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          LET'S ANTONIO SAN ANTONIO. 
          ALRIGHT, GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. 
          WELCOME TO OUR CITY COUNCIL, UH, WORK SESSION. 
          TIME IS 2:08 PM WE'LL CALL OUR CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO ORDER. 
          MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU READ THE ROLE? COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. 
          PRESENT, COUNCIL MEMBER VRAN. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COVEA HDA. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PALAI HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE PRESENT. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY HERE. 
          MAYOR NIERENBERG. 
          HERE. 
          MAYOR, WE HAVE A QUORUM. 
          AND AGAIN, WELCOME BACK TO CITY HALL. 
          THIS IS OUR NORMAL, UH, GIG, UH, HERE. 
          AND, UH, DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE WORK OF OUR METRO HEALTH TEAM AND THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE IN HELPING US TO, UM, CONTAIN THIS LAST ROUND OF COVID. 
          WE'RE OBVIOUSLY NOT THROUGH WITH IT, BUT WE DO APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S CAUTION AND COLLABORATION DURING THIS PRETTY DIFFICULT TIME. 
          UH, I DO WANT TO REMIND FOLKS THAT IF YOU ARE GOING TO EXIT THIS ROOM, UH, GENERAL PUBLIC EXIT IS, UH, TO MY RIGHT ON THE FAR END. 
          IF YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND TAKE THAT EXIT, UH, IF YOU NEED TO USE THE RESTROOM OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, JUST MAKE YOUR WAY OUT THERE. 
          THE DOORS BACK HERE WILL REMAIN LOCKED EXCEPT FOR, UH, MA MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. 
          IF YOU DO NEED TO EXIT THIS WAY, PLEASE USE THESE DOORS ONLY FOR THE CITY COUNCIL. 
          EVERYBODY ELSE USE THOSE DOORS ON THE RIGHT THERE. 
          SO, UM, WE HAVE TWO ITEMS ON THE AGENDA TODAY. 
          UH, SO LET ME TURN IT OVER TO OUR CITY MANAGER, ERIC WALSH. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          UH, GOOD AFTERNOON MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          TWO ITEMS, UH, ONE IS A BRIEFING AND UPDATE ON THE CITY'S STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN AND THEN AN UPDATE ON THE STRATEGIC PLAN TO RESPOND TO HOMELESSNESS. 
          SO BOTH ITEMS ON THE TODAY'S AGENDA, I'M GONNA HAND IT OVER TO LORI AND SHE'S GOING TO LAY THE GROUNDWORK FOR THE PRESENTATIONS. 
          THANKS. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          UH, TODAY WE DO HAVE TWO PRESENTATIONS AND WE WILL DO THEM BACK TO BACK, UM, THE STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, WHICH WE REFER TO AS THE SHIP, AND THEN THE STRATEGIC PLAN TO RESPOND TO HOMELESSNESS. 
          IAN BENAVIDES, WHO IS OUR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOUSING SERVICE DEPARTMENT, WILL PRESENT THE SHIP AND THEN HE'LL INTRODUCE MELODY WOOSLEY, WHO'S THE DIRECTOR OF DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES TO DO THE PLAN ON HOMELESSNESS. 
          BUT BEFORE I INTRODUCE IAN, I WANNA TAKE A MOMENT TO DISCUSS THE HOUSING BOND AND THE ROLE THE SHIP AND OTHER DOCUMENTS WILL PLAY IN THE BOND PROCESS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SO WE HAVE OUR FIRST HOUSING BOND COMMITTEE THIS EVENING AT 6:00 PM AT THE CONVENTION CENTER, AND WE HAVE OUR CO-CHAIRS HERE WITH US. 
          WE HAVE FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER SHIRLEY GONZALEZ, AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE SOUTH ALAMO REGIONAL ALLIANCE FOR HOMELESSNESS, KATIE VELA. 
          THEY'RE GONNA BE LEADING THE COMMITTEE THROUGH THE SELECTION OF BOND CATEGORIES FOR THE BOND PROGRAM. 
          SO I'M GONNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT. 
          SO AS YOU ALL HEARD AT THE OCTOBER 27TH SPECIAL SESSION, WE RECOMMENDED $150 MILLION FOR THE HOUSING BOND PROPOSITION. 
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NOW OTHER, UNLIKE OTHER BOND COMMITTEES, THE HOUSING BOND COMMITTEE IS NOT GOING TO BE SELECTING PROJECTS. 
          THEY ARE GONNA BE SELECTING AND PRIORITIZING CATEGORIES AND STRATEGIES THAT ARE IN THE SHIP THAT WE'LL BE USING FOR BOND FUNDING. 
          SO THERE ARE THREE DOCUMENTS THAT ARE GONNA HELP INFORM THE BOND PROCESS AS IT PERTAINS TO HOUSING. 
          THE FIRST ONE IS THE SHIP AND IAN BENEVIDEZ IS GONNA TALK MORE ABOUT THAT. 
          BUT WHAT THE SHIP DOES IS IT TALKS ABOUT WHAT ARE OUR GOALS FOR HOUSING PRODUCTION AND PRESERVATION AND HOW ARE WE GOING TO IMPLEMENT THESE GOALS. 
          THIS DOCUMENT WILL BE ADOPTED BY CITY COUNCIL OR CONSIDERED BY CITY COUNCIL IN DECEMBER. 
          THE NEXT DOCUMENT THAT'S IMPORTANT TO THIS PROCESS IS THE PRIORITY CATEGORIES AND HOUSING STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES. 
          THESE ARE GONNA BE CREATED BY THE HOUSING BOND COMMITTEE AND IT'S GOING TO LOOK AT WHAT POPULATIONS DO WE WANT TO PRIORITIZE FOR BOND FUNDING AND WHAT STRATEGIES OR PRODUCTS WE WANT TO PRIORITIZE FOR BOND FUNDING. 
          AND THEN FINALLY WE HAVE THE HOUSING BOND FRAMEWORK EVALUATION THAT WAS CREATED AND ADOPTED BY THE HOUSING COMMISSION IN OCTOBER OF 21. 
          WHAT THAT DOES IS IT LOOKS AT THE EVALUATION CRITERIA THAT WILL BE USED WHEN REVIEWING PROJECTS FOR BOND FUNDING CONSIDERATION. 
          SO THESE THREE DOCUMENTS ARE INTERCONNECTED AND WILL HELP US GO THROUGH THE PROCESS. 
          I'LL BRIEFLY TALK ABOUT THE SHIP. 
          THE SHIP IS BASICALLY A CONTINUATION OF THE MAYOR'S HOUSING POLICY FRAMEWORK THAT IS ITS FOUNDATION. 
          BUT WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE RECALIBRATED THE TARGETS IN THAT FRAMEWORK AND REEVALUATED THE STRATEGIES TO SEE WHAT IS LEFT TO DO AND WHAT MORE IS THERE TO DO. 
          THE MAYOR'S HOUSING POLICY FRAMEWORK LOOKS AT OUR GOALS, DIVIDES THEM BY A M I, LOOKS AT WHAT WE NEED TO DO WITH REGARDS TO PRESERVATION VERSUS NEW CONSTRUCTION OR PRODUCTION, AND THEN ALSO BIFURCATES THE GOALS INTO RENTAL VERSUS HOME OWNERSHIP. 
          IT ALSO DEVELOPS A 10 YEAR FUNDING PLAN THAT HELPS US IDENTIFY OR LEVERAGE $3.3 BILLION IN FUNDING OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS THAT'LL HELP US IMPLEMENT THESE GOALS AND STRATEGIES. 
          AND THEN IT IDENTIFIES 36 STRATEGIES TO BE DEVELOPED OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS THAT ARE NECESSARY TO ACHIEVE THE HOUSING TARGETS AND DECREASE THE NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS THAT ARE COST BURDEN. 
          NOW THE PRIORITY CATEGORIES AND HOUSING STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES, THIS IS THE DOCUMENT THAT'S GONNA BE CREATED BY THE HOUSING BOND COMMITTEE. 
          THEY'RE GONNA IDENTIFY THE CATEGORIES AND STRATEGIES THAT ARE IN THE SHIP THAT THEY WANNA PRIORITIZE FOR BOND FUNDING. 
          THESE CATEGORIES AND STRATEGIES CAN BE POPULATION BASED. 
          AN EXAMPLE OF A POPULATION BASED IS HOUSEHOLDS UP TO 30% OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME OR STRATEGY BASED. 
          IT COULD BE RENTAL PRODUCTION OR DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE. 
          THE PRIORITY CATEGORIES AND HOUSING STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES WILL HELP IDENTIFY THE TYPES OF PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS THAT MAY BE PURSUED THROUGH THE APPROPRIATE PROCESSES FOR BOND PRO FUNDING. 
          AND FOR EXAMPLE, THE HOUSING BOND COMMITTEE COULD IDENTIFY UP TO 30% A M I AS THE POPULATION THAT THEY WANNA PRIORITIZE AND THEY COULD STATE THAT THEY WANT TO FOCUS ON RENTAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES. 
          SO THE CITY WOULD TAKE THAT INFORMATION AND WE WOULD GO FORWARD AND ISSUE AN R F P SPECIFIC TO BOND FUNDS TO HELP FACILITATE MORE RENTAL HOUSING FOR HOUSEHOLDS THAT ARE MAKING UP TO 30% OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME. 
          SO THAT'S HOW WE'LL USE THIS DOCUMENT TO HELP US PRIORITIZE, YOU KNOW, WHAT CATEGORIES WE WANNA PURSUE WHEN TRYING TO SELECT AND SOLICIT PROJECTS FOR THE BOND FUNDING. 
          NOW THE LAST DOCUMENT I WANNA TALK ABOUT IS A HOUSING BOND EVALUATION FRAMEWORK. 
          AND SO THAT IS A DOCUMENT THAT WAS CREATED BY THE HOUSING COMMISSION. 
          AND WHAT IT DOES IS FIRST IT WANTS TO TAKE THE WORK FROM THE HOUSING BOND COMMITTEE, IDENTIFY AND USE THOSE PRIORITIES, AND THEN MAKE SURE THE BOND PROJECTS MEETS THOSE PRIORITIES, BUT ALSO EXEMPLIFIES THE SHIP CORE VALUES AND IT CONNECTS VULNERABLE POPULATIONS TO STABLE HOUSING. 
          IT'S IDENTIFIED EVALUATION CRITERIA FOR STAFF TO USE WHEN REVIEWING AND EVALUATING PROJECTS. 
          THAT EVALUATION CRITERIA FOCUSES ON CONNECTIVITY. 
          HOW DO WE PROMOTE RESIDENT CHOICE AND IMPROVE CONNECTIVITY AMONG PEOPLE, RESOURCES AND OPPORTUNITIES. 
          IT FOCUSES ON PUBLIC HEALTH. 
          HOW DO WE IMPROVE OUR PUBLIC HEALTH OUTCOMES? AND FINALLY, HOW DO WE FOSTER COMMUNITY RESILIENCY? SO AN EXAMPLE OF HOW WE'RE GOING TO USE THIS DOCUMENT. 
          WE HAVE THE SHIP AND THE HOUSING BOND COMMITTEE THAT 
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SELECTS STRATEGIES AND PRIORITY POPULATIONS THAT WE WANT TO FOCUS ON USING BOND FUNDING. 
          WE, WE ISSUE RFPS FOR SPECIFIC PROJECTS OR POPULATIONS LIKE THE EXAMPLE I USED BEFORE, RENTAL HOUSING FOR HOUSEHOLDS MAKING UP TO 30% A M. 
          I WILL USE THIS EVALUATION CRITERIA TO HELP US SELECT THE PROJECTS. 
          AND WHEN WE GO TO COUNCIL, WHICH WE WILL GO TO COUNCIL FOR ALL THE PROJECTS FOR THE $150 MILLION, WE'LL BE ABLE TO POINT TO THE HOUSING BOND COMMITTEE WORK AND THE EVALUATION FRAMEWORK THAT WAS CREATED BY THE HOUSING COMMISSION SO WE CAN SHOW YOU HOW IT MEETS THOSE COMMUNITY GOALS. 
          SO I WANNA STRESS THAT WE ARE WORKING TO BECOME MORE COORDINATED AND THESE THREE DOCUMENTS HELP US DO THAT. 
          I ALSO WANNA MENTION THAT THE CITY DOES NOT BUILD HOUSING, BUT WE RELY ON OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING PARTNERS AND OUR DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS TO HELP US BUILD THIS HOUSING. 
          AND IT'S THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS THEY'LL BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE THESE GOALS. 
          I WANNA MENTION AGAIN THAT THE HOUSING BOND COMMITTEE WILL NOT SELECT PROJECTS, BUT WILL PRIORITIZE CATEGORIES AND STRATEGIES THAT ARE IN THE SHIP THAT WILL BE FUNDED BY THE HOUSING BOND. 
          AND THE PROCESS TO IMPLEMENT THE PRIORITIES FROM THE HOUSING BOND COMMITTEE WILL USE THE HOUSING COMMISSION'S EVALUATION FRAMEWORK TO SCORE AND EVALUATE PROJECTS FOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION. 
          AND THEN THE SHIP, WE TALKED ABOUT BEING A COORDINATED HOUSING SYSTEM, THE SHIP IS GONNA HELP US REALIZE THAT IT'S GONNA BE ADOPTED BY OUR OTHER PARTNERS AT THE HOUSING AUTHORITY AND THE HOUSING TRUST. 
          AND IT'S BUILT ON THE MAYOR'S HOUSING POLICY FRAMEWORK THAT HAD A LOT OF COMMUNITY INPUT AND REFERENCES, SEVERAL OTHER DOCUMENTS THAT WERE COMMUNITY BASED. 
          SO THIS IS A WAY TO COORDINATE ALL OF OUR HOUSING PRIORITIES THAT ARE IN OTHER CITY DOCUMENTS. 
          BUT IT'S JUST THE BEGINNING. 
          AND SO AS YOU'RE GONNA HEAR FROM IAN, WE'VE JUST STARTED THIS PROCESS. 
          ONCE THE SHIP IS ADOPTED BY COUNCIL, THERE ARE 36 STRATEGIES THAT NEED TO BE CRAFTED AND DEVELOPED WITH OUR STAKEHOLDERS IN THE COMMUNITY THAT WILL GO TO THE HOUSING COMMISSION, THAT WILL GO TO THE PLANNING AND LAND DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL COMMITTEE, AND THEN ULTIMATELY TO CITY COUNCIL. 
          EACH OF THOSE 36 STRATEGIES WILL MOST LIKELY HAVE THEIR OWN PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PROCESS. 
          WE STARTED DOING SHIP PUBLIC MEETINGS, WE HAD ONE ON NOVEMBER 1ST, WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE NOVEMBER 4TH. 
          AT THOSE COMMITTEE MEETINGS, WE'RE ASKING MEMBERS TO SIGN UP FOR THE STRATEGIES THAT THEY WANNA PARTICIPATE IN SO WE CAN BUILD UPON THE NEXT PHASE OF OUR PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT BECAUSE AS I MENTIONED, WE'VE GOT 10 MORE YEARS OF WORK TO DO TO BE ABLE TO MEET THE GOALS THAT IAN'S GONNA SHARE WITH YOU. 
          AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WE COULDN'T HAVE DONE THIS WITHOUT OUR PARTNERS. 
          PARTNERSHIP IS THE KEY TO ALL OF US. 
          I WANNA RECOGNIZE OUR CO-CHAIRS WHO HELPED US CREATE THE SHIP. 
          WE HAVE KRISTEN DAVILA, WHO'S WITH MERCED HOUSING, TIM ALCOTT WITH SAN ANTONIO HOUSING AUTHORITY. 
          WE HAVE JUAN VALDEZ WITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND AS I MENTIONED ALREADY RECOGNIZED COUNCIL MEMBER SHIRLEY GONZALEZ, JIM BAILEY, WHO ALSO PARTICIPATED AND SERVED IN A LEADERSHIP POSITION IN CREATING THE SHIP. 
          CHRISTINE VINA WITH VEA. 
          WE ALSO HAVE PETE ESE WITH A HOUSING TRUST AND VERONICA GARCIA NOW WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOUSING SERVICES DEPARTMENT. 
          AND FRANCISCO GIMA WAS A FACILITATOR THAT HELPED US GATHER ALL THIS COMMUNITY INPUT AND DRIVE THESE FORUMS. WE ALSO HAVE FORUM MEMBERS THAT INCLUDE KATIE VELA WITH THE SOUTH ALAMO REGIONAL ALLIANCE FOR HOMELESSNESS, MELANIE COFFIN, CYNTHIA SPIELMAN, RICK ACOSTA, ZEKE ROMO, MONICA CRUZ, KAYLA MIRANDA, MICHAEL TAYLOR, AND NATALIE GRIFFITH AND LEELA POWELL. 
          WE HAD BROAD COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TO HELP US CREATE THE SHIP, BUT AS I MENTIONED, THE PROCESS BEGINS AND WE HAVE TO START CREATING THOSE 36 STRATEGIES AND YOU'LL SEE THE TIMELINE FOR THOSE CREATION AND THE PUBLIC INPUT PROCESS FOR THOSE. 
          SO WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE IAN BENAVIDES TO GO OVER THE 
          [1. Briefing and update on the City’s Strategic Housing Implementation Plan (SHIP) [Lori Houston, Assistant City Manager; Verónica R. Soto, Director, Neighborhood and Housing Services]]
SHIP GUIDELINES AND THE POLICY, AND THEN HE WILL INTRODUCE MELODY WOOSLEY, WHO WILL TALK ABOUT THE HOMELESS PLANT. 
          THANK YOU LORI. 
          UH, GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNSEL. 
          IAN BENAVIDES, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR WITH NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOUSING SERVICES DEPARTMENT. 
          I THINK LORI DID A FANTASTIC JOB KIND OF GIVING AN OVERVIEW OF THE SHIP AND HOW IT FITS INTO OUR PROCESS GOING FORWARD. 
          AND THE SHIP REALLY IS A ROADMAP FOR THE NEXT 10 YEARS, AND IT BUILDS OFF OF THE FOUNDATION THAT THE HOUSING POLICY FRAMEWORK SET FOR OUR CITY. 
          THE HOUSING POLICY FRAMEWORK WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN PRIORITIZING HOUSING FOR THE NEXT 10 YEARS, AND WE WANNA BUILD OFF OF THAT. 
          EVERYTHING IN THE SHIP CONTINUES THAT WORK, AND WE'VE ONLY ADDED MORE. 
          WE'VE PULLED FROM OTHER DOCUMENTS THAT INCLUDED HOUSING STRATEGIES. 
          WE'VE RECALIBRATED OUR GOALS AND WE'VE, WE'VE IDENTIFIED HOW WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE WITH PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT THAT WAS SO KEY TO THE FORMATION OF THE HOUSING POLICY FRAMEWORK DOCUMENT. 
          SO IN MY, UH, PRESENTATION, I'LL GO OVER A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHY WE'RE DOING 
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THIS RIGHT NOW. 
          UM, THE HOUSING POLICY FRAMEWORK ISN'T THAT OLD, SO WHY ARE WE DOING A NEW PROCESS? TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW WE'VE IDENTIFIED THE NEED IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE SHIP APPROACH, HOW IT DOES NOT JUST INCLUDES PRODUCTION AND PRESERVATION OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING, BUT ALSO LOOKS AT THINGS LIKE JOB TRAINING AND BENEFITS NAVIGATION. 
          WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR 10 YEAR FUNDING PLAN, HOW WE'RE GONNA PAY FOR THIS OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS AS A COMMUNITY, LEVERAGING OTHER FUNDING SOURCES. 
          TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE STRATEGIES, AGAIN, CARRYING FORWARD FROM THE HOUSING POLICY FRAMEWORK, BUT ALSO PULLING FROM OTHER PLANNING, PLANNING DOCUMENTS THAT OUR COMMUNITY HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN AND COUNCIL HAS APPROVED. 
          AND THEN OUR PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT TO DATE AND OUR NEXT STEPS. 
          SO I THINK THIS HAS BEEN TOUCHED ON A LOT, BUT THE HOUSING POLICY FRAMEWORK IS REALLY A FOUNDATION FOR THE SHIP DOCUMENT IN THE HOUSING POLICY FRAMEWORK. 
          AND INCLUDED 24 STRATEGIES THAT WERE, UM, UH, PUT UNDER FIVE KEY FOCUS AREAS. 
          AND THOSE WERE TO DEVELOP A COORDINATED HOUSING SYSTEM, INCREASE CITY INVESTMENT IN HOUSING, UH, INCREASE AFFORDABLE HOUSING PRODUCTION, REHABILITATION AND PRESERVATION, PROTECT AND PROMOTE NEIGHBORHOODS AND ENSURE ACCOUNTABILITY OF THE PUBLIC. 
          WHEN WE GET TO THE STRATEGIES, YOU'LL SEE HOW WE'RE CARRYING THAT FORWARD AND EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE GONNA BE DOING OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS. 
          LASTLY, THE, THE HOUSING POLICY FRAMEWORK ALSO ESTABLISHED OUR FIRST 10 YEAR TARGET FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING PRODUCTION AND PRESERVATION. 
          I THINK IT WAS INSTRUMENTAL TO ALL OF THE PROGRESS THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO MAKE. 
          IT ALLOWED US TO START WORKING WITH OUR PARTNERS TO TRACK OUR PROGRESS TOWARDS THOSE GOALS, BUT IT ALSO LED US TO IDENTIFY SOME HOLES AND SOME GAPS AND A NEED TO RECALIBRATE OUR GOALS REALLY QUICKLY. 
          I'LL START WITH THE HOUSING POLICY FRAMEWORK PROGRESS. 
          SO TO DATE, WE'VE COMPLETED 12 OF THE STRATEGIES. 
          WE'VE GOT FIVE STRATEGIES THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN PROGRESS, AND WE'VE GOT SEVEN STRATEGIES, UM, THAT ARE GONNA BE INCLUDED IN THE SHIP THAT WE'RE CARRYING FORWARD. 
          SOME OF THE STRATEGIES THAT WE'VE, UH, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO COMPLETE DURING THIS TIME INCLUDE INCREASING THE STAFFING FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES DEPARTMENT, INCREASING OUR FUNDING FOR OUR REHAB PROGRAMS LIKE UNDER ONE ROOF ON OUR OCCUPIED REHAB AND MINOR REPAIR, RECONSTITUTING THE HOUSING COMMISSION TO BE AN OVERSIGHT BODY OF THE HOUSING POLICY FRAMEWORK IN ITS WORK, DOING AN ASSESSMENT OF THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING TRUST AND ISSUING A CHARTER AMENDMENT THAT WAS APPROVED BY, UH, THE CITIZENS OF SAN ANTONIO THAT'S ALLOWING US TO GO FORWARD, UH, WITH THE HOUSING BOND. 
          I'D ALSO LIKE TO MENTION HERE THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE STRATEGIES THAT WE WEREN'T ABLE TO PICK UP ON WE'RE DUE TO C OVID 19. 
          I KNOW OUR CITY AS A WHOLE HAD TO PIVOT AND TRANSITION, BUT OUR DEPARTMENT ESPECIALLY WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN SOME OF THAT RESPONSE THROUGH C OVID 19, WE WERE ABLE TO USE THE RISK MITIGATION FUND, WHICH WAS CREATED, UH, BY THE NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES DEPARTMENT WITH IN, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR COMMUNITY AND TRANSITION IT INTO THE EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. 
          WE WERE ABLE TO PASS WITH COUNSEL'S, UH, ASSISTANCE, THE HOUSING VOUCHER INCENTIVE PROGRAM, THE NOTICE OF TENANT'S RIGHTS, AND WE BEGAN WORK AT THE EVICTION COURTS TEAM TRYING TO HELP RESIDENTS DIVERT, EVICTION AND STAY HOUSED. 
          SO WHEN WE PICKED UP THE, THE, THE HOUSING POLICY FRAMEWORK, ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT WE DID IS WE STARTED TRACKING OUR PROGRESS TOWARDS THOSE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TARGETS. 
          THE HOUSING POLICY FRAMEWORK SET A GOAL OF 18,861 UNITS SPREAD ACROSS RENTAL HOUSING AND HOME OWNERSHIP, HOUSING PRODUCTION PRESERVATION. 
          THIS CHART SHOWS THAT OUR PROGRESS IN THE FIRST THREE YEARS IS EXCEEDING MANY OF THOSE GOALS. 
          AND IF WE EXTRAPOLATE OUT, IT WAS VERY CLEAR TO US THAT WE WERE GONNA SURPASS THOSE GOALS WITHIN THE FIRST FOUR OR FIVE YEARS. 
          SO THIS WAS GREAT. 
          LIKE I SAID, IT, IT ALLOWED US TO START MEASURING, TO START TRACKING. 
          IT ALLOWS US TO START TRACKING NOT ONLY OUR GOALS FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO INCENTIVES THAT WE WE PROVIDE, BUT ALSO THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING TRUST, THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING AUTHORITY IN BEXAR COUNTY. 
          SO BECAUSE OF THAT, WE WANTED TO TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT THE NEED IN OUR COMMUNITY AND SET SOME NEW TARGETS. 
          ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT WE DID IS WE PARTNERED WITH THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING COMMISSION THAT WAS RECENTLY RE RECONSTITUTED AND WORKED ON DEFINING WHAT AFFORDABILITY ACTUALLY IS FOR OUR COMMUNITY. 
          UH, THIS WAS A, A PRETTY LONG PROCESS THAT WE UNDERWENT WITH THE HOUSING COMMISSION, BUT I THINK IT WAS NECESSARY WE WERE ABLE TO ESTABLISH A SHARED DEFINITION OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO BE REFERENCED ACROSS CITY PROGRAMS AND DEPARTMENTS. 
          AGAIN, EIGHT MONTHS, BUT WE WERE ABLE TO HAVE OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS, OTHER CITY AGENCIES, INCLUDING C P SS SAWS, VIA AND OUR, UH, COMMUNITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS OR OUR NONPROFITS WEIGH IN. 
          THE RESULTS OF THIS WERE THAT WE ADJUSTED HERE IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, WHAT WE DEFINE AS AFFORDABLE HOUSING DOWN FROM 80% OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME AS DEFINED BY HUD TO 60% OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME AS DEFINED BY HUD. 
          AND THE REASON WE DID THIS IS HUD TAKES IN A LARGER GEOGRAPHIC AREA THAT INCLUDES OUTLYING MUNICIPALITIES LIKE NEW BRAUNFELS AND ALAMO HEIGHTS. 
          AND SO IT SKEWS OUR AVERAGE INCOME UP. 
          SO BY ADJUSTING DOWN TO 60% A M I, YOU CAN SEE THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY ADDRESSING THE 80% A M I HERE IN SAN ANTONIO AS OPPOSED TO THE 80% A M I IN OTHER CITIES. 
          NEXT WE TOOK THAT FORWARD AND WE WORKED WITH OUR CONSULTANT ECONOMIC AND PLANNING SYSTEMS, ECONOMIC AND PLANNING SYSTEMS PARTNERED, UM, WITH A, WITH A TASK FORCE TRICARE WHEN THEY WERE WORKING ON THE HOUSING POLICY FRAMEWORK TO SET OUR ORIGINAL TARGETS. 
          AND WE REALLY WANTED TO UNDERSTAND THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO ARE AT THE HIGHEST NEED FOR HOUSING 
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INSECURITY. 
          SO WE'RE ABLE TO DEVELOP A VULNERABLE VULNERABILITY INDEX WITH OUR CONSULTANT, AND WE WERE ABLE TO LOOK AT THINGS LIKE COST BURDEN AND SUPPLY DEMAND IMBALANCES TO IDENTIFY WHO THOSE ARE THAT ARE THE MOST VULNERABLE. 
          THE RESULTS OF THAT ANALYSIS SHOWED ABOUT 95,000 HOUSEHOLDS ARE THE MOST VULNERABLE IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          YOU CAN SEE ON THIS CHART IT'S BROKEN OUT BY HOMEOWNERS AND RENTERS, BUT THE KEY TAKEAWAY HERE IS THE NEED AT WHICH THOSE AMIS FALL. 
          ALMOST 75% OF THEM ARE BELOW 50% OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME, AND ALMOST HALF ARE AT 30% OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME. 
          WHAT THIS TOLD US IS THE NEED IN OUR COMMUNITY ARE AT THE LOWEST A M I LEVELS, WHICH WE KNOW ARE THE HARDEST TO SERVE AND THE MOST EXPENSIVE TO PRODUCE HOUSING FOR. 
          ONCE WE HAD THE 95,000 HOUSEHOLDS IDENTIFIED, OUR NEXT STEP WAS HOW WE WERE GONNA ADDRESS THESE HOUSEHOLDS. 
          THE HOUSING POLICY FRAMEWORK DID A REALLY GOOD JOB OF IDENTIFYING SOME OF THE ROOT CAUSES OF HOUSING INSTABILITY, AND THEY WERE NOT JUST PRODUCTION AND PRESERVATION TARGETS. 
          WE LOOKED AT THINGS LIKE HOW WE COULD INCREASE OR SUBSIDIZE HOUSEHOLD INCOME, AND THAT WOULD HAVE THE SAME EFFECT AS BUILDING OR PRESERVING AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          AND THEN IT WOULD LOWER HOUSING COSTS OR LOWER OTHER HOUSEHOLD EXPENSES THAT ALLOW HOUSEHOLDS TO SPEND MORE ON HOUSING. 
          SO WHAT WE DID IS WE PARTNERED WITH OUR PARTNER AGENCIES AND OUR PARTNER, UH, DEPARTMENTS TO SEE HOW WE COULD HELP AND COORDINATE, UM, A UNIFIED APPROACH TO ADDRESSING HOUSING INSTABILITY. 
          SO THE TWO WAYS THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO THIS ARE TO INCREASE HOUSEHOLD WAGES AND SUBSIDIZE INCOMES AND PRODUCE AND PRESERVE MORE INCOME RESTRICTED UNITS FOR INCREASING HOUSEHOLD WAGES AND SUBSIDIZING INCOMES. 
          WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING AUTHORITY, WHICH IS ABLE TO ISSUE THINGS LIKE HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHERS THAT PAY THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A COST BURDEN AND FAMILY'S RENT, UH, INCOME AND THE RENT THAT THEY MAY BE OWED. 
          WE ALSO WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH OUR DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES THROUGH THE PANDEMIC. 
          WE WERE ABLE TO INVEST HEAVILY IN BENEFIT NAVIGATORS AND THESE BENEFIT NAVIGATORS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO CONNECT RESIDENTS TO SERVICES THAT ARE ALREADY OUT THERE, SUCH AS SNAP AND THE CHILD TAX CREDIT. 
          ENSURING THAT HOUSEHOLDS HAVE ACCESS TO THESE SERVICES THAT WE'VE INVESTED IN EITHER AT THE FEDERAL, STATE, OR LOCAL LEVEL, IS CRITICAL TO ENSURING THAT THEY HAVE ALL THE RESOURCES THAT ARE ABLE TO ASSIST THEM. 
          AND THEN LASTLY, WHEN WE LOOK AT THINGS LIKE JOB TRAINING, WE'RE WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH OUR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM TO SEE HOW WE CAN TRACK OUR WORKFORCE TRAINING PROGRAM GOING FORWARD AND ENSURING THAT FAMILIES HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO INCREASE THEIR INCOME AND THUS LOWER THEIR HOUSEHOLD COSTS. 
          AND THEN WITH PRODUCING AND PRESERVING INCOME RESTRICTED UNITS, WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO WORK WITH OUR PARTNERS ON THE THINGS THAT WE DO BEST, WHICH IS PRODUCTION AND PRESERVATION, USING TOOLS LIKE GAP FINANCING OR TAX CREDITS, OWNER-OCCUPIED REHAB REPAIR AND RENTAL REHAB, USING THE FUNDING SOURCES WE HAVE AVAILABLE. 
          BUT WE ALSO WANTED TO SEE WHERE WE COULD LEVERAGE THE PRIVATE SECTOR. 
          WE KNOW THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THE UNITED STATES AND SAN ANTONIO IS NOT PROVIDED BY RENT SUBSIDIZED HOUSING, BUT IS NATURALLY OCCURRING AND AFFORDABLE. 
          AND AS WE SEE CONSTRAINTS IN OUR HOUSING SUPPLY RIGHT NOW, WE WANTED TO SEE HOW WE COULD, WE COULD WORK WITH U D C CHANGES TO ENSURE THAT FUTURE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, UM, IS NOT JUST RENT RESTRICTED, BUT IS ABLE TO BE PRODUCED ON THE PRIVATE MARKET. 
           DWELLING UNITS THAT ALLOW INDIVIDUALS TO AGE IN PLACE OR PROVIDE A SOURCE OF PASSIVE INCOME FOR HOMEOWNERS THAT MAY BE COST BURDENED. 
          WE'RE ALSO GONNA LOOK AT HOME SHARING. 
          WE DO KNOW THAT THERE'S A SHORTAGE OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS IN TERMS OF APARTMENTS OR HOMES, BUT IF YOU WERE TO LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF UNITS THAT ARE AVAILABLE IN TERMS OF BEDROOMS, THERE'S MORE THAN ENOUGH BEDROOMS TO BE ABLE TO HOUSE INDIVIDUALS. 
          SO WE'RE GONNA WORK TO SEE HOW WE CAN MAKE THOSE BEDROOMS ACCESSIBLE, PROVIDE, UH, LOW INCOME HOUSING FOR INDIVIDUALS, AND ALSO PROVIDE A SOURCE OF INCOME FOR PROPERTY OWNERS. 
          AND THEN UPSIDE, UH, UNSUBSIDIZED AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          LOOKING AT U D C AMENDMENTS, HOW WE CAN REDUCE THE COST OVERALL ON, ON A, ON DEVELOPMENT AND BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THOSE, PASS THOSE SAVINGS ONTO THE, UH, PRODUCT, UH, TO THE END USER AND END USER. 
          AND THOSE COULD BE RENTERS OR HOME BUYERS. 
          SO WITH THAT APPROACH, WE WERE ABLE TO WORK WITH OUR PARTNERS TO UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT THE PRODUCTION COULD BE YEAR OVER YEAR, AND WE WERE ABLE TO SET A NEW TARGET FOR OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING GOALS OF 28,094 UNITS. 
          AGAIN, WE'RE TYING ALL OF THESE THINGS TO CORE IDEAS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED IN THE HOUSING POLICY FRAMEWORK, AND THOSE INCLUDE THAT SAN ANTONIO'S HOUSING SUPPLY IS NOT KEEPING PACE WITH ECONOMIC GROWTH AND THAT HOUSING COSTS ARE OUTPACING INCOMES IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          AND SO ALL OF THESE THINGS TIE TO THOSE CORE, UM, CORE ISSUES THAT WERE IDENTIFIED IN THE FRAMEWORK AND NOW WE'LL BEGIN TRACKING THEM GOING FORWARD. 
          AND I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT TRACKING IN ANOTHER SLIDE. 
          FIRST I WANNA TAKE A LOOK AT OUR NEW RECALIBRATED TARGETS AND SHOW A BREAKDOWN OF THOSE. 
          HERE ARE THE 28,094 UNITS BROKEN DOWN BY HOME OWNERSHIP AND RENTAL PRODUCTION AND PRESERVATION. 
          THERE'S A COUPLE THINGS THAT I WANNA HIGHLIGHT ON THIS SLIDE. 
          FIRST, A MAJORITY OF THE TARGETS ARE AT OR BELOW 50% OF THE AREA UNION INCOME. 
