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           GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. 
          WE'RE GONNA HIT, GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED. 
          ARE WE GOOD? AUDIO? THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          WELCOME TO THE MAIN NINTH MEETING, THE PLANNING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE MEETING. 
          WE'LL GET STARTED WITH ROLL CALL. 
          GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO. 
          I'M SORRY. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VIE GRAND. 
          HERE. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE PRESENT CHAIR ROSA GARCIA HERE, MA'AM, WE HAVE A QUORUM. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          AND THANK YOU EVERYONE. 
          AND, UM, I'M VERY EXCITED THIS MORNING. 
          I THINK I'VE BEEN EXCITED ALL WEEKEND. 
          SO, UM, THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. 
          YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO BECAUSE THANK GOODNESS, UH, PROPOSITION F PASSED, UH, SO THE, YAY. 
          THAT'S GREAT JOB EVERYONE. 
          SO, SO F Y I, WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO, BUT THAT'S GREAT. 
          IT'S GONNA BE GREAT WORK. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR 
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THAT. 
          UM, LET'S MOVE ON TO THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FOR MARCH 25TH, UH, OF THE P C D C. 
          HAVE MY COLLEAGUES HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW IT. 
          I MOVE THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES. 
          SECOND, THERE'S A MOTION IN THE SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THE MARCH 25TH MEETING MINUTES. 
          UM, LET'S TAKE A VOTE. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. 
          AYE. 
          OH, OH. 
          WE CAN VOTE ON, OH, YOU VOTE ON THE MACHINE. 
          VERY FANCY. 
          OKAY. 
          MOTION CARRIES. 
          THANK 
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YOU. 
          ITEM NUMBER TWO IS CONSIDERATION OF ONE AT LARGE APPOINTMENT TO THE BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD. 
          UM, AND WE HAVE ONE APPLICANT, AND PLEASE LET THE THE RECORD REFLECT COUNCILWOMAN CASTILLO HAS JOINED US. 
          UM, JESSE SNYDER IS OUR ONLY APPLICANT IN, UH, FROM DISTRICT EIGHT AND IS NOT ABLE TO BE WITH US THIS MORNING. 
          HE HAS SICK CHILD. 
          UM, AND URA HAS A STATEMENT THAT SHE'S GOING TO READ INTO THE RECORD. 
          AND THEN MIKE SHANNON IS READY TO GIVE US A PRESENTATION AND UPDATE. 
          WE DID RECEIVE THIS UPDATE LAST GO AROUND, I THINK IT WAS MAYBE LIKE TWO MONTHS AGO, MIKE, BUT IF, IF MY COLLEAGUES FEEL LIKE WE NEED THE PRESENTATION AGAIN, HE'S READY AND PREPARED TO DO SO. 
          BUT ODA, CAN YOU PLEASE READ THIS STATEMENT? THANK YOU. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          MANY APOLOGIES FOR NOT BEING ABLE TO JOIN YOU IN PERSON THIS MORNING. 
          AS I AM ON DADDY DUTY FOR OUR SICK TWO YEAR OLD, MY WIFE AND I MADE SAN ANTONIO OUR HOME SIX YEARS AGO AFTER I WAS ASKED BY MY EMPLOYER TO MOVE FROM OHIO TO BE THE PROPERTY MANAGER FOR A LOCAL SAN ANTONIO APARTMENT COMMUNITY. 
          IN THE SIX YEARS THAT WE HAVE LIVED IN SAN ANTONIO, WE HAVE GOTTEN MARRIED, BOUGHT A HOME, AND HAD OUR WONDERFUL TWO-YEAR-OLD SON. 
          ELLIOT SAN ANTONIO HAS BEEN A PLACE THAT HAS MADE US FEEL WELCOME EVERY STEP OF THE WAY. 
          WE'VE HAD, WE HAVE HAD SOME OF OUR GREATEST CHALLENGES AND GREATEST JOYS IN THIS CITY. 
          AND ALONG EVERY STEP OF THE WAY, WE'RE MET WITH WELCOME, SUPPORTIVE ARMS BY THE PEOPLE OF THIS WONDERFUL CITY. 
          WHEN NOT CARING FOR E ELLIOT, I WORK AS THE VICE PRESIDENT FOR GOOFIN DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS, WHERE I PRIMARILY, PRIMARILY OVERSEE ALL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONS OF OUR COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE US. 
          MY WIFE AND I ARE ALSO INVOLVED IN THE ALLIANCE, THE FRONT SEA SAN ANTONIO, AS WELL AS HELP PLANT A CHURCH THAT HAS BEEN SERVING THE NEEDS OF THE SAN ANTONIO COMMUNITY. 
          IN ADDITION, MY WIFE WORKS FOR NORTHSIDE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT AS A SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST WHERE SHE GETS TO HELP OUR YOUNGEST SAN ANTONIANS. 
          BEING ON THE BUILDING STANDARD BOARD WILL ALLOW ME THE OPPORTUNITY, OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE TO GIVE BACK TO SAN ANTONIO AND TO USE MY PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE TO HELP BETTER OUR COMMUNITY. 
          IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO HELP KEEP SAN ANTONIO BEAUTIFUL AND SAFE. 
          I HOPE YOU'LL CONSIDER MY APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL AND LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU TO IMPROVE OUR GREAT CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          SINCERELY, JESSE SNYDER. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          TOYOTA. 
          DO, UH, MY COLLEAGUES WANT TO HEAR MIKE SHANNON'S PRESENTATION AGAIN. 
          YOU'RE GOOD. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL THEN THIS REQUIRES US TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DELIBERATE, SORRY, MIKE. 
          UM, I, BUT, BUT WE REALLY LIKE YOU AND YOUR COOL SOCKS. 
          UM, SO, UM, HE WEARS THE COOLEST SOCKS. 
          Y'ALL, IF YOU HAVEN'T NOTICED, SORRY, IT'S COMMENTARY. 
          UM, BUT THE CITY OF SAN PLANNING, A COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, IS NOW MEETING OVER EXECUTIVE SESSION OVER AN APPLICATION FOR APPOINTMENT TO THE BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD. 
          THERE IS A ONE LARGE WAIT, ONE AT LARGE POSITION AVAILABLE FOR APPOINTMENT, AND WE HAVE ONE NEW APPLICANT FOLLOWING OUR REVIEW AND AN EXECUTIVE SESSION. 
          WE WILL RECONVENE IN THE OPEN SESSION TO DELIBERATE AND PROPOSE AN APPLICANT FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF THE FULL CITY COUNCIL COUNCIL TO BE ACTED UPON AT AN UPCOMING DAY SESSION. 
          THE TIME IS NOW 10:09 AM ON MONDAY, MAY 9TH. 
          THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL PLANNING COMMITTEE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE IS RECESSING INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DELIBERATE THE APPOINTMENT OF THE BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD AT LARGE MEMBER PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0.074 PERSONNEL MATTERS AND DISCUSS RELATED LEGAL ISSUES PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT 
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CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0.071 IN CONSULTATION WITH THE ATTORNEY. 
          WE'RE GONNA GO OVER TO THE OTHER ONE. 
          YES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR YOUR PATIENCE. 
          THE TIME IS NOW 10:21 AM ON MONDAY, MAY 9TH, AND THE CITY COUNCIL PLANNING A COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE MEETING COMMITTEE WILL NOW RECONVENE AN OPEN SESSION. 
          NO OFFICIAL ACTION WAS TAKEN DURING THE EXECUTIVE SESSION. 
          I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR RECOMMENDATION THAT THE FIRST AVAILABLE CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO ACT ON THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE COMMITTEE CHAIR. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE TO RECOMMEND THE FOLLOWING APPLICANT, JESSE SNYDER TO THE AT LARGE POSITION PROFESSIONAL PROPERTY MANAGER CATEGORY FOR AN UNEXPIRED TERM EXPIRING ON MAY 31ST, 2023 FOR THE FOLLOWING CATEGORY, BUILDING AND STANDARDS BOARD. 
          THERE'S A MOTION. 
          IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND MOTION. 
          THERE'S A MOTION IN THE SECOND ON THE TABLE FOR JESSE SNYDER TO MOVE ON FOR CONSIDERATION TO THE FULL COUNCIL, PLEASE VOTE THE SYSTEM IS  CAN VOTE. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          AND I'M SO SORRY. 
          UM, WAS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? SKIP THAT. 
          OKAY, PERFECT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GO AHEAD ODA. 
          ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          ANY OF OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS? MOTION CARRIES. 
          THANK YOU, ODA. 
          WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER THREE, WHICH IS A BRIEFING AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE TAX INCREMENT FINANCING PROGRAM AND POTENTIAL POLICY UPDATES BY, UH, IAN. 
          GO AHEAD, IAN. 
          THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN. 
          UH, COMMITTEE MEMBERS, IAN BENAVIDES, INTERIM DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES DEPARTMENT. 
          UM, TODAY I'M GONNA PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON OUR POLICY, UM, TIFF POLICY UPDATE PROCESS. 
          I WAS BACK HERE IN FEBRUARY AND WE DID KIND OF AN OVERVIEW OF TAX INCREMENT FINANCING AND THE TS AND HOW THEY'RE USED. 
          UM, SINCE THEN, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO MEET WITH ALL THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND COUNCIL, UM, TO GET, GET SOME FEEDBACK ON THE GOALS AND PRIORITIES OF EACH OF THE COUNCIL DISTRICTS AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE. 
          UM, WE WERE ALSO ABLE TO PUT TOGETHER A PACKET AS REQUESTED BY THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE, AND WE'VE SHARED THAT WITH ALL THE, UH, COMMITTEE MEMBERS, COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND THE MAYOR. 
          SO, AS WAY OF BACKGROUND, AS WE DISCUSSED LAST TIME IN FEBRUARY, OUR CURRENT TIF POLICY WAS ADOPTED IN MAY OF 2015. 
          UM, SO IT IS A LITTLE BIT OUTDATED. 
          WE KNOW THAT AS A CITY WE CREATE NEW PROGRAMS. UM, SOME PROGRAMS FALL OFF, UM, AND GOALS AND PRIORITIES CHANGE. 
          UM, CURRENTLY THE POLICY IS VERY LENGTHY AND DISJOINTED. 
          THESE ARE SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT WE'VE HEARD FROM APPLICANTS. 
          IT DOES REFER TO OUTDATED CSA PROGRAMS. UM, WE ARE AN ENTERPRISE FUND, THE TIFF, UH, UNIT IN ITSELF. 
          UM, SO WE WANNA EVALUATE THE FEE STRUCTURES THAT GO ALONG WITH ALL OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE WORK THAT OUR TEAM UNDERGOES. 
          AND THEN WE WANNA ADDRESS THE PROCESS FOR HOUSING PROJECTS, UM, THAT WE'VE HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSION AT, UM, AT THIS COUNCIL COMMITTEE OUT IN THE PUBLIC AND AT COUNCIL. 
          SO HOW WILL THE TIF POLICY BE USED? UM, ULTIMATELY, THE TIF POLICY'S PURPOSE IS TO CLEARLY, UM, ILLUSTRATE AND DETAIL THE REQUIREMENTS FOR APPLICANTS. 
          UM, IT WILL PROVIDE APPLICANTS THE INFORMATION THAT THEY NEED IN TERMS OF ITEMS THAT THEY NEED TO SUBMIT FOR REPORTS AND DOCUMENTATION FEES, THE PROCESS, AND THE OVERALL TIMELINE FOR THE PROGRAM. 
          UM, WE DO GET A LOT OF QUESTIONS ON THIS, AND, AND PART OF IT IS BECAUSE, UM, THE TIF POLICY CAN BE USED FOR A VARIETY OF PROJECTS, AND EACH TOURIST BOARD IS UNIQUE IN THAT THEY MAY HAVE, UM, CERTAIN PRIORITIES AND GOALS. 
          AND SO I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT LATER. 
          BUT WE ALSO WANT THIS POLICY TO BE A GUIDE FOR STAFF THET BOARD AND COUNCIL ON WHAT THE CITY'S PRIORITIES ARE FOR THAT FUNDING. 
          UM, SO AT THE VERY HIGH, UH, HIGH LEVEL, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT ELIGIBLE USES THAT ARE ALLOWABLE THROUGH THE, THE TATE, THE STATE, UM, LAW THAT PERMITS CHAPTER THREE 11, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT ANY PROJECTS MEET CITY OBJECTIVES. 
          UM, AND THOSE INCLUDE ADOPTED PLANS AND POLICIES, THAT THERE'S CLEAR PUBLIC BENEFIT THAT'S BEING PROVIDED THROUGH THE FUNDING IN RELATION TO THE PROJECTS THAT ARE FUNDED AND THAT THE TSS BOARDS, UM, OBJECTIVES AND NEEDS ARE INCLUDED. 
          AND AGAIN, I TALKED A LITTLE, A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT, MENTIONED IT EARLIER. 
          EACH TOURS IS LOCATED IN A DIFFERENT AREA OF TOWN. 
          AND, UH, GOALS AND PRIORITIES FOR THOSE TOURS MAY BE DIFFERENT THAN OTHERS FOR HOUSING. 
          WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS SOME KIND OF PROCESS THAT, THAT, UM, APPLICANTS GO THROUGH THAT PROVIDES AN ANALYSIS TO DETERMINE THE HOUSING NEEDS IN AN AREA. 
          WE KNOW THAT HOUSING NEEDS IN CERTAIN PARTS OF OUR CITY ARE VERY DIFFERENT, WHETHER THAT'S INFRA INFRASTRUCTURE, THE TYPE OF HOUSING DENSITY, UM, AND COMMUNITY ISSUES. 
          UM, WE WANNA LOOK AT THAT ANALYSIS TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS ON, UH, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, WHETHER OR NOT THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE NEEDED. 
          AND THEN WE ALSO WANNA LOOK AT THE BACKEND ON ANY KIND OF DISPLACEMENT AND NEGATIVE IMPACTS THAT POTENTIAL HOUSING DEVELOPMENT COULD HAVE. 
          WE, AND THEN AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE WANNA ENSURE THAT THE, UM, TIF POLICY IS, IS STREAMLINED, 
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UM, EASY TO NAVIGATE AND ENSURES THAT WHETHER YOU'RE A NON-PROFIT OR A FOR-PROFIT, A SMALL, UM, APPLICANT OR A LARGE APPLICANT THAT YOU ARE ABLE TO SUBMIT, UH, AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE PROGRAM, UM, EASILY. 
          SO, AS I MENTIONED, WE WERE HERE IN FEBRUARY. 
          I DID A TIF POLICY OVERVIEW, UM, HOW THE TIF HAS BEEN USED, ALL THE TS THAT EXIST WITHIN THE CITY, AND THE MANY DIFFERENT USES THAT IT COULD BE USED FOR. 
          SINCE THEN, WE'VE COLLECTED FEEDBACK FROM THE MAYOR AND ALL OF CITY COUNCIL, INCLUDING ALL THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS. 
          UM, I'LL GO OVER THIS TOWARDS THE END, BUT IN MAY AND JUNE WE PLAN TO, UM, GET SOME FEEDBACK ON DRAFT POLICY CHANGES FROM VARIOUS STAKEHOLDERS. 
          AND THEN IN JUNE JULY, WE'LL BRING BACK THE PROPOSED POLICY CHANGES WITH THAT FEEDBACK FOR PLANNING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FEEDBACK AND ALSO COUNCIL. 
          SO I'M GONNA GO OVER SOME OF THE FEEDBACK THAT WE'VE RECEIVED, AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AT THE END. 
          UM, BUT I'VE TRIED TO ORGANIZE THEM IN, UH, CERTAIN AREAS SO THAT WAY IT'S EASIER TO FOLLOW. 
          SO WE HAD A LOT OF A LOT OF GENERAL COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS. 
          UM, SOME OF THE GENERAL COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS THAT WE RECEIVED IS THAT THE TS AS A TOOL SHOULD REMAIN FLEXIBLE FOR PROJECTS AND THAT THEY FELT THE PROGRAM IS CURRENTLY WORKING. 
          UM, SEVERAL COUNCIL MEMBERS EXPRESSED THAT, UM, WE HAD SOME QUESTIONS ON WHAT DETERMINES THE NEED FOR A NEW TSS. 
          UM, SOME COUNCIL MEMBERS, UM, THOUGHT THAT MAYBE A TOURIST WOULD BE BENEFICIAL IN CERTAIN PARTS OF THE TOWN, UH, CERTAIN PARTS OF THE CITY. 
          AND SO THERE IS, THERE IS QUALIFYING CRITERIA FOR CREATING AND ESTABLISHING A TOURIST, BUT UNDERSTANDING WHAT THAT PROCESS IS WAS A QUESTION THAT WE RECEIVED SEVERAL TIMES. 
          FEES, I THINK I MENTIONED EARLIER, THAT WE'RE AN ENTERPRISE FUNDS. 
          WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT AS WE ADMINISTER THE PROGRAM, WE'RE ABLE TO RECOUP ALL THE FEES THAT GO IN, NOT JUST FOR NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES STAFF, BUT ALSO FINANCE STAFF AND CITY ATTORNEYS. 
          UM, SO THERE WAS SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER THE FEES SHOULD REMAIN THE SAME TO ENSURE THAT THEY ARE ACCESSIBLE AGAIN BY SMALL, UH, SMALL SCALE APPLICANTS AND NOT JUST LARGER DEVELOPERS THAT CAN AFFORD TO PAY FEES. 
          WE HAD SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS TO FUNDS THAT ARE LEFT OVER IF A TOURS EXPIRES OR SUNSETS. 
          WE HAD, UM, A LOT OF PRIORITY ON ENSURING THAT INFRASTRUCTURES OF A HIGH QUALITY STANDARD, THAT WHEN THE CITY DOES PROVIDE FUNDING FOR STREETS OR SIDEWALKS, UM, THAT THAT INFRASTRUCTURE IS UP TO CITY CODE AND, AND IS LASTING. 
          WANTED TO ENSURE THAT WORKERS FOR PROJECTS ARE PROTECTED. 
          UM, AND THAT COULD BE WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE BEING PAID AN ADEQUATE WAGE OR WHETHER OR NOT, UM, WHEN THEY'RE ON THE JOB, UH, JOB SITE, THEY'RE PROVIDED THE ADEQUATE PROTECTIONS AND THEN ENSURE THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS ARE BEING PROVIDED WITH THE PROJECTS. 
          AND I THINK THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT WE HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSION WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS ON. 
          OBVIOUSLY THERE ARE A LOT OF WAYS TO PROVIDE COMMUNITY BENEFITS. 
          SO ENSURING THAT WHEN WE DO, UM, WHEN WE DO AGREEMENTS WITH DEVELOPERS, THAT THOSE COMMUNITY BENEFITS ARE HIGHLIGHTED AND MAXIMIZED. 
          WITH REGARD TO HOUSING, WE RECEIVED SOME REALLY GOOD FEEDBACK, UM, FOR PETITION INITIATED TOURS. 
          AND AGAIN, THESE ARE FOR, TYPICALLY THEY'RE SUBDIVISIONS, UM, SINGLE FAMILY SUBDIVISIONS, ALTHOUGH WE'VE, WE HAVE DONE MIXED USE ONES. 
          BUT WHEN A DEVELOPER COMES TO PETITION INITIATED TOURS THAT THEY SHOULD ALWAYS INCLUDE A COMPONENT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          WE HEARD THAT MIXED INCOME HOUSING AND MARKET RATE UNITS MAY BE APPROPRIATE IN SOME AREAS OF TOWN. 
          UM, WE HAVE HEARD THAT DEPENDING ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE DEVELOPMENT THAT CURRENTLY EXISTS, OFTENTIMES WITH THAT NEIGHBORHOOD MAY BE LACKING, IS SOME MIXED INCOME OR MARKET RATE UNITS. 
          THERE WAS CONCERN ABOUT RENTAL UNITS VERSUS HOME OWNERSHIP UNITS IN AN AREA THAT OFTENTIMES THE TS HAS BEEN USED JUST TO PRODUCE, UM, RENTAL UNITS. 
          AND THAT, UM, THE TS SHOULD BE LOOKING TO PROVIDE HOME OWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES, WHETHER THAT'S DOWNTOWN THROUGH THROUGH CONDOS OR SINGLE FAMILY HOUSING. 
          UM, TRADITIONAL SINGLE FAMILY HOUSING REQUEST, HIGHER ENERGY EFFICIENT STANDARDS, UM, HIGHER THAN STANDARDS ADOPTED THROUGH THE U D C. 
          SO AS A QUALIFICATION FOR, UM, RECEIVING T FUNDING THAT WE GO ABOVE AND BEYOND. 
          AND I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME OF THE CITY OBJECTIVES THAT THAT TIES INTO. 
          UM, DISPLACEMENT IMPACT ASSESSMENT. 
          SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT STAFF IS CURRENTLY WORKING ON, UM, FOR NOT JUST THE TOURISTS, BUT ALSO FOR THE BOND. 
          UM, SO WILL THE DISPLACEMENT IMPACT ASSESSMENT BE REQUIRED FOR ALL PROJECTS? WAS A QUESTION THAT WE RECEIVED. 
          AND HOW CAN THE POLICY UPDATE ENCOURAGE DEEPER AFFORDABILITY, UM, WHERE IT'S APPROPRIATE FOR THE CITY OBJECTIVES? AGAIN, WE WANNA ENSURE THAT ANYTHING THAT WE DO AT NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES, BUT ESPECIALLY WITH INCENTIVES THAT WE'RE TYING TO AN OVERALL CITY OBJECTIVE. 
          AND SO SOME OF THE MAIN ONES THAT WERE HIGHLIGHTED THAT WERE NOT INCLUDED IN OUR OLD, UM, TIF POLICY WERE OUR STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLANS, SPECIFICALLY TARGET, UM, FOCUSED ON AFFORDABILITY, CLIMATE ADAPTATION PLAN. 
          UM, UH, JOBS BEING CREATED IS ALSO A CITY PRIORITY. 
          SO HOW CAN WE, UM, ENSURE THAT THOSE BENEFITS ARE BEING, UM, TOLD WITH DEVELOPMENTS THAT APPLY, APPLY. 
          WE TALKED ABOUT ACCESS TO FIBER AND INTERNET AS BEING CONSIDERED INFRASTRUCTURE AND DEFINITELY A CITY BENEFIT. 
          AND THEN PEDESTRIAN MOBILITY AND CONNECTIVITY. 
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WITH REGARDS TO GOVERNANCE, THERE WERE SOME QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS ON WHETHER OR NOTTS BOARDS SHOULD BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY NEEDS IN THEIR AREA, UM, ENSURING REALLY THAT THE TOURS BOARDS DO HAVE A PIVOTABLE ROLE TO PLAY. 
          UM, MANY PEOPLE FELT THAT THEY HAVE APPOINTED MEMBERS TO THOSE TOURS BOARDS TO SERVE AS THE BODY THAT HAS A STRONG PULSE ON THEIR COMMUNITY AND UNDERSTANDS SOME OF THOSE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY SO THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE THEIR FEEDBACK AND NOT HAVE A POLICY THAT, UM, CIRCUMVENTS KIND OF THEIR DISCUSSION AND THEIR APPOINTMENT AT THE TSS BOARD LEVEL. 
          UM, THEY ASKED ABOUT TS GOALS AND OBJECTIVES FOR EACH TSS, HAVE THEY BEEN MET ALREADY? UM, AND IF THEY HAVEN'T, WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE? IF THEY HAVE, THEN WHAT SHOULD THE TSS BE FOCUSED ON? AND, AND THEN SUBSEQUENT TO THAT, HOW OFTEN SHOULD GOALS AND OBJECTIVES BE REVIEWED? SO SOME OF THESE TOURISTS HAVE BEEN IN, IN EXISTENCE FOR QUITE A LONG TIME. 
          HAS ANYBODY DONE A CHECK TO SEE WHETHER OR NOT WHEN THEY ORIGINALLY ESTABLISHED TO ADDRESS A CERTAIN AREA IF CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE? THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT THESE T BOARDS BEING PROACTIVE AND NOT REACTIONARY NECESSARILY JUST RECEIVING APPLICATIONS THAT COME TO THEM, BUT HOW CAN THEY LOOK TO DEVELOP CERTAIN TYPES OF PROJECTS OR INFRASTRUCTURE FOR CERTAIN PURPOSES, UH, AND BE ABLE TO FUND THOSE. 
          THERE WERE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT CREATING A NEW TOURS, AND I TALKED ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT EARLIER. 
          UM, WHAT IS THE PROCESS FOR THAT AND HOW ARE THE BOARD MEMBERS CHOSEN? UM, LIKE I SAID, SOME OF THESE TOURS HAVE EXISTED FOR A LONG TIME. 
          SOME ARE NEW, SOME ARE OLDER, AND EACH ONE HAS SOMEWHAT OF A UNIQUE, ESPECIALLY FOR THE CITY INITIATED TOURS, UM, BOARD MAKEUP, BOARD COMPOSITION. 
          SO BASED ON ALL THAT FEEDBACK, UM, STAFF HAS TAKEN A LOT OF DIRECTION, UM, AND HAS A LOT OF IDEAS ON HOW WE CAN UPDATE THE POLICY TO ADDRESS A LOT OF THESE AREAS. 
          AND OF COURSE, THE DISCUSSION TODAY WILL ALSO HELP US WITH THAT. 
          BUT WE BELIEVE THAT BASED ON THE FEEDBACK RECEIVED, THAT WE ARE GONNA PROVIDE A CLEAR PROCESS ON THE CREATION OF NEW CITY AND PETITION INITIATED TSS WITHIN THE POLICY SO THAT IF COUNCIL MEMBERS OR THE PUBLIC HAVE QUESTIONS ON WHAT THAT PROCESS IS, UM, THEY'LL BE A BE ABLE TO FIND IT. 
          WE WANNA STANDARDIZE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR NEW T BOARD MAKEUP SO THAT WE HAVE SOME CONSISTENCY ACROSS THE BOARD. 
          YOU KNOW, ULTIMATELY SOME OF THOSE DECISIONS WILL BE MADE BY COUNCIL, UM, BUT STAFF IS MAKING CONSISTENT RECOMMENDATIONS GOING FORWARD. 
          WE WANNA BALANCE THE T FLEXIBILITY WITH MEETING CITY GOALS AND PRIORITIES. 
          T FUNDS CAN BE USED FOR A VARIETY OF PROJECTS, BUT WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE TYING ALL OF THOSE PROJECTS TO THOSE CITY PRIORITIES. 
          WE WANNA ENSURE THE TS BOARDS HAVE A KEY ROLE IN REVIEWING AND MAKING THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, PROACTIVELY. 
          SO WORKING WITH THE BOARD ON HOW THEY CAN EITHER, YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY, UM, UH, SOLICIT, UM, ASKS FROM THE COMMUNITY, WORK WITH COMMUNITY NONPROFITS, WORK WITH THE DEPARTMENTS IN THOSE AREAS THAT THEY'RE SEEKING TO ADDRESS. 
          WE'RE GONNA CREATE GOALS AND PRIORITIES FOR EACH TOURS, AND IT WILL INCLUDE AN EVALUATION AND UPDATE PROCESS. 
          WE'RE CURRENTLY GOING THROUGH THAT RIGHT NOW WITH OUR INNER CITY TOURISTS WHO HAD ASKED FOR IT. 
          UM, SO I THINK WE'RE GONNA HAVE A, A VERY GOOD, UM, CASE STUDY FOR HOW THAT PROCESS, UM, CAN BE UNDERTAKEN AND UPDATED. 
          WE'RE GONNA PROVIDE A FEE STRUCTURE THAT DOESN'T LIMIT ANY SMALL SCALE DEVELOPERS SPEAKING WITH COUNCIL. 
          UM, WE WANNA MAKE SURE AGAIN, THAT WE ARE ABLE TO RECOUP OUR ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS, BUT THAT WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO WAIVE FEES FOR SMALL DEVELOPERS, NONPROFITS, UM, AND HAVE SOME KIND OF SLIDING SCALE FOR ANYTHING IN BETWEEN. 
          UM, WE CAN TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE AMOUNT THAT THE, UH, DEVELOPER OR PROJECT MAY BE ASKING FOR. 
          AND AGAIN, WHETHER OR NOT THEY ARE A NON-PROFIT, UM, WE WANT TO ALSO ALLOW A PROCESS TO REVIEW HOUSING BASED ON THE PROJECT TYPE LOCATION AND POTENTIAL NEGATIVE IMPACTS. 
          AND SO BE ABLE TO DO THAT ANALYSIS AND THAT'S WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH THE DEVELOPER, HAVING THEM PROVIDE US INFORMATION ON WHY THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT MAY MAKE SENSE. 
          LOOKING AT SMALL SCALE DA DATA, UH, DATA SETS WITHIN A CENSUS TRACK, HOW MUCH AFFORDABLE HOUSING CURRENTLY EXISTS WITHIN THAT AREA, HOW MUCH HAS IT CHANGED? WHAT IS THE TYPE OF PROJECT, WHETHER IT'S A REHABILITATION, NEW CONSTRUCTION, MULTI-FAMILY, SINGLE FAMILY, ANY OF THOSE POTENTIAL NEGATIVE IMPACTS THAT COME OUT THROUGH A DISPLACEMENT IMPACT ASSESSMENT. 
          WE WANNA PROVIDE LANGUAGE THAT PROTECTS WORKERS, WORKING CONDITIONS AND PAY. 
          UM, SOME OF THAT IS ALREADY TAKEN CARE OF WITH, UM, CITY POLICIES, BUT MAKING SURE THAT'S VERY CLEAR IN ALL THE AGREEMENTS THAT WE EXECUTE AND THAT APPLICANTS WHEN THEY APPLY, UNDERSTAND THAT THOSE CONDITIONS WILL APPLY TO ANY DEVELOPMENT AND AGREEMENT. 
          AND THEN WE WANNA MAKE SURE TO HIGHLIGHT COMMUNITY BENEFITS. 
          WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO, UM, WORK WITH MANY OF YOUR COUNCIL OFFICES ON MANY TOURS AGREEMENTS, WHETHER IT'S A NEW TOURS OR WHETHER IT'S A SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENT, UM, TO REACH COMPROMISE ON SOME OF THOSE CITY BENEFITS, WHETHER IT'S A PARK, A COMMUNITY GARDEN, UM, A COMMUNITY MEETING SPACE. 
          UM, ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE GREAT EXAMPLES. 
          AND SO BEING ABLE TO IDENTIFY THOSE UPFRONT FOR DEVELOPERS WHEN THEY COME IN, MAKING SURE THAT THEY MEET SOME OF THOSE, UH, COMMUNITY FEEDBACK FOCUS AREAS. 
          I MEAN, UH, COMMUNITY PRIORITY AND BENEFIT FOCUS AREAS. 
          AFTER THE DISCUSSION TODAY, UM, AND BASED ON THE FEEDBACK WE RECEIVE, WE'RE GONNA BE DOING A ROUND OF STAKEHOLDER SESSIONS. 
          SO WE'LL BE WORKING WITH EACH 
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TOURS BOARD AND MEMBER FOR BOTH CITY AND, UH, PETITION INITIATED TS TO GET THEIR FEEDBACK ON ANY PROPOSED CHANGES. 
          WE'LL BE WORKING WITH OUR INTERNAL DEPARTMENTS THAT SOMETIMES SUBMIT TO THE TOURS FOR SPECIFIC PROJECTS OR WORK WITH NON-PROFIT PARTNERS, UM, WHETHER IT'S INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT OR AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECT, OR A HISTORIC PRESERVATION PROJECT TO GET THEIR FEEDBACK ON THE PROCESS. 
          WE'LL BE WORKING WITH DEVELOPERS THAT INCLUDE FOR-PROFIT AND NONPROFIT, THEIR LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES, UM, AND THE REAL ESTATE COUNCIL, AND THEN OUR COMMUNITY GROUPS, SO COMMUNITY, NONPROFITS, SMALL BUSINESS AND COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS, WHICH SOME OF YOU HAVE, UM, PROVIDED US NAMES FOR TO DATE. 
          SO WITH THAT SAID, WE'LL RETURN IN MAY AND JUNE WITH FEEDBACK ON SPECIFIC PROPOSED POLICY CHANGES, UM, AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO HAVE THOSE DRAFT POLICY CHANGES FOR DISCUSSION DURING THAT TIMEFRAME. 
          WE'LL BE HOSTING SEVERAL OF THESE MEETINGS. 
          AGAIN, IF YOU HAVE ANY STAKEHOLDERS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE US TO INCLUDE, UM, WE CAN TAKE THOSE NOW OR THROUGH THE PROCESS. 
          AND THEN IN JUNE AND JULY WE PLAN TO COME BACK TO THIS COUNCIL COMMITTEE AND THEN ULTIMATELY COUNSEL FOR THE FINAL POLICY. 
          SO THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. 
          I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU ALL MAY HAVE. 
          GREAT, THANK YOU, IAN. 
          I APPRECIATE IT. 
          AND, UH, I'M GLAD THAT YOU WERE ABLE TO MEET WITH EVERY COUNCIL OFFICE TO GET SOME FEEDBACK. 
          IT'S IMPORTANT THAT ALL OF US GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO, TO WEIGH IN COUNCIL. 
          CASTILLO AND I HAD A REALLY GOOD DISCUSSION, UM, ABOUT THIS. 
          WE SET UP A MEETING, UM, WITH OUR STAFF AND, AND I BELIEVE THAT ALL OF THE FEEDBACK WAS, WAS GIVEN TO YOU. 
          UM, BUT STILL, I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, SET UP ANOTHER MEETING NOW THAT I HAVE, UH, THAT I SEE EVERYBODY'S FEEDBACK. 
          JUST TO GIVE YOU SOME, SOME ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS TO, TO BE MINDFUL OF OUR TIME TODAY. 
          UM, I DO, UH, HAVE A QUESTION ON THE, THE, THE SLIDE WHERE YOU HAVE THE PARTICIPANTS OR THE FOLKS WHO YOU WILL BE THANKING THE STAKEHOLDERS UNDER. 
          WHERE WAS, UH, TAMIKA TRANSPORTATION, OR ARE YOU ALL GOING TO MEET WITH HER? YES. 
          I'M SORRY. 
          I DIDN'T PUT AN EXHAUSTIVE LIST. 
          THAT'S FOR EVERY DEPARTMENT, BUT SHE WILL BE INCLUDED. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          OKAY, WONDERFUL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I WAS, UH, MAKING SURE THAT WE, WE HAVE HER INCLUDED. 
          WHERE ARE WE SPECIFICALLY ON THE FEEDBACK FROM, UM, THE NON-PROFIT DEVELOPERS AND, AND EVEN THE FOR-PROFIT DEVELOPERS? SO WE HAVEN'T GONE OUT TO THEM YET. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, WE WANTED TO GET THE FEEDBACK TODAY AND MAKE SURE WE INCORPORATE THAT IN TO ANY PROPOSED CHANGES. 
          UM, BUT WE WILL BE MEETING WITH ALL OF OUR NON-PROFIT AND FOR-PROFIT DEVELOPERS. 
          WE HAVE A PRETTY EXHAUSTIVE LIST THAT WE WORK WITH ON OTHER PROGRAMS, WHETHER IT'S TOURS OR WHETHER IT'S OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENTS BOND PROGRAM OR WHETHER THEY APPLY FOR RESOLUTIONS OF SUPPORT. 
          UM, SO WE'LL BE WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH THEM ON PROVIDING THEIR, OR GETTING THEIR FEEDBACK. 
          A LOT OF MY FEEDBACK WAS ALSO, UM, ALMOST HOUSE CLEANING STUFF AND INCORPORATING NEW PLANTS REFERENCES TO THE SHIP, FOR INSTANCE. 
          SO I'M HAPPY THAT WE HAVE, UH, THE SHIP DEFINITIONS OF AFFORDABILITY THAT YOU ALL WILL BE INCLUDING. 
          UM, I'M ALSO HAPPY THAT YOU ALL ARE LOOKING TO DO HIGHER STANDARDS THAN U D C REQUIRES BECAUSE I THINK IF, IF FOLKS ARE GETTING SOME INCENTIVE THAT THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO OFFER SOMETHING MORE RIGHT THAN EVERYBODY ELSE DOES. 
          SO, SO I APPRECIATE YOU, UM, FOR INCORPORATING THAT IN THE DISPLACEMENT IMPACT STUDY, I THINK IS GOING TO BE CRITICAL. 
          I'VE HEARD, UM, COUNCILMAN CASTILLO AND COUNCILMAN BRAVO, UM, SPEAK ABOUT IT. 
          AND I, I DO THINK THAT, UM, FUNDING AND ASSESSMENT THROUGH, THROUGH THIS WOULD BE CRITICAL FOR THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY. 
          I THINK IT ALSO SHOWS, UM, BELIEF IN WHAT WE'RE DOING, RIGHT? MM-HMM. 
          WITH, WITH THE TOURS AND THEN, UM, ACCESS TO TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE WORKPLACE, UH, IS IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UM, KEEPS COMING UP, RIGHT? SO AS WE'RE INITIATING THESE TOURS, HOW, HOW CLOSE ARE THEY TO JOB CENTERS OR TO THE JOB CENTERS OF THE FUTURE? SO THINKING ABOUT THE FUTURE GROWTH. 
          SO, UM, I'M, I'M SURE YOU ALL WILL BE TAKING THAT INTO CONSIDERATION. 
          AND I THINK WHAT I ESPECIALLY LIKE IS THE FACT THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO SEE HOW OUR COMMUNITY BENEFITS AND MAYBE HOW ANY EXCESS FUNDS CAN BE KIND OF REPROGRAMMED TO, TO HELP THE NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          SO, SO THANK YOU FOR, FOR, FOR LISTENING IN ON THAT, UH, IAN, I APPRECIATE IT. 
          AND I'M GONNA START WITH COUNCILMAN CASTILLO, 'CAUSE SHE HAD A, AN, AN EXTENSIVE LIST, UH, AS WELL. 
          SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GIVE THE MIC OVER TO COUNCILMAN CASTILLO. 
          THANK YOU, CHAIR. 
          THANK YOU IAN. 
          UH, AND STAFF FOR, UM, THE PARTICIPATION PROCESS LEADING UP TO THIS BRIEFING. 
          RIGHT. 
          I'VE REALLY APPRECIATED, UM, THE STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS. 
          UM, AND I THINK THAT IT IS TIMELY, RIGHT? UH, THE INNER CITY TOUR, WE HAD A VERY FRUITFUL CONVERSATION ABOUT PRIORITIES AND GOALS AND ENSURING THAT PROJECTS THAT RECEIVE PUBLIC DOLLARS, UH, ARE IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE, THE STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN. 
          AND THAT CONVERSATION LED TO A REALLY CLOSE VOTE ON A 100% MARKET RATE PROJECT, UM, . 
          BUT, UM, AGAIN, RYAN, UM, WHAT'S A PRIORITY AND KEY IS ENSURING THAT THE SHIP ISN'T SOMETHING THAT WE JUST PUT ON THE SHELF, RIGHT? AND WE CONTINUE TO INTEGRATE IT INTO, UM, ALL OF OUR, UM, POLICY UPDATES, PARTICULARLY WITH, UH, CHAPTER THREE 11. 
          UM, MY QUESTION WITH THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS, UH, I, I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA. 
          UM, BUT HAS STAFF HAD A CONVERSATION, AND I UNDERSTAND THERE'S STILL MORE CONVERSATIONS TO BE HAD ABOUT WHAT WOULD TRIGGER THAT COMMUNITY BENEFIT. 
          WOULD 
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IT BE A SPECIFIC AMOUNT OF PUBLIC DOLLARS GOING TOWARDS A PROJECT OR, UM, A SPECIFIC AMOUNT OF, UH, AFFORDABLE UNITS THAT TRIGGER THAT COMMUNITY BENEFITS, BENEFITS CONVERSATION? UH, WHAT DO YOU ALL ENVISION AS, UM, TRIGGERING COMMUNITY BENEFITS? THAT'S A, THAT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION. 
          SO, UM, TAX AGREEMENT FINANCING AND THE TOURISM IN GENERAL SHOULD BE PROVIDING A CITY BENEFIT JUST THE WAY IT WAS ESTABLISHED. 
          UM, AND SOMETIMES THAT COULD BE IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT THE DEVELOPER IS PROVIDING THAT THEY'RE BEING REIMBURSED FOR. 
          SO WHETHER THAT'S UPSIZING UTILITY LINES, WHETHER THAT'S ADDITIONAL STREET LIGHTING, WHETHER THAT'S SIDEWALKS. 
          UM, SO THERE ALREADY IS COMMUNITY BENEFIT, MAKING SURE THAT'S VERY CLEAR. 
          AND THEN OFTENTIMES WITH THE HELP OF YOUR COUNCIL OFFICES, WHEN DEVELOPERS COME AND THEY'RE LOCATED WITHIN ONE OF YOUR DISTRICTS, WE NEGOTIATE A LOT OF OTHER ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY BENEFITS. 
          AND THAT'S KIND OF BEEN DONE, UM, YOU KNOW, AS THE DEVELOPMENTS COME IN, AND IT REALLY IS BASED ON WHAT IS IN THE SURROUNDING AREA. 
          UM, WHETHER IT'S A COMMUNITY GROUP THAT DOESN'T HAVE A MEETING SPACE THAT MAY NEED ONE, WHERE THEY CAN USE A CLUBHOUSE, WHETHER IT'S AN AREA THAT HAS A LACK OF, UM, PUBLIC PARKS, UM, SO THAT THEY CAN PROVIDE ONE, UM, WHETHER IT MAY BE SOMETHING LIKE TRANSPORTATION OR PROTECTED BIKE LANE. 
          UM, SO THERE IS NO PROCESS RIGHT NOW, BUT WE WANNA TRY AND WORK THAT IN PROACTIVELY AS OPPOSED TO AFTER. 
          SO IF YOU HAVE ANY RECOMMENDATIONS, WE WE'D BE HAPPY TO HEAR THEM. 
          THANKS, IAN. 
          WHAT I WOULD ENCOURAGE, RIGHT, FOR EXAMPLE, IF A 100% MARKET RATE PROJECT IS RECEIVING PUBLIC DOLLARS, RIGHT? IT'S NOT, TO ME IT WOULDN'T BE CON IT WOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED A COMMUNITY BENEFIT IF THE TAXPAYER'S PAYING FOR THEIR INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS THAT THEY ARE REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN BY CITY CODE, RIGHT? FOR EXAMPLE, A SIDEWALK AROUND A NEW DEVELOPMENT. 
          UH, WHAT CONCERNS ME WITH THAT, RIGHT, IS ONE, IT'S 100% MARKET RATE, WHERE EVEN ON THE SALARY OF A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER, WE WOULDN'T BE AFFORD TO LIVE IN THAT, THAT THAT APARTMENT, FOR EXAMPLE, RIGHT? UM, BUT THERE'S LIKE OFTENTIMES NEIGHBORS WITHIN CLOSE PROXIMITY WHO HAVE BEEN WAITING DECADES FOR A SIDEWALK, RIGHT? AND THEN IN INCOME, SOMEONE 100%, UH, NOT 100%, 100% MARKET RATE. 
          AND THEN, OH, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE RECEIVING A REIMBURSEMENT FOR A SIDEWALK. 
          AND I WOULDN'T CONSIDER THAT A COMMUNITY BENEFIT. 
          I CONSIDER IT LIKE US CONTINUING TO PICK UP THE TAB. 
          UM, BUT, UM, I'M PLEASED TO SEE THAT WE ARE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION AROUND COMMUNITY BENEFITS AND THAT LABOR PROTECTIONS, UH, ARE INCLUDED IN THIS CONVERSATION. 
          UM, IF WE HAVE SPECIFIC LANGUAGE RECOMMENDATIONS, HOW CAN WE WORK, UH, WITH CITY STAFF TO INTEGRATE THOSE, THAT LANGUAGE? YEAH, IF YOU, UM, COUNCILWOMAN IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE THEM TO OUR OFFICE, UM, WE'LL WORK WITH OUR CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND ENSURE THAT, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING THAT WE'RE PROPOSING, UM, CAN BE INCLUDED. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, AND, AND AGAIN, RIGHT? UH, I'M PLEASED TO SEE, AND MY HOPE WOULD BE THAT THE TENANT PROTECTION POLICY THAT WE ALREADY INTEGRATE IN THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING TRUST, THAT WE CAN ALSO INCLUDE THAT, UH, WITHIN TOURS PROJECTS AS WELL. 
          UM, ESPECIALLY, RIGHT, GIVEN THAT THE SHIP DOES HAVE US MOVING TOWARDS A MAJORITY RENTER CITY, UM, WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT OUR RENTERS ARE PROTECTED. 
          UM, I REALLY VALUE THE CONVERSATION AROUND ENSURING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE EXCEED EXPECTATIONS WHEN IT COMES TO, UH, A I A AND DISABILITY ESSAY AND TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE, UH, LEADING WHEN IT COMES TO UNIVERSAL DESIGN. 
          UM, AND I'LL CHIME BACK IN IN A BIT. 
          THANK YOU, CHAIR. 
          AND JUST REALLY QUICKLY, THANK YOU FOR MENTIONING THAT, COUNCILWOMAN, I DIDN'T PUT IT IN MY SLIDES. 
          UM, BUT THE HOUSING VOUCHER INCENTIVE PROGRAM AND THE NOTICE OF TENANT'S RIGHTS, THOSE ARE POLICIES THAT WOULD APPLY TO ANY CITY FUNDING. 
          UM, BUT I DIDN'T PUT 'EM IN MY SLIDES FOR THANK YOU FOR MENTIONING THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN . 
          THANK YOU, COUNCIL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, IAN, FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          AND I DID, UH, LIKE ON SLIDE, UM, WHERE IS IT? THE ONE WHERE YOU TALKED ABOUT THE CITY OBJECTIVES AND ACCESS TO FIBER INTERNET AS INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, AS INFRASTRUCTURE IS KEY. 
          THE ONE THING I'D LIKE TO SEE, AND YOU'VE, YOU'VE MENTIONED IT IN, UM, IN WORKERS TAKING CARE OF THE WORKERS, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO, UH, ALSO LOOK AT LABOR STANDARDS AND THE STANDARDS WE HAVE FOR SOME OF THESE, UH, BUILDS COMING IN BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THEY'RE, UH, CURRENTLY DOING THE FIBER AND INTERNET BECAUSE WE HAVE NO INFRASTRUCTURE IN PARTS OF THE DISTRICT ON THEIR OWN. 
          BUT I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IT'S, IT'S QUALITY AND CAN GROW WITH THE TECHNOLOGY AS WE MOVE FORWARD. 
          SO WE MIGHT NEED TO LOOK AT THAT. 
          THE OTHER IS, AND MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUE, UH, CASTILLO MENTIONED, IS THE UNIVERSAL DESIGN. 
          AS WE LOOK, IF, IF WE HAVE, UM, HOUSING, IF THEY ARE TAKING INTO UNIVERSAL DESIGN. 
          'CAUSE IT NOT, IT HELPS WITH THOSE LIVING WITH DISABILITIES, AND IT ALSO HELPS WITH OUR SENIOR COMMUNITY WHEN WE DESIGN THIS WAY. 
          SO I THINK AS, AS, UH, PETITIONS COME IN FOR TOUR, I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT. 
          THE ONE CONCERN 
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I HAVE IS WHEN WE, WHEN WE STANDARDIZE ANYTHING, UM, I, I'D LIKE THOSE TO STAY AT RECOMMENDATIONS BECAUSE WE'RE LOOKING AT A VERY DIVERSE CITY, AND ESPECIALLY IN DISTRICT THREE, WHERE WE HAVE NO INFRASTRUCTURE OR NO COMMUNITIES IN PART. 
          UH, IF YOU SAID THE BOARD MAKEUP NEEDED TO COM TO, UH, INCLUDE A COMMUNITY MEMBER OR SOMEONE FROM THE COMMUNITY, SOME OF THIS IS UNDEVELOPED AREA. 
          SO, SO WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? UM, UH, I HAVE, I AM FORTUNATE TO HAVE, UM, THREE, UH, PETITION INITIATED AND THEN QUITE A FEW, UM, NO, I THINK MORE THAN THREE, BUT I HAVE QUITE A FEW PETITION INITIATED AND QUITE A FEW CITY INITIATED TOURS, AND THEY HAVE BEEN, UM, I FEEL SUCCESSFUL BECAUSE WE HAVE SEEN GROWTH. 
          UM, THE ONE THING THAT I THINK HAS MADE IT SUCCESSFUL IS THAT THERE HAS BEEN, UM, JUST THE FLEXIBILITY FOR THE BOARD TO, TO PRIORITIZE AND THEN SHIFT IN PRIORITIES. 
          AND I THINK, WELL, WHAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE AFTER THIS, UH, PANDEMIC AS WE COME OUT OF THE PANDEMIC, IS THE CHALLENGES THAT BUILDERS AND DEVELOPERS ARE GOING TO HAVE. 
          SO I WANT, I WOULD LIKE YOU TO GO OUT TO THE STAKEHOLDERS, AND NOT JUST THE NONPROFITS, BUT THE FOR-PROFITS ALSO AS WE, UH, AS WE START TO GROW. 
          AND I THINK THE OTHER THING WHEN WE TALK ABOUT HOW THIS IMPACTS THE COMMUNITY AROUND US IN DISPLACEMENT IS WE NEED TO TAKE INTO, INTO CONSIDERATION, ESPECIALLY AFTER THIS, UH, THESE PROPERTY TAX INCREASES BY THE BEAR COUNTY, BY BCAT. 
          THAT'S JUST SOMETHING WE, WE JUST CAN'T CONTROL, BUT WE HAVE TO ANTICIPATE FOR THAT. 
          UM, AND WHAT WE LEARNED THIS PAST, UM, YEAR, IS THAT EVEN THOUGH WE'RE COMING OUT OF A PANDEMIC, THEY'LL CONTINUE TO RAISE PROPERTY TAXES, EVEN THOUGH WE ALL KNOW WE, WE WERE SLOWED DOWN IN OUR GROWTH IN OUR PROCESS. 
          AND I HAVE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT DIDN'T EVEN GET THEIR STREETS FIXED, BUT YET THEIR PROPERTY VALUE WENT UP BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY FROM CALIFORNIA THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD IDEA TO BUY SOMETHING FOR, YOU KNOW, THREE TIMES WITH, WITH WHAT IT WAS WORTH. 
          SO I THINK RIGHT NOW, WE, WE NEED TO TAKE THAT TREND INTO CONSIDERATION AS WE DO THIS DISPLACEMENT IMPACT ASSESSMENT AND HOW IT'S GOING TO IMPACT THE, UM, THE NEIGHBORS AROUND AND THE AFFORDABILITY AROUND IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN . 
          COUNCILMAN COURAGE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, I THINK IT'S A GREAT PRESENTATION THAT, UM, HELPS US UNDERSTAND THAT YOU'VE BEEN INCORPORATING A LOT OF THE THOUGHTS AND THE SUGGESTIONS THAT WE'VE BEEN PUTTING FORWARD. 
          UH, I, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE TIMEFRAME THAT YOU HAVE IN HERE. 
          I THINK IT'S OPTIMISTIC, AND I SAY THAT BECAUSE, UH, YOU KNOW, WE STILL WANNA INCORPORATE EVERYTHING FROM THE SHIP THAT WE CAN. 
          IN FORMULATING THIS, UH, WE'VE GOT THE HOUSING BOND THAT'S JUST BEEN PASSED AND HOW THAT MAY BE REALLOCATED, HOW THAT MAY, UH, WORK WITH TS. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT STAKEHOLDERS AND THERE'S A LOT OF STAKEHOLDERS, YOU KNOW, I CAN THINK OF LIKE THE HOUSING AUTHORITY, CENTRAL HOUSING TRUST, UH, THERE'S THE COUNTY ITSELF, HOW THAT MAY BE INTEGRATED INTO SOME OF THIS PLANNING. 
          AND, UH, ALSO I THINK A BIG ISSUE IS HOW DOES ALL THIS AFFECT THE TAXES FOR EVERYONE CONCERNED IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS? AND AROUND THOSE TOURS OR WITHIN THOSE TOURS, AS YOUR DEVELOPMENT AS COUNCILMAN ILLA GRAND JUST TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WITH THE RISING VALUES OF PROPERTIES, WHAT, WHAT DO THE TURS END UP DOING TO THE VALUES OF PROPERTIES RIGHT NEARBY THE PROJECT INSIDE THAT TURS? AND I THINK WE NEED TO DO MORE LOOKING AT THAT TO HELP PROTECT PEOPLE. 
          UH, AND I GUESS WHAT I'VE SEEN ON, ON PAGE EIGHT ARE THE FOCUS AREAS BASED ON OUR FEEDBACK. 
          BUT AS EACH OF THOSE IS DEVELOPED MORE WITH THE FEEDBACK FROM STAKEHOLDERS AND OTHERS, I HOPE THAT IT'LL COME BACK TO US, EVEN IF IT'S PIECEMEAL, BECAUSE I WOULDN'T WANNA MEET AT THE BEGINNING OF JUNE AND SEE ALL THESE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT MAYBE WE DIDN'T CONTINUE TO HAVE INPUT IN OR SEE MUCH, UH, OF THEM UNTIL THEY'RE BEING PRESENTED. 
          AND THEN WE'RE BEING ASKED TO MAKE A DECISION. 
          UH, SO AS, AS WE WORK ON EACH OF THESE, I HOPE THAT THE WORK AND PROGRESS CAN BE FORWARDED TO US AND LET US KNOW, UH, THE INITIAL RECOMMENDATION ON NOT JUST PROVIDING A CLEAR PROCESS, BUT WHAT ARE THE STEPS, WHAT ARE, WHAT'S GONNA 
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BE IN THERE? OR WHEN WE TALK ABOUT GOALS FOR PRIORITIES FOR EACH TURS, YOU KNOW, HOW IS THAT GOING TO BE LAID OUT? AND THINGS LIKE, SO WE HAVE SOME MORE SPECIFICS OF UNDERSTANDING ALL OF THESE THINGS, AND WE DON'T JUST KIND OF GET THEM ALL IN ONE LUMP SUM AND, AND BEING ASKED TO, UH, APPROVE THOSE. 
          AND NOW THAT'S MORE WORK ON UPDATING ALL OF THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS. 
          BUT THAT'S WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE. 
          SO AS THE STAKEHOLDERS GIVE YOU INPUT AND YOU START TO FORMULATE, WE SEE THOSE AND SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT? WE DON'T LIKE THE DIRECTION YOU'RE GOING IN, OR, WE THINK THAT'S GREAT, AND CAN WE ADD A OR B TO THAT TO MAKE IT AS STRONG AS WE CAN FOR WHEN IT COMES TO US FOR A COUNCIL DECISION? AND, AND LIKE I SAID, I THINK TRYING TO GET THAT DONE BY SOMETIME IN JULY IS A LITTLE OPTIMISTIC BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, AS WELL AS I DO THE BOND, I MEAN THE, UH, THE BIG ISSUE BECOMES, UH, THE BUDGET AND THE CITY STAFF IS FOCUSED ON THAT. 
          COUNCIL MAY NOT BE, UH, READY TO HAVE MEETINGS DURING THAT MONTH. 
          I THINK WE SHOULD BE LOOKING MORE TOWARDS AUGUST OR SEPTEMBER, UH, AS A TIME. 
          I, I REALIZE THE BUDGET'S GOING ON TOO, BUT I THINK THESE ALMOST GO HAND IN HAND AS WE LOOK AT HOW WE'RE GONNA BE SPENDING, UH, THE BOND MONEY AND TURS FUNDING AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. 
          SO THOSE ARE MY THOUGHTS. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN. 
          UM, AND ABSOLUTELY, I MEAN, WE WILL COME BACK TO THIS COMMITTEE IF WE NEED TO COME BACK SEVERAL TIMES TO GET YOUR FEEDBACK. 
          UM, AND I, I HEAR YOU NOT TO BRING SOMETHING THAT'S FULLY BAKED BEFORE YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO WEIGH IN ALONG THE WAY. 
          SO WE CAN DEFINITELY DO THAT WORKING WITH YOUR COUNCIL OFFICES. 
          AND AGAIN, IF WE NEED TO COME BACK SEVERAL TIMES TO THE COMMITTEE TO GET FEEDBACK ALONG THE WAY, WE CAN DO THAT AS WELL. 
          UM, SOME OF THE ITEMS, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THOUGHT OF, UM, A WHILE AGO, SO IT'S NOT LIKE WE'RE STARTING FRESH ON EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE. 
          UM, SO WE DO HAVE SOMETHING TO BUILD OFF OF. 
          SO I, I DO REALIZE IT'S A LITTLE OPTIMISTIC, ESPECIALLY WITH THE AMOUNT OF STAKEHOLDERS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO ENGAGE. 
          SO WE'LL ADJUST AS NECESSARY. 
          THANK YOU, IAN. 
          UM, AND FOR THE BENEFIT, UH, OF MY COLLEAGUES WHO, WHO ENTERED JUST A TADD BIT LATE, I JUST SAID, WE HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF WORK TO DO NOW WE EVEN MORE BECAUSE WE'VE PASSED THIS BOND, AND I'M SO EXCITED YOU ALL MISSED MY EXCITEMENT, , BUT, UM, SO THIS IS EXACTLY WHY, WHY, WHY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IT THIS, BUT THE, AND COUNCILMAN KURT JUST BROUGHT UP A GREAT POINT. 
          CAN WE HAVE A WORKSHOP OR A SPECIAL MEETING WITH THIS GROUP, UH, SO THAT WE COULD JUST HAVE THIS AS THE AGENDA ITEM TO FOCUS ON SO THAT WE COULD KIND OF, UH, GET A LITTLE BIT MORE OF, UM, OUR BEARINGS STRAIGHT ON IT? IS THAT, OR I GUESS THAT'S A LORI QUESTION, LORI. 
          NO. 
          IF THAT'S WHAT THE COMMITTEE WOULD LIKE, WE DEFINITELY CAN DO THAT. 
          I THINK WE, WE MIGHT, SO IF I, I SEE A A YOU HAD CHANGED, UM, COUNCILMAN, DID YOU WANNA ASK SOMETHING? ? GO AHEAD. 
          YEAH, I THINK, UH, ACCORDING TO WHAT IAN JUST SAID, IF THE STAFF ALREADY HAS SOME IDEAS THAT THEY WANT TO RECOMMEND FOR CONSIDERATION, PARTICULARLY TO STAKEHOLDERS AS WELL AS THIS COMMITTEE, IT WOULD BE VERY USEFUL FOR US TO SEE WHAT THOSE EARLY RECOMMENDATIONS ARE. 
          AND AS ALL THE STAKEHOLDERS ADD TO THAT, WE CAN SEE THE DIRECTION THAT THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS GO IN. 
          AND IF WE NEED TO ADD ANYTHING. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THEN MAYBE WE CAN GET THAT SCHEDULED AND SO WE CAN HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING OR, OR, OR A WORKSHOP OR WHATEVER IT IS THAT YOU ALL WANT. 
          AND SO I'M SURE MY, MY COLLEAGUES WILL BE HAPPY TO, TO GET SOME TIME ON THEIR CALENDARS. 
          UM, COUNCILMAN BRAVO, COUNCILMAN COURAGE. 
          I APPRECIATE THE, UH, THE REALITY CHECK ON TIMING, UM, BUT I ALSO WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP THIS GOING. 
          I THINK I ASKED FOR THIS PRO, UH, FOR US TO REVIEW THIS PROCESS BACK IN OCTOBER, AND I WAS TOLD WE WERE GONNA START IN FEBRUARY, AND HERE WE ARE IN MAY. 
          UM, I'M GLAD WE'RE HERE, BUT I WANNA MAKE SURE WE KEEP MOVING. 
          YEAH. 
          UM, SO, UH, WHEN WE LOOK AT PRIORITIES, YOU KNOW, AND, UH, I GUESS SOME QUESTIONS I HAVE IS ON AFFORDABILITY. 
          YOU KNOW, UH, WE'RE COMING TO THE END OF THE INNER CITY TOUR'S, LIFE AND BUDGET, THEIR, THEIR LIFESPAN AND BUDGET. 
          AND, UM, WE HAD A PROJECT COME BEFORE US LAST WEEK, AND, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE ARGUMENTS THAT WAS BEING MADE WAS THAT, NO, THIS IS MARKET RATE HOUSING. 
          THIS DOESN'T HAVE AN AFFORDABILITY COMPONENT, UM, BUT THIS IS GOING TO INCREASE PROPERTY TAXES, AND SO THEN YOU WILL BE ABLE TO SPEND MORE MONEY ON, ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THE FUTURE, RIGHT? AND I THOUGHT, WELL, IF THAT'S BEEN AN ARGUMENT SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE TOURS, AND HERE WE'RE GETTING TO THE END OF THE TURS, AND THAT'S STILL THE ARGUMENT. 
          LIKE, WHEN ARE WE GONNA START SPENDING THAT MONEY ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING? RIGHT? AND SO THAT'S JUST SOME OF MY LOGIC ON THAT. 
          UM, I UNDERSTAND ALSO THAT IT'S HELPING US TO HAVE A BIGGER BOND, AND WE HAVE A, WE JUST PASSED A BOND WITH $150 MILLION IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING, BUT LIKE WE CAN, WE SEE AFFORDABLE HOUSING DIRECTLY TIED TO THOSE PROJECTS. 
          UM, AND ALSO WHEN CAN WE INCORPORATE THEM IN THOSE PROJECTS? LIKE, OH, OKAY, LIKE, WE'RE ASKING FOR 2.1 MILLION AND THEN THERE'S GONNA BE HALF A MILLION OF THAT, THAT'S GONNA GO TOWARDS AFFORDABLE HOUSING, 
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BUT WE'RE NOT GONNA DO IT HERE, SO WHERE ARE WE GONNA DO IT? UM, SO THOSE ARE SOME QUESTIONS THAT, THAT ARE GOING THROUGH MY MIND RIGHT NOW. 
          ALSO, INCORPORATING THE CAP. 
          I MEAN, I, IT'S DISAPPOINTING HOW LITTLE I'VE SEEN THE CAP INCORPORATED IN JUST ABOUT ANYTHING. 
          UM, AND I HAVE BEEN VERY VOCAL SINCE I GOT INTO OFFICE AT EVERY SINGLETS MEETING TO LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT I, WHEN I'M SPEAK TO THEM ABOUT THEIR PROJECT, I'M NOT JUST SPEAKING TO THAT INDIVIDUAL AND THAT PROJECT. 
          I'M SPEAKING TO EVERYBODY IN THE ROOM WHO'S EVER GONNA BRING A PROJECT FORWARD FOR TOURS THAT I WANNA SEE MORE ENERGY EFFICIENCY. 
          LAST WEEKEND'S A GREAT EXAMPLE OF WHY, YOU KNOW, WE HAD, UH, WE HIT A HUNDRED DEGREES TWICE OVER THE WEEKEND, UH, AND ERCOT WAS TELLING THE, YOU KNOW, TELLING EVERYBODY, PLEASE USE LESS ENERGY. 
          THAT'S A FAILED STATE POLICY. 
          AND SO IF WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE RESILIENT, WE NEED TO BE MORE ENERGY EFFICIENT AS A CITY, AND I WANT MEANINGFUL ENERGY, UH, EFFICIENCY BUILT INTO THESE PROJECTS. 
          AND SO WHAT I SAW, I THINK PEOPLE ARE HEARING WHAT I'M SAYING, BUT WE MIGHT SEE THEM BRINGING PROJECTS THAT MIGHT OPTICALLY CHECK A BOX. 
          SO WHAT WE SAW IN THE PRESENTATION WAS, UM, WE SAW WE'RE, UM, WE HAVE CARBON, SOME SOLAR PANELS THAT'LL HAVE CARBON OFFSETS. 
          GREAT. 
          HOW MUCH OF YOUR CARBON FOOTPRINT IS BEING OFFSET? IS IT 1%? IS IT 10%? IS IT 50%? BUT ALL WE'RE SEEING IS SOLAR PANELS WITH A CARBON OFFSET. 
          OKAY, THAT DOESN'T REALLY TELL ME ANYTHING. 
          WHAT WE SAW IS IT'S GONNA BE GREEN CERTIFIED. 
          OKAY? AGAIN, THAT DOESN'T TELL ME ANYTHING THAT'S LIKE SAYING, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A REPORT CARD. 
          WELL, WHAT KIND OF GRADE ARE YOU GONNA GET ON THAT REPORT CARD? SO I'M LOOKING FOR SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA BE MEANINGFUL. 
          UM, ANOTHER THING THAT THAT FRUSTRATES ME, I GUESS, IS THAT I, YOU KNOW, I HEAR FROM THE COMMUNITY, WE WANT GROCERY STORES IN THE URBAN CORE. 
          WE WANT TO END DEBT FOOD DESERTS, AND THEN I SEE US GIVE PROJECTS, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE, WE PROVIDE $6 MILLION IN TOURIST FUNDING, $2.1 MILLION IN TUR FUNDING TO PROJECTS ON THE EAST SIDE. 
          AND, AND I'D LIKE TO SEE US, YOU KNOW, AND THIS IS THE DIFFERENCE IN PEOPLE BRINGING US PROJECTS VERSUS US, UH, BEING PROACTIVE ABOUT WHAT KIND OF PROJECTS ARE COMING FORWARD. 
          AND SO IF WE WANT TO PUT AN END TO FOOD DESERTS, IF WE WANT FOOD, IF WE WANT, UH, GROCERY STORES IN THE URBAN CORE, WE NEED TO BE PROACTIVE ABOUT THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN. 
          THAT WAS, UH, A LOT OF REALLY GOOD FEEDBACK. 
          UM, SO FOR THE INNER CITY TOURS, UM, IT HAS BEEN ONE OF OUR HIGHER PRODUCING TOURS IN TERMS OF INCREMENT, AND WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO UTILIZE IT FOR QUITE A FEW AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS. 
          AND I'LL, I'LL SHARE WITH YOU A LIST OF THOSE. 
          UM, BUT YOU KNOW, MOST RECENTLY, THE ROSEVILLE HOUSING TRUST, AND I BELIEVE THE INNER CITY TOUR ALSO CONTRIBUTED TO OUR UNDER ONE ROOF PROGRAM. 
          UM, SO I'LL PROVIDE YOU A LIST OF THOSE. 
          AND I THINK THE CAP, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. 
          UM, I THINK WORKING WITH YOU ALL AND STAKEHOLDERS ON WHAT IS THAT STANDARD THAT DEVELOPERS KNOW THEY NEED TO MEET BESIDES MEETS THE CLIENT APP, THE ADAPTATION PLAN, OR IS GREEN CERTIFIED? SO, SO WHAT IS THAT? I THINK THAT WILL HELP, UM, UH, DEVELOPERS, UM, OR APPLICANTS UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT THOSE CRITERIA ARE. 
          SO WE'D BE HAPPY TO WORK WITH YOUR OFFICE ON TRYING TO KIND OF ESTABLISH THAT AND MAKING IT VERY CLEAR TO THEM. 
          AND THEN I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT, FOR, FOR GROCERY STORES AND OTHER TOUR PRIORITIES FOR THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS, HOW CAN WE BE PROACTIVE WORKING WITH EITHER METRO HEALTH OR SOMEBODY IN THAT SPACE TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN AS OPPOSED TO JUST CONSIDERING DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE BROUGHT TO YOU? THANK YOU. 
          UH, THANK YOU, IAN. 
          AND I THINK THAT IT, IT MIGHT BE GOOD AS WE PREPARE FOR THE WORKSHOP, IF MAYBE YOU MEET WITH OUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS INDIVIDUALLY AHEAD OF TIME. 
          I KNOW THAT COUNCILMAN BRAVO HAS A LOT OF EXPERTISE IN CLIMATE RELATED ISSUES, SO I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR, UM, HIS COMMENTS BEFORE YOU ALL EVEN PRESENT KIND OF WHAT, WHAT YOUR AREAS ARE. 
          AND, UM, AND COUNCILMAN, I, I'D LOVE TO MEET WITH YOU ALSO, BUT IT JUST DAWNED ON ME THAT WE HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF DIFFERENT EXPERTISE AREAS IN, IN THE ROOM HERE, AND SO ABSOLUTELY WOULD BE IMPORTANT. 
          AND THEN IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE GOING ON A SECOND GO AROUND, COUNCILMAN CASTILLO, AND THEN COUNCILMAN COURAGE, AND THEN COUNCILMAN VRAN. 
          THANK YOU, SHARON. 
          THANKS, IAN. 
          UH, ONE THING THAT I WANTED TO REITERATE, RIGHT, IS WITH, UH, MANY OF THESE PROJECTS, UH, WHAT HAS GIVEN ME CONCERN WITH PAST PROJECTS IS OFTENTIMES WHEN WE ARE INCENTIVIZING THEM, RIGHT, THE MAJORITY, UH, ARE MARKET RATE, RIGHT? BUT THERE'S 10 80% A M I, RIGHT? AND WE SEE THAT AS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR AFFORDABLE, SO WE INCENTIVIZE IT. 
          UM, I THINK MOVING FORWARD, RIGHT, IF THERE IS MARKET RATE, THAT IT'S NOT THE MAJORITY, I UNDERSTAND, UH, THE IMPORTANCE OF HAVING, UM, HOUSING AT ALL AIS, UM, UH, BECAUSE OF INCOME AVERAGING, BUT RIGHT. 
          I THINK WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY AND A RESPONSIBILITY TO BE INTENTIONAL WITH THESE DOLLARS. 
          UM, WITH THAT, UH, I, I WANTED TO, UH, UH, ECHO WHAT 
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COUNCILMAN, UH, COURAGE MENTIONED ABOUT LEVERAGING THOSE PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING AUTHORITY HOUSING TRUST, UM, OR SOME OF THE NON-PROFIT PARTNERS LIKE GREEN, U S A OR R S A. 
          UM, SO THAT WAY WE CAN REACH THAT AFFORDABILITY LEVEL, AND AGAIN, RIGHT, BEING PROACTIVE IN THAT WE'RE GOING OUT WITH THESE STANDARDS. 
          UM, AND ONE THING I, I FAILED TO MENTION IN THE FIRST ROUND WAS, UH, UH, PRIORITIZING OR, UH, ADDING POINTS RATHER TO TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS, RIGHT? THAT'S IN ALIGNMENT WITH, UH, SUSTAINABILITY GOALS, UM, AND MOVING FORWARD, RIGHT WITH THE EAST TO WEST CORRIDOR, THE NORTH TO SOUTH, THERE'S, UH, OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO, UH, PRIORITIZE THOSE TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN CASTILLO. 
          COUNCILMAN COURAGE. 
          THANK YOU, CHAIR. 
          ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAME TO MY MIND AS, UH, COUNCILMAN BRAVO WAS TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THE PRIORITIES THAT HE FEELS AND, AND I WOULD AGREE WITH YOU, ARE IMPORTANT IN DEVELOPING NEW HOUSING. 
          UH, WE HAD MIKE SHANNON HERE A FEW MINUTES AGO, AND HE'S LEFT. 
          I WISH HE WAS HERE TO FIND OUT HOW MANY OF THE SUGGESTIONS THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT CAN BE PUT INTO THE BUILDING CODE. 
          BECAUSE I, I'M SURE A LOT OF BUILDERS WILL COME UP AND SAY, WELL, THAT'S NOT PART OF THE BUILDING CODE, OR, THE BUILDING CODE ALLOWS ME TO DO THIS AND THAT. 
          AND IF WE WANNA ENSURE THAT WE, UH, REACH, YOU KNOW, GOOD LEVELS OF, OF SAFETY AND, AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND THINGS LIKE THAT IN THE PROJECTS THAT WE BUILT, I THINK WE NEED TO WORK MORE WITH HIS OFFICE AND THE BUILDING CODE TO SEE THAT MORE FEATURES ARE IN THERE THAT WOULD DIRECT BUILDERS TO LOOK, TO BE ABLE TO PUT THOSE IN THERE. 
          MAYBE THERE'S EVEN, UH, THE POSSIBILITY OF IN THE BUILDING CODE, UH, REQUIREMENTS OR RESTRICTIONS OR INCENTIVES OR THINGS LIKE THAT SO THAT WE CAN REALLY PUT THE TEETH IN ASKING FOR THESE THINGS. 
          SO I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT THERE AS, AS MAYBE PART OF WHAT WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO LOOK AT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ARE YOU GONNA RESPOND, IAN? UH, JUST THAT WE WILL, WE WILL WORK WITH HIS OFFICE, UM, AND WE WILL LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, WHETHER THE THINGS IN THE CODE THAT ARE CURRENTLY THERE, AND THEY MAY BE LOOKING AT UPDATING, UM, AND THEN WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT, FOR INSTANCE, COUNCILMAN BRAVO AND HIS STAKEHOLDERS MAY BE RECOMMENDING, AND WHAT'S THAT DIFFERENCE? UM, AND IF THEY CAN BE INCORPORATED IN THE CODE, OR IF, IF THEY'RE NOT, UM, I THINK AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE BIG THING THAT WE HEAR ABOUT HIGHER STANDARDS IS HIGHER COSTS AND TRYING TO OFFSET THAT. 
          SO THAT'LL BE A GOOD DISCUSSION. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN CARD. 
          COUNCILMAN . 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, THE COUNCIL BEFORE US WORKED VERY HARD AT THIS HOUSING ISSUE. 
          UM, THE COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT WERE HERE BEFORE US, AND I JUST WANNA ACKNOWLEDGE THAT. 
          THE OTHER THING IS, UH, THESE, THESE DO, THESE CODES DO PROVIDE, UH, A HIGHER COST, AND WE NEED TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS. 
          I NEED YOU TO COME AND TELL THIS. 
          IF WE GO GREEN, IF I GO ELECTRIC, IF I DO THIS, I NEED THE STAKEHOLDERS TO TELL ME HOW MUCH MORE THAT IS GONNA COST. 
          BECAUSE FOR ME IN DISTRICT THREE, THE PRIORITY IS AFFORDABILITY. 
          AND IF WE ARE CREATING CODE TO HOUSE THESE, TO, TO, TO PRICE THESE PEOPLE OUT, WHICH IS WHAT I HEAR IN, IN THIS, IN THIS, OH, WE, WE NEED TO BE GREEN IN THIS AND THAT, UM, THEN, THEN WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS THEY'RE LIVING, LIVING OUTSIDE IN THE COUNTY. 
          AND SO I THINK WE REALLY NEED TO, YOU, I WANT THE STAKEHOLDERS JUST TO COME WITH A DOLLAR AMOUNTS AND WHAT IT IS GOING TO TAKE FOR US TO DO THIS AND, AND AT WHAT LEVEL, BECAUSE WE, SOMETIMES WE TALK, BUT WE DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S A DOLLAR VALUE AS PART OF THAT. 
          AND, AND WE ALSO NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S A STATE AND A COUNTY THAT HAVE INPUT ON THAT. 
          ALSO, I THINK WHEN IT COMES TO TOURS, WHILE I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT GETTING EVERYBODY'S INPUT, THIS IS A CITY TOURS. 
          THESE ARE CITY DOLLARS. 
          AND, UM, AND IF THE COUNTY AND THE STATE WANNA BE PART OF IT, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE GIVING THEIR PORTION ALSO TO THESE PROGRAMS. UM, AND, AND I KNOW IN, IN THE TOURS IN MY AREAS, THEY, THEY, THEY SEEM TO DO, UH, THE OTHER ASPECT, UH, I WANNA ADDRESS, WHICH IS, IS THE FOOD DESERT, IS THAT I KNOW THAT THERE ARE OTHER DEPARTMENTS TRYING TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE, BUT THIS IS NOT A CITY ISSUE. 
          WE CANNOT FIX THIS WITH THE HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION BECAUSE IT, IT'S, IT'S, WE HAVE GROCERY STORES TO DEAL WITH IT. 
          SO UNLESS WE'RE GONNA DO MARKETS AND, UM, AND FARMER MARKETS EVERY WEEK, THAT, THAT'S A WHOLE OTHER CONVERSATION FOR THE CHECK COMMITTEE THAT WE CAN TAKE UP. 
          BUT, UM, I JUST THINK 
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THERE'S A DOLLAR AMOUNT ASSOCIATED TO ALL OF THIS. 
          AND I THINK YOU NEED TO GIVE THAT TO US BECAUSE I, I THINK THAT WE ARE TALKING IN, IN A FORM THAT WE DON'T HAVE THE MONIES AVAILABLE TO DO EVERYTHING THAT EVERYBODY'S ASKING FOR. 
          SO IF YOU COULD COME AND THEN IF, IF I CHALLENGE MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES TO BE SPECIFIC WITH PLANS TO COME WITH ACTUAL ACTION POINTS, UH, AND NOT JUST LEAVE IT ON STAFF, UH, STAFF, IT DOES WHAT THEY CAN WITH THE IDEAS AND THE INPUT THAT WE, WE BRING THEM. 
          SO, AND I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'VE DONE SO FAR. 
          UM, I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE IN TRANSITION 'CAUSE VETO IS GONE, BUT, UH, PLEASE KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK AND, AND THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR EFFORTS. 
          THANK YOU COUNCILMAN, COUNCILMAN BEVEL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND, AND, UH, COUNCILMAN COURAGE. 
          I AGREE THAT WE NEED TO UPDATE THE BUILDING CODES WHEN IT COMES TO ENERGY EFFICIENCY. 
          AND, AND I'M ALL IN ON THAT, THAT IS ALSO ALSO GONNA BE THE BARE MINIMUM. 
          AND WHEN A DEVELOPER COMES TO ME AND THEY SAY, HEY, I WANT YOU TO GIVE ME $6 MILLION IN PROPERTY, I MEAN IN, IN TAX BREAKS, UH, THEN I WANNA TURN AROUND AND SAY, OKAY, WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO FOR A COMMUNITY THAT'S ABOVE AND BEYOND THE BARE MINIMUM RIGHT NOW? UM, AND IN TERMS OF AFFORDABILITY IN, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW THIS, THAT PART OF HOUSING AFFORDABILITY IS, IT'S THE FULL PACKAGE OF MY BILLS. 
          SO YOU CAN BUILD HOUSING CHEAP, SELL IT CHEAP, BUT IF IT'S ENERGY EFFICIENT AND MY ELECTRICITY BILLS ARE GONNA BE REALLY HIGH, THAT DOESN'T MAKE THAT HOUSING AFFORDABLE. 
          AND SO WE HAVE, WHAT WE, REALLY, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS THERE'S A MARKET FAILURE RIGHT NOW IN THAT BANKS DO NOT RECOGNIZE, UH, ENERGY EFFICIENCY IN TERMS OF WHAT, THAT YOU'RE GONNA PAY A LOWER BILL, AND SO THEREFORE YOU CAN AFFORD A LARGER HOME LOAN, RIGHT? AND, UM, AND SO, AND THAT'S ALL PART OF THE BUDGETING PROCESS. 
          AND JUST BECAUSE THERE'S A MARKET FAILURE AND THE BANKS ARE FAILING TO RECOGNIZE IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE SHOULD FAIL TO RECOGNIZE IT, RIGHT? AND RECOGNIZE THAT, HEY, YOU KNOW, IF YOUR BILL, INSTEAD OF BEING YOUR ELECTRICITY BILL'S GONNA BE $50 INSTEAD OF $200 EVERY MONTH GOING FORWARD, THAT REALLY CONTRIBUTES TO HOUSING AFFORDABILITY AND IT'S WORTH AN UPFRONT INVESTMENT. 
          AND ONE OF THE CHALLENGES IS, UM, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF DEVELOPERS AREN'T INTERESTED IN INVESTING IN ENERGY EFFICIENCY. 
          IF IT'S A RENTAL, THEN THAT THEY'RE PASSING THOSE COSTS ON, IT DOES, IT'S NOT REALLY REFLECTIVE ON THEM. 
          AND SO THERE'S, THERE'S NOT ENOUGH OF AN, UH, INCENTIVE THERE. 
          AND, UH, SO THAT'S A BIG CHALLENGE. 
          AND IT ALSO BRINGS ME TO HOME OWNERSHIP, WHICH I THINK WE REALLY NEED TO FOCUS ON. 
          AND WHEN I WAS IN, UH, SAN DIEGO FOR THE URBAN LAND INSTITUTE CONFERENCE, A DEVELOPER CAME UP TO ME AND SAID, DO YOU, UM, DO YOU KNOW WHY NOBODY BUILDS CONDOS ANYMORE? AND I WAS WONDERING, IS THIS A JOKE? IS THERE GONNA BE A PUNCHLINE? AND HE SAID, NO, NO. 
          YOU KNOW, NOBODY BUILDS CONDOS ANYMORE. 
          AND THE REASON THEY DON'T IS BECAUSE OF THE INSURANCE LIABILITY SO MUCH HIGHER. 
          AND SO MAYBE SOME OF THESE INCENTIVES FROM THE TURS COULD BE USED TO HELP OFFSET THAT SO THAT PEOPLE COULD BE BUILDING CONDOS AND NOT JUST RENTAL UNITS. 
          SO WE CAN HAVE, ALLOW PEOPLE TO HAVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR HOME, OWN MORE HOME OWNERSHIP IN THE URBAN CORE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN BRAVO. 
          I THINK THIS IS A GREAT DISCUSSION. 
          AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF, UM, HOMEWORK HERE, IAN. 
          UM, I, I DO, UH, WANT TO SAY THAT, UM, THIS IS AN INCENTIVE, LIKE THESE ARE INCENTIVES THAT WE'RE, WE'RE GIVING. 
          SO I DO THINK THAT WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ASK FOR MORE IF PEOPLE ARE ASKING US FOR MONEY. 
          SO I, I DO BELIEVE IN THAT. 
          I DO APPRECIATE THE, THE COST, RIGHT? SO LET, LET'S SEE WHAT THE REALITY AND THE COST IS. 
          BUT, UM, I, I ALSO WANT TO WORK, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS HAS BEEN DONE BEFORE, AND THIS IS WHY I WAS TALKING ABOUT COST, WHERE I WAS GOING, SAWS AND SUP, UH, HAS THERE, IS THERE A MAP THAT SAWS AND C P S HAVE SPECIFICALLY ON UTILITY GAPS? AND HOW DO WE INCORPORATE IT? I, WE CAN WORK WITH THEM AND SEE IF THEY DO HAVE A MAP. 
          I FEEL LIKE I'VE SEEN SOMETHING BEFORE. 
          UM, SO I CAN TRY AND FIND YOU MEAN WHERE THEY'RE, WHERE THEY'RE CURRENTLY PROVIDING SERVICE AND WHERE THEY'RE NOT, RIGHT? YEAH, I THINK WE CAN FIND THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, 'CAUSE I DO THINK, AND UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, THAT WE ALL, WE MENTIONED EARLIER AND THE, THE WHITE HOUSE ANNOUNCED THIS MORNING, SOME ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR, UM, CONNECTIVITY, DIGITAL CONNECTIVITY SPECIFICALLY, AND INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          UH, BUT WE NEED TO SEE WHAT GAPS ARE OUT THERE AND, UM, WHEN, WHEN PEOPLE, WHEN DEVELOPERS GO OUT AND DEVELOP, THEY HAVE TO PUT TOGETHER, OR THEY HAVE TO, RIGHT, UM, SUPPLY, UM, ELECTRICITY AND WATER, ET CETERA. 
          SO IF THEY WERE GOING TO DO IT ALREADY. 
          LIKE HOW, HOW, HOW DO WE TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION, UM, OR HOW 
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DO THEY TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE MAP THAT C P S AND SAUCE MAY HAVE, WHICH I HAVEN'T SEEN, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE IS ONE. 
          SO, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          BUT I ALSO, UM, ONE THING THAT COUNCILMAN CASTILLO SAID, UH, UM, REMINDED ME OF SOMETHING AND IT WAS MARKET, UH, MARKET RATE, AND I THINK COUNCILMAN BRAVO BROUGHT IT UP AS WELL, BUT HAVE WE LOOKED AT OTHER TOOLS FOR MARKET RATE, UH, OR ANY OTHER TOOLS FOR INCENTIVIZING THAT, LIKE THAT IS NOT, UM, WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE OR ARE THERE BEST PRACTICES FROM OTHER AREAS? GLORIA MAY WANNA SAY SOMETHING. 
          TYPICALLY THE ONLY, TYPICALLY THE TOOLS THAT WE HAVE ARE LIMITED TO TAX REBATES, AND OFTENTIMES IF THE PROJECT IS WITHIN THE TOURS, WE NEED TO DO A TOURIST TAX REBATE. 
          UM, WE DO NOT DO CITY FEE WAIVERS, UM, OR SA FEE WAIVERS FOR AFFORDABILITY. 
          I MEAN, SEE FOR, FOR MARKET RATE. 
          UM, BUT SOMETIMES THERE ARE PROJECTS THAT ARE MARKET RATE THAT ARE NEEDED IN A COUNCIL DISTRICT. 
          AND SO, FOR EXAMPLE, THERE MIGHT BE AN AREA THAT'S OVERSATURATED WITH AFFORDABILITY AND THEY NEED MARKET RATE HOUSING. 
          AND SO TYPICALLY THE DISCUSSION STARTS AT THE COUNCIL OFFICE TO LOOK AT THAT SPECIFIC AREA. 
          AND THEN WE WORK WITH A COUNCIL MEMBER AND THE DEVELOPER AND CITY COUNCIL TO COME UP, CITY STAFF TO COME UP WITH AN APPROPRIATE INCENTIVE PACKAGE. 
          BUT WE LOOK AT EVERYTHING, BUT BECAUSE OUR CASH GRANTS ARE LIMITED AND WE DEDICATE THOSE REALLY TOWARDS AFFORDABILITY, IT'S THE TAX REBATES THAT PRIMARILY HELP US WITH THAT MARKET RATE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND SOME OF THE, I WAS JUST GONNA SAY SOME OF THE OTHER TOOLS THAT WHEN DEVELOPERS COME TO US WHERE, YOU KNOW, FOR WHATEVER REASON DEVELOPMENT MAY NOT WORK OUT, UM, HISTORIC TAX CREDITS, UH, PACE ENERGY FUNDING IS SOMETHING THAT COUNCILMAN SANDOVAL HAS BROUGHT UP A LOT. 
          SO WE TRY TO REDIRECT 'EM TO OTHER SOURCES OF FUNDING THAT MAY BE AVAILABLE DEPENDING ON THEIR PROJECT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          IAN, IS THERE A MAP THAT SHOWS US WHERE, UM, THERE WE'RE LACKING IN MARKET RATE ACROSS THE CITY? SO, OH, GO AHEAD. 
          I WAS GONNA SAY THAT THAT'S PART OF WHAT WE'RE GONNA BE LOOKING AT. 
          UM, AND THERE IS DATA AVAILABLE, UM, THAT CAN SHOW US, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE THE RENTS WITHIN A GIVEN AREA, UM, WHAT ARE THE HOME PRICES WITHIN A CERTAIN AREA, AND BEING ABLE TO DO SOME MATH THAT THAT'S, THAT'S PART OF THE DISCUSSIONS THAT WE'RE HAVING IN THE POLICY FOR DEVELOPERS TO PROVIDE US THAT. 
          SO, ANECDOTALLY, ANECDOTALLY, WE MAY KNOW THAT YES, THERE'S A LOT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN AN AREA, BUT HOW DO WE USE THE DATA TO TELL US, YES, THERE IS X NUMBER, 20%, 30%, 40%, 50% AFFORDABLE UNITS, AND WHERE, WHERE IS THAT THRESHOLD OF WHERE MARKET RATE MAY BE NEEDED? OKAY, GREAT. 
          WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH, IAN. 
          SO I'D LOVE TO SEE THAT MAP AGAIN, THE C P S, THE SAS ONE AS WELL, UM, TO SEE WHERE UTILITY IS. 
          I'D, I'D LOVE TO, UM, SEE YOU WORK ALSO ON, UM, ON JUST GENERAL COSTS, RIGHT? ASSOCIATED WITH, WITH ANY OF THESE THINGS, JUST SO THAT WE COULD, UM, BE UPFRONT. 
          BUT AGAIN, I DO BELIEVE THAT IF WE'RE INCENTIVIZING THAT, THAT WE ARE ABLE TO ASK FOR A LITTLE BIT MORE. 
          UM, WE WILL MOVE ON NOW TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR, WHICH IS A BRIEFING AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE HOMELESS RESPONSE SYSTEM IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          AND LORI, BEFORE I GO TO THE PODIUM, I DO WANNA MAKE A COMMENT REGARDING THE U D C CHANGES. 
          THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION AT THE PREVIOUS ITEM ABOUT NEXT STEPS. 
          UM, THE U D C CHANGES ARE UNDERWAY RIGHT NOW. 
          WE WILL BRING THE CHANGES TO ALL AREAS TO THIS COUNCIL COMMITTEE PROBABLY AUGUST, SEPTEMBER WITH THEM GOING TO COUNCIL IN LATE FALL. 
          AND SO YOU, THIS COMMITTEE WILL HEAR THOSE CHANGES AND YOU'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT ON YOUR SPECIFIC ISSUES. 
          OKAY. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          AND THIS IS A PRESENTATION ON OUR HOMELESS RESPONSE SYSTEM. 
          EVERYBODY AT THIS TABLE HAS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH OUR HOMELESS RESPONSE TEAM AND HAS SEEN THIS PRESENTATION, SO YOU CAN PROCESS IT AND PROVIDE US MORE FEEDBACK AT TODAY'S MEETING. 
          BEFORE I START, I DO WANNA INTRODUCE SEVERAL MEMBERS OF THE HOMELESS RESPONSE TEAM THAT ARE HERE IN THIS ROOM. 
          AND SO, AS I CALL YOUR NAME, I'M GONNA ASK YOU TO COME TO THE PODIUM, UM, STATE YOUR NAME, STATE THE ORGANIZATION, AND BRIEFLY MENTION WHAT YOU'RE WORKING ON. 
          UM, UNFORTUNATELY THERE ARE A COUPLE MEMBERS WHO COULDN'T JOIN US. 
          GAVIN ROGERS WITH CORTISONE MINISTRIES COULD NOT BE HERE. 
          AND I'M TRYING TO THINK WHO ELSE IS MISSING. 
          I THINK, I THINK EVERYBODY ELSE IS HERE. 
          SO, UM, I SEE DAWN FICK, SO I'M GONNA ASK HER TO COME AND THEN KIM DRAFT JEFFRIES WILL COME UP. 
          MY NAME IS DAWN WHITE SEK. 
          I'M WITH A LOCAL NONPROFIT CALLED CHRISTIAN ASSISTANCE MINISTRY OR CAM. 
          WE PROVIDE A LOT OF SAFETY NET SERVICES FOR ANY INDIVIDUALS. 
          BUT FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS MEETING, UM, WE WORK WITH THE UNSHELTERED STREET HOMELESS. 
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SOME OF THE HOMELESS THAT ARE THE MOST CHRONIC AND MAY BE CAUSING SOMETIMES THE MOST DIFFICULTIES, THEY'RE OFTEN THE HARDEST TO GET OFF THE STREET. 
          AND OUR GOAL IS REALLY TO HELP THEM OVERCOME BARRIERS IN ORDER TO ACCESS THE SERVICES THAT WE'RE GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT TODAY. 
          AND MY OTHER COLLEAGUES ARE PROVIDING. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GOOD MORNING, KIM JEFFRIES. 
          I AM THE PRESIDENT AND C E O OF HAVEN FOR HOPE HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          WE ARE THE LARGEST EMERGENCY SHELTER HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          WE ALSO HAVE OUTREACH SERVICES AND PROVIDE PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, UM, SCATTERED SITE, PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, AND RAPID REHOUSING. 
          UM, WE HAVE ABOUT, ON AVERAGE, WE SERVE ABOUT 7,000 INDIVIDUALS A YEAR THROUGH HAVEN DURING 2020 AND 2021 BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC. 
          IT'S BEEN ABOUT 4,000, BUT WE'RE ON TRACK TO BE ABOUT 6,500 INDIVIDUALS THIS YEAR. 
          WE CURRENTLY HAVE ABOUT 1500 INDIVIDUALS ON SITE, AND 223 OF THEM TODAY ARE ARE CHILDREN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          I'M KATIE VILLA. 
          I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF SARAH, THE SOUTH ALAMO REGIONAL ALLIANCE FOR THE HOMELESS. 
          UM, AND WE DO LOCAL COORDINATION AND FUNDING AND ENSURE THAT THERE'S ALIGNMENT ACROSS THE HOMELESS RESPONSE SYSTEM. 
          WE WORK WITH ABOUT 50 DIFFERENT, UM, NONPROFITS AND COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS, SO WE'RE REALLY MOVING FORWARD, UM, IN OUR PLANNING EFFORTS AROUND HOMELESSNESS. 
          SO WE'RE HERE TO BE A PARTNER WITH ALL OF YOU IN MOVING THE WORK FORWARD. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GOOD MORNING, NIKISHA BAKER, PRESIDENT AND C E O OF SAM MINISTRIES. 
          UH, SAM MINISTRIES HAS BEEN OPERATING IN SAN ANTONIO FOR 39 YEARS. 
          WE OPERATE ACROSS HUD'S CONTINUUM OF CARE, UH, PROVIDING EVERYTHING FROM STRAIGHT OUTREACH TO HOMELESS PREVENTION SERVICES. 
          UM, OUR, OUR MOST RECENT PROJECT IS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH CORTISONE SAN ANTONIO. 
          IT'S A YOUNG ADULT STABILITY AND SUPPORT CENTER DESIGNED TO SERVE, UM, YOUNG ADULTS BETWEEN THE AGES OF 18 AND 24, WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND HOUSING INSTABILITY. 
          WE ALSO OFFER TRANSITIONAL HOUSING AND PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING. 
          UH, HI, GOOD MORNING. 
          MATT BROWN, UH, C E O OF CENTRO, SAN ANTONIO. 
          AND, UH, WE, UH, WORK ON IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN DOWNTOWN SAN ANTONIO IN REGARDS TO, UM, SUPPORTING OUR HOMELESS COMMUNITY. 
          WE DO THAT IN TWO WAYS. 
          UH, ONE IS WITH HOMELESS ASSISTANCE. 
          UH, CURRENTLY WE HAVE THREE FULL-TIME STAFF WHO ARE FUNDED THROUGH AN E S G GRANT. 
          TWO ARE OUTREACH SPECIALISTS, AND ONE IS A CLINICIAN, AND THEY WORK, UM, OUT ON THE STREET, UH, FIVE DAYS A WEEK AND SOMETIMES ON THE WEEKEND IF WE, IF WE NEED THEM. 
          AND THEN ON THE OTHER SIDE IS WE ALSO ARE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION. 
          UH, WE HAVE A, AN AMAZING PARTNERSHIP WITH HAVEN FOR HOPE AND OVER OUR A HUNDRED PLUS AMBASSADORS AT ANY ONE TIME. 
          ABOUT 40% OF THEM ARE CURRENTLY, UM, IN THE TRANSITIONAL PROGRAM AT HAVEN FOR HOPE, OR OUR RECENT GRADUATES. 
          THANKS. 
          GOOD MORNING COUNCIL MEMBERS, MELODY BOOLEY, HUMAN SERVICES DIRECTOR. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, AS WE'VE DISCUSSED, THERE'S A COUPLE OF ROLES THAT HUMAN SERVICES PLAYS, BOTH AS, UM, MANAGING AND MONITORING OF THE CITY'S INVESTMENTS, UM, REPRESENTING THE CITY IN POLICY DISCUSSIONS. 
          AND THEN ALSO WE HAVE A NUMBER OF DIRECT SERVICES THAT WE'RE PROVIDING. 
          RIGHT NOW, WE'RE REALLY FOCUSED ON, UM, GETTING OUR OUTREACH TEAM, UM, FAMILIAR AND TRAINED ALONG WITH THE OUTREACH, UM, TEAMS ACROSS THE CITY ON CONSISTENT PROTOCOLS AND, UM, YOU KNOW, METHODS OF WORKING WITH, UH, UNSHELTERED HOMELESS. 
          AND SO THAT'S THE FOCUS IS THE UN UNSHELTERED HOMELESS. 
          AND THEN WE'RE ALSO VERY INVOLVED NOW WITH A, UH, AGENCY CALLED TEXAS CREATIVE AND DEVELOPING MESSAGING FOR THE COMMUNITIES. 
          IT'LL BE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN ALL USE TO INFORM THE COMMUNITY ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING. 
          IT'S NOW, I THINK, EVEN MORE IMPORTANT WITH THE BOND PASSING AND THE POTENTIAL, UH, PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING EFFORTS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GOOD MORNING COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          HARRY MARK CARDONA, THE CHIEF HOUSING OFFICER FOR THE CITY. 
          SO I WORK AT THE INTERSECTION OF BOTH THE STRATEGIC HOMELESS PLAN AND THE STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN. 
          AS YOU'RE GONNA SEE IN THIS PRESENT TODAY, THERE'S A HUGE NEED FOR HOUSING AND NOW IN PARTICULAR, PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING IN THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING. 
          SO OUR ABILITY TO HAVE BOTH INTERNAL STRONG INTERNAL PARTNERSHIPS AND EXTERNAL PARTNERSHIPS ARE GONNA BE KEY. 
          THIS REPRESENTS JUST A PORTION OF THE GROUP THAT'S OUT THERE IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
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SO PART OF MY JOB IS MAKING SURE THAT THOSE AT A SYSTEMS LEVEL, THOSE CONNECTIONS CONTINUE TO STAY IN PLACE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO INTRODUCE THESE PARTNERS BECAUSE YOU MAY HAVE QUESTIONS AND THEY WILL BE THE ONES COMING UP TO ADDRESS THEM IF I CANNOT ADDRESS THEM. 
          UM, BUT WE REALLY WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS COMMITTEE AND CITY COUNCIL HAD AN OVERVIEW OF THE STATE OF HOMELESSNESS IN SAN ANTONIO, AND YOU REALLY GOT TO SEE THE LEADERSHIP THAT'S IN PLACE TO LEAD OUR HOMELESS INITIATIVES. 
          AND THEN WE'RE GONNA CONCLUDE WITH THIS PRESENTATION AND TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE GAPS THAT WE'RE SEEING IN OUR HOMELESS RESPONSE SYSTEM AND SOME OF THE STRATEGIES WE'LL DEPLOY TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THOSE GAPS. 
          NOW, AS MARK MENTIONED, WE ARE USING THE STRATEGIC PLAN TO RESPOND TO HOMELESSNESS AND THE STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN AS OUR TWO GUIDING DOCUMENTS. 
          WHILE EACH OF THEM ARE IMPORTANT TO HAVE THEIR OWN STRATEGIC PLAN, THEY NEED TO BE TALKED ABOUT IN THE SAME SPACE. 
          IF WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH INCOME-BASED AFFORDABLE HOUSING, THEN YOU'RE GONNA HAVE INDIVIDUALS SPENDING MORE THAN 30% OF THEIR INCOME ON THEIR HOUSING, WHICH COULD PUT THEM AT RISK OF BECOMING HOMELESS. 
          SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT BOTH OF THOSE. 
          NOW, WE ALSO NOTICE IN THESE DOCUMENTS, THERE'S A LOT OF OVERLAPPING THEMES. 
          COORDINATION IS ONE, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE COORDINATING WITH ALL OF OUR PARTNERS. 
          AND TWO, OUR SUPPLY OF HOUSING, AND THAT DOES INCLUDE AFFORDABLE INCOME-BASED HOUSING. 
          AND IT'S NOT JUST LIMITED TO WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN HOMELESSNESS. 
          NOW, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO TALK ABOUT THE HOUSING CONTINUUM. 
          WE TALK ABOUT HOMELESSNESS. 
          SO WE HAVE A MILLION PEOPLE COMING TO SAN ANTONIO BY 2040, HOW ARE WE GOING TO HOUSE THEM? AND SO WE TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE HOUSING CONTINUUM WITH REGARDS TO EMERGENCY SHELTER, AND THEN IT GOES ALL THE WAY TO MARKET RATE HOME OWNERSHIP. 
          WE NEED TO PAY ATTENTION TO EACH OF THOSE CATEGORIES TO MAKE SURE THAT ONE CATEGORY IS NOT CANNIBALIZING ON ANOTHER CATEGORY WHEN THE MARKET IS NOT PROVIDING. 
          SO, FOR EXAMPLE, WE'VE SEEN THIS BEFORE WHERE THERE IS A DEMAND FOR AFFORDABILITY, OR I'M SORRY, DEMAND FROM MARKET RATE IN DOWNTOWN. 
          AND A DEVELOPER WILL COME IN AND THEY'LL PURCHASE AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAT'S EXISTING, AND THEY'LL CONVERT THAT TO MARKET RATE. 
          AND SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT THE MARKET RATE OPPORTUNITIES. 
          AND SOMETIMES WE MAY COME TO COUNCIL WITH A RECOMMENDATION FOR INCENTIVES FOR A MARKET RATE DEVELOPMENT, BECAUSE WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT THAT SUPPLY. 
          WE SEE THAT THERE'S A NEED, AND IF WE DO NOT PROVIDE FOR IT, IT COULD CANNIBALIZE ON THE AFFORDABILITY IN DOWNTOWN OR ANOTHER AREA. 
          NOW, WE TALK ABOUT HOMELESSNESS AND HOUSING. 
          THERE REALLY FOUR PRODUCTS THAT YOU LOOK AT, EMERGENCY SHELTER, TRANSITIONAL HOUSING, PERMANENT INCOME BASED, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AND THEN PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING. 
          EACH OF THOSE TYPES OF HOUSING ARE SUPPORTED BY WHAT WE REFER TO AS WRAPAROUND SERVICES, WHETHER THAT'S, UM, ADDICTION ISSUES, WHETHER THAT'S SUPPORT WITH EDUCATION, UM, MENTAL ILLNESS SUPPORT WITH, UM, MEDICAL ISSUES, OR OTHER TYPES OF CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES THAT WE NEED TO PROVIDE THIS VULNERABLE POPULATION SO THEY CAN BE STABILIZED AND WE CAN FIND THEM A MORE PERMANENT SOLUTION TO THEIR HOUSING NEEDS. 
          NOW, UM, I LIKE TO TALK ABOUT WHO IS HOMELESS NATIONALLY, AND THEN WE WILL GO DOWN TO WHAT WE'RE SEEING LOCALLY. 
          SO NATIONALLY, THERE'S OVER 500,000 INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE, THAT ARE HOMELESS. 
          70% ARE INDIVIDUALS VERSUS 30% THAT ARE FAMILIES. 
          UM, OVER 60% ARE MEN AND BOYS. 
          VETERANS TAKE UP ABOUT SIX AND A HALF PERCENT. 
          20% OF HOMELESS ARE CHILDREN, AND 40% OF HOMELESS ARE, UM, DISABLED. 
          AND THOSE ARE THE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE IN SHELTERS. 
          AND THEN WE HAVE UNACCOMPANIED YOUTH REPRESENTING ABOUT 6%. 
          AND THEN ONLY 3% OF HOMELESS ARE OVER THE AGE OF 60 WITH THE AVERAGE LIFE EXPECTANCY FOR A HOMELESS INDIVIDUAL AT 50 YEARS. 
          AND SO IT'S A VERY, VERY DAUNTING STAT, AND IT SHOWS HOW WE NEED TO REALLY MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE PROVIDING FOR THIS POPULATION. 
          WHY ARE THEY HOMELESS? THEY'RE FLEEING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. 
          THEY'RE VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. 
          THEY HAVE MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES. 
          THEY DON'T HAVE A SUPPORT SYSTEM. 
          THEY HAVE AN EVICTION ON THE RECORD, AND THAT PREVENTS 'EM FROM GETTING HOUSING. 
          THEY'VE LOST INCOME. 
          THEY CAN'T PAY FOR CHILDCARE, WHICH PREVENTS THEM FROM BEING ABLE TO WORK. 
          UM, AND THEY ARE FACING SUBSTANCE OR DRUG ABUSE ISSUES. 
          NOW, HERE IN BEXAR COUNTY, UM, WE HAVE OVER 8,000, UM, INDIVIDUALS THAT EXPERIENCE HOMELESSNESS ANNUALLY. 
          AND OUR ANNUAL POINT OF TIME COUNT ONLY GIVES US SNAPSHOT OF ONE NIGHT IN JANUARY. 
          SO FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS, THAT SNAPSHOT HAS BEEN ABOUT 3000, UM, INDIVIDUALS. 
          AND WITHIN THAT SNAPSHOT, ABOUT 1700 ARE IN OUR SHELTERS, AND ABOUT 1300 ARE UNSHELTERED. 
          AND THEN OUR DEMOGRAPHICS ARE IN 
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ALIGNMENT WITH WHAT WE'RE SEEING NATIONALLY. 
          YOU KNOW, OVER 60% ARE MEN. 
          30, 37% ARE WOMEN, 1% ARE TRANSGENDER. 
          UM, THERE ARE ALMOST 20% THAT ARE EXPERIENCING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. 
          7% ARE YOUNG ADULTS, 15% ARE TWO PERSON OR MORE HOUSEHOLDS. 
          THEN YOU HAVE 22% THAT ARE AFRICAN-AMERICAN AND 70% OR MORE EXPERIENCING MENTAL HEALTH. 
          AND THIS IS WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN BEXAR COUNTY. 
          NOW, THE KEY ELEMENTS OF OUR RESPONSE SYSTEM ONE PARTNERSHIPS. 
          WE HAVE SOME GREAT PARTNERSHIPS. 
          YOU SAW A SAMPLE OF THOSE PARTNERS TODAY. 
          UM, THERE ARE MANY MORE OUT THERE THAT AREN'T IN THE ROOM WITH US TODAY. 
          WE HAVE THE AMERICAN GI FORUM, WE HAVE ENDEAVORS, WE HAVE THRIVE, WE HAVE SALVATION ARMY, WE HAVE GOODWILL. 
          UM, BUT SO WE HAVE A LOT OF PARTNERS, BUT WE ONLY WORK, UM, AS GOOD AS WE ARE RESOURCE. 
          SO IF WE DON'T HAVE FUNDING, IF WE DON'T HAVE HOUSING, THERE ARE SOME CHALLENGES THAT WE FACE NOW, OUR INTAKE AND OUTREACH THAT IS COORDINATED AND, BUT WE CAN ALWAYS IMPROVE. 
          BUT IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT THERE ARE ABOUT 63 OUTREACH STAFF THAT ARE WORKING IN THE COMMUNITY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING INTAKE, REGISTERING HOMELESS IN THE H M I SS SYSTEM, OR BEING PROACTIVE AND GOING OUT AND FINDING INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE UNSHELTERED TO BUILD THOSE RELATIONSHIPS. 
          SO ULTIMATELY WE CAN FIND THEM A MORE, UM, PERMANENT HOUSING SOLUTION. 
          BUT IT STARTS WITH BUILDING THOSE RELATIONSHIPS. 
          WHERE WE SEE THAT WE NEED THE MOST HELP IS WITHIN OUR HOUSING AREA. 
          WE NEED HOUSING. 
          UM, WE HAVE EMERGENCY SHELTER, WE HAVE TRANSITIONAL HOUSING. 
          WHAT WE NEED IS PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, AFFORDABLE INCOME-BASED HOUSING. 
          WE NEED RESPITE, SKILLED NURSING CARE, AND WE ALSO NEED DETOX REHAB AND PSYCH BEDS. 
          I'M GONNA TALK BRIEFLY ABOUT THE PARTNERS. 
          SO WE DO HAVE THE PARTNERS. 
          UM, THIS IS ANOTHER SAMPLE OF OUR PARTNERS, BUT IT SHOWS YOU THE NUMBER OF OUTREACH WORKERS WE HAVE, THE SPACES THEY EACH PLAY WITHIN. 
          AND FOR THE EMERGENCY SHELTER BEDS, YOU'RE GONNA SEE THAT WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OVER 2000 BEDS. 
          THE MAJORITY OF THOSE BEDS ARE ON THE CAMPUS OF HAVEN FOR HOPE, AND THEY HAVE 1450 IN THE AREA OF TRANSITIONAL HOUSING AND PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING. 
          WE HAVE 322 TRANSITIONAL UNITS AND 573 PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING UNITS. 
          THE MAJORITY OF THOSE ARE MANAGED AND OPERATED BY SAM MINISTRIES. 
          AND THEN WE HAVE OUR RAPID REHOUSING PROGRAM. 
          AND THAT IS A PROGRAM WHERE WE USE FEDERAL FUNDS AND WE HAVE PLENTY OF THE FEDERAL FUNDING TO DO THIS PROGRAM. 
          UM, AND WE PLACE A HOUSEHOLD OR AN INDIVIDUAL IN AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNIT. 
          IT PAYS FOR RENT UP TO TWO YEARS AND PROVIDES CASE MANAGEMENT. 
          WHERE WE RUN INTO CHALLENGES IS FINDING HOUSING FOR THESE INDIVIDUALS. 
          THEY MIGHT HAVE AN EVICTION ON THE RECORD. 
          UM, WE NOT, MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO FIND, UM, PROPERTIES THAT CAN ACCOMMODATE THEM OR PROPERTIES WHERE THEY WANT TO BE LOCATED. 
          SOME INDIVIDUALS MAY BECOME HOMELESS AFTER THEY'VE LIVED IN DISTRICT THREE FOR YEARS, AND THEY WANNA STAY IN THAT COMMUNITY. 
          SO WE NEED TO WORK WITH THEM TO MAKE SURE WE FIND A UNIT WITHIN THAT COMMUNITY. 
          AND SO IT, IT HAS BECOME CHALLENGING TO FIND UNITS THAT ARE ABLE TO ACCEPT INDIVIDUALS BECAUSE THERE'S AN EVICTION ON THE RECORD, OR TO FIND A UNIT THAT'S APPROPRIATE FOR THAT INDIVIDUAL BASED ON MAYBE THEY HAVE A DISABILITY OR A LOCATION OR NEAR WHERE THEY WANT TO WORK. 
          NOW, OUR OUTREACH AND INTAKE EFFORTS, I WANNA STRESS, THEY ARE COORDINATED, BUT IT IS A PROCESS. 
          IT TAKES ONE DAY TO YEARS TO GET SOMEBODY TO ASK FOR HELP OR ACCEPT HELP. 
          UM, WHAT OUR INTAKE WORKERS DO AND OUR OUTREACH WORKERS DO, IS THEY WORK TO BUILD RELATIONSHIPS AND BUILD TRUST. 
          AND SO IT STARTS WITH, YOU KNOW, GOING OUT AND MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE, DO THEY NEED FOOD? DO THEY NEED SHOWERS? DO THEY NEED, UM, UM, CLOTHING JUST TO KIND OF JUST BUILD THAT RELATIONSHIP? AND HOPEFULLY AT ONE POINT SOMEBODY'S SAYING, YES, I'D LIKE TO GO TO, UM, DETOX. 
          I'D LIKE TO GO INTO A CONGREGATE SHELTER, OR, I'M READY TO TO GO SOMEWHERE, SOMEWHERE. 
          BUT IF THEY DON'T TRUST OUR OUTREACH WORKERS, THEY'RE NOT GONNA MAKE THAT ASK. 
          AND SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE, WE TOUCH THESE INDIVIDUALS REGULARLY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE BUILDING THAT TRUST. 
          AND ONE, YOU KNOW, FOUR OUTREACH WORKERS MAY TOUCH THE SAME INDIVIDUAL, BUT WE WANNA MAKE SURE THEY KNOW THAT WE CARE FOR THEM. 
          WE SEE THEM AND THEY WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE SAFE. 
          BUT I'M GONNA STRESS, AGAIN, WE NEED THE HOUSING BECAUSE IF WE HAVE AN EMPLOYEE, UH, AN OUTREACH WORKER THAT'S OUT, AND THEY BUILD A RELATIONSHIP WITH AN INDIVIDUAL, AND FINALLY THAT, THAT INDIVIDUAL SAYS, I'M READY FOR DETOX. 
          I WANT TO GO, UM, IF WE DON'T HAVE A DETOX BED READY FOR THAT INDIVIDUAL, THE LIKELIHOOD OF US SAYING, HOLD ON FOR TWO WEEKS, WE'RE GONNA GET YOU, WE'LL COME BACK. 
          THE LIKELIHOOD OF THAT INDIVIDUAL BEING READY TO GO 
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WITHIN THAT TIMEFRAME IS SLIM TO NONE. 
          AND SO THERE ARE CERTAIN AREAS THAT WE REALLY NEED TO INCREASE OUR SUPPLY. 
          THERE ARE ALSO SEVERAL INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE NOT SHELTERED, BUT THEY MAY NOT WANT TO GO TO CONGREGATE SHELTER. 
          THEY DON'T WANT TO GO TO HAVEN, BUT THEY WOULD BE GREAT CANDIDATES FOR PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING. 
          AND BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, THEY END UP STAYING WHERE THEY FEEL MOST COMFORTABLE. 
          AND OFTENTIMES THAT IS WITHIN ENCAMPMENTS. 
          AND SO WE NEED PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING. 
          WE ALSO NEED AFFORDABLE INCOME-BASED HOUSING. 
          THERE ARE A LOT OF FAMILIES WHO BECOME HOMELESS BECAUSE THEY CANNOT PAY THEIR, THEIR RENT BECAUSE THEY'RE SPENDING MAY WAY MORE THAN THAT 30% OF THEIR INCOME ON RENT, OR THEY'VE LOST INCOME AND THEY'RE NOT IN A, AN AFFORDABLE INCOME-BASED HOUSING UNIT. 
          AND THERE, THERE ISN'T THAT PROTECTION. 
          SO WE NEED MORE PERMANENT AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAT'S INCOME-BASED. 
          AND THEN WE DO NEED RESPITE AND SKILLED NURSING CARE. 
          UM, WE HAVE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE LIVING ALONE ON THE STREET THAT HAVE, HAVE LOST LIMBS. 
          THEY HAVE OTHER ELEMENTS THAT MAKE THEM NOT HEALTHY. 
          AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THAT SKILLED NURSING CARE THAT MAYBE THEY NEED TO HAVE THAT PERMANENTLY, OR MAYBE IT'S ONLY A COUPLE MONTHS UNTIL WE CAN FIND THEM ANOTHER HOUSING SOLUTION. 
          SO WHEN IT COMES TO PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, WE DO HAVE 573 UNITS. 
          THE MAJORITY OF THOSE ARE MANAGED AND OPERATED BY SAM MINISTRIES. 
          UM, BUT WE HAVE A STUDY THAT WAS DONE BY LISC THAT SHOWS THAT WE NEED A THOUSAND AND THE STUDY WAS DONE FOR THE NEXT 10 YEARS, BUT WE NEED A THOUSAND NOW. 
          KATIE VELA WITH SARAH WILL TELL YOU THAT SHE HAS A LIST OF OVER 600 HOUSEHOLDS OR INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE ELIGIBLE TO GO TO PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING TODAY. 
          UM, THE 573 UNITS THAT WE HAVE ARE OCCUPIED, AND WE'VE ONLY HAD 11 OF THEM TURNOVER SINCE DECEMBER. 
          SO THE TURNOVER ON THESE VERY, VERY LOW, BECAUSE OFTENTIMES THESE ARE PERMANENT SOLUTIONS. 
          AND SO IF WE BUILD A THOUSAND UNITS TODAY, THEY WILL BE USED. 
          UM, THE GOOD NEWS IS IT'S NOT ALL IN THE CITY. 
          UM, WE DO HAVE SOME GREAT PARTNERS THAT ARE DOING THIS WITHOUT CITY ASSISTANCE. 
          AMERICAN GI FORUM IS BUILDING 61 UNITS NEAR THEIR CAMPUS. 
          UM, WE HAVE SAM MINISTRIES WHO'S BUILDING ADDITIONAL 60, UM, AND THAT WILL BE OPEN IN THE END OF THIS YEAR IN DECEMBER. 
          AND BOTH OF THOSE PROJECTS DID NOT RECEIVE CITY SUBSIDY. 
          THEY DID FUNDRAISING, THEY WENT AFTER GRANTS, AND THEY WERE ABLE TO GET THOSE PROPERTIES AND PROJECTS ON THEIR OWN. 
          UM, THE CITY IS CURRENTLY WORKING TO ACQUIRE A HOTEL PROPERTY IN DISTRICT TWO OFF WW WHITE ROAD. 
          IT HAS 80 UNITS, BUT WE'RE PROPOSING TO USE 10 OF THOSE UNITS AS PILOT PROGRAMS FOR SKILLED NURSING AND TEMPORARY REHAB. 
          AND I'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT. 
          AND THEN THE TOWN VILLAGE PROJECT IN DISTRICT TWO, THEY HAVE ABOUT 120 PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING UNITS THAT ARE ALREADY UNDER CONSTRUCTION OR ABOUT TO START. 
          AND THEY HAVE ANOTHER 80 THAT WILL REQUIRE SOME TYPE OF CITY SUBSIDY OR PUBLIC SUBSIDY. 
          BUT OF THE THOUSAND, WE ALREADY HAVE 240 THAT ARE IN THE PIPELINE. 
          AND SO WE NEED ABOUT 750 MORE. 
          AND WE KNOW THAT WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE BOND PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE $25 MILLION TO HELP US LEVERAGE ADDITIONAL PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING. 
          AND WE FEEL VERY COMFORTABLE. 
          WE THINK THAT NUMBER WILL HELP US, UM, LEVERAGE ANOTHER 500 UNITS. 
          AND WE ARE GOING TO START IMMEDIATELY ON THAT. 
          AND WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT AT A FUTURE COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON OUR SPENDING PLAN AND SOLICITATION PLAN FOR THESE. 
          BUT WE NEED IT NOW. 
          AND WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE THE PARTNERS THAT DO HAVE PROJECTS THAT CAN HELP WITH THIS, BUT I WANNA STRESS WE DON'T HAVE TO DO IT ON OUR OWN. 
          AND THAT'S WHY I FEEL THAT THESE 500, WE CAN LEVERAGE 500 UNITS WITH THIS 25 MILLION AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          I JUST WANT TO DO A SPECIAL CALL OUT TO THE NUMBER UNDER PRODUCTION RENTAL. 
          WE NEED 6,000 UNITS FOR INDIVIDUALS MAKING 30% A M I OR BELOW. 
          AND WE NEED THOSE UNITS TO BE INCOME BASED. 
          UM, SO WE DO HAVE FUNDING AND THE BOND PROGRAM, UM, FOR PRESERVATION OF EXISTING AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND PRODUCTION OF NEW AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR THIS A M I CATEGORY. 
          AND INCOME BASED IS THE KEY. 
          SO WE WERE LOOKING FORWARD TO RECEIVING PRO PROPOSALS FROM OUR PUBLIC HOUSING PARTNERS AND OUR NONPROFIT PARTNERS THAT BUILD THIS TYPE OF HOUSING. 
          BUT THE AVERAGE TWO BEDROOM UNIT IN BEXAR COUNTY IS 1350. 
          SOMEBODY MAKING 30% A M I OR BELOW, IF IT'S A HOUSEHOLD OF FOUR, IS ABOUT 21,000. 
          THEY CAN ONLY REALLY AFFORD TO SPEND ABOUT $600 A MONTH ON THE RENT. 
          SO WHO'S GOING TO SUBSIDIZE THAT OTHER 750? AND THAT'S WHY THAT INCOME BASED WORD IS VERY KEY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE FINDING PARTNERS THAT WILL BUILD THAT INCOME BASED. 
          SO 
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THE RENT IS RIGHT SIZED FOR THAT INDIVIDUAL'S INCOME, RESPITE, HOSPICE, SKILLED NURSING CARE. 
          UM, I KNOW THAT COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO CAN SPEAK TO THIS. 
          YOU, YOU DID HAVE A CONSTITUENT THAT WE WERE ABLE TO FIND SOME TYPE OF ASSISTANCE WHO NEEDED THIS TYPE OF CARE. 
          AND THE ONLY WAY RIGHT NOW WE CAN FIND SOMEBODY, UM, A PLACE FOR SKILLED NURSING CARE IS IF THEY HAVE SOME TYPE OF BENEFIT OR IF THERE IS SOMEBODY WHO'S WILLING TO DONATE THE FUNDING FOR THEIR CARE. 
          AND SO IF THEY'RE A VETERAN OR IF THEY HAVE SOCIAL SECURITY, SOMETIMES THAT CAN BE USED TO HELP PAY FOR A, A NURSING BED IN A FACILITY. 
          BUT THERE IS NOT ANY FACILITY THAT DOES A, A FULL 100% SUBSIDY FOR SKILLED NURSING CARE. 
          AND BASED ON WHAT WE'VE SEEN, WE THINK THAT WE COULD PROBABLY USE A FACILITY THAT HAS ABOUT 40 UNITS FOR SKILLED NURSING CARE. 
          WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO IS WE'RE GONNA TAKE 10 UNITS OUT OF THE HOTEL THAT WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO ACQUIRE IN DISTRICT TWO AND DO A PILOT WITH, UM, WITH SOME SKILLED NURSING STUDENTS AT UT HEALTH TO SEE, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW HOW THIS WORKS WHEN WE'RE COUPLING THIS WITH PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING. 
          AND THEN WE'LL BE DOING A STUDY TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE DEMAND FOR THIS TYPE OF HOUSING. 
          UM, BUT WE THINK IT'S AROUND 40, BUT THE STUDY WILL HELP US, AND THEN WE'LL BRING THAT BACK AND HOPEFULLY INCORPORATE THAT INTO OUR HOUSING BUDGET AND OUR SHIP. 
          AND THEN DETOX, REHAB, AND PSYCHIATRIC ASSISTANCE. 
          THE ONLY PARTNER WE HAVE THAT DOES A HUNDRED PERCENT SUBSIDY IS A CENTER FOR HEALTHCARE SERVICES. 
          THEY HAVE 28 DETOX BEDS, 14 MEN, 14, UM, FEMALE. 
          THE, THE MALE BEDS ARE ALMOST ALWAYS OCCUPIED. 
          UM, THERE MIGHT BE SOME CA CAPACITY IN THE FEMALE BEDS. 
          AND THEN WHEN YOU LOOK AT PSYCH BEDS, WE HAVE ABOUT 350 AND 75% OF THOSE ARE FOR MEN, AND THEY ARE ALWAYS, ALMOST ALWAYS AT CAPACITY. 
          AND SO WE DEFINITELY NEED THESE TYPES OF HOUSING. 
          AND WE'LL BE WORKING FOR C WITH C H C S S C ABOUT EXPANDING THEIR DETOX BEDS AND THEN ALSO DOING A PILOT PROGRAM, UM, WITHIN THE HOTEL THAT WE'RE ACQUIRING TO LOOK AT, UM, TEMPORARY REHAB BEDS. 
          SO AS PEOPLE GET OUTTA DETOX, WE CAN PLACE 'EM IN HERE WHERE THERE IS SOME TYPE OF SUPERVISION UNTIL WE CAN FIND THEM A PERMANENT SOLUTION. 
          SO HOPEFULLY THAT WILL HELP THE DETOX BEDS TURN OVER A LITTLE BIT MORE. 
          UM, AND THEN WE'LL BE DOING A STUDY TO UNDERSTAND THE DEMAND, UM, AND THE SUPPLY FOR EACH OF THESE TYPES OF USES. 
          UM, BEFORE I CONCLUDE, I DO WANNA MENTION THAT WE ARE WORKING WITH SARAH ON DOING A DASHBOARD THAT WILL HELP OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS AND OUR PARTNERS UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, ARE WE MAKING PROGRESS. 
          AND SO WE WILL TRACK THE HOMELESS STRATEGIC PLAN. 
          WE WILL LOOK AT, UM, LOOKING AT NUMBERS FOR PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, LOOKING AT, UM, HOW WE ARE TOUCHING OTHER VULNERABLE POPULATIONS, AND IT'LL BE UPDATED QUARTERLY. 
          AND SARAH WILL BE THE ONE THAT'S HOSTING THIS ON THEIR WEBSITE. 
          SO I MENTIONED IT'S GONNA LOOK AT PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING. 
          IT'LL HELP WITH, UM, US UNDERSTANDING HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE UNSHELTERED. 
          SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO TRACK IF THAT NUMBER GROWS OR DECREASES OVER TIME. 
          UM, HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE REENTERED THE HOMELESS RESPONSE SYSTEM? AND THEN HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE WE MOVED FROM HOMELESSNESS INTO HOUSING? WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT OTHER, UM, METRICS JUST SO WE CAN PROVIDE A BIGGER PICTURE, MAYBE SOME BETTER GOOD NEWS STORIES. 
          WE'LL BE DOING THAT WITH TEXAS CREATIVE OR SOME NUMBERS THAT HELP US UNDERSTAND HOW MANY CHILDREN ARE HOMELESS IN BEXAR COUNTY, JUST SO WE CAN ALL, YOU KNOW, TAKE IN THAT NUMBER AND UNDERSTAND HOW HEAVY THIS ISSUE IS. 
          AND WE'LL BE, UM, UM, TRACKING THAT QUARTERLY AS WELL. 
          BUT WE WANTED TO GET IN FRONT OF YOU ALL. 
          THIS IS THE FIRST OF MANY CONVERSATIONS. 
          I WANNA STRESS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE ARE COORDINATED, THERE'S MORE IMPROVEMENT TO BE MADE. 
          WE DO HAVE PARTNERSHIPS, BUT WE NEED HOUSING. 
          AND CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU ALL. 
          WE HAVE $125 MILLION OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS TO HELP US MAKE AN IMPACT IN THIS. 
          UM, IT MAKES A SMALL DENT, BUT WITH OUR PARTNERS, WE THINK THAT WE'LL MAKE A REALLY BIG IMPROVEMENT. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, WE'RE HERE TO ANSWER THEM. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH, LORI. 
          AND, UM, THANK YOU FOR ENGAGING US. 
          AND I KNOW THAT YOU DID THE PRESENTATION TO US INDIVIDUALLY. 
          UM, I GAVE ALL OF MY QUESTIONS, UH, THERE, BUT I DO HAVE A COMMENT. 
          UM, I'M, I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH TEXAS CREATIVE. 
          I DO THINK THAT ONE PAGERS ABOUT THE PROCESS IS GOING TO BE HELPFUL FOR OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS. 
          SOMETIMES, UM, UH, THEY, THEY WORRY OR THEY THINK THAT WE'RE NOT ACTING FAST ENOUGH. 
          AND SO I'VE ALWAYS BEEN, BEEN OF THE OPINION THAT IF WE HAVE, UM, A PROCESS THAT WE SHOW THEM AND WE, WE, WE EXACTLY SURE WHERE WE ARE IN THAT PROCESS, THAT THEY WILL, UM, UNDERSTAND. 
          AND I'VE TALKED TO A LOT OF RESIDENTS AND NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS AND, AND THEY UNDERSTAND 
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ONCE I SHARE, UM, WHAT WE ARE DOING. 
          AND THEN THE OTHER THING IS, UH, JUST TO, I I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR A FUTURE PRESENTATION ON RECOMMENDATION NUMBER FOUR OF THE STRATEGIC PLANETS ON PAGE 77, BUT IT'S A BULLET POINT ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A HOMELESS COURT TO ADDRESS PERSONS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS WHO TOUCH THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM. 
          AND SO I'D LOVE TO LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT, UM, BECAUSE I THINK THAT IT'S A CYCLE THAT CAN BE BROKEN. 
          A LOT OF FOLKS NEED, UH, OR HAVE, HAVE SPECIAL NEEDS, AND A COURT THAT'S DESIGNED TO HELP THEM MORE HOLISTICALLY IS CERTAINLY GONNA MAKE A, A BIGGER IMPACT. 
          UM, AND, AND, AND, YOU KNOW, AND, AND HELP THEM, LIKE REALLY HELP THEM. 
          UH, AND THEN RELATED TO THAT, DOES SS A P D RECEIVE TRAINING REGULARLY OR WILL THEY RECEIVE THE TRAINING ON, ON THE REVISIONS ON THE CITYWIDE HOMELESSNESS PROGRAM? YES, AND WE HAVE, UM, BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH S A P D, AND I KNOW THAT CAM IS DOING A PILOT WITH S A P D TO IMPROVE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN S A P D, UM, AND OUR NONPROFITS AND OUR VULNERABLE POPULATIONS. 
          AND I'LL HAVE DON WHITE FOSTE COME AND TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT. 
          UM, THE JUVENILE COURT, I'M SORRY, THE, THE HOMELESS COURT, WE ARE WORKING ON THAT AS WELL. 
          UM, THERE WAS ONE ALREADY IN PLACE, UM, OR LOOSELY IN PLACE, UM, PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC. 
          AND WE'RE GOING TO REENGAGE THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY AND OUR PARTNERS AND OUR OTHER ST. 
          MARY'S LAW SCHOOL AND OTHERS TO HELP US WITH THAT. 
          AND THEN I ALSO WANT TO MENTION THAT, UM, HAVEN FOR HOPE HAS A GREAT PROGRAM WHERE THEY ENGAGE WITH THOSE IN THE JAIL SYSTEM EARLY. 
          SO BEFORE THEY GET OUT, WE ARE ALREADY HELPING THEM WITH CASE MANAGEMENT, FINDING THEM HOUSING, SO THAT WE CAN MAKE AN IMPACT ON THAT RECIDIVISM RATE. 
          SO DON, WHY DON'T YOU TALK BRIEFLY ABOUT YOUR PILOT. 
          UM, IN GENERAL, MOST OF THE SS A P D ARE AWARE THAT THEY CAN UTILIZE SOME OF THESE SERVICES, WHETHER IT WOULD BE TO GO TO HAVEN FOR HOPE OR ANY OF THE TYPES OF HOMELESS SERVICES. 
          BUT SPECIFICALLY WE FOUND THAT, UM, HAVING A DIRECT PHONE CALL WHEN, UH, A CONSTITUENT MAY CALL THE POLICE BECAUSE THEY'RE WORRIED ABOUT SOMEONE ON THEIR STREET, THEY'RE CAUSING TROUBLE, MAYBE THE PERSON HAS NO SHOES ON, THEY'RE UNCLOTHED OR THE POLICE JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH THEM. 
          AND SO RATHER HAVING TO TAKE SOMEONE LIKE THAT TO JAIL OR TO TRY TO FIND A HOSPITAL SITUATION, THEY CAN EITHER BRING THEM TO CAM AND WE CAN WORK DURING THAT DAY TO TRY TO FIND A SOLUTION AND SORT OF FIGURE OUT WHAT THE SITUATION IS FOR THAT CLIENT. 
          WE HAVE A COUPLE OF OUTREACH DIRECTORS THAT ARE ON CALL WITH THE SS A P D. 
          THEY MEET WITH THEM EVERY WEDNESDAY MORNING, AND THEY'LL PROVIDE THE CLOTHING. 
          THEY CAN ACTUALLY GO MEET THE POLICE, THE POLICE CAN MEET THEM. 
          AND THEN WE'RE FINALLY WORKING SPECIFICALLY IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA ON CHRONIC OR FREQUENT FLYERS, MEANING THESE ARE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE HOMELESS THAT MAY BE DISTURBING, UM, TOURISTS OR BUSINESSES IN THE AREA. 
          THEY'RE, THEY'VE BEEN IN AND OUT OF THE COURT SYSTEM 10, 15 TIMES. 
          WE'VE KNOWN THEM FOR, FOR YEARS. 
          AND WE'RE CALLING THAT ONE LIFE AT A TIME. 
          AND THAT IS ACTIVE INTENTIONAL ENGAGEMENT WITH THAT INDIVIDUAL IN ORDER TO GET THEM, UM, EITHER EMERGENCY DETAINED, SO TO, TO UTILIZE THE JUSTICE SYSTEM IN A WAY THAT WILL HELP THEM WITH THEIR MENTAL HEALTH ISSUE, OR TO GET THEM TO RECEIVE AND ACCEPT ANOTHER SOLUTION. 
          UM, WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT FOR A WHILE NOW, BUT WE STARTED A FORMAL PROGRAM AND IN APRIL, AND WE HAD 54 CONTACTS IN JUST THE MONTH OF APRIL ALONE. 
          SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITIES OF IT AND INCREASING IT AS WE MOVE FORWARD. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          AND, UM, JUST FINALLY, JUST SOME COMMENTS. 
          UM, I APPRECIATE THE FOCUS ON INCOME-BASED AFFORDABLE HOUSING, SO, UM, THANK YOU. 
          I THINK WE NEED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT. 
          I THINK THAT SOME FOLKS DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT AND PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING. 
          UM, I HAD SOMEONE ASK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING IS. 
          AND SO AS WE'RE WORKING WITH TEXAS CREATIVE, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WOULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO ALSO ENGAGE. 
          I LOVE THIS SLIDE THAT HAS THE HOUSING CONTINUUM AND THAT PLACES IT IN A BEAUTIFUL GRAPHIC, RIGHT? SO YOU UNDERSTAND EVEN IF YOU, UM, DON'T, DON'T UNDERSTAND ALL THE INTRICACIES INVOLVED, WHEN YOU SEE THAT GRAPHIC, IT, IT KIND OF HELPS YOU. 
          SO ANYTHING LIKE THAT, I KNOW WHO CREATED THAT, BUT THEY DID A GREAT JOB. 
          UM, I'LL GO OVER TO COUNCIL CALL MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES NOW FOR COMMENTS. 
          AND I'LL START WITH, UH, COUNCILMAN BRAVO. 
          THANK YOU CHAIR. 
          UM, I WANTED TO, UH, ASK ABOUT DETOX BEDS AND FOR WHICH, FOR WHICH DRUGS, UM, DO INDIVIDUALS NEED A DETOX SPREAD? IF THEY'RE, IF THEY'RE HOOKED ON WHICH, BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND IT'S NOT, IT'S ONLY FOR CERTAIN ONES. 
          WHAT IS IT? IT'S, BUT, BUT IT TAKES EVERYONE. 
          YEAH. 
          IT, IT, IT TAKES, WE CAN TAKE ANYBODY, BUT IT'S PRIMARILY ALCOHOLISM. 
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OKAY. 
          UM, YEAH, I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE AREN'T AWARE OF THAT. 
          AND, UH, BUT I, I DO SUPPORT US GETTING MORE DETOX BEDS. 
          I DON'T WANT THAT TO BE A LIMITING FACTOR. 
          I KNOW IT'S A HUGE CHALLENGE FOR, UM, INDIVIDUALS WHO PERFORM OUTREACH FOR THE HOMELESS COMMUNITY THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE SOMEBODY WHO'S, THEY BUILT A RELATIONSHIP WHERE THEY'RE READY TO SAY YES TO SERVICES, AND THEN WE'RE NOT ABLE TO DELIVER AT THAT TIME. 
          UM, I'M A BIG SUPPORTER OF THE HARM REDUCTION PROGRAM. 
          UM, AND, UH, I WANTED TO ASK ON PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING THAT AMERICAN GI FORUM, I, I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT THEY'RE GONNA BUILD 60 NEW UNITS, BUT THEN SHUT DOWN THE CURRENT BUILDING WHERE THEY HAVE 60 UNITS. 
          IS THAT, ARE THEY ADDING CAPACITY? WE, WE BELIEVE THEY'RE ADDING CAPACITY. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT'S GREAT NEWS. 
          UM, AND THEN, UH, I'M A BIG FAN, LIKE THE CHAIR. 
          I'M A BIG FAN OF THIS HOMELESS COURT AND THE PRE DIVERSION PROGRAM, AND I'M JUST WONDERING IF YOU ALL CAN EXPAND ON THAT PRED DIVERSION PROGRAM THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE WITH, UH, WITH HAVEN YEAH. 
          FOR, FOR HOMELESS COURT. 
          UM, SO FOR FOR HAVEN, KIM, DO YOU WANNA TALK, OR MOLLY DO YOU WANNA SPEAK ABOUT THE PARTNERSHIPS WITHIN THE JAIL? SO, YEAH. 
          UH, KIM JEFFRIES HAVEN FOR HOPE, C E O, UM, OUR JAIL OUTREACH PROGRAM. 
          SO WE WORK WITH PRETRIAL, UM, AND WE ALSO WORK WITH THOSE GETTING RELEASED. 
          AND SO WE HAVE, UM, A A GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS WHO GO INTO THE JAIL SYSTEM AND WORK WITH, UM, THE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE GETTING RELEASED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE A PLAN OF WHERE THEY'RE GONNA GO AND THEY GET THE SERVICES AND SUPPORTS THAT THEY NEED. 
          SO A LOT OF IT, UH, CAN HAPPEN ON OUR CAMPUS. 
          IT JUST DEPENDS WHAT THAT INDIVIDUAL NEEDS. 
          UM, BECAUSE WE HAVE SUCH WRAPAROUND SERVICES AND SO MANY PARTNERS. 
          SO WHETHER IT'S CLINICAL SUPPORT THAT THEY MAY NEED, IF THEY NEED INPATIENT TREATMENT, WE POTENTIALLY COULD HAVE A BED WITH C H C S ON, ON OUR CAMPUS. 
          UM, WE CAN GET THEM CLINICAL SUPPORT AND MEDICATIONS IF THEY NEED IT AS THEY'RE COMING OUT OF THE JAIL SYSTEM THROUGH A PARTNERSHIP WE HAVE WITH SIGMA. 
          UM, AND THEN OBVIOUSLY CASE MANAGEMENT AND OTHER WRAPAROUND SERVICES. 
          SO IT JUST DEPENDS ON WHAT THEY NEED, BUT WE WORK ON A PRETRIAL BA PRETRIAL BASIS AND WITH THOSE GETTING OUT. 
          GREAT. 
          UM, SO ARE, DO YOU HAVE ANY RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW WE CAN BE WORKING WITH, UH, WITH THE COUNTY ON HOW WE CAN, UM, YOU KNOW, ADD ANY, ANY POSSIBLY NECESSARY RESOURCES TO SUPPORT THAT? I, I THINK IT JUST GOES BACK TO, UM, ALL OF THE SERVICES THAT ARE AVAILABLE AND UNDERSTANDING WHAT THEY ARE. 
          AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, THIS, THIS IS OUR WAY OF, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE WE KNOW THERE'S A LIMITED NUMBER OF DETOX BEDS AND, AND WHO ARE THE PARTNERS IN THE ROOM. 
          AND HAVING THOSE INDIVIDUALS AND CASE MANAGEMENT PLAY A ROLE IN THAT SO THAT WE CAN HAVE SOMEBODY WORKING WITH THOSE INDIVIDUALS FROM THE GET GO, ONCE THEY GET OUT OF COURT AND GET RELEASED, GREAT. 
          DEPENDING ON WHO, WHOEVER IT IS. 
          AND SO I THINK IT'S REALLY JUST THIS, THIS GROUP AND THESE PARTNERS IN THE HOMELESS RESPONSE SYSTEM BEING ACTIVE IN THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND WHEN, WHEN I FIRST GOT INTO OFFICE, I, I HAD A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER ONCE TELL ME ABOUT AN INDIVIDUAL IN ONE COMMUNITY THAT WAS A, A WELL-KNOWN, UH, PERSON OF THE HOMELESS COMMUNITY THERE. 
          AND THEY SAID, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE SAY THAT, UH, THAT SO-AND-SO'S A METH HEAD. 
          UH, I MEAN, YEAH, THEY SAY, SO-AND-SO'S A METH HEAD, BUT THE TRUTH OR NO, THAT THEY HAVE MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS. THEY SAID THAT'S INDIVIDUAL HAS METH MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS. BUT THE TRUTH IS THEY'RE JUST A METH HEAD. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT TO MYSELF, HOW IS THIS LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, UH, TRAINED OR QUALIFIED TO MAKE THAT DETERMINATION? AND DO WE NEED MORE TRAINING FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT? I THINK THERE MIGHT BE AN OPPORTUNITY AS WELL, IF THIS NEW POLICE CONTRACT PASSES FOR MORE TRAINING HOURS. 
          I FEEL THAT CHIEF MCMANUS HAS MADE THIS A PRIORITY AND HE HAS RECENTLY FORMALIZED THIS PARTNERSHIP WITH CAM. 
          UM, THEY OFTENTIMES, UM, WORKED TO DEVELOP THESE RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE HOMELESS. 
          UM, SO I THINK IT'S GOTTEN MUCH BETTER. 
          AND, UM, THE FACT THAT THEY ARE TAKING HOMELESS TO CAM TO HELP WITH THAT CASE MANAGEMENT AND THEN HELP THEM UNDERSTAND WHERE THAT INDIVIDUAL SHOULD GO IS A REALLY, REALLY GOOD, UM, PROGRAM. 
          AND IT'S, IT'S BEEN IN PLACE FOR A WHILE, BUT IT WAS INFORMAL. 
          BUT THE FACT THAT IT'S FORMALIZED, I THINK IT'S MEANS THAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE SERIOUS AND THEY'RE GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU, CHAIR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, COUNCILMAN BRAVO AND LORI, MAYBE WE CAN HAVE CHIEF COME AND PRESENT OR, OR GIVEN UPDATE, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE CHIEF, WHOEVER, UH, IS OVER THE PROGRAM. 
          UM, JUST 'CAUSE THERE'S ENOUGH INTEREST, I THINK, AT THE COMMITTEE. 
          UM, BUT COUNCILMAN COURAGE. 
          THANK YOU, LORI. 
          WHAT'S THE HOMELESS HOTLINE? THE HOMELESS HOTLINE IS, IS A HOTLINE THAT YOU CAN CALL, UM, FOR SERVICES. 
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SO, SO WHETHER IF YOU SEE A HOMELESS INDIVIDUAL, UM, OR YOU KNOW, SOMEONE EXPERIENCING HOMELESS, YOU CAN CALL, OR IF YOU'RE HOMELESS YOURSELF, YOU CAN CALL. 
          BUT IT'S A HOTLINE THAT THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO STAFFS AND IT'S DONE THROUGH D H S AND WE ENCOURAGE ALL OF OUR PARTNERS TO USE THAT. 
          SO WE HAVE KIND OF A CONSOLIDATED SYSTEM THAT TRACKS THESE ISSUES. 
          AND WHAT IS THAT NUMBER? YOU THREE. 
          ONE ONE IS ONE WAY TO GET TO IT. 
          YEP. 
          SO I'LL SEND YOU, WE ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO JUST CALL 3 1 1 AND THEN I'LL GET 'EM TO THE HOMELESS HOTLINE. 
          WELL, I WORRY ABOUT THAT BECAUSE I THINK THAT, UH, THE, YOU KNOW, IT ISN'T A DIRECT LINE ON HOMELESS. 
          IT'S ANOTHER THREE ONE ONE CALL THAT GETS SENT SOMEPLACE ELSE AND GET, I THINK IF WE HAVE A, A HOMELESS HOTLINE, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT EVERY CITIZEN IN THIS CITY SHOULD KNOW SOMETHING. 
          WELL, WE DO HAVE A SPECIFIC NUMBER, SIR, AND WE'LL GET THAT TOO. 
          JUST IF YOU DON'T KNOW IT, YOU CAN CALL 3 1 1. 
          I THINK IT'S 2 1 0 2 0 7 17 99 17. 
          YEAH, IT'S 17. 
          SORRY, I HAVE IT MEMORIZED. 
          2 0 7 17 99. 
          YES. 
          THAT'S GOOD. 
          AND I, I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO HELP THE PUBLIC NO MORE IF I GET CALLS ALL THE TIME MM-HMM. 
           AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I, MY STAFF IS PRETTY GOOD. 
          THEY KNOW HOW TO HANDLE A LOT OF THESE, BUT THEY GET REAL COMPLICATED. 
          MM-HMM. 
           AND, YOU KNOW, 3 1 1 JUST FORWARDS IT TO SOMEBODY ELSE WHO THEN HAS TO CALL BACK OR, OR FIND OUT MORE INFORMATION. 
          NO, 3 1 1 FORWARDS IT TO THE HOMELESS HOTLINE. 
          YEAH. 
          SO THAT IT, IT DOES GO DIRECTLY. 
          IT'S JUST EASIER NUMBER TO REMEMBER. 
          YEAH. 
          BUT, UH, I, I WANT PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THAT THEY CAN CALL ONE NUMBER. 
          SO I GUESS SOMETHING THEY ALL NEED TO PROMOTE A LITTLE BIT MORE. 
          UM, AND, YOU KNOW, THE HOMELESS ISSUE IS REALLY IMPORTANT, AND I'VE GOTTEN TO MEET WITH MANY OF THE PEOPLE HERE TODAY, RECENTLY, AND UNDERSTAND BETTER WHAT THEY DO. 
          AND WE JUST TALKED ABOUT THERE ARE PROBABLY FIVE OR 600 HOMELESS PEOPLE THAT COULD REALLY USE PERMANENT, UH, HOUSING, UH, RIGHT NOW. 
          PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING. 
          SUPPORTIVE HOUSING. 
          BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I WAS JUST REALIZING THAT WHAT, THERE ARE SIX OR 7,000 PEOPLE ON THE SAHA LIST THAT HAVE THAT NEED VOUCHERS TO FIND HOUSING. 
          AND SO WE'RE SPENDING $70 MILLION A YEAR ON HELPING THE HOMELESS RIGHT NOW. 
          WE'RE GONNA ADD ANOTHER 25 MILLION SPEND OUT OVER, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY YEARS. 
          UH, AND SO WE'RE MAKING HUGE INVESTMENTS IN HOMELESS, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE'RE TRYING TO FIND AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR, UH, 18 MILLION PEOPLE. 
          I MEAN, 18,000 OR 18,000 FAMILIES AND ANOTHER, YOU KNOW, 28,000 FAMILIES ACCORDING TO THE SHIP NEED HELP. 
          JESUS. 
          THESE ARE HUGE, HUGE SITUATIONS WE'RE TRYING TO DEAL WITH. 
          AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT TAKES THE MOST PRIORITY, HELPING SOMEBODY NOT BECOME HOMELESS OR HELPING SOMEBODY WHO IS HOMELESS. 
          AND MOST OF THE HOMELESS HAVE MENTAL PROBLEMS. 70% OF 'EM, SEVEN OUT OF 10. 
          A LOT OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE STRUGGLING JUST TO FIND A PLACE TO LIVE MAY NOT HAVE MENTAL PROBLEMS. MM-HMM. 
          , THEY HAVE ECONOMIC PROBLEMS OR OTHER FAMILY PROBLEMS. SO YEAH, I, I REALLY RECOGNIZE WHAT WE'RE DOING AND WHAT THIS GROUP IS DOING, AND I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT. 
          UH, I JUST DON'T KNOW HOW LONG IT'S GONNA TAKE TO, TO THE WHOLE PROBLEM. 
          IT GETS WORRISOME TO ME, BUT I'LL SUPPORT ANYTHING I CAN TO HELP. 
          THANKS. 
          THANKS, COUNCILMAN COURAGE. 
          COUNCILMAN . 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, IT'S GOOD TO SEE EVERYONE IN PERSON. 
          I KNOW LAST TIME IT WAS ALL VIRTUAL. 
          UH, THANK Y'ALL FOR BEING HERE. 
          I KNOW THAT THIS IS A MINISTRY FOR SOME OF YOU, A CALLING, UM, AND WE COULDN'T DO THIS WITHOUT YOU HERE. 
          AND THIS, THE CITY COULDN'T DO IT WITHOUT HELP AND COOPERATION. 
          AND THANK YOU, LORI, FOR, FOR BRINGING EVERYBODY TOGETHER. 
          I THINK WHAT WHAT, UM, HAS KIND OF, AND I THINK I COMMUNICATED THIS BEFORE IN THIS STATE OF HOMELESSNESS IN BEXAR COUNTY. 
          WHEN WE LOOK AT THE DEMOGRAPHICS, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE FOCUS ON THAT 19%, UM, OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. 
          WE FOCUS ON WOMEN BECAUSE AGAIN, THE POVERTY RATE, IT'S WOMEN HEAD OF HOUSEHOLDS THAT ARE LIVING BELOW THE POVERTY LEVEL, UH, AND THE YOUNG ADULTS. 
          BECAUSE I THINK IF WE, AND I KNOW Y'ALL ARE WORKING TO TARGET THEM AND, AND TO DO THAT, I THINK THE FUTURE, UM, THAT WE CAN, IF WE CAN SEE PROGRESS IN THESE AREAS, THEN WE CAN SEE PROGRESS IN THE BIGGER NUMBERS OF THE 71% IN MENTAL HEALTH IN 62, UH, PERCENT IN MAIL. 
          BUT I'D LIKE TO SEE US FOCUS ON THAT AND REALLY TRACK THAT DATA AND THAT INFORMATION, BECAUSE I THINK WE CAN REALLY MOVE THE NEEDLE THERE. 
          I'D ALSO LIKE TO, UM, KIND OF JUST ECHO 
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THAT. 
          I THINK PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING IS THE KEY, ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE CURRENTLY LIVING IN ENC ENCAMPMENT. 
          I THINK IF WE HAVE THOSE BUILDS, IF THAT'S AVAILABLE, THAT WE WILL SEE LESS ENCAMPMENTS. 
          I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH PROFESSIONALS ABOUT, UH, LOW BARRIER AND NO BARRIER, BECAUSE WE DEFINITELY DO WANT TO BE, UM, CONSCIOUS OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY, BUT UNDERSTAND IF WE ARE GOING TO GET PEOPLE OUT OF THE SITUATION THEY'RE IN, THAT THE BARRIERS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO BE ADJUSTED. 
          THERE ARE, THERE ARE ALCOHOLICS THAT CAN FUNCTION, THERE ARE FUNCTIONING ALCOHOLICS, THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT HAVE DRUG HABITS THAT STILL MAKE IT TO, CAN STILL MAKE IT TO A JOB AND, AND DO WORK. 
          AND WE, BUT WE WANNA GET THEM OUT OF THERE. 
          AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING IS A KEY. 
          THE ONE THING I'D LIKE TO SEE, UM, LORI, IS BECAUSE DANIEL GROMAN IS MY, UH, HOMELESS OUTREACH SPECIALIST IN DISTRICT THREE, AND WE ONLY HAVE ONE, AND I KNOW EVERY OTHER DISTRICT DOES. 
          BUT I'D REALLY LIKE TO SEE AS, AS WE MOVE FORWARD, UM, IN TERMS OF OUR BUDGETARY DOLLARS, IS IT BETTER TO INCREASE, UM, THE HOMELESS OUTREACH SPECIALIST WITHIN THE CITY, OR DO WE GIVE TO CERTAIN ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE, ARE WORKING SPECIFICALLY IN SPECIFIC DISTRICTS WITH SPECIFIC PROGRAMS? DO WE HAVE A WAY TO MEASURE THAT? RIGHT NOW? WE, WE CAN LOOK AT THAT AND, UM, MAKE SOME TYPE OF RECOMMENDATION, BUT WE'VE ALREADY BEEN DOING THAT WITH OUR PARTNERS AND SUBSIDIZING THEIR OUTREACH. 
          WE DID THAT WITH THE E S G CARES FUNDING AND FUNDED SEVEN OUTREACH SPECIALISTS IN THESE DIFFERENT AGENCIES. 
          UM, SO, UM, WE CAN LOOK AT BOTH. 
          YEAH, I JUST WANNA KNOW WHICH IS THE BEST KIND OF DOLLAR FOR WHICH DISTRICT. 
          AND THEN THE OTHER IS, UH, BUDGET LINE FOR ID RECOVERY RATE. 
          IF WE CAN GET THE INFORMATION OF WHAT AGENCIES ARE HELPING WITH THE ID RECOVERY, UH, WHAT WE CAN DO, UM, IN THE CITY TO KIND OF HELP ALONG THAT PROCESS, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE, WE ARE, UM, WE'RE HELPING WITH, WITH THAT. 
          UM, I THINK THE, THE OTHER THING WE NEED TO, TO SEE IN COORDINATION, AND THIS IS JUST MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE IN D THREE, IS, UM, THE ENCAMPMENTS IN THE DRAINAGE DITCHES MM-HMM. 
          , BECAUSE THAT TAKES A COORDINATION WITH THE STATE AND SOMETIMES, UM, THAT IS THAT JURISDICTION AND THAT ENCAMPMENT SORT OF, UM, PROCESS IS LONG AND IT'S COMPLICATED. 
          AND LAST TIME IT WAS VERY DANGEROUS FOR THE, THE STATE WORKERS THAT TRIED TO GO UP AND CLEAN UP. 
          SO IF WE CAN ALSO LOOK AND WORK WITH THE AGENCIES ABOUT PRIORITIZING ABOUT WHERE THE, WHEN AN ENCAMPMENT STARTS TO FORM, WHAT IS KIND OF THE DANGER LEVEL OF LIKE, 'CAUSE I'M SURE IT'S, IT'S MORE DANGEROUS FOR THEM TO BE IN A DRAINAGE DITCH THAN IT IS UNDER A HIGHWAY. 
          BUT THEN I KNOW THAT UNDER SOME HIGHWAYS IT'S A LITTLE MORE DANGEROUS THAN OTHERS AND, AND THEN IN, IN SOME OF THE PARKS. 
          SO I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT THAT ALSO. 
          BUT I THINK, THANK YOU FOR THE, THE WORK. 
          I THINK I'D, I'D LOVE TO HEAR AGAIN HOW WE'RE GOING TO INCORPORATE OUR FAITH COMMUNITY. 
          I THINK WE REALLY NEED TO BRING IN OUR FAITH LEADERS, UM, AND SEE HOW THEY CAN HELP WITH THIS AND ALSO COMMUNICATE THE MESSAGE THAT PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING IS, IS A GOOD THING FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN. 
          AGAIN. 
          UM, COUNCILMAN CASTILLO, THANK YOU CHAIR. 
          AND, UH, THANK YOU, LORI, FOR THE PRESENTATION AS WELL TO ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS AND ALL THE WORK THAT YOU ALL CONTINUE TO DO, UH, IN PROVIDING THAT SUPPORT TO THE FOLKS WHO NEED IT THE MOST. 
          UM, ESPECIALLY KATIE VELA. 
          UM, WHEN I LEARNED THAT THE BOND PASSED, I WAS HONKING, LIKE THE SPURS WON THE CHAMPIONSHIP,  AND, AND REFLECTING ON RIGHT, MANY OF THESE PARAMETERS THAT HAVE DEEP AFFORDABILITY WITHIN THE BOND PASSED BY ONE VOTE. 
          RIGHT? SO THAT WAS JUST SO IMPACTFUL AND REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THAT, UM, THE VOTER SUPPORTED THAT AS WELL. 
          UM, BUT WITH THE PRESENTATION, RIGHT, IT'S VERY SOBERING TO SEE THAT OVER 8,000 INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCED HOMELESSNESS ANNUALLY. 
          AND TO LEARN THAT WE ONLY HAVE 63 OUTREACH WORKERS WHO ARE DOING AMAZING WORK, THAT'S ROUGHLY 127, UH, CASES PER CASE WORKER. 
          SO MY HOPE IS WITH THE 2023 BUDGET, WE HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT, UH, INCREASING THOSE OUTREACH WORKERS. 
          UH, WE HAVE NIKITA WHO SERVES OUR DISTRICT AND SHE'S AMAZING. 
          UM, BUT I KNOW SHE'S ALSO AT CAPACITY, RIGHT? MM-HMM. 
          , UM, BECAUSE THERE'S SUCH A HIGH NEED OUT THERE. 
          UM, SO WITH THESE, UH, PROGRAMS THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT, UM, I, I VALUE, UH, THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, UH, CONNECTING FOLKS WITH HOSPICE CARE AND THAT NURSING CARE, RIGHT? SO FOLKS CAN PASS WITH DIGNITY. 
          UM, I, I KNOW, UM, AGAIN, RIGHT, EVERYONE'S READ THE STORY ABOUT ALBERT IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO WAS A WM DOUBLE AMPUTEE, UH, WAS HIT BY, UM, THE WINTER STORM AND LOST A COUPLE LIMBS. 
          AND, UM, THERE ARE SO MANY BARRIERS, RIGHT? 
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TO CONNECTING HIM TO HOUSING AND SERVICES. 
          UM, AND IT TOOK A NUMBER OF PEOPLE TO EVENTUALLY GET HIM CONNECTED TO THE ASSISTANCE HE NEEDED. 
          UM, BUT, UH, LOOKING AT THE, THE NEED AND REFLECTING ON WHAT COUNCILMAN COURAGE MENTIONED, RIGHT? I I DO HAVE A CONCERN IN THAT, UM, RIGHT. 
          UH, BUILDING THE HOUSING THAT MANY FOLKS CAN TRANSITION INTO, RIGHT? WE HAVE GUADALUPE, WHO, HE LIVES IN A SHELTER IN A DIFFERENT DISTRICT, BUT HE IS ALWAYS AT OUR FIELD OFFICE, RIGHT? UM, AND IS READING AND DOING RESEARCH AND HE'S APPLIED FOR HOUSING. 
          UH, BUT THE WAITING LIST IS UP TO TWO TO THREE YEARS IS WHAT THE LETTER SAID TO HIM. 
          AND HE'S ALREADY BEEN IN THE SHELTER FOR OVER A YEAR AND HE'S CONCERNED LIKE, WHERE DO I GO AFTER MY TWO YEARS EXPIRE AT THIS ONE SHELTER? UM, SO I AM CONCERNED THAT, YOU KNOW, YES, HE'S IN A SHELTER NOW, BUT IF HE'S ON A WAIT LIST AND THERE'S NO HOUSING FOR HIM TO TRANSITION INTO, I'M CONCERNED HE MAY, AND HE'S CONCERNED THAT HE MAY END UP, UH, BACK OUT ON THE STREET. 
          UM, SO THAT IS A CONCERN I ALSO HAVE, AND REFLECTING ON THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, AS A CITY WE'VE LOST OVER 1,800 UNITS OF PUBLIC HOUSING, AND I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW WE CAN MAINTAIN THAT EXISTING PUBLIC HOUSING STOCK AND LOOK TOWARDS BUILDING A MORE PUBLIC HOUSING STOCK. 
          AND WITH THAT, RIGHT, AGAIN, I'M PLEASED WITH THE, THE BOND HOUSING PROCESS AND THAT PUBLIC HOUSING IS SECURED AS ONE OF THE PARAMETERS, UM, WITHIN THE HOUSING BOND THAT CAN BE ELIGIBLE, UH, FOR CONSTRUCTION AND OR PRESERVATION. 
          UM, BUT WITH THE CENTER FOR HEALTHCARE SERVICES, UM, DO WE KNOW IF ANY OF THESE PROGRAMS REQUIRE, UH, HOUSE THIS INDIVIDUAL TO HAVE PROOF OF RESIDENCE? RIGHT? UM, LIKE THEY NEED A UTILITY BILL, RIGHT? IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE THAT THEY WOULD, UM, BUT DO WE KNOW IF THEY NEED TO SHOW PROOF OF RESIDENCY, LIKE A HARD COPY OF A UTILITY BILL TO ACCESS ANY OF THE SERVICES THAT ARE OFFERED, THEY WILL NEED SOME FORM OF ID. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, AND AGAIN, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO TOUCH ON, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, THE 9 1 1 FOR MENTAL HEALTH CALLS AND FOLKS THAT ARE IN CRISIS AND RECOGNIZING THAT, UM, EXPERIENCING EVICTION AND BEING OUT ON THE STREET IS A TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCE IN ITSELF. 
          UM, AND IT'S NOT NECESSARILY THAT THEY'VE HAD A MENTAL HEALTH ISSUE. 
          UM, I KNOW I, UH, DID A RIDE ALONG WITH THE MENTAL HEALTH UNIT AND IT WAS A VERY UNIQUE CASE IN THAT PD AGAIN, RIGHT? THERE ARE SO MANY BARRIERS CONNECTING THIS ONE RESIDENT TO HOUSING AND, UM, ADULT PROTECTIVE SERVICES. 
          AND HE WAS, UH, UNIQUE IN THAT HE WAS ALSO A VETERAN. 
          SO THAT HELPED US, UH, OR HELPED THE MENTAL HEALTH UNIT RATHER, UH, LAYER, UM, THE SUPPORT NECESSARY TO GET HIM INTO A HOUSE. 
          UM, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, UM, THIS INDIVIDUAL DIDN'T FEEL COMFORTABLE BEING IN THE HOUSE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, HE HAD BEEN OUT ON THE STREET FOR SO LONG, SO HE HAD A PLACE. 
          UM, BUT AGAIN, THAT TIMELINE WAS RUNNING OUT 'CAUSE ADULT PROTECTIVE SERVICES ONLY FUNDED SO MUCH. 
          UM, BUT AGAIN, RIGHT, JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE BUILDING THAT HOUSING THAT'S AFFORDABLE FOR INDIVIDUALS TO TRANSITION INTO. 
          AND AGAIN, LIKE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE IS, UH, BUILDING OUR PUBLIC HOUSING STOCK. 
          THANK YOU, LORI. 
          THANK YOU CHAIR. 
          UM, LORI, I, I DID HAVE A QUESTION 'CAUSE COUNCILMAN COURAGE BROUGHT UP THE HOTLINE. 
          WHAT TIME DO WE TAKE CALLS UP TO IN AT THAT HOTLINE? SEVEN. 
          7:00 PM OKAY. 
          IS THERE A ALWAYS, LIKE MAYBE WITH OUR NON-PROFIT PARTNERS, IS THERE SOMEONE ON CALL 24 HOURS? LIKE WHAT IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS AFTER 7:00 PM IS, IS THERE, DO ANY OF OUR PARTNERS HAVE, I'M JUST WONDERING. 
          JUST 9 1 1. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, HOWEVER, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT TO SEE HOW WE CAN PROVIDE 24 7 COVERAGE WITH OUR OUTREACH WORKERS AND OTHER SERVICES. 
          OKAY. 
          WONDERFUL. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH, LORI. 
          UM, YEAH, I, I DIDN'T KNOW IF THERE WAS ANYONE ALWAYS ON CALL OR SOMETHING, SO THANK YOU. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UM, SO YOU ALL, WE ARE OVER BY FOUR MINUTES ALREADY. 
          HOWEVER, THERE'S ANOTHER, UH, ITEM AND I UNDERSTAND IF ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE TO LEAVE. 
          THIS IS JUST A BRIEFING, SO WE DO NOT NEED TO TAKE ACTION, BUT, UM, WOULD STILL LOVE TO HEAR YOUR QUESTIONS ON IT. 
          IT'S BRIEFING AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, AND IT'S AN UPDATE THAT WILL BE PRESENTED TO US BY VERONICA. 
          UM, SO VERONICA, IF, IF YOU'RE READY, IT'S ALL YOURS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          SO YES, VERONICA GARCIA, THANK YOU FOR THE TIME COMMITTEE MEMBERS. 
          I AM NOW THE INTERIM DIRECTOR FOR OUR HOUSING AND NEIGHBORHOOD, NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. 
          SO, HEY, THANK YOU FOR THIS. 
          UH, SO I WANTED TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON OUR HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, WHICH JUST OPENED ABOUT A WEEK AGO. 
          THE PROGRAM PROVIDES, UH, RESIDENTS EXPERIENCING UNEXPECTED HARDSHIPS AND HELPS KEEP THEM HOUSED. 
          SO IT'S A VERY TIMELY UPDATE CONSIDERING THE PRESENTATION WE JUST HEARD. 
          THIS PROGRAM IS A POSSIBLE INTERVENTION FOR FAMILIES THAT QUALIFY TO HELP THEM STAY IN THE HOUSING THAT THEY'RE IN AND, UM, PROVIDE THEM WITH RESOURCES IF THERE IS A NEED TO RELOCATE THEM FROM THAT HOUSING. 
          UM, SO THE POLICY THAT WE HAVE NOW IS BASED ON OUR COUNCIL ADOPTED 
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RISK MITIGATION POLICY, UM, WHICH WAS ALSO CREATED BACK IN 2019 IN, IN AN EFFORT TO, A FIRST STEP TO MITIGATE, UH, DISPLACEMENT OF RESIDENTS. 
          SO THE, OUR CURRENT HAP CAN ASSIST BOTH RENTERS AND HOMEOWNERS AND IT IS THE, UM, PROGRAM THAT REPLACES OUR EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, WHICH CLOSED BACK ON MARCH 1ST. 
          SO UNDER THE NEW HAP, UM, TO QUALIFY RESIDENTS MUST LIVE WITHIN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          DUE TO THE FUNDING SOURCES WE HAVE FOR THIS PROGRAM, THEY ALSO MUST STILL DEMONSTRATE A COVID HARDSHIP. 
          WE TRY AND MAKE THAT AS EASY AS POSSIBLE. 
          THEY CAN SELF ATTEST WITH A WRITTEN DOCUMENT, UM, AND THEY MUST, UH, MEET OUR INCOME QUALIFICATIONS, MEANING THEY MUST BE BELOW 80% OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME, WHICH FOR A FAMILY THREE, WHICH IS OUR HOU AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD SIZE FOR THIS PROGRAM, IT'S ABOUT $53,000. 
          WE, UM, PROVIDE TWO DIFFERENT TYPES OF ASSISTANCE THROUGH OUR HAP, AND THE FIRST IS PRIMARILY HOUSING, STABLE HOUSING STABILITY ASSISTANCE. 
          SO THIS CAN PROVIDE RENTAL OR MORTGAGE ASSISTANCE FOR FAMILIES. 
          WE ALSO CAN PROVIDE UTILITY ASSISTANCE, SO THAT COULD BE ARREARS AND BRINGING FAMILIES CURRENT ON THE UTILITY BILLS. 
          AND WE ALSO, UM, CAN QUALIFY THEM FOR INTERNET ASSISTANCE AS WELL. 
          I KNOW THAT WAS A QUESTION OF THE COMMITTEE LAST TIME. 
          THE MAXIMUM ASSISTANCE WE CAN PROVIDE IS, UH, NO MORE THAN THREE MONTHS OF ASSISTANCE AND THAT ALSO MAXIMIZES AT $3,500 FOR HOUSING AND $1,500 FOR UTILITY ASSISTANCE. 
          THE OTHER THING TO NOTE ABOUT OUR HAP IS THAT WE PROVIDE FAMILIES ASSISTANCE ONCE EVERY 12 MONTHS. 
          SO IT'S MEANT AT, TO HELP FAMILIES EXPERIENCING A TEMPORARY HARDSHIP. 
          IT IS A ONE-TIME ASSISTANCE. 
          AND A LOT OF THAT IS BECAUSE WE HAVE VERY, VERY LIMITED FUNDING FOR THIS PROGRAM. 
          SO THE PROGRAM ALSO, UM, EXCUSE ME, FOR ANY FAMILIES THAT DID APPLY UNDER OUR EMERGENCY HOUSING PROGRAM, THEY CAN COME BACK AND APPLY UNDER OUR HOUSING PROGRAM. 
          SO WE'RE DOING A FULL RESET FOR FAMILIES AND THAT WAY WE CAN COMMUNICATE WITH THEM AND HELP THEM UNDERSTAND, UM, THAT NOW THIS IS A ONCE A YEAR ASSISTANCE FOR THEM. 
          THE OTHER, UH, ASSISTANCE WE PROVIDE IS RELOCATION ASSISTANCE. 
          SO FOR A FAMILY THAT DOES NEED TO RELOCATE, MAYBE THEIR CURRENT HOUSING SITUATION IS NO LONGER AFFORDABLE FOR THEM. 
          MAYBE IT'S NO LONGER SAFE FOR THEM. 
          UH, WE CAN HELP THEM MOVE TO A MORE SUITABLE LOCATION. 
          SO WE CAN PROVIDE TEMPORARY LODGING WHILE THEY FIND THAT PERMANENT HOUSING FOR THEM. 
          UH, WE CAN PROVIDE SECURITY AND PET DEPOSITS, COVER APPLICATION FEES, MOVING COSTS. 
          WE, UM, ALSO KNEW UNDER THE HAT WE CAN PROVIDE THEM WITH BUS PASSES SO THAT THEY CAN GO VISIT PROSPECTIVE HOUSING AND UM, MAKE ANY APPOINTMENTS LIKE WITH CASE MANAGERS OR FINANCIAL COUNSELORS THAT THEY MAY NEED TO SEE. 
          THE RELOCATION SERVICES IS UP TO $3,000 FOR OUR MULTI-FAMILY CLIENTS AND WE CAN PROVIDE UP TO $7,000 FOR MOBILE HOMEOWNERS THAT NEED TO RELOCATE. 
          AND IF FOR FAMILIES WHO ARE DISABLED OR OLDER ADULTS, WE DO HAVE A $500 ADDITIONAL ALLOWANCE ON TOP OF THOSE NUMBERS. 
          WE ALSO, UH, MAKE SURE THAT WE REFER FAMILIES TO LEGAL AID OR COUNSELING OR OTHER RESOURCES THAT THEY MAY QUALIFY FOR. 
          SO OUR HAP DOES HAVE A VERY LIMITED BUDGET RIGHT NOW. 
          UM, AT THE START OF THE FISCAL YEAR, OUR GENERAL FUND PROVIDED A RISK MITIGATION POLICY, WHICH TRANSITIONS TO THIS HAP PROGRAM WITH $4 MILLION. 
          WE HAVE ABOUT A MILLION DOLLARS OF THAT REMAINING BECAUSE, UH, MOST OF OUR CLIENTS WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ASSIST WITH THE EAP PROGRAM. 
          SO WE ALSO HAVE, UM, WHAT'S REMAINING FROM OUR ARPA FUNDS, WHICH WERE ALLOCATED FOR OUR RENTAL AND MORTGAGE ASSISTANCE. 
          IT'S ABOUT FIVE AND A HALF MILLION THAT REMAINS FROM THAT FUNDING BALANCE. 
          AND THEN WE WERE SUCCESSFUL IN GETTING A GRANT FROM THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS. 
          IT WAS $4.3 MILLION OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS TO SPEND ON RELOCATION ASSISTANCE SPECIFICALLY. 
          SO IN TOTAL, UM, ONCE WE DISCOUNT HOW MUCH OF THE GENERAL FUND THAT'S ALREADY BEEN SPENT, WE HAVE JUST OVER $10 MILLION REMAINING IN OUR HAT PROGRAM RIGHT NOW. 
          AND I WILL ADD, UM, THE MEMO REFERENCE BACK ON THURSDAY THAT WE HAVE ABOUT 800 APPLICATIONS IN THE QUEUE AND I CHECKED OVER THE WEEKEND AND WE HAVE OVER A THOUSAND IN OUR QUEUE NOW. 
          SO WE ARE GOING THROUGH THOSE AND WE ARE PRIORITIZING ANY FAMILY THAT IS FACING AN EVICTION. 
          IF THEY LET US KNOW, WE CAN PULL THOSE TO THE FRONT AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY GET, AGAIN, WITH THE GOAL OF KEEPING PEOPLE HOUSED. 
          UM, THAT IS DEFINITELY OUR PRIORITY THROUGH THIS PROGRAM AS WELL. 
          I LOVE HOW LORI SAID, UM, WE'RE ONLY AS GOOD AS THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE. 
          SO THIS PROGRAM ALSO, I WANNA HIGHLIGHT THE RESOURCES THAT WE'RE REFERRING FAMILIES TO OVER AND BEYOND OUR HAT PROGRAM. 
          SO WE DO MAKE PHONE CALLS AND THROUGH SEND LETTERS TO ALL PARTIES THAT ARE VOL INVOLVED IN AN EVICTION FILING. 
          SO THE LANDLORD AND THE TENANTS AND ALL PARTIES DO GET NOTIFICATION FROM OUR OFFICE OF THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE. 
          WE ALSO CAN PROVIDE BUS PASSES TO FAMILIES SO THAT THEY CAN MAKE SURE THAT THEY MAKE THEIR COURT DATE. 
          THAT'S ONE OF THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES 
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TO FAMILIES FACING AN EVICTION. 
          THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW THAT THEY HAVE TO GET TO THE COURTHOUSE OR THEY MAY NOT HAVE MEANS TO GET TO THE COURTHOUSE. 
          SO NOW WE CAN HELP THEM WITH THAT THROUGH THIS PROGRAM. 
          WE ALSO, UM, ANOTHER GREAT PROGRAM WE HAVE IS OUR RIGHT TO COUNSEL SERVICES. 
          SO WE HAVE AN EVICTION INTERVENTION TEAM NOW THAT HAS A PRESENCE IN EVERY SINGLE JUSTICE OF THE PEACE COURT FOR EVERY DOCKET. 
          WE HAVE CITY TEMP STAFF THAT IS THERE, AND WHAT THEY DO IS THEY TALK TO THE LANDLORDS AND THE TENANTS AND THEY DIRECT THEM TO, UH, RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE. 
          THEY HELP THEM APPLY FOR THOSE RESOURCES AND THEY GO ONE STEP FURTHER AND CAN PROVIDE THEM REFERRALS, UH, TO FREE LEGAL AID SERVICES. 
          AND WE DO HAVE THIRD PARTY ENTITIES THAT WE PARTNER WITH THAT ARE ALSO THERE IN THE COURTHOUSE AND CAN, IM IMMEDIATELY INTERVENE THEIR ATTORNEYS AND PARALEGALS AND THEY CAN HELP FAMILIES, UM, WITH ON THE SPOT MEDIATION SERVICES OR LEGAL ADVICE AS APPROPRIATE. 
          AND THEY ALSO GO OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY, OUR THIRD PARTY BENEFITS AND, UH, GO TO THESE EVICTION HOTSPOTS AND MAKE SURE THAT TENANTS ARE AWARE OF THEIR RIGHTS THERE AS WELL. 
          UM, AND THEN THE OTHER BIG SERVICE THAT WE OFFER IS WHEN A FAMILY HAS AN EVICTION, IF THEY WANT TO APPEAL THAT EVICTION, THEY ACTUALLY HAVE TO PUT, UH, UP ONE MONTH'S RENT, WHICH IF YOU'RE FACING AN EVICTION, THAT CAN BE VERY HARD TO DO. 
          SO THROUGH THIS PROGRAM, WE CAN ACTUALLY COVER THAT BOND ON THEIR BEHALF AND MAKE THAT PAYMENT SO THEY CAN APPEAL IT AND HAVE MORE TIME IN THEIR CURRENT UNIT TO MAKE EITHER A PAYMENT, GET THAT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE OR, UM, MAKE OTHER ARRANGEMENTS TO MOVE TO A NEW LOCATION IF THAT'S, IF THAT'S WHAT'S NECESSARY. 
          UM, WE HAVE, UM, THIS ON OUR WEBSITE AND WE ALSO PROVIDE HARD COPIES TO FAMILY. 
          THIS IS A LIST OF OTHER RESOURCES THAT ARE OUT THERE. 
          YOU'LL SAY, NO, IT'S KIND OF TINY, BUT WE REFER THEM TO C P S ENERGY AND SAWS UTILITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS. THERE'S THAT ELUSIVE NUMBER FOR THE HOMELESS CONNECTIONS HOTLINE THAT COUNCILWOMAN ROCHA GARCIA HAS MEMORIZED. 
          SO IT'S ALSO ON OUR WEBSITE FOR EVERYBODY. 
          WE ALSO CAN REFER THEM TO, UH, WE HAVE FINANCIAL, UH, BENEFITS, UH, COUNSELORS ON OUR TEAM. 
          N D H S HAS COUNSELORS AS WELL THAT CAN HELP FAMILIES. 
          AND WE ALSO NOTE THAT WE REFER ALL FAMILIES THAT WENT THROUGH EAP AND NOW ALL FAMILIES GOING THROUGH OUR HAT PROGRAM TO THE ESSAY READY TO WORK PROGRAM AND MAKE SURE THEY'RE AWARE OF THAT IN CASE, UM, THAT HELPS THEM. 
          SO IN SUMMARY, WE HAVE VARIOUS WAYS THAT WE'RE HELPING FAMILIES IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          NOW WE'RE AVAILABLE BY PHONE AND EMAIL. 
          WE'RE AVAILABLE IN PERSON AT EVERY PRECINCT IN THE JUSTICE OF THE PEACE COURTS. 
          AND WE ALSO GO INTO THE COMMUNITY WITH TWO EVENTS. 
          UH, THIS PAST WEEK WHEN WE WERE AT THE, UH, FIVE K EVENT IN DISTRICT FOUR ON THURSDAY WE'LL BE AT ONE OF THE RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES OFFERING A KNOW YOUR RIGHTS TRAINING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE TEXAS RIO GRANDE LEGAL AID. 
          UM, SO WE'RE, WE'RE ALL OUT AND ABOUT IN THE COMMUNITY, MAKING SURE FAMILIES KNOW WHAT RESOURCES WE HAVE TO HELP THEM. 
          SO NO, THAT WAS VERY BRIEF, BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M HERE TO ANSWER THEM. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH VERONICA. 
          AND I WANNA SAY THANK YOU BECAUSE YOU ALL WERE, UM, LIKE YOUR LAST SLIDE SAYS AT THE D FOUR, UM, HEALTH VILLAGE THIS WEEKEND. 
          AND BY, BY THE WAY, I DON'T THINK THAT THEY HAD A TENT. 
          I WAS WORRIED ABOUT THEM. 
          SO A PLUG FOR A TENT, UH, FOR OUR FOLKS THAT ARE OUT THERE AND MAYBE THEY JUST FORGOT IT. 
          I'M SURE YOU ALL HAVE SOME, BUT, UM, BUT THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT AND THEY WERE RECEIVING A LOT OF INFORMATION. 
          UM, SO THAT WAS GREAT. 
          THEN NUMBER, UH, NUMBER TWO THAT I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT IS ACTUALLY I WANTED TO THANK YOU, UM, PUBLICLY BECAUSE RIGHT BEFORE THE HOLIDAY BREAK, UM, I THINK IT WAS TWO DAYS BEFORE OUR HOLIDAY BREAK, THERE WAS A FAMILY WITH THREE LITTLE GIRLS. 
          I WAS ABOUT TO GET EVICTED AND, UM, YOU WORKED THROUGH THE BREAK TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY STAYED HOUSED. 
          AND IT WAS, UM, THE THREE LITTLE GIRLS CAME WITH THEIR MOM TO A PUBLIC COMMENT SESSION TO SPEAK IN FRONT OF ALL OF COUNSEL. 
          AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT, UM, WE APPRECIATED A LOT THAT IT WAS A DISTRICT FOR RESIDENT AND UH, SHE THOUGHT YOU'RE A REAL ANGEL. 
          SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, FOR DOING THAT, VERONICA. 
          UM, WE, AND WE HAVE, UM, MORE THAN A THOUSAND PEOPLE RIGHT NOW WHO HAVE APPLICATIONS THAT THAT WERE SUBMITTED. 
          I'M JUST WONDERING, DO WE HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE COVERING THESE APPLICATIONS? DO YOU HAVE ENOUGH STAFF? ARE YOU PROPERLY STAFFED TO TAKE THE SURE. 
          SO THAT IS ONE OF OUR CHALLENGES. 
          WE HAVE A LITTLE OVER 30 TEMPS RIGHT NOW. 
          AT THE HEIGHT OF OUR EFFORT WE HAD ABOUT 60. 
          UM, SO 30 IS NOT THE WRONG NUMBER, BUT IT IS THE, THE WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW BECAUSE, UM, WHAT WE'RE FINDING IS A LOT OF OUR MOST EXPERIENCED PROCESSORS ARE, ARE TIRED. 
          THEY'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS PROGRAM FOR OVER TWO YEARS. 
          UM, SOME OF THEM WERE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO GET FULL-TIME JOBS AND SO THAT'S VERY EXCITING NEWS FOR THEM. 
          AND WE'RE WORKING WITH THE TEMP AGENCIES TO BACKFILL THOUGH SOME OF THOSE THAT HAVE MOVED ON TO FULL-TIME POSITIONS 'CAUSE THEY ARE TEMP POSITIONS. 
          UM, SO IT IS A, IT'S A CHALLENGE THAT EVERYONE'S GOING THROUGH IN THE LABOR MARKET RIGHT NOW, KEEPING, KEEPING THE ROCK STARS THAT YOU HAVE, FINDING NEW PEOPLE TO REPLACE WHEN THEY DO MOVE ON. 
          SO, UM, BUT WE'VE ALSO, I WILL SHARE WITH YOU, WE ARE PULLING SOME OF OUR FULL-TIME STAFF BECAUSE OF THE CHALLENGES OF THE TEMP STAFF. 
          WE'VE PULLED SOME OF OUR FULL-TIME STAFF THAT DURING THE PANDEMIC WERE REDIRECTED AND GOT THEM 
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RETRAINED AND ASKED THEM TO VOTE ONE AND IN SOME CASES MORE THAN ONE DAY A WEEK, UH, WE HAVE ABOUT 10 11 N H S D TEAM THAT ARE DOING THIS, UH, WORKING NIGHTS, WEEKENDS, WHATEVER IT TAKES SO THAT WE CAN SUPPLEMENT OUR TEMP STAFF SO WE CAN GO THROUGH THESE, UM, AS MOST EFFICIENTLY AS POSSIBLE. 
          WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH AND I KNOW THAT YOU ALL, UM, DO A GREAT JOB OF GETTING, UH, INFORMATION NOW AND WE, UM, SEND DEFINITELY TO OUR, OUR, OUR MEDIA PARTNERS. 
          I, UH, I I APPRECIATE THAT EFFORT. 
          AND DO YOU SEND THEM TO THE INDIVIDUAL COUNCIL, CONSTITUENT SERVICES DIRECTOR? I'M ASSUMING THEY'RE ON YOUR MAILING LIST AS WELL TO JUST REMIND THEM OF APPLICATION DEADLINES, ET CETERA. 
          YES, ALL OF THAT AND MAKE SURE WE GET IT ALL IN THE NEWSLETTERS AND, AND THAT YOU ALL HAVE THE INFORMATION. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          THOSE ARE MY ONLY QUESTIONS AND I WILL START NOW WITH, UM, COUNCILMAN BRAVO. 
          DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCILMAN CASTILLO? THANK YOU, CHAIR. 
          THANK YOU VERONICA, FOR THE PRESENTATION AND ALL THE WORK THAT YOUR DEPARTMENT CONTINUES TO DO. 
          UM, AND ALSO REALLY GLAD TO HEAR THAT THE PORTAL IS NOW OPEN. 
          UM, DO WE KNOW IF THERE'S A CUTOFF DATE, UH, OR IF ANYONE WHO RECEIVED EAP, ARE THEY AVAILABLE FOR HAP? SURE. 
          SO, UM, THERE'S NOT A CUTOFF DATE YET, BUT I DID, I DID, UM, TRY TO DEMONSTRATE THE LIMITED FUNDS THAT WE HAVE UNDER HAP. 
          SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE KEEPING SUCH REALLY A DAILY EYE ON THE APPLICATIONS THAT COME IN. 
          AND WE'LL BE SURE TO LET YOU ALL KNOW IF WE GET TO A POINT WHERE WE MAY NEED TO CONSIDER SHUTTING DOWN THE NEW HAP UM, DUE TO THE DEMAND AND THE LIMITED FUNDS, WE ARE ALSO TALKING TO COUNTY BECAUSE, UM, IF, IF YOU RECALL, THEY'VE BEEN A PARTNER IN THE PAST. 
          RIGHT NOW THE HAP WITH THE FUNDING SOURCES WE HAVE, WE'RE LIMITING IT TO CITY RESIDENTS ONLY. 
          UM, BUT THEY PERIODICALLY HAVE BEEN THE BENEFITS OF TREASURY DOLLARS AS WELL, AND THEY DON'T HAVE THEIR OWN STANDALONE PROGRAM MM-HMM. 
          . 
          SO WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO PARTNER WITH THEM TO GIVE US THE DOLLARS AND THEN WE OPEN UP TO COUNTY, BUT IT REALLY ALSO BENEFITS OUR CITY RESIDENTS SO WE CAN BOTH BENEFIT WITH THOSE ADDITIONAL DOLLARS. 
          SO THAT IS A CONVERSATION WE'RE HAVING WITH THEM NOW. 
          SO THAT COULD BE A POTENTIAL FIVE OR 6 MILLION OF ADDITIONAL FUNDS THAT WOULD HELP BOTH CITY AND COUNTY RESIDENTS FOR THE PROGRAM. 
          UM, AND I WILL ALSO, UM, TO ADDRESS YOUR OTHER QUESTION ABOUT EAP CLIENTS, WE ARE, UM, GOING AHEAD AND RESETTING THIS HAP PROGRAM FOR THEM. 
          SO IF THEY DID RECEIVE EAP ASSISTANCE, UH, THEY CAN GO AHEAD AND APPLY UNDER THE NEW PORTAL AND WE WOULD BE SURE TO COMMUNICATE TO THEM. 
          UM, BECAUSE MANY OF THE EAP CLIENTS, SOME OF THEM MAY HAVE BEEN, UM, USED TO, YOU KNOW, AS LONG AS I HAVEN'T USED ALL MY BENEFITS, I CAN COME BACK. 
          SO WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT THEY JUST UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S A ONE-TIME BENEFIT UP TO THREE MONTHS OF ASSISTANCE AND THAT IF THEY NEED, UM, SOMETHING BEYOND THAT, THE OTHER RESOURCES THAT MAY BE AVAILABLE TO THEM. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU VERONICA. 
          UM, WITH THAT, RIGHT, UH, I KNOW WHEN A PREVIOUS ITEM WE'RE REVIEWING, UH, THE TIF POLICY IN CHAPTER THREE 11 MM-HMM. 
          , I THINK IT WOULD BE, UH, VERY HELPFUL IF WE CAN REVISIT THE RISK MITIGATION POLICY AND HOW, UM, WE CAN MAKE POTENTIAL CHANGES TO THAT POLICY, UM, TO ADDRESS ANY GAPS THAT WE'VE SEEN OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS. 
          UM, SO IF, IF POSSIBLE, I WOULD LIKE TO REVIEW THE RISK MITIGATION FUND. 
          UM, OUR CONSTITUENT SERVICES OFFICE RIGHT. 
          WORKS REALLY CLOSELY WITH THE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE, UH, EXPERIENCING EVICTION OR AT RISK OF EVICTION. 
          AND, UM, YOU ANSWERED ONE OF THE QUESTIONS, RIGHT? UH, WHAT WOULD BE THE PRIORITY? UM, SO IF THERE'S SOMEONE WHO'S CURRENTLY UNHOUSED SEEKING, UH, ASSISTANCE, UH, IS THERE A PRIORITY? SO, UH, IF IT'S A UNHOUSED INDIVIDUAL VERSUS SOMEONE AT RISK OF EVICTION OR IS IT JUST A PIPELINE AND WE SHIP THROUGH THE APPLICATIONS IN ORDER, WE GO THROUGH THE PIPELINE IN ORDER, BUT IF THEY DO HAVE AN EVICTION, THEY'VE BEEN SERVED WITH AN EVICTION, UH, WE DO PRI WE PULL THAT TO THE FRONT ONCE THEY LET US KNOW THAT AND WE PRIORITIZE AND WE'LL PROCESS THEIRS, UM, BEFORE THE REST OF THE PIPELINE BECAUSE OF THEIR EMERGENCY SITUATION. 
          AND IF IT IS SOMEONE WHO IS ALREADY UNHOUSED MM-HMM. 
          , UH, WE WOULD REFER THEM TO THE HOMELESS CONNECTIONS HOTLINE SO THAT THEY CAN GET, UM, THE, YOU KNOW, ADDITIONAL BENEFITS THAT THEY MAY NEED. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND WITH THE CASE THAT A LANDLORD DOESN'T ACCEPT, UM, THE, THE ASSISTANCE MM-HMM. 
          , UH, HOW CAN WE ENSURE THAT THE TENANT STILL RECEIVES ASSISTANCE? WOULD IT BE THE HOTLINE OR WHAT WOULD WE CONNECT THEM TO? YES. 
          SO IF THE LANDLORD, AND WE DO, ESPECIALLY WITH THOSE THAT ARE FACING AN EVICTION, UM, REALLY ANY CLIENT ONCE WE'RE GOING TO PAY THEIR ARREARS AND GET THEM CURRENT AND WE DO, IF THEY STILL HAVE ASSISTANCE AVAILABLE, CAN PAY ONE MONTH ADVANCE RENT, WE MAKE SURE WE CONTACT THE LANDLORD, LET 'EM KNOW THE DOLLAR AMOUNT THAT THIS CLIENT QUALIFIES FOR, AND THAT THEY'RE WILLING TO ACCEPT IT. 
          BECAUSE AGAIN, THE THE POINT IS TO KEEP THEM HOUSED. 
          YEAH. 
          IT REALLY DOESN'T DO US OR THEM ANY GOOD IF WE PAY THE LANDLORD AND THEN THEY GET KICKED OUT ANYWAY. 
          SO WE DOUBLE CHECK AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE WILLING TO ACCEPT THE ASSISTANCE AND THAT THEY WOULD DISMISS THE EVICTION. 
          UM, AND THAT HELPS THAT CLIENT. 
          IF THE LANDLORD SAYS, NO, I DON'T EVEN WANT THE PAST DUE RENT, I JUST WANT THEM GONE, THEN WE REFER THEM, UM, THROUGH OUR PROGRAM TO THE RELOCATION ASSISTANCE WHERE WE CAN HELP THEM WITH THE MOVING COSTS, UM, EMERGENCY LODGING IF THAT'S WHAT'S NEEDED. 
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AND THEN, UH, WE WORK WITH THEM, THEY FIND THE NEW UNIT, BUT WE CAN HELP THEM WITH THE SECURITY DEPOSIT AND, UH, EVEN A LANDLORD INCENTIVE, WHICH IS EQUAL TO ONE MONTH'S RENT. 
          YEAH. 
          YEAH. 
          AND, AND THAT'S A GREAT NEWS TOO. 
          UH, AGAIN, RIGHT NOW THAT FOLKS ARE BEING CONNECTED WITH THE VIA PASS, I THINK IS GOING TO MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE. 
          UM, WITH EAP, UH, WITH APPLICATION, IF THERE WAS A MISSING DOCUMENT OR AN ERROR MM-HMM. 
          , UH, THE APPLICANT WOULD SEND AN EMAIL THAT THEY HAVE ABOUT, I BELIEVE IT WAS LIKE TWO DAYS TO UPDATE IT. 
          RIGHT. 
          UM, WITH THIS PROCESS, WILL A SIMILAR EMAIL BE SENT AND IS IT TWO DAYS OR 30 DAYS? HOW LONG DOES THE APPLICANT HAVE TO, UH, SEND OR UPDATE THE CORRECT INFORMATION? YES, IT'LL BE THE SAME POLICY. 
          IT'LL BE THE SAME PROCESS WHERE THEY HAVE A CERTAIN NUMBER OF DAYS. 
          I'M LOOKING AT VERONICA GONZALEZ, SHE'S SHOWING ME FIVE, SHE'S OUR ADMINISTRATOR OVER THE PROGRAM. 
          UM, IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S FIVE DAYS SO THAT THEY CAN GO AHEAD AND GET US THAT MISSING DOCUMENTATION. 
          UM, SO WE CAN KEEP THEIR, THEIR APPLICATION GOING THROUGH THE SYSTEM. 
          UH, GREAT. 
          THANK YOU VERONICA. 
          THANK YOU CHAIR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN CAST. 
          THANK YOU VERONICA, AND THE ENTIRE TEAM FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DO. 
          THAT BRINGS US TO THE END OF OUR MEETING, SO WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 1222. 
          THANKS EVERYONE. 
          THANK.
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