOVING FORWARD, I, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE IDENTIFY SAHA AND CREATE OUR OWN PLAN AS A CITY ON HOW WE INTEND TO HELP THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING AUTHORITY, UH, BRING THEIR EXISTING HOUSING UP TO STANDARD. 
          UM, THERE ARE PLACES LIKE IN CHICAGO WHERE THEY HAVE, UH, MITIGATED THE DEMOLITION OF THEIR EXISTING PUBLIC HOUSING STOCK. 
          AND INSIDE IT LOOKS LIKE THE SAVIO LOSS INSIDE IT LOOKS LIKE, YOU KNOW, LIKE ALL THESE CONDOMINIUMS, BUT IT'S THE CYLINDER BLOCK, IT'S A PRESERVATION. 
          IT HAS THAT INTERSECTION OF WHERE IT, IT, UM, IT HAS THE, THE, THE TAKE OF ENSURING THAT 
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IT'S LESS WASTE IN THE LANDFILLS. 
          YOU'RE PRESERVING THAT AFFORDABLE HOUSING STOCK THAT IF YOU KNOCK AND REBUILD WILL NOT BE AT THE SAME RATE. 
          SO WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT WE KEEP THAT PUBLIC HOUSING AND THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT OPPORTUNITIES TO INCREASE IT. 
          UM, LET'S SEE. 
          BUT, UH, THOSE ARE ALL MY COMMENTS AND JUST MOVING FORWARD, I'D LIKE TO SEE A PLAN FOR SAHA. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND I'LL, I'LL JUST SAY REALLY QUICKLY, WE ARE WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH SAHA AS ONE OF OUR PARTNERS, AND WE WILL GO TO THEIR BOARD. 
          UM, SO WHEN WE GO TO THEIR BOARD, WE CAN, WE CAN TRY AND SPEAK TO A SPECIFIC STRATEGY FOR THAT. 
          UM, SO THANK YOU. 
          AND I JUST ADD, WANTED TO ADD THAT NEXT WEEK AT THE B SESSION, CITY COUNCIL WILL BE RECEIVING A BRIEFING ON THE 2022 BOND PROGRAM. 
          AND PART OF THAT BRIEFING WILL INCLUDE THE PROPOSED $250 MILLION HOUSING BOND PROGRAM. 
          AND I WANNA REMIND THIS COUNCIL THAT THE FRAMEWORK PLAN THAT WAS ADOPTED BY COUNCIL INCLUDED TWO BOND ISSUANCES, ONE IN 2022 OF 250 MILLION, AND ANOTHER ONE IN 2027 OF $250 MILLION. 
          AND THIS IS A 10 YEAR PLAN. 
          AND TO IMPLEMENT IT, WE WOULD NEED BOTH OF THOSE ISSUANCES. 
          THANK YOU, LORD. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILWOMAN CASTILLO. 
          COUNCILWOMAN VRAN HAS A FOLLOW UP. 
          AND THEN COUNCILMAN COURAGE HAS ANOTHER FOLLOW UP. 
          YES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I'M SO GLAD COUNCILWOMAN CASTILLO BROUGHT UP SAHA BECAUSE THAT LEADS ME TO THE SENIOR HOUSING. 
          I HAVE SOME, UH, SAHA FACILITIES THAT, UH, CONCENTRATE ON SENIOR HOUSING. 
          SO DO WE HAVE SOMETHING IN THIS PROGRAM SPECIFICALLY FOR SENIOR HOUSING AND SENIOR HOUSING AT, UH, DIFFERENT, UM, LEVELS WHERE IT'S, YOU KNOW, FULL, UH, PARTIAL WITH THEIR MOBILITY LEVELS? SO WE DO HAVE A STRATEGY THAT'S SPECIFICALLY RELATED, AND I CANNOT READ WHAT NUMBER IT IS, BUT IT HAS TO DO WITH UNIVERSAL DESIGN AND ACCESSIBILITY STANDARDS. 
          UM, SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GONNA TRY TO INCORPORATE IN NOT JUST OUR SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, BUT ALSO OUR MULTI-FAMILY HOMES. 
          UM, AND SO THAT'S STRATEGY. 
          WE'LL SPEAK TO EXISTING PROPERTIES, AND I THINK THAT'S A VERY GOOD, UH, CONNECTION TO WHAT, UH, COUNCILWOMAN CASTILLO WAS SAYING ABOUT SAHA, UH, AND REINVESTING IN THEIR EXISTING AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          SO AS THEY BRING IT UP TO STANDARDS, ARE THEY INCLUDING ACCESSIBILITY, UM, FOR OLDER ADULTS AND I, AND I'VE, AND, AND SOME OF THE, THE DEVELOPERS AND PRIVATE SECTOR THAT WANNA DEVELOP, I HAVE TALKED ABOUT THE NEED SPECIFICALLY IN DISTRICT THREE FOR THAT SENIOR, FOR SENIOR LIVING FACILITIES AND, AND SENIOR LIVING. 
          SO I, I WANNA SEE MORE CONVERSATION TOO, IN TERMS OF WHAT, WHAT MY NEIGHBORS HAVE FOR INPUT. 
          'CAUSE AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, DISTRICT THREE'S POPULATION IS CHANGING AND GETTING OLDER. 
          SO, UM, SOME OF THEM ARE IN HOMES THAT THEY CAN STAY IN IF THEY WERE REHABBED AND, AND SOME OF THEM ARE IN HOMES THAT THEY, THEY MAY NEED TO, BECAUSE OF THEIR ABILITY LEVEL, MAY NEED TO FIND OTHER HOUSING. 
          AND I WANT IT TO BE AFFORDABLE. 
          'CAUSE RIGHT NOW THEY WANT TO STAY IN THE DISTRICT. 
          GOT IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          WE WILL, UH, WE'LL DO THAT. 
          AND WHEN WE GO OUT TO OUR, FOR OUR PUBLIC COMMENT, WE'LL MAKE SURE TO COORDINATE WITH YOUR OFFICE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN DEN, COUNCILMAN. 
          COURAGE. 
          THANK YOU AGAIN, CHAIR. 
          UH, YOU HAD SAID SOMETHING ABOUT U D C AND I KNOW THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT OVER THE NEXT YEAR OR SO. 
          AND, UH, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT DEVELOPING AFFORDABLE HOUSING AS OPPOSED TO MARKET RATE HOUSING, WILL WE BE LOOKING AT DIFFERENCES IN THE U D C? BECAUSE IF WE'RE TRYING TO REMOVE BARRIERS MM-HMM. 
           TO GO AHEAD AND BUILD AFFORDABLE HOUSING, DOES THAT MEAN WE ALSO REMOVE THE SAME BARRIERS FROM MARKET RATE HOUSING? OR IS THERE A DIFFERENCE IN HOW WE LOOK AT THOSE U D C CODES? I, I, I THINK IT WOULD DEPEND ON THE SPECIFIC CODE SECTION. 
          THERE IS SECTIONS OF THE CODE THAT RIGHT NOW DO SPEAK TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          MANY OF THEM AREN'T BEING TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF BY DEVELOPERS. 
          UM, FOR EX FOR EXAMPLE, THERE'S A DENSITY BONUS, UM, THAT IS CURRENTLY IN THE U D C THAT ISN'T REALLY UTILIZED, MAYBE BECAUSE IT'S NOT REALLY WELL UNDERSTOOD, OR MAYBE IT'S JUST 'CAUSE IT DOESN'T WORK VERY WELL. 
          SO WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE. 
          AND THOSE ARE SPECIFIC TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          BUT GENERALLY, IF YOU REMOVE BARRIERS TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT, YOU WILL REMOVE BARRIERS TO HOUSING DEVELOPMENT. 
          AND SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ADDRESSING BOTH. 
          I'M JUST WORRIED THAT WHEN WE REMOVE A BARRIER, WE'RE ALSO NOT REMOVING SOMETHING THAT MAY BE SIGNIFICANT, UH, IN, IN PROVIDING GOOD HOUSING. 
          SO, UH, I JUST WANTED TO KNOW IF THERE WAS A DIFFERENCE. 
          AND THAT SPEAKS TO COUNCILMAN BRAVO'S ISSUE OF INCENTING THE A D U. 
          SO WE MAY REMOVE THE BARRIERS, BUT WE'LL ONLY INCENT THOSE THAT SUPPORT AFFORDABILITY. 
          GOOD. 
          THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO ASK, YOU HAD TALKED ABOUT PERMANENT SUPPORT HOUSING, AND I GUESS IT GOES ALONG WITH WHAT COUNCILMAN VIE GRAND JUST ASKED. 
          UH, WHAT IS PERMANENT SUPPORT HOUSING YOU WANTED? YOU TARGETED A THOUSAND UNITS. 
          IS THAT FOR SENIORS, FOR VETS, FOR DISABLED, FOR PEOPLE WHOSE INCOMES ARE BELOW 30%, HOW DO YOU DESCRIBE PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING? I'M GONNA ASK MELODY WOOSLEY 
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TO COME UP AND SPEAK TO THAT. 
          SO, UH, COUNCILMAN, THANK YOU FOR ASKING. 
          PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING IS GENERALLY TARGETED AND FOCUSED ON, UM, THE MOST VULNERABLE HOMELESS, UH, POPULATIONS, INCLUDING CHRONICALLY HOMELESS, HOMELESS WITH HIGH ACUITY OR HIGH, UM, MENTAL ILLNESS, UM, NEEDS OR PHYSICAL DISABILITIES WHO ARE, UM, UNABLE TO, UH, SUPPORT THEMSELVES AND HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS POTENTIALLY NOT BEING ABLE TO REACH THAT THRESHOLD FOR A WHILE. 
