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GOOD MORNING EVERYONE.WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.
[Call to Order]
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE.GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO HERE.
COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE PRESENT CHAIR ROCHA GARCIA.
HERE, MA'AM, WE HAVE A QUORUM.
THANK YOU FOR COMING TO OUR PLANNING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE MEETING FOR OCTOBER THE 28TH.
WE'LL TAKE UP THE FIRST TWO, UM,
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ITEMS ON THE AGENDA, WHICH ARE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FOR AUGUST 26TH AND APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FOR SEPTEMBER 23RD.HAVE YOU ALL HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW AND IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? MADAM CHAIR? I REVIEWED THE MINUTES AND I, UH, MOVE TO APPROVE THEM THERE.
WE HAVE, UH, A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN COURAGE, A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN BRAVO.
[Public Comment]
UH, PUBLIC COMMENT AND WE HAVE ONE PERSON SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AND THAT IS, UH, PETER RE.SO MR. FRA, PLEASE, UM, TAKE THE PODIUM AND I DO HAVE TO RECOGNIZE THAT MR. RE IS ONE OF OUR DISTRICT FOUR, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERS.
AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND STAFF AND AND THOSE PRESENT TODAY.
UH, OVER THE, OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS, I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF SERVING AS A PLANNING TEAM MEMBER OF THE SA TOMORROW PORT SAN ANTONIO REGIONAL PLAN.
TODAY, I'D LIKE TO EXPRESS MY SUPPORT FOR THE PLAN AND TO, TO SHARE TWO CHALLENGING MOBILITY PROJECTS WITH THE POTENTIAL TO PROVIDE TRANSFORMATIONAL CONNECTIVITY TO THE GREATER PORT SAN ANTONIO AREA.
THE FIRST IS THE PORT SAN ANTONIO TRAIL, ALSO KNOWN AS THE PORT LINK.
THE TRAIL WOULD CONNECT THE PORTS INNOVATION CENTER TO RODRIGUEZ PARK TO THE NORTH AND PEARSALL PARK TO THE SOUTH.
THE PORT LINK WOULD ALSO PROVIDE THE THOMPSON NEIGHBORHOOD AND SOUTHWEST COMMUNITY RESIDENCE ACCESS TO THE GREATER TRAILWAY SYSTEM.
I'D LIKE TO THANK ACTIVATE SA FOR INCLUDING THIS TRAIL IN THEIR PROPOSAL PACKAGE.
RANDY ICK, WHO'S WITH US TODAY.
HE'S A DISTRICT FOUR REPRESENTATIVE ON THE LINEAR CREEK WASTE PARKS ADVISORY BOARD FOR THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT THROUGH THIS WHOLE PROCESS.
ANOTHER GREAT OPPORTUNITY IDENTIFIED IN THE PLAN IS A KELLY PARKWAY STUDY.
THE THOMPSON NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE QUINTANA COMMUNITY HAVE EXPRESSED SUPPORT FOR FURTHER EVALUATION OF KELLY PARKWAY IN HOPES OF FURTHER STUDY AND IDENTIFYING POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS TO THE AMOUNT OF FREIGHT TRAFFIC THAT OCCURS IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS.
ONE POTENTIAL SOLUTION TO ALLEVIATE THE TRAFFIC.
THIS FREIGHT TRAFFIC COULD BE CREATING A SOUTHERN ENTRANCE TO THE PORT ON MILITARY DRIVE NEAR QUINTANA THAT COULD DIVERT TRAFFIC ONTO A PROPOSED KELLEY PARKWAY, PROVIDING THE PORT DIRECT ACCESS TO IH 35 HIGHWAY 16 TOYOTA, AND ULTIMATELY CONNECTING TO THE SAN ANTONIO, I'M SORRY, TO THE TEXAS A AND M, SAN ANTONIO REGIONAL CENTER.
PRISING AND I SERVED ON THE KELLY PARKWAY ADVISORY COMMITTEE IN THE EARLY TWO THOUSANDS.
WE BOTH HAVE THE SAME PASSION TO SEE THE PARKWAY'S CATALYTIC ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL REALIZED, IN MY OPINION, UH, WE MISSED AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAXIMIZE OUR WORK ON THE PLAN BY NOT INCLUDING THE QUINTANA COMMUNITY IN THE PLAN BOUNDARIES.
ITS PROXIMITY TO THE PORTS INDUSTRIALLY ZONED EAST KELLY, AND THE COMMUNITY'S CURRENT DESIGNATION IS AN OPPORTUNITY ZONE MERITED ITS DIRECT INVOLVEMENT.
I BELIEVE THE KELLY PARKWAY STUDY WILL PROVIDE THE COLLABORATIVE AND INFRASTRUCTURE INFRASTRUCTURE CONNECTIVITY TO ADVANCE THE PORT'S INNOVATIVE VISION AND THE COMMUNITY'S OPPORTUNITY ZONE DESIRED INVESTMENTS.
I APPLAUD THE STAFFS AND MY FELLOW PLANNING MEMBERS OUTSTANDING WORK IN COORDINATING AND COMPILING THIS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
THANK YOU, BRIDGETTE, FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP OF THE DEPARTMENT.
THANK YOU CHANNEY, FOR YOUR DILIGENT WORK AS THE LEAD OF THE, THE COMMITTEE, THE PLANNING COMMITTEE, AND CARLOS AS WELL FOR STEPPING IN IN HER HIATUS.
I LOOK FORWARD TO A SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF THIS PROCESS.
THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS FOR YOUR ATTENTION THIS MORNING.
THANK YOU, MR. RE, UH, ITEM NUMBER THREE ON THE AGENDA
[3 Briefing and possible action on the City’s Strategic Housing Implementation Plan (SHIP) [Lori Houston, Assistant City Manager; Verónica R. Soto, Director, Neighborhood and Housing Services]]
AS A BRIEFING AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE CITY'S STRATEGIC HOUSING AND IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.AND, UM, I BELIEVE THAT IAN IS GOING TO START US OFF.
GOOD MORNING, COUNCILWOMAN AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I'M THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOUSING SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
UH, THIS IS THE THIRD TIME THAT WE'VE BROUGHT UPDATES ON THE STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.
TODAY I'M GONNA DO A QUICK RECAP ON SOME OF THE WORK THAT WE'VE ALREADY COVERED, AND THEN I'M GONNA FOCUS A LITTLE BIT ON OUR FUNDING PLAN AND THE STRATEGIES THAT WE HAVE GOING FORWARD ALONG WITH OUR
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PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PLAN PRIOR TO GOING TO COUNCIL.SO, AS WAY OF BACKGROUND, UM, I THINK WE'VE PREVIOUSLY TALKED ABOUT HOW THE STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN IS BUILDING OFF OF THE HOUSING POLICY FRAMEWORK.
OF COURSE, THIS FRAMEWORK WAS ACCEPTED BY COUNCIL IN 2018, AND IT DID A COUPLE OF REALLY KEY IMPORTANT THINGS.
ONE IS TO HIGHLIGHT THE IMPORTANCE OF HOUSING IN THE CITY'S ECOSYSTEM.
TALKED ABOUT HOUSING AS INFRASTRUCTURE GOING FORWARD.
IT SET A 10 YEAR HOUSING PRODUCTION AND PRESERVATION GOAL WITH THE CITY, AND THAT IT ALSO DEVELOPS SOME KEY STRATEGIES AND IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES THAT FALL UNDER FIVE KEY ACTION AREAS.
AND I THINK THE FIVE KEY ACTION AREAS THIS COUNCIL IS VERY, VERY FAMILIAR WITH.
SO WHAT WE LOOKED AT WHEN WE PICKED UP THE HOUSING POLICY FRAMEWORK IS THE PROGRESS WE'RE MAKING TOWARDS THOSE 10 YEAR GOALS AND HOW WE'RE ACHIEVING THOSE IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES THAT WERE LAID OUT.
WE FOUND THAT IN THE, UH, THE 10 YEAR GOALS THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY SET, WE WERE ON COURSE TO EXCEED THOSE 10 YEAR TENURE GOALS WITHIN FOUR, MAYBE FIVE YEARS.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE WANTED TO TAKE A LOOK AT, RECALIBRATE THAT NEED AND SET NEW TARGETS.
AND THEN FOR THOSE IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES, THERE WERE SOME INFORMATION MISSING ON WHEN WE SHOULD DO THEM, HOW THEY SHOULD BE DONE, AND THE STAKEHOLDERS THAT NEED TO BE A PART OF THAT PROCESS.
SO THROUGH THE STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, NOT ONLY DID WE TAKE THOSE STRATEGIES FORWARD, UH, AND DEFINE THEM A LITTLE BIT MORE CLEARLY, BUT WE ALSO PULLED IN HOUSING STRATEGIES THAT ARE RELATED, UM, FROM OTHER PLANNING DOCUMENTS.
THOSE INCLUDE O HP'S OPPORTUNITY AT RISK, DH S'S HOMELESS STRATEGIC PLAN, OUR 4 0 1 HOME ANTI DISPLACEMENT POLICY, AND MANY MORE.
PREVIOUSLY, WE'VE, WE'VE SHARED WITH THE COUNCIL HOW WE RECALCULATED OUR NEED THROUGH THAT PROCESS.
WE'VE IDENTIFIED 95,000 HOUSEHOLDS, WHICH WE'VE DETERMINED ARE MOST IN NEED, UH, AND, AND DUE TO HOUSING INSTABILITY AND TALK A LOT, WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE WAYS THAT WE ARE GONNA ADDRESS THAT IN A HOLISTIC FASHION, TYING BACK TO THE HOUSING POLICY FRAMEWORK.
BUT THIS IS A BREAKDOWN OF THOSE 95,000 HOUSEHOLDS.
WHAT WE SAW WHEN WE DID THAT ANALYSIS IS THAT FOR BOTH HOMEOWNERS AND RENTERS, THE NEED IN THE COMMUNITY BASED ON COST BURDEN IS REALLY AT THAT 50% OR BELOW OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME.
THE WAGES THAT YOU SEE ON THIS, UH, CHART HERE ARE ADJUSTED FOR A FAMILY HOUSEHOLD OF THREE, WHICH IS CLOSEST TO THE FAMILY HOUSEHOLD SIZE WE HAVE HERE IN SAN ANTONIO AND BEXAR COUNTY.
SO, THE WHO, THE WHAT AND THE HOW ARE WE GONNA ADDRESS THIS NEED? WE TALKED PREVIOUSLY WITH THE COUNCIL ON OUR APPROACH IN THE SHIP.
TYING BACK TO THE HOUSING POLICY FRAMEWORK, THE HOUSING POLICY FRAMEWORK IDENTIFIED SOME KEY ROOT ISSUES AS TO WHY WE HAVE THIS HOUSING ISSUE.
ONE OF 'EM IS THAT HOUSEHOLD WAGES ARE NOT KEEPING UP WITH THE COST OF HOUSING.
TWO IS THAT OUR SUPPLY OF HOUSING IS NOT KEEPING UP WITH ECONOMIC GROWTH.
AND THEN THREE IS THAT THE HOUSING THAT WE ARE PRODUCING IS NOT NECESSARILY AT THE INCOME LEVELS THAT WE NEED.
SO THROUGH THE SHIP APPROACH, WE'RE ADDRESSING EACH ONE OF THESE PARTNERING WITH NOT ONLY CITY DEPARTMENTS, BUT ALSO EXTERNAL HOUSING PARTNER AND AGENCIES.
SO WE'VE BROKEN UP INTO TWO MAJOR CATEGORIES, BUT WITH FOUR, UH, INTERVENTION TYPES.
ONE IS TO INCREASE HOUSEHOLD WAGES AND SUBSIDIZED INCOMES.
WE KNOW THAT PUBLIC ASSISTANCE, LIKE HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHERS AND BENEFITS NAVIGATION THAT WE DO THROUGH OUR DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES IS ABLE TO BRING DOWN HOUSEHOLD INCOME.
I MEAN, INCREASE HOUSEHOLD INCOME SO THAT THEY CAN BETTER AFFORD THEIR HOUSEHOLD COSTS.
BENEFIT NAVIGATORS HAVE HAVE BEEN WORKING THROUGH THE PANDEMIC TO CONNECT RESIDENTS TO THINGS LIKE SNAP, UM, CHILD TAX CREDITS AND OTHER SERVICES THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO THOSE HOUSEHOLDS.
WE KNOW THAT WE DO HAVE A SHORTAGE OF HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHERS IN THE COMMUNITY, BUT HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHERS PLAY A VERY IMPORTANT ROLE OF MAKING UNITS THAT MAY BE ON THE MARKET TODAY AFFORDABLE TO HOUSEHOLDS WHO NEED THEM.
AND THEN JOB TRAINING, THE CITY HAS MADE A SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT IN READY TO WORK.
AND AGAIN, TYING BACK TO THE HOUSING POLICY FRAMEWORK, INCREASING WAGES IS A KEY COMPONENT OF BEING ABLE TO SOLVE THE HOUSING CRISIS FOR PRODUCTION AND PRESERVATION.
WE WANT TO CONTINUE DOING WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING IN THE COMMUNITY AND WE'VE BEEN TRACKING OVER THE PAST 10 YEARS, WHICH IS TO PRODUCE AND PRESERVE MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
THAT INCLUDES TOOLS THAT WE TYPICALLY BRING TO COUNCIL, LIKE GAP FINANCING, UTILIZING TAX CREDITS, OUR REHAB PROGRAMS LIKE OWNER-OCCUPIED REHAB AND RENTAL REHAB PROGRAMS, BUT ALSO LEVERAGING THE PRIVATE SECTOR.
WE KNOW THAT WE CAN'T BUILD OUR WAY OUT OF THIS PURELY BY SUBSIDIZING, UM, AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS.
WE DO NEED TO LEVERAGE THE PRIVATE SECTOR TO BE ABLE TO ASSIST US.
SO THERE'S SOME INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS THAT ARE OUT THERE THAT WE WANNA BRING TO SAN ANTONIO AND EXPAND UPON.
THOSE INCLUDE INCREASING ACCESS TO ACCELERATED DWELLING UNITS AND HOME SHARING PROGRAMS, AND THEN MAKING CHANGES TO THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE TO LOWER OVERALL COSTS FOR HOUSING, INCREASE THE NUMBER OF UNITS THAT ARE AVAILABLE WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY.
SO WHEN WE LOOKED AT THAT 95,000 HOUSEHOLDS AND HOW WE'RE GONNA APPROACH THOSE THROUGH EACH OF THESE INTERVENTIONS, WE SET A NEW HOUSING TARGET OF OVER 28,000 UNITS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING PRODUCTION AND PRESERVATION, WHICH IS WHAT I'M GONNA FOCUS ON TODAY.
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REPRESENTS A 10,000 UNIT INCREASE OVER OUR PREVIOUS HOUSING GOALS.AND AS WE'LL TALK ABOUT IN A SECOND, THOSE NEW HOUSING TARGETS HAVE A SIGNIFICANT SHIFT IN FOCUS, NOT ONLY IN DEEPER AFFORDABILITY OF UNITS BELOW 50% OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME, BUT ALSO A GREATER EMPHASIS ON REHABILITATION AS OPPOSED TO NEW CONSTRUCTION.
THESE ARE THE TARGETS THAT COUNCIL HAS SEEN PREVIOUSLY.
AGAIN, THE STRESS THAT WE STRESS THE TARGETS AND THEIR, THEIR GOALS FOR 50% AND BELOW OF THE, UH, MEDIAN INCOME.
YOU CAN ALSO SEE THAT UNDER PRODUCTION, WE DO HAVE AN ASTERISK THERE, AND THAT TIES TO THE THOUSAND UNITS OF PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING THAT WE WILL WORK IN COORDINATION WITH D H S AND OUR CONTINUUM OF CARE TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE TO THE COMMUNITY OVER 10 YEARS.
YOU'LL ALSO SEE HOME OWNERSHIP PRODUCTION BETWEEN 60 AND 120% OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME.
WE DO KNOW THAT HOME OWNERSHIP, UM, PRODUCTION IS A LITTLE CHALLENGING AT 60 TO 80% A M I, BUT WE DO HAVE PARTNERS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY WHO CAN HELP US ACHIEVE THAT.
AND SOME TOOLS IN OUR IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES LIKE COMMUNITY LAND TRUST THAT MAY BE ABLE TO HELP US GET THERE.
YOU'LL ALSO SEE THAT ON 60 TO 80% A M I FOR RENTAL PRODUCTION.
THERE IS ALSO ANOTHER ASTERISK.
WE ARE GONNA TRACK THE PRODUCTION OF UNITS AT THAT, AT THAT A M I LEVEL.
WE DO KNOW THAT THEY'RE NEEDED IN THE COMMUNITY, AND WE DO KNOW THAT WE NEED THEM FOR TOOLS THAT ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO PRODUCING LOWER A M I UNITS, LIKE INCOME AVERAGING.
BUT BECAUSE OF THE HOUSING COMMISSION'S DEFINITION OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING, THOSE WILL NOT COUNT TOWARDS OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING GOALS, ALTHOUGH WE WILL TRACK THEM GOING FORWARD.
I THINK A KEY COMPONENT OF THE STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN IS THAT IT IS A LIVING DOCUMENT.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK AND UPDATE THE PUBLIC AND THIS COMMITTEE AS WELL AS HOUSING COMMISSION ON THE PROGRESS WE'RE MAKING.
ONE OF THE KEY RECOMMENDATIONS OUTTA THE HOUSING POLICY FRAMEWORK WAS FOR US TO HAVE ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY WITH THE PUBLIC.
THIS IS A KEY COMPONENT OF THAT.
SO HOUSING COMMISSION, UM, DOES HAVE A SUBCOMMITTEE THAT IS CHARGED WITH A PUBLIC DASHBOARD, AN ANNUAL REPORT.
WE WILL WORK WITH THEM TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT OUR PROGRESS ON THESE GOALS, UM, OR ANY SHORTFALLS THAT MAY COME, ARE COMMUNICATED CLEARLY.
WE WILL UPDATE THE HOUSING COMMISSION EVERY MONTH ON OUR PROGRESS.
AND THEN QUARTERLY WE WILL, WE PROVIDE REPORTS TO THIS COMMITTEE.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE, AND I'LL TALK ABOUT THIS MORE IN THE NEXT SLIDE, THAT IT'S NOT JUST N H S D REPORTING OUT ON THIS.
WE'LL BE PARTNERING WITH D H S.
WE'LL BE PARTNERING WITH SAN ANTONIO HOUSING AUTHORITY.
WE'LL BE PARTNERING WITH THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING TRUST, WHO ARE ALL IMPLEMENTATION PARTNERS, INCLUDING, INCLUDING BEXAR COUNTY ON THIS PLAN.
SO WE'LL BE BE BE BRINGING THOSE HOLISTIC UPDATES TO THOSE COMMITTEES.
SO THIS IS A LITTLE BIT MORE DESCRIPTION ON WHO AND WHAT WILL BE TRACKED FOR PUBLIC ASSISTANCE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT BENEFITS NAVIGATORS AND VOUCHERS.
AGAIN, WORKING WITH SAN ANTONIO HOUSING AUTHORITY IN BEXAR COUNTY.
AND THEN WITH OUR DEPARTMENT AND DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES FOR JOB TRAINING.
WE DO HAVE THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO'S READY TO WORK PROGRAM, WHICH HAS TARGETS OVER THEIR, UH, UM, FOR THEIR PROGRAM.
SO WE'LL BE WORKING WITH THEM TO BRING, PROVIDE UPDATES TO THIS COMMITTEE.
AND THEN FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING, WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO WHAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING IN TERMS OF WORKING WITH OUR PARTNERS AT THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING AUTHORITY, BEXAR COUNTY AND THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING TRUST ON WHAT UNITS WE'RE PRODUCING AT WHAT A M I LEVELS AND WHAT POPULATIONS THEY SERVE.
FOR THE PRIVATE SECTOR, WE'RE GONNA BE LOOKING AT U D C AMENDMENTS THAT WE CAN MAKE.
UM, THAT PROCESS HAS PICKED BACK UP.
THE SAN ANTONIO, UM, HOUSING COMMISSION HAS CREATED A SUBCOMMITTEE CALLED THE REMOVING BARRIERS SUBCOMMITTEE THAT WAS CALLED FOR IN THE HOUSING POLICY FRAMEWORK.
THEY ARE RECONSTITUTED UNDER THE HOUSING COMMISSION.
THEY ARE PICKING UP THE WORK THAT THEY HAD ALREADY STARTED PRE COVID, AND THEY WILL BE BRINGING A SLATE OF RECOMMENDATIONS TO THAT U D C PROCESS FOR CHANGES FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND OVERALL, UH, UH, HOUSING PRODUCTION.
SO THIS BRINGS US TO OUR 10 YEAR FUNDING PLAN.
SOME OF THIS INFORMATION, UM, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER LAURA HOUSTON, HAS SHARED WITH YOU DURING BOND CONVERSATIONS, BUT WE WANTED TO SHARE WITH THIS COMMITTEE IS HOW WE GOT THERE.
WHAT WE DID FOR OUR 10 YEAR FUNDING PLAN IS WE REALLY LOOKED AT THAT PIPELINE OF EXISTING AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS.
WE KNOW THAT WE WERE EXCEEDING THE TARGET SET FORTH IN THE HOUSING POLICY FRAMEWORK, BUT WHAT IT DID FOR US THAT, BECAUSE WE STARTED TRACKING THAT, IS THAT WE HAVE A VERY GOOD DATA SET TO LOOK AT A COUPLE OF KEY METRICS.
SOME OF THEM INCLUDE THE AVERAGE SUBSIDY PER UNIT BY A M I A M I LEVEL AND PROGRAM, THE FUNDING REQUIRED BY SOURCE AND BY PROGRAM.
SO WHERE FUNDING SOURCES CAN BE USED.
AND THE OTHER THING THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT ABOUT THIS IS THIS IS, THIS IS SAN ANTONIO'S PIPELINE, SO WE DON'T HAVE TO, UM, THE, THE ESTIMATIONS THAT WE WERE MAKING INTO THE FUTURE ARE BASED ON REALITIES HERE IN SAN ANTONIO PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE FUNDED, UNITS THAT WE HAVE BUILT HERE IN SAN ANTONIO.
THROUGH THIS EXERCISE, WE'VE SEEN THAT THE HOUSING TARGETS REPRESENT APPROXIMATELY $3.3 BILLION IN HOUSING INVESTMENT OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS.
IT'S, IT'S VERY CLOSE TO THE OR OR SLIGHTLY HIGHER THAN THE NUMBER THAT WAS INCLUDED IN THE HOUSING POLICY FRAMEWORK.
BUT IT DOESN'T, IT DOES REQUIRE LEVERAGING.
WE'VE TALKED TO THIS COUNCIL COMMITTEE PREVIOUSLY ABOUT LAYERED FUNDING THAT'S REQUIRED FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT.
SO WE, WHEN WE LOOK AT THIS AND WE BREAK IT DOWN, IT WOULD MEAN APPROXIMATELY $1 BILLION IN CITY DIRECTED FUNDING THAT WOULD LEVERAGE APPROXIMATELY $2.3 BILLION IN LEVERAGE FUNDING SOURCES.
AND I'LL GO THROUGH THOSE FUNDING
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SOURCES HERE ON THE NEXT SLIDE.SO WHEN WE LOOKED AT THESE FUNDING SOURCES, WE LOOKED AT, OF COURSE, THE HOUSING BOND, UM, WHICH THIS COUNCIL, UH, THIS COUNCIL AND THIS COUNCIL COMMITTEE HAS TALKED ABOUT PREVIOUSLY.
THESE ARE VOTER APPROVED FUNDS THAT ARE GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS RIGHT NOW ON HOW THEY WILL BE USED.
WE INCLUDED OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING BUDGET.
THIS IS THE BUDGET THAT WE LOOK AT ANNUALLY WHEN WE WORK WITH COUNCIL ON SETTING OUR ANNUAL BUDGETS.
THOSE INCLUDE GENERAL FUNDS, FEDERAL FUNDS, CITY WHEAT FEE WAIVER PROGRAMS WITH THIS COUNCIL RECEIVED A BRIEFING ON LAST TIME, LAST COUNCIL COMMITTEE MEETING OR AFFORDABLE HOUSING FUND.
THIS AFFORDABLE HOUSING FUND, UH, IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE PREVIOUSLY TALKED TO THE, TO THE, TO THE COUNCIL ABOUT.
THESE ARE FUNDS THAT COME BACK TO THE CITY BASED OFF TAX ABATEMENTS THAT WERE ISSUED FOR PROJECTS.
THOSE INCLUDE SEA CHIP PROJECTS AS WELL, ASTS PROJECTS.
AND SO WE SHOULD START SEEING THAT FUNDING COMING INTO THE CITY AS THOSE PROJECTS GET BUILT AND TAX REIMBURSEMENTS ARE MADE.
AND THEN, OF COURSE, RECAPITALIZED FUNDS.
AND THESE ARE FUNDS THAT WHEN WE ISSUE FOR, UH, THINGS LIKE GAP FUNDED FINANCING, WE PUT A LOW INTEREST RATE ON AND WE GET A RETURN ON THAT INVESTMENT OVER TIME.
THIS ALLOWS US TO STRETCH OUR FUNDING EVEN FURTHER AND WE CAN REINVEST THAT FUNDING INTO FUTURE PROJECTS.
SO THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING TRUST AND BEXAR COUNTY ARE ABLE TO UTILIZE A TAX EXEMPTION THROUGH THEIR PUBLIC FACILITY CORPORATION TO INJECT AFFORDABLE HOUSING INTO PROJECTS.
GOOD EXAMPLES OF THAT ARE THE PRESERVE AT BILLY MITCHELL AND DISTRICT FIVE, AS WELL AS THE CONTINENTAL HOTEL, WHICH WAS RECENTLY APPROVED BY COUNCIL.
WE WORKED WITH THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING TRUST ON UTILIZING THEIR FUNDING ROUNDS.
UM, THESE ARE FUNDING ROUNDS THAT THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING TRUST ISSUES ANNUALLY BASED OFF REVENUE THAT THEY'VE RECEIVED FROM THEIR DEVELOPMENT AND ACTIVITIES.
SO WE'LL BE WORKING WITH THEM ON HOW THEY ADMINISTER THOSE FUNDS.
WE WORKED WITH THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING AUTHORITY TO SEE WHICH CAPITAL, I MEAN, WHICH FUNDING THAT THEY UTILIZE FOR PRESERVATION OF THEIR EXISTING UNITS.
AND THOSE ARE FEDERAL CAPITAL FUNDS THAT THEY RECEIVE ANNUALLY.
AND THEN TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONES.
UM, WE'VE, WE'VE LOOKED AT THE PIPELINE OFTS THAT HAVE BEEN CREATED OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS, AND WE PROJECTED INTO THE FUTURE AN AVERAGE NUMBER OF TOURS THAT WE WILL SEE SUBMITTED INTO THE CITY.
