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WE'RE GONNA GET STARTED, AND IT'S 2:02 PM AND WE'LL CALL THE MEETING OF THE PLANNING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE FOR AUGUST THE FIRST TO ORDER.
CHAIR ROJA GARCIA HERE, CHAIR.
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WITH, UM, THE EASIEST ITEM ON TODAY'S AGENDA, WHICH IS THE APPROVAL, THE MINUTES FROM MAY 26TH, 2022.IS THERE, UM, I HOPE YOU'VE HAD SOME TIME TO LOOK OVER IT.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND.
WE'LL GO NOW TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
WE HAVE MORE THAN 20 PEOPLE, UM, SIGNED UP TO SPEAK TODAY, AND SO WE WILL, UH, START CALLING EVERYONE UP INDIVIDUALLY.
I KNOW THERE'S A COUPLE OF ITEMS ON HERE.
WE'LL, WE'RE GONNA TAKE ALL OF PUBLIC COMMENT UPFRONT, AND THEN OF COURSE, YOU'RE WELCOME TO STAY, BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ALL CAN SPEAK AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING JUST IN CASE YOU HAVE TO GET BACK TO YOUR DUTIES.
UM, SO WITH THAT SAID, WE ALSO, I'M GOING TO MEET FOR MY COLLEAGUES MOVING THE ORDER OF THE MEETING, UH, AGENDA ITEMS AROUND, BECAUSE WE MIGHT LOSE NO, WE WILL LOSE QUORUM AT SOME POINT.
SO WE'RE GONNA TAKE ITEM TH ITEM THREE, UH, THE DECONSTRUCTION ORDINANCE UP FIRST RIGHT AFTER THE PUBLIC COMMENT.
AND THEN AFTER THAT, IT'LL BE THE NORTHEAST CORRIDOR, WHICH NEEDS, UM, UH, QUORUM AS WELL.
SO JUST FOR, FOR PLANNING PURPOSES, OH, WE NEED, UH, SPANISH TRANSLATION.
OH, WHO NEEDS TRANSLATION? OKAY.
WE TRANSLATE FOR THE ENGLISH SPEAKERS THAT DON'T UNDERSTAND, BECAUSE I THINK A LOT OF US ARE BILINGUAL.
I THINK THE STAFF MIGHT NOT ALL BE ABLE TO SPEAK IN SPANISH.
SO, UM, LET'S, WHAT, WHAT DO YOU RECOMMEND ODA? WE'RE GETTING, THE TRANSLATOR IS COMING.
THEN ONLY TRANSLATE PUBLIC COMMENT.
TO TRANSLATE PUBLIC COMMENT, IT'LL NOT ENTIRETY.
AND, BUT THE MEETING IS BEING, UM, BROADCAST RIGHT NOW.
AND IT IS ALSO, UH, IN SPANISH.
CORRECT? THERE IS SOMEONE WHO CAN TELL YOU THE, THE, THE, THE MEETING, BUT THAT'S OKAY.
SO THEY HAVE, THEY HAVE, WE ONLY HAVE FOUR EAR SETS AND THEN INDIVIDUALS SETS.
SO YOU ONLY HAVE FOUR EAR SETS FOR EVERYONE IN THE ROOM.
AND THEN THE TRANSLATOR'S GONNA ONLY TRANSLATE PUBLIC COMMENT AND THEN WHAT'S HAPPENING FOR THOSE THAT ARE WATCHING FROM HOME ABLE ONLINE.
MAYBE WE CAN, UH, NEXT TIME TRY TO SEE HOW MANY WE ARE GONNA GET IN SPANISH TOO.
WE CAN, SO WE CAN HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL SETS, BUT THAT'S AN OFFLINE, UH, CONVERSATION.
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WE'LL GET STARTED THEN WITH PUBLIC COMMENT.UM, UH, MADAME CLERK, UH, THE FIRST PERSON UP TO SPEAK IS REJO RIVERA, FOLLOWED BY LOUISANA BANEZ.
UM, I WAS GOING TO SPEAK ON ITEM FOUR TODAY.
UM, IN RELATION TO THE HOUSING BOND, R F P AND D I A PROCESS, UM, I JUST WANTED TO FIRST SAY THAT, UM, WE, UM, WAS, ORGANIZERS HAVE BEEN MEETING WITH CITY STAFF, UM, IN CONSTANT COMMUNICATION ABOUT OUR CONCERNS.
AND, UM, WE DO FEEL LIKE SOME OF THOSE CONCERNS HAVEN'T BEEN ADDRESSED.
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PRIMARILY THE, UH, REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS.UM, WE THINK THE ENTIRE PROCESS IS GOING WAY TOO FAST.
UM, I BELIEVE THAT WE NEED TO SLOW THE PROCESS DOWN IN ORDER TO GIVE MORE TIME TO, UM, LESSER NONPROFITS AND LESSER DEVELOPERS, UM, TO COMPETE WITH BIGGER, UM, NONPROFITS AND FOR-PROFITS.
UM, SO THEY CAN HAVE THE SAME OPPORTUNITIES TO PROVIDE, UM, DEEPER AFFORDABLE UNITS TO THE COMMUNITY.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT, UM, WE NEED TO PRIORITIZE 30% A M I, UM, IN THIS COMMUNITY, BECAUSE SAN ANTONIO REMAINS TO BE ONE OF THE MOST IMPOVERISHED METRO IN THE UNITED STATES.
AND WE NEED TO TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN CREATING NEW HOUSING PROJECTS AND, UM, JUST, UH, PRIORITIZING THE MOST VULNERABLE, THE MO AND, UM, PRIORITIZING DEEPER AFFORDABILITY SO OUR RESIDENTS HAVE THE ABILITY TO STAY HERE THE WAY THAT THEY HAVE BEEN FOR GENERATIONS.
LUISA BANEZ, FOLLOWED BY LINA CRUZ.
I'M A MOM OF THREE AND A RESIDENT, BORN AND RAISED IN SAN ANTONIO.
I'M COMING HERE TO TESTIFY ABOUT MY EXPERIENCE AS SOMEONE TRYING TO, UH, GET ACCESS TO A, A HOME FOR HER FAMILY, BUT THEN ALSO AS THE DAUGHTER OF, UM, UM, PARENTS WHO WERE DEPORTED AND LOST THEIR HOME.
SO WHEN MY FATHER WAS DEPORTED, UM, SEVERAL YEARS AGO, MY MOM WAS LEFT AS THE, UM, A SINGLE CARETAKER OF OUR FAMILY.
AND BECAUSE SHE COULDN'T KEEP UP WITH THE MAINTENANCE FOR THE HOME AND, AND THE CONDITIONS IN THAT HOME WERE JUST TOO, UM, YOU KNOW, EGREGIOUS.
LIKE, JUST, JUST, YOU KNOW, WE HAD PLASTIC BAGS ON OUR WINDOWS AFTER WE, YOU KNOW, FIVE KIDS.
IT WAS JUST A LOT OF ROUGH AND PLAY AND, AND THINGS JUST, UM, GREW, GREW, UM, BEYOND MY MOM'S CONTROL TO FIX AND MUCH LESS PAY, UM, THE MORTGAGE.
SO THAT SAID, WE LOST OUR, OUR HOME.
AND, YOU KNOW, I DECIDED TO IMPROVE THE CONDITIONS FOR MY FAMILY BY GOING TO COLLEGE, BUT I ACQUIRED LIKE ALL THE STUDENT DEBT.
AND NOW, UM, EVEN AFTER 10 YEARS OF WORKING IN, IN DIFFERENT NONPROFIT AREAS, MAKING MORE THAN REGULAR, NORMAL MINIMUM WAGE JOBS, UM, I'M STILL UNABLE TO QUALIFY FOR MORTGAGE, UM, OF A HOME.
AND, AND STILL EVEN, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, MY, MY REQUEST IS FOR Y'ALL TO HAVE A SOLICITATION PROCESS FOR WHOEVER GETS THE, THE MONIES TO PROVIDE HOUSING FOR FAMILIES TO BE CONSIDERATE ABOUT JUST THE DIFFERENT, UM, DYNAMICS THAT FAMILIES COULD BE GOING THROUGH.
UH, PRIORITIZE SPENDING HOUSING FOR FAMILIES THAT HAVE MOMS, UM, TAKING CARE OF THEIR KIDS AND MAYBE PRODUCTIVE CITIZENS, UM, IN THEIR COMMUNITY, UH, OR, OR RESTORING THAT RELATIONSHIP IN THEIR COMMUNITY, UM, BY MAKING AMENDS FROM WHATEVER PAST, UM, WE MAY HAVE HAD.
UM, AND MORE IMPORTANTLY TO, TO BE, UM, UH, FLEXIBLE WITH WHETHER OR NOT THAT, THAT THOSE MOMS HAVE PART-TIME JOBS, MULTIPLE PART-TIME JOBS, AND, AND SEEKING TO RESTORE THEIR CREDIT.
I'M A SINGLE PERSON THAT TAKES CARE OF TWO GRANDCHILDREN.
I NEED Y'ALL'S ASSISTANCE TO HAVE REPAIRS IN MY HOUSE THAT IS FALLING APART.
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SO I'M A GRANDMOTHER.CAN WE HAVE OUR TRANSLATOR? PLEASE USE THE MICROPHONE AS WELL.
WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE PEOPLE AT HOME CAN HEAR.
SO I'M A GRANDMOTHER AND OBVIOUSLY I'M TAKING CARE OF MY GRANDCHILDREN.
THE MOTHER DIED, AND WE NEED ASSISTANCE.
WE DON'T HAVE A BIG INCOME, AND WE NEED YOUR HELP TO BE ABLE TO DO REPAIRS ON OUR HOMES.
IMANI ALI, FOLLOWED BY SANCHEZ.
YOU WANNA SEND YOUR TIME TO GRACIELA? YES.
IS ANYONE ELSE WANTING TO SEE THEIR TIME TO GRACIELA? ROSA? I'LL GIVE TO, I, I DON'T NEED, OKAY.
WHEN I START THIS, UH, MY NAME IS GRACIELA SANCHEZ, UM, LIVE AT 27 18 MONTEREY IN DISTRICT FIVE, BUT I WORK ON BEHALF OF THE ESPERANZA PEACE AND JUSTICE CENTER, AND IT IS A CITYWIDE ORGANIZATION, ACTUALLY REGIONAL AS WELL.
UM, THANK YOU FOR THIS MEETING AND THANK YOU FOR, UM, ALL THE WORK.
I KNOW YOU ALL ARE A COMPASSIONATE GROUP OF PEOPLE.
I KNOW THAT, RIGHT? I'VE, I'VE READ MINUTES AND I HEAR YOU AT CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS AND, UM, LIKE MANY PEOPLE THAT WENT TO ALL THE HOUSING BOND MEETINGS AS WELL AS OTHER BOND MEETINGS, AND I SAT ON THE HOUSING, I MEAN THE PARKS COMMITTEE.
I ALSO GAVE AT LEAST TWO PLUS YEARS FOR THE, FOR EVERYONE HOMES SUBCOMMITTEE THAT IS TALKED ABOUT IN THE SHIP PLAN.
AND I ALSO ATTENDED SOME OF THOSE SHIP MEETINGS.
AND EVEN BEFORE THAT, WHEN THE MISSION TRAIL FOLKS WERE LOSING THEIR HOUSING, A HUN, 300 PEOPLE, A HUNDRED, UH, MISSION, UH, PEOPLE LIVING IN THE TRAIL HOMES, THAT'S WHEN A LOT OF US GOT INVOLVED IN HOUSING FOR THIS, YOU KNOW, FOR OUR CONCERN WITH THE MOST VULNERABLE.
AND SADLY, AS IT RELATED TO THE MISSION TRAILS, THEY WERE NOT HELPED.
I MEAN, THEY WERE GIVEN 5,000, 8,000, 3000, 2000.
THE LITTLE OLD LADY THAT WAS 80 YEARS OLD, LET'S SAID SHE WOULD DIE IF SHE HAD TO MOVE DIED, RIGHT? OTHER PEOPLE WERE HOMELESS.
JUST A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS.
SO FROM THAT MOMENT WITH, UH, JULIAN CASTROS HOUSING BOND THAT BECAME IVY TAYLOR'S HOUSING BOND, THAT BECAME OUR CURRENT MAYOR'S HOUSING.
I MEAN, HOUSING COMMISSION, YOU KNOW, WE, WE'VE, WE'VE BEEN THERE.
AND SO WE HELPED TO SUPPORT THIS $150 MILLION BOND, AND WE'RE EXCITED TO SEE IT USED IN THE BEST POSSIBLE WAY.
UM, AS MOST OF YOU KNOW, THROUGH THIS SHIP, UH, REPORT, 27,000 PEOPLE, THIS IS SHIP NUMBERS PRIOR TO PANDEMIC, IS WHAT I UNDERSTAND.
OR DURING THE PANDEMIC, 27,264 HOUSEHOLDS WERE, UH, AT RISK.
THOSE PEOPLE MAKING LESS THAN 20,000.
AND ANOTHER 17,470, ALSO UNDER 20,000 WERE HOMEOWNERS.
WHAT'S THE MATH THERE? AND, AND ADD TO THAT, THE 31% AND THE 50%, THE MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE ARE PEOPLE.
NOT ONLY THAT NEED 50% A M I, BUT PEOPLE WHO NEED 30% OR LESS, THE ESPERANZA HAS ZA IN THE WEST SIDE AND CENSUS BLOCK 1105, THE AVERAGE INCOME THERE IS $8,900.
30% DOESN'T MAKE IT 20% A M I DOESN'T MAKE IT, YOU KNOW, 15% A M I DOESN'T MAKE IT.
SO HOW ARE WE GETTING MORE MONIES TO THE PEOPLE THAT REALLY NEED IT? A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, CAN YOU PASS THESE? I WAS AT, UM, I WAS WATCHING THE SUNDAY MORNING NEWS.
I WAS WATCHING THE SUNDAY MORNING NEWS WITH JANE POLLY, AND SHE TALKED ABOUT, THEY INTERVIEWED THE, THE MAYOR OF WASHINGTON, D C I, I DIDN'T KEEP ONE FOR MYSELF, BUT IN THEIR HOUSING TASK FORCE, AT LEAST 50% OF THEIR HOUSING DOLLARS ARE GONNA BE SERVING HOUSEHOLDS WITH INCOMES BELOW, BELOW 30%.
A M I AT LEAST 40% ADDITIONAL WILL BE FOR PEOPLE BETWEEN 30 AND 50%.
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THE DOLLARS THAT WASHINGTON D C IS SPENDING IS FOR PEOPLE BETWEEN 30 AND 50.SO THAT IS THE CONCERN I HAVE AS WE START TALKING ABOUT HOUSING AND HAVING A PIPELINE.
BECAUSE THE PREVIOUS PIPELINE, I LOOKED AT THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING TRUST NUMBERS, UM, BETWEEN, I'M NOT SURE WHAT YEARS AND MAYBE, UH,
OF THAT 10,535, ONLY 281 WERE FOR PEOPLE AT 30% A M I OR LESS.
AND IF YOU ADDED THE 30, 40 AND 50%, IT WAS ONLY 8.7%.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S HOUSING THAT'S ALREADY BEEN BUILT BEING FINISHED CON YOU KNOW, BEING CONSTRUCTED.
AND PART OF IT IS IN THE PIPELINE.
I I CAN THANK YOU FOR THE, WHAT THE HOUSING BOND DID, GIVE US OTHER NUMBERS.
UM, BUT THOSE NUMBERS ARE STILL LOW.
THE NUMBERS ARE STILL GONNA KEEP BASED ON, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE THESE NUMBERS WITH THE PIPELINE NUMBERS, BUT IT MEANS 1864 OF THE FUTURE, 7,800 PROJECTS THAT APARTMENTS THAT ARE GONNA BE MADE, ONLY 23.7% WILL BE FOR PEOPLE MAKING LESS THAN $20,000.
ONLY 23%, WHICH IS A LOT BETTER THAN THE TWO AND 3%.
SO I'LL GIVE YOU THAT, RIGHT? BUT IT'S A LONG WAY TO TAKE CARE OF THOSE ALMOST 50,000 PEOPLE WHO ARE, WHO ARE AT, ARE LOW, THE MOST VULNERABLE, RIGHT? SO THAT'S OUR CONCERN.
ARE WE NOW GONNA HAVE PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY MOTHERS, IT'S A GENDERED ISSUE.
IT'S ES WITH THEIR CHILDREN WHO MAY NOT HAVE A SECOND PERSON, OR, YOU KNOW, MAY HAVE A MOTHER AND HERSELF AND THEIR CHILDREN, AND THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THEY'RE RETIRED BECAUSE THERE'S MENTAL ILLNESS, BECAUSE OF WHATEVER REASON, THEY'RE NOT MAKING THAT 20,000.
SO THE HOUSING, WE STILL NEED TO PROVIDE FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE THE MOST VULNERABLE.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ASKING, BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT THESE FOLKS TO BE ON THE STREET.
NEXT, YOU WILL HAVE MORE AND MORE FAMILIES OUT ON THE STREET.
SO PLEASE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ANNA CASTANERA, FOLLOWED BY AMY CASTLEY.
MY NAME'S ANNA CASTANERA, AND, UM, I'M GLAD THAT I WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT HERE TO ON ALREADY.
UM, TO BE HERE WAS A SACRIFICE TO BE HERE TODAY WAS TO, UH, MISS WORK, WHICH WOULD RESULT IN ME MISSING, UH, MONEY FROM MY PAYCHECK.
I'M A SINGLE MOTHER OF SIX KIDS.
TWO YEARS AGO, I LEFT MY, UH, DOMESTIC VIOLENT RELATIONSHIP WITH MY LIFE.
AND SO, UM, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT, UM, FOR ME AND THE KIDS TO HAVE A ROOF OVER OUR HEADS FOR SAFETY PURPOSES.
BUT JUST TO LIVE AND THRIVE IN THE ENVIRONMENT THAT I LIVE IN.
UM, I HAVE BEEN FOR THE PAST FOUR AND A HALF YEARS, I WILL BE GRADUATING AUGUST THE FIFTH FROM A FAMILY SELF-SUFFICIENCY PROGRAM WITH A CHECK FOR OVER $10,000.
BUT I WILL HAVE NOWHERE TO MOVE INTO.
IN 2011, I COMMITTED FE UH, CRIMES THAT LED UP TO FELONIES.
AND, UM, I'VE SUCCESSFULLY FINISHED MY PROBATION TERMS 10 YEARS ON PROBATION.
I SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED THEM.
AND IF YOU ASK ANYONE IN THOSE STATISTICS, 71% DO NOT FINISH PROBATION.
UM, AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER BEING A PARENT, I GAVE BIRTH TO MY DAUGHTER, HAD TO GO RIGHT BACK TO THE SHELTER, UM, THAT WE, I WAS LIVING IN WHILE I WAS PREGNANT.
'CAUSE HER FATHER HAD DIED IN MY LAP IN A CAR ACCIDENT.
AND, UM, EVER SINCE I CAN REMEMBER, I'VE BEEN IN HOMELESS SHELTERS.
I'VE BEEN AT SAM, A GOOD SAM, I'VE, UM, BEEN AT THE SALVATION ARMY, AND MY KIDS HAVE LEARNED TO BE IN THOSE ENVIRONMENTS.
THE CRITERIA IS VERY IMPORTANT.
I'VE BEEN ASKING TO SPEAK WITH DEVELOPERS WHO'VE BEEN WORKING WITH SAHA FOR FOUR YEARS NOW, AND I STOPPED FOR A YEAR COMING TO ADVOCATE FOR ME AND MY FAMILY BECAUSE I HAD GIVEN UP AND I HAD JUST COME TO TERMS THAT I'M JUST GONNA BE IN THESE SITUATIONS.
SO WHEN I USE MY SELF-SUFFICIENT FAMILY SELF-SUFFICIENCY CHECK TO MOVE ON TO MY NEXT STEP, THERE'S A REALLY, REALLY, REALLY LARGE, UM, CHANCE THAT I WILL BE BACK IN A HOMELESS SHELTER.
AND IT'S THE CYCLE OF GOING TO A SHELTER.
AND YOU CAN ONLY BE THERE FOR 42 DAYS.
EVEN IF YOU GO TO SAM'S SHELTER, YOU GO INTO TRANSITIONAL HOUSING FOR TWO YEARS, AND ONCE THEY LET YOU GO ON THESE ASSISTANCE, YOU STILL HAVE TO FIGURE OUT LIFE ON YOUR
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OWN.AMY CASTLEY, FOLLOWED BY RAY MORALES.
ANTONIO BLANCO'S GONNA GIVE HER THANK YOU.
UM, THE CRITERIA SCORING PROCESS, IT HAS TO BE, UM, TO FIT THE COMMUNITIES THAT ARE GOING TO GO THERE.
SO I GOT A SECTION EIGHT VOUCHER LAST YEAR, AND ME AND MY KIDS WERE EXCITED MAKING APPLICATIONS.
WE SPENT OVER $350 THAT TOOK AWAY FROM OUR MONTH'S RENT, UM, TO APPLY FOR PUBLIC HOUSING, EVEN WITHIN SAHA.
SO SAHA, UM, LOCATIONS THAT USE DEVELOPERS TODAY, I WAS DENIED BECAUSE OF MY CRITERIA.
I AM PAYING A LOT OF CONSEQUENCES NOW THAT I'VE GOTTEN OFF OF PROBATION, AND I'LL CONTINUE TO GO THROUGH THOSE.
AND IF IT'S ME AND THE KIDS GOING THROUGH THE SHELTER AGAIN, UM, I DON'T THINK I HAVE, I DON'T THINK THAT SHOULD BE AN OPTION.
I I THINK THAT THE CRITERIA SHOULD BE CONSIDERED IF I GO TO A RENTAL PROPERTY AND I CAN PROVE THAT I HAVE BEEN DENIED OTHER PLACES BECAUSE OF, UM, THINGS LIKE MY BACKGROUND.
BUT CAN I SHOW YOU FOR FOUR YEARS ALL THE OTHER GOOD THINGS THAT IS IN PLACE IN SAN ANTONIO, UM, HILL MANOR APARTMENTS THAT HAS ALL THESE, UM, WATER METALS.
I DIDN'T THINK I WAS GONNA BE ABLE TO APPLY.
AND ONCE I GOT THERE, THEY HAD A SCORING SYSTEM THAT AS LONG AS I LET THEM KNOW HOW WELL GOOD I'M DOING, THEY WOULD ALLOW ME TO MOVE IN.
AND IF IT WASN'T THAT WAY, I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO BE THERE.
THE SPECIFIC APARTMENT THAT I MOVED TO IS NO LONGER THERE.
UM, AND SO I THINK CRITERIA SHOULD BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION, UM, WHEN, UM, DOING RFPS, UM, PEOPLE WHO ARE ABLE TO APPLY, THAT THEY'RE BEING OVERLOOKED, AND THAT THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO MANIPULATE THESE APPLICATIONS TO BE SUBMITTED, APPROVED, AND THEN THAT THEY CAN DO WHAT THEY WANT ON THE OTHER END.
AND SO, UM, ALSO A REALLY BIG CONSIDERATION IS WHAT ARE WE DOING TO HELP SINGLE FATHERS IN SAN ANTONIO? I WORK WITH SINGLE FATHERS ON A DAILY BASIS, AND THE NOT EVEN SHELTERS ARE SET UP TO HELP THEM AND BE SUCCESSFUL WITH RETURNING BACK INTO SOCIETY.
SO FATHERS, SINGLE FATHERS, BECAUSE THEY DON'T MEET CRITERIA THAT DEVELOPERS HAVE TO OFFER, BECAUSE IN THE ALLANS I'M ABLE TO STAY THERE.
I THINK THOSE WERE THE INTENTIONS IS TO USE THE ALLANS AS A STEPPING STONE.
BUT THERE'S NO STONE TO STEP UP ON RIGHT NOW AND THERE HASN'T BEEN.
CAST AMY CASTLEY, FOLLOWED BY RAY MORALES.
UM, I WANTED TO THANK YOU ALL, UM, AND ALSO TO RECOGNIZE THE WORK THAT YOU ALL HAVE ALREADY DONE, UM, ON BEHALF OF THE HOUSING BOND WORKING TO HAVE ITS PASSAGE AND TO TALK TO VOTERS ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT IT IS.
I SERVED ON THE, UM, HOUSING BOND COMMITTEE, AND I WANTED TO BRING YOU, UM, MY INSIGHTS FROM THAT EXPERIENCE.
UM, I THINK THAT ON THE COMMITTEE WE RECOGNIZED THIS UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY AND IT CALLS UPON ALL OF US TO REALLY, UH, TAKE A STEP BACK AND BE OUR BEST SELVES, OUR MOST COMPASSIONATE SELVES.
AND, AND FOR YOU ALL, YOUR BEST LEADERSHIP COURAGE.
THE BACKGROUND TO THE HOUSING BOND COMMITTEE WAS THAT WE HAD RECENTLY LEARNED, BEEN PRESENTED WITH A REPORT FROM STAFF THAT THE EXISTING CITY POLICY, THIS EXISTING CITY HOUSING POLICY, HAD DONE VERY WELL, HAD IN FACT OVERPRODUCED HOUSING FOR THOSE OF OUR NEIGHBORS EARNING MORE THAN 50% A M I.
AND THE EXISTING HOUSING POLICY HAD DONE VERY LITTLE FOR THOSE EARNING LESS THAN 30% A M I.
WE, WE WERE FAR, FAR SHORT OF MEETING THE NEED.
SO WITH THAT, THE HOUSING BOND COMMITTEE REALLY LOOKED AT THE NEED OF THOSE HOUSEHOLDS EARNING LESS THAN 30% A M I.
AND, AND FRANKLY, A LITTLE SURPRISED AT HOW BROADLY THE COMMITTEE REPRESENTATIVES JOINED IN THAT COMMITMENT.
WE, WE KNOW THERE ARE LIMITATIONS FROM, FROM FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND OTHER, THE STATE, OTHER SOURCES ON OUR NORMAL
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CITY HOUSING POLICY.BUT THIS BOND PRESENTS A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY AND WE CAN BE CREATIVE MEETING THE NEEDS OF THIS COMMUNITY.
CAN YOU, YOUR NAME, SANDRA, IN AS YOU SANDRA DUPE? AS YOU KNOW, IN, UM, IN THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE HOUSING BOND COMMITTEE, WE MADE RECOMMENDATIONS AND THE CITY APPROVED THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND COMMITTED THE CITY COUNCIL COMMITTED ITSELF TO IMPLEMENTING THESE RECOMMENDATIONS.
WE SAID, FOR HOME OWNERSHIP REHABILITATION, WE WANT UP TO 50% A M I PRIORITIZING 30% OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME.
SIMILARLY, FOR RENTAL ACQUISITION, HOUSING ACQUISITION, RENTAL HOUSING PRODUCTION.
IN EACH CASE, WE SAID WITH A UNANIM OR NEAR UNANIMOUS SUPPORT OF THE COMMITTEE, A PRIORITY FOR 30% A M I AND BELOW THE WORD PRIORITY MEANS TO LIST, RIGHT, TO PRIORITIZE, MEANS TO, TO DEAL WITH.
IT SAYS WE WILL ADDRESS THIS BEFORE WE ADDRESS OTHER MATTERS, BECAUSE WE RANK AND WE LIST THIS ITEM IN, IN TOP PRIORITY.
IT PRIORITIZE DOES NOT MEAN GIVING POINTS ON A SCORE SHEET.
IT MEANS ADDRESSING, FIRST ADDRESSING THE NEEDS OF THOSE MAKING LESS THAN 30% FIRST, BEFORE WE ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF OTHERS.
THAT THERE ARE TWO THINGS I ASK OF YOU, BECAUSE THE PROPOSED, UH, SCORING CRITERIA AND THE PROPOSED TIMELINE IS NOT CONSISTENT WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE BOND COMMITTEE.
AND IT IS NOT CONSISTENT WITH THE CITY COUNCIL'S COMMITMENT TO IMPLEMENT THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS.
FIRST, THE TIMELINE, WHICH IS DESIGNED TO FAST TRACK IN ORDER TO PROCEED, UH, OR TO TO PROVIDE GAP FUNDING FOR PROJECTS ALREADY IN THE PIPELINE DOES NOT PRIORITIZE 30% A M I AND BELOW, WE RECOGNIZED ON THE COMMITTEE THAT ADDRESSING THE NEEDS OF HOUSEHOLDS WITH 30% YOUR NAME WITH 30% A M I, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
ADDRESSING THESE NEEDS WOULD TAKE INNOVATION DONE ELSEWHERE.
IT, THE HOPE ON THE HOUSING BOND COMMITTEE WAS GREAT.