          SO, UM, THERE IS PERMANENT SUPPORTS OF HOUSING FOR FAMILIES AS WELL. 
          SOMETIMES FAMILIES WITH PARENTS WHO HAVE THOSE DISABILITIES. 
          UM, BUT GENERALLY IT'S TARGETING CHRONICALLY HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS AND COUPLES. 
          OKAY. 
          I UNDERSTAND, UH, YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU WERE SAYING. 
          NOW, ONE LAST THING. 
          YOU TALKED ABOUT CO-CHAIRS. 
          WHO ARE THOSE EIGHT CO-CHAIRS AGAIN, OR WHERE ARE THEY COMING FROM? YES. 
          UM, I PRESENTED THEM LAST TIME, AND I'LL PROVIDE YOUR OFFICE A LIST. 
          UM, BUT THEY ARE TWO PEOPLE THAT WERE IDENTIFIED FROM EACH OF THE FORUMS. UH, AND THERE'S FOUR FORUMS. THERE WAS REAL ESTATE AND DEVELOPMENT, AND THE CO-CHAIRS FOR THAT WERE VERONICA GARCIA AND PEDRO ALANISE WITH THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING TRUST, UM, RESIDENTS AND COMMUNITY. 
          UM, THAT WAS JUAN VALDEZ AND OUR FORMER HOUSING COMMISSION CHAIR, JESSICA GUERRERO. 
          UM, THERE WAS HOUSING POLICY, WHICH WAS, UH, JIM BAILEY, UM, AND, UH, CHRISTINE VINA WITH VIA, UH, AND THEN THERE WAS, RUN ME THE LAST GROUP, UH, KRISTEN DAVILA. 
          KRISTEN DAVILA ARE AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPERS. 
          KRISTEN DAVILA AND TIMOTHY ALCOTT WITH SAHA. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          UM, IAN, AND, AND THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES. 
          I, UH, WANNA JUST ECHO, UH, SOMETHING THAT COUNCILWOMAN CASTILLO MENTIONED. 
          I THINK THAT LIVED EXPERIENCES NEED TO BE INCORPORATED, JUST LIKE I THINK PEER-TO-PEER SUPPORT NEEDS TO BE INCORPORATED IN SOME OTHER AREAS. 
          SO, UM, ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO IMPROVE THAT PARTICIPATION, I THINK WILL BE CRITICAL. 
          UH, WE NEED TO HAVE THE FOLKS THAT, THAT, THAT, SORRY, LIVE THIS FIRSTHAND, BE ABLE TO TAKE AN ACTIVE, PARTICIPATORY ROLE IN THE CREATION OF THESE POLICIES. 
          SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          UM, BUT I HAVE GREAT, UM, CONFIDENCE IN, IN WHAT WE'VE SEEN TODAY. 
          SO I'M, UH, VERY HOPEFUL FOR THE DIFFERENT STRATEGIES. 
          ALSO, I WANNA, UH, PUBLIC, IF THANK MY COLLEAGUES WHO HAVE, UM, COMMITTED TO STAY A LITTLE BIT LONGER. 
          THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT, UH, WORK THAT WE'RE DOING TODAY. 
          AND WE WERE ALREADY BEHIND BECAUSE OF THE SUMMER RECESS. 
          SO THANK YOU AND THANK YOU TO, UM, OUR, OUR COLLEAGUES WHO ARE NEW TO THE COUNCIL FOR BEING SO, SO NICE AND ADJUSTING TO THE TIMEFRAME. 
          WE DO HAVE TWO VERY IMPORTANT THINGS STILL TO DISCUSS. 
          AND SO, UM, THE LONGER WE, WE PUT THEM OFF THE, THE FURTHER WE GET BEHIND. 
          SO WE'RE GONNA POWER THROUGH, UM, FOR A LITTLE BIT LONGER. 
          [4. Briefing and possible action on the process and timeline for updating the City’s policy for the issuance of Resolutions of Support or No Objection for applicants seeking Housing Tax Credits from the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs and priorities for the updated policy. [Lori Houston, Assistant City Manager; Verónica R. Soto, Director, Neighborhood and Housing Services]]
ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS BRIEFING AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE PROCESS AND TIMELINE FOR UPDATING THE CITY'S POLICY FOR THE ISSUANCE OF RESOLUTIONS OF SUPPORT, OR NO OBJECTION. 
          UM, SO I WILL LET, UH, I, I THINK THAT'S VERO, VERO, GO RIGHT AHEAD. 
          YES. 
          UM, SO GOOD AFTERNOON, OTTO. 
          I'LL GO QUICKLY THROUGH THIS SINCE YOU HEARD IT, UM, LAST TIME AS WELL. 
          SO THIS IS JUST TO TELL YOU WHERE WE'RE AT IN THE PROCESS OF UPDATING OUR HOUSING TAX CREDIT POLICY. 
          UM, SO JUST IN TERMS OF BACKGROUND, THIS IS A FEDERALLY FUNDED PROGRAM ADMINISTERED THROUGH THE STATE, BUT THE CITY DOES HAVE A ROLE. 
          AND SO IT HELPS FACILITATE THE, UM, DEVELOPMENT OF, AND, AND SOMETIMES PRESERVATION OR REHAB OF RESIDENTIAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          THERE ARE TWO KINDS OF TAX CREDITS. 
          YOU'LL HEAR US TALK ABOUT THE 9% TAX CREDIT, WHICH IS A VERY COMPETITIVE PROCESS AND A 4% TAX CREDIT. 
          AND YES, WE ARE AWARE THAT THE GRAPHICS HERE ARE NOT TO SCALE. 
          UM, SO WE DO HAVE A CITY ROLE IN THIS FEDERALLY, UH, BACKED PROCESS. 
          AND THAT IS IMPACTING THE POINTS THAT A DEVELOPMENT CAN GET AT THE STATE LEVEL. 
          AND WHAT WE IMPACT ARE HOW, UM, RESOLUTIONS OF SUPPORT OR RESOLUTION OF NO OBJECTION ARE PROVIDED. 
          AND THAT'S OUR POLICY. 
          WE ALSO DO PROVIDE WAIVERS THAT ARE REQUESTED BY THE STATE WHEN WE HAVE, UH, SOME OF THESE HOUSING TAX CREDIT DEVELOPMENTS VERY CLOSE TO EACH OTHER. 
          SO IF THEY'RE WITHIN A MILE, THEY ASK US TO HAVE A WAIVER IF WHAT, UM, THE DEVELOPMENT IS LOCATED WITHIN A CENSUS TRACT THAT HAS, UM, 20% OF THE UNITS SUPPORTED BY OTHER HOUSING TAX CREDITS, OR IF A DEVELOPMENT IS IN A CENSUS TRACT THAT HAS A HIGH, UH, POVERTY RATE. 
          AND THIS IS TO TRY AND AVOID THE CONCENTRATION OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO TRY AND NOT HAVE CONCENTRATED POVERTY, UH, AS WELL. 
          AND THEN THE OTHER WAY IN WHICH THE CITY IMPACTS THESE DEVELOPMENTS ARE SOME POINTS THAT ARE AWARDED IF THE CITY IS AN ACTIVE CONTRIBUTOR FINANCIALLY TO THE DEVELOPMENT. 
          AND SO YOU SEE THAT HERE. 
          SO AGAIN, THERE, THERE IS A CITY ROLE AND EVERY TWO YEARS, OUR POLICY OR OUR PRACTICE IS TO 
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UPDATE OUR POLICY FOR HOW WE, UH, PROVIDE THE RESOLUTIONS OF SUPPORT, OR NO OBJECTION. 
          EVERY YEAR THE STATE DOES TWEAK HOW THEY DO THEIR, UH, SCORING. 
          AND SO WE ALWAYS HAVE TO REVIEW THAT BECAUSE WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE OUR POLICIES AND PRIORITIES RE REFLECTED IN THE POLICY THAT, THAT WE ADOPT EVERY TWO YEARS. 
          BUT WE DON'T WANNA MAKE IT SO DIFFICULT OR SO, UM, DIFFICULT TO SCORE AT THE STATE LEVEL THAT WE, UM, DO A POLICY THAT COULD MAKE OUR, UH, LOCAL DEVELOPMENTS BE UNCOMPETITIVE AT THE STATE LEVEL. 
          UM, BUT WE TAKE A VERY DELIBERATE APPROACH FOR THIS. 
          AND OUR WORK ACTUALLY BEGAN IN JULY WITH A PRACTITIONER SURVEY ASKING, UH, THE PARTICIPANTS IN THIS PROGRAM HOW WE'RE DOING WHAT WE COULD IMPROVE UPON FOR OUR PROCESS. 
          WE ALSO, IN AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER HAD PRACTITIONER MEETINGS WHERE WE ASKED FOR DIRECT FEEDBACK ON SPECIFIC TOPICS. 
          WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OR JUST FINISHED AN ESSAY SPEAKUP SURVEY TO ASK THE GENERAL COMMUNITY WHAT ARE THE ISSUES THAT ARE IMPORTANT FOR TAXING HOUSING TAX CREDITS FOR THEM. 
          AND THEN OF COURSE, YESTERDAY WE BRIEFED THE HOUSING COMMISSION ON WHERE WE'RE AT IN THE PROCESS THAT THEY'LL SEE THE POLICY NEXT MONTH, AS YOU WILL AS WELL. 
          AND WE ARE MEETING WITH MANY OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS TO GET YOUR DIRECT INPUT, WHAT MATTERS TO YOU WHEN IT COMES TO HOUSING TAX CREDIT DEVELOPMENTS. 
          AND SO TODAY WE'RE DOING THIS BRIEFING. 
          WE WILL HAVE A PUBLIC MEETING ON THE 30TH, UM, AND WE'LL COME BACK IN OCTOBER WITH ADDITIONAL PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE ACTUAL DRAFT. 
