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WELCOME EVERYONE TO OUR CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
TIME IS 2:14 PM ON THIS 10TH DAY OF AUGUST, 2022.
WE'LL CALL OUR MEETING TO ORDER.
MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU READ THE ROLE? COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO HERE.
COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ.
PRESENT, COUNCIL MEMBER VILLAGRA.
COUNCIL MEMBER CAB HDA IS HERE.
COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL IS HERE, VIRTUALLY.
COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE PRESENT.
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ALRIGHT, WELL WELCOME EVERYONE.WE HAVE ONE ITEM ON THE AGENDA TODAY AND THAT IS A DISCUSSION OF OUR PRES PRES SOLICITATION BRIEFING AND ACTION ON THE 20 22 27 HOUSING BOND PROCESS.
WE WILL BE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, LORI HOUSTON.
TODAY'S PRESENTATION IS GONNA FOCUS ON THE PROCESS FOR THE SOLICITATION OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS USING OUR 2022 BOND FUNDING, AS WELL AS SOME OF THE C D B G AND HOME FUNDS.
WE'LL ALSO BE DOING A PRESENTATION.
WE'LL ALSO BE DOING A PRESENTATION ON THE, UM, IMPACT DISPLACEMENT IMPACT ASSESSMENT THAT WAS PROPOSED THROUGH THE HOUSING BOND COMMITTEE THAT WE DO A DISPLACEMENT AND IMPACT ASSESSMENT ON EVERY AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT THAT APPLIES FOR FUNDING.
AND SO I'M GONNA ASK VERONICA GARCIA TO COME TO THE PODIUM.
SHE'S GONNA DO THE PRESENTATION ON THE BOND, UM, R F P SOLICITATION AND THEN SARAH WORSLEY WILL DO THE DISPLACEMENT IMPACT ASSESSMENT.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.
I'M THE INTERIM DIRECTOR FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES DEPARTMENT, AND I WANNA THANK EVERYONE TODAY FOR, UM, GETTING US TO THIS POINT.
THE CITIZENS APPROVE THE FUNDING $150 MILLION FOR OUR HOUSING BOND.
AND, UH, WE ARE JOINED TODAY BY VARIOUS MEMBERS OF OUR HOUSING COMMISSION, INCLUDING OUR CHAIR, SHIRLEY GONZALEZ.
UM, SO WITH ALL OF THEIR SUPPORT AS WELL AS THE CITIZEN BOND COMMITTEE, WE ARE UTILIZING, UM, THE PARAMETERS AND THE FRAMEWORK THAT THEY PROVIDED US, AND THAT WAS APPROVED AND ADOPTED BY OUR MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
UM, AND TO GUIDE US IN THE PROCESS FOR OUR R F P SOLICITATIONS.
SO WE DO HAVE $150 MILLION, AND WE'LL BE ADMINISTERING THESE FUNDS IN A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT WAYS.
THE HOME REHAB FUNDS OF $45 MILLION.
WE'LL BE ADMINISTERED THROUGH OUR APPLICATION PROCESS FOR OUR HOME REHAB PROGRAMS, AND WE'LL ALSO BE EXPLORING SOME PARTNERSHIPS, HOW WE CAN FURTHER LEVERAGE THOSE FUNDS.
AND THEN THE OTHER FOUR AREAS THAT WE HAVE WILL BE ADMINISTERED THROUGH THE RFPS, UH, VARIOUS R F P PROCESSES.
SO WITH THESE FUNDS THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED BY OUR VOTERS, WE HAVE, UH, VARIOUS, UM, THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND.
THE FIRST IS THAT WE DEFINITELY HAVE A SENSE OF URGENCY WITH ADMINISTERING THESE FUNDS.
HOUSING COSTS HAVE INCREASE ACROSS, ACROSS THE BOARD FOR CONSTRUCTION.
UM, INTEREST RATES HAVE GONE UP.
ALL OF THAT HAS CREATED, UM, ADDITIONAL CHALLENGES FOR BUILDING THESE AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS AT THE RENTS THAT WE HOPE TO ACHIEVE AND THE SALES PRICES THAT WE HOPE TO ACHIEVE WITH THESE INCREASING COSTS.
WE WANT TO LOOK AT PROJECTS THAT WERE IN THE PIPELINE AND PROJECTS THAT HAVE KIND OF GOTTEN TO A A POINT WHERE THEY ARE READY TO START CONSTRUCTION AND NOW PERHAPS THEY HAVE A GAP.
AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THOSE PROJECTS HAVE A CHANCE TO, TO BE REVIEWED MORE CLOSELY AND BE CONSIDERED FOR BOND FUNDING PROVIDED THEY MEET THE PARAMETERS.
SO, KNOWING THAT THERE IS A SENSE OF URGENCY TO GET THESE FUNDS AND GET STARTED ON
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BUILDING THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING OUR COMMUNITY NEEDS, WE ALSO WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE FUNDS SET ASIDE TO TAKE TIME AND, AND USE THOSE DOLLARS FOR FUTURE PROJECTS THAT ARE NOT QUITE AT THAT POINT.SO PART OF OUR STAFF RECOMMENDATION TODAY IS THAT MAKING ABOUT 50% OF THE TOTAL FUNDING THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE THIS FALL FOR THE R F P SOLICITATION PROCESS, AND THEN RESERVING THE REST OF THOSE FUNDS FOR FUTURE SOLICITATIONS, AS WELL AS PROVIDING STAFF MORE TIME TO EXPLORE OTHER PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING AND HAVE COME UP AS A PRIORITY SUCH AS, UM, MAYBE POTENTIAL PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING TRUST FOR LAND BANKING OR A COMMUNITY LAND TRUST PROGRAM, UM, AND ADDITIONAL OTHER WAYS WE CAN PARTNER WITH NONPROFITS TO LEVERAGE THESE FUNDS.
SO WE CERTAINLY WILL, UM, GIVE THAT GUIDANCE TO THE COMMITTEE.
UH, WHILE WE HAVE THE FUNDS AVAILABLE STARTING OCTOBER ONE, WE'LL BE KEEPING IN MIND HOLDING BACK SOME OF THOSE FUNDS FOR FUTURE, UH, PROJECTS AND EFFORTS.
SO WITH THESE HOUSING BOND DOLLARS, WE ARE UTILIZING ALL OF THE PARAMETERS THAT WERE ADOPTED AND THE FRAMEWORK FROM OUR HOUSING COMMISSION AND OUR CITIZEN BOND COMMITTEE.
AND ONE THING THAT WE HEARD FROM ALL OF THE ENTITIES IS THAT THESE FUNDS SHOULD REALLY BE USED TO PRIORITIZE DEEPER AFFORDABILITY IN PROJECTS.
SO REALLY, AND THAT IS IN LINE WITH OUR STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, IS THAT THESE FUNDS REALLY HELP DRIVE MORE 30% UNITS, FAMILIES, UNITS BUILT FOR FAMILIES AT 30% OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME OR BELOW.
AND FOR CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, UM, THIS YEAR, THAT 30% LEVEL IS ABOUT $22,000.
SO REALLY TRYING TO HAVE AS MANY OF THOSE UNITS AND PROJECTS AS POSSIBLE.
IN ADDITION, WE WILL BE, UH, FOLLOWING ALL THE PARAMETERS THAT WE PROVIDED, AND WE'LL BE REALLY TRYING TO LEVERAGE THESE FUNDS, OUR CITY FUNDS WITH OTHER PRIVATE SOURCES.
WE'RE ALSO GOING TO LOOK AT HOW WE CAN PRIORITIZE PARTNERING WITH THE NONPROFIT DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY TO HELP US MEET OUR GOALS.
SO THIS IS A SUMMARY OF THE PARAMETERS AND THE FRAMEWORK THAT WE'RE ADOPTED AND THAT WE'LL BE FOLLOWING AND GUIDING ALL OF OUR WORK AND IN THE SELECTION OF PROJECTS.
AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THESE PARAMETERS, A LOT OF THEM REALLY FOCUS ON TARGET A M I LEVELS THAT WE'RE HOPING TO ACHIEVE WITH THESE FUNDINGS.
I WILL ADD THAT OUR STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN OUTLINES THAT AFFORDABILITY AT THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO LEVEL IS AT 60% OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME FOR RENTAL, AND AT 120% OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME FOR HOME OWNERSHIP.
SO WITH THESE BOND FUNDS, WE'RE ASKED TO TARGET EVEN DEEPER AFFORDABILITY LEVELS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE'LL BE DOING.
SPEAKING OF OUR SHIP, WE HAVE, UM, THE AFFORDABILITY TARGETS, AND IT DOES OUTLINE THAT WE NEED TO PRESERVE AND CREATE 28,000 AFFORDABLE UNITS OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS.
SO THESE FUNDS, WE HAVEN'T A PLAN TO AGGRESSIVELY GET AS MUCH OUT THE DOOR AS POSSIBLE WITHIN THESE FIRST 12 MONTHS.
AND WE'LL BE COMBINING OUR BOND FUNDS WITH OUR FEDERAL FUNDS SO THAT C D B G HOME, AND WE EVEN HAVE SOME GENERAL FUNDS THAT HAVE BEEN ALLOCATED TO OUR HOME REHAB PROGRAMS. SO WITHIN THE FIRST 12 MONTHS OF WE DO GET ENOUGH PROJECT INTEREST, WE HOPE TO ADMINISTER ABOUT $126 MILLION WITHIN THE NEXT, UH, WITHIN THAT FIRST 12 MONTHS OF BOND FUNDS.
AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THIS WILL HELP US MEET OUR AFFORDABILITY GOALS, MAKE PROGRESS TOWARDS THOSE GOALS, BOTH ON THE PRESERVATION SIDE AND ON THE NEW PRODUCTION SIDE.
SO AS WE WORK TOWARDS ADMINISTERING THESE FUNDS, WE'RE GONNA FOCUS ON THE PARAMETERS THAT WERE ADOPTED.
THAT MEANS WE'LL BE LOOKING AT WHO ARE PROJECTS BEING PROPOSED TO BE BUILT FOR, WHAT FAMILIES CAN OCCUPY THOSE UNITS IF THERE IS A TARGET PRIORITY POPULATION, VULNERABLE POPULATION, AND THAT CAN INCLUDE OLDER ADULTS, INDIVIDUALS WITH DIFFERENT ABILITIES, UH, MAYBE VETERANS IN INDIVIDUALS THAT MAY HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM, SINGLE HEAD OF HOUSEHOLDS AND, AND MANY MORE.
SO ALL OF THOSE WILL BE CONSIDERED, UM, EXTRA POINTS IF THEY ARE BUILDING A PROJECT SPECIFICALLY FOR TARGETED VULNERABLE POPULATIONS.
IN ADDITION TO WHO THE HOUSING IS FOR, WILL BE LOOKING AT HOW IS THE PROJECT BEING BUILT, WHAT ARE THE DESIGN GUIDELINES THAT THEY HAVE IN MIND? SO WE'VE BEEN ASKED TO MAKE SURE THAT PROJECTS HAVE UNIVERSAL DESIGN IN MIND, THAT THEY ARE FEATURING SUSTAINABILITY ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT OUR CODE REQUIRES, AND REALLY TRYING TO CONVINCE, UH, PROJECTS TO GO THAT EXTRA MILE.
SO ADDITIONAL POINTS WILL BE AWARDED FOR THAT.
AND DEFINITELY, UM, WE KNOW THAT THERE'S A DIGITAL DIVIDE IN OUR COMMUNITY, WHICH AFFECTS ALL AREAS OF A PERSON, WHETHER HOW THEY CAN APPLY FOR JOBS, HOW CAN THEY CAN APPLY FOR ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS. SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE PROJECTS THAT WE ARE INCENTIVIZING ALSO HAVE THAT IN MIND AND HAVE HIGH SUITE INTERNET ON SITE AVAILABLE TO THE RESIDENTS.
NEXT, WE'LL BE LOOKING AT WHERE PROJECTS PROPOSED TO BE LOCATED.
SO PROJECTS THAT ARE WITHIN CERTAIN AR AREAS WITH CERTAIN EQUITY SCORES OR REGIONAL CENTERS OR ASKING THEM, LOOKING
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AT DEFINITELY IF THEY'RE NEAR PUBLIC TRANSIT AT ALL, THAT WILL BE CONSIDERED AS PART OF THE SCORING CRITERIA.AND THEN FINALLY, WE'VE BEEN ASKED TO MAKE SURE THAT PROJECTS ARE NOT DISPLACING RESIDENTS AND THAT WE GET ENOUGH INFORMATION FROM THE AREA SURROUNDING THE PROPOSED PROJECT TO BETTER INFORM THE SCORING COMMITTEE AND COUNCIL BEFORE PROJECTS ARE RECOMMENDED FOR AN AWARD.
AND THAT WILL BE OUR DISPLACEMENT IMPACT STUDY, AND WE'LL GO INTO MORE DETAIL ABOUT THAT IN A MINUTE.
SO IN ORDER TO GET TO THIS POINT, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF OUTREACH.
WE'VE HAD, UM, SEVERAL COMMITTEE MEETINGS AND INDIVIDUAL BRIEFINGS.
WE'VE HAD FOUR PUBLIC MEETINGS, ONE VIRTUAL THREE IN PERSON THROUGHOUT THE CITY, AND WE'VE HAD OVER 40 INDIVIDUAL STAKEHOLDER BRIEFINGS.
AND SOME HAVE THEM BEEN BRIEFED MORE THAN ONCE, HAVE WE'VE MADE UPDATES AND GOT FURTHER ALONG IN THE PROCESS.
WHAT WE'VE HEARD FROM ALL OF THIS OUTREACH HAS BEEN THAT, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT PROPERTY TAXES.
SO HOW ARE WE ADMINISTERING BOND FUNDS WITH THAT IN MIND? HOW ARE WE ADMINISTERING BOND FUNDS IN A MANNER THAT A LOT OF DIFFERENT ENTITIES CAN APPLY FOR THESE FUNDS AND THAT IT'S CLEAR AND IT'S TRANSPARENT.
WE'VE ALSO BEEN ASKED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, UM, CONTINUE TO PRIORITIZE PUBLIC HOUSING AND INCOME-BASED HOUSING.
SO YOU'LL SEE THERE'S A SPECIFIC POINT SET ASIDE FOR THOSE TYPES OF PROJECTS.
AND THEN WE'RE ASKED TO PRIORITIZE AFFORDABILITY AND SUSTAINABILITY IN OUR POURING CRITERIA AND THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE PROCESS AND LOTS OF MORE FEEDBACK.
SO WHAT WE DID WITH THAT FEEDBACK IS WE'VE MADE PERIODIC UPDATES THROUGH OUR SCORING PROCESS AND OUR RECOMMENDATIONS TODAY.
WE'VE ADDED, UH, COMMUNITY BOND COMMITTEE MEMBERS UP TO THREE PER PANEL AS SCORING MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE.
WE'VE EMPHASIZED, UM, OUR NEED AND OUR PRIORITY ON PUBLIC HOUSING AND INCOME-BASED HOUSING.
WE HAVE INCREASED THE POINTS FOR, UM, AFFORDABILITY, FOR SUSTAINABILITY, FOR DEVELOPER EXPERIENCE, AND LOOKED AT HOW WE, UM, CAN STRUCTURE THE NON-PROFIT POINTS SO THEY, UH, ARE AS COMPETITIVE AS POSSIBLE.
AND THEN WE'VE ALSO LOOKED AT, UH, RESERVING AT LEAST HALF OF THE FUNDS FOR FUTURE SOLICITATIONS AND INITIATIVES.
SO THE TIMELINE THAT WE ARE ON CONTINUES TO BE THE TIMELINE THAT WAS SHARED, UM, BACK IN EARLY JUNE DURING B SESSION.
SO WE'RE STILL ON THAT SAME TIMELINE.
WE'VE ALSO SHARED ALL OF THIS INFORMATION AT HOUSING COMMISSION, UH, BOTH AT THEIR JUNE AND AT THEIR JULY MEETING.
WE ALSO HAD A FOLLOW-UP WORKSHOP WITH, UH, COMMISSIONERS, UM, JUST THIS WEEK TO GET ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK AND GIVE THEM MORE TIME TO REVIEW ALL OF THE INFORMATION.
THEN WE WENT AHEAD AND SHARED THIS INFORMATION AT P C D C AND FROM ALL OF THOSE BRIEFINGS, WE'VE MADE UPDATES FOR THE INFORMATION THAT'S PRESENTED TO YOU TODAY.
AND AFTER TODAY'S B SESSION, WE PROPOSED TO RELEASE THE R F P WITH ANY EDITS THAT YOU MAY HAVE, UM, ON AUGUST 19.
AND THEN WE'LL BE COMING, THE, THE R F P WILL BE OUT FOR ABOUT SIX WEEKS AND IT'LL BE DUE IN OCTOBER, THEN IT WILL BE SCORED, THERE'LL BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PANEL TO INTERVIEW THE RESPONDENTS.
IF THEY DO NEED MORE INFORMATION ON THE PROPOSALS, THEN WE'LL BE COMING BACK TO HOUSING COMMISSION WITH THE RECOMMENDED AWARDS AT HOUSING COMMISSION.
WE'LL BE GIVING INFORMATION ON EVERY SINGLE ENTITY THAT APPLIED FOR FUNDS, HOW THEY SCORED, AND THEN THE PROJECTS THAT THE COMMITTEE IS RECOMMENDING FOR AWARD.
AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK TO FULL COUNSEL IN A B SESSION WITH THOSE FULL RECOMMENDATIONS.
AND THEN FINALLY, FULL CITY COUNCIL CONSIDERATION, HOPING TO MAKE AWARDS IN EARLY DECEMBER.
SO WE DEFINITELY HAVE AN AGGRESSIVE TIMELINE KNOWING THAT WE HAVE AN AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING CRISIS AND WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET FUNDS OUT THE DOOR SO WE CAN GET STARTED ON BUILDING THOSE UNITS.
SO I'LL TAKE A MOMENT TO HIGHLIGHT OUR HOME REHAB PROGRAM.
I MENTIONED THAT THIS IS ABOUT A THIRD OF THE BOND FUNDS THAT WE HAVE, AND THIS WILL BE COMBINED WITH THE GENERAL FUNDS AND THE FEDERAL FUNDS THAT WE HAVE FOR ALL OF OUR HOME REHAB PROGRAMS. WE'RE DOING A LOT OF THINGS DIFFERENTLY THIS YEAR WITH THAT SENSE OF URGENCY IN MIND.
WE'VE OPENED UP THE APPLICATION MUCH EARLIER THAN WE EVER HAVE AT LEAST TWO MONTHS EARLIER.
IT ACTUALLY OPENED THIS THIS WEEK ON MONDAY.
IT'S ONLY WEDNESDAY, AND WE'VE ALREADY HAD AN OVERWHELMING RESPONSE.
WE'VE HAD TWO IN-PERSON EVENTS SO FAR, AND WE HAVE 12 MORE TO GO.
WE HAD OVER A HUNDRED PEOPLE SHOW UP YESTERDAY AT OUR EVENT IN D THREE, AND WE HAD ANOTHER A HUNDRED PLUS SHOW UP TODAY AT OUR FIRST EVENT IN D FIVE.
WE HAVE A VERY STRONG CAMPAIGN MAKING SURE HOMEOWNERS KNOW THAT THEY CAN APPLY ONLINE, THAT OUR STAFF IS HERE TO HELP THEM.
AND WE HAVE NON TWO NON-PROFIT PARTNERS THAT ARE SERVING AS INTAKE CENTERS TO HELP FAMILIES COMPLETE THESE APPLICATIONS.
SO WITH ALL OF THESE, THESE APPLICATIONS WILL BE OPEN FOR THE NEXT SIX WEEKS.
AND ONCE WE GET THE APPLICATIONS, SINCE THEY ARE ONLINE THIS YEAR, WE'LL BE ABLE TO KIND OF ALREADY GET A HEAD START ON SCORING THEM AND IMMEDIATELY STARTING TO PULL THOSE THAT ARE ALREADY SCORING REALLY HIGH AND START MAKING SURE ALL THEIR PAPERWORK ATTACHED AND HOPEFULLY BRINGING THESE HOMES TO CONSTRUCTION SOONER THAN EVER BEFORE.
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THEY ALSO WILL BE REVIEWED WITH OUR EQUITY SCORING MATRIX IN MIND.WE DID THIS THIS CURRENT YEAR, AND WE'RE GONNA DO IT AGAIN THIS COMING YEAR.
AND THAT'S LOOKING AT, UM, BOTH THE A M I LEVELS OF THE HOUSEHOLD, WHO IS LIVING IN THE HOME, THE AGE OF THE HOME OWNER, HOW LONG THEY'VE OWNED THE HOME, WHERE THE HOME IS BUILT.
SO ALL OF THAT KIND OF GOES INTO, INTO CONSIDERATION AS WE PRIORITIZE HOW MANY FAMILIES, UM, CAN UTILIZE THESE FUNDS.
AND THEN I ALSO, I'VE MENTIONED THIS BEFORE, UH, WE ARE LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN PARTNER WITH NONPROFITS.
UH, WE DO THAT RIGHT NOW WITH MERCED HOUSING.
THEY DO HELP US DELIVER ON SOME OF OUR OWNER OCCUPIED AND MINOR REPAIR REHAB PROGRAMS, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO PARTNER WITH THEM OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS.
BUT WE'LL LOOK AT HOW WE CAN BRING IN OTHER SMALLER NONPROFITS AND CHURCHES, OTHER GROUPS THAT CAN HELP US MEET THESE GOALS AND FURTHER LEVERAGE OUR FUNDS.
SO NOW I'LL SHIFT TO OUR OTHER FOUR BOND CATEGORIES, WHICH IS ALL ABOUT THE R F P PROCESS.
AND TO UTILIZE THESE, THESE RFPS, WE'LL BE SCORING THEM ACROSS A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT AREAS.
THIS IS, UM, MORE THAN WE TYPICALLY HAVE IN OUR USUAL SCORING PROCESS, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE DO THAT FOR, FOR THESE BOND FUNDS BECAUSE, UM, OUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS HAVE GIVEN US LOTS OF DIFFERENT PARAMETERS TO CONSIDER.
AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT OUR SCORING COMMITTEE, UM, HAS A, A GUIDE ON HOW TO CONSIDER ALL OF THE PARAMETERS AS THEY'RE, UM, EVALUATING PROPOSALS.
SO ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT WE'LL LOOK AT IS DEVELOPMENT EXPERIENCE THAT LOOKS AT THE WHOLE TEAM, IF THEY'RE PROPOSING ANY NON-PROFIT PARTNERSHIP, WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, AND WHAT OTHER PROJECTS THEY'VE DONE, AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS THEY'VE DONE, AND, AND ALSO LOOKING AT WHICH ONES THEY'VE DONE IN SAN ANTONIO WITH THAT PARAMETER.
WE'LL LOOK AT, UH, WHAT THEIR MAINTENANCE OR TRACK RECORD IS.
I THINK THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS BROUGHT UP AT P C D C.
SO WE'LL BE DOING THAT DUE DILIGENCE AND THAT CAN ALL BE CONSIDERED UNDER DEVELOPMENT EXPERIENCE.
WE'LL ALSO BE DOING, UH, PREFERENCE POINTS FOR NONPROFITS.
IN A PREVIOUS PRESENTATION, WE WERE RECOMMENDING, UH, PROVIDING GUIDELINES TO THE SCORES ON HOW THEY LOOK AT THAT.
BUT WHAT WE HEARD IS, UM, DON'T MAKE IT TOO COMPLICATED.
AND TO ALLOW THE COMMITTEE FLEXIBILITY ON HOW TO AWARD THOSE POINTS.
SO WE'LL JUST GIVE THEM, UH, THE INFORMATION ON HOW THE PROJECT IS BEING STRUCTURED, WHAT THOSE NONPROFIT PARTNERSHIPS ALL OF THAT LOOKS LIKE, AND THEN LET THE COMMITTEE, UH, DETERMINE HOW GIVING THEM MUCH MORE FLEXIBILITY ON HOW THEY THINK THOSE POINTS SHOULD BE AWARDED TO A PROJECT.
UM, UNDER GAP REQUESTS, WE'LL BE LOOKING AT HOW MUCH, UH, CITY FUNDING THE PROJECT IS REQUESTED IN COMPARISON TO THE TOTAL COST OF THE PROJECT, AND REALLY PLACING EMPHASIS ON ARE THEY LEVERAGING OUR FUNDS, WHAT OTHER, UH, MAYBE TAX CREDITS OR FEDERAL SOURCES OR OTHER SOURCES DO THEY HAVE LOVE LINED UP? AND WHETHER OR NOT ANY OF THOSE HAVE EXPIRATION DATES, WE WANNA KEEP THAT IN MIND BECAUSE OUR CITY FUNDS TYPICALLY ARE ONLY A VERY SMALL OVERALL PORTION OF THE PROJECT COSTS.
SO IF THEY DO HAVE OTHER RESOURCES AND RESOURCES AND, AND INVESTMENTS AVAILABLE, UH, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE, THAT'S CONSIDERED AS PART OF THE SCORING PROCESS.
SO HOPEFULLY THEY DON'T LOSE THOSE RESOURCES IF THEY MEET THE REST OF THE PARAMETERS.
THEN WE'LL BE LOOKING AT, UM, DOING A FULL REVIEW OF THE UNDERWRITING CRITERIA.
AND HERE IS WHERE WE CAN LOOK AT, UM, DOES THE PROJECT, WHAT IS THEIR WHOLE PRO FORMA? SO NOT JUST IMMEDIATELY WHAT THEY NEED, BUT HOW ARE THEY PROPOSING TO KEEP UP THAT PROJECT IN RENTS OVER TIME? DO THEY HAVE BUILT IN RENT INCREASES? WHAT ARE THOSE RENT INCREASES THEY'RE PROPOSING? SO ALL OF THAT CAN BE CONSIDERED UNDER THE UNDERWRITING PROCESS AND THE REVIEW PROCESS.
AND THEN WE'LL LOOK AT, UM, OF COURSE, HOW MANY UNITS, THE SIZE OF 'EM, THEIR FAMILY SIZE, ALL THAT WILL BE CONSIDERED.
NEXT, I'LL ELABORATE ON THE CONSTRUCTION PRIORITIES FOR PROJECTS WE'LL SEE.
UM, TO BE COMPETITIVE AND READY TO APPLY THIS FALL, THEY HAVE TO BE PRETTY FAR ALONG IN THEIR DEVELOPMENT TIMELINE.
THAT MEANS THEY HAVE TO HAVE SITE CONTROL, PROPER ZONING, THEY HAVE TO SHOW, UM, THAT THEY HAVE THEIR OTHER SOURCES ALREADY LINED UP AND THEY'LL BE GIVEN A PERIOD OF TIME.
WE'RE RECOMMENDING NINE MONTHS FOR PROJECTS TO CLOSE AND BREAK GROUND WITHIN THAT TIME PERIOD.
SO THEY REALLY DO HAVE TO BE PRETTY FAR ALONG IN THE PROCESS.
AND THAT SPEAKS TO, AGAIN, URGENCY AND MAKING PURE PROJECTS ALREADY TO GO WITH THIS FIRST ROUND.