WE TRUST OUR SOCIAL JUSTICE MINDED DEVELOPERS, AND WE WANT THEM TO HAVE THE TIME AND RESOURCES TO, TO, TO MEET THIS NEED THAT NOBODY ELSE CAN SEEM TO CONCEPTUALIZE.
WE KNOW THEY CAN DO IT, BUT IT TAKES HOPE AND IT TAKES TIME, AND IT TAKES NOT GIVING THIS BOND MONEY TO EXISTING PROJECTS IN THE PIPELINE THAT'S WRONG.
SO WE WANT THE CRITERIA REDONE.
THE SCORECARD SHOULD NOT JUST GIVE 20 POINTS OR 15 POINTS, OR 30 POINTS, OR FIVE POINTS FOR SOME UNITS, UH, ADDRESSED TO HOUSE OR, OR FOUR HOUSEHOLDS EARNING LESS THAN 30%.
THE SCORECARD SHOULD SAY, IS THIS A PROJECT THAT WILL DEAL WITH THE PROBLEMS OF THIS COMMUNITY, THE 45,000 HOUSEHOLDS THAT EARN LESS THAN 30%, AND OUR HOUSING BURDENED, DOES THIS PROJECT ADDRESS THEM FIRST? NOT WHETHER IT ADDRESSES THE NEEDS OF OTHER PEOPLE.
SO WE WANT THE SCORECARD TO SAY YOU HAVE TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE WITH INCOMES OF LESS THAN 30% A M I.
AND WHILE OUR NEXT SPEAKER COMES, WE HAVE TRANSLATION DEVICES COMING, RAY MORALES, FOLLOWED BY YERA LOPEZ.
I'M RAY MORALES, UH, RESIDENT OF DISTRICT 10.
AND, UH, AND, UH, REGISTERED ARCHITECT.
UM, I'M HERE BECAUSE, UH, I'M CONCERNED WITH OUR MOST, UH, THAT OUR MOST DISADVANTAGED RESIDENTS ARE HAVING TO, UH, FIGHT, UH, A BATTLE, CONTINUING BATTLE, UH, FOR, UH, UH, HOUSING INSTABILITY.
BUT I HAVE A WHOLE SPEECH PREPARED, BUT I'M GONNA YIELD MY TIME TO SOMEBODY ELSE
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WHO, WHO IS, UH, HAS A MORE IMPACTFUL STORY.AND SINCE YOU USED YOUR TIME, YOU WOULD'VE HAD TO YIELD IT BEFORE, BUT THAT'S, IT'S, SURE.
UM, MY TWO CONCERNS, UH, ARE, UH, TWO PRIMARY CONCERNS.
THERE'S, I HAVE A, A FEW, A FEW MORE, BUT MY TWO PRIMARY CONCERNS IS WITH THE TIMELINE AND, AND THAT WE MAY, UH, UH, THE OTHER CONCERNS THAT WE MAY SQUANDER OUR OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE, UH, DEEPLY AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
THAT, THAT, THAT ADDRESSES THE 30% A M I, UH, THE, THE PROPOSED TIMELINE IS CERTAINLY RUSHED.
WE HAVE BEEN TOLD BY N H HS D THAT THIS IS DUE TO HOUSING, THE HOUSING CRISIS THAT EXISTS TODAY.
THE WEST SIDE, SOUTH SIDE, AND EAST SIDE HAVE BEEN BATTLING THIS, THIS CRISIS AND LIVING THIS CRISIS FOR YEARS NOW.
SO PLEASE DON'T TELL US THAT THERE IS A CRISIS NOW.
UM, ANOTHER REASON FOR THE RUSH TIMELINE WE'RE TOLD IS TO PROVIDE NEEDED FUNDING FOR EXISTING PIPELINE PROJECTS.
PROJECTS THAT DO NOT HAVE ADEQUATE FUNDING, BUT WERE PROPOSED WITH DIFFERENT AFFORDABILITY CRITERIA.
AND RIGHT NOW, DO NOT MEET THE HOUSING BOND CRITERIA.
UH, THE PARAMETERS THAT WERE SET BY THE HOUSE AND BOND COMMITTEE.
AS AN ARCHITECT, ARCHITECT, I KNOW THAT RUSH TIMELINES LEAD TO A LACK OF PROPER OVERSIGHT, MISSED DEADLINES, ERRORS AND OMISSIONS.
WE CANNOT AFFORD ANY OF THESE SETBACKS WITH ALREADY LIMITED FUNDS AVAILABLE.
A COMMENT MADE AT A COMMUNITY MEETING WITH N H SS D WAS THAT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE INNOVATIVE WITH THESE BONDS.
I HAVE NOT HEARD OF ANY INNOVATIVE IDEAS, IDEAS SUCH AS PARTNERING WITH SERVICE OR FAITH ORGANIZATIONS, CREATING NONPROFITS PARTNERSHIPS.
LOPEZ, FOLLOWED BY MELINDA VALEZ.
IT'S MY PLEASURE TO BE A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE WOMEN OF SAN ANTONIO.
AND THE SAME AS BEING A SINGLE MOM.
I'M REPRESENTING EACH ONE OF THEM AND MYSELF.
AND I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT WE ARE WORKING WOMEN AND WE MAKE SURE THAT OUR CHILDREN COME OUT AHEAD.
SO ONE OF THE REASONS I'M HERE SO THAT Y'ALL CAN EXPLAIN TO US HOW WE CAN MANAGE A DIGNIFIED HOUSEHOLD.
I PAY TAXES, AND JUST AS I CAN PAY RENT, I CAN ALSO PAY FOR A HOME LUC.
SO THAT'S THE REASON WE'RE HERE.
WE'RE FIGHTING SO THAT WE CAN, YOU ALL CAN, WE CAN FIGURE OUT A BALANCE.
WE WANT TO HAVE OUR CHILDREN COME OUT AHEAD.
AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE TO ASK CIA, I MAKE $14,000 A YEAR.
SO PLEASE REMEMBER THAT EVERYTHING'S GOING UP.
OUR MAIN FOCUS IS TO MAKE SURE OUR CHILDREN COME OUT AHEAD, THAT THEY HAVE A HOUSE OVER THEIR HEAD, THAT THEY HAVE FOOD, AND TAKING CARE OF THEM IS OUR MAIN PRIORITY.
AND THAT THEY SHALL BE OUR CHILDREN THAT REPRESENT THE COUNTRY WE'RE THAT WE'RE IN, IN GRACIA.
MELINDA MADERA, FOLLOWED BY ERNESTINA GALVAN.
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MELINDA RE SHE'S GIVING HER TIME TO, SHE'S NOT SIGNED UP.MELINDA IS GIVING HER TIME TO WHO? MY NAME IS MELINDA RES.
I'M GOING TO GIVE HIM MY TIME.
YOU CAN ONLY GIVE YOUR TIME TO SOMEONE WHO'S SIGNED UP.
WOULD YOU WANNA HELP? YEAH, TALK.
I CAME TODAY BECAUSE I HAVE NO HOPE.
I CAME BECAUSE RIGHT NOW I'M THE STREET AND I WANT THE HELP TO GET HER PLACE TO LIVE.
AND I TRY MY BEST TO GO, BUT I CAN.
AND I'M DISABLED AND I HAVE ISSUES, AND I CAN BE OUTSIDE IN THE HEAT AND I CAN'T FIND NOBODY TO HELP ME TO FIND A PLACE.
I'M HERE REPRESENTING ALL OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE IN NEED.
I'M VERY PROUD TO BE HERE AT THIS MEETING.
I WAS INVITED TO DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS.
THERE WAS ONE THAT WAS TWO HOURS BEFORE THIS, THIS ONE ON NORTH SIDE.
I WOULD LIKE Y'ALL TO PLEASE REVIEW.
THE EAST SIDE TAXES ARE ABOUT AS HIGH AS THE NORTH, NORTH SIDE.
SO MY PETITION IS TO SEE HOW MY THREE DAUGHTERS CAN HAVE THEIR OWN HOME.
I HAVE MY OWN HOME, BUT TAXES ARE REALLY HIGH.
AND, UH, THE REPAIRS THAT'S IN NEED OF REPAIRS, A LOT OF NATIVE REPAIRS.
SO WE'RE SIX WOMEN AND THE HOUSEHOLD, AND THE INCOME IS BETWEEN 60 AND $70,000 A YEAR.
EMMA RODRIGUEZ, FOLLOWED BY RA.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY SO THAT WE COULD COME EXPRESS OURSELVES, ALL THE PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE TODAY.
SO, THE PUR PURPOSE OF BEING HERE TODAY IS SO THAT YOU, WE WANNA ASK YOU TO GIVE US THE OPPORTUNITY SO THAT WE CAN HAVE OUR OWN HOME.
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SO THAT IT WILL BE THE, THE FRUIT OF SO MUCH WORK THAT THE END RESULT OF SO MANY YEARS OF WORK, OF DREAMS THAT WE'VE HAD EVERY NIGHT, EVERY NIGHT, UH, ASPIRING TO HAVE TO OUR OWN HOME SO THAT EVERY EFFORT WAS WORTH IT.SO THAT, UM, EVERYTHING WAS WORTH IT.
AND WE THANK GOD FOR EVERYTHING THAT HE'S GIVEN US.
SO THAT IT WILL BE A, UH, IT WILL COME TRUE IN OUR LIFETIME.
THAT WE ARE OWNERS OF OUR OWN HOME FOR OUR CHILDREN.
IT WOULD GIVE US THE, UH, WE WOULD BE CERTAIN, AND SURE THAT WE WOULD HAVE A GOOD FUTURE, A BETTER FUTURE.
AND IT WOULD HELP US HAVE, UH, ECONOMIC STABILITY.
OUR QUALITY OF LIFE WOULD IMPROVE IMMENSELY.
OUR QUALITY OF LIFE AND THAT OF OUR CHILDREN.
SINCE A HOME IS A PLACE WHERE WE FEEL SECURE AND PROTECTED, IT'S A PLACE WHERE WE HAVE THE FREEDOM TO MOVE.
IF Y'ALL HAVE THAT POWER, HELP US ACHIEVE ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT GOALS IN LIFE.
SO WE WOULD BE PAYING THAT MONTHLY INSTALLMENT TOWARDS OUR OWN HOME INSTEAD OF A LANDLORD.
AND THAT'S ALMOST THE SAME THING AS THROWING THAT MONEY DOWN THE DRAIN.
WE NEED A OUR OWN HOME FOR OUR CHILDREN, A PLACE WHERE WE CAN REST SO WE CAN PROTECT OURSELVES FROM HEAT, FROM BRAIN, AND ANY KIND OF TEMPES IT APPROACHES US.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, RA FOLLOWED BY LETICIA SANCHEZ.
YOU'VE SEEN ME SEVERAL TIMES AND THANK YOU.
I'M GONNA GET TO THE POINT RIGHT AWAY, BECAUSE WITH THE TRANSLATION, IT TAKES TWICE AS LONG.
AND DURING 2001, TWO, AND THREE, I GOT TOGETHER A GROUP.
WE MADE A UNION FOR HOUSEKEEPING.
QUIT OFFERING US TO, TO TRANSPORT US BECAUSE THEY SAID THAT THERE WAS PEOPLE OF MEANS THAT THERE WAS RICH PEOPLE ON THE BUS.
AND WHY WERE THEY GONNA BE TAKING RICH PEOPLE IF THEY HAD THEIR OWN CAR TO DRIVE WAS, UH, FORMED BECAUSE I'M 72 YEARS OLD.
AND I WOULD LIKE MY OWN HOUSE.
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AND IT'S NOT THAT I DON'T HAVE A HOUSE, 'CAUSE I DON'T WANT ONE.I IN THE APARTMENTS WHERE I LIVE, I'VE BEEN THERE 17 YEARS.
I MAKE $18,000 A YEAR, AND THEY WON'T ACCEPT MY APPLICATIONS.
YOU CAN WORK AND MAKE MORE MONEY.
AND SHE SAYS, I'M NOT GONNA DO THAT.
LOOK AT MY, LOOK AT MY, UH, COMPANIONS.
WE ARE, UM, NOT, WE DON'T HAVE ANY LABOR LAWS TO PROTECT US RIGHTS.
SO WE'RE FIGHTING FOR A BILL OF RIGHTS, BUT WE ALSO NEED OUR OWN HOME.
WE NEED A HOME WHERE WE CAN HAVE OUR CHILDREN, WHERE WE CAN REST, WHERE WE CAN HAVE DIGNITY, AND WE HAVE TO FIGHT FOR OUR RIGHTS.
SO I CAME TO SPEAK FOR MYSELF AND FOR MY COMPANIONS.
SO WHEN THE PANDEMIC HIT, I, UH, THE LANDLORD RAISED THE RENT TO $900.
LET SANCHEZ FOLLOWED BY ALEJANDRO LUNA.
HELLO, MY NAME IS LETICIA SANCHEZ AND I'M THE CO-CHAIR PERSON OF THE HISTORIC WEST SIDE RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION, WHICH REPRESENTS RESIDENTS IN THE NEAR WEST SIDE OF THE CITY.
THE RESIDENTS OF SAN ANTONIO VOTED TO SUPPORT BOND FUNDS TO TACKLE THE HOUSING CRISIS WE'RE EXPERIENCING.
BUT SAN ANTONIO CANNOT CONTINUE TO FUND HOUSING PROJECTS THAT DON'T HELP TO SIGNIFICANTLY ALLEVIATE THE HOUSING SHORTAGE FOR HOUSEHOLDS EARNING 30% A M I OR BELOW, ACCORDING TO DATA FROM THE SHIP REPORT HOUSING FOR HOUSEHOLDS EARNING 30% A M I OR BELOW IS THE MOST NEEDED.
A CONCERN OF OUR ASSOCIATION IS THAT THE CITY IS RUSHING TO MOVE THE R F P PROCESS TOO QUICKLY, WHICH COULD EXCLUDE SMALLER, MORE INNOVATIVE AND OR NON-PROFIT DEVELOPERS.
FROM THE PROCESS, WE'RE CONCERNED THAT IN RUSHING TO FUND HOUSING PROJECTS, THE CITY WILL ONCE AGAIN PROVIDE GAP FUNDS TO PROJECTS THAT ARE IN THE PIPELINE.
TYPICALLY, MIXED INCOME PROJECTS THAT PROVIDE LESS THAN 20% OF UNITS TO HOUSEHOLDS AT OR BELOW 30% A M I.
IN THE PAST WE'VE SEEN THAT THE CITY HAS FUNDED SOME OF THESE PROJECTS, DEVELOPERS WHO HAVE A 30% PROFIT MARGIN.
IF WE LOOK AT NRPS LEGACY AT ALLAN'S DEVELOPMENT PROJECT, THE COST PER UNIT AVERAGED OVER 200,000.
WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE OTHER DEVELOPERS OUT THERE WHO CAN BILL HOUSING AT A MUCH LOWER COST PER UNIT.
SO WHY DOES OUR CITY CHOOSE TO USE TAXPAYER FUND TO FUND FOR FOR-PROFIT DEVELOPERS WITH HIGH PROFIT MARGINS? WE'RE ALSO CONCERNED WITH THE PROPOSED SCORING CRITERIA THAT THE CITY STAFF HAS PRESENTED, WHICH IS NOT INCENTIVIZED DEVELOPERS TO CONSTRUCT OR REHAB, UH, RENTAL PROPERTIES FOR 30% A M I OR BELOW POPULATION.
IT GIVES, IF YOU LOOK, I'M SURE YOU ALREADY HAVE THE FROM, FROM THE N H S D, IT GIVES 15 POINTS FOR AFFORDABILITY AND THE EXACT SAME NUMBER OF POINTS.
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MORE FUN? MORE POINT TO AFFORDABILITY.UNDER THE AFFORDABILITY RENTAL SCORING, THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF POINTS, WHICH IS 20, IS FOR ONLY 34 5% OF TOTAL UNITS AT 30% A M I OR BELOW.
WHY ARE WE NOT INCENTIVIZING DEVELOPERS BY GIVING THAT HIGH SCORE TO PROJECTS THAT PROVIDE A MINIMUM OF 50% OF TOTAL UNITS AT 30% A M I OR BELOW? THANK YOU.
LET'S DO SOMETHING BETTER FOR THIS CITY.
ALEJANDRO LUNA, FOLLOWED BY SALAZAR JUDGE.
IT'S A PLEASURE FOR ME TO BE HERE FOR MYSELF AND FOR YOU ALL.
ALSO, I KNOW THAT THIS NATION IS A LARGE NATION.
AND THAT'S WHY I'M SPEAKING FOR MYSELF, FOR OTHER PEOPLE AND FOR MANY MARRIED COUPLES THAT ARE HERE.
AND I KNOW THAT Y'ALL HAVE THE POWER TO CHANGE MANY THINGS BECAUSE THIS IS A TIME RIGHT NOW WHEN A LOT OF FAMILIES ARE IN NEED.
MY STORY IS SHORT AND THANKS TO THE HAND OF GOD, WE HAVE NOT BEEN DETAINED.
UH, SO THE 20TH, THE 21ST, I HAD SIX SURGERIES AND THANK GOD I'VE RECUPERATED AND NOW I'M BACK TO WORK.
I'M THE ONLY ONE THAT CAN SUPPORT MY FAMILY AND THE SAME AS THE OTHER FAMILIES HERE.
I ALSO WISH TO HAVE A HOME FOR MYSELF AND FOR MY FAMILY.
AND WE KNOW GOD HAS BEEN GOOD.
HE HAS PROVIDED FOR MY FAMILY AND FOR MY SON THAT JUST GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL, AND HE WAS CALLED, SO HE OBTAINED A SCHOLARSHIP FOR COLLEGE, COLLEGE.
HE OBTAINED A SCHOLARSHIP FOR COLLEGE.
SO THIS LAND HAS A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES.
WE'RE HERE TO, WE, WE NEED A HOME.
AND I KNOW THAT THE FAMILIES HERE ALSO NEED A HOME.
SO THESE PAST FIVE YEARS, WE'VE PAID $50,000, WHICH WE'RE NOT GONNA SEE.
AND, UH, AND MY FAMILY'S NOT GONNA SEE THAT WE COULD HAVE ALREADY ADVANCED SUFFICIENTLY.
SO IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO STAND HERE AND TO SEE ALL YOUR FACES, BUT IT'S MORE DIFFICULT TO SEE THE FACES OF MY FAMILY THAT I HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY GET AHEAD AND THEY, THEY CAN HAVE, UH, HAVE THEIR DREAMS COME TRUE.
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I KNOW Y'ALL CAN HELP US, AND I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT NO MORE TIME PASSES BY.WE HAVE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF EVERY OPPORTUNITY.
I'M 57 YEARS OLD AND FOR SOME REASON, I, I WASN'T ABLE TO FINISH HIGH SCHOOL AT THE TIME, BUT I FINISHED HIGH SCHOOL LAST YEAR AND I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A CAREER.
I'VE BEEN PAYING $850 A MONTH.
I DON'T KNOW, BUT I'VE BEEN PAYING THAT AND I KNOW, I KNOW THAT Y'ALL CAN HELP US.
I KNOW YOU'LL UNDERSTAND EVERYBODY'S TESTIMONY TODAY.
UH, THE LAST PERSON I HAVE IS SANDRA TORRES.
I'M A SINGLE MOTHER AND I LIVE IN SOME APARTMENTS.
AND THE ISSUE IS THAT I HAVE A DISABILITY AND I KNOW THAT ALL THE APARTMENT HOUSES THERE HAVE UNITS THAT, UH, COULD BE ACCESSED BY DISABLED PEOPLE.
BUT WHEN THEY'RE FINISHED, THEY CONTINUE RENTING THEM.
SO IN 2019, I CHANGED TO, TO THE SAME APARTMENTS AND THEY PROMISED THAT THEY WOULD, UH, MODIFY THE APARTMENT FOR DISABLED, BUT THEY HAVEN'T DONE IT YET.
THEY HAVE SEVERAL MEDICAL LETTERS AND, UH, DOCUMENTS, AND THEY HAVEN'T DONE IT YET.
I'M GONNA GIVE YOU MY PHONE NUMBER AND I HOPE ONE OF YOU ALL WILL CALL ME AND I WILL SHOW YOU THE MEDICAL RECORDS THAT I HAVE.
MY TELEPHONE IS (210) 267-7699.
UM, SO THANK EVERY, THANK EVERYBODY FOR BEING HERE.
THANK YOU FOR ADHERING TO OUR OUR TIME TODAY.
WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE GET DONE IN A TIMELY MANNER.
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MOVE ON TO OUR AGENDA.AND WE'RE GONNA START WITH AGENDA ITEM NUMBER THREE, WHICH IS A BRIEFING AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE PROPOSED DECONSTRUCTION ORDINANCE.
THIS ITEM IS GOING TO BE PRESENTED BY SHANNON MILLER AND STEPHANIE PHILLIPS WITH THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION.
AND STEPHANIE, I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND TURN IT OVER TO YOU.
SHOULD I GO LIKE THAT? THIS IS MY FIRST TIME UP HERE.
UM, HI EVERYONE, MY NAME IS STEPHANIE PHILLIPS.
I'M THE DECONSTRUCTION AND CIRCULAR ECONOMY PROGRAM MANAGER FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION.
AND I JUST WANNA THANK EVERYONE SINCERELY FOR COMING OUT TODAY.
UM, WE'RE GONNA BE PRESENTING A DECONSTRUCTION ORDINANCE FOR ACTION FOR YOU ALL THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR NEARLY FOUR YEARS.
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WITH AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT WE'LL COVER TODAY.SO WE'RE GONNA COVER AN INTRODUCTION TO WHAT DECONSTRUCTION IS, UH, KEY ISSUES IN SAN ANTONIO AS TO WHY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IT NOW WHILE WE'RE BRINGING THIS, UH, FORWARD FOR ACTION NOW, PROGRAM COMPONENTS AND ORDINANCE PHASING, INCLUDING HOW WE'RE GONNA ADMINISTER THIS POSSIBLE ORDINANCE ANTICIPATED OUTCOMES OF THE POLICY AND OUR IMPLEMENTATION AND PROGRAM VISION FOR THE POLICY.
OH, THINK THE LIVES OF THESE HOMES ARE OVER.
THE FIRST HOUSE GETS DEMOLISHED.
IT'S LUMBER, WINDOWS, DOORS, BRICKS, ALL OF IT IS BURIED IN A LANDFILL AND WILL DECAY FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS.
THIS IS A WASTE OF MORE THAN 41 TONS OF ENERGY THAT WAS USED TO CREATE THE MATERIALS THAT WENT INTO THE HOUSE.
THAT'S EQUIVALENT TO DRIVING YOUR CAR NEARLY 93,000 MILES OR ALMOST FOUR TIMES AROUND THE WORLD.
IN GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS, CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION WASTE IS THE LARGEST SOURCE OF WASTE SENT TO LANDFILLS NATIONALLY, MORE THAN DOUBLE THE HOUSEHOLD TRASH WE THROW OUT WASTING BUILDING MATERIALS BY DEMOLITION LEADS TO DEFORESTATION.
IT DESTROYS ECOSYSTEMS AND DECREASES OUR AIR QUALITY.
AND THE PAST DECADE, THE DEMOLITION OF HOMES IN SAN ANTONIO HAS CREATED OVER 169,000 TONS OF WASTE.
THAT'S EQUIVALENT TO OVER 100,000 HIPPOS, BUT IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THIS WAY.
REMEMBER THE OTHER HOUSE, IT'S ON THE PATH FOR DECONSTRUCTION, MEANING IT'S BUILDING MATERIALS WILL BE TAKEN APART AND REUSED LIKE AN ORGAN DONOR.
THIS HOME'S PARTS WILL GIVE NEW LIFE TO OTHER BUILDINGS.
ITS BRICKS AND LUMBER WERE USED AS AFFORDABLE ALTERNATIVES TO REPAIR A HOME.
ITS WINDOWS WERE INSTALLED IN A BAKERY.
OLD GROWTH WOOD IS NOW THE FLOORING IN A TRENDY NEW RESTAURANT AND WITH A FRESH COAT OF PAINT, ITS FRONT DOOR IS NOW THE TOP OF A FAMILY'S DINING ROOM TABLE.
IT'S ESTIMATED THAT REUSE REFURBISHMENT AND UPCYCLING GENERATE ABOUT 300 JOBS FOR EVERY 10,000 TONS OF MATERIAL.
MEANING THAT ON AVERAGE DECONSTRUCTION EMPLOYS SIX TIMES MORE PEOPLE THAN DEMOLITION.
DECONSTRUCTION PRODUCES JOBS IN MANUFACTURING, RETAIL, AND BUILDING TRADES, CREATING A CYCLE OF REUSE FOR BUILDING MATERIALS.
WE CAN PROTECT THE FUTURE OF OUR OLDER HOMES AND BUILDINGS BY USING MATERIALS FROM THEIR PAST.
THIS NURTURES A HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT CONTINUES THE LEGACY OF OUR CITY'S BUILT HERITAGE AND KEEPS QUALITY MATERIALS OUT OF OUR LANDFILLS.
SAN ANTONIO CAN LEAD THE WAY FOR CITIES ACROSS THE WORLD, AND IT STARTS WITH OUR BUILDINGS TODAY.
DON'T DEMOLISH, DECONSTRUCT AND REUSE.
IT'S THE EARTH FRIENDLY ALTERNATIVE.
THE SQUIRREL GETS ME EVERY TIME.
SO THIS IS A VISUAL REPRESENTATION OF WHAT WE'RE DISCUSSING TODAY.
AND BOTH OF THESE IMAGES WERE TAKEN IN SAN ANTONIO.
UH, THE IMAGE OF DEMOLITION USED TO BE AROUND 1920S HOUSE ON THE NEAR EAST SIDE, AND THAT'S OF COURSE, TRADITIONAL MECHANICAL DEMOLITION THAT QUICKLY REMOVES A STRUCTURE AND TYPICALLY RESULTS IN THE MATERIALS BEING CRUSHED AND HAULED OFF TO A LANDFILL.
ON THE RIGHT IS AN IMAGE OF A ALMOST 4,000 SQUARE FOOT HOUSE THAT USED TO BE NEXT TO ECO CENTRO AND THE TOBIN HILL HISTORIC DISTRICT.
AND THIS PARTICULAR IMAGE IS REALLY COMPELLING TO ME BECAUSE THE DECONSTRUCTION CONTRACTORS ON THE PROJECT WERE ABLE TO SALVAGE MORE THAN 90% OF THE MATERIALS FROM THIS STRUCTURE.
AND PART OF THE HARDWOOD FLOORING THAT YOU SEE BEING LIFTED IN THIS IMAGE WAS SENT RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER TO A HOUSE THAT WAS BEING REHABILITATED.
AND THAT'S KIND OF THE EXACT THING THAT WE WANNA SEE MORE OF IN SAN ANTONIO, IS KIND OF THIS CONCEPT OF A MICRO CIRCULAR ECONOMY, WHERE WE'RE USING THE MATERIALS THAT ARE COMING OUT OF A STRUCTURE IF IT DOES HAVE TO COME DOWN FOR THE REPAIR OF OTHER STRUCTURES IN THAT VERY SAME NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND THESE ARE JUST SOME EXAMPLES BEYOND LUMBER OF, UH, IN DEMAND SALVAGEABLE BUILDING COMPONENTS THAT CAN BE RECOVERED IF A BUILDING IS DECONSTRUCTED VERSUS, UH, DEMOLISHED.
UM, ANYTHING RANGING FROM BRICK TO TILE TO WINDOWS, EVEN INCLUDING THINGS LIKE FIXTURES AND APPLIANCES.
AND SINCE THIS PROGRAM HAS STARTED GAINING MORE, UM, PUBLIC, YOU KNOW, UH, NOTORIETY IN THE COMMUNITY, I'M NOT EXAGGERATING WHEN I SAY THAT WE GET EMAILS ALMOST WEEKLY FROM EITHER PEOPLE THAT WANT SALVAGE MATERIALS AND ARE LOOKING FOR THEM, OR THOSE THAT HAVE MATERIALS THAT THEY WANT TO DONATE OR SELL TO SOMEONE ELSE INSTEAD OF THROWING THEM AWAY.
AND I THINK THAT REALLY ARTICULATES TWO THINGS.
ONE, THAT THERE'S THIS GROWING INTEREST IN OUR COMMUNITY TO STEWARD THESE RESOURCES AND THAT THEY HAVE VALUE.
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UM, BUT IT ALSO RECOGNIZES THAT THERE'S THIS GROWING EXPECTATION FOR THE CITY TO BE A RESOURCE FOR PEOPLE THAT HAVE MATERIALS THAT THEY WANT TO DONATE OR SELL, OR THOSE THAT ARE LOOKING FOR THEM TO REPAIR THEIR BUILDINGS.AND I WANNA HONE IN ON, UH, SOMETHING THAT WAS MENTIONED IN THE ANIMATION.