          I'LL GIVE YOU A PREVIEW ON THAT AND ADDITIONAL BRIEFINGS TO STAKEHOLDERS. 
          UM, AND THEN THE FINAL DOCUMENT, UM, WHICH AGAIN, I'LL GIVE YOU A PREVIEW TODAY, IS GONNA BE PRESENTED TO THIS BODY AGAIN. 
          SO THIS IS VERY QUICKLY SOME OF THE FEEDBACK BACK IN JULY THAT WE RECEIVED ABOUT OUR PROCESS. 
          WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING TO IMPROVE WHAT WE DO, HOW WE DO IT. 
          SO THIS WAS IN LINE WITH THAT AND, AND I WON'T READ THE SLIDE, BUT YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE FEEDBACK, UH, PROVIDED AND GENERALLY QUITE POSITIVE. 
          UM, WE HAVE HAD SOME MEETINGS WITH THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND SO AGAIN, I I WON'T READ ALL OF THESE, UM, BUT THESE ARE THE MEETINGS WE HAVE HAD ASKING YOU, UH, WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT MATTER AS WE LOOK AT THIS POLICY SO THAT WE CAN INCORPORATE THEM. 
          AND SO, UM, EVERYTHING RANGES FROM THINGS WE CAN CONTROL, UH, LIKE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT TO THINGS THAT ARE BEYOND OUR, OUR REACH, LIKE THE TIMELINE AT THE STATE LEVEL. 
          BUT THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE HAVE ASKED YOU AS WE HAVE SAID, WHAT MATTERS TO YOU SO THAT WE CAN INCORPORATE THAT INTO THE FEEDBACK. 
          I MENTIONED THAT WE HAD AN ADDITIONAL SURVEY FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO GIVE US WHAT IS IMPORTANT FOR THEM TO SEE IN HOUSING TAX CREDIT DEVELOPMENTS. 
          AND, UM, WE OF COURSE, LIKE EVERYTHING IN OUR DEPARTMENT, MAKE EVERYTHING AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH. 
          IF SOMEONE HAS ANOTHER LANGUAGE THAT THEY NEED THE DOCUMENT TRANSLATED TO, WE HAVE TRANSLATION SERVICES THAT CAN HELP WITH THAT AS WELL. 
          AND SO HERE'S SOME OF THE KEY FEEDBACK, AND THIS IS, UM, FRESH OFF THE PRESSES I THINK THIS WEEK. 
          UM, ALISON, UM, BEAVER, OUR HOUSING POLICY MANAGER, PUT THIS TOGETHER AND THANK YOU, ALISON, FOR ALL THE HARD WORK ON THIS. 
          UM, SO HERE'S SOME KEY FEEDBACK FROM THIS SURVEY THAT JUST CLOSED. 
          AND THIS AGAIN, IS FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC, UM, WHAT MATTERS TO THEM. 
          AND THEN, UM, OF COURSE, IT'S THE DEVELOPERS WHO ARE THE PRACTITIONERS WHO UTILIZE THIS. 
          SOME OF THEM ARE FOR-PROFITS, SOME OF THEM ARE NON-PROFIT, AND WE WANNA HEAR FROM THEM BESIDES THE, THAT FIRST SURVEY COMPLETED OR STARTED IN JULY. 
          SO WE HAVE HAD THREE FOCUS GROUP MEETINGS WITH PRACTITIONERS. 
          EACH OF THEM HAD SPECIFIC, UH, TOPICS WE WANTED TO COVER AND GET FEEDBACK ON. 
          AND YOU CAN SEE THEM IN THIS SLIDE. 
          THESE BEGAN IN AUGUST, THE REST WERE HELD IN SEPTEMBER. 
          AND THESE ARE THINGS WE HAVE HEARD, UH, WE HEAR ABOUT THIS ALL THE TIME BECAUSE ITEMS COME IN FRONT OF THIS BODY AND IN FRONT OF COUNCIL. 
          UH, IT SEEMS LIKE EVERY MONTH WE HAVE A, EITHER A 4% BEFORE YOU OR, UM, IF IT'S THE RIGHT TIME, WE HEAR ABOUT THE 9% PROCESS EARLY IN THE YEAR. 
          SO BECAUSE WE GET SO MUCH FEEDBACK, WE SAY, HEY, THESE ARE ITEMS WE HAVE HEARD. 
          WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT ADOPTING OR CHANGING OUR POLICY TO REFLECT SOME OF THE CONCERNS WE HEAR? SO THESE ARE THE TOPICS THAT WE HAD IN THOSE MEETINGS. 
          ALL OF THESE WERE HELD VIRTUALLY. 
          AND HERE'S, UH, A SUMMARY OF THE PRACTITIONER MEETING FEEDBACK. 
          UM, SO THERE WERE CHANGES WE DISCUSSED FROM TRANSPORTATION POINTS. 
          PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT POINTS ALWAYS COME UP. 
          WE ALWAYS HAVE LIVELY CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THAT. 
          WE, UM, OF COURSE HAVE THE BOND THAT HAS BEEN MENTIONED BEFORE. 
          SO, SO WE TALKED ABOUT THAT AND TALKED AS WELL. 
          HOW DO WE TREAT, UM, 9% OR 4%, UH, HOUSING TAX RATE DEVELOPMENTS NOT WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS, BUT IN THE EXTRA TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION. 
          UM, AND SO THIS IS JUST A SUMMARY OF THE 
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FEEDBACK THAT WE HAVE HEARD. 
          SO GIVEN ALL OF THAT ENGAGEMENT SURVEYS, MEETINGS, PRACTITIONER FEEDBACK, COMMUNITY FEEDBACK, HERE'S SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT YOU WILL SEE NEXT MONTH. 
          SO THERE IS GENERAL AGREEMENT THAT WE SHOULD UPDATE OUR TARGET AREA POINTS, AND, UM, UPDATING THAT TO HAVE TRANSPORTATION CORRIDORS LOOKED AT, UM, ADDING PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS AND REMOVING OUTDATED AREAS AND HAVING, OF COURSE THE REGIONAL CENTERS BE ACCOUNTED FOR THERE. 
          UM, THERE WAS, UM, SOME CONSENSUS ABOUT THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT POINTS THAT IS ALWAYS A, A, A VERY LIVELY CONVERSATION WITH THE PRACTITIONERS, THE COMMUNITY, AND OF COURSE, COUNCIL COMMITTEES AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          UM, AND SO HOW WE DO THIS PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND OUTREACH IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO WANT TO ADDRESS. 
          AND THEN TO UPDATE THE SCORING THAT WE DO FOR AMENITIES LOCALLY, OUR POLICY USES A A SIMPLE A HUNDRED POINT SCALE. 
          AND SO, UH, THAT WORKS REALLY WELL. 
          IT'S REALLY EASY TO UNDERSTAND. 
          AND SO THESE ARE SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          THE, THIS IS THE SECOND SET OF RECOMMENDATIONS, AS I MENTIONED ON THE E T J, UM, LOOKING AT POSSIBLE BOND PROJECTS, THE COORDINATION THAT IS NEEDED FOR 4% PROJECTS WITH OUR PARTNERS. 
          AND THEN, UM, THERE WAS A, A DESIRE FROM PRACTITIONERS TO, UH, HAVE THEM FOCUS ON THEIR 9% APPLICATIONS AT THE STATE AND PUSH THEIR APPLICATION TO US, UH, LATER. 
          AND SO WE'RE HAPPY TO DO THAT. 
          UM, AND THEN, UH, QUESTIONS ABOUT OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS, KIND OF LOOKING AT THAT WHOLE COMMUNITY, UM, THE WHOLE NETWORK, NOT JUST WHAT DOES THIS DEVELOPMENT NEED IN THIS FOOTPRINT, BUT WHAT DOES THE NEIGHBORHOOD NE NEED? AND SO THIS IS OUR PRELIMINARY RECOMMENDATION ON THE SCORING. 
          I MENTIONED THAT WE UTILIZE A VERY SIMPLE A HUNDRED POINT SCALE. 
          YOU CAN SEE THE CATEGORIES HERE HIGHLIGHTED IN RED ARE THE SCORING CRITERIA THAT WE WANT TO UPDATE IN THE POLICY. 
          SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT OUR CURRENT POINTS ARE FOR THE, UH, MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE FROM THE PERSON THE APPLICANT BRINGING FORWARD, AND WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING WOULD CHANGE. 
          UM, SO RECOMMENDED POINTS IS WHAT WOULD BE, UM, ADDRESSED. 
          AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THAT TARGETED AREAS WOULD BE ANOTHER, UH, SCORING CRITERIA CATEGORY THAT WE ALSO WANNA CHANGE. 
          OF COURSE, THE DETAILS IS THE ACTUAL POLICY DOCUMENT, BUT THIS IS A PREVIEW OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IN TERMS OF OUR SCORING RECOMMENDATION. 
          UM, SO THIS IS JUST PROVIDED TO KEEP YOU INFORMED, LET YOU KNOW WHAT WE HAVE HEARD, NOT JUST FROM THE COMMUNITY AND PRACTITIONER MEETINGS, BUT ALSO FROM YOUR PEERS AS WE DO INDIVIDUAL BRIEFINGS WITH EVERY COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          WE'RE GONNA WRAP UP THOSE INDIVIDUAL BRIEFINGS THIS MONTH. 
          UM, WE'RE OF COURSE DOING THIS IN THE PUBLIC MEETING THAT I MENTIONED. 
          THAT'S THE, THE LINK OF THE MEETING WE HAVE ON THE 30TH. 
          IT IS GONNA BE WEBEX. 