AND THESE ARE PRIMARILY USED FOR SINGLE FAMILY DEVELOPMENT IN AREAS OF, OF THE CITY WHERE INFRASTRUCTURE, UM, HAS NOT BEEN EXTENDED.
AND SO BY CREATING A TOURS, WE'RE ABLE TO EXTEND THAT INFRASTRUCTURE AND PROVIDE AFFORDABLE HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES IN THOSE DISTRICTS.
AND THEN OF COURSE, WE LOOKED AT THE LEVERAGE FUNDS, WHICH MAKE UP A MAJORITY OF THE FUNDING SOURCES FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT.
AND THESE INCLUDE HOUSING TAX CREDITS, HUD FINANCING, CONVENTIONAL DEBT, AND PRIVATE ACTIVITY BONDS.
WE DID LOOK AT ADDITIONAL RESOURCES, SOME THAT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT UP BY THE COUNCIL.
UM, AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK THOSE AND HOW THEY'RE LAYERED INTO DEVELOPMENTS.
BUT SOME OF THOSE ARE REALLY ON A PROJECT BY PROJECT BASIS, SO THEY'RE HARD TO PROJECT INTO THE FUTURE.
THOSE INCLUDE, UH, ANYTIME THE CITY HAS ANY OWNED ASSETS LIKE CITY OWNED LAND THAT WE CAN UTILIZE HISTORIC TAX CREDITS AND PACE ENERGY FUNDING.
AGAIN, THESE ARE PROJECT BY PROJECT, UM, AS THEY COME THROUGH OUR PIPELINE.
AND WE WILL WORK WITH THE DEVELOPERS TO SEE IF THEY CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THOSE.
SO, AS I SAID, YOU'VE SEEN THE THE FIVE YEAR FUNDING PLAN.
UM, LORI WAS ABLE TO PRESENT THIS TO COUNCIL ON HOW THE BOND FITS INTO OUR FUNDING STRATEGY OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.
BUT I ALSO WANTED TO SHOW THE 10 YEAR FUNDING STRATEGY ON HOW THAT ADDS UP TO THE FUNDING THAT WILL BE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE THESE UNITS.
THE ONE FUNDING SOURCE THAT IS NOT, UH, WAS NOT IN THE PREVIOUS SLIDE, THAT IS NOT A REOCCURRING SOURCE, IS THE HOME ARPA FUNDS.
UM, BUT IT IS A SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT.
SOME OF THAT IS ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS, SO ABOUT $18 MILLION OF THAT MUST BE USED FOR HOUSING ACTIVITIES.
UH, AND WE'LL BE WORKING WITH THE COUNCIL ON HOW WE GO FORWARD WITH USING THAT, THOSE FUNDS.
SO MOVING ON FROM THE FUNDING PLAN, UM, THE COUNCIL COMMITTEE HAS RECEIVED A, RECEIVED A DRAFT OF THE STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, WHICH INCLUDES A LOT OF STRATEGIES ON HOW WE ARE GONNA ACHIEVE THESE THINGS.
UM, THEY FALL, THEY, THEY'RE CATEGORIZED UNDER THE HOUSING POLICY FRAMEWORK FOCUS AREAS OF DEVELOPING A COORDINATED HOUSING SYSTEM, INCREASING INVESTMENT, INCREASING PRODUCTION, REHABILITATION PRESERVATION, PROTECTING AND PROMOTING NEIGHBORHOODS, AND ENSURING ACCOUNTABILITY TO THE PUBLIC.
SO WE WON'T GO THROUGH EACH OF THESE STRATEGIES, BUT I DID GO THROUGH A COUPLE OF 'EM AT THE LAST COMMITTEE MEETING, AND HOPEFULLY YOU'VE HAD A CHANCE TO GO THROUGH SOME OF THEM, UM, WITH A DRAFT THAT WAS SENT TO YOU ALL.
UM, BUT EACH ONE OF THESE WAS FORMED BY, UH, A STAKEHOLDER GROUP OF OVER 80 STAKEHOLDERS, AND THAT'S IN THE FRONT OF YOUR HOUSING POLICY FRAMEWORK OF WHO THOSE INDIVIDUALS WERE.
AND THEY WERE ALSO, THOSE FORUMS WERE EACH LED BY TWO CO-CHAIRS.
AND I'M HAPPY TO SAY THAT WE HAVE SEVERAL OF THOSE CO-CHAIRS HERE TODAY.
UM, AND SO EACH ONE OF THOSE WENT THROUGH A PROCESS OF REFINING, MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE THE, IN THE SPIRIT AND THE INTENT OF THOSE POLICIES AS WE PICK THEM UP AS STAFF AND START WORKING ON THEM.
EACH ONE OF THESE STRATEGIES WILL GO THROUGH ITS OWN, UH, PROCESS BY WHICH WE PULL TOGETHER NEW STAKEHOLDERS, AND THEN WE WORK TOWARDS TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH THOSE GOALS.
THE ADOPTING PARTNER RESPONSIBILITIES IS SOMETHING THAT I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT IN THIS PLAN.
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PLAN IN A SILO.WE ARE WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING TRUST, SAN ANTONIO HOUSING AUTHORITY IN BEXAR COUNTY.
I THINK THIS GETS TO, UM, WHAT THE HOUSING POLICY FRAMEWORK CALLED FOR AS A COORDINATED HOUSING SYSTEM.
OFTENTIMES, EACH OF THESE ENTITIES DOES REALLY FANTASTIC WORK.
UM, BUT WE'VE ONLY JUST BEGUN TO START COORDINATING ON HOW WE CAN MORE STRATEGICALLY ALIGN FUNDING AND POLICY, AS WELL AS TRACK OUR PROGRESS GOING FORWARD.
UM, ONE OF THE KEY, ONE OF THE KEY, UH, ITEMS IN THE HOUSING POLICY FRAMEWORK WAS THE HIRING OF A CHIEF HOUSING OFFICER, MARK CARMONA, WHO HAS BEEN BROUGHT ON BOARD.
AND THIS IS REALLY WHERE HE WILL BE ABLE TO, UM, LEVY THOSE RELATIONSHIPS AND STRATEGIES GOING FORWARD SO THAT WE'RE COORDINATED.
I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT EACH ONE OF THESE.
UM, EACH ONE OF THESE AGENCIES AND THE PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES COMING OUTTA THE SHIP FOR THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING TRUST AND FOR SAHA AND FOR BEXAR COUNTY, EACH ONE OF THEM WILL HELP US TRACK OUR TARGETS.
IT SOUNDS LIKE A LITTLE THING, BUT UNLESS WE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT EACH AGENCY IS DOING, WE DON'T KNOW WHERE THE SHORTFALLS ARE, AND WE DON'T KNOW HOW TO ACCURATELY MEASURE OURSELVES AGAINST OUR TARGET GOALS.
SO WE'LL BE WORKING WITH THEM TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ACCURATE COUNTS OF THE UNITS THAT THEY HAVE COMING UP IN THEIR PIPELINE, AND THAT WE'RE ABLE TO TRANSLATE THAT INTO A DASHBOARD SO THAT THE PUBLIC CAN SEE.
AND THAT WILL INCLUDE UNITS FUNDING AND LOCATION.
ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT CAME UP THROUGH OUR PROCESS, AND IN WORKING WITH BEXAR COUNTY SAHA AND THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING TRUST IS THE NEED FOR A SHARED LEGISLATIVE AGENDA, A COORDINATED LEGISLATIVE AGENDA.
OFTENTIMES EACH AGENCY MAY BE ADVOCATING AND WORKING IN SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT SPACES, ADVOCATING FOR SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT THINGS, EITHER AT THE CITY, THE STATE, OR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
SO WHERE WE CAN ALIGN IN A SHARED LEGISLATIVE AGENDA, WE WILL DO THAT.
WE NEED TO WORK AS A COMMUNITY TO MAKE SURE THAT EACH AGENCY HAS THE RESOURCES AND TOOLS THAT THEY NEED TO BE ABLE TO MAKE AN IMPACT WITH THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING AUTHORITY.
THEY'LL BE FOCUSING ON PRESERVING THEIR EXISTING UNITS.
I TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE FEDERAL CAPITAL FUNDS THAT THEY RECEIVE.
WE DO KNOW THAT THEY HAVE A, A VERY GREAT NEED, AS DOES EVERY HOUSING AUTHORITY ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
UM, BUT ESPECIALLY OURS, SINCE WE HAVE SOME OF THE OLDEST, UM, OLDEST HOUSING, WE HAVE ONE OF THE OLDEST HOUSING AUTHORITY AND PROJECTS, UM, IN, IN THE COUNTRY HOUSING PROJECTS IN THE COUNTRY.
AND THEN WITH THE, WITH BEXAR COUNTY, THERE ARE SOME KEY STRATEGIES THAT WE WANNA WORK WITH THEM ON, MAINLY IS TO IMPROVE OUR EVICTION PROCESS.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THEM VERY CLOSELY DURING THE PANDEMIC.
UM, THEY ARE ONE OF THE KEY PLAYERS IN MAKING SURE THAT THE DATA COMES TO THE CITY SO THAT WE CAN MEASURE AND TRACK AND UNDERSTAND THE SEVERITY OF THE ISSUE, AND THEN ALSO THE PROCESS BY WHICH RESIDENTS ARE ABLE TO ACCESS ASSISTANCE.
WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS TRANSPARENT, SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THEM.
TAX BURDEN THAT FALL ON SINGLE FAMILY HOMEOWNERS.
I THINK THIS COUNCIL HAS HEARD THAT, UH, OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
SO WE WANNA WORK WITH BEXAR COUNTY ON HOW WE CAN ADDRESS SOME OF THAT.
THERE ARE SOME STRATEGIES WITHIN THE SHIP THAT SPEAK TO THAT, WHETHER THEY'RE LEGISLATIVELY OR INFORMATION THAT WE CAN GET OUT TO HOMEOWNERS OF ELIGIBLE TAX EXEMPTIONS WITH THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING TRUST, LOOKING HOW THEY CAN UTILIZE THEIR TAX EXEMPT STATUS TO ISSUE THINGS LIKE, I MEAN, TO, UH, LEAD THINGS LIKE COMMUNITY LAND TRUST AND LAND BANKING PROGRAMS. AND THEN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, THROUGH ALL ITS DEPARTMENTS, ARE INVOLVED IN EACH OF THE STRATEGIES.
AND WE HAVE A LEAD ON MANY OF THEM.
FOR THE APPROVAL PROCESS OF THIS DOCUMENT, WE'VE BEEN TO THIS COMMITTEE SEVERAL TIMES.
UH, WE'VE BEEN TO THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING COMMISSION SEVERAL TIMES, AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH OUR SHIP CO-CHAIRS.
UH, UP UNTIL THIS POINT, WE HAVE HAD A MEETING AT THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING AUTHORITY, AND WE ARE WORKING TO SCHEDULE MEETINGS WITH THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING TRUST AND THE BEXAR COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S COURT CURRENTLY.
SO AFTER THIS, THIS ITEM MOVES FORWARD, HOPEFULLY TO BE SESSION, AND THEN CITY COUNCIL BE WORKING WITH THESE PARTNERS TO ADOPT THIS POLICY AS WELL.
THIS IS A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAILED TIMELINE.
UH, WE WENT TO HOUSING COMMISSION YESTERDAY, WHO MOVED THE ITEM FORWARD TO THIS COUNCIL COMMITTEE.
UH, WE'LL BE LOOKING TO OPEN OUR PUBLIC INPUT, WHICH I'LL TALK ABOUT ON THE NEXT SLIDE, ON THE FIRST, WHICH IS MONDAY.
AND THEN WE WILL HAVE A B SESSION, UM, NEXT WEEK ON WEDNESDAY BEFORE WE CLOSE OUR PUBLIC INPUT AND COMMENT PERIOD IN THE MIDDLE OF THE MONTH.
AND THEN WE LOOK TO GO TO COUNCIL FOR ACTION EARLY DECEMBER.
SO, FOR OUR PUBLIC INPUT PROCESS, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO STRESS HERE THAT THE SHIP IS REALLY BUILDING ALL OFF ALL OF THE WORK THAT WAS DONE IN ALL MANY OF THESE SOURCE PLANNING DOCUMENTS FOR THESE HOUSING STRATEGIES.
ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS THAT WE HEARD WHEN WE STARTED THIS, THIS PROCESS IS THAT MANY OF THE, UH, STAKEHOLDERS SAID, YOU KNOW, WE'VE DONE THIS SEVERAL TIMES.
WE'VE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE, WE'VE CONTRIBUTED TO THESE PLANS AND THESE DOCUMENTS, AND NOTHING EVER HAPPENS.
SO WHAT WE MADE SURE TO DO THROUGH THIS PROCESS IS PULL ALL OF THOSE INTO HERE.
AND THIS REALLY IS AN ACTION DOCUMENT.
IT'S A, IT'S AN IMPLEMENTATION DOCUMENT.
AND SO WE MADE SURE THAT WE BUILT OFF ALL OF THE INPUT THAT WENT INTO FORMING ALL OF THOSE OTHER DOCUMENTS.
TALKED ABOUT THE 80 STAKEHOLDERS AND THE CO-CHAIRS THAT HAVE GONE THROUGH THIS, THAT HAS HELPED, HELPED US RE REFINE THESE STRATEGIES.
WE HAVE HAD MULTIPLE PUBLIC MEETINGS AT THIS, AT THIS BOARD, AS WELL AS THE HOUSING COMMISSION AND SAN ANTONIO HOUSING AUTHORITY.
AND UPCOMING, WE WILL HAVE THREE PROPOSED PUBLIC MEETINGS, AND THESE WILL BE HYBRID IN PERSON AND VIRTUAL.
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AND THEN WE'LL BE POSTING THIS DOCUMENT ONLINE WHERE THE, WHERE THE PUBLIC WILL BE ABLE TO DOWNLOAD IT IN ENGLISH AND IN SPANISH, AND THEY'LL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE COMMENTS THROUGH AN ONLINE FORM.THE THREE MEETINGS THAT WE HAVE PLANNED, AND AGAIN, THESE ARE IN PERSON AND IN VIRTUAL, ARE AT THE U T S A WEST SIDE COMMUNITY CENTER ON NOVEMBER 1ST, ST.
PHILIPS COLLEGE ON NOVEMBER 4TH, AND THE EAGLE LIBRARY ON NOVEMBER 9TH.
THESE THREE MEETINGS, UM, WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL HAVE FOOD AVAILABLE.
UH, WE MADE THEM AT TIMES THAT ARE MORE ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC FROM SIX TO SEVEN, WE WILL HAVE TRANSLATION SERVICES AVAILABLE, AND WE WILL WALK THE COMMUNITY THROUGH THE STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, AS WELL AS SHARE, UM, SHARE THE LINKS ON WHERE THEY CAN ACCESS THE PLAN IN MORE DETAIL AND PROVIDE WRITTEN COMMENTS.
WE'LL BE WORKING WITH THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING COMMISSION PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND OUTREACH SUBCOMMITTEE ON HOW WE CAN GET THE WORD OUT ABOUT, UH, THE RESOURCES TO BE ABLE TO COMMENT ON THE PLAN, AS WELL AS THE PUBLIC MEETINGS.
WE WILL SHARE INFORMATION THROUGH OUR STAKEHOLDER LIST AND NEWSLETTERS AS WELL AS SOCIAL MEDIA.
AND THEN WE WILL PROVIDE THE DOCUMENT.
WE WILL HAVE A HIGHLIGHT DOCUMENT THAT IS SHORTER THAN THE FULL PLAN THAT YOU ALL RECEIVED THAT IS ABLE TO BE, UM, MAILED TO STAKEHOLDERS.
AND WE'LL BE WORKING WITH COUNCIL, THE HOUSING COMMISSION, AND OUR STAKEHOLDER FORUMS. NEXT SLIDE.
THAT INCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
UH, STAFF RECOMMENDS FORWARDING THE STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN TO, FOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION ON THE NOVEMBER 3RD B SESSION.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, IAN, FOR THE PRESENTATION, AND WE'LL GET TO, UM, SOME QUESTIONS FROM OUR COUNCIL COLLEAGUES HERE IN JUST A LITTLE BIT.
UM, I, I WANT TO START OFF BY ASKING, IN GENERAL, WE ARE LOOKING IN E UH, IN INSURER ACCOUNTABILITY TO THE PUBLIC.
WE HAVE A DISPLACEMENT IMPACT ASSESSMENT ON PAGE 54 THAT'S REFERENCED.
IT'S A THREE TO SEVEN YEAR ESTIMATED TIMETABLE.
SO I'LL START OFF BY, BY SAYING THAT WE SHOULD PROBABLY PROCEED WITH DEVELOPMENTS OF THE GOALS, UM, WITHIN THAT INITIAL STUDY.
AND, AND, AND AGAIN, IT JUST SEEMED TOO LONG FOR ME.
SO MAYBE WE COULD TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT STRATEGY OFFLINE, BUT WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT YOU'RE AWARE THAT I'M, I'M WORRIED ABOUT THAT TIMEFRAME.
AND THE, THE DISPLACEMENT IMPACT ASSESSMENT AS DESCRIBED IN THIS, UM, THERE, THERE COULD BE A SHORT TERM AND LONG TERM DISPLACEMENT IMPACT ASSESSMENT.
I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DEFINITELY WORK ON.
I KNOW THERE IS, HAVE THAT UP AND RUNNING BY THE TIME THE BOND GOOD, YES.
SO WE CAN DEFINITELY WORK ON THAT.
UM, THE OTHER ONE IS ON THE COORDINATED, UM, OR NO, THE CITY INVESTMENT AND HOUSING.
UH, ITEM NUMBER THREE, PREVENT DISPLACEMENT AND STABILIZE NEIGHBORHOODS.
UM, WE TALK ABOUT A VACANT PROPERTY BEING ACQUIRED, STABILIZED, AND RESOLD.
HOW DO WE ACQUIRE THAT AND HOW IS IT DIFFERENT FROM OUR CURRENT REHAB PROGRAM? YEAH, THIS IS ACTUALLY, UH, A STRATEGY THAT WE'RE WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH O H P ON.
UM, THIS YEAR WE HAD, UH, FOR THE F FIRST TIME FUNDING FOR A DEMOLITION DIVERSION PROGRAM.
AND SO WHEN A RESIDENT, UH, OR A HOUSEHOLD HAS THEIR HOME SLATED FOR DEMOLITION, WE WANNA WORK WITH THEM TO AVOID THAT.
IF A DEMOLITION IS GOING TO OCCUR EITHER BEF, EITHER BECAUSE THE HOME IS VACANT OR BECAUSE IT'S SLATED TO, TO BE DEMOLISHED, HOW CAN THE CITY ACQUIRE THAT PROPERTY INSTEAD OF LETTING IT BE DEMOLISHED? AND THEN HOW CAN WE REHAB IT AND REUSE IT FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING IF IT DOES NEED TO BE DEMOLISHED? ONE THING I'M WORKING WITH O H P ON IS THEY HAVE THEIR DECONSTRUCTION PROGRAM.
IF A PROJECT DOES NEED TO BE DEMOLISHED FOR WHATEVER REASON, CAN WE REUSE THOSE MATERIALS? SO THAT'S PART OF THAT STRATEGY GOING FORWARD ON HOW WE CAN REFINE THAT.
UM, IN THAT SAME CATEGORY, UM, YOU HAVE ESTABLISHED A COMMUNITY LAND TRUST.
I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S WONDERFUL.
THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT COUNCILMAN COURAGE, UH, AND, AND I HAVE BEEN IN CONVERSATIONS ABOUT, UM, WITH THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING TRUST, ET CETERA.
ALSO, UM, YOU WILL, YOU HAVE ON THERE, UH, AS A PERFORMANCE INDICATOR, THE NUMBER OF DEMOLITIONS PREVENTED.
I'D LIKE TO LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT.
AND IN PARTICULAR, HOW THE PROJECTS, UM, UH, WORK SPECIFICALLY WITH MOBILE HOMES.
SO, UH, AND THAT WOULD TAKE A WHOLE OTHER FIVE MINUTES, SO I'LL JUST GO ON TO MY NEXT QUESTION, BUT I JUST WANT YOU TO BE AWARE THAT I'M, I'M WORRIED ABOUT THAT.
UM, WE HAVE A, A HIGH NUMBER OF MOBILE HOME, UM, UH, RESIDENTS IN, IN OUR AREA IN THE, UM, AREA ON HOUSING PRODUCTION, REHABILITATION, AND PRESERVATION.
WE'RE ADDING A THOUSAND UNITS OF SITE-BASED PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
WHAT LEVEL BARRIER ARE THESE HOMES? WHEN YOU SAY LEVEL BARRIER, DO YOU MEAN WHAT POPULATION ARE THEY TRYING TO SERVE? RIGHT.
SO THE PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AND BE WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH D H S AND, AND MEL MAY, D H SS.
AND, AND MEL MAY WANNA ADD SOMETHING, UH, TO THIS, 'CAUSE I KNOW WE'RE GONNA BE WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH HER.
UM, PS P S H IS, IS PRIMARILY FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE TRANSITIONING IN AND OUT OF HOMELESSNESS, RIGHT? AS THAT STEP TO PUT THEM INTO A HOME, UM, THEY CAN SERVE A, A VARIETY OF TARGET POPULATIONS.
THEY CAN SERVE FAMILIES, THEY CAN SERVE VETERANS, THEY CAN SERVE OLDER ADULTS.
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SO WE'LL BE WORKING WITH D H S TO IDENTIFY, MAYBE, DEPENDING ON WHICH PART OF THE CITY WE'RE BUILDING, P P S H, WHAT, WHAT SEGMENT OF THE POPULATION THAT WE'RE SERVING.SO IT'S ALMOST TRANSITIONAL ALMOST.
IT, THE GOAL, THE GOAL I THINK WITH P S H IS TO EVENTUALLY ALLOW THAT PERSON TO MOVE INTO MORE STABLE HOUSING.
BUT MANY TIMES P S H BECOMES PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE.
AND JUST TO ADD, WE, WE REALLY WANNA FOCUS PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING ON THE MOST VULNERABLE POPULATIONS.
SO PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AND MENTAL HEALTH WHO MAY NOT BE ABLE TO, UM, SUPPORT THEMSELVES FOR A PERIOD OF TIME.
SO A LOT OF THE PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING UNITS AND VOUCHERS DON'T TURN OVER VERY QUICKLY.
ON, UM, THE COORDINATED HOUSING SYSTEM, ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, THE ANCHOR NEIGHBOR BILL, UM, WHICH I THINK WAS, UM, WAS INTRODUCED OR, OR TALKED ABOUT CERTAINLY BY COUNCILMAN RNA.
UM, I, I LIKE THE FACT THAT WE'RE USING THAT AS AN EXAMPLE TO, TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN, UM, MITIGATE SOME OF THE NEGATIVE IMPACTS ON, ON DEVELOPMENT AND ALSO REDUCE THE TAX BURDEN.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION ON THAT.
ITEM NUMBER SIX, IMPLEMENTING COMMUNITY CENTERED PRINCIPLES.
UM, THE INFILL POLICY, I THINK SHOULD INCLUDE SOME STRONG MEASURES TO PREVENT THAT ANTI DISPLACEMENT AND, AND THE NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF GENTRIFICATION.
SO, UM, I, I THINK THAT'S ANOTHER ONE THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO HAVE A REALLY CLOSE EYE ON BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT AND, AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT WE DON'T REPEAT THE SAME THINGS THAT HAVEN'T BEEN HAPPENING SINCE 2014, 2015, UM, IN C H S TWO OR COORDINATE HOUSING SYSTEM NUMBER TWO.
UM, HOW MANY AMENDMENTS DO WE REALISTICALLY EXPECT TO GET PASSED THROUGH U D C? UM, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
I, I CAN TELL YOU RIGHT NOW THAT THE REMOVING BARRIERS COMMITTEE ALREADY HAS A SLATE OF AMENDMENTS FOR ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS.
UM, SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK THOSE ARE ANYWHERE BETWEEN THREE AND THREE TO FIVE AMENDMENTS THAT ARE GONNA BE MADE.
AND THEY DEAL PRIMARILY WITH THE NUMBER OF UNITS THAT ARE ALLOWABLE.
UM, THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE SIZE OF THE A D U AND, AND THE BEGINNING OF THE HOME.
THERE ARE A LOT OF AMENDMENTS THAT WERE ACTUALLY STARTED UNDER THE PREVIOUS HOUSING COMMISSION THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH ONE OF THE NEW APPOINTMENTS, MICHAEL TAYLOR ON, ON THINGS THAT WILL ALLOW, UH, DEVELOPERS SPECIFICALLY WITH INFILL TO BE ABLE TO, UH, MORE EASILY BUILD HOUSING WITHIN EXISTING NEIGHBORHOODS.
UM, SO I DON'T HAVE AN EXACT NUMBER FOR YOU, BUT WE ARE GONNA WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH THAT COMMITTEE AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES TO BE ABLE TO BRING THOSE FORWARD.
AND WHEN WE HAVE THOSE, WHICH WILL GO TO HOUSING COMMISSION, WE CAN BRING THEM TO THIS COMMITTEE SO THAT YOU CAN TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT THOSE AMENDMENTS ARE.
AND THEN, UM, ON PAGE 22, YOU HAVE A ONE-STOP SHOP.
THIS IS AN QUESTION, DOES IT, IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO BE A BRAND NEW FACILITY.
AND, AND I THINK, UM, WE, WE, WE ARE GOING TO, UH, UPDATE THAT ONE SLIGHTLY.
I THINK WE HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY THAT THEY, THAT CERTAIN SEGMENTS OF THE POPULATION NEED A PHYSICAL PRESENCE.
BUT FOR THE VAST MAJORITY OF RESIDENTS, UM, A DIGITAL, AND WE'VE SEEN THIS THROUGH THE PANDEMIC, WHEN WE'RE ABLE TO OFFER ASSISTANCE CAN, CAN DO WORK, UM, DIGITALLY, AND THAT FREES UP THE SPACE FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT DO NEED TO COME IN PERSON TO BE ABLE TO GET THAT, UH, WE'LL LOOK AT EVERYTHING.
WE'LL DO AN ASSESSMENT TO SEE IF WE CAN UTILIZE EXISTING BUILDINGS.
UM, YOU KNOW, I, I, I PERSONALLY THINK THAT A ONE, ONE BIG BUILDING IS NOT NECESSARILY THE EASIEST TO ACCESS FROM MULTIPLE PARTS OF THE POPULATION THAT MAY NEED TRANSIT ACCESS.
SO POSSIBLY SCATTERED SITE, LEVERAGING EXISTING BUILDINGS, CONSIDERATION FOR FIELD OFFICES THAT HAVE BIG SPACES LIKE THE DISTRICT FOUR FIELD OFFICE THAT HAS EXTRA SPACE.