THIS CONCEPT OF AN ORGAN DONOR.
UH, A STRUCTURE MAY HAVE REACHED THE END OF ITS LIFE, BUT ITS PARTS AND PIECES COULD HELP THE EXTEND THE LIVES OF DOZENS OF OTHER LOCAL STRUCTURES.
AND THIS HAS REALLY KIND OF BECOME THE TENANT OF OUR ENTIRE POLICY DEVELOPMENT.
WE REALLY WANT TO STRUCTURE A PROGRAM WHERE WE CAN RECOVER MATERIALS AGAIN, IF A BUILDING HAS TO COME DOWN, UM, AND USE THEM FOR THE REPAIR OF STRUCTURES OF A SIMILAR AGE.
AND THIS, UH, GRAPHIC ON THE BOTTOM KIND OF DEMONSTRATES THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A DEMOLITION ECONOMY AND A REUSE FOCUS ECONOMY.
BY CHOOSING TO TAKE DOWN A BUILDING IN A DIFFERENT WAY, WE OPEN UP ALL OF THESE SOCIAL, CULTURAL ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS TO SAN ANTONIO, INCLUDING MORE JOBS AS YOU LEARN IN THAT ANIMATION.
UH, LOCAL MATERIAL BANKS TO REPAIR HOMES AFFORDABLY.
SO INSTEAD OF SENDING THOSE MATERIALS TO THE LANDFILL, RECAPTURING THEM FOR REUSE AND CULTIVATING THESE NEIGHBORHOOD NETWORKS OF EXCHANGE, UM, AS WELL AS ANCHORING, YOU KNOW, LOCAL ECONOMIC PROSPERITY.
IF WE CAN RECOVER THESE MATERIALS THAT ARE ALREADY IN OUR COMMUNITY AND USE THEM IN ANOTHER WAY, WE'RE KIND OF LOCALIZING NOT ONLY THE RECYCLING OF THE MATERIALS, BUT THE RECYCLING OF ECONOMIC VALUE.
SO THIS IS OUR REALLY CHAOTIC DECONSTRUCTION TIMELINE.
UM, IT'S MEANT TO DEMONSTRATE THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR O OVER FOUR YEARS NOW, AND IT'S BEEN, UH, COMING TO YOU TODAY AS A RESULT OF YEARS OF INTEGRATIVE DIVERSE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT.
UM, WE'VE REALLY KIND OF SET UP DIFFERENT WAYS FOR THIS PROGRAM TO BE SUCCESSFUL BEYOND JUST THE ORDINANCE.
SO THINGS LIKE, UM, YOU KNOW, INTEGRATING DECONSTRUCTION TRAINING INTO THE READY TO WORK CATALOG, HOSTING THE CITY'S DECONSTRUCTION CONTRACTOR TRAININGS, WHICH WE'LL HAVE MORE IN THE FUTURE TO DEVELOP A WORKFORCE THAT CAN OFFER THIS SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY.
UM, WE PUBLISHED OUR TREASURE IN THE WALLS REPORT, WHICH MANY OF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH.
IT'S WHERE A LOT OF THAT DATA CAME FROM, WHERE WE'RE ACTUALLY ABLE TO LOOK AT THIS SCALE OF DEMOLITION IN SAN ANTONIO, AND ALSO ANALYZE AGAINST OUR CLIMATE PLAN, AGAINST OUR SHIP AGAINST REGIONAL PLANS, HOW DECONSTRUCTION CAN ADVANCE MULTIPLE GOALS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, AND WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT, UH, THE MATERIAL INNOVATION CENTER IN JUST A BIT AS WELL.
SO THE KEY ISSUES IN SAN ANTONIO THAT THIS, UH, DECONSTRUCTION ORDINANCE IS ADDRESSING, UM, $16 MILLION OF BUILDING MATERIALS WERE LANDFILLED IN THE PAST DECADE.
UH, SO THAT AMOUNTS TO THAT NUMBER THAT YOU SAW IN THE VIDEO, ALMOST 170,000 TONS OF IRRE RECOVERABLE RESOURCES THAT WE COULD INTERCEPT AND AGAIN, REDIRECT BACK INTO OUR COMMUNITY.
RIGHT NOW, MORE THAN 500 BUILDINGS ARE DEMOLISHED ANNUALLY.
WE'RE TRENDING CLOSER TO 600 AT THIS POINT, AND THAT INCLUDES HOUSING, COMMERCIAL STRUCTURES, ANCILLARY STRUCTURES LIKE GARAGES OR CARRIAGE HOUSES.
AND THAT REPRESENTS A 68% INCREASE FROM 2012.
UM, AND THE MOST COMMON BUILDING TYPE DEMOLISHED IS OLDER HOUSING.
AND, UH, DEMOLITION DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTS VULNERABLE POPULATIONS.
IT IS A FORM OF AIR POLLUTION.
UM, STUDIES FROM THE C D C AND THE E P A SHOW THAT DEMOLITION, UM, BECAUSE OF ITS MECHANICAL NATURE, CAN RELEASE, UH, LEAD DUST PARTICLES ANYWHERE FROM 400 TO 600 FEET AWAY FROM THE SITE, WHICH JUST SETTLES INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, INTO OUR WATER SYSTEM.
UM, AND THIS IS ONLY EXACERBATED ON OZONE ACTION DAYS OR DAYS WHERE IT'S REALLY HOT.
AND OF COURSE, WE'RE EXPERIENCING UNPRECEDENTED AMOUNTS OF THAT, UM, AS WE ALL KNOW THIS SUMMER.
AND THEN OF COURSE, THERE'S AN EQUITY DISPARITY IN MATERIAL ACCESS AND AVAILABILITY.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN REALIZED, UH, THROUGH OUR EFFORTS IN THE PAST FOUR YEARS.
LIMITED RECLAIM MATERIALS IN OUR MARKETPLACE MEANS LIMITED ACCESS TO THOSE MATERIALS.
SO WE REALLY WANT, UH, TO CULTIVATE NOT ONLY MORE DEMAND FROM OUR COMMUNITY, BUT MORE SUPPLY SO WE CAN MEET THAT DEMAND.
AND ALL OF THOSE ISSUES HAVE REALLY RESULTED IN OUR CURRENT PROGRAM PRIORITIES THAT HAVE SOLIDIFIED OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS.
AND THOSE ARE TO SUPPORT AFFORDABLE HOUSING REPAIR AND PRODUCTION AND INCREASE ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE MATERIALS.
SO AGAIN, THAT, YOU KNOW, ORGAN DONOR ANALOGY, WE REALLY WANT TO STRUCTURE THOSE MATERIALS BACK INTO THE REPAIR OF OUR EXISTING HOUSING STOCK.
WE WANNA DEVELOP A LOCAL CIRCULAR ECONOMY, STARTING WITH BUILDING MATERIALS.
SO THIS IS ONE OF THE FIRST, UH, FORMAL POLICIES THAT MEETS THAT GOAL, THAT'S EXPLICITLY OUTLINED IN THE CLIMATE ACTION AND ADAPTATION PLAN TO DEVELOP POLICIES THAT RESULT IN THE MORE USE OF ANY MATERIALS.
WE WANT TO INCREASE OUR LOCAL POOL OF TRADESPEOPLE AND MAKE RENOVATION MORE COST COMPETITIVE.
UH, OUR OFFICE HAS THE LIVING HERITAGE TRADES ACADEMY AND DECONSTRUCTION IS A COMPONENT OF THAT.
SO WE SEE DECONSTRUCTION AS A LEGACY TRADE THAT WE WANNA NURTURE AND GROW IN SAN ANTONIO AND THEN GROW OUR LOCAL INDUSTRIES AND SALVAGE UPCYCLING AND VALUE ADDED MANUFACTURING.
THAT MEANS THINGS LIKE USING RECLAIMED LUMBER TO CREATE FURNITURE IF WE NEED TO, OR CREATING NEW
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SOURCES OF VALUE FOR THOSE MATERIALS THAT ALREADY EXIST IN OUR CITY.UM, SO ALL OF THOSE KIND OF ARE ANCHORED BY PRIORITIES IN HOUSING, UH, BETTER CODES,
SO I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO SHANNON MILLER, THE DIRECTOR OF OUR OFFICE, TO TALK ABOUT, UH, THE COMPONENTS OF OUR POLICY.
WAIT, IS IT, IS IT STILL ON? YES.
SO THE ORDINANCE ITSELF, UM, WHAT IS IS PROPOSED TO, TO BE IMPLEMENTED IN THREE PHASES.
AND SO THIS IS REALLY BASED ON, UM, INPUT FROM YEARS OF FEEDBACK FROM OUR DECONSTRUCTION ADVISORY COMMITTEE, FROM COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS AND FROM, UM, SEVERAL CITY COUNCIL PRESENTATIONS AND BRIEFINGS.
AND SO, SO WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO START WITH, WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO START WITH IS CITY EXECUTED DEMOLITIONS.
SO DEMOLITIONS THAT ARE BEING ORDERED BY THE BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD.
WE'VE WORKED CLOSELY WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AND THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO WORK OUT THE DETAILS ON HOW THAT PROCESS WOULD HAPPEN.
BUT REALLY, WE, UM, YOU KNOW, WE WANT THE CITY TO LEAD BY EXAMPLE.
AND SO UPON ADOPTION OF THE ORDINANCE, WE WOULD IMMEDIATELY BEGIN, UM, APPLYING THE DECONSTRUCTION ORDINANCE TO CITY EXECUTED DEMOLITIONS AND IF THEY MEET THE PARAMETERS OF THE ORDINANCE.
AND SO THAT IS RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURES THAT ARE FOUR UNITS OR LESS.
SO SINGLE FAMILY UP TO FOUR UNITS, UM, THAT WERE BUILT IN 1920 OR EARLIER ANYWHERE IN THE CITY.
AND IF THEY'RE IN A HISTORIC DISTRICT OR IN A NEIGHBORHOOD CONSERVATION DISTRICT, IT WOULD BE 1945 OR EARLIER.
UM, THE SAME PARAMETERS WOULD APPLY STARTING JANUARY 1ST, 2023, UM, FOR, FOR ANY PRIVATE DEMOLITION.
AND THEN PHASE THREE WOULD GO INTO EFFECT JANUARY 1ST, 2025.
SO, UM, A FEW YEARS DOWN THE ROAD.
AND THAT WOULD BE STRUCTURES BUILT 1945 OR EARLIER IN HISTORIC DISTRICTS AND NCDS, I'M SORRY, ANYWHERE IN THE CITY.
AND THEN 1960 OR EARLIER IN OUR DESIGNATED HISTORIC DISTRICTS AND NEIGHBORHOOD CONSERVATION DISTRICTS.
AND JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA THAT PHASE ONE WILL BE ABOUT 3% OF DEMOLITIONS, UH, PHASE TWO WOULD, WOULD GRAB A LITTLE BIT OVER, UH, 25%, JUST A, A BIT ABOVE A QUARTER OF DEMOLITIONS.
AND THEN PHASE THREE IS ABOUT 40% OF CITY DEMOLITIONS.
AND SO IT'S REALLY DESIGNED TO ENABLE US TO RAMP UP SO THAT WE'RE NOT JUST OVERWHELMED WITH MATERIALS.
AND SO THAT ALSO, SO THAT DECONSTRUCTION CONTRACTORS CAN RAMP UP THEIR BUSINESSES AS WELL.
UM, SO THE PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION, UM, MANY OF YOU ALREADY KNOW THAT, UM, THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION REVIEWS ALL REQUESTS FOR DEMOLITION.
SO WE'RE ALREADY INVOLVED IN THE DEMOLITION PERMIT REVIEW PROCESS, UM, ADMINISTERED BY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
SO WE, WE WORK CLOSE WITH THE CLOSELY WITH THEM ALREADY AND HAVE CONTINUED TO DO SO TO MAKE SURE THAT THE DECONSTRUCTION PROCESS JUST BECOMES PART OF THAT DEMOLITION REVIEW PROCESS.
WHAT IT'LL MEAN IS THAT THE CERTIFIED DECONSTRUCTION CONTRACTOR WILL BE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT INFORMATION ABOUT THEIR DECONSTRUCTION, UM, THROUGHOUT THE DEMOLITION PERMIT REVIEW PROCESS.
UM, ANOTHER KEY ASPECT OF THE PROGRAM IS THE MATERIAL INNOVATION CENTER.
UM, STEPH MENTIONED THAT A LITTLE BIT, AND YOU ALL SAW, UM, AN ACTION EARLIER THIS SUMMER AT CITY COUNCIL RELATED TO OUR LEASE AT PORT SAN ANTONIO.
UM, WE'RE DEVEL WHERE WE ARE DEVELOPING THE MATERIAL INNOVATION CENTER.
AND THE CONCEPT IN THE SIMPLEST, UH, SIMPLEST WAY TO STATE IT IS REALLY THE LAST THOUGHT BEFORE THE LANDFILL.
UM, SEVERAL OF YOU HAVE RAISED QUESTIONS OVER THE YEARS DURING BRIEFINGS ABOUT NOT WANTING TO COMPETE WITH OTHER EXISTING BUILDINGS IN THE MARKETPLACE.
I'M, I'M SORRY, EXISTING BUSINESSES AND ALSO SPECIFIC PARTNERS THAT WE KNOW KNOW ARE ALREADY IN THE MATERIAL REUSE BUSINESS LIKE, UH, HABITAT FOR HUMANITY.
AND WE HAVE MET WITH ALL OF THOSE PARTNERS AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, REALLY WE, IT IT'LL BE A RELATIONSHIP THAT WE HAVE WITH ORGANIZATIONS LIKE HABITAT.
SOMETIMES THEY GET OVERWHELMED WITH THE MATERIAL THAT THEY CAN'T MOVE OFF OF THEIR FLOOR.
AND SO THE MATERIAL INNOVATION CENTER WOULD BE ABLE TO TAKE THAT INSTEAD OF THAT MATERIAL ENDED UP IN THE LANDFILL.
BUT MATERIAL THAT THEY CAN SELL WOULD CONTINUE TO GO TO HABITAT.
AND SO WE WOULD PARTNER WITH THEM.
AND THIS MODEL IS BASED LARGELY ON ONE THAT ALREADY EXISTS, OPERATED BY THE CITY OF HOUSTON, AND THEY PARTNER WITH THOSE ORGANIZATIONS.
UM, WE ALSO WOULD MAKE SURE THAT THE MATERIALS ARE AVAILABLE SPECIFICALLY FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS.
UM, OBVIOUSLY CITY AFFORDABLE HOUSING
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PROJECTS FIRST, BUT THEN ALSO WORKING WITH OTHER AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROVIDERS TO, TO PROVIDE THAT MATERIAL AT NO COST.AND THAT WILL HELP TO REDUCE OVERALL COST OF, OF THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING REHABILITATION.
SO OB OBVIOUSLY ONE ANTICIPATED AC UM, OUTCOME IS BETTER ACCESS TO MATERIAL OVERALL.
UM, WE KNOW THERE ARE A LOT OF ISSUES, UM, RELATED TO SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION OF MATERIALS, UM, ESPECIALLY CURRENTLY.
AND SO THIS WILL JUST ENABLE ANOTHER, UM, AVENUE FOR MATERIALS AND ALSO THE ADVANCEMENT OF THOSE AFFORDABLE HOUSING GOALS.
AND SO IT'S A WAY TO REALLY KEEP THE COST DOWN AS IT RELATES TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS.
UM, WE'RE, WE ALSO ARE PARTNERING CLOSELY WITH NEIGHBORHOODS TO LOOK AT HOW DECONSTRUCTION AND THE MATERIAL INNOVATION CENTER CAN HELP, UM, EXPAND OR ACHIEVE GOALS THAT ARE OUTLINED IN THE SHIP.
AND THEN ALSO, OF COURSE, IN THE CLIMATE ACTION AND ADAPTATION PLAN.
UM, THE OTHER REALLY IMPORTANT ASPECT OF THE OVERALL PROGRAM IS THE LIVING HERITAGE TRADES ACADEMY.
SO THROUGH THE TRADES ACADEMY, BOTH DECONSTRUCTION CONTRACTOR TRAINING WILL OCCUR, BUT THEN ALSO JUST REALLY BUILDING THE POOL OF EXPERIENCED CRAFTSMEN THAT CAN WORK ON OUR, UM, EXISTING AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND HELP TO KEEP THOSE COSTS DOWN.
WE HAVE A COUPLE OF OTHER, UM, INITIATIVES THAT ARE UNDERWAY THAT ARE, THAT ARE RELATED.
UM, ONE WE'VE, WE'VE TALKED TO YOU PREVIOUSLY ABOUT OUR GRANTS FROM ACOG, UM, THAT IS HELPING US DEVELOP THE, THE PLANS FOR THE WAREHOUSE.
AND WE ALSO ARE WORKING CLOSELY WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES TO ENSURE THAT CONTRACTORS ARE ABLE TO DECONSTRUCT WHEN THEY'RE DOING THOSE CITY EXECUTED DEMOLITIONS AND THAT THE MATERIAL IS ABLE TO GET INTO THE RIGHT HANDS.
UM, WE'VE RECEIVED FUNDING FROM OTHER ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS THE TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION THAT WILL HELP US TO LEVERAGE DOLLARS.
AND THEN WE'RE WORKING CLOSELY, UM, WITH A GRANT THROUGH THE OFFICE OF INNOVATIONS R AND D LEAGUE WITH U T SS A TO LOOK AT MATERIAL INNOVATION.
AND ALSO, UM, THEY'RE ALREADY STARTING TO WORK ON THE MATERIAL INNOVATION CENTER.
PHYSICALLY THEY'VE REPAIRED THREE OF THE GARAGE DOORS ALREADY.
SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT PARTNERSHIP.
UM, I'VE TOUCHED ON A FEW OF THESE THINGS, BUT WE DO HAVE A NUMBER OF OTHER KIND OF FUTURE PLANS FOR THE PROGRAM, SUCH AS EXPANDING THE MATERIAL INNOVATION CENTER TO INCLUDE RESEARCH FOR, LIKE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FOR NEW MATERIALS THAT ARE MADE FROM EXISTING MATERIALS THAT AREN'T REUSED AS IS.
UM, ALSO SEE IT AS A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF THE CITY'S, UM, DISASTER RECOVERY STRATEGY.
UM, IF WE HAVE THOSE MATERIALS IN PLACE, IT'S, IT'S KIND OF PRE RECOVERY, IF YOU WILL.
AND, UM, SO WE ALREADY HAVE THOSE MATERIALS AND WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT ACCESSING THEM WHEN, WHEN SOME SORT OF, UM, DISASTER OCCURS AND REALLY LOOKING TO THE CITY TO BE A LEADER IN CIRCULAR ECONOMY OVERALL.
AND SO WITH THAT, STEPH AND I ARE BOTH AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND WE DO, UM, RECOMMEND THAT THE, THE COMMITTEE ADVANCED THE CITY COUNCIL FOR ADOPTION.
AND THANK YOU STEPHANIE FOR THE PRESENTATION.
I THINK IT WAS, IT HELPS EXPLAIN.
SO WHEREVER YOU CAN PUSH THAT ONE, UM, I RECOMMEND THAT YOU ALL PUSH IT.
I WANNA ALSO, UM, RECOGNIZE COUNCILMAN CASTILLO FOR HER WORK AND SUBMITTING, UM, THE C C R AND FOR BRINGING US TO TODAY AND WORKING ON THE ORDINANCE.
I WAS WELL, BUT I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT, SO I'M STILL GIVING HER CREDIT 'CAUSE SHE'S CHAMPIONING THIS AND I'M PLEASED TO SUPPORT IT BECAUSE IT CHECKS A LOT OF BOXES.
SO RECYCLING AND REDUCING AND HAZARDOUS PARTICLES AND PRESERVING HISTORIC DETAILS.
AND IT'S GONNA HELP A LOT OF THE RESIDENTS AND DISTRICTS ONE, TWO, AND FIVE, SPECIFICALLY OUR INNER CITY.
UM, AND I'M EXTREMELY PROUD BECAUSE OF LIVING HERITAGE TRADES ACADEMY AND THE MATERIAL INNOVATION CENTER IS AT FORT SAN ANTONIO.
BUT I'M, I WANNA RECOGNIZE COUNCILMAN CASTILLO NOW BECAUSE I THINK SHE WANTS TO MAKE THE, UH, OFFICIAL MOTION AND MAKE HER COMMENT.
SO COUNCILWOMAN, THANK YOU CHAIR.
UM, THANK YOU STEPHANIE AND SHANNON FOR THE PRESENTATION.
AND THIS IS A REALLY INNOVATIVE IDEA.
I WISH I COULD TAKE CREDIT FOR IT,
UM, BUT I, I'M REALLY GRATEFUL FOR THE WORK THAT O H P HAS BEEN PUTTING INTO ENSURE THAT THIS CONTINUES TO MOVE FORWARD.
THAT VIDEO IS AMAZING AND VERY CUTE.
UM, AS WE ALL KNOW, BASED OFF THE PUBLIC COMMENT THAT WE HAD EARLIER TODAY, RIGHT? THERE IS NO SILVER BULLET WHEN IT COMES TO ADDRESSING OUR HOUSING CRISIS HERE IN SAN ANTONIO.
WE KNOW THERE ARE A NUMBER OF MOVING PIECES, UH, AND ADDRESSING THE ISSUE OF AFFORDABILITY AND PRODUCTION, SO ON AND SO FORTH.
BUT WHAT I BELIEVE THIS ORDINANCE PROVIDES IS AN OPPORTUNITY AND A CLEAR PATH FORWARD, RIGHT? TO ENSURE
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THAT WE'RE ME MEETING OUR, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL GOALS, OUR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT GOALS AND E AND ECONOMIC WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.WE GET BRIEF THAT, UH, JR RAMONES IN THE TOP 10 OF FOLKS CREATING JOBS THROUGH THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, RIGHT? SO IT JUST MAKES SENSE, UM, TO MOVE THIS ORDINANCE FORWARD.
UM, SO AGAIN, I'M REALLY GRATEFUL FOR THE WORK OF O O H P THIS COMMITTEE AND CITY COUNCIL AS WELL.
UM, AND WITH THAT, I MOVED TO MOVE THIS ITEM TO FULL CITY COUNCIL CONSIDERATION.
THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE FLOOR.
THANK YOU COUNCILMAN CASTILLO.
A THOUGHT CAME TO MY MIND AS WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS.
IT'S, IT'S SOMETHING I, UH, REMEMBER READING ABOUT IN, IN KIND OF MANAGEMENT BOOKS START WITH THE END IN MIND.
AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING TODAY.
WE'RE STARTING WITH, AT THE END OF THE PROCESS WHEN WE'VE TORN DOWN BUILDINGS, UH, AND, AND WHAT DO WE DO WITH THE PIECES.
AND I, I UNDERSTAND QUITE A BIT OF WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO HERE.
I'VE GOT A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS, UH, RELATED TO WHAT'S THIS GOING TO COST US? WHAT ARE YOUR ESTIMATES FOR THIS YEAR, THE NEXT YEAR, UH, WHICH ARE BEGINNING YEARS, BUT MAYBE FIVE YEARS DOWN THE LINE IF IT'S FULLY IN FUNCTION? SURE.
AND, AND WE HAVE LOOKED TO THAT, SO WE'RE NOT RECOMMENDING ANY ADDITIONAL FUNDING CURRENTLY.
UM, STEPH IS THE DECONSTRUCTION AND CIRCULAR ECONOMY PROGRAM MANAGER.
SO WE DID CREATE THAT, UM, NEW POSITION IN THE LAST YEAR.
AND SO OBVIOUSLY HER STAFF TIME IS LARGELY, UM, DEDICATED TO DECONSTRUCTION AND RELATED PROJECTS.
UM, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, SOME STAFF TIME FROM ME, OF COURSE, AND OTHER STAFF AS AS NECESSARY.
UM, BUT THERE'S NO ADDITIONAL CITY FUNDING BEING REQUESTED.
UM, WE HAVE RECEIVED SOME GRANT FUNDING THAT WE'VE MENTIONED.
UM, WE'VE, WE'RE PARTNERING WITH PORT SAN ANTONIO TO, TO MATCH SOME OF THAT GRANT FUNDING.
AND SO THAT WILL REALLY HELP GET US UP AND RUNNING IN THE FIRST YEAR.
UM, AND THAT WILL ALSO ENABLE US TO LOOK AT WHAT OUR NEXT STEPS SHOULD BE.
ONE MODEL THAT WE, THAT WE HAVE MENTIONED TO, TO YOU BEFORE, I THINK IS THE, UM, THE MODEL THAT THE CITY OF HOUSTON OPERATES.
AND THAT IS ABOUT 250, UM, THOUSAND DOLLARS, 200 TO $250,000 ANNUALLY.
IT'S PRETTY, FAIRLY MINIMAL, UM, OPERATION.
THEY HAVE A, A STAFF PERSON THAT KIND OF IS A SOMEWHAT HIGHER LEVEL STAFF PERSON THAT SORT OF MANAGES THE ACTUAL, UM, CENTER WHERE THE MATERIAL IS STORED.
AND THEN THEY HAVE A COUPLE OF PEOPLE TO, TO DO THE ACTUALLY IMPORTANT WORK OF MOVING THE STUFF AROUND AND ORGANIZING IT AND ALL THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
UM, AND SO AT SOME POINT WE MAY COME FORWARD WITH A PROPOSAL THAT WOULD, UM, ENABLE US TO FUND A CENTER IN A SIMILAR WAY.
BUT, UM, THIS, THIS FIRST YEAR OF OPERATION WILL REALLY ENABLE US TO SEE IF THAT'S THE MODEL THAT WE WANNA FOLLOW OR IF THERE'S A DIFF A BETTER PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITY OUT THERE FOR US TO OPERATE THIS.
HOW ABOUT THE TRAINING PROGRAM TO UP UPSKILL THE PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO BE DISASSEMBLING THESE BUILDINGS? SURE.
SO THE DECONSTRUCTION CONTRACTOR TRAINING, AS STEPH MENTIONED, IS AN APPROVED, UM, TRAINING THROUGH THE ESSAY READY TO WORK PROGRAM.
AND SO, UM, SOME, THE ACTUAL PEOPLE BEING TRAINED ARE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT DOLLARS.
AND, AND SO WE PARTNER WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS LIKE FAMILY SERVICE FOR JUST AS AN EXAMPLE, TO HELP FUND THE, UM, TRAINER SALARIES AND OTHER THINGS THAT ARE NECESSARY TO PUT ON THOSE CLASSES.
BUT MUCH OF THAT WILL BE DONE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH WORKFORCE, EXISTING WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT FUNDS.
I WAS A LITTLE SURPRISED TO HEAR ABOUT THE NUMBER OF BUILDINGS, UH, DID I HEAR UP TO 600 OR PROJECTED TO BE UP TO 600 BUILDINGS TORN DOWN MM-HMM.
UH, I KNOW THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AND I HOPE THIS DOESN'T IN ANY WAY BE AN INCENTIVE TO SAY, WELL, THAT'S OLD BUILDING.
WE'LL TEAR IT DOWN AND SAVE THOSE PARTS, AS OPPOSED TO THAT'S AN OLD BUILDING.
WHAT CAN WE DO TO RESTORE IT AND KEEP IT AFFORDABLE FOR PEOPLE? WELL, AND I HOPE THAT IS GOING TO BE THE BIGGEST EMPHASIS WHEN IT COMES TO HOW THIS WHOLE PATTERN FLOWS.
IT'S A VERY GREAT POINT, AND I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT ABOUT OUR DECONSTRUCTION INITIATIVE COMPARED TO THOSE THAT HAVE HAPPENED IN OTHER CITIES, IS THAT IT IS COMING OUT OF THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION.
SO IT IS, IT IS BEING DONE WITH A FOCUS ON RETAINING WHAT WE HAVE AS A FIRST PRIORITY.
AND WE KNOW THAT THE ONLY WAY THAT WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO MAKE PROGRESS, UM, IN OUR CITY ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND ON CLIMATE IS TO REINVEST IN OUR EXISTING BUILT ENVIRONMENT.
AND SO WE NEED TO REHAB THOSE HOUSES, AND WE KNOW THAT, AND THERE'S A, THERE'S A WELL-ESTABLISHED, UM, PROCESS IN OUR HISTORIC REGULATIONS ABOUT HOW DEMOLITIONS ARE REVIEWED AND WHAT CAN COME DOWN AND WHAT CAN'T AND WHAT THAT CRITERIA IS.