          AND I HAVE ANOTHER SLIDE THAT WILL KIND OF BREAK THAT DOWN, BUT THIS IS IN DIRECT, UM, CONNECTION TO THE NEEDS THAT WE IDENTIFIED IN OUR ANALYSIS. 
          YOU'LL ALSO SEE A VERY LARGE TARGET FOR PRESERVATION, HOME OWNERSHIP PRESERVATION. 
          WE KNOW THAT THE NEED TO INVEST IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS IS KEY AS COUNCILWOMAN. 
          ADRIANA ROCHA GARCIA WOULD SAY THE DECADE OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT'S COMING UP. 
          AND SO THIS ALLOWS US TO START REINVESTING 
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IN NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE BEEN LOOKED OVER FOR RENTAL PRODUCTION AND PRESERVATION. 
          YOU CAN SEE A LARGE EMPHASIS PLACED ON PRODUCTION AT OR BELOW 30% OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME. 
          AND IF YOU FOLLOW THAT ASTERISK DOWN TO THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE, WE'RE INCLUDING A THOUSAND UNITS OF PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS. 
          AFTER THIS PRESENTATION, I'M SURE MEL WOOSLEY WILL GET INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL ON PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, BUT WE KNOW IT'S A KEY COMPONENT OF OUR HOUSING SPECTRUM. 
          INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE IN AND OUT OF HOMELESSNESS NEED STABLE HOUSING. 
          OH, ONE MORE THING ON THAT SLIDE, SORRY, BEFORE I GO FORWARD, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT AT 60 TO 80% A M I FOR RENTAL PRODUCTION, WE HAVE A ZERO THERE AND THAT'S IN RESPONSE TO OUR DEFINITION OF AFFORDABILITY. 
          UM, WE KNOW THAT THAT IS NO LONGER AFFORDABLE HERE IN THE SAN ANTONIO, HERE IN THE SAN ANTONIO AREA, SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK IT. 
          WE DO KNOW THAT WE WILL PRODUCE 80% UNITS BASED ON THE TOOLS THAT WE HAVE. 
          LOW INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDITS ALLOW FOR SOMETHING CALLED INCOME AVERAGING, WHICH HAS ALLOWED US TO PRODUCE A LOT MORE 30, 40 AND 50% UNITS. 
          BUT IN ORDER TO OFFSET, UM, WE'VE HAD TO CREATE 70 AND 80% UNITS, WHICH IS A TRADE OFF. 
          SO WE KNOW THAT THEY'LL BE CREATED IN THE FUTURE. 
          WE'LL CONTINUE TO TRACK THEM, BUT THEY WON'T COUNT TOWARDS OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING TARGETS. 
          SO WHAT ARE THE PROGRAMS THAT WE'RE GONNA USE TO BE ABLE TO REACH THESE GOALS? SO THE SHIP LEVERAGES TOOLS THAT I THINK THE COUNCIL IS VERY FAMILIAR WITH, THESE INCLUDE REPAIR, REHABILITATION OR RECONSTRUCTION OF OWNER OCCUPIED HOMES, THINGS LIKE MINOR REPAIR, OWNER OCCUPIED REHAB, AND UNDER ONE ROOF REPAIR, REHABILITATION OR RECONSTRUCTION OF RENTAL UNITS. 
          SO WE'RE LOOKING AT BOTH LARGE SCALE AND SMALL SCALE RENTAL UNITS TO BE PRESERVED. 
          FIRST TIME HOME BUYER DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE WE KNOW IS CRITICAL TO GETTING HOME BUYERS INTO, INTO FIRST TIME HOME BUYERSHIP AND INCENTIVES TO REDUCE THE COST OF NEW CONSTRUCTION. 
          SO THINGS ARE, THESE ARE THINGS LIKE GAP FINANCING, LAND BANKING, AND BEING ABLE TO BUY DOWN UNIT RATES. 
          UNIT RENTS. 
          WE WANT TO INCREASE OWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES. 
          SO THESE ARE SOME OF THE IDEAS THAT WE'VE PULLED INTO THE SHIP FROM THINGS FROM INITIATIVES LIKE OUR FOUR V ONE HOME ANTI DISPLACEMENT INITIATIVE, AND THEY INCLUDE CONVERSION AND MOBILE HOME PARKS AND MULTIFAMILY TO RESIDENT OWNED COMMUNITIES AND ALSO LEVERAGING COMMUNITY LAND TRUST WHERE WE CAN. 
          SO AS I SAID, OUR NEW TARGETS REFLECT THE NEED THAT WAS IDENTIFIED IN OUR ANALYSIS. 
          NEARLY 75% OF OUR NEW TARGETS ARE AT OR BELOW 50% OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME, AND NEARLY 50% OF OUR TARGETS ARE AT OR BELOW 30% OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME. 
          THIS ALSO REFLECTS OUR EMPHASIS ON PRESERVATION. 
          OUR NEW GOALS UH, REFLECTS OUR EMPHASIS ON PRESERVATION OVER PRODUCTION WITH 55% OF OUR TARGETS BEING FOR PRESERVATION. 
          SO I TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR APPROACH IN THE SHIP TRACKING NOT ONLY HOUSING PRODUCTION AND PRESERVATION, BUT ALSO BENEFITS NAVIGATION AND JOB TRAINING. 
          SO HOW WILL WE TRACK THESE INTO THE FUTURE? WE'RE GONNA LEVERAGE A COUPLE DIFFERENT MECHANISMS TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE UPDATES NOT JUST TO COUNCIL, BUT ALSO TO OUR COMMUNITY. 
          WE'LL BE ABLE TO GO TO THE HOUSING COMMISSION AND WORK WITH THEIR PUBLIC DASHBOARD AND ANNUAL REPORT SUBCOMMITTEE TO CREATE AN ONLINE DASHBOARD SO THE COMMUNITY CAN KEEP UP TO DATE. 
          WE'LL ALSO BE ISSUING AN ANNUAL REPORT THAT THE COMMUNITY CAN LOOK AT. 
          WE'LL PROVIDE MONTHLY UPDATES TO THE HOUSING COMMISSIONS, UM, SO THE COMMISSIONERS CAN BE UP TO DATE, BUT ALSO THE PUBLIC. 
          AND THEN QUARTERLY REPORTS TO THE PLANNING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE. 
          HOW ARE WE GONNA TRACK THESE? WE'RE GONNA WORK WITH OUR PARTNERS. 
          OUR PARTNERS FOR PUBLIC ASSISTANCE INCLUDE THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING AUTHORITY, WHICH IS THE MAJOR VOUCHER ISSUER FOR FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, OUR DEPARTMENT, BEXAR COUNTY AND D H SS. 
          WHEN IT COMES TO BENEFIT NAVIGATION FOR JOB TRAINING, WE'LL BE WORKING VERY, VERY CLOSELY WITH THE READY TO WORK PROGRAM FOR OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING PRODUCTION. 
          WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING, WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH OUR PARTNERS AT THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING AUTHORITY BEAR COUNTY AND THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING TRUST. 
          AND FOR THE PRIVATE SECTOR, WE'RE GONNA TRACK OUR U D C AMENDMENTS THAT MAKE BUILDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING EASIER. 
          SO HOW ARE WE GONNA PAY FOR THIS? THE NEXT THING WE DID AFTER WE SET OUR TARGETS WAS LOOK AT HOW WE CAN PAY FOR THIS OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS. 
          SO WHAT WE DID IS WE WORKED WITH OUR CONSULTANT AND WE ANALYZED THE PIPELINE OF OUR EXISTING AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS. 
          OFTENTIMES WHEN UH, ANALYSIS ARE BEING DONE ON THE COST PER UNIT, UM, IT'S HELPFUL TO LOOK AT WHAT THINGS TRADITIONALLY COST ACROSS THE COUNTRY BECAUSE WE WERE ABLE TO START TRACKING OUR PROGRESS OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS, OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS ACTUALLY, WE WERE ABLE TO HAVE A VERY GOOD SAMPLE SITE AND DATA SET TO LOOK EXACTLY AT WHAT THE AVERAGE SUBSIDY PER UNIT IS, THE A M I LEVELS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO PRODUCE AND THE PROGRAMS THAT HELPED US DO THAT. 
          GOING THROUGH THAT EXERCISE AND LOOKING AT THAT 28,000 GOAL, UM, WE, WE SAW THAT THIS REPRESENTED APPROXIMATELY $3.3 BILLION IN HOUSING INVESTMENT OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS. 
          I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE HOUSING, UH, THE FUNDING SOURCES THAT WILL ALLOW US TO GET THERE, BUT WE WERE ABLE TO ACHIEVE THAT BY LEVERAGING FUNDING THAT CURRENTLY EXISTS. 
          SO $1 BILLION AND LOCALLY DIRECTED FUNDING IS ABLE TO LEVERAGE $2.3 BILLION. 
          THE FUNDING SOURCES THAT WE LOOKED AT IN OUR PIPELINE, INCLUDING OUR HOUSING BOND, UM, WHICH I'LL TALK ABOUT, UH, A LITTLE BIT IN A DIFFERENT SLIDE. 
          OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING BUDGET, WHICH IS THE DEPARTMENT BUDGET OF NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES. 
          IT INCLUDES OUR CITY GENERAL FUNDS AND INCLUDES OUR FEDERAL FUNDS THAT WE RECEIVE ANNUALLY LIKE C D B G AND HOME. 
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IT INCLUDES ANY RECAPITALIZED FUNDS OR ANY PROGRAM INCOME THAT COMES INTO OUR DEPARTMENT, OUR CITY FEE WAIVERS, UH, AND OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING FUND, WHICH ARE, UH, TAX REBATES THAT GET PAID BACK TO THE CITY FROM CCHI PROGRAMS AND TS PROJECTS. 
          WE DID INCLUDE OUR HOME ARPA FUNDING. 
          IT IS ONE TIME FUNDING, BUT IT IS A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT. 
          THIS IS $20 MILLION THAT NEEDS TO BE USED FOR HOUSING ACTIVITIES. 
          OUR TAX EXEMPTION, THESE ARE TAX EXEMPT PROJECTS THAT ARE DONE BY THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING TRUST IN BEXAR COUNTY. 
          SOME EXAMPLES INCLUDE BILLY MITCHELL AND THE CONTINENTAL HOTEL. 
          THESE CAN BE DONE AND LAYERED ON WITH A VARIETY OF FUNDING SOURCES LIKE HISTORIC TAX CREDITS, THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING TRUST FUNDING ROUNDS, THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING TRUST IS ABLE TO USE THEIR PROGRAM INCOME TO ISSUE FUNDING ROUNDS ANNUALLY FOR HOUSING ACTIVITIES. 
          THE FEDERAL CAPITAL FUNDS THAT ARE USED BY THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING AUTHORITY TO PRESERVE THEIR HOUSING, THESE AREN'T FUNDS THAT ARE BEING REDIRECTED, BUT BECAUSE THEY'RE RESIDENTS OF SAN ANTONIO ARE CAPTURED IN THE ANALYSIS OF THE NEED AND SAN ANTONIO, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAPTURED ALL THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING. 
          OUR TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONES, THESE ARE ZONES THAT ARE CREATED, UH, PRIMARILY TO PRODUCE SINGLE FAMILY AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND PARTS OF THE CITY WHERE INFRASTRUCTURE HAS NOT BEEN EXTENDED. 
          AND THEN REALLY WHAT WE LOOKED AT AS LEVERAGE SOURCES ARE THE PRIMARY SOURCES THAT GO INTO AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT. 
          THESE ARE LOW INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDITS. 
          UM, THESE ARE CONVENTIONAL DEBT THAT DEVELOPERS TAKE OUT, PRIVATE ACTIVITY BONDS AND HUD FINANCING. 
          AND THEN WE HAVE HEARD COUNCIL BRING UP OTHER FUNDING SOURCES THAT CAN BE USED TO LAYER INTO AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS. 
          THIS INCLUDES, UH, LEVERAGING CITY OWNED ASSETS WHEN POSSIBLE, LOOKING AT HISTORIC TAX CREDITS THAT MAY BE ELIGIBLE ON A PROJECT BY PROJECT BASIS BASIS AND PACE FUNDING THAT CAN BE USED FOR SUSTAINABLE REHABS. 
          COUNCIL HAS SEEN THE FIVE-YEAR FUNDING PLAN THAT LORI WAS ABLE TO PRESENT TO COUNCIL, UM, TWO WEEKS AGO IN A BOND PRESENTATION. 
          BUT HERE'S THE FIVE-YEAR FUNDING PLAN SIDE BY SIDE WITH OUR 10 YEAR FUNDING PLAN. 
          UM, IT'S JUST EXTENDING THE SOURCES ANOTHER FIVE YEARS AND YOU'LL ALSO SEE, UH, THE HOME ARPA FUNDS THAT ARE ONLY LISTED ONCE BECAUSE THAT'S ONE TIME FUNDING. 
          AND THEN YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE THE LEVERAGE SOURCES THERE THAT EQUATE TO OUR $3.3 BILLION OVER 10 YEARS. 
          SO THAT FEELS VERY CONFIDENT IN THESE FUNDING SOURCES. 
          THEY DON'T ACCOUNT FOR OTHER FUNDING SOURCES THAT MAY BE COMING DOWN THE PIPELINE OR CHANGES IN POLICY THAT MAY BE ABLE TO PRODUCE MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          AN EXAMPLE WOULD BE A CHANGE IN THE 4% HOUSING TAX CREDIT THAT'S CURRENTLY BEING, UM, CURRENTLY BEING PROPOSED THAT WOULD ALLOW IT TO BE MORE EFFECTIVE. 
          IT ALSO DOESN'T ACCOUNT FUNDING AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE BILL THAT MAY COME DOWN FROM THE FINAL FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THAT MAY INCREASE FUNDING FOR HOUSING VOUCHERS, PUBLIC HOUSING, REHABILITATION AND INVESTMENTS IN A NATIONAL HOUSING TRUST FUND. 
          THIS IS JUST A VISUAL OF THE 10 YEAR FUNDING PLAN. 
          AGAIN, LEVERAGING SOURCES THAT ALREADY EXIST IN THE COMMUNITY AND BEING STRATEGIC WITH HOW WE IMPLEMENT, UM, THE FUNDING SOURCES THAT WE CAN DIRECT LOCALLY. 
          YOU'LL NOTICE THAT FOR 2022 AND 2027, WE CURRENTLY HAVE $150 MILLION PROPOSED FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO'S HOUSING BOND. 
          THE LAST THING WE DID, UH, IS LOOK AT THE STRATEGIES. 
          AND AGAIN, WE STARTED WITH THE STRATEGIES THAT WERE INCLUDED IN THE HOUSING POLICY FRAMEWORK AND THEN WE ADDED ON FROM A VARIETY OF PLANNING DOCUMENTS. 
          WE USED, UH, A GROUP OF OVER 80 STAKEHOLDERS TO HELP US REFINE THESE STRATEGIES, TO HELP US PROVIDE CLARITY ON SOME OF THESE STRATEGIES AND TO HELP US PRIORITIZE THESE STRATEGIES. 
          AGAIN, THEY'RE SOURCED FROM OTHER LOCAL INITIATIVES. 
          I'M SURE ALL OF THESE ARE FAMILIAR TO YOU, BUT JUST TO NAME A FEW. 
          WE HAVE THE FOUR V ONE HOME ANTI DISPLACEMENT INITIATIVE. 
          WE HAVE O HP'S OPPORTUNITY AT RISK, AND WE HAVE THE CITY'S HOMELESS STRATEGIC PLAN, WHICH MEL WILL TALK ABOUT AFTER THIS PRESENTATION. 
          OUR DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, UH, WAS PRETTY LONG. 
          IT WAS OVER A YEAR AND WE DID NAVIGATE THROUGH A PANDEMIC, SO WE HAD TO, UM, DO A LOT MORE STUFF VIRTUALLY, BUT WE WERE ABLE TO CONTINUE. 
          UM, LED BY OUR FACILITATOR FRANCISCO GOMA. 
          WE HAD OVER 42 STAKEHOLDER FORUM MEETINGS. 
          WE HAD FOUR STAKEHOLDER FORUMS EACH WITH ABOUT 20 PEOPLE. 
          UH, THEY WERE ABLE TO REVIEW EXISTING PLANS AND INITIATIVES AND THEY WERE ABLE TO DRAFT THE INITIAL STRATEGIES THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THE SHIP. 
          WE HAD FULL SHIP MEETINGS, WHICH IS ABOUT 80 INDIVIDUALS ALTOGETHER, AS WELL AS OUR CO-CHAIRS THAT MET REGULARLY THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE ON TRACK TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING THAT WE WERE DOING WERE TYING BACK TO THE ORIGINAL CORE VALUES IN THE H HOUSING POLICY FRAMEWORK. 
          AND THEY REVIEWED THE STRATEGIES AND PROVIDED EDITS AS WE WENT. 
          AND THEN PUBLIC REVIEW. 
          OVER THIS TIME PERIOD, WE'VE HAD 10 PUBLIC MEETINGS INCLUDING HOUSING COMMISSION, THE FORMER PLANNING AND LAND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, THE FORMER PLANNING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, I MEAN THE CURRENT PLANNING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, UM, CITY COUNCIL B SESSION WE'RE HERE TODAY. 
          AND THEN IN PERSON AND ONLINE MEETINGS. 
          AND THEN FOR IMPLEMENTATION, I THINK LORI TOUCHED ON THIS EARLIER GOING FORWARD, THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING. 
          THIS IS THE ROADMAP. 
          EACH OF THESE STRATEGIES WILL HAVE AN IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS AND PLAN. 
          THEY WILL INCLUDE STAKEHOLDERS IDENTIFIED, THEY WILL INCLUDE APPROVAL PROCESSES THAT WILL GO THROUGH THE HOUSING COMMISSION COUNCIL COMMITTEE, AND THEN ULTIMATELY TO COUNCIL. 
          THIS IS JUST, UH, A TIMELINE BROKEN OUT AND ALL THE STEPS THAT WE'VE TAKEN TO DATE. 
          WE WERE ABLE TO FORM OUR CO-CHAIRS BACK IN APRIL, I MEAN CO FORM 
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OUR COMMITTEE BACK IN APRIL OF 2020. 
          WE WERE ABLE TO HAVE OUR STAKEHOLDER FORUMS OVER AUGUST AND NOVEMBER AND WE WERE ABLE TO REALLY START WORKING ON THE INDIVIDUAL STRATEGIES BETWEEN DECEMBER AND MARCH. 
          IN TOTAL, WE'VE GOT 36 STRATEGIES, AS LORI MENTIONED, AND WE'VE CATEGORIZED THEM IN THE SAME FIVE FOCUS AREAS THAT WERE IN THE HOUSING POLICY FRAMEWORK TO DEVELOP A COORDINATED HOUSING SYSTEM, INCREASE CITY INVESTMENT IN HOUSING, INCREASE AFFORDABLE HOUSING PRODUCTION, REHABILITATION AND PRESERVATION PROTECT TO PROMOTE NEIGHBORHOODS AND ENSURING ACCOUNTABILITY TO THE PUBLIC. 
          I WON'T GO THROUGH EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE, BUT I WILL SHOW YOU AND HIGHLIGHT ONE FROM EVERY EACH OF THESE FIVE FOCUS AREAS FOR DEVELOPING A COORDINATED HOUSING SYSTEM. 
          ONE THING THAT WE HAVE HEARD A LOT, UM, SINCE THE HOUSING POLICY FRAMEWORK WAS ADOPTED, AND ONE THING THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE A, A VERY LARGE FOCUS ON IS DEVELOPING A ONE-STOP SHOP HOUSING CENTER. 
          UM, WE'VE HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY THAT WE HAVE A ONE-STOP SHOP FOR DEVELOPERS AT DEVELOPMENT SERVICES TO BE ABLE TO GO IN TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK WITH DIFFERENT UTILITIES AND CITY DEPARTMENTS, WHETHER THEY'RE STORM WATER OR TRAFFIC RESIDENTS WANT SOMETHING SIMILAR. 
          THEY WANT TO BE ABLE TO COME AND GET RENTAL ASSISTANCE OR IF THEY NEED DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE OR IF THEY NEED CONNECTION TO ANOTHER SERVICE. 
          AND SO THIS STRATEGY IS REALLY LOOKING AT THAT. 
          WE'VE HEARD THAT THEY DO WANT A PHYSICAL PRESENCE, BUT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, UM, WE DON'T KNOW YET. 
          AND THROUGH THE STRATEGY, WE'LL, WE'LL BE ABLE TO NARROW IT DOWN, WHETHER IT'S SCATTERED SITE, SINGLE SITE, UH, AND DEFINITELY WE KNOW THROUGH THE PANDEMIC THAT LEVERAGING ONLINE RESOURCES FREES UP SPACE FOR IN-PERSON, UH, FOR THE IN-PERSON NEED, INDIVIDUALS THAT NEED THAT FOR INCREASING CITY INVESTMENT AND HOUSING. 
          ONE OF THE THINGS THAT ACTUALLY LORI TOUCHED ON AT THE END OF HER PRESENTATION WAS SUPPORTING AND GROWING OUR NONPROFIT HOUSING PROVIDERS. 
          AS WE INCREASE OUR GOALS, AS WE INCREASE FUNDING, WE KNOW WE NEED OUR NONPROFIT HOUSING PROVIDERS TO GROW WITH US. 
          UH, THINGS LIKE SECURED FUNDING INTO THE FUTURE WILL ALLOW THEM TO INCREASE THEIR STAFF TO BE ABLE TO DELIVER ON ALL THE PROGRAMS THAT OUR COMMUNITY NEEDS, AND MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE A STREAMLINED PROCESS FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO GET THROUGH DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION FOR INCREASING AFFORDABLE HOUSING PRODUCTION AND REHABILITATION. 
          UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WANTED TO, TO STRESS ON IS TO BE ABLE TO, UM, IMPLEMENT SUSTAINABLE BUILDING PRACTICES AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT. 
          AND THIS TIES INTO OUR OFFICE SUSTAINABILITY AND ALL THE GREAT WORK THEY'VE DONE WITH THEIR, UH, CLIMATE ACTION PLAN. 
          HOW ARE WE ENSURING THAT AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS IN THE FUTURE ARE RESILIENT AND ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE LASTING AFFORDABILITY? WE HEARD VERY CLEAR, CLEARLY THROUGH THE HOUSING COMMISSION WORK ON DEFINING AFFORDABILITY, THAT IT'S NOT JUST THE COST OF THE HOME OR THE UNIT UP FRONT, AND ARE THOSE UTILITY BILLS GOING INTO THE FUTURE FOR PROTECTING AND PROMOTING NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          UM, COUNCIL HAS ALREADY, UH, ALLOCATED SOME FUNDING TO START THIS, AND SO WE WANT TO PICK IT UP AND CONTINUE IT IS TO ESTABLISH A DEMOLITION PRINT, PRE, UH, PREVENTION AND MITIGATION PROGRAM. 
          AND THIS IS REALLY LOOKING AND TYING TO OUR O H P OPPORTUNITY AT RISK. 
          WE KNOW THAT THE MOST AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS THE HOUSING THAT EXISTS CURRENTLY IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND WE KNOW THAT A LOT OF OUR OLDER HOUSING STOCK IS HOME TO A LOT OF OUR MOST VULNERABLE RESIDENTS. 
          SO HOW DO WE MITIGATE DEMOLITIONS? AND IF WE DO HA HAVE TO DEMOLISH A HOME, HOW DO WE ENSURE THAT A RESIDENT IS EITHER RELOCATED AND HOW DO WE ENSURE THAT THAT HOME'S MATERIAL IS REPURPOSED AND NOT LOST? AND THEN FOR ENSURING ACCOUNTABILITY TO THE PUBLIC, I'LL GO IN A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL ON THIS ONE, BUT TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT A DISPLACEMENT IMPACT ASSESSMENT, THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS INCLUDED IN THE HOUSING POLICY FRAMEWORK AND SPOKE TO CITY INVESTMENTS, UH, HAVING AN INADVERTENT EFFECT OF DISPLACING RESIDENTS OVER TIME. 
          SO WE WANNA TAKE THIS STRATEGY AND REALLY LOOK AT A SHORT TERM AND LONG TERM GOAL. 
          IN THE SHORT TERM, WE WANT TO CREATE A POLICY THAT'S ABLE TO BE IMPLEMENTED FOR THE UPCOMING 20 22 20 27 HOUSING BOND. 
          WE WANNA LOOK AT WHICH TYPES OF PROJECTS AND INVESTMENTS AMOUNT CONTRIBUTE MOST TO DISPLACEMENT. 
          WE WANNA IDENTIFY GEOGRAPHIC BOUNDARIES FOR AREAS THAT MAY BE MOST VULNERABLE TO DISPLACEMENT, AND THEN WE IDENTIFY AREAS OF IMPACT AROUND, UH, INVESTMENT THAT MAY BE MOST VULNERABLE. 
          AFTER THAT, WE WOULD IDENTIFY MITIGATION COSTS AND SOME USES FOR FUNDING LIKE RELOCATION ASSISTANCE OR, UM, HOME OWNERSHIP REPAIR. 
          IN THE LONG TERM, WE WANNA SCALE THIS POLICY TO SEE IF WE CAN PARTNER WITH OTHER GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES THAT MAY BE MAKING SIMILAR INVESTMENTS IN OUR COMMUNITY AND ANALYZE THE IMPACT OF DIS UH, INVESTMENT ON HOUSING JOBS AND OUR SCHOOLS. 
          ONE OF THE KEY FOCUSES OF THE STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN IS REALLY A COORDINATED HOUSING SYSTEM. 
          THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS, WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING TRUST, THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING AUTHORITY IN BEXAR COUNTY. 
          WE KNOW EACH ONE OF THESE ENTITIES HAS A PARTICULAR FOCUS, BUT WE ALL KNOW THAT WE'RE AN IMPORTANT PIECE TO THE HOUSING CONTINUUM. 
          SO THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING TRUST AND THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING AUTHORITY WILL BE ADOPTING THE PLAN. 
          BERK COUNTY IS WORKING ON THEIR OWN HOUSING POLICY FRAMEWORK, BUT WE'RE WORKING VERY CLOSELY TO IDENTIFY THE OVERLAP BETWEEN OUR STRATEGIES AND THEIRS. 
          AND WE'LL BE PRESENTING JOINTLY TO COMMISSIONERS COURT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE, UH, COORDINATION ON THOSE EFFORTS GOING FORWARD. 
          FOR THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING TRUST, THEY'RE PRIMED TO HELP US WITH AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AND PRESERVATION, AND CAN BE A KEY PARTNER IN THINGS LIKE LAND BANKING AND COMMUNITY LAND TRUST. 
          FOR THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING AUTHORITY, 
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WE DO KNOW THAT THEY HAVE A BACKLOG OF NEED WHEN IT COMES TO PRESERVING THEIR AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS. 
          SO WORKING FOR THEM TO PRESERVE, UH, THEIR, THEIR CURRENT RESIDENCE HOUSING INTO THE FUTURE AND ENSURING IF THEY BUILD NEW HOUSING, THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE IT AT LOW INCOMES TO SERVE THEIR CLIENTELE. 
          AND THEN FOR BEXAR COUNTY, THEY ARE, UH, STRATEGICALLY PRIMED TO BE ABLE TO HELP US WITH ADVOCATING FOR THINGS LIKE EVICTION CHANGES IN THE EVICTION PROCESS AND TO HELP US, UH, WORK ON CHANGES THAT WE CAN MAKE, UM, TO TAXING FOR SINGLE FAMILY HOMEOWNERS. 
          SO THE PUBLIC INPUT TO DATE HAS BEEN VERY EXTENSIVE, AS I I'VE SHOWN ON THE OTHER SLIDES. 
          IT'S BEEN A LONG PROCESS. 
          WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ENGAGE A LOT OF STAKEHOLDERS, BUT I WANNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT COMING UP AND WHAT OUR NEXT STEPS ARE. 
          SO WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO BUILD OFF A LOT OF THESE PLANNING DOCUMENTS AND ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT WE HEARD WHEN WE STARTED THE SHIP IS I'VE ALREADY CONTRIBUTED TO SA TOMORROW. 
          I'VE ALREADY CONTRIBUTED TO THE HOUSING POLICY FRAMEWORK. 
          SO WE KNOW A LOT OF PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT HAS GONE INTO EACH ONE OF THESE STRATEGIES THAT WE'RE PULLING FROM, AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE BUILDING OFF OF THEM, AND I THINK WE HAVE THROUGH THIS YEAR LONG PROCESS. 
          IN ADDITION, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ENGAGE OVER 80 STAKEHOLDERS AND WE'VE HAD OVER 10 PUBLIC MEETINGS AT BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS UPCOMING. 
          WE'VE ALREADY HAD OUR FIRST OF THREE PUBLIC MEETINGS. 
          THESE ARE IN, HI, THESE ARE HYBRID MEETINGS IN PERSON AND VIRTUAL AND WE HAVE A RECORDED PRESENTATION ONLINE SO INDIVIDUALS WILL BE ABLE TO VIEW, WE HAVE DOCUMENTS POSTED ONLINE IN ENGLISH AND IN SPANISH. 
          THE FULL SHIP DOCUMENT ITSELF IS QUITE LARGE. 
          IT'S 70 PAGES, BUT WE DO HAVE A SHORTENED VERSION, THE HIGHLIGHT VERSION, BOTH IN ENGLISH AND IN SPANISH. 
          AND YOU'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE COMMENTS ONLINE AND SIGN UP FOR STRATEGIES THAT YOU WANNA PARTICIPATE IN IN THE FUTURE. 
          THE LOCATIONS OF OUR THREE PUBLIC MEETINGS, OUR FIRST ONE WAS ALREADY HELD AT THE U T S A WEST SIDE COMMUNITY CENTER. 
          OUR SECOND ONE WILL BE HELD THIS THURSDAY OR TOMORROW AT ST. 
          PHILIP'S COLLEGE. 
          AND OUR LAST ONE WILL BE HELD ON THE 9TH OF NOVEMBER AT THE EAGLE LIBRARY. 
          AGAIN, THESE ARE IN-PERSON AND VIRTUAL. 
          WE'LL BE WORKING WITH THE HOUSING COMMISSION, UM, OUTREACH COMMITTEE TO HELP US BROADEN, UM, NOTICE OF THESE MEETINGS TO TO COMMUNITIES THAT MAY NOT NORMALLY, UM, HAVE ACCESS TO INTERNET. 
          WE WANNA DISTRIBUTE VIA, VIA CITY COMMUNICATION CHANNELS, EMAILS, SOCIAL MEDIA, AND UH, FLYERS. 
          AND THEN WE ARE GONNA WORK WITH OUR SHIP STAKEHOLDERS, WITH CITY COUNCIL, WITH HOUSING COMMISSION AND OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS TO GET MATERIALS INTO THEM TO SHARE WITH THEIR, UH, COMMUNITIES. 
          AGAIN, OUR APPROVAL PROCESS, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO WORK REALLY CLOSELY WITH OUR CO-CHAIRS, WITH OUR STAKEHOLDER FORUMS, WITH PUBLIC FORUMS. UM, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO GET THE DOCUMENT APPROVED BY, BY THE HOUSING COMMISSION, AND WE PRESENTED TO THE PLANNING AND LAND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE. 
          WE'RE HERE, WE'RE HERE NOW AT B SESSION AND WE'RE GETTING READY TO GO TO, UM, CITY COUNCIL IN DECEMBER. 
          AND THEN WE'LL BE WORKING WITH THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING TRUST AND THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING AUTHORITY TO GET ON THEIR BOARD AGENDAS. 
          HERE'S JUST A LITTLE BIT, UH, MORE DETAIL IN OUR TIMELINE. 
          UM, WE HAVE EXTENDED OUR PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD TO THE 22ND OF NOVEMBER. 
          WE DID HEAR SOME CONCERNS FROM COMMUNITY ABOUT NOT BEING GIVEN ENOUGH TIME TO BE ABLE TO READ THROUGH AND PROVIDE COMMENTS. 
          SO WE HEAR THAT, WE UNDERSTAND THAT AND WE'VE EXTENDED OUR PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD, AND THEN WE PLAN TO GO TO, TO COUNCIL ON DECEMBER 2ND. 
          SO WITH THAT, I WILL PASS IT OVER TO MEL WOOSLEY, WHO 
          [2. Briefing and update on the strategic plan to respond to homelessness in San Antonio and Bexar County. [Lori Houston, Assistant City Manager; Melody Woosley, Director, Human Services]]
IS OUR, UH, DIRECTOR OF HUMAN SERVICES. 
          THANK YOU IAN, AND GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          UH, MELODY, I'M, MY NAME IS MELODY WOOSLEY. 
          I'M DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, AND TODAY'S PRESENTATION IS AN UPDATE ON IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMMUNITY HOMELESS STRATEGIC PLAN, WHICH WAS RELEASED LAST DECEMBER AND IS CURRENTLY AN IMPLEMENTATION ACROSS THE COMMUNITY. 
          I'LL TOUCH ON THE STATUS OF HOMELESSNESS IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          REVIEW THE STRATEGIC PLANNING AND PRIORITIZATION PROCESS, UM, PROVIDE A BRIEFING, UM, MORE DETAIL ON THE SIX KEY MAJOR RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          UM, THE IMPLEMENT STRATEGIES FOR IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES FOR EACH AND THE STATUS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR EACH TO DATE, ALONG WITH SOME KEY NEXT STEPS. 
          AND SO THE JANUARY, 2020 POINT IN TIME COUNT SHOWED ALMOST 3000 INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS IN SAN ANTONIO AND BEXAR COUNTY ON THAT NIGHT, JANUARY 25TH, 2020. 
          THIS INCLUDES BOTH SHELTERED AND UNSHELTERED INDIVIDUALS. 
          ABOUT 708 OF THOSE FOLKS WERE LIVING ON THE STREET OR IN ENCAMPMENTS AROUND THE COMMUNITY. 
          GENERALLY, THAT ACCOUNT HAS REMAINED FLAT FROM 2010 TO 2020, BUT THE PER CAPITA ACCOUNT RELATIVE TO THE COUNTY'S POPULATION HAS DECREASED MORE THAN 20% OVER THE SAME TIME PERIOD. 
          LOOKING AT THE BIGGER PICTURE, PRE PANDEMIC, 10 TO 12,000 INDIVIDUALS ACCESSED HOMELESS SERVICES THROUGH THE HOMELESS SERVICES SYSTEM, UM, ALONG WITH SHELTER AND HOUSING ON AN ANNUAL BASE BASIS. 
          ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS 
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IS EXPENSIVE. 
          HOWEVER, THE COST OF ADDRESSING THE IMPACTS OF HOMELESSNESS FROM PUBLIC SAFETY, THE JUSTICE SYSTEM, THE MEDICAL SYSTEM, AND LOST HUMAN PRODUCTIVITY ARE FAR GREATER. 
          $70 MILLION IN FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT FUNDING, INCLUDING 35 MILLION FROM THE CITY, SUPPORTS SHELTER SERVICES, REHOUSING AND PREVENTION. 
          THIS INCLUDES INDIRECT POLICE E M SS AND ABATEMENT COSTS THAT FACILITATE THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF BOTH THE INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY. 
          INCREASED FEDERAL, STATE, AND CITY INVESTMENTS ALIGNED WITH THIS STRATEGIC PLAN OVER THE LAST YEAR ARE MAKING AN IMPACT. 
          SINCE JANUARY, MORE THAN 900 PEOPLE HAVE MOVED INTO PERMANENT HOUSING ACROSS THE HOMELESS SYSTEM, AND THE PROPORTION OF PEOPLE ACCESSING THE HOUSING WAIT LIST THROUGH STREET OUTREACH HAS INCREASED. 