SO, UM, IT'S, IT'S CRITICAL THERE.
AND THEN ALSO, UM, MY FINAL QUESTION BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO MY COLLEAGUES IS THE NEW PLAN CALLS FOR BUILDING OR PRESERVING OVER 25, 20 8,000 AFFORDABLE HOMES IN THE NEXT 10 YEARS.
THAT'S NEARLY, UM, AN AN INCREASE OF 10,000 OVER THE PREVIOUS GOAL.
WHERE, WHERE DID, WHERE ARE WE WITH THE PREVIOUS GOAL AND WHERE'S THE DATA AND INFORMATION ON THE DEVELOPMENTS THAT HELPED US REACH THAT GOAL OR WHERE WE ARE ON THE GOAL? I, I THINK LORI WANTS TO SPEAK TO THAT.
SHE'S JUST TAKING OFF HER MASK.
I'M GONNA ACTUALLY PASS OUT A DOCUMENT RIGHT NOW.
CAN YOU GO FOR ME? YEAH, YEAH.
WELL, THAT'S BEING PASSED OUT.
I WILL JUST SAY, UM, RAW TOTAL, IF YOU LOOK AT THE 18,000 UNITS THAT WE NEEDED TO PRODUCE OVER THE 10 YEARS, WE HAVE ALREADY PRODUCED OVER 18,000 UNITS.
UM, THE A M I CATEGORIES IN WHICH THEY'RE TARGETING, WE ARE WELL ON TRACK TO BEAT THOSE 10 YEAR TARGETS IN, IN ALMOST EVERYONE.
IN SOME CASES, WE'VE BLOWN IT OUT OF THE WATER.
UM, YOU KNOW, FOR, FOR 60% A M I, FOR EXAMPLE, I THINK WE'RE LIKE 180% OF THAT TOTAL TARGET.
SO WE DO, THE THING ABOUT THOSE TARGETS IS THAT THEY WERE SET, UM, TO MEET, WELL FIRST, THEY WERE THE
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FIRST TARGETS WE'VE HAD HERE IN, IN A WHILE.SO I THINK THEY WERE VERY IMPORTANT.
THEY WERE SET TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COST BURDEN ISSUE DIDN'T GET WORSE.
I THINK THE FACT THAT WE WERE EXCEEDING THEM SPEAKS TO THE FACT THAT NOW WE'RE STARTING TO ADDRESS A LOT OF THE COST BURDEN THAT EXISTS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
AND I'VE, I'VE PROVIDED YOU EACH A HANDOUT AND A SUMMARY PAGE.
UM, JUST TO KIND OF SHOW YOU WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST FIVE YEARS.
AND SO THE PAST FIVE YEARS, OUR PRODUCTION, REHAB, AND PRESERVATION PIPELINE INCLUDES 23,000 UNITS, OF WHICH 18,253 ARE CONSIDERED AFFORDABLE.
AND YOU CAN SEE THE A M I LEVELS BELOW THAT.
SO WE HAVE 30% A M I AT 1,966 UNITS.
SO THAT IS BOTH PRODUCTION AND REHAB AND PRESERVATION BECAUSE THE, UM, GOAL PRIOR TO THE SHIP HAD THEM KIND OF LUMPED TOGETHER.
AND SO OUR SHIP GOAL ACTUALLY BREAKS 'EM OUT.
HOW MANY NEW UNITS DO WE WANT AND HOW MANY UNITS DO WE NEED TO PRESERVE? BUT YOU CAN SEE 30% OF 1,966 40% AT 206 50% A M I AT 1,370 AND 60% A M I AT 10,240.
AND THEN 70% A M I AT 912 AND 80% A M I AT 3,559.
UM, THIS REPRESENTS A TOTAL COST OF 3.8, ACTUALLY GETS BILLION, THAT'S WHY I PUT DRAFT ON HERE, BUT IT'S 3.8 BILLION.
AND OUR TOTAL INVESTMENT FROM THE PUBLIC THAT INCLUDES FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL INCENTIVES WAS 1.5 BILLION TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
AND EACH OF YOU HAVE A SHEET BY COUNCIL DISTRICT THAT SHOWS YOU WHAT PROJECTS WERE BUILT OR REHABBED IN YOUR DISTRICT.
AND THESE ARE PROJECTS THAT ARE IN THE PIPELINE.
THEY COULD BE UNDER CONSTRUCTION, THEY COULD HAVE BEEN COMPLETE WITHIN THE PAST FIVE YEARS, OR THEY COULD BE IN THE DESIGN PHASE.
UM, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO SHOW YOU THAT IT'S LAYERED.
YOU'LL SEE THAT MANY OF THESE INCENTIVES ARE BEING USED MULTIPLE TIMES FOR ONE PROJECT.
UM, ALSO WHAT WE LEARNED IS WE HAVE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY WITH A 60% A M I TO BUY DOWN THOSE RENTS TO GET MORE 30% A M I.
AND SO WHAT YOU'RE GONNA SEE, UM, STAFF RECOMMEND DURING THE BOND PROGRAM AND THROUGH THE HOUSING COMMITTEE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS GOING TO BE THAT WE FOCUS A LOT OF THAT FUNDING ON THAT 30% A M I CATEGORY, UM, BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE WE NEED TO, TO WE SEE THE NEED.
BUT THIS REALLY HELPED US UNDERSTAND WHAT WE CAN DO AND WHAT THE TOOLS ARE DOING RIGHT NOW.
AND THEN IT HELPED US IDENTIFY THOSE OPPORTUNITIES SPECIFICALLY TO THOSE BUY DOWN OPPORTUNITIES.
SO IF YOU ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER.
WE'RE GOING TO BE CLEANING THIS UP AND PROVIDING IT TO ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS BEFORE THE B SESSION.
WE ALSO HAVE A SINGLE FAMILY SHEET, UM, AND IT HAS EVERY UNIT BY ADDRESS, SO IT'S FAIRLY LONG.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO PROVIDE THAT TO YOU WITHOUT OVERWHELMING YOU ALL.
BUT WE DO HAVE A LOT OF INFORMATION THAT WE CAN SHARE BEFORE THE B SESSION.
UM, AND I APPRECIATE THE HIGH FOCUS ON MOVING TOWARDS MORE 30% A M I, UM, THAT'S CRITICAL.
AND FINAL, FINAL QUESTION FOR YOU, DOES THIS INCLUDE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING TRUST AS WELL? IT INCLUDES THE HOUSING TRUST.
IT INCLUDES HOUSING TRUST AND THE HOUSING AUTHORITY.
UM, THE HOUSING AUTHORITY INVEST QUITE A BIT OF MONEY ANNUALLY TO DO THE REHAB OF THEIR UNITS.
AND THAT IS PART OF OUR GOAL, UM, IN THE SHIP, WAS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE PRESERVING AND REHABBING THE EXISTING 30% UNIT.
SO THIS, AS IAN EXPLAINED THE SHIP GOALS, THAT'S A COMMUNITY GOAL.
IT'S NOT A CITY OF SAN ANTONIO ONLY GOAL.
IT'S WHAT DOES OUR COMMUNITY NEED.
AND THAT'S WHY IT ADDRESSES ALL THE RESOURCES THAT WE AND OUR HOUSING PARTNERS HAVE TO BRING TO THE TABLE TO IMPACT THOSE GOALS.
UM, I, I FORGOT TO, UM, TO, TO SAY THANK YOU.
WE SEE OUR HOUSING COMMISSION CHAIR, UM, UH, SHIRLEY GONZALEZ, FORMER COUNCILWOMAN IS HERE IN THE AUDIENCE.
UM, UH, CHAIR, AND, UH, WE WILL TURN IT OVER TO COUNCILMAN COURAGE FOR HIS QUESTIONS.
UH, I THINK THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT REPORT.
I WAS GLAD TO HEAR A LOT OF IT.
I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS ON, UM, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT, UH, FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS OF THREE AS A, AS A STRUCTURE WE WERE LOOKING AT, UH, I I JUST THOUGHT THAT WAS ODD CONSIDERING THAT I WOULD IMAGINE MANY, IF NOT MOST OF THE FAMILIES IN THOSE LOWER A M I LEVELS ARE NOT, UH, A COUPLE WITH A CHILD.
MANY OF THOSE HAVE MULTIPLE CHILDREN.
UH, IF WE WERE TO LOOK AT, LET'S SAY ALL OF THE, UH, TARGET AUDIENCE WE'RE WORKING AT, AT 50% OR BELOW, WHAT'S THE AVERAGE FAMILY IN THAT? BECAUSE THAT AFFECTS WHAT THEY PAY AS FAR AS RENT GOES.
AND I, I THAT IS A THAT IS A VERY GOOD POINT.
AND, AND THE, THE PURPOSE OF THE SLIDE BY THE FAMILY HOUSEHOLD OF THREE WAS JUST TO ILLUSTRATE WHAT THE AVERAGE INCOMES
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WOULD BE.THE LOWER A M I THAT YOU GO, THE FAMILY HOUSEHOLD SIZE DOES INCREASE.
SO IT DOES GO OVER THAT THREE, NOT QUITE FOUR.
AND THAT'S JUST BASED OFF THE CENSUS DATA WE HAVE.
UM, WE'LL GET A LOT BETTER CENSUS DATA HERE PRETTY SHORTLY, I THINK IN DECEMBER IS WHEN WE'LL GET THAT, THAT NEW BATCH OF DATA.
AND HOPEFULLY IT'LL GIVE US A LITTLE BIT MORE CLARITY ON THOSE HOUSEHOLD SIZE.
BUT FOR FINANCING, WE'VE USED OUR PIPELINE, UM, OF PROJECTS TO ESTIMATE COSTS.
AND SO WE DO KNOW THE AVERAGE COST BASED ON HOUSEHOLD SIZE THAT WE HAVE BEEN PRODUCING TO MEET THE NEED HERE IN THE COMMUNITY.
SO IT IS ADJUSTED FOR LARGER HOUSEHOLD SIZES.
UM, IS IT POSSIBLE AS WE DEVELOP THIS PROGRAM FORWARD THAT THE CITY COULD PROVIDE HOUSING VOUCHERS LIKE SAHA DOES MM-HMM.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT BECAUSE AS WE WENT THROUGH THIS PROCESS, WE IDENTIFIED A LARGE AMOUNT OF 60% A M I UNITS THAT ARE BEING PRODUCED.
AND THAT'S BECAUSE OF THE 4% TAX CREDIT THAT'S PROVIDED.
THERE IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO BUY THEM DOWN.
UM, YOU, IT'S A RENTAL BUY DOWN.
IT'S NOT A VOUCHER, BUT IT'S SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THAT THAT WE COULD LOOK AT DOING THROUGH THE, THE BOND PROGRAM.
AND THAT'S HOW WE WOULD LIKE TO GET, AS WE, WE FEEL THAT THAT WOULD BE A EASY WAY TO GET AS MANY 30% A M I UNITS ONLINE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TO BUY DOWN UNITS THAT ARE ACTUALLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION OR, UM, IN THE PIPELINE.
OR MAYBE THEY ALREADY EXIST AND THEY JUST OPENED, BUT WE COULD MAKE 30% A M I UNITS AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'LL DISCUSS WITH THE HOUSING COMMISSION AND THE HOUSING COMMITTEE.
I GUESS I'M THINKING OF THE, THE MORE IMMEDIATE NEED.
I, I THINK SAHA HAS, WHAT, 10,000 PEOPLE LOOKING FOR VOUCHERS AND THEY DON'T HAVE THE MONEY MM-HMM.
SO I, I HOPE THERE'S A WAY FOR US TO LOOK AT THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE AND SEE IF, UH, THERE'S A WAY WE CAN HELP IN THAT AREA.
UM, I WAS PLEASED TO HEAR YOU TALK ABOUT LAND BANKING AND LAND TRUSTS.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE THEORY BEHIND LAND BANKING AND LAND TRUSTS? YEAH.
LAND BANKING, UM, IS A TOOL THAT'S USED AROUND THE COUNTRY, BUT THE IDEA IS THAT WITH RISING LAND COSTS, IT'LL BECOME HARDER AND HARDER, ESPECIALLY FOR OUR NON-PROFIT AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPERS, TO FIND LAND IN GOOD LOCATIONS TO BUILD HOUSING.
SO THE IDEA BEHIND LAND BANKING IS TO BUY THAT LAND AND HOLD IT AND SAVE IT AND RESERVE IT FOR AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING USE DOWN THE LINE.
IT ALLOWS US TO GET THE RETURN, UH, AND, AND, AND THINK MORE FORWARDLY WITH THE LAND THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE THAT IS AVAILABLE SO WE CAN LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, WHERE AREAS MAY BE CHANGING RAPIDLY, PURCHASE THAT LAND NOW, AND THEN WORK WITH PARTNERS TO BE ABLE TO DEVELOP AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN AREAS THAT WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO AFFORD TO BUILD IT LATER.
SO ULTIMATELY, IT REDUCES THE COST OF THE HOUSING DOWN THE LINE.
SO THAT'S THE IDEA BEHIND LAND BANKING.
UM, FOR COMMUNITY LAND TRUSTS, UH, THE IDEA IS THAT YOU WOULD SEPARATE THE COST OF THE LAND FROM THE COST OF THE HOME, SO THAT WHEN AN INDIVIDUAL PURCHASES A HOME, THEY'RE NOT PURCHASING THE LAND, JUST THE STRUCTURE ON IT.
SO IT MAKES IT MORE EASY FOR THEM TO GET INTO IT, INTO THE HOME.
AND THEN ALSO THEY'RE REMOVED FROM THE INCREASED TAXES YEAR OVER YEAR, WHICH ARE PRIMARILY DRIVEN BY LAND COSTS.
SO REALLY THEY'RE ONLY PAYING, PAYING THE IMPROVEMENT VALUE YEAR OVER YEAR.
SO IT MAKES THEIR HOME MORE AFFORDABLE.
I HOPE WE'RE GONNA BE EXPLORING THAT MORE AS AN OPTION.
CAN I ASK A FEW MORE QUESTIONS? SURE.
OR DO YOU WANT ME TO COME BACK LATER? NO, GO AHEAD COUNSEL.
UM, I'M GLAD OF OUR DISCUSSION ON PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
I'M, I'M GLAD TO HEAR KIND OF THE CLARIFICATION OF, OF THE TARGET AUDIENCE ON THAT.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, AND, AND WE HAVE THE SAHA, UH, CHAIR HERE.
UH, HOW MANY SAHA UNITS ARE THERE AND HOW MANY SAHA VOUCHERS ARE THERE? UH, AND I THINK THAT HELPS US UNDERSTAND, UH, WHAT THE KIND OF ASSISTANCE THEY MAY NEED FROM OTHER FUNDING SOURCES, FOR EXAMPLE, FOR RENOVATION OR, UM, YOU KNOW, REHABILITATION, THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO I THINK IT'D BE USEFUL FOR US TO HAVE THAT KIND OF INFORMATION IN THE ASSESSMENT PROCESS.
UM, AND ONE OTHER THING IS, UH, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S THE, THE TAX IMPLICATIONS I THINK WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT AS A CITY AND IN WORKING WITH THE OTHER AGENCIES TO GO UP TO AUSTIN AND SEE IF WE CAN'T FIND SOME WAYS OF PROTECTING, UH, PROPERTY OWNERS' RIGHTS TO MAINTAIN THEIR PROPERTY IF THEY'RE BEING REHABILITATED.
YOU KNOW, IF, IF THE CITY'S GONNA HELP WITH REHABILITATION, WHETHER IT'S MINOR REPAIRS OR MAJOR REPAIRS, AND WE SPEND $25,000 ON A HOME OR $125,000 ON A HOME,
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YOU KNOW, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN TO THE TAX VALUE OF THAT PROPERTY? WHAT DOES THAT MEAN TO THE TAX VALUE OF THE NEIGHBORS AROUND THAT PROPERTY? ESPECIALLY IF YOU MIGHT DO TWO OR THREE IN A PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOOD.UM, IS THERE A WAY OF PROTECTING PEOPLE FROM THE INCREASE IN VALUES? UH, I KNOW FOR EXAMPLE, THE, THE STATE, UH, DOES ALLOW APPRAISALS EVERY THREE YEARS, BUT IN BEAR COUNTY, WE DO THEM EVERY YEAR.
UH, AND SO I'M WONDERING IF THERE'S SOME MECHANISMS THAT WE CAN DEVELOP WITH THE STATE, WITH THE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS TO PROTECT THE VALUES OF PEOPLE'S HOMES THAT ARE BEING REHABBED AND FOR THE NEIGHBORS AROUND THERE.
UH, GENTRIFICATION COMES TO MIND IF SOMEBODY COMES IN, TEARS DOWN A HOUSE, BUILDS A $250,000 HOUSE WHERE EVERYTHING ELSE IS 125,000, WHAT DOES THAT DO TO THE VALUE OF PROPERTIES AROUND THERE? SO I THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE EXPLORED AS PART OF THIS WHOLE, UH, SHIP PROP PROCESS.
AND I'LL JUST SAY REALLY QUICKLY TO, TO THAT, IF I COULD, UM, COUNCILWOMAN.
UM, WE ARE IN THERE, AND I THINK IT WAS BROUGHT UP, UM, BY ROCHA GARCIA IS THE, UH, THE ANCHOR NEIGHBOR BILL THAT, THAT REPRESENTATIVE BURNELL BROUGHT.
WE'RE WORKING WITH HIS OFFICE.
IT DIDN'T PASS LAST TIME, BUT WORKING ON SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THAT.
UM, WE WILL BE WORKING ON A JOINT LEGISLATIVE AGENDA WITH OUR PARTNERS ON HOW WE CAN IMPACT THAT.
WE'RE LOOKING AT HOMESTEAD PRESERVATION DISTRICTS, AND I THINK COUNCILMAN BRAVO BROUGHT SOMETHING UP FROM CHICAGO LAST TIME.
UM, WE'LL BE LOOKING AT THOSE TOOLS TOO, WHERE WE CAN POSSIBLY USE OTHER FUNDING SOURCES TO, UM, FREEZE OR BUY DOWN, UH, CERTAIN ELIGIBLE RESIDENTS PROPERTY TAX INCREASES.
SO WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT ALL OF IT.
UM, I DON'T THINK IT'S NECESSARILY ONE SOLUTION FITS ALL, BUT THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE'RE GONNA BE LOOKING AT.
UM, AND I THINK THIS TIES IN PERFECTLY WITH SOME OF COUNCILMAN CASTILLO'S QUESTIONS THAT SHE'S ASKED BEFORE.
AND SO, COUNCILWOMAN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
YOU HAD A LOT OF GREAT QUESTIONS, SO THANK YOU FOR ASKING THEM.
UM, ONE THING I'D LIKE TO HONE IN ON IS IMPORTANCE OF WHY WE ARE RECALIBRATING.
UM, AND THANK YOU, LORI, FOR THIS SHEET.
IN 2020, THERE WAS A HOUSING COMMISSION PRESENTATION THAT SHOWED THE PRODUCTION OF 30 THROUGH 80% A M I.
AND WHAT WAS IMPORTANT WITHIN THAT SLIDE IS IT SHOWED THE OVERPRODUCTION WHERE WE WERE EXCEEDING THOSE TARGETS.
AND I THINK THE RECOMMENDATION FOR B SESSION AND FOR COMMUNITY MEETINGS IS TO INCLUDE THAT SLIDE SO FOLKS HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING AND GROUNDING ON WHAT WE'VE BEEN PRODUCING AND WHERE WE HAVE BEEN OVERPRODUCING.
UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT, AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THIS, UH, THESE, THESE SHEETS.
UH, FOR DISTRICT SPECIFIC BECAUSE, UM, WHEN WE HAVE THE CONVERSATION ABOUT HOUSING, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO RECOGNIZE THAT WE ARE IN A VERY UNIQUE POSITION AS A CITY, AND THAT WE HAVE DEEP PUBLIC, WE HAVE DEEP AFFORDABILITY IN OUR PUBLIC HOUSING STOCK.
AND WITH THIS SHEET WE SEE THAT FOR DISTRICT FIVE IN PARTICULAR, THE TOTAL UNITS THAT PRODUCED 30% A M I AT GREAT LEVELS WAS PROPERTIES WITH THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING AUTHORITY.
AND WHEN WE LOOK AT THE, THE COMPONENT WITH A PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS ON THIS SHEET FOR DISTRICT FIVE, UM, YOU KNOW, WE SEE NRP GROUPS SLASH SAHA AND IT ONLY PRODUCED EIGHT UNITS.
SO I THINK WE NEED TO LEARN FROM THIS HISTORY TO ENSURE THAT WE DON'T TAKE OURSELVES BACKWARDS WITH SIMILAR PROJECTS TO THAT AND LOOK AT, UM, CREATIVE AVENUES FOR US TO SUPPORT THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING AUTHORITY.
UM, WHEN WE LOOK AT THE SLIDE, I BELIEVE IT'S LIKE SLIDE EIGHT, AND IT'S JUST FOR MY OWN REFERENCE ON SLIDE SIX, WHERE WE HAVE THE PRESERVATION OF RENTAL UNITS.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO FACTOR IN HOW MANY PUBLIC HOUSING UNITS WE HAVE.
UH, WE KNOW MANY OF THEM DO NEED TO BE RETROFITTED TO BE BROUGHT UP TO STANDARDS.
SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO INCLUDE THAT AT THE ZERO TO 30% A M I.
AND, UM, WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE FOR US TO HAVE, UM, THE AGENDA OF HOUSING, UH, BILLS THAT THE CITY HAS BEEN SUPPORTING MM-HMM.
UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT, UM, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT I'M, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT JOB TRAINING AND ITS CONNECTION TO HOUSING, THAT WE'RE BEING INTENTIONAL.
UM, I KNOW YOU'RE WORKING WITH THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION, BUT THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES FOR APPRENTICESHIPS FOR US TO BE VERY INTENTIONAL WITH ONE, THE ECONOMIC HOUSING CRISIS.
SO, YOU KNOW, TO, TO HAVE A PRESENTATION ON WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE ON THE TYPE OF JOBS WITH THE WORK READY WORK ESSAY THAT IT'S GOING TO PROVIDE.
UM, I WANNA THANK THE STAKEHOLDERS TO HELP SHAPE THE SHIP, UM, ESPECIALLY JESSICA G**O, UM, AND ALL THE COMMUNITY FOLKS WHO WERE ALWAYS OUT IN COMMUNITY ASKING, HEY, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE YOU EXPERIENCING? UM, HOW, WHAT, WHAT DO YOU BELIEVE SHOULD BE REFLECTED IN THIS SHIP PLAN? AND THAT'S ALWAYS VERY IMPORTANT TO HAVE THAT COMMUNITY, UM, UH, CENTER WITHIN THE CONVERSATION.
UH, I APPRECIATE THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH THAT YOU ARE DOING, UH, HAVING STAKEHOLDER COMMUNITY GROUPS.
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KEY.ON THIS SLIDE WHERE WE TALK ABOUT LEVERAGING, AND I KNOW THIS IS STILL IN CONVERSATION, SETTING UP THE PARTNERSHIPS, BUT ON SLIDE 11 WHEN WE TALK ABOUT, UH, FEDERAL CAPITAL FUND, SAN ANTONIO HOUSING AUTHORITY, CAN YOU DESCRIBE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
SO THESE ARE THE FUNDS THAT THEY RECEIVE FROM HUD.
THEY RECEIVE THEM ANNUALLY, UH, AND THEY ARE ONLY TO BE USED FOR THE REHABILITATION AND PRESERVATION OF THEIR EXISTING UNITS.
UM, I THINK YOU, YOU NOTED, UM, AND WE HAD TOO IN CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM, UM, THEY HAVE A BACKLOG OF NEED THAT FAR EXCEEDS THE AMOUNT OF CAPITAL FUNDS THAT THEY GET.
SO WE WILL BE WORKING WITH THEM ON IDENTIFYING, UH, YOU KNOW, WHERE, WHERE THE CITY CAN HELP WITH OUR ADDITIONAL RESOURCES TO BE ABLE TO REHABILITATE THOSE.
AND THEN IN ADDITION, UM, YOU KNOW, WE ALL KNOW ABOUT THIS PENDING INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN AT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DOES INCLUDE A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF FUNDING FOR HOUSING AUTHORITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
UM, SO IF THAT WERE TO HAPPEN, THIS PLAN DOESN'T TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION.
'CAUSE WE DON'T KNOW IF IT'S GONNA HAPPEN YET.
THAT WILL BE A HUGE, UH, THAT'LL BE A HUGE GAIN FOR OUR HOUSING AUTHORITY TO BE ABLE TO RE REHABILITATE THEIR HOUSING.
AND I WOULD JUST STRESS THAT I, I AGREE WITH THE DISPLACEMENT MITIGATION STUDIES THAT IF WE COULD, UM, CRE PULL THAT TIMELINE BACK, UM, SO THAT WAY WE KNOW SOONER THE IMPACT OF THE PROJECTS IN THE PIPELINE WILL HAVE ON COMMUNITIES.
CAN I THANK YOU CHAIR SOMETHING? YEAH, GO.
AND I WANTED TO JUST MAKE SURE I CLARIFY.
WHEN WE SEE THE HOUSING AUTHORITY CAPITAL FUNDS IN THERE, WE'RE NOT EXPECTING THE HOUSING AUTHORITY TO GIVE US THIS MONEY.
THIS IS MONEY THAT THEY BUDGET FOR THEIR, UM, REHAB OF THEIR OWN UNITS.
BUT BECAUSE THIS IS A COORDINATED GOAL, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CAPTURING ALL THE RESOURCES AND WE'RE TRACKING HOW IT'S USED.
SO THE HOUSING AUTHORITY WILL USE THAT MONEY HOWEVER THEY WANT TO, AND IT'S EARMARKED IN THEIR CAPITAL BUDGET TO BE USING IT FOR THE REHAB OF EXISTING UNITS.
AND WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE TRACKING THAT, TO COUNT THAT TOWARDS OUR GOAL.
WE'RE NOT EXPECTING THEM TO GIVE US THAT MONEY.
WE'RE NOT GONNA CHOOSE WHERE THEY PUT THOSE PROJECTS.
THIS IS PART OF THEIR EXISTING BUDGET.
AND IAN, IT WAS, UH, THE MODEL THAT I WAS PROPOSING US LOOK, THAT WE LOOK AT FOR, UM, BEING ABLE TO OFFSET ANY, UH, INCREASES IN PROPERTY TAXES IN AREAS THAT ARE EXPERIENCING RAPID RISES IN PROPERTY VALUES IS IN ATLANTA.
UH, SO, UH, I SUPPORT THE IDEA OF LAND BANKING AND EXPLORING THAT.
UH, I ALSO THINK WE HAVE TO BE REALLY THOUGHTFUL ABOUT HOW WE DO IT.