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AND SO NOTHING ABOUT THE DECONSTRUCTION ORDINANCE WOULD CHANGE THAT.UM, IT'S ONLY IF A BUILDING IS APPROVED FOR DEMOLITION HOW IT COMES DOWN.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN COURAGE.
AND, UH, THANK YOU STEPHANIE AND SHANNON FOR WORKING ON THIS.
I LOVE IT WHEN CITY STAFF WORK ON SOMETHING THAT I WANT TO DO, BUT, UH, DON'T HAVE ALL THE BANDWIDTH TO GET DOWN IN THE WEEDS WITH, BUT, UH, THAT YOU ALL ARE PUSHING FORWARD WITH SOMETHING THAT, THAT VERY CLOSELY MATCHES MY VISION.
SO I'M REALLY GRATEFUL FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU ALL ARE PUTTING INTO IT.
SO, UM, SO YOU'RE, YOU'RE SAYING THAT, UM, FOR PHASE TWO YOU'RE GONNA BE LOOKING AT H HOMES BUILT IN 1920 OR EARLIER.
HOW DO YOU DETERMINE WHEN IT WAS BUILT? LIKE I KNOW WHEN YOU GO TO B C A D, A LOT OF TIMES THEY DON'T GO PAST, LIKE EARLIER THAN MAYBE 1940 OR 1945 OR SOMETHING.
AND I KNOW, I KNOW MY DAD'S, UH, MEASURING STICK IS LIKE LOOKING AT THE QUALITY OF THE MATERIALS USED BECAUSE HE SAYS THAT BEFORE THE GREAT DEPRESSION, LIKE AFTER THE GREAT DEPRESSION, PEOPLE STARTED SKIMPING ON MATERIALS.
BUT LIKE, HOW DO YOU ACTUALLY DETERMINE THAT AND HOW DO, HOW DO YOU MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT GONNA BE IN A, IN A COURTROOM DETERMINING WHAT YEAR THE HELM WAS HOME WAS BUILT? SURE.
IT'S A GOOD, IT'S A GOOD QUESTION, AND YOU'RE RIGHT.
I MEAN, B, C A, UM, BILL DATES ARE OFTEN NOT ACCURATE, AND SO IT'S NOT A, A REALLY RELIABLE SOURCE, BUT FORTUNATELY WE HAVE A LOT OF OTHER RESOURCES LIKE CITY DIRECTORIES, WE HAVE SANBORN FIRE INSURANCE MAPS, AND THERE ARE, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY, THOSE START IN THE LATE 18 HUNDREDS AND GO FORWARD ALL THE WAY UP.
I THINK 1950 ONES THE KIND OF NEWEST.
AND SO, UM, OFF, USUALLY WE CAN FIND THE STRUCTURE ON THE SANDBORN MAPS AND IN CITY DIRECTORIES AND, AND OTHER SIMILAR TYPES OF RESOURCES TO REALLY NAIL DOWN.
AND LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, IF, IF THE SANDBORN, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A SANDBORN MAP AND THE TWENTIES AND THERE'S ONE IN THE THIRTIES, AND IF IT'S NOT THERE IN THE TWENTIES, BUT IT IS IN THE THIRTIES, THEN YOU KNOW, IT WAS SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? LIKE, YOU MAY NOT KNOW THE EXACT BUILD DATE, BUT YOU CAN GET IT, UM, PRETTY CLOSE WITH AVAILABLE RESOURCES.
THOSE ARE MY QUESTIONS, CHAIR.
UM, AND AGAIN, THANK YOU STEPHANIE AND, AND SHANNON.
WE APPRECIATE YOUR WORK AND, UM, WE WILL GO AHEAD AND TAKE OUR VOTE NOW.
UM, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN VOTE ON THIS, SO I THINK WE HAVE TO JUST, JUST TAKE A VOTE.
DEAR COUNCILMAN CASTILLOS ISN'T POPPING UP.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER TWO.
AND AGAIN, SORRY, WE HAD TO TAKE THEM OUT OF ORDER.
THIS IS A BRIEFING AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE NORTHEAST I 35 AND LOOP FOUR 10 AREA REGIONAL CENTER PLAN.
AND RUDY, NINA WILL BE PRESENTING TODAY.
UH, GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMITTEE MEMBERS, MADAM CHAIR.
UM, THIS IS THE, UH, BRIEFING ON THE NORTHEAST CORRIDOR.
THERE'S A VERY PROMINENT, UH, UH, PROGRAM WITHIN THE CITY THAT, UH, IS LOCATED WITHIN THAT AREA, BUT THIS IS THE NORTHEAST, UH, I 35 AND LOOP FOUR 10 AREA REGIONAL CENTER PLAN.
THIS IS THE EIGHTH SUB AREA PLAN TO COME FORWARD, UH, TO THE COUNCIL FOR ADOPTION AS WE BEGIN THIS PROCESS.
UM, AND, UH, IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SA TOMORROW COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
UH, FOR CONTEXT, THE NORTHEAST, UH, I 35, UH, FOUR 10 REGIONAL CENTER, AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE MAP, IS CIRCLED ON THE NORTHEAST SIDE OF TOWN.
UM, IT'S ONE OF THE 13 REGIONAL CENTERS THAT WAS IDENTIFIED WITHIN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
UH, THE ESEE TOMORROW COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
UM, AS A MATTER OF BACKGROUND, THE REGIONAL CENTERS AS DEFINED ARE AREAS THAT HAVE EITHER 15,000 JOBS CURRENTLY, OR CURRENTLY, OR PROJECTED TO HAVE 15,000 JOBS, UH, BY THE YEAR 2040.
UH, FURTHER CONTEXT, YOU CAN SEE THE MAJOR STREETS THAT FORMED THE BOUNDARY OF THE REGIONAL CENTER, UM, O'CONNOR ROAD, RANDOLPH BOULEVARD, WALHAM AUSTIN HIGHWAY PAR BIAL.
UM, YOU CAN ALSO SEE A NUMBER OF THE KEY LANDMARKS ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE SLIDE OF THE SCREEN.
UM, FOR EACH OF THE SUB AREA PLANS, THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT BRINGS TOGETHER A PLANNING TEAM, WHICH CONSISTS OF AREA RESIDENTS, EMPLOYERS, AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS TO GUIDE THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PLAN.
UH, THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT CONDUCTED A TOTAL OF 13, UH, PLANNING TEAM MEETINGS TO GATHER INFORMATION ON ASSETS, OPPORTUNITIES, AND CHALLENGES SPECIFIC TO THIS AREA.
THE DEPARTMENT ALSO HOSTED FOUR, UH, COMMUNITY MEETINGS TO GATHER FEEDBACK AND INPUT
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AT, AT VARIOUS POINTS THROUGHOUT THE PLANNING PROCESS.WE ALSO DIRECTLY ENGAGE THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS IN THE PLAN AREA.
THERE ARE THREE REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS IN THE PLAN AREA, THE HILLS OF PARK NORTH, OAK GROVE ESTATES, AND STEEPLE HILL CONDOMINIUMS. IN ADDITION, THE NORTHEAST NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE WAS A PARTICIPANT ON THE PLANNING TEAM AND PARTICIPATED IN THE PROCESS, AND THEY ACTUALLY REGISTER, UH, REPRESENT BOTH, UH, REGISTERED AND NON-REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOODS.
ONE OF THE FIRST STEPS IN DEVELOPING THE PLAN WAS, UH, TO ESTABLISH A SHARED VISION, COMMON VISION FOR THE, FOR THE AREA.
THE PLANNING TEAM WORKED TOGETHER WITH INPUT FROM RESIDENTS AND STAKEHOLDERS, UH, TO DRAFT A VISION STATEMENT, WHICH WAS THEN REVIEWED AND REFINED AT THE FIRST COMMUNITY MEETING.
THE VISION STATEMENT LAYS THE FOUNDATION FOR THE GOALS, RECOMMENDATIONS, AND STRATEGIES FOUND THROUGHOUT THE PLAN.
IMPORTANT THEMES THE COMMUNITY WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT IN THEIR VISION ARE BALANCING NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTER WITH GROWTH AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PRIORITIES, CONNECTED AND COMPLETE TRANSPORTATION NETWORKS, DEVELOPING AN IDENTITY OR A SENSE OF PLACE FOR THE AREA, AND EXPANDING GREEN SPACE TO CREATE A SUSTAINABLE, ATTRACTIVE ENVIRONMENT.
WITH THAT VISION IN MIND, THE COMMUNITY ALSO DEFINED A SET OF FIVE GOALS TO GUIDE THE FUTURE EFFORTS TO ACHIEVE THAT VISION.
THE AREA'S GOALS RELATE TO CREATING A POSITIVE, COHESIVE COMMUNITY IDENTITY THROUGH THOUGHTFUL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, LAND USE AND MOBILITY DECISIONS.
BECAUSE THE AREA IS MOSTLY DEVELOPED, OTHER KEY GOALS RELATE TO REINTRODUCING GREEN SPACE AND CONNECTIVITY TO NEARBY GREEN AND OPEN AREAS.
THROUGHOUT THE PLAN, NUMEROUS RECOMMENDATIONS AND STRATEGIES ARE DEFINED FOR ACHIEVING THE COMMUNITY'S OVERALL VISION AND GOALS.
UH, THESE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE ORGANIZED UNDER SIX MAIN TOPIC AREAS OR ELEMENTS.
THERE ARE LAND USE FOCUS AREAS, AMENITIES IN PUBLIC SPACE, MOBILITY, HOUSING, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
THE PLANNED FRAMEWORK RECOMMENDATIONS CAN INCLUDE PHYSICAL INTERVENTIONS, POLICIES, AND PARTNERSHIPS.
THIS MAP SHOWS SOME OF THE PRIORITY PHYSICAL INTERVENTIONS RECOMMENDED IN THE PLAN SUCH AS TRAIL CONNECTIONS AND MOBILITY HUBS.
THE NEXT FEW SLIDES IN MY PRESENTATION WILL COVER THE PLAN FRAMEWORK MORE SPECIFICALLY.
IMPORTANT THEMES THAT EMERGED THROUGHOUT THE PLANNING PROCESS RELATED TO LAND USE INCLUDED REVITALIZATION OF AGING COMMERCIAL AREAS AND SUPPORTING THE CHARACTER OF EXISTING NEIGHBORHOODS.
WITH THAT IN MIND, ONE OF THE MAIN IMPLEMENTATION PRIORITIES FOR THE LAND, FOR LAND USE WITHIN THE REGIONAL CENTER'S RECOMMENDATION, UH, WHICH IS SHOWN HERE ON THE SCREEN, SUPPORTING MIXED USE REDEVELOPMENT AT A VARIETY OF SCALES IN IDENTIFIED FOCUS AREAS IN THE LONG TRANSIT CORRIDORS.
FOCUS AREAS ARE AREAS AND AND OR CORRIDORS THAT COULD BENEFIT FROM TARGETED IMPROVEMENTS.
THERE WERE THREE FO UM, THERE WERE THREE MAIN FOCUS AREAS IDENTIFIED IN THIS REGIONAL CENTER.
THEY ARE THE LOOP FOUR 10 AUSTIN HIGHWAY AREA, THE PAREN BIAL CORRIDOR, AND THE AREA BETWEEN THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF RANDOLPH BOULEVARD AND I 35.
THE TWO PRIORITY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FO FOR THE FOCUS AREAS RELATE TO REVITALIZING REVITALIZATION OF OUTDATED OR UNDERUTILIZED COMMERCIAL SPACES, AND THE CREATION OF MORE GREEN AND OPEN AREAS WITHIN THE REGIONAL CENTER BOUNDARIES.
MOBILITY REFERS TO THE ABILITY TO MOVE EFFICIENTLY AROUND THE CITY.
PRIORITIES FOR THE AREA RELATE TO LAYERING AND CONNECTING DIFFERENT TRAVEL OPTIONS TO ACHIEVE A LESS CONGESTED FUTURE.
TRAVEL OPTIONS CAN INCLUDE AUTO, TRANSIT, BIKE, AND WALKING.
A KEY IMPLEMENTATION PRIORITY FOR MOBILITY FROM THE PLAN IS SHOWN HERE.
THIS SLIDE DEPICTS WHAT PER AND VITAL ROAD NEAR A C P S FACILITY WOULD LOOK LIKE WITH IMPROVED CONNECTIONS TO NEARBY LADY BIRD JOHNSON PARK AND THE SALATO CREEK GREENWAY.
THE DESIRE FOR MORE GREEN SPACE RECREATIONAL AREAS AND CONNECTIONS TO NEARBY PARKS WAS A CONSISTENT THEME FROM THE COMMUNITY TO THIS END.
A HIGH, A HIGH IMPLEMENTATION PRIORITY FOR THE AMENITY SECTION IN THE AREA IS TO LEVERAGE FLOODPLAIN AREAS AND PUBLIC EASEMENTS TO EXPAND GREEN SPACE AND CREATE DIS UH, DIRECT CONNECTIONS TO NEARBY PARKS AND GREENWAY TRAILS.
THIS SLIDE DEPICTS HOW FLOODPLAIN AREAS CURRENTLY USED AS CONCRETE DRAINAGE CHANNELS NEAR THE PARAL LOOP.
FOUR 10 AND AUSTIN HIGHWAY INTERSECTIONS COULD BE IMPROVED WITH GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE TO CREATE TRAIL CONNECTIONS AND INCREASE, UH, PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE GREEN SPACE.
THE REGIONAL CENTER CONTAINS SEVERAL ESTABLISHED RESIDENTIAL AREAS, AS WELL AS NEWER DEVELOPMENT NEAR THE LONGHORN QUARRY CROSS WINDS, RAY AND RANDOLPH BOULEVARD.
DURING THE PLANNING PROCESS, THERE WAS A LOT OF CONVERSATION ABOUT THE CHARACTERISTICS OF RESIDENTIAL AREAS THAT MAKE THEM ATTRACTIVE NOW AND HOW THESE COULD BE USED, UH, TO MAINTAIN
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AND, AND BE ENHANCED.OVER TIME PLANNING FOR BOTH ESTABLISHED AND NEW HOUSING SUPPORTS CONTINUED INVESTMENT IN COHESIVE LIVABLE COMMUNITIES.
A KEY IMPLE A KEY IMPLEMENTATION PRIORITY FOR HOUSING IS RECOMMENDATION NUMBER THREE, CONNECT AND ORIENT NEIGHBORHOODS AND HOUSING TO AREA PARKS, GREENWAYS AND OPEN SPACES.
THIS SLIDE DEPICTS THE INTERSECTION OF PERINATAL AND THOUSAND OAKS REIMAGINED WITH NEW HOUSING LOCATED IN MIXED USE CENTERS AND WITH SHOPS, PARKS AND PUBLIC GATHERING SPACES THAT ARE ACCESSIBLE TO ALL AREA RESIDENTS, SHOPPERS, AND WORKERS.
OUR LAST MAIN TOPIC IS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE MOST OF THE LAND WITHIN THE REGIONAL CENTER HAS ALREADY BEEN DEVELOPED OVER THE LAST HALF CENTURY.
REINVESTMENT IN, UH, REINVESTMENT IN AND ADAPTIVE REUSE OF AGING COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL AREAS WAS FREQUENTLY MENTIONED AS AN IMPORTANT GOAL IN IMPLEMENTATION.
PRIORITY THAT SUPPORTS REINVESTMENT IS RECOMMENDATION NUMBER TWO.
THIS SLIDE DEPICTS WHAT THE OLDER COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL AREAS NEAR RANDOLPH BOULEVARD AND SHERRY ANN ROAD WOULD LOOK LIKE WITH NEW DEVELOPMENT THAT SUPPORTS A MIX OF USES INCLUDING COMMERCIAL RESI, RETAIL, FLEX SPACE, AND RESIDENTIAL.
IMPORTANT ELEMENTS IN THIS RE REVITALIZATION INCLUDE THE INTRODUCTION OF SHOPS AND SERVICES, EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES, GREEN SPACE, PUBLIC GATHERING AREAS, AND ACCESS TO VIAS RANDOLPH TRANSIT FACILITY.
AND FINALLY, LIKE WITH ALL OTHER SUB AREA PLANS, THE NORTH THE, THE NORTHEAST I 35 LOOP FOUR 10 AREA REGIONAL CENTER PLAN PROPOSES A MIDTERM VISION WITH RECOMMENDATIONS AND STRATEGIES FOR IMPROVING AND DEVELOPING THE REGIONAL CENTER OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS.
AS SHOWN HERE, THE IMPLEMENTATION SECTION OF THAT PLAN INCLUDE, UH, LISTS THE RECOMMENDATIONS BY TOPIC, FOLLOWED BY STRATEGIES FORMULATED TO ACHIEVE THAT RECOMMENDATION, AND THUS WORK TOWARDS THE AREAS DEVELOPED VISION.
THIS SLIDE OUTLINES THE PLAN'S ADOPTION PROCESS.
THE ADMINISTRATIVE DRAFT WAS PUBLISHED ON MAY 6TH AFTER THE PUBLIC DRAFT WAS MADE AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC REVIEW AND COMMENT.
THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECEIVED A BRIEFING ON THE ADMINISTRATIVE DRAFT AT THEIR MAY 25TH WORK SESSION AND LATER RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THE PLAN, UH, TO CITY COUNCIL AT THEIR JUNE 8TH PUBLIC HEARING.
UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, AUGUST 1ST, WHICH IS TODAY IS OUR PLANNING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE.
UH, WE PROPOSE, UM, RECOMMENDING THIS PLAN FOR ADOPTION BY THE CITY COUNCIL AT THEIR SEPTEMBER 1ST, UH, PUBLIC HEARING.
THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION, MADAM CHAIR, AND I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE.
AND THANK YOU TO THE PLANNING TEAM FOR WORKING ON THE REGIONAL CENTERS AND, AND ALSO FOR ENGAGING RESIDENTS THROUGHOUT THE AREA.
I NOTICED THAT YOU ALL HAD, UM, A LOT OF INVOLVEMENT FROM D TWO AND D 10 STAFF AS WELL, SO THANK YOU, UH, TO THEM.
ALSO, UM, THIS, THIS AREA IS OBVIOUSLY OPPOSITE TO D FOUR, BUT I SEE THAT THERE'S COMMON GOALS WITHIN ALL OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD PIECES.
SO, UM, PROMOTING WELLBEING, SAFETY, MULTIMODAL, UH, TRANSPORTATION NETWORK IS IMPORTANT.
EXPANSION, CONNECTION OF GREEN SPACES, AND OF COURSE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT PRACTICES ARE ALL PART OF THE GOALS AND DESIRES.
AND I THINK THAT I SEE THEM IN EVERY PLAN AND IN EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO THANK YOU FOR PAYING PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO THAT.
UM, I, I ACTUALLY HAVE NO QUESTIONS, UM, ON THIS, BUT I'M GONNA OPEN IT UP TO MY COLLEAGUES.
UM, AND I'LL START WITH COUNCILMAN COURAGE.
ONE THING I NOTICE ON A LOT OF, UH, THE PLANNING THAT WE GET PRESENTED TO US IS A DISCUSSION ABOUT LAND USE.
AND I PRESUME, UH, IN LOOKING AT THAT COLORED SECTION WHERE IT HAD DIFFERENT COLORS FOR DIFFERENT KINDS OF POTENTIAL LAND USE, UH, THOSE ARE SIMPLY RECOMMENDATIONS.
ISN'T THAT CORRECT? WELL, COUNCILMAN, ONCE THE PLAN IS ADOPTED, THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP, THAT'S, THAT'S A PART OF THAT FUTURE OF THE, THE REGIONAL CENTER PLAN DOES ACTUALLY BECOME THE REGULATORY COMP, UH, PIECE OF THAT DOCUMENT.
THUS, ANY FUTURE ZONING CHANGES, ZONING RECOMMENDATIONS WOULD HAVE TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THAT PLAN.
OTHERWISE, THEY WOULD HAVE TO REQUEST A CHANGE TO THE PLAN, AND THEN YOU WOULD FOLLOW THE GOALS AND POLICIES TO DETERMINE IF A CHANGE WILL BE APPROPRIATE.
'CAUSE I NOTICED YOU TALKED ABOUT, UH, REDOING SOME EXISTING OUT OF DATE KIND OF COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES.
MAYBE THEY BECOME VACANT, THEY MAY HAVE HAD X FOR A CERTAIN ZONING, AND, UH, A NEW OWNER MAY WANT TO HAVE Y MM-HMM.
UH, ULTIMATELY THE, THE ZONING THAT WOULD BE PLACED ON A PIECE OF PROPERTY WOULD HAVE TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THIS PLAN.
AND ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE DO SUCH EXTENSIVE OUTREACH IS WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE REACH THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS THAT EITHER MAY BE TRANSITIONING THE, THE BUSINESS THAT'S GONNA BE THERE, OR, UM, IN ORDER FOR US TO BE ABLE TO, TO, YOU KNOW, GET ACCESS TO SOME OF THOSE FOLKS THAT HAVE VACANT PROPERTIES AND SO FORTH, UH, SO THAT WE CAN LET THEM KNOW THAT THE COMMUNITY IS VISIONING, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE FUTURE OF THIS AREA IS GONNA LOOK LIKE AND HOW CAN YOU BE, YOU KNOW, HOW CAN WE MAKE SURE THAT YOU ALL ARE SUCCESSFUL.
PART OF THAT, UM, FOLLOWING THE ADOPTION OF A FUTURE LAND USE MAP, WHAT THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT WILL DO IS GO IN AND WE'LL DO
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AN ASSESSMENT OF THE ZONING IN THE AREA TO DETERMINE IF IT ACTUALLY IS CONSISTENT OR NOT.UM, THAT HAS BEEN HISTORICALLY, I KNOW THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS A COUPLE OF TIMES, A MISSING STEP IN THE PROCESS, UH, IN PAST PLANNING EFFORTS WHERE THE ZONING DOESN'T ULTIMATELY FOLLOW UP THE ADOPTION OF A FUTURE LAND USE MAP.
AND THEN YOU HAVE CONSISTENCIES THAT ULTIMATELY THE COUNCIL HAS TO DECIDE WHICH WAY TO GO.
UM, THE PROCESS MOVING FORWARD IS THAT WE WILL ULTIMATELY DO THAT ASSESSMENT.
WE'LL DETERMINE WHAT THE MOST APPROPRIATE ZONING IS GONNA BE BASED ON THE NEW ADOPTED LAND USE PLAN, AND THEN WE WILL TAKE THAT FORWARD TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR RECOMMENDATION FOR REZONING.
I GUESS WHAT I'M GETTING AT, IF SOMEBODY BUYS A PIECE OF PROPERTY AND IT'S ZONED X, BUT THEY WANNA ZONE IT Y BUT THE LAND USE PLAN SAYS IT HAS TO BE Z, THEN THEY WOULD HAVE TO GO AHEAD AND, AND MAKE A REQUEST TO THE COUNCIL TO KIND OF OVERRIDE THAT KIND OF ZONING REQUEST.
RIGHT? THEY WOULD HAVE TO MAKE A REQUEST AND ULTIMATELY GO THROUGH THE, THE PUBLIC PROCESS LIKE ANY OTHER LAND USE ZONING CASE.
UM, I, I NOTICED THE BOUNDARIES, AND AM I RIGHT IN ASSUMING THIS IS ALMOST ALL IN DISTRICT 10, BUT IS PART OF IT IN DISTRICT TWO? UM, THERE IS A SMALL PORTION THAT'S IN DISTRICT TWO, AND I WILL BRING THE MAP UP HERE.
IF YOU LOOK TO THE SOUTHERNMOST PORTION OF THE PLAN AREA.
YEAH, THERE'S A SMALL, ALMOST TEARDROP LOOKING AREA NEAR WHERE IT SAYS AUSTIN HIGHWAY.
THAT AREA IS WITHIN DISTRICT TWO, RIGHT? YES, SIR.
UH, HAVE BOTH COUNCIL MEMBERS LOOKED AT AND APPROVED THIS PLAN, BOTH COUNCIL MEMBERS? YES.
I HAVE BEEN ENGAGED IN THIS PROCESS PRETTY CLOSELY.
WELL, IN THAT CASE, I MOVED THE APPROVEMENT, UH, OF THE PLAN.
THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE TABLE.
WE'LL CONTINUE ON WITH COUNCIL COLLEAGUE COMMENTS, AND WE'LL GO TO COUNCILMAN RO.
COUNCILMAN CASTILLO? NO COMMENTS.
UM, WELL THEN THANK YOU AGAIN, RUDY, AND LET'S GO AHEAD AND TAKE OUR VOTE.
THE ACT ACTIVE ITEM SHOULD BE ON YOUR PETS.
WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR, WHICH IS A BRIEFING AND POSSIBLE ACTION RELATED TO THE 20 22 20 27 HOUSING BOND SOLICITATION PROCESS TO INCLUDE AN UPDATE ON THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL SCORING CRITERIA, TIMELINE SCORING COMMITTEES, AND DISPLACEMENT IMPACT ASSESSMENT.
I WAS LIKE, WOW, SOUNDS LIKE ME.
SO
AND SO, UM, VERONICA, THE FLOOR IS YOURS.
AND BEFORE I PASS IT ON TO VERONICA, I JUST WANNA MENTION THAT, UM, AT A COUNCIL MEETING, WE PRESENTED THE BOND PROGRAM.
IT WAS REQUESTED THAT THE HOUSING BOND R F B BE PRESENTED AT A B SESSION.
AND SO AFTER TODAY'S MEETING, THIS IS SET FOR A B SESSION DISCUSSION WITH FULL COUNSEL ON AUGUST 10TH.
AND LAST WEEK WHEN WE PRESENTED THIS TO HOUSING COMMISSION, THE HOUSING COMMISSION DID REQUEST A SPECIAL WORK SESSION TO BETTER GET MORE FAMILIAR WITH THE R F P.
AND SO THAT IS BEING HELD ON MONDAY, AUGUST 8TH.
AND SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO TALK MORE ABOUT THAT AT THE B SESSION AS WELL.
SO I'LL HAND IT OVER TO VERONICA.
I'M VERONICA GARCIA, INTERIM DIRECTOR FOR NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES.
I'D LIKE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT OUR HOUSING BOND AND THE DISPLACEMENT IMPACT ASSESSMENT.
SO WE KNOW WE HAVE A HUGE CHARGE BEFORE US.
WE DO, UM, HAVE THE SAN ANTONIO COMMUNITY.
ALL OF OUR VOTERS APPROVE THE $150 MILLION HOUSING BOND.
THIS IS THE FIRST BOND OF THIS SIZE, SPECIFICALLY FOR THE CREATION AND PRESERVATION OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN OUR COMMUNITY.
SO WE UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT HOUSING AFFORDABILITY, PEOPLE'S HOMES, THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF A PASSION BEHIND THAT, AND WE TAKE THAT CHARGE VERY SERIOUSLY.
WE'VE PUT A LOT OF THOUGHT INTO THE R F P PROCESS AND HOW THESE FUNDS SHOULD BE ADMINISTERED.
SO, UH, WITH THE VOTERS APPROVED, WE HAVE FIVE DIFFERENT BUCKETS FOR THIS FUNDING, AND THAT HAS BEEN, UH, PROPOSED AND APPROVED BY, WITH INPUT FROM OUR CITIZEN HOUSING BOND COMMITTEE, WITH OUR CITY HOUSING COMMISSION, AND THEN ULTIMATELY APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL.
SO THIS IS THE PARAMETERS THAT WE ARE WORKING WITH AND THE, UM, AND ALSO WITH THE FRAMEWORK DEVELOPED BY THE HOUSING COMMISSION, I'LL GO INTO A LITTLE MORE DETAIL ON WHAT THOSE PARAMETERS AND FRAMEWORK ARE, AND I'LL MENTION THAT WITH THE, UH, HOUSING REHAB BUCKET OF $45 MILLION.
WE ARE GONNA UTILIZE THAT FUND, AND I'LL GO INTO MORE DETAIL, BUT THAT WILL BE DONE THROUGH OUR HOME REHAB APPLICATION PROCESS.
BUT WE ARE ALSO LOOKING HOW WE CAN PARTNER WITH COMMUNITY NONPROFITS THAT ALSO HELP REHAB HOMES AND MAKE OUR DOLLARS STRETCH A LITTLE BIT FURTHER.
THE OTHER FOUR CATEGORIES WILL BE ADMINISTERED MOSTLY THROUGH AN R F P PROCESS.
SO WE'VE HA HAD A LOT OF TALK TODAY ABOUT WHAT THE BOND PARAMETERS ARE, HOW WE SHOULD LOOK AT DISTRIBUTING THOSE FUNDS, AND I WILL EMPHASIZE THAT WE ARE, UM, WE DO HAVE A SENSE OF URGENCY WITH THESE DOLLARS.