NEXT, WE'LL BE LOOKING AT WHERE THE PROJECT IS SUPPOSED TO BE BUILT, GIVING MORE POINTS IF THEY'RE IN TARGETED AREAS, UH, THEIR SITE PLAN, THEIR TIMELINE, AND THEN OF COURSE, SUSTAINABILITY.
AND I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE DIFFERENT WAYS THAT WE'RE CONSIDERING SUSTAINABILITY IN, IN THE POINTS.
FINALLY, WE'LL BE LOOKING AT, UM, MAKING HOW THEY SCORED IN THEIR DISPLACEMENT ASSESSMENT.
AND THEN WHAT OTHER ONSITE SUPPORTIVE SERVICES, AMENITIES, UM, RESIDENT SERVICES THAT THEY'RE PROPOSING TO INCLUDE FOR THE PROJECT.
THAT'S TO MAKE SURE THAT FAMILIES DON'T JUST HAVE AN AFFORDABLE UNIT, BUT THEY'RE SUPPORTED WITH WRAPAROUND SERVICES AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
ON THE TOPIC OF SUSTAINABILITY, I KNOW THIS HAS COME UP MANY TIMES, WHAT ARE WE ASKING PROJECTS TO DO? HOW ARE WE MAKING SURE THEY GO ABOVE AND BEYOND SINCE THEY ARE USING CITY FUNDS? UM, AND WE'LL BE DOING THAT.
UH, WE DID DO THIS IN COORDINATION WITH OUR OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY AND IN CONSULTATION WITH MANY DEVELOPERS, WHAT'S POSSIBLE, WHAT ARE NICE TO HAVES VERSUS WHAT SHOULD WE REQUIRE AS A MINIMUM? SO WE'LL BE LOOKING AT PROJECTS
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TO MEET THE BUILD SAN ANTONIO GREEN LEVEL TWO CERTIFICATION OR EQUIVALENT.THIS CERTIFICATION DOES GO ABOVE AND BEYOND OUR REGULAR STANDARD CITY CODE, AND IT ASKS PROJECTS TO INCLUDE MORE ENHANCED ENERGY EFFICIENT BUILDING SYSTEMS AND THE ENVELOPE.
SO THAT MEANS THEY HAVE, UM, AT LEAST A 13, AT LEAST A 15 C HVAC SYSTEM THAT THEY HAVE HIGH EFFICIENCY LIGHTING BUILT IN, ENERGY STAR RATED WINDOWS, DOORS, WATER, HEAT APPLIANCES.
ALL OF THAT IS, IS REQUIRED TO APPLY FOR THE BOND FUNDS.
THEY ALSO MUST INCORPORATE LOW PLUM, LOW FLOW PLUMBING FIXTURES.
AND AT THE LEVEL TWO CERTIFICATION, UM, EV READY AND SOLAR READY IS, IS ENCOURAGED.
IT'S NOT REQUIRED, BUT IT IS NOTED AS STRONGLY ENCOURAGED AT THAT LEVEL.
SO THOSE ARE THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS.
AND SO TO GET EXTRA POINTS IN THE SUSTAINABILITY CATEGORY, WE'LL BE LOOKING AT WHAT ELSE IS THE PROJECT DOING? SO ARE THEY HAVING ENERGY EFFICIENT SYSTEMS ABOVE AND BEYOND THAT LEVEL TWO CERTIFICATION? DO THEY HAVE HIGH SOLAR REFLECTANT ROOFS? UM, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE CONSIDERING DOING? IF THEY ARE LOOKING AT TRYING TO MAKE THEIR BUILDING CLIMATE READY, WHAT EXTREME WEATHER OPTIONS ARE THEY CONSIDERING? DOES THAT MEAN THAT THEY'RE HAVING HIGHER LEVELS OF INSULATION TO WITHSTAND, YOU KNOW, THE JULY WE JUST HAD? ARE THEY USING ONSITE OR OFFSITE RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES? ALL OF THAT.
AND THEN WE'LL ALSO BE LOOKING AT THE PROJECT FROM A REDUCTION STANDPOINT, MEANING ARE THEY LOOKING AT OTHER WAYS THAT THEY CAN REDUCE THE USE OF WATER FOR THE PROJECT? ARE THEY, UM, EVEN CONSIDERING UTILIZING A DECONSTRUCTION PLAN? SO I KNOW YOU ALL WILL BE LOOKING AT THE DECONSTRUCTION ORDINANCE AS BROUGHT BY O H P NEXT MONTH.
SO DO THEY HAVE THAT IN MIND AS PART OF THEIR DEMO THAT'S PROPOSED ON THE PROJECT? ALL THAT WILL MAKE SURE THAT THEY GET EXTRA POINTS.
AND THEN IF THEY HAVE ANY OTHER EEB READY, UM, ABILITIES BUILT INTO THE PROJECT, WE'LL ALSO BE USING, UM, FROM A SUSTAINABILITY STANDPOINT, THAT WILL ALSO HELP GUIDE THE COMMITTEE IN AFFORDABILITY.
AND I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN JUST A MOMENT.
SO THIS IS THE UPDATED SCORING MATRIX AND THE SCORING MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE.
UM, WITH THIS RENTAL REHAB BUCKET, WE HAVE $40 MILLION IN BOND FUNDS, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO GUIDE THE COMMITTEE IN MAKING ABOUT HALF OF THAT AVAILABLE FOR AWARD THIS FALL.
THE, UH, EDITS WE'VE MADE SINCE OUR OTHER BRIEFINGS HAS BEEN, WE INCREASED THE POINTS FOR AFFORDABILITY, AND WE DID THAT BY REDUCING POINTS IN THE GAP REQUEST AREA AFFORDABILITY, UM, WAS A VERY HIGH PRIORITY ITEM.
WE'RE ASKED PRETTY MUCH FROM EVERYONE, EVERYONE WE TALKED TO, THAT THAT SHOULD BE THE HIGHEST RATED CATEGORY OVERALL.
AND SO WE'VE DONE THAT WITH THESE UPDATES.
WE ALSO, UM, ADDED AN ADDITIONAL PERSON AS A SCORING MEMBER, UM, FROM DISTRICT TWO.
SO NOW WE HAVE A TOTAL OF THREE COMMUNITY BOND COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND WE ADDED, UM, WHO FROM CITY STAFF AND OUR UNDERWRITERS WILL BE SERVING AT AN ADVISORY CAPACITY TO THE SCORING MEMBERS PROVIDING THAT ADDITIONAL EXPERTISE TO THE PANEL ON THE RENTAL REHAB.
I'LL ALSO NOTE ONE THING IN THE R F P, WE'LL BE ASKING PROJECTS WHETHER OR NOT THEY ARE UTILIZING PACE INCENTIVES.
WE KNOW THAT THOSE CAN BE VERY HIGH HELPFUL FOR REHAB PROJECTS.
IT CAN HELP THEM, UH, GET ADDITIONAL FINANCING IF THEY ARE DOING, UH, SUSTAINABILITY FEATURES AND REDUCING THEIR OVERALL USE OF ENERGY ON THE BUILDING.
SO WE'LL BE ASKING THOSE QUESTIONS UPFRONT AND CONSIDERING IF THEY ARE USING THEM IN THE, IN IN THE SCORING PROCESS AS WELL.
UH, THIS IS ALSO THE AREA WHERE WE HAVE BOTH SMALL BUSINESS PREFERENCE POINTS, LOCAL PREFERENCE POINTS, AND VETERAN-OWNED SMALL BUSINESS PREFERENCE POINTS.
SO OUR GOAL SETTING COMMITTEE MET AND REVIEWED THE PROJECT, AND THEY ARE RECOMMENDING 10 POINTS FOR THE SPATA PROGRAM.
THAT MEANS FIVE POINTS WILL BE SET ASIDE SPECIFICALLY FOR SMALL BUSINESSES, AND ANOTHER FIVE POINTS WILL BE SET ASIDE FOR WOMEN AND MINORITY OWNED BUSINESSES.
ON THE LOCAL PREFERENCE POINTS.
THEY ARE RECOMMENDING 10 POINTS BE SET ASIDE FOR THAT.
AND ANOTHER FIVE POINTS SET ASIDE FOR VETERAN OWNED SMALL BUSINESS PREFERENCE POINTS.
I'LL ALSO MENTION THAT THE PROJECT, UH, ANY SELF PERFORMANCE BY THE PRIME RESPONDENTS WILL COUNT TOWARDS THE SUBCONTRACTING GOALS, WHICH ARE SET AT 28% FOR MINORITY WOMEN OWNED BUSINESSES AND 4% FOR OUR AFRICAN AMERICAN BUSINESS ENTERPRISES.
ON THE NEW RENTAL CONSTRUCTION R F P SOLICITATION, WE HAVE A COMBINATION OF FUNDS.
WE HAVE BOTH $35 MILLION IN BOND FUNDS AND $3 MILLION IN C D B G AND HOME FUNDS.
SO SINCE WE HAVE A COMBINATION OF LOCAL FUNDS AND FEDERAL FUNDS, THERE ARE NO SMALL BUSINESS VETERAN OR LOCAL PREFERENCE POINTS APPLIED.
AND THAT IS REALLY A, A FEDERAL GUIDELINE THAT WE HAVE.
SO INSTEAD WE HAVE ALL OF OUR POINTS AWARDED IN THE OTHER CATEGORIES.
AND AGAIN, WE MADE ADJUSTMENTS.
SO AFFORDABILITY IS THE HIGHEST SCORING CATEGORY OVERALL,
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AND WE DID THAT BY REDUCING POINTS FROM THE GAP REQUEST AND WE ADDED POINTS TO THE DEVELOPMENT EXPERIENCE CATEGORY AS WELL.THIS IS ANOTHER SOLICITATION WHERE WE ARE RECOMMENDING UP TO HALF OF THE FUNDS BE AWARDED THIS FALL, WHICH WOULD CONTINUE TO RESERVE FUNDS FOR FUTURE SOLICITATIONS AND INITIATIVES.
THE ONLY CHANGES MADE TO THE SCORING COMMITTEE HERE WAS A COUPLE OF STAFF CHANGES ON THE SUSTAINABILITY SIDE JUST DUE TO SCORING MEMBER AVAILABILITY.
AND THEN WE ADDED THE ADVISORY MEMBERS WHO WILL HELP PROVIDE GUIDANCE AND EXPERTISE TO THE PANEL WHEN REVIEWING
AS I MENTIONED, THE AFFORDABILITY CRITERIA IS THE HIGHEST SCORING CATEGORY, UM, IN THIS, IN THIS R F P SOLICITATION AS WELL.
AND UNDER THAT CATEGORY, WE WANTED TO PROVIDE SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON HOW THE COMMITTEE WILL BE REVIEWING THAT.
FIRST IN THE R F P PROJECTS WILL BE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT PROJECTS THAT HAVE AT LEAST 10% OF THE UNITS AFFORDABLE FOR HOUSEHOLDS EARNING 30% OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME OR BELOW.
ALTERNATIVELY, IF THEY'RE DOING SPECIAL HUD FINANCING, UM, THOSE CAN BE CONSIDERED TO HELP MEET THAT CRITERIA AS WELL BECAUSE THOSE ARE INCOME-BASED PROJECTS, THEY DO SERVE FAMILIES AT THOSE LEVELS.
WE WILL BE LOOKING AT AWARDING ADDITIONAL POINTS FOR PROJECTS THAT GO ABOVE, BEYOND THAT MINIMUM OF 10% OF UNITS AT 30.
AND THEY CAN ALSO AWARD ADDITIONAL POINTS IF THEY'RE DOING MORE UNITS AT 50%.
AND THOSE COME DIRECTLY FROM THE PARAMETERS PROJECTS.
UH, SCORING COMMITTEE CAN ALSO LOOK AT PROJECTS ON A HOLISTIC BASIS.
AND WHAT WE MEAN BY THAT IN THE AFFORDABILITY CATEGORY IS IF THEY HAVE ANY OF THOSE ENHANCED SUSTAINABILITY FEATURES BUILT IN, PERHAPS THEY HAVE HIGHER LEVELS OF INFLATION, REFLECTIVE ROOF, ANYTHING THAT CAN HELP LOWER ENERGY BILLS, WE COULD CONSIDER THAT IN THE AFFORDABILITY POINTS BECAUSE THAT WOULD HELP MAKE OCCUPYING THAT UNIT OR OWNING THAT HOME MORE AFFORDABLE IN THE LONG TERM.
SO THE COMMITTEE CAN USE THAT IN MIND WHEN THEY'RE LOOKING AT AWARDING THOSE AFFORDABILITY POINTS.
I'LL MENTION THAT, UM, THERE IS A MATRIX HERE THAT SHOWS GUIDANCE.
IT'S MEANT SIMPLY AS AN EXAMPLE, COMMITTEE MEMBERS WILL NOT HAVE TO FOLLOW 5 10 15 EXACTLY.
IT'S SIMPLY MEANT AS AN EXAMPLE FOR THEM, A GUIDE SO THAT THEY CAN SEE, UM, YOU KNOW, MORE UNITS AT 30% OR 50.
YOU SHOULD GIVE MORE POINTS TO THAT PROJECT.
WE WANNA MAKE SURE THEY'RE FLEXIBLE AND THEY HAVE A CHANCE TO EVALUATE THE PROJECT ON A HOLISTIC BASIS.
UH, ONE THING THAT ALL COMMITTEE MEMBERS WILL BE ASKED TO DO IS SET ASIDE SPECIFICALLY FIVE POINTS FOR PUBLIC HOUSING OR INCOME-BASED HOUSING PROJECT.
THAT DOES COME DIRECTLY FROM THE FEEDBACK AND STRAIGHT OUT OF THE PARAMETERS THAT SAY WE SHOULD PRIORITIZE.
SO THOSE ARE A SPECIFIC SET ASIDE FOR THOSE TYPES OF PROJECTS.
ON THE HOME OWNERSHIP SIDE, WE HAVE $5 MILLION IN BOND FUNDS AVAILABLE AND ALMOST $5 MILLION IN C D B G IN HOME FUNDS.
WE'LL HAVE 10 MILLION, UM, FOR PROJECTS THAT ARE BUILDING NEW SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.
WE PROPOSE AGAIN TO MAKE ABOUT HALF OF THAT AVAILABLE THIS FALL, AND THE REST BE AWARDED FOR FUTURE SOLICITATIONS AND EFFORTS.
WE, AGAIN, INCREASED THE TOTAL POINTS SET ASIDE FOR AFFORDABILITY AS WELL AS POINTS SET ASIDE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT EXPERIENCE.
AND WE DID THAT BY REDUCING POINTS SET ASIDE FOR THE GAP EXPERIENCE.
THIS IS ALSO A COMMITTEE THAT HAS AN ADDITIONAL PERSON FROM THE HOUSING COMMITTEE BOND COMMITTEE REPRESENTATIVE.
SO WE HAVE A TOOL OF THREE FOLKS HERE FROM THAT, UM, FROM THAT GROUP.
AND WE'VE ADDED THE ADVISORY MEMBERS.
THIS ALSO WILL, UM, ASK COMMITTEE MEMBERS TO KEEP IN MIND TO AWARD POINTS BASED ON THE AFFORDABILITY OF THE UNIT.
SO HERE WE'RE ASKED TO TARGET HOUSEHOLDS EARNING 80% OF THE A AND MEDIUM ARE INCOME OR BELOW WITH A PRIORITY ON 60% A M I.
SO PROJECTS THAT HAVE MORE 60% UNITS SHOULD GET HIGHER POINTS ON THE AFFORDABILITY, BUT AGAIN, THEY CAN TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION LONG-TERM AFFORDABILITY, SUSTAINABILITY FEATURES BUILT IN THAT MAKE IT MORE AFFORDABLE TO OWN THAT HOME AND THAT ALL CAN HELP GO IN AWARDING THOSE POINTS.
SO THIS IS A RECAP OF THE TIMELINE.
WE DO PROPOSE TO RELEASE THE FINAL R F P IN AUGUST, AUGUST 19.
WE WOULD HAVE THAT R F P OUT FOR ABOUT SIX WEEKS.
OUR SCORING COMMITTEE WILL REVIEW THE WEEK OF OCTOBER 18TH, AND THEN WE WILL HAVE, UM, FOLLOW UP INTERVIEWS AS REQUESTED BY THE COMMITTEE.
SO WE'LL ASK ALL DEVELOPERS TO HOLD TIME ON THEIR CALENDAR FOR INTERVIEWS IF NEEDED.
WE'LL COME BACK TO BOTH HOUSING COMMISSION AND B SESSION TO REVIEW THE RESULTS AND THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THAT COMMITTEE AND THEN FULL COUNCIL CONSIDERATION IN EARLY DECEMBER.
ONE THING THAT WE'VE ALSO BEEN ASKED TO PRO ELABORATE ON IS HOW WE CAN ENSURE THAT OUR HOUSING PROJECTS, UH, MAINTAIN QUALITY AND ARE UPHELD OVER TIME.
SO WE DO THAT IN A NUMBER OF WAYS DURING THE DESIGN PROCESS, OUR TEAM REVIEWS ALL THE DOCUMENTS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, OUR OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION AND CITY ARCHITECT'S OFFICE.
THAT'S ALL DONE TO MAKE SURE WHAT THEY OUTLINED IN THE PROPOSAL IS REFLECTED IN THE CONSTRUCTION DESIGN.
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THEN WHILE THE PROJECT IS BEING BUILT, WE MONITOR THE PROJECT.SO D S D DOES THEIR NORMAL INSPECTIONS AND OUR STAFF ALSO DOES QUALITY CONTROL VISITS AFTER THE PROJECT IS BUILT.
WE DO ANNUAL COMPLIANCE VISITS THAT DOES TWO THINGS, THAT ALLOWS US TO VERIFY INCOME RECORDS AND THAT THEY ARE MEETING THE A M I LEVELS THAT THEY AGREED TO.
IT ALSO HELPS US ACTUALLY VISIT THE PROJECT ON AN ANNUAL BASIS AND TAKE A LOOK AT HOW THE MAINTENANCE IS BEING DONE, AND IF ANY ISSUES RISE, WE BRING IT TO THE PROPERTY MANAGER'S ATTENTION AND WE CAN REFER IT TO THE APPROPRIATE CITY DEPARTMENT IF NECESSARY TOO.
IN ADDITION, IN THE UNDERWRITING PROCESS, WE MAKE SURE PROJECTS HAVE AT LEAST THREE MONTHS OF OPERATING EXPENSES AND RESERVES HELD BACK, AND THEN ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, THEY SET ASIDE AT LEAST $300 PER UNIT PER YEAR TO ADDRESS ANY MAINTENANCE AND ONGOING REPAIRS THAT ARE NEEDED.
OUR FINAL R F P SOLICITATION IS THE ONE FOR PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, AND THIS WILL BE A JOINT R F P WITH SOUTH ALAMO REGIONAL ALLIANCE FOR THE HOMELESS OF SARAH.
THIS WILL BE, UM, ALIGNING BOTH OUR BOND FUNDS, OUR HOME ARPA DOLLARS, AND THE HUD CONTINUUM OF CARE SOLICITATION THAT SARAH LEADS ANNUALLY, ALL MAKING THESE FUNDS AVAILABLE TO PROJECTS SO THEY CAN BE NEWLY CONSTRUCTED AS WELL AS HAVE FUNDING TO PROVIDE THE ONSITE PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE SERVICES THAT ARE SO KEY TO THESE TYPES OF PROJECTS.
THIS, UM, TIMELINE WILL BE ABOUT THREE TO FOUR WEEKS BEHIND THE TIMELINE FOR OUR OTHER THREE SOLICITATIONS, AND THAT'S SO THAT WE HAVE TIME TO COORDINATE WITH OUR PARTNERS ON RELEASING ONE SOLICITATION IN THE, UH, PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING CATEGORY.
WE'VE ALSO HAD CONVERSATIONS I THINK EVERYONE MAY HAVE SEEN IN THE NEWS, UH, YESTERDAY THAT THEY RECENTLY APPROVED $45 MILLION IN ARPA FUNDS AND ABOUT $7 MILLION IS SET ASIDE FROM THE COUNTY FOR P S H DEVELOPMENTS.
SO WE'RE HAVING ONGOING CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM.
WE DO COORDINATE CLOSELY WITH THEM ALREADY ON, UH, AFFORDABLE HOUSING AWARDS.
THEY TOO ARE, HAVE ADOPTED THE SHIP AND ARE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THEIR, THEIR AWARDS ARE IN LINE WITH THAT AND THEY KEEP THAT IN MIND AS THEY LOOK AT AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS.
AND SO WE'LL BE TALKING TO THEM ABOUT IF THERE'S A POTENTIAL PARTNERSHIP, UM, WITH THIS P S H, IF THERE'S ANY WAY WE CAN PARTNER WITH THEM WITH THEIR P S H DOLLARS AND OUR P SR.
SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT WILL BE DISCUSSED.
UM, SO AGAIN, WE HAVE $25 MILLION FROM OUR BOND.
WE HAVE HUD CONTINUUM OF CARE FUNDS THAT WERE MADE AVAILABLE AND UP TO SIX AND A HALF MILLION IN HOME MAR FOR THIS CATEGORY ALONE.
WE ARE RECOMMENDING ALL FUNDS MAY HAVE MADE AVAILABLE THIS FALL IF THERE ARE PROJECTS READY TO GO, WE WANNA HAVE FUNDS ENOUGH BECAUSE THESE TYPES OF PROJECTS DO REQUIRE A LOT OF SUBSIDY BE BUILT FOR THIS PROGRAM.
WE ALSO, UM, INCREASED POINTS FOR DEVELOPMENT EXPERIENCE AND WE INCREASED POINTS IN THE SUSTAINABILITY CATEGORY.
WE DID THAT BY REDUCING THE POINTS IN THE GAP REQUEST.
UM, THIS ALSO HAS, UH, THREE MEMBERS FROM OUR CITIZEN BOND COMMITTEE, TWO COMMITTEE MEMBERS, AND THE CO-CHAIR IS ALSO PARTICIPATING IN HER CAPACITY WITH THE SAN ANTONIO REGIONAL ALLIANCE FOR THE HOMELESS.
AND THEN WE HAVE OUR ADVISORY MEMBERS AS WELL.
SO THAT CONCLUDES MY INFORMATION ON THE BOND R F P AND I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO SARAH SEY, OUR HOUSING ADMINISTRATOR, SO SHE CAN TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE DISPLACEMENT IMPACT ASSESSMENT.
GOOD AFTERNOON COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MAYOR, THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.
UM, I'M GONNA TRANSITION US NOW TO SORT OF A SPECIAL COMPONENT OF THE R F P, UM, AND WALK YOU THROUGH WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
EVERYONE'S LOOKING AT ERIC, LIKE MAYBE HE WAS GONNA SAY SOMETHING.
SO WHAT IS THE DISPLACEMENT IMPACT ASSESSMENT? THIS IS A COMPONENT OF THE R F P THAT IS REQUIRED FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION, UM, DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE SEEKING FUNDING.
UM, AND IT IS A PILOT IMPORTANTLY FOR UNDERSTANDING THE VULNERABILITY IN THE AREA AROUND, UM, WHERE THESE DEVELOPMENTS ARE PROPOSED.
SO I WANNA EMPHASIZE THAT IT'S NOT A CRYSTAL BALL THAT WILL TELL US WITH ANY KIND OF CERTAINTY.
UM, IF YOU COUNSEL DO THIS, THEN THIS WILL HAPPEN, BUT IT DOES GIVE US, UM, YOU AND THE SCORING COMMITTEES A LOT OF INFORMATION ABOUT HOW TO THOUGHTFULLY MAKE INVESTMENTS IN OUR COMMUNITIES.
SO, UM, THIS TOOL IS AN INFORMATION GATHERING COMPONENT THAT CONSISTS OF TWO PARTS, AN INITIAL SCREENING THAT EVERY NEW CONSTRUCTION DEVELOPMENT WILL COMPLETE, AND A SECONDARY SCREENING, UM, THAT SOME APPLICANTS WILL COMPLETE BASED ON THEIR RESPONSES TO THE FIRST.
AND IT'S A LITTLE BIT UNIQUE COMPARED TO THE OTHER ELEMENTS OF THE R F P AND THAT IT'S NOT FOCUSING ON THE PROPOSAL ITSELF, BUT RATHER THE NEIGHBORHOOD AROUND IT.
SO AS WE BEGAN THIS PROJECT, WE DID SO WITH SOME DIRECTION FROM THE COUNCIL, FROM THE COUNCIL AND THE CITIZEN BOND COMMITTEES IN MIND, UH, NAMELY REQUIRING IT FOR THOSE NEW CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS THAT WE CONDUCT IT BEFORE AN AWARD IS CONSIDERED.
SO THIS ISN'T ANALOGOUS TO THINGS
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LIKE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENTS THAT WE TYPICALLY DO AFTER WE'RE DOING IT BEFORE.AND THEN LASTLY, UM, WE WANT TO ADD NEITHER TIME NOR COST TO THE APPLICATION PROCESS.
SO, UM, WHAT ARE WE EVEN TALKING ABOUT WHEN WE SAY DISPLACEMENT, RIGHT? UM, WE AT THE CITY THINK OF IT IN SORT OF TWO BUCKETS.
THE FIRST BEING DIRECT DISPLACEMENT.
THIS IS PROBABLY WHAT COMES TO MIND FOR YOU WHEN YOU HEAR THE TERM.
THINGS LIKE FORECLOSURES, EVICTIONS, UM, YOU KNOW, BUILDING CLOSURES FOR REPAIRS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, WE'VE BEEN UNDER VERY CLEAR DIRECTION, AS YOU HEARD, HEARD FROM VERONICA GARCIA, THAT, UH, WE WON'T BE FUNDING PROJECTS THAT CAUSE DIRECT DISPLACEMENT.
SO THEN THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS TOOL IS IN SENSING, UH, WHERE INDIRECT DISPLACEMENT MIGHT BE AT PLAY.
AND A LOT OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS USE THE TERM GENTRIFICATION FOR THIS.
IT JUST MEANS THAT AS HOUSING COSTS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD ARE RISING, THE FOLKS WHO CURRENTLY LIVE THERE ARE MOVING OUT AND THE FOLKS WHO TAKE THEIR PLACE HAVE HIGHER INCOMES THAN THE NEIGHBORHOOD'S NO LONGER AFFORDABLE.
SO HERE'S SORT OF A VISUAL DEPICTION OF HOW THIS TOOL WILL FUNCTIONALLY WORK.
IF I'M A DEVELOPER, UM, SEEKING FUNDS FOR MY NEW CONSTRUCTION PROJECT, THEN I WILL COMPLETE THOSE THREE SIMPLE QUESTIONS IN THAT INITIAL SCREENING IN MY R F P.
AND FROM THAT IT COULD BE DETERMINED THAT I'M BUILDING IN AN AREA THAT'S PRETTY LOW RISK.
THERE'S NOT A LOT OF INDICATORS OF VULNERABILITY THERE.
AND WE'LL FORWARD THAT RECOMMENDATION ONTO THE SCORING COMMITTEE, OR IN THAT INITIAL SCREENING, WE COULD SEE THAT MAYBE WE WANNA LOOK CLOSER AT THIS AREA WHERE THIS IS PROPOSED.
UM, SO WE LOOK AT IT ACROSS A NUMBER OF INDICATORS.