UM, I HAD ONE DEVELOPER APPROACH ME AND SAY THAT, THAT'S A GOOD SOLUTION, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE, THAT WE SHOULD BE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF.
AND THEN I RAN THAT IDEA BY ANOTHER DEVELOPER WHO DOES AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
AND THEY SAID, WELL, MAYBE, BUT AS SOON AS YOU IMPLEMENT, YOU KNOW, BEGIN THAT STRATEGY, THEN REAL ESTATE SPECULATORS KNOW THAT YOU'RE GONNA DO THAT.
AND THEY GO UP AND THEY START BUYING UP THAT LAND AND THEY START INCREASING THE VALUE.
AND IT MAKES ME THINK ABOUT HOW ONE TIME I MET A GUY, UH, WHO BRAGGED TO ME ABOUT HOW HE FOUND OUT THAT THEIR CITY WASN'T HERE.
IT WAS ANOTHER CITY IN TEXAS, UM, WANTED TO BUY CERTAIN PARKLANDS, INCREASE SOME PARKLAND.
AND SO THEY, THIS INDIVIDUAL FOUND OUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT WERE THE, THE REQUIREMENTS OR WHAT WERE THE, WHAT WERE THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PARKLAND THAT THE CITY WAS LOOKING FOR? AND THAT INDIVIDUAL WENT OUT AND BOUGHT THAT LAND, THAT LAND THAT FIT THOSE CHARACTERISTICS.
AND THEN SEVERAL MONTHS LATER FLIPPED IT FOR ABOUT FIVE TIMES AS MUCH.
UM, AND SO THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING, GOING TO, YOU KNOW, BE LOOKING AT THAT AS WELL.
WE HAVE TO BE REALLY THOUGHTFUL ABOUT HOW WE DO THAT.
UM, A QUESTION I HAVE FOR YOU IS THAT THERE WAS A LOT OF TALK EARLY ON FOR THE 2022 BOND ABOUT US LOOKING AT 250 MILLION IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING NOTE.
AND I'M WONDERING HOW HAS THAT CHANGED ANY, ANY STRATEGIES OR RECOMMENDATIONS IN HERE THAT WE'VE JUST SEEN RIGHT NOW? AND DID THIS STRATEGY OR LIST OF RECOMMENDATIONS INFORM THE BOND ON, LIKE, WHERE THE BOND LEVEL THAT WE'RE AT OR HAS THAT BOND LEVEL? LIKE, IS THAT MAKING YOU ALL CHANGE BASICALLY WHERE YOU'RE AT AND THEN, AND IF SO, HOW, HOW SO? NO, WHAT, WHAT WE DID, UM, IS WE WENT THROUGH THE DETAILED FUNDING ANALYSIS OF WHAT WE WERE ABLE TO DO.
WE LOOKED AT THE COST PER UNIT AND ALL OF THOSE FACTORS THAT I TALKED ABOUT ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE IN TERMS OF, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT DO WE ACTUALLY NEED TO GET TO OUR TARGET GOAL? AND THAT'S WHAT WE STARTED WITH, IS OUR TARGET GOAL.
HOW DO WE ACHIEVE THOSE 28,000 UNITS OVER THOSE 10 YEARS? WE LOOKED AT OUR PIPELINE AND PROJECTS, AND THEN WE DEVELOPED THAT NEED, THAT NUMBER BASED ON THOSE TARGET GOALS.
AND THEN WE LOOKED AT EVERY AVAILABLE FUNDING SOURCE THAT WE HAVE HERE ON THIS SLIDE ON HOW WE COULD GET THERE.
AND BASED ON THAT, WE COULD, WE COULD NOT ONLY MEET IT, WE FEEL VERY COMFORTABLE WITH THESE GOALS.
UM, YOU KNOW, AT SOME POINT, MAYBE IN FIVE YEARS, WE MAY NEED TO RECALIBRATE.
I THINK IT'S VERY LIKELY THAT IF WE GET ADDITIONAL FUNDING FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THROUGH THE INFRASTRUCTURE BILL,
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THERE ARE SOME PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE 4% HOUSING TAX CREDIT.THERE ARE SOME THINGS DOWN THE LINE THAT WE MAY NEED, MAY NEED TO ADJUST FOR.
BUT WE HAVE, WE FEEL VERY COMFORTABLE WITH THE AMOUNT OF, WITH THE SOURCES THAT WE HAVE AND THE, THE COST PROJECTIONS THAT WE DID THAT WE'D BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE THAT.
SO WE HAVEN'T HAD TO CHANGE ANYTHING IN TERMS OF OUR TARGETS AND OUR GOALS, UH, OR OUR STRATEGIES.
AND COUNCILMAN THE SHIP WILL INFORM, THE SHIP, WILL INFORM US HOW WE SHOULD USE THAT BOND MONEY.
UM, AND SO ALL THESE STRATEGIES LISTED AND THEN THE RECALIBRATED TARGETS, I MEAN, WE'RE GONNA LOOK TO SEE, YOU KNOW, WHERE ARE THE AREAS THAT THIS MONEY IS BEST USED FOR.
AND AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE THINK IT'S PROBABLY BEST USED FOR THAT 30% A M I CATEGORY OR BELOW.
UM, BUT THAT MAY CHANGE, BUT IT'S GOING TO INFORM HOW WE USE THAT, THAT MONEY.
AND THE, THE STRATEGIC HOUSING, I'M SORRY, THE MAYOR'S HOUSING POLICY FRAMEWORK RECOMMENDED $250 MILLION OVER TWO BOND CYCLES.
WE'RE RECOMMENDING $150 MILLION, UM, IN 2022 AND $150 MILLION IN 2027.
SO WE'RE ACTUALLY RECOMMENDING $300 MILLION.
AND BASED ON OUR MAPPING AND LOOKING AT ALL THE RESOURCES, WE FEEL COMFORTABLE THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO REACH THE RECALIBRATED GOALS.
BUT LIKE IAN SAID, THINGS COULD CHANGE AND WE MAY BE ABLE TO EXCEED THOSE GOALS.
OR WE MAY, MAY NEED TO ADJUST AND SEE WE'RE GONNA BE PLACING OUR RESOURCES.
I GOT A QUESTION FOR THE AUDIENCE.
AM I SPEAKING CLOSE ENOUGH TO THEM? TO MY MIC FOR Y'ALL TO HEAR ME? WELL, GREAT.
AND THEN COUNCILMAN CASTILLO HAVE
UH, IAN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR PRE PRESENTING THIS.
THANK YOU FOR THIS SLIDE, THE FUNDING SOURCE SLIDE.
IT'S SO HELPFUL IN UNDERSTANDING WHAT OPTIONS WE HAVE AVAILABLE.
I DO WANNA TALK ABOUT YOUR STRATEGIES.
'CAUSE I'VE BEEN LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THAT IN TERMS OF 30 THROUGH 34.
WHILE I'M SUPER EXCITED THAT, UM, THE CITY'S TAKING THE LEAD ON 32, UM, WHICH IS THE, UM, DISPLACEMENT IMPACT ASSESSMENT.
UM, I THINK THAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR COUNTERPARTS AND ANYBODY WE ARE WORKING WITH, I THINK WRAPAROUND SERVICES SHOULD BE NHS D'S SHOULD BE THE CITY'S PURVIEW, OR AT LEAST WE SHOULD LEAD THE WAY, UH, IN HOW WE DO THIS.
I LOVE THE IDEA OF ACCOUNTABILITY.
HOWEVER, I THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE ACCOUNTABILITY ON THE PART OF THOSE THAT WE ARE HELPING AND REALLY HAVING THAT CONVERSATION BECAUSE WE HAVE THIS READY TO WORK PROGRAM, AND WE KNOW THAT PART OF THE REASON WE'RE SEEING THESE LEVELS IS BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE STAYING IN JOBS THAT AREN'T PAYING WHAT THEY NEED, THAT WE MAKE SURE WE GET THEM ON THAT PIPELINE.
WHAT I DON'T WANNA SEE, AND ESPECIALLY IN MY DISTRICT BECAUSE OF THE DIGITAL DIVIDE, IS THAT WE HELP THEM FINANCIALLY WITH VOUCHERS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AND THEN THEY GET INTO DEBT BECAUSE THEY GET AN EXTRA DEVICE OR THEY, UM, THEY DECIDE TO ENROLL IN A, IN A, IN MAYBE AN ONLINE, UH, EDUCATION PROGRAM THAT COSTS A LITTLE MORE WHEN THERE'S OTHER RESOURCES.
I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE FULLY UNDERSTAND OF THE RESOURCES AND THE PATHWAY TO GET THEM OUT OF POVERTY OR TO GET THEM TO A HIGHER A M I LEVEL AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
UM, AND I ALWAYS THINK ABOUT MY FRIENDS THAT GOT A, UM, A THEOLOGY DEGREE,
THERE'S REALLY ONLY SO MUCH YOU CAN DO WITH THAT AND HOW MUCH YOU CAN EARN.
AND, AND A LOT OF 'EM WENT BACK FOR SOMETHING ELSE.
BUT I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S, THESE ARE THE CONVERSATIONS WE HAVE TO HAVE.
UM, SO, UH, THE OTHER THING I WANNA LOOK AT ESPECIALLY IS OUR, OUR TRAFFIC STUDY IMPACT AND, UM, AND MAKING SURE THAT WHEN WE BRING IN THESE NEW DEVELOPMENTS AND THAT WE, UM, THAT WE REALLY, UH, LOOK AT AT HOW IT'S GOING TO IMPACT THE TRAFFIC AND THE TRAFFIC FLOW.
AND, UM, I THANK YOU, LORI FOR PROVI AND THE TEAM FOR PROVIDING THE INFORMATION REGARDING THE, UM, THE, THE DEVELOPMENT GOING ON IN THE DISTRICT AND WHAT'S IN COMPLETED AND WHAT'S ABOUT TO BE COMPLETED.
UM, MY RESIDENTS ARE VERY HAPPY AND SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO COME BACK TO THE DISTRICT AND, AND SO MANY PE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO STAY IN THE DISTRICT BECAUSE OF WHAT WE'RE PROVIDING THERE.
SO I JUST APPRECIATE IT AND I MAKE A MOTION TO, UM, FORWARD THE SHIP TO FULL COUNCIL CONSIDERATION THAT THE NOVEMBER 4TH COUNCIL BE SESSION.
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DO WE KNOW IF THE PACE ENERGY FOUNDATION, UM, CAN BE U APPLIED TO RETROFIT PUBLIC HOUSING OR FOR ANY, UM, REHAB PROGRAMS? I KNOW IT CAN BE U I DON'T THINK IT, I DON'T THINK IT DIFFERENTIATES BETWEEN WHETHER IT'S OWNED BY A HOUSING AUTHORITY OR NOT, SO I I BELIEVE IT CAN BE USED, BUT I CAN DOUBLE CHECK THAT.
WE KNOW THAT IT CAN BE USED IF YOU'RE RETROFITTING A BUILDING AND IT, AND IT NEEDS THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY, WHETHER OR NOT IT'S A HOUSING AUTHORITY OR PUBLICLY OWNED, I DON'T KNOW THAT RIGHT NOW.
BUT IT CAN BE USED FOR REHABS OR RETROFITTING BUILDINGS OKAY.
AND I'LL, I'LL LOOK INTO THAT AND I'LL GET BACK WITH YOU, COUNCILMAN.
AND, UH, ANOTHER RECOMMENDATION.
I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF WE HAVE AN A M I CHART SPECIFIC TO SAN ANTONIO AND BEAR COUNTY.
SO I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE SOMETHING PRESENTED TO COMMUNITY THAT REFLECTS THE, THE ACTUAL A M I OF BEXAR COUNTY.
UM, SO THAT WAY WE CAN SEE HOW THIS PIPELINE IS ALIGNED WITH ACTUAL NEEDS OF, UH, SAN ANTONIO.
UM, AND, YOU KNOW, TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WITH THE COUNTY AND HOW WE LEVERAGE THAT.
UM, SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ALREADY HAVE, BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO SEE SPECIFIC MI BREAKDOWN FOR THE COUNTY.
AND, AND JUST REALLY QUICKLY, WE DO HAVE THAT, UM, THE HOUSING COMMISSION WENT THROUGH A PROCESS OF SETTING THAT DEFINITION OF AFFORDABILITY.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE LOOKED AT IS THE, THE HUD A M I VERSUS THE CENSUS, WHAT'S ACTUALLY TRULY IN SAN ANTONIO.
AND THAT WAS THE REASON FOR THAT ADJUSTMENT OF ONLY GOING UP TO 60% OF THE HUD A M I BECAUSE THAT MORE ACCURATELY REFLECTS THE NEED WITHIN THE CITY.
CAN YOU SHARE THAT WITH COUNCIL? YES, ABSOLUTELY.
AND THE TARGETS REFLECT THAT AS WELL, CORRECT? IAN? YES.
COUNCILWOMAN CASTILLO, COUNCILMAN COURAGE HAS ANOTHER QUESTION.
YEAH, IT'S JUST, IT'S JUST ONE OTHER COMMENT.
UM, AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S EXACTLY RE RELATED TO THIS, BUT I THINK IT IS.
WE, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT DISPLACEMENT.
UM, I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING MORE TALKED ABOUT THE RENTERS COMMISSION, UH, THAT'S BEEN ESTABLISHED.
I DON'T KNOW IF THEY HAVE A ROLE OR SHOULD HAVE A ROLE IN THIS REPRESENTING THE INTERESTS OR CONCERNS OF PEOPLE WHO DO RENT.
BUT CAN YOU GIMME ANY UPDATE ON WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THAT? YES, ABSOLUTELY.
SO THAT WAS, UM, THAT WAS CREATED AS A SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE HOUSING COMMISSION.
AND WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS OF OPENING UP, UM, THOSE, THOSE POSITIONS FOR APPOINTMENTS.
SO THE, THE COUNCIL DECIDED WHAT THOSE CATEGORIES WOULD BE, HOW MANY RENTERS THEY NEEDED, HOW MANY, UH, PROPERTY OWNERS AND, AND LANDLORDS.
UM, THE HOUSING COMMISSION DID PRIORITIZE STAFFING THE SUBCOMMITTEE FOR THE U D C AMENDMENTS BECAUSE THEY'RE START, THEY PICKED UP REALLY QUICKLY AND THEY HAVE A DEADLINE.
SO THE NEXT THING THAT WE'RE GONNA BE WORKING ON IS THE RENTER'S COMMISSION, AND WE'LL PROVIDE AN UPDATE, UH, TO THIS COMMITTEE ON THAT TOO.
AND I, I DO WANNA, UM, IN THIS SHIP, I WANNA SAY THANK YOU.
I, I APPRECIATED THE CHART, THE BAR GRAPH, UH, WITH THE FUNDING SOURCES.
HOW WILL WE PAY FOR THIS? BUT PAGE 15, I THOUGHT DID, DID AN INCREDIBLE JOB OF BREAKING DOWN TAX EXEMPTIONS AND, UH, UH, TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONES AND FEDERAL CAPITAL FUNDS AND EVERYTHING.
SO I DON'T KNOW WHO PUT TOGETHER THAT CHART, BUT I HAVE TO GIVE THEM AN A PLUS ON THAT ONE.
IT WOULD, IT WOULD BE, UH, MY HARDWORKING TEAM, SO, OH, RIGHT.
UH, THAT, SO WE HAVE A MOTION TO, TO FORWARD THIS TO FULL COUNSEL FOR CONSIDERATION, UH, AT THE B SESSION FOR NOVEMBER 3RD.
AND WE HAVE A SECOND, UH, LET'S TAKE A VOTE.
IT LOOKS LIKE, UH, UNANIMOUS, UH, DECISION TO MOVE IT FORWARD.
THANKS ALL THE TEAM FOR BEING HERE, UH, AND, AND FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK AND FOR EVERYONE THAT WORKED ON, ON THE SHIP.
LOOKING FORWARD TO THE FULL COUNCIL DISCUSSION.
[4 Briefing and possible action on the strategic plan update to respond to homelessness in San Antonio and Bexar County. [Lori Houston, Assistant City Manager; Melody Woosley, Director, Human Services]]
TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR, WHICH IS A BRIEFING, BRIEFING AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE STRATEGIC PLAN UPDATE TO RESPOND TO HOMELESSNESS IN SAN ANTONIO AND BEXAR COUNTY.AND THIS, UH, IS GOING TO REPRESENTED BY, BY MEL.
SO I'M MELODY WOOSLEY, THE DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, AND TODAY'S PRESENTATION IS AN UPDATE ON IMPLEMENTATION OF THE HOMELESS STRATEGIC PLAN COMMISSIONED BY D H SS IN 2019, RELEASED LAST DECEMBER, 2020, AND CURRENTLY IN IMPLEMENTATION COMMUNITY-WIDE.
AND SO I WANTED TO, UH, UH, CALL IT THE STRATEGIC HOMELESS IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, BUT SHIP WAS TAKEN.
SO WE ARE STILL WORKING ON, UM, A, A NEW NAME TODAY.
I'LL TOUCH FIRST ON THE STATUS OF HOMELESSNESS IN SAN ANTONIO AND THE CITY'S INVESTMENTS.
REVIEW THE STRATEGIC PLANNING AND PRIORITIZATION PROCESS, PROVIDE A BRIEFING ON THE SIX MAJOR RECOMMENDATIONS, AND FOR EACH THE IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES, TIMELINE, AND STATUS, ALONG WITH NEXT STEPS FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR.
I WANT TO START BY GIVING SOME CONTEXT ON THE SCALE OF HOMELESSNESS IN SAN ANTONIO.
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POINT IN TIME COUNT, WHICH WAS OUR LAST POINT IN TIME COUNT, UM, SHOWED ALMOST 3000 INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS ON THAT SINGLE NIGHT, BOTH IN SHELTERS AND UNSHELTERED.IT INCLUDES 708 INDIVIDUALS WHO SPENT THE NIGHT ON THE STREETS OR IN ENCAMPMENTS AND 500 WHO WERE SLEEPING AT THE HAVEN FOR HOPE COURTYARD.
THE POINT IN TIME COUNT GENERALLY REMAINED FLAT FROM 2010 TO 2020, BUT THE PER CAPITA COUNT, UM, RELATIVE TO THE COUNTY'S TOTAL POPULATION DECREASED MORE THAN 20% OVER THAT DECADE.
LOOKING AT THE BIGGER PICTURE, PRE PANDEMIC, APPROXIMATELY 10 TO 12,000 INDIVIDUALS ACCESSED HOMELESS SERVICES THROUGH THE HOMELESS RESPONSE SYSTEM, AS WELL AS SHELTER AND HOUSING.
UM, ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS IS EXPENSIVE AND THE COST TO THE, BUT THE COST TO THE COMMUNITY FOR JUSTICE, MEDICAL, UM, PUBLIC SAFETY AND LOST ECONOMIC PRODUCTIVITY IS FAR GREATER.
ALMOST 70 MILLION IN FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL FUNDING IS INVESTED ANNUALLY TO PROVIDE SERVICES, PREVENT HOMELESSNESS, AND ADDRESS COMMUNITY CHALLENGES.
AND THAT INCLUDES 35 MILLION FROM THE CITY FOR DIRECT SERVICES, AS WELL AS POLICING E M SS AND ABATEMENT COSTS TO SUPPORT THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF BOTH INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND THE COMMUNITY.
INCREASED FEDERAL, STATE, AND CITY INVESTMENTS OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS ARE MAKING AN IMPACT.
SIX OR 863 PEOPLE WERE MOVED INTO PERMANENT HOUSING ACROSS THE HOMELESS RESPONSE SYSTEM SINCE JANUARY 1ST OF THIS YEAR, UH, THROUGH SEPTEMBER OF THIS YEAR.
AND THE PROPORTION OF PEOPLE WHO ARE ACCESSING THE HOUSING WAIT LIST, UM, FROM STREET OUTREACH HAS INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY.
I'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT AS WE GO FORWARD.
AS BACKGROUND, UM, THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED A CONTRACT WITH CONSULTANT HOME BASE IN LATE 2019 TO DEVELOP THE PLAN.
WE FORMED A STEERING COMMITTEE TO GUIDE THE PLANNING PROCESS, WHICH INCLUDED THE SOUTH ALAMO REGIONAL ALLIANCE FOR THE HOMELESS, OR SARAH HAVEN FOR HOPE SERVICE PROVIDERS, THOSE WITH LIVED EXPERIENCE OF HOMELESSNESS, CRIMINAL JUSTICE SECTOR, PRIVATE INDUSTRY, AND COMMUNITY AGENCIES SUCH AS TOURISM AND CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE.
THE PROCESS INCLUDED ANALYSIS OF AVAILABLE COMMUNITY DATA AND INTENSIVE REVIEW OF THE HOMELESS MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM.
HOME BASE ALSO HELD 50, UM, STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS INVOLVING APPROXIMATELY 500 COMMUNITY PARTICIPANTS.
THEY HELD FOCUS GROUPS AND MEETINGS WITH PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND SIX OPEN COMMUNITY FORUMS. COMPLETION OF THE PLAN WAS DELAYED UNTIL DECEMBER OF 2020 DUE TO THE PANDEMIC, BUT THAT GAVE US TIME TO INCORPORATE LESSONS LEARNED OVER THE FIRST SEVERAL MONTHS OF THE PANDEMIC, AS WELL AS CARESS ACT PROVISIONS.
EARLIER THIS YEAR, WE REENGAGED THE STEERING COMMITTEE TO HELP US IDENTIFY AND PRIORITIZE THE STRATEGIES TO ACCOMPLISH OVER THE TERM OF THE PLAN.
WITH THIS INPUT, CITY STAFF, SARAH, AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS BEGAN ALIGNING RESOURCES TO THE PLAN'S KEY RECOMMENDATIONS, WHICH YOU'LL SEE AS WE DELVE INTO THE IMPLEMENTATION RESULTS.
THE STRATEGIC PLAN INCLUDES THESE SIX RECOMMENDATIONS TO REDUCE HOMELESSNESS IN SAN ANTONIO.
GIVEN THE SCALE AND COMPLEXITY OF HOMELESSNESS, THIS COMMUNITY PLAN MAKES RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE ENTIRE HOMELESS RESPONSE SYSTEM, NOT JUST THE CITY ORGANIZATION TO TAKE ON OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.
WITHIN THESE SIX RECOMMENDATIONS, THE PLAN DOCUMENT IDENTIFIES SOME LEVEL OF DETAIL AND EXAMPLE STRATEGIES, WHICH WERE THEN FURTHER FLESHED OUT BY IMPLEMENTATION PARTNERS IN THE STEERING COMMITTEE.
THE NEXT SEVERAL SLIDES WALK THROUGH EACH KEY RECOMMENDATION, UM, WHAT WE HAVE ACCOMPLISHED TO DATE AND NEXT STEPS FOR EACH.
AND SO FIRST, HOME-BASED IDENTIFIED STREET OUTREACH RESOURCES AND COORDINATION TO THE UNSHELTERED POPULATION.
AS A SIGNIFICANT GAP IN THIS COMMUNITY, HUMAN SERVICES BEGAN ADDRESSING OUTREACH CAPACITY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF STREET OUTREACH THROUGH THE C OVID 19 RECOVERY AND RESILIENCE RESILIENCY PLAN.
UM, WITH HUD CARESS ACT FUNDING AND THE FISCAL YEAR 2021, ADOPTED BUDGET FURTHER EXPANDED OUR STREET OUTREACH TEAM TO ALL 10 CITY COUNCIL DISTRICTS.
WE ALSO ALLOCATED FUNDING TO PARTNER AGENCIES TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL STREET OUTREACH IN RESPONSE TO INCREASED VISIBILITY OF THE UNSHELTERED POPULATION DUE TO THE PANDEMIC.
AND THIS YEAR, HUMAN SERVICES, SARAH AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND SHELTER PROVIDERS WORKED TOGETHER TO DEVELOP CONSISTENT STREET OUTREACH PROTOCOLS, TRAINING REQUIREMENTS AND DEFINITIONS.
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A SERIES OF STREET OUTREACH TRAININGS IS IN PROGRESS TO ENSURE A PROFESSIONALIZED TRAUMA-INFORMED APPROACH TO STREET OUTREACH REGARDLESS OF AGENCY.WE ALSO FULLY DEPLOYED OUTREACH GRID, WHICH IS A MOBILE SOFTWARE APP, UM, FOR OUTREACH WORKERS TO CAPTURE DATA TO ENHANCE OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THIS POPULATION, IT FEEDS INTO H M I S OVERNIGHT, AND THE DATA IS, UM, YOU KNOW, PROVIDES SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION THAT WE WOULDN'T HAVE OTHERWISE.
THE IMPACT OF COVID ON THE HOMELESS POPULATION, UM, REDUCED SHELTER AVAILABILITY SERVICES AND RESOURCES.
AND THIS WAS THE CATALYST FOR EXPANDING AND IMPROVING STREET OUTREACH CARES ACT FUNDING, ALONG WITH EXPANDED CITY GENERAL FUND INVESTMENT, PROVIDED THE OPPORTUNITY.
A YEAR AGO, HUMAN SERVICES HAD TWO DEDICATED STREET OUTREACH AND ENCAMPMENT SPECIALISTS AND FUNDED, UM, THROUGH CONTRACTS FOR ADDITIONAL.
TODAY, THE CITY IS FUNDING A TOTAL OF 28 HUMAN SERVICES AND CONTRACTED OUTREACH SPECIALISTS.
AND THERE ARE OTHER AGENCIES IN THE COMMUNITY THAT WE DON'T FUND THAT ALSO PROVIDE, UH, STREET OUTREACH THAT ARE PART OF THIS COORDINATION EFFORT.
AND SO I'M GONNA SPEND THE MOST TIME ON THE STREET OUTREACH, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS SINCE IT REALLY DID RISE TO THE TOP OF, UM, AS THE HIGHEST PRIORITY FOR OUR PLAN, AND WE'RE ALSO THE FURTHEST ALONG WITH IT.
WE LAUNCHED THE HOMELESS CONNECTION HOP LINE IN APRIL OF 2020.
IN RESPONSE TO THE PANDEMIC, IT HAS BEEN MATURED REALLY INTO AN IMPORTANT ONE STOP POINT TO CONNECT PEOPLE WHO ARE HOMELESS AND OR AT HIGH RISK OF HOMELESSNESS WITH APPROPRIATE RESOURCE SUCH AS INTERVENTION, DIVERSION, EMERGENCY SHELTER, OR HOUSING.
SOMETIMES PROVIDING FUNDING FOR A DEPOSIT OR CONNECTING SOMEONE TO A FAMILY MEMBER CAN KEEP THEM OUT OF SHELTER AND THE HOMELESS SYSTEM, WHICH IS ALWAYS THE BEST SOLUTION.
IN FISCAL YEAR 21, WE REFERRED OVER 2100 AVAILABLE SHELTER BEDS.
UM, UH, OVER 2100 INDIVIDUALS TO AVAILABLE SHELTER BEDS.