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WE KNOW THAT PRICES ARE GOING UP, THAT MEANS THE COST TO BUILD AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS GOING UP.AND SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE GET THIS MONEY INTO THE COMMUNITY FOR PROJECTS THAT ARE ALREADY DESIGNED AND READY TO GO.
AND THESE FUNDS, UM, ALSO NEED TO NOT JUST BE A PIPELINE PROJECT OR SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN AWARDED CITY COUNCIL CITY FUNDS UNDER OTHER PARAMETERS.
WE HAVE TO BE SURE WE ARE GUIDED BY THE PARAMETERS FOR THESE BONDS.
SO THEY HAVE TO MEET THE FRAMEWORK THAT WE HAVE.
SO WE ALSO HAVE TO JUST, THAT'S WHY THIS R F P PROCESS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT'S NOT CITY STAFF SELECTING PROJECTS.
IT IS DONE THROUGH A TRANSPARENT R F P PROCESS AND A SCORING COMMITTEE USING THE CRITERIA THAT'S BEEN SET BEFORE US.
HAVING SAID THAT, THERE'S AN URGENCY, AND I THINK EVERYONE IN THE ROOM IS, IS, HAS COMMUNICATED THAT AND REALLY FEELS THAT THAT IMPORTANCE.
WE ARE ALSO COGNIZANT THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF PROJECTS THAT ARE IN THE WORKS THAT ARE BEING TALKED ABOUT.
MAYBE THEY DON'T HAVE SITE CONTROL YET.
MAYBE THERE ARE NONPROFITS THAT WANNA GET INTO FURTHER INTO BUILDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR OUR COMMUNITY, BUT THEY WON'T BE READY THIS FALL TO PROVIDE FOR AN R F P PROCESS.
SO WE WANNA JUST MAKE SURE THERE'S ABSOLUTE ASSURANCE THAT NOT ALL FUNDS WILL BE AWARDED THIS FALL.
AND TO NOT JUST SAY THAT, BUT ACTUALLY PUT SOME PARAMETERS ALONG THAT WE ARE PROPOSING THAT ABOUT HALF OF THE FUNDS BE RESERVED FOR FUTURE R F P SOLICITATIONS, AS WELL AS TO EXPLORE THESE OTHER PARTNERSHIPS AND INNOVATIVE IDEAS THAT WE ARE CHARGED WITH DOING.
SO THAT COULD BE LOOKING AT MORE LAND MAKING OPTIONS, MAYBE LOOKING AT THE CREATION OF A COMMUNITY LAND TRUST, MAYBE OTHER NON-PROFIT PROFIT PARTNERSHIPS LIKE AS EXPLORING MORE PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE HOUSING TRUST FOUNDATION.
SO ALL OF THAT CAN BE CONTINUED TO BE EXPLORED.
JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT NOT ALL FUNDS WILL BE AWARDED ON THIS PARTICULAR ROUND.
SO THE GOALS FOR OUR HOUSING BOND ARE, AS I'VE DESCRIBED, WE'RE TRYING TO BALANCE A VARIETY OF PARAMETERS THAT WERE SET BEFORE US.
SO BALANCING, UH, CREATING SUSTAINABLE HOUSING, CREATING HOUSING IN LOCATIONS WHERE PEOPLE WANNA LIVE, ACCESS TO TRANSIT, CREATING HOUSING FOR DIFFERENT PRIORITY POPULATIONS.
THAT'S ALSO GONNA BE BALANCED, UH, WITH CREATING DE AND PRIORITIZING DEEPER, DEEPLY AFFORDABLE UNITS.
SO FAMILIES AT 30% OF THE AREA, MEDIAN INCOME OR BELOW.
THAT IS THE PRIORITY WE HAVE FOR THESE FUNDS, SINCE THAT WILL BE SOMETHING THAT GUIDES OUR WORK.
WE'RE ALSO GONNA CONTINUE TO FOLLOW ALL OF OUR PROCUREMENT GUIDELINES, AND WE'VE SAID ALONG THAT IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE, UM, COMMUNITY INPUT AND WE GET STAKEHOLDER INPUT ALONG THE PROCESS.
WE SPENT THE PAST TWO MONTHS GETTING A LOT OF INPUT ON THIS PLAN.
SO THE PRO UH, THE PROGRAM TARGETS, AS I MENTIONED, THESE ARE ALREADY ADOPTED BY COUNCIL, SO THIS IS HOW WE'LL FOLLOW THE AMOUNT OF FUNDS THAT ARE AVAILABLE FOR THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF PROJECTS.
AND, UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS IS, UH, ALSO SET BY, MOSTLY BY A M I CATEGORIES.
SO OUR HOMEOWNERSHIP REHAB, APPLICA REHAB APPLICATIONS WILL INCLUDE A M I SCORING CRITERIA.
AND SO WE'LL BE PRIORITIZING THOSE FUNDS FOR HOUSEHOLDS ONLY UP TO 50% OF THE AREA MEDIA INCOME AND PRIORITIZING FUNDS AT 30% OR BELOW.
AND FOR THE OTHER FOUR CATEGORIES, AGAIN, WE'LL FOLLOW THE PARAMETERS THAT WERE SET FORTH, UH, WITH A FOCUS ON, UM, CREATE PRIORITIZING 30% UNITS AND SPECIFICALLY FOR HOME OWNERSHIP, ONLY CREATING HOMES FOR THOSE AT 80% AREA MEDIAN INCOME, BUT OR BELOW, AND PRIORITIZING HOMES AT 60% AREA MEDIAN INCOME OR BELOW.
SO WHEN WE, UH, LOOK AT THE TYPES OF PROJECTS THAT WILL BE SCORED, WE WERE ASKED TO CONSIDER MANY THINGS BEYOND SPECIFIC HOUSING AFFORDABILITY.
WE WERE ASKED TO LOOK AT WHO IS THE HOUSING BEING BUILT FOR? AND WE HEARD FROM TODAY FROM, FROM MANY PEOPLE IN DIFFERENT PRIORITY POPULATIONS.
SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE ASKED TO CONSIDER, WHO ARE LOOKING AT HOMES HOUSING THAT IS BUILT FOR A SPECIFIC VULNERABLE POPULATION.
SO IF A PROJECT COMES TO US, AND IT'S SPECIFICALLY FOR ANY OF THESE CATEGORIES AND ANYBODY WHO FALLS IN A VULNERABLE POPULATION, THAT SHOULD GET PRIORITY POINTS PER THE PARAMETERS WE ARE WORKING ON, WE'RE ALSO ASKED TO LOOK AT WHAT TYPE OF HOUSING, WHAT'S THE QUALITY OF HOUSING THAT'S BEING BUILT.
SO LOOK AT MAKING SURE UNITS HAVE UNIVERSAL DESIGN IN MIND, THAT THEY ARE TAKING SUSTAINABILITY AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY INTO CONSIDERATION.
AND THAT WE ARE MAKING SURE THAT THERE IS HIGH SPEED INTERNET ON SITE BECAUSE WE KNOW THERE'S A INDIVIDUAL DIVIDE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
WE'RE ALSO HAVE TO LOOK AT WHERE IS THE HOUSING BEING BUILT? 'CAUSE WE CAN BUILD DEEPLY AFFORDABLE UNITS ANYWHERE IN THE CITY, AND SOME PARTS OF THE AIR OF THE CITY ARE CHEAPER TO BUILD THAN OTHERS.
BUT WE'RE ASKED NOT JUST TO LOOK AT WHERE CAN YOU BUY THE CHEAPEST LAND, BUT IS THAT HOUSING PROJECT BEING PROPOSED IN AN AREA WITH A HIGHER EQUITY SCORES? ARE WE LOOKING AT CONNECTING THIS HOUSING TO TRANSIT CORRIDORS, PUTTING IT IN REGIONAL CENTERS WHERE WE NEED, WHERE OUR COMMUNITY HAS ALREADY SAID THIS, THIS IS WHERE WE SHOULD BE FOCUSING FUTURE POPULATIONS.
SO ALL THAT IS ALSO, UM, PART OF THE SCORING CRITERIA.
AND AS I MENTIONED, THE PAST TWO MONTHS, WE'VE SPENT A LOT OF TIME GETTING A LOT OF FEEDBACK.
SO WE'VE HELD FOUR PUBLIC MEETINGS ON THIS
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TOPIC THROUGHOUT THE CITY.WE HAD, UH, OVER 40 STAKEHOLDER BRIEFINGS, MEETING WITH DI INDIVIDUAL GROUPS, RESIDENTS, ASSOCIATIONS, NONPROFIT DEVELOPERS, UM, JUST LOTS OF DIFFERENT ENTITIES THAT HAVE, UM, CAN HELP GUIDE THE R F P PROCESS.
AND WE HAD, UM, A GREAT TURNOUT AND HEARD FROM A LOT OF DIFFERENT ENTITIES AND RESIDENTS DIRECTLY ON HOW WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT UTILIZING THESE FUNDS.
THIS IS IN, OF COURSE, ALL OF THE FEEDBACK WITH A SUMMARY OF A LOT OF WHAT WE'VE HEARD.
A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT, UM, PROPERTY TAXES AND THAT THEY'RE RISING AND HOW THAT IMPACTS THEIR HOUSING AFFORDABILITY AND HOW THE HOUSING BOND DOLLARS WILL BE INVESTED IN WHAT, WHAT TAKES INTO CONSIDERATION THERE.
WE HAVE BEEN ASKED NOT TO RUSH THE PROCESS AND MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S ENOUGH FUNDING AVAILABLE THROUGHOUT THE, THROUGHOUT THE TERM SO THAT WE CAN TRY DIFFERENT IDEAS AND THAT WE CAN HAVE TIME FOR OTHER PROJECTS THAT AREN'T QUITE READY TO ALSO SUBMIT THEIR PROPOSALS FOR FUNDING.
I'VE BEEN ASKED TO HIGHLIGHT, UM, THE IMPORTANCE OF PUBLIC HOUSING AND INCOME-BASED HOUSING.
'CAUSE THAT WAS A PRIORITY GIVEN TO US BY THE HOUSING BOND COMMITTEE.
AND OF COURSE, UM, TO HEAR THAT WE NEED TO TRY AND INCENTIVIZE THE UNITS THAT ARE MOST NEEDED AND FOLLOW THOSE SHIP GUIDELINES.
SO WE MADE LOTS OF CHANGES TO OUR PROCESS AND PLAN BASED ON THAT FEEDBACK.
WE WERE ASKED TO, UM, INCLUDE THE HOUSING BOND COMMITTEE MEMBERS IN THE PROCESS AND NOT JUST IN AN ADVISORY ROLE, WHICH WAS THE INITIAL STAFF RECOMMENDATION, BUT WE'VE ASKED THEM TO PARTICIPATE AS SCORING MEMBERS.
NOW WE'RE ALSO ASKED TO LOOK AT, UH, SCHOOL RATINGS AND CONSIDERATION THROUGH THE R F P PROCESS.
SO THAT'S BEEN DONE EMPHASIZING, UM, PUBLIC HOUSING THE PRIORITY FOR THAT.
AND IN FACT, WE'VE RESERVED, UH, POINTS SPECIFICALLY FOR THOSE TYPES OF PROJECTS.
WE'RE ALSO ASKED TO LOOK AT, UM, HOW WE CAN LOOK AT THE HOME REHAB APPLICATION PROCESS AND EXPLORE MORE PARTNERSHIPS WITH NONPROFITS.
THIS IS THE TIMELINE THAT WAS PRESENTED ABOUT A MONTH AGO TO FULL COUNCIL INTERVIEW SESSION, AND WE'RE STILL ON THAT TIMELINE.
WE'VE SPENT, UH, DOING A LOT OF TIME ON THE BRIEFINGS.
WE HAVE, UM, AS LORI MENTIONED, A B SESSION.
NEXT WEEK WE'LL BE RELEASING THE R F P ON AUGUST 19, AND THEN WE HOPE TO GO TO COUNCIL WITH OUR FIRST SET OF PROJECT RECOMMENDATIONS IN DECEMBER.
I'LL SPEND THIS A MOMENT JUST TO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE HOME REHAB PROCESS BECAUSE, UM, THROUGH OUR OUTREACH, WE HEARD A LOT OF RESIDENTS WHO WERE VERY, UH, QUE VERY CONCERNED AND VERY INTERESTED TO SEE HOW THEY CAN APPLY FOR HOME REHAB FUNDS.
AND SO WE, UM, WE'VE DONE A COUPLE OF THINGS DIFFERENT THIS YEAR.
WE ARE ALLOWING RESIDENTS TO APPLY, UM, FOR ONE APPLICATION, WHICH IS WHAT WE DID LAST YEAR, AND THAT WORKED VERY WELL.
IT JUST TELL US THEY NEED HOME REHAB FUNDS, AND THEN OUR STAFF REVIEWS THAT APPLICATION AND DETERMINES HOW BEST, UH, WHICH PROGRAM TO FIT THEM WITH.
DO THEY JUST NEED A NEW ROOF OR DO THEY NEED A COMPLETE REHAB OF THEIR HOME? AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO LOOK AT APPLICATIONS AND REVIEW THEM UTILIZING AN EQUITY SCORING MATRIX, WHICH MEANS THAT WE'RE GONNA PRIORITIZE FAMILIES AT, UH, LOWER A M I LEVELS.
THEY GET MORE POINTS AND THEIR APPLICATION GETS BUMPED UP.
WE'LL LOOK AT, UM, RESIDENTS WHO HAVE A DISABILITY, OLDER ADULTS, UM, ANYONE WHO'S LIVING IN THEIR HOME LONGER PERIODS OF TIME GETS MORE POINTS.
AS WELL AS, UH, PEOPLE WHO'VE APPLIED PREVIOUSLY AND HAVE NOT YET RECEIVED THE BENEFITS OF THE PROGRAM, THEY TOO WILL GET MORE POINTS.
SO WE'LL BE LOOKING AT ALL OF THAT.
WE'RE DOING AN ONLINE APPLICATION.
SO THIS MAKES THE APPLICATION, UH, YOU CAN SUBMIT IT FROM ANYWHERE.
AND WE'RE ALSO OPENING THE APPLICATION PERIOD UP SOONER.
USUALLY WE DON'T OPEN IT TILL LATE OCTOBER, EARLY NOVEMBER.
SO NOW WE'LL START ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS IN AUGUST NEXT WEEK BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT, UM, THAT THOSE, THOSE, THOSE HOME REPAIR FUNDS ARE ALSO NEEDED.
NOW, THE COST OF REHABBING HOMES HAS GONE UP SIGNIFICANTLY, AND OUR STAFF HAS SEEN IT.
SO WE KNOW THAT THE SOONER WE CAN GET TO REHAB A HOME, THE LESS EXPENSIVE IT'S GOING TO BE.
SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE HAVE THAT APPLICATION OUT THERE SOONER, START GOING THROUGH THOSE MORE QUICKLY, AND HOPEFULLY IN OCTOBER WE START REHABBING HOMES AND NOT JUST START GOING THROUGH THE APPLICATIONS TO REHAB THOSE HOMES.
SINCE IT IS AN ONLINE APPLICATION ONLY, THIS HELPS.
UM, IT IS MORE CONVENIENT BECAUSE IT ALLOWS US TO SCORE THEM AND REVIEW WITH THEM FASTER.
BUT WE UNDERSTAND THERE ARE MANY RESIDENTS WHO MAY NOT HAVE INTERNET ACCESS OR WHO MAY NEED HELP SUBMITTING THE APPLICATION.
SO WE'LL BE HAVING, WE'VE ACTUALLY INCREASED THAT.
WE'LL HAVE 14 OUTREACH EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND ALL THE DIFFERENT COUNCIL DISTRICTS THAT HELP PEOPLE.
AND THERE ARE ALSO SOME WEEKEND EVENTS, UH, WHICH WAS SOME OF THE FEEDBACK WE HEARD.
SO THEY CAN COME IN PERSON, YOU'LL SERVE AS INTAKE CENTERS, AND WE'LL HAVE STAFF ON HAND AND VOLUNTEERS TO HELP THEM SUBMIT ALL OF THEIR INFORMATION ONLINE.
WE'LL ALSO HAVE TWO DIFFERENT NONPROFIT PARTNERS THAT WILL SERVE AS INTAKE CENTERS IN CASE SOMEONE CAN'T MAKE ONE OF OUR IN-PERSON EVENTS.
SO I'LL SWITCH GEARS AND TALK ABOUT THE R F P PROCESS FOR OUR OTHER FOUR PROGRAMS, AND WE WILL, UM, LOOK AT VARIOUS CRITERIA AND JUST AS I MENTIONED, ALL OF OUR SCORING IS DRIVEN BY THE PARAMETERS AND FRAMEWORK THAT'S BEEN GIVEN TO US BY THE CITIZEN HOUSING BOND COMMITTEE
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AND OUR HOUSING COMMISSION.SO A LOT OF THESE, UM, A LOT OF THESE POINTS ARE AWARDED OR PROPOSED TO BE AWARDED WITH THESE DIFFERENT CRITERIA IN MIND.
SO WE'LL LOOK AT DEVELOPMENT EXPERIENCE, AND WE'VE ASKED, YOU KNOW, CAN YOU MAKE THAT WORTH MORE? WE'RE ASKED TO REALLY, UM, PROVIDE PRIORITY POINTS FOR NONPROFITS THAT SUBMIT PROPOSALS.
GAP REQUESTS IS LOOKING AT HOW MUCH MONEY IS THE DEVELOPMENT ASKING FOR VERSUS WHAT TYPE OF UNITS THEY'RE, THEY'RE THEY'RE PRODUCING, HOW MANY AND WHAT TYPE, HOW AFFORDABLE.
SO IF THE PROJECT IS ASKING FOR $15 MILLION AND THEY MEET THE MINIMUM AFFORDABILITY REQUIREMENT, IS THAT REALLY THE BEST USE OF OUR BOND FUNDS? SOMETHING FOR THE EVALUATION COMMITTEE TO LOOK AT.
WE'LL ALSO LOOK AT IS THE PROJECT USING OTHER LEVERAGED FUNDS? AS I MENTIONED, WE DON'T WANT OUR BOND FUNDS TO BE THE ONLY THING IN A PROJECT.
WE WANNA MAKE SURE OTHER DOLLARS ARE COMING IN, SO HOW MUCH OF OTHER FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE, AND, UH, WHEN DO THOSE FUNDS EXPIRE.
AGAIN, THAT SPEAKS TO THE URGENCY.
WE'LL ALSO HAVE OUR UNDERWRITING, UH, UNDERWRITERS ON THE PANEL IN AN ADVISORY CAPACITY SO THEY CAN HELP LOOK AT PRELIMINARY, LOOK AT THE PERFORMANCE SUBMITTED AND HELP VALIDATE HOW MUCH FUNDING IS BEING REQUESTED BY A PROJECT AND WHETHER THAT'S REALLY NEEDED.
THEN OF COURSE, WE'LL LOOK AT HOW MANY UNITS ARE BEING PROPOSED, THE TYPE AND THE AFFORDABILITY OF THOSE UNITS.
WE'LL ALSO BE LOOKING AT THE CONSTRUCTION PRIORITIES.
SO DO THEY HAVE THE A D A ACCESSIBLE ROUTE OR IS THERE UNIVERSAL DESIGN? ARE THERE SPECIFIC POPULATIONS THAT THIS PROJECT IS BEING DESIGNED FOR? LOOK AT THE EQUITY WHERE IT'S BEING PROPOSED AND ALL THE OTHER CRITERIA THAT WE'VE BEEN ASKED TO CONSIDER IS ALSO BEING TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION.
SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THE, UH, SCORING MATRIX SPECIFICALLY FOR RENTAL REHAB, WE HAVE $40 MILLION OF BOND FUNDS TOTAL FOR THIS CATEGORY.
AND AS I MENTIONED, WE'RE PROPOSING THAT ABOUT HALF OF THAT, UP TO HALF OF THAT BE MADE AVAILABLE THIS FALL.
AND THERE ARE MASS GO TO SPRING.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN THE COMMITTEE HAS TO AWARD $20 MILLION OF PROJECTS THIS FALL.
IT'S JUST A GUIDE FOR THE COMMITTEE TO KEEP IN MIND TO RESERVE AT LEAST HALF OF THOSE FUNDS FOR FUTURE R F P PROCESS.
AND, UH, YOU CAN SEE THAT WE ARE, THIS IS THE CATEGORY THAT HAS NO FEDERAL FUNDS.
IT'S ALL BOND FUNDS AVAILABLE, AND THEREFORE THE SMALL BUSINESS POINTS, LOCAL PREFERENCE AND VETERAN-OWNED SMALL BUSINESS POINTS ALL APPLY.
AND THOSE ALONE ARE ACCOUNTING FOR 25 PER PERCENT OF THE POINTS.
WE ALSO HAVE, UM, THE SCORING COMMITTEE MEMBERS WITH REPRESENTATIVES.
THESE ARE JUST THE VOTING MEMBERS.
IF WE HAVE OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS COME FORWARD, WE'D LOOK AT ALSO INCLUDING SOME ADDITIONAL FOLKS IN AN ADVISORY CAPACITY, LIKE MAYBE PUBLIC WORKS OR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
BUT THIS IS THE PROPOSED SCORING MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE FOR RENTAL HOUSING, THE CREATION OF NEW RENTAL HOUSING.
WE HAVE A COMBINATIONS OF FUNDS.
WE HAVE BOTH BOND FUNDS, WHICH IS $35 MILLION, AS WELL AS WE HAVE ABOUT $4 MILLION OF C D B G AND HOME FUNDS AVAILABLE.
SO EVERY YEAR OUR DEPART, OUR CITY RECEIVES HOME AND C D B G FUNDS.
AND ON THIS THURSDAY'S COUNCIL ACTION IS A REQUEST TO APPROVE THAT BUDGET.
AND AS PART OF THAT BUDGET, WE HAVE SET ASIDE ABOUT $8 MILLION FOR THE CREATION OF NEW AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS.
SO THAT COULD BE HOME OWNERSHIP PROJECTS AS WELL AS RENTAL PROJECTS.
IF THAT'S APPROVED, THOSE FUNDS WOULD GO AND BE CONSIDERED AS PART OF THIS FALL'S R F P PROCESS.
I'LL EMPHASIZE THAT IT IS FUNDING WE HAVE AVAILABLE TO US EVERY YEAR TO CREATE NEW AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
USUALLY THAT'S THE BIGGEST SOURCE OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING FUNDS.
AND THIS IS THE SAME TIMELINE WE USED LAST YEAR FOR AWARDING THE FUNDS, WHICH WAS THE R F P GOES OUT IN AUGUST.
WE ACCEPT PROPOSALS IN OCTOBER.
SO IT'S SOMETHING OUR NON-PROFITS AND, UH, AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPERS ARE USED TO IS HAVING A FALL R F P PROCESS FOR OUR FEDERAL FUNDS.
AND THIS TIME WE'RE PROPOSING TO ALSO ADD SOME OF THE BOND FUNDING AVAILABLE, AGAIN, TO HELP THOSE TO DO MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS SOONER RATHER THAN LATER.
SO THIS PARTICULAR, UM, SCORING MATRIX, SINCE WE DON'T, SINCE WE HAVE FEDERAL FUNDS AS PART OF THIS SOLICITATION, WE WILL NOT BE LOOKING AT, UH, SPATA POINTS OR LOCAL PREFERENCE POINTS.
SO WE HAVE ABOUT A THIRD OF THE POINTS SET ASIDE SPECIFICALLY TO LOOK AT AFFORDABILITY, AND THAT IS, AGAIN, TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THAT THAT WAS SUCH A BIG FOCUS, UM, FROM THE COMMUNITY INPUT, IS MAKING SURE THAT WE USE THE FUNDS FOR DEEPLY AFFORDABLE UNITS.
SO THAT IS, UM, A SET ASIDE, A 30% OF OF THE POINTS ARE LOOKING AT THE AFFORDABILITY MIX THAT THE PROJECT IS PROPOSING.
AND THEN AGAIN, WE STILL HAVE, UH, 15 PREFERENCE POINTS SPECIFICALLY FOR NON-PROFIT ENTITIES.
AND THEN THE REMAINDERS THERE AGAIN, THIS, UH, SCORING COMMITTEE HAS, UM, SCORING COMMITTEE MEMBERS, AND IT DOES INCLUDE TWO MEMBERS FROM OUR CITIZEN BOND COMMITTEE, UM, ON THE PANEL AS WELL.
AS WE MENTIONED THAT AFFORDABILITY IS 30% OF THE POINTS, TOTAL POINTS AWARDED FOR PROJECTS.
AND WE KNOW THAT EACH PROJECT IS DIFFERENT.
THEY'LL ALL HAVE DIFFERENT AFFORDABILITY MIXES.
SO WE CREATED SOME GUIDANCE TO GIVE THE COMMITTEE SOME
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PROPOSED GUIDANCE OF HOW THEY CAN LOOK AT, UM, LOOKING AT PROVIDING MORE AND MORE POINTS TO PROJECTS THAT HAVE DEEPER 30% LEVELS AND THAT HAVE A HIGHER CONCENTRATION OF 50% A M I UNITS.WE ALSO ARE SETTING ASIDE FIVE POINTS.
SO OF THOSE 30, YOU CAN ONLY GET FIVE OF 'EM IF YOU'RE A PUBLIC HOUSING PROJECT OR AN INCOME-BASED HOUSING PROJECT.
SO THAT IS A SPECIFIC SETASIDE RECOMMENDED FOR THIS PROGRAM.
FOR THE HOME OWNERSHIP CATEGORY, WE HAVE $5 MILLION OF BOND FUNDS AVAILABLE, AND THEN WE HAVE ANOTHER AMOUNT FROM C D B G AND HOME ABOUT $3 MILLION.
SO AGAIN, WE ARE PROPOSING THAT ABOUT HALF UP TO HALF OF THAT BE MADE AVAILABLE THIS FALL.
AND THE REMAINDER GO FOR FUTURE R F P SOLICITATIONS BECAUSE AGAIN, WE HAVE FEDERAL FUNDS FOR THIS R F P, WE DON'T HAVE THE SP OF POINTS SET ASIDE.
SO WE HAVE A HIGHER AMOUNT SET ASIDE, 25% FOR AFFORDABILITY.
THE REASON WE RECOMMENDED 25 POINTS FOR AFFORDABILITY IS BECAUSE THIS IS THE ONE CATEGORY THAT HAS, UM, 80%, ALL THE UNITS HAVE TO BE AT 80% A M I OR BELOW.
AND WE ARE PROPOSING THAT, UH, THE MORE 60% HOMES THAT ARE BUILT INTO THE PROJECT GET PRIORITY POINTS, AGAIN FOLLOWING THE PARAMETERS SET FORTH BY OUR BOND COMMITTEE.
SO THE TIMELINE THAT WE ARE WORKING ON IS, AGAIN, A B SESSION NEXT WEEK.
R F P GOES OUT IN MID-AUGUST, AND THEN WE HOPE TO, UH, HAVE PROPOSALS DUE IN EARLY OCTOBER BASED ON THE SCORING COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATIONS.
AND AGAIN, THEY DON'T HAVE TO AWARD ALL OF THE FUNDS, IT'S JUST GUIDANCE FOR THEM.
WE WOULD COME BACK TO THE HOUSING COMMISSION AND BE SESSION WITH RECOMMENDATIONS BEFORE GOING TO COUNSEL FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE ITEMS IN EARLY DECEMBER.
I'LL NOW TOUCH ON OUR PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
THIS IS A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT TIMELINE.
THIS WILL BE A JOINT R F P WITH SOUTH ALAMO REGIONAL ALLIANCE FORMED THE HOMELESS.
THIS IS HOUSING THAT IS SET ASIDE FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE CHRONICALLY HOMELESS, AND WE HAVE A LOT OF EMPHASIS ON ONSITE SUPPORTIVE SERVICES FOR THESE PROJECTS BECAUSE WE WANT TO ENSURE AND INCORPORATE HUD FUNDS TO HELP PAY FOR THE RESIDENT SERVICES, THE STAFFING, THE OPERATIONAL COSTS OF PRODUCING THIS TYPE OF HOUSING.
WE ARE PROPOSING HOLDING THIS R P FOR AT LEAST A MONTH WHILE WE AWAIT FOR THE HUD CONTINUUM OF CARE NOFA, WHICH IS EXPECTED OUT THIS FALL.
THAT WILL GIVE US TIME TO ALIGN THE R F P PROCESS.
UM, SO IT'S ALL ONE BIG JOINT R F P.
AGAIN, THIS R F P WILL PRIORITIZE, UM, WHAT TYPE OF PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE SERVICES ARE CREATED ON SITE WITH THE PROJECT, AND THAT WILL BE HEAVILY WEIGHTED IN THE SCORING.