          THE STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS BEGAN IN LATE 2019 AND WAS GUIDED BY A STEERING COMMITTEE THAT INCLUDED THE, UH, SOUTH ALAMO REGIONAL ALLIANCE FOR THE HOMELESS OR SARAH SERVICES PROVIDERS HAVEN FOR HOPE. 
          THOSE WITH LIVED EXPERIENCE, LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR SUCH AS TOURISM AND CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE COMPLETION OF THE PLAN WAS DELAYED UNTIL LAST DECEMBER DUE TO THE PANDEMIC. 
          THIS GAVE US TIME TO INCORPORATE PANDEMIC LESSONS LEARNED AS WELL AS CARESS ACT PROVISIONS INTO THE PLAN. 
          EARLY THIS YEAR, WE DID REENGAGE 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 OUR RESOURCES AND COMMUNITY RESOURCES TO THE PLAN'S KEY RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          AND SO THE STRATEGIC PLAN, AS I MENTIONED, INCLUDES SIX RECOMMENDATIONS TO REDUCE HOMELESSNESS IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          GIVEN THE SCALE AND COMPLEXITY OF HOMELESSNESS, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS COMMUNITY PLAN MAKES RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE ENTIRE HOMELESS RESPONSE SYSTEM, NOT JUST THE CITY ORGANIZATION. 
          WITHIN THESE SIX STRATEGIES, UH, OUR RECOMMENDATIONS ARE MORE DETAILS AND POTENTIAL STRATEGIES, WHICH WERE THEN FURTHER FLESHED OUT BY OUR IMPLEMENTATION PARTNERS AS WELL AS THE STEERING COMMITTEE. 
          SO STREET OUTREACH RESOURCES AND COORDINATION FOR THE UNSHELTERED POPULATION WAS IDENTIFIED AS A SIGNIFICANT GAP IN THIS COMMUNITY. 
          HUMAN SERVICES BEGAN ADDRESSING OUTREACH CAPACITY AND EFFECTIVENESS THROUGH THE RECOVERY AND RESILIENCE PLAN AND HUD CARESS ACT FUNDING THE FISCAL YEAR 21 ADOPTED BUDGET FURTHER EXPANDED OUR STREET OUTREACH, UM, TEAM TO ALL CITY, UH, ALL 10 CITY COUNCIL DISTRICTS IN DOWNTOWN. 
          WE ALSO ALLOCATED FUNDING TO PARTNER AGENCIES TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL STREET OUTREACH, UM, AND COORDINATED CLOSELY WITH THEM TO DEVELOP CONSISTENT OUTREACH STANDARDS THAT ENSURE A PROFESSIONAL TRAUMA-INFORMED APPROACH TO STREET OUTREACH REGARDLESS OF THE AGENCY, SO THAT WE'RE ALL CONSISTENT. 
          AND, UM, AND WE HAVE SIMILAR STRATEGIES ACROSS OUR AND PHILOSOPHIES ACROSS OUR AGENCIES. 
          OUTREACH GRID, A MOBILE SOFTWARE APP USED TO CAPTURE DATA IN THE FIELD HAS ALSO BEEN FULLY DEPLOYED. 
          WE HAVE OVER 50 USERS THAT ARE USING THE DATA, WHICH FEEDS INTO H M I S EVERY NIGHT. 
          THE IMPACT OF COVID ON THE HOMELESS POPULATION WAS THE CATALYST FOR EXPANDING AND IMPROVING STREET OUTREACH CARES ACT FUNDING AND INCREASED CITY INVESTMENTS PROVIDED THE OPPORTUNITY. 
          A YEAR AGO, HUMAN SERVICES HAD TWO DEDICATED STREET OUTREACH AND ENCAMPMENT, UM, SPECIALISTS, AND WE CONTRACTUALLY FUNDED AN ADDITIONAL FOUR. 
          TODAY THE CITY IS FUNDING A TOTAL OF 23 HUMAN SERVICES AND CONTRACTED AGENCY PROFESSIONALS TO DO OUT STREET OUTREACH. 
          AND SO THE STREET OUTREACH RECOMMENDATION ROSE UP AS THE HIGHEST PRIORITY FOR OUR PLAN, AND IT IS ALSO THE FURTHEST ALONG THE HOMELESS CONNECTIONS HOTLINE WAS LAUNCHED IN APRIL OF 2020 IN RESPONSE TO COVID, AND IT HAS MATURED INTO AN IMPORTANT ONE STEP POINT TO CONNECT PEOPLE WHO ARE HOMELESS OR AT RISK OF BECOMING HOMELESS. 
          OFTEN PROVIDING FUNDING FOR A DEPOSIT OR CONNECTION TO A BENEFIT CAN KEEP HOUSEHOLDS OUTTA SHELTER AND THE HOMELESS SYSTEM, WHICH IS OUR HIGHEST PRIORITY. 
          OVER THE LAST YEAR, WE REFERRED OVER 2000 INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES TO AVAILABLE SHELTER BEDS. 
          ASSESSED A THOUSAND FOR HOUSING PLACEMENT, DIVERTED SEVERAL HUNDRED FROM ENTERING SHELTER ALTOGETHER AND CONNECTED 350 SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE TO RESOURCES. 
          BY FOCUSING EFFORTS ON HOUSING OUTCOMES, WE HAVE INCREASED THE PROPORTION OF UNSHELTERED 
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HOMELESS ENTERING THE HOUSING PRIORI PRIORITIZATION SYSTEM BY 70% SINCE JANUARY. 
          SIMPLY INCREASING THE NUMBER AND SKILL OF STREET OUTREACH WORKERS AND IMPROVING COORDINATION ACROSS THE SYSTEM HAS MADE THE DIFFERENCE. 
          WE ARE ALSO WORKING WITH UNIVERSITIES TO ADD MORE SOCIAL WORK INTERNS TO OUR TEAMS. CRE WILL INCREASE OUR REACH AND ALSO, UM, DEVELOP A PROFESSIONAL CAREER PATH FOR HOMELESS STREET OUTREACH. 
          THE HUMAN SERVICES STREET OUTREACH TEAM BEGAN COMING ONLINE EARLIER THIS YEAR, AND ADDITIONAL SPECIALISTS WILL START NEXT WEEK, AND THEN ALL DISTRICTS WILL BE, WILL HAVE FILLED LIAISONS. 
          THE TEAM IS LED BY AN EXPERIENCED LICENSED MASTER SOCIAL WORKER AND INCLUDES LICENSED PROVIDERS AND SPECIALISTS WITH DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS IN ORDER TO, UM, HELP A DIVERSE SET OF CLIENTS. 
          EACH MEMBER IS ASSIGNED A COUNCIL DISTRICT TO GET TO KNOW THE AREA AND CLIENTS IN IN DEPTH OUTREACH BUILDS RELATIONSHIPS AND TRUST WITH CLIENTS WITH THE ULTIMATE GOAL OF PERMANENT HOUSING, ENROLLING THEM IN SHELTER ID, RECOVERY, DETOX PROGRAMS, UM, SUBSTANCE USE PROGRAMS AS THE FIRST STEPS TO HOUSING REALLY. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW THAT HOUSING CAN TAKE TIME AS PEOPLE OVERCOME MULTIPLE BARRIERS AND OUTREACH WORKERS ARE FACILITATING THAT. 
          THE TEAM MEMBERS ALSO GET TO KNOW THEIR DISTRICT. 
          THEY'RE ENGAGING NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS, CONGREGATIONS, BUSINESSES, UM, TO IDENTIFY CLIENTS AND PROVIDE EDUCATION ON HOW COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND NEIGHBORHOODS CAN HELP REDUCE HOMELESSNESS. 
          FINALLY, THE TEAM GENERATES AND REPORTS DATA THAT HELPS UNDERSTAND SYSTEM GAPS ACROSS THE COMMUNITY AND SUPPORTS INDIVIDUALS AS THEY ENTER SERVICES. 
          IN TANDEM WITH STREET OUTREACH, WE COORDINATE ENCAMPMENT OUTREACH AND ABATEMENT WHEN ENCAMPMENTS SUPPOSE, UM, HEALTH AND SAFETY CONCERNS TO PEOPLE LIVING IN THEM OR TO THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY. 
          AGAIN, IT'S A BALANCE BETWEEN THE, THE, THE NEEDS OF THE, UH, HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS IN THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITIES IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          WE LEAD ENCAMPMENT, ABATEMENTS OUTREACH EVERY TIME, ALWAYS MAKING EFFORTS TO CONNECT PEOPLE TO SERVICES AND SHELTER, AND PROVIDING THEM WITH AT LEAST 48 HOURS NOTICE OF AN IMPENDING EVENT. 
          THIS WORK IS COORDINATED WITH MULTIPLE COSA DEPARTMENTS AND PARTNERS, AS WELL AS TDOT, DEPENDING ON THE, UH, ENCAMPMENT LOCATION IN THE NEEDS. 
          UH, HUMAN SERVICES COORDINATED 270 ABATEMENTS EVENT ABATEMENT EVENTS LAST FISCAL YEAR, THE VAST MAJORITY WERE IN CITY DRAINAGE CHANNELS. 
          OVER 300 TONS OF TRASH AND DEBRIS WERE REMOVED TO PROTECT THE FLOOD CONTROL SYSTEM AND THE INTEGRITY OF CITY AND TXDOT INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          THE RECOMMENDATION TO INCREASE AFFORDABLE AND SPECIALTY HOUSING OPTIONS INFLUENCED AND ALIGNS WITH THE SHIP RECOMMENDATION TO DEVELOP A THOUSAND PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING UNITS FOR THE COMMUNITY. 
          AND IT IS PRI THAT IS PRIORITIZED FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING CHRONIC OR EXTENDED HOMELESSNESS AND GENERALLY HAVE A PHYSICAL OR MENTAL DISABILITY. 
          PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING HAS BEEN SHOWN TO DECREASE ARRESTS AND JAIL STAYS THE TIME, UH, PEOPLE EXPERIENCING ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL CALLS, FREEING UP POLICE E M S AND EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT RESOURCE SOURCES TO SERVE OTHER AREAS. 
          THIS RECOMMENDATION ALSO INCLUDES OPTIONS FOR SAFE, AFFORDABLE, PERMANENT HOUSING TO BETTER SERVE THE NEEDS OF SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND L G B T Q, YOUTH AND ADULTS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. 
          THESE SPECIALTY HOUSING OPTIONS ARE PROPOSED FOR AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN HOME FUNDING, AS WELL AS THE 2022 HOUSING BOND. 
          RELATED TO THIS RECOMMENDATION, MAYOR NUREMBERG AND THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO WILL SIGN ON TO HOUSE AMERICA INITIATIVE, A WHITE HOUSE, UM, BIDEN ADMINISTRATION INITIATIVE. 
          COORDINATED BY HUD AND THE US INTER-AGENCY COUNCIL ON HOMELESSNESS HOUSE AMERICA ASKED LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO LEVERAGE FEDERAL INVESTMENTS PROVIDED THROUGH ARPA TO ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS WITH AN EMPHASIS ON A HOUSING FIRST APPROACH, AND TO SET TARGETS FOR REHOUSING, HOMELESS, AND CREATING NEW UNITS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          TO THAT END, HUMAN SERVICES AND NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES DEPARTMENT HAVE SET GOALS OF HOUSING, HOUSING 1500 HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS BY THE END OF 2022 AND DEVELOPING OR STARTING 860 EXTREMELY LOW INCOME AND PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING UNITS. 
          THIS INITIATIVE IS SIMILAR TO THE 2015 WHITE HOUSE MAYOR'S CHALLENGE TO EFFECTIVELY END VETERAN HOMELESSNESS, WHICH WE ACCOMPLISHED IN MAY OF 2016. 
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WE WILL APPROACH THE HOUSE AMERICA CHALLENGE THROUGH MANY OF THE SAME STRATEGIES, PARTNERING CLOSELY WITH SARAH AND A WIDE COALITION OF PARTNERS, BRAIDING LOCAL, STATE, AND FEDERAL AND PRIVATE SOURCES, AND DEVELOPING A AGREED UPON MOLE GOALS AND THEN MONITORING AND PRIORITIZING THEM. 
          THE NEXT RECOMMENDATION IS TO CREATE A LEADERSHIP IMPACT GROUP TO COORDINATE ACROSS THE HOMELESS RESPONSE SYSTEM WITH, UM, SORT OF UNBELIEVABLE FORESIGHT. 
          UH, HOME BASE SUGGESTED PRE PANDEMIC THAT CREATING A LEADERSHIP IMPACT GROUP, UM, COULD BE ESSENTIAL TO MOUNTING HOMELESS RESPONSE IN A TIME OF CRISIS. 
          HUMAN SERVICES, SARAH AND HAVEN FOR HOPE CREATED, UH, A LEADERSHIP RESPONSE AND MET FREQUENTLY THROUGH THE PANDEMIC'S FIRST MONTHS TO ADJUST POLICIES, TO PUSH OUT INFORMATION TO PROVIDERS AND TO PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. 
          THAT GROUP HAS EVOLVED INTO A COMMUNITY COLLABORATIVE TO COORDINATE OPERATIONS, UM, ON A BI-MONTHLY BASIS. 
          IN APRIL, THE SARAH BOARD, UM, WHICH IS LED BY KATIE VELA, WHO IS ALSO HERE TODAY, WHICH IS THE COMMUNITY AND IS, AND SARAH, IS THE COMMUNITY'S HOMELESS RESPONSE SYSTEM LEAD. 
          UH, SARAH, THE BOARD ADOPTED THE COMMUNITY STRATEGIC PLAN OR THE HOMELESS STRATEGIC PLAN PLAN AS THE COMMUNITY'S STRATEGIC PLAN. 
          SARAH'S BOARD REPRESENTS A BROAD COALITION OF THOSE WHO WITH LIVED EXPERIENCE, SERVICE PROVIDERS, BUSINESS, UM, LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT. 
          BOTH THE CITY AND THE COUNTY HOLD PERMANENT SEATS ON THE, ON THE BOARD. 
          THE BOARD WILL TRACK COMMUNITY PROGRESS WITH AN ONLINE DASHBOARD OF METRICS THAT WILL LAUNCH EARLY NEXT YEAR, IMPLEMENTING LOW BARRIER OPTIONS THAT CONNECT THE UNSHELTERED POPULATIONS TO PERMANENT HOUSING OR SHELTER, GOES HAND IN HAND WITH EXPANDED OUTREACH AND HOUSING FOCUSES. 
          AND SANFORD, THE SAN FERNANDO GYM HUB, UM, WHICH OPENED DURING COVID TO PROVIDE RESOURCES TO INDIVIDUALS WHO COULD NOT, UM, ACCESS SHELTER DURING THE PANDEMIC. 
          THAT HUB HAS TRANSITIONED TO THE PERMANENT CORONE DAY CENTER, LAUNCHED IN JULY, WHICH BRINGS TOGETHER MEALS, SHOWERS, RESTROOMS, RESPITE AND, AND LIGHT CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES, AND HOPEFULLY DIRECTION TO SHELTER OR HOUSING. 
          IN JUNE, THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED A CONTRACT WITH SAM MINISTRIES TO PILOT LOW BARRIER NON CONGREGATE SHELTER IN A FORMER MOTEL, WHICH PROVIDES AN ADDITIONAL SHELTER OPTION FOR PEOPLE WITH BARRIERS TO SUCCESS IN CONGREGATE SHELTER SETTINGS. 
          THE GOAL OF THE PROJECT IS TO MOVE CLIENTS TO PERMANENT HOUSING AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. 
          THE 45 ROOMS HAVE STAYED NEAR CAPACITY SINCE IT OPENED IN JULY OF THE 71 INDIVIDUALS ENROLLED TO DATE 24 HAVE EXITED THE PROGRAM WITH 13 GOING TO PERMANENT HOUSING PLACEMENT. 
          THIS, UH, HOTEL IS FOCUSED ON SERVING THE MOST HIGH NEED CHRONICALLY HOMELESS POPULATION IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          WE ARE EVALUATING THESE NEW INITIATIVES TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CONTINUING LOW BARRIER OPTIONS THAT BEST CONNECT THE UNSHELTERED POPULATION TO PERMANENT HOUSING IN AN ONGOING WAY. 
          THE PANDEMIC AFFECTED SHELTER AND SPECIALTY BED CAPACITY. 
          WITH, UM, VACCINATIONS WIDELY AVAILABLE. 
          WE'RE SEEING BED CAPACITY SAFELY INCREASED OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS. 
          OVERALL, WE ESTIMATE THAT THE SHELTER SYSTEM CURRENTLY FILLS 88% OF BEDS AVAILABLE. 
          WE ARE ALSO IMPROVING AND IMPLEMENTING LOW BARRIER SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT OPTIONS. 
          THE CITY FUNDS THE CENTER FOR HEALTHCARE SERVICES TO OPERATE A SOBERING UNIT FOR PUBLIC INEBRIATES, WHICH IS PRIMARILY USED BY S A P D AS A JAIL DIVERSION STRATEGY. 
          12% OF PEOPLE WHO ENTER THE SOBERING, UM, CENTER TRANSITION TO A DETOX BED, UM, TO, AND CONTINUE THEIR TREATMENT. 
          SO THE CENTER FOR HEALTHCARE SERVICES ALSO PROVIDES A 28 BED RE RESIDENTIAL DETOX AT THE RESTORATION CENTER. 
          THIS PROGRAM IS THE ONLY PUBLICLY SUBSIDIZED DETOX FACILITY IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          THE TYPICAL BED CAPACITY IS FOR 20 MEN AND EIGHT WOMEN. 
          HOWEVER, CAPACITY WAS TEMPORARILY REDUCED FOR, UH, DUE TO COVID, BUT HAS FULLY REOPENED. 
          C H C S REPORTS ABOUT 70 TO 80% AVERAGE BED UTILIZATION AT THE PROGRAM. 
          WE CONTINUE TO ASSESS THE NEED FOR, UM, ADDITIONAL SUBSIDIZED DETOX BEDS AND MONITOR THAT CAPACITY, UH, HUMAN SERVICES IMPLEMENTING. 
          UM, ADDITIONALLY, AN OUTPATIENT OPIOID TREATMENT OPTION AS A PILOT PROJECT FOR UNSHELTERED CLIENTS WHO ARE OPIOID DEPENDENT AND 
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REFERRED BY OUTREACH CLINICIANS, CORTISONE MINISTRIES THROUGH A GRANT FROM UNIVERSITY HEALTH IS ALSO IMPLEMENTING A PROJECT TO PROVIDE CLINICAL BEHAVIORAL HEALTH TREATMENT OPTIONS AT THE NEW CORTISONE DAY CENTER, AND THE RECOMMENDATION TO INCREASE CONSUMER ENGAGEMENT AND EQUITY. 
          THIS, UM, YEAR, WE BEGAN FORMAL SURVEYS AS PART OF OUR OUTREACH ASSESSMENTS. 
          THE SURVEY SHOWS THAT MANY CLIENTS ARE WILLING TO GO TO SHELTER, BUT THEY HAVE CONCERNS, QUESTIONS, OR HESITANCY FOR A VI A VARIETY OF REASONS. 
          WE USE THIS INPUT TO RECOMMEND IMPROVEMENTS TO SERVICES, SHELTER, OPERATIONS, AND HOUSING OPTIONS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO THE UNSHELTERED POPULATION. 
          THIS INPUT ON THE CHALLENGES AND THE NEEDS OF THE HOMELESS AS THEY EXPERIENCING IT IS CREATING REAL CHANGE, INCLUDING ACCESS TO MULTIPLE SERVICES AT CORONE MINISTRIES DAY CENTER, AND A NEW AFTER HOURS PILOT AT HAVEN FOR HOPE THAT PROVIDES EVENING ACCESS TO PUBLIC RESTROOMS, TO SHOWERS, UH, LIGHT SNACKS, UM, SOME MEDICAL CARE AND LIGHT, UH, CASE MANAGEMENT, EVEN FOR THOSE UNSHELTERED INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE NOT WILLING TO ENROLL IN A SHELTER PROGRAM. 
          AND SO THAT, THAT STARTED ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO. 
          UM, NEXT YEAR, SARAH WILL LAUNCH A COMMUNI, A CONSUMER ACTION BOARD TO FORMALIZE HOW WE LISTEN TO AND ACT UPON THE VOICES OF PEOPLE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. 
          AND THE ANNUAL POINT IN TIME COUNT IS SCHEDULED FOR JANUARY 25TH, 2022, AGAIN, AND WE WILL, AND IT WILL SERVE AS ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, UM, BOTH LIVING IN SHELTERS AND LIVING ON THE STREET TO GATHER INPUT ON THEIR NEEDS AND CHALLENGES, AND MAKE FURTHER ADJUSTMENTS TO SYSTEM INITIATIVES. 
          THE LAST MAJOR RECOMMENDATION OF THE PLAN IS TO CONDUCT A FREQUENT USER SYSTEM ENGAGEMENT OR FUGE STUDY TO LOOK AT THE UTILIZATION EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS OF EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS, LAW ENFORCEMENT AND MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES AMONG PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. 
          ALSO CALLED HIGH UTILIZER STUDIES, IF YOU STUDY, WOULD HELP US FOCUS SERVICES ON A SMALLER SET OF INDIVIDUALS WHO CYCLE BETWEEN SYSTEMS AND CANNOT GAIN STABILITY IN HOUSING THAT MIGHT RESOLVE SUCH HIGH UTILIZATION. 
          UM, SIMILAR HIGH UTILIZER STUDIES HAVE BEEN CONDUCTED THROUGH THE LEADERSHIP OF STRAC AND, UH, THAT WE MAY BE ABLE TO LEVERAGE THIS RECOMMENDATION WAS IDENTIFIED AS A PRIORITY FOR LATER IMPLEMENTATION IN THE PLAN. 
          AND NEXT, SO NEXT YEAR, WE'LL BEGIN TO IDENTIFY PARTNERS AND DATA RESOURCES. 
          BUT WITHIN THIS RECOMMENDATION IS ALSO A STRATEGY TO DEVELOP A HOMELESS COURT, WHICH HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN OTHER COMMUNITIES USING A RESTORATIVE JUSTICE MODEL. 
          UH, HUMAN SERVICES WILL ENGAGE WITH MUNICIPAL COURT AND DISCUSS HOW THIS COULD LOOK IN SAN ANTONIO TO USE THE JUSTICE SYSTEM TO IMPROVE OUTCOMES FOR PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. 
          AND SO THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT ON THE STATUS AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PLAN. 
          THE HOMELESS STRATEGIC PLAN IS A WORK IN PROGRESS. 
          WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH OUR PARTNERS WITH SARAH TO REFINE STRATEGIES AND DEVELOP A FUNDING PLAN. 
          AND THAT LEVEL OF COORDINATION WILL CONTINUE THROUGH IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PLAN AND INTO THE 2025 STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS THROUGH THE END OF 2021. 
          WE WILL CONTINUE WORKING WITH NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND THE CHIEF HOUSING OFFICER TO SUBMIT THE HOME, UM, A R P PLAN AND HUD TO HUD AND TO ACHIEVE THE GOALS OF THE HOUSING AMERICA PLEDGE. 
          I AM HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE REGARDING THE HOMELESS STRATEGIC PLAN RECOMMENDATIONS, AND IAN IS ALSO STILL HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AS WELL. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU, MELODY. 
          UH, ERIC, YOU WANTED TO CLOSE IT DOWN? YEAH, JUST REAL QUICK. 
          AND, AND MEL DID IT THERE AT THE END, BUT, UM, HE'S SITTING IN THE CORNER. 
          MARK CARMONA, OUR CHIEF HOUSING OFFICER, AND, AND, UM, SO MARK, UH, STARTED IN OCTOBER AND, UM, HIS PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES ARE GONNA BE KINDA WHAT YOU SAW TODAY, OUR STRATEGIC HOUSE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, WORKING THROUGH THAT PLAN, MAKING THE CONNECTIONS TO OUR HOMELESS EFFORTS, AND, UM, WELCOME ABOARD, MARK. 
          HE IS, UM, HE'S GOT A GREAT BACKGROUND FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO MEET HIM WI UH, YET. 
          UM, HE IS, THIS IS, THIS IS HIS, HIS BAILIWICK, AND HE'LL BE WORKING CLOSELY WITH LORI, MEL, AND VETO, AND IAN, AND THE GROUP TO, UH, CONTINUE TO MAKE PROGRESS IN THESE AREAS. 
          THANKS, MAYOR. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU, ERIC. 
          AND I'LL, AND I'LL PICK UP RIGHT AT THAT POINT, BECAUSE WHEN I FORMED THE HOUSING POLICY TASK FORCE, I CHARGED THEM WITH CREATING, UM, OUR CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE AND COMPASSIONATE HOUSING POLICY. 
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WE DIDN'T HAVE ONE. 
          AND ONE OF THE MAIN FINDINGS OUT OF THAT, UH, PROCESS WAS THE FACT THAT WE HAD SUCH A DISCOORDINATED HOUSING ECOSYSTEM, AND, AND WE NEEDED TO COORDINATE ALL THE DIFFERENT ENTITIES, 30 PLUS, THAT WERE INVOLVED IN HOUSING. 
          UH, AND TO DO THAT, WE NEEDED SOMEONE TO SORT OF THE, THE MAESTRO OF THE HOUSING SYSTEM IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          SO, WELCOME ABOARD MARK, UM, WITH A LOT OF ANTICIPATION. 
          YOU'RE FINALLY HERE. 
          SO, UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR JOINING US. 
          I DO WANT TO THANK, UM, MELODY, UM, IAN, UH, LORI, UH, EVERYONE FOR, FOR THE PRESENTATION AS WELL. 
          ALONG WITH, UM, ALL OF THE STAKEHOLDERS WHO WERE INVOLVED IN THE SHIP PROCESS. 
          UH, I KNOW THERE WAS 80 PLUS MEMBERS OF THE, UH, OF THE PUBLIC WHO WERE INVOLVED. 
          UM, HUNDREDS OF HOURS SPENT. 
          UH, WE HAD ENTITIES INVOLVED, INCLUDING THE HOUSING COMMISSION. 
          UH, I WANNA THANK THE, THE PAST AND CURRENT MEMBERS OF THE HOUSING COMMISSION, UH, LED BY, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ, WHO IS HERE WITH US TODAY. 
          UH, I, I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T ACKNOWLEDGE, UH, THE PREVIOUS MEMBERS AS WELL. 
          UH, OUR PREVIOUS CHAIRS, UH, JESSICA, UH, GUERRERO, AS WELL AS LOURDES CASTOR RAMIREZ, WHO, WHO STARTED THE PROCESS OFF. 
          UM, WE ALSO KNOW THAT, UM, MANY OTHER ORGANIZATIONS WEIGHED IN AND LEND THEIR EXPERTISE TO THE PROCESS. 
          AND WE FINALLY NOW HAVE A FUNDING DOCUMENT, UM, THAT IS MOVING US FORWARD. 
          AND, AND IT IS EXCITING TO SEE THAT IN A FEW SHORT YEARS OF THE, OF THE FRAMEWORK BEING ADOPTED, WE HAVE ALREADY EXCEEDED OUR 10 YEAR GOALS, UH, WHICH HAVE NECESSITATED, UM, THE SHIP UPDATE, UH, IN MANY WAYS. 
          SO, UH, THAT'S EXCITING. 
          AND I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE, UM, SOMETHING THAT'S MADE, MADE VERY EVIDENT, WHICH IS THAT, UH, OUR CALLS TO THE COUNCIL OFFICES TO MY OFFICE, UH, THE, THE CONCERNS THAT WE HEAR FROM THE COMMUNITY, UH, ARE LARGELY ABOUT THE DEEPER AFFORDABILITY ISSUES. 
          UM, SO I THINK THAT WITH THE PRESENTATION AND WITH THE SHIP THAT'S BEING PRESENTED, UH, THE CITY IS COMMITTING TO RISE TO THE OCCASION WITH THAT. 
          UH, I SEE THAT 75% OF THE 10 YEAR GOALS ARE RELATED TO THOSE, UM, HOUSING UNITS THAT ARE FOUR 50% OR BELOW A M I, WHICH IS HELPFUL, UH, KNOWING THAT, GOING BACK TO WHAT LORI SAID, IT'S BEEN USED AGAINST US. 
          BUT, UH, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT THE CITY DOESN'T ACTUALLY BUILD HOUSING, BUT IN ORDER FOR US TO PRODUCE HOUSING IN THE ECOSYSTEM THAT'S AFFORDABLE, WE HAVE TO BE INVOLVED AND IT, AND IT, AND WE CERTAINLY HAVE TO, UH, USE OUR RESOURCES WISELY. 
          UH, SO THAT'S GOOD TO SEE THAT, THAT THE, THE FOCUS OF THE SHIP, AT LEAST OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS WILL BE THAT DEEP AFFORDABILITY. 
          UM, YOU ALSO TALKED ABOUT LEVERAGING, AND WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THIS, UH, OVER THE LAST, UM, FEW WEEKS, ESPECIALLY, UH, WITH THE BOND. 
          UM, WE ARE GONNA BE LEVERAGING A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT SOURCES OF, OF REVENUE, INCLUDING C D B G, TOURIST FUNDS, ARPA, ET CETERA. 
          UM, I'M WONDERING, IN THE PROCESS OF LEVERAGING THOSE DOLLARS AND PRODUCING THOSE UNITS, THERE'S GONNA BE ANNUAL REPORTS BY THE HOUSING COMMISSION, UH, AS WELL AS A DASHBOARD. 
          IS THE LEVERAGE DOLLARS RELATED TO EACH OF THOSE UNITS GOING TO BE AVAILABLE FOR THE PUBLIC TO REVIEW? UM, AND, AND ALSO RELATED TO THAT, WHEN IS THAT DASHBOARD, DO YOU THINK? WHEN IS THAT GONNA GO LIVE? THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, THOSE ARE GREAT QUESTIONS. 
          UH, YES, WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR DASHBOARD, UH, TO NOT ONLY TRACK THE UNITS, BUT THE FUNDING THAT GOES IN THERE. 
          UM, TRACKING IS ACTUALLY A REALLY IMPORTANT PART, A 10 YEAR HORIZON FOR ANY PLAN. 
          A LOT CAN HAPPEN. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, I HOPE WE NEVER HAVE ANOTHER PANDEMIC, BUT THINGS CAN CHANGE. 
          UM, SO WE WANNA BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY SHORTFALL GAPS, MAKE ADJUSTMENTS WHERE NEEDED. 
          AND SO THAT DASHBOARD, WE'RE WORKING WITH THE HOUSING COMMISSION SUBCOMMITTEE. 
          I THINK WE HOPE TO HAVE IT. 
          UM, SO FEBRUARY, YEAH, SO WE'RE LOOKING, WE'RE, UH, AT GETTING IT UP BY FEBRUARY. 
          WE'RE WORKING VERY CLOSELY ON THE INTERFACE. 
          WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IT'S VERY EASILY UNDERSTOOD BY THE PUBLIC. 
          'CAUSE WE WANT TO COMMUNICATE, UM, SOME KEY, KEY METRICS TO THEM. 
          UM, WE DON'T WANT IT TO JUST BE AMIS AND NUMBERS THAT THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND. 
          YEAH, AND I THINK, UM, IT WAS IN YOUR PRESENTATION, LAURA, THERE'S A SLIDE HERE THAT OUTLINES THE 10 YEAR FUNDING GOALS. 
          SO, AND, AND IN, IN MY VIEW, WE GET CAUGHT UP TOO MUCH SOMETIMES ON THE ACTUAL REVENUE STREAMS INSTEAD OF THE OUTCOMES WE'RE TRYING TO PRODUCE. 
          SO I DO APPRECIATE THAT THAT IS BEING GUIDED BY THE NUMBER OF UNITS NOW, UH, THAT, THAT ARE BROKEN OUT IN EACH OF THE CATEGORIES. 
          I ALSO WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T POINT OUT, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK WAS OVERLOOKED ORIGINALLY, BUT WE NOW CLEARLY TIED IN, WHICH IS, UM, ECONOMIC MOBILITY, EDUCATIONAL ACCESS, JOB TRAINING, UH, BEING ABLE TO ACCESS, UM, GAINFUL CAREERS IS ONE ELEMENT OF HOUSING AFFORDABILITY THAT IS OFTEN OVERLOOKED. 
          WE WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO CATCH UP WITH HOUSING AFFORDABILITY IF WE DON'T ALSO BOOST ECONOMIC MOBILITY FOR OUR RESIDENTS WHO HAVE NOT HAD ACCESS. 
          UM, GOING TO THE HO HO HOMELESS STRATEGY, UM, 
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MELODY, COULD YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT HOW THE SHIP IS GONNA INTEGRATE WITH OUR HOMELESS STRATEGIC PLAN? ABSOLUTELY. 
          SO, UH, YOU KNOW, FOR US, THE ABILITY TO HOUSE PE PUT PEOPLE IN PERMANENT HOUSING INVOLVES HAVING ADDITIONAL UNITS OF PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING. 
          WE HAVE A CHRONIC, UH, HOMELESS POPULATION APPROACHING 300 AND, AND THOSE ARE THE INDIVIDUALS THAT NEED THAT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, UM, WHICH IS PERMANENT HOUSING WITH SUPPORTIVE SERVICES ON SITE. 
          THERE'S NO, IT'S NOT TIME LIMITED. 
          THERE MAY BE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN, IN PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING FOR A LONG TIME, AND, AND WE NEED THE CAPACITY TO BE ABLE TO PUT THEM, PLACE THEM THERE. 
          BUT THERE'S ALSO ADDITIONAL PEOPLE WHO ARE HOMELESS WHO, UM, DON'T NECESSARILY NEED THE SUPPORTIVE SERVICES, BUT NEED THAT VERY, VERY AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          AND SO THOSE ARE THE TWO AREAS WHERE WE ALIGN, UM, CONSISTENTLY WITH THE SHIP. 
          GOOD. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL, THAT, THAT CONNECTION I THINK IS GONNA BE REALLY IMPORTANT AS WE GET PAST THIS PANDEMIC, BECAUSE THERE HAS BEEN, UM, A LOT OF PRESSURE ON THE LOWEST, UM, AFFORDABILITY, A M I, UH, AND OBVIOUSLY A LOT OF WORK TO PREVENT, UH, DISPLACEMENT AND PREVENT EVICTION, PREVENT HOMELESSNESS. 
          UM, FOR THAT REASON, AND BECAUSE OF THE PROGRESS WE'VE MADE ON, ON THE ORIGINAL HOUSING TARGETS, I'M EXCITED TO SIGN ON TO THE WHITE HOUSE PLEDGE, HOUSE AMERICA PLEDGE. 
          AND IF YOU MISSED IT, YOU KIND OF BURIED IT IN THE PRESENTATION MELODY. 
          BUT WE ARE COMMITTING AS A CITY, UH, TO HOUSE BEFORE THE END OF 22, ADDITIONAL 1500 HOMELESS RESIDENTS, UH, USING A HOUSING FIRST MODEL IN ADDITIONAL 800 THROUGH THE RAPID REHOUSING PROGRAM. 
          PART OF THAT IS GOING TO RELY ON THE PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING THAT I KNOW COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO HAS BEEN EMPHASIZING, UH, USING THE ARPA HUD FUNDS. 
          UM, YOU MENTIONED THIS THROUGH THE, THE HOTEL, THE MOTEL. 