ASSESSED A THOUSAND FOR HOUSING PLACEMENT, DIVERTED MORE THAN 200 FROM ENTERING SHELTER ALTOGETHER, AND CONNECTED 350 SURVIVORS OF, UM, VIOLENCE TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RESOURCES.
BY ENHANCING RESOURCES AND FOCUSING EFFORTS ON PERMANENT HOUSING OUTCOMES, WE'VE INCREASED THE PROPORTION OF UNSHELTERED HOMELESS, ENTERING THE HOUSING PRIORITIZATION SYSTEM DIRECTLY FROM STREET OUTREACH BY 70% THIS YEAR, SIMPLY INCREASING THE NUMBER OF SKILLED STREET OUTREACH WORKERS AND IMPROVING COORDINATION AND CONSISTENCY ACROSS THE SYSTEM MADE THE DIFFERENCE.
UM, AND THAT'S, YOU KNOW, CASE CONFERENCING IS, IS REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE STREET OUTREACH AND CASE MANAGERS SIT DOWN TOGETHER AND DISCUSS A CASE, BECAUSE SOMETIMES THEY TOUCH MULTIPLE AGENCIES AND MULTIPLE PROVIDERS.
UM, AND SO THE CASE CONFERENCING ALLOWS THEM TO WORK TOGETHER ON THE BEST PLAN TO MOVE FORWARD.
WE'RE ALSO WORKING WITH UNIVERSITIES TO ADD MORE SOCIAL WORK INTERNS TO INCREASE OUR REACH, AND ALSO TO DEVELOP A, A PROFESSIONAL CAREER PATH FOR HOMELESS STREET OUTREACH.
AND WE WILL MAKE BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS NEXT SUMMER BASED ON EVALUATION OF THESE AND OTHER NEW INITIATIVES AND THEIR, UH, IMPACT.
SO A QUICK LOOK AT, UM, HOW THE, THE STREET OUTREACH TEAM WORKS.
THE, UH, TEAM BEGAN COMING ONLINE EARLIER THIS YEAR IN FEBRUARY, AN ADDITIONAL SPECIALIST WILL START ON NOVEMBER THE EIGHTH, AND THEN ALL DISTRICTS WILL HAVE FILLED THE LIAISONS.
THE TEAM IS LED BY AN EXPERIENCED LICENSED MASTER SOCIAL WORKER, AND INCLUDES LICENSED PROVIDERS AND SPECIALISTS WITH DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS TO CONNECT WITH CLIENTS.
EACH STAFF MEMBER IS ASSIGNED TO A COUNCIL DISTRICT TO KNOW THE AREA AND THE CLIENTS IN DEPTH.
WE ALSO TAKE CALLS FROM RESIDENTS VIA 3 1 1 REFERRALS FROM COUNCIL OFFICES AND OTHER DEPARTMENTS.
SINCE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE 3 1 1 SPECIFIC HOMELESS RESPONSE IN JULY, WE HAVE RESPONDED TO NEARLY 200 CALLS.
AND OUTREACH TEAM MAY INCLUDE A SOCIAL WORK INTERN OR A DELEGATE AGENCY OUTREACH SPECIALIST, DEPENDING ON THE NEEDS OF THE DISTRICT AND THE, UM, THE CLIENT.
THE TEAM THEN BUILDS RELATIONSHIPS WITH CLIENTS AND ENROLLS THEM IN SERVICES WITH THE GOAL OF PERMANENT HOUSING.
UH, THIS INCLUDES SHELTER ID, RECOVERY, OR DETOX PROGRAMS AS FIRST STEPS INTO HOUSING, UM, WHICH CAN TAKE TIME AS PEOPLE OVERCOME A NUMBER OF BARRIERS.
THE TEAM MEMBERS ALSO GET TO KNOW THEIR DISTRICT, ENGAGING WITH NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS,
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BUSINESSES, CONGREGATIONS TO IDENTIFY CLIENTS, AND ALSO TO PROVIDE, UM, EDUCATION ON HOW THESE ENTITIES CAN SUPPORT HOMELESS, UM, EFFORTS IN THE COMMUNITY AND HELP REDUCE, UM, HOMELESSNESS.FINALLY, THE TEAM GENERATES AND REPORTS DATA THAT HELPS US UNDERSTAND SYSTEM GAPS AND MAKE ADJUSTMENTS AND ENCAMPMENTS.
UM, THE ENCAMPMENT TEAMS WORK IN T IN TANDEM WITH STREET OUTREACH, AND WE COORDINATE, UM, ENCAMPMENT OUTREACH AND ABATEMENTS TO RESTORE ENVIRONMENTS WHEN ENCAMPMENTS POSE HEALTH AND SAFETY THREATS, UM, FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE LIVING IN THEM OR FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY.
AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO BALANCE BOTH THE NEEDS OF THE HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS AND THE SAFETY OF THE HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS.
WITH THAT OF THE COMMUNITY, WE LEAD ENCAMPMENT ABATEMENTS WITH STREET OUTREACH, ALWAYS MAKING EFFORTS TO CONNECT PEOPLE TO SERVICES AND SHELTER OR HOUSING, AND PROVIDING AT LEAST 48 HOURS NOTICE OF AN IMPENDING CLEANUP.
THIS WORK IS COORDINATED WITH MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS AND PARTNERS, INCLUDING PUBLIC WORKS SOLID WASTE, UM, SS A P D, SAFE PARKS AND RECREATION DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, ANIMAL CARE SERVICES, TDOT, AND OUR PARTNERS HAVEN FOR HOPE AND SAM MINISTRIES, AGAIN, THE, THE TEAM DEPENDS ON THE LOCATION AND THE ENCAMPMENT.
UM, NEEDS HUMAN SERVICES COORDINATED 217 ABATEMENT EVENTS, UM, IN FISCAL YEAR 21 WITH THE VAST MAJORITY BEING IN CITY DRAINAGE INFRASTRUCTURE, OVER 300 TONS OF TRASH WAS REMOVED, UH, TO PROTECT THE FLOOD CONTROL SYSTEM AND THE INTEGRITY OF CITY AND TXDOT INFRASTRUCTURE.
THE NEXT MAJOR RECOMMENDATION IS TO INCREASE AFFORDABILITY, AFFORDABLE, AND SPECIALTY HOUSING OPTIONS.
UM, THIS RECOMMENDATION INFLUENCED AND ALIGNS WITH THIS STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, UH, RECOMMENDATION TO DEVELOP A THOUSAND PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING UNITS FOR THE COMMUNITY, UM, PRIORITIZED FOR PEOPLE EXPERIENCING CHRONIC HOMELESSNESS, UH, WITH MULTIPLE HIGH NEEDS.
THIS TARGET COMES FROM A STUDY COMMISSIONED BY LISC IN 2019, WHICH INDICATED THAT THE COMMUNITY NEEDED 900 TO A THOUSAND FUNDED UNITS OF P S H TO ADDRESS THE HOUSING NEEDS OF DISABLED AND CHRONICALLY HOMELESS PEOPLE WHO ARE THE MOST VULNERABLE RESIDENTS.
RECOMMENDATIONS TO DEVELOP SINGLE SITE P S H ARE PROPOSED FOR THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN, HOME FUNDING AND POTENTIALLY THE 2022 HOUSING BOND PENDING COMMUNITY INPUT PROCESS.
SINGLE SITE P S H IS A NEW INTERVENTION FOR SAN ANTONIO HUMAN SERVICES.
AND SARAH AND OTHER PARTNERS ARE PARTICIPATING IN HUD SPONSORED TRAINING AND WORKING WITH OTHER COMMUNITIES ON HOW TO ACCOMPLISH P S H DEVELOPMENT AND OPERATIONS.
AND THEN THE NEXT RECOMMENDATION IS TO CREATE A LEADERSHIP IMPACT GROUP TO COORDINATE ACROSS THE HOMELESS RESPONSE SYSTEM WITH, UH, UNBELIEVABLE FORESIGHT, REALLY HOME-BASED SUGGESTED PRE PANDEMIC THAT THIS GROUP COULD BE ESSENTIAL TO COORDINATE HOMELESS RESPONSE IN A TIME OF CRISIS.
DURING THE EARLY PART OF THE PANDEMIC HUMAN SERVICES HAVEN FOR HOPE.
AND SARAH CREATED LEADER, A LEADERSHIP RESPONSE GROUP, AND MET FREQUENTLY THROUGH THE PANDEMIC'S FIRST MONTH TO ADJUST POLICY AND PUSH OUT INFORMATION TO PROVIDERS AS WELL AS PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS REGARDING SAFETY.
UM, P P E, UH, HYGIENE, THOSE KINDS OF, UH, THINGS THAT, THAT WE NEEDED TO, UM, REDUCE SPREAD.
THE, THAT GROUP HAS EVOLVED INTO A COMMUNITY COLLABORATIVE TO COORDINATE OPERATIONS BIMONTHLY AND INCLUDES OTHER PROVIDERS AS WELL.
IN APRIL, THE SARAH BOARD, WHICH IS THE COMMUNITY'S HOMELESS RESPONSE SYSTEM LEAD, ADOPTED THE HOMELESS STRATEGIC PLAN AS THE COMMUNITY'S STRATEGIC PLAN.
SARAH BOARD REPRESENTS A BROAD COALITION WITH REPRESENTATION OF THOSE WITH LIVED EXPERIENCE OF HOMELESSNESS, BUSINESS SERVICE PROVIDERS, LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
THE CITY AND THE COUNTY HOLDS PERMANENT SEATS ON THE BOARD.
SARAH, THE C BOARD WILL TRACK COMMUNITY PROGRESS WITH AN ONLINE DASHBOARD OF METRICS THAT WILL LAUNCH EARLY NEXT YEAR.
SARAH WILL ALSO HELP FACILITATE ONGOING COORDINATION TO ENSURE THAT ALL SECTORS AND AGENCIES ARE WORKING TOWARDS THE GOALS OF THIS PLAN.
AND THAT FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL FUNDING IS ALIGNED WITH THE PLAN.
IMPLEMENTING LOW BARRIER OPTIONS THAT CONNECT UNSHELTERED POPULATIONS TO PERMANENT HOUSING
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OR SHELTER IS KEY TO REDUCING STREET HOMELESSNESS.THIS GOES HAND IN HAND WITH EXPANDED STREET OUTREACH BY PROVIDING OPTIONS FOR STREET OUTREACH WORKERS TO CONNECT THEIR CLIENTS WITH.
AT THE START OF THE PANDEMIC, UH, HUMAN SERVICES WORKED WITH CORONE MINISTRIES, CENTRO AND OTHER PARTNERS TO OPERATE THE DAILY SAN FERNANDO GYM RESOURCE HUB FOR THE HOMELESS.
THE SUCCESS OF THAT HUB RESULTED IN TRANSITION TO THE PERMANENT CORONE MINISTRIES DAY CENTER, WHICH LAUNCHED IN JULY.
THE DAY CENTER BRINGS TOGETHER MEALS, SAFE SPACE, SHOWERS, AND RESPITE WITH OUTREACH AND SERVICE PROVIDERS.
ALSO, IN JUNE, CITY COUNCIL APPROVED A FUNDING CONTRACT WITH SAM TO PILOT A LOW BARRIER NON CONGREGATE SHELTER IN A FORMAL FORMER MOTEL SPACE.
THIS OPTION FUNDED WITH CARES ACT PROVIDES AN ADDITIONAL SHELTER OPTION FOR PEOPLE WITH BARRIERS TO SUCCESS IN CONGREGATE SHELTER SETTINGS.
THE 45 ROOMS HAVE STAYED NEAR CAPACITY SINCE IT OPENED IN JULY, FOCUSED ON SERVING THE MOST HIGH NEED CHRONICALLY HOMELESS POPULATION IN THE COMMUNITY OF 71.
INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE BEEN ENROLLED TO DATE 24 HAVE EXITED THE PROGRAM WITH 13 GOING TO A PERMANENT HOUSING PLACEMENT.
WE PLAN TO EVALUATE THE SHELTER'S IMPACT OVER THE NEXT YEAR AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CONTINUING THIS AND OTHER LOW BARRIER OPTIONS THAT BEST CONNECT THE, UM, SHELTER UNSHELTERED POPULATION TO PERMANENT HOUSING.
THE PLAN ALSO RECOMMENDS INCREASING CONSUMER ENGAGE ENGAGEMENT AND EQUITY.
THIS YEAR, WE BEGAN FORMAL SURVEYS AS PART OF OUR STREET OUTREACH CLIENT ASSESSMENTS.
THE SURVEYS SHOWED THAT MANY CLIENTS ARE WILLING TO GO TO SHELTER, BUT THEY HAVE CONCERNS, QUESTIONS, OR HESITANCY FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS.
WE USE THIS INPUT TO RECOMMEND IMPROVEMENTS TO SERVICES, SHELTER, OPERATIONS, AND HOUSING OPTIONS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO UNSHELTERED INDIVIDUALS.
THIS INPUT ON NEEDS AND CHALLENGES FROM THE HOMELESS ON HOMELESSNESS AS THEY EXPERIENCE IT, IS CREATING REAL CHANGE, INCLUDING THE EXPANDED DAY SERVICES AT CORONE MINISTRIES.
AND, UM, A NEW AFTER HOURS PILOTED HAVEN FOR HOPE TO PROVIDE EVENING ACCESS TO SERVICES SUCH AS PUBLIC RESTROOMS, SHOWERS, MET SOME MEDICAL CARE AND SNACKS, UM, FOR THOSE WHO ARE UNSHELTERED, WHO DECLINED SHELTERED, WHO ARE NOT READY TO GO TO SHELTER, BUT STILL HAVE A NEED FOR THESE SERVICES.
UM, NEXT YEAR, SARAH WILL LAUNCH A CONSUMER ACTION BOARD THAT IS MODELED ON THEIR YOUTH ACTION BOARD, UM, TO FORMALIZE HOW WE LISTEN AND ACT ON THE VOICES OF PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESS HOMELESSNESS.
WE WILL ALSO WORK WITH THE C BOARD TO DEVELOP AND LAUNCH A TRAINING CURRICULUM, UH, FOR STREET OUTREACH AND OTHER POPULATIONS, UM, AND OTHER PROVIDERS THAT CENTER EQUITY EFFORTS AS A COMMUNITY PRIORITY.
THE ANNUAL POINT IN TIME COUNT IS SCHEDULED FOR JANUARY 25TH OF, UM, NEXT YEAR, 2022, AND WILL SERVE AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE INDIVIDUALS LIVING IN SHELTERS AND ON THE STREETS, GATHER INPUT ON THEIR NEEDS AND CHALLENGES, AND MAKE ADJUSTMENTS TO THE SYSTEM.
THE LAST MA MAJOR RECOMMENDATION OF THE PLAN IS TO CONDUCT A FREQUENT USERS', UH, SYSTEM ENGAGEMENT OR A FUSE STUDY TO LOOK AT THE UTILIZATION OF SERVICES SUCH AS HOSPITAL EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS, LAW ENFORCEMENT, JAIL, AND MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES AMONG PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESS HOMELESSNESS, ALSO CALLED HIGH UTILIZER STUDIES.
THE FUSE STUDY WOULD HELP US FOCUS SERVICES ON A SMALLER SUBSET OF INDIVIDUALS WHO CYCLE BETWEEN SYSTEMS AND CANNOT GAIN STABILITY IN HOUSING THAT MIGHT RESOLVE SUCH HIGH UTILIZATION.
WE MAY BE ABLE TO LEVERAGE SIMILAR WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE THROUGH STRAC AND METHODIST HEALTHCARE MINISTRIES BY THE MEADOWS FOUNDATION AND CAPITAL FINANCE PARTNERS, UM, TO IDENTIFY THE HIGHEST UTILIZERS OF MENTAL HEALTH AND MEDICAL SERVICES IN THE COMMUNITY.
THIS RECOMMENDATION WAS IDENTIFIED AS A PRIORITY FOR LATER IMPLEMENTATION.
UM, NEXT YEAR, WE WOULD BEGIN TO IDENTIFY PARTNERS THAT CAN CONDUCT THE STUDY AND, AND DATA RESOURCES THAT WOULD, UM, PROVIDE THE INFORMATION THAT, THAT A CONSULTANT WOULD NEED WITH A GOAL OF COMPLETING THE STUDY IN 2023.
WITHIN THIS RECOMMENDATION IS ALSO A STRATEGY TO DEVELOP A HOMELESS COURT USING A RESTORATIVE JUSTICE MODEL, WHICH HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN OTHER COMMUNITIES.
HUMAN SERVICES WILL ENGAGE WITH MUNICIPAL COURT ON HOW THIS COULD LOOK IN SAN ANTONIO TO USE THE JUSTICE SYSTEM TO IMPROVE OUTCOME FOR PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
AND THAT DOES CONCLUDE MY REPORT ON THE STATUS OF THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.
THE HOMELESS STRATEGIC PLAN IMPLEMENTATION IS A WORK IN PROGRESS.
WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH OUR PARTNERS TO REFINE STRATEGIES AND
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DEVELOP A FUNDING, UM, PLAN.AS NEXT STEPS, WE RECOMMEND PROVIDING THIS UPDATE TO THE FULL CITY COUNCIL AT B SESSION NEXT WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 3RD, UH, THROUGH THE END OF 2021, WE WILL CONTINUE WORKING WITH NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND THE CHIEF HOUSING OFFICER TO SUBMIT THE HOME, UM, UH, ART PLAN TO HUD, UH, WITH CITY COUNCIL STAKEHOLDER AND COMMUNITY INPUT AND IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE SHIP, AND ALSO TO SUPPORT THE PUBLIC INPUT PROCESS FOR THE 2022 HOUSING BOND PROGRAM TO FURTHER DEVELOP AFFORDABLE AND PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE REGARDING THE, UH, PLAN RECOMMENDATIONS.
I WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS PRESENTATION.
WE, UM, KNOW THAT WE HAVE SEEN, UM, AN INCREASE IN, IN INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE OF THE EFFECTS OF THE PANDEMIC.
SO, UM, I, I WANNA TAKE SOME TIME TO, UH, THANK MARK CARMONA AND I MET THE OTHER DAY, AND SO WE HAD, UH, SOME GOOD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHAT WE WERE DOING.
AND BRIDGET WHITE, UH, AND JOE GUILLEN, OUR HOMELESSNESS COORDINATOR, UM, WENT OUT LAST WEEK, I BELIEVE.
AND SO WE DID A WALKTHROUGH OF AN ENCAMPMENT, AND SO OFFERED SOME ASSISTANCE.
SO I GOT TO SEE FIRSTHAND HOW THAT WORKS.
UM, AND THEN I'LL BE GOING OUT NEXT FRIDAY ON BIKE PATROL, UM, WITH SOUTH SUBSTATION TO GET INTO SOME OF THE AREAS THAT ARE A LITTLE BIT MORE DIFFICULT TO SEE FROM THE HIGHWAY OR FROM OUR, OUR DAILY TRAVELS.
SO IT, IT REALLY DOES TAKE A, UM, A CONCENTRATED EFFORT AND A AN ENTIRE GROUP OF FOLKS.
SO THANK YOU ALL FOR ALL OF THAT.
UM, BUT OUR COMMUNITY IS ALSO RESPONDING VERY, VERY WELL AND IN HELPING.
AND SO, UM, I'M, I'M HAPPY TODAY WE HAVE EL DORA HERE FOR SOMETHING ELSE, BUT I'M GLAD THAT HE'S HERE SO THAT HE COULD LISTEN TO THIS.
AND HIS, UM, UH, CHURCH HAS BEEN HELPING WITH, UM, SOME, SOME, SOME INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AS WELL.
AND SO THEY'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR AT LEAST TWO YEARS NOW.
SO WE ALSO HAVE THE COMMUNITY STEPPING UP AND, AND ONE OF, UH, OUR, OUR, UH, RESIDENTS AS WELL.
UM, AARON NOBL, UH, WAS, UH, CALLING, UH, ABOUT SOME ISSUES UNDER, UH, A BRIDGE.
AND SO WE WERE ABLE TO WORK WITH YOUR TEAM IN PARTICULAR, TO PUT UP BILLBOARDS THAT REMIND PEOPLE THAT, UM, THAT, THAT IT'S BEST NOT TO, UM, GIVE MONEY DIRECTLY TO, TO FOLKS WHO ARE ASKING FOR THAT.
AND WITH, WITH THAT SAID, I SAW THAT YOU ALL HAVE THE, THE HOMELESSNESS CONNECTIONS HOTLINE, AND I KIND OF FORGOT ABOUT THAT, MAYBE BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC.
YOU ALL ARE PUSHING THAT 2 1 0 2 0 7 17 99 NUMBER OUT.
BUT I THINK THAT, UM, IF, IF YOU ALL, UH, I'M SURE YOU HAVE, BUT NEXTDOOR IS A GREAT AVENUE, RIGHT? SO THAT OUR, OUR, UH, FOLKS COULD CALL DIRECTLY TO THAT NUMBER.
UM, I ALWAYS TELL EVERYBODY DEFAULT IS 3 1 1, THEY'RE GONNA TRANSFER YOU WHEREVER YOU NEED TO BE TRANSFERRED, RIGHT? UM, BUT, UM, BUT THANK YOU FOR THAT.
AND THEN I WANNA, UH, START OFF BY SAYING THAT I, I APPRECIATE THE, UM, THE INVESTMENT, UM, THE PIE CHART.
THERE'S A HUGE, UM, CHUNK OF, OF MONEY THAT GOES IN THE INDIRECT CATEGORY, BUT HOW DOES THAT HELP PROVIDE, UM, UH, HELP TO THE HOMELESSNESS COMMUNITY? UM, IS IT MOSTLY FOR CYCLICAL ABATEMENTS? UM, I, I MEAN, I KNOW THIS GOES THROUGH PUBLIC WORKS AND, AND FIRE AND POLICE HELP ME UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT MORE.
SO THE INDIRECT COSTS ARE, UM, THE POLICING COSTS, YOU KNOW, PART OF DOWNTOWN BIKE PATROL SAFE OFFICERS, THE TIME THAT THEY SPEND WORKING WITH THE HOMELESS POPULATION ARE, UH, ACCOMPANY US TO, UM, ABATEMENTS AND SOME OF THOSE AREAS THAT ARE HARDER TO GET TO.
THERE'S ALSO A NUMBER OF E M SS CALLS, UM, TO, YOU KNOW, OUTSIDE OF HAVEN FOR HOPE AND TO SOME AREAS OF THE COMMUNITY.
UM, SO THE COST OF THOSE E M S CALLS IS ALSO INCLUDED IN THAT THE MENTAL HEALTH UNIT, UM, PART OF THE MENTAL HEALTH UNIT COSTS, UM, THAT APPLY TO HOMELESSNESS.
SO THESE ARE THE, THESE ARE THE COSTS OF, UM, ADDRESSING THE CHALLENGES OF HOMELESSNESS.
NOT THE HOMELESSNESS, NOT THE HOMELESS SERVICES OR THE HOMELESS OUTREACH TEAM, BUT THE COST, UM, OF THOSE ANCILLARY, UH, YOU KNOW, SERVICES AS WELL AS THE PUBLIC WORKS COSTS FOR ABATEMENT OF THE STORM WATER AREAS.
UM, THANK YOU FOR THAT EXPLANATION.
I'LL STAY ON THIS SLIDE, BUT BEFORE I DO THAT, I REALIZED THAT I LOOKED RIGHT AT MARJORIE WHITE AND I SAID BRIDGET, SO MY APOLOGIES, UM, FOR THAT.
UM, BUT ON THAT SAME SLIDE, WE HAVE AN INVESTMENT OF $35.2 MILLION, UM, UH, REFERENCED HERE, BUT AT THE BOTTOM, WE HAVE A TOTAL COMMUNITY INVESTMENT OF 69.7.
UM, WHERE'S THAT THE REST OF THE MONEY COME FROM AND WHERE DOES IT GO? MOST OF IT IS FEDERAL, UM, FUNDING THAT GOES DIRECTLY TO PROVIDERS IN THE COMMUNITY.
FOR EXAMPLE, THERE'S A LOT OF VETERAN FUNDING INCLUDED IN THIS FOR VETERAN HOMELESS INITIATIVES THAT IS CONTRACTED TO ENDEAVORS OR TO AMERICAN GI FORUM DIRECTLY.
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IT'S THOSE OTHER FEDERAL FUNDING SOURCES THAT THEY DON'T COME THROUGH THE CITY, BUT THEY'RE CERTAINLY IMPACTING THE, THE HOMELESS RESPONSE SYSTEM.UM, AND THEN IF, WHILE YOU'RE UP THERE MAIL IS THERE, CAN YOU GIVE US AN UPDATE ON THE NEW STATE REQUIREMENTS TO ENCAMPMENTS JUST AS A REFRESHER? SURE.
SO THE STATE PASSED LEGISLATION, LEGISLATION REQUIRING THAT COMMUNITIES, UM, REALLY DO SOMETHING ABOUT ENCAMPMENTS AND THAT THEY, UH, FOLLOW POLICIES THAT THEY ALREADY HAVE.
AND SO IN A LOT OF WAYS, THE, UM, THE POLICY THAT WE ALREADY HAVE AT THE CITY MIRRORED WHAT THE STATE PASSED.
YOU KNOW, THERE IS AN OUTREACH NOTICE.
UM, WHAT THEY ALSO INCLUDED IN IT IS THAT, UM, CITY OR A, A POLICE DEPARTMENT CANNOT GIVE INSTRUCTION TO EMPLOYEES OR OFFICERS, UM, TO IGNORE THE ABATEMENT.
THEY CANNOT TELL THEM NO, YOU KNOW, DON'T ISSUE CITATIONS OR, OR DON'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
AND SO, UM, BUT OFFICERS STILL HAVE, UM, DISCRETION IN THAT AREA.
AND SO I, THEY CONTINUE TO USE THAT.
UM, BUT WE FEEL LIKE WE'RE, UH, IN GOOD ALIGNMENT WITH THE STATE, UH, RECOMMENDATION.
WE WENT THROUGH AND WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, REVIEWED THE PROTOCOL THAT WE DO HAVE, UM, FOR ABATING ENCAMPMENTS AND, YOU KNOW, MADE SOME TWEAKS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT, UM, WE DON'T SEE IT IMPACTING OUR PROCESS.
UM, HOW DOES D H SS IDENTIFY THE SITES THAT GET? UM, I, I, UH, UH, ABATED.
AND SO THE, THE REASON THAT I'M ASKING IS BECAUSE I KNOW THAT OUR, UH, OUTREACH COORDINATOR DOESN'T NECESSARILY WORK WITH THE ABATEMENT CREW.
SO HELP ME UNDERSTAND THAT, THAT CONNECTION.
WE ARE NOTIFIED OF, UM, ENCAMPMENTS THROUGH IN A NUMBER OF WAYS.