AND THEN THIS, UH, PROPOSAL PROBABLY WON'T COME OUT UNTIL LATE SEPTEMBER, MAYBE EVEN EARLY OCTOBER, DEPENDING ON WHEN WE GET THOSE FEDERAL GUIDELINES.
SO THIS, UH, P S H R F P DOES HAVE $25 MILLION SET ASIDE IN THE BOND.
AGAIN, WE'LL HAVE THOSE CONTINUUM OF CARE FUNDS AS PART OF THAT JOINT SOLICITATION.
AND THEN WE HAD, UM, HOME ARPA DOLLARS OF SIX AND A HALF MILLION SET ASIDE FOR NEW P SS H DEVELOPMENT.
SO WE ARE PROPOSING TO INCLUDE THAT WITH ITS R F P PROCESS.
SO, UH, 40% OF THE POINTS GO SPECIFICALLY FOR THOSE SERVICES.
AND THE REMAINDER WE LOOK AT DEVELOPMENT EXPERIENCE, THE GAP REQUEST, THE TYPE OF PROJECT WHERE IT'S BEING BUILT.
THIS, UH, SCORING COMMITTEE ALSO HAS HOUSING BOND COMMUNITY MEMBERS PROPOSED TO BE ON IT.
AND THEN AGAIN, WE CAN HAVE ADVISORY MEMBERS TO HELP SUPPORT THESE PROPOSED PANEL MEMBERS.
SO, UM, THAT CONCLUDES MY INFORMATION ON THE HOUSING BOND, AND I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO SARAH WAMSLEY, OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING ADMINISTRATOR TO WALK YOU THROUGH THE DISPLACEMENT IMPACT ASSESSMENT.
ALL RIGHT, GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I'M SARAH WAMSLEY, HOUSING POLICY ADMINISTRATOR WITH N H S D, AND I AM HERE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE DISPLACEMENT IMPACT ASSESSMENT, WHICH IS A COMPONENT OF THE R F P, UM, BUT IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN THE OTHER COMPONENTS OF THE R F P BECAUSE INSTEAD OF LOOKING AT THE PROJECT SPECIFICALLY, WE'RE TURNING OUR FOCUS INTO THE AREA AROUND IT.
SO I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW THAT WORKS, BUT JUST TO GIVE YOU A HIGH LEVEL OF WHAT IT IS, IT'S AN INFORMATION GATHERING TOOL THAT APPLIES ONLY TO THE NEW CONSTRUCTION, UM, PROJECTS THAT SEEK HOUSING BOND FUNDING FOR THIS ROUND.
IT'S IN TWO PARTS, AND I'LL TALK, UH, IN DETAIL ABOUT WHAT BOTH OF THOSE PARTS ARE.
AND, UH, AGAIN, WE'RE FOCUSING ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD AROUND THE PROPOSAL, NOT THE SITE ITSELF.
SO, UM, AS WE STARTED WORKING ON THIS REQUEST, JUST TO REMIND YOU OF SOME DIRECTION THAT WE GOT BOTH FROM YOU AS COUNCIL, UM, AND FROM OUR CITIZEN BOND MEMBERS, UH, INCLUDING AMY, WHO'S HERE.
SORRY TO, SORRY TO INTERRUPT YOU.
UM, SO OF THOSE COMPONENTS WE INCLUDED THAT, UH, IT IS A REQUIRED PART OF OUR NEW CONSTRUCTION, UM, R
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F P.SO, UH, OTHER PROJECTS THAT ARE LIKE REHABS ARE NOT SUBJECT TO THIS.
IT IS A PILOT FOR UNDERSTANDING VULNERABILITY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AROUND THE DEVELOPMENT.
AND IMPORTANTLY, WE'RE CONDUCTING THIS BEFORE AN AWARD IS CONSIDERED.
SO IT'S NOT, UH, EXACTLY ANALOGOUS TO LIKE AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT, WHICH WOULD BE CONDUCTED AFTER AN AWARD.
AND LASTLY, UM, WE HEARD WE SHOULD NOT ADD TIME OR COST TO THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS.
SO IT'S A TALL ORDER FOR THIS IMPORTANT PIECE OF WORK, BUT WE ARE, UM, CONFIDENT THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO DELIVER ON THAT.
SO WHEN WE START, UH, ANY OF OUR PROGRAMS OR POLICIES, ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT WE ALWAYS DO IS TRY TO FIGURE OUT, YOU KNOW, WHO IS DOING THIS WELL, UM, OR EVEN NOT WELL, RIGHT? WHAT'S AN EXAMPLE THAT'S HAPPENING IN THE COUNTRY? AND, UM, WHAT WE FOUND IS THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF COMMUNITIES WHO ARE DOING REALLY INTERESTING WORK IN TERMS OF DETERMINING WHAT, UH, WHERE CHANGE IS HAPPENING FASTER IN PARTS OF THEIR CITY VERSUS OTHERS.
AND THERE ARE LOTS OF CITIES WHO WERE DOING VERY GOOD WORK IN, UH, BUILDING UP THEIR TOOLBOX, SO TO SPEAK, AS RESPONDING, YOU KNOW, BUILDING UP TOOLS, HOW TO RESPOND TO DISPLACEMENT.
BUT THERE ARE VERY FEW CITIES WHO ARE SORT OF COMBINING THOSE TWO THINGS TO SAY, HOW CAN WE TAKE WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT HOW NEIGHBORHOOD CHANGE IS HAPPENING AND APPLY THAT TO THE WAY THAT WE MAKE AWARDS.
SO THE ONE EXAMPLE OF WE FOUND OF A CITY THAT'S BEEN DOING THAT, UH, IS ACTUALLY NEW YORK CITY.
SO I HIGHLIGHTED THEIR TOOL HERE, THE SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS ASSESSMENT, THAT'S PART OF THEIR CITY ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY REVIEW, UM, AS SOMETHING THAT WE LEANED ON TO HELP US, UH, CREATE OUR TOOL.
OBVIOUSLY WE KNOW THAT THAT'S A VERY SMALL SAMPLE SIZE OF EXACTLY ONE, RIGHT? AND NEW YORK CITY IS A VERY DIFFERENT CITY THAN SAN ANTONIO, BUT UM, IT HAS BEEN IN PLACE FOR ABOUT 30 YEARS IN NEW YORK CITY.
SO WE'RE ABLE TO LEAN ON, UH, BOTH SOME COMMUNITY AND ACADEMIC CRITIQUE OF THIS TOOL TO MAKE SOME CHANGES THAT WE THINK WILL MAKE IT A BETTER PILOT FOR SAN ANTONIO.
ALL THAT TO SAY THIS IS REALLY KIND OF A FIRST KI FIRST OF ITS KIND TOOL, UH, WHICH MAKES IT EXCITING AND A LITTLE BIT NERVE WRACKING, BUT WE GET TO TAKE THAT STEP TOGETHER AND WE'RE EXCITED TO DO IT.
SO, UM, I WANNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WE EVEN MEAN WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DISPLACEMENT.
UM, IN THE CITY, WE THINK OF IT IN REALLY TWO BUCKETS, AND THIS COMES FROM THE URBAN DISPLACEMENT PROJECT AS WELL AS OUR FOR EVERYONE HOME INITIATIVE, UH, WHICH GRACIELA SPOKE TO AND, AND SERVED ON.
SO, UM, THE FIRST BUCKET IS DIRECT DISPLACEMENT.
THIS IS PROBABLY WHAT COMES TO MIND FOR YOU WHEN YOU HEAR THE TERMS, THINGS LIKE EVICTIONS, FORECLOSURES, PEOPLE BEING FORCED TO MOVE, UH, BECAUSE THEIR APARTMENTS ARE BEING RENOVATED, THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, IN SHORT, IT'S AN EVENT HAPPENS, DISPLACEMENT HAPPENS BECAUSE OF THAT EVENT.
AND THE CAUSAL LINK IS REALLY CLEAR.
THE SECOND BUCKET WE CALL INDIRECT DISPLACEMENT.
I THINK LOTS OF FOLKS USE THE TERM GENTRIFICATION TO DESCRIBE THIS, BUT ENT EFFECTIVELY IT'S, UH, HOUSING COSTS ARE RISING IN A NEIGHBORHOOD.
CURRENT RESIDENTS ARE FORCED TO MOVE.
NEW RESIDENTS WITH HIGHER INCOMES COME IN AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS NO LONGER AFFORDABLE TO THE FOLKS WHO ONCE LIVE THERE.
SO FOR CLARITY, WHAT WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO TRACK WITH THIS DISPLACEMENT IMPACT ASSESSMENT IS ACTUALLY THE INDIRECT BUCKET.
AND, UM, THE DIRECT BUCKET, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT FUNDING PROJECTS THAT, UM, CAUSE DIRECT DISPLACEMENT, SO THERE'S NO NEED TO MEASURE THAT.
HERE IS A, A GRAPHICAL EXPLANATION OF HOW THIS TOOL WILL WILL WORK.
SO IF I AM A DEVELOPER WITH A NEW CONSTRUCTION PROPOSAL SEEKING BOND FUNDS, I'LL GO AHEAD AND COMPLETE, UH, THREE SIMPLE QUESTIONS THAT ARE PART OF MY R F P AND I'LL SHOW YOU WHAT THOSE ARE BASED ON THOSE ASSESSMENTS.
UH, IT MAY BE DETERMINED THAT THERE'S A PRETTY LOW RISK TO FOR MY PROJECT, AND IT CAN GO RIGHT ON TO THE SCORING COMMITTEE AND COUNCIL CONSIDERATIONS.
ALTERNATIVELY, IT COULD ALSO BE DETERMINED THAT MY PROJECT MERITS A SECONDARY SCREENING, AND THIS IS MORE IN DEPTH WITH ABOUT 26 INDICATORS THAT I'LL TALK ABOUT.
THOSE INDICATORS COULD LEAD US TO SAY, YES, THERE'S LOW DISPLACEMENT, WE CAN SEND THAT RIGHT ON TO THE COMMITTEE, OR IT MIGHT LEAD US TO BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE HIGHER, UH, RISK FACTORS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AROUND THE DEVELOPMENT.
AND IN THAT CASE, UM, WE'D FLAG IT AS BEING A EITHER MODERATE OR HIGH RISK.
AND IN THAT CASE, WE'D WANNA WORK WITH THE APPLICANT, UH, TO MAKE SOME CHANGES TO THAT PROPOSAL BEFORE IT GOES ONTO THE SCORING COMMITTEE.
SO I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE NOW ABOUT THE FIRST, UH, PART OF THE SCREENING.
AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT ALL OF OUR NEW CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS WILL COMPLETE.
UM, JUST TO DETERMINE WHICH NEED THAT IN-DEPTH ONE AND WHICH CAN GO RIGHT TO THE SCORING COMMITTEE, THE FIRST QUESTION IN THE SCREENING IS, DOES THE PROJECT DIRECTLY DISPLACE ANY RESIDENTS ON SITE? UM, AS VERONICA COVERED, UH, THIS WOULD NOT BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE BOND FUNDING.
THE SECOND QUESTION IS, IS THE SITE LOCATED IN THE CENSUS TRACK THAT'S AT RISK? AND I'LL TALK MORE ON THE NEXT SLIDE ABOUT WHAT THAT MEANS.
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AND LASTLY, WE WANNA KNOW IF THE PROJECT WOULD SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE THE CENSUS TRACTED POPULATION.SO A YES RESPONSE TO EITHER ONE OF THOSE QUESTIONS, DOES IT NEED TO BE BOTH, WOULD NECESSITATE A SECOND SCREENING? SO, UH, I SAID SOMETHING KIND OF BIG ON THE LAST SLIDE ABOUT, UH, A CENSUS TRACT THAT MIGHT BE AT RISK.
AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS, UM, WE WANNA LEVERAGE A PROTOTYPE TOOL THAT WE'VE BEEN DEVELOPING OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS WITH METRO HEALTH THAT HELPS TRACK, UH, WHERE CHANGE IS HAPPENING IN SOME TRACKS FASTER THAN OTHERS.
SO THIS GETS BACK TO WHAT I WAS MENTIONING IN MY BEST PRACTICES SLIDE, UM, THAT SOME CITIES ARE DOING COOL THINGS ON NEIGHBORHOOD TYPOLOGIES, WE'RE ONE OF THOSE CITIES.
UM, AND WHAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO IS USING, UM, THE URBAN DISPLACEMENT PROJECTS.
RESEARCH IS TAKE CENSUS DATA FROM, UH, EDUCATION LEVELS, MEDIAN INCOME PERCENT PEOPLE OF COLOR AND MEDIAN HOUSING COSTS TO IDENTIFY WHERE THOSE THINGS ARE ARISING FASTER THAN THE CITY AS A WHOLE.
UM, AND WHAT THAT TELLS US IS IN TRACKS WHERE THE POPULATION LEVELS IN TERMS OF EDUCATION OR INCOME OR PEOPLE, PEOPLE OF COLOR ARE STAYING FLAT, BUT THE HOUSING COSTS ARE RISING, THEN WE CAN TELL THAT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE CURRENTLY LIVING THERE ARE STILL THERE, BUT THE PRESSURE IS INCREASING ON THEM.
SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE, UM, RIGHT AWAY IF THERE'S A DEVELOPMENT GOING INTO THAT TRACT THAT WE DO A SECONDARY ASSESSMENT ON IT.
AND KUDOS TO OUR METRO HEALTH TEAM WHO HAS WORKED VERY DILIGENTLY BUILDING THIS TOOL FOR US, UH, WHILE ALSO RESPONDING TO THE PANDEMIC.
SO THE THIRD QUESTION ABOUT A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE, I JUST WANNA TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT THAT MEANS.
UM, THIS HELPS US DO TWO THINGS.
ONE, IT CAN HELP US DETERMINE THAT WE NEED TO DO A SECONDARY ASSESSMENT, UM, BUT IT ALSO HELPS US DEFINE SORT OF WHAT THE SIZE OF THE STUDY AREA IS AROUND WHERE THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT IS.
SO OUR CURRENT THINKING FOR THIS TOOL IS THAT IF A DEVELOPMENT WOULD INCREASE THE CENSUS TRACT BY LESS THAN 10%, THEN OUR STUDY AREA WOULD JUST BE A QUARTER MILE.
IT'S A PRETTY COMMON, UM, WALK SHED FOR PLANNING PURPOSES.
AND IF IT WOULD INCREASE THE CENSUS TRACK POPULATION BY 10%, THEN WE'D BUMP THAT OUT TO HALF A MILE AND LOOK AT A LITTLE BIT WIDER OF AN AREA.
SO NOW THAT WE'VE GOT OUR STUDY AREA OF EITHER A HALF MILE OR A QUARTER MILE, WE CAN JUMP IN AND LOOK AT, UM, THE OTHER 26 INDICATORS IN OUR SIX CATEGORIES, UM, WHICH I WILL GO THROUGH QUICKLY.
THE FIRST IS SOCIOECONOMIC PROFILE.
THIS IS GETTING A SENSE OF WHO LIVES IN THE TRACT, WHAT'S THEIR INCOME, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
THE SECOND BUCKET IS LOOKING AT THE HOUSING INVENTORY.
SO AN EXAMPLE WOULD BE, WHAT'S THE PROPORTION OF RENTERS TO HOMEOWNERS? FOR INSTANCE, OUR THIRD BUCKET LOOKS AT TAX EXEMPTIONS, UH, MOST NOTABLY FOR HOMEOWNERS, BUT ALSO THE PRESENCE OF EXISTING AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAT HAS A COVENANT ON IT.
WE'LL LOOK AT THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT CONDITIONS, AND WE GOT A LOT OF GOOD COMMUNITY FEEDBACK ON THIS ONE.
UM, BUT WE WANNA KNOW THINGS LIKE, UM, WHAT'S THE CONDITION OF BOTH, UH, MULTIFAMILY AND SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.
IN OUR FIFTH BUCKET, WE'RE LOOKING AT MARKET ACTIVITY.
SO RECENT BUILDS, UH, COSTS OF EXISTING HOUSING IN THE AREA.
AND THEN LASTLY, WE WANNA KNOW ABOUT EVICTIONS AND FORECLOSURES.
AND WHEN I SAY THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THESE, WHAT WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FOR IS TRYING TO MAKE A COMPARISON BETWEEN WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THAT QUARTER MILE OR HALF MILE RADIUS AND WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE CITY AS A WHOLE, WHOLE.
SO IF WE SEE SOMETHING LIKE, SAY, EVICTIONS ARE HAPPENING AT A HIGHER RATE IN THIS TRACT THAN, UM, OR EXCUSE ME, THE STUDY AREA THAN THE CITY AS A WHOLE, THEN WE KNOW THAT THAT'S A VULNERABILITY FACTOR AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE THE SCORING COMMITTEES KNOW THAT AS WELL.
SO I HAVE HERE, UM, IN DETAIL ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE PULLED FROM INDICATORS, UM, AND I'LL JUST GO THROUGH THEM FAST.
UM, FOR OUR SOCIOECONOMIC, UH, BUCKET, THESE ARE ALL THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WOULDN'T ASSIGN A A SCORE TO, BUT WE JUST WANNA NOTE.
SO THINGS LIKE AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD SIZE, POPULATION BY AGE, RACE, ETHNICITY, FOLKS WITH A DISABILITY, HOUSEHOLDS BY INCOME, MEDIAN INCOME OF RENTER OCCUPIED HOUSEHOLDS AND OWNER OCCUPIED HOUSEHOLDS.
THE PERCENT OF HOUSEHOLDS THAT ARE COST BURDENED AND SEVERELY COST BURDENED, MEANING THEY'RE PAYING OVER 30% OR OVER 50% OF THEIR INCOMES ON HOUSING RESPECTIVELY.
AND THEN LASTLY, THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE EXPERIENCING UNSHELTERED HOMELESSNESS IN THE AREA.
SO ALL OF THESE COME FROM THE CENSUS EXCEPT FOR THAT LAST ONE, WHICH IS LOCAL DATA FROM SOUTH ALAMO REGIONAL ALLIANCE FOR THE HOMELESS.
IN THE HOUSING INVENTORY BUCKET, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE NUMBER OF HOUSING UNITS, THE PROPORTION OF RENTER OCCUPIED HOUSEHOLDS VERSUS OWNER, AND THE PROPORTION OF VACANT HOUSEHOLDS IN TAX EXEMPTIONS AND AFFORDABILITY.
WE WANNA KNOW ABOUT, UH, THE USAGE OF HOMESTEAD EXEMPTIONS OVER 65 TAX FREEZES AND, UM, THE PROPORTION OF UNITS THAT HAVE AN AFFORDABILITY
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COVENANT ON THEM.AND THIS IS AN IMPORTANT ONE BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU FUND AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN AN AREA, UH, AND YOU PUT A COVENANT ON IT, THE RESIDENTS WHO LIVE IN THAT HOUSING ARE SORT OF INOCULATED FROM MARKET PRESSURES AROUND THEM.
SO THIS WOULD BE A PROTECTIVE FACTOR AND SOMETHING THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO KNOW.
IN THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE BUILDING CONDITION OF BOTH SINGLE AND MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENTS, THE NUMBER OF DEMOLITION PERMITS, AND THE NUMBER OF RENOVATION AND REMODEL PERMITS IN MARKET ACTIVITY.
WE'D BE LOOKING AT THE PERCENT OF SINGLE FAMILY AND MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENTS BUILT IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS.
MEDIAN HOME ASSESSED VALUE FOR THE CURRENT YEAR.
WE'D BE LOOKING, UM, TO MEASURE INVESTOR ACTIVITY IN SOME WAY.
IN TALKING WITH B C A D, WE'RE THINKING THAT MAYBE THE BEST WAY TO LOOK, UM, AT FLIPPING, IN ANY CASE WOULD BE BY LOOKING AT THE NUMBER OF DEED CHANGES PROPERTIES WITH MORE THAN ONE, UH, OVER A SIX MONTH PERIOD.
AND THEN LASTLY, WE WOULD WANT TO KNOW IF, UH, THE PROPOSED HOUSING COSTS IN THE DEVELOPMENT ARE SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN WHAT IS EXISTING ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO WE'D MAKE THAT COMPARISON AS WELL.
UH, THE RATE OF EVICTION JUDGMENTS AND RATE OF FORECLOSURES IN THE AREA.
UH, VERONICA GARCIA TOLD YOU THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING A LOT OF MEETINGS AND A LOT OF BRIEFINGS ON THIS, AND AS YOU CAN TELL, IT'S A LOT OF INFORMATION.
BUT, UM, THE PUBLIC HAS BEEN REALLY AWESOME IN ENGAGING WITH THIS TOOL AND GOING THROUGH A, A SURVEY EXERCISE, WHICH I'LL TALK ABOUT IN A SECOND, UM, THAT'S REALLY HELPED US MAKE SOME DETERMINATIONS ABOUT WHAT TO INCLUDE IN THIS PILOT.
SO WE DID ADD PERMIT DATA ON RENOVATIONS AND REMODELS AS WELL AS DEMOLITIONS.
WE REMOVED, UM, A COUPLE OF INDICATORS THAT WE HAD THOUGHT MIGHT BE HELPFUL.
UH, MOST NOTABLY PROXIMITY TO A PHYSICAL BARRIER, LIKE A FREEWAY OR A RAILROAD TRACK THAT WE HAD THOUGHT MIGHT, UM, LIMIT THE IMPACT OF A DEVELOPMENT ON A SURROUNDING AREA.
BUT IT JUST BECAME SORT OF LOGISTICALLY DIFFICULT TO IMPLEMENT AND HARD TO EXPLAIN, UM, TO COMMUNITY.
AND THEN LASTLY, UH, WE REMOVED A NUMBER OF VOUCHER HOLDERS, AND THAT WAS BECAUSE, UH, FOLKS WITH VOUCHERS AS ANY RENTERS TEND TO MOVE A LOT.
AND WE DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE CAPACITY TO KEEP THIS TOOL AS UPDATED WITH THAT INFORMATION AS WE WOULD LIKE.
UM, AND THE COMMUNITY HAD A LOT OF GOOD IDEAS FOR US THAT WE'RE STILL, UH, GONNA BE EXPLORING.
AND I THINK FOR PROBABLY THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS, UM, THAT'S HOW WE CAN INCORPORATE THE VALUE OF UN UNINCORPORATED LAND.
IS IT RISING FASTER THAN UNINCORPORATED LAND IN OTHER AREAS? EXCUSE ME, UNDEVELOPED, NOT UNINCORPORATED.
UH, LOOKING AT OTHER INDICATORS OF INVESTOR ACTIVITY, THINGS THAT CAME UP WERE, UM, YOU KNOW, ARE THERE PURCHASES THAT EVER, UH, GO, GO THROUGH A DEEDED CHANGE WITHOUT BEING LISTED ON THE MARKET, FOR INSTANCE, THAT COULD BE AN INDICATOR OF INVESTOR ACTIVITY, OR ARE THERE LOTS OF PURCHASES HAPPENING BY LLCS? SO WE'RE WORKING WITH B C AD TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE COULD RELIABLY KIND OF MEASURE THAT.
UM, COMPARING MEDIAN HOUSING COSTS IN SMALL AREAS.
UH, THIS IS BECAUSE IN TEXAS IT'S DIFFICULT TO GET DATA ON HOME SALES.
UM, AND LASTLY, UH, WE ASK COMMUNITY TO HELP US DEVELOP A WEIGHT FOR EACH INDICATOR.
RIGHT NOW, EVERYTHING'S EQUAL, EVERYTHING'S THE SAME.
UM, BUT WE DID HEAR FROM COMMUNITY AND WE STILL ARE, WE HAVE A LIVE SURVEY.
UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S MORE IMPORTANT THAN OTHERS.
SO IT COULD BE THAT WE ADD DIFFERENT WEIGHTS TO THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HEAR ARE VERY IMPORTANT.
SO OUR TIMELINE, UH, IT'S REALLY THE SAME AS THE BOND.
BUT I DO WANNA SAY, UH, IN TERMS OF THE NEXT YEAR, AN IMPORTANT THING FOR US WITH THIS TOOL IS MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE HITTING THOSE OBJECTIVES THAT WE TALKED ABOUT IN THE VERY BEGINNING.
MAKING SURE THAT, UM, WE'RE GETTING THIS INFORMATION OUT, THAT WE'RE ACCOMPLISHING THE GOALS THAT THE CITIZEN BOND COMMITTEE AND YOU ALL SET FORTH FOR US SO THAT, UM, WE CAN MAKE WHATEVER TWEAKS WE NEED AND POTENTIALLY, UH, THIS TIME NEXT YEAR, BE TALKING ABOUT APPLYING IT TO OTHER DEVELOPMENT TYPES OR EVEN OTHER FUNDING SOURCES.
AND I MENTIONED OUR SURVEY IS STILL LIVE.
IT CLOSES TOMORROW AT 11:59 PM SO FOR FOLKS WHO ARE STILL LISTENING, UH, WE'D REALLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE IT AND HELP US DECIDE, YOU KNOW, WHICH OF THESE INDICATORS ARE MORE IMPORTANT, UM, OR LESS.
AND I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DID NOT THANK TRAVIS JAMES FROM T X P, WHO'S IN THE AUDIENCE OVER HERE.
HE'S BEEN A REALLY VALUABLE THOUGHT PARTNER FOR THIS PROCESS.
AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
UM, AND THANK YOU ALSO TO, TO VERONICA AND THE ENTIRE N H S D TEAM.
UM, GOOD JOB ALSO ON, ON, ON PRESENTING.
I DIDN'T WANNA SAY, UM, THAT I, I WAS AT ONE OF THE MEETINGS.
I HAD STAFF AT ALL OF THE MEETINGS, AND SO THANK YOU FOR, FOR HOW YOU RAN IT.
UH, JAMIE LOLLY I THINK DID A GREAT JOB AS WELL.
UM, I'M HAPPY THAT WE'RE MOVING, UH, AT A FASTER SPEED THAN USUAL.
'CAUSE SOMETIMES I THINK THINGS TAKE TOO LONG.
HOWEVER, I ALSO AM CAUTIOUS THAT SOMETIMES WE MOVE A LITTLE BIT TOO FAST, AND SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, THAT WE PAY ATTENTION TO OUR RESIDENTS AND, AND WHAT THEY'RE SAYING.
UM, I APPRECIATE THE PUBLIC INPUT MEETINGS, THE SCORING
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CRITERIA THAT YOU'VE LISTED, THE SCORING COMMITTEES THAT WERE DEVELOPED TOGETHER WITH THE RESIDENTS IN A LITTLE BIT.I'LL, I'LL MAKE A RECOMMENDATION HERE.
UM, AND I'LL, I'LL SEE WHAT MY COLLEAGUES THINK.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THE, UH, DISPLACEMENT ASSESSMENT, IMPACT ASSESSMENT THAT WE'RE REQUIRING WITH THE PROJECTS AND THE CONVERSATIONS THAT OUR NONPROFIT PARTNERS ARE BRINGING, UH, TO THE TABLE.
AND ALSO THE FACT THAT THEY NOW KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THEY NEED BEFORE THEY SUBMIT THE R F P TO THE PROJECT.
SO I THOUGHT THIS IS, UH, VERY HELPFUL.
I THINK IT'S GONNA MAKE FOR A SUCCESSFUL START TO THE BOND PROGRAM, AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE NEED.
THE DISPLACEMENT ASSESSMENT TOOL HELPS, UM, SOMETHING LIKE MISSION TRAILS FROM HAPPENING AGAIN OR HOPEFULLY RIGHT, FOR ANYTHING LIKE THAT FROM HELPING FROM HAPPENING AGAIN.
I'M ALSO GLAD THAT ONE OF MY DISTRICT FOUR RESIDENTS, UH, PETER FER IS ON THE RENTAL HOUSING PRODUCTION ACQUISITION COMMITTEE.
HE WAS EXCITED ABOUT THAT AS WELL.
HE'S A VERY TECHNICAL PERSON, SO I'M SURE YOU'LL GET A LOT OF FEEDBACK.
UM, WITH THAT SAID, I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS, BUT MY, MY FIRST ONE IS I DON'T FEEL RIGHT IN AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING BOND, NOT TO HAVE THE HIGHEST AMOUNT OF POINTS, UM, AWARDED IN THAT CATEGORY.
AND WE HEARD TODAY FROM, FROM SOME OF OUR RESIDENTS.
SO ON PAGE 19, I'LL, I'LL GIVE THE EXAMPLE.
THE, THE HIGHEST CATEGORY IS 15.
THAT WOULD BE UNDER NONPROFIT STATUS GAP REQUEST.
UM, AND THEN WE HAVE A 15 ALSO FOR AFFORDABILITY.
AND I WANTED TO SEE IF, UM, THERE WAS A REASON THAT WE MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO MAKE THE AFFORDABILITY 20 AND MAYBE MOVE THE GAP REQUEST AND PROJECT READINESS TO 10 SO THAT WE COULD ACHIEVE THAT AFFORDABILITY.