          UM, CAN YOU TELL ME HOW THAT'S GONNA WORK? HOW MANY PEOPLE THAT WILL IT SERVE? IS THIS A TWO YEAR STRATEGY, OR IS THIS A LONGER TERM STRATEGY? UM, HOW IS THAT GONNA INTEGRATE WITH OUR OVERALL HOMELESS RESPONSE SYSTEM? SO ARE YOU, ARE YOU REFERRING TO THE HOTEL THAT WE, UM, STARTED IN JUNE, THE SAME MINISTRY? WELL, IS THAT THE ONE THAT'S CURRENTLY UNDER CONTRACT? YES. 
          OKAY. 
          WE HAVE TWO UNDER CONTRACT. 
          WE HAVE THE HOTEL THAT HAVEN FOR HOPE IS OPERATING. 
          I'M TALKING ABOUT THE ONE THAT'S DIRECTLY WITH THE CITY THROUGH N H S D OR THROUGH, THROUGH YOUR OFFICE. 
          UH, SO WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT OPERATING A HOTEL. 
          NO, NO. 
          BUT WE ARE CONTRACTING, BUT WE ARE LEASING TWO. 
          YES. 
          RIGHT. 
          IT'S, IT'S THE SAM, SO THE SAM HOTEL, THAT'S REALLY ABOUT, UM, UH, SERVING THE HIGH, HIGH BARRIER, YOU KNOW, THOSE INDIVIDUALS WITH HIGH BARRIERS THAT DON'T DO WELL IN CONGREGATE SETTINGS, CHRONICALLY HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS. 
          AND THE WAY THAT, UM, THAT SAM IS MANAGING THAT IS AS A STEP TWO, PERMANENT HOUSING. 
          AND SO NOT AS A STEP TWO GOING TO ANOTHER SHELTER, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, WITH A DIRECT LINE TO PERMANENT HOUSING. 
          AND, AND IN THE PROCESS OF SERVING THOSE CLIENTS, THEY'RE PROVIDING SERVICES THAT BREAK DOWN THE BARRIERS TO HOUSING, WHICH MIGHT BE, IF YOU DON'T HAVE AN ID, YOU CANNOT LEASE AN APARTMENT. 
          UM, THEY MAY HAVE SUBSTANCE ABUSE ISSUES THAT MAKE IT DANGEROUS FOR THEM TO LIVE ALONE IN AN APARTMENT, AND THEY NEED THAT, THAT DETOX IN THAT TREATMENT. 
          SO THAT'S REALLY SAM'S FOCUS FOR THAT HOTEL. 
          THOSE ARE NOT, THOSE ARE NOT, UM, PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING UNITS. 
          OKAY. 
          SO WHAT IS THE EMERGENCY SHELTER? SO WHAT IS OUR RE WHAT IS YOUR RECOMMENDATION? WHAT ARE WE INTENDING TO DO WITH THE HOME ARPA FUNDS AT THIS POINT? SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE PROPOSING, UM, PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING UNITS, SO PURCHASE OF A, A HOTEL FACILITY, WHICH WE HAVE NOT IDENTIFIED, UM, POSSIBILITY OF SOME REHAB SO THAT THEY CAN BE, UM, CONSIDERED PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING. 
          BUT THEN ALSO, UM, ADDING, USING SOME OF THE FUNDS TO CONTINUE OUR RAPID REHOUSING MODEL, WHICH IS RENTAL ASSISTANCE WITH CASE MANAGEMENT AND, AND SOME SUPPORTIVE SERVICES. 
          AND THE PRIORITY POPULATIONS FOR THAT WOULD BE THE, UH, SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. 
          SO, UH, WOMEN WHO ARE, ARE MEN WHO ARE FLEEING THEIR HOMES, UM, ARE TECHNICALLY CONSIDERED HOMELESS. 
          OKAY. 
          AND, AND SO ARE WE INTENDING THIS TO BE A, UM, A SUSTAINED EFFORT, OR ARE WE EVALUATING AFTER THE, WE'RE EVALUATING. 
          IT'S A PILOT PROJECT. 
          UM, THE SAM SHELTER, WE'RE EVALUATING THAT, AND WE'LL MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS, UM, AFTER, YOU KNOW, DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS, AFTER A YEAR, MAYOR, WE'LL HAVE TO IMPLEMENTATION. 
          I MEAN, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE SAW A LOT OF CITIES THAT RUSHED TO DO THAT THAT LAST YEAR, RIGHT? 
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OVER THE LAST 18 MONTHS, UM, WHERE WE LEASED, UH, FACILITIES THAT THE, THE HOLIDAY INN DOWN HERE, CHAVEZ AND, UH, SANTA ROSA HAVEN FOR HOPE HAS BEEN OPERATING IT. 
          SO THERE'S BEEN NO OPERATING EXPENSE TO THE CITY. 
          UM, THERE IS SOME OPERATING EXPENSE ASSOCIATED WITH THE SMALLER HOTEL WITH SAM MINISTRIES, RIGHT. 
          WE'RE FUNDING THAT WITH SOME OF THE ARPA DOLLARS THAT WE RECEIVED. 
          SO WE'RE LEARNING, UM, SOME OF THE, THE PITFALLS THAT OTHER CITIES HAVE FOUND WHEN THEY, WHEN THEY RUSH TO GO BUY THE HOTELS, THEN THEY REALIZE THERE'S A PRETTY BIG OPERATING EXPENSE MM-HMM. 
          . 
          SO I THINK WE NEED TO BE THOUGHTFUL ABOUT THAT AND BUILD THAT INTO THE BUDGET WITHIN THE, ON THE FEDERAL SIDE, AND MAKE SURE WE UNDERSTAND THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD, UM, AND, AND ARE MITIGATING THOSE EXPENSES AS MUCH AS WE CAN, UH, AS POSSIBLE. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, WELL, NO, I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          AND, AND I GUESS WHAT I'M, WHAT I'M GETTING AT IS THAT THE, THE OUTCOMES OF, OF THE NUMBER OF UNITS AND, AND WHO WE'RE TRYING TO, TO, UM, TO SERVE, UH, SHOULD DRIVE THE ANSWERS TO THAT QUESTION IN TERMS OF THE, THE TWO YEAR PLUS STRATEGY ON, UM, ON, ON THE PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING. 
          UH, OBVIOUSLY IT'S A CRITICAL NEED THAT'S BEING, UH, NOT ADEQUATELY MET. 
          SO I THINK THE, THE FUNDS ARE BEING, UM, WELL SPENT, UH, IF THAT'S OUR INTENT INITIALLY. 
          UM, THAT'S ALL FOR ME. 
          AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY WHO'S WEIGHED IN, UH, TO CREATE THE FRAMEWORK AND NOW HAS IMPLEMENTED THE FRAMEWORK. 
          UH, CLEARLY WE'RE MAKING A DIFFERENCE. 
          UH, AND NOW WE'RE, WE'RE UPPING OUR, OUR EXPECTATIONS, UH, WHICH ARE IN LINE WITH WHAT WE NEED TO DO. 
          SO, UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH EVERYBODY FOR, FOR YOUR WORK. 
          UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA, THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          AND THANK YOU TO LORI AND IAN AND AND MEL FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          AND YOU ALL HAD ALREADY, UM, ALSO PRESENTED AT, UH, PLANNING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. 
          THANK YOU FOR MAKING THE CHANGES THAT WE RECOMMENDED AT AT THAT TIME. 
          I THINK YOU ALL GOT, UM, SOME OF THE CHANGES. 
          UM, I, I'M GONNA START OFF, THERE WAS AN OP-ED IN THE NEW YORK TIMES, UM, AND IT WAS IN REGARD TO THE SITUATION IN, IN CALIFORNIA WITH, UH, INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. 
          AND, UM, THEY CITED, THE CALIFORNIA AUDITOR HAD CITED MISMANAGEMENT DUE TO LOT LACK OF A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. 
          UM, AND IT WAS A $2.7 MILLION BOND. 
          AND SO I AM, UM, HAPPY THAT WE HAVE A PLAN AND THAT IT'S SO THOROUGH, RIGHT? BECAUSE THAT, THAT HELPS ME REALIZE THAT, OKAY, WELL, IF WE KEEP TRACK OF THE PLAN, THEN MAYBE WE WON'T BE IN THAT SAME SITUATION OF, OF THE MISMANAGEMENT, RIGHT? SO, SO THANK YOU TO EVERYONE FOR PARTICIPATING. 
          UM, COUNCILMAN GONZALEZ, THANKS FOR BEING HERE AS WELL. 
          UM, THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PART OF IT IS, IS KIND OF ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANNA FOCUS ON. 
          UM, AND I, I, I KNOW THAT WE, WE DELAYED THE RELEASE OF THE SHIP, AND IT WAS TO PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR STAKEHOLDERS TO ENGAGE A LITTLE BIT MORE. 
          AND I'M, I'M ASSUMING THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THE 80 STAKEHOLDERS INSTEAD OF WHAT, WHAT WE HAD AT THE BEGINNING. 
          UM, AND I KNOW THAT WE'VE ALREADY HAD SOME, UM, INFORMATION THAT THAT WAS GIVEN TO US OR THAT WAS COORDINATED THROUGH THE MAYOR'S HOUSING POLICY TASK FORCE BY WAY OF FEEDBACK FROM PEOPLE WHO ATTENDED THOSE. 
          UM, BUT I'M, I'M HAPPY THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE, AND, AND I THINK IF YOU CAN HELP ME UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THE SHIP STRATEGY, HOW EACH, UM, STRATEGY WILL HAVE ITS OWN PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY. 
          LIKE WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS FOR THAT SPECIFICALLY? UM, AND I, I KNOW WE'VE BEEN BRIEFED AT DIFFERENT THINGS, BUT HELP ME UNDERSTAND THAT INPUT PROCESS. 
          AND I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE. 
          I WAS, UM, ON MONDAY LOOKING THROUGH ESSAY SPEAK UP, AND I WAS TRYING TO SEE IF THERE WAS A BILINGUAL VERSION. 
          UM, AND, AND THERE WAS, IT, IT'S ALL IN ENGLISH, BUT IT WASN'T EVEN SHIPPED. 
          THE SHIP WASN'T EVEN LISTED ON THERE JUST YET. 
          SO I WAS WONDERING, HEY, WHEN IS IT GONNA BE ON THERE? I KNOW THAT THERE'S ACCESS TO IT ONLINE ALREADY. 
          UM, BUT I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND HOW DO YOU GET TO THE RESIDENTS WHO DON'T HAVE ACCESS ONLINE? HOW ARE YOU PLANNING TO DO THAT? AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, IS THERE A CITYWIDE PROCESS THAT WE FOLLOW? I NOTICED THAT YOU HAVE THREE DIFFERENT, UM, OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT STILL. 
          ONE OF THEM WAS AT U T S A DOWNTOWN. 
          I, I DON'T, OR I THINK IT WAS AT U T S A DOWNTOWN. 
          UM, I DON'T KNOW IF PARKING'S ACCESSIBLE. 
          DO PEOPLE HAVE TO PAY FOR PARKING THERE? UM, AT THE LIBRARY, AT THE, UM, I GO LIBRARY, THERE'S GONNA BE A S L INTERPRETATION, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          AT THE OTHER TWO, THERE'S GONNA BE, UM, SPANISH INTERPRETATION ST. 
          PHILIP'S COLLEGE. 
          IS IT REALLY ACCESSIBLE TO PEOPLE WHO MIGHT HAVE TO WALK, ET CETERA. 
          ARE WE TAKING THE, THE WEATHER INTO ACCOUNT? I'M JUST WORRIED THAT THERE'S SOME PEOPLE WHO WANT TO PARTICIPATE AND THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE MULTIPLE BARRIERS. 
          HOW DO WE ADDRESS THAT? AND THANK YOU, BY THE WAY, BECAUSE WE ARE EXTENDING ANOTHER WEEK OF FEEDBACK. 
          UM, AND I, I WILL BE COMPLETELY HONEST, UH, THANK, THANK YOU FOR, UH, FOR WORKING WITH US TO MAKE SURE, AND YOU ALL ARE WORKING ON MEETING WITH THE TIER ONE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, WHICH I THINK THEY SENT A LETTER TO ALL OF US. 
          UM, I'LL BE MEETING WITH N H 
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S D AND THE TIER ONE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. 
          UM, SO THANK YOU FOR, FOR SETTING THAT, THAT UP AND HELP ME UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS IN GENERAL. 
          YEAH. 
          UM, THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN. 
          SO THERE'S, THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS. 
          UM, I'M GONNA TRY AND TAKE THEM IN THE ORDER THAT YOU ASKED THEM. 
          UH, FIRST IS, HOW DOES EACH STRATEGY HAVE ITS OWN PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PROCESS? AND, UM, AS I SAID IN MY PRESENTATION, THE THE SHIP IS REALLY A ROADMAP. 
          IT'S THE NEXT 10 YEARS OF WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO, AND IT'S CONSOLIDATING STRATEGIES THAT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT BEFORE US IN DIFFERENT DOCUMENTS. 
          AND EACH ONE OF THOSE STRATEGIES HAD A PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PROCESS. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT WAS THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN, UH, WHETHER IT WAS THE FOUR V ONE HOME INITIATIVE, OR WHETHER THEY WERE STILL CARRIED FORWARD FROM THE HOUSING POLICY FRAMEWORK. 
          SO WE'RE CARRYING ALL OF THAT FORWARD, CONTINUING THAT PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, INCLUDING IT IN THE PLAN, IN THE SHIP. 
          AND THEN AS WE PICK UP EACH, UH, EACH STRATEGY, THEY'VE GOT IDENTIFIED STAKEHOLDERS A LITTLE BIT, UH, MORE CLARIFIED FOR US. 
          UM, THEY HAVE A, A LITTLE BIT OF A TIMELINE AND, AND AN OBJECTIVE. 
          UH, AND SO EVERY TIME THAT WE PICK UP A STRATEGY THAT'S NEXT ON OUR LIST TO PICK UP, WE'LL BE IDENTIFYING THOSE STAKEHOLDERS EITHER THROUGH, UM, THE, THE INFORMATION ON THE DOCUMENT. 
          WE'LL BE IDENTIFYING STAKEHOLDERS THROUGH, UM, THIS PUBLIC PROCESS THAT WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW WHERE INDIVIDUALS CAN SIGN UP FOR STRATEGIES. 
          AND THEN WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO WHAT WE DO WHEN WE, WHEN WE WORK ON STRATEGIES, WHICH IS TO NOTIFY OUR STAKEHOLDER GROUPS. 
          WE HAVE A VERY LARGE LIST OF STAKEHOLDER GROUPS ANYTIME WE DO A POLICY, UM, WHETHER THERE ARE, UH, RISK MITIGATION STAKEHOLDER GROUP, WHETHER THERE ARE NONPROFITS, WHETHER THERE ARE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS. 
          SO WE'LL BRING ALL OF THEM TOGETHER, AND THEN THAT WILL GO THROUGH A PROCESS. 
          WE'LL HOLD STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS. 
          UH, WE'LL WORK WITH THE HOUSING COMMISSION ON EACH STRATEGY. 
          UH, EVERY TIME IT MOVES FORWARD, IT WILL COME TO COUNCIL COMMITTEE, AND THEN ULTIMATELY TO COUNCIL. 
          SO THAT PROCESS MAY BE DIFFERENT FOR DIFFERENT STRATEGIES DEPENDING ON WHAT IT IS. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, I, I THINK IT, IT'S KIND OF HARD TO SAY. 
          WE, WE'VE TRIED TO PREDICT BASED OFF OF WHAT WE KNOW OF EACH STRATEGY, HOW LONG THEY MAY TAKE, UM, FOR IMPLEMENTATION. 
          BUT WE'RE GONNA BE GOING THROUGH EACH ONE OF THOSE, AND EACH ONE OF THOSE WILL HAVE ITS OWN IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY. 
          AND THAT'S REALLY WHERE THE WORK IS DONE TO CRAFT THAT POLICY. 
          UM, THIS IS MORE OF A ROADMAP ON HERE'S WHAT WE REALLY NEED TO DO, AND HERE'S WHAT WE HEARD FROM THIS PLANNING DOCUMENT, OR HERE'S WHAT THE COMMUNITY TOLD US THEY REALLY NEED. 
          UM, WITH YOUR QUESTION ON, UM, THE ACCESSIBILITY OF OUR MEETINGS COMING UP. 
          YEAH. 
          SO OUR FIRST MEETING WAS AT THE, UH, U T S A WEST SIDE COMMUNITY CENTER, NOT THE CAMPUS. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, AND SO WE TRIED TO, WE TRIED TO SPACE THEM A LITTLE BIT IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE CITY, BUT WE ALSO WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY WERE ACCESSIBLE VIRTUALLY ONLINE. 
          SO IN PERSON AND VIRTUAL, UH, WE ARE WORKING WITH ONE OF OUR HOUSING COMMISSION CHAIRS, JEFF, AREN'T FROM VIA TO SEE THE, HOW WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT INDIVIDUALS, UM, HAVE ACCESS FROM VIA TRANSIT TO THE SITE. 
          UH, AS YOU MENTIONED, WE HAVE A S L FOR OUR THIRD MEETING, AND WE HAVE EACH, UH, MEETING IN ENGLISH AND IN SPANISH. 
          SO THERE ARE INTERPRETERS THERE. 
          UM, AT THE MEETING, YOU CAN RECEIVE PHYSICAL DOCUMENTS, SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO ONLINE. 
          YOU, YOU DON'T HAVE TO DOWNLOAD THEM. 
          AND YOU HAVE THE SAME FORM THAT'S ONLINE TO LET US KNOW IF YOU WANNA PARTICIPATE IN A STRATEGY GOING FORWARD. 
          UH, WE'LL BE WORKING WITH G P A, WE'LL BE WORKING WITH THE HOUSING COMMISSION, UH, OUTREACH SUBCOMMITTEE, UM, TO, UH, GET THOSE THAT MAY NOT HAVE ACCESS TO INTERNET. 
          THOSE MAY INCLUDE, THOSE MAY INCLUDE, UM, INCLUDE, THAT MAY INCLUDE PUTTING ADVERTISEMENTS IN PAPER, UM, OR JUST NOTIFYING, UH, GRASSROOT GROUPS THAT CAN SPREAD THE WORD OUT THAT WAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND I NOTICED THAT YOU, SO WE HAVE THOSE THREE SO FAR. 
          IF WE'RE EXTENDING THE FEEDBACK PERIOD FOR ANOTHER WEEK, I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT MAYBE WE ADD AN ADDITIONAL ONE. 
          I MADE THE SAME RECOMMENDATION FOR, UM, THE ARPA, I THINK, TO BRING IT TO, UH, ANOTHER, YOU KNOW, DISTRICT. 
          I KNOW WE'RE COVERED WITH DISTRICTS FIVE TO SEVEN AND EIGHT, IT SOUNDS LIKE, WITH THESE TWO BECAUSE OF THE BOUNDARIES AND HOW NEAR THEY ARE. 
          BUT, UM, I ALSO THINK THAT THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE FEAR FOR SOME REASON OF GOING TO THESE INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING. 
          THEY DON'T FEEL WELCOME. 
          SO I THINK THAT WE SHOULD, MAYBE NOT THAT THEY, I MEAN, I FEEL, I FEEL, UH, COMFORTABLE, BUT THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT MIGHT WORRY, RIGHT? UM, UH, AND SO I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE SOMETHING ON THE ROAD TO A COMMUNITY CENTER THAT IS, UM, A CITY'S COMMUNITY CENTER, ET CETERA. 
          BUT I DEFINITELY THINK THAT A SATURDAY OPPORTUNITY MIGHT BE BENEFICIAL FOR THE RESIDENTS THAT I REPRESENT WORK UNTIL SEVEN OR LATER. 
          UM, I HAD MENTIONED THERE'S CHURCH SERVICES ON WEDNESDAYS SOMETIMES, AND SO, UM, THE TRANSPORTATION, HAVE WE CONSIDERED BUS ROUTES? AND WHAT TIME THE BUS ROUTES, UM, UH, RUN TO GIVE ACCESS TO A SIX O'CLOCK MEETING? I THINK IT'S A LITTLE BIT, UM, TEDIOUS, UH, TO, FOR THEM, RIGHT? TO TRY TO GET THERE. 
          SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, THAT WE ENSURE THAT ADDITIONAL, UM, PARTICIPATION. 
          AND THEN I'LL GO ON TO THE, UM, STRATEGIC HOUSING PLAN AND, AND, AND MAKE SOME OF THE COMMENTS. 
          AND SO, UM, UH, I, I'M, I, I THINK I MENTIONED ALREADY IN OCTOBER OF 2021 OR LAST MONTH, THERE WAS A REPORT THAT, THAT WAS RELEASED, AND IT'S CALLED OUTSIDE THE LAW, THE LEGAL WAR AGAINST UNHOUSED PEOPLE. 
          AND SO THEY TALK ABOUT HOW THIS IS A HUMANITARIAN CRISIS. 
          AND SO I THINK BY CONTINUING TO INVEST IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND MEETING THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, UM, IT HELPS WITH, WITH, UM, SURVIVAL NEEDS, RIGHT? BASIC SURVIVAL NEEDS OF OUR, UM, UNHOUSED 
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COMMUNITY. 
          SO, UM, I'D LIKE TO LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE, AND MAYBE IT'S AT, AT ANOTHER, UH, MEETING BECAUSE IT'S SO SHORT, WE PACKED TWO REALLY IMPORTANT THINGS INTO ONE B SESSION. 
          AND SO I THINK THERE'S A WHOLE LOT OF QUESTIONS THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE, BECAUSE THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT OUR NEIGHBORS CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT, RIGHT? SPECIFICALLY, WHAT ARE WE DOING ABOUT ADDRESSING THE HOMELESS, UM, POPULATION. 
          BUT SPECIFICALLY, UM, I'M WORRIED BECAUSE, UM, A LOT OF THE RESIDENTS THAT I REPRESENT, UM, TALK ABOUT THIS IN THE, IN, IN TERMS OF BLIGHT, RIGHT? AND IN TERMS OF, UM, SOMETHING THAT, THAT MIGHT, MIGHT SEEM CRIMINAL. 
          SO I WANNA KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING TO EDUCATE OUR FOLKS ON WHAT WE'RE DOING TO, TO PUT HOUSING FIRST SO THAT WE CAN GET THESE FOLKS SHELTERED AND IN PLACE, ACCESS TO MEDICATION, ET CETERA. 
          UM, BUT THEN ALSO I WAS SPECIFICALLY CONCERNED ABOUT, UM, LOOKING AT HOW WE PROTECT AND PROMOTE OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, RIGHT? AND SO, UM, WHAT ARE WE DOING FOR THE PREVENTION AND MEDICATION MITIGATION STRATEGIES IN PARTICULAR OF PEOPLE WHO CAN'T AFFORD TO FIX THEIR HOMES, WHO ARE MAYBE EVEN FOLKS WHO ARE, UH, LIVING RIGHT NOW AT MARKET RATE ARE IN, UH, THREATS, UH, OR ARE, ARE UNDER, UNDER THE CURRENT THREAT, RIGHT? AND THE, UM, THE WAY THAT JOB SITUATION ARE RIGHT NOW. 
          WHAT, WHEN, WHEN THEY BECOME HOMELESS, RIGHT? LIKE, WHAT HAPPENS THEN? AND SO I THINK THAT'S KIND OF STILL SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I, I WOULD LIKE MORE ADDRESSED IN A PRESENTATION. 
          I HAVE THE FULL DOCUMENT, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT MY COLLEAGUES HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO READ THROUGH IT, JUST LIKE OUR NEIGHBORS HAVEN'T NECESSARILY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO READ THROUGH IT. 
          SO IF WE CAN GIVE SOME MORE HIGH LEVEL INFORMATION OF WE'RE WHAT WE'RE DOING TO ADDRESS THAT, I THINK IT'LL BE CRITICAL, UM, HOW WE'RE WORKING WITH CODE COMPLIANCE, RIGHT? AND WITH OUR SAFE OFFICERS, HOW THEY'RE COMMUNICATING WITH EACH OTHER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ADDRESSING, UM, THIS, HOW THEY COME IN AND, UM, BUILD APART OR BECOME A PART OF THE DISPLACEMENT STRATEGY IS ALSO GONNA BE CRITICAL FOR ME. 
          SO THOSE ARE JUST SOME GENERAL FEEDBACKS, BUT THINK FEEDBACK, UH, AND COMMENT. 
          SO THANK YOU, IAN, FOR YOUR TIME. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHE GARCIA, COUNCIL MEMBER KIBA. 
          HVAR. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, I WANNA TAKE JUST AN OPPORTUNITY TO RAISE A FLAG ON SOME THINGS I THINK MAYOR, ATTENTION IN, IN THIS CONVERSATION. 
          UH, FIRST, OUR, UM, INCLUDING OUR FOSTER YOUTH WHO'VE AGED OUT OF THE SYSTEM. 
          AND, UM, I'D LIKE TO INCLUDE THAT IN OUR DISCUSSION SPECIFICALLY, IS PART OF AN IDEA FOR A MULTIFAMILY COMPLEX, UM, FOR AGE MEMBERS OF, OF THE FOSTER COMMUNITY. 
          UH, IT'S, I AND OUR AGE, FOSTER KIDS NEED HOUSING, OF COURSE, WE KNOW THAT. 
          AND I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE PART OF OUR THINKING AND PLANNING AS WE MOVE FORWARD. 
          AND WE CAN, UH, HOPEFULLY BEGIN THAT DISCUSSION WITH SOME KIND OF MULTI-FAMILY TYPE COMPLEX. 
          UM, WHEN GOING THROUGH THE HOMELESS STRATEGIC PLAN, I NOTICED THAT 1,211 YOUTH THAT AGED OUTTA THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM EXPERIENCED HOUSELESSNESS. 
          THESE INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCED HOUSELESSNESS ON AVERAGE THREE MONTHS LONGER THAN OTHER POPULATIONS. 
          AGAIN, I WANNA EMPHASIZE THE NEED TO PROTECT OUR FOSTER YOUTH. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE PRESENTATION ON THE HOUSING POLICY AND NEED FOR RESOURCES TO OUR AGED OUT FOSTER CARE YOUTH, I THINK IS CLEAR. 
          THOSE ARE JUST KIDS THAT DON'T HAVE NORMAL SUPPORT SYSTEMS. AND SO, HOWEVER WE CAN HELP THEM, I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT HAPPEN. 
          SECONDLY, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HOUSING STOCK AND IMPROVEMENTS, I WANNA FOCUS ON CLOSING THE DIGITAL DIVIDE. 
          LAURA, YOU MENTIONED CONNECTIVITY. 
          I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT'S HOW YOU MEANT IT, BUT I'M GONNA TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE WORD, UM, AND ASK THAT WE MAKE THE NECESSARY INVESTMENTS IN, IN FIBER, UM, WHATEVER IS, UH, SO WHATEVER'S NECESSARY. 
          SO THAT'S NOT, UH, ACCESSIBILITY TO, UM, THE INTERNET IS NOT AN ISSUE. 
          IT MAKES MORE SENSE FOR US TO, UM, MAKE IT A PART OF THE INITIAL PLAN AS OPPOSED TO IT BEING MORE OF AN AFTERTHOUGHT. 
          SO, UH, FOR THOSE, THOSE ARE THE, THE TWO BIG ISSUES I HAVE IS, IS EXPANDING CONVERSATION TO INCLUDE FOSTER KIDS AND THEN PLAN DIGITAL INCLUSION. 
          SO WE CAN FOLLOW UP ON THAT ANOTHER TIME. 
          SO FOR MY QUESTIONS, UM, IN, IN MY DISTRICT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE, MY STAFF AND I RECENTLY WENT BLOCK WALKING IN DISTRICT SIX. 
          AND, UH, FOR THE REHAB PROGRAMS, IT WAS, UM, THE, UH, OWNER OCCUPIED REHAB, MINOR REPAIR, AND UNDER ONE ROOF. 
          AND I, I REALLY ENJOYED DOING THAT AND KNOCKING ON DOORS AND TALKING TO PEOPLE ABOUT IT. 
          THEY, THEY DON'T GENERALLY KNOW ABOUT IT, YOU KNOW? UM, AND, UH, AND WE HAD THE APPLICATIONS THERE WITH US, UH, YOU KNOW, SO IT WAS REALLY NICE TO BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN THAT AND HELP THEM WALK THROUGH THAT. 
          SO THAT'S MY FOCUS REALLY IS, IS, UM, OF COURSE WE NEED AFFORDABLE HOUSING, BUT I REALLY WANNA FOCUS ON, ON THE HOMEOWNER PRESERVATION ASPECT OF IT. 
          UH, WITH THAT IN MIND, I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. 
          WHAT, HOW MANY HOUSES WOULD YOU, WELL, HOW DO YOU DECIDE HOW MANY HOUSES WILL BE USED? UM, WILL BE, UH, SELECTED IN THAT LOTTERY FOR, FOR THE REHAB PROCESS? GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          VERONICA SOTO, DIRECTOR OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOUSING SERVICES DEPARTMENT. 
          SO WE ALWAYS GET MORE APPLICATIONS AND WE HAVE FUNDING FOR, FOR THAT PROCESS. 
          AND WHAT WE DID THIS YEAR, BUILDING OUR FOUR 
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YEARS OF EQUITY WORK, IS WE DEVELOPED AN EQUITY SCORING MATRIX. 
          AND SO ALL THE APPLICATIONS, WE WENT TO ONE APPLICATION INSTEAD OF MULTIPLE FOR THE THREE PROGRAMS, MINOR REPAIR, OWNER OCCUPIED REHAB, AND UNDER ONE ROOF. 
          AND WE ASK FOLKS, WHICH PROGRAM DO YOU THINK IS BEST FOR WHAT YOU NEED? THAT'S THE INITIAL ASSESSMENT, BUT WE'LL HAVE OUR STAFF DO THE ASSESSMENT. 
          BUT THE EQUITY SCORING MATRIX IS REALLY LOOKING AT, UM, THE, THE EQUITY SCORE THAT OUR EQUITY OFFICE OF EQUITY DEVELOPED. 
          SO COMBINATION OF INCOME AS WELL AS, UM, PEOPLE OF COLOR, REDLINED AREA, ET CETERA. 
          SO THAT'S HOW WE'RE HELPING TO SELECT, UM, THE HOUSES AREAS PREVIOUSLY DIS INVESTED IN ARE SCORING HIGH ON THAT MATRIX. 
          WE'RE LOOKING AT THE SIZE OF THE HOUSE, THE A M I, UM, THE INCOME LEVEL ESSENTIALLY, OF THE FAMILY. 
          AND THEN WE'RE LOOKING IF THERE'S CHILDREN IN THE HOUSEHOLD, BECAUSE WE KNOW THERE'S PARTICULAR NEED IF THE FAMILY, UM, HAS A MEMBER WHO HAS A DIFFERENT ABLED INDIVIDUAL. 
          SO THOSE ARE FOLKS THAT GENERALLY NEED A D A ACCESSIBILITY TYPE OF IMPROVEMENTS. 
          SO, SO THAT'S ANOTHER AREA. 
          SO WE'RE USING THIS EQUITY MATRIX SCORING TO SELECT THE FINAL FOLKS. 
          UM, AND WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT. 
          WE HAVE OVER 900 APPLICATIONS SUBMITTED. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR DOING THAT. 
          BLOCK WALKING. 
          REALLY APPRECIATE GETTING THE WORD OUT. 
          UM, AND SO WE ARE GONNA HAVE THE ANSWER OF WHO GETS INTO WHICH PROGRAMS, UH, IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS, NOVEMBER 9TH IS OUR TARGET, AND BY THEN WE'LL START, START COMMUNICATING. 
          BUT WE DO HAVE SLOTS IN EVERY COUNCIL DISTRICT DERIVED USING, UH, BCAT QUALITY, UM, UH, OF HOUSES FOR THAT. 
          BUT IT'S REALLY OUR EQUITY SCORING THAT DID THAT. 
          AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SHARING WITH ALL OF YOU, UM, HOW MANY HOUSES IN THE ADDRESSES SELECTED BASED ON THAT EQUITY SCORING MATRIX. 
          OKAY. 
          I MEAN, I'M SURE IT ALSO, UM, I THINK IT'S IN IMPLIED IN YOUR ANSWER THAT OF COURSE, THE AMOUNT OF MONEY IS GONNA LIMIT OUR  YES. 
          OUR, UM, THE NUMBER. 
          BUT IS IT ALSO, UM, WELL, MAYBE I JUST NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE EQUITY MATRIX. 
          MAYBE THAT'LL MAKE, WE'LL SEND THAT TO YOU LITTLE MORE SENSE TO ME. 
          BUT, UM, SO IS THAT EVER A, UM, ADJUST? I MEAN, ARE WE ADJUSTING THAT? HOW OFTEN ARE WE ADJUSTING THAT? WE ADJUST EVERY YEAR. 
          OKAY. 
          SO FOR THE LAST, UH, FIVE YEARS, WE HAVE USED, UH, AN EQUITY SCORE. 
          UH, WE'VE ADJUSTED IT EVERY TIME, LEARNING EVERY TIME. 
          AND SO THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE DON'T DO A LOTTERY FOR OUR OWNER OCCUPIED, UH, REHAB PROGRAM BECAUSE WE'VE SPENT SO MUCH TIME ON OUR EQUITY MATRIX BEFORE WE USE A COMBINATION OF EQUITY SCORING AND LOTTERY. 
          SO EVERY YEAR WE CHANGE IT TO REFINE IT AND MAKE IT EVEN MORE TARGETED. 
          SO CAN YOU TELL ME HOW MANY INFILL DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED OR IN NEAR COMPLETION? INFILL, UM, INFILL IS DIFFERENT THAN THOSE OWNER OCCUPIED REHAB, BUT WE DO HAVE THE, THE INFORMATION, AND I BELIEVE IT WAS SHARED OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS BY COUNCIL DISTRICT, ALL THE PROJECTS OWNER OCCUPIED, INFILL, UM, 'CAUSE INFILL IS SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT, AND PHIL IS A VACANT LOT THAT GETS A HOUSE BUILT. 
          YEAH. 
          VERY DIFFERENT THAN OWNER OCCUPIED. 
          BUT WE SHARED ALL THAT DATA WITH ALL THE COUNCIL DISTRICTS. 
          UM, I DON'T HAVE IT IN FRONT OF YOU, OF ME. 
          UM, I THINK SOMEONE IN OUR TEAM WAS SUPPOSED TO BRING IT SO WE COULD LOOK IT UP, BUT WE'LL, WE'LL LOOK IT UP. 
          BUT WE DID SHARE OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS, EVERY, UM, SINGLE FAMILY AND MULTI-FAMILY UNIT. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, IN EVERY COUNCIL DISTRICT. 
          OKAY. 
          I FEEL LIKE YOU KNOW WHERE TO FIND ME. 
          SO I'LL, I'LL GET THAT INFORMATION. 
          UM, THE, I WANT, I'M GONNA SHIFT OVER TO, UM, TO MEL, THE, THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE LAST YEAR RECEIVED A LAST SPRING, ACTUALLY, I'M SORRY, NOT LAST YEAR, RECEIVED A, A NUMBER OF RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE CHECK COMMITTEE REGARDING POLICE SERVICES REVIEW. 
          UH, ONE RECOMMENDATION WAS KNOWING THE NUMBER OF THE LGBTQIA PLUS COMMUNITY IS, UM, EXPERIENCING OR IS HOUSE IS, IS IN THE HOUSELESS COMMUNITY MM-HMM. 
          . 
          SO, UH, IS, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WILL BE ADDRESSED IN NEXT YEAR'S POINT IN TIME COUNT? I, I FEEL LIKE THERE'S JUST MAYBE, UM, ALTERNATE RESOURCES THAT CAN BE USED FOR THE POPULATION, RIGHT? THERE'S A COUPLE OF WAYS. 
          AND SO THERE IS, UM, SARAH ACTUALLY MANAGES A FUND OF MONEY FROM, UH, DIRECTLY FROM HUD FOR YOUTH HOMELESS, UM, DEVELOPMENT OF SERVICES AND HOUSING. 
          AND THAT'S ONE AREA WHERE L THE L G B T Q POPULATION IS BEING ADDRESSED AS WELL. 
          AND SO BETWEEN THE, THE SARA DATA, THE DATA THAT WE HAVE, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO PUT THAT TOGETHER. 
          AND THEN THE POINT IN TIME COUNT MAY ADD ADDITIONAL DATA TO THAT. 
          BUT, UH, AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'LL TALK ABOUT YOU, HOW CAN WE PULL THAT OUT OF POINT IN TIME COUNT SURVEY DATA? SO YOU'LL, YOU, YOU WILL ASK THAT QUESTION. 
          YEAH, YEAH. 
          WE'LL, WE'LL HAVE THAT CONVERSATION. 
          IS THE DIS IS THAT SAME QUESTION BEING ASKED FOR THE DISABLED COMMUNITY? YES. 
          OKAY. 
          SO, UM, POINT IN TIME TRACK DEFINITELY TRACKS THE DISABLED OKAY. 
          UH, HOMELESS POPULATION. 
          UM, SO ONE, ONE LAST THING, UM, 
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I THOUGHT WAS MISSING FROM THE STRATEGIC PLAN, UH, UNLESS I MISSED IT, WAS A FOCUS ON PETS. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF, WE KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE HOUSELESS OR NOT ALWAYS WILLING TO GO INTO PROGRAMS BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANNA LEAVE THEIR, THEIR PETS BEHIND. 
          RIGHT. 
          UM, AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH, YOU KNOW, KENNEL SPACE AT A C S. 
          WHAT, IS THERE ANY PERS ASSISTANCE THAT'S PROVIDED TO THESE INDIVIDUALS? SO, UM, HAVEN FOR HOPE HAS RECENTLY, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE EXPANDING THE NUMBER OF ANIMALS THEY'LL SERVE. 
          THEY DID NOT USED TO PROVIDE, UM, KENNELING FOR PEOPLE WHO WERE IN THE COURTYARD. 
          AND SO THAT WAS A GAP. 
          AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE STARTING SLOWLY TO, TO HELP HELP THOSE FOLKS. 
          THE SAM, WE HAVE, UM, WORKED WITH A C S AND THEY'LL BE PROVIDING CHEMI, UH, YOU KNOW, CHEMICAL, CHEMICAL, A KENNEL KENNEL SERVICE TO THAT HOTEL. 
          AND SO AS SOON AS THOSE KENNELS COME IN, UM, A C S WILL HELP SET THAT UP. 
          AND THEN SAM, UM, IS WILLING TO MANAGE, UH, WORK WITH THE CLIENTS TO KEEP THEIR ANIMALS THERE. 
          SO, I MEAN, THAT'S, THAT'S TWO STRATEGIES. 
          AND IT, I MEAN, IT IS AN ISSUE SOMETIMES WE'LL NEVER GET PEOPLE INTO, INTO SHELTER OR HOUSING UNLESS THEY CAN TAKE THEIR ANIMALS. 
          AND SO THAT IS AN ONGOING STRATEGY. 
          BUT YOU'RE RIGHT, IT WAS NOT ADDRESSED IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN. 
          IS IT POSSIBLE TO INCLUDE IT? WELL, WE CAN ADDRESS IT, UM, THROUGH IN THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN. 
          SURE. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHTY. 
          THOSE ARE ALL MY QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU, MA'AM. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, CAB HDA, COUNCIL MEMBER ELA. 
          YEAH. 
          UM, BATTERED WOMEN'S SHELTER HAS A BIG, UH, BIG KENNEL FACILITY AS WELL. 
          AND, UM, THAT WAS FOLLOWING THE, UH, EVEN FOR HOPES EXAMPLE, AND, AND THEY MADE AN INVESTMENT THANKS TO PETCO, WHO DONATED A LOT OF MONEY FOR THAT. 
          AND SO, UM, A A COUPLE OF COMMENTS. 
          ONE, UM, JEFF, I UNDERSTAND, UH, BECAUSE I SPENT A LOT OF TIME WITH YOU, THAT THERE IS, UH, A CONCERTED EFFORT ON YOUR TEAM'S PART TO MAKE SURE THAT HOUSING CONTINUES TO BE PART OF THE CONVERSATION IN DC. 
          AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE TALK ABOUT THAT IN CONTEXT OF, UH, OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DISCUSS TODAY. 
          SURE. 
          UH, COUNCILMAN, THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          UH, THE FEDERAL AGENDA THAT THE COUNCIL PASSED FOR THIS CURRENT 117TH CONGRESS, UH, HAD HOUSING AS SEVERAL OF THE TOP PRIORITY ITEMS. WE EXPRESSED SUPPORT FOR THE EXPANSION OF HOUSING AFFORDABILITY THROUGH A NUMBER OF PROGRAMS, UH, FUNDING FOR HOUSING PROGRAMS SUCH AS HOME AND C D B G, AND, AND SUPPORT FOR HOUSING TAX CREDITS, UH, TO SUPPORT AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          UM, WE, UH, GOING BACK A LITTLE BIT, THE PREVIOUS PRESIDENTIAL ADMINISTRATION, UH, HAD ADVOCATED, UH, HAD PROPOSED CUTTING A LOT OF THOSE PROGRAMS ENTIRELY. 
          WE WERE AMONG MANY CITIES WHO KICKED AND SCREAMED ABOUT THAT. 
          AND ULTIMATELY, CONGRESS REJECTED THOSE PROPOSALS AND KEPT THAT FUNDING LEVEL OR SLIGHTLY INCREASED THIS BUDGET, WHICH CONGRESS HAS NOT PASSED YET. 
          AN F Y 22, UH, HAS AN INCREASE OF ALMOST $7 BILLION FOR HUD. 
          UH, WE HAVE A SAN ANTONIO MEMBER ON THE APPROPRIATION SUBCOMMITTEE THAT DEALS WITH HUD, THAT'S CONGRESSMAN TONY GONZALEZ. 
          HE'S REACHED OUT TO US NUMEROUS TIMES, AND WE'VE COMMUNICATED THOSE PRIORITIES. 
          UH, AND THEN SIMILARLY, THIS, UH, THIS IS THE FIRST CONGRESS THAT HAS BROUGHT BACK, UH, WHAT'S CALLED EARMARKS. 
          THEY'RE CALLED NOW COMMUNITY PROJECTS. 
          AND ONE OF THE, UH, PROPOSALS WE MADE TO CONGRESSMAN CASTRO WAS FOR A HOME REPAIR AND RENTAL PRESERVATION PROGRAM THAT VERO BROUGHT TO US. 
          SO THERE'S $2 MILLION IN THE HOUSE VERSION OF THE NOT YET PASSED FEDERAL BUDGET THAT WOULD FUND THAT PROGRAM SPECIFICALLY FOR US. 
          UH, THERE'S ALSO 1 MILLION FOR SAHA TO OUTFIT, UM, UH, SEVERAL DOZEN OF ITS UNITS WITH WIFI FOR RESIDENTS. 
          UH, ASIDE FROM THAT, WE SPENT A YEAR AND A HALF IN COVID FOCUSED ON EMERGENCY HOUSING MONEY. 
          AND WE'RE QUITE SUCCESSFUL THERE. 
          NOT JUST IN GETTING IT, BUT ALSO COMMUNICATING HOW WE WERE USING IT. 
          UH, THE MAYOR AND VERO HAVE, UH, REGULARLY PARTICIPATED IN NATIONAL CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THAT EMERGENCY HOUSING FUNDING. 
          UH, AND THEN I'LL WRAP THIS UP 'CAUSE THIS IS PROBABLY MORE THAN YOU ASKED. 
          UH, THE, THE CURRENT OPPORTUNITY RIGHT NOW FOR HOUSING IS THE BUILD BACK BETTER PLAN, THE SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE BILL. 
          UH, AND THERE'S 150 BILLION, I BELIEVE, FOR HOUSING TO EXPAND VOUCHERS, UH, TO ENABLE AN ADDITIONAL MILLION, UH, AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, UH, TO HELP, UH, EXPAND THE DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. 
          UH, SO THERE'S A NUMBER OF THINGS IN THAT. 
          UH, JUST RECENTLY YOU AND THE MAYOR WERE IN DC AND, AND OUR FEDERAL CONSULTANTS AND THE MAYOR HAVE WORKED TOGETHER ON, ON COMMUNICATING NATIONALLY THROUGH SOME OF THE POLITICAL PUBLICATIONS. 
          UH, OUR BELIEF THAT THOSE HOUSING, UH, COMPONENTS OF THAT BILL NEED TO STAY IN THAT BILL. 
          UM, SO HOPEFULLY I ANSWER THAT AND HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. 
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JEFF AND I HAD A MEETING AND TO DISCUSS A TO C AND, UH, THAT'S COMING UP AGAIN IN FEBRUARY, JEFF? YES. 
          JANUARY. 
          SO, UH, WE'LL BE WORKING WITH ALL OF YOU TO RECRUIT YOU GUYS TO GO UP THERE AND HELP US SING OFF THE SAME HYMNAL THAT JEFF IS. 
          UH, THE OTHER THING IS, UM, THANK YOU FOR INCLUDING THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AS PART OF THE CONVERSATION. 
          YOU'RE RIGHT, BY DEFINITION, IF, UH, IF THEY'RE AT A SHELTER, THEY'RE HOMELESS. 
          AND, UM, I, I, I REALLY, I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THAT SERIOUSLY. 
          UH, THE OTHER THING IS, UH, I, IT DID NOT ESCAPE ME THAT YOU GUYS INCLUDED THE COMMUNITY LAND TRUST COMPONENT IN THERE. 
          AND, UH, THAT PART THAT WAS, UM, THAT WAS AN A C C R THAT, THAT I, I'D ALWAYS WONDERED WHETHER OR NOT THAT HAD JUST SORT OF FIZZLED OUT AND DIED ON THE VINE, BUT IT CLEARLY HASN'T. 
          AND, UM, ANYWAY, I THINK THAT'S, THAT, THAT'S A PROJECT THAT NEEDS TO BE EXPLORED. 
          AND I KNOW THAT Y'ALL HAVE BEEN VISITING WITH LISC, UH, AND SOME OTHER ADVISORS ON HOW BEST TO ACCOMPLISH THAT. 
          AND THAT'S A, THAT'S A REALLY BIG DEAL. 
          AND, UH, THE MORE, THE MORE WE PRESS ON THE GAS PEDAL ON THAT ONE, I THINK, I THINK IT'LL PAY OFF DIVIDENDS. 
          THE, UH, LASTLY MELODY, YOU REMEMBER, UH, 'CAUSE YOU AND I AND, UH, DR. 
          BRIDGER WORKED ON, IT WAS, UH, A REQUEST THAT WE START HAVING A CONVERSATION ABOUT PALLIATIVE CARE AND HOSPICE CARE FOR HOMELESS PEOPLE WHO, YOU KNOW, FIND THEMSELVES, UH, WITH TERMINAL DISEASES OUTSIDE. 
          UM, THEY DIE IN THE HEAT ALONE IN PAIN. 
          UM, AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD ALSO BE INCLUDING IN, IN, IN THIS CONVERSATION. 
          IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU GUYS IS STILL PART OF THE CONVERSATION, OR DO YOU NEED US TO PUSH A LITTLE MORE ON THAT? IT'S ABSOLUTELY STILL PART OF THE CONVERSATION AND STILL A GAP. 
          UM, SO WE DO HAVE INDIVIDUALS BOTH IN NEED OF HOSPICE CARE, BUT ALSO WHO ARE LIVING ON THE STREET WITHOUT, UM, ADEQUATE MEDICAL CARE AND, AND WHERE SHELTERS WON'T ACCEPT THEM BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE THE CAPACITY TO TAKE CARE OF 'EM. 
          SO IT REALLY BECOMES, IT'S REALLY A, A MEDICAL CARE ISSUE. 
          DRUG MANAGEMENT, ALSO DRUG MANAGEMENT. 
          THEY NEED TO BE CARED FOR IN A MEDICAL SETTING. 
          AND, UM, WE WORK WITH NURSING HOMES. 
          WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH BEXAR COUNTY GUARDIANSHIP SO THAT WE CAN, UM, THEY CAN HAVE MORE INFLUENCE ON THE INDIVIDUAL THAT IS NOT TAKING CARE OF THEMSELVES, UM, HARMING THEMSELVES ON THE STREET. 
          AND SO THAT'S, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE DOING THAT COORDINATION A P S AS PART OF THAT AS WELL. 
          ONE OF THE THINGS UNDER THE IMPROVED OUTREACH AND OUTREACH, UH, PROTOCOLS IS THAT WE'RE DOING CASE CONFERENCING. 
          AND SO ALL OF THE CASE MANAGERS WHO MAY HAVE TOUCHED AN INDIVIDUAL, UM, ARE DOING STREET OUTREACH, GET TOGETHER BIWEEKLY TO DISCUSS, YOU KNOW, ACTUAL PATIENT CASES AND TALK ABOUT WHAT, YOU KNOW, OKAY, WE WE'RE NOT GETTING ANYWHERE WITH THIS PERSON. 
          WHAT'S THE NEXT STEP? UH, WHERE CAN WE REFER THEM? WHO DO WE NEED AT THE TABLE TO HELP US DO THAT? SO THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY THE NEXT STEP. 
          AND THEN, UH, LASTLY, UM, YOU'VE HEARD ME TALK ABOUT THIS IN THE PAST, AND I, I KNOW, I KNOW THAT THE, THE HOMELESSNESS REPORT IS WHAT THE HOMELESSNESS REPORT IS. 
          RIGHT? BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'D ASK THE CONSULTANTS TO DO, AND YOU KNOW WHERE I'M GOING WITH THIS, IS THAT, THAT WE REALLY PAY ATTENTION TO THE, WAS IT THE 20 TO 40% OF YOUNG HOMELESS FOLKS WHO ARE L G B T Q, UM, YOU KNOW, FOLKS WITHOUT HOMES? AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW THAT, UH, THEY'RE OUT ON THE STREET. 
          AND WHEN WE ASK THE CONSULTANT, PLEASE, YOU KNOW, FACTOR THAT INTO YOUR REPORT. 
          THERE'S A FOOTNOTE IN THE REPORT THAT TALKS ABOUT IT IN THE FOOTNOTE, BASICALLY SAYS, YEAH, UH, THERE'S FAITH-BASED PROGRAMS THEY CAN TALK TO. 
          AND THAT WAS KIND OF A DISAPPOINTING WAY OF ADDRESSING THE PROBLEM. 
          AND I KNOW THAT GOING FORWARD, YOU KNOW, YOU AND I HAVE TALKED AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA BE A LITTLE BIT MORE INTENTIONAL ABOUT IT, BUT I DIDN'T SEE IT IN THE PRESENTATION. 
          AND THERE'S ORGANIZATIONS OUT THERE THAT ARE DEDICATED TO MAKING SURE THAT THESE YOUTH, UM, RECEIVE SERVICES. 
          RIGHT? AND SO WHAT ARE WE DOING THERE? SO, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS ADDRESSED, UH, MORE THOROUGHLY IN THE YOUTH HOMELESS STRATEGIC PLAN. 
          SO THE STRATEGIC PLAN WAS DEVELOPED FOR THE YOUTH, UM, HOMELESS FUNDING BY SARAH AND REALLY IS ADDRESSING THE L G B T Q YOUTH SITUATION. 
          THE STRATEGIES ARE IN THAT PLAN. 
          UM, WHAT WE CAN DO IS, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THE NEXT TIME WE REPORT, REPORT OUT ON, UH, OR ASK SARAH TO REPORT OUT ON THAT PLAN AND WHERE THEY, WHERE WE ARE WITH METRICS, UM, THOSE METRICS COULD BE PART OF THE DASHBOARD THAT, THAT WE'RE PUTTING TOGETHER WITH SARAH. 
          YEAH. 
          SO THEY, WE WILL LOOK AT HOW WE CAN DO THAT IS ABOUT THE HOUSING BOND AND RIGHT. 
          I'M NOT DOING A GOOD JOB AT EXPLAINING MYSELF. 
          HOW DO WE INCORPORATE WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT L G B T Q YOUTH ON, ON THE STREETS INTO THIS, AND HOW DO WE NAME THE PROBLEM WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE BOND, RIGHT? AND ONE OF THE THINGS I MENTIONED IS THAT, YOU KNOW, THROUGH SPECIALTY OPTIONS, THAT'S ONE OF THE HOMELESS STRATEGIC PLAN RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          LGBTQS IS ONE OF THOSE SPECIALTY OPTIONS THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT THAT COULD BE INCLUDED IN, YOU KNOW, UH, ARPA OR 
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THE BOND OR OTHER FEDERAL MONEY THAT'S COMING FORWARD. 
          ALRIGHT, THANKS. 
          THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PALAI. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I KNOW WE'VE GOT ERIC EPLEY WITH STRAC WITH US TODAY VISITING. 
          CAN I, CAN YOU COME UP AND, UH, ANSWER A FEW QUESTIONS FOR US, IF YOU DON'T MIND? UM, ON, ON OUR STRATEGIC PLAN TO RESPOND TO HOMELESSNESS, UH, ON SLIDE 16, UH, IT ADDRESSES FREQUENT USER SYSTEM. 
          WELL, BEFORE WE GET INTO FREQUENT USER SYSTEM ENGAGEMENT, UH, I'LL GIVE YOU TIME TO GET UP THERE. 
          ERIC, CAN YOU TELL US, I, I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHAT STRAC IS OR WHAT YOU DO. 
          CAN YOU TELL US IN LAYMAN'S TERMS WHAT WHAT STRAC IS AND WHAT YOU DO? MY, MY KIDS HAVE BEEN WONDERING THAT FOR A WHILE. 
          , UH, STRAC IS AN ACRONYM FOR THE SOUTHWEST TEXAS REGIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL FOR TRAUMA, WHICH IS WHY WE SAY STRAC. 
          UH, REALLY IT'S THE TRAUMA AND EMERGENCY HEALTHCARE SYSTEM. 
          SO IT'S ALL THE HOSPITALS AND E M S AGENCIES TAKING CARE OF CAR CRASH VICTIMS OR HEART ATTACKS OR STROKES OR, UH, NEONATAL BABIES, THOSE KIND OF THINGS. 
          CRITICAL CAPABILITIES. 
          ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO, FIVE OR SIX YEARS AGO, WE WERE ENGAGED BY METHODIST HEALTHCARE MINISTRIES TO ADDRESS, UH, CRISIS MENTAL HEALTH, WHICH WE SAW ON THE EMERGENCY HEALTHCARE SIDE, UH, REGULARLY WITH E M SS AND IN ERS, UH, NURSE VIOLENCE ATTACKS, ALL KINDS OF PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED. 
          AND SO WE WERE INTERESTED IN LEARNING MORE. 
          AND SO WE'VE LED A COALITION CALLED THE SOUTHWEST TEXAS CRISIS COLLABORATIVE. 
          UH, SARAH HOGAN'S, OUR DIVISION DIRECTOR FOR THAT. 
          SHE'S OVER THERE. 
          SHE'S REALLY THE, THIS IS SHOW PONY AND WORKHORSE WITH RESPECT TO MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS CARE. 
          UH, SO THE STICK IS REALLY A CITY COUNTY HEALTHCARE SYSTEM, PHILANTHROPY AND SOME STATE FUNDING, ALL THOSE MIXED TOGETHER TO FUND, UH, INNOVATIVE PROJECTS WITH RESPECT TO CRISIS, MENTAL HEALTH CARE. 
          AND, UH, WE'RE DOING THOSE EVERY SINGLE DAY. 
          SOME OF YOU GUYS HAVE GOTTEN BRIEFINGS ABOUT THAT. 
          UM, AND I, I, I, SO I THINK THAT'S WHY I'M SORT OF HERE TODAY IS TO TALK ABOUT OUR CRISIS MENTAL HEALTHCARE AND WHERE THE COLLABORATION AND, AND, UH, THE NEXUS POINT IS WITH PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING. 
          GREAT. 
          AND SO, UH, WE, WE SAW A SLIDE THERE ON FREQUENT USER SYSTEM ENGAGEMENT. 
          I WANTED TO SEE IF YOU COULD TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT YOU'VE SEEN IN TERMS OF FREQUENT USERS AND HOW WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO INVEST UPSTREAM, POSSIBLY IN, IN, UH, PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, HOW THAT COULD AFFECT THAT. 
          SO IF YOU THINK ABOUT ALL OF THESE SYSTEM OF SYSTEMS, RIGHT? THE, THE, I I THINK OF IT FROM THE CRISIS MENTAL HEALTH PATIENT PERSPECTIVE. 
          MELODY WOULD SEE IT AS, SO A SUBSET OF HER CLIENTELE ARE GONNA BE, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE SOME MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES. 
          I'M GONNA LOOK AT IT AND SAY, OH, SOME OF OUR CRISIS MENTAL HEALTH PEOPLE HAVE SOME HOMELESSNESS ISSUES OR HAVE HOUSING ISSUES, RIGHT? SO THERE'S THIS NEXUS THAT HAPPENS AMONG SYSTEMS OF SYSTEMS AS WE CARE FOR COMPLEX PATIENTS AND, UH, CONSUMERS. 
          AND, UM, WHERE WE SEE ONE OF OUR TEAMS CALLED THE PICK THE, UH, PROGRAM FOR INTENSIVE CARE COORDINATION. 
          SO WE HAVE A POLICE OFFICER AND, UH, A PARAMEDIC AND, UH, UH, A MENTAL HEALTH CLINICIAN. 
          AND THEY'RE LOOKING FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD SIX OR MORE EMERGENCY DETENTIONS IN THE LAST YEAR. 
          AND, AND WHAT SOME OF THEM HAVE 20 OR 25 EMERGENCY DETENTIONS. 
          AS WE START WORKING THOSE PEOPLE, ABOUT 40% OF THE PICK TEAM LIST FOLKS ARE IN DESPERATE NEED OF PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING. 
          AND SO YOU SAY, WELL, WHY IS THAT THE CASE? WELL, WE GET 'EM INTO A CRISIS BED, WE GET 'EM OUT OF THERE, START INTENSIVE OUTPATIENT CARE, BUT IF YOU DON'T HAVE A REFRIGERATOR TO PUT YOUR MEDICINE IN, IT BECOMES REALLY HARD TO KEEP GOING WITH THE CARE AND ALL THE THINGS WE'RE DOING. 
          SO THEY CYCLE BACK THROUGH THE SYSTEM, GO BACK INTO CRISIS, AND WE'RE BACK WHERE WE STARTED FROM. 
          SO THAT, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE REALLY BIG SUPPORTERS OF THE EXPERTS. 
          I, I TELL PEOPLE ALL THE TIME, MELODY AND, AND, UH, KATIE AND THE OTHERS, WE DON'T KNOW MUCH ATRAC OR AT STICK OR THE PROGRAM ABOUT HOUSING BESIDES WHO TO CALL AS THE EXPERTS. 
          THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE KNOW. 
          SO WE, WE, WE DO THOUGH, OR WE'RE INTERESTED IN THE MIDDLE WORD, SUPPORTIVE. 
          SO THE PERMANENT AND HOUSING, THE SUPPORTIVE PART IS THE PART THAT I THINK OUR, OUR COLLABORATIVE WOULD BE VERY INTERESTED IN HELPING SUPPORT. 
          GREAT. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, I, I WAS LOOKING AT NATIONAL STATISTICS ON, UH, HOMELESSNESS AND HEALTHCARE. 
          I SAW THAT PREVENTING HOMELESSNESS REDUCES HEALTHCARE COSTS BY 59%. 
          EMERGENCY ROOM COSTS BY 61%. 
          GENERAL INPATIENT HOSPITALIZATIONS, HOSPITALIZATIONS BY 77%, AND ALMOST A THIRD OF ALL VISITS TO THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT ARE MADE BY PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. 
          DOES THAT, DOES THAT TRACK SIMILARLY WITH WHAT YOU THINK YOU SEE HERE LOCALLY? I, I, I'M NOT, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT SURE I CAN SPEAK TO EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE STATS, BUT I WILL TELL YOU THAT WE HAVE 
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A SIGNIFICANT HOMELESS POPULATION THAT VISIT EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS REGULARLY. 
          WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE, WE HAD A, THE CAPITAL HEALTHCARE PLANNING GROUP OUT OF HOUSTON'S A CONSULTANT, AND THEY DID A, UH, STUDY IN OUR COMMUNITY ABOUT THREE YEARS, FOUR YEARS AGO. 
          AND, UH, THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT COMPONENT OF THE $1 BILLION IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT WE END UP SPENDING IS ON THE HOMELESS AND THE NEXUS BETWEEN MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS, MENTAL HEALTH PATIENTS, AND, UH, AND HOMELESSNESS. 
          GREAT. 
          DIDN'T REALIZE MY MIC WASN'T ON. 
          UM, SO I KNOW YOU HAVE ANOTHER IMPORTANT MEETING TO GO TO, BUT THAT'S VERY HELPFUL. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO COME OUT HERE TODAY. 
          NO PROBLEM HERE. 
          UM, YEAH, I HAVE SOME OTHER STUFF, BUT NO, I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU GO NEXT TIME. 
          YEAH, THANK YOU. 
          INVITE ME. 
          I'M HAPPY TO. 
          YOU'RE ALWAYS WELCOME HERE, ERIC. 
          THANKS. 
          THANKS. 
          UH, MELODY, ON SLIDE NINE, I SAW, UM, ON COORDINATED OUTREACH IN, UH, IN RESPONSE TO, UH, ENCAMPMENTS. 
          IT DIDN'T MENTION NGOS, AND I WANTED TO CHECK AND SEE ARE, ARE WE INCLUDING, UH, FOR THAT OUTREACH? ARE WE INCLUDING HAVEN FOR HOPE? ARE WE INCLUDING KOAN MINISTRIES, SAM MINISTRIES FOR ALL OF THAT AS WELL? UH, HAVEN FOR HOPE AND SAM MINISTRIES, THE OUTREACH, THEIR OUTREACH STAFF SUPPORT OUR ENCAMPMENT ABATEMENTS. 
          SO REALLY IT'S, IT'S, UH, DEPENDS ON THE NEED WHO WE ASK TO JOIN US. 
          SO IT MIGHT BE, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC WORKS OR SOLID WASTE OR, UH, EVEN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT, IF IT'S PRIVATE PROPERTY AND, AND CERTAIN PARTNERS ON THE BIGGER ONES. 
          WE, WE CALL ON MOST OF OUR PARTNERS TO BE OUT THERE WITH US AND HELP US. 
          GREAT. 
          I GUESS THAT WAS JUST A SMALL SNAPSHOT THAT YOU COULD FIT ON THAT SLIDE, SO YOU DIDN'T HAVE EVERYTHING, BUT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE IT WAS MORE COMPREHENSIVE. 
          'CAUSE THAT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          I, FOR THE OTHER PRESENTATION ON, UH, HOUSING, I'VE GOT A QUESTION I DON'T REALLY KNOW. 
          UM, I GUESS IT, IT'S FOR ALL OF US IN THAT SLIDE 10 SAID THAT IT'S, THERE'S OUR, OUR 10 YEAR GOAL IS FOR 18,681 HOMES. 
          AND I GUESS WHAT I'M GETTING AT IS ON SLIDE 19, IT SAID, SAN ANTONIO'S HOUSING STOCK IS NOT KEEPING PACE WITH ECONOMIC GROWTH. 
          AND I WAS TALKING TO SOMEBODY YESTERDAY ABOUT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, AND THE, THE POINT THAT THEY BROUGHT UP IS THAT IF WE'RE SUCCESSFUL BECAUSE OF OUR HIGH RATES OF POVERTY, THE MORE SUCCESSFUL WE ARE IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, THE MORE WE'RE GONNA PRICE PEOPLE OUT OF HOMES. 
          AND SO, IF I LOOK AT THE NUMBERS, WE HAVE A GOAL OF 18,681 HOMES FOR 10 YEARS. 
          WE'VE GOT 95,000 HOUSEHOLDS AT RISK FOR HOUSING INSTABILITY. 
          I GUESS MY QUES MY QUESTION FOR EVERYBODY IS, IS HOW, WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO TO ADDRESS THOSE OTHER 76,000 HOMES OR THOSE HOUSEHOLDS THAT ARE AT RISK FOR HOUSING INSTABILITY? I KNOW THAT WE'RE DOING, UH, WE'VE GOT THE SAN ANTONIO READY TO WORK PROGRAM, AND SO I KNOW THAT'S GONNA ADDRESS PART OF IT. 
          AND I'M JUST CURIOUS ABOUT HOW MUCH DO WE THINK, UH, SAN ANTONIO READY TO WORK IS GOING TO ADDRESS, AND WHAT ELSE DO WE NEED TO BE DOING GOING FORWARD? AND SO THAT'S JUST BIG PICTURE QUESTION I HAVE FOR, FOR EVERYBODY UP HERE, THAT'S ALL. 
          SO I'VE GOT ALEX, UH, LOPEZ HERE WILL ANSWER THE QUESTION YOU HAVE SPECIFICALLY ABOUT OUR JOB TRAINING PROGRAM. 
          UH, YOU WERE SAYING 18,000. 
          THE NEW, THE NEW TARGET FOR US IS 28,000 UNITS. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS, THE OLD TARGET WAS 18,000. 
          UM, AND SO WE ARE LOOKING AT A VARIETY OF INTERVENTIONS, AGAIN, TYING INTO SOME OF THE, THE CORE ISSUES THAT WERE IDENTIFIED IN THE HOUSING POLICY FRAMEWORK OF WHY WE FIND OURSELVES IN THIS HOUSING CRISIS. 
          THEY'RE NOT UNIQUE TO SAN ANTONIO. 
          UM, BUT WE KNOW THAT OUR HOUSING SUPPLY ISN'T KEEPING UP WITH OUR ECONOMIC GROWTH. 
          BUT WE ALSO KNOW THAT HOUSING COSTS ARE OUTPACING, UH, THE INCOMES IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          AND SO THIS APPROACH IS, IS MULTIFOLD. 
          IT'S TAKING THAT, THOSE CONCEPTUAL IDEAS AND IT'S PUTTING METRICS TO EACH ONE OF 'EM. 
          AND IT'S LEVERAGING ALL OF THE, ALL OF THE DIFFERENT THINGS OUR, OUR PARTNER AGENCIES, UM, AND OUR INTERNAL DEPARTMENTS ARE DOING. 
          SO PRODUCTION AND PRESERVATION, YOU KNOW, WORKING WITH THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING TRUST, WORKING WITH SAHA, LEVERAGING THE FUNDING SOURCES THAT WE HAVE, UM, BUT ALSO SEEING WHAT WE CAN DO FOR THE PRIVATE SECTOR SECTOR TO CONTINUE TO BUILD MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          AND THEN TYING INTO PUBLIC ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS LIKE VOUCHERS, UM, BENEFITS NAVIGATION. 
          SO THERE ARE A LOT OF BENEFITS OUT THERE THAT HOUSEHOLDS MAY NOT BE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF. 
          UH, AND THEN AGAIN, THE INVESTMENTS IN, UH, THAT WE'RE MAKING IN JOB TRAINING TO ENSURE THAT RESIDENTS HAVE THE ABILITY TO, TO MOVE, UM, UP, UH, IN, IN, UH, EMPLOYMENT IF, IF THAT'S WHAT THEIR DESIRE IS, AND TO, UH, INCREASE THEIR INCOMES AND THAT WOULD LOWER THEIR OVERALL HOUSEHOLD COSTS. 
          SO I'LL PASS IT OVER TO ALEX REALLY QUICKLY TO TALK ABOUT THE JOB TRAINING PROGRAM. 
          SURE. 
          I'LL JUST VERY BRIEFLY SHARE THAT THE NUMBER THAT'S REFLECTED UP THERE IS JUST A VERY CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATE OF THE 
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HOUSEHOLDS WE CAN PROJECT TO IMPACT THROUGH READY TO WORK. 
          SO WE JUST KNOW THAT THAT'S AN IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF THIS ENTIRE PLAN. 
          UM, AND THAT'S JUST A, A CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATE THAT'S INCLUDED ABOUT THE, THE HOUSEHOLDS WHOSE INCOME WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO, TO IMPACT. 
          GREAT. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THOSE ARE ALL MY QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          BRAVO. 
          AND I THINK IT'S A, IT'S A GOOD QUESTION TO PONDER AND ALSO CONSIDER THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE MULTIPLE TOOLS AND MULTIPLE INITIATIVES THAT WE'RE TRYING TO LEAN INTO TO, UM, BREAK CYCLES OF POVERTY, WHICH ULTIMATELY IS, GETS TO THE HEART OF YOUR QUESTION IS PRE-K FOUR SA IS ONE ELEMENT OF IT. 
          THE K THROUGH 12 SYSTEM, UH, IMPROVEMENTS ARE, ARE ONE ELEMENT OF IT. 
          BUT YOUR POINT BEING THAT IF WE SEE ECONOMIC PROSPERITY IN OUR CITY, IT'S ONLY GONNA CONTINUE TO CREATE MORE PRESSURE IF INCOMES DON'T CHANGE. 
          AND POVERTY STAYS THE SAME, UM, REQUIRES US TO LEAN INTO BREAKING CYCLES OF GENERATIONAL POVERTY. 
          SO I, I THINK IT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT QUESTION TO, TO CONSIDER AS WE MOVE FORWARD. 
          UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, GRA, THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I JUST WANNA THANK VERO AND IAN, WE HAVE MET MULTIPLE TIMES. 
          YOU, I FEEL LIKE I COULD GIVE THIS PRESENTATION ON SHIP. 
          SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING OUT. 
          ONCE AGAIN, I DID WATCH YOUR, UM, I, I WENT ON VIRTUALLY TO WATCH YOUR, UH, MONDAY MEETING, AND I THOUGHT, I THOUGHT YOU DID REALLY WELL IN EXPLAINING TO IT. 
          THE, THE ONE THING I WANTED TO COMMUNICATE IS, AND, AND ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU GO INTO SOME OF THE DISTRICTS, IS REALLY DIGGING INTO WHAT THEY'RE ASKING. 
          'CAUSE I KNOW FOR MY RESIDENTS AND, AND SOME OF THE RESIDENTS ON DISTRICT THREE, IT COULD BE THAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE TELLING YOU WE DON'T WANT THIS OR WE DON'T WANT THAT. 
          BUT IT COULD BE THEY'RE CONCERNED ABOUT THE TRAFFIC, THEY'RE CONCERNED ABOUT, UM, HOW MUCH TRAFFIC IT'S GONNA BRING TO THE STREETS, WHAT IT'S GOING, HOW IT'S GOING TO IMPACT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT BRINGING HOUSING AND BRINGING, UM, UM, APARTMENTS IN. 
          THE, THE, ALSO, THE OTHER THING IS I AM, I'M EXCITED TO GET THIS DONE SO WE CAN TALK ABOUT THE HOUSING NAVIGATOR PROGRAM AND SEE ALL THAT THEY CAN DO. 
          BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE'RE TALKING IN A SILO ABOUT HOUSING AND AT RISK. 
          AND I THINK WE DO NEED TO TALK ABOUT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND MENTAL HEALTH AND TRAUMA AND WHAT PEOPLE HAD TO LIVE, UH, THROUGH THESE LAST 18 MONTHS. 
          SO, UH, IN MY DISTRICT, UH, WE HAVE AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          WE HAVE AFFORDABLE APARTMENTS. 
          UM, I THINK ABOUT THEO MEADOWS, WHERE THE STARTING STARTS AT 170, UH, THOUSAND FOR A HOME TO 340,000, WHICH SITS WAY BE BELOW THE SABRE LINES. 
          UM, BUT I WANNA MAKE, UH, SOME RECOMMENDATIONS IS TO MAKE THE, MAKE SURE THAT, UM, WE INCLUDE GEOGRAPHIC LOCATIONS. 
          UH, WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR GEOGRAPHIC LOCATIONS, WE'RE LOOKING AT THOSE INDIVIDUALS LIVING WITH DISABILITIES AND WHERE THE SENIORS LIVE. 
          BECAUSE I THINK WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE HOUSEHOLDS AT RISK, IT MAY BE THOSE WITH SENIORS AND THOSE LIVING WITH DISABILITIES. 
          SO IF WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THAT INFORMATION AND WE REPORT THAT OUT ALSO. 
          UM, THE OTHER THING IS FEEL FREE IF, UH, FOR THESE COMMUNITY MEETINGS TO COME TO SOUTH SIDE LIONS AND THE SENIOR CENTERS TO PROVIDE THIS INFORMATION FOR THEM, BECAUSE I THINK THAT THEY'D APPRECIATE IT. 
          UM, AND, UH, SOME OF THEM LIVE IN THE SAHA SENIOR LIVING FACILITIES, SO THEY'D APPRECIATE HEARING ABOUT THE RESOURCES AND THE CHANGES TO COME. 
          SO, UH, THE ONE QUESTION I DO HAVE IS THE DASHBOARD. 
          HOW OFTEN, IAN, WILL THIS BE UPDATED? SO WE'RE LOOKING AT UPDATING IT QUARTERLY. 
          UM, AND SO, YOU KNOW, HOUSING, UM, WE LIKE TO THINK WE MOVE VERY FAST, BUT BUILDING A HOUSE OR BUILDING AN APARTMENT COMPLEX DOES TAKE SOME TIME. 
          UM, SO QUARTERLY UPDATES GIVES US THE ABILITY TO COORDINATE WITH OUR PARTNERS, GET THOSE NEW NUMBERS, UPDATE THEM, VET THEM, AND THEN REPRESENT THEM. 
          SO, QUARTERLY UPDATES, AND I, AND I KNOW I'VE MENTIONED THIS BEFORE, BUT I, I DO WANNA MAKE SURE WE ARE REACHING OUT TO THE APARTMENT ASSOCIATION AND WE'RE LOOKING AT THOSE APARTMENT COMPLEXES THAT ARE NOT, UM, THAT HAVE A LOT OF VACANCIES THAT TEND TO LET THINGS GO EMPTY AND, AND NOT UPDATE THEIR FACILITIES, BECAUSE THAT IS A SIGN FOR ME AND WHAT I'VE SEEN IN THE SOUTHERN SECTORS THAT THEY'RE LOOKING TO SELL. 
          AND THEY MAY BE LOOKING TO DISLOCATE AN A PORTION OF THEIR POPULATION. 
          SO IF WE CAN JUST MAKE SURE WE REACH OUT TO THEM AND MAYBE INCLUDE THAT IN THE DASHBOARD. 
          ALSO, I, I THINK THE, UM, THE BEST HOUSING STOCK, UH, ESPECIALLY IN DISTRICT THREE, IS THE EXISTING HOUSING STOCK. 
          BUT I WANNA MAKE SURE WHEN WE TALK AND WE MOVE FORWARD, THAT SOME OF MY SENIORS UNDERSTAND THAT REHABBING, 
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UH, THEIR PROPERTY, WHAT SORT OF COST THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE ON THEIR BUDGET. 
          UM, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ADDING THE, UM, THE NUMBERS, UH, OF, UH, ANNUAL INCOMES TO THE A M I I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          AND NOW I'M GONNA LOOK AT MY, UM, MY FRIENDS IN THE BANKING WORLD TO ACTUALLY GET SOME BUDGETS TOGETHER TO SEE WHAT KIND, WHAT DOES THAT, WHAT DOES AFFORDABLE LIVING LOOK LIKE WITH, UM, ALL THE BILLS THAT PEOPLE HAVE AND A HOUSING PAYMENT. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          SO MELANIE, YOU'RE UP NEXT WITH, I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ON, UH, YOUR PRESENTATION, SO THE POINT IN TIME CONTACT. 
          SO, UH, UM, WE ARE NOT ASKING ABOUT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE OR ABUSE IN, IN, IN THE HOMES WHEN WE DO THOSE COUNTS. 
          I BELIEVE IN THE SHELTERS, MAYBE THERE'S SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT, UM, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND ABUSE, BUT ON THE, ON THE STREET OH, AND THE STREET COUNT, UH, MARJORIE IS TELLING ME WE DO INCLUDE THAT. 
          YES. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          BECAUSE I THINK THAT THAT'S IMPORTANT. 
          AND THE OTHER THING IS WE TALK ABOUT VIOLENCE, BUT ESPECIALLY WITH OUR L G B T Q COMMUNITY, MAYBE ASKING ABOUT THE EMOTIONAL OR THE VERBAL ABUSE THAT THEY'RE FACING AT HOME THAT MAY HAVE LED THEM TO, TO COME OUT AND, AND, UM, AND, AND LEAVE HOME. 
          AND HOW LONG AND HOW, WHAT ARE THE DASHBOARD UPDATES FOR, 'CAUSE Y'ALL HAVE A DASHBOARD ALSO, CORRECT? WE'RE WORKING ON THAT WITH SARAH TO, TO CREATE A SYSTEM-WIDE, UH, DASHBOARD. 
          WE HAVE METRICS INTERNALLY FOR, FOR WHAT OUR STAFF ARE DOING, BUT SO MUCH OF IT IS TIED UP IN, IN WHAT THE WHOLE SYSTEM IS DOING THAT THAT SARAH'S TAKING LEAD ON CREATING THAT DASHBOARD. 
          AND IT WILL BE ONLINE, IT WILL BE UPDATED MONTHLY. 
          OH. 
          'CAUSE THE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE IS IN, IN TERMS OF THE ENCAMPMENTS, THERE ARE SOME SITES THAT WE CONTINUALLY SEE, UM MM-HMM. 
           COMING UP. 
          FOR ME, IT'S MILITARY AND GOLIAD AT I 37. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S BEEN, UH, 16 CALLS TO 3 1 1 40 EMAILS. 
          ARE WE KEEPING STATS OF HOW, HOW OFTEN WE'RE HAVING TO GO INTO SOME OF THOSE SITES? YES. 
          AND WE'VE DONE MAPS THAT SHOW, YOU KNOW, THE DOTS GET BIGGER THE MORE TIMES WE'VE BEEN TO THE SAME ENCAMPMENT THAT SHOW THAT KIND OF, UM, UH, DETAIL. 
          AND WE CAN PROVIDE THAT TO YOU NOW. 
          GREAT. 
          BECAUSE THE ONE CHALLENGE I WANNA PROVIDE TO OUR COUNCIL COLLEAGUES IS MAYBE WE LOOK AT THOSE PLACES AND WE TRY AND FIND A WAY TO ACTIVATE THEM OR TO, UM, TO, TO CAUSE THEM SO IT, IT DOESN'T BECOME A, A GATHERING SPACE FOR AN ENCAMPMENT. 
          SO, UM, I'D, I'D LIKE TO, MAYBE WE CAN USE ALL THE PUBLIC ART MONEY WE'RE GETTING IN THE BOND TO DO THAT TOO. 
          SO THANK, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR Y'ALL'S PRESENTATIONS. 
          UM, I'LL LOOK FORWARD TO THIS MOVING FORWARD SO WE CAN TALK DETAIL ABOUT HOUSING NAVIGATORS AND GETTING MY, UM, MY COMMUNITY INVOLVED IN THE DETAILS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VRAN, UH, ANYONE ELSE ON PRESENT? I HAVE NO ONE ELSE IN THE QUEUE. 
          UM, ALL RIGHT, NOW I JUST SAW COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ COME UP. 
          SO COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. 
          SO THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          AND IF, IF , I WILL CHECK BOTH ITEMS. IT'S WONKY TODAY. 
          OH, YEAH. 
          YEAH. 
          THAT'S BEEN CHAOTIC . 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          I DO SEE COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. 
          LET ME FIGURE THIS OUT. 
          BUT I, I UNDERSTAND BOTH OF Y'ALL ARE WANTING TO JUMP IN HERE. 
          THANK, SO, GO AHEAD. 
          UM, SO MY QUESTION IS, UM, SPECIFICALLY ABOUT BUYING DOWN RENT, I DON'T KNOW WHO WOULD BE THE BEST TO ASK THAT. 
          UM, IF WE WERE TO BUY DOWN RENT FROM PROJECTS THAT ARE IN CONSTRUCTION OR RECENTLY BUILT, WHO WOULD BE, UM, SPECIFICALLY FOR THE BOND, WHO WOULD BE THE POTENTIAL RECIPIENTS OF THOSE FUNDS? UM, AND WHAT WOULD BE THE TERMS OF THE AGREEMENT? SO, UH, MORE SPECIFICALLY, HOW LONG WOULD THE APARTMENTS REMAIN AT AFFORDABLE LEVELS? SO WHAT WE WOULD LOOK AT IS IF WE WERE GONNA DO A BUY DOWN PROGRAM FOR RENT, LET'S SAY WE WANNA BUY DOWN THE UNITS THAT ARE AT 60% TO 30% A M I, UM, THE WAY STAFF WOULD LOOK AT IT IS WE WOULD DO AN R F P FOR PROJECTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION OR ABOUT TO START CONSTRUCTION AND ASKING THEM TO SUBMIT TO US HOW MANY THEY'D BE WILLING TO ALLOW US TO BUY DOWN. 
          WE WOULD DO A 10 YEAR TERM, MOST LIKELY, ON THOSE BUY DOWN RENTS. 
          BECAUSE TO BUY DOWN A 60% UNIT TO 30% UNIT OVER A 10 YEAR PERIOD, IT CAN BE ANYWHERE FROM 75 TO $85,000 FOR THAT 10 YEAR PERIOD. 
          UM, BUT WE WOULD DO THE, THE R F P, WE WOULD MOST LIKELY TIE IT TO SA TOMORROW REGIONAL CENTERS 'CAUSE WE'D WANT THOSE UNITS TO BE NEAR WORKFORCE CENTERS. 
          AND THEN WE WOULD TIE IN THE EVALUATION CRITERIA THAT THE HOUSING COMMISSION CREATED TRACKING ABOUT THAT CONNECTIVITY AND CONNECTIVITY TO RESOURCES AND TO OTHER COMMUNITIES, WHICH INCLUDES THE DIGITAL DIVIDE, COUNCILWOMAN HRA. 
          SO WE'D BE ABLE 
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TO ADDRESS THOSE EVALUATION CRITERIA THAT THE HOUSING COMMISSION CREATED AS WELL. 
          AND THEN WE WOULD MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON THOSE WHO RESPONDED. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, BUT THE RECIPIENT, IT WOULD BE PROJECT BASED MM-HMM. 
          , WE WANT THAT TO BE PROJECT BASED. 
          SO THE ACTUAL RECIPIENT WOULD BE THE, THE MANAGEMENT OF THAT PROJECT, AND THEN THEY WOULD HAVE REPORTING CRITERIA TO US. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING THAT. 
          UM, I THINK THAT IF WE INVEST THESE FUND, I WOULD, WHAT I WOULD PREFER IS FOR US TO INVEST THESE FUNDS AND PRESERVING OR INVESTING IN PUBLIC HOUSING, UM, THAT WAY THE AFFORDABILITY REMAINS PERSISTENT. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , UH, PERMANENT FOR THE LIFE OF THE PROPERTY. 
          UM, AND SO THAT WOULD LEAD TO LONG-TERM AFFORDABILITY VERSUS ONE THAT ENDS IN 10 YEARS. 
          AND SO THAT'S MY, UM, HESITATION. 
          I DO WANNA APPRECIATE COUNCILMAN COO HDA FOR CENTERING FOSTER YOUTH, UM, WHO ARE LEFT OUTTA THE CONVERSATION AND DOING THAT PRETTY CONSISTENTLY. 
          UM, I'M ALSO THANKFUL THAT SO MANY COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE RECOGNIZED, UM, THE OFTEN UNNAMED L G B T Q HOMELESS POPULATION. 
          AND THAT LEADS ME TO THE QUESTION, WHICH IS GONNA BE ABOUT SPECIALTY PROGRAMS. UM, CAN YOU DEFINE, CAN YOU DESCRIBE, UM, DESCRIBE THOSE IN A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL? I KNOW THAT THERE'S A NUMBER OF CATEGORIES THAT WOULD RECEIVE SPECIAL, UM, PROGRAMS, BUT, UM, I THINK THERE'S, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO HEAR A LITTLE BIT MORE. 
          I'M GONNA ASK MELODY WOOSLEY TO ADDRESS THAT QUESTION. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          SO THROUGH THE, UM, HOME A ARPA FUNDS, POTENTIALLY THROUGH THE BOND, UM, THROUGH THE, THE WORK THAT SARAH'S DOING ON THE YOUTH, UM, HOMELESS PLAN, THERE ARE, YOU KNOW, AND, AND ALSO THE WORK SARAH DOES AROUND, UM, CONTINUUM OF CARE HOMELESS FUNDING THROUGH HUD. 
          THERE ARE, UH, PROGRAMS THAT ADDRESS SPECIALTY POPULATIONS LIKE VICTIMS OF DOME OR SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE L G B T Q POPULATION. 
          AND NOW THE PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING FOR THOSE WHO ARE DISABILITY HAVE DISABILITIES, MENTAL OR PHYSICAL, AND HAVE BEEN HOMELESS FOR AN EXTENDED TIME. 
          AND SO THAT'S, THOSE ARE REALLY THE POPULATIONS THAT WE'RE FOCUSED ON. 
          UH, WE HAVE, WE HAVE ALSO HAD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE, UH, FORMERLY FOSTER, YOU KNOW, FOSTER CARE YOUTH AGING OUT OF THE SYSTEM WHO NEED HOUSING GENERALLY, AND THEY BECOME HOMELESS. 
          AND SO THEY'RE PART OF THAT, THAT YOUTH, UH, HOMELESS DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC PLAN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND MY INTEREST IN ASKING THIS QUESTION IS, UM, USING THE L G B T Q COMMUNITY AS AN EXAMPLE, UM, YOU KNOW, WE HEAR, WE HEAR STORIES OF PEOPLE WHO ARE SEEKING SERVICES AND THEY'RE DECLINED MM-HMM. 
          , UM, OR THEY'RE ABUSED OR MISTREATED AND NEGLECTED. 
          AND SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THESE SPECIALTY PROGRAMS ARE IN FACT TAILORED AND THEY WILL BE HELPFUL. 
          AND THAT'S ACKNOWLEDGED IN THAT THAT YOUTH STRATEGIC PLAN THAT SARAH HAS, UM, BEEN THE LEAD ON. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S PART OF, UM, THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND EQUITY PIECE OF THE HOMELESS STRATEGIC PLAN THAT, THAT WE ENSURE THAT THAT'S NOT HAPPENING. 
          THANK YOU. 
          BUT ALSO, YOU KNOW, THE IDENTIFYING HOUSING OR SHELTER THAT IS SAFE, UM, IS ANOTHER BIG PART OF IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND THIS IS ANOTHER QUESTION THAT I HAVE THAT I'M, I'VE BEEN CURIOUS ABOUT FOR A WHILE, AND I DIDN'T QUITE KNOW HOW TO VERBALIZE IT, BUT HOW DO WE ENSURE THAT FAMILIES ARE ABLE TO ACCESS, THAT FAMILIES ARE ABLE TO ACCESS THE AFFORDABLE UNITS THAT WE'RE CREATING? SO, UM, SAY WE HAVE A UNIT THAT'S 30%, HOW DO WE ENSURE THAT THAT'S, THAT SOMEBODY WHO'S GETTING THAT UNIT IS SOMEONE WHO ACTUALLY NEEDS IT? YEAH. 
          SO THAT, IT'S TWOFOLD. 
          COUNCILMAN, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. 
          UM, WE ACTUALLY AS N H S D PARTNERED WITH, UM, THE OFFICE OF INNOVATION ON A TECH PROJECT. 
          UM, SO WE'RE LOOKING AT UNVEILING THIS YEAR A PROGRAM CALLED, UH, HOUSING BASE. 
          YES. 
          HOUSING BASE. 
          UH, AND IT'S KIND OF LIKE A ZILLOW FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          UM, SO WE ARE GONNA USE THAT PLATFORM. 
          IT'S STILL IN THE DEVELOPMENT STAGES. 
          IT SHOULD BE ONLINE PRETTY SOON, UM, TO HELP START CONNECTING RESIDENTS TO HOMES. 
          NOW THAT'S A DIGITAL PLATFORM, SO NOT EVERYBODY HAS ACCESS, UM, TO THAT. 
          AND OBVIOUSLY INDIVIDUALS THAT MAY BE EXPERIENCING HOUSING INSTABILITY MAY NOT HAVE ACCESS. 
          SO WE DO HAVE HOUSING NAVIGATORS AS WELL. 
          AND OUR DEPARTMENT, AS WELL AS D H SS WILL BE EQUIPPED AND ABLE TO USE THE TOOL AND CONNECT PEOPLE TO THE HOUSING THAT FITS THEIR NEEDS. 
          AND, AND I THINK YOU MIGHT BE REFERRING TO THE MONITORING PART OF THAT. 
          SO IF WE PROVIDE FUNDING TO A PROJECT, LET'S SAY WE GIVE THEM $2 MILLION AND THAT BUYS DOWN 30 UNITS TO 30% A M I, THERE'LL BE A CONTRACT MONITORING COMPONENT WHERE THEY HAVE TO SHOW US ANNUALLY THAT THE FAMILIES LIVING IN THOSE UNITS MEET THOSE A M I REQUIREMENTS. 
          PERFECT. 
          THAT WAS EXACTLY WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR. 
          BUT THE ZILLOW FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS AN AWESOME STRATEGY. 
          THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT IT UP. 
          UM, I ALSO WANTED TO ASK, ARE WE TRACKING HOW MUCH HOUSING WE LOSE DUE TO DEMOLITION OR DISPLACEMENT? AND WHAT WOULD BE THAT TRACKING PROCESS? SO 
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WE, SO TWO THINGS ON THAT. 
          UM, WE DO TRACK DEMOLITIONS AND IT'S THE PLANNING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL COMMITTEE THAT'S GETTING UPDATES ON THAT. 
          OF COURSE, CITY COUNCIL HAS INVESTED SOME FUNDING FOR N H S D D H D D S D AND O H P TO KIND OF WORK TOGETHER ON HOW WE CAN, UM, PILOT THAT DEMOLITION DIVERSION PROGRAM. 
          SO WE DO TRACK THOSE. 
          UM, THE OTHER THING I WILL SAY IS THAT THROUGH OUR FOUR ONE HOME INITIATIVE AND THE SHIP, WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, CREATING HOUSING PRESERVATION DATABASE. 
          AND SO THAT'LL START TO GIVE US A GOOD IDEA OF THE TRENDS THAT CONTINUE INTO THE FUTURE AND THAT AFFORDABILITY THAT MAY BE LOST. 
          UM, AND I CAN, UH, I CAN SET UP A MEETING WITH YOU, COUNCILMAN. 
          WE DO HAVE A LOT OF REALLY GOOD DATA THROUGH OUR FOUR EVERYONE HOME ANTI-DISPLACEMENT INITIATIVE ON WHAT'S TRANSPIRED OVER THE PAST COUPLE YEARS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. 
          UM, MY LA I BEING MINDFUL OF MY TIME, SO IT MAY BE MY LAST, MAY NOT BE. 
          UM, AND THIS TOUCHES ON SOMETHING THE COUNCILMAN CAB BEO HAVER TO ALSO HIT ON. 
          SO AS WE'RE BUILDING NEW AFFORDABLE UNITS OR REHABBING EXISTING MULTI-FAMILY COMPLEXES, WILL DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE FOR HIGH-SPEED INTERNET BE INCLUDED? AND I THINK IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S CLEAR SAN ANTONIO SET A GOAL TO BE A LEADER, UM, AS IT RELATES TO BRIDGING THE DIGITAL DIVIDE. 
          SO I'M JUST WONDERING IF THERE'S A WAY TO LEVERAGE THESE FUNDS TO BUILD OUT THAT INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          UH, THE ANSWER IS YES. 
          YES, IT WILL BE. 
          UM, AND JUST AS A, A PRACTICAL EXAMPLE, THROUGH THE BOND, THE HOUSING BOND EVALUATION FRAMEWORK THAT THE HOUSING COMMISSION WORKED ON, PART OF THAT EVALUATION FRAMEWORK IS CONNECTIVITY, UH, SPECIFICALLY ACCESS TO HIGH-SPEED INTERNET. 
          SO AS WE REVIEW PROJECTS, THAT'LL BE SOMETHING THAT'LL BE LOOKING VERY CLOSELY AT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, I ALSO SAW THAT A THOUSAND UNITS OF PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING IS INCLUDED IN THE GOALS, UH, FOR 30% A M I HOUSING. 
          DO WE KNOW WHAT THE, THE ACTUAL NEED IN THE COMMUNITY FOR PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING IS VERSUS GENERAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING? SO THAT NUMBER, UH, CAME FROM IN A, A REPORT THAT OUR LOCAL LISC OFFICE, UM, HELP COMMISSION. 
          UM, SO THAT, THAT IS WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW, AND THAT'S THE NEED THAT THEY'VE IDENTIFIED OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS. 
          UM, OF COURSE, WITH THE SHIP AND WITH ANY OF THE TARGETS THAT WE'RE TRACKING, WE'LL, WE'LL BE ABLE TO ADJUST. 
          IF THAT NUMBER INCREASES, THEN, UM, WE'LL BE ABLE TO ADJUST OUR TARGETS UPWARD. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, DO WE HAVE THE NUMBERS FOR HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE ON THE SAHA WAITING LIST FOR HOUSING OR FOR SECTION EIGHT VOUCHERS? I, I DON'T HAVE THOSE NUMBERS OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT, UM, BUT WE DO HAVE THEM. 
          WE DO HAVE THEM, YES. 
          YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          I WOULD LOVE TO GET THAT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. 
          AND THEN, WOW, I'M DOING GOOD ON TIME. 
          MM-HMM. 
          . 
          UM, SO MY TEAM HAS BEEN LOOKING AT, UM, YOU KNOW, SOME HOUSING SOLUTIONS THAT THEY, THEY FIND TO BE PRETTY INNOVATIVE, UM, IN OTHER CITIES ACROSS THE US INCLUDING, UM, LIMITED EQUITY COOPERATIVES, UM, RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL POLICIES AND LOW TO NO INTEREST LOANS FOR PEOPLE TO REPAIR THEIR HOMES. 
          UM, WHAT WOULD YOU SAY ARE THE MOST INNOVATIVE STRATEGY THAT THE SHIP IS LOOKING TO EMPLOY IN ORDER TO MEET HOUSING NEEDS? OH, THAT'S A HARD ONE. 
          MOST INNOVATIVE. 
          UM, WELL, I THINK THAT OUR C A COMMUNITY LAND TRUST MODEL, UM, WOULD BE VERY INNOVATIVE. 
          WE DON'T CURRENTLY HAVE ONE. 
          UM, WE KNOW THAT IF THROUGH COUNCILMAN PLYS, C C R AND THE RESEARCH THAT WE'VE DONE, THAT IT OFFERS AN OPPORTUNITY TO HOME OWNERSHIP THAT MAY NOT OTHERWISE EXIST. 
          CONSTRUCTION COSTS ARE GOING UP, LAND COSTS ARE GOING UP. 
          UM, SO THAT IN CONCERT WITH POSSIBLY LAND BANKING ARE TWO VERY INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS THAT I THINK ARE INCLUDED IN THE SHIP. 
          UH, YOUR, YOUR POINT ABOUT COOPERATIVES AND TRANSITIONING MOBILE HOME PARKS, SAY TO, UM, RESIDENT-OWNED COMMUNITIES, THAT'S ALSO SOMETHING THAT HASN'T BEEN DONE IN SAN ANTONIO, BUT HAS BEEN DONE IN TEXAS. 
          AND SO, UM, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE, THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT I THINK IS VERY INNOVATIVE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, THAT'LL BE MY LAST OF MY QUESTIONS, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, IS IT POSSIBLE TO HAVE MR. CARMONA SHARE HIS THOUGHTS, GENERALLY SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE FRAMEWORK AND ALL OF THE THINGS? UH, THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN. 
          I, UM, I THINK MY INITIAL THOUGHTS ARE WHERE DO, UH, ACROSS ALL THESE SYSTEMS, WHERE DO OPPORTUNITIES EXIST? I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF OVERLAP THAT EXIST. 
          UH, RESOURCES THAT EXIST, INNOVATION THAT EXIST THAT WE'RE NOT TAPPING INTO, WHETHER IT BE THE CITY, WHETHER IT BE OUR PARTNERS OR THE GENERAL COMMUNITY. 
          UM, I THINK CLEARLY THE SHIP DOCUMENT SHOWS THAT THERE IS A NEED FOR THE MOST VULNERABLE, AND I THINK THE PLAN IS ADDRESSING THAT. 
          UH, BUT I DO THINK WE NEED TO CREATE A STRONG FOUNDATION IN OUR COMMUNITY FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING BEYOND US INTO THE FUTURE. 
          SO THAT'S GONNA HAVE TO BE A PLAN THAT'S, THAT HAS BALANCE TO IT. 
          UH, BECAUSE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, YOU CAN ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF THE MOST VULNERABLE, BUT THERE'LL STILL BE AFFORDABLE HOUSING NEEDS IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          UM, I DO THINK THAT, UM, WE HAVE TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE AROUND PRODUCTION WITH SKILLED WORKFORCE TO DO THAT. 
          I THINK IT SHOULD BE SKILLED WORKFORCE THAT'S LOCAL. 
          SO HOW DO, WHAT, WHAT PROCESS ARE WE GOING THROUGH? AND WE HAD A MEETING YESTERDAY WITH SA READY TO WORK ABOUT HOW WE'RE DOING THAT IN TERMS OF TRADES DEVELOPMENT. 
          UM, I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT. 
          UM, I THINK THERE'S MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR INNOVATION. 
          UM, I, I AM LOOKING AT DENVER. 
          I'M LOOKING AT OTHER CITIES ACROSS THE, THE COUNTRY THAT HAVE DONE SOME INNOVATIVE THINGS AROUND AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
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UM, SO I THINK OUR ABILITY TO KEEP THE BOND MONEY, IF A PAST ARE APPROVED BY VOTERS AS FLEXIBLE AS POSSIBLE, TO BE UTILIZED IN A UNIQUE AND DIFFERENT WAYS THAT, THAT'S GONNA BE IMPORTANT. 
          SO MUCH OF OUR CURRENT, UH, LEVERAGE DOLLARS WILL HAVE PRETTY HIGH RESTRICTIONS IN SOME AREAS THAT WILL LIMIT US IN OUR CREATIVITY. 
          I THINK FLEXIBILITY ALLOWS US TO BE MORE CREATIVE. 
          UH, I DO THINK THE, THE ELEMENTS THAT WE HAVE EXIST IN OUR COMMUNITY TO MAKE THIS WORK. 
          UH, BUT IT'S GONNA TAKE COLLABORATION, WHICH MEANS WE TO BE A PARTNER, YOU HAVE TO GET PARTNERSHIP, YOU HAVE TO BE A PARTNER. 
          AND SO HOW WE DO THAT, UH, BE PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN SEEING WHAT THE COUNTY PUTS TOGETHER IN TERMS OF THEIR ARPA FUNDS AND HOW THEY'RE GONNA USE THAT FOR HOUSING, I THINK THAT'LL BE VERY IMPORTANT. 
          SO THERE'S SOME UNANSWERED QUESTIONS, BUT THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES THAT EXIST. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. 
          AND, UH, THANK YOU, MARK. 
          WE'LL GO NOW TO COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU IAN. 
          UH, AND, UH, MELODY FOR THE PRESENTATIONS, I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS. 
          AND I'VE RAISED THESE DURING THE PLANNING COMMITTEE MEETING AS WELL AS DURING THE, THE BOND PRESENTATION WITH THE HOUSING POLICY FRAMEWORK PROGRESS. 
          UH, AND I WANTED TO THANK LORI FOR PROVIDING US DISTRICT SPECIFIC, UM, PIPELINE AND WHAT WE'VE BEEN PRODUCING. 
          BUT I STILL HAVE QUESTIONS AROUND THE RENTAL PRODUCTION. 
          HOW MANY OF THOSE ARE AT MARKET RATE AND ABOVE 80% OF THE AVERAGE AREA MEDIAN INCOME. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN. 
          IF, IF YOU'RE REFERRING TO THE SLIDE THAT WE SHOWED, UM, ON OUR PROGRESS AGAINST THOSE TARGETS, THOSE UNITS ARE ALL AFFORDABLE UNITS AS THEY WERE DEFINED BY THE HOUSING POLICY FRAMEWORK. 
          HOW MANY UNITS HAVE BEEN CREATED DURING THAT TIME PERIOD THAT OUR MARKET RATE? UM, I WOULD NEED TO, I, I WOULD HAVE TO GET BACK TO YOU ON EXACTLY WHAT THAT NUMBER IS. 
          OKAY. 
          YEAH. 
          AND I JUST WANNA EMPHASIZE AS I HAVE WITHIN THE LAST FEW MEETINGS, THAT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC AS WELL AS OUR COUNCIL COLLEAGUES TO SEE THAT WHERE WE'VE EXCEEDED AND WHERE WE'VE MET OUR GOALS, THEY ARE AT 80% AND ABOVE AND MARKET RATE. 
          SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT WHEN WE WE'RE HAVING A CONVERSATION ABOUT RECALIBRATING OUR HOUSING GOALS, THAT IT IS THAT DEEP AFFORDABILITY. 
          AND THAT MOVES ME TO, I BELIEVE, SLIDE 42, WHERE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, UH, THE PRODUCTION OF HOME OWNERSHIP. 
          LET'S SEE, BASED OFF OF THIS SLIDE, WE'RE PRODUCING HOUSING RIGHT AT ABOVE 80% FOR HOME OWNERSHIP. 
          IS THAT CORRECT? YES, THAT'S CORRECT. 
          AND I'M SORRY, I CAN'T, I THINK WE'RE TRYING TO PULL UP THE SLIDE RIGHT NOW. 
          YEAH, ME TOO. 
          AND AND WHY IS THAT? WHY ARE WE, UH, PRIORITIZING HOUSING PRODUCTION AT THAT HIGH OF AN A M I? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION, COUNCILWOMAN. 
          UM, SO THIS WAS A NEED THAT WAS IDENTIFIED IN THE HOUSING POLICY FRAMEWORK, UM, TO, TO, UH, IMPROVE HOME OWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR RESIDENTS, UH, UP TO 120% OF THE AREA MEDIA INCOME. 
          AND IT'S A NEED THAT WE'VE SEEN THROUGH TRACKING OUR PROGRESS THROUGH AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT OVER SEVERAL YEARS, AND WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH OUR NONPROFITS ON WHAT THEY'RE SEEING ON THE GROUND. 
          WE KNOW THAT IT'S A NEED THAT'S NOT BEING PROVIDED BY THE MARKET AND SOMETHING THAT'S IN VERY, VERY HIGH DEMAND. 
          AND SO WE USUALLY WORK WITH OUR, OUR NONPROFIT HOUSING PROVIDERS AND OUR DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS TO GET FIRST TIME HOME BUYERS THAT OTHERWISE WOULD NOT HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO MOVE INTO THE HOME. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I ENCOURAGE THAT WE LOOK AT SABRE DATA BECAUSE, FOR EXAMPLE, IT SHOWS THAT THERE'S 793 HOMES AVAILABLE AT 120 CENT PERCENT OF THE AVERAGE A MEET IN INCOME. 
          HOWEVER, WHEN YOU REDUCE IT FOR, UM, SOMEONE LOOKING FOR A HOME AT 199,000, THERE'S ONLY 166 PROPERTIES. 
          SO I THINK WE NEED TO SERIOUSLY RECONSIDER RECALIBRATING THAT NUMBER FOR THAT DEEPER AFFORDABILITY. 
          UM, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, UM, THERE ARE HOMES AT THAT LEVEL AND THERE ARE LARGER BUILDERS WHO ARE PRODUCING THAT HOUSING ALREADY. 
          UM, SO I I I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE SHIFT AWAY FROM INCENTIVIZING HOUSING THAT'S ALREADY BEING PRODUCED WITHOUT BEING INCENTIVIZED. 
          UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT, RIGHT, WE, WE HEAR THAT THERE'S A NEED FOR DEEP AFFORDABILITY, BUT, UM, AND IT, UH, OTHER THAN SEEING THAT WE'RE GOING TO WORK WITH THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING AUTHORITY AS A PARTNER, I'M NOT HEARING CONVERSATION ABOUT PRESERVING OUR EXISTING PERMANENTLY AFFORDABLE HOUSING STOCK, WHICH IS OUR PUBLIC HOUSING. 
          UM, I THINK THAT'S A HUGE COMPONENT. 
          THAT'S OUR OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO BE CATALYTIC, INNOVATIVE, AND LEAD IN THE NATION BY PRIORITIZING, REHABBING, OR, UM, KEEPING THAT HOUSING STOCK. 
          AND WHEN WE LOOK AT THE HOUSING STOCK THAT WE HAVE FOR PUBLIC HOUSING, UH, WE SEE THAT WE HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD ADDITIONAL PUBLIC HOUSING. 
          AND I WANNA EMPHASIZE THAT BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE OUR FOLKS WITH DISABILITIES, SENIORS AND YOUTH LIVE, AND THAT'S WHERE WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE PRESERVING. 
          UM, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT DEMOLISHING, REBUILDING, DOING PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS WHERE WE LOSE THAT DEEP AFFORDABILITY 
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BECAUSE THAT PERPETUATES THE HOUSING CRISIS THAT PERPETUATES POVERTY. 
          SO I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE FAIRCLOTH AMENDMENT AND SEE THAT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PRODUCE, I'M TRYING TO FIND THE EXACT NUMBERS, BUT I BELIEVE IT'S OVER 1,500 UNITS OF DEEP AFFORDABILITY. 
          SO I, I THINK, YOU KNOW, WITH THE SHIP, THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT GIVE ME PAUSE. 
          UH, ONE THAT IT'S LEAVING OUT THE IMPORTANCE OF PRESERVING PUBLIC HOUSING. 
          IT MENTIONS SAHA AS A PARTNER, BUT IT DOESN'T HIGHLIGHT HOW CATALYTIC THAT COULD BE. 
          UM, SO I WANNA ENSURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW THAT WE DO HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY, UM, AND AGAIN, RIGHT, UM, ENSURING THAT WE'RE BEING INNOVATIVE WITH THE PACE RENT TO ENSURE THAT WE CAN RETROFIT THOSE BUILDINGS. 
          UM, LET'S SEE. 
          YES. 
          SO BECAUSE OF THE FAIRCLOTH AMENDMENT, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO COULD HAVE UP TO 7,814 PERMANENTLY AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS. 
          UM, SOME HAVE SINCE BEEN DEMOLISHED. 
          SO WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD 1,814 MORE UNITS. 
          UM, AND THIS REALLY CONNECTS WITH, UM, THE HOMELESS OUTREACH PLAN. 
          AND I KNOW I'M REITERATING STUFF THAT, THAT I'VE SHARED AT THE, THE LAST COMMITTEE MEETING. 
          UM, BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WHEN WE HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH FOLKS WHO ARE ACCESSING HAVEN FOR HOPE OR ANY OUTREACH SERVICE, UM, PUBLIC HOUSING IS THE LAST OPPORTUNITY FROM BEING HOMELESS. 
          UM, WE'VE HAD FOLKS COME INTO OUR CONSTITUENT SERVICES OFFICE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, AND WE WALKED THEM THROUGH THE APPLICATION PROCESS AND WE HELPED, UH, GUADALUPE APPLY. 
          SO WE HELPED HIM APPLY FOR THE HUD VOUCHER, AND HE GOT ACCEPTED. 
          BUT THE LETTER SAYS, YOUR APPLICATION HAS BEEN SELECTED TO BE PLACED ON THE HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER WAIT LIST TO RECEIVE AFFORDABLE HOUSING ASSISTANCE. 
          THE WAIT PERIOD IS ANYWHERE FROM ONE TO TWO YEARS BEFORE WE AT THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING AUTHORITY CAN REVIEW YOUR APPLICATION AND DETERMINE IF YOU'RE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE AFFORDABLE HOUSING ONE TO TWO YEARS. 
          AND GUADALUPE IS ALREADY IN A SHELTER, AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PRODUCING HOUSING FOR FOLKS WHO EARN 120% OF THE AVERAGE AREA MEDIAN INCOME. 
          I, I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, A DEEPER CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT PER PRODUCING AND WHERE WE'RE AT AS A CITY, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE THE ASSETS TO ENSURE THAT WE MITIGATE THE UNHOUSED, THE, THE, THE HOUSING CRISIS THAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING. 
          UM, AGAIN, UM, THE MAJORITY OF CONCERNS THAT ARE DIRECTED TOWARDS OUR SAFE OFFICERS HAVE TO DO WITH ENCAMPMENTS. 
          UM, COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE CONCERNED, AND THEY'RE ASKING THE SAFE OFFICERS, HEY, WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO ABOUT IT? AND THE SAFE OFFICERS EXPRESS, YOU KNOW, OUR JAILS ARE, ARE, ARE ALREADY OVERPOPULATED. 
          IF WE DO ARREST SOMEONE, THEY'RE BACK ONTO THE STREET AGAIN. 
          SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THE FUNDING SOURCE, WE ALSO NEED TO HAVE, ENSURE THAT WHEN WE HAVE THE REGULAR BUDGET CYCLE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE RECALIBRATE WHERE OUR PRIORITIES ARE, UM, UH, FOR THE ESTIMATED COMMUNITY HOMELESS INVESTMENT, ABOUT HOW MUCH OF THAT IS TOWARDS A PUBLIC SAFETY. 
          SO OF THE MONEY THAT THE CITY IS INVESTING, WHICH IS 35 MILLION, TOTAL, ABOUT 21,000, 21 MILLION OF THAT IS INDIRECT. 
          UM, THE POLICING COST IS PROBABLY ABOUT HALF OF THAT, HALF OF THE 35 OR HALF OF THE 21 MILLION. 
          THE 21, I'M SORRY, ABOUT 10 MILLION. 
          OKAY. 
          BECAUSE I, WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE BEING VERY INTENTIONAL WITH HOW WE TARGET THIS, BECAUSE IF NOT, WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO SEE THE PERPETUATION AND THE INCREASE OF UNHOUSED FOLKS. 
          SO WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY, AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, WITH THE SHIP WHEN WE COME BACK, UM, BEFORE IT GOES TO FULL COUNCIL, UM, THAT WE SEE THE INTEGRATION OF PUBLIC HOUSING PRESERVATION. 
          AND I WANNA THANK JEFF FOR ADDRESSING A QUESTION THAT I WAS GOING TO ASK REGARDING WHAT ARE WE DOING AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE ADVOCATING FOR FEDERAL DOLLARS FOR PUBLIC HOUSING AND DEEP AFFORDABILITY. 
          SO, SO THANK YOU. 
          UM, BUT IN ADDITION TO THAT, THERE ARE CONCERNS ABOUT PUBLIC PARTICIPATION THAT COMMUNITY HAS BROUGHT FORWARD. 
          UH, SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE BROUGHT THAT UP. 
          I WANT TO THANK, UH, U T S A, THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOUSING SERVICES DEPARTMENT FOR FACILITATING THAT MEETING ON MONDAY. 
          UM, HOWEVER, BASED OFF OF COMMUNITY INPUT, THEY'VE EXPRESSED THAT, YOU KNOW, THE, THE SHIP WASN'T PUBLISHED TILL THAT DAY. 
          AND THE EXPECTATION THAT COMMUNITY READS A 78 PAGE DOCUMENT WITHIN A DAY, UM, WHEN THERE'S U D C BOND AND SO MANY OTHER CITY THINGS AND REAL LIFE, RIGHT WORK AND TAKING CARE OF KIDS, FAMILY, ET CETERA, UM, ARE, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT'S THAT EXPECTATION OF READING THAT WITHIN A DAY'S UNREALISTIC. 
          UM, SO I THINK IF WE COULD LOOK AT ADDING ADDITIONAL TIME AND POTENTIALLY VOTING ON THIS IN JANUARY, FEBRUARY TO ENSURE THAT COMMUNITY HAS ENOUGH OPPORTUNITY TO READ AND DIGEST AND ASK QUESTIONS IS SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD EXPLORE. 
          UM, , SEE, I HAVE A FEW MORE QUESTIONS. 
          LET'S SEE. 
          SO AGAIN, I JUST WANNA REITERATE, UM, SEEING A BREAKDOWN OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN PRODUCING SO THE GENERAL PUBLIC 
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CAN SEE WHAT, WHAT TARGETS WE'VE BEEN EXCEEDING. 
          UH, BUT IN ADDITION TO THAT, S THOSE ARE ALL MY QUESTIONS FOR NOW. 
          I CHIME BACK IN IN A BIT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO, LORI, YOU WANNA RESPOND SOME OF THAT? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. 
          UM, FIRST WE DO HAVE GOALS SET FOR OUR 30% A M I BELOW, WHICH ADDRESSES THE PUBLIC HOUSE, THE PUBLIC HOUSING NEED. 
          AND SO WE HAVE ABOUT 7,000 UNITS THAT WE NEED TO BUILD OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS FOR FAMILIES UP TO 30% A M I. 
          SO WE ARE ADDRESSING THAT NEED IN THESE GOALS. 
          WE ALSO HAVE AN AFFORDABLE, UM, A FOR SALE HOMEOWNERSHIP TARGET. 
          AND YOU'LL SEE THAT'S THE 650 FOR 60% A M I SIX 50 FOR 80% A M I. 
          AND THEN IT GOES TO UP TO, UM, ONE 20% A M I OF SIX 50. 
          BUT OUR FOCUS IS ON THE 50% A M I OR BELOW. 
          AND IT DOES ADDRESS PUBLIC HOUSING AND PRESERVATION. 
          UM, YOU'LL SEE THAT I BELIEVE WE HAVE ABOUT A THOUSAND UNITS OF 30% A M I OR BELOW THAT NEED TO BE PRESERVED OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS AS WELL. 
          AND WE WILL FOCUS ON THAT. 
          UM, I ALSO WANNA MENTION THAT THE PUBLIC PROCESS THAT WE'VE GONE THROUGH TO DATE HAS BEEN VERY, VERY COMPREHENSIVE. 
          WE HAVE SPENT THE LAST 18 MONTHS WE WORKING ON THE STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN. 
          AND AS IAN IS STRESSED, IT HAS BEEN SOURCED FROM OTHER DOCUMENTS THAT HAVE GONE THROUGH THEIR OWN PLANNING, UM, PROCESSES. 
          AND WE HAVE HAD NUMEROUS STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS, AND WE HAVE THE NEXT MONTH TO GET MORE COMMON. 
          BUT THIS IS A ROADMAP. 
          THIS IS NOT THE, THE PLAN. 
          THIS IS A ROADMAP. 
          AND THOSE 36 STRATEGIES, WE'LL GO THROUGH THE ESSAY SPEAK UP PROCESS, AND WE WILL GET STAKEHOLDER INVOLVEMENT. 
          AND WE ARE ALREADY COLLECTING THOSE NAMES. 
          AND THOSE WILL BE BROUGHT TO THE PLANNING AND LAND DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL COMMITTEE, THE HOUSING COMMISSION, AND CITY COUNCIL OVER THE NEXT COUPLE YEARS FOR MORE, UM, CONSIDERATION. 
          SO THIS IS JUST THE ROADMAP TELLING US THE POLICIES THAT WE NEED TO INCORPORATE, AND THEY'LL GO THROUGH THEIR OWN POLICY, UM, REVIEW AND ENGAGEMENT. 
          AND SO I WANNA STRESS THAT IT HAS BEEN COMPREHENSIVE TO DATE. 
          WE WILL HAVE MORE COMMUNITY MEETINGS, BUT THIS IS JUST A BEGINNING. 
          THANK YOU, LORI. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO, COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          I, I WANNA FIRST OF ALL, UH, GET RIGHT ON BOARD WITH COUNCILWOMAN CASTILLO AND WHAT SHE JUST SAID. 
          UM, COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          OH, OKAY. 
          GO AHEAD. 
          GO AHEAD, JOHN. 
          OKAY, THANK YOU. 
          UH, AND IT WAS ABOUT, UH, THE 120% A M I, UH, FOR 120% A M I, YOU CAN, UH, SELL SOMEBODY A $500,000 HOME. 
          AND WE'RE NOT LOOKING TO HELP ANYBODY BUY A $500,000 HOME AT A HUNDRED PERCENT A M I YOU CAN BUY BETWEEN A 300 AND A $325,000 HOME. 
          UH, I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF WE'RE LOOKING TO HELP ANYBODY BUY A $300,000 HOME WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE UPPER LEVEL ON A M I FOR, UH, NEW HOME CONSTRUCTION. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, I, I CAN'T SEE ANY REASON TO HAVE ANYTHING IN ANY OF OUR DOCUMENTS THAT TALK ABOUT 80 TO 120%, UH, FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          SO, I, I JUST WANTED TO REITERATE THAT, UH, I HAD DONE A LITTLE HOMEWORK ON THAT WHILE WE WERE WAITING AND, AND SHE LED INTO IT. 
          AND, UH, THAT WAS A GOOD PITCH AND I HOPE I HIT IT OUT OF THE PARK. 
          UH, THERE WERE A FEW OTHER QUESTIONS I HAD ON SLIDE. 
          UH, THE FIRST FEW SLIDES WE HAD TODAY WERE NOT SOMETHING WE HAD SEEN BEFORE. 
          I MEAN, WE SAW THE SHIP AND WE HAD SEEN, UH, OBVIOUSLY A LOT RELATED TO THAT. 
          BUT THE FIRST FEW SLIDES WERE, WERE NEW. 
          SO I HAVE A QUESTION OR TWO, UH, ON SLIDE FIVE, TWO WORDS THAT THAT COME TO MIND. 
          AND, AND WE STARTED TO TOUCH ON THAT WAS CONNECTIVITY AND PUBLIC HEALTH. 
          AND I'D LIKE A LITTLE BETTER EXPLANATION ABOUT, UH, WHAT THE HOUSING AUTHORITY WAS SETTING AS A PRECEDENT WHEN THEY TALK ABOUT CONNECTIVITY AND HEALTH, THE EVALUATION. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN. 
          THOSE ARE, UH, GOOD QUESTIONS. 
          UM, FOR THE HOUSING BOND EVALUATION FRAMEWORK, THIS IS A PROCESS THAT THE HOUSING COMMISSION WENT THROUGH AS PUBLIC PROCESS, AND THEY WANNA IDENTIFY SOME KEY CRITERIA THAT BOND PROJECTS SHOULD MEET GOING FORWARD. 
          SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT CONNECTIVITY, WE TALKED ABOUT A COUPLE OF THINGS. 
          UM, AND THIS WAS ACTUALLY ONE OF THE LONGER CONVERSATIONS THE HOUSING COMMISSION HAD. 
          WE TALKED ABOUT CONNECTIVITY, WE TALKED ABOUT PLACE-BASED CONNECTIVITY, YOUR ACCESS TO TRANSIT, BUT WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT HIGH-SPEED INTERNET, WHICH I THINK HAS BEEN BROUGHT UP DURING THIS B SESSION. 
          UM, SO WE WERE LOOKING AT BOTH OF THOSE, ENSURING THAT PROJECTS ARE ABLE TO CONNECT RESIDENTS NOT JUST TO JOBS, UM, RESOURCES, BUT ALSO, UM, TO INTERNET. 
          BECAUSE WE KNOW SO MUCH OF OUR LIFE NOW IS BASED ON OUR ABILITY TO ACCESS THE INTERNET. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL, AND I APPRECIATE ALL OF THOSE. 
          IT'S JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THAT. 
          I WAS WONDERING IF IT WAS ONLY BASED ON CONNECTIVITY TO A BUS LINE OR, OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 
          UM, ALSO THERE WERE, ON SLIDE SIX, 
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THERE WERE THREE THINGS THAT I, I WASN'T FAMILIAR WITH THAT WERE MENTIONED. 
          ONE WAS HOUSING BOND EVALUATION FRAMEWORK, HOUSING BOND COMMITTEE, HOUSING COMMISSION EVALUATION FRAMEWORK. 
          SO I, I'D JUST LIKE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF EACH OF THOSE. 
          THEY ALMOST SOUND A LITTLE REDUNDANT. 
          THEY'RE PROBABLY NOT. 
          SO I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA GO TO THIS SLIDE RIGHT HERE. 
          SLIDE. 
          OKAY. 
          SO WE HAVE THREE DOCUMENTS THAT ARE GONNA HELP US FEED TO HOW THE, HOW THE HOUSING BOND IS GONNA BE USED. 
          YOU HAVE THE SHIP, AND THAT'S WHAT IAN PRESENTED TODAY. 
          AND THE SHIP IDENTIFIES THE NEED AND THEN THE STRATEGIES THAT WE NEED TO IMPLEMENT TO, TO MEET THAT NEED. 
          AND THEN YOU HAVE THE PRIORITY CATEGORIES AND HOUSING STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE OBJECTIVES. 
          THIS IS THE WORK THAT THE HOUSING BOND COMMITTEE IS GOING TO DO. 
          THEY'RE GOING TO LOOK AT ALL THOSE POPULATIONS AND STRATEGIES THAT ARE IDENTIFIED ON THE SHIP AND HELP PRIORITIZE THOSE. 
          SO WE KNOW HOW TO PRIORITIZE THE USE OF OUR BOND FUNDING. 
          SO THEN YOU HA AND THAT'S CREATED BY THE HOUSING BOND COMMITTEE. 
          OKAY. 
          LET ME ASK, SO THAT MEANS THAT WHEN THE VOTERS GO VOTE IN MAY, THEY'RE GONNA VOTE ON WHATEVER THEY PUT ON THEIR LIST. 
          NO. 
          SO, WELL, WHY ARE THEY DOING THAT IF IT'S NOT SOMETHING THE VOTERS GONNA VOTE ON? SO WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO IS WE WILL TAKE THOSE PRIORITIES AND STRATEGIES THAT THEY'VE IDENTIFIED, AND WE WILL CRAFT THE VOTER, UM, LANGUAGE. 
          WE NEED THAT LANGUAGE TO BE VERY FLEXIBLE, AND IT'LL IDENTIFY AND MAKE SURE THAT THE VOTERS UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY'RE VOTING ON AND HOW THAT'S GOING TO REFLECT WHAT THE PRIORITY CATEGORIES AND STRATEGIES ARE. 
          SO, DO YOU WANNA SPEAK ERIC? NO, NO. 
          AND SO, I'M SORRY. 
          UM, AND SO THE, THE LA THE LANGUAGE WILL SAY, YOU KNOW, $150 MILLION TO HELP THE MOST VULNERABLE POPULATIONS AND FACILITATE HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH REHAB, RECON, PRESERVATION OF RENTAL AND HOME OWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 
          BUT THAT'S WHAT THE VOTERS ARE GOING TO VOTE ON. 
          CITY COUNCIL WILL BE ADOPTING A RESOLUTION THAT REFLECTS WHAT THE HOUSING BOND COMMITTEE HAS DEVELOPED, AND IT'S THOSE PRIORITY CATEGORIES AND HOUSING STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES. 
          AND SO WHEN WE KNOW WHEN THE, WHEN, IF THE VOTERS APPROVE IT, THEN WE'LL SAY, OKAY, THIS IS WHAT THE BOND COMMITTEE SAID WAS A PRIORITY. 
          THEY WANT US TO, WE, THEY WANT US TO GET HOUSING FOR FAMILIES AT MAKING UP TO 30% OF THE A M I AND THEY WANT IT IN THAT RENTAL CATEGORY. 
          THAT COULD BE PUBLIC HOUSING. 
          WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS, BUT WE'LL GO THROUGH THAT WORK WITH A BOND COMMITTEE. 
          WE WILL DO AN R F P THAT WILL SOLICIT PROJECTS. 
          AND WHEN WE COME BACK TO COUNCIL, WE'LL BE ABLE TO SAY, THIS IS WHAT THE HOUSING BOND COMMITTEE PRIORITIZED, AND THIS IS WHAT STAFF DID TO IMPLEMENT THAT. 
          OKAY, WELL, I UNDERSTAND THAT BETTER NOW. 
          IT JUST WAS KIND OF CONFUSING. 
          BUT WHAT ABOUT THE HOUSING BOND EVALUATION FRAMEWORK AND THE HOUSING COMMISSION EVALUATION FRAMEWORK? IT'S, IT'S THE SAME THING. 
          SO THE HOUSING BOND EVALUATION FRAMEWORK IS APPROVED, IT'S CREATED BY THE HOUSING COMMISSION. 
          THOSE ARE THE, THAT'S THE SAME DOCUMENT. 
          AND WHAT THAT, HOW THAT WILL BE USED IS, LET'S SAY THE HOUSING BOND COMMITTEE, ONCE AGAIN SAYS UP TO 30% A M I IS THE PRIORITY POPULATION, AND WE WANT RENTAL. 
          WE DO AN R F P FOR THAT, THAT PRODUCT, THE EVALUATION FRAMEWORK THAT FOCUSES ON CONNECTIVITY, RESILIENCY, AND PUBLIC HEALTH. 
          WE'LL USE THAT WHEN WE EVALUATE ALL THE PROJECTS THAT RESPONDED TO THAT R F P, AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO SCORE THEM ALONG WITH THE OTHER SCORING REQUIREMENTS BASED ON WHAT THE HOUSING COMMISSION HAS PRIORITIZED. 
          SO WHEN WE GO TO COUNCIL, I IMAGINE WE'LL SAY THIS IS A PROCESS WE FOLLOWED. 
          THIS PROCESS WAS FOLLOWED BECAUSE THE HOUSING BOND COMMITTEE PRIORITIZED THIS POPULATION AND STRATEGY, AND WE EVALUATED AGAINST THE HOUSING COMMISSION'S FRAMEWORK AND THEY SCORED X, Y, AND Z. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THAT, I THINK WHAT WHAT'LL BE HELPFUL, COUNCILMAN, UM, BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, THAT'S NOT ON THE SLIDE, BUT IS INHERENT IN THE PROCESS IS THAT AFTER THE BOND COMMITTEES HAVE DONE THEIR WORK, ALL OF THIS IS COMING TO THE COUNCIL IN JANUARY. 
          RIGHT. 
          WITH EVERYTHING ELSE. 
          AND, AND WHEN WE HAVE THE RESULTS OF THE BOND, THE HOUSING BOND COMMITTEE, WHAT MIGHT BE HELPFUL THAT WE CAN DO, UH, WHEN WE COME BACK TO THE COUNCIL IN JANUARY, IS BE ABLE TO SHOW YOU HOW THE HOUSING BOND EVALUATION FRAMEWORK, WHICH IS ALREADY ESTABLISHED, HOW IT MAY OR MAY NOT APPLY TO THE PRIORITIES THAT CAME OUT OF THE BOND COMMITTEE. 
          THAT WAY YOU CAN START TO SEE MAYBE A PICTURE DEVELOPING. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, MY OTHER QUESTIONS ARE ABOUT HOMELESSNESS. 
          I THINK, SO MELODY, UM, HAVEN OF HOPE. 
          HAVEN OF HOPE USED TO DO A LOT OF STREET OUTREACH. 
          AND I KNOW THAT NOW WE'VE GOT ABOUT 23 PEOPLE IDENTIFIED WITHIN THE CITY TO DO THAT. 
          UM, DOES THAT MEAN THAT HAVEN WILL STOP DOING ANYTHING IN THE CITY AND ONLY DO COUNTY, OR ARE THEY GONNA NOT BE 
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DOING OUTREACH? COULD I NOT CALL THEM AND HAVE THEM SEND SOMEBODY OUT IN THE FUTURE? SO THEIR, UM, OUTREACH HAS CHANGED A LITTLE BIT. 
          THEY DO HAVE AN OUTREACH PERSON THAT, THAT SPENDS MOST OF THEIR TIME AT THE CORONE DAY CENTER NOW. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, AND ACTUALLY HAS BEEN QUITE SUCCESSFUL IN GETTING PEOPLE WHO COME IN THERE FOR SERVICES TO GO OVER TO THE SHELTER. 
          AND THEN THEY HAVE ANOTHER OUTREACH PERSON THAT SUPPORTS US IN OUR ENCAMPMENT WORK. 
          AND SO THAT, THAT'S ABOUT THE LIMIT. 
          THEY, THEY DON'T REALLY RESPOND TO. 
          SO WE'RE, WE'RE REALLY JUST DOING THAT ON OUR OWN. 
          CALL US. 
          YEAH. 
          NOW WE'VE GOT 23 PEOPLE I KNOW I'VE GOT ONE ASSIGNED TO WORK WITH ME, NIKITA. 
          YES. 
          UM, WHAT ABOUT THE OTHERS? ARE THERE LIKE TUTOR DISTRICT, DO THE OTHER 10 OR 11 FLOAT AROUND? UM, IS, IS THE PERSON WHO'S ASSIGNED TO MY DISTRICT SOLELY OR MIGHT SHE GO HELP OUT IN OTHER DISTRICTS? SO HOW IS THAT GONNA BE STRUCTURED? SO, UM, YOU HAVE A PERSON ASSIGNED TO YOUR DISTRICT WHO WILL GET TO KNOW YOUR DISTRICT. 
          AND ACTUALLY, UM, NIKITA DID MOVE AND YOU'RE THE NEW PERSON THAT STARTS NEXT WEEK. 
          WE HAVE A NEW PERSON WILL BE ASSIGNED TO YOUR DISTRICT. 
          SO YOU'LL MEET YOUR NEW PERSON NEXT WEEK. 
          BARELY GOT TO KNOW NIKITA. 
          I KNOW . 
          UM, BUT THAT PERSON WILL FOCUS ON DISTRICT NINE, GETTING TO KNOW THE CLIENTS IN DISTRICT NINE, AS WELL AS THE CONSTITUENTS, THE BUSINESSES WORKING WITH YOUR OFFICE. 
          BUT THEN WE ALSO HAVE THE OTHER, THE OUTREACH WORKERS AND OTHER AGENCIES THAT BACK US UP. 
          AND SO IF THERE'S A, A BIG EVENT THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN IN DISTRICT NINE OR, OR THERE'S SOME HELP THAT'S NEEDED, WE ALSO HAVE THE DISTRICTS PAIRED TOGETHER SO THAT WE HAVE A CLINICIAN, UM, AND I'M GONNA GET THIS MIXED UP, BUT A CLINICIAN IN DISTRICT 10 WHO MAY WORK WITH THE, UH, SPECIALIST IN DISTRICT NINE SUPERVISING, UM, SOME OF THE WORK THEY'RE DOING THAT'S MORE RELATED AND NEEDS THE, UM, AUTHORIZATION OF A LICENSED PROFESSIONAL. 
          THEY, THEY DO NOT OPERATE JUST WITHIN THE COUNCIL DISTRICT LINE. 
          SO I MEAN, THE, THE DISTRICT NINE PERSON AND THE SOUTHERN BORDER MAY DEAL WITH DISTRICT ONE. 
          MM-HMM. 
           OR DISTRICT 10 TO THE EAST OR EIGHT TO THE, TO THE WEST. 
          RIGHT. 
          WELL, THAT, THAT COVERS THE 10, BUT WHAT ABOUT THE OTHER 12 OR 13? WHAT DO THEY DO? SINCE WE'VE GOT UP TO 23 NOW, NOW WE'RE, THOSE ARE ALL FUNDED IN, UH, CONTRACTED DELEGATE AGENCIES. 
          OKAY. 
          SO SAM MINISTRIES HAS A NUMBER OF 'EM. 
          UM, I GOTCHA. 
          YEAH. 
          UM, WHAT ARE WE DOING TO HELP HOMELESS PEOPLE DURING THE DAYTIME? WE'RE PROVIDING NIGHTTIME PLACES TO GO, WHETHER IT'S HAVEN FOR HOPE OR THE HOTELS, BUT WHAT ARE WE DOING FOR THEM IN THE DAYTIME? 'CAUSE WE SEE A LOT OF 'EM JUST PANHANDLING OR HANGING OUT IN THE STREETS. 
          RIGHT? WE HAVE, UM, THE CORONE MINISTRIES DAY CENTER. 
          IT'S NOT OPEN AT NIGHT. 
          IT'S ONLY OPEN DURING THE DAY TO PROVIDE SERVICES. 
          UH, CAM MINISTRIES IS THE SAME WAY. 
          UM, AND THEN HAVEN FOR HOPE IS OPEN DURING THE DAY. 
          PEOPLE DON'T HAVE TO LEAVE THE SHELTER, UM, WHEN THEY GET UP IN THE MORNING AND HAVE BREAKFAST. 
          WELL, WHAT I MEAN IS, IS NOTHING FOR SIT. 
          THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          KURT. 
          WE'LL COME BACK AROUND IF YOU WANNA JUMP BACK IN. 
          UM, ERIC, YOU WANTED TO GO OVER A FEW THINGS? YEAH, JUST REAL QUICK, MAYOR, UM, IAN. 
          YEAH, THANK YOU. 
          UH, COUNCILMAN, I, I DID WANNA ADDRESS, UH, A COUPLE OF POINTS ABOUT THE HOME OWNERSHIP UP TO 120% A M I, UH, I THINK I HEARD YOU SAY THAT SOMEONE AT THAT A M I COULD HAVE AFFORDED A HOME UP TO HALF A MILLION DOLLARS. 
          UM, I, I WOULD BE HAPPY TO MEET WITH YOU. 
          UM, I, I'M NOT SURE WHAT CALCULATIONS YOU USED, BUT WE'VE BEEN, WE'VE BEEN DOING, UM, ROCKET MORTGAGE. 
          WE'VE BEEN DOING HOUSING UP TO 120, UH, PERCENT A M I FOR QUITE A LONG TIME. 
          AND WE HAVE SOME VERY EXPERIENCED DEVELOPERS THAT WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH. 
          AND THE HOME PRICE THAT WE TYPICALLY WORK WITH AROUND 120% A M I IS AROUND $200,000, TYPICALLY LOWER THAN THAT. 
          UM, SO I WOULD, I WOULD LOVE TO MEET WITH YOU AND TOO, AND HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT THE CRITERIA THAT YOU MAY BE USING IN THE, THE MORTGAGE CALCULATOR. 
          BUT SOME OF THE RESIDENTS THAT WE'RE HELPING, UM, YOU KNOW, ARE NOT DEBT FREE. 
          UM, THEY MAY HAVE DEBT, THEY MAY NOT HAVE A LOT SAVED UP FOR DOWN PAYMENT. 
          SO ALL THOSE FACTORS CONTRIBUTE TO HOW MUCH A HOUSEHOLD IS ABLE TO PURCHASE. 
          UM, BUT THAT'S BEEN OUR EXPERIENCE AND THOSE ARE THE CLIENTELE THAT, THAT WE SERVE. 
          UM, THE OTHER THING I'LL SAY IS THAT, UH, COUNCILWOMAN, UH, CASTILLO BROUGHT UP THE NUMBER OF HOMES THAT ARE AVAILABLE AT CERTAIN PRICE POINTS. 
          UM, I THINK WE'RE ALL, UH, VERY FAMILIAR WITH, UH, STORIES OF PEOPLE COMING IN WITH CASH OFFERS AND PAYING 50,000, A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS OVER ASKING PRICE. 
          UM, THAT IS, THAT IS REAL. 
          UM, THAT'S NOT REFLECTED IN, IN A POSTED, UH, PRICE THAT, THAT GOES INTO THE M L S. 
          SO I'D BE HAPPY TO HELP CLARIFY THAT WITH BOTH YOUR OFFICES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALRIGHT, THANK YOU IAN. 
          UH, WE'LL GO NOW TO COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          UH, I WANNA START, IAN, UH, IF YOU CAN JUMP BACK UP THERE, GOT A FEW COMMENTS HERE. 
          UH, UH, I TOO WOULD LIKE TO SEE A LITTLE BIT MORE OF AN EXTENSION ON, ON GETTING THIS OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AND GETTING THEIR INPUTS. 
          I MEAN, THEIR FIRST VIEW OF THIS DOCUMENT WAS JUST, JUST A FEW DAYS AGO. 
          AND, AND TAKING A LOOK AT THIS LETTER FROM THE TIER ONE NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, 
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COALITION. 
          I MEAN, THEY DO HAVE A POINT HERE. 
          WE'RE GOING THROUGH BOND UH, COMMITTEES RIGHT NOW. 
          WE'RE STARTING UP ARPA COMMITTEES. 
          WE'RE, UH, JUST FINISHED OUR BUDGET, YOU KNOW, WITH GETTING COMMUNITY INPUT. 
          UH, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT U D C AMENDMENTS COMING UP. 
          WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A LOT TO GET OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AND HAVING THEM REVIEW AND GET BACK TO 'EM. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME EXTRA TIME PUT ONTO THIS AS WELL. 
          I MEAN, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT 70 SOMETHING PAGES HERE, UH, TO GO THROUGH AND IT BEING A ROADMAP, I THINK THIS IS THE, THE MOST IMPORTANT DOCUMENT THAN ACTUALLY GETTING INTO THE INDIVIDUAL. 
          THE 30, WHAT IS IT, 35, 36 STRATEGIC PLANS WITHIN THIS. 
          UH, WE HAD THAT CONVERSATION. 
          I THINK THAT'S TOO MANY. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN CONSOLIDATE SOME OF THOSE, BUT 36, I, I MEAN, TO ME THAT JUST SOUNDS LIKE WAY TOO MANY TO GET INTO, UH, GOING THROUGH A COMMITTEE TYPE PROCESS, EVEN THOUGH IT IS TWO YEARS. 
          I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT THAT'S A LOT OF INDIVIDUAL COMMITTEES AND TRYING TO MANAGE ALL THAT AND THEN BRING IT ALL BACK TOGETHER. 
          UH, I PERSONALLY, I THINK THAT'S UNREALISTIC. 
          AND, AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME MORE CO CONSOLIDATION IN THAT. 
          UM, QUESTION. 
          UM, THE WORK PLAN ON PAGE 15, IF YOU CAN GO TO PAGE 15. 
          YOU MEAN SLIDE 15 OR ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT IN THAT ACTUAL DOCUMENT? YEAH, THE, UH, UH, NOT THE, THE PRESENTATION. 
          I'M SORRY. 
          OKAY, SORRY ABOUT THAT. 
          I'VE GOT A DOCUMENT. 
          SO YEAH, NUMBER 15, IT, IT SHOWS THE NEW TARGETS BY A M I AND IT SHOWS, YOU KNOW, WHAT THAT PRICE RANGE IS. 
          BUT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE NUMBER OF HOMES. 
          I, I'D REALLY LIKE TO SEE WHAT THE COST IS IN EACH ONE OF THOSE CATEGORIES. 
          HOW MUCH WOULD IT COST FOR 13,592 HOMES? HOW MUCH WOULD IT COST FOR 6,990 HOMES? ADD THAT TO THAT DATA BECAUSE THAT GIVES AN INDICATION WHERE THAT MONEY IS GOING TO, HOW MUCH IS IT GOING TO, AND ACTUALLY YOU CAN FIGURE OUT WHAT'S THE PRICE PER HOME IN EACH ONE OF THOSE. 
          SO I'D REALLY LIKE TO SEE THAT DATA ADDED TO THAT CHART. 
          UM, THE, UM, HAVE WE REACHED OUT TO OTHER PARTNERS IN THE CITY? FOR EXAMPLE, SABOR, REX, A SAN ANTONIO APARTMENT ASSOCIATION, HAVE THEY SIGNED AND HAVE THEY MADE ANY COMMENTS OR DID WE REFERENCE THEM IN THIS DOCUMENT ANYWHERE? SO THEY WERE PART OF OUR STAKEHOLDER FORUMS. UM, SO THEY PARTICIPATED IN THE PROCESS. 
          UH, WE'RE GONNA CHECK WITH EVERY STAKEHOLDER BEFORE, YOU KNOW, WE PUT THEIR NAME ON ANY DOCUMENT. 
          SO WE'RE GONNA GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS BEFORE IT'S FINALIZED AND WE BRING IT TO COUNCIL. 
          UM, AND I WILL SAY, JUST ON YOUR OTHER QUESTION ABOUT THE PRICE PER UNIT IN THE BACK OF THE SHIP DOCUMENT, IF THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT, UM, WE DO HAVE THAT. 
          UM, IT'S PART OF OUR, OUR APPENDICES OF HOW WE CALCULATED THE COST AND THEN HOW WE, UM, WE, WE CAME UP WITH OUR FUNDING PLAN. 
          WELL, FOR, FOR, FOR EASE OF LOOKING AT IT, I'D LIKE THAT DATA PUT ON THIS, THIS CHART ALSO, SO THAT OKAY, YOU CAN RELATE IT TO HOW MANY HOMES, WHAT THE COST, TOTAL COST IS, AND THEN YOU CAN FIGURE OUT WHAT THE COST PER HOUSE IS IN THAT CATEGORY. 
          SO I'D REALLY LIKE TO SEE THAT. 
          UM, AND SOMETHING MENTIONED IN, IN THE DOCUMENT THAT YES, WE DID GET COMMENTS. 
          WE ACKNOWLEDGE SABOR, REX AND ANY OTHER ORGANIZATION OUT THERE THAT WE WORKED WITH ON, ON THIS, THIS PLAN. 
          UM, LET'S SEE. 
          SLIDE NUMBER 21. 
          WE TALKED ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT, AND I'M A LITTLE BIT CONFUSED ON THE HOME ARFA. 
          I THOUGHT THAT WAS JUST ONETIME FUNDS, BUT I'M SEEING IT IN BOTH COLUMNS. 
          $18 MILLION. 
          I, ARE WE DOUBLE COUNTING THAT $18 MILLION OR ARE WE SAYING WE'RE GONNA GET ARPA FUNDS TWICE OR WHAT, WHAT, WHAT IS THAT? NO, NO, COUNCILMAN. 
          IT'S, IT'S JUST ONE TIME FUNDING. 
          IF YOU JUST LOOK DOWN THE COLUMN, THAT'S THE FUNDING FOR A FIVE YEAR PLAN. 
          IF YOU LOOK DOWN THE COLUMN, THAT'S THE FUNDING FOR THE 10 YEAR PLAN. 
          SO IN THE FIVE YEAR PLAN, THERE'S 18 MILLION. 
          AND IN THE 10 YEAR PLAN, THERE'S ONLY 18 MILLION AT THE END, IT'S THE SAME 18 MILLION. 
          I, I GOT YOU A LITTLE BIT MISLEADING TO ME. 
          I, YOU KNOW, IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE GONNA KICK IN ANOTHER 18 MILLION IN, IN THE 10 YEAR PLAN. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN CLEAN THAT UP A LITTLE BIT FOR, FOR THE PUBLIC. 
          THAT WOULD BE GREAT. 
          UM, ON THE, ON THE SLIDE, I DIDN'T GET THE SLIDE DOWN, BUT YOU TALK ABOUT THE, UH, UH, READY TO WORK ESSAY. 
          READY TO WORK PLAN. 
          YEAH. 
          RIGHT THERE WHERE YOU'RE SAYING 23,798 HOUSEHOLDS WILL BE IMPACTED BY THE JOB TRAINING. 
          UH, IN THE NIVAN REPORT, IT TALKED ABOUT THE EXPECTATION WAS 40 
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40,000, BUT IN REALITY, UH, THE NUMBER IS ACTUALLY 18,968. 
          SO WHERE ARE WE GAINING THE EXTRA 5,000 HOUSEHOLDS HERE? SO, SO I WILL SAY THAT, UM, THESE TARGETS AND THESE GOALS ARE IN RELATION TO THE 95,000 HOUSEHOLDS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO SERVE. 
          UM, ALEX IS AS ALREADY, ALREADY, UM, KIND OF COMMENTED ON THIS, THEY MAY GO OVER THAT. 
          IN FACT, I THINK THEY ARE PROJECTED TO GO OVER THAT. 
          AND SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO TRACK IT THROUGH OUR DASHBOARD. 
          UM, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE NIVAN REPORT SPECIFICALLY. 
          OKAY. 
          WHAT, WHAT, WHAT IS THAT NUMBER, ALEX? YES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          BECAUSE I'VE HEARD A LOT OF DIFFERENT NUMBERS COMING OUTTA THIS PROGRAM. 
          WHAT IS THE EXPECTATION TODAY? OUR GOAL? WE HAVE, UM, THE NIVAN REPORT THAT YOU'RE REFERENCING INDICATED WHEN YOU GO THROUGH ALL OF THE DIFFERENT MEASURES ABOUT HOW MANY PEOPLE WOULD BE, UM, WHOSE INCOME WOULD BE INCREASED, RIGHT? SO THAT WAS AN, THE, THE MOST CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATE THAT WE COULD BE USING FOR THE, UM, ECONOMIC IMPACT THAT DR. 
          NEVIN COMPLETED. 
          AND WHAT WAS THAT NUMBER? I CAN'T REMEMBER THE NUMBER OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. 
          I'LL TELL YOU. 
          18,968. 
          OKAY. 
          SO I'M SAYING, I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE THE, THIS, THIS EXTRA NUMBER, 23,798 IS COMING FROM. 
          THIS ISN'T JUST RELATIVE TO THE READY TO WORK PROGRAM. 
          THIS IS JOB TRAINING IN GENERAL. 
          OKAY. 
          SO OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS, WE ARE SETTING A GOAL OF HELPING 24,000 HOUSEHOLDS WITH JOB TRAINING NO LONGER BECOME COST BURDEN. 
          THE READY TO WORK PROGRAM, THAT'S A FIVE YEAR PROGRAM. 
          RIGHT NOW, THIS IS A 10 YEAR PROGRAM, BUT IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE JOB TRAINING FROM OUR PROGRAM. 
          IT COULD BE OTHER PROGRAMS. AND WE'RE GONNA BE TRACKING THAT WITH OUR PARTNERS. 
          SO THIS IS OUR GOAL. 
          IT'S NOT EXTRACTED FROM ANY OTHER DOCUMENT. 
          IT'S SOMETHING WE SOURCE FROM THAT 95,000. 
          OKAY. 
          BUT THE GOALS NEED TO BE BASED ON SOMETHING. 
          I MEAN, I, I COULD PULL OUT A NUMBER FROM ANYWHERE ELSE. 
          SO SAY, I THINK THERE'S GONNA BE ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE CONTRIBUTING TO THAT AS WELL. 
          I, I, I NEED SOMETHING CONCRETE HERE. 
          WHAT, YOU KNOW, WE GOTTA STUDY. 
          WELL, THE CONCRETE STUDY, THE CONCRETE NUMBER IS 95,000 PEOPLE IN BEXAR COUNTY ARE COST BURDEN, MEANING THEY SPEND MORE THAN 30% OF THEIR HOU 30% OF THEIR INCOME ON HOUSING COSTS. 
          WE'RE SAYING THAT WE'RE GOING TO STRIVE TO WORK WITH OUR PARTNERS TO GET 24,000 OF THOSE OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS JOB TRAINING. 
          SO THEY'VE INCREASED THEIR WAGES AND THEY'RE NO LONGER COST BURDEN. 
          IT, IT'S JUST A GOAL. 
          COUNCILMAN, IT'S A GOAL. 
          I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S A 10 YEAR GOAL AND IT DOESN'T HAVE, IT DOESN'T RELATE BACK TO A CITY PROGRAM OR W S A, IT'S JUST A GOAL. 
          AND, AND OVER THE, OVER TIME, OVER 10 YEARS, THIS, THIS, THESE FOUR, UM, SECTIONS WILL CONTINUE TO BE MONITORED. 
          THE, THE KEY IS THE 95,000 THAT, THAT LORI TALKED ABOUT, AND THE 95,000 WILL LIKELY NEED TO BE UPDATED DURING THE 10 YEAR PERIOD AS WELL. 
          YEAH. 
          RIGHT, RIGHT. 
          OKAY. 
          I I WOULD SAY THAT WE NEED TO HAVE THE GOALS BASED ON SOMETHING OTHER THAN JUST NUMBERS THROWN UP THERE. 
          SO, UM, THEY'RE NOT THROWING UP THERE. 
          THEY'RE, THEY'RE WELL, BUT THEY'RE NOT NUMBERS THROWN UP THERE. 
          95,000 PEOPLE ARE COST BURDEN. 
          I UNDERSTAND THE 95,000. 
          AND SO WE WANT 24,000 OF THOSE 95,000 TO GET JOB TRAINING THAT WILL GET THEM OUT OF THAT COST BURDEN CATEGORY. 
          OKAY. 
          BUT HOW ARE THEY GONNA GET THERE? WHAT JOB TRAINING ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? IT COULD BE IT'S JOB TRAINING OFFERED IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          IT COULD BE THROUGH GOODWILL. 
          IT COULD BE THROUGH OUR READY TO WORK PROGRAM. 
          IT COULD BE THROUGH ALAMO COLLEGES, IT COULD BE THROUGH ALL OF THAT, BUT IT'S A 10 YEAR GOAL TOO. 
          OKAY. 
          AND WE KNOW STEVE, STEVE NEVINS REPORT SAYS 18,000 OVER FIVE YEARS IS A SMALL, YOU DOUBLE THAT. 
          36,000, WE THINK 24,000 IS A REASONABLE GOAL TO GET TO HIT OUR TARGETS, TO GET PEOPLE OUT OF THAT COST. 
          AGAIN, I THINK WE NEED TO IDENTIFY, JUST LIKE YOU SAID, GOODWILL. 
          WHAT IS THEIR GOAL? WHAT, WHAT, WHAT ARE THEY GONNA CONTRIBUTE TO THAT IN THOSE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AS WELL? AND THEY'LL BE PART OF THE TRACKING AND THEY'LL BE REPORTING THOSE NUMBERS. 
          THEY'RE PART OF THE MONITORING PROGRAM WITH US. 
          THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. 
          WHAT IS THAT NUMBER BASED ON? AND 95,000, DID THOSE ORGANIZATIONS, DID THOSE ORGANIZATIONS GIVE YOU THOSE, THAT DATA SAYING, YES, I'M, WE'RE GOING TO TRAIN THOSE ADDITIONAL PEOPLE. 
          ONCE AGAIN, IT'S A GOAL AND WE FEEL COMFORTABLE, WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO WORK WITH THOSE ORGANIZATIONS TO GET STARTED. 
          COUNCILMAN, WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH OUR PARTNERS ON THAT, UM, AND, AND MAKE ADJUSTMENTS AS NECESSARY. 
          BUT OBVIOUSLY THERE IS, UM, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF THOUGHT PUT INTO THAT AND, AND WE'LL NEED TO CONTINUE TO, UM, TO, UH, MONITOR IT CLOSELY. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          YEAH, I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT WHEN, WHEN WE GET THAT DATA BACK FROM OUR PARTNERS. 
          UM, OKAY. 
          I'LL CHIME BACK IN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. 
          UM, THERE, WE DO HAVE A COUPLE FOLKS THAT WANNA CHIME BACK IN. 
          I WANNA MAKE NOTE IT IS 4:57 PM WE DO HAVE A 5:00 PM 
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PUBLIC HEARING, SO IF WE CAN BE EXPEDITIOUS WITH THIS NEXT ROUND, WE'LL START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA, AND THEN I'VE GOT CASTILLO IN THE QUEUE AS WELL. 
          UM, ALRIGHT. 
          I'M NOT SEEING EVERYBODY, SO IF WE CAN JUST MAKE SURE THAT YOU CHIME BACK IN AGAIN, BUT COUNCIL MEMBER CAST, UH, ROCHE GARCIA. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND, UM, MINE IS JUST MORE OF A REFERENCE POINT, UM, JUST, JUST FOR THE BENEFIT OF MY COLLEAGUES. 
          UM, LAST WEEK AT THE PLANNING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE MEETING, I ASKED FOR US TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PRODUCE A DISPLACEMENT STUDY ANALYSIS THIS FISCAL YEAR, NOT WAIT. 
          SO THERE WAS, UM, A PRO, UH, A PROPOSAL, UH, WITHIN THE NEXT FEW YEARS, AND WE ASKED IF WE COULD DO IT AHEAD OF TIME. 
          SO I JUST WANNA MAKE YOU ALL AWARE THAT THAT IS COMING DOWN THE LINE. 
          UM, AND ALSO ON THE INNOVATIVE PRO, UH, PRACTICES, UM, WITH COMMUNITY LAND TRUST MODEL AND LAND BANKING, UM, I AM, I'M, I'M HOPEFUL FOR THAT, RIGHT? BECAUSE IT'S OVER 10 YEARS. 
          BUT THEN ALSO AS WE THINK OF THIS, MY, MY QUESTION IS HOW ARE SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES GONNA AFFECT ANY OF OUR PROJECTIONS? THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AND ESPECIALLY AS WE PLAN OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS AND, AND WORKFORCE, HOW, OR HOW DO WE HAVE THE CAPACITY TO DO SOME OF THESE PROJECTS? AND SO THAT'LL BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION AS WE BUILD THESE STRATEGIES OUT MORE. 
          THANK YOU, LORI. 
          AND I CAN'T REMEMBER IF I ASKED THAT LAST WEEK OR NOT, BUT I WANTED TO ASK FOR THE BENEFIT OF MY COLLEAGUES. 
          AND THEN FINALLY, UH, FOR TONIGHT'S MEETING, WHAT ARE THE GUIDELINES THAT ARE BEING GIVEN TO OUR BOND COMMITTEE MEMBERS TODAY? AND AND DO THEY HAVE THE SHIP WITH THEM? SO THEY DID RECEIVE THE, THE SHIP, UM, PRESENTATION THAT, UM, IAN PRESENTED THAT WAS GIVEN TO THEM LAST FRIDAY. 
          UM, TONIGHT WE'LL BE GOING OVER THEIR CHARGE, WHICH IS LOOKING AT THE SHIP AND EXTRACTING THOSE STRATEGIES AND POPULATIONS THAT THEY WANNA PRIORITIZE FOR USE, UM, WITH THE BOND DOLLARS. 
          AND THEN WE'LL ALSO SHARE WITH THEM THE HOUSING COMMISSIONS EVALUATION FRAMEWORK AND HOW, HOW THAT WILL BE USED IN THE ENTIRE EVOLUTION OF, OF THE BOND PROCESS AND, AND COUNCILWOMAN THE, THE FIRST MEETING OF EACH OF THE COMMITTEES. 
          WE GO THROUGH A GENERAL OVERVIEW OF THE BOND PROGRAM, AND THEN THE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IS REVIEWING MEETING PROTOCOLS AND ETHICS REQUIREMENTS. 
          OKAY. 
          SO WE'LL DO THAT TONIGHT AS WELL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, LAURA. 
          THOSE ARE ALL MY QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROJA GARCIA, COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, THE SHIP HIGHLIGHTS THE FOR EVERYONE HOME STUDY THAT, UH, POINTS TO EVICTIONS AS THE NUMBER ONE DISPLACEMENT REASON HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          ARE WE EXPLORING ANY, UM, POLICIES IN ORDER TO ADDRESS THE EVICTION PROCESS RIGHT NOW? UM, WHAT DOES OUR PARTNERSHIPS LOOK LIKE WITH THE COUNTY IN THIS CONVERSATION? UH, YES, COUNCILWOMAN, THAT'S ONE OF THE MAIN AREAS THAT WE WANNA PARTNER WITH THE COUNTY ON. 
          UH, THE EVICTION PROCESS IS A, IS A STATE PROCESS. 
          AND SO THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT ARE OUT OF OUR CONTROL. 
          UM, BUT WE DON'T, WE DO KNOW THAT THE COUNTY WORKS VERY CLOSELY WITH THE JP COURTS. 
          AND SO THINGS LIKE, UH, THE ABILITY TO UNDERSTAND THE POPULATIONS THAT ARE BEING IMPACTED. 
          SO DATA COLLECTION AND REPORTING, UH, WE'VE ALREADY MADE A LOT OF IMPROVEMENTS ON THERE. 
          UH, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO BE PRESENT AT THE COURTS, WORKING WITH THE COUNTY, UM, SO THAT WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO PROVIDE, PROVIDE RESOURCES TO INDIVIDUALS THAT MAY BE GOING THROUGH EVICTION, AND WE'LL BE WORKING WITH THE COUNTY GOING FORWARD TO IDENTIFY IF THERE'S ANY LEGISLATIVE CHANGES THAT WE CAN MAKE, UM, TO MAKE THE PROCESS, UM, MORE CLEAR AND STRAIGHTFORWARD TO RESIDENTS THAT MAY BE FACING EVICTION AND IF THEY DO FACE EVICTION, THAT THEY HAVE ACCESS TO RESOURCES. 
          THANK YOU, IAN. 
          AND I AGREE WITH MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUE REGARDING THE, THE WORKFORCE. 
          YOU KNOW, OFTENTIMES I FEEL LIKE NOT, I FEEL THERE IS A SENTIMENT, RIGHT, THAT IT FALLS ON THE TENANT THAT YOU JUST NEED BETTER TRAINING, YOU JUST NEED A BETTER JOB. 
          UM, I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT INCREASING WAGES. 
          UM, BUT IN ADDITION TO THAT, UH, I, I THINK WITH THE SHIP BEFORE WE, UM, GET TO VOTE ON IT, IF WE COULD SEE THOSE POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS INTEGRATED ONTO THE SHIP, THAT WOULD BE REALLY IMPORTANT TO SEE TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE MITIGATING, UH, THE DISPLACEMENT OF FOLKS THROUGH EVICTIONS. 
          UM, I HAVE A QUESTION, UM, REGARDING FOR THE 120 CENT, UH, A M I FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF NEW HOMES, UH, WHO ARE THE NONPROFITS OR DEVELOPERS WHO GAVE THAT RECOMMENDATION? SO THE RECOMMENDATION WAS INCLUDED ORIGINALLY IN THE HOUSING POLICY FRAMEWORK, AND THEN THE HOUSING COMMISSION WENT THROUGH AN EIGHT MONTH PROCESS. 
          THE DEFINE AFFORDABILITY. 
          SO THAT DEFINITION WAS BASED ON INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY, THE HOUSING COMMISSIONERS, INCLUDING OUR NONPROFITS. 
          BUT WE DO HAVE SEVERAL NONPROFITS THAT WORK TO DELIVER HOUSING AT THAT AFFORDABILITY LEVEL. 
          UM, THEY INCLUDE, UH, CROSS TIMBER HOMES, UM, A CASAS AND N H SS OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU, IAN. 
          UM, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR MELODY. 
          UM, WE KNOW THAT THE MENTAL HEALTH UNIT IS, I BELIEVE, NINE TO FIVE. 
          UM, WHAT RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE FOR FOLKS WHO ARE EXPERIENCING A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS AFTER FIVE O'CLOCK? WHAT RESOURCES CAN WE CONNECT THEM TO AND WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? SO GENERALLY, YOU KNOW, AFTER FIVE O'CLOCK, UM, THINGS DO GET A LITTLE BIT HARDER, BUT HAVEN FOR HOPE DOES ACCEPT PEOPLE INTO THE COURTYARD. 
          UM, AND THEN YOU CAN POTENTIALLY ASSESS THEM FOR ADDITIONAL SERVICES. 
          THE CRISIS CARE 
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CENTER, CENTER FOR HEALTHCARE SERVICES, CRISIS CARE CENTER DOES HAVE LATER HOURS. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK. 
          AND THEN THE HOSPITALS, OF COURSE, THE EMERGENCY ROOMS AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, FRANKLY, UM, THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE, UM, THAT'S WHO DOES THE EMERGENCY DETENTIONS AND, AND THOSE KIND OF CRISIS SITUATIONS. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, I, I KNOW, UH, MYSELF AND MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUE MENTIONED DURING THE PLANNING MEETING THAT WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH UNHOUSED FOLKS WHO ARE HOMELESS BECAUSE OF COVID. 
          RIGHT? IT'S IMPACTED THEM. 
          SO ARE THERE OPPORTUNITIES TO USE ARPA FUNDING, UH, TO CONNECT HOUSELESS FOLKS TO RESOURCES AND, AND HAS, IS THERE A CONVERSATION REGARDING THAT AND WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? SO, AND WE'VE BEEN USING CARES FUNDING TO CONNECT HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS TO HOUSING, UH, THROUGH RAPID REHOUSING PROGRAMS. AND WE'RE PROPOSING THAT A PORTION OF THE, OUR HALLMARK DOLLARS WOULD ALSO BE USED TO CONTINUE THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          LET'S SEE. 
          THOSE ARE ALL MY QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VERAN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK, CAN WE GET THAT SLIDE UP ON THE SHIP APPROACH AND THE NUMBER OF JOBS AND THINGS LIKE THAT? UH, CA IT WAS THE ONE COUNCILMAN PERRY WAS TALKING ABOUT. 
          I THINK WHEN, WHEN WE LOOK AT THIS, AND I, YOU KNOW, I WANNA GO BACK TO WHAT YOU SAID, LORI, ABOUT HOW THIS WAS A FRAMEWORK TO MAKE SURE WE WEREN'T JUST GOING IN AND SPENDING MONEY. 
          UH, BUT THE JOB TRAINING IS KEY, AND I THINK WE'RE GOING TO MEET THAT. 
          I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT, AND I KNOW YOU'LL BE TALKING TO OUR, UM, THE ALAMO COMMUNITY COLLEGES ALSO, I HAVE SOME GREAT VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS THAT ARE NOT JUST TEACHING PEOPLE THAT PEOPLE KEEP COMING BACK BECAUSE THEY WANNA GET MORE CERTIFICATIONS. 
          AND, UM, I DO HAVE EMPLOYERS IN THE AREA THAT ARE ALSO OFFERING, UM, OFFERING TUITION ASSISTANCE, OFFERING MORE TRAINING. 
          SO I THINK WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE, WE ARE KEEPING COUNT THAT WAY ALSO. 
          AND, UM, AND I DO BELIEVE THAT THE ONLY WAY WE SOLVE THIS ISSUE IS BY GETTING PEOPLE OUT OF GENERATIONAL POVERTY. 
          AND THE WAY WE DO THAT IS, ONE, ADDRESSING THEIR TRAUMA, TWO, GIVING THEM OPPORTUNITIES, AND, AND THREE, JUST HAVING THE RESOURCES THERE. 
          SO I, I APPLAUD THIS EFFORT FOR THE HOUSING AND THE UNITS AND, AND AS I MENTIONED, I LOOK FORWARD TO SUPPORTING IT AS WE MOVE FORWARD. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GRO. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          JUST ANOTHER QUICK, UH, COMMENT ON PAGE 21. 
          UM, IT SAYS THAT, UH, THE COUNTY IS GOING TO EXPLORE OPTIONS TO REDUCE TAX BURDENS FOR SINGLE FAMILY HOMEOWNERS. 
          DO WE HAVE THAT SAME COMMENT FOR THE CITY IN THIS DOCUMENT? YEAH, SO THIS IS, SORRY. 
          THIS IS, UH, US WORKING TOGETHER WITH THEM. 
          THIS IS JUST SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE POISED TO BE ABLE TO HELP US WITH. 
          SO IT'S A PARTNERSHIP. 
          OKAY. 
          IT DOESN'T SAY THAT IN THE COMMENT THOUGH. 
          IT JUST SAYS THE COUNTY . 
          YEAH, IT'S, IT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE THE LEAD ON, BUT I, I'LL IT'LL BE CLEAR IN THE SHIP DOCUMENT THAT IT'S A PARTNERSHIP. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL, I'D LIKE TO SEE IT IN THIS DOCUMENT, BUT, OKAY. 
          UM, MELODY, I GUESS IT'S, UH, GOT A COUPLE OF COMMENTS HERE. 
          UM, THAT PIE CHART THAT SHOWS THE INVESTMENT IN THIS, THAT TOTALS UP TO 73 MILLION PER YEAR. 
          UM, DOES THAT INCLUDE OUR FAITH-BASED COMMUNITY AND NONPROFITS ACROSS THE COMMUNITY THAT ARE ALSO SPENDING MONEY ON THIS PROGRAM? IT, IT ONLY INCLUDES GOVERNMENTAL FUNDING. 
          OKAY. 
          I THINK THAT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO SEE, TO GET SOME KIND OF ESTIMATE FROM THE COMMUNITY AS WELL AS TO HOW, HOW MUCH THAT THEY'RE PUTTING INTO THE HOMELESS, HOMELESS, UH, PROGRAM BECAUSE IT'S A PARTNERSHIP. 
          WE TALK ABOUT PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE CITY ALL THE TIME, AND THESE ARE PARTNERSHIPS WE NEED TO, UH, ALSO INCLUDE IN THAT DATA. 
          SO I'D REALLY LIKE TO SEE SOME KIND OF, UH, DOLLAR FIGURE FOR THE NONPROFITS AND FAITH-BASED COMMUNITY ALSO. 
          WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THAT SHOW, THE WHOLE PICTURE, WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THAT OF WHAT'S BEING INVESTED IN THAT, UM, THE, UH, AND THE DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT STRATEGIES FOR THE CHRONICALLY HOMELESS. 
          ARE WE, I'M SORRY, MELODY. 
          I'M STILL, IT'S OKAY. 
          UM, WHAT ARE THOSE DIFFERENT STRATEGIES, OR DO WE HAVE THEM? UH, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN THAT I WAS VERY UNHAPPY WITH AND MADE COMMENTS ABOUT, EVEN WHEN THEY CAME AROUND GETTING COMMENTS FROM THE COUNCIL MEMBERS IS THE, I DON'T WANNA SEE THE COMMENT IN THERE THAT WE NEED ADDITIONAL FUNDING. 
          YOU KNOW, 70 TO $80 MILLION A YEAR I THINK IS 
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ADEQUATE FUNDING FOR 2,900 PEOPLE. 
          AND I SAID THAT, AND DARNED, IF IT DIDN'T SHOW UP IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN THAT WE NEED TO INVEST MORE MONEY INTO THIS PROGRAM. 
          SO STILL, STILL UNHAPPY ABOUT THAT, BUT, UM, IF I CAN JUST CLARIFY. 
          YEAH. 
          REALLY ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, THE SYSTEM IS SERVING 10 TO 12,000 PEOPLE, NOT, NOT 3000. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL, THAT'S A GOOD POINT, RIGHT? BUT AGAIN, EVEN WITH THAT, THAT'S AN AWFUL LOT OF MONEY THAT WE'RE PUTTING INTO THIS PROGRAM. 
          AND AGAIN, THAT 73 MILLION IS NOT A TOTAL PICTURE. 
          IT DOESN'T INCLUDE FAITH-BASED AND NONPROFITS OUT THERE, WHICH I WOULD, I WOULD BID IS A PRETTY BIG NUMBER IN ITSELF LOOKING ACROSS THIS WHOLE CITY. 
          SO YEAH, LET'S GET THAT. 
          AND LET'S, LET'S, LET'S COMPARE, COMPARE THAT EVEN WITH THE 12,000 THAT, THAT YOU HAVE ON THE BOOKS, UM, CLINICIANS, THE, THE, YOU KNOW, WE STARTED THAT IN DISTRICT 10 MM-HMM. 
          , AND, UH, NOW EVERYBODY HAS A CLINICIAN IN, IN THEIR AREA. 
          AND THEN WE HAVE EXTRA CLINICIANS GOING, GOING AROUND. 
          I, YOU KNOW, PERSONALLY, I'D LIKE TO KEEP MINE IN DISTRICT 10 AND NOT FLOATING AROUND TO DIFFERENT DISTRICTS, BUT HEY, UH, I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND WHERE, WHERE, UH, IF WE NEED TO SHIFT THEM AROUND. 
          BUT I'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET THE METRICS ON WHAT THEY'RE DOING OUT THERE. 
          HOW MANY CONTACTS ARE THEY MAKING, HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE THEY GETTING OFF THE STREETS? MM-HMM. 
          , AND I HAVEN'T GOTTEN THAT YET. 
          ARE WE GONNA GET THOSE METRICS AT SOME POINT IN TIME? YOU ARE. 
          AND IT'S PART OF PUTTING TOGETHER A, A COMPREHENSIVE PICTURE ALONG WITH SARAH AND THE OTHER PROVIDERS OF THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING. 
          SO WE'RE WORKING ON THAT FOR EVERY DISTRICT, NOT JUST DISTRICT 10. 
          AND WE SHOULD HAVE THAT TO YOU SHORTLY IN WHAT, SHORTLY? A COUPLE OF WEEKS. 
          I MEAN, I'LL, I'LL, I'LL LET YOU KNOW. 
          I SOMETHING A LITTLE MORE CONCRETE, WE'LL GET SOON AS I REVIEW IT. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          APPRECIATE THAT. 
          AND, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT WITH WORKING WITH THESE OTHER AGENCIES, BUT I WANNA KNOW WHAT OUR CLINICIAN, WHAT WE'RE, WHAT WE'RE SPENDING MONEY ON, WHAT THEY ARE DOING IN THE COMMUNITY, AND WHAT ARE THEY DOING TO GET PEOPLE OFF THE STREET. 
          WE'LL GET THAT TO YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          GREAT. 
          APPRECIATE THAT. 
          WITH THAT, THAT'S ALL I HAVE. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MELODY. 
          THANK YOU, IAN. 
          AND THANK YOU, LORD. 
          ANYBODY ELSE? THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY, COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE, MELODY, YOU CAN GET BACK UP AGAIN. 
          UH, AND, AND I WANT TO GET TO A QUESTION I TRIED TO ASK AT, AT THE END OF THE FIRST SESSION. 
          UM, WHAT DO WE DO TO HELP THE HOMELESS DURING THE DAYTIME? AND WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS, FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAVE SENIOR CENTERS MM-HMM. 
           AND THE SENIOR CENTERS COME IN AND WE ADD ALL KINDS OF ACTIVITIES FOR THEM TO STIMULATE THEM MENTALLY, PHYSICALLY, A LOT OF OTHER WAYS. 
          AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE ARE DOING IN ANY OF OUR CENTERS FOR ANY OF THE HOMELESS, BECAUSE MOST OF THE TIME I SEE 'EM HANGING OUT ON THE STREET OR WHEELING A CART DOWN THE STREET FULL OF STUFF. 
          RIGHT. 
          UH, AND IF WE HAVE CENTERS, THE CORT CENTER OR IF IT'S, UH, THE, THE GYM THAT WE HAVE, THAT WE USE, WHAT ARE WE OFFERING IN THERE TO GIVE THEM ACTIVITIES OR, OR HEALTH SUPPORT SO THAT THEY'RE NOT JUST HANGING OUT ON THE STREETS SO THAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE IMPROVING THEMSELVES. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND, AND AS I MENTIONED, THERE ARE, UM, A NUMBER OF SERVICES. 
          THERE ARE MEALS, UM, THERE'S RESPITE AREAS. 
          IF THEY JUST WANT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THEY'VE BEEN WALKING AROUND OUTSIDE FOR A LONG TIME, THEY JUST WANNA SIT DOWN. 
          IF IT'S COLD, IT'LL BE WARM. 
          IF IT'S, IF IT'S HOT, IT'LL BE COOL. 
          UM, THERE ARE GAMES, I'VE, I'VE BEEN TO THE CORTISONE CENTER RECENTLY AND PEOPLE WERE, UM, YOU KNOW, PLAYING PINGING PONG, PLAYING GAMES AT TABLES, UM, THOSE KIND OF THINGS. 
          BUT, AND THERE ARE SOME LIMITED MEDICAL SERVICES AVAILABLE, UM, AND REFERRALS FOR BIGGER ONES IF THEY NEED IT. 
          I GUESS I, I WANT TO GET OUT AND VISIT A COUPLE AND SEE MM-HMM. 
           AND, AND IF WE'VE GOT OPPORTUNITIES TO IMPROVE THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE HOMELESS SO THAT THEY FIND MORE THINGS THAT THEY WANT TO BECOME RIGHT. 
          MORE INVOLVED IN. 
          AND INSTEAD OF JUST HANGING OUT AND I FORGOT SHOWERS THEIR SHARKS. 
          OKAY. 
          , THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO LOOK AT WAS SLIDE 19 AGAIN, UH, ION, IF YOU COULD HELP ME ON IT, UH, IT WAS THE ONE THAT BROKE DOWN THE 95,000 PEOPLE INTO FOUR DIFFERENT GROUPS. 
          AND, AND MY QUESTION IS, UM, THE PRIVATE SECTOR, WE SAY THAT ALL OF THE PEOPLE, THESE 95,000 PEOPLE ARE BURDENED FOR THEIR HOUSING EXPENSES. 
          WELL, WE'VE GOT 25% OR MORE GOING TOWARD THE PRIVATE SECTOR. 
          WHAT ARE THEY GONNA DO TO UNBURDEN PEOPLE'S PROBLEMS? RIGHT. 
          AND TO BE CLEAR, THESE ARE PRIVATE SECTOR SOLUTIONS. 
          SO SOME OF THEM MAY BE THE ABILITY TO CREATE NEW AFFORDABLE HOMES, UM, WHETHER THEY'RE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES OR APARTMENTS, BUT A LOT OF IT WILL BE THINGS LIKE ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS. 
          SO THE ABILITY FOR RESIDENTS TO BE ABLE, UM, 
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TO BUILD AN ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT THAT THEY CAN AGE IN PLACE ON, MAYBE RENT THEIR PRIMARY STRUCTURE FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO RENT OUT ROOMS TO INDIVIDUALS SO THAT THEY CAN, UH, HAVE A SOURCE OF PASSIVE INCOME WHILE PROVIDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR OUR COMMUNITY. 
          AND THEN THERE'S THINGS THAT WE CAN LOOK AT THROUGH THE U D C, LIKE DENSITY BONUSES. 
          SO THEY'RE NOT DIRECT INCENTIVES IN TERMS OF CASH, BUT THEIR ABILITY TO ALLOW DEVELOPERS TO BUILD MORE UNITS IF A SECTION OF THOSE ARE AFFORDABLE. 
          AND THOSE ARE, THESE ARE THINGS THAT OTHER CITIES HAVE DONE AND THINGS THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED THROUGH THE FOUR V ONE HOME, UH, ANTI DISPLACEMENT AGENDA. 
          UM, WE FEEL THAT, THAT WE CAN BE ABLE TO MEET THIS NUMBER OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS IF WE'RE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT THOSE ITEMS. OKAY. 
          BUT NONE OF THOSE WILL BE FUNDED WITH ANY OF OUR RESOURCES. 
          WE'RE DEPENDING ON THE PRIVATE SECTOR TO PRIVATELY TAKE CARE OF ALL THAT. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND THE IDEA IS THAT WE'RE, WE'RE CREATING THE ENVIRONMENT FOR THOSE THINGS TO HAPPEN, WHETHER IT'S U D C AMENDMENTS OR OTHER POLICIES THAT WE CAN INCENTIVIZE THOSE THINGS TO HAPPEN. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THAT'S ALL. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          BRAVO. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YOU KNOW, UH, THE REASON I ASKED ERIC EPLEY TO COME HERE TODAY IS BECAUSE I WANTED PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THAT SOMETIMES WHEN WE ARE SUPPORTING PEOPLE WHO ARE LIVING ON THE STREETS, IT'S NOT JUST THE COMPASSIONATE THING TO DO, BUT IT'S A GOOD INVESTMENT IN TAXPAYER DOLLARS AND THAT WE CAN SAVE ON THE BACK END. 
          AND SO FOR ANYBODY WHO QUESTIONS THAT I WANT TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO SPEND MORE TIME WITH ERIC EPLEY, OR I CAN HELP SHARE RESOURCES THAT CAN SHOW WHERE WE'RE ACTUALLY REDUCING A LOT OF THE BURDEN ON OUR EMERGENCY SERVICES AND, AND ABLE TO TO SAVE ON THAT. 
          AND SO I JUST BELIEVE IT'S A REALLY GOOD INVESTMENT THAT WE CAN BE MAKING IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO. 
          UM, I THINK THAT IS IT. 
          UM, GREAT CONVERSATION AND, UH, WE'LL END WHERE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO TOOK US. 
          AND I DID NOTICE AROUND THE ROOM THERE WERE A LOT OF DEPARTMENTS THAT YOU WOULDN'T NECESSARILY ASSOCIATE WITH THE HOUSING CHALLENGE, BUT IT IS ABSOLUTELY TRUE. 
          HOUSING REMAINS THE FUNDAMENTAL BUILDING BLOCK. 
          IT'S ALSO THE MOST IMPORTANT THING WE CAN TAKE CARE OF WITH REGARD TO, UH, THE RESILIENCY OF A FAMILY, UM, IN ADDITION TO ALL THE OTHER PARTS THAT MAKE US A SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY. 
          SO, UH, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE DISCUSSION. 
          I LOOK FORWARD TO MORE, UH, FROM THE SHIP. 
          AND, UM, WITH THAT, THE TIME IS 5:14 PM UH, THERE WILL BE NO EXECUTIVE SESSION TODAY. 
          UH, EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEMS THAT WERE POSTED FOR TODAY WILL BE CARRIED OVER TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING TOMORROW, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4TH, 2021, AND MAY BE CONSIDERED AT ANY TIME DURING TOMORROW'S CITY COUNCIL MEETING. 
          THE TIME IS NOW 5:14 PM AND TODAY'S MEETING IS NOW IN RECESS AGAIN, UH, COUNCIL, IF YOU CAN, UH, PROCEED OVER TO THE CHAMBERS. 
          WE'VE GOT CITIZENS TO BE HEARD. 
          I THINK IT'S JUST REALLY ONLY TWO FOLKS SIGNED UP, SO IT SHOULD BE QUICK. 
          THANKS.
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