SOME, YOU KNOW, THE STREET OUTREACH WORKERS MAY, MAY SEE ONE AND NOTIFY US, UM, OR WE GET A CALL THROUGH THREE ONE ONE, IT MIGHT COME FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, HEY, THERE'S A BIG ENCAMPMENT.
ARE WE GONNA DO SOMETHING TXDOT? WE WORK CLOSELY WITH TDOT.
AND SO WHEN WE GET THOSE, UM, CALLS, WE, WE GO ON SITE TO START OUTREACH.
WE ASSESS THE ENCAMPMENT FOR, UM, SERIOUS HEALTH OR SAFETY CONCERNS, AND THEN WORK WITH THE PARTNERS THAT WE NEED TO WORK TO, WHETHER IT'S, MAYBE IT'S ON PARKS PROPERTY, WE WORK WITH PARKS, IF IT'S SOLID WASTE OR PUBLIC WORKS, OR IF IT'S PRIVATE PROPERTY, THEN WE WORK WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
SO WE PUT THAT TEAM TOGETHER AND DISCUSS, UM, THE PLAN IF, IF THERE'S A NEED TO ABATE THE PROPERTY.
AND THEN MY, MY NEXT QUESTION IS ON THE LOW BARRIER OPTIONS IN PARTICULAR.
AND SO IT SEEMS LIKE, UM, UH, A LOT OF THE FOLKS WHO ARE IN THIS SITUATION TEND TO WANT TO GET BACK IN, INTO, UM, SOME SORT OF, UM, PROCESS, RIGHT? THEY, THEY WANT TO START FOLLOWING THE RULES, BUT IT'S TAKEN THEM SO LONG AND THEY'VE BEEN WITHOUT RULES FOR SO LONG, UM, THAT I, I DO BELIEVE THAT WE NEED SOME ADDITIONAL LOW BARRIER OPTIONS.
CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND HOW MANY THERE CURRENTLY ARE? WELL, THE, OF COURSE, THE MOST RECENT IS THE SAM'S SHELTER.
AND, YOU KNOW, IN SOME WAYS, STREET OUTREACH IS LOW BARRIER BECAUSE WE'RE GETTING SERVICES TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE DECIDED TO OR MADE THE DECISION AT THE TIME TO REMAIN ON THE STREET.
AND SO, WHILE THEY'RE ALWAYS OFFERED SHELTER, UM, IF THEY DECLINE IT, THEY'RE, THEY'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, TAKEN OFF THE LIST.
OUR, OUR STREET OUTREACH WORKERS CONTINUE TO CHECK IN ON THEM AND WORK WITH THEM AND, AND HELP THEM, UM, CONNECT TO RESOURCES.
AND SO THAT'S PROBABLY THE MOST LOW BARRIER STRATEGY.
UM, NEXT WOULD BE THE, THE NEW SAM HOTEL HAVEN FOR HOPE HAS OVER TIME, I WOULD SAY, BECOME MORE LOW BARRIER, UM, LOOSENING UP ON, UH, SOME OF THEIR REQUIREMENTS.
I MEAN, THIS, THIS EVENING HOURS PILOT PROJECT IS, UM, A REALLY A, A NEW CONCEPT FOR HAVEN FOR HOPE.
AND THAT, YOU KNOW, AND THEN KIND OF GOING ON TO THE NEXT, YOU KNOW, SALVATION ARMY IS LESS LOW BARRIER, THE EMERGENCY SHELTER, UM, THEY DO HAVE REQUIREMENTS THAT SOMETIMES ARE, ARE HARD FOR HOMELESS PEOPLE TO FIT AS WELL AS A, A NIGHTLY COST AFTER THREE DAYS.
AND SO, UM, THOSE ARE REALLY THE, UM, THE, RIGHT NOW THE LOW BARRIER OPTIONS THAT WE HAVE.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I, UM, APPRECIATE IS THE, THE MOBILE SHOWER, THE MOBILITY OF THE MOBILE SHOWER.
BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW IT'S GOTTEN OUT BEYOND CERTAIN AREAS OF TOWN.
HAS IT BEEN TO EVERY COUNCIL DISTRICT? HELP ME UNDERSTAND THE SCHEDULING FOR THE MOBILE SHOWER.
WELL, WE HAVE, UM, A COUPLE, UM, SO AT CAM MINISTRIES, THERE'S A
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PERMANENT MOBILE SHOWER, AND THAT WAS DONATED, UM, WELL, ORIGINALLY DONATED BY BAPTIST CHILDREN AND FAMILIES.AND THEN CAM HAS SINCE REPLACED IT.
YEAH, IT'S QUITE LARGE, AND IT REQUIRES A SEMI TO TAKE IT AROUND.
UM, SO IT STAYS WHERE IT IS AND IS ABLE TO SERVE A LOT OF PEOPLE.
BOTH, UM, THOSE CLIENTS GOING TO CAM MINISTRIES AND THOSE GOING TO THE CORONE MINISTRIES DAY CENTER.
UM, OUR MOBILE SHOWER THAT WE PURCHASED, UH, IS NOT AS MOBILE AS YOU MIGHT THINK.
IT DOES TAKE, UM, QUITE A BIT OF EFFORT TO MOVE IT AROUND.
AND SO WE ARE USING IT, UM, OR I THINK IT'S BEING REPAIRED RIGHT NOW.
AND SO WE'RE USING IT AT THE NEW HUB THAT OPENED YESTERDAY IN, UM, COUNCIL DISTRICT ONE AT HARPER'S EDGE FIVE, YEAH.
ON THE EDGE OF FIVE AT THE, AT HARPER'S CHURCH.
AND SO THAT HUB IS BEING OFFERED ONCE A WEEK.
UM, AND WE'RE WORKING WITH OTHER CONGREGATIONS TO IDENTIFY SITES THAT WE CAN, WE CAN OPEN OTHER HUBS, RECOGNIZING THAT NOT ALL OF THE HOMELESS PEOPLE ARE DOWNTOWN.
AND SO WE NEED TO GET THOSE SERVICES OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY.
AND, UM, THROUGH THE, WITH THE HELP OF OUR FAITH-BASED LIAISON AND THE BRIDGES TO CARE PROGRAM, UH, YOU KNOW, WE FEEL LIKE WE CAN IDENTIFY CONGREGATIONS THAT, THAT CAN HELP US WITH THE HEAVY LIFT, AND THEN WE'LL DRIVE THE MOBILE SHOWER AROUND.
AND THEN, UM, ON SLIDE 13, YOU HAVE INCREASING CONSUMER ENGAGEMENT AND EQUITY, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
UM, I RECENTLY ASKED ABOUT A, A, A GENTLEMAN WHO WAS STAYING KIND OF CLOSE TO A SCHOOL, AND WHEN, UM, OUR HOMELESSNESS COORDINATOR REACHED OUT, HE SAID THAT THE REASON THAT HE DIDN'T INITIALLY WANNA GO TO A SHELTER IS BECAUSE HE DIDN'T WANNA LEAVE HIS PET BEHIND HIS DOG.
AND SO, UM, THAT IS ONE OF THESE THINGS WITH CONSUMER ENGAGEMENT, LET'S HELP UNDERSTAND, LET'S FIGURE OUT WHERE WE CAN.
AND I, AND I, I, I, I HAVE HEARD THAT THERE'S A LOT OF SITUATIONS LIKE THAT, SO I'M SURE IT'S NOT JUST UNIQUE TO THAT ONE INDIVIDUAL.
UM, SO THANK YOU FOR, FOR THE CONSUMER ENGAGEMENT AND EQUITY APPROACH.
UM, TO THAT POINT, UM, HOW ARE WE ASSISTING THOSE THAT ASK FOR DRUG TREATMENTS? AND SO THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, I NEED HELP AND I WANT HELP.
WHAT DO WE DO THEN? WELL, WHEN, WHEN THEY ARE READY TO GO, UM, YOU KNOW, THE FIRST STEP FOR MOST ADDICTIONS, NOT ALL, IS DETOX.
AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE HAS BEEN SOME LIMIT LIMITATIONS ON DETOX BEDS WITH THE DIFFERENT OUTBREAKS OF COVID BECAUSE IT REDUCES THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THEY CAN HAVE IN THE FACILITY.
HOWEVER, WE'RE GENERALLY ABLE TO GET SOMEONE A BED WITHIN A DAY OR TWO.
THE DOWNSIDE OF THAT IS THAT THEY MIGHT, THE NEXT DAY HAVE CHANGED THEIR MIND.
AND SO WE REALLY DO WANT TO GET PEOPLE THERE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
UM, SO THAT'S, THAT'S A KEY PART OF IT, IS GOING TO THE DETOX FIRST AND THEN, YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY MOVING ON TO TREATMENT AT THE HAVEN FOR HOPE INTEGRATED TREATMENT PROGRAM OR OTHER TREATMENT PROGRAMS IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND, UM, UM, I WAS ABLE TO HELP WITH THE SETUP OF THE HOMELESSNESS SHELTER RIGHT BEFORE URI AND THE STREET MED TEAM IS AMAZING.
AND I JUST, UM, WANNA GIVE THEM A SHOUT OUT.
THEY DO A GREAT JOB OF, UM, BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS AND, AND APPROACHING FOLKS AND SAYING, HEY, LOOK, WE CAN HELP.
AND SO WE, I SAW A LOT, ALMOST EVERYBODY THAT THEY APPROACHED SAID YES TO THE HELP.
AND SO THAT WAS REALLY NEAT TO, TO, UM, TO SEE HOW THEY WORK.
UM, WE'LL START BACKWARDS THIS TIME.
UH, COUNCILWOMAN BRAN, WE'LL START WITH YOUR QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
UH, SO, UM, ARE WE KEEPING TRACK OF HOW MANY OF THESE ENCAMPMENTS OR, UH, MULTIPLE, UH, HOMELESS PEOPLE ARE STAYING AT VACANT BUILDINGS AND VACANT LOTS? SO, ONE OF THE WAYS THAT OUR OUTREACH GRID SOFTWARE WOULD HELP IS THAT IF A STREET OUTREACH PERSON IS ENCOUNTERING SOMEONE IN A VACANT BUILDING, YOU KNOW, THEY CAN, THEY CAN IDENTIFY THE LOCATION, DROP A PEN.
SO WE, WE WOULD BE AWARE OF THAT.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE NOT OVER, YOU KNOW, IN THE PAST TRACKED VACANT BUILDINGS OR SPECIFICALLY SET UP, UM, PLANS TO CHECK ALL OF THE VACANT BUILDINGS, BUT CERTAINLY WHEN THERE'S FIRES OR THINGS LIKE THAT, THEN WE KNOW ABOUT THEM.
UM, BUT THAT'S, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN TRACK WITH OUTREACH GRID AND, AND THEN REPORT ON.
YEAH, I WOULD LIKE A REPORT FOR THAT.
I AM SO EXTREMELY PLEASED WITH, UH, DANIEL GRO OVER IN DISTRICT THREE.
HE IS DOING AN INCREDIBLE JOB, AND HE IS WORKING SO HARD, BUT I REALLY DO THINK WE NEED TO ADDRESS THE PEOPLE THAT JUST AREN'T GOING TO GO, UH, INTO THE SHELTER.
AND WHAT DO WE DO THERE? AND HOW DO I TELL THE NEIGHBORS, BECAUSE I HAVE SO
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MANY NEIGHBORS THAT ARE WELL INTENTIONED THAT ARE TRYING TO HELP, UH, THE HOMELESS ON THEIR OWN, BUT LETTING THEM UNDERSTAND THE SIGNS IS THIS ISN'T SOMEONE THAT'S GOING TO TAKE, TAKE THEIR HELP.LIKE, THEY, THEY STILL NEED TO DO THAT.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE DO THAT OUTREACH ALSO WITH THE COMMUNITY, BECAUSE THE PROBLEM I'M HAVING WITH MY COMMUNITY IS THEY RELATE HOMELESSNESS TO, UM, TO CRIME AND VIOLENCE.
AND HOW DO I, UH, DISMISS THAT IF 20 POINT, 21.4 MILLION IS GOING TO POLICE, FIRE, AND PUBLIC WORKS, HOW, HOW DO I DISMISS THAT THIS ISN'T VIOLENT? HOW THAT THIS ISN'T VIOLENT, THIS ISN'T CRIMINAL.
THE OTHER ASPECT IS THE ENCAMPMENTS.
I HAVE GREAT CONCERNS WITH THOSE, UM, THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING THAT COULD BE GOING ON, THE VIOLENCE, THE CRIME IN THOSE AREAS.
AND IT'S WHY MY NEIGHBORS DON'T WANT, DON'T LIKE TO SEE ENCAMPMENTS.
UM, THEY AUTOMATICALLY THINK IT'S RELATED TO DRUGS.
AND, UM, SO I THINK WE NEED TO DO BETTER WHEN WE GO OUT INTO OUR COMMUNITY, AND DANIEL DOES A GREAT JOB WITH OUR HOAS TRYING TO EXPLAIN, BUT THAT'S ONE H O A AT A TIME THAT HE'S DOING THIS.
SO A A BIG THING IS SAYING, AND IF WE COULD PROVIDE THE STATS OF WHEN WE GO THROUGH ENCAMPMENTS AND WE FIND DRUG PARAPHERNALIA, OR WE FIND THAT WOMEN HA WOMEN OR MEN MM-HMM.
AND THAT WAY THE COMMUNITY KNOWS THIS IS WHY WE'RE STOPPING ENCAMPMENTS.
THIS IS WHY WE'RE, WE'RE, UH, THE POLICE HAVE TO GO IN AND WE HAVE TO SPEND MONEY FOR THE POLICE TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE.
UM, I'M VERY PLEASED WITH OUR VETERAN, UH, GROUPS THAT GO OUT AND DO OUTREACH.
I FEEL LIKE THEY'VE DONE IT REALLY WELL, AND I FEEL LIKE WE, WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THEIR MODEL, BUT THEY GO OUT SPECIFICALLY LOOKING FOR OUR, OUR HOMELESS VETERANS.
AND AS A MILITARY CITY, U S A, I THINK THAT SHOULD BE OUR PRIORITY, BUT WE HA BUT WHAT WE HAVE TO REMEMBER IS THAT WE HAVE OTHER, UM, POPULATIONS THAT NEED TO BE, UM, NEED TO BE KIND OF FOCUSED ON ALSO.
I AM, UH, I, I MOVE THAT WE, UH, TAKE IT TO THE FULL COUNCIL ON WHAT WAS THE RECOMMENDATION, NOVEMBER 3RD, NOVEMBER 3RD TO BE SESSION.
I THINK YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS TOO, BUT I THINK TOGETHER WE CAN GET THE MESSAGE OUT TO THE COMMUNITY, BECAUSE I HAVE SO MANY WELL-INTENTIONED NEIGHBORS, BUT THEY NEED, THEY NEED HELP AND MORE INFORMATION.
AND JUST TO FOLLOW UP, WE, ONE OF OUR STRATEGIES IS TO, UM, PUT TOGETHER A COMMUNICATIONS PLAN, UM, WORK WITH A CONSULTANT TO, YOU KNOW, IDENTIFY WHAT ARE THOSE COMMUNICATIONS NEEDS TO THE COMMUNITY, WHAT'S THE BEST WAY TO PRESENT THEM, WHAT, WHAT AVENUES TO USE.
AND SO YOU'LL SEE THAT ROLLING OUT AS WELL.
WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE TABLE.
WE'LL CONTINUE WITH COUNCIL DISCUSSION BEFORE WE TAKE UP THE VOTE.
AND COUNCILMAN BRAVO, THE FLOOR IS YOURS.
UH, MELODY, CAN YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT THE TIMELINE IS FOR THAT COMMUNICATIONS PLAN? I WOULD EXPECT TO START SEEING THAT, UM, BY THE END OF THE YEAR, EARLY INTO JANUARY.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD INCLUDE SOCIAL MEDIA.
IT'LL BE PART OF MATERIALS THAT ARE, ARE OUTREACH, UM, WORKERS ARE, ARE ARMED WITH, YOU KNOW, SO THAT THEY CAN, UH, PROVIDE INFORMATION TO THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE CAN PROVIDE IT TO COUNCIL, IF YOU WANT TO PUT IT IN NEWSLETTERS.
I ASK BECAUSE, UM, WE'RE WORKING WITH SARAH AND THE CENTER FOR HEALTHCARE SERVICES AND ANOTHER ENTITY TO BUNDLE DIFFERENT WORKSHOPS.
ONE WORKSHOP BEING HOMELESSNESS 1 0 1, ANOTHER WORKSHOP BEING HOW TO BE A FIRST RESPONDER FOR SOMEBODY WITH SOMEBODY WHO'S EXPERIENCING A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS, AND ANOTHER ONE ON, UH, HOW, YOU KNOW, HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND WHAT ARE THE SIGNS TO LOOK FOR AND WHO TO REPORT 'EM TO.
AND SO WE WANT TO TAKE THAT BUNDLE, THOSE WORKSHOPS, AND TAKE THEM ON THE ROAD TO OUR DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS, UM, YOU KNOW, WHO ARE CONTACTING US, CONCERNED ABOUT PEOPLE LIVING ON THE STREETS IN THEIR, IN THEIR COMMUNITY.
UM, BUT I WANT TO BE ABLE TO ADD, UM, YOU KNOW, THE DIFFERENT TALKING POINTS FROM THOSE COMMUNICATION PLAN THAT WE'RE LIKE, WE'RE LOOKING TO EDUCATE AND INFORM, I MEAN, EDUCATE AND EMPOWER THE NEIGHBORHOODS.
UM, AND THAT WILL BE REALLY HELPFUL TO ADD TO THAT.
UM, WE, WE HAD ASKED YOU ALL TO PUT TOGETHER SOME KIND OF, YOU MENTIONED THAT HOTLINE, WE HAD ASKED YOU ALL TO PUT TOGETHER A RESOURCE CARD MM-HMM.
UM, AND I KNOW YOU ALL DID THAT.
AND THEN I KNOW MY STAFF WAS GOING TO BE, UH, CIRCULATING THAT AMONG THE DIFFERENT NONPROFITS THAT SERVE THE HOMELESS COMMUNITY TO SEE IF THERE WAS ANYTHING THAT COULD BE ADDED TO IT.
AND I KNOW WE WERE HOPING THAT WHEN ANYONE GETS FINALIZED,
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THAT WE WOULD MAYBE BE ABLE TO DO, UM, LAMINATED COPIES OR SOMETHING.DO YOU KNOW WHERE WE'RE AT IN THAT PROCESS? I, I'M NOT REALLY SURE WE HAVE THEM.
WELL, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT ALL THE OTHER COUNCIL OFFICES KNOW SO THAT THEY CAN BE ABLE TO DISTRIBUTE THEM IN THEIR DISTRICTS AS WELL FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE PEOPLE LIVING, UH, HOMELESS PEOPLE LIVING IN THEIR COMMUNITY.
UM, WE'LL GET THOSE OUT THROUGH THE LIAISONS.
UM, THE, THE LAST POINT IN TIME COUNT WAS 2,932 INDIVIDUALS IN JANUARY OF 2020.
WE DIDN'T DO THE POINT IN TIME COUNT IN 2021 BECAUSE OF COVID CONCERNS.
WHAT ARE YOU HEARING ABOUT FOR 2022? DO YOU, DO WE THINK THAT THERE'S, THERE'S GONNA BE AN ATTEMPT TO DO SO? WE'RE DOING IT.
BECAUSE LIKE WE HEAR FROM A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT THEY BELIEVE THE NUMBER'S GONE UP SIGNIFICANTLY BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC, AND WE DON'T HAVE DATA RIGHT NOW TO, TO SUPPORT THAT.
UM, WHEN, WHEN YOU ALL ENCOUNTER, UH, INDIVIDUALS LIVING IN VACANT BUILDINGS, HOW ARE YOU COORDINATING WITH THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS THAT, YOU KNOW, DEAL WITH VACANT BUILDING SITUATIONS? RIGHT.
SO, YOU KNOW, THE FIRST, UM, ATTEMPT IS OUT, YOU KNOW, DOING THE OUTREACH AND, AND TRYING TO GET THEM TO MOVE INTO SHELTER, TALKING TO THE CLIENTS ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, THE INHERENT HAZARDS OF SOME OF THE VACANT BUILDINGS.
ALSO THAT IT'S ON PRIVATE PROPERTY.
AND SO WHEN IT IS ON PRIVATE PROPERTY, THAT'S WHEN WE WORK WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT TO NOTIFY THE OWNER THAT THEY NEED TO SECURE THE BUILDING.
UM, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S NOT THE CITY'S RESPONSIBILITY TO SECURE VACANT BUILDINGS, IT'S THE PRIVATE PROPERTIES, PROPERTY OWNERS RESPONSIBILITY, AND GENERALLY VACANT BUILDINGS ARE PRIVATE PROPERTY.
SO THAT'S REALLY THE PROCESS IS TO NOTIFY D S D OR CODE COMPLIANCE AND WORK WITH THEM TO SECURE THE PROPERTY.
AND THEN HUMAN SERVICES IS WORKING WITH THE INDIVIDUAL TO FIND AN ALTERNATIVE PLACE TO STAY.
UH, I THINK THAT'S THE EXTENT OF MY QUESTIONS.
OUR CONSTITUENT SERVICES OFFICE GETS AT LEAST TWO CALLS A WEEK REGARDING ENCAMPMENTS.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, OUR OUTREACH COORDINATOR WHO WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL FOR NIKITA, HAS BEEN DOING A GREAT JOB, UH, WITH COMMUNITY.
UM, AND WHEN WE HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR UNHOUSED NEIGHBORS, WE LEARN, YOU KNOW, LIKE AS THE STUDY SHOWS, THERE'S A SPECTRUM OF REASONS WHY FOLKS ARE LIVING OUT ON THE STREETS.
UM, AND, AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT THE OPIOID CRISIS THAT WE'RE HAVING.
UM, I THINK THAT OFTEN GETS LEFT OUT OF THE CONVERSATION AND THE IMPORTANCE OF HAVING ACCESS TO METHADONE CLINICS AND TO MEDICS, UM, WHETHER IT BE FOR MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES OR FOR, UM, DEPENDENCY ON SUBSTANCES.
UM, SO WHEN I LOOK AT THE SLIDE THAT HAS THE TOTAL COMMUNITY INVESTMENTS, AND I HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH UNHOUSED FOLKS, AND I HAVE OFF, UH, CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR OFFICERS REGARDING ENCAMPMENTS, RIGHT? THERE'S, THERE'S THAT CONCERN THAT WE CAN'T ARREST THE PROBLEM AWAY, RIGHT? FOLKS CALL THE COPS THAT THEY'RE SEEING ACTIVITY, THEY'RE UNHOUSED.
IF THERE'S PARAPHERNALIA, IF THEY ARE ON PRIVATE PROPERTY, THEN THERE'S, THEN PD CAN TAKE SOMEONE IN.
BUT ONCE THEY TAKE SOMEONE IN, THEY'RE BACK OUT ON THE STREET AGAIN, RIGHT? SO I, I THINK, YOU KNOW, WITH THE TOTAL COMMUNITY INVESTMENT, UH, I, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE IN THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, AND I KNOW THAT'S A CONVERSATION, UH, WITH THE UPCOMING BUDGET, RIGHT? MM-HMM.
UM, BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO HAVE A, A DEEP CONVERSATION THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T POLICE THIS, THIS CRISIS AWAY.
AND THE SOLUTION LIES WITHIN SUPPORTING, UM, THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, UH, ENSURING THAT WE ARE PROVIDING WRAPAROUND SERVICES THAT ARE ACCESSIBLE, THAT WE ARE PROVIDING, UH, MEDICS, UM, THAT AT THE STATE LEVEL THAT WE ARE ADVOCATING FOR THE EXPANSION OF MEDICAID, MEDICARE.
UM, 'CAUSE WHEN WE HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH FOLKS OUT ON THE STREETS, UM, THEY'LL TELL YOU, YOU KNOW, UM, WE, WE RECEIVED A CALL OFF OF TRINITY.
I WENT, SPOKE TO THE FOLKS AND, YOU KNOW, THEY SHARED, ONE WAS RECENTLY HOMELESS.
UM, HIS MOM DIED OF C O V I D, AND SHE WAS THE PRIMARY, UH, CAREGIVER.
UM, YOU KNOW, IT WAS HER HOME.
SHE WAS, SHE WAS PAYING THE RENT ESSENTIALLY.
AND NOW HE'S OUT ON THE STREET.
HE'S LIKE, I DON'T WANNA BE HERE.
AND, YOU KNOW, HE'S LIKE, BUT WHAT WE DO NEED IS A TRASH CAN.
HE'S LIKE, LIKE, LOOK AT ALL THIS TRASH.
SO, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE, ARE PEOPLE THAT I THINK WE NEED TO MOVE AWAY FROM CRIMINALIZING.
AND I THINK WHEN WE LOOK AT THE COMMUNITY INVESTMENT, IT NEEDS TO GO TOWARDS REAL SOLUTIONS LIKE THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES AND THE GREAT WORK THAT THE OUTREACH COORDINATORS ARE DOING.
UM, WHEN I READ THE STUDY, UM, AND I SEE THAT WE SEE AN INCREASE OF UNHOUSED FAMILIES, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WHEN WE HAVE THE CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS SHIP THAT WE ASK, YOU KNOW, THE, THE
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UNHOUSED FAMILIES THAT WE'RE ENCOUNTERING, WHAT HOUSING ARE THEY TRANSITIONING INTO, AND HOW MUCH OF THAT DO WE HAVE AVAILABLE? HOW LONG ARE THEY WAITING TO ACCESS THAT HOUSING? AND HOW DO WE RECALIBRATE TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE MEETING THAT NEED? UM, RATHER THAN HAVING THIS BACKLOG OF FAMILIES, UH, WAITING TO HAVE ACCESS AND GET OFF THE STREETS.UM, AND, AND I WANNA ECHO, YOU KNOW, OR EMPHASIZE RATHER THAT, YOU KNOW, THE HOUSING SUPPORT IS IN THE REC RECONCILIATION BILL, NOT THE INFRASTRUCTURE BILL.
SO I WOULD HOPE TO HEAR CITY LEADERSHIP HAVE JUST AS MUCH ENERGY, UH, AS THEY DO FOR THE INFRASTRUCTURE BILL, FOR THE RECONCILIATION BILL.
UM, AND, UM, UH, REGARDING THE CONVERSATION WITH THE PD OUTREACH, DO WE HAVE TO UPDATE OUR POLICY ON RESOURCES, UH, THAT THEY CAN OFFER.
UM, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? THE, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT CAN OFFER? YES.
UM, I THINK THAT'S MORE OF A, UH, INFORMATION EDUCATION PIECE THAN, THAN A POLICY.
UM, WE, WE LET THEM KNOW, YOU KNOW, HAVEN HAS BEDS, THERE'S DETOX.
'CAUSE SOMETIMES THE POLICE WILL TAKE PEOPLE TO HAVEN.