          UM, WE'VE PUSHED IT OUT THROUGH OUR MEDIA. 
          WE ASK YOU THAT, UM, YOU PUSH IT OUT TO YOUR CONSTITUENTS AS WELL. 
          AND IN OCTOBER, WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE ACTUAL DOCUMENT THAT'S A DRAFT. 
          SO THE 30TH OF THIS MONTH IS THE LAST OPPORTUNITY FOR WHAT ELSE SHOULD WE PUT INTO OUR POLICY? BUT WE'LL HAVE A DRAFT DOCUMENT OF THE POLICY. 
          WE'LL HAVE ADDITIONAL PUBLIC MEETINGS, THEY'RE YET TO BE SCHEDULED, BUT WE WILL DO ADDITIONAL STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS FOR SURE. 
          WE'RE GONNA MEET WITH OUR COMMUNITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT OR ORGANIZATION OR CHODOS. 
          UM, WE WILL DO A BRIEFING TO OUR, EXCUSE ME, OUR DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY AS WELL. 
          WE'LL GO BACK TO THE HOUSING COMMISSION AND BRING THE DOCUMENT TO THIS BODY, UH, ONCE YOU HAVE THE WHOLE POLICY DRAFT DOCUMENT SO THAT YOU CAN TAKE ACTION AND HOPEFULLY, UH, ENDORSE THAT SO WE CAN MOVE FORWARD TO THE FULL CITY COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION. 
          SO I TRIED TO GO VERY QUICKLY THROUGH THIS AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTION, BUT I THINK NEXT MONTH IS WHEN YOU'LL HAVE A LOT MORE QUESTIONS WHEN YOU SEE THE POLICY IN FRONT OF YOU, THE MEETING. 
          THANK YOU, VERO, FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          UM, OH YEAH, ONE THING. 
          THE MEETING, UM, AT A REQUEST. 
          I DON'T REMEMBER WHICH COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          UM, IT'S VIRTUAL BUT ALSO AN IN-PERSON. 
          SO WE'RE GONNA DO A HYBRID. 
          THANK YOU COUNCILMAN, COURAGE FOR THAT. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, JUST, UH, THANK YOU. 
          UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE DO IS MAYBE ALIGN THE CONNECTION WITH TRANSIT SERVICES AND PARKS AND ACCESS TO, UM, HEALTHY, UH, STORES RIGHT NEARBY, UH, IS IS CRITICAL. 
          WE CAN JUST SAY GROCERY STORES, UM, BUT SPECIFICALLY HEALTHY, UM, OPTIONS IS, IS CRITICAL, I THINK, ESPECIALLY IN SOME OF OUR COMMUNITIES THAT HAVEN'T HAD THIS FOR A WHILE. 
          SO, UM, THAT'S MY COMMENT ON, ON THIS ITEM. 
          AND I BELIEVE COUNCILMAN COURAGE HAS A QUESTION. 
          YES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, CHAIR ONE. 
          UH, HOW DO WE TIE THIS IN TO SHIP AND 
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A $250 MILLION BOND ISSUE? UM, VERY GREAT QUESTION. 
          SO IN THE SHIP, ONE OF THE THINGS YOU HEARD FROM ME IN, IN HIS WONDERFUL PRESENTATION IS THAT WE'RE TRACKING HOW WE'RE DOING AND HOW MANY UNITS ARE BEING CREATED. 
          ONE OF THE BIGGEST PROGRAMS THAT HELP US ACHIEVE AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS IN OUR COMMUNITY IS THE HOUSING TAX CREDIT PROGRAM. 
          AND SO IN TERMS OF THE TIE-IN, IT'LL BE HOW MANY UNITS WERE CREATED PRESERVED, UH, REHAB, AND WHAT A M I ARE THEY SERVING. 
          SO THEY'LL BE REFLECTED IN THE TRACKING THAT WE DO. 
          UM, SECOND THERE, THERE ARE SPECIFIC POLICIES THAT, UH, IN THE SHIP IMPACT HOW QUICKLY THIS AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CAN GET BUILT. 
          SO EVERYTHING FROM MAKING SURE IT'S ACCESSIBLE FOR PEOPLE NEEDING TO AGE IN PLACE, TO ENSURING THAT IF THERE ARE BARRIERS TO DEVELOP THESE, WE ADDRESS THEM IN THE DEVELOPMENT CODES. 
          ALL OF THOSE THINGS IMPACT HOUSING TAX CREDITS. 
          BUT I THINK THE BIGGEST IS PROBABLY THE TRACKING, UH, AND MAKING SURE THAT WITH THE HOUSING BOND, LET'S MAKE SURE WE HAVE A REALLY GOOD B SESSION NEXT WEEK, BECAUSE THAT'S HOW YOU CAN HELP US SHAPE, UH, THE IMPACT THERE. 
          UH, BUT THE SHIP DOES, UH, TAKE INTO ACCOUNT FUNDING THAT WOULD BE AVAILABLE THROUGH A HOUSING BOND IN 2022. 
          AND, UM, A LOT OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE CURRENTLY HELP TO FILL GAPS FOR, SOME OF THEM ARE FOUR PERCENTS. 
          AND SO SOME OF THEM, UH, CURRENTLY UTILIZE OUR MORE LIMITED FUNDING AND PERHAPS THE BOND IS ANOTHER WAY TO HELP EVEN MORE, UH, LEVERAGING OF HOUSING TAX CREDIT PROPERTIES. 
          THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO ASK WAS, YOU HAVE TARGETED AREAS WHEN YOU COME WITH A FINAL PRODUCT, WILL YOU HAVE THOSE BROKEN DOWN? SO WE'LL KNOW WHAT THOSE TARGETED AREAS ARE THAT ARE WORTH YES. 
          14 POINTS. 
          OH, YES. 
          UM, SO WE'RE UPDATING THAT LIST. 
          SO SOME OF THE TARGETED AREAS ARE THE, UH, REVITALIZATION PLAN. 
          SO THERE'S BEEN A FEW. 
          SO YES, WE'LL HAVE THAT DETAILED LIST IN THE ACTUAL POLICY DOCUMENT. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN. 
          COURAGE. 
          COUNCILWOMAN CASTILLO, IS THERE ANYTHING? THANK YOU, CHAIR. 
          CAN HOUSING TAX CREDITS BE USED TO DEVELOP BELOW 30% A M I, UH, DEVELOPMENTS AND JUST YES OR NO, PLEASE? UH, YES. 
          OKAY. 
          YEAH, I RECEIVED SEVERAL CRITIQUES FROM COMMUNITIES REGARDING THE ESSAY SPEAKUP SURVEY, AND THAT THE QUESTION ONLY OFFERED, DO YOU, AND I TRIED PULLING IT UP, BUT SINCE IT'S CLOSE AS OF THE, THE 17TH, I CAN'T ACCESS IT. 
          BUT THE, THE SURVEY QUESTION ONLY OFFERED 30 TO 60% OR 80%. 
          WHY DID WE NOT INCLUDE, UM, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE HOUSING TAX CREDITS BE USED TO PRODUCE 30%? WELL, IT WAS THE RANGE ZERO TO 30% IS WHAT WE HAD. 
          UM, , THE FIRST EVERY QUESTION, YES. 
          SO IT WAS, UH, A RANGE, BUT I'LL, I'LL SEND THE, THE SURVEYS. 
          YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THE QUESTIONS. 
          AND IT WAS TALKING ABOUT MIXED INCOME, UH, MEANING THAT PROVIDING A WIDE RANGE OF INCOMES WITHIN THE SAME DEVELOPMENT. 
          BUT WE'LL SEND YOU THE SURVEY AND HAVE FOLLOW UP. 
          YES, THANK YOU. 
          AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO OFFER COMMUNITY THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAY THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE HOUSING TAX CREDITS BE USED FOR 30% OR BELOW 60% AND BELOW, UM, AND NOT LEAVE OUT BELOW. 
          UNDERSTOOD. 
          UM, IF THEY CAN BE USED TO PRODUCE THAT. 
          UM, BUT FROM HERE TO WHEN WE VOTE, UM, IS THERE TIME TO EDIT THIS? AND I ASK, BECAUSE I THINK WHEN IT COMES TO THE POINTS, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT, YOU KNOW, WE POTENTIALLY OFFER POINTS TO PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING TO HIRE LOCAL BUSINESSES AND CONTRACTORS. 
          UM, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE OFFER POINTS TO, UM, DEVELOPERS WHO ARE GOING TO, UH, IMPLEMENT TENANT PROTECTIONS. 
          SO I THINK THERE'S DIFFERENT SCORING RECOMMENDATIONS AND MECHANISMS THAT WE CAN USE, UM, TO ENSURE THAT WHEN WE ARE GIVING THE HOUSING TAX CREDITS, THAT THEY ARE PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING TO PROTECT TENANTS, UH, HIRE LOCAL AND OFFER SOME TYPE OF COMMUNITY BENEFITS AGREEMENTS IN EXCHANGE FOR OUR PUBLIC MONEY. 
          THERE'S THE OPPORTUNITY TO INCORPORATE THOSE ITEMS. OKAY, THANK YOU. 
          UM, AND MOVING FORWARD, UM, WHAT IS ENGAGEMENT GOING TO LOOK LIKE? IS IT JUST GOING TO BE THE ESSAY SPEAKUP SURVEYS OR I, FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROCESS? UH, I'VE DETAILED, UM, VERY EXTENSIVE ENGAGEMENT, BUT ONCE WE HAVE THE DRAFT, WE'LL HAVE THOSE ADDITIONAL PUBLIC MEETINGS. 
          THE 30TH WITH THE IN-PERSON AND HYBRID VIRTUAL, UH, MODEL IS GONNA BE BEFORE WE PUT THE DRAFT OUT. 