WE COULD STILL DETERMINE THAT THAT'S LOW RISK OR WE COULD SURFACE, UM, A NUMBER OF FACTORS OF VULNERABILITY IN THAT AREA THAT LEAD US TO BELIEVE MAYBE IT'S A MODERATE OR HIGH.
AND WE WANNA LOOK A LITTLE BIT MORE CLOSELY AT THE PROPOSAL, UM, TO INTRODUCE SOME POSSIBLE CHANGES OR MITIGATION, UM, ALONG BEFORE WE GO TO THE SCORING COMMITTEE.
SO HERE IS A GLIMPSE OF WHAT THAT INITIAL SCREENING WOULD LOOK LIKE.
AND AGAIN, THE PURPOSE OF THIS IS NOT TO, UM, CONTRIBUTE A SCORE TO THE R F P, BUT JUST TO SEE WHO WE DO A FIRST AND SECOND ASSESSMENT ON.
SO THE FIRST QUESTION IS, DOES THE PROJECT DIRECTLY DISPLACE ANY EXISTING RESIDENTS ON SITE? AS WE KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE NOT PROVIDING FUNDING.
SO A YES ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION WOULD BE DISQUALIFYING IN THE THAT CASE.
THE SECOND IS, IS THE SITE LOCATED IN THE CENSUS TRACT THAT IS AT RISK? AND I'LL EXPLAIN WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IN A MOMENT.
AND LASTLY, WOULD THE PROJECT INCREASE THE CENSUS TRACK POPULATION BY 10% OR MORE? SO A YES RESPONSE TO EITHER OF THOSE QUESTIONS WOULD NOT NEED TO BE BOTH WOULD, UH, LEAD STAFF TO CONDUCT A SECONDARY ASSESSMENT ON THAT NEIGHBORHOOD AROUND WHERE THE DEVELOPMENT'S PROPOSED.
SO, UM, WHEN I MENTIONED, I WOULD TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT CENSUS TRACKS AT RISK.
SO OVER THE LAST, GOSH, THREE YEARS PRE COVID, WE STARTED WORKING WITH METRO HEALTH, UM, AND SEVERAL OTHER DEPARTMENTS AROUND THE CITY TO TRY TO GET A SENSE OF WHERE IS, UH, DISPLACEMENT PRESSURE RISING IN OUR CITY MORE THAN OTHER AREAS.
AND SO THE YELLOW TRACKS YOU SEE IN THIS PICTURE, UM, SHOW WHAT WE FOUND WHEN WE USED CENSUS DATA TO SHOW US THAT INFORMATION.
SO THE YELLOW TRACKS THAT YOU SEE ON THIS SCREEN HAVE HOUSING COSTS THAT ARE RISING FASTER THAN THE CITY AS A WHOLE, AND, UH, POPULATIONS WITH LOWER INCOMES, GREATER LIKELIHOOD TO BE PEOPLE OF COLOR AND FEWER PEOPLE WITH HIGHER EDUCATION.
SO WE DIDN'T PULL THIS METHODOLOGY KIND OF OUT OF ANYWHERE.
WE USED THE URBAN DISPLACEMENT PROJECTS METHODS FOR DOING THIS.
THERE ARE MANY CITIES AROUND THE WORLD THAT USE THIS TOOL.
UM, AND THIS IS WHAT WE GET WHEN WE APPLY IT TO SAN ANTONIO.
AND THIS HAS CHANGED OVER TIME.
SO IT'S, UM, DATA FROM 2010 TO PRESENT.
SO THE NEXT, UH, PHASE OF OUR SCREENING IS THE SECONDARY PART.
AND THIS IS REALLY THE MEAT OF THE DISPLACEMENT IMPACT ASSESSMENT, WHERE WE'RE ACTUALLY LOOKING FOR, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE THE DRIVERS OF HOUSING STABILITY IN THIS AREA, UM, WHAT COULD WE SEE IF WE LOOK AT IT BY THESE LENSES? SO WE HAVE SIX CATEGORIES FOR ASSESSMENT, SOCIOECONOMIC HOUSING, INVENTORY TAX EXEMPTIONS AND AFFORDABILITY, COVENANTS BUILT ENVIRONMENT, MARKET ACTIVITY, AND EVICTIONS AND FORECLOSURES.
AND SO THERE ARE INDICATORS WITHIN THOSE THINGS, BUT THE GIST OF IT IS WE ARE COMPARING OUR, YOU KNOW, AREA AROUND WHERE THIS DEVELOPMENT IS AGAINST THE CITY AS A WHOLE.
AND EVERY TIME THAT WE SEE THAT THIS AREA HAS HIGHER INDICES OF VULNERABILITY THAN THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE, IT'S A POINT AND LESS POINTS EQUAL LOWER RISK.
SO THAT THEN, OOPS, I GOT AHEAD OF MYSELF.
SO I DO WANNA CLARIFY TOO, THAT THIS IS NOT A, IT'S AN INFORMATION GATHERING TOOL FOR THE R F P NOT SCORED.
SO POINTS IN THIS CASE TRANSLATE TO RISK LEVEL IN AN AREA FOR DISPLACEMENT, NOT TWO POINTS ON THE R F P.
SO I'M GONNA WALK YOU THROUGH JUST SOME EXAMPLES OF WHAT'S IN EACH OF THESE SIX BUCKETS
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THAT I SHARED ON THE SCREEN.UM, THE FIRST BEING SOCIOECONOMIC, THIS IS, UM, JUST INFORMATION ABOUT WHO'S LIVING IN THE AREA TODAY.
UH, INCOMES, RACE, AGE ABILITIES, ALL OF THOSE SORTS OF INFORMATION, NONE OF THE INDICATORS IN THIS BUCKET HAVE ANY SORT OF POINT VALUE TO THEM.
UM, BUT THEY'RE IMPORTANT TO KNOW IF WE WANNA TALK ABOUT, UH, HOW WE CAN MAKE THIS PROJECT BEST LOOK LIKE THE FOLKS IN THE, IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND SO AN EXAMPLE INDICATOR FROM THAT WOULD BE, IS THERE A HIGHER PROPORTION OF RENTERS IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD COMPARED TO HOMEOWNERS? WE KNOW THAT JUST BY VIRTUE OF THEIR TENURE TYPE IN THEIR HOUSING OWNERS ARE RENTERS ARE A LITTLE BIT MORE VULNERABLE, UM, TO PRESSURES OF THE MARKET.
THIRD BUCKET, WE'RE LOOKING AT TAX EXEMPTIONS AND AFFORDABILITY COVENANTS.
EXAMPLE QUESTIONS WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, ARE WE SEEING, UH, PEOPLE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF TAX EXEMPTIONS OR TAX FREEZES AT THE RATE WE WOULD EXPECT GIVEN THE CITY AS A WHOLE? AND ALSO, UM, IS THERE AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR RENTERS IN THE AREA? AND I CAPITALIZED AFFORDABLE HOUSING ON HERE INTENTIONALLY, UM, BECAUSE WE KNOW WHEN HOUSING IS AFFORDABLE, IT HAS A COVENANT ON IT, WHICH MEANS THAT, UM, RENTS WON'T BE RAISED JUST SORT OF ARBITRARILY, RIGHT? FOURTH BUCKET IS BUILT ENVIRONMENT CONDITIONS.
SO WE WANNA KNOW, UH, USING VCA DATA, IS THERE LOTS OF DEFERRED MAINTENANCE IN THIS AREA? IS THERE SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD BE WORRIED ABOUT FOR BOTH SINGLE FAMILY AND MULTIFAMILY MARKET ACTIVITY? WE'RE LOOKING AT RECENT DEVELOPMENT IN THE AREA.
UM, WHAT'S THE PROPORTION THAT'S BUILT IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS PER SE? AND ALSO, UM, GETTING A SENSE OF WHAT CURRENT RENTERS AND CURRENT HOMEOWNERS ARE PAYING FOR THEIR HOUSING.
AND LASTLY, WE WANNA KNOW ABOUT THE PREVALENCY OF EVICTION AND FORECLOSURE IN THE AREA.
SO THOSE ARE THE BROAD BUCKETS, UM, OF INFORMATION THAT WE'LL BE LOOKING AT.
SO THAT'S HOW THIS ULTIMATELY PLAYS OUT.
THERE ARE 12 POSSIBLE POINTS FROM THAT ASSESSMENT.
UH, ZERO TO SIX WOULD BE A LOW RISK GOES ONTO THE SCORING COMMITTEE.
UM, SEVEN TO 12 STILL GOES ONTO THE SCORING COMMITTEE, BUT WITH THAT FLAG THAT, HEY, WE MIGHT WANNA LOOK AT THIS PROPOSAL AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH THIS DEVELOPER TO ENSURE THAT THERE'S MAXIMUM BENEFIT GOING INTO THIS AREA.
SO YOU HEARD VERONICA TALK ABOUT, UM, ALL OF THE COMMUNITY MEETINGS THAT WE HAD AND THE DISPLACEMENT IMPACT ASSESSMENT WENT RIGHT ALONGSIDE THE BOND IN THESE CONVERSATIONS.
AND WE GOT A LOT OF REALLY AWESOME FEEDBACK FROM FOLKS.
SO WE MADE SOME CHANGES TO THE INDICATORS THAT WE STARTED WITH.
UM, FIRST WE ADDED DATA ON RENOVATIONS, REMODELS, AND DEMOLITIONS.
WE REMOVED, UM, PROXIMITY TO A PHYSICAL BARRIER, UM, AS WELL AS THE NUMBER OF VOUCHER HOLDERS IN THE AREA.
AND THAT WAS PRIMARILY FOR LOGISTICAL REASONS.
AND THEN LASTLY, THERE WERE A LOT OF GOOD IDEAS, UM, FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS ABOUT THINGS TO LOOK AT FOR FUTURE ITERATIONS OF THE TOOL.
SO, UM, A LOT OF THAT DATA IS FROM BCA AND WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM TO FIGURE OUT, YOU KNOW, HOW COULD WE INCORPORATE THE VALUE OF UNDEVELOPED LAND IN AN AREA? UM, HOW COULD WE BETTER FLAG INVESTOR ACTIVITY LIKE A PURCHASE BY AN L L C? AND LASTLY, UM, YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW EVERYTHING IN THE TOOL IS KIND OF WORTH THE SAME WEIGHT.
IF IT'S MORE VULNERABLE, IT GETS A POINT.
IF IT'S LESS VULNERABLE, IT DOESN'T.
UM, BUT WE COULD EXPLORE WEIGHING THE INDICATORS SO THAT THEY HAVE DIFFERENT VALUES.
UM, AND SOME OF THE DATA WE CONSOLIDATED A LITTLE BIT JUST BASED ON THE CONDITION OF IT.
SO THE TIMELINE TRACKS RIGHT ALONG WITH THE BOND.
THIS WILL BE PART OF THE R F P THAT LAUNCHES ON THE 19TH.
BUT THE IMPORTANT THING I WANNA CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO IS THAT, UM, THIS IS A PILOT REALLY IN THE TRUEST SENSE OF THE WORD.
THERE ISN'T, UM, ANOTHER COMMUNITY THAT DOES SOMETHING UM, LIKE THIS IN THE WAY THAT WE INTEND TO DO IT, WHICH IS VERY EXCITING.
BUT IT ALSO MEANS THAT DURING THIS PILOT PHASE, WE REALLY WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE HITTING THE INTENT OF THE COUNCIL AND BOND COMMITTEE IN THIS.
SO, UM, WE WILL BE WATCHING THIS CLOSELY AS WE GO THROUGH THESE FIRST TWO ROUNDS OF BOND FUNDING.
UM, AND LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU ON YOUR QUESTIONS.
ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, UH, FOR THE PRESENTATION.
LOOKING FORWARD TO THE FEEDBACK FROM, UH, MY COLLEAGUES.
UH, FIRST LET ME THANK, UH, FOLKS WHO ARE HERE TODAY, UH, WHO HAVE WEIGHED INTO THIS PROCESS.
WE HAD 40 PLUS MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY THAT HAVE BEEN WORKING TOWARDS THIS, UH, R F P PROCESS.
I WANNA THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK.
UH, WE ALSO HAVE MEMBERS OF THE HOUSING COMMISSION WHO ARE HERE AS PREVIOUSLY NOTED, OUR CHAIR, SHIRLEY GONZALEZ, AS WELL AS NIKKI AND PETE FROM THE THE HOUSING COMMISSION.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE AND FOR YOUR WORK, UH, ON THIS VERY IMPORTANT ISSUE.
UM, SO FOR, FOR ME, UH, I DON'T WANT TO FORGET THAT WE ARE BEGINNING A PROCESS THAT REALLY STARTED, UH, IN EARNEST SEVERAL YEARS AGO WITH THE FORMATION OF THE TASK FORCE AND ULTIMATELY THE POLICY FRAMEWORK THAT WAS ADOPTED BY COUNCIL IN 2018, UH, THAT PAVED THE WAY FOR THE STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.
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HISTORIC WHAT WE'RE ABOUT TO DO HERE IN RELEASING THE RFPS FOR THE HOUSING BOND OUR FIRST EVER AS A CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, AND AN ACTUAL HOUSING BOND OF $150 MILLION THAT VOTERS OVERWHELMINGLY APPROVED IN MAY.UM, SO THERE'S A COUPLE THINGS THAT I I WANT TO EMPHASIZE.
UH, NUMBER ONE, NOT ONLY IS THAT HISTORIC, BUT ALSO THERE'S A DRAMATIC NEED.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE HOUSING, UH, POLICY FRAMEWORK AND THE STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, THIS IS ONE OF SEVERAL TOOLS THAT WE'LL BE USING TO ADDRESS THE NEED.
AND THE NEED IS GROWING EVERY SINGLE DAY.
UM, WE, IN FACT, IF THIS HOUSING BOND IS SUCCESSFUL, WE'LL BE PUSHING FORWARD ANOTHER BOND AS PART OF THE STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN'S GOALS, UH, THAT WILL OCCUR IN, UH, LIKELY IN THE 2027, EXCUSE ME, 2027 BOND CYCLE.
ALL THAT WILL BE MADE POSSIBLE THOUGH FIRST BY ENSURING THAT THIS ONE IS SUCCESSFUL.
AND THAT'S WHERE MY HEAD IS RIGHT NOW.
AND, AND MARK, I SEE YOU NODDING YOUR HEAD BECAUSE YOU'RE LIVING THAT REALITY EVERY SINGLE DAY WITH AN ECOSYSTEM THAT IS STILL QUITE A BIT DISJOINTED IN TRYING TO GET ALL THESE PIECES ALIGNED.
UH, WE HAVE, UH, A SIGNIFICANT HOUSING BURDEN AND A HOUSING COST BURDEN THAT RISES EVERY DAY FOR THE MOST VULNERABLE MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ADDRESS.
AND SO WE ARE TRYING TO ENSURE THE PRESERVATION AND PRODUCTION OF HOUSING THAT IS AFFORDABLE IN EVERY RESPECT, IN EVERY INCOME LEVEL.
UH, WE ALSO HAVE AN IMMEDIATE NEED TO GET THESE RFPS OUT, UH, SO WE CAN BEGIN THE PRODUCTION AND PRESERVATION ACTIVITIES BECAUSE IT'S NEEDED YESTERDAY.
UM, WE ALSO KNOW THAT THERE ARE EXISTING HOUSING PROJECTS THAT ARE IN THE PIPELINE, UH, THAT HAVE BEEN MADE POSSIBLE BY PROGRAMS EXISTING LIKE T D H C A THAT ARE EX, THAT ARE AT RISK OF FAILING BECAUSE OF RISING COSTS.
SO NOT ONLY WE ARE FIGHTING THE BATTLE OF LOSS OF EXISTING STOCK AND THE NEED FOR NEW STOCK, THE NEED TO EXIST, UH, TO PRESERVE EXISTING STOCK, BUT WE'VE GOT NEW STOCK ARRIVING THAT COULD FALL OFF OF THE INVENTORY IMMEDIATELY JUST BECAUSE OF RISING COSTS.
SO TO WRAP ALL THAT UP INTO ONE PRIORITY FOR ME, IT IS WE'VE GOTTA IDENTIFY THE PROJECTS THAT ARE MOST READY THAT CAN BE DEPLOYED AND CAN PRODUCE AFFORDABLE HOUSING AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
THAT'S FOR ME WHY I THINK WE NEED TO EMPHASIZE IN THE BALANCE OF THE SCORING PROJECT READINESS, UH, AS MUCH AS AFFORDABILITY, UH, OBVIOUSLY NOT AT THE SAME LEVEL, BUT PROJECT READINESS IS ABSOLUTELY KEY.
SO THE GAP FINANCING, UH, THE FACT THAT THE PLANS ARE READY TO GO, PERHAPS AN EXISTING PROJECT THAT IS ABOUT TO LOSE, UH, ITS ABILITY TO, TO UH, BE DEVELOPED BECAUSE OF THE RISING COSTS.
THOSE ARE THE PROJECTS THAT I THINK WE NEED TO EMPHASIZE.
UM, I DO APPRECIATE THAT WE ARE STAYING TRUE TO THE SHIP GOALS WITH RESPECT TO, UM, UH, ADDING POINTS FOR NONPROFITS.
I DO WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IT'S IN BALANCE, HOWEVER, SO IF WE HAVE TO PUSH A LITTLE HERE AND PULL A LITTLE ELSEWHERE, IN MY VIEW, IF WE'RE GIVING POINTS FOR NONPROFITS AND WE'RE ALSO GIVING A LITTLE BIT OF POINTS FOR PARTNERSHIP WITH NONPROFITS, WE DON'T HAVE TO EMPHASIZE THE NONPROFIT PORTION AS MUCH IF WE GIVE MORE TO THE PROJECT READINESS.
SO I WOULD PROBABLY REMOVE THE ADDITIONAL POINTS WE GAVE TO THE NONPROFITS THAT PUSHES IT TO 15, BRING IT BACK TO 10 SO WE CAN BRING REEMPHASIZE THE PROJECT READINESS.
BECAUSE FROM A VOTER STANDPOINT, IF WE DON'T GET, IF WE DON'T MAKE SURE THAT THIS PROJECT PRODUCES WHAT WE PROMISED TO THE VOTERS IN TERMS OF HOUSING AFFORDABILITY AND WITHIN THE FIVE-YEAR WINDOW AS SOON AS WE POSSIBLY CAN TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE, WE'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO GO BACK AND ASK FOR MORE, UH, TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE.
SO, UM, THAT'S WHERE MY HEAD IS AND, AND SEEING THE PRESENTATION, I THINK IT'S GREAT WORK.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO, UH, SEEING THESE PROJECTS COME FORWARD.
BUT, BUT I DO THINK THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE BALANCE A LITTLE BIT MORE.
UM, ALSO LOOKING FORWARD TO MY COLLEAGUES' COMMENTS.
SO LET ME BEGIN THE DISCUSSION NOW.
WE'LL START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHE GARCIA.
UM, VERONICA AND SARAH, I APPRECIATE, UM, ALL OF THE WORK THAT YOU ALL DID THIS MORNING.
WE HAD A PRESENTATION AT I G R AND, AND COUNCILMAN, UH, ELIAS INVITED SOME OF OUR MEMBERS OF OUR LOCAL STATE DELEGATION AND, UM, SENATOR MENENDEZ AND ALSO REPRESENTATIVE AL SPOKE ABOUT THE
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IMPORTANCE OF HOUSING AFFORDABILITY.AND SO WE REALLY APPRECIATED THAT THEY WERE ON THE SAME PAGE.
UM, I THINK COUNCILMAN PEZ AND I ARE GONNA BE MEETING WITH, UH, SOME OF OUR FEDERAL LOBBYISTS LATER TODAY, AND I HAVE SOME IDEAS AS WELL TO SEE HOW WE CAN, UM, MAKE THAT PUSH AS WELL AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL.
BUT I WANTED TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE WORK WE'RE DOING WITH THIS BOND AND SPECIFICALLY WITH THIS DISPLACEMENT IMPACT ASSESSMENT IS A CULMINATION OF YEARS OF WORK AND COLLABORATION.
COUNCILMAN GONZALEZ, WHO IS ALSO HERE, UM, RESIDENTS FROM OUR CITY, MADE A CALL TO ACTION TO PREVENT DISPLACEMENT COSTS BY GENTRIFICATION AND RISING PROPERTY TAX TO INVEST PUBLIC DOLLARS IN THE REHABILITATION OF HOMES TO INVEST IN TRULY AFFORDABLE MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING AND TO SUPPORT OUR MOST DISADVANTAGED NEIGHBORS.
AND TODAY, I CLEARLY HEARD, AND I HAVE HEARD THIS FROM VERONICA, THAT WE WILL NOT BE INVESTING IN HOUSING THAT CAUSES DISPLACEMENT.
AGAIN, WE WILL NOT BE INVESTING IN HOUSING THAT CAUSES DISPLACEMENT.
AND I THINK THAT THAT HELPS OUR RESIDENTS FEEL VERY COMFORTABLE, RIGHT? AND THE FACT THAT THEY, UH, BELIEVED IN THIS ENOUGH TO PASS THIS HOUSING BOND FOR THE FIRST TIME, THE HISTORIC BOND, WHICH I AGREE WITH THE MAYOR, IF, UM, WE GET THIS RIGHT, THEN THEY'LL LET US DO IT AGAIN.
THIS NEXT GO AROUND AND WE KNOW THAT IT'S NEEDED.
THE VOTERS ENTRUSTED US WITH TWO AFFORDABLE HOUSING BONDS AND A CHARTER, UH, AMENDMENT TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH THIS GOAL.
SO I THINK THAT WE OWE THEM A LOT AND THEY DESERVE THE BEST THAT WE CAN DO.
SO THANK YOU FOR ADJUSTING THE POINTS TO AFFORDABILITY.
I KNOW THAT I, I SAID LAST TIME AT P C D C THAT IT WASN'T RIGHT NOT TO HAVE THE MOST POINTS GOING TOWARDS AFFORDABILITY BECAUSE THIS IS A HOUSING BOND FOCUSED ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
WITH THAT, UM, I SIT, UH, ALSO ON THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING TRUST AND PUBLIC, UH, FINANCE CORPORATION.
AND ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES, UH, SENT ME A, UH, JORDAN GALLWAY SENT ME A STUDY THE NATIONAL, UH, LOW INCOME HOUSING COALITION REPORT LAST NIGHT, AND IT'S THEIR 2022 REPORT, AND I DON'T WANT EVERYBODY TO HAVE TO READ IT.
SO I WAS GOING TO JUST READ SOME HIGHLIGHTS OF IT AS WE MAKE OUR CASE.
BUT, UM, THE REPORT SAYS THAT THE AVERAGE MONTHLY FAIR MARKET RENTS FOR A ONE BEDROOM OR TWO BEDROOM RENTAL HOME ARE 1,105 AND 1,342 RESPECTIVELY.
HOWEVER, THE REPORT SHOWS THAT RENTS ARE MUCH HIGHER THAN MANY RENTERS CAN OBVIOUSLY AFFORD.
AND 11 OF THE COUNTRY'S LARGEST OCCUPATIONS ACCOUNTING FOR MORE THAN ONE THIRD OF ALL THE WORKERS PAY MEDIAN WAGES THAT ARE LESS THAN THE ONE BEDROOM HOUSING WAGE, UM, THAT CAN BE AFFORDED.
AND IN MOST AREAS, A FAMILY OF FOUR WITH A POVERTY LEVEL HOUSEHOLD INCOME CAN AFFORD A MONTHLY RENT OF NO MORE THAN $694, ASSUMING THE HOUSEHOLD CAN MANAGE TO SPEND 30% ON ITS INCOME HOUSING.
AND SO THAT IS CRITICAL AND I WANTED TO TO POINT THAT OUT.
AND THEN INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES WHO RELY ON, UH, SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOMES, THEY CAN ONLY AFFORD A RENT OF $252.
A HOUSEHOLD RECEIVING THE AVERAGE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE BENEFIT CAN AFFORD A RENT OF NO MORE THAN $529 PER MONTH.
AND SINCE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE IS DETERMINED AS AN INDIVIDUAL'S PAST WAGES, WORKERS WHO HAD BEEN MAKING THE MINIMUM WAGE BEFORE LOSING THEIR JOBS RECEIVE EVEN LESS.
AND WE KNOW THAT PAYMENTS VARY BY STATE.
SO EVEN AMONG THOSE THAT ARE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO AFFORD, UM, THESE HOMES, LOW WAGE WORKERS ARE OFTEN ONE MISSED PAYCHECK AWAY AND ONE UNEXPECTED EXPENSE AWAY FROM NOT BEING ABLE TO PAY THEIR RENT.
STABLE AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS A PREREQUISITE FOR BASIC WELLBEING, I DO BELIEVE, AND THAT WAS DIRECTLY FROM THE REPORT.
SO I WANTED TO TO POINT THAT OUT.
AND IN TERMS OF OCCUPATIONS, THEY HAVE A BEAUTIFUL CHART OF 11 OF THE 25 LARGEST OCCUPATIONS THAT PAY LESS THAN THE HOUSING WAGE.
SO THAT MEANS THAT OUR NEIGHBORS WHO ARE SECRETARIES AND ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANTS CAN'T AFFORD HOUSING.
IT MEANS THAT SOME OF OUR FINANCIAL CLERKS CAN'T AFFORD HOUSING.
IT MEANS THAT PEOPLE IN PRODUCTION OCCUPATIONS AND ANOTHER ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT WORKERS CAN'T AFFORD HOUSING INFORMATION AND RECORD CLERKS MATERIAL, MOVING WORKERS BUILDING, CLEANING AND PEST CONTROL, WORKERS HOME HEALTH AND PERSONAL HEALTH AIDES, NURSING ASSISTANTS, ORDERLIES AND PSYCHIATRIC AIDES CAN'T AFFORD HOUSING COOKS AND FOOD PREPARATION WORKERS, RETAIL SALES WORKERS, FOOD AND BEVERAGE SERVING WORKERS CAN'T AFFORD HOUSING.
THESE ARE THE RESIDENTS THAT WE REPRESENT.
I WANTED TO MAKE SURE, AGAIN, SO THAT YOU ALL, FOR THE BENEFIT OF YOU ALL NOT HAVING TO READ THE REPORT, THAT WE CONTINUE ADVOCATING FOR STRONGER HOUSING SAFETY AS IT'S REQUIRED BY A LOT OF OUR RESIDENTS.
AND THEN I DO THINK THAT WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, AGREE WITH THE FOLKS IN, IN, IN THE REPORT SAYING THAT CONGRESS MUST INVEST IN SOLUTIONS TO PRESERVE AND EXPAND THE SUPPLY OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
UM, SO THINGS LIKE THE NATIONAL HOUSING TRUST, OUR REFERENCE, AND BECAUSE IT BUILDS AND REHABILITATES AND PRESERVES CURRENT HOUSING FOR THE PEOPLE WITH THE LOWEST INCOME SHOULD BE AT THE TOP OF OUR AGENDA WHEN WE'RE PUSHING THAT FEDERAL LEGISLATIVE AGENDA.
AND THEN IN CLOSING WITH THAT REPORT, UM, WE HAVE A VERY NICE MAP.
UH, IT'S A SAD MAP, BUT THE HOURS AT MINIMUM WAGE THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO WORK THE RESIDENTS IN SAN ANTONIO WOULD HAVE TO WORK, WOULD
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BE MORE THAN 80, UM, 80 HOURS PER WEEK AT MINIMUM WAGE.AND SO SADLY, YOU SEE KIND OF LIKE THE DEEPER BLUE, THAT'S THE 80, BUT MOST OF OURS WOULD BE, EVEN, EVEN THE LOWEST ONE WOULD BE 60 HOURS PLUS.