THEY, THEY DO THAT QUITE OFTEN ACTUALLY, IF THEY'RE WILLING TO GO.
AND SO I THINK IT'S UP TO US TO KEEP THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE OFFICERS THAT WE WORK WITH, UM, UPDATED ON WHAT'S AVAILABLE.
WE DO HAVE A COUPLE OF, UH, PILOT PROJECTS, WELL, PROJECTS THAT ARE SMALL, PROJECTS THAT ARE COMING ONLINE TO, TO TRY TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE OPIOID AND, AND, UM, SUBSTANCE USE ISSUES, UH, WHERE WE'LL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE, UM, YOU KNOW, A, A METHADONE TYPE DRUG TO PEOPLE WHO ARE ON THE STREET, RATHER THAN THEM HAVING TO BE, UM, HOUSED BEFORE THEY CAN RECEIVE THAT.
ALSO, UH, CORSON MINISTRIES HAS RECEIVED A GRANT FROM UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM, ALTHOUGH WHERE THEY WILL BE ADMINISTERING, UM, SUBSTANCE ABUSE ASSISTANCE OUT OF THEIR, THEIR DAY CENTERS.
SO THERE ARE A COUPLE OF THINGS IN THE WORKS RECOGNIZING THAT, UM, THAT'S A HUGE PART OF, OF SOLVING THE ISSUE.
I WANNA THANK ALL OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
I THINK WE ASKED A LOT OF VERY GOOD QUESTIONS.
UM, I, I HAVE A COUPLE, WE, WE SHARE, WE SHARE A NUMBER OF, UH, 2,900, UH, POINT IN TIME, AND I'M GUESSING, BUT YOU CAN TELL ME IF I'M WRONG, OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS, THAT NUMBER'S BEEN PRETTY STEADY, GIVE OR TAKE.
UH, 3,100 OR 2,900, OR, THAT'S CORRECT.
UH, SO THE LAST THREE TO FIVE YEARS, EVEN FURTHER BACK MAYBE MM-HMM.
ABOUT 10 YEARS BACK, IT'S BEEN PRETTY LEVEL.
AND SO WE'VE ALSO SAID WE'VE MOVED 863 OF, LET'S SAY THAT 3000 PEOPLE GROUP OVER THE LAST YEAR INTO PERMANENT HOUSING.
BUT I WOULD VENTURE TO GUESS WHEN WE DO ACCOUNT AGAIN, WE'LL STILL HAVE ABOUT 3000 THIS WINTER, WHICH MEANS AS WE'RE HELPING SOME PEOPLE GET INTO PERMANENT HOUSING, WE'RE FINDING MORE AND MORE PEOPLE JUST KIND OF FILLING THAT GAP.
BUT THAT ALSO MEANS THAT THERE'S A LITTLE OVER 2000 PEOPLE WHO SEEM TO BE CONSTANTLY STAYING WITHIN THAT CORE GROUP.
UH, AND I'M, I'M NOT TRYING TO SAY IT'S THE SAME 2000, IT, IT VERY WELL MAY NOT BE, BUT THERE DOES SEEM TO BE A CORE NUMBER OF, OF HOMELESS, UH, THAT, THAT LEADS US TO HAVE ABOUT 3000 IN THE COMMUNITY ACTIVE EVERY YEAR.
NOW, YOU SAID THAT WE DID, UM, A SURVEY ABOUT HOMELESSNESS AND IT, IT CAME OUT IN 2020.
IS THAT RIGHT? OR, WE GOT THE RESULTS OF THAT SURVEY.
THE POINT IN TIME COUNT DOESN'T INCLUDE A SURVEY.
YOU SAID WE DID ANOTHER HOMELESS.
OH, WELL, WE'RE DOING SURVEYS.
A CONSULTANT DID A, A OH, SO THE, THE HOME BASE CONSULTANT AND DEVELOPING THE STRATEGIC PLAN HELP FOCUS GROUPS AND, AND MEETINGS WITH, AND IT WAS ON HOMELESSNESS, RIGHT? YES.
AND, AND IN THAT REPORT, DID HE PROVIDE ANY STRATEGIES THAT ARE GOING TO SHOW US THAT OVER THE NEXT 3, 4, 5 YEARS WILL LEAD TO A DECLINE IN THOSE NUMBERS FOR US? RIGHT.
AND SO THAT'S THE, THOSE ARE THE SIX RECOMMENDATIONS I WALKED THROUGH.
THOSE ARE THE, THE KEY RECOMMENDATIONS THAT, UM, HOME BASE FELT LIKE WOULD MAKE AN IMPACT ON OUR, UM, OKAY.
THAT ON REDUCING HOMELESSNESS.
DID THEY PREDICT HOW MUCH OF AN IMPACT WE SHOULD SEE EACH YEAR BY EMPLOYING THOSE? NO, THEY DIDN'T GO INTO THAT KIND OF A DETAIL.
THAT WOULD REALLY BE UP TO US TO SET A, UH, SET THOSE GOALS AND, YOU KNOW, BASED ON WHAT WE THINK WE CAN ACCOMPLISH EVERY YEAR.
UH, ARE WE GOING TO DO THAT? YES.
SO, WE'LL, WE HAVE GOALS AS FAR AS HOW MANY PEOPLE WOULD BE PERMANENTLY HOUSED, HOW MANY PEOPLE WILL RECEIVE, UM, YOU KNOW, ACCESS INTO TREATMENT SYSTEMS. UM, SO WE'RE, WE SET THOSE KIND OF METRICS AND,
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YOU KNOW, THE GOAL OF REDUCING HOW MUCH WE REDUCE HOMELESSNESS BY THE END, THE END OF THE FIVE YEAR PERIOD.WE, WE CAN SET THAT AS WELL WITH OUR PARTNER.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S SOMETHING WE WOULD WORK WITH OUR PARTNERS TO DO.
UH, DID THE CONSULTANT TELL YOU ANYTHING ABOUT ANY, ANY MAJOR CITY THAT'S LOWERED THEIR HOMELESSNESS BY 50% OR MORE? I DON'T RECALL A SPECIFIC CITY, BUT HE DID PROVIDE US WITH INFORMATION ON BEST PRACTICES, UM, AROUND SOME OF THE WORK.
BUT, WE'LL, I'LL FOLLOW, WE'LL FOLLOW UP ON THAT.
UM, SMALLER IT, SMALLER CITIES TEND TO HAVE BETTER SUCCESS.
SMALLER CITIES, BUT WE'RE NOT A SMALL CITY.
AND NO, AND THE REASON I'M ASKING ALL OF THIS IS BECAUSE WE'RE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT COMMITTING ABOUT $70 MILLION OF RESOURCES, NOT JUST FROM THE CITY MM-HMM.
UH, AND YOU KNOW, I I'VE ASKED YOU ABOUT THIS NUMBER OVER THE LAST YEAR.
UH, I'M SURE IT WAS MAYBE NEARLY 70 MILLION LAST YEAR.
IT MIGHT'VE BEEN 65 MILLION OR 60 MILLION THE YEAR BEFORE.
AND I WOULD VENTURE TO GUESS, IF WE GO BACK TO THE LAST FIVE YEARS, WE SPENT BETWEEN 300, $400 MILLION OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS ON HOMELESSNESS.
BUT WE STILL HAVE THE SAME NUMBER.
AND I'M, I'M NOT ONE TO THINK THAT FIVE YEARS AGO YOU WEREN'T THINKING ABOUT THIS, OR 10 YEARS AGO YOU WEREN'T THINKING ABOUT THIS OR THAT A COUNCIL WASN'T THINKING ABOUT THIS 10 YEARS AGO AND TRYING TO APPLY REMEDIES TO THAT.
AND IT JUST SEEMS TO ME THAT IT'S A PERPETUAL PROBLEM THAT WE'RE, WE'RE NOT SOLVING.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF SPENDING ANOTHER 70 MILLION OR, YOU KNOW, UH, IF WE'RE GONNA HAVE THOUSAND, UM, UNITS OF, UH, PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING OVER 10 YEARS, IF THAT'S GOING TO MAKE MUCH OF A DIFFERENCE.
BUT WE MAY END UP SPENDING, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW, $10 MILLION TO BUILD THAT MUCH PERMANENT HOUSING.
SO I GUESS I'M, I'M JUST EXPRESSING MY FRUSTRATION MM-HMM.
UM, A COUPLE OF THINGS I I ALSO WANTED TO ASK IS, HAVE WE DIFFERENTIATED BETWEEN, UH, GENUINE HOMELESSNESS AND THE PANHANDLER ON THE STREET CORNERS CLAIMING THEY'RE HOMELESS AND ASKING FOR, YOU KNOW, THE PEOPLE TO GIVE 'EM MONEY? HAVE WE BEEN ABLE TO DISCERN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THAT? WELL, WHEN WE HAVE CONVERSATION, YOU KNOW, UH, SOMEONE'S CLAIMING TO BE HOMELESS, STREET OUTREACH WORKER TALKS TO 'EM, A LOT OF TIMES IT CAN BE DISCERNED THAT WAY.
IT'S REALLY A VENN DIAGRAM, RIGHT? SO YOU HAVE SOME PEOPLE WHO ARE HOMELESS, SOME WHO ARE PANHANDLER, AND THEN THE ONES IN THE MIDDLE ARE BOTH.
UM, SO PANHANDLING CERTAINLY IS NOT A, A ISSUE THAT THE HOMELESS SYSTEM OWNS, BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT IS PART OF, UM, OUR RESPONSIBILITIES.
AND SO, UM, IS THERE A TARGETED REMEDY FOR WORKING ON PANHANDLING AS PART OF THE OVERALL HOMELESS? THE BEST WAY I THINK THE COUNCILWOMAN GARCIA, UH, ROCHA GARCIA MENTIONED EARLIER IS THE, THE SIGNAGE AND THE, UM, THE COMMUNICATIONS TO THE COMMUNITY, NOT TO ENGAGE IN GIVING MONEY TO PANHANDLER.
UM, WHAT WE WANT IS FOR THEM TO DONATE THOSE FUNDS TO AGENCIES, UM, TO HELP PEOPLE WITH SUBSTANCE USE HOUSING SERVICES.
I'LL PROBABLY GET A LOT OF TROUBLE FOR SAYING THIS, BUT I'M GONNA SAY IT ANYWAY.
IT REMINDS ME OF WHEN YOU GO TO THE NATIONAL PARK AND THEY PUT UP SIGNS, PLEASE DO NOT FEED THE BEARS.
AND WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS, LET'S PUT UP SIGNS.
PLEASE, NOT PLEASE DO NOT FEED THE HOMELESS.
UH, BUT IT, IT DOESN'T DO MUCH GOOD.
THEY'RE STILL OUT THERE, THEY'RE STILL PANHANDLING.
I SEE THEM WALKING OUT INTO TRAFFIC, LITERALLY.
UM, AND, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I HEAR A MAJOR CONCERN ABOUT, AS WELL AS THE ENCAMPMENTS.
AND, AND MOST OF THOSE ARE IN CITY DRAINAGE CHANNELS.
AND I'M WONDERING IF WE ARE SOLICITING THE HELP OF THE SAN ANTONIO RIVER AUTHORITY IN DOING THAT CLEANUP.
'CAUSE I SAW YOU MENTIONED ALL KINDS OF CITY AGENCIES MM-HMM.
AND I'M JUST WONDERING IF WE'RE REACHING OUT TO SARAH TO BE A PARTNER IN DOING A LOT OF THAT CLEANUP AS WELL.
UH, PUBLIC WORKS WAS REALLY THE LEAD ON THE STORM WATER, UM, AND DRAINAGE, UM, THE NEED TO ABATE THAT AS, AS FAR AS COORDINATING WITH, UM, OTHER
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AGENCIES, OR WHEN THERE WAS ENCAMPMENTS UNDER HIGHWAYS, THEY WOULD COORDINATE WITH TXDOT.AND SO I'LL FIND OUT FROM, UM, FROM PUBLIC WORKS IF THEY HAVE ENGAGED SARAH, AND IF NOT, HOW CAN WE DO THAT? AND YOU SAID THE FINAL CONSULTING YOU'RE GONNA BE DOING IS GONNA BE ABOUT COMMUNICATING.
SO WE, UH, WE WANT TO, TO DEVELOP A MORE FORMAL COMMUNICATIONS PLAN, UM, WITH STRATEGIES TO INFORM THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING, UM, BUT ALSO HOW THEY CAN, UM, THEY CAN HELP AND HOW THEY CAN HELP US REDUCE HOMELESSNESS AND, AND WHAT THEY CAN CONTRIBUTE.
I'M, I'M CERTAINLY GOING TO SUPPORT THE EFFORT THAT YOU'RE OFFERING.
I'M JUST SKEPTICAL THAT IT'S ENOUGH.
I'M JUST WONDERING IF THERE ISN'T MORE OUT THERE THAT WE HAVEN'T FOUND THAT WE NEED TO EMPLOY.
I DON'T WANT US TO BE LOS ANGELES OR SAN FRANCISCO.
I DON'T EVEN WANNA BE AUSTIN, BUT I, I, I JUST DON'T, I I SEE WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO.
I, I GUESS I'M JUST GONNA WAIT AND SEE HOW IT ALL TURNS OUT.
AND I WOULD JUST ADD, UM, SO REALLY, EVEN THOUGH THE POINT IN TIME COUNT IS AROUND 3000, WE'RE THE, THE SYSTEM, THERE'S REALLY, UH, UP TO 12,000 PEOPLE THAT ARE HOMELESS ANNUALLY.
SO SOME, YOU KNOW, SITUATIONS MIGHT BE SITUATIONALLY HOMELESS FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS, AND THEY ACCESS HOMELESS, UM, SERVICES THROUGH THE, THE RESPONSE SYSTEM.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, THE, THE NUMBER THAT IS YEAR AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR, UM, THAT'S REFLECTED IS DEFINITELY OUR CHRONICALLY HOMELESS POPULATION, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, TWO TO 300, 400 PEOPLE, UM, OF THE 3000.
AND SO THAT'S THE POPULATION THAT BY REALLY FOCUSING ON REDUCING THAT, UM, WE CREATE SPACE IN OUR SYSTEMS, OUR MEDICAL, OUR EMERGENCY, OUR, OUR POLICE SYSTEM, EVEN, UM, TO DO OTHER THINGS.
WELL, YOU KNOW, THAT'S AN IMPORTANT POINT TO MAKE AND THAT'S GOOD TO HEAR.
AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH PEOPLE IN MY COMMUNITY THAT WE REALLY THINK MAYBE THERE'S THREE OR FOUR OR 500 CHRONICALLY HOMELESS MM-HMM.
AND IF 9,000, IF 3000 ARE IN THE POINT OF TIME, THAT MEANS WE'VE HELPED 9,000 NOT BECOME SO HOMELESS.
THAT THEY'RE OUT, UH, IN AN ENCAMPMENT OR OUT IN THE STREET SOMEWHERE.
SO I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT POINT TO MAKE, AND I APPRECIATE YOU DOING THAT DIFFERENTIATION.
BUT IT'S THOSE 3000 THAT PEOPLE SEE OR HEAR ABOUT ANY ENCAMPMENTS OR IN THE HOUSES THAT ARE VACANT, THAT BURN DOWN, OR THAT THEY SEE ALONG THE STREETS AND IN THE DOOR, DOOR FRONTS CORRECT.
DOWNTOWN AND PLACES LIKE THAT, UH, THAT I'D SURE LIKE TO FIND WAYS OF HELPING THOSE PEOPLE GET OFF THE STREETS.
UM, AND WE HAVE, UH, TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT, THAT WANNA ASK SOME ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.
I JUST, UM, WANTED TO, TO, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE AWARE WE HAVE ONE MORE ITEM STILL.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE TWO, UH, MEETINGS THAT WERE ADDED FOR THIS MEETING, NOVEMBER THE EIGHTH AND NOVEMBER THE 15TH.
I THINK WE'RE CARRYING A BULK OF THE, UM, ITEMS THAT WE NEED TO SEND OVER TO COUNCIL.
AND SO THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR, UM, BEING HERE.
DON'T FORGET IF YOU HAVEN'T CREPT LUNCH, YOU ALL DON'T HAVE TIME TO EAT IF YOU ALL HAVE OTHER MEETINGS, SO DON'T FORGET THAT, PLEASE.
UM, BUT THEN ALSO JUST WANTED TO, UH, AGAIN, THANK YOU ALL FOR, FOR BEING SO, UM, THOUGHTFUL IN, IN, IN THE PROCESS OF COMMUNICATING WITH ALL OF US AS WELL AND, AND, UH, ENGAGING WITH OUR OFFICES.
UM, OUR OFFICE WAS ABLE TO PROVIDE TRASH BAGS TO SOME OF THE FOLKS THAT WE VISITED THE OTHER DAY THAT THEY WANNA KEEP THEIR AREA CLEAN.
THEY CONSIDER THEMSELVES A FAMILY.
SO I THINK THAT WE SHOULD BE, UM, REALLY, REALLY FOCUSED ON, ON, ON HELPING THOSE THAT WANT TO HELP US OUT AS WELL.
UM, AND THEN I'LL TURN IT OVER TO COUNCILWOMAN CASTILLO FOR HER QUESTION.
UM, THE AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY HAS ESTIMATED THAT THERE'S OVER 49,000 VACANT STRUCTURES IN SAN ANTONIO.
AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S MORE THAN DOUBLE
AND WHEN I HEAR, UH, MY COLLEAGUES' CONCERNS ABOUT LIKE, WHAT ARE WE DOING WITH THIS? WE KEEP SEEING A CONTINUATION AND AN INCREASE.
I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT AS A CITY, UM, AND AS WE HAVE THE CONVERSATION WITH THE SHIP, IS THAT WE MUST COMMIT TO PRESERVING OUR EXISTING AFFORDABLE HOUSING STOCK.
AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS COMMITTING AS A CITY TO PROTECTING OUR PUBLIC HOUSING.
UM, I PARTICIPATED IN A COUPLE OF CONVERSATIONS WITH THE FOR EVERYONE HOME INITIATIVE, UM, THAT FABIOLA FACILITATED.
AND, UM, SHE'S A REALLY GREAT COMMUNITY ORGANIZER IN THAT WE HAD THE MEETING AND SHE WAS JUST PULLING FOLKS OUT OFF FROM LIKE, WAITING FOR THE BUS TO COME IN AND JOIN US.
AND, UH, THIS ONE GENTLEMAN, UH, I BELIEVE HIS NAME WAS JUSTIN, HE SHARED HIS STORY AND HE SHARED THAT HE USED TO LIVE IN THE VICTORIA COURTS, AND THAT WAS DEMOLISHED.
HE MOVED TO ANOTHER HOUSING STRUCTURE THAT WAS DEMOLISHED, AND WE'RE LIKE, OKAY, WELL WHERE ARE YOU AT NOW HAVEN FOR HOPE? AND, AND, YOU KNOW, AND IT SHOWS THE IMPORTANCE OF NEEDING TO PROTECT AND PRESERVE THAT DEEP AFFORDABILITY.
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UM, SO I, I WANNA ACKNOWLEDGE RIGHT, THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL MOVING PIECES WHEN IT COMES TO THE UNHOUSED POPULATION.AND THIS ONE PLAN IS NOT GOING TO SOLVE IT ALL.
WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT AS A CITY, WE COMMIT TO PROTECTING THAT DEEP AFFORDABILITY.
AND TWO, WHEN IT COMES TO THE, THE PRODUCTION, THAT WE HOLD THAT SHIP POLICY ACCOUNTABLE, THAT IT IS ACTUALLY PRODUCING WHAT IT SAYS IT'S GOING TO PRODUCE.
'CAUSE WE HAVE THE MAYOR'S HOUSING POLICY TASK FORCE, RIGHT? WHERE'S THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THOSE POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS? WHERE ARE THEY? YOU KNOW? SO WE NEED TO ONE, ENSURE THAT WHILE WE USE PUBLIC DOLLARS TO COMMISSION THESE STUDIES, THAT WE COMMIT TO FOLLOWING THROUGH AND IMPLEMENTING THE POLICIES TO MITIGATE THE INCREASE UNHOUSED POPULATION.
UM, BUT, BUT GOING BACK TO, UH, MY CONCERN WITH, UM, THE, THE OPIOID CRISIS AND ADDICTION, UH, IS THERE, ARE THERE PLANS RATHER TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF DETOX BEDS? I KNOW THERE'S ONLY EIGHT FOR WOMEN.
UH, IS THERE A CONVERSATION ABOUT INCREASING THAT? SO WE'VE HAD CON A COUPLE OF CONVERSATIONS WITH CENTER FOR HEALTHCARE SERVICES, AND JOLYNN HAS LOOKED, UH, JAMESON HAS LOOKED AT THE OCCUPANCY RATES AND, AND REPORTED THAT, UM, THEY GENERALLY HOVER AROUND 80% FOR BOTH THE WOMEN'S BEDS AND THE MEN'S BEDS.
AND SO SHE DOESN'T FEEL LIKE THAT'S, UM, REALLY DIRECTING THEM TO OPEN MORE BEDS, BUT I BELIEVE SHE WILL BE WILLING TO DO THAT IF IT, IF THEY ARE CONSTANTLY FULL.
A LOT OF TIMES IT'S COMMUNICATION AND, UM, YOU KNOW, IT MIGHT BE FULL ONE DAY AND PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO GET SOMEONE INTO IT AND THEY'RE DENIED AND IT, AND IT SEEMS LIKE THAT THEY'RE ALWAYS FULL, BUT WE USUALLY ARE ABLE TO GET PEOPLE INTO IT.
THANK, THANKS FOR BRINGING THAT UP.
WHEN YOU SAY THAT, UH, THE CENTER FOR HEALTHCARE SERVICES SAYS THAT THOSE BEDS ARE ONLY USUALLY ABOUT 80% FULL, I THINK WHEN I'VE TALKED TO ERIC EPLEY ATRAC, HE SAYS THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE IN LAW ENFORCEMENT DON'T KNOW TO TAKE PEOPLE THERE.
AND, UH, THAT'S PART OF THE BREAKDOWN IN THIS SYSTEM.
UH, WHICH LEADS ME TO ONE OF MY ASKS, WHICH IS ON NOVEMBER 3RD, WHEN YOU BRING THIS ITEM BEFORE COUNCIL, WILL YOU ASK ERIC EPLEY WITH STRAC TO COME AND ASSIST YOU IN PRESENTING? BECAUSE I THINK ERIC EPLEY COMES, YOU KNOW, HE HOLDS A POSITION WHERE HE COULD BE A BETTER MESSENGER THAN YOU AND I COULD, IN TALKING ABOUT HOW SOME OF THESE INVESTMENTS WOULD ACTUALLY FREE UP LAW ENFORCEMENT, UH, RESOURCES, AND, YOU KNOW, SHOW HOW THAT'S A GOOD INVESTMENT OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS.
SO I'D, I'D LOVE TO HEAR, BE ABLE TO HEAR HIS PERSPECTIVE OVER THERE AS WELL, AND SUPPORT FOR SOME OF THESE PROGRAMS. THANK YOU.
AND THANK YOU MELODY FOR THE PRESENTATION.
AND EVERYONE, UM, FOR BEING HERE, I DO KNOW THAT COVID, AND, AND JUST IN TALKING TO SOME OF THE FOLKS THAT, THAT I MET WITH, UM, THAT WERE, THAT, THAT WERE IN AN ENCAMPMENT, UM, A MAJORITY OF THE FOLKS THAT I TALKED TO WERE OUT OF A HOME BECAUSE OF COVID.
THEY LOST THEIR JOBS AND THEN, UM, JUST TRICKLE DOWN EFFECT, RIGHT? AND SOME, SOME OF 'EM LOST THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS.
AND SO WE KNOW THAT THAT CONTINUES TO, TO PLAY A PART, UNFORTUNATELY.
AND SO I KNOW THAT YOU ALL ARE, WE'RE TRYING TO CATCH UP AND THEN NOW IT'S EVEN GREATER.
SO, SO THANK YOU, UM, FOR, FOR, FOR YOUR WORK ON THAT.
UM, I, WE DO HAVE A MOTION ON THE TABLE AND A SECOND TO FORWARD THIS TO FULL, UH, COUNCIL CONSIDERATION AT A B SESSION.
AND, UH, LET'S GO AHEAD AND TAKE A VOTE.
UM, CAN WE GET ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
IT LOOKS LIKE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY AS WELL.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, UM, EVERYBODY FOR BEING HERE.
THE NEXT ITEM, THE ON THE AGENDA
[5 Briefing and possible action on the Port San Antonio Area Regional Center Plan [Roderick Sanchez, Assistant City Manager; Bridgett White, Director, Planning Department]]
IS BRIEFING AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE PORT SAN ANTONIO, UH, AREA REGIONAL CENTER PLAN.AND IT'LL BE, UM, PRESENTED NOW BY BRIT WHITE.
UH, GOOD AFTERNOON COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
I FIRST WOULD LIKE TO THANK, UH, MR. PETER REY FOR HIS SUPPORT AND WORK ON THE PLANNING TEAM.
IT IS VERY GREATLY APPRECIATED.
UM, SO THE PORT SAN ANTONIO AIR REGIONAL CENTER PLAN IS THE SIXTH SUB AREA PLAN AND FIRST PHASE TWO PLAN TO BE BROUGHT FORWARD FOR ADOPTION AS PART OF OUR WORK EFFORT IN IMPLEMENTING THE SA TOMORROW CONFERENCE OF PLAN.
THE PORT SAN ANTONIO AIR REGIONAL CENTER PLAN IS NOTED IN ORANGE ON THIS SLIDE.
IT IS BOUND BY HIGHWAY 90 TO THE NORTH AND INCLUDES THE FORMER KELLY AIR FORCE BASE, NOW KNOWN AS PORT SAN ANTONIO.
PORT SAN ANTONIO'S CONTINUED REDEVELOPMENT TO BECOME AN INNOVATION CAMPUS THAT WILL INCLUDE LEADING GLOBAL INDUSTRIES SUCH AS AEROSPACE, DEFENSE, HYPER HY, HYPER SECURITY, UM, HYPER SECURITY MANUFACTURING AND EDUCATION WILL HELP ATTRACT MORE OPPORTUNITIES AND PARTNERSHIPS THAT WILL HELP THIS AREA THRIVE.
LACKLAND AIR FORCE BASE, WHICH IS SURROUNDED BY THE PORT SAN ANTONIO AREA REGIONAL CENTER.
REMAINS AN AIR FORCE BASE THAT ATTRACTS MANY VISITORS TO THIS AREA.
THE PLANE DEPARTMENT CONDUCTED A TOTAL OF FOUR COMMUNITY MEETINGS AND FACILITATED 13 PLANNING TEAM MEETINGS TO GATHER CRITICAL INFORMATION ON THE ASSETS, OPPORTUNITIES, AND CHALLENGES
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SPECIFIC TO THIS AREA.THIS HELPED THE PROJECT TEAM AND THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPED A MORE NUANCED UNDER UNDERSTANDING OF THE REGIONAL CENTER.