          SO IT'S THE, WHAT DO YOU WANNA SEE IN THE DRAFT? AND ONCE WE HAVE THE DRAFT, WE'LL HAVE THAT ADDITIONAL PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT. 
          IF ANY OF YOU WISH TO HAVE FOCUS, UM, MEETINGS WITH YOUR CONSTITUENTS, WITH YOUR AREAS, YOU WANNA INVITE US TO YOUR, UH, COUNCIL. 
          UH, IF YOU HAVE DISTRICT MEETINGS, FOR EXAMPLE, WE'RE HAPPY TO DO SO AS WELL. 
          UM, AND SO THAT'S WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SO FROM HERE TO WHERE THIS IS PUT FORWARD IN FRONT OF, UH, FOR TOTAL COUNCIL CONSIDERATION, CAN WE AMEND THE SCORING RECOMMENDATION? YES. 
          THERE'S TIME TO WES. 
          THAT'S THE, THE WHOLE POINT. 
          WE'RE GONNA, WHAT DOES THAT PROCESS LOOK LIKE? UH, SO I, I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE MET WITH 
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YOU YET. 
          NO. 
          SO IT'S, IT'S BEEN REQUESTED. 
          WE, WE DEFINITELY NEED TO SCHEDULE IT. 
          WE'LL MAKE SURE IT IS. 
          SO THAT'S ONE OF THE WAYS IN WHICH WE CAN INCORPORATE SOME OF THAT FEEDBACK SO WE CAN AMEND IT. 
          AND THAT WAY IT GETS INTO THE DRAFT BEFORE THE DRAFT IS RELEASED TO PUBLIC. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN CASTILLO. 
          COUNCILWOMAN . 
          THANK, THANK YOU. 
          UM, AND TO KIND OF PIGGYBACK ON, UH, COUNCILMAN CASTILLO'S FOR THE SCORING RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          YES. 
          IF YOU COULD ALSO PROVIDE CURRENTLY, LIKE THE DEFINITION YOU HAVE FOR PROXIMITY TO JOBS, UM, PROJECT AMENITIES AND RESIDENT SERVICES, UH, FEASIBILITY AND RESIDENT, LIKE, IF YOU COULD PROVIDE THOSE DEFINI SURE. 
          DEFINITIONS AND THEN MAYBE WE CAN WORK IN WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE. 
          BECAUSE IN TERMS OF PROXIMITY TO JOBS, I WANNA MAKE SURE IT'S, UM, GOOD PAYING JOBS OR JOBS WITH BENEFITS, THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          BECAUSE IT COULD SAY, IF IT'S JUST A GENERIC, OH, WE'RE CLOSE TO JOBS, I'VE GOT A RESTAURANT ROW ON SOUTHWEST MILITARY DRIVE, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, NECESSARILY THE PROXIMITY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. 
          THE OTHER THING, AND I AGREE WITH COUNCILMAN ADRIANA ROCHE GARCIA, IS THE, UH, TRANSPORTATION ASPECT OF IT. 
          UM, BECAUSE VIA ONLY GOES CERTAIN WAYS. 
          AND THEN OF COURSE, AS YOU KNOW, THE WHOLE PARKING SITUATION AND IF, IF WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE PEOPLE IN ELECTRIC VEHICLES, IS THAT INFRASTRUCTURE THERE AS THEY DEVELOP? SO, UM, I WOULD, I WOULD DEFINITELY LIKE TO, TO, UH, ALSO GET DEFINITIONS FOR THAT AND HAVE A MEETING ON HOW WE CAN ADJUST THESE, THESE SCORING RECOMMENDATIONS AS WE MOVE FORWARD. 
          I, AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO REQUEST THAT YOU COME DOWN AND TALK SPECIFICALLY TO THE RESIDENTS OF DISTRICT THREE, BECAUSE I KNOW THEY WILL HAVE DEFINITE THINGS TO SAY, . 
          YES. 
          AND, UM, AND AS WE MOVE, WE'RE DOING SO MANY THINGS, UH, AT THE SAME TIME, U D C DEVELOPMENT, TRYING TO, TO GAUGE THAT. 
          I WANT YOU TO HAVE AN IDEA OF, OF, OF WHAT THEIR, WHAT THEIR VISION IS AND, AND HOW WE'RE TRYING TO BRING IT ALL TOGETHER AS TOMORROW. 
          WE'RE HAPPY TO DO SO. 
          SO WE'LL HAVE THAT. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILWOMAN VRAN. 
          COUNCILMAN REVO. 
          THANK YOU CHAIR. 
          UH, SO I WANTED TO ASK ABOUT THE, THE SCORING RECOMMENDATION FOR PROXIMITY TO JOBS. 
          IT'S ONLY AT FIVE POINTS. 
          IT'S THE, THE LOWEST POINTS, UH, OF ANY CATEGORY TIED WITH NON-PRO, WHETHER IT'S NON-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATION PARTICIPATION. 
          AND I, IN MY MIND, PROXIMITY TO JOBS SEEMS LIKE IT WOULD BE MORE IMPORTANT. 
          YOU KNOW, I, I WOULD THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, HAVING TO TRANSPORT YOURSELF SOMEWHERE THAT'S, THAT'S PART OF AFFORDABILITY AS WELL. 
          AND THAT I WOULD PREFER INDIVIDUALS WHO LIVE, UH, IN SUBSIDIZED AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO BE ABLE TO, UM, TAKE ONE BUS IDEALLY TO THEIR PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT AS OPPOSED TO TWO OR THREE. 
          AND SO I'M WONDERING IF YOU CAN JUST TELL US HOW YOU GOT TO THAT, WHY, WHY YOU LANDED ON FIVE POINTS FOR YOUR RECOMMENDATION. 
          SURE. 
          UM, AND PART OF WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO IS UPDATE WHAT AREAS, UM, WHAT, WHAT CAN GIVE YOU THOSE POINTS. 
          AND SO UPDATING OUR TRANSIT SCORING IS, IS GONNA BE PART OF THAT. 
          BUT I'LL, I'LL FOLLOW UP WITH YOU 'CAUSE UM, I, I HAVE A COUPLE SLIDES THAT I CAN SHOW YOU. 
          UM, BUT I, I'LL MAKE SURE YOU GET THIS AND, AND WE'LL FOLLOW UP WITH A DETAILED CONVERSATION 'CAUSE I HAVE AT LEAST THREE SLIDES THAT ADDRESS THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          THANKS A LOT. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN. 
          THANK YOU, VERO. 
          [5. Briefing and possible action on the City of San Antonio Fee Waiver Policy Update [Lori Houston, Assistant City Manager; John Jacks, Director, Center City Development and Operations]]
UM, WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER FIVE, WHICH IS A BRIEFING AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO'S FEE, UH, FEE WAIVER POLICY UPDATE. 
          AND I WILL LET YOU KNOW, I HAVE ANOTHER COMMITTEE MEETING TO ATTEND AT ONE. 
          UH, I THINK SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES DO TOO. 
          UH, BUT GO AHEAD, VERONICA. 
          NO PRESSURE. 
          ALL YOURS, . 
          NO PROBLEM. 
          I, I'VE BRIEFED MANY OF YOU INDIVIDUALLY ON THIS, SO, UM, HOPEFULLY, UH, YOU'VE SEEN A LOT OF THIS. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME THIS AFTERNOON. 
          I AM VERONICA GARCIA, I'M THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR OUR CENTER CITY DEVELOPMENT AND OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT. 
          AND I DO WANNA SHARE WITH YOU SOME PROPOSED UPDATES TO OUR CITY FEE WAIVER PROGRAM. 
          SO THIS PROGRAM IS IN EXISTENCE RIGHT NOW. 
          IT WAS ADOPTED BY CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS BACK IN DECEMBER, 2018. 
          AND THE REASON WE'RE TAKING A LOOK AT THIS SPECIFIC PROGRAM IS, UH, BECAUSE OF ALL OF THE SHIP WORK DRAFT STRATEGIES THAT HAS ALREADY TAKEN PLACE AS, UM, IAN SO GREATLY DETAILED. 
          UM, WE'VE ALREADY HAD A VERY BIG ROBUST INPUT PROCESS IN WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO TO DEFINE AFFORDABILITY IN OUR CITY? HOW DO WE GET TO THOSE METRICS THAT WE NEED TO REACH? AND ONE OF THIS DETAIL, ONE OF THE OVER 30 STRATEGIES THAT WAS OUTLINED IS THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT THIS PROGRAM SPECIFICALLY AND MAKE UPDATES TO, 
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UH, ENSURE THAT THE FEE WAIVERS GO TO PROVIDE MORE SUBSIDY TO AFFORDABLE PROJECTS. 
          SO A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ON THIS PROGRAM, WE CURRENTLY DO PROVIDE FEE WAIVERS TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS, WORKFORCE HOUSING PROJECTS, PROJECTS THAT ARE DOING REHAB OR EXISTING ADAPTIVE REUSE OF EXISTING HISTORIC BUILDINGS. 
          AND WE ALSO HAVE, UH, WAIVERS AVAILABLE TO ENCOURAGE THE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF SMALL BUSINESSES AS WELL AS TARGETED INDUSTRY PROJECTS. 
          UM, THESE ARE THE SAME CATEGORIES THAT I MENTIONED, AND I'LL GO INTO THEM IN A LITTLE BIT OF DETAIL IN JUST A MOMENT. 
          BUT I DO WANNA POINT OUT THAT OUR DEPARTMENT, C C D O OVERSEES THOSE ADMINISTRATION OF FEE WAIVERS FOR THE FIRST THREE CATEGORIES. 
          AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT HAS A COMPLETELY SEPARATE LIST OF GUIDELINES THAT GO THROUGH A SEPARATE COUNCIL ADOPTION PROCESS FOR THE SMALL BUSINESS AND TARGETED INDUSTRY CATEGORIES. 
          SO A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ON THE FEE WAIVER PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE EACH YEAR. 
          TYPICALLY WE'VE BEEN RECEIVING TWO AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS FOR THE CITY FEE WAIVER BUCKET, AND WE GET $3 MILLION FROM SAS THAT IS FUNDED BY SAS FOR THE IMPACT FEE WAIVERS. 
          THE, UH, CITY FEE WAIVERS HAVE BEEN ON HOLD, UH, FOR SINCE MARCH, 2020 DUE TO THE PANDEMIC. 
          SO WE HAVEN'T HAD OUR CITY FEE WAIVERS AVAILABLE TO HELP PROJECTS IN ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF, BUT WE HAVE HAD A SAWS COMMITMENT, UM, THIS ENTIRE TIME. 
          THEY GAVE US A FIVE YEAR COMMITMENT. 
          SO WE ARE ASSURED TO HAVE THAT ONGOING BUDGET, UM, FOR THE COMING YEARS TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT FEE WAIVERS ARE WORTH TO A PROJECT. 
          THESE ARE, UM, THERE'S NO CASH EXCHANGES, THEY'RE NOT DOLLARS THAT HELP THEM ACTUALLY FINANCE THE, THE PROJECT. 
          WHAT IT IS, IS A WAIVER. 
          SO AS THEY INCUR THESE DEVELOPMENT FEES, THEY GO UP TO THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES COUNTER OR TO SAWS. 
          THEY PROVIDE THEIR WAIVER ID AND IT'S JUST AN AUTOMATIC WAIVER OF FEES THEY WOULD'VE OTHERWISE PAID. 
          SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO GET REIMBURSED. 
          BUT IT'S ALSO NOT A CASH GRANT TO THE DEVELOPER. 
          SO IT'S ONLY VALUABLE IF YOU HAVE FUNDS AVAILABLE TO ACTUALLY BUILD YOUR PROJECT ON YOUR OWN. 
          AND FOR, UM, A TYPICAL PROJECT, THE FEE WAIVERS ARE ABOUT 2%. 
          SO ON A SINGLE FAMILY HOME, UH, THESE FEE WAIVERS TOTALLY MIGHT BE WORTH ABOUT SEVEN OR $8,000 TOWARDS THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SINGLE FAMILY HOME. 
          AND IN A MULTI-FAMILY AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT, UH, THAT MAY BE ANYWHERE BETWEEN 250 TO $300,000 ESTIMATE BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A CAP ON THE FEE WAIVERS. 
          SO METRICS TO DATE, UM, SINCE JANUARY, 2019, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ASSIST OVER 1700 HOUSING UNITS. 
          AND YOU CAN SEE EVEN JUST WITH THE GUIDELINES THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE NOW, MOST OF THOSE UNITS HAVE BEEN AT 60% OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME OR BELOW. 
          AND WE HAVE ALSO BEEN ABLE TO ASSIST OVER 54 SALE UNITS BEING BUILT WITH THESE WAIVERS. 
          UM, WE HAVE HELPED SOME SMALL BUSINESSES AND WE'VE SUPPORTED THE RESTORATION OF SIX HISTORIC BUILDINGS WITH OUR CURRENT PROGRAM. 
          HERE'S SOME EXAMPLE PROJECTS. 
          REALLY JUST WANNA SHOW YOU THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF THINGS THAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO WITH THE FEE WAIVERS. 
          UM, THE TWO, UH, HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS THAT YOU SEE HERE ARE WHAT? ONE IS A 4% TAX CREDIT, ONE IS A 9% TAX CREDIT, AND THEY OFTEN USE OUR FEE WAIVERS TO HELP. 
          IT'S AN IMPORTANT LAYER TO CREATING AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          I THINK FEE WAIVERS ON THEIR OWN, UH, MAY NOT GET THOSE DEEPER AFFORDABILITY UNITS THAT WE DESPERATELY NEED, BUT WHEN THEY ARE LAYERED WITH THE OTHER HOUSING TAX CREDIT POLICIES THAT ARE AVAILABLE, OTHER GRANTS HOME OR C D B G FUNDS THAT ARE OUT THERE, THEY DO HELP REALLY CREATE THAT BUDGET THAT IS AVAILABLE AND HELP IT GO A LITTLE BIT FURTHER AND GET THOSE DEEPER AFFORDABLE UNITS INTO THEIR PROJECTS. 
          OUR CURRENT POLICY, I KNOW THIS'S A LITTLE SMALL, BUT, UM, DON'T WORRY WE'RE CHANGING SOME OF THIS. 
          SO OUR CURRENT POLICY SAYS THAT AT LEAST 25% OF THE UNITS IN ORDER TO QUALIFY AS AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT MUST BE, UM, AT FOR FAMILIES AT 80% OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME OR BELOW. 
          AND THEN 25% MUST BE AT 60 A M I OR BELOW. 
          AND THAT IS ONE OF THE CRITERIA THAT WE ARE PROPOSING TO UPDATE. 
          UM, ALSO ON THIS SLIDE I WANNA POINT OUT THAT THE FEE WAIVERS CAN BE USED FOR OWNER-OCCUPIED REHAB AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION PROJECTS. 
          SO THAT GOES TO SPEAK TO, UM, THE IMPORTANCE OF CREATING AND PRESERVER, NOT JUST CREATING, BUT PRESERVING THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING STOCK THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW. 
          IT IS SO IMPORTANT THAT, UH, WE LOOK TO HELP THOSE HOMEOWNERS AND SO THAT THEY CAN, UH, USE THE FEE WAIVER PROGRAM TO TAKE THEIR, UH, PROJECTS THAT THEY'RE DOING AND REALLY HELP THEM STAY IN THEIR HOMES. 
          UH, THE FEE WAIVERS CAN BE USED FOR ANYONE THAT'S ALREADY PARTICIPATING IN NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES, OWNER OCCUPIED REHAB PROGRAMS, THE GREEN AND HEALTHY HOMES UNDER ONE ROOF. 
          THEY CAN ALL QUALIFY FOR THE FEE WAIVERS. 
          AND THEN HOMEOWNERS THAT ARE TRYING TO PRESERVE A HISTORIC HOME, AS LONG AS THAT FAMILY QUALIFIES MEETS OUR A M I CRITERIA, THEY TOO CAN USE THE FEE WAIVERS FOR THEIR PROJECTS. 
          AND THEN, AS I MENTIONED, THE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT PIECE IS, UM, GOING THROUGH A SEPARATE REVIEW PROCESS. 
          SO THOSE 
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TWO WILL BE COMING FORWARD WITH SOME UPDATES. 
          SO THE, UM, ITEMS THAT WE WANNA ADDRESS TODAY ARE LOOKING AT HOW WE ALIGN THE CURRENT FEE WAIVER PROBLEM PROGRAM WITH THE SHIP AND THE, UM, SPECIFICALLY TO FOR HOW WE ARE REDEFINING AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN OUR CITY. 
          AND I'LL GROW THROUGH EACH OF THESE. 
          SO, UH, THROUGH THE DRAFT SHIP THAT'S BEEN DEVELOPED, WHAT WE'VE HEARD IS THAT AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR RENTAL UNITS SHOULD BE DEFINED AS ANYTHING BELOW 60% A M I AND WE ARE AWARE THAT WE NEED EVEN DEEPER AFFORDABILITY LEVELS THAN THAT. 
          AND SO, UM, WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING TO DO WITH THE POLICY IS TO INCREASE THE MINIMUM CRITERIA THAT AT LEAST HALF OF THE UNITS BUILT FOR AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT MUST BE AT 60% A M I OR BELOW. 
          AND WE DID CHECK THAT, UH, PROPOSED METRIC WITH MANY OF OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPERS, AND THEY AGREE THAT CREATING THAT AT LEAST HALF OF THE UNITS AT 60% IS A GOOD MINIMUM TO HAVE. 
          UM, AND THAT WE SHOULD BE CONTINUE TO BE FLEXIBLE SO THAT THEY CAN CRAFT DEVELOPMENTS THAT HAVE DEEPER LEVELS OF AFFORDABILITY, UM, AND WE ABLE TO BE, UH, FLEXIBLE SO THAT THEY CAN BE SURE THAT THESE FEE WAIVERS CAN BE INCORPORATED AS ONE LAYER OF THEIR OTHER FINANCING THAT THEY'RE DOING. 
          THE OTHER RECOMMENDATION THAT WE WANNA, UH, INCORPORATE INTO THE FEE WAIVER PROGRAM ACTUALLY COMES OUT OF THE REMOVING BARRIERS TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMMITTEE. 
          SO THIS COMMITTEE CAME OUTTA THE MAYOR'S HOUSING POLICY TASK FORCE WORK THAT WAS DONE, AND IT'S BEEN MEETING IT MET ALL THROUGHOUT JANUARY, 2019. 
          AND ONE THING THAT CAME OUT WAS THAT WE REALLY NEED TO BE FOCUSING ON HOW WE CAN FURTHER INCENTIVIZE CREATING, UH, ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY ARE CREATING OR PRESERVING AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          SO WE ARE PROPOSING THAT ANYONE WHO IS BUILDING AN A D U WOULD ALSO BE ABLE TO UTILIZE THE FEE WAIVER PROGRAM. 
          AND ONE OF THE IMPORTANT CAVEAT I WILL NOTE IS THAT WE ALSO PROPOSE HAVING A SET ASIDE A FEE WAIVER SPECIFICALLY FOR SOMEONE CONSTRUCTING AN A D U THAT'S SET ASIDE, MAKE SURE THAT THOSE HOMEOWNERS THAT ARE USING THIS, UH, WILL HAVE THE FEE WAIVERS AVAILABLE TO THEM THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. 