UM, GETTING AN ADDITIONAL FIVE POINTS.
UM, VERONICA, IS THERE A CONSIDERATION, OR HAVE YOU ALL CONSIDERED THAT AT ALL? IS THERE ANY REASON WHY YOU ALL SPECIFICALLY WENT FOR THE 15 THAT MAYBE I'M NOT AWARE ABOUT? UH, WE WERE JUST TRYING TO BALANCE, UM, THAT AFFORDABILITY IS, IS A CRITERIA AND IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT ONE, BUT ALSO KNOWING THAT PROJECTS, UM, MAY BE USING LEVERAGED FUNDS.
SO WE WERE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WAS ALSO HEAVILY WEIGHTED BY THE COMMITTEE, BECAUSE WE WANT, AS WE'VE HEARD, THERE'S LIMITED HOUSING BOND DOLLARS, SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THEY GO AS FAR AS POSSIBLE.
BUT, UM, BUT SURE WE CAN ABSOLUTELY, UH, INCREASE THE AMOUNT FOR AFFORDABILITY SINCE THAT IS, UH, THAT WAS KIND OF THE ONE THING THAT THE PARAMETERS, UH, REPEATED IN EVERY SINGLE BUCKET WAS MAKE SURE IT'S FOR THESE TYPES OF A M I LEVELS.
SO I THINK THAT THERE'S, UH, MAKES A LOT OF SENSE TO MAKE THAT THE HIGHEST CATEGORY OVERALL, IF THAT'S OKAY.
SO, AND I'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM MY COLLEAGUES ON THAT, BUT I, AGAIN, WOULD BE AN ADVOCATE TO INCREASE THE AFFORDABILITY, UM, POINTS MORE THAN, THAN, THAN FOR, FOR EVERY CATEGORY.
I THINK, UM, I HAVE NOTED ON PAGE OR SLIDE 22 IF WE CAN DO, AND, AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT THIS.
AND AGAIN, I WANNA HEAR WHAT MY COLLEAGUES HAVE TO SAY, BUT I'D LIKE TO, UM, MAKE SOME OF THOSE, THE HIGHER CATEGORIES.
AND I DON'T WANNA DICTATE TODAY, I WANNA HEAR AGAIN FROM THEM, AND THEN I'LL, I'LL GIVE YOU MY FINAL COMMENTS ON THAT.
BUT THEN THERE WAS ALSO CONSIDERATION TO LOCATION PRIORITY, UM, CATEGORY BASED ON SCHOOL SCORES.
AND WAS THAT BASED ON SUBSTANTIAL COMMUNITY FEEDBACK? AND LEMME TELL YOU WHY.
UM, I FEEL THAT SOME NEIGHBORHOODS ARE OBVIOUSLY GOING TO BE UNNECESSARILY SCORED LOWER.
AND, UM, THE LATEST T E A ACCOUNTABILITY REPORT, WHICH WAS FROM 2019, EDGEWOOD SCORED 78 SOUTH SAND 77, AND EAST CENTRAL 77.
SO ALSO, SO THEY WERE ALL CS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF TOWN.
ALAMO HEIGHTS GOT AN A WITH 91 NORTHEAST 89, SO RIGHT UNDER, AND THEN NORTHSIDE 87, SO THEY'VE GOT BEES.
SO, UM, CAN YOU JUST MAYBE HELP ME UNDERSTAND HOW THAT CAME ABOUT WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS? WE WERE ASKED, UM, THROUGH SOME OF OUR BRIEFINGS WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS AND COMMITTEE FEEDBACK AS WELL TO LOOK AT MAKING, AT LEAST HAVE THE COMMITTEE BE MADE AWARE OF WHAT THE SCHOOL SCORE IS BASED ON WHERE THE PROJECT IS PROPOSED TO BE BUILT.
FOR SOME OF THE TAX CREDIT PROJECTS OR PROJECTS THAT ARE LEVERAGING TAX CREDITS, UH, THEY CAN'T BE LOCATED, UH, FOR CERTAIN HOUSING HEIGHTS NEAR A FAILING SCHOOL.
SO THAT DOES COME INTO CONSIDERATION ALREADY AS SOME PROJECTS TRY TO DECIDE WHERE THEY GET LOCATED.
WE WANTED TO AT LEAST, UM, MAKE SURE THAT THAT WAS A CONSIDERATION.
THEY DON'T HAVE TO GIVE IT MORE OR LESS POINTS, BUT AT LEAST THEY KNOW WHAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT SCORE AND THEY CAN DECIDE HOW THEY USE THAT IN THEIR SCORING OF THE PROJECT.
I MIGHT NEED TO GET SOME ADDITIONAL HELP WITH THAT.
I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S NOT AN UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCE THAT RESULTS OUT OFF OF THIS.
UM, AND I, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT MAYBE IF WE LOOK AT A MAP AND WE KIND OF SHOW, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT AREAS HAVE, WHAT THE AVERAGE IS, RIGHT? IS IT A'S, IS IT B'S, IS IT C'S, ET CETERA.
SO, SO MAYBE A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION OF THAT ON THAT, WHAT WOULD BE NEEDED FOR ME.
AND THEN ALSO, UM, WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER VULNERABLE POPULATIONS.
I THINK WHAT WE HEAR RESONATING
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IN, IN THE UNITED STATES ACROSS SINGLETONS, UM, ARE THE MAJORITY NOW INSTEAD OF FAMILIES.UM, AND SO WHETHER IT'S A SINGLE MALE, SINGLE, UH, WOMAN THAT ARE HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD, BECAUSE WE HEARD SINGLE DADS, ET CETERA EARLIER TODAY.
I THINK THAT SHOULD BE SOMETHING ELSE THAT, THAT WE, UM, ARE CONSIDERING WITH KIDS.
SO SINGLE HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD MIGHT BE ANOTHER ONE OF THESE POPULATIONS.
AND THEN YOU MENTIONED SOME OF THE MEETINGS, AND I JUST WANTED TO, TO PUBLICLY ASK, ARE WE, DO WE HAVE TRANSLATORS AT THE MEETINGS? BECAUSE LIKE EARLIER WHAT HAPPENED TODAY WAS KIND OF EMBARRASSING FOR ME, RIGHT? AND SO I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT I ASKED DID WE HAVE SPANISH TRANSLATORS AVAILABLE OR, OKAY.
AND SO, AND, AND, AND WE DO HAVE THE SURVEY IN SPANISH, SO, SO, OKAY.
SO THEN WE, BUT IF THEY ASK FOR IT, THEN, THEN IT'S AVAILABLE.
SO, BUT WE HAVE SPANISH TRANSLATION AT EVERY SINGLE COMMUNITY MEETING, AND WE HAD, UM, AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE TRANSLATION AT TWO OF THE MEETINGS.
AND THE SURVEY IS AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH.
AND THEN I'LL, I'LL PASS IT OVER TO MY COLLEAGUES NOW, UM, AND AGAIN, AND I'LL, I'LL CHIME BACK IN AT THE END, BUT THAT, THOSE WOULD BE MY, MY QUESTIONS OR MY RECOMMENDATIONS.
I KNOW THIS IS LISTED AS, UM, POSSIBLE ACTION ALSO.
UM, SO TODAY IS JUST A BRIEFING ONLY.
AND I, I WANNA MENTION THAT AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR, SO I CAN EMPHASIZE THAT THIS, UH, BRIEFING IS TO GET THE FEEDBACK THAT'S, SO WE DIDN'T WANT TO VOTE ON THE SCORING CRITERIA AS IS.
'CAUSE THE INTENT WAS TO SEE IF THERE'S AREAS THAT WE SHOULD BE ADJUSTING POINTS, WAITING CATEGORIES MORE OR LESS.
UM, WE'LL GO AROUND WITH COUNCIL COLLEAGUE COMMENT, AND I'LL START WITH COUNCILMAN BRAVO THIS TIME.
UH, I ACTUALLY HAD A LIST OF QUESTIONS, UH, THAT I WAS PROVIDED FROM MY BOND COMMITTEE MEMBERS, HOWEVER, STAFF DID A GREAT JOB OF ADDRESSING A FEW OF THOSE.
UM, ONE QUESTION IS, WHAT'S THE MINIMUM PERCENTAGE OF UNITS SET ASIDE TO GET FUNDING? SO DO WE HAVE A TARGET MINIMUM? UM, YES.
FOR THE RENTAL CATEGORY, AT LEAST 10% OF THE UNITS MUST BE AT 30% OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME.
THAT'S FOR NEW RENTAL PRODUCTION.
AND THEN FOR THE HOME OWNERSHIP AT ALL OF THE UNITS MUST BE AT 80% A M I OR BELOW.
AND THEN WE GIVE, UH, RECOMMENDING PRIORITY POINTS FOR PROJECTS THAT INCLUDE 60% A M I GOT IT.
AND THEN HOW'S THE CITY ADDRESSING THE FUNDING GAP ON THE FOUR AND 9% TAX CREDIT DEALS? SO WILL THE CITY'S FOREIGN DEALS BE REQUIRED TO MEET 30 TO 50% A M I UNIT MINIMUMS? YES.
THEY, TOO WOULD HAVE TO MEET THOSE MINIMUMS. GOT IT.
UM, AND THEN, UM, ON SLIDE FOUR, YOU HAD SOME GOALS THAT, THAT, UM, MIGHT LINE UP WITH A QUESTION THAT MY BOND COMMITTEE MEMBERS HAD MM-HMM.
SO, UM, IS THIS, DOES THAT INCLUDE LIKE COLLABORATING WITH READY TO WORK? OR ARE YOU LOOKING TO USE SOME OF THIS FUNDING AS ECONOMIC DEVELOP AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TOOL AS WELL? SO ONE OF THE, UH, POSSIBLE OF THE, UH, POSSIBLE THINGS WE CAN LOOK AT IS, IS THE PROJECT WE'RE PROPOSING TO COLLABORATE WITH READY TO WORK.
UH, IT WASN'T SPECIFICALLY A PARAMETER SET FORTH, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT OUR STAFF WAS LOOKING TO PROVIDE EACH SCORING COMMITTEE TO LOOK AT FOR CONSIDERATION.
UM, AND THEN THAT ALSO SPEAKS TO WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT SOME OF OUR FUNDS GO TO HELP LEVERAGE NONPROFIT PARTNERSHIPS.
AND THEN FOR THE DISPLACEMENT IMPACT ASSESSMENT, ARE THERE GONNA BE ANY ADDITIONAL STAFF POSITIONS IDENTIFIED TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THIS WORK? OR HOW IS N H S D GONNA MANAGE THIS WITH EXISTING STAFF? SO, WE'LL, WE'LL MANAGE IT WITH THE EXISTING STAFF.
OUR HOUSING POLICY TEAM IS, IS PRETTY STRONG.
WE HAVE SIX, SEVEN DIFFERENT STAFF MEMBERS THAT HAVE WORKED.
AND LIKE I SAID, WE HAD INPUT FROM A CONSULTANT TO DEVELOP THIS TOOL.
BUT OUR, UM, OUR EXISTING STAFF WILL BE THE ONES THAT ARE MANAGING THE IMPACT ASSESSMENT.
AND WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH OUR I T S D DEPARTMENT.
SO IT'S AN ONLINE TOOL SO THAT WE USE PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE DATA SOURCES FOR THAT INFORMATION SO OUR STAFF CAN COORDINATE THAT.
AND THE DREAM IS ONE DAY IT'S A FULLY ONLINE TOOL WHERE THE DEVELOPERS CAN JUST INPUT THE ADDRESS AND ALL OF THOSE LAYERS OF THE OTHER SCORING CRITERIA KIND OF BE BUILT IN.
AND IT MAKES IT MUCH EASIER TO, TO LOOK AT THAT ASSESSMENT.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WHEN I LOOK AT SCORING CRITERIA, I THINK, YOU KNOW, THE DEVIL'S IN DE THE DETAILS, AND I THINK THERE WE PROBABLY NEED SOME TWEAKS TO THAT SCORING CRITERIA.
UM, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE, UH, CATEGORIES IS SUSTAINABILITY.
I DIDN'T EVEN SEE THAT ON ALL OF THE LISTS.
UM, AND THEN THE LAST TIME I BROUGHT THIS UP, UH, SARAH, YOU WERE REALLY HELPFUL.
YOU CAME UP WITH A BETTER SCORING CRITERIA THAN WHAT I WAS EVEN PROPOSING.
SO I'M HOPING YOU CAN WORK YOUR MAGIC ON THIS SOME.
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SO, UM, AND PART OF IT IS, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WE HAVE SUSTAINABILITY IN ONE CATEGORY, AND WE HAVE AFFORDABILITY IN ANOTHER CATEGORY.AND ONE THING I'VE BEEN HAMMERING ON IS, YOU KNOW, SUSTAINABILITY IS ENERGY, ENERGY EFFICIENCY IS SUSTAINABILITY.
AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE ENERGY EFFICIENCY, THEN YOU DON'T HAVE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
C P S ENERGY BILLS WERE UP 50% OVER LAST YEARS FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE.
AND, UH, 49% OF THAT INCREASE IS BECAUSE, UH, PEOPLE ARE USING MORE ENERGY.
41% OF THAT IS BECAUSE ENERGY PRICE, BECAUSE OF ENERGY PRICE INCREASES.
SO WE'VE HAD, UH, WHAT IS TODAY A RECORD HEAT WAVE, BUT WE'VE HAD RECORD ENERGY DEMAND FOR THE LAST 11 YEARS, I MEAN, FOR 11 TIMES THIS SUMMER.
AND, UH, I JUST, I WANT TO GET A I'LL, SHOULD I JUST CHIME IN FOR, I'LL FINISH THIS UP IN A BIT.
THANK YOU SARAH AND VERONICA FOR THE PRESENTATION.
UH, I KNOW SOME FOLKS HAVE EXPRESSED WANTING OR THE SUPPORT FOR THE HOUSING TRUST TO HAVE SOME INPUT ON THIS PROCESS.
I'M SUPPORTIVE OF THAT RECOMMENDATION OF THE HOUSING TRUST, UM, WHETHER IT'S, UM, UH, GETTING A BRIEFING ON THE PROJECTS.
BUT I BELIEVE THAT THE HOUSING TRUST SHOULD HAVE A ROLE WITHIN THE R F P PROCESS.
I AM SUPPORTIVE OF SHIFTING POINTS TO AFFORDABILITY.
I THINK, UM, WHEN WE LOOK AT ALL THE CITY COMMISSION, UH, STUDIES THAT WE'VE CONDUCTED, RIGHT? WE ALREADY KNOW THAT WE NEED TO PRODUCE AT 30% A M I.
AND AT A MEETING A WHILE BACK, WE WERE PRESENTED A PIPELINE.
AND WHAT WE SAW IS THAT, UH, SAHA AND, UM, THE NONPROFIT PARTNERSHIPS PRODUCE THE DEEPEST AFFORDABILITY, RIGHT? UM, AND WE KNOW THAT'S THE DIRECTION THAT WE NEED TO GO TO, TO ENSURE THAT WE, UM, CONTINUE TO PRODUCE THAT DEEP AFFORDABILITY.
THE MIDDLE CLASS IS SHRINKING AND IT'S GOING TO CONTINUE TO, RIGHT? SO WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO BUILD HOUSING AT BELOW 30% A M I, AND WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY WITH THIS R F P PROCESS TO, TO PRIORITIZE THAT DEEP AFFORDABILITY.
SO SUPPORTIVE OF SHIFTING POINTS TO, UM, AFFORDABILITY.
UM, AND WHERE I SEE POTENTIALLY SHIFTING THAT FROM WOULD BE, UM, I BELIEVE YOUR RECOMMENDATION WAS GAP REQUEST.
I'M SUPPORTIVE OF THAT RECOMMENDATION AS WELL.
UM, AGAIN, WHEN WE LOOK AT THE PAST PIPELINE WITH THE, THE CASTANO HOMES, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT'S THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING AUTHORITY PROJECT.
429 OUT OF 499 UNITS ARE GOING TO BE FOR THOSE MAKING 30% OF THE AVERAGE MEDIAN INCOME.
AND THAT'S THE DIRECTION WE KNOW WE NEED TO HEAD INTO TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE PRODUCING THAT ABOUT HOUSING AFFORDABILITY.
UM, BUT MY QUESTION IS WITH THE, THE SCORING MEMBERS, HOW WERE THOSE SCORING MEMBERS SELECTED? WHAT WAS THAT PROCESS IN IDENTIFYING THE BOND MEMBERS TO SERVE AS SCORING MEMBERS? SURE.
WE SENT AN EMAIL TO THE ENTIRE HOUSING BOND COMMITTEE AND ASKED, UH, WHO WOULD BE INTERESTED IN SERVING ON THE AS A, AS A ON THE PANEL.
I THINK WE MAYBE ASKED THEM AT THE TIME IN AN ADVISORY ROLE.
UM, AND THEN WE TOOK ALL OF THE NAMES SUBMITTED, AND IT WAS ABOUT, MAYBE ABOUT HALF OF THE OVERALL COMMITTEE MEMBERS EXPRESSED AN INTEREST IN SERVING.
AND WE WENT THROUGH AND, UM, EXCLUDED THOSE THAT SAID THEY WOULD LIKE TO SERVE.
HOWEVER THEY HAD A CONFLICT BASED ON WHERE THEY WORKED OR THE WORK, UH, YOU KNOW, PARTNERSHIPS THAT THEY WERE WORKING ON.
AND THEN WE, UH, SELECTED FROM THE REMAINING, AND IT ALMOST WORKED OUT WHERE THOSE WHO WERE LEFT KIND OF HAD A PLACE.
AND SO WE HAD SAID WE WOULD DO MAYBE ONE TO TWO SCORING MEMBERS FOR EACH PANEL.
AND SINCE WE HAD SUCH A STRONG INTEREST, WE WENT AHEAD AND DID TWO PER PANEL.
AND WHAT WAS THE CRITERIA WHEN SELECTING THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS PER, UM, PER BUCKET? SO FOR HOME OWNERSHIP PRODUCTION, UM, PUBLIC PERMANENT, SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, WHAT WAS THE CRITERIA IN IDENTIFYING OH, MEMBERS FOR THE PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING? WE LOOK FOR THOSE THAT HAD AN AFFILIATION WITH, UH, SUPPORTIVE SERVICES OR WORKING WITH, UH, VULNERABLE RESIDENTS, OR AT LEAST EXPERIENCES WITH THAT.
SO WE PICKED TWO BOND COMMITTEE MEMBERS, UM, THAT HAD THAT, UM, EXPERIENCE FOR THE REHAB RENTAL REHAB WE SELECTED, UM, ONE WAS A REALTOR, SO WE FIGURED ONE THING WE'RE ASKED IN OUR COMMUNITY BOND COMMITTEE MEETINGS WAS TO LOOK, OR THE OUTREACH MEETINGS THAT WE HAD WAS TO HOW WOULD WE LOOK AT RENTAL PROPERTIES THAT HAD A POOR MAINTENANCE HISTORY? AND SO WE SELECTED, UH, THE COMMUNITY BOND COMMITTEE MEMBER THAT WAS FAMILIAR WITH, YOU KNOW, HE'S WITH SABOR, SO WE FIGURED THAT HE WOULD KNOW ABOUT A LOT OF DIFFERENT RENTAL PROPERTIES THAT WERE ALREADY OUT THERE.
UM, AND THEN FOR THE ACT, THE NEW RENTAL PRODUCTION, WE SELECTED, UM, SOMEBODY FROM A AND M BECAUSE SHE HAD, UH, THAT EDUCATION BACKGROUND.
AND THEN THE OTHER GENTLEMAN, MR. RE, UH, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT JUST KIND OF MADE SENSE TO PUT HIM ON THAT PANEL.
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YOU.WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO RECEIVE A LIST OF ALL THE FOLKS WHO APPLIED TO SERVE ON A COMMITTEE? SURE.
UM, AND I DO HAVE A COUPLE MORE COMMENTS IF I COULD CHIME IN.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN CASTILLO.
WE'LL GO TO COUNCILMAN COURAGE AND THEN WE'LL CIRCLE BACK TO COUNCILMAN BOWMAN.
UH, I, I APPRECIATE YOUR QUESTION ABOUT HOW SCHOOL RATING MATTER.
BUT ALSO, UH, ONE OF THE FACTORS YOU WERE CONSIDERING EARLY ON WAS HOW, UH, A HIGHER EQUITY SCORE.
NOW, HOW DOES THAT FIT INTO THE SELECTION PROCESS? SURE.
SO, UM, EACH OF THE COMMUNITY BOND COMMITTEE HAD VERY SPECIFIC PARAMETERS FOR US.
THEY SAID WE SHOULD LOCATE PROJECTS IN HIGHER EQUITY SCORES.
AND OTHERS THEY SAID, YOU KNOW, WE COULD ASK FOR A WAIVER.
AND THOSE EQUITY SCORES, UH, WILL BE LOOKED AT IN THE LOCATION.
SO THAT IS IN EACH OF THE SCORING CRITERIA, IT'LL BE EVALUATED IN LOCATION.
SO WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY SAYING, YOU MUST GIVE FIVE POINTS FOR THIS TYPE OF A SCORE.
WE'RE LETTING THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS KIND OF EVALUATE HOW MANY POINTS THEY WANNA GIVE FOR THAT PARTICULAR CRITERIA.
YOU KNOW, I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT, WHAT WE ACTUALLY MEAN WHEN WE SAY HIGHER EQUITY.
UH, ARE WE ASSUMING THAT MEANS THAT THERE ARE SOME PARTS OF OUR COMMUNITY THAT NEED HOUSING MORE THAN OTHER PARTS? UH, AND IT NEEDS TO BE AFFORDABLE.
ON THE OTHER HAND, YOU HEAR IN THE NORTH SIDE, WE DON'T WANT LOW INCOME HOUSING.
SO I DON'T KNOW HOW HIGHER EQUITY REALLY MATTERS IN THE LONG TERM, UH, AS FAR AS WHERE THESE, UH, PROJECTS SHOULD GO.
BECAUSE PROBABLY NO MATTER WHERE WE PUT 'EM, THEY'RE GONNA BE REJECTED BY PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND, AND I THINK PEOPLE IN A LOT OF THE POOR PARTS OF THE CITY AND A LOT OF THE LESS DEVELOPED PARTS OF THE CITY HAVE A GOOD ARGUMENT ABOUT WHY ARE THEY PUTTING ANOTHER LOW INCOME HOUSING PROJECT IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO, UH, YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M JUST THROWING THAT OUT THERE AS A POINT OF DISCUSSION, WHICH IS PROBABLY GOING TO BE A, A POINT OF DISCUSSION.
YOU HEAR AS YOU SEE THESE PROJECTS GET PROPOSED YES.
SO I JUST KIND OF WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT FOR MY OWN THOUGHT.
UM, WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT DISPLACEMENT, UM, I WANTED TO GO AHEAD AND, AND ASK A QUESTION ABOUT THAT, AND I'VE GOTTA TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT MY NOTES TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IT WAS.
UM, YOU TALKED ABOUT USING A, A NEW YORK STATE OR NEW YORK CITY, UH, SET OF GUIDELINES.
AND, UH, YOU SAID THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT OUR INDICATORS AND THEN HOW WE MIGHT WEIGHT THOSE INDICATORS.
DO THEY HAVE INDICATORS? ARE WE USING A LOT OF THE SAME INDICATORS THEY HAD? WE ARE USING A LOT OF THE SAME.
UH, THE SOCIOECONOMIC BUCKET THAT I TALKED ABOUT KIND OF IN THE BEGINNING, UH, IS REALLY THE FOUNDATION OF THE NEW YORK TOOL.
THEY WEIGH IT VERY HEAVILY, BUT A BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HOW THEY CONDUCT THEIR TOOL AND HOW WE INTEND TO USE OURS IS THAT THEIRS IS GENERALLY DONE IF THEY'VE ALREADY MADE A DECISION TO DO AN AWARD.
SO THEY HAVE A LOT MORE, UH, TIME TO CONDUCT THESE, AND THEY DO THEM A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY THAN WHAT WE'RE PROPOSED TO.
BUT WE HEARD VERY CLEARLY FROM COUNCIL, THIS IS INFORMATION WE WANNA KNOW BEFORE WE EVEN MAKE AN AWARD.
SO FOR THAT REASON, WE ARE PROPOSING, UM, A LITTLE DIFFERENT IMPLEMENTATION OF IT THAT WOULD ALLOW YOU ALL AND THE SCORING COMMITTEE MEMBERS TO SEE, WE THINK THIS IS LOWER RISK, OR WE THINK THIS IS MAYBE MODERATE OR HIGH RISK.
THAT'S NOT IN THE NEW YORK TOOL.
UM, BUT IT'S SOMETHING WE'RE HOPING TO TRY OUT, UM, WITH YOU ALL TO GIVE YOU THE INFORMATION AND CONTEXT YOU NEED AS YOU'RE MAKING AWARDS.
DOES THAT NEW YORK TOOL WEIGHT THOSE INDICATORS TOO? NO.
THOSE ARE THE ONLY QUESTIONS I HAD.
I WANT TO GET BACK TO, UH, MS. GARCIA AGAIN.
UM, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT, UH, THE FEDERAL FUNDS AND BEING AND USING THEM, WE RECOGNIZE THEY HAVE STRINGS ATTACHED.
THEY DO, I NOTICED IN, IN ONE OF THE FOUR PROGRAMS, I THINK IT WAS THE SECOND ONE, WHICH WAS FOR RENTAL HOUSING.
UH, OR MAYBE IT WASN'T, MAYBE IT WAS, IT WAS ONE OF 'EM WHERE YOU SAID, WE'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO KEEP THE SAME CRITERIA WHEN IT COMES TO SMALL BUSINESS AND LOCAL 'CAUSE WE'VE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY.
WELL, IT WAS ONLY 4 MILLION OUT OF 39 MILLION.
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WE SAYING FOR THE OTHER 35 MILLION, WE CAN'T USE THE SAME CRITERIA TO GIVE LOCAL AND SMALL BUSINESS SOME OPPORTUNITY? YEAH.SO WHEN WE HAVE, UM, PER OUR HUD GUIDELINES, IF WE HAVE FEDERAL FUNDS, EVEN A DOLLAR OF A PROJECT HAS ANY FEDERAL FUNDS IN IT, WE ARE PROHIBITED FROM TAKING INTO ACCOUNT SMALL BUSINESS, LOCAL PREFERENCE POINTS, ALL OF THAT.
SO, BUT CAN'T YOU SEPARATE THOSE 4 MILLION AND GIVE AWAY THE 35 UNDER WE BROADER GUIDELINES? WE COULD, BUT SOME OF, A LOT OF OUR, UM, STAKEHOLDER BRIEFINGS, WE WERE ASKED TO LOOK AT HOW WE COULD COMBINE IT.
SO IT'S ONE SOLICITATION, UM, THAT WE LOOK AT WHEN WE LOOK AT EVALUATING AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS.
WE TRY AND DO IT ON A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD WITH THE BOND FUNDS, WITH THE FEDERAL FUNDS, SO THAT THEY'RE NOT, UM, TRYING TO LOOK AT TWO DIFFERENT CRITERIA.
SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE HAVE MORE FUNDS AVAILABLE, UM, THIS FALL WITH OUR FEDERAL FUNDS.
AND HISTORICALLY WE HAVE TAKEN OUT, UM, THESE, THOSE SPTA POINTS AND ALL OF THAT WHEN WE USE FEDERAL FUNDS IN A PROJECT.
I MAY HAVE A FEW OTHER QUESTIONS.
SO I WAS SAYING THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE BROKE IN THE ERCOT DEMAND RECORD 11 TIMES THIS SUMMER.
AND, UH, THERE'S SOME PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY RECOGNIZE THAT THERE'S A CLIMATE CRISIS.
AND, YOU KNOW, WHEN I SAW THIS PRESENTATION, THE BEGINNING OF IT, IT'S, IT SEEMS LIKE, UM, WE ARE IN A HURRY TO GET THESE RFPS OUT BECAUSE OF RISING CONSTRUCTION PRI PRICES.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT, IT'S A 40, THIS IS A 47 PAGE, UH, POWERPOINT PRESENTATION.
THERE'S ONLY ONE LINE ON SUSTAINABILITY, UH, CONSTRUCTION METHODS TO MEET B S A G TWO OR EQUIVALENT.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT BS A G TWO IS, SO I'D LIKE TO BE ABLE TO SEE A SLIDE ON WHAT THAT IS IN THE FULL COUNCIL PRESENTATION, IF POSSIBLE.
I ASSUME IT'S BILL SAN ANTONIO GREEN TOO.