SO I WANTED TO PAINT THAT REALITY, RIGHT? SO THERE'S A PROBLEM ACROSS THE NATION, BUT FOR OUR RESIDENTS, WHAT IT MEANS, UM, IS THAT WE HAVE TO TAKE THESE DIFFICULT DECISIONS.
WE HAVE TO HAVE THESE DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS AND SEE WHERE WE COULD BENEFIT MOST BY INVESTING THESE DOLLARS, RIGHT? THESE DOLLARS THAT THE, THE, THE PUBLIC HAS INTERESTED US TO US TO ENTRUSTED US TO DO.
SO, I'M PLEASED TO SEE THAT SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT, UM, WERE ALREADY MADE FROM P C D C AND FROM THE PUBLIC FEEDBACK.
I'VE ATTENDED, UH, JUST ONE MEETING, BUT MY STAFF HAS ALSO BEEN PRESENT, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
AFFORDABILITY IS NOW THE LEANING CATEGORY.
LIKE I MENTIONED EARLIER IN FOUR CATEGORIES, ADDING CONSIDERATION FOR SINGLE HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD IS CRITICAL.
SO WE HAVE A LOT OF SINGLE PARENTS, SO THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT.
THE REMOVAL OF SCHOOL ACCOUNTABILITY RATING CONSIDERATIONS WAS IMPORTANT TO ME BECAUSE I REPRESENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT HAVE B'S AND C'S.
UM, ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON WHAT SUSTAINABILITY MEANS, AND I KNOW MY COLLEAGUE COUNCILMAN BRAVO SPECIFICALLY ASKED FOR THE BUILD SAN ANTONIO GREEN LEVEL TWO AND WHAT THAT MEANT.
SO THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING THAT SLIDE TODAY.
AND THEN THE HOUSING BOND COMMITTEE MEMBERS, UM, BEING ABLE TO PARTICIPATE ON SCORING TEAMS WAS IMPORTANT TO ME AS WELL.
UH, AND THEN MOST IMPORTANTLY, I APPRECIATE THE GREATER POINTS GOING TO, UH, FOLKS THAT ARE PROPOSING 30% A M I VERSUS 50% A M I I THINK THAT IT'S CRITICAL AGAIN, IN THIS.
CAN YOU, UM, MAYBE HELP ME, UM, UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT MORE WHAT HAPPENS TO A FAMILY WHEN THEY'RE COMBINED INCOME EXCEEDS THAT A M I CATEGORY? AND WHAT IF IT HAPPENS WITHIN THE YEAR? WOULD THE FAMILY BE ABLE TO STAY WITHIN THAT UNIT? SO IF THEY GET A PROMOTION OR A DIFFERENT JOB, THEY GO TO THE READY TO WORK PROGRAM AND GET BETTER WAGE? YEAH, THEY CAN, THEY CAN STAY IN A UNIT FOR A PERIOD OF TIME.
IF IT IS AN INCOME-BASED PROJECT, THE AMOUNT THAT THEY PAY FOR THAT UNIT WILL BE ADJUSTED BASED ON THEIR WAGE.
SO, UM, BUT IF THEY ARE IN A, IN A, IN A UNIT THAT'S SET ASIDE FOR FAMILIES, UM, THERE ARE CERTAIN PROJECTS THAT ALLOW 'EM TO STAY IN THERE AND THEN, UH, WHEN THEIR LEASE COMES UP, IF THEY'RE AT A DIFFERENT RATE, UM, THAT WOULD BE, THEY MAY HAVE TO UPGRADE TO A DIFFERENT UNIT.
WILL THE SCORING COMMITTEE MEETINGS BE POSTED AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, OR WILL THE RFPS BE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC TO, TO SEE THE R F P WILL BE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC.
UM, YOU DO, RIGHT NOW, YOU DO HAVE TO REGISTER AS A VENDOR IN ORDER TO ACCESS THE R F P.
UM, WE CAN LOOK AT MAKING THAT, UH, EASIER TO BE ACCESSED IF THAT'S A REQUEST.
UM, AND THE SCORING COMMITTEE MEETINGS ARE NOT GENERALLY OPEN TO THE PUBLIC USUALLY, UH, WE ALLOW THE COMMITTEE TO MEET.
THAT IS WHY THESE BRIEFINGS ARE SO IMPORTANT SO THAT WE GET THOSE PARAMETERS, WE PROVIDE THAT GUIDANCE TO THE COMMITTEE, AND THEN AT THAT POINT, WE REALLY WANT THEM TO, UH, FOCUS ON THE PROCESS OUTSIDE ANY OTHER INFLUENCES AND, AND, AND SCORE THE COMMITTEE, UH, THE PROPOSALS, UM, AS, AS WITH GUIDANCE THAT WE PROVIDE.
I THINK THAT ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO, UM, GIVE SOME ADDITIONAL TRANSPARENCY WILL BE IMPORTANT UNDER QUALITY ASSURANCE.
THERE'S A POINT ABOUT ANNUAL D S D INSPECTIONS, AND YOU MENTIONED THESE EARLIER, AND SO THESE ARE SURPRISE, UM, OR UNANNOUNCED VISITS.
UH, WHEN WE DO NEED THEM TO HAVE, UH, PAPERWORK FOR INCOME VERIFICATION, OF COURSE, WE'LL LET THEM KNOW, BUT WE CAN GO UNANNOUNCED VISITS AT ANY TIME.
AND THEN I'VE ALSO HEARD THE NEED TO, UM, MAKE SURE THAT THAT 30% A M I UNITS ARE NOT JUST EFFICIENCY UNITS OR ONE BEDROOM UNITS.
ARE WE MAKING THOSE CONSIDERATIONS AS WELL? YES, IN OUR CITY FEE WAIVER, UH, PROGRAM, WHICH, WHICH I KNOW IS NOT THE SAME THING, BUT WE DO PROVIDE THAT GUIDANCE TO RESPONDENTS THAT THE UNIT MIX THEY'RE PROPOSING OVERALL FOR THE PROJECT, UM, BE REFLECTED IN ALL OF THE AFFORDABLE UNITS AS WELL.
SO YOU CAN'T HAVE ALL YOUR AFFORDABLE UNITS AS EFFICIENCY AND ALL THE MARKET RATE OR THREE BEDROOMS, FOR EXAMPLE.
SO WE PROVIDE THAT SAME GUIDANCE, UM, TO RESPONDENTS OF THIS PROPOSAL AS WELL.
AND VERONICA, AT THE PUBLIC INPUT MEETINGS, WHAT DID THE RESIDENTS SAY? UM, THAT SHOULD BE LOWER PRIORITY IN CONSIDERATIONS WHEN WE ARE EVALUATING A PROJECT FOR DISPLACEMENT IMPACT.
I, I GUESS THIS MIGHT BE SARAH, FOR DISPLACEMENT IMPACT ASSESSMENT, THE, SOME OF THE LOWER PRIORITY CONCERNS HAD TO DO WITH, UM, UNDERDEVELOPED LAND AND THE CRITERIA THAT WE REMOVED.
SO, UM, IN THE INITIAL DRAFT THAT WE SHARED WITH THE PUBLIC, WE HAD THOUGHT ABOUT, WELL, IF THERE'S A PHYSICAL BARRIER, LIKE A FREEWAY OR SOMETHING THAT SORT OF SEPARATES WHERE THE DEVELOPMENT IS FROM NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, WOULD THAT BE OF INTEREST TO FOLKS? AND THE RESOUNDING ANSWER WE GOT WAS NO.
AND YOUR TEAM HASN'T USED THIS ASSESSMENT WITH PREVIOUS PROJECTS BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S NEW, RIGHT? SO WE HAVEN'T MEASURED THE EFFECTIVENESS NECESSARILY.
OUR INTENTION IS, BUT WE JUST WRAPPED UP OUR, UM, PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT ON WHAT INDICATORS NEED TO GO INTO THE TOOL LAST WEEK.
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SO NOW WE HAVE TO GATHER OUR DATA SETS SO THAT WE CAN DO THOSE KIND OF LOOK BACK ANALYSIS CHAIR.COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA, COUNCIL MEMBER KIO HDA.
AND THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
WE'RE IN A HISTORIC HOUSING CRISIS, AS EVERYBODY KNOWS, AND THAT SHOULD BE MET WITH BOLD ACTION.
RISING COSTS LIKE INFLATION AND RISING INTEREST RATES ARE MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO ADAPT.
I'M CONCERNED ABOUT OUR CURRENT CRISIS, OF COURSE, BUT AS WE ALL KNOW, SAN ANTONIO IS AN INCREASINGLY DESIRABLE PLACE TO LIVE, WORK, AND GROW A BUSINESS.
SO THE CRISIS IS ONLY GONNA DEEPEN AS FOLKS MOVE TO OUR GREAT CITY.
ALSO, JUST QUICKLY, UM, I'M ADDRESSING OUR SAN ANTONIO NEIGHBORHOODS AT THIS POINT.
WE HAVE TO START RETHINKING OUR HESITATION ON APARTMENT COMPLEXES.
THINK ABOUT THOSE WHO CANNOT AFFORD A HOME NOW, BUT CAN AFFORD AN APARTMENT FOR THEIR FAMILY WHILE THEY'RE WORKING AND GETTING A LEG UP.
OUR CRISIS WON'T BE RELIEVED WITH THE SAME RELUCTANT ATTITUDE WE SOMETIMES HAVE TO APARTMENTS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO I, I HOPE THAT THE CITY WILL CONTINUE TO EDUCATE AND, UM, AND OUR NEIGHBORHOODS WILL, WILL RETHINK SOME OF THAT HESITATION.
I ALWAYS SAY THAT THERE'S NO BOUNDARIES IN REAL LIFE.
WE'RE ALL CONNECTED, AND THAT GOES FOR OUR RENTERS AS WELL.
UM, I, YOU DID MENTION, I THINK IT WAS SLIDE THREE THAT THE FIRST FUNDING ROUND, UM, WELL, WELL, LET ME RESTART.
THE, THE FIRST FUNDING ROUND SHOULD FOCUS ON SHOVEL READY DEVELOPMENT.
THAT'S, THAT'S ONE OF, UH, MY PRIORITIES, UM, THAT WE'VE RECEIVED BOND RESERVATIONS, UH, OR TAX CREDIT AWARDS, AND MAY BE AT RISK OF LOSING THESE FUNDS.
UH, AND SO I THINK I SAW ON SLIDE THREE THAT THOSE DEVELOPMENTS ARE A PRIORITY.
COUNCILWOMAN, THAT WOULD BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION IN THE PROJECT READINESS AND THE LEVERAGING GAP REQUESTS, ALL OF THAT, AND THEY WOULD BE CONSIDERED PRIORITY.
ALSO, UM, YOU MENTIONED A REQUIREMENT THAT DEVELOPMENT MUST BREAK GROUND WITHIN, WITHIN NINE MONTHS.
IS, DID I HEAR THAT CORRECTLY? I'M SORRY, CAN YOU SAY THAT AGAIN? THAT THERE'S A REQUIREMENT THAT A DEVELOPMENT MUST BREAK GROUND WITHIN NINE MONTHS IN MONTHS, IS WHAT'S GONNA BE OUTLINED IN THE R F P.
IF THERE ARE, UH, YOU KNOW, DELAYS, SUPPLY CHAINS, FINANCING ISSUES, THEY CAN ASK FOR AN EXTENSION.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN LOOK AT.
UM, BUT THE GUIDELINES IN THE R F P WAS THAT THEY NEED TO BREAK GROUND WITHIN NINE MONTHS.
UH, I'M, I'M CURIOUS IF WE COULD TIGHTEN THAT UP TO SIX MONTHS.
WHAT, WHAT WAS THE MAGIC NUMBER WITH NINE? UH, WE JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE PROJECTS HAD ENOUGH TIME TO LINE UP ALL OF THEIR FINANCING, THAT THEY HAD ENOUGH TIME TO CLOSE.
UM, BUT THE EMPHASIS IS ON PROJECTS THAT ARE READY TO GO, AND, AND, AND WE CAN ADJUST THAT IF NEEDED.
I'D LIKE TO SEE IT SIX MONTHS.
I MEAN, LIKE YOU MENTIONED, IF THEY NEED AN EXTENSION, THEY CAN APPLY FOR ONE.
BUT, UM, AS MUCH AS WE CAN TIGHTEN UP THAT TIMEFRAME, UH, I MENTIONED EARLIER WE'RE IN A CRISIS, AND, AND, AND YOU, I THINK IN, EVEN IN YOUR PRESENTATION, THERE IS, UH, A INCREDIBLE SENSE OF URGENCY.
SO IF, IF THAT'S A POSSIBILITY, I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT.
UM, AND I KNOW THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF ANTICIPATION REGARDING BONDS ACROSS THE BOARD.
I'M INTERESTED SPECIFICALLY IN PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING BONDS.
YOU'VE, UH, YOU MENTIONED, UM, I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT SLIDE IT WAS, BUT I KNOW YOU TALKED ABOUT NONPROFITS WORKING WITH, UH, PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING REGARDING, UH, OUR HOUSELESS INDIVIDUALS.
UM, I, I'M REALLY INTERESTED IN FOSTER CHILDREN THAT ARE AGING OUTTA THE SYSTEM AND HAVING PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING FOR THEM.
HAVE YOU LINED UP ANY NONPROFITS, UH, FOR THAT PARTICULAR KIND OF HOUSING? AND ON THE SAME NOTE, HOW MUCH INTEREST FROM DEVELOPERS AND ORGANIZATIONS HAVE YOU SEEN RELATED TO PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING? SORRY, COUNCILMAN, YOU CUT OUT FOR A MOMENT.
UM, BUT I HEARD YOUR QUESTION OF ARE WE WORKING ALREADY WITH NONPROFITS ON THE PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS? AND WE DON'T HAVE, THERE ARE NONPROFITS THAT HAVE EXPRESSED AN INTEREST.
UH, THEY HAVE PROJECTS, AS YOU MENTIONED, THAT ARE SHOVEL READY IN THE WORKS READY TO GO.
WE DO THINK THEY MAY APPLY FOR BOND FUNDS IN THAT CATEGORY.
UM, BUT WE DON'T HAVE ANY, UM, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING THAT WE KNOW FOR SURE.
WE JUST HAVE SOME PROJECTS THAT ARE, HAVE EXPRESSED AN INTEREST IN NEEDING FUNDS IN ORDER TO EITHER BREAK GROUND ON ANOTHER PHASE OR MAKE A PROJECT THAT THEY HAVE IN MIND A REALITY.
ARE ANY OF THESE, UH, ORGANIZATIONS OR NONPROFITS SPECIFIC TO CHILDREN AGING, AGING OUT OF THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM? UM, NO.
I THINK THEY'RE MORE GENERAL FOR CHRONICALLY, UM, HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS, NOT NECESSARILY FOR THAT SUBSET IN PARTICULAR.
UM, BUT IT IS A QUESTION WE WILL ASK WITH THE R F P SOLICITATION PROCESS.
SO IF THEY DO HAVE A SET ASIDE OR THEY ARE LOOKING TO TARGET A CERTAIN GROUP, UM, THAT WILL BE CONSIDERED.
I'D LIKE TO PRIORITIZE, UM, UH, OR AT LEAST, YOU KNOW, AT THE TOP OF THE PRIORITY LIST, UH, THE PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING SPECIFICALLY FOR FOSTER YOUTH THAT ARE AGING OUT OF THE SYSTEM.
UM, A LOT OF US KNOW AND UNDERSTAND THAT AGING OUT OF THE FOSTER SYSTEM
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IS A PIPELINE TO BEING HOUSELESS.AND SO, I MEAN, WE MAY BE ABLE TO HEAD SOME OF THIS OFF IF WE SPECIFICALLY HAVE, UH, A NONPROFIT WHO WORKS WITH, UH, CHILDREN THAT ARE AGING OUT OF THE SYSTEM TO HELP THEM GET READY FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES, RIGHT? LIFE SKILLS, ALL KINDS OF, UM, UH, DEVELOPMENT AND TEACHING THAT THEY DIDN'T HAVE, UH, BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE, UM, A SUPPORT SYSTEM THAT, THAT SOME OF US HAVE HAD.
SO I'D LIKE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THAT.
I'LL TAKE IT OFFLINE WITH YOU, BUT I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT IN THE WORKS, IN THE PLANS IN THE, IN THE, IN THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL.
THIS CATEGORY, UNLIKE OTHERS, REQUIRE SUSTAINED SUPPORT SERVICES.
SO MY CONCERN IS THAT WE BUILD, UH, PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AND WE DON'T LINE UP A NONPROFIT OR A ANOTHER ORGANIZATION TO RUN THE SUPPORTIVE PART OF THE HOUSING, AND THEN IT KIND OF FALLS BY THE WAYSIDE.
SO, UM, HAVE YOU HAD, I MEAN, I THINK YOU ANSWERED THIS, BUT THERE'S NOT, HASN'T HAVEN'T BEEN ANY PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS THAT YOU'VE EXPLORED TO LEVERAGE THE BOND? SO WHAT OUR, UH, DISCUSSIONS HAVE BEEN WITH ENTITIES THAT ARE NONPROFITS OR THEY HAVE NONPROFIT PARTNERS.
SO IN THE P S H SCORING CRITERIA, THE LARGEST CATEGORY OF POINTS IS ON THOSE ONSITE PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE SERVICES.
SO HOW THEY ARE PROPOSING TO MEET THOSE SERVICES, THE ENTITY THAT'S DELIVERING THEM THE TIMELINE, WHAT THOSE SUPPORTIVE SERVICES LOOK LIKE, THAT WILL BE THE HIGHEST CATEGORY SCORED.
AND THE COMMITTEE CAN TAKE THAT ALL INTO CONSIDERATION, AND WE DO.
AND HAS THE CITY, UM, MADE A COMMITMENT TO, TO SUPPORT PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AFTER THE, THE PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT OF A, OF A, OF A HOUSING UNIT? I MEAN, ARE WE LOOKING AT FINANCIALLY SUPPORTING THE, THE SUPPORTIVE HOUSING? SO FOR OUR NEW CONSTRUCTION, OUR DOLLARS ARE FOR CAPITAL, BUT THEY CAN IDENTIFY HOW THE OTHER RESIDENT SERVICES ARE BEING PROVIDED IN THE P S H CATEGORY, SPECIFICALLY, OUR BOND FUNDS ARE FOR CAPITAL, BUT THAT IS BEING DONE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH, UH, SAN ANTONIO REGIONAL ALLIANCE FOR THE HOMELESS, AND THEY HAVE THE HUD CONTINUUM OF CARE FUNDS, WHICH DO HELP FUND THOSE SUPPORTIVE SERVICES.
SO THAT PROVIDES THE OPERATING DOLLARS FOR THAT PIECE.
AND YOU SHOWED A MAP TALKING ABOUT DISPLACEMENT, YOU SHOWED A MAP, UM, I THINK THE YELLOW AREAS WERE, UM, WHERE THAT IT LOOKS LIKE HOUSING IS MOST NEEDED OR AT LEAST AFFORDABLE HOUSING, UH, ARE, DID YOU ALSO USE RENTAL ASSISTANCE DATA TO DETERMINE THOSE AREAS? LET SARAH TALK ABOUT THE, THE DISPLACEMENT ASSESSMENT MAP.
SO WE BASED OUR METHODOLOGY ON THAT, ON THE URBAN DISPLACEMENT PROJECTS, UM, METHODOLOGY THAT THEY USE AROUND THE WORLD.
UM, SO IT DOES NOT INCLUDE, UH, OUR EMERGENCY ASSISTING DATA, UH, EXCUSE ME, EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE DATA.
AND THE PRIMARY REASON FOR THAT IS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO MEASURE NOT A SNAPSHOT WITH THAT, BUT CHANGE OVER TIME.
SO IN THIS CASE, FROM 2010 THROUGH 2018, UM, AND WE'LL BE UPDATING IT WITH THE DE SENTINEL LENIUS THAT JUST CAME OUT.
SO, UM, THAT'S THE REASON WHY, BUT I THINK THAT YOU'VE MAYBE HIT ON SOMETHING THAT WE CAN EXPLORE FOR OTHER ELEMENTS OF THE TOOL.
I APPRECIATE, UH, THIS IS SOMETHING OBVIOUSLY THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO NOT JUST MY DISTRICT, BUT, UH, MY BEAUTIFUL CITY.
SO I'M, I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE WORK Y'ALL ARE DOING, AND GRATEFUL TO THE VOTERS, OF COURSE, UM, FOR SUPPORTING THIS.
COUNCIL MEMBER KEO HDA, COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE ROTARY IS, THANK YOU, MAYOR.
BEFORE THIS, BEFORE THE THOUGHT ESCAPES ME.
UM, I WANNA STRESS THE IMPORTANCE OF PUBLIC HOUSING.
AND I'M THINKING ABOUT FAMILIES WHO, UM, YOU KNOW, LIVE IN MIXED A M I APARTMENTS, AND IF THEIR RENT INCREASE OR IF THEIR, UM, INCOME INCREASES, BUT THERE'S NO AVAILABLE APARTMENTS AT THAT NEW A M I, THEY'RE OUT OF LUCK.
UM, WHEREAS WITH PUBLIC HOUSING, THEY'RE ABLE TO STAY, THEIR RENT JUST INCREASES TO MATCH THAT A M I.
AND SO I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S AN IMPORTANT THING TO NOTE.
UM, THAT HAS BEEN A LITTLE BIT LEFT OUTTA THE CONVERSATION.
UM, I ALSO DON'T KNOW ENTIRELY WHERE I'M AT ABOUT GOING FROM NINE MONTHS TO SIX MONTHS.
UM, IF MAYBE OTHER COUNCIL, UH, MEMBERS WOULD LIKE TO CHIME IN ON THAT.
I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT RUSHING THE PROCESS, AND I FEEL LIKE IT MIGHT ONLY BENEFIT FOR PROFIT DEVELOPERS.
UM, AS IT RELATES TO THE, UH, DISPLACEMENT IMPACT ASSESSMENT, I HAVE TO HAVE TO HAVE TO THANK OUR DISTRICT TWO HOUSING BOND COMMITTEE MEMBER LOSS IN PICASSO.
UM, SHE PROPOSED THE DISPLACEMENT IMPACT ASSESSMENT AS A PART OF THE R F P PROCESS DURING THE BOND COMMITTEE MEETINGS.
UM, AND I ALSO HAVE TO GIVE THANKS TO ALL OF MY APPOINTEES LAWS, AMIA AND STEPHANIE, UM, FOR THEIR FEEDBACK WHEN OUR OFFICE COLLABORATED WITH COUNCILMAN VILLA GRAND, UM, TO PROPOSE THE FULL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE FULL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ASSESSMENT AND ALL CITY FUNDED PROJECTS.
UM, AND THE LAST UPDATE RECEIVED AT GOVERNANCE WAS THAT THE HOUSING BOND WILL SERVE AS A SORT OF PILOT FOR THE GREATER IMPLEMENTATION.
AND SO, SHOUT OUT TO THE WOMEN ON MY TEAM WHO LED THIS CALL TO ACTION.
IN MANY WAYS, SHOUT OUT TO THEM.
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TO EMPHASIZE THAT WHEN DISPLACEMENT IN OCCURS ENTIRE LIVES, LEGACIES AND CULTURES ARE REMOVED ALONG WITH THEM, AND THE EFFECTS ARE NOT OVERNIGHT.UM, AND THE PATH TO DISPLACEMENT IS LINED WITH HISTORICALLY DISCRIMINATORY RACIST AND CLASSIST CLASSIST PUBLIC POLICIES AND INVESTMENT, UM, AND REAL ESTATE PRACTICES.
AND IN MANY WAYS, GENTRIFICATION IS A NEW FORM OF COLONIZATION.
SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE PANDEMIC WE'RE, WE'VE SEEN AN UPTICK IN DISPLACEMENT IN RENTAL PROPERTIES WHERE BAD ACTOR LANDLORDS REFUSE TO MAINTAIN HEALTHY AND SAFE LIVING CONDITIONS.
AND THE CHOICE OF LANDLORDS TO REFUSE HOUSING VOUCHERS FURTHER STRAINS THOSE MOST IN NEED, UH, OF HOUSING, MANY WHO HAVE BEEN DISPLACED MULTIPLE TIMES AND LIVE IN A CONSTANT STATE OF STRESS.
WE MUST USE EVERY TOOL AT OUR DISPOSAL TO COMBAT THE EROSION OF OUR LAND, LONGSTANDING NEIGHBORHOODS, ESPECIALLY THOSE OF COLOR.
AND WITH DEEP HISTORY, UM, IN MAKING SAN ANTONIO THE BEAUTIFUL PLACE THAT IT IS.
I ALSO WANT TO, I'LL MOVE A LITTLE BIT INTO THE ACTUAL HOUSING BOND.
THIS IS AN INCREDIBLY EXCITING TIME.
THE HOUSING BOND IS IN TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITY FOR SAN ANTONIO, AND I CAN CONFIDENTLY SAY THAT WE HAVE NEVER DEVOTED SO MANY RESOURCES AT ONE TIME TO CREATE AND PRESERVE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
AND THIS IS OUR CHANCE TO MAKE AN, UM, ENDURING IMPACT AND TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR THOUSANDS OF FAMILIES.
UM, THE REASON I BELIEVE WE'LL BE SUCCESSFUL, AND I DO BELIEVE WE WILL, IS BECAUSE WE HAD A HIGHLY ENGAGED HOUSING BOND COMMITTEE, AND MANY OF US BROUGHT REGULAR WORKING CLASS FOLKS TO THE TABLE AS EXPERTS ON HOUSING.
UM, SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE THAT WE CONTINUE TO KEEP THE PUBLIC ENGAGED IN A MEANINGFUL AND IMPACTFUL WAY, RATHER THAN TO JUST CHECK A BOX.
UM, WHICH I'M NOT SAYING WE DO, BUT JUST, JUST IN CASE, JUST THROWING THAT OUT THERE, I DO BELIEVE THAT IF WE DO THAT, WE WILL CONTINUE TO MEET, WE WILL MEET OUR GOALS, UM, AS A CITY, WE USE THE SHIP TO GUIDE OUR EFFORTS AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, TRACK OUR EFFORTS.
SO I DO HAVE A QUESTION WITHIN THE BOND PROGRAM AND THE R F P PROCESS, I'D LIKE TO KNOW HOW MANY UNITS WE THINK WE CAN FULFILL TOWARD OUR SHIP GOAL AND HOW MANY FAMILIES WE CAN HOUSE, UH, WITH THE FUNDS IN THIS BOND.
I DON'T THINK I HAD HEARD AN ANSWER TO THIS IN THE PRESENTATION OR IN ANY BRIEFING, BUT I BELIEVE WE SHOULD BE NAMING AND SETTING THIS GOAL SO WE CAN MEASURE, MEASURE OUR SUCCESS, AND MAYBE IN FIVE YEARS, COUNCIL WILL DECIDE TO, WE WILL DECIDE TO INCREASE THAT INVESTMENT.