AND IN ADDITION TO THE COMMUNITY AND PLANNING TEAM MEETINGS, PLANNING STAFF ALSO MET WITH NUMEROUS STAKEHOLDERS THROUGHOUT THE PLANNING PROCESS TO DISCUSS SPECIFIC TOPICS SUCH AS POTENTIAL LAND USES IN THE COMMUNITY, AS WELL AS THE VISION AND RELATED GOALS FOR THE REGIONAL CENTER.
ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS ACCOMPLISHED IN THE PLANNING PROCESS WAS ESTABLISHING A SHARED COMMUNITY VISION.
THE PLANNING TEAM WORKED TOGETHER TO DRAFT THE VISION, WHICH WAS THEN REVIEWED AND REFINED AFTER STAFF RECEIVED INPUT THROUGH AN ONLINE QUESTIONNAIRE.
AND AT THE FIRST COMMUNITY MEETING, THE VISION SETS THE STAGE FOR THE GOALS AND STRATEGIES RECOMMENDED LATER IN THE PLAN.
THE GOALS ARE SHOWN HERE, AND THEY WERE DEVELOPED WITH INPUT FROM RESIDENTS AND COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS.
COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARTICULATED IMPORTANT VALUES THAT WERE THEN REFINED BY THE PLANNING TEAM AND PARTICIPANTS OF THE SECOND COMMUNITY MEETING.
THE PLAN FRAMEWORK OUTLINES KEY IMPROVEMENTS AND CONCEPTS THAT WILL SHAPE DEVELOPMENT IN THE PORT SAN ANTONIO AREA.
EACH ELEMENT WAS STUDIED IN ORDER TO UNDERSTAND THE HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE AREA, AS WELL AS EXISTING CONDITIONS THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS.
CITY STAFF AND THE PLANNING TEAM WORK TO BUILD THE FRAMEWORK, IDENTIFY KEY PRIORITIES, IMPROVEMENTS, AND STRATEGIES TO GUIDE GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT, AND INVESTMENT IN THE PORT SAN ANTONIO AREA.
THE ELEMENTS OF THE PLAN FRAMEWORK INCLUDE LAND USE, FOCUS AREAS, AND TRANSFER TRANSFORMATIVE PROJECTS, MOBILITY, AMENITIES IN PUBLIC SPACE, HOUSING, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
WHILE ALL THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND STRATEGIES IN THE PLAN ARE IMPORTANT, THE STRATEGIES THAT I'LL SHARE ON THE FOLLOWING SLIDES HIGHLIGHT SOME THAT ARE EITHER MOST CRITICAL TO ACHIEVING THE PLANNED VISION AND GOALS, MORE LIKELY TO BE FUNDED AND IMPLEMENTED IN THE SHORT TERM, BUILD UPON OTHER EXISTING OR ONGOING INITIATIVES, OR OUR NECESSARY FIRST STEP TO PROVIDE A FOUNDATION FOR OTHER PROJECTS AND INVESTMENTS.
FOR EXAMPLE, LAND USE STRATEGY 1.1 ADDRESSES SOME ASPECTS OF HOW FUTURE DEVELOPMENT SHOULD OCCUR IN THE AREA.
WHILE STRATEGY 1.2 FROM THE FOCUS AREA SECTION CALLS FOR PRIORITIZING MAJOR AMENITY AND INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS.
THE FOCUS AREAS FOR THE PORT SAN ANTONIO REGIONAL CENTER ARE SHOWN IN ORANGE.
ON THIS MAP, UH, THE FOCUS AREAS REPRESENT AREAS OR CORRIDORS THAT THE PLANNING TEAM IDENTIFIED AS PRIORITY LOCATIONS FOR IMPROVEMENT OR SPECIAL ATTENTION THAT COULD HELP ACHIEVE THE COMMUNITY VISION.
THEY INCLUDE HI, US HIGHWAY 90, NEAR LOOP FOUR 10 SOUTHWEST 36 STREET SOUTH OF U S 90, THE PORT SAN ANTONIO INNOVATION HUB, OLD PEARSALL ROAD ACROSS FROM PEARSALL PARK VALLEY HIGH DRIVE, MIXED USE CORRIDOR LEADING TO THE LACKLAND AIR FORCE BASE VALLEY HIGH ENTRANCE, AND THE SOUTH GENERAL MCMULLEN DRIVE MIXED USE CORRIDOR NEAR AND NORTH OF KENNEDY PARK.
MOBILITY STRATEGY 3.2 STRESSES THE IMPORTANCE OF CREATING SAFE AND COMFORTABLE STREETS FOR ALL USERS.
OTHER MOBILITY CONSIDERATIONS INCLUDE REVISIONS TO STREET DESIGN TO IMPROVE WALKABILITY AND PEDESTRIAN SAFETY AMENITIES IN PUBLIC SPACE.
STRATEGY 1.3 IDENTIFIES THE IMPORTANCE OF TREES FOR CREATING MORE APPEALING AND COMFORTABLE PUBLIC SPACES AND WALKING OPPORTUNITIES.
ADDITIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS ARE NOTED TO IMPROVE PEDESTRIAN CROSSWALKS, ESPECIALLY THOSE WITH HIGH PEDESTRIAN ACTIVITY AND NEAR COMMUNITY ASSETS.
STRATEGY 1.3 IN THE HOUSING SECTION EMPHASIZES THE NEED FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING OPTIONS, ESPECIALLY CLOSE TO TRANSIT OPTIONS AND COMMUNITY AMENITIES.
IT IS ALSO ENCOURAGED TO CONSIDER HIGHER DENSITY HOUSING AND MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT WITHIN FOCUS AREAS AND ECO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY 1.4 ADDRESSES HOW TO BUILD AND PROMOTE PORT SAN ANTONIO AS AN INNOVATION DESTINATION FOR THE AREA'S TARGET INDUSTRIES, INCLUDING AEROSPACE, ADVANCED MANUFACTURING, AND MILITARY SERVICES.
ANOTHER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY DEFINED BY THE COMMUNITY WAS TO CREATE A MIXED USE CENTER AROUND THE ESPORTS ARENA WITH WALKABLE, INVITING, SAFE AND ACCESSIBLE MULTIMODAL CONNECTIONS TO OTHER AREAS IN REGARDS TO NEIGHBORHOODS.
NEIGHBORHOOD PROFILES AND PRIORITIES WERE DEVELOPED TO PROVIDE A SPECIAL ATTENTION TO PRIOR PLANNING EFFORTS AND ADDRESS SPECIFIC PRIORITIES FROM PARTICIPATING NEIGHBORHOODS.
EACH NEIGHBORHOOD PROFILE AND PRIORITY RECOMMENDATION ALIGNED ALIGNS WITH THE PREVIOUS NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN, A SUB BURIAL PLAN RECOMMENDATION, OR WITH OTHER NEIGHBORHOOD PRIORITIES IN THE PORT SAN ANTONIO AREA.
THIS TABLE ILLUSTRATES A FEW RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE THOMPSON NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE THOMPSON NEIGHBORHOOD HAS BEEN ACTIVELY PARTICIPATING IN THE PLANNING PROCESS SINCE THE BEGINNING AND WORK CLOSELY WITH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT.
THEY WERE ACTIVELY INVOLVED WITH THE PREVIOUS NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN, AND THEY IDENTIFIED SEVERAL RECOMMENDATIONS AT THAT TIME THAT REMAIN PRIORITIES FOR THE COMMUNITY.
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IN ADDITION TO THE THOMPSON NEIGHBORHOOD, THE NEIGHBORHOOD PROFILES AND PRIORITIES SECTION OF THE PLAN ALSO INCLUDE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE SPRINGVALE NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH ARE SHOWN HERE.OTHER NEIGHBORHOOD PROFILES INCLUDED ARE THE PACE PEOPLE ACTIVE IN COMMUNITY EFFORT VALLEY HIGH NORTH, CORNERSTONE VILLAGE, JUPITER NORTH, AND VILLAGE DE ESPERANZA NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND FINALLY, WITH ALL SUB AREA PLANS, THE PORT SAN ANTONIO AREA REGIONAL CENTER PLAN PROPOSES A MIDTERM VISION WITH RECOMMENDATIONS AND STRATEGIES FOR IMPROVING AND DEVELOPING THE REGIONAL CENTER OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS.
AS SHOWN HERE, THE IMPLEMENTATION SECTION OF THE PLAN LISTS THE RECOMMENDATIONS BY TOPIC, FOLLOWED BY STRATEGIES FORMULATED TO ACHIEVE THE THAT RECOMMENDATION AND WORK TOWARDS THE AREA'S DEVELOPED VISION.
IN REGARDS TO THE ADOPTION PROCESS.
THE ADMINISTRATIVE DRAFT WAS PUBLISHED ON AUGUST 23RD AFTER A PUBLIC DRAFT WAS MADE AVAILABLE FOR ABOUT EIGHT WEEKS TO THE PUBLIC FOR REVIEW AND COMMENT.
THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECEIVED A BRIEFING AND LATER RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THE PLAN'S FULL CITY COUNCIL AT THEIR OCTOBER 13TH PUBLIC, UH, HEARING.
TODAY'S BRIEFING, UM, IS BEFORE THE FULL COUNCIL CONSIDERATION.
THAT IS SCHEDULED ON DECEMBER 2ND, UH, OF THIS YEAR.
YOU WERE PROVIDED A COPY OF THE FULL ADMINISTRATIVE DRAFT THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION APPROVED AND THAT THE CITY COUNCIL RECEIVE.
UM, IN THE MEETING, IN TODAY'S MEETING'S, UH, AGENDA PACKET.
UH, THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION CHAIR AT THIS TIME.
I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THE COMMITTEE MAY HAVE, AND I DID ZIP THROUGH IT A LITTLE BIT IN THE INTEREST OF TIME.
UM, AND SO I WAS REALLY E EXCITED WHEN I KNEW THAT THE ADMINISTRATIVE DRAFT WAS COMING OUT ON MY BIRTHDAY, BY THE WAY.
UM, BUT, UM, I, I WANNA, UH, MENTION SOMETHING WE HEARD FROM ONE OF OUR SPEAKERS EARLIER, AND IT WAS FOR QUINTANA.
UM, UH, IT'S A HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOOD, AND SO THEY ARE LIVING WITHIN A VERY INDUSTRIALIZED AREA.
AND SO I THINK THAT DEFINITELY HAVING THEIR PARTICIPATION IN, IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN, THE SOUTHWEST NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN, WILL BE IMPORTANT SO THAT THEY CAN MAKE SURE THAT THEY, THEY DON'T THINK THAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE FORGOTTEN RIGHT OR LEFT OUT.
AND SO, UM, ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO JUST TO, TO MAKE PLANS WITH THAT, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD CENTRIC MENTALITY, UM, AND TO ORGANIZE THAT FAIR DEVELOPMENT AND THEIR AREA'S GONNA BE CRITICAL.
AND I BELIEVE THERE'S A MEETING COMING UP ON THE 10TH WITH THE ANA NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, BUT, UM, PERHAPS SOMEONE FROM YOUR TEAM COULD ALSO PRESENT TO THEM AND SEE IF WE CAN, I KNOW COUNCILWOMAN, UM, CASTILLO AND I SHARE, SHARE THAT, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, A LITTLE BIT.
AND SO, UM, SO WE, UH, REGULARLY OR OUR TEAMS PARTICIPATE IN THE MEETINGS.
AND SO I'D LIKE TO JUST MAYBE INVITE YOU ALL, UH, TO, TO PRESENT TO THEM AND, AND GET SOME FEEDBACK.
UM, AND, AND, UH, UH, UH, ELDER RE I THINK THAT THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP.
JUST, UM, AS, AS A REMINDER TO US, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THEY DON'T GET LEFT BEHIND.
UM, I DON'T HAVE TOO MANY QUESTIONS ON THIS.
I THINK I'M PRETTY FAMILIAR WITH THIS.
UH, UM, WE'VE BEEN, YOU KNOW, TALKING ABOUT IT.
I'M JUST EXCITED THAT IT'S COMING FORWARD AND THAT THE, THERE'S A POSSIBILITY TO, UH, INCH IT CLOSER TO CITY.
UM, COUNCIL ON DECEMBER THE SECOND, I'M GONNA START WITH, UM, COUNCILWOMAN VRAN.
UH, I, I, I LIKE THE PLAN, BUT I REALLY THINK, AND, UH, THAT WE NEED TO GET THE NEIGHBOR'S INPUT BECAUSE THEY ARE LIVING IN, IN INDUSTRIAL LIGHT INDUSTRIAL MM-HMM.
SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE USED TO A NOISE LEVEL AND THEY'RE USED TO, UH, TRAFFIC, MAYBE BIG TRUCKS COMING THROUGH AND JUST KIND OF MAKING SURE THAT WE GET THEIR INPUT.
THE OTHER THING IS, AS NEW PEOPLE COME IN, AS WE DO AFFORDABILITY AND WE DO BUILD TO BRING MORE PEOPLE LIVING IN AND AROUND THE AREA TO WORK AT THE AREA, THAT WE LET THEM KNOW THAT YOU LIVE NEAR LIGHT INDUSTRIAL.
UM, 'CAUSE WE, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THEY, THEY DON'T COME TO THEIR COUNCIL MEMBERS IN, YOU KNOW, FIVE, SIX YEARS SAYING IT'S TOO LOUD, THERE'S TOO MANY TRUCKS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO, AND WHAT, WHATEVER WE DO WITH THE PLAN, UNDERSTAND PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THIS IS THE COMMUNITY THAT THEY'RE, THAT THEY'RE LIVING IN.
UM, I, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT WE DID ENGAGE THE QUINTANA NEIGHBORHOOD.
IN FACT, WE ENGAGED THEM VERY EARLY IN THE, ON, VERY EARLY ON IN THE PROCESS.
THEY DID EXPRESS TO US THAT THEY WEREN'T GOING TO BE ABLE TO BE ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN THIS PARTICULAR SUB AREA PLAN.
WE WILL REACH OUT TO THEM FOR THE SOUTHWEST COMMUNITY AREA PLAN.
UH, WE DO KNOW ALSO THAT THEY DID ATTEND COMMUNITY MEETINGS THAT WE HAD THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS.
AND STAFF HAS ACTUALLY BEEN, UH, VERY ENGAGED WITH THEM IN REACHING OUT TO REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE NEIGHBORHOODS.
UM, SO, UH, WE HAVE BEEN ENGAGED WITH THEM.
THEY JUST WEREN'T ABLE TO ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE AS A NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION PLANNING PROCESS.
AND, AND, UH, I'M, I'M PLEASED WITH THE, THE PLAN.
I'M, I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE WORKING
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ON THIS PHASE TWO PROJECT.UM, SO I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE MOVE IT FORWARD TO THE DECEMBER 3RD OR SECOND.
SECOND, THE, THE, THE, UH, DECEMBER 2ND, UH, CITY COUNCIL A SESSION.
THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE FLOOR.
WE'LL CONTINUE COUNCIL DISCUSSION WITH COUNCILMAN BRAVO.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN, COUNCILMAN, COURAGE.
THE ONLY QUESTION I HAVE IS KIND OF RELATED TO WHAT COUNCILWOMAN GRO JUST ASKED ABOUT, AND THAT IS, UM, DO THE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY RECOGNIZE, UH, AND I I'M SURE THEY DO THAT YOU'VE GOT AN AIRPORT THERE AND THEY LIVE AROUND AN AIRPORT MM-HMM.
YOU'VE GOT, UM, A BOEING, WHICH OBVIOUSLY IS WORKING ON AIRCRAFT.
YOU'VE GOT, UH, ANOTHER, UH, AIRCRAFT ENGINE MANUFACTURING FACILITY THERE, WHICH TESTS ENGINES.
YOU'VE EVEN GOT SOME COMMERCIAL NOW WITH, I THINK IT'S, UM, GOOGLE OR MAYBE AMAZON THAT'S NOW FLYING IN AND DELIVERING CARGO THERE.
UH, AND SO, YOU KNOW, WHAT I, MY EXPERIENCES AROUND SAN ANTONIO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT THAT PEOPLE START TO RECOGNIZE THE PROBLEMS WITH A LOT OF AIR TRAFFIC AROUND WHERE THEY'RE LIVING.
AND WE'RE PROMOTING MORE DEVELOPMENT AROUND THAT AREA.
WE'D LIKE TO HAVE MORE HOUSING, MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
UH, AND SO I THINK THAT THAT NEEDS TO BE SOMETHING THAT REALLY GETS EMPHASIZED SO THAT THE PEOPLE WHO EVENTUALLY START MOVING INTO THE COMMUNITY RECOGNIZE THE CHALLENGE THEY FACE BEING NEXT TO AN AIRPORT LIKE THAT.
SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S MY POINT, AND I REALLY DIDN'T SEE THAT EXPRESSED IN HERE ANYWHERE.
WELL, THE PRESENTATION IS JUST 17 SLIDES OF A 90 PAGE DOCUMENT,
UM, BUT YOU'LL SEE, AND IN THIS PARTICULAR, UM, UH, PLANNING PROCESS, PORT SAN ANTONIO IS VERY ENGAGED.
IN FACT, I KNOW THAT THEY HAVE REACHED OUT TO, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS.
THEY HAVE A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT REPRESENTATIVE.
UM, AND SO IN OUR PLANNING TEAM MEETINGS AND COMMUNITY MEETINGS, THEY WERE A PART OF THE PROCESS.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT OUR PLANNING PROCESS IS WE HAVE A DEDICATED PLANNING OR PROJECT MANAGER.
SO ONCE THE PLAN IS ADOPTED, LOOKING FORWARD TO IMPLEMENTATION, THAT PERSON IS THE FACE AND WILL CONTINUE TO ENGAGE THE STAKEHOLDERS WHO ARE PART OF THE PROCESS AND NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS.
YEAH, I GUESS MY CONCERN IS A LOT OF TIMES, UH, WHEN, WHEN PEOPLE ARE SELLING PROPERTY, THEY DON'T TELL YOU HOW BAD THE NOISE IS FROM THE AIRPORT.
OR IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO DEVELOP A PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT IS, OH, IT'S GREAT, GREAT PRICE, AND IT'S NEAR AN AREA WE WANT TO DEVELOP, UH, YOU KNOW, ARE THEY GOING TO PROPERLY MITIGATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF THAT PROPERTY TO PROTECT IT FROM, UH, YOU KNOW, THE, THE SOUND INTRUSION MM-HMM.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN COURAGE.
AND, UM, AND, AND THANK YOU FOR, FOR THAT THOUGHTFUL, UM, UH, APPROACH, RIGHT ABOUT, UH, FOLKS THAT MIGHT NOT BE AWARE OF.
AND SO THERE'S A STRATEGY 1.3 IN THE FULL PLAN THAT, UM, BRIDGET REFERENCED.
IT TALKS ABOUT MIXED USE CORRIDORS, UM, AND, AND MAKING SURE THAT WE CREATE PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE HOUSING AUTHORITY AND OTHER NONPROFIT HOUSING PARTNERS.
AND I THINK THAT THAT MIGHT BE ONE OF THESE AREAS WHERE WHEN WE CAN LEND OURSELVES TO SAY, HEY, F Y I, IS THERE ANY WAY THAT YOU CAN, UM, CONSIDER THIS? OR HOW WILL YOU ADDRESS THIS? RIGHT? SPECIFICALLY PROPERTY OWNERS AND, AND EVEN BUSINESSES THAT ARE COMING OUT, UM, THAT MIGHT BE ABLE TO, I I, YOU KNOW, TO, TO GET A HEADS UP.
AND I PURPOSELY LEFT, UH, COUNCILWOMAN CASTILLO AFTER, UH, ALL OF OUR, OUR OTHER COLLEAGUES WENT BECAUSE I WANTED HER TO, TO HEAR ALSO ANY CONCERNS BECAUSE THIS IS ALSO RIGHT, RIGHT THERE IN HER AREA.
COUNCILWOMAN, IT'S THE FLOOR'S.
UM, BASED OFF OF 3 1 1 CALLS FROM THE QUINTANA AND THOMPSON NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, THERE ARE CONCERNS, UH, AND THE WANTING TO SEE LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT IN THIS AREA, AS WELL AS, UM, KNOWLEDGE AND ENSURING THAT, UH, FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS DON'T IMPACT DRAINAGE ISSUES THAT THEY CURRENTLY HAVE.
UH, IF POSSIBLE, CAN WE HAVE THIS, UH, UP UPDATED TO INCLUDE DRAINAGE PROJECTS SURROUNDING THE PORT THAT OVERLAP WITH THIS AREA? UM, AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, HOW DOES THIS PLAN RUN PARALLEL TO THE WEST SIDE PLAN THAT WAS HIT? THAT'S CURRENTLY ON PAUSE.
SO THE WEST SIDE PLAN IS, THE PHASE IS A PHASE ONE PLAN.
THE, THIS IS A PHASE TWO PLAN.
SO BECAUSE THEY'RE DIFFERENT PHASES,
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DIFFERENT COM, UH, COMPLETELY DIFFERENT PLANNING TEAMS, WE HAVE DIFFERENT, UM, PROJECT MANAGERS.SO THAT PARTICULAR PLAN IS RESTARTING AND WILL BE PART OF WHAT'S CONSIDERED KIND OF THIS WHOLE PHASE TWO PROCESS WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT ADOPTING PLANS BETWEEN NOW AND SUMMER OF NEXT YEAR.
SO CHRIS IS THE PROJECT MANAGER FOR THE WEST SIDE.
ALL OUR PROJECT MANAGERS ENGAGE EACH OTHER AND TALK SOME, THERE'S SOME OVERLAP IN SOME STAKEHOLDERS ON TEAMS. FOR EXAMPLE, SARAH OR VIA ARE ON ALL THE PLANNING TEAMS. SO WE DO SHARE INFORMATION WORK WITH ALL THE DEPARTMENTS, WHETHER IT'S TRANSPORTATION, PUBLIC WORKS, OR HOUSING.
AND SO THEY LOOK AT ALL THE DOCUMENTS AND ALL THE, AND WE ALSO LOOK AT HOW LAND USES TRANSITION FROM ONE SUB AREA TO THE OTHER.
SO WE DO DISCUSS THAT INTERNALLY.
AND I KNOW THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE PLANNING OF DEPARTMENT ALREADY DOES, BUT I ENCOURAGE THAT WE GO BEYOND NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS AND INTO THE NEIGHBORHOODS.
UM, I KNOW Y'ALL SENT OUT MAILERS FOR THE WEST SIDE PLAN AND IT BROUGHT OUT SO MANY COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
SO IF WE COULD CONTINUE TO DO THAT, THAT'D GREAT.
UH, OUR OFFICE IS HOSTING A DAY OF PLAY IN THE QUINTANA NEIGHBORHOOD, SO I THINK THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT TO COME OUT IF, UH, YES, WE'D, IF TIME ALLOWS, AND THAT WAY WE CAN SHOWCASE THE WORK AND WHAT'S BEING PRESENTED.
UM, BUT THOSE ARE ALL MY COMMENTS.
SO YOU HAVE TWO INVITES NOW TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET OUT TO OUR RESIDENTS.
UM, I DO ALSO WANNA THANK PORT SAN ANTONIO BECAUSE THEY ARE AT EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION MEETING AND THEY'RE ALWAYS, UM, VERY, UM, UH, FORTHRIGHT WITH, WITH SOME OF THE, THE, THE ISSUES THAT THEY HEAR, AND THEN THEY TAKE BACK TO THEIR TENANTS AND THEN THEY ADDRESS THEM PROPERLY.
SO, UM, I FELT LIKE I HAD TO GIVE THEM A SHOUT OUT.
UH, WE, SO WE HAVE A MOTION TO MOVE THIS FORWARD TO FULL COUNSEL AT THE B SESSION, DECEMBER 3RD.
CAN WE GO AHEAD AND TAKE A VOTE? VOTE ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.
IT LOOKS LIKE THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
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BUT NOT LEAST IS THE HOUSING DASHBOARD OVERVIEW.AND THIS ONE SHOULDN'T TAKE TOO LONG.
WE DIDN'T DO IT LAST TIME, BUT IT'S LITERALLY JUST AN UPDATE THAT WE'LL BE GETTING ALL, ALL OF THE TIME.
SO, UM, AND THIS IS JUST A, A BRIEFING, SO IF ANYBODY NEEDS TO STEP OUT, IT'LL BE OKAY IF, IF WE BREAK QUORUM, BUT IT'LL JUST BE AN INFORMATIONAL SESSION.
AND WHAT WE HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU ALL IS THE DASHBOARD.
WE'RE TRYING TO MEASURE THOSE METRICS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED IN THE FISCAL YEAR 22 BUDGET TO SHOW YOU WHERE WE ARE YEAR TO DATE.
SO YOU'LL SEE THE UNDER ONE ROOF, OUR FISCAL YEAR 22 GOAL IS 450.
OUR FISCAL YEAR 22 GOAL FOR MINING REPAIR IS 175.
AND THEN OUR FISCAL YEAR GOAL FOR, AND IT GOES THROUGH D H S ENCAMPMENT EVENTS, OUR HAVEN, UM, FOR HOPE ENROLLMENT AND OCCUPANCY RATE, AND THEN OUR PERCENT OF CLIENTS EXISTING EXITING HAVEN TO PERMANENT HOUSING.
SO THESE WERE SOME METRICS THAT WE HEARD THAT YOU ALL WANTED US TO CONTINUE TO TRACK.
UM, SINCE WE'RE AT THE VERY BEGINNING OF THE FISCAL YEAR, WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO REPORT RIGHT NOW, BUT IF THERE IS SOMETHING THAT'S MISSING FROM THIS REPORT, PLEASE LET US KNOW SO WE CAN START TRACKING IT MONTH TO MONTH SO WE CAN DO A COMPARISON.
BUT WE THOUGHT THIS WOULD BE A GOOD WAY FOR US TO TRACK OUR BUDGET GOALS AND THEN ANY OTHER PRIORITIES THAT YOU FEEL THAT WE NEED TO BE TRACKING THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
AGAIN, THIS WILL BE, UM, PRESENTED TO US.
UH, EV I THINK IT'S GONNA BE QUARTERLY AT THE VERY LEAST, LEAST, UM, I'LL JUST GO AROUND AND ASK IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS OR ANY ADDITIONAL, UH, COMMENTS FOR IMPROVEMENT.
I'LL START WITH COUNCILMAN BAR.
BRAVO, NO QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
WELL, THANK YOU EVERYBODY SO MUCH.
WE WILL SEE YOU ALL AGAIN ON NOVEMBER THE EIGHTH AND NOVEMBER THE 15TH.
THIS IS THE HARDEST WORKING COMMITTEE I TELL YOU.
AND YOU HAVE SO MANY MEETINGS I THINK MIGHT BE IMPORTANT.