          ANOTHER IMPORTANT UPDATE WE WANNA MAKE IS HOW WE PROCESS OUR FEE WAIVER APPLICATIONS RIGHT NOW. 
          UM, SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE AN OPEN WINDOW. 
          SO OUR FEE WAIVER APPLICATION OPENS IN, UM, IN DECEMBER. 
          AND WE'LL ACCEPT APPLICATIONS FOR FOUR WEEKS AND THEN WE SCORE, WE, UH, LOOK AT IF THEY MEET THE CRITERIA AND THEN IF YOUR FIRST COME FIRST SERVE, THE FIRST ONES THAT COME IN, GET THE FEE WAIVERS AND WE GO INTO OUR FUNDS ARE EXHAUSTED. 
          UM, THAT DOES HELP, UH, ENSURE THAT PEOPLE WHO NEED THE FEE WAIVERS KIND OF KNOW WHEN THE PROCESS OPENS, THEY GO ONLINE. 
          UM, BUT WE THINK THAT THERE'S A MUCH BETTER WAY TO DO IT AND WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT INCORPORATING SOME EQUITY CRITERIA ON HOW WE SCORE. 
          SO THIS IS THE PROPOSED LIST, AND THIS WAS DEVELOPED AFTER A LOT OF INPUT FROM OUR DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS, OUR NONPROFIT PARTNERS. 
          UM, WE SPOKE ONE-ON-ONE, UM, WITH MANY OF THE PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY CREATE AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          AND WE ALSO TALKED TO, UM, WE DID A SURVEY THAT'S STILL OPEN RIGHT NOW TO GET SOME CRITERIA ON THIS AS WELL. 
          AND SO THIS IS WHERE THIS PRIORITY LIST CAME FROM. 
          UM, OUR FIRST PRIORITY IS TO TRY AND HELP PROJECTS THAT ARE USING OUR HOUSING TAX CREDITS OR OTHER FEDERAL FUNDS. 
          THOSE COULD BE HOME FUNDS, C D B G FUNDS, ANYTHING FROM HUD. 
          THE REASON WE WANNA PUT THOSE TYPES OF PROJECTS AT THE TOP OF OUR PRIORITY LIST IS BECAUSE THEY ARE, UM, A COUPLE OF THINGS. 
          THEY'VE ALREADY RECEIVED OTHER INCENTIVES TO HELP BUILD THESE PROJECTS, AND THAT MEANS THEY VERY LIKELY HAVE DEEPER LEVELS OF AFFORDABILITY BEYOND THE 60%. 
          SO IF THEY'RE CREATING PROJECTS THAT HAVE DEEPER LEVELS OF AFFORDABILITY, WE KNOW THAT THEY NEED THE FEE WAIVERS AS WELL TO MAKE THOSE PROJECTS HAPPEN. 
          AND ALSO, IF THEY'VE ALREADY BEEN APPROVED FOR FEDERAL FUNDING, WE KNOW THAT THEY'RE ON A TIMELINE TO DELIVER THOSE UNITS. 
          SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE WANNA AWARD THE FEE WAIVERS TO PROJECTS THAT WILL ACTUALLY BE BUILT SINCE WE DO HAVE LIMITED FUNDS AVAILABLE. 
          THE NEXT CRITERIA, OR THE NEXT PRIORITY WOULD BE ANY PROJECT THAT HAS AT LEAST 10% OF THE HOUSING UNITS BILLED FOR HOUSEHOLDS EARNING UP TO 30% OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME. 
          WE KNOW THIS IS THE, THE MOST DIFFICULT HOUSING TO, TO BUILD FROM THE GROUND UP. 
          WE KNOW IT IS VERY MUCH NEEDED IN OUR CITY AS, AS THE, AS THE SHIP DATA SHARED WITH US. 
          UM, SO IF A PROJECT IS TRYING TO INCORPORATE THOSE DEEPER LEVELS OF AFFORDABILITY IN THEIR UNIT MIX, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THEY HAVE A VERY, UM, STRONG ACCESS TO THE FEE WAIVER PROGRAM AND THEY CAN USE THOSE INCENTIVES TO HELP STRETCH THEIR BUDGET A LITTLE BIT FURTHER. 
          NEXT WOULD BE ANY PROJECT THAT IS DEVELOPED BY ONE OF THE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS. 
          SO THESE ARE ENTITIES THAT, THIS IS WHAT THEY DO. 
          THEY BUILD AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS. 
          THEY KNOW HOW TO ACCESS DIFFERENT INCENTIVES TO CREATE THOSE DEEPER LEVELS OF AFFORDABILITY. 
          THEY KNOW, UM, 
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HOW TO GET THE UNITS BUILT. 
          THEY KNOW HOW TO MANAGE THEM AND QUALIFY FAMILIES TO LIVE THERE. 
          SO, UH, WE WANNA ALSO PRIORITIZE THEIR PROJECTS AS WELL. 
          NEXT WOULD BE, UM, CATEGORY OF ANYONE BUILDING A DEVELOPMENT THAT'S 12 UNITS OR FEWER, AND THIS IS WHERE THE ADU WOULD FALL IN. 
          SO IF A HOMEOWNER, IF THAT'S ALL THEY'RE CONSTRUCTING, A, AN AFFORDABLE PROJECT LIKE THAT, JUST AN A D U, UM, WE WANNA PUT THEM ALSO TRY AND GET 'EM HIGHER UP IN OUR LIST. 
          BUT I ALSO THINK THAT SET ASIDE, I TALKED ABOUT FOR PEOPLE JUST CONSTRUCTING AN A D U HELPS MAKE SURE THE FEE WAIVERS ARE ACCESSIBLE TO THEM. 
          AND THEN LAST WOULD BE PROJECTS IN A REGIONAL CENTER OR ALONG A VIA ADVANCED RAPID TRANSIT QUARTER. 
          AGAIN, MAKING SURE THE HOUSING THAT'S BUILT IS ACCESSIBLE AND BUILT IN AREAS, UM, TO HELP IT BE MORE AFFORDABLE TO FAMILIES, LOWER THEIR TRANSPORTATION COSTS. 
          SO THIS IS THE OTHER, UM, IMPORTANT UPDATE WE WANNA MAKE AND IT'S HOW WE'RE ALLOCATING THAT FEE WAIVER BUDGET. 
          SO I MENTIONED WE ONLY GET TWO AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS USUALLY A YEAR FOR CITY FEE WAIVERS. 
          FOR THIS PARTICULAR YEAR. 
          IT WAS CUT, UM, DURING OUR BUDGET PROCESS, SO WE ONLY HAVE $1,990,000. 
          SO, UM, YOU CAN SEE THAT WE HAD TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS TO THOSE BUCKETS. 
          BUT THE MAJOR CHANGE IS THAT OUR CENTER CITY HOUSING INCENTIVE POLICY DID EXPIRE THIS PAST DECEMBER. 
          THAT WAS AN INCENTIVE PACKAGE THAT MANY DIFFERENT DEVELOPMENTS AND TARGETED AREAS, UH, USED TO BUILD NEW HOUSING PRODUCT. 
          MANY OF THOSE UNITS WERE ALSO AFFORDABLE. 
          UM, BUT THAT HOUSING INCENTIVE PACKAGE DOES NOT EXIST. 
          SO, UH, WE ARE PROPOSING TO TAKE THE DOLLARS THAT WERE SET ASIDE SPECIFICALLY FOR SEED CHIP PROJECTS AND INSTEAD REALLOCATE THAT TO THE TOP THREE CATEGORIES. 
          MOST OF THOSE FUNDS ARE GONNA GO TOWARDS THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT. 
          WE ARE ALSO PROPOSING THAT NOW WE HAVE A SPECIFIC SET ASIDE FOR ANYONE, UH, PARTICIPATING IN THE OWNER-OCCUPIED REHAB PROGRAMS OR TRYING TO DO A HISTORIC REHAB PROJECT BEFORE, UM, OWNER-OCCUPIED REHAB AND HISTORIC REHAB, UH, WAS SAME BUCKET AS ALL OTHER AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS. 
          AND ALTHOUGH THEY DO HELP FAMILIES THAT ARE, THAT ARE AFFORDABLE, UH, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, UH, THEY HAVE ACCESS TO FEE WAIVERS. 
          THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS TEND TO HAVE A MORE DETAILED TIMELINE. 
          THEY KNOW AHEAD OF TIME THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BUILD. 
          AND SO THEY ARE VERY USED TO GOING ONLINE DURING THE APPLICATION WINDOW. 
          AND, AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE PROPOSING THE SCORING, THE PRIORITIZATION FOR THOSE FOR OWNER OCCUPIED AND HISTORIC REHAB PROJECT. 
          UH, A HOMEOWNER MAY NOT REALIZE THEY NEED A NEW ROOF OR THEY MAY HAVE JUST AT SOME POINT BEEN QUALIFIED FOR PARTICIPATING IN ONE OF THOSE PROGRAMS. SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THEY TOO HAVE ACCESS TO THE FEE WAIVERS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR WHENEVER THEIR ASSISTANCES BECOMES AVAILABLE TO DO THOSE PROJECTS. 
          AND WE'RE NOT PROPOSING ANY CHANGES TO THE BUDGETS FOR SMALL BUSINESS OR TARGETED INDUSTRY. 
          UM, ALTHOUGH YOU WILL NOTE THAT WE, UH, FOR THIS PROPO COMING YEAR, WE HAVE HEARD BACK FROM OUR SMALL BUSINESS, UH, OUR SMALL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT AND THEY SAID THAT THE FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR SMALL BUSINESS, UH, FOR THIS YEAR ALONE COULD BE REALLOCATED TO THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING CATEGORY. 
          THE REASON FOR THAT IS, UM, THEY TOO ARE GOING THROUGH THEIR OWN STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS. 
          THEY'RE LOOKING AT HOW THEY WANNA REALLOCATE THOSE WAIVERS AND THEY HAVE MORE THAN A YEAR'S WORTH OF FUNDING AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW TO PROVIDE TO SMALL BUSINESS. 
          SO IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THEY WON'T HAVE ACCESS TO THE FEE WAIVER PROGRAM, IT JUST MEANS THEY DON'T NEED A WHOLE NOTHER YEAR'S WORTH OF FUNDS. 
          AND INSTEAD WE CAN TAKE THOSE FUNDS AND PRO AND MOVE THEM TO PROJECTS THAT WILL BE BUILT, UM, IN THIS COMING FISCAL YEAR. 
          UM, AND THEN OF COURSE, BACK IN 2023, LOOKING AHEAD, THEIR BUDGET WOULD GO BACK TO WHAT IT WAS HISTORICALLY. 
          UM, SO THIS IS JUST A SUMMARY OF EVERYTHING I TALKED ABOUT. 
          UH, AND I'LL HIGHLIGHT THE TWO ITEMS AT THE BOTTOM THAT I DID NOT MENTION THERE. 
          UM, ONE, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT ALL RENTAL HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS THAT ACCEPT FEE WAIVERS ARE SUBJECT TO THE HOUSING VOUCHER INCENTIVE POLICY. 
          THIS MEANS THAT THEY WILL HAVE TO ACCEPT HOUSING VOUCHERS AS A VALID SOURCE OF INCOME. 
          UM, WE ALSO WANNA SIMPLIFY THE WAY, UH, WAIVERS HOW LONG THEY'RE VALID. 
          SOME ARE VALID FOR SIX MONTHS, SOME A YEAR. 
          THIS CLEANS THAT UP. 
          ALL WAIVERS ARE VALID FOR ONE YEAR AND YOU CAN REMOVE THEM FOR ANOTHER YEAR. 
          JUST MAKES IT MORE EFFICIENT FOR THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE THE WAIVERS. 
          AND THEN LAST WE'RE PROPOSING UPDATES TO THE PROCESSING FEE. 
          UM, SO IT'S A HUNDRED DOLLARS PER WAIVER RIGHT NOW PROPOSING TO INCREASE THAT TO $200 OR $500 FOR A LARGER MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENTS. 
          THE REASON FOR CHARGING A PROCESSING FEE IS, UH, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IF AN, IF SOMEONE IS COMING AND APPLYING FOR THE FEE WAIVERS, THEY HAVE A REAL SHOVEL READY PROJECT, WE ARE TYING UP THOSE WAIVERS FOR THAT PROJECT. 
          SO WE REALLY WANNA MAKE SURE THEY'RE DEDICATED TO COMPLETING IT AS WELL. 
          UM, AND LASTLY, HOMEOWNERS THAT ARE PARTICIPATING IN THOSE OWNER-OCCUPIED REHABS, THE WAIVERS, UM, OF COURSE THEY WON'T BE SUBJECT TO ANY PROCESSING FEE. 
          IT'S COMPLETELY WAIVED FOR THEM. 
          SO WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF INPUT INPUT TO GET US TO THIS PROCESS. 
          WE'VE HAD MANY, UH, ONE-ON-ONE BRIEFINGS, ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONS. 
          WE'VE 
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HAD A LOT OF VETTING THROUGH THE SHIP PROCESS. 
          WE'VE HAD THESE AVAILABLE FOR, UM, COMMENTS TO OVER THE 80 STAKEHOLDERS THAT ARE PARTICIPATING IN THE SHIP PROCESS. 
          UM, WE'VE DISCUSSED THIS WITH OUR OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS AND OUR DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS. 
          AS I MENTIONED, WE HAVE A SURVEY OPEN RIGHT NOW TO SOME OF OUR TARGETED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS AND OTHER PARTNERS TO CONTINUE TO GET THEIR FEEDBACK ON THIS PROCESS. 
          AND, UM, AS I MENTIONED, THIS IS ONE OF THE STRATEGIES IN THE SHIP. 
          SO THE, UH, SUMMARY OF THIS WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT THROUGH THEIR ENTIRE OPEN PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD ON THE SHIP AS WELL. 
          SO THE TIMELINE, I DID PRESENT THIS TO HOUSING COMMISSION YESTERDAY AND THEY WERE ALL VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THESE PROPOSED UPDATES. 
          I'M SHARING THIS WITH YOU NOW AND HOPE TO BRING THIS FOR FULL COUNCIL CONSIDERATION IN NOVEMBER. 
          AND THAT TIMELINE ALIGNS WITH ADOPTION OF THE FULL SHIP AS WELL. 
          SO THANK YOU, UH, FOR YOUR TIME AND FOR STICKING IT OUT THIS LONG. 
          HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. 
          THANK YOU, VERONICA. 
          UM, I, I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT 30% A M I OR BELOW. 
          I, I REALLY THINK THAT BECAUSE DEVELOPERS HAVE TOLD US THAT IT'S DIFFICULT TO PENCIL A PROJECT, THAT THIS IS THE TYPE OF PROJECT THAT NEEDS SOME ADDITIONAL WAIVER SUPPORT. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          I'LL OPEN IT UP TO MY COLLEAGUES NOW FOR QUESTIONS. 
          GO AHEAD. 
          COUNCILMAN CASTILLO. 
          THANK YOU CHAIR. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT I WAS GOING TO, TO SHARE, RIGHT, IS OFTENTIMES WE HEAR THAT 30% JUST DOESN'T PENCIL IN, BUT I THINK WHEN WE LOOK AT HOUSING TAX CREDITS AND FEE WAIVER PROGRAMS, IF WE MAKE THE ASK, YOU KNOW, THAT IT SHOULD INCLUDE 30%, THEN WE'LL LIKELY GET PERFORMANCE PRESENTED TO THE CITY THAT INCLUDE 30%. 
          UM, SO I, I THINK THAT'S LIKE A PROPOSED UPDATE THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE. 
          OKAY. 
          IS, IS THAT ASK AND AT 30%, UM, RATHER THAN SIX YEAR 80. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, BECAUSE JUST BASED OFF OF THE PRESENTATION THAT WE RECEIVED FROM E H RIGHT. 
          DISTRICT FIVE, AVERAGE AREA MEETING INCOME 25%, WE HAVE, UH, AGING HOUSING STOCK, INCREASING PROPERTY TAXES, UM, MORE IN SOME TROUBLE IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS IF WE DON'T RECALIBRATE THE WAYS IN WHICH WE GIVE OUT INCENTIVES. 
          SURE. 
          UM, SO JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE EMPHASIZING AND MAKING THAT ASK FOR 30%. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, AND, AND YOU KNOW, JUST LOWERING IT TO 30% AND OUR DEVELOPER PARTNERS WILL LIKELY PROVIDE US WITH PERFORMANCE THAT INCLUDE 30%. 
          UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, DOES COUNCIL HAVE THE OPTION OF INCLUDING REQUIREMENTS TO ABIDE BY THE TENANT PROTECTION POLICY AS A POTENTIAL UPDATE? UM, THAT'S A QUESTION THAT I ALSO HAD FOR VEL AS WELL, BUT THESE OVERLAP WITH THESE WAIVERS AND INCENTIVES. 
          YEAH, I, I THINK WE CAN PROBABLY INCORPORATE THAT WE ARE CERTAINLY INCLUDING, UH, THAT THEY'RE REQUIRED TO ACCEPT ALL THE HOUSING VOUCHERS, BUT WE CAN LOOK AT, UH, THE TENANT PROTECTION. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILWOMAN CASTILLO. 
          COUNCILMAN COURAGE. 
          THANK YOU CHAIR. 
          UH, I THINK THAT THIS IS A GOOD PLAN. 
          I APPRECIATE THE MODIFICATIONS WE'VE PUT THIS THROUGH. 
          I LIKE YOU AGREE THAT WE NEED TO HAVE MORE, 30% AND EVEN 10% IMPROVEMENT IS, IS A LONG WAY TO GO. 
          UH, MADAM CHAIR, I THINK THAT THE APPROVAL OF THIS COMMITTEE WILL HELP MOVE THIS FORWARD. 
          SO I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT THIS COMMITTEE APPROVE THIS PLAN AND RECOMMENDED IT TO THE COUNCIL FOR THEIR CONSIDERATION. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN KURT, IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. 
          OKAY. 
          SO WE HAVE A, A MOTION AND A SECOND. 
          UM, ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          OKAY. 
          SO, UH, IT LOOKS LIKE WE ONLY HAVE THE THREE OF US TODAY, SO, OKAY. 
          WE MOVE FORWARD. 
          THANK YOU SO 
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MUCH. 
          WE HAVE, UH, THE FINAL ITEM IS JUST A HOUSING DASHBOARD OVERVIEW, WHICH WILL BE PROVIDED TO US MONTHLY. 
          UH, SO WE CAN, UM, JUST, UH, I KNOW YOU ALL WERE SENT THAT HOUSING DASHBOARD OVERVIEW, SO FOR, FOR THE SAKE OF TIME, WHICH IT'S ALMOST ONE. 
          UM, WE WILL CONTINUE THIS NEXT MONTH AS WELL AND WE'LL GO OVER THIS PAST ONE AND, AND THE NEW MONTH. 
          SO THANK YOU SO MUCH EVERYONE FOR STICKING IT OUT. 
          WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. 
          THANK YOU EVERYONE. 
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