IS ANYONE ABLE TO? SO WE HAVE SET A GOAL FOR THIS FIRST ROUND OF BOND FUNDING, AND WITHIN, NOT THE FIRST ROUND, THE FIRST 12 MONTHS.
SO WE ARE PROPOSING THAT WE CAN, UH, UTILIZE ABOUT 126 MILLION.
AGAIN, THAT DOES, IT'S ABOUT A HUNDRED MILLION IN BOND, AND THEN 26 MILLION FROM OUR C D B G HOME AND GENERAL FUND.
SO THAT DOES INCLUDE ACROSS ALL FOUR AREAS OF THE SHIP.
AND WITH THAT, WE WERE PROPOSING THAT WE COULD PRESERVE ABOUT 1300 UNITS AND ABOUT, UH, PRODUCE AROUND 1200 NEW RENTAL AND SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.
SO THAT, UM, IS WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING OUT THERE, KIND OF BASED ON HISTORICAL AMOUNTS THAT, UH, LEVERAGE OTHER FUNDS.
UH, THAT INVESTMENT IS TAKING A VERY, UH, CONSERVATIVE NUMBER FOR HOME REHAB, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW THE CITY IS THE PRIMARY FUNDER OF THOSE SERVICES.
AND, UH, WE WANNA SEE HOW WE CAN PARTNER WITH THE NONPROFITS IN THIS FIRST YEAR, MAYBE IN A PILOT PHASE, MAYBE CONTINUE TO GROW THAT.
AND OUR HOPE IS THAT THOSE HOME REHAB NUMBERS CAN BE STRETCHED EVEN FURTHER AND WE CAN HELP EVEN MORE HOMES.
SO WE HAVEN'T PUT A FULL GOAL ON THE ENTIRE BOND YET, BUT THIS A HUNDRED MILLION IS, YOU KNOW, TWO THIRDS OF THAT.
AND LIKE TO SEE HOW WE CAN BUILD ON THOSE NONPROFIT PARTNERS AND HOPEFULLY PRODUCE EVEN MORE.
I THINK WE'LL ALSO LEARN A LOT FROM THIS FIRST ROUND OF FUNDING TO SEE HOW MUCH OUR PROJECTS NEEDING FROM BOND FUNDS.
UH, WE'RE, AGAIN, WE'RE BASING THAT ON OUR HISTORICAL FOR FEDERAL FUNDS, BUT THIS IS A VERY DIFFERENT, UH, CRITERIA THAT WE'RE ASKING PROJECTS TO MEET A MUCH LOWER AFFORDABILITY LEVEL.
AND USUALLY WHEN WE ASK FOR PROJECTS TO DO MORE 30% UNITS, WHAT WE FIND IS THEY NEED LARGER SUBSIDIES.
SO, UM, OUR RECOMMENDATION IS SEE WHAT THESE FIRST R F P LOOKS.
WE'RE USING HISTORICAL NUMBERS NOW, UM, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO ADJUST THOSE GOALS BASED ON THE PROPOSALS THAT WE RECEIVED.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO, UM, I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUOUS UPDATES ALONG THE WAY.
UM, I DO HAVE, HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS ON THE R F P PROCESS ITSELF, AND IT ALIGNS WITH MY QUESTIONS ABOUT OUR OVERALL GOAL.
UM, IS THERE A COST PER UNIT THAT WE'RE AIMING FOR? AND ARE WE USING THAT AS A GUIDE? AND I, UM, I'LL GIVE AN EXAMPLE.
IF A PROJECT IS REQUESTING SAY, $10 MILLION AND THEY'RE GONNA PROVIDE A HUNDRED UNITS AT EITHER 30%, 30%, OR 50% A M I, BUT THERE'S ANOTHER PROJECT DOING THE SAME NUMBER OF UNITS AT THE SAME LEVEL OF AFFORDABILITY, BUT THEY'RE ONLY REQUESTING $5 MILLION, UM, DO WE HAVE A COST PER UNIT THAT COULD SERVE AS A GUIDE FOR THE SCORING COMMITTEE AND PROVIDE GUIDANCE FOR DEVELOPERS PUTTING TOGETHER THESE PROPOSALS? YEAH.
WE'VE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT DO WE WANNA GIVE THEM GUIDES? UH, WE, AND AT THE SAME TIME, WE WANT IT TO BE FLEXIBLE.
WE WANT THEM TO BE ABLE TO, LIKE YOU DESCRIBED, EVERY PROJECT IS GONNA BE DIFFERENT.
SOME PROJECTS MAY HAVE, I'M GONNA DO 20% OF THE UNITS AT 30% A M I,
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AND THE REST IS MARKET RATE.SO DOES THAT MEAN WE ONLY GRADE OR POINT THE 30% UNITS? 'CAUSE THAT'S THE PRIORITY.
ANOTHER PROJECT MAY HAVE 50% OF THE 15% OF THE UNITS AT 30% A M I AND THE REST AT 50%.
SO ALL OF THAT, WE KIND OF WANT THE COMMITTEE TO HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY TO LOOK AT EACH PROJECT INDIVIDUALLY AND AWARD THOSE AFFORDABILITY POINTS BASED ON EVERYTHING THAT PROJECT IS PROPOSING.
UM, BUT WE HAVE ALSO DISCUSSED MAYBE GIVING SOME GUIDANCE, MAYBE HISTORICAL GUIDANCE ON, YOU KNOW, MAYBE YOU'RE LOOKING AT NO MORE THAN $150,000, FOR EXAMPLE, PER 30% A M I UNIT, SINCE THAT IS THE PRIORITY.
AND THEN LOOK AT HOW MUCH ARE THEY ASKING VERSUS HOW MANY UNITS ARE THEY DELIVERING AT THAT METHOD.
SO, UM, SO WE CAN PROVIDE ALL OF THAT KIND OF GUIDANCE AND GUIDELINES, BUT WE WOULD, WE'D BE VERY HESITANT TO PUT HARD, FAST CRITERIA ON THEM BECAUSE WE WANT THEM TO BE ABLE TO, TO EVALUATE THE PROPOSALS WITH ALL THE PARAMETERS THAT WERE CONSIDERED.
AND I DO, UM, I, I HAVEN'T INDICATED THIS QUESTION TO YOU BEFORE, SO I I DON'T BELIEVE YOU HAVE AN ANSWER TO IT.
IT'S SOMETHING I WOULD MAYBE WE CAN TALK ABOUT LATER ON.
UM, BUT I'M CURIOUS AS TO WHAT WE HAVE HISTORICALLY PAID FOR, UM, INCENTIVIZED UNITS OR SUBSIDIZED UNITS IN GENERAL.
SO INCLUDING AFFORDABLE, UM, AND MARKET RATE, EXCLUDING COMMUNITY BENEFIT.
'CAUSE I THINK THAT ALSO THAT SOMETIMES PLAYS A ROLE IN, IT'S PLAYED A ROLE IN MY DECISION SOMETIMES.
SO JUST EVERY UNIT THAT WE'VE EVER INCENTIVIZED OR SUBSIDIZED IN SOME WAY, WHAT IS THE AVERAGE, UM, WHAT WAS THE AVERAGE, UM, COST PER UNIT, UM, WOULD LOVE THAT FOR THE FUTURE.
UM, LOOKING AT THE SCORING MATRIX, 'CAUSE I KNOW WE WERE HAVING A CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT.
I WANTED TO LOOK AT THE POINTS FOR AFFORDABILITY.
UM, SO IF THE GOAL WAS AFFORDABILITY AND THE HOUSING COMMITTEE STRESSED THIS POINT, AND THEY DID, AND I WANNA REMIND EVERYONE I WAS AT ALL OF THE HOUSING COMMITTEE, UH, MEETINGS, UM, THEN I THINK IT MAKES SENSE TO INCREASE THE SCORE AFFORDABILITY TO 35 POINTS RATHER THAN 25.
SO WOULD YOU CONSIDER INCREASING THE SCORE? SO MORE WEIGHT COULD BE GIVEN TO PROJECTS WITH GREATER AFFORDED AFFORDABILITY AND HIGHER QUANTITIES OF AFFORDABLE UNITS.
SO WE HAVE, UH, LET'S SEE IF WE COULD GO TO SLIDE 18.
SORRY, I DIDN'T REFERENCE A SLIDE.
THERE WAS LIKE 700
SO, UM, ON THE RENTAL REHAB, THE AFFORDABILITY CRITERIA, WE INCREASED IT FROM 15 POINTS UP TO 25 POINTS.
SO THAT'S ALREADY A SIGNIFICANT ADD AT THE REQUEST, UM, OF COUNCIL MEMBERS AT P C D C AND, AND PUBLIC REQUEST AS WELL.
UH, WE DID THAT BY REDUCING THE NUMBER OF POINTS IN THE GAP REQUEST, PROJECT READINESS, UNDERWRITING REVIEW.
UM, SO TO INCREASE THAT UP TO 35 POINTS, YOU KNOW, THE POINTS WOULD HAVE TO COME FROM SOMEWHERE MM-HMM.
WE CAN'T REDUCE THE NUMBER OF POINTS FOR SPAY A LOCAL PREFERENCE OR VETERAN OWNED.
THOSE HAVE BEEN SET BY THE COMMITTEE.
UM, SO JUST LIKE IN EVERY CATEGORY IF WE WANT TO ADJUST.
NO, I, I APPRECIATE THE WORK OF THE COMMITTEE, SO I, I'LL LEAVE THAT REQUEST ALONE.
UM, BUT FOLLOWING THE SCORING EXAMPLE THAT WAS PROVIDED, IT SEEMS AS THOUGH A MAXIMUM OF 35% OF UNITS SHOULD BE AT 30% AND 50% AT 50% A M I ADDING UP TO, UM, ABOUT 85% OF ALL UNITS MEETING DEEP AFFORDABILITY GOALS.
WHY WOULD WE SET THAT CAP? SO THAT'S NOT A CAP.
IT SIMPLY MEANT THAT TO SERVE AS GUIDANCE TO THE SCORING COMMITTEE, UM, SO THAT THEY CAN SEE IF A PROJECT HAS MORE 30% UNITS, YOU SHOULD TRY AND GIVE THEM MORE POINTS FOR THAT.
UM, THE OTHER PARAMETER PRIORITY WAS 50% UNITS, BUT THE FIRST PRIORITY WAS A 30% UNIT.
SO IT'S TRYING TO PROVIDE GUIDANCE.
THEY DON'T HAVE TO FOLLOW THAT CHART EXACTLY.
IT'S MEANT SIMPLY AS AN EXAMPLE.
AND THEN, UH, WE ALSO WANT THEM TO TAKE IN CONSIDERATION, UH, HOW TO SUSTAINABILITY OF THE PROJECT, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE THE LONG-TERM COSTS TO OCCUPY THAT UNIT THAT CAN BE CONSIDERED AS PART OF THE AFFORDABILITY POINT.
SO IT'S NOT MEANT, UM, THAT THEY MUST AWARD THESE POINTS.
'CAUSE AGAIN, SOME PROJECT MAY COME IN AND SAY 50%, AND THAT MAY BE THE ONE AND ONLY PROJECT THAT HAS 50% AT 30% A M I, AND THE COMMITTEE CAN LOOK AT SCORING THEM, UH, ACROSS THE BOARD.
AGAIN, I APPRECIATE Y'ALL'S WORK AND DILIGENCE ON THE MATTER.
COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ, COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE.
UH, I REALLY CONCUR A LOT WITH THE THOUGHTS.
I CONCUR A LOT WITH THE THOUGHTS, UH, THAT COUNCILMAN MCKEE RODRIGUEZ WAS JUST BRINGING FORWARD.
AND I WANT TO KIND OF, UH, ASK FOR A LITTLE MORE IN DEPTH ANSWER ON A COUPLE OF THEM.
BUT FIRST OF ALL, UH, YOU TALKED ABOUT FLEXIBILITY.
WE ARE PUTTING RFPS OUT AND SO WE'RE ASKING PEOPLE TO RESPOND IF WE DON'T GET VERY MANY RESPONSES.
IF PEOPLE SAY WHAT YOU'RE PRESENTING IS SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T BELIEVE WE CAN DO IN THE MARKETPLACE, WHAT'S THE NEXT STEP? SO WE'VE HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS WITH, UH, DEVELOPERS WHO FOCUS ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
WE HAVE NOT HEARD YET THAT THE MINIMUMS THAT WE ARE PROPOSING ARE,
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UM, NOT POSSIBLE.UM, IF FOR SOME REASON WE DON'T GET ENOUGH, GET ENOUGH REQUESTS THIS FALL, THE COMMITTEE WOULD EVALUATE THE PROPOSALS THAT WE RECEIVE.
WE ARE PROPOSING UP TO HALF OF THE AMOUNTS AVAILABLE BE AWARDED.
BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN ALL OF IT WILL BE AWARDED.
AND I THINK WE'LL HAVE, UM, BASED ON THE TYPE OF INFORMATION WE GET, WE'LL BE ABLE TO MAKE ANY ADJUSTMENTS FOR THE NEXT ROUND.
WE ARE PROPOSING OR ISSUE A SECOND SOLICITATION AS EARLY AS SPRING.
AGAIN, WE HEAR THERE IS A CERTAIN SENSE OF URGENCY.
SOME PROJECTS MAY NOT BE READY TO SUBMIT A PROPOSAL THIS FALL, BUT THEY MAY BE READY THIS SPRING.
AGAIN, WE DON'T WANNA DELAY CONSTRUCTION OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING IF THEY NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME.
CERTAINLY, UH, MAKES ALL THE SENSE IN THE WORLD TO GIVE THEM THAT ADDITIONAL TIME.
BUT WE DON'T WANNA WAIT ANOTHER YEAR.
SO WE WILL HAVE TIME AND AN OPPORTUNITY WITH THE NEXT SOLICITATION.
IF WE DO FIND, YOU KNOW, THESE, THIS CRITERIA DID NOT WARRANT THE TYPE OF PROPOSALS.
EVEN IF THE COMMITTEE SAYS, WE DON'T THINK THOSE SHOULD BE FUNDED, WE CAN TAKE THAT AND, AND ADJUST ON THE NEXT ROUND.
WELL, I WANT TO BE EVEN, UH, MORE OPTIMISTIC.
WHAT HAPPENS IF WE GET A LOT OF OFFERS THAT ARE GOOD? MM-HMM.
WILL WE EXCEED THE 50% AT THIS TIME TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THOSE? YEAH.
IT'S A RECOMMENDATION TO THE COMMITTEE AND, AND A AND IN LINE WITH MAKING SURE THAT THERE'S FUNDS LEFT OVER FOR FUTURE AWARDS.
HAVING SAID THAT, IF WE DO HAVE A VERY POSITIVE, OVERWHELMING RESPONSE AND WE GET PLENTY AND THEY'RE ALL WELL WITHIN THE PARAMETERS AND THE COMMITTEE WANTS TO RECOMMEND THEM, WE DO HAVE SEVERAL BRIEFINGS BEFORE IT COMES TO COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION TO MAKE THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS.
AND THEN THE HOUSING COMMISSION, EVEN EACH OF YOU WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAY, NO, WE THINK WE SHOULD STICK TO THE 50% CAP, NOT COMFORTABLE WITH AWARDING THOSE ADDITIONAL FUNDS.
AND THEN, UM, SOMETHING THAT THE COMMITTEE WILL KEEP IN MIND IS, AS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, THE EXPIRATION OF OTHER LEVERAGE SOURCES.
SO THERE MAY BE PROJECTS THAT GO BEYOND THAT 50% CAP, BUT THEY COULD REAPPLY IN THE SPRING.
SO ALL THAT CAN BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION.
AND THOSE ARE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE'LL BRING AND WE'LL HEAR, UM, DIRECTION FROM COUNCIL IF THEY, IF THEY WANNA GO BEYOND THOSE DOLLARS.
NOW LET'S LOOK AT RENTAL HOUSING AND, UH, MULTIFAMILY UNITS.
IF WE ARE LOOKING AT, UH, RFPS THAT SAY WE WANT TO INVITE PEOPLE WHO WANT BUILD A 200 UNIT OR A 300 UNIT OR 50 UNIT APARTMENT COMPLEX MM-HMM.
AND WE WANT THEM TO PROVIDE 30%, 50%, 60%, 80%, WHATEVER IT IS.
UM, ARE THERE REQUIREMENTS BUILT IN THAT SAY WHOEVER APPLIES TO LIVE IN A 30% SUBSIDIZED UNIT HAS TO EARN 30% OR LESS, OR A 50% SUBSIDIZED UNIT HAVE TO EARN 50% OR LESS OF LOCAL A M I? YES.
THAT'S USUALLY, YEAH, IT'S BASED ON THEIR INCOME.
SO WHAT HAPPENS IF THAT PERSON, UH, GOES TO SCHOOL, GOES TO READY TO WORK, GETS A JOB THAT PAYS MORE, ARE THEY GONNA BE EVICTED BECAUSE NOW THEY'RE NOT QUALIFIED FOR THAT 50% UNIT? NO, THEY'RE NOT EVICTED, BUT THEY HAVE A LEASE.
AND THEN AT THE TIME, IF THEY DON'T QUALIFY FOR THAT UNIT ANYMORE, THEY CAN LOOK AT CAN THEY UPGRADE TO THE NEXT UNIT.
UM, IF IT IS AN INCOME BASED HOUSING PROJECT, IT WOULD, AS I THINK ANOTHER COUNCIL MEMBER MEMBER, THEY WOULDN'T HAVE TO LEAVE THE UNIT.
THEIR RENT WOULD JUST BE ADJUSTED BASED ON THEIR NEW INCOME.
SO THEN THE UNIT COST MIGHT CHANGE, BUT THE PERSON MIGHT NOT NECESSARILY HAVE TO MOVE OUT.
YEAH, THEY DON'T HAVE TO MOVE OUT.
NOW WHAT ABOUT IF SOMEBODY LOST A JOB AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, UH, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY CAN'T AFFORD A 40% OR 30% MM-HMM.
UM, SO IF IT IS, UH, JUST ONE OF THE REGULAR HOUSING PROJECTS, THEY WOULD HAVE TO MAKE THE RENT IN ORDER TO STAY IN THE UNIT.
IF IT'S AN INCOME-BASED HOUSING PROJECT, THAT VOUCHER THAT THEY HAVE WILL COVER THE DIFFERENCE IN THE RENT.
SO IT WOULD BE ADJUSTED BASED ON THEIR INCOME.
WHAT, WHAT VOUCHER? UM, THAT IS THE INCOME BASED PROJECT.
SO THEY HAVE A HOUSING VOUCHER TO OCCUPY.
YEAH, BUT I MEAN, ARE WE SAYING THESE ARE ALL GONNA HAVE VOUCHERS AVAILABLE? NO, BUT THAT IS, UM, A PRIORITY THEY'RE ASKED TO CONSIDER AND INCOME BASED AND PUBLIC HOUSING PROJECTS WILL GET EXTRA POINTS.
I'M JUST WORRIED ABOUT PEOPLE WHOSE SITUATION CHANGE.
IS THERE ANY WAY WE CAN, UM, MAKE IT THAT THEY AREN'T FORCED TO LEAVE OR MOVE UP TO ANOTHER UNIT UNTIL THEIR LEASE RUNS OUT? WE CAN, WE CAN LOOK AT THE OPTIONS FOR THAT.
UM, YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT, UH, ON SLIDE SIX, SOME OF THE PROJECTIONS FOR, UH, THE NUMBER OF UNITS TO BE PRESERVED, UH, BOTH AS HOME OWNERSHIP AND RENTAL.
AND YOU'VE GOT A BOTTOM LINE ON THAT OF 1300 PRESERVATION AND 1200 PRODUCTION.
UM, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THAT, YOU AND I HAVE TALKED BEFORE ABOUT HOW MUCH IT'S COST FOR US TO PRESERVE A HOME THAT'S COME TO THE CITY AND SAID, WE HAVE PROBLEMS. WE NEED MAJOR REHAB IN ORDER TO STARE AT A HOME.
AND THAT'S BEEN A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS OR MORE IN MANY CIRCUMSTANCES.
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IF WE HAD 1300 HOMES THAT WANTED TO BE PRESERVED AND WE HAD TO SPEND A HUNDRED THOUSAND FOR EACH HOME, THAT'S $130 MILLION.SO HOW ARE WE ACTUALLY GONNA PRESERVE 1300 HOMES? SURE.
THAT NUMBER IS BASED ON BOTH, UH, PRESERVATION OF MULTIFAMILY.
AND WE DO HAVE A SETA ASIDE FOR THE MULTIFAMILY REHAB AS WELL AS SINGLE FAMILY REHAB.
AND IN THE SINGLE FAMILY REHAB.
SO MULTIFAMILY, WE DON'T USUALLY, IT'S NOT THAT WE COULDN'T, BUT WE DON'T USUALLY INCENTIVIZE A HUNDRED THOUSAND PER UNIT FOR REHAB OF MULTIFAMILY.
AND ON THE SINGLE FAMILY, UM, THIS GOAL KEEPS IN MIND THAT SOME OF THOSE ARE MAJOR REHABS, SO A HUNDRED THOUSAND PER UNIT.
BUT WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT HOW WE COULD DO A MORE MINOR REPAIR.
THAT IS SOMETHING, THE PARAMETERS WE WERE GIVEN THAT IN THE HOME REHAB CATEGORY, WE CAN CONSIDER MINOR REPAIRS, REPAIRS TO ADDRESS CODE ISSUES.
SO THOSE WOULD BE LESS PER UNIT.
SO WE DID, UM, WE DID A MUCH LOWER SUBSIDY PER HOME, BUT WE DO HAVE BOTH A FULL REHAB AS WELL AS MINOR REHABS.
AND AGAIN, THE IDEA OF PUTTING SOME PARTNERSHIPS IN THERE IS THAT WE CAN HELP LEVERAGE SOME OF THESE BOND FUNDS.
WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT PARTNERSHIPS, YOU'RE SAYING MAYBE NONPROFITS OR OTHER GROUPS THAT ARE WILLING TO PUT THEIR MONEY IN TO HELP SOMEBODY LIVE IN THAT HOUSE? UH, MONEY, POTENTIALLY MORE LIKE DONATED MATERIALS.
UM, WE'VE HEARD A LOT HAVE VOLUNTEERS THAT WILL SPEND A WEEKEND REHABBING OR DOING MINOR REPAIRS ON HOMES.
OUR OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION DOES THIS.
THEY DO A REHAB AROUND WEEKEND WHERE THEY PULL TOGETHER CONTRACTORS THAT ARE DONATING THEIR TIME, SOMETIMES MATERIALS, AND A LOT OF VOLUNTEERS WHO ARE HELPING REHAB HOMES.
SO ALL OF THAT, YOU KNOW, FOR THE RENTAL UNITS, YOU, YOU TALK ABOUT, UM, PARTNERING.
UH, WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE DEVELOPMENT EXPENSES DO WE EXPECT THE CITY WILL CONTRIBUTE COMPARED TO PARTNERS WHEN WE'RE BUILDING MULTI-FAMILY UNITS? UM, IT VARIES BASED ON HOW MUCH AFFORDABILITY, HOW DEEPLY AFFORDABLE THE UNITS ARE.
WITH OUR LAST ROUND OF HUD FUNDS, OUR C D B G AND HOME, AND THOSE WERE, YOU KNOW, ALL AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS.
WE WERE INCENTIVIZING ABOUT $8,000 PER UNIT.
SO THAT WAS VERY LOW BECAUSE A LOT OF THOSE PROJECTS HAD LEVERAGED MOSTLY TAX CREDITS AND OTHER SOURCES, EVEN CITY FEE WAIVERS.
SO, UM, ON A LOT OF DEVELOPMENTS ARE, ARE PERCENTAGE IN A MULTIFAMILY IS ANYWHERE FROM FIVE TO 10% OF THE COST.
UM, BUT AGAIN, WITH THIS PARTICULAR, UH, ROUND OF FUNDS, WE ARE ASKING PROJECTS TO HAVE MUCH MORE DEEPLY AFFORDABLE UNITS.
SO OUR INVESTMENT MAY HAVE TO BE HIGHER.
AND YOU KNOW, THE GOAL THAT WE HAVE, UH, ON, ON PAGE SIX IS WE WANNA GO AHEAD AND PRESERVE ALMOST 7,000 UNITS FOR 30% A M I MM-HMM.
IS THAT GOING TO BE PART OF THE TARGET OF WHAT WE'RE GONNA WORK ON THIS YEAR, NEXT YEAR AND A YEAR AFTER? IF HALF THE UNITS ARE GONNA HAVE TO BE CLOSE TO 30%, THEN HALF OF WHAT WE WORK ON THESE PROJECTS NEED TO BE THAT.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO KEEP IN MIND OUR SHIP GOALS ARE NOT, WE'RE NOT EXPECTED TO MEET THOSE JUST FROM THE CITY LEVEL.
THE ONLY WAY WE CAN MEET THOSE GOALS, THEY'RE COMMUNITY GOALS.
SO WE HAVE TO DO THAT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING TRUST, WITH BEX COUNTY, WITH ALL THE OTHER ENTITIES, WITH THE STATE.
SO ALL OF THIS IS A COMMUNITY GOAL AND THAT'S WHY WE'VE WORKED VERY HARD TO COORDINATE THE ADOPTION OF THE SHIP WITH THE OTHER ENTITIES.
'CAUSE IF WE DO TRY AND MEET THESE GOALS ON OUR OWN, IT WILL BE A BIG LIFT, AS YOU MENTIONED.
SO WHAT WE ARE DOING WITH OUR FUNDS IS LOOKING AT HOW WE PRIORITIZE THOSE 30% UNITS.
'CAUSE THAT IS THE GREATEST NEED.
UM, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE WANT PROJECTS THAT CAN ACTUALLY UTILIZE THE FUNDING AND BUILD.
THIS, UH, THIS MORNING I HAD TO DROP MY SON OFF AT SEVEN IN THE MORNING.
IT WAS VERY UNGODLY UN UNREASONABLE HOURS, BUT, UH, WE, UH, WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK AS WE WERE GOING, AND I WAS TELLING HIM ABOUT THIS MEETING TODAY, AND HE KIND OF WANTED TO UNDERSTAND THE HOUSING CRISIS AND HE, HE DIDN'T REALLY GET IT.
HE'S 16 AND, UM, HE'S, YOU KNOW, HE, HE DOESN'T HAVE A HOUSING CRISIS.
AND SO I WAS TRYING TO EXPRESS TO HIM HOW IT IS THAT PEOPLE ARE EXPERIENCING THIS IN DIFFERENT WAYS.
AND THE WAY I APPROACHED IT AND EXPLAINED TO HIM WAS, Y'ALL REMEMBER THAT MASLOW'S HIERARCHY OF NEEDS TRIANGLE, IT'S A LITTLE BIT REDUCTION IN AS BEST IT REDUCES
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THE PROBLEM A LITTLE TOO SIMPLY, BUT, UM, THE, THE MOST BASIC OF ALL THE NEEDS RIGHT? WAS SHELTER, UM, ON THE VERY, VERY BOTTOM.AND SO HE, HE AND I STARTED THERE AND, AND I TOLD HIM THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE, UM, A MASLOW CRISIS ON OUR HANDS, RIGHT? BECAUSE OF ALL THE REASONS THAT COUNCILMAN MCGEE RODRIGUEZ LISTED.
UM, YOU KNOW, JUST A HISTORIC LACK OF INVESTMENT IN PEOPLE, PARTICULARLY PEOPLE WHO NEEDED IT MOST, UM, HAS LED TO, UM, YOU KNOW, US WATCHING THEM GET PUSHED CLOSER AND CLOSER TO CATASTROPHE.
UM, AND LEADERS THAT HAVE COME BEFORE US HAVE JUST BEEN ALL BUT TOO COMFORTABLE JUST TO WATCH IT HAPPEN AND TO KICK THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD.
AND, UM, IT'S GOTTEN SO BAD THAT, UH, WE WENT TO THE PUBLIC AND IN OVERWHELMING NUMBERS, THEY SAID, YEP, THAT'S A, THAT'S A CRISIS THAT, THAT'S AN URGENCY.
UM, AND CRISIS AND URGENCIES ARE, YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK IS AN EXAGGERATION.
I MEAN, THE HOUSE IS ON FIRE HERE, RIGHT? AND WE NEED TO PUT THIS FIRE OUT SOMEHOW.
AND SO, UM, LIKE SAN ANTONIO DOES IN TIMES OF CRISIS, UM, THEY CAME TOGETHER AND WE, YOU KNOW, THEY APPROVED A PLAN AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO REMEMBER WHAT WE TOLD THEM, UM, YOU KNOW, WAS HAPPENING ON THE GROUND.
I'M HIGHLIGHTING IT BECAUSE, UM, I'M, I WORRY THAT, UM, WE'RE SPENDING A LOT OF TIME TALKING ABOUT THINGS THAT DON'T NECESSARILY GET HOUSES BUILT OR APARTMENTS BUILT FASTER.
UM, AND WHEN I SAW POINTS REDUCED FOR PROJECTS THAT ARE IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE TODAY, THAT WORRIED ME.
UM, AND, YOU KNOW, SO I I, I'M PUTTING MYSELF NOW, I'M TRYING TO, 'CAUSE I DON'T, I HAVEN'T, I DON'T HAVE THIS LIVED EXPERIENCE, BUT I'M PUTTING MYSELF, UM, I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IT, WHAT WOULD IT BE LIKE IF I LIVED IN A CAR OR OF A VAN OR ON SOMEONE'S SOFA, RIGHT? UH, OR UNDER A BRIDGE OR, UH, YOU KNOW, IN A SHELTER.
WHAT WOULD IT FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, KNOWING THAT AT ANY MINUTE I CAN GET AN EVICTION NOTICE.
UM, I, I CAN'T BEGIN TO IMAGINE WHAT THAT'S LIKE, BUT I DO KNOW I'M CERTAIN THAT IT WOULD BE INFURIATING TO ANY OF THOSE PEOPLE IN THAT SITUATION TO HEAR THAT, YOU KNOW, IN RESPONSE TO THIS URGENT CRISIS HOUSE ON FIRE PROBLEM, UM, WE ARE PRIORITIZING OR WE'RE FIGURING OUT WAYS TO FIGHT OVER WHO BUILDS THE HOUSES, RIGHT? NONPROFIT FOR-PROFIT, UM, AND GIVING POINTS TO ONE VERSUS ANOTHER.
AND THEN WE'RE TAKING THOSE POINTS FROM IMMEDIACY, UM, AND THAT THAT DOESN'T SQUARE RIGHT.
UM, WITH THIS, WITH WHAT WE SOLD TO THE PUBLIC, RIGHT? WE, WE PITCHED THEM ON THIS IDEA THAT THIS WAS URGENT.
THE FIRE NEEDED TO BE PUT OUT.
NOW, QUITE HONESTLY, I MEAN, THE, I'VE GOT FOR-PROFIT AND NON-PROFIT FRIENDS IN THIS, YOU KNOW, IN THIS INDUSTRY, IN THE ROOM AND WHO ARE WATCHING, I REALLY DON'T CARE WHICH ONE OF YOU GUYS BUILDS IT SO LONG AS IT GETS BUILT NOW SOONER, UH, YOU KNOW, TODAY AND NOT TOMORROW.
RIGHT? AND SO, UM, ANYWAY, I THINK YOU'RE, I THINK YOU'RE, I THINK I, I THINK YOU GOT IT.
I'M, I'M, I'M NOT GONNA BEAT A DEAD HORSE ON THIS ONE.
UH, THE OTHER THING TOO IS, UM, I I, I, I THINK THAT AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS, LET'S NOT FORGET ALSO THAT, YOU KNOW, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IS A, IS AN ISSUE, RIGHT? WE'RE NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT SHELTER.
UM, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, UM, SANCTUARY IN MANY INSTANCES FOR, I MEAN, BY DEFINITION, WOMEN WHO ARE AT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SHELTERS ARE HOMELESS, RIGHT? AND THEY ARE IN VERY MUCH IN NEED OF, OF, UH, UH, OF TRANSITIONAL HOUSING.
AND THEY'RE VERY MUCH IN NEED OF A PLACE THAT'S SAFE AND CLEAN FOR THEIR KIDS.
UM, AND SO ANYTHING THAT PROVIDES MORE HOUSING QUICKER, UH, TO WOMEN IN THOSE SITUATIONS, UM, LET'S, LET'S DO IT NOW, RIGHT? AND SO THAT'S WHY, YOU KNOW, MAYOR, I, I, I THINK WHAT I'M EXPRESSING IS, IS SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU'RE EXPRESSING, WHICH IS, UM, YOU KNOW, I'D LIKE TO SEE US REWORK THOSE POINTS, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT WE DON'T ENGAGE IN MISSION CREEP HERE, RIGHT? UM, URGENCY MEANS SOMETHING.
AND, UM, AND AGAIN, THE HOUSE, THE HOUSE IS ON FIRE.
AND, AND WE'VE, WE'VE BEEN ASKED BY THE PUBLIC TO BE THE FIREMAN AND FIRE WOMEN IN THIS INSTANCE.
AND, UM, I, I, I'M, I'M UP FOR THE JOB, RIGHT? AND, UM, COUNCILWOMAN SHIRLEY GONZALEZ, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE NOT GETTING PAID, UH, TO DO ANY OF THIS WORK.
AND, UM, YOU CERTAINLY NO LONGER GET TO ENJOY THE BEAUTIFUL PARKING SPACE, UH, PRIVILEGES, UH, THAT COMES WITH CITY COUNCIL SERVICE.
AND YET YOU STILL ROLLED UP YOUR SLEEVES AND YOU'RE STILL VOLUNTEERING TO DO THIS.
AND SO THANKS FOR YOUR SERVICE.
COUNCIL MEMBER ELA, COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO.
AND, UH, THANK YOU VERONICA FOR THE PRESENTATION.
UH, NO DOUBT, UM, THERE IS URGENCY IN GETTING THESE BOND DOLLARS CONNECTED TO FAIR AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS,
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BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THE REALITY FOR MANY FAMILIES, DESPITE WORKING MULTIPLE JOBS, UM, THEY'RE STRUGGLING TO MAKE ENDS MEET, PAY, RENT, OR THEIR MORTGAGE.AND THAT'S WHY THIS CONVERSATION THAT WE'RE HAVING TODAY ABOUT POINTS NON-PROFIT FOR-PROFIT, ARE VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE PRODUCING THAT DEEP AFFORDABILITY.
AND I'M A BIT CONCERNED AT, YOU KNOW, HOW QUICKLY THE, THE 19TH IS APPROACHING, AND THERE'S LOTS OF GREAT DISCUSSION AND CONVERSATION THAT'S GOING ON.
UM, I'M NOT SUPPORTIVE OF MOVING AWAY POINTS FROM, UH, FROM NONPROFITS, UM, TO THOSE WHO HAVE, UM, A GAP.
I, I THINK WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THOSE NONPROFITS THAT WE KNOW HAVE A TRACK RECORD OF PRODUCING DEEP AFFORDABILITY AND THE EXPERIENCE OF PROJECTS IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.
UM, AND WITH THAT, RIGHT? UM, ON SLIDE 21, FOR EXAMPLE, AT LEAST 10% OF THE UNITS SHALL BE AFFORDABLE FOR HOUSING HOUSEHOLDS EARNING 30% A M I OR HUD FUNDED, UH, 2 0 2 OR EIGHT 11, RIGHT? THAT'S 10% AT 30% A M I.
UM, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THE STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN IS A COMMUNITY EFFORT, BUT THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO IS IN A VERY UNIQUE POSITION, AND THIS WAS PITCHED TO THE CONSTITUENTS AND THE RESIDENTS OF SAN ANTONIO AS MEETING THOSE DEEP AFFORDABILITY GOES.
SO WE MUST BE INTENTIONAL, WHETHER IT'S FOR-PROFIT, NON-PROFIT, AND ENSURING THAT THE, THE POINTS AND THE PARAMETERS ARE WHAT THE BOND COMMITTEE MEMBERS VOTED AND SUPPORTED, RIGHT? SO THIS IS IMPORTANT DISCUSSION, AND, AND I GET THAT STAFF WANTS TO HAVE, UM, WANTS THE MEMBERS TO HAVE FLEXIBILITY WHEN SCORING, BUT THE CITY HAS SPECIFIC HOUSING NEEDS, RIGHT? UM, SO THAT'S WHY THIS R F P PROCESS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO BE MORE TRANSPARENT AND PRESCRIPTIVE WITH OUR HOUSING NEEDS.
UM, CAN STAFF WALK ME THROUGH THE ROLE OF THE, OF THE SCORING COMMITTEE AND WILL WE KNOW HOW EACH SCORING COMMITTEE VOTES WHEN THEY'RE APPOINTING POINTS PER PROJECT? SO HOW EACH INDIVIDUAL SCORING COMMITTEE MEMBER VOTES IS, UM, ANONYMOUS, BUT INSTEAD WHAT'S MADE PUBLIC IS THE FINAL SCORING MATRIX, WHICH SHOWS THE TOTALITY OF POINTS WHEN THE, UH, SCORING COMMITTEE IS MEETING AND VOTING.
UH, YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW THE OTHER COMMITTEE MEMBERS ARE VOTING.
IT'S LIKE PERSON A, PERSON B, PERSON C.
SO YOU COULD SEE INDIVIDUALS HOW THEY'RE VOTING, BUT THEIR NAME ISN'T ASSIGNED TO THE SCORE.
I, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR TRANSPARENCY THAT WE SEE HOW THE SCORING COMMITTEE MEMBERS ARE VOTING AND GIVING POINTS PER PROJECT, RIGHT? I THINK ESPECIALLY SINCE THIS PROCESS AND THESE PUBLIC DOLLARS ARE NOT GOING TO MAKE IT BACK TO COUNCIL TO THE VERY END, UM, WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT WE CAN LET THE PUBLIC KNOW WHO'S SCORING THESE PROJECTS.
SO I'M NOT IN FAVOR OF THE SCORING BEING ANONYMOUS.
AND I THINK FOR THE SAKE OF TRANSPARENCY TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC WHO VOTED IN, SUPPORTED THIS HOUSING BOND, THAT WE KNOW WHO'S ALLOCATING POINTS TO WHICH PROJECT.
UM, AGAIN, I, I WANNA REITERATE THAT WE'RE IN A UNIQUE POSITION, RIGHT? WE DO HAVE THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING AUTHORITY, WHICH IS A LARGE NONPROFIT THAT DOESN'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO LOBBY AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL.
AND WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PRODUCE THE, THE DEEP 30% A M I TO MEET THE NEED.
UM, I READ THE SAME NATIONAL LOW-INCOME HOUSING COALITION STUDY, RIGHT? AND IT HIGHLIGHTS THAT, OF COURSE, AS WE ALREADY KNOW, GREAT.
THERE'S GREAT DEMAND LOWER VACANCY RATES AND INCREASE INVESTOR PURCHASES THAT ARE OCCURRING ALONGSIDE INFLATION, RIGHT? SO WE KNOW THAT ABOVE 60% A M I, IT'S PRODUCING ITSELF.
SO WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE INTENTIONAL WITH THESE PUBLIC DOLLARS TO PRODUCE THE NEED OF SAN ANTONIO RESIDENTS.
UM, WHAT I CONTINUE TO HEAR FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS IS A QUESTION THAT I'VE ASKED BEFORE, UH, REGARDING WHY WE USE, UM, THE HUD A M I AND NOT THE SAN ANTONIO A M I I, UNDER UNDERSTAND THAT THAT IMPACTS, UH, FUNDING, UM, FOR SPECIFIC, UM, LAYERS OF FUNDING.
BUT CAN YOU WALK ME THROUGH, UM, WHY WE'RE REFERRING TO THE HUD M I AND NOT, UH, THE SAN ANTONIO M I? SURE.
SO, UM, THE HUD A M I IS AT THE HUD LEVEL.
THEY DEFINE AFFORDABILITY AT 80% OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME OR BELOW.
AND THAT IS, UM, A REGIONAL NUMBER.
SO IT INCLUDES SAN ANTONIO NEW BRAUNFELS BURNING, THIS, THIS WHOLE REGION.
SO WITH THOSE OUTER REGIONS, IT, IT DOES SKEW OUR LOCAL A M I HIGHER.
SO INSTEAD OF ADOPTING HUD'S DEFINITION OF 80% A M I, WE ACTUALLY SPENT QUITE A BIT OF TIME WORKING WITH COMMUNITY AND GETTING FEEDBACK.
AND AS ADOPTED IN THE SHIP, THE LOCAL DEFINITION IS TO USE 60% OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME.
SO WE, BY USING A LOWER STANDARD OF AFFORDABILITY, THAT IS CLOSER TO WHAT THE LOCAL NUMBERS ARE.
AND IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE USE THE HUD STANDARD BECAUSE OUR FUNDS ARE SUCH A SMALL PORTION OF THE OVERALL.
AND, UM, THE ENTITIES THAT LEVERAGE CITY FUNDS WITH FEDERAL AND OTHER SOURCES, UM, NEED TO HAVE A CONSISTENT REPORTING
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AREA.AND, AND A QUESTION THAT I ALSO HAVE IS THAT THE SCORING COMMITTEE MEMBERS HAVE A DISCRETION, RIGHT? SO THE RUBRIC AND PARAMETERS THAT ARE BEING PRESENTED ARE NOT BINDING.
WE COULD PRESENT THE DATA, THE DISPLACEMENT ASSESSMENT, AND THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS CAN STILL SCORE HOWEVER THEY PLEASE.
SO THE SCORING MATRIX IS, IS BINDING.
SO IF WE'RE SAYING THERE'S ONLY 15 POINTS FOR DEVELOPMENT EXPERIENCE, THAT'S THE MOST THAT THEY CAN AWARD FOR THAT CATEGORY.
WHAT THEY HAVE DISCRETION IS HOW THEY AWARD THOSE 15 POINTS, AND THEY WILL BE DONE SO IN GUIDANCE WITH THE PARAMETERS THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED.
I, I, I'LL ADD, YOU KNOW, THIS TOPIC ASIDE, JUST IN GENERAL, THESE LARGE SOLICITATIONS LIKE THIS, IF WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, AND, AND WE DO A LOT OF SOLICITATIONS COUNCILWOMAN, UM, IF WE HAVE A CATEGORY OF ONE TO UP TO 15 POINTS, AND, UM, COMMITTEE MEMBERS WHAT, I'M SORRY.
YEAH, I WAS LIKE, I HAVE MORE QUESTIONS AND I HAVE FOUR MINUTES.
WITH THESE PROJECTS, WHAT ARE GOING TO BE THE MINIMUM AFFORDABILITY TERMS FOR THESE PROJECTS THAT ARE RECEIVING BOND FUNDING? SO FOR THE HOME OWNERSHIP, THE GOAL IS SET AT 80% OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME OR BELOW.
THAT'S THE PARAMETER WE WERE PROVIDED.
AGAIN, PRIORITY FOR UNITS BUILT FOR FAMILIES AT 60% A M I OR BELOW THAT MAY BE MORE SPECIFIC.
'CAUSE OF TIME FOR THE, UH, RESIDENTIAL HOUSING PRODUCTION AND ACQUISITION.
UM, WHAT'S THE AFFORDABILITY TERMS FOR THOSE PROJECTS AS WELL AS FOR THE RENTAL HOUSING ACQUISITION, REHABILITATION AND PRESERVATION? SO ON THE RENTAL PROJECTS, THEY CAN PROPOSE AFFORDABLE UNITS UP TO 60% OF THE AREA MEETING INCOME OR BELOW THOSE WOULD BE CONSIDERED AFFORDABLE UNITS.
THE MINIMUM THEY MUST PROPOSE IS 10% OF UNITS AT 30% OF THE AREA MEETING INCOME OR BELOW.
AND SINCE THE PARAMETERS ARE THAT THE PRIORITIES SHOULD BE ON 30% UNITS AND THEN 50% UNITS, THAT'S THE GUIDANCE THE COMMITTEE WILL HAVE ON HOW THEY SCORE THE AFFORDABILITY POINTS.
MY QUESTION IS MORE HOW LONG IS THE AFFORDABILITY SECURED? RIGHT.
THE TERM, THE COVENANT, OH, SORRY.
UP TO 40 YEARS, A MINIMUM OF 20 YEARS.
AND THE, UH, RESPONDENTS CAN TELL US HOW LONG, UH, FOR OUR LAST BOND, I THINK EVERYONE AGREED TO A 40 YEAR TERM.
AND A LOT OF 'EM, IF THEY'RE USING FEDERAL FUNDS, THEY HAVE TO MEET, YOU KNOW, 40 YEARS ON THE FEDERAL SIDE ANYWAY.
AND, UM, WHAT I CONTINUE TO HEAR FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING THE PROCESS ARE, UM, QUESTIONS AROUND THE IN PIPE, THE IN PROGRESS OR ON DECK PROJECTS THAT ARE WITHIN THE PIPELINE.
CAN COUNCIL RECEIVE A LIST OF WHAT THOSE BOND PROJECTS ARE, OR THE PROPOSED PROJECTS THROUGH THE HOUSING BOND THAT YOU ARE GOING TO PRESENT TO THE SCORING COMMITTEE MEMBERS? UH, FOR EXAMPLE, RIGHT.
I'VE HAD CITY STAFF, UH, HAVE APPLICANTS REACH OUT TO ME TO SET UP A MEETING, UM, 'CAUSE THEY INTEND TO SEEK BOND FUNDING.
SO THOSE WHO ARE REACHING OUT TO CITY STAFF, CAN WE RECEIVE A LIST OF WHO THOSE NON-PROFIT OR FOR-PROFIT APPLICANTS ARE? UH, WHEN WE RELEASE THE R F P, WE'LL HAVE, IT'LL BE MADE PUBLIC.
EVERYONE WHO ATTENDED THE PRES SOLICITATION BRIEFING, IF WE HAVE A LIST OF ANYONE WHO SEEK BOND FUNDING, WE CAN PROVIDE THAT.
BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'RE, WE'RE KEEPING, WE HAVE APPLICANTS THAT APPROACH US ALL THE TIME THAT ASK ABOUT, I WANNA BUILD AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING, WHAT OPTIONS ARE OUT THERE? AND WE'RE CONSTANTLY TELLING THEM ABOUT OUR CITY FEE WAIVERS, OUR TOURS, DEPENDING ON WHERE THEY'RE AT, FEDERAL FUNDS, BOND FUNDS.
SO, UM, I CAN GUARANTEE THAT THEY'RE ALL SPECIFICALLY INTERESTED IN BOND FUNDS.
SOME ARE, EVAN SAID THAT, BUT YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PROJECTS ARE JUST GENERALLY WHAT FUNDING IS OUT THERE.
BECAUSE THE REQUEST IS BOND FUNDING, RIGHT.
THAT THEY'RE BEING REFERRED TO FROM CITY STAFF.
UM, SO WHAT WILL OVERSIGHT LOOK LIKE FOR THIS PROCESS? UM, I, I KNOW WE DO GET TO A POINT, SOMEONE TO THE BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.
IS THERE OPPORTUNITY FOR EACH COUNCIL MEMBER TO APPOINT SOMEONE TO THAT COMMITTEE, SPECIFICALLY TO OVERSEE THE PROCESS OF THE HOUSING BOND? SO THE SCORING COMMITTEE MEMBERS ARE PART OF TODAY'S DISCUSSION.
THAT'S WHY IT'S BEEN VERY TRANSPARENT ABOUT WHO THEY WILL BE.
AND THEN THE ADVISORY MEMBERS ARE THERE TO ADVISE THEM.
SO, UH, WE'RE NOT RECOMMENDING ANY ADDITIONAL SCORING MEMBERS.
AND, AND, AND ON THAT OF CONCERN THAT I HAVE ABOUT, UH, TRANSPARENCY AND PROCESSES AT THE P C D C MEETING, I REQUESTED ALL FOLKS WHO APPLIED, UM, OR WERE INTERESTED IN SERVING ON THE SCORING COMMITTEE AND A DISTRICT FIVE CONSTITUENT AND BOND APPOINTEE, UM, WASN'T INCLUDED IN THAT PROCESS.
AND SHE CC'D MULTIPLE STAFFERS.
IT SHOULD DEMONSTRATE HER INTEREST.
UM, WHY WOULD SHE BE EXCLUDED? OR THERE'S MULTIPLE PEOPLE THAT WERE CC'D IN THAT EMAIL.
SO I DON'T UNDERSTAND, UH, WHY SHE WASN'T INCLUDED IN THE PROCESS.
AND WHEN LOOKING AT THAT LIST, IT SEEMS THAT EVERYONE WHO, UH, WAS INTERESTED WAS APPOINTED.
SO WE IDENTIFIED EVERYONE WHO WE DID RECEIVE AN EMAIL FROM.
IF THERE IS ANOTHER EMAIL THAT, FOR WHATEVER REASON WE DIDN'T RECEIVE, UH, YOU KNOW, PLEASE SHARE THAT WITH US AND WE'LL, WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT IT.
I WAS GONNA CASTILLO LET GO AHEAD, ERIC.
GO BACK TO THE ISSUE OF THE EVALUATION AND JUST IN GENERAL, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE DO HIGH PROFILE CONTRACTS LIKE THIS, YOU KNOW, IF, IF AS SCORING COMMITTEE MEMBERS, EVEN INTERNAL STAFF MEMBERS ON THE COMMITTEES,
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UM, PROCUREMENT STAFF OR MONITORING THE SCORING AND, AND FOR EXAMPLE, IF WE HAVE A CATEGORY THAT IS 15 POINTS, AND WE HAVE A GUIDE THAT WE PUBLISH FOR THE USE OF THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS TO HELP GUIDE THE DECISIONS AND HELP INFORM THEM.SO WE APPROACH IT FROM A CONSISTENT STANDPOINT.
UM, WE DON'T, UH, OTHERWISE WE END UP WITH, UH, COMMITTEE MEMBERS SCORING A PROPOSAL 15 AND SOMEBODY GIVING IT A GIVEN THEM 10 OR A TWO.
AND WE HAVE THESE WIDE VARIETIES.
THAT'S THE REASON WHY WE PROVIDE THAT RUBRIC, BECAUSE WE ARE LOOKING FOR, UM, THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS TO LOOK AT THE PROPOSALS, WHATEVER THEY ARE, NOT JUST IN THIS AREA.
UM, CONSISTENTLY, UM, PROCUREMENT STAFF MONITOR THESE SOLICITATIONS.
IF THEY SEE OUTLIERS, THEN, UH, THE REASON WHY THERE ARE OUTLIERS ARE JUSTIFIED OR, UH, JUSTIFIED AND DOCUMENTED SO THAT WHEN WE COME HERE AND THE COUNCIL'S ASKING, OR IT'S COMING THROUGH THE ORGANIZATION AND COMING TO ME, WHY DO WE HAVE OUTLIERS? UM, AND WE, THERE HAVE BEEN PLENTY OF INSTANCES OVER THE YEARS WHERE, UH, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PREPARED, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE COME TO COUNCIL, TO BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN THE SCORING AND WHY THE SCORING IS WHAT IT IS.
UM, SECONDLY, UM, TO THE, TO THE POINT OF, OF THE ANONYMOUS NATURE OF THIS, WE DO IT AS A COM AS A COMMITTEE.
UM, AND IT'S NOT AN INDIVIDUALIZED, UM, CERTAINLY IF THAT'S SOMETHING, THERE HAVE BEEN CONTRACTS IN THE PAST WHERE THE COUNCILS WANTED TO SEE THE COMMITTEE SCORING AND WE CAN PRODUCE THAT.
UM, BUT, BUT I'D WANNA HAVE MORE CONVERSATION, UH, WITH THE COUNCIL, IT IS NOT AN EFFORT TO NOT BE TRANSPARENT.
IT'S AN EFFORT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE BRINGING FORWARD A RECOMMENDATION THAT, UM, MEETS THE GOALS SET OUT BY THE COUNCIL AS WE GO THROUGH THE SOLICITATION.
MOVE NOW TO COUNCIL MEMBER GRO.
UM, I WANT TO, I NEED TO THANK, UH, COUNCILMAN SHIRLEY RODRIGUEZ.
I, SHIRLEY GONZALEZ, UH, COUNCILWOMAN, BUT NOW MAYOR RON NURNBERG, BECAUSE THIS BEGAN YEARS AGO.
IT WAS, IT BEGAN BEFORE WITH RAY ALDANA AND A BIG SHIFT IN MOVE, UH, IN DISTRICT FOUR WITH DISPLACEMENT, WITH TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHERE, WHERE PEOPLE ARE GONNA MOVE WITH WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN DISTRICT TWO.
SHIRLEY GOT ON THE DAAS, RON WAS A COUNCILMAN AT THE TIME.
AND I THINK WHAT WE NEED TO REMEMBER IS IT WASN'T JUST ABOUT HOUSING, IT WAS ABOUT READY TO WORK.
AND THE ONE THING THAT THIS PRESENTATION SCREAMS TO ME IS THAT WE, WE NEED TO PROMOTE READY TO WORK.
IF WE LOOK AT, AND I'VE LOOKED AT, 'CAUSE MY STAFF PULLED THE SAN ANTONIO REPORTS, UH, IRIS'S PRESENTATION ON OUR AREA, MEDIAN INCOME IS THAT OUR UP TO 30% ARE MAKING $9 AN HOUR.
OUR 31 TO 50% ARE MAKING $15 AN HOUR.
THAT'S SOME PEOPLE THAT WORK IN SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
51 TO 60% A M I IS 1850 AN HOUR.
AND OUR 61 TO 80% A M I IS $24 AN HOUR.
SO I UNDERSTAND THE CONVERSATION ABOUT DEEP AFFORDABILITY, BUT I, I WANT, AND WE'RE ALL BRINGING OUR OWN PERSPECTIVES FROM OUR OWN DISTRICT.
AND WHEN I LOOK AT THAT 31 TO 50% AND THE $9, THAT'S SOME OF MY, MY RESIDENTS THAT WORK AT SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT WORK FOR THE STATE, SOME THAT MAY EVEN WORK FOR THE CITY FALL BETWEEN THAT 30 TO 80 A M I.
AND THAT'S ONE PERSON WE HAVEN'T EVEN GOTTEN TO IF THEY'RE ONE PERSON AND THEY HAVE CHILDREN.
AND I THINK THAT'S WHY WHEN WE DO THIS PRESENTATION AND WE TALK 30% A M I, 50% A M I, THAT WE TALK ABOUT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE HOURLY FOR OUR INDIVIDUALS.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT I'M GOING TO SAY? BECAUSE VERONICA AND VERONICA, YOU'VE ALL HEARD IT BEFORE, PERMANENT SUP, SUPPORTIVE HOUSING NEEDS TO BE THE PRIORITY.
YOU'RE, YOU ARE ON TOP OF THE, UH, HOME OWNERSHIP REHABILITATION.
YOU'RE ON TOP OF THAT BECAUSE YOU KNEW THAT THAT'S WHAT A LOT OF THE RESIDENTS, A LOT OF MY SENIORS WERE ASKING FOR.
THE OTHER THING I BELIEVE WHEN THE VOTERS WENT TO THE POLL WAS THAT THEY WERE LOOKING FOR A WAY TO ADDRESS THE HOMELESSNESS ISSUE.
SO THEY LOOKED AT THIS AND WE SAID THE ANSWER WAS PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT WHEN WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT, THAT WE JUST DON'T USE THE TERM HOMELESSNESS, BUT WE ALSO INCLUDE THE FACT THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN DANGEROUS SITUATIONS, THOSE LIVING WITH DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, UM, KIDS THAT HAVE LIVED IN THEIR HOUSEHOLD AND ARE FED UP AND READY TO GET OUT, AND WE NEED TO LOOK AT THAT BECAUSE THEY MAY NEED PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
SO I WANT YOU TO TAKE THAT INTO
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CONSIDERATION.I ALSO AGREE WITH THE MAYOR THAT I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT OUR, OUR NONPROFIT STATUS POINTS.
IT, WE, WE CAN LEAVE IT AT 10, BUT IF WE CAN GIVE POINTS FOR A DEVELOPER THAT IS GOING TO PARTNER WITH A NONPROFIT IN THIS DEVELOPMENT, WHETHER THEY'RE GONNA COME IN AND, AND PROVIDE SERVICES AFTERWARDS, HOUSING, LET'S LOOK AT THAT TOO, BECAUSE WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE, UM, WE HAVE THINGS READY TO GO.
AND, UM, THAT, THAT WITHIN SIX MONTHS THAT THEY'RE READY TO GO IS CRUCIAL.
THE OTHER THING IS, I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT WHERE THESE PROJECTS ARE POSITIONED, BECAUSE I CAN TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, IF YOU HAVE AN R F P, MY, MY FEAR IS YOU HAVE AN R F P, THEY WANNA MOVE, THEY WANNA DO SOMETHING IN DISTRICT THREE, AND THEN THEY, THEY THINK THEY CAN BUILD A SIX STORY OR A 10 STORY HOUSING UNIT.
I HAVE A MISSION OVERLAY VIEW OF, I HAVE A VIEW SHED OTHER AREAS OF THE TOWN.
SO WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT IF, IF WE ARE PUTTING THESE REQUIREMENTS ON, WE NEED TO LOOK AT WHERE, WHERE THESE, UH, DEVELOPMENTS ARE GOING IN THE NORTHERN SECTOR, THEY MAY NEED SOMETHING AT THAT 31 TO 50% A M I OR 51 TO 60% A M I, BECAUSE THEY ARE, THEY HAVE THEIR RESTAURANTS, THEIR BILL MILLERS IS PAYING $15 AN HOUR, UH, OR $18 AN HOUR.
WE, WE JUST NEED TO, TO HAVE MORE, UM, MORE FLEXIBILITY.
SO I WOULD LIKE YOU TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE SCORING STANDARDS, UM, BECAUSE I THINK WE, WE CAN GET THE DEEP AFFORDABILITY AND WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT IN MY DISTRICT, 31 TO 15%, 50% IS, IS DEEP AFFORDABILITY.
THAT IS DEEP AFFORDABILITY FOR MY RESIDENTS.
UM, AND, AND THAT'S WHAT I NEED TO SAY.
I THINK THE OTHER THING WE HAVE IN THIS IS, I NEED TO KNOW, WE, YOU NEED TO GIVE US, AND WE SEE THIS IN THE SAN ANTONIO HI HOUSING.
UM, TRUST IS THE PRICE TAG FOR WHEN WE TALK ABOUT UNIVERSAL DESIGN, WHEN WE TALK, WHEN TALK ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY.
BECAUSE WHEN WE, WHEN WE BUILD A UNIT ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF SAN ANTONIO, AND I LOVE MY SOUTH SIDE OF SAN ANTONIO, OUR HVAC UNITS NEED TO BE HIGHLY PROTECTED BECAUSE OF THE CRIME WE HAVE THERE.
SO SOMETIMES THEY'RE GONNA GO WITH WINDOW UNITS OR UNITS, A DIFFERENT TYPE OF, OF SYSTEM FOR, FOR WHAT THEY'RE BUILDING.
SO I, I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT THAT AS WE LOOK AT WHAT WE'RE, WHAT WE'RE DOING.
UM, SO I, I'M VERY ENCOURAGED BY THE WORK YOU'VE DONE.
I THINK WHEN WE LOOK AT THE SCORING, WE NEED TO MAKE, MAYBE TAKE A LOOK.
I WANNA GO DEEPER IN THE, TO THE DISPLACEMENT, BECAUSE THIS IS GOING TO BE, AND IF YOU WANNA COME UP, SO THIS IS GOING TO BE A PILOT FOR WHAT WE LOOK FOR CITYWIDE IN TERMS OF PROJECTS COMING IN AND DISPLACEMENT.
FOR NONPROFIT, OR EXCUSE ME, FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION DEVELOPMENTS.
AND IS THERE ANY WAY WITH THAT MAP THAT YOU CAN BREAK IT DOWN INTO OUR RISK LEVELS BY DISTRICT AND THEN IN DISTRICT BY AREAS? I THINK WE'LL HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT COUNCILWOMAN.
THE SHORT ANSWER IS THAT IT MIGHT BE TOUGH BECAUSE IT'S ALL BY CENSUS TRACKED.
AND I DON'T KNOW HOW, I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT SPLITS OFF, BUT, WELL, MAYBE WE CAN EVEN JUST DO A LINE IN HOW, 'CAUSE WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT THAT LINE IN THE CITY, OUR DIGITAL DIVIDE LINE, IF WE COULD DO IT BY THAT, UH, TO SEE WHERE, WHERE WE'RE AT RISK, SO WE CAN LOOK AT AS, AS WE, UH, COME TO THIS.
UM, THE OTHER THING IS, I THINK WHAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT, AND, AND THIS WAS EXPERIENCES THAT WERE HAPPENING, I THINK HAPPENING TODAY IN SOME, UH, AREAS, IS WE TALK ABOUT, UH, YOU, THERE'S ONE, DOES THE PROJECT DIRECTLY DISPLACE ANY EXISTING RESIDENTS ON SITE? BUT SOME OF THE, WHERE THESE RESIDENTS ARE, THEY'RE LETTING IT DETERIORATE SO MUCH.
HOW DO WE, HOW ARE WE GOING TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THOSE QUESTIONABLE LANDLORDS THAT ARE LETTING, YOU KNOW, MOLD INFANT STATIONS AND RODENT INFESTATIONS HAPPEN IN THEIR FACILITIES TO, TO DRIVE PEOPLE OUT? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION, COUNCILWOMAN.
SO, UM, THE PARAMETERS, UH, FROM THE CITIZEN BOND COMMITTEES ARE PRETTY CLEAR THAT WE CAN'T USE BOND FUNDING FOR DIRECT DISPLACEMENT.
UM, BUT WHAT YOU'RE GETTING AT IN TERMS OF DEFERRED MAINTENANCE OR, YOU KNOW, NOT GREAT LANDLORD PRACTICES, RIGHT, ARE THINGS THAT WE LOOK AT IN OUR SECONDARY ASSESSMENT.
SO WE HAVE THE BUILDING CONDITION INDEX THAT B C A D USES, THAT INCLUDES MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENTS, AND WE ALSO HAVE EVICTION FILINGS.
SO WE CAN CAPTURE THOSE TWO AS MEASURES.
I, 'CAUSE I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, UM, AND OUR QUESTIONABLE LANDLORDS, THEY DO IT VERY SUBTLY.
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WITH THE, UM, THEY STOP WITH THE MAINTENANCE OR THEY STOP WITH, WITH CERTAIN AMENITIES.AND BEFORE YOU KNOW IT, THEY'RE NOT RENTING, THEY'RE NOT RENTING THE OTHER UNITS.
AND I THINK WE NEED TO TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION IF THEY WERE ONCE, ONCE AFFORDABLE, WHERE WE KIND OF TAKE THEM OFF THE ROLLS AS AS AFFORDABLE HOUSING, UH, ANYMORE.
UM, SO I JUST, I, I THINK WE, WE HAVE LOTS OF OPPORTUNITIES.
I THINK WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN FUTURE PRESENTATIONS IS MORE DOLLAR AMOUNTS.
I, I APPRECIATE THE COMMITTEE'S EFFORTS IN THE SCORING, AND I THINK THAT, UM, UNDERSTANDING WHERE THEIR DIRECTION IS COMING FROM, I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED TO PULL, UM, YOU KNOW, HAVE IT AS TRANSPARENT AS MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES WANTS, BUT I THINK WE DO NEED ANSWERS IN TERMS OF MOTIVATIONS OF WHAT, WHY THEY SCORED THE WAY THEY DID, OR WHAT THE COMMITTEE ENDED UP ON.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT, IT COULD BE LIKE, UH, LIKE A BRIEFING OF THE COMMITTEE ENDED UP SCORING THIS WAY BECAUSE THEY FELT FOR THE AREA THIS WOULD'VE BEEN A PROPER THING.
AND THAT THAT WAY WE, WE CAN HAVE A, A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF, OF WHAT'S SORT OF MOTIVATING IT.
'CAUSE WHAT, WHAT WOULD WORK IN ONE DISTRICT, UM, LIKE DISTRICT EIGHT, NINE OR 10 WOULDN'T NECESSARILY WORK IN MY DISTRICT, BUT WE DO WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE, WE'RE USING THE EQUITY SCORES AND HAVING AN UNDERSTANDING OF THAT.
UM, SO THAT WE ARE NOT, IT, IT, THERE ISN'T THIS PERCEPTION THAT WE'RE, UM, WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO HIDE SOMETHING THROUGH THIS PROCESS BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THE GOAL IS TO GET PEOPLE ONE BETTER PAYING JOBS
AND THAT'S WHY I THINK WE SHOULD PUSH, PUSH READY TO WORK.
THE OTHER IS, UM, AND, AND WE NEED TO BREAK THAT, UH, CYCLE OF POVERTY.
UM, THE OTHER IS TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND ALL THEIR HOUSING OPTIONS AND THE COMPLEXITY OF IF IT'S PUBLIC HOUSING OR NOT.
SO, UM, THANK YOU AND I LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, GETTING MORE INFORMATION ON THIS.
THANK YOU VERONICA, FOR THE PRESENTATION AND FOR BRIEFING ME IN ADVANCE.
UM, I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK THE DISTRICT SEVEN COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO SERVED ON THE BOND COMMITTEE.
THEY INCLUDE, UH, MS. VERONICA, EVA, UH, MR. MIKE PHILLIPS, WHO WE WISH YOU THE QUICKEST RECOVERY AFTER YOUR SURGERY.
MIKE AND, UH, MR. CHRIS SILAS, WHO ADVOCATED FOR UNIVERSAL DESIGN STANDARDS, A RECOMMENDATION THAT WAS TAKEN UP BY, BY THE COMMITTEE.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ FOR HER SERVICE ON COUNCIL, AS WELL AS, UH, LEADING THE HOUSING COMMISSION AS WELL AS THE CURRENT AND PAST MEMBERS OF THE HOUSING COMMISSION.
UM, BUT I CERTAINLY DON'T WANNA FORGET A VERY IMPORTANT GROUP OF PEOPLE TO THINK, AND THAT'S OUR ACTIVISTS.
UM, IN MY WORK IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT, UH, EVEN BEFORE I WAS ON THE CITY, UH, CERTAINLY ACTIVISTS, UH,
SO THANK YOU FOR, FOR YOUR WORK AND YOUR ADVOCACY.
UM, I THIS MAY BE A, THIS MAY BE A TOUGH TOPIC TO, TO BRING UP, BUT I HAVE TO SAY THAT THIS COUNCIL HAS COME A LONG WAY SINCE, UH, THAT MISSION TRAILS, UH, EVENT HAPPENED, UH, MANY YEARS AGO.
AND I, I THINK THAT WAS THE, THE FIRST ITERATION OF THE HOUSING COMMISSION WAS FORMED AFTER THAT HAPPENED.
UM, SO TODAY, INSTEAD OF INCENTIVIZING A PROJECT WITH DIRECT DISPLACEMENT, WE ARE ACTIVELY TALKING ABOUT, UH, FUNDING THE CREATION OF, OF NEW HOMES SO THAT PEOPLE DON'T EVER HAVE TO FEEL DISPLACED OR BE DISPLACED AGAIN.
UM, SO THANK YOU STAFF FOR, FOR YOUR WORK ON, ON MOVING US TO THIS LOCATION.
UM, I, IN HEARING THE DIFFERENT CONVERSATIONS, UM, OR THE DIFFERENT TALK POINTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE BY, BY MY COLLEAGUES, UM, THEY'RE CLEARLY DIFFERENT PRIORITIES FOR DIFFERENT PEOPLE.
UM, AND WE WANT OUR HOUSING BOND TO, TO COVER SO MUCH OF THAT, RIGHT? THE HOUSING CRISIS DOESN'T HAVE A SINGLE SOLUTION.
IT HAS, UH, IT'S GOING TO NEED A LOT OF SOLUTIONS.
UH, THERE ARE DIFFERENT POPULATIONS TO SERVE, UH, WHETHER IT'S, UH, YOUTH AGING OUT OF FOSTER CARE OR WOMEN'S EXPERIENCING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, OR PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
AND THERE'S ALSO DIFFERENT INCOME LEVELS, UH, TO SERVE.
UH, BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO REMEMBER WE HAVE DIFFERENT TOOLS AS WELL.
SO IN ADDITION TO PUTTING TAX DOLLARS IN TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM, I JUST WANNA MAKE A QUICK ASIDE THAT WE ALSO HAVE TO LOOK AT OTHER TOOLS THAT WE HAVE AS A LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND AS A LEGISLATOR.
SO WHETHER THOSE ARE REGULATORY TOOLS OR, UH, IN OTHER TYPES OF INCENTIVES,
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UM, I DO THINK WE NEED TO KEEP IN MIND THAT THIS IS NOT OUR ONLY WAY TO HELP PEOPLE, UH, KEEP, HAVE, AND STAY IN THEIR HOMES TILL, LET'S NOT FORGET THAT.UM, I'D LIKE TO ECHO SOME OF THE CONCERNS REGARDING, UH, THE AFFORDABILITY ISSUE, WHETHER IT'S, UH, INCOME-BASED HOUSING OR THE 30% A M I, GIVEN THAT THAT WAS A, THE HIGHEST PRIORITY FROM THE BOND COMMITTEE.
I, I WONDER WHY YOU WOULDN'T JUST HAVE A SEPARATE PROCESS AND SET ASIDE FUNDING FOR THE 30% A M I OR FOR INCOME-BASED HOUSING INSTEAD OF ASKING THOSE, UM, YOU KNOW, PROJECTS TO COMPETE AGAINST ONE ANOTHER.
I, THE WAY THE R F P IS SET UP, THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT WE COULD GET ZERO, UH, INCOME-BASED HOUSING PROJECTS OR, UM, THE BARE MINIMUM WHEN IT COMES TO 30% A M I.
UM, I KNOW TYPICALLY THIS IS HOW THE RFPS ARE, ARE RUN, THEY COMPETE AGAINST ONE ANOTHER.
BUT I THINK IF WE DO HAVE A PRIORITY, UH, WE SHOULD NOT MAKE THAT PRIORITY COMPETE AGAINST THINGS THAT ARE NOT PRIORITY.
UM, VERONICA, DO YOU, AND I REALIZE WE'RE VERY FAR DOWN THE PROCESS.
MY, MY ROLE IS, IS HERE, RIGHT? I'M NOT ON P C D C, I'M NOT ON THE HOUSING TRUST.
I'M NOT ON THE HOUSING COMMISSION.
UH, BUT I, I'D JUST LIKE TO MAKE THAT POINT.
COULD YOU, UM, YEAH, IF YOU HAVE A RESPONSE, THANK YOU.
TYPICALLY WE DO HAVE ALL PROJECTS COMPETE FOR FUNDING.
THAT IS PART OF OUR, OUR VERY TRANSPARENT PROCESS.
UH, WE DON'T HAVE, UM, THIS SET UP TO WHERE ONLY ONE PROJECT CAN GET FUNDED.
I THINK WE HAVE, UH, WE'RE FORTUNATE TO HAVE $150 MILLION TOTAL, SO THAT THE INTENT IS TO SPREAD THAT ACROSS DIFFERENT TYPES OF HOUSING PRODUCT.
AND AS WE HEARD THERE, THERE ARE LOTS OF DIFFERENT, UH, PRIORITIES AND PARAMETERS THAT WE HAVE TO CONSIDER WHEN ADMINISTERING THESE FUNDS.
UH, WE ARE PRETTY FAR ALONG DOWN THE PROCESS, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN IF THERE IS A REQUEST OR A DIRECTION TO GO AHEAD AND, AND HAVE A SET ASIDE, WE CAN LOOK AT THAT.
AND PART OF OUR STAFF RECOMMENDATION TODAY IS THAT WE DON'T FUND EVERYTHING THIS FALL.
THAT THIS DOES GIVE US TIME TO RESPOND TO PROJECTS THAT ARE READY TO GO WHOMEVER'S BUILDING THOSE PROJECTS.
THERE IS THAT SENSE OF URGENCY AND THAT READINESS THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT, BUT WE STILL HAVE A SIGNIFICANT SET ASIDE TO PURSUE OTHER IDEAS, PROGRAMS, PROJECTS.
AND SO IF THE REQUEST IS, THERE SHOULD BE A SET ASIDE SPECIFICALLY FOR CERTAIN TYPES OF HOUSING PROJECTS, AND HOW DO WE LOOK AT AWARDING THAT THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO PURSUE THOSE OPTIONS.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A SET ASIDE FOR INCOME BASED PROJECTS.
YOU AND I HAD THIS, UH, DISCUSSION AND, AND YOU BROUGHT IT UP RECENTLY.
I, I THINK IT WAS COUNCILMAN MCKEY RODRIGUEZ WHO SAID, UM, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE CAN AFFORD SOMETHING NOW AT, UH, 30 OR 50% A M I, BUT AS THE A M I INCREASES AND SOMEBODY'S SALARY DOESN'T, UM, THEY COULD VERY WELL BE, UM, NO LONGER AFFORD THAT RENT BECAUSE THE RENT WILL GO UP, UH, WHEN THAT HAPPENS.
SO THAT WHY THAT, THAT'S WHY I THINK IT'S, IT'S CRITICAL TO ENSURE THAT WE DO HAVE SOME LEVEL OF INCOME-BASED HOUSING, UH, PROJECTS.
SO I, I WOULD ADVOCATE FOR THAT, UH, PROVIDED THE, THE BOND COMMITTEE, UH, MEMBERS ARE, ARE IN SUPPORT OF THAT.
UM, THE, UH, I, I DO WANNA TOUCH ON THE CONCEPT OF TRANSPARENCY THAT WAS BROUGHT UP BY A COUPLE OF COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I THINK, UM, THIS IS, I THINK THIS IS REALLY DIFFICULT FOR, AT LEAST FOR ME TO WRAP MY HEAD AROUND BECAUSE IT'S A BOND CATEGORY, BUT IT IS SO DIFFERENT FROM HOW WE HANDLE THE OTHER BOND CATEGORIES WHEN IT COMES TO THE OTHER BOND CATEGORIES.
EVERY SINGLE PROJECT IS PUBLIC RIGHT BEFORE WE EVEN VOTE ON THE BOND.
UH, AND EVERY MEMBER OF THAT BOND COMMITTEE, UH, HAS SPOKEN PUBLICLY OR HAS VOTED PUBLICLY, UH, ON SOMETHING OR OTHER THAT WENT TO THE BOND.
AND THAT IS ULTIMATELY GOING TO BE, UH, BUILT.
SO, UH, I THINK I'M NOT, I THINK I AM, UH, UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THE, WITH THE CHANGE THAT WAS MADE, UH, TO FOCUS ON SHOVEL READY PROJECTS BECAUSE, UH, THAT WAS NOT, UH, A PRIORITY OR DIRECTION FROM, FROM THE BOND COMMITTEE.
UH, SO I, I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, EXPRESS THAT, THAT CONCERN.
UM, WHEN IT COMES TO, UH, THE TRANSPARENCY ABOUT WHO IS, UH, SCORING WHAT, I GUESS I WAS A LITTLE CONFUSED.
YOU KEPT REFERRING TO THE COMMITTEE, BUT THERE ARE SO MANY COMMITTEES.
SO THERE'S THE, THE HOUSING COMMISSION, THERE IS THE BOND COMMITTEE, THERE'S A SCORING COMMITTEE, THERE'S GONNA BE A BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.
UM, BUT IT IS, YOU WERE REFERRING THE WHOLE TIME TO THE SCORING COMMITTEE, IS THAT RIGHT?
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YES.THE SCORING COMMITTEE, WE WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR REVIEWING PROPOSALS, ASSIGNING POINTS TO THEM BASED ON THE STRUCTURE THAT'S ADOPTED TODAY, THE DIRECTION THAT WE RECEIVE.
AND THEY WILL, THE SCORING COMMITTEE WILL BE MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS ON AWARDS TO ULTIMATELY FOR COUNCIL'S APPROVAL.
UM, AT THE SAME TIME, WE DO HAVE UP TO THREE, UH, COMMUNITY BOND COMMITTEE MEMBERS ON EACH SCORING COMMITTEE.
UM, COULD I GET A TIME CHECK PLEASE? AURORA 45.
UM, LASTLY, JUST A QUICK PLUG.
UM, AND, AND YOU'VE, SOME OF YOU HAVE HEARD ME SAY THIS BEFORE.
UH, ANOTHER WAY TO ENSURE, UH, OR TO HELP THE AFFORDABILITY, UM, IS, UH, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU'VE DONE, WHICH ARE THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY.
I'M SO GLAD TO SEE THOSE, UH, ON THERE.
UH, BUT ALSO, UM, THIS FREE PARKING THAT SO-CALLED FREE PARKING THAT EVERYBODY SUBSIDIZES.
SO IF, UM, IF I MOVE INTO APARTMENT, INTO AN APARTMENT AND I DON'T HAVE A CAR, UH, AND THAT PARKING UNIT IS INCLUDED IN MY, IN MY RENT, THAT I, I'M PAYING FOR SOMETHING THAT I DON'T NEED AND IT IS MAKING MY, UH, RENT MORE EXPENSIVE.
SO I, I, UH, HOPE THAT THAT IS BEING ADDRESSED SOMEHOW THROUGH THIS, UH, R F P PROCESS SO THAT WE DON'T PUT THAT ADDITIONAL BURDEN ON PEOPLE WHO ARE ALREADY COST BURDEN.
SO, UH, JUST TO SUMMARIZE, UM, UH, UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THE MOVE TO SHOVEL READY, BECAUSE IT WASN'T APPROVED BY, UH, THE BOND COMMITTEE O OPENLY.
I KNOW YOU SAID YOU DID SPEAK WITH STAKEHOLDERS, BUT THOSE WEREN'T, UH, CONVERSATIONS THAT WERE HELD THE SAME WAY THAT THE BOND COMMITTEE DISCUSSIONS WERE HELD.
SO I'M, I'M SOMEWHAT UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THAT.
UM, AND, UH, I'D LIKE TO SEE, UH, A SET ASIDE FOR INCOME-BASED PROJECTS.
AND THEN, UH, I DO HOPE THAT, UH, WE WILL ALSO TAKE URGENT ACTION WHEN IT COMES TO OTHER TOOLS WE CAN USE TO HELP PEOPLE STAY IN THEIR HOMES.
UH, TOOLS THAT HAVE TO DO WITH, UM, BASICALLY RENTER MANAGEMENT, UH, PRACTICES.
THANK YOU, MAYOR VERONICA, WHEN I'M, I'M LOOKING AT, UH, THE, THESE SCORING CRITERIA, AND FOR SOME OF THE SCORING CATEGORIES, THERE'S JUST ONE ISSUE, AND YOU COULD GET, YOU KNOW, MAYBE 10, 20, 30 POINTS.
AND THEN IN SOME, IT'S, THERE'S A BUNCH OF THINGS BUNDLED TOGETHER, AND IT ALMOST FEELS LIKE, WELL, YOU KNOW, WE JUST TOOK A BUCKET AND TOOK EVERYTHING ELSE AND PUT IT IN THERE, BECAUSE I DON'T, I DON'T ALWAYS SEE A THEME WITH WHAT'S IN THERE.
SO LIKE, I, I DON'T KNOW WHAT SUSTAINABILITY HAS TO DO WITH CONSTRUCTION PRIORITIES OR A TIMELINE.
AND, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU HAVE A POINTS CATEGORY THAT'S 10, 15 POINTS, I FEEL LIKE MAYBE WE COULD BE DIVIDING THOSE UP INTO DIFFERENT CATEGORIES AND GIVING THEM, ASSIGNING EACH OF THOSE CATEGORIES THE AMOUNT OF POINTS THAT WE ACTUALLY VALUE THEM AT.
AND I, YOU KNOW, I THINK, I MEAN, WE'RE GONNA HAVE HUMAN BEINGS THERE SCORING, RIGHT? AND, UM, IF DOUG MELNICK IS ON THERE SCORING ON ONE, AND THERE'S FIVE DIFFERENT THINGS, AND THERE'S SUSTAINABILITY ON THERE, HE MIGHT GET EXCITED ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY AND GIVE ALL THE POINTS, RIGHT? OR, UM, IF CAMMIE FROM VIA IS ON THERE AND SHE SEES THAT WHERE THE SITE IS, AND THAT IT'S GONNA BE CLOSE TO A V IF THERE'S GONNA BE A VIA BUS STOP THERE, SHE MIGHT GET EXCITED AND GIVE ALL THE POINTS OR A LOT MORE POINTS.
AND SO, I'M JUST WONDERING IF WE COULD JUST SPLIT UP SOME OF THOSE CATEGORIES AND JUST ASSIGN THE AMOUNT OF POINTS THAT WE ACTUALLY VALUE FOR EACH OF THOSE ITEMS. THE OTHER THING IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE ALWAYS DOING, WORKING IN FIVE POINT INCREMENTS, AND I THINK WE COULD WORK IN ANY POINT INCREMENTS, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THERE'S A, IT'S POSSIBLE THAT WE COULD SAY AFFORDABILITY IS 33 POINTS INSTEAD OF 35, AND WE COULD PUT TWO MORE POINTS SOMEWHERE ELSE.
AND SO I JUST WANNA ENCOURAGE, UM, US TO BE ABLE TO CONSIDER THINGS THAT ARE JUST A LITTLE MORE GRANULAR THAN THAT.
UM, I DID GET THE INFORMATION THAT YOU SENT ME ON B SAG AND, AND THAT LOOKED GOOD, SO I APPRECIATE THAT.
UM, BUT THE OTHER THING IS THAT I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING IN WRITING THAT TIES SUSTAINABILITY TO AFFORDABILITY, BECAUSE WE'RE SEEING ENERGY BILLS SPIKE, AND SO IF YOU MAKE THE RENT AFFORDABLE, BUT THE, BUT THE ENERGY BILLS AREN'T, WE DON'T HAVE AFFORDABILITY.
AND I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT CONNECTED CONCRETELY IN WRITING, YOU KNOW, MORE SO THAN JUST EXPLAINING TO THE VOTING MEMBERS, HEY, THAT WE WANT YOU TO ALSO THINK ABOUT ENERGY EFFICIENCY AS BEING PART OF AFFORDABILITY.
IT'S, I, I THINK IF WE'RE SERIOUS ABOUT IT, WE NEED TO PUT IT IN WRITING.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT, AND I, I DON'T KNOW IF I MISSED IT, IF I DID, PLEASE POINT IT OUT.
UH, WE ADDED IT TO THE AFFORDABILITY SIDES
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AS SOMETHING THE COMMITTEE WOULD TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION, AND WE WILL, UM, INCLUDE IT IN THE R F P THAT WHEN THE COMMITTEE IS SCORING AFFORDABILITY, LONG-TERM COSTS OF OCCUPYING THE UNIT.SO THAT COULD BE, UM, THAT THE COMMITTEE WILL BE CONSIDERING THAT AS PART OF THAT POINT CATEGORY, BUT IT, IT'S NOT REFLECTED HERE IN LIKE, YOU KNOW, IN THE SCORING CATEGORIES THOUGH.
SO THAT'S, I GUESS THAT'S WHAT I'M STRUGGLING WITH.
UM, SO I'M JUST AFRAID THAT IT COULD GET LOST IN THE FUTURE SOMEHOW.
SO ON SLIDE 21, WE ADDED A NOTE THAT, UM, SUSTAINABILITY AS IT TRANSLATES TO ENERGY EFFICIENT AND LONG-TERM COST TO THE RESIDENT WILL BE CONSIDERED WITH THE AFFORDABILITY OF UNIT.
AND YOU'LL SEE THAT KIND OF SIMILAR LANGUAGE IN THE, UH, R F P.
UM, THIS IS ALMOST KIND AS FAR AS THE NUMBERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT GO.
UM, WHEN THIS WAS PRESENTED, UH, ON THE HUD PROGRAM LAST WEEK, I VOTED AGAINST IT BECAUSE I DIDN'T AGREE WITH THE, THE NUMBER MIXES ON HERE AND, AND HOW, HOW MUCH MONEY WE WERE SPENDING AND GETTING A LACK OF BANG, WHAT I CALL BANG FOR THE BUCK.
AND I STILL FEEL THAT WAY EVEN FOR THIS HOUSING BOND.
UM, UH, NOT, NOT PUTTING MORE MONEY INTO THE, THE, THE BIGGER BANGS FOR THE BUCK, IF YOU WILL, ON, UH, RENTAL ASSISTANCE AND APARTMENTS HERE FOR THE CITY.
SO, VERONICA, ALONG WITH THAT, WHAT, WHAT IS THE GOAL? I MEAN, HOW MANY AFFORDABLE UNITS ARE WE TRYING TO BUILD HERE IN SAN ANTONIO? WHAT, WHAT'S THE OVERALL NUMBER? SO IN THE SHIP, IT IDENTIFIES THAT WE NEED TO BUILD AND PRESERVE 28,000 AFFORDABLE UNITS, AND THAT'S BROKEN DOWN, UM, BY BOTH ON THE HOME OWNERSHIP SIDE AND THE MULTIFAMILY SIDE.
SO IF I'M READING THIS RIGHT ON SLIDE NUMBER SIX MM-HMM.
AND THAT IS A, A PARTNERSHIP GOAL.
SO THE CITY, ALONG WITH ALL THE OTHER PARTNERS, AND, AND I THINK I ASKED THIS LAST WEEK, IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT HOW MUCH MONEY WE'RE SPENDING ON LIKE APARTMENTS, WHERE YOU GET THE BIGGEST BANG FOR THE BUCK, UH, IF WE PUT ALL THAT MONEY INTO APARTMENTS, HOW MANY MORE UNITS WOULD WE GET IN THIS POT OF MONEY? UM, I, I FORGET WHAT THE NUMBERS WERE FOR LAST WEEK ON THE HUD PROGRAMS, BUT HOW MANY IN THIS POT OF MONEY, HOW MANY MORE UNITS COULD WE GET ON THE APARTMENT SIDE? SO TO HELP FILL THAT 28,000 UNIT GAP FOR THE NEW PRODUCTION HOME OWNERSHIP, WE HAVE 5 MILLION SET ASIDE.
AND IF WE'RE ESTIMATING THAT $75,000 ESTIMATE, RIGHT? GOING TO TOWARDS NEW SINGLE FAMILY HOMES ON THE MULTI-FAMILY SIDE, WE TYPICALLY WILL SUBSIDIZE ANYWHERE FROM 40, 45,000 PER UNIT.
SO, UM, 5 MILLION DIVIDED BY 75,000.
I DON'T HAVE MY CALCULATOR, BUT YOU WOULD GET MORE MULTI-FAMILY UNITS.
AND, AND THAT'S MY POINT ON ALL OF THESE NUMBERS, WHETHER IT'S ON THE HUD SIDE OR THE, THE, UH, BOND SIDE WHERE WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT GETTING AS MANY UNITS OUT THERE TO SATISFY THIS 28,000 SHORTFALL HERE IN SAN ANTONIO.
AND SO THAT, THAT'S WHY I DON'T AGREE WITH THE FUNDING MIX AND THE NUMBERS THAT WE'RE PRESENTING, UH, LAST WEEK AND WHAT WE'RE PRESENTING TODAY.
SO THOSE ARE STILL MY COMMENTS DURING THIS B SESSION.
UM, HAVING SAID THAT, WHEN I GET TO, UM, I, I GOT A FEW OTHER QUESTIONS ON THAT, ON THIS PRESENTATION, AND THANK YOU AGAIN FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER.
UH, SLIDE NUMBER 16, IT MENTIONS THE BUILD SAN ANTONIO GREEN OR, UH, CERTIFICATION.
WHAT, WHAT ORGANIZATION IS THAT? AND IS THIS BY CODE OR ANYTHING THAT WE HAVE TO BUILD TO THIS? B SS A G, THIS IS ABOVE AND BEYOND CODE.
UH, B S A G IS ITS OWN ENTITY, AND THEY PUT OUT THESE, UM, THESE GUIDELINES AND THERE ARE VARIOUS CERTIFICATIONS THAT A PROJECT CAN GO AFTER.
BILL SAN ANTONIO GREEN IS ONE OF 'EM, LEAD IS ANOTHER.
UM, SO THIS WAS IN CONSULTATION WITH THE OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY IN LINE WITH THE SA TOMORROW OR SA CLIMATE READY PLAN.
AND SO WE'RE ASKING PROJECTS TO MEET THE LEVEL TWO CERTIFICATION OR, OR EQUIVALENT.
SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO NECESSARILY GO AFTER THAT SPECIFIC CERTIFICATION.
WELL, AGAIN, IT COMES DOWN TO COST.
UH, THAT LEVEL OF CERTIFICATION IS ESTIMATED
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TO ADD ABOUT $400,000 TO THE COST OF THE PROJECT ESTIMATES AND HOW, HOW MANY UNITS CAN YOU GET INSTEAD OF GETTING THAT CERTIFICATION? THAT'S, THAT'S MY POINT.WE'RE ADDING TO THE COST OF THIS PROGRAM WITH THESE, WITH THESE REQUIREMENTS THAT WE'RE ADDING TO, UH, TO THESE PROJECTS.
AND THE SAME THING ON SLIDE NUMBER, UH, 17, UH, TALKS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK COLLEAGUES TALKED ABOUT BUILDING EFFICIENCY AND, UM, REDUCTION THERE.
EVERY ONE OF THESE CREATES COST.
AND I, AND I, I THINK TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PROTECTING TAXPAYER DOLLARS, WE NEED TO IDENTIFY WHAT THOSE COSTS ARE BEING ADDED TO BY THE PROPOSERS ON, ON THESE, UH, RFPS.
SO I, I THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE, UH, HIGHLIGHTED AND TRANSPARENT.
HEY, IF, IF WE'RE ADDING THIS IN, WELL, WHAT'S IT GONNA COST? WHAT, WHAT IS IT GONNA COST US? UM, NOW LET'S GET INTO THE BIG THING IS THE, UH, THIS NONPROFIT STATUS SCORING THIS 15 POINTS, I, I CAN'T SUPPORT THAT.
I MEAN, NONPROFITS GET BREAKS ALREADY.
THAT MEANS THAT THEY GET TAX BREAKS AND THEY GET A LEG UP.
AND HERE IN THESE RFPS, WE'RE GONNA GIVE 'EM AN, AN EVEN BIGGER LEG UP.
I'M MORE INTERESTED IN HOW MANY HOMES AND AT WHAT LEVEL ARE GONNA BE BUILT.
I DON'T CARE IF IT'S A NON-PROFIT OR A FOR-PROFIT, BUT I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD BE DICTATING WHICH BUSINESS CATEGORY THAT WE WANT TO WIN THESE RFPS RIGHT OFF, RIGHT OFF THE BAT.
I MEAN, THE BIG, BIG COMPANIES, THEY'RE ALREADY, UH, TEAMING WITH NONPROFITS.
IF WE WANNA CHANGE THE MIX SOME KIND OF WAY TO ENHANCE THAT, THAT'S GREAT.
BUT I, I, I DON'T AGREE WITH THIS.
15 POINTS FOR NONPROFITS, AL THEY ALREADY GET BREAKS THAT HELP THEM IN THEIR PROPOSALS, AND THIS GIVES THEM AN EVEN BIGGER GR UH, BREAK.
IF I WERE A FOR-PROFIT COMPANY OUT THERE, I'D LOOK AT THIS AND SAY, AH, FOREGONE CONCLUSION, I JUST HOPE COMES TO ME TO TEAM WITH ME TO GO AFTER THIS BECAUSE THIS IS A SETUP.
AND AGAIN, OUR FOCUS SHOULD NOT BE, UNLESS, UNLESS WE HAVE SOME, I DON'T KNOW, SUB BETA GOALS OUT THERE OR SOMETHING SAYING THAT WE WANT MORE NONPROFITS TO PRODUCE HOUSING, I DON'T GET IT.
I, AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THE COMMITTEE WOULD BE FORCING, UH, UH, MORE POINTS TO BE GIVEN TO NONPROFITS IN THAT SCENARIO.
AGAIN, IT SHOULDN'T MAKE US ANY DIFFERENCE.
WE SHOULD BE GOING AFTER THE BEST DEAL AND THE LOWEST COST.
NOT SAYING WE WANT THIS TO GO TO A NONPROFIT.
AGAIN, THEY'RE ALREADY TEAMING WITH BIG COMPANIES.
THEY DON'T, THEY NORMALLY DON'T HAVE THE, UH, RESOURCES I E BONDING CAPABILITY AND THAT KIND OF THING THAT THE LARGE COMPANIES HAVE AVAILABLE TO THEM.
SO, UH, UM, I, I DO NOT AGREE WITH THAT, THAT WE PUT THAT MANY POINTS ON NON-PROFITS THAT, I MEAN, WHERE DID, WHAT, WHY DID WE DO THAT? WHO, WHOSE IDEA WAS THAT TO PUT MORE POINTS FOR NONPROFITS? WHY, WHY ARE WE PUTTING ANY POINTS ON NONPROFITS? UH, THE REASON WE ARE PROPOSING TO PUT POINTS FOR THE NONPROFIT CATEGORIES, BECAUSE IT IS A SHIP STRATEGY, THAT WE SHOULD BUILD THE CAPACITY OF OUR NONPROFITS AND PARTNER WITH THEM AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE TO BUILD AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS.
SO THAT'S THE REASON THAT IT'S IDENTIFIED AS A, AS PRIORITY POINTS.
BUT WHY, WHY, WHY IS THAT EVEN IN THE SHIP THAT'S IN THE SHIP? BECAUSE OUR NONPROFIT PARTNERS, THAT IS PART OF THEIR MISSION IS TO DRIVE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, UH, USUALLY WHEN THE, ANY PROFITS OR PROCEEDS THAT THEY EARN FROM A PROJECT GOES BACK INTO THE MAINTENANCE OF THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT OR CREATION OF ADDITIONAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
SO IT STAYS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, CONTINUES TO FURTHER THE MISSION OF CREATING AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
SO THAT'S WHY THE SHIP, UH, RECOMMENDED IT, AND THAT'S WHY YOU SEE IT REFLECTED IN THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
WELL, I, I, I DON'T AGREE WITH THAT AND I CERTAINLY DON'T AGREE WITH 15 POINTS.
UM, IT'S LIKE YOU'RE SAYING PRO FOR-PROFIT COMPANIES DON'T DO ANY OF THAT OTHER STUFF EITHER.
AND, UH, THEY, THEY CONTRIBUTE TO THE COMMUNITY IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS.
ALSO, UH, TAXES, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, NON-PROFITS GET BREAKS ON TAXES, MATERIALS, UH, ALL THAT KIND OF THING.
AND FOR-PROFIT, YOU KNOW, PAYS THOSE TAXES.
SO THEY GET, THEY BENEFIT THE COMMUNITY IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS.
I JUST DON'T THINK THAT WE THOUGHT THAT OUT VERY WELL.
UH, I WOULD, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF ANYTHING MOVE THOSE POINTS TO TEAMING, TEAMING TYPE, UM,
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PROPOSALS, THEN STRICTLY SAYING 15 POINTS FOR NONPROFITS.I JUST DON'T THINK THAT'S RIGHT.
UM, UH, THERE WAS SOME MENTIONS EARLIER ABOUT HOW PEOPLE VOTE, UM, ON, ON THESE SOLICITATIONS.
I, I CAN TELL YOU THAT I, I DON'T AGREE WITH THAT.
IT SHOULD BE, UM, YOU KNOW, AS AN INDIVIDUAL VOTE AND NOT BE, UH, OPEN.
UH, I MEAN, YOU CAN ALWAYS GET THAT KIND OF INFORMATION THROUGH A FOIA REQUEST.
I, I'M ASSUMING, UH, IF SOMEBODY IS REALLY INTERESTED, THEY CAN GO IN AND REQUEST, UH, THAT KIND OF INFORMATION FROM THESE COMMITTEES.
BUT SOMETIMES OTHER PEOPLE INFLUENCE OTHER PEOPLE WHEN, AND PEOPLE GET ANTSY ABOUT SHOWING HOW THEY VOTE.
IT'S LIKE GOING IN TO VOTE FOR CITY COUNCIL.
IT MIGHT, PEOPLE MIGHT BE INFLUENCED OR GET ANTSY ABOUT HAVING IT OPEN AND EVERYBODY'S SEEING WHO'S VOTING FOR WHO.
SO ANYWAY, THOSE ARE MY MAJOR COMMENTS.
COUNCILMAN PERRY, YOU'RE MY FAVORITE.
UM, UH, A, A COUPLE OF THINGS, RIGHT? I WANNA THANK OUR BOND COMMITTEE APPOINTEES, KAYLA, AMY, AND LINDA FOR SPENDING THEIR TIME, UH, AND DEDICATING THEIR COMMUNITY EXPERTISE AND LEGAL KNOWLEDGE TO SERVING, UH, DISTRICT FIVE IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
UM, ONE THING THAT'S CONCERNING, AND I WANNA CONTINUE TO EMPHASIZE IS THAT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT HOUSING AFFORDABILITY AND WHETHER IT'S THE STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN GOALS OR THE NATIONAL LOW INCOME HOUSING COALITION, IS THAT WE AREN'T GOING TO SOLVE OR ADDRESS THE HOUSING CRISIS ON A DISTRICT BY DISTRICT ZIP CODE, BY ZIP CODE BASIS, RIGHT? SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT WE CAN'T PUT ON OUR BLINDERS WHEN IT COMES TO DATA DRIVEN SOLUTIONS, RIGHT? WHAT'S AT THE BASIS OF THE STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN IS THE NEED FOR 30% A M I AND BELOW, RIGHT? AND WE NEED TO MAKE THE DECISION WHETHER WE WANNA BE SERIOUS ABOUT ADDRESSING THE HOUSING CRISIS OR NOT, RIGHT? BECAUSE IT'S NOT GOING TO BE, UH, ADDRESSED DISTRICT BY DISTRICT AGAIN, OR BY ZIP CODE.
BY ZIP CODE, RIGHT? IT'S GOING TO TAKE A COLLECTIVE AND COLLABORATIVE EFFORT, WHICH IS WHY I THINK, YOU KNOW, THE, THE BOND PROCESS AND THE HAVING COMMITTEE ME COMMUNITY MEMBERS SERVE ON THE BOND COMMITTEE WAS AN IMPORTANT PIECE, RIGHT? BECAUSE YOU GET THAT PERSPECTIVE OF FOLKS ALL THROUGHOUT THE CITY, BUT ULTIMATELY, THE BOND COMMITTEE CREATED THESE PARAMETERS THAT, YOU KNOW, THE R F P SHOULD FOLLOW.
UM, I'M A BIT CONCERNED WITH THE, THE CONVERSATION, THE DIRECTION, AND THE LACK OF CLARITY ON THESE PARAMETERS, RIGHT? THERE'S A LOT OF QUESTIONS.
SO MY HOPE WOULD BE THAT WE CAN GET ANOTHER B SESSION OR THAT IT COULD GO BACK TO P C D C.
SO THAT WAY WE CAN TEASE OUT, UM, SOME OF THESE QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS THAT, UM, WE'VE HEARD TODAY.
UM, ONE OF MY QUESTIONS IS, YOU KNOW, REGARDING THE DISPLACEMENT ASSESSMENT, WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE FOR US TO ALSO LAY OUT AND INCLUDE EVICTION DATA OR FILED EVICTIONS WITHIN THAT, UH, DISPLACEMENT STUDY?
AND WE DID ACTUALLY FACTOR THOSE IN.
UM, AT TWO LEVELS IN THE INITIAL SCREENING, THAT'S INCLUDED IN ONE OF THE, UM, ONE OF THE WAYS WE IDENTIFY AT RISK TRACKS.
AND WE USED EVICTION JUDGEMENTS AS, UH, ONE OF THE LAST CATEGORIES AT THE VERY END.
AND, AND WILL THAT BE PLACED ON, UM, AN EQUITY MAP? LIKE WILL THAT BE LAID OUT OR HOW WILL THAT BE? UM, IT'LL BE VISIBLE, UH, THAT FIRST MAP THAT I SHOWED YOU WITH THOSE AT RISK TRACKS, EXCUSE ME, WILL BE PUBLICLY VISIBLE.
UM, I, I DO HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION.
UH, VERONICA, I KNOW THE BOND COMMITTEE MEMBERS WERE PRESENTED, UH, DRAFT PIPELINE OF PROJECTS.
CAN COUNCIL RECEIVE AN UPDATED VERSION OF, UM, THOSE PIPELINE PROJECTS? UM, SURE, YEAH, WE COULD LOOK AT THAT.
UH, SO THIS HAS BEEN A GREAT DISCUSSION.
I, I JUST WANNA, UM, TRY TO SUMMARIZE SOME OF IT.
'CAUSE A LOT OF IT IS COMING IN FROM DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS.
UM, I HEARD A LOT OF COMMENTS ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT THIS BOND, UM, IS AND THE NEED FOR US TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
I THINK THAT, UH, WE ALL RECOGNIZE THAT THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT PUT INTO THIS, UH, FROM VARIOUS COMMITTEES.
UH, IF YOU LOOK AT THE TIMELINE, IT'S GONE THROUGH SEVERAL PUBLIC MEETINGS MULTIPLE TIMES AT P C D C AND THE HOUSING COMMISSION, UH, WHERE STAFF WAS COLLECTING AND INCORPORATING INPUT.
THIS IS THE LAST STOP, AND THEY'RE DOING THAT AGAIN TODAY.
UH, I THINK IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFICULT TO FIND OUT, UM, EXACTLY WHERE FOLKS ARE ON SOME OF THESE ISSUES, BUT WHAT I DID HEAR IS THAT, UM, MEMBERS OF THIS BODY RECOGNIZE THE URGENCY OF, OF WHAT WE'RE DOING.
UH, THERE WERE, UH, A CONSIDERABLE NUMBER OF COMMENTS RELATED TO, UM, MAKING SURE THAT WE GET ENOUGH, UH, OR WE GET PROJECTS DONE EFFECTIVELY, EFFICIENTLY, AND QUICKLY.
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I I'LL TURN TO YOU, UM, MY INTERPRETATION OF THOSE, NOT, NOT TO THE EXTENT THAT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY WAS SAYING, I I THINK THERE'S STILL A LOT OF SUPPORT FOR THE INITIAL SHIP RECOMMENDATIONS OF INCLUDING NONPROFITS AS PART OF THE SCORING CRITERIA.TO WHAT EXTENT I THINK IS THE DEBATE.
UM, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, WHEN THIS CONVERSATION FIRST STARTED, AND I REMEMBER CLEARLY THE PRINTING OF THE MATERIALS FOR THE BOND GAP FINANCING WAS A BIG PART OF THIS TRANCHE OF THE BOND PROGRAM.
I MEAN, CHOOSE YOUR LANGUAGE GAP FINANCING TO ME MEANS LEVERAGED FUNDS.
IT ALSO MEANS PROJECT READINESS.
UM, AND THE INITIAL DRAFT, UH, THAT I THINK WAS DISCUSSED AT THE COMMITTEE EMPHASIZED PROJECT READINESS ALMOST TO THE POINT WHERE IT'S A GATING CRITERIA FOR PROJECTS.
CAN YOU SPEAK TO THAT? WELL, I, AND LORI, DON'T YOU GO UP TO THE PODIUM AND GO INTO THE DETAIL, BUT I, I ACTUALLY THINK THE MAYOR, THAT, THAT, UM, GIVEN THE CONVERSATION, THE, THE WAY YOU SUMMED IT UP IN TERMS OF, OF THE, THE BALANCE THAT YOU ALL HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT, UM, BETWEEN URGENCY OF PROJECTS AND THE DELIVERY OF PROJECTS WITH THE BALANCE OF LEVERAGED FUNDS AND, AND PROJECT READINESS.
I MEAN, UM, THE, THE, THE FOCUS CAN'T BE ONE OR THE OTHER.
THE PERFECT PROJECT IS ALL OF THOSE.
AND I THINK, I THINK WHAT I'M HEARING IS THAT THERE'S SOME, UH, FEEDBACK WE'RE GETTING FROM THE COUNCIL ABOUT ADJUSTMENTS WE COULD MAKE TO THE SCORING MATRIX WITH, WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP THAT BALANCE IN TERMS OF PROJECT READINESS.
AS, AS YOU, AS YOU DEFINED IT.
I, THERE'S PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT OF ADJUSTMENTS THAT WE COULD TAKE FROM TODAY'S CONVERSATION.
FRANKLY, I'M THINKING THAT, THAT WE NEED TO SUMMARIZE WHAT WE'RE THINKING AND WHAT WE'RE HEARING FROM THE COUNCIL BACK TO YOU PRIOR TO THE 19TH.
UM, SO THAT WE PUT THAT IN, IN WRITING AND, AND LORI IN THE, IN TERMS OF THE BIG SCALE AND BACK TO THE SHIP, UM, UH, I THINK WE'VE TRIED TO MEET THAT BALANCE, BUT THERE MAY BE ADJUSTMENTS WE CAN MAKE.
AND I WANNA ADDRESS THE PROJECT READINESS.
THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS DISCUSSED AT THE COMMITTEE LEVEL.
UM, BUT ALSO ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE BROKE UP THE FUNDING INTO TWO TRANCHES.
SO WE DID HEAR A LOT OF CONCERN ABOUT MAYBE THEIR PROJECTS THAT ARE IN THE PLANNING STAGES THAT AREN'T PROJECT READY.
AND SO WE DON'T WANT TO GIVE AWAY ALL OF THE FUNDING RIGHT THE FIRST ROUND.
SO THAT'S WHY THAT ADJUSTMENT WAS MADE TO BE ABLE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE ADDRESSING THOSE PROJECTS THAT ARE READY TODAY, BUT GIVE SOME ROOM FOR THOSE PROJECTS THAT ARE STILL IN THE PLANNING STAGE AND WE CAN AWARD SOME FUNDING IN THE SPRING.
AND, AND, AND ALSO NOTING THAT WE HAVE FLEXIBILITY, AGAIN, DEPENDING ON HOW THE APPLICANTS COME FORWARD AND, AND, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THESE OTHER, UM, ISSUES LIKE, UM, SUSTAINABILITY AND, UH, YOU KNOW, BUILD SAN ANTONIO GREEN.
UM, IF WE GET HIGH QUALITY APPLICATIONS FOR PROJECTS RIGHT OUT OF THE GATE, THERE'S NO SENSE IN WHY WE WOULD HOLD ON TO FUNDS IF WE CAN PRODUCE GREAT PROJECTS RIGHT FROM THE START, RIGHT? IS THAT CORRECT? YES.
AND I, AND I AGREE WITH A NUMBER OF MY COLLEAGUES WHO, WHO SAID THAT THERE IS NO, UM, THERE IS NO 2027 HOUSING BOND UNLESS DIRT IS SUCCESSFULLY TURNED IN THE 2022.
AND SO SUCCESS IS REALLY IMPORTANT, NOT JUST, UH, TO ENSURE THAT WE STAY ON TRACK WITH THE SHIP, BUT WE CAN ADDRESS THE IMMEDIATE CRISIS AT HAND.
SO, UM, AGAIN, I, I WOULD LOOK FORWARD TO THAT MEMO.
I DON'T THINK, IN FACT, I, I AM OPPOSED TO SLOWING THIS DOWN.
UH, IT'S GONE THROUGH MANY, MANY COMMITTEES.
UH, I THINK THE, THE DISCUSSION THAT WE'VE HAD TODAY IS, IS REALLY ABOUT MINOR TWEAKS MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE.
SO, UH, WITH THAT, THIS IS A GREAT CONVERSATION.
ERIC, DO YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING ELSE BEFORE WE WRAP? UH, NO, SIR.
WE'LL, WE'LL GET THAT MEMO OUT BACK TO THE COUNCIL, UH, EARLY NEXT WEEK, SO WE HAVE PLENTY OF TIME TO, YOU HAVE PLENTY OF TIME TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.
WELL, AGAIN, I, I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY WHO'S WEIGHED INTO THE CONVERSATION.
UH, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE VOTERS WHO APPROVE THIS BOND, WHO ARE PUTTING FAITH IN EACH OTHER FOR US TO PRODUCE, UH, AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO THE EXTENT THAT WE CAN IN PARTNERSHIP, UH, WITH THE COMMUNITY THAT ACTUALLY BUILDS, UH, AND PRESERVES THESE UH, UNITS.
SO THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES.
ONE OTHER THING, WE'LL GET IT OUT AT THE END OF THIS WEEK.
UH, TIME IS 4:43 PM ON THIS 10TH DAY OF AUGUST, 2022.
OUR CITY COUNCIL SESSION IS NOW ADJOURNED.
WE DO HAVE A 5:00 PM UH, PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD, SO WE WILL BE BACK.