BUT I WENT TO THEIR WEBSITE AND I CAN'T FIND ANYTHING ON THAT.
SO, UH, B S A G TWO ISN'T TELLING ME ANYTHING.
I'M ALSO CONCERNED THAT I'VE SEEN LIKE A HISTORY OF PEOPLE SAYING, OH, YOU KNOW, I GUESS PUTTING, PUTTING OUT WHAT MIGHT'VE BEEN CONSIDERED, UM, SIGNIFICANT ENERGY EFFICIENCY STANDARDS FAR IN THE PAST, BUT NOT LOOKING AT THE KIND OF WEATHER PATTERNS WE'RE SEEING TODAY.
AND I THINK WE NEED TO STRETCH FURTHER.
UM, AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME.
UM, A A A COUPLE OF THINGS, RIGHT? I'M ALSO HESITANT TO USE SCHOOL GRADES, UM, TO, AS A MEASURING FACTOR, RIGHT? FOLKS WHO CHILDREN WHO ATTEND A LOW PERFORMING SCHOOL DESERVE QUALITY HOUSING.
RIGHT? UM, SO I WANNA BE SURE WE'RE NOT USING THAT TO NOT PUT QUALITY HOUSING, UM, NEAR LOW PERFORMING SCHOOLS.
UM, 'CAUSE THAT'S BY NO FAULT OF THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE AROUND THE SCHOOL.
UM, SO I'M HESITANT TO SUPPORT THAT.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A POINT FOR SUSTAINABILITY CRITERIA TO COUNCILMAN BRAVO'S POINT.
UM, WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE INNOVATIVE, NOT JUST WITH PROJECTS, RIGHT.
BUT, UM, WITH THE SCORING CRITERIA.
SO THAT WAY WE CAN PRODUCE WHAT IS IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE CITY'S GOALS AND VISION.
UM, I KNOW THIS THURSDAY WE'RE VOTING ON SOME BOND FUNDING THAT'S OVER 50%.
SO CAN YOU EX LIKE, WALK ME THROUGH HOW, UM, THAT 50, THAT OVER 50% THAT WE'RE APPROVING, UM, HOW WILL THAT HOLD OVER IF WE'RE COMMITTING TO ONLY ROLLING OUT 50%? HOW WILL THAT WORK? AND I KNOW WE HAVE FIVE YEARS, BUT WE'LL, UM, THOSE EXCESS FUNDS THAT WE DON'T USE ROLLOVER TO THE NEXT YEAR, HOW WILL THAT WORK? YEAH, SO WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, UM, POSSIBLY PUTTING OUT ANOTHER SOLICITATION, R F P THIS SPRING.
IT GIVES, UM, DEVELOPERS WHO ARE STILL, YOU KNOW, NOT QUITE READY FOR A FALL SOLICITATION MORE TIME AND PROVIDES ASSURANCE THAT, YOU KNOW, ALL THE FUNDS WILL NOT BE AWARDED THIS FALL.
UH, THE DRAWBACK IS IF WE GET A LOT OF PROJECTS THIS FALL THAT ARE READY TO GO AND MEET THE BOND PARAMETERS, THAT WOULD BE OUR GUIDANCE TO THAT COMMITTEE IS, YOU KNOW, KEEP IN MIND THESE ARE THE BEST PROJECTS WE HAVE RIGHT NOW, BUT, YOU KNOW, LET'S LOOK AT WHAT OTHER PROJECTS MAY BE SUBMITTED IN THE FUTURE.
SO IT COULD BE THROUGH A SPRING PROCESS OR IT COULD BE, UM, EVEN LATER THAN THAT.
AND WE WERE NOT RECOMMENDING, UM, HOLDING BACK ANY OF THE BOND FUNDS THIS FALL FOR P S H BECAUSE WE HAVE HAD, UH, MANY DISCUSSIONS WITH, AND THERE'S ONLY A FEW PROVIDERS THAT ARE BUILDING IN THAT AREA RIGHT NOW.
AND IT SEEMS THOSE PROJECTS NEED, UH, THE GREATEST SUBSIDY PER PROJECT.
AND SINCE WE HAVE VERY LIMITED BOND AND HOME MARKET DOLLARS, WE'RE OPPOSING MAKING IT ALL AVAILABLE THIS FALL AND SEE IF THE PROJECTS SUBMITTED, MEET THE BOND PARAMETERS.
AND IF SO, UM, AGAIN, BECAUSE THEY MAY NEED MORE SUBSIDY PER PROJECT, MAKING THEM AVAILABLE, IT DOESN'T MEAN IT WOULD ALL BE AWARDED.
BUT, UH, WHAT WE ARE, OUR DISCUSSIONS ARE, THEY NEED A LOT FOR THOSE PROJECTS.
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ONE THING RIGHT, THAT WE CONTINUE TO, TO SEE IN THE PRESS AND THAT I HEAR FROM CONSTITUENTS REGARDING THE QUALITY OF THE EXISTING HOUSING.HOW WILL WE FACTOR IN, UM RIGHT, SAY WE HAVE A NON-PROFIT OR FOR-PROFIT APPLICANT APPLY FOR THESE FUNDS, BUT THEY HAVE A HISTORY OF POOR TENANT PRACTICES.
HOW WILL WE FACTOR IN THAT BEHAVIOR AND THAT HISTORY INTO THIS PROCESS? YEAH, THAT, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
WE CAN, UM, WE CAN TRY AND MAKE THAT INFORMATION AVAILABLE.
WE DO A DUE DILIGENCE PERIOD WITH THE HELP OF OUR PURCHASING DEPARTMENT, UM, AT THE START OF ANY R F P PROCESS.
AND BEFORE THE COMMITTEE EVEN STARTS SCORING, THEY GET A BRIEFING FROM OUR PURCHASING DEPARTMENT AND TALKS ABOUT IF THERE WERE ANY NEWS ARTICLES THAT ARE NEGATIVE, IF THEY, UM, EVEN OWE TAXES.
SO THEY GO THROUGH A WHOLE BUNCH OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT THEY REVIEW.
AND AS PART OF THAT PRELIMINARY PROPOSAL BRIEFING, WE CAN ASK, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT THE DEVELOPERS BEING OR PROPOSING, UH, ARE KIND OF RESEARCHED A LITTLE BIT FURTHER AND SEE IF THERE'S ANY MAYBE D S D CODE VIOLATIONS AT THE PROPERTIES OR IF THERE'S ANY NEGATIVE NEWS ARTICLES AND MAKE THAT AVAILABLE TO THE SCORING COMMITTEE MEMBERS SO THAT THEY'RE AWARE.
YOU KNOW, IT WAS SURPRISING TO HEAR A WHILE AGO FROM ONE OF OUR SPEAKERS THAT, UH, THEY BELIEVE THERE'S 45,000 HOUSEHOLDS THAT NEED 30%, UH, HOUSING IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND THAT MAY BE VERY ACCURATE, I DON'T KNOW.
BUT, UH, WHAT I DO WANT TO HEAR IS WHAT ARE YOUR PROJECTIONS FOR THE NUMBER OF UNITS THAT YOU THINK WE ARE GOING TO BE PRODUCING OVER THE NEXT YEAR OR TWO BASED ON THE FUNDING THAT YOU'RE COMMITTING? FOR EXAMPLE, YOU'RE SAYING HOME OWNERSHIP, REHAB AND PRESENTATION, YOU DON'T HAVE ANY LIMIT.
WE CAN KIND OF DO AS MANY OF THOSE AS WE, WE CAN DO.
BUT FOR RENTAL HOUSING AND REHABILITATION, YOU'RE SAYING 20 MILLION THIS, AND THEN FOR RENTAL, UH, HOUSING PRODUCTION, WE'RE GONNA SAY PART OF THAT $39 MILLION MM-HMM.
BUT WHAT DO WE THINK WE'RE GONNA BE PRODUCING OVER THE NEXT ONE OR TWO YEARS, RECOGNIZING, I KNOW THAT THERE'S GONNA BE A LITTLE MORE FEDERAL MONEY THAT COMES IN NEXT YEAR, RIGHT? THAT WE CAN THROW IN THE POT.
UH, BUT IF ANYTHING CLOSE TO 45,000 RESIDENCES UNITS ARE NEEDED FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE LIVING AT 30%, UH, A M I HOW MUCH ARE WE ADDRESSING EVERY YEAR OF YOUR NEXT FEW YEARS FORECAST? YEAH, THAT'S, I MEAN THAT IS, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
AND THE DEEPER AFFORDABLE UNITS ARE GONNA COST A LOT MORE TO SUBSIDIZE AND BUILD FOR EACH OF THOSE.
AND I WILL SPEAK TO THE SHIP GOALS.
'CAUSE I KNOW, UM, THAT IS A QUESTION.
SO FOR THE SHIP, THAT AMOUNT THAT WE ARE ASKED TO PRODUCE IS BOTH A PRESERVATION NUMBER, SO REHABBING EXISTING PROG, UH, HOMES, AFFORDABLE HOMES, KEEPING THEM AFFORDABLE, AS WELL AS BUILDING NEW PROJECTS.
SO ON THE PRESERVATION OF HOMES, WE'RE LOOKING AT A GOAL OF JUST UNDER 11,000 PRESERVING THOSE.
AND WITH OUR GOALS, CONSIDERING THE BOND FUNDS, WE HAVE THE GENERAL FUND, THE HUD FUNDS, OUR PRESERVATION GOAL, UM, THIS YEAR WAS ABOUT 800 UNITS.
SO WITH THE, UH, BOND FUNDS NEXT YEAR, WE'LL BE ABLE TO GROW THAT NUMBER.
UH, NEXT YEAR WILL BE A SLOWER RAMP UP, BUT THE FOLLOWING YEAR, THE YEAR AFTER THAT, SO WE CAN, I THINK THAT WE CAN EASILY SAY, UM, PROVIDED OUR FUNDING LEVELS FOR EVERYTHING ELSE STAYS ABOUT THE SAME AROUND, YOU KNOW, EIGHT TO 800 TO A THOUSAND UNITS A YEAR, WHICH WOULD GET US CLOSE TO THAT 11,000 PRESERVATION.
THE SHIP ALSO SAYS THAT THE CITY CAN'T DO IT ALONE.
SO BEXAR COUNTY HAS A HOME REHAB, A LOT OF NONPROFITS REHAB.
SO PART OF OUR, UM, ONE OF THE REASONS I'M HESITANT TO PUT A NUMBER ON THAT IS 'CAUSE THAT'S USING WHERE THE CITY'S THE SOLE INVESTOR OF REHABBING THAT HOME.
THAT'S WHAT WE DO NOW WITH OUR HOME REHAB PROGRAM.
SO ONE THING WE'VE ASKED TO DO WITH THE BOND FUNDS AND JUST OVERALL IS HOW DO WE PARTNER WITH NONPROFITS, MAYBE CHURCHES, MAYBE COMMUNITY GROUPS.
UM, O H P WAS HERE EARLIER, THEY DO REHAB AROMA WHERE THEY GET VOLUNTEERS TOGETHER AND HELP REHAB HISTORIC HOMES.
SO HOW DO WE CREATE THOSE PARTNERSHIPS? UH, WE HAVEN'T DONE THAT VERY MUCH WITH OUR HOME REHAB PROGRAM.
WE'VE DONE ON A VERY SMALL SCALE, BUT HOW DO WE GROW THAT EFFORT WITH BOND FUNDS OR GENERAL FUNDS SINCE THEY ARE MORE FLEXIBLE THAN OUR HUD FUNDS THAT WE USE? SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE'LL BE EXPLORING, WHICH I THINK THAT IF WE ARE SUCCESSFUL IN PARTNERING WITH THOSE NONPROFIT ENTITIES.
AND ONE THING THAT RESONATES IN MY MIND IS WE'RE ASKED, DON'T LOOK AT IT FOR HOW MUCH ARE YOU CONTRACTING OUT TO REHAB A HOME? HOW MUCH CAN YOU LEVERAGE VOLUNTEERS AND NONPROFITS THAT THIS IS THEIR GUIDING PRINCIPLE, THIS IS WHAT THEY DO.
AND SO WE'LL BE LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN DO THAT TO REALLY INCREASE THE TOTAL NUMBER OF HOMES REHABBED YEAR OVER YEAR WITH THESE BOND FUNDS.
SO THAT WHAT ABOUT, UH, NEW CONSTRUCTION FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION OF HOMES.
THAT'S ALMOST 2000 HOMES THAT THE SHIP SAYS WE NEED OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS.
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BRAND NEW CREATION.WHAT ABOUT FOR RENTAL? THAT'S 10,600.
WHAT ABOUT NEXT YEAR OR THE NEXT COUPLE? SURE.
AND I KNOW IT'S, IT'S REASONABLE TO HAVE THAT, BUT I, I DUNNO.
SO THE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDS WHAT WE'RE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH WITH WHAT WE'VE GOT THIS YEAR.
OTHERWISE WE'RE GONNA HAVE TWICE AS MANY PEOPLE HERE IN A MEETING NEXT YEAR.
WITH THE SAME KIND OF DEMANDS.
I HOPE WE CAN HEAR MORE ABOUT YOU SESSION AND WE'LL GET THAT INFORMATION TOO IN ADVANCE OF THE B SESSION.
AND JUST, UM, FOR CLARITY, SO I HAD ASKED IF, IF THE COMMITTEE WAS OKAY WITH ADDING ADDITIONAL PORTS TO THE AFFORDABILITY AREA SINCE, UM, SINCE OUR HOUSING COMMITTEE OR BOND SPECIFICALLY FOR HOUSING WAS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
UM, AND I, I HEARD COUNCILMAN CASTILLO AGREEING, UM, AND POSSIBLY TAKING IT FROM THE GAP REQUEST, PROJECT READINESS AND UNDERWRITING REVIEW.
ARE, ARE YOU OKAY WITH IT? ARE YOU COMFORTABLE WITH ADDING ADDITIONAL POINTS TO THE AFFORDABILITY PORTION? I, I DIDN'T HEAR ANY PUSHBACK SAYING THAT.
WELL, WE COULDN'T DO THAT BECAUSE OF ANYTHING.
SO, UH, I'LL BE SUPPORTIVE OF IT.
COUNCIL MEMBER BRA, I'D LIKE TO HAVE A CONVER UH, UH, IT SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD IDEA.
I JUST HAVE TO LIKE TO BE ABLE TO DISCUSS IT MORE TO SEE HOW THAT PLAYS OUT.
CAN YOU ALL WORK ON SOMETHING? YES.
AND, AND PROPOSE, BUT THEN ALSO BE READY FOR THE DISCUSSION AS TO WHY YOU MADE THE RECOMMENDATION? YES, ABSOLUTELY.
AND THEN THE LAST QUICK, QUICKLY, UM, THERE'S AN ITEM THAT SAYS PROPERTY IMPROVEMENTS AND CONSTRUCTION PRIORITIES, TIMELINE, SUSTAINABILITY, EQUITY AND LOCATION.
WHAT ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY DO YOU CONSIDER WITHIN THAT? 'CAUSE IT'S IN EVERY CATEGORY, SO IT'S A CATEGORY AND IT'S IN EVERY SCORING MATRIX, BUT SO WHAT SPECIFICALLY ABOUT, UH, SUSTAINABILITY DO Y'ALL CONSIDER? SO SPECIFICALLY WE'RE PROPOSING IN THE R F P IS THAT DOES THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE, OF THE UNIT MEET, UH, BUILD SAN ANTONIO GREEN LEVEL TWO EQUIVALENT? THAT WOULD BE THE MINIMUM STANDARD THAT WE'RE REACHING FOR.
AND THEN PROJECTS THAT WENT BEYOND THAT WOULD GET MORE POINTS.
WE LOOKED AT, UM, INCORPORATING LEAD OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
BUT IT COSTS PROJECTS MORE TO GET THOSE TYPES OF CERTIFICATIONS.
SO THAT'S WHY WE WENT TO BUILD SAN ANTONIO GREEN.
I THINK THE APPLICATION FEE IS LIKE $50 75.
SO WE'RE TRYING NOT TO POSE ADDITIONAL COSTS ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS.
HAVING SAID THAT, IF THEY DO HAVE THOSE OTHER LEAD CERTIFICATIONS, GREATER STANDARDS, UH, WE WOULD ENCOURAGE THE COMMITTEE TO AWARD THEM MORE POINTS.
THANK YOU VERONICA FOR, FOR THAT.
AND SO I THINK THAT PROBABLY A STANDALONE SLIDE ON THAT MIGHT, MIGHT BE IMPORTANT SO THAT WE CAN SEE WHAT, WHAT YOUR EFFORTS ARE.
AND THEN FINALLY WE HAVE A, A, THE FINAL ITEM IS A BRIEFING ON THE CITY'S HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
BUT I'M REALLY SENSITIVE TO TIME AND IT'S ALMOST FIVE O'CLOCK.
SO I DON'T, I'M, I'M VERY PARTICULARLY INTERESTED AND I HAD ASKED FOR AN UPDATE ON THE, UM, SEVEN, UH, SEVEN OAKS APARTMENT COMPLEX AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE COVER THAT.
UM, CAN STAFF MAYBE DO A QUICK, LIKE FIVE MINUTE, UM, PRESENTATION JUST AGAIN, UH, SENSITIVE TO TIME.
AND SO YES, THANK YOU ALL FOR FEEDBACK.
SO WE'LL HAVE VERONICA GONZALEZ DO THAT QUICK UPDATE ON SEVEN OAKS AND, BUT WE'LL SEND THE ENTIRE PRESENTATION AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE LET US KNOW.
OH, SO WE WON'T SHOW THE PRESENTATION.
JUST GO TO THE SLIDE FOR SEVEN OAKS, IS IT? YEAH.
AND WE'LL RECEIVE IT IN AN EMAIL.
JUST, UM, UH, AND, AND I THINK IT WAS ALSO ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA, BUT IT WAS AN UPDATE, SO THANK YOU.
ARE YOU TAKING THE LAST, THE SLIDE, THE LAST ONE? SLIDE EIGHT.
I'M THE INTERIM ASSISTANT DIRECTOR WITH N H S D, THE SEVEN OAKS APARTMENTS UPDATE.
SEVEN OAKS IS LOCATED IN NORTHWEST SAN ANTONIO.
IT'S A 254 UNIT APARTMENT COMPLEX LOCATED WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN.
AS OF JULY 28TH, THERE ARE A TOTAL OF 24 OUT OF 140 OCCUPIED UNITS THAT REQUIRED SOME FORM OF AC REPAIR.
THE PROPERTY OWNER AS OF LAST WEEK PROVIDED PORTABLE UNITS FOR AT LEAST EIGHT OF THE TENANTS.
THE REMAINING 16 UNITS, AND THOSE WERE, I'M SORRY, THE REMAINING 16 OCCUPANTS WERE SUPPORTED WITH TEMPORARY LODGING AT A NEARBY HOTEL.
N H S D HAS PROVIDED RESOURCE INFORMATION AND HOSTED TO RESOURCE EVENTS IN THE MONTH OF JULY TO PROVIDE RESIDENTS EITHER
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EVICTION EFFORT INFORMATION, RELOCATION ASSISTANCE, APPLICATION OPPORTUNITIES.AND WE ALSO COORDINATED AND INVITED D S D D H S C P SS, SAHA AND OUR LEGAL AID PARTNERS, TRALA AND SALSA.
WE'VE RECEIVED 33 HOUSING ASSISTANCE APPLICATIONS FROM RESIDENTS SEEKING RELOCATION ASSISTANCE OR RENTAL ASSISTANCE.
N H SS D WILL CONTINUE THESE EFFORTS AND FACILITATE RELOCATION ASSISTANCE ALONG WITH OUR EVICTION INTERVENTION EFFORTS.
D S D HAS ALSO CONDUCTED VARIOUS INSPECTIONS AND RE-INSPECTIONS TO ENSURE THAT THEY ARE CITING ANY CODE VIOLATIONS OR INADEQUATE REPAIRS.
AND I JUST WANNA ADD, UH, D S D IS HERE AS WELL TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS RELATED TO CODE VIOLATIONS.
UM, THE, THE UPDATE, AND I KNOW THAT THE RESIDENTS ARE EXPERIENCING SUBSTANDARD HOUSING CONDITIONS, SO I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE ON HERE, UM, WORKING ALSO WITH NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS TO HELP OUR RESIDENTS IN THE MEANTIME.
BUT CAN SOMEONE TELL ME WHAT THE STATUS IS ON THE CURRENT CITATIONS THAT WERE ISSUED TO THE COMPLEX? AND SO WHILE, WHILE MIKE, UM, WALKS UP THERE, I KNOW THAT WE'VE, UM, SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE EXPRESSED AN INTEREST IN CREATING OR AMENDING SOME ORDINANCES TO BETTER ADDRESS THE SITUATION.
AND IF IT DOES COME TO THAT POINT, MIKE, UM, WHERE SHOULD WE ISSUE THE CITATIONS FOR COMPLIANCE WITH WHAT I WOULD BE CONSIDERED BASIC HOUSING STANDARDS? RIGHT.
UM, I THINK THAT THERE'S AN UNDERLYING ISSUE, AND SO WE SHOULD PROBABLY MAKE SURE THAT THOSE CITATIONS HAVE TEETH AND THAT THERE'S A QUICK TURNAROUND, UM, FOR THE COMPANIES THAT OWN THESE COMPLEXES TO BE HELD RESPONSIBLE, ESPECIALLY IN A HUNDRED DEGREE WEATHER.
AND SO COUNCILMAN BRAVO JUST, JUST REFERENCED IT.
WE HAD, UM, A, A REALLY HOT JULY.
AND SO ANYWAY, JUST THAT'S THE SECOND QUESTION.
SO I GUESS YOU COULD START WITH THE FIRST ONE.
MIKE SHANNON, DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
SO THE SHORT ANSWER IS, UH, WE'VE ISSUED 24 CITATIONS, UH, TO THE PROPERTY OWNER FOR VARIOUS, UM, UH, PROPERTY, UH, MAINTENANCE CODE VIOLATIONS.
UH, YOU MENTIONED LACK OF AIR CONDITIONING, SOME HOT WATER, WATER, UH, LACK OF HOT WATER, UH, IN MANY UNITS, UH, WATER LEAKS, UH, SOME DAMAGE TO THE INTERIOR UNITS, THE WALLS AND CEILINGS.
UH, SO WE HAVE 24 CITATIONS ISSUED.
UH, THEY TOTAL OVER $7,000 IN, IN FINES.
UH, WE'RE IN THE PROCESS NOW OF ACTUALLY TAKING THOSE TO COURT.
THEY'RE SCHEDULED FOR THIS MONTH, UH, THROUGH MUNICIPAL COURT.
AND WE'RE USING BOTH CIVIL AND CRIMINAL VIOLATIONS, WHICH ARE ALLOWED IN OUR, IN OUR PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODES.
UH, WE'RE ACTUALLY TAKING AN ADDITIONAL STEP.
UH, WE'VE CREATED SOME CASES TO GO TO OUR BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD BECAUSE THAT'S A QUASI-JUDICIAL BOARD THAT CAN ALSO ASSESS FINES.
SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE USING ALL THREE AVENUES TO ASSESS, UH, CITATIONS AND FINES TO INCENTIVIZE THE OWNER TO CORRECT THOSE VIOLATIONS.
UM, WE STARTED BACK IN LATE MAY WHEN WE STARTED RECEIVING A LOT OF THOSE CALLS, UH, THAT A LOT OF THE ITEMS WERE NOT BEING FIXED, UH, BY THE NORMAL MAINTENANCE OF A PROPERTY.
UH, WE SENT OUR, UM, WE HAVE A MULTI-TENANT INSPECTION GROUP, UH, THAT WE USE OUT OF EXISTING CODE OFFICERS WHEN WE FIND SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
UH, WE STARTED WITH NOTICES OF VIOLATION, WHICH WERE REQUIRED TO DO BY LAW, UH, BUT IT WAS EVIDENT THAT THEY QUICKLY DIDN'T FIX ITEMS, SO WE HAD TO GO TO CITATIONS.
THAT'S A BROAD OVERVIEW, UH, BUT HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY MORE QUESTIONS.
WELL, AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING JUST, AND, AND JUST NOT TO HOLD YOU, NOT TO KEEP EVERYBODY HERE TOO MUCH, BUT MAYBE WE CAN HAVE A CONVERSATION, LIKE I SAID, OF THE LARGER UNDERLYING ISSUES, UM, AND, AND MAKING SURE THAT WE HOLD, UM, FOLKS RESPONSIBLE.
UM, 'CAUSE TO ME SOME OF THESE ACTIVITIES ARE CRIMINAL, RIGHT? I MEAN, THERE'S JUST NO WAY OF SAYING IT.
UM, AND SO, AND JUST, UM, I JUST, OKAY, I'M GONNA STOP AND LET SOMEONE ELSE CUT.
SO,
YEAH, YOU KNOW, I HAD ACTUALLY, UM, ASKED FOR A, UH, AGENDA ITEM AFTER I SAW ABOUT SHIPLEY AND, UH, THEIR PROPERTIES HERE.
AND I'M SORRY THAT I MISSED THAT.
I HAD TO LEAVE BEFORE THAT ONE, THAT ONE OCCURRED.
BUT I'M ALWAYS EAGER TO HEAR GUIDANCE FROM THE CITY ON HOW WE CAN CRACK DOWN ON THIS AND IMPROVE QUALITY, QUALITY HOUSING FOR OUR CONSTITUENTS.
UM, AND VERONICA FOR THE PRESENTATION.
THIS IS AN IMPORTANT ISSUE, AS WE ALL KNOW.
AND, UH, I WANNA BE SURE THAT I COMMEND THIS COMMITTEE FOR THE GREAT WORK AND CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'VE BEEN HAVING REGARDING IMPROVING THE LIVES OF EVERYDAY PEOPLE IN SAN ANTONIO, RIGHT? NOT JUST WITH QUALITY OF HOUSING, BUT AFFORDABILITY AS WELL, WHICH IMPACTS SOMEONE'S OVERALL LIVELIHOOD.
UM, THIS MORNING, UH, MYSELF AND SOME CITY STAFF WERE OVER AT AN APARTMENT COMPLEX IN DISTRICT FIVE, WHERE THEY'VE BEEN HAVING, UM, SOME CONCERNS ABOUT
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SAFETY, RIGHT? UH, PRIMARILY ARSON.BUT THROUGH THIS CONVERSATION, I LEARNED THAT, UM, THIS IS THE PHASE PROJECT THAT'S GETTING REDEVELOPED.
AND AS THEY'RE MOVING PEOPLE INTO THE NEW, UH, REDEVELOPED SECTION, THEY'RE EVICTING PEOPLE WHO CURRENTLY HAVE CRIMINAL RECORDS, RIGHT? AND WHERE ARE THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE FELONIES GOING TO GO? UM, AND I KNOW THIS IS A LARGER CONVERSATION, UM, BUT RIGHT, THAT THAT IS HAPPENING.
WE'RE BUILDING THIS NEW QUALITY HOUSING, BUT THE QUAL THE QUALIFICATIONS TO MOVE IN THERE, UM, AREN'T ACCEPTING OF EVERYONE.
AND THAT'S A, A CONCERN, UM, BECAUSE IT'S OFTEN, OFTEN SUBSTANDARD, UH, HOUSING THAT FOLKS HAVE ACCESS TO, IF AT ALL.
UM, BUT THANK YOU CHAIR FOR IZING THIS ITEM.
AND, UM, AND SO, SO MIKE, MAYBE WE CAN PUT THIS AS AN UPCOMING ACTION.
SO SIMILAR TO SHIPLEY, JUST, UM, IN GENERAL, MAYBE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT, UM, CITY STAFF SEES, MAYBE WHAT OTHER CITIES ARE DOING TO ADDRESS THIS, THIS TYPE OF ISSUE IN THEIR CITIES.
UM, BUT IN PARTICULARLY IN REGARD TO OUR WEATHER HERE IN SAN ANTONIO.
AND I KNOW THAT I'VE MENTIONED BEFORE, UM, PEOPLE THAT ARE GETTING EVICTED WHILE IT'S RAINING.
UM, AND TO ME THAT'S JUST WRONG, RIGHT? SO WHAT ARE OTHER CITIES DOING? HOW CAN WE WORK TOGETHER WITH OUR PARTNERS SO THAT THEY DON'T, UM, UM, DO SOMETHING AS INHUMANE AS, AS REQUIRING PEOPLE TO MOVE OUT DURING A THUNDERSTORM, ET CETERA.
SO, UM, BUT YES, SO MAYBE FOR A FUTURE ITEM, I APPRECIATE YOU AND THANK YOU SO MUCH EVERYONE, FOR STAYING A LITTLE PAST THE TIME, UH, VERY IMPORTANT WORK WE'RE DOING